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the S.. Owowk 18. 1845. THE NORTHERN TAR
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by the extravagance of tlie winners . New advent-oxers no more engaged ift it ; and many becoming sensible of the odious traffic in wliich they Lad been engaged , returned to tlieir former occupations . By tliese means , as ihj value of tulips _stili , fkll , AND NEVER ROSE , the sellers wished to deliver tbe . roots in notura to the purchasers at the prices agreed on ; but the latter nEFesKD to take them or xo pat for them . The bubble thereupon burst : and to end the disputes that arose , the tulip dealers of Alkmar sent deputies to Amsterdam , where a resolution was passed in February , 1 C 37 , that all contracts made prior to November , 1636 , shoidd be null and void ; and that in all made after that date purchasers should be free on paying ten per cent , to thevender .
" The more the people became disgusted with this trade , the more did complaints increase to tbe magistrates of the different towns ; but as the magistrates would take no cognizance of such complaints , the Butch Government interfered , and a decree was passed , ordering that every seller should produce and offer his bulbs to thc purchaser , and in the event of the latter refusing to receive them , the Tender had it in ids power to retain his tulips , and sue for damages . It -was also ordered that all contracts should remain in force 'till further inquiry could be made . But as no one eould foresee what judgment -wonld be given respecting the validity of each eontract , tlie buyers were more obstinate in refusing
payment tlian before ; and venders , thinking it safer to -accommodate matters amicably , were satisfied with a smalt profit instead of exorbitant gain : and thus ended this extraordinary traffic , or rather gambling . " What a parallel tlds , to the transactions ofour own times I How well it" keeps" in all its points . First the extravagant price paid for bubble " shares" in moonshine ; then in the number of parties of all classes drawn into the vortex , miring up aristocratic and plebeianbloodinagameof disreputable " chance ;" then all gaining , asd soke losing , while the game -was going np ; then the crowds of fresh adventurers
to do as the first batch had done , —realize houses , coaches and horses fretn notltinq ; then the "tratlic in things which never had existence , and whicli never ¦ will exist ; and the purchase and sale of more roots [ for which read SHARES— " Bradford , Halihix , and HaddersfieW Union" to wit ] than were to be found inthe country ; then TIIE "PANIC ''—brought on hy the number of contracts , and fkom pasties HAVING ENGAGED TO PAT MORE THAN _TIIEY WERE ABLE ; then REPUDIATION !—and mln _; and then an end of the gambling for the time ' .
How _alarnimgJy in " keeping is the picture of the past with _thepresent : What the FUTURE will be , —time will reveal ! Meantime , we may indulge with the Dublin World in a " peep at some of the probable effects of the " intense" speculation on our monetary affairs . Tliis will enable the reflecting to prepare in some degree for the " coming time " : — It should be evident to every thinking mind tbat independently ofthe results which are inevitably _consequentupon-tbe extent of the existing speculations , they will produce in another point of view an evil ofgreat magnitude not generally discernible—but which was one ofthe greatest causes ofthe panic and
_vndesprcaduig Bankruptcy tliat tallowed the ftrst outbreak cf the Railway mania in England . It is this : —Iu England there is no note circulation under £ 5 . BuUion , must therefore be employed for almost all purposes of Railway * outlay , because nearly the whole capital is expended in paying for Labour , weekly , in small sums to each of the thousands of mechanists and labourers employed , as well in the construction of the Railways as the manufacture of the Rails , Locomotives , « fcc . ix , < fec ., the sum paid to each individual being always ot an amount requiring gold -or .-silver . It must be clear , therefore , that in proportion as the construction of Railways extend , the circulation of bullion must _increase—tind that
tbat increase can only be supplied from the coffers of the Bank of England—for the capital iE gold held by - the banks throughout the country is rarely , if e ? er , more than sufficient for the local demand—consequently the bullion in thc national Bank must diminish in exact ratio as the works ofthe Railways of England advance . Worse—to a very great amount this gold is diverted into lower chaencls than usually ; it is circulated amongst the meanest grade of dealeis , namely , those who supply tlie commonest necessaries of life to thc working class so numerously employed oa the Railways , and it remains _eircnlatinc fremhand to hand , paying for and reifresentinir j
• small transactions for * considerable pcriOtt DelOl'e 11 _aniounis to sums inconvenient by their weight as bullion ; when for convenience sake only , itis paid hack into the Bank and converted into notes , which requires a long time to acomplish even after the increased demand caused by increased _lalfeur . And this is not a theory—it is a fact proved by the experience of the past . What an immense amount , then , of gdd will be required for this extra circulation—when the sum already 'determined upon to be expended on Railways exceeds forty millions—and the average time for completion of the work is something about two years—within which period , of course , these Forty Millions must be supplied .
Now the next demand upon the bullion of the country caa be at once understood . It is for the shares subscribed iu England for thc continental Kailways , _* ainounting to the enormous sum of Ten Millions . Jt is plain these shares must be paid lor in gold only—and if any return be ever reoeiyed , it cannot be , at all events , for some years—while : the bullion will-be Immediately drawn from us . Here , then , is about Fiftu Millions of Money to be supplied in two yeare , or three , at the very utmost , and it j * evident that in the firstinstance , at all events , gold must be tlte medium of payment . We almost fear to ask where it-Is to ciiiue ftom ? ' 1 he _iiatwtt vaunts Of its prosperity with some fifteen millions of gold in the coffers of the Bank—the remaining amount in the count ** ' being merely what is necessary fonts every-day wants .
This was written hefore we had the full devolopement of the scheming projects . In _adtlition to fhe _jfjftt millions thus shown to be needed during the next two years , Mierc _teiUhavc to be paid in February next upwards of £ 10 , 000 , 000 , as deposits os sew schemes 1 Verily , we may wonder where the money is to come fwni 21 though there is not much difficulty in imagining what tlie end will be 1
The S.. Owowk 18. 1845. The Northern Tar
.. Owowk 18 . 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR
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lo Agents , Subscribers , axd Headers . —For some time after our location in the metropolis , we -were inconvenienced by having the paper -machined away from the printing-office where it CTas " set . " This arose from tlie machiues we Siad at Leeds having to be removed and re-erected . Itluch disappointment to tbe readers was the consequence , both in bad printing and late arrivals . Another cause of delay was in having the
_priut-SB g . _ju-,, 1 publishing office so wide apart . Letters intended for one place were constantly sent to the other : ' . and all the arrangemeBis we could make did not _pr-avent mistakes arising from this source . This has determined us to concentrate our operations . The printing machine is now at work in our own office ; and to have further determined to publish there also . In future , therefore , the " setting , " printing , and _publishing of the Star
pill be done under one roof . This will involve no _j _^ ljange to the agents and subscribers , only in the _addre ssing of their communications , and the gteafer punctuality with which their orders can be _Bjfymded to . All communications must , thcrefOTe , in _filter , be addressed as follows : — Order ? fi * _^ b paper and advertisements , to F . O'Connor , Esq ., 17 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . Communications for the paper , to \ f r , Joshua Hobson ,
Editor Northern Star , Office , 17 , Great ; Windmill-street , Haymarket , Loudon . , „ _^ or , for money roust be made payable to Mr . Ml _* $£ _« _£ * Ck ** r * m . _^ -office .
