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qan Lociutr , High-streefc , WhitechapeL-On " Ij av evening Mr . Davis lectured to a numerous ndience : Subject , — " Cromwell and the Coaimonwealtli . "— - Sbaw proposed that Mr . W . Drake . ILpectable borgesa of the Tower namlets , should tccavv the Chair , which was unanimously agreed to . , !! jlr . Drake , in an animated addre 33 , recommended union among the working classes , and the adoption of simultaneous meetings , as essential ingredients in the Chartist agitation . —Mr . Rowclifie , of Tiverjan addressed the meeting , and iu a much applanded speech , recommended them to keep firml y to the principles of the Charter , and not be led away by any other parties . He was prou , d to See ( tie chair so ably filled by a townsman of his own ; it reflected credit upon the borough which Lord pabnerstonhadsolong misrepresented . —The lecturer was much applauded ,. and votes of thanks were given to him and to the Chairman .
Fissbcbt . —The associated members of this borong h met as nsoal on the 6 th instant , at the Albemarle Coffee House , Albeaaarle-Btreet , St . John-street ; Mr . Wramill in the chair . —Mrs . Doublery lectured on " The Rise and Falldf Man , " to a crowded audience , and after an interesting discnsi ' ton on the subject , received an unanimous vote of thanks . —On the motion of Mr . Weeden , it was unanimously agreed : — " That the recommendation < jf this association be given to the Convention now Bitting to refrain from personal bickerings in their body , and when they individually return to their constituents , toteach them the necessity , ( for the well-being of the cau 3 o of democracy , ) to forgive the past errors of the backbiters of good men in oar ranks , and to encourage them to pursue the
path of rectitude , and to flee from the incorrigible . " On the motion of Mr . Cater , it was unanimously agreed : — " That six more weekly lectures shall be delivered in this room for the spreading of Char tut principles , commencing on Sunday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening precisely , and for the public to have free admission . "—On the motion , of Mr Osborne : — "It is the recommendation of tbia association to the members of the Convention to persuade their constituents to exert themselves to procure substantial institutions of their own to hold their meetings in . "—The Secretary reported that the good members retained on his roll book amounted to the number of . sixty-six , including F O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., who is still an honorary member . ¦ .
yomxGHASi . —The District Council met on Sunday last at the Seven Stars , Barker-gate ; Mr . Lowe in the chair . The proceedings of . the Conference ( as far as published ) were discussed , and gave general satisfaction . The following was handed in towards the delegates' expenses , viz ., J . King , Is . ; Col ' ected by Messrs , Mason and Lilley , 43 . The Secretary then read from the Star the debate in the House of Commons respecting the Refugee ? , and the comment in the Parliamentary Review upon this subject , after which Mr . O'Connor ' s letter was also read , when a very animated discussion took place . The following resolution was proposed by Mr . Badford , seconded by Mr . Evely , and
unanimously carried : — "That this Council having well considered the statements made by Mr . O'Connor , in his letter published in the Star of the 5 th inst .. are of opinion that such statements are calculated to call down the vengeance of the government upon the heads of the Foreign Refugees now in this COCntry , believing , as we do , that those patriots are deserving of the best wishes of all true democrats , and it is oar duty to throw around them the shield of protection ,-instead of endeavouring to injure their present prospects ; we therefore beg to dissent from the sentiments expressed by Mr . O'Connor in bis letter , they being , in the opinion of thfe Council , entirely uncalled for . " The meeting then adjourned for a week .
South Loroox Chaetist Din . —At a meeting of the members of the Lambeth locality held in the above Hall on the 6 th of April , the letter of Mr . O'Connor was read and discussed , when the following resolution was agreed to : — "That in the opinion of this meeting the letter of Mr . O'Connor , in this week ' s Star , is a miserable attempt to throw obloquy on the Democrats of the Continent , and to revive the foolish prejudices of past times . " Maschesteb . —A meeting was held in the
Cnmberland-street Room , on Sunday evening last . Mr . John Knight in the chair . Mr . Grocott—after reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter from the Aortiitm Star— proceeded to read the whole of the correspondence received from the delegates for Manchester , as well as the report given . of the proceedings of the Conference in last Saturday ' s Star . The meeting was nnmerouly attended , and a vote of thank 3 to Messrs . O'Connor and Mantle was unanimously carried ; after which the meeting broke up .
Manchester . —Tho monthly meeting of members , duly couvened , was held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday afternoon—Mr . Button took tho chair , and after makings few observations , the minutes Of the previous meeting were confirmed . The secretary then read the financial accounts , which showed that the association is gradually improving —financially and otherwise . The books showed a great increase of members . The attendance in the Hall on Sunday evening was more numerous than asnal ,- and the association was never in a healthier position since the memorable year 1848 . The receipts for the quarter stand thus : — Income . Expenditure . £ s . d . £ s . A .
January 917 9 J 9 17 ii February 1114 4 | 11 7 10 March 12 1 6 | 1017 5 J Income 3313 9 32 2 8 Expenditure ... 32 2 8 Balance in hand 111 1 The whole work of the association is done gratuitously : —the money has been expended in printing , lectures , and rent for meetings . The financial statement gave great satisfaction , and was received . The chairman asked the meeting if any member had a question to ask respecting the proceedings of the Council , now wa 3 the time . Mr . Siddlely said he shonld like to know if the Council had issued any circular , or had any correspondence with the Halifax district ? The secretary read from the Northern Star the letter sent lrv him in answer to the resolution of the Halifax district delegates . The secretary said , he had had no correspondence with any person in the Halifax district , except -sending afew of the addresses of the council to the Chartists
of England , and the circular got up to solicit local subscriptions towards getting up a large public meeting in the Free Trade Hall , sanctioned by the last members' meeting . Mr . Siddlely said , he should like the members to thoroughly understand it , and as the circular which he held in his band did not warrant the Halifax district delegates to pats a resolution which appeared in Reynolds ' s Newspaper , he should again ask if any other correspondence had taken place ? The secretary said no other correspondence had taked place . Several other members expressed their opinions of the above named resolution , and the matter dropped . A member drew their attention to the resolutions as passed by the London Conference , and in the absence of a fnll report of that conference , he shonld suggest that this meeting adjourn until next
Sun-Cay , when he expected to see a full report-of its transactions . The . meeting concurred in the opinion expressed , and adjourued accordingly . Oa Sunday evening Mr . Thomas Dickenson gave a very interesting lectors on the " Confederation of Trades , and the Case of the Wolvernampton Tin Plate Workers , " in which he dwelt very strongly on the utility and necessity of all the trades uniting in one common bond , as the enly way in which labour could bid defiance to the tyranny of capital . Mr . Dickenson appealed to the meeting on behalf of Messrs . Peel , Green , and Winters , of the United Trades' Association , who had been indicted for conspiring to protect the labourers of Wolverhampton . The meeting was very well attended , and seemed ( by the marked attention they paid to the lecture ) to take a deep interest in the subject .
