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. . . FOREIGN . Sixgijlab Occtbbesce . —An extraordinary trial took place not long ago before the Criminal Court Ol Grenada . For some years-past there had been leading in ± he Tillage of Ugijar a charitable indi"ndnal , named Don Vincente de Bentaval-y-Sazar , Whose -whole fortune -was devoted to improving the ' condition of the -villagers , and relieving the poor To such an extent did Don Yincente carry his chanty , that he denied himself almost ifae necessaries of iife , in order to succour the necessitous , and he had been known to take the cloak from his own back to . cover that of a poor female who wa 3 without one , Suddenly , the peaceful inhabitants of this Tillage were alarmed at accounts of murders committed in the neighbourhoodand all attempts to .
, discover their -origin -was -rain . It was merely Known , from the cireum-tance * attending them , tha ' t they must-have been committed by the same hand fcuddenly , however , the mystery was to be revealed Two peasants , who had entered a recess to shelter themselves from the sun , and eat their mid-day meal , were startled by the firing of a ^ an , and rushing out they saw the body of a murdered man , and the murderer standing over him , rifling bis pockets , lhey threw themselves upon the assassin , and , having secured him , were in the greatest astonishment 1 l ^ f ? that it-was the charitable Don Vincente . As the denial of the crime before him was impossible , he admitted that he to ? the author of all the murders which had been committed , and stated that i
us only motive was to obtain moneys his own resources being exhausted , for the poor . In his defence before his Judges , he declared that his first murder , that of a wealthy priest , took place under the following circumstances : —In Don Yineentes Tillage two jonng persons -were betrothed to each other , bul a sudden calamity which , occurred to the father of the female , prevented his paying the promised portion Tvith Ms daughter , and the marriage was on the point of being broken ' off . Don Yincente , hearing of the circumstance , resolved to raise the money , and applied to several of . his acquaintances for a loan , bnj received a refusal from all . Shortly afterwards , he met the priest on the road , and asked Irim to lend-him thirty ounces of gold ; the priest , who knew him well , replied that he had 100 ounces ihis the
n portmanteau on back of his mule , and that lie was welcome to it all ; but Don Vincente havim ; Afterwards , in his joy , told him for what purpose the money was intended i the priest laughed at Mm and said he was mad , and that for snch a purpose he _ should not have a single , ounce . Don Vjiicentc , irritated at this , shot him dead ; and , having taken bis gold , gave the wedding dowry , and distributed the rest in various acts of charily . " Having committed this murder , he resolved to . inake the Tobbery of the rich the means of meeting the continual demands ttf hi 3 j > oor pensioners , and as this was onlyto be done by taking life , he committed murder , after murder anta he was detected . On hearing the sentence of ieath pronounced upon him by bis Judges , lie exclaimed , " Oh , my God ! who now will take care of * nv poor 1 ^—GalignanVs Jfess enger .
JrrEXiilE CorsAGE . — A remarkable instance of juvenile courage and presence of mind has just taken | laee in the Rue du Cherche-Midi , No . 16 , Augusta Pimber , a girl of 14 , the daughter of a dealer in furliture , went into the yard of the house at seven c'dock in . the evening with , a ' Bght to draw water . xbe rope being entangled she climbed np to the vmdlass , leaving the candle on the edge of the well , in th ^ position she missed Jier footing , and fell in . Tonnnately , her clothes filling Tvith wind broke her fell , and supported her for a few minntes on the surface of the Tvater , "but her gown had blown over lex bead , and stifled her cries .- Supposing the was anting ~ he pressed with her hands and feet against file sides of the well , which was narrow at the loitom , and succeeded in supporting herself , aud cisen ^ aging hex gown , so that her cries could be leard . They reached the porter of the house , vho , . seeing the light on the ed < re . of the well
Tidj ; ei 2 wneace they proceeded , and went- iminediitei 3-__ io her assistance ^ ' l ) j not alarm my mo-Aer , " said the poor girl , " il > r she is pregnant , sad might be injured by the fright . " Further assstanee vras procured , and a rope was k-t down , bit it was so short thai she could merc-lv grasp it-jrith her hands , and was in this way drawn up near to the brink , exclaiming " -Make hastemie haste , for my strength is faih ' ng , aud I can no : hold on much longer . ' They were just about to lay bold of her , when her body struck against the si-3 e cf the well , and she les go , falling again to the bottom . All -who -were o-a the spat now thnyrn : her lost ; but the courageous girl cried on ; , " Do not be alarmed—I am quite safe , and cat support myself as I did before . I ) o _ not hurrv jotxselves—getfsbane ~ more rope , * ' Prop ' er precaution were takeri ^ and the young heroine was drawn out , wonderful to relate , Tvithout having received anv injury- —Galiqnanis -Vesscjiaer .
The Dutch Government , in proposing some alterations ^ in the penal code , has just recommended to the Slates that the punishment of death should be inSieted by means of hanging with a scaffold and a drop , something the same way as in England , foi both sexes . Hitherto in Holland male criminals Tfere hang at a gibbet ; females "were attached to a Slake , and then strangled by iseaasof a coril ¦ passing Bund the neck , and attached to a windlass behind , the rapid turning of which inflicted speedy death m the samemanner , but nut so rapidly , as ikc ~ garrot / t Tised in Spain . The Conrrier Francois ^ publishes a letter f rom Ode-Eta , representing the Russian armament in that pjr ; ai something most alarming . Sach naval ant nilkary preparations could not be made unless th < Enperor was determined on Tvar .
