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MEETIXG IX THE TOWER HAMLETS . A public meeting of the Chartists of the Tower [ amlets was held on Sunday evening , at the Woodian , White-street , Hare-street , Hethnal-green , to ear a lecture from Ernest Jones . The spacious oom was crowded to excess . Before the proceednga commenced the landlord announced that he lad been in communication with the police autho-Itles , who , hearing that a riotous meeting wa 3 to ake place at his house , had informed him that ) oliceraen would he in attendance , but in attending hat and all future meetings , they would come in heir uniform , and not disguised . TirRFTTYn TV TTTT * TATX » r » n nurrrTe
Shortly after eight o clock Mr . J . Shaw - * a 3 jailed to the chair and briefl y introduced Ernest Jones to the meeting . Erxest Joxes , who was greeted with treat apjlause . commenced by stating that liis subject was j he " Past , Present , and Future . " It was a wide leld , but he should confine liis attention to that portion of it which related to democracy . For some years paat the condition of the working 5 lasae 3 of this country had been steadily deteriorating with a few fluctuations of prosperity . It was the same in all other countries similarly situated to Great Britain . Montesquieu , the celebrated French writer , truly said— " That nations which base their prosperitv on commerce rise rapidly , and as rapidly
fall , for while extending their prosperity abroad they were undermining it at Lome . " Such nations might probably nourish until they met with competition from abroad . They might even then continue to flourish , if by possessing superior machinery they were enabled to banish foreign competition ; but the possession of superior machinery was only an ephemeral advantage , one that was imposeibfe to be lasting ; other nations would speedily avail themselves of it . 'We found that this was sg < v the case relative to England ; other nations were even surpassing us ; two steam ve . > sel 3 were beirig built in America for a firm at Xewcastle , and Bev ^ ml for Hamburg and other places . In Saxony 24 . ttf > Q looms were employed in making what was
termed mock goods , whilst only 6 , 000 looms were eRip'oved here upon the genuine ones , and none but superior judges could tell the difference , whilst the prk * - was greatly lower . In the eombmakers , and otlic-r trades ,: he result was the same . A barrel bulk of torfjbs could be sent here from America for less freiubt than they could from the Tweed to the Thanes . "When things arrived at this stage theonly tpw the home manufacturer could meet this competition Tasby reducing the wages of hulabourers . Still al 3 niigbt go well if food was reduced in proportion . Ko « .- food could only he procured either from the soil at home , or by exchange from abroad . They fouiid that other nations would not send them food in exchange for manufactured goods , as thev were
thereby injuring themselves , but only in exchange for gold . Still prosperity might continue if tiiey procured cheap food from the soil at home ; but manufacturers finding thr-y could not realise the amount of profit they did prior , to making their prffits equal t > their previous gains , employed more bands to make more goods , and thus withdraw tb < - Iiand 3 from the agricultural districts , and pre-Tentc- 'i the growth of a sufficiency of cheap food ; they produced the natural result of increased poor rates , misery , and destitution . They were told that hats , clothes , < fcc , as well as food , being cheaper , the working man must be better off than in prior times . But it was not so . Cobdeu estimated that food had fallen thirty per cent , within late years ,
but fact 3 proved that the wases of labour had fallen sixty per cent , within the same period . It was not the amount of work that was doi'e which was a criterion to guide them , but the price they got for that work . When trade was ori : * they were worked to death , and when trade to * dull they were starved to death . They were tol-i ti : at tho wealth of the country was increased , that our income had risen from 120 millions yearly to double that amount ; he acknowledged that , and it Lad got into a few hands , and the misery of the many had increased . In 1807 the wages of the agricultural labourer was los . per week , with £ 2 \> h . for six weeks * work in harvest time , ten bu . shels of malt , and other privileges ; now the average o ! wages in England and Wales was S * . per Berk , with , on anawra ? e . th . rty-sixmile 3 per week to wilk to and fro to their employment , and no
harvest money , malt , &c . In 1797 the average wn «< . 's of the manufacturing operative was 10 s . per tr <» k ; now the average in Scotland , where it was hi «; ii < T than in England , did not exceed 8 s . per week . Sir . Jones then slowed that during the satue period , as wages had f . lien crime had incrt'ssed . We had 70 , 000 criminals to provide for ew <^ year ; whilst iu France , jsrior to the revolution , s here were only 7 , 000 committals , and since thet . it had sunk to 5 , 009 ; and to see the fall force Of t ' le contrast they tivu » i ji'nitMmber tliat France ha-J a population of tbinv-i ^ ., millitms , whilst the population of England av . £ "Wak'S *** only sixteen millions . Truly poverty was the mother of crime . Mr . Jones then showed , from the tables of the celebrated Dr . Guy , that the average age of tho working classes at death , as compared with others , was as ftilJows : —
Gentry , Tradesmen . Operative . Years . Yo .-. 's . " Yrars . Leeds 44 27 19 Button ,. „„ . „ IT T , 38 Bradford 31 v& 18 Manchester ... 3 R 20 17 Liverpool 35 22 15 In London the average age of the operative was seventeen years . It might appear strange to some , seeing around him many men forty or iifty years , that the average was so low , but they must take into account the great numbers that " die in their infancy . With regard to the can ?; - ? of death nmoug the working classes , one out of every threc-and-ahalf who attained the age of fifteen yeara died of consumption . Mr . Jones then went into the
Statistics brought , by Mr . Slaney before the house , relative to the cost of hospitals , prisons , &c . He then showed that the superiority of mortality in Prance arose from the greater sub-division of land , la France they had eleven millions of small farmers , and twenty million persons interested in agriculture ; whilst in this country we had only 700 , 000 employed upon the land . He then demonstrated that if the land of this country , reckoning it at aixty millions of acres , capable of excellent cultivation , was divided among the people , it would give eleven acres to each family , and he was well convinced that two or three acres were quite sufficient
to maintain a family in comfort . He did not advocate an equal division of land , ho was only showing them that there was sufficient to maintain our present population , and leave a large margin for increase . He was in favour of the land being made national property . Mr . Jones then dwelt on tho various schemes propounded by government , and also by the working classes , to remedy our social evils , laying it down as his opinion that all were useless , or at best but of minor importance , compared with the possession of political power . Mr , Jones then stated that the report of the Manchester meeting in the Star was false , and denounced the leading article .
A resolution similar to that adopted by the Delegate Council , with the addition appended of a vote of confidence in the Executive , was carried . Several members of the Executive were present . After a collection bad been made on behalf of the funds , Mr . Thornton Hunt was nominated as a Candidate for the Executive .
