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    I LETTERS I TO THE WORKING CLASSES . I XXXIV . 96 \ LETTERS

    P -Words are things , and a small drop of ink g Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces P That which makes thousands , perhaps million * , p think . " bikos . | j- THE COMMENciilENT OF THE

    H SESSION . ft Brother Pboletarians , B Blessed are those who expect nothing , for ilWily they shall not l > e disappointed . Innu-& 3 toerable newspaper-writers predicted the vast fenportance of the Session which has jost com-| pn . eiiced ; but jading by present appearances , Pit seems likely that the rerdict of six months W jkence will be : " Great cry and little wool " B" It lias been remarked by old politicians , that lisrheneYer Royal Speeches nave been more IKiian ordinarily rich inpioua phrases , some new ^ attack was meditated on the public purse and fit has been wisely said fhat whenever " Divine UproYidence" is introduced into a " speech

    3 rom the throne , " John Bull should forthwith , button up his breeches-pocket . As " retrenchment" is the order of ike day , and as , ^ consequently , cant is altogether unnecessary , ht is a pity that the Whig Ministry dealt in religious allusions "when concocting the late RoyaJ [ address ; more especially , seeing that the ^ me ntion of " Almighty God" is made in connexion vritb . the strange assertion , tliat ** flie | Con 3 titation" is " fbnnded" " upon theprin-[ Ciples of Freedom and Justice . " ! . Talcing into consideration the sex and

    posi-Ition of the reader of the " Speech , " I abstain [ from characterising the above assertion as I [ would have done had it been directly uttered [ by any one of the Whig Ministers . In entering bay protest against the assertion , that England enjoys a free and just constitution , I reject all consideration of the theory of the Constitution . It is the Constitution in practical operation that we hare to deal with , and that Constitution—if the system we are plagued with may be allowed such a title—I pronounce to have no relationship to either freedom or

    0 ustice . Is that system founded in freedom and jusj # ce which dooms six-sevenths of the adult bnale population to political vassalage and jfsocial slavery , and invests the minority oi one-Iseventb . with the power of life or death over fihe rest of the community ? Is the Gagging | Bill ( passed in the Session of 1848 ) to be re-[ garded as a proof of our "freedom ?"—or is fihe employment of spies to first entrap and | then betray the despairing victims of class Jlcn ' slation , to betaken as evidence of the "jusfoce" of the system ? I Then there is Ireland , in which for

    centu-[ ries Justice has been unknown ; and since the ^ suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , even the mockery of Freedom has departed . Yet the " protection" of " Almighty God " is invoked for this precious system , assertedjudge ye with what truths—to be founded upon " the principles of freedom and of justice . " laws exist against blasphemy , and parsons preach against lying ; all in vain , it

    seemsat least , so far as some persons are concerned . The most noticeable subjects yet discussed in the House of Commons , have been those relating to Ireland . The Government hai demanded a renewal of the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act for a further term of six months . This demand i 3 grounded principally upon a communication from the LonB-LlEUTE-* axt of Ireland to the Secretary of the Home

    Department , describing the present state of popular feeling in Ireland . Lord CLARENDON avows that "the feeling "Which gave r ise to , and encouraged the late movement , still remains unchanged , and would again become active upon any occasion that appeared to offer even a distant prospect of success . " \ It is confessed , then , that while Coercion has ijeowed the people , it has not restored popularity to the Government English rule exists an Ireland on the same foundation that Austr ian rule exists in Lombardy—force . The English viceroy is constrained to admit that the Government he represents is hated by the Irish people . Yet these blind rulers persevere in a course which must perpetuate the

    hatred of that peop le , until some favourable opportunity arrives for giving to that feeling the expression of deeds . The " wild justice of revenge" will assuredly—sooner or laterpunish the iniquity of English rule in Ireland . Only eighteen members voted against the prolongation of ClarexdoiTs dictatorship . I have been looking through the division lists to ascertain how many of the Financial Reformers voted against the longer continuance of unmitigated despotism in Ireland . I find in the list of the minority , Mgxtz and Scholefield , the members for Birmingham ; J . Williams , the member for Macclesfield ; and Geobge Tnosipsoif , the member for the Tower Hamlet 3 . Two of these are Financial

    Reformers and something more ! Shabmajt Ceaw-TORD was in the minority , but he is a great deal morethana mere " FinancialReformer . " Of course , I need not specify the politics of the Chartist member for Nottingham . On the other side of the question , that is in favour of unbridled despotism , I find the names of the pro-Polish advocate , Lord Dudley Stuart , ' and the two newly-elected Liberal members' for Derby—Bass , of " pale ale" ^ notoriety , and the roaring Radical , Lawrence Hetworth !!! In the same list

    is the name of Joseph Brothertox , M . P . for Salford , and the gallant member for Bradford , Colonel Thompson ! The Colonel has learned nothing from tho drubbing he got the other day at Bradford . He appears to be incorrigible . Very welL " Wait a little longer I " CoBD £ X and Bright did not vote for the Government measure , but neither did they vote against it . They absented themselves from the division , no doubt deeming discretion the better part of valour . But tried by the just and good old rtde—" Those who are not for B 3 are against as ; " there can be no difficulty in coming to a decision as to the real value of the much-vaunted patriotism of Messrs . Cobdex and Bright .

    But the prolongation of Clabexbox ' s dictatorship is to be accompanied by a sop of Fifty Thousand Pounds ; and a Committee of Inquii ^ mto the w orking of the Irish Poor Law system . Seeing that all parties and classes in Ireland are agreed in condemning the Poor Law , the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry can only be regarded as a " move " to kill time , and throw dust in the eye 3 of the Public . The appointment of such a committee , considered in the most charitable point of view , is , at least , evidence of the miserable incapacity of the Government . But the incapacity of tlie Whigs is , to say theleast , equalled by their Unwillingness to attempt any measure of real R eform . The Whig administration is the ^ ight-inare of these kingdoms .

    The new alterations of the Queen ' a palace at Pimlico will , I expect , be found to havo cost a larger sum than that proposed to be voted for the relief of Irish pauperism ! But that is ° ot theworet . The Whigs seem to be aa far ° ff as ever from having any notion of using that , or any larger sum , in famishing re-Pfoductive employment to the people . Jus-% not charity , is the cry of tho Irish people , fcit jostfceiswithheld , and charity is turned *?*» an instrument for prolonging the degrada-** ° w and misery of that unhappy race .