Nrw- Conspisact nv Paris . —In consequence of information which had reached the authorities that ; miny persons who had formerly belonged to secret sosietie ? were in the habit of assembling clandes- \ tnely , and that they were manufacturing powder , cartridges and ball , and a kind of bomb , containing i bdis and powder , warrants were issued for the ap- prhen ? ion of several of these person :-, and a "search we ordered in the places frequented by them . On ! Tms-lay last the police entered a room at No . 22 , in the Rue ties Lombards , where they seized a trunk ; eocaining 55 parcels , containing ' ea ^ h a pound of gorpowder , and another containing twelve pounds , "wiih several ureusils for the manufacture of powder ani cartri-ises . Three persons who were in this
rom were arrested . At No . 30 , la the Rue de Fauboirg Mommartre , the police found a bale contain- : in « tweaty bombs or projectiles , packed in oiled ' clah , and carefully tied up ; each containing a poind of . gunpowder in a first envelope , surro . nndcd bya ^ jreat __ number of balls , and forming a total Treght of oib . or 71 b . Each of these projectiles has a l ; nce with a fuse . The two persons who occupied theroojn in which this seizure was made were arresed . One of them had been long under the eye of thepolice . In the Rue de Ruilly , in the Faubourg
Si-Antoine , a seizure -was made of" 25 lb . of powder , a gi » at nuniber of cartridges , several iustrumeuts for the nvaufacture of powder , and a receipt ibr the maMss "fit ; and also a number of-guns and pistols . At Cr- - ::: 1 , a village two leagues from Paris , anindiviiuai , who has been manufacturing fuses such as " th « 35 t mentioned above , was arrested , as also his ssier-in-law , who lives in the Rue St . Jacques . At the-iesKSence of this female a great number of articles nseiiu lie manufacture of gunpowder -svere "found . The nnniiierial evening journal adds that other seizure .- and arrests have taken place . The total number of arrests is eleven , all of wlwm belong , it
says , to secret societies . Corn Riois Lave again broken out in the west of France . On the ' 24 th several waggon loads of corn , thai were going to St . Jialo , were stopped by the country people , and it -was not until a strong military force Tvas called in that order was restored . At a place called Dol , in the same district , th ' e mob committed acts of greater violence . The marketplace was forced open , and the com deposited in it taien possession of . The gendarmes who interfered ¦ were driven off , and the few national guards who appeared were pelted with stones . Order was not restored till a military force was forwarded from He ^ nes . "The national guard of D 61 have been since ¦ dissolved by the prefect , 25 only of them having mustered when their services were required . | ;
Execttjox of Pettel . —The execution of this ' murderer , whose case has excited thedeepest interest I in T rance , took place on Monday last at Bourg . ! It will be remembered that Peytel was a notary of j that town , who had formerly been a distinguished j member of the Parisian press ., enjoying the friend- ' Ehipand acquaintance of Xamartine , M . de Balzac , i Jules Januij andgthe leading literary men . Peytel j contracted amsSBfee with a yornglady of property , ] and-a ^ s . there is too much reason to suspect , with ] ttilateiiiion of mnrdering her as soon as possible , to acquire ier fortune . At his pressing intercession she made a will in Ills favour , and was five months enceinte , -when she was found , assassinated , as also Pey tel ' s domestic , near the Bridge of Andert . Peytel was not suspected for some time : his story was ¦ nifmsible . He said that his servant shot his -wife in j ' ; i j 1 " | ?; i
the tra-reHing carriage , and essayed to Mil hm , but pursned"by Peytel , the master dashed out the domestic ' s brains with a hammer . A long train of circumstantial evidence proved that this story was made up . The excellent character of the unfortunate servant —the irreconcilement of Peytel with the testimony of the medical witnesses as to the nature of-his wife ' s wound and subsequent death—formed a chain of circumstances which brought the crime home to Peytel The verdict of the inry was connrmedby the Court of Cassation , and on Monday hei wa = brought-to the scaffold . The following details of Ms eSecntlon are from the Gazelle , des TnbwMau of Thnrsdav : —Ever since the rejection of his desire before the Court of Cassation , Peytel , who had pre-Tionslv been verv saneuine , became excessiYeiy low . t in
Por the last two days he had been very earne s hi * enquiries of those around Mm . He asked nis teeper the place and hour of execution ; but tje apparent composnre wifli which he a ^ ked for tnest
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K ^ i ! % ^ , ? J > pro ^* ' PIuwa' ™« nt w « betrayed 2 ? fjf , ™ f ^ esterday the cruel anxiety under bSSmfhwf lr SOme 4 zy 3 be ? s ^^ g seemed to be redonVed . He wrote to the Procureur du Roi , entreating him to send his lawyer , M . ttuffl and request him to settle my affairs before— " and 7 w * S . S i Ppe i T ' , » f Wa / hana refused to trace S : i ^ £ * & . h ? e ^ ning he vehemently demanded a hght , "for , " added he , "I shall scarcely have tune . " This was merely a ruse to induce those around him to tell him his fate . His request was , however , refused . At nine , a . m ., on Monday the greffier of the Assize Court announced to the prisoner that he had but a few short ^^^ iSe ^ eifo ^ fean ?^^
Hours tolive . He was accompanied by thecure of Bourg who had lately passed a great deal of time with the prisoner . Peytel trembled for an instant ; but resuming his calmness , he added , "I could have wished that they had given me twenty-four hours ' notice ,: bnt I am ready . He then remained for upwards of an k ^ iJ 1 " k * . con : fessorj and then asked for his breakfast . An immense crowd had assembled from the prison gates to the scaffold . He requested to be allowed to go on foot , and at twelve o ' clock he appeared leaning upon the arm of the confessor . With a i i ? p and undaunted mien he walked to the scaffold , but a nervous contraction seemed to run through his veins on beholding- the scaffold . On seein
g some well-dressed ladies in the crowd , his countenance assumed a bitter sneering smile , as if reproaching them for their presence . After having twice received the kiss of peace from the priest , he rapidly ascended the steps of the scaffold , and on seeing the fatal plank he looked at the executioner , as jf asking what remained for him to do . After a significant gesture f rom this worthy functionary , he stooped , and ir . s head rolled upon the scaffold . During the-whole time of his imprisonment Peytel -wrote incessantly , but although ho made no protestations of innocence , hemade no avowal of his crime . ile bas left an immense mass of manuscripts , which probably contain minute details of the mysterious and dreadful deed .
Attempts at ilfKDER , —We "ha \ e had two attempts at robbery and murder this week , which fortunately proved unsuccessful , but which are worthy of mention . One was at a baker ' s , in the Rua da Lapa . Several men entered the house , having , as in the case of the murdered family at Dr . Andrade's , gained over the servants ( two Gallegos , I bel'eve ) ; no resistance was offered , and they succeeded in binding the owner and four females , one of whom , however , contrived , in some way , free herself , and gave the alarm , on which they immediately decamped , and all escaped , except one man , who was in the second story , and who , having jumped out of the Window and sprained Tiis ancfe , Yfas takeu . He turned out . to be a soldier ( a lancer ) , and is in enstody . In the other case , a partv of ten
^ men attempted to break open , a house in the Rua de Junqneira ; two of them , strange to say , were on horseback , and either were soldiers of the horse jwtrol of the Municipal Guard , or were disguised as such . The inmates of the house were alarmed , and one of them went to the window , aud called out for the police , when some one outside cried out "to the others to fire upon him . He escaped , however , without injury , and the whole party made off . The doors had been attempted two nights previously . If the men in question had really assumed the dress of the mounted patrol , it is the most daring attempt conceivable . The other view of the case is really a frightful one . The lancer apprehended is said to have been concerned in the murder at Dr . Andrade ' s .
Destkuctiox of the Calcutta Theatre by Finn . : —We have seldom experienced more real pain in : announcing a public calamity tluin we do now in , putting on record the total destruction by fire of ; our long-loved Indian Drury , the Chowringhee . fheatre . \ arious accounts of the origin of the ' nre _ have reached us , but the true version of the business we believe to be as follows : —Some gentlemen in the marine service liad been-rclieiTsins ; ihc drama of the Pilot , preparatory to its performance on the ijih inst ., and had duly retired to their homes about eleven o ' clock . At about twelve o ' clock Mr . , Chester , the secretary to the theatre , bein ^ then is ; bc-u , was suddenly aroused by the ayah with eric- of j"i " -re - " He Jumped uplooked out upon the sta ^ e ,
_ , with which his room communicated , and immediately ; encountered volumes of smoke proceeding from the stage itself ; the mimic sea with which the boards : were covered being on fire , aud the names rapidly ; enveloping the wings or side scenes , and ascending , the roof . . Mr . Chester saw that there was not a moment tobe lost . He rushed out ofthe house with his wife and children , and had scarcely got into the street ¦ £ . ken the whole interior became one vast flame of fire . ; . The roof , composed of the most combustible mate-• rials—straw , tarpaulin , and wood , soon ignited , ; and in a few minutes , we may pay , every thin # was destroyed . The engines had arrived with
extraordinary promptitude , and as soon as water could be obtained , they were brought to bear upon conflagration , under the direction of Capt . F . Birch and ; Mr . Justice M Mahon , who used the greatest exer-; tion to give a propor direction to the labours of the : firemen , and to preserve order . All was in vain , ; however ; the whole property , ( excepting a clock , I and the plate of the beef stea ' k . club , ) including all : the chattels and wearing apparel of poor Mr . Ches-¦ ter and his family , fell to the " devouring element , ' ' ! and by morning's dawa nothing was to be seen but the bare masonry of tfle walls , and a heap of smoking embers . —From the Englishman , of June 1 .
