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33- The Secretaries of Trades' Unions and othei bodies associated to protect and adTance the interests of Labour \ rill oblige by forwarding report 3 of Trades ' Meetings , Strikes , * aud other information affecting the social position of the Working Classes . NATIONAL ASSOC IATION OF UNITED TRADES . 2 ifi , Tottenham-court-road , London , " mt jcsniii . " " If it were possible for the workiaj classes , by combining amon * themsilves , to raise , or keep up the general rate o wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing nottobi j . ttnisbed , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at " - Steast . Mat . The most remarkable and important case 3 of disputes between labour and capital that have occurrec since the Grand Consolidated Trades' Union o : Great Britain ia 183 i , have unquestionably been th <
recent ones of tin Wolverhatnptou Tin-plate Workers , and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers . But there is this remarkable and importanUcature which distinguishes these latter cases from the former—that , whereas , the great strike of the tailors of that period was a pure act of aggression , TsitUout any previously attempted negotiation , or adequate notice , the renent cases urero strictly of a defensive and conservative character , and distinguished throughout a long and patus-taking negotiation , by an entire absence of those irritating and repulsive circumstances , which have been heretofore the usual concomitants of labour ' s contentions with capital . In both these
instances , the concessions sought were indisputabl y jast and roasonablo : were acknowledged so by inflaentlal and impartial judges ; yet , nevertheless , they were claimed less as matters of right than of favour . This novel and improved mode of procedure by working men caused evident surprise and perplexity to the ' lords of capital . ' They found themselves placed on the horns of a dilemma , either to refuse claims , which by their self evident resonableness and justice , they could not with any decency reject , or to surrender upon the altar of equity , usurped powera and advantages to which they had not a shadow of an equitable claim , although long enjoyed by them , to their own aggrandisement , at the expenBB of the rights , and by the manifest and direct injury
of their workmen and their families . That men of high standing , of reputed honour and character , who , they would pretend , form the chief elements in that comercial pedestal upon which is raised the prond fabric of England ' s glory and greatness ; that such men should of these two alternatives choose the meanest and the basest , can only be attributed to the lamentable influence which the withering avarice of trade has upon the morals and characters of those ¦ within its influence . The aphorism of the camel and the needle ' s eyo is strictly and logically true . If we may judge of their philosophy by their actions , we may suppose they adopted the reasoning of tbe noble poet ^ tho hon . member for Colchester , which , to suit the occasion we thus paraphrase : —
Let law and ri ght , morals and honour die , Bali oh ! preserve to us our class monopoly . Yes , when the new and improved tactics of onion placed them in this difficult and unforeseen position , they came to the determination to pitch all the chivalric feeling of then" order to the winds , and to adopt the illogical motto of the late Dnke of Newcastle , 'I have a right to do as Iliko with my own . ' Afld they followed out their magnanimous policy ¦ with a vigour and gallant disregard to all moral results , which led to an ultimate and
flear iy-honght triumph . In tho "W olverhampton case it was pursued in strict accordance with the mental and moral peculiarities of the prime mover in a spirit of the most intense meanness , by the most unscrupulous disregards the chara rter of the means or agents by which the end desired , or a conviction could be accomplished . The Union was to be destroyed , per fas aut nefas—by fair means or foul ; and verily , the latter were not wanting . The heroes of Bucklersbury carried their measures in another fashion Their's was the true Napoleonic coup d'etat . They considered that desperate diseases required desperate remedies , and , like their notorious prototype .
believed that the end would , in the estimation of iheir public , justify the means , however unusual and despotic . The history « f these struggles—the despotic use of the power which union and capital gave to the employers—the unscrupulous efforts of the press , winch should be the guardian and champion of sight and humanity , to mislead public opinion—and the temporary triumph of might over right—are too recent and too widel y-known to need further comment ; and we onl y now allude to these recent occurrences to connect them as parts of a systematic policy by which all future attempts by labour , to
protect its rights , will be certainl y defeated , unless a corresponding change of system and policy is adopted by the working classes . The same spirit , differing only inits mode of manifestation , is to beobserved in the recent proceedings of the Silk Trade of Macclesfield , as reported in our last communication . The operatives there , desirous of some more efficient and less obnoxious mode of settling Trades' disputes , than strikes and turnouts , established a Labour Board , consisting of one-half employers and onehalf employed , with the consent and co-operation of the employers , and with ( we believe ) one of the latter as President . It is difficult to conceive an
arrangement more equitable , or better calculated to secure substantial justice to either party that this , if ite awards were honestly ana honourabl y carried out . For two or three years it worked with great satisfaction to both masters and workmen . JIany old grievances were redressed ; petty encroachmentsthe usual advanced guard of more serious innovations—were prevented ; thecompetitive appetite of the employers , which , like jealousy , ' grows with what it feeds on , ' was kept within reasonable limits ; prices and wages were prevented from sudden and unnecessary fluctuations : and the manufacturing operations of the district went on harmoniously , and , consequently satisfactoril y , and tio doubt beneficially to the history of the town . But there was one ' thing wanting to complete and crown this greatly improved ^ P ^ fFT ? f omettiu S whi ch should render the awards
oi mis iairiy constituted Trades' jury binding upon the honour and consciences of the respective parties . It has been proved , times out of mind , that principle stands no chance when brought into contact with interest . Pledges and promises appsar , by tbe canons of tbe commercial code of morality , to be things made only to be broken and disregarded upon the first favourable emergency . The recent events in Volrahampton , Oldbam and MaccIeEfield , prove incantestibly that the spoken and even written promises of these satraps of Trade are like' dicers' oaths' deceptive and TtortWess . They have been proved to hace been made and entered on for the avowed purposes of deception-to amuEe and cajole the credulous simplicity of unBBspecting delegates
. What a dangerous example ! What a horrible state of moral anarch y shall we be driven into , if this bad example should prove contagious , and all the arrangements and dealings between hbour and capitri are in future to depend nptra this faithless and rotten foundation . The Messrs . Brocsiehnrst , to suit their momentary interests , unhesitatingly ignore the award of the arbitrators they had themselves assisted to appoint . They also assumed 'the right 10 Jo as they liked with their own , ' irrespective , of course , V . 2 ? « £ o ° ? - And the escellent «* ° the Maccle-field B « rd of Trade ia broken up , and all the 25 K » K * S immorality of the 6 t * < j «« re - stored to full and Vigorous activity , and . as a natural cons *
SSsT / h ? " 1 ? ' " ?««««•» convictions and impri-S * Sa of tS * " * WnQCent M ™ in the distant . Sontmun \ ZcZZX * T t 0 ^ » wl ^ " fire «! ar ^ r ^ & 2 ^ June h , 1852 . Willi am PEEt > Seeretaxj .