    Afld this state of things will continue , until y ° » Brother Proletarians , take your affairs ^ your own hands , and bj winning the L bafter , acquire the powerto say to your rulers r * legislators : " Get ye gone I Make way for £ lf « - wen !" ^ L'Am iro Pbotle- ' * % u » y 8 th , 1819 .

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    MEETING AT MANCHESTER ON THE VIOLATION OF THE TEN HOURS ACT BY THE MASTERS . A public meeting was held at the Corn Exchange , Hanging Ditch , on Thursday evening , lstinst ., "for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means to be adopted to suppress the present system of working by relays ; also , to devise the best means of insuring a uniform working often hours per day for adult factory workers . " The large room was filled , the audience being composed chiefly of operatives . On the platform were Mr . Richard Oastler the Kev . J . R . Stephens , Mr . W . P . Roberts , < fec . ' MKETTXft . AT MAXfiTTERTBR OX THE YTO

    3 Ir TbomasMatoesuey -was unanimously called tO the chair , and having opened the proceedings in an appropriate speech , ° Mr . Pster Clabk moved the first resolution which was as follows : — " That the factory operatires composing this meeting , after mature deliberation , and some experience in the working of short hours , affirm their unalterable determination to maintain inviolate the provisions of the Ten Hours Act , as it now affects the working of females and young persona in factories , as by law established . " Mr . Johs Bkabsos seconded the resolution . The Rev . J . R . Stephens , of Ashton-under-Lyne , in a long , eloquent , and energetic address , supported tho resolution , which was carried unanimously .

    * Mr . 6 . H . Surra proposed tho second resolution , which was as follows : — " That we deeply regret the necessity of reviving the agitation of this most important and long sought for measure ; but aa the provisions of the Ten Hours Act have been grossly violated by many masters , and aa these violations of the law have been sanctioned by magistrates , who had solemnly declared , upon their oatfi , their determination to administer justice without affection or favour to any one , we are resolved to assist , by every means in our power , tomaintain , in all its integrity , the provisions of the prescat factory law ; and we pledge ourselves to give our most iearty support to tke officers of the government , appointed to carry the Factories' Regulation Act into effect . " Mr . He > "bt Green seconded the resolution .

    Mr . Richard Oastibb was received with vehement cheering , which was continued for some time . When it bad subsided he said : —Before I begin to address this meeting I hope I may be permitted to ask a question or two . ( Hear , hear . ) Is this a public meeting of factory operatives ? ( "Yes . " ) So tickets of admission or anything of the kind ? (" Xo . " ) The meeting has been advertised by placard ? ( "Yes . " ) Then I ask you , in public meeting assembled , the factory operatives of Manchester , are you or are you not in favour of the Ten Hours Bill ?—{ Loud crie 3 of "Ye 3 , " " yes , " and Tenement cheering . ) That ' s a very great ahout , but we must hare no mistake , let me see your hands calmly . ( The entire company immediatelr held un

    their hands . ) "Well then , there ' s an answer for the government—there ' s an answer for the Home Secretary—there's an answer for the Queen , who did herself ttie honour to sign the Ten Hours Bill , » 6 iwithstanding the lies that were told her . ( Cheers . ) My business with you as operatives is now ended , the Ten Hours Bill is the law of the land , and you are satisfied . But there are other parties to whom I wish to address myself —( hear , hear)—parties who are deeply interested in the solemnity of that short word called " law "—parties who if that word had no signification had no possessions themselves—no rights themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) And I have to

    ask these persons , from the highest personage in the kingdom , whom no man honours or reveres more than I do , to those cotton-lord magistrates who , I am prepared to" say , have laid the foundation of rebellion in this country . Are we , or are we not , henceforth to live under the authority and protection of the law ? ( Cheers . ) After mentioning ^ the names of several advocates of the Ten Hours Bill , Mr Oastler said : We demand of the Attorney-General and of the Solicitor-General that they should communicate , as they have no doubt done , their opinion to the government upon the law—and we demand of those magistrates , those officers to whom has been intrusted the execution of

    the law—we demand of them , there is no petition at all , it 13 the law of the land , and we demand of those officers that they see to it that the law of the land is executed . And if , in defiance of the opinion of the Attorney-General and the opinion of the Solicitor-General , —if , in defiance of theop nionof tho only law officer upon the bench , the paid officer of the crown—if , in defiance of the opinion of every clerk to the magistrates , for I speak advisedly when I say every clerk of the cotton lord magistrates has told his masters that the law is as their chairman said it was , —then we ask no favour , but we demand of those cotton-lords , or their relations and neighbours and friends , who sympathise more with them than with

    the law , if those cotton lords are determined against light and knowledge , against the opinion of every law adviser below them , or law adviser on a level with them , or law adviser above them , if they are determined to make themselves not the judges of the law , but the -violators of the law , then we demand the exclusion of every man connected with factories , either by marriage or birth , that they shall no longer sit upon the bench to adjudicate on this law . ( Loud cheers . ) These are times when more than ever the sacredness of the law should be respected —( hear , hear , )—and especially the sacredness of that law which was given at the earnest anl long-continued petitions of the working classes , —which was received as an act

    of mercy , and which is now doted upon as the birthright of the factory labourer . ( Hear , hear . ) If I could transport the factory masters that despise the Ten Hours Bill and resolve that it should not have dominion over them—if I could transport them to scenes which have been described to me by an active participator in the streets of Paris during the late revolution—but I have not the eloquence of the tongue that related them , nor have I the imagination to describe , in such language , the history of those days . My author is Louis Blanc . ( Cheers . ) He called upon me when I was in London . And what do you think that man told me when he came to see me ? During the hottest three days of the revolution in Paris , whenever he had to address

    the assembled , and dissatisfied , and disaffected masses—the maddened and enraged masses of Paris —what do you think was their cry ? He said " You have not heard the report truly in England . The universal cry was not ' Down with Louis Philippe ; ' the universal cry was not Vive la Jtepiib Uque ,- ' but the universal cry during the most maddened period of the rebellion in Paris was' Ten hours a day labour . '" ( Loud cheers . ) Let the magistrates in Manchester hear that . ( Hear . ) I speak it not to excite to rebellion against the law , but to excite in their rebellious hearts reverence for the law . After a letter from Mr . Bull had been read , Mr . Oastler quoted the following from a letter of Mr . Cobden to Mr . Gladstone : — " Finally , I contend