PORTUGAL . E . xecitiox . —A poor wretch of a Galleco , named Antonio Bento , who was concerned in a robbery and murder committed five years ago in the Rua das Janellas Yerdes , Lisbon , and had been in prison two or three years , was hung on Friday last , at the Caes do Tojo , almost on the outskirts of the city . He was previously marched in procession through the principal streets in the city , leaving the Limoeiro about eleven in the morning , and not arriving at the place of execution before half-past one . He had attempted to stab the police officers wJho went to remove him from the public prison to a cell which had been prepared for him three days before the lime appointed Tot execution , and insulted the priest who went to confess him . On the road to the place of execution , however , he became at length apparently penitent , and confessed his crime . He
seemed to be from twenty-eight to thirty years of age . An immense crowd had assembled , but the military and police prevented the people from approaching very near on the land side , and those only could obtain a tolerable view who < rot into boats , numbers of which were , in fact , occupied for that purpose , the gallows being erected close to the bank of the river . There is something very disgusting in the mode of hanging adopted : here . The gallows are triangular , being composed of three uprights , conneetee by rails at the top , forming a complete trianele . A ladder rests against one of these cross rails , and the cords are so adjusted that the body when turned off the ladder swing 3 within the triangle . Whether it be that the drop from the ladder is not sufficient to destroy life I know aot , but the executioner was obliged after turning off the criminal to mount himself on his shouldersand so remained — — ^ —^ r- _ . _ - __ v i . r *^ 44 ai ^ \ fc 4 11 \ J 4
, I —~ ~ v ^ ^^ a ^ v ** ^ « * - A * J w * j |*| J _ j swinging backwards and [ forwards with him for some \ minutes , pressing oa his neck all the time . The j man executed was dressed entirely in white robes , : having the cords wound round his body , and the i han ^ ma-: in black . The appearance altogether , to j say the truth , had really something of the ludicrous i in it , notwithstanding its horror . The whole pro-: cess of adjusting the cords and han ging the unhappy , wretch occupied nearly fifteen minutes , previous to | which an equal period had been occupied in prayers j and preaching at the place of execution , ? o j that it was two p . m . before the whole was coni eluded . . HOME .
} Greenwich Railway . —The long-talked of ter' minus to the Greenwich Railway has at length been j commenced in earnest . It is to be in a very hand-; some style of construction , with every convenience ; for passengers . The Greenwich end of the railway j has always -been a very inconvenient and ragged j looking affair , and the new terminus will be a very j great improvement to the appearance of the neighj bourhood . —Vrcenicich Gazette . I j SrsP £ CT £ D Ixfa . vtjcide is Htde-Park . —Mon-1 day , about twelve o ^ clock , some boys were playing near the Bridge in Hyde-park , leading to Kuightsbridge , when one of the boys , Thomas Tutte , discovered a bus die lying in the shallow water , about a yard from the shore- The boy got into the water and brought the bundle to land . A child ' s leg was then discovered protrudingthrough part ofthe wrapper , when police constable Clayton , 1 ' 24 A , was called , and , upon undoing the remains of a check
apron , he found the bodies of two full grown female infants . They had evidently been born alive , and seemed to have been in th& water about three days . There were no apparent marks of violence about the bodies , which were taken to the workhouse in Mountstreet , Grosvenor-square , where an inquest will be held upon them . A CxsiHDATE . —It may be recollected that a gentleman named Hemmings , who , about two years ago , was an unsuccessful candidate for the hand of her Majesty , came down to Lincoln , and slightly surprised the citizens biding horseback into
y r on their shops to make his purchases , and by doing other eccentric actions . Mr . Hemmings has again made his appearance ampDgstns ,. coming , as he assures us , from hunting , in the following form : —He sits on the box of a chaise by the side of the driver , having two lusty horn-blowers inside to announce him . On Monday he declared himself a candidate for the honour of representing Lincoln on the Liberal interest , and marched into town at the head of a procession formed of two old * soldiers , a lot of idlers , and a band playing "See the Conqnering Hero come 3 . " This exhibition gave great delight to the rising generation , and as Mr . Hemmings pays like a i prince for all he lias , and those whom he emplovs , . little discouragement is offered to his strange prauks . . —Lincoln Herald .
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We understand that a petition , signed by the wives of the fishermen of Queensborongh , Isle of Sheppy , is about to be transmitted to one of the Secretaries of State for presentation . The petitoners complain that in consequence of severaf persons setting the privileged fights of the poor inhabitants at dehance , and from the injustice and oppression of a few individuals who have constituted themselves a Koverning body , their families , solely dependent on this fishing , have been reduced to a state bordering on starvation . : ^ B 55 SteL !^* i ^» i" ^ . fe %
SuipwuECK . —Eight Lives Lost . —On Saturday morning last , during the violent hurricane , a de ^ plorable catastrophe occurred in Southwold Bay , on the Suffolk coast . The fishing lugger j ^ nterpri ^ , of Lowestoff , m crossing tho Bay , was thrown on her " beam-ends , and before she could bq righted , a heavy sea washed over , and the whoio of the crew , consisting of nine men , were thrown overboard , one only of whom regained the boat . Several of the unfortunate men have left wives and families to deplore their loss . Royal Donation . —The Queen has sent , through the hands of the Committee of Management , the munificent donation of £ 50 , in aid of the funds contributed by . the late bazaar for the benefit of the Leicestershire Lunatic : Asylum . —Leicester Journal . '
Another dreadful Accident from FmEwonKs . —Last Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , a frightful accident occurred at a fire-work maker ' s , at No . G , Edward-street , Bethnal-green-road . A spark from a piece of wood placed on the fire ingnited a quantity of gunpowder , exceeding two pounds weight , which was lying loosely upon the table ,. and from thence communicated to a larger quantity in a barrel . The explosion , which was very fearful , cauSO'l the ignition of a large quantity of fire ^ works , amongst wh"ch \ s-ere thirty dozen of gquiba . Tlie proprietor ofthe premises , along with two assistants , were found soon after the explosion in a much injured state , and were all immediately conveyed to the London Hospital . The most miserable negligence was displayed by the persons engaged in . the . fabrication of tnofire-works , as just previoris to the accident one of the individuals was making a equib by the fire with a lighted pipe in his mouth . Several engines soon arrived , but very little damage was done to the premises .
