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2 flE WOLYERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY . On Holiday next , the doors of Westminster gall will again be thrown open . The gentlejnen of the ' longrobe' will once more busil y p ly their vocation of makin g black look white , or vice versa , the stir and bustle of active practice succeed the piping dreary times of the * long vacation . ' With the resumption of the Courts , Trill come the settlement of the great
question mooted at Stafford , and referred to { he Court of Queen ' s Bench for consideration and adjudication . The prosecutors will call for sentence upon the ' convicted conspirators ;' out before that is passed , the conspirators , by their Counsel , will have something to say against the conviction , not only because it affects themselves personally , but because they believe that the rights and liberties of the whole of the working classes of this country are involved in the decision .
It ia important to remember distinctly wtat ia the question at issue . The Counsel for the defence will not have to argue that violence , threats , or intimidation are lawful or tolerable —they will not have to palliate or extenuate acts iujurious either to persons or property , in the pursuit of an object hitherto regarded by our judges as a legal one in itself . No , the essential question they will have to raise for discussion and decision by the Judge 3 is this :
—Have the working men of Great Britain a right , by the existing law , to refuse to work for less than the price they put on their own labour , and to persuade , peaceabl y and reasonably , their fellow workmen to adopt the same standard , and co-operate for its attainment ? It is impossible to imagine a more momentous question for labour I If it be answered in the negative , the operatives of thiB country will te placed in an infinitely worse position than the bond slaves , over whose miserable fate we
hear so many lamentations from professing liberals at home . They will , until the law , according to Justice Eble and the Stafford Special Jury , is altered , have no option but to accept whatever wages any master may offer them , or to pay the penalty of refusing by going to prison . The freedom of capital means , as a corollary , the positive and literal slavery of labour . Every one will admit that before coming to
such a conclusion as this , nomean 3 ought to be left untried to ascertain what the law xeally is . At present the authorities are exceedingly conflicting . Baron Holer flatl y contradicts Justice Ekie . JSaj , all the previous judicial expositions of the law from the Bench left the | right of persuasion intact . Justice EltlE has given it a new reading , and it remains to be seen whether the innovation will be recognised by the Court of Error .
It will be recollected that there were two trials at Stafford . In Bumming up the evidence at the close of the first , the Judge very decidedly stated that it was an offence to persuade free . men to leave their employment . The Counsel for the defence took exception to this ruling , and stronly denied that it was law , . backing up that denial by quotations from summings-up of two o £ the most eminent judges of the preBent age—the late Chief
Justice Tixdal and Mr . Baron Kolpe . It would appear that these authorities somewhat shook Mr . Justice Ekle ' s dogmatism , for in bumming up on the second trial , he expressed himself in a less decided manner , though still adhering to the opinion that his exposition of the law was better than either of the two able judges we have named . Symptoms of wavering were perceptible in several places , but at length he put the case to the jury in the following words : — .
Bat , gentlemen suppose any of the defendants are acquitted Ofall those cksses ( ofeounts ) . intlyo ; is ) iould Still be of opinion that the combination was tor the , purpose of obstructing Messrs . Perry in carrying On their business , and so to force them to consent to this book of prices , and in pursuance of that concert they persuaded the freemen , and gave money to tbe freemen , to leave tbe employ of Messrs . Perry , the purpose being to obstruct him in his manufacture , and to injure him in his business , and so to force his consent , I am of opinion that that also wonld be a violation in . point of law . That is tJie class of counts in respect of which the learned counsel for the defendants bare claimed a right to dispute the proposition in point of law .
In opposition to this we place the law as laid down by Baron Rolfe in the case of Jones and Foils against Selsby and others , tried at Liverpool in 1847 . The mechanics in the employ of the prosecutors strnck £ > r what they considered a sufficient cause , and in carrying out the strike they persuaded the men employed by the refra . ctory firm to leave it , and they also
persuaded others who were about to hire themselves , not to do so . How this was all that was charged against the members of the Central Committee , and all—according to the ruling of Justice Erlb himself—that could be substantiated against them , though the over-28 alous jury , in the teeth of that summing up , and the utter absence of evidence on any other count , returned a verdict of guilty on all the counts I
Well , this being the crime of which the members of the Central Committee , Mr . Uowzaxds , the Local Secretary , and other defendants were really gailty , let us hear irom Baron Holfe its legal turpitude aud liability to punishment : — Xow it is douMesa lawful for people to agree among themselves not to work except upon certain terms ; that being so , I am not aware of anv illegality in their peaeeaMy trying to persuade otliers to adopt the same view . Jf it is lawful for half a dozen people to agree together and say , " Why , we will not work unless Messrs . Jones and Potis " raise our wages , ' * so it is perfectly reasonable TO sax to a third JUS , " you had better do that too . "
This , of course , wasn ' t a pleasant doctrine to the Counsel for the prosecution—so he took exception to its soundness . How much he gained l > y the interruption -we shall see : — If my statement of tho law is wrong , I am sorry for it . The men agree not to work for Jones aud ¦ Potta , except oa certain terms ; one of them is that taey should employ more skilled workmen . Mj opinion is , that if there was no other object than to persuade people not to work except for certain wages—and not to work under certain regulations "" complied with in a peaceable way , Viat it was not illegal . If I am wrong I am sorry for it ; but mi OttSIOX IS THAT THAT IS THE LAW .