    that we must endeavour to act at home , more in accordance with the good old constitutional principles of governing by the civil and not by the military power . We are , I fear , tending towards too great reliance on soldiers , and too little "— -now mark this—• ' on measures calculated to ensure the contentment of the great body of the people . " Now , these are words of warning from Mr . Cobden ' s pen to the men of Manchester , who trust in him . ( Hear , hear . ) Ifow , here we have an act of Parliament which was passed for this express purpose—to ensure the contentment of the great body of the people—and the business of our meeting has been caused by Mr . Cobden ' s own followers determining to resist this beneficent measure . ( Hear . ) They

    therefore , upon his own showing , are sowing the seeds of discontent —( hear , hear)— -and are marring the very purpose for which , they are subscribing , coalescing , and agitating —( cheers)—what will be the state of the cotton districts -if the Ten Hours Act be declared a nullity from the bench—wliat will be the condition , supposing Mr . Cobden ' a views ¦ were carried out , and there was to be no more trust in soldiers , supposing the soldiers were entirely withdrawn , the law a dead letter , the people dissatisfied , the magistrates rebellious and undefended , whatwouldbetheconsequence ? 2 fot rebellion against the law , but rebellion against unjust judges . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Oastler then alluded to an Eleven Hours Bill which Mr . Stephens had said that the millowners of

    Manchester were about to get their men to sign , and havin «» warned the workmen to resist such a measure by demanding an Eight Hours Bill , he advised there should be a clause , " that the rich man . when he breaks the law , should go upon the treadmill . Mr . Oastler concluded a very lengthy and excellent speech by saying— " They ( the manufacturers ) were not born into the world that their whole and sole object should be the worship of Mammon ^ -that they should hold themselves responsible to nobody , but make their £ 10 , 000 Mo £ 2 p 00 their £ 20 , 000 into £ 40 000 , and their £ 40 , 000 into £ 400 , 000 , and then die like dogs , and leave their riches behind . I thank you for the kind attention you have shown in listening to me . ( Continued cheering . ) carried

    The resolution was unanimously . # Mr Thomas Shiih moved the third resolution : — " That the factory operatives of this city who nave experienced the advantage of working ten hours a day since the first of May last , are fully convinced ol the great advantages that may result to them , both in amoral and physical point of view , from its uniform adoption , firmly reiolve to use their best endeavours to insure the uniform working of tliat period per day ; and that , as the legislature refuse to pasa laws to regulate adult labour , we now take our affairs into our own hands , and endeavour to _ effect , by combination , an abridgment ! of our tune to ten hours a day ; and that , therefore , all adult factory operatives be invited to join tbe association now formed for that purpose . " IHr . Samcm Hnx seconded the resolutien , wmen

    was carried nem , con , Mr . p . Haborhates moved the fourth resolution : _ " That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to Lord Ashley , M . P ., John Fieldine Esq ., J . Brotherton , Esq ., M . P ., C . Hind hjS ., & tho Hon . W . Cowper , M . P , W . B

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    SnTrhSS"' *? Earl of Ellesn * re , Lord Fever-S ' pp v ^ of Bishops , J . Wood , Esq ., W . Buil ^ c n ' £ PieUin ^ Es *> * he Ker . G . S . whn'J •? a ¦ Canon Wra . ' « a 11 other friends Wh ° " s |} sted « sinol ) tabina ' the Ton HouraAct . " Mr w « REEX seconded the resolution . wV < £ h „ i Robebts supported the resolution , ™ J » aIS 0 Carried unanimously . agreed t ¦ % resolutions were unanimously t " tn Des t th anks of this meeting be given to TW ^ f ^ , - ¦ , .

    > r . ^ ° it . uastler , Esq ., for his continued exertions on our upnall , and especially for attending this meeting ; als to the Rev . J . B . Stephens . " lhatthe thanks of the meeting be gircn to the Chairman , for the able manner with which he has conducted the proceedings . " " That this meeting cannot separate without expressing its best thanks to Daniel Maude , Esq ., for the honest part he has taken on this question , in opposition to his fellows on the bench . " The meeting lasted till after eleven o ' clock .

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    ^ » GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF ST . PANCRAS , TO PETITION PARLIAMENT FOR AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OV THE T . ATE TBJRUnT AT

    TOOTING , AND THE WORKINGS OF THE NEW POOR-LAW GENERALLY . A public meeting of the inhabitants of St . Paneras , to take the above subject into consideration , assembled on Tuesday evening last , February 6 th , in the Literary and Scientific Institution , Johnstreet , Fitzroy-square . On the motion of Mr . Staixwood , Mr . William Dixon was unanimousl y called upon to preside . 2 Ir . Dixoy , on coming forward , said , he at all times considered it an honour to take part in the public business of his fellow townsmen , and never more so than on the present occasion . He believed they had been called together in order that they might make known their unmistakable opinions to the Legislature on the recent disgraceful

    trageay at tne rauper Asylum at Tooting , ( on the mention of that establishment the meeting gave vent to its pent-up indignation . ) After tho popular feeling of disgust had subsided , Mr . Dixon proceeded to say , that they not only had the Tooting case to consider , but tho whole question of the present Poor Law . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Dixon then entered into an examination of the Poor Laws and their effects upon the people , politically , morally , and socially ; and concluded by introducing air . P . M'Grath to move the following resolution — " That we have read , with feelings of horror and regret , the accounts published in the newspapers Of the sudden deaths of children at the Tooting Infant Pauper Asylum , under the management of Mr . Drouet , and judging from the evidence adduced before Mr . Waklev . at

    the inquest on the bodies of the deceased children sent from the Holborn Union , we cannot doubt but the disease of cholera was engendered and aggravated by over-crowding , inefficient ventilation , clothing , and food , and we declare such treatment of defenceless children to be disgraceful , inhuman , and brutal . Wo are further oi opinion , that the New Poor Law has been ruinously expensive to tho ratepayers , and not beneficial for the interests of the poor of this country , and recommend the legislature to take under their consideration the propriety of endeavouring to find profitable employment for the able-bodied but unwilling idlers on the uncultivated lands of England , and also to afford such relief to tho aged and infirm , from the national resources , as their necessities may demand . "

