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: ikED& COTTBT HOtJSE / _ i ^ p v : :-, ^ Sw ^ agsi Sis ^ B ^ £ ! U ! eimt e »* && # &HBtM <» w . ^ 4 * 4 s ^» o ' clock , ¦ sfcl ^ iaBe ^ wiucii-buBness nsuailv commences , the = * OT * TS » M * aia *« ± fi e ^ tksnag btote « eaaaaiy - - jfcnora- ^^ e-SaS . Voold bit bea * d JiAt morning . : £ *^?*«**» f ^ eG ®* " * * J * *^ ^ ^ feoiifcfiwtdeck j »\ d tte bBfid ^ atei « iapletri * $ jlej . ^ Cbarle * JJa ^ lw , Esq .- -veaj solicitor for the " pl ^ ntiff , and J . " H }| &&w , Esq . Jafeikft-dfifcudajit- Tte jrna ^ ristrAtei on jh | bendwrereS . S&iBelo ^ : W . ^ e ^ Beorwrfc §» - aaan , « ndEdwd / Grac 8 , T&gr » . * . It was nearer twelve « 'dock before Sie parties came ~ into "Court : 4 At "JflBgth the P § E { J £ S being readr , Mr . Shay nspposcd , * iat the wkrMSii on both-rides dM ^ . ^ iwyrd in
iaa $ she might not "beTnassedlnTier tes&nony by aayrejnaa »» rbidhlteiad kottsateiV-I *! theojs ^ ted fbxt ia this case he appeared far . the purpose of sustJHning a copijlaSiilor im . assault committed by Bortreft , . Q » ^ a ^ manf 'Noi 7 fl oati » l < ih , . x > f > ii » y l * st -iift-tken prooeedei tor « l * tB the case for ^ e pbinfiffj-.-aaa ** 4 l «?» netr ^ isomflai ^ jr&at . wjft . teTO * Jwadjviegqrted ft tpbe , at » nnnecessarY to saterate it again : ' He next stated ( hejsv nelauxe to ¦ aolicenien beatin ? parties in the stre « t , ' % Mle'in the ^ sece&m of theu-dntyV - > lt va * toib ( HeHeet' h That bo piaEee ^ ffior sh »« ld eswdsa more powgr [ than thai of taking s fperion wto pwtodj » . or of conveying Jhimtos ^ Uce « cenjmement . 4 ;]^ c ? nianBadiM > ¦ power to exerdaelns sta £ of q £ | ce vj bretallyj > ea £ rag any peribn . &en '»" person ' ffcnding in the ' vay » f a" noficemanV wH-le attempting- ; te ~ preserve-ins
peace , yr& upt'to be struck if by standing in . the ¦ way he preMaited tie policeinan tfonip ! B » eiTmi ^ ta ^ geace ?'—He nia&e these obsetTadons on the law , 2 iat the polkanan Tnight-bft' treated with in the same way as any other person in similar circumjtanees . He begged , to Add- thai it might be - distinctly- 'undentood that i . e did not appear as connected in&rany party in reference io any other , matter oaUof that Court , but merely" for bis presen client , Bridget Cone . He had , ' therefore , no doubt &at die magistrates "would bring , in the exercise of feeir judgment an this case , so mnch' determination to-do their duty that they , wouMnot suffer themselves to be biassed in any way eitherby party , political , or « rtiwmuj lm * liiii « . JiBfltBauiilrertiBdrtJ ^ Jhft ^ TrcU
lent and peaceable chacacter ^ if his client , remarked * spon the rtate she -was in , aBuding 16 her pregnancy , and observed lihat tiie charge was one of a grave chasacter , inasmodi as if "anything serious had resulted to the woman from theconduct of the policeman , he j ^ ronH "hare been liable to be" indicted for manslaughter . He then proceeded to call Ms ^ fitnesses . Bridget Ctme ^ swonu ' She said- that on the Mth of Mayjier husband , ieiself and her mother-in-law , ¦ weregoang-np Qdany Hill fronnhe Globe Inn" , "when * young woman named Lizzy Field happened to be paaernfr by . Her husband's mother said * see there ' s . Lizzy Held 5 bow well she looks . Her husband then sreritandtobkboldof her saying ' Lizzy ! stop let us
iaiktoyou . " She , Lizzy Field , smiled and said " shehad aaottime to stop and talk with him then but she would talk , with Mm some time else . " The polfcaman then cameiip and asked him why be meddled with the jonng woman ? He ordered himhome andsaidif he < iid not go he would crack his d——d Irish head Ser husband then said he would not go home , for he was doing nothing amiss : he knew the vonng woman , -acd ne nadas good a right to be in the street as the policeman . She , lie plaintiff , then said to the policeman that he had no business to interfere with ierhua'band ; that lie bad done nothing amiss . On
diat the policeman said they should both go borne ; 3 Jid they were a set of bloody Irish , whores and thieves . She , the plaintiff , said she would make Inm prove them whores and thieves . The policeman * &en struck her with nis "fist on the left jaw . She then tfbSorred Mm across lie road , and said she would ttsmefor a ~ w . an ant for him , and -ycouldbave his jacket ¦ stripped oiL She foUowedhim dovra the road and said shewDuld inform of him . He then struck her again -said knocked her face against a shuvter . She was "jaj poorly after what had happened , or she would a * t « come and got a warrant for him ; but she was net able to stir outfor & day or two after .
Cross-examined by Mr . Shjitv : The affair happen--jene&betwften two and three o ' dockin the afternoon , so fer as she could recollect . Her husband had been - £ t theXllobe Inn , about two hbur ^ . He was rather -fresh . There were no people about when the girl « came past , except one or two perrons . It was gnite afiiendly meeting between heriusband and the girL Her husband did not attempt to lift up her gown , fie only took bold of it She ( Lizzy Reid ) passed it -off as 3 joke . She did not scream- She only laughed at Mm ( Patrick-Cone ) . After the policeman -struckber { complainant ) she took "up a stone . There verenot then many people present . She followed i 2 » e policeman becauso-she was aggravated at his
^ s&ikmg her . The crowd of people that was about -vaa collected after be struck her . She did not-swear -act sdl , normeeanyiH names . She did not know W 21 iam Benson , but she knew George Askham . -He yras standine about ten yards from his own door , fie is a butcher living at Quarry HilL Betfy "Waters srasnot there at flie beginning of the affirav . sne « ame out of her honsoofta the policeman baa struck ¦^ er , toad "knocked her fece against the shutter . She did not know Mrs . Carmichael . She did not see Setty Crow near the place . She did not know Thos . Sell , Marr Bottomley , nor Matthew Mnsgrave ; -sheTcnows Robert Garside , but she did not see him Aee . ¦
Mr . Jsatixjb-again questioned Mrs . Cone . In -aasver to his questions , she said that she was be-¦ - aide ner husband when the policeman came up . -Sie had been married to her busband six years . Me had known Lizzy Field fifteen or-sixteen years . Her husband was interfering with nobody else in die street ¦ John Handler sworn . He said ° he lived at Quarry HOI ; knows Bridget Cone and her husband ; re * . 3 iembers the 14 th of May . He saw the policeman 2 i& bis band and strike her oh the left j aw . He saw 4 he policeman Hf tMs stict , and attempt to strike
ier withit He ( witness ) lifted up his hand to -ward off the blow ; and said . "Beware , lest you have iw-o lives to answer for . Bridget < kme cned , and said , she would lodge a complaint against the policeaaan , and would nave Ms jacket stripped " off . He -saw her at night , when she had fainting fits : & >*¦ two ioars . People said she was in a very precarious estate . She bad to be taken to the door for air , and -esl& water was poured down her bosom . He could i&Bt judge whether the policeman bad had any liquor . He had Jived in England better than two years . He did not see Bridget Cone strike the poiiceman . -
Cross-examined by Mr . - -Sow . He did hot see lizzy Field pass ~ b j . He saw Patrick Cone coming ssto the entry . He did not see Mm strike Ms wife that night . He was in the bouse all night , and did aotiear them quirrel . - Hannah Rnssum swonr . She ssdd she was a -znarried wrtmaTi . Her lrnsbsnd had " -worked for a Mr , Jackson about two rears . S £ e koo-ws Bridget ^ Con ^ ' aad TemHmbew the 14 & of Msj . - She saw Patrick . Cone ml hk wife and mother : together "Siewa ? beside them when Ldzzy Field ^ carne tip . * Tiie other part of the evidence respectine the iriri tliJfame
« -as e as that of the farmer -witnesses 1 Bur-• wellBaid to . Patrick Cone and Mb wife , that they -were a set of d-4 hi 3 b thTeves and whores ; Bridget -Cone then said she would make Mm prove them wnores and thieves . The policeman then struck -aer with Ms fist She yas excited , and arid she -TFOuldbaTehisjac \ etstripped " o £ " - The poEceman -ien ' strack Iier * again . She saw Bridget" in "the ¦** emng . She ( Bridget ) T ? as . v « 7 ffl . They thought ^» y would have to bring a doctor . She had never 2 » ard of any qtmirel between her and her husband sir night . She was no relation to Bridget Cone * ke ( witness ) was an Englishwoman and Bridget - ^ ras an Irishwoman . .