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_The Pz _orte or Hawick e . the Duke of Boccleuou . — The _Millockats asd tiie "Law . " — _Seihsb AND CoffA & B _*" . _* " - coj _*» uct or the _SnorocBAcr . —We liar * received the following communication from a correspondent : —Hawick , Oct . 13 . —On the 80 th June last a public meeting of the inhabitants of this town , called bv the magistrates , ou a _requisition of "lOO householders , was beltl ( the Tuivn Hall tiring found too small to hold even tha half of the people wishing to attend the meeting ) on the open space in front of the Free Church . None of the magistrates being present , Hubert Kan , a working man , was called to the chair , and the meeting elected a committee , and instructed tliem to use all diligence in procuring informutioii as . to the Lye-roads or paths which had been illegally shut up , and to _jirocurelcgal advice how to get them again restored to the nubile , 'f he _meuting then inljourtieil , and met again on the I-Uh July , when they gave in their report ; the
meeting then unanimously resolved to use every legal mode to regain the bye-roads which had been unjustly taken from them , and empowered thc committee to raise subscriptions lor that purpose . After the meeting-was again adjourned a number of people went to one ofthe roads recently shut up , and in accordance with the legal opinion of an eminent lawyer removed the obstructions ; the barrier was _jmt up again in a few days ina more substantial maimer , but , even before the workmen had left , the people tore it down again . For this offence twelve men have been held to bail , and are to be tried on Wednesday , before the Sheriff , aud a host of witnesses are summoned against them . The road being through the property of the D .. ke of _Jluccleugh , every effort -. _vill he made to _' punish them . The committee also found it necessary to interdict some erections , to extend : i factory built ou a part of the common , l & _uiU of the town . These building * :, if finished , would block up a road , and
interfere with the right of the inhabitants to the use of the ground for recreatio . 1 , bleaching and drying clothes , & i _* ., a . right which they have enjoyed from lime inline _, inorial . After a few days the Sheriff recalled the interdict , allowing the buildings to be proceeded with at the risk of the partie _* ., till the case was judged , on condition of their leaving a road ten feet wide in the line claimed . Thc buildings went on , aud the law-suit neut on also , till a few days ago the Messrs . Laidlaws commenced operations for laying a Shaft across the road ; the Sheriff was imniadiatt-ly applied to , to Stop thein , iu terms of his own interlocutor , and he cited them to appear before him for examination , a full week after , thus allowing them full time to complete their operations . Upon knowing this , the people took the law iuto tlieir own hands , and xveut and removed all the obstructions from the road-way iu a quiet but effectual manner , doing no damage to the materials . This
brought the Sheriff quickly to the town , where he spent all Wednesday last in examining evidence ou the ' outrage , " as tiley are pleased to call it . The call of the wealthy millocrat was quickly _respou led to , while tile application ofthe committee was in a manner neglected , they being all working men . At the beginning of this movement , such ofthe middle classes as were spoken to seemed very favourable , aud promised their assistance ; but , as ou all former occasions they have , with a very few honourable exceptions , entirely deserted , and left thc battle to he fought by the workers . Indeed , they would not have acted consistently if they had done otherwise . This is just another instance , added to many former ones , of the folly of working men putting their trust in tbe promises ofthe middle classes ; and il is to tie hoped it will liave this good effect , that it will teach a few more of the workers thi _*> wholesome lesson —that if ever the condition of the workers is to be
improved , or any of their rights _regained , it must be by tlieir own exertions , and not by means of those who have au interest iu keepiug them as they are . Matxes or Pact Mas . —) Ve have not the _IlltailS of reference at hand . C . T . JF . —Every geographical dictionary of England contains the ii . foruiatioii our correspondent seeks . Mr . Cobbett published one a lew months before his death ; and we doubt not but that it is still on sale by tlie present publishers of Cobbett ' s works . W . Dixok , Manchester _^ assured that no one can regret more than we do the irregularities tliat have arisen in the publishing arrangements of the Star since its location in London ; but they * liave been caused by circumstances which it did not fall under our province to alter or coiltroul . Whatever the ill-natured - friends , " of whom Mr . Dixon speaks , may think or say to the contrary , we beg to tell him , * for their satisfaction , that the
cause of the delays that have taken place has not , iu any one instance , been with the conductors of the paper ; nor can any alteration iu their arrangenieuts conduce to a more regular publication , or it would be gladly made . TV e make bold to say , that thereis not another newspaper in the kingdom where attention on the part of the conductors is more exact , than on the Star—or where the Convenience of the printers is more studied and accommodated . The delays of which Ilr , Dixon complains have arisen from a series of mishaps in the printing office , for which perhaps nobody is blameable—but wbich have been anything but pleasant to any party concerned . We hope we have now passed them , A _CoekesposdesT , at Wuotten under Edge , writes us as follows : —If the tacts are as he states them , it is time somebody looked about th « m . The facto- *) - inspector had better see to it ; or some ugly questions may be put respecting him in the House of Commons . Our
correspondent says : —Having for some time observed the shameful manner in wliich the Factory Itegulations Act lias been trampled on by the manufacturers in this district , without any notice being taken of it by the inspectors , I am induced to send you one or two facts relating to one manufactory ) and leave it to jou to make what remarks you may think proper . The Act enacts that no person under 18 years of age shall work in auy factory more than sixty-nine hours in one week . In the factory in which I am employed , itis a common practice for youths UlldCl' that age to work fourteen , fifteen , and even sixteen hours pcr day ; and they are at tliepreseut time working from six iu the morning till nine iu the evening : out of whicli one hour is allowed for meals , namely , half au hour for breakfast , and half au hour for dinner . If any time is lost notice should be given to