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MEETING OF MINERS . At a meeting of the Leaton Deleval miners , at which deputations attended from WestCramlingtonand old Cramlington Collieries , the following resolutions were adop . ted : — « Tbat to ensure the greatest possible amount of «« ety to the lives of the miners , the currents of atmospheric •» uwmU be ample and sufficient to carry off all the delewnous and noxious gases given out by the mine j that to ££ Bp ° ? - Bafrty ^ P" frH «« ous , seeing there has ' Th . »^ « - lost « n « their introduction than before . ' onrtttVh nt . nnober of I »« P * toniiidSuMnipeeton ongattobeipiM , eJ ., o visit and examine the mines ( es-
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peciall y those which make tbe most fire-damp ) at least monthly , eo that they may be enabled to point oat the dangers existing , and thereby prevent such frequent loss of life by a timely removal of tbe cause . ' ' Tbat in the opinion of this meeting the efforts made by the Inspector of mines for this district at the various inquests held at Washington , Killingwortb , and Hebburn explosions , have been partial and inadequate , and not calculated to e'icit the truth , notwithstanding the nature of the evidence given by the miners on each of the above c ases , which clearly demonstrated negligence on the part of the managers thereof . '—Matthew Richardson , Chairman . These , or nearly similar resolutions , have also been agreed to at Old Cramiington Colliery , and are being sent up to the Committee of the House of Commons now sitting to examine into the causes of those sad and fearful disasters which disgrace the paw of history of the ninsteenth
century . A petition is being signed by the Lancashire miner 3 based on resolutions of a like nature . Yours , &c , M « JUDE . P . S . —An inquest wa 3 held on the bodies of the two men who were killed by a boiler exp losion at Sp'ttal Tongues Colliery . The evidence went to show that had a whistle been fixed to indicate danger , &d tbe calamity , in all probability , would not have happened . The engineer deposed that there was such an instrument ready on the colliery , bnt that it never had been fixed , for which neglect no reason could be given . The verdict was , as usual , ' Accidental death . ' Sach is ' Crowner ' s Quest Law . '
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rsr We shall be glad to receive Reports of Progress from Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative Associations and Stores , in England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales . Co-operative Store , Bradford , June 22 .- —Since our last report was published we have held regular monthly meetings , at which we have discussed and revised our rules as satisfactory as possible , considering the obstacles which exist and prevent us from enrolling ourselves under the law ; hut now that a Bill has passed the House of Lords " for the better regulating trading societies , " we hope to be amongst those whom it is intended to benefit . We have also had two district meetings , and formed an union catted tbe ' ' Northern Union . " at which Messrs . Hole , Green , and
Eggleston , were requested to draw up a " Constitution , " which will be submitted to an adjourned meeting on Sunday next , the object of the Society being to make joint purchases , and have all the advantages of the wholesale markets . We have also engaged a traveller in tbe stuff trade ( Mr . Job Sutcliffe ) , who will , as soon as possible , visit the different Btores with samples and patterns of Bradford goods , and from our peculiar position , we flatter ourselves to be able to supply Alpacas , Lustres , Orleans , Paramattas , Merinoes , &c , at such prices as cannot fail to satisfy all societies who desire to see fee principles of Co-operation flourish . Our half yearly meeting will take place at the end of the month , and our balance-sheet will show to tbe world that our principles are not only just but practicable . —Joseph Hudson .
Co-operwive League . —Tbe fifth meeting of this body was held on Tuesday . Mr . Smith read a paper on " Education a 9 the only sure and safe means of introducing the new era , " and concluded by expressing his conviction that only by establishing schools for the more rational edudation of youth could substantiaUocinl progress be ensured . An animated discussion ensn ? d , ia which Messrs . XichoIIs , Guine , Owen , R . Cooper , Lloyd Jones , Nasb , and Hart took part , after which the meeting adjourned .