Cross examined . Patrick Cone was neither djnnk ser sober . ' She ( witness ) knows Lizzy Field , She ( lizzy ) did not scream . " _ Patrick did not attemptto 2 ifl : cp herrlotJies . -Patrick ^ s w ^ e wanted Mm to ' go sstne ; but she ( Bridget ) said to the "policeman , that ^ e ( Patrick ) bad no occasion to go , becanse he was ^ Mlesting nobody . There was no crowd when die -afiray beean- ¦ - " HannaH HutJEhinson , sirorn . She gare Kimflar testimony to the other witnesses . Thia ended the case for tne complainant . " " .. " ' ** - "" ¦ Mr . Shxw then opened Ms ' defence ; He said he appeared before ^ e ^ otfrt on tne / part ' orBtowell . ' a p « liceman ; but as be thought - the' ' ca 8 fi \ feing bf " S ^ ? f ^ ^ ^ «^ i ^ « im ^ ent tiffle . ^ sWdnotoccu pylieatte nti on of the ^ eQ ^ i ^ nucfi-«« ft' Hes adverted to A&Teryjtrdicioniiiiffiner so which W Mt ^ ayteiad ^ eied ^ Utt c ^ e ^ H ^^ S ^ f ^ ^ pW ^ SM ^^ oiSS fe « md t « wBy mto-tharCdtirt , ; halitIot ~ 'Se ^ b -aziswer some puroose * ebe * Vm > i ^ —v * wv , ^ il 2 rr- 5 :
¦ tics appearing' before fiJeni Vere ^ et so nrn ^ Eg kerned as oflieft"wlrof " » ere"iiotTrresfeitl-Sf ^ K « Si . - i * d mtrtrfaced ««^ ob * rT ^ ISVffi ^ te id not din % y dai Mm reqjectinr th ^ m \ b& Jf ^ aid not we imriStcibHSte ^ taA « ppUM-iothe iml . sea * easev ~ "He"Sid ^ tofja ^ tt ^ to ^ Mt ptilioenW 5 utd a right to rue jhgjpjgarejfr iiny ^ grly Y ^ bjif ^ tit * oxh ^ r hand , a po ^ cbis ^ ti ^ ytti jlot &ecnd "' ie ^ wiV ^| oi people werejffit ^ &fore teirite ^^| % & in an affiray , he nri ^ t ' eitS ^^ airfknbff mierr ^ e ^ fe --s-Jtwice , to brbonnd ' # ttirto ' kw tt ' v&s&fpT lS ! - ^ wa Mm for a ^ a * 3 n ^ bt i tSl *> ftfld ' et ' Jg £ Iwfal ^ i ' . tuar % t . 'NowihatBtfiiritB htf'foKiiulBmgfoate ' Ji 3 t ^^ l ^§ ht ^ ^^ J in / erre 4 froto WteSji : ' ^^^^ S * ^ J ^ £ ^ * - ^^ S % s ^^^^^*« a » cfiiS ^ tha ^ l-, % ' MM ^^ M 5 Ti ^ S l |
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hadao ^^ um ^ jagDbhom ^ . aj ^ red a ^ rtr deal of- ab ^ m « e . laBgjiage-to . w- »^ thfr . polic ^ a . Tkis ' conduct ? iia »^ it ^^ nti a ^^ j ^ t , ^^ oji ^^ V had myfwinfsr « wtte off ^ ie respect 8 H ^ wi ^ he *» ei £ would har 6 49 * e ? ( j Tfhtfmaniaa , ^ £ gaj $ otfl » way home vhesk i&he . dai ^ heJoad no . bojiness . to go Then , according to the woman , the policeman niied brutal language , and struck her , etc . Wan this ' poi gibfe ? or wssititall conMsJent with &e peaceable ' tooduct'bti ' p 9 ti 6 e ^ to ^ - W ^ atlik ^ 'i&t-aii&aB ; who Kenjt tpto ; the partfeB with a disposition to
tfreaerre the peace ^ wQuld strike at a defenceiesg woman rwitiiout any provocation ? The tfcing ' appeared j ^ Ogether monstrous . ' 5 n commenting x > n the ' && Bvidence ^ of . the witness for ' the pJairitrffi;—he shoiu ^ Ieatw . altogether but t { 'thft . qneBtiton the evident , ef the ^ atrHandtey aiMi the wontsn Hutchtasi ) $ ! , ; b ' e <^ n 8 e ^ ji ^' did not ^ te £ tinder what circunwt ^ nc ^ 'thiidas * ' qpcurreid ; kni ^ he wiouia'call a ¦ whole host p | witoesBei ' . wlio * dbH mbst ^ completely . diB ^ rOTe the kttfpf that had'been ^ ili b ^ ^ hl * complainant and herwitoesii ' Riiasrani ' . He wo < d 4 merely ^^ 'fteir . att&tptf t 6 ooe fecii- ' The -wit- " inernaa aii urepoutouiw
( wsses neaca agreeu «»* did notetnke ^^ t £ xlMmiiii ^ B ^ i iSeptVihiA pass ^ , ^ lt ^ ec ^ ffi ^ feH 6 % ea ; Hflat eVefy _ wl&e « who saw E 3 i » b ' etHF ^ iaepby , ^ tisthuve ;« B « i xm S hoIe " ii | &ir . r ^ ^^ si& wouldteUth : efti'th « l the ^ . policeman ieve ^ Vtrijict ' -tides complainant' at flfflV Siathe aid hi p ^ e tim ^ . t ^ ke her % title ftrmVaiid tel her quietly * to gtihoine '; bn't ^ h at ne'iiever struck Iher . J HeshxrmdwBtcall- ' --- ' - > - i- ^ i . >' . >< v , SxraH Garmichiel ; wom . -Shs said-she was a , married-TTdmaHV' tod lived ^^ atijuanry Hilli 'She r «^ uqemtered-heariBga-ooirtin : ( he street -on Monday thel 4 thof-May , » 'fte-faftenibon ^ She < went to-the ^ doo rto l « ee' what' -watf-ihe ^^ iBatteP . - " She ^ saw Pat . Cone" ahd his'wife and mother . They-were standing
together on the opposite ride of- > the road mm her door . ' Patrick- Conei waff"drunk , « ud they "were making a noise with' each other . She saw a young woman come T * y ; « he knew her . She - saw > Pat Coae click at ner petticoats as she-wenVbyi-she gave * little scream , aa any other person might have done in guch a , case , iandbegged him to let her . go severaltimes . - 'He lifted her petticoats nearly to . her knees . The policeman was standing at a distance below , watching them * He came up and aiked him what he tow ebont He ( ponceman ) asked him ( Pat ) to go home . He ( Patrick ) pay * d - - n you . 1 am at my own home . > The policeman
said he must -go home . He then . took Mm by nie arm-and led him np the entry . The policenan then came away and was qdming over the road back again , when Bridget Ciine followed him-down the yard . Patrick Cone came again and crossed the . street to the Wild Man . His wife followed the policeman . She took up a paving stone , and said "G . rd d —n his police soul she would split Ms sknll . " She stood with the stone in her hand her-mother-in-law told her not to throw stones . The policeman did not strike her . He took her by the arm . and said if she did not go home he would take her to prison . At that time she had a pavingstone in her hand .
