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      » ud cavu were emptied of their conteulswitn little or no reshtanco on the part of the owners . The mounted police are all on duty , patrolling the streets in the outlet * , as it feared that the number of the rioters will be augmented by re-inferceinents ot the unemployed labourers from the more remote parts of the country . Mr . Superintendent Walsh , of the A division , assisted by a party ot the force under his command , succeeded in dispersing the multitude , and in taking twenty-two of them iulo custody on Friday night , Ou Saturday morning Supsrintendent Walsh appeared before Sir Nicholas Fitzsimmons . at the head office of police , to sustain a charge of riot and tumultuous breach of the peace against the parties in custodv . On being sworn , Mr . Walsh d eposed tUathe

      and a parly cf the police force proceeded to tue scene of riot , in . \ lill-street , Newmarket , aud Meath-street , where he found a great multitude assembled , wno conducted themselves in a lawless manner ; and , in order to crush ihe disorder at once , he to ok twentytwo prisoners inducriminatay into custody , by which quiet was soon restored in those streets , lie acted , Se said , in a summary way in taking those persons into custody , having beard that there were some sis milar proceedings on the north aide of the city ; and . considering that some stringent means eaght to be resorted to for the purpose ot putting a stop to those proceedings , he made prisoners of those persons whom he found in the crowd , without discrimination as to whether they were or not leaders of the mob .

      Mr . Wilson , Mr . Madden , and other respectable proprietors , made application to the bench on behalf of some persons charged , who had been ia their employment , and to whose good character they bore testimony . Sir Nicholas Fitzslmon said that he could not make any distinction between persons who were found in a riotous mob . The authorities were not obiiged to identity every person who might be defected in a lawless assemblage . It was quite sufficient that they were found in a crowd , and they should abide the fate which awaits those who are detected in evil company . Superintendent Walsh said he would not press a prosecution against those whose character had hitherto been good , and on this recommendation the worthy magistrate discharged twelve of the party , and admitted the other ten to bail on their own recognizances .

      In the meantime , the prices of provisions are rising every week , and unless some check is speedily given , there is no use in concealing the fact that de-Btitution iu its most formidable shape will be as prevalent in the lanes and alleys of the metropolis as it is in Skibbereen or Bantry . The price of the large ( 41 b . ) loaf is this week ten-pence halfpenny ; alter to-day another halfpenny will be laid on , and flour factors calculate that it will go up to one shilling , at which figure it will remain stationary for some months . This refers to the first quality ; inferior is , of course , somewhat cheaper . Bacon , wiiich was heretofore a common article of food with

      labourers and mechanics , is now , from is enormous price , plaoed quite beyond their means ; and as to eggs , they nave become as rare as good potstoea . Tiieir preseut rate here is 2 s . per duxen , and even in country towns , where a year ago they could be bad three fora penny , they have increased fourfold iu value . Owing to the inability of the poor people to ieed fowls without the assistance of the potato crop , they are killed , and either consumed by the owners or disposed of in the adjacent towns and villages . Aud thus , is another means cut off by which the collier tenant was enabled by thrift to cave something tor the rent-day . Oue evidence of the vastly increased mortality in Dublin , is afforded by the following extract from the book of the Prospect Cemetery : —Burials in November aud December , 1845 , 902 ; in 1846 , 1439 .

      SIATE OF THE PROVISOES . A system of deliberate rubbery is rapidly establishing iuelf in almost every part of . the country . The coumry papers are filled with details of cases of every variety , in the county Tipperary , near Clerihan , a car waich was . conveying a ton of oatmeal for the Koscrea Relief Committee was surrounded by about forty men , who carried off the entire load . A military order has been issued fur the protection of the caual boats , which , there is strong reason to suppose could no longer ply in safety without such security . . Numerous robberies of provisions have been committed during the week in the townsuf Maryborough and MountmeUkk , Queen ' s County . The number of paupers at present in the Mountmeliick workhouse is over 1 , 050 . Such is the extreme destitution in the neighbourhood that the bread fur the paupers had to be escurted to the poor bouse witti tiled bayonets .

      ihe Athtone Sentinel > ays : — "Destitution is fast spreading in this locality . The coroner , on last Sunday , Leld four inquests , and the verdict of the jury in eaca case was' Died from Starvation . '" The same paper gives the particulars of the plunder of some flour which was on its way from Clara to Atuloue . The Ballinailoe Star mentions a death from starvatiou iu that town , and gives an afflicting account of the state of destitution .

      The Galway Vindicator gives accounts of deaths from starvation in various parts ot that county . We anticipated , says the Belfast Banntr of titter , that the " Yorkshire of Ireland , " as the county Down has been not inaptly termed , would have been almost exempted from the privations and destitution which have laid &s tearful a hand on the poor of other parts of Ireland . We regret . to learn that the people of this favoured county are approaching daily nearer to a state of destitution , similar to that of which , so much is heard in the south and west .

      JU ^ SEHES 8 COGESTED BT THE LAKDIARBS * COMMITTEE , Fua TUB MEETING OF PigRS , C 0 MM 0 SEB 3 , < fcc . 'Ihe Reproductive Employment Committee rea 8 seujlled on Friday and Saturday , at No . 18 , College-grten . On bulb , days there was a very numerous attendance , including psers , mcmbeis of the House of Commons , andlatid , wners from various counties . Thc _ committee decided upon some matters of great importance , to be submitted byway of suggestion lor the adoption of the meeting Jo be held in taeEotanda . First , the committee have decided on recommending that the system of summary distraint for nonpayment of rent , which has been so frequent a cause of collision between the police and the peasantry , hould be abolished , and the Scotch system of remedy or the landlord substituted .

      Secondly , the . committee suggest that a legal right bhuusd be given . to the tenant for compensation for outlay in valuable and permanent improvements in his larm , to be regulated on equitable principles , as regards the interests of proprietor and occupier . The committee have determined not to recommend any measure upon which there is a difference of opinion amongst themselves . Tuey have , in consequencfc , jnaue no suggestion upon a subject which h&s occupied inuch of their attention , the reclamation and colonisation of the wastelands of Ireland by the state . A prepondering majority of the committee have expressed opinions highly favourable to such a measure ; but a few extensive proprietors deprecated , in the most emphatic manner , any interference by the state in the way of assuming posseswon of the waste lands ; and on account of those objtctiocs , the question has been left in abeyance .

      Another subject of considerable importance that Las engaged the attention oi the commitee is the eentr ^ lly mi serable condition of the habitations of the agricultural population . U pon thL , point the members oi the committee , so far as they hare expressed ineir opinions , ate decidedl y favourable to asugtes . lion , tuafc in futu : e no cabins shall be erected * liica were not of a comfortable description and fi ' B 58 lem 8 h 0 uld t e eaUrel * " Tiie subject * f modifications in the Irish Poor-Jaw was also broached at the committee ; but . under txibtiii Kcircumstances . itwas deemed advisable to utter i . o suggestion on that question . K « i > ec * iBg absentee landlords , it was unaniraouslv recoiiiiu ^ ded that they should be dealt with in the most decided maaner lor the benefit of the country .