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5 ATI 0 XAL LAXD COMPAXY . According to advertisement the shareholders resident in London met at the City Chartist Hall , Golden-lane , on Sunday afternoon , to consider the Bill bronght into Parliament for Winding-up the National Land Company . Mr . Milne was called to the chair . " " ' ¦ . - _ . 3 lr . Smuwood gave an account of the proceed-U § s of the committee appointed by the last meeting . ¦ The committee had drawn up a pe tition , and sent it to Mr . Berkeley , M . P ., for presentation . He gave a detailed statement f his interviews with that gentleman , who thought that the petition should be Presented to the committeeand not to the House .
, Mr . Hewitt explained that all such petitions Should be sent to the Private Bill Office . . Correspondence was read from Hyde stating that « ev looked with suspicion on the proceedings ol J « e committee , and that they were in favour of the wil as it now stood . —From Mr . Guy , of Snig ' s * od , finding fanlt at not getting his lease according * 9 promise , —Also from Halifax , 3 tating that they * ere opposed to tho land Company bearing the J Xpensea of the Bsnk . —From . Messrs . Kinross , « - Men , and two other persons , of Snig ' s Eud and
Jflwoands , stating that the schedules did not give a ttoe account of all the property sold . They also ooi aphiaeti of not being able to get their leases , Md disputed that the sum said to be laid out at ^ wbands had beaa expended . —This closed the « ° mspondence . ' . *«¦ . Staiiwood moved , " That they adopt a peti-•^ n emb . dying their views , in relation to the e * penses oftbe Bank not being paid by the Comf * ° J . That the accounts of the Company should ™ strictly investigated , and that' a disinterested *»*» he appointed official manager .
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Mr . Wilson seconded the motion . Mr . Wheeler inquired what was the nature of comSS ! $ eOt t 0 thC H ° ° Common " by the cwi'L *' 011 ^ ^ enpasied that the said petition hould beread , which . wks done ; when it appeared . uat the petition was exactly the same as the one before the meeting , with the addition of asking for S ^ elay iu the " P assing of the bill . Mr . Wheeleb believed that the committee had exceeded their powers . . Mr . SiBAiroxwas surprised at such - correspond ence heing brought before them by the committee . He defended the character and motives of Mr . 0 Connor . " The CHAIBHAN decided that the speaker was out of order , which gave rise to some confusion . A motion was carried limiting all speakers to fire minutes . Mt . Vimos seconded the motion .
Mr . SiBiiTos then resumed , and showed that the Bank was forced upon Mr . O'Connor by the Conferences . He believed that the opposition to the Bill wan only a stab upon the political character Of Mr . O ' Connor by bis private enemies . He had always opposed Mr . O'Connor until he saw this assassinlike conduct . The failure of the Lind Plan was owing to the conduct of the allottees , and not to the dishonesty of Mr . O'Connor . He moved that " The portion of the resolution relative to the Bank being separated from the Land Company be ' withdrawn . Mr . Beoomfielb seconded the motion . It was only just that the ; should bear the expense of the Bank . If Mr . O ' Connor had defrauded them let him be exposed . Mr . MAineRs would agree that they should bear the expense up to the time that the Bank was separated from the Land .
Mr . Wheeler showed the connexion between the Land Company and the Bank . - Mr . GBA 3 SBT stated his views upon this subject , and showed that , in his opinion , the Bank was Mr . O'Connor ' s private speculation . Mr . Wheeler showed that according to law the Directors could not , as a body , be legal proprietors of the Bank , therefore it was forced to go in Mr . O'Connor ' s name . The manager bad bees engaged for a specific period , and Mr . O'Connor was compelled to bear the expense . Messrs . Hdtcbisqs and Wilson were in favour of the petition / They believed that Mr . O ' Connor was the sole proprietor .- <*
Mr ! Bland corroborated the statement of Mr . Wheder relative to . the Bank , as did other persona . Mr . Slocombe showed by the printed rules that there had been a connexion between , the Land and Bank . If the money of the Bank was laid out in the Company ' s land , the Bank could not he broken up without it was done in connexion with the Land Company . , Mr . Bloomfield said , if the allottees and shareholders were to be bound by the rules , why should not Mr . O'Connor ? He denied the imputation that they were actuated by any personal or vindictive motive . ' They were actuated solely by the wish to see justice done to all .
Mr . Habhison wished to know , whether the Land Company was benefited in any way by the Bank . If so , they had a right to bear the expenses ; but not otherwise . Mr . O'Connor bad often stated he was sole proprietor of the Bank . Mr . Lawrence thought they should investigate the whole affair of the Land and Bank . Mr . Ihelasd said he . bad been a depositor in the Bank , because he felt that the Land being security for the deposits , it was safer than in any other bank ; but the connexion between the Land and Bank existed no further than that supposed security . It was an act of dishonesty to make them pay the debt of the Bank . He denied that the allottees were the men they had been represented to be . As far as his experience went , they had Strug * gled honestly with the adverse circumstances they had met with . - . . .
Mr . Sibatton wished to know whether the want of a lease prevented the land from producing its fruits ? - ¦ . ¦ ; .. Mr . Davis had been a freqnent visitor at the estates , and believed that the want of leases was one great cause of the failure of the Plan . Mr . Black said he believed that a man would never succeed on two acres of land , without proper capital . He denied that , the shareholders alone were to blame . Mr . O'Connor had displayed a great want of judgment . He thoBght the Directors should long since have resigned , and that they should not be paid their , back salaries .
Mr . Oliver ( Sni g ' s End ) stated that they had been greatly disappointed in their , expectations . While they were building at Sni g * 8 End , if the men who worked at the building found fault with the materials of which the houses were built , they were gagged . Mr . Siallwood stated that he did not come there as an enemy to Mr . O'Connor , but as a member of the Land Company . Mr . Price had received a sum of between one and two thousand pounds as manager , besides the salaries of the clerks . He denied that tho Bank was connected with the Land . Messrs . Clark and Doyle were opposed to the clause .
Mr . Wheeleu explained that they only opposed its connexion after the three years of Mr . Price ' s agreement had expired . Jons Clabr said they opposed it because they , as Directors , had no power over the Bank . The votes were then taken , when fourteen voted for the amendment , and thirty-eight for the original motion . Upwards of sixteen persons who had been residents at At locations were present . The petition was then ordered to be entrusted to Sir Benjamin Bah for presentation . The committee were then allowed to act , with the
addition of delegates from the localities . After the meeting adjourned , a number of the shareholders formed themselves into a committee , Mr . Wheeler acting as secretary pro . ter n ., for the purpose of purchasing , by means of subscriptions and the dividends arising from their shares , one of the localities—O'Connorwlle heing suggested as the most eligible .. They will meet on Sunday afternoon , at three o ' clock , in the above hall , when Mr . Stratton will lecture on the "Windingup of the National Land Company . " Friends favourable to the object are desired to attend .
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buperson ' » & % in-conclave over what "Ubiquity " has said m reference to the Companya proceedings . The six were balancing up , and- seeing" how far they might be considered withm the rules of membership , and , when all was somined up , tho balance stood thus : —The first never entered one farthing in the Company ; the second paid a few shillings , but sold out ; the third received a two acre scrip , but handed it to a g ™ cer t 0 , " g ° 5 « ie foartli paid one shilling ; the fifth paid up at Preston , but is l « ad by these nonmembera ; the sixth paid a few shillings . Now , I do not complain of Land Members calling meetings , but in God ' s name let them be members , and likewise let them not do such things covertly . Hoping such childish folly will some day be dispensed with , I remain , yours , 33 , Queens-street , Sheffield . G . Cavii . nA ™ ^ T ~ ZHZ ^ -- T 1
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HONESTY FUND IN THE POTTERIES . The Only sums I have received , during the last fortnight , are from the following persons : —M . Brierley , 6 d . ; Joseph Heywood , Cd . ; BuckleyMilhench , of Waterhead Mill , near Oldham , Cd . ; and Lucy Carol , Jersey-street , Manchester , Cd . Deducting expenses for printing , &o . ( which could not be avoided ) , from the amount already received , will leave upwards of £ 5—rather a heavy sura for the Pottery men to subscribe before these valuable articles can be disposed of . When they made the generous offer , not a doubt was entertained but double the sum would have been sent in—more especially as the appeal was of no ordinary character embracing two objects , namely , to really assist a good and worthy man , and also to show to a
vigilant enemy that the working classes were not mere shouters . It is a remarkable circumstance that the Pottery Democrats , at the ' eomraencement , placed some reliance on Manchester , and a quantity of handbills were sent there ; but mark the result—one peor Irishwoman , Lucy Carol , has sent the only sixpence that has been received from the metropolis of Chartism . Thus situated , without the prospect of another farthing being paid , exceptby the Pottery men themselves , the committee cannot fix any definite time ; but on this they havedecided , that no disposal of the articles shall take place until the full ; money is paid ^ in . When this is done , the time will be duly announced . ; . Robbrt . Hopk . wson , Secretary .
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The April seassion of the Central Criminal Court commenoed on Monday morning , before the Right Hon ; the Lord Mayor , the Right Hon . the Recorder , Sherifff Ac Sergeant Mr AWwman Carter , the CBimW AssAUM . -Thoraas Bishton , a person haffnr 3 nS pearanc ^ * nd wh 0 ' ifc a PP « ed , had formerly held a commission in the array , suri rendered to take his trial upon an indictment for misdemeanour m having unlawiull y assaulted a young girl , named Martha Bolton , with a felonious intent . —From the evidence of theprosecutrix , a g > rl thirteen years ofage . it appeared that the detenaaut , who is a married man , lired at Lewisham , and she had been m his service eleven months at the time of the occurrence . On the evening of th *
AJra oi January the wife of the defendant had gone to a concert in London , accompanied by a girl named Eliza Marshall , who was also a servant in the family , and one of her children , and the assault was represented to have been committed while the defendant and the proaecutrix were alone in the house . Ihe evidence negatived the fact of the commission of a felony , and merely went to establish the misdemeanour . The prosecutrix narrated tne tacts , which , of course , are not of a character to be detailed , and she stated that on the same niehfc she communicated to her fellow-servant , : Eliia Marshall , what had occurred , hat it appeared that she said nothing to her mother , or any other person , until several days afterwards , and she acjounted for this by sayinir that her fellow-Hsrvant
pressed her so earnestly to say nothing about it , that she consented to do so , until she found herself m such a state of illness that it wa 3 necessary to obtain medical advice . The jury , after considerable deuberetion , found the defendant Guilty of a common assault , and he was sentenced to three months ' imprisonment . Hobss StKAUNo . ^ Charles Tari , 27 , doaler , was indicted for stealing a mare , valued at £ C , the property of William Baldry . —The particulars out of which the charge arose were these . The prosecutor is a farmer and dealer residing at Twickenham , and prisoner bad been in his employment , and had upon some occasions sold for him . In February last prosecutor had a cob and mare nonv . the
tormer of which was for sale . On the 18 th prisoner came and took the cob away to show a gentleman , and brought-it back , saying that he could sell the pony . Prosecutor told him he would not part with it . The prisoner , having waited until he went Irom home , came and took bothawav . He came back a few days afterwards with the cob , and said he had shown the other to * a gentleman at Acton , it was ultimately discovered that the pony bad been sold to some one at Hyde Park . Tho prisoner did not come baok to where he lived until a week afterwards , and he was then apprehended , and upon his being searched £ 4 Is . was found on him , tie having sold the mare tor £ 6 . —For the defence it was urged that the prisoner might have supposed he had a right to deal with the pony ; and it was proved that prior to this transaction he had borne an excellent character . —The jury found him Guilty , and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour .
Forgert . —J . L . Horrocks , 49 , described as a merchant , pleaded guilty to two indictments , charging him with feloniously forging and utterine two bills of exchange for £ 430 93 . 7 d . and £ 602 , with intent to defraud William Christy and others . He was sentenced to be transported for fourteen years . SiEAtiiro Cheques . —James Bond , 22 , chemist ; also pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a quantity of cheques and other valuable instruments , the property of George William Acton . ^ -It appeared that while a clerk was in the act of paying iu the instruments in question at the bankers , the prisoner rushed in and snatched up the property and ran off withit . —He was sentenced to be transported for ten years . . '
Posi-omcE Robberies . —J . Cook , 24 , a postoffice carrier , pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with secreting and destroying three letters , the property of the Postmaster-General . — It was stated by Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the prosecution , that no dishonest motive was imputed to the prisoner , but that ho had , whilst in a state of intoxication , deliberately destroyed tho letters to save himself the trouble of delivering them . —He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour . J . D . Burke , 19 , a Post-office clerk , pleaded guilty to two indictments , charging him with stealing letters containing property belonging to the Postmaster-General . —He was sentenced tO be transported for twelve years . J . Smith , 35 , who pleaded Guilty to a similar charge , was also sentenced to be transported for ten years . "
J . Reynolds , 48 , likewise pleaded Guilty to the charge of stealing letters the property of tne Postmaster-General . —He was sentenced to be transl ported for ten years . PiBJuaT . —Mary AnneParkes and Jane Lewis , who weie convicted of perjury at the last session , and upon whom iudgment was respited , were then placed at the bar . —The Recorder , in passing sentence , said , that the . prisoners had been convicted of a very serious crime—that of conspiring together falsely to charge a young man holding a high position with being the father of the child of one of them , Mary Anne Parke 3 , when it appeared that she had constantly cohabited with another man , whom she bad admitted was the actual parent of her child , and that there was no real foundation for
the charge that was made . It appeared , however , that she had become connected with a discharged policeman , who was the person referred to , and . it was possible that they had both been made the tool of that person , and the jury had recommended them to mercy on that account-. He should , take that recommendation into consideration ; but it was impossible to pass over such an offence without a sentence of some . severity . He therefore felt it his duty to order Parkes , who bad already been in prison for two months , to be further imprisoned and kept to bard labour for nine months ; and with regard to the olher prisoner , Trbo probably , bad been led into the commission of the offence by . her companion and the . man to whom he had alluded , the sentence would be six months' imprisonment and hard labour . ; ' . " .. :
Felosious Assaults bi a Suroeok . —William Grey Smithe , 47 , surgeon , was then placed at tho bar , to take his trial upon several indictments , charging kirn with felonious assaults upon girls of tender age . —Mr . P * yne and Mr . Parry appeared on hehalf of the prosecution , and the prisoner was defended by Messrs . Clarkson and Ballantine . —The public have been already made but too well acquainted with the disgusting details of the offences imputed to the prisoner by tho police reports , It will be remembered that he carried on the profession of a Burgeon in Tauxhall-walk , Lambeth , and it was
alleged that he had carried on a regular system of debauching young girls , a great number of whom it was proved had fallen a sacrifice to his beastly propensities . This ease wa 3 taken up by the Society for the Protection of Young Females , by whom the counsel for the prosecution were now instructed . — The first oase that was gone into was that of a girl named Charlotte Stevens , who deposed she would be sixteen years old in July next . She said that io July 1 S 49 , she was playing with a . girl named Julis Wickes , in Park-street , Kennington-croBB , when the prisoner came up to them and . asked Wickes if » ho meant to « ome to his house that night , and she said
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the request n w ? ° f then walkcd « w » y ,-nnd at hous ? 5 i » t Wck ° 8 he accompanied her'to- , his ' she said th ! ^ WCre tiike " int 0 ' bed-room , and wine e , ch IJ'T ™ " ' i hea ^ ' •* ^» o { Se xvSiTf o rd Lr T e r eded , * S commit sstt ^{« VE -l ffl : * : S ^» £ Friday She saTtW T ^ 1 " f ° llowin * divided the half Jt ?! and her cot » Pa"ion boueht hXoi ? 7 between them , and she toseTthpJ ^ a n ew honnet , and they then went afeVautLlf P ' ! , Wflre 8 ° inS to » «« q » enide went * £ ffife rdens ; v Slie al 8 ° 8 aid that they both art that ih ! r ° h 0 use ? theFriday ™™ t tiwdIwSl , \ l k ™ S rePeated a » d she afterwards SSw ? ° P !" " * ' * ^ o months , and slept thf triS "fr , > , ? admitt ° tint sin e M ? cKnn i ! f J beln livin * at a brothel-Mr . Uark 8 on , addressed the iurv on hnv . u * . v ^ : •» ,. ; -.... ~ J === r gg » ^
„ , prwoner , and Mr . Justice Earle h ' avincVunWi «„ o&oXS ? " ^^ rs ^ sxt&aKK sffi ^«^ sss i wa « Sn ? h \ Btated tnat ' in thesummerof 1849 , she was going about to look for a situation , and , n ran PnW ° u * u 8 hesaw in a 8 h ° P wi " dow , the SShewlnM !^ ? read , (> | lerby another fflnAimTf K Othepr J ? r 3 h 0 U 3 e ' " « n « er asking him if he wanted a girl he told her he did ; Tot ?* T ° *? £ her U P tothe bedroom , where he Sil htf d' ^ rtnt 8 Qrt 8 of ^ uor in to » i *«>«» tumbler and gave them to her to drink , telling her the liquor would not hurt her ; and the momJLhe « o « . ? nL , ) 4 u ? aaie P artial | y insensible . Tho witness stated that upon this the prisoner took off her 00 t 0 insult
S ? f ^ her - » ' <* evid e"ce ? I * j to .. sh ° w the commission of a felony . She stated that the prisoner eventually gave her a shilling , a . nd told her to come again to see him th . > next day , but she did not do so ; and it appeared that she did not mention what had taken place until the police had made some inquiries with regard to other transactions , in which her sister Martha was concerned with the prisoner . In crossexamination the prosecutrix said that after wh-it happened with the prisoner , she we » t home and ' washed herself ,, and afterwards went with Julia Wickes afid Stevens , the prosecutrix in the former indictment , to the Victoria Tlwatre , . and that they did not get home till twelve o ' clock at night . She
likewise admitted that she had gone to Greenwich Fair with a ypnng man named Teddy Toose and another " young cap , " and a girl named Maria Baker , who since then had walked the streets . — Mr . Justice Erie having summed up , the jury found the prisoner Guilty ofan assault . The prisoner was then charged upon a third indictment , with the commission of the same offence upon a girl named Mary Anne Hall . —The prosecutnx in this case deposed that she was thirteen years old in July last , and that in January of the present year she was living with her father and mother , in High-street , Lambeth , About the end of that month she said that . she met . two , girls , named M'Laohlan and Martha Hockenden , and they asked
her to go with them to . Dr . Smthe ' s . She consented to do so , but was not aware what was the object for which she went . When they got to his house , they said to the prisoner , " We have brought you . this little girl , " and he replied , "That ° is good , but added that he could not speak to her then , and she must come the next morning , when he promised to take her iuto his service . She went on the following morning , and was engaged for two or three dajs in doinq the household work , and on the Saturday in the same week she said that Martha Hqokenden undressed her , and made her "o to bed anil then undressed herself , arid the prisoner after ! wards came into the room . The witness then gave some details whl . h are not fit for publication , with
