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      JAHED THBOUSHOUI THE QLOBH , hollowaFs pills . A CASE OF DROPSY . Extract of a Letter frora Mr William eardner , of Hang ing Haoghton , Northamptonshire , dated September To Professor Holleway . SH .-I before informed yau that my wife bad been teppedthreatunesfortliedropsy , but by the blessing of 6 od npon your pills , and herperseveranee iataiingthem , tbe trater bas now been kept off eighteen months bv their means , which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) Wttuui Gaidbe * .

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      » . £ *^^ A ^ "res pondent of an evening pane * 'SmS ! £ f > T tS ™™ * canlwt be too widely Si & 7 h «!* KBaBinghm - Road / between 32 £ . treet aniRt ^ moad Stree t , a feoala child . Bight tune importuning men for « Imi , c » rrrijig on 2 fift * ft . Tku , cnildwnioBt aBBiduoaain her gint and by her plausible manner faiU not to en ! l » tfc the attention of the ' male * patsenaere to who ^ Bh ealoneaddresseahewelf , ' cM ^^ S iJfS ?^ L ?«? T " evening by this okild , and who , fromafeehDg of sympathy , before responding to her appeal , commenced making inquiries ai to ifi , vL ™

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      S ^ ta ' l . TOCSATIC Sp oll ^ . ~ CosrtllTTAL § e ] ifc CijtAIM SJ TW iBiFtE Biioadi Fbi FiMNi . ^ -Ahrunuiual , BflaBtJ ( il » H was produced at BrUtofon Saturday week lucdnseii . qnence of its belag understood that a captain of tha rlflt Mgede stationed at the barracks at Hore . eia , neaVth » t ie % , had . been apprehended , end would be examined before the magistrates at their Bitting at the ceuRollbqn « e , upon a charge « f felony ,-. Numerous complaints had ken made to the magistrate * . by persons nhq . had bod their bell handles , knockers , and doorpiateV stolen , « r the palleades In front of their home * tors doffn , and as these outrages were" most oommonly perpetrated in the itee of road leading to the barracks , Insplclpn fell on tile privates of the corps and their friends . In consequence of Alt . the commander of the brigade has nightly tent

      « st ipttrois , which ' led to iKe apprehenjlon on Friday night last of Oapt . John Peter Heed ' , aad the Hon . Ohas . Churchill , officers is the brigade , both of whom wera lodgad for the night in the station-house , and , were on Saturday takes before the magistrates for examination . One-of thsm waa habited somewhat lo the garb of a navigator , and the other as a gentleman . There , wtre two charges of wllfal trespass preferred against the two ; and Captain Heed was farther charged ? with ateallEg a door-knocker , the property of Mr R , M'Donald , a wholesale tea . dealsr , residing Ih Queen Square . : It appeared from the evidence of pollocoonstable Davis , No . 63 of the central dlvltlon , that at two o ' clock that morning , while Ob dnty in Water Street , 8 t Paul ' , he taw the pti . oners , Capt , Need and the Hon . Mr Churchill , aad

      another who escaped , ' nnder circumstances which ex . cited his suspicions , and induced him to watch ibelr movements . He saw them go to the bouse , No . 2 , Cave Street , Portland Square , whtte thty pulled down the Iron ratlings , after which they proceeded to the retldtnee of 11 . PpUllpart , a professor of the Frenoh laoguago , at the corner of the square , where they pulled a marble dftor-plate down . The constable after seeing them commit ssveral offtnees , seised held of Captain Need end Mr Chnrohttl and conveyed them to the . statloa-house . When there he searbhed them , and' found In Captain Need ' s coat pockets part ef a brass deor knocker . From Information he afterwards received ho was indeed to go Into Q « n Sqotre , and examined the premises 'tbere , and at tbe house No . 12 occupied by Mr M'Djnald , he

      , found that a portion of the knocker had been stolen , and upoanitisg that found upon Captain Need to : what remained on the door it fitted rtuctly . —The Mayor eai * that it often pained the magistrates to htar complaint / madeof the conduct , of the--priTates : of the brigVe , because the great doty of the military « u to protect life and property . How otrald it be txpected that the sobri . terns of a force would be well conducted while ' their officers set them a dissolute example ; the duty of ihe magistrates was a pitnful one , bat they would discharge it faithfully . The prisoners were thefl fined In penalties of 15 i . and costs , and 20 s . and cost ' s for the wilful tres . passes ; and for the felony , C * ptalnNaed was fully committed to take his trlsi at the next quarter sessions . Tha prisoner was admitted to ball . :

      iiasHiBB . —Wbhck or the Bisque Sbmibahis of G »« moce — . This fine vessel , of 3 S 0 toas burthen , Capt Welsb . master . ' was wrecked at Saltcoats on Monday w <* k . She was ballast laden , bound from London to Greenock , and from airetsof weather attempted to put Into ' tht harbour of Seltdoate , following the wake of a small brig , the F * raham , which madeithe harbour before her . ' It was at the time blowing hard from the south-west , and not keeping a steady course she struck on the north side of the entranee , and then came over on to the perch at tha poiat of the harbour on the south side , lying in a

      very bad posMon . The ctew , sixteen' In number , chiefly ' runners , ' were all landed safely , by means of ropes swung over the end ef the qiay—the whole crowd of people assembled having cheered heartily wken the * last was taken off . The vessel was entirely broken up in about an ko nr afterwards—planks , boxes , barrels , & j : , floating on shore . Whatreinains of hit Is now off the perch , the prlnolpal portion ol her lying Inside of it . The S » mir » mis had arttved lately at Ltbdon from the Sast Indi-s , with a cargo of sugar , and was pioceeJlrig to Qreenoek to undergo a thorough repair . '

