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THE LONDON COPPERSMITHS AND BRAZIERS . MONOPOLISM . COMBINATION , AND OPPRESSION IN THE SHOE-LANE FACTORY , LONDON . —TWENTYTHREE APPRENTICES IN THE COPPERSMITHS ' AND BRAZIERS TRADE , 1 O THIRTY JOUE . NETMEN , Address f'om the oppressed and injured Joui-neytncn Coppersmiths and Braziers to their Independent and Generous Subscribers , and all Fellow Mechanics and Tradesmen of England , Ireland ^ and Scotland .
Peiexds and fellow Mechanics . —We , the coppersmiths and brazietB of Messrs . Pontifex ' s factory , have b&eu now standing out and contending for oui just rights these list fourteen -weeks , and as a sense of gratitude : o-yards onr London , Bristol , Birmingham , Manchester , Southampton , Salisbury , LiYsrpool , Glasgow , and other liberal benefactors , we return oar sincere acknowledgments for thrir generous and unflinching attachment towards us the unfortunate , undermined , and injured artisans , and by oar friends' determined , undevi&ting generosity , shall be enabled to continue to withstand against , sn'ooBqusroorunconstitutionaJmonopolisingoppressora , and gain our rights and just demands of them ; but should our friends relax in their aid , we shall not only be unable to provide for our families and homes as
rofccha-rucs ought , but also our trade , be deprived of our brsad , our families -will be driven from their homes , and we shall be ruined for erver ; we complain of our employment daily decreasing and becoming poorer , while our employers are daily becoming richsr , through their taking and overrunning the trade with a multiplicity of apprentices . We look round in the midst of increasing luxury , and we , who produce it all , are the first parties •¦ . hat are neglected , through Messrs- E . and W . Pontifex emoioyiag labouring men who have not served a legal apprenticeship to the trade , and also binding boys and youcg men apprentices from fifteen to nineteen years of age , and sending them out to work at the different factories of arts , such as brewhouses , distilleries , sugar refinsrs , and other places connected with the conpsr
tr .-de , and only giving them upon an average , during i tils Vnoie uf their apprenticeship , from seven to twelve bhiliiiigB per we * k , and their parents are compelled , by i an agreