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twght them with tear * to desist from their wicked purpose , bat the only answerTw 1 ot £ plS submiBsio ^ or death . She was foiaUy ^ Sd iff andagaard lefton Mr . M'tane ' 8 hoS , ^ reT 2 nt an alarm being given ., When , day ^ wneTair . fcU , anddepo 8 ea to the above facts . Captain Crofton , who was at Downhill on a visit , ami to whom E ? n ° n P ^^ A fi P np % sent for a police force , and scorned the country at their head ; and succeeded in discovering Miss Glen in the house of * S ^ Jf Doherty , who keeps aflwblic-house in MigUUgan , and restored her to ^ e arms of her friends and liberty . He also arrested two of the party . Hutehinson , the principal , is still at We 5 LyS 2 £ % ?^* *^* »« Wftfc Object being t of r _ .. „ .. ,, puxpoBe , bat the only answer was IbvpIIoH ™«» fti _
o get possession h 7 r Sny amounting to £ 800 . —Deny Standard . * upw |*» FAT t \ T H ! £ 5 STOBM - -On Saturday moraine * wmarkable thunder storm pasBed obliquely acrfss the south-west of Ireland , beginning m < 3 L ? 22 going off at Cork . In thl forler &iy J % S KfEfcfS «** . the second son of Mr ° . Brown Barise of KewgroTe-cettage , was killed by tteetotricfluid , and other persons were slgntty injured . In Cork some cattle were killed , and © tier injuries inflicted . ' The ^ toay lfercurystatesthatadeputation from America has arrived in London to support the Claims of Galway as a transatlantic packet station iEAnm , Explosion ja Balvbbidqe . —A frightfal explosion took place in this town on Saturday
evening , when several parties suffered very materially from . the catastrophe . About four o ' clock in the evening one of Mr . Haliday ' s young men ¦ w ent into the powder store for the purpose of emptying a canister for general use in the shop , and on iV 5 i ° tbe shelf 8 ome of th 8 powder was spilled , which was carefaliy gathered up , with the exception of Borne grains that still remained on the floor . He incautiously put the lighted candle to them , and in a moment the explosion was terrific . On the report being heard , which was as loud as a oiBcharge of cannonade , the town was alarmed , and the fire and smoke forced their way from the house through the windows , carrying jewellery and cutlery of the rarest description out of the under shop
and warerooms np stairs . Not a window in the Louse but was blown into pieces , and the houses at each side of Mr . Haliday ' s were very much damaged . One shop in Hathfriland-sb-eet , only vacated by Mr . Cathcart , woollen merchant , about three weeks ago , was forced in , and the whole front earned to , the opposite side of the street , when a woman was canghl Jn their flight bj the shutters , and dreadfully mutilated . The store was then searched , when three of the young men , named Smith , Knor , and Haliday , were found in a dreadful state , scarcely a feature recognisable , and one in his agony ran into the street with his 'head and clothes in a blare of fire . Dr . M'Clellard was immediately in attendance , and rendered every aid to
the unfortunate sufferers , who can scarcely be expected to survive . The ground floor of the shop ¦ was cleared . of considerable property , which wa 3 soon picked up off the street by the mob , who were punctual in attendance , and no donbfc the ravage wrald have been much greater , had not the vigilance of the constabulary put a stop to it . When the smoke had cleared away , the air seemed laden with a thousand perfumes from broken bottles of fi&U de Cologne , marrow oil and other perfumes , -which were carried to the street . The house is vary extensive in the hardware trade , and in connection with two other large houses in Belfast , ¦ where Mr , Haliiday generally resides . —Sawiders ' t Sewt Letter .
Supposed Shipwreck . —Dnring the pa « t week some casks of brandy were stranded north of this harbour , about Bally nasker , and we regret to hear that one unfortunate man , after usuing much exertions in bringing it out of the sea , drank a portion of it to excess , and since died in consequence , while others had a fortunate escape . Some brandy and some other fraii boxes , shattered and entirely damaged , have been cast on shore at Kilmore , and it is probable that the vessel which bore both as her cargo , was some foreigner that foundered not far off the Tuskar , and of which no one now survives to tell the fate . —Wezford Guardian .
P&AISKWOBTBT COHDDCT OF THE PbASAKXRT . — -TWO women , named O'Dea , residing at Moycullen , and oonnected with the murder of Kearnes , near Baurnacroney , in September last , were arrested by some countrymen on Monday , and brought into this town . The parties arrested were fully committed for trial by the coroner . —ffaJura ]/ Iiercury . Tbe Repbal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this Association was held in Conciliation Hall on Monday , Mr . Cranston presiding . Mr . John O'Connell spoke at some length on the subject of her Majesty ' s replies to the addresses presented last week at "Windsor . The rent for the week was £ 8 16 s . 2 d .
Escchbebed Estates . —The last sale of property fixed to take place in the Encumbered Estates Court until tbe end of tbe first week in January , came off on Tuesday . Tbe three commissioners sat , the new assistant commissioner not having yet taken his seat , and eight small and unimportant estates , con-~ Bisting of fee-simple and leasehold interests " , were * disposed of , the proceeds of the whole amounting to £ 21 , 165 . The wretchedly-situated H'Longhlin property , in Mayo , which obtained such notriety from tbe circumstance of its first attempted sale being used as an argument in parliament against the working of the commission , was put up for the third time on Tuesday , and the 8 , 207 acres were at length gold , the lots into which the estate was divided bringing together only £ 410 . The Antrim estates of the Earl of Mounteashell were to have
been sold on Tuesday in Belfast under the order of the commissioners , but the particulars have not yet been received in town . - CupPB-sTHEKT Satkos Bask . —A meeting of depositors and those interested in their behalf was held at the Royal Exchange on Tuesday , the Lord Mayor presiding , for the pnrpose " of drawing the attention of the government to the injustice that iid been done to a portion of the depositors in consequence of refusing to pay them the sum granted , by reason of the supposed violation of the law on their part in having lodged in one year above £ 30 , the amount prescribed . " The meeting was ad-< iresaed by the Lord Mayor , Mr . James HaughtoD , Eev Mr . Drury . Rev . Dr . Spratt , Rev . T . M'Sorley , Mr . Grogan , M . P ., Alderman-Taggart , and othersi and a memorial to tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer was unanimously adopted .
