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A public conTersatianal meeting ra held on Tburrday evening week , at the Ship Inn , Long Lane , Bermoadsey . Mr . Ssags was called to the ebiir , and opened the proceedings by informing the assembly that it was an adjourned meeting from the previous week , and tfeat its chjr « t wafc to endeavour to effect a union between the Metropolitan Rtfonn Association aad the Chartists . Mr . MatsaRD moved the following resolution : — " Tiiat this meeting cannst but feel , with horror and slum , the present awful distressed state of the country , in -chich not only the working classes , tint the manufacturer and the small capitalis t , are alike upon the brink of ruin ; and being convinced that the cause of this distress is class legis' . i'Jon , \ re feel assured that no permanent good ~ rf' ' - ^ rise until the People ' s Charter becomes the " -- -i the land , -which -would soon be accomplishes *; an ho&tfit union of -f : c middle and ¦ working > i ' -- ^ directing their energ . ts for this great object . '
He stood before them in rather & peculiar position , and his motives were liable t » be misrepresented ; but be gloried in his petition , and ¦ was determined ta pursue aa honest straightforward course , and had no doubt their tffjrts to promote a union wonld be successful . Tot&e resolution he was sure no Chartist could object . He ¦ was well aware they ought to entertain a jaalonsy of the middle classes , if they doubted their sincerity : ; but they should also take into consideration their peculiar circumstances . The great -object they bad in view was the attainment of tfee Charter , and if they were to obtain it morally , it was his firm opinion it -could not fee done without the aid of the middle class . Distress "was ravaging ihe country ; tens of thousands rose in the morning onbcoTriEg where theyshoakl procure food for the dsy , whii&i another class , who neither toiled nor spun , were ' ckfthed in Ens liaen , ted fared sumptuously every day . " Snch a state of things was enough to make a man ' s hair £ -and on end . The great cause of this was thss the jnaases were unrepresented . Until
the Charter vas obtained , this couid never be removed . He was a " whole hog" Chartist ; he would not iose one of the points . A man could not lose an arm without his whole body being irjaied , ntiiher could one point of the Charter be abandoned without an iDJury to the whele machinery . He did not blame thtm for being jealous cf the middle classes , they had been so ef ten deceived by then ; but some were as honest as themseives . Eorne Tooke , Hsnt , Cobbett , 0 Connor , and other great advocates of their rights , were middie-claSs men . If the Caarter was to be guiDed morally , it most be obtained in the House cf Commons . Their grand object , then , wculd tie to urge on those who had votes to give them to no man who wculd not pledge himself to the Charter . He was well aware the middle classes wonld only join them from interest . They felt the shoe pinch them , aiid were anxious to remove its pressure . A great movement was fceirg carried on in that body . Those that a little time back would have treated the Charlista with disdiin ,
were now seen coming amongEt them , seeing it was their last resourcs from the locusts who were devouring the land . They must all be aware they would get the Charter sooner by the aid of the middle class , and until they joined tee honest portion of them , in ids opinion they wcnld never obtain it Dr . Black ceconded the resolution . He was suffering from indisposition , and nothing but ths importance of the meeting wculd have induced him to have attended . Tney had a powerful enemy to contend against , an enemy completely organized . It had what might bo termed its cfficial organization , perfect in all ita details , embracing every spot in the kingdom ; it had a priestly organization covering the whole land , as it were one great moral club ; it had another peculiar orgEE'zation , ita gentlemen ' s clubs , meeting in their
aristocratic establishments , and perpetually engaged in plotting the best means to retain their ascendancy over the people ; they had also a powerlul military organization , well officered , supplied with every description of the munitions of warfare , and affording situations for the younger sods of the aristocracy , whose salaries they ¦ wer e compelled to pay ; there was also their police and constabulaUiiy force ; and this was not all , they had also a gre&t moral-force orgsniZitiGn , not only among the middle bnt also among the- working classes—the feslirg which induced men to bow down to a name and a title , was one of the greatest evils they had to contend against ; it infected all their proceedings . The power thus exercised by a priest or msgiitr&te was enormous . He knew an honest Chartist , who recently told him that he couid not stand with the same ease in the
pretence cf a Lard as of another -mr . v . This powerful opponent , possessed of these three complete organizations , calied themseives in addition their masters , ar . d the country their country , telling , them this was law , and they must obey it—this was illegal , and they must refrain from it—rookie ; laws by which they could scarcely meet together , and give Tent to their hGnest indignation , without endangering . their liberty through the spy system . This was a picture of the enemy they had to cope with , and what was their position ? Had they even one complete orgaaizition ? Were they in possession of a physical fsree power efflcered and disciplined like that cf the enemy ? He said it fearlessly , but with an aching heart , that th 6 y were standing before ths best prepared enemy in the world , qaarrelliDg among themselves ,
allowicg jealous petty feelings to spoil the cause in which they were engaged , quarrelling even in their own localities . Good God ! were they so insensible to their own position thtt nothing could make them look at their real position ? Were they longer to go en as madmen or boys , engaged in idle Eport True , they might csll the Government bard names , but they imprisoned or banished whom they pleased . They raised subscriptions for their defence and support , but was that to be all ? Wera they to go on so to the end of the chapter . No ! In spite of jealousy , in spite of "wrong thinking , he would net say wrong motives , the dawn cf a union was breaking over them ; and , before hlzbj months the great Suffrage party throughout the
land would , he believed , be united as a band of brothers . Truth had only to be fearlessly proclaimed , and its ultimate triumph was certain . They might be called dishonest ; they might be suspected , bnt they would still ge on , until they conquered them . He felt that the middle classes were liable to be suspected . The working men suffered under the sting of oppressors in that Class , and it made them irritable , but when they met in a friendly manner , like the present , error was dissipated and friendship produced . They had only been two or three months in active operation ; and they had the satisfaction of seeing that those who were then the most suspicious of their intentions were now their greatest friends . This gave them encouragement to go on in endeavouring to efftct a cordial union .
