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¦'¦ ¦ - '¦ ^¦^ 'iaa ^ : : f : f- \ - j ; jflosioca Abshjw . —George Damm * . aged fift y . ' ^ ne , wM indicted for feloniousl y abusing a little girl under twelve years of ago . . The statement of fhe prisoner ; ira 3 ? 'tiut -what-he'had done i wag done with-the child ' s consent ; erroneously supposing , to » U probability , that that was a defence " to tbe charge . The-jory , however , returned a verdict of Guilty , -and lie -was sentenced to two yean'impnwment with hard labour . . ... Ce&bqk of Rap * —James Dowd , aged twentyseven , was indicted for a rape upon Maria Hough . The prosecntrix in this case was no lessthah sixtyoldbat her account ., , .,, K ..,-i . - ^ -r ? ri = , . .
five years , of the matter was a co nsistent and credible > one ; - "Yery recentl y after the occurrence she had : made complaint of the tnwng whichsbe had suffered , and the truth of the charge appeared free from any reasonable doubt The jary convicted the prisoner , and he was trans-. orted for fifteen yean . — . ., ¦ ABsos .-Joseph HicMson , aged ten , was charged with having on the 12 th of February last set fire to a hayataek , the property of Thomas Bingbam The prisoner a . parents inhabited a cottage near the hott « aof the prosecutor ; and f rom that person ' s acwnntit-TTOHld ' seem that , little or no care had been paid tohun . He had been in the service of Mr . Bingham , bub had been scolded by Mm for his jnany petty delinquencies . : ; . ' On the evening in
question the haystack-was safe about aine at night , andwasfound to b& on fire at one . The lad did not denybe was presentati the fire , but stated an Irishman cameto him : andasked him which was Mr . Bingbara ' s stack } and upon ; the boy pointing it out , hethen a » ked tKe lad to fire it . The boy said he would not , whereupon the Irishman took some pieces of stick ; rag , and some cracking matches and lighted the haystack in two places . - Ee then went away , telling the prisoner that when he met him ¦ againhe ^ would give : him something . There was no proof of any Irishman having been ' upon or about ' the premises , ' -and no doubt he wasanimagiaary personage / The jury found the prisoner Guilty ; and the learned jadge sentenced him to be transported for ten yeari . -i ' - - •¦¦">¦ ¦ >¦ ¦ i
Chabss of Stabmso . —Charles Lowe , ' aged twenty-seven , was charged with having maliciously stabbed one George Barker on the 26 th of-November , 1850 , - at Alfretbn . ' -Prom the statement of- the prosecutor , it appeared that he had been at the Alfreton statutes on the day in ' question ^ At a rery late hour ha found himself at the Robin Hood public-house . Being ejectedfrom there , " aquarrel arose between himself and Bevetal others , among 8 t them being the prisoner . The persons present o £ . side the prosecntor were-two- men named Cooper and jffildgoose , anda labourer -named Smith ; arid his son ; a boy .. = Cooper ¦ commenced . by . ; pulling Barker by the nose ( not ' a very pleasant operation to begin witbj ) and the prisoner Lowe began
striking him , and , according tohu positive oath , stabbed . him with some ' sbarp instrument in the left thigh . The wound was a very severe one , eutting . thrpugh « ome of the principal arteries , so as to placethe life of Barker in considerable jeopardy . The " jury , rptarnedaverdict of NotGuilty . ... ' . ' , . , ' . . Akotheb Chahqe -of .- SrABurso . —John . JfcJtyei a ^ edtbirty-fodr , wasVpliced at the bar ,, charged with having , on the 6 th of November last , stabbed one Charles Taylor , at Ech j ngton , with intent to do him swnegrievout bodily harm and damage .. ' The prisoner had pleaded 2 Tot Guilty generally ,, but he now withdrew thatplea , and pleaded Guilty to the common assault ; whereupon the . learned Baron sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment .-with hard labour . . - ... , . -... ' ,.- ; '
' Assault , asd . Robbtot . —Herbert Rippon , aged twenty-four ,. and George Harrison , aged-twentytwo , were charged with having . on the 19 th of February . last , atBchington , feloniously assaulted one Samuel Evans and robbed him of one pair of shoes , a . pocket-bookt , OH £ gflclfl Q ijohJef ,- ; aDd other articles ; the property of « w ^ iiSaBudS , vans . ' . . From the testimony of the prosecutor * , " ( an . old man ,, who gave hia evidence . ; jsith great difficulty , , owing ; to the injuries he received on , the night in question , ) it appeared that he lives at Hanley , inthis eounty . Onthe'Kffi oTTfeTiruary'be'h a . d gone over to s p lace called Gadles , on . some business , intending to sleep at a public-house kept by a man named Barker . In the course of the evening the two prfc BOnere , along : Vrth a man named Chadhnrn ( not jet in custody , ) came into the room where'Evans was ^ ittuiEr . - Theuld man , knowing , them very
well , told them his business , and that it" was hot his intention to go iome that night ; bnb . Harria ' on telling him he was going his way , Evans allowed hiqigelf to be persuaded to give up his original infehtion , and left the house in his company ; Upon coming to a place ' called Carter-hold-Lane , which branches off from-the main road , Eippon and , Chadbum remained behind , Harrison proceeding ' down { he lane with the old man on his wayhome ^ . In a short time two men' rushed from -the 'hedge- with stakes in their hands :. One of the men , whom prosecntor recognised as Rippon , had got * a . handkerchief partly over his face ; be knocked Eraas down on his back , bitting him upon the head , and face , the prosecutor bleeding profusely from the wounds he received . Rippon had got his head . between the legs of the prosecntor , and in stooping Evans had an opportunity of weognising , -and-did recognise Rippon . Harrison held the old man ' s legs while
Chadburn took < -ff his shoes ; they took-also > poeket-beofc , handkerchief , &c . It should be . Btated the men behaved with the greatest brutality , getting their hands between prosecutor ' s . throat and neckerchief ; and twisting rfc apparently-with a viewto strangle him , and , leaving him for dead . . The prosecutor managed to crawl to the cottage ! of a . " man named Andrews ,. who stated he was ; alarmed by a scratching noise , at . his . door about half-past four in the morning , and upon getting tip he found the old man . covered with blood , and almost dead , from the injuries he had received , and cold and exhausted . The police having received information of theoutrage that had been perpetrated , proceeded to -BJppon ' s house , when they found his wife in the act of concealing a pair of trowsers covered with blood about and below the knees . The jury found both prisoners guilty ,, and they . were sentenced to be transported for life . :.:,.. i r \
The Game Laws . —John Chapman , ( -William Sheppard , John Sheppard , 'William Warrill , Robert Grundy ,. William Clark , James Wilde , William Dobb ,. Joh&Evans , John Goodland , George Cotts , and Robert Cutts , were charged :: with having on the night of-the 23 rd < tf November , 1850 , * entered » certain wood in ScarcliffPark , for the purpose of destroying g ame , the property of Earl BathursL— - George Cutts pleaded guilty . —The prisorie , rs were Been on the day of the 23 rd of JJovember , witti the ' exception of Worrill and a man named Rhodes , going in the direction of the nark . Rhodes was tried to be dissuaded from going by Ann Rhodes . He said he would go . this once , and would then rave it over . Several of the parties . had guns ,
ethers bludgeons , and their faces blackened , and a piece of white ribbon tied round theiarm of each of their party , to distinguish them from , the watchers or keepers ; . They got to- the . park . ' about , one . Booth , the head keeper ,: and- Farmer , an under keeper , were in a cabin in the park l and there were five toutera . . Hearing & gun fired , they left the cabin and went to a ride near the . wood , . Farmer giving his gun to Booth . They then divided , and Booth advanced with his gun hanging down under his left arm , and having a stick in his right hand . A second gun was fired , and two men were seen to oome out of the wood to the side . They cried " Hei « b-uy , heigbwup , " when the whole body came oat of the wood toward * Booth , who began a
retreat , bntthey set upon and beat him , he endeavouring to ward off the blows with his stick , beg-Ring them to be merciful as they were too . strong for him , and saying there would be no resistance , and that they might take the game ; but Chapman struck him on the head with a sword , cutting clean through the bone , and separating two pieces o ! the skull , which were-produced in court . They beat him while down , and all that Booth remembered after the . sword How , was hearing a gun go off , and seeing something fall . . This was Rhodes , who was beating Booth , when the gun of the latter went off and shot Rhodes , and he was conveyed home by his comrades , when he . died . Captain Welfit , with Heald , a constable , and . others , went . to Bolsover in tie morning , about four o ' clock , and met a surgeon with Newton , ' the person at whose house Rhodes lodged . They went there , and found Rhodes dying from a gun-shot wound above the