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Cotosa . Thompsoh os the Exhibition . — Some timft back we published a letter written by Colonel P Thompson on the question of affixing prices to articles . He has since been betrayed into a controversy and in support of his position has made the following remarks : — " The Colonel points ont , that on account of supposed jealousies and rivalries , the affixin * of prices is a thing not' left to the option of the exhibitors / but that it is absolutely prohibited , to the injury of ' that portion of the commercial community who with the general public besides , are interested in publicity . ' And yet , urges the Colonel , this system is advanced as one of ' non-interference between Protection and Freetrade * The Colonel considers the argument selfcontradictory : he pnts it thus . * By no means
interfere ; let there be Protection . ' He touches Hpon other objections , Buch as « prices varj ; ' exhibitors may put wrong prices ; ' * the commissioners are responsible- ' To which he replies . —' Does not a once " current * vary ? As to the affixing of fraudulent prices , that argument would ' shut up the Post « iice lest men should send deceitful accounts of their prices' throng that medium . And . witfcre . speotto the commissioners being responsible ' who jDade them responsible , and who accounts them bo V " After demanding whether these objections aresuch " as the commissioners , with due regard Z their standing before the British public and foreign nations , ought to adopt as their rule of actioV' the colonel proceeds and concludes as follows — " In all operations , a moderate attention ahould be paid to wnether the ovvoaeuts ^ e not the means of counteracting * their hands and so feavmTtfae attempt without the deed . In the pre-„ . „;„? . ; that , reason is there to suppose that the C
LdivSs SesTed ^ their prices bemg known including the mass of foreigners who ^ re Prepared 3 ooa 3 fo ° r tbe express purpose pf ? howing ^ what Irticlescan be had cheaper by the British public ^ through the intervention of Bradford trade , and the united public whose interest lies the same way , will aot without delay prepare a list of tue "tides whose owners are anxious the prices should oe fcnown , and press i £ upon carriage and foot passengers at a small price as near the doors of the exnilition as they can contrive ? And if this is done , or If strange and extravagant ways are taken to prevent it I ask who will in any imaginable respect stand better than they would have done if the
affixing or not affixing of tne prices naa oeen left to tne oDtion of the exhibitors , a just compromise which it is still in the power of the Commissioners to iecure ? To conclude , I have done what I thought aoalDable doty for the interests of my constituents , JnVEkso still . If they do nonconcur , my appeal && ^ SffiS « S = 55 SS 5 tSS . r&dd " H . U , by **« ymjjto Mr Thomas Beevor , eldest son of Sir T . a . JJeevor , Bart , of Haigham Hall , Norfolk . * Tim Flax Movdhki . — An association hai , we « nder fltand , been recently formed 1 atBromyard , for promoting the growth of flax in that district . Upwards of Inohuldredagricultural members of the association have expressed their determination to 5 ren » re » portion of their land for flax for the next
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I LIVERPOOL . fSlpS ^ SSss PooW \ T ™ ^ engineer , in the employ of Mr 3 & 6 S cheste £ /? d fiad the i / alement SSdwSS ^ ' ^ edby seven b ° ters ; ° thede . th ? mW e J ? 2 £ dnver « ander the direction of abDntS B ? J ^ ' thelOth of ° cto »> er S i me ^ ckm the morning , an explosion ££ m P ! K boiler ^ own as No . 4 in th ee ngk , e - room , and the flue which ran through the centred s ^ m ° S * wa ? s ptured bythe p ^^ TSSJ Si ^ T T e was filled with hot ashes and steam , and the deceased , who at the time of the hnfe WaS ? . tendin ? one of the adjoining S ! h ^ **? " * t ^ at he died in a ]> ° xi t ten days afterwards . It appeared that some two or S « £ ag 0 another « plosion had taken place on the same premises , and a fireman had hp « n
Jailed . Ifc was then thought necessary to alter the contraction of the flues , which formerly had been of what is called the D shape , convex below and flat above , and replace them b y circular ones , inis had been done in five out of the seven boilere . n * i . cf one of th 08 e . whicn hadnot been altered , on the Saturday previous to the explosion it was found that the vflue of the boiler No . 4 leaked at the place where its extremity was riveted by a flange to the inside of the hoiler . This leak was temporarily repared so as to stop the leakage , and the boiler was set to work as usual . On the Monday mo ? f'n g , lfc was found , however , still to leak , and bmitn , the prisoner , directed some screw patches , as they are called , to be prepared , for the purpose of securing the place where the leak existed . These patches consisted of iron of the same thickness with the boiler , to be fastened by screw rivets , to be passed throngD . holes drilled through the patohes ine
ana ooiler , and fastened by nuts , some softer material being placed betwween them , no as to prevent the leakage . Before this was completed , however , the prisoner sent for Mr . Swain , the boUermaker , and showed him what he waB about to do , who told him that the boiler was not safe and that he must not work it any more , when the prisoner said he would not . The boiler remained standing until tbe Wednesday following ; , when the prisoner directed two . of the workmen to prepare five screw patches , and to fasten them on the spot in question . This was done , and the . boiler set to work on the Thursday , morning , and ifc worked three or four hours before the accident occurred . On a subsequent examination of the boiler the
following day , it was found that at the spot where the leak bad existed , and which , when Mr . Swain saw it , showed a crack of about fourteen inches long , the flange was torn from the body of the flue the whole way across the top ; and the top of the flue itself was forced down nearly to the bottom of the flue for about half its length , and there was a fraeture in the substance of tbe upper part of the flue about seven feet from the end , also extending nearly the whole way across it . —His Lordship intimated that the case depended almost entirely upon the evidence of Mr . Swain ; but it seemed very doubtful , from his testimony , whether the prisoner understood , from the communication that had been made to him , that the boiler was too unsafe to be
rendered fit to work with by screw-patching ifc . He had no doubt been told that it was unsafe in its then condition , but he might have supposed that the screw patches would render ifc secure , and have acted on that supposition . He thought that there was not anything satisfactorily established against the prisoner , except a mere error in judgment . — The jury returned a verdict of 3 ? ofc Guilty . Assault bx Poachbbs . —Thomas Jones , Thomas Calderbank , and Thomas Eastham were indicted for night poaching , and assaulting the keepers of the Earl of Derby , while in the execntion of their duty . It appeared that about nine o ' clock on the night of Thursday , the 10 th of October last , Henry Pre 3 cott , Philip Phihon , and Henry Aspinall , three keepers in the employ of the Earl of Derby , were
out watching on some land in the occupation of Thomas Birchall , situate near Bickerataff , in this county . Hearing a hare scream , and some dogs panting , they pulled off their coats and ran towards the place where they thought the poachers were . Henry Prescotfc , with a dog he had in a string ,- ran on first , and seeing a man in the field he let the dog loose , who instantly pursued the poacher , and , seizing him by the leg , brought him to the ground ; the other keepers came up , and leaving the man whom the dog had seized in their custody , Prescott went on with the dog after another maD , whom he saw running away , and set the dog at him , saying to the dog , " Good lad , Tiger ; down with him . ' This man then came up to Prescott , and striking " him on the back of the head , felled him to the ground . Other of the poachers then came up , and "laid on" to Prescot with stick ' s , npon which he
cried out , "O ! chaps , dont kill me . " The keeper Aspinall , hearing the cry went towards him . The poachers , seeing Aspinall , said , "Chaps , here ' s another devil here ; " and , hearing that , Aspinall ran away , and hid himself in a ditch . The poachers released Jones from the custody of the keeper , and then all of them , there being five , ran away . The keepers knew Jones , and thought they recognised the other prisoners , who were apprehended by the police in a few days . Jones was found with his leg lacerated by the bite of a dog , which he said had been done by his own dog while he was swinging him round by his tail ; and in the house of the poacher Calderbank neta were found , and his clothes were muddy and dirty , as if from a scuffle . —His Lordship having summed up , the jury found Thos . Jones Guilty , and the other two prisoners Not Guilty . His Lordship sentenced Jones to two months'imprisonment with hard labour . The Lancashire winter gaol delivery terminated at half-past three o ' clock on Saturday .