      BEFXAL AS 80 CUIHW . This association had its weekly gathering to-day , M ™ " dall and stale , but not quite so unprofitable as usual—the rent amounting to £ 119 . 9 s . 2 d . £ 5 of this sum came from the islands of Arran , where the people , they say , are dying like rotten sheep . This does not require a word of comment . Deooheoa , Jar . 9 . —We regret to find that outrages and attacks on the bakers' bread carts and baskets are becoming frequent in Dro-heda . The constabulary force hereare almost fatigued to death with extra duty , as escorts to the- bread , flour , and other provisions leaving tows . .. ^ Tf-Esk" —»»»«» by Famine . —We extract the taliowuM ; from a letter in the "Dublin Freeman ' s Journal " : —

      In one parish of the county ( Cong ) it appears from the statement of the Rer . Dr . Waldron , that twenty-seven deaths from , starvation have occurred within the past week ! " A letter from the Rer . Mr . Henrv , parish priest ofanothefpanshofsame county , alluding to a late communication , in which , about a fortnight sfcee , hehad announced eleven deaths by atarvation , lavB — Since my last communication I regret to inform you thatatleast twenty deathshave occurred in my parish , Islandeady , county of Mayo , from starvation and tear that unless immediate

      I and extensive em * pioymentbe giTen , I will hare to record deaths not Im units bet oydosens . * "The Rer . Patrick M'Manus , parish priest of fnotiicr parish of this county , the same clergynun « ho , about ten days back , gave a list of twentyeeven person * that had died of starvation in his pa" * n in three weeks , now announces that -death is wou . t * ° deal no longer withsingle Tictims , but with »«•* : battalions , Hesayg , 'I am convinced that •"*? ° taer month , half the population of my parish wiu oe swept away .

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      MONDAY . 1 IARYLEB 0 NE . —Ten young females , panperiof St . Marylebone , of ages varying from 17 to 22 , aud who gave their names Jane Stantoo , Catharine Hahony , Anne ( Mid . Elizabeth Gunning , Sarah Jones , Harriet Jone » Catharine Cloven , Sarah Braekenbury , Ellen ' Burke , and Sarah Robert * , raest of whom hare frequently been brought to this Court , and punished for disorderly conduct , were placed at the bar , before Mr . Rawlinson , on the following charge : —Frem the evidence of Sir Jones , the master of the workhouse , as also from corroborative statements made by other witnesses , itap . pewtd that the prisoners had , in consequence of tbtlr uniform bad behaviour , which at times even in chapel was le « d and profane in the extreme , been placed in the " separation" ward as a punishment for their offences , and as an example to others . On the previous afttrnoon , during the hours of divine service , the prisoners

      climbed over a wall into the woman's yard , when they beeame exceedingly noisy and obscene in their language . They refused to retire to their proper apartment ; and , on some constables being called in , the whole of the rcfractory parties were conveyed to the statien house . Some of theprisoners complained that the master had not paid them what ha had promised for the picking of oakum , and that it was that which gave rise to the proceeding with respect to which they were charged . Mr . Jones They had not completed the work for which tbey were promised to be remunerated , and , consequently nothing was then due to them . Mr . Rawlinson , —I have frequently heard of the inmatesof jour house getting over the wall . How is it that come steps have not beentaken to prevent this ? Mr . Jones . —It is desirable certainly , that the wall should be raised , and so I have spoken to the Board respecting it , but nothing has been done .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —A well dressed man , named Austin Montroe , who was stated to be a returned transport , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Broughton , charged with having burglariously entered the premises of Mr . Joseph Berdo « , clothire , Goswell-ttreet-road , and stolen property to the amennt of upwards of £ 300 , and also on suspicion of having broke * into the bouse of Messrs . Huffam and We 8 taway , tailors , in the City-road , and carried off cloth and other articles , of nearly the same value . It appeared from the evidence of Mr , Berdoe , that on the night of the 23 d of November last , his premises were entered by some burglars from the rear , and a large quantity ofclotb and fancy goods , to the above amount , were abstracted . He immediately gave information to the police , and in consequence of a communication he received that morning from Sergeant

      Brannan , he repaired to the shop of a pawnbroker in the Hackney-road , where a cloak and other articles of dress were txhibited to him which he at once recognised as a portion of the stolen property . Sergeant Brannan stated , that having received information which indirectly went to implicate the prisoner in several other robberies of a similar description , he went on the preceding evening to * house in Martha-street , H&ggerstooe , where he found the prisoner in bed , and took him into custody . He afterwards searched the place , and on examining his drawers discovered several duplicates , three of which related to the cloak , and Other articles , ideutl . Ged by the last witness , and also a complete set of housebreaking implements of a very superior and ingenious construction . After lodging him in the station-house , he was recognized as having been concerned in the

      commission of another robbery at the shop of Messrs . Huffam and Westaway upwards of 12 months' ago . William Hill , shopman , to Messrs . Huffam and Co ., stated that on the 21 st of October , 1815 , the prisoner , who was very stylishly attired , entered their shop , and asked fora pair of straps which they were nnable then to supply him witk , and he wtnt away , but afterwards returned accompanied by a well-dressed man in deep morning who took up his station at the farther end of the counter . Tht straps were handed to the prisoner , who requested witness to adjust them to his trousers , and while so engaged , the other man abruptly quitted the shop , upon which the prisoner , who displayed a fidgetty nervousness , also suddenly rose , although only cne of the straps had been fitted on , and hastened after his companion . Immediately they bad left witness missed a piece of velvet ,

      and roll of cloth , of the value of £ 10 , from the counter and window , and he instantly ran out after them , but they had both disappeared . On the 8 th December following he observed the prisoner and two ott er men scrot ' nising the shop through the window in a suspicious manner , but on seeing that they were watched , they precipitately retreated ; and two nights afterwards the premises were forcibly entered , and plundered of cloth and other articles , of the value of between £ 200 to £ 800 . Every effort had been made to trace the Btolen property , but without success , and he kaw nothing more of the prisoner until be ascertained that he was in custody upon the former charge . The prisoner , by the advice of Mr . Vann , who appeared on his behalf , expressed his intention to reserve his defence , and , the magistrate or . dered him to be remanded for the completion of tht evidence .

