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Hales Owen , the grand-children are worth thousands a JOT . Mind , feUow-conntrnnen , we do not find feult with the men who made theas fortunes ; so long as the System lasted they had a right to make the best of it , and had not Ay done- so some other persons would , so that to jou the event would hare heen the ' -same . ' But what we do blame these as fob is , -IHEIB KCMSAST IFFOBTS TO EFFECT A 1 EMPOBABT BEITON of the execbable ststEM ; we say a temporary return , for it is not in the nature of things , that a state of society which directly tends to lower the condition of ¦ toe great hulk of the population below that of brute beasts , can he other than transient If AttmowPs paper tthtme succeed , you vffl find a sudden impulse gitento pro-Auct ion , the fate of fte eotojtrji trill experience a hectic flush of vrotptrity , bnt the flush will be like that of a
consumptive man , indicating not health , but the rapid progress of deny . The workmen of Birmingham would , doubtless , be more generally employed than they are now ; but , bezitesihat tftrir toojmhwuW ivaieep paceioffli the rapid rise CfpriciS , *¦ FAE GBEATER SYtt WOULD AWAIT THEM HEBEATTEB . That et& would ot the incubus of anew aristocracy , which would spring iip , like funguses , out of AttmoaVt X& 69 . —[ James iBronterre O'Brien , w » the Poor Han's Guardian , >' ov . 1 0 th , 1832 , before U btwme the advocate for ifc perpetuation « nrf great " expansion" of thai "ewewHe qptonfahich laid "flie / oundoSon of tears and slavery for fkC nation at large . " } Come , now , Mr . Schoolmaster , we get along with CUT proofs pretty -well—don't we ? We do not yet find much evidence of your having " never advocated a ineteHfc in preference to a paper currency
since you were born . This ia not very apparent , asi yet' If it had been your intention to uphold the paper system , and decry the metallic one , you have been singularly unfortunate . Isever poor author more so ! We hare sought for evidence of the assertion , that "Mr . O'Bmev has always professed and advocated the Currency doctrine of Robebt Owes ; " and we hare been unable to find it . Inhere ctoet it exist ? Not in the Poor Man ' s Guardian ; not in the Twopenn y Dispatch ; not in any of Mr . O'BiUEif ' a publications of the time when , that Currency doctrine was openly advocated by Mr . Owen , and attempted in practice . Nowhere have we been able to lay hands on any such " profession , " on such "advocacv : " but we have found much to the contrary .
Thcprmfs that we haveadduced bear date , aa will be observed , 1 S 32 . We shall next give one of 1837 . So late as that year , our "friend" "INFINITELY PREPERRED"ametatfcio upaper currency . At all events , if he did sot , there is no meaning in words . In reference to the life-and-death struggle of the American Democracy against flieli ? "PAPERMONEY MONSTER , " and in favour of " metallic money , " the present advocate of a " Government legal-tender-Paper Money" said : —
In proportion to the food produced in any country will be the power of that country to employ manufacturing and even non-productive labourers , and thereby to surxound itself with those luxuries and artistical products which distinguish the civilised from the savage man , and which , next to good moral and intellectual training , constitute the grand charm of existence . It is not gold and silver , KOB TEt bank soks , at the paper-money schemeri uoulihate usbdieve , that hare given the prodigious impulse we have witnessed , to improvements in America . It is the abundance of food produced by its agricultural population , that enables so greata number to be employed in constructing canals , bridges , railroads , ic . The
surplus of agricultural produce is the real capital which sets the artisans and handicraftsmen to work , and covers the States with those embellishments and stupendous works of art which astound the European traveller . Am . that the BAHE-5 OTE schehehs no , is ia such togetlier and conccntralttiic-meant of subsistence / or non-agricultural labourers in particular district ? , mi ffietl OKCUfc ¥ OJ . THEHL OWN rcarosEs those works aUuded to , which the people ( if intelligent and united ) could do better and more profitably &r themselves . WithVieir FICTITIOUS PAPER CAPITAL fhey eaalnve to wheebie the farmer out of Ms pro-< fow , which they re-distribute again ( at large profits ) in their respective localities ; and had it not been for General Jackson , they would have , ere this , got hold of all the land as well as of its produce . They had gone a great
way in buying up the demesnes of the republic with their BAG MOSEY ; they were buying , or rather swindling it in lots of a million , and half a million of acres at a time ; tut the veteran president interfered and tola the scoundrels that they should have no more laud "WITHOUT PAYING HARD CASH !!! This circumstance , together with the removal of the Government deposits from the United States Bank , has probably saved America ( for the present at least ); but there will be no real security for the Americans , more than for us , till the MONEY MOXSTER is effectually felled in the state governments , as well as in the general government , and placed for ever under the feet of the productive and democratic interests . —^{ James BronUrre O'Brien , in the national Reformer , Jan . 7 th , 1 S 37 , before he took pay for "aduocatinfa "Jietit » u » paper capitol . " ]
There that is pretty good from a man that has always opposed metallic money , and always pleaded for paper ! The demand of President Iackso-v , ihat the purchasers of the public lands should pay in HARD CASH , saved America I Aye , and so itdid But this is a strange fact to be told by a man Yflio was always against habd cash ! If HARD CASH PAYMENTS " saved America from the evils and dangers brought on that people by the bank-note schemers , pray how does it happen that WE are to
le " saved ! ' by the most "expansive" system of bank-note scheming that the world ever saw ? Pray how does this come about ? If bank-note 3 are good for us—why not for the Americans ! Do they not perform the same function here as there ? Thetruth is , &ey do . The truth is , also , that rAFER-MOXET had nearly upset the Republic of the West ; that General Jacksox " saved" the States from utter ruin by Ms choking off the " MONEY-MONSTER - , " that America has recovered the shock that the failure of the bank-note issuers inflicted on ail the productive interests of the country ; that the people have had more than enough of paper-money and the paper-money schemers ; that they have returned President Polk in the
teeth of the efforts—the influence , the intimidations , and the purchasings of the RAG-MONEY dealers ; that he goes into office holding General Jacksox ' s views on the question of money ; and that he is determined to carry them into full practice , iis Jkttage , just arrived in England , sufficiently bespeaks . The portion of itw « give in another place , under the head "Banks and Debts , " ought to make every European blush to the ears at the contrast the new Republic affords to their systems of Government and finance . Let the reader look well at that portion of the President ' s J&ssage ; and then let him say what he thinks of the affects of paying in hard cash !