YORK . Plate Bobbhrt . —Martin M'Guire was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house and the shop of Lewis Balerna , of Halifax , on the nig ht of the 13 th or the morning of the 14 th Of July last , and stealing therefrom fourteen gold watches , 100 silver watches , 400 gold rings , and other articles of jewellery , of the value in all of upwards of £ 1 , 000 . He was also charged with having received a gold watch , knowing it to have been stolen . Amelia Wade was indicted for having feloniously received a considerable portion of . the stolen property . The circumstance that the prisoner M'Guire had been in custody at Liverpool on suspicion of having been concerned with Macauley
and Sirrel in the late extensive plate robbery imparted some additional interest to the case . —Mr . Hall stated the case . The prosecutor , Lewis Balerna , was a foreigner who for the last twenty years had resided at Halifax , in this county , and carried on the business of a watchmaker and silversmith . His shop adjoins his dwelling-house ,, and near the house is a vacant piece of ground . ¦ On the night of the 13 th of July last his shop had been entered , and property worth upwards of £ 1 , 000 was taken . It was clear that the persons who had broken into tbe premises one way bad broken ont another way . It was quite evident that this was not an ordinary burglary , but was the work of clever and expert robbers . In ordinary burglaries ,
two or three men break into a house in search Of what they can find , and soon after the burglary one of the parties is generally found attempting to pledge or dispose of some of the property . But the present burglary was committed by persons who acted on an organised system . The plan is , if they get possession of bank notes , not to put them into circulation in England , but they send them to confederates abroad , and pass them at Paris or Brussels . In the case of watches , which they canpot export , they alter the number and makers names , and then introduce them cantionsly into the market . A constable happened to be near the house of Mr . Balerna on the night of the robbery , and he met on « i « vapant . niece of eround , near the house , a man
whom he afterwa rds identified as the prisoner M'Guire . On the 25 th of September tbe male prisoner pawned a gold watch at Liverpool . The number had been altered , but there was no question that it was one of the watches which had been stolen from Mr . Balerna ' s on the 13 th of July . There were also certain statements of M'Guire which were relied upon for the purpose of connecting him with the robbery . The prisoner , Amelia Wade , liyed -m Sawney Pope s-street , Liverpool , and the evidence against her was , that in the month of Jul y last she had taken a box to M anchester , and left it with a woman named Gregory , saying that the bojecontained nothing but some clothes belonging to her ; hat she never afterwards called for the box , and [ hat when it was opened it was found to contain aboDtJESOO worth pf the stolen property . Further that she
she stated , when before the magistrates , ad received the box from two men whose names « £ ? JShnntknow to put it where it wonld be right , nSol for Manchester with the bos , and deposited it £ * h SLTGreeory , where it was afterwards found iSSrss g S Sal ^ andthejurj ^ found a verdict of Guilty « j * 2 ™ g knowing the property to have been stolen , against both priBoners . -Sentence deferred . ChIbob of RA « .-John BobiBjon was indicted for having , on the 30 th of October last , ^ Fox hilis near Sheffield , effected a criminal assault on Eliza Newton , and committed a rape on her P *" "? ™^ Hall Btated that the prisoner at the bar wascharged with having effected a criminal assault on the prosecutrix , a young lady aeed twenty-four years , the daughter of Elizabeth Newton , widow of Captain Newton , who now resides at Foxhills , near Sheffield . In consequence of the reduced circumstances of Mrs . Newton two of her daughters keep a school for young ladies , at Sheffield . Tbe prisoner u the sta-
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tion-master at the station of the Manchester , Shef field , and LmeolnahireT ltailway , at Wadsley , and ¦^*^ taOT motitta ;^' * aj-ffitiWric « to . MM . Newton s . family . In , the ; course of the . present Si * > P ffer <> f marriage to Miss Newton , ? h ?! Z secu . ' | ut she declined it , oh tbe ground that the prisoner ' s income ; Was inadequate to su ' pf $ &M i ' The PJ 18011 ^ however , continued on Sf tf" * * : " ! Vtte . famil y / , and occasionally visited Misfr Newton , pn the ; 30 th of October , a young lady , hrm ? a short distance from Foxhills , named Miss M'Givern , was married , andtheprosecutrix acted as one of the bridesmaids on the occasion ,. The prisoner at the bar was also invited to the wedding , and at the request of the bride , the HAn . m » . ^» ^ « ...,: .,.- -- « ., .. . ....