Sir . Faibchild said the present appeared to him to be a momentous crisis . If a union could be honestly brought about , he should hail it with delight . It was ¦ what he had been locking for many a long day . The only question to consider was , would it be consistent to unite with those men who had ever coerced the ¦ working classes . He thought they might safely unite with any man , whether peer or peasant , who wculd go for the Charter ; but he would have the Charier whole and ect ' re , name and all , or he would iie for it . He asked the gentlemen , did they mean to give them a substar . ee or a shadow 1 if they meant to give them the substance , in God's name he said to them , Go on and prosper . If they mean ; to deceive them he trusted they would fail ; feu ; they must have something more than ¦ words , they must have actions . The middle class were
their most oppressive tyrants . Feargus O'Connor was a middle class man , but he did not think any more oi Mm for that circumstance , and if he deserted the principle they would immediately hurl him to the winds . He for one would say , ( iivo me the Charter , you may go to h—1 L They had no objection to hold out the hand cf fellowship , to let the two associations run together and assist each other . They had the means at their command , let them use those means to assist the men now in prison , and he Wvuid bail them as patriots and brothers . As until they did that he coaid not believe they were honest or trustworthy ; he did sot wish to throw cold water on this attempt , for he knew that if the middle classes honestly united with them , the Charter would be attained in less than six months . The three per cent commisdorers were
telling them a lesson they would never forgst . Peel was a Chartist to the back bone , and was making Chartists by wholesale . If it had cot been for the tariff and the income tas , they would haxe heard but little of Chartism in that quarter . He did not expect , as Mr . Maynard did , any good from a House of Commons like the present . Was it likely a Honsa containing 132 boys under , twenfy-twe and a half years of age would grant them the Charter ? He knew they would scoot the ides , after the manner in which the petition was treated ; every man who signed that document , he dare avow , had more sense than these 132 boys , and yet they taunted working men with ignorance . Was that man ignorant who could dig a
road under the Thames ? A pretty id ? a , trniy , to call that man ignorant who could mate machines to travel sixty miles aa hour . If a union based on principle could be formed , he should rejoice , for he knew the Charter would be quicker" obtained , The middle ri » R «>« tad more fuads at their disposal ; and if they meant honestly , they would not suffer one individual now in prison to be lost for want of funds , but would join in that merciful orjsct with heart and hands , and hands too well provided with the needful ; and they would think more of their sincerity than if they rcsde professions for seven years to come . He believed Dr . Black to be perfectly sincere . He thought if the middle class were all like him they would soon have tbe Charter .
Mr . G Wkstertom hailed with great pleasure the exertions of his friend Dr . Black , is endeavouring to procure a union among all sections of the Chartists . The chief objection be had heard advanced against a vnion was , ^ at the middlo rlnnnon . after making many professions , always had deserted them when their assistance 'was most ' wanted ; and aa yeomanry cavalry , aad in the jury box , they had ever been their persecutor * . ( Hear . ) He admitted the middle classes had proved traitors ; thnt they bad < T »« inw «* nd themselves « w »< w g them , and then sold them to their enemies . But was it juat to say that because some had done this that all were equally dishonest ? As well might they say that , because certain working men had turned spies , or beeuue some of them had destroyed property , or comsitted acts of violence , * h * f- tbe whole class Trtre equally as guilty . They would , be knew , bod tack the fool werticn upon the party who made it
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and he , as a shopkeeper or nv / ddle class maa , equally hurled back tbe charge again st bis class . Many of tbe middle elan were equally ir , terested is abolishing class legislation , as themselves . They wanted a union not bo much for a love of them , out frem a regard for their own interest They we ] d find that some of tbe men now foremost in their / auks were middle class men . Wfeat were O'Conso ^ , Frost , and that sterling and and high-minded pa ' jr ioiwho was now forced to fly his home , Dr . M'De rail ? , Great cheering . ) He trusted they should be judged by their conduct and not by such idle imputations ; it was a libel upon the working men be
to assert they wr ^ ld betrayed . Could they rob them of their intellig mce or of their prinicple ? They did not ask them to // ive up their organization or to pin their faith to their sleeves ; they did not even want them to join their A'Aodation , unless of their own wish ; their object was ' # > rally round them the true and honest of the middle , class . He trusted they would ferm their judgment by their acts alone (" and that of your committee . ") lie thought that , was a harsh remark . No association was free from seine bad characters , there waa always some black eheep in * the flock ; he was only anxious for a good understanding that they might cooperate together .
Ruffy Ridley wished to ask Dr . Black a question . In the pamphlets they had issued , one of the points wss that " Parliaments were not to be larger though they mi * ht be for less duration , than three years . " He wished to kcow whether , having seconded the resolution for the Charter , he , or the committee acting with him , were prepared to expunge that rule , and place Annual Parliaments in its stead . Dr . Black stated that they had great difficulties to contend with , among the middle classes . If his own feelings could have been consulted he would have come tut boldly for the six points , name and ail : and be was of opinion that if a sufficient number of men of influence could be got to take that standing it would
be the best acd most manly course . He had been a firm Chartist ever since tbe first Convention . They had considered the point of Annual Parliaments , and found many good men preferred Biennial Parliaments , and some few Triennial ; and to afford every facility for the junction of those men they left the point open . He had no doubt whenever the Charter was adopted , it would be settled to have Annual Parliaments ; yet maDy even ef the Chartists if they had to write the Charter over again , and to consult their individusl opinions , might make some slight alterations in it ; but in a great combined movement it was essential they should give way on all those little shades of opinion to ensure union on the whole . Tne great majority of his association were in favour of Annual Parliaments .
Mr . Rcfft Ridley stated that he had no doubt these individuals were actuated by good motives ; but it was the duty of the public to scrutinise whether their acts would have the desired effect . Dr . Black might , as an individual , think it prudent to Rive way on some minor point ; but he , as a member of the working class , could not abandon one iota of the Charter . ( We dont want you . ) Ke thought that if the majority were for Annual Parliaments , it was a delusion to have that rule on their pamphlets ; it was keeping a phantom before the public to delude them , and would only have the result of producing disappointment when it was discovered feat their pamphlets and their professions
were at variance . He considered three years too long for a member to be exposed to the temptation of the Government ; too long for a man ' s honesty to be depended on . He asked these gentlemen to come manfully forward ac < i advocate that complete measure of jnstice which would enjnre the salvation of tbe country . One speaker had said that injustice had ever characterised the proceedings of the middle towards tbe working classes : cf that the Reform Bill was a fatal example . He requested them , for consistency sake , to expunge that rale from their books . One man gained under the honest colours of Annual Parliaments would be worth ten men gained by a delusion .
Dr . Black , explained ; in his opinion if they got the Suffrage , if tbe duration of Parliament wac fixed to 3 , 5 , or even 100 years , if they found it did not answer , they could easily rectify it . Mr . Wheeler briefly spoke on the necessity of the Rtform Association giving up such a minor point before any thic ? like a firm union could exist Mr . Buffi Ridlzy said he still considered that rule a delusion , but he should leave the audience to decide ; he should sot havo been doing his dnty if he had not alluded to it ; he gave them every credit for tfee manliness with which they h ? . d explained their views . He should be sorry to throw anything in the way of a reconciliation , but he thought they should first explicitly understand each other : if they went on in their present straightforward manner he should wish them every success .
Mr . Stallwood entirely coincided with Mr . Ridley in his objections . Dr . Black seemed to treat the question of Annual Parliaments lightly , but he could not have sufficiently considered the subject or he would bare seen that Universal Suffrage could not exist without it , for the Charter said that every man of twenty-one shonld have a vote , but if Parliaments were Triennial , he could not in thousands of instances have it until he was twenty-four ; they were pledged to the whole Charter , name and all , and any union not based on that would be a rope of sand . The Complete Suffrage men adopted the whole of the Six Points , so did the largest party , the National Charter Association , and if the great majority of the Reform Association were for Annual Parliaments he felt convinced they conld easily convert the minority .
