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EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IX MINES AND MANUFACTORIES . The First Import of the CoinmlssiOEers appointed * inquire into the frn-Dloyment an \ condition of cW < h < en and yrutsspersoss = 11 mints and manufactories has been re-- « Et ! v iVv . J b . i-jro Parl i ament . It is a folio ¦ blae bock " k ai-cda-ate E 2 S , ccmtrisin ? some 2 f > 9 p Ages cf ibt ^ T-T-J-css ; nnd it is illustrated by a number c f y ? rjOd cats , - ^ hicn explain much better than _ a typc . '/ rnphieal description tie * principal points to which the CommissioEers ces ^ re to direct the public attention . The Commission , -was appointed by the Qa- « en , on the 20 th October , 1 S 40 , in compliance with an redress from the House of Commons , which was moved by tbe bent-¦ rcltnt Jyc € . Ashley ; the Commissioners teiu ' g Thomas Tcoie , T = q ., Dr . Tliomas Sccthwood Smith , together srith L ^ cTs ^ d Homer , Esq ., and Robert J . ohn S ^ und ^ rs , "Eia ., t—o of tbe Inspectors of Factories . - .
Sirc-e the rrtsentatlon of the First Fi ^ port , Trfcich is ex-lrsivelr ceBnned to a description of the- condition tf children and yonrg persons eiaploj ed In mires " , tin S ? cr-2 d Rrt > c > rt being mteneetd to be -devoted t- - » tie condition cf children and young perso . es enirl-yed in-iri ' =-utifietorles , there have been also laid hf-fore the tyo Souses cf Parliament , by c ^ nmarsd of itr Majesty . Parts 3 . ss < \ Tl . of the " Appendix" to the First Report of the ComicrssioBers . These sre two huge blue folios , one r . f them roatelrrag exactly" 900 pnges , and ths others 56 pa . » es . These Apr ^^ dlces contain in detiil the evidence Tri rrV 13 "h ^ trscttd ard ansi ^ ed in the report it ^ lf ..
Part I- is Illustrated with some lithcrrpphic sketches of Trwn , cf women , of children , trarloye-i in wh-st w ? jray Terrs " brute labour" ami " brute trar-Eport . - T ^ s-to A r 5 rr . - 'meT ! fcarr . f ° 5 ed to ccal c ~ rts . and Arvzs'r , ^ ths-Tr tiron-h ^; ms of conl from twenty-two to tw--nty-€ igbt irer- - ? only , in h-: vrht—wcrfenji : their hnrdrrs Eorne " r-aci ? . arrl—others f-jrwarJ— orer the d ; sma ! p ? rfcn : i-rs , rather than rcais . -vvh a dip of one foot in three , to use tW ; in e : s . This infamous , this aisgustins . tt _ 3 TiiiH-: sins fciartloyn' -eiit , is ixacted v : t this £ iy . ct v- r . - . cred , tut r . - . ^ ' iiWy p- ^ or &s : m . ^ niiyly industrious —c-ru ? r . . !> ia soiseef the mir . cs of S-rot ' sd . an «; the r ;; : th . 'f ~ E .- - - ? 1 zzc , under drcriH ' -stui : c ? s to vh \ -. h - * . prt--s e ?' . t we can searcrly trust c ^ vs-.-ivts furfii-r t ~ - alluis . In mines in- Lancashire , br-ys are ernp'evesi , some ! r . rn-hine . others in c . rs £ -i ! :: Iva- 'c-d coil tracts thro '^ h . thos- ruserable seani 3 or i .::. IfeTie ? , —tl ^ ra ^ h *? s beecriliD ? brH , fre * j the faction 'if tbtir bea < -s a ^ inst tta trncSs . the crash ers maimed from hanlinsr i : on theiy hands zno kr .-- ^ s , —sn 3 b tb these cmp ' -yinents are hafciraii ! la mitis at K- -.-a-iale , arid m 11 « » t ! cInitj cf P . * e ? t- ? r : an-i \* ccci 55 r £ - ' r 5 , nincrs rrcrf : at tbe coal : n prritfon . ' . . tTid trder rfetniatJ a ' . o cenfaenjest as to Fr-acs for thsir exertions wiich - - ? r > c > b-. - 'i-. f , bnt SJeterrjKvf-semplifieflin the ic-3 e but cLtctive lithographs at ' pp . 15 S- ic , of Part I . One" f . f tbe men shows , { and " cf all Tepr ^ anted ia th ? cuts it is * sid- ip . 25 ? r list " tnsy generally wsrk naked . " is ; . s de 5 titu . o of tU cabirizieiits as a uatiT-o of the "VTashirrtOE Istd' ^ . s . E ? wa 3 found workins "in a m ' re of not more tlao frc-n eryht ^ en to twer-ty irches in tiiicknes ? . Bis cle = t was > --ron--ht down so ; s ninjiit tor = t upr . n the ti ' - b . : id the ktad bent dowii ^ ards alnjr . vt tu theinee !" Bnt fv-r-i T . oat ^ r hc-rae the practical Gitailcd ssm qui ^ e c 3- ^ : - . tr ? == h > g z" ( > o ; e w > h :. re ghrced :, i : ib . ~ Te "We h ? - "a felt rr .-ash d fr :- ? ti ; ty a -r . I ; ct' 5 ^ from its l-. rge XS £ ss << f teAini ^ E " " arj . dr : ? € d f-ff re ^ s t"at w .-uli give eb sdrqnsteide-i of t-bs e-jw . di ti ' -sa < -f tfce :: ^ i ; ers : but the following , whi : h relate : o < .-jr fmme- ^ ate nri ; hbonrfcood . win be fennd to prsiiss a rain'u in . crtst . Tie Snb-G " -23 iniss : r . ri £ r stst&s thit ¦• jp >* n-es of Oppras ^ iTrf ? hird work performed by yonns ?* v ::: ' : -i preseur ^ d thtnz ^ lTes at cc-Uierits n ^ ar I !; rr ? :.. y . Ti e evfd nc ^ c : ri ' zibetri Diy . and of Am r . r ^ E ' zreth Es ^ ley . Is 5 i ^; rTi 2 s c-f cspee :- ! ronre . the : l : e 5 j becatss I beMeve both the elder r . f tue ^ i nitr .. ?^? s t > "b&T ^ svf - ' . i ' . iKS scd credible , and bo ; ii r 2 T . tb >? r evi ^ -nee \ pittj uitscb good f ~ lirr nrd jronrif rv . T . ^ s -sTCTk of BUzaNr . " D ^ y 5 ^ rer ^ trt n n :-. rs s . Trr- !; h . r ha"nrj t j fcnrry v . rt of the Tn : y us hill wiih loc ' ¦ . \ curvtF , a tetj- nuu ^ i ; circnnistaric ^ . T ^ . ? Egal-ys ^ Te , ho ^ -tTex , dcing-fco craL-arj T ? or % ; of harriers i . i tti .: r cm-hit . it is a lir ? -.. well-TeTitiiated- : s \ -vsM- - ¦ :-.. ¦ slst-j or : * - , but c- *^ --. ; t-: > tba siz cf the r :, r ;_ s , vLi-.- > tt .- . i li ' s C " -, it 13 w . rrk T&TT f-: r i-TVcrii- ih-. ' itr r :: l : cf f-. 'isai ^ s at a 57 cji . :-ptc ; i .. T f .: V :-Us of i-Lst ' - ^ n rr . J t / iht ^ c-n years old . Atier t ^ ku : g the tTri-ier . ce of t ' - . two Eisitys 3 saw tbe ^ : l-:-ia at thr : r weri . a :. a hnrr :-: ! their c- . TVes aaj a ' so i ; cr :-rnied tit- wc-ih ttey h ^ -i 'o ci at the taxi , f 3 . ~ i . s ~ i c& ~ not vniy c-n ¦; % crate th ir suiurctnts but ha ~ e no ti ^ i ^ uti ^ xi in r . ^ dsz " vLst wtic " . hty ^ u ' ljr-v . £ laTi 2 tiiir v ^ ik c ;\^ ld i . ot b- -.. lore opvre-sr-Ft i e 4 I bili ^ T ' , t . olII T ^ i , t in cii prO ^ l-i ^;» 7 i > c ? o ii ; uta sj . Z ^ zibrih E ; dey , thay-: u - i :.: r , % » Lo : 3 -ot ibiT- - - 3 f-e * r-, ¦ vrhili ; & _ iu 5 ^ La : is cilitnl toiipLac tfce c r ' . es . i ; : te , i a c ^ -1 wiJiii ma : L ^ t = R -J ^^ -.-d ^ . : lrsst a Lar . . rid pooncis . It n : ta = zre-a thiny icciies in k ; : ^ : L . : ¦ . ; - ¦ : it-i ty ^; Tc 3 i _ Ci * -s ii Hiickiieai . Xiii tie 2 :: rd ir ..- : - "See
gr ^ cne ^ ni j-2 "C # d er- ; . ie tep of tc ? ci _ -r ~ , :. b _ -7 c ilir ^ T ? feti ard a liiif hich . She 5 f ^ rvrt :-. dd lifted a s : i ; i li : jier ens . Xhef . - ri ^ sr w : e "STi 3 . liflt i in tb-r c- ' " . lnaiy c ~ irr 5 D of he : m : k . TLls girl was w _ i } c : rc fcr b--r f&tL-- ? , Trb _> we 3 sti-d-ns by 6 t tbs ti . ' ; . * . '" J . 0 . S ;» it , lX 5 , Z-j R-pur : 5 117 : Aip . P :. 1- p . 1 S 2 ; E : : ^^ D 7 , r ;; j- . a etT-nl ^ . ^ , KVrfci : ^ i _ s >" . essr 5 . Scp" ^ o-3 . 1 ' s p ' . t r ; Barrtiiey : " 1 iiwVfc b =- ^ trf-. rly nine yisrs in ti = c-ic I rruuocd fof twj vc ^ th "a liiii I £ 's ; ~ = i- t , az i i h-72 hnrri- _ G € Ti . r sinca . 1 h-Ti hurried lor Ji ; y father uatil a year ago . 1 Lave to help to ria . iie and nil , cud sometimes 1 bi- ? e i-s £ 11 my-sii . It is Tary tari : » r m .- At rressiit . I hava to bariy By niyieif ; i haTe i- ^ Tic ; by rayseif rrcisg f- ^ s : on li . ; = e y ^ crs . Ijhfure in = r : I be- ' ray iiitcr t j li' -rry with 1 ::= . I have to hiirry tp Liu with tL = I jz-Ji-z c . rrcs , quire as mdc ' a - u ^» - as do . Trij t ~ t s . ot uxinj- La" ? e t- > b-Jirrv cv i-ti- wiik tr .-.