      LAMBETH , — Robbisq Readt Fcbnisheb Lqcoiwos . John Jones , a young fellow with a " vary nobby bead of hair , * ' whose friends were said to be highly respectable , his father being barrackmaster at Cork , and Elizabeth Pearce , a flaunting-looking dame , who had deserted her lawful husband and home to beguile her hours with her fellow-prisoner , were placed at the bar for final examination on a charge of robbing their ready famished apartments . The prisoners occupied furnished apartments in the house of Mrs . Pashley , in the Waterloo-road , where they passed as man and wife , and the landlady having some misgivings from their manner , that all was not right , took occasion in their absence to examine the room , and found it stripped of nearly all the bed

      clothes and other moveables . The prisoners , by some means or other got a hint of the discovery made in their absence , and did not return home , bat information having been given to the police , they were apprehended on the charge , when the duplicates for the missing property were found upon them . Their friends have managed to take oat » number of the articles pawned from the pawnbrokers . Two respectable persons in whose houses the male prisoner had previously lodged , spoke to hie proper conduct whila with them , as w « ll as to the respectability of his friends . Mr . Elliott convicted the prisoners in the penalty of £ 5 . for the unlawfully pawning , together with the value of tha articles pawned ; or in default of payment , to stand committed to the House of Correction for two months each .

      THAMES . —Birth in a Police Cell . —Martin New , a tall Irishman , & brickmaker , who carried a fine child , about two jeva old , in his arms , was charged by the relieving officer of the Wnitechapel Union , with having created a disturbance in front of his house on Sunday morning . The prisoner's wife was also charged with her husband , bat before he was placed in the dock , she was taken in labour in the police cell immediately adjoining the Court . Mr . Hughesfwas no sooner made acquainted with her condition than he sent a messenger to the workhouse fora nurse , and some blankets . ' He also procured the immediate attendance of Mr . Falconer a divisional surgeon of pilice , under whose care the woman was safely delivered of a fine boy . A cab was provided , and the woman and her child were sent to the workhouse , Mr . Hughes having seen tha poor woman properly taken care of , and provided with every comfort her situation required , preferred his charge against her husband . He stated that on 8 unday morning he gave

      an order to the man and his wife for their admission into the workhouse as casual poor . An hour afterwards they returned again with the order and demanded other relief . Hs informed them he was not at'liberty to do any thing more for them , on which they abused him grossly . He directed thsm to leave his house , but instead of doing co they created a great disturbance , and caused a mob to assemble in front of his premises . He wac there ; for , uad « r the necessity of giving them into custody * . The woman who had-just become a mother wat the worst of the two , and her language and threats were most dreadful . The prisoner said he objected to enter the workhouse with bis wife , where he should be seperated from her , because he bad had a sufficient taste of it « a Saturday night after Mr . Hughes had given him and his wife an order for a nights lodging . The place ha was in was very wet and cold , the floor was sloppy , and it would be the death of him to go to such a place agate .

      Mr . Hughes « aid he gave « w m » u aa 4 bis wife three pounds of bread on Saturday evening , and an order for their entrance into the workhouse . Tbe woman was lodged ia the receiving-ward , Hat most comfortable in the workhouse , mad her husband ia the csitil ward , which was dry and well ventilated . Mr . Yardley said the prisoner ' s conduct was very reprehensible , but as he was the lesser offender of the two , he . would sufer him to depart . He would also discharge the case against his wife , aud he was very glad so muck attention bad been paid to her in her unfortunate situation . Sestoati Fellow * . —Owen Mooney , a man of athletic frame , ana Thomas Donovan , his countryman , were brought on a charge of having assaulted Mr , Win . Brand , the landlord of the Brown Bear public-boate , in Lenun Street , Whitechapel . The prosecutor , whose

      temper has been sorely tried by some of the disorderly and desperate characters in the distriot , had the ] misfortuue to be tried at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court on a charge of wounding an Italian sailor with a truncheon . The Italian bad made an attempt to stab seeeral persons in the public bouse , aad while brandishing hi * knife , Mr . Brand knocked him down with a trancheon . Mr . Brand was acquitted , after a very favourable charge from Mr . Baron Rolfe , who said he , was quite justified in what he bad done . Oa Saturday night Mr . Brand was closing his house about half , put eleven o'clock , when the prisoners began to make a disturbance , and knocked down an old man in the taproom . They were pummelling him in a most unmerciful

      manner , when Mr . Brand interfered , on which both pri . soneM male an attack upon htm aud beat him severely until the police interfered . He exhibited marks of viol i ? ii * man 80 m 6 tlme « 8 O . « nd he had seen him beat a man ' s head and face off many times . ( A laugh . ) He was first struck in the Uj .-room , and received black eye from « ,- lar . alo . d , w | , 0 was the most black , guard pubhean iu Lo «(< . , and had murd « r « d a great many pewons . Mr . Brand said , that Mouney was a most desperate character , and came into histap-room drunk six months « go and upset » large kettle full of DuUinf water , and caused citrniive damage . Mr . Tart . l « l—WelJ , you muse be protected . TU «« It uthinc

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      effecting year character . Mooney—How many more men is he to kill , my Lordf Mr . Yardley—Such a desperate and savage man as this must be kept quiet , Mooney—To be sure he roust , or he will kill all the world . ( Load laughter . ) Mr . Yardley said he applied the observation to tbe p r isoner himself , and directed him and his companion to find good bail to keep the peace , and in default committed both to the House of Correction .

      TUESDAY . 80 UTHWARK . ' — Henry Morris , a mathematical instrument-maker , was charged with very disgusting behaviour ia one of Drew ' s Oamberwell omnibuser . Mr , Mullinder , secretary to the Provident Clerks' Society , stated that he got into one of Drew ' s omnibuses on the preceding afternoon to go to Peckham , Tbey bad not proceeded far from Oracechurch-street when the defendant also entered tbe vehicle , in which were several persons , and amongst them some ladies . The defendant at first rendered himself very disagreeable by the Ian . guagebeused in tbe presence of females , and when he wasrequestedto desist , he became still more offensive in bit conduct , and actually became sick , or pretended tob » so , and vomited in the omnibus . Witness and the rest of the passengers , disgusted at such behaviour , called to the conductor , and requested that he should insist on tbe defendant to alight . Themoment , however , tbe request was made , the defendant began to swear , and made use

      of such abominable language , threatening witness and others with personal violence for their interference , adding at tho same time that be paid bis fare , and that he had a right to do as be pleased in tbe vehicle . At length be became so extremely abusive and vulgar in bis expressions , that it was resolved such an offender against the rules of decorum proper to be observed in those vehicles for the public convenience , that he should be punished , and he was accordingly given into custody , Tbe defendant said he had been dining with the captain of an India , nua . The jolting of the omnibus produced sickness , which he could not help . He added that be regretted having used the language attributtd to him , and that it should not occur in future . Mr . Seeker , in strong terms , condemned the defendant ' s behaviour on the occasion , which must have been offensive in the extreme in a pub . lie vehicle , such as an omnibus . Such conduct could not be tolerated , nndbe should , therefore , inflict a penalty of 40 s , and costs on tbe defendant .

