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THE DAGENRAM MURDER . CONCLUSION OF THE INQUEST : On Tuesday morning , at ten .. ' clock , tl . e inquiry into the n . jstmous murder of police constable , George Claris .-, was resumed for the sixth time , before C C lewis , Esq ., Coroner for Essex , at the Cross Keys Tavern in this village . The inquiry , although upwards of two months ha * elapsed Since the perpetration of the murder , excited considerableinterest . Mr . B . W . Kawlings , solieitor , of Romford , appeared on the part of Sergeant Parsous ( who is still under thi-Strict surveUIaace of the police , ) whilst the Police CommUsioaeK WM represented l . y Jlr . Superintenilant Pearce , oftheF division , and Mr . Superinteudant Mac quard . of the K division .
Police constable George Dunning , K 397 , was the first " witness . —He said , I have been on
By the Coroner—I heard Parsons and his sister quarrelling when * I was in tha street , and I then heard Parson * threaten to throw his sister down stairs if she did sot hold her tongue . I heard no other threat I have told yon all I heard , to the be * tof my recollection , and -all I reported to Sergeant Pearson . The Coronor—Do not yon know that you reported to Sergeant Pearson that you heard Parson ' s sister say , «' Teu know you are guilty of it t " ¦ Witness—No , I did not report those words . George Corvan , police constable 100 K , said I am acting sergeant of police stitioned at Dagenham . On the night of the 27 th of August I was on duty at the Bagenham station . Between the hours of twelve and
one . Dunning-, the constabJe , called me to the stairs to listen to Sergeant Parsons and bis sister quarrelling . They were up stairs , and the door closed . 1 could not hear one word distinctly that they spoke . Dunning Stated to me , while standing at the stairs , that Sergeant Parsons' sister had said , f You know yon are gailty of it" That Sergeant Parsons made answer directly , " In this affair ; " and the sister replied , " Tes , and man ; more . " Sergeant Parsons then called her a b b— — and burst out crying . That is the report Dunning made to me . I am certain every word I have stated is correct By the Coroner—I heard a noise as if some one was crying when I wa 3 at the bottom of the stairs . I could not tellif it was a man or woman mine .
Banning was recalled , and said he had no recollection of making use of the word * g lilty . " The Coroner— "Why , you repeated to me . word for word , in the yard of this house , that which Corvan has now stated . I was very particular in questioning you , and the statement now made by Corvan is exactly the report you made to me . Dunning I don ' t recollect making use of the word " guilty . " Sergeant Pearson was next called , and declared that Dnnning said to him , that Parsons' sister had eaid to him , "Ton know you are guilty . " Julia Parsons , the sister wai here called in and sworn —She said , I recollect being at the Dagenham station on the ni g ht of the 27 th of August , I was with mj brother upstairs on that night His wife went away from him at her father ' s , at BarkingsMe . We had a few words on that night concerning our own family . I don't know how Ions ; we were quarrelling , but should say about half an hour .
Coroner—Do jon happen to recollect what you said to Mm during the quarrel ! 'Witness—I said very little to him during the time we ¦ were quarrelling . There was no allusion made to the death of Clarke . I was in a passion , and do Hot recollect -saying anything : about the murder of Clarke . I did not gay that he knew that he was guilty of It . Coroner— -TTifi you undertake to swear that jon did aot say so ? Witness—Yes , I will . I do not remember having said anything like that . Edward Langlej examined—I am a sergeant of the detective police , and cam * - to Dagenham on the ICth of August . I recollect going to the spot where Clarke wa » murdered , in company with Sergeant Parsons , on the 18 th , tvro days after I csme har » . On my return I picked up a handkerchief ( produced ) in a meadow adjoining the field where the murder took place . On attempting to pick it up it stuck to the ground , and then I found that it was clotted with blood , as it is now .
( The handkerchief was here produced to the Jury . It is composed of silk , having a bine ground , with a figured orange , yellow and crimson border , very old , and much torn . There was a great quantity of blood stains upon it ) By direction of the Coroner , Kirapton , Pams , Hickton , and Bntfoy , the constables , who are under the serveil . lance of the police , were here sent for from the Dagentam station . Kimpton was first called in , and , in answer to the Coroner , said , he had nothing furth < r to state , and that -the last evidence he gure was the truth . The other men said , they had nothing to say in addition to their previous testimony .
The Coroner proceeded to address the Jury . He said -that the charge , which they had so long in hand , could only be viewed as a murdir of a very atrocious and mysterious character- The unfortunate young man , George Clarke , was but twenty years of age . He had only been in the po'ice abont sis months , and had come toDageuham but sir weeks before his death , in company with Hickton , from the police-station in Arbour-square . Nothing particular oecurrid until the 29 th of June ( the sight of the murder ) . On that evening it was proved that the deceased went on duty at nine o ' clock with Ms brother constables , and proceeded to his beat . The last constable he was seen in company with was sergeant Parsons , abont half-past nine o'clock . The sergeant -was then in the road on horseback , and Clarke on foot , and at this time the wife of Sergeant Parsons and hie
sister came along . Mrs . Parsons complained of being -faed , on which the poor fello . v , Clarke , who was ia good spirits at the time , offered to lift her on the sergeant ' s horse , but did not do so . Clarke and Parsons were left together , and the former was not seen again until halfpast ten o clock , when he was met by a man named Luke White . That was the last time , so far as the evidence ¦ went that the deceased was seen alive . He was missed at one o ' clock in the morning , and at six o ' clock he was reported as missing . The body , as the Jury wereawarf , was not discovered until four days after , when it was found in the corn-field where the murder took place . In reference to the medical evidence he ( the Coroner ) wished particularly to draw their attention to that partion of the case , as it was most important , clearly proving that the murder was the result of revenue . The murderer was
not satisfied with killing his victim , but mangled him in a frightful manner seen by the Jury , and detailed in the medical evidence . Had the deceased been killed in an ordinal ; quarrel , or in the performance of his duty , his assailants would have been satisfied with inflicting on him a single blow or cut , such as had been described , and there left him , but when the Jury reflected on the horrible way in which the unfortunate man ¦ was mutilated , they could come to no other conclusion than that this most atrocious murder was theresultof re-Tenge . The Learned Coroner here proceeded to read over the voluminous evidtnee , commenting on it as he proceeded . With refereme to the evidenceof the police , he said it appeared clear tint during portions of the night of tha murder Sergeant Parsons was not on duty . "What became of Parsons betweeu half-past ten o'clock and twelve on that night and between one and six o ' clock the next morning did not appear , nor did Parsons exhibit anv " disposition to inform the Jury . Again , the constable
Butfoy endeavoured to make it appear that he was not on duty on the night of the murder , having , as he said , got drunk at Romford , and that he was in bed from five o ' clock in the afternoon of the 29 th of June until six •' clock the next morning-, -nh . cn he heard that Clarke was Missing . Now , this was i osiiively contradicted by Kimpton and by Parsons himself , who said Butfoy came to the Station at twelve o ' clock and said All right sergeant . " If Butfoy could prove that he was really in bed , why then his time would be account * d for on the night of the minder butiflie did not , then th re must be some suspicion attaching to hi 3 conduct . They had itproved that on the morning after the murder , when Clarke was rtported to he missing , that Parsons left the station house with con-Stable KimptOB , and before he had proceeded 200 yards from the station , he proposed to Kimpton what tale they were all to stick to in reference to his being on duty on the night of the murder . Sow , that had struck him ( the Coroner ) as being a very strong and suspicious circumstance in the case , With reference to the conduct of the
police generally in the case tuere were no words strong enough to express the disgust which every right minded person must feel at their conduct . He applied hi j observations to those policemen who had been guilty , to say the least of it , of wilfol and c . rrupt perjury . The unfortunate circumstance was , ihit these very men , the servants of the public , had in the first instance been engaged in tracing out the perpetrators of the died , and in forwarding the ends of justice , bat djcy had been t !; e principle means by which the ends of justice had been defeated . They had been engaged to ascertain who were
the perpetrators of the diabolical deed , and they had done every thing in their power to suppress the truth . In constqutnee the greatest- iffisulty and mystery had been thrown around the case , lut it would be tor the Jury to eonsider whether there was suspicion founded on th « evidence enough to warrant ihea in returning a verdict of ¦ wilful murder against some person or persons . If they did not think tha circueistauecs sufficiently stronjr to inculjate any person or pe .-sons on a charge of wilful murder , then it would he their duty to return au open terdict . With these remarks he ( the Coroner ) would Jeave the case in the hauds of the Jury , knowing they would come to a proper conclusion .