Baval . He tlied shortly afterwards . They then weHt to Chapman ' s house , who was in bed , but soon Caniedown . He denied haying been at the fray ^ ; but his boots showed : he Jiad recently been out . He was very violent , and tried to blow the candle out . A man was seen passing-. down the street , who raa awav . Chase was given , and he was taken . Seeing Captain Welfit , he said , - " Oh , Captain WelBt , I will tell joa . alL" This was Cutts , and from hi 3 information all the prisoners were taken into custody . —jThe jury acquitted John . Shenpard , tte boy , bnt . found all the other .-prisoners guilty opon tie third count . —The judge sentenced Chapman to be transported for life .. William . Shepberd for fifteen years , Grundy , Clarke , Dobb , and Cntts to ten years , - George Cutts to two years * imprisonment and hard labour , and WorrilJ ,. Evans ,- Goodlaod , and Wilde to eighteen months' imprisonment ^ ° 4 hard labour . . - ;
STAFFORD . f WotVEBHAMPlON . TlS PtiTE WORKERS . — G ' targe Dnffield , Thomas Woodworth , and John G-. "But , tin-plate workers at Wolverhampton , were ind . tied fora conspiracy , by divers subtle means and , 4 eWees , anaiiy illegal acts and practices , and b y mi Seating , and rendering intoxicated the wprk-Sieu i 0 the employment of one Edward Perry ,, and ^ J inin . ^ 8 the ^ " ^ workmen to depart from ) the ^ emn loyment of the . said Edward Perry , and to ^ eak the . " contracts with the said Edward Perry to foroe ani ^ compelthe said Edward Perry to alt er , ^ thereby inarease , tbe amount of ^ g « which
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^ a ^ iisi ^ j i ^ § 27 t Md t Gwfge Henry Perry ^ There iw no less . S ^ - ^ J ^^'^ Wwig the office indifferent W'aMchuitaeiit . aiir ; SergeanUllen . Mr . Haddle 8 ton . ; and Mr ; R ; Kettle ; were conns *! " . fer £ d M ^« ° M ^ Ke * tinfi « ^ C- Mc-fr - Mghan , anaMt-PoweUwere counsel for the prisoners . --Ihe 8 eca 8 es ,. which have arisen out of disputes between the Messrs . Perry and their workmen , have attracted great public interest both in this county ana to . other districte in which large bodies qf mechanics atid operatives reside ; and the case of : « s « w £ dw « d \ vntjwaa \ a : the haWtof B »? in » to * & , worgWu' ^ lir&ntS ^ ^ P ^
tne aetendants appears to have been actively taken , iip by the National-Associatidn . The result haa , therefore , been anxtonsly waited for , but from the stateof the criminal business at this place , and the necessity , of delivering the gaol befoie proceeding with bailable offences , it became apparent that , neither of the cases could . be tried at these assizei . The counsel on both sides accordingly consented ' to an enlargement of the recognizances , and to allow the cases to stand over until the next assizes . —Mr . Keating , Q . C ., having statedtnisarraagementtothe Court , and asked the consentof his lordship to it , Mr , Justice Talfourd assented . —The cases stand over accordingly until the next assizes ,, nniess in the interim they are removed by caHorari in the Court of Queen's Bench . ..
-" Robbing a MAnrCAHT . —Job Davis , George Bond Ben ^ min . Berrington , anil , George . Smith alias Thompson ; were indicted for stealing the Bilstorie Post-ofBce ' letter Bags , anditb ' eit ' . contents , comprising bank-notes and bills . of Exchange , the value of upwards of . £ 5 ;< H } 0 . The prisoner Davis , who . was undergoing imprisonment for another , offence , on" being arraigned , . pleaded Guilty , saying , it . was he who stole the bags . The ' prisoners ! , were found Guilty . VMri Justice Talfourd . sentenced Bond , Davis , arid ' Berrin ' gton , ' who had ' been ; convicted before , to transportation for their natural lives , and Smith to fifteen years . ¦ ' .- " *¦ " . ¦] ' : . \ " ., ' :,. ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' . Forobbt .. 6 V thb Bahk ' op . ENOUND .- ^ John Erahsjaged 23 , a . horse . dealer , was'indicted . for
uttering and putting off on the 24 th" of Januarys a forged note / or £ 5 , purporting , to be a , note of the Bank of England . ' —The jury returned a verdict- of Gnilty . Sentence deferred . ' .. . ! .. ' ,. ' . ' •' , , :. ' . ' CaiBOE , op Mum ^—Patri ck M ^ arlingi Wlliain Mom m , J .. Mbrwin , T . . V ^ rley , and J . Murpb ' yjwere , indicted for the . wilfnlmurder of John Welsh : on Sunday , the 9 th of February , last , - . at the-parish of . Wednesbnry . - ~ 5 irl . Do ' weswell- fappeared for > the ( prosecution , and ^ . Huddles ^ on jfor thft defence- ^ - . The prisouers are all irishmen . On the above , Sunday ^ evenipgi . between ninp and ten , Ithey , witW two other-men , not in . custody , were . ' coming , ftonf a public-house at Tipton . iwhen . they passed a . man named King , . who overheardi . M'Farling say , " We will kUl
. the . Welches . as soon as :.-wa . get , hold , of them . ' * . The deceased came across tne road Very shortly afterwards from his house , when Morraro , said , «« We have bne . of theui ) , here ; and now let us be at them . " . M'Farling , yho had a broomstick in his Hand , proceeded at once to . strike Welsh ' overthe ' head , 8 eTeral . timBs ,. but : did / no ; i ; k ' no . ck ; him . down , whereupon Mprriun . picked np . a brick , or . 8 tdneand struck Turn between the eyes ' He . fell at once . M'Farling , ; wheh ' he was , down , went on beating him , and Hprram kicked him , Cosgrave , not in custody ,, jumped ion his , body with all his weight . . Leaving . him for . dead , on ) the road v they . proceeded to ' the * house of a man named Connor , close by , where they snppoBed ' a nephew of the deceased lived ,, andcommenced . to . demoligh his windows . . They : soon , discovered ,. that it wasat the next door he lived ; in the house of" a man named
mark , Sawyer ., . They / tried to get : in there ^ ¦• " The people inside resisted , and the assailants not-being able to force their way' in . proceeded to untile the pantry of the house so as to force , ^ hejr way . While ! they . were doing , this , M'Farlme said to Welsh , . the nephew , ?• . We have , got . one of . your brothers killed , and we will serve you .. the same . " . The re--port of . these proceedings reached the relations of the Welshes , and they came out , and then a regular fight ensued . In the meantime the poor man John , Welsh got upj Mid ^ as helpedtp hishpine by a man named Rowland . On the . Monday he was ' deiirious . and , oatha Tuesday . he died . ' . Qn , i post mortem examination it ( . wa 8 foupd that the frontal bone-had been fractured and the blood extravasated pnthe brain , and that this . was the cause of death . The prisoner wa 3 found Guilty of Manslaughter . —Sentence deferred . .... - . V
i Sheep Bieaiisq at WoLvKRHAupio » . 4-Edward JonesjiGeorge Green , and Joseph Garbctt wereinJdieted . for stealing an ewfr ,. the property of Mr . - Joseph Beach , » at . Wolverhampton . . Mc . Wade prosecuted . The . prieoners uwerf l undefended . —The prosecutor .. who is a . farmer , living at the Battons , near . ; W . fllyerhamptpn , deposed that ^ n the morning of the 25 th of January he went toia field onhiB farm in companyjwith-a policeman ; he there found the skin and entrails , of a sheep wjiich : had been killed . He found a unmber . of footmarks -which ha traced from : the place where . the sheep was killed along the
canal side in-the . direction ! of Wolverhamptom Prosecutor went afterwards to Wolverhampton , and saw . there portions . of mutton , which- , he compared with the skin and . they . exactly corresponded . He also compared the shoes of the prisoners with the footmarks , and several of them corresponded . ; The skin , produced was identified by ; the , prosecutor . — The prisoners were all found Guilty , as was also an old man / named William Bentley , charged with receiving . the mutton , knowing it to have been stolen . Tbe . three first . prisoners were , eentenoed to seven years' transportation , and Bentley . to . six-months ' impriionment . ; ' .-: •¦ . ; . .. : ; . , j . ;¦
BtmstAHY at Stoke . —Francis Edwards ( the third indictment against this prisoner ) , John Tabberner , an"d Abraham Butler , were charged with burglariously entering the premises of Mr . ' John Smith , of Longton , in the Potteries , on the 28 th of September ,- and stealing of waistcoats , jackets , trowsers ,- velveteen , and ether articles of wearing apparel . The premises were entered by . taking down the window shutters . Tbe articles stolen' were all taken from the window where they had been placed by the prosecntor on the previous day . On the night the burglary was committed the prisoners were seen drinking-together at a publio house in Longton . They left this place at half-past seven o ' clock . - A man named- Perry , who was drinking with tbe prisoners the same night ,- swore that between two and three o clock on the following
morning be saw the prisoners Opposite the prosecutor ' s shop . Edwards went up to it and pulled the shutter down ; they took a quantity of clothing out of the 8 hop , which they ran off with ia- the direction ' of a place called Furnace-bank ; f saw the- prisoners again at six o ' olockj and asked them how . they had come on ; they asked what he meant ; he replied , ' . " You have been in this 'ere shop ; " Edwards then said ,- " We have got some thing , and we'll give you a share not to say anything . " Witness was himself subsequently taken into custody , when he gave information which-led to the apprehension of-the three prisoners , and the recovery of the whole ' of tiie property , which was all identified by the procutor . —Guilty . —Tabberner and Edwards were sentenced to fifteen years' transportation , and Butler to twelvemonths . ¦ > < ¦ ' . ¦ ' ' .-.- ¦ ¦ -..