And now our task is just ended—our proofs are complete . " We have more tb . au proved that the " sdioohnaster'" formerly " taught" directly the opposite to what he is teaching now ! We have done this by adducing jucte . We have not indulged in abuse . We have net heaped together a mass of filthy "vituperation . We have not cooked up old epitaphs . We have gone to " the book and the testimony , " and " out of Hani own ir . oiitfi ivc have coxdemsed thee !" This article is intended to answer a double purpose . It is intended not only as an expod of the '" " teacher" who figures so unenviablv in it , but also
aaanaiificerto the party who are endeavouring to enlist the support of the working-people i . n aid of an infernal paper scheme . The effects of au Expansive Currency , such as U now desired , arc herein fully detailed : and those who are ambitious to experience the devastating and ruinous effects , had better seek to " establish" the cause . For ourselves , ive are inclined to say " we have had enough of that dose ; " and , with our "former friend , " "INFIK 1 TELY PREFER Gobbett ' s scheme , " because " it 19 beyond all eomparison the best for the working classes . "
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B . Humphbies , KV > TTH « 5 HAar , desires us "to say that the £ 4 was from the Framework-knitters of Harwich ; and that he begs to return thankg on behalf of the Framework-knitters generally . Bsnjamin Socthwobth , Boenlet . —Thankg for his kind note . The line of conduct towardi the apostate advocate of the " execrable system of paper-money" which he shadews forth , we had fully determined to pursue . So provocation thall induce us to lose sight of the real question , and indulge either in giving or replying to mere personal abuse . The question itBelf is all-impor tant . If our side of it cannot be maintained by argument and fact , we will give up the controversy . Those who have neither trill seek to cover their weakness by a : dost on personal matters . But even this course will feiL
Geokge Booth , Hyde . —The " reports" in question were long printed documents . Our space is valuable . "We saw th * t the reports could easily be sent to each colliery , and thus let each wan know that his money was duly applied to thepurpose for which he had subscribed It—while we could fill the'Star with matter more interesting to the Trades generally . Wm . Thompson , Gatesheap , writes as follows : —I have a a brother , whose name is Daniel Thompson , that neither me aor any of the family hare heard of this ye&r and a half . Veheheve he Ib somewhere in the southern part lot the county of Durham ; and I know he teas a reader of the Star , and I think he will be a reader yet . If you will , be so good as to let him know in your notices to correspondents , that if he wants to know anything of his friendf , he must correspond with me at Primroseterrace , Gateshead low Fell .
Pibties sending post-office orders , or cash , u > this office , ought to be careful to write something in their letters , so that we can tell who sends them , and what they intend us to do with the money . - We have four or five agents who never vmte a ward mote than the address of this office on the outside of the orders . "We are partial to short letters , when on matters of buiiness ; but these are rather too short . If those who send mil only sign their names , it is all we ask ; and , if they will not do that , they must expect that the cash will sometimes be credited to the wrong , agents . To correct sucli « rrors afterwards takes much time in writing
for ali particulars , besides the risk of the person sending the money losing it altogether . From a recent alteration in the post-office order department , it is impossible to ascertain the name of the person sending , without writing to the postroffice where the order was first obtained , or to the general office . Several of our agents are stall determined not to seud their orders payable at 180 , Strand . "We have this week received orders payable at the General Post-offlce from Hnlton , Preston ; Arthur , Carlisle-, and Clark , Birmingham If they would but ask to have their orders made payable at 130 , Strand , they would oblige .
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Case of Alleged Muhdeb , and Suicide of the Supposed Murderer . —( From the Derby Mereury . y-Jn our last paper we briefly stated that Jo « seph Hawkslev , farmer , of WMttington , a village two miles north of Chesterfield , was apprehended at Sheffield by C . Cotterill , one of the constables of Chesterfield , and John Savior , constable of Whitting ion , on suspicion of having murdered Mrs . Green , at the latter place , on Thursday , the 13 th inst . Mrs . Green was discovered dying by the neighbours , On the arrival of tke prisoner in Chesterfield , he was brought up before E . G . Maynard , Esq . The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday last . On Wednesday morning , at ten o'clock , the prisoner was brought up accordingly at the Borough Court , before
E . G . Mavnardand John Jleynell , Esqrs . The examination was private . Mr . G . Cressy Hall , of Alfreton , conducted the case against the prisoner , who was undefended . A number of witnesses were examined , whose testimony made out a case of grave suspicion against , the prisoner . After a hearing ( yrbictt lasted four Loturs ) the prisoner iras remanded till Monday last , to afford time for further inquiries , We now supply full particulars , so far as they have transpired in evidence . —The deceased , a Mrs . Elizabeth Green , was a widow , aged 48 , who resided in a farm-house , situated about ike centre of the straggling village of WMttington , and close to the separation of the old roads leading from Chesterfield to Eckineton and Sheffield respectively . About twelve
months age the son-in-law of the deceased , Joseph Hawksley , came to live in a part of the house which was partitioned off . Hawksley having neglected to pay his rent , quarrels arose between him and the deceased . The former was heard to threaten her , and she was subsequently found with her throat cut , and died of the wound , which had been inflicted by a razor . —From an examination of the premises it app ears that the deceased had been cleaning the hearth , as a pancheon full of dirty water was standing on the right side of the fire-place . The front of the hearth was clean , and one of the stones of the floor was wet , a rubbing stone lying upon iti Between these and a carpet there were several large drops of blood , and a razor lying close beside them . The false curls worn
by the deceased lay at some little distance , and a piece of ribbon , spotted with blood , and similar to thai upon Ler cap , was also found on the floor . Blood was traced to the back door , on which there were a number of spots of blood , and also marks of five bloody fingers ^ The key and the bolts were also marked in a like manner The drops of blood were traced down the causeway across the grass-plot to the gate , on which there is a mark as though a bloody liand had been laid upon it . Mr . Boddington , surgeon , arrived at the spot about a quarter-past ten o ' clock on the morning in question ; but Mrs . Green had ceased to exist some time before Msjarrival . At the dose of a long hearing before the magistrates , the prisoner was committed to take his
trial for murder . The examination terminated at fcur o ' clock , shortly after which the prisoner was taken back to the prison . At six o ' clock he was seen alive , and aa usual , by the wife of the keeper , but at a quarter to seven , onMr . Hollingworth ( the keeper ) entering the cell , he found him hanging by his neckcloth to one of the hingea of the door . He was immediately cut down , but life proved to be extinct . An inquest is to beheld on his body to-day ( Wednesday ) . At the close of the examination the prisoner had declined to make any defence , but requested the magistrates to couic down to the prison on the follow ing evening , when , said he , "I will tell yoa all about it , and prove that I am innocent . " It is now tvident that this request was a mere feint to divert attention fromliis purpose .
