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' ¦« . <^ . »* s- » - *** 'gr 4 J * Ug «? gCJ . P . ^ wiiun « am ^ r— >' . «^ - » : y jgrij ; it l " ot : « aent ; i request t . i other places tlist the tntn tiisthar ^ ou l . y i ' . u >< i s ' -. t > u ; ii not be •¦ miiluyc-ii . My business v « t : u tika d . ' -. vu ihe ti-. ne . 1 tuoi » it lour limes a nay . 1 \ j . Ucd at the pi > ple on the highway by the direction of my -: i : jil « iyi r ; , I liad noticed them before the lG'h of "tvuv * mber ; ii ? v < r saw theai molett » : ¦> " one . I have smj Joseph ;• - . •; it ¦ stop people . This was before the 16 th v- NincirbiT . I Iihvp seeu them all do sj at one time < - i .- ' ier . I hare seen them together from the number of niae to t « o . When £ saw the two thty were ivalkir . p * . ' .-in or standing . •> os « . ejamined bj Mr Watson . —Wilkinson was at rij ! - f . ^ n ^ ry , lid leit . tit XovemVer Uth , hw ( lave notice . !>; i \ v Uim on t » . « 10 t ! i close to the works , towards Newton -. i . iuvnon . I ™ "im once . Cai . uot say tli- time of
tht-«! .- ; v . be was ^ r . -. nUinjj with JJlf ;<;>» irs and Firth . I Jure noti . Mti 'r " j .... ui 1 . It was ri . imsdenwbowa 3 v . ith . a » Cannot » ay wben it ivas Jo ? cpb Smith stopped the : •!)' , ¦<• . F . r » ins who seemed to bs mechanics wt « v t .-i ' iii ^ ui Hia v .-ork' !; ha went and s ;> oke l > the : « , ani t ' . yv .-ntbn * . It was in Sejuonber . Eugiuui-r . 4 have g . n ' i ' 4 . illv dresses pretty nxieh alike . The princituil pa ; t ,:,.,,. ' en , ! re , f in moleskin . Docs notk ' . i , \ v whattnisi otoct SmUu was discharged for . , 1 'siph S i : iJiu 1 I . — I am an engine fitter . 0 : i the 1 ;¦ '; of No ' . crc'ier ia > t I went to Xewtor . in search of isork llru nut heard of any dispute ; did not get work 1 h > t - ' <¦ . ;; v , as ' ¦ ¦ i-onv- tgnin ¦>« ih following Tuesday . ¦»' . " :...:: .: e >» r :: ; c u . irlcs , about 800 yards off , nas met 1 > -. , v . i ncn ; -. '• ¦ 'itpli t ' iattwaa one of those men . Saw . " iVirnvu : < v ' . ih Pi : « tt , saw the tame mm before
tinjustices a ; '> V : ' . rrin , < ton , lie nas called wihon . Th < j «\ t-. airtUKiv . r a ; ainst afeuco , tls ^ y esme up to me , on FC . k .-. asU ; s . j i . here I was goim ; f Sai i I was poin / to * vtk ;¦ job . They said I had better not go tlwre , that I sr . ¦•¦ ¦ 'l no ? sfc ; . " torn ; , as I would be told of it when I wr-nt anjn- 'jtTij •"' . $ . " . They said tht-re was a dstutbance l-t *»< t : 1 Bia ^ tf - and men : I said I was out of work nnd l-m- ' . ict « i jou ; ' . ^ cy said , " Y . u'll not stop there long " Trey . iff- - ed to gite ras something to eat and drink . I vw . t-into ihv-xorks and was told t <> come baeli after trc »* - ;> st . V . ' hile going away , saw Plait about 100
jar'l ? ;; om U : j works walking b . ickwardt and forwards . Kb jwed . v . c tgain , and asked if I bad got a job ! Sni < i I d . « ' n-Jt kc « w , was going to get a glass of ale ; be said if 1 Mine a work there t would repent it before th-.: Yt . lii r was o »' "r ; that I shuuld not go into that b— hoi ? , acd fuat 1 -liould have something to co on tlie road with if ? ns hor . i up . Afttr breakfast 1 went to the foundry and w is enpVjyed there . I hnve seen persous patrolling tut i-i .: 'ls siuii ! that tiMe . I bave seen Platt and WiUon a > x : ; r ; ik ; i . > t ., l ; ffcrfnt distances from the worlcs . Tl : ey if *« 5 u > e taki u up as a deserter on the 24 th . Was taken to K ' . w . on t-efurs * 'ie « nsgi 3 trates . Had to Bend for my Q schar !;« . Hare Uim jostled by them .
0 :- ^ s-exu ' . i ' :: < ed by Mr Baines , —I was taken up on the eviueiiue o : 1 'iatt . I mentioned what bad taken place tii- i !»'_ . aft-r 1 ivsa released . Mentioned it to m ; cnip ! o . v-. - 3 . I «; -. « not frightened at what they * aid . Would nut !' -. >¦ -mentioned it if I bad nut been taken up as a AeserU-T . Vsi-. i - Tv-i I •;¦ . —I am an engine fitter . KoTembir 24 h I woni i ¦> Jjuis and I ' otts' . When I got near the tvoiks I r . 4 « Oaa : ij- There was no ona near Um at that time . Et .-uivj :-. iiere [ was going I I said I was going to the works , ¦ a friead had sent for me . Qaarry s * ia I bad btie : : ' / r .. . ; istbey were stnndint ; out . beoatl ; they ¦ n ..- ! -1 : king i . i old apprentices frjin 18 to 24 yo , ; r « of ag .-. B -. i .-Sv-. i ,-. r . 'C 5 i . ; se >> oroush then came up . B usfield a-kta ' . } i irrj > vhat I . vasafter ? Quarry said I was goinj ; tn j .. ; ..-- . n 4 iv . ; s' > , - > ot 1 ss . Boatfielfi said it would tie a bad job for ins if I * eat . They asked if I wauh ! go back ! I 'aiu , Iw > . M rather go on and tee a friend I bad in the w > rk ; , " iious&e'd said , if I w-. ntthire , in a month ' s tiiTw : •'••¦ . i'd network th ; re or anywhere else .
tjr ..- * . xau . ini-d by Mr Kuowiea . —lias been in" the trade 1 « > . . ; rs . 1 = now 24 . Servtd his time vriih Mrlling &--A 6- " -. : a Hainhil ) , for seven years , but was m . t bound . The i-. « . i- ; s -. iMaby Boasfi ^ ld might be , "You ' ll nut be aMt : v ¦• ¦ ¦ r ' h siiere nor anywhere else . " ) ti-- pi Jis'l . miUwrigiit , was engaged to work at Jones a-. ! . l V- ¦ ti '* . on the 6 th if Nofemher . As he w-isgoii'g to tide -. oik . -, oa that day , Bomfieid and Firth eame up to bim Ka-5 ssnea seen tha former before the ma ^ istr . itej at W : ¦¦ Wi : ton . Tbry asked him if he wanted ajob . Ho aris > v . - » --i . s-ijing that "he did and be did not ; " a :: d t ' i- - l ; cj a i-. ntad uim to give them " a meaning ; " oa v .. ; .- .- , ; ^ ilied , that lie was "in a job fin J out of a job ;' tvn- ^ iiion they were still not satisfied , mid he then sa'd ' tlj it ' iv h _ -il woik toco to , and work ti come to .