iork . - . . - ¦ ¦; - Tbb lava Lass Boiler Expmsion . —Samuel Firth , 53 , and Josh . Helliwell , 35 , were indicted for the manslaughter of Sarah Ann Riddell , at Halifax , on the . 28 th September . —Mr . BUsb stated the case for the prosecution . He said they imputed neglig ence to the prisoners m conducting the operations of a mill for spinning and weavmg , at , Halifax . ' ; The mill was several stories high , and stood over the engine and boilers , the latter being covered b y an arched roof . Two of three boilers wore in use at the same time . . They were of the waggon shape ; with flat ends , and it was the middle one which had exploded . There , were three partners of whom the prisoner Firth was one , and he had the management
and care of the . works . The other prisoner was ' the engine driver . ' For some days previous to the 29 th there were indications that something was wrong , flelliwell was unwell and absent from the Saturday till the Thursday previous to Friday , the day of the explosion , and Firth had then the solo care of the engine assisted by a man to feed the fire . On , the Monday alterations were made , and they commenced working again on Tuesday , Still the workings of the engine was irregular , and on Thursday , when Helliwell was there , it went sometimes too fast , sometimes too slow , and at eleven o ' clock stopiied entirely . On Friday some alterations having been made , they-began again , butit went badly , and the work-people became , alarmed , and came
around the boiler-house to ascertain the cause , but were compelled to' return into the mill by threats . After going to breakfast , however , they were told not to go to work till one o ' clock . At that time they were told it was all ri ght , to go to work , and they did so . The engine went sometimes at the usnal speed , sometimes still too fast , and at length the explosion took place , by -which , seventeen persons were wounded and twelve killed , among whom was Sarah Ann Riddell . A scientific man was called , in to investigate the cause of , this terrible disaster , and hes . was of opiniga _ that too much steam was generated in the boiler , and so the weakest part and the
gave way , negligerice of the prisoners was in . suffering too much steam to be generated . The boiier , ought to behalf or two-thirds full of water , if there was - less , steam . was generated too fast . There were contrivances to prevent that One was a self-feeder , which , while it-was in order ; there could be no . lack of . water . The second , ^ a ! s , weig htsospended over a pillar at the end of the boiler next the eng ine tender , which gave him notice when there was a < deficiency of water / The third was a steam p ipe . If one but the prisoner could tell what was the state of the safety valve . In consequence of the irregular working of the eh r gjne . jsuch of the ; worts could not go on—toe thmds
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were broken . That furnished a motive for trying Sy ; ^? 'to v increase the power .-, . They . drew water out of . the bo ^ . whieh , « mlp ^^ « 4 put it yto the oAer ., apd th 9 y , stopp ^ Stion ofth e ?** $ ? ltwm ^« ge , ivappeajfe ' d , was , ; out of - ? % ' Thpy , w . ere ^^ th K ^^ im ^ water m the boiler ^ and . they attempterf , to ; rem ? dy it , whenJt , wa ? , tiQO late .-E , idence . having been giveu to ^ ^ . similar effect , fhe jury Acquitted Aotf the prisoners . ^' ; - * -. ¦ ¦ "'" . ' -. '' , . : ' ' '¦"'¦ ¦ TaK Chabo ' b o * MassUtohtbV . i ' oAijjsT a Ma-0 I 8 IKAM . —Joshua Ingham , Esq ., . ' chairman of the West Riding benoh of magistrate . s , surrendered , charged . -. uponthe . cprpher ' s . inquisUiop , with the manslaughter of , a childat ^ Dewsb ' ijry ^ The learned Jud tated ¦ . M " w ! ,, ™ . ^^ m ^ i a motive for trying
^ e . s that ; there , w , as ,, hoitteceMity , fpr , Mr . Ingham . appearing ; ii ) / the ,. ^' ock , . whereupon ijJr j Blanshard said that it wasJtfq , IngSam ' s own wish to do so , so . ^ hat there mi g ht hefloijiistinption between him and apy other ; Persop [ charged with a similar . offencp . jrrThe . jury , . having been ssworn , Mr . iBlanshard , said . that Mr . Ingftamiwas . the owner of some collieries in the neighbourhood of Dewsbury , from . which there was a t ^ amrqad ^ oa which the coal wagg ons , ar e worked .-by . means . of a . rppc . -This tramroad is crossed by a public road , and the cause of the accident " was . the . idcceaBed running . across the tramroad whilst the . waggons , were in motion . Hiilordship , in bis , ' charge 1 to the , grand jury , had refened to the present , case , and the grand -jury having ignored the bill ,, he ( Mr . Blanshard ) felt it
to be . his < duty to say that , he was not in possession of ; eyidence whioh ' would . in law . be . sumcient to call . upon . Mr . In ^ ham to answer the cha rg e and- therefore it would lie the , duty of ihejuryto acquit him . ' ¦^ Theijury . then returne , d a yerchef of , Kpt Guilty ; ' - ¦ . ; EXTRAppBlHART' -C . fSE ; . OF ,, F ^ AOD-VHeIR-AT-LAW . SociBTiss . —Hagh . W . illiam , 8 ' and Edward Kay , were : chargijd , . w , 'th obtaihing ^ money , under- false presences , . Inhere ' were a ; variety ; of counts in jthe indictment .-r-Mr . . Hall stated , tlbe case ., The . ' pri-8 pnera ; at . the bar -stood charged with , obtaining money . under . false , pretences ,, and conspiracy to defraud . various . persons . ' . Tjije defence . ^ dop ^ ed by the . two . prisoners was that pretenc e « wh { ch is very . tempting m this conntiy , viz ., Jtqojbtain cheap , Uvt FJ ?/ - fonnd Uie pr 13 pner 9 . apting . tofiether . a 8 aeenia
wr a . spoie ty ,. purRorting ^ tobe ,. » . Thflilegatand Equitable Protection . Office . f . '—Willjauis acting in London . on its behalf , ; and . Kay&t Leeds , ; .. ThitTsociety , waa ^ aid to be under the ^ tianage ^ ent . of John Ross and pthera , who carriedion ' , Jbusine »« under the firm of ff JohnMartin and Co . " the . pretensions of , this . society , are Vto , as 8 i 8 t ,: 8 uoh ,, p ? r 6 on 3 . iu ; ire- . claiming and recovering . such property " aB in jufitice they . are entitled to , makingno , charge until that object , is effected , and th , eh , qnly , a -moderate , charge for agency upon it . " In order ... to / cpnibeotj Williams andBAy ,. he read ^ le ^ er i ; date 4- {^ l , 9 thi ? eb , ; j ( 1860 i " . addrepjedby William ^ tMKaj ,. w . hiohiwas ; headed 5 ? ReCockcroft . aud Others / an 4 , Willian ) 8 ondertook iH this lettetto conrfuct-the caBe ^ which was a claim DUt . for . wardby Coekcroft to theownershibof a hall
near-Leeus , called Burley Wood , Hal | ., The , next document . found upon Williams , was headed , 'VDao 1849 .,, Legal Protection . Office . ' ? , " It . gives a list of , the managers . ^ nd number of cases taken , by them into the . Coujrt ., of Chancery . ^ the ^ fpllflwe ' d ' a li 8 t . of ; b . ilb 3 , and . jjjhirty-twft . casesjn ' which . bill , were about to be . filed . in that , court ,,, ampng . whioli counsel went on to show that ' shortly afterwards WUliams left « The Legal PretecUpn ^ cie ^ ana began ; bu 8 , iuess for . himself ,, Btil ] , h pffeverVretiinihg f ^^^ * . ^ ?^ lnaiJetterdated Marct 6 th , 1850 , signed by , W ^ lhains , and addressed to Kay he . wrote in confidence , tp . Kay ^ tijifinghipi that as , the parties interested , werejarrangersjtq him , ( Will ^ TOs ) , ; ho ( Kay ) should hotMthem see his . letters