      The MciDia of the Poiicejuh Bkigbt . —At the Asaton-under Lyne Potty Sessions , oh Wednesday week , George Whatraor . e , a youth , was brought up , charged upon his own statement with beiog an accessory before the fact to the murder of Bright . ' It appeared from the ftvlstncftthftt the ptUontr h&d said that hekneV ' aa muchaa apy one about tbe murder of Bright , and ' had made other statements with respect to Brtght ' s diath , which caused Mr Newton to apprehend him . After be ing lodged In the lock-up a short time , he requested te see Mr Newton / the chief constable , to whom he offered to tell all he knew of the murder 'if he would forgive him . ' Mr Newton , of course , told him he could make

      no promise ef any description , and the prisoner then said he bad been a lodger at Stott ' s bouse ; and bad dried the cartridge cases for Stottj and had afterwards taken them : upstairs to him . On the night of the murder , Stott and Rstdlffd led tht body of Chartists down Oldham Road , and thence down Catherine Street , to the top o / Banttnck Street , and they then assembled near ' the Ranter * ' Chapel , about eleven" o ' clock . The prisoner then stepped suddenly , sajing that be knew no more . — The Bunch called upon him to find two turetles of £ 10 each , and to snUr Into his own recognisance * la £ 29 . to an wer any charge that may be preferred against him , —The sureties were found , and the prisoner was then discharged . *'¦ " ' '

      The Mcbde * At Si Lkokisd ' s . —The first public examination o' J . Pierron , who has been in custody dnce Eunday week , on suspicion of befog the murderer of Mary Aon Newman , cook in the family , of Miss Moore , of Catherine Ytlla , St Lsontrd's , took place at the Town Hall . Hastings . Tbe ctrcumttaaces connected with the murder have already been made public . The prisoner was apprehended by the police at Hastings on the even , log of the robbery . —J . Campbell , iuspeotor of the Hastings police , stated that he apprehended the prisoner at eleven o'clock on Wednesday night . He found him in a pnbllo-bouse , aad , calling him aside , said , ' I sappoie you have heard about the circumstance at St Leonard ' s ? ' The prisoner said he had , but he knew no . thing about tt ; the cook bad been goad to himand

      , had often given bin food . Ha gald he left London by traini and went to Tunhrltfge ; that he left Tunbrldge at four o ' olockan Sunday morning , and on his way to Hasting he calkd at Jesse Hack's , at Holllngton , and then went on to Hastings , which he reached at dinner time , LstltU Pierson , theprtsohet ' e mother , proved that her son had not b » en tt her house since he -had ltft the ser . vice of Miss Mo ore till the Sunday , when he arrived as sh « was taking up dinner . He put on dean clothes , and asked for a clean pocket handkerchief , but did not return a dirty one , —This latter -circumstance is a strong link in the chain of circumstantial evidence . — H . Sveataer , a constable , deposed that , hearing of tbe

      robbery , he , tbe same day en whloh It was com . mitted , examined the premises and found foot-marks . On Tuesday , following he examined the neighbourhoed of 3 i » ee iHaek ' a" home , and found foet-tnarbs leading Into and oat of a . ' shaw , ' evidently made by the game boots . The prisoner ' s boots exaotly oorrsspended with themarks . —J . Ashdowne , of Holllngton , a sawyer , deposed that , after the police had searched the shawl he , on Friday , mad * a further search , and , fading a small ash , barked , as If some person had gnawed I * . wlth hit teeth , he swept away the rubbish from the fott of it and found the handkerchief produoed , eon . taining property Identified as that stolen . —Several wit .

      nesses were examined to show that the-handkerchief wai precisely similar to one belongtag to the prisoner .-—W . -Lawrence ,- postman between Hountfield and Hurst Green , deposed that the prisoner was at Horst Qreen on Saturday evening . Hurst Gteen is about midway between Tunbrldge and Hastings . —The ftU soner , who on being asked what he ha 4 to s « y in his defenoe , replied , 'Nethlng at present—not uetll an . other tlmf , ' and . was comnltttdifo r trial at the A ' SiziS . - . . . ¦ . ¦ .-.-- . - . CowmoH on ths Bhohtob a « d Booth Coast Bailw » t . —A collision took place on this line on Monday . A goods train which had left Brighton at half . pict tic for Ports month , was stopping at the Kingston station , about three miles from Brighton , when a passenger , train , which ltft Brighton at five minutes past seven catae up aad taou ?

      a the stop signals were exhibited and a red light waved to intimate-imminent danger , the train ran into the go « da train with great violence , amathlog tome of the carriages of the latter . Stveral « f the passenger * wera hart by the shook and some bled ; but none sustained serious injury . The line was strewed with the wrecks of brokencarrfegei , and . two ; hours relapsed btfore the traffic could be resuawd . John Pembtrton , the driver of the passenger train , was apprehended and brouehtuo before the magistrates , slttleg at < the Town Hall Brighton , and charged with mlsconduttt . Evidence was given that the stop-signals were hoisted , and red 'lights waved , which oouldi be seen , and were seen half a mile off by tbe guard ef tbe train ; and that the tralo when first perceived was going at from forty to fifty mUn an hour which was much beyond the usual paW , He was fined £ 6 or a month ' s Imprisonment . v !