Cross-examined : They were standing opposite her house . She stood at the door all the whiie till the policeman went as far as Walker ' s . Bridget Cone followed him down there . Bridget and the policeman were not quite close together . She did not hear the policeman say anything ; She had heard of the affair being heard before the magistrates two or three weeks ago . The policeman first called tipon her on this subject a week since yesterday ( Friday ) night She had not seen the policeman more than three or four times since . He had come
to bring them to an attorneys office . The passage wMch Cone goes into to go home is just opposite her ( witness ' s ) house . The policeman did not go up the passage . There was no conversation passed between Lizzy Field and Patrick Cone . She ( witness ) beard all that the policeman said , but she did not hear what passed between Lizzy Field andj ' atrick Cone . Cone's wife was close to them . Did not know whether Bridget Cone was married to Patrick . Shewasnot present at their marriage . Supposed Bridget was in the family way , she was in the family way for any thing she knew . She had not seen Lizzy Field since . The scream was not loud : it was m a middling way . She had seen
Lizzy Field many a time before . She did not know that Lizzy Field and Patrick Cone were acquainted . Lizzy Field walked quietly away after Patrick left loost- ef her gown . The police officer was not many yards below them ; perhaps ten or twelve yards . She heard the policeman wish Mrs . Cone to go home . He never struck Mrs . Cone . She never saw him use his stick at all . She knows John Handley Did not recollect « eeing him . She did not recollect seeing Rnssum nor Mrs . Hutchinson . She did not take notice of fhe people . By the Magistrates : She did not hear the pob ' ceman swear at alL Mrs . Cone swore at the policeman .
Mary Bottomley sworn . She said she lived at Quarry Hill . She was caused to go out by hearing a young woman itcreaming . She went to the door . She saw the Irishman right opposite the door . He had laid bold of the young woman ' s petticoats . The young woman wished him to let her go . He wa 3 only taking hold of her petticoats . The place where she ( the young woman ) vras , was on the causeway , wMch was above a yard above the pavement ; and she stooped down to put down her pctticoata . At that time the policeman came np . She heard the Sliceman desire Patrick tp let the young : woman go . e said he would not let her go . He ( the Irishman ) was drunk . He then let the young woman go ; and
she walked quietly away . The policeman wished the man to go up the yard home . The rr \ ar , ( Patrick ) said he would not : he had not insulted any one , and for that reason he would not go . The policeman said he would not have a disturbance in the street . The Irishman swore , and said he would not go home . The policeman said he would make him go ; and he took him by the arm , and led bin to the passage end . When they came out of the yard , Bridget CoHe ran across the road , and nipped np a stoue . She swore she would throw the stone at the d d police . Her hnsband then went into the Wild Man to get some beer ; but the landlord wonld not fill Mm any . He said he had -got enough . Bridget
Cone followed the policeman down the street with the stone in her hand . She swore she would break the policeman ' s head . Her mother-in-law advised her to throw the stone down , for the policeman would not be played with . She watched Mm . tiU he went quietly on Ms way . She ( the complainant ) followed him many yards further than the Globe , abusing him shamefully . She d d his bloody eves , and said she would rite Ms liver-out The policeman did not strike her ( Bridget ) anymore than he did her ( witness ) . -The were all- strangers to her . She knew nothing-abonJt any of them . She ( Bridget ) followed the policeman thirty or forty yards . She was abusing him all the time . Cross-examined by Mr Nayxor . —The policeman
kept his temper all the time , much better than she ( witness ) should have done . She did not see the policeman strike , iior hear him use any improper language . Her house was the breadth of the street from where the aflEray tbok-pJace . She-ccmld give no idea of the distance . 5 h& would swear it was . neither- * o mnch as twenty , fifteen , or ten yards .- . She stood in the door-stead all the while . She didnot hear any quarrelsome , conversation befdre . the j * irl caine past If anybody else had sworn that there ^ as any quarrelsome conversation before" the girl came past , they had sworn that-wMch was not true . She ( witness ) was sumciently near to hear all that passed , Patrick Cone kept bold of Lizzy ' s dress perhans two or
tnree minutes . He kept hold of her clothes a very shortbmev 'Itwas-notmoiethan a . very few minute * . She ( witness ) . diinotknow where the girlwent . She stayed jtiU the policeman came u& and . * st her at liberty .,, She ( witness ) heard no directions given by ^^ -i ^ ; P $ 1 Semaa- K-Wthing had passed between th&jgirl andthfi policeman , she ( witneai ) must have , heard it . The young woman walked quietly away . She had never seen her before nor smce . Bridget Cone was present , " and saw » U that iSfft ^ ( Patrick Cone ) had taken b ? " ! " * "'the girl ' s clothes 111 the presenca of ^ his own wife . His wife made no complaint to I ^ th abo ut thw , * . ^ CbijiiM ) Swiam i ^^ . She ( mts . cone ) was sq anxioas . to have a blow at the
poncematf , that she followed Mm twenty or thirty yar 4 gv ., Sifl would snrearv . that the policeman never struck Bndget Cone . She , saw-the affair from first to last She had never seen" the policeman since . S ^ e had s ^ n 5 watchman . He ; ( the watchman ) caBe d ^ ast ., m hL , She ^ witness ) did not give Mni her te . stmj . pny in TOng ? She had heard about Mrs . Gone . beftghefere . ftetnagisbfa ^ but she dH 5 not epjne , ; up , qn that occasion . u " - ' ¦' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ; ; George Adchgm sworn , % said—fain a butcher , *§ &m \ I Ao £ atJuarrymW ; 1 && < Hsto > K : ' amfe on . -tha i 4 th < JfMW . ^ 'i / ob iroYSnow Patrick S ^ vtf ^ ^ r ^ fe t «»^ TVIrS . C 6 ne *** $ * £ > ' %% * **• ; . t ? fr » . -iteinfr w *» here te- ' quested to- ' stand ^ p ^ afid -was justified by < - the , * rtn « k . } s ~ i ^ a ^» -polfe « mati .. c 6 me . OT . li : iwas watehineyct fte-tun ^ the- policeitttfa oamo no-- I wa * P ^ t » tt < w « ftt 3 HyTlrd » fetoTfnyiowff shop , irhen-i M ^ the frti 6 emmmi » rit . ; . ^ ere ^ -wiae-abottt tmi wofeteVA tf * fle >* Ui&iitg 40 g # i& . r They irore
making a ittii * ld ^ taei-..- « w » poticeniftn wrentto gtt > hoTa <( tf *» tnaniin r 4 M < eW&jidb& and ( wtoe hat ?^ Th&ipeUceinatf tiok 4 iii-if ) i the arm ^ aud « aid heQisf kekepgoiaaseariakiai . ; i 5 T * 4 aain . ^ w the warw 4 o ^ Uquar 5- i $ hei p ^ icettatf -saia ^ o : tie mani he'he ^ J bett ^^ hoiu *^ o # S 5 mtii » tl 4 « iitH tomfew wnereebje . H « ( the pohceman ) tbbk- 'tfe . fttifcby theann , and put )^ rmJT ^ g ^ P 4 ; gnd . Svhen the pohceman . came ^ jwrM'Tvf ^ BtWcante again out of S ^^^ & f \^» d dawn towari ^ lFn Jhop ^ T t ^ edft ^ rgatfBl ^ lK ^ WSi ^^ aBliip U ^^ l ^^ mmw r t * j . i ' ^ ' i *? " breakjyour bloody policeman ' g Aead . ^ f § U 95 ^ A 5 ^ 55 S ep « j , 6 CTi ^ The
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^ rCross-ex amined Mr ^ NAytoa . Tlie * womau ffidaotihr ^ . Jhe jutame . J was twenty yawls above jftjimp ahgp fhf ^^ pmu tfegato . , I came down and , stood * ppto ^ i 0 . ' ?»<*? ' the , tmalTerwagi 5 I have heard cf thiii case . beiig ^^ abwdy befere the magiBtiite ^ " I ' ea ^ r n » -UlbloW » -either ; oa the oneSde'br * n ffieorher ; ' -I ' do ^ aot'know whether the affair vat over , or begun , when ft : went np . I did riot $ tp | feiBrp > 8 ition _ oj ^ . ^ j joun ^ jBrpman . X know ¦ « wOTaa ^ . «^ e 4 , ftttf 8 t 5 mi I . ^ are j » ever ha ^' iiny cbnveraat ^ oB with , th ^ < WA > j ^ an . She / frequehtH iny BhopyanSbttysmeatef ( ine ^ lkn <« f nothuigdisteipectml aboa't her character ;;_* he pays 'me foi' all
she buys . ' I do not know airs . tHitcmnson by name . IlcadwherbYHiKrshetrideii * itb mei---I kirtw nbthing disrespectful of- h'en 1 did-not hear the > oHcenian use any improper lang » a « J& . All the abasive . j ^ gBage wa » -ep one « de , , ^ , wa » , about thirty yard *^ om | he policeman . whan be put Cone into the yard ^ ejid ., Jtcanho ^ tell how ; many persons -ww&oreienf . ^ r ^^ ftt ' se ^ whether Cone got info Ha £ Wild Man . . ' '' ' ¦ " ' ¦ '¦ ' •! : ) - •• ' ¦ .:. •¦ ... ' - ThpniBirBell ; ' gwbrrh " ** He safii—I am a ^ taildi and K « in Mibgafe .. I-was in the * Wild Man m tHfe ' J 4 th of May . I know PatrictConie . ' -l >^ w hkn , comeiatoith * WildMftftit H » sw * b yew dixu ^ u ^ He