proseeutrix applieJ to , himto procure some flowers , which he sent the day before the marriage to her , with a note , in which he said , — "Ihope soon to have the p leasure of offering you a bouquet under similar circumstances , for . myself . With so many weddings about it is a wonder I keep my senses . ' I rear . I shall be doing something desperate ere long . With kind regards to your mother , believe me , very truly yours , J Robwsox . —Wadsley-bridge , Tuesday . On the evening of the 30 fch October the father of Miss M'Givern gave a bridal party ; the proseoutrix , her mother , and two sisters , and the prisoner among others were there . At about ten o clock Mrs . Newton leftj arid she appears to have walked home . At abiut half-pnst eleven
o ' clock a coach left Mr . M'Givern ' s for Sheffield . The proseeutrix was inside with her sisters and another lady . The prisoner sat on the box with a Mr . O'Flannagan . Whrn the coach arrived near Mrs Newton ' s house , at Foxhills , it stopped . The proseeutrix got out , and the prisoner at the bar got down to hand her out . He seemed to delay , and one of the party called to him to get up on the coach , or he would be left behmd . He replied that he intended to walk home , and bade them good night , whereupon the coach drove away . The night was tempestuous , . ' and it had been raining in the course of the day . Mrs . Newton ' s house is on the brow of a hill ; it is one of four houses , and near it , on the opposite side of the
road , is a large p house . There is a small garden in front of the ; house , about seven yards long , and there are six steps from the road to the garden . When Miss , Kewtbir had reached the top step the prisoner put his arm round her , and began tot kiss her vehemently . Sbe endeavoured topuBhhiinoff but he placed his arm tightly round her neck , and took , such liberties as to indicate his purpose . She then cried , "Mother ! mother ! " but the wind which was blowing violently , prevented her cries from being heard . The proseeutrix lost her consciousness for some time but when she recovered she found the prisoner lifting her up . She then cried "Mother ! " and ifc appeared that Mrs . Newton , who being an aged woman , had laid herself down
on the bed to wait heir daughter's arrival , and had fallen asleep , was aroused by some noise , and came to the door . Tho proseeutrix then said , "Oh , mother ! why did you not come sooner 1 " The prisoner reached out hi » hand to Mrs . Newton , and saying , ' , « Good night !" . hurried away . Miss Newton , the moment the door was closed communicated the whole of the circumstances to her mother , who fainted when she heard them . Miss Newton ' s bonnet was bruised , her lace mantle was torn , , her silk gown waB torn , and her silt stockings were soiled . Three of her brooches were gone , two o f which were trodden upon in the garden Her elbows were scratched and bleeding ; . her shoulder was contused ; her arms
weremarfted with bruises , and there were other marks of violence upon her . Mrs . Newton went next day tosee the prisoner , and made an earnest appeal to him to make the only reparation he now could make by marriage , though Miss Newton had before rejected his offer on the ground ot want of means . He refused , denied that he had committed a rape , ' and said he would call at the house , and endeavour to reconcile matters . He gave Mrs . Newton a letter for her daughter , of which the following is a copy : — " My dear Miss Newton , —On examining my pocket this morning , 1 find the enclosed ( cuffs ) , though how they got there ( thanks to the brandy and water ) I have not the slightest notion . I think they must be yours ; if not ,
perhaps you can find an owner for them . I hope you are not the worse to-day , for my part I am very , very seedy . Did not get up till one , p . m ., and have no very distinct recollection of how I got home . My landlady tells me this morning that I swore I would never go to another weddfne , not even to my own . . With kind , &c ., to Mrs . " Webster , believe me , very truly yours , J . Robinson . — Wadsley , Thursday . " The learned counsel , after detailing the conversations that had taken place between the prisoner and the family , of the proseeutrix , invited the best attention of the jury to all the circumstances of this extraordinary case . —The evidence of the proseeutrix , her mother , and other witnesses , corroborated the statement of the learned counsel . The defendant had promised , the day
after the occurrence , to marry the plaintiff if she proved with child . The bonnet , lace . mantle , silk dress , and silk stookings of the proseeutrix were here produced in . court . —John Shaw , surgeon , sworn .: Examined Miss Newton . Found her elbows black and very much bruised . There was a large black mark on the back of the shoulder , and six or seven bruises on the arm . The other marks " upon the proseeutrix were such as were consistent with her statements respecting the . violence of the prisoner . —Mr .. Overend made a powerful appeal to the jury , after which the learned judge , summed np , and the jury , after deliberating for five hours , returned a verdict of Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy on the ground of his previous good character , and that he was at the time under the influence of liquor . —Sentence deferred .
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LOSS OF THE HELENA SLOMAN SCREW STEAMER . ¦ ..-: . ¦; This vessel was lost on her passage from Southampton to New York . She was a new iron boat built two years sines ' by Pim , of Hull . Bhe had already made two successful trips . between Hamburg and New York . She left Southampton on the 1 st dlt . with a valuable cargo and 180 souls on board .. The passengers and crew were principally Germans . She was discovered by the American packet Devonshire , Captain Hovey , after having been beating about in great distress for eight days . In the attempt to rescue tbe persons on board the steamer , four of the crew , of the Devonshire , and
five of the passengers of the Helena Sloman . were loBt . Oh the evening of the 19 th she encountered a fearful gale , which she braved gallantly , until eleven p . m ., when a heavy sea struck her in the stern and starboard quarter , causing her to quiver from stem to stern . ; The rudder was then found to have parted from the ship . The steam was then blown off . Considerable uneasiness now prevailed —rudder lost , stern post gone , ship leaking , propeller not being able to be worked by her sails , owing to her great length , 225 , feet . On the 21 st and 22 nd the gale was roost violent , and the pumps were worked without intermission by means of the engine . On the 22 nd a distress rudder was tried and found to be wholly inefficient . At ten a , m . on
that day a barque was seen about ten miles distant , with all sails set , and steering west . Distress signals were hoisted on board the Helena Sloman without Buccess . About three p . m . the crew came aft , and begged permission to lo wer boats and pull for the barque . The captain , thinking ifc useless , and their ability to reach the barque impracticable , refused . After much discussion amongst the crew , which was likely to end in a mutiny , the crew acquiesoed . At sunset the captain and crew of the Helena Sloman succeeded in getting her head round , but all to no purpose . On Thursday , the 28 th , all was joy on board , at the announcement of a sail in sight ! 'Signals were made which were happily observed on board the sail , and which sail
turned out to be the American packet Devonshire . As soon as the Devonshire came near the Helena Sloman she commenced rendering assistance , and succeeded in saving all the passengers and crew , with the exception of five , but in her noble endeavour she lost four of her own crew . The captain of the Helena Slomao remained on board untill the last , and he wished the men who were alongside in the boats waiting for him to come on board , so that they might be able to testify that the ship was sinking , but they refused , and he then saved a ll the papers he could , and then left her to her fate . She sunk soon afterwards . —List of persons drowned : — The nameB of the four of the crew of the
Devonshire who were lost in the noble endeavour to save the crew and passengers of the Holena Sloman were as follows : Mr . Jobnstone , third mate of the Devonshire ; John Haeson , of Londonderry ; George Riley , of Hull ; and Daniel Macarthur , of Montreal , seaman . The names of tbe passengers of the Helena Sloman who were lost wore—Mr . Sholson , of Mecklenburg , -Dr . Lutz , of Heilbron ; Augusta Rozenbuck , of Mecklenburg ; John Popake , of Mecklenburg ; and Henry Otterburg , of Hanover . The English passengers who joined the Helena Sloman at Southampton were—Mr . Sladden . and his wife , Mr . John Young , Mr J . F . Geary , Mr . Stehilen and Mr . Busher .