      2 aI . f * 00 ID 8 » T .-iA « w «» g' the disasters ocoa ^ sloned by the heavy galeof wind on ;» £ onda , week one rf ttenortitxtraordlnary occurred on theNorth BriSsh R aUw ^ y , wWc , w .. fortu » . te . , not very ser ious In , U resultt . Itappean that a . a luggage trafo fM « Be " wick-npoB-Tweed was proceeding alonr the lino « . of the door , of . lugg . g ,. . n * £ ** £ *! & Z away , withi the guard , whete seat is placed at the front andprecipitateslthem 6 v * tthellaa and down the em bankment . The aceldeit was observed at the ttoe " but , as the train was due from London , It was deemed eitptdient , to prevent collision , to proceed to CckbnrT . path . to aUowIt K > # *¦ A . ' . UtL ,, STtaSSSf fterwart . deipakkel ttthe unfortnnate to . n , wl . rw « i iouad lying- on the embukment ,. having , sustained . 7 rlous iajary on the back . - -, . ™ iMtalned ««•

      I « OE « Dim FttBS . —LctKKWOMB , NOT 26—The Inhabtuats of this town were thrown Into a state of great excitement lut night by the discovery of a fire In the sUck-yard , adjoining the reetoiy-house and grounds aad abutting on Church Street . Upon proceeding to the place , it was found that soms miscreant had dell berately set fire to thethaUh of one of the bulldioss * with the evident Intention of destroying the whole the fira hating been , applied to the windward side ' An alarm belBg given , and uiittaoce rendered with a prnaptlttde and activity that deserves ths greatest Praise , and tbe sngtee being well supplied with water the fire wwi coofiaed V ) the building whm it otlginatcd

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      and an adjoining one , ' The premlses ^ are the ^ properiy ot-jbe Ect t _ R H . Johnson , the recto ^ of . the piriah , and oo ^ ledJj '; Mr Luoos ,, veterinary SPWgee . n , Tn ^ l a ^ be o ^ co ' ttQ fira ofla : 6 lmllar qharaoter ftiat bat octfarreJla ' tti ^ town within ' th ^ la ' st ^ w f e ^ ks . 'Sj , -, ; ^ i ^' ^ fi oMBtr . TA 88 AOt ] t | A » D | HlO ^ WAT lRpBBEET .--A deS ' perato attack andj ^ Bberyf iwas ^ oemmitted on ffaturday morplif / at half-pajiihrse ' p ' clo i * , ott Mr . ThoVBavTnd ; oirrler between Stebbing , Danmow , and London , « n Industrioas and respsctable character . When on bis re . -turn from London . with , hts wagg « nheavUy Jaden , be- . t ween ' Abridge an Ongsr , and about three qoarl * rs of a » atloo » taeOiigaesld » of theTalbotInu , in the parish of Stanford Riven , he wai walking beside bis borsei , when , before be bed time to perceive any one approach , ioehim . or to make the least-alaum , he ; was pounced

      upon by three ruffians , one of wao » , from behind , strnck him a vlelent blow on the head with a heavy stick , which wee nfmedlately ' followed > y abldwfrom the fist of a second , having his face blackttted . Thus suddenly felled to the ground , ' two of them threw themselves upon him , held him down , and confined hls ' mcnth , while the men wi th the blackened face ransacked his breeches pockets , from wbtoh he took about £ 80 in gold and ollver—the gold being in a purse , and . the silver loose . ' The robber thev felt for Bavins' watch , but he carried none , iand finding there was no more booty to be obtained , they ell three scampered off hastily across the fields . There is but little doubt that the parties knew

      the barrier well , and had hV been on bis wags ; on instead of walking they would bate bad some difficulty in ef feotlng their purpoie , as bis nan was in tbe vehicle asleep , and heard nothing of the outrege . A yeung woman was also ioside , a psesenger , but knew nothing of U , ' » . ty * . ihlevea never spoke , and efftctnally * pre > vented their victim from miking , any noise . K waggon with twoDiinmow men , In tbe lerrlee of Mr Pailbrlck , curler , was In ike rear a short 'distance , which , dbubt- ' Us ? j was the reason the fellows did not retreat by the road , ; Bavin ' s , as soon as he arrived at Ongar ' , informed Superlnt ' endent Flobd ^ bf . the particulars , and ho immediately instituted an active pursuit .

      RirEKSENTATioK ov Soutb DiY 9 K . —Mr Kekewich has formally declared that be will ntver consent to make any provision for '' tSe mlnlsttrs of the Roman Catholic relig ion in Ireland , taken either , directly or indirectly out of the revenues of tbe ' Protestant * cb ' urcb , or out of the public revenues of the state ; Sir Ralph Lopes has eyprtiied' hit determinatien to abide by tbe wlshw of tbe county , sod to contest the . ref resentatlon if it be their pleasure ' . ' " : " ' . . . Manblauohtis bt i Bii , —On Thursday week , the body of a little boy , named , fames Bishop , four years old , was found floating in the canal at Hereford , and it ttttntd eut that the poor child ' nad been' drownvd by « boy named R-iok , aged ' ten years . An inquest wes ' subseqam'ly hold , when Mrs Gardiner , wlfo pfMrH ,

      G irdlner , - printer , stated that she saw Rock and thu little g ' rl WllHsms standing upon tbp bank of the canal b / themselves ; Rock took . bold of theglrl ' s arm a ? If about to push her in the water , but did not do so . She ( Mrs Gardiner ) was much frlghiebed , but ' did not say anything to Rock , ssjdst os Uia meinent the deoeased uame out of Mrs WJUfams' and called " 'her daughter , who rep led , ' 1 won ' t come , ' D = eeased said , ' I ' ll have none of your won ' t—I ' ll make jou ;' at the same time walking towards them . In about a q l ' arter of a hour afterward ) the body of the deceased was taken out . of the can *! . Mrs AsnejBowen wife of a tailor i ilvlog at ih « Burcott , d « posed that about nine o'blook that morning John Rock was in her house , aEd she had some ' conversation witb him about tho death of little JdmBiBhop ; Rock said