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Great People who died last Yeah . —Louis Philippe , Queen of tho Belgians , Emperor of China , Presiient Taylor , Dnke of Cambridge , SirBotart Peel , Calhoun ( the American statesman ) , Count Brandenburg ( the Prussian minister ) , Duke of Palmella , Wordsworth ( the poet ) , Jeffrey , and Bowles ; JDss Jane Porter , Wyatt ( the sculptor ) , Sir Martin Arthur Shee ( President of the Royal Academy ) , Eraser Tytler ( the historian ) , the elder Brunei , James Smith ( the agriculturist ) , Xeander ( the German theologist ) , and Lieutenant Waghorn ( the founder of the Overland mail ) . To this list might be added the names of many other individuals eminent in their calling , who have ceased to exist during the past year , bat whose memory will , perhaps , live for ages to come . Mahchester Library . —The Mayor of Manchester
has been , for some tune , working to effect the establishment of a free library and museum in that borough . He has conducted a personal canvass for subscriptions , purchased the building formerly known as the Hall of Science , in Campfield , and taken measures for the ultimate formation of the library . The first public appeal was made on Wednesday , when a number of gentlemen met in the large lecture hall of the building , to hear from the Mayor a statement of his proceedings and plans . He was supported by theLord Bishop and the very Rev . the Dean of Manchester ; and the company present included Mr . J . Brotherten , M . P ., and a large circle Of the most influential residents ia Manchester and the neighbourhood . Resolutions were passed for the immediate realisation of the scheme between £ 6 . 000 and £ 7 . 000 is already subscribed '
Bio ok Jahmbo , Kov . 25 .-The Prince Albert . Bossiter , from London to California , grounded in the Straits of Magellan , was got 0 $ but so leaky that she pnt on shore oa Pulta Delgada ; was attacked by the natives , two of the crew killed , one wounded and made prisoner , together with the mate . The Prince Albert was afterwards found to have been dismantled by the natives . The prisoners were subsequently released by the American steamer , Wilson G . Hunt , and as mnch of the cargo ( coals ) taken out as the steamer could carry , which vessel proceeded for Valparaiso , with Mr . Bossiter and one of the crew on board . Three of the crew have arrived here in the Knevo Pacific © , which vessel , TvheH she passed Punta Delgada , Oct . 25 , found the Prince Albert on fire , and burned down to her bands . The rest of the Prince Albert ' s crew remained at Sandy Point , waiting a convey * .-tee to Valparaiso . — Shipping and MsrecmUk Gazettt . ¦ '¦
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The following appeared in our second edition of last week : — THE SEW MIXISTRY .-DISMISSAL OF CUAXGARX 1 ER . PARIS . Friday Morsiko , —The Mmiteur contains the official appointments of the new ministry as follows-. —Foreign Affairs , Drouyn del l'lluys ; War , General llegnaud St . Jean d'Angely ; Marine , Ducos ; Public Works , Mague ; Commerce , Bonjean . Rouher , Baroche , Perieu , and Fould retain their seats ; General Changarnier is dismissed . General Perrot is appointed Superior Commander mi « « . _ . . .. .
of the National Guard . General Baraguay d'Billiers is appointed coramander-in-chief of all arms of the first military division . General Correlet will preserve his post . The decree is countersigned by Baroche and General Regnard de St . Jean d'Angely . General Baraguay d'Hilliers has issued an address to the soldiers calling upon them " to respect and make respected , on all occasions , the rights of the powers established by the constitution . To support energetically the authority in the execution of the laws . "
DEFEAT OF THE NEW MINISTRY . Friday Evexixg . —The ministers were defeated today m the Assembly ; all the ministers were present except M . Ducos . M . de Remusat moved that tne Assembl y should retire immediately to its bureaux to appoint a committee which should propose the measures commanded by circumstances . This proposition was adopted by 330 votes against 253 . Half the Mountain abstained from voting . The Assembly withdrew to its bureaux to name the committee proposed . Paris is perfectly quiet The following appeared iu the Evenement of Thursday evening : — "At the moment of go b" to press we learn the result of the conference of ° the
Bin-graves , which took place in the early part of the sitting . The three following hypotheses were disenssed , and it was decided to trythem progressively : —1 st . M . Dupin shall be required to give in his resignation as President of the Assembly ; in fa vour of M . Changarnier , On this M . Dupin is said to have observed , ' I see only one thing certainnamely , that I shall quit the chair . '—2 nd . Or 40 , 000 men shall be required for the protection of the Assembly ; the command of whom shall be given to General Changarnier . —3 rd . Or , an order of the day shall be passed hostile to the ministry and to the President of the Republic . M . Thiers i 3 one of the most active promoters of these propositions . " l
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From the Gazette of Friday , January 10 . BANKRUPTS . William Cave , Cranwell , Ely , Cambridgeshire , potato merchant-Hans Crosby , Burnley , Lancashire ! linendraper—Charles Geoige Jones , Elizabeili . street . Hanaplace , licensed victualler-Alfrea Moore , South Wharf , Paddington , stone and marble merchant—George Thomas Rollason , Birmingham , cbina and glass dealer , and George James Bollason , Birmingham , brassfounaer—Je « se Smith , Kent-place , Old Kent-road , cheesemonger—ThomaB Toynbee , University-street , Tottenham-court-road , horse dealer—Alfred Willsher , SoutU Island-ulace , Claphamroad , livery stable keeper . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Henry Core Booth , Artarman , Dumbartonshire , mer . chant—Alexander Law , Burntbrooui . Lunarkshire farmer —William little , HigB Borgue , Kirkcudbright , ' cattle « aler—Kenneth McKenzie , Reatonhall , tile manufac wer—Archibald Menriea , Aberfedly , Perthshire , hotel gW r Per ~ TllOmas WeatnerstonTait , Breadbaugh , Berwick-From the Gazette of Tuesday , January lith , ' -. _ BANKRUPTS . vS ? Cox , Cambridge , chemist-Henry Gladwell Hortaner and Jameg Mortimer , Navland , Suffolk , builderi '^ Jmi HoIite . Bi ^ tiin , victualler-William Bell Har SeSSr . " ° Seph Hiach 3 liffe 5 tevcnson BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Joseph CurL East . Wincb . Norfolk , grocer SCOTCH SE QUESTRATION ] Andrew Smith , Paisley , coach builder , s .
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LAMBETH . — Attempted- Hiohwat Robbery with Murderous Violence . —Charles Wood who described himself as an omnibus driver , and ' living at So . 20 , Bull and Gate-yard , High Holborn , was charged with committing a most murderous assault on the person of Mr . Thomas Carter Wiggs , residing at So . 2 , Lorrimer-terrace , Walwowb , with a life-preserver , and also with intending a highway robbery . Mr . Games attended for the prisoner . — Police-constable James Kay , 57 P , deposed that about half-past one on Sunday morning he was on duty on Manor-terrace , and on approaching within about one hundred yards of Lorrimore-terrace , he distinctly heard the sound of a blow , and instantly
heard loud cries of "Murder" and "Police . " He ran towards the place from whence the cries proceeded , and found there a gentleman bleeding profusely from the head . At the instant he saw by the shade of the lamp a man running in the direction of 'West-street , and in consequence went ri < f ht after him , as fast as ho could , but had not pi'o ceeed iar when he . met abrother officer coming towards him with the prisoner in his custody . The prisoner was taken to Mr . Wiggs , and the latter at once said that he was the person who struck him the blows on the head . —Mr . Elliot : Did he state what he had struck him with ?—Witness : Yes , sir he said a short stick with a knob at the end ; but ' , in my opinion , it was a " life preserver . "—S .