Thereupon t > . : ; - ; Se ! d aslifd him to ro and have a glass of ale , wl . i-h « c i ; eclioe : i doing Bousfield , on his refuting , SBii tb .-. t : ' he tvouU uot go , h « ( witnes ? - ) must take the cou-q ^ o : es , and that be would not be a month , in the st ; p K-. ' . isvhs would be turned out , and he we : t onto cs . ii wi-u-fj a d—d r * seal , and to tell him he deserved to hav * : : ' ! i : roit cu ; . Witue ? s badbefore that told Boasfii-iO : ¦;• ' . iie ( l vitnp 3 «) had : i rW . t to sell his own hind 1 * .- v . - t-j ? ne b .-st aJ . antage . Had often se = n those tiro men , us - . veil as otbtr * , standing about near the uorks dui " - ' i i !;« - period referred to . On the Gtti of November , tr-V ¦ . \ r- \ i witness , } in Firth ' s hearing , that \ l he would go ir . v thi works they would waylay him that night , ai . ii tu i-. M « equence of that he ( witness ) took Eosne ptr .. Mii > ^ liiihim , "bothm . ile and female , " as he went
*>• - ¦•• 'mirudby Mr Knowles . —Witr . iss answered B > -6 A-. ' . .. -he did , as hehadco : ne from Mr Melling ' s , at Hsw-iV ; , and if the work did not suit him he could go ipvV . to M- Mrllia ^ V , ^ howjuldknownotbing about it . I ? ¦ siw ' .-i- ; ,- a Mr Pott •• ' still . Has not been injured . I * in t ?; -: i > ' .. ; . ! oy this moment . Is talking for them now . ¦ W -iionre , mecib « rof the Machine-iauktrs ani Mill . ycr \?; : ' 'Vri-u-ilj Society , many years ago . J .-hn O . tis . —I have bc « n in the employment of Messrs Jo . v . -ill P . itU since the 16 lh of F * bruary . l 346 . About five '» .. ; . c- L . fore the 24 of December I saw Diwson about 5 C y + rt * ; V . ' : n the » rork » . A man ealltd Williams wan Y ? tii :. ! . ; U . iwson a licd if I wanted to be a holly ! I &C <; . 1 t > j : 'ti he meant ! He said , "Do you meantorova-. i : ••< J or -s ' s or come oat I We have sent toyouser . ral
ti-. ii s i- . •¦¦ - ¦• .. « io onr meetings , but you bave never bet u . " I ; ::: i *^_ . quitesatUned wfctre I was , and did notintei .-: ' . I'tsout . Thcjiaid if I would come out thc-y Wu-j »! * ¦ . : ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ Bit 30 s . a-wcek , and wanted me to go on pic ' - - w ,... uem , to prevent other people earning te work , ai . j : ! .-. > . ti' . t v would win the day . They said if I did not Ci « ' : < = ¦¦¦ :- ¦ ¦ ' vouldbe worsefor me , aiiJ I would be put d « - . ' -. a > ' r > laek list and prevented getting vrork anjw .. ' ¦¦ - > .. - . They SH » a if I would go oat they would find m < e w \ r- ~; ¦ hop and pay my expenses of shifting . Saw G-ju \ ¦ ¦ -Mr . 9 t » of November close to the works . He 6 t . { i ; i ib 4 said " O > 'ts , 1 uiiderstiind you have cc-rav -j i nerc— • ¦ . ould it not be as well for you to cume
cut ' - " ~ - 'l " Ko . " He asked mo for a teuton , to Uk « to ill ; - c- .. iitee . I ta'd them if tkay did not behavo tt «>; si ' . v ;< I would h-ave them put " where I could find tV . < n . Y - " Te t » Ht time I hid btcu applied to by Wilson to ;;? - • . •'• !* : « comniitiee meeting on the Ctb ot November . I . V ; -J '¦¦ :. what the meeting was ? orS He said it was en 'bi v Jug-out Sistrm . I saw him the following mi ,-. \ :: :--.-l lie said , " Well , O . ites , you are to give in to- ! » = . : ' -. . » --iaytoleav » on Saturday . " I told him 1 Si . ¦!"• " ' ! : ;•>• . I know Murgatroyd . I saw him about a a . i : 'a ' ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•¦ . He asktd me to go to a meeting . 1 did m . < - ¦ : ' i * : . i ¦ i'u Mhethcrl would go or not . C' i - * - ' < - -aiued . —1 made no note oi my conversation »!! ' ¦ la . wi . I neVi-r met nitii any vif . ltnce .
J : : >?> P--kti . —lam an eng : ne fitter . I remember gu : r- i e ; . -i 2 nd of November to Joaes and Potts ' . 1 m-.-t Civ- * .- ' U rough . Gray , Dav > son . and Quarry . They w ¦ ¦¦ t > .: ; : 5 ¦; -t . It was 300 or 400 yards fro * n the works . Cn ; . •' [}«? . -. ti ssked nbere I nas going ! I said to JcB -jy-r .-i Pi .. ; is ' works to getk ajob . He asked me if I w . - : > : .. " -. ' Sisre was a grievance between the masters k < 4 \ i .. . ' I r pHed , " No . " I asked tbtm if it was at -r-T : ; ik ' Oi'not ? Chee-eborougl ! Raid"Itisnot ; w -iii ! y ¦ ¦ :: it vfere s ' , tut we cinrot get all the men ou . ' 1 Ai ! . ; -d them what tht-ir grievance was t and Cij' ; : V : i :: h said , "Jones and Potts were taking a aiv . V . r i s 3 | . prcntic <» , from Mventyto thirty years of « gr : n" ^ i ' virds ; and if they would submit to that tl - . - ¦¦¦ - ¦ ' -.. on be brought like cotton weavers . " He bp ¦ - ' ' : - ¦ get work at thu Vulcan foumlry . They of ! - ' : i & 1 ass ofak . I vttat to the Vulcan , but div " •• ^> rk . CheLSebanwjii give me « note as a r ; •' . m-v . " - 'iou to a master in V / arr 3 uEton . I asked
In ,- • " - -. ; the strike was to iast ? He said it was no , . i ' . : ! t u-. a « t above « fortnight before Messrs Jones ai -t V ¦ •' ¦ v -nid be ob'dgrd to subuii * . to thtir demands , as ^ l ¦ : iji «\» raiuinu to ruin . I Trent to Wurrington , an ;"; < .-rj :.. t , iek two duys after to Messrs Jones and Pot'F . ' Ctr-sb-- {¦ unfd . —Uade co m-in-irnnJatD ef the conyp > f ! i ? w ;; . " . v ; t : i ^ 3 j had been in the tradt since fifteen ¦ JttX' Oi ft , H-niv S : ' - ' p ( nan , a fitter , on the 2 nd of November was in ^ vapan ; - ^ uh last witness . Wet Dawson , Gray , and < Junri 7 Eui the fousidry . Cheeseboroujh asked where tlmy a ^ r , Au % \ and on their sajijg "io Jones and Peris' for :. rk , " he asked whether they were aware or thsgr-uTn-.- T-. Witnf « corroborated last witness ' s evidtnee . M - Duwsonafterwards , who naked whether he w * i / wa , " . - . lemain at Jones and Potts' ! Witness repliC'l ' Y " j ; » whea Dawiton rsplie 1 , " What would you Siij i ? j ? u enyiiut head broke ?"
Cvuw ft ^ s : aned bylIrK . uOvrles : So violenca was ever Q&ir-zi . V . iih * iZ Brown , in the employ of the prosecutors , i l . vs : ti .- 'i : > e knew defendant Peter Grundy . On the KlKoiS i-umber lw . Grand ; came to witness and told hit * t ' a- l > 9 ( witness ) was requested to " gne a no . ice . " Mfmx-i : a ; ihethoBgi » t thatua ( Graod y ) bad " take ' u tl ;« . tf . it -Z- i : i the wrong light . " Grundy replied that he did !••• : - r .. 'Akitwas exactly right , but that the ; would « tt i-iiiu- ir . Witne « 5 then gave a week ' s notice to his tnaa'v ^ f w i sa ve . On the 14 th had an interview with Mr Juno * . f . u iiter that wit ! drew the notice . Peter Grundy carit ' . . ukii again on the 24 ih of October , in the shop . mxx \ . •'¦ : v > tues ( tbat it would be advisable for him to
rfr-. - > tic" ^ jiin , « nd witness did again give notice . Saw Mr J . mct diaiu . Had attended at twa meetings—one at a . iic- 'io'jce . near tbc Vulcan foundry , aud the other attbuOtk , in Newton . The peopk at thofe meetings Wtr « . > , f h ;> own trade . Bowman , Grundy , and Smith wir ; f : u .. Kt w that Smith had worked for Jones and Pot : i , ani Bowman ajjo . The last oT those meetings w » s h . u about tliree wce j { . before he gave the first noU' - « . K-vrnuu , toolc tJ | e mf } it act jTe part at both m < e' :: i ;;« . i .,. i the seoond meeting nas about three weeks after _ ; .. <• o ; fc » r . The dispute with Jones and Potts was ¦ K !> boi . H . : ba t « put down again , " to Kettle other matters -rrt . ^ hey were settUn about apprentices , nn 4 « they »* rel * M « 4 k , w thepickeS 8 sa ' oaW be pnt 0 O at vss ^^ tsssisr ^ ° - 5 cket < at
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Cross-cxaminei' by Mr Watfon . —Legal apptentioea are seven years' apprcnticee , bound at 14 , Dots not know of app « ntices at tliesi works being taken for four < ir five years betwrun twenty and thirty years of ag ( . Thomas Davip , millwvl ( . ht , stated that in November ho was soiis < o the fmittJr . , , and about two hundred ynr . is off met roiii- m ? n . : i » > d in consequence of what they smi . i , did not go to » - > rk . Was atiorwafds engaged at tht voi kP . On th ^ 21 st of November met Read , who told M < n Ho thought wltnws would have b « e » the lart row in the world to look for work at such a place , and said liswisHtwo-ficcd MiowannhJid defrauded the club , having got fcalt-u-cr . . vn for turning b ? ck and not going to work . Witness Un-i m , t received half-a . crowii . He sai < l witness (" estrved uunitliinfr . Witness said he would K-iend himself . R a , called bin . a "knobstick . " Some words ensued , and us witness was turning into his lodg . ings , It .. ad stood i « n noting attitude and struck nitness si \ ci-a \ times . Thty ' lia-i a seufflt ! .
