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SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS UNION.
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OUR TTAIHI 8 . SI EBHXST 30 BEI . Te lords of golden argosies ! Ana prelate , prince , and peer ; And members all ef Parliament , In rich St . Stephens , hear 1 We are getting up ihrongh England , All the nravest ana the Dest ; from tbe heather-hills of Scotland , To the green Isle of the West . Prom the corn field and the factory , To the coal-belf s hollow zone ; from the cellars of the city , To the mountain ' s quarried stone . 1 ft irant no courtiers golden , And peno bayonets need ; ' ' If tales of ages olden Arightly je will read . Tis justice that ensareth To statute * , they shall last ; And liberty enduretb When tyrannies have passed . "We seek to Injure no man ; We ask but for our right ; We hold ont to the foeman The hand that he would smite ! And , if ye mean it trnly . The storm may yet be laid , And we mil aid yon duly , As brothers brother ! aid }—Bnt , if ye falsely play us . And if ye bnt possess The poor daring to betray \ a . Not the courage to redress ; Then your armies shall be scattered , — If at us their steel be thrust , — And your fortresses be battered , Like atoms in the dust ! And the anger of the nation Across the land shall sweep , Lfce a mighty Devastation Of the ainds upon the deep ! Hampstead , July , 1 S 4 S .
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Air , — " Thedagsihatwetoentgiptying . " Come let ns leave the mnrky gloom . The narrow crowded street ; The bustle , noise , the smoke and din , To breathe the sir that ' s sweet "We'll leave the gorgeous palaces , To those miscalled great ; To spend a day of pleasnre on The People ' s First Estate ! Choxub . On this estate the sons of toil Shall independent be , Esjoy the first fruits of the soil , From tyranny set free ! The banners waving in tbe breeze ,
The bands shall cheerfully play , Xet all be mirth and holiday On this onr holiday . Unto the farm— " O'Connorvflle , " That late wai" Herrincsgate , " "We go to take possession of Th » People ' s First Estate ! On this estate , &c "When on the farm ! the People ' * Farm ! This lanu of liberty ! We'll join the dance and rural garnet , "With joy and sportive glee . Our gambols play , throughout the day , ( Ye scoffers yon may prate , ) And leave at night this lovely scene , The People ' s FirstEstate ! On this estate , &c .
May nature shed her choicest stores , On this delightful Fpot ; Each flccnpant be blest indeed , And peace attend each cot . And may onr brave Directors with The fiinds that well create , lave long to purchase hnndredsmore Like this our first estate } On onr estates the sons of ton Shall independent be ; Eajoj the first fruits of the soil , From tyranny set free ! Earners Town , John Abnott . July 27 th , 1816 . *
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HE TRUTH SEEKER , No ? . 1 , 2 , 3 . Vol . II . Leeds : F . R . Lees . Barmantofs ; London : Chapnan Brothers , 121 ,-Sewfeate-street . Some two or three weeks back we received the tare numbers of this Magazine ; the numbers of the rstTolmne never reached us . The Truik Setter appears to lie unuer the menage-Hit of Dr . F . R . Lees of Leeds , whose very talented nblications in advocacy of the Total-Abstinence ia = e have often been noticed in this journal . The Editor has some very able assistants whose contribu bn 3 would do credit to higher-priced publications , ie confess we do not understand some of the arti-!« , they are too mystical and transcendental for onr uBprehension ; bnt on the whole the contents of te = e numbers have much gratified us . From an article entitled " The Land Problem " ? give the following extract : —
Theland still tied up in the han 3 s of the ancient lords ' tie soil , aad twenty millions of people crying one for ipbjment and bread ! And mark especially that the a 3 isvirtually exempt now from the support of the peo la . feudalism in that sense also , is not ! Monasteries Knot ! Call it a tax which God has imposed npon the Jpnlar enfranchisement , if yon will— a philosophical ssssity rushing oat of the freedom and indivdiuality of aa—I care not what yon call it—such tax has now besk an insufferable , unpayable burden . That is clear . Mther necessity , equally as philosophical , is rushing ni of tbe nerr elements which Lave come into being , and be ' people proclaim , with terrible emphasis , that they mst and will be fed . -Altogether these are momentous matters ! To pre-DvethefoTfflsnS appendages andpossesaons of feudal , in—note that fendalism is extinct and has no hold upon
lie people—is questionable . Say , I will say , it is unwise ad wrong . Primogeniture and Entail may mate a pltndid outward Aristocracy ; bnt they impov « ri £ tt and eger the People . I hope that the nobility of England ffl one day see this , and forego the pomps of rank for hepompsofbnmanity . I believe it will be found inconvertible , that the Condition of the Ptople is always related by the Tenure of the Land . The doctrines of ts political economists of the day seem to me altogether rtadolentaiid hollow , I speak of them now , essentially i matter- connected nlth tlie Present Society ; tor any agfcer society they are infernal—utterly incapable of dang any thing otherwise than the work of the Devil . 3 iot % do they disunite the family of man , and rear a fabric f pride to mock the modesty of the heavens ; bu ~ they adin this—starvation ! O terriblestofallterrible sights , > that of » willing man refused the privilege of working , a 9 condemned to starve !
y B recommend { he writer of this article from &i ( A we have given the abtve extract , not to thuneragainst " revolationisfe , " and "demagogues , " at for these the " land problem" would never have scome subject for public investigation ; besides , us writer is himself a * ' revolutionist , " and as 3 eri-12 good motives for his own actions , he should b ? taboos about misrvjwesejilhig the motives of there . From another article we give the following pa-Jgraph : — The Sight to the Lucd . —However unwelcome the ocirine may sonnd . the common right of man to the S 3 , is the foundation Ujjon which all the other rights of Bmanity are based .
The poetry in this Magarne is of a very superior eracter . We have read with orach interest the 'Ball adHistory ofthelfonnan Conquest , " by Jaxu-£ tSeuu . e . The ballads are excellent—excellent ficause thsj present iu stirring poetry a pictured istory of the time when IIabold fell and the has-•™ tyrant established his bloody despotism on the Uns of Saxon freedem . We should be glad toknow ? at the author ' s firstinterition was carried out , that ! eircuiating his production as a sheet-ballad , with be view cf raising , if possible , the character of our ¦ SWoralisMjg street literature . The name of the auoo . " of the following lines is not givea—they are « tt beautiful : —
uses auqxg the leayes . l * T * 5 P heard the west wia < l duginj , where the summer trees sra springing ; BaTe ye counted o ' er the many tunes It knows * or wide wisged ei « rit rangetli , and its baited metre changeth As it so <> 5 . plaintive wmI it muketlr when the willow ' s tress it ahaketii , lisenew-born infant sighing in its sleep ; W th ^ lovustrlics , Jo w and slcn < Ier _ beud to list the strain so lender , Till t ' n cy weep .
a ' Jtlisr tale ' tis telling , where tie clustered elm is STc-iJinjj v - « dating jivy that srems to kugli outright ; "•' "¦ T ie leaves , all hihht audclaj-juu ;? , soundlikehuman Angers supping yrah ieaOit .