      , 'If I tell who did it they will haag me 1 * . Sho ' replied , ' You had better tell the truth , they are sure not to hang you . ' : Rick tkin said , ' I was by jhe side « of the canal , and : I took bold of him ( deoeased ) and pushed him . ' H » did n * t Buy Into the . water or ' the canal , but the exact words she had given , to the best of her reooll ' ts . tlon . —George Evtns , machine w . ker , deposed that about ; half-past eight o ' clock that morning he was talk . Ing to John R pk reape ' eting the death of the lltt ' . s boy , and a » ked him why he ( Root ) w ' tnt the contrary way , wh- n , all the nelghbonn , old and young , ran to the canal the moment the ko 3 y wu found ; he denied having lushed tho deceased Into the canal , saying , ' I ' ll be - ' , ¦• if I dld . lt , ' About half an hour afterwsrds ,

      havtyheard . what Rick had said to Mrs Bowen ha again ta v h ' m , and said , < Why did you tell me such an latamons lie about the child f' He replied that he did not think to push him in , but that he full in . The jury brlefiy coneultsi , and returned a verdict of' Msnslaugh'ar against John Rook , ' whe has since been com . mitted te prison . The parents ' of the unfortunate de > osas cd are poor labouring people , living In a miserable shedbr . hovel near to Wenfs . house , and on Thursday left their child under the para of a neighbour , named Ann Williams , . the father following his daily occupation as a labourer , and the mother going , to Button to see her own mother , who was unwtll , they are in great dlstresf . "' .. ' ¦ :

      Dkitbdctioh oi a . Rice Miip , bt Tin . —The rice mill of Messrs Smith and Hill , of Edmund Street , LI . verpool , was totally destroyed on Saturday morning latt by fire . It does not appear , that there was a heavy stock on hand , and a considerable portion of that wsj preserved . The building and machinery . were the , propertylpf the cccupants ; their loss Is estimated at £ 5 , 000 , three thousand of whioh' it covered by an lasaranoe in the Yorkshire Uulon ; there are also , insuranceain the Royal ana Norwloh Unlens . . The fire , which raged with great , violence , lasted abont three-quarters of an hour . Ayrshire . —Sihodia * Fatality . — The death of Dr

      John Swnrart , took place at his house at Cumu ^ ck ,. on Monday , the 20 , hnit ., after . a week ' s Ulnsas . Hs had accidentally burnt his wrist some short time previously , by letting fell upon It a drop of melted wax ,. but the injury was so slight that ha paid little attention to it at the time . In a few . days ,. however , ; It became Inflamed and painful . end notwlthstandUg all tkat medical skill could devise , the Inflammation increased , inducing » high degree of fever , till , afttra week " of ' nvero dittreis , ex . banstea nature gave way .. Dr SUwert was poeseaatd of auch professional skill , and was patticoluls nottd for the dexterity and success of bis sarglc » l operations , Mblakchoiy . Dkath or W . J . Johrstom , E q , " Bed

      roBD . —On Thursday , the 23 rdult ., as Mr Jjfcnstone , of Bbdfjrd ,. nierchaut , was hunting near Newport Pagael , his horse rushed at a f eno * and threw Its rider , but , as he mounted . gain immediately , no one expeoted he was hurt . On his return home in the evening , whin at the top of the hill on the Bedford aids of the Brougham Bridge , he " Ml from bis boree ^ through , it is thought , some injury fremhis first fall , and wsb killed on the spot . He was brought to Bedford by Ur Djdley , of Ashwood , in his gig . An Inquwt was held on the bod ; the next day , when it was ascertained that dea'h was oausedby apoplex / arising from an effusloa of blood on the , brain . Verdict accordingly .

      Mdbdee nea& Beicon —On tbe morning of Friday , the 17 ch ult ., a cold-blooded murder was perpetrated at a farm called Cwmgwdy , near Ffrydgreob , about three miles from Brecon , upon a farm-servant named Thomas Edwards , In the employ of Mr John Powell , of the above place . Edwards , and fet ' opr-servant named T&omas Williams , were left together la the stable by a son of Mr Powell ' s , at five o ' clock in ths morning , and about an hour afterwards a anaid-sirvant living in the house i « v Williams standing at the garden door , lu the fold-ytrl , and heard groins proceeding from the ssmi spot . She rettirotd to the house , for a lantern accompanied by Williams , but on going to the deor again Williams w « s not to be seen , and has not since been beard of . Edwards was found in the fold-yard wish his face and head covered with blood , and in a state of insensibility , from

      which he never recovered . He lingered until the evenlog of tbe same day , when he expired . On a postmortem examination several frightful wounds were discovered on the head , apparently Inflioted by an axe , which was found secreted near the spot where the deoeased was found , « nd oovercd with blood . It . was ascertained that Williams had absconded with a coat , a pair of trousers , and other articles of clothing belonging to the murdered manj who had received 30 s . from his master as w » gos , in the presence of Williams , a few dajs before , Williams bad been In Mr Powell ' s servtoe only three months , and Is supposed to be a native of Herefordehlre , An inquest was held on the body of Edwards on Saturday , the 18 h ult ., when a ; verdlot was returned of ' Wilful murder against Thomas Williams . ' Active exertions are being made by the pelioe to oapture the perpetrator of this foul deed .

