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ment , while there was an advantage in having a committee that could collect the fullest information , and satisfy the house that the policy of the Cape government had been misrepresented . Upon a division , the amendment of Lord J . Rus-Eell was carried by 123 against 60 . On the motion of Mr . Headum , a select COminittee was ordered to consider the policy Of extending the law of Mortmain . Lord II . Take obtained leave to bring in a hill t r abolishing coroners' fees . Theorderaofthe day were then gone through , and the house adjourned , at one o ' clock , until Monday , the 23 th . The following appeared in our Second Edition of f «* tw « e& . - — FRIDAY , April 11 . HOUSE OP LORDS .-The County Courts Extension Bill was read a third time and passed . ment While them wan an ndvanfiKTA in havincr a
Lord Brocguaji entered at some length into the details of his proposed Law of Evidence Bill , which upon his motion was read a second time . Some other bills were adrancei a stage , and their lordships adjourned . , .. . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —On the motion for goin" into committee on the Assessed Taxes Act , Mr Disraeu moved an amendment— "That in any relief to be gr anted by the remission of adjustment of taxation , due r egard oughttobe paid to the distressed condition of the owners and occupiers of jand . " Estimating the rental of the country at sixty millions a rear , the loss on this amount was , or soon would " be , understated at ten percent ., makine Bix millions . The farmers' capital
supposed to be 300 millions while the corn law lasted , had since undergone a depreciation of 100 millions . Here he maintained was a cause of suffering that ' demanded , not relief from an impoverished exchequer , but a consideration when a surplus had to be distributed . Adverting to the government proposition for transferring to the consolidated fund some of the cost of pauper lunatics , he deduced from it an admission of the principle that all paupers ought to be maintained out Of the general revenue , and a partial adoption of this course he recommended as a great relief to the occupiers of land . A similar change might also be effected with regard to the expenditure upon gaols . Besides them a sum of £ 1 , 700 . 000 per annum
¦ was levied in conjunction . with the poor rate , iutnot devoted to the support of the poor , forming an extra , -burthen upon the land , to alleviate which the financial siirplusmigbthavebeea justly and beneficially employed . This , he argued , would be a better toon than the window tax . Tor theremovaiof what , were called the " establishment" charges he considered that the landed interest could prefer an undeniable claim . This amounted , for England and Ireland , to £ 750 , 000 per year . Eulogising the industry , the loyalty , and the patience of the agriculturists under all ' safferincs and all disappointments , he demanded on their behalf , that while other classes enjoyed untaxed bread , they might be allowed to possess untaxed labour . He wished only that the ministry during theholydays , would reconsidertheir budget . Mr . Laboucuere hardly knew how to treat the
resolution as serious . Mr . Disraeli had hinted at changes quite inconsistent with the remission of the * window tax , and nevertheless * , had declared his Intention to support that measure . Mr . Giadstose without approving entirely either of the ministerial project or that of Mr . Disraeli , felt obliged to elect between them upon a balance of advantages . Viewed in connexion with contemporary incidents , he looked upon the resolution before them as having some relationship with protection , "whose restoration the party Btood pledged to at-. tempt . Admitting the possibility that the incidence Of the local taxation wjas nnjnst to the land , lie ; could not consent to alter it before the anestion of - protection was finally settled . . Mr . Stafford inquired what was the real ; meaning of . free trade , and after giving various il-, lustrations of high and low prices , concluded that ¦ tha latter meant nothing but dear money .
_ Lord J . Mansers considered the permanence of . our boasted manufacturing prosperity extremely doubtful . It could . not endure , he contended , unless . the home market were cultivated , and the ngricul-- tural consumers raised from their depression . This was impossible under their present burthens , and " while they were left to struggle against foreign competition . Mr . Bhight stated the case assumed by Mr . Dis * raelito be a claim for special relief , on the plea of ; special distress . He denied one half of this case altogether . There wrs no proof that the owners of land were seriously injured . Bents had fallen very slightly , and in some places not all . Fluctuations were experienced in all trades . The ironmasters were now suffering from a diminished demand . The Yorkshire clothiers were suffering from the high prices of wool , by which the farmers benefited . Returns showed that the contribution paid from the
land to the poor rate had diminished by one-half since 1833 . The fanners were suffering from the ; - effects of a vicious system , and for their relief he suggested improved business arrangements , more , ekilfal husbandry , adjusted rents , and abolished . '¦ game laws . -, The Chancellor of the Exchequer contended : that Mr . Disraeli had violated all consistency , by consenting to support a proposition , and yet moving . an amendment which utterly defeated it . He .: dared the complainants of distress among the ; labourers to deny , that the condition of the pea-. * . santry throughout England was better than ever . Iwfore . Wages had nowhere fallen one half , but prices had . Regretting the baneful influence of . rural demagogues , he unhesitatingly trusted the question to the good sense of the country . Sir R . Pbo ,, identifying himself -with the agricnl . tural interest , although a free-trader , iutended to TOte for Mr . Disraeli ' s proposition .
. lord J . Russeu . declared that the motions so Often proposed to them upon agricultural distress were based upon a delusion . Several members having taken part in the dis-.-:. Cttssion , the house divided—For the amendment 250 . Against 263 Majority for Miniatera . 13 Tie house rose at a quarter past two .
