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time . The bursting of the bubble Emperorship would be still more speedy and striking ihin the dostfaU ' of the throne of the citizen Bingof 183 p ;" V ~ ! ' It «« onld bavrcikif his descendants , and the offier pretenders ^ a t hrone in France , would realise this fact tpiheir minds . Kingcraft in any shape cannever again take root in France . But bjconsfcmtintiigaes , and a lavish expenditure of moneyit may occasionally be planted in time The bursting of the bubble Emperor-
, an alien soil , only to be uprooted by the revolutionary ferrour of a courageous andi determined people . Far better would it be , if these pretau ' . era . great and small , would allow the people of France to work out their own destiny peacefully and progressively , unimpeded by their paltry struggles for power , and the dirty intrigues by which they disturb and unsettle a nation ,, they can never again subject permanently to their rule .
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———— ~^ &m ** MOSItS RECEIVED Fob ihb Wxex Esmsu Thursday , Auousr , 29 m 1850 . FOR THE WIBDffiS-BP OF TEE LAIiB OTAHY . UritiTed by W . Rmni ^ -Selby , per W . Mitchell 4 s 3 d—Mt-ssrs . Mitchell , Wood , and Barnett , Darentu Mill , near Lartford 2 s 6 d—Sottingliam , per J . Sweet 7 s 3 d—IV . FaviL Crtue cd—i , Parker , Lancaster Is 6 d-F Lever , Sheffield 6 U—t . Addy , Sheffield C-d—Jlr . O'Connorhas received from Mr . Yule , Sheffield 3 s—Mr . Hill , Sheffield 2 s . fawned at Un » Office . —i . Brew Is—W . Grove 2 s—H . Carter 6 d—T . Wdford 6 d—J . F ., Oldliam Cd-J . Grose Gd —W . Kus = ell 2 s-tJ . Gadd Is—IL King Is-J . Douold < - « i 6 d —S . Love 6 d—Samuel IiOveCd—T . LoTe ei—ilr . Dinham Is—iiucnplOs . £ s > , d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 120 Eecfchred at Land Office .. .. 1 2 n
Total £ 2 4 0 THE HOUESTY FUHfi . fleceived by TV " . Bum—J . Fauliles , Duufermline Is 6 d-Lnds , collected at Mr . Wra y's Cofice-uouse , Briggate IIMorion , near Bradford , per J . Sm . uli-is 3 d—Stocksmeor , near Uuddersfield , per J . Stevenson 11 . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER , ttemred by Jobs Abxott . —Thame , per J . HowJett 2 j-Culkcted at John-street 13 s ' M—Bloonisbuiy , per W . II . Cuitielsfid—A Bed Un , Ipswich Is—Collection and Cards at the Temperance Hall , Broadffay II as 5 $ d—a Friend I * ( id-St Paucras Locality , per i . Wilkin 5 s-West-MiiUiter . perJ . Grassbj « s-lw . Kejnolds , per C . llnrraj Ui % ^ T 05 * per C * Murra J' s—Iiaehoase , per Mr . ISrane
., . FOR MR . E- JONES . 5 m * P \ " r ^ i , lU ) EB—Hadcliffe Bridge , per K . Hamer 5 " td-Jr . C , Kaacliffc Bridge . per U . Humer Is . „ . , * "a . m ' douall . is aT *? * V' tonu-Radcliffe Bridge , per R . Darner FOR MRS . LACEY . ifi&S XooSr ^^ - orman , Christercen , W . 5 talvbri *^ b-9 r ' n S ? ? °£ j sleof Wight 3 « Sd-C . safessSS&sSS * SSff iSSiSlSSSS Zs 6 d-G . W . Thomas Cd !< d atL "I > O ^ CE-Mr . Wateou for POLISH REFUGEES
TRACT FUND . Received by Joax AB . vair .-Iimelu . uEe , per Mr Jnim Stimefc-Bnghfam , per W . Kent Ss 2 d-a FriemT T ^ ^^ Howlett . Tuamels South London" ^™ F Miles Ss 2 d—Lunehouse , perMr Biane = ' ^
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CoAt . PirAcciDEsr . -Oa Saturday last about eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , s / muel Lord of Kadeliffe , collier , was working at a coal-pit belonging to Messrs . Andrew Knowies and Co ., situate at Green-lane , Badcliffe , when tho roof of the pit fell in , and Lord was killed on the spot . The fibst emigrant ship from Birkenhead left Wat place on Tuesday . Baenoi Ayres . was the ae 3 tinauon .
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laborious and dangerous natureof the employment Ifrl ? ' 8 hut TJ the / light of / ay in the nS , S / ( the . eartl 1 ' surrounded by , noxious health-destioymg sase 8 f that eight hours nrl ^*!! " * ,, 3 " 1 ? 1 ? 8 ufficien * . »« "i enough to promote the welfare of society ; therefore , thismeet-»« £ ? , ^ gltat ? ? r an Ei S ht Hows Bill for tho work ng and regulating the mines and collieries of breat Britain , so as to allow us time to obtain information ourselves , and to give a proper education to our children . "Tint we consider it essential to the welfare of the minera of this important district that their manifold evils and grievances should be made known and represented in the forthcoming Miners' National Conference , to be held at Newcastle- -Tyneon hWinn > 9 n T ~ " ' "
upon , the 14 th of October , and followiug days , consequently this meeting hereby elect Mr . . William jwiiniells , as a fit and proper person to reprosent the miners of South Staffordshire at the aforesaid Conference , and that a levy be laid by the distriot de egate meeting te meet the necessary expensus . " . That we condemn in the most emphatic manner the conduct of Mr . Commissioner Tremenliere , in issuing his false and one-sided ^ 'Report on the state and condition of the Miners of South Staffordshire ;" such report being a tissue of insulting falsehoods and misrepresentations , and that a vote of censure be hereb y passed on Mr . Tremenhere ; also , that our lecturer , Mr . W . Daniells , be requested to anex the
/« ^ P 8 aid infamous report , ns he L l i emenhere ) bas never , visited the miners of boutn Staffordshire , to learn from us our true state and condition , but has drawn up his tspurtc report from the statements of masters , butties , doggies , parsons , and other interested parties , the working miners haviag never been consulted . " During the meeting a carrier pigeon was thrown up , with a note tied to its leg , in .. rder to let the Wolverhampton friends know of the arrival of the delegates , speakers , « fcc , and tbe progress of the meeting . The pigeon leit Walsal at three o ' clock , and reached Wolverhampton , a distance of six miles , at ten minutes past three .