Sebious Fire sear Maxchesteb-so , 1 ; ARe . —On Wednesday afternoon , shortly before four o ' clock , a fire , attended with very serious consequences , broke out at No . 20 , Henrietta-street , Manchester-square , occupied bv seven or eight families . The names originated In the first floov front , tenanted by Mr . diaries Gross . It appears that the discovery was made by a female who was in an adjoining room through hearing a loud cracking neise , evidently proceeding from burning wood . An alarm having been raised , some parties rushed up stairs and burst open the room door , the most imprudent course that could have been adopted . The five engines soon arrived . Whilst the firemen were working with the hose of the engine up the staircase , a cry was raised that an elderly female , named Phillips , was in the second floor front . After considerable trouble
Mr . Pogo forced his way up stairs , and upon entering the apartment in question he found the place filled with smoke , and upon the bed an aged female , who was lying quite insensible . He immediately took her up in Uis amis , and with assistance earned her down stairs , and having placed her in a cab , had her conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where she was attended to by several surgeons , and it is hoped that she inn ? eventually recover . The building , from the first floor upwards , with the contents , was consumed . Disgusting Siort . — The Coiutitutionnel relates the following horrible instance of delusion : — "A young elv } of the department of the Charente-InierieurVbeini ; subject to epileptic fits , was some time back taken bv some of her friends to a quack doctor ,
who , after having examined her condition , ordered her to take for forty-eight days , morning and evening , a dose of a Christian's head . The same evening the brother-in-law of the girl repaired to the graveditrger of the place , and by means of a sum of money gained him over to his side . They proceeded to the churchyard with a lantern ami pickaxe , and openei the grave of a young woman who had been buried five days More . " They cut off the head , which , witlx its long hair , they placed in a basket . The brother in-law took it with Mm home , where a fresh operation was proceeded to . The oven was heated , and near the bread was Introduced a dish , on which was placed the Lead . It was left there until it became carbonized . It was then reduced to powder , and for forty-eight days the epileptic patient was forced to wallow graduated doses ot this horrible matter . '
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MANSION HOUSE . Steawto TEA . —Tkomas Slianvood was charged with stealing two parcels of tea , from a truck in the public streets . —Win . Lancaster deposed , that lie was a porter in the employ of Messrs . Russell and Co ., grocers , Union-street , Borough ; that he was sent on Thursday last to deliver goods to some coffee-house keepers in the neighbourhood of Houndsditch ; and that the prisoner proffered his services to mind the truck whilst lie delivered a parcel . Joseph Punster , a clerk , deposed to ' witnessing the prisoner take the two parcels of tea from the truck , but took no notice of it , thinking they were Ms own . —Policeman 651 , deposed to seeing the prisoner walking up Houndsditch , with the two parcels of tea under his arm . Hearing the cry of " Stop thief , " he went in pursuit , and when he within
got six yards of the prisoner , lie dropped the tea , and was stopped by a man and given into his custody ; the parcels weighed six pounds each . Mr . Rxissell wished the Mayor to deal summarily with the case ; but his Lordship refused compliance , and remanded the prisoner until Wednesday next . Miseries of the Poor . —A poor miseraWelooking old man was charged with being in illegal possession of a pair of fire tongs . Policeman 530 , said he wag on duty in tlic Minories on Thursday last , and saw the old man come along with the tongs partly concealed beneath Ms coat . He asked him where he had got them , when the prisoner said , " at home—he had been possessed of them a great many years . " Not being satisfied with Ms statement , he took him into custody . On searching him lie found » small tin box full of pawnbrokers' duplicates , re *
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i ! T JV ' eamga PP are 1 ' flat irous ' &c- i somethings pledged for sums as low as 4 Jd . The whole tickets STSff $ 31 s .-Michael Putney , au intelligent boy , said hel pe d n , Bailway-place , Fenchureh-street ; and-Mi . it on the day in question he was left in charge ol the counting-house belonging to Mr . Gasking . Herecoemsedthe tongs now produced as the property of his employer . He had seen the prisoner just betore he crossed the street on an errand . —The old man , m his defence , said , he was a shoemaker bv trade ; he had worked in London for thirty yeara past j had long been out of employ ; his poor wife had been laid up ill a long time ; he was nearly driven to distraction , having parted with everything he posseted ; he had never been iu trouble before ; could not > r the . hie and aoul of Mm tell how he became possessed ot tne tonga , and hoped Ms lordship would have mercy on a poor , distracted , helpless old man — Thecase exwted the greatest commiseration in the Court . —rhe Lord Mayor remanded him . until "Wednesdaynext .
Picking Pockets o . v London-Bridge . —Two lads , of the respective ages of sixteen and eighteen years , were charged by ; lsaa . c Newton with picking a gentleman' « pocket of a silk handkerchief . James Lagg said that he was going over London-bridge about two o clock on Thursday last , when he saw the younger prisoner take the handkerchief , out of the pocket of the gentleman , and pass it to the elder prisoner .--Christopher M'Carthy gave evidence to the ! hke effect , —Policeman 531 assisted in taking the prisoners into custody , and on the elder one he found the handkerchief stolen from the gentleman , and another silk handkercMef . The younger prisoner made a most ingenious defence , casting doubt and suspicion on the evidence giren by the two witnesses . They were nevertheless committed for trial .
QUEEN-SQUARE . ; Saturday . —A Landlady ' s FANCY-MAN ' , DRUNK . AND Disorderly . — William Currie , a smartly-dressed young fellow , was charged by Mr . Wm . Spooner , the landlord of a public-house in Chester-street , Westminster , with forcing hiniself into a sleeping apartment on his premises , and also with improper conduct while ; there . —Mr . Spooner said that on Thursday evening he went up stairs about twelve o ' clock , with the intention of going to Led . While up stairs lie heard a noise below , as of a heavy body falling . He went down stairs to see what it was , and found the defendant in . the back parlour ( which was used as . a Bedroom ) , very much intoxicated , and in the act of joiner to ' bed . The room was occum ' ed bv Mrs .
Stewart , who had formerly been the landlady of the house . The complainant ordered him out several times , but he refused to go , and said he had as much right to be there as lie ( the complainant ) had , as Mrs . Stewart was the landlady of the house , and he was her lodger . A policeman was then called in , and he was given into charge . The pelice-eonstable who took the defendant into custody , deposed to his finding defendant in the room as described , but that Mrs . Stewart admitted to witness that she had opened the door after the defendant had repeatedly knocked , because she knew him , and wished to take care of him , as he was drunk . Mr . Bond inquired who this Mrs . Stewart was . —Thei complainant informed the magistrate that she was a short time ago the landlady of the house , and that' the defendant was kept by her . Beiner involved in difficulties , he ( the
complainant ) stepped forward and relieved her , he tailing the house into his own hands , allowing her at the same timeto remain in the house , and occupy the parlour in which the defendant was found . This arrangement was made on condition that she discarded her paramour . This had not been done ; for he was always coming and creating an annoyance . But a few weeks ago he had him fined £ 3 fov an assault : still , notwithstanding , he was plaguedin the manner described . Mr . Bond intimated that he could give no redress in the present instance . The onl y way of getting rid of the 11 defendant was io get nd . of Mrs . Stewart . While she was allowed to occupy a room , in the house , she had a right to admit whom she pleased , drunk or sober . The case was then dismissed , the complainant saying he should give Mrs . Stewart notice to quit .