Coppin deposed that about the same time before mentioned , he heard the cries of " Murder " and " Police , " and while going to the spot from whence the cries proceeded , hornet the prisoner , who was blowing at the time , and appeared to have been running . Be asked him where he came from , and he said from Penton-place , and . knowing this to be false , he stopped him , and told him he must take him to the place from whence the cries proceeded . The prisoner then said , " If there is a row between a man and his wife , 1 have nothing to do with it / ' He ( Coppin ) , however , told him ho must come with him , and at this time tho lust witness , Kay , came and said that there
up , was a gentleman very nearly murdered . He then took the prisoner to the house of Mr . Wiggs , and that gentleman , on seeing him with his hat on , exclaimed , " that is the fel ^ v who struck me ; take care of him . " Mr . Wiggs also said that there was another man with the prisoner . The witness here produced a life-preserver of a new and novel shape . At otio eml was a large lump of lead , while the body , whioh . was of gutta percha , was tapered off , so as to resemble a riding-whip , of the most formidable description . —The prosecutor was bo severely injured so as to be unable to attend . —Tho prisoner was remanded , tho magistrate refusing to take bail for him .
SOUTHWARK .-Important io CABMBX .-John Haje 3 Mas charged with being drunk and refusing to pay his cab fare . —The cahmaR stated , that ho was hirad by the defendant at the west end of tho town to drive him over to the Borough . Wheu they arrived at the place tho defendant wanted he refused to pay the fare , so , added the driver , 1 drove him oft to the station-houae and gave him into custody . He ( the defendant ) was in liquor .-Mr . A'Beckett saidthatiif the defendant was intoxicated , the cabman had no right to let him get into his vehicle . At all events the cabman was not
justified in giving a man into custody for not paying his fare—Cabman ; What was I to do ?—Mr . A'Beckett : You ought to have taken out a summons against hiity for no driver is authorised to give a man in charge for merely refusing to pay a fare . —Cabman : But he refused to give his name or address , and if I let him go I might whistle for my fare .-A policeman said the defendant , although he appeared to have been drinking , was not intoxicated , but he heard lam use very abusive language when he asked for the fare . —Mr . A'Beckett said the defeudant was discharged .
WORSHIP-STREET .-A ScousDnEt .-William Bayliss , a well dressod follow , of dissipated appearance , wa 3 charged with the following dastardly attack upon a young woman named Maria Taylor . — The complainant , whose face was perfectly black ¦ w ith contusions , said that she had formerly lived under the protection of the prisoner , but in consoquence of repeated acts of ill-usage , which were ultimately followed on his part by a demand that she should go into the streets to support him in idleness by her prostitution , she determined to leave him , and went to reside with a relativo in Whitfield-street , Finsbury . She endeavoured to keep her place of refuge secret from him , but he succeeded in discovering it , and finding that she
repelled all his overtures for a reconciliation on tho disgraceful terras he had before proposed to her , he became outraceously violeiit in front of tho house , and expressed his determination to cut her throat the first opportunity that presented itself . She contrived for some time to keep out of his way , but on Friday evening while passing with a female friend througl £ Leonard-8 ti-eet , Shoreditch , she was overtaken by the prisoner , who again importuned her to live with him , and on her repeating her refnsal tore her bonnet and shawl from her person , struck her to the ground , and while she was lying partially stunned upon the pavement , dealt her such a terrible blow between the eyes that she endured the greatest agony , and afterwards found
that the bridge of her noso was broken . —The complainant subsequently applied for a summonB against the prisoner , but before it could be exe « cuted , he again went to her house and threatened to take her life , and the magistrate therefore issued a warrant for his apprehension , which he managed to evade until the prceeding night when he was at length captured by Holland the warrant officer . —A respectable-looking woman named Ellen Turner , who was in the company of the complainant at the time of the outrage , was also examined , and described the prisoner ' s conduct as ferocious and brutal in tho extreme . —Mr . Arnold sentenced him to pay the full penalty of £ 5 , or in default to stand committed to the House of Correction for two
months . —The penalty was not paid , and tho prisoner was earned away in the van . Ax injured Woman . —William Dives , a journeyman manufacturing chemist , wss charged with refusing to support his illegitimate children . —In October , 1846 , prisoner being acquainted with a young woman named Wise , offered to make her his wife . They left for church and camo back , the young woman with a ring upon her finger , and they passed among their friends a ^ man and wife ; they had not , however , been to church . Since that time the complainant has bovne two children to Dives , one three years old , and the other recently born . Just before the birth of the latter , the prisoner turned the young woman eut of doors . —The defendant said his wife had been away from him four years , and that she suddenly returned and claimed him , and he was obliged to abandon the other woman , who had no further claim upon him
, but he was willing ^ to allow her 3 s . 6 d . per week , which he had in fact been doing ever since he left her . —Mr . Yardley said the defendant must support his illegitimate children , and ordered him to pay 2 s . 6 d . for the supportofthe last born , and 2 s , per week for the first , and all the costs , —The prisoner said he would not pay the money . —Mr . Yardley—Then you will go to prison . Barbarous Treatment or a House . —John Cumber , a countryman attending V ? hitechapel hay-market , was charged with cruelty to a horse . —The animal was old , worn out , starved , and galled , yet the prisoner had driven it on the preceding day 20 miles with a ton of hay along a hilly road . When seen by the policeman it could scarcely move for agony . —Prisoner pleaded that others were doing the same . —Mr . Yardley fined him 40 s ., and ordered him to remove the animal by easy stages and after a few days' rest to its master ' s .
GUILDHALL . —Charge or Forging a Mining Share . —William Daniels was brought up , charged with obtaining £ 50 , the money of Mr . Thomas Fuller , mining share broker , 48 , Theadneedleatreet , by means of a forged transfer of one 512 th share of the Wheal Mary Anne Mine , Menhenoit , in Cornwall , and also with forging the same . There were other charges of a similar nature against the prisoner , but as he had not succeeded in obtaining the money , those cases were abandoned by the prosecutor , and the prisoner was fully committed for trial on the above charge .