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EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL . COUBT OF QUEENS BENCH . — Mohdat . THE QUEEN v . NEWMAN . CRIMINAL INTORWATIO * ' . This was a criminal information filed by Dr . Gmointo Achilli against John Henry Newman , D . D ., a R ° T > ™ - tholic priest . The information charged tho , defendantw , h zEnAss ^ ti& ^ B feSsrfc'SSs "sssff ^ ssatf ? V his own wrong and without the alleged cause . The Attorney-General , the Solioitor-Generaland Mr . Ellis appeared in rt of the prosecution ; and Sir A . E .
mmw C ^ hTn 7 ' ^ Se ^ rW& Mr jt aimw . ll , q . C ., Mr . Addison , and Mr . Ba « ldeley , for tho defendant . Mr . Ellis having opened the p leading , # The Attohxei-Gesekal stated the case to the WJ . This was a criminal information filed aminrt ? ' •?* " manjor a libel contained in a pamp hlet published in October last year , entitled , " Lectures on the present position of Catholics in England , " by John Henry Isewman , DJ . The prosecutor , Dr . Giaointo Achilli , was an Italian by birth He had been a monk of tho Dominican order , and a priost of the Roman Catholic Church ; he had since embraced the Protestant faith , and was now a preacher of the gospel in tho Italian Protestant Chapel , in the neighbourhood of the
Golden-square . Dr . Xcwman was formerly m communion of tho Established Church , a very distinguished graduate of the University of Oxford ; ho had been converted to the Roman Catholic faith , of which he was now , if not one of the most ablr , certainly one of the most zealous , preachers . Dr . Aehilli , in 1850 , had paid occasional visits to this country , but at tho commencement of tbat year , having roeently escaped from the prisons of tho inquisition at Rome , in which he was confined for six months , he arrived in this country , and had been here ever since . In a pamphlet Dr . Newman undertook that which he considered to be a duty to tho faith lie Had embraced , to destroy the character of Dr . Achilli . In p . 105 he introduced the subject in this manner : —
" 0 tho one-sided intellect of Protestantism ! I appeal in evidencoof it to a great banquet , where amid great applause , the first judgo of the land spoke of trampling Cardinal "Wiseman's hat under his feet . I appeal to tho last 6 th of Novomber , when jeers against the blessed sacrament and its rites wero chalked up in the metropolis with impunity , under the very shadow of the court , and beforo tlio eyes of the Home office and the police . I appeal to the mock processions to ridicule , and bonfires to burn , what wo hold most venerable and snored , not only Pope , and cardinal , and priest , but the very mother of our Lord , and thevery crucifix itself . I appeal to thoso ever growing files of newspapers , whose daily task , in the tedioua succession of months , has been to oater for the gross palate of their
readers all varieties of disgusting gossip , and of bitter reproach , and of extravagant slander , and of affronting , taunting , sneering , irritating , invective against u s , And in the midst of outrages such as those , my brothers of the Oratory , wiping its mouth , and clasping its hands , nnd turning up its eyes , it tvudges to tho Town Hall to hear Dr . Achilli expose the inquisition . Ah ! « Dr . Achilli , I might have spoken of him last week had time admitted of it . The Protestant world flocks to hear him , because he has something to tell of the Catholic Church . He has something to tell it i 9 truo ; he has n scandal to reveal ; he has an argument to exhibit . It is a simple one , and a poworful one as far as it goea , and it is one . . That one argument is himself . It is his presence which is the triumph of Protestants . It ifl the
sight of him which isa Catholic's confusion . It is , indeed , our great confusion that our holy mother could have a priest like him . He feels the force of the nrgument , and he showg himself to the multitude that ia gazing on him . 1 Mothers of Families , ' he seems to say , gontlo maidens , innocent children , look at me , for I am worth looking » t . You do not see such a sig ht every day . Can any church live over tho imputation of such a production , aa I am ? I have been a Catholic and an infidel—I have been a Roman priest and a hypocrite—I have been a profligate under a cowl I am that Father Aohilli , who as early as 1826 was deprived of my faculty to lecture for an offence which my superiors did their best to conceal : and who , in 1827 , had already earned the reputation of a scandalous friar . I am
that Achilli who , in the diocase of Viterbo in February , 1831 , robbed " of her honour a young woman of eighteen ; who in September , 1 S 33 , was found guilty of a second such crime , in the case of a person of twenty-eight ; and who perpetrated a third ia July , 1834 , in the casoof another aged twenty-four . I am he , who was afterwards found guilty of sins similar or worse , in other towns of the neighbourhood . 1 am that son of St . Dominic who is known to have repeated tbe offence at Capua , in 1831 or 1835 ; and at Naples again , in 1810 , in the case of a child of fifteen . lam he who chose the sacristy of the church for one of these crimes , and Good Friday for another . Look on me , ye mothers of England , a confessor against Popery , for ye ' er may look upon my like again . ' I am that veritable
priest , who , after all this , began to speak against , not only tho Catholic faith , but the moral law , and perverted others by my teaching . I am the oavaliere Achilli , who then went to Corfu , made the wife of a tailor faithless to her husband , and lived publicly and travelled about with the wife of a chorus singer . I am that professor in tho Protestant collego at Malta , who , with two others , was dismissed from my post for offences which the authorities cannot get themselves to describe . And now Jattend to me , such as I am , and yon shall Bee what you Bhall see about the barbarity and profligacy of tbe inquisitors of Rome . ' You speak truly , 0 Achilli , and \? e cannot answer you a word . You are a priest ; you havo been a friar ; you are , it is undeniable , the scandal of Catholicism , and the palmary argument of
Protestants , by your extraordinary depravity . You havo been , it is true , a profligate , an unbeliever , and a hypocrite . Not many years passed of your conventual _ life , and . you were never in choir , always m private house ? , so that the laity observed you . You were deprived of your pro ' essorship—wo own it ; you wero prohibited from preaching and hearing confessions ; you were obliged to give hush-money to the father of one of your viotims , as we learn from the official report of the police of Viterbo . You are reported in an official document of tho Neapolitan police to be' known for habitual incontinoncy ;' your name came before the civil tribunal at Corfu for your crime of adultery . You have put the crown on your offoncea by , as long as you could , denying them all ; you have professed to seek after truth , when you were ravenim ?