BOW-STEEET . ' Saturdav ; . —Attempted Suicide ^—W . Townley , a youth in the garb of a sailor , was placed in the dock on the charge of attempting to commit suicide . —Inspector Townley , of the Thames , police force , said that the young man was his nephew , and was engaged to go in a ship to Van pieman ' s Land as second mate . The . previous evening he got drunk , as the ship was about to leave port . Witness saw him on board the ship , and was in the act of bidding him good bye , when the defendant threw-himself suddenly into the river . On his rising and swimming on the surface , he drew out a knife and threatened to cut his throat . A constable at hand rescued Mm from his perilous situation , and he was taken into custody . Witness believed that the defendant was now heartily ashamed of his conduct . If the magistrate would dismiss the case , lie ( the witness ) would take care to see him safe on board the ship , which was about to
sail that day . —Mr . fwyford consented , and th © young man was handed over to the care of his uncle . Wednesday ^—Attempting to Commit Stjicibe . — An elderly man named John Knight , who seemed in a weakly ; state of health , was placed at the bar , before Mr . T \ fyford , charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river . Capt . Reynolds , of the steam-boat Laurel , stated that on Friday last he picked up the defendant between the Surrey-stairs and Strand-lane , in a state of insensibility , and , having called a-policeman , : he was conveyed to the Spotted Dog public-house , in the Strand . There were several persons who witnessed the occurrence , by whom he was informed that he had jumped overboard' from one of the "barges moored alongside . The defendant said he was very sorry , and expressed a wish * -as he felt very ill , to be sent back to the hospital . Mr . Twyford directed him to be conveyed to the ' Strand union workhouse , where he could remain until he was perfectly recovered .
marlborough street . Saturday , —Uproarious Ninths of , the . Pave . — Two flashy-dressed prostitutes , named respectively Elizabeth Smith and Lucy Wright , were brought up before Mr . Hardwick this morning , charged with being drunk and disorderly in Regent-street . —A police constable of the C division stated , that while on duty at the Quadrant that morning , about three o ' clock , he heard a great noise ,. which proceeded from a ^ group in the street . On going up lv « found it consisted of a party of prostitutes and gentlemen dancing , and . shouting , and singing in the street together . He desired them to disperse , when all did
so at once except the defendants . They remained behind , and cursed and swore in a dreadful manner , setting the constable at defiance . The more he desired them to be off the more obstinate they grew , and at last they began a regular whoop in the " Indian war style , accompanied it witlx dancing and a running accompaniment of indecent ejaculations and disgusting oaths . The constable finding them incorrigible , took them into custody . They seemed , when before the court this morning , and sobered down by a night ' s lodging in the station-house , as miserable and woegone-looking objects as could well be conceived . They were each fined 5 s ., which was . paid , and they were discharged .
GUILDHALL . Saturday . — Obtaining Goods Under False ? rktexces . — A man , somewhat advanced in years named William Boggis , residing in Wharton-street , Clerkenwell , was placed at the bar on the Mowing charges . According to the evidence the prisoner had for several years been employed by Messrs . Coupev and Co ., of St . Paul's-churchyard , in the capacity oi a ' warehouseman ; during which period he had been in the practice of transacting business , Oil behalf ol his employers , with Messrs . ltanken and Co ., wholesale drapers , in the City . On Thursday last the prisoner went to Messrs . Kanken , aiid ordered eighteen damageable-cloths , which he took away with him , the invoice being delivered to him along with the goods . Immediately on his leaving the premises the clerk discovered that an error had ' hieii made in the
account . He ¦ therefore at once wrote out a new invoice , and dispatcliett it by a messenger to Messrs . Coupev ' s . The messenger gave the invoice to one of the firm , Mi . Nash , who seemed much surprised , and sent a note back with the information that no such goods h ' ad been ordered . This caused an inquiry to be made , when it was discovered that the prisoner had sold the table-cloths to Mr . Andrew Kidd , draper , Tottenham-court-road , for £ 118 s ., the original cost for which the invoice was made out was £ 5 108 . Mr . Kidd admitted having purchased the goods , and said the prisoner , when he offered them for sale , intimated they belonged to a Meiul of lils m Essex . Mr . Kidd further admitted having been in the habit of dealing this way for some time with the prisoner , but that all his transactions had been open and fair . Alderman Fail-brother , after commenting rather severely on the fair dealing of buying goods for £ 1 18 s . worth £ 5 10 s ., remanded the case for a week , in order that full inquiries niiclit be made . ¦
WORSHIP-STREET . Thursday . —Attempt to Mukder . —Hayward , the warrant officer , made a communication to Mr . Bingliani , relative to a poor woman , named Ann Brick who is now lying in a dangerous state in St . Bartho ' - loinew ' s Hospital , from a frightful wound in her head inflicted with a chopper , by her husband , a journeyman bricklayer , now under remand at this court on the charge of attempting to murder her . —The prisoner was placed at the bar on Tuesday evening , just before the rising of the court . -Serjeant Ellis stated that iie ; nad ascertained from the neighbours that the had been
prisoner constantly drunk for several days , aim that on the morning in question he had ordered his wife to take , off her wedding ring , that he might pledge it to m-ocure more liquor . On her refusing to do as desired ; , the prisoner loaded her with' abuse , and endeavoured to break open a box in which she kept her clothes , when a struggle ensued between them , in the course ot which the prisoner felled her to the ground with the chopper , and afterwards dragged her down staire , and flung her into'the street , where- she was found by the policeman . Mr . Bingham ordered tlic prisoner to be remanded . The officer , Hayward
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ow reported to the magistrate that he had seen Mr . Moore , the house-surgeon at the hospital , who had requested him to state that although the woman continued in a higlily dangerous condition , he did not consider the case so extremely urgent as to require the attendance of the magistrate for the above purpose ; but if any unfavourable change took place , timely notice to that effect should be forwarded to the court . Wednesday . —Ruffianly . Assium . —David Herbert and William Carter ,- two ill-looking young fellows , were placed at the bar , before Mr . Broughton , the sitting magistrate , upon-a charge of assaulting Mr . Samuel Phillips , a young man who is a clerk in the Bank of England . The complainant appeared before the magistrate with his head bandaged and his face much contused and swollen . The evidence was to the effect , that after leaving the Bank on
Tuesday afternoon , he was crossing tile SkCptvevdess field , on his way home , when he saw the prisoners and another pulling about in a very indecent manner some young females , who threatened to give them in ohaige to fclie police , The complaint spoke to the ruffians , who then desisted from their molestation of the females , but began pelting him with stones , one of which struck him on the back . He returned , and laid hold of one of the prisoners , and a violent struggle took place , but he was surrounded by the whole party , | and in the course of the struggle received the injuries now apparent upon his person . One of the mtnesses , who went to hia assistance , was al 9 o knocked down and kicked . Mr . Broughton , after commenting severely upon the ruffianism exhibited by the prisoners and their companions , sentenced Carter to 20 s . fine , Oivaix weeks' imprisonment ; and Herbert to 10 s ., or U days , and being unable to pay the fines they were conveyed to prison to undergo the discipline of the tread-mill .