Spanish Morals . - Charles Gomez , a South American , was oharged with assaulting Antonio Gomez , ja Spaniard . —Complainant said he was walking on Monday night in St . Paul ' s Churchyard when prisoner came and struck him a blow on the head , and immediately drew out a clasp knife with which he pursued and threatened to kill him ' —A police-constable corroborated this evidence . — Prisoner : I am a bow and arrow maker , and used to live in Liverpool-street . Complainant came to me and told me he could get me a great deal of custom among his connexions in England , He often came to my house , and soon afterwards I found him with my wife in a dark room . I forbid him my house . I have often met them since arm in . arm . Upoa the hat ocoasion I told him I would kill him if ever I caught them together again . After all this , on Monday night 1 was walking
through St . Paul ' s Churchyard , and there I saw complainant walking with my wife again , and they were laughing and talking together ; I was enraeed at it and struck him , and I could not help doing so . —Alderman Farebrother : And I think lyou served him quite right . If I had caught a man with my wife ia the same manner , I would have broken every bone in his skin . You were wrong to attempt to make use of the knife though ; and as for you ( turning to the complainant , who was preparing to sneak out of the court ) , the sooner such disreputable characters as yourself return to their own country , the better . Such tricks as thesemay do there , where the people are not so particular ; but in a country like this we don't allow them . Now go away , and never let me see you here again under similar circumstances , or I shall place you where the prisoner now stands . I shall dismiss this caise ; and ( to prisoner ) I would advise you-, if ever you find that mm with your wife
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again , to give him a good thrashing , but use n ° knives . Overworkin g a Van IIorse . —Benjamin Worthy Home , of the well-known carrying firm , was charged with ill-treating two horses . —John Sowell , clerk of the chamber , Guildhall , stated that on Friday last ho was ia Skinner-street , Snow-hill , nearly opposite the Saracen ' s Hoad , when he saw a van , loaded with goods so high as nearly to reach the drawing-room windows of the houses near . He saw one of the van horses panting in the agonies of death , and the other breathing so hard that it appeared as if it would burst its heart at every respiration , The first , a grey horse , dropped down dead soon after . The surviving horse , which appeared much exhausted , and in very low condition ,
was hanging by tho traces , and it was some time before they could release it . He had ascertained that the weight of the load was two tons five owt . He believed the van weighed another twenty-five cwt ., and this was to be drawn up a steep hill by two horses . A policman said he saw the surviving horse at the tail of the van , it had been just taken out of the shafts . It appeared very weak , and laboured very hard in its breathing . He lifted its collar , and found an old wound on the shoulder renewed by the friction of the collar . Both the horses appeared like old worn-out coach horses , and quito unfit for work . They did not belong to Messrs . Chaplin and Home , but were the private
property of Mr . B . W . Home , of the same firm . They were in very low condition . —Other witnesses were examined who said that all the horses were well attended to . The wound on the shoulder of the horse was as large as half-a-crown , and had fresh skin forming over it . —Alderman Farebrother said that no evidence had been produced to show from what cause tho other horse had died . The defence at present set up only confirmed the charge of working a horse in an unfit condition . The fact of sending a horse out to work with a sore shoulder had been admitted by the witnesses for tho detence , and he must therefore fine Mr . Benjamin Worthy Home 10 a ., and coats 2 a . The mene ' y was immediately paid .
MANS ION-HOUSE ,- An Italian Pickpocket and a Lady op Spirit . —Andrew Carter was oharged with having stolen a pocket-handkerchief . —Miss Caroline Weston , who resides in Bermondsey , said : On Monday night , at a little after six o ' clock , as I was passing through Fenchurch-street , I saw the prisoner put his hand iato tho pocket of a gentleman , and pull out part of a handkerchief , I immediately seized tho prisoner by the collar , and I called to the gentleman , who turned about . Tke handkerchief fell at his feet . —The Lord Mayor : You held the prisoner faBfc ?—Witness : Certainly I did , my lord j and I would not let him go , as the attempt was so palpable . —TheLord Mayor : What
have you to say , pnsonor , to this lady ' s statement ? —The prisoner : I don't deny that she took me , my lord . What was I to do ? I am a poor Italian , in great distress , and as hungry as a wolf . I must eat , and I must get something to buy food ?—Tho Lord Mayor : Is the prisoner known ?—The policeman into whoao custody the prisoner was given said the fellow was the companion of thieves . — The Lord Mayor : I shall send him for six weeks to hard labour in prison . I cannot sufficiently express my ad miration of the spirit and presence of mind exhibited by tho young lady who performed so hazardous a feat as that of taking into custody a person of this description . —The prisoner was thon committed .
How Pickpockets are Punished . —Several pickpockets were brought up in the custody of Finnis , and summarily convicted by his lordship for having attempted to pick pockets . Tho Lord Mayor said he was happy to be able to state that the course he had pursued with respect to pickpockets coming before him , had been followedby the best results . Whenever any pickpocket had previously been summarily convicted , he direoted the police to produce the certificate of such conviction at the trial . In consequence of this plan during the past session many thieves' who
would , if evidence of former crimes had not been produced , have escaped with imprisonment for a few months wore sentenced to transportation , and thus Bociety was relieved from those depredators at any rate for some years . It was , his lordship added , quite shocking to see thieves who had been long exercising thoir calling , sentenced perhaps to confinement in gaol for two or three months , and afterwards to find them not only committing plunder , but haunting tho very scenes of thoir former adventures .
CLERKENWELL .-Charqe op Murder bi a Husband . —Thomas Johnson , an elderly man , by trade a shoemaker , residing at No . 24 , Grahamstreet , Islington , was charged with tho wilful murder of Sarah Johnson , his wife . —Edward Constable caid that on Sunday morning last , about five o ' clock , he was on duty in Macclesfield-sfcreet , St . Luke ' s , when the prisoner came up to him in a state of agitation , and snid his wife was dead . Witness asked him tho cause of her death . He replied , " I don ' t know . I was up stairs and heard a noise : I went down stairs and found her lying on the floor . He spoke to hor , but she mado no reply , and he ascertained that she was dead . " Witness accompanied tho prisoner to the house . As ho was going alone
nc Sfiia nQ know nothing about it . On entering the back parlour , which was used as a workshop , witness found the deceased lying on the floor . The placo and furniture was all m confusion , and she was surrounded by a pool of blood . He lifted her arm up , and discovered that she was quite cold and dead . He called on Sergeant Barber and another constable , when they procured the attendance of Mr . Hutchin 8 on , a surgeon . There was no bed or fire in tho room . The deceased was dressed , with the exception of her shoes and one stocking . Mr . Hutchinson examined the deceased ' s head , and the prisoner said , " I have not done it ; I have not dono it . . Witness took him to the station-house , where he was locked up . —Mv . John Hutchinson
, surgeon , of jSo . 8 , River-street North , Islington , sworn , said that on Sunday morning last , he was called upon by the last witness to attend the deceased , at 2-i , Graham-street , Islington . He prooeeded there immediately , and in the back parlour found the deceased whom ho had seen on Saturday last . She was lying on the floor ; her hair was disordered , and matted with blood . She was ou . her right side , with her legs drawn up . The lower extremities were quite cold ; also her hands . Her face was very much bruised , and her eyes vevy much blackened and swollen . Her lips were cut ; her face was covered with blood ; there was a deep wound on her face . Her hands were covered with blood . Her knees were also injured . The deceased was sixty . three of
years ago . She vras quite dead . Witness asked the prisoner how it had happened . He said he did not know . The scalp of the head was very much injured and swollen . A cloak was in the apartment , which was saturated with blood . He again asked the prisoner how it occurred . He replied that she fell down in a fit , and knocked herself about . Ho said , «« I did not do it , I did not murder her . I missed her out of bed . I did not hear her breathe . I went down stairs and found her lying on tho floor . I lifted her up , and that caused tho blood to be on my hands , i found she was dead , and immediately went for a policeman . She had had some dreadful falls . She was always falling about . I could not do anything
else . She never complained to witness of her being subject to fits or falling down sinoe he attended on her . The prisoner ' s working tools were in the room ; tho bench was overturned . He went with the prisoner and the policeman tothestation-houso and on his return ho examined the body of the de ' ceaised more minutoly . There were three females and a man , lodgers in the house , at the time - Sergeant E . Barber , who assisted the first witness , said that before prisoner went to the stationhouse he ( witness ) turned the light of his lantern on him , and saw that his hands were covered with blood , particularly his nails . There was also blood on his temple and on the hearthstone ; itappeared to havo been wiped up with a cloak which lav close bv
rae oeceasea , which was saturated with blood . There was blood also on the walls and mantelshelf ; it was quite dry , but fresh . There was a jug upon the hob of the firegrate containing beer ; the jug was splashed with blood . There was also blood on tho table . Mr . Hutchinson having said that tho wounds were on tho head and face , « fec . might have been caused by kicks from a boot , witness returned to the station-house , and examined the prisoner's boots ( now produced ) , and he found murks of blood upon them , quite dry . Witness asked the prisoner how the blood came on his boots He said they must have been , caused by feeling after tho deceased in the dark . There were four other partios lodging in tho same house . He had
ordered them all to attend that day to give evidence , but they were not present . They could give information as to the prisoner's ill-treatment of the deceased . Mr . Hioka , overseer of Islington recognised the prisoner as being in the habit of illusing the deceased , and she prosocuted him in this court for cruelly beating her , when he was sent to prison for one month .-Mr . Tyrwhittsaid ho would remand the prisoner for the result of the coroner ' s inquest . A School For _ Young TmEVKa . -William Bristol , a fellow of evil appeaianca , well known to the police as a notomma thief , receiver , and trainer of thieves , was placed at the bar before Mr under the following circumstances :-Sereeant Archer said , that on Sunday evening last he was m company of Fisher in Gray ' s-ion-lan * % hel he saw the prisoner followin / a wntfiSn ?^
fox-court , endeavouring to pick Eis pocket of a handkerchief . A woman of loose character ' aSw hem watching the prisoner called out to him that "B-- old Archer and Fisher are after you , ' when he ran away , and , in order to avoid them , he entered a tobacco-shop , under pretence of purchasing some tobacco , and they took him into custody-Mr Tyrwhitt asked the officer " wnat hey knew of the prisoner ? Archer said , that the KibGfain . " ia Fox-court , Gray ' sWlane , a
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receptaclo for notorious thieves , and the worst characters , and which was a regular nuisance to the respectable portion of the inhabitants . On proceeding to the « ' Kitchin " where tho prisoner lodged , ho made a search , and in his apavtmenta he found a bayonet , the property of Mr . J . Yeoman , gunmaker , &c , of Chamber street , GoodmauV fields . It may be remembered , that Mr . Yeoman is contractor for guns and bayonets to tho East India Company . One of his workmen was sent to the East India nouse with nine guns and nine bayonets , for inspection prior to the order being finished , and during his temporary absence in a public-house , to have some refreshment , the property was stolen from tho passage , where he had left it . Tho bayonet now produced was one of tho
identical bayonets that had been stolen , and had no doubt been received by the prisoner . He ( Archer ) was endeavouring to trace and apprehend the thieves . —Mr . Tyrwhitt inquired who was the owner of tho house called tho " Kitohen . "Fisher , 127 , 6 , said he did not know who was the owner of the house , hut ho knew that it was rented by a person named Burgess , and the prisoner acted as deputy to the establishment , and was in the habit of receiving stolen property from boys and thieves of every description , and training youths in the art of p icking pockets . A few nights ago he was watching after some thiere 3 at this Kitchen , when he peeped through tho window and saw tho prisoner and several "boys below . A string was
affixed from one side of the apartment to the other ; a coat was pinned to it , and , a handkerchief being put into the pocket , the prisoner instructed the boys how to pick tho pocket of the handkerchief , and if they failed in performing the thing well , and to the prisoner ' s satisfaction , he would knock them down and Uluse them ; and at length , after some practice , his " pupils" would become perfect adepts in the " art and mystery" of picking pockets . Stolen goods wore every day and every night taken to this place , which was constantly full of the most depraved characters in London . —Mr . Tyrwhitt remarked , that scarce a day passed over but something of the " Kitchen , " in Fox-court , was mentioned in connexion with robberies or other disgraceful transactions . It was the duty of the
parish authorities to look after such a place ; they were bound to put it down by imlictmont at tho sessions . Country people would look upon the police of London and the parish officers with contempt when , after the publicity given by the press to such an infamous place existing in the very centre of the metropolis , it was not put down . He directed that Mr . James and the parish authorities of St . Andrews , Holborn , should bo communicated with upon the subject , and their attendance requested at this court on the day of the prisoner ' s next examination , when the whole matter would be laid before them , and he did hope that the most decided mea-Bttres would be adopted to crush so disgraceful a nuisance and nothing should be waatinq on hie part to accomplish so desirable an object . Ho then remanded the prisoner for a week for further
evidence . BOW-STKEET . — Robberv is is Hotel . —A respeotably dressed man , aged C 3 , who gave the name of William Graves , but who refused to give his address or occupation , was charged with stealing two table plated spoons and a silver salt spoon from the coffee-room of the British Hotel , Cockspurstreet . —J . Dobson , waiter , said on Saturday even ing last , shortly after six o ' clock , the prisoner entered the coffee-room . He remained about a minute , and then left the room . Witness met him at the door , and the prisoner asked him if CapTain Wilkinson was stopping there . Witness told him he was not , and the prisoner , after thanking him , quitted the hotel . Witness went into the
coffeeroom , and immediately missed from one of tho tables two plated spoons . Witness ran after the prisoner , and desired him toreturn . He would tell him what for when they got to the hotel . The prisoner said , " Oh , my God , here they are ; pray , forgive me . Ho then produced the missing spoons , and witness took him back to the hotel . —W ; Tue the head waiter , said , on being informed of the robbery , he went into the coffee-room and missed , besides the table spoons , a silver salt spoon , which he charged tho prisoner with stealing , and he immediately replied , it is of no use ; here it is . " He then handed the spoon to the constable . —The prisoner made no answer to tho charge , and Mr . Hall full committed him for trial .