-lc _^ -.:: c-: ^ . Wi : -: n 1 riciic 1 liuid i-ie ridais , and h- ^^ to ^ Like ths sl . sk out of it . and then I tLro-7 tht Kit iito tl _ - c , 'rre . Wealwajs hwrrj ui trowirrs as you saw u ^ to cay wlita yeu Trtrt in ths pit . Grccraiiy 1 ¦ wctL i _ J :-ri C < j ^^ t ^ ' . he vroiitlikc ih _ r ^ it ; 1 ha-d isj sL ' it -Z ~ . <> izj wLeE I 5 a ~ you b-. c £ u& ; 1 h ^ d i ; ad to "vr ^ i ; Ej ' . d vis c- " >; i : tutgcncr ^ ly tLe giris hurr ; , raked dev ^ U > ti _ i Ksis ^ It ia v = iy Lara T . vxi fur cs all ; it Is harC-r vrork ^ h-i ^ Tre Ltigbt to do a deal . I havv tim . 'o ^ . iin Ey an ^ Ie . and strair . td in my b _ ck ; it caused a grtii lump oaca in c ; y ancle-bcne . ' > , J . G f ; r 2 t-D £ , 2 ^ q , Eriucaee , So . £ 5 , App . Ft . J . ; p .. 244 , 1 £ 2 . ) Ann Z- - ? ley , hun-crin Jlt ^ t -rj . lbi .- ? ps ' s I ' .-L'L-ry . eis ^ Tca-years oli : " 3 hurry by njjs / i : ' , ami cave c-cne so { c-i iu-jg . I kajw the torras are Tery heavy ; tte . y crt tLe bi | i » i corvta aayvhore about , TiS woik is far too hard for m& ; ths sweat rcna tS ' ins ? . ll oTtr sonjatim -5 . 1 s . ra Tery tired at night . Sc-mctiii 5--s wheu we g = i i ; o-a ^ - u : r ght wo h : i . Ts nut power to w : ^ h us , and tlta we go to bed . SjUxetiuirS ¦ we fill as : rtp in tbe chiir . Puthsr saii last night r . was bo : h a sh ' . nie " end a i ; . * .,: ri ; e ' ut girls to wark &s we do , but there was ncrg ' . t \ 1 » ; f j- us to do . I ha 7 _ tried to gtt winding to do : ut c :--li nut . I begun to hurry when 1 was seven , air . I L ^ ve t-een Lurrying eTcr since . I hc ^^ b-. en tltTai y = cji ic ti ; e pit . The girls are always t : r-i I was pr-trl ; t ~ Ice tiiis wisttr ; is - "as with Lsa-Jncns . I hurry f = r il . bert Wisgirs ; he ia not akin to s ^ e ; i r ? d-Iie f ? r him . We all riddie fjs tLrO . except the lltiieit , wL-ii rh- _ re is two . I am quite sure tha ; we wrk c-: n ? : ; n-lj twelve hours , except Siturcays . We v > ar trower : and chif's in the pit , and great b ;^ s'Loes ciinkea an I iiuiled- The girls neTrr work Hiked t-j thiB wn st : a oilt pit . Ths n ; ea don ' t insult as in tbe pit Th * csriict f » f the guis in the pit is good eoo ^ b boT . t'iines , ana soiuet : n ! es bad encugh . The juen do uot irijult the grrls with is , but I think they do in * . - » - .. > . ilbid . Xu . 113 , p . 2 o 2 , I . 10 i Z :: ziieth X .-- lry , r x ; een years old : ••! am sister" 10 t ' v . cl- ? t wl :--: is . I hurry in v . ; same ;> it , aid wjrk fur ray fp . tisr . I £ nd a ; y wcrk T = ry much too fcarl : ' . 1 tu ^ . I h-any a ' icna ; it ; lir ^ s ilk in lay arics ar . d back m- _\ s :. We go to ^ ork between four z . nd fissin the isonusg- ; if wears st-t there by ha . f-p £ > . £ ? e , we a ~ e not aliautl t _ i go uo-rm at si ! . We c ^ rne cut & : four , rive , or g " . r st nigLi , as it b .-ppsus . Ws stop ; a generiily tweire hours , and e'jrcetinifcs longer . " s \" e hare to hurry oaly froa the bank face down to tLe horseback and b ; xk . I am sure it is vc-ry hiid work an I tires ua Tery much ; it is xoz > Lsrd for girls to do . Tvi sosctrlm-i gu to si&ep before wo 2 t : t-j bed . " d « id .
2 fo . lli-. p . 35-2 , 1 . 44 , . —Junes Eiglty , aged forry- £ Te , s-jUi-i- ]• :: a . i toe abuje : " I fciT = sis giil =, and ouly one j < . - ^ y bvy to : cla tnes ^ h to tonu to the piu I enru . go without Ec _ 0 iag myttls to the pit ; the clC st is elsl-rc-is ^ ts-I tLs eecinu s ' stess . ; ti . y eacb hurry i ! oi 3 ; ; it is iiiiii wark fcr tLe :-, to be sure . Lai it :.:. v : ^ ucxs izrll ~ mih it- Xiicv do cca ; pialn of beiiiiZ ti ~ J sJ ^ i : L > a .-. f . I don't liki ^ . tir ci / trii > g d * wn , but I 1 ,-v-. - bad czc An ^ , at Iionti , a ^^ 1 cannot ^ et acy work f . * ' " ¦ \ ' ^ . ^ -- i x t- ^ gt « EotLiig , I baTe t- ' -i-i - '• Si . 3 & : ir ^ 3 iB ; in ICi ptr Tyetk ; acd it is a L'r ^ ILirig tj lc ^ 3 ii . " ( IUd . Iij . 12 S ; p . 256 , 1 . 20 . , A ' .. ; M 2 li = ni ; £ i , fifteen y-. sr ^ - g ; 5 , ileisr ? . Hupwood ' s j I : .: S ^ rn-lf y ; "J £ 21 £ f : tfC 2 years old ; i 31 ^ -375 cr-. ri n ^ yen saw ite tc-duy—niiked down to iha "waist ar . il T ; : t " j . - ¦ jusers 02 . I wcrk f v James Martin , who :- z : ro . iti n , btit Le is the g ^ i-t ^ r ?? bu emsicys rse . " i *; : 1 . ? t \ -. ; - ; : r . Ill , l , 4 ^ . ;—Brity ilElieniicr , * of the i ^ r-: c _ - * : il- ; -y : " I wi £ fclsfe ^ last K-3 T < rcter ; I always T- .. - : r ? vL-..:, aud iauiied do . Tn to tfes ws . ls » . " Jb : \ . ^ > ¦ ^ 7 : j ,. Hi , l . oi ) S £ = 5 c-y Bailey : " I " ehsll bt 5 . t - - . next luesdcy . I Lurry in the pit yea was in tbi * i .:-: .. ^ . - ; I always work risked dowa to th 3 w--st ,. aud v * - ' --- ^ - c .- a on ; and aU ths gir ' s I fciow hurry ia tbt . to ..- - - tcv - JHi Xo . S 3 : p . 244 , 1 . 2- )—Charles 2 ; : - . _ : r , _ t-: u thirteen years : "I have teen in the p ' t a' - . nt £ T « yciis .. Svinetinie 3 the corves run easy , end c ; iicr ti 3 ; c = rot ; it tires us much Eometinies . We Lurry :
" 5 r :: - car troasers on , ssd naked to the- waist ; and E 032 & ; imc 3 we tihe cur titasers off , and hurry in out Eh-J ^ s . The girls co cot take their trousers off , tut tufcy crc r , ik ' _ j down to the waisu" ( Ibid . No . 91 : p . - 'o , 1 . iz . ) See also witnesses Xos . 10 , 42 , 73 , 97 , 101 , ¦ 123 . 134 , £ 03 , 335 , 353 , &C . la the coil-rainss in which the seams of coal ate thin thj children almost uniTersaliy faurry on all-faurs with the i-e . t and chain . hrS ^^ xP ^ ' coal-o ' ™ er , Stann-n ^ ton : the lads ? eS ^ o ^ **? ^ cll 3 in 0 D a 31 -foaia - Takty-sl ~ ht 7 g ^ v ^ ^ to « cbains , but used to run ( 3 , ?^^ ^ ^ t , and pull tfcs corve 3 with tto oaerh ^; that was S much worse for JLem . ( Ibid . 'i £ KJ £ ' - ~ ' it 3 aM % Sm - s 3 - - "
- tt « ffl 6 | ah of this district girls are oniteas commfflflyeapjoyal on dragging coals in this nailer as bo | 8 ^ * r ~ 3 i 6 jhairj with a belt and chain , as wen as 1 fcrusfc , ^ sa $ » 2 fe Thomas Pea ce ; » there sre as masy 5 ^ Isa « fa ^ einplcyed about here , " ( ibid . Nc S 3- p
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sr . ? -. 1 . 20 . )— " One o ! the most dissmstinij mh ; s I j 3 . ; 7 e ev ? r soea , " ^ r . ys t-o SuO-Cs . 'nimUsioner , ' "was thit cf v ^ ur . 5 ft ^ -ales . dressed like i-oys in trousers , craw-iu ^ or . allf ^ UTs , witQ beita round their waists , aed chains p ^ issins between thtir less , at day pits at Hunrfceh" Bint , and in msny small pi's near Ho ! ia 5 rth and : \ -tv MIIIa I' es-ts also ir several otbtr places . " Whilst ifM in the Hunshs' . f pit the Rbv . Mr . Bruce , of Wadiley . and the Rev . Mr . Nelson , of Father ham , who accornpanieJ m ? , and rem : iiaeft rutside , saw another sirl often years of age , also dressed in boys ' clothes , who was employed in ' hurrying , * -and these oeEt ' . emen saw her at work . S' --s was a mee-lookusg little child , but of ccur ? e as > ' vck an a tinkw ; and with a little necklr . ee Tour . ' h-r "hront "'
" These dr ! -- * :- ! i ; -. ve tWi . iry-fou- r > rve 3 o-doy to hurry out o- : . s dtv ., urd coveqn ' y bsve fortye ? Lr times t-: •'• - . S 3 tier .: lh - i ;' .-:. ' ¦ -- ;¦ is about the r&TVf a f > lt :.- " i > Iy 2 ar ,-e ( in ; i- ; . ( w ¦•¦? . ; . ' ^ e £ : pirticuJarly to cnU your attention t ¦ t- • ¦» evidt'KC' ? ' f t if m ^ uaeer cf tb \~ c ^ lii ' . ry . No . 33 . vhos (» evi lart'jj . No . 3 S , an irtelligeiit girl , who seemed to fe-1 the ( icirm ^ ' atha of her lot s- - - k ' -ecly that it w : is quite painful ij faike brr evi-^ 61 }*^ .
