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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XXXIX . " \ f © rds are things , and a small drop of ink Falling--like dew—upon a thought , produces That -which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . " btbon . A GLANCE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS BltOTHEIt PROtETAKIAXS , When in the progress of events the LETTERS rrrt rTTTr » ¦ m ^ . w ^ -r ^ ,-. .
march of Freedom is impeded fcy the obstructing might of Despotism , when handed tyrants 'wadetnumphant through the Hoodof Liberty ' -5 defenders , and re-erect their accursed supremacy upon the mangled frames and broken , hearts of the devotees of Justice , it becomes a . duty incumbent upon the few honest penmen of the Press to protest more loudly than ever against the crimes of the oppressors , and to defend "with redoubled vigour the holy cause of the oppressed .
Dispiriting is the spectacle presented hy Europe ( Hungary and a portion of Italy excepted ) at the present time . In France there reigns the most mean , mercenary , cruel , and cowardly Government that has cursed that country since the time of Louis XV . To our grief and confusion it must he added , that that government is called a Republic , and is hased upon Universal Su ffrage ! In Germany the people are
disarmed , and ruled hy hrute force , hi the name of "free institutions . " In the Peninsnla , the Spaniards and Portuguese are crouching to blood-stained ruffians , and infamous he-andshe-profligates . In Lomhaidy , -we have just seen the Italian cause betrayed by the foulest treason . In Poland , Terror and Despair hold undisputed sway . Of Russiaj I need say no more than that Nicholas ( the miscreant lauded hy the " Times , '' and eulogised hy Disraeli , ) lives and reigns 2 —
The defenders of Liberty yet maintain their ground hi Central Italy , in spite of the Pope and his worthy confederates , not forgetting that wretched imitation of the execrable Tibebius , Ferdinand of Naples . The Sicilians , betrayed hy the treacherous Government of France , and the hypocritical Government of England , are at wh moment engaged in a death grapple with the Neapolitan assassin . In Hungary , the Magyars are performing prodigies of valour , and would ere now have been thundering at the gates of Vienna hut for the intervention of Russia . Even the Muscovite hordes have quailed and fled before the fiery heroism of the Magyar and Polish chivalry . The causes of the late defeat of the
Sardinian and Italian troops , hy Eadetbuy and his hrigands , are at length beginning to appear . Is is now evident that treachery had more to do with bringing about that defeat than either the superior generalship of the Austrian commander , or the barbarous valour of his troops . Charles Albert himself has the worst of reputations—or , I should say , a reputation quite worthy of his ex-kingly position . When a young man , and a prince only , he leagued himself with the Italian patriots—hut only to hetray them into the hands of their enemies . He evon acted as the executioner of the men
who had accepted him as their chief . From the moment that the Austrians were driven out of Milan in March , 1843 , he affected to championise the Italian cause—not that he desired the freedom of Italy , hut because he aspired to add to his Sardinian diadem the iron crown of Lombardy . His betrayal of the Milanese was infamy itself . The surrender of Milan was , on the part of Chables Albert , an act of most disgraceful cowardice , if not of fouL unnatural treachery . If such was his conduct in the campaign of 1848 , there was hut small reason for hoping hetter things of him when he again took the field . The result has realised the worst fears of those who mistrusted him . I will not assert that
Chamjes Albert conspired his own defeat at Kbvara , and subsequent abdication ; but it is certain that treachery was thick sown amongst the officers of his army , and that himself played the part of a recreant when beaten in his first fight . His disgraceful abdication and flight , leaving his country wholly at the mercy of the ruffian Radetsky , is an appropriate ' finale to the mock patriotism and mock heroism of Chahles Albert's whole life . It is said that he contemplates turning monk , and taking up his quarters somewhere in the degraded Peninsula . Such a goodly example will no doubt excite a spirit of holy emulation amongst the congenial spirits of that part of Europe . We may expect to hear very soon that the innocent and lamb-like Naevaez has
put aside the sabre and taken to the pilgrim's staff ; and that the chaste and pure Onuisusa . renouncing the pomps of Royalty , has taken to the habit and devotions of a nun ! Throughout Northern Italy the barbarians are masters , and there is too much reason to apprehend that Central Italy will , ere long , succumb to then : accursed sway . Of the tender mercies in store for the Florentines and Romans , should they unhappily be conquered hy the brutal Austrian bauds , you may form some idea from the manner hi which those hutehers have reduced the unhappy Brescians to obedience . A successful insurrection had
hroken out at Brescia prior to the defeat of the Piedmontese army . The Austrians followed np then * victory at Novara hy bombarding Brescia , which city they have reduced to rains and desolation . The inhabitants appear to have fought with desperate valour , hut hi vain , and terribly they suffered for then * heroic patriotism ; indiscriminate butchery was then doom . Genoaisbesieged—some reports saycaptured —by the Pieduontese troops , now thenierepolice of Austria . Venice is blockaded , hut , mindful of her old renown , still gallantly defies the robbers and murderers whose yoke she spurned and cast from her in 1848 .
The case of the Sicilians is remarkable for the infamy it reflects upon the French and English Governments . From the commencement , the French and English Governments acknowledged the legitimacy of the Sicilian insurrection . The Sicilian flag was saluted by the naval forces of thetwo countries . Intrigues were engaged in to induce the Sicilians to accept the second son of Charles Albert for king . In other ways the Sicilians were encouraged to persist in then * revolt against the execrable Bourbon ; yet now that that monster
is making another effort to reconstruct his gore-dyedrule in Sicily , the people of that beautiful Island are abandoned to their fate . The ^ Neapolitan mercenaries will , however , find it no easy task to enslave the heroic and enthusiastic people , whose lives and liberties they are marshalled to destroy . Even the capture of Palermo , if effected hy the Neapolitans , will not make them masters of the Island . Victory may he for them even worse than defeat . Better another " Sicilian Vespers" than that FERDiXASD ' shorrihle myrmidons should lord It again over that lovely hut unfortunate isle .