      A sovevTJkosmakiko « , CoitoiBTON . —Last Christ , mas , Messrs William and Samuel Bull , silk throwster ' , bought a large silk factory , forty yards long , nine yards wide , and four stories high , which had boon built upwards of twenty years . The uppor storey had been bent or jutted out by a strong wind toon after the faotory was erected , so that the top of the front ^ wall projeoted over the centre of tbe building fourteen inches . The brick work In the top storey being in some parts i » a very do oayed and dangerous state , induced the new proprietors to deblde on lowering the factory one storey . How this was to be done required some consideration . Totak * . off the reof , which was estimated toweigh fifty tons , and replace it on tbe . third storey , would not only b « very inconvenient and likely to injure the machinery in the lower , rooms , but would colt an Immense sum . This difSoalty , however , was overcome by Thomas Shepley , an ioxealous mechanic , who had long worked for . Messrs Bull . ! He undertook , with assistants , to take out the

      top storey and , lower the . roof without removing tt off the building . In the first place be made two inollstd plaaes , with four long plaoks on the edge , supported by poles , outside tbe building , asd ha « waggons to slide down the bricka , dec ., tha fall waggon »; . to pull the empty ones op by means of a rope and palley . He then lifted with long leversj alternately , . the beams which supported tbe roof , and lapported . tbem with small blocks ef wood , whilst he lowered the walls one course of brloks at a time , so that the roof was gradually and imperceptibly lowered about eight feet to the top of the third storey , -without tbe least aocldent occurring , > or without tbe breakage of a single tile ; er crack in the roof , to the astonishment of many who saw the work in progress , and of others who , although passing frequently ,, had no idea of what was going on , so gradua ly was it brought to Its resting plaoe . When completed , people could scarcely . 'believe their own eyes , ' that so large a factory should have been reduced from four to three storeys , as though it had been effeeted by magic . ¦ .

      Cbathak Nov . 27 ; - Coepobal Pohisbbehs on a ffoUDiSB . —This afternoon tke 17 th Regiment ' assembled in marohing order , on the parade ground of the bar . r « oka , to witness tbe sentence of a court-martial curried out on private William Cash , who waa Wed last week for absenting himself frem tattoo , on tbe 6 th tost ., and ato fortfcaplng from antioort and sulking bis pay . argeaut ,

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      and for kavlng ( when bropghfr ^ to . tljBjtbair&chB as a prisoner ) struck and dang « ' reuily ;; i | l « ff « t « 0 c 6 rijoralof tbe legimental guard jntd ^ whpsocusltodyhe ^ waB given . The court , of % lob Qdlo ^ eTifEIHfi $$% M |» Jues , wa » president , / g irad th ^? prli | ner guiltyrfand Iftiwassentenoed to receive fltty-lathei , and , fdrtb « r , td ; be Imprl . soned , with hard labour , f <*; twelve mbntbl ^ The part of the sentence of fifty . lasb « s- was ' jjommiSed . to twenty , five , by the Commanderin- 'Chtef , which were inflicted to-day . Tbe prisoner ' bore the puslsbmtnt wlvh fortitude , and when . released from the halberts was taken to the hospital ; from thence he will be remond to Fort Clarence , tbe military prison .

      ' MAMSLADOBTik , — Aa ioquest was held at the bouse of Mr Henry Johnson , Wellington Arms , Liverpool , before Mr John Heyes , on view ef the body of . Rabert Leicester , sged seventeen yeaisj who was struck with > a poker by his father , on Saturday , the 8 , h ultimo , and lingered until Thursdey , the 23 d , when he ' dled . Itap . peared , from the evidence , that deceased was quarrelling with his father , John Leicester , about eooae money which his father had refused to give him to spend . Leicester became very angry In osnstquence of the ill laegungebe had received from bis son , and , in a moment of excite , ment , threw the peker at- deoeated ' d head , whloh fractuteihls aaaU , and ke never a ' fierwarda ipoks . L'i . oesttr , who was present during the examination , ep . peared to be much' affected . He was committed to take his trial at tbe next til verpool asslz s .

      Melakcholy Occdbbince . — The daughttrof a labourer , residing at Bridge of Shlelblll , in the neighbourhood of Kirrlemu'r , having be « n troubled with worms , her parents had been advised to give her a dose ef turpentine . Oa Sanilsy evening last , her father took her on his ltn « e to attempt to pour tbe medicine down her throa , as she was unwilling to take it . In her struggle , the liquid found its way into the windpipe , and the poor child almost instantly expire * . Thei distress of the tfflcted parents can hardly be conceived . The girl was about nine years of ate ,

      Boboubiks in Nokth BncK ^ . —A number of daring burglaries have of late been committed in the northern part * of Bucks , and In the adjoining counties of Oxon and Northampton . ' To tueb ' agrtat extent has it bsm parried , and'co'darlng have the burglars become , that no lone borne it coaiidercd aaf # , and a great amount of uneaslneiB hat beeu croattd . Parties go to farm homes la the dead of the night , armed , and boldly insist on havlBg the cash tbat is on the premises . If they believe that all has not been given them they lansack tbe draper * , &o ., where they think it is likely to be so . drjtedi A few n ' ghts since the house of Mr 6 . FrtnoV , of Finmere Warnn farm , was plundered of about £ 50 , by three men who went to hte bedside and inslstei on hjvtnj hla cash , ' Hi gave them tho content * of his pursV , 'but this did " not satisfy th ; m , and they broke open his c < sh drawer and helped themaelves . Three

      nights previous , the honto of Mr Prltohett , ef Culpuhaw farm , Stows ; was entered . by burglars , three of whom went up stairs and with oaths and threats demande ! th < moniy , Th ' eftrmsr and his imi turned out from their beds and resisted ; and tbe former Jumped ( roms , window and went to ' the village of Didford and gave an alarm . Another son , who had been to a neighbouring vilage , came boma at the time the thierea were Ih tbe h use , aad he aleo gava an « 1 rm . In this case the burgl ars raade a wtreat without money . A meeting has been held at Boeklagbam to adopt means to put a s ' cp to this state of things , Sir H . Vcrnty . M . P ., presided over anunerOusandiDflaentialass « mbly . A mutual atsocUtlon was formed ; and it was arranged that a reward f £ 100 should be offered far the oonvintlon of the burro Tars at the house of Mr French , and tbat if any further cases ocourmd handsome rewards should be offered ^

