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. y afternoon a 8 ericTO ~ acci 3 ent e « nirred on the Croydon Railway to a young man named Thomas Gordon , iged 18 . He was employed on the line- between the jkrtuiouth Arms ana Sydenham stations unloading so me ballast waggons , to which an engine was attached . - Whilst the train of waggons was in motion Gordon incautiously attempted to get into one of them , when his foot slipped . He held on by his lands aslong as he could , but before he could recover himse lf the wheels wmt over his left foot , crushing the great toe in a dreadful manner , besides inflicting a severe lacerated wound on tiie ankle . He was immediately placed in a carriage and conveyed by the railway to Guy ^ s Hospital , when , from the serious nature of theinjury , it was deemed necessary to amputate the toe , which was skilfully performed by Mr Forster . —Globe .
Fhightfel Attempt at Suicide . —A letter from Maryborough , dated June 8 , gives the following melancholy account of an attempt at suicide by . Major Hamilton , of the 18 th Light Dragoons . The pillant officer , who is a remarkably fine looking man , urived in Dublin from Exeter , in command of the head-quarters of the regmeui , on Tuesday last , and left the next morning en route toCahir , where the eorpsis to be stationed : — " The J 3 th Light Dragoons , while en route , had a halt day to-day at Maryborough , Major W . D . Hamilton in command . The Major stopped at Fallon ' s Hotel , and not having called for any attendance during the afternoon , suspicion was excited , the more so as his bed-room had been made faston the inside . About one o ' clock the mistress Dfthehotelheardafootfallin theroomasifofanergon Etepphm out of bed , but there was still no caC At two o dock Captain Thompson , one of the 13 th , amvedintheDublin coach on his way to ioin his irooai
p iwrns-m-ussory ; wishing to see the Major , and have some communication with him , he ran up tohis apartment , laockcd at the door two or three toes , but received no answer . The mistress oi the hotel told nun of her suspicions , and implored him to oreaknrthe door ; hedid so , and there , Whisastonish ment and horror , he beheld the Major weltering ina wol of blood ; he was in that state of languid stupor * nicb generally ushers in the last moment of those Tsh p die by bleeding . It seems that when he get out M bed he did so for the purpose of possessing himself tfoneofhisrxors , which was foundin the bed clotted with his blood . Theregimen + al surgeon , who was in namediate attendance , succeeded in taking np the severed veins and arteries and stanching the wounds . Ead the discovery been fifteen minutes later death TOuld have been inevitable . Up to the present hour lMne . o ' clock ) hisrecoveryisdoubtfuL Mr . Hamilton , ? h » has no family , isanative of Bath , and only obtuned his majority a few months ago . -
The late Charge op Murder asd Attempted Sdicide bt Poisox k Hattox-Gabpen . —On Tuesday . orenoon the adjourned investigation concerning the leafli of Hannah Moore , aged 18 , said to have died from the effects of poison administered to her by Daniel John Cock , now an inmate of Uewgate on a charge of wilful murder , was resumed before Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., and the jury , at the Cock and Hoop , CnKB-street , Hatton-Garden . Itwillberemembered that the man , John Cock , was committed on the 30 th mt , by Mr . Greenwood , the police magistrate , to Newgate , on lie charge of wilful murder of the deceased , he having agreed with her to take aeertain quantity of oxalic acid with a view to their nratual
destruction . The inquest was adjourned to enable the coroner to procure awrit of habeas corpus for the production of the accused before the jury , but which application to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Monday , was refused by Lord Denman and the other judges . After a discussion of upwards of an hour ' s duration , the jury returned the following verdict •—•• That the deceased , Hannah Moore , died of mortal injuries upon her intestines and certain portions of her stomach from the action of a certain poison , taken by the said Hannah Moore , with her own hands , during temporary insanity . " This result , it is needles s to add , is directly in the teeth of Mr . Greenwood ' s committal of the accused to Newgateon the charge of wilful murder .
Meuxcholy Accident . —Early on Wednesday morning three lads , belonging to Greenock , set out in a fight sailing gig , and were observed for some time going up the river from the Bay of Quick , where they had procured the boat . As the day advanced there was no appearance of their return , and fears began to be entertained that aD had not gone well with them . The fact that the gig had been found ashere on the other side , split from stem to stern , and the recovery close by her of one of the bodies in the early part of Thursday , show too plainlv that the
whole of the unhappy party had come to a premature end . Whether , the boat swamped in consequence of thoroughness of the water , it being at the time too coarse for a vessel of the kind sailing with safety , or what the particular circumstances which led to the mournful event , no one can ten . Two of the lads were clerks in banks in town ; Mr . Currie , of the Royal Bank ; the third , named Connor , was an apprenticed cooper . The body of the last-named was found a short way from the boat , but , up to the time of going to press , we had not heard of the recovery of the others . —ffreawci Advertiser .
Seizure is a . Tobacco Matofaciort by the Excise . —A seizure of almost unequalled magnitude and extent has , within the last few days , been made by the officers of excise on the premises of one of the largest tobacco manufacturers at the east end of London , and threatens serious consequences to the parties concerned if the suspicions turn out to be well founded . From information received several of fiie surveying examiners general of excise proceeded to the premises , and having examined every place in an upper apartment they were so completely satisfied with the object of their search , that they seized upon the whole of the contents of the room , which included an Immense quantity of tobacco , which they had reason to believe was greatly adulterated ; accordingly they took samples of the whole stock , and
dispatched a messenger to the chief office for officers to go immediately and take possession of the premises in tiie Queen ' s name . Two officers then took possession , who have been relieved in turn by others , and a strict charge of the premises is kept up both day and night The samples seized are now undergoing the oroeess of analysation at the excise labo ratory , and also at the Museum of Economic Geology Craig ' s-court , Charing-cross , by Professor R . Phillips , whose report will be made in the course of a lew days . The affair has created the greatest interest throughout the trade , as the firm are in a very large way of business , and had hitherto been consi dered as very fair tradesmen . Should a conviction be obtained by the excise , the case will stand scarcely second in importance to that recently decided be tween the Crown and Messrs . Smith , the distillers .
Fatal Railway Accident . —A most melancholy and fatal accident occurred on the line of the Birmingham and Bristol Railway , about two miles on the Bristol side of the Berkeley station , on Thursday last . The express train , which leaves Bristol for Birmingham , at four o ' clock , was coming up the line with great rapidity , having obtained the maximum speed of about sixty miles an bjftr , when Mr . Slaughter ( who was driving the engine at the time ) saw a woman standing on the bank , as if about to cross the line ; he instantly reversed theengine , and let off the steam , and the engine-driver , who was standing near him , blew the alarm whistle , but in an instant the train was upon and over the poor woman . As soon as possible the train was brought back , when a most shucking scene presented itself- —the mangled remains of the woman lying along the rail in all directions for as much as forty yards from the spot where she was
struck . The fragments of the body were picked up in a basket and sack , and removed to a cottage near the spot . The poor woman proved to be an old person of die name of Elizabeth Nott , a widow , aged 84 , living at Stinchconibe , and who had been to see some Mends at Woodford , and at her return was crossing at a road ( not a public one ) at the time of the fatal occurrence The wind was blowing a hurricane at the time , and the engineer observed that she had both her hands up to her bonnet . An inquest was held the next day before Mr . W . J . Ellis , and after a most Datient and protracted inquiry a verdict was returned of Accidental Death , with a deodand of one shilling on the engine . It is worthy of remark that the train lad gone 400 or 500 yards " after passing the spot of the accident before itcould be stopped , notwithstand ing tiie engines had been reversed 200 yards before Wining up to the place . —Glocetter Journal .