The room was then cleared of sti angers , and after consulting for upwards of an hour the Court was re-opened , when the Coroner annouaced that the Jury had agreed to a verdict of "Wilful murder against some person or pwhbb unknown . "
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Mr . Rawlings , on the part of Sergeant Parsons , wished to know , whether Parsons was to remain under the surveillance of the police anv longer . Mr , SuperintendantPearce said , he had bo authority to amwer that question . _ . ... The Coroner said , he would undertake to say that not only Sergeant Parsons but the whole of the men who hail sworn falsely would be indicted forthwith for perjury . Ti : e proceedings in this most extraordinary case then termitiltfid .
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POISONINGS IN ESSEX . last Friday , an adjourned inquest on the bodies of Joseph an- ' James Chesham , alleged to have been poisoned by their mother , was resumed at Clavering . The following are the circumstances of the case , as sworn to in the evidence adduced , which we briefly recapitulate , because considerable time has elapsed since the first apprehension of the prisoner , owing to the long adjournments of the investigation : —In the beginning of August a farmer , named Newport , was brought before tho magistrates at Saffron Waldon for the affiliation ts him of the illegitimate child of Ljdia Taylor . Pending the short discussion whicii attended the business , suspicions were accidentally created that the child ' s life had bean tampered with , and the inquiry was sufficiently pushed at the time to warrant the apprehension of Sarah
Chesham , the prisoner , upon charge of this attempt . After two examinations , which elicited Oiobs extraordinary particulars of which the public is already in possession , she was committed to take her trial . The gossip of the neighbourhood , however , fed and stimulated by these remarkable proceedings , soon took such a turn as to lead to futther investigations . Rumours were current that the prisoner's own children had died hy poison , and so probable was the tale that the coroner issued his warrant for the exhumation of the bodies of her two tons—aged ten and eight years respectively—which hadbeen interred in one coffin in January last . These bodies were found to contain arsenic enough to kill a whole family . An inquest was accordingly held upon them , which was
adjourned till last Friday . In the interval the investigations of the police resulted i .-. the obtain ng of some extraordinary information , which seem to impart a deeper shade of atrocity to the transaction than was at first believed . Among the witnesses examined at the adjourned inquest , was Philip Chesham , the eldest sob of the accused woman , who answered the questions put to him with Buch evasion and evident relnctanee , that the Jury openly expressed their conviction that he had been tampered with and had perjured himself . A similar suspicion was entertained respecting the evidence given at the previous inquest by another son , John Chesham , who was again called in and subject to an examination , which elicited the following circumstances .
Susan Green stated that on the Thursday night previous to the last sitting of the Jury she heard the boy John Chesham ( supposed to have been tampered with on the former occasion ) talk to Cole about the evidence he was to give at the inquest . The boy replied , "Oh , I know what to say , for my master has told me . " The Coroner . — Where does Cole work * Witness—At Mr . Thomas Newporfs . ( Great sensation . ) The boy , John Chesham , was here confronted with the witness , and denied that he made Buch a statement . Coroner—Do you mean to say you do not recollect speaking to Cole in the presence of Mrs , Green ! The boy—No , I don't ; but Cole spoke to me . The Coroner—What did he say ! The boy—He told me to mind what I said at the inquest . The Coroner What did you say then ? The boy pertinaciously
denied having made any reply , and ne persuasion or threats could induce him to say another word on the subject . The Coroner , addressing him , said—It is very evident to me that you have been tampered with in the most unjustifiable manner , and it is confidently stated that your master is tha person who has interfered with you . It appears that your master is a person named Wisbey , and at the present moment sitting in this room as a member of the Jury . ( Much sensation here manifested itsel ia the Court . Wisbey declared that he had done nothing with the boy , further than counselling him to tell the trath . Mr . Spencer , a Juryman , said—Mr . Wisbey , it seems to me that you allow your servants to
take a liberty with you which no servant of mine would dare to take with me . When that boy , John Cheifaam , left this room on the last inquiry , he touched you on the arm , looked upin jour face and smiled . You then said , " Well done . boy . you did it very well . " The Coroner ( to Wisbey ) I have nod ubt you made that remark to the hr . y , and that could not have been done without an object . It was a strong remark to make , because it was the conviction of all presentthat the boy had committed perjury . In answer to other questions Wisbey prevaricated very much , and Mr . Spencer expressed his conviction that the conduct of Wisbey had been disgraceful , and that his criminality had been increased by the fact that , as a Juror , he had sworn to do justice .