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SUMMT DBUVEBT 07 LktTEBS AVO NEWSPAPERS in thb Coukirt . —Several complaints having been made to the Postmaster-General by certain parties against an early delivery of letters and newspapers in tho country at their residences on a Sunday morning , the Marquis of CJanricarde issued a notice on Saturday to the different postmasters , sub-ppBtmasters , and letter receivers , throughout the United Kingdom , that those persons who do not wish to receive their correspondence or newspapers on a Sunday morning , must give to the postma sters , « 5 fo in the locality , notice to that effect to be delivered in the former way on the Monday . Any mrtv Ehing such notice , which is to stand imperave for three m onths , cannot under any emergeM ? obtain their letters and newspapers till the r ^ ua « delivery on the Monday .
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The December Sessions of the above Court comttenced on Monday . The gaol calendar contains tbe names of 131 prisoners . ; r Them in an OMNiBus .--Sarah Simons , ; 19 , ? as indicted for stealing ! a purse containing some silver , the property of Miss Byron . —It appeared that the prosecutrixv who is an . actress , was riding in an omnibus on the day named in the indictment , when the prisoner took a seat by her , and soon afterwards she felt her hand in her pocket . She was too much frightened at the . moment to give any
alarm ; but when she recovered herself she gave the prisoner in charge to the conductor , and the purse was found upen the floor of the . omnibus close to the prisoner . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty ; but as it appeared that the prisoner was not known as the associate of thieves , and had never been in custody , she was only sentenced to be kept to hard labour tor four months , the learned Recorder , at the same time , informing her , however , that if she ever appeared there again upon a charge of felony- she would certainly be transported . ¦ : ...
Perjury . —Mr . Ballantine , who was instructed for the prosecution in an indictment preferred b y the Baron von Stentz against William Sobieski Kidahl for perjury , applied to the Court to pos t , pone the trial to : the next session . The application was founded upon affidavits stating that the baron and his lady , who were both material witnesses * were seriously : ill , and in a quite unfit state to attend and g ive their evidence . Aledical certificates to the same effect were also put in . — Mr . Clarkspri , who appeared for the defendant , said he was not in a position to resist such an application ; but be / ore the postponement was finally de . cided upon , be should be glad to Lave an opportunity for some inquiries to be made . —The Recorder thought that this . was a reasonable suggestion , and lie therefore directed that the . trial should at present stand over .
' . 'BijpGiARr .-r-Patrick Reedie , 29 , tailor , was indietedrfor a burglary committed in June , 1849 . and stealing property of the value of JG 120 . —The facts of the case were these . On the morning of the 5 th of June the premises of Mr . Weare , a linen draper , in the London-road , were broken into , and a quan . tity of broad cloth , silk handkerchiefs , and linen stolen . On the same morning four men were seen drawing a cat ) in the vicinity of the prosecutor ' s house , and who , upon seeing the police , made off , the prisoner escaping altogether for the time . Upon
the police opening the cab they found the whole of Ihe property in it -Barry , 455 , A , proved apprehending tbe prisoner a short time back , at Salford , Manchester , where it appeared he had been living for a long time , working at his trade as a tailor . — The jury found the prisoner ( 3 uiU y . --PoIice . coii-Btable Ronayne , of the L division , proved a former conviction against the prisoner , in April , 1848 , when he had twelve months' imprisonment for a street robbery . —The Common Sergeant sentenced him to ten years ' transportation .
Robbery of Books . —J . Taylor , 22 , was indicted for stealing a quantity of valuable books , the property of his master ; Henry George Bohn . —It apleared that the prisoner had been in the service of the : prosecutor , the well-knoown extensive bookseller in York-street , Covent-garden , for a period of five years , and it was part of his duty to take out books as samples and to obtain orders upon them , but it appeared that he ought to have returned every book he took out at the close of each day , and he had no rig ht to have any books in his own possesion . On the 25 th November , 'however , in consQquence of some information received . by the prosecutor , he went to the prisoner ' s lodging ,
accompanied by an officer , and upon making a search no eas than 168 valuable books were discovered . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —The prisoner was then charged upon a second indictment with stealing another parcel of books , the property of the same prosecutor ; and Thomas Millard , a bookseller , in Newgate-street , was charged upon the same indictment with feloniously receiving the books in question . —At the close of the case for the prosecution , the recorder thought there was no evidence to go to the jury against Taylor , and having briefly summed up , the jury acquitted Millard . The sentence on Taylor on the first indictment was deferred ,
Uttering Base Coin . — J . Williams , 23 , hawker , was convicted of uttering base coin . Independently of the uttering , which was a base shilling , a quantity of base coin was found on the prisoner . — The court sentenced him to twelvemonths imprisonment . James Brown , alias Barrinjjton , was indicted for uttering' : counterfeit coin . —In this case the prisoner had been convieted in May last in this court , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment . He was , however , no sooner out of the prison than he commenced again . The plan he adopted was this : —In company with another who had escaped , they had visited a number of public-houses , where they succeeded in passing several bad shillings , which they no sooner effected than they changed olothes
with one another , thereby escaping detection . On the' 27 th of November prisoner went to the Wheatsheaf , Somers-tbwn , and tendered a bad shilling in payment for some porter . Being detected , the prisoner begged the barman' * ° lflt . him go , asserting that he was a poor hard-working man . He was suffered to depart , but the shilling was kept , and someone sent out to watch him , and he was seen to change clothes with the man alluded to , and then go to the shop of Mr"Fullen , a baker , in Brill-row , Bomefs-town , where he was taken in custody for the -same offence . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —The Common Sergeant sentenced him to seven years' transportation . ¦ Gebrije Smith was convicted of passing several
pieces , of bad coin , and the trick adopted by the prisoner was a new one . He had accosted several children in the street , and got them to go to various shops to purchase some article of trifling value , g iving them bad coin . ' Prisoner would then wait at some short distance ; and , if they came from tho shops followed by any one , he would make off ; but if all was right , came and took the money from them . —Sentenced to eight months' imprisonment . ; Forseryby A WoKKMAtf . —Samuel Porter , 30 , upholsterer , ' -was indicted for uttering a forged order for the payment of 17 s . lid ., with intent to defraud William Ayscough Wilkinson and another . —The prosecutor , who is the well-known upholsterer of judgate-hill , said the prisoner was a workman in their employment , and had been so for ten years .