The Holborn Riot .-J . Abrams , J . Thomas , W . Walker , and J . Snooks , were charged with fighting and collecting a mob in Holborn . —A policeconstable said that at half-past one on Tuesday morning , the prisoners came out of tho Holborn Casino , and commenced quarrelling . Words were followed by blows , a mob of from fifty to a hundred collected , and the noiso was such as to disturb and alarm the neighbourhood . He called upon them to disperse , avid they made a show of doing so , but presently collected again . Having again tried to
disperse them and failed , he procured assistance , and singled out the defendants as the ringleaders . —The defendants admitted fighting , but pleaded their ready submission to the police when taken into custody . They had been in the Casino , and one Of tne ladies had fainted , out of which the quarrel arose . Abrams also pleaded that ho had defended the policeman from violence , with which he was menaced by the mob . —Mr . Jardine discharged Abrams , and convicted each of the other three prisoners in a fine of ten shillings , or ten days' imprisonment * r
. The Policeman ' s Enemy . —S . Gills was charged with committing an aggravated assault on a policeman . —E 108 , said he found the prisoner about two o clock on Tuesday morning , in Tottenham-courtroad , making a disturbance , and desired him to go away . As he took no notice several other constables spoke to him , but persisting in defying the police witness attempted to take him in custody . He then struck witness a violent blow in the eye and ran ofl followed by witness , who overtook him when he again struck witness in the face , knocked him down and struck and kicked him while on the ground ' lie again ran away , and was recaptured in Tottenham-oourt-place , a cut de sac , which afforded no means of escape . Prisoner had been many timeB in custody for offences of that kind , and was a known associates of thieves and prostitutes . Sentence-One month s imprisonment . i in
wbbery wmerick . —C . Corklin was char » ed upon his own confession , with stealing , in conjunct tl ° M ' w a"other - , the *™ of £ 18 , the property of Mr . W . Goen Sibthorp , of Limerick . On the luesday evening the prisoner surrendered himself at the chief office in Scotland-yard , and said he had absconded about a fortnight since from his employer taking with him £ 18 , his master ' s money . Another young man accompanied him and it was through his inducement that he applied his employer ' s money to his own use . The monev was all gone , and his companion had turned his back upon him and would not assist him . The pri ^ fLn ih ? j ° - Chargew ? ^ uit 6 true - with the excaption that his companion was not the sole cause of his robbing his master . He did not wish to throw blame upon others . In ansWRr fn m . « . «««
Dy the magistrate , the prisoner said be filed the situation of clerk to Mr . Sibthorp , who was an agent to the City of Dublin BtoaS-paokefT oom Fn 7 r ' flkn d / M ? r agent t 0 Mr « Watkfns , a brew ™ a week * 7 Vemanded the P risoner f <* Attempted Soicidk o ? a Fuenchman . -J . H . Gaucher , who was brought up on Saturday ast charged with having attempted self-destruc ton was again placed at the bar * The prisoner , S in— T , Btrand Union Workhouse now SnSnff * '' - * He 8 aid he was a t ^ er , P ^ if » f V from Halifax > Novo Scotia . > Kl ; . ua / 8 L . 8 Hlce . on arriving in London , ho was robbed of his pocket book , which contained t . was left utterly destitute . The thoughts of being in a strange country without any friends drovehimtothe commissionof theact . Hewas now truly Borry for what had occurred , and he had in
express his gratitude for the kindness he bad received , both at the hospital and the workhouse — Mr . Henry advanced the prisoner £ 2 10 s . from tho poor box , in defraying his expenses to Paris , where hie brother would receive him . Tho prisoner tU hls worsui P » and then loft the court . WESTMIN STEi-SmnNo Wearino App ^ el . -Ellen Roland was charged with stealing several articles of wearing apparel , the property of her master , Mr Slonian -James Abrahams , 290 S . stated that he took the prisoner in custody on Wed ! nesday night , when she told him that she had given some of tho property to a potman in the neighlour-Sf \ J \ ? £ , e an em b «> idered waistcoat Sli « . * ? J ? hleft were found - T 1 * Potman foranSpnf ^ Tif ^ ^ Mm tlJthings lor a present . —The prisoner , in defnnpa nnui * vL gr t him things . - The prisoner was committed for
How M EB 0 NE- ~ Aa 8 AtJLT 0 N « Otkbsmb . - MertMeaw , a sturdy young fellow , was charged with an outrageouB assault on Mr Me J « r assistant overseer of SbylebonS-Mr Mm ! Z ' sr « , fctS £ ^ itSStSE sissti feTZs 52 , JV SOner SretTted " Sth ariS w « ^ f complainant ' s bead , Sh wt ? ihw T blch he had > n hi 3 hand » to * Mr iLXl + k P ately Prevented taking effect by poor IS * ^ "P ^ ndent ? ectOT of the C , ! n ng f the blow ™ tb W » hand .-Mr . Bartiaun corroborated the evidence of complaiwm » 7 * ¦ * F ? » w » o did not deny the charge , month thoHousoof Cation for one
Street Int erruption . —Mary Pratt was charged witu using insulting and abusive language to Mi ' wmpbel ) , a gentleman residing at St . John a
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wood . A few days ago tho complainant wasT ^ with a lady in Portman-square , when tlJSj ?^ went up to them , and , addressing tho comni 1 called him a scoundrel and other insuItinS Dai " i Aftev she had vented her rage upon tho natne » . nant , she turned to the lad y with whom Tnpla' « walking , and called her several names too « f , * * mention , and threatened to knock hor teen 7 to her throat , and also to stick a knife into 1 ' ° » consequent of these threats tho present m-no \ la were adopted , in order to compel the dcfeni "& keep tho peace . The defendant , in rcnlv * t 0 charge , said she had formerly lived v&i ti 9 Campbell , and had a child by him . nQ \ 'L * . some months ago , and now refused to do in h . " * for her or the child . She denio . l usinir i « T 5 language or threats towards either of then , H Long fined her 10 s . and costs . Tho m ™ . JIr - immediately paid . on *« Embezzlement by a Collecting Clerk — p ¦