The Coroner ( addressing the boy )—Now , can you tell me who it was who spoke to you about the evidence you should give in the course of the inquiry ! The boy persisted that he had forgotten all about it , and as it was found impossible to draw from him anjth ' ne ; that would tend to the clearing up the mystery , the Coroner dismissed him . " Similar unwillingness to give evidence was shown by almost every witness examined on this occasion , notwithstanding the fact , that if the facts alledged be founded on truth , the accused woman seems to have had the reputation of & professional prisoner , ready to put any disBgreable or expensive object out of the way "for a consideration . " The Coroner summed up the evidence , after which the Court was closed , and the Jury remained in deliberation for an hour and a-half , when the Court was again opened , and
The Coroner said—From certain circumstances which have been disclosed , and of which until just now I was perf < ctly ignorant , the Jury as well as myself feel that a further adjournment is necessary in order that evidence may be obtained , which will in all probability prove of a very important and conclusive character . The investigation was adjourned for five weeks .
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MANSLAUGTHER BY A POLICEMAN . A . protracted inquiry has been held during the past week at the New Inn , Barrington , Gloucestershire , before J . Bsiraet , Esq ., coroner , and a jurj , regarding the death of Reuben Bushby , who died from the effects of a blow given by James Probert , a constable belonging to the rural police , at the Fox . Inn , Windhurst , Jon the 6 th inst . Some particulars of the occurrence have already appeared in our columns . The inquest lasted five days , terminating on Friday last , and from the voluminous evidence adduced , it appeared that the unfortunate affair happened on the evening af what was called Barrinston feast , which brought together a large number of the labouring inhabitants of the neighbourhood : and in the evening of the day in question a party of these were in the parlour of the Fox
Inn , but there was no riot among them during the time , nor were any of them drunk . The deceased and another man of the name of Clifford were of the party , and on gome dispute arising in reference to a broken glass , which the men who broke it refused to pay for , the landlord of the inn called in the police . A Sergeant Adams and the accused man Probert entered the room , and shortly afterwards Probert , without , as the witnesses declared , any provocation whatever , struck Busby on the * bead with his staff , and felled him to the ground in a state of insensibility . On being removed , and a surgeon summoned , it was found that Busby was severely injured by the blow , and , in fact , he never rallied , but expired the next day . Probert also struck Clifford so as seriously to injure him . On being called before the coroner , Clifford dipostd as follows : —
I am a pig and sheep dealer at Great Rissington . I was . t GreatBarrington on Sunday , the 6 th instant . I went into the parlour of the Fox , about six o ' clock . I was not tipsy . I remained about half an hour . I went out , and on my return , about nine o ' clock , I went iuto the parlour . I had not been there two minuteB , when a young policeman struck me a Wow which stunned me . I recollect nothing afterwards . I do not know where I had the blow . When I went into the parlour , at nine o'clock , I saw no row . There was loud talking , but no fighting . I was standing up filling my pipe , and wa < - abont to light it , when I received the blow ; I did not make any noise , or threaten any one ; there was no fighting while I was in the room ; I am sure I had done nothing to provoke the polictman . I heard no words pass between the policeman and any one else . I did not know the deceased Busby , and I am not aware of any other pe ; son having been strucVbut myself .
Mr . Cheatle , who was called in to attend on deceased , said : Sunday night , the Cth inst ., Lord Dynevor ' s keeper came to me about 11 o ' clock , and requested my immediate attendanceat the Fox Inn , Windrush . I went there immediately , and on arriving saw the deceased , Reuben Busby , in a state of collapse , and insensible , labouring under some injury « f the brain . 1 proceeded to ascertain the nature of his injuries . I found on the top of the head a contused wound , about two inches in length . The wound was from the crown of the head , and directly across from the centre extending down on the skull hone , which was exposed to the touch . I could not then trace the extent of the fracture of the skull , i discovered it was a compound fracture . Prom the nature of the symptoms I considered the injury to be of a fatal character . Iliad recourse to all the ^ expedients whicii were in my power for the relief of the patient , who was then labouring under compression of the brain , and apparently in a dyiuir state . I had no hope of saving his
life . I found there was great excitement , and I did what I could to allay the irritation . I attended also on Clifford , who appeared to have received several blows . He had an injury on the left eye , another on the nose , and another on the right side of the her . d . I left at two o ' clock on Monday morning , and returned between seven audei ^ ht . I found lleulien Busby was dead then . I made a post mortem examination of the head of the deceased on Tuesday , the 8 th instant . There was an effusion of blood on the substance of the brain immediately under the fracture , theexlstence of which alone produced the symptoms which occasioned death . There was ex * travasated blood between the skull and the pericranium in the vicinity of the fracture on either side , f consider the injuries I found must have been the result of unusual violence . A violent blow over the head might have occasioned such a fracture and injury . A right-handed blow with a weapon of the length and size of the staff before me might have produced the fractures and injuries
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I found . I consider the staff a dangerous weapon fur any man to strike another on the head with . The Coroner having summed up , the jury consulted for some time , after which they returned a verdict oi "Manslaughter against James Trobert , the policeman , " who was accordingly committed on the Coroner ' s warrant for trial at the ensuing assizes .
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FIRE AND LOSS OP LIFE AT PRESTON About half-past eight o ' clock on Friday night an alarm was given by various fire bells that the size house of Mr . Hibhert , in Stanley-street , was in flames . Immediately on the fact being announced , the fire brigade , with the hose reel , was on the spot , O"ing to the com . bustable nature of the materials used in the works , the flames soon got to an alarming height , illuminating the neighbourhood to a very considerable extent , and being visible in almost every part of the . town . The Victoria engine , and the engine of Messrs . Hefrocks , Miller , and Co ., were on the spot a short time afterwards , but a considerable time elapsed before eith' r engine was got into play , and a still further time before they were effective . ' ¦'
In the mean time the fire gained a rapid ascendancy , every portion of thebuilding being soon under the uncontrolled dominion of the flames , and it then became evident that no portion whatever of the stock or property beyond the bare outer walls could be Eared . Attention was of course directed to saving Mr . Tickles '( the Sovrr . eign ) mill , the west wall of which is close up to the size house . Tlie very th'ick subgtRntially-built walls of the mill proved impervious to the fire , and that property was saved , as were also the cottages adjoining . The clone vicinity , not only of the Sovereign mill , but of Mr . Palev's and the extensive premises of Messrs . Horro ' oks , Miller , and Co ., pave to the fire , at one time , a very threatening aspect . Towards half-past ten o'clock , however , owing to everything combustible in the premises having been burntd , the flames abated .