Cross-ciamincd . —Had known Read Iieforeami worked with him in Wales . Never liad any <) URtrel with him . Met Rs .-i . i thic ^ ..- f . nr hundred jardsi from the lodg . ings . Can't ««> vbe > hort ey did not both begin striking ntthes . 'iirc tim , Charles Holt , : ^ ut ¦ n .: r , in the tmnloy of Iho prosecutors , into whose strvicehe . had antercii on the 16 th of November . Had pone them earlier in the month , aud ' . Ir . 'ii si \ w some p-. > rsmiB about . Joint Mison . inachino-maker nnd proprietor of some works at Rochdale , was nsked if the : o was a turn-out at hi « wnrks .
[ The t ' . videncs of Holt wns not futthir pursued ; and n discussion arose hi-ro a ? to the adriissibtltty of tiiat of Mr Mason , who it waa understand was to speak of the emn'ovment of some of the turn-outs at Rochdale . His lordship « as « if opinion that though the name of Mr Mason of Roch'talehad occurred i « a the correspondence of the society , what referral to that place would propriy bo no more than evident to support a distinct charge of conspiracy , not preferred among those in the present indictment . ] llich . ir t Joness , in the employ of the prosecutors , ( bud the handbill before produced shown to him , ) stated
that be had stenthat handbill gome timo before lust Christina * , about Sepu-mber , and several of the men at Jones and Potts' were looking at it . Saw several copies of it , and witness received onr cepj from defendant Gru » dy . lie and others were reading it to one atiother . Witns-ss left a copy of it in the office ; In Octob > r defendant Bousnciii gave witness a letter . [ Tha ninth resolution of the committee , dated 28 th of Sep . tembcr , among the documentary evidence waa here referred to , which stated that defendant Bousfiuld was to leive : i copy of a letter in the offico ] Bou > fietd tola witness Uiat be wa 3 afraid to deliver the letter to the master himself , and asked witness to do it , which he
did . In cross-examination the witness Raid he did not know of the masters having smt to G ) a » now to prevent the m : n petting empiuymont there . Knew that the handbill was to t ' u- same clfvct a « that produced . J . imo-i Appletou stated that a man n-med Hasledine once worked ;' or Jonc ? and Pott ? . Knew that from the book k < p' of the persons who come inand go outof » vork . Such a person « v- nt out of work , according to the book in which witness mu-l «; the entry of thu fact , he ( witness ) beini ; informed of it by Enoch Marks . [ Marks was here recalled , and stated that he bad so informed witness
Aypkton . ] By th- ; book produce <\ , Hnsleiline left on the 17 tb of October ; Jonts , Grey , and XIorgan left on the 19 th of September , and Walker on the 26 th ; David Thomas on the lOtu of Octob . r , and Mucd «« t < ald on t »» e same day ; will ; . am Bruce mi the 3 rd . Stephen Zaire , Grundy , aud Ellis on the 10 th ; il-: o . Greenough gav . ' a notice to leave , and kit ou the 24 th of October . Griffiths left on the 14 th of November . [ The objret uf this evidence wag to show that the resolutions of the c > mipi : tee , as rfcordtd in the hook found in Chtesi-iiorouRh's potsession , had bem carried out . Similar evi nici was given as to other wo . kicer in the ciiiploymtmof Messrs Jont'S and Potts . l
James Ptmbirton , a special coti « t :. ? iK' at Warringlon , staled that Sclsby remained wiih witnts- nfter his being appiehfiided at Warringion , for three liays . They had si ; m-. ' convf rsatiou about their bo-n b . ii't- * Sunday- ' -chool teachers . SeUby wrote several timvs whilst so in witmss ' s company . [ Letters here han . ir- ' to witness . ] Believed those letters to be in riefen-iMi . t , S .-isbj ' s , handwriting . He told witness that he , Stlsbj , was secretary to the c . ticutive council of th ? tr . ; ds' union , and he wrote n great deal while with witness . MrStrgeint Wiikhu said that this wa < the case for the proiecution .
The Attorney-General , in ad . ! rvB «« i £ 'lie jury for Selsby and the Oth ; rs , his clkntF , ! eg > n by % < nymg , that although he bal not mu-.-li to complain 0 ' . < s to the way in which the case had been brought b t ... them , be could not help remarking upon the some li it theatrical style ofimprtS 5 ivene = s with wliicii th-.- !•••>< med sergeant had exhibit : A the docum-nts put in evidence Norcould hs but imagine that Mr Srrge .. nt Wilkios uiusi lmve intended a sarcasm U | n , n the imlirtm .-nt > t-t > l ?—one of about thirty-seven yards in ' l-ugth—wliun he sptrulattd upon the number of these de&ndrmts wt > o f > y means of the evidence , might be brought within the length and breadth" ot its dimensions . But wis itiaiv to perpex a man hy putting him on his trial and requiring him to comprehend no leas than twenty-b , ix riiffi-ri- nt chorges
set forth at sunn a length as thi- ? Cntninl . v , in tinn . s before t !> e flooi ) , when men we « . iid to tiu- 'or a g . iod many hundred years—and thirty i . r fort \ y * ts . either one way or other , made no great diflvrsne —> uc : i document a 3 this indictment might hiive t 5 i . cn vv'iy li ^ htund pleasant reading ; but now , in thesa d « ' ys ol fiiways , tho tim-i could not be afforded . And vet it wa- » tin that n < : had asktd the learned sergeant ' s aid , an > i to i'HVu iits own attention directed to those parts of thi liot'tn , ¦ cu t wherein the precise charge relied upon mij ; ht b < l . und . anil therelbre he should at once have done with i * nnd jii'octed to the facts proved , for fear of having to make a speech too much resembling tile p . cord ij'iig on the
tabla , aud preventing 'he pt >» ilii'ilj ot anv ln ' . c rv ^ i bitwecn this trial and the ntxt nstizc-s . The learned counsel in opining the case liau spoken of men like the defendants writii'g and speokiuj ; sibout political frre ^ ura , for the purpose o ! suggentinj ; 'hat th . se acts of the defendants had som . thin : ; todo ' « ith pariicular political opinions . Fron ; the b 'g ii niiip 'o the c-nd of the evidence not even a hiuth : i ( 5 appeared i it-iy political purpose . So far as the chnigt coald bcuii ' eniood , was any charge made oot ? Every coutit , we pt three , charged , in one form or other , a conspiracy to injure or impoverish Messrs Jones and Potts . But h . id ' . he defendants , or any of them , in this exid ' . v . ee , any i-ueu object in vien ? A combination no doubt there was . but a
combination was not m-cessarily illegal . M " - ' n n .- . ^ ht combine , masters might combine . In the olden time some dunbtwa&entertatntdou that point ; anil thou&h masters might meet and agree not to empl > y men except at ctrtain wages , a similar combination on the pan ¦ f workmen to keep up the price of their labour was supposed to be illegal . But that was not now the law , ani men mi <; ht lawfully and reasonably combine by U- ^ al means to k ' fli-p up tbeir wa ^ cs . Had these men any oth object ? They had never exceeded the limits of the law . They had offered no violence , molested no man , but endeavoured only to induce others t-j join them in a cause they believed would be beneficial to their trade , : m' ! any injury to Messrs Jones and Potts was an « ljc- ; t they never contemplated . AgaiuRt some of the prisoners
tliere was no evidence whatever . Selsby , as the secretary of this society , had been put in front of the butita . la fairness , the roles of the society should have bi en put in , but enough appeared to show that this society was of a most beneficial kind , and that at tbe same time not a penny of its funds could by its constitution be applied to the pu'poses charged , The subscription was one of individual members , not of tbe society , aud for a purpose with which the society had nothing to do . . Selsoy had issued this circular , no doubt ; but that contained notHng illegal—advocated uo illegal course—pointed to no illegal end . He was never seen with afy of the oth » r parties ; he was no member t » f any piclrer . The learned counsel then went through tbe evidence Hgair . st
euch of the Attendant * , and urged , ns to many ot them , that there was no evidence of a participation tl ) any common purpose . As to all , he urged their object was a perfectly legal one . They considered it desirnb o that persous guing to such occupations should bcpos < csavd of a coTspvtent skill , that they should serve a regular apprenticeship , and not be employed at inadequate wages . This was their object , and cot the impoverishment of Messrs Jones and Potts ; and though inconveniencn to those gentlemen might be the reeult , tbxt would no more be the offence charged in tua indictment than tho case where a man sets up a sUnp in another person ' s neighbourhood in the hope of drafting the custom to him 3 « lf .
