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* flE ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE REPEAL OF THE TAXES OS KNOW . iEDGE .
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . """"¦ ^ - ' . . 1 Jiixow . Cotjsxkimen , —For many years past the ' necessity of popular education , and' the difficulty of agreeing on . any system'that should be satisfactor y to the country , have - formed the theme of all reformers ,, philanthropists , and statesmen . Bat , thoug h it is difficult to organise a national mode of doing any good work , If is comparatively easy to rem ove the hindrances which exist in the shape of restr ictive laws . Years must elapse before all our population can receive a" good and systematic instruction ; bat-a few months may suffice to , abolish the lavs which forbid tbe cheap newspaper ! to circulate among the poor , which binder the communication of mutual wants , and which force the best authors out of the field of cheap . and popular literature . ' . .
The taxes on knowled ge consist of— ' ' The duty oh foreign books , which , in the ' £ s . d . year 18 i 9 , produced .. .. .. 7 , 751 0 0 The dnty on paper .. .. ¦ - .. .. 867 , 120 11 7 J The duty on advertisements .. .. 158 , 164 1 G 0 , The penny stamp on news- . ¦ ' : " . , papers .. .. .. £ 359 , 289 ds . 4 a " . Deduct 6 , 169 2 3 for expense of stamp- . ing , and say .. 191 , 120 7 lfor that of the Post-office .. .. 150 , 000 0 0
£ 1 , 1 S 3 , O 36 7 74 Deduct government grant for eduea- . tion , which in 1850 was—For Great Britain .. .. £ 125 , 000 For Ireland 125 , 000 - xsso . ooo o o £ 933 , 036 7 7 J
The duty on foreign hooks in foreign languages is 60 manifest an absurdity , and produces such a trumpery amoant to the revenue , that we may dismiss it without further comment . . " ' - The duty on advertisements not only enhances the price of * every book , but is a revenue destroyer , not a revenue producer ; a much greater amount than £ 15 S , 16 ± mast be lost to . the revenue by the injury caused to trade from a want of sueh means of communication . Thousands , . misemploy their ' time from mere ignorance of the wants of others ; the repeal of the advertisement duty would jtend to Tliere is for behe
correct this evil . some reason , - Ting that the dnty is retainedJn order " to ; cripple the newspaper press ; advertisements are permitted in railways and omnibuses , and no attempt has been made to alter the law in their behalf ; nay , the law , as it stands , requires the duty to be paid on advertisements in every literary work , but , by thelaxityof . the ^ oard ' of Inland Revenue , -the ad-Tertisements in \ books are allowed to go free ; indeed , it would almost appear that there is no crime looked upon with suth an' evil eye by the government , as . that of retailing hews , for every possible hindrance is thrown in its way , , ' .. . : " , ';
Some idea of the effect of the paper duty inay he arrived , at by considering the fact ^ that . Charles Knight ' paid £ 16 , 500 . to . the excisei . pnV&e Pmny Cydopwdia , the cost of -which , for litera&ure and engravings , exclusive of paper and pririiirigy-was £ © , 000 . In his Struggles of a Book against Exces-« ue Taxation , Mr . Knight says : — ,... " " •" Upon a tolerably accurate calculation , I have , from my own unaided resources , expended , daring the last twenty years , £ 30 , 000 upon copyright and editoriallabovuv During tie same period I have jiaid £ 50 , 000 paper duty . ' And again : — A revolution has been effected , in which sound literature might have higher encouragement in the many than in the few , if the government did not stand in the way , •;
The duty paid on the paper , IJd . per pound , -would be enough in a publication of large , circulation to remunerate the very highest talent . - ? : > - If the paper duty tends to substitute mischievous works of fiction instead of wholesome instruction , tne penny stamp , is still more potent , for it absolutely prohibits a cheap record of facts , and throws insurmountable obstacles in the way of communication of ideas between different classes of the community .- Let any one who reads tills ask himself what he knows of the opinions and . feelings of the agricultural labouring' population ] We guess at them occasionally by the light of burning hayricks , or by the assistance of pauper riots . - } Ve may particularly instance the Rebecca insurrection in Wales ; which would never have taken place if
the aggrieved parties bad had any easier and cheaper method of making known to government a grievance which was not more remarkable for its oppressiveness than for the ease . with which it could be remedied . "We have no admiration for the : liierary qualifies of the rural-American presSj bat we believe that it saves the government some millions annually in the shape of soldiers and police , > prer vents heartburnings and misunderstandings , which ' would otherwise involve rival districts in'deadly feud , and keeps alive the power of reading among the working classes , so as to lead in time to that literary cultivation , of which we make so much boast , but which , in this country , is confined to . a few , and , by ' being thus made a class privilege , inflicts an additional pang upon those whose poverty excludes them from it . ¦
Above all other knowledge we , demand the free circulation of political . knowledge ^ MUliona of our countrymen have nothing to do-with- the laws but to obey them—they have no means of learning the law but through the cheap newspaper , " and yet so to teach them , is a crime . ' It is a punishable offence to circulate . without . aBtamp the proceedings in Par liament or in thelaw courts . Fdrmany yeare discontent has raged among the working classes at their exclusion from political rights ; they are told taeyaretoo ignorant to be trusted with political power j and yet the government not only , refuses to educate them , but obstructs them in educating themselves .
On the other side , the only objection raised by the government , or expressed in the House of Com mons . is the want of revenue . That the paper duty is a source of revenue cannot be denied , bac in the face of the present large surplus no argument can be deduced from this fact . ' *¦ The abolition , of the advertisement . duty would benefit the excise by increasing consumption ; and as to the penny stamp , its net revenue is only about £ 150 , 000 , which might be made up by admitting not only ; newspapers but all printed papers to a cheap rate of postage . . ' -- ¦•' ' onlfor demand
- Sat tiiereia another reason not y - ing but for expecting the repeal of the penny stamp . The Board of Inland Revenue , whose motto appears to be " anything for a quiet life , " have gradually allowed a practice to grow np of breaking the law . The Newspaper Act declares that every copy of ^ newspaper shall be stamped ; the Post-office act confers ' . the boon , of free postage on stamped newspapers ,. l ) ut not on mere publications ; it follows that every publication , registered as ^ a newspaper ought to -stamp * very , copy . But the practice has grown up of allowing publications to register as newspapers } and to stamp only their coun try edition . . ' , associationis to make
The great object , of this , this practice general and legal , and , the most effective way of doing this is to demand that the existing law be enforced . ¦ , ;¦ About ten months ago the Board informed John CasseU , the proprietor of the Freeholder , that his paper was a newspaper , both in virtue of its registration and of its contents , and that : he must for the future stamp every copy . Mr . Cassell has sever complied with the demand . And no proceedings have been taken against him . About nine months ago a similar notice was sent to the proprietors of Charles DIckens ' s ilIouschoM Narrative , and legal proceedings are pending against that paper . The length of time to which- these have Seen protracted without coming to trial leads to the inference that . gOTernment are not very sincere in theirprosecution , and that ; they have neither the grace to repeal the law nor the courage to enforce it - - - - - .- ¦ - ,..., - ¦ , . ..,.