A district delegate meeting was afterwards held at the Tiger Inn , Stafford-street . Large meetings have also been lately held at Dudley ( Mr . 8 . Cook , draper , in thechair ) , Wol . yerhampton , Bilston , Portobello , Wednesfield-heatb , Green Lane , Blackenhall , Catchem ' s Corner , Darlaston , &c , &c , ai . d resolutions similar to . tlie . above were passed . These meetings have been addressed by Mr . W . Daniells and other friends of the miners .
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. NATIO NAL ¦' ¦ ASSOCIATION , -OF UNITED TRADES . T S . Dumcombk , Esq ., M . P ., President . . Established 1845 . , "fiat justiiu . " ingHml g ' theS ^ i 6 ^ or *• ***** classes , by combi nof wages , iS ^ ' , raise . * ^ ep up the general rate not to be Sh a u iy be said that thiB would be a thing -Sioabt Mat . ' but t 0 bB bloomed and rejoiced at . " intwosta nl il i chabovea 11 otaers absorbs the wSwSSi . ' ? ' ! " ' " - *™ P ^ te workers of impK 5 & h lS a qUB 8 tion whioh aS 8 Uines an aewK it ^ uW W Peculiar oircmstances merelvfL ' u hlch " would n ° t Possess from Xd nth , bers wh <> se best interests are inthe 8 tJn » i fav . J rilble ° r unfavourable issue of W struggle . And ¦ -vet' ¦ th « infA .. ^ o „«¦„ ,. „
hTmlm I % / ?« »«^ aui ;; u mem ers d ' oSS ^ SSii /? teelf 8 ufficient to justify th « tb » w 5 " t 8 e ln any «» d every , proceeding the mo « f ,,, mnece W 8 Sar " yt 0 P rotect these ' men from ^« 2 S ^<« 5 S 3 SS ?' ^ "" f ^^^ T ^^ i ™ - *—same ^^ f ' struggle took place for the asTponS . « 5 « « P «» ent . Upon that ocoaaion nnsnrm i ' ¥ K -Perry was the prominent and n w hf ° ? leader of the employers Then , as intnn ? , ! , 1 ar '" y of bond 8 laves were brought into pidy to illustrate , we presume , the intensity f"J Purity , ' of his free-trade principles . Many of tiese poor dupes fairly shapt asunder the chains tnac bound them , rockless of the consequences of iheir imprudence . They expiated their veniai crimes if crimes they really were-in ' Stafford gaol . JJisunited , disorcanised . with a nersevenm ' cu
* It d ? r Tei 1 a better fate , they were , after a cost ot tnousands of pounds , beaten by- ' cifcumst ' ahces , by the badness of trade , by thuir own ignorance ; they were placed hors de combat , and compelled to submit to . their conquerors , who used their victory like all conquerors , by rwotting closer the chains which bound their victimi . Mr . Perry now says to the dupes he entices to . work for him ^ " I'll give you plenty of work at the same prices I have given for the last seven years . " Yes ; but ' wu at are tho prices that he and his friends have been eivimr far
the last seven jears ! -from twenty to fifty per cent , under the market price of that and all other towns where the tin trade assumes the character of a staple . To . this injustice ( we mi ght have used ii stronger and a truer term ) his . victims have not consented , but been forced to submit , constantly looking forward to an opportunity of bursting their bonds , the improved position of the tin trade generally through the country , arid in the town of Wolverhampton in particular , their own improved local oreanisation . their connexion with the National Association whose almost uniform successes in similar cases seemed almost to guarantee to them the power ami means of obtaining tlio long wished-for relief , were circumstances which naturally led them to again
aae tae nem . The central Committee were applied to . a statement of their positionrondered , and the assistance of the National Association invoked in their behalf . The Central' Committee" recognise their claims , they could ; not do otherwise ; and : after dealing successfully with some individual complaint , they found that the anomalous position of the Wolverhampton . lih trade was as much a source of annoyance-aye , of injustice—to a portion of the employers as to the men . It was urged , and with great truth , that it ' was monstrousl y unjust to tho masters employing in tho aggregate one half of tho whole number of men in that trade of tho town , to expect them to continuo a ra te of wngeB so much higher than their neighbours ;' and vet neither of
these most respectable gentlemen complained of the wages they paid , except in relation to the lesser amount paid by their ' competitors and neighbours ; indeed , one of them fairly volunteered an opinion , that in the present stote of the markets an advance of ten per cent , upon tho selling price could be obtained without difficulty . The Central Committeu pledged itself -o these gentlemen , and to the men , to give their best assistaiice ' in any effort they could make to obtain a fioiik of prices for the town , which would place all parties—masters arid men—upon an equal and equitable footing . ! : In furtherarico of this , a . book was drawn up by a committee of men chosen from each factory , and copies of this book presented to each of the pviheipal masters , and left with them for their examination and approval .
From two ii prompt and decisive answer was obtained ; from three of the others a snries of tricky , evasive excuses ; arid from the sixth ( Mr . Feancomb ) from the first interview to the la « -t meeting of the Conference , subsequently held , a bearing and demeanour which could incite in the minds of those who witnessed . theiH no feelings but of pity and contempt . After a protracted ., negotiation , con-( luctc . l by the deputation' with' much patience- ^ -and , Mr . Perry admits , great ludgm ent and proper feeling—a conference of masters and men was obtained —held two sittings—and finally broke ' up ; wkh ii thorough conviction on the minds of all present of tho perfect impracticability of briuginptthc mnttcv to any satisfactory conclusion by those means . The princi p le of mediation in this case signally failed , from the ungenifil and perfectly-impracticable character of those engaged in it ;
The Central Commit ee were then called upon to support a different line of action . But , true to their faith in the glorious principles of conciliation , they were loth to uusneath the sword of antagonism , and again streve to , win over , rather than forte , tho employers to do justiee to their men . In vain . There are dispositions that will rather break than heiid . Mere then one ' sample of this stubborn , rugged species'have displayed themselves in this unsuccessful negotiation . This last attempt to reconcile differences bavin " again faile I , the men have no remed y left but thai of combined and individual resistance ; and the Central Committee and the National Association are bound , b y every principle of honour unid sympathy , to cherish , succour , and support their brethren struggling for their ri ghts ; so long ' as their measures are conceived and acted on in a legal and constitutional spirit . . . ' . ° ¦
