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TOPMOBDEN . —The Special Constables -Ha , ihb Bdttkb Tub Brigade . —These officials are "\ yTgjaUy' known by the name of the Batter Tab KjL de for the following reasons : one right while * : Vuard they were perambulating the streets of irLfcnoT&en , and some youth wishing to hare a bit d » spree , took a ^ a * ^ ? ° f butter tubs and piled Sera up ia Brook-street , and when the valiant Secials were £ oing past the street and down York-2 reet 7 he pushed tiem down , and what with the fflOT ement and noise ef the falling tube , the poor specials were thrown into a terrible fright . It is Aid that there were some bloody faces , and if report te true , some had to put on fresh shirts ; and such -ns the nature of the dung they mil have to bleach
jwMle i > efore they will be the nght colour . Queen s beggi 5 g -Letter . —Money has been collected at Cropton Church , through the means of this fetter , which faas b « ea distributed in meal . The Tncumben ; and Eastwoods ( of Eastwood ) hare had the management of distributing it . Whenever a poor Chartisi has been to solicit any , he has been £ nt away without . One poor woman went whose husband is a stanxch Cnaxilst and as soon as she went in , one of the Eastwood ' s - reared himself up « nd a-ked whether her husband went to the Chartist meetings yet She said , " Yes , he does sometimes . " * Well th-. n . " said the tyrant , " you can have no jneal ; we will starve you d—d Chartists out of the Imhj . "
_ _ _ _ . D oing ? of the Buttee-Titb Brigade . —The day after Doctor 31 'Pouall left the Dog and Partridge Inn , Lumkeck , six of the Butter-Tub Brigade went armed with guns and other weapons to take one linle man . One of them called William Suicliffe , dias Jerry was the commander . When they got to the top of the hill , he commanded them to be prepared , and if the Doctor offered to resist , to Ehoot . After having made all secure outside , they went in and marched straight up stairs , intending jo take him by surprise , but lo , and behold ! the bird hii flown away . Crevices and drawers were searched ; they even turned the carpets over to see if he was under , but the valiant brigade was doomed to disappointment .
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Sheridan once succeeded admirably in entrapp ' ax a noisy member , who was in the habit of inter-Opting every speaker with cries of " Hear , hear . " Brinsley took an opportunity to allude to a wellknown character of the time , who wished to play the rogue , bu ; had only sense enough to play the fool . "Where , " exclaimed Sheridan , in continuation , with great emphasis— " vhere ? hall we find a more foolish knave or a more knavish fool than this ! ' ' Hear 1 hear ! " was instantly bellowed from the jfcnstomcd bench . The wit " bowed—thanked the gentleman for his ready reply to the question—and gaj down amid convulsions of laughter from all but theunfoitun& . ta Eubj'ct .
Clekgtmax Transported roa Bigamt . —The JtcT . i >; t ? hen Aldhonse , a clergyman of the Church » f En ^ Ld , was found guilty at the Central Criminal Couii , on Tuesday , of the crime of bigamy , and senfenced to tranjportaion for seven yeari . The prisoner had been married in 1324 , to a lady named Franees Morse , with an income of £ 200 a year , but had $ o iilireated her that she lef ; him , and her friends kept her residence concealed from him for several years . In 1538 he married the prosecutrix , an injerestiBg young woman , named Elephizbah Roberts , { ha widow of a publican . This wife he had also jreaied with neglect and cruelty , had made away jdfn her property , and had refused to act as father jo ; wo vouig children , she had borne him .
Theproseeutnx was much affected in g iving her evidence , and paled that although she had discovered that his former lnfewas alive , she would lo : have prosecuted if he isA treated her children with a father ' s care . The counsel for the rev . defendant urged strongly the fj « tint the residence of the prisoner ' s iirs : wife had been kept concealed from him for many years , md his letters of inquiry lef : unanswered . How , then , could he be aware of her existence ? The Recorder , neverislessj after commenting upon the education and position of the accused , pronounced sentence of transportation for seven years . Melascholt Acciozs j at Seacohbe , Cheshire . —This preity village , sitnaie on tee bank of the Mersey , opposite Liverpool , was on Saturday . ev < . n-
mg the scene of a most heartrending occurrence , which has plunged a family into the deepest distress , jnd suddenly hurried two females inw eternity . It ippeari ihat Mr . Bev : n £ , tcr > , a tea-dealer , of Liverpool , resides in a cottage , the t ; ardcn of which slopes down the river , from wr : ich there is a flight of steps frequently used for family bathing . Between eight lad nine o ' clock on Saturday evening , when the tide iras ccEiiDg instronsly and the weather rather rough , a voting female , narce ' d Evans , the sister of Mrt . Be-TffigtoD , accompanied by Mr . Beviagton ' s servant , proceeded down the steps to bathe , but they had no sooner leaped into the waver , than the strength of the iide carried them out into the river , and before asss&nce could he procured zhey had sunk to rise no
cere , acviral persccs wi'nessed the distressing olamitv , but the ac : ion of the tide was so rapid , shit it was impossible to rescue them , and the bodies » cre washed away . Mr . Bevington had had a pariy tffceEds that day , at whi ' . h the unfortunate young Wj had been eujoyiBg herself with all the hilarity tf vigorous health , 1 it ' . e anticipating that the setting rfthe evening ' s sun would close h-. r earthly career . Miss Evans was the sister of -Mrs . Mosses , ihe widow fif a well-known anist of tha : name , and was about being unired to a gentleman , cow in America , to whom she had despatched a letter a few days ago by tie Great Western steam-ship . On Sunday morniag the bodies were discovered at low water , some distance from the spot where the accident happened . A MrsDER . —CiRLSBrHE , Aug . 26 . —Early yesterday morning a young girl was found murdered it Haidtwalde , in the neighbourhood of Blankenloch . It appears , that at five o'clock on the afternoon of
£ e 24 ; h the unfortunate girl was seen in company tiih a joung man , her lover , passing through Leojoldhaftn ; they came from Rhenish Bavaria . About bx o ' clock they * were both seen going in the direction of the Hardtwalde . The murder was oom-Bitted at a spot where two roads cross each other . 1 $ would appear that the victim was thrown on her fe&ek into a hollow on the road side , about two feet deep aud one and a-half feet wide , and thus she ins probably disabled from struggling . Her throat ins cut so that the head was nearly severed from file body . The girl was between eighteen and nineteen years of age , and was elegantly dressed . She kid come from Rhenish Bavaria , and was goirjg to Tisi : a married sister at Jehlingen . Tne murderer is not yet discovered , tut an active pursuit has been fci on foot , and there is reason to hope he will soon be taken . The murder was committed with a razor , fragment of which was found beside the hollow in Which the body lay .