"In two stherpits in tbs Hr-. idrr .-fi-l'i Union ' k ? . ve seen the same sight Tn one . :: tar New Mills , lev cbairt , passing hich up between the ! tq ; s of these two ( virls , l : nd worn larce holes in tlitir tro \ isri 3 . and any siirht more di ? gust " c 2 ly indecent or revolting can scarcely ba imacined tb ? . n th « 9 girla at . wotIt . Ko te-. xlie ' i can bja ^ it 1 ick tht-ir evidence afttrwsr ' , 13 , whfn they were strnt to n : L-washt-d end dte ? sed , Bntl one vfikeni . at least , was ev-dtiitiy crauiuitti with btr eviiie : cc . " fJ . O S-. mcus , Esq ., K .-port , g 113—116 : A \< p . Pt . 1 ., p . 151 i Harriet M .-rton— " I am neariy fifteen years old , and K-2 an to work in Wtb >^ i ' a pit wh > ri I was-going in Ub . I' -re always w .. rktii in Webit ^ r r .-id P : " . re ' s tit ; 1 baT 3 hurried all the time ; I am tbe <> Mtst « iil tine . There are seven rvsular hurrers , who are gii ^ - Tutie arL bi ^ boyswbo hurry . T . 'O of U 3 are t-inployt-u at each c ^ rv . - ' both fu ! l aud empty . "When th- c- lve is '• Tided , on 1- of us is ha ' . Ee--i « rt w ' th : i i-v ' . t i .. u . - . i th .-— slit , and a c * na \ ii c-jn-. f . s fivru tLo front of the belt , and xass-s betwixt our Ir ^ s . and is L ^ -k-r d on t <; the cuivc . aid we co aSng on our ha ' -ds ^ . ru tVrt . on a . ! -f--u >' s . 1 do so myself , and a littlu boy ) uih-. s b-hi :: il . V , o wear t ^ uu * - n- aiways -s w-htu j on f-2 . » v u-. ' J . C . S ' ypiuiis . E ^ q Evi'ii-rce . No . 35 : App . Pt . I-, y . £ 33 . 1 . OUj— Ann Hg ^ u ^— " I am turned of iliirt-: en yc'irs ol > :. 1 hurry the san . e as the last nirl . in Wtr- ^ ttr- ' b j-it . I draw ih- _ c ,: w fith a ch ' . ii , anj belt Th- v , ; is i litlj . ai .-l . my iiatfr , who paahos bebind . Vs ' e h _ ve tVerity-f-jur corses to go in an-.: cut w , t : i erer . r ... y . Snaj M ;¦• /;¦ - h < Uic ! l * t-ts' as wc-M a 3 hurries ; * Ye t-ts an ; l Lurries * - i £ h : crrtsa day ; I dusi iikd w .. r . U ; D ^ in t ' . u p ^ t to \ = ' ry wtli ; I wo'j : ¦ TiTttrr l ^ . t ¦ '' . ir . E ; , v . iig U ; u .. 5 o hrir-. . in tbe p t m : >) u- rjc pdoviy s . il . ¦ tiiiiOo " , \ H >\ Xo . 39 : p . 234 . 1 . lo } M-iry Hu ' u ^ s . a ^ - . i fouru-.-n and a i-r . \ : ? C& 1 Hill . Htr-w ^ it- " i b . ATo 1 :- ; t f-k-ht ye-. rs warkirs in p ' . w , I h-ve always Lurred ; 1 rev ' fr thrr . ? » much . I n ' . w-ys hu . vr n-: y .-u ia .. - :::. ' -i * h a bf-lt rou . id my w-i ^ : aua tb- clr .:-. ! b" * "i ; : i riv ! -. > .-s . 1 hurrj' s ;> in tLrhc-. ir . ' .-zu " . * - ? . 1 al ^ r . js "earia . i ' h cl -tV-.-s . The tYi . » u « trs dv : i . " i :, ' .: t .- n at all . It Ur ^ s la ..-: i :. " . U ? r > rr : my ba-.-fe dor-sn't ache . ' . t ; -. 1 nern' > V ^ s . 1 . ike r-el ^ i * in . pit nr' don t v . art to t ' o ron ? hi cl-. e ; I i--Vtr t * ied to do anytliinj ; else . Su ;; - .-.- " v' ; v ..-- 1 gi-t cold ' : ¦ - its b ? in 2 s- " > wet : " f . ' . t- Wit coT . rs riy an " . ;' -3 . lam ? - re a ; b < dy hr . ' ? tol'l ^> i v . ' al to -. iy . SomfcV . iaes I stop a-.-i fiU th ' e torve ? a ' tpr tt .- fitter is gor * I < 1 ont kn ^ w how long I shail slop ia thfpii . I m sura I vr -ul-i tather h-j in tbe pi * , v ' .- ^ ~ 5 shi tbr . i-beu -s .. ijfti' -LS , and work in tbe w t : ! v .: do nnythirs i- ! se . " x \\\ ¦ : X . . 2 S 3 : p . 295 . I . 2 C' E'cmz r H-. a ' ty , ap . ^ -i tLi :- -. i ::: * ' I went into a vi . to i . cip i-ture I ¦ "¦ ii . > tiv-.: iir ; rs c :: < :. I u ? ed to tLra ; : ; I t ' t . fn ' t <* . : : t ! o : >! i . i hurry n-: ; T 7 with r . bflt un . ; i _ -h ..: n in tbe l .. r- n ' .-i-. tes
Tu-. ro are so ra < s thr .-e . Vi- hav-. ' ti hnrry f :: i ' . vrvfs . " d s way up hill is wt-li a-, ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ k . i . I ; - tbi- - my * elf . » n < l I haiv sixtct-n rui ; 5 a any . I ¦ : v . ? . ch 1 Lr . vt . i .. T ) : cr-j Lr c : r : s that bi : rry : r > ih-- .- ; n ; - _ - way , wi : i » b- -It .-in-: c ' irJ : ! . U- : r b : " -. c ' : 5 a * - - ' oir ^ ri ie : 7 < bi . t \ v > . »^ ib ^ ) f- ^ w :: h tLe chn ; n . Tie gMs' "n . ci . rS ^ c t- ^ n . ^ L r :. ^ oars : they --re t rn rr ;; .: ~ i t " -:- cr-d \ v ! :: r . i ! v . v ; irt ^ , jir » alone wec :.: i see tv--u : e . 1 h- . -w- ; n tbj icr ^ takui
— I haTe o : ' i- ? r . ; - . ad ibat i ;; ii . Mv . ry Hi . Imei , was . - ¦» to < i-. y . s > he der . .:-3 5 t , - tut itis t :-u-f .-T nil tV . it . " ( 1--1 ' - Xo . 2 S 4 ; p . 21 ' . " i . 1 . 33 .: —G-. tl--.- H : rit , c-Mif-r , r :. ; . 'l tLiriy-twi ' at > i £ 5 ? rs . Stacf-iti r . W Brijrc ' : ; Ga J ' -t ; . t X v . * C CTu , on ; K rkb-.: ituc : 'he cttl-. UiV turry with be ; t sr . d chain , the c > .-. in ] iis-h ^ betwt c-: i their h"b ; s : rls au . ' ai ! . It priT ; . s : i 50 s ; ::. ; ^ Dor folks ' . ¦! J-iiii :. their girls to pi ' . s , acd I La . % T tCv-S mar . y vho h ^ vj i ^ --: u icp .-cta'ie won ' .-n , and f-r aiijjLt I know xi . - ' ul v . t-v-s . I ilon ' t know t ' -v . t " ' ..- iir ' . s hr . vj . any m--a ~ iui-; u .-: > ce tLan tbe other ^ ii : * t * at arc brought up in iv-ervjs . It I ? trua ih . it tL-. y u : i bavu impui ' .:: ce . " ilbiii . No . £ -34 : p . 2 ^ 7 . 1 . l'J . i BnADror . D and Lcr . Dt . — Ac . arcr . s : t > Mr . Thon \ -. s Markov , Eur ^ t - ^ u . \ V : U-v . r , , t- j ' . ; :.: c- > uii ^ Lii pr r . ctiuc t- > f-p :. y girls in thit u ^ -l- - < v . r ' C ' -o ; :, : i :. d " t : ; .-j htT ^ u thr . r . or L-h ib ; mt 'h • • s- \^ -, which pi-. s < rs 1-v-_ . ¦ ¦ . L-fTi t :- ; s lfr ^ s if ih-j ftn . iie . & :: : is hooke ; l on to t > o
T > a .-ion of coats , ¦ s li . ^ . t t :. vy i > u . rr- ; u ui ; pia-. i ¦ VTu . vru Yhc u . tn wori ; lo " . aa bt-ttom <• - th-j thi : t . 1 . v .: u " . ii sU : > . " . ' : : tba : tJht- jn ^ n in t ' - / - .: t " - ¦¦ ' - " }' ¦ r = . f cl ' y ' sk ^ i ; : " . V K . W . ¦ ' . ¦! , E _ n , Evi- -rce . X . 01 ; Avu . T :. H . ^ p . A 2-S . 1 , 9 | . Balif ^ x . —In this district , in which , S 3 luu ? bet- ! s ' jowa , tie staiEs of C' -:: i in uizr , y _ ¦ ' th ' .- ii : ; nci . : > ra E ' -t :: jore thsn fourutn iii ^ Liis in : L ! . - > :: i .-. li : i ro :- _ lj excef . i thirty , tLe space 2 ' . ' .. ' ;¦ w- - ;; -: us is « -i int-lii-it-. ' too sinail to al ' . cw thi . :- - "I * . C •" : ' ..:: s " . ; c rrr- tv . i : ;> r too sinaii to mi : ct ; dl r .- ... c .:. ¦ :. * . = err ; - < rv . i .:: > r
of * rations even in a r . ' -i . ; -ir . 2 ystii-i - , Ui-rj --v o * -i . / t .-. \ t j work ' iying th-.. ii- w ; . v . e U : ^ - " . > . : . ' . - > :: ; , : . ! . e untv .-n fl- ^ r , and supportin g thtir fc ^ ... •' . ;> av - ^ a I : ::- (" . or s ' rior " crutch ; " r . s ii fh : th ir . t '~ e i'Justr . t'r-.-. = ? ¦ : " u ^ ' . :: ' . r f .: > i . i : ; Part II . of the AppK . aix . When tiity rra v ><]< - t > obtain a little more- zy-. c .-, th-. y w ..-rk *• y t' . ir . _ ' uv-.-r-. on-i heel balanclr . g thfi- r- " - - ^ : ^ ty < sie :-. 'i : n ? thother . " In t £ ~ s . e " low , < > . -, ] : . h < ¦ _ cJ , p . ti-. t '';> n . ai chanters they work pr-rft'e ^ y n .- . ' . eu . " (? S . SrriTt ^ , Ezq .. K . port , sec 40 : ' Pi « . 4 , 5 , 6 : App . Ft . ii ., p : \
. 60 . G-l ,. TLe narrowness of the spic ? in vrbich r : ; l tLe operations kusI fee Carried on in tbrse rr : ir .- •¦• of c- " ;< : rs ~ : ; :-teri ^ Uy i : jflueDces ice labsar of tee chiJurw ) ari d jv-u :. ";; persons . Fortunately but few ciiiJiirf-n r . ro u .- -oreJ ii : them as trsppws , but t ? iose tb : it are employed , us ii . iri-:-st other districts , sit is pc-rfect dr-rkne » s . " I can never forret , " says the Sub-Commissioners , " tb ^ tU > t u : f jrtunate creature ( of this cl- ^ ss-, tlii - I rj-. t with , it w ; j a boy of about ei ^ ht . years old , who 1-j kt-d at > t :-j as I pa ? i = d through with en expression of c ; . ur . Ur . ? : ; cvthe moEt abject and idiotic—like a tiling , a creeping tbin 2 peculiar to the plsif . On approacUing and ppuaking to him he slur . k trembling a- ; d frishtenc-J , ii ; to a corner , undtr ai iinpression that 1 was : ibuut to do him ; josie bo : ! iiy injury , and from which r . iitber conxinc ; r '; r temptations wouid draw him out / ' ' ( lb d , § b 7 : p . 72 . ) Jn this district tue loaded corves drawn by tht = hurricrs weigh froni t ^ o to five cwt . ; these cariiai , ' -. o arc' mounted npon four c-it-iron wheels of five incucs in aianiittr , there b = irg in goi ; -ral : io rails from tiie i : i-adiirgs to th .- iEaiE-jite * . Tat cbiiiirtn Ji : i 7 c to 'Ira ^ . 'h ' -se carri : i ^ &s thr ^ ugL passa ^ tS in uuUs u c ~ i ; n-it nionth . 'in f .-jsi . ^ isteen to twenty i : ; clica in height . OT C- 'urs >' to accomplish this t ! i ; yc-uii ^ cst ciiiJvlrvn n . ust era . vl o' - thtir hands and f , et . To renter their labour tbe ii » ois easy , tiii Suc-G . niiiiiisKinez ^ lat' -s tbat " they cueli ' c yo'ir . fi tLcir un'ai . l percor . " ? a broad Isathtz ftrap , t " ' wiich is attscL .-: ! in fjw . t - j . riog and abcut fjurfett of ehaiii ternnc .:: r . g in a . L ^ ok . " "¦ As frooa as tL-ey tniur the miin-sates they detach , th : ir Lam-. s . s from tbe- c-.-rve . cbuaee their petition by rtiring bchlr i it a :. 1 b ? c -me 'thn : £ ti . -rs . ' The vehicle i j ti . i a placed up--a th ' . r ^ ii , ; . cindl-. is stuck fast by a piecr tf wc-t ciiy asd away they rau witb . prodigious c .-lerity , t-j tl-. o sr-. t . pu ; h . . n 2 ib . e load wilb . thfcir heads an'l L-. n-.: « . rPiv ? ,. !