I have already alluded to the abominable and despicable character of the French Government — a Government which has lowered France to a state of degradation and contempt , worse than ever she knew in the worst days of the Bourbons . It is a terrible thing to have to say , hut it is a truth which cannot be concealed , that , throughout Europe , France is , at this moment , looked upon as the arch-betrayer of the cause of Freedom . By excited
the Revolution of February , France the nations of Europe to rise against then * oppressive Governments , and by the solemn declarations of her Foreign Minister ( the mouthing traitor Lamartixe ) , she declared the t reaties of 1815 null and void , and pledged her assistance to all struggling nationalities Menaced by foreign tyranny . That pledge Jwhich -was , in substance , renewed hy the Jfytional Assembly ) has been foully dis-
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honoured , as the Italians , Poles , and Hungarians can testify . " Peace at any price "the shameless doctrine once avowed b y Guisot and Lows Philippe , and which had much to do with precipitating their fall , is now shamelessly acknowledged by Thiers and Louis Napoleon . "Peace at any price" even though the price be the blood and tears of the defenders of Liberty and eternal dishonour of France ! " But this will not endure , nor he endured . " The Cossacks in her capital would he less shame to France than the continued rule of the wretches who at present render her the scorn of Europe . honoured , as the Italians , Poles , aud TTm »«« riana mh + oc + ; Ar " Poiioo at . n-nir T » mn «»
The interior policy of France since the Assembly commenced its sittings in May last , has heen more injurious to the Democratic cause than even her exterior policy . The June Insurrection , the stateof siege , the courtsmartial , the transportation of hosts of unha ppy workmen , the shooting of unarmed insurgents , the press-prosecutions , the infamous laws against the right of association and in
violation of the Constitution ; the arbitrary arrests , the trial at Bourges , the revival of aristocratic profligacy along with the perpetuation of Proletarian misery—these and many other enormities have done more to stay the march of Democratic Principles than- all the terrors which the Royalties of Europe directed against the Democrats , from July 1830 to February 1848 .
The horrible sentences passed upon the Republicans tried at Bourges , must call forth every honest man ' s execrations . The jurors and judges well knew that the accused were innocent of any premeditated attack upon the authority of the Assembly , nevertheless they went through the mockery of a trial for the purpose—not of investigating the charge against the accused , hut to make out a case for condemning them to imprisonment and transportation . Loots Philippe and his infamous
Chamber of Peers , never went the length of condemning the Republicans to transportation . Barbes is , or was , a wealthy man . Years ago ho devoted his life and his fortune to the people . As leader of the Insurrection of the 12 th of May , 1839 , he was condemned to death , but hia sentence was commuted to imprisonment , whether for life or for a stated term I do not remember ; at all events , he was in prison up to the 24 th of February , 1848 . Set at liberty hy the Revolution , after nearly nine years * incarceration , he was appointed Governor of the Luxembourg , ( the Palaee of the former Chamber of Peers , in which he was tried for the insurrection of 1839 ) and subsequently was elected Colonel of the 12 th Legion
of the National Guard of Paris , and Representative of the People in the Assembly . In less than three months from the time of his liberation in February he was again a prisoner —the victim of the popular folly of the 15 th of May . What true-hearted maa but must feel bitter anguish for this heroic but unfortunate patriot ? He risked his life in the streets when combatting the soldiers of Royalty . He risked his head when answering for his defeat before his Royalist judges . He suffered long and terrible years of captivity . For what ? For the Republican cause ! And now that cause is triumphant , it is hi the name of the Republic that he is condemned to a miserable captivity for the rest of his days—a life-long martyrdom .
And Albert , workman , the Proletarian member of the Provisional Government . Had he , like too many revolutionists , merely used his influence to farther any selfish end ; had he betrayed his trust instead of remaining faithful to his order , doubtless he might at this moment have baen basking in the smiles of President Btjouatarte , and enjoying himself on a share of the public plunder . But Albert is an honest man , no sham—but a true patriot —therefore , he has been condemned to share the doom of Barbes— transportation for life . " Barbes and Albert !"" Those names shall be . A watchword , till tlie future shall he free . "
The sentence of transportation iok life has also been passed upon Lows Blanc and Caussidiere . Than the latter there is not a more ardent patriot , nor a better man to he found on the face of this earth . Of the former I am not called upon to speak , for Fame herself has already spoken and proclaimed , in trumpet-tones , the glorious and undying reputation of his name . Since Athens banished Aristides , no such shame has fallen upon any nation as that -which has descended upon France by her decree of perpetual banishment against Louis Blanc .
Am I answered , "It is not the decree of France but of a few Royalist conspirators who have seized upon the Government of France 1 " Then I appeal to the French people to reverse the damnable sentences of the high . Court of Bourges , and restore the banished , and let the captives go free . Of one thing I am sure , that no amount of injustice or cruelty on the part of their persecutors , or of ingratitude or indifference on the part of the millions , will cause our persecuted brethren to desert , or lose faith in their principles . Martyrs they may be , but renegades they never will be . They have that within them which "defies torture and time , " and
which , I trust , will sustain them ra hope until the hour shall strike for their deliverance , and the punishment of then * persecutors and oppressors . The war waged against Protohon ' s paper , the Peuple , revives the recollection of the similar war waged by Louis Philippe against the Tribune , which was at last prosecuted out of existence . Protohon has now hanging over 1
his head a sentence oithreeyearsimprisonment ; the manager of his paper , Citizen DucnoN , has been sentenced , first to one year , subsequently to an additional term ofthreeyears' imprisonment ; and I see , by to-day ' s papers , to another term of FIVE years' imprisonment , which diabolical sentence was passed on Tuesday last . In all NESTS YEARS' IMPRISONMENT ! The fines imposed upon Citizens Proudhon and DucHON amount to
MANY THOUSANDS OF FRANCS Thus the seuteuce passed on Tuesday was accompanied hy a fine of six thousand francs . The fact is , that President Buonaparte and the gang of knaves connected with him , stand in dread of Phoudhon , on account of that patriot ' s gigantic talents and incorruptible virtue , and , therefore , the said knaves are determined to destroy both him and his paper , if possible . The Revolution Demoeratique et Sociale is another journal which , by its earnest and able propagation of Democratic principles , has earned for itself the persecuting wrath of
the President and his confederates . Citizen Delescluze , the editor , a talented and courageous Democrat , was , a few weeks ago , condemned to one year ' s imprisonment and a very heavy fine . On Tuesday last , Citizen Delescluze was sentenced to an additional term oi THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT and a fine of TEN THOUSAND FRANCS . Commenting on this infernal sentence , the Re f orme remarks : — It is war to the death that has been commenced against * e Republican press . The proceedings of Louis Philippe
ar ; e outdone by those of the officers of Louis Buonaparte , and the fines inflicted amount to confiscation . Three years' imprisonment and 10 , 000 f- fine for an offence of the press areinflicted on the journals of the revolution by this Government of the 10 th of December , whose chief would yet be drawing in exile his impotent ambition , only that ™ press and the people , in February , opened to him the doors of his country . Never has any free country exhibited « uch violence , and we defy those English who are here now ranted to behold the fruits of our civilisation , to find anything like it m the history of their country , unless by going back to the piUory of Daniel Defoe .