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QUEER'S 13 ENCII .-TUESDAY . CRIMINAL INFORMATION . —THE QVEEN v . THE PRO-1 'RIETOUS OF THE MANCHESTER CHRONICLE AND SALFOHD STANDARD . Mr . Thesiger said he had been instructed to apply to the Court for a rule to shew cause why a criminal information should not bo filed against the printers , publishers , and proprietors of the Manchester Chronicle and Salfurd . Standard newspaper , and also against the editor of that paper , for a libel upon Sir Charles Shaw , Chief Commissioner of Police for the boroughs of Manchester and Salford , and a Justice of Peace for the borough . He would read for the Court the articles of which : Sir C . Shaw complained , and then he would call his Lordship ' s attention te the affidavits which explained the
matters therein alluded to . Tlie first article appeared on the 14 th of September , only eleven days after the appointment of Sir C . Shaw . The article commenced by-stating that Sir C . Shaw , Knight of the Tower and Sword , ex-Colonel iu tho service of Don Pedro , and plaintiff , in an action for an assault , when he had been unmercifully horsewhipped by a Mr . Hawkins , had inserted in the Guardian a , memoir evidently drawn up b y himself , for the purpose of prepossessing the inhabitants of the borough in his favour . It then went on to state that ho hid never attained a higher rank in the British service than that of Ensign—that finding no prospect of success in the service , he quitted it , ad became a wine merchant at Leith—that in consequence of a
squabble from . a charge of foul play at cards , he had been obliged to quit Edinburgh . aud join . ' the Isle of Dorians , where be found a more congenial atmosphere—that he had had various disputes and quarrels w ' uh his associates , and they'had some recollection . of his havingsubinitted to persona ] indignities —that Lord Paluieviton had offered a gross insult to his Sovereign in permitting Colonel Shaw to sport a title which lie had acquired as being the unscrupulous , advocate of anarch y and revolution— that . an opinion " existed that Colonel Shaw was in some degree connected with the gallant officer ( Col . Shaw Kennedy , ) who-had formerly held a similar situation ; but there was no connection between them , and they would , iiTHier other circumstances , blus ' i to associate the '
iurkirg Pcdroite in the same page with that , gallant efiieer . On the 31 st September another article appeared in the same strain , stating that he had joined the Spanish Auxiliary Legion , but that his commander ^ Colonel Evans ) had contrived to get rid of him , and that he seemed to have served in turn every job-master of free companions in ; Europ : —that they regarded his appointment to . the office of Chief Commissioner of Police , as a wanton and gratuitous insult to the town , and a defiance of public opinion . The article coneluded by stating that Col . ShaW had compiled two bulky octavos , and had attested his own firmness iu the endurance of flagellation . Now Sir Cliarles Shaw , iu his affidavit , most positively denied that he had inserted aiiy article in the O '
uardiun or any other newspaper . He admitted that ho had never attained a higher rank in the British service than lieutenant , but he was ' thena young man only twenty years old , and had retired on halt" pay . That he then became engaged in a most respectable eoucern with a wine-merchant at Leith , bringing a large amount of . capital to the concern , and carried on the business till tho year ia-29 , when he sold his share for £ 1 , 000 , Now it Was attributed to him that he had been compelled to qait the wine trade from an unlucky game of cards , clearly imputing to liim unfair play . The explanation , on the contrary , reflected the highest credit upon Sir C . Shaw . He became unfortunately acquainted , in Edinburgh , with a person whose it would be
name unnecessary '' to mention , and " who induced him , fur the fir-ct time in his life , to play He lost to this person the sum of £ o 00 , a id , having been subsequently informed that there wasfoul play , he taxed the person with it , threatening an exposure , and induced , him , under that threat , to refund the money , which , instead of pntting it into his pocket , he " gave as a donation to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh . Some friends of the person afterwards had a meeting , and Sir C . Shaw attuinled , and satisfactorily explained the part he had taken , aud received the thanks of the inhabitants of Edinburgh for his conduct . The same person subsequently brought an action against Col . Shaw , and there was a verdict for the defendant . How was it possible , therefore , to say " that there was
auythiug in thut transaction reilectiiig upon the character of Colonel Shaw . In 1831 he joined tho a > my which assisted Don Pedro in Portugal , where he rose to the rank of Colonel , taking part in all the most memorable actions , being highly distinguished , severely wounded , aud received the thanks of Ins commanding officer , and the Government ; and also the distinction of the Knight of the Tower and Sword . In 1 H 35 , after the termination of the war , Colonel Shaw was residing at Lisbon , where ho came into collision with several of his countrymen , whom he had been obliged to discharge for vsrious instances of misconduct . There were charges brought against him , and threats of violence , and the result was , that on one occasion , which Colonel Shaw
now regretted , he was induced to give one person a hostile meeting . The mode iu which C 6 ] . Shaw acted towards those individuals , induced his officers to offer him one of the highest compliments upon his courage , arid-he ' thought it due to hischaracteno embody thathihisamdavit . Col . Slia > vrc-turnedtoEnglandin 1835 , and found himself appointed to a brigade in the Spanish ser-vice . While thero he received thanks , rewards , and honours , and retired when others left tho service . During tile time Colonel Shaw was in Portugal , he had been compelled to bring a Mr . Hawkins , Avhose lianio was introduced in the artic ! e , to a Court ¦ "Martial-for cowardice . . Colonel , S . haw was a witness on that occasion , and Hawkins conceiving himself i jured by his testimony , chose ' to commit an assault upon him on the pier of llatnsgate , being assisted by a Mr . Frazer . Colonel Shaw exhibited on that occasion great forbearance , and had the courage , which the article termed . cowardice , to appeal to the law for
redress , and the . result was that iVlcssrs . Hawkins and Frazer received the sentence of the Court for that assault . Under tliese circumstances ^ SirC : Shaw camo before their Lordships for protection which he trusted would be extended to him . He ' had also the affidavit of a higlily respectable person , that his character had been seriously iujured in the neighbourhood by the statements in these articles , and his sphere of usefulness was likely to be diminished if they -were not refuted . An application had been made to the proprietors of the paper , who had stated that they were responsible , and subsequently a letter had been received lroina . Mr . Dyer , representing himse'f as the enitor and expressing himself ready to give any satisfaction , information , or explanation , which was no * j inconsistent with the cause of truth , or the hono ' ar of the jouTi-al he conducted . The objectjofthat letter was evidently to induce Colonel Sha ^ to demajid a hostile meetinK . ..
Lord Denman--His namerffas been i ' atroduded in order to make him a defendant ?• Jlr . Thesiger-Yes , mj ; Lord : ho avows himself the author . " ¦ Lord Denman—Take a Rule .