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The fitful key-note shifteth where the heavy oak up * lifteth , , . . A diadem of acorns broad and high ; And it chants with muffled roaring , like an eagle ' s wings in soaring To the sky . Now the breeze is freshly wending , where the gloomy yew is bending , To shada green graves , and canepy the owl ; And it gives a mournful whistle , that remindeth of the Tnjt ^ nl And the cowl . Another lay it giveth where the spiral poplar liretfa , Above the cresses , lily , flag , and rush ; And it sings with hissing treble , like the foam upon the pebble , In its gush .
A varied theme it utters where the glossy date-leaf flutterg , A lond and lightsome chant it yieldeth tliere ; And the quiet , listening dreamer , may believe that many a streamer Flaps the air . It is sad and dreary hearing where the giant pine is rearing His lonely head , like hearse plume waved about ; And it lutketh melancholy , where the thick and sombre holly Bristles out . It murmurs soft and mellow mid tbelight laburnum ' s yellow . As lover ' s ditty chimed by rippling plash ; And deeper is its tiding , as it hurries , swiftly gliding Thro the ash .
A roundelay of pleasure does it keep in merry measure , While rustling in the rich leaves of the beech , As tho a band of feeries were engaged in MaVs vagaries , Out of reach . Oh ! a Bard of many breathings is the Wind in sylvan wreathings . O ' er mountain tops and thro the woodland groves , Newfifinjj and now drumming—now howling and now humming—As it roves . Oh ! are not human bosoms like these things of leaves and blossoms , Where hallow'd whispers come to cheer and rouse ! Is there no mystic stirring in our hearts , like sweet wind whirring In the boughs f Tho'that wind a strange tone waketh in every home it maketb , And the maple tree responds not as the larch ; Yet Harmony is playing round all the green arms
swajmg * Neath Heaven ' s arch . Ob ! what can be the teaching of these forest voicei preaching 'Tis that atrotha ' s creed , tho , not at mine , May blend about CtodCslaUar , and help ioftt th * psalter That ' s divine . We recommend the TrutJt-See&er to all lovers of truth , and friends of progress .
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The above event was celebrated by apnblicdraner , a ball , and other amusements , at Highbury Barn Tavern , on Monday , July 27 th , 1846 . About six hundred and fifty sat down to l dinner which appeared to give the highest satisfaction to all present . On the cloth being removed , Mr . John Beppel was called to the chair , and Mr . Francis Dobson acted as vice-chairman . The Chairmas said , the object of their society and of the annual commemoration of its foundation , was to create a better feeling amongst the working classes . Twenty yeara ago only one small body of engineers , called the " Old Society , " had an existence : bat from that period their trade had
progressed , and soon was another body render ^ necessary , and the "New Society" sprung into existence , and again he congratulated them on their increasing progress , for they now boasted a Liverpool Society , a Manchester Society , and many more . ( Loud cheers . ) We have cease . l to view our sister societies wiih jealousy and suspicion , and now looked en their increasing importance with pride aad satisfaction—( Cheers)—and he bad the pleasnre of informing them that " a National Association of United Trades" had been formed for the "Employment of Labour , " and although the engineers , as a whole , had not yet given it their support , the body to which he immediately belonged had done so ; and he trusted the other portions would speedily do the same . ( Loud cheers . ) Such an association must cause the lowest producer to be as well cared foras the queen upon herjthrone , ( Hear , 'hear . ) There was also the National United Trade 3 Association for the Protection of Industry ,
the founders of which had broken through old prejudices , and admitted women and children to t » e benefits and advantages of the Association ; the women and children had hag been called on to work under and on the earth , and such being the case , he thought they were duly entitled to the advantages and protection of a trade society . ( Lond cheers . ) lie hoped soon to see the whole bodies of trades represented in one great national confederation . ( Great cheering . ) The first toast he had the honour to submit to them was— " Our Employers , " and if we in a measure depended on our employers , they in their turn , depended on ns ; for without the men ' s aid their orders would go unexecuted —( Loud cheers ) he wished some of their employers had been present , and then they would have had the opportunity of seeing that the , operatives were not mere drudges , bnt men of mind , who only required what they were justly entitled to , viz . a fair remuneration for their labour . ( Much applause . )
The Chairman again arose , and gave— " Oar managere and foremen , " and reviewed the position of the managers and foremen as compared with that of the workTsen . and said , when the managers and foremen treated the workmen kindly , yet acted justly as regarded the employer , they invariably found such conduct conduce very largely to the interest and well-being of both employer and employed . ( Eear , hear . ) He looked forward with hope in these progressive times to a realisation of bis fervent aspirations , wnen men would say with truth—our brethren—ourshop—our trade—and when all lands shall be our own . ( Great cheering . ) The next sentiment was , "Prosperity to the various Trade Societies in London . "
ilr . John Reid in responding , said—Looking at man as an intelligent rational being , we find present society not constituted ia a way worthy of such a creature ; governed as we are by avarice and ambition . The higher orders , as they ars called , combine and league together ; yet they _ appear to look with coni « mpt and seorn on societies of working men—( hear , hear . ) Members oF Parliament had their societie ? , Lawyers had their societies , ( and exclusive ones too , allowing none bnt members of their society to plead , be they ever so able , ( hear , hear ;) the Clergy had also their societies , and all these parties wouid tell you that they combined for the benefit of the working classes —( laughter . ) Yet are there very large portions of those they profess to protect in the
lowest state of degradation —( hear , hear . ) Well , if it was right for these classes to combine , it must be < quaily right for the working classes to unite for their own protection —( much applause . ) Tiie church professed to combine for the purpose of educating the people , but after a very long period of their union's existence , the people were still said to be ignorant ; therefore the clergy mu 9 t have been wanting in their duty , and heavy charges of immorality and gross delinquency hung over their heads , consequeatly they were no longer worthy existence as a Trades Society , —( loud cheers . ) lie believed the sole object of the clerical union was to contronl the mind of man , and make it snbservient to their unworthy purposes —{ vociferous cheering . ) The "Times" and "Weekly DisL-ateU" had recently attempted to run down Trades Societies , which rendered union amongst
working men more imperative , and pointed out to Trades Societies the necessity of supporting only those Papers which supported them—( loud ciieers . ) If any law was to be repealed , what was the first step taken ? Why , a public meeting was called—did not this show the necessity of union ?—( loud cheers . ) lie recollected s-Jine twelve years ago . when the men wanted a reduction of the hours of labour , ( and they were not then , strictly speaking , united , ) the masters treated their request as a drunken frolic , and told the men they had better have it out ; hut since then the men have " had it out . " by forming themselves into a temperate Trades Society , the result of wMsj was . their periods of labour were reduced four and a half hours per weik , whilst their wages had increased some two or three shillings per week . ( Great anplause . )