after sin . Yes , you aro an incontrovertible proof that priests may full , and friara break their vows . You are your own witness ; but while you need not go out of your , self for your argument neither are you able . With you the argument begins ; with you too it ends ; the beginning and the ending you are both . When you have shown yourself , you have done your worst -and your all ; you aro your best argument , nnd your sole . Your witness agairmt others is utterly invalidated , by your witness against yourself . You leave your sting in tho wound ; you cannot hv the golden eggs , for you are already dead . " ' Dr . Achilli felt that he was obliged to apply to the law for vindication of his character agaiust these vile slanders and called on his accusers , in a court of law , to make good tbe charges against him , and he is ready to stand or fall on tuia his day of trial .
The rule of court was then vead , anil the necessary dooumentary evidence ; o prove tho libel . This was the casofor the prosecution . Sir E . Cockburn for the defence , then rose ant ] proceeded to the justification of tbe various charges in the libol The first accusation against Dr . Achilli was that ho had robbed TO ^ L Vlrt n 9 and u n te , ; S w 0 U 1 Hn of e ' 2 hteen at IS ; % T ^ i ! u iier before thG J ury a « d p ™ ° the fact . The libel charges that in the year 1833 Dr . AcMlli committed another such crime ; that was the case of Rosa AUessandris ; and another in July , 1834 For these crimes he was tried ; he confessed them , and was punished . The libel charges that " in tbe year 1 S 26 I was deprived of my faculty to lecture for an off * . ™ w ., i-i ,.., »
, superiors did their bert to conceal . " In that it appeared to be some mistake as to the date ; but the fact * . a that he was so deprived . It says , " and who in 1827 had already acquired the reputation of a Bcandalous friar . " There were yet two more of these crocs , which form tbe subject of fto X » ,. * * »*?* £ "V 0 " of St < Domini (! wh 0 » known to have repeated the offence at Capua in 1834 and 1835 , and at ^ aples-again . in 1840 , in tho case of a child of fifteen . " By his own confession he admitted that ho had committed tliese offences . The name of the girl was Maria Giovanni Principe , now married to a person named Belisario . I 2 taa 5 te '« , 2 r ' M 1 l - POatIli 8 gi ! l h 0 ra ^ ° several ™ t u ; * ? l gOi } ier m a roora of the caapel of a conm ? hV ^ ? - With Child « and thfvt he wa * obliged to make- compensation to the father . The girl is marrie ! now and is a respectable woman . After thif he . Steffi .
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— ' —— - — — ,......-.. — .. . . . . — always that degree of familiarity between the parties which naturally led to unfavourable conclusions . From what was seen going on between Dr . Achilli and this woman it became necessary to close tbe blinds of this and tho adjoining houses , the ladies in which were much aeanda . ued . Dr . Acbilh was seen walking arm-in-arm with this lady , and sitting at table with her , and no doubt was left that a criminal intercourse subsisted between them Tn tho year 1849 , being at Home , during ' the timlHi \ he Revl . lution , he there married a lady named Ileley , according to the rites of tho new Roman Ca-holic Church . Whether or not that was consistent with his vows of perpetual chastity was a question for himself . At the first house in which ho lived in . London there was a maid servant named Harriet ¦ ¦ -
Harris . Ue made use of every effort to seduce that voung woman when she brought him up water , and tried again tho next day . Mrs . Achilli then arrived in London , nnd he desisted from Iii 3 attempts . Though not successful wiih her ( Harris ) , he was successful with another , named Legg . He took a house at No . 11 , Shaftesbury-terrace , Pimlico . Jane Legg was there , she yielded to his solicitation ? , and became with child . But I believe not only Dr . Achilli , but a friend of bis also , who was there , had connexion with her . She went away , and had a child , who died of tho small-pox , and it appeared that though Dr . Achilli-never did anything for her , he never denied ' that ho had had to do with her . He had another servant , Sarah Wood , whose
reluctance and resistance he overcame ; and another , named Catherine Gorman , with whom ho did not succeed . If these witnesses are to be believed when you seo them in the box—if when a married man and removed from thoso demoralising examples which he witnessed whoa in tho convents of tbo Dominican order—having left that polluted atmosphere for tbe purer atmosphere of the Protestant Church—if having allied himself in what he believed to be a matrimonial alliance with a young lady who devoted herself to him , he endeavoured to make every woman the instrument of hi 3 lust , that will throw some light upon his conduct , and will , I think , load you to believe that these charges ara well founded .
The following witnesses were then called by tho defendant : — Elbana Gicsiisi , an Italian woman , married , and about forty yenrs of ago , was the first witness called . She was examined b y Mr . Bramwoll , and gave her evidence in a very clear and intelligent manner , without any appearanco o ' f hesitation . She answers to the description of a respoctablo poor person in this country , and though sufficiently plain looking now , was probably a comely girl at the time to which
her testimony chiefly referred . Her ovidenco was given in Italian , and translated to the Court and jury by the interpreters engaged on behalf of either party . She said—My husband ' s name is Yincenzo Guistini , and I was married two yews ago ; my maiden name is "Valente , and I have lived all my life at Vitnrbo . I know the Dominican convent there , and remember Dr . Achilli , who was one of the monks . I went to tho convent , when ho callod me , about twentythree years ago , more or les ? . I was then about seventeen or eighteen .