Here it wiJl be seen two Judges have given opinions , diametrically opposite , on this very important and vital question to the industrial population of this country . Need we say one word to prove the absolute necessity of having the matter authoritatively and definitely decided ? It is to be regretted , that the elevation of Sir . Baron ItOLFE to the Vice-Chancellorship will deprive the Court of the benefit of his admitted great mental powers , in the
consideration of the question . But his opinion , expressed so clearl y and emphatically at Liverpool , will , no doubt , have its due weight on the miuda of the Judges , with whom the decision will ultimatel y rest . We by no means wish to throw any slur upon the judicial acumen or learning or ability of Mr . Justice Ekle , but it is not too much to sav , that his dictum cannot be placed against that of a -Judge whose great learning and transcendent abilities have placed him in the position of Jud ge of Appeals in the Lords , and given him a
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seat in the House of Peers , avowedly for the , aid of his legal knowledge . We entertain a confident expectation , therefore , that the preposterous verdict at Stafford will be reversed , and that the Judges , in Court assembled , will tell the class of employers represented by the prosecutors , that in thia country working men are free to sell or to withhold their labour , and to talk to their fellow men as if they were rational and reasoning beings , not dumb brute cattle , to be driven at the will of the master class .
We have heard , iudeed , that the yerdictu so utterly absurd and open to exception , from Ha direct opposition both to the evidence and the summing np of the judge , that it is possible the grave point to which we have directed attention will never be mooted at all ; but that a new trial will be moved , in order that the merits may be argued upon a proper basis . We should very much prefer that the question was at once taken on its merits , because it ia extremely desirable that there should benomistake whatever on the subject , either among masters or men . Should the decision be an
adverse one in the Court of Error , there is still the House of Lords to appeal to ; and if that , too , decides against the right of the English workmen to the use of their own limbs , intellect and skill , they could then appeal to the legislature to pass such a law as should make that right clear and indisputable . Should the other course , however , be adopted by the eminent counsel entrusted with the defence , and with whom the decisisowreBts , we apprehend that there can belittle doubt of a new trial being granted . The Messrs Pehbt will in that wise have to begin again ; a job we suspect they will not at all relish , nor feel very thankful to their friends , the special jurors at Stafford , for saddling them with , by their unblushing and over zealous partisanship .
Perhaps , madewieeby their past experience , and finding that it is not just so easy to catch and imprison the workmen who will not bow to their dictation , nor submit to be their bondslaves , as they imagined—they will let the matter drop . The Trades , we are certain , would prefer to fight the battle fairly out , now that their hand is in . But if the Messrs . Perky do shrink from tho contest , the victory
will not be less palpable and conclusively with the working classes . It will be a warning to other persons of the earns stamp not rashly to cool : np indictments for conspiracy , which must entail upon themselves an amount of expense , anxiety , and loss of time and character , almost incalculable ; and which at the last may break down and leave them nothing but vexation and disgrace in return .
Tho ' Times' rediculed and sneered at the idea of carrying tho question from Stafford into Westminster Hall . It will ere long , we hope , see that it was not so very ridiculous after all . If the United Trades , by their combiued funds , show the employers that they can play at litigation , and avail themselves [ of the glorious uncertainty of tho law , as well as tho holders of long purses , prosecutions will not be so rife as inclination would dictate Of ty anny desire , They will learn to let 'I dare not , ' wait upon ' I would , ' and to fear the combined intelligence and resources of men , who will neither be tempted nor goaded into violence or outrage , and who are prepared to fight law with law .
We are happy to learn that throughout the country the case has been warmly aud generously taken up by the trades . They perceive how directly and how deeply every man , who depends on his labour , for the subsistence of himself and family , is interested in it . We need scarcely recommend tho provincial and local committees , in conclusion , to forward their contributions at once to the Central Defence Committee , which has nobly and so ably fought this important and momentous battle for the rights of labour . Jfow ' s tbe day , and now ' s the hour . Up and be stirring ! Quit yourselves like men !
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ment , and had proposed that tile ttien should pay a fine of £ 1 for havitig illegally struck 7 a r , the fine was to be devoted to the funds of the Bury Dispensary . ' The men had refused to comply with the proposal . Mr , Rhodes enumerated the prices given iff ° { ®[ t 0 * > showing that with the exception ot Manchester , tbe wages at Bury were lower than any other of the surrounding towns in Lancashire .
. Mr . Throughaire said , he was willing to give as high a price as any that had been mennoaBQV ; he \ y as not opposed to men keeping up their wages , as he had lent them as much as ± , 5 at once to keep up their wages . The next mistake is that Mr . Rhodes is represented to have said , the workmen had consented to go back to their work , on condition that Mr . Th * ° "S haip » . - Oharles , and Mr , Shaw , and Mr Gregg would pay a fine of 10 s . each to the club . This is not true , what was said was , that the masters had got their own way , as for as getting certain work done at Manchester ; but the two men who had stopped with Mr . aregg instead of striking with the rest of the men should be fined 10 a . each . ¦
* gnawer to a person in the meeting , Mr . Rhodes said , there were only three or four closers iu Bury , and their wages would average about £ 1 per ^ qq t ^ . workmen in other branches could onl y get 12 s . per week . Mr . Throughaire said , he had not a man that did not get 15 s . per week ; he made an appeal to an old man in the meeting who had worked for him for years , as to whether his wages did not average 15 s . per week . In reply , the oJd man said , his wages had not run more than 8 s . or 9 s . per week .
Several Shoemakers spoke of the low scale of wages which had been " paid , and Mi . Rawlmson , a person , in the Iron Trade , said that they ought to receive twice as much ; a discussion took place between Mr . RawJinson and Mr . Thougliaire , and afterwards several person in the body of the room addressed tbe meeting ; after a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting broke up at near eleven o ' clock . It
was announced at the meeting that the men would open a shop on the following day , for the purpose of employing those on strike , Instead of tramping , as is usual in such cases . The body have commenced the plan of selfemployment , instead of wasting its funds in useless warfare . They have already twelve men at work , and every prospect " of good support from other trades . —W . R .