    Mr . M'Grath said this resolution condemned in strong terms the treatment experienced by the children in the Tooting slaughter-house , and proposed a plan , which , if adopted by the legislature , would remove for ever the curse of pauperism from the land . ( Hear . ) It behoved every man to speak his sentiments upon the late appalling catastrophe , and his impression was , that the detestable Poor Law system had murdered upwards of 130 helpless , friendless children . ( Hear , hear . ) Such institutions as Mr . Drouet ' s were a reproach to the humanity and Christianity of the land . The happiness and lives of the children of the poor should not be placed at the mercy of mercenary avarice . The system of farming out children adopted by the London unions , was in every point of view

    reDrehensible . If the union houses be insufficient to atfovd accommodation , why not engage other premises , aud place them under the control of responsible persons ? It appears from the evidence given before the coronor ' s jury , that Mr . Drouet received for the support of these children 4 s . 6 d . a-week each . It also appears that they were each fed , lodged , and clothed for about 2 s . 6 d . each . Now this child farmer had in his establishment 1 , 400 children , he was therefore deriving a profit from his trade of £ 140 weekly ! If this sum , which was wrung from the ratepayers , was expended in nutritious diet and warm clothing for the children , the feelings of the community would not be horrified by the Tooting tragedy . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt assured that If justice were done the people , there would be i \ o need

    of poor laws , in England . ( Cheers . ) They were told that "the poor should never cease out of the land . " Such will be the lamentable fact as long as society is cursed with the blasting influence of "Whig and Tory rule . ( Cheers . ) There ought not to be in Britain , such a being as an unwilling idler . They did not meet merely to express their horror at the Tooting atrocity , or their disapproval of the Whig Poor Law Bill . They would be unworth y the name of reformers , if they could not propose a substitute for the system they condemned . An excellent substitute was pointed out in the resolution , which was that the poor should be employed upon their native

    nelds , instead oi being degraded as paupers , within the walls of the hateful bastile . ( Cheers . ) Some of the best lands in England had been , under the sanction of law , stolen from the people ; let them , if none other can be found , be restored to the poor , and then , instead of being a reproach to our civilisation , arid an onerous burden upon the resources of the ratepayers , they will become happy and industrious husbandmen , an honour and a stay to their country . Mr . M'Grath after having elucidated at some length the practicability of locating the poor upan the land , and the advantages which such a course would secure , not only to the poor , but to the state itself .

    The resolution was seconded by Mr . T . Clark and carried unanimously . . Several other speakers having addressed the meeting thefollowingpetitionwas then adopted , and the meeting separated . TO THE BOSOtmABLE THE COMMOSB OP CBEAT BB 1 TAIK AND

    IRELAND , IN PARLIAMENT AS 3 EHBLED . The petition of the inhabitants of the pariah of St . PancraR , in the borough of Marylebone , at the literary and Scientist Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , in public meeting assembled , on Tuesday the 6 thinst . Siieweth , —That your petitioners have read , with alarm and horror , the reports of the sudden death of numbers of pauper children , under the management of Mr . Drouet , at Tooting , in the County of Surrey . From the evidence of Mr . Grainger , member of the College of Surgeons , and others , as £ i ven by them at the inquest , held at the Royal Free Hospital , before Mr . Wakley , coroner for the County of Middlesex , on Friday , January 12 th , it is evident to your petitioners that the principal causes of the deaths of the deceased children were overcrowding in room and beds , inefficient ventilation , and insufficient medical and nurse

    attendants . Your petitioners submit tliat those were removable causes , and remembering that the Board of Health , but a few months preirous , issued recommendations to the people , calling on them to be watchful over all symptoms of cholera , and , so far as possible , to live on wholesome and nutritious food , to be well housed and clothed , and to be careful as to cleanliness and ventilation . Your petitioners are of opinion that the total disregard of these wise and precautionary stepi , on the part of Mr . Drouet and those whose duty it was to guard over the health of the children under their management and care , was highly reprehensible and ought to be stringently guarded against for the future .

    Your petitioners are strengthened in tho opinion just expressed from tho statement of Mr . Grainger , to wit : — " In the month of December , out of four hundred children m the Mae-end worfchouse sixty were seized with violent puroine and vomiting , but medical treatment was immediately adopted by the surgeon and not one of the children passed through cholera , " Symptoms of cholera were manifested among the pauper children at Tooting , fourteen days before the malady proved so generally fataL It is but fair , therefore , to infer that caution and proper medical treatment would nave alleviated the disease , and saved thelivesofmanjoftlic deceased children .

    Your petitioners consider the system of farming out children , aa practised by the parishes , sending the pauper and defenceless infants to such establishments as Mr . Drouet s , to be pernicious in principle . It cannot be reasonably supposed that a pera -n deriving profit a « the proprietor of a piuperatylum , canfeelanygreat interest in the health and morals of those whom he looks upon chiefly as a source of pecuniary grain . Your petitioners therefore recommena iihe total abolition of such asylums ^ suggesting that the monies paid for the maintenanca of the inmates of the same by the parochial boards , Trillin anOTerageof cases be found adequate to the maintenance of the dependant children , ifpaid to the parents or relatires . Your petitioner * submit , that whether the New Poor Law was mured with » Tiew to the prevention of fraud , when Sffltofte applicants for relief , or to " depaupense workhouse

    gmtlaad by tha terror of th » ,- ana ™«'""" : hofie 7 s of property from the burdens of poor rates , it has SSdtofc ^ & ftatm , A reference to tho increasing Sor » t . s of Irery parish , the spread of ragrancy anS So ^ dismonth . foghwajs , and the everyday nus . m , nfltreetbereaw . must connnca the most sceptic . } that th « S yii « of improvement ; and calls loudly h % $ ^ & % tt £ » r * -rJlrf lisifilsis MSB sS £ SV ££ aransfi sa » flttS 5 » J 52 a-ja £ testing the P rese £ j ° i ^ 0 * $££ «*«• aeldoa re-Sg £ ?^ SSJSMMK SSSSsSSbSSS England , and 8 «*™^ jSi ofjSr honourable House

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    tta mSfS ^ JS ^* ^ T " 'P ndMt on even at acmmnS i the cuIt , ivat ! ° n » f such lands , step would be uKfth ^ Xl ?^ ° . Vascs ' ««•«««« proved system ofS V . "S '' t direction towards an immight e 4 nuate in au fc ^ N * " ^ m ^ a out - derablv reducing " if „ ,- ? ' ? - ve " cntu ' el ? suppressing , able-bodied ouWooSTfortirn ^ lvith V ^™* Mwmc of and for the suppon ^ S a ""? ° ^ " ^ «" »«™ . 4 mStffSSatS ^ tend t 0 secnre Ule peace able-bodied poor , on the uncultivated laidTof EnLud And jonr petitioners , as in duty bound , will OT er pray ,