Shcide of a Mas Aged >" inept-Two . — On Saturday , John N ' . choisvn , vrho resided with his ton and Qanihier-hi-Liw in Qascn-s : reet , Webber-street , Lambeth , destroyed Limself under the following ciecmniEces : —It appeared that on the deceased tot appearing at the * breakfast table in the morning , tie son went into his bed-room , when he discovered his aged parent weltering in Wood , ana his fcioit cut frcm ear to ear . In his right band was the rut * w . ih which he had corrmiued ^ ie dreadful act . &r . Adcock , a surgeon , 01 Short-street , New Cut , Esunriy ar . ended the ca ? e , buc the deceased bad ceased to exist many hours before the discovery . It is stated that the deceased was in great dread of & : iE £ : t ] y being obliged to apply to his parish in the KR&iry , which no dotbt greatly affected his mind , * id caused him to destroy himself .
Distressing Event—A most lamentable and &tai atcisent occurred at Sharpness Point , ( : he Wautiial pieaEnre grounde on the bank * of the Se-Tern . bilotging to Earl Fitzaardlitge ) on Saturday Us ; , v . hich has cast a gloom over the whole neighbourhood . A laTge pic-nic-party of gentlemen and idles frcra Wotton-under-Ed { , e , and the vicinity , * tre spending the day at Sharpness , and having cised , wtre stroiling in parties about the grouDd . » , 6-e cana 5 , aiid along the banks of the river . Two Joang geniltmen , aged about nineteen and twetty , cse the ton oi Mr . W . Hill ajid the other the only duld of Mrs . James Cooper , had gone together on tie sands , which were at the time dry , it being the kvrest ebb of the tide , and had incantiously strayed
along way out , when the tide began to flow rapidly in , ans their eirremelv perilous situation became ap-!» Jent to the experienced view of the servants in tkuge of the grounds , and which was quickly ccmteunicated to their anxious friends . The youngsen-^ einen did not fo r son . e time seem to comprehend their ca :: gerous position , or the cause of the _ variou Sgtals which were being made to direct their attention . Aj lengrh the dariger seemed to be apparent wthem , aLd they rapidly made for the shore , but * efore they could reach it the tide had gained a fearnil depth aronul the sandbank on which they were . A boat was with the greatest promptitude and rapitty manned bj Mr . Wraith , the harbour-master , * & 1 some men who belonged to the pier , and every tteriiia was made to save the nnforinnate gentleto £ a i but , alas 1 before it could itachthem they had ^^ apted to wade throuch the water , and were
5 ^ oyy swept away , and both unfortunately pe-S ^« The body of Mr . Cooper was picked up by " ¦* k * t in about ten minutes from the time of imr ^ on . &nd was conveyed to Mr . Wraith ' s house ?** the spot , where every means were resorted to by \* ° medical gentlemen , who happened acciden-^ Wy to be on the Bpot , and contmued for * ae hours , but with no favourable result—S * nt » l Bpirk had fled . The body of Mr . ! £ *« e 3 Hill was picked np on Tuesday last , ^ to the scene of this sad catastrophe . We will *¦* Kwxopt to describe the agonized feelings of the { " ^ ate aid intimate ftienda and relations of the ¦ acrttmate gentlemen 5 witnesses , from the grounds , ^^ wpalling accident , and of its dreadful results . »^< ie ^ staild Aey were young gentlemen of great frofiuse , Mr . Cooper being a student at Cambridge , r * « r . Hill about to commence his Btndies at Ox-**< -GIoucester Chronicle .
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In the Afternoon of the day before yesterday , ^• u ^ vf fifteen year 3 old , was playing with a o&Ud , only five years of age , on the Quai d'Orsay , tney got down into some barges moored to the side , and in endeavouring to return , the elder girl ,-with the younger in . her arms , fell into the water between two of them . The cries of the witnesses of the accident brought a young man to the spot , who getting into a small boat , and watching to see one of the girls rise to the surface , perceived a hand grasping one of the mooring-chains . Hastening to seize it ^ he drew up the elder girl , still holding the child closely pressed in the other arm , and both were thus saved . — Gal ' ignanVs Messenger .
Awyui , 3 " httnder Stobm . —On Saturday afternoon the town of Looe and neighbourhood was visited by one of the most terrific thunder storms , attended by heavy showers of haU and rain , that was ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant . At Trenant , about a mile from the town , a poor man named Tamblvn , at work in a harvest field , was killed by the lightning , while in the act of binding a sheaf . The storm in the neighbourhood of St . Austell and St . Blazey , raged with great fury . On East Crinnie
Moors , several children who were gathering blackberries , took refuge from its violence in a building , but the lightning passed down the chimney , and killed two of them , both girls , on the spot ; and their companions were scorched and injured , but they are expected to recover . At Par , the mast of a schooner was split by the lightning , but no life was lost . At St . Anthony a mow of wheat caught fire , but was soon extinguished ; and a mow of oats also took fire , the ignition in both cases having been occasioned by the lightning . In Falmouth roada such
torrents of ram fell , with large pieces of ico , that small boats were obliged to be baled to keep them from sinking . The Statistics op Parliament . —Ths session is at length over , and we are happy to be enabled to give the following statistical information regarding the events by which the first session of Conservative rule has been distinguished . The House has sac upwards of 100 days , and has soiled , in the same p .-riod , nearly 700 white waistcoats . Out of more than a thousand speeches , about one-half have sent their hearers to sleep ; and of 200 orators , two have been pulled down by their friends to prevent their confiHuing to make fools of themselves . There have been nearly 30 , 000 " cheers , " and the word " hear "
has been repeated so often that statistical vigilance has been unable to keep pace with it . Of miscellaneous noisea there ha > e been six , the two principal of which are crowing like acock , and braying like an ass ; the laUer having been the more natural . Of the reports of committees the number has been laTge , and the result in waste paper very considerable . Of legislative improvements , two have been partially effected , and twenty-six have been talked about . There have been , on an average , a thoasaud white neckcloths , four hundred satin scarfs , sixteen stocks atfour-and-six , andone ( Mr . Hume ' s ) at two-andthree , in mohair . The majority of the members have worn Wellington boots ; but six have been detected in Clarences , and one in Oxonians . —Punch .
Deptford , Sept . 2 . —Preparations for an Experiment in the Dockyard to extinguish a Burning Pile without the aid or application of Water —For some time past , agreeably to instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty , the workmen have been engaged in preparing a pile of timber , consisting of pieces of oak and fir , of considerable thickness , which were stacked together with pitch , tar , resin , turpentine , and other combustible -ijaterials , a foreigner having pledged himself to their Lordships that he would extinguish the fire in a very short space of time , after the whole had
been ignited . The pile was twenty feet high , and aboHt twenty feet square , terminating at the top in the form of a dome . The authorities had provided , in case of a failure , the horse engines belonging to the Dockyard , and also an enormous floating engine , which was placed alongside the quay . The inventor visited the Dockyard some days since , and speing the preparations ihat -were being made , stated that he intended to put out the fire by some kind of powder or dust . He has , however , since disappeared , and the authorities of the Dockyard have received directions to pull down the pile .