      CLERKEN WELL . — George Wilson , a chimney-sweep , was charged with having stolen a quantity of dust , the property of Mr . Dodd , the contractor for the parish of Islington , and also with having violently assaulted Collins , 69 N division , Mr . Vann , the solicitor , attended for the prosecution . It appeared that Mr . Dodd , who had contracted with the parish oi Islington for dust , < bc , at a very heavy sura , had been at great losses in consequence of repeated robberies , The prisoner wa « observed by Collings to take away a quantity of dust from tbe premises of Mr , Webb , of Islington-gr * en , when , on Apprehending him , he threw the officer down , and beat « nd kicked him in a most unmerciful manner , and would have murdered him had it not been for the timely arrival of Mr . Doods ' s foreman . &c , who released him , and took the prisoner to the station-house , after a desperate and determined resistance . Tbe constable wat [ severely in . jured . Mr . Vann remarked that of late this species of ofttnee had increased so much , to tbe prejudice of bis

      client , that thev were determined to check it , by rigidly prosecuting every delinquent discovered to commit it . The prisoner said nothing , and he was committed for trial for the robbery , and also for the assault upon Collins , the constable , whilst in the execution of his duty . BOW-STREET' —Henry Esmund , a messenger in the General Post-office , was finally examined and committed for trial by Mr . Jardine , for stealing raoney , articles of jewellery , < kc , from letters entrufted to him in bis occupation at the Poet-office . The additional case proved at this examination related to a silk purse wbicb the prisoner took from a letter sent into the country by a young lady named Bentley , visiting in the Tottenham , court-road . The purse was found in the prisoner ' s possession , and , on being produced in Coutt , was identified by Miss Bentley . The prisoner did not appear more than 20 years of age ; but the several case i established against him disclosed more than ordinary recklessness and daring .

      THAMES . STRBET . —Gekibai . Flobei Expeditiok , —Colonel Richard Wright , Consul-General of the State ofEucador , in South America , and Aid-de-Camp to General Flores , surrendered before Mr . Yardley , with his b » U , to answer a charge of misdemeanour , in violating tbe previsions of the Foreign Equipment and Enlistment Act , tbe 59 th of George III ,, cap . 69 ., on the lnfor . mation of Captain Harvey Tuckett . The proceedings lasted a long time , but the evidence was to the same effect as that adduced on previous examinations of per . sons charged with having taken part in the expedition . The witnesses examined were Captain Harvey Tuckett , Mr . Wm . Leigh Butts , Mr . Gabriel Maturin , and Sir

      William Ogilvie , Bart . The first named witness said he was prsmUsd the appointment of Aid-de-camp to General Flores , when the expedition reached the Ecuador , and that he had been to Limerick to . ' procure recruits . He stated , however , that those he engaged at Limerick were to go out as emigrants , and consisted principally of artisans . One of the witnesses for the prosecution openly avowed that if he had received the £ 65 compensation money which had been claimed , he would not have appeared as a witness against Colonel Wright . The defendant was ultimately ordered to find bail to anBwer the charge at the Central Criminal Court . Mr . Shaw put in the names of respectable bail , who were accepted , and Colonel Wright was

      liberated-An exciting scene immediately afterwards took place outside the Court . Capt . H . Tuckett no sooner reached the street than he was arrested by two Sheriff ' s officers , who led him away amidst the greens , hisses , and execration * of the people connected with the Ecuador expedition . Some of them offered personal violence , " when the police interfered , but not before a scoundrel with a heavy stick hit him on the back . Captain Tuckett was saved from further injury , and was escorted by the police some distance before the mob left him .

      WEDNESDAY . WORSHIP STREET . —Shockikq Casx . —An attenuated woman , named Elisabeth Wilday , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with stealing a quantity of bad cletbing and other articles , the property of Mr . William Wootton , residing in North-street , Kingsland-road . The prosecutor stated that the prisoner , who bad a child about six years old , and lodged with him for about a year and a half , up to Christmas last , when being In arrear with her rent , and no prospect of obtaining it , he gave her notice to quit . After shehad left he discovered that half the feathers hud been taken out of the bed , and that 2 blankets , 2 sheets , some crockery , poker , and a saucepan , bad been made away with . He , upon finding this , nude inquiries after her , but had

      been unable to discover her retreat until that morn , ing , when be apprised the police , and gave her Into cus . tody . She acknowledged taking the articles , and aokod him to be merciful . In answer to the charge the pri . soner , who trembled so violently she could soarcely stand or speak , said that she had formerl y bees in very re . pectablo circumstances , but had been latterly reduced to such distress that she and her child had frequently been for days together with not more than a pennyworth of food between them , and that is wai solely to save her and her child from starving that she bad » een induced to dispose of the articles she had been charged with stealing , and all of which were very old and scarcely fit for use . Her husband had formerly been a coach , builder ia good business , but finding the trade stagnant

      in London , had removed , with carriages and furniture , to France , and established himself at Boulogne , where they resided for fourteen years ; but in consequence of opposition was at last obliged to give up bis business there andfgo to America . She came over to London to obtain £ 50 to start him , which she did by a great sacrifice of all her private property , and transmitted it to her husband , who promised to send for her tojoia him in America , but although he had been repeatedly written to he had returned no answer , and three years had now elapsed without her beiagable to hear anything of him , Her mother wat a widow in the receipt of a small annuity , and being present when she quitted the house of the prosecutor , had offered to become security for the value of any little articles that had been made away with , which the proseeutor acceded to and accepted , and afterwards tent In to her ( the prisoner ) a bill for rent and part of tbe articles missing ; but finding , uuon

      inquity of the trustess , that » he had been compelled by ill health to anticipate her Quarter ' s Income , the prosecutor had foregone her mother ' s guarantee and handed her ( the prisoner ) over to the police . She would be en . titled to tome revisionary property when her mother was dead , and would gladly , as soon at she obtained It , repay the prosecutor aU that she owed him . The rsagiatrate ctosely questiened the prosecutor as to his anceptaneeof tbe mother's guarantee and subsequent delivery of the btlltothe prisoner herself , and he having admitted the trutt of both assertions . Mr . Broughton said he bad at first been Inclined to send the prisoner for trial for felony , but tbe admlseloBS the prosecutor had just made clearly reduced the charge to one of mere debt , for which h » had accepted the joint responsibility of the prisoner and her mother , the latter of whom wut still answerable by civil action for it , and hi should therefore order tha prisoner to beatoice discharged . ( Front our Second Edition of Last Week . )