We have run over this rcsumk of the principal events arid phases of tho ; aftmr' for the purpose of showing how earnestly the Central 'C 6 mmitt < e have strsve to avoid the position which ' Mr . Perry and his friends and ourselves are placed in . We understand , from a report" wo have received of an examination , which took place before the magistrates of 'Wolverhampton , that ; Mr . Perry , or his lawyer , is . extremely desirous of fixing upon us ; t case of libel . . We are perfectl y cognisant of-the extreme ingenuity of lawyers , especially country ones , and we are also aware from Mr . Perry ' s own statement , that he himself has some pretensions , to great skill as aiv amateur lawyer It may be so ; but we venture to statb our deliberate' opinion
, that all the ingenuity of Mr . Perry ' s lawyer , and his own amateur assistance , cannot fix upon u « a ' well grounded charge of libel . The whole course ' . of oui ' proceedings have been ol an opposite character . We have left open the door of reconciliation , even to some extent , ' to the damage of our characters amongst ouv moniiievs . Why have we done so ? ., Becauso ; we are . always desirous of proving to them , the superiority of reason over violence .. We seek not to lihel Mr . Perry , hut wo ' are bound'in duty to expose to public detestation any actsot his ' tliat savour of tyranny arid oppression . Mr . Perry and his friends have ' tin undoubted right to obtain . men whpreyer ' they can find them , but , wo have , on Our part , an equal . righi to caution men from tho immoral allurances which such men as
Mr . Perry holds put' to them : ' . ' 'We have denbiihced , anil will continue to denoiin ' co ; tlio measures by which Mr . Perry , seeks to fill his shops . It is neither honourable nor moral to ; eniico men by briiies ' of drink , nor by inllucing them to ¦" pliirige ; themselves into debt by accepting of his paltry £ 5 loans , to bind themsel ves to his chariot wheels ; We conceive these measures to be ' utterly . unworthy ' of any nian of honourable mind . The Tin-Plate Workers of Wolvernampton have been forced info a struggle whioh we Tt ? w n l ? - ave Pwented / but it did not please au . E , lervy , in Mu , groed for wealth , that it should oe so ; and we assure him and his lawyer that we shall not
be deterred in exposing to" public ' censure any acts of his wbich come to our knowledge which savours of oppression or tyranny ; ¦ ' b v . , At tbe saine time we . hold tliat a struggle of this kind ib beUor . conducted . wi . tliout appeal !> to the " paV ^ pn ^ - ? ^ ^ : ' ;^ * - ^ ' ^^^^ ^^ fnends to , bo permitted tO . lord itl . at their own pe eu-•^/ " ^ yP-ltne . welfare arid clearly recognised ' rights of the workmen ? : ' ¦ Wo ' say'"So ' ; " at' whiitoveV ; aacrifico , "No . " - And we have , ; that faith in the patriotism and good sense > of our members ' , that we know they will sup > port the Central Committee ; as lonj ; ' its the eiiilurance o ( E . ; Pei ; ry arid' his dupes ( pardon the phrase ) last ' ' ¦ ¦¦ '¦ ••¦ " ¦' " ' ¦"">
can . .: ; " ••' - vR ' - iP ^ ry . . has sevorjil ' men bound to . ' him , a ' a he thinks , . in legal . Ijonda ^ j If . they are legal bonds wo shall certainly not pretend to interfere with tliero , but we are . -s ' trongly . of opinion that most of these agreements nre . invalid .. We shall have the highest legal opinion upon , them , . and . wo can prom ' iso Mr . ierry 1 ; that all ow , proceedings will bo conducteu upon . pqWectl y . legal principles . , ,.:, _ ; As , far as ; he . personally' is concerned , perhaps the question ; may turn upon the validity of-these bonds ; buttoihiB jwofcfles—R . Perry t Thuston , and the gentlo tFearncombe—this can i scarcely , apply ; and , whether Mr . Perry and his friends liko it or dislike it ,. we aaawoihim that the booUi is ; and will be ,, tho : bo . ok in Wolverhampton from . this timo forth . ; As for . his lawyer ' s flourish about libel , wo simpl y despise and laugh at it . i Wo . can beat him without libeling him , and ' placs him and his lawyer at defiance ,., . ; , -. -, ¦ , ¦ /< -,- ¦ -, ! , . "Wj ii Veu , See .
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CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT . THE LONDON PATENT TOBACCO PIPE BUBBLE COMPANY . AGAIN . ; SHAW V . SKERTCHXT . ¦¦ •'¦ Fridas , Auoust 16 th . " —The plaintiff , who is ft very poor man , stated that he obtained a verdict against tho defendnnton the 28 th of last June , when the judge ' considering the plaintiff bad been badly used by tlio defendant , made an order for tbe amount of the debt— £ 20 , together with full coststo be paid'on the Sth of July . -This orde ^ howover ' i the defendant > paid no attention to , thereby tutting the" plaintiff to' further expense and trouble in taking out a , judgment summons . Plaintiff now : begged ¦ tUo judge'to mdko out an immediato order of commitment , ' unless ' the defendant at once paid the amount into' Court , lio ( thoplaintiff ) having Btvong : ' reasons fov supposing the
defendant was about to leave the country , arid that his word was not to bo taken . The plaintiff held a'long list of parties , whom tho defendant bad obtained money from , loading them to suppose he would make' their fortunes . - Amongst the names was a young miuv at Leicester , named ' Gilbert , whom ho completely ruined ;¦ also a Mv ; Chavles Billings , Boarding-house •; keeper , 2 i , Finsburysquiire ; wherp he amused himself b y eommencino advertising for a partner s-witlv £ 100 , to carry out a valuable . invention ; Hor 6 > defendant and his wife htid comfortable quarters , by way of' board , money and lodging for twelve months , and left poor Bil hngsarumod ' man . Another man , ' named Cotton was induced-iapart with the wholo of his mean " , in consequence of defendant ' s . representations and is now also , completelyJruined , ' The ; companr SHfiS"" ^ " * «« ildh ll Police Court , S the Trade Tfotcctiou Sooiety , The , defendant , in
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answer to the Jud ge , as .. to his k . h . b stated , at present , he regretted to say , he was w" hout means fKi !"" ! hatov « r , but wuuld pay the au .. < i . iu of pectedU t ° , three ni ° " lhl > ' wlie" h" ex * ffint i Ar' ^ 8 " ' Wllore d 0 J ° uie 8 ide ? De . H « w ? i' k 18 ° wer fclingto .-tcrrace .-Ju . lge : fit An ? H i } o t refiidet ' them ? Defendant : Eff " '!»« .-Jud ge : What rent do you pay ? Defemian : Fifteen" . hillings per week .-Judge : Where dvl you reside before voi went to 18 Lower Islington - terrace ? Defendant K Chremo . tsqnarc-JudK » : What rent du ' you pay K ? Defendant : Ab . mt . tbo 81 une-fift , en sMHings per W ln 7 ' Udg i Y ?? Sfiy you , 8 hilll ^^ there . J Pt of £ 300 in about three months ? Defendant- Yes sir . —Judge : Well , if that be so , you can have no difficult } in paying this poor man the whole of tho debt and costs at once . Defendant : Although , I must say the p laintiffs claim is a very just one , I cannot pay him anything at present ; I have no objection to pay £ 2 per month . This the plaintiff re * fused to agree too , and tlio defendant refusing to make ' . treasonable offer , the learned Judge ordered him to be committed to prison for fourteen days .