Extraoedinart Mechanical Invemion . — Although at the late meeting of the British Association in Manchester , there were many very interesting specimens of mechanism exhibited , there was , nevertheless , one in particular , which thrrw all others completely into the shade , when considered either as to the novelty of the invention , or us evident practical applicability to the eyery-day concerns oi life—and may , with truth , be said to have been " the lien of the exhibition , " viz ., a machine for the working , or forging of iron , steel , etc . This truly surprising machine is quite portable , occupyiug only a space of three fee : by four feet , and cannot be deemed other even by the most critical judges , than one as purely original in principle , as weil as
practical in its application , as much so perhaps as waa the splendid invention of the fluted rolitr of itrkwright , by which the art and perfection of drawing the fibron 3 substances became known , or that other Btill more Bplendid discovery of Wait , the condensing of steam in a separate vessel ; by which the power of the steam engine of that day may be said to have been doubled . But now for EOme explanation of the machine , and its probable general application . It is then , as has before been said , very portable , not requiring more epace than frvm three to four feet , and may be worked by steam or water power , and when moved by the former , as was the case at the exhibition . m » de 65 \) bloW 3 , orimpreis ; ions per minute ; but from their very quick succession , and the work
being effected by an eccentric pressing down , not striking the hammer or swage , not the least noise was heard . ¦ There are five or six sets of what may be called anvils and swages in the machine , each varying in size . The speed and correctness with which the machine completes its work , is perfectly astonishing , and must be seen in order that its capabilities in this rerpect may be duly appreciated ; for instance , when it was put iato motion for the purpose of producing what is known a 3 a roller , with a coupling square upon it ( and which had to be afterwards turned and luted ) , the thing was accomplished ia fifty seconds ! of course at one heat , to the astonishment of the bystanders . But what a ppeared as the most extraordinary part of the affair , was , that the coupling square was produced direct from the
machine , bo mathematically correct , that no labour can make it more so ! Tiie machine will perform the labour of three men and their assistants , or strikers ; and not-only so , but complete its work in a vastly superior manner to that executed by manual labour . For engineer ? , machine makers , smiths iu general , file-makers , bult and screw makers , or for auy description of work parallel or taper , it is most specially adapted ; -and for what is technically known as reducing , h caunot poseibly have a successful competitor—in proof of which it may be stated , thai a piece of round iron , 1 ^ inches in diameter , was reduced to a square ol | m , 2 t ' t ., 5 in . long at oue heat . The merit of this invention belongs , it is said , to a gentleman of Bckon , of the name ef Ryder . —Mechanics' Magazine .
Extraordinary Charge against a Clergyman . —The Rev . Thomas Boddington , a clergyman of the Established Church , and late chaplain of Gihspursp eet , Compter , was brought before the Clerkenwell police-magistrate en Tuesday , under the following strange circumstances : —Tee complainant was a commercial traveller , named Tippett , who had been a draper ' s assistant , became acquaiated with the Rev . Mr . Boddington at a coffee-house , and was by him introduced to a Miss Miller , at the reverend gentleman ' s house , the defendant having been apparently on the look-out for a suitable dupe . The clergyman recommended the young man to marry Miss Miller , at the same time making munificent promises to befriend him ; poor Tippett being little
aware that he was to be used as a cloak for ulterior purposes . The marriage took place , and the couple spent the evening of their bridal day at the Rev . Mr . Boddington ' s house . A room and a bed were allotted for them , but , whilst the evening ' s amusement was proceeding with , the reverend gentleman slipped into the aforesaid bed , frr-m which he was forcibly ejected by the husband ' s friends . About a fortnight afterwards they took lodging for themselves in White Conduit-grove , and h « e several circumstances transpired , confirming the evidence of the natnre of the reverend gentleman ' s design ? . On one occasion , he and Mrs . Tippert wtre Been by the landlady to come out of the bedroom of \ Irs . T ., the lady with her hair much
disordered . The duped husband , who had lost bis previous means of livelihood , and had recehed no fulfilment of the' Rev . Mr . Boddington's magnificent promises to provide for him , at length obtaiued for himself a situation in the country ; but , upon his return , h ; 3 wife had disappeared from their lodgings , and was not heard of for five weeks . At length he discovered his cara iposa at No . 3 , Spencer Place , Goswell Road , and , having found her apartment , was beginning to testify his joy by a caress , when the lady seized a pair of bellows and dealt him a blow on the side of the head , and , at the same time , her reverend protector entered and _ seconded the violence of the faithless wife with his clenched fist , and afterwards with a poker , with such Jury that the poor husband would have been murdered had not assistance arrived . Tnis was the offence lor which the clerical defendant and . Mrs . Tippett
htrself were brought up . A variety of evidence , completely exposing the whole nefarious Boheme , waa given by several witnesses to the magistrate , who , after warmly denouncing the unredeemed rascality of the affair , committed the defendant for trial amidst an involuntary cheer from the spectators . The reverend defendant was dressed in clerical costume ; he had a black eye , and a patch on his forehead ; he is about fifty , and of nnpleasing aspect . Among other evidence it was stated that the female prisoner and Mr . Boddington lived sumptuously in Spencer-street , whilst Mr . Boddington ' s wife and two little children were starving at home on bread and water . The female defendant is aged threeand-twenty , of very prepossessing appearance , but exhibited a most indecent lerify of manner and seeming recklessness of disposition throughout the proceedings .
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Extraordinary Produce . —A crop of oata situated at Wortley , near Leeds , and belonging to Mr . Isherwood , of that place , waa stacked on Wednesday week , the stems of which had attained the extraordinary length of six feet . One stem measured even seven feet six inches , the ear of which bore the almost icoredible number of 240 corns . ' An inquest was held lately before Mr . Chapmaa , the Borough Coroner of Manchester , on the body of a ohild under one year old , which had been entered by its parents in no lesB than six burial
clu % 3 , for which they would receive the sum of £ 34 3 a . Another child had died about twelve months ago , for which nearly a similar sun had been obtained from different burial clubs , and what rendered the matter more striking and suspicious , was the statement made at the . inquest , that not less than seven children of the family had died under the age of eighteen months . The jury , after some deliberation , returned a verdict that the ohild died from the want of proper nourishment , but how death was caused they knew not .