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west Boukssxt EncnoJr .--The nomination took place on Thursday in front of the markethouse s * Tannton , when Mr . W . P . G . langton , ( grandson of the late representative for the eastern division of tne country , and son-in-law of the Duke Of Buckingham , ) was elected without opposition . Djuotu Bobbery toder the South- 'Westbbh Railway . —On Thursday night , a gentleman , who was going down the South . Yfestern Railway , proceeded from the York-road along Tine-street , and over the private foot-path belonging to the company , for the purpose of getting to the booking , offices . To reach the latter place , it waB necessary to pass under an arohway the entire width of the station . Scarcely , however , had the gentleman gained the middle of the arch , when he was seized by fire men , who pinioned him , and one placed hu hand over his month to prevent him from giving an alarm . They then took his watch from his perand £ 12 in
son , money , when they gave him a ¦ violent blow in the face whioh nearly stunned him . They then ran off , and got over the fence into Granby-street , and made their escape before the police knew anything of the outrage or robbery . Owing to the sudden attack and speedy flight of the robbers , but a -very imperfect account can be Aylisboby Election . —The nomination of the candidates took place on Thursday morning in the County Hall . The Returning Officer declared tha show oi hands to be in favour of Mr . Bethell , on which * pollwas demanded on behalf of Mr . Ferrand . The poll began at eight o ' clock en Friday morning , Mr . Bethell taking the lead , which he kept daring the day . At four o ' clock Mr . Bethell ascended an elevated position in the Harket-Hquare , and began to address the people as Mb constituents . The state of the poll was then announced : — Bethell 544
Ferrand „ .... „ ,... 518 Majority for Bethell 26 EXXSSSVB ROBBBBY IN ZHB OEDNARCB OPFICE . — Oa Friday information was received by the metropolitan police that the Royal Ordnance powdermills at Waltham Abbey had been burglariously entered , and plundered of a large amount of properly . The thieves broke into the cashier ' s office ; forcing open the iron safe , they took-from it £ 320 ift Bank of England notes , 196 sovereigns , and 18 g . 2 d . in silver and copper . They also effected an entry into the storekeeper ' s room , from whence weytookJEE . Besides the caih they took a fuan-Hty of powder , and got dearaway trith their booty . JMTSBBnatBi Bnoiiu . CiBB .-On Thursday « Tenmg , between nine and ten o'clock , some expert IK 23 P 2 K 5 ™** * ^ gdww of the hall norter 11 d
sssasaysas-- » * ^ RSSSKSB ? travelled with unusual rapidity so that it wa . ™^ considerable difficulty the SdenSi we « 7 S 3 & to effect a safe . retreat . As it was ! KwS almost suffocated with smoke . The fiie was e ™ tually extinguished , but not untiK ^ lopS property was reduced to ruins ; and unfortunately he was insured for only £ 250 , not one half the ¦ amount of his loss . The total I 033 is roufhlvesti : mated at- £ l , 500 . The or jgin of the fire is unknown Lady Fkakkuh , worn out with " hope deferred " is at lengih seriously indisposed . - '
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TO THE FOREIGN REFUGEES . Bbeihben , —My tune is so occupied with my family wants , together with the prominent part I now take in many public questions , especially the great movements of the Elective Trancbise , sad Trades' Protection , that I have not time to write what I should like to say at present ; but I will say this , that all the precedents of Feargus O'Connor ' s career have marked him a . patriot , suchas the world cannot find a peer , past or present . Yours , ' Manchester , April 15 th . .
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. How Boiler Explosions often Occcb . —We had occasion to . visit an extensive work last week , where a number of steam boilers were at work , one of them high-pressure , which had been recently fitted with an apparatus , which , actuated by a float inside the boiler , indicated when the water wa 3 too high or too low , by blowing an alarum whistle . Whether the tender in charge did not like to have the whistle always indicating his inattention , or whether it was by accident , but , at all events , the float was removed , and the wheel at top being fixed by a nail , the apparatus was inoperative , and worse than useless , because it led to amisplaced confidence in a very excellent contrivanoe . When the trick was discovered , the tender alleged that the float-stone bad become disengaged from
the copper rod but we have » ehrewd suspicion that it was disengaged to prevent the tell-tale informing of his neglect . Thus is it that the very best , most efficient , and ingenious means that can be taken to insure safety are , through a perverse ingenuity , rendered either inoperative , or what is worse , lead to a false security , by inducing reliance upon the . correct action of an apparatus which would work with unfailing accuracy if not tampered with . If the boiler we have here alluded to had exploded before the cheat was discovered , the apparatus would have been held to be faulty , and no doubt the stoker—who it is to be hoped would have been the only one killed—would of course have been eulogised as a-most attentive , steady , sober , and careful workman .-fl&rtfc British Mail . ¦
Kawspim STiiiPs . -The total- number of r . ewspaper stamps issued in the year 1850 , in England of lSS '*" , ? Jenny 8 tem P . 741 , 271 ° and SSttSanW * I ^ nd , 6 , 302 , 728 ^ a ^ ijte . 1118008 ? ' ^?
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THAMES .-ACMMST by Fibe Aims .-J . Curtis , aged fifteen , was charged with firing a pistol loaded with shot at his sister , Susannah Maria Curtis aged seventeen , and wounding her in a most frightful manner .-A certificate from Mr . Bushueld , house surgeon of the London Hospital was Dut in stating that the wounded , girl was admitted into that institution , with a pistol shot wound in her face , and that she was in great danger therefrom — It appeared in evidence that the prisoner , his sister , and mother , went on board a ship in St . Katharine Docks on Sunday afternoon ona visit to the Steward , who was about to take some raisins from a locker . i _^ cL * er ° Awo _? " ° *• ^ he prisoner took up ifc
ma "Si f « ' 8 ~ seStinff K towards his sister , eaid , "Shall I fire ? ' She became alarmed and said , " For God's sake put it down ! or yoTwtfdo some mischief . At that moment the pistol went off , and the whole contents were lodged in bis sister ' s face , which was frightfully shattered , and he fell backwards , apparently lifeless . Immediate assistance was rendered , and she was taken to the hospital . . The pistol ' was loaded with duckshot , and the poor creature received the main part of the discharge in the mouth . Other shots spread over her face , and some lodged in her eyes and deprived her of sight .-The prisoner , who seemed deeply affected at the lamentable occurrence , said he did not mean to harm his Bister , and that the mate ! went off he it tbe
as was laying on table . -The Steward of the ship and Sarah Ann Hudson , a visitor on board , said the pistol went off as the prisoner laid -it on the table , that it was either cocked or on the half-cock , and that the prisoner did not present it at his sister at all . The girl was seated in front of the cabin-table when the pistol went off . The occurrence was ^ uite accidental . —The prisoner was discharged . The Late Cask op Abduction . — "William Day , late barman to Mr . Dean , 100 , Curtain-road , Shpteditch , was re-examined on the charge of abduction preferred on Wednesday week . The court was crowded to excess , owing to the strange and mysterious aspect of the facts which were elicited
on the previous inquiry . —Ann Harriet Newman ,, the complainant , , has hitherto borne a most excek lent character as a hard working ,- industrious young woman , remarkable for her strict integrity ^ - and her close application to business S 3 asenipstreBS .-Though still enfeebled from the drugs and rough treatment to which she had been subjected , the account which she now gave of this transaction was more clear and collected- than her first Statement . From her lengthened examination it would appear that the house to which , she was t&kenwaa in the west-end . The room in whioh she found herself when awakening from : the effects of the drug applied to her face in the cab was a spacious back parlour . The young woman who informed her that
she was in a brothel , and who furnished her with the knife to defend herself , was tall and goodlooking , ' dressed in black silk , with white cuffa , and wdre . ' a watch and chain . On giving her the knife , and telling her to defend herself , she also informed her that the person who brought her to the place in a cab had £ 3 for doing so . ¦ Witness was of opinion . she would know this young woman again , and also the old woman who compelled her to drink the liquid , which had a Bpirituous taste . The latter , who was about seventy years of age , was dressed in a rich fawn-coloured satin , and wore a very flashy cap . It was after she was compelled to drink the liquid that the three gentlemen came into the room . On seeing them
tho witness , though very weak ; got up from the sofa on which she had been lying , when .. the old woman told her she must make up her mind to stay all night , and she should have all she wished for , to which witness replied that § he did not want any ? thing , and brandishing the knife cried out , " I must go away , " and I do not care where or whom I strike . " She then made her way to the hall , which was well lighted with a large lamp , but was pursued by the gentlemen , and secured after wounding one of them in the hand . They succeeded in getting her back to the room , and the one able had wounded threatened to have her hands tied with a cord , and thrust her into the cellar , but she still resisted , Two of the gentlemen were advanced in yearsand
, the third was about thirty . One of them then tried to force hdr upstairs to a bedroom , saying she must pass the night with him , but she screamed so loudly that they began to be alarmed , and forced her baokto tho parlour , where they tried what bribery would do , and a handsome watch with a gold chain was flung round her neck , which she dashed indignantly awny , and flung fOUV Or fire glass tumblers at them . The prisoner , of whose identity sho was quite positive , was then called up to fetch a cab , which he did . As they proceeded through the hall the prisoner told her that if she would but he quiet she should be taken back to her father ' s ; and as they went along , not knowing tho
place , she supposed he was conducting her home , when they arrived at a dark street ( Little Suttonstreet , Clerkenwell ) he told her to get out , and after walking three or four yards with her put ; a paper hi her hand which was subsequently found to contain her address and left her . Sue staggered on a little further , when , weary and stupified , she sat upon the step where the constable ( Hillier ) found her . The handkerchief put to her face produced an unpleasant suffocating sensation , coupled with a ringing noise in the ears and dimness of vision previously to producing insensibility . Other witnesses were examined , and the prisoner was remanded .