Their practice with the workmen was for them to have a book in which the amount of work done by each man was entered , and tho sum to be paid signed by their foreman ; and upon the production or the book by the workman to prosecutor ' s : brother , his . partner , the sum in the book was paid . The fraud had been effected by the prisoner adding the figure of 1 before the figures 7 s . lid ., and the book having again to go into the foreman ' s hands , prisoner had subsequently erased from the book the added figure . The prisoner , when taxed with the offence , said he bad done it , but could not say how many times , but had done it whenever he was in want of money . The erasures in the books proved that prisoner had carried the game on for a length of time . —The jury found him Guilty . —Sentence deferred . - ¦
: Concbaluest of Birth . —Lydia Mortimer , 19 , spinster , surrendered to take her trial for having conoealed the birth of her female infant . Mr . Payne proseouted . —It appeared thaton the 3 rd of June last , the prisoner went into the service of a gentleman named Bowles , in Bedford-street , Hampstead-road , and on the 28 th of Ia 9 t month , there being some ' obstruction to the p ipe of the watercloset , a labourer was Bent to take it up , and upon so doing he found there what ho took to be the porion of sonie animal . It being dark when he took it out , he buried a portion in the garden , and placed the rest in some utensils . The prisoner seemed very anxious to know what he Bad found . The next day the labourer found a portion of what
he had placed removed , upon which he dug up the rest , and found it to bo the mutilated remains of an infant . —Mr . Hendrick ; of Robert-street , Hamp . stead-road , proved examining the remains , which he found to be those of a full grown female infant , but he could not say if born alive . On the next day he examined the prisoner , and found she had been delivered , and she Baid she had a child on Monday week , and that she bad cut it up , and put it down the clO 8 et . ~ Mra . Cheese , a servant in the service of Mr . Bowles , proved finding prisoner very ill . She at the time denied that anything was the matter with her , but subsequently owned to it .-Lydia Pollard , the searcher at the station , said that prisoner said she did not know how she could have been so foolish , as she had a good honiein
Wiltehire . She thought she must have been mad ; that the ohild was horned dead ; that she had cut it up with a knife , and firat hid it mib her dusters , and then thrown ifc down the -watercloset .-The prisoner , who is a well-looking girl , and was in a most p itiable state all the tune ot the trial , said that when taken ill she had asked Mrs . Cheese to sit up with her . -This proved to be true . —The jury found her Guilty , but recommended her to mercy on account of the request she had made on the night the child was born .-Tho father , a most respectable looking old man , who had come u p from WUtshire , said he bad testimonials of her previws good character-She was sentenced to three months ' imprisonment . Sf lo * RoBBKRiES .-Ann Seanlan , 36 , widow , was [ indicted for atealing ^ X ^ gf ^ S ^ SSi an ° d perky of John Bosbury . Mr . Platt prosecuted , and iBfo . - Robinson defended . -The prisoner , whow a QftWWorn , 8 habby-senteeH 90 kuig woman ,, tedwr
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head . covered with a large black Veil , which nearly hid her features , and she seemed painfully sensible to her degraded position . The evidence offered against her was that of a Mr . Robert Storey , who stated that in July last he was shopman to the proseoutor in Regent-etreet . The prisoner came and a * ked to look at some articles of hosiery and shirts , and also some handkerchiefs , which were shown to her . Witness , Buspecting her ; came round the counter and requested her to stand away from it , and wished to know if she had anything about her . She said she was surprised he should suspect a person of her respectability . Witness then saw the handkerchiefs fall from her . She denied the
ohargo and said that she was needle woman to the Hon . Spencer Cooper ' s family , in Burton-street , which proved to be untrue . She was taken into custody ; but , in consequence of her ill health and poverty , the charge wa 3 not followed up . — Mr . Kobinson said be should not struggle with the facts . The jury found her Guilty . —Shepherd , a City constable oii , said she had been before convicted in this court for stealing a book , —Mr . Platt said there were four other charges against her . —Mr . Robinson said he hoped the court would be
merciful to her . She was the widow of a gentleman of high library repute , who died about three yean ago ; that she had received sums of money from the late Sir It . Peel and others , but they were but small ones , and she had been in great distress . Tho prisoner said she hoped the court would be merciful to her this time , as she had known deep misery . She had found her husband dead at her siiie . Lord Palmerston and others had assisted her , but she wa g in great distress when she did it ; but she would go home to her father , who lived in Wales . She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . '¦
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The adjourned December session commenced on Tuesday morning at Ilickea-hall , Clarkenwellgreen . The calendar contains a list of fifty-nine prisoner , of whom fifty-five have been committed upon charges of felony , and tho remaindor for misdemeanours . —The learned Judge briefly addressed the grand jury . .. . ¦ ' •• ,.. Robbery . —Alexander Murry , aged nineteen , and Thomas Stone , aged fifteen , were indicted for having stolen a pocket handkerchief , the property of Rifhard Hutt , from the person . It appeared from the testimony of Daniel May , one of the detective police officors attached to the city force , that he was in : Fleet-street on the 10 th' inst ., when he watched the movements of the two prisoners for more than half an hour in consequence of his
baring a suspicion that their intentions were anything but those of honesty . At length he observed Stone , the younger of the prisoners , put his hand into a gentleman ' s coat pocket , and having abstracted tho handkerchief he and the other prisoner made off . He instantly followed them , but they succeeded in passing through Temple-bar and reaching the Strand before he was able to overtake them . When he took them into custody he fouud the handkerchief st ill in Stone ' s possession . —The prosecutor now identified the handkerchief as that of which he had been robbed . —The learned-Judge having summed up the evidence , the jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners . —The learned Judge , in passing sentence , told Murray
that he very well knew what he had to expect as a teacher and trainer of young boys in the art and science of thieving . This was not his firsfc conviction , for he found by the return beiore him that he had already been convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court . The Court had determined to make a sovore example in all cases where it was proved that a prisoner was a trainer up of young children to the commission of theft . The sentence therefore upon Murray was ten years ' transportation , ' and upon Stone imprisonment and hard labour for the period of eix months , PiATB Robbery . —Thomas Wright , aged thirtyfour , was indicted , charged with having stolen a
silver fish slice , the property of Thomas Hakes , andalso with having stolen two silver spoons , the property of Mr . Thomas , —It appeared that the prisoner had been employed for some time to carry the linen to and from the laundress ' s by the proprietors of Hakes' Hotel , Manchester-square , and of the British Hotel , Jermyn-etreet , and that he had in that way availed himself of an opportunity to commit theae robberies . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —Tho learned Judge sentenced him to imprisonment and bard labour for nine months , The Court sentenced several pot stealers to nine months' . imprisonment and h » rd labour , and
expressed an apprehension that lb would be necessary to increase that period to twelve months , as there appeared to be an additional number of these cases . Unlicensed Amusements . —W . Richie pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with a misdemeanour , in keeping a place for music and dancing ( a penny theatre ) in the p arish of St . Luke , not being licensed to do so . The defendant was brought up in custody from the House of Detention . —The defendant wa s directed to enter into recognisances to appear for judgment when called upon , it being understood tbat he was to abandon at once the place in respect of which he was indicted .