The size-house , in which the fire originated , is entirely gutted . The whole of the apparatus , stock , &c , is entirely destroyed , and nothing but the bare wall remain standing . It would be difficult , as yet , to estimate the Uss , but we understand that there was a considerable quantity of warps on the premises . The stock and building are insured to pretty nearly their full value . The cause of the' fire is not aicertaincd , but it commenced in the top , or fourth storj—a room used for dryii-g warps , which is done by means of steam pipes . The most melancholy part of this unfortunate ocur . rence it the untimely death of Mr . Pickles . He was pretty early on the spot after the alarm was given , and feeling naturally anxieus for the safety of his property , was in his mill when the fire raged most violently .
From the fourth story of the factory is a passage over a portion of the size house to the 'Devil , ' or blowing roem , a detached building . This passage was fire-proof excepting the floor , which was flagged . Mr . Pickles was standing at this passage with an overlooker at his mill , Of the name of Rsbert Wilson , when stepping forward , the flag upon which he had placed his foot immediately snapped , having been cracked by the intense heat , and Mr . Pickles was at once precipitated into the midst of the flames , and falling through the fourth and third stories alighted on the second floor , uttering as he went
down only a faint" oh . '" A spiral flame for a moment hid the unfortunate man from the sight of Wilson , hut on its subsiding the latter saw the body of his master stretched on the iron floor below , then glowing with a white heat * This agonizing sight was , however , soon concealed from him , by the falling of portions of the roof and flooring , and the rising of a dense column of smoke . After the flames had subsided the ruins were searched , and the body of the unfortunate man was found , sadly burned ; the arms , legs , and fase being dreadfully scorched , the latter , indeed , bang almost wholly obliterated .
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Prussian government made application to the French authorities to aid in discov- ring the delinquents , and in 1841 sent to Paris a speci 1 officer to make , in concert with the police of this city , the necessary inquiries . But all the exertions made were fruitless . Early in 1843 , a despatch from London made known the emission of forged notes of tho Commercial Company of Belgium , and , in consequence of the information thus given , a woman , named Danelle , was arrested at the Prefecture of Police , while applying for a passport , which there was reason to suspect was intended to facilitate the escape of a forger . On searching her house at Passy , a press , with tools and materials used in making false notes , were seized
and a roan who called him ? elt Pressel , an architect , a native of Stuttgardt , who had been introduced to the woman Danelle at London , by a man named Romanzow , with whom she lived as his mistress , was arrested . It wassoon discovered that the notes of the Commercial Company of Belgium were forged by tlie same hand that produced the false Prussian notes . This was Romanzow , who was in Danelle ' s house at Passy when it waa first entered by the police , but made his escape to his own private lodgings in the Rue dts Fosses Monsieur le Prince , where he destroyed every trace of his malpractices , and then made his escape . In the course of the searches at Passy , as in the Rue des Fosses Monsieur le lrince , a , strong likeness of Romanzow in oil colours was found . Of this
portrait the police had lithographic copies made and distributed , and the . Bank of England published a large reward for his arrest and conviction . Two years elapsed without any recurrence of these forgeries . At last a man calling himself Linder , went to M . Bouchon , a money changer in the Rue Nenve des Petits Champs , and asked for French money for an English bank-note for £ 100 . M . Bouchou suspected the note to be false , and at the same time remarked the strong resemblance between Linder and the portrait of Romanzow , of which he had a copy . The man , perceiving tlie suspicions of M . Bouchon , at onee rushed out of the shop , leaving the bank-note behind him , which after all proved to be genuine . The declaration made by M . Bouchon of this strange
occurrence , led to a conviction that Romanzow had returned to Paris , and the Perfect issued orders to his officers to redouble their vigilance in seeking out this able and dangerous foreigner . Suspicion soon afterwards fell on two men , living in opposite quarters of Paris , under the names of Rene and Germain . Warrants were issued , and a commissary of police went with one to a small apartment , at No . 35 , Rue d'Anjon St . Honore , where he found the man living under the name of Rene , but who was at once recognised to be Romanzow , who did not attempt to deny either big identity or his culpability , for flagrant proofs of his crime of forgery lay ail around , lie is young and of prepossessing person and manners . He protested that he never meant to do harm to
individuals , but only to avenge himseif of governments for having been despoiled of his own fortune by an iniquitous judgment . In his possession were found thirty-two Bank of England five-pound notes , and twenty-five sheets of water-marked paper , which he declared he had himself manufactured , beside ? various tools and implements for forging , including , several engraved copper-plates , one of which was for notes of the Bank of France , not finished . Whilst this seizure was being made , another officer went to the abode of Germain , whose real name is Knapps , at No . 5 , Rue de Ia Tour d'Auvevgne . This man , as well as his accomplice Romanzow , is a native of Rhenish Prussia . lie was in bed , with loaded pistols within his reach , but the officers came
upon him so suddenly that he could not use his arms against them or himself . He also made a full confession , fcnd gave up many papers , &c , which will become evidence . If the two accomplices are to be believed , they have lately issued false paper to no greater amount than 40 , 000 f . —Galignani . The Two Forgers , Theodore Ilerweg , alias Romanzou or Raumanzow , and Knapps , have un der gone several interrogations before the examining magistrates , and several witnesses have also been examined . It appeared that Romanzou scarcely ever remained in one apartment morn than a quarter of a year . The preliminary proceedings are likely to occupy several months , on account of the evidence which will be required from several foreign countries .
Both the prisoners have made a full confession . Romanzou states that , after having so narrowly escaped from arrest on the 6 th January , 1832 , he made his way into Italy , where he lived for four months upon a sum of money that he took with him . Fearing an application for his extradition , he returned to France , thinking he would be able the more easily to conceal himself there . His resources were then reduced to two genuine Bank of England notes for £ 109 each , and conceived for the first time the idea of imitating them . But the difficulties he had to contend with were so great that he was for two years working assiduously before be conld succeed ; living in the most parsimonious manner upon one of the notes being obliged
to keep the other as a model . At the end of the two years lie found that he had produced a perfect forgery , but not daring to trust the uttering of his false notes to any third person , he issued them himself , and in ttree days exchanged twenty-six of them for £ 100 each at different money-changers' offices . He then stopped , till he saw the effect produced upon the Bank of England . At the kirne of his las ' : capture , Romanzou was engaged , with the assistance of his accomplice , Knapps , in manufacturing a greater number of notes of the Bank of England , with the intent , as he says , of raising 100 , 0001 " ., with which he hoped to get over to America , and there live an honest life .