Ti : j ; command thsy hold ever it at every curvs acd : ; ns : c . c-Lslderinj ; the pace , the un&venness of tne fioors and rails , and tfco rnn-. i , water , anJ stones , is truly a't ' 'ifb ' rr . Tr- y y :. t : n : er children Ihrus * in p . Urs . " !? . 5 . Fcri-fen , E- ^ q , R-port , §§ 49—52 : App . Ft . II .. . p . 65 , C-J ; .
John JIarsden . sged elslit ind a half . Wike-lanc P . t : " 1 hurry a ' dcsi-zi an . i t-sejvj corves a day , [ that is fcwtnty to a dcz . u ] -. my brother Lawrence helps me , sod we hive to harry ibe carves about 200 yards . ' ' ; S . S- ScriT ^ u . E , q ., Evid'Ece , Ko . 42 ; App . Pt- II .. 110 . 1 . lij . J \ .- ; . eps H ^ ilewi / il , a ^ cd ttn yer ^ rs , \ Vt ;? h Pi * . _ : " X hurry a " :.. .. ut foitj CviTta a-d . iy ; 13 . 1 . -7 ~ ui-i ' eaea ii cwt . ; the Jli ^ atd is threescore yurda : I Uuiry by iL . ytt . i- we ail Lunv by ourss : v £ s . " ( Ibid . Ko . 37 * p . 117 , 1 of !) . Jui- ' -phii ' crker , ased forty-three , collitr , 3 Ir . S ; c > eLs' WiEu > -5 ^; K , . "Pit . " They curry the corve » iiui-ly ta-. ; dcmb ; r _ Jhc -b ' tight of the corves ia abjut two Cvrt ; it is 6 i . o yirc ? s i ' 'om tbe pit's moulb to the woriiB-s ; they Lurry :. i . out l tvtnteen CJiVtsa-day ; as £ : nz . c- ^ ts ; jnau 1 tLi _ k i&at ia toa much , but they : m-
b . und ts c-j it . " , ij ; . ; . ;! , ^ -0 I 4 . p . 205 . 1 . 17 ,. Wui . Djscn , ag- ; d fmrtan , M , s « rs . " . \ brahsm and Cii-iies UxtchivJtb , ar-d Cl :, y : " fTt have bac one girl wc-rr-risi Wi ' . i us , hj time .-i .- . n Aiibier , wh T ^ 5 down wits cs upon the c ' . atch iii-ntis ; sLe wears " b « brtt-ches wh > c she goe 3 down , aco wLile at work , And comes up the p : t c . c ? 3- ! appeii w ; iLi Ui in the ciateh hi . mess ; whtn she is do-iTB see Lurries wirhus in the sam ^ way aswe uo . without ihcj cr itockings . : lb : d , Ko . " : P- 102 - ~ - 5 & ) . —( Seo also witnesses Is ' os . 17 , ' 26 , 28 , ¦ 3- > 37 , -JS , o y , < o-i
" The sketch civen in p . TO ( fig . 4 ) , is i . landed to represait Ann Ambler and YViJliam Dy * on , tl " ^ i 111653 l ^ it quoted , hurritrs iu ^ lessts . D . tcbford ' an . ^ Ciay s colliery at Eliand , in the act of being drawn m * ^ robslappcd upon the c 2 atch-iron by a -woman . As t oon aa they arrived at the top the handle was made f . ^ by a boit drawn from the upright post ; the woman viien grasped the hand of both at the same time , and by main force brought them to land . The corve on the w occasion a ia detached from the hooks to render the loa * 1 lighter . " ( S . S . ScriTen , Esq ., Report § 26 : App . Pfc . II ., p . 61 . ) 1
" Girls from five to eighteen perform all the work of boys . There is no distinction whatever in their coming uy the shaft or going down— in the mode of hurrying or thrusting—in the wei ghts of corve 3 , or in the distances tht-y are hurried—in wages , or dress . Indeed , it is impossible to distinguish , either in darkness or the gates in which they labour , cr in the cabin before the bread lirht of d 3 v , an a'om of difference between cne sex 2 Ed ths other . " ( Ibid § 97 , p . 73 . )
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3 ? try Harris , nged thirty-seven , drawer in a coal-pit at "Livtle Bolton : " I have a belt round my waist , and a cha'Yn passing between my legs , and I go on my hands and feet . The road is very steep , and we have to hold by a rope . ; and , when thtre is no rope , by . anything wb can catch hold of- There are six women and about six boys and girls in tbe pit I work in ; it is very hard work f . ) P a ¦ woBian . The pit is very wet where I work , and the water conies over our clog-tops always , and I hare seen it up to my thighs : it rains in at tbe roof terribly ; roy clothes are wet through almost aU day long . I never was ili in my life but when I was ly'ng in . ' My cousin looks after my children in the ripytime . I am very tired when I get home at night ; I fill asleep sometimes before I get washed . I am nofc so strong as I ¦ was , nnd cannot stand my work so well as I used to do . I have rtrawn till I have had the skin i .-ff ni « : the belt ard chain is worse when we are in the family way . My foliar [ hasbann ] has beaten me
niaay a time for not beinif ready . I w-ere not used to it nt first , aud be bad little , patience : I have known Tinny a man beat his drawer . I have known men take liberty witb tre ( irawtrs , and some -: f the women have battanis . " ( J . L . K ^ nntdy , Erq . Evidence , No . 90 .: App . Pt . 71 ., p . 230 1 . 64 . )—Ellen Votes , drawer , Hiidgewatsr Colliery : "Is £ ixtfee .: i years old ; draws 1 S' » yards tfn or twelve times a day , soroettmes mon ; or sometimes less , ju ^ t as ituappenB ; draws with the be't ami chain ; the tubs are not on wheels , we sled ' em [ draw tht-rn on Bledpes ] . " ( Ibid . No- 96 : p . 232 , 1 . 49 J — Bosa Luvias , pearly eighteen years eld / , drawer at Mr . M .-iris ' s , Lamb ^ rho vd Qro ^ n : ' Wbat distance did you draw ' Twfnrj' -three sc <; re yards in length . That is 4 G 0 yards each way , or 920 yards ? Yes . How many time .- bad you to draw this distance ? Sixteen and s-u . etiuiL-3 cichfe ^ u Units [ Taking hixtetn times , she w *' . h : \ Yv to dir . w 14 720 yards tiai'y . ] ' ( Ibid . No . 92 p . 231 , 1 . 57 . )
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irtELiitrs . ( Fro 77 i The Vt ' orld ' s Correspondent , ) ARDMORii . —Ai the petty sessions on Tnrsila . V the 1 .: ; .- . n-ir ' -iiLi ] -r-. s ' llinc v .-j .-c B . nii * J > Enggc * . Walter John Caruw , :: ml Cfsi- ' u Fitz- ; traJ < j , Esqrs . Tte only rr ^ e wh ' . ch « -s . 'itid any inttrtst v ,-as at tbe prosecution of Durhy . Mah'iny . Daniel Hayc . and Mid .-iuil Malgan , liii-i c Dalit- rTv ; ai bailiffs f < r a , rescue aud uss-. ult against Ta . ii ' . is - \^! : td ' Id -riid thr 1 - ¦ if h \* scl =, a-id two of his u . ' . u ; rt > u .-rn , who rva : ie in Mieverua , in : the -county of 'A ' at ' . rfoi-n , under . 1 decreo at the suit o ; Mr . Rich-ml D . 'Hudson , attorney , io- fivo shillinya , the nmount of .:: 1 . O . U ., p : i > isJ him ft . .-a sessions fee . Thh bailifia .- ! . ' .- ; :, ' Lrint , till : ;> ini ; it < <• tbat tlvi f . cfei !<; . if . t was an unfortunate poor o } a Ji-an , and that all hh h . id was a \>\ ii . whicn ibt'V sciz ; d , and lh : it he offt i .-u : uv ^ n
shil-;; . "gr - i ; : p ^ rt payniei . t , which they refused . It also ai'iienred tbut thb dscvrt ; vr-is twelve-sbi ) ii ) i ; 8 , as theru wus : in addition uf £ . ven j * bilirga fr . r the cost-of the iiec . ee on the live shiiii ^ i ; I . O . U ! The Mntji . vtrate sr , i <) Vhvy \ s : A r .. ' ikht t > I ' . xcin . . and took . vl-. « jnfoviuation ( i ihc t * r : 11 .-, but . hi tl . u sir .:: } time remarked that it \; : is a hat . ' :. « u ; i to ha ' ^ nfuscd th-j -sevin shilling cfiVr' -d by the i'efi .-n'i . 'ii ; t , and that it would 30 in uiitiy : itiun , n . n-1 it \ f ; ts a furtb-.-r hardbliip to liav-j so uiueli costs to p ^ y on bvicc . a irivla-l debt . l > csUte ^ 2 s . C ; ., ilie b ; iil . ff ' 3 ft . ;!¦ . Tl-vrie t ' louid tu soiiio chiap w ;? y of recovering binisll t ' elt ; . It would be a f . vcat boon'to the poor if all debts under twenty shillings were recfVa ^ ilile :. t petty sessioLs , in the same manner as vr » -s , for iiidipciiderit < .-f t ' uy es . ;' , ence , thc-vo is iv great loss < jf tirce to tbe p-.: ! ies and witnesses ; itte diu « quarter s ^ s : ^; : ? , a cro :: t distance from t ' atir resideucea .