      FRIDAY . MARYLEBOHK . —RornmLT Ocmou on a Mas . USD Woban . — Richard Hosken , a confectioner , in Al . bany-street , Regent ' s Park , aad Samuel Corns , a cigar dealer , la William-street , in tbe same neighbourhood , were charged with assaults of a most violent and brutal nature on Mrs . Catherine Hosken , wife of the first , named defendant , who was taken into custody by the police for the outrage which he had committed . The other defendant was brought up on a warrant b y Whipp , the officer . Complainant , who had evidently sustained very severe injury , gave evidence to the effect , that for a longtime past her home had been rendered completel y miserable , in

      consequence oi her husband neglecting bis family and business , and spending tbe greater portion of his time at the shop of Corns , where be was ia tbe habit of smoking and drinking , and he afterwards ill-used her , On tbe same morning , ( yesterday ) , at one o ' clock , she went to the house alluded to , ani requested him to return home ; when , after being abuBed by Mrs . Corns , the was laid hold of by the defendant Corns , who thrust her into the street with so much force that she fell with her head ever tbe kerb stone into the mud , and received such severe hurt on tbe back , as to renderit necssary to call in the aid of a surgeon . It was further stated that tht complainant , on retiring to nit , lecked her door , iu «

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      that , at three o ' clock , her husband , who bad returned home , burst it open , and , laying hold of her savagely by the throat , attempted to dreg her out of bed . He alto str « ck her several times , and on cries of " Murder ' pro . oeeding from her and her children , all of whom were terribly alarmed , Hill , the officer , entered the premises , and took the husband into custody . Hosken wai fined 50 s ,, in addition to which he was ordered to enter into bis own recognisance in £ 100 to keep the peace towards his wife for six months . The other defendant , Corns , who said that he put out complainant gently , and that she slipped down , was fined 40 s . The penalties were paid , and the required surety having been entered into , the parties left the Court .

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      ? ' THE FLORES EXPEDITION . The Thames police-court was on Tuesday the theatre of one of the most exciting scenes which has ever been enacted in it since the memorable case o Captain John « tone . Colonel Richard Wright , Consul-general for the state of the Equadore , and alleged to be the head of an expedition which was said to be lately fitting out from this country for South America , was charged , at the instance of Inspector Evans of the Thames police , with a violation of the 2 nd seotion of the Foreign Enlistment Act , 59 th of George III ., cap . 69 . Mr . Ballantine , the barrister , and Mr . Shaw , ef Furnival ' s-inn , attended for the defence , whilst Mr . Potbury , from the offioe of the solicitor to the Customs , conducted the prosecution .

      The first witness called was Mr . Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett . lie described himself as having been some time since a captain in the 11 th Hussars . He had retired from that service , and about the month of October last , hearinc ; of an intended expedition to the Equadore , he called upon Colonel Wright , to whom he handed a letter , which that gentleman having read , he asked witness whether he was desirous of joining in tho enterprise ? To which he ; Tuckett , replied that it would all depend upon the rank which was offered him : to which the defendant replied that he should receive the appointment of lieutenant Colonel . Witness asked what was to be the pay ; to which Colonel Wright replied £ 20 a month . Witness observed that was very

      small , but the Colonel told him that at Quito all the articles of consumption were exceedingly cheap , and that a few shillings would be sufficient to provide for a large family . Witness asked what part of South America it was intended to proceed to ; to which the defennant replied—to the Equador . Witness asked if there was to be any advance ; to which Colonel Wright replied there would be an advance of two months . Wifness observed that that was too little to defray preliminary expenses . Colonel Wright replied that toat was the » um appropriated for the purpose by the commissioners . Mr . Yardley : What did you understand by the commissioners ?—Witness : I understood him to refer to some Spanish commission which had charge of the affair .

      Mr . Yardley : Under what government did yon suppose yen were to act ?—Witness : I understood under the Spanish , and not under the English government . Colonel Wright told me that I should like General Flores very much ; that he ( the general ) had been in a hundred actions , in all of which he had proved victorious , I asked the nature of the command I should have , when the colonel told me that 1 , 200 men had been raised in Ireland , and that they should be under my commands , as I was the only person holding the rank of lieutenantcolonel going out upon the expedition . Mr . Yardley : Do you know General Flora ? Witness : 1 understand he is by birth a Yene .

      zeulan , and ex-president of the Equador . To Mr . Potbury : I inquired as to the uniform , and Colonel Wright told me it was to be similar to the English Light Infantry uniform , with bright yellow facings , which was the Spanish national colour , cocked hats , and plumes , and epaulettes of a Spanish fashion . At a later period Colonel Wright directed me to go to Mr . Gurney , a tailor in St . Jamos ' s-street , who had buttons cast purposely for the service . I procured some , aid found they had the word Equador marked upon them , together with the marks G . Del Pres . . Here one of the buttons was handed in by Mr . Potbury , upon which the magistrate asked the witness what he understood those marks to mean ?

      Witness : I understood them to be the title of the troop I was to command , viz ., "The President ' s Guard . " On the 29 th of October 1 spoke to Colonel Wright as to the advance which waB to be made , and on the next day he gave me a cheque for ££ 0 , being two months and a half a pay which was cashed at the house of Glyn , Hallifax , and Co ., after a little hesitation . Witness then proceeded to procure an outfit . Mr . Yardley : Was anything said about arms or equipments ?—Yes , we talked on the subject several times , and Colonel Wright said that an order had been sent out of rockets , 56 pounders , and 40 , 000 stand of arras . The witness then proceeded to state

      that to avoid all military appearances the men were ranked under the following heads-. —Overseers foremen , labourers , and youths . The overseers were to receive each £ 1 bounty on entering , the foremen 17 s . 6 ., the labourers 15 s ., and the youths 10 s . 6 d . I proceeded on board the Glenelg on the 20 th of December , where I found 220 men ; they were in a dreadful state of destitution and making a tremendous uproar . I promised them , on my honour , relying on Colonel Wright's word , that they should have money next day , and according to my instructions from the Colonel they were divided into watches , and in every respect treated as soldiers , and regularly paraded as such . On the 15 th of December , by the order of the officers of Customs I quitted the Glenelg , and on the 16 th 1 called upon Colonel Wright with the officers under my command , and having

      told him how we had been compelled to leave , asked what were his further orders ? He replied , we were perfectly free to go where we pleased , as be had no further occasion for our services . I replied that the officers were without money , had been put to great expense in the purchase of uniforms , and that it would be most unjust to dismiss them without some provision . I suggested that ho had better give me £ 20 forlthem , until he could consider the question of further compensation . In the afternoon of tke same day Celonel Wright sent down by Sir James ilay £ 2 . for each officer . Mr . Ballantine : I presume I may take it , Captais Tuckett , that you are the informer in this case f—Exaotlyso . Mr . Ballantine : And became so because you could not get £ 65 ?—No , I claimed it ob my own behalf , and that of the other officers .