SOUTHWARD Satuhdat . —PtfBtrc-noi / SE Robbkrt . —Luke Richardson was charged by Michael Looney , a bricklayer ' s labourer , with ; stealing 14 s . out of his pocket on the previous evening , while drinking in the Rose and Lamb--public-house , Redeross-street , Borough . The prisoner denied the chargei on which the prosecutor intimated that two of his friends saw him take the-money , but that they could not attend tliat morning to prove it . The case wag in consequence postponed , in order to ensure the attendance of those witnesses .
Saturday . —Precocious Cbimi . vauiv . - < . A little urchin not more than ten years of age , was charged with attempting to steal a pair of boots from a shoemaker ' s shop in Spafields . The boy was one of a regular gang of juvenile thieves , and had been loitering about the shop window on Thursday evening , before lie attempted the felony . At last , when he thought no one was looking , he thrust his fist through a broken pano of glass and seized a pair of boots . The proprietor immediately recognised it , ran out , and took hold of urn just as he had managed to extricate the boots . The boy , in answer to a question from the magistrate , stated , that a bigger boy than himself , of the name of Reid , who lived in Hunter-street , had . instigated him to steal the boots . Mr . Cottenhani said it , was
evident the boy had been inveigled by a set of thieves older than himself , and was in the course of being ruined . The case was then remanded , to allow of inquiry being made about the parents of the boy ; and also that the other boy , who instigated him , might betaken into custody . MoNDAT . — RoBBERr . —William Ehgliss , a welldressed man , was brought before Mr . Trail charged with being concerned with others , not in custody , in committing several . ' robberies in the district of this court . The whole of the property , alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner , on this side of the water , was produced and identified by the different owners , and evidence having been also adduced that the prisoner had , for some length of time , connected himself with a very daring gang of thieve 3 , he was committed . '
Tuesday . —TnE Swell Mob . —John Clarke , a fashionably dressed young man , but who was described as belonging to the swell mob , was brought before Mr . Trau , charged with a robbery , attended wiili violence , on the person of Mr . William Cresstbrd , an officer in the navy ; The complainant stated that on the preceding day he went to visit some of his Mends on the Soutkwark side of the water , and that on Ids return in the evening , between eight and nine o ' clock , lie went into a tavern neat the Borough-market . He had some spirits and water , and when lie quitted the house he was followed by one of the three men who were at the bar drinking , in the direction of Wincheater-street , who invited , him to return back to the tavern and take some wine with , him and his
friends . The complainant , however , had scarcely time to give an answer , when he received a blow on the breast , and on falling his assailant snatched his watch from his pocket , the guard chain of which was broken in the act . The complainant got up and ran after the robber , at the same time calling out , " Stop thief , " but the latter got out of sight . In a few minutes , however , the prisoner was brought up to him by a policeman , and he immediately identified him as the man by whom he had been assaulted and robbed . —Folice Serjeant Moor , of the M division , stated that he heard the cry of " Stop thief , " and saw the prisoner running down "Winchester-street .
tiestoopecirum , antttoofc ma prisoner back to the complainant . The prisoner submitted to be searched , declaring his innocence , and nothing was found in his possession but some money belonging to himself . — Eliza Madder stated that she saw the prisoner in the custody of the pollce-serjeant , and ' aai she ; walked after liim she distinctly saw the prisoner in passing some , rubbish move one of his arms , " as if throwing sometliing ' fr pp him . Upon ' seeing this , the witness retu ' rhed to '; 'tho spot , . and discovered-a valuable watch and guard-chain . She proceeded . at once to ; he station-house , where they were immediately identified by the owner . The prisoner was then committed . ¦ ....-.
LAMBETH . Mo . vday . —The > Late Poisoning Case at CambebwelXi . —After the other charges had been disposed of , George May , the shopman . . and-confidential servant of the late Mr . Montague , grocer , at Camberweli ; who , as well as'liis wife , had been poisoned on the 11 th of last month , surrendered to his bail to undergo his final examination before . Mr . Henry on a charge of embezzlement and forgery . . The evidence of twoor three witnesses was heard , after which Mr . Henry said , he should leave the case to be submitted to the grand jury , if the prosecuting , party = should 'think wotoy to
send a bill of indictment before them . For his own part , he did not think the case sufficiently made out or strong to send it before a petty jury . It was his duty not to send a case for trial unless he saw some reasonable grounds for a conviction ; and as he did not see any chance of a conviction in the present case , and as it was , in fact , doubtful whether a , judge would Jiaye let the case go to a jury at all , he should discharge the prisoner . The prisoner , on leaving the dock , was joined by a number of friends who had previously thronged the court , and , who upon Jearning the determination of the magistrate , gave way to some exultation ,
CLERKENWELL . Moxday . —Darjsc Act of SnoriiFTixG . —Thomas May , who described himself as a milkman , ' was charged > ritJi shoplifting and a violeut assault . It appeared from the evidence that Mr . Stanbury , a tobacconist , residing in Goswcll-street , was sitting in a parlour adjoining his shop , on Sunday evening , when , on hearing a noise , he saw the prisoner deliberately filling his pockets with cigars from the-window . Mr . Stanbury went into the shop and said to the prisoner , " You are helping yourself . " The prisoner , who still continued cramming the capacious
pockets of his velvet shooting coat , coolly replied , " Yes , I am helping myself ; as I can find no one else to help me . " The prosecutor seized him . The prisoner offered a sum of money for his liberation , which the prosecutor declined ; upon which the prisoner , a robust , powerful young man , attacked Mr . Stanbury with great violence , and had not Serjeant Archer , S G , attracted by the noise of the straggle , rushed in , lie would have escaped . The prisoner , who has been heretofore convicted , on this occasion left his milkcaii outside the doo » as a blind , " which Archer said was an old trick . Committed for trial .