The English at present in Paris belong to the hase shopocracy . None but vile profitmongers would think of bandying compliments with the present infamous rulers of France . Surely , the day is not far distant when outraged Justice will he avenged . Oh ! men of February , how bitterly you axe now suffering
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your suicidal moderation . Woe I woe ! to those who make half Revolutions I Of the state of political questions and parties m our own country , I say nothing in this letter . I v \\ l mere ] y deplore the fact , that eo iar as the people of the Continent have the means of judging us , they must come to the conclusion that we are hostileto every attempt , on their part , to redeem themselves from social and political slavery . They may have read in their fiJTrnm nTilJ n ,,,, 1 . . 1 m , ., ji . , w «« u IHUUerdllOll . V \ Oe . WOe tO
own , Or the English papers , that the VVnig and Tory leaders in the two Houses of 1 arhament indulged in mutual compliments on the " happy occasion" of the recent victory at Novara ; and that" Her Most Gracious Majesty ' expressed her gratification at the success of " our ancient ally . " They will be aware of the praise ao disgustingly lavished hy the " impenitent" M . P . for Bucks on that miscreant , Nicholas of Russia . Not a speech has been made in ParliauiGnt in defence of the
principles maligned and scoffed at by Disraeli & Co . Not a public meeting has been holden to express even lip-sympathy with the defenders of Liberty , or denunciation of their oppressors and assassins . Dr . Bowiuxg has finished his " patriotic" career by accepting a Whig place—a Consulship at Canton—and has left Poles , Italians , and all the other unfortunates he " patronised , " to sink or swim afl they best may . The popularity of a Cosmopolite was all very well as long as the Doctor could get nothing more substantial , but , like a sensible schemer as he is , the Doctor prefers solid pudding to empty praise . His cosmopolite professions never deceived me ; but I pity the poor Poles and Italians whom lie did deceive .
But we shall be judged principally by our Press ? Can any one who sees the " Times ' regularl y , doubt the actual relation which that infamous journal holds to the leagued conspiracy of Kings , aristocrats , and money-gorgers ? The correspondent of the " Times , " at Vienna , writes : " News has arrived that our troops have gained an important victory over the Hungarians . " Or , " I am sorry to say that the rebBls have made themselves masters of Transylvania , and driven our troops into Wallachia , " You will find the same sort of
thing in the letters of the other wrrespondents . The fellow who writes the correspondence from Naples actually outvies the Devil himself in his malignant suggestions for the destruction of the patriots . His exultation at the prospect of torrents of blood being shed in Sicily , is perfectly fiendish . From the correspondence turn to the " leaders" of the " Times , " and a glance will satisfy you that if you imagine the worst of that infamous journal , you will do it no injustice . The "Times" does not stand alone , it is onl y pre-eminent in the infamy which is shared by so many of its contemporaries
. Brother Proletarians , the picture I have drawn is , on the whole , gloomy enough ; but , as true Democrats , und er the cloud as in the sunshine , our -watchword must be " ONWARD ! " and our motto , " NEVER DESPAIR !" L'AMI DU PEUPLE . April 12 , 1849 .
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THE SOCIETY OP FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ( Assembling in London , ) TO THE DEMOCRACY OF FRANCE . Brethren , —The recent mock-trial of the Republican chiefs at Bourges has excited our profound grief and indignation . We grieve for the victims : we are indignant at the hypocritical conduct of the intriguers and conspirators who , in the name of the Republic , have sacrificed some of the most devoted of the Republic ' s defenders . Permit a few English democrats'to protest against the unjust condemnation of those patriots , and the cruel sentences passed upon them . We protest in the name of that humanity which unites men of all nations , and which commands us to sympathise with the oppressed and persecuted of all lands .
Although our words may not reach the majority of the sufferers , we must express our profound respect / or them j and our prayer that the people of France will demand and insist upon the reversal of the sentences by which our persf cuted brothers have been consigned to a living martyrdom . Across the channel which divides you from us , we echo the cry of the heroic Barbes , Vive la RepulUque Democratigue et Sociate ! Signed on behalf of the society , James Grassby , Chairman . G . Julian Harney , Secretary . London , April 6 , 1849 .
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~—Wonderful , if True . —The Hannibal Journal has a fearful story , to the effect that a Mr . Weather / ford , sheriff of Schuyler county , in the state of Maine , and ex ojficio collector of the county revenue , conceiving a design to cheat the commonwealth out of some 2 , 200 dollars which he had collected , left the money in the cave of his wife , part in silver and part iu paper , ¦ with the declaration that lie would be gone several days , and enjoined upon her that she should permit no one to stay all night at the house during his absence . At night a traveller , ratlicf an aged man , applied for entertainment . The woman , at first refusing , under the instructions of her husband , was finally persuaded to permit him to remain . About eleven or twelve o ' clock the same
night some persons demanded entrance into the house , and upon being permitted to come in they were found to be disguised as negroes , and immediately demanded money of the woman . The woman handed them the paper money . They told her there was also silver money , which she must surrender . She replied that she would go upstairs ( where the traveller was lodging ) and get it . She informed him of the state of things below . He told her to take one of two pistols which he had , to put the money into her apron , with the pistol concealed behind it , and when either of the robbers came forward to take it to fire , and he would shoot another of them with the remaining pistol . She did as instructed , and one of the men fell dead at her feet .