nprmake the matter known . to . Mp , Rbs » ,. a 8 he did not wtsh . . to prejudice th » . latjter ,. or to be on uhfaendly ter . ms with ^ im . The case of Cookfiroft had beenfirstmthe . hands of the . Heir-atrlaw ; Sbciety , apd | I , tlien . in , the , han « l vl . of ; ^ arjfcin and Co !' , and in , th » case _ thCT had recei ye 4 . £ gver 4 sm . aU sums from . Cockcroft ,,. te . Uingj him , that . - . they . hadataken the opiniqn . of , Mr ., Watson i : in . the , cj » se ..., The opinion of , this gen . tlepan . was unfavourable to the suit of John , Cockcroft . , Th « u ; they-represented . . that ' Wiiliams . had taken the , , ppinion : pf , Mr . Bowles , who appearedto fayonrth . ^ claim . . jlhus-they , induced the . plaintiff , in ; tbi 8 1 ca 8 e . toadvance ' small sums hf
tnp . ney . fromtime to , tfme ., ; The pase . was . conducted , almost , entirely , by . letters .: aBd ^ eyeral sums of money . had been pbtame 4 . i [ rom ; jthe . pbibtiff from timeto . tune on a variety of falsttpretences . : Anunv her of letters were then read , shpwing the grossest ^ ^ «» rrA great * number : of fitnesses in ,, support ^ f the ; caB 6 lor , ; t , he , prosecution , having . been , exammed , andyr ,. Matthe w 8 hiiyingaddre 88 > dtibe jury for . the . defence , ; the prisoners wei ; e . found Guilty . — The prisoner . Wmiant f ^ as -then fur ^ er charged , wim b , \ gamy , 1 inhavjng married c Elikabeth Dyer ,, on thel 9 « i ofv . Decemher , 18 ^ , ^ fprmer-jwife being then . aliye .-. Gujlty , -Sentence . deferred .- ¦ ¦¦ . ' ¦¦ ¦
¦ : . ¦* :: r .-r . ¦ ,,. JBEDFORD ^ -v : ; - , . 7 . . - •; : ii ;;; .. 1 Atteupibd MdbdbbA WmiTJeyereuxand Jno ; Devereux were charged with shooting at a man named Worker—first , " with intent to murder ; second , with intent to do " grievous bodily harm - arid third , ' with '' intent to prevent their lawfulnppreheii ' Bion . —It ' appearedthat on the night of the 28 thI ) iBcemDer , " or rather on the ; morning of the 29 th , Worker ' and another man of the name of Qa ^ e , who were ' game ' - watchers in the service of Earlde GreyV were out on duty in the Cainhol-park-wood , ' a very large pre 8 erve of his Lordship ' s . Between one and twe o ' clock some men came upon them as . they aat bpside a barley stack ;' and- on being challenged ;' the men three in number , two being armed with ' euns , ran away up ' a wide drive that led through the wood . The watchers , in pursuit , closed upon . them , ' and the two arm $ d nien faced half-way round , and ' presenting their guns at the ^ atchers'j ibyered their
own retreat and that ' of their companion until'they ' ' came to a narrow path leading out of the wood . Hereone of thera ; fell on his Bide , turned round upoq his . back , put his gun to his shoulder , ind fired , right iii the face of Worker , who was within a y » rd of him at the time . , " The shot , which appeared to have gone together like a bullet , struck his face at the corner of the mouth , passed through the ; cheek , and came , put at the ehr . . The face and ear were' burnt , " and ^ he ' whiskers singed by-the powder ; The man who fired the shot called out to his armed companion , as he sprang to his feet ; to do the same but no other shot was fired , and the poachers made off . ; The two prisoners were identified by the watchers , and William was proved to have fired the- shot . —The 'jury found both Guilt y on the second and third countg . —William was Sentenced to transportation for lifej and John for ten years . . -: '¦ . . - r' ¦ ' ' : " ¦"
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^ tz ^ m ^ QtM c ^ iil ^ PRKCEPTS . " .: > . ¦«• : ; .. . ... ' . •! andSfnlfr ' - ^^ ndcomprihensiTe ' theories , c S 1 i ° " , ° minor d « t « l 3 , whicK he-iilOn ;' SStellMh ^ * hlfck ^ » rP ^ rnap 8 i ; le » siihtete 8 aflg 'ESStW ^ ' ^""" " «« tV « ive ehJoutidri , i * lSS ^^ f' ' ehtwaa'intd ' tnfe ' min ' ufe ¦ r .... ¦ * V , > n . . onnr « sgi »* * nnm . nhii l i&iAAnVW&iu a . - oMh 5 S ^ v / . vw - . ;^; , ' '"
a ^ Vtfssggs XTStf ™ f Oi ¦ ' + F ^ hood : ignorant 6 ( ihe \ nZ «* 2 ? - tne '" 8 ^ r . and hvttile -to . the ( eelcJdWa ! ^ wa 8 : not msrelymatioha iri'their dTwS in ^ lhat ^ nd-afde ^ in the foVwhose aenwasina : Rom » n hUlv ' ' " -f'i '' !• : < ., - j hnt famsS ^ v ^' ° siede in ^ aticano ; "• - I ^^^ & >^ $ W « fr jji ? ' * ° eiutter extinction of-tti primitiv'd popular-eUment in Christian assemhlies this disas--T n # tf * «* Mny" « m » d . ana Wefldoit ° ^ » l J ^ non 8 The ambaasadorB ^ of 'kings SS S ^ ° - ^ ur ch men'm - general ^ ^¦?' -- ^ L ne eo Ple had neitKeroresn iibr delegate
« ¥ >* ope ; ' by ; : his rotten " borough ' s ' of % \\ : ^^ J ^ W ^ Aw ^ . ^ M . ^ ttiKi ^ - tion ot . thriBtendom ; and- , the proceedings at Trent were a gigantic sham . . The-present constitution of ecclesiastical boards at Rome ; prfeaumirig ' to regulaie the spiritual concerns of , mankind was absolutely revolting . The rea-tspiat ' s bi ^ 'Blind ' aiMunteachable native courf were reinforced ' by ttae'drega bf ! Don Miguel from Portugal , ; of Ferdinand the Embroiderer from bpain , of the old Sardinian Camarilla , aided by , Neapolitan i gnorance ; tfc strings of " the whole pup-; pet . 8 how , Wing pulled-by an Austrian -or Russian ambassador in the / name qV the Holy Ghost ! " Such wa 8 the actual mechanism " of Catholicity—such the oecumenical character of ; its legislation .: ; ' . - ¦> 1
^ Marriage- was ' an' enential 'ingredient Of cWil 80-? ' ® ly ' 1 ' ^'' nj ohopoiise its arrangements and to usurp itidhection wasacrying ' abuie'bn tbe . part of 'the prieBtkood . ' At this moment Piedmpct' is engaged in a death struggle with - Rome for . the riddance of its injterraeddlingwith . ; conj ' u { al ' contract 8 , . and . 'ihe nurtcio Monsjgnor Boverio at Berne ^ seeking tpiitvvalidate mixed marriages iu Switzerland . England ' s "turh is approaching . . Thei pretence for interference 'lnwedded'life ^ which ' m apbstolic ' timSsrie ' vereh ' - ^ ered' the scheme of gospel morality , eyeh pag ' an alliances beiii ^ . uniaistur . bed bV PauU arose £ rbtn ibeer
wantonness of , ecclesiaaticirtyrariny j or : the mp ' r . e ' ingloripua greed , of , ' gcain . ; the " speaker traced ( the rise of traffic in . dispensations , ' and showed ' ; what a powerful instrument of annoyance to kings , what a formidable we * pohin the hatida ^ otHrie papacy , was tbeJasSrfwrilibb' bf ¦^ a ( Bdntrp l ' ttver » wedldck" andnhe clatm tb bless' w " ban the nuptial bed frdrn the 'flays " of RbBeri o ^ FrancVaown ; tp theifefor / malipni ' when the fatal en gine '' ieGpilc ' d . o ' n the pontifjcial engineer . Capricious . figments of spintuar . pir constructive afiinity had been .-Buperadded , to the Hehrew catalogue of impediments , and their removal made ia branch
of fiscal emolument . 'Eiiropeonfiriatermt y ^ and the suckling -of 'legitimate offspring tare' regulated ¦• 'by theshe ' -woU of'Rome ;' and-became the preroiative of tto' •{ ttj )' anof . ; ' ; the ' fca ' T . usnipifr an d immorat ' resulU ^ of ' this -traffic in . UB . ' bearing ^ dn' the ' poorer . clasaeB ,. and . "itsV ; attendant ranks of society , were ; ably ^ ndieated , - and the anbi " maly of theiBacromental ; characitr ; overriding , and overthrowingsthe * intrinsically social andilomesiic nkture oftheBO ' ntract learnedly developed : ' - /•! i-, ; The precep t ' of ' . ' fasts ah ' d'd \ 8 ijncti 6 hs ' of food was next anatomised , ' and it ' s " ^ oppressive' arid ' unequai pteBBure . ' on the vatiouVnations , cUma t ' es , ' and indii vidiial abstainers ; BhrewdJy .. illustrated . The