THAMES . Tuesday . — Darisg Robbery . —William Copsey . described as a labourer , of 3 G , Brook-street , Ratcliff , was brought before Mr . Broderip , on a charge of assaulting George Bradshaw , an engineer , on the Queen's highway , putting him in fear , and stealing irom his person twenty-five sovereigns . —Tlic prosecutor , who is a powerful man , stated that he resided at 31 , George-street , Stepney ; and on Monday nMt went into the Queen Caroline , Brook-street , when he first saw the prisoner , who claimed acquaintance with him . Witness paid for two-pennyworth of gin with a sovereign , which he took from a purse containing thirty-seven , and the silver he received in change he put in his pocket and then walked towards his home , close by . The prisoner followed him into George-street , " and as they were passing under one oi' the arches of the railway the prisoner suddenly laid hold of him bv the collar and struck mm
several blows on the head , and threw him down . They then had a desperate fight , when the prisoner broke loose . land ran about 200 or 300 yards . He missed his purse containing his gold , and tlieti pursued the prisoner , and on catching him Jie had the puvse in his hand . Another fierce contest took place , the prisoner striking him in the face , and witness frequently throwing the prisoner on his back . At length , when down , -witness took the purse from the prisoner , believing at the time that it contained all his money ; but when ho reached home lie ' found that twenty-five sovereigns had been extracted , and he had also missed Ms handkerchief . He was struggling with the prisoner for fifteen minutes , calling for the police all the time , but none camc . _ A number ol persons came out of a public-house in Brookstreet , and ' rescued the prisoner , inflicting severs blows on him in tlie act . —Remanded tor a week .
WANDS WORTH . Fbidat . —Wholesale Robbery . —On Thursday Edward Kaughton , a bricklayer ' s labourer , was charged , before Mr . Clive , with stealing a cart loud of timber , the property of several builders who avc erecting ho sesnat
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Battersea . The prisoner was seen , on Saturday jrorning last , to go into an unfinished house in the Bridge-roaa , with an empty basket , and come out with it filled with chips and a piece of quartering under his arm . In the course of . the ensuing " week the prisoner ' s master , aMr . Heather , a builder , was matte acquainted With the cir « cumstance , and taxed the prisoner with the theft . The latter denied it , and demanded what wages were due to him , declaring he would stay no longer where his oharacterivas suspected . The master refused . to pay him , and the prisoner had the effrontery to come'to this court on Wednesday last and obtain' a summons'for the non-payment of his wages . Mr . Heather , who was sub-contractor to Mr . Featherstone , a builder in the Borough , informed the owner of the property f what had occurred , and . he ordered the prisoner into custody for . stealing . the quartering . The prisoner , When apprehended , declared the charge had been got
up to do Mn \ out of his wages , and at the first blush such an accusation was colourable . The prosecutor , howler , put in bail to answer for his proving his charge ; and pohce-constable Daly , Vll V , , vfls sent to search the prisoner ' s room in Bkckland-street , - Chelsea , for the piece of . quartering . This room , in which tho prisoner professsd to live , was found to be literally piled with wood and building materials of every description . The quantity discovered completely fined a . cart , and required a powerful horse to draw it . Thera was old and new wood , boards , skirting , hand-railB bundles of laths , packets of lath nails , an Iron bar , a gate , and many other articles of builders' property . Nearly the whole of these articles were identified by Mr . Featherstone and Mr . Ullathorne , another builder . The prisoner made no defence with respect to tut ) property found in bis room , but said he did not talce the quartering on Saturday morning . Mr . Clive committed him to take his trial at the ensuiue assizes at Kingston .
THAMES POLICE . Pbidaj :. —Aw Ukqr / ltefvl Young Thief . —Ou TUurs . day , J . Richards , aged 13 years , in the garb of the freeschool at Poplar , was brought before Mr . Ballantine on a charge of stealing a gold keeper from the residence of llvs . DiU % a lady residing at Manor House , East Indiaroad . The prisoner was employed in the house for a few hours daily as errand-boy , and he was fostered and treated with the very greatest kindnesss by Mrs . Duff and hor family , out of respect to the memory of his mother , who was for nineteen years a domestic in the establishment . In return for the care and kindness shown to the boy , he had been for some time robbing his benefactress and her daughters . The case having been made out against the ungrateful urchin , Mrs . Howard ( a daughter of Mrs , Dnff ) was called upon to sign her deposition . She did so with great reluctance . —Mr . Ballantine committed th » prisoner for trial .
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I To the Editor of the Horning Chronicle . J Sib , —In addressing to you a few remarks upon the explanations given by Lord Aberdeen on the 27 th , in answer to a question put by Lord Beaumont ,. I feel all the disadvantages of my position . I stand here , a foreigner , personally unknown , proscribed , not by , but from my native country , in the suspicious character of an agitator , in « sisting on an accusation against the British Government for having helped , though certainly unintentionallyj through a shameful violation of private correspondences , a foreign despotic government in the foulest transaction that lias cvev taken place since the entrapping of twentyone noble , brave-hearted patriots , and the subsequent death of nine of them . The vindicators of the Government are prime ministers , secretaries of state , men enjoying a widely-spread reputation of honesty and sincerity ,
supported by large 'Parliamentary majorities , ready to listen favourably , who easily believe in the correctness of their statements . Nevertheless , I feel bound in dutyduty towards-my slain countrymen—towards justice and truth—towards nrjrself ,. ivliose Honour , certainly not . less precious than that of any secretary of state , begins , to be involved in the question — to keep my ground firmly - a ground , let it be remembered , which is simply this : That t ) w twenty-one italicm exiles have been allured to Calabria by dark , snakclike proceedings of the Austrian , and Neapolitan governments ,, ami ( fiat these governments wer $ enabled tO do SO by their attention having been awakened to the subject by the secret communications extracted from wjf correspondence by the British government- I believe that Lord Aberdeen did never dream that such evil consequences might possibly arise from his communications ;
but I beheve at the sitine time , and with equal sincerity , that should lord Aberdeen have earnestly , impartially , and by himself have examined the facts , instead of implicity relying upon diplomatic informations and reports of agents at Naples , evidently grounded upon statements of the Neapolitan government , be would have said to the House— "I feel safe and untouched by remorse in my own conscience , for I could never suspect that such base and treacherous proceedings could be adopted by any established government , " The proof against the use of such a power as lias been claimed by secretaries of state would remain unanswered ,, and hel p-you all to the solution Of the problem ; but Lord Aberdeen ' s character would stand up , in the eyes of his British countrymen , . unimpeachable as before .. Now to the explanations .