      MiLutcHoLT Accident . —Gsishock , Nov . 25 . —This morning about three o ' clock , moans were hsard by the watchman in attendance at the new dry deck , proceeding apparently from the bottom , and on descendlsg he found a young girl lying on a ledge about halfway down . She was taken to the police offioa , and the polloo surgeon wiM promptly in attendanoe She was too far exbaattcd to be taken to the Iufirmwy , but means were used 1 st mediately for her restoration which seemed likely to be attended with success , as her pulse , which had been exceedingly low , was becoming vigorous . A reaction ,

      however , soon took place , and at ten this morning' she expired . . She was a farm servant , named B-itsy Canningham , and ' yeaterday btlng feeing Urm she had come' to town la search ' of ' employ meat ; She ' was atppurently atout 19 years of age . This Is the second life'lost at the name place within the last few months , and it la a . wondts that not more meet their death in this dangsrooB locality . A barrieade of a single chain , " with moveable . post * , would be qulto suffiolent to prevent people on a dark night from tumbling over and getting ftelr brains dashed out , while during the day it oould be removed , so as not to obstruct op « ratlous going en in the deck .

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      TRIAL OF THE LONDON STONE MASONS AGAIN ADJOURNED . THK qWKN T . ORAT AND OTHERB . —NOTEHBBB 2 T . In this case , which stood over from th ' e last session , the defendant Roderick Gray , and a number of other persons , were indicted for unlawfully conspiring together "to intimidate and prevent other workmen from entering the service of the prosecutor , Mr Trego , » builder . Mr Bodkin , for the prosecutor , now applied . to the Court to postpone the trial on account of the absence , fromillnenB , of Mr Gunn , the clerk at the Lambeth Police Court , who took the depositions of some of the defendants upon another inqairy . and which depoBition 8 it was absolutely necessary , for the purposes of the present inquiry , should be proved on the present occasion ; and , as he believed he could not , aa counsel for tha prosecution , safely proceed with the . trial

      in the absence of that gentleman , he trusted the Court would postpone the inquiry .- . Mr Clab&sos said , be appeared' for gix of the da . fendantB , and he mast , on their behalf object to their being compelled to attend again upon this charge . He begged to remind the Court that in the first insUnce a charge of assault was preferred against only one of the defendants , and in consequence of what took place upon that inquiry twenty other persons were now indicted for a conspiracy . They had been already put to great inconvenience , and rather than the trial should ba again postponed , he . wag raady to admit all that could be proved by the absent witness . Mr Bodkin , in answer to a question put by the Recorder , said , that he desired t > vrave the evidme given by the witnesses vbo were examined at the police court for the defence upon their cross-czimination . ' The persons who were so examined were now defendants .

      The Recorder , after looking at some of the depositions referred to by Mr Bodkin , inquired whether any other object oould be expected from this prose cation than to vindicate the law and make the defendants and the publio generally aware that such proceedings were illegal and unjustifiable . Upon this point he had so hesitation in laying that any attempt by violence and intimidation to prevent workmen from continuing in the service of their employer , was dearly an illegal act , and subjected the parties committing it to be punished « nder the (

      statute . With this understanding he would suggest that a couree might be adopted whioh would rentle , further proceedings unneceaavy . - . Mr Baluntinb , who appeared for ethers of the do fendanta . said they were now aware of the effect of the law , and , having been already put to very great expense , he ooneidered that the purp 3 ses of justice , would be quite answered by the course suggested by the Court , and tbat it wonld ba very advisable , under the circumstances , not to waste the publio time in an inquiry which would probably occupy two days for

      no purpose . Mr PARRT Mid that he was also instructed to defend some of the defendant ? , trod , on their parte , he was requested to state , if any act of indiscretion "tfere proy < d against one or two of the parties who were indicted jointly with them , and which he believed was the case , that they utterly repudiated euoh an act , and were perfeotly aware tbat the resorting to ax . y act of violence or intimidation was illegal and unjustifiable , and were , therefore , quite willin t to accede to the suggestion of his lordship , The defendants were all hard-working and industrioua men , and when his learned friend took into conrideration the inconvenience they had already suffered , and the enormous ' expense they had been put to , he trusted

      he would feel that he would not be negleoting his duty as counsel for the prosecution in adopting the course pointed out by his lordship . Mr Bodkin said be entertained as much respect for pwsoos in the position of the defendants as any one promt , w > long as they conducted themselves with propriety in the position i * whioh they were plaioedjbut . ifthey committed what appeared to him to be serious infraction of the law , they must abide by the consequences . The pnseeutor was not in at . tendance at that moment , but he felt that he was quite justified in stating that he had no vindictive feeling towards the defendants , and his only desire was to vindicate the law , and to show persons in their position that snob . ; proceedings would not be eonnte&ancedV . As to the-raisohievoua character of

      the offence of endeavouring by violence and intimidation to prevent aa employer from carrying on his business as he pleated , it was unnecessary for him to make any remarks , but , after what had fallen from the Court , be would take care to communicate with the prosecutor , and upon the next occasion ha Bkould nave further instructions npon the subject . . The RscoRBia then said ; that the . case should "tand over cntillnext Monday , aid , without giuaa any opinion upon the facts , he oould not help sayi »< f , considering the position of the partie ? i—w « k « en to be employed , and ft . paster requiring their services —that thasooner they / should oomo to an amioable arrangement the better ;* - , The whole of the defendants , who had been out on bail , then left the ! court .