Mr . Chables Mo . vroe said , he felt highly hqnonred in being called on to speak to such a sentiment . He thought the fountain from which their society had sprung , was the " Great Strike" of London j from that period we had s oue on progressing , and had now become a constant flowing stream , a mighty river with many tributaries , ( Kind cheers , ) yet there were some , he knew , who looked on such-- -oeleties as so many bodies of destructionisls , levellers , find anarchists , aud who would ask , is the mau mad to propose such a sentiment , but the answer lie would give , to those men , was , come and see how nur meetings are conducted , and you will no longer < lcc ! ii us madmeu , as members of society—we have property—our labour—we have also the privilege—tJk right—lo disBose of that labour tothe best advantage , and we will not submit to be robbed of the ons , or deprived of the other . ( Tremendous cheering . )
Mr . Jon . v IlasBisos said , the toast he had the honour i <) respond to , was , «« a Speedy Union of tho Societies < . f our Trade in Great Britain and Ireland . " lh-i Ksaotiaiivc principle was the true sign of progress , he looked upon the exploded doctrines of strikes , as both foolish an > 'l detestable , and thought mat < . ther mains kssir . jurio us to bofcb employers and employed , and means far ina'clikely to benefit and iinurore the coflditwn of the . operative , should and
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vould be : behcefbrttt " adopted . " ( Loud cheers ;) " M an was a progressive being , young . men emerging from their apprenticehips were like new fledged birds , and it was our duty to' have societies in every town , as harbours of refuge to welcome them . ( Hear , hear . ) He contended that every man , in the trade , had a duty * ° P ' folim . and should put hi * shoulder to the wheel , and push on the great cause of reform . ( Loud cheers . ) Working men nad ton long laboured under a great disadvantage , that of not enjoying the fruits of their own labour , but he did hope the time would soon arrive , when the producers of wealth WOUld alSO ba the consumers of wealth . ( Immens e applause . ) Why should they not ? Why should they not enjoy those things to
which their ingenuity , perseverance , and inauatry , 80 pre-eminently entitled Mem , ( vociferous cheering , ) bnt in order to accomplish this , we must each labour in strict unity , anrt then shall we consummate so glorious an object . ( Loud cheers .. ) No man had aright to withhold from his fellows similar privileges to those hehimself claimed . ( Ilear . hear . ) Ho feared that there were some yet , who looked on their present glean of prosperity aa though it would last for ever , but he warned them by the fate of ancient great nations , of Rome , of Troy , and of other states and to come nearer home of the cotton spinners ' that once flourishing trade , now reJueed to naushb ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped these things would ' induce them to persevere , alwavs remembering that
England expects the engineers and machinists of London will do their duty . ( Great cheering . )! Mr . "NnwroN ( Secretary ) said , it would be his duty to shew the advantage of general union over that of sectional unions , and it was important that the engineers should shew the world , that they were capable of keeping progress with other societies , in favour of "National Associations for the protection and employment of Labour . " ( Iioud cheers . ) We are charged with combining for the purpose of fixine the _ price of labour ; well , suppose we do . have not the capitalists their Corn Exchange , their quarterly meeting of Ironmasters , die .. &c . for the remilatioh of the price of goods ; and if masters had the right to meet and regulate the price of goods , we had an equal
right to meet and regulaterthe price of labour . ( Loud cheers . ) We havebeen termed monopolist * , hut lie did not think the term applicable . We certainly did say a man shall undergo a certain probation before lie shall bo deemed qualified to follow the trade , and which he thought essential to both employers and employed . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , if union was necessary , it was so . not only partially , but aa a whole ; hence , he supported the proposition for amalgamating the several societies into one miehty whole , in order that so mighty a phalanx might be brought to bear in resistance to all agressions attempted on the Trades' bodies . ( Great cheering . ) Our trade has been the means of bringing towns nearer to towns , nations to nations , and thus extending civilization to all parts of the globe , ard he trusted that we should thus continue , until weliad extended civilization , and happines 3 throughout this great universe . ( Immense applause . ) Mr . Booth topo to respond to " Prasperity to the
Iron Trades , " in doing so , he said they were only proposing prosperity to themselves ; society was much indebted to the Press , there was a time it was called the fourth estate , but now , He thought , it might claim the high privilege of bring the first estate , and happy was he to say , that this , mighty monarch was now inclined to favour the millions ; ( cheers ) there was the Morning Advertiser , ( cheers , ) Punch , ( laushter and much applause , ) and last , not least . Tin Northern Stir , ( loud cheers , ) which had for a long time devoted itself to tbe interests of the million , —( great cheering , )—it might have been mistaken in some things , but no one could doubt its main purpose was the elevation of the millions . —( Great applause . ) —He ( Mr . Booth ) had Ion ? been a labourer on their committee , and happy was he to witness their progress : bigotry and prejudice was receding rapidly , whilst virtue , truth and justice , thanks to the "Iron Trade , " wa 9 progressing at " Railway Speed . "—
Mr . Baiward . would merely remark , whilst drinking success to the "Iron Trade , " that its produce had been for the last two years , as three to two over that of the sold mines , which shewed the great increase of mineral wealth ; but neither Iron , Gold , Lead , Copper . Earth , Air , or Sea was any advantage without the labour of the husbandman . On the motion of Mr . Geamkg , a vote of thanks ¦ was given by acclamation to the Chairman , Vice-Chairman and Stewards , for the handsome and able manner in which they bad conducted the Festival . The Chairman responded , and a Band stationed in the Gallery , which had enlivened the proceedings of the evening by playing many spirited popular tunes , concluded the evening by playing in excellant style , the all-inspiring Marsellaise , which was greeted with much applause .
The several Rustic Games were carried on with much tdal in the Grounds , and at eieht o ' clock tho Ball commenced , and was carried on with great spirit and good humour until two o'clock , when all took their departure , much gratified with the pleasure attending the Engineers' Anniversary Festival .
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evening about half-past six o ' clock , George Maynard , the Vauxhall pier man , observed a large skiff in which there were six men , three women , and a child . As it was attempting , to pass through the fourth arch of Vauxhall bridge , it struck against the buttress of the arch , and afterwards came into collision with the triangular piling driven in front of the dummy . The tide was then running down very strongly . The rowers instantly jumped up and fell upon thesitter ? The skiff swung itund , fell aeainsttne curtain-board
or bottom of the raddle box of the Lightning steamer and immediately filled . Captain Sherman and the crew 6 f the LiaMning wived thvee men and two women . The Captain of the Citizen , letter G , by the judicious use of his life-lines saved two more men , and the Bachelor resuned the sixth ; but , unfortunately , one of the women . Miss Ratlibone , of No . 45 G . Strand , and the child , the infant daughter of Mr . Wyld , the map-maker , perished . Miss Rathbojie was in her 25 th year . A reward has been offered for the recoverv of both bodies .