Mr . BitAMWELZ ,. —Did anything happen between Dr . Achilli and yourself ? Witness , —That for which ho sent for mo . He deflowered me . I was a virgin at the time . It took place in a part of the sacristy . I had been alone with Dr . Achilli in other pmces before while in the service of Signora Gentili , with whom Dr . Achilli was acquainted . She resided in a country house near Viterbo , and Dr . Acbilii bad been there on a visit during the month of October . He had taken
liberties with me previously when I walked out with him alone at his invitation . It is the custom in Italy when any one ' ? m service for visitors to give a present , and Dr . Aohilli called mo to the convent for that purpose . That was the first occasion on which he had criminal intercourse with me . I consented to what took place , for I was there alone and was obliged . ( Sensation . ) The act took plaeo again some time after and was continued in tho convent , and twice besides in a houso in Viterbo . 1 spoke to him on tho sin of it .
Mr . Bramweix . —What did he say ? WUness . —That there waB no sin . I told him that it was a hellish matter , but be said not at all ; otherwise hell would be quite full . { Loud laughter . ) Cross-examined by tho Aitobsev-Genehai ,. —1 arrived in London on Thursday last , and left Titerbo six months ago on the 23 rd of the montb . In the interval I have been at Paris , Dover , and some other place between Dover and this . A lady named Signora Rosina de Berna was with me and my husband . I can't say what street I lived in at Paris , but I was there for three months , after which I came to Dover—I think in May . 1 lived in Dover close to the sea ; I can t give tho address , but the lady who was with
me unows all about it . There were other witnesses in the cause in Paris and at Dover , besides myself . Two of them accompanied me from Paris , Joanna Princepe and her mother . They lived in the same houso with me at both Places . I had my instructions from a lawyer , whose namo I Know Hot , to come over here , and I had the app roval of my curate beforo I left . The AnoRSEy . GESERAi ,. -. Did you ask his leave to come ? . fitness . —He told me I ought to come here . His name ii Dr . Guneppe Ramazzi . I talked with the other witnesses in
Pans . 1 told them what had happened to me , and they told me what had happened to them . ( Laughter . ) I did not know them previousl y . I have seen other witnesses oesides those mentioned in London , but not in Paris or Thif" 0 ° e .. wa 3 ^ English geutleman , named Beynoldg . i tiavo not talked with any priest since my arrival in London . I had only known Dr . Achilli a month beforo he sedneed me and be was then called Father Achilli . Signora Gentih s villa was about two miles from the convent , and bather Achilh went there to remain a month as a visitor Jn ere were two other members of the family , both men , and I was the only maid . Not mom « h . n «««« .. £ ;??™'
elapsed before he began to take liberties with me . « villa was m a retired situation , and when he first walked out with me he solicited my chastity . He took me to show me bird shooting at a place where two members of the am I ? were . This I did not see , for I did not reach the spot . He took me to a hut which was not occupied , but there was a shepherd passing near with his flock . I went ln « Jv AcillHl ' l ? toId me that that ™ s & » shooting place , and he then- solicited my chastity , which I denied him . absolutely believing it to bo a sin . I returned home in h s company , and said nothing about what had happened to Signora Oenuli , hut I told it to my oonfessor when I vent to confession some five or six days after . He was not a Dominican , but a priest of the district called Parini . I did not w _ alk again with Father Achilli in the count . ™ hut .
13 WT Wbig solicitations in the house o waiShimn ^ t t 0 ld u onenigWnotto go to bed but wait for him and he would come to Bee me . Ine ATioRNET . GENERAL . -Why did he Bay so ? 3 tn « ss--B « cau e J » » M he had to get by heart a paneafter 7 » L 0 ? h KV " ? v 6 had to deU ™ " « ome days SnrJ ' »» « ^? l i ? ' ? , oamG and knocked at the IZi . v had loakod ' but J did not ftMW <* . He knocked gjv Mv ro ° ra was far away from Signora Gentili ' s , which was near that of Dr . Aehilli . I said nothing to her £ iia oT f m L owe . d myself disturbed and wishful t ion ^ n f ? aC ° u The Signora did n ° t wk me any quet Ton H I - * !? , " ° reason for leaving , as I hid only taken the situation for a month . Dr . Achilli had left for a t 2 u 2 •' v-f T- M , r father and nmher were living ! ot meSnn ?) , ^ ° V ? I WCnt horne t 0 them - but l « K § w £ nJS the / . ub 3 . t ? them . The affair of the convent K Tn ?" * ° w « nber , but I do not remember thJt . Wnf f nOt . ' ? * AchiIli after mv return till Im ki , H h « C Illac . ; . " t nine or ten o ' clock in the morn h £ ! L d " ? *»¦ f 0 F m the sacristy , which is off ! : e 4