      • Dbebi Swkpj . '—Charles' Hpibam and TaomaB Worcester were indloted for unlawfully obtaining meney by false pretences . . ' Mr CtAaxeon , Inopsntagthe case' » W | «»* t before he mr « oed the Jory ol the ciroumstanci ^ nuder whloh the onarge was preferred , he felt it his duty to tell them thai we offence alleged against the prisoners wu connected " Ho one ef thcue proceedings termed « Dei'by , or lacing w « P » , ' which , If not clearly laid dewa u * »• "M ,

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      were certainly . € 0 nsidereel . to 4 ) B : very mischievous sa 4 dessoraUftlnKinthib ? teadenoy ' , ' The prostcutor of ' the indiotment was Mr Will ! atogai » l » J trctpsetabla Uctnsed vlcJualkr In Soulhwark , who had been eittnslvel y en . gaged in carrying out ' sweeps' of this description but he should state to tbe jury , that since : tbe publio ei pression , by the nggistracy of Lendon , of the Illegality of these proceedings , be had reselved to bare nothinr more to do with them , the fraud imputed to the prU soners wos committed id Juaalast , and there could be very little dbubt that a sum of money was obtained from the prosecutor by means , of > fraud ; and he appr « . hended that whatever opinion might be entertained tt . garding the Illegality of the ' sweep , or racing lottew

      system , tbattnls would sfiord no justification for the conduot of the prisoneri , If it should be satisfactorll * establlihed that they were the authors of tbe fraud The learned counsel then proceeded to > tatethe clrcum » taace * under which tho charge was preferred . It appeared that in Jane a 'sweep' was opened at the house of tlut prosecutor , the Equestrian Tavern , in the 'B laekfrlsn . road , for one of the races to be run at Aicot , each chance in which was 5 s ., and the bolder of tbe first hi-rse was to be entitled to £ 7 . Two persons , named Cockley aad Dirldje , |> urch « iel « jstnt okanoe In this ' ewtep' and the tlokat numbered 84 , fefarhig to a towe named y « mplr » , was drawn for themj and this horse turned out to be tbe winner of tbe race . The defendant Lipsham act « d as cleik to Mr Harris , ' and managed the different ' sweeps , ' aad it was Hs duty to have gWn intelligence to the persons who were tbe winners of tbeprlz s- but ins ' . « ad of doing so , It seemed that he marked the ' name of Divldge upon the ttobet of horse named Fearraf "

      wu retained tne winning ticket in his possession - Verv soon after the race the other defendant , Worcester , wen ? to the proneoutor ' s bouse , smd tendered the ticket re . ferring to Yamplre , and Mr Harris having bo suspicion paid him the amount of the prla . I ; turned out npon inquiry tbat Worcester was brothtr-ln-law to the ether prisoner , and the latter when he was apprebendej admitted that he had bad the money from Worcester ' but said that he had been ' piokedup * the same niiht and hadloitthe wbele of It . The learned counsel having concluded bis statement of the facts , said that the question to be decided in this case waa quite apart from any consideration as to ifae prudence or propriety of carrying on this sort of proceeding , and was simply whether a servant coald have any justification for ob * tsinlng poisestion of bis master ' s property fcy a falsa pretenec , . ¦ ' . - . -

      Mr HiMis , the prosecutor , wbb then examined ; and he proved the facts as stated by the learned oouniil . , . ¦ : . . Mr Hom submitted to the Court'that the « a « tg « could not be sustained , Inasmuch as the whole traosac tlon was one of a gambling and illegal character ; and that the prosecutor had no each legal interest in tha money as wonld enable him to the protection of the law . ' Some discussion ensued upon this point ; but at lengtb the Ricobdib said tbat . although the t ransaction mighe > e of anillegjl character , yet he did not think theob > tion would apply to the charge of obtaining money from the prosecutor under falsa prettnees . Ha would , however , he said , reserve the peint for further consideration it » uch a course should become necessary ,

      WiniAw Returns , the constable who nppreaendsd Worcester , was then examined , and he dapnsed tbat when he took htm Into custody he denied all knowledge ; of any fraud , and said that be merely presented the ticket at the request of his brother-in-law , and that ha htnded him over all ' the money . The RtcoBDsa expressed his oplalon tbat ths evl . dence dia not support the charge of conspiracy . Ths ) evidence just as much tended to show that Worcestet was the instrument merely of Llpsham as that he was a eonsplrator with him . Mr Clabksom said , be felt the difficulty suggested by bis lordship , and as he had no further evldenoetocon . nect tbat prisoner with the transaction , he should with draw from the prosecution .

      The Recosseb then addressed the jury , and explains ! to them that , by the law , a charge of conspiracy could not be supported unless two persons at least were showa to bo concerned in it ; and , therefore , as the evidence failed in this case to establUh tbat fact , thes must ac quit the prisoners . He at tht same time said , he could not hslp stating that this was a most meful lesson foe p ; r-ons who wer « connected with snob illegal and digs hofteatptoaeedlngsas ttteiexactag sweeps , In his opinion ! clearly wer « . It was a prooeedlngt merely for the pur . po < eofget ' 'lag ctuiomand profit in amost improper aas « ner . There was no pretence for ssying that it promoted the Interest of the turf , and It had nose of the instil .

      cation that was extended to horseraclng , as tending to Improve the breed of horses . On the contrary , it wu entirely mischievous in its action , and only had the « £ > ct o { inducing pnsoni to gambU and epeoulate smal sums of money in the hope of obtaining a larger amount and had , infaot , nothing to do with racing . It had bap paned to him on several oocasions to hear psrsoni who had beta convicted of larceny in thatoourt asoribe the commission of the crime to the temptation held out to them to join theie miserable lotteries or ' sweeps , ' as they were termed , and he was . aot sorry to see that those who encouraged suoh proceedings were ultimately suf < ferera themselves .