      Mr . Ballantine : You say you were a captain in the 1 Ith Hussars ?—Witness : Yes , about eleven years since . Mr . Ballantine : Pray was that tha last profossiou you followed f—Witness : No ; I was a merchant in the city . Mr . Ballantine : Whatmewhantt—An East India , merchant . Mr . Ballantine : In what commodities did you deal !—In every thing that you could name , ( loud laughter ) . Mr . Ballantine : Then you are what M called a geneigLjUaler ?—No ; I was an East India agent , andjEVpbed the messes with wine , plate , and other conMuwties . Mr . Ballantine : Oh , that is what yra call an East India merchant . I believ « yoa failed in that capacity ? -I did . Mr . Ballantine : Was not your lady lodged and boarded in the vessel ' -She was .

      Mr . Ballantine : That lady I presume mil your wife ?—She is not—she passes as my wife . After some further questions , Mr . Ballantine pnt in two documents , the one an answer to some newspaper paragraphs , the other a petition addressed to the Lords of the Treasury ; in both documents the parties onboard the Glenelg , professed to be " emigrants in the strictest sense of the word , " and sent forth their anxious desira to be allowed to proceed oa their voyage . Captain Tuokett , on being close questioned , admitted that he had been a party to the getting up of both document * , though he knew the statements contained in them to be false . Mr . Ballantine strongly commented on the conduct ol the witness , and claimed the liberation of his client . The magistrate , however , decided as remanding the cose calling on the defendant to put in bail , himself in £ 400 , and two sureties « f £ 200 each . The securities were immediately entered into , and tho case was ? remanded for a week .

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      THE CONFERENCE AND THE GLASGOW MEMBERS . TO THI BDITOB Of IBS HOBTHIBN STAB . 81 r , ~ Being a member of the Glasgow branch of the Land Company I take the liberty of making a few remarks on the questioa In dispute , hoping you will hav « tht kindness to give tnem insertion * and being an Irish . » an , I hope it will be considered that I do not take any part in the " nationality " of tht question at issue . In the first plscs soy opinion is , that our numbers timply asked for a person of ability from bead quarters to agitate tbt Land question in Scotland .

      And secondly , themembtrs here seem to think that it is contrary to principle for one perion to hold a plurality of situations , feariug , that if such were the caie . it would give a handle to our enemies , which they would be turt to make use' of to the disadvantage of the Company . And it seems to nrc from all that I can gather from the read , ing tho rsporf of tho proceedings of the Conference , & « given in the Star , that they were Justified in being alarmed , for it is there reported that Mr . M'Gratk wac elected Director , Trustee , and Corresponding Secretary andthatMr . O'CiWnor wm elected Sub-Treasurer 1 ) 1 . sector , Trustee , 4 > % &c . ' But if Mr . O'Con uorhatsnown to the satisfaction of tho Conference that they do net hold a plurality of sicut tions , it would be we U that the reauftu were siren to the cointry generally . !

      Thirdly , —As to the sale of Allotments , in m , opinion the Conference were perfectly right , ., the Land or Houses ore not the thin ^ W Mid , but m erely the tenant goodwill , or title to potie wfon . '

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      I cannot agree with the remarks made in aniwtr to the fourth proposition , regarding the disqualifying of Shtreholden . inpieventlngthcm frem being balloted for being 3 d . in arrear ; for in that reasoning a lest evil it only compared with a greater . I think it would have been much better that the Conference had adopted tht prinoiple of fining those refuting or neglecting to comply with the rules . With regard to the remarks mads on the Schoolhoute and Ground , I entirely agree , at it stands on the same footing as all other property of the Company , until redeamed by the allottees on the different estates , when it will become their property . Jamis Bcatthib . to thb iditot oi the korthimf stas .

      BisricTED Sie , —In the columns of your useful jour , naloflast Saturday , there appeared a set of resolutions from Glasgow , the second and third of which contains « sort of general charge against both Conference and Directors , the one for being so foolish as to give , and the other to receive , an amount of power that might bt turned to a dangerous account . Now , Sir . that a body of men from all quarters of the eountry should meet on Monday morning , and continut their tittlngt until Saturday morning , clottly engagttf in business all the while , and after all is ov * r , whtn looking back on what has been done , can say that nothing hat been left undone that should have been don « , and nothing wrong done , it what I believe never did and never will happen , neither without nor within the hearing of St .

      Uungo's bells . What that Conference has done wrong experience will show off , what it has done right exporl ence will confirm , ancTour Glasgow friends are only doing their duty when they are discussing the acts of their servants , only 1 think they »« somewhat premature . Had they delayed giving any opinion until tht new rules of the Company were published , tbey would in my opinioa have been better able to judge of the merits and demerite of the Conference , than they possibly can be from rtportt of newspapers , however correct they may bt . But , Sir , the reason that induces me at the prtsent moment to address this letter to yon , is a statement that occurs in tht fourth resolution , where they state that their delsgates had neglected to enforce upon the Conference the necessity of one of the directors being sonstautly in Scotland for tbe purpose of forwarding tht interests of tht Company . Now , Sir , I beg to inform our Glasgow friends that whatever sins of ommleiion and commission we may bt chsrgable with , that that at least it one that

      ought not to have been preferrtd . On one occasion , toy worthy coleagut , Rolert Burel , stated most distinctly that from all the districts from which he bad received instruction ! , that seemed to be the universal dttire , tt tht tame time giving it at hit own opinion that It would prove very beneficial ; and again , at the very dote of the Conference , I embraced an opportunity that occurred of directing the attention of the directors to the same snbject , by reading to tbe Conference a portion , of instruction ! that I bad received from Alva , stating at the same tidit that so far as I had an opportunity of judging such was the general expression of the Scottish mind ; and also , embracing the opportunity of informing Mr . O'Connor that nothing would be so baneficlal as an announcement as to when he intended to visit Scotland . Surely such representation does not deserve the title of *• ntglect . " It is trae we did not move aoy motion to that effect , and it is alto as trae , that we would net have carried it suppose that we had .

      There it another point in the Glasgowoorrespondence , namtly , Mr . M'Grath ' s motion . It appears that our Glasgow friends have come to the conclusion that there it something harsh about it , because it strictly enforces pay ment of all dues , before voting . Now , sir , at I voted for that motlen , I thall . at briefly as possible , state the reasons that induced me to support it . I voted for it , because I felt conrinced that the stability of the company depends upon its shareholders being all subjected to tbe same laws . I . voted for it , because 1 felt convinced tha * I had no right to employ directors for the company wuoie whole time and attention would be devoted to their interests , without at the tame time securing to them an equal support from all those deriving an equal benefit from their labours . I

      voted for it , because I knew that I had no right to say , when or where another conference should be held , without at the same time taking steps to secure the means of defraying its expenses , and if the men of Glasgow are willing to comply with certain conditions , and not again , at on the last occasion , resorting to Mr . O'Connor's private pocket for them , before they enjoy the land , turely to be consistent they can have no reasonable objection to securiug beyond tbe shadow of a doubt the salaries of these men , whom they employ to secure " the land for them . But , then , tay our Glasgow friends , a man may forget ; well , but that ' s a tich affairl " Don't , upon any

      account , neglect to lay our viewt before the Conference , be to kind at do what we bid you , and Jgo where we want you , and if we don't forget , we are sure to pay you \" But , then , the Glasgow lads have two strings to their bow . There is the plea of " inability , " which , at all orents ought to be taken into consideration . Now , I should like to know , Sir , how the directors , when a bal . lit is ; about to take place , can find out whether the shareholders who are behind on the books are so from neglect or necessity ! If from inability , the location to whieh they belong ought to assist them . It is the local members only who can know the true position of eaoh others affairs , and mot tbe directors .