A Dispensakt Patient . —Elizabeth Elliot , a woman with a sickly looking infant in her arms , : was indicted for stealing a coat and a child ' s paletot . ef the value of £ 3 Ca ., the property of George Wheeler and another . —The prisoner-it ' appeared called at the house of the prosecutors , and solicited a ticket for medical i elief from some dispensary . Whilst the servant was gone up stairs to communicate this request to her mistress , the prisoner made off with every available article the hall contained . This it may be remarked is row a very common mode of effecting robberies at the West-end . —The prisoner was sentenced to six months' hard labour . The Queen p . Adolphe de Wehdinski . —The defendant in this caEe , who was said to be a Polish count , and who carried on the business of a dealer
in High Holboih , was charged with assaulting a girl named Mary Ann Richards , of the age of sixteen , un der very peculiar and extraordinary circumstances . —It appeared that the indictment had been drawn with only one count for a common assault , and the depositions had been sent to Mr . Sherman , the clerk of the indictments , to consider whether there should not be an indictment with several counts prepared . That indictment was not just then ready to go before the grand jury . —The learned judge discharged the grand jury , and shortly ihe crier' of the court made the usual proclamation , and the prisoners , the bills against whom had been ignored , and those who had not been indicted . Werdinski being one , were ordered by the court to be discharged , and were accordingly liberated .
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CITY SMALL DEBTS . COURT . Thb Tally System . —Several actions were brought for very small sums , by Mr . William Petheridge , a tallyman , residing in Hatton-garden . In the course of the several cases it appeared that after the men had gone round and received the greater part of the money , the bills on which the amount paid had been marked were kept back . In one case the defendant admitted that she owed 2 s . 4 d ., which she had offered to pay , but plaintiff had summoned her for 5 s . 6 d .-His Honour ordered 2 s 4 d . to be paid , without costs , to plaintiff . —His Honour said that keeping the bills under pretence
of having them signed rendered poor persons helpless of disproving the charge . In all those cases there waB a like complaint . His Honour said that in those cases where the bills were not forthcoming , through the fault of plaintiff or his agent , he should hold that the cases were not made out to his satisfaction . The plaintiff was , therefore , nonsuited in each case , as also in one where credit had been given to a wife without defendant ' s Knowledge . —His Honour said that the whole system was badi and very injurious to the poor people foolish enough to adopt it .
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TnE IATB SlIIPWBKCK AT WORTHING . —We 8 TO desirous of calling attention to the destitute condition of the families of the courageous men who lost their lives off Worthing on the morning of the 25 th of November , in a gallant attempt to render assistance to the barque Lalla Itookh . The unfortunate boatmen wero eleven in number , all fishermen ot Worthing , and by the awful calamity which befel them , eight wives have been made widows , and thirty-silchildren left fatherless ; three of the crew wore single men , and two of these have left aged parents to mourn their sad bereavement . Amongst ndividual cases , where all hare the strongest claims on our sympathy , we may mention that one widow has lost not only a husband , but her two eldest sons
and her husband ' s brother ; and her family now consists of seven children , the youngest of whom is but three years old . Another , sister-in-law of the former , has eight destitute children . In . behalf of these numerous sufferers , the aid of the public ib solicited by a committee , who have already actively exerted themselves . It is suggested by them that some , probably , to whom this appeal is made , may have it in their power to obtain admission for a few of the orp hans into an asylum , or otherwise assist in permanently providing for them . —Examiner . A Chancb job Christmas Holiday Makers . — We see it p ro posed ou behalf of the sightseers that
the Crystal Palace should be thrown open at a low charge-say a shilling—to the Christmas holiday makers . No doubt , considering the beauty and novelty of the structure , and the favourable prestige that gathers about it , there aro thousands who Mould be glad on some such terms to obtain a preliminary g limpso of its interior and arrangements . The feasibility of this scheme of course can be judged of best by the royal commission ; but Bhould he members see their way to allow an intrusion of the publio for a fow days—sir or seven—we have no doubt that a handsome sum would be realised at the doora in paying for the privilege of inspection . — Athenceurn *
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VENTILATION OF MINES . The discussion on Mr . Struve ' s paper , on the " Ventilation of Collieries , " was continued on the 10 th inst . The steam jet , in its application to the upcast shaft , was again considered ; it was argued , that like the furnace , it did not produced any pulsation in tbe current of air which was so very wasteful of the power for giving motion to all means of mechanical ventilation , and , therefore , that by the accepted laws of physics , ' the steam jet setting in motion a body of air which continued to > flow without intermission through the galleries and the upcast shaft , subject only to the deduction for
the pressure of _ the atmosphere , and the friction of the column of air on the surface , over which it passed . It was shown that , to obtain'the full and effective action of the steam jet , precautions must be adopted , in bringing it down a certain distance , so that the jet should act conically , and a variation of the distance between the jet and the ex'remity , or apex of the inverted cone , would produce a corresponding variation in the degree' of rarefaction . The jet was stated to act equally efficiently either at the top or the bottom of the shaft , although it was admitted to be more costl y in the former situation .. Its application at the Ebbw Vale Collieries was asserted to be very effective , and as only the surplus
steam was employed , it was m tbat . instance the most economical system that could be used . On the other band it was contended , that in mechanical ventilation the pulsation of the air was only perceived where the valves were heavy , or were of contracted area ; that , practically , it was more to be relied on than any other system , and that the safety afforded by it was superior to the furnace , or the Bteam jet , as under circumatances of danger , or after an explosion , it could be brought into immediate action , with increased energy , to meet the emergency and be the means of saving human life . In summing up the discussion , the evidence gives before the House of Lords in 1849 was again
minutely analysed ,. with the view of showing , that the deductions previously drawn were not correct , inasmuch as tbe results obtained were owing to temperature , and not to the exhaustion created by the steam jet . The published opinion of M . Combes— " That the useful effect of the steam , employed to produce tbe motion of tbe air , by projecting it into a tube , is in all cases much below what it is capable of producing when applied to a steam engine working mechanical ventilators of the most imperfect description , " was quoted in support of these views . It was considered , that a current of air in the upcast shaft of at least eighteen feet per second was most desirable , to produce which a
motive column of air of 137 feet would be requisite , and this could net be attained where ventilation by means of a furnace or of a steam jet at the bottom of tbe pit was used , without raising the temperature to such a degree as would be impracticable in bratticed shafts , or in shafts used for winding coals , or for the passage of men . It was then shown , that the steam jet applied at the top pf the upcast shaft , and acting merely by rarefaction , would be too costly for general adoption ' , whereas , if the combined area of the pumps of Struve ' s Mine Venlilator was sufficiently large to equal the aggregate
amount of the splittings of the colliery , it would only require one-sixth of one-hoise power for every superficial foot of the upcast shaft . It was shown that no pulsation in the . current , of air was perceptible in the Eagleabusb Colliery ( where Struve'a Mine Ventilator had been in use for nearly two years ) at a greater distance than 100 yards from the machine , and could not , therefore , extend prejudically into the woikings . It was mentioned that two other machines , similar to those in use at the EagleBbusb Colliery , were in progress of construction for Iwe collieries in the neighbourhood of Swansea .