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STOCKPOR ' ^ . FiRE .-About 4 liree o'clock On Friday afternoon , ana arming firebroke out on Cheadle Heath , near btockport , . in co me buildin ; ^ occupied as cottago houses . rhi 8-Tange comp ' . ises only eight , five ^ f which were : ihatched , ap . a the others being of a , more recent constructs were slated , bul they joined out to the others , becauso they all belong to the same landlord . ^ Itr . mediately behind is a smithy , andit la supposed th ? , t some sparks must have fallen
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front the chimney . upon the thatch-and t et it ou fire , for in consecrieiice of a very brisk wind . bbwing at the time , the roofing of the-Vhole of the ; Sve dwellingg ^ was ^ quickly ignited , spreading - «\" th ^ uch ftarfm rapidity , that from Me ^ direction of « ie flames , the whole ; of the street was in iou Tiinent danger , jind the more particulirly from the c& ' 0001-stance ^ that a jomer ' s shop was situated a feTTii ^ rds from tho thatched ; --hous . 63 ' : Some of the Stocks » fc fire-engines were : sent as soon as possible , but M consequence of the distance they hadtocom ^ th ^' were not able to bo made effective before halfS four , b y which time the roofs and rafters wer > falling in upon ; tho poor cottagers and the utmost fe ?? . * * L ^ SW ^ . % thatch , and tetjtS
distress and destruction prevailed . All that the engines could do Was to save the houses to which the « ame had not extended its destructive influence , in winch they happily succeededv and the thaitched houses ma very short time-were one heap of ruins nor does it appear ; that the tenants , under the ^ circumstances ,, sustained much injury in their furniture , and happily no lives were lost , though had tile accident happened m the night , tho consequences must necessarily have been of tho most frightful character , as some of , the tenants had young and numerous famihes . As > ve said before , the five houses were reduced to the ground , without any" possibility to avert it . - - : ¦¦"¦*¦ ¦ . *¦
• FriiE in a Cotton Mill . —A little before seven o clock on Saturday morning , a fire was discovered in one part of the Cotton Mill of Mr . Thos . Hunt , pt lirmlisway . It is supposed that some hard substauco , in pnssing through tho floor , had , by friction , communicated with . tho . cotton in the room above and troni its combustiblo liatufd soon ignited tie Whole of that material . An . alarm was given as soon as possiblo ; but 'the flameiJ ran along the room to tho cotton with such qiiickitcss , that the whole was 111 names almost , immediately . Engines were on . the spot very spsedily ; but they did not succeed in extinguishing the firo until a valuable quantity of the raw material , together \ yith willows , scutches , &c . were-destroyed , to the aiuount of abonLt between £ » oo and £ 1000 . A large number of hands were , in
consequence , thrown out' ot employ for several days ; in fact , out of that large , mill , none but the . weavers ' were enabled to pursue their Work ; in the absence of cotton or machinery , or abmethihK , pertinent to their several departments of tho manufactory . Court House , SATURt > , n * . ^—A Jdr . tY Tar tn DlFriCULTy .--A quauraiigular . built eaiter , equipped accordingly , about ; fifty years of age , came wadilhng into tho witness-box for tho purpose of preferring a charge of felony against tivo damsels of easy virtue , named Robecca ; Rhiiid , and Elizabeth Horrocks ( alias Pretty Botsy ) tho latter of whom was decoratodl with apparel of many colours . The sailor ' s namo is Isaac Hanimond , and lie gave his statement with tho . most candid arid perfect indifference as to what tho Bench might think of the morality of ono who had served under
"The flag which bray'd a thousand years , Tho battle and the breeze ;" noi / did tho . presence of Isaac ' s stalwavt and youthful better-half operate as a restringont upon his narrative , though she appeared like a mile in length , and he like a milestone . It appeared that this son of Neptuno had recently been acting as a friend in need to a , particular son of Mars ( and certainly good nature and true benevolence is chaTactcristic of the Bvitish sailor ) tothe amount of £ 3 , to be repaid oil the pension day , Tliursdiiy last . Accordingly , tho sailor accompaiiicd tho other to the exciso ; ptfice to receivd his quarter ' s pay ; but no sooner had tho pensioner felt the trifling weight of the money than ho -contrived , -unseen .-, to rnakc hid way out of the house , leaving , of course , his real friend waUiivg outside the door . Hours rolled on and no pensioner came . Enquiry however
decided tho flight '; -arid- Isaac " hove to ' ¦ andaot put , pit a voyage of discovery from beer-shop to public houso , and to beef-shop again , in quest of tlie graceless pchsionci > and the jeopardised f . 3 . ; but at four o ' clock , finding himself Hdniownat fatigued and annoyed , the sajlor cast anchor at tho" Blue-pjg , " in Park-street , there to refresh - ' . himself . Ho had not long been musing over his misfortune , and consulting grief ' s delusive , antidote in the shape of a pot of uut bro \ vn alo , before his driinken eyes were ready to start from their sockets at the cheering appearance of two youthful sylplvs , attired in all tho fascinating colors of the rainbow . Thcv sat beside him ~ wh ; ispeTcd liquid notes of love in his cats—and for once he threw away " dull care , " . afd the reineinbrance of " byc-g ^ ono golden days were "before his miud ' s eye . " But alas ! it turned out that these fair importuuoa Were a certain commodity , '
uhicli welcomes hapless strangers' in all places With kind remarks upontheir inien arid -faces- } . and Isaac , listening to their melody ; quitted his jug for their company ; and in a feyir mumtes he was comfortably seated iii an arm-chairi , before the fire of a hoiiso of a questioiiablo descriptiori . Grog , more grog , was then brought in , at our hero ! s exponse , until , by vcpeatod draughts , his tcpid'blood became inflamed , and his imagination fancied himself even a statuary ^ contemplating tlie ; - . symmetry- , of his . fair companions , neither , of wliohr would much exceed
" sweet eighteen . " Pretty Betsey lie viewed as an Aurora , "fair as an . opening "flower ;! ' anil , since . the worst mast conio to tho Worst , ho ( to use his own words ) offered them : 2 s . if they would strip " - 'themsol . voH stark-nakot ! In a trice thpro stood before him living models , iit for Ciuova himself ; but to Isaac , who was really no statuary , they wero bona JMe Yenus do Mcdicii . Here old Neptune ' s child knew no . bounds ; his discretion overran him , and he got npj and danced about with the ladies , like a parched flea on a baekstone . .
" And though ho certainly ran inany risks . Vet ho couhl not art times keep by the way , ( Although the consequences of ourfrisks Aro worso than the wyrst dairiagos men pay In . moral Knu laud ,, where 1 the . thing ' s a tax ) Froiu ogliug all their charms froin breasts to backs . " But as " smaller evils into larger grow , " Isaac consented to go up stairs to bed , where we need not " Bo too ininuto ; an outlino is tho best , A lively reader ' s fancy does the rest . '' Suffice it to say , tnat he fell asleep in the arms of his animated "models ;' , ' but , on awaking about eleven o ' clock ,. hefound all dark , arid tho angels of darkness havitif ; . fled , he was ' ¦ like tho last rose of summer , left bloorami" : alone . " His new apartments .