      There is one other point in that correspondence upon which I feel inclined to make a few remarks , namely , the ' selections of teachers , but as I have already gone far beyond what I at first anticipated . I shall not on the presenteccaBion , trespass further upon you , at another time I shall , with your permission , return to that question . I am , dear Sir , your most obedient servant , A 8 CHIBAID WaIXEB . Edinburgh , January 4 , 1847 .

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      BOLTON . On Monday last , January 10 th , a general members meeting ot the Land and Charter Association waB held in the Charter Association Room , Market-street for the purpose of passing tho accounts , electing auditors , &c , James Lord was called to the chair the following resolutions were passed . That the accounts do pass . That Isaao Gheenhalgh and John Atherton be the Auditors for the next six months . That Samuel Brook , W . W . Pickrance , P . Burton W . N . Garneth , and Isaac Grunhalgh do form a commlttee for to dranr up rules and regulations for the governance and guidance of this Society , and that the same be printed , It was also agreed to invite Dr , M'Douall to Joolton .

      WARRINGTON . t «? meeting of the members held at the Shio Inn Club-room , on Monday last , the following ap . pointraent of officers were made , in accordance with tue rules of the Directors : — Josurn Hovobion , sub-Secretary . Hskrt Anderson , Bub-Treasurer . Jbssi Wright , Scrutineer . William Warhah , \ ., ... Edward Lawims , / Audltor s-The first meeting will be held on Tuesday , the 19 th of January , at the above room .

      SOMERS TOWN * Mr . Christopher Doyle , on Sunday evening last , delivered a lecture on " the advantages that would result from joining the Ckartist Land Company , at the Bricklayers' Anas , Tonbridge-street , New-rod , He fully detailed the plan of the Bank of Deposits and also of the Redemption and Sinking Funds , and concluded an elaborate and spirited lecture amid the cheers of an attentive and full audience . Many questions were asked , and a vote of thanks to Mr Doyle for his able lecture , . and the satisfactory manner he had answered the questions put to him was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Lucas occupied the

      NOTTINGHAM . At a general meeting of the members of the Land Umpany residing in Nottingham and county , tho following resolutions were unanimously passed and ordered to be seat to the Nottingham Mto . for in . ? w ^ i ' ! 1 tne < Je «' e"t « opinion of | this meeting , ? tft % ^^ ^ ^ «"" tol » lwhlsttod at the Plough , « Je a ba . e , designing sycophant and hire , ling-e , fit tool for tyrants . That the ether person who qaotei from the letters of the said " Whistler , " and who ^ r ^ f l 7 TT nmaitnt " il&a ^^ tile , who , if it lay in his power , would bound on the jrovernment , and turn common infomer , to persecute the working classes , whose great crime appears to be an anxious desire honestly to better their sad condition

      . 2 . That we repose the greatest confidence in Mr . O'Con . nor , and the other members of the Board of Directors a ? i ^ n ^ . t 0 them Our thinks for *•» ho"est diioharge of their duties , " 3 . That the above retolutiont be sent to the Northern Star for insertion .

      rO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMpVl IN TiW NOTTINGHAM DISTRICT . ^ in ^ T ^ /! i ? , e * b 0 Te 1 (> c » lity are respectfully informed , that the subscription list for the Test m ^ KL h 2 - ^ wil 1 - * h cl 08 e on tt * S ? E 25 th uat . ; the committee therefere reques t all whn are desirous of contributing to that fund to forward their subscriptions on or before that day , to theTrta surer , Mr . Mott , currier , Gooae-gato *" Signed on behalf of tho Committee Nottingham . Jan . llA ***™* ' ' airmftn '

      ROCHESTER . fc ^ « saairat tt 52 S produced their report , which proved th » v ! - ^ d"ors pounds had ^ . lA ™^ J&fiZ 3 % thepurpoBes ot tho Comuanv < um . o ul ' r ment in May last . Ou ? sXetaSv , £ T leDce ' hiehly miaffc ^^ warn tm al ofT' t ° ^ *^^ warm approval ot tho members nreaent A Kcmti llfiPr Wail annnintnJ vuiuvm yitncilli , A btlUllst ^^ iijias ^ awwdi »« to *•

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      Messrs . M'Gbath akd Clark . —This ^ ZT ^ E desirous of expressing their opinion relative < uV » subject mooted by the City of London Localitv ? th 9 ference to the services of Messrs . Clarkand M'G' £ " We can testify that they have been the meS ' their clear and lucid exposition of the Land 1 p' y to add doubly to our numbers ; and we hope thi > *• *"' is not far distant when we shall be favoured ^? another visit from those gentlemen , which wonM j an immense amount of good . ^

      GREENWICH . A meeting of tho inhabitants of the borough Greenwhich was held in the Lecture Hall , R « " Hill , on Wednesday evening , January 13 , in suiinn * of the above objects . rt Mr . Robinson was unanimously called to a chair , and briefly introduced Ce Mr . T . Clark , who stated the objects of the Com pany , and said it was one of the best and Bafest i vestmentB for tho working man ' B humble savinl and , as a proof of its success , alluded to the gr «! progress it had made since its comparative rcceJJ commencement . Mr . Clark spoke at length on ¦ variety of subjects connected with the object ot th meeting , and sat down loudly applauded . Mr . V . M'Gbath followed , and pointed to the lw

      ns : ne only means oi cffcotually and permamenttv benefiting the people . Mr . M'Grath eloquently an j ably refuted the notion that the land of England w « not able to feed the people , and administered !* gfcT ( , | : cassation to the " Whistler at the Ploueh " » i , J showed that the "Whistler" knew nothing ' of th , subject on which his masters had sent him , 1 " whistle . " Mr . M'Grath was loudly cheered . A Mr . Howes followed , offering some captious ob jections to tbo Land plan , which were completed answered by Messrs . M'Grath and Clark . J # Bbkwibton moved the following rcsolu . tion : —

      "That this meeting has heard with pleasure the statements of Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , two of the directors of the National Co-operative Latd Company , and believing the operation of the Natioioal Co-operative Land Company , well calculated to serve the interests of the industrious millions hereb y resolve to support the same by every means in tneir power . " t Morgan , in an able speech , seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to tie Chairman . The Chairman responded . Several shares were taken up , and the meeting dissolved .