Prince Gacarin ' s Death . —The following account ot Prince Gagarin's death is from a letter in the Constitutionnel oi Saturday : — An enormous corruption reigns in the Russian administration , and embezzlement in finances , and venality in the highest functions , have become quite a eore . The Emperor Nicholas has no power to remedy it , even should it be in his interest to do so ; the evil is too great . Very recently Prince Nicholas Gagarin , master of ceremonies at the court , and chief of the adminis tration of ths domains and expences of the court , discovered numerous deficiencies , which compromised not only subalterns , but persons high in office . One of the subalterns , instigated by Borne person yet unknown , but equally compromised , went to the Prince ' s cabinet , which is situate in the imperial
palace . M . Reimann , a Finlandcr by birth , employed in the department of the royal forests , intreated Prince Gagarin not to implicate him in the disoovery then making . The Prince said he would make him an example . Reimann then exolaimed : — 'I am lost , Prince , would you ruin mo V The Pr ince again answered : — 'I must do my duty , and denounce you withothtrs to the Emperor . ' Reimann immediately drew a pistol from his belt and shot the Prince dead . He then endeavoured to escape , but the report had been heard , and he was seized and imprisoned . He had been condemned to receive 5 , 0110 lashes , and to be banished for life to Siberia . It is thought that Reimann has not been condemned to death , because the Emperor expects some important revelations . At present , however , nothing has transpired on the subject . "
Detection of as Impostor . —It will be in the recollection of many of our readers that we gave some particulars of the exposure of a female (?) ranting preacher , who pretended th ¦ t she was a returned missionary from America ., India . Madagascar , &c . From something that transpired at Witney , where the * missionary" had been preaching , aud , as a matter of course , also collecting money , it was discovered that the character of a preacher was merely an asaumea one , and the preaoher was compelled to decamp as speedily as possible . Since that period the same personage has paid this county a visit , and three weeks ago preached in the Butts to a large and much affected audience ; but , as the " missionary" was recognised , a hasty retreat was
deemed advisable , or , perhaps , an introduction to his worship the mayor would have taken place on the following morning . We now understand , that previously to this towa being visited by the person alluded to , the inhabitants of Wallingford and Wittenham were honoured in a similar ma nner . At the latter place the extraordinary discovery was made that this peripatetic preacher—thiB female missionary—was , as our informant states , " a real man , and no mistake ! " The particulars of this extraordinary discovery are unfit for publication , we will therefore only add that the preacher was allowed to depart as he came , disguised in female attire . The rascal then proceeded to Aylesbury , and in . the streets of that town he held forth
with his accustomed vehemenca and success ; and ia con 3 eouence of the heavy rain which was falling at the time , he was requested to continue his discourse in a chapel in that town . At the conclusion he was kindly invited home by two of the congregation , a man and his wife , who had been remarkably edified by the sermon ; and , as they had no spare bed , it was arranged that this pious and devoted woman ( as they supposed their guest to be ) should sleep with the maid-servant . The consequence was that shortly after the worthy old couple had retired to rest , they vere disturbed and alarmed by loud screams from the servant's room , aud immediately afterwards the poor girl rushed down stairs and informed the amazd and incredulous old folks that " the woman
turned out to bj a man . Strange to tay , again was this incorrigi ble scoundrel allowed to depart un . punished . The fellow has most stentorian lungs , and vrhile preaching here and eleewhere many peopl remarked , they never heard a woman with such a voice , " though at the same timo that was not considered as a di qualification for a " powerful " street preacher . We are informed that be has a memory as extraordinary as his voice , and his sermous , which are extremely popular with a certain class consist of long extracts from a work entitled the Scottish Pulpit , on which be draws freely by the aid of his remarkably retentive memory . —Berkshire Chronicle .
IJied . —On the 15 : h ultimo , at her residence , Baliua ^ -own , near Portadown , Mrs . Mary Carr , at the extraordinary age of 116 years . This venerable matron exhibited one of the most remarkable instances of longevity on record , in modern times . She was born in 1726 , and consiquently lived during ; the reigns of six sovereigns of Great Britain . She was a woman of great mental and physical faculties , and gifted with a strong understanding and most retentive memory ; and of that portion of our history ( commencing with reign of George 11 . ) , so productive of great and memorable events , she had a most vivid recollection , and delighted to converse on the " the deeds of other years . " She was , indeed , a living chronicle of the last century , anU detailed , with surprising accuracy , the many memorable occurrence of that eventful era . The storming
of Q . iebec , and the death of General Wolfe , the ca . L ' . urc of the liu . v&nnah , the naval victories of Admi ral Rodney , and the taking of the city of Carrkkfergu ? , by the French commander , Thurot , were eveuis which she related with much animation ; and she related , with much amusing effect , the national consternation on ihe successes of the celebrated Paul Jones . She attended the weekly matket » f Portadown reeu ' arly , till within three years of her death ; and her sight was so good that she could thread a fine cambric needle . She was justly admired ior her mild , unobtruf-ivc manners ; and the vast concourse who followed her mortal remains to the family burying ground , in Drumcrce churchyard , tta-ified the estimation in which she was held by all who had the happiness of knowing her . — Vindicator .
Highway Robbery in France . —At the Court of Ass-zis of the Lot-et-Garonne , last week , two Spaniards were tried for stopping the malle-poste trom Agen to Toulouse , on the night of the 18 th of January last . There were only two persons with the vehicle on the night in question—the driver , Cazo , and the courier , named Lemaitre . The horses were stopped by four men , who tried to turn the carriage to th - piae of the road . Two of the assailants came forward , and Retting up on the seat , tried to throw the driver off the carriage . The attempt being unsuccessful , one of them drew out a sharp weapon , and i-tabbed him several times in the body and arm . The other seized him by the leg , and plunged into it , with all his strength , the blade of some sharp
instrument . The courier , on his part , defended himself bravely , but was on the point of beiug overpowered , when , on a signal given by one of the gang , the whole party retired precipitately , frightened , it would appear , by the tinkling of the bells of a waggon which was coming up . The postilion had strength enough to drive on his horses , but he has not altogether recovered as yet from his wounds . The next day a cap and a handkerchief were found on the spot of the aitack . The cap being recognised , a search was made at the house of a Spaniard named Lamarge , who kept a cabaret for the reception of some ot his countrymen , generally those of the worst character . He was arrested , as well as six others , namely , Oliive , Obiols , VilJodomad , Arajol ,
Cugurulh , and Fedail . Lamarge and the three first were sent before the Court of Assizos , under the accusation of attempting to rob and murder ; Arajol and Cugurulh wtre tried beiore the Correctional Tribunal as vagabonds , and Fedail was placed at the disposal o : the authorities . The trial of Lamirge , Oliive , Obiols , and Villademad took place on the 9 ; h , 10 th , and 11 th of last March , and sentence of death was pronounoed on them all . The following morning Villadomad expressed a desire to make disclosures , and after the appeal of the prisoner to the Court of Cassation was rejected , supplementary legal proceedings were ordered , and the authorities proceeded in open court to hear what the prisoner had to sav . - It then appeared that
Obiols , one of the persons condemned to death , was innocent , he having been ill in bed on the day of the attack . Lamarge , Oliive , and Yilladomad all agreed in declaring this , admitting at the same time that they themselves were guilty . In consequence of these disclosures , Arajol , Cngnrolh , and Fedail were proceeded against as implicated in the orime . A new trial was ordered for those men , on which it appeared the two first had arranged all the proceedings of the attack , arid communicated them to Lamarge , the other three not being informed of the matter until the very night the crime was perpe
trated . Cugurulh denied his guilt , and , in oorroboration of his assertion , he showed five notes sent to him in prison by Arajol , speaking of his innocence , and imploring him to be ailent as to what he knew of the attack . There were also offers of money in those notes . Fedail had left the country after the former trial , and had not since been heard of . After long addresses to the jury for and against the prisoners , Cugurulh was acquitted , but Arajol waa found guilty , and sentenced to death . He heard his sentence without emotion , and exclaimed , * You have condemned me , but Cugurulh was more guilty than I . "
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About thrkb weeks sincb , a labourer of Thorncombe , m Devon , near to Chard , went to the union to apply for relief ; he was told that he must either go into the union-house , or provide for himself . He urged that Jie had brought ap » large family , that he had become old , and that rather than go to a union workhouse , he would hang himself . But all in vain , the guardians would give no relief . The applicant left ; he was misued from that time by his friends , and ' on Sunday morning last he waa found in a plantation belonging to Mr . Gwynne , at Ford Abbey . His head was swinging to a cord , with whicn he had hanged himself!—the body had separated from the head , and had fallen to the ground . The hands and other extremities were devoured , it is said , by dogs or foxes . A coffin was procured , and the remains of the wretched man were placed in it . [ Are not the guardians , in this case , morally guilty of manslaughter ?]