WORSHIP STREET . —Attempted Soicide . — Elizabeth Richardson , aged 18 , was ohai'ged with attempting to beat her own brains put with a hammer . —The accused is servant to a tradesman named Charles Jackson , 33 , Upper Clifton-street , near this court , who Btated that on Sunday night shortly after ten o ' clock , his wife sent the girl to bed ; on retiring themselves , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , they found her sitting on it completely exhausted , and the blood running over her face , from several wounds in the temples and upper part of the head . After restoratives were applied , she confessed having struck herself with a hammer found under the table . —The girl was quite unable to answer any questions , and was obliged to be supported while standing at the bar . —Tho magistrate directed her to be brought before him on Monday next , and ordered that she should be conveyed to the matron of the prison in a cab .
Thb Schooimastkr Wanikd . —Robert Newmurk who was stated to be a working ieweller , was charged with assaulting his daughter , eight yoars old , who wa » contused about the face , and appeared . to have sustained other violence , but was found to be incapable of understanding the nature of an oath , her evidence , therefore was inadmissible . —The defendant ' s eldest son , a youn » man 22 years of age , presented himself as a witness , but said he did not know the meaning of taking an oath . —The magistrate explained that in taking an oath he called upon God to witness to his speaking the truth , and rendered himself liable to punishment both in this world and the next , if he gavofahe evidence . —The young man said he had never heard
of a God , and on being questioned , -said he had no idea of what was tobeoomeof him when he died , and had never heard of such a thing as a soul or a future state . Neither he , nor any 0 ! the family had ever been in a place of worship that he knew of . In faot , he had never received any kind of instruction—Upon further inquiry being made , it anpeared that there had been eight in the family , all reared in the same brutal ignorance . — The defendant ' s wife said she had never had the means of educating or any command over her family , and her husband thought only of getting drunk , and ill-used them when ho came home in that state . —Mr . Arnold expressed his astonishment at finding a whole family in Bucn a Btftte Of
utter ignorance when education waB eo widely diffused , and after seriously lecturing the woman «> bringing her children up in such a condition , said he must suspend the case for a week , and advised her to apply in tho-meantime to the clercVman of the parish ; who would impart some instructurns to them , for under present circumstances it was impossible to take their evldeuce .-The ^ e lendant was bound over in hia recognisances to appear a week hence . . A Gawj of HoUBBBBBAMRB . - 'Willi . im LoiWord a reputed burglar , wm brought up for examination upon a charge of haying beenconcerned in plunder , ing the warehouse of Mr . Edmunds , a silk mamifac
«!??•;? % i . P laC 8 7 a entered on the night of the 7 th of February , and robbed under very mysterious circumstances of a large amount of property just mentioned , no trace of any part of which had been discovered until the present time —A woman ' s dress , made out of some satinet which was identified as part of the stolen property , was produced . —A young woman , named Harriet Ball , through whoBe information the prisoner and another notorious burglar , her own paramour had been apprehended , stating that up to last Fridav week she cohabited with Jack Arnold , who she said was a housebreaker , living entirely-by . plunder ever since she had knoyn him , and was" in cusfnriv
m the city for extensive burglary . About eieht weeks ago , Arnold took her to the residence of his companion , the prisoner Longford , in Brick-lane where she saw some silk . Longford ' s wife , who was present , expressed a wiaa for a dress off some blue ilk , but the prisoner said that was "too well known , " but , pointing to some satinet , said that might do , and gave witness sixteen yards of it , from whioh she had made the dress now produced —The witness being cross-examined by a solicitor , said she had lived fiye years with Arnold , but he had threatened her life . She had never lived by prostitution , she said , but had been twice convicted and imprisoned for felony—The prisoner was remanded for a week . * ¦¦ ...-., - .
SOUTH WARE . —Robbkrt at the ExeotJwot « .-MaryAnn Keefe , a notorious ; thief , was charged with stealing a purse containing . £ 2 2 s . 6 d ,, from tho person oi Mrs . Harriet Harding , -in--Horse-
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monger-lane , close by the spot where the exeoutio of Harwood and Jones took place on Tuesday morning . Prosecutrix stated that she resided at Parnham , in Kent , and came up by the South Western Railway on Monday evening for the purpose of visiting Borne friends in the Dover-road . While crossing the road near Horsemonger-lane Gaol , she saw a vast number of people assembled in front of the gaol looking at the gallows erected on the top of the gateway , and as she was attempting to get out of the crowd the prisoner lifted up her dress , took her purse from her pocket , < vnd ran away . She was pursued and taken into custody , and the purse , containing two pounds two and sixponce was found . John Andrews , a coal-dealer , . _ . „ . _ . . _ . . ... ..
residing m Kent-street , said he was looking at the gallows a little . after six o ' clock on Monday evening , when he saw the prosecutfix and another lady standing near the gaol . All at once the former called out , " Oh I I have lost my purse , " at the same time pointing to the prisoner , who was running away . Witness pursued her , and saw her throw the purse within the railings of Trinitysquare , which ho picked up and handed to a policesergeant , who captured the prisoner . —Mr . A'Beokett committed her for trial . Attempted Suicide . —Louisa East , a respectablelooking woman , was placed at the bar , charged with throwing herself into the Thames off Blackfriars-bridge . ' A policeman stated that on the previous night , while on duty near the foot of Blackfriars-bridge , he was informed that a woman had thrown herself into tho Thames . He hurried down
and saw a man named Mitchell dragging the defendant out of the water . She was taken to the workhouse , where her wet clothes wore changed for dry ones , and thence she was taken to the stationhouse . In reply to Mr . A'Beckett , the defendant said that she lodged in Tash-street , Gray ' s-inn-lane , that for the last sixteen years she had been receiving 10 s . a month from a gentleman with whom she formerly lived , and that it enabled her to support her widdowed mother . Within the last four months , however , she had been deprived of the allowance , and when she informed her mother of it , she died in two days afterwards . As she ( defendant ) was roduced to great extremities , and owed rent for her lodgings , this latter circumstance ; together with the sudden death : of her parent , operated on her mind , and she attempted suioido , She was remanded .