A " Characteristic" Note . —The president of the Institution , Mr . John Paley , jun ., presented , on Tuesday last , to the museum of that society an autograph letter ot his Grace the Duke of Wellington . The advice contained in the characteristic and piquant epistle is so excellent , and so generally applicable , that we presentour readers with a copy of it : — "London , Feb . 13 , 1 S 43 . —F . M . the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mrs . C— , He really regrctR much that ho lias not been able to lead her letter . He entreats her to write in a plain hand , in dark ink , and in a few words what her commands are . Mrs . C , , Liverpool . " — . Jfycston Chronicle . —{ We beg the especial attention of our correspondents to the excellent advice of" The Duke " as to " plain hand , " "dark int , " and "few wordB . " ]
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RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE CHARTIST BODY AT EDINBURGH . A meeting of those favourable to the re-organization of the Chartists of Edinburgh was held in Cranston's Temperance Hotel , on the evening of the 10 th instant . The meeting was numerously anil respectably attended . Mr . Archibald Walkeii was unanimously called to the Chair , and Mr , John Grant appointed Secretary , » r fc »» .
The Chaihman , in a brief , but comprehensive address , introduced the business of the evening , — namely , to take into consideration the best means Of reaUSC itating the Chartist cause k . Edinburgh . He was willing to > dopt any means that might be thought best by the majority of the meeting for giving new life and vigour to the cause , but was of opinion that the only effectual means for gaining the desirable object they had all in view was , the establishment in Edinburgh of a branch of the National Charter Association . He then read copious extracts from the Hand-Book of the Association , entreating the meeting to give the subject their serious consideration .
A highly , interesting discussion ensued , in which many of the tried friends of the Chartist cause took part . A number of young and new friends were also present , who strenuously supported the opinion of the Chairman , and warmly eulogised the principles of the National Charter Association , stating it as their conviction , that nothing short of a national movement would secure to the unenfranchised portion of the United Kingdom their political rights and privileges . Mr . William Anderson , in an energetic speech , proposed the following resolution : —
That it is the decided opinion of this meeting , that the Chartists of Edinburgh would advance the principles contained in the People ' s Charter more successfully were they to unite themselves as a branch of the National Charter Association ; and being cenvinced that , by this means alone , our political rights can' be obtained , this meeting now agree to form themselves into a Branch of the National Charter Association . He remarked , that one cause of the apathy which had characterized the working classes in reference to the enforcement of their political claims was the season of comparative prosperity which marked the premiership of Sir-Robert Peel ; but this indifference he considered highly criminal . Instead of relaxing their exertions in seasons of prosperity , it was the sacred duty of the working classes to bring their resources to bear with greater effect on the important question of their political enfranchisement . After a warm appeal to the meeting in support of the
principles of the National Charter Association , Mr . Anderson concluded by again moving the resolution Mr . Jons M'Donald cordially seconded the resolution . It did his old heart gV > d to witness the presence of so many young and enthusiastic friends , but they would find themselves all the better by an infusion of the old blood amongst them . Mr . Morton was willing to abide by the decision of the majority , but for his own part , he thought that a great national movement would end in a great national failure . ( The speaker then alluded to the declining state of the Odd Fellows' and Rechabites' Sick and Burial Schemes , and argued that it was in consequence of their grasping at too wide a sphere that they fell so much in the confidence of the public . ) He thought the machinery too un . wieldly and unworkable ; but he trusted that his fears would prove visionary , and , for the sake of the good cause , he would offer no opposition to the resolution .
Mr . Alexander Grant then addressed the meeting . He remarked that the preceding speaker had sadly confounded cause and effect . . Even admitting for the sake of argument that all were fact which had been stated in reference to the Odd Fellows and Rechabites , he denied that the alleged event of success was in consequence of the schemes being national , their decline did not occur through , but in spite Of their existence as National Associations . He thought the machinery of the National Charter Association admirably adapted for securing the enactment of the People ' s Charter , and he was more and more convinced by every day ' s experience , that nothing short of a national movement would secure to the working classes their legitimate share of Parliamentary representation . As to the alleged unworkableness of the machinery , he confidently gave it as the result of the experience he had in matters of
the kind , that five hundred members could be menaged as easily as fi ve dozen if proper business habits were adopted , and strict attention paid to the minutest details of the scheme . He was convinced that the present was a peculiarly favourable for urging the claim of the Charter . The repeal ot the Corn Laws had occupied public attention in places of the more important question of the Repeal of class legislation ; but since the fate of the Corn Laivs was considered as setled , for three years at least , what other question so fit to engage the attention of the working classes as the question of their political freedom—the question of their complete and constitutional right as men and citizens , in opposition to their present degraded and abject state of political slavery . He was assured that they would acquit themselves in the struggle with that intelligence tor which they had obtained credit , and which certainly could not be devoted to a nobler and loftier
cause . The Chairman then put the resolution to the meeting , when it was carried unanimously . ) Upwards of fifty individuals were immediately enrolled a « members of the Edinburgh branch of the National Charter association . The Chairman having read the law in reference to the appointment of members for the management of the affairs of the branch ; the meeting proceeded to the election of nine members to form a general council , and the apointment of a sub-Treasurer and sub-Secretary . It was carried unanimously , that a report ef the proceedings of the meeting should be forwarded for insertion in the Northern Star ; the People ' s Journal ; and Douglas Jerrold's Newspaper . A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr . Walker for his efficient conduct in the chair , and to Mr . Juhn Grant for his valuable service as Secretary to the
meeting . The meeting then broke up at a late hour , highly gratified with the proceedings of the evening , and in high hopes of the ultimate success of the People ' s Charter .