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The Arctic Expedition . —We have much satisfaction in learning that Captain Penny ' s crew havo presented him with a handsome silver snuff box in proof of their gratitude and attachment , and that the same compliment has been paid to his second in command , Captain Stewart , of the Sophia . A vote of thanks has also been presented to them by the seamen of the port of Aberdeen , to mark their sense of what may be accomplished by appealing to the better feelings of men . —Evening Paper , Lord Palmersto . v . and thk . Neapolitan Government , —Tho " Independence" of Brussels , and subsequently our own papers , publish a note addressed by Lord Pulmerston to Prince Castelcioala , the Neapolitan Minister in London , of which the
following ia the substance : — " Prince , —I have had the honour to receive your litter of tho 9 th , accompanied by a pamphlet entituled , Tho Neapolitan Government and Mr . Gladstone , ' awl copies of which you beg me to forward to tho Royal Ambassadors at the different Courts of Europe . I bog to reply , that I cannot accede to your request , not wishing to assist in disseminating a publication which , in my opinion , neither- does honour to its author nor to the government which it seeks to defend , nor to the political party of which ho makos himself the champion I feel myself compelled to declare that the letters ot Mr , Gladstone to Lord Aberdeen , presented the sad picture of a system of illegality , injustice , and cruelty , such as no one
could believe could have been practised in our day in an European country . The information which I have receive' ] from different sources has led me to the conclusion , that Mr . Gladstone has in no way exaggerated tho evils which he depicts . On tho contrary , he appears to have had for his objects to call public attention to abusea which , if they were to longer endure , would necessarily sap the foundation of the Neapolitan Government , and would open the road to those violent explosions which sooner or latter burst forth when injustice is prolonged and aggravated The Government of Naples will be much mistaken if it imagines that a pamphlet , oonsisting of a flimsy tissue of baro assertions and reckless denials , mixed up with coarse ribaldry and
commonplace abuse of public men arid political parties , will accomplish any useful purpose or render any real service to the government on irhose behalf it appears to have been written . And I muafe take leave to obsorvo th : ifc there are admissions , direct and indirect , iu Mr . Macfavhne ' s pamphlet , wUich go far to establish tho conclusions which he professes an intention to overthrow . —Pjilmebston . " \ JFeabful Occurrence . — Bradford . — Early on Monday morning , as tfio first train of coal waggons , thirteen in ' number , were passing from the stationary engine , Bowling , to tho coal stage at the bottom of Duke-stveet , and vfhen midway , the wire ropo attached to tho train suddenly snapped asunder ; the breaksman let down the break on two of the waggons , hut finding tho velocity become so
great he threw himself off , and fortunately escapod unhurt . The waggons travelled down the incline at a fearful rate , fiow along the stage , broke into a weaving shed at the end of tho tram road , and out at the opposite side of the shed . Ono waggon waa imbedded in tho dam which bounds tho shed , and four remained inside . Four women were dreadfully bruised and lacerated ; they were speedily removed to the infirmary , and little hopes are entertained of their recovery . Two hundred pounds worth oi damage is done to tho shed and machinery . A largo portion of the coal stage ia broken into fragments , and were it not that tho weavers aro on short time , and had not commenced 'working the wholu of the looms , the loss of life would havo been dreadful .
It is said that Lord Fitzalan Howard , who lately married Miss Talbot , is about to follow the example of his father , the Duke of Norfolk , and turn Protestant . Caution to the Poblic—Base Coin . —Tho officers of her Majesty's Mint have received infovmation that the coiners in the metropolis have adopted a new process for the production of baso coin , with which it is of some importance tho public should be acquainted . There are at the present time in circulation a large quantity of counterfeit halfcrowns , which havo been produced from dies in brass , and ihen electro-plated with silver , and by this method the baso coin has much more the appearauce of silver than that produced from moulds , many of the defects apparent in the latter being by the new process altogether avoided . For instance the milling round the eUge of the coin Struck from the die ia as perfect as that on coin issued from the
Mint ; and it ia well known that the greatest difficulty the coiner had to contend against was , to mill the edge of the spurious' equal to the genuine coin . To these brass half-crowns , tho little " coin detectors" jiow in general use are of no avail , for they caiinof be bent by them . The preparation of these dies'is rather an expensive affair , and one set have already found their way into th « possession of tho authorities . These half-crowns have been pronounced tho best imitations of the genuine coin yet produced , and they are only to ho detected by the peculiarity of the ring ami by their weight , being Jigliter by ono pennyweight than tho genuine halfcrown . The moulded counterfeit half-crown is about three pennyweights lighter . Tho police are endeavouring to trace tho manufacturer of this spurious coin , theve being reason to believo that all the half-crowns of this character at present in circulation have emanated from one source .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Thcsittings of the court for the Octoberarijourned Quarter Sessions , were resumed on Monday morning at tho Guildhall , Westminster , by adjournment from Clerkenwell , before Mr . Sergeant Adams , Assistant Judge ; Mr , Pownal , Oaptnin Hangler , and Mr . Turner . There were forty-nine cases of felony anil seven of misdemeanour for trial . Charles Pickton was indie . ed i ' or stealing fourteen cwt , of printed paper , of the value of £ 220-, the property of John Croomes , his master . —The jury found , the pvisone * guilty , auA he was sentenced to one year ' s hard labour . Charles Moss , 32 , was indicted for having stolen two feather beds and other articles , value £ 8 , the property of the Great Western Railway Company . The prisoner was acquitted .