the inspector , if it is required to work extra hours to make up for such lost time ; but this is never done Sere . The inspector visits the town about twice a . year , 'but he never goes into the factory—he merely walks into the counting-house , and examines ( or pretends to examine ) a time book , kept by lhe inasteror manager . The workpeople do not know him . I do not _remvlllbcr lll 8 CUtUl ' _- ing tlie factory more diau twice since the act was passed and it is a common remark with the working men , " What is tlie use of a factory inspector t we never see him—it is only putting the country to a useless expense . " Yet these men are so much the slaves of tlieir employer that tliey are ' afraid to speak openly . If any remarks you maymake should instigate the inspectors to perform their duties in accordance with the Act , it will be conferriutr a . benefit on the manufacturing operatives of the
H t Q tVIC ta W B DsPTroED , asks , —Would it not be advisable to call the attention of tU _« Chartists to _thefortlicomingN'OVember elections for " Town Councillors , " so that the ; might be prepared with candidates ? _i _>« rif itis intended to do auythiug , tliere is no time to lose . The hint will be sufficient . - ... - J . K ., Leicestee , should ask himself how it is that after a man has paid rack-reut for a period of fifty , or even ten times fifty years , the property he rents should belong to another . And he should then ask himself , if he had the means of purchasing property , whether hc would be content that tlie- payment of the rent yearly , for the space of twenty years , should entitle another person to " otcn" it ? J . C . K ., Ki ' bkintiixocr . —Let all the facts of the case be embodied in a memorial to Sir James fctrahani , the So
crctary of State , particularly those that are dwelt ou , as extenuating iu character - , and let such memorial be signed by all the influential parties they can get to attach their names : but particularly by those to whom thefacts are known . Then it must be forwarded to the Sir _Jailiei , who , no doubt , will attend to the circumstances brought under his notice . A CoM . MU . MST , BEUWICK-OX-TWEED , should send his claim to the assignees oftlie Rational Society , who will _, no doubt , meet it along with all others , to the extent ol the means placed iu their trust for the purpose . S . T ., Newabk . —The best book on gardening that we are acquainted with , is Cobbett ' s . Agency fob me _Nobthebj _* Stab ix _Edinbubgh . — Messrs . W . aud H . Robinson request us to state , tliat theXortlitrn Star is regularly supplied by tlum at their wholesale and retail book and news depot , 11 ,
_Greensidikstreet , Edinburgh . _TnOBJJTOJ- ' s Smali . Fabji , neae _Hcddeksfieid . —With much pleasure we give insertion to the following : — Sir , —Being much pleased with the account you gave of ilr . Thornton ' s small farm , in the Star of August 30 , I felt a great desire to see aud hear for myself . 1 mentioned this to a number of friends , who were all anxious to go with me ; we hired two spring carts , and on Sunday last twenty persons , all Chartists , set out for Paddock , near Huddersfield : the morning was dull aud misty until we got about one-half of our journey , - when the sun made his appearance and a glorious fine day we had . About twelve o'clock we got within two miles of Huddersfield , here we put up the horses , aud after we had refrtshed ourselves with the good things tbe bouse could afford , we proceeded on to Paddoek , where we arrived about one . Mr . Thornton was in the field ; he received us in a very friendly manner ,
and , although we were all strangers , he treated us with the greatest kindness . lie showed us his stock and produce , and gave every information we required , for wluch we returned him our warmest thanks . The field is well arranged ; there are now growing , cabbages , turnips , rape , common grass , and Italian rye grass , in separate plots ; the last is short of a quarter of an acre , which has been cut three times this season , and is now ready for a fourth cutting . He has four very fine eoivs ; they are in excellent condition . He said one cutting of the rye grass would feed four cows three weeks , at which rate four cuttings would feed the same number for three months , or one cow fortyeight weeks . Thereis herbage growing that will last until Christmas . With these facts before us , xve were soon convinced that the report in the Star was a correct one . More than that , Mr . Thornton is a scientific man , and understands well the business lie is engaged in ; he is likewise well adapted to give instruction to those who have not had an opportunity of studying the
science of agriculture , and we hope he will take the trouble of publishing the results of his practical experience . If you think the above worthy a place in your valuable journal , by inserting it I shall feel much obliged . I am , Sir , yours truly , Wm . _Hamee . Oldham , October lt , 1845 . Abba ham Ghees , Rochdale , wishes to know the addresses of Mrs . Ellis , ltichard Tattereall , and the secretary of William Dixon ' s relief fund . J . B ., Heywood . —Tour poetry is inadmissible . "We cauuat afford to waste space for comments on the " blethering bitches" who figure in the Rational Deformer . Rhyme and reason are alike lost upon those coutemptibles . Besides , the wretched Deformec is near its last gasp , and it would indeed be cruelty to torture it in its dying throes . W . _TeaOGHTOS , Holme . —The sbiHing was acknowledged in the Star of October ixh , under the head of "Dixon Fund . " Was it intended for that fund or for 3 fr . Itichards f
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RECEIPTS OF TUB CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE land SOCIETY , PES KB , O ' CONNOR , £ s . a . _Selby , per J . Bryan 2 0 t Wootten-under-Edge , per R . Lacey .. .. 2 10 1 ( Sadie / , per W . . Rankin - „ ., ,. 2 17 { Warrington , per S . Travera .. „ ., PW _c Chorley _. per W . Wilkinson 2 0 «
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Greenock , per R . liurrell ,, „ .. .. 200 lladcliffe , per T . Bowker .. ., _.. ,. 2 0 1 ) Kidderminster , per 6 . Holloway ., .. .. 200 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse ,. .. .. 200 Barnsley , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 5 0 o _Norwich , per J . Hurry .. .. .. .. 300 Leeds , per \ V . Brook „ „ .. .. 500 Heywood , per J . Dewhurst .. .. .. 500 Macclesfield , per J . Warren .. .. .. 500 Huddersfield , per J . Stead .. .. .. 14 5 1 Sheltou , per 11 . Poster .. .. .. .. 200 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. .. 400 Glasgow , per J . Smith 4 lo 0 Hamilton , per J . Weir .. .. .. ,. 2 0 Q Yeovil , per J . G . Abbott .. 2 19 5 South Shields , per J . Patrick 118 2 ArtidJokelini Locality , No . 1 , W \ Flower .. a 7 10 Blackburn , per W . _Sutcliife .. .. .. 615 a Ashton-under-Lyne , per E , HobEOIl .. .. 219 Manchester , pa-J . Murray " .. .. .. 20 0 0 PEE genekal secretary .
INSTIiLMESTS , £ s . d . £ s . d . J . Smith .. ., 0 1 4 J . Hancock , Lam-15 . Cuii . et „ .. oi 4 _berliead-green .. 0 1 ¦ - * \ V . Culpet .. 014 Sir , Ti ' eller .. 0 1 4 E . Culpet .. ., 014 Mr . _Wili-iore .. 0 1 t _Kedditeh .. .. 074
SRABES . Jas . Smith .. 010 Somers Town » 2 10 0 Mr . Caughlan .. 040 Sudbury ., .. 2 0 0 Mr . ridge .. .. 0 1 fi Mottram .. .. 4 12 4 Mr . Kogers .. 0 1 0 Leicester .. .. 1 18 0 Westminster .. 200 Lambeth .. .. 600 _CABDS AND _UULE-J . Sunderland .. v 510 Kidderminster .. 0 4 o South Shields .. 014 Darlaston .. .. 0 1 1 ( 1 . VewcastUwm-Tyne o 0 10 Coventry .. .. ' 0 o 8 Thomas Martin _Wueeleb , Secretary .
KATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , FEB MK . O ' CONNOE . EXECUTIVE . Norwich , per J . Hurry „ .. .. ., 0 10 0 VETERAN rATKIOTS * FUND . Dudley , per W . Rankin ., 050 VICTIM FUSD . Brighton , per W . Flower .. .. .. .. o 7 o PEK GEXEKAL RECHETARr . Marylebone .. 030 Newtown Class , Whittington & Cat o 1 G Hishop ' _s Wear-Lamberhead . grctn o 2 6 mouth ' .. ,. 0 10 0 Sunderland , cards 0 12 Leicester , profits Wootten-under- on NorthcmStar o 3 0 Edge .. .. 050 Do ., a friend .. 006 Hanley is Shelton 0 10 0 Sowerby Helm ,. 0 2 4 } Loner Warley ., 021 victim iund , Wootten-utider-Edge .. 0 10 veteran patriots" ro . vo . Wootten-under-Edge .. .. .. .. 0 1 0
DIXON FOND . Wootteu-under-Edge .. .. .. .. . 0 10 All places in arrears to the Executive arc requested to pay up the same prior to the publication of a balance sheet . I beg to call the attention of the sub-secretaries in each _district to the immediate necessity of raising the levy of threepence on each member , in order to defray the expenses of the ensuing Conference . This business must be done at once , aud the money remitted to me ; and in proportion to the number of paying members in each district will be the number of representatives allotted to tllClll , taking tllC SCitle of 200 members to a _rejiresimtative . The halaucc sheet is now _beillll printed ; but ' in answer to
several inquiries I have to state , that the item of salaries is at the rate of 10 s . per week for the services of Alessri _* . Clark , M'Gratli , and Doyle , and £ 1 per week for the secretary : this sum being deducted from their salary ilS members ol the Executive Committee ofthe National Charter Association ; the item , Local Committees , is the expenditure of the various sub-secretaries and treasurers for I _' ostoffice orders , bank orders , postage , stationery , _fcc ., & . V ,., all whicli are defrayed by the Hoard of Directors . Prior to tho balance sheet being isjut'll , it _ivill be audited by tke auditors of the National Charter Association appointed by lhe late Convention . Immediately upon the arrival of Messrs . O'Connor and Doyle iu London , a definite day will be paid for the assembling of the Convention . Thomas Mautin Wueeleb ,
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_Shootin'O A Policeman at Livem * ool . —An affair ofthis nature , which may turn out to be one of fatal consequence , occurred at Ilotliam-street Bridewell at halt-past one on Sunday morning . It appears that , about that hour , three very respectably-dressed persons were found drunk and disorderly in ono of the neighbouring streets , and in the act of attempting to break open a door . Upon being conveyed to Ilothnnistrcet Bridewell tliey were searched , and upon the person of one a brace of pocket pistols were found . The pistols were laid upon the counter for a minute or two for the purpose of completing the _scirch , and thc _person upon whom they were discovered seems to have put those present upon their guard , for , as onr informant states , hc distinctly declared , in an audible voice , that they were loaded . Immediately after ,
however , the youngest of his companions seized ono of the pistols and fired at police-officer No . 41 S . The contents entered the bridge ofthe unfortunate man ' s nose , and passed , as was subsequently ascertained , ill a slanting direction through his head . He was placed on a mattress in the Bridewell , and surgical assistance was speedily procured . The wound bled profusely . Subsequently he was conveyed to the Infirmary in Brownlow-street , where hc lay during the whole of Monday in a very precarious state . Up to Monday night thc doctors were unable to extract the ball , and consequently to prOflOUtlCe any Opinion . 1 S to the probability of the man's recovery . There is every reason to fear thatthe pistol was loaded with ball or a large slug , for the wound is of such a nature as would have been inflicted with a charge of tliat kind , and a large
slug has been extracted from tllC SCCOlld { _JlStol . It was rumoured on Monday that both the pistols had been loaded for the last six mouths , and that thc owner had earned them with liim upon a tour hc made during the past summer through the south of England . The three prisoners , on being booked , nave fictitious names ; but it has since been ascertained that their real names aro , Emanuel Bromilow _, Thomas Benbow , and Thomas Francis Russell , The latter , who had the sum of £ 23 upon his person , fired the shot . One of them states that he is a medical man , aud another that he is brother to a timber merchant ' , Russell is an attorney . The unfortunate police-officer is an Irishman by birth . On Monday the parties charged were brought before Mr . Rushton and a bench of magistrates , when Benbow and Bromilow were charged with forcing open tlie door of a person called Wotldng , in Hill-street . They made no defence . The bench , after examining
Wothing and one of the _police-ollicers , took up the case of . Russell , who is an attorney , lie defended himself , and cross-examined each of the witnesses With considerable coolness and self-possession . He endeavonred to show that the occurrence was of an accidental nature , and that he had expressed liis _gratitude to Providence after it was over that it was uo worse , Some evidence was also given to the effect that the wounded man , before the trigger was pulled , moved forward as if for thc purpose of pushing the pistol aside , and that itwas at that very moment thc report was heard . After an investigation , which lasted nearly three hours , Ilussell was ordered to be remanded , and the same bail as before wag taken for thc due appearance of Bromilow and Benbow . The policeman still remains in a dangerous position . The ball has not yet been extracted . On Wednesday Mr . Rushton liberated Mr . Itussol from custody , on tending bail , liimself in £ 300 , and two sureties in £ 150 each .
Iatal Accioent off _Battersea . — On Monday evening - , between five and six o ' clock , another melancholy and fatal accident took place nearly opposite the Red House Tavern , Battersea , by which an elderly gentleman named George Rutten , of the Vauxhall-bridgc-road , lost his life . It seems that thc unfortunate deceased and a friend hired a small pleasure boat for the purpose of proceeding down the river . They were rowing very gently down with the stream , when they by some means came in contact with a heavijy Jaden barge . The force of the collision turned their boat , a " funny , " completely over , immersing them in thc water instantly . An alarm was immediately made by the persons who witnessed the accident on shore , and several boatmen rowed to thc spot , but before they could get to them the deceased had disappeared . The other gentleman was fortunately saved from a watery grave by clinging to the head-part of the barge .
_IuponrAsr Decision _uNbEn Lobd Ashley s Act at AiRnniK . —A number of fresh cases of females being employed in the pits at the Shotts came on for trial on Friday week , in the Caurt-house of Airdrie , at the instance of J . Muir Steel , Esq ., before Messrs . Kid and Rankine , justices ofthe peace , when John Beveridge , Alexander Gillies , "William Gillies , and Hugh Bennett , were placed at the bar , found guilty as libelled , and fined in thc lesser penalty of £ 5 each , with costs . Itis understood that a number of females are still in the pits round Airdrie , but from the active measures now taken , it is hoped the illegal practice will be put down .