Mr Baines hoped that this iras the last occasion ou which an indictment of the prtoeat description vvauld ever be brought into an Et-glisli court of justice , add he quoted by way of sanction for such a hope , the words of the present Lord Chief Justice upon tbe voluminous charges contained in the indictment a * ainstMr O'C ' onueii and others , tried in Ireland , He trusted he might never again see the table of a court of justice loaded—he might even say disgraced—by such an indictment as this . Uf . hart , while Mr Knowles addressed the jury , made acul . dilation touching the probability of . any one ever being able , ( luring this trial , to comprehend thu contents of tbe document . The result was , first , that , there being 26 distinct counts , and 26 defendants on the record , there were , in that view alone , 676 questions for the consideration of the jury . But then , again , the 2 & counts involved nokS 3 than 189 separate overt-acts , and those , multiplied by the number of persons to be tried , would give tbc jury just 4 , 914 poiuts of difficulty for solution . He had never
known an important case- of the hint ! , in which the prosecutor himself did nut appear in the box , and it was fair to infer , that the true reason why Messrs Jones and Potts had naverbeen called as wittier * «** , that ;!¦ .,. ¦ j could not contradict those allegations Which tho defendant Sulsby , in what he had written , preferred against them . Sir Baines sjsoke at considerable length upon the present stata of the lav » as to conspiracy , and particularly as affecting combinations of mtn and masters . He said that there had been statutes upon the subject from the time of Edwara I . until that cf George IV . In the Oth of George IV . was contained all the present law upon the subject , and according to the iutent of the third section of that act ( C . 129 ) these men , if they had (» one anything wrong , ought to have been proceeded against in a very different way , and net by an indictment , for a conspiracy , the statute bating pmidetl for such a case expressl y , and proscribed the 'punishment for tbe offence , ' Aft to the policy . of enforcing apprenticeship , it was to be observed that for a period of 250 years-from tbe time of Elijabetb .
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down to the . year 1814 , when Mr Huski . sson enus . ed nw alteration in the lnw—it was unlawful for nny perfon to practise any trade unless duly nppmuieod , and they incurred penalties for doing so . Th « same thing still op plied t « the learned pro f essions , in evevy on _ . of vsMe ^ some kind of probation was at . this day required by Ian . And therefore it was not to be rashl y determined tliat these men were unreasonaWo in protesting as they bud Kgainst the competition by others , who , as they though f , were competing with them , without bavins the same rijilit to employ . Their views on this point they had a right to urgo upon their neighbours , and if they did this without violence and without intimidation the . r had a rigbt to 'hen proceeded to examine theevidince against enck
Mr U ' atson said that at the mid of thu nd ' . lross of I lie learned Serjeant in opening the case , lie wan totally at n loss to know what was the clmr ^ e ngainst tho dttfcmintitR ; and now , when all tlie evidence lind bi-en adduced , it viv < almost as difficult to discover . This was a charge « t conspiracy ; not whether p : \ rtkular individuals h i "' been guilty of isolated acis , l * ut whether these , acts bud bf en done with a common \ iu > posi-, and for that common purpose , or one of them , nil * g . ed in the indictment ? it was the most indennte crime Known to tlm law , ami one of peculiarhardship in t ! is , that by such a form of indictment it was sought to orikc men liable for thenctn
of a great many others , at various places r . nd ov-.-r a grea ' ' extent of time . If . wa > a s ' nuular illustration o ' this , thnt the only act of violence deposed to us bavin :. ' been committed by any of thcise . persons , was that by Read ,, with respect to whom there net not a partick- of evidence to show that he hurt any common purpose with the others , or any connexion with a combination for any purpose , legal or illegal . Ho contended , thatin this case there was no evidence whatever a . ! rait \! . t f orae of the defendants ; and that as to all , none of Hum had becii proved to have been comb nvd to do an illegal net . orto attain nn illegal object by an *; illegal means .
Bit Lordslnp in summing ui > , snidthat thu ease U ; v been one of some difficulty , from the snornious innBS of charge to bs dealt with . The meaning of th « i law wa « , that the chnrpe should be presented in sucliaform , that , when rend to the defendant , he might be iiblo so to mi devstand as to plead it . It would bo absurd to suppose that that could have been dune now ; but the indicium )' having been temored , the defendants had thereby had timi * . His lordship quite < -onciirrea In some of tho obsrrations made respecting indictments of thisshnpo But he would tell them , tu < jurv , thnt thi-y illicit confine their attention to tvo or three of the counts , To state them briefly , the chances were these : —lirst , that the twenty-six defendants , unlawfully intending to impoverish the prosecutor ? , Ii ; i 1 conspired to effect thnt
object , and townrriseffecting r . be object , bail committed the evert acts described ; secondly , that the samn persons had conspired in a simitar way ,. and by simiins- moans , to impoverish or injure th « workpeople referred to in the indictment-. The very i- < 8 i nee of tbfi offence was the conspiring to do the act . anil the act was only material as evidence in prttof of thf conspiracy . As to tha question of "intentto impovcrtf . h , "d ! Ci , bis lordship thought that iftho defendants really e . on ^ pired t" prevent Jones and Potts from enrrjin * o ^ . their trade , it mfeht be fairly laid as an intent to impoverish , as theono thing would naturally result from tbo other . When ho ( Mr
Baron Rolfe ) first b .-came a member of tin ; legal profession , it used to be cousirierert that the mactcrsmight meet and combine , but their men not , Thnt was then held , and itbadalwnys struck pei'plens a most unjust distinction . So it appeared to himself . It om > hr rather to have been the other \ vay . But there was n good deal of difficulty to m il < c up one ' s mind up « n the point of how farthers shouH be restrictions in this particular . His lordship , referring to tho statute of George IV ., went onto say that , notwithstanding tlie provisions of that act , the common law would still Rtep in , and it wouli ) sny , thnt if perrons conspired to do such illegal acts they raiirht reindieted . That was the law . and he need not
step out of the path to enter upon speculations ; althoufrh to hin own mini , it was certainly it more satisfactory mode of proceeding , when persons were supposed to hav : ; violat- ¦ . ! the law , to chargo them with it directly , rather than'i ndirectly . The learned judge having c ' . nss'fied the evidence , distinguishing the application of documents produced from the acts sworn to , as bearing against tho several defendants , stated it tn bs his opinion that if the defendants could be taken to have intended no more than t « persuade- others not to go to the works in question , they had done nothing illegal . If , on tha contrary , they had intended to convey nny threat , to intimidate , or to molest the persons with whom they held communication upon the subject upon the turn-out , that would be evidence to bring them within the . pro . sent cha ^ e .
The jury trc : it out of court for about a quarter of an hour , : md o : i tlieir return acquitted 17 of tho . dufemlants , finding the remaining nin . *—viz ., Selsby , Bousfield , Chccschoro'iRh , Dawson , Platt , Quarry , Wilson , Hamsden , and Smith—all guilty . The defendants will be called up for judgnuat in the Court of QueetiS Bench .
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MANSION HOUSE . —Jdvenile Thieves—On Monday two boys , neither of whom was more than twelve yeai-3 of ii £ e , were brought before the J ,.. rd Mayor charg- 'l with bavta g made several attempts to pick the pockets of ladies who were passing through tho streets . Thu prisoner ? . althovtKh of such tender years , wore wtll known tos-. veral of the City police . They had some time ago begun their predatory career by stealing any trifling property exposed nt shop d « ors ; they then aimed at silk hsndlierdiiefs in the pickets of gentlemen , nud ttu-y ascended from that practice to the more difficult one of cribbing the purses of ladies . After having made ninny ntUmpts without success , one of thfin received a severe slap in the face frura ti lady whose pocket he turned
msidoout . They were then token into custody , bit the lady seemed to think the chastisement she had inflicted quite fcuough , and refuted to attend tho justiee room . An empty pnrBe was found in the pocket of one of them , The prisoners said the police were mistaken . An officer who had upon a former ocension apprehended one of the boys , said , upon ' sneing him in the cage , " What , i « it you again ! " " Ay , ay , old fellow , " replied the boy , "I ' m in for u skin . "'(•» purse . ) The bov ' s father , upon being spoken loon tho sub ^ c- said , " There ' s not a greater thief in London than ray son , and I hope he ' ll hi transported for life . " Tho mother of the boy said that until within th « last seven or eight months her son was as 5001 I a child as ever lived , but he happened to get into bad company , and was charged with robbery , after which ho was placed amongst tbe most depraved thieves .