George Morris , 19 , was indicted for stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from tho Avmy and Navy Club-house , where he had been employed as waiter . Ha was found Guilty , and sentenced to six months' hard labour . William Burgess , 25 , who was skated , to bo the son of a coach-builder , pleaded guilty-to an indictment in which he was charged wish fraudulently db ~ taining by false pretences frc-si , William Druse a quantity of timber , value £ 52 , wifch , latent t& cheat him thereof . —Tho Cour , t SQJi ' t 6 ft&fiii film .. tO . thrCfi months' Lard labour ,
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MANSION-HOUSf . - * A Brdte ~ Jn ) , n n was charged with haying vioJentl y as aulSffi wifc .-The complainant , who had hot rerj > £ foxtail excellent husband , described tho treatment aho received from thedefendant as likely , if bontinued a little longer , to make her follow the former to tho grave ; and a policeman , who witnessed the outrage , and took the assailant into custody , not only confirmed her testimony , but proved an assault upon himself , inflicted no doubt because ho
interfered to save her from greater violence . —The Lord Mayor sentenced the defendant to imprisonment for seven days ; and soon afterwards the fellow was brought again before his lordship , charged with having knocked hia wife down when she went to speak tohim upon , his departure from the cell in which ho had been confined at the Mansion-house . — The Lord Mayor directed that tho complainant should , at the end of the imprisonment of her husban . l , appear against him , and . stated that the defendant must , at that time , give bail for hia good conduct for three months .
. Attusipird Suicidb , —A young man named Wil-Iwn Collins was chained with haying attempted to destroy himsi-Jf .-A policeman said ; I » avr the defendant sitting on one of tho BeatH on Londonbridge for tome time , and asked him why he did not go home . He aaid it waa his intention to sh there until midnight , when all would be quiet , and he would then take a turn over tho bridge into the water I spoke to him about the folly of ouob & tiung , but he aaid there was no use in talking to him , as he was determined to fling himself into the water . 1 then took him to the station-house , on our way to which be said he had robbed his master and been deserted by his friendB , and had no chance of getting into any place in this world . —Another
policeman said , the defendant bad been taken beforo the magistrate at WoraUip-stveet , chai ^ ou with htiviu endeavoured to out his throat . —The Lord Mayor : And what story did he tell there?—Policeman : He said just the same thing , and the magistrate discharged him , believing that he would not attempt anything of tho kind again . —Tho Lord Mayor : Then wu have every reason to believe that his oljecfc is to excite sympathy . A groat many persons aro in the habit of visiting the recesses of London-bridge , for the purpose of moving compsiBsion , and with the view to check the practice , I shall commit the defendant if he do not produce bail'to lvecp the peace for three months , Cominittuii : ¦ . .
bOUTHWARK . —Attempted Robbery . —James Bentley , a powerful-looking young fellow , was charged with committing a violent assault on Alfred Pratt , an officer of the customs , with intent to rob him . —Prosecutor stated that about half-past five on Monday evening lie was proceeding borne along tho [ Jorouglwoad , and while crossing Read ' s-roff he saw a crowd colJeoted round a , man who was illtreating a woman . As soon as he got aim > ng them he perceived they wero all bad characters , and while attempting to get away a female threw n shawl over his head , and drew it tight , while some one ulso attempted to pick his pockets . lie struggled hard for ; v minute or so , find succeeded iu getting the ahawi off hia head , when the prisoner came up , and using most disgusting language
struck him a violent blow on tho eyes . He was about to repeat it when a policeman fortunately came up , aud the mob of persons dispened . lie , howevor , caught hold of the prisoner , and , with tho assistance of the police constable , secured him and conveyed him to the police station . —The magistrate asked him whether the prisoner was the party who attempted to rob him?—Prosecutor replied that he thought it was a female who did that , but the prisoner struck him . The shawl waa dva . wn very close round his r . eck , and nearly choked him . —In answer to tho Ghaige , the prisoner said he saw tho complainant ill-using his wife , when he pushed him off . A policeman then came up and took him into custody . —The magistrate said there could bo no doubt a robuery vm \ wlewied , \ yut there wna no
evidence to implicate the prisoner in that ; he had , however , committed ; i violent assault , for which ho should fine him £ 5 or one month ' s imprisonment . OLERKENWBLL . —Chakoe op MunDKit . —Mr . Thomas Davies , fruiterer and greengrocer , of JSo , 8 , Vernoii-place , B . ignigge-wells-road , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combo , charged by Ser » eant Martin , No . 18 G , with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Deborah Davies , his wife . The case excited great interest in the neighbourhood , and the court was crowded by respectable inhabitants to hear tho proceedings . —A number of witnesses were in attendance , but were riot examined , with , the exception of Henry Lewis , a . youth residing at Ko . 38 , Great Percy-street , Clerkenwell , who , having been sworn , said that he was in the employ of the
prisoner as trrand-boy . On Friday last he returned to the prisoner ' s house to pursue his business , when tie heard Mrs . Davies say that theprisoner h ^ d been beating her with a shovel . —Mr . Wulselin requested a remand , and the prisoner was accordingly remanded . —The prisoner was formerly a turnkey in the Millbank Penitentiary , a City policeman , and a private soldier . Ho is thirty four , and the deceased thirty-two years of ago . The prisoner was charged on Tuesday with having violently assaulted his wife by which her life was in imminent danger . She died on Tuesday evening at five o'clock ; mortification haying taken place . The event has caused much sensation in the neighbourhood . WOUSHll ' -STllEET .-SiMBBiKo . —George Boa-WOl'tli was charged with stabbing John Davis , an inuependemt . gentleman resident at 13 , Wonlocksireet , A ew North-road . —Prosecutor ata-teu" that
lie had occasion to visit tho Grapes public-house , in Siioreditcli , on Monday evening , for tbe purpose of purchasing a Newfoundland dog . While standing at the bar . the prisoner entered and demanded to _ bo served with liquor , which tho landlord refused , but at hia ( prosecutor ' s ) suggestion , gave him some beer , iu return for which kindness , and because ho could not get spirits , the prisoner turned in fury upon him , and drawing a knife from his pocket , stabbed him in the back , through athick bear-skin coat , which he had since discovered was the sole preventive to a most serious injury . —The kni / e , which is of very singular make , and has very keen hedges , was produced . —Prisoner said ho had been a ieaiuan : tho knife was of the description uaed by American seamen , lie was intoxicated at the time , and now felt sorry fov his conduct . —Mr . D'Eyncouvt fined the defendant £ o , or three months' imprisonment .