Vas . Ixthb Watbbmo-boad . —Between seven and ei # it o ' elockon Wednesday morning , a fire , which was caused by a child playing with a burning brand , broke out in the apartments occupied by Mr . J . Wil-. liams , 132 , Waterloo-road , on the . second floor , whence it extended so rapidly that before it was extinguished &e principal part oftheeontente were either destroyed "iF&eorwater , orinjuredbyremoval . In the course of a very short time the engines from the Waterloo toad station of the London lire Establishment , and o ftheWest of England Office ( both of which are stationed near the spot ) , were at the fire , and it is * KBt fortunate that such was the fact , as the flames having obtained firm hold , in a few minutes would fare undoubtedly done much more damage ; added » which , only two doors distant stands the Royal v i « taria Theatre , for the safety of which at onetime ^ forable fears were entertained .
Fim , ACCIDESI AX THE BlHMISGHAM ThEATH * . — Un Monday evening a young man named John Hicklaan years of age , who had been for some time ^ raiplqyedas a gcene-shifter atthe Theatre Royal , » ttnun gham , was killed on the stage by the falling of " * scene roller . It appears that he was assisting , as " ^ in shifting and rolling the scenes while the S ^ of ifoc&etii was being performed , and when the J ?™ Mrt was over , he , with others , began to pull op ?* scene on a large roller , and when the wood ***™ ed the top it fell down and struckthe unfortu T * i ttan on the side of the head and fractured his vTh He was immediately removed to the Genera ] "osgrtaJ , where he died in a few hours afterwards . Z W « rt was held before J . B . Davis , Esq ., when r ** oove was given in evidence , and the jury re-•¦¦ w a terdiet of Accidental Death .
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mtotue 'siding" to get upon the other Ike of rail ^\? 1 -Tt " ? * £ « engine of the train came in odhuai with his buffer-board . By the concussion boa the engines were forced off the rails , one fallin " S ? V ! htan * the other to the left . Fortunately none of the carnages were forced off the rate , but &e stock oecaswned by the collision caused great terror to the passengers . The company ' s sewing were ^ immediately at Sandtorender ever ? ! £ ! £ ? and it was found that , beyond receiving afew ^ onteions , none of them had sHstained anymaterialinajsas : * *—* " **
-Dreadful Expiosioxat Durham .-. A catastrophe Ox rather an unusual nature in that part of the country occurred at Durham on the afternoon of the 9 th inst mtheshop of arespectabletradesman , named Steeie ! It appears from the best information that can be obtained that Mr . Stcele was from home , and that an apprentice , of about 14 years of a <* e was left m charge of the shop , in which and in the cellars underneath there was as much as 1001 b weight of gunpowder , which ft is the custom of shopkeepers in this part of the country to keep in lar <* e quantities , in order to supply their customers employed in the mining districts . No accurate information can be obtained as to the immediate cause of the explosion ; but it issuDDOsed that the hov tarinir
occasion to go to apart of the shop which was rather dark , had lighted a candle for that purpose , and incautiously placed it near a package containing between 301 b . and 401 b . of powder , and that a spark having fallen npon the paper caused it to ignite . The effects of the explosion were felt in every part of the city , and in its more immediate neighbourhood andtheshop windows of the tradesmen within thirty or forty yards were literally shattered to atoms . The house in which the explosion took place presented a singular appearance , the whole front and all the floors being blown into the street . The daughter of a Mr . Robson , who was in a room on the second floor wasprecipitated , with the furniture it contained , into the street , and buried amonest the mins fi-nm
which situation she was shortly afterwards released , ent in such a condition that no hopes are entertained of her recovery ; her collar-bone and several of her nbsbeing broken , besides being severely burnt . On searching the ruins , the boy who it is supposed had been the cause of the accident , was found on the steps leading to the cellar in amostdelorable conditipn , thehairbemg > mpletely burnt off his head , and his face and body dreadfully scorched . He was immediately taken to the infirmary , but his death is hourly expected . The wife and child of Air . Steele were most miraculously preserved , having been buried in the ruins , but they were taken out without having sustained serious injury . Several rarsons who
were passing at the time were seriously cut and injured from the broken glass and other materials that were flying about the street in all directions . It being known that a much larger quantity of gunpowder than had exploded still remained on the premises , great excitement prevailed for fear of another explosion ; but this was fortunately prevented by the daring conduct of two or three persons , who , at the imminent danger of their lives , penetrated into the cellar and succeeded in getting the three barrels in which it was deposited into a olace of safety . The amountot damage done is considerable ; but it has not at present been ascertained . The premises were not insured .
LvqnESis ax Liverpool . —On Monday the following inquests were held before the borough coroner : — On Saturday evening Bernard Rocheford , a shipkeeper on board the Isabella , lying in the Victoria Dock , was found stretched on the quarter-deck . It was supposed he was in a fit , but on examination was found to be dead . The deceased had been seen sitting on the companion a short time previously , apparently in good health . There were no external appearances to account for death , and the case was adjourned for further evidence . —On Friday , Mary Owens , daughter of Mr . John Owens , of Park-street , died suddenly under the following circumstances The deceased complained of headache about seven o ' clock in the morning , and did not set uo as usual
She was waited on during the day by her sister , but on her father going up stairs between two and four o ' clock , she was found in bed quite dead . The cause of death was pulmonary apoplexy , induced by disease of the heart . Verdict accordingly . —On . Sunday night last , John Fisher , a nightman , was suffocated in a privy in Burlington-street . The deceased with two others , went to remove the night soil from the abovementioned place , when one of them , Emery , went down , and shortly afterwards called out that he was being suffocated . Deceased descended , and tried to render assistance , but being overpowered also with the smell , fell into the soil , head first , and was suffocated . Emery was with difficulty extricated , and now lies in a very dangerous state—Verdict , Acci dental Death .
Poisoning Case at Carlisle . —John Graham , the person who , on Monday last , was apprehended and lodged in Carlisle gaol , having been suspected of poisoning his aged father , Mr . John Graham , of Grins dale , near Carlisle , on the loth nit ., is now also BUS peeted of poisoning his own wife , who died very suddenly about six months ago . This report having been communicated to the coroner , Mr . W . Carrick , that gentleman granted his warrant , authorising the exhumation of Airs . Graham . The disinterment took place on Sunday last , and , notwithstanding that Mrs . Graham had been so long buried ,
decompesition had made but little progress .- An inquest was being held on the body on Tuesday before the same coroner . From the evidence adduced , and the reports of the medical gentlemen who made the post mortem examination , and also an anaiysation of the internal parts of the body , there can be little or no doubt but that Mrs . Graham died from the effects of some mineral poison . Graham , we understand , since his confinementin Carlisle gaol , has manifested symptoihs of great uneasiness , and when he was apprehended he was found walking on the banks of the Carlisle canal , and it is strongly suspected that he intended to drown himself .