absurdity of enforcing . Wh . diet . . . oh dislxicts , ' utterly , unpiscatorial , or a . vegetarian : rejrime . pn , mountaineeH whose only resource was the goiit in- their uiibotanical ridges ; the undignified decrees OB '" drippingj " and "' - the -puerilit y' ' of paBtofals about- ' efrgsi only equalled ' byHb ' e anti-climax of " in ' the name ofthe prophet , figs ! " the ludicrous kbuU pf orthodox Italy , and Spain" beinn macle to promote the herring fisheries ofthe heretic . Dutch , and work theic ' o ' d-barik of horthernprote 8 tah « 8 m , : throughaheir ; fictitioualycreated- necessity ; for baccala , . were topics- which lost nothing'in the treatment of the ¦¦ orator whose vertattlttjf oi ^ Style equals hiB ' veh ' emence ' . i . The' fambns'bu'U-Jif the ' cr « ra a in the Spa ' niBb'peniBsnla ,
bearing , on the operation " of -Itfie " precept t ' ii « i : t affprie ' d abundant materials ifor . alternate , scorn arid critical scrutiny . . Itsued in the first instance a ' s a stimttlant to . the war of expulsion against the Sara ,-cens ( who were a sort of- mediaval v Auatrians , foreign intruders in Spain , but less brutal than Italy ' s modern Mobri , faf more refiiied and not-half so objectionaBf * as dur ' Crpats , ) - ' the' scheme of ' compoiindingih h 4 rdcash for sterile' and unproductive abstinence was found , when the crusade was ' overj too profitable a speeulatiou for . abandonment , tickets of . exemption were , accordingly , , ' and . are 8 till ,. 8 old at lottery . offices b in the public streetJBi and the management' of this monstrous imposture
presents iri , Spain a ' regular organisation . The head contractor with' the court of'Rome for tHi ' " " glBlro . nomi ' c mining ' privilege- —tHia'Californlia' ^ f ^ crte ^ ulii ^ —was ' ,. npt . lorig / ag 6 , ' tn e y Jew E raahueJei . to ' wliose tbence-gayhered weaUh . w ^ of RosBini , ' composed and paid : for by his order ! ouf , of the proceedBiof hurabugi In point of- fact , ) . trie ' sale of' . the 8 ecruz « da tickets is carriedii onaiter-a fashion of pious quackery , by sound of 'trump > t , and with'boast of their efficacy , Buch ^' as DUttav 'Dulcamara itetie exhibits on the stage and £ nbug ' ir the commerce of indulgences , was rtdely ' ; cnecked long . ago ^ in ' . northern . ' Europe , ti ^^^ still continue in . the same commodity ' southwards , '
Gregory Alii ., to quicken the demand , issued a , brief , extending the convertibility , sof . this currency , and establishing itsacknowladgroent Ky the'esche-. qu etof purgatpry ; . The financial details-in'cpntiec- ' tion ; with tjiia latter eslablfshmeht ^ e speaker ^ on at some' le ' ngth , ' e !? idently tojjthe bgwjlderme'rit " of the , British pprtion of tis auditory . 1 ; . ; ; ; ;'; . " : '¦ " [ j Saint ' s , festivals , and the ^ host , of . jObiigatory . ¦ H 0 I 1- " days ,, in Ibeir consequences ion industry and : wages , gave full . scope to the denuriciation .- . of thefathe * ,, whose protests in- favour : of- the poor toan ' s share in the benefits of the' gospel ; were ; : deiiye > ed J wiih fearful energy , and thV claiin of chur ' cb ' meri toi cur-
tail bis alread y ^ ^ straiteBedcircumB ' tances hj . iiie enfofce ' ment ; 0 f coinp ' ulsbfy [' . ( djene' ^ s ,, . for , the mere purpose , of clerical gi |) rifi , cation ^ ' tcpuied as intolerable . . As to , the matrnfactute of :. 8 Qint 8 'by line exclusive machinery ; of . a ; Roman <> . board ' .-. no t ,.. a 8 ; , of old , by the 8 pbntaneou 8 ! a ' cclamation of "the people , he deJivered - his -Opinion ' rwHh' fall . ' argumentative freedom ; and , ladveUiiBgJio ' . ^ h ' e ^ unljtnited , expenditure' which the mpdetn pVp ' ce . 8 S : ' 6 f .. eandnisatioft ' en tails , ' and the grasping demands of corrii ptioffiKBls in the chancery ' o ^^ 9 ^ e ,. ' he ^ ecor ] 9 ieci : the ^ remark of ; Coun . t Burromeoj ' riwben , bjs , igreatiun . cie ,. ' iJthie Cardinal : of Milan * . wasVfinaltyi lodged in / the Erapyreum by a papalo'decVee , - that / another' saint ; . in
the famil y . would be' absolute ruiri ' and downright bankruptcy ; ¦ ¦'¦¦' ; ' . -y ' ' i . v : ^ - - ; -- - ¦ ¦>¦• ; ¦;¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ -,. * ; The penal injunction ; by which the Fourth / Council of Laterau Eougbit ' lo render auricular' cbnfes-, sion obligatory , at . Easter , , under ; menace tpf , ' excom . munication and < loss of . Chrlatiaii burial , iwas ^ an ; enactment onl y productive , of . hypocrisyand fraud ? Billetsde confession were the most preposterous of all certificates 5 a * hide - 0 U 8 object of transfer ' on th | e part of degraded beings ^ n-Ronief "frhere ' tbe' s ' a- ' crametits bf CKrist wererhadein ' sTruihents ' of police , ' and the cpnfeasi pn ^^ Iike'jtKe' ^ pf Cipny ^ lus ^ rjecame a receptfLcieJ ttrowgb . ' . wbich tyranny gaipfid treachero . us , cbgttUan " Qe ; o . f ¦ a ecreu ' rjot ' itt own . v "'' m would , reserve hi ^ . views , on ^ the ' origin , and gradual extension of this . iaBricuIar . system . for " . duller developement on another . oceaMon :- - . its- foul agency was " 1
not confined to th ^ 'betrayal of patriot' honour , 'but was equally disastrotfa totnaiden inhbccnce " aria conjugal ; purit y , Filiall y , , iue canbris ^ e ccle sia 8 . tiiwUw ' pn ^ W ' Bubje ^ prju ^ i i ^ jo ^ a ^ . usury . were . canvassed ,, aiid >; their \ i ' elf-cbntr ^ d > ctpry !! : cb ' ^ - racter , demonstrated : v » hereupon the ' . speflkerv took occasion to discuss the circumstances under . which the presentpriestl y ruler ^ ofiRome ' negotiated ' hi ' a late loan with the'house of Rothschild ; whicWgave him an opening : for " Vigorous ' ohsM g ht " on the papal restoration , its agents ; arid ; ftbettors . 'Hhe ' old abuses ^ WcU : ; hadf 6 l ] 0 , Wed 5 n % train / ine hofrilile oppression ^ ndeif . which . ith ' e ^ e ' r ' ritory groanVd ^ ' and the ever iaccumulating , mass , of , ' hatred ., and execration which ^ mftst . ^ iflev ^ bjy , overwhelm the wretched papal co " uH" 6 h ~' the withdrawal of its Galilean'ianissaHes . ' : I- " '' ' ' " •^¦^ - ¦¦ ¦ v ^! :: ; ' >
' , ^ % ! ' $ ?? $ address wW of course hot less loudlyapplaudeothati his previous more argumentative . disquisitions . ; , ' ' - '' " , " " ; ;
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; y ^ MMgi ^ no ^; DEA . TH-BED . ; ^ T ^ e . fks | i 6 iS ' of inWker ' . ' p ' anbrarnas' Will j in all probability , bet siicceetled by the fashion of monster ; . Jr . 4 aJ 8 iipf ( ' pur ' Mjiirts : bf law ' . and cquityl Nota ' moiiW ^ 4 B ^ eJabs ' e' 4 . ' 5 in ; ce tKe Co . urt of Bkchequer ; disp ' osed , <^ . a , ca ' 8 . e " Vhich'fiai o ' ecupjod the ; attention of the j 5 ^ f ' . ^> f on " an . ( i ' w . iinforUnata } uvy for well nigh . a . fortiii g . b ' jtl ; , JTowtbe Cout ; fc bf Chancery is not behind its- r | val , tribunal of common , law , for on Priday'laBt ari argumGnt was brought ' to a close before . Lord Cranworth which , had proceeded , without intprmiB 8 i 6 nj , ' , durinj ; , tlie ' hours ' that learned judge had ^ t ^ far ' the , despatch of business , from the 4 th to the 15 th of the present month . Even so we are . " . -. ' "> ^ Vn , WnrW-. . ^ . ^ .