Fam . of Two Houses and Shocking Mutilation op the Inmates . —Between seven and eight o ' clock on Wednesday morning the inhabitants of the village of Mareden were alarmed by a loud crash , the oaus « of which was ascertained to be the falling of two houses situate in the village . Nearly the entire population of the place quickly congregated round the spot , and the crowd were horrified at hearing ihe most heartrending groans issuing from the ruins . A number of men were speedily at work m clearing away the rubbiBh , &o ., and in a short time the body of an old man named- Roberts , who followed the occupation of a rick-thatoher , was dug out frightfully mangled , both legs being broken , and the upper part ot the onest compressed , whilst several of the
ribs protruted through the skin ; notwithstandiug which injuries the man was taken from the ruius alive , and hopes are entertained of his recovery . Two children were next found , one of whom had its right shoulder and arm dreadfully crushed ; the other child escaped with but comparatively slight injury . The next person dug out was a woman , the mother of the two children last named , and daughter of the old man , Roberts . The poor creature was enceinte ^ and a fallen beam of wood had been thrown across the lower part of the unfortunate woman ' s stomach with such violence that a premature delivery had been the result . The child , quite dead , waa discovered near the mother , who , though labouring under the most acuto bodily pain , is expeoted to recover . The above persons were the entire inmates occupying one of the houses ; the other being unoccupied . Both tenements were
deemed in an unsafe state , and Roberta has had repeated notices to quit the premises . The escape of the inmates with life is singularly providential . A dog belonging to the family was found crushed quite fiat on tie hearth-stone , and a couple of pigs in a sty adjoining the house were killed the spot . From the statement of one of the children , it appears that they were in bed np stairs with their mother at the time the accident occurred . Their grand-father , Roberts , had gone down staira to light the fire . Suddenly a part of the floor gave way , and their mother was thrown violently out of bed through the opening in the floor , and immediately afterwards the bedstead on which they were lying fell with the remainder of the floor , and in its descent the bed and bed-clothes were thrown over tho children , which doubtless proventcd their receiving greater injury . The houses were only composed of one story , or more fatal results might have ensued .
Murder of a Child by its Mother and Suicide of the . Murderess . —A shocking double crime of murdor and suicide has bqen committed at a roadside inn , called the Red Cow , about four miles firm Llantripent , a village a few miles from Cardiff , on the road to Merthyr . The particulars of this shocking tragedy are as follow : —On Wednesday morning last , Mr , Evans , the proprietor of the iuo , rose about seven o ' clock to go to Cummer to receive the rents of some houses he had built there ; his wife rose also , and went twice to the bedside of their child and kissed him twice . The little boy was about six years of age , an only child , and a great favourite with his mother . At about tea o'clock in the morning a little
boy who was in the habit of calling for little Evans to accompauy him to school , called at the house , but finding no ono answer the door , he went in . Tho boy states that he heard a noise like knocking in the room , and it is supposed that the murder was at that moment being perpetrated . In the course of the day Mr . Evans himself returned , and was surprised to find the doors and shutters closed . He knocked for some time , but no oue answered , and a gentleman from Aberdare happening to call for a glass of beer , they burst open the door . Everything appeared in its usual order in the front room , but on proceeding upstairs , they were horror struck on beholding tho body of Mrs . Evans hanging by a cord from the beam . An alarm was immediately
given , aud the neighbours came in , and cut the body down , when it was found that the throat had been previously cut , and the hands and arms were saturated with blood . There were no marks of blood in the room , but on proceeding to the parlour the first person who went in stumbled over something , which turned out to bo the murdered body of the little boy . On . the shutters being unclosed , they found tho body lying in the midst of a pool of blood , aud the razor with which tho dreadful deed was perpetrated lying by his side . The strui ^ leB of tho poor little fellow with his unnatural murderess were plainly traceable in his blnod upon the floor . There is little doubt that the wretched mother , after having murdered her only child , tried to cut her own throat
with the same razor ; but not having sufficient norve , she returned to the bed-room , and completed her purpose by hanging herself . Mr . Evans is , of course , in a most wretched state . It is said that Mrs . Evans made an attempt some time ago to perpetrate the crime 6 he has now accomplished , in a more shocking manner , by strapping her child to her back and walking into the river ; but the attempt was frustrated by some one happening to pass by . She has since been heard to say that her husband could do very well without her and the child , and for some time past her spirits have been depressed , and she appeared to be labouring under apprehension that they should come to poverty . This in the only clue yet obtained to the commission of these dreadful crimes .
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FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAI OF LINNEY THE CHARTIST . Himley , Sep . 3 rd . This morning the re-examination of Joseph Linney was resumed . He stood charged with illegally meeting and uttering expressions tending to a breach of the public peace . Tuete were a great number of persons present . Mr . Powell , solicitor , of BirniingDara , appeared for the prisoner . Mr . S . S . Btiscoe and Dr . Dehane , of Wolverhampton , were the magistrates in attendance . Mr . Pricu , constable , who waa examined on Thursday , was then called , and deposed to his attending a meeting at Brockmore , between Dudley and StourbrWgo , in the pariah of Kingswinford , when he was stoned , and subsequently the riot act was read aud the military arrived , and Linney was the principal man there .
Cross-examined by Mr . Powell . — -Could nofc tell whether the spot upon which they assembled was a public or private green . It was commonly called Brockmore-green . Was neai enough to hear what Linney said . He addressed the people , and sairt he would speak if they chose . He Baid , ' He fenew he should be taken , and might as well be . ' taken there as any where else . " Had seen Linney there before ; he was not there long . I might have seen aim there from five to ten minutes . Did not hear him recommend the people to-go home . About ten minutes or a quarter of an hour after the people began to go away , the Riot Act was read . By the Bench—When Linney went away the military were in sight .