      THE L AN D AND LAB O UR BANK . A few thinking men residing in this IBorough have resolved that their poorer brethren shall hare the full advantage of the projected " National Land and Labour Bank , " with that view they have formed themselves into a branch , and determined to open books at Mr . Faris's , Cold Baths , Limekilns , for the reception of the threepences , or other small sums of working men , and will remit the same to the Bank so soon as they shall amount to 2 s . 6 dM thua securing the sums that might be applied to man ' s injury to ths advantage of himself and family .

      MANCHESTER . On Sunday evening last , a large and respectable audience assembled in the Social Institute , Queen , street , to hear a lecture , explanatory of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , by Mr . Wm . Dixon , Mr . D . entered into a lucid explanation of the plan ' which gave much satisfaction . Mr . Dixon will de . liver a second leoture on the evening of Sunday the 24 th instant .

      FINSBURY . At a general meeting of the members of the Finsbury branch of the ; Chartiat Co-operative Land Company , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That in future the office of scrutineer shall be taken from the list of shareholders in proportion , be . ginning at No . 1 , and those refusing to stand or not attending shall be fined 3 d . Females , and those under 18 years of age , exempted . It is also requested that members will come and pay up directors and local levies .

      That a general meeting of members take place on Tuesday next , at eight o'clock , to consider of the necessity of putting on an extra levy , in conseqifence of some alterations taking place that will increase the expenditure in this branch .

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      TO THE EXECUTIVE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Gentlemen , —I am instructed by the members of the Macclesfield Branch of the National Charter Association , to inform you that they have appointed a committee to assist in raising funds to present Mr . John West with a testimonial of respect for his long and valuable services in the cause of democrrcy . Mr . West ' s abilities and circum-Rtances are well known to you , and it is our intention to better hiB condition , provided we have your consent and co-operation to make it a national question , Mr . West having long been employed as a lecturer in the Chartist Movement , and is well known to the principal localities in the kingdom , and is , no doubt , respected by the friends wherever he has been as an eloquent champion of the rights of Labour—Idonot deem it necessary to say more than to request you to give tho subject & favourble consideration , and to return an answer as soon as possible . I have the honour to be , gentlemen , on behalf ol the West Testimonial Committee , Your obedient servant , John Ytain , 3 m ,

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      TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC

      . Friends , —We feel unmingled pleasure in giving publicity to the foregoing letter . In the object set forth therein we fully concur . The Chartistaof Maccleafield , to whom Mr . West is most intimatel / known , have taken a step which , in our opinion doel them much credit . The generosity of the Demo crats of Britain has been frequently appealed to , but never yet for a more laudable object than the pre « en » tation to Mr . West of a Testimonial , for his serviced in the cause of democracy . Wo mostoordially wish the good work commenced 7 , r ? Macclesfield friends , God speed ! Our mites shall be most cheerfully cast ia to honour stcrlinj merit .

      Trusting that this subject will be taken up vritb becoming spirit , and that the result will be the raising of a Testimonial worthy Mr . West ' s accep « tanee , * ¦ d .. ^' ewmwn , yours faithfully , Fhimp M / Grath , Thc-was Martin Wokis * Thoius Clahk , Fkarous O'Connob , Chrisiophir Dora , SeoreUry .

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      SOUTHTT ARK .-Dennis Sullivan , John Mulr , snd Joseph Calltghan , three powerftd-looking young fellowd wcll-kmown thieves , wtre placed at the bar befort VJ < Seckor , charged with two others not in custody in r * cuing a prisoner from the cuttody of the polltt , » a * smaihl » g a poticemak ' t head ia with brick-btts , taiidii drwdfully injuring stwral others . It appeartd from fl » tvidenoe that on Sundty evening ont of the prisoner * companion ! named Witty { who hat tlace besu trail ' spotted for seven years ) ttole a quaatity of cigari fro * a shop in Gravel lane , Soathwtrk . He w « t taken int » custody « short time after the robbery in the Red UouU publichouio , when ht was rescued by the priioncri an ! hit associates . After Witty wat retcuod , a mob of two or three hundred pcrsont surroundtd the poliC mostl

      y thitvet and bad characters , and commenoeiJi throwing brick-bats and stones at tbim . Kichardi , « M , perceiving Muir throwing a brick-bat , and knowinl him to be one who rescued the other prisoner , caogt >» hold of him , whtn he was kicked by several ptrsonil * hind , and was struck in the foreh « ad with t , brlck-b »! i which reudend him insensible , Ht wai carried In tht » state to Guy ' s Hospital , when it wtt ascert&iieu thstbil left eye wat out , and that ¦ portion of the bont « t » Tf had btesi forced in . So frightful was the weund thtAbif eyesight was dopaired of , and he was ordered toremlW in the hospital . Police-oonstable 184 U was struck ml ' a brick-bat on tht head while assisting tht last witaetl . Healsoreceirtd several kicks en the lower part of tt * ¥$ : ™^ f i ? 'TJ ? " « -fiwfat w w

      . . p . Police servant 7 Msatd that wh , B he nu ^ mtiol the rlethe procttdtd to « ravel-lant and fou . d upnsrJl of 200 persons sumundlng tht tonttablet As so » n » Sr ^ *? * ? d hl » . « 4 while ' hehad M « i » tended for him ) , and rendertd him instmible . Witstorehim to his stnsts . The othsr prisoners and thort who escaped w « rt tht wort ' , William Morgan , 11 »* IS " ! ^ " !/ 88 e ' 8 aid *»« « law bricks tbrtirt about . from aU parts . Sullivan threw a ltr « . ons «» Riobaras , who insUntW dropped downllkta dnd a * lie t » w the prisoners and tht othtrt who tscsued thro * ttonet and kick

      tho polict . la , ruwcr toU , e clisrgt tb » prisoners told thtj knew that « tt , wat not guilty of » offtu . ee they chwjtd Wm with , and thai wst tht rsM «» tneyretcuid him . They did not deny committing tW a » B » ult , but the , did it m selMctaet . It dm rt * H » by one of the constables that tht prisoners wert mo «» desp » rt . U characters , and had bten frequently in cuitodj for folony and other offences . Mr . Seeker said , thsti * was a most diabolical and brutal outrage on the polic »> The officer was in such a state that tht loss of oil * 1 ' was expected from their brutality towards him . # should commit thum for trial , but as other ana «• ' implio » ttd , Uawom \ d rensaud them for a week toghrs tW officers an opportunity of apprehtmdlng th « m .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1401/page/8/