MAKSION . HOUSE .-BtmGURY .-JoshuaSinith , aJifls'Arno , was brought before Alderman Challis , charged with having broken into and robbed the house of Mr . Lowe , No . 3 , 'in the Minories . On the night of the 21 si ; of March the house of the prosecutor was entered at the hack , and property , consisting of five coats , - two pairs of trowsers , and aboub £ 10 in money , stolen;—Mr . Fermor , one of the clerks in the houpe , found the premises in great disorder on the morning of the 22 nd of March , and , upon looking about , picked up a man ' s coat and a clasp-knife , which ho doubted not , belonged to the person or persons . who had entered and plundered . The desks , drawers ; and cupboards had been broken open , and the goods and money alluded to were
missed . —Mills , a polioeman , went to the lodgings of the prisoner , apprehended him , and found there a number of skeleton ; keys and other housobreaking implements . —Harriet Bull , a girl , who had lived with the prisoner four or fiye years aa W 3 wife , came forward and identified the coat and the clasp-knife , which had been left on the premises of the prosecutor , as the prisoner ' s property . She also stated that he had compelled her to accompany him , on the night of tho robbery , to a court at the back of the prosecutor ' s house , and to wait at the oorner while he went over the wall and entereo \ the premises , from which , she stated , he returned in an hour with coats and money . The prisoner had been in the habit of beating the wretched cirl , who
thus readily had informed against him . —The . prisoner , who was remanded for some days , said the whole statement of the girl was the mere . language of jealousy , and wholly destitute of' foundation . — It was stated that he had been convicted for burglary upon a former occasion . Assault . —William Maynard , a carpenter , was charged with assaulting several young girte , and using filthy language to Esther Bradman , 16 , servant , at the Sir Christopher Wren , public-house , Wilson-street , Finsbury . —Complainant said , that while-walking round the square with an infant in her arms , the defe » dant met her , and placing his hand on her shoulder , made use of the most disgusting language to her . She afterwards saw him
raise the clothes of three young women , nursery maids , who were in charge of children , and followed him until ho chanced to turn into her roaster ' s house , where he called for beer , but ran out on seeing her qnter . —Isabella King was in company with last witness , and gave . the same account of defendant ' s disgusting conduct to herself . —The magistrate said it was a most flagrant offence , committed under aggravated circumstances , and fined him £ 0 , or two months' imprisonment for the first , and £ 2 or one month for the second case . — Locked up in default . Shop Robberies . —Two young men . named Pattison and Roe , were charged with having committed shop robberies . —The prisoners walked into the
shop of Mr . Lobb , of 148 , Cheapside , at half-past eight , on Saturday morning ; and asked for some gloves . The shopman showed them some , and at that moment in walked a female ( no doubt one of the gang ) and desired to see something , and the prisoners politely directed him to attend to the lady first . While ti . e was speakinglto the woman , out walked Pattison Ayith three pieces of handkerchiefs which had been lying upon the counter . The woman also disappeared , but ' the shopman secured Roe .- About a month ago , the two fellows walked into the shop of Mr . Stiayer , ~ of Gracechurch-street , hosier , between seven and eight in the morning , and purchased a silk handkerchief for 6 s . 6 d ., but took the opportunity , to send one of the shop boys
for a couple of letter stamps , while the other was serving them , and upon their departure several goods were missed which could not have been taken by other hands . —Several of the officers proved that the prisoners had been prosecuted and convicted at the Central Criminal Court , and that one of them had been imprisoned for six , and the other for three months . —The prisoners said tbe officers were all at liberty to uso that information , but they could not say anything worse . —The Lord Mayor said it was some object to get such fellows out of the way during the Exhibition at any rate , and directed that copies of their convictions should bo produced at their trial , and committed them . " GUILDHALL . —Assault . —J . Main was -placed
at the bar before Alderman Hunter , charged with violently assaulting and attempting to rob John Joseph , of 17 , Fox-court , Gray ' s Inn-lane . Evidence was given of the assault , which took place in a public-house at the corner of Bartlett ' s-buildings , at a vary unseasonable hour on Tuesday morning , but the charge of attempting to rob was not substantiated in the slightest particular . —Inspector Howard , who took the charge , said that the prosecutor , at the station , endeavoured to make himself out a respectable man when it was wellknown that he was a most notorious character , even his wife afterwards admitted , that her husband
kept a house of accommodation for both men and women . Prosecutor further stated that two detective officers of the metropolitan police , of the names of Fisher and Cooper , would speak in hlB favour as to his character as a respectable man . —Webb , a detective officer , said he knew the prosecutor had not been long , out of prison . —Alderman Hunter said he would discbavge the prisoner , but he could not do so without censusing both parties severely , for he had accidentally heard that the prosecutor was a man of very bad character . Prosecutor did not seem pleased with this decision , and was loitering about the oourfc , when the worthy Alderman directed him to leave .
BOW-STREET .-Robbery by a Skrvant .-Stephen Bryan was examined on a charge of stealing £ 60 , the property of Mr . Peacock , Q . C ., 59 , Gordon-square , to whom be was butler . Prisoner had given himself into custody ,- confessing that he had robbed his master . It was now proved that on the 12 th of March laBt prisoner -pledged three table spoons , three desert spoons , and three forks all of silver , and having the initials "E . P , " On them , for £ 5 , at the shop of Mr . Crouch , pawnbroker , 33 , Grafton-streef , also , that he pledged other table spoons , forks , 4 c , at the shop of Mr Attenborough , pawnbroker , Charlotte-street , on the 18 th of March , for £ 4 10 s . He then gave the name of Baker , and said his residence . was 13 , Foley-atreet . On the 20 th of March prisoner went to the shop of Mr . James Gild , 78 , Wilr aer-street , Brunswick-square , with some plate to pledge , gave his name as Glover , and said he lived at
Skinnerstreet , Somers-town ; but Mr . Gild , suspecting the plate was stolen , sent one of his shopmen to ascertain if he had given his ri ght address j while this investigation was taking place , prisoner ran away . Meanwhile Mr . Peacock , after prisoner had left him , discovered that his plate-chest had bee ' n robbed , and proceeded to discover his residence , but did not auoceed till he heard of his confinement at the station-house , where he learnt that defendant had given himself into custody for robbing him . It appeared that he had lost the proceeds of his dishonesty by betting . Mr . Henry now asked the prisoner whether ho was still determined to remain silent aa to hia disposal of the remaining portion of the plate ,, as only half of the stolen property had been traced . Any restitution which the prisoner would make to his muster would . have . influence with tho jury at his trial . Prisoner still declined stating . how he had disposed of it , and was committed . .