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    MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAB BRIGHTON . In our provincial intelligence will bo found an account of th » murder of Mr . George Stonehouse Griffith , principal of the firm of Griffith and Co ., brewers and coal merchants , Brighton . On Wednesday afternoon at four o ' clock , an inquest was held by P . H . Gell , Esq ., the coroner , on the remains of the unfortunate man , Theuiry having been sworn , Mr . Harry Mnxa Blaker deposed—I am a surgeon residing at 7 , Pavilion Parade , Brighton . 1 have known Mr . Griffith between three and four years , and have been hia medical attendant . He was about 42 years of age . I have this day examined hia body . The only mark on the surface of the body was a wound in tho centre of the

    breastbone , exactly in the centre . It was a round wound , evidently caused by a bullet . I afterwards made a jmwwrum examination of the chest , heart , and lungs , and tracing the external wound , I found it to go through the breast-bone , through the fore part of the bag of the heart , then penetrating through the heart itself , and the bullet finally lodged in the back of the . heart . It was a leaden bullet . The lungs were not wounded . It was a slug . ( Mr . FLANAGHAJf , inspector of tho East Sussex constabularly , produced the bullet , which was flattened . ) This bullet was extracted by me from the back of the heart . Such a wound would produce almost instantaneous death . I should say the bullet had not changed materially in passing through the

    different substances . No other parts were wounded . The pistol was evidently fired close to Mr . Griffith ' s breast . When I say tho pistol , I mean the fire arms . The clothes were siHged , and tho flesh scorched , and a portion of the wadding was also found iu the wound . ( The wadding , composed of paper , was produced . It appeared to be a portion of a newspaper , and it was put aside to be dried . ) I have no doubt of his death haying betm caused by the wound that I have described . A Juror . —Do you suppose that ho would have groaned after the shot ? Mr . Bli 4 REU . —He might have uttered ono jfroan or shriek and no more , for his death woukfhave been almost instantaneous .

    Foreman . —Could he have done it himself ? Mr . Blaker . —No , I believe not ; he could not have done it himself . I don't think lie could . Tho wound does not appear to have been inflicted by the party himself in a scuffle . A Juror . —From the moment such a wound was inflicted do you think he had the power , to move ? Mr . Blakbis . —No ; I bolieve ho fell down directly . Mr , Somkrs Clarke , who attended to watch the case for the friends of the deceased , inquired whether the body could he removed ? The CoBONiCRsaid , that as the body had been identified there could be no objection to give an order for its removal . Foreman . —Is it , then , probable that howas 9 hot standing ? Mr . Blaker . —Yes .

    Mr . James Hodsos examined . —I am a miller , and resido at tho mill on tho Dyke Road , near Brighton . About two o ' clock this morning , as I was returning from Mr . Smith ' s , at "Woodmancoat , in company with my brother Charles and Mr . Kirton , in a light cart , I aaw something lying on tho off-aido of the road ; and , as I approached the object , I saw a hat lying beyond it . I stopped and told my brother to get down and see what it was . He got down and spoke to the object ; but received no answer . It proved to be the body of a man . lie examined the body , took hold of it , and said , "Get up , " or something of that sort , but still received no answer . Charles Kirton then got out , and looking in his face said directly , it was Mr . Griffith . I turned round , got out of the cart , and

    saw a pistol lying by our off-wheel . ( The pistol was here produced . ) I saw some reins lying by the hat , and thought it was a snaffle bridle , and that some one had fallen from his horse . The pistol appeared to have been discharged ; the pan was open . ( Three pistol halls were here taken from a case . ) I found a knife near the horse ' s head . ( Mr . Harper , oneof the inspectors , produced theknife . ) It was a buck horn-handle . The names of James Green and Co . were on tho handle . I found , on the other side of the cart , a piece of black crape ( produced ) , attached to tho frame of a pair of spectacles ; a purso with one ring off—a steel bead purso . There was not anything in the purse . I found a right-handed glove on the oft-side of tho road . ( All these articles were produced . ) It

    was a very light night , but the moon was not sliming at the time . Tho body was lying with the head rather inclined to the bank and the feet to'wards the road . The legs appeared in a cramped position ; the right leg was rather rased . He wsw quite dead . My brother and Mr . Kirton placed him in the cart , and we took him to the Plough . I noticed the wound in the bosom when we laid him down in the Plough room . The shirt was very much singed . I saw no marks of blood . The body was lying on its back . I saw Mr . Kirton pick up a whip . I saw the loaded pistol now produced , a book , and a seal taken from his poeket by Mr . Kirton—a memorandum book . Tho whip was broken , but it did not appear as if it had Deen broken by the wheels . The right hand breeches pocket of deceased

    was turned inside out . The ¦ whin appeared to have been wrenched asunder . The pistol was about a couple or three yards from the body . The crape was very near the hind wheel . It was a hired horse and g ig , belonging to Mr . Roberts . The reins founa in the road were fitted to those found upon the horse , and they exactly corresponded . The reins were evidently cut at one stroke . The road was very rough , and I could not trace any footstepB . We niada a mark at tho spot where we found the body . IV . S . Martin stated that he is manager of the Rock brewery , at Brighton , of which the deceased was the rn'ODriotor . Witness had been in the habit

    of going the Horsham round himself during the last twelve months to collect money . This time Mr . Griffith took the journey himself in consequence of having some business at Horsham which witness could not do . The deceased , ho stated , was lying on his back when they found him . The legs were rather in a cramped position , and one of them waa rather rased . They placed the body in the cart and brought it to the Plough . They did not discover the wound until they brought him to the house ; they then saw the wound in the breast . The deceased generally wore a gold watch and chain . The knife producea was not deceasod ' s property .

    Gkorgb Siders , groom , in the employ of Mr . Mannington . tarnier , stated thathis master ' s house i » about 300 yards from the spot where thc body wa * found , across fields . About half-past nine he was standing at the door of a stable , and heard the report of a gun or pistol . H . Crovhby , whose husband keeps Dale Gate , about half a mile from the spot , stated that she was standing outside the house at half-past nine o ' clock , and heard a " shriek holloa . " . Richard Polmn , labourer , who ayes ma cottage about half a mile off in onother direction , stated that ata quaiterpast ton hehtard a person groan several times . He opened the window , and again heard it . There waa an interval of about halt a minute between each groan . The inquest was then adjourned till Mondav .

    A reward of £ 200 is offered for the apprehension and conviction of the murderers . Among the money stolen from the deceased was a £ 5 note of the Brighton Union Bank , numbered 84 , 712 and dated June 24 , 1848 .