CaSTIEBaK . — Several fatal accidents h-. ve occurre : in this iieipi . b . iurLoi . d during tbe last f--w days . Last w-rik -:: n injue .-t •¦ v . is r . cid a * K : imovto iu th « c . 'U . 'a ' . y , t' -f .-re Rkbar ;" : O'Grr . dy F . q ., ami a jury , on th- « I > udy * f Bri « i < et D ' jfiVy . a child who bad hten fuffneated v . iiile in be'i Hita its \ . -ar . nts . Doctor A . Dillon ("¦ . p ^ .-ed last lU . uth was c-uscd by sutrocvion . . and - the jury rt-lnrncd a v ^ rdiet in : \ rc- < : ( ' . ;\ nc 3 with thr . x opinion . l-ut i-xr-v-.-Bs ^ rt their b- ' . ief t ) at t ! io 5 ufi '< ..:: ition was ar-cid-.-nial ; : md a f - -v d .: ys since whils a man r . itnie . i Co-. tj w ; . s . sitting in his cait -at Urot-kiawn , tLe borse suddsr . iy took ti : zht , ai 1 ! 1 h ; ni > ' . d ar . i kicneil eo vioi-.-r-. tlv thnt h ? W' -. s thrown fr .-i .. it , the wl-tt-l na'sinu
over hia ie ^ snri thich , ai : d ir , fi , c ^ ing a bevcrti lacerated w > iuiid . li-ilaunnauon shuriiy i-furset in . ; uid ; ih t ! : ete p'as no iucxlical assistance S'jU ^ ht for oi" atf-rded , the pwurnia- 's v ';' - ' -. i in gr < at :. g < ny iu tLr . -j d-ija a . ' tir thti : c ^ -i-i ' -: ^ . A : i inqiu-st was htld on Saiurtlny ttftre John F . B ^» r 3 ; s , E .-q ., c ^ iotier , anil a jury , in tlw par .. - . h of KJ-fjiiimon , on tie body uf PA tlegiuty , wlio had dic' 3 f : 'O . " -i tin : ( ffec . S of i / . jur ; t 3 ii . il cled * it his }> er £ t .-n by Aiidre a * Clt . Try a : ni tthc-ri . It spje-arerf f : u ; i ! tbe e 7 idsxjce that a tight t ^ ok place in a ishubct n bausO ; t !' . vi-: -a tbe decayed sr . d sivtral otJitw , anil that liirf d- - -a ' . li was causvi by the fvacture if his skuJl on tLat ccl " .- . i- ' .:. A verdict in accordance with tlio facts was ret'irnnl .
Muu . NTMiiLiiCK . — 'Who'll skip Jaci ^ b the white Q ^ r . iiir : I .. ih tte qu . si ^ n in the in >» t dolorou'j j .. Ow-ti , fi-rlf . ^ tmi i .-e i . > ; t ( -p . e : i ;! y j-ut to tii&L buy ' s j ) ..-rtsj ! i :. ut ' - '> ni ! , \ b ~ gv' -. i . ' " id t ^ ast pi " sv . - ti'i i ^ -j ' . is ami wiVvS" vr : : i-i-. vi : i ; - :: i '^ r ^ e . Wl . llt tb : ! : 5 l yo . i ? Al-V :. c u . ^ iitb ; ij ' \\ iy-C ' .: UiU--i . vi Eru : n \ is Vub Vm p-. rsur , in tb j world whom you would 8 s . k _ tto tit ; . s un Adonis , 2 \ * : i ' . u .-e I ' -. 'ivi :. *; tn . iowo- ; him w . : i an uuique p < iir o » ^ ji ! i ' . ; fci : i ; -. U ; , 3 : i :. d a " iiuwiL . f ^ co divine , " which looks ; ii if it w .. ra liiurnady b :, tbtd in the p t ^ ervtd essence 1 f f inger , fctill ha has made more " havoc r . mong the h . art ^ of tku avreet Qu :-. !; eres £ is , uiai'is , u ; .- > i iiiatTons , of vl ^ uiitmtr Ixk , than if a Lundrtd Drew ; - - , H : tviie .- , or C-iklweil j ciinein the v : iy . liut as " tV . e . rs are moio ih L > i ; 6 in Ht : avea : ind eanh than are dreamt of in our philosophy , " it wou n \ be foo' . iib to « : Xpvess a ; tor . ir , ' n-; : _ nt at anything wbioh happens n ' oiv-a-ilayp . Impri-,.,, > :: ivJy , iaa : r , c-i . k ai . d devout ; : piLr , i ; er : ister ot" out
i-i _ --p--cU <' , and , alas f dppr ^ -. Sf . I fj'l' > -v to-. v . sman , -Mr . U- .-ile , ltd the v . v . y , t-y a ^ artdininr : L' -rs ^ f to the l ^ w-v . h ' . of tho kw tit ' . r . im , nu . V \> j «> i ' ' . g h in in his v . - ijiilvrin ^ . s hi ' . ' - . er and * ii tLe" . TL 111 tee v . if' .- of Mr . ' tfcomtis P— left a Qf . nUng ar . d now distracted husband , and six or s&ven IjV ly littia P—s , respite cf . "»! i rv : ;! OLs : ia : ices , pn-. jer . i , and entreafes t-j t ? . e contrary . "Tv a . t a : a :. natural niotiier ! " w-thinks I hear all your rt : ;; 'ers txcLiira in full cboius , ' ut s « cli is Ibj i :: Q-- nee of tiiis e . nthusij . 8 i ! i , fan : iticis : ii , insanity , or wh . ittver you phus ' j to call it . Awuy , then , fl-jw the giited and accun > piisheii -Miss Twaekei \ Ivii-ving , : ib Bariity Bm ! laghan wouid ;; ay , many an a-spirhig young bachelor " all alone fo to cie" of th-3 rii-appointincnt . Ni-xt , a rcsy cheeked and } iux r 'iu girl named GrC , in ' . be birvic ^ of a respectable townsman , joined the ranks , but time would fail to ur . u ; nfcrat > '&il the lieroinws whu have off-red up themselves ut the shrine ot this new idul , n ; i 1 will only c-. nc ' . iuU- a « I beiau , With diking ' Wiio'il stop Jacob the white Quaker ?"
Ke . nagji—I am forry to inform you that outrage : ; n < l iiiucji'jiaritm still prevail iu tbis ni .-trict . On riiiiuriluj tveninij , three nitn entcrni a fi ^ ld at Li . ibunny the property of Mr . John Cunningham , of this town , and keat a wcnkiuan , of the ramo of Walsh , with st . jni-s , u : itil they were alarum-i by the shouting of two or three wdwci :, when th . y decamped . Iietw-j . ii oik au-, 1 two o ' clock vn tha liext nay , a man i-hUivd tbo d ^ i ' . ling house , of Mr . John Cur . rii : ibani , tho ubuvenanitti , and delivered a threatening notico to his maid servant Vi give to her maati-r . / is constable . Peter Conry , of this town , : ; nd t ! ire& sab-con . ^ tabl-s , v . eru on pa ' . r ; ilo , ia the neighbourhood uf Bawr ., Ui »; y ooa ' . ivwi a ll . tsli cf a pan at homy distance fti-m them ,-and were in the act of cautiously ap ]> roaching the spot , when a in
n ' oincn h ' i' . v- ^ the . i . ann , ana Uis ro ^ k itts ( four nuiuhct . fl :- ; l , ¦ pursued by the police , wbo succeeded in : \ p \ rvhc- ! .. lina two <¦ £ ti : em , named lica ! y and Kyan . i'Ls tii .. e < y approach of the police prevented , , t is prc : ; a ' .-ie , ^ ag ! hcr adiiit-ion to the Humour of r . tttiJi : ts .- t r . ^ iMiiiiust ' on , now ; . j prevalent , iu tJiia cibturtwi loc . iilly . Sjine inc 6 : ; i ! i ; iry raaiiciousiy el I firs to tlfc d \ roi ! ipg-hoase of Jamjs Sninntrs , in the town of Ti on ; .- . v ; ira , t ! : e greater pnri ; of whleii was c : ms « n !! .-d , and , v . - ^ rs it not tbat it was discovered su b . - jor ., it is difficult to calculate what the extent of t !; e ii ' -jiiry tc > jjiopc-i : y inj ^ ht Lave bte ; :. On Thursday ni ^ Ii : a . >; in-: a ^ iu : i % nsly disposed persojis destroyed anew p iuu : h tn tie ian-s of BaJiiEcurbn , the pro ^ wty of Taomas K . ; inedy , of same place .
Limerick . —A young man , named Patrick Welsh , was foumi bached in Hood , at an early hour orrSunday evening isst , in a cirt , tno hoi-se of which was strayin ;; ii ' oru ; the r'a . 1 , at Coogha , Lord SiavAey ' s e . «! ate , wkhia a mile of 'ho police Etatioo . Ho was fpe ; -chks 3 and snir . ired ir ' . ift gO ) c . wiiich also disn ^ ured ths vehie'e . Surgeon Th ' -: jias " V \ ilkii ; sc-n , who was known lo be in the neighbouil-. oovl , wts at rv . ee H-nt lor , but lifa was tsticct before his arrival . This ptnt-kmen , who was examined at tbe ino . Ui ; t . depo .-irl tbKt dt-ail ) wascaust ; : by an est-. nsivo'Touaii r-: ? si-ini : obliquely through the ri ? ht cyobrov / , t-xnois . ' ^ : i fraoturo on the fureLead , aE ; l through rrlii ' -ii the briiui wes visible .
PaKS ^ NSJ'OV . ' . N . —EXTK / . Oi : i > JNAHY ELOr 2 . ME . \ T . — The uioi ' r .-. t e 7 t :: t which I .::- ; oceaiTt . i b ^ re duiiiig the Ir . st dc-z : n years , barrii : ^ of c-urse Ij'it . I Kc-sse ' s never to be snfcaiiifcntly w . or . f ' ered at piece of j : ; T , clnr , e ! y , happer . c-A on ^ .. tur 'rr , jr . ;' :. A V / .-n .-h l .-uly of ^ v . iit Plt-Eonal charm ' s j ; . ; t frosh hi . ra-. ? ; ii cno uf the poitii'jj houses , drove rapiuiy vp to T , Liu re .-cC . ixa \> i a ycuag gentleman ¦ r . amc-d K —" . s . - -n * in her r . aiiio requfcjslmg an interview ; c ; : wbiea h » . u . adc bis t : v-pearivr . ee with his carpet Y :, % , fceUv . l into ibo cuxriage , drove off , anil soao of tee i nv-tus , ^ ¦ r .-. ) ig ^ i tu z . ' . y , Lave been hoard rf eince . 'i'hia * ' spirit * j : sr aw ;; y" of tbe young gentleman has , as you may tuiipjae , . ' caused quite a sensation . I forbear ^ iv ^ ng uan-es , lirj [ : ii ! i ; that the parties may " turn up" and account fur thciaEtlvee before next pott .
\ Stradbally . —The extensive population of Stnid' bally , Ballylanaen , Kiil , Newtown , KUmacthomas , ¦ Bonmahon , and the surrounding county Lad a demon-] stration in support cf tho ciusa of Kep--al on Sunday j last . A deputation from Waterford attended , on the I oecasion . The Rev . Mr . Casey , Catholic Curate , was I called to the chair amidst laud cheers , and Pierce j Power , Esq ., of Carrick CaBtle , was appointed secretary . Ssveral addresses were delivered and a number of reso' utions were passed .