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QUEEN'S THEATRE . A new drama of intense interest , by the author Of the Haymakers , entitled the Grape Qirl of Madrid , wid Mary Diane , a melo-drama , in which Mr . H . smith _ and his dogs Hofer and Bruin appear , form tho chief attractions at this theatre . The Grant nT'l ' n i ™ lts intriB 8 ic merit , and the plaudits f , ! t ? v . wcd , on its representation , promises jealeusly of John de Monsco , chief jud « e of tho supremo council of Castile , who is the husband of Umstanza . His rival in her affec tions was Paul of loledo , who , through the villany of Isadore Braganza , was accused of piracy , and sentenced by John do Movisco to outlawry . Paul , however , tu ! - '"""'" erablo dangers to gam an interview with Ins lover , in which he succeeds . Isidore , who is the heir if John
. , rouses his jenlouxy , and makes him witness the meeting of the lovers . They are surprised , Paul secrets himself in the oratory , which , having no outlet but tho door , it is ordered to bo closed for ever by the jealous husband , that the unfortunate lover might die of starvation . John himself keeps guard , lie is discovered asleep , and Constanza enters in a state of somnambulism . All that occurs after this is supposed to be dreamt by the jealous S paniard . Ho taxes Constanza with her supposed perfidy , relates a tale of revenge perpetrated by tbe founder of his family , whose portrait decorates the apartment , and vows lie would not believe her innocence if the spirit of his ancestor descended from the frame and proclaimed it . The spirit descends from the picture , and dooms him to murder three persons , whose deaths he would least desire , as warnings of bis own death ou the scaflold . lhe nrst victim is thecarnentw wlm nnrnmlinii
the outlaw—next the child ' of Claude , a peasantand , lastl y , Marenima , the grape sill . Isidore bent upon the destruction of John de Morisco , that he might obtain possession of his estates , oidere forged papers to be placed in his chest , which , would subject him to a charge of treason , and for this and his other crimes he is doomed to be beheaded . The spirit makes its last appearance in . the condemned cell of its victim , where the lesson is read , the story told . Constanza ' s innocence is asserted , and the moral condemns uncalled-for jealousy and revenge . In his agony JMonsco declares it must all be a dream . "This to dispd it "—The dungeon disappears , and the first scene is acain .
presented . All his victims are alive , he believes his wife ' s innocence , and Paul is ordered to bo liberated . Morisco is about to bo arrested by his heir , Isidore , on the charge of treason , but tho forged papers are possessed by the grape girl who has overheard the plot , and by her hand tho villain falls . Such is the brief outline of the plot , which isi heightened by many interesting and laughable incidents . The piece is well got up , the characters excellentl y represented , and tho acting of Mr . E . Green and Mrs . C . Boyce , as Paul and Maremma , received the hearty applause of a crowded house , lhe clever performance of Mr , H . Smith and hU dogs closed the evening ' s entertainments .
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Representation of Poolb . —a vacancy liavin * occurred in the representation of this boroimh , ia sonsequence of the death of Mr . Robinson , tlu ; lato member , two candidates are already in the field on . the rival grounds of Protection and Free Trade . A i ; entleman , named Savage , has issued an address to tho electors , dated from St . Leonard ' s , ' West Mailing , Kent , in which , after announuiinr his firm attachment " to our happy constitution " both ia Church and State , " and that neither party nor personal considerations shall ever induce him t < consent to changes or modifications in any tuanixr inconsistent with the principles on which it i .- > founded ( meaning thereby , we presume , that he objects to the admission of Jews into Parliament ) , and
declaring that he is opposed to the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy by the State , as well as to any further concession to the Rouum Catholics , he avows himself an advocate for Protection to our agriculturists and manufacturers , and for a proper adjustment of the taxation of the country . He considers " the principles of free trade to have proved a failure , " and after expressing his great regret at the repeal of our Kavijration Laws , to which , as might be expected , he ascribes in a great degree , our naval superiority , and slily hinting that under his watchful care the interests of Puerto shall not be overlooked , ho concludes his highly characteristic address b y assuring such of the electors as arc determined to exercise the priviL-ces of their
franchise on free and independent , principles— "for it is such constituents only that be desires to represent , "—that to he returned by thorn " w « uld be to him the source of honest pride , and in such event to endeavour to represent their , political views in general in the House of Commons his constant aim . " Tlio other candidate is Mr . Henry Danby Seymour , of Kiiowle house , near ShafteAniry , a gentleman who possesses large landed pi-opeity ia tho county , and the address which he has issued stands out in remarkable contrast with that of his rival .. "Sincerel y attached to our Constitution , " Mr . Seymour at once declares himself "in favour of complete civil and religious liberty , and ot a gradual extension of tho franchise—that every man . who pays taxes may , as far as it is practicable , have : \ voice in their imposition . " lie rejoicea that tveo trade measures have been carried ; he looks upon them noble
as . " a- though temporary sacrifice on . tho part of the wealthier classes for the b . iicfit of the labouring classes , and believes that tlio-oppositioa to thm vtiU tlio . away when their tlieot in increasing the comforts and improving tlio morality of tho mass of tho people becomes more fully appreciated . " The two , great . partios , therefore , have their respective candidates ; and though it appears straupe that the " one , who is a largo landed proprietor in a Protectionist county , should come forward professing himself a Free Trader , whilst tho other , who juldressos tbe electors from a distance , should urge his claims on the grounds of-Protection , yet , whatever may be the result of tho election , if the contest shall lie between theso gentlemen onl y , the electors cannot complain that the candidates have not spoken-, out , iu distinct terms and eono "the whole . hog" , on their , respective sides ot tho aveat political questionsat issue in the country ' '
A . F « iun seems to attend tho statues Of the American . sculptor ,, Hiram Powers . It is only a few ; months since we had to announce tlio accident SS bef ^ 3 , : V Evii" ^ ^ ked at'Carthagena in tho vessel which wasconvcy ing it to America ? A similar fatelias now oyoitaken his statue of tho late Mr . Calhoun--said b y . tire American papers ' lo have cost the artist ycuva of toil , and which had been anxiously expected iri' his native country . On tho ithot April ' "kif . Power wrote from Florence that tho statue ' liatl . bseh encased for shipment , and congratulated himself ' that it was not ready to bo put on board the Swedish ship ¦ Westmoreland , ia which"hisstatuo' of " Eve" was shipped . Hopes are exressed ' that the statue may bo . recqvorod .