Suicide . —On Monday morning , about four o'clock , William , the son of Mr . ' Hanson , of the Waterloo Inn , Daiton , near Huddersfield , was found suspended from a beam in an adjoining outhouse , and when found was quite dead . The deceased did not return home on the previous evening ( Sunday ) , but came at about two o'clock on the following morning , when , instead of going into the house , he went and lay down in the outhouse , where he was found . No reason can at present be assigned for the commission of this rash act . An inquest was held on Monday night , when a verdict was returned of ' Temporary insanity . "
Extraordinary Dbujsioks . —On Tuesday a Commission of Lunacy was held before Mr . Francis Barlow , at the Crown Inn , Hockerill , near Bishop ' s Stortibrd , to inquire into the state of miad of Mr . John Tucker , aged 65 , a nurseryman and keeper of the Cherry Tree public-house , at Bishop ' s Stortford . The inquiry , we understand , was held atthe instigation of Mr . Tucker ' s own friends , and with a view to the mutual benefit of all parties concerned . After the examination of a number of witnesses to prove various acts denoting unsoundness of mind , Mr . Tucker was brought into the room , and a number of extraordinarydelusions wereelicited . The unfortunate
man said he had got several men in his inside , who were complete masters over him , and that unless he did whatever they wished , his death would be the consequence . They also had got five machines , which they set to work at one time , so that he was afraid the violence of the motion would shatter him to pieces . They would not allow him to move without paying an enormous sum , and for walking to this inquiry they had charged him three thousand trillions for every step he took ! The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict that Mr . Tucker had been of unsound mind , anil incapable of managing his affairs , since February last .
Horrible Attempt at Murder or Mutilation . — At the Bromsgrove petty sessions , a shocking instance of the effects of jealousy came before the bench on Wednesday . It appears that Israel Harris , a labourer , at Stoke Prior , who is naturally of an irascible disposition , and who , since Christmas last , has been constantly twitting his wife with infidelity to him , on the night of Sunday last committed an assault on her , which for atrocity we can scarcely think has ever been surpassed . The circumstances waibebestconveyedintheevideneeoftheunfortunate woman herself , a ^ t aken before G . FIddins , on the Mowing day . She dcposed-Abouthatf-nastQ o clock last night 1 went up stairs to put the childreni to bed . My husband followedme ina few minutes and struck me several blows on the head , and knocked me down and
on the bed . He held me by the shoulder , kept beatmg me en the head with one hand . I tried to get away from him , but could not . At last I struggled and got off on the floor , and he knocked my head ioainst the side of the bed . He kept beating me on tfie head , neck , breast , and shoulders , violently ; he jolted my head on the floor with as much violence as he could . He caught hold of one of my legs and pulled me alongthe floor , and said he would tear my inside out . He then jumped with his knees on the lower part of my bowels with great violence two or three times . ( The evidence here was of a most revolting character , setting forth that the prisoner , after makingafalseaecusationtoher , and while keepins her on toe floor , withthe mostfiendishbarban ^ 1 ripped her up , and a gush of blood flowed from the wound . ) Prisoner then left her and went down
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S ^^ ff ^ S ^ S * 1111 ** pdM'ter along Sri ^ * he * £ * room » and-askedrherifhl SAJSi . " ? " ™? ? °° r woman crep *«« X M ? SS * tana > " »* W « * e lay OuEL I * ' TT on ' "" wed ; she closed her Sj ™ I *»» m * recover . " This morning ( fuesday ) it was stated to the bench that the poor 3 Sn » T # "T Sf * better ' thou Shit i 8 far ™ K £ J ¥ 8 h ^ ^ ' Under tllese circum stances the bench thought it best to remand the *»»
itoriS yn ' ^ ^ stated tlla * Harris had favechJdren . The immediate cause of the assault it would seem , was this :-Prisoner had been to cnurch , and on coming home he found a man and his wite paying a visit to his ( prisoner ' s ) wife . This was the man oi whom he had been jealous , although he is a married man . The parties all drank together , and it was after the departure of the man and his wife that the assault took place . It wasthe prisoner himselt who first went to the neighbours , and said that his wife was very ill . —Worcester Journal . -fATAi , Accidest at Liverpool . —On Monday afternoon a boy , fourteen years of age , was ran over by a lorry , and killed on the spot .
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MANSION HOUSE . Fbii > at .--Attempxed SDKIBE .-. A journeyman carpenternamed Thomas Young , was charged with having attempted to destroy himself . A policemn stated that he saw the fletendant fling himself into the water from London-bridge , and upsn going down the steps found that a waterman had picked him up . The defendant expressed his sorrow that the waterman had been so officious , and said that if he had a chance he would try to cuthfeagaim-The LordMayor asked whether theunfortunate man appeared intoxicated ? -The policeman replied that there was no symptom of intoxication at all about him . —The defendants wife said he * husband was a man of most sober habits , but the difficulty he had undergone of getting work had made a
serious impression upon him , and his fear of starvation had evidently overpowered his understanding . —The defendant said that if the Lord Mayor would bo so good as to allow him to go home with Ms wif . s he would never again make any attempt of the kind . —The wife said her poor husband had been singularly unlucky , for ever since his marriage , which took place two years and a half ago , he had had but six months' employment . —The Lord Mayor thought he could rely upon the promise of the defendant , and discharged him . —It was stated that the defendant had very nearly fallen upon a steam-boat which was passing under one of the arches of the bridge at the time , crowded with passengers .
Saturday .-DETHun ^ SMA 9 HEas . -Ann Burke , oJwjMary Smith and Elizabeth Thomas , [ ware brought before the Lord Mayor , in custody of policeman 586 . Wham Attcnbury , waiter at the Queen's Head Inn Tower-strcet , deposed that the prisoners came to the bar of the Queen ' s Head the previous evening , and called for a quarter of gin , whieh they drank , and for which Ann Burke paid with a shilling , receiving eightpence in chance They then called for another quartern , for which Ann Burke tendered another shilling , which he discovered was a bad one , and which he bent nearly double . He then looked into the till , where previousl y he had put one very old shilling , and discovered * the fivKt
shilling paid was also a counterfeit . He then called a policeman and gave them in charge , in the mean time the second shilling had disappeared from the eounter . Policeman 586 deposed that he saw the yri . soner , Elizabeth Thomas , corae out of tho Queen ' s Head and thrust something into a gentleman ' s pocket ; he went up to the gentleman and informed him of the circumstance ; he then took frem the gentleman's pocket the small parcel now produced containing 10 s ., all wrapped up in separate pieces of tissue-paper , and one other shilling not wrapped up . The first witness then gave the prisoners into his custody . The prisoners were remanded .