Gbbat Fire at _lKVERSESS . —TJll 3 town W _38 On Wednesday week subjected to a calamity greater than has visited it for many years , three large lofty tenements being destroyed by lire , involving the loss of property to a great extent . The locality in whicli the fire took place embraces part of _Inglis-street and Theatre-lane . It broke out in the premises occupied by Mr . M'Kay , merchant , Mr . Mackay , tailor and clothier , and others , from wliich it spread to two lands adjoining , possessed on the ground floor by several shopkeepers , and occupied above as dwellinghouses . The fire was first observed about three on Wednesday morning , and so rapid were the ravages of the flames over the building that some of the tenants only became aware of their dancer by the beds in
whicli they slept being ignited ; and were glad to make their escape in their night _dotlieSi Tlie wllOlC of tke furniture in these dwelling-houses vas . destroyed—thirteen families , amounting to sixty-two individuals , having been burned out . Great loss was also sustained in the » _hops beneath . Mr . M'Kay , merchant , referred to above , Is said to have suffered to the extent of nearly £ 5 , 000 . It appears theVb is imly one fire-engine in Inverness , and it was all but useless . We learn by a private letter that the fire was still burning on Friday afternoon . Burgiaeies at Notti . No Hiii . —On the night of Sunday last , the _housos of Dr . Waggot , No . 1 , Norland-square ; Mr . Read , No . 11 , Norland-terrace ; and Mr . Lewis , No . 13 , on the same terrace , were
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burglariously entered by thieves , who , however , onlv succeeded m carrying off from Dr . _Waggot ' s a plain silver salt spoon ; from Mr . Read ' s , two £ 5 Bank of fc . ngl . 111 d notes , two sovereigns , and two shillings in silver , a pearl necklace , an ivory brooch , a cornelian ditto , a gold ditto , with the word " Regard" set on it in various coloured stones , and two silver salt spoons ; and from Mr . Lewis ' s a silver teaspoon , pair of sugar tongs , mustard spoon and fruit knife , with the letter " L" in cypher . _Aiabmij- o Fire _xr _Norm-cium . —At nine o ' clock on Tuesday evening last , the neighbou : hood of Barker Gate waa seriously alarmed by a tire breaking out ou the prcnuaos occupied by Mr . Bates , as a iraniesmith ' _s shop . It fl' _-pears thatthe forcers and
Workmen had been at their work as usual , and Mr . Bates had not left the premises more than half an hour before hewas alarmed by the fire hsuing through the window from the middle floor of thc building . The shop being situated iu the midst of the framework knitters , and that part of the town being densely populated , great numbers gathered to the alarming scene of _conflagration . The hrc brigade with the engines were quickly oil the spot , but not in time to subdue the devouring element . At ton o ' cloek the extensiyc building , with upwards of two hundred valuable stocking frames was enveloped in one awful volume of flame . At this time every effort was made
to arrest thc lire s progress , but all to no purpose ; in less than an hour the floors , with the root and the irauuK , and other valuable property , fell in Willi one simultaneous crash . The sight at this time was awfully grand ; large flukes of fire were seen to ascend over Wool-alley into Count-street , and to fhe foot ol Hockley , * although the premises were edged in by other buildings , fortunately none took tire . We learn that the building , the property of Air . Kelk , was insured , but the frames , ite ., belonging to Mr . Bates and others , were not . The estimated loss is £ 1 , 200 . Nothing satisfactory has , as yet , been ascertained as to thc origin of tho fire .
AcoinEST os tub Great Westers Railway . —An accident of a very frightful nature , though happiiy unattended by fatal results , took place upon this line on Friday evening . Itappears that the company are erecting a stage or wharf close to the rail , between Bath and Bristol , and within a Tilile of the former city , in order to afford increased facilities for the landing and unloading of coals brought front the pits at lladstock , for conveyance along the line . On the evening in question two labourers with a waggon and
horses were so employed , when the down tram came along at a rapid rate . The engine-driver shut off the steam when he perceived the obstruction , but the train , carried forward by its own momentum , ran into the waggon , which was fortunately thrown oil the rail , or the consequences to the train must have been most disastrous . The labourers were both knocked down and seriously injured , one having his shoulder fractured . One ofthe horses was kilicd , the legs being severed from the body . No blame is attached to the company's servants .
Nbwcabtj .-b-os-1 y . se . —Fatal Railway ACCIDENT . —On Tuesday morning , about half-past four o ' clock , while Robert Sauiiderson , an engine-driver , _ased tilirtv-four , was engaged cleaning an engine , at the Carlisle station , in this town , another engine came in collision with thc one hc was superintending , and , owing to his being in a stooping posture , crushed his head so severely as to cause instantaneous death . In the afternoon of the same day , an inquest was held at the Locomotive public-house , near to where the accident occurred , when , after an investigation before W . Stoker , Esq ., thc coroner for the borough , a verdict of Accidental Death was returned .
Attempt ro Murder . — Between five and six o ' clock on Wednesday evening , a man named Frederick Field , carpenter , of Wood-street , Clapton , while passing a field near Temple Mills , llomerton , observed a young man holding in his hand a loaded gun , cocked , pointing in the direction of the footpath . Field remonstrated with Mm upon his reckless conduit , when the man assailed him in a grossly violent manner . Field proceeded onward about a dozen yards , and on turning round was alarmed to find thc fellow aiming at him . In an instant lie discharged the gun , and Field fell to tho ground . In a few minutes he rose , and seized his assailant , * a violent struggle
ensued ; during whicli both iell into a ditch , lucid bleeding profusely from tlie head . Fortunately Mr . Thompson , a publican , _livisg in the Commercialroad , came up and secured the ruffian , who , with police assistance , was lodged in thc station-house _, _llegavejiis name Philip Ernst , dyer , of Pundersonstrcet , Bethnal-green . Mr . Garrod , divisional surgeon , attended Field , and pronounced him to be out of immediate danger . The contents oftlie gun entered thc fleshy part of tlic head and tho right side , and Inflicted a wound one inch and a half in extent . Ernst ' s friends visited him at a late hour , bnthe evinced no remorse at his situation . At ton o ' clock Field was pronounced to be in a precarious state .
Serious _Acornus * at a Weddiko . —On Thursday evening , between nine and ten o'clock , a party of friends having met at the house of Mr . G . Ilcarndan , of Upper-street , Islington , to celebrate the wedding ofhis eldest son , Thotuas , with Miss Robertson , of Eiy-piace , noiborn _. somcofthemcomincncedsinging , nnd one of them having sung a song called " The Mistleto-bough , " the bride jocosely observed that she would imitate the heroine , as there was no fear of any such fatal result * , and , accompanied by some of her female friends , she ran upstairs , followed by _llCl * husband mid some others of thc company . The
ladies concealed themselves in a room ou the second floor , when a young man ofthe name of Brooks , a law-writer , residing in Pcnton-street , Pentonville , having succeeded in forcing the door , Mrs . Ilearndon , in carrying out the jest , rushed to the ehiraneypiece , and taking down a pistol , presented it at Mr . Brooks , and , drawing the trigger , to the horror ofall present , discovered it wasloaded . The charge entered Mr . Brooks ' s left side , and he immediately fell . Medical assistance was instantly sent for , and Mr . Greigson , ef Gibson-square , was called in , who declared the wound to be ofa most daugerous character .