give ; h | m ^ fnyj b ^ ejmBQ . he f ^ w a ^ ki ckedVnn rows ¦»^ j # ;^« ra « pf M'i"la ^ . ® aiicM have hold . of Patrick Cdh £ ? "He ( theroslicemain ' li was pjiI ^ C 6 ^\ nfa th ^ m * endV ^ m ^ am ^ C- JI ing him towarifs th'tfeiitrfc- 1 know MiSi ^ ne . ' She " was standing besftRj ¦ bttr husband tod ' said ^ dontgo for j himf ^ he -h ^ -Tiothinf tot ^ ^ do » with yon' . " The ^ policeman said ' ii > - she ttiade any < disturbance ^ howould find a place for her too . She then took up a ? * tone and caUed . the p ^ cem ^ aft-, theilLnames ; ever . hp ^^ ard ; they-were , past m ' entionirig . ' " The poUceinaJ went ;^ buarry ; H } U : ' ; Bridget > Cone ' went ruiimn ^ after ; bm' ; clapping her hands and tne
cureing anu sweanng an .. way snewent doyinni She followed : hfin fifty or sixty yards . 8 fie had a stone in her hMd before she followed him down ; " Cross-examined by Mr . Naylor .: I did not see the beginning of the affray ^ ; When Mrs ^ < C <* ie »* as coming down the Mil she might have thrown ; the stone if she liked . . I cannot tell why she shb ^ li take up a stone except that the policeman b } ad interfered with her husband . She carried the stone , six or eight yards . She took hold of the policeman before she threw the stone down . I was not three yardi from them . There were about other" four persons present besides myself and the policeman . Betty Waters * sworn . She said—I am a widow and live on Quarry Hill , lknow Bridget Cone . On
the 14 thof May , I saw a neighboiur woman coihe and put my shop door > to . 1 asked . her why she Bhut my door . She said there was a row in the street I went to the door and opened it . I saw Bridget Coae standing with n Oaving-stone in both hands . A woman said to Bridget " you foolish woman go home and let the policeman alone : they will not be played with . " Br idget's mother-in-law took the stone out of her hand and threw it on the pavement She swore she would rive the policeman ' s— liver out . [ The words of this witness were so completely offensive that it would be the height of indelicacy to report them . ] I did not see the policeman strike her . Isaw nomoreof the business , and I have nothing more to say . Cross-examined by Mr . Navlor . I did not dee Bridget take hold oi the policeman . I saw nothing
at all about the matter , so you don't need to ask me any questions . Aft er the disturbance was quieted , the "policeman went about Ms business like another man for anything I know ; I did not go with him to see where he went If I had been a mau I wocld have besn sent to York for her ( Bridget Cone ) . 1 have not bsen among the neighbours talking the matter over . I have something else to do . I ain not going to tell yon ( Mr . Navlor ) whether the neighbours have been talking about it or not . I have had no conversation about this matter with my customers . Cone and his wife have nothing to do with me nor I with them . Bridget Cone was running down Quarry Hill as fast as >< he could after the policeman . He did not run away , but I thought
him a bit of a coward . The policeman was not standing by when Bridget ' s mother-in-law took the stone out of her hand . He was twenty or i thirty yards from Bridget when she had the stone in her hand . My shop is twenty or thirty yards from the place where vhe row began . 1 stood in the doorstead , and I saw it all . I do not know how many people were about . I saw neighbours about that nave been witnesses to-day . I do not know whether there was a large or a « mall number of persons there . Br idget was about two flags from my aoorstead when she had the stone in her hand . The policeman was near James Illingworth ' s . There were perhaps two or three people about I do not know exactly how many .
Rebecca Crow , sworn . I am a married woman , and live at Quarry Hill . I know Patrick Cone wheti I see him . I remember hearing a disturbance in the street on the 14 th of May . 1 was in my own bouse . When I went out I saw Bridget Cone . She w » enrsing ^ and swearing very much- I saw . Burw ^ U flie policeman . He was not any distance off Bridget . She called him a — , and swore she would knock his brains out She said it many times . The pohceman toek hold of her arm , but never struck her . Br idget ' s husband was drunk . Cross-examined by Mr . Naylotu I did notsee the beginning of this business . I do not know how far my house is from the place where the affray happened . I havenot measured the distance . I cannot
give any idea of the distance . I cannot tell what the distance may be for I have not measured it I do not know whether it is twenty yards or ten yards . 1 have never talked about the measurement of , the ground in conversation . When I first saw the policeman and Bridget Cane together they were not toucMng each other . I could not see how far they were separate . I saw Bridget with a stone in her hand . The policeman was not a great distance off her . I didnot see her take the policeman by the collar . She dropped the stone down and ran after him . I- do not know how many people were about . I do not know whether there were ten , or one , or twenty . I caunot tell how lane I stopped out in the
street ; perhaps ten minutes . In that time I could not tell whether there were ten or fifteen people about I saw Cone and his wife , and I cannot tell how many more . I never saw Bridget take hold of the policeman . I saw the policeman walk quietly away . Bridget both run and walked ; she ( Bridget ) isin the family way : at least I suppose so . I have hveiHn the neighbourhood three years . . William Benson , sworn : He said , I live in Bowstreet at the Bank . I remember the 14 th of May . I heard" a woman cursing and swearing . I saw a
policeman there .- The woman had a paving stone in her hand . She was cursing and swearing and usedthe name of God frequently . 1 saw the policeman go away , and she followed him down Quarry Hill . She had nothing in her hand when she went down theMll . She went "' down clapping her hands . I did not connt the people that were there . I cannot tellbow many there were . There were about 40 or 50 . There was a great noise . Nobody struck tie policeman , and nobody struck the woman . The pohceman took hold of her by the shoulder and wantedher to go home .
Cross-examined : I did not see the beginning of thifl business , I came through the yard that Cone andhiswife "Eve ini . I " passed through tlie passage . Cone wasm the middle of the street . His wife was abusing the policeman ; She"had a payinsj-stonein one hand . She had nothing in the other . She swore she would knock Ms liver out Her husband was swearing too . Cone and the policeman were hot far from each other when I saw them . She threw the stonedown . Shehad ' nt it in her hand when she went down Quarry Hill . I did not see her throw it down . I was there till the affray finished . It lasted perhaps ten minutes or aquarter of an hour . Mrs . Cone had not the stone in her hand nil the while She had it perhaps five minutes in her hand . She
took hold of the ^ policeman many a time ; she swore she would rive Ms liver out She had hold-of the poKoemanVwhen she had the stone in her hand . I saw the policeman go away . He ( the policeman ) went awaybeforeBndget Conefollowed hunyoursiug andjswearing . . Her hnsband was talking but he did notfollQw . 1 distinguished hervoiceabove all others ; though there were forty or fi % people there , and talking - very loudly , 1 distinguis ' hed her Voice . * The people tnhde agreat'noisfe ^ but th ^ y did not itSk $ 6 loud' as she did ; " She followed the policeman > immediately . She ran after him . I did not hear the poKceman charge Cone with having insulted a girl . 1 was not there when Cone and the policeinau were toffether . ; : , >
; Mrs . Helhwell , sworn . I saw , the disturbance on the J 4 th of May . I heard Mrs . Cone call the P ^^^ MEfeife ^^ iL ^ ir-i and said she ' woWWJ the dratWTtrm .- ' Tfie ^ polceinuff ^ l ^ r touch the woniap io my prqgence , nor use any bad language .: .- "'" .-' _ Cross-examinjd' -I- « nJy ^» w-the concluding part of the business . ^ Bridget Cone . was following the pohceman' past mf ikbw . ¦ * She rw -walkine auietlT afterthacpoiiceman . w ¦ ; r > > - .. " . " Robert , Garsiae awonu ; He # aid—Iiama j < 4 n « r ; r S * f *^* i' *? ; l *>> W * ' * 9 ' * > Wfy& fljiK ^ assiKras heqrd ^ P * ^ A'f ^ s ^ jPfwW . man . have rhpfi of ^ e ; man , " *^^ s ^ f * K > ^ rSS ! 7 w ( W *^ i . ^^ . ® PPliJWmin Vas fenfeefrtee lri ^ Jfcat . feSfed S ^ I quiet .