^^ himj ^ rin w k ^ room wh « re tho monks put on their vestments . P wti ? T * fT ft- " ~ he U 8 e f ° ™ f maa SaTffE'J&L ^ ^ K S * wu ™ i S ;? r 1 u ~ Did he «'™ ? m »»» I ™** ! m noAmm . amuK _ Jm , 8 Jra ^ hhglo jwr
KSk ^ SfirSsag Dp Aohilli , and he sent for me E ^ r 6 lati ° ° ^* 2 S $ SSS ^ « ™ V" ^ go to him hoSuS SSUS ^ t ^ f- ^ 1 felfc . ™ - a little affection springs out of ! . * Very WeI 1 kno ™ «» at fond of him that I rlgretted « S Tb becaifle ¦» from the place . I do KtkLl ?? much his « ^ ay into a room , where theSJt 2 'J ° , ' S- fc he took me when I went in , and L tnadl mn ° - ? f ' He waa seated after . who can recollect * it l ^ f . Wha * occurred remained about an hour . " The n J ? £ 8 inc - ' u l mst have in the convent . I afterwiuS ! fc tlme ^ PP <»»< 5 d was and told him all . I did n 5 tX to mother confessor , custom i 8 to mentioni ft X i ""} tf ° . ™ ' forthe tion . ) Dr . Achilli had told '«« n wl tIie 8 inn 6 r - ( Sensa " ¦ see me , " and when I coulrtT j ' j Wh J ™ < " » cometo aot was committed fa tffiSL . The 8 eC 0 nd ^ ethe the first . If foS SaVSSTfV ! tbe same PUce a 9 was on his Bide forhi « n t ° n that ocoasion , I suppose it " Here I am ? " Sri 2 ° T Permit ; tod * «* woman to say confessing mywi * f ^ , ?*{ . ? ¥ J ° - n ?* ask him- ^ aiastio m the ehanel V « T u had 8 mned with an ecclef our times . The second tiJSV ave oco « wed more than s& sSrHr tottato ""' " casion ? UBHBRAL —Did he uso force- on thatoo-Witness . —The firat t ;™ t , used the oaresges w " i 6 Sr 0 a 1 ? 1 e ( 1 I ^ me « aftw thtlt he ter . ) ° ' are usual towards women . ( Laugh . The A ttornet-Qbnbrat ti-j t . V l £ 2 ^* $ ' ^ 2 &ir any other sausages ! ( GreaKfiJ \ L , P re 8 ent 9 «» y ware-three the same time as the , Kfi ;* ' JhesausageB were given at The Atmmi toSJ ^ Sf' Continued lau e hter - > presents ? w *«* HAt ..-Di < i he erer give you any other
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.... waa ^ s , ana gave her evidercp in "• t ( > iha | piS » SiH : g shall have been married eight ; Sra on tho Ti M rpret ( 9 » S st-is-ssp'e s « Siss |; & church , who was Prior , when I went t « ™ -. i y of » ' " j ng of money at the images of on ? oaKi !/" 1111 ( 'C tf « f the sacristy and embraced me Jlo £ fv i {| w to leave , but he prevented it , and dtahontS ' ^ poft BADDE ^ - »• «• -o . ence to effect \ ^ to S ^^^ ss ^ sj of ^ . Ittiej ^ vssi = ^ si ]^ however , was not with them . I remonstmS'S' ' •' *> S , f T ' r , Said lt was a harm and ^ evil c I I ! ' ? * parir » was »*^ KSSg > wf ; n ? c iBDE ^ — this ln the twisty ? -aSKSl&h \ fna !" " 11 fr ° tk ' ^ » ,
wu « f ? " ^• ~ Did lie »> akB you any prcscnts ? SSJAyiT " "" "" '•'"» S C ¦ Cross-exasiined b y the AnoRNFr-GESE BAi T \> , m England about two months , and whilo in ^ via ° bcci 1 the witness Giustini . We aro now fcS 8 ! Detlriu ' and have talked together about the busin Cgetl lCf ' hwe not conversed with any priSt E * I mg over to give evidence . When I Went tcZ founder the imasje of the saint I saw Dr . Aohilli ilmm ^ were other people coming to pay , but of E The re none eXcep 6 him . The sacristy was a fi , J , f > was a second where tho vestments were kept ZIV hcra a third where ho sat . The door of the sK ^ " » Way and the entl > ance to these other rooms n ann , i ° " ? went totheaaoristy to put down my name X £ ** - l was paid at the end of theyCJ , and Iff '* , " J TNv ? 5 L K ° at different hours Snn SiTiS Achillii would be engaged on this particular bih « I was in the morning , about nine or ten , when U : „! fe P ?« 1 . » d between November andwL ' 1 , ° uoi
uu , rememoer the exact date . I went thfm , ni , . ?» th ° £° f fc t 0 th 0 Facri 8 t y > and thei ^ fiiSlStS \* ^\ chu"h at the time . I went in and pfflR itto book , which he took and turned over l « i locked the door , and I felt some fear , b , he Sd ? £ quiet , or shame will grow out of it . " 1 keptoiiinZ ft 1 wanted to go out . I said , « You aro a prS I S and he replied "Oh , this is no sin . " ( Lau 4 teV frii , ! no scream . I did not know as much as 1 kno ? no not , however , faint or lose my consciousness He kef saying to me « quiet ! " but he did not put his hind on »^ STitf" ? HP been abl ° t 0 caU lEwlttSj J The Ai tornet-General . —Why ?
Witness . —Because he said to me " You are all red in tk face now . You had better wait and go out by tl mik ? entrance , and not through tho church . " The exk from the sacrist y m that way was also locked , but with a sort ol latch , and not a large key . Dr . Achilli showed me the w k ' . A 6111 " ? the door ' and looki"g if there was ambodv about the entrance . I did not at first tell any body of what Km BBS * ' , bufc whe , a IhRd hmmi » m « 5 rlU . Tld nofc conceal ^ e fact I told n . y mother Dr he ffil ^ « - V T in th ? MJway , but den tbat tJ wft' 0 / 0 withit > He gave me sweetmeats both before and after tho act happened , and pr « i . n ?; : ? . ! . ^"" - ^ I had brothers and sisters . Dr .