The Cm * Police . —A correspondent writes as follows : —As I was returning home , about ten minutes past one o ' clock , on Thursday niorning , it was my mortification to witness another brutal act on the part ofthe police—three of them had got hold of a young man , very humbly dressed , having on a fustian jacket , apron , & e . The police , on my approach , relinquished their hold , and the poor _feUon * declared he would wait for the sergeant and tell that officer the treatment he had received . I naturally felt an inclination to ascertain the truth , aud stood at a few yards distant to watch the result ; but tlie watchful guardians skiilk'daway without locking the man up . The poor fellow cried bitterly , and stated
to me , that he could not possibly have given thc slightest offence—he had been to his brother ' s to sup , was returning home ( in Red Cross-street ) quietly humming a tune to himself , when one of the policemen " bonnetted" him rather violently , and then , because hc asked the reason , he attempted to drag him to the station—they liad nearly choked him with his neckerchief _. While he was showing me his broken hat , one of the police came up and told him to go on and not call people "b y fools , " or they would make a " b y fool" of him . Now this was evidently done to irritate the man , in order to get a reply from him , and a pretext for taking liim to the station-house . Now , sir , from the frequent doings of this kind by the city police , I am convinced that many innocent persons ( especially if tliey appear poor ) very often suffer imprisonment and fines from the cruel and unnecessary officiousness of the unboiled , and the sooner _^ your
pen is employed in exposing these mtolerantdoniincering and unfeeling acts of the "Jacks in office" the better , and sure I am that you will render much service to the public . Ruminating on what I had just seen , on my way home , and near thc India-house , I was afforded an opportunity of marking the contrast in thc treatment of thc apparently poor , and those who pass as the respectable classes . A well-dressed person , with cigar and stick , bawling at thc top ot his voice , proceeded along the street ( which was well supplied with the vigilant blues ) unintcruptedly _,--on interference with liim , no policeman knocked his hat over his eyes , or got hold of his neck-cloth and pressed their knuckles in his throat , no station-house for him . I watched him till out of sight , and could not help exclaiming , alasl poor fustian jacket , how thou hast been punished this night for thy poverty , and what a protection would that gent ' s clothes have afforded thee—but I forgot that in this country there is the same law for the rich as the pomr ( l _)
_Fiues is the Metropolis — From eight o'clock on Tuesday night to four o'clock on Wednesday morning , no fewer than eight fires occurred in different parts of the metropolis . The one attended with the greatest destruction of property took place at a chymist _' s shop , belonging to Mv . ' Kunt , 82 , Crray _s-inn-lane . Police-constable Lowe , 84 G _, having on the appearance of smoke , raised an alarm , the inmates were , after some trouble , aroused from their s umber , but not before the flames had laid hold of the staircase , thereby cutting off the ordinary means of escape from the building . The children were thrown out of the window , and , with tlie exception of one , were received in safety by thc crowd " -clow , that one having fallen upon the pavement , ana _m . n severely injured . The fire progressed so fearfully that the only means of escape left for the other
parties in the house waa Irom the upper windows . The escape belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire was quickly in the way , but inconsequence of the road being up forthe formation of a sewer , some time was lost before the machine could be brought in front of the premises . Fortunately , however , a cabriolet was brought from the other end of the lane , and being placed under the windows , the whole of the residents were enabled to leap Upon it , and thereby escaped a horrible death . The engines of the parish , the London Brigade , and the \\ est ol _England Company , promptly attended , and were quickly , set to work , but the firemen were unable to get the flames extinguished until the whole ofthe stock in trade , the furniture , and other effects were consumed , and the building nearly destroyed .
Awful _CATAsw-opfljE _. —The Basle Gazette publishes lmclligence of the slipping of a mountain in the Grisons on thc 7 th inst . It occurred at _Busch-
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laws , and carried away an entire forest of young trees . On the 14 th , another catastrophe of thc same nature ' occurred immense masses of rock were rolled into the valley , the inhabitants of which fled in the greatest consternation . The damage done is estimated at 400 , 0001 " . Attemi'tkD _Muruer of a Yoo . no Lady . —On Monday night the usually quiet village of Drlbl'd ( a few miles from Hereford ) was thrown into the greatest agitation and alarm , in consequence of Miss Ellen Davies , a very interesting and pretty girl , havhm been shot at . She was picked up ( the exact spot is not mentioned ) insensible , and bathed in blood , which flowed from the left arm and shoulder , which arc fractured , and she lies in a very dangerous state . A quantity of blood was also traced down thc meadow and over a stile at the back of the house ,
si that some one else besides Miss Davies must have been wounded , as she was not ill that direction . It is supposed that the pepctrator afterwards attempted his own life . For nearly three yeara past a gentleman paid his addresses to her , but was rejected _^ on account ofa previous engagement j lie then left England , but returned again , and renewed his addresses in a most threatening and resolute maimer , she vainly endeavouring to avoid him . Ucr friends , seeing that he still pursued lier , thought that she had better receive his addresses , which I believe she did ; but it appears that she received iufonnatfon that he had formerly led a very gay life , and he was again rejected . Since that time ho has been in a deranged state of mind , and confined ; he used then to say that he would shoot her ; that she should never have any other ; that he would shoot himself with her , _» fcc . ; he has been watching his opportunity more than a . week .
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Melancholy Occurrence . —Sunderland , Oct . 15 . —A very distressing accident occurred here to-day , by which four lives have been lost . About noon , as is usual when the weather is favourable , the pupils oi Dr . Cowan , of the Grange Academy , near this town , proceeded to thesea _b-jach for the purpose of bathing . On this occasion thirty-eight went down , accompanied by four teachers , and they bathed at a short distance from llendon . Tliere was rather a heavy groundswell , and two boys named Baird and Lcnnic WCl'C swept out of depth Uy _astronsrsca . On their dangerous situation being observed by Robert Baird nnd Mr . Siiecial , one
ol the tutors , they rushed to the resistance of their juvenile friends but they were both swept away by the ebb current , and neither of them being able to swim , tliey wero all drowned . By this time Mr . Wilson , the senior tutor , who was bathing at a short distance came up , and succeedi d in drawing Lcnnic out of the water , but he was then quite deivd . Robt , Baird is eighteen , and Archibald Baird sixteen years of age ; they arc sons of Sir David Baird , ivlioseresidence is near Dunbar . Lcnnic is tan years of aie , and the son of Mr . M'Alpinc Lcnnic , of " Dulswinton , near Dampier .
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THE PESTILENCE ABOARD THE ECLAIR . _SllBBllNKSS , SATUMHY . Mr . Saunders , thc pilot who brought the Eclair round hero from Portsmouth , has also litllen a victim to the fever , lie died last night about half-past ten o ' cloek , and was buried in the quarantine-ground this _morning . Lieutenant Isaacson is a little better , but not yet out of danger . Dr . Coffey and thc other sufferers on board the Worcester are ' _jioing on finite favoitrably . The medical attendants , _Dl'B . Stewart and Rogers , continue well . Sundatj . Dr . Kogers was attacked yesterday afternoon , and was dangerously ill Inst night , but is considered better to-day . Lieutenant Isaacson died this morning . One other fresh case has occurred since yesterday . Dr . Heath of thc Dwarf , having volunteered his services , has been put on board the Revenge to watch any symptoms of disease among thc healthy part of the crew .
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Wigan Et > : criox . —Ou Thursday , Captain Lindsay , Conservative , was elected member _, _1 ' or Wigan , in the room of Mr . Greenall , lately deceased . The successful candidate was opposed by a Mr . Tliickncsse _, Liberal . The numbers were ,, at the elo = e of the poll , Lindsay , 213 ; Thickness , 211 ; Majority for Lindsay , ( 12 .