Mr . Whittingham , special constable , deposed as follows : — I was & % Brockmore-green on Saturday the 27 th of last month . There were a great number of the people there . 1 was charged to go there as a special constable . It was understood Linney was to apeak . I saw fchn there , and heard him speak to a woman . Sha said , " I heard yon -were lost ; I heard yon was in gaol . " He replied , " Oh , do ; I came here to be taken to-night . " The Riot Act was afterwards read . Crp ' sa-exarained by Mr . Powell—Saw Linney abou !; tea minutes . The ouly conversation I heard him have ^ as with the woman I have mentioned . I did not see Linney at the place where the people were assembled . He did not go to them . They went to him . By the Beech—He was about one hundred yards away from the place where they were assembled .
William Adliogton , stock taker at the Onk Farm Companya Iron Works , in the parish of Kings winford , deposed that he waa at Bvockinore-green on Saturday night I heard Linney was going to apeak , and , as a special constable , I went there . When I got there 1 asked if Linney was come , and the answer was , that be was just gone . Mr . Powell now submitted that inasmuch as it was proved tbat , up to a certain period , Linney was not present , he could not be held answerable for any acts or breach of the peace which afterwards took place during his absence ; there being nothing to connect him with any subsequent breach of the peace . The magistrates said they should bear the whole of the evidence , and after hearing linney ' 8 defence , give their decision . Thank God , they did not sit there as judge and jury .
Adlington ' a evidence continued—Afterwards saw atones thrown at Price , He pointed the men out , and the caTalry came down . No mare stones were thrown . Heard the people Bay , that had it not been for Linney the meeting wonld not have taken place . There was a great riot , and the people did not disperse until rougher means were adopted . Stones -were thrown , and the Riot Act was read . Bight or nine hundred persons w » re present . Several of the inhabitants requested tbat we would not leave until all was quiet , as they were afraid tte window * would be smashed In with stones , and ' we '( the special coustables ) remained until the middle of the night t . . ^ . j : j Cross-examined—Dont know that the prisoner did any act to call the meeting . I was told be did so ,
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not by any one in his presence . I did not see Price riding amongst the crowd . I saw Price , who Is a constable , riding down me road . The distutbance did not take place In consequence of hia interference . James Bates said he was a miner , and lived at Brockmore , in the parish of Kingswinford . Recollected last Saturday night , the 27 tb ultimo , there was a great quantity of people there tfiat night . There was a great row in consequence of Linney coming . Of my own knowledge 1 don't know that Linney was there . As an inhabitant of that place I T » as greatly alarmed and terrified by the assemblage of the people . '
Cross-examined by Mr . Powell—I heard Linney ssy , " Stick off and have your wages . " I am not ' afraid of the colliers , but I am afraid of the strangers and vagabonds who come there . I will not say whether there is a dispute between the butties and the colliers . I was not alarmed because of the dispute between the butties and the colliers . I did not see Price ' the . constable there . He might have been there on horseback without my seeing him . Some scores of women and children were present . Will you tell the magistrate what occasioned you the flight audtetror on -Saturday night ? The great number of persons , men , womon , and children , going along the road and assembled at Brockmoregreen .
Mr . Reuben Plant , caul-master , of Kinswinford—On Saturday night , the 27 th nit ., I r . ^ ooliect some thousands of persons assembling near Brockmore , as our workmen said , to meet Mr . Linney . The people were so numerous , and I was so awfully alarmed , that I rode up to Dudley to fetch the cavalry . Linney had been n the habit of assembling and addressing persons at Brockmore . There was a great , riot that evening . I saw as much of it as I durst aee , and I waa very much alarmed in consequence . Cross-examined by Mr . Powell—There was no dispute about wages , but Li . iacy made one . He has to ! d them in my hearing if . they would stand out they would have their wage u That was on the 3 rd of August last . I know nothing of any dispute bttween tho masters and men before the 3 rd of August . I met Llnney about a mile from the place of meeting , at a quarter past five , p . m ., as I was then going for the military .
The witness was about to speak to ceiiain circum stances . affecting Linuay on previous days , when the magistrates said they were confining themselves to the evidence on Saturday , the 27 th , and could not receive any except in relation to that day . There wer-. other charges against Linney , but they were not , at the present moment , under investigation . The magistrates retied ; aatt , uponthoir return , Mr . Briscoe wished to know whether Mr . Powell had auy observations to mate upon the evidence ? Mr . Powell said he perceived by the warrant , which was drawn up with that legal particularity usual in such instruments , the prisoner was charged with tumultuously and riotously assembling a large body of persons on the night of the 27 th of Autmt . He . ( Mr . Powell )
contended tbat there was no evidence to convict him of such an offence . If it could be proved , supposing the meeting itself to be illegal , that it bad been called together by his direction , ov that he had taken any part in it , which would render the case still stroncer than he ( Mr . Powell ) would admit' then the magistrates would be justified in entertaining tho pit-sent charge . But lie ( Mr Powell ) beggedItsive tosay , ttiatso far from anything of the kind , it most directly contradicted it . The law required that to constitute a meeting illegal , it should be attended with such circumstances , rather of actual force or violence , or at least of apparent tendency thertto , as was naturally calculated to strike terror into the people . S > f-.. r from that being the case , one , if not both , ot the witnesses who had deposed
that they had bem frightened by the meeting , had evidently been alarmed from some otber cause , for the one , Mr . Bates , was a butty collier , between which clu £ 8 of men and tha colliers the dispute as to wage 3 had arisen , and the other was so awfully alarmed aa to be running from the crowd ( inclutiiug scores of women and children ) , so early as a quarter past five / whilst the meeting did not take place until seven or eight o ' clock . No prima facie case had been mado out against the prisoner , and he waa satisfied the bench would not deprive him of his liberty , or put the country to expense , unless they thought a cast- had been made out , which if answered would provj the prisoner guilty of some offence denned by the common law , or some statute .
Mr . Briscoe , on behalf of the bench , said they had no doubt as to their being perfectly justified by the evidence in committing the prisoner . It was clear by the evidence of the first witness , that be-was-sensible he was attending an illegal meeting , and from others it was equally clear that the mooting created terror and alarm in the neighbourhood . They therefore committed the prisoner te take his trial at the Stafford sessions ; but would admit him to bail , himself in £ 200 and two sureties in £ 100 each . Bail was tendered , bat as the magistrates required time for investigating its responsibility , the prisoner was in the meantime committed to Stafford .