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Thb Tribunal of Correctional Police of Pans has condemned a man , named Montandon , to a year ' s imprisonment and 50 f . fine , and five others , named Barvand , Arnault , Laloubere , Lelong , and Lapointe , to tonr months' imprisonment , for swindling . They had , it appeared , got up ' a Californian company , called Le Pactole , with a nominal capital of 3 , 000 , 000 f . ; and , under pretence of sending out emigrants , and of being in possession of large tracts of land in California , they induced many persons , chiefly workmen , to subscribe for shares . But if ; was shown that they had no means of sending out any one , had no connections whatever in California , and had . in faot . started the company without a
farthing , they had liberally awarded themselvea large salaries' ' without mentioning the eubject to the shareholder * had falsified the accounts , had charged 58 , 000 f . for advertisements , when they only spent about 22 , 000 f . ; and had paid nothing on the shares they themselves subscrib ed for . . St Mast ' s , SovTHAMPio . v . —At length the Eaw of Guildford ' s resignation of ibe rich living of St . Warv's Southampton , is in the hands of the Bishop of Winchester . Dr . Dusautoy , the" churchwarden of St . Mary ' s , has just received orders from tee lisho p to provide ^ tm . forjhfijmjitunl neoessi * Has of tbe parish . Acj ^ dkrgsPl W ^ sept !»» »
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OOMBINATION AMOMST MIIilTLAWYERS . Joshua Borghurat , a mill sawyer , was arraigned on Saturday last , at the Lambeth Police Court * on a summons charging him with leaving his employment contrary to the wish of his master . —Mr . Peter wood , the proprietor of a saw mill at Nine Elms , r + ? t ose that on tho previous Thursday morning , a little after mne o ' clock , the defendant applied to him , at h » saw mills , for employment as a millsawyer , and lie agreed to his terms to pay him 24 s . a week , to work eleven hours eaoh day . The defendant went to work at oneo at a vertical frame , and appeared to go . on exceedingly well until one o ' clock , when he entered the office , and addressingwitness said , "I am sorry to tell you I must leave
you . I cannot stop , for-if I should the society I belong to will scratch me . " The witness told him that tho sooner he quitted a society which required him to surrender employment which should bo constant , and at which lie could regularly earn 24 s . s week , tbe . better , The defendant here said he could not , stop , and applied for payment for the four hours he had worked , but he refused to give biro anything for his time , and told him that his conduct in leaving , and not going on with work which was then required , was highly improper . The defendant told him it was dishonest of him not to pay for the time he worked , refused to give his address when asked for it , and ieft tho premises . Besides the groat inconvenience of keeping a p ; irfc of the machinery idle , witness estimated his actual loss at
£ 1 . —Mr . Norton : Did the defendant assign any reason for leaving your employment?—Mr . Wood : None , beyond saying that the other men in my servico did not belong to the society ; and . the fact isthat this society exercises such tyranny over its members that the proprietors of saw mills are completely at their mercy . Your worship may form some idea of the control which the society has over its members when I as 3 uro you that the defendant , when he came to my office to tell me tbat he must leave my employment , trembled and appeared quit © palo . —The defendant here said that Mr . Wood , when employing him , did not mention tbat he would require him to work eleven hours each day . If he had said so he would not ; have gone to work at all , as his society did not permit him to labour more
than ten hours each day . —Mr . Wood declared thafc he had specified the time to be eleven hours . —A person , who said he was in the employment of the Wood Cutting Company in the Belvidere-road , here stood forward , aud declared that it was not true , as had been stated , that the owners of the mills were at the mercy of , nor even were they dictated to , by the members of the society spoken of . On tbe premises belonging to the company he said the most perfect control was exercised over the men employed . —Mr . Wood replied thnt it was very well known that the Wood Cutting Company was looked upon by tbe society as their freehold or manor . —Mr . Norton here read the 23 rd clause in the rules of tho society , which was as follows : —» " That if any member of the society shall introduce
his son into a situation as a saw sharpener , thereby depriving another member who is qualified , or out of employment , of taking the same , he shall be excluded , " And he remarked that a society which would deprive a man of doing that which was hi 3 first and paramount duty , that of providing for his own son , must be decidedly wrong , and'he was surprised to see any right-minded Englishman tbe member of such a society . It was quite clear that tho rules of the society ( but which were not enrolled ) wero in contravention of the 6 Geo . IV ., commonly called Mr . Hume ' s Act , which stated "That if any person shall bj » threats , intimidation , or by
molesting , or in any way obstruct another , force , or endeavour to force any journeyman , workman , or other person hired or employed from , his work or hire , all such persons so offending shall be liable to be sent to the House of Correction for three calendar months . " —After some conversation , Mr . Wood said that , feeling the defendant was the victim of the society , he should now beg the magistrate not to punish him , and would undertake to provide him with constant employment , provided he would give up the society , as Mr . Wood ' s object was that of putting an end to the latter . —The defendant promised compliance with this suggestion : and Mr . Norton ordered the summons to stand over for X fortnight to see how he went on . —Times .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1605/page/7/
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