Pfgan aDunng him . He ( ther ^ BHcemanVw ^ ea fonrard , and toldjb ^ r ^^^ Rttei ^ She iT ^ ilttl ^^ - "ft * JSi ^ f ' tJUtb 'WbaattXif ^ ' dW S ^ SSSI ^^* SS # «< Th « ' »» btHai » t pokcenua , In * the poUwwaa go away . I cannot
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jay what became 6 flhe * | jBbne ;^ ^ r ^ C |^ i » a 5 r"flp : policeman make any chat ^ eiww ^ apvinst Cone or his wi / e . XdiAtiota «< thebegiiaiihgQf ^ h > bosinftas , Tvrsu , withm ien- t » i ^ irf the p »^ . ^ the time * The « wi » a g »» at piupber ^ j ^ jpepple ^ bj ^^ c ^ d nor estiroate how jw ^ y ; th «! ewfi »^ hjre ft I jgwwtBvviei ^ - f ^ t t h ^ a ^ jf ^ efort ^ . ^ mmmm ^ s ^" I did Bot . then state that me woman calle ^ COTJeliad ( used an oath . This closed the cas » fot'tHo ' defimdan * . iV ^ " > ^ -. "" . nj- -: ! . ' -: ¦¦; •/> :.- jr-j f ?« ' >; : . > v- ^ v t . ' : /¦• v : Mb •¦¦ Navfctok ¦ t ^ itonwwid np 'the : ^ enW Hesaid he was 8 brr £ kthat tt ^ tawS W& . Oc 0 npi 0 d the |^ t iw jj fTthe ^ ch i 6 | te « g , ^ Bgh ^^ jras fa frpta flunking ^ S ^ % Mr . ; ShiwUh » t 4 h «^ a * AiM be
, unfit to ^ come fp ^^ e . magistotes ^ He- B thftt ; so ; jfcr w . re ariea- th ^ i& £ S theyhadresprt edto ^ pro ^ r &na jorfte pnrpW pf having their rights , protecte ^/ ^^^^ ft- 'befil ^ fhefli would ttxrn-ett » iTeiy'upe »^ questi « i ( i 3 fTxin The , point in tbas / csw © movAA iiio ^^ ijuetry ^^ i ^ Bj ; ffle tiujtober o £ ^ toe ^ iu % h «^^ , pe ^ 95 ^^ T ^^^ B ^ hiphj ^ e ^ h ad gj ^* th ^ yid g ^^ Bu ^ tneyj must select their evidence from the parti 8 * Vho httdj appeared ; thej inust consider the ^ araoW methe ^ J j a > Bfcn-ms «; wiin 3 S ^ eviden ^^ Vi ^ in ) er ^ A Wey-lr ^; $ ^^ h >^ st ^< ftt ^ kb i how | they 1 had aji'qufa-e * theifnieaflric bfi gWiDg iaformU : ' a ^ on . ^<"; If ithe ^ Be oeh dasaed ihe t « ra < fe aerip 4 iwjftof evidfeti «|* o ^ di ithey w ^ ldpertsewfe ^ tibSatj&B ohb ^ plainaDtjand he * t » o < iritBee » K ! . awoiifitmnkitianUin ^
j ^ t hej ^^^ Who appeared for the defendant , who profeseed to ; hfeve ieen the commencemeut of the affair Thev iwbiild % av ^ Wfkdge ' ^^ thw ; th e p ^ niy H an ^ l ^ conafl ^ hafl ^ nbifs « ^ lyp ' rovglted' ^ andiiiis&ea this ? woinan"by hii'thceafe tuad > flS 8 atnlt ¦•« - &&& '¦ £ justify'' Iujp -coMfecj ;^ - >« ttd ^ stQl i& render . ithe policeman ' liable ! Lto ; the » : Jjunishment whichrhe toughjr : ; -: ioin have ibflHetedM ;» po « . him < ; for . ; fl » s wantoii assartltt " . .. Th « i ; e ya » one . impqrta Bt -witiiiesa ke pf oufptthBcii j seibpG ^ use she would hav e furnfehed a key ' . " . to ^ the whole- tran ' sac ^ on .. She would have stated whether she called for the assistance' ofcthe pplicemiii , arid wotda have tola the trUth'free ^ from ' all bia * : -His friead'Mr . Sha # i had iiot ventured to
^ prodiuse her ; aaii that for this reason ; he knew she -would have stated what had been stated bv « ther Pftrttes ^ viz . —thBt / TPatrick pone and she were tnendly ,-and that she ; n no respect received an insuit in , the public street , in open 4 ay , and in the ptesence of hiswifft Ms . mother and three 61 * four otherjpersohs . Th ^ tMrig was quite preposterous , and absurd beyond comparison i" He submitted that h ^ s friend , Mr . Shaw , had failed in the m 6 st material part of the testiiHdny . iHe had not called the policeman to give testunony - | nor had it eve »> been stated . whether > o * not -he "; was cnlleduponto aflbrd his protection to the . girl . He ( the poKceinanV-was left entirely out of ; the case , because his friead ^ Mr . Shaw , knew that he ( Mr . Naylcir ) would have aii
opportunity of cross'exaininirig him aa to vrhether tue young wonjan hjad or had not called him to her assistance .: Hie then begged to callthe attention of the bench to the , various ^ stiniony of the parties ^ and the manner ^ n which they had contradicted each other , some having sworn that the woman had the stone in both hands , - some that she had it only in one hand holding the policetnan with the other . A third had sworn that she' threw the stoue down because her mother-in-law advised her to do so , and a fourth , that she had dropped it quietly and without any interference , v There were only two . persons who had come for the defendant who professed to have seen the beginning of the matter , and who had made statements ; contradictory to those of his client's
witnesses ^ 1 hey stated that when the policeman came up and ordered the man ( Cone ) home , he ( Cune ) replied that he had done ho harm : and what right ( had he ( the policeman ) to interfere with Mm . If , therefore , the poHceman bad unnecessarily interfered between two parties in the street , he was answerable for the result of it . If in the beiuning he bad struck this woman , as it had been proved he had done , and even if the woman had afterwards tJiktm any part in any personal affray Pgiiiust him , still he was liable for the assault committed in the beginning , and for having introduced himself in the manner he did . Mr . Shaw had regretted the presence of four magistrates in this case , as he thought it was takine un their h ™ »«>
necessarily . He ( Mir . Naylor ) was glad to . see so many gentlemen on the bench , and was sure they would view this case with au unbiassed mind . lii judging ; of the case they would consider that the young woman who appeared accidentally to have been the cause of all this disturbance was absentthat the policeman Mmself was not suffered to nppea ' r for , the putpose oi stating under what circumstances he introduced himself amongst tlie parties , who state that they were then quite peaceable . He , therefore , maintained that—taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case , and the manner iii which the defendant ' s witnesses had-given their testimony—the woman could never have bewa provoked into' all the violence which hart
been attnbutedto her , without some violent conduct had been used towards her . In short he considered the whole of the evidence for the defence a complete Ussue of fabncatioli . The magistrates had seen the woman ^ themBelves ; they had seen howshe had conducted herself . Site had answered every question as plainly al » they could be answered . She had told her story as plainly and distinctl y as possible , and it had been corroborated by the testimony of two other persons . He maintained , therefore , that , under the circumstances of the case , considering the manner in which the policeman had introduced himselt among the parties , if the least degree of assault had been
prpved he should consider liimself entitled to a conviction . , The magistrates then asked Mrs . Cone why she had . not made an earlier application for a summons m this case . She replied that she was too poorly to come on the day after the affair , and she thought it wasjio use coming to Mr . Clapham , after sue had been fined for doing nothing . The bench then consulted for ten or fifteen seconds , and gave it as their decided opinion that thft policeman had used no more force than was necessary on the occasion ^ and that therefore , the charge of assault 'against him was not proved .