-The < warrant for the opening of my letters was not issued by Lord Aberdeen , nor at Ms desire . Let the declaration be recorded as a corrective to the defence so often set up ,, during the last debates in the House of Commons , fOl' Sir James Sfartyr Craham .. " I determined that no agent of any foreign Govern , ment should see a single syllable of the contents of those letters ....... I consequently felt myself entitled last year to saythat , no syllable of those letters had been submitted to We inspection of any foreign government . " The see and the inspection are new features in the case , worth being recorded ,, together with the within and . the without of the right honourable baronet . There is no iru spection to be found ,. if reports be correct , in . the declaration of last year . . . ' . ' -Not . a syllable of the correspondence had ever been , submitted to any foreign government . " And this was uttered in ianswer to a question by Lord tfor manujvwho certainlyidid not dream of inquiring whether foreign powers had ever been gratified with autographs of my correspondents . But this , as well as the silence faith .
fully , kept about the sources of the uiformatioo , and tho regard to the personal safety of all individuals who might lie compromised by it , is now quite irrelevant matter to me . . Letters were opened ; communications derived from their contents were forwarded to foreign despotic govern * ments ; and exiles , though liable to be entrapped , had then no personal fears to entertain from Naples or Austria . These broad , undeniable , uudenied facts are quite suffi « cient for my case . . The truly important }> avt of the explanations is this : —¦ .-, Lord Aberdeen declares , that "he never had the most distant conception of any attempt being about to be made from Corfu upon the Italian states ,, at one time or an . Other ; " that " it was impossible that lie could have such a conception , for the whole of the expedition was planned and executed in a single week ; " that the B ' andieras " arrived at Corfu on the 5 th of June , and on the 12 th of June the expedition took place ; " that " this is decisive , and proves that it was impossible for any information to have been given to any quarter by the British Government . "
Decisive enough , { indeed , if true ; but owing , no doubt , not tO Lord Aberdeen himself , but to incorrectness of the reports on which his explanations arc grounded , it is « o £ true . It was and still is rather difficult fov n \ e to reconcile Loi'd AbcvdOGu ' s absolute Ignorance of any intended at « tempt to be made from Corfu upon the Italian states with the fact of the opened and inspected letters addressed to me from Corfu containing little else than debates on such schemes . I would quote especially from a letter of the 10 th of May , written by AttUio Dandiera , ant ! unfolding two different landing schemes to me . Lord Aberdeen ' s assertion is , however , by far too explicit to admit of a single doubt on my part . But as to the assertions derived , as it seems , from reports of Lord Seaton or others , I feel entirely at liberty to state what follows : —
It is not true that the Bandicras arrived at Corfu oa the 5 th of June . Attilio Ujndieka amuved at C' okfit ON THE 2 STH OF ArlllL : EMILIO JjA . NUIKI ' . A lOXG UEFORE THAT TIME . Somewhat before the 92 nd of April , tlie mother of the Bawlieras was herself at Corfu , endeavour * ing to get back Emilio , with a promise of pardon from the Viceroy of the Lombard-Venetian provinces . On tho 2 ' 2 nu , Emilio Avrote to mo a long , dceply-tuftefetlhg Utter , which is now printed ( the autograph being , of . course , ia r ay possession ) , about the trial he was then undergoing at Corfu . On the 19 th of May . the two brothers wrote at
Gorju their threatening answer to the summomngs issued against them , on the 4 th of May , by the Austrian govern * ment ; this ansiver was printed ami published in the Medi terranean , a Maltese Gazette , with the date of Corfu , May 19 th , and both their names appended to it . From Cor / tt they wrote to me again on the 10 th , and on - tlie 21 st of May . All these letters are lying here before me whilst I iim writing , and I leave the honest English reader to judge what , by this long-uninterrupted sojourn of the Bandicras at Corfu , both the belief of Lord Aberdeen and the main ground of his explanations are reduced to . ¦
It is , once more , not true that theve wei'd no troops in Calabria . Plenty of troops had flocked there from all points oi" the kingdom , bineo the open insurrectionary movement that had . taken place many months before the expedition , at Cosenza , A few mouths before , : i royal decree had put tlie two Catabras muto martial l « w . The decree must have found its way , at the time , into your columns . It is once more not true that the exiles were attacked and overthrown merely by inhabitants and not by troops , They were suddenly attacked at San Giovanni , where , let it be remembered , a single soldier is never to be found , by civic guards , gensdannes , and troops pEWNOlffQ to tllC 2 DBATTAL 10 K OF ClIASSEtlBS . TllC PROOF IieS Ul the Kotal Decree of the 18 th Jolt , containing a list of rewards to'those who had distinguished themselves durinir the action .
The fact of there not having been troops at the landing point , means nothing . How could the Neapolitan , government know beforehand the landing point , which had to be so suddenly decided , perhaps in the very boat m which the Bandieros left Corfu , and which , moreover , could be every moment' changed by winds and tides ? To have a traitor amongst them , entrusted with , tho mission of leaving them as soon as they had landed , and of going to apprise ' the authorities of the direction they had taken , was the proper plan to bo followed , and accordingly it was . I remain , sir , your most obliged , JosErn Mazzint , 108 , High Itolbovn , Feb . 2 S ,
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—""• " £ me > iupcn > m ^ n county of England and Wales assessed to the iS ^ y » nd income-tax for tlie year ending April , ^• J , distinguishing that on land , houses , tithes , •""• ms , fines , quarries , mines , ironworks , fisheries , wuaia , railways , &c . It hence appears that m tngianuana Tvales alone thegrand total annual valne Oi real assessed property amounts to the enormous sum of ^ 5 , 802 , 73-5 , thus subdivided- ™ ., lands ,
*^ lb 7 , 0 tS ( or nearly half ); houses , £ 3 o , o 5 WW ; tithes , a , 960 ,: 330 ; manors , £ 152 , 216 ; fines , £ 319 , U 0 ; parries , £ 207 , 009 ; mines , £ l , 903 , 79 ± J ; ironworks , £ 412 , 022 ; feheries , £ 11 , 104 ; canals , £ 1 , 229 , 202 ; and railways , £ 2 , 417 , 609 . -otherproperly , not comprised IB . the foregoing , £ 1 , 466 , 815 A amilar retem as to Scotland gives a grand total of £ 9 , 481 , T <> 2 , —siz-, 3 ands , £ -5 ,. 5 SC , 527 ; houses , £ 2 , 919 , 338 ; fines , £ 901 ; quarries , £ 33 , 471 ; mines , £ 177 , 592 ; ironworks , £ 147 , 412 ; fisheries , £ 47 , 309 ; canals , £ 77 , 893 ; and jwlways , £ 181 , 333 . The otherpropertynot included in the foregoing details amounts to £ 309 , 460 .