The old man fired and killed another , and the thin made his escape . Upon examination , it was found that the guilty husband had fallen by the hand of his own wife . New In'closure Act . —An act of parliament Las lately received the royal assent ( 12 "Viet . cap . 7 ) authorising the inclosure of certain lands set forth in a schedule annexed . The following places are to be inclosed : —Langwalldy in Cumberland ; Pyrton , Oxford ; Chorley ' Green , Chester ; Beilswan and Silver Lace Greens , Suffolk ; Bickerton Ilills , Chester ; Braroeston Common , Norfolk ; Headley , Southampton ; Oakworth Common , York ; Buckland Newton , Dorset ; Abbot ' s Wood , Southampton ; Black Tovrington , Devon ; Cowley Odcn Fields , the Marsh , Bullington Green , and Elder Stubbs ,
Oxford ; Cradley , Ilereford ; Oatlands , Botley , and Osney , Oxford ; Firbank Fells , Westmorland ; Oxton , Nottingham ; Dent , York ; Mansfield Wood Forest , Nottingham ; Cadishead Moss , Lancaster ; and Efu Erthaw Common , Brecknock . Aruii . Fools . —On Monday week a _ gentleman in Portland-street was subjected to no little annoyance by receiving professional visits from all the dentists in town , who had been each requested to call at an early hour to draw two of the sufferer ' s teeth . The professionals began to arrive before the gentleman was out of bed ; and rat-tat , ring-ring , went knocker and bell without intermission , until the whole Directory-list of tooth drawers had called , one after another . The gentleman had had a few
friends to dinner with him on the previous evening , and was rather disposed to enjoy a comfortable snooze in the morning , when his rest was thus unceremoniously interrupted . At tho first two or three of these unexpected and unwelcome -visits he felt annoyed ; but when the whole early forenoon was interrupted by the continued arrivals of the gentlemen of the forceps , who camo in breathless haste , in terms of the request they had received , the hoax was seen through and good-naturedly explained , and in some cases laughed at by both parties . Portland-street presented a new phase on this occasioni for there were dentists enough in it at d and
one time to have drawn all the teeth , soun unsound , from the Clyde to Abbotsford-place , before dinner-hour . The joke , it appears , was effected by cards being left at the various dentists residences ; on Sunday evening , by a respectably dressed young ladv and there was no attempt at disguising the handwriting , so that the professionals never dreamt of "Hunt the Gowk , " when they received the invitations , and furbished up their tools to operate upon the two molars of the agonised gentleman who requested their assistance . ^ e ^ ow Post . The Phonetic News is in future to be a monthly instead of a weekly publication .
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iJii i SLr T rvo A Baeoset - - narriet stealing uom the person of Sir a Y ? Hillarv dressed him m familiar terms . 6 o told her to so away-that he did not wishto have anything to say to her , but instead of doing so , she pushed * ™ against him two ov three times ~ first at one side and then at the other , and left him in a hurried mannei ' . He instantly felt his right-hand trousers pocket , and discovered that his purse , containing three soverei gns and three £ 5 notes , was gone , and he instantly pursued the prisoner . He over .
tooK . her at a distance of 300 yards , and touching nev on the shoulder , requested her to return his P"rse' The prisoner replied , " If you have lost anything , let s come back and look for it . " She then returned back , but had not proceeded moje than tour yards when she kicked against something , and said , "Isthat any of your property ? " He ( Sir Augustus ) perceiving some papov on the pavement , nicked it up , and found it to be his three five pound bank-notes . He then asked her for his purse , and she replied that she had not got it about her ; that ° . mig ht u earchher ifhe P ^ . " but that if he would go home with her , and see Ivcr friends , she
was sure they would make the money up , sooner : v . y WOuld soe he 1 ' tocked up . She also said she was in great distress , and thought of destroying herself , upon which Sir Augustus told her he would give her half tho three sovereigns , pvo-V v a save him U P thc P urse - she sti 11 said she had not the purse about her , whereupon he secured her , and gave nev into the custody of a policeman . At the station-house ho took out his watch , when tho prisoner said , "You may think yourself lucky that I have not got that , too . "Police constable Norman corroborated tho latterpart or the baronet ' s testimony , and the prisoner was fully committed for trial .