THAMES . —Cutting and Wousdino . —Murderous AssAurx—Joseph Ctienfcon , 21 , Beaman , belonging to the brig Cleuton , was charged with feloniously cutting and wounding James Bocher , who at present lies in imminent danger in the hospital . —Saeoh , a policeman , having received in > formation that a young man bad been stabbed at Harris-street , Shad well , on Tuesday night , hastened to the Three Foxes , in Narrow-street , to which tbe wounded man had been conveyed , and there found him in an insensible stato , with a wound in the loft rib . Prom further information Saech went on board the ship , apprehended the prisoner , and received a knife from the captain which had been found on the prisoner . The brig left the river soon after the prisoner was taken . —Edward Freeman
said ho waa drinking with the prisoner and several others , and as they were going along Uatcliffehighway the prisoner flew into a " temper , took out his knife , and was ' goingto do everything with it . ' " Witness saw the prisoner to his ship , and told him to shut up his knifoand say nothing to nobody . When he got on board the captain i-ope ' sended him and took tho knive from him . Witness did not know then that a young man bad been stabbed . They were all close together . —Mr . W . Hose , surgeon , examined ft wounded man at King David-lane station , and found him in a very exhausted 6 tate , suffering from a stub in the baok , immediately beueath the left shoulder-blade , passing betwoen tbe rib into the cavity of the chest , and wounding the lung . It was an extremely
dangerous wound , and the young man waB in great danger . He ( Mr . Hose ) had been fearful that He would have died during the night . The prisoner was reiuaudeii for a week . MARLBOROUGII-STRBET .-Attkmpted fiuicjdb THitoUQU Distress . —William Blackman , a young Irishman of very reduced nppearanee , described as a " master I ' languages , " was charged with Attempting to commit suicide . —Sarah Rogers , 14 , James-street , Haymmket , said the prisoner lodged at her houBe for the last three weeks . She thought from his melancholy appearance and manner that something was wrong with him . On Tuesday night tho prisoner asked for a pen and ink , aa he had something of importance to write he said . Not hearing any atir in his room for about three Lours witness went up stairs to sec how he was . She found a quantity of charcoal in the fonder ,
which was ignited , and which . \\ $ A filled the room wich smoke . On the bed the prisoner was lying , seemingly nearly cone . Witness roused him up , and asked him , if lid meant to destroy himself ? The prisoner replied that was nis intention , and he was sorry he had been prevented by witness . A constable was sent for , and tho prisoner was given into his custody . —The prisoner , who appeared as if ho had experienced severe privation , said for two year he had suffered family and personal losses of all kinds ; he was a native of Sligo , and had been two years in London . —Mr . Har'iwiok said it was a lamentable thing to sea a gentleman of good education and connexion reduced to such a deplorable condition . —After ordering some refreshment to be furnished to the prisoner , the magistral sent him to prison for three days , in order to give him time for his mind to become composed .
BOW-STREET . —Gross Assault . —Dessiu and Gonnell , the latter having his face covered with plaster , having » s he stated fallen off a horse while riding in a state of drunkenness in Smithfield , on Sunday , were charged with assaulting an entire family . — It appeared from the evidence of the complainant , a tradesman named Conyers , and a police-constable , that on Monday night , in Holborn
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I the prisoners made a oauseiej ;* ? most violent at * tack upon husband and wife , black ^ S * & <» e J Me former . —The prisoners pleaded / iruns « . Tnefl 8- "" iuC p 0 'lcf ? stated that' both prisoners wore knowu »» qaau H"iit"n 0 characters . —Mr . Jardine stated that it never ' couW l ) e permitted , that a whole family should be ' att » cked without any provocation and in a gross ma , 7 ue > because the parties who attacked them got drunk / drunkenness was not an excuse for , but an ajrj , " ravati ° n of tho offence . The prisoners muBt eaoh ' pay' 3 flne of £ 3 , or each go to prison for six weeks .
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On Monday the above Court resumed its sitters pursuant toadjournment , withtheusual formalities Perjury . —Joseph Hillinan pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury . Sentence , ono month ' s imprisonment . CHAUOE OF MlSDRMBAXOB JOiJKSr A Clkrotmah . —Alexander Gordon John Bishop , a young niim . of gentlemanly appearance , surrendered to take hia trial upon aohargeof misdemeanor . — -Mr . OlarkBOn , in opening the case , said that tho defendant , who he uuderstood was a clergyman of the cliurcb of England , was charged , with a misdemeanor under the Pawnbrokers Act , and another statute having reference to thesnme subject , in having unlawfully made a false declaration before a magistrate upon the subject of some property that had been pledged
by him at tho shop of Messrs . V . iughan and Cocterell , pawnbrokers , in the Strand , the declaration , implying that he had lost the original duplicates relating to the property . The prosecution waa instituted by a person named Oupitt , who it appeared , had been on intimate terms with tbe defendant , and who had advanced him two different sums of money upon the security of the , duplicates in , Question ., and these duplicates were in hia poa 8 es « sion at the time defendant made the declaration , which was alleged to be false . Tho effect of tho declarations made by the defendant was to enable him to obtain the property from tho pawnbroker's , and the present charge was under these circumstances preferred by the prosecutor against him . The jury having heard the evidence returned a verdict of Not Guilty , and the prisoner waa ordered to be discharged .