Suicide op as Anh-Predestinarian . —An inquest wa 8 held on Saturday evening at the West London Union workhonse , West-street , Smithfield . before Mr . J . Payne , the deputy coroner , on the body of George Clayton , aged 62 , a butcher . According to the evidence of the witnesses , the deceased was very fond of metaphysical and philosophical argument ., andnot long aeo , while engaged in a controversy of this kind , one of the company argued in support of tho doctrine of "predestinatian . " a doctrine which the deceased strennonslv opposed with the principle of "free will . "
The discussion growing warm , and the deceased becoming excited , ho pulled out his butcher ' s knife and stabbed himself in th « side , in order to gain bis point that man was a "free acent . " He had been for a Ions time past living with a woman of had character , the wife of * bi ^ nephew , » nd on Saturday week stabbed himself in the same place as before , in conse quence , as he said , of tho woman robbing him of al ! his goods and running away . He remained locked up in bis room until Tuesday without food , and \ fa « then taken to tho workhouse , where he did on Thursdav . Verdict" Temporary Insanity . "
FmcnTPDL Accident to an Infant . —On Monday evening a female infant , not quite 12 months old , fell from the third floor window of No . 11 , Langlej-court , Lonjr-acro . The child was being nursed at the time by a juvenile sister , when it spiang from her arms into the cnurt below . It was taken up in a frightfully mutilated state nndconveyed to Kiny ' s College Hosp ital without any hopes of recovery . ScppasEo Mcrueb and SuiciDB . —At North BneHy . last week , a considerable . « en « ation was created by the discovery of the bodies of William By water , and bis eon , a boy of seven years of a £ te , in an old coal-pit . It appears that on Monday moraine By water cot up and routed his son . telling hiin that lie should take ft walk with him . After preparing hi 3 wife ' s breakfast , he left with the boy and proceeded along the road to Bradford . They went over a stile leading to the pit , which issituated on elevated around , and on reaching
a platform which surrounds 'it , By water was scon to stoop under some rails round the mouth . They were then lost sight of by two men , who noticed them walking to the pit , and a few seconds afterwards tlie cries of a child were heard . The men hastened to the spot , and en looking down ( he pit saw nor heard nothing of them . Tho boitr . m of the pit was then searched , and their bodies , dreadfully mutilated , were found . At the inquest it was sliown that the father was much attached to his son , and was never heard to expressing any intention of destroying him . In a conversation lie had , however , with a neighbour , lie manifested much uneasiness , and his peculiar observationsled to the impression that hemeditattd suicide . Thejufy retai'rttda vei'dief , " That the deceased were found dead at the bottom of the pit ; but how or by what means they came by their deaths there was no evidence to show . "
Capture op a -Supposed MunDr . RBn . —In the month of September lnst , a soldier named M'Phersod , of tlie Cith Regiment , then stationed at Richmond Barracks , was found in the Grand Canal , Dublin , with Iiis hands tied behind his bnck with a black silk handkerchief , and his pockets turned inside out . No money was found upon him , although it was wbll known he had 6 s . put into his pocket on the night of his death . At that time nn inquest was held on the body , and a verdict of " wilful murder " was returned . A navigator , naim-d John Conroy , was the Ia 3 t person seen with deceased , and he immediately absconded Irom his Lxl ^ wgs and hi 3 employ at a late hour of the niu-ht of tho murder , leaving his
boots behind mm , ami cme to liri « land . Lrom information giv- ? n to \ ha Stayley-nmigo police , this person w ; is jipprulioi'dad at Slayley-bridjro , on Wednesday night last . When charged with the murder , the prisoner admitted that lie knew the deceased , and had !; ecsi irinkitie with him on the nigltt of his death at a late hour . He v : ; n brought before tbe m n « isir . iies on Thursday , when a saijcant . of the 5 Gt ? i Rc eimtnt proved seeing the prisoner with the deceased a sh : ; rt time previous to his death . II was remanded until the police , who are in pnssnssio of some importaut- information , had made ; some furtheir inquiries . The Commissioner of Police , Dublin has been written to upon the subject .
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.. Al the . Durham Assizes on Monday last , John Bell , aged 26 . was indicted for having committed a rape upon Jane Stcphenson , Ins own serrant , a girl of 17 years of age . . ¦ -,. _; .,. ; -.... Mr . Otter appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Bliss and Mr . Matthews were counsel for the defendant , who is a married man , carrying on the business of a master coachmaker , in the town of Barnard Ciistle . Tho prosecutrix Baid , that she went into the prisoner ' s tervice on the 23 rd of last May , and that on Sunday , the 28 th of June , her sister , who lives at Staindrop , had been over to Barnard Castle , when , in the afternoon , at about lour o ' clock , the sister being on her return home , ahe the witness , went about two miles with her on the way . Having left her to come back to Barnard Oastle , she met the prisoner , wbe . had followed them , and he , after
some persuasion , representing that there was a nearer road across some fields , induced her to accompany him that waj . She soon found , after they had got gome hundred ytitds from the road , that he was leading her where there was no public path . He » aid , bowe . ver , that they should come to one a little way on , and that induced her to accompany him into some fields , where , taking advantage of fne loneliness of the place , he began to take liberties with her , and finally by violence accomplished his purpose . She said that she had a long struggle with him , which was perceptible from the state of the ground , in a grass field where this happened , and in which the grass was beaten down for about flve ynrds . HeaftvrwArds forcibly detained her tliere for as much as half
itn hour . But in tbe meantime she had once made her escape for a distance , having run into a corn field , and there trodden down a good deal of the corn in her en-¦ leatours to get away . The girl , who is a person of respectable appearance for her station , then said tlint she bad mentioned the matter immediately on gottinu' to tbe town , towards which the prisoner accompanied her . She had not told it to the first females she saw , but diJ to a Mrs . RaineR , with whom she was better acquainted . That she bad done so , was proved by Mrs . Raines and others . A surgeon was called in to see her , the same night , and an officer gent to look at the spot , confirmed htr as to the condition of the grass field and the corn field . l
- In her ' cross-examination tho prosecutrix admitted that she bad stolen 2 s . about two years ago , from a Mrs . U uilton , having , as sl : e proceeded to say , obtained tbe money by . breaking into tbe window oi the house . Slie had also been charged with stealing 2 s in the same way from another person . She now admitted that she had committed that theft also , in the same way , by getting in at the window . Mn . Hailton , one of the witnesses called for the defence , snore that she would not believe tbe girl upon her oath . It had been asserted by the witnesses for the prosecution that the girl was much disturbed and distressed , and that her bonnet and dress bore evident marks of violence when sue came home on the Sunday . Other witnesses , for tbe defence , denied both these , and several of the prisoner ' s witnesses stated that they had previously « een the prosecutrix and the prisoner upon such terms of familiarity as to occasion jealousy botneen the husband and bis wife .