WORSHIP-STREET . —A Child's Heart .-Mi-. Burchell , the medical officer of Shoieditch , attended befovo Mr . Binghamjihesittingmagistrate , and called his attention to the case of a widow named Attwood , who complained a few days since to Mr . Hammill that she was unable to obtain the restoration of the wart of her deceased child , and in whose statement his ( Mr . Burchell ' s ) name was mentioned in a manner which rendered it imperative that he should set himself right before the public . It appeared from her account of the transaction that a medical gentleman named Finer , who was called in subsequently to his own attendance upon her child , and afterwards made a post mortem examination of the body , and advised lvcv toawly to the coroner for an
immediate inquest , on the ground that the death had been accelerated by previous neglect , and that the inquest accordingly took place , when tho jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes . " He had no doubt , whatever that the report in the newspapers comprised an accurate account of what she had stated , but lie wished particularly to direct the attention of the magistrate to an important omission with respect to the terms of the verdict , the jury having not only unanimously decided that the child had died from natural causes , but had felt themselves called upon to make a special addition , to the effect that not the slightest blame was attributed to the parochial medical officer in the transaction . Mi . Burchell was proceeding to comment
upon tho evidence g iven before the coroner by Mr . Finer , when Mr . Bingham said that lie could not permit a reference to such proceedings to be imported intc thc application , as they were entirely beyond his jurisdiction . Mr . liurchell had already stated sufficient to effect the object he had in view , the purport of which would no doubt obtain the same publicity as the original statement . THAMES . —An Emigrant robbeh of £ 58 . — A countryman named Charles Stacey , who is about to emigrate with his family to America , and has lately arrived in Loudon for that purpose , was plundered of fifty-ei ght sovereigns by a gang of miscreants who are ever on the look-out to rob unwary persons on their arrival in London . Stacov was met by a
man in the neighbourhood of the docks , who learned from him that no had lately arrived from Essex , and was about to emigrate . The stranger said that ho was an Essex man too , and also intended to settle in America . After some further talk , Stacey ' s new friend invited him into tho Half Moon and Seven Stars public house , in Eatcliffe-highway . Three other men ( confederates ) dropped in soon afterwards , and entered inte conversation with the unsuspecting countryman . One of them said he had a largo sum of money left him , and pulled out of his pocket what appeared to be a roll of bank-notes , but which in reality were only flash ones . The man who first accosted Stacey also displayed a roll of notes , and
asked Stacey to deposit them securely in his fob . Stacey did so , and he was then advised to take tho same care of his own money . Stacey said he had fifty-eight sovereigns , all his wealth , in a bag , and the fellow took the money from him , and said he would put the money in his fob , which he appeared to do . All the sharpers very soon disappeared after that , and , in the course of half an hour afterwards , he discovered that a packet containing thirty-one halfpence had been substituted for his sovereigns . He immediately repaired to the Leman-stvcet station , and gave information of his loss . The poor fellow said be bad been a farm labourer , and thc money of which he had been robbed was thc savings of many years .
Cutting and Wobxdiso at Sea . —H . ITamer , master , and L . Wilson , chief officer , of the schooner Soabivd , were finally examined on the charge of cutting and wounding a man of colour , named John Ilughes , ( one of the seamen belonging to that tossel , who , since the case was first before the court , on the 20 th of January last , has been confined on board the Dreadnought hospital-ship in a very dangerous state . ) When he first appeared to give evidence , though suffering under several severe wounds , he was a fine athletic fellow ; but , on Monday , when supported into court , he was a complete skeleton . Tho complainant , who stated himself to be a native of New Orleans , said he iomod the Seabird as able seaman , in the Gambia . Shortly
afterwards the vessel being then at sea , the mate came to his berth at twelve o'clock , and ordered him on deck . Complainant , who bad been worn out by ten hours ) ' bard labour , and whose clothes were ¦ wringing tret , said , " Very well , sir ; lam getting ready . " The mate at once exclaimed , " I'll wait no longer , " and began to cut at him with a cutlass . Thc pain of his wounds made him jump up , and he van on deck , tho mate pursuing him with the cutlass . Complainant held for a while by tho galley-door , and then crept into the galley , but was immediately followed by the mate , accompanied by the captain . The latter seized him by the hair of his head and kicked him , while the mate continued to cut at him with thc sabre , wounding him in several places . He was then set to work at the pump , where he continued for ten minutes ; but being faint from loss of blood , ho returned to the forecastle . The mate again followed him there ; but seeing how
he was bleeding , said , "Go to bed ; I won't hurt you any more . " When the vessel arrived at St . Katbei'ine Dock , complainunt proposed to go ashore , but the mate refused to permit him , and ho was not at liberty to make his complaint till the constable Fraser came on board . In his cross-examination by Mr . Pelham ( who appeared for the prisoners ) , the complainant admitted that ho was in gaol at Gambia , but not for attempting to gouge" a former captain . Ho had never threatened Captain Hamer with a knife . On one occasion , whilst he was using a knife below , Captain Hamer jumped down with a cutlass , and cried out , "I have a bigger knife than * you . " He never threatened the captain or mate . Ho was too much afraid of them for that . Ho had no' knife in his hand on the night when he was stabbed with the cutlass . There was a heavy gale , but he had worked very hnrd that day . —Frazer , 73 Thames , stated that he boarded the vessel about five o ' clock on tho
Friday evening m consequence of heaving that a man had been wounded on board . He saw Hughes in a bad state , but the master vras not then present . The other prisoner , Wilson , was onboard , and when charged with wounding the man he admitted having done so , and said it was because he had refused to do duty when the ship was sinking . The mate said he kept Hughes on board by the captain's directions , but witness at once took him on shore to the provisional surgeon , Mr . Ross , of Shadwell , who inspected and dressed the wounds . —Mr . Ross said Hughes was brought to his surgery on the 19 th of January , suffering from several wounds in various parts of the body , one of them , a very dangerous wound over the outer part of the left elbowand
, about two inches in extent . A heavy pointed cutlass was hero produced , and , in answer to the magistrate , Mr . Ross said it would be calculated to inflict such wounds . —Mr . Pelham said he would reserve his defence , as Jiis worship seemed resolve d to send the ease for trial , and none of the men who formed the crew would now be brought forward . The prisoners were then committed for trial , but bail was accepted for Captain Hamer , himself in £ 100 , and two of £ 50 each . MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —A New Character for the Poses Plastiques . —A tall ,
good-looking man , who gave the name of Henry Smith , but whose real name is Bailey , by profession " Model " to H . R . H . Prince Albert , was charged with having deserted from her Majesty's 13 th Regiment of Light Dragoons .-Sergeant Major Parkinson , of tho Hon East India Company ' s staff , stated that in the year 1842 he was a sergeant in the 13 th Light Dragoons on the recruitin g service in London , where fe enl Sri ^ R&T ' ? that 7 - On * "ft Of Snfd-t' tlie P » SOj * r deserted from the regiment , which was then stationed at Exeter , and witness saw nothing more of him until he was taken StTn r K ^ fW J . ^ -Police-sergeant Gray , 10 C , said that from ^ formation bena ! received , he went on Saturday to the " Minerva Hall , "