Rebecca Locock , who was remanded from Saturday last , on a charge of being in illegal possession of sundry bottles of gin , sherry , rum , Ac , the property of her master , the Hev . J . Holingshed , was again remanded until this day week . Wedne 8 Dai . —The " Tables Turned , " — EdwardM . Dump , a young man who had been clerk to a merchant , appeared against his mother , the widow of Mr , Durup , who was stated to have been many years ago secretary to tho Right Hon . George Canning , Mrs , Durup was accused on the previous evening by her son of having robbed him of his watch , a gold repeater of considerable value ; but Inspector M'Lean , after having inquired into the circumstances , refused to take such a charge , and advised the parties to attend before the Lord Mayor , and submit the case to his Lordship's decision . Mrs . Dump was
accompanied by a respectable pawnbroker , in whose care she had deposited a quantity of her property for security against domestic plunder . —The Lord Mayor ( to the complainant ) : Well , sir , with what do you charge your mother ?—Complainant : I don't charge her with anything ; but I am desirous that she should show cause why she detains a gold repeating watch which my father gave to me uponhis death-bed . I was advised to bring the matter before your Lordship , and to take your decision . —The Lord Mayor : Do you make any charge ?—Complainant : No , my Lord , that is impossible , for the watch has never been stolen ; but it is detained by my mother , and I wish to know for what reason . —The Lord Mayor : What proof have you that she detains your property ?—Complainant : I am satisfied from her own statement and the statement of Mr . Barker , the pawnbroker , that she detains it . — Mrs . Durup : The watch was his father ' s , my lord . He is our only son , and his father left me all he was possessed of in the world . —The Lord Mayor : Has the father left a wilU—Mrs . Durup : Certainly he has , my lord : and in
it he has left me the whole of his property . The treatment I receive from my son is dreadful . —The Lord Mayor : Be so good as to change places with him . —Here the mother was sworn , and the son became the accused . Mrs . Durup then reluctantly gave testimony as to the violent conduct of her son towards her , and his threats to do her some desperate injury . He had , she said , claimed the watch as his , and pawned it without her permission or kuowledge , and he afterwards pushed her about and threatened her with all sorts of ill-treatment . —The Lord Mayor : Do you swear that you consider yourself in danger in consequence of his threats . —Mrs . Durup : I understand what your lordship means by putting that question to me , but I expect to leave England in a few days , for . the continent , where I expect to be protected by my relatives . I wish to pet away in peace . —The Lord Mayor ; I shall , for your sake , bind him over to keep the peace towards you . The young man then solemnly assured his lordship that he would not beat or otherwise ill-treat his mother , and the _ Lord Mayor was , at the expostulation of the mother , satish ' e d with the recognisances of the son .
GUILDHALL . Monday . —Illicit Spihits . —A boy , named John Alger was brought before Mr . Alderman Moon charged with conveying upwards of a gallon of raw spirit without a permit . Adam Shelford , a city policeman , stated that about six o ' clock on Saturday evening he saw the prisoner hurrying along London-wall with a small basket containing something heavy . The prisoner ' s manner excited his attention , and he asked what he had there ? The prisoner replied , Ids mother's marketing , and , pointing to a woman at a distance , said , she was his mother . He asked the prisoner to let him see the contents of the basket . The prisoner told him lie would not do so , but would rather go to the station-house . This reluctance put an end to his doubts , and he desired the prisoner to come with him to the station , On the way to that Dlace the
prisoner gare him the basket , and ran away . "Witness did not allow him to escape . The basket contained a bottle and a bladder full of spirits , which had been seized by the Excise . Mr . Alderman Moon asked what became of his mother ? The constable said she kept at too great a distance to be secured at the same time with the boy , but she was now in court . She was not his mother , but his mother was also in attendance . AV , Gudgeon , the exciseman , said the spirit was manufactured from molasses , and was twenty-seven degrees over-proof , a strength at which it would not be sold from any regular distillery . He asked for the permit , and the prisoner could not produce any . The boy said he was hired to carry it by the woman he pointed out , and had no knowledge of the con . tents of the basket . This woman knew his mother , who lived in Arnold ' s-place , Dockhead . The woman was
called to the bar , and she said she engaged to carry it for a stranger . She was not going to any particular house . The clerk to the Remembrancer said that gentleman had some knowledge of the mother , and he did not believe that either she or her son would knowingly engage in any smuggling transactions . The boy must have been entrapped , aud he hoped the magistrate would deal leniently with him , Mr . Alderman Moon said the law did not require a guilty knowledge , and as there was no doubt of the fact that he was removing the spirits without a permit , the prisoner must be convicted . A petition might be immediately { presented to the Commissioners of Excise , Who would consider all the circumstances and the lad ' s previous character , and would mitigate the term of imprisonment as they saw fit . He would willingly add to the petition a recommendation to mercy . He adjudged the prisoner to pay the mitigated penalty of £ 25 , or be imprisoned for three months .
CLERKENWELL . FfiiDAT . —Attempted Suicide . — -Selling Poison . — Sarah Laurie , a well-looking young woman , was charged with having attempted to poison herself . —Police-constable Philips , 58 6 , deposed that having been informed the prisoner had taken poison on 'Wednesday afternoon last , he went to Coppice-row , where he found her with an empty phial in her hand , labelled " poison , " She seemed exceedingly depressed , and fast approaching to a state of stupefaction . Witness asked her what she had done ? and she exclaimed , " Oh , let me die ! " Seeing that the poison was beginning to operate , he took her to the station-house at once , where Mr . Taylor , the police surgeon , with the aid of a stomach-pump , removed the poison from her stomach , after which she was conveyed
to the hospital , where she has since lain . —Elizabeth AL low deposed that he saw the prisoner standing in the middle of the street , Bowling-green-lane , on Wednesday evening . She was staring wildly about her , and blood was fast issuing from her arm , which appeared to have been recently cut . After a moment ' s pause , witness saw her put a phial to her mouth and drink off its contents . She then gave information to police-constable Philips . — Mrs . Lumley , confectioner , Exmouth-street , deposed that the prisoner lived with her as servant , and gave her an excellent character . Left her on Wednesday mormV The prisoner having been asked what she had to say , exclaimed , " O , let me die , but don't send me to the work , house . "—Ur , Broughton said he would have her taken care of until she could be placed under proper control .
Satube-at . —The Cbime of Poverty , —A miserable lookitg wretch named John M'Cabe , was charged this morning with offering braces for sale in a street adjoining the police station . An officious lobster of the G division found him sitting on the pavement offering the articles in question for sale , and told him to " move on . " He refused to obey the Jack-in-office , telling him that he was endeavouring to earn an honest penny by selliug the braces , which he had knit with his own hands . He was then taken into custody , and lodged in a cell in the station , there to ruminate until the hearing of the case before the magistrate , on the glorious privileges of being a "free born Briton . " After hearing the case , the magistrate bound him over in his own recognizance to keep the peaoe .