An important exception must be made to this remark ; the law is enforced very strictly in tbe country , where a letter from the Board meets with that respectful obedience which is . not one Of the Characteristics of iondanpublishers ..-Mr . Hugh , Jonesj of LUangollen , was in the habit of publishing fortnightly a penny paper , called IV Jpsyr , of which he used to sell 2 , 300 , copies . The Board obliged Mm to stamp , it . flo then brought , it . out monthly , at threepence , and the sale fell to 600 , which caused its discontinuance . -Mr . Bueknall , of Stroud , published a monthly paper , of which he sold 17 , 000 . Tie was obliged to-stamp it , its sale was ruined , and the paper dropped .. The most flagrant case which has come to-our knowledge is that of the Waicneld Examiner , which was threatened with a fine of £ 40 , 000 ( afterwards commnted to £ 10 ) for publishing slips—a practice quite common in . London , and not interfered with by the Board , even when copies are forwarded by informers , with a view
to prosecution . ; . We confidently appeal to the existing press for their support , not only on public grounds , but because , from having the advantage both of capital and of possession of the market , they would obtain the largest share of the newspaper trade winch wonld spring up on the abolition of the stamp . This has been already exemplified in the case of the Times , . which gained an increased ascendancy when the stamp was reduced in 1846 . 2 To objection could be made to a reasonable newspaper copyright to protect tbe nigh-priced journals from wholesale piracy , but , while piracy deserves euppression , free trade" in knowledge , is as essential as free trade in corn ; and nothing can be more absurd and unjust than to prevent the public from haying as many journals as they want , at as many different prices as may suit their convenience . 2 for do we fear the promulgation of violence or of immorality . The great mass of EDglifih readers are lovers of peace and quietness , and , as no man tolerates any vice
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but b . » own , a paper intended for general . circulation can support no immorality that is not already universal , - -Auu ; although " seetionftVpaperd might indulge in violen t language , hard words are better than rough deeds . The aggrieved , who are able to pour out their complaints through the press , feel their wrongs , real or- imaginary ' , already half ; redresaed ; and the true statesman willnover so well know how ' to govern , as when the people themselves tell him what they feel and desire . ' . Bestir . yourselves , then , 46 ' obtain the repeal of the taxes od knowledge ; -let every borougbj parish ,
paper-mill , printing-office , mechanics' institution , or political association , petition ; and , above all , importune the -Board of Inland Revenue with letters of complaint till they , grant to the benighted districts of the . country those privileges which their laziness or their timidity allows to the inhabitants of London .: At the next general election , demand of every candidate that he support tbe repeal of the taxes on knowledge . Let no legislature , no Minister of the Crown , no member of tho Board oi Inland-Revenue rest till the press is exempted from taxation , and : liberated from all control except that of a court of law . '
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THE ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES AS SUMPTION ACT AND ITS AUTHORS
This bill received the royal assent pn Fr iday last . It is the joint production of her Majesty ' s Ministers , Mr . Walpole , Sir Frederick Thesiger , and Mr . Keogb . The' portion contributed by each , is marked out in the copy , of tbe : act whicb - / ollQws .,, aThe pact , . which belongs to her . MajeBty ' Si Ministers is printed withiii inTerted commas ; and the rest with the name of the respected authors appended' : r -i Whereas divers of her .. Majesty ' s . Roman : Ca ^ tholic subjects Jiave assumed to themselves the titles . of archbishop and . bishops-of a . pijetended province , and of pretended sees or dioceses , within the . United Kingdom , ^ under ; colour of an i alleged
authority given to the ; n for that purpose '' jby certain briefs , rescripts , or letters : apostolical • from the see of Borne , . and particularly . [ Sir . Frederick Thesiger ' s ] : " . by a certain brief ; resuript , or letters apostolical , : purportinjf to have been given at Rome on the , 29 th of September , 1850 ; " , and wfcereas , by . the act . of . the 10 th year of GeorgelVi , chap . 7 . after reciting that . the-Protestant EpiscopaliChurch of England and-Ireland , ! and . the doctrine , discipline , . and . government thereof , and likewise the Protestant . : Presbyterian . Church of Scotland , and the doctrine ,: djscipline , . and government-thereof , were . by . the . vre . spectiye , acts of , Union , of England and . ScotJand , and of Great Britain . and Ireland , , established permanently and inviolably , ai ) d that
the right .-and title of archbishops ta -their- , respective , provinces , of ; bishops to their sees , and of ceans to their deaneries , as well , in England as in . Ireland , had been settled . and established by , Jawv it was enacted , that if . ; any person after tuo commencement of that act , other than the person thereuuto authorised , by law , . should . , assume : or . use the name , style , or title of archbishop of any province , bishop of any bishopric , . or - dean of , any ; deanery , in England or Ireland , he , should for . ; every such offence forfeit , and . pay the sum of ( i £ 100 . ! ; [ Mr . Walpole ' sr ] , "And . whereas it may .- be . doubted whether , the recited . enactment extends tOjthe . nssnmption of the title of archbishop . or ., bishop . of a pretended province , or diocese , or , archbishop or
bishop of a city , place , or territory , or . deanjof any pretended , deanery in England or Ireland , not being the see ,. province , or . diocese , of any archbishop or bishop , or deanery ,, of any dean , aecogniscdby . law ; but the attempt to establish ,, under colourj-ofautnority . from , the see . of Rome or otherwise , such pretended § ees , province ^ dipceses , or deaneries , is . illegal . and void ; And , whereas . it is expedient to prohibit the assumption-of . such , titles isrespect of , any . plades within .. tho . ; Uni £ ed SKingdom ., ' 3 e . it therefore deelared . and enacted % j the Qneen ' s most , exc ^ lierit ' : Majesty ) by and with the adyice and consent of . the ; lords .. spiritual and tempbral , v and ' . CominpBSJ in . this present ; parliament assembled , and by the authority of the , same , thaf ^ -i .. '• " : " ¦' . ' ¦ . . . " . ' : :
. ' .- ! . ¦ . Allsuch briefs , rescripts , or letters' apostolical , and alland every the jurisdiction , authority , pre-eminence qr title conferred , ' or . pretended to be conferred , thereby , ar £ and shall be and he deemed unlawfuj ' and void ., [ Mr . Walp ' ole s . *] . l " .- ' , . 2 . )• ' And be it enacted ,, that if , after , the ' passing of this act , . any person " , shairdbtain , or ^ cause to be procured , from the bishop or see of . Eome ^ o ? shall Publish , or . ' . put . in use within . ' . any part ' of . the United' kingdom , any such bull ,: brief , rescript , or 'letters apostolical , or any . other instrument or -writing , for the purpose of constituting such ' archr bishops . or bishops of such ' pretended provinces , sees , brdioceseS : within the . United Kingdom , ^ . or if any person . ' . TSir S . Theslser ' sl' ^ other than " , a ' person
thereunto , authorisedby , law in respect . of . anarchbishopric ,, ^ bishopric ,,. or deanery , . of- ^ thei United Chnrcli of England ' and Ireland , assuine . or use the name , style , ov , title of archbishop , bishop , or , dean of aay . city , town , ' or place , ' . or cf any' territory or district ( under any designation or description whatsoever ) in the Ignited Kingdom , whether such city , town , or place , or such territory , or'district , be or be aot the see or the province , or , co-extehsiye with the provihce ,, of ony archbishopj or the' see or . the diocese , or , co-extensive with the diocese , of . any bishop , or the seat or place of . the church of nny dean , or cq-extensive with any deanery , of the said United Church , ' thepersqn eo offending shall : for every . Bucb . offence forfeit and pay tbe Bum of £ 100 , . to be . recovered as penalties imposed by the recited act may be recovered under the provisionsthereof , " or . by action , of debt , at the . suit of any . person ; in one of her ifajesty ' s superior courts of law , with
the consent of her Majesty ' s Attorney-General in England and Ireland , or her Majesty's Advocate in Scotland , as the case may be . [ Sir F . Thesiger ' s . ] 3 i ' { ' This act shall not extend or . apply tp the as : sumption or use by any bishop of ; the , Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland exercising episcopal functions TFithin some district or ' place ., in Scotland of any name , style , or title , in respect flf such district or , place ; , but nothing ; . herein Contained shall be taken to give any right to , any , ^ uch bishop to assume or use any name , style , . or title which he is not now . by law , entitled . to assume or use . " ; 4 ' .. Bb it enacted , that nothing herein , cohtained shall . be construed to annul , ' repeal , or in any manner affect any provision contained in an act passed in , the . eight year of the reign \ of her present Majesty , entitled— "An actfor the ; mqre effectual application of charitable donations andbeuuests in Ireland . " . [ Mr , Keogh ' s . ] . ¦ : :
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* Or iginally the words were ' The said brief , rescript , &c . ;' . on the amendment of Sir Frederick Thesiger . the words' All such briefs , rescripts , &c . ' were substituted .
The Koh-i-Uoor . —The Editor of the Ckemica Record , in answer to a correspondent , says , ' , ' We have no doubt , it is a diamond of largesize , a , nd ot moderate translucency , or water , b ^ t so ., badly cut that . its lustre is inferior . to that of a dozen diamonds at lea ^ t that our correspondent may . see an j day in the course of a ramble down Regent-street . ; Xhe diamonds of most Oriental pptentates have been , remarkably ill cut ; indeed the art of diamond cutting is almost too difficult , for the capabilities of a halfcivilised people . . The most , celebrated diamond cutting establishment in the world is at Amsterdam . The machinery isrude b . ut effectual , and the operators , Jews , often exceedingly poor ,- have never yet been known to lose a jewel committed to their charge .