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Windmill-street , where Ho was given to understand that the defendant was performing " Adam" iu the " Temptation . " On entering tho room , lie saw the prisoner standing near thc stage , looking at the performance . Witness went up to him , and laying his hand on his shoulder , said , " Your name is Bailey , and I charge you with being a deserter from thc 13 th Light Dragoons . " The defendant replied , " You are right , I am the man , and will go with you quietly . " Witness then took him to tho stationhouse , where he was identified by tho last witness . The defendant , who has been for some time performing the most prominent characters at various exhibitions in the metropolis , admitted the truth of the se *« e . int ' s statement . —Mr , Arnold ordered him to be committed to the House of Correction , preparatory to his being sent to the regiment , which is now in Ireland , where ho will be tried by a district court-martini for desertion . tVtn / tmill . al-i-nni- irlinnn lin w « »!»«« U ,. « . i ™ . » i .... i
Charge of TJtterisg Bad Monet . —Jane Walker , a well-dressed woman , was charged with bavin" ; uttered a counterfeit sovereign . —Mrs . Elizabeth Groves , a dealer in ladies' wardrobes , Clm-ltonstreefc , Marylebqno , stated that on Monday last , the prisoner came into her shop and purchased some articles of clothing-, which came to os . 6 d ., inpayment of which she tendered the sovereign produced . Witness , believing the sovereign to oo genuine , gave her the change , and she then left thc shop . On Tuesday , her landlord called for his rent , and witness gave him , amongst other money , the sovereign she had received on the previous day from the prisoner . On examining the coin , the landlord immediately pronounceu it to be a counterfeit . Witness then sent for the prisonerand as
, she refused to change it for a genuine sovereign , she gave her in charge . —Pope , 117 E , said he took the prisoner into custody about five o ' clock on Tuesday evening , and asked her where she got tho counterfeit sovereign from . She said she would not tell any one until she got to the station . When she arrived there she refused to give any account o £ herself or the sovereign . —Tho prisoner said , she declined informing any of her neighbours where she got her money from , it was no business of any one , and she would not gratify their curiosity . She was confident the sovereign she gave to tho pvosecutvix was a good one , and she thought the pi-osecutrix was labouring under a mistake . ' —Mr . Bingham said , the prisoner mi g ht not have known that the coin waa base ,
ana ne would accept bail tor her rc-appearance . MARYLEBOKE . —Case of Destitution . —Catherine Burke , a deplorable-looking creature , apparently upwards of sixty years of age , and whoso eye was much bruised and swollen , was brought before Mr . Broughton , charged under circumstances of a very distressing description . —Police-constable 310 S , deposed that on the previous morning , between 1 and 2 o ' clock , he found the prisoner lyin " in a ditch in the Prince of Wales-field , Haverstockhill , St . Pancvas . He lifted her up , and eonveyod her to the workhouse , as she alleged that she was entirely destitute ; but she was refused admission , upon the ground that- the casual ward was closed . Witness then took her to the station-house . It was further stated that the prisoner was at one period
doing well in the greengrocery business at a shop in St . James's parish , but her second husband had given way to excessive drinking , and honoo had arisen the misery which she was now enduring . She was unable to say where her husband , was . —Mv . Broughton directed Mitchell , the gaoler , to supply her with some coftee and bread and butter , and she was soon afterwards removed in a cab to St . Paneras Workhouse . The magistrate observed that she might have met with her death owing to the refusal in the first instance to receive her . Gross Assaults . —Mr . Robert C . Savage , a peraonof very large property , driving his four-in-hand , and who has at least fourteen horses , together with carriages of different descriptions , and Caroline TiftTKyflnn fi eiYin vf . lir-d 1 ** 100 orl wAtYtnv > *« -m * n . nVm »» , » .. 1
before Mr . Broughton upon warrants which had been obtained against them fov assaults . — Mr . Pelham appeared on the part of the complainants , modest-looking girls , named Susan Smith and Mary Clayton . —The learned gentleman stated at some length the particulars of the case , and his statement was borne out by evidence , which , went to show that Savage had for years past occupied extensive premises in Wellington-place , St . John ' s-wood , and that on the 23 rd of January last Mr . Clarke , a respectable person , who then lived in Caroline-street , Camden-town , and had known him ( Savage ) for more than twenty years , had acceded to Savage ' s proposition , and with his wife wen t to his ( the male defendant ' s ) house with two young- female servants .
with an understanding that he was to be boarded and properly attended to in every respect attiio vote of £ 12 10 s . per month , for a yeav certain : there was also a stipulation that no female " friends" of Mr . Savage should be allowed to reside in the house , more particularly as regarded Caroline Langdon . Savage had , however , in the early part of last week , sent for her , and both of the defendants not only committed assaults upon the female "domestics , but perpetrated acts of a most disgusting nature in their presence . The acts committed cannot be particularised , being quite unfit to meet the public eye ; suffice it to state that the worthy magistrate , Mr . Broughton , after hearing evidence which occupied his attention nearly two hours , came to the conclusion that a more gross case of profligacy had never
come before him , and the sentence which he felt himself bound to pass upon the defendants was , that each should pay a penalty of £ 5 , or be imprisoned in the House of Correction for two months ; in addition to which he should call upon Mr . Savage to enter into his recognisance in £ 500 , and to find two sureties in £ 100 each ( with twenty-four hours notice ) , for his keeping the peace and being of good behaviour for the ensuing six months . He was then locked up . The penalty upon tho woman was paid . Assault at the Marylkbone Theatre . —J . John-Bon , an actov at the Marylobone Theatre , was charged with having committed a violent assault upon the stage manager , Thomas Henry Webb . — Complainant , whose left eye was blackened and much swollen , deposed that on Saturday nisrht
last , at twelve 0 clock , after a rehearsal of the Easter piece , called "Guy Fawkes , or a Match for the King , " he was leaving the theatre by the Stagedoor , when defendant , without saving a WOl'd , gave him a blow upon the back part of his bead . He fell upon the kerb and bled profusely ; defendant threw himself upon him ( complainant ) , at the same time seizing him with one hand by the throat , and with the other striking him on the face with all his might . He was at length extricated by some parties who saw tho serious situation in which he was placed , and by whom he was conveyed bleeding to the house of a surgeon . —In reply to questions from Mi . Broughton , complainant said " while rehearsal was going on there was a noise at the wings , " and I said , " Mrs . Johnson , pray do be quiet . " She called me a beast , and I then said " Mrs . Garrish ( for that is her real name ) will vou be still ? " She sent for defendant , saving that ' she
had been insulted , and lie ( defendant ) called complainant a thief . —Thomas Davis , a gasman employed at the theatre , said that he saw both parties in the act of falling ; he also observed that defendant seized hold of complainant by the neck , and struck him . upon the head and face . He could not say which struck tho other first . —Two other witnesses were called , one of whom , named Hunt , a dresser and supernumerary at the theatre , said that he heard the manager , while thc altercation was going on in the house , desire defendant to quit tho stage . —For the defendant it was urged that there was a quarrel between the parties , and that they both wen 6 out to fight . There was no proof whatever as to -which of the two gave the first blow . —The magistrate said that a gross outrage had been committed by defendant , whom ho fined in the full penalty of £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment . —The fine was directly paid .