Mr . Morton made a very excellent speech in favour of a co-operation of the two bodies ; he belonged to every association which bad for its object the destruction of tyranny , and allowing of working men to manage their own affairs . He knew that it was the shoe-pinching them which caused the middle classes to lock to the Charter ; but had not the case been the same with the working men ? did they care any thing about Reform until the fchoe pinched them ? they allowed one after another to be imprisoned in their cause ; they allowed the hand loom weavers to be persecuted and starved ; why then reject the middle classes when the pinching of the Ehoe drove them into their ranks K He agreed with the previous speakers , that the miqdle classes should show their truthfulness and love of justice by assisting the incarcerated victims . \
Mr . J . Duncan made a long and able speech in favor of a friendly Bpirit of co-operation existing between the two Associations , and concluded in the words of the battle charge of a celebrated Yendean chief , " IfI advance , follow me ; if I retreat , kill me ; if I die , , avenge me . " He would say the Eame ; if they retreated , ! let them be consigned to that political death which | they wonld richly merit But give them the English ! justice to be accounted innocent until they were proved ' to be guilty . | Mr . Ross was anxious to have a fair understanding , i He did not like the terms middle class and woikiug : class : the sooner they forget those distinctions the j better . The middle men had ever looked down upon ! working men with contempt They did not even deign to attend their meetingB , but gathered into tkeir minds
every prejudice which was sown by interested individuals , and took no opportunity to dispel it . The speakers , especially the last , had spoken much about the working classes refusing to unite . When had they ever refused a union on tte principles of the Charter ? : It was the middle class which stood aloof in their ; pride and prejudice . The Chartists had ever been ! grateful for assistance , come from what quarter it would . ! But whin they saw the names of persons on their council , the study of whose lives appeared to be to sow diEsord and division , it made them look with a suspicious eye on the whole body . These men say they are '¦ Sturgites—they are moral men—and they will have : nothing ta do with the Feargusites—this . did not look , like union . He thought it was useless to have meetings : like the present ; if they wanted to ascertain the senti-; ments of the two bodies they should call a large public i meeting , or a conference , composed of an equal number
j of delegates from both patties . I Mr . Wheeler agreed with the sentiments uttered by Mr . Boss . They had never declined the assistance ; of the middle c ' ass , but they wonld not desert those I principles to which they were pledged ; he wished to ; understand ¦ what tbe gentlemen meant by co-operating with them ; if they meant they should be lnemberB of both associatior . s he could frankly assure them they could do no such thing , for the working men unfortunately had not funds sufficient properly to support their own organ zitioa ; with the middle class the case was widely different ; they peasessed the means , and if ; disposed to co-operate , could belong to all the associai ticus . like their friend Mr . Morton ; if by oo-operation i they meant assisting them fcy their numbers and pre-I secce Et any public meetings , he conld readily assure | them it would be done provided they adhered to the i principles cf the Charter .
Dr . Black s ' eated that they had three means of accomplishing their object by petitioning , by the press , and by public meetings ; petitioning was briefly useful as a means of banding together public opinion . The press , unfortunately with a few exceptions , was under the influence of their opponents ; their chief strength lay in public meetings ; they had that evening had a good talk , and understood each other ; prejudice was disappciring , and it was only by sueh meetings that unanimity could be produced ; they would shortly hold a large public meeting for the same good purpose . A vote cf thanks was given to the Chairman , five shillings were collected for the victims , and Mr . llortoa enrolled himself as a member of the National Charter Association .
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Lord John Russell , it is said , has been occupying bis leisure hours , since bis retirement from office , in preparing for publication selections from the correspondence of Johu fourth Duke of Bedford , from tbe originals preserved at Woburn Abbey . — Times . The Wabspite , SO , Captain Lord John Hay , arrived at Spitbead on Saturday afternoon , bringing homo Lord Ashburura from his mission in America . His Lordship left the Warspite between two and three o ' clock , and landed at Gosport , the ship saluting him when he left her , and the batteries upon his landing . The Warspite has been seventeen days from America , having left on the morning of the 5 iix instant . She was becalmed two days , or would have made the run in fifteen . Lord Ashburton , upon his landing at Gosport , immediately proceeded to his residence at Anglesey , where Lady Ashburton has been waiting his arrival .
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A MARE'S NEST . ( From the Times . ) " An investigation into circumstances of the most aJarming character , connected with a Chartist conspiracy to destroy the Queen , has been secretly going on before the magistracy of Southampton for some time past We have takes all imaginable pains , to obtain correct information on the subject We believe oar account to be correct in the main , though , from having been denied permission to look at the depositions , we may slightly err in tbe details . Tne party through whom the notice of Government has been directed to the investigation is named Peirce , a grocer , in Canal Walk , Southampton . Peirce was considered some time back tbe leader of tbe Chartists in this town , and from bis having made himself very conspicuous in that character , was donbtlesa thought by the chiefs of the
London Chartists , as a fit person to enrol in their secret band . This band , the existence of which has long been Buspected by tbe London police , seems to cansist of a Belect number of tbe most desperate characters among the great body of the Chartists . They direct the movements of the unitiated , arrange the principal meetings , send delegates to disturbed districts , and , as it will be seen , are sworn to attempt the accomplishment of their treasonable designs , at all hazards , 67 en if by the assassination of the Sovereign . It would seem that the secret conclave we have referred to considered that the destruction of the Qaeen would have the effect of overthrowing the Government , and that they should , in the general consternation and confusion that would ensue , be able to carry ont particular ends . About five months since , as we are
informed , three men called on Peirce at his shop in Canal Walk , and after making themselves known to him as leaders of the London Chartists , and by communications which , to him were convincing , and after going into details with which we are unacquainted , proposed to him take the oath binding him to assist in the destruction of the Queen J Peirce was horrorstruck at tbe proposition , beinj one of the crowd of deceived persons who believed the acquisition of the five points to be the be-all and end-all of Chartism . Tbe parties It ft Peirce with a threat of fatal consequences to himself if he drvulged their visit to any party . He , however , did csmomnicate his secret to a brother Chartist , and for the credit of that person , we hope it is tru 3 , that it was owing to bis counsel that Peirce communic-ited with the Government on the
business . Ptirca was sent for to London , and was examined at tbe Secretary of State ' s office , and being taken to Negate to see Francis , the regicide , at once pronounced him to be one of too three men who had paid him the visit spoken of ! It was deemed advisable by ths Privy Council to let the matter rest for a period , in order to Bee if any farther movements were in contemplation . The fact , however , of Pierce ' s revelations had probably como to the knowledge of the Chartist leaders , for on the evening of Friday , the 2 d instant , as Peirce was returning to Southampton down the London-road on the Common , a fellow suddenly appeared before him from among the trees , and presented a pistol at him , uttering , at the same time , Borne expressions relative to his having betrayed somebody , bet at that moment a carriage approached ,
which from tbe softness of road had not been heard till then , upon which the ruffian ran off among the trees towards a place adjoining , called Highfield . Peirce made his way home , and was too much alarmed to communicate the matter to the police . On the following Tuesday Peirce was returning home across the Houndwell ( an open piece of ground near the Highstreet , Southampton ) about eight o ' clock in the evening , when be found himself dogged by a man whom he recognized as the ruffian who assaulted him on the Common . At a moment when no person waa apparently near , the fellow fired a pistol at Peirce , and the bullet passed thr 6 ugh his hat , doing him no iDJury .