From that moment he bcc ? . me quite cnreless , and would only become worse h y beinij sent for punishment amongBt experienced persons . One of thp policeman said the hoy certainly exhibited a total insensibility to disgrace , for when in tho cage , and questioned about his ' conduct , l \ e began to dance , and gave what wub called the double , shuffle . The'Lor'i Mayor considered the case was ono which showed the necessity of increasing the responsibility of parents with respect to tbe dishonest conduct of their children . Ho hoped that her Majesty's Government would , amongst their other preat efforts for the beu .-fit of ? oci « ty , include the deplorable Btate of tho thousands of poor bbil ' . iren io the metropolis , whose conclitiuu appeared at present to be inevitable . Tlie wretched boys were remanded , aud both swaggered out of the j'istice-room .
SODTHWARR . —To Persons about to Marrt Elizabeth Mary Maslon , who described herself as the widow of tbe late messenger cf the Ordnance Office , Pall Mall , applied to Mr Cottinghnin , on Monday , for his advice and assistance under tuefollowing circumstances : —The applicant stated , that since the deceased of her hu 3 baud she ' bad kept a tchool in Weattulu&tev , awi about two inouths ago was introduced to a youn j man , naiuuu Osborne , a jeweller , whs . aftir some thno solicited her hand in marriage . As shs saw no objection to hits , he sppeurinjj to be a vtry steady , industrious young man , i \\ e . consented to be his wife , p . n't a day was appointed ! or the solemtiiMtioti of their marriage . Prevlourly , however , her intended hufbaud recommended her to go'down to Qravesend , as well for the purpose of
having the adva utage of the country air and exercise , as to procure a license far their marriage to take place at the Old Church . Tuesday last was tbc day she was to proceed to the latter place , accompanied by her bride Imaid , and O'borne promised to join them by thu three o ' clock afternoon boat . Before they quitted town , Osbvnio expressed a desire that she ( applicant might leave thi-k .-ys of her house in LittleGeor h'e-streot , Westminster , in bis bands , saying that as there were thieves about in ever ; direction he was naturally anxious about her property , and that he should take care and see that she was not robbed . Having every dependence on his honour and int egrity she entrusted him with the keys of the house , vliich contained a quantity of furniture of different ascriptions , besides bed linen undnther article ' s
including tb « whole of her wardrobe , and she left town perfectly uatisfied that she would be soon joined by the man in whom sbo plactd such confidence . lie , howover , failed in bis promise but the following day ho came to her at Gravcsend , apologising for not being there nn the preceding day , and then requested her to give him her late busb » nd * s wedding ring in order that he might bave some alterations made in it for their forthcoming nup tials . She at once complied , aud gave him the ring off her fingi-r , on wbich occasion she informed him that a llct-nse could notbu obtained at Qravosend , but in town at Doctors ' -commons , and she hinted the necessity for her speedy depattu » e from the former place . He oppot ed her wishes in this respect , saying that he would soon set the matter all right b y calling at the church
himself , and getting the necessary document from tlie rector , in order that the marriage might be performed on the Thursday ( the 1 st inst . ) He then left her , saying he should return to dinner , but , net making his nppearanco the following day , she returned to town , and to her mortification , found that her " faithless lover" had stripped her house of all the property it contained , not even leaviugrhera bed to lie upon . In the course of her inquiries , subsequently to tUe above discovery , she ascertained that he had disposed of her . furniture to a brok . r in the New Cut , where she had seen it since exhibited for sale ; and tbe latter admitted to her that he had purchased it of a man answering the description ot the person of whom sbo complained , Htr application was ( or a twofold object—the first , if possible , to have
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Oaborne opprehended ; nnd the other , to prevent the broUor from disposing of her poods . Mr Cottinghnm inquired uhother Osb ' orne was of her own age ? nndsht replied that he was muflh youmier ; that she had since the Tobbtrj cn \ Wd nt nislo'iguigi ' , n «> l wt > s there informed t ' lathe had left the place , and no ono knew whither lie was grna that , on the strength ofhor marriage to him , slid liml Riven up her scholasticcRtnblishment , upon the fruits of which she lived ,. and that nmv she was plunilered of everything she had in tho world ^ she saw no other alternative left than her becoming the inmate of n workhouse . Mr Cottingh . itn said , that from the applicant ' s account it appeared to bo a most heartless rob . bery 011 ttoe ' pMrt of the man by ¦ whom the hart been dec ived under a a promise o ! " nriiTiage . It irtu a great pity a woman of her yea ' ra , instead of thinking of
changing her position and marrying a young man , had nut rathtr attended to her scholastic business and gone on comfortably . However , she had been plundered in a most hearties' mnnnev , and directions should be issu > d for the police to adopt sp « edj measures to take the plun . direr Into custody . ' With r « pect to the property that h . icl been sold In the New t ' ut . tnc ' maglstrate directed one of the offlcrs of theci nrt to call upon tho broker an * ' to warn him not to difpuss of a single article sold to him unc't-r such circumstances ; and in the event of tho ninn who n&d ' rtoW them- not being Men into enstndy thft brokf r should bo made to deliver them up to the owner in a week . The applicant , who . seemed exceedinu-ly depressed In spirits , expressed her thanks for tbe intr-rest taken by > he magistrate in her case , aud then qui'ted tho court with the officer to stop the sale of her < rnod < at the hrnker ' s shop .
. \ 83 ACW and RnBBEET . —J . Speckwood and A . Due . !« -tt were cha'ged with awaiting and robbing Elizabeth Hunt of a gold brooch . Tho cnmpMn&nt accompanied a female friend to the Surrey Theatre on the preceding evening , they afterwards went into the Equestrian Coffeehouse . Hariri ) , ' remained a short time iu the parlour they eame out together . Before she got to the door Sp ? ckn-nod made a rush towards her . neitid n gold brooch outof a handkerchief which she had round htr neck , and immediately ran away . She followed him , crying , ' Stop thief , " and In a short time he was taken into enstmrly . A crowd of person-- collecting , Speckwood was rescued for a time , but eventually recaptured anil taken to tho stfltiou-hou « e with the other prisoner , Mrs E . GnteiasRslrl she distinctly saw Speckwood snatch at the
complainnnt'a brooch . Policeman 83 M Bain thnt Speck , woo ' ran , by a curious uccldent , into his aims . Speck , wood made strong efforts to disengage himself , urging his innocence of any crime . The policeman liowe / t * r brought him fllotiK towards t ^ e " Equestrian , " and while the compiainnnt was relating the attack mnde upon her hy him , Speckwood whs rescued , but was again taken into custody in the Ulackfriars-rond . The prisoner ' s dii ' etice wns , that aiming a blow at his wife he missed her and struck the complainant on the breast ; that he lvn- w nothing of the brooch . He had no acquaintance with the other prisoner . Duckett , in answer to the part he took in the transaction , denied tlmt hehadbeenln the Equtstrinn Coffee-house on the night in question ; that lieu-US walking ill > ng tho Borough-road , and he saw a
mob coUcett-ii , and went over , when lie was inimiiiately charged « ith heing concerned in the robbery , and taken into custody . Both prisoners were committed for trial , MAUYLEUONE . — Odtbaoes upon the Polioe . — Michail Manning nnd Bridget Manning , his sister , were chargod . with the following assault . Mr Duncombe attended for defendants . Serjeant Nipton , 17 D , depos » d tha ? on Saturday night , the 20 th of February , at about twelve o ' clock , ho was accosted by a iiian named Ci ' . llahnn , from whose f'ce blood was running , and who told him that he lud just been struck . He pointed out Michael Manning as being the man who had assaulted h \ m , and witness then went up to him and told him he must go to the station-house , when he exclnimcd , " 1 shan ' t go , " and at tlie snme time made a bolt towards