RoBBHnY . —Frecheri" von Forster , 25 , a Bavarian , described as a soldier , was indicted for stealing throe £ 20 Bank of England notes , tho property o ( William Peter Jourden , in tho dwelling-house of Thomas Quartermaine . The prisoner , who is unable to speak EngliBh , would have been without any professional assistance but for the kind interference of the sheriffs , at whose instance Mr . Wollett watched tbe case on his behalf . —The prosecutor , who is a merchant and a native of . Oldenberg , was staying at the York Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars , kept by Mr . Quartermaino , «» d the prisoner was also an inmate of the hotel at the same time .
It appeared that the prisoner met M . Jourden at the Argyll Rooms on tho night of the 27 th September , and he introduced himself to him as staying at tho same hotel , anJ he ascertained from him tho number of his room , and tha prisoner soon afterwards went away . Tho prosecutor did not return to the hotel till tho following moruing , and he then found , upon examining a box in his bed-room , that three £ 20 note 3 , part Of a . large 8 uiu of money that he hail placed thevo tho day before , had been stolen . The evidence clearly
established the fact of tho prisoner being the guilty party , as rfc was proved that he wtnt to Andarfcon ' a Hotel , in Fleet-street , immediately after tho robbery must have been committed , and " there changed one of the stolen notes , and having made a representation that he was going away by the South Eastern Railway , it appeared that , instead of doing so , ha took up his abode at Dubourg ' B Hotel , ill the Haymarket , where he was apprehended by Weale , the officer . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . Sentenced to be imprisoned vritu hard labour for twelve months .
Tns Tuny FoRdERT Case . —Ignatius Francis Goyle , a person who has for a long time been extensively connected with turf transactions , and whose name it will be remembered , was mixed up with the celebrated Running-Rein case , surrendered to take his trial upon a charge of feloniously forging and uttering a promissory note for £ 1 , 150 , with , intent to defraud Henry "Viscount Clifdeu —In another count the prisoner was charged with the intent to defraud Alexander M'Eackey Alleyne . —Tho learned Counsel for the prosecution , in opening tho case , said that Captain Alleyne was a young gentleman of family and fortune , who had formerly bean , in the army , and who came from Canada to this country with his rogimeut in 1847 . In the course
of the followiug year he becamo acquainted with the prisoner , who , he was instructed , was a discounter of hills , and also the keeper of a betting establishment in tho neighbourhood of Leicestersquare ; and it would appear that ho waa not only induced to enter into betting transactions with the prisoner , but also to advance him very large sums of money , amounting altogether to many thousand pounds , not one farthing of wbioh ho could ever hope to receive buck . Upon the occasion of tha Derby race in 1850 Captain Alleyno lost a very considerable sum of money , not only upon beta of Ilia own , but upon bets that he had made on behalf and with the sanction of the prisoner ; and being desirous to obtain some money after the race from tho
prisoner on account of ilia debt , lio applied to him on the subject . The instrument which proved the ground of the inquiry had been handed over by the prisoner to the prosecutor in January , 1850 , as focurity for the money ho had advanced , and also as security for a further sum of money which the pro * Beoutor advanced to him at that period . It was in the form of a promissory note , dated 30 th of November , 1849 , at six months' date , and indue course would become due upon tbe 3 rd of June , 1850 . Shortly before the promissory note arrived at maturity the prosecutor , in consequence of tho heavy loss he had sustained at Epsom , was pressing the prisoner for paymont , and a cirouinstanco then
occurred which appeared to him could leave no doubt upon the mind of the jury of the guilt of the prisoner . lie should be able to prove that the prisoner made an appointment with tho prosecutor at Furniral'a Inn , and that he upon that occasion , in the presence of the brother of the prosecutor , admitted that th 6 Bignature of Viscount Clifden was a forgery , and entreated tho prosecutor not to take proceedings against him . Captain Alloyne wa 3 naturally unwilling to prosecute a person with Whom ho had boon on such intimato terms , and being only desirous to gat his money back , he agreed to take a promissory noto from the prisoner for what ho considered to be the amount of
money due to him , and tho prisoner at the samo time gave a memorandum , in which he admitted ia effect that the promissory note was a forgery .- —The jury found the prisoner Guilty of uttering the . instrument knowing it to bo forged . —Sentence was deferred . Massuughier . —A middle-aged man named W . Scaddle , was itidioted for the manslaughter of John Thomas Taylor , —It appeared from tUo ovidenco that the prisoner and the deceased wore in Type-street , St . Luke ' s , on the 18 th inst ., whea some dispute arose between them as to the value of tbe deceased ' s services . The deceased , who was a labourer , Baid he was worth three shillings a day , but the prisoner refused to a » ree to tho
proposition , and thereupon the deceased made use of some works which induced the prisoner to strike hill ) . The blow hit tha deoensod under the right ear and knocked him down . In tho fall his head oame in contact with a shop window , and he lay upon tho ground perfectly motionless . Some of the bystanders lifted him up and carried him to a surgeon ' s in the neighbourhood , where he was found to be quite dead . The prisoner offered no assistance after he struck the latal blow , but remarking that the deceased deserved nil he had got , he coolly walked avraj . The deceased , who uever Bpoke or moved after he fell , had fifteen shillings in his possession ; and tbe rnodioal man who afterwards made A post mortem examination of the body , attributed the death to the effusion of blood on tbe
brain , whioh might have been caused by a blow under either e ; ir . —Mr . Parry addressed tho jury for the defence , and Btated that no cue more regretted the accident than tbo prisoner , but the injury sustained by tho deceased ' s brain was not produced by the blow of the prisoner , which , was strutk with no considerable violence , but the deceased being very drunk at the time , slipped upon the korb-6 tone , and fell back upon his head .. —Witnesses were called in support of the defence , who represented thut the blow was a mere box on the ear , and declared that the deceased wan the vror 3 O for drink at the moment of the accident , which occurred about five minutes past one o ' clock in tho afternoon . —The learned judge gummed un » and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and ho was sentenced to . fourteen days' imprisonment .