, Sekiotjs Accident . —William lvew , coachman to Lord Guernsey , was charged before Mr . Henry with ' being drunk , furious driving , and ateo with killing a valuable horse , the property . of his-master . —It appeared from the evidence of a police-constable that about twelve . o ' clock , on Wednesday night the prisoner was driving a spirited horse and brougham along Pall-mall at a furious rate , and on turninc into Carlton-gardens , the prisoner drove the horse
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into the area of the Earl of Ripon ' s mansion . The stono-work and railing were forced in by the collision , and the poor animal fell in . The constable found the pumper much intoxicated , and when tbe horse was tttrioated it had died from suffocation . The constable said the animal was worth 100 guineas , and when he informed his Lordship , at the Carlton Club , of the accident , he said he should not attend to prefer any charge against the prisoner - Mr . Henry having ascertained that Lord Guernsey was not present , or any person from the Earl of Ripon's mansion , fined the prisoner the full penalty of U , or one months' imprisonment , for the furious driving and said if his master had attended he should have punished him more severely . " The fine was immediately paid . .. . .
MARYLEBONE . — Plate Robberies . — Charles Price , Thomas Evans , and Joseph Hughes , were placed at the bar upon the following charge of robbery . It appeared from the evidence that on Wednesday morning , at ten o ' clock , two policemen saw the prisoners together in the Harrow Road , when suspecting that they were improper characters , they ( the officers ) kept a close watch upon their movements , and- at length took the whole of the part y into custody , at a period when Price wa 3 making his egress from a garden in Park-place villas , Paddington ; they were all conveyed to the station house , and in one of the- pockets of Price
werefcuud . a fti \ SyeT -peppoTf boxand a silver salt ditto , but to whom the said articles belonged haB not yet been ascertained . . A second charge was gone into against Price , and it was shown that on Monday , the 7 th instant , while there was a party at dinner at theresidonce of H . J . Shepherd , Esq ., 3 , Hyde Park Terrace , one of the servants saw him in the pantry , and on his being asked what his business was there , be requested to know if there was any china or glass that wanted mending : a reply was given to him in tho negative , upon whioh he went away , ' and soon afterwards it was discovered that a quantity of silver plate , of different descriptions , had been Btolen . —The prisoners were remanded . ' .
MARLBOROUGH-STREET .- ; Faise Characters . —Ann Downing was brought lip for final examination ,-charged with having obtained a situation , as cook , in the family of Keith Barnes , Esq ., of 8 , Upper Portlaud-pUce , b y means of a'false character . —Mr . Bingham was satisfied that the case had been sufficiently made out ' , and therefore sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine . of £ 20 , or three / mouths' imprisonment with hard labour ' 9 . L ' ERKENWELL .-Seiuot ) 3 Charge aoainst a Master' 01 ^ a- Wobrhousb . — Mr . John Henrv Eaton , the master of St . Pancras Workhouse , -wa ' s brought to this court by the order of the directors of the poor of that parish , to answer a charge of having violated Eliza Smithaged sixteen one of
, , the m-paupers of the above establishment . —The particulars of this case will be found in our sixth ' page . —The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next , and liberated on his own recognizances in the sum of £ 50 to appear to answer the charge . Charge of Murder Mary Ann Coster , a prctty-looking women , twenty years of age , who who resided with her parents afcNo . 55 , York-street , City-road , was placed at the ¦ bar for final examination , charged , at the instance of the parish authorities of St . Luke ' s , with , the wilful murder of her illegitimate infant child . —The child was found dead in a pail of dirty water on the 8 th inst . —The prisoner was committed for trial on the char » e of wilful murder . °
LAMBETH . —Omnibus Ruffianism . —Daniel Allen , the conductor of Hill ' s Paddington omnibus , No . 7 H 2 , and tile owner of the badge 1906 , appeared before Mr . Norton to answer to a sunimons charging htm with the following gross outrage . — Mrs . S . Taylor , tho wife of a respectable tradesman Residing at No . . 71 , Salisbury-street , Paddincton , deposed that on the night of Saturday week , between tlfe hours of seven and ei ght o ' clock , she got into an omnibus of which the defendant was the conductor , - having first asked him where he was proceeding to . Soon after , she perceived the vehicle was going in the direction of the city and not that of Paddington , and in consequence spoke to the defendant , and asked him if he was not some
to the city and not to Paddington . The defendant , in a taunting tone , replied , « Why , don't you know ? You must be damned drunk , else you must know where I am going . " She indignantly denied the charge of drunkenness , which was-most unfounded , and told the defendant she must ffetout of his vehicle ; uppn which the defendant replied . " If you do ao you must pay for it . " She told him she bad no objection to pay him , and hia reply was , " I ' m not going to be bothered with you all night , " and kept going along all the time . She knocked at the door of the omnibus , and insisted on getting out , upon which the defendant said , "• 1—me if you shan't get out now , " and opening the door commenced pulling her about from
side to side of the vehicle , and bent her bonnet in two . His violence was so excessive , that she called out for assistance , and a number of persons came up , and amongst them a constable , who asked what was the matter . The defendant replied , "I have got a drunken and disorderly character here , and she would have fallen out and broken her neck , if I had not prevented it . " The constable then desired him to open the door , and when about to do so , he said , " If she ' s not drunk , she ' s mad , and I shall be glad to get rid of her . The witness then got out . —In reply to tho questions of the magistrate , Mrs . Taylor said the vehicle was going at a rapid rate when 3 ha stopped it in
the Kent-road , on leaving the house of a relation , and being a stranger to the neighbourhood , she was afraid of being taken to the city instead of to Paddinglon . She added , that on that morning the defendant had been to her house , and offered to apologise to her , but his conduct was so bad , that she felt it to be her duty to come forward and punish him . In her cross-examination by the defendant , the witness denied having opened the omnibus door to get out , nor had she struck him . There was only . one man and woman in the vehicle when she got in , and these two passengers she had left in the omnibus when she got out—The prisoner was committed to two months' hard labour .