regard to the condudt of the prisoner , but it appeared that upon this occasion sho resisted him successfully , and that he kicked her out of bod , and told her to get out of the house . - She went away , but it appeared that she . made , no complaint of the prisoner ' s conduct , and , on the 'Tuesday afterwards she went again to the house to fetch away an apron and a pair of boot 9 which she had left there , and upon this occasion she represented that the prisoner committed the act imputed to him by forcu , and without her consent . —The proseeutrix underwent a severe cross-examination by Mr . Ballantine , and it was elicited from her that the girl M'Lachlan was a prostitute , and that she lived in White Horsestreet , Lambeth , and that she herself had slept at that house with her the
on Monday night previotl 8 to the day on which she represented the prisoner to have committed the offence . It also appeared that ahe made no complaint of any misconduct on his part until her mother made some discovery , and pressed her upon the subject , and it was then only that she disclosed what had occurrod . It appeared , however , that when the prosecutrix was examined by the doctor who was called in for that purpose sho distinctly denied that the prisoner had ever interfered with her . —The jury continued in delibevatiori until nearly ten o ' clock , when they returned a verdict of Guilty . —The prisoner was brought up again on Thursday , when he ^ Yas sentenced to be transported for life . '¦ ¦;¦¦'¦ The prisoner was then indicted with the young woman , FranciB Taylor , alias Fanny Formal for
the joint offence of conspiracy . —Both prisoners were found Guilty—the sentence upon the ieraale prisoner was imprisonment and hard labour in tlie Ilouse of Correction for two years . ' Steahno a Watch William Hubbersfield / 18 , groom , was indicted for stealing a gold watch and chain valued £ 2710 s ., the property of John Donald George Higgon . He was also indicted for felo . niously receiving it , —The prosecutor , whose appearance is exceedingly juvenile , is a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery at Woolwich , and he stated that on the evening of Friday , the 21 st of March , he was in Captain Standish ' s room in the barracks . At about ten he had his watch safe , for the conversation turning on watches he took his from his
pocket , and at a later hour he felt it in his pocket . He could not recollect anything more about it , but the next day found it was gone from his pocket . The chain produced was his , and attached to his -watch at the time he must have lost it . In answer to tho prisoner , who cross-examined the prosecutor with very great tact , heBaid there was'onelemale in our company in Capt . Standish ' s room . I came out with her and took a walk in Woolwich , and then returned to the barracks , and she went with me to my quarters . She came to my room and stayed there with me . She did not go away until half-past two the next day . ( Laughter . )—Prisoner ( very politely ) : Pardon mo taking the liberty to mention the lady ' s name , but pray was it not Miss
AnnMackmtosh ?—Prosecutor ( withgreat suavity ) : You'll excuse me , but you are '• ¦ quite' mistaken in the person . It was not - Miss Mackintosh ; it was Jessie Shirly . ( Much laughter . )—Ann Brown , a a woman of the town in-Woolwich ; said that on Friday night the prisoner passed the night with her , and in the morning , at his request , Bhe pledged the chain . —Gladwin ,- an ' officer , said that the prisoner first told him he had found the chain ; and then that he had received it from Miss Mackintosh . The watch had not been found . —Miss Mackintosh , a short , showily attired , but by no means preposscsing specimen of her class , said she knew nothing of the prisoner . —The prosecutor said he had been in Maekittosh ' a compajiy durinc
the evening ; she also had been at tho quarters . — Thejury found him Guilty of receiving ;~ A former conviction was then proved ., The prisoner said he had been an officer ' s servant , and if another chance was given him , he would get into some service . —The Common Sergeant : It will be in another country then . —Transported for seven years An iBisn Fight . —T . Macartb y , 30 , J . Maoarthy ' 2 G , and Patrick Maloney , 23 , were all indicted for feloniously stabbing John Rourke , with intent-According to the statement of the prosecutor , an Irishlabourer . it appeared that on the evening of Sunday , the ICth of March , be was in Red
Lionyard , New Brentford ^ where there was an Irish row , when all the prisoners , and some women who were with them , seized and struck himjand finally the prisoner , John Maoarthy seized him , and held him whilst the other struck at him with a knife , causing Beveral slight incised wounds in the head , Maloney also took a part in further ill-usin" him .- ^ 1 he jury acquitted John Macnrth y , and convicted Maloney of a common assault , and Thomas Macartny . of cutting with intent to do bodily , harm . — Thomas Macarthy was sentenced to fifteen years transportation , and Maloney- to eighteen months ' imprisonment and hard labour ¦ ¦'
Foboery . —John Clemishaw Wright , 30 , oilman , was indicted for uttorring a forged request for the dehvery _ of goods with intent to defraud John Ilenry Hu . ut . ~ It- was proved that on the 18 th of February m the present yeaV ; a man named Renswortn , a mastor carman , was sent by the prisoner to tho prosecutors , who are the large soap-makers ot Lambeth , -with an order , purporting to come from Messrs . Knieht and Kni ght , merchants , Three Cranes Whaif , for l , 5001 bs . weight of mottled soap . The prosecutors having some suspicion told the oarmen to call the next day , as they had not timo then to paclc the goods . The carman communicated this to the prisoner -whodirected him to so
, ; again and went with him . In tb « interim the prosecutor found that the order was forged , and when the carman came the sonp was given to him , and T ft ' ™ if " ^ division ; having been set on the watch , saw the prisoner come to the carman and was directing him to drive the cart away , when ho took him m pustodv .-The jury found him h " , fr « 7 nn - P J ° r that iaim > the prisoner had been convicted of obtaining 32 « nbs . of soft soap under similar circumstances ^ Thero was another indictment for obtaining a ton weight of white lead , by means of a forged order ; and also one for burf ljfc pnsoner * "ordMed t 0 be twapgrtril
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"f' i 11 ii ii MWgTv . — ' im * .- ^ i ^« fc the movement nrb liail ? ac q »'" ng an increased importance . Wo refer » . . pleasure to a report in another part of this week . " ""'• , of tho Delegate Meeting held at the Uei ! on ' J u . sJa * ? venir ' S- The interest felt by thoso present as tll 0 . "wativ 9 pvenby the Central Committed ! of ' t )» u ^ W * S ^ ^^ 'igs . is strongly indi « s . lto « ,. ffia rt wo , n j kely t 0 1 ) roduce whc " before thecwmtoJ ind wiin T be " te ( 1 for generalcirci » l ; ition > XI- f 0 Und t 0 bo n truo » ud ^ ithful accoune S ^ aSSKS * lmve Iei 1 10 tlie *¦?» W . Pkel , Secretary ,
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DELEGATE « ^ oy « mnw «^ i& ^ &x # ia ! z the 8 th of April , to take into consideration 85 undisguised attempt of the manufacturers of Woher hampton to put down the legal combination of their workmen . Messrs . Pell , Winters , and Humphries , from tfie Central Committee of the National Association , attended , and entered into a full statement of tho circumstances which have given birth to the two indictments for conspiracy , preferred by the brothers u"t rd i Geor 8 ° IIenrv Perry , nominally ; but which there is ample grounds " for believing have been instituted by a joint effort , and at the joint expense of a numerous and powerful confedera tion ot wealthy manufacturers .