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• Our rpaflers will pte-dso to reinomber thnt upon this man ' s testimony alone , together with that of the policeman , who was the plaintiff in the cast ? , the magistrate , lyir . Clapham , conricted Bridget Cone in the penalty of 10 s . and Is . costs for swearing ten oaths . Now this mail at : that time , as he haH again stated abave , ci 8 tihctly declared that he did not hear the woman take an oath . > hen the magistrate , Mr . Clapham , convicted Bridget of swearing , there was only the testimony ol' the policeman to support the -charge-, while against that testimony was the evidence of his own witness , the testimony of Bridget Cone , and that of two other respectable witnesses Who have not varied their testimony in the least . Mr , Clap , ham , therefore , convicted the woman upon testimony which Was as ONEtp FOUR !! The only material part in which Mr . Uarside ' s testimony ; as giVen abdve , diB ' ered from' what he gave _ oa the foTirier . occasion , is , that he said" Cone was certainly . ratlter fresh , " whereas , now he says " he was tew fresh . " ¦ .. - ¦*• ,.. *
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The Editors of the " TJie Northern Star " wish to be distinctl y understood that in affording a vehicle for the discussion o ) great Public Questions , they are not to be ideittijiud with the Htntiinents er thu Language of ' their several Correspondents .
TO TEE EDITORS OK THE NORTHERN STAR . RALAHINE .
formation op CHAnACTER . —Continued . / No principle ever taught upon earth among men , lias been one hundredth part so beneficial in its tendency , and ' SO happy inits results , as thatgTeatest of all truths , which is the Sun o { Mr .-QwenFs Social System . ¦ ; ^ Thatiliediaructerojmah is formed for Aim , and ? t ( rf by i him . " ; By "uniformly acting upon this principle , in the > Schools , and in the management of the , workpeople , in the Factories at New Lanark , y ? itb a popTilation of 2600 p erHons , originally ahiong ; the most ignorant , vicious , ; and criminal in all Scotland ; Mr . Robert Owen , who was himself a magistrate , assures us , that for the last twelve years thaifije , had the management of ' that ' concern ^ not a single case qf crime cume before a magistrate
against aiiy individual ' connected with his Maipifaciorij . Mr . Owen has left Ne \ v Lanark about six years : the present proprietors have : adopted many , but not ill Air . Oweh ' s plans , and as facts are better than * argnmentsi the following extract irom the-Third > Report of the Inspectors of Prisons , appointed ) under . 5 and 6 WiBiam 4 th . ; Chap » uS—4 , Scotland ,- Northumberland , and Durham , presented to ; both Houses of Parliament , by order of her Majestyj this present ; Sessjon , 18381 , addressed to Lord jronn RussellV and signed '' Fredrick Hill , jCommissioner . " Page 7 j he s ^ ys . "ThiS sairie afctention tip the fediic ^ Mni ; aiid gerieral happiness of the peot ) Ie of ¦ Netr Lanark , which' exJstea -when- the milk wer 6 "nii'der the manageinettt of MryOwen ,
Bppeais to be paid by th ^ presetft Proprietor , and so sifeeesiifbl'ia ^ ( Wfe 9 i / sWn of preventing crwn * y that the PtodtirtrtWiRscai _ Utf- this"W ' bx& of tfae Cdurity , w . ho ' resides witiiia *! toe . mile of ilew Lanark , told . anpie » that'ionly . ! t » W > iofliBBfcak » : ihad , come . to , bijs knowledge du » ii »« : thifcla * t sii ; : ye * c . str Catrini ; , inAyrs ^ ire ^^ is ^ like Nev ^ fLan ^ j . it juf ^ . large . country b ^^;^ . pic-WWWM fa&WvWfr W l # lpi IWlPPfc to . eue bpdjr m . Propnetors , ytkq hav « t ^ e ^ eansj as they have WP ' . ' m * . ^ w ^ sdoipa ^ tf b ^ nevtolence , t 6 ^ opt ' suW | Mc ¥ ^ tf 8 as di ? e 'iMf ^^ ¦ tt « real ' coMIrt aid wfelfar ^ ioF'ttre people ifl-their etoplbyihehtt And ; notwithitaading whatHas b « en feaia 6 n ^ h ^ % i * Je « ttf FacWrie ' 8 , >/ Aa » e 7 ioiA *«< ortwJ »
frHatftigphM * h * mrWpcoptttfCaMne < J ) faJjanark , > tondntnik&WpiisJfae&t / b ^ ftajppiest , and mostipmiipofttznftnities in the IVwld . ~ Beitfkiww ^ als 6 ft -tbatthe putlin ^ B of the , system ^ f'N ^ ti onj ^^ E ^ uc ^ tio ^^ , a ^ bpte ^' ii PMs si ^^ nd jwuch , JB ' tfie . best m t % # orld , were prei » e " nte (! * o the K&g of Prlsai bt }^ . 'Owen f ^ d ^ thit '&' tilah'of I ^ o ^ h ^' ucafionVe ^ TiaUy ' efflc ^ n ^ laid Jby h ^ b ^ fbrii ^ 1 * 1 l ^^ 'Go ^ rHmehtixl otir > owni cowtry Iw ^ iifr fi ^ e ^ eary > te <* , Would-haTe been adopted by them" if 'th * f had not been prdventedi . by > th * bifeoted and silfiah clamour of tha , priesthood ., . Ba itku » wn also , tb » t the first and be * t Infant School
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New Ii aa ^^ ftafetb ^ € !« i ^ t ^ p ^ L | Io ^ a s ^ WjW > fMW 4 ^^ fi ilS' ^ M ^^^ S ^^^ S tf / ra rtff ^ 1 fl ^ 'W& »» # "' ^^ iben 6 v < M ^ mMbni' -h 6 } iM Mits ^^ oyraimiu » ttfi > ymidng ^ & » cWitmf 4 l ? jtHeiei * 5 H ^ wwld ^^ ri
8 di ^ P *^ batped , ^^ an *« piH *^ flr ^;^^ M ^ lfe tfte wily mcafis of removing tgtiwance , vt&i poverty ^ nrfwf *^^^/ jU : At ^ W-hi ^ X 4 l Hab ^ i ^ M <*^ fliferaMyV \ nbtfigtorativery , ) r . tf ^ J » im 8 eli' : p 6 or , that we throogli hi » Tp 6 j ( er *| r mij g ;^^ : m ^ d ^ , ( feaUyl /; nch ^ ' and ? Yi ^ vfix ^ Tjpfi ^ rfi ^ ^ Bf 4 j « a ;§ lJ ( 4 cqft ^ o »* p ^« i ^ d ¥ ^^ ffw «( R ^ geM . ^^ fflM ( K > di 0 tem «!^> i m& and bjr ftffi& ^ p ^ iit ^ W ^^ TV ^^ ^^^^ ^ & tha * bas endured vacii contradiction of 8 inBe » against himself ,, lest ye be weary and faint in yririr «« TirI . lnnVinir nnfn hl ' rt « TAKa" 5 Rl'i > iW 7 antTinW «« A IV it % iWi
r »«»« ll > liT ^ . VBM *^ ^ uww «*» y y -wr-m ^ - ^ »< r « " WtlAkAAV / L . Wit | 1 I Sniflber ^ f owe system , who for , t ^ frjqT that was set ; tlwA » -e ' Mipj hda- ' epdnred bi 8 tfos ^ v ' dEroisMg'th' ^ shame ;' arid beaSSTlr ^ -ttiat w ^ s 40 th ^ t ' vtftuofeajd' tijtojiy' stiite * W stdiett , > whii * h lapjjfe ' rfeally-and tr ^ , » tto m ^ &n&WlGoVl JBut it -is tim « "I'said ' ^ ymething < hc thff pracfioal " effeicts of theiJafenfemeart ^ foK ^ thftflforiaatipkoQf Irfiafacter at Rfalahine . aon ^ he ^ - . intelUgence , yirtuei ted happiness oft that'Spcietyv ^ A . t »* erei again , I ish ^ ll ; appeal to authentic documents . and facts , « l : which I : have-just received , ^ : om ? MrV . Craigr their S ^ cretisry .. ' '¦ ... '' [ '¦' - ¦ ¦ ¦"'"¦' . ' ' ' : ' ¦''' ' ' - ; ' - ^ - . ; -- - - ';
'• - > BVLraiO * " THE JNfANT ; SCHOOL . ; .. ; ' 1 ,. ^ ach child tp be brouglit tby it »; inot ^ er to the sbhool at 6 o ' clockin thqrniprmng , thoroughly clean , eon ^^ and ; . wa 6 bBd . .. ' " ; ; .- '; r ' . . " : -: \~ . ^'' - ' . ^ ' [ ' ^ - •< & Tp remainatschoolUU ^ o'dock ^ tpevening , djurlngwhicli time the children arie to-be ; tinder'the entire c ' are of ^^ jffi&iffistre ^^ raidert % ^ encb bfMr . Vai ^ elearV ' or ^ may appoint in his absence ; v : ^ * , 3 . The parents are not to interfere witn . thft .