After his Lordship ' s gumming up , the Jury were about an hour in deliberation , and returned a verdict of Not Guilty ; adding , that they entertained a doubt , and gave the prisoner the benefit of it .
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—^ ¦ ¦ SHOOTING A GAMEKEEPER . ¦ At the Stafford AsBizeB on Tuesday , Zepbnnifih Hull was indicted for the murder of John William Norris , at Himley , on the 30 th of June laat . Mr . Godson detailed the circumstances of the case . It appeared that on the 30 th of June last , two men were at work in a turnip , field , in the parish of Himley , in this county , occupied by Mr . Longueville ; that they had with them a spaniel dog , and the deceased , bead gamukeeper to Lord Ward , met near to this place the prisoner Hull , an under gamekeeper , also in his lordship ' s employ . Norris remonstrated with Hull on the impropriety of allowing the dog to run about in and near to the preserves a quarrel on . sued ( in the course of which Norris got off his horse ;) Hull became much excited , and raised his gun and Bhot Nome , who lingered till the 20 th of July following , when
he died . The learned counsel read a deposition mads by Norris the day h 6 received the shot , tbe purpoit of which was , that he said to Hull he should be glad if he would look after tbe dog—that it was continually runuing about the premises , to which the prisoner replied thnt henevar saw it hunt in his life . Deceased pointed ont that it was doing so then , on which Hull said " I'llbe d A if it ever docs hunt , " and he further told deceased to look after [ the other tenants' dogs , to wlticli tie latter replied , that he ( null ) dare not Bay anything aboat Longueville ; tlsathe was under his lash because he iept pointer puppies for htui in the last Bummer in the name of Lord Ward . Prisoner asked what he ( Norris ) bad to do with that , on wfiich the latter told him to do his duty . Hull , as he alleged , then commenced bullying him . He told him be didn ' t want bullying , but tliat ho was to do Iiis duty , or he should be obliged to put some one else in his place , on which the prisoner presented the gun at
him and punched him with it , it beinglialf-cockedat the time , and deceased deposed in conclusion— " I then told him to be quiet , but he ( Hull ) drew back ; levelled his tfun at me , and said , "D—n your eyes , I'll blow your brains out . " He then fired . The discharge went into my shoulder and left side . I told him I was a dead man . I then uw him put another charge of powder iuto his ifun , butrteo ' . lectnothingafter that . " From the learned counsel ' s statememtitfurtherappfiared that a hoy named Smith , who was standing in a meadow adjoining , saw the piisoner raise his gun to his hip ; he heard it go off and saw the deceased the fall ; another underkeeper , named Chambers , shortly after came up , and found Norris lying Weeding , the prisoner went away without ren'iering any asistanca . but afterwards mado a statement respecting the transactionj to a great extent confirmatory of that averred by the deceased , although ho subsequently declared that the gnn went off in a scuffle . Several witnesses were called on behalf of the prosecution .
Mr . F . V . Lee addressed the jury for the defence . The chief ground of this was , the gun had gone off by accident in tbe scuffle , and that , consequently , the prisoner coold only be said to have committed homicide by mis-adventure . Mr , JusticeMaule summed up very ehborately ' and minutely . In the course of his observations his lordship said , that if'they believed tlie evidence of the | witness Smith , that the prisoner deliberately levelled his gun at the deceased , then he was undoubtedly guilty of murder , because he ' could not expect that he should
by such an act , inflict a slight injury . Referring td tbe matter out of which the quarrel arose , bis lordship said that nothing gave rise to so much bad and malignant feeling amongst men , and nothing created more'disputen , in the course of which blood was shed , than the warfare springing out of and engendered by the attempts to preserve game ; there was every species of strife spring ' - inir out of poaching and other such matters ; nothing wns ( he said ) in bis mind more lamentable than tlie existence of this state of tilings . The jury turned round iu their box for a fenr minutes , and then returned a verdict Of Not Guilty , _
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DlSFRANCIHSEMENT OF . 1 , 600 ELECTORS BY NONFATmbkt of Taxes . —On Saturday , at the meeting of tho Marylebone vestry , Mr . Daniel said he was desirous of calling the attention of the vestry to a subject of very great importance , which was , that in consequence of the rate pay ing clause in the Reform Act , no less than 1 , 609 persons in the parish of Marylebone had been disfranchised this year , by reason of their not having paid thoir taxes . . WBUTUINaTER Bmdos . —It ! a stated that this bridge had sunk on Wednesday considerably . Sir Qowara Douglas predicted that it would sink , in a pamphlet which he published some tim « aeo , but the piers have subsided further than he anticipated . The committee , it w said , have resolved unanimously on
The Soldier F . ; Wuitb .-A letter in tho Northampton Mercury supplies the following facts relative to the late unfortunate soldier , F . White , of the 7 th Ilusaarii , whose father was Po-tmaster of Nottingham . After leaving Mr . Roper ' s academy of Nottiqghani , and where I ought to state he met with sons of the most respectable families of the town , and ona who is now an able barrister , he was apprenticed to Messrs . Barker and Adams , largo w holesale hosiers . I believe he continued with them about two or three years ; and about the same time that his respected parents had to give up all that they possessed , the above house either stopped , or they decreased their hands ; poor White was tben out of employment , and he tried , in vain , in Not tingham ; to obtain a situation . He went to London ,
there met with disappointment after disappointment , till he was driven to enlist in the 2 nd Life Guards . He did not remain long in this rvgiment . He met with an accident—put his arm or his shoulder outand was discharged a 9 being unfit for service . After thiB he waB in the London police , and was one of that body who was sent to Birmingham to quell the riots there in 1810 . At this tewn he teils me in his letters that he enlisted into the 7 th Hussars , being in liquor at the time . This account he gave me when at York Barrack ' s . Poor White was a tall , rather slender young man ; and I remember , when he was about 17 years of n ^ e , that he Btood nearly six feet high . He was of a kind , affable disposition , gentlemanly in his deportment , and respected by all who knew him .