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COMMITTAL OF WILLIAM JONES . ( From the Leicester Chronicle . ) William Jones , a young man said to be from the neighbourhood of Livrrpool , V 7 a 8 charged with having delivered an address of an ir . fl unrnatory tendency to a large assembly of persons iu the Pasture on Sunday evening . R . Marshall ( one of the turnkeys at the Borough Gaol ) , on being s-worn , deposed : —I was in the Pasture on Sunday evening , between t ! x and seven o ' clock , when there were a thousand ptrswns present , and prisoner was speaking to them for about an hour . Hear > 1 the greater part of what he saiti , and he had not commenced before I came up . Was about forty or fifty yards from prisoner ; who gave an outline of the
constitution of the Yeomanry and Militia forces , after which he went on to show that while there was every protection for the property , of tho rich man , there was none for that of the poor inan—which was his Labour . Th « cavalry ( that is , the Yeomanry ) he aaid , are only in training eight dajs out of the twelve months , and in them arc put through the military movements , and are taught to cut throats in a scientidc manner . He then asked how iong it was since the uiilii . ia were disembodied , and answered himself ti-n years . They ( the militia ) were drawn from the great body of the work - ing classes , without distinction as to their religious and political sentiments ; and they were thoui ^ hi a dangerous force to feeep up . In the north of Lancaahure and Yorkshire they could never be called out in
case of disturbance : —so they were disbanded , and the New Police were appointed in their stwui . These latter ( the police ) he called by many foul terms , and called them " blue vampires" : —tht « y' were not , he said , chosen like the militia , indiscriminately , but by n , certain party . He then asked what were the qualifications necessary to fit a man to be a policeman ? He must bo a man , he replied , of no character—he must be gifted with lying , deceit , chicanery—ho must be bloodthirsty , and ready to swear anything hia masters wished him--to do . He called them tbs " uiiboiled blue , " and said that when the day of boiling came " woe to tho uaboiled ! " All that was said by ' prisoner respecting the police : he then went on to apeak of the army as 140 , 000 hired assassins , and said that clasB legislation
was kept up by their instrumentality .- He again reverted to the rich man being pri'tecttd bylaw , while the poor man was not . and pointing to one of the factories , said that if a poor mau went into . one of thtm and stole some of the oily and dirty stuff not worth more than sixpence , out of the place , he would be taken as a felon , the magisirates would look upon his offence as such , aud would commit him to prison for felony . What , however , was done to the master manufacturer , ¦ who , by the aid of machinery , was enabled to rob the poor man not only of sixpence , but of fl"e shillings and six shillings weekly from his wages ? Tho law looked upon him as an honest , upright man , because the law was made for his protection . Prisoner then went on still to speak of tha oppression of the poor , and of their exclusion ficm the fields , saying that if any of them walked to thu outskirts of the field where thty
were , he would aee a . board placed up— " All pewma found iftspaesiag here , wili ba -prosecuted with the utmost rigour of the law . " But whoever heard of a poor man walking through the . struts , with a board in front and one at his back , with the same notice put upon it ? It would ba of no use to do ho , and the poor man knew that . Whether a board were placed on his back or on his belly , it was all the same : tho master might trample upon him as ho pleasad . The crowV nppiaudfed and approved of these sentiments , and especially when tho police were spoken-of : The confusion was then so great that I could not hear all that was said . Prisoner toi khis text from 2 Peter , o . iii . v . 13 . —" . Nevertheless we , according to bis promise , look for a new heavens and a new earth , wherein dwelieth righteousness . " This new age of righteousness , he said , was fast approaching . butooul > 1 not be established till the present orcUr of things was swept away .
Cross-examined by prisoner—Did not take down a report in writing of what you-said at the time it was spoken . Was at the mt-etiog when you began to speak A person named Thomason had spoken before , butcoulu not hear so well what he said ; be did net appear to be so inflammatory . Pray how was it that you could hear so well what I said , but not what Ttomaaon said ? Because I was nearer when you spoke . I heard the hymn that was sung ; do not recollect the first line , but recollect a verse like this : — * " . * " Britonsi ye are slaves , ' B&aten by policemen ' s staves , And if by forca ye dare repel , Yours will be the felon ' s cell . "
[ When the witness had repeated the first line of the verse , a voice in the body of the hall shouted out , " So we an ! " and the exclamation waa followed by a buzz of applause . Th « Mayor immediately rose , and said that he should be sorry to have recourse to such a prece dent ; but if any more such unseemly intenpptions were offered to the course of business , be should desire the ball to be cleared . Order was then restored , and the croM-eiaminatl » n of Marshall by the prisoner resumed . ] Did my address blame the law for protecting the rich man ' s property ? You said that the poor man ' s property was not protected . Am not in the police , but am in the service of the Corporation . In what capacity ? ( Witnes * jepeated hia answer ,
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declining to answer more particularly . ) I went to tha Pasture with a friend ; decline saying by whom I was sent . Did not know at the time that application had been made to the Mayor for permission to bold a meeting ; nor did I say to any person tbat you would be arrested before night . On my oath you did say the police were " blue vampires , '' but I cannot say what the sentence was of whieh the words formed apart , because of the confusion there was at the time . Cannot say if the words " boiling of the unboiled '" were or were not used in a metaphorical sense ; could not understand - what the meaning was ; but considered yonr language was calculated to Inflame the minds of the people ; they gava expressions of their approbation . Cannot jsay if approbation be or be not a coken of excitement or inflammation of the mind . There did not seem to be any disposition to an outbreak on the part of the assembly at
the time . D : < 1 not see any instance of disturbance ; bnt when you were speaking of the green fields , and the oppression of the people , they echoed ymir sentiments , and heaped curses on the heads of the manufacturers There was no fighting or tumult . SeTgeant At ? ar ( Borough Police ) was next examined : —He was in the Pasture on Sunday evening , when he saw nearly 2 , 000 persons assembled ; but be was not there at the commencement of the proceedings . Heard part of Jones's address—tbat part which related to the police , and that part only . Was there in plain clothes . [ Agar's evidence was in a great measure the same as that given by Marshall . The additional part is hero given ] When prisoner was speakiDg of the Police , he said that even the shade of a policeman walking down the street was loathsome and disgusting to behold . He also heard him say—when the time of boiling came , woe to the unboiled !
Cross-examined—Did not bear the commencement of thepruumer ' s address , but draw nearer as he was speaking of the police , and therefore heard what he then said . Did not draw nearer by any peculiar kind of sagacity . Was present in plain clothes , and accidentally— not for the purpose of hearing what was sai . l . Was there in the afternoon , but not at the " conclusion of the service , " and therefore knew of no notice that was then given out—knew nothing of this afkir . Did not expect to receive any remuneiatiun if the prisoner was convicted .
The prisoner here addressed the Mayor , asking him if it was customary to allow all the witnesses to be in court while the others were examinee ? Before the Mayor could answer , a number of voices shouted out"No ! no ! " and it was with somo difficulty bhat silence could be restored even with the thteat of clearing the court .. When silence was obtaiued , the Mayor tnld the prisoner that they certainly would not have !<> en in court if he had made the request at the commencement of the case ; otherwise , it was not customary to keep the witnesses out of court- Prisoner said he was not acquainted with the customs of court * of law , and thert-fo e did not know it was necessary to ask . The Mayor told him he need not be afraid—every justice ohould be done to bis
case-Daniel Bassford , framework-knitter , being sworn , deposed that ha was in the pasture on Sunday evening and heard Jones speak . He coi ; ld not . however , remember ninch of what was said , with the exception of that pwt relating to the police . [ Here witness's evidence was substantially the same aa that given by the preceding witness ] Prisoner's address generally appeared to be-designed to inflame th « ruinds of the people . After prisoner had been s-peiiliuis ? , there was some singing and a collection . The meeting approved of what was said , which was calculated to create dissatisfaction in the minds of the people respecting the police . Cross-examined—Had been in the company « f the police tbafc morning , and bad had convention with them on different subjects , but not relating to this examination . Learnt his ' lesson' last night , not that morning ; learnt' it after hearing prisoner speak , and not f . om the t > olice .