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FAILURE IN THE POTATO CROP OF IRELAND . Most alarming - accounts ofthe failure of tho staple food of the Irish poor in thc county ofCork—the Yorkshire of Ireland—have appeared in the recent numbers of the local papers . So long as there was room to hope that these statements were exaggerated , we forbore alluding to the subject ; but from the multiplicity of corroborating testimony , in the shape of letters , sonic bearing thc signatures of gentlemen of skill and experience in such matters , which have since been published , it is greatly to be fcai'Cd that the calamity will be much more severely felt than was at first supposed . Mr . Cooke Colles , of Kilworth _, thus writes : —
"I regret to state that 1 have ascertained , beyond a doubt , tbat the panic _concerniiig thej > otato crop is but too _justly _fouudcdi Within a few days 1 have had several trials made on both good and bad land , and the result has been my conviction , that in this district at least every potato field of what may be termed the main crop , is more or less attacked by the rot . Tliat it is on tlie increase is evident , and tllC prOKpeet for Hie poor Is dismal , both for food for this season und seed foe the following ; the early settings have nearly escaped , and all that are bad are of the wliite kind , which , I am sorry to soy , is the universal crop ofthis country . " a correspondent writing from tlie neighbourhood of Inishannon ,
says"I am sorry to tell you that almost ttie whole of the crop of potatoes in this nei ghbourhood is diseased . I dug some wliite _gptatoes about a week ago ami pitted them , and they all seemed perfectly sound ; but on bringing tliem home to house tliem this morning , 1 lind the greater part of them tainted with the rot . Ihave just heard that Mr . r _.-iyne , who took tho precaution ofpulling the stalks , had his crop ina wretched state also . The alarm amongst the poor people about here is great ; and unless the Almighty sec it well in His wisdom to provide some substitute for tlie cscuJonton which poor Paddy has so long existed , the prospect is indeed melancholy . " Another , who dates his letter from Skull ,
writes" III West Skull tllG appearance of the potato crop was so good , that the fanners never thought of examining their late ones , as the early were never better . Last Monday , at the fair of Skull , a report was circulated that the potatoes were all lost ; thu consequence was thatmaiiy examined their gardens , and , sad to tell , found the report too true , as every field is more or less injured , in some , half the potatoes are lost , others less . Pour gentlemen shooting yesterday went through a considerable part of tlie country , and in almost every potato Isold tried some stalks , and found a considerable number of potatoes injured , even under the soundest and bestlooking _sta'ks . Some farmers tried the potatoes boiled , first cutting off the black ir injured part ; tliey found uo objection to eating tliem ; but if boiled without cutting off the damaged part , it is impossible to use them , as the damagedpart injures the water , and gives an unpleasant smell und taste to : ill . "
Mr . Dillon Croker , of the Castle , Mitchclstown , has addressed the following _tuinortont communication to the editor of the Constitution ; thc letter is dated the 7 th inst . — " I came here from Quartertown yesterday , and am grieved to say I found all in this pnrt of the country labouring under the delusion that the unfortunate pestilence had not reached them , and that all tlieir potatoes were sound ; hut , alas ! ill a drive of 11 Irish miles this day , from here to Mr . Massy Dawson ' s , I found every field more or less affected . Having had Lord Kingston ' s carriage , I stopped on the road wherever I saw the farmer digging potatoes . I asked if the crop ivas sound . Invariably was I answered ' they were perfectly so , ' but on going into the field Iliad little trouble in speedily
convincing each that such was not the case , having in most instances shown that the plague had made fearful ravages . One farmer had a great number of men at work , and was , in the usual way , pitting the potatoes , good and had together . I told him thc consequence would be a total loss , and that speedily , if he did not alter his plan . The poor fellow exclaimed , * IVhat shall I do , Sir V 1 recommended him at once to stop the digging , and put all the hands lie had to open the pits , and carefully separate every potato that he even suspected was diseased . My advice he instantly followed , and said he would farther do , wliatl helieve to be the only thing that can be done ,
by those who dig them , viz ., to make the pits very narrow , and put more dry earth than potatoes iu them , so as , if possible , to prevent one from touching another . AH that have written on the subject seem to join in opinion that it is essentially necessary to have them put up , or mixed Hith Some dry substance that will absorb moisture , and keep the potatoes separate from each other . One recommends sand ; but where , may I ask you , are 99 out of 100 to procure it ? Another , dry slaked lime—to this query I put the 6 ame question . A third tells his readers to use sawdust—ns well may be advise that all tinkers should be set to work to make separate cases for each tuber ! therefore , dry earth seems to me to be the only thing
that every farmer can procure , as the season is no xv approaching forgetting the potatoes out of ground . 1 fear to Offer an Opinion as to whether they should dig them at once , or let them remain for some time longer ; it is hard to say what should be done . In high dry ground I would let them remain for a few weeks , hoping that those which are now infected will he totally gone , and that tliose which have escaped may be put up witliout fear oflo .= s . The great difficulty of selecting at present the tuber in which the disease has appeared from those which arc
really sound , is such that I would say—do not dig out at present , On theother hand , many that arc only partially gone may be used for feeding pigs . The question then is , which are we to consider , the _presentloss or the future Calamity , tO my poor COUnll ' ymen , when perhaps want arrives—God forbid that it should ever border on famine . For my own part I have no hesitation in saying , that if we even saved one month's food for the people , we should throw present emolument and pigs overboard . I will , therefore , let my crop remain in ground , a large portion ot which has , within the last week , shared the fate of the
country at large , for I now am convinced that not one Held can be found in which the disease is not more or Web to be discovered . "
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The Cork Reporter has still more distressing counts of the positive failure of the crop _. —not merc . y in Cork , but in thc adjacent county of Jvcrry . ilie subject was brought before the notice of the _I-crmoy Board of Poor Law Guardians by one of then * body , Mr . Stephen Barry , who _thipw outseveral suggestion * to meet the alarming cviL Sine © the above was in typ » wo have received information that thc disease is ascertained to extend through the counties of Louth , Down , Antrim , _Galwny , Limerick , Armagh , _Watcrfurd , Kilkenny , nnil Carlow . The accounts from _these several districts are of a must distressing chm-ncter . The correspondent of the Times , writing from Dublin on Tuesday last , says : — " Thee appears to be no lunger any room to doubt that the failure of the staple crop of this country is complete ; and that it will require prompt and energetic measures to soften a calamity which
threatens ( onscqiienccs more disastrous than any from which Ireland has been afflicted for ninny yeare . The accounts from all quarters tell the same talc . The infer , ion seems well nigh universal . Fields which present the most healthy appearance one day arc the next discovered to be irretrievably ruined , the produce not being fit fond even for beasts . " A famine throughout the country seems to be inevitable . It is stated that Government * Commissioners aro at thepresent examining into the state ofthe potatoe _erop- ; in thc neighbourhood of Cloiiniul and in the county of Cork , and , wc trust , that Ministers will lose no time in having the condition of thc crop carefully examined in all parts of Ireland , and if the statements in thc Irish papers are found to be true , that they will immediately adopt the necessary means fur preserving tliepcnple from the horrible fate which otherwise must befall them .