The assassin fled and escaped . Peirce communicated the facts to the Home-office , and a gentleman ( Mr . Hay ) from thence , and subsequently , « e believe , Sir James Graham , have attended tbe examinations of Peirce before the borough magistrates . No clue has been at present obtained , but a Government proclamation , offering £ 100 reward for such information as may lean to the apprehension of the assassin , will be issued forthwith . As before stated , we have been refused a perusal of the depositions , or any mformation , by the magistrates , who , however , seem fully impressed with a belief of the fact of Pcirce having been shot at , a police constable and a woman in the vicinity having heard the report of the pistol at the time . "
[ To monstrosities coming from certain quarters , we generally reply , in significant monosyllables , such as , "Bah ! pooh ! boo ! fudge ! Bhara ! " or the like ; but to bo grave a subject as the assassination of a monarch , and coming from so respectable a source as the Times newspaper , we feel onrselves called upon to reply at greater length . And as the above paragraph will be read with horror by all , and with surprise by the Chartists ; and aa they especially will look not only for an answer , but for complete refutations , we give that of which alone it is susceptible . One morning , before sun-rise , a little after noon , in the middle of the day , towards evening , as I sailed over the mountain in my little boat , with my stick on my head , and my hat in my hand , I met the man I overtook . " Gcod morrow , ma'am , " Bays I . " G ^ od morrow , Sir , " says she .
" Pray , S : r , " says I , " can you tell me if the little old woman is alive yet , that was hanged about five years ago upon Ritcliffj highway , for drowning herself in a shower of feathers ? " " Upon my word , Sir , I don't know , I am a Btranger in this country , but if you go to Sir Gammer Vangs , he is a neighbouring magistrate , and ho'll be more accurate in his detail of the old woman ' s demise , perhaps he can inform you . " " Sir , I ' m a stranger also ; how do you go to Sir Gammer Vangs ? " " Oh . ^^ t ' s very easy ; first turn to the right , then to the left , then to the right again , always minding to keep straight forward , until yon meet with a great large stone brick house , all built of flint , in the centre of an open space , all alone by itself , encompassed by flvo or eixaad-twenty other houses ; knock at the door , and there
you'll s « e Sir Gammer VasgB . " So I accordingly went first to ths right , then to tbe left , then to the right again , always minding to keep straight forward till I met with the self-same great large stone brick house , all built with flint , in the centre of the open space all alone by itself , when I knocked at the door , and up came Sir Gammer ' s eldest daughter , a justice of peace . Just as I was speaking to thie damsel of seventy , up came her second eldest sister , a churchwarden to a troop of horse . " Good morrow , Sir , " says I . "Good morrow , ma'am" Bays he ; " pray , Sir , " says I , " can yon tell me if Sir Gammer Vangs is at home ? " Just as I spoke , up leaped Sir Gammer himaelf , out of the neck of a half-pint bottle . Good morrow , Sir Gammer , " says I . "Good morrow , ma ' am , kindly , " says fee . " Pray , Sir Gammer , " says I , " can you tell me if the little old woman ia alive yet that was hanged about flvo years ago upon Ratcliffehighway , for drowning herself in a shower of feathers ?" "Upon ray word , Sir , I dont know ; but I don't
think she was hanged , becaust , she was a near kinsman of mine , and if aho was , ah- ' 'd certainly write me word ; but to ascertain , we'll offer the following reward' Lost or mislaid , stolen or strayed , eff the laiida of Ballyraggat in the Queen ' s couaty , a little old woman , with three white hind legs before , a shorn maue , cocked tail , end jolly ivory eyebrow . Any person or persons giving tale or tidings of the said little old woman within six calendar siontha of the date hereof , will receive aa a reward , the longest , and widest , and largest ridge of potatoes in old Garratt ' s town ; first paying the rent , then the tithe and Income tax , and then digging them . ' " Bravo , Sir , but you hav'nt breakfasted . " ' Oh , thank you , I ate fivo or six-andtwenty dczm turkey eggs , a whole parcel of bread and butter , and a proportionable quantity of tea . " " God Sir , you ' re starving ! So he sent me in a round of beef , a hamper of vegetables , a garden of greens , : v j ickasa stuffed with a faot soldier , and several other delicacies , together with the London Times ; and I sat down , and eas and read as if I haii ' nt a moment to liva Juafc as
I had finished this gentle repast , up leaped n little white grey blue mastiff lapdog , upon my white doe-skin breeches ni 3 de of black velvet by the Manchester fustian-cutters . " Down , damn you , " Bays I . Don't damn him , Sir , " says he ; " there ' s not a finer greyhound in txisteEeo ; it ' s not two hours ago since he killed as fine a hare as ever you saw ; if you don't believe me , come into the garden , and I'll show him to you , aa alive as ever he was ; " so he took me liito a round , square , triangular , hectagon , octagon , kind of a garden ; in one corner waa a fox hatching ratB' eggs , in another was an iron steel apple tree , all hung with roasted pears ; in the third was the self-same little hare
that was killed about two hours' ago , as alivo aa ever she was . Tne moment she saw me , she took fright leaded over the garden wall ; I run after ber , caught her by the scut , and turned her inside out , and she ran away to Printing-house iquare , to write an article upon morality for the Times , as if the devil was after her taiL Now we pledge ourselves that the refutation is 3 * Lt MtaieM lha allegation , and that not a single CnarastmEngland . no cot one , ever entertained for one moment , tbe notion of injuring the Quc-en , or the fooush idea that her death would put one mote potoS J ^ f'h-Ti ? ° ^ ' ° r destr ° y ^ e power of cotton . orda , whuh , if not destroyed , will destroy her—Eventm
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GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL . ( From the Liverpool Times . ) Early on Friday morning , the moat destructive and calamitous fire which ever occurred in Liverpool broke ont in the premises of Mr . Peniston , drysalter , in Crompton-atreet As Inspector Mossey and officer Hitchmough were going their rounds , about five minutes before three o ' clock , they discovered , the fire , and on entering the premises , which are situated close to Mr . Isaac's oil and varnish mill , they found a bench on fire , which they supposed communicated tbe flames to the roof of the shed . The fire was alive under the engine boiler , and the door of the furnace wide open ; When they entered , there was no person bat themselves upon tbe premises . The steam in the boiler was a ' . so partly up at the time . Information was immediately conveyed to the Fire-police Station , and three engines , under the direction of Mr . Hewitt , immediately started off , and reached the scene of destruction shortly after three o ' clock . The wind at this period was blowing a strong
gale from the north , and the rain poured down heavily . The three engines were instantly got into play , and in a few minutes were joined by the remainder of the engines , and one belonging to the West of England Insurance Company , making in all thirteen or fourteen . All their efforts , however , availed little , for owing to the combustible materials of the premises , as well ai the nature of the goods which they contained , the fire continued to gain head , and in about twenty minutes after its commencement , the warehouse in which it had commenced , and two others adjoining it , were completely destroyed . Mr . Isaac ' s oil and varnish works next fell a sacrifice to the flames , and the combustible materials in this gentleman ' s premises , caused such a volume of flames as excited in the beholders feelings of awe avd admiration . Henceforth the fire set at defiance ell the efforts of the fire-police , and the continued torrents of water which , without intermission , they poared upon the burning mass , did not appear to make the least impression upon it