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    i HP — The New President op the Unitbd States a Missionary . —The October number of the Democratic Review , in page 287 , contains the following : — " It is stated on irrefragable evidence , and aa illustrative of character , that the American Bible Society forwarded to the army of occupation several hundred Bibles for the use of tho troops . These Bibles were by order tised for cartridges and wadding . Some of the raw troops had compunctious visitings in relation to the ramming down new Bibles into their guns on going into battle , and their expressions of dissatisfaction having reached General

    Taylor ' s ears , he rode up to a regiment at Buena Vista about to fire , and called out with an oath— " Now , then , you cowardly fools , let us see how you can spread the gospel in Mexico . " The French Associations . —Three democratic and socialist associations of Pftvia have lately united to prosecute together the common object for which they had been formed . One of these is the Central Electoral Reform , over which a representative of the people , M . Joly , presides ; the other , the Central Socialist Reunion , presided over by II . I ) 'Alton Shco ; and the third tho Republican Association . . .. As anexample of tho rapid advanco of New Zealand , it may he noticed that public omnibtmea ply up and dowa tluj streets of "Wellington .

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    CLERKENWELL . —FoutuskTkluxg . —A woman nataed Koso , was charged with being found in the dwelling-house of Mr . Withers , of 41 , High-street , Camden-town , for an unlawful purpose . —Mr . Withers stated that having recently heard that an elderly female had for three months past been in the habit of visiting his abode at an earl y hour in the morning , he watched and saw her leave ' it on the previous day wliile he was dressing , but she disappeared before he could get down stairs . He was up a little earlier on that day , and , finding her in his parlour with his servant-girl , he questioned the latter , who , after some hesitation , confessed that the accused had visited her as a fortune-teller , and ,, undor that pretence , had obtained from her on several occasions

    canons sums of money , and also induced her to part with her best gown and shawl to raise money upon in pledge , to supply her , as sho said , with the means to " cast her nativity , and show her the man destined to become her husband , " The prisoner not denying the admission of tho credulous girl , lie thought it his duty to hand her over for punishment . —The unfortunate dupe , in reply to the magistrate , blushed , and reluctantly admitted that tlie prisoner promised to show her this week the man she was to marry . —Tho prisoner , in her defence , said that she had morely gone to ask tho girl to recommend her some work . — -The magistrate said she was a fit subject for the treadmill , and sentenced her to two months' imprisonment in tho House ot Correction .

    The Factory Act . —Mr . John Hummer , of Golden-lane , St . Luke ' s , proprietor of an extensive cotton factory , appeared on summons befora Mr . Hanumll , the sitting magistrate , charged with an infraction of a clause in the statute for the regulation of factories , which requires , under a ifeavy penalty , that in the event of any accident occasioning personal injiiry , tho proprietor or his agent shall send written notice thereof to the surgeon appointed to grant certificates of age , Ac , for tho district in which the factory is situate . —Mr . James Bury , subinspector of factorios , who had taken out the summons , stated , that on visiting the defcndaut ' 8 factory a few days back , lie ascertained that one of the workmen named Robert Dyer had , on tho 13 th ult . lost his right hand , by incautiously mittino it

    amongst the machinery , and ho had been taken to St . _ Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where ho still remained , but no notice of any such occurrence had been given to him or to the appointed surgeon , as the act required , and it therefore became his dutr to summon the defendant for the penalty to which he had by that neglect rendered himself liable . The district surgeon proved that hehadnot received the required notice . —Tho defendant at once admitted all the facts as statod , and expressed his deep regret at the occurrence of the accident , and he added that he had done all in his power to mitig ate the calamity , and was maintaining the man ' s family while he was in the hospital . It na . 4 uot oecumd to him to send the written notice to the factory surgeon . —Mr Bury , the inspector , admitted that the

    defendant had done all he could , with the exception of sending the written notice , which the act made imperative . —The magistrate convicted tho defendant , but , inconsequence of the circmstances stated in his favour , mitigated the penalty from £ 5 to 40 s . and costs , which the defendant paid . —The inspector , in answer to a question as to tho appropriation of the penalty , said that all moneys so received went , as directed by tho act , towards a fund for educating the factory children . SOUTHWARK . —Charge or Assault ox a Child . —D . Thomas was charged with assaulting Phujbe Hyde , aged 12 , who said she Jived in Shoreditch , and that on Saturday she was sent by her mother on an errand with a bundle , when she met the prisoner , who asked her where she was ffoin < r . 1

    She told him , and he then took the bundle out of her hand , and said he would carry it for her as it was heavy . She refused at first , and he then said if she did not let him carry it ho would throw it into the jcanal . She allowed him to take it . He then said that ho wanted her to come into town with him , saying that ho would buy her a new frock and a pair of new shoes . They walked on together and lie took her into a public-house and they had some beer , and he wanted her to drink some fin and water , which she refused . Ho afterwards took her into two or three other public-houses . When they camp out of the last house sho wanted him to give her the bundle , but he refused , and she began to cry , but still kept walking by his side . Two women who passed asked her what she was crying about ,

    wnen sue torn them she wanted her bundle ; upon which the prisoner said that he was her father , and that they had no business to interfere The prisoner brought her over London-bridge , and they went on until they got to Deptford , and when there , he wont down a by-street , and with a key he had with him ho opened the door of a house , into which he desired her to follow him , adding that he would get her the frock and pair of shoes he had promised her . She entered , and found no person within , and when he got her into tlie parlour , he took out a penknife , and said ho would kill her with it if she made any noise . The complainant here described an assault committed on her by the prisoner . After keeping her there for some time , they left the house together , and , as they were returning the same

    way as they came , ho took her into another publichouse , in the tap-room of which , no poisons being present but themselves , he again repeated the assault , and while he was doing so the potboy came into the room , and he must have seen the state of disorder in which her clothes were on his sudden entrance . She was afraid he would kill her if she cried out ; she therefore mado no noise . After they had left the house she began to cry again , and a policeman came up . She informed him of what had happened , and he took tho prisoner into custody . — The prisoner was remanded for the attendance of tho pot-boy of the last public-house they were in . WORSHIP-STREETi-Mrs . Emma Yarnold , tho well-known actress and lessee of the Pavilion Theatre , presented herself before Mr . Hammill , to solicit advice and assistance , under the following ;

    peculiar circumstances : —Prom the statement of the applicant , and from a professional gentleman who accompanied her to the court , it appeared that the lady had for some time been subjected to great annoyance by a gentleman who professed himself to be passionately devoted to her , and was not only in the habit of pestering her with letters of an amatory tendency , but of frequently obtruding himself upon her for the purpose of impressing in person his unwelcome importunities . On a recent occasion he contrived to obtain admittance at a late hour of the night into the house of her father , where she was now residing — had even , after she was denied to him , the audacity to invade the privacy of her chamber , before his expulsion could be effected . A tew days after her tormentor assailed her at the

    private entrance of the thcatro , and grasping her by the arm , declared , with an air of startling wUdness , that she should never have a moment ' s rest until she lent a favourable ear to his suit . Every attempt to convince him of the utter hopelessness of such a course had boon wholly unavailing , and she therefore trusted the magistrate had the power to interpose his authority to afford her protection against further persecution . — Several of tho epistles Mrs . Yarnold had received from the gentleman having been handed to Mr . Hammill , ho said that , although the letters showed amplo evidence of a distempered imagination , the writer had not by any threats brought himself within the scope of the law , to justify a magistrate to interfere in the case . —The applicant thanked the magistrate and withdrew .