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WITH SATURDAY'S NEWS , POLICE , LEGAL AND GENERAL . _JIANSI 0 N nOUSE . SATURDAr . —Ciuroe or _Ueggino . —Mary Cattcll , an aged woman , dressed in the garb of the Society of Friends , was brought before the Lord Mayor in custody of IIosford , an officer of the Mendicity Society , on a remand from the previous day . The officer _statad that he had followed thc defendant , who went from liouse to house with a red book in her hand , and appealed to the owners for the exercise of ever so small a mite of humanity . Her appearance was eNtremely serviceable to the object upon which _shenrofeseudto ivas _hcrvUUs _, and even amongst
( hose who were evidently hard pushed to support tlieir families , she raised from one penny to sixpence a head _. She represented that she laboured to release a person from prison , whu had been confined there for a length of tim _* _, and it was really difficult to resist Iter Supplication , dw she accommodated herself to the _vi-ry lowest capacity of pocket . After having witnessed for some time the unwearied perseverance of the defendant , hc told her he wanted her and her red book , and her papers , and after such a struggle as her little strength permitted , she resigned them to his hand . In her pocket was " s . ( id ., some half-pence , and a £ 20 Bank of England note , wliich appeared to have just arrived from that establishment . The defendant stated that she had heen seeking assistance to relieve her brother , who hud boon confined in the
Queen's lieiic . h Prison , for a period of live ov sis years ; she got the £ 20 note from the Bank of England for silver , and , considering the motive , she was not at all _nshnmed of what she had been doing . One of the officers of the Mendicity Society said inquiry had been made , aud thu statement , so far as regarded her brother being in the Queen ' s Bench Prison , was _« _-uite correct ; but hewas there in contempt of tlie Cotivt of Chancery , and refused to purge that contempt : if he would only sign a paper hc might he released any day . —Mary _Staploton , a Quakeress , _affimed that she knew Mary Cattcll ; she was not a member of the Society of friends , she sometimes attended their meetings , and disturbed them hy speaking without authority . Shu had lodged with _, her iu White Horse-street , Stepney ; she always paid her rout , and was otherwisercspectahle _, but she , nevertheless , thought her a little deranged , —Defendant said she never had stated that she wns a Quakeress , she wished to meet
her accusers publicly , however strong they might be . She had obtained the change , 'for which she got the £ 20 note , partly iu subsetiptiows ami partly on loan , —William A . Ilutehings , a tradesman , of 26 , Bucklcrsbury , said lieperfectly recollected the prisoner coming several times to his shop and begging , as ouch as three years ago ; she then begged for a society . —Defendant said she never had begged , or pretended to beg , for a society in her life , and called on the witness to name the society . She handed in sonic documents _relating to some property in houso and land at Daventry , of which she stated herself and brother had been unjustly _dcfrnndcA , as the Lord Chancellor was now aware , and of whicli they should SOOn repossess themselves . —Thc Lord Mayor said the case was proved to his satisfaction ; he should therefore sentence her to one month ' s imprisonment in Ilridcwell , the cxpensc of the prosecution , and her maintenance while there to be deducted from the money found on her .
BOW-STREET . _SAToaDAT , _—Stbeet Robbery . —A very respectably attired young man , who gave thc name of Jones , was charged with being concerned with others in stealing a gold snuffbox from a gentleman in Holborn . Mr . Ransdale , the prosecutor , a gentleman of _foi'lu'lfr , stated tliat he was passing up Ifolboru yesterday evening , iu company with two friends , when he suddenly felt sonic one lift up bis coat , and take something from it . He turned round , and found the prisonci was the nearest person standing b . v liim . He said to the prisoner , " You have Stolen my suuH _' -box * , " and the prisoner replied , " No , 1 have not , but those two have , " pointing to two men , who had just taken to their heels . The prisoner took to
his heels too , but they were closely followed by a friend of his , who , with himself , pursued them through a number of intricate courts and alleys , to the White Horse public-house in Short _' s-buildings . The snuff-box was not found upon either of them . Pocock , the officer , proved that the prisoner belonged to a notorious gang of thieves that infested the streets of'London , ' and scarcely a daypassed that they did not commit some robbery or oilier . Mv . Twyford remarked , that as the snuff-box WHS not found upon either the prisoner or his companion , he could not well send him to the Old Bailey , hut there was Sufficient evidence to show that lie was a notoriously had character , and he should commit hilll to the House of Correction for three months .
SOUTHWARK . _SvturdaT . _—TtlOT IN A Workhol-se . —Sarah Evans , a young woman , attired in the workhouse garb , was charged with creating a disturbance at the doors of St . George ' s Workhouse . The relieving officer said that the prisoner came to the workhouse on the previous evening and demanded admittance ; being a very disorderly character , and having on several occasions _CVOSlted disturbances in the house , he refused to admit her . She then became very abusive and refused to quit the door . He endeavoured to put her away , when she struck him on the mouth . Ho then called in the assistance of the police , and gave her into custody . In answer to the charge , the prisoner said that the young girls in that workhouse were treated with great severity . She was brought up to this court the
other day because she merely spoke to one of the wardswomen , aud committed to Urixton for seven days . Her term of imprisonment expired yesterday , when she returned to the workhouse , having no other placo to go to . When she applied to the complainant to admit her , he refused , and shut thc door in her face . She then did make a noise with the endeavour to be admitted , The complainant came out ofthe house , and pushed her down . She denied having assaulted him . —Mr . Traill said the ofiicer had no right to refuse her admission . . She was a pauper belonging to the parish , and had a right to enter the workhouse . Her being puivshed on a former _opciision had nothing to do with their refusal . She had boon punished for it , and was entitled to be admitted into the workhouse . He discharged her , and advised her to be more careful for the future .
_VOKSUIP-STIUvET . Saturday , —Allow Amoxcsttue" Chosen People . "Sarah Uoneyjar , a woman about forty-five yews of ago , was charged before the sitting magistrate to answer for having violated thc feelings of Aune Lewis , by calling her nasty names , following her to her father ' s house , and there breaking not less than three panes of glass , The case was one scene of continued interruption , which the utmost efforts of the officers , and thc throats of the magistrate to have the court cleared , failed to silence . Mrs . Anne Lewis , who stated that she was a widow , then said how , while she was passing through _Midtltesex-streot , AVhitechapel , to her father ' s house in Cox court , the defendant accosted her , and witliout the slightest provocation called her the worst names . Upon running into the house for protection , Mrs . Honcyjar -put one of her hands through a pane of glass , nnd finding that somewhat sharp , took off her bonnet , placed it on
her fist by way of a shield , and then made war with two more panes , upon which a neighbour interfered , and then Mrs . Uoneyjar turned her fury upon her . —Mr . Broughton : Why was all this « —Mrs . Lewis - . I don ' t know more than the dead alive . —Policeman II 155 said he took Mrs . Uoneyjar into custody ; she was drunk . —Mrs . Linna Levy then mounted the witness-box . made a variety of curtseys to the bench , ana said that while standing at her own door i n Cox-court , on Wednesday last , a-doingo ' nothing , she saw the defendant break the windows , whereupon the witness remonstrated with her , but had scarcely done so when Mrs . Uoneyjar turned her back to tho window and commenced nn attack upon her , Mrs . Linna Levy . Mrs . Honeyjar , in explanation , said thc windows were broken in the scuffle , but not by hsr . She had met Mrs . Lewis in the Street , and had asked her to pay back some money lent by her husband to her at Bristol for support . She owed her £ 4 . the case by ordering Mrs . Honeyjar
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_18101845/page/5/
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