The sheds and cooperage of Messrs , Taylor and Green were next assailed , and added fubl to the devouring element . The wind being chiefly from the north , forced the flames towards Forraby-street , which , with the exception of a range of new cottages at the top , and a dwelling-house opposite , ia the occupation of Mra . Bark , consisted of ranges of splendid warehouses recently built . It still advanced eastwardly towards Great Howard-street , devouring in its onward course several yards and sheds , and at length reached the yard of the Measrs . Molyneux , the front of which is in Great Ho ward-street , . but it runs a considerable distance backwards ia a westerly direction . Here again it received additional strength from considerable quantities of timber in the yards and sheds . The fire still progressed onwards up Form by street , and caught
Borne bonded sheds which front Great Howard-street These , with the goods which they contained , were in a abort time added to the mass of burning and smoking ruins which now occupied the sites of the previous buildings , and left nothing : but outward walls standing . All the sheds and yards between Crompton-street and Formby-atreet were , in a few hours , either a mass of Tuins or in flamea ; and the ^ wind still continuing to blow freshly from the north , the fire was communicated about five o'clock from the adjoining sheds to the rear of the fine warehouses and sheds on the north side of Formby-street . Oa this side of the street , in tbe course of about twa hours , four warehouses belonging to Mr . Nathaniel Riyner , one ditto , the property of Mr . Taylor , and three bonded sheds belonging to Mr . Gray , were destroyed . At this period the fire had assumed an awful magnitude , and burned with great fury . These warehouses and sheds
were chiefly filled with cotton , but contained considerable quantities of other kinds of merchandise . On the ground -floor of one of these warehouses , there were no fewer than one thousand barrels of turpentine , to whieb , when in flames , no description can do adequate justice . Aa long as any of the turpentine remained , it burned with the fiercest intensity , and by ita own mere force , as its situation preoluded the operation of tho wind , it set fire to the new sheds on the opposite side of the street , in tbe occupation of Mr . M'Euight . The working of the varioua fire engines , the encouraging cheers of the men as they rapidly piled the handles of the engines , the- roaring of the vast volume of fbme which ascended from the buming pile , the crashing of the timbers , and the falling of the disrupted and destroyed walls , could not fail of impressing every beholder with the strongest emotions of terror and astonishment .
About six o'clock the wind veered a little to tho westward , and drove the flames over Formby-street to the warehouse and sheds on tbe south side . These were speedily in flames . The Bheds of Mr . M"Knight , aud tbe sheds and warehouses of Mr . Rayner were rapidly enveloped in one fiery mass . Mr . M'Knight ' s property was filled with sugar and rice , just landed from the Bland , from Calcutta . Much of this was destroyed , and much , wo are happy to state , was removed in time ; but ef the cotton which filled the warehouses and Bheds of Mr . Rayner , little was saved . All these buildings were entirely new , and such was the avidity of the fire , that in about two hours after they were attacked , they were one mass ef flame from Formby-street to Neptunestroot . Two iron warehouses , in Formby-street , owing to the incombustible nature of their materials , etcaped destruotion ; but the warehouses and sheds on each side are a mass of utter ruin .
The ground upon which the fire took plaoe forms an oblong square . To the north it commences in Crompton-stieet , and terminates to the south in Neptunestreet . On the east it runs along a portion of Great Howard-street , and to the west it is bounded by Waterloo-road and Dock . Ia the interior of this square , ( tho extent of which is about 30 , 000 square yards ) , the fire had now uncontrolled sway , and consumed every thing within its reach , saving the two iron warehouses already mentioned . That portion , however , which lies in the neighbourhood of the Waterloo Dook escaped the fury of the fire . From this time until about eleven o ' clock in the morning , the conflagration contined with
almost unabated activity ; but an expectation began to be entertained that the fliraes might be prevented from extending further , and about one o ' clock the expectation ripened into certainty . There was still , however , within the doomed limits , an immense mass of burning materials , tbe beat of which was moat intense , and when night again fell , the sky was so brightly illuminated as to cause an apprehension that the devastating element had seized upon some fresh prey . This , fortunately was an unfounded fear . The engines continued to play uninterruptedly on the burning materials during the whole of Saturday , by which time great progress had been made in the quenching of the flames . All apprehension bad entirely vanished .
The loss of property has been immense ; but a still greater calamity has been the serious loss of life which baa been sustained . Oa Friday morning , two of the fire police engines , with a full complement of men , were hard at work , pouring a continued discharge of water upon the sheds of Mr . MKuight , when , without any warning whatever , a great explosion or crash took place in one of the warehouses on the north side of tbe street , and almost over where the engines were being worked ; simultaneously with the noise , the wall of tbe warehouse fell , partly into the street and partly upon a shed adjoining , belonging to Mr . Gray . Some of the men had the good fortune to make their
escape ; but such aa had not time were buried in the ruins . Of the number of those who were thus everwhelmed by the falling mass , were three men in the employ of Mr . M'Knight , who , at the time of the occurrence , were busily engaged in removing goods lowered from the sheds . Several of the flre-police were also buried in . the ruins . With every promptitude the sufferers were released ; bnt many of them without the least sitins of animation . All the wounded were immediately taken to the Northern Hospital , where every suitable attention was immediately paid to them . Ainong&b the number taken to the hospital was Inspector Riding , who had one of his legs broken .
In addition to this calamity we have to notice the death or a very useful and active officer of the name of Samuel Hodsou . The station cf this officer , previous to his death , was in Castle-street , opposite the coach stand , and he was well known through his civility and the faithful discharge of his duty . About half-past six , he aud officers Bates and Tuck were holding their branohes directing the water against the burning premises of Mr . M'Knight . Tuck , it appears , had some idea of the wail falling , and gave intimation to that effect to the other officers . A burning bale of cotton , however , fell into the street ; Hodson ran towards it to remove it out of the way , waen the wall fell , and buried him in the rains . Tuck at the moment sefz ; -d hold of Bates , and l- . ulled him from beneath the falling mass , and thus happily aaved both their lives . The body of poor Hodson atill remains under the ruins , an ineffectual attempt hiving been made on Sunday to clear away the rubbish from it . '
Several gentlemen who were assisting and encouraging the men had aleo a very narrow escape . Amongst these , were the head constable , Mr . Whitty , and Mr . Maxwell , agent for the insurance companies . The following is a list of the Eufiarers , twenty-flve in number , who weva during tho Friuay taken to the Northern Hospital : — Dead . —James Bell , labourer , dead when admitted ; Luke Smith , labourer , Westiuoreland-atreet , and John Martin , labourer , Chisehall-street , both of whom died two hours after being admitted . Dangerously Injured—Robert Black , Newhall-street , fractured skuil . Eight others severely injured , of which number Superintendent Riding is one , he having bis heel bone broken and a severe injury of B » side the above , there were thirteen others slightly injured , but who were enabled to leave the hospital on being dressed , four of whom bad lost their sight from the smokeflameand dust of the fire . ' . ] ' .