Ins oivn door . Uo ( witness ) ran after him , and just as he had reached the end of the shop-frout , Manning cnusht up a board , nith which he made a blow at the lier . d of witness . On being collared and told that he had better go quietly , he restated and they fell down together , and as soon as witnm had regained his legs Bridget Manning l ; dd hold of him by the collar of bis cont , sajinjr , 'Tou shan ' t take my brother , " At this moment he received a violent blow on the head , but from whom he could not tell . Bridget then cried out , "Hit him , Milte ; kick him ; " and Manning instantly gave him a kick with such force in the lower part of bis stomnch as to compel him , from the pain which he suffered , to loose liis hold . Other constables came to the spot , nnd Manning was se . ureci . On the way to the sta
tton-htjuse the pclice were pelted right and left with stones by a lnrco mob which had assembled , Bridget all the time urging them on ; and when they h ^ 'd got ns far as Christ Church , some pmons in the crowd phoutcit" Sow , men i < f Ireland , do your duty ! " upon which a general rusk was made , and Manning escaped . The str-Jeant ndiied that , oiving to ' . he inj'iry which he received , he l ' . ftd ever since Wen incapable of doing fluty , For the defence Mary Ann Uroderick , servant to Mr Mnnning , was examined and deposed it . nt tvt half . pa ^ t eivven on the night of the 20 th February there was . 1 number of persons round the door , in consequence of some words which hud taken place . She saw her master and another perf on ; and Callahan , who was one of tho puny , was looking in at the door . He was asked v . h » t he wanted , when Ik
used a very vulgar expression , llcr mas'ei pushed him away with his ham ] . I think his nose Med . In a quarter of an hour afterwards , she saw ( hllnh : > n UHting 'O a policeman , who said he couldn't take the charge , and ad . vised nn application for a warrant . They went awny , and after the lapse of a little tirao the ottii'er returned , and laid hold « if her master , as he was standing on tlie step of his door . Ho nsked wlipt lie was wanted for ; wlicn tlio office * who had collared him said , " Come along with me , I'll let you know preoently , " and dragged him along from the place . She followed and saw both of them fall , and saw the officer draw bis staff and strik . her master on the shoulder , some more policeman canir up , and one of them said , "Oh , you ' re the barber I'ri been waiting for , I'll break your b— neck " The crowd
callei out to the police , "You'll murder the man , " as they wire dragging him along . The olficcre seemed to be hitting him with their staves . Mr Rawllnsnn r ^ . marked that Nipton , who had sustained such severe injury , had not in the first instance oetn ' wisely , an . l tinwnrrauts wire therefore dismissed ; tlie complaininu parties could go to the sessions , should they think tit to do so . ' ¦' ¦ MAItLBOROUGH STREET . —Abistocratic Virtues . —Tho following ease attracted attention . At nn early ho ' . ir on Sunday morninp , Superintendent Bciesi ' ord , of the C division , armed with authority from the Commissioner * of Police , proceeded to 7 , B <> nnett . streut St James ' s , suspected to be a common gnming-house , in the occupation of a person named Oldfield and others , accompanied by a large party of constables . After break itijC open several doors strongly barricaded , the officers
took seventeen persons into custody , and conveyed them to St James ' s station , where bail was tnk n for their up . penrance at this court on Monday morning . Many ot ' tin persons captured gave false names at the station , some of thepariies were well known to th « officers , and their real names ware placed upon the charge-sheet . ' On the magistrate ( Mr Bingham ) taking his seat th » court «;? s immediately crowded by the accused and their friends Tho officers of the court commenced calling the names ot the accused aloud , when Mr Humphreys , counsel for the defendants , hoped that as this was a charge which tin magistrate might feel it his duty to dismisn , hn would di « p ? nse with the form of having the names culled out . ns their publication might wound the feelings of tlu-iifamilies , Mr Binghain refused to depart from t !» gi .-ncr . il rule , and the names were then called over , us follow : —
Henry Oldfield , William Johnson , John Sowden ( ff > r having the caro and management of the estutlisliment ) Earl Munster , Lord Clifden ( afttnvards stated to he Lord Clifton ) , Lord Strathuiore , Lord Alexander Lennox , William Bromley , John Frcdtrick Franks , Franc ' s Barclay , John Johhs , Henry Meyers , David Charlton . thowiOT litslie , yrtcr ? oTnes , John Smith , and Fredericli Chadwell , for being in the house for an unlawful purpose . Mr Henry Bevest ' ord produced ihe onUr of the Oommis . sinners of Police to enter the house , and stated that in obedience with it he wont to So . 7 , Bennett-street , Si James ' s , at about half-pi \ st ons on Sunday morning , in company with other constables . He rang the bell at tlie front doorj which was immediately opened by Johnson whom he immediately ordered to bo taken into
custody . VTitncss then proceeded aloiij ? tho hall until he arrived nt an iron door , which 7 ,-as fastened . Superin . teinliT . t Beresf ' ord continued . —On arriving at the iron door hi ) could not find any bell , and ordered tho door to be struck with a sledge hammer , which was done , when some person from within called out " Who ' s there t" to which he replied " Police . " Tlie person from within saM h 9 could not open the door , at it wa « injured by th . sledge-hammer ; but , after it lapse of six or seven minutes , it was opened by defendant Sowd >; n , Witness then proceeded up stairs , when his progress was impedes by another iron door . Heduvcted the same course to be pursued as at the former door , aud after several blows had been struck with a . aledge hammer , defendant 01 » ifield opened a small wicket in the door , and said tht
latter was so injured by the force that had been used thin he could not open it . Finding he could guin no admis sion at this door , he turned his attenti"n to a side door which had been bricked up , and afte . about tea minutes ' labour , a hole was made sufficiently Jarge to admit tho constable . Ue then found fourteen » r fifteen persons ( the gentlemen defendants ) in a room , and gave toch in charge of a constable . Superintendent Beresford—They were about the room differently engaged . Some round a suppcr . tuble , somo were drinking wine , and others smoking cigars . Mr Humphreys . - Were any im . plements of gaming found ? Superintendent Beresford . —1 searched the house carefully , us also the defrndants , nnd found none . Mr Bingham s * id , Hint the 8 th eeotion of tho 8 th and 9 th Vic , 0 . 108 , established a now
rule of evidence , that where any instruments of gaming should be found in any house or place suspected to be a common gaming-house , that tho flndingsuch instruments should be conclusive of tho fact . If it had been thought that the circumstance of fastening a house up in this way was to have tho same , effect , it would have been mentioned . Tho fastening as described led to the pvesumpthn that coinothing was going ou whieh the parties wished to conceal . Thevo wa 9 no evidenco that would support the charge , nnd he must dismiss tho complaint , TBAMES . — Ill-theatuent : iu a . Lunatic . AgvLFii , — James Downs and Samuel Gnn \ tt , two keepers belonging to Qrorchall Lunatio Asylum , at Bow , were-brought before Mr Yardlcy , charged with having c . ms « d the death of apaupcv luimtie named Rank ,
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Mr law , solicitor to the Commissioners of Lunacy , appeared to conduct tho prosecution , and Mr Pelham defended tbe prisoners . . William Pride , a keeper in the samo establishment , deposed that he had been an assistant in the asylum during the last three months , and was keeper , of Ward No . 3 ; On Saturday , the 27 th of March , about ei gUt o ' clock in the morning , . hearing » scuffle in Ward No . 1 , he run in , nnd saw the deCf ased fctantfingin the middle of the room , on the floor tn a state of nudity , and the two prisoners were onlcrinu him to put his ciothe 3 on . Rank appeared to refuse doing « o , when Garrett put a handkerchief round his neck and pulled him oh the bed . He then placed his knee on deceased ' s chest , » nrt forced th .- whole weight of his hody
on liitn , and struck hbi ten or twelve very violent blows in 1-is side , at the same titno usin , ' the most nbusivo language Down was standing b y encouraging Garrett in his brutal attack , and aUo struck thu deceased several blows . Witness was compelled to interfere . Tbude ceased couhl not make a noise , the handkerchief was placed so tightly round his neck , and the blood ran outof Cich side of his , mouth ; his face was all over covered with blood . Witness assisted them to put a straight jacket ou Rank ; on doing which Garrett again gave deceased a violent push in the belly with bis knee , and struck him several blows on the shoulder . Blood camo fr ;> m him at ever , blow . The prisoners were remanded till Tuesday next .