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Jealoust >\ d Suicide . —On Wednesday morning James , alias Jem Crow , aged 28 years , terminated his existence . by hanging himself , " It appears that the deceased , who had kept a cheesemonger ' s shop in Walworth-street i Cambenrell , had latterly become very jealous of his wife , and , in consequence , very unhappy in hia mind . He had apoken of letting his shop , and intended to have proceeded to town on Tuesday for the purpose of advertising ' it in one or more papers . He came down stairs at seven o ' clock , and was men in his shop about twenty minutes after ; but at eight o clock he waa discovered in the watercloset suspended by a cord , when he was instantly cut down and medical aid called in , but it was too late , the vital spark had fled . Besides Ms wife , he
has lelt an infant not many months old . Fatal Coal Pit Explosion . —An inquest was held on Friday , 22 nd March , on the body of J amea Eiwood , at Castle Eden Colliery Inn , who it appears lost his liie in the pit by an explosion . The following evidence was given : —Mr . Henry Barrass , the under-viewer , deposed : I was down the Hutton Seam-pit , at Castle Eden Colliery , on Monday , 10 th March , and while in the discharge of -my dut y , I was examining a distant portion of the pit to that in which the ' explosion took place . I was apprised of the explosion by a sudden gust of wind , , coming in the direction I wasin . I instantly made my way into the part where the explosion occurred , and met the four poor creatures , who were almost scorched to death hv . the . fire . I
wished to learn from them where it had occurred , but could not , for they wanted to be at bank . After gettuig them to bank , I went to the place where they had been at work , and saw the eifects of an explosion , but could not ascertain the cause , unless it had proceeded from a fissure in the roof which existed in that part of the mine . —At this stage of the proceedings , the coroner observed that any person of the jury who had any questions to ask the witness , was at liberty to do so ; whereupon Mr . Pratt , one of the jury , cross-examined nun . —Mr . Pratt : "Wasthere no falls in the main-air course , to prevent the air getting into that part of the mine where the explosion occurred ?"—Witness : " There was a great fall in the mam-air passage , but there was plenty of air going into
that part to keep it safe . "—Mr . Platt : " Can you tell the space there was left for the air to pass into , where those men were working ?"—Witness : " That is impossible , but there wasplenty of air going to keep them safe . "—Mr . Pratt : "You state there was plenty of air going over the fall in the crevice ; how comes it , then , that they have got burned , and this man lost his life for want of air ?"—Witness : " I cannot tell , it appears strange to me . "—The Coroner said they had better adjourn to the houses of the two unfortunate men , who were at the place of the explosion , who , although severely burnt , were yet capable Of giving evidence . The coroner and jury then went to the houses of the two men , who stated that at the place where the explosion did occur there was a Sufficiency of ah * to keep iliem safe under ordinary
circumstances . After receiving the evidence of these two men , the court removed to the inn again , when a brother of the deceased made his appearance before the court in a very agitated state . He said that his brother had been murdered , and that he ( the deceased ) had told the doctor so , and that it was the tall in the air course which had been there nine days , that prevented the air getting into them , so that the gas had generated , and come in contact with a candle , and ignited . The coroner desired him to bring evidence to support this . John Daily said there was a fall in the air-passage about eighteen feet in height , and ten yards in length , when I went with others-to remove it . I went to see if I could get over it , but I could not , there could nothing pass over it . It was quite close ; there was air passing through the fall . The jury , after deliberating , returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . "
Dbtehmiseb , Suicide . —On Wednesday morning considerable excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Islington by the discovery , at an early hour , that a finely-proportioned , and apparently middleaged man , most respeetablyfattired , was weltering in his blood in Bridle-lane , a comparatively secluded spot on the north side , of the , Britannia-nelds , close by the Shepherdess public-house , and near a small brook which flows by that locality into the adjacent Regent Canal basin . The party had . evidently met with his death from a wound produced by firearms , by which the interior of the head was fri g htfully shattered . The man employed to extinguish the lamps in that neighbourhood was the person who made the discovery . Thebody was then warm , butlife
was quite extinct . From a variety of inquiries made by the reporter upon the spot during Wednesday it appears that the case was one of determined suicide , although for several hours it was apprehended that the death of deceased had been caused by violence from the hands of another party . - Upon searching the body , however , several documents were found , and their genuineness having been tested in the course of the day , the following facts may be relied upon : —From a bill-head , it appeared that the name Ol deceased is Meyer Do Gauge , and that he resided at 80 , Church-lane , Whitechapel . Formerly he had been in the employ ( it is supposed as a commission traveller ) of the firm of Messrs . Joseph and Percy Prockter , tobacco manufaetureis , 197 , Blskopgate
street-Without . A note irom the firm was also in the pocket of deceased , calling upon him , without delay , a hand over a balance of about £ 12 due to them . There was also a letter written in the German language , of which the following is a literal translation : — " Unhappy wife , —Receive this lnylast letter as a thank for you , my partner in my misfortune . Farewell to the world , I could no longer remain here without making you and my dear sweet children tstillmore unhappy . lam now resolved to make an end to my miserable life ; but for the sake of our children do not follow my example ; and be aware that there is a God Almighty . One more farewell in this sad world . Yonder we each other shall see again , no doubt . There is a God , and here once
more be confident in Him who has created us ; and bring our children up as Jews , that is , as Israelites ; for our belief , and especially the Jewish belief , is the true one . There is a God , and that is the God of the Jews . Dear wife , as a mother , do impress truth on the minds of my dear children , that they may persevere in the Jewish belief . You may tell them that their father died before his time ; he was a Jew , and wanted to see them live and die as Jews . Farewell for ever . Mever beGange . " Attached to this letter was the following postscript : — "Let the Hymanbesaidjfor me , as I have died a Jew . M . de G . " The body was conveyed to the bonehouse of Islington church , where it awaits the inquisition of a coroner ' s jury .
Frightful Occurrence at Step-vet Fair . — Shortly before the close of this fair on Monday night a very appalling ( accident a l happened to a man ot colour named Morris , whilst engaged in turning one of the ponderous circular swings , and which , we regret to add , terminated in his instant death . The unfortunate man was on a kind of a platform at work at a large fly-wheel , which moved the machine , full thirty feet from the ground , when the handle suddenly moved round , overbalancing him , and before he could recover himself , he was precipitated over tho platform on to the ground , falling on his head with much violence . He was instantly picked up , and removed to the surgery of Mr . Faulkner , wlicn it was found that he was quite dead , the heavy fall having apparently broken his neck . On Tuesday morning , about twelve o'clock , another shocking accident occurred to the same swing , and which , it is strongly feared , will end with fatal consequences
also . A labouring man of the name of Charles Bell , who was engaged to turn the machine in the place of the poor fellow who was killed on the previous night , had been at the work but a very short time , when , from the sudden moving of one of the cars , the handle flewround and struck him with terrific force on the upper part of the head , the blood from which flowed copiously down the wooden uprights of the machine , causing , as may be easily imagined , the deepest sensation throughout the fair , Several persons promptly ran up to his assistance , and , having brought him down , he was forthwith conveyed to the London Hospital , where he now lies in a very pad way , the injury being of much extent ., The machine belongs to a man known by tlie name of Adams , who , despite these shocking affairs , desired to continue working ; it . It was , however , very properly put a stop to until it had undergone an examination by some engineer .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1308/page/5/
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