although- he was not afraiil of ghosts , . became frightful tohim ; and after his bewildermeiit had : somewhat subsided , he found to his clia-griri , that not only had lie not a " shot in the locker , " but that Bombastes was -not a fool when ho said that " watches were made to go , " for verily liis own " ticker" was missing . He suddenly libisted his canvassand drove ahcad-to tho ttopr ' : lead ] jrg" to tho street , ' . ' which , was locked ; but after sundry alarms , U was opened by somo unseen and" niy < stuvagency . : He . then set sail to his own port and to lite offended mate did he unfold his " tale , of woo , " after which lie tacked about for a policeman , and tho above fair models for this * marine statuary were put into Sadler ' s Wellsthe watch
, having been found under tho pillow of tho bed in the house of ill-famo . The complainant admitted that the prisoners did not steal it , yet persisted that he did -nbt- givo it to . them ; AvhUst the females themselves averred that ; they kept the watch- in . pledge , with the old maVs conserit , for five shillings . The Bench said there . -was ? - no felony proved , and the ladies were set at liberty ; and tho son of" Neptune , iiitroducinghis ticker , into his fob , waddled out of Court , amidst the couvulsed laughter of the spectators , followed by the portentous : frowns of Mrs . Hammond , who had with difficulty been kept down by the officers froni taking an active , pai-t- ijl the proceedings . -
Covrt House , Monday . —Fraud . —Barney Carroll was charged with defrauding Mr . Barrow , of the Plough Inn , Lower Hillgato , of the sum of 10 s ,, nnddr the following circumstances . It appeared that some weeks ago , Carroll .-wont to"Mir :, Barrow and told' him that tho ( Bricklayers' Labourers' Society were that day going , to remove from the Dog Inn , Cuestcvgato . to tho I'lough , ' and that ho had bcon desired-by tho comriiitteo to call upon and procure the Joan of IDs ; towards ; tho expenses of ^ exnoval , &c , which would be refun < fed from ¦ th o : box , when they wero settled . The moriey was accordingly paid—uo box came—and tho fellow abscbndod , and had not been heard of till Sunday . The officers , of the above society de ied all knowledge of the transaction : arid
Carroll was fully committed to Knntsford fox trial pn a charge of « bta , ining inpiiey under false pretences . A D ESRRTER ^ John Ratbliffo was charged with deserting from the l !( Jtl > regiment of Foot , now in Manchester . It appeared that he enlisted from StbekpoTt in January last ? and iii tho May following he desGrted at Blackburn , for tho purpose of joining some : illicit eortipauy wbicli he . had foriiabd in Stockport . Ratcliffej in his defence ; "gai'd" that the Captain had told him that there was so mucli trouble with bim that ho might go about his business ; and lie promised the Court that if they sent him back , the officers of the rejiiment should have . no peace with him . Committed to Knutsford ^ -thenco to be convoyed to hoad-qua : rtcrs at Aianchestor .
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SIEF . TING OF THE FEMALE POLITICAL UNIQtf QFBIRMINI&HAM , A meeting of the members of the above Association was held on Monday evening last v : according to advertisement j in the Chapel beloriging tP the Socialists society , and despite the unfavourable state of the . weather , was most numerously attended . The object of the- present meeting was to collect a fund for the support of tho families of those victims of Whig tyranny , Messrs . Lovott and Collins . After J'Irs . Lapw . ovth had beori called to ' --tlie Chair , Miss Gi-pyes , secretary , read the minutes ofthe last , meeting : ; . . : .: , The Chairwoman then briefly stated the objects for which they were assembled . She obseryed that it , Was now near twelve months since they had eiom ' ¦ : menced their struggle for Universal Suffrage ,, a struggle which , through the perverscness of somo individuals , had been , she feared , for some time protracted . She often thought their situation re ^
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sembled afortress-they ^ the ^ besiegfetsjlthe Government the besieged ; anci the fortress Universal Suftrage : they now wanted some experienced sappers and miners ; and Euch ah individual , she believed , they haduow found in the person of Mr ; Sharmaii who ^ had come that night to address them . They had been near six months without a leader She remembered , upon one occasion , CoUink prophecy .-wnm £ ? k ' ° " t e i Pr'soned ,: and that the we wmte 038 ln f , v ^ aild exclaimed- ^ Then S ' $ t ^? ? " ' , Whcr 6 ^ re those women ; iipw ? When she looked around , she saw many faces . that were then present . She did not ask SE a . nd fe ch him : out ; but she : dfa - think they orieht to Ku . ^ cribe something to supp ^ X ^ Sy of " im ana Ins brother-sufferer now tho y were in ? Hed ? heat- ) She ^ would not detain ' them any iS than to observe thai if there wL auV ptfl , cen . ; aii m , disguise , any spy , any literary pS titute , sfc meant a reporter who would give a nr « jud ^ ala , ^ a . mtoftheir proceedings , s he ^ o ; id ^ y and ' i ^ S ^ tlfy" 1 nVS # employers . Of * Jady then pgcSdel'SSotS 2 Mr . Sharman to tfw » meeting . ¦; ¦ . Mr . Sharmaa ( farmerly editor of the Phila ? ithromst , and late agent : for the AntirCorn Law Association , addressed the meetin ^ at somo lengths arid concluded by making tfeerii a tender of his % rvices to go through the <* untry as a paid lecturer for the Suffrage . He was followed-by Mr . Blackman , vvho recommonded an ap ^ licatipn to Mr . Sturge to take an active part in tlie Universal Suffrage move-¦ ¦ ^
ment . : ¦ _ . :. . . ° - Miss Groves then informed the meetine that an addresj had been prepared , soliciting « ie co-operan ° f M ° M ff S v rgCj Eaq- > wMch she Proceeded to read to the meeting . , T This being approved of , it was finally settled that Mrs , Lapworth the Chairwoman , Miss Groves , the Secretary and Mrs . Sm'itli , the Treasurer do present the same , and report the result-sit the next meeting .