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r foHTOWL BB , at the Bradford election , we are * « BDO 3 ed to believe that ia tha general ^ lotion of the Chartists throughout the cou ntry . The adoption of such a course does not -jply either concession or compromise . It UiTutip ly taking a shortcut towards the nlti iaato object . If we can enfranchise four mil lions out of six next year , it will be much eas ier to enfranchise the remaining two millions tban it ia now to ghe the Tote to five millions outside of the Constitution . «™_— . , ?—— „ . ^__
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . M . Bonaparte lias , at length , succeeded in patching up a hybrid-cabinet , partly composed of obscure members of the Assembly , and partly of provincial functionaries , who have been summoned from their local duties to aid the would-be CffiSAK in his efforts to clutch the Imperial purple . They are a lot of nobodies , and must themselves be quite as much astonished at becoming ministers as everybody else is at seeing them in that
position . This is the second time that M . Bonaparte has been driven to the necessity of appointing an extra parliamentary cabinet , in consequence of the dissensions between himself and the Parliamentary . majority . Of course , it ia understood that men who occupy that position are the mere creatures of his will , aud possess no inhiiEterial responsibility whatever . They will he the mouthpieces and head clerks of their master—and that is all—during their occupancy of office , which must of necessity be very short .
In tue meantime , as far as can be ascertained—with the exception that they have consented to propose the repeal of the law of May—their administrative policy will be precisely that of their predecessors—repression . M . Eauchek left as a parting legacy two departments placed under martial law ; and the Piiesidesx Btudiously attempts to conciliate the support of the reactionary parties , by declaring his intention to persist in the game coercive , barbarous , aud tyrannical course which has characterised the Avhole of his maladministration .
We should not be surprised to find in the end that the proposal to re-invest the people with the franchise , of which they were robbed by the combined traitors in the Assembly and the Ely see , turns oat a sham . Rather than give the masses the power of fashioning and controlling their own destinies , and ruling their own affairs , there is scarcely any sacrifice tho factions aro not prepsired to make , and ,
cordially as they hate each other , they hate aud detest the idea of popular sovereignty still more . But it is a consolation to kuow that however these gamblers for power—these tricksters and adventtiTeTB , may twist and turn , and manoeuvre , their plots must fail to secure the object they have in view . The only certain result must be their own discomfitureperhaps appropriate punishment , for their crimes against the people .
In other parts of the Continent , Absolutism is for the moment triumphant . Everywhere tbe iron heel of Despotism is placed on the necks of the people . But it does not follow that the tyrants are , therefore , easy or secure in their positions . On the contrary , all their acts prove them to be haunted by a sleepless consciousness of the futility of all their at tempta to ward off the terrible day of reckon ing which approaches . The course of events in Prance , especially , causes them the most trembling anxiety . That is the point to which all eyes are turned , as the centre from which the new Revolution will leap iuto . life and vigour , and from which the fiery torch will once more be carried over the length and
breadth of the Continent , and summon tbe people to struggle again for freedom . To prevent this , as Jar as possible , the despots are moving masses of troops in the direction of the French frontier , and putting forth announcements , which avow their intention to quench the first indications of a renewed strangle in blood . But events will prove too strong for them . Their bankrupt exchequers cannot long sustain the cost of the immense armaments they keep on foot to repress the impulsive and instinctive aspirations of mankind after freedom . The very means and appliances on which they depend , only add to the burdens of their peoples , render their ty ranny more unendurable and iucrc « 66 the
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an SHOEMAKERS' STRIKE .
TO THE EDITOK OF THE NOKTHERN STAR . Bin , —By inserting an account of a public meeting , held in Bury on Wednesday last , for the purpose of explaining the cause of the Shoemakers' strike , you will greatly oblige the journeyman Shoemakers of Bury , as there are two great mistakes in the accounts given by the ' Manchester Examiner and Times / and also in tho ' Guardian ; ' and the Star ' being the chief paper read by our craft , wo wish through its columns to make it as public as we can as to the truth of our statements at tbat meeting . "We also iu tend to wait upon the reporter , and try to get it set right iu those two papers . On Wednesday evening , the 22 ad ultt > a public meeting was held in the Old Sessions Room , for the purpose of explaining the cause of the Shoemakers' strike . Mr . H . Sykes , cap manufacturer , occupied the chair . Mr . Wni . Rhodes , in a lengthy address , pointed out the origin of the strike , stating that some time ago a reduction of 8 d . per pair was agreed to , winch made a difference in the amount of wages equal to 4 s . per week . The masters at that time assured the men that no further re-< l \ lCtMMi would \) S attempted . Soon after Christmas last , however , the masters sent iu another statement . of prices , reducing the wages again . They had also taken the boot-closing to Manchester , where only 3 s . 6 d . per pair was paid for closing , while at Bury the price is 4 s . 2 d . for long Wellington boots . After reading several letters , the speaker stated tbat tbe men had come to a resolution that if they were not permitted to do the boottops , they would not do tho bottoms . They had suffered the wages for closing to be reduced 6 d . per pair , but still the masters took work to Manchester , keeping their own men half employed , and consequently the strike had f . akfiii ulaco .