' Sui ' oivino ui « its Dkad . — Within tho last week the remains of some bodies have been washed ashore near Margate , presumed to be'those of passengers on boardIthe Royal Adelaide , tho total Ion of which vessel and of all on board will be m tha recolleotion of our / readers . — ; ' ¦ ' Thenevrsvondors of Manchester and Salford have formed a society to wateu the iuterests of the trade *
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THE ROUTE OF m ^ M ^^^ Ernest Jones will attend the camp meeting atMountsorre K on Sunday , thelatof September , and will be at r Leicester , on Monday , the 2 nd Berby , Tuesday , the 3 rd . Northampton , W ednesday , the 4 th , and Thursday , the 5 tb . Loughboro ' , Friday , the 5 th . Sutton-in-Aahfield , Saturday , the 7 th . Nottingham , Sunday , the 8 th . Sheffield , Monday , the 9 th . Botherham , Tuesday , the lOtb . Further dates will be given next week . All letters for Mr . Jones to be forwarded to 62 , Queen's road , Bayswater , London . As I decline practice , J beg especially to request thai no legal business may be brought be-—^ lz __ THE ROUTE OF MR . ERNkST Toafttsj
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FURTHER POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINERS' CONFERENCE . TO THE MISERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bretube . v , —In consequence of the application of several districts for a further postponement of the Miners' C onference , the delegates of Northumberland and Durham at the r meeting , on Saturday last , agreed to meet the wishes of those districts iij appointing the meeting of Conference for the Hth of October next , instead of September 16 tb , as previously announced . Each mining locality will therefore notice the alteration , and by forwarding their address , a copy of the printed programme will be sent to them .:
Brother Miners , — From the communications which have been received from Scotland , Wales , and the different mining districts in England , it is quite apparent that the . time is come for a general organisation of our body . Complaints of tyrannical and oppressive conduct of the employers are numerous ;« ud general : but the great evil is the monstrous system of competition . which our divided state has engendered ; man hi-w ' ing against man , each striving to pet more coals than his nei ghbour , thus the stock of coals is increased beyond the demand , and thus the employers have a proper pretext to pull down the prices . Let us seo if this . cannot be altered , and if the Conference be as well attended as we may anticipate from the general character of the evils which afflict the mining body , there , cannot be a doub . t but that a plan will be adopted which shal ! remove these evils , or otherwise greatlv modify them . Remember , then , the 14 th October , atXewcastle-on-Tyne .. .
Yours , hi the good cause , . , ;¦¦ M . Jcde , Secretary . P . S . —In next week ' s Star further particular will ha communicated .
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ADDRESS OF THE REKFREWSniRE YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION FOR THE DIFFUSION OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE . TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY . The time has now arrived when we deem it our duty thus publicly to address you on a question of the most vital importance—viz ., The salvation of the working classes of this country . In thus addressing you , we hope it will not be considered presumptuous on our part , in endeavouring to nnite the disorganised , though interested portion of the country ; for heing imbued with the principles of democracy , we consider it necessary to do everything in our power to bring about such a union , as would ultimately burst the chains which have so long enthralled us , and stand forth as an insulted but intelligent people , proclaiming to the world the realisation of the social and political regeneration of the industrious classes of these realms .
Mes of the Fciube , —To you in particular we would at this time address ourselves , to come forward and assist in the good work of human redemption ; for it would be an indelible stain on this rising generation , were we not to accelerate the exertions of the senior portions of the democratio ranks , who bave so long and ardently struggled for the redemption of our country . This is no new movement ; it ? principles have been advocated for centuries by martyrs innumerable , who have shed thi'ir blood in defence of the liberty of their unfortunate countries , and sacrificed thoir lives in honour of thp proat and glorious cause which ultimately must prevail . _ It may perhaps not be out of place here to mention a few of the causes which have hitherto retarded the onward march of democracy . It is a lamentable fact , that the young men have never as
yet assisted in any popular movement for the regeneration of the human .. family . A few have , at times , stepped forward , and cheered by their presence and support theexertnms of wen who had become patriarchs . In the cause of democracy , Robert Emmett , a young and intelligent patriot , nobly sacrificed his life in behalf of the unfortunate and downtrodded masses of misgoverned Ireland . Andrew Hardie , a young and enthusiastic Scotsman , also suffered martyrdom at Stirling iri * 1820 , for his devotion to the holy cause of democracy . These principles have now been made easy to understand , through the exertions of men who have nobly struggled in spite of every obstacle that was thrown in their path . Men who , by their continuous study and advocacy of democracy , hastened themselves into a premature grave . But though dead theyyetsneakethiior
Thtir spirits wrapt the ou&te mountain . Their memories sparkles in the fountain , The meanest rill , the mightiest rirer , . Rolls mingling with their feme for ever . " But despair not , for the time has gone by for go * vernments to try their hands at such bloody work agEin . The people are growing intelligent , and steadily advancing , step >> y step ; and it how onl y requires one energetic effort to arrive at our destined baven ; for " Liberty two blasts has blown , Which still in Europe's ears do ring , And at the third each tottering throne Shall hold a man , but not a ldng . "
Union is strength , and it is a well-known fact , that nothing strikes more terror into the hearts of our oppressors , than a firm though calm and dignified determination to regain our lost thouch ittalienable right to our share in tho government of the country . Pboletabiass , —Arise , look after your interests . The Labour Question is but in its infancy , but it has made rapid strides on the continent of Europe , and has already made a strong impression 011 the public mind of this country . The evil of competition is displaying itself more and more every day ; and by one energetic effort , itmny now be made to number
among the things that were . Iu conclusion , we would call upon the assistance of all true patriots , to arouse tbe joung men of their respective districts , to . coroe forward Mid assist us in this glorionsand gisantic attempt to work out the redemption of the toiling millions Of this great nation , and not have the stigma resting upon this age , that we lived and died willing slaved . Let us unite heart and soul to enlighten the public on the social : md political questions of the day , " And breath ' n on tbe dark oppressors , The lightning of jour ire , And see the fool enslaver Beneath thy frown expire . "
Thomas Smith , President ; Jaues Cociir&s , Vice-Presidtnt ; Archibald M'Lacblan , Treasurer ; Whatam Camkbon , Cor . Secretary ; William Dobbie . Secretary . PiUXCIPLES OF THE ASSOCIATION . Believing that all men are brethren , and consequently entitled to their share in the government ot the country , we . the meinbera of the Renfrewshire Touticr Men ' e Association for the Diffusion of Social and Political Knowledge , hereby bind ourselves , individually and collectively , to use every means in
our power for the attainment of that object . Being thoroughly convinced of the ignorance that prevails throughout he country , on social and political subjects , and being desirous of a union , for the purpose of enli ghtening the public mind , on the broad principles of democracy , and being aware such cannot he accomplished but by the destribution of tracts , public meetings , lectures , enforcing the s ; ilc of democratic journals , and by the principles of fraternity , bring in the remote and heretofore inactive districts of tbe county .