An Inisn Nomok of Rooubbt . —E . Lonegan was found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation at Waterford , last week , for burglary and robbery . The prosecutor , a poor farmer , stated that two men , the prisoner and another , broke into h \ a hou e at night , and demanded his money . One of them , w . 'ut over to the bed where his wife lay , and took a tpraneen ( a little purse ) from under her head ; but , no '< satisfied with what it contained , fell to beatirg the prosecutor with a stick , to force him to discover where the rest of his money wa 3 concealed . The otter thief , who was armed with a " blunderbu 9 h , " went " mouehing about" till he found in a hole in the wall , £ 5 5 a ., with which they decamped , telling the lawful owner that he was " a devil of a rogue t hide his money in that manner . "
The Electric Telegraph between Birmingham and Der . > y baa just been completed , and a most successful trial of the instrument has been made by Messrs . Cooke and Wheatstone . .. The distance betwtca Birmingham and Darby is forty-one miles . This completes the telegraph on the entire of the Midland line from Leeds to Birmingham , and from Derby tojNottingham and Kugby . With the exception of the want of a few instruments on the road stations between this town and Derby , the communicution is perfect , and the estimated cost of the telegraph is about £ 40 , 000 .
Conviction for Mumer . — Patrick M'Mahon , who , with his brother , Cornelius M'Mahon , had been on trial for some days at the Limerick Assizes , was found guilty on Thursday , and sentenced by Dr . Stock to be executed on the 6 th of August . The unfortunate convict was removed , protesting his innocence . The other brother is to stand his trial next assizes on the charge of firing at and wounding the po ' iee at Anmw . otty on the night of the murder . The murdered man was a respectable farmer , named Laurence Leahy . The Wellington Statub . —On Saturday , the
further erection of the scaffolding over the triumphal arch at Hyde-park Corner , intended for the raising of tho colossal statue of the Duke of Wellington , was suspended by order of Lord Morpeth , the new Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests . It is now fully believed that the site chosen by the Committee , upon which several hundred pounds must have been expended , even in the present sciiifulding erected , will be giveH up , and that tlie parade in St . James ' s-park will be the place ou which this trophy to the merits of . the illustrious Duke will ultimately be raised .
Paris . —Workmen havecommenced the demolition of the elephant in the Place de Iu Bastille . The figure is composed chiefly of wood and plaster , very little iron being used about it . At the first blow oi the hammer a number of rats ran put , no fewer than 200 having been destroyed . Death of Colonel Macironb . —This distinguished but unfortunate officer expired suddenly on Saturday morning last . He was born at Manchester in 1787 , and was sent by his father to Italy in 1801 for commercial objects , and was detained at Naples on the breaking out of tbe war . Having : attracted the attention of Murat , then King of Naples , from a certain likqness he bore to Buonaparte , as well as by his success in experimental science and athletic exercises , he entered the Neapolitan service , and In a
short time was appointed one oi the Aides-de-Camp of Murat , with tbe rank of Colonel ; he was also decorated with the cross of the Two Sicilies and of the Legion of Honour . His " Interesting Facts , " published in London , concerning that ill-starred niouareh , were so eagerly sought in Italy , wlicre the book was prohibited , that manuscript copies of it cold at a . very hicfh price . In 1820 and 1821 Colonel Macironc sent several hundred men to the Spanish settlements in South America , and received the fruitless rank of Brigadier-General from the republic of Columbia . He afterwards served the Liberal party in Spain , until the retreat of the Cortes to Cadiz . During the agitation of tho Reform Bill he printed his "Defensive Instructions for the People , " of which many thousand copies were sold ; he
subsequently published two volumes of autobiography , in * tending to follow them by two others , had not the death of his bookseller prevented his design . Of late years he dedicated himself to mechanical pursuits , pricipally to the establishment of steam locomotives on common roads , but failing in this undertaking , hv became much embarassed , and never recovered any part of the money he embarked . _ He was the contributor of many useful suggestions is the Mechanics ' Magazine , and other scientific periodicals ; and among tln'se suggestions may bo mentioned the Archimedes screw , fur the impulsion of steam shipa , many jears before it was adopted . lie died suddenly , but calmly , without a murmur , we are afraid in utter do . itutioH , leaving a widow und two daughters , of ioa < se quite penniless .
Revival of Johanna ooniricoiisM . —For some time past the most active exertions have bf en made by the surviving followers of Johanna Southcote . nnd several rooms , termed chapels , been opened in various parts of town ; and numerous preachers , chiefly females , holn forth every Sabbath on Kchnington Common , and other public places , intimating the near approach oi the only true Shilob .. Thb Kiko and Q , uben of the Belquks are in London on n visit to the British Queen . Thr Curistbnino of hie Infant Princess , third daughter of her Majesty and his Ro ^ al Hi g hness Prince Albert , took piace on Saturday evening , in the chapel , Buckingham Palace . The little lump of Rovnlty received the names of " Helena Augusta Victoria . "
Importation or Fruit and Cattle . —On Monday the Columbine steam-ship from Rotterdam arrived in tho Pool , . with 700 baskets of fruit consisting of currants and apricots . Thu steam-ship Rip id , from Harlingen , arrived on Sunday afternoon , with ei » lity bullocks and 101 sheep . The Neptune atcum-fhip , from Hamburgh , also brought fifty bullocks , eleven calves , and a large quantity of yeast . DESTRUCTION OP A DUTCH WAR SCHOONER BY Pibatks . —Letters from Singapore have been received , dated 28 th of May , coranninicytinu the particilara of the capture of the Dutch wnr schooner Chamelion , on the Bunka coast , ; tnd tbe massacre of the officers and crew by tbe horde of privates that infest that part of the globo . She was on her way to Minton , when she was attacked by forty boats , each
boat armed with a long gun , and manned l » y sixty men . Alter plundering the schooner , and destroying all on board they snnklier . They landed on the island of Bunlia , sacked tho village , and killuu all wlio offered any resistance . Tlicy then rc-tmbarked , carrying with them a number of men , women , and children , as slaves , and a quantity of tr < asnrc . It is stated that they are under the command of » Dutch renejmdo officer , who was dismissed from ihe service of the Dutch government some years agn under circumatancea of peculiar disgrace , He fled to Illawoon . and married the daughter of one of the chiefs , and has sinco been aetive in trnining the pirates for service against the country and trade . On the receipt of the intelligence , the Mcrapi steamer , after landing her mails , went in pursuit of them .
Topographers ^ Landmarks . —The old half-way house in the Kensington-road , which for many ytai ' s lias stood between the pathway and tbcroad , looking as if it had straggled there by accident nnd cuuld not budge further , is going—nay , ^ one . Th < - builder of Eunismore-gardens . a pile of houses about to rise opposite to the building alluded tu hiis nnruhasud it , and will form a handsome entrance to the pnrk in its place . Honest waggoners , who inherit traditions of this ancient resting-place from dead a ; ul gone grandfathers , shake their heads and say things are coming to an end .