BOW STREET . SATUHDAY .-PoCKErPKinNQ 1 S § T . JAMES ' S PabK .-Ayouug man who gave his name as James Green was this morning charged before Mr . Twyford with picking a gentleman's pocket the previws evening , in the crowd assembled in front of Buckingham Palace to witness the arrival of the company to the Queen ' s fancy ball . The prisoner waB seen to put Mb hand into the gentleman ' s pocket and was iuthe act of abstracting the pocket handkerchief when he was immediately teized and taken to the station-hou 6 e . On his way to Gardnert-lane he threw something into the barracks in the Birdcage-walk , which , upon exami nation , was found to be a meerschaum pipe , which he had stolen from afootm » n attach « dto one of the carriages in the park . The charge in both instances was clearly established , and the prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the sessions upon them ,
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QUEEN SQUARE . Satdju > at ; -Qbeeh'bBail ; -Two gentle-en , fashionably attired , who gave their names as Greenwood and Richard , ion , were this mowing brought before Mr . Burrel , on the charge of being drunk and disorderl y in front of Buckingham Palace . The two defendants , as it appeared from the evidence , had bc « n attracted to that locality last night by the announcement that the Queen ' s id iostumt was to come oft " , and having rather freely indulged at the shrine of tlw jolly - «« , - \ iKjgm , to sporf themselves « la UMml to tlw uo small annoyance of the more orderly and sober of her Majesty's subjects . In conof this
sequence , the police force , which was on the groundjin considerable numbers , interfered , and the . two inebriated and troublesome cotaries of loyalty were taken up , and placed in " durance vile . " The defendants did not deny having partaken rather generously of the anti-Mathew beverage , but denied that they had " the least intention of creating any disturbance . They had only gave there as loyal subjects , anxious to see what w » s going forward , but without the remotest desire of annoying any one . The magistrate , in consideration of the * circumstances , said he would deal leniently with the defendants , and fined them each 5 s ., which was immediately paid . There were no other cases of the least importance .
MARLBOROUGH-STREET . Saturday . —a Lark . —A respectable ^ tradesman in the West End , who gave hh name as Hugh Pearson , was charged with playing off certain pranks , & la Waterford . last night , in Dover-street , to the great annoyance of the peaceably disposed people of that neighbourhood . According to the evidence , the defendant having got half seas over , in a very excitable state went into the street in question , and began performing certain harlequinades , which attracted a large crowd of spectators . The result was the taking of the defendant into custody . The case being fully proved , the defendant was fined 20 s ., which was forthwith paid , and the defendant left tho court with his friends .
WORSHIP STREET . Wednesday . —Brutal Assault . —Charles Montague , a milkman , was brought up on a warrant before Mr . Bingham , charged with committing a brutal assault upon Mr . Francis Povoas , a coflfee-house keeper , in Oxford , place , Hackney-road , whereby his life had been seriously endangered . The prosecutor , who appeared t « labour under great debility , stated that , shortly before twelve o ' elockon the nightof the 27 th ult ., the prisoner , accompanied by two other men , named Gillott and Chillingworth , entered his house and called for refreshments , but , in consequence of their having grossly misconducted themselves on a previous occasion , he refused to sltvc them . The prisoner and his companions on thia assailed him with the most abusive and threatening language , and , on his requesting them to quit the place , the man Chillingworfh ( who is not yet in custody ) struck
him a violent blow in theface , which cut open his lips imd covered his shirt and waistcoat with blood . Tho whole party then left the house , and the witness followed thorn to give them into custody ; but on reaching a piece of waste ground which the men crossed to avoid the police , they all turned upon and attacked him in the most furious manner , knocking him down , and beating him till ho was nearly senseless , and ultimately flung him head and heels into a deep muddy ditch , where they left him , and effected their escape . With great difficulty he succeeded in extricating himself from his perilous position , almost stifled with mud and filth , but was so greatly exhausted by his efforts that he fainted the instant he reached the bank , where he was discovered some time after in a state of insensibility by some persons who were passing , and who removed him to . a neighbouring shop , and procured medical assistance . He was at length assisted to his
own house , to which he had been confined ever since , incapable of attending to his business , and constantly under the care of a surgeon . A certificate from Mr . Taylor , a surgeon at Hackney , was put in , describing tlie present condition of the prosecutor , and stating that when called upon to attend Mr . Povoas ho found him incapable of articulation , and ina highly dongerou ' s state . When called upon for his defence , the prisoner did not altogether deny the charge , but alleged that the really serious part of the outrage had been perpetrated by the men Chillingworth and Gillott , in whose compan he hac unfortunately happened to be at the time , and who had succeeded in keeping out of the way . Mr . Bingham said , th&t the summary power with which , he was invested
was altogether inadequate to deal with so strious a charge as this , and he considered that the ends of justice could only be insured by sending the case to the sessions . The prosecutor , however , interposed , and begged that the magistrate would deal summarily with the matter , asit would entail upon him considerable expense , and the greatest inconvenience and annoyance , in his state of health , to prosecute the case any further . Mr . Bingham said , that , under those circumstances , ho felt bound to forego hisjformer intention , and accede to the prosecutor ' s application ; but , in so doing , he should iuflict upon the prisoner the highest amount of penalty it was iu his power toimpoBe , which was the sum of £ 5 , and if that was not paid , the prisoner must stand committed to the House of Correction for six weeks , with hard labour .
MARLEOROUGH-STREET . The Dome asb the Carter .- —It will be recollected , that on Saturday week Henry Wood , the driver of a carrier's cart , was fined £ 4 by Mr . Hardwick , for furious driving , whereby he endangered the life of his Grace the Duke of Wellington , A few days after this proceeding a letter appeared in the papers , signed " Truth , " in which the writer asserted that the fine had been paid by lus Grace , and that the offender had in consequence been liberated . A day or two ago Wood came to this court to ask Mr . Hardwick whether any money had been left for Mm at this court by the Duke of Wellington , as he presumed that such had been the case , and having become known had induced the writer of the letter signed "Truth" to send his communication
to the papers . —Mr . Hardwick said he had received no money from his Grace for such a purpose , nor did he think it would be a very proper act on the part of his Grace , whose life had been placed in jeopardy by the defendant ' s want of care in driving , and who had come forward to make his complaint , - partly on public grounds .-Wood said he considered the fine was heavy when his circumstances were taken into consideration He , however , through the assistance of a relation , whom he was obliged to pay again , had raised the money , and ho had liberated Inraself . -Mr . Hardwick said he had re ceivcd a Post-office order for £ 1 , and half a sovereign from anonymous contributors to go towards payment of the fine ,, which he should direct to be paid over to Wood .-The chief usher , Clements , handed the money to Wood , who gave a receipt , and then left the court .
LAMBETH . Monday . —An Incorrigible Young Tuief . —Michael Leonard , a little fellow of fifteen years , of age , was brought before Mr . Henry for final examination , on a charge of stealing a purse from the person of a young woman while looking at a " Punch and Judy" show . On his last examination the prisoner declared that he had never been in custody before , and expressed himself very indignant , upon Cook , the gaoler , saying he was pretty certain about his having been in his care before . Cook told the magistrate he was more confirmed in his opinion about the prisoner being in custody before , by the fact-of a young prostitute from Whitechapcl bringing him some refreshments , but the young seamp brazened it out , and said "the young woman was no acquaintance of his , nor could he account for her bringing him the refreshments . Yesterday , Conway , an active constable , belonging to the II division of police , proved that the prisoner had been frequently in custody , and had been in the House of Correction , He was committed for three months with hard labour .