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The Frimley Gakg .-Committal of Isaacs , thb CAPTAiN .-John Isaaos , the captain of this desperate band of burglars , has been committed to Lewes gaol , to take his trial at the next assizes . The prisoner was apprehended at Frome , in Somersetshire , on Friday last , and was brought before the magistrates on Thursday , charged with the bur-?} aR * & ¦ £ ouse of the Mi 38 ea torncombe , near Uckfield , in December last . It will bo recollected that this robbery was perpetrated by eieht persons , amongst whom was the prisoner , and James Hamilton , ^ the approver . The other six were all transported by Lord Campbell at the last assizes , lne prisoner is also . charged with the burriarv at
Mrs . stoner ' s , at Kidford . near Petworth " Th s robbery was effected on the 3 rd of June hst , by Jones and Harwood , who were hanged on Tuesday last ; Samuel Harwood , who was also charged with the murder of Mr . Holiest ; John Smith ( transported for bfe for the Uckfield robbery ? £ prisoner Isaacs ; and James Hamilton , the approver . Hamilton stated that he met the prisoner at Farn ' ham-common last spring , when , he arranged the SSte .. i H ° ^ enJ t 0 Gnildioti to fetch other men to help . On his return he brought back with him Samuel Harwood , James Jones ( Burbridge ) , and Levi Hai-wood . That they then proceeded to Mrs ., Stoner s and forcibly obtained her money , ine magistrates ; after hearini ? snffirifinf : nviriAnnft
to fix the prisoner with the charge , fully committed him to take his trial at the next assizes , and in the course of the evening he was conveyed by Mr . Morten to Lewes gaol . ' Alleged Mbrdbr by Poibon sear Nottingham . —Oh Wednesday afternoon an adjourned inquest was held on the body of Joseph Barber , of Eastwood , horse dealer , who had died under circum-Bbnces ¦ which led to the suspicion that he had been poisoned-by his wife and a man named Ingram . — The factB of the case are briefly these : —Some weeks before the 20 th of March last the deceased became ill , owing to irregularities of his own , &nA was attacked with a loathsome disease . His wife a woman of giant bulk ( being six feet two or three inches in height ) , on the plea of having him " bet .
ter nursed , " introduced into the house a vounir man named Ingram , with whom she is reported to have been on intimate terms . During the week preceding the deceased ' s death Ingram was known to have purchased an ounce of arsenio at Eastwood and half an ranee at Bui well , a village about four miles distant from the former ; and tie day before the deceased ' s death , his ( deceased ' s ) wi feVbrother obtained another ounce at a grocer ' s shop in Eastwood . About these periods the deceased vomited and was purged very much , and grew Eradu&llv worse until the 20 th ult ., when he died suddSv - During the inquiry it was elicited * that the ^ deceased S ^ 5 !^^ ^ 5 ^^^ fivoySS which time they had lived
a very unhappy e She , was known to have had several impX intt maoiea with other men , and he was ISffied to atlS e v ° rpOral ^ toement for hTSEA & !« w ™ better a 8 re s Md 6 d C 0119 lsncy than herself , a Ung woman having had a child by IffT - ^ VH *> About two years ago she eloped with one of her paramours , with whom she ned to Pans , | having taken . with her £ 50 . She remained in France untill her money was gone , when sne communicated with her husband who fetched her home . —A week before bis death he made a will , leaving the chief amount of his property , which consisted of several newly built cottages in Mstwood , to his wife . After this the purchases of poison took plaoe , and he died- under the
suspicious circumstances above alluded to . It was further shown in evidence , that in their quarrels she had frequently threatened to poison the deceased . — The jury returned . a verdict of "Wilful Murder , against Robert Ingram and Sarah Barber . "—The male prisoner is about twenty years of aee , but
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fo lowing persons are apprehended " p ' tha a licensed victualler , Si bSSi ^ SP K The Compasses , in this borouX JnLV'S and Charles Eves , two . ni ght-w atchmen n " ? ° ° i 5 vernment works ; and Jesse Qriffi £ ° n the r aonpvand fish-doaler , living inTh ! ' - "wter . hood . The last named prisoner has bet T ^ ° i in custody for felony . -It . specto ? Lun , n ep - eate tamed information against Rowel ? g Z house on Wednesday " morning to ant ^ f to ^ He foundhim extended upon « Snfl * S ?» ? d bi * UUfvlo
. uoauuuve * uj uank of v ,, n y " seven Amongst some old iron and other rufe not <* . canister , which on bein « onem , / blsb ' tin contain 100 soverei gns In 5 ? ^ found £ Eves were taken into custod y abonr tho " " ' »< b local police . The tCtrhnn " ^ Jesse Griffiths , were all taken i , ? f 0 nc , - 'th magistrates at the policwtat&h . tlle local formally charged with the rSK \ T 5 " 4 a statement of the circumstance ti bearil > 2 were remanded . ' m > tlie Prisoner Amokq . tub . packages received , tn Palace , last week , was one adZLS * ? , o ? r > 'sM and SirFoxEnderson , KsqvUe S ; r ; sil' ? ii Park of Hide ,-at London . -Glace ^ m Sposi K posed upright . " " e > " ~ bo % ~ To ba
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CORN . MahkIane , ¦ Wcdnesdav , _ ThpminnU . nfpnn . v u .... to-day was very small , . ^ d befai iSpS ^ Sj . ft met with a readier sale at fully hst 3 > . ™ i . 1 to . Wheat met a slow sale w thorn anv atSl " ? sssMus&asjaSSssS ' S ajsess ^ wttaiss a ^ jssraMssrfSS and Peas sold more readil y . The supplies of Oats , ffi coastwise and from Ireland , were vevy limited , CS S ^ {!^ ^^' wllil * » Bt « ff « t owJr » tnS KiCBMOND , Yorkshire , April 12—We only had a thin sun ply of wheat , at an advance of 2 s per quarter . wSsoM from 5 s 6 d to 6 s 6 d ; Oats from 2 s Cd to 3 s ; Barley from 3 s to 3 s 9 d ; Beans from 4 s to 4 s 0 d .