A Child Suffocated bv its Drunkkn Motukr . — On Monday an inqnuat >> as held before Mr . W . Carter , at the Windmill Tavern , Windliam-road . Cambcrwcll , on tho body of James Bridgdon , aged four weeks , whose pan nt < reside at No . 1 , Lovcoaurt , Bowyer-lane . The deceased was the son of a
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M ^ 5 nter , - wh 6 Had iatMy 1 e d- alifo " of- ( iU ^) p « twi » and drunkenness , neglecting his family , aud leaving them without the necessary food for days together . n » n % . c &y last the mother went toPeckham Fair , » h « i ? S "" ey Canal . search of her hnslwnd , TilLn efou 2 ? l' b « t she was unable toub : » ia TJJt y' fhe - 8 ubse < l « ently met some friends and vent home intoxicated , At a late hour the parlies went to bed with tlie deceased , and at five o ' clock tb » followiB-day the child was discovered quite dead ftiidbUckm the faca . The Jury returned a vcHiefc of " Accidental death . " Pawning a Child ~ A mother having parted with all her moveablcs to procure whisky , resorted to the extraordinary expedient of pawning her chi d , < i <>« t aboiit ei ( tht years . She was left in the pawiishoiTall night . —Edinburghllerald .
FbmaleCouraob . —On Sunday , the 12 fch ult . n-hijst the chief part of the family were preparing tor church , a person attired as a sailor approached . tha bouse of Mr . William Board , Tillhouse Barton , Braidclist , for the purpose of begging . lie left , and shortly after the family were gone , the same twon w «? 3 seen in company with another man atUred as a navigator , looking in at the kitchen window , there being no one at this time in the house but tlie servnnt girl . The sailor demanded refreshment , sayit > g , if thin yrere not given him , "he would break 'town the house about her ears . " The "irl naturally became much alarmed , and threatened to call her master , whom she said was up stairs . Buttothi * "" J . Rep lied , "I saw ' your master in the car with the family , " and again demanded entrance lhe girl immediately laid hole of the fowling-pi » oe , and presenting it threatened to shoot them , which caused them instantly to decam
p Dbatii from early Wbamno . — On Satui -.- )» y afternoon , Mr . William Baiter , deputy coroner h ^ ii ? an inquest at the Jolly Weavers , john ' s-row . 3 L Luke ' s , on the b'idy of Jane Carpenter , five months old , who died from starvation , in consequence of having been too early weaned . It appeared from tho evidence that the deceased was theoffspriim of a single young woman , nimed Rebecca Carpenter . She , about two months after the birth of her child , went into service , on which she put it out to drynurse , in tho cure of a married woman of thfenamft of Mitchell . About five weeks subsequent to it being there , as she found it almost always asleop , eho went with it to Dr . Reece , who remarked that some sleeping medicine lia < l been given to it , which ww denied by the nurse . The deceased , however , continued in a similar state , was always fretful , and from being a fine healthy child became painfully emaciated , She then took it to a Mrs , Arnold ,
where it die . ) on that day week , and was bur / edon the following Thursday . Mr . J . Courtenay , aurgeon , Finsbury Terrace , made the post mortem examination , lie found all thevital . organsinaliPi . il ; f state , but much emaciated . He attributed dentil * o starvation , from the deceased not having its na vral diet ; or to exhaustion from diarrhwa , consequent upon too early weaning , Verdict , "That the Jeceased died through exhaustion from diarrhsoa , consequent upon too early weanJng . " Kobbbby . of an Insurance Company . —The City and Metropolitan police have been for the hst two or three days busily engaged in endeavouring to apprehend a clerk belonging to the Imperial Fire and Life Insurance Company , who has embezzled a , very considerable amount of property from the company . Up to the time of this discovery the accused iiad borne a most respectable character , and his absence from office was the sole cause of the company ascertaining their , yet unknown , loss .
Inquests . —On Monday night Mr . Payne , the Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the King ' s Arms , Hounsditch , on tlie body of Dr . John Christian Ubeni , aged 79 , lately residing at 19 , Duke Street , St . Mary Axe . Catherine Ubeni said that the deceased was her father . He was a doctor of divinity in the Church - > f i ' ngland , and also a doctor of medicine . ! lo had been for many years one of the governors of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . On the night of Saturday last , about half-past ten o ' clock , whilst she wns sitting on the bed , she called to her father , but , ' receiving no answer , she went and shook his head , nnd then found that Iiis face was cold , and concluding that he was either dead or dying , she immediately
procured assistance , and then ascertained that deceased was dead . Verdict , "NaturalDeath . " On Tuesday evening an inquest was taken before Mr . Payne , at the Newcastle-Tavern , St . Mary-at * Hill , Billingsgate , on view of the body of a man unknown , found the previous morning , between 7 and 8 o ' clock , in the Thames , off Nicholson ' s VYharf . Deceased who was about sixty years of age , was dressed in a blue jacket , light waistcoat with a . small flower , black trowsers , nnd laced boots , much wuviu . Sixpence , three-halfpence , and a farthing , were in his pocket , but no memorandum . The inquest wus adjourned till the 11 th of August , for the purpose of the boly being indeRtified .
Frightful Accident on the London asp Birmingham Railway . —On Tuesday evening , an accident of a most frightful character occurred to n man named Wm . Ilaifes . aged 53 , a gentleman ' s coachman , who was . coming up from Wolverton , in fclie train . Having alighted at the Harrow station , he was about to resume his seat in the carriage , anil iu so doing lie missed his footing , he fell down , and had wellniuh gone under the wheels of the train which was just about to start . The poor fellow was picked up quite insensible , bleeding from the forehead , and was placed in tho carriage and brought on to tho terminus at Euston-squarc . He was conv «** ed to the University College Hospital , where it was discovered that lie had sustained , besides a broker , leg , a fracture of tiic left clavicle , and other extensire injuries , so as to render his ultimate recovery extremely dubious .
Death of a Female in a Sedan Chair .. —Last even « ing Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the Cooper ' s A . rm 3 Tavern , Russell-street , Bermondsey , respecting the death of Sarah Kendall , aged 94 yeara , iate ' y residing at No . 4 . Whites ' -gardens , Bermoridsey . The deceased was tho wife of a Greenwich pensioner , but for some years had been in the receipt of parochial relief . She was very infirm , and had been confined to her bed for the last fortnight in consequenceof her bodily weakness . The deceased consented to be removed to the workhouse of St . Mary Magdalen , Bermondsey , and on Saturday last the medical officer
Mr . H . T . Tovey , granted a certificate for her removal . Abiut 4 o ' clock four men proceeded ro her residence with a sedan chair , in which she was placed by her daughter and others . They proceeded with safety to tho workhouse , and on opening the door of the sedan chair she was found to be quite insensible , The deceased was earned into the house , and was seen by one of the surgeons , but life was quite extinat . The deceased had died on her way to the workhouse from her extreme age and infirmity of body . The Jury being satisfied that every care had been taken by the parochial officers in the removal , unanimously recorded a verdict of ' Death from natural
cause ? . Miss Martineau lias just finished the bui ) f ) if ; jsj of a . delightful residence in the lake district . — Cumlerland Pacquet . Anotheu Muitrraii is Manchester . —Intelligence was received at our Central Police Station , on Sunday morning , that a man named James limn ., a tassel-maker by trade , about thirty-five yuara of age , anil of shabby genteel appearance , killed hia wife on Saturday night , about seven o ' clock , by striking her violently on the head with his fist , lie . immediately absconded , and , we believe , has not yeti been found . The bright ornnment of the aristocracy , Lord Eluntingtowcr , who has appeared twice haicvc the Insolvent Courts , applied for the protection ei the Court , which has been refused him for *! ifi last twelve months . _ The 'Commissioner decided that he lnijjiit apply again on the 12 th November .