, , The following is a list of the buildings which have been deatreytd : — Four warehonses , ( Grey's ) burnt . One ditto , ( Taylor's ) ditto . Two ditto , ( Raynert ) ditto . Two ditto , ( Poole ' s ) ditto . Four ditto , ( MaW ' a ) ditto . One ditto ( Roger ' s ) ditto , fire-proof , partially burnt Two warehouses , ( Rayner ' s ) south , burnt . One shed , ( Rayner ' s ) ditto . Two sheds , ( Horsley ' s ) Neptune-st , ditto . Two large sheds , ( M'Knight ' s ) west of the above , burnt . : Taylor ' s cooperage £ bBrct > Mebneiix ' stimber-yatd , 5
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Cart-houses , stables , a row of about sixteen houses , and a large mass of property of various descriptions . The value of this property is estim ated at from £ 35 . 000 to £ 40 , 000 . The principal contents of the warehouses , &c , were cotton , flour , rice , turpentine , dec . Of cotton 48 000 bales have been destroyed , the value of-which is about £ 400 , 000 . Including other articles , and the buildings , the loss will in all probability amount to about £ 660 , 000 . The total loss at the great firs at the Goree , in 1802 , was £ 323 , 000 . . On Saturday , at one o ' clock , a meeting of the agents representing the different fire insurance offices took place in the Underwriters' Committee Boom , N . D . Bold , Esq . in tbe chair . After " comparing notes" on the engagements of each office having liabilities in connection with this destructive event , the following was reported as the result : —
The Sun £ 47 , 000 Globe ............ 40 , 000 Royal Exchange 30 , 000 Phoenix ... ; » 30 , 000 London Corporation ............. 30 , 000 Liverpool ........... 25 , 000 York and London 25 , 000 Imperial 20 , 000 Scottish UnioD 20 , 000 West of England 20 , 000 Alliance 13 , 000 Atlas 12 , 600 Manchester 10 , 000 Guardian 7 , 000 Yorkshire ...... 5 , 000 Norwich Union 3 , 600 County ... ..... ; .... 3 . North British ..... 3 060 Lundon Union ... 7 , 000
Total Liabilities £ 350 , 900 Some uncertainty , hsweyer , exists as to whether all the liabilities have been ascertained , the meeting having been called so soon after the conflagration . No doubt , there would be much property uninsured ; so that the result of the meeting tends to prove that the loss cannot be far under what we have stated . The exertions of the fire police , and of all in connection with it , have been spoken ef , and with trutb > as praiseworthy in the highest degree . . If we were to menttan-the namea df all tbe parties who were present at one peribd ; 6 r another , and rendered valuable assistanee , either In the direction of the fire-police , the saving of property , the preservation of order , to ., we might occupy at least half a column of our paper . It is only an act of justice , however , to state that great
praise is due for their exertions to his Worship the Mayor , Mr . James Lawrence , Chairman of the Watch Committee , Mr . Rushton , the Stipendiary Magistrate , Lieutenant Maxwell , Inspector of Salvage , Mr . Whitehouse , of the West of England Fire Office , Mr . Richard Dawson , of the Manchester Insurance Office , Mr . Commiasioner Dowliug , Mr . Higbton , Governor of the Borough Gaol , Mr . M'Knight , the owner of one of the warehouses , and many other gentlemen , including several members of the Town Conncil . Mr . R . V . Yates was also on the spot , not , howewr , with any intention of aiding in the extinguishing of the flames , but for the Jbumauo purpose of making inquiries aft r those who had been injured . Mr . Ruahton was on the ground . immediately after the commencement of the fire , and did all that could be done to save life ,
for he saw from the first that all was lost . At one time , fears were entertained for the safety of the Borough Gaol , and Commander Rdvan , R . N ., sent a corps of marines from H . M . S . Etna , to the assistance of the magistrates and police force , who , in the event of the gaol taking fire , would have been employed to escort the prisoners to another place . Happily their services were sot wanted , the danger to tho gaol having been overcome . Mr . Whitty , Mr . Hewitt , and Lieutenant Maxwell exerted themselves with an indefatigability and intrepidity which could [ not ba surpassed , and were , in common with many others , subjected to great danger . There certainly never was a time at which exertion was more
necessary on the part of the fire ponce , and on this occasion they showed that too much reliance could not be placed on their discipline , skill and bravery . The heat arising from the volcano-like conflagration , was during the whole of the Friday morning so intense that it could be hardly borne at a considerable distance , and in addition to this the ait was loaned with smoke , sulphureous particles , and other exhalations from the burning materials , which pained the eyes excessively , and in many instances blinded the officers and men for a short period . Even those at the outskirts of the fire had occasionally to lave their eyes ; but the poor fellows who held the hose , and were in close proximity to the flaming piles , buffered dreadfully .
When Mr . M'Knight's shed fell in , and Luke Smith and John Martin lost their lives , the scene was most heart-rending . The two poor fellows were in the employ of Mr . M'Knight , and were most zsalous and active in their exertions to save his property . One of them , when Blnkintc in the flames , called out in agony for Mr . Whitty , who was near , to save him . Another , who was within Mr . W . ' s reach , stretched forth his bands for help , but , though an effort was mads to save him , which waa unsuccessful , from tbe fierceness of the flames , he too sank into the burning ruins . The bones which were yesterday dug out of the ruins of the abed , and which were comp l etely calcined , were doubtless those of these unfortunate men . Three others were at the same time disabled . -
We ought also to notice that through the great exertions of Mr . E . P . M-Kuight , who had a body of his workmen present , acting under his directions , there were saved , in good order , 3900 out ; of 4200 bags of rice , and the whole of the sugar from tbe Bland , which bad on the preceding day been stored in his premises . ¦ ¦ .. -.. There was at first great difficulty in obtaining men to work the engines ; but there was a still more pressing and fatal want experienced—that of an abundant and accessible supply of water . Vast as is the amount of property in that neighbourhood , there is not a main in Great Howard-street , and though the neighbouring docks were had recourse to , ths supply was insufficient during the whole of Friday and Saturday , and Sunday morning . Mr . Cunningham , surveyor of the Highway
Board , was sent down by Mv . Ashliu to open sewers , &c . This hia men did quic ' cly , and a good supply was obtained from the overflow from the canal . On Sunday , however , this was exhausted by the engines ; but in this emergency , Mr . Tatbaui , of the canal , kindly increased the overflow , and famished a further supply . Had it not been for these sewers , the want of water would have been still more seriously felt . At the breaking out of the fire , Mr . M'Fatizan thoughtfully recollected this overflow from the canal , aad caused an opening in the sewir to be made in Great Howardstreet , from which a supply for two engines was drawn . Different opinions prevail as to the origin of this disastrous flre . The more generally received statement ia
the ons given above ; but another account is , that , the flre was most probably communicated to Mr . Pouiatcm ' s shed by some flakes of burning Boot which fell from a chimney that was known to be on flre in Stewart-street , at about half-past ten on Thursday night , inspector Abraham , who visited T . Ir . Peniiton ' s works immodiately after the flre broke cut , made bis report to the Watch Committee on Friday . He couflrms the statement of Inspector Massty as to the first appearance of the fire ; but he is of opinion that it did not originate from the furnace under Mr . Pcniaton ' s builer . Hu gives it as his opinion , that it w , ; a either the woik of au incendiary or had been cau . sed by some largo flikes of burning soot from the cuiinaoy . ibove mentioned , which flakes were seen to drop inte Mr . Peniston ' syard .