SOUTHWARK . — Criminal Assault and Robbery . —Daniel Donovan and Hugh Powell , two young men , were brought up charged with beinc concerned with two other men , not in custody in criminally assaulting and robbing Mrs . Eliza Seal on the preceding night . — The complainant , whose face was partly concealed by a handkerchief tied round the upper part , owing to injuries she sustained , said she was the wife of a commercial traveller , and lived in Coleman-street , in the City . That on the previous night , in consequence of having had a quarrel with her husband , she left home , and crossing the bridge , wandered about Bankside . This was between seven and eight o'clock , and as she walked along she was accosted by a man , who carried her , against her willinto a atone-ynrdand
, , , although she resisted to the utmost of her power , succeeded in his criminal intent . The same man afterwards carried her from the stone-yard on a barge , in his arms , and having placed her in . the cabin , two other men , whom she believed to he his companions , treated her in a similar manner while there . That she had 3 s . 6 d . and a pocket handkerchief , which she missed , and that she was afterwards rescued by some person who came on board after her assailants had left her . She added that she believed Donovan to be one of the parties concerned in the outrage , and that she saw the other prisoner there at the time , and called to him for protection , but his answer was , that he dared not interfere . —In reply to Mr . Cottingham , the complainant said that when in the stone-yard she was
unable to cry out for help , owing to the frightened state in which she was at the time , bui that she resisted her assailant , who fell with her while he was carrying her from thence to the barge , which was alongside the quay ; that when she was attacked by the other men in the cabin of the barge , she did scream out , but her assailants escaped before assistance came to her ; that she was held down in tho cabin while the men committed tho outrage upon her person . — A watchman of premises near the spot , stated that the stone-yard mentioned was surrounded by houses so that if a person made an alarm , it would have been heard by the people living there ; that he saw the complainant after the alleged outrage and in accounting to him for the black eye she had she
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sswv-s ^ s .-. ™' - ^ s&ss s f theWainant , X 0 I& 8 ffffKa'tf S W g ? ' . Siiying that shc ^ nSdVoJZ The complainant however , contradicted tho latter assertion , and declared that she was ut-rfS sober , and that the condition in which she was found arose from the nature of the outrage committed on hcr .-Mr . Cottingham said that , 81 order to have the Whole of the circumstances fully investigated he should remand the prisoners , and that in the meantime the police should use every exertion t < J discover the other parties implicated in the charge ,., . .. " .
mid tt \ + «!• * v A I .... » .. 1 !_ 1 . _ i _ i rut Q * and to take thorn also into custody . Tim magistrate also directed that the complainant ' s husband should be apprized of the circumstances attending the alleged outrage on his wife , in order that lu > mi ght be in attendance at thc next examination , to describe the facts with reference to the alleged disagreement between them , and which she described as tlie cause of her quitting home on the night in question . —The prisoners , who declined saying anything at thc- present stage of the inquiry , were then remanded . On Wednesday they were again brought before Mr . Lottmghaiii , who said , there was no doubt a gross outrage had been perpetrated on the complainant , and he should take care that the whole of the circumstances should be well investigated . Uo should remand the prisoners until Moiuliiv '
. GUILDHALL . —Illegal Seizure ron Ukxt and Assault . —William Henry Worley , a master printer , occupying premises at tfo . 183 , Fleet-street , was brought before Alderman Farebrotber on a charge of forcibly removing a printing-press and other articles , which were under seizure for rent , and also with committing an assault on the laud * lord s nephew . —A solicitor , whoso name we didnofc catch , conducted the case ; and Mr . Andrews , managing clerk to Mr . Davis , solicitor , defended the prisoner . —The Solicitor for the prosecution said , that some time back his client , Mr . Rees Price , of Ilford , let a portion of a house situated at 183 , Fleet-Street , to the prisoner and his brother-in-law , to carry on the business of printers ; but finding
they were getting into arrears of rent , and the premises wove being much damaged , lie put in a distress for between £ 7 and £ 8 . He should rirst of all state , that Mr . Price called at the office of Mr . Ilibert , thc auctioneer , and signed a blank warrant on tho 21 st of March , but directed to no one m particular , merely giving instructions that if tho prisoner . and his partner came to no terms , it was to bo put in execution . Mr . Price , on the 5 th of April , finding he could not get the rent , directed bis nephew , Mr . James Youens , to tell Mr . Ibbcrt to put the warrant into execution , which was accordingly done ,- and an inventory being taken of tha goods m thc lower part ot the house they were removed . They then proceeded un stairswhen
Wov-, ley requested that the printing-press and other articles might be left for the purpose of cavvying on his trade . A communication was made to Mr . Price , who was in another part of the house to that effect ; and he agreed to do so , on tho condition that a man should be left in possession , and the prisoner pay him 2 s . Cd . per day . While Mr . Price and his nephew Youens went to draw out a memorandum to that effect , to be signed by both parties . Mr . Worley took tho opportunity , with thc assistance of Others , to eject the men isi possession , and lock the door against them . On the nephew ' s return he met the men iu the street , and having got the assistance of a policeman , returned , and forcibly regained possession , but he and his men wcre . ier . -iin
ejected , and it was during that ejectment the assault complained of took place . The prisoner and others ) afterwards removed the printing-press from the premises . The main question which he understood would be started by the prisoner ' s solicitor would be , whether tlie distress was a legal one , inasmuch as the name of the individual who was directed to distrain was not in the warrant until aftev such , goods had been distrained . He contended it was perfectly legal , and what his client complained of was that certain things bad been rescued after they had been in the possession of the broker three or four hours . When goods were once impounded , and an inventory taken , they were in thc power of tha law . —Mr . Andrews said that one of his chief