disciD-Krie of the school , or to itake any of th » children : away on any account daring those hours . . ;; \\ . * 4 » These rules apply to Sundays as-well as other . days .. ' :- v :. ¦ - - ; . - - , ¦;¦ .. ; . . ' . vw ' . - - ¦ ¦' . > \ 'V . '"' . ' "' ' "' '¦ ., '¦ . : These were the rules at the commencement of the schpol I arrangements were ; afterwards made for . thechildren to sleep in the dormitorj attached'to the infant school , under the care of the mytresj , thereby saving mothers the trouble of washing ajvd , dtessiBg their children before going to \ work ; tbe necessity for inlianta rising so early , and-ail the bustle , irritation of feelings * &c . consequGnt . ¦ ¦
The following is a copy of a letter f from-one of the orphan boy&at Ralahine , eight years- of -ageyto his uncle , Thomas Hastings , dated September 30 / A , 1833 : — . "Dear Uncle ,-r-My friends bayiag informed me-of yqnr kind inquiries concerning my welfare j and your wish to see some specimen of my progresg at school , I take this- opportunity of expressing the pleasure I feelin forwarding the present letter and theenclosed drawing . To enable you to judge of my progress in the latter , I may inform you , that there are only two hours devoted . - to practice , with the pencil , in each week , the remaining school-hours being devoted to writing , accounts , grammar , geography , and . music , whilst th& remainder of the day i ^ spvnt in labouring for my support . * ' For the present favourable opportunities I now possess for acquiring knowledge , together with' the eiijoyment of a comfortable way of living , I am
indebted to the benevolence of Mr . Vandeieur v aud to the Icind supenntendence of Mr . Craig ; and bv ' continuing to attend to his directions and advice , lhope to meet a continuance of your regard and esteem . "lam , ' ' " Your affectionate nephew , "MiCHAEt Me . Namaha . '' Mr . Craig says , in writing to me last week , "If Ralahine nad ^ effected no greater good than the change which its education produced in the characters Of the pupils , the results would have been ample return for my exertions . The visitors who were attracted to Ralahine were astonished at the progress of the children , and at the workings of * The System , ' ( as Ralahine Society was emphatically caile . d , ) that would tame the wild Irish-, and make them , forsake poverty , rags , and misery , for cleanliness , health , and comfort . "
At a general meeting of the society , held 23 d November , 1833 , the following declaration ^ was passed and signed by the members : — " We , the undersigned , being members of the Ralahine Agricultural Co-operative Society ; have experienced ior the last two years contentment , peace , and happiness , nnder tHe arratoements introduced by Mr . Vandeleur and Mr . E . T . Craig . " " At the commencement , we were opposed to the plans proposed by them , but on their introduction ^ we found our condition improved ^ our wants more regularly attended to , our feelings towards each otlieT were at once entirely changed from jealousv , hatred , and revenge , to confidence , friendship , and forbearance . "
"The lectures delivered by the president , Mr . Vandeleur , and by Mr . Craig , have had a powerful ' influence upon our minds , and were calculated to improve our intellects : and the rules formed at the commencement , have been very useful in the practical operations of the society . " [ Here follow the names of the members . \ A sensible agricultural labourer with whoml conversed when at Ralahine , in contrasting their present with their former condition under a steward , said to ine— " We formerly had no interesteither in doing
, a great deal of work , doing it well , or suggestin g improvements , as all the advantages , and all the praise was given to a tyrannical taskmaster , tot-Ms attention and watchfulness . We were looked upon as inerely machines , and his business to keep us in motion . For this reason it took the time of three or four of us to watch hirn ^ and when he was fa irly out of sight , you may depend we did not hurt ourselves by too much labour but now that our interest ajid our duty are made to be the same , we have ho need of a steward at all . "
Now , my social friends , if a rational combination of circumstances alone was capable of producing so great a change , in so short a time , in the characters of individuals who were bpti . prejudiced agairist . and hostile to . iheir introduction , how easy must if be for us to bring them into practical operation , who understand these principles , and are determined to carry them into practice ? ' To me it appears impossible to devise arrange ments more noble , beautiful , extensively useful , or more easy , practicable , and eebnomicar ,. than those adopted at Ralahine and New Lanark . How paltry mean , and des-jicable are all our poor laws , ' charity schools , charitable institutions , and even our . national colleges and universities , when . " compared with those simple ^ natural , and rational proceedings I speak as nUto wise men . Judge ye what 1 say . — I am , < fec . ..- ¦ . JOHN FINCH .
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^ TO THE RT ; HON . EARL FITZWILLIAM . M \ LonD , ^ -I am not altogether unknown'to you ; I am the son ofone , who was mainly instrunieritol in pbtaihitig that majority , which in 1807 , seated Your Lordship in the House of Commons , as . one * ithe representatives of the County of York . From my father Ilearnt ( differing as I / always have done from you in politics ) to honour and revere your character;—I believed you , though mistaken in your views , to be a patriot and a Christian "in whom there . w ^ s no gjiile . " I was told , that those enobbng virtues , charity and benevolence , which were ' thebrightest gems in your noble and honoured parent ' s- cpro ^ igt , had descended to your Lordship—undiinhed by the mist of selfishness—unbroken by the unhallowed hand of a vain and icy philosophy .
On one occasion , my Lord , your kindness and courtesy has laid me under obligation . Itisimpossible that I can address you in any term ? , but those' of respect : Your Lordship would , ho we very despise me , were I to indulge in flattery , or fear to speak the truth . '¦ -.- ¦ ' - . . : ¦ ' . " ; ¦ - - ; : J . -:. ¦' . ¦ ¦' . - . v ; . ; - " .. ? . -. I have nndertaken to . address your L qfd / siiip , iaj consequence of what you are repprted to ha , ve said in tie House , of Lords , on the second jre ^ ng of iae IrishPoor . £ awHill . ^^ Your ' Lbrdsbipi (( repr 6 seri&g ' your" own order , " ) is reported then toi have made use . of spine very astPundiidg expressions : " ( 1 Tbere jarejmyLprd , twdi sides to ^^ eyery argumfent ^ -allo ' w me , after quoting ' yotir words , to say something t '« favour of the Rights of the Pow . These are ; the ' sentiments , to which your Lordship is said to have
given expression . : . > , ; ,,,. , , r I I . — "It always " appears to tne that Foor Law ' s end _ eavour to rob the Supreme \ LGoyernor . njf : > the Upiverse , of . some of bis a . tMbQtes , thejr ^ bje ^ j ; ¦ beingi-to overturn tbe decree . prpmulgated immediately after , the fell , * in the sweat of thy faec shall ^ ^ ^ a ^^ -. ' :.: ; - - ,:.., ^ ^ - ; - ' - : ; " - -:- ¦ . :: ¦/;¦ ¦ : ' ¦ : ' ¦ -i Hn 4 b . ee ^ efiecfed in > E ngl « nlii yrli iff JEHEtV a s t ep ToiyiRpfl having ? i (> Ppoii : liii * pI 'i . ' T itt ; arid ' that ' wtuthevfMvie ^ to'tafcS ' byii ^ ' '"¦ ' ¦ ( - 'Wv ^ ^ A I rejoice io'find ; th « th ^ rriends t > f the New Poor ' ¦ Law are at la 8 tbbUjKte * Uf 'attempt the J defence of ( that meiinre . hv a . ri annual ta . th » Holv ScrintiirAX . vf 1 l