The estimates ' of the loss vary from £ 435 , 000 , to £ 716 , 000 ; but we shoull think , as our previous statement will show , that the former is too low and the latter too hig h , Tne Albion says : — " We have received from an intelligent and accurate gentleman an ebtimate of the quantity of produce , destroyed , which , as it is drawn from sources likely to be correct , we are disposed to place more confidence in it than in any of the rumours which we have heard on and off 'Change . This estimate makes it appear , that 45 , 908 bales of cotton have been consumed . We also learn , from the same source , that thero were in the warehouses 250 casks of tallow , 2209 barrels and 800
sacks of flour , 60 tons of cod oil , 8500 barrels of turpentine ; addition unknown quantities of fljur , turpentine , and tallow ; besides India rubber , Indian corn , sperm oil , fustic , rice , sngar , and baTk . Amongst the cotten is a considerable quantity of Hen , Island , which Is very valuable . It is considered a low estimate to value the cotton at £ 3 per bale , all round . This will yield a loss , in that commodity alone , of . £ 362 . 264 . Ths loss in merchandise of other descriptions , with the smaller buildings , is taken to be about £ 95 , 000 . Add to this £ 32 , 000 for the warehouses , and we have an estimated total loss of £ 489 , 264 , or , in round nnmbers , of Half a Million !"
On Saturday , it was rumoured that a considerable number of persons , probably from twenty to thirty , were buried underneath the ruias of the fallen buildings , and it was suspected that amongst the number were some few of the fire brigade . Whatever may be th « case as toother individuals ( and we hope the calamity has been greatly exaggerated , as is not uncommon in such cases ) , it is n » w knovn that tbe unfortunate Hodaon is the only flre-poltc-offieer whoae life bos been lost On Sunday and yesterday , men were busily employed in clearing away the rubbish . In the shed belonging to Messrs . Horsley and Co . the labourers on Sunday
morning found on the ground a cotton hook and a penny . In clearing a little further , they found a quantity of calcined bones , wbicb had , donbtless , belonged to the owner of the hook and the penny . The state of these bones gave evidence ef how intense must have been the beat Not only has every particle of flesh been dissipated , but nothing save the earthy portion of the bones remains , and they are light as charcoaL The men cleared away more of the materials , and , in a short time , they found another cluster of bones similar to tbe lust , amongst which were several of the spinal ver-Usbisd , and aome ends of the humeral and femoral bones .
Fart of tbe merchandise consumed in the sheds in Neptune-street had been saved from tbe flre in Galtonstreet , only about two hundred yards to the south . The wounded men at the Northern Hospital were yesterday all doing extremely well . Black , whose skull was fractured , ia now considered to be out of danger .
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SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE FAMILIES OP THE MER Killed or Injured at the Fiee . —We are happy to hear that some benevolent gentlemen have determined to originate a subscription for the destitute wlvea and families of the unfortunate men who lost theli lives , or sustained serious injuries in the late disastrous fire . AU those who are dead perished whilst attemping to save the property of others , and of those who survive the Injuries whieb they received , some are disabled fox life , and most of them for a considerable time . The number of families and children left destitute by these sad events is very great ; , and they certainly nave ever / claim on the publls , both on the ground of their own necessities and misfortunes , and the courage and do . yotedness of their connections , now dead or disabled We hope that this subscription will be liberally sup . ported , and that every thing that is possible will be done to relieve the misery and tbe destitution of these unfortunate creatures , thus awfully deprived of their natural protectors .
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THE LATE INQUEST . Tbe inquest upon the body of the murdered outlaw , poor Lyons , the weaver , has been holden , and a coroner ' s jury of ) ur new middle class associates , as we might have anticipated , has returned a verdict of "JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE . " We do not arraign the finding upon any general feeling of suspicion , which we may justly entertain , when the privileged are tbe accused , aud the unrepresented tbe accusers , because it may follow that weavers as well as masters may be guilty of violence in resisting , while , to protect life , the homicide of an aggressor may be perfectly justifiable . In ninety cases in every hundred , however , where a poor man complains of any injustice done by one of the privileged order , the very fact of complaining is , " primd facie , " a proof of the charge ; inasmuch as the poor man's case must be strong indeed , when he seeks justice in hell , where the Devil is judge . As the
question now before us , however , rests not upon " prim a facie '' evidence , but upon the sworn testimony of several unimpeached witnesses for tho prosecution , corroborated in the material points by witnesses produced for the defence , —Lifa having been lost , MURDER , a foul MURDER , having been committed , —it becomes our duty to inquire whether or not justice has been done—whether or not the finding of the coroner ' s jury is calculated to give satisfaction , and to create a respect for the laws in the minds of those who are told that they are equally administered to tbe rich and tbe poor , the privileged and the unrepresented . We claim the calm attention of the reader , while we criticiso the evidence upon which our mHdle-olass friends returned a verdict of "Justifiable homicide . " The evidence of Sullivan , Caaaidy , 51 'Adam , and Maria Beckett , unshaken by cross-ex-amination , is plain , simple , and convincing , and would of itself establish the charge of murder againat the accused .