»""¦«« was uuiiuy eaiumnou on a cHaree of n v zling various sums of money , the pron » t l % Messrs . Dnice and Co ., upholsterers of n . of street , his ompleyers . —John Ilollineshed m ^ - clerk to the prosecutors , deposed that tie m ? filnS had been engaged as collecting clerk by tWfi 0 Dcr for nine or ten months , at 40 s . per week anj \ fm > his duty to receive and collect in all monks 1 » the prosecutors , and pay it into witness ' s handlui same day . He had on sovoral occasions neeW 5 to do so , and appropriated tho money to himsrtf 1 This latter statement was confirmed by the evid of various clerks acid customers of the firm am ' r prisoner , who declined offeritig any defenrn 9 fully committed for trial . ' C 0 ( ** THAMES , —Scruples . —James Nash , a dock i bourer was charged with sucking spirits from M u by means of a tube , in the London Docks . -j \\ * Dickens , a cooper in the company ' s Wvicp z being handod the book refused to be sworn u Yardley : Why do you refuse to be sworn ? -. ™ Ti * ( a very respectable-looking mechanic ) replied it i in
eauso reaa tnat very book the words ¦< s . not at all . "—Mr . Yardley : are you going tnTi « lies ? -Dickins . No , I intend to tell the truth- 3 that book exemptB me from taking an o ; ith -Lv ? Yardley : Stuff and nonsense . You put a Von construction on tho passage , as wanv clever ninn havo done | bofore you . —Dickins : Whon I was nnil a special constable by the company , they d : d mh require me to take an oath . —Mr . Yardley The you were not made one before me . I would nS have made such a foolish fellow a special constilZ ( laughter ) , When people are called to speak to t& truth , their ovidonce given thus is not an oath Z you understand it , but a high attestation — Did ins , on the book being again tendered said he had no objection to kiss it , but protested a ^ ain ^
the act being supposed to be an oath . —Mr Y-trd ley : Have you any objection to Bpeak tho truth « —Dickins : No . —Mr , Ya ^ dley : Then take tha book . —The oath was then delivered by the mains ! trate himself with great solemnity . The case was fully proved by the -witness , and the prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine of 20 s ., or eight days imwi ; sonment . * MARLBOROUGH-STREET . - Robbery iT . Jeweller's , —W . Harop , a well dressed man , wai charged with stealing two gold chains from the shoo of Mr . Attenborougb , silversmith , < fcc , Piccadilw —O . Roe , shopman in the employ of Mr . Attenb ' oi rough , said that on Monday night the prisoner cams into his master ' s shop , and asked to see some gold
guard chains . Witness showed him eight , whicb . the prisoner looked at , and asked if they had not some larger . Witness went round the counter to get some more , and , suspecting the prisoner , kept his eye upon him , and saw him put one chain into his pocket . Witness then produced two more , bu 5 found that two of the original eight were deficient . He told the prisoner that would not do , and desired him to pull the chain out of his coat pocket . Tha prisoner said , "What do you mean ? " and , befora witness could secure him , contrived to return tha two chains and place them on the counter . Tha prisoner then ran out of the shop , and witness ' s fellow shopman pursued and gave him into custody . —The prisoner was remanded for a week ,
The large and beautiful Estate of Bbalf , in the north-eastern part of this county , the propertj of Prideaux John Selby , Esq ., of Twizell House , Belford , containing 1 , 320 acres , and hitherto let at a rental of £ 1 , 700 , and which has been for several mnnths in the market , has , it is stated , been sold to Hugh Taylor , jun ., Esq ., of the Coal Exchange . London , for the sum of £ 47 , 000 . The Bishop of Oxford . —It is reported that tit Bishop of Oxford has issued an inhibition against Dr . Pusey ' s preaching in his diocese .
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CORN . Mibs Lan % Wednesday , January 15 , —T . he principal supplies of foreign wheat and oatg as well as flour sinco tins aay se'nniglit havo been from French and Belgian purta . We had only a small show of English Wheftl till ! morning , and mostly in bad condition , inconsequence of winch the sale was very heavy , > yithout any material alteration in price . The best dry foreign wheat met soms inquiry , but to sell any quantity rather lower terms wsra
accepted . The flour trade was exce&sively dull , unless for superior qualities . Fine malting barley sold fully as dear , but other sorts very unsaleable . In malt but little domg . Beans and peas ratlur ch eaper , escevtinp fins maple peas , which are scarce and wanted . Good fresh oats 6 old pretty freely , the arrivals being moderate , but prices held much as last week . KicnMoND , ( Yohkshibe , ) Jan . 1 ^—We had a toleraWa supply of grain in our market this mornin" Wheat sold from , 4 s 6 d to 5 s Gd ; Oats , Is lOd to 3 s ; Barley , 3 s ( Id to 3 s Gd ; I 5 ean 3 , 4 s to 4 s 8 d per bushel .
CATTLE . Smithhfld , Wednesday , January 15 . —Our market , to nay was again seasonably supplied with foreign stock as to numbers ; but the general quality of the beasts wa » very interior . The supply of home-fed beasts being some , what extensive , the weather very unfavourable for slaugh . wring , and the dead markets exceedingly inactive , tiio beef trade was agaiu unusuallj heavy , and the salesmen were compelled , in most instances , to submit to a reduction in the prices of Monday last of 2 d , per 81 bs , The highest figure for the best Scots was 3 s . 8 d . per Slbs ,, and a total clearance was not effecfed . Generally speaking , tlie stock came to hand in good condition . With sheep we were tolerably well , but not to saj heavily , supplied . Even tha pnmest oM Downs were very slow in sale , aud last week ' * currencies were with difficulty supported . The highest quotation was 4 s . 4 d . per Slbs * NotwithWandinR that tlio supply of calves was limited , the veal trade ruled heavy , at barely stationary prices . In pigs next to nothing ' was aoing , but we have no change to notice in value
. . | ee , > 2 s Sd to 3 s 8 d ; mutton , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Cd : veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; porlc , 2 s 8 d to 4 s Od .-l'rice per stone of Slbi sinking the ofTal . Newgate and Leadeniuh ,, Wednesday , Jan . 15 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 0 d to 2 s 2 d j middling , ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 a 6 d ; prime large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime small , 3 s Od to 3 s ii ; large pork , 2 s 4 d to 3 s Gd ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 dto 2 s 8 d ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d : prime ditte , 3 s 6 d to 3 s Sd ; 76 on u 3 s 6 d > ' 8 ma 11 P ° rk 3 s 8 d to 4 s 0 d | per 81 bs . by the carcase .