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!<^^ parti W ^? PRm ^ nVof ^ - ^ ^ jnj ^ en ^ ^^ ^ V ^ en ^ s ^^ , - 1 ^ llkethat of ournch tt&bles pf die AreSeht'Sav srw tb ^ tm : ^ M ^ yt i ^ ^ SKi ^ S ; annpeence ;; Hej'hke theni , " toiled "riot ;' neither" ¦' ' , did ; h : eQspih j '' f : bui be sinned—he 'fell lrd& a , state ¦ of mnpce ^ cej . eas ^ and ^' njoyin / grit ^ a ^ d was ^ - ' ; as your'Lordship well observes , coolemiied fanrl' ; ; remember that vpuif Lordship , as well as tbte * $ an- ¦ ' ¦ = < perils heir toMs fallj unddpartner in hbcMdetona-: tion , ) u toeat . bread lii tfie sweat of his &ce .. " God , : h 6 weveT , TtriewHhathecouldribtg ^ rowbiead on the - rpalins of his hands . Our first father had forfeited : theinleasur $ » , of » % Garden of Eden ^—out of that place . he mwtbe daven , and so be was : —but the '
wide world wa ^ Wflfe him \~ axA God ^ to ; whom thl world belonged , after , he ^ had prvaounced the cuwe" sent him . forth ^ omthe garden of Eden , to till the gronnd froba whence he was taken . " Hke then my Lord , acfordmg to your own sh ^ wmg ^ We iinl man placed on the ground with a rightial itiil * from " the Supreinfi Governor of the Universe' » "to "till ..-the ^ groundj" in orderthathe might beable "™ the sweat of his face' to eat bread . ' This is the degree of the Supreme Governor of the Univeise ? My Lord , we are agreed—this is your Lordship ' s whole argument against any Poor Laws ! Under these Circumstances , the fullgTown , healthy portion of the human family would require " no Poor Law
at all —for they ' could not be poor . Every needful provision is wisely and bountifully made for their returning wants . And should there be any so wilfully idle—unthankful of vv-icked , thus circumstahced . as to refuse by " the sweat of their face to eat bread , ^ why then , let them suffer , firsthunger , and then such other wholesome correction , as would tend to reclaim them to Mrtue , and restore them to society , repentantadd worthy members of the commonwealth , irom , which they had been-temporally estranged . This is the order " of the- Supreme Governor of the Universe "this is his "decree , "— "If any would not work , neither should he eat . " But , even in this ease , my Lord , there would still remain God ' s Po » r to be provided forthe onl of
— y part mankind , whioh the mercifal Creator of the Universe has pensioned upon their more highly favoured brethren , who are commanded tp succour and relieve them ; when in need , as the tenure , by which they hold their title to the good things ot this lite---their own , only in trust for the poor and needy— -for the good of all . ! Of these , it is said , " the Poor shall never cease out of the land " But who are ^ they , my Lord ? Are jthey the labourers of the nation , theablebpdied , vigpurous fathers of the race , that is tp occupy their pi ace . when G od shall bid them rest from their labours , expecting that ; their ' work shall follow them ? No , my Lord , these are not Gob ' s Poon--these never can bepodrunless
sel-, fish arid impiousmen shallhave " robbed the Supreme Governor of the Universe of some of his attributes " and , by their tradition made his "Idticree" of none effect !—Gon ' s Poor are the blind , tht » halt , the maimed—the widow , tte fatherless ^ the strangerthose ^ whom the helplessness of earnest chUdhood orlatest age—the wretchedness of forsaken or unbefriended sickness , misfortune arid distress shall havethwwn upon the mercy of the Dikppser pf Events ; arid he has " decreed " a never-faihng supply' for their wants m the superabundant ! plenty , which others possess ; and a measure of which they are to regard it asafugh privilege , m God ' s name , and on God s behalf , Jo dispense to such as stand in need
thereof . For tbe sustenance and support of this class , my Lord , a competent provision must always be made , for they shall never cease out of the land . Read the remainder of the verse , my Lord and you find the "decree ' to be as positive ai thedeclaration , " therefore , I command thee saving , thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother , to thy poor , and to thy need y in the laud . " Deut . xv . 11 . Whether this " opening of the hand wide" be called a Poor Law , or a " test , " " or wholesome digcipnne , '' is not the question , but we must have some " wide opening of the hand to our brother , to the poor , and and to the needy in the land " — or we shall " rob the Supreme Governor of the Universe of his
most darling attribute "—the " attribute" of mercy . Will your Lordship tell me under what arrangemerit the blessings of lifeare to be conveyed to the Lord's Poor—his especial charge—his peculiar care ? Deign to tell me this , my Lord , and we will not quarrel about the name , by which it : is to be designated . Your Lordship shiall have the choice of that yourself , only let it breathe mercy and be eloquent ot love . This must be done , my Lord , unless your Lordship , by means of the new light that has broken uponyour Lordship ' s mind , is prepared on Scripture principles , and in the exuberance of modern Christ * . an chanty ,- tp see them starve- ^ and die , and be swept off atonce from the face of God ' s own earth .
¦ v 1 our Lordship is , however , afterall , of opinion "that Poor Laws would endeavour to rob the Supreme Governor of the Universe of soine of his attributes ;" But , 'my : Lordfin the case , which you have put ; there is no Rent awarded to the Landlord ! God himsetf was the proprietor—the only rent , which he charged , was " Sweat . "; Now ^ thereyour- Lordship ' s case ; andyour Lordship's argument both end ; and ypa have proved to a : demonsir&tion ^ if there be any meaning whatever in your Lordship ^ s words , that every farthing 6 E-Rent which you receive , is , in fac ^ f a robbery ;; - pnyour- ¦^ arit ' . of . some of the attributes of the supreme governor ' , of the universe ;¦ ' yon have proved , tbat tii % isystem of receivirijz bent , i&
neither more nor less than a human ipvention ; intended 'Vto overturn the decree promulgated by the Supreme Goi'errior of the universe immediately after the fall . " This * -your Lordship' hasr either flroved , or p / qihave proved ' nothing . Ydu have laid tlie axe to the rootof nrivate property . You have brought the question into . ife ^ ol y natural position j it being ' tmej that thepossessknn qf ' private property . . can only bedefendedon t / ie assumption that a Ifeor Jjatv M [ it ! foundation ., ylt isjtriie ,. my Lor 4 , tKata Poor Law is the only j » rop on which private , property can safely pr equitabl y rest . ; . It is . in ^ pp ^ sibiet to admi t y our prfri louses ,, without coming -to tiais cbnblu'iQn . " . > i' Now , mv Lord , t' ^ k ion . wh ^ at ri * ht can'Vda
have to Wentwqrth Park aiid : Milton Wrk ? : Kd you obtain them ''^ by the sVeatJbf your face ? -If ^ ot , them your holding of them from those who migat be willing to" till '' -them , and " sweat bread" ^ ontof them , i » , according to your own shewingv " robbiiig the-Supreme Governor of ^ e Universe of somei bfiris attributes . " Again , iny Lord ; I bave seen yonr . Lordship ; hunting > foxes , in the neighbourhood of Milton . ; You were , " sweating"hardenongh , IgraiWbiit not for " bread . " " Yoii Have , " no doubt , as all , foxhuriters bave . here . andi there spots of land . " . iet
a Pa « to grow bners and whins . T £ ese are > yhat y . fcaU " fpxepvers . " . 'Npwj'l wiU . ' supp « qe , my X 0 f ithat the -legislatuite ' shoulfflake W « V advice , ' -ana Resolve , hereafter , 'y ^ iaye ^ o je ^ Law atall /' airf pat an honest indnsMotis ^ lOTonring manj on your owa estate ^ ^ mbeum ^ to \ findi em ^< m ^ ?> & *> * eemg < im [ fiepiec ^ s 0 / wiide «» e /? s JandYahonM ' Wjjfi-to . avaj ) binis ^ ol ^ the ^^ ipfGo ^ le ^ oyer , FflefeM ^ c ^ i one of rfte ^ begin V " *^ f ^^ fc' ^ W' ^ Nf ^ i Wif ^ ' ^ m ^ M ^ MlM ^ M ^ W ^^ i ^^^ bf Golf , ' bV Imn 1 ^ ' ana ^ lKfi& ^ tn ? ffi . ^ -6 o ( felloVi : ana-sta ^ e ^^ eiatWj ^ itlB ^ fEWfcfnlS nSeffofy 8 ^"' > Vbtiia'nc ^ M ^ l ^ i ^ hiR b ^>> tfoWm /^^ Gowrnor ^ ftheiUisiveiaeiof . somexif mH ^ ttnfeites ? Wtrald nbt , £ ^ tiAa ^!]^ i ^ tifi ^ r ^ , |«{ gitB ^' j ^ ir Lordshipfto jfoucdni ^ dfinisfloni afliorevftnlyoofr ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 16, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1010/page/6/
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