HAMMERSMITH . — O « T » iOEous Assadit opon Fkmales . — Benjamin Shelley w « s charged with the following outrageous conduct to females . Sarah Weaving went to the residence of hersipter at Shepherd ' s Bush , aud as she was returning home with an infant child in her arm * , about half past 10 o ' clock on Monday night , the defendant ran violently ugainst her , knocked her down , and trampled over htr . She screamed out loudly to him to mind the child , but he paid no heed to her , but kept going nn . Btntinck , T . 59 , found the first witness in a state of great alarm and excitement , followed the defendant and took him into nwtody . He had sub . sequently ascertained that the screams he heard as he hastened to the spot proceeded from a young woman whom the defendant had also run down after the firm witness . He had also heard that defendant had at
Shepherd's Bush likewise knocked down three other women one of whom isseventy yearn of age . The dtfendant , in answer to the charge , said he knew nothing whutsvir about it . He had been visiting a friend , and had been dt inking . The policeman said the defendant appeared at first rather uxcitcd ; but he , soon beenme sensible and collected , and threatened to bring an nctton against complainant if sliohad him locked up . Mrs Weaving oBVrcd not to press the charge if ne would make an apology ; but he would not do so until it was too late . Mr Paynter told the defendant that he bad b en s > uilty of a most i : ross outrage , and had made himself liable to several other proceedings of the same kind , if the otherpurties pressed it against him . Undi-r thesa circumstances he should not inflict thef jll penalty of £ 5 , but be should fine him £ 3 , or a month ' s imprisonment . The defendant paiil iho fine . ifter being lock , d up a short time .
ExTRAonDiNABT Case op ; Bio » mt . —D . Aheron , an ' ri « hman , upwards of 00 years of age , was narained on a charge of bigamy . Timothy Aheron , the brother of the prisoner , deposed that in the ye » r 1823 , he was present at the marriage of his brother with Ann Fitzpatrick at Kensington Church . TUe prisoner , after that mar . riage , lived with his wife for two or three years , when they separated , and after this the prisoner went to live with Catherine Joyce , then present . The woman Joyce was aware that the prisoner was a married man when sho married Him . —Mrs Catherine Joyce , alias Regan , deposed that in the year 1828 the prisoner visited her as a single man , and made a
pro-Hosal of marriage to her , which she accepted . Soon after their marriage he ill-used her , and scarcely allowed her the common necessaries of life ; and on one occasion he was committed for a month for ill-treating ber . Uad not been told by the last witness or any of his family that the prisoner was a married man . Sophia Craddock stated that last year the prisoner paid his addresses to ber as a single man , and believing that he was so she consented to be his wife , and they were married on the 19 th of July , at Battersea church . Soon after she discovered that be bad another wife living , ami gave the prisoner iuto custody . The policeman who couk the prisoner into custody produced the certificates of tho three marriages . Th * prisoner was fully committed ,
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THE BOILER MAKERS' UNION . On Thursday evening last an enthusiastic meeting of the Boiler Makers ot the East end ol" Lon-( I > n was held in the capacious hall of the Victoria Tavern , Three Colt-street , Limehouse , for the b « tter promotion of union and co-operation in that body , also with the National Association of United Trades . Mr Alexander Fletcher was unanimously called to the chair , —and , having briefly stated the objects of the meeting , called on Mr J . Roberts , the correspondin : ; secretary t ' rom Manchester , to address the meeting , who rose amidst considerable applause , and said , this meeting was called tor the purpose of establish , iug a better feeling umouast working mtn , and
ceiiienting the cause of unity , —thus enabling them to possess all tho advantages a well-directed cooperation could afford . ( Hear . ) . The desire of the conveners of this meeting was , that every man who lived by the trade , should stand forth and support the interests of the trade ; and sure he was if that was done , they would occupy a much higher position in society . It was division amongst the working classes that kept them where they were ; if they united , and acted on the ijreat principles of co-operation , t eir own prosperity and happiness was in their own hands ( cheers ) they ware generally acquainted with the principles of the Operative Boiler Makers' Union ; and if there should
happen to be any individual in the meeting who thought he could comiucc an audience that it wns not " man ' s inhumanity to man that , madu countless thousands mourn , " and consequently that union was useless to them , he was sure they would give that man a good hearing , and be most happy to lie convinced of the truth of that doctrine . ( Cheera . ) There , wero perhaps , somo unprincipled employers , but it generally waa found that the men were their own enemies . ( Hear . ) Mr R . then proved to demonstration , the evils of piecework and its oppressive tendenco in { je eral ; in fa « t , excessive competition had always a bad tcudencj ; it invariably enriched the few aud impoverished the many ( hear . ) lie contended that those vvLo took a portion in tUe labours of production should have an equitable share in such products , aud which could onl y be effected by co-operati .. n , ( Loud uoeers ) There wa »
undoubtedly much ability in the trade , and by exercising that ability the iron trade would occupy a liont rank in the mighty phalanx of trades , ( applause . ) lie wished to see the aristocratic feeling of trades' bodies abolished , and the man who stood on an eminence looked down with compas > iun on the men beneath , and with true philanthropy stretch out Im bauds and raise his brethren to the same eminence , ( cheers ) They had heard of the United Trades—lie vv& 9 m «» t happy to say that forty . lodges out of forty-three in thoiv order , had resolved to cooperate with that association . Their annual cenfcri-nce would soon assemble , and then he had nu doubt uiey wouldjo . nina bedy , one and all , ( cheering . ) Air Roberts eloquently and forcibly appealed to his audience , to unite to annihilate tyranny and oppred"ion , at . d vn its » j v establish pciiuiiiicnt peace , prosperity , and happiness , ( great applause . )
Mr E . Stalmyodd , amidst much cheering , read tbe adaress to working men , by Fear ^ us O'Connor , from the April number of the labourer . Mr W . Robson , one of the deputation from the Natiyiiiil Trades' tflice , rose , and asked why did Uiey complaiu ? Why , because they were not thorou&hly united ; and curely , if it was pood for hundreds to uniie . it must U- tar better still for thousands ; tlun nii ^ iiL they soon realize a million of nmni'v , and effectually obtain tin grand object in view . It lh < -v \ vi . 4 ied a proof of what the united ellbris of thousands emild do , he would point out the oa >« ot the factory . slaves , headed by their respective leaders , Sadler , Oastler , Ashley , and Fieluon , who , by dint ot unconquerable perseverance , had got in
he thin edge of the wed , e , and w uld now go on to u triumphant nnd speedy termination . Sir R . Peel Had said that shortening the hours of labour would lower wages , but he ( Mr Rubsou ) looked at it as a tmitheraatiiinn , and a ^ ked , if it took a j ^ ivtn quantity of men to complete a certain quantity of work in a particular time , how many men would it take to do the same quantity ot work with two hours a day less devoted to it ? ( loud cheers . ) It is quite evident such a plan must tinploy more , and consequently 11 teen the amount of surplus hands in tbe murket , nnd wages must rise . Co-operation had been mentioned , sec what it has done for the middle classes ; behold tlie splendid railways , and other gnnt undertaking ) , Mr Roberts had alluded to the aristocracy of trades ,
and also to the distinctions in their own body ; but what were these a *> compared with the difference of tneir worst-paid men and the best-paid men of the framawork Knitters of the three Midland counties , who worked for fifteen or sixteen hours per day , tor the miserable pittance of aomo ten or twelve shillings per week ; and this was not all—for the abominable truck system Waa in force , aud Uhw the men had a ticket given to them , for which they obtained adulterated ( joods •! ' vary inferior quality at \ much higher i > rk'C tuau elsewhere ; thus reducing their pittance still lower , even to seven or eight shillings per week only . True , there was an Act of Parliament against this truck system ; but it had been nearly inoperative , unt 1 recently , in consequence of the masters starving tho men into compliance ; but
tlii- National Association of United Trades had found out a remedy , namely , that of giving tho raon who intonncd against the truck system employment , and the fiueB going one-half to tho informer , served to buy a loom with and start him . in business on his own account . They started a man thus only the other day , nnd they now had sumo stockings of his * make at the * ffice , Tottenham Court-road , and would bo happy to bupp ' . y the whole body of boiler makers , should they bo passing that way . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr llobsoa next alluded to the ca ^ o of liio oppressed Wamngton file-cutters , an » l isaitl , through tho instrumen tality of the people ' s attorneygeneral ( Mr Rabu-ts ) , the facts of the case had got into Mr Dunoombft ' s hands . A petition had been presented , mi the lion , wwmbet tQv tfinsbury hy
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pivennotice that he would ask the . Setjretary tnr ,, Home Department a few q .. estion 8 ? ektivc lht tho consequence of which was that tlie « , «„ [ *> dmchar ^ a tlie very night previous to the l ! ' ^ winch MfD . had given netice oN , r ! nei ne m ^ motion . This was the advantage of bavin , ? a n berof Parliament to be our head , Ac . ( Loud ch ? eni % ln ? , eaut f ? , ' . tldress whicl 1 ' StaHOT read , the following passages occurred - 7 make competition a spirit of honourable ' -md munerative emulation , instead of a ercato * ° ' inequality , dependence , and sub servicnev » make every manlove God , assist his neighb our JS fenrtodo wrong . " This was a very pro , or J . JS putting the matter by his friend , O'Connor 1 } it the correct principles of co-nperation wore ' im ii on , bad , unprincipled employers would be destrovni
wniie incKooaand justemployerB would be i . r ,,. ii in all their integrity . ( Cheers . ) He knew a 21 who , some ei ht months ago , induced his himli t admit of abatement of wa cs under the plea tCik could buy looms in tho wholesale market ck ™ 2 than his hands could in the retail , and thus sho , 1 he effect a saving for them . When applied to for Z renewal of wages he refused , and yet wanted m hands to tod their own looms , notwitbtandin ? However , theNntional Association of United Tml « had taken the matter up , and had obtained ' tb support of the fairtmdcBin the vicinity , and M thus put down this dishonourable schemer ( CliUrin Mr Robson adduced several instances illustrative of the importance and efficiency of the National irades Association , urging his hearers to lose no time m joining tho Association , and concluded a vigorous speech amid much applause .