This is tho worst fruit season that has been Ksovra for several years past . All' the growers ifi Kent have had their crops blighted . The scarcity is general . Spuvivob of the Royal Gkoroe . —Scvcrf-l aged seamen liavp died , for whose memory it has been claimed that e ; ich was the last survivor of the fearful tragedy of the . inking of the Royal George at-SnitliCiid , in 1782 , Notwithstanding so many "last survivors , " however , we ( Pooh Herald J hum the satisfaction to state that another yet liveo ; tliat a hale and worthy tar , 87 years of age , named Michael Gould' no » - residing in Poole , wns on koanl tho Itoyal Georuc at the moment of her gohig down , and , with several others , was most providentially preserved by escaping through a port-hole ,
Fatal Coal-pit Accidkki at Baurubap . — Two Men Iullkd . —On Thuwday morning last n fatal accident towk place at the Townhead coal-pit , whurby a lather and aim lost their lives . They " wcic both working together , when about eight o ' clock a part of the coal above fell upon them . The bodies v / ere got out without delay . Tho father was ; iiive wliea brouuht to the t < f of tbe pit , but expired almost imuiedhitely afterwards . Tho son was killed on the spot . —Caledonian Mercury . Work for Warner . —As the great stumUiuv ; block to lhe trial of Ciipbin Warner's Long Ii ; . ns ,-.- , * w the expense connected with the destruction of si mnn-ofnian , we beg li .-avo to propose certain subjects , the demolition of which would bo hailed as nu immense buon to the eoiiiiuuuity . There is that fine old specimen of cmxinois . Westminster Bridge : we are sure
old Father Thames would be unspeakably »! V . i-.-f » libl having such a load taken off his bosom , * ami no one would be (! i * satisfied but a . few walei'mi'ii-who Uiioiate as cockney Glumms , in ferrying over the timid souk who prefer , in crossing the river , the safety viu wager boat to tho dan » cr of a bridge . There is al-. ; Battersea bridge , and its worthy brother Putney , buth . of whom , ii tried by their piers , would have ' la-un con « denied lony ; auo . it is time that their km-lis were tolled . Lei Ciiptain Warner have a " shy" these nuisances , and if he succeeded in knocking < k m 7 one of them , his " Urn Range" should to ; immediatnly linuK ' ht up by the commissioners Cm- tlie improvement of the metropolis . Such a besoni has long been wanted to sweep the metropolis clean of it-many unsightly obstructions . Wliea it had nothing better to do . it might have a kentlo brush at Teiapic-aaiv- * Punch ,
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CHARGE OF MURDER . At tiie Stafford Assizes . —On Monday last , Hannah E ^ varJs , 26 , a poor idiotic-looking creature , was indicted for tho wilful murder of Thomas Edwards , at VTolverliampton , on the 25 th of STiy . Tho prisoner was allowed a seat in the dock . Her tippparnnce seemed to excite deep commiseration , in a densely crowded court , amongst which were ninny respectable females . It iippafived that , on tho 29 th of May , a person , named Davis , while walking along the towing-path , saw the body of a child in the canal , which he took to tho workhouse . It seemed that , on the 28 th ot March , tho prisoner was received into tlie workhouse , where she wns confined on tho 2 fith of April , of a male child / which was baptised Thomas . The things found on tlie body
of the child , Mr . Wiiabnre , the master , identified as beloiiKinu to Made-ley Union . On the 25 th of Hay , the prisoiirr and a girl named Mary Ann Peiken , lift the poor-house together , and went to Wolvcrhampton , where they parted at about si qiurter to eight the &mi >« ev . niti !? , Edwards having the child , which was then well , with her . When PerUes left her at the corner of Temple-street , prisoner said she wns going to her father ' e house , On the 27 th , two days after , Perkcs met her , and said , " Well , Hannah , now are you ? " She replied , " Very well . " Perkcs asked , "How is this child'" She replied , "It was taken ill , and isd-ad . It died in my father ' s house at two o ' clock the nrxt morning , and I am going to get a coffin for it to be burisil . " A person , named Stewart , deposed that , on the evening of tho 25 th of May , prisoner came to her hou ? e , having a blue and whitcbundle with her , Mrs .
Stewart Bant , " where is you * baby ? " She said , "It is dt-ad ; it died in the Bnstile a fortnight ago . It was a girl , ami I called it Emma . " Witness said , "Why did yi h call it Emma ? " She replied , "Because that in the name of my father ' s sister , and sh epvomised to give me a frock . " Sirs . Stewart said , " What would you have done if it had lived , as you are a poor weak creature , and not fit to take care of a baby V The prisoner Siiiil , " My father must work for It . " Mr . Stewart went to the prisoner ' * father , told him she was at I is house , and slie wenthome on the following evening . The child was found about half n milo from Stewart ' s house . The clothes found on tho child , and some found at the pri"oner ' s father ' s , were identified a » those taken with the baby from the Union . Tho child was disinterred , an inquest iield , and the unfortunate woman committed by lhe coroiver , on the 2 nd of June , on the chai go of wilful murd-r .
Mrs . Stewart stated that she ha known the pusoner for eighteen years , nnd she was always a poor halfwitted creature . Somctimi'S she would be quiet , and sometimes violent . She could never bo taught her alphabet , or made to understand what other people were rending about . Her mother was in lhe same way aft « r the birth uf her first diikl . The prisoner ' s father deposed that she could not be left alone in the house , or trusted . She knew sometimos what slie was doing , and : it others did not know rigiit or wrong . She hud had iits . This Jury consulted together about ton minutes , and then returned a verdict of Not Guilty , on the ground of insanity .
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SOKGS ¥ OU THE PEOPLE . 50 . XXIV . TUB PEOPIE'S FIKST ESTATE , Or , -Anticipations of the 17 th of Angaat .
Loss Of Two Livbs Oif Thb River.—On Saturday
Loss of Two Livbs oif thb River . —On Saturday
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 1, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1377/page/3/
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