LotA AGAIN ! j—We read , in the Assembke . Nationate — " A strange scene attracted avast crowd of pro ? menaders to the ^ Round point in the Gu ' amps Elysees . In a dashing equipage , two elegantly attired . women assailed . eacnother . in language ; anything but polite , and then set to work with their fists and nails on each . other's faces . In ; a short time both toilettes and features were considerably damaged . Atlast one of . them finding herself ; vanquished uttered loud cries of distress , and ! some gentlemen went to her assistance . The victorious ady , to whose arm . champagne had lent , strength , was expelled from the carriage , and the defeated lady ordered the coachman to drive her to her hotel .
She is well known to the . public by . her adventures in some . courts pf . Germany . When the . people learnt who she . was ; they , expressed surprise that she was not more skilful in the noble science of boxing . ' ¦ Pcbiic . Income asd Exfekdiiubk . —On the 1 st nst . was printed the government hclance sheet of the income and expenditure for the . year endingthe 5 th . ult . . The income was 4 S 3 , 0 i 5 , 267 ' 9 s ., and the expenditure £ 50 , 012 , 480 13 s . id ., showing an excess of , income over the expenditure of £ 3 , i 932 , 786 7 s . 5 d .. . The balances in the . exchequer on the 5 th of July last , year : were £ S , !) OQ , SSO Is . lOfd ., and on the the 5 th ulti they amounted to £ 7 , 934 , 154 9 s . GJd .. . !>
Wreck of the Wiich Scbew Sieamer ^ -TMs fine vessel ., while on her passage on Sunday , night , from Mijford Harbour to Cork , waB ; tptally wrecked on some rocks near . ' Tuscar Lighthouse / The light-keeper _ perceiving ' . . the ' danger , of the crew , succeeded in passing a ropB to her , by which they held on for some , l-. ours , and eventually got on shore throug h , the exertions , of the keeper and his ¦ men . The steamer was dashed to pieces by the tremendous seas breaking upon her . Unfortunately for t he owner , she was not insuredi Riots is Gkbkbook . — The accounts from Greenock-. state , tbat there had been more rioting in the streets , But nothing serious—merely smashin ir of windows and petty squabbles . A number of the Irish are . reported to have fled from their houses , and slept upon the hills . A party of the 93 d Highlanders had arrived .
^ R Blakeiriore , Esq ., M . P ., is recovering from tbe serious illness under which he has been recently suffering . — MonwoviMirQ MirUin .
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' NEWCASTLE . CDima . isD WdusbiSQ . —Henry , Howard , a sailor , 16 ; was indicted fot cutting and wounding John Emerson , at Tyheinbutb , on ' the 7 th of April last , with intent to do him' some grievous bqaiiy harm . —The prosecutql- , 'it appeared , was mate of a vessel trading from ' Newcastle to Rotterdam , called the Co'ricord , and the pHsbne > was one of the hands on board . ' On the 7 th of Aprillast , whilst the wssel was lying at Rotterdam , the ihaftter lost W } : ty copper , which he charged the prisoner with having stolen , andj some halfpence" having been found in the prisoner ' s trousers pockeW , this led to an alternation between him and the ' captain , who ; orqerea him into the forecastle . Tttere ' he began peeling
eome potatoes , ' and while doing " sp ' the prosecutor , as mate , by the captairi ' s orders ' , went ' . forwavd to rope-end him ; aha as ho" was ! about to doiso , we prisoner stabbed him in the belly ' with'the kmte he was' using :- The prosecutor , ' -. 'feeling : j hi m ^ u wounded , immediately fope ^ etided ( he prisoner , and on going down tb'liis ' cabin fainted frbmi loss ol blood . - On examining his Wblind ' jt ' . was found that his intestines were- protruain ^'' nearly four , inca . es through it " . —As the case was proceeding , ' his Lordship , looking at the indictment ; said , 'in bis opinion , theoa ' se must fail .- ' The crime"was charged ; tq have been committed at Tynemouth , , in the county , ot Northumberlahd i ' and ' notupon tlie'high seas ,, in which case a'iudee wmild have ' jurisdiction lOver it ,
andthe proof was that "it wii ' scohlmitted atiKotterdam , ' in Holland : ^ . Mr .. 'Ottcf ; haVing endbavoured to support the indictment ; by aPreference . to analagous cases , his Lordship decided the indictment to be bad , and directed the prisoner to be Acquitted . ' ¦ ¦¦ • ¦ " - ' ¦ ¦ iFSVficn . " ' . ;; . ¦ -, . Poisoniho ' a HD 9 BAi ! D . —Jiftl'la . Cage was arranged for the wilful murder of her husband , Jlames Cageyby administering to ; him ; arsenic—; The case presented features of great ! depravity . 'The de ceased was ' anagrieulturariab ' ourer , and : w { th his wife , the prisoner , lived at Stoiiham Aspall 'They had a family of seventeen children , ' but one bf them , now ' a lad-twenty years' of age , ' - ' was' not the result of wedlocki ' 'The deceased ^ ub imprisoned twelve months , and during his'iricfircerrttion prisoner
cohabitedwithanother man , and the resuItjwaB the birth of-a boy . During" the last eighteen jmonthB she left her husband hot less than three times , and exposed her daughter , sixteen years of age , 'to be debauched . In other respects' she led ajvery dissolute and depraved life . ' About' three weeks before the deceaseddiedi ho ' waBl-hken' ^' g ' u'ddQnljr ' llf while ' ¦ at-work in the fields ;' Ho wentnome and died , and the . funeral prooessibn was on : the'i way to the church yaril , when the clergyman ; in consequeiice ; of dertain rnmdurs .-caTised ^ th ' e b ' 6 dy' to be returned , to the cottage . A coroner'si in ' qWst' was ' eallBay ' and it was found that the'dedeased haid' died from the effects of arsenic . ¦ 'It then ^ trkhspired that' while he was ill -the prisoner' visited ' a'Mrs . Lamb ' ef'fc . ' who
lived four miles'frdm . heroyn cpttagp , ' and induced her to purchase a penny worthi of " | stuff " for her daughter to kill rats and mico . ' jrhe stuff comprised a compound of arsenic arid linseed enough | to kill sixsmeh . ' The danghter'was ' cdlled , and swore that she never gave her m ' othfer 'a ' u ' thority to purchase the poison fot her . ' ; HA 1 Vast- 'aVhonnt-of evidence" Was ' givein relative to'the dede ' iisM'SlBtate , ' confiwnatory of poison'having been administered ' to . ' hinv ; J It was also shown that she had wished him dead , and that she should sustain no loss / as she had th ' e ' other man near .-TA strong and cohcluSire chain of facts having been adduced , Mr . 'Cboper ' addressed ' thei jury for' the prisoner . —Theif Chief Baron -theri summed upj'and the'jury , after being absent nearly half an hour , returned-into court with a verdict of
Guilty . —His Iiordship'then p ' ut , on'tho blacls cap , Afteralludipgto ' thegnilt ofthfe ' prisoner , 'he said it-was melancholy to donsider'the ' number | of 'instances of similar murders that had ^ disgraclsd the domestic / and privatenistdry of the country '; In the short time he had ' beeri-on' the' bench it had been his great misfortune to have pre 8 ided ¦ at several of suchinvestigations ; , atid'unfbrturiately , the majority of them'had been of murder by poison oh very near relations .- Hecould hold dut ' no hope of niercy to her , and in theiisuaj tefHis ' . Kesentenced her , to be executed . —The culprit ; who remained seated during the solemn address ; -rose from her chair apparently very weak , and was cdnduct ' edfrom tho dock . Ses veral of her ohildren were present - while thb sentence was being delirered . "•" ¦ ' " "'" ' i : ¦ ¦
: ; . - SHREWSBURY . r ; BunflLAKV . — 'John Dpody , ^ Francis Jarvisj and William Mjlneif were ' indicted , for . a burglary ini the house' of . John Jones ' , ; . at ,, ' Newport . . The jury returned / a verdict of , Gnilty , jjgairiat ; Dopdy and Jarvis , whowere sentenced to be transported ,, for ten years ' , , ' ^ ifner was acquitte- 'l . ¦ , i .. ; ....-, ; ' ¦ '' ; Chargei ' o ? ¦ M uBDEB .- ^ Micbael , Tracy / . 21 , and Michael Oorfield , ' ' 18 , / w ' ere indicted ; for the wilful murder of ^ Wtiiam . Embleton , ' at Newport , oh the 24 th of May lasb . ^ f ^^ nj ' the nig'jit ] ; of , Saturday the 24 th of May , ' aboVt ^ lwelv ; e ; , o clpok , ^ the deceased an'da " nian' named Hutchinspn , " were , standing , in , a dark alley , paired ' Belmpnfc's alley ,, in , Newpqrt , talk- ' ing ; $ a . voung Vvpma ^ and" another man . ' came up . fromifcne direction ana