Andrew Paul , Barrhead , John Wood , Elderslie , John Wilson , Johnstone , and the Corresponding Secretary , Storie-street , Paisley , will give any information on the sufcjpet . \ V . Dobbik , Sec .
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AN UTOPIAN DREAM OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY . Eighteen hundred and fifty years ago the iirth of the Founder of Christianity was heralded , by the announcement of "Peace on Earth and goodwill towards men . " The socalled civilised -world , since that time , has professed itself Christians and yet the " Peace on Earth , " which ought to follow that profession , has never , at any period of Christian history , been known in Christendom . Even now , in the middle of the nineteenth
century , after the lapse of nearly 2 , 000 years , when an attempt is made to persuade nations to lay down their weapons of war , and try to settle their disputes like natural hangs , by argument and arbitration , the thing appears to all the orthodox organs of opinion so supremely ridiculous , visionary , and Utopian , that they join in a sort of derisive scorn and laughter atthe fanatics who believe such a thing within the verge of probability . The greatest defenders -of Church and State—the loudest boasters of
our blessed Christianity are amongst the most virulent assailants of tie Quixotic knight errants who annually wend their way to a central assembly , to denounce the horrors and the wickedness of war . In all this there is a practical infidelity of the very worst description . Even the docrrines of Christ were given for the practical guidance of men and communities , or they were not . In the latter case , Christianity is a mere useless abstraction and costly absurdity , of which it will be
best to get quit as soon as possible ; in tbe former , not a day should be lost in acting upon its precepts . To tell ns that this generation , arid another and another , must pass away , before men are likely to act . on the first principles of the faith they profess , is a wholesale indictment against all the churches and chapels that have existed—that now exist . Why should we continue to pay millions annuall y for teaching a religion which is either impracticable in itself , or which is so badly tanght that no one can understand its teachers ?
"By its fruits shall ye know them . " Surely 1850 years \ s long enough time to have gathered a crop of Christian meekness and wisdom . Where are its fruits ? On whatever side we turn we look in vain for them . Men with arms in their hands , with the wild hatred and . baleful passions of savages in then : hearts , stand ready to slaughter and destroy each other , whenever the caprice of rulers or of popular excitement , " cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war . " Our Christianity is acheat , our civilisation a sham . We have varnished over the barbarian with a thin coating of conventional decorum , but at bottom he is as untamed , as bloodthirsty , and as little imbued with the true spirit of brotherhood as ever .
Far from decrying those who are now endeavouring to disseminate a humaner and a mo'e rational spirit in society , as being before their age , we hail their labours as the advent of a higher and nobler civilisation . Long and arduous may be the path towards the consummation they have in view , but the goal must be reached at last . It is in the nature of things that thought and opinion must precede action . The advocates of international arbitration have linked their movement with , the highest faculties of humanity , and with the progressive developement of nations . In proportion as the intellectual and moral
nature of man is cultivated , so will society , collectively , turn awaj , with instructive abhorrence , from the butcheries now perpetrated . The waste of public money , of reproductive power , caused by the maintenance of warlike armaments , will be seen in their true light as the most lamentable and most demoralising influence that could possibly be employed to corrupt , deoase and poison society . Would we , therefore , at present , recommend that the oppressed should allow themselves .
tamely , to be ridden over by their oppressors" ? No . While the world is governed by force and fraud it must , to some extent , be met with its own weaponB . But all honour and success to those who seek to put an end to the savage system , and to disarm hostile nations , b y the only effective method—namely , by convincing the judgment , and enlisting the sympathies of man in favour of a national , bumaiieand peaceable system of international arbitration .
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Every well wisher to thonrts , science nn'd manufacture of England , must be delighted on visiting this highly popular Institution , which abounds ia endless articles of virtu and manufacture , affording to the eye of the visitor much attraction . Tho mind is also edified and instructed by the admirable lectures daily delivered . Onu of tho most attractive is a lecture illustrative of the fiery ordeal , and tho naiidlini ! of red-hot * metals , delivered by Mr Pepper , professor of chemistry to this institution . The professor treats the subject in a philosophic spirit ; and titter explaining , by numerous fixperiutents , the science of the matter , carried out
practically an imita tion of the fiery ordeal . The lecturer ' s assistant having first his feet prepared , walked over five pieces of red-hot iron without injury ; afterwards , Mr . Pepper showed tho connexion ot these curious results with the spherodical state of bodies , anil after preparing his hands with sulphunous acid , kept in a liquid state by an admirable freezing apparatus , invented by Mr . Masters s , of Regent-street , ho dipped hia hands into boiling water , and afterwards into melted lead , with perfect safety . Tlio Apprnrance of fusible metals was also pointed out and explained by the learned professor , who said be Lad no doubt that this course bad been frequently followed by conjurors when they pretended to swallow melted lead , &c .
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THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINERS .
We are glad to learn that the Miners- National Association is progressing in this important district , where not less than 34 , 000 persons are'employed in and about the mines and collieries . ; A public out-door meeting was held on Monday last at Long Acres , Stafibrd-street , Walsal , which was well attended . Tho following resolutions will show die objects and spirit of the meeting . Mr . S . Darnal , grocer , &c , presided ; and the resolutions , which were passed unanimously , were moved and
seconded by Messrs . E . Kinsey , of Wolverhampton ; P - A . James , of Dudley ; J . Cordial , of-Walsall , and others , and were supported at great length by « 1 ' ? niells » the miners * agent . - ' That this meeting considers that the only safe and ethcient way by which miners can protect their aoour is b y uniting together in ona holy band of brot herhood for mutual protection ; therefore this Mi «^^ gcs ^ self to cling to and support the i * S Natl 0 ° Association , and will endeavour to « Th , t «? teofter ^ rkmen to do so likewise . "; wat this meeting-considor tbrt owing to tbe
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¦*»¦—¦¦—— ¦ iiwnMtogp——— mami ^* * mmmm * mmmtm TIN PLATE W 011 KERS .-IMP 011 TANT . ' DECISION . .. , -. Wowbiuump ion . —It may be necessary to state tnat a strike for an equilization of wsiges has taken place , in tuis town . Edward Perry is one of the largo 8 t manufacturers in the trade , and , from all appearances , ho is determined not to accede to the desires of the workmen , but to compel them to subv i ? terms < under ynrious pretences ; one of wmch is , to take advantage of agreements that have been drawn up years ago , and kept in his desk to be used against the men when be feels disposed , Z a ttC lT ° ? u t 0 hU ffi 8 hes « nd desire 8 ™ nil * K avtl cu ! W 8 mil he found in the evidence , iT Muili L oarefuI attention of working-men to casS . ' ^ COmment toafuturo oc WoLVERHAMProN Poucb COCRT Wbdhodat , Aug 21 . -Mag iatrates in attont Tarmr < Pendiwy magistrate . Jand ,
k William Wentworth ( a tinplate worker , ) was charged by Edward Perry with absenting himself from his employment contrary to the terms of a written engagement which he had entered into . Mr H . Underbill appeared to prosecute , and Mr . Fiektwood to defend the accused . It appeared a warrant had been issued for the apprehension of Wentworth , signed by J . Barker , Esq ., and , that the defendant had been brought up under it , and liberated on the undertaking of Mr . Fleotwood , that he should appear when necessary . Some discussion took place as to the power of any other justice than the one issuing the warrant to hear the case ; but the question was decided by the original warrant being withdrawn by the consent of lioth parties , and a fresh warrant issued by Mr . Leigh .