8 carculy ) juatined m saymg that the , argument vras concluded . 'In point of fact , the progress of the case was checked ^ by the . indisposition ' q f the leuding counpel for ' the iipplioants . It was catavrh , and not conviotio ' n , which , . tevrairia ' ted the " wordy " strife . Despitb of the length to ' which the argument had run , we regret its sudden interruption from the inlereBti which . now especially , attaehes'to the subjoct matter , of the dispute . This was , substantially , \ v he-,-t-hor o f no ' . a Roman Catholic priest had used undue influence . ih , procuring the signature of . 1 dying man to certain documents , and in sbaequently removing them from his custody , cpntravy . to his , own oxpressed will . Even graver doubts were thrown out by the counsel for tno . applicants , in the course of his statement . Ho talked of imposition of a still rnorolamentable . kind , but . wo arc in this perplexing situation , - with regard to any comments we mishc
He . ^ spo 8 , edtqofier on this rpmarkable case , that ten or twelre days ' , argument has onl y resulted in a postponement of any decision upon its substantial "iff }* , ' . - . ' .. y ^ hateyer may be the opinion of any man of ordinary judgment , upon a bare perusal ofthe affi-. « Mit 8 p , ro 4 uced on either side in the couvse iof argument , the case is still , as far as we are concerned , tilispendent , on . the merits of which it would be oontrarytp our custom to offer , any authoritative decision . "We are , therefore , precluded by the present posture of the proceedings from discussing th facts of the case us we could have desired ; - though it may not be superfluous to inform . thoso of our readers who have not been at tho pains -of followittjr . the * eport 8 of Lord Cranworth ' s court for the last fortnight , of'tliB exact nature of the grievance complained of by the applicants in the monster trial of " Metairie . j // Wiseman . " ;
Among , the emigrants who came over to this country 'from Prance , about that period of the last century , which is known in the revolutionary annals of that country as the " Keign of Terror , " was a young inah named i'Mathuriri Carr 6 . ; His famil y had long been-settled in . one of ; the central departments of'France , but , ' in . common with others , he was obliged ^ to fly before , the revolutionary storm , and await the advent of better times . Like many others of-hiBolasB . ' -Mathurin Carre , finding . himself iri , a strange country , and destitute of any . very evident ineans of support , determined , by an honourable industry , to gain at least independence , and possibly the means of-recovering his lost position in his native land ' . ' should tho aspect of politics ever admit of his
return . ' 'He at once endeavoured to find employment as a teacher of the French language , and , as would ' appear by the reau ' lt , must , havo met with 'tolerable success in tho' path : he , had selected .- '! It does not appear why he did not avail liimself of tho partial permission given by the First Consul to the emigrit to return to . their own country ; or why , in 1814 , when Louis XVIII . was once more reinstated in the Tuileries , Mathurin Carr § still lingered in the land of hia ' adoption ; It might baye' been that his'inheritance had passed into other hands , and although content to acquieeco in his subordinate 1 position in ' a foreign country , bis pride would notperr mit'himtoroturn to his own until he had achievedthe meafaBof regaining his lost rank ineocietv . Be this .
howere ?; » 8 it may , for a period whioh must be reckoned , as commencing somewhere between the year 17004795 until the year : 184 T , ' Carr 6 remained in to " 'country in the humble capacity of teacher of the Frenoh'language . We know little of him during this'time , ; and- what we doknow amounts to thisthat , for half a century he was absorbed by two ideas—the one , the recovery of his famil y ' s lost inheritance ; the other , the accumulation of money . Hebebame a confirmed misor , and , by intense saving and 8 elf-denial , managed to accumulate upwards of jEltf . OOO . < We Bhould perhaps add , as relovant'tb the'fact 8 we are about to relate , that a third striking peculiarity of Carre was hia antipathy to women . In the year 1847 ho had attained the
advanced age of seventy-set en , and had been for Borheyears previous a lodger in the house of a man named Matthew Hamilton , in Charlton-stroet , Somers Town . He oocupied two miserable roonis , whith could soarcely be said to be furnished with a few paltry articles of furniture . 'So matter ' s stood until thb end of February ' , ' 1847 , when'Carr&fell bo seriously ill that he was confined to his bed , - but his greatest , sufferinga appeared to arise from the fact of his being unable to attend at the 'BankTtf receive his dividends . ' Matthew Hamilton called in the assistance of a •' Mr , Gasquet , a Uomaa Catholic practitioner . ' When the . medical man saw the exhausted condition of his patient he said to Hamilton : that : the . invalid stood move in
want of . wine and nutritious food than of any medicine he could presoribe , 'but " he supposed that his poverty prevented him from obtaining the comforts necessary , in his condition . Hamilton replied , that the ca 8 e was very , different , for , in point of fact the old man ,. wh q appeared to be in so forlorn a condition ; . was the owner of £ 10 , 000 . . Now , in Somers Tow n'there stands a chapel dedicated to St . Alpysius , , a saint of > the Roman Catholic calendar , and of this chftpel a certain Jam ' es , ' , j [ old 3 tock is the offloiating priest . " . Theniprning after . his visit in . Cbarltonstree't , M . Gasquet cpnimunicatedtoHoldstock , the priest , ^ e-fact of Carres position , arid qf the sum of money to whicti ' be stood entitled . The priest ifl > t ia R ^ y / i n r d * off to ; CharUop-streot , and told H ¦ \ urj
iff ,, ; vy ~; t- " v «»* j- vuuu uw . ^ luyiQij , tiUlUlutUU JUIO Carre ' s dying-roomj but thatKd ' rnust see him . alone . , He d | d , eee . him alone , ' anil ; the result ; , of :. the iriteryiew ,, y ^ s jihat the " . qld ' . inaq , the , misefV ' the ^ womanv&V } r agreed to . bestow . ' inpre than two-thirds of his ( Property , jfor tJie benefit of thi . female iscAools in connexi pni with .. tlie Ao , man ' . Catholic / Chapel ' . of St . ^ lpjsiu ' s ^ pfjwhich . ' Holdskcltfwa ' s : the officiating priest ? , j , \; i ., V , " -V "'' ' ,. ' ¦ '/¦" ! . ' . " ; " . ' .. ¦ ' ' Such a' result was startling : enough , . but still more BtartlingincidentB are cbntieo ^ ed with it . The . " in-8 tructio ns ' .. ' ,. w |> ich the priest admits Hi ) drew iip-on t ' pajper , in j the sick-rppm zxpnbt forthbdming' ; Igain , jin ; pVaw , of r ^ mployingj . a Tegulay soliojitor to . prepare the : will , the , finest . lnvokfln the -nHRiRtan ' MAf . TnW «
i 4 thar » wius 9 . 006 . 6 7- * cphyeVt ; i ' o , Romanism , and a . ciounpe )! : pr " acti 8 ing , at the Ehglishl . bar . V . Ov . er itho rnindandactioiis of . this . person the priest appears , to , nave 1 p s 8 e 8 Bed . . n ' nlimited control ., ; Contr ; iry . to ,. the ; iU 8 ages ,, 6 f ,. " t . he profession , ' Cboke himself pre-Sarea ,, the . wn ) frpmfirs | : . to last , « irid onthelst of larph attended ; , the . priesti to the chaniber of the « y ? . ng . n » 8 n- ' Here , it was arranged , by' Iloldstock ; ^^ . OoQke thai ' . the 'dying miser should make over . a . Bumof j £ 7 , 000 by a'deed of gift , instead of a will , . asjthus the schools would be benefited at tbe ' eost of Hio revenue to the amount of ^ 5700 legacy , duty . On the 4 th of March they again returhe'd , bringing with them two instruments-a . deed of gift and ' a will of