, , Coi ' fieVd and two others from the . ppposite direction . Corfield ' said to llutchinson , ' <' Are jou ^ tho Libshall chapsi" and Hutchinson . answered , /' No , Jwjs ^ ' aro natives . '' . llutchinson , thinking that onejof jthem was ., staring , iniproperly at . ' th ' e , ; girl Grant , jsald , ' " Why are you staring at my ' wife V and got for answer , ; " Am ^ I to close , my , ' eyep . V ' ,, Some' few angry words " and looks passed , an 3 Tracy knocked ' down' Hutchinson ,, and . then gjtrupk" Bmbleton ^ on the back " of the , head with a stone . wit j » siicjj force that theskull was' knocked in , and ha fell and spoke no more ; remaining' insen ' sible" for a few ' hours till he
died . All the ^ five men ran offtoge'therwhenl they saw him fall . His ' lordaliip in sumnjingup IeftiC . tO tlie juryto ' say . whether ' they ,. were . | uilty ofinurtiercir man ' slaughter , b ' ut " 8 ecihed tointiiinat ' ethathedid not think the evidence sufficient , tq establish the charge of miifder . The jury " deliberated fotten minutes * arid then returned a verdict ' of guilty of manslaughter , ' with a . strong , re commendation to ' mercifi on the ' ground thaii the death arose , out of a . street row . nis'Jordshtp | s . aid " thai' in ^ ' onse ' queiice of this r ' ecommendation ; he would not transport the prisoners . He would 'inquire about their characters ; and consider the sentenced :: ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ; " " . ' '• Ci ;
' - Manslaughter . —William Evan ' s was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary pudleston , an infant nine months old . i ^ It ' appeare'd fr 6 m the evidence that the prisoner' had had some words with the mother of the deceased , and that on the 23 rd of July last he came towards her ' as . she was standing in the' street " of Oswestry ; ' wfiefe she and her hus . b ' and lived ; with her child' in her arms , ahd began to abuse her .-. ¦ "Mrs . Dizdleston retreated into her house arid shut the door , when the prisoner passed on down the street . j On the ' woman again coming to ' the door of her house , ' the prisoner returned , and struck her a violent-biow ' pn the side-of-her . head . Following h ' erintoythV house , he ' again struck afc her , bnt missed her ,, an'd'the blovr came on the head of the child ; {; The unfortunate infant immediately became ins 0 nsjble r and afecr lingering three days to great pain , < died 1 on the 26 th from the effects of the blow . The medical witness who had
attendedithe child ; and'madea post mortem examination , described theinjurfes as very severe . -i-The prisoner said , in his defence , that'he was ! very drunk ( as was the fact ;) and that he h . id no intention to injure the child , —It seemed that he had been engaged to be married to a young woman who was lodging , in Dudlestone ' s house , that-she had discarded him , and . that Mrs . ' Dudlcstone's refusal to admit bint to tbe house . had exasperated him beyond endurance , * —The Jury found the pr isoner Guilty , without hesitation , and bia' lordship ' said thatas he believed the prisoner hadno ; intention ot injuring the child , and considering the other circumstances of the case / the sentence . would be comparatively a light one ; . Still the striking of a woman in- that way-was brutfd and ' cowardly , whatever provocation he might . have receivedi His lordship sentenced him to one year ' s imprisonment , with harcMabour . ¦' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ' - ¦¦ . ' i
Mubdeb . —Mary Rogers , 28 , a servant ,: was charged with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child , about two months old , on the Gthof-July . The prisoner was a servant in- the houseiof a farmer : named Lucas , about seven miles jfrom Church Stretton .. In December last her mistress noticed to her that she vrai with child , and she confessed it . Up to that time Bhe had borno an excellent character , her mistress saying to-day that she was as good a servant as ever was ; in a-favmhouse . In consequence of . her , good , conduct : in other respects she was retained in her master ' s service till the time of h ' er accouchement , when she went to- ; the house of a-Mrs . ' Evans , who lived about throe jiniles off at : Roundhouse . . There , on
. the night of the ; 19 th of May , she was delivered of a male child . She stopped at Mrs . Evans ' , for a month , and on the 22 d May got the child registered underthe name of Ed win Rogers , ' and put it to nurse with a woman named Martha Holmes , and then returned to her service .: ; Between that day and the 24 th of June she went twice to-see it at , Mrs . Ey . mV , where . Martha Holme . brought it fpr- the purpose . On the 22 d of June she asked leave ot her mistress to go and see it on the 23 d , and was refused ; . but the next day her mistress relented , and agreed to let her go onthe 24 th . On that day Martha Holme took it to Mrs . Evans' , and the
prisoner came thereabout three o ' clock and ; took it from Mrs . Holmes , saying "I am going a ; little way and will take ifc with me . " Witness did not want her to take it , and said she had better ; leavo it with ' , her , but the . prisoner answered '' I ; must take it ; I had a letter . yesterday , and I must take it . " She then took it , and paid witness , M . S . » for the nursing . : She ; did not take any of its c } othes but those that wereon . it .. It was a very fine , fat , strong , heaithy , ' and promising child . The body of the child was afterwards f » und fastened down in a pool with a stick which formed a natural fork ; Tbe prisoner was seen going towards the pool on the
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24 th' ult . -Corroborative evidence having- been gwen , the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . 'His Lordship , who seemed deeply moved , then said ; , \ . 5 lson . e ?; . at ^ tbe . bar , ; you'haye , been QOnvicted . of . the ,-SW « of wilful' murder , . after a most careful ana patient investigation ; and iipon evidence' which left no doubt onthe minds of the jury , rind leaves noneon toino . Ito that-crime there is but : one sentence , and that . it is my duty to pronounce ,. and cannot hold out to you any hope of its commutation ., tl will not add to your pain further than- by praying of youto _ devote to prayer tlie . daya that vemairi ' b in
j-ou .. tm 8 worid , and pronouncing tbe sentence wnich the lav ? awards . . . That sentence is ' 'that you « e taken hence to the place of ' execution and . there hanged b y the neck . till you are doad . -tliat your ; tioay bo then removed hack and buried withip the precints . of the gaol , and niay God have mercy on ' . There were few in court who were not deeply affected at the sad . scene . ¦ . ;' i'V ; -., i i CHAnoE or AIdbdee . —Thomas Baugli , Gi , beers ™ WPer . ^ fas charged with the wilful : murder of William Beutle . v . ^ t'B eckbury . on the 2 och June ' . The jury acquitted the prisoner . : ' :. ¦
"¦¦ : ^ EXETER . '¦ . ¦' ,:.. ; Oharge op MunDEK . —William Edwards Hoyto was indicted for tho wilful murder of John Bupkey ,. on the 7 th of March at Brixton . —The particulars . ' ot- this case will be in the recollection j of bur readers . The deceased , John Blinker , aged eighteen years , was a farm servant in the employ of ithe . prisoner s father . . A rbpqrt was in circulation ) which accusedjthe prisoner of committing an unnafuraj ofience , and deceased was charged with originating the report ,. On the morning in question j the deceased was , found hanging to a tree in the orchard ; dead , and the prisoner ; was-charged with the riiurder . —The trial , which , lasted twodoysj terminated imthe acquittal of the prisoner . i . ,. t t , t , ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ • .-WARWICK ; : '"¦ ¦ | " Ci , ' . ¦ Cnui . Con . —Richards v .,. RoTnERFORD .-rThis
wastan action of erim . con ., towhich the defendant had pleaded . "Not . guilty , ^ and leave and license . " —The plaintiff was formerly engaged at ; Nottingham as an agent for the sale of lace , and m conse-l q ' uen ' ee of the falling , off of that businessjhe-had afterwards kept a commercial boarding-House , which was a good deal , frequented by the defendant , Who was an owner of stone ' quarries at | Wingcrwoi-th , iu Derbyshire . -. In the month of Maroh last the iplaintiff sailed for America , and was' absent from ! this , country rather more than , three months . Immediately , after hk departure the plaintiff ' s Wife wid tUe defendant went to Birmingham , where tliey opened aprovision , shop . The plaintiff ' s four childrenaud tho wife ' s sister were brought to that house , and just before Easter the eldest daughter-died .