    Fatai . Affray . —IT . Hunt and J . HiintoH wero charged with haying caused the death of E . Bumball in a pugilistic encounter . It appeared from tho evidence of J . Stubby and several othor witnesses that the deceased and a number of other workmen were assembled on the preceding evoning in the taproom of the Anchor public-house , adjoining the Imperial Gas Factory at Haggerstone , when an altercation arose between two of the party , which led to a general challenge on the part of Hunt to fight any one present . The deceased accepted the challenge , and after a short contest , in tho course of which hard blows were exchanged on both sides , they fell together against an iron fender in front of the grate , but got up apparently uninjured and resumed their seats , as if nothing of an unpleasant

    nature had occurred between them . Almost immediately afterwards the deceased commenced quarrelling with another man , whom ho struck and challenged , and the prisoner Hunton having interfered to restore order , the deceased suddenly started up , and insisted upon fighting him also . The deceased then pulled off his frocS and was in the act of adjusting his belt when Hunton struck him a slight blow on the side of the head , and ho staggered back into- his seat , but rose almost immediately , and , falling forward on his face , rem-ined perfectly still , and never spoke or moved afteswards . Medical assistance was procured as speedily as possible , and ttaco swgeoas -wwc shortly in attendance , but they pronounced tho unfortunate man to be quite dead . —Mr . J . R . Morgan , a surgeon at Hackney , who had been called in upon the

    occasion , deposed that he found tho deceased had sustained an extensivo' contusion of tho occiput , apparently produced by a heavy blow or fall , but fie was unable to state the imroodiate cause of death until he had mado a post mortem cxamiaation . —The prisoners , in defence , said that the disaster resulted from the violent conduct of deceased ; they had merely acted in self-defence . —The prisoners were remanded . Attempted Murdbr asd Scicidb . —AnnoMullandine was charged with having attempted to murder her son , a boy seven years of age , by throwing him into the Regent ' s Canal , and also with having attempted to destroy herself . —Mr . J . Stoddart stated that he was standing outside his employer ' s counting-house ; at Haggerstone , within k few yards of the canal , at four o ' clock on the preceding after-I noon , when he observed tho prisoner grasping her boy tightly by the hand and forcing him aoross the

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    strSlini tov ? i > Vld r ! nu terrified , appeared continued to dm hiin ' on fchcv ^ e& S ^ K ot the bank , when she suUdenlv caucht him nn fn her arms and flmwhun into the 3 ^ ho ™? soner then rapidly divested herself of l » r si , awl \ nd was in the act of untying her bonnet , when winS rushed forward and seized her , and a friend comin * up at the moment , he consigned her to hia charge * He then hastened to tho side of the canal sJulfiSdl m that thc boy n- completely exhausted with his struggles , which had carried him some distance from the bank , witness plunged in , reached him aa he was on tho point of sinking , and succeeded in getting him out , and ho speedily recovered . On being questioned , the prisoner said that her son and

    hersell were both starving , and they had not broken thoir fast ainca the preceding morning . Mr . Hammill ordered the prisoner to bo committed to New « gate for trial . LAMBETH . —Life is thk Workhouse . —James Masterman and John Burton , inmates of Lambeth workhouse , wero placed at the bar , beforo the Hon , G . C . Norton , charged with disorderly conduct in that institution by playing at cards .- — Brookes , tho taskmaster of Lambeth workhouse , deposed that a short timo before he had occasion to leave the yard in which the prisoner * were engaged n working a pump , and on his return ho found them in ashed playing at card * . He endeavoured to get the cards away from them , but they managed to pass them awav . and he folt it to he ,

    hw duty to give them into custody . —The pvJSOner Maaterman waa describe as a pewon who could obtain an excellent living as a barge-builder or waterman , but such was his indolence that ho prelerrod to load a lifo of idlenoss in tl » workhouse , and bo a burthen to the rate-payers , to living ; by his own energy and industry . —Mr . Norton : Wolf , Alasterman , what have you got to say totshis charge of playing at cards in the workhouse , csntrary to the regulations in such institutions ?—Mastermau : 1 did no more , sir , than others ; card-playing Roes on the whole day . It commences immediately after breakfast , and i 3 kept up all dav : but whea

    lirooKes is coming , the office is given , and . then thoso playing manage to » tow away the books . On the present occasion Brookes did , certainly , man . w to come on us unawares , but he was not clever enough to bone the flats . —Mr . Norton ; What do they play for ?—Masterman : For pence and halfpence . —Mr . Norton : I hope tho board of guardians will be made acquainted with this matter , and that card-playing will be put a stop to . I think it u ii »> uch of a goud thing that those persons should bo enjoying card-playing at the exnenso of the industrious rate-p iyer » of the parish . He then committed tho prisoners to the House of Correction lor ten days .

    AtoTERTiaiNu FOR COUNTRT Pkoduce — Mr . Hugh Owen , of Mbion-gvove , Islington , called the magistrate ' s attention to the following facts : —A few days ago he received from a brother in Wales a circular , which had been forwarded to a resident in tho same neighbourhood by a person in the London-road , Southwark . His brother had requested him to nwko inquiries respecting the writer of tho circular , ami he had found it to be an imposition . It stated that the writer was a wholesale and retail poulterer , and dealer in Welsh and Dartnioor mutton , < tc .. in the London-road , and that his shop was patronised by the nobility ; advertisements to tho same effect had appeared in the Welsh newspapers , the object being to induce people in tha country to send up goods to tho shop . Ho ( Mr . Owen ) had visited the shop , and found that it contamed no property of any value , but that nacka < res

    wero delivered thcro daily , and carried ; wny almost immediately . He did not succeed in seoino the person named in the circular and advertisements ; but ho was informed by a man in charge of the shop that the articles roceived there were forwardod by his master to Newgate and Leadenhallmarkcts for sale . The man , however , did not refer him to any salesman in either of those markets who might be ablo to verify his statement . From what he ( Mr . Owen ) had seen and heard , he believed the intention of the party to be to impose upon the public , and he wished to caution simple country people against allowing themselves to be deluded by his representations . —Mr . Elliot said if people were so indincreet as to send their property to shopkeepers without making the necessary inquiries , they had nobody but themselves to blame . —Mr . Owen then withdrew .