Wednesday . —Suicide , Seduction , and Felony . — Miss Mary Ann Salisbury , alias Miss Lucy Spencer , who on a former occasion gave a romantic account of her seduction , and who had been charged with attempting to commit suicide , was placed at the bar before Mr . Norton for final examination on various charges of felony . Tlie prisoner when put in the felons' dock did not exhibit any of those theatrical airs which she had assumed at her last examination . On the contrary , during her presence at the bar she continued to slied tears in abundance , and endeavoured , as well as she could , to conceal her face
from the observation of the numerous persons who had thronged the court during the investigation . When the prisoner was brought before Mr . Norton , on a charge of attempting to commit suicide , her statement about her being tho daughter of a Dissenting clergyman at Bath , and bemg _ seduced and robbed , was so plausible , as not only to mislead every person in court , but the magistrate inmselt , and Mr . Norton directed English , ono of the summoning officers , to take care of her until an answer could be received from her father , and also requested the chief clerk tp write to the latter . This was done , and in reply to the letter sent , the following was received : —
,,.,. _ " Guildhall , Bath , 7 th June , 18 ia . » " '»—In answer to your letter of the 5 th inst ., 1 have to inform you that the young woman who gave her name JIary Ann Salisbury is the daughter of Salisbury a poor man , residing at No . 4 , Trim-bridge , in this city , and a shoemaker . She left her home about two months ago , and her address , known here , is ' post-office , London . ' Her age is nineteen years . Her statement as to Alfred Bartram is a falsehood , no such person beine known here . She is considered not right in her mind . Her statement as to the gold watch and jewelleiy is not true ; her friends are too poor to fetch her home , but are anxiously waiting her return , " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , ., -n . v zm .,.,, "William Hall , Chief Officer . " To the Chief Clerk , Lambeth Court . "
A City constable attended and informed Mr . Norton , that the prisoner had been before the Lord Mayor on a charge of attempting to commit suicide at London-bridge , wheu she made a long and rambling statement about her respectability , her being seduced , &c , but itdiffered in many essentials from that which she had made at this court , it also appeared that she had gone to the Southwark court for the purpose of getting relief , but having on her hand at the time two valuable rings , she was not deemed a person in absolute want , and no assistance was afforded her . —Mr . JSorton also produced a letter which he had received rom the Rev . L . Cappel , minister of St . George ' s German Lutheran Chapel , in Great Alic-street , Goodman ' s-fields , stating that on the 28 th of last month the prisoner called upon him with the view , no doubt , of getting pecuniary assistance under grossly false pretences . She then gave her name as Lucy Spencer ; said she was the daughter of a clergyman , and sister to the Bev . Mr . Spencer at Bath , and said a foreign lady , Mrs . Francis , had sent her to him ( the Rev . Mr . Cappel ) . She then in the most artful manner , and anoarentlv deeuly affected , told the same story
that she had repeated to the magistrate , with some slight variations , aud expressed herself very anxious to return to Bath , but was without the means of doing so , as her lover had robbed her of everything , and then endeavoured to induce her to commit suicide . Something in her manner had induced the rev . gentleman to doubt her story , but at the same time he ottered to assist her , provided she allowed him to accompany her to Mrs . Frauds , the lady who , as she stated , had recommended her to him . This , however , was evidently inconvenient . She made some evasive excuses and left the house . The rev . gentleman in his note describes the prisoner to be one of the most artful impostors he had ever met with , and most likely to Bucceed on account of the details which she could give to her stories . Tho first case of felony taken against her was that of a Mrs . Farthing , in Ashley-crescent , City-road , and , from the evidence adduced , it appeared that the prisoner had entered her service as servant of all-work on the 14 th of April last . She then represented that she had but just come from Bath , where she had lived with a lady named Salisbury for nearlyfour years , and gave her own name as Lucy Spencer , witness wrote to Bath to Mrs ,
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in service at Bath ; aud uii searching her box at her lodgings liu found th ? property identified by the last witness , aud some duplicates relating to '' other property . This completed the first charge . —Tlio second charge was that of Miss Mary Bartram , assistant to Mrs . Ford , a dressmaker in the Blackfriars-road , who deposed that on the 12 tlv of May last the prisoner entered the service of Mra . For a , when she rhvg tho naiue ' of Lucy Spencer , and , after eiglit ( lays , had been discharged . A Jay or two after she was gone witness lost a cloak , and other articles had been missed , of the stealing of which the prisoner had been suspected- A lace shawl had been missing , and for some considerable time the workpeople in the house had labuureu under the most unpleasant suspicions , as the property had disappeared in a very mysterious manner ; but the mystery was now cleared up , as the shawl wss found in the prisoner ' s box , with several other articles . Witness further stated , that she had frequently heard the prisoner talk uf having a sweetheart in Bath , who had dwd three
years ago , and say sho should never have another . The witness further identified the cloak produced by a pawnbroker as her's ; and English , the officer , deposeilto having found the duplicate relating to tho cloak , which was pledged for 6 s ., in the box of the prisoner . ThU completed the second charge . —The third chargo wai tliat of stealing three shawls , a piece of silk of twelve yards , five yards of cloth , a white petticoat , and other articles , the property of Mary Ann Clark . Iu this casu it appeared the prisoner went to lodge in the same home with the prosecutrix in Fell-street , Wood-street , CheapsidD , on the 10 th of May last , and only stayed there two days , and when she was gone the property was missing . —A shopman to Mr . Denister , a pawnbroker in Blackfriars-road , produced the property , which had been pledged mi the 12 th of May , in the same name and by a person giving the same address as the person who pledged the cloak . —The prisoner , who in a low tone of voice pleaded guilty to the whole of the charges , was fully committed lor trial on each , and was then removed from the har .
MARYLEBONE . Saturday . — A travelling chapman , of the name of Gcrrard Nagle . a dealer in lace , aud other small wares , was charged before Mr . Long this morning on the opening of the court , with the following gross assault : —In the course of his peregrinations the defendant called at the house of the prosecutor , a laumlross and washerwoman in K ' onsal New Town , and wished to drive a bargain . She . was very much engaged at the time getting up some linen , and intimated that sho wanted nojjbing in his line . The dealer in wares , howevor , refused to go , and was about
to sit Uown , when the plaintiff desired him to be gone . She did not like his appearance , as sue was alone , and had a considerable amount of property . Finding that he would not go , aud suspecting t ' . iat his motives no better than they should be . she was preparing to go out for a policeman , when the defendant prevented her , and pushed her aside . She resented it , when the defendant raised his Sst and struck her a severe blow , which felled her to the earth . She got up and ran out , calling " police '" and gave him in charge . Tho case being fully brought home to the defendant , he was fined 40 s ., which he immediately paid .