: The business : was managed by : > the plaintiff's-wife , but , tho i defendant was a frequent . viator I at , ' £ he | house , and on all those occasions they lived together without any . concealment as . man . and wife . " On Easter . Monday , the d . ay affer . the daugbteij ' sifuneraljthey went , away together . to a . coifee-house . in " Bull-street , and there remained for two or , three days ; , after which ; they made an excursion [ to London to inspect the wonders of the Great Exhibition . ' Soon after they had-returned to the provision-shop a letter was received from the plaintiff , bearing , the Sew . York postmark ,, the . effect of . which was , that jri a ' Tcjiv'd ays ijde -vata and . ttie' ! , defen . aant . ( eloped , tbe yifej ' s sister being leftiri ' ch ' argo of ' the . shop and tho chiluren .. ' The , j wife ' s , sister , . was . th : 6 pijihciijil witness for the plaiutiff but , on crosg-examihation ,-8 jie ; a dmitted , that she , had ¦ , , n ' eter ' , renifinbtrated . either ' with her sister or . the . defendant ! upon ' the
gross , depravity of their ' condu ' cfC Upon . her , adraisBidhs , also ,, both' the . plaintiff and his | wifeappeared ' to liave led very immoral lives and , lipqn one occasion at . least , to ' . have jhdulged in . mutual imputations ' of a very , offensive , kind . .. Several witnesses . vreie called for ' the ^ 'defendaht , whp , by reference tpj particular . instances , ptrongly confirmed this view of the pl € aintiff ' s ' character ,,. and for the purpose ' of | suppOTtin " g the plea , of leave andiliceiis ' e , ifc was sh ' own tpat , thej , plainitiff , \ sh ' ortly ' biaTore his departure , had permitted , the defendant to take his wife to ] . Birmingham for ' theipurpose of findjng'there a ' sh ' pp suitable to , her circunistance 8 i ' ani . tbat the ejspenses of this journey' had' been defrayied by the d efendant ; , but the .. plaintiff himself had , " supplied inbney for the purpose of taking the shop . iartd had asked th ' e defendant . to stand his friend in . the
matter . After the action , had been , commenced , the defendant's ' aiijorr iey '; offered " to ' buy peace " by giying ' tlie , plaintiff £ 25 and the stock remaining in the shop , ' but this ofiei ; vfa 8 : rejected . —Mr . Sergeant Miller , naying replied , the Learned Judge suiamed up , and tlie . jury returned a' verdict for the plaintiff DamageSj ^ lS . , . / ... ' ¦ ' . " . ¦¦ ¦ . . ; [¦ . !
: :. , .... Lewes . . . ,. ' Cdahob of IHukdek . —John Payne , , 11 , a , lad of inoffensive appearance , wasindicted for the wilful murdei-o ! f i William ^ ibson , by stabbihg himjwith a knifeJ—TKe ' learned . ' . counsel . said' that , 9 " 'he etening ' of the lliili of . June , ' the deoaasod , , v ? hb was a lad about 13 year 9 , Qld | ,, had , , been , sent * by his motfier , on . an errand . into ' tnetown of Horaham , and as . he . 'jwas going over , the ^ causeway hear the chur ' ch | saw the . prisoner sitting upon the , ground with one' of his b ^ ots off ; arid in the act of sharpening a penkhife ^ pph the stones . Whivt actually- oc purred ; piubr to any . assault having been . committed , did not very . clearly appear , but almost immediately the deceased exclaimed , to the ' prisoner , ' . ' {' Youinave '
done it now—you have stabbed me , " and began to cry .. . The prisoner upon ' ; this said ,, '' I have hot hurt you , have I ?—don't cry . " . Some ; persons then' came up , and on the deceased , again . saying that the prisoner bad stabbed him , the latter said that the deceased-boy had struck him in the , face first , before , he touched , him . , . The unfortunate ' deceased was taken , home ,, arid itj was . discoveieu that , he had been stabbed in the : chest ,, but tho wound began to heal , and at first it was .-thqught that nothing . serious wo , uld result fvjofm . jit . / . jj . turned , ; 6 ut , Jiow . eyer , , ' that the ^ Uver ^ bad beeh iujured , , and an abscess subsequentlyfqrnie . 4 , in '; t ) ia'i prgan , and ; the deceased subsequently , died on ' tlie ' the 25 th . of June from the injury ; ho bad received . '
— These facts were shortly proved in ( . evidence , -, and in addition a st ' ateuientmadejby . ^ he ^ dec ^ a ?^ boy a couple of days . before his , ( loa ' th , . w . as put in , in . which . hestated ppsitivbjy . that'ihe . ^ avenff provocationj ' ibut ., said .. that , aftciv . hei . had ,. passed the prisoner , while ho was sittiagju . tte .-fQjition described , he ,. got ; up and follow ^ od . him , , and | that on his coming up to him he deliberately , ' ^ tabbed , him with the penknife that , he had been sharpsniflg . rr —The Juryrafter delib'erat } ng ; a short time , found the prisoner Guilty of ' manslaughter , at the same time recommending him to the meroiful ^ considgration' bf- the court on account of his-tender age . — His lordship sentenced hiui ' to-be transported for ten years , and -intimated that 'the' ; effect ' of ; that ¦ '
sentence woiild ^ bo that he ' would beremove ^ , to Parkburst Prison ; where , he 'would ^ b ^ olaced'jh ' school arid undergo sever'e .-training—a course which was tbe only one calculated to < iudUce % itri ito change his habits and restrain'his'yiple ' nt ipasaio ^? , ; —Ifwaastatedin'the ' conrt-that i the prs 6 ner , ^ ad ori ^ several occasions exhibited a savage disposition by stabbing animals , with bis knife ; nnd it ' was also also said that it was not the'first time he had used , or endeavoured' to-nise , ; 'the sanie . -weapon- to a human being . . ' - - ' * . " * - - '; ' - > . - V ' : l ! 1 ;>^ Thb Sussex Gang of 'Burguhs . —John Isaacs , 25 , and Samuel Harwopd , 25 , labourers / - were * ijf i ' dieted for burglariously ' breaking ; and entering'the dwelling-house " of Harriet"Stoner , - and- stealihg si
seven sovereigns , ^ some lver money , and fther articles , her property . —The caso created , a' great deal of interests from , 'the ' ' fact '¦ of the " pnsoner B being the remaining imeinbDr 8 ,. of : th ' e de ^ piBrate g : mg of'burglars-who forsolbngw . pei'iod'i ' nfesta . if tbe counties of Surrey and'Susaek /' The ' prisoner Sau \ U 8 l Ilarwooa was tried ; wifcli his ' forotnev jLevi Harwood and a' nian named'James Jones 'fpr , the murder of the'Rev ^ ii Mr . ' IIolie ! 5 t'at'' ]? rimloy , '! a'tilje last assizes | for-SurreyV arid uydn'that 'o ' epasiau ' -lie was acquitt ' edj'Ms ' ^ wo comp ' an'iohs being : convioted and ' execuied . » -iThejui ^ founa . the i prist » nei sC } uilty and they were sentenced to be transported-for life . ! - ¦ . ;¦ ' ' : ' ;< : ! - ^ BODMIN ;' ; ' ¦ . ¦ -: ¦ ' . ¦ J [ i- ' - | ..,., . •/
; CRIM CON ^ LANBERYOil V : 'ALLEN ^ -Thia wftfl an action brought to recover-cottipensatibn in danWgcs from the defendant for haying had criminal conversation with the' plaintiff ' s -wife . The plaintiff , 'in 1843 , being : then-twenty-four years of agei' married Miss : Ilanfiet ' . Aiinj'Br ' o » nv" the' daughter Jo ^^ . - farmer , ' Bhe"bein ^ twent y year ' s of age ? Hoj then , took the King ' s Atms Inn at J Falmouihvantt . in . course of time'ihis wife hali ! two children , j Ttje'dei fondant at that'tinie was ' residing !; iii : - 'Oporto , arid there ho niarried ; > ^ Iri U 8 ^ he retuilHedv to Fulmouth . and sat ^ upinljusinessasfl < -wiriemorohant . Ho was then twenty-nine' years' old ' . Aa > intiroa . oy soon sprang ' np-.: betweea J these' partiesin co , nso QUenCO of tbe defend . int ! eu ^ nl-rin ? the' DlaintiE with