W . Fawkes said the Shoemakers' Society had been in existence nearly forty years , its object was to relieve the sick and persons out of employment ; the club also indemnified the master from loss , providing any of the hands in tllO club embezzled their property ; the club was also established for the protection of wages . Mr . Thruughaire , one of the masters whose men havo struck work , addressed the meeting . He said , if he had done harm to any man in the trade , he would not have shown his face there . He had been an employer more than twenty years , and he had never taken a shilling from the working man , nor had he willingly kept him waiting for work when he had the opportunity of getting-it for him . He considered the reasons assigned for the Strike were very frivolous , and that tbecombination would be injurious to the trade . The reason why he took the boot-closing to Manchester was in order that he might have his work done by firstrate workmen who were accustomed to such work , and the cost of having them done at Manchester was from 2 s . to 3 s . per pair more than he would have to pay at home . In his opinion , if the masters were as big tyrants as the men , not one of them could live . The inasterB in Bury paid higher wages than wore paid ia any town in the world . They were
paying , on an average , id . per pan- more tnan was paid in Manchester for the same work . He had taken none to Manchester but patent boots and top-hoots , and they were closed by club men . Mr . Charles had got a , pair of boots closed in Manchester , and the Bury men had refused to do tho bottom part of the work . Here is ono oftho mistakes that 1 referred to ; the Manchester papers say , ' and he ( Mr . Throughaire ) having assisted Mr . Charles , the workmen had struck at his shop in consequence '—but here is the fact : tho workmen of Mr , Throughaire and Mr . Shaw never did 6 trike ; those two masters turned off their men upon tho ground that they must either open the shops of Mr . Charles and Mr . Gregg , or leave the society altogether . If they did not do that they ' Jwould not give them any moie work . Thea Mr , Tliroughaire goes on to say , Taej had , endeavoured to make an arrange .
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desperation and ithe energy with which the masses will straggle to break the fetters by which they are shackled . KosSuth , free in England , and speaking to the tfprld through the medium of the Press : K 0 S 8 VTH honoured and influential in the United States , ready for action when the moment arrives : MazZINI patient , indefatigable , exercising in his exile more power in Italy than even the Emperor of Austria with all his armies : These are the things which make Despotism tremble \
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" hTe ' s received Fob thk Week Ending Thursday , October 30 < rn , 1851 . NATI 6 NAL CHARTER FUND . Received by W Hides . —J . S ., Chippenham 6 a . »«• ceived by John Aenott . —A . Butleigh , Glastonbury Is—MertliyrTydvil . perJ . Q » ven 8 s—Bindley , per J . Wild 138 W 1 -Leigh , per Messrs . Cook and Hall £ 1—Devonpovt , per J . Grose 10 s—Wigai , per J . I' . iUon 5 s—Bristol per W . Bnenan 2 s-Exeter , per S . Bumson 4 s ^ -Yarmouth , per T . Fisher 4 s 3 d—Bolton , per J . Leadbeater 9 s—Coventry , per A . Yates 5 s 3 d . —Total £ i 2 s 6 d . FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received by John Abnott . —Mr . Keoslake and Men , Somers Town , collected at their Crispin Supper 6 s .
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Doncombb , Esq ., M . P ., President . " put justitia . " " If it Wfire possible for the working classe 3 , l > y combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would pea thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced af . " ' ' 5 TBABT MlLl . GEORGE WYNN AOAIN ! A few weeks since this Journal contained an ample and complete refutation of a story trumped up by this person for the purpose of damaging the members of the Central Committee in the estimation of the trades . Find * ing that he was . likely to be foiled in his object by the crushing exposure , he has addreesed a lengthy epistle to the Wolverhampton Herald , in which he reiterates the charge , and supports it by what we may call the lie circumstantial , and aheap of ingenious fictions and assumptions that are more creditable to his inventive faculty than his veracity . The version he gives of the part taken in the affair by ourselves , is purely imaginary in all its leading incidents , and we give it the most unqualified contradiction ; while as to the charge itself , thejj [ following letter will set the matter at rest for ever : —
, Southampton Buildings . October 24 , 1851 . G 2 NTLEME . V , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from you , calling my attention to a letter signed " George Wynn , " in the Wolverhampton Herald of the 22 nd instant . In reply , I beg to state that before the late trials at Stafford , certain communications passed between tUe counsel on both sides , which were strictly private , confidential , aud without prejudice . As to them , iny lips are sealed , such communications never being made public without a gross breach , of professional etiquette , but injustice to you , I am bound to add that whatever those communications were , you were perfectly ignorant of them . My instructions from you and your solicitor , hi * . Roberta , were upon no account whatever to enter into any compromise , but to contest the prosecution throughout aa involving an important privilego of the Working Classes . And from what I know of your opinions and conduct in reference to the late trials , I believe each of you would havo preferred imprisonment for life rathor tban sacrifice one iota of your principles , or tho interests of your fellow defendants . In justice to myself , I also add , that I never made any proposition to any one to abandon or sacrifice the Wolverhatnpton defendants in order to rescue the London delegates . Any such statement , no matter from what quarter it comes , is untrue . 1 am sure , after thia auBWer , you will agree with me in the propriety of my declining any further correspondence on the subject . I am , gentlemen , faithfully youra , J . UUMFRKY . S PAROT . Messrs . Green , Peel and Winters .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1650/page/5/
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