Tippeeauy . —On Sunday ! a ? t our town presorted a chi 'er ? ui Eccne . From an early hour in tbe the mornina grea * numbers arrived fcoiu the Burrouriding districts to w- < a 3 fr-s tne prscession of the Temperance bancis of Caahel . Cahir . and Tippsrr . ry . A " rJiough , " uufortunatel . » tfce " ^ ea ^ her was unfavourable , and rain fell it inter . TfiIs in heavy showers up to or . e o'docU , toe mass of pv ^ p ? - ? a ? £ emb ! ed to wim-55 the i . -r :-McdiDg 3 of
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the day did not diminish . The Cashel and Cahir band was met outeide the town by the Tipperary ; they were accompanied by thousands . The procession entered the town about half-past one , each band playing in successionth-Ax . favourite airs ; i > fter playing several times up aad down the town they , retired to the marfeet-honse Room , where they continued to play until dinner . The Coffee Rooms were fitted up for tho occasion , about fifty persons belonging to the band sat down to a neat ! y"dressed dinner , and enjoyed itwith that feeling which Temperance can so well bestow on her favourites . The town hasbeen throwninto greatcoDfasion , in consequence of a large body of masons having endeavoured to prevent men from Fethard of the same trade from working for the Rev ; Robert Carey , who is building some fimall houses in the vicinity of the town . They proceeded in a largo body to the place where , the building was going on , and prohibited the strange masons fr > m continning their work . The mayor quickly got
intimation of what was going on , and lost no time in calling oat the police force that were at tho time in the barrack , and proceeded to the scene of tumult . V But so uotei ' . iiinod and numerous did the opposing party appear that , his worship , conceiving the party of police inefficient ( a . large number of that body being out of town in consequence of the exhuniation by the peasantry of a body supposed to be t'aafc of a policenia-n , who committed suieide in Cahir some time back ) sent word . to the commanding officer to have a party of military ready to turn out . in casa of necessity . His worship then proceeded to arrest the ringleaders of the aggressors which he succeeded in d *> ing , and iodgevl them in gftol , ; there to remain until they procured good solvent bail . He also stationed a guard of policemen where the works were going on , and commanded them to protect the str . mge musons u ' util tlie tiiae ai'tiveci fur their leaving off work , which had the desiied effect of protecting the mon from violence .
Wbstpou . 1 . —On Wodnesiiay night last , Captain Scale , of the Coronation , of Cardigan , fell OVerboanl lua vessel , at this qaiy . and was drowned . ' An inquest has besn held on the body , bifure John F . Bourke , Eaq , and a Jury . It appeared , from the evidence of one of the crew , that thd deceased had returned from Nan port that evening—that be was intoxicated whan he an ived , and thct lie had not been more than twenty minutf a in the vessel wheu a boy ctiod ayx \ tbat he Wiis in -tlie water . Dr . Bourke deposed that he found two ctiututwvl woiuuia on the siiio and back of the duoenseJ ? s bead , but that tietilh wan causad by suffocation from drowning ; . Tho Jury found that deceased had " come to his death by failing overboard white in a state of intoxication . "
SVDDtix Death . —A few days macs an extraordinary instance of sudden decUi occurred at Kiiliden . Pat Ford , who resirieii . at tlie ubovo place , wentto his bud in apparently good health , and ou the next morning was found quiw dead . Me O Gra , ily , the Coroner , held an inquest ou the bot ' y . The fcurgepn who'attended deposed tlmtin his opinion the deceased died "by the visitation of &cd . " A verdict was deliveved accordingly .
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP SUPERSTITION . At-the adjourned sessions for the county of ; Essex , held last week , a gipsey , named Louisa Do / ton , aged 30 , was indicted under very singular circumstances ( or stealing two sovei'tigns , three half sovereigns , in'teen half crowns , forty two shillings , and five sixpences , from JVJies Hannah Guiver , at Ugiey . JVlr .-Rodwell , who appeared . for the prosecution , said the circumatancea of this case were of a singular and txtraoidinaty nature , and he should call attention to a few iicta which , unless they were proved by evidenca in a court of justice , they would hardly believe . Tbe prosecutris was a widow , keeping a shop at Ugley Green , and she had a daughter wko was the principal witness iu the c- ; se . At Euater last Bhe was in a bad state of health , w hether from unrequited love or not he
did nbtkuotv , whon tho prisoner , got access to her and induced her to believe tbat she was spell-bound ; but promissd that on payment of a sum of money ,, and by pert \* ri » ing ceitaia mysterious and magical arts , she shculcl by relieved . In this way she obtained 2 ? . the first time ; add she then said , if 10 s . more were , given her sho would consult a book . It was given , and she then handed ter two pieces of paper , stuck across with pius , which sho said would have tho effect of removing tite spell . She called again a few dnys after , when she produced . a bag , and asked to have filled with salt , and she also stated it v / cuid be necessary for & sum of money — £ 7 or £ 8—to to pui into ths bag . The young wcHjan brought £ 2 or £ 3 down stzira , and put in to the bag , but tha prisoner said it would be impossible
to coii = piete tho cure without £ 7 or £ S ; and she then brought down that sum of her mother ' s . Ii ; was at firit dihtmctly sta-ted tbat she was not to tctke the monsy awi ' . y , but it was arra-riged that the 2 > rwoner shoal , 1 tifee tlie b-.-. g ivu-. ' i l > ving it back at eleven o ' clock the wxt duy , aud if shu ciitl not the young woman was to get a sharp knifa and cut her ( the gipsey ' a ; throat . She , however , fr , i- ;;« . 'i to come back , * but was afcerwavds apprehended 10 or 11 rai ies off . pysbibly , in the course of the evicltuce , iacts would come out thut would create 0 . smile . ; but thty . must recollect that-weak and nervous people—not the strong minded—were selected for these purpo&es ; and the law was for the protection of the weak in mind as well as those who were weak in body , against the strong .
Hannah Guiver , rathsr a good-looking young woman , 25 yeass of age , was then examined . She said—I live with my mother at Ugley Gteeu ; she keeps a Bmall ehop . On the 26 th of Marcb > . on a Saturday , the prisoner came to the shop , and told me she would tell me a few words that would be a benefit to me ; I gave her is . ; she had a book with her , and she looked into it , after which she said if she told me by the book I must give her another Is . ; I gave it her , and she thea said I was undc-r a spell ; but if I gave her half & Bovereign she could and ; wouid break it in nine days . ( Laughter . ) Sue thea gave me a piece of foolscap paper with somothing on it , two pins sticking across one another , which I was to burn at the nine days ' end . She then ltft , but she called again on the 1 st of April , -when ) ih& said sho bad been working the things beivut : f ally for' me . I Loud laugh ter . ) I eaid : • well . ' . ' On the 4 th sho called again , and , taking a bag from liev pocket , asked for a bivn : ifivll of salt ; that was in the keeping-room , as sho said sh 3 wanted to speak-to me
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in private , and I took her out of the shop ; j pnfc the salt in , and she then asked me , to put as much gold as I could Into the bag ; which I waa not willing to do at first , but she said she did not wish to take it ootof the house . I theh fetched down two sovereigns and thn ^ e half sovereigns belonging to my mother . &he said that was not enough , and I could make it , np between £ 7 and £ 8 if I liked , on which I fetched down fifteen half-crowns , forty . shillings ; and five sixpences . I tied it in the bag , after which Bhe said Bhe must take it till eleven o ' clock the next day , when the spell would be broken ) febe said she "would bring it back by half-past eleven , or I might get a sharp knife , and when I 8 aw her agiiin I . might cut her throat . I did not see her again till she was a prisoner at Newport . She was to have brought the money to the heuse of Sasan Srintti , but shs did not couie . I told iny mother of it , and ehe gave information to the police : - '
Cross-examined by Mr . Bowling— : The condition on wiiicu f parted with the . money was , that if she did not bring ic back I was to cut her throat ; and , of course , I thought I had a right to dn se —( laughter ;) The piece of papsr she gave me was foolscap— daughter . ) When she told me , on the 1 st of April ; that she bad been working things beautifully for ' me : I could not understand what she meant— -whether she had been working the stars for me or not '—( laughter . ) ¦ * y . ; -j ¦ " . .. ¦ ¦; ' , . ~ . y ' - ' - " . ; : ' ;¦ : ;' ; .: ' : ' . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' l . ' . Mr . Doling—Now , allow me to esk you , was there not a little unrequited love in the case ? ¦
' Witntssr-I do not know what . She said it was a spoil , and that T should be obliged to sip sorrow by suoonsful if I had it not takenoff—( laiighter . i Itis immaterial to aiiy one here , whether it ; w : is love ot not . There was a young man for whom I had a regard , but I do not know that he had acted unhandsomely to me . I do not know Whether we had parted company for some time . ; ,: v The Chairman said he thought it was Quite enoa ^ h if it waa made out that she had cause for mental anxiety- . - . - ' . ;/ ; " - , ' .- ' . / . ; ..- ¦ . ,. :. ¦ .. ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ -
\ y itni ss—I had causa for mental anxiety . ; I was twenty-five in October last .-1 take care oif my mother ' s sJiop , ami attend io her business , and she haa no ri as ' Jn . ; to find fault witb . my conduct at all -we sell grocery , fl > ur , and bread ; I never get scolded by my uiotuei' for making mistakes . I gave all this money urnitr the ioea ; of gettinz myself better ; if I had ' gob quite weil , . 1 should have bad no objaction to her ket-pViig the money , if I C 9 Uld hava goE my aiother ' a co ; iseilt . ' .. - . '¦ ' -: ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ i- ¦ ' , ¦ ;¦• ' -. ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦' -: . - . ' . ' . ¦ ; Sy ' t ' be Goiut—The prisoner promised me tq bring the money back the next day . - . -v : ; ' .. ., ; K-j-exan » ined— -My mother ; never gave her consent to parting with that £ 7 ; she . waa to brine the money back .. . - ¦ ; . :. ;¦ ; .... . ,::,:- ;; ' . ; : ; . } . ; . ;; . - ' ::- . ^¦ : ¦ '¦ ¦ ::, - . - Mr . Dowling—Or you were to cut her throat—( la « -: hter , ) ¦ - ' . ¦ ... - ¦ - . ' ' . ' j . .- ¦ ¦ ' ' . ' ¦ . ; :.. " - ¦ ::.. ' > .: ¦ - _/ , ¦ ' ^"
Thu Chairman—This was an extraordinary condition , bec . ' iU .-e if she did . not bring it back , she would not be ib ^ r-i to have ^ her throat cut . ( Laughter . ) ' . ¦ Eliz ibeth Gruiver , tho mother—I recollect that in the brtjinniflg of ; Ma ; ch my daughter was in a bad state of health , and had been so some time . I saw the pri-. suner in my shop , and I bad same conversation with my daughter about it . When I went to look for iny money I found , it all gone ; there was £ 7 10 s ., two 6 overeigns > three baif-sov » . 'reign 3 , fifceen half-crowns , forty shillings , and Jive sixpences . I gave information to the pphce ; I had seen the money all safe the day it was Eiken uway . . .. : ; : . - . ; ... . " . - ' , ¦ ¦; ; ' . ;¦/
Jauif-s Syer , a police constable—I was on duty at H ^ ytian in April , when I received information : of the case , and on the 18 ih I Baw some gipsies > in tiie pariBh . of Great Chisball . The prisoner's husband was driving a cart , and I saw the prisoner with him •* I took her iHto custody . She denied , at first that' her name waa Jt ) plton . but afterwards she confessed it . " I told her : I took her for obtaining money under false pretences . 'I searched her husband , and fouad this bag on him . [ Bag produced , arid Miss Gh said she believed that was the bag into which the salt was pot . ] . On the road to the station-house , her husband said he did ' . n'bt'ienre if it did nst transport her , and she said , " Doydn thinS it win ? " ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . - ¦ ¦ . " - •¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦>¦" . ; . ¦ ' . ' ¦ . -: : ~ : :-
The examinatton-before the magistrates was pnt in . The prisoner then said , she went into the shop for ' -. a quarter of an ouncs of ' . tea ; the young ¦ woman and her sisjer smiled , as if th < -y wished her to speak to them , and she then said , You do not look happy , and I think . -. it is about a young man . " She said it was , and she should not mind what she gave if ehe : could have him . She ( prisoner ) said she : would ., do all she could ? To for-her , but she must have some money . She gave her some , but she did not promise her the day or the ho \ ir she wouid carry it back . She was ill and ; v ^ ry poor v l-ut sbe Was worKing round / there to carry"the money back . .. '• ¦¦ - . ¦ ¦; . . '' :. ; ' . '¦' - :: . This was the case for the prosecution .