.. The de ^ a gift' cpnyeyed the sum of £ 7 , 000 for the purpose , above stated ;> nd ph . failure of ttiat purpose , fo ^ thebenefit of some bth ' er iloman Catholic fen ) ale . charity . Bphdpl , at tbo ' discretion' of the . trustees / or the ; timo beingl , while . Cooke , an utter stranger to the testator : was made executor under , the will ,. which divided the , sum bf £ 3 . 000 Consols ia 'Mf legariea J j ' etwisen tfc ' e . teskator ' 8 brothers and . Sistersin ' Prance . On this day Carr 6 had givenor'ders thatneitKpi the priest nor the barrister should beadmmed into his presence , but . the " , former was determined . that thomatter should be carried through . . *! < 3 ;! ^ :. c ne Prepared . with , his " doeiis . and ins . WitneBses , and was iip't ' . tp be deniediidmittanoe . Heisdescnbedas . amanof impbsjiig stature and appearanco , ' and ' biio well . oalculated t ' o'direct ' the
, spiritual terrors with which opinion' had aymed him rigftinst ' far more formidable oppdnon ' ts than the feeble old man who lay stretohed out ' for death in the ; miserable room in Somers'Town . He forced his way pnst Hamilton to'Carr ' 6 ' a bed-Bide . There 'standing over him , and shrouding him ' from the ' view'of-those present ht this wretched scene , the priest ' conversed for sornb tirrie with Car ' rdin French . 'What he'said must for ever remain a secifet , excepfin . sp far ns Ho hi mself is disposed to inform' us of the persuasions he u ' ^ ed , pr'tho threats he held out . At last acquiescence was procuretfor # »?™« r' !' . « ; *?» W refused , ' but ' ,. ' on the further . interierence . ' of the priest , was procured or extorted a second 'tufte ; - ' The . ideal' unriermoBK int >» . a 1 «
mnn s mmd appears- ' tb have been that / - e ' vdn ifU did execute the instruHientsi- at least' he should re'S ™' . ^? ' ' ! 11 ' his possession- 'but , . as the result showedi hewas much mistaken' in the' temper an ' d determmatiotfof tlie-adver 9 wy - » ith ; ' wti ' pm hW was 'dealing . ' -Cookewislied't ' p'bo allowedto leavethe room , , and not t p' ; c 6 niplete : th ' e businessV--butthis the spriest' sternly , forbade ; Tinallyi ; ' Carre" "' was raised up in his bodj the ' priesthungwer nim ^ put tno pen in to'his hands , the deed . was . eic 6 uted ,- anil at ' . tne / same , ; time a power of attorney : which enabled ; Cooke . to transfer the . sura of - £ 7 , 0 Q 0 into : thb names of tbe trustees tothe deed . -5 lo sobnerwerp tho deed 8 . executed than ; the old . man eager Jy .
demanded to . havei them handed over . to"him ; .. but lib was told that he . coulil nothavo . the polwerof attorney . ' On this he , became most , indignant , t and , i ' s violent in the expression . of his indignation as his condition'would permit . ( But remonstrance or indignation , from . him ; was of > little ; : avail when his name hnd . been once affixed to . theiinstruments , fiqth . the deed and the power of attorhej . were taken avr ' ay from him by Oooko . .. This was on . tho Thura-¦ day - ; afternoon , -. and / : onI the ; Saturday : Mathurih iCarrd died—butidied ieven ; ^ without such ;; s piritual comfort arid absolution as the priestrruiojit ] ha ba stowed . ; Konv . theom 6 ment -the papewJiadJ been " Temoyed , th © spriest lencumbeved ohiniBDU with-the dying man no more . <™» * " > ' We have purposely avoided the introduction into
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this narrative , ofthe suggestions ' offated as to the epreaentations made to- the dying man with regard to the purport of . thfJ ' . power . of attorney hi .- was induced to sign , His thoughts were running on receiving his . dividends sit . the ' time . . ' Suchpoints as lose are best . disoussed . ' when . the ciroumstiuicee shall be more " minutely looked into . We have merely gWcntho outline of tho case for the next ' of Kin who seek to sot aside the deed of gift . It ap-Pe ' u ' S ¦} Coo ! le ° w ^ executor to tho wMi ^ made no mention whatsoever to Matliurm tarro s famil y of tho deed of gift , or of the sum of money which had been so recently , and so much ihrough bis own in strumentality , conveyed away from , then- hands . Upon his . share in thetninsaction we are not , however , disposed to offer i-ny comment for the present . The / main interest of the story lies in this—that it offers yet another iUu- ' . ra-. tion of the awful power exerciteJ by the Roman . Catholic ciergy over the dying members of their Church . —Times .
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MANCHESTER SOCIAL REFORM CONFERENCE .
At a Conference of delegates held at Manchester , March 2 nd , from the surrounding districts , tho following address was unanimously agreed to : — 11 TO THE SOCIAL REFORMERS OF T ^ iE BRITISH EMPIRE . " Friends ASD . FBUow-LABonnEns , —The tiniobiis now arrived for you to take your proper place with those who are seeking the improvement of society . Your watchwords—Social Reform—but a few short years ago were . considered words of . such temblo import that few . men in public life were 'disposed to use thorn in tlieir legitimate sense ! and yet such l \ aa been tho progress of public opinion , that 'liey have now become " part and parcel" of the Ianguago of our nativp land ; they are ' nevenheleBa used with such a variety of significations , that the duty of the bocial Reformer is now to provide that
these words should not , in the hands of others , bo made " a mockery , a delusion , or a snare " with , some parties Social Reform meanB but a slight alteration in the principles of modern society ; with others , but a modification of their repulsive features ; originally , it was intended to include a complete change in the , character and condition of mankind ; and b y that meaning the Social Reformer must now abide . . The Social Reformer must not content himself with mere denunciation ' s of general wrongs , he must point out , their definite causes in , language too plain to be misunderstood , and support them by facts and arguments too cogent to bo easily overthrown . ¦ '
"TheSocial Reformer must declare , firstly—That the monopoly of land and capital , in the hands of the few , has been a prolific source of the evils that have fallen to the lot of . the human race , entailing upon society the extremes of wealth and poverty , despotism and slavery ; with their natural results , a depressed , a desponding , and , under unusual pressure , a desperate population ' ; but whilst thu 3 declaring against the ' present state of landed possessions and the monopoly of capital , he must make it clearly understood that he does not desira to possess himself of either the one or the other , . by force , by spoliation , , 6 r by . any , other" means tlian future , accumulation or honourable principles-of exchange . The Social Reformer must be aware
that to open up the great question of originnl rig ht to paBt accumulations would bo likel y to cuuse more toil aud trouble , anil to arouse move hostile feelings , than any other mode' of effecting the change he desires to accomplish , and thus cause ifi to be retarded by the application of all . tiiOBe destructive agencies that selfishness , avarice , and iniustice , usuaU y . employto prevent improvements in human affairs .. The aucceBs of the . Social Reformer depends upon the creation and , direction of thoughtful and peaceable disposition ' s , and therefore it is necessary that he should eschew all
identification with proceedings that do not harmonise therewith ; his is a p ' eaeoable movement , and must be carried out by peaceable mean ' s . " The Social Reformer mus ' t ' declare , secondly :-. That no known portion of human history presents on a rational scalo any example of the harmonious production and equitable , distribution of wealth and that in consequence tho futuro will be a type ofthe past , if the aame systems aro maintained , and that any modifications that may'be made in this or any future ago will he "' tampering with effects leaving . the caiuaea untouched , alike in their n umber and their force .