wiue . The plaintiff also had'afatraittthe neighbourhood of Falmouth , > i In ' oyder < ' to' 'carry qn'the business of the tavern the plaintiff ' s wife ! U 8 2 d to retire to bed ^ atan early-hour / tbe plaintiff himself remaining up until the'house' was-closed . ! The wife . got up early in the morning , 'the'plaintif continuing in bed ' longer . ^ As- 'the farm ( had td 'be ' looked after the plaintiff was accustomed ; a 9 sooU ' as he had breakfasted ^ toleaveliishouse-andigO : to his farm . Time passed . on , and > the plaintift and < his wife appeared to ^ . live on'the > . moat affact ^ o . nat ^ terms , thei defendant continually : looking in . ' Tri t xiion
-uu i ear , , ioiy , tiie . pjaintitt , cook tne itea Hotel , at Truroj . to which housb ho removed , j . The defendant shortly afterwards took some ' . wine-and spirit stores > in Truro , and ¦ iniord . evtO attend ., to , these stores / he took a sittiiig « room and bedroom in the Ited Lion . The plaintiff find , his . wife stiirc ' o ' n ,- ' tuiued . to live on the most , affectionatcterms , b | ut on the 14 th p £ April the plaintiff , had ; left Trurp , for the purpose of going to-a furm inithe . neiglibouiv hood , n It . ' was supposed that he : would -bei ribsunt-. for . many hours , but from some : cause or ; other . ! W . shortly ; retjurned / lie went into .. the , Red iLioh ' and asked fov ) his : wife ,, and was ^ . told . '^ ha was-upstairs , lie therefore ! went up , and upon going to a 'sitting room , 2 fo , 9 , which was occupied by the defendant ,
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he found the door was fastened . " He asked to be admitted , but could not obtain admission . He proceeded , to broak open tho door , . and ; succeeded in seeing the defendant with his dresB disarranged and his wife"in the room ; ' the appearances were such as to'convince'him that his happmess was de-Btr ' oved He called his serrants and accused bis -wife of infidelity . She said , " You have not caught us , " and the defendant said ; " Listen to reason . As soon as this discovery was made tho plamtift was informed of difierent facts—that for years before he was down in tlie morning and after he had gone to his farm , the defendant , who was well acquainted Lin
with his habits , was constantly visiting Mrs . - deryon ; they used to go into a room together , draw , down the blinds ,,, and remain together for a length of time . SKe . had been sitting on the defenilarit ' s knee , and he had been seen kissing her , and when the plaintiff was from home at night the defendant had remained with Airs . Landeryon in a room in > the dark for horn's . All tho cii'cnnistanees that now cumo to his knowledge , made it clear to tbe plaintiff that his wife , and the defendant had been carrying on an adulterous intercourse for years . . These facts having ^ been ' corroborated by a . number of witnesses , the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages ; £ 350 . . ¦¦
.. . •; ...... CARLISLE . . Shqotixg with Iniesi . —John Beattie , 51 , was indicted for having at Skinbufhess , on the 8 th' of February last ' , unlawfully shot at William Gibson , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . — . The jury , after a . short consultation , acquitted the prisoner . . '; .,. . . ; . . , . liipiiwAT Bobberies . —Hugh Monteith , 18 , and Thomas Tinning , 50 , were indicted for having assaulted and robbed'Robert Carson , near Carlisle , on the 5 th of July last . —The prisoner Monteith put in . a : written defence , acknowledging that he , in
company with Tinning , had committed two other highway robberies , but denying participation in this particular brie . —The jury found both the prisoners Guilty . ' ' / " ' ' I ' ' ¦ They were afterwards charged with robbing at midday , a chemist and . druggist travelling in His gig , about a mile from Carlisle , on the 11 th day of July iasf ^ -presentinjj . a pistol at his head , and demanding his ' money . —To this . ' charge Mohteitli pleaded Giiiltyi The other prisoner was found Guilty . . There were two other similar charges against the . prisoners ,-to which they pleaded Guilty . — They , were sentenced to be : transported ior fifteen years . '" .. „ . ' . , , .. . . . !
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• - .-. i V-. " . . -- ¦¦ ^ M" -j-. SOCIAL AND DEMOOEATIC .: ; . ' . ¦ ¦¦ ' WRITING ' [ Wo . taice the following admirabwinstriic tions from ilie Leader , and trust that class of our correspondents for whom they are intended will . benefit by them . —Ed . iV . S , ] ; -The suggestions here offered have no relation to the usual . correspondents or writers to thenewspapers ,. whose proficiency and power are established ; but are addressed to that increasing . class of , the peoplefwho are beginning to express their ; strong opinions and personal wrong ' s through the medium of tho press ' . TVh ' en a man' exchanges tlie hammer for . apen , "and the ianvil ; for . a desk , it is mjfc to be wonderedatif . hebetrays some unskilfulnoss . He
willforgeoiithisiron . better than he will histhoughts , andi | as , aconsequene ' e , what he produce ^ may not be deem ' e'd' workmanlike , i ' n a literary sense , and' so be refused . This the writer will put ; down to the caprice or politics of the editor , ' who declines his ^ well-intended communications . , He will nover , suspect his own want of skill . ; . The purpose of this letter is to . ' explain tne matter a . little . ¦ , "' Every attempt at expressing opinion , however ill it may succeed , is a part of the process of solf-eduoation , and often the : only mode available to the poor , . j Whatever shall render , this more practicable And common among the j people does good , and to . this end a few rules are submitted , for , tho guidanceof ' the uninitiated ' who . attempt writing for the press / In these days of the growth ' of ' O . rgariisationjreports of their proceedings and expressions of their opinions : are valuable . ¦ .. 'The pen and tbe tongue are the new weapons of the popular warfare ,
and the multitude must be trained in their use . Fortunately- there is ' no direct law against 'J drilling' ? the populace to the use of these " arms : " Nearly all persons who have penned a letter or an article , afterwards desire to see it in print . ; Literature is a Republic where all eminenco is honour ^ ablo ; for though some may-obtain admission by force of wealth , none can ^ maintain station except by force of genius . But by renson of the necessary conditions of admission being overlooked , many sustain disappointment which to them is inexplica : b ' le . , Such persons may ' possibly profit by the following directions . ' 'Writera . too eager to wait on ' method , or whose genius disdains the observance of rules , can , ot course , accomplish' success intheir own way ; but to the less fortunate a practical tword may bo useful , and to tho 3 e onlydo 1 speak :-j-1 . Use note-size paper ,,, because . a : large , sheet covers . the printer ' s case , and binders his work ..