Mr . Dowlin ^ then addressed the Jury for the prir spner . He said , if questions of this sort were to be made ' '" fcu ' "je . ct 9 for inquiry in courts of justice , they would be . occupied . ' with them every day in the year , for there was not a day in which persons who were in love or in ill-health ,-did not apply to the " wise woman"' for her advice ; but were those who went there to buy their spells and advice , saeh as they were , to turn round and prosecute tfaem for felony ? Could they doubt the object of the prdsecutrix or her mother was not the benefit of- the public at large , but the proceedini ? w ;; s a sort of pressure on the prisoner or ber husband to get tho money back . This was nothing more than a girl going to « , wise woman , who was supposed to have influence over supernatural
affairs ; and though the Jaw was to protect the weak against the strung , a person grown up to twenty-foul years ef ase , and conducting the business ef-, her parent , was not to be considereu an idiot ; and if she chose to pay a fancy price for anything Bhe was not to be protected by a criminal prosecution , because afterwards Bhu did not . like her bargain . If a person saw a whip in a window , and ¦ the tradesman insisted on having £ b for it , if he chose to give it , ad afterwards found it worth only 2 s . 6 d . was the tradesman to be prosecuted as a criminal ? tosk at the Strawbeiry Hiii sale—there were old things not wottb . sixyftuee , but persons were willing to pay enormous prices for ; them ^ Vto complete th eir libratks or curiosities , and it would be hard
on Mr . George JRobins if when he went to make up his accounts , some of the noblemen should demand their money , er prosecute him . Their present chairman had many bronzes which to an antiqaaiian were of great value , but which he ( Mr , D . ) or the Jury might not be disposed to value highly ; but cultivated minds enjoyed them , and probably when in Rome he . - .. might have given £ 50 for a small piece of brass , but he would think it uuwise to say , "If you do not- give me my money back I will prosecute you '" Here this girl went to the prisoner , who performed very absurd things , but which she was willing to pay for , and was she now to turn round and prosecute her . as criminal ? . Sho was not to turn , round and say , "I am not cured—your advice is valueless , and
I will prosecute you . " What difference was there between this case and that of a medical man ? He came in and said , " you : must take my pills and draughts , you must rub in my lotion , you must try my plaisters , " an * l they went on till their shelves were filled with bottles and-boxes ; and they found themselves worse than they were before —( iaughter ) --and then came a bill longer than that jury panel , which they must pay . ( Laughter . ) Yet did they ever hear of a doctor being called on to answer for this ? That case was in '" 'fiict worse than this , because here the young woman could exercise her own discration on : the deception practised upon her understanding ; but the doctor catae and shook his head , as if there was anything in it , feJt the pulse , looked at the watch , and practised all that mummery which was usual when there was nothing more , to do than to drive a road for his fortune through the patient ' s ^ bowels —( laughter ) - —and they had no means of detecting or judging of it , for they
knew nothing of what he was about ; Here this girl , who was capable of conducting her mother ' s business , had a full opportunity of seeing whether the advice was worth what she gave for it , and like a person who bought a thing at a fancy price , .. it : ' yras at her own risk . The girl confessed there was some unrequited love in this matter , tbe gipsey saw the romance of early affection playing about the ruins of a lost heart—( Jnughter)—there was a smile of invitation ; and the young girl desiring" the retnrn of the wanderer , looked to get tbe shepherdess to bring him back to tii . e fol * . when all was to be well . —( laughter . ) A young girl in love viewed everything jn an absurd lijjht ; acd here she called in the prisoner ' s aid , and was in the situation of a person % ho bought an old manuscript not worth 6 d . at a high price- or the deefcor who did the patient no cood ; it was a / mere purchaso , and tte person was not guilty of felony who sold advice , which mtffKt be valueless . : ¦ ; ¦ ¦; . ' ¦ ¦' : ¦ ' ¦ .
The Chairman said , the only question was , wfeethtr the prisoner obtained tfco money feloniously—wheihff the taking was with a :. ' felonidua intention . Did thi 3 woman at the time she went into the shop cook up this story to / gtse . possession' of the money felonious ' . y ¦? There werf ) several . < kisos on this subject . . Tbeie was one in which ii p-craon went to a coach-maker ' s , and said . he wanted- a chariot to go into the North ; the coach-rnukei- let him have it , and he went &nd sold it ; that was a mere cloak to get possession of it , and he wa 3 convicted of the feloiiy . There was another case iu which a person got possession of bank notss to change , but walketi off and did not bring them back ;
and it was held that that being a false pretence , there was a ftjlonious intent to get possesion oi the notes It appeared to him that this case went all fours with that . Tfle prisoner specially stated she would bring the money back—there was no borrowing ; and it appeared to him to be a trumped up story of this ingenious woman to get possession of the money from this young girl , who was suffering under great mental anxiety . . The younggirlmightnotbeso clever as this woman , and he heped she never would be , for Bhe had not made a good use of her talents . It appeared to him that the case came . within the description of larceny . . :. ¦ :- . - . ' . - " - - ¦ . ' -.- ' : . : . .- .- . ¦ ....,. ' . ..
The Jury asked the prbsecutrix whether , before she gave her the money , the prisoner positively promised to bringitbiick ? / The witness said she did . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . The Chairman bri 6 gy addressed the prisoner , and sentenced her tobe . " Tra . nspoffeed for seven years . " . The Court ordered ths money found oathe prisonec . to be restored to Mrs . Gaiver . "
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GOOD , THE MURDERER . The trial of Daniel Good for the murder of Jfane Good , or Jones , took placa on Friday ,.. in ' tno Central Criminal Court . Tho i > l * ce was crowded to the invasion of tha very Ju-lfcts' seats ; several women , even young ladies , were among the auditory ; and the number of b . ai'risters was greiit . Ou tho bench . were Lord Donman , Mr . Baron Alclerson , Mir . Justice CoHnian , and the Recorder ; and by their aide were the Duke of Sussex , the Chevaliev Bunserf , feevc-ral Ali ' efmcri , and Mr . John Dcnnistoun , M . P . ' '¦ . ¦¦'• ¦ ¦ ' ; " ' ¦ ''¦' : '
With Good , Wolly his reputed wife ' was placed at the bar ; . which both the pttsnners approp . chad with a firm and confident step , and both pleaded " Not Guilty . " Moily Good Was removed ; and tho trial of Daniel proceeded . It , waa conducted by tho Attorney-G-eneral ; whose statement , with the evidence which followed , added litiiu of interest to tho facts already known , only that U : ny were marshalled in a niore skilful order . Lydia . Susannah Butcher now appeared to admit that her ir . tercourso with Good had been more familiar than she formerly confessed .. ' Thomas Sales , the Waiter at a
public house at which Good culled after the murder with Mary Good , overheard him say that she " wou ! d not be troubled with that •/¦¦ ; ' ' anymore . " Tho son was brought into court , but he was not examined , apparently from a epit-it of forbearanco . Mr . Doane , 'for ( the defence , reminded the Jury that tbe case against tbe pri-oner rested entirely upon circumstantial evidence , aad that there was no proof that the woman had not destroyed herself ; while there was a total abssnee of all probable motive . The Attorney-General waived his right of reply .
The Chief Justice , in summing up , likewise reminded the Jury of the necessity of caution in judging on circumstantial evidence . That the deccafied met with her death by violence appeared to bo clearly proved by tbe medical ¦ witnesses , who . declared their ouutiou that death was occasioned by the severance of the windpipe , the enrotid artery , and the jugular vein , and tlui * , the boiiy was inbtantiy drained o <" . b ' ood . If ishe had destroyed herseif . it was most improbable tlii ' . t a nnn with hoTO she bv . <\ loog been Vivni * on iutnnate and friendly ttri ::=, insttad of calling assistance , Would proceed at on . i . 'o to r ? 3 « i ! f : inber the body . The Jury retired at half-past seven o ' clock , and r < turned into court at five minutes past eight , when the foreman i > rotiounced a verdict of ' Guilty . ''
L ltd Deuman Ibou , having .. put on the black cap , adiirjssc-l the prisoner as follows :- —• ' D : miel GKmil , you have been fdV . iKi i ; vjity upon tlie clearest evidence of a-most tv . ul" and wkfcex ' . murder ; pcrtaps , a ca .-: e m * re abh-.-rent to the ; feelings of human nature than the present , was . r . t ' . vt-r-pre (? e ' iitei'l to v , court of justice , ami it ia a K ' ifl tx'inipJo of t ? ' . e conwqui uccs cf a wicket' and vi- ;< us course of Ufo . Thaw is no doubt thist it is o \* b . i (' , to the iR . ' i : il-: etice of your iucUnationa for one wouisn afur another , that bei ; isf tired of the unhappy decc-ased , and feeling that you cm : ld not enjoy to its fullest txfc ? r ; t the fj-tsh attachment you hud formed , that jv-u resolved nppn ( iestroying the unhappy woman who w . is the fonnr-r object of your affection . No argument that I can nve can aggravate your caso . You coldly
calculated lon / j before the net was . committed ujiou deprivin . ' ; tlie unforturiatt ; woman of hor httle property , and handing it over to the fresh object of your attacanient . Many wt . vks beforo the murder you made a promise of nil tho deceased ' s clothes to another ; and only a fortnight before you pk-dged yourself to tha young woman Who has ' appeared as ; i'Witness iigainst you , in a much stronger manner , There is no doubt that on that Sunday ' night you enticed your victim to your stables , intending to tike her life , and to hide her afterwurtis from thd tye of man . Tb : it place was entirely under your . cositroul , and you thought you might unseen dispose of the b «'' y . j but although . " you were not watched by any human eye , your proceedings were brought to light in such a manner as to afford a painful
warning to ail . other . ' criminals , and showed how such crimes might be discovered . It is absolutely neucsiaiy t . ' nit your life should bd-forfeited to the laws of God and man which you -have '' so grievously . <> ff-jivJed , and yuur ca « a will have this aggi'aviition , that you wi ! l li ^ ve tli-j world unr « gr . jtteil fnd unpitied by any vna . I hope that no Englishman , on the day that will be fatal to you , - ' will fiiva expression to his feelings of abhorrence ( it your crime ; but it is oii ' . y . 'i . proper agi : r ; iv .-t 'Hi in y < ur case th : it you will not leave ono behind you vrho will not thiuk n good , deeii dona when your life is put an eni to . You are on tho brink of anotrier worid . an > 1 sio human l ) ti ; i , r is e ' nlitied to sby that any feilpw crpatsire wiil bo
rtfvvbed forgivenvsa' for 1-. is-sins . Ttfe ' . Jir-rcy of G . kI is as rvoat as is your ciiino . and I entrc-at you to lose no time in seeking for pai-clon from Him alona wiio can > : r-j : ! t it to yon . I imiiiore ji-u to make the sr . ost of the f-hort , time you have to remain in thi . s worldj-und by a sincere rc-pentanco ( . Uer . s-mto atonement tor the av ; Ui \ crime you have conimitted ; You c . ^ u expect no mercy in tliis world , but I hopuyou will r-. c « ivo it in anothtT It aoiv remuiiis ouly for me to pass u \ v ..-n you the awful s ^ nttaco of ilia law , which is , tur . t you be taken henee t « thts'pluce whtuce you -A ' ers brought in this court , and 1 bounce to some place of eX ' .-tuUou , ami - thcr « bu honii by the neck until you are dead , ami that your boiiy on uf < .-i ' wari : ' 3 'buried in the precincts cf tha prison . May ilie L'jrd hj' . vo mercy on your guilty . soul .