Mr GnEKtf , another delegate , said that meeting was called together for an excellent purpose ; it ff !» ot si-eat importance that working men should look to their own interests ; if they did not , they could not expect the other class to look to it for them ( Cheers . ) Wealth could not be produced without , labour ; true , some six millions of persons laboured but vast numbers lived without labour , but he held the maxim , " He who will not labour , neither shall he eat . " There were about eight hundred and fifty millions of _ wealth produced annually , the great por . tion of which was confuted by Jews , jobbers , pecu . latora anddronea . ( Cheers . ) He did not \ mli to raise his plan , or rather that which he waa the
humble advocate , at the expense of others ; he was no bigot , and therefore he wished well to all other plans of a similar nature , amongat which stood foremost the National Land Company , ( cheers , )—the Co-operative League , ( cheers , ) the Leeds Redemption Fund —( renewed cheers ) ^ - and all following tho same good object , while he hoped to see the National Association of United Trades carry out the sane grand object , the protection and employment of labour , to its fullest practical extent . ( Cheering . ) He had great pleasure in acquainting them that they were ju 9 t about to 01 * 011 premises in Tottenham Court-road , tor the tin-plate workers , in addition to those who were alread y eraployed . Mr Green then made an eloquent appeal ' on behalf of tho men of Warrington , and resumed his scat amidst much applause .
Mr Maonaxura , London secretary to the boilermakers , here said he had pleasure in Stating that ft full report of that night ' s meeting would appear in tha forthcoming number of the Northern Star , ( Much . applause . ) Mr Roberts said , with respect to the men of Warrington , whose trial was coming on , he hoped men of all trades would subscribe—all should unite for the purpose of convincing masters that they should not play the tyrant with impunity . ( Applause . ) Of course , much expense would necessarily be incurred , and great subscriptions necessarily wanted to cany the matter to a glorious issue . ( Cheering . ) All hod with pleasure heard the extract read by his friend Stallwood , from the April Number of the Labourer , lie trusted the boiler makers would read the work .
ing man ' s weekly Bible and the monthly labourer , and sure he was they would rise from their studies wiser and better men . ( Cheers . ) They had present delegates from Lambeth , and he hoped soon to heir that they had held a meeting in that borough , and he was satisfied if they got up the meeting that the deputation from the trades' office and Mr Siallwood would attend . ( Hear . ) He hoped , one and all would unite in carrying out the great and good objects of the boiler maUers' union . ( Much applause ) . Mr Mac . vam . uu made an eloquent appeal to his brethren , not in union , to rally and lend a helping hand . Votes of thanks were then severally awarded to the president , the deputation , the chairman , and the editors of ike Northern Star , 4 s . Ac . for their service in the cause of the people , nnrl the meeting separated .
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< & DEPARTURE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS , STRANGE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIREC TORS OF THE AMElUCAN STEAM-SlllP " CAMBRIA . " Biown ' s Temperance Hotel , Clayton ' s square , Liverpool , April 3 , 1847 . Mr Editor , —I take up my pen to lay before you a few facts respecting an unjust proscription to which I find myself subjected on b » ard the steam-ship Cambria , to sail from this port at ten o ' clock to-morrow ¦ morning for Boston , United States . On the 4 th of March last , iu company with George Moxlay , Esq ., of the Hall of Commerce , London . I called upon Mr Ford , the London agent of the Cu . nard line of steamers , for tho purpose of securim ; a
passage on b > ard the steam-ship Cambria to Boston , U . S . On inquiring the amount of the passage I was told £ 40 19 s . I inquired further , if a second class passage could be obtained ? He answered , No ; there was but one fare , all distinction having been abolished . I then gave him £ 40 193 ., and received from him in return a ticket entitling me to berth No . 72 , on board the steam ship Cambria , at the same time asking him , if my colour would prove any barrier to my enjoying all the rights and privileges enjoyed by other passengers ? He snid , No . I then left theoffice , supposing all wel ) , and thought nothing more of the matter until this morning , when in company with a few friends , agreeably to public notice , I went on board the Cambria with my luggage , and on inquiring for my berth , found to my
surprise nnd mortitication that it had been given to another passenger , and was told that th- agent in '¦ otidon had acted without authority in selling me the ticket . 1 expressed my surprise and disappointment to the Captain , nnd inquired what I had better do in the matter . He suggested my accompanying him to the office of the ajjent in Water-street , Liverpool , for the purpose of ascertaining what could be done . On statin" the fact of my having purchased the ticket of the London agent , Mr M'lver , ( the Liverpool ai ; ent ) , " answere that the London asjenti in selling me the ticket , h » d acted without authority , and that I should not go on board the ship " unless I agreed to take my meals alone , and not to
mix •¦< ith the Saloon Company , and give up the berth for which 1 had paid . " Being without legal remedy , and anxious to return to the United States , I have felt it due to my own rights as a roan , as well ns to the honour and dignity of the British public , to luy these facts before them , well knowing that the British public will pronounce a just verdict ou such proceedings' . I have travelled in this country nineteen months , and have always enjoyed equal rights and privileges with other passengers , and it was not until I turned my face towards America , that I met with anything like proscription on account of my colour . Yours reepectfully , Fkedericr Douglass .
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Bium A few days ago , Mrs Holdtr , of 166 , Blstckfriurs-road , wot confined with four children , two boys and two girls , all of thtm living . She is , we believe , " doing well .
DIED . Oh the 20 th u \ t ., at Macclesfielu , aged forty . ih , Mr Joatah Leicester , editor of tbe Meux'ttfifid Courier , an * formerly of tha JfoiUActicr Ctooniele aad oi 'WamftgtoBLately , at Kilmaurs , aged eighty-three , Mr Gabriel Youug , huntir , ono of those individuals introduce ' among the graphio portraitures of the late Sir Waiter Scott . Deceased i » understood to have been the character mentioned in Guy Mannerlni !* as " Todd Qibbit ' . or Hunter Gibbie , " " a fell fox-hunter , down th * coun < try somewhere on the Dumfries niile . *
Recently , at SheMey , aged ninety-two , Mr 3 . S » i *' Decea&ed had ten vhi . dren , uity . threo grandchildren , 15 ) great . grunilcbildreu , and » lx great-grout-graHdcliildren ; mukiug a total of 232 . lie lived to & « e eight generation * ; namely , his great grandfather , grandfa tl >« > father , self , his children , grandchildren , groat-grauu < children , and great-grent-ohildrcn .
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strcot , llajfinnrkot , iu the City of Westminster , at »» Otlico , in tim same Streol and Parish , for the Pr "; Viietor , FEMvGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and publish * by WiLUJkU Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-atreet , Br&ndon-atvect , Wworth , in the parish of St . Munr , N *** ington , in tho County of Surrey , at tim Offlw , No . l » i Great WiudmllUtwet , Haymarket , iu the City oi'Ww uiuistar . SRtwihy April Wft . WT ,
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R . KPMRijio THMit Constitution , but not Men ding thkir Ways . —The correspondent of the Timts , speaking of the people of Oporto , 8 &ys : So much occupied have they been since 1832 in repairing the constitution , that they have not hid time to menu the pavomont of the streets . I have rubbed my ancle against tlie same heap of stones over which I utumbled fourteen years ago , and I have splashed my boots in the same puddle where my foot slipped at that distant period . 1 can recognize the very cart ruts that excited surprise when Dum Pedro landed , and I see the fair spx still carried about in carriages drawn by * oxen . Lord Cant . iltipo ( son of Earl Delaware ) has announced himself as a canditate for the eastern division of Sussex .
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t ' rlnted by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Great Windmill-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 10, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1413/page/8/
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