Prisoner here wanted to k % > w if witness knew what was the meaning of the phrase " create dissatisfaction in the minds of the people ?" Witness saidi " calculated to make the people feel prejudice and dissatisfaction against the police , " Did not know that prisoner objected to the properly ot the rich being protected . by . law-: believed he said that " every man should be punished for trespassing on law-proterted property ; but that it was the equal right of every man in society to have hi * propeity equally protected by the law . " Did not . h .-ar prisoner call upon the peonje to make any attack on the police , or to show any disapprobation against them ; nor did he know tbat prisoner recommended auy
outbreakthought not . Not aware that the prisoner advocated the establishment , of the reign of peace . Saw no particular disturbance at the meeting . Was not quite at the outside oC the meeting , and cculsl not say hnw far it extended—whether fifty or more yards , or only ton . Could hear a speaker with a voice like prisoner's at seventy yards' distance , but not distinctly . Did not know how his observations acted upon the people , and could not say what degree of dcclam , / in waa seeeesary to excite the feelings of the peopk ¦ f tfais town . The prisoner , here remarked on tf »> C ' . < »; ' , v ;; flietions of this -witness ' s answers—he first saying the address wag of an inflammatory nature , and then that he could not say how it operated on the feelings of the people .
Witness explained that be spoke of the address generally—which had an inflammatory tendency , but tbat he ceuld not say how particular portions of it operated . : ¦ - Isaac BurroweSj of No . 4 , Gravel-street , doposed that he was in the Pastures on Sunday ttvcninsr , and heard Jones ( the prisoner ) speak for about a quarter of an hour . He was sent there from the County-ofSee to see what was going on . Heard Jones speak about the B shops , and say that the salaries of tb « "
blood-sucking Bishops must be done away v . iU :: n <» go ;< 3 would be done for the poor till that and ether like things were done . " Jones said he had been ; :. " * ay from homa for the last seven-months and did nor Jcaovp whether he should be allowed' to reach it again ; l > ut if nut ho waa prepared to stand till the last moment in the cause of the people . He also requested th' -. ^ e persons who were around him . and who had not yet done so , to enter the ranks of the Chartists . He hoped he should soon acain have an opportunity of addressing them in Leicester .
Cross-examined— Did not know previous to going to the Pastures what was going to be done ; wan not at the afternoon meeting . Was a specie constable engaged at the County Police-office . Prisoner here wanted to know if witness did the bidding of bis employers without asking as to the justice of the orders given him ?—that was what be ( prisoner ) was charged with sayiiig . Witness did not seem to think there was any great crime committed in doing as order ? d , and merely replied—he went and saw , and nude hi * report . Waa asked by Mr . Clmtera to come ns a witness ; was not told by him what to say , but merely ;\ sfced if he had been present at the meeting . Did no- ste any disturbance at the meetiric ; did not hear ai > jthin « about the
police . Heard prisoner spaakini ; of Uw E ' aMiahed Church , and the manner in which he f- ; oh' ; w ' -ia such as was calculated to excite the minds of th * people . Did not hear him ntato his reasons .-for-supposing he would be taken prisoner before gettiDg JiOiiiu- ' ' Dirt not hoar him say anything about a warran ? iiavinsr beer .. 'pnlied for against him at Hartlep > 'l . but th « alkui-itions against him wi . ro all - contradictL-vl . D : > i not hear him call on the people to break the law , molest , the policeforce , or do i : justice to any man . ~ D ' n not hear prisoner incite the people to the di struct : on of p-operty . Would not say whether he ( witness was to have any reward if prisoner were conviofe-t : — h-: d not be ; n ordered not t » answer that question , hut refused to do so from his own knowledge or other occasions .
Policeman F- Smith deposed that h" vi nt with Ser ^ 't . Haynes to Cooper ' s house in Chur « rh- » ate after prisoner , and found him there . They alBO found iht pupera now * produced . Crots-examined—Had been in th" \ xjVce-force two years : before that , was a needle-n ' . aknr , which he left because ha hart not enough to do—thr . t was tho only reason . Had before been employe ! ii 1 the apprehension of Ch . irtiat lecturers—in the apprehension of Cooper . Had never said he v * is » b <> ft the Magistrates would entrust to him the apprchew-iijn of all the Chartist lecturers—too much cf a £ <¦> -.
The case for tho complaint was ho-io finisht .-cJ and the Major aBted Jones what he had to say to th . ^ ci-Ara" ? The Prisoner replied that he shotiM i . ot now ws . ke any defence— he should reserve wfcnt h ^ had to say till he was brought before a jury ; for hi- snpposed be should be sent before one . But he hope-. ., aa he-was fur away from home , and no fritnds at hand , the Magistrates wculd consent to tako bail for his appearance , and would make the - um as low as they felt they consistently could with i-lue regard to the certainty of his appearance .
• The-Magistrates- ' retired'to co ; nu't , : nnl-they-. had scarcely left the bench before sotc' > of the Chwtists called out ta the pritcner to know if ho v . ts thirsty and would have anything to drink ? a Kla ^ a of rum ? Jones declined the offer , and requested tfco people to keap quiet . In another minute or 60 , soir . ethin ^ else was shouted out : the hall-keepers au-. l police called for silence , and the people in the body of the ball "ware then so z ; alous'for the preservation of wrier ihut they pointed out the luckless offender , and '¦«•«•« fcr tjeccing him in the most approved method . There were
then so many cries of " Order I" and" Siience . '" that as a natural consequence there was a tremendous hubbub , which dUturbed the Magistrates in their consultation , and the mayor had again to threaten to hn * e the kail cleared . Wher they returned , the mayor informed Jones that h « would be required to give bail to answer the charge at the next Borough -A ' s 3 iz > s—himself in £ 100 . aud two sureties In £ 69 each . If bis bail came from Leicester , twenty-four houra would bo allowed him ; if from a greater distance a longer time in proportion te thedistance .
Jones then asked if he might be allowed the use of writing materials ? his had been tafren away by the police , who had promised that he should write as many letters as he pleased when he got to the Stotion-honse ; but he had not been allowed to have them at all . The Mayor said be must prefer bis request to the Visiting Justices when he got to the gaol , and they vrould no doubt consider bis case the « ame as they did tbat of any other prisoner .. : As Jones was following the police out of court , some person addressed the Mayor , and asked if he might be allowed to take Jones ' s dinner to him at the Stationbouse ? The Mayor told the speaker he need be under bo fear—Jonea would be provided for .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 10, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1178/page/3/
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