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The poor of this country do not possess so many privileges , that they can afford to bepat&ntly robbed of-them . Among the few rights which remain , per ^ haps none aro mou © important , though none more terribly infringod , than that of commonage , Hero may tho indigent : commoners procure thefttrze andlogs &r ? iieir hearth 3 in Winter ; here will they take healthy recreation , during the Summer , being licensed to enjoy the exercise of cricket , or of foot-ball , or : of a walk without foar of " Man traps and spring guns , " large dogs , insolent
lodgekeepers , actions of trespassj ejections vi et armis , and other such agreeable accompaniments to a walk in the country . Oa this grpund also they may pasture their cattle— -a vast benefit—^ whether the stock ambunt to a stately cow , or a well-fed pig—or , descending in tho grade , to a few chickens ; hence they dig the the turf and procure wood for fences and necessary repairs ; and here the rosy-cheeked , chubby little children mayfreely irihale the breath of Heaven . In fact , the waste lands thrbughout Great Britainj whichareyet li&ft open to the popr are of incalculable advantage and utility ; the soil , which would
otherwise be useless , especially without great expense in draining , clearing and tilling ; is converted into a sourco of pleasure and of profit . These inotives seem to have occurred almost universally to civilized nations , and indeed what so natural ' a resolution as that the residue of lands , chiefly trausmitted and apportioned among the powerful and wealthy , should fall to the lot of the weak and humble , who otherwise would seem entirely der prived of the land of their birth ? In accordance \ yith these principles we find it declared by Moses , that the suburbs of the cities given to the Lovites " shall be for theif cattle , aad for their goods , and
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f > r all their beasts . " XNumbersi ^ k-xxxr ¦ V 3 > With our saxori and Konrian ancestors , appendanfc ^ erery manor . 4 la , portion of yL ^ , which being uncultivated , served ;; for * badV Id for the pasture of cattlebelb pgh ^ topoortenants in ^ neig ^ ourhobd . Arighto ^ mmonageeiistedonother laaasthan tbose which were theproperty of cbWoiers . ^ Thus common of pasture ^ piscaryVthat ia , o fishing , of turbary pr diggingturves , of estovers ; tha
is , necessaries for use or furniture of a ^^ b ouse , ar id of digging for coals , may all be exercised on ano ^ ther ' s spil , where the custom 1 has been in existence from time to time immemorial ^ wnicb . antiently W 3 reckoned froiri . [ toi ^ reign of I ^ ichari } 1 ^ butwhlch is ^ now reduced to sixty gears' usa ^ e By the 2 & 3 W , 4- The ^§ axon ^ -svprd ^ Bote " signifies woodland house-bote , fire-bote , plough-bote ; cart-boi ^ haybote , and hedge-bote were allowed under the titlo pf necessaries to all poor tenants . - - - :- " - ¦ ' ,
^ By the Charta de Forestti it is declared that ^ every freeman may agest ( take ) his own Wood wnhm our royal forests M his pleasure , " and may dnve llls swine freeiy through : gut demesne mods to agest ( or fed ) them | in their own woods or where they wim This ^ Statute solemnly : ^ nd clearly recpgnis ^ s-the rigbi of ^ freemen to use ihs produce of . the lands , which are generaUy called the-Royal . Forests , and Tvhich were too often encroachments , on fche antieat waste lands by . kings wh <> thought more of hunting thjin ot charity , and who preferred Tenisbn to their subjects ^ - v : ;
The Lord * of Manora : committed great injury by disusing tillage and throwing lands into inclosures for the sate of : pasture-a , practice that not only deprived the poor of-tbeir soil , bufc discouraged all industry , as two or three- ierdsmen now ; fille d , the place of ^ ome" hundreds of labouTcrathat liad formerly been employed in the
tilling ground . In the reign of Henry YILai act was pass 3 d forbidding these inclosures , but it was imperfectly put into execution and th »; en > - croaichments after > slight check prpceeded , for in in the timp of Edward VI . are told . » pastriraeo was found more profitable than unskilful ; tillage : whole estates were laid imsie ; by inclosures [ i the tenants regarded as ageless ; bufderi , were expelieil their habitations : even the cottagers depr ived of the
commons on winch they formerly fed their cattle weref reduced to misery ;^ and a decay of people , as well as a diminution of the former plenty , was remarked in the kingdom . " This grievanc J was now of an old date ; and Sir Thomas JVIoore , alluding to ' it , observes in his Utopia , that " a . sheep had become ia England , a more ravenous animal than a lion or a wolf , and devoured whole villages , cities , and provinces . " ( Hume . . v . ^ p . 327 , ); The evil at length became so formidable that the injured , began to oppose its progress ; tho most serious resistance Was : offered
in Northamptonshire , where in the reign . of ^ ame ^ I , an insurrection of the country people , headed by a man of the name of RErxoLDs , broke put . They went about destroying inclbsures but carefully avoided committing any , other depredation , thus plainly showing the' cause of their outbreak . Still the work of stealing the poor man ' s estate went on ; here the lord ofthe manor-took ; in an inch ; there the . crowi lands crept over an ell ; here a park riiustbe extended ; there a palace must have a fine prospect of trees uninterrupted by the sight of coivs , pigs , or clothes hung up to dry . : ; : ' ¦;
.:--But the impudence of all former times recedes to a mere speck in contrast with the robberies ;' -of mpre > modem date . Session after session has poured upon the country "eommoh field enclosure bills "— " Waste enclosure bills , " and so many other bills againsfc wastes , that one would have fancied that our . governments had been hostile to waste : bf every kind Alas ! experience-has shown that they only wished to destroy the poor man ' s waste .
Scarcely any evidence was heard upon the subject ; ¦ hardl y any compensation offered ; the most reckless and unthinking depredations : wete hcoinmittea ; in . 1034 particularly ,- this mania seize ^ bnr .-Legislature ; statutes were introduced for enclpsirig . Hamjpstead Heath and Wahdsworth Common , the'fonrier of which is the very paradise of Cocknies . ' lathe same year a measure was proposed for enclosing Kingsclere Common in Hatifs . The evidence before
the Committee proved the loss which would be eridured by thei 8 oaaaojjeral , X ) ne witriessi observed that ifc wPuld be an injury to the cottagers and a great pie , as he was sure their little property vrould be reduced to half its value , and in the course ^ of th e debate , Mr . O'Connor expressed his disapprobation in these words— " It ; has been ; asserted" that this-Bill will confer a benefit on the ppoirj whose lands ; are tp be enclosed . Noiv , on the contrary , it ^ will add to the property of the rich witlunit protecting the ri ghts of the poor : * { Mirror of Parliament , No . 37 . ) In a debate on a similar subject , in the' same year , Mr .
Attwoodremarked , "By : the aritient laws * -1 understand that the people of this country had the right of wanderiug thrQugh the , ' greeri ; fields at pleasirei the only restraint being that they should pay for the damage they didj which , as the damage extended to the treading down of a , blade of grass , was , in effect , no restriction at all . I wish those old laws were restored , for we eanript be too cautious in our interference with the aniuseinents . arid e tjbyments of the people : " When the Bucklebury Inclpsure Bill was brought forward , a member read the following advantages , which many of the popr and others might actually derive from
commonage : — .. ' " : ; - ' . - ' " : ' ¦ £ . s . d .-By fuel . .. ; .......,...... ..,. ; . 2 12 ; Q 4 By keeping pigs ...... 1 1 G Q , B y keeping a cow . ' .:.:............... 2 15 0-By keeping ducks , geese , arid fowls 1 0 0 By litter , for bedding of cows , &c . 0 5 6 ; - ' ¦ . ' . ' . - . ' ¦ - ¦ . - ¦ " - ¦¦ ¦ . . ¦ . J £ 8-- - -2 ' : fl / ' - ; In that common alone twp hundred and thirty families were interested , and all , except a few bbughfc over , were opposed to the enclosurei ¦ A surveyor swore , that " with respect to the sraall prpprietors , they would be injured very ^ materially , butwitn