Lancashiiik Mihebs . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Minors will be held on Monday next , June 16 th , at the aign , of the King William , Platt-bridgc , near Wigan ; cliair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . A public meeting will also be held on the same day , which will be addressed by W . 1 ' . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , including general contribution , is Is . 8 d . per member . WoLVBBnAMriojt Miners . — Mr . Joseph Linney lectured to the Miners of this locality on the 4 th and 10 th of this month in the large room at the Horse and Jockey Inn , Bilston-street . The chairman read the rules of the Minm' Benefit Society of Great Britain , after which resolutions were passed that a
lodge be formed therein connection with the National Union of Miners , and that Mr . Jloberts should be invited to visit the locality shortly . Lectures will be delivered in the above room every Tuesday evening , the chair to be taken at seven o'clock . The Miners here call upon all to unite , and withstand the proposed reduction about to take place . Lancashire Miners . —The turnout atMessrs . Swire and Lees ' , in the Ashton district , still continues , and the brave fellows seem as determined as ever . On Monday last they had a splendid procession through Ashton , Stalybridge , Hyde , and Dukintield . The men on sjrike were joined by a great number of their mining brethren fvom other pits in the ¦ ¦ eighbourhood , and preceded by a band of music . There were t ' so numtrous flags and banners inscribed with
appropriate mottoes , and the whole scene was truly magaificcnt . It was late in the evening when Mr . Robert arrived , owing to important engagements at Bury ; as soon , however , as his arrival was made known , the procession moved on to the place of meeting , near to the Half Moon , in Dukinfield , the band playing , " See the Conquering Hero conies . " Mr . Charles Parkinson was called to the chair , who opened the business by a brief but tvnly eloquent speech . The meeting was subsequently addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., Messrs . Davies , Clark , and Wild . Alter giving three cheers for the Union , the large assembly peaceably dispersed . The Miners , late in the employ of Messrs . Swire and Lees , return their sincere thanks to the men of Burslem for their liberal donation of £ 2 11 s . ; and
should any of tho trades at a distance ibel disposed to contribute anything towards the 243 men now onBtrike . itwouldbe thankfully received , and tho amimn notified in the Northern Star . All orders to be made payable to Mr . Joseph Brookbank , care of Mrs . Elliot , Miners' Arms , Dnkinfield , Cheshire . The next General Delegate Mebti . vg of La . v CAsmuE Miners well be held at the sign of the King William , Platt-bridge , near Wigan , on Monday , loth June ; chair to be taken at 11 o ' clock in the forenoon , luerc will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , including general contribution , is Is . 8 d . uer member .
Iiie Coudwadjers' Associatiox . —Since the late Conference , this association has been making rapid progress in the metropolis , as tho reports in our paper for the last few weeks testily . " We have already noticed that three out of the four great branches of the London Men ' s trade have given in their adhesion ; and now we have to add that the Borough Men's-inen have done the same . Exeter also has lately become a section , and from letters winch have arrived in London , we learn that the Men s-men of Cork , and both branches of the trade in . Belfast , are expected to follow the example as soon as the delegate from England goes amongst them , which it is supposed will be in the course of next week .
Stuirs or Ciiainmakers . —The men lately in the employment © f Wood Brothers , at Wolverhampton , a- « on strike , occasioned by the resistance of that hrtn to the just demands of the men i ' w an advance ol wages , and their persecution of the Chainmakers ' Union . We have received an account of this strike , but so illegibly written as to prevent us giving the particulars . « s »
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THE BURY STABbSg CASE . ( From our kist vieeVs edition . ) Janus Gregson . —Is a powerloom weaver . Was in Chapel-street on Monday night , the 26 th , sawth * prisoner and three others coming dow » Chapel-street . Prisoner had alarge yellow stick with him . He went up two steps towards his lodgings , and came down again , and struck at the people with the stick . Witness saw the dagger , but does not know whether the prisoner drew it out , or whether it flew out while he was striking at the crowd : saw him stabSugden . Saw him draw out the blade of the dagger from s «? den's body . He struck at two after he had stabbed Sugden , I was one . He cut my waistcoat , lnat is my waistcoat ( hero the waistcoat was nro .
duced ; it had a rent on the right side in the form of a half square , about two inches wide . ) That is the place that the dagger cut . After this tli e dagger broke in pieces . The prisoner went into his house with the handle of the stick in hit hand . He struck at anotherafter he struck at me . I saw the wall struck and the dagger break iu pieces . ™ By * & wurily . —Was oomingby the Independent Chapel ; did not say " Ba ! " to Mm . Prisoner tame down the steps ; saw himstab the deceased . Cannot say whether the dagger was whole after prisoner had stabbed Sugden . Did not touch prisoner . Did not see any one else do so . Did not see any one take hold of his coat or legs . There was nothing to prevent huii from going into his house . Gave his waistcoat to Mr . Henshaw , inspector of police . George Ellison , George Corret , Richard Aspinall , and John Tagg corroborated the evidence of the former witnesses .
Bichard Ashworth Ratcliffe . —Is a tailor . Recollects Monday night . Was near Charlson ' s ( beerhouse ) door , about a quarter past eight on Monday night , 26 th of May . Saw the prisoner Harris at the back door , with a stick ia his hand : asprisoner was going from Charlson ' s , he said he should like to run the b——rs through . He said he would take some one ' s life before he slept that night . Saw him draw something like a dagger out of the stick at Charlson ' s back door . Followed him to his lodgings . Saw him stab deceased . Saw a piece of the dagger fall . Mary Booth . —Is fourteen years of age . Lives with her parents in Livesay-row . Went an enand on Monday night , 26 th May , for her mother . Was in Chapel-street , and saw the prisoner . Raa into Turton s house , where the prisoner lodges . While there the prisoner came in . He had a broken daeeer in
Ju s hand . He said " he had ran that in one of the b r * guts , and lost the other part . " Cross-examined , —Prisoner laughed when he said iehadruatheb——rthx-ough the guts . He did not appear alarmed . Afr . John Parkes , surgeon , deposed as follows :- — Was called in on Monday night last , to attend John Sugden , in North-street ; found him in bed laid on his back , he complained of great pain at the pit of his stomach . On examining the wound found it about one inch long , and nearly as wide ; the wound was much swollen . In the course of several hours , when reaction took place , he began to vomit blood , complaining of great pain during vomiting . Was certain then that the inward wound was serioUB . As the stomach repeatedly filled with blood he as frenuaRtlv
vomited . He lingered until half-past four on Wednesday , May 28 th . There was not the least chance of his life . Made a . pott mortem examination of the deceased . The cause of death was a penetrating . wound through the stomach , injuring the great blood vessels —deceased died from loss of blood . Found this steel at the post mortem examination in the cartilages beween two of the bones of the spine —( kere the point of the dagger was produced , about five inches in length ) . There was no mortification . There was no tune for it . There were no witnesses ealled for the defence ; and after a short consulta tion , the magistrates " saw no grounds for preferring a greater charge against the prisoner than Manslaughter ! " The court-room was crowded at the examination , and the greatest interest was manifested .