BREAD . The priceg of wheaten bread in tV . e metropolis are from vd . to 7 Jd . ; of household ditto , 5 d . to OJd . per 41 bs . PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —During the mest part of last week ; the dealings in Irish hatter were slow and limited . Towards the close the demand slightly improved : the last quotations were well supported , and the prospects of the market rather more encouraging . For Forefen the In . quiry was moderately good , and prices steady ; best qualitj » 2 s . Bacon . —Irish and Ilambro singed sides met buyers to a fair extent , at previous rates . In hams and lard no change . Enomsh BnrrEB , Jan . 13 . —We now experience an ex tremfcly dull trade , and prices are not supported . Dorsei m . 'JT ^^ 'M" p « er civti ; d 0 - middlin e and s < 70 s to 80 s ; fresh 9 s to 13 s per doz . fts . VEGETABLES . am ? S £ ABDE - > Saturda ^ - " -Hothouse grapei ssesrsa ^ assJ srwnr-. - sJrss ^ some Sis ! " A ^«! iwU ftSXSBS £ ? r « rrnfc a \ a le . ' ? avagus ' » "
WOOL . tart wa ™ Ja V- —The imports of woolintoLondo Svdnev 71 R ? .. * rfy 3 , 000 bales , of which 1 , 783 werefroi l , Hfi fr ( "n the Cape of Good Hope , 248 from Spaii Thw ^ f ™ ^ from * Wmn , and 2 from feri mere ib not much doing in colonial and foreign sorts-Zw 8111 ! . ^ * k * elr > * > and «•! ™ P privatel aVC Brltisb > vo ° l iB in reiluc LtvERPOoi ,, Jan . ll ^ -Scotch—There ha * been a li tt more doinB inlaid Highland this week , at late rates . < white Highland the stocks are li ght . There is still Httl if anything , doing in either Crossed or CheToita , and tl stocks of these classes are very large nf p ?^ v - n " n ~ J l r - have becn 80 me considerable arriva of Peruvian and Alpaca in the week , which are eager fi ^ vL btoc f ksof , . S ther kinds are low , and an \ L « I ?? T ets a , fau < demand atfu " Prices . 2115 bZ week 3 > 35 ° baUs ' Pwvwuilj ihb je
HIDES . ri ^^ -7 ^ ' S hides ' 561 b . to 641 b ., ljd . to ! j 801 b lA taV ^ to 721 b - 2 * d- t 0 2 Jd ! ditt 0 ' 721 b ' 88 h " tl : « n « k \ 801 bl t 0 881 ^ - » 3 id to 3 jd . ; dit di » o iniuV i , ? , ; - ; d i"o 9 Glb . tol 04 lb ., 4 d . to 4 i ( ft ^ " h " £ "?•¦ ^ * W- ; Calf-kin s , « u « . to 3 s . ; Horse-hides 6 s . to 7 s .
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Dbouet ' s Pauper Asslbm . —On Thursday night a puhlic meeting was held in the Assembly Rooms , Theobald ' s-road , to consider the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners , in refusing to allow the expenses ( £ 100 ) of the prosecution of the late Mr . Drouet in the accounts of the overseers of St Andrew , Holborn . Mr . Wakley , M . P ., took tho chair , and attributed the act of the commissioners to the exposure of the inefficiency of their visitation , as protectors of the poor , which the inquiry had effected . He called upoh the meeting not to allow the overseers to suffer in pocket . Several gentlemen addressed the meeting , and it was resolved , that in case of nonpayment of the costs bv the guardians , a public subscription should be opened . Resolutions in favour of the appointment of public prosecutor , and expressing disapprobation of the commissioners' conduct , w « re adopted and the proceedings terminated .
Axotheh Fatal Accidext ox the Eastern Couxties Railway . —An accident of a most distressing nature again occurred on the above line of railway oa Wednesday , the Sth inst ., by which one of the company ' s servants , named Rodwick , lost his life On the morning in question , about five o ' clock , Mr . Atkinson telegraphed down the lino to "keep clear . " This was nearly one hour antecedent to any of the ordinary trains starting from the Shoreditch terminus . Answers were duly received from every station except Ponder ' s End ; omission , however , at that point was not apparently considered a matter of importance , as at six o ' clock a special tram , conveying a gentleman en route to Cambridge
to attend his father ' s demise , left the terminus and proceeded at a rapid rate in safety as far as Ponder s Lnd , where some second class carriages left by the goods train were being shunted across the hue by deceased and two others . At this juncture the special train ran into the station , strikiug the second class carriages in its progress , forcing them off tha line , and jamming the unfortunate man between them and a brick wall . He was taken up ma most pitiable condition , aud conveyed to a neighbouring gentleman ' s house , where , on medical attendance being procured , it was ascertained that his spine was fractured in several places . lie lingered in great agony until a late hour on
Thursday evening , when he expired without being removed . Deceased had been in the company ' s ser-* icea . considerable time , and was much respected , and filled the triple situation of signal man , points ' man , and telegraph attendant , at the Ponder ' s End station . The fatal occurrence is rendered vet more lamentable by the fact of deceased having ' for the last five years been the sole support of an aged father , confined to his bed with paralysis at 25 Essex-street , King ' s Cross . Fatal Couiert Coixiery in Wales . —An explosion of fire-damp occurred at Cwmbach , on Thuwwst
aay , m a level belonging to the Tniscedwyn Iron Works , when four persons were severely burnt . One of the sufferers died shortly after being brought out of the level , and another is not expected to survive . The accident is attributed to the carelessness of the men , in allowing the safetylamp to be carried into the level before them , by a little boy , who could not detect the presence of the ratal gas , the men following with candles in their hands , and thereby oausing the explosion . The Case of the Sloaxes . —Mr . Huddlestone applied to the court to give the amount of recognisances that should be entered into by Theresa Sloane , the wife of George Sloane , against whom the grand jury had returned a true bill , for illusing their servant , in the event of her being taken —The Chief Baron directed that Mr . Sloane should enter into a recognisance of £ 500 , and that she should also find two sureties in £ 250 each
The lite Accidext at thb Gbbat NoBTnEitN Railway Termlvus . —On Thursday , Mr . T . Wakley M . P ., coroner for West Middlesex , held an inquest at the University College Hospital , on the body of James Samuel Greene , aged fifty-six , who was engaged as a wood sawyer at the works now erecting at the terminus , Maiden-lane , Battle-bridge , and received such serious injuries at the accident which occurred on Saturday afternoon last as to render it necessary to convey him to the above hospital , where he expired on Monday moraine , from their effects . Mr . W . H . Vallance appeared solicitor behalf
as on of Messrs . Jay , the contractors . Evidence was adduced similar to that given at the inquiry on Tuesday , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Serious Accident , to Sib R . Peel . —Intelligence was received in Birmingham on Wednesday afternoon that an accident of a very alarming character had occurred to Sir Robert Peel . It seems that the lion , baronet was out hunting in the neighbourhood of Fazeley ; the horse stumbled , threw his rider , and fell oa him in such a way as to seriously injure his head . He was taken up senseless , and on Thursday morning was in a very precarioua
state . Fatal Cab Accident . —On Friday Mr . fl . M . Wakley conoluded an adjourned inquest in the Middlesex Hospital on John Sharpe , aged fifty-six , a carpenter . Mr . Samuel Steelo , vestryman of St . Marylebone , deposed that ho was walking along ' orihnd-place , Cavendish-street , when he saw a Hansoms cab , driven by Joseph Birch , badge 4 , 463 , R ! ioc : i down and run over deceased as the latter crowed Portland-place . The cab was going rather rapidly , and the driver was the worse for liquor It his inion
was op that the accident was the result of reckless driving . Mr . Goodall , house surgeon , said that deceased died of erysipelas , the result of his injuries . The jury returned the following verdict : — " That deceased died of erysipelas , after having been run over by a cab ; but there is not sufficient evidence to return a verdict of mauslaughter . " The Queen has granted pensions on the Civil List of £ 100 a year each , to Mrs . Belzoni , tho aged widow of the celebrated traveller , and to Mr . . oole , author of Paul Pry , and of several contributions to periodical literature , who ia a great sufferer from bodily infirmities .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1609/page/8/
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