, ^ mother m P a year or Inore after Is P «{ om 7 This terminated tho coss-examination , and at past four the next da U ° ' reservin S the re-exiunination till
~ ri „ SECOND DAY .-Tuesdat . hOPHu Makia Bausako was again put into the box and Cross-examined b y theAiTonuEy-GENEiuL .-I wentbofore the commissary of polioe before I was confined , when I was four or five months gone with child . Dr . AchUlira yet m Naples . It was Dr . Achilli who first applied to the « , T » ^ 1 T ^ was a S P > and fcl 'e witness nM , les . lhe affair was repeatod seven or eight times , bat I can't say how often . GaetamaPbihcipb , examined by Sir A . B . Cockburn .-1 am the mother of the last witness . I do not remember tbe month nor the year when this happened . . My daughter was not then married . She was thirteen or fourteen years of ago . I saw her weep and \\\ . but 1 did not know whnt ™
the matter with her . I inquired of her , and she told me everything weeping She told me the name of the father Of . the child . Up to * that time she had always conducted herself well . I saw Dr . Achilli about this matter . It was about Lent . Dr . Aohilli was in a procession . I nnd my husband took him aside and called him into a house , ami told him of the affair . Ho was angry . He said it waB not lie , He said . Observe carefully , I am a priest . " On hearing this matter , he said he had nothing to do with it . [ The dS n ] IiT - ? 6 re ( l ^ ' a 8 he did not appear linn . Sfti witness ' s patois . l He eaid he was a priest , and he would apply first to Divine justice , and then to the laws of his country . It was I who said thU 7 T « » . ! . „ ., said .
tt „ Jj i \ if you like t 0 me ^ matters no thing . " He caused me to be called before the commissary of police . in 7 »; V m ? ' , also causetl my husband to be called , t a ^? . ft ? r L Went- Thafc w » s » ^ w days after . It was Dr . Achilh who caused us to be called . Dr . Achilli was not present before the police when we appeared . Dr . AonilU Btated . to the police that a low poor family had » lumniated him , and the police sent to know . The commis-K ™ V * ° . If * our ( laughter before him . We did so , ™ , Swished to see the age of our daughter . The Kd K 2 LS w 8 ? 7 daU 8 hter t 0 confe" everything that A f iS ?~ t' a e . l ! l nor my husband Wfl 3 P UIli 9 k ' by $ X « w \ ? n know how soon after Dr . AobHli left Naples . We lost sight of him
. nmfn ^ . fM u Xam 5 nel ^ - Servant Wilkin . « .-I Z hSn ?« ° f * lt * ' and a roMc ^ »» C « rfu . I ourr ; on Wlor a Tn > f ? T Carpenter ' 1 kn ( > <> Gnramoni , a SS l ' qu It ,, r « ember walking one night in So « m-Is we Passed fho 0 h 0 ft i ! e ffi 0 ^ r . in . law of Garamoiii . called mn 2 ) h ° T Garamoni opened the door . He here is a P , i ?• ' Said to mo and my Wend , "S « . S « n « K& ° ° / lest > AohUU - " I saw Achilli on » to l ;« n ' w thO apartment oftho wife of Garamoni . Th was about eleven or half past eleven at ni"ht ; I
Aohilli h anSW ^ ' " Me ? nothing . " T knew it was H . ' « ar was very angry , scolding his wife , md hsmother-m-law also , and even Achilli . cSramonHalW no hb ? Wh ? " , Achilli then was tremblin ? ' £ 'J fhB ? i U « v v the li « ht was brought . ' ° police not being theie , Aehilli slipped through and leaped . He went a «/ Si-h w . J 1 *?^ 1 . ) I and Venice were afterwards nnriHon . ° l \ Oou !" t about * & <> ™ nine days after . Depositions were taken botoro tUe tribunal . # PrEiRo Boccheciampi and Giovanni Patwo »« i g » W similar evidence .