2 . Do not write on the back of the paper , as that doubles thertitiie of printing tfie article—while one ' side is-being " set up ;'? what is written on the back , cannot be- ?' gone on-with . "i .. - ¦ ¦ ' 3 . Write with dark black iak , for an editor , will read with . reluctance what he sees . with difficulty ; and the compositor , ' for the same reason , will dislike tosetitupi , ' 4 . Always write a plain bold hand . Some hands which are elegant are too elegant to be understood . If youiBend ^ an indistinguisbable scrawl , . it will be brown aside until the , editor , has leisure tp make it out , which may , not , be untiljthe ' . ' , 'interest of the article has passed away , ' and it may be too late to ¦
print it . - ' . ' "' ;¦ ' > ; B . 'i ' . Bemember tb ' at , ' whatever gives an editor trojlbleja ^ liis , deskv . doublesiis , esperise in the printing-pffice . ( j ^ he . printers . and readers wast ^ . time'in B ^ cipheniig ^ ad TAS . \ and out " , of , . any failure in , 'interpretitionv cbmmoniy prows' a charge against the jourhalfor " misfepreaentirig"thev ? riten '• ¦ , . ¦ i' 6 . ' ; Ifyou kriow ; that ' theeditor will take any trouble i tqobli&eyou ^ why ^ gjve-. him ^ nyjtrouble you please . If you are rich and can send the . printer . a . guinea for making ou ^ youi -letter , you , may , scrawl " . lite' a genileniah j ' if yoii liiivea great name ' i , go that the responsibility of anything you write ill-will attach ' toy ! qurself and ; riblreflect on the paper , ekpress youraelf how you please ; j ? ou may scribble with a pirion your butter-paper , and ( he editor will try to make it
out , but if the editor js under no obligation to you , if , you have , no guineas , to spare , if you are not so popular " thai ' ariythirig'irius ^ be , printed that bears your name' ^ wtiy cleaVe ' to' good sense , good taste , correct expression ) ' and 'a' plain hand .. U C ¦ ' f | '" '' ijV 7 . Ne , v , ev | 'ear , 1 a 9 . 8 ome do , . that ap . ; editor . willomit or ; RoridgB " yovir . comiriunicatidn ' withoutcause ' .- 'If ¦ ithavevalue . ' he will be glad ' of it . ' If . it beV ' asal f relations ' ' 6 f ' facts piigHt to' be '; briefly' told , without ' decla ' mati 6 n ^ d ) greBsion , ' 6 rihiptttaUoni it willbpimpossible ^ to . ahridge it ... \ Ai wJll-. written letter > or . narrative is incapable of being altered or abreyiated , for , tharbetterM . i ^ ardly . any ^^ wK ^ tever s ' ide . written , ' . if well-done ., The , air . tistio taste of Sn edi { orfor ' the ., litef afyperlFec ( tiori ' of hiB . paper , is ' arulihgpasBioristron ' gerthari-pefsorial feeling , or political prejudice ;; . ah'd nexLthe . lpv ' e . of fair . play , he
is attracted . byi that . which i ^ jwell , done ; :,::. ; .:, ' , ' ., rh . e ? e r . u ( e 8 are ^ vvon f pj | the . guidance of those who send ; oc ' caupnaT ^ p * tht , cotemporary > plres ' s 7 an d ' ifrenoHobe ' ' un'de ^ oott as iritehaed for the cqrresporide'ritB bf .- ' - the " Leader . ' I 'have no instructions , whatever from the editor ) of .. this paper , tof , frefQtsto ^ this s . ubject , ;/ rh ^ t . gehtileman ,. willj , no ^ outy , defy ( bpj ^ iL tho ^ aw ^ of , natures and of necessity in " deciphering' letters which fiee ' d deqiphering—he will persist , as a patriotic editor js exDecteil to do , in seeing' what cannot 'be " seen / arid in reading ; caligfaphy Whicn cannot be readj ; as -often' ^ sf he js faivdured . with ) such . But , ' . shouldhany one . write to other paper 8 ,:, whO 8 e , edUors , ai ; e ; . und 8 r . , tbe .. usual ^ mit ^ oftiine and patience arid optical l " awa , " it ! may ba ' asweil ' to cpns ' ult'tlieiribfirrnities ; ' ¦ ' . ' Ion . ' ,. ¦„„¦ ¦„ y : ^ r ^ ,: ~¦ - ¦ - ¦ -r ' - [¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
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. . ! ¦ SATURDAY , August 2 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Their lordships met at twelv . e ; o ' clook . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦¦;'¦ ¦ , On thbihotion of tho Earl of Carlisle , tho Metropolitan Sewers Act was read a second time . The Battersea Park Amendment Bill passed through committee , and was reported to thy house . On the motion of Lord Sianlry of Alvkuley , the MercnutileiMavino . Act-Amendment Bill was read a third time , and passed . .... .. . Several . other bills were advanced a sWe , and their lordships then adjourned ¦ - ¦¦ ..-douse of . commons—old iiol-se of commoss . —Sir E . If . Buxton asked the uoblo lord whether it wap the intention of the government to order tho present building to be pulled down during the recess ? . , .
Lord J . Rcssell said that when the hon . baronet had first naked him the question he . stated , that in , consequence of the , uncertainty which existed in respect to tho condition o [ the new House of Commons , it was not . considered prudent to allow the present : house tp bo pulled down . From tlio experience which they had since had of the now building , they wove of opinion thftt tbe experimenb was so satisfactory , that thoy might feel certain of being able to occupy that houso permanently from the next session . The government had , therefore , come to the decision . to allow this building to be pulled down in tho recess , iu order to carry out the architectural arrangements . , ( Hear . )
Case , of Robert Ehskinb . —Sir E . N . Buxtos wished . to . ask tlie hon . Under Secretary for tho Colonies a question , respecting the case of It . Erskine . on the coast of ,, Africa , towards whom great cruelty had , been practised . The young man was accused of robbery , and was cruelly tortured , as it is alleged , by the orders of two officers in her Majesty ' s service , named Murrayand Stewaufc , for the purpose of making him confess . ' lie wished to aslc hid hon . friend , whether he would iuform tlie house of the nature of the correspondence that had passed between tho Colonial-office . and tho Commander-inchief , in respect to this matter ?
Mr . Hawks said that if the honourablo bnronefc would ' move , for- the corrrespondenee ho would be willing to assent to its production . The ^ case was one no doubt of great atrocity , but being committed by . individuals not in tho service ' of \ tbe local government , it , unfortunately , did not come within the operation of the statute for the punishment of offaucos committed in . the colony . lVcasewaa brought subsequently under the commander-inchief , and he ( Mr . Huives ) would read to the house , the concluding paragraph of a letter which he had received from . Lord Fitzroy Somerset , conveying
tlio Duke of Wellington ' s : decision . on . the subject " In-reply , I have to : acquaint you that ijis grace also feels that imputations of great seriousness are raised and . supported by a considerable body of evidence , against officers in her Majesty ' s service ; but having , considered ,. the whole matter with most anxioua attention ,, and bein * advised that the officers in question cannot be tried or punished by court inartial ,. for an oftence committed now three years ago / his / grace is ' at a loss to suggest to Earl Grey what further proceedings should be . taken against them . " . . . . . .. . , .-. ¦ -.. .
Ann Hicks asd the Crystal Palace Colonel Sibthorp gave noti . co of his intention on Tuesday next to bring forward tbe , case of Ann Hicks , and to ask the government whether it was true ; that on tho Sabbath day comin ar . ticles were takeu out of the Crystal Palace for the purpose of being copied ? The house then adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock , until twelve on Monday . . ;' . . , MONDAY , AVGUSXi , HOUSE OF LORDS . —Burial of Unitarians . — A petition was presented by the Duko of Richmond , from Unitarian ministers and . others of the South Unitarian Society , complaining that clergymen of theOkwclvaf England refused to read the burial service over tho corpses of Unitarians , and praying that thoy might be permitted to use a service of their own , or that the ministers ; of the Established Churoh might be directed to read the burial service over their dead . '
. Tlie General Board of Health ( No . 2 ) Bill , and the Emigration Advances Distressed Districts ( Scotland ) Bill . were severally read a seoond time . . On the mption for the second reading of the Metropolitan Interments Bill , The Bishop of London complained of the inefficient powers that had been-assigned to the Board of Health , ; and the unsatisfactory way in which the commissioners had interfered with many of the existing burial places in tae metropolis , where it seemed they had authority enough to disturb the old system' of interment ' , but'riot eROugh to establish , a new one . ¦ , ¦ ; TheEarl ' ofSnAFTESBURY vindicated the Board of Health . ;• : -. - . ¦ : . ¦ .. After some further conversation the bill passed the second reading .