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THE LAND . FINSBURY LITERARY AND MECHANICS INSTITUTE , GOSWELL ROAD . The elegant lecture room of this Institution , was densely crowded on Sunday evening , September the 20 ih , to hear a lecture from Mr . P . M'Grath , on the "Land and its capabilities . " Mr . T . Shorter was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly introduced the Lecturer—whose first appearance at this institution , was heartily welcomed by the enthusiastic areetings of the auditory . The lecturer said , prejudice had instilled into the human mind from infancy , that the land was the property of a few aristocrats , and hence the difficulty of inculcating thegreattruth , that the land was the property of the whole people . ( Loud cheers . ) Yet true it is , at leastso says history , that about the year 1006—a certain royal person
came over to-this country , took the land by force from its peaceable legitimate possessors , the people , and Jdivided it amongst his retainers , who are now called Barons—/ hear , hear)—but he ( Mr . M'Gratli ) would ask , could rapine , spoliation , and bloodshed , give either right or title to the lands of this country ? ( Loud cheers . ) Yet some twenty or thirty thousand did claim and hold the broad acres of this kingdom , to the great detriment and injury of the toiling millions —( hear , hear)—and in Scotland the whole land was held by some three thousand persons , and there one of those parties , more valiant than his fellows , ( the Duke of Hamilton ) had not scrupled to state how he held it , he did not profess any right divine , or heavenly patent , no , he drew his sword ,
and flourishing it , aaid , tis by that 1 hold it , and he ( Mr . M'Grath ) boleived that w « s the only right by which any of them held it . ( Cheers . ) But was not this a scandalous perversion of the right God gave toman . ( Great cheering . ) A t me is coming when men will be acquainted with their agrarian rights , and then there must be a change . ( Much applause . ) America , was already awaking to that knowledge , —( hear , hear)—she had obtained her political rights , and would doubtlessly soon obtain her social rights . ( Great applause . ) Mr . M'Grath next proceeded to shew the great capabilities of the soil , and in so doing , quoted largely from Mr . O'Connor ' s work on Small Farms , which was much applauded . He next proceeded to demonstrate that a man could support
himself and family in cumtort , from the produce of two acres , and illustrated his subject by living facts , much to the satisfaction of his audience . The lecturer said he was aware , that some held , that any man not bred to agriculture , could not cultivate the land effectually , but this wag entirely fallacious , as was well evidenced ! by the Northampton allotments , which were cultivated in a superior style by shoemakers , under the presidency of Dr . Faber . Again , at Sheffield , a Mr . Ledley , a mason , is cultivating a small plot of ground on the system propounded by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , " and producing 2 , 000 fold more than his neighbours . Well , if shoemakers , and masons , made such good agriculturists , what was to
prevent the mechanics of London , or any other large town , from following their example . ( Loud cheers . ) Air . Linton , a largo manufactor at Selby ( Vorksliire ) had recently written a letter in the Leeds Times , in which he offered to prove from his own practical experience , on a plot of land held by himself at Selby , that a man and his family could be maintained from the produce of one acre of ground , in a iarsuperior mannir to what any mechanic could , even though he was in possession of the best Leeds wages , and constant employ . ( Loud cheers . ) The lecturer next entered into a most minute and lucid statement of the principles of the " Chartist Co-operative Land Society , " and clearly demonstrated its . working abi-
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lity , and was rapturously applauded . The League and free trade papers | had been most virulent in their opposition to that Society , whilst the Tory press had betrayed an omnious silence , notwittista . nd . ing this , they M extended its emancipation to almost every part of the United Kingdom , and their barquo was now floating onwards , over the stresm of popularity . ( Much cheering . ) The delusion of increased trade , by means ot foreign order , had not diverted the people from their righhteous object true they had been promised " plenty to do , hig h wages , and cheap bread , " instead of which they had obtained scarcity of employ , notice of reduction of wages , and dear bread . ( Much applause . ) The present manufacturing system appeared
to him a most murderous one , as the Census showed , that in the manufa turing districts , 500 out of every 1 , 000 persons died before they arrived at the age of five years , and the average duration of human life was only seventeenyears , whilst in theagricultural districts , to which the Chartist Co-operative Land Society wish to send the people , the average of human life was forty-five years , this had been proved by the British Association for the Advancement ef Science , at their recent meeting , and how was this ? why , the wretched mother was compelled to go to slave in the unwholesome atmosphere of the mill , and leave her child , to be murdered by another , consequently drugs was administered to quiet the poor thing , and those drugs frequently contained a considerable portion of
poison , then was he not justified in denominating our manufacturing s < stem , a murderous one ? ( Gruat cheering . ) The talk of creating a foreign trade was moonshine . There were several nations that could now manufacture sufficient for the whole world , and to use the language of Mr . R . R . Moore , "for the moon as well , " the only way to create trade wbb to place the people on the soil , and thus raise an home market , the people being at once producers and consumers . ( Loud Cheers . ) The capability of the soil to ensure happiness and plenty ( said the lecturer ) was well illustrated by James Silk Buckingham , in his ably lecture on the six states of America , wherein he showed that the possession of a small quantity of land , brought with it , not only food and clothing for
the body , but for the mind also , ( hear , hear , ) then look to Jersey , there the people had no dread of being compelled to resort to the use of Indian Corn , no fear of Poor Law Bastile ' s . Why 1 Because they have plots of Janl to cultivate for themselves , ( much applause , ) and never would the people of this country have permanent happiness , until such times as they re-possessed their natural element—the soil . ( Loud cheers . ) The Chartist Co-operative Land Society , gave a great security , to its members , by allowing them to select its officers , and by means of its trustees of whom their able representative , T . S . Duncombe stood at its head , ( great applause ) they had endeavoured to get enrolled , and made application to Tidd Pratt , for that purpose , but it was reused . Mr . Duncombe had obtained a new act ,
since the passing of that they had again applied through , a Barrister-at-Iaw , but with no better succesB , however they were still resolved to have all the security the law could give , and they had cometo the determination of Registering it under the Joint Stock Act , ( hear , hear . ) Mr . M'Grath concluded his highly instructive address , by appealing to all who wished well to his fellow-men , to come forth , and join the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and resumed his seat am id the most vociferous cheering . Mr . Daniel Hof kins , a Teetotaller , said he much approved of the principles of co-operation , and by sobriety and co-operation , he had obtained a house near the White Conduit , and was so well pleased with Mr . M'Grath ' s lucid and able address , that he was ready to put his money down for a share in the society . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Walter Cooper said , he had been prepared to ask some questions and make some slight objections , but Mr . M'Grath had already answered his questions , and removed his objections , and now the pleasing duty devolved on him of moving a ' vote of thanks to that gentleman'for his very able
discourse . Mr . Marriot in seconding the motion , said he had listened with peculiar pleasure to the discourse of M'Grath , and he trusted , that the lecture would 4 » e published and sent forth to the world , and if it were , he would be most happy to subscribe for ten copies , and sure he was , it would be reprinted in America , and thus illuminate both hemispheres . ( Great cheering . ) The motion was adopted by acclamation . Mr- M'Grath in responding said ha would consider the suggestion thrown out by Mr . Marriott . The meeting then dissolved .
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CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS AND ASTHMA , AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CUEING THEM . TO TBJE EDITOR OF THE XOSTUESH STAB . Sir , —The subjects at the head of this letter are of such general importance , that I flatter myself you will allow me ' space in your valuable Journal to bring them prominently before the attention of the public . It is strange , that in the middle of the nineteenth century , when chemical science has made such brilliant discoveries , and furnished us with such efficient remedies , there should still remain an impression on the minds of many well-educated persons , and even on a
great portion of the faculty , that Consumption is incurable . This opinion was quite correct about fifty years age ; for then , indeed , jthere was no known substance which we could depend upon for the complete eradication of this insidious disease ; but now the case is totally altered , eminent men , of first-rate talents , have drawn from the world of chemistry the most valuable treasures , and placed within the hands of the medical practitioner , a host of powerful remedies , which may be said to act with certainty and specifically on varioui diseases , and , amongst the rest , in a preeminent manner , on Consumption of the Lunffg .