William Rbikolds , examined by Sir A . E . Cockbu tn . - I was employed at Zaute'for twenty-five yearB , and h »« » 0 . \ , : * ired on a pension . I assisted Dr . Achilli to Sf ! ^^ The first time I went to fl * vSl k f t ruck ^ appearance of a woman of noto-Kv ohar ^ ' ffh 0 was aoting as door keepen j w 7 n fe \ 1 - gbt from the circumstance of having « g « mL ff ^ i ? }!? 1 w ¥ re for three ye »» ahe carried on tho SSSSJSf 11 ° Ulf « - fchafc of a prostitute . Her dresB fftf sSX lTf ^ , 0 tbers ' whioh attracted my attention . She did not dress like the Greek women . I frequently passed her house when I went to see my friends . She «< always standing at the door with her breast very much exl ° lt ^ "frter was notorious She was a «>« fie r d woman at Cephalonia . Uer huitnnil wm > ehorus siBg *
aw ^ afflasasatts ^ s SSSr «? £ sS ir ;; cBi ^ - ' sat' ^ = vs ™ J ? h ! . & v he was ironing . I have seen Dr . AobilU ESehfniaH f ° i . * - 8 houlder 8 a » dher breaBtB talkiDg w laugning all the time , t ho ™ „„<» . ?» , ;» . BM « . i times . »
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MR . W . NEWTON AND THE TOWER HAMLETS ELECTION . GREAT MEETING IN BONNER'S FIELDS . On Monday evening Ia 3 t an open air meeting of the electors and non-elector 3 was held in Bonner ' s-fields , to hear the sentiments of Mr . W . Ketvton . At an early hour crowds assembled , and at about half-past six the proceedings commenced by Mr . "W . Davies being called to the chair . Mr . Davis said , that in this case the interests of the small shopkeepers and the working man were identical , and it waa their imperative dnty to work boldly together to secure the return of Mr . Newton . ( Cheers . ) He begged
to introduce Mr . Newton to tbe meeting . Mr . W . Newton then stepped forward , and was met with oud cheers . He said , those who were working to secure liis return did not seek to carry people with them by noise , but by argument . The only way in which the working classes can be made powerful is by their continual discussion o' questions of social reform , by which they would gain knowledge and power . Political reform is a question affecting the interests of all classes ; and men should speak plainly and say how much they were for , so that others might know whom to select , ^ t ! . ' , then , he was id favour of Manhood Suffrage , and all those other measures necessary to conserve it wben gained . Political reform will remove those evils which maintain a State Church which exists without
tbe affection of the people . But we want more than a separation of Church and State ; we want great social reform , and political ! power and intelligence will bring those refarms . Is it not scandalous that a government should fitter away months in discussing a measure they have not dared to insist upon—the " Papat aggression" act—instead of attending to tbe wants of the people ? InBtead of any such an act being passed , we should have had an act which would tend to place all religions on an equality . He would now treat of another important question , and one in which he would he found differing from all the other candidatesthe important one of Education . He was in favour of an Unsectarian National Edncation . The ignorance of society is increasing to an alarming extent , and this was becauBe a
system of national education had never been acknowledged and put into operation . Ignorance was an evil of a national character—a national remedy must remove it . Though he favoured , and would support a national education , it must not he supposed that he advocated centralisation . The system he would support was one which could he controlled by the local authorities . The system of W . J . Fox was the most efficient , and tbat he would ever advocate . Let us bava education , and then England might be truly great , for all nations are great in proportion to their intelligence . There is one question , however , far , far beyond that , the important one of all . how shall we employ o ' ur population ? The statesman who practically solves this question will earn a high and lofty reputation . AH tbat present
governments can , or will do , is to buiW workhouses . But sneb remedies are fast becoming obsolete , and they must gwe way to wiser arrangements . The Political Economisis tell u ? that there is an over population , and that l * bour cannot be found for all ; but there is no labour in the country for which a demand cannot be found . While raen want food , clothing , shelter , and other necessaries of life , there is the demand fer labour . Let Home Colonies be established , and let the millions of acres of uncultivated land be the ground work for employment , ana we should soon get rid of over population theories . The land of this kingdom will support 100 , 000 , 000 human beings , and of a papulat , on of less than 30 , 000 , 000 we have thousands
introduce great social remedies , let them gi ^ „ ^ to men who can and w , ll n is assuraed that ^ . JJl ^ to be what , t is ; but this is a system of government usur " £ 7 flS » ° ^ Cttm * > atM * « nnot Iut . Th 6 £ i , 000 . 000 expended , n poors rates should be sated , and oHhe half ? t ^ ^ T * ' ^ ° toSthoto of the half a million unemployed able-bodied labourers Fat comfortable , overseers might not telieve in this state ment , but he could assure those gentlemen that if effiripnt men had £ 7 , 000 , 000 placed in their hands tt y oulfS abolish pauperism , if the half million of the able-bodTed were employed by the rates instead of being kept in idleness they would produce ( computingtbeir earning & £ " Srt
, md mimh oo tr / i til si nAnnn •!»» * . __ _ * ° _ . r" ' wa Jy as much as would cover the rates , and provide for the aged and infirm paupers . He wonld support the abolition of the law of settlement end the nationalisation of boot » £ This would remove the competition of what ia called th ^ surplus lalo : r , and thus enable the working men who do not live on thereto obtain better wagls and relieve them from the necessity of keeping the unemployed " o accomplish such reforms a union of the weU-di 8 noBerl tWnk ing portion of the middle class with the Sfl » i . I should be effected . The Parliamentaf y and F maS Reformers have not obtained the confiden ce of thepeop e and thns they have created no effect on the government T ? was the electors of the Tower Hamlets to E ! L
The example would not be lost on other niacra a . a » i . » fortnight would bring on the eve ofESpl > olhe J no time must be lost in tS& £ ^ SJ ft T ^ principles of social and 1 polfiaK or ffV / & 2 & the m ° hearty and enflSsfaSSo ^^ JS ^ ffifeffiiiSfa " ^ BSKJSft fiS ^^ S * . * He did not see a man there who ahf SaSJ" ^? ™ Pm tied rights ; bat while they iSf ™ LhhJT , - f ltl ' they would always find nroSlfa 7 . ? I ^•« -l e 8 »)« tw > " » ecclesiastical discussion ? £$ Z 5 ! & V T of the people , and i ^ i ^^^ S to the wants A 2 S ? fa brkfblt -fe ^ ch , seconded
The Chairmajj ( Mr . W Dar '«\ « , « i i ana warmly upon Mr . ^ t ' on s cfalrl t s ^ \ ^ eati J eluded by pntung the resolutL \ & \ 8 Bpport ' con < a single dlentient hoTof ShS ?*"" ??™ d Wit t in the « field ,. After three hLr ? v plfpO mefln ^ % " held the meeting separated . y cheers for Mr « ^ e " 1010 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1684/page/6/
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