respect to the lord of the manor , it would be a great i mprovement of . his property ^ . :, ; ' Froni these sped * - ' ; mens our readers may jvidge ho \ 7 detrimental to their interests are the various plots hatched ; for ' enclosing commons , which are so highly advantageous to the poor : and needy . The consequence of the many Acts already passed for this hateful object ^ has been the conversion pf the industfibfls laboiirer into the unwilling pauper , and / many hundreds have ' been thrown upon the parish , that , " if attention had been paid to their rights , would . have been enabled to support themselves and their families . . : " : : : . 'V' : : ' " " :
Everyman is entitled to live in his native land and no human being can be ^ laWully turnedTrbni the soil , which is his undoubted prpperty . Not half thetitles to lordly estates are so firmly estabKsh&i as are those bf the poor commoner .: " it i ^ declared by Magna Charta , lihat ' no ; Englishma ^ sliail be disseized : or deprived jbf his ftreehold ; . By ; -what fight , theu , are so many thiis ^ heartlessly robbed *
It is riot for the general good , which plea alone cau justtfy an injury to i > rj , vate . iddividuais : ;; and ; families ; but , on . the contrary , > he Poor-rates are increased for the maintenance ^ of those who are driven forth to starve , to beg , or to steal , arid the lands themselves are seldom % 6 rth the expense of cultivation . The humble cottagers are deprived of thei ? ground merely because the lord bf the manor wishes ' for it i ' ' ¦' ¦ .- ¦ ¦ ¦ -.- >•/ :: . - ' v ' :: . ^ ---V v ¦ '~ - : \ ~\ - ' r-
"A feUPw feeling makes us voiidroua kind ; " ' .-. and many of our / Members being -lords . ' of . ' mahojeij ! . ' they instantly comply with Jtheir wealthy brother ' s request . ' .. ¦ .. ¦' . . ' ''¦¦ ..- . . ' - ' ; ,:- " ; : " . _ . ' . : ¦^ : ' : ^ : " ' ' ^ ' : \ - : We . have the horiour ; of appearing as advocates for the poor commoner ; and trust that bur appeal to the tTury of our countrymen ; will cause them : to giye * » verdict in . favour of an pi d- ^ stabfishe ^ founded onhumanity arid reason , ar id pTbductife OtJ great-advautages to thounfoitunate . " .. . .- ; - v ¦ ¦" ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ " . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦^ t' ^ : S- ^ ' ^ : ' - ^ ' ^ ^
C0m51onage And Inclosuiies.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PIMLICO DREADFUL EXPLOSION—LOSS OF SEVEN LIVE ? . About half-past seven o ' clock onjrridav evening the neiKhbournood Of Buckinghain Palace , Pimlico and Westminster , was alarmed by a loud rumbling noise , which shook the buildings to their foundations the temfied ^ jnliabitants rushing from their dwelliui's liito . the streets , believing it to be the shock of an earthquako . Scarcely , however had a minute elapsed before myriads of sparks wore observed rising into ihe air , in tho direction of William-street , and Iiuiidreds of persons hastened to the spot , whontlie the liouso of Mr . Hardiiig , firework-maker , No . 10 . ? in that street , was found to be one body of fire from top to bottom . For some minutes it was
moaftlarigcrous to approach the building , on account of the numerous rockets and other fireworks which continually discharged themselves from the parlour windows . Several persons ,. however , got to wiadward and , with a window shutter which they tore dowuj battered in the front door . The whole interior , however , was one body of fire , which prevented theiT entrance , and the flaiaes : soon shot throngh theroof and illuminated the atmosphere for miles round . Within five miiuitcs after the fire was discovered , the largo engine from the brewery of Messrs . Elliott and Co . was brought to the spot by a large body of the roen boloiiging to that iirm , followed almost immediately by one belonging , te the brigade from the Horseferry-road . There being a plentiful . suDplv of
water , tliev Avcre instantly got . into operation , but so powerful Were the ( lames ., and the sparks occasioned by the saltpetre , tScc ., on the premises , that the men holding the branches were compelled to keep soine distance from the ' . building ' , Spine persons who had approached the rear of the premises from Castle-lane , heard a low moaning noise- proceeding from the yard , and on entering it , they found Mrs . llardurg Jying in a most deplorable condition , burnt nearly from head to foot . She was immediately placed on a shutter , and carried to the Westminster Hospital , where she died . The flames by that time had extended themselves over the house No . 10 and it was feared the ' whole of the adjoining houses would be burnt . Tha engine of the brigade from the Chaiulos-strect Station , closely followed by that belonging to the Grosvenor-nlaee " district , the West
oi Lngland , the County , and five or six other en-} 5 tnes of the bviga . de , however arrived , and poured a vast body of wuterou the flames , which , about nine oclock , were so far subdued as to allay all apprehension of their extending further . As soon as tlie confusion had in a slight degree subsided , inquiries began to be made as to . the fateof the inmates , both houses , which are tho property of a lady named Hardy , being let out in tenements , and it was found that : the house No . 10 £ , iii which the explosion took place , was inhabited by nvefairiilies , viz ., Mr . aiid Mrs . Harding on the basement ; Mr . and Mrs . Hanson . and two sons , pn the first floor ; - " a soldier , whose wife died pptho previous aftemopn , aud whose corpse now lies in tho .-ruins , on the second floor ; a woman , named Hitchins , and in the attic another named Jenkins . :
Mrs . Hanson stated that she . had not left the apartments of Mr . and Mrs . Hardirig five minutes before the explosipn tppk place . At that time she left in the parlours Mr . Harding - (' who had ' only that afternoon been liberated '' -from- 'XoothiU-fieids prison , having been cpmmitted by the magistrates of tiuecn-square in default of paying a peiialty of 40 s tor illegally sclli-gfirowprks , ) : Mrs . Hardiiig , Mrs . Jenkins , Mrsv Hitchins , a , son of Airs . Hanspn , aged 15 years , and three other lads whpse names coula not be ascertained , tho whole engaged in the mahufacture of fireworks . - .- ' Mrs . Hanson cannot tell li » r she escaped , but sho believes that she rushed do . vn stairs and out at tho back door , at . the instant ot hearing the explosion , her son Georgej who was upstairs with hei % jumping put . of ^ . tho window-. The distress of Mrs . Hanson as to the fate of her ether son was most poignant , she havmg been to the Westnunster Hospital and ascertained that the only aufercr brought in there had boon Mrs . Hardlnir .
Immediately oil Mr . Braid wood , the siiperiutenaeut of tho London Fire Eiigino Establishment bonig informed that it was supposed the bodies of several persons were in the ruins , he gave the necessary directions for cooling the ruins witli all speed , with a view to their being got put . This was accomplished about two ve o ' clock , but , from the dangerous state of a stack of chimneys at the premises , it was udt cpnsiderBd safe to make the attempt until after dayiight .. The engines were , however , kept in ' Pperatipii during the night , and between five and six o clock the firemen commenced turning over the rniiis , which they continued doing until between
eight arid nine o ' clock , when ¦'¦ ' seven- bodies were extricated , among which , was that of the soldier's wile' who had died on .. the day previous to the fatal occurrence . A number pf shells having - been provided by the parochial authorities , the remains were placed in them , aud carried iritb the house , N o * 9 , adjoining these burnt , in the front parlourof which they were deposited . ¦ O 11 Saturday night , at soven p ' clpck , the inquiry relative to tho respective deaths of the seven unfortunate individuals took place at the Pine Apple , in the vicinity where tho catastrophe occurred , before Mr . Higgs and a respectable jury of trade inon .
The names of the ill-fated persons are as follow , namely , Arthur : Harding alias Steinkopff ( the prpprietPr < jf the firevvo'k manui ' actory ) i Elizahis wife , riiomas Jenkins , Eliza Jenkins , Abraham Arison , and John Grahaniw ; -.- ¦ ..: No particulars of any importaTice came out on tho ii quest beyond the facts above narrated , arid tho jury , at about half-past ten o'clock , returned A veidiet "That the deceased / persons were suffocated from an explosion of gunpowder , but how that explosion was occasioned there was no eviderice to showi" ' : ¦¦' ; '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1082/page/3/
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