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To the Nailmakers of Great Britain . —Fellow Workmen , —The Nailmakers of Stirlingshire for the last ten years have been in a very low and depressed state , their wages being very small , indeed not adequate to keep body aud soul together ; but knowing that a rise had taken place through the country , they appealed to their employers in this county for an advance , which they at once , with a very few honourable exceptions , refused . The consequence was that a strike took place , and this is the eighth week of the turn-out . An appeal was made to several places in Scotland , which was nobly responded to , but the duration of the strike has been so long that we are under the necessity of repeating
that appeal . We have strong hopes of succeeding in our righteous struggle if our brethren in England will but lend us their aid . We have not been Backward in former times in giving our aid to others , as some of them know . There are upwards of 200 men out , and they are firm and determined , but the majority of them have families , and help is ' needed . If any of our brethren , should feel inclined ' ( as we hope they will ) to aid us , they must keep in mind that they are struggling for themselves at the same time they are lending us a helping hand . If we fail in this struggle , others will suffer as well as us . We , therefore , hope an appeal will not be in vain . In the name of the Strike Committee , James Jenkiss , St . Minions , by Stirling .
Lancashire Miners . —The following sums have been rcceiyed by the Miners Lite in the employ of Messrs . Swire and Lees : —From the Counterpane Weavers of Bolton , £ 5 ; from the Miners of Kingley , £ 15 ; ditto , Wigan , £ 5 ; from the Spinners of Ashton , £ 2 weekly ; from the Quilt Weavers of Bolton , £ 5 . —The Miners late in the employ of Messrs . Swire and Lees return their sincere thanks to the parties who have contributed so liberally towards supporting them in their protracted struggle , and they most respectfully appeal to the trades generally , and their mining brethren particularly , for a continuance of their kind support . There are 243 men still on strike who have been subjected to great hardships , many of them havine larae families
entirely dependent upoii them for support , The smallest sum from either trades or individuals , who may not have contributed before , will be gratefully received and duly acknowledged in the Northern Star . Money orders to be made payable to Mr . Joseph Brockbank , care of Mary Elliott , Miners' Arms , Dukinfield , Cheshire . In relation to . the above strike wehave received the following : —For some time past the Miners late in the employ of Messrs . Swire and Lees have been subjected to the most vexatious annoyance from various parties connected with the works belonging to the abovementioned gentlemen , and to such an extent has this annoyance been carried on , that the poor fellows , goaded to madness , have committed some slight breaches of the peace , when they have
been almost instantly pounced upon and dragged before tlie magistrates , and some of them committed to prison . On Monday last two of the men were taken before the magistrates at Hyde . One of them , named Ralph Chaddertou , was charged with a serious assault , which , however , turned out to be a most ludicrous affair . It appeared from the evidence of the complainant , Wm . Rowland , that he was standing within his own door with a naiut-kush in his hand , when a great number of Miners passed in a kind of procession , and Chadderton got hold of him by the breast and said "Come on , Chadderton ; " did not strike him , but tore his shirt . —Mr . Roberts addressed the bench on behalf of Chadderton , and called two witnesses , who contradicted the most
material paints in the evidence of the complainant , and swore that Rowland threatened to stab Chadderton . The magistrates , however , convicted the prisoner in forty shillings and costs . The other man , John Holt , was charged with intimidation , inasmuch as he was passing the window of William Hartshorn ' s house , and held up his child to the window , saying " Here ' s a flint !"—Mr . Brooks opened the case , and called witnesses to prove the truth of his statements . Mr . Roberts severely cross-examined the witnesses , and his address to the magistrates on behalf of the prisoner made a powerful impression upon the court , for , after deliberating for a few minutes , the mag istrates ordered the prisoner to be liberated . The money was paid for Chadderton , and he was consequently liberated .
Boston Miners . —A few days ago an open-air meeting of the Miners of this district took place , which was presided over by Mr . Joseph Linney , who addressed a powerful discourse to the assembled colliers . The meeting was also addressed by Mr . Em « bleton and Mr . Ramsay , from NeNrcastle-upon-Tyne , whose excellent speeches were most heartily responded to . The Ensotno National Trades Conference . — At a meeting of the Society of Saddlers held at the Red Lion , Long Acre , on Monday evening , July the 8 th , it was resolved , on the motion of Mr . M'Gregor , that a delegate be sent from this body to the ensuing Conference , and that such delegate be elected at the next meeting on Monday , June 23 rd .
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_ . EXTRAORDINARY DESTRUCTION OK IVaSI'S . — TJlC Lavl of Traquair has for several years past given a liberal reward to the children in the neighbourhood tor destroying those destructive insects during April and to the middle of May , as it is understood that at that period every wasp is tlie parent of a whole nest , amounting to some thousands . Owing , it may be supposed , to the limited fall of rain or snow last winter , these noxious creatures are unusually numerous this season , as the following account will show , ilie children , about fifty in number , were desired by Ins lordship to attend at Traquair-housc with their spoil every Saturday afternoon , where they were counted by his lordship ' s gardener , and each one paid so much per dozen . The following has been the result : —April 26 , 756 dozen , weighing 21 b . 1 oz . ; May 3 , 114 dozen weight 6 oz . ; May 10 , 59 i dozen , weight , 2 J oz . ; May 17 , Gift dozen , weight lit oz . ; total , 1573 dozen , weight 41 b . tu oz . ; making the incredible number of 18 , 876 wasps' nests destroyed in tour flecks , and in one parish . It may be presumed , if each of these had been allowed to multiply , however favourable the season may prove , there would be little fruit or honey left for miles around . —Caledonian Mercury .
Disturbances in Ireland . —Tuoors Ordered to Lkitrim . —The 11 th Hussars have been ordered to the disturbed districts of Leitrim . Tlie regiment received a sudden route when on their march for Dublin . The accounts from Leitrim state that the disturbances are daily increasing , and the local magistrates have called for the aid of the government in suppressing them .
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nous preparation of the clay is required—an expense generally greater thau the cost of making . If worked by hand , that is , one man or two boys , it is capable of pro . ducing from 5 , 000 to 7 , 000 per day , or if by one horse , or by steam or water power , will produce from 14 , 000 t « 40 , 000 draining tiles per day . The' ' machine , slightta altereS , also makes bricks equally well . ' This is : amort capital invention for agricultural purposes , and aiio foe all sorts of pleasure grounds , gardens , icl , where sprinln abound ; we therefore advise all who are ihterestedFta these matters to go to the Polytechnic Institution an * « ee the machine , which 1 b in daily operation .
ROYAL POLITECHNIC INSTITUTION . — AlBSlee ' s p » tent draimng-tile machine and drying process . —This machine is portable , is worked by hand , or , if required , by horse or steam power , and is complete within itself . The mould for forming sockets on the pipes is now perfect in its operation . Jrom the simplicity of its horizontal movement the machine is not liable to derangemeut , and it throws itself out of gear as soon as all the clay is worked out of the container ; it is not easily injured . All stones in tlie clay are crushed to pieces without retarding the movement , and these are the only machines hitherto offered to the public , for which , with most clajs , nopre .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 14, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1319/page/5/
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