The Coiil-whippers ( Port of London ) Bill went through ^ ommittee . . The Commissioners of Eailways Act Repeal Bill was read a third time and passed , after a short discussion and a division . Tbe Customs Bill was also read a third time , and passed . Some other bills were forwarded a Singe , and fcbeir lordships adjourned aD twenty minutes past eight o ' clock ., ...- . ' ...-HOUSE OF . COMMONS .-At the noon sitting , the Goneral Board of Health ( No ., i ) Bill was read a third time and passed . The Canterbury Association Bill was also read a third time . . ,- . The Patent . Law Amendment Bill passed through committee , after some discussion of the several clauses . ¦ .: : ¦
Cmsul Palace . —Lord J . Russem , brought up the gracious . reply of her . Majesty , to tho address of the houso praying for theiemporary preservation of the Crystal Palace .. In this reply the Queen re « ferred to . the .. fierious questions . which must inevitably be -determined before tho subject could be aatisfactorily . settled . . ¦ .-. > .. <• . ; , ¦ . Occupation of Rome . —Foreign RefugSBs in Esgland , —Mr ., ANSTEY , referring to a repor £ -in the . continentalnewspapers of ; an . instruction fonn the court . pf ; Rome . to -its ropresentative at the court of . Vienna to endeavour to , effect the . replaciugof the
French gavrison in Rome ; by a garrison of Austrian and Jfeapolitaniroops , the avowed objeot being to prevent the possibility , of . tbeo : e-establishment of a liberal , government at , Rome , askedif any commuhiciition pn , tho ; subjectihad been brought under the Boticeof . herMajesty ' s government ; by the ropresentatiye , p , f thecourtof ^ Tienna in a mote as had been . reported ? . . . Also , whether , in the same . note , as was also reported , Application Bad been . made to the English government for tbe expulBion of Hungarian , Italiau , and othec jrefugees from London , and for the ' suppression of the Italian . loan said to be negotiating , in London : ? : . . • •; ,
Lord Pauibrston . —No communication of the nature of the supposed note had been made by Austria to her Majesty ? 8 ' government —( hear)—and the result : of such inquiries as we' havo iriade on the subject tends to lead uS t 0 ' tlio opinion , tHat the note in question , ' like another which also appeared in tlie . continentarnew 8 papers , ; : is a ' pure invention . ( Hcar , ; hear . ) : I ' say another ' which appeared in the foreign newspapers , because I may . as wellatate at the samoitime ; that ' there wad ' anVther note said to have been presented by tbb ' g . o . vernments of Russia und Prussia ito / theitaliarijgbvern monts assuring thenvpf their .. support ( iniputtiiig . downiaby internal convulsions ,-that . mjght , occur , Her . Majesty ' g governmerili ' madd ' inqviiries . iis to the authenticity of that note , and fro ' iri theinformation we received
my belief is that there isnofoundatiorifor the report as to . the existence of > that ' , note ] any ' more than . ^ ero-ie / or tb ^ rapovt ; df . the existence of the UQteto which the hpn . and } ea , rned member has referred , ' Such ' being itlipcaso / o ' f cioUrse no application has been made'tio her Majesty ^ government in the spirit' of 'tbafjiote . ' ( Cheers : ') W . 1 regard to the , other quQ 3 ti 6 n i ? lietnei : ' any applioatiori hasbeen made to her Majesty ' s government to :. expol ft . reigners , res ^ ent | iin ^ 8 country ,, it ) may well be b P |^ l - ?^ i ?^^ ht . hon . f , r | end the f . Seqretary of State for the' Home "Department fwho "is unfortUnatelynqtnow in tho bo ^ ise ) stated on , , a former occa 8 iori , " tliat certain-foreign ' gqyerriments look w . ith . qjmc . eyn : an _ d . anxiety ® iv the iprbbeedings of the foreigners rrsidirii ' , hnrp—/ . hp . ari—huh nnfhinir tin « y . ^ V
. p ^ s ^ . ^ WM . ^ f ffP ^ E ^^ ?^^ as the hon . and ^ earned .. meiribei supposes to , ' flaye beea ma'de ; - " Hail ' such ' an'rap ' p ^ ication ^ een riia ^ de , the answer . tq it ; is obvious—¦ " That-the laws ' of thi 3 ^ quntvyijgire no power , to . her , Majesty . ' s government ar , bi | ra 4 l j . ioiej { pRl ., any | ori eigner 1 where ^ ides here , jJ ?^ 8 , W , l ! S . ^\ ffi ^ y ^ fSi ^ J ! Wji ^! U » lttad . ' » Loud cheers . ) . _ . ^ - ¦ ' ' ¦ ' " Oh : resuming at fiv ' e ' o ' cldc | c ., ''"''' ' ' " •^' ¦ 'J i ^^ Tie v / house resolveditslslf : into ' committee on the , Epi , 8 co 8 al : ahd 1 QapituiariBstates : Management ( No ? W- ^( . si'ijid « . | j .-,. ; t , »; M , ii , v . < vil i l | l * , ,. , e S 01 . ICI 10 P 7 GENKRAI . proposed the introdnniBtmgrights ' . ^ d iniiereat ^ of ^ llaseesWhurch ipropertwiwould b ' a . pr ' otecte < fefc « m M « $ t ™ i T ni t » 6 poufse'lof laVRnmoTOho * ' vi ;^ ... t :- ... _ . _
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In CON 9 EQI 3 BSCE of the numerous ,. suicides which have . taken . place ; iH the aj'my ^ f taris , "' General Magnarh , thte Comniaridei ' -in-CKief , ' has 'addressed to the troops a feeling exhortation against tb . iS 8 \ nful and . cow . ardly . 'proceeding , * and quoted-the'latiguagO i Of the i Emperpr in- reprobation , of . it . — ' Paris Journal . ;;•>; .. , ,,-J- J .-, ;>• -, - . . , . . c : i ¦¦ . ¦ ! '• ¦ ¦' . , ; $ IL PpTEl ,, ' a tradesnaan of . Naples , whilst visiting the-curiosities ' of Paris ori'Suridayi' lost ' his po ' ekotbook , containing 1 , 000 fvancs in note ' s arid ibills . The day after he went to . the banker who had to pay the bjllpj ' and . tqld him . . oX . hjftloj 8 s .. STobis agre ' eqhle ^ urp ; rise he ,, learri " cd th ^ , his , pp , cke ! b-bpok . and ., ; itsi cpntents 'J b ' ad ' oeen ; \ plaped in ' ; that { ' g ' entreni ' an ' s ' banm K . badbeeri'fouiidb ^ M : ^ oyericierijo ' jfl . - Stevi . ia h ' uiissier , Iand i t wa ' s riot ' -without ( liffleulty
that the clerk would consent to accept a : present of WS fr + QalignQni ;! . •¦! .. . > ' ; \ n-r-, i : ) -sd'j' Oiii A Field on FMtB - The , extra , ordiijarjr . s ^ eotaple i Of ; a field on fire ' was Witnessed ' on , lVesday at ^ Clreetbain . ? £ quantity of cotton , sav . ed . from" ' a fire in' tiverpool ; Uad been ^ urchaseibJ'Mr . John ' BlairV cotton broker ;; land beinf ; wet . and rcqijiirjng to be . dried , andidirty and rrequirip ^ ito . . b © . ^^^^ M > V BiaiivhadVjClwdliL ^ over i field at Qgtlen ' s farm , qheethiim l ] ill , and ' set fioriie sjxty persons' to : pick it ; . 'A spar ^ j frOm tho nine of onoofth'eso persons is beHoired tbi hive
caused-the lo aa which . Jfc . , Blair haa . nb . Wisustained 1 by .. tho . bunangfof tyfp-bhirdjflf , th& , wi } ol © . fitpc ^ t $ eve , was abouj . , ' 4300 , 01 . 0 , 0 , ^ 01 } , Snd only ; £ 100 worth of thia ' has q ' tien ' iaved . " ' -As s ' ojqri as'the ' iire bjoke - out ; the fire ' -engiBes ^ Mm \ fjiarencfeitree't / 1 iVfaricheater , were sent for . ; -Mr . Rosa and his-men ! obeyed the summons , and ^ ook tbre © macbiabji to [ the burriiDg ; neld ; .. but , f 8 , . arrivingp they- found tfjat $ m , mW ; TO ^ . ^ ,. h ^ . f ^^ fie ' supply « f . J t- i ^ - " % y ^ Hl 4 . mereJy b e of usf iS suggesting the manual-separation' of the " unburnt ' from the burmng portions' } 'and the . c ' ari-ying of the former to a pliice of eafety , b "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1638/page/7/
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