    MARLBOltOUGH-STltEET .-ALLEQKD Murder OB A WOMAS Br HER HlTSBA . VD . —J . MtUlleY , a pla 3-torer , residing in Phoenix-street . St . Giles ' s , was charged with having murdered his wife , Elizabeth . Elizabeth Gurden said—I know tlie prisoner and hia wife . About one o ' clock this ( Wednesday ) morning I was in bod with my daughter , when I was awoke by a knock at the room door . I asked who was there 4 The deceased said , "It is Mrs . Manley ; my old man has turned me out of doors without bonnet Or Shawl . " I let the deceased in . She was without cap or shoes . Sho cinno to the bed , which was on the floor ,, and laid down by mj side and went to sleep . About half-past seven this morning thef prisoner came and knocked violently at tho door . I called out , " Who is there ? " The prisoner replied ,

    'I You have got somebody belonging to me here , open the door . " I said I could not open the door to any man till I was dressed . lie said , " I will not wait . " 119 then forced opoa tho door , and camo into the room , and dragged his wife out ot bed by her heels to the window . He then took hold of her and dashed her head on the floor ; and while she was lying there , lie kicked her about the head , and said " I will be tlie death of you . " Ita then gave her a dreadful kick , and sho dropped her head and never spoke again . The prisoner then stooped over his wile and pulled something from her pocket , and ran out of the room . I saw him again about ten minutes after , and told him that his wifa was dead . Ho said , " I am going up to see her . " Ithenwentforaconstablo , and gave the prisoner

    m charge . Ihe prisoner s wife was perfectly sober . In answer to Mr . llardwick the witness said the prisoner waa quite sober , lie was iu tha habit o £ ill using his wife . About a fortnight ago ho struck her , and blackened both her eyes . Ho told her on Saturday last that he would be the death' of her . The prisoner did not express the least regret for what he had done . —Ames May lived in tfic same house as prisoner and his wife . Was awoke about half-past twelve last night by hearing the prisoner and his wife quarreling in the back yard . Heard the prisoner call to his wile to come in doors . She said she would not . The prisoner and his wife , when they first came to lodge in Phoenii-street , appeared to be a happy couple . Deceased wa * » teetotaler then , but

    latterly » hc had taken to drinking , and the result has been repeated quarreling between them . A constablo said , about a quarter-past ei ght o'clock this morning , I was called by thc first witnoss to go to 74 , Dudley-street , where a man had murdered his wife . I went there , and on going into the faont attick , I found a woman lying on the floor on her back quite head . I examined the body , but 1 . did not see any blood . I sent for a surgeon , and took the prisoner into custody . I told him lie was charged with killing his wife . Ho replied , " Yes , IJiave doneit by kicking her on the side of the hoad and . neck . because she robbed me- of two shillings . "—Mr , W , Simpson , surgeon , said , there wero no marKs of violence or blood upon deceased . Her face was

    bloated , and had more tlie appearance of a . person having died from a fit or a foil than from a ., kick . — The prisoner said his wife was given to drink , ne had gone with a companion to have a po . t of beer , and hi . i wifeasd the-nrst witness followed . him into the public-house . He took las wife home twice that night , and found she- had contrived to steal two shil lings from him to- spend iu drink . —Kemandcd until Saturday . BOW-STREET . —A Row is the Stu ^ d Theatre . —J , Randall , 1 \ Harrington , and D . Sarroll , were charged with aiding ana abetting in . a row at the Strand Theatre ,, and with throwng a considerable number of the-gallery seats over intOjthe pit , to tho imminent danger of the persons there . —J . Harley , one of tho servants of the theatre , svM that at elevon

    on Monday night there was a disturbance in the gallery , of the theatre , in consequence of ssmedisappointment having been felt because , whilo ifcur pieces were announced , threo only were performed . To allay tho disapprobation , Miss Terry Jyndly sang two or three songs , and duueed a lnedlaj ;* , but the gods wero hexorablo , andi commenced . t& tear up tno seats , which they hurled over intevthc pit , making the peoplo there scaiaper in all tHr ^ ctions . RaadaTl was particularly conspicuous , atsljliarringon threw -over tho seats . . On taking ; tftem into custody Carroll assaulted , " aim . —Mr . JJU'flifl-e : Has any person been injured . *—Witness : ; I ; believe so , your worship—one of tfc # fiddles ha ^ beQn . smashed to pieces . —Harrington ,, in defence ,, sajd" the row

    commenced because Jfov T . Lee , who ,, was to play Iago , did not come fesward , but Mr , _ Sharp said he would try to please a * well a 3 h&cquld » . uoQn whicb , ho sang a song iu bis black fjfie as . he thon was . Thc pfay was abcui ; to conunjucq . bat the curtaia could not be drawn up , and they , wero not able to go on . The& there \ ra £ a great disturbance and Miss Torrj- sang and uVincod ,. upon which aomo boys laughed iu . the galhry , &ud Mr . Lovds said ho would notbjwohcr insulted , after which somo one else tried to . danco , hut he could not , and then tha music would not play to hinn Mr . Savillo did not come forward in the tliird p ioee . —The two first prU soners were ordered to find bail in £ 20 , and Carroll was fined lQa .

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    Thb Sevbrx . —A great stimulus te likely to bo given to tho trade of tho Severn and the city oi Worcester by the application of a new kind of vessel for trading on the Severn and the coast . Tho princi ple of tho invention is to adopt sliding keels in * stead of fixod ones , » o that tho vessels will draw much loss water , and consequently the freig ht may be increased from sevonty tons to nearly double that weight as tho average , qIasj of traders ,

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    aL Febbuaby 10 , 1849 . THE KOT > ttt ERN STAR . . , ¦— " ¦ ¦ ¦ i r , ¦ ¦ - » .-. 5

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 10, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1509/page/5/