Mr . Mereweiukr , tin-plate worker , was called to tne chair . Mr .-PuBL , Secretary of the National Association , ana one of tho alleged conspirators , read a condensed narrative of all the leading circumstances which have transpired in connexion with the Woltim -Hh " Btrik ° ' J lr a 8 the W-tionnl Associa-SSLKr , T cerned ' which extonds <> ver a pace of more than twelve months . The narrative was listened to with the Rreateat attention , and excited a unanimous interest and sympathy At its conclusion-and after somo further expiations by Mr . WisiKns and particularl y an abstract of the contents of the twenty counts oTthe princi pal inwtot whichmeaiurcs nine and a half yards , the reading of which excited much amusement , for us absurd charges and ridiculous t .,,,.
3 " ] k u e by Mr > jAMKS - ^ Ponter , and seconded b y Mr . Sheridan , bookbinder s- « That 2 L addr , l J ° « » J > be Printed , and circulated among the trades of Great Britain . " An animated discuaaion took place , as to tho best means to be adopted te bring the subject fully beforo tha Trades , with a view of promoting the means of an efficient defence . It was admitted on all hands to bo a question intimatel y affecting tne rights of labour generally , and not confined to the individuals directly implicated . Io was then resolvod that the . meeting should stand adjourned to Thursdary cvening . the 17 th mat ., and that a central metropolitan defence commutes should be then formed for organising the
means lor ttie defence , and that until such coitimitteo was definitelyformed , and properofficers permanently appointed , all subscriptions in aid of the Defence Fund , should be transmitted to Mr . William Peel , secretary , pro . tern ., addressed to him at tha Bell Inn , Old Baliey . All Post office Orders to ba made payable at the Bloomsbury poBt-office .
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THE SAILORS' STRIKE . Manchester . —The present position of the seamen locuted in this borough is one of extreme hardship , inasmuch as the magistrates have peremptorily prohibited the seamen from going round the town to receive contributions towards their support . In Bolton several of the poor fellows have been arrested , and taken before tho Mayor , who , without ceremony , committed them to gaol for fourteen davs
The worthy gentleman , it appears , shortly after repented of his conduct , and ordered them to be again brought beforo him ,. telling them they must leave the town , in an hour ; with this injunction the poor fellows thought proper to co mply ; and here we would observe , thatagainsttwoofthe number there was not the slightest charge . They only went to the Court for the purpose of ascertaining the fate of their companions . When his worship asked them would they quit the town , the answer
was , most decidedl y not . Then you stand committed for fourteen days , wastherejoinder of the administrator of justice , and they were immediately taken to the cell , but not locked up . This attack on the liberty of the subject has made a great impression upon the inhabitant * of Bolton , some of whom have suggested to the committee the propriety of bringing the matter before thejjuperior courts ; with this suggestion we would readily comply , but we are crippled for want of funds ; and we most earnestly implore our fellow countrymen .
to give us all the aid in their power . Donations and subscriptions will be thankfully received at Mr . W . Fairs , sign of the Cotton i ree , Great Ancoats-street ; or at the Friendship Tavern , Ancoats-street , Spear-street , Manchester . Any friend at a distance , who may wish to assist us , will please to send a Fost-office Order , made payable to Mr . Thos . Fields , No . 4 , Fawcett-street , Great Ancoatsstreet , who will thankfull y receive and duly acknowled ge the same . The committee have resolved to hold . a . Conference of seamen in Manchester , from all the principal ports ia the Kingdom , on Easter Tuesday , when arrangements will be made for more efficiently carrying out tho objects of the Seamens ' Guardian Society .
Bury , Lancashire . —A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Bury was held on Tuesday evening last , in the Commercial Buildings—Mr . Rollinson iu the chair—who , after a few preliminary observations introduced Mr . Jiunes Leach , of Manchester . Mr . Leach delivered a short and eloquent speech , upon " Union for the ri ghts of Labour ; " and sat down loudly applauded . The meeting was next addressed by Mr . Watkins , a seaman of colour , who elicited
reiterated rounds of cheering by the humorous manner in which ho depicted the' blustering and bullying of thoae ' shipmaster who carry out the provisions of the Mercantile . Marine Act . He wa 8 followed b y Mr . James Fildes , secretary tothe Seamen ' s Guardian Society , who went into a lengthened detail of the many acts of injustice practised upon tho too confiding seamen , and denounced , in strong and energetic language , the robberies to which
" poor Jack" is subjected , at the caprice of shipmasters and government officials ; and concluded amid loud cheers . ' Mr . Jones , news agent , moved , and Mr . Asbury seconded , the adoption of the following . Memorial to her Majesty , which being put to the meeting was carried without a single dissentient , and ordered to be Bigned and transmitted by the chairman to Lord Stanley , for presentation to the Queen .