objections was , that his client had never received an inventory . —Mr . Youens said that he had . —Alderman Farebrother : I should much like to sec it . — Mr . Youens : Here is a copy of it . —Alderman Farebrother : But where is the ori ginal ?— Mr . Youens : It was left on the premises . —Mr . Andrews : After tlie goods were removed on the Thursday . —Alderman Farebrother : And when was thc inventory left ?—Air . Youens : On Saturday night . We could not deliver it before . —Alderman Farebrother : Nonsense . live inventory ought to have been taken , and given to the party distrained upon before the goods wore removed . —Mr . Andrews ( to Mr . Youens ); "Was your name on the warrant untiL after tho distress ?—Mr . Youens : It was not . I
did not know it was there ; but do not mind now . — The Solicitor for Mr . Price : If the proceeding were illegal , and the warrant bad , after allowing the goods to be taken away , then the remedy was to recover them by regular law process . It would be different if a person asked to see the warrant , and observing that it was bad resisted the i-emoml of his goods , but such was not the case . He could not help thinking they wore in the hands of the law under all the circumstances . —Alderman Farebrother thought differently , and asked the solicitor j fthe property was taken under an illegal warrant how he could maintain it was in tho hands of the law ?—The Solicitor said it was under " Woodfall ' a Landlord and Tenant . "—Alderman Farebrother :
Then if any man entered my house with such a warrant , I should kick him out without the aid of the law . Here was a warrant issued without the name , and therefore it was an illegal instrument . The form might as well be addressed to Mr . Nobody , to take Somebody ' s goods at the suit of Nobody ; hut he ( Alderman Farebrother ) would certainly know who Mr . Nobody was before he let them be taken away . —The Solicitor saiil he should like to call bis witnesses , which Alderman Farebrother said he was at perfect liberty to do . —Mr . Rees Price and Mr . Youens wero then sworn , and full y established the facts elicited by the conversation above , namely , that the warrant had not Youens' name in it at the time of the seizure ; and ,
in fact , that it was put in without his authority ; that no inventory was left on the premises until Saturday , whereas tlie distress took place on the Thursday ; and evidence was given as to the distress , the ejectment , the retaking possession , and the re-ejectment . —Alderman Farebrother said he had come to the conclusion that the warrant was illegal , but he recommended the parties to come to some arrangement . —Mr . Price , through his solicitor , said , if the prisoner gave up the premises , he would forgive him the rent and return him all his furniture . —Mr . Andrews , on behalf of his client , said the prisoner would accept the offer . RICHMOND . —Shoplifting . — Lydia Sixon , a meek and lady-like looking young woman , was
brought before the Richmond fcench , charged with shoplifting . Tho prisoner was described on the police charge-sheet ; as a teacher of music , residing m the Lower-road , Richmond . On Saturday night , about half-past eight o'clock , George Wood , 20 SJ V , a very efficient officer , was coming down tho Cliurchpassage into George-street , when he observed the prisoner standing under the portico of Messrs . Brianfc and Field ' s shop , who are linendrapers . There wag considerable property deposited there , and amongst other goods was apiece of huckaback , which proved to measure sixty-five yards . He saw the prisoner-, who wa 3 apparently intent upon the show in the window , give one glance round as if to assure herself she was not observed , and then momentarily secret tne
nucKauacK under her shawl ; the parcel was SO long that it protruded considerably above her shoulder . The prisoner had got into Georgestreet , and was walking away from the shop , when catching sight of the constable , she ran back towards the shop , and when taxed with tho theft , she said she was going to take it in to ask the price . When apprehended the prisoner made a desperate resistance , and it was as much as Mr . Field , one of tlie partners , and the wiwtable , could do to get her to the station . On passing through the passage to the coffee-room she contrived to break away some portion of her dress in front , and down fell a capaciouspocket , capable of containing at least half-a-dozrn drosses , and in It at that time were a cashmere
dross and six lace collars . In her apartments was fonnd an immense quantity of property of almost every description ) consisting of dresses in cashmere , woollen plaids , merinos , watered silks cottons , furs , rolls of French and satin ribands , cards of lace , silk and kid gloves , silk neckerchiefs , bonnets several pairs of ladies' boots and French clcs , two valuable shawls , a bottle of ginger wine , and three enamelled saucepans besides numerous other articles of trifling value . Strange to state , on all these stolen articles the private mark of the tradesmen had been suffered to remain , and through the exertions of Inspsetor Beard the greater part of the property has been identified . . No pawnbrokers' duplicates were found , but several disguises were obli ^ l'A ™ ^ . of a dark brown wi g , with the hair made to fall in curls
at the back , a Tight brown trout m bands , and an auburn front , with short curls ; the prisoner ' s hair is black . There was also a shawl , with one side woollen andtue other silk and a cardinal cloak fitted with ca pacious ^ ocket Mom papers found it was ascertained that the pri-Boner is the daughter of a once eminent solicitor now deceased , and the mother is , or was , one of the candidates for the « ' National Benevolent Institution . A pianoforte and other musical instruments were in the prisoner ' s rooms . The prisoner did not offer any defence , but entreated she might not ba sent to prison , as it would assuredly kill her . —Sir T . N . Heeve said , the prisoner should have thought of that previously , and remanded her that further inquiries might be made ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1518/page/5/
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