CATTLE . Smitiifield , Monday , April li .-We were seasonablt well supplied with foreign stock in to-day ' s market , buti - general quality was inferior . Prom our own grazing dii trwtsthereceiptB of beasts fresh up this morning 4 ™ again extensive , and in excellent condition , especially tha shorthorns from Norfolk . Notwithstanding that the \« a ther was somewhat favourable for elaujchterin" the beef trade , owing to the thin attendance of botb town and country buyers , was in ft very sluggish state , at priccj barely equal to those obtained on Monday last , vet a axA clearance was effected prior to the close of business The extreme value of the best Scots was 3 s 8 d per Slbs . ' iliMa was a further increase ir the supply of sheep ; the trade m that description of stock was , therefore , dull , atade . clinemthe _ quotations of 2 d per 8 Jbs . The "mer . il ton
ngure tor old downs , in the wool , was 4 s fid ; out of tt » wool , 3 s lUd per Slbs . From the Isle of Wght 40 lamiij came to hand per railway ; and the supply from other quarters was good . On the whole , the lamb trade vuled » teady , and prices , which varied from 5 s to Gs per Slbj was well supported . In calves , the supply of which was good , very Jittle business was doing , at barely late rates . ine sale tor pigs was heavy , but we have no actual fall to notice in their value . Newgate and Leaden-ham , Monday , April 7 . —Infeiiw beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling , ditto , 2 s Gd to 23 Sdpnmelavge , It 10 d to 33 Od prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s Z arg « porkyss Cd to 3 s Cd ; inferior mutton , 2 s Cd to 2 s Sd middling ditto 2 s lOd to 3 s fid ; prime ditto 3 s 8 d toSs 1 M j veal , 3 s Od to 4 s ; 0 d ; . small pork , Ss 8 d to 3 slOd per Slbs . by the carcase . '
PROVISIONS . Londoh , Monday . —We have no material clian-re tore , port of markets . Irish buttsr was cautiously » nd spar , ingly dealt in last week , and prices for the most part re . gulated bj buyers . Poveign ' of all kinds wat more saleable . and prices better sapported . Bacon—With a healthy tone and action in the demand for Irish and Hambro slowd sides on board and landed , prices were tk » turn in favout ot sellers . In middles , hams , and lard , scarcely any varia . tion occurred . Enoush Butter Mabket , April ll .-Oning to thepre . sent cold weather ; our butter market is pretty steady and prices are tolerabl y well supported , but with an evident tendency to lower rates . Dorset fine YiseWj 92 s to 04 s psi cwt . ; do . middling ana stale 80 s to 84 s : Fresh l / s to l : ' i per doz . Jbs .
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from oja . to 7 d . j of household ditto , 4 Jd . to 5 Sd . per 41 bs POTATOES . SouTiiwAitK , Waterside , April 14 .-The fresh am . v » l » the last week have been limited , but quite equal to the demand , which is very dull . The following are the present quotations : —Yorkshire Itecents 80 s to 90 s per ton ; Scotch , 70 s to 80 s ; Scotch cups , 60 s to 70 s ; 5 n ' ~ 8 ' ~ '' CanrtnMge and Lincolnshire Regents , 50-1 ° 6 0 ° = ! KUeUUl 1 WhUcs > ~ 3 > t 0 -s > ¦ " i ' rcnch TOles '
COTTON . Liverpool , April la .-The market has been wy dull and heavy again to-day , and prices of all kinds arc rather lower , but net id per to . r fhe sales amount to about 3 . 0 UO bales , S 00 of which were taken for export , and in . elude about 2 , 500 American ; 400 Pernam and MaraHliani , 7 § i to 8 Jd ; 200 Surat , 4 Jd to « d ; 30 Sea Island , 16 to 19 . Manchesteb , April 15 . —Generally speaking both , spin . ners and manufacturers represent the market to-day as characterised by unabated dulness , with prices drooping for . all descriptions of both yarns and goods . The advices by the Arctic brings prices of cotton lower on the'ind oi April at New York , and the commercial intelligence by the Overland Mail i « discovtraging as to the market for manufactured goods . The prices of cotton in India had also receded , with a favourable account of the new crop
, and the opinion prevalent here this morning was that the prices of cotton generally would furiher decliM . Siiinnera and manufacturer * have had to n > eet this feeling as well as they could , and yarn of all kinds and counts has given way . Some houses in the trade h » ve reduced their quotations to the extwit of | d per 1 b ., both upon water twist and mule twist , from the lowest numbers to as high as JO s in the former , and SO ' t in the latter . At this reduction the Germsns have bought rather freely , but for other quarters sales were to & small extent . Printing cloths nave declined ljd p » r piece to 3 d , and shirtings may be quoted at a similar decline . For Germany some offers were made at 3 d decline , but were net generally accepted , though purchaseg were » ff « cted at it to a limited extent . A rather better feeling pvetailsin the home trade , sni ot improved business is expected after the holidays .
WOOL . Cm , Monday , April 14 , —The imports of wool into Iondon last week were 466 bales from the Cape of Good Hope , and 60 from Bombay . LivBBrooL , April 12 . —Scotch . —There is no improrement to notice in the demand for laid highland , and were stocks not very low , prices would necessarily recede . In wliite nignland , crotied , or cheviots , there is little or nothing doing , and to command a sale , lower prices would have to betuken . Import for the week ,....,.,., 45 bagJ . Previously this year 438 bags . ioreign . —There is a present want of demand ; out stocks are light , and any one that must have a supp ly cannot get it on any lower terms . Imports for the week , ... 78 bales . Previously this year 22 , 565 bales .
HIDES . Lbadenhaix . —Market hides , D 61 b . to C 4 lb ., ljd . to % per lb . ; ditto , 611 b . to 721 b ., 2 d . to 2 Jd ; ditto , 721 b . to 801 b ., 2 $ d . to 3 d . ; ditto . 801 b . to 881 b ., 3 d to 8 Jd . ; ditto . 881 b . toUfilb ., 3 Jdto 4 d . ; ditto 961 b . tolWlb ., 3 Jd . toM . i ditto , 1041 b . to 1121 b ., 4 d . : Calf-skins , each , 3 « . 6 ^ 6 « . ; UornJiides 5 s . to 5 s . 6 d . ; polled sheep , as . 6 d . to ifc " . Kents , 5 s , 4 d . to ft . 3 d . balf-breeds , 5 s . to fi * . ; downs . " , to Os , 3 d . ; lambs , Is . 6 d . to 2 s .: shearlings , 8 d . to Wu .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Ap ril loth-BANKRUPTS . William Farrow , Kingston-upoii-llull , con ! m « 'cto )^ John Gracie , Bristol and Dudley , Woreesterihire . woo llen draper—John Jowett , Bull Bridge , Derbyshire , shoe merchant—William Roui ilnbson , Southampton , auctioneer—Thomas Moore , jun ., South llylton , Durham , mercuun t-Larrens Theodore W am ; , Sunderiand , merchant . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . April 10 . —Edward Smith , Worcester , hop merchant . SCOTCH SEQUESTKATJOXS . Henry Mayno JMiVffliani , Glasgow , writer .
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PUBLIC SYMPATHY -WITH THE POLITICAL REFUGEES . A public meeting called by the Fraternal Democrats for this object was held on Tuesday evening , at the Literary Institution , John-street , Tottenhamcourt-road . D . W . Rctft was called to the chair , and commenced by alluding to the disgrace inflicted upon the country by the dastardly attaoks made upon the rights of hospitality in tbe persons of the Refugees . ° Tbe leader in this crusade was a man wha had risen to the title of Lord Lyndhurst , by adopting an infamous truckling line of policy , — others not worthy of especial note had followed hl 8 example . He looked upon one of these more in pity than in anger , and thought it bad policy to name him . The Chairman then read a letter from Mr . Reynolds , and apologised for the absence of other speaker * . PTTRT . Tf ! RVMP 1 Tmr nriniTT mnn T » f \ TTmTn » T
Mr . Beskx moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting , convinced ot the fallaoious character of the statements made in Parliament , and reiterated by a portion of the Press , in reference to the character and intentions of the political exiles at present residing amongst us , condemns such statements as malicious calumnies , uttered for the purpose of evoking a spirit of persecution against our brave and unfortunate brethren , and also because they are calculated to sever the people , and thereby aid and strengthen their oppressors . " He alluded briefly to the sittings of tbe CoOTention , and regretted that the policy of any one of its members should have thrown tbe apple of discord among them upon the subject of the Refugees . The day had now arrived when old prejudices and animosities should be abandoned , and not fostered and encouraged . These dissensions among leaders were productive of great evil , and he trusted they would never attempt to revive them .