The Memorial of your Majesty ' s Dutiful and loyal Subjtctsof thoTowuof Bury . iu the . County of Lancaster , ill Public MeetiHg a » a « mUed , this 8 ih day of April , 1851 Humbly SiiKWiTn , . ¦ . J ! ' . present Mercantile Marine Act is most prejudicial to the interests of British 'Merchant Seamen , anu 16 most oppressire and severe in its operation , inasmuch as it is the means of vesting nn afino t unlimited ana irresponsible power in the 'bawls of mastern of shij s , which , providing they think fit to carry out , enables them to inflict hcavj penalties for tb ' e ' most trivial t ' Senc ' es , / or . what they may c | eemsuch , so that the mariner , nntwith-Stnnaing his perilous and toilsome vocation , is liable to be deprived of a great portion of his earnings , to gratify the enpriue or vinuictivencss of commanders of ships , . ; - _ . Wt humbly submit . to your Altgesty that the enforcement of tliis Uvf militates agaiiiBt tlie honour of the British
urihon , and has n tendency to engender strife between ahijmiastCTg and men , ilia good understantiinpf between whom is so essential to tho prosperity and ttelfare-of All classes of jour-Majesty ' s subjects . We . Would alsosubmit to your lliyusty that the continued enforcemtnt of this ' law will suggest tothe moat , intelligent and . Valuable of jour Majesty ' s subjects , being mariners ; . tlie idea of &fcv ' ink that protection under u forei gn flag ^ v * £ * £ , grieved to say is denied them under tli " ir own — * We , therefore , humbly pray your Majesty to take int * v jour most gracious consideration the iiiilistiue nf tv £ they complain , and thai oU will be « noS i W J" £ a « order in- Council , to fernXwyKSM ^ A . * sswwsfeatSH 1 ??? « £ LSrisS ¥ " & ^ S £ otouatem provisioifs ' a lo ^ ? I ieal of its And your memorialists , „;„ dut , bound , wa \ ever pray
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¦^ S&tf ^ r ^ r T . S , Dmcombb , E 3 q M . P ., p rosidcnt fatabltihtti 1845 . ' "MATJVSTITU . " "Ifit were possible for the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would boa thing not to ba punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at , Stdakt Mill , ItU new nearly four years since , in pursuance of our duties in connexion with this movement , we commenced writing in favour of an " organisation ot labour , " for purely industrial purposes .
Like the Roman Raven , whose loyal master had taught ' it to greet the great Caesar , as he passed daily to the Capitol , with « Vivat Imperator ' - \ m ine hropwor , so have we been constantl y for that period calling upon the working classes for that one general requisite- Organisation -or as Daniel U Unnell i cry was , "Agitate ! agitate ' . agitate ! ' Ours has been "Organise ! organise ! organise ! " We have called for an organisation of labour as the ne . cessily of the age-as the very firit requisite , before any movement can pvogttSS which can be ui . imately " ^ ed an organisation to be useful must be
. ^ . conSa 1 * 5 % th 6 y make " COnfll 8 ion w ° ™ * uSS i T , Engine Drive " of S « "l » nd , most hkel y , locally organised , travel southward , to nrL oLt Iu T Cau 8 ed »» y a resistance of op . preuMHk b y Ihe locally organised Engine-men of the llZ n—'"• , En « ine Dfive » <* «« Northern Division of the North Western are forced "" ^ mo 8 t ° PPr «« ve regulations , be . cause the locally organised Drivers of the Southern Division and other lines ; were ready to supply theii places . ' ,
The united Compositors of Edinburgh , step into the railway carriage and proceed to London , to fill the frames , at lower wages , in the printing office of the Morning Post , and the organised Compositors of London walk out to make room for them . The Brickaiakers of York fl y , Without ' , hesitation , to assist the masters of Ashion to reduce ; tbe > value of labour , the onl y thing which they themselves , poor dupes , have to subsist on . And thus it is , in every part of the country , in every department of labour , the working classes , by their disunited organisations , are preying upon each other , to the great advantage of those whose greatest gain is their destruction . % l Divide and govern " the tyrant ' s maxim ; is well understood—but to " unite and conquer" appear as far as labour is concerned , words without any definite meaning .
In contending fora national organisation of labour , we are aware that we expose ourselves to a very plausiblf , if not an unanswerable , objectionthat a really national organisation is a moral impracticability . We use the word « national" in a somewhat more restricted Benae . We know that at present , and for ages to come , it will be morally impracticable to unite the six or seven millions of British labourers in any one organisation . We fear that for ages there will be a fearful majority of our fellow men too absolutely ignorant too selfishly ignoraut , and too viciously ignorant , ever to be brought to a ' due sense of the hentfiu
and neeessity . of union . Mental ignorance , selfishness , and vice , are certainly serious , and , at present , immovable barriers , to a truly national confederation of labour . We must , therefore , be considered to confine our national aspirings to the more limited section of the comparatively educated , enlightened , and moral of our fellow men . But , even in this narrowed Bphere of operations , what ample material from which to build up such a confederation of labour upon a base so wide as the world never yet saw , and that mi ght , without it being termed a solecism , lay claim to the term national ? If tbe existing fragmentary associations , which are now practically destroying each other by their
narrow views and intense selfishness , could be brought into one fold , and under one central management , for all general purposes , what an ¦ immeasurable change would soon be effected in the fortunes of labour ! We are uot now speaking of those to whom the word union h unknown , or by whom it is not understood , but of those thousands upon whose lips it dwells as a household word , but into whose hearts it has not yet found a lodgment . But do we blame these men ? No , —we know this all proceeds from a contracted ? iew of the import of the word : the united effects of their position and of the teachings of those whom they have set up to perform the . important functions of . thinking for them . Yes , as surely as a large majority of the people have t . heir political opinions formed for
them by the newspaper they are most in the habit of reading , so have the great bulk of the most advanced sections of the working classes their no tions of that union which they are . told is strength ' formed for them by the men whom they have se up as leaders . The only remedy for this evil is in the selection of leaders , to look a little below the surface for the qualifications moat useful for that important functiou . The most valuable ore is not found at the surface ; but , unfortunatel y , the qualities . which are tcpst alluring to the multitude are generally of a : very superficial character . The sterling arid useful are rarely found allied with the ahewy and ornamental . Iron is less captivating to the eye than gold and silver , but it is immeasurabl y more valuable .