It is with teference to the impression above alluded to , and with a desire to place the matter in a correct point of view , that I am induced to offer these observations . The question is decidedly one of humanity ; for , if well-grounded hopes can be held out to patients , that they can be restored to health , instead of leaving them to the gloomy anticipations of speedy dissolution , it is manifest , that this invigorating influence on the mind , will act beneficially on the t body , and aid materially in strengthening the general powers of the system . But to the point—is real organic Consumption of tbe Lungs curable ? I answer fearle 3 sly that it is , except in the last stage : for if we suppose the disease divided into three stages , two out of the three are as easily cured as any other complaint . To be more explicit—I mean to assert , that even alter ulceration has destroyed a
considerable portion of the lungs , they may be healed and radically cured , so that the patient may live free from the disease to a good old age . This is not theory , but the sober and deliberate conclusion of Jong experience , ardently devoted to a consideration of this destructive malady , and a minute investigation of all its symptoms and morb d characters , backed up by a successful treatment of the most critical cases , on the principles shortly to be mentioned . But with regard to the third , or last stage , it would be madness to affirm that medicine in any shape can stem the torrent of disease ; for here , disorganization of'he lungs is so extensive , the ulcerations are so deep and widely spread , that a sufficient portion of substance is not left to perform the necessary function of respiration . In such cases , all that medicine can effenl , is to mitigate suffering , not produce permanent benefit .
Now the means to cftect the desirable results above enumerated are not those which are generally pursued . The established mode of treating this disease is avowedly useless ; even the advocates for it freely confess the fact , and lament iiuooruly , that their efturte arc , in ninetynine cases out of a hundred , completely futile . So deplorable a want of power has led many first-rate physicians to reflect whether other means cinnot be adopted to overcome this fatal complaint , and happily , tlieir labours and experiments have not been in vain ; for they now employ a mode of treatment , altogether different from the usual one , and proofs are occurring every day , that by this method , a very great majority of patients may be cured , who , by the common routine of practise , would have fallen victims to the disease ; thia method is Inhalation .
By Inhalation or Inhaling is not meant the fumigation of a room , as is sometimes erroneously imagined , but the druwiug in of niodtcinal vapours to the lungs themselves , by means of a glass apparatus , invented for that purpose . Tho process is at once soothing , pleasant aud efficacious , and differs altogether from any plan which requires the slightest operation . Remedies thus administered , escape the change that would otherwise be produced upon them , by being taken into the stomach , which causes them to undergo the various processes of digestion , absorption , ! tc . and tbus 1 o 9 b their active property before reaching the seat of disease ; but by being inhaled at once into the lungs , thoy come unchanged into inunediat' : contact with the organs affected , precisely in the same manner as the common air of the atmosphere is
received into the lungs , without undergoing any previous alteration . This mode of proceeding is the only oue Unit is consistent with reason , and in harmony with the principles we adopt in other cases ; for if any external part of the body has received an injury , or become ulcerated , we apply an ointment , lotion , or other substance , to the immediate scat of the malady , and thus speedily ( -fleet its cure . Now , Mat whicii the ointuieHt effects foi any out . ward part , inhaling performs for the lungs . The system of Inhalation , therefore , involves no theory difficult to bo understood ; it is merely plain , common sense , divested of all mystery and uncertainty ; for when the case of any patient is curable at all , it must surely be by those means which gain a direct access to the very parts which require the remedy ,
I 5 y the certain and powerful action of medicines introduced into the lungs by inhaling , we find thnt ulcers which are broken out into a state of abscess , can be comph fcely healed ; and that tubercles , which are only in their incipient stage , can bo removed by absorption , without the usual softening down into ulceratien at all . At the same time , it is to be observed , that internal treatment is not neglected ; for disease in the lungs U always complicated , more or l « j 3 , with derangement of
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other P&rt 9 0 ^ the system , and this circumstance rendera s s ~ : s «» * ' r , % r s tried in vain . This is proved by the utter failure , in almost every instance , of the methods hitherto P «™ . It may here be observfld , that Asthma is treated like , wise on this plan , and with the same beneficial results as Consumption . . The practice of Inhalation itself is not new , DUt U 16 medicines formerly UBGd were not adapted to the end required ; its efficacy now en tirely consists ( as was obssrved at the outset ) in the employment of remedies
which modern chemistry has discovered , and which were totally unknown forty or fifty years ago . These remedies are now acknowledged by many eminent men to be their sheet anchor { when used by the way of Inhalation ) fer the cure of Pulmonary Complaints . It would be easy to record a long list of powerful advocates for the system , but it may be sufficient to mention the names of Willson , Copland , Corrigan , Coxe . Murray , Scudamore , Cottereau of Paris , Eiliotson , Harivood , Itjan , and Thompson ! The bare enumeration of such individuals as these , wha are at the very head of their profession , is surely sufficient to convince every unprejudiced person of the superiority of tliis method over that which has unfortunately been
practised , with such loss of human life , up to the present time . Perhaps I may be allowed to add my own feeble testimony , that few cases have come under my care which I have not found the Inhaling process fully equal to subdue ; and reports daily received from patient * who are now under my treatment , both here and at a distance , render my conviction firm , that this method is destined to accomplish such favourable results , as no other plans would warrant us to expect . I consider it my duty to diffuse a knowledge of this system more generally among society ; for it is certain , that Consumption 5 s making greater inronds than over upon the population of these Islands , it being known , from authentic sourcf s , that no fewer than sixty thousand individuals die annually from this scourge in Great Britain alone .
Should you , Sir , think proper to aid my efforts , by inserting this in your paper , I shall feel myself highly obliged , and beg to subscribe myself Your obedient Servant , Daniel Cabb , M . D , G 2 , St . Paul's Square , Birmingham .