As S' jou as taw learned .- . Judge had concluded his I : id < ireH 3 , tha p . iisoner , who appeared to be quite uuru'Ve-i , a .. ia , " I aeciai . i to AimigLiy : G-i < d th : t I ne ? cr tookavay tho life of that woman . Susan Butcher is tha causa ot all my tr < 'Uo !< -s . . ' and tho c .-iULte of ' that i ijovr v /« wa . n bein /? lost . When vre h-ft Mrs . Hester ' s i Jane dtciared tbat sli « v would ; ilestr ' yy herself . " Tlie . prisoner then proceed s < i in a vers' ijicvherent ¦ strain ¦ against th ;; coi : cut .-t of B-ncher , who he described as 1 always getting intox ; c ; . t .-rt . lit ; tl ) f : n ( . aid , that after ; they c . i : jjb frujji Mrs H ¦ ' ¦ s ' ei- 'a bo k-fi- . hcr ( deceased ; in S the Etrvow , nod on liis rt-tuvn e 1 . v ) aeitiojetl heii . rif . Ho toU ! , ' ier that ho could not ie : her sle < n in the
hainebs' , room , in 'CL ' .-iteijuoi-c- ' : of th . a o'a gardener telling every-1 thni'i that lie diii to bin nmstcr ; sho "was very an ; - ; ry ; jib : nit liutc-her , and dt-.-liivtsd t ; . at sha would uio > vn 1 hers--I "; h-i to-ld her Ui ; t ; she fcli « ui . d not fly in th « r . sct of God , and hi' prevciu . td h ^ r going out of V . m aLabl ;'; i he t ;; tn th ^ uk iUvfh some bay in tb < j stall whoro ti , e i trunk was fuun'l . and told ht-r to ¦ rpriutin ' there till he i tetvivr-t' ' . ; v , hb : i be retur-aed , he found her lying ttea-i I in tUe S ' . imo pl- ' . ce that he had K'ft her ; ht y throat w . ; t . j cut , aiiti ; i i-h ;; rp puiknife , with wbich she cut it , v : ua ; lying " ry her si ( ie ; ha < iM n ; . t know what to do vclun ; he saw her iying . it-ad ; he afcerwni \ -: s throw the fcmfe ! orer Kainiuerswiith Briiit'u iiito the waterWhen he ilmnAii 3 i 4 tl
. j Uitl « » . u-. j AJUUCVj I , SJ Wl , V ~ n . wVtlr Tl UVU *** - : vent out-of the stalj b lie locked tlw dcot , but afterj wards went b ; ick , arid covered her uver with hay . Ou ' thv . Jlouday nioriiing , a n > an be fenew , who sold . matches , ruaar the bell , and Le told hint what had h , ap-; pened , ami showed htm the Kotiy , find asked him what ! he had better do , and he said the bes (; way would be to j conceal the body . He ( prisoner ) told' him that he would give him a sovereign if he would conceal it . The man came agaio on the same evening about seven
! ' o ' cJeck , and brought a bag with -him ; he took him int- > tbe stable and gave him the axe ; he had previously I asked him whether he hail an axe or a chopper ; be | also save him the knife which . had been epokeu about . | He then locked tho iu : iu irr tho atabls , and during his ! ( the prisoner ' s ) absence lv . proceeded to cut the legs ar . d head off the defaced . -The man then frjld him ! tbat lie hart better make a lire and burn tbe limbs , as he '¦ : could not carry tbem aw .- ; y sa we ! I as he could the huad He ( piisoner ) nskod him to bury t . he litiibs instead of turning t '» ein , but he refuv-a to do so , On tho following uiein us the man came down ;< . uyin tutweeii three
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TRIALS OF MOLLY GOOD AND RICHARD GAMBLE . Central Criminal . 'Copbt , Saturday ' This morning , at ten o ' clock precisely , Mr , Baron Alderson and Mr . Justice Cpltman tooktheir seats upon the bench of the old court , and proceeded to take ths trial of Molly Good . . .. ' ., The Court Was not nearso much crowded as on Friiay , and the prices of admission to the gallery were loweveU , it is said , to one-fifth " the price" that was demanded for tho exhibition of Good . The Attorney-General , Mr . Adolphua , Mr , Wadriini :-ton , and Mr . Russell Gutney , alt nded , on behalf of the Crown , to prosecute , and . Mr ; Ballantino attendnd for the pr isoner . . The Clerk of the Arraigns having read over the indictment , chai ^ gin ^ the p risoner with harbouring and comforting , Damel . Good , who stood -charged . . -with , the crime o f ' murder , the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty .
Tho Attorney-General , in addressing the Jury , said it was highly important , for the ends of public justice , that people should understand the enormity of the offence which they committed iu harbouring and secreting a party wlio had committed so awful a criiUbvUs that of mur ' ticr . It seemed that the prisoner at tiie bar had comforted and harboured the ican Daniel Good , who was yesterday found guilty of murder . He understood the defence to be set up was , that the prisoner ; was married to the man , Daniel Good ; and , if such proof was adduced , then the law very humantily provided that a wife could not be found guilty of harbouring the
man whom she was bound to honour , love , and obey . He believed that tho prisoner had , many years ago , gone through a certain form w : ta the prisoner , -but had not been legally married to him ; and she had lived with hini for a number of years . If , however , the pr isoner had harboured Good under the sincere belief t > hat she was hia wife , and bound to do so , he ( tho Attorney-Geneval ) did not feal it necessary for toe purposes of publio justice , to advise the Crown to prosecute . He had conferred with his Learned Friends , and with the Learned Counsel engaged for the prisoner , and he believed sufficient had transpired between them to justify him in not offering any evidence against the
prisoner . Mr . Ballantine thanked his learned friends for the opportunity they had offered him of laying some of the facts contained in bis instructions before them , and for the liberal construction they had placed upon the evidence he had .-intended to present on bebajf of the prisoner btfoi-e tho jury . It saved the prisoner the pain of a long trial ia a doubtful case , which in ail probability , would have ended in a doubtful result . It ¦ wns another proof of the spirit of forbearance which hirt characterised this prosecution throughout ; and he « in « ere y thanked his learned fviends for the course which , in their bettor judgment , they had thought propev to puveue .
Mr . Baron ALPERSON then remarked that , as the Attorney-General had not offered any evidence against ths prisoner , it wouid he the duty of the jury to acquit litiv . It had been truly said that a woman could not be convicted of a charge of harbouring her husband , but in the event of the prisoner not having bern able to produce evidence of her having been married legally , Bhe would havo been placed in an awkward position , und-nothiwe been considered '' altogether ' :. 'guiltless : at the same time the court would have visited her with a comparatively light pujiisbmt ; i . t , if it had been shown that she bad gone through a certain form with Daniel Good , which led her to believe that sue was his wife ;
and , acting under that impression , had considered it her duty to comfort him . It was important that a wrong impression should not go forth to the public that , in any future case that may arise , where the circumstances might in scruo respects be of a similar kind , that this court would fail to inflict a severe punishment upsn persons who should bo provod to be guilty of so serious on offence as that of interposing difficulties in the way of the police when they wer « endeavouring to bring to justice < i party charged with a murder of so frightful a nature as that which bad yesterday occupied so much of their attention , and created bo painful an c-xcitGiiiont in the pnblic mind . ' ¦' ¦¦ .
Tho Attovuey-General said , in fairness to the prisoner , he would stale that he believed a number of witnesses "were in court ready to bear testimony to the jiood character of the prisoner during the time she had lived for many years in the neighbourhood of Spitalfielda . , The Jury , under the direction of the Learned Judge , then acquitted thu prisoner . Mary Good waa then arraigned for feloniously receiving Ihvee pieces of silk , the property of Jane Jones , otherwise Jane Good . : The Counsel for the prosecution in this case declined to offar any evidence , and she was acquitted . Richard Gamble v , 'a 3 next charged with feloniously receiving three gowns , the property of Jane Jones , other wise Good , and also with feloniously receiving two skirts , tho property of Samuel Spicer .
Tue prisoner when called upon to ptead , said , " lam not guilty of receiving the things , knowing them to have hiien stolen j ' anil in consequence . . ' of a like intimation from the Attorney-General o f the unwillingness of the Crown to prosecute , the prisoner-was . ' acquitted .
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and four o ' cleck : by that time he had prepared a flre in the harness-room , and they then burnt some of the limbia . The man destroyed the limbs , and not him ( prisoner ); " AM" added he , " that ^ a true by the CJod who madeine . " He tken proceeded- ^ " It is also quite true what I have said about Susan Butcher being the cause of my destruction , and also the manner in which Jane destroyed herself : she stuck herself just as Lord Castlereagh did . I gave the man the aovereign I agreed upon , and he promised to come again the next night to take the body away . He said he could make it awsy by putting it into the water , and tying a weight to it . . I think he said a half stone weight , to sink it I took the ear-rings from her ears , and the ring from
her'finger . It was my wife ' s wedding ring . I was never married to her- 1 took , those articles , as well aa her clothes , to Woolwich on the Wednesday following , and gave them to Susan Batcher . I told her what bad happened , and she said she was glad to hear it , as she was now oat of the way . I took Butcher same tea and sugar , and also some cream . I don't know where the man lives that I have been speaking of , but I believe it is somewhere in the neighbourhood of Brompton . Butcher is a very bad woman , although she said she would act as a mother to my boy . I declare to God that woman would have been alive now but for Susan Butcher , who haa been the source of all my misfortunes . " ¦ . ' ¦¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - . ' ;¦ - ' ¦ ¦¦"¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦
The prisoner then turning himself round and addressing the audience said , "Ladies and gentlenjen , I wish you all very good night . I have a great deal more to Bay , but ' am .. too much fatigued to say it how . " He wa 3 then removed from , the bar . Mr . Doane assured the Court that the . defence he had considered it his duty to make had nob'iheen su ^ geBted by the prisoner , but arose entirely from his ( Mr . Doaue's ) perusal of the depositloas . The prisoner had nevBir mentioned a word upon the subject to his solicitor . A large concourse of persons had assembled in the street oppoiiite the court , and as soon as they hud l ^ artied . that tha prisoner had been convicted ihair ch « e ? 3 were Tociferous ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 21, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1162/page/6/
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