11 Social ; Roformer must declare , third l y : — That erroneous principles in connexion with the production and distribution of wealth has rendered it impossible to . properly educate , and , govern mankind , thus dooming many millions of human beings to the evils of . ignorance and' misgovernment , and then throwing the blame upon human nature in stead of attributing it tp the bad system ' s that men had , in their inexperience , produced , and maintained ,. and that any system of general education , not providing for a more equitable distribution of the necessaMeis and comforts pf life , must bear many serious obstacles in its path . ' ' ' ¦ , " Tho Social Reformer must declare , fourthly : — That the governments of the" world have either lacked the knowledge or the nnwpp tn a *™ cmn ;» t ..
from the perpetual clashings of interests that spring from the individualism of daily life , and that they have been equally deficient in knowledge or ' ia power to prevent those internal and external conflicts that have in all ages , under the namo of wardestroyed the human race , and that in either ease these governments stand condemned . In sbert the Social Reformer , must declare for co-operation in the production of wealth .-a more equitable disiribution of it when produced ,-and maintain that by these matters , properly attended to , it woutd ' ba easy to educate and govern mankind : lie must endeavour to acquire knowledge , that he may become powerful , ^ nd unite that he may be strong - !! iWL ^ "P ?™ 'i ^ "Ju ' p ^ pared ' to ' avow aoioe
vuur opiuions , ana py tfiem tnrough . good and . through , evil report ? If so , w ' ecail uponyou to helD us , —tp join usm the great work of human redemp . , tion , feohng assured thaji your labours' . will not'ibe m . yain . ^ Veldo ' not presume to dictate to you the coursoypu should pursuo'in reference to 'dther matter B not mentioned in the programme of prineipleg herein enunciated , ; nor ' do we ; affirm " that in this addres 8 . we . JuA vC : ' Btiited all that is necessary to -bs ; kriown '; we ate content ; to . leave . to ' future conferences the making , out of a' definite couss ' o for the realisatioTiof your views , jn full confidence that the objeot you have in viow will tend ' to keep you . in I ' . ri £ r i ? t , path ; with . true principles reformers cannot fail t 6 make ' their Wiiy ' in the world , not-• wMstanding tho errors , of . the pas ^ . / The ' course 01
proceeuing unac . v present emmmstances is plain we must' cohtehf ' ourselves . with , sucli aids as the Platfor rn , and the Press can give , 'both should ' be usedforthe attajhrnentof / our . ends ^ -botncan and ought tobbma'deavaUabie , in the creation of publio opinion , with ^ a view tadirect . it in its proper cha ' n" ^ . feP ^ PW timo ^ ' and above all things ; Social llof , ormers ; . should ,. know / anilremember , that " aa man is the creature p ^ ciroiirnBtanpes , " it will bo the wisest pla ? to . prop ' ou ^ d . jririciple ' s arid to pro * po ^ e , ohanges , in . the . lah guage ^ o ^ propriety and in the spirit of peace . ' , ' ' . ' . / r ; 'J Work pn and win / 'V' ' .. . ]¦ ., Life witnout work is unenjoyed , ' ' . V The happiest are the best employed . " . ¦ ' n ! V . ; . " JohnCkane , Chairman . . . .. . .. . Wilkinson , BiJRstAM , Secretary ,
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St . Katharinb Dock Compant . —The St . Katharine Dock Company have presented a petition to Parliament analogous to that of the London Docks It states that , after , twenty years of cordiality between'tho government and the oompany ,- their . pvemiaca w ^ suddenly , subjected to -a . ' soarch ' nl j re a . aear ? h by police omcers . for stolen goods than a visit for examination by . offlcevs of the Customs ; " that considerable . Quantities . ' of goodB havo been soize'd . -a . largei quantity oflwHich are actually not liable to duty of any kind ; . thaf fifty , three separate informations have been filed , comprising , a . multi plicity of articles , , some of which are of the value of . Id . eaoh ;' and that : nearly a year suffered
was to olapse before any ! attempt was made to obtamPai decision , - . when , -. ' although notice of trial in . ten of theinformationB- was given to the Companyi for ; tbe . . sittings / last ; month , 'not one of them came on ; : ! It is also affirmed that- some overdrawibgs-, ofrmoliisses ,. ' whicli Jiadi . beeri marbed aniOngHtiithOi-. BoizuifeB , ; - lidving-. 'been ' inadvertently returned to the casks , ; th £ . Customs ! preferred an indictment of felony against ten ; of ithe Company ' s servants , upon which four of tbenr . were conveyed , tbiNewgate , "! and ; thatwhen ^ noticevof trial was at length . given }) the reoortjwaB suddenly : withdrawn In conclusion ^ the : petition . states ' that Eonieiof the ; Company / s > s . ervantsi dischargedi -for misconduct have been . jtaken into t ) ieip . ay ofitterCu Btoms : that to
there , is ^ uBbsreaBon isupposeflthatothe tB have been induced , ; b y ^ tBe ; offer > of ibribes ; f to . giv ' e falle mformationi and . thatsome . ofithe " g 6 ods Seized wera purposely planted by those persoris ! iSie DS w ^ + i 2 L Z" ° « lcal : Gai : . : 8 . * M seems , by . the 9 ark b
twJl ' i ^ i ? , SSNa x r ^ aly g ° < J > gesUon , had S ^ ^ pt . intoihiaitfage-forsupper .. He ^ e diatel ; , killed . and ' gorged-one ; afte ? which , iSiK ^ l ^^ WMBtact . -heaatwfied . tlie CTMingtf ofJiis appctite . by-bolting , bis bedTconaMt' ^ W' ^ P'eoo of druggetitwo yardr fan'Jathalf ' 16 n |\ ania yard . wide . ,: j .. l ! ii wi-v « a ^| > - * avM ^^ » J jEOAL :.. CiiASGEs . --Sir : John : R 6 mJliy :. wiJ ^ > P % J Baid , .: shortl y'be appointed : Master ; 6 f 4 be ^ R . oUs- ?;! when Sir A . / Cockburn ; will t tiec 6 ritvMlort-fifc- > r General j and , it ia believed ; Mr .-fage Wopdrgoliii ) citor-General . ?¦ \ : ~\ ' : [ ' rtf ! Slv- v , ..:-.-. . w ; \ ..-i ' v ' OS
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Philups ' s Fire Ajhhhilatob . —Someexperiments with these fire annihilatprs were performed on Saturday at the . , London ; GaB j : ^ Works , -TTauxhall before a numerous . audience ,. As . on other occasion s ' , a roughly constructed house was set ohfii-e , and the flames . uistantanequBly extinguished by jrapour . . It was aho shown tba , t . water , had no . effe . cit on flame bypouring it pn . ciarburetted h ydrogen gas . without any . effect , whereas the vapour speedil y put . it out ; and a large . ppenjvess ' e ) of coal tar being ignited the same means immediately . effected the desired result . Mr , Phillips , ' in fiia . introductory , . lecture , stated that the amount of property " destroyed annually , was to the , valuevOf , £ 2 , 000 , 000 '; . the amount insured £ 100 , 000 , 000 y and ' . the . amount uninsured
double this ., ; It was to protect this immense capital that he brpught , forward this apparatus . A few days before at one of . his exhibitions ah , alarm , of . fire iii the . neighbourhood was given , and , lie was sent for to protect the adjoining premises , which was a distillery . The other buildings were , entirely , destroyed , although there . were ^ eighteen . firo-engines on . the ground ,.. and . they . had . a . command , of Wp , 000 , W 0 gallons of f later ^ contained in a tank in . the distillery .. He cited this to show the meffioiency ofthe water system . For a long time this agent had been recognised aa the only effectual known
means of extinguishing fire ,, but it was now becoming a recognised . fact that it-was , only . useful in saturating , incaridesent embera , and . was totally ineffective as a deatroyer of flame , and as such he had . shown . it , by the experiments . His machines were being adopted not only in . England , but in America aud on the continent ,. and , he trusted tho tinie would . soon come when . people , instead of allowing their . property to be destroyed , ( which was now tbe case in nine instances put of ten of-fire , ) would adopt i the means which he offered for . its prevention .. Mr . Phillips received much , applause from the spectators as each experiment sueccedod .
SILENT StuPATiit ;—One day last week a regiment which had been unfavourabl y marked by the Government of ilesse-Cas 8 el for its sympathy with the popular cause , was recalled from country quarters into-Cassells , the capital of the Electorate . The greatest precautions were , taken to oheck anything like a demonstration on the part-either of the soldiers or the citizens ; The obnoxious regiment wag guarded into the town between troops of hussars and gendarmes , who were ordered to enforce'the strictest-silence . Some of the townspeople complied with the letter but avoided the spirit of the order , by chalking in large letters the word " Ilurrah ! " on the backs of their coats ; and bo walking in front of their military friends ; . Others wore ieravatc , on the front of which the same word was inscribed . These novel neckcloths are now known as the •• Hurrah cravats . " '
. Sia Johh Frasklin . —Lady Franklin has decided upon renewing the search of Prince Regent ' s Inlet and its . vicinity , and the Prince Albert will again st ^ rt for the Xorth in about a month . Mr . Kennedy , Who has command of ' . this . ' expedition , is now , we believe , in Orkney , engaging his crew ,, and looking put for a . persbn to take charge of one of his boat parties . The Admiralty , Have resolved to . 6 end a powerful steamer into Bfirrqw ' s ' Straits this sura-^• J" o jfder to communicate with Captain Austin , and bring back intelli gence" 6 f , the operations of the searching squadron .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 22, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1618/page/7/
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