      The jury Ihen , und « r bis lordship ' s direction , returned averdiotof ' not guilty . ' The RtcoiDEK , on handing back to the proseoutor the tickets conneottd with the sweep , observed , that he hoped he should never agala see such things in a court of justice . He , at the same time advised the prosecutor not to have anything more to do with . * Derby sweepi * in futHre . ' ' ' Mr Habbh ssld , be had given them up entirely . The RecoaDEi said , he noted wisely in so doing , for ; independently ef the risk he ran with regard to his license , , he would be liable , nnder a particular statute , to a penalty of £ 500 ., if hh connexloc with suoh a lottery , aa these ' Derby sweep j' clearly were , were made out , : . - '¦ ¦¦

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      1 , the Chartist Defence Committee , appea ? , ( & 8 in duty bouad ) in the name of common humanity , in favour of the ab > ve unfortunate persons , nearly all of whom are workingimeni If will be recolleoted that many of these men were dragged out of bed in the dead hour of nUht , and torn from their homes and families , aa prisoners , without warrants , or legal authority . The police s ? lected whom they pleased ; their caprice was substituted for law . These poor helpless brines were , arraigned at th « . Manchester Borough Court—no charge waa preferred ; they wera therefore ( thanks to their attorney . MrW . P . RobertB ) liberated upon bail . The magistrates saw their dilemma—they oocupied a false position , and knew tha consequence , and likewise tbe illegal transactions of the foliee .-- The crown lawyers were required—in * detnnification contrived—an indiotment hastily drawn .

      AN ADDRESS . ON BEHALF OF THE FORTYSIX INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED UNDER COLOUR OF CONSPIRACY—VICTIMS OF WHIG MISRULE .

      up—the grand jury purposely detained—Beswick , superintendent ;> f police , dispatchtd by scesial train with the work of the lawyers—the grand jury immediately found a true bill , ( all of a piece . ) During this time the soldiers and police were all under analL in readiness at the Tawn Hall . The paid agents of our local government conveyed by electrio telegraph , the moment . the bill , was found , the names of aU tha parties contained in the indictment . The police immtdhtely sallied out swordin hand , and recaptured their viotims , along with many of those who wera known to take an active interest in the cause of Chartiam . These Whig victims were transmitted by railway to the Assiz * Court in Liverpool . The Attorney General , as well as the prosecuting attorney at the Borough Court , refused to enter into the cases , even though seme of the prisoners , presuming the . it innocence , desired to be tried during tbe then pendi ing aewsas . The Judge fixed heavy bail , and in de .

      laiiltcommittedthemtoKirkdale gaol . You will observe , the government agents were unprepared , evidence was wanting ,, time was needed te concoct , the number of Powels waB incomplete ; newspapers must be reviewed ; speeches carefully examined ; de « taobed sentence * selected ; a brief made out ; yea , and much more must ba don « , in order to blaokentaQ prisoners' characters , insure conviction , damage tha cause of humanity , and secure a victory , and thereby uphold the system of fraudulent government a'little longer . ' ' Oh , friends , they who have penned these lines , are somewhat acquainted with court in * tngueryv Bitter experience has taught them the almost insurmouatable difficulties of obtainine iua . tice in political trials . Stratagem , prejudice , party and aristocratioal bigotry , are all put into thesS and balanoes the fate ' of the accused . These poliUcal asvar > ttbu ° .-w- * -

      thS ^ SW me M kron * h the exertionB of their Caartist friends , are now restored to their famile ,, and hawte-appw rt'KiiMita w the 12 th o Deoember , 1848 . -E ^ hty poundi in bail fee ? , clerks' fees , and conveyance of the victims to thS tTl ha 8 ' ^ 1 « Pe >« ted ; and three hundred pounds more , will be required to employ Couuoil . » d able to raise amongst eur Cbartwt brethren , the M « quiMtesum . m ^ ue time ; and « e therefore obUgS maK al T ^ ^ n ? ighbO r an wd Wends of S SSt ?"» f f * seUk «» own fact , that tha English vwtllf J ?™/ 6 - ^ ^ Md expensive . Ponii « f- tettBty j wil 1 Kenerously respend to this apthese poor men from the merciless CTa 8 D of Orowa

      kMft nf h * ¥ >«>»»»?» . withoHt aa effort , ba Jej ^ fc of hnsbanda . teUwn , long , and brother ! , merely to crash the aauie of those who ad . unjust and uncalled for assertions , in reference to tua Char ut body generally . In oonolusion , permit us to solwit your peeumary aid on behalf of these Helpless admduab . We trust m shalUot make our appeal •? J ? w HBman"y hM bath its duties and re-Sr " ? ' ! , n th nnwmpromising advooat « s ot ttu * , By otder of the Defence Committee , G . H . Smhh , Hon . Secretary , Wu . Kbbihaw , OJtairmAB .

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      -., o ¦ ¦¦ • ¦ " . " . . % \ ^ ¦ . THE NORTHERN STAR . December 2 , 1848 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1499/page/2/