Mr . Petiie seconded the resolution . He . commenced by reviewing the past history of the Refugees , dwelling long upon the character of Mazzini . Ledru Uollin , and Louis Blanc . If any fault was to be found with these men it was that they had been too humane for the despots whom they had crushed , and who , through their clemency , were againrampant m power . The grandeur of the uprising of the people , its clemency and generosity , was more than eclipsed by , the tyranny and bloodshed of the tyrauts who now ruled in their stead . CAra . Schappeb , who was received with tremendous applause , said , that many had been so foolish as to think that the foreigners were about to get up a revolution in May . His society did not notice it :
until they saw it reiterated in the Northern Star . He positively denied the truth of this report on the part of the Germaa Society . They had officially denied it . It was a foul calumny ; any person proposing such a thing would' be turned out of their society as < i fool or a madman . It was calculated to injure their society , which had now existed eleven years in this country . He was surprised to hear that these reports were even now rife among the Chartist body . He had heard that day , that the German body had a constitution ready prepared for them , and that even the day , : the 25 th of April , was fixed upon for the rising . ¦ Nothing L-more idle and calumnious was ever invented . They wished England to be free , but English workihe
men were the hest judges of their own affairs . ' Mr . nAHSEt supported the resolution . Nations , like individuals , were liable to the failing ©* inordinate self-esteem . England professed , among other such vain gloriou 3 axiom ' s > " That she was the inviolate home of the brave and the free . " This was , in some measure , true , more especially to those who had iled from religious persecution . " It was also partly true of Republican Political Refugees , but still more true of royal and princely refugee ? . He then alluded to Sir James Graham ' s conduct towards Mazzini , in the notorious spy letter system ; and , in allusion to the attempt to raiaa him to office on account of his late Free Trade speeches , averred , that whatever the middle class might do , that the
working men would never suffer themselves to be so disgraced as to have a man , like the murderer of the brothers Bandeira , and the spy of the Postoffice , thrust upon them , without protesting , in the strongest language , against it . Mr . Harney then showed that the whole of the foreign democratic societies in this country denied the calumny brought against them , and if some of them had not openly denounced it , tho reason was , that they did not wish to increase the importance of the subject . This question , taken in connexion with the attempt to banish the refugees from Switzerland , and not to allow them to come to England , but to drive them to America , was of great importance , and they must , by public meetings , and the aid Of the
l'ress , disabuse the minds of the middle class from the prejudice sought to be instilled into them . If the British government re-enacted the Alien Bill , —if they drove away such men as Mazzini , let the people see that every alien , whether Russian , Prussian , ot Austrian , ambassador or noble , met with tbe same fate . He did not believe they dare carry the Alien Bill into operation "; if they did , it would be their duty to break through such a foul law . Let each man do as he would do —take a Refugee home to his house , and let him not be taken thence unless by force . If he suffered for his patriotism , let them , as brethren , suffer with him . The speaker then showed that if the Charter had been the law of the land in 1849 , Marzici would not have fallen—Hungary would not have been overwhelmed . British arms and British ships would have been sent to the rescue . They ld not
wou have contented themselves with an expression of mere sympathy ; but their feelings would have been shown in their deeds . It was their duty to let their brethren know that , when they had power , that power should be used for beneficial purposes : . He had no doubt that , when the grand struggle came which should decide whether Enrope should be Republican or Cossack , England would be found taking a part on the side of right and justice . Mr . Harney sat down loudly cheered . . , Mr . Smau , supported the resolution , and found fault with the letters in tbe Northern Star , upon the subject of the intention of foreigners at the forthcoming Exhibition . He also thought that they should not entertain tbe idea that bloodshed was necessary to consummate a revolution . It might be so ; but be did not wish that it should be prominently brought forward .
Tho resolution was then unanimously carried . Mr . Bbzeb moved the following resolution ;—" That tbia meeting , sympathising deeply with the noble-hearted patriots , whose efforts in the cause of liberty and humanity nave resulted in exile or imprisonment , hereby express our admiration of their conduct , our grief for their present sufferings , and our sincere hope that tbe principles for which they nave combated may have a complete and speedy triumph . " The sentiment long since enunciated by one of the great departed , that " The world was his country , " was only now beginning to be appreciated . The battle was now between the haves and tbe have not . It mattered not what was the colour , creed , or country of those who held the one great opinion of tbe freedom of humanity . They could meet together , and shake the band of universal brotherhood . He regretted the language used by Mr . O'Connor ; it was calculated to produce more harm than the lies in the Times .
lit . SmiwooD merely seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved ..
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' ~~ " ~?— , „ , THE KAFFIR WAR . The news brought by the Pronnnti = 7 fch of March informs Js that ? o ° verv l to event had . taken place beyond the IL - ^ Fort Armstrongs / a detachment Unl ° "I'M oi General Someraet ,. which was mostsnoeSf ? ajW < accomplished with 8 ™ n loss on owTffftff defeat of the , rebels in an equally summ ' arv 1 ha JieratKat River ; . this latter aftUir , iTil matl ' 8 l . 1 e red . _ » P . To . , would mater X £ 1 ° ??!
courage ana views ot the Hottentot malcmZ » and probably lead them . to retrace tueK ^ fr Governor ,-Sir Harry Smith , had , at the tL ^ latest accounts reached Cape Town , beenO siderably reinforced by regular and tho , ni ° - ' auxiliaries / that heWs A ^ dS ^ SK farther delay on the offensive and the mo t S " bly results were anticipated u . due tinT II ? ur < be looked for by the nLt mail ]? o 5 'efiS were entered by the inhabitants at ffiX as to the issue of the campaign even fit » protracted Tho ftopontSK bih no ? telligcnce of moment from the coast of AiVi « "
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tn tne parwli of St . Anne , VTestnihmer , sittlie i ™"" offic ? , 1 ( 5 , Great Windmill-street , Ihy iniiruet , > "» «•• ^ iiy of Westminister , for t ! e Proprietor ! FBA . K 6 U 8 O CO . v K' tt ,. Efq ., i ! . l \ , Mid jMUUed by the : aid Wuxi . M HiDEit , at the oHi « e in the lame street- -nd pariso . - fcaturday April l'JUi , 1831 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1622/page/8/
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