Beyond this , however , we have tbe opinion of the Coroner , after the evidence of these four witnesses waa given , and it runs thus : " That it had been pullt PROVED THE DECEASED HAD MET HIS DEATH FROM BLOWS , AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN INflicted by Thomas WRifftEYv" This observation was drawn from tho Coroner , in reply to tho solicitor for tho prosecution , who stated that he had euht or nine witnesses to prove that ihe deceased was perfectly quiet when struck by Wrigley ; a moat important fact ; and especially , provided the farce of trying T . Wrigley be repeated upon the Lancaster stage , before twelve performers of tbe order of masters . However , it becomes important , 83 we shall examine , firstly , the parties who were produced as witnesses for the man-killer . Old Morris , the flrrt witness , is , with his son , owner
of the premises , and be saw NO windows broken ; he found some broken when he returned , but he saw stones thrown when bis men ( that is , his engineer , carter , overseers , and body guard ) , who had'been previously armed , rushed upon the unoffending people . He wss the principal ; and it appears that he , unescorted , held parley with the MOB , and suffered no damage at their hands , —a strong proof that there existed no intention of doing him , or anybody else , any bodily harm . But Old Morris swears to stones being thrown . Another Morris , one with a scriptural name , Seth , the son of Enoch , what does he swear ? He saw all . He corroborates the other Harris , whoae evidence , with the exception of the stone-throwing , corroborates the testimony ofiba witnesses for the prosecution . What does he say about the stone-tbrowine ? " He eaid that HE
SAW NONE THROWN . " One James Boyle ia then brought up to corroborate one of the Morris ' s , aud to contradict the other , —thus destroying the whole defence so far . The case for the defence then commences again , and two girls , Anne Potter and Harriet Johnson , a wear that they saw Wrigley and others strike the deceased , but that Wrigley had been previously struck by the MOB . Mind , not by the deceased . Then one Digglea , a constable , aa a matter of course , is produced as a kind of finisher ; and what does be swear 1 Why , he deposed to previous attacks which had been made by other parties upon the mill of tho Morris's . Now such is the sum and substance of the evidence , —the whole case for the defence resting upon tbe evidence of the two girls , Potter aud Johnson , and which goes for little , and would go for leBs , had Mr . Taylor produced
his witnesses to prove that the MURDERED man was quiet and unoffending . But how doea the law stand i If a man is apprehensive of his life being fn danger , he Iras a perfect right to defend it , even at the hazird of depriving his assailant of life ; but so tender is it on such points , that it requires th 9 party attacked to use all subterfuges for his protection , by flight , capture of the offender , or otherwise , before a homicide can be justifiable . What , however , did Wrigley do ? Youug Morris , the acting manager , very properly gives instructions that the bands wera not to be allowed out , unless the doors were forced opsn Yet , in th 9 teeth of such order , Wrigley , one of the hands , and before any apprehension of further injury than the mere stopping ef the mill could have been reasonably
entertained—regardless of consequences , rushes out with a picked gang of bloodhounds , before , as Sath says , any stonea were thrown , knocks his victim down , beats him in . humanly while down , follows him again , knocks him down again and again , and then boasts that be has settled the b . Upon such evidence a jury of Englishmen return a verdict of "JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE , " instead of WILFUL MURDER , as it ought to have been . The case Is now filrly placed before the public ; and however parties m . iy look tamely on , while the owners of machinery are robbing , stripping , pillaging , starving , bullying , and ejecting Englishmen , women ,
and children , yet do we confidently hope that , in a country where nearly ten millions per annum is paid for civilisation , a COLD-BLOODED MURDER will not be allowed to pass as a necessary part of mammon ' s means for amassing treasure . Surely , the blood of the murdered , all poor and naked as he was , calls to Heaven for vengeance j and those who hear th 9 pixta commandment , "THOU SHALT DO NO MURDER , " and to which they respond , "The Lordhave mercy upon us undindine our hearts to keep this laiv ;"—suvtly , we say , those who so pray on Sunday , will not allo-v thuir eyes to be defiled by the sight of th 9 murdertd on their return from the sanctuary of the true Qod . — Evening Star .
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Grace Darling , the heroine of tho Fern Islands Lighthouse , died a few days ago . Tub Herring Fishery . — The herring fishing since our laso notice has been extraordinarily successful , and the herrings were consequently selling at a very iow price , cfcen at five a penny . At tho fishing grouuds they were bought by tbe curers and coupers at Is ., Is . 3 d ., and Is . 6 d . per hundred , and the price here ranged from Is . 6 d . to 23 . 6 d . Last weoK the moon changed , and , as was anticipated by the fishermen , the fishing fell off , and we are sorry Tfo say there is no better prospect this week . — tfreenock Observer .
At the Surrey Sessions-house , on Thursday , seven actions against the Earl of Uxbridge on account of several annuities , of sums varying from £ 60 to £ 239 , were tried . Mr . Jones stated that the annuities were due to persons , many of them in hum ? bio life , who had advanced money to the Earl on the faith of the annuities being punctually paid . "The Earl was heir to the Marqaisate of Auplesea , but had been called to the Upper House during the lifetime of his father ; a somewhat unusual course , which might leave a doubt upon the minds of the Jury whether the defendant had been so raised to the Peerage in order that , as a legislator , he might
benefit his country , or that ho might himself enjoy the privilege of freedom from arrest . At all events , tha plaintiffs would be prevented availing themselves of a remedy as against the person of the defendant ; and they feared that he had very little property . " The Marquis of Anglesea was examined . He stated that he believed that ho was the father of the Earl of Uxbrid ^ o . He could not say where tho Earl waa in 1838 : he had a house in Bruton-btreet , and the Marquis was told tha : he had taken a house ia Hertfordshire ; but as to what hi 3 establishment was he had not . the . slightest knowiedge . Verdicts were given for the sums claimed , with interest .
Extraordinary Suicide of a Man NiNETr-SEVEK Years op Agk . —An inquest was held last Friday evening , before Mr . Baker , at the Salmon and Ball , Bcthuall-grcen , oh the body of Mr . Joseph Fairer , aged 97 , who committed suicide as follows : —It appeared from tbe evidence taken that the deceased lattcriy , owiug to his advanced age , had given signs of derangement , and laboured und ^ r the delusion thattha Devil was after him . On Wednesday he tooK his dinner , and appeared in better spirits than nsual . He afterwards , according to his custom , went up stairs for tfee purpose of having a nap , and remaining longer than usual , one of his daughters went up to call him
. On reaching the room door , she found it locked mside , and after repeated calling , without receiving an answer , a ladder was procured , and aa entrance made by the window . On getting into the room , the deceased was found seated . in a chair ' quite dead , with his head leaning against the bed-post . A cord was round his neck , and also round the bedpost and chair , to the ex'reme end of whioh was fasteneda 141 b . weight . The weight had , after beiDS fastened to the rope , being thrown across the bedstead , thereby causing strangulation . He had alro closed the shutters before committing the act Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " Yfcr
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nF \ v Monele ? Pnblishes an order of the Minister oi war , granting a free passage on board the Government packets to persons proceeding to Algeria to set tie in the villages , twenty-two In number , about to be established by Geaeral Bugeaud . "it *^ Samuh J Brown , aged twenty-one , a clerk m the Montyorder-office of the General Post-office was indicted at the Central Criminal Court , for forging money-or-ers , purporting to be drawn in Sittingbourne , upon the Camberweil office , to the amount of j fcd 9 , 5 s . 5 d . The defence was insanity : Brown had been
absurdly ostentatious ; he had waked hia sister at n : ght to aekheru he was not beautiful ; had dressed in uniform , and signed himself " Colonel Jameb Samuel Brown" ; had pestered a friend with consultations about marrying a countess ; had plunged his hand into boiling lead , saying that it wonld not hurt him ; and had committed other absurdities . About twelve years ago he received an injury from an accidental blow with a brick , and he had been subject to fits . Medical evidence placed his insanity bevond a doubt ; so be waa acquitted , bnt ordered to be detamed ia custody during the pleasure of the Oown .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1181/page/6/
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