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TO TUB EDITOB OF TI 1 E NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —The perusal of the Sfar of the 12 th instant must hpre been n source ot gratification to every member of the democratic body in the Uoited Kingdom , and the knowledge of the triumphant entry and the enthusiastic recaption of Lnbour'a emancipator , ' our Liberator Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in Devonshire , should be a Bpur to tbe rousing up of any dormant energy that may exist towards a renewed agitation for man's natural birthright—the land and the Charter . Among the mass of rubbish with which the press of this country teems from week to week , it is truly refreshing to meet with gueh language as the following , it is a " green spot amidst tlie waste of waters , " —very " oasis in the desert , " and as Jerrold ' s newspaper will , in all likelihood be seen by a very limited number of the readers of the Star , I think that a portion of your columns might be worse ocqupi « d than by itt quotation . Under the title of " Wealth and Want , " an article in the paper alluded to , says : —
"Among the social and political speculations which have engaged the attention of modern publicity , none are so interesting as those which investigate the rela > tive condliion of the different classes of a community with a view to remedy the glaring inequalities which obtain between property and labour . * * * The extremes of wealth and poverty maybe traced up to political institutions , founded in usurped authority , so framed as to deprive labour of its just reward . " Slavery , primogeniture , hereditary privili ge , indirect taxation , electoral disfranchisement , these are hot necessary conditions of social existence , but are various modifications of that system which has been called the 'law of the strongest . ' Statisticians estimate the annual surplus of wealth in this country at Fifty Millions ! but if we place this amount to the credit of the nation , are we not entitled to put on the debit side the poverty and destitution of the great body ef the people by whose
labour this surplus has been accumulated t if the surplus is ^ evidence of high powers of production , does it not afford equal evidence of low powers of distribution ? Suppose that the distribution had been equitable , so that the whole produced of labour had been the recompence of labour ( asUt ousht to be , and as Adam Srrith affirms was the case before land was appropriated and stock accumulated ) where would have been tbe surplus )? Clearly it could not exist , but as full compensation for its absence , there would remain neither poverty nor privation among the working classes . Shall the bees annually consume the money they have collected , and thus sustain themselves in vigour , or shall it be hived up for the use of the drenes ? We perceive the productive classes are compelled to subsist on the scantiest necessaries , while the non-productive classes fare sumptuously every day ? Industry can no longer sustain itself beoause idleness abstracts its earnings . "
This requires no comment ; it proves that tbe Star it " sotviug the good seed , " and will bring out those master minds of the present age who , seeing the existing state of society through its proper medium , have the manliness to acknowledge it nnd suggest the remedy . There are two suggestions in the hst Star , which I think cannot be too forcibly impressed upon the brethren of the Land Co-operative Society , The first is , the caution emanating from the Chartist body in Glasgow , against any infringement of the rules of the society , as such I am sure would damage the cause most vitally ; the other is , the propriety of getting up a subscription to defray the travelling expenses of our pieneer O'Connor . It is truly disgraceful that he should be allowed
to be put to the expeuce he necessarily must in further , ing the cause of the people during the many years he has laboured in their service , and never accepted a farthing of remunerati on . How different from the Repeal Quack , old £ . s . d ., whom our lovite O'Higgins is opening up so beautifully . It is all very well fer Mr . O'Connor to think and know what a monument of gratitude he is raising within the breasts of so many thousands of his fellow-creatures , whose position be is toiling , both bodily and mentally , so hard to elevate , still I would like to see a more sterling testimonial of tbe people ' s respect and gratitude , and I shall be most happy tc learn that the subscription is immediately set agoing , that I may contribute my mite .
I was present at Mr . Doyle ' s lecture on Tuesday evening , and I must say that I never heard a > more able , clear and lucid explanation than what he gave , of the rise , progross , and present position of the Land scheme , tvhile hi * eloquent exposure of the evil effects of the law of primogeniture , entail , &c , < fce ., and his powerful demonstrations against the system of robbery , tyranny and oppression which has existed for so many centuries by tho aristocracy against the working classes , brought down the acclamations of the house , which was ( . 'rammed to the very door . Mr . Doyle ' s reception must have been most gratifying ; he mentioned that it was his first appearance before a Scotch audience , but it was such as ever to be remembered by him with feelings of pleasure .
Doyle is one of the right sort , and I am confident his lecture will cause many to think and join us in our regeneration . I am , Sir , yours most obedient , Glasgow , Sept . 16 , 1846 . Tom Pen .
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Thursday last there was a regatta at Southend , accompanied with a variety ef amusements of a rustic character . Shortly after the conclusion of the regatta a party , who had been out fishing : in a boat some ifistance helow the pier , discovered the body of a man , respectably dressed , floating on the surface . It was immediately taken on shore to the Ship Tavern , where , after using the usual restorative means for several hours , animation was at length restored . It appeared that Lieutenant Drake , R . N ., had been walking on the pier , which is a mile and a quarter in length , and by some accident fell off unobserved by the spectntnrs . He was borne away from tho pier by thu tide , nnd floated to a considerable distance till he was thus fortunately rescued , whilst in a complete state of insensibility . Lieutenant Drake is now con . ralescent .
An Awful Cash of Sudden Death occurred on Sunday morning last , in the demise of Mrs . Ilendrick 9 , the respectable wife of Mr . Hendricks , the omnibus proprietor , of Churcli-lane , Whitechapel , deeply regretted by all who were acquainted with her . . * " Respectable " Thieves . —Crewe Special Sessioss .- On Friday , Georiro Rodgers . Anthony Boeoh , rhomns Moss , James Bland , and Benjamin Wild , all of Monks Coppcnhall , flour sellers , were summoned to answer informations laid against them by tlie special high constable of Nantwieh . for having m their possession unjust scales . Thesc-les of
lloilgors and Beech , were 8 o 2 . deficient in the balance , and Moss , Bland , and Wild , 2 oz . each . Kodgers , Beech , and Bland , were convicted in the penalty of 50 s . and costs . Moss 20 s . ami costs , and i Hn ? " and costs - Thc fine 3 were immediately paid , - Uie latter person had been cautioned some time ago by the inspector . Great complaints have been made by the mechanics employed at the Railway Company ' s works , at Crewe . against the bread-( lealei's there , for not weighing their bread an being purchased trom them in their ( the purchaser ' s ) presence , which would give them an opportunity of ascertaining who sold the most for money . —Liverpool Mercuni .
Mr . Waklrt tiik Patriotic M . P ., and Pkoh , k ' s Coro . vf . r —On Tuesday evening , a few friends , who are in the habit of freqtientinsr the parlour of Mr . Gilbert ' s the " Royal Oak , " Charles-street . Fieldgate-stveet , Commercial-road East , assembled for the purpose of considering the propriety of for warding the subscriptions for the purpose of purchasing the release of MaUhewson . Mr . Shaw , was appointed to the chair . In the course of the evening , the con-, duct of the patriotic member tor Finsbury , was my much Jauded , and it was ultimately agreed that , the meeting should adjourn to eight o'clock , next Tuesday evening , when the subject will be entered into , and in all probability tuo landlord , will be appointed treasurer .
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_ * ^^ THE NORTHERN STAB . ' September 26 , 1846
Forgeries On Thk Cosiinknt.—Ten Years Ago The
Forgeries on thk Cosiinknt . —Ten years ago the
Singular Case Of Restored Animation.— On
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 26, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1385/page/6/
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