i We should prefer Joseph Hume as a political leader to the merely eloquent Sheil ; and we also think one Thomas Duncombe would outwei g h , in sterling Legislative value , a dozen Disraelis . . . We are giad , however , to find that the working men are beginning to think for themselves . It is a good and wholesome sign , and will bring forth its fruits in good season . ' We have received a copy of the indictment , and are astounded at tbe immensity of the legal labour which has been consumed and : wasted in preparing the precious document . After wading through its mazy labyrinth of legal repetitions and fictitious assertions , we rose from its pwusal almost , as wise at
though we had never seen it . We certainly fail to discover any act of illegality that we have committed or participated , in , and were it not that we duly appreciate the jury-impressing power of legal ingenuity and forensic impudence , we should look upon the whole affair as a . contemptible farce . The gravamen of the charge appears to be for conspiring and agrefing , &c , with divers , and other persons , as wickedly and evilly disposed as ourselves , with force , of arms , and by certain dark , subtle , and shockingly wicked devices aud practices , to injure , ruin , oppress , annoy , ; obstruct , annihilate , and de ' stroy one Richard Perry , and his amiable son George ilenry . We are charged with the same acts , designs , and damnable imaginings , against certain of hiB workmen—to wit , fifty of them ; and , more
heinous than all , we have perpetrated the same evil designs against divers individuals who were not employed by the said Richard and-George Henry Perry , nor any other person , but who-might be willing to be employed but for bur wicked persuasion , threats , and intimidation ; that '' we made intoxicated , and senselessly drunk , divers of these men , and all of them , and spirited them away , out of the reach of the aforesaid Richard aud George Henry , &c , to their great ruin and destruction , and of our , Lady , the Queen , her Crown and dignity . And all these wicked doings , and others , darkly insinuated and inferred , ore ingeniously woven into this twenty-count-weft , to the infinite perplexity and bewilderment of the mental faculties oi whatever jury may be chosen to unravel this barbarously constructed wehb .
We really scarcely know which ia to bo moat pitied , the unfortunate defendant , or the unfortunate jury . But is it not monstrous that him-men should be dragged into a court of law , at a cosUf hundreds of pounds , to answer such afarago of absurdities ? If we have " committed any offence known to the law , which , wp . utterly deny , why are we rot charged with it in a straightforward , intelligible Imanner * If we have violated the statute laws , why are we not charged under the manner therein indicated ? Tho reason is obvious . The Perrys know full well that the whole of our proceedingi , from first to last , have been lawful and moral . We have not injured , nor sought to injure , any man , and there is no written Jaw under
which he would have the sli g htest chance of aconvictiou . Hence we aro to be subjected to the pains and penalties of a prosecution , which if-it fails in leading to our conviction , shall at least oruBh us by its expenses . But even in this malicious designwe trust the conspiring faction will find themselves deceived . The boot mar unexpectedly be found on the other le £ . Our advices from all parts are fill highly cheenngand encouraging , both in respect of tho means whichare in progresatoassistus in meetine this iniquitous proceeding , and also innumerable anplioations and inquiries into the objects and nrinci pies of the Association . The Boilt &makeM nf Swindon , Manchester , Cork , Leeds , aS Stratford ' m additwra to those nv ntioned last week , hi" sent to m for inftnnatiQii j and tbe general wets of
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• WOULD-BE SHAREHOLDERS . Dear Sir , — It is with pain I inform you of what ii taking place here by parties who ought to know better . ° Some land Members were waned to attend a meeting , at agiveH place , but those so warned were considered to be select ; however , by accident , one of the warned asked me if I was aware of it , which , of course , I was not . I went to this meeting , and when I armed , there were
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THE LAND COMPANY . J . BEATTIE AT THE CITY CHARTIST HALL . TO 7 . O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . F . Respected Sis , —By the desire of John Drinkwater I write to say , in answer to J . Beattie ' s statement , made at the meeting of Land members at the City Chartist Hall , ¦ London , when he said lie had not received any money for rent , and which statement was published in the Jforikem Star . Ur . Drinkwaterpaid him £ 26 for rent . I gave the receipts to Mr . Clark and Mr . M'Gratb ,
when at Oxford , on the trial , which they have never returned , so , of course , they have them . Drinkwater drained his three acres at his own expense ; he- also drained Beattie ' s one acre , for which Seattle paid him four shillings . Drinkwater bou ght forty load of manure , besides five shillings worth of Beattie , which he put on the land , so that he paid Beattie £ 26 5 s . He ( Drinkwater ) paid for the manure five weeks before he had it , as Be ? . ttie said he wanted money . So you see be sold the manure he made .
lours faithfully , Charterville , April 7 th . - c , Wnxis . P . S . —As J . Drinkwater cannot' write , he has cheerfully put Ms mark I © the above facts .
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J . BRADSHAW , ANOTHER ILL-TJSED ALLOTTEE . Charterville , April 7 th , 1851 . Sib , —I feel it my duty to tell you that , before J . Bradshaw left here , he used very threatening language toward * you , telling Mr . Bilstead that he " would not mind being hung for you . " He has frequently asked me to write to you for money . Just before the trial came on at Oxford , he wished me to write to you to say , that if you would send him some money to take his family away , bo would leave . I did write to tho Directors at the time . Some time previous , I wrote a petition for him , to bis friends , at . Huddersfield , for a loan of £ 15 . I told him I wouldon condition that I should say he
, was not entitled to the Aid Money ; as I told him Mr . Sykes ought to have come forward and taken hi 3 Aid Money , and then he might have handed it over to him . . I told him that , out of so man ; hundred members who knew him , surely , they would subscribe a shilling or sixpence each , that wouid make np the loan ; but hi 3 friends only sent him a few shillings , telling him to go and seek work , which offended him . After I had done what I could for him , he allowed his son ( together with others ) to fire off a musket for about half an hour , and to make a great bonfire befoie my house , because
dared to defend yon against their calumny . Only think of his coming to me after that , to write to you for the money I before alluded to . lioreceived great kindness from many of tho allottees . I rebuked him for allowing his children to go dancing every week , which , was the cause of the vice Mr . Price mentioned in Ms letter . Ho one can speak of this vice better than John "Wilcock , of Nottingham , who attempted to deny it b y writing tothe Star . Toora in the cause of freedom , C . Wuus . P . S . —The first summer , his baker gave him £ 10 for ltia carrots .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 12, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1621/page/5/
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