Mr . UNOEHmiiread the agreement between Perry and the defendant , by which Wentworth appeared to have hired himself for five years , from the 7 th of August ,: 1847 , and not to leave without giving notice . He ( Mr . Underhill ) in the event of the bench considering the charge proved , had been instructed to press for a committal , on the ground that the men , who were bound together in a society , of which he should prove the defendant to be-ft member , had induced apprentices ' , as well as other men , to abaeut themselves from Mr . Perry ' s employ . Three articles had appeared in tlie Northern Star newspaper , doubtless inserted at tbe instance of the society , ( who were connected with the National Association , whose executive committee was sitting in London , ) in which Mr . Perry was egregiously libelled . Mr . Bryan , late foreman to Mr . E . Perrystated
, -That the words " William Wentworth , " his mark , and the signature was his handwriting , but he could not , aWwugfc he had tried , call to mind any Circumstances attending the execution of the agreement . In cross-examination he said , he could not say if the agreemeut was read over to Wentwortb , or whether his name was affixed before or after it was read or signed . Wentworth was an apprentice to Mr . Perry , and he never knew that gentleman to deliver ' up any indentures . ' ; Mr . Peury deposea , that the agreement was filled up in his handwriting , and was read over to Wentworth , and executed in the usual way . In reply to Mr . Fleetwood , the witness admitted that it was impossible for him to remember every circumstance connected with the agreement . He had not Drought Wentworth ' s indenture ; he believed they were at- his office .
A question was raised b y Mr . Fleetwood , that inasmuch as the agreement was executed before the expiration of his apprenticeship , it was invalid ; he , therefore , prayed the court to adjourn the case , "J ° ™ ev that the indenture , might be produced . — Mr . Underhill objected , but the magistrates deemed the request a reasonable one , and the case was accordingly adjourned until Wednesday , the 28 th inst . , Adjourned Hearing . Magistrates present : Messrs . Leigh , Loxdale and Barker .
Mr . Underbill was about addressing the Bench , but Mr . . Flwtwood objected , on the grSund that he ( Mr . Underhill ) had closed his case . The Bench , however , thought that as the case stood over for the production of . a document it was necessary to inquire whether it was found . In answer to the magistrates , Mr . Perry stated that the defendant had applied to him , but he . had not been aide , to find the indentures , and it was bis general custom to give them up when applied to , althou » h in this case he might not have done so . —By m " Pleotwood : Mr Bolton , solicitor , filled up the indenture , and he took it to his ( Mr Perry ' s ) house . Most . of the indentures in my chests—Uo large bundles—are expired . I cannot remember whether I saw the mdeDture or not when the' apveement was mado , nor do I know whether I have ever seen it since I tied it up with the others . ¦
John . Wkntwobtk ( the father of tho defendant ) said , ; hat the indentures worn unexpired when the agreement was signed , as his son was not twentyone until two days after the . date . mentioned in the agreement , and that he w : is apprenticed until that period . Jebemiaii Smith ( under foreman ) said , that in tho month ol June lie was asked by the men to call a shop s meeting . He did so , after which Mr . Perry asked him to call another , and made no distinction I . etween hired and non-hired men . Mr . Per ^ y stated at that meeting that those who were not satisfied might go , for ho would have no shop ' s meeting there . Wentworth left in about a fortnight after that , lie stayed to finish his work , and he might take out an additional lot of work which was much wanted . It was the custom of the trade when men were not hired to do the work by the job , and leave when it was done .
Mr . iYooDKoRTii said , he had worked for Mr . Perry throe times as n hired man , and wheu there was full two years unexpired he discharged him without a notice , although he w » s bound by the agreement to give him one month ; and had he tried to enforce it , he ( Mr . Perry ) would have given " him work on which he could not earn oim snillini ? cer day . b * Several other witnesses having testified to the usages of , the trade , . ; Air . Leigh said ' he thought there had been sufficient , witni'sses for the defence . Mr . ¦ U sDERim . i . tried to show that Wentworth was net a tin plate worker , inasmuch as he did not finish the article .
This objection having been overruled , Mr . Lsion proceeded to give judgment in tbo ease . He said , —Mr . Underhill , the magistrates having fully considered this case , are of opinion , lhat a meeting was called by Mr . Perry , through Ins foreman , without distinction of men , hired or not hired , and by the evidence of Smith and ' Mr . Perry , an oraer was given , that those who were not satisfied rni ^ 'ht leave . . Whether the foreman had atnctly oi . eyed his orders he knew not ; but it was certain , from hia evidence , that he did call a shop ' s meeting , for the purpose of meeting Mv . Perry , at which he said , "Those who were not satisfied might So . lhe defendant did not go then , " but stayed to nnish his work ; and they considered the taking out <> f a small order of one dozen of covers not sufficient to establish a new contract—therefore , the defehdaht must be discharged .
Mr . Usdkrhill said tbe decision was in opposition to tiiat given by other magistrates on tho same evidence , in the case of Feu ton . Mr . Lnicn . ' —The magistrates present have decided the case on the evidence before them . What the evidence was in the other case , he ' was not nnabledto say , but if Mr . Underhill would look narrowly- into the ! ciise he mi ght Jind it was not exactly the same ; but that they had nothing to do with . ' . ' , " . ¦' It may be ' stated ,, for the information of our readers , that the case referred to by-Mr . Underhill ; was decided by Mr . ' Underbill , sen ., and auotlier magistrate .
The present case excited great interest , and the thanks of the working men here are due to ' the Kindness of the magistrates for their patience and correct judgment in their behalf . ' . '
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The August general adjourned session of the peace for the County of Middlesex commenoed on Tuesday morning , atthe Sessions-house , ClerkeHwell , Mr . Witham presiding in the absence of the learned assistat judge , Mr . Serjeant Adams . Desertion and Robbery bx a Soidieb . —Richard Jennings . 24 , a private in the first battalion of the Grenadier Guards , was indicted for stealing a coat and other articles , the property of William Soy mour . —The prosecutor - lives at No . 3 , Cottagecourt , OrcUrd-street , Westminster , and at ahout a quarter paBt ten o ' clock , last Saturday night , the prisoner asked him to let him into , his house for a short time in order that he mi ght avoid the patrol The prosecutor complied , and he went to bed , leaving the prisoner , who was an entire stranger to him , but not to a person with whom he lived , asleep upon the floor . The next morning he . was met in
Blackfriars-road by a police officer , whose suspicions were excited b y the circumstance of his having on military trousers and the coat and cap produced , and he went up to him and asked him what regiment he belonged to . The prisoner denied that he belonged t *> any regiment , and asserted . that he had been discharged from the army twelve months ago ; but as he could not produce any papers to show that this was so , the officer arrested him : and lodged him in a station-house , soon after which he ascertained who and what he was , and that the coat and cap he had on had been stolen from the prosecutor , and that the prisoner ' s military coat , cape , belt , dsc , were left at the prosecutor ' s house . When before the magistrate the prisoner said , "I took them with the inteution of iiesertiug , and I hope I . shall be tmusported , for I shall never dp aay more good in Eugland . "—The prisoner ihen pleaded guilty , an . J was sentenced to three months' hard labour .
Picking PocKEis .-John Durkin , 14 , and James ftortoii , 14 , were indicted for having stolen a handkerchief from the person of Henry Arms . —Durkin pleaded sjmlry , and the evidence given against the other prisoner , clearly established the case . The offence was committed in St . Jaroes ' s-park , on the occasion of her Majesty ' s state procession to the Aew Palace at . Westminster , for the purpose of proroguing parliament on the 15 th inst . —Norton was found Guilty . —Lockyer , an officer of the Westminster House of Correctionsaid that the prisoner
, was well k . t ! . wn at that establishment . On tho 19 th of May , 1848 . he was cemmitted tor two days and a whipping ; on tbe . 4 th of June in that year he had four days and a whipping ; on the 22 nd of that ¦ noiith lm had two days and a whipping ; on the 3 rd ol the succeeding July he was again committed for . fourteen days and-a whipping ; on 9 th March , 1849 he was committed for tnree months , and he was again whi pped ; on the 10 th of November in that ye .-ir be w : is committed for ten days ; on the 29 th of that mouth he was committed for a
month ; on the Gtb of April , 1 S 50 , bo was again committed for one month and wns whipped ; on the 11 th of May . after he had been discharged but five days , he w ; is committed for two mouths . That term of imprisonment expired on the 11 th of July , and on tlwt same day the prisoner waa detected at his old business , pocket-pickinp ; he was taken before a ma « i-trate , who commuted him for a month with a whi pping . He was liberated on the 11 th instant , and on the loth was apprehended on the present charcc . Nothing was Known of the other prisoner . —Mr . Wituam said it would be idle to suppose that any goad could be done with the boy Durkin , by sentencing him to imprisonment , lie was an apt , illustration of the effects of tho summary conviction and flogsing of young thieves . He was a fit object for Parkhurst . The sentence upon him was that he be transported for seven years , and upon Norton that he be kept to hard labour for six calendar months . ¦ ¦ •
Keeping a Li ? Stall . —Henry Tame , a . dust contractor , one ol the parties indicted for keeping a common nuisance ( collections of dust and refuse ) , on the bank of the Regent ' s Canal , at Paddington ' , surrendered according to arrangement , and pleaded L'Uilty . —The defendant entered into recognisances and gavR sureties to come up for judgment with the othei-ili'fpiKl .-iiits in October . An expert Pickpocket . —John Henry , aged 20 William Walker , aged 10 , and Frederick Wri ght aped 20 , were indicted tor having stolen a silver watch , of the value of £ 10 , the property of Thomas Loake , from his person . On the 15 th itist . Policeconstable ReMve ,. A 424 , was on duty in plain clothe * , in St .. Jnmes ' s Park , " on the look out" in
the crowd that bad-assembled to see her Majesty go to prorogue Parliament , andhe paid great attention to the movements of the prisoners , kuowing Henry to belone to the swell mob , and having seen them try the pocket ' s of several individuals . He followed them up to Buckingham Palace , where several attempts upon pockets were made by them , but unsuccessfully ; and , after briefly consulting together , they retraced their steps towards the Horse Guards . They passed through into Whitehall , by the Canteen , and took their Btation in front of the Banquet House , where the officer , knowing the skill «< Henry as a pick pocket , placed himself in a position to command a full view of their operations . Henry tried the pockets of several
nprsons standing in the crowd , and at length hefixed upon the prosecutor , whose watch he carefully lifted out of his waistcoat pocket ; . finding it was strongly tastened to a chain , and that he could not at that moment disconnect iti he very dexterously replaced it in the prosecutor ' s pocket , to await a more favourable opportunity , when = the crush was greater . ' Presently there was some crowding at that spot , and he then again slipped the watch from the pocket , but as- the crush lasted but for a moment , he had not time to unscrew the swivel , and then for the second time he returned the watch to tho prosecutor ' s waistcoat pocket . As ithe royal cortege emerged from tho Horse Guards , there was a great rush , and availing himself of that
opportunity , Henry : for the third time drew tho watch from ihe pocket , and was in the act of breaking it from the chainj when tho officer reached over liis shoulder , and Jaid hold of his hand with the watch in it The prosecutor then became aware'of the liberty that , was being taken with his property , and he called " police " lustily . Tho officer said it was all ri ght , that he was an officer , but the < prosecutorsu 3 peeting t -from his not being in uniform , that' he was one of the gang , declined to resign the watch into his hands . Two officers in uniform arrived the next moment when the watch was given up and the prisoners secured . — A number of witnestes were called , who proved the imbecility of Wright , as well as his usual good , quiet , and honest conduct . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty in respect of Ilenry and . Walker ,
and Acquitted Wright . —Lockyer , one of tho officers of the Westminster prison ; proved six former convictions against Henry , whom lie described as one of the cleverest pickpookets of the day . The last sentence imposed u pon' him was one year ' s hard la hour , and that was by this court . —Mr . Witham said it'was time the country was rid of such a character as Henry ,: whom he : sentenced to be transportec for ten years ; and- Walker was sentenced to six months hard-labour . —It was . stated that tho real name of "Henry" was Langham . His father was a respectable builder , and at iris death loft him considerable propertyi which , however he very , soon squandered among characters of the worst deseripf tion , and when it was all gone he took to . thieving as a profession . He was well known to tho police as an export piokpooket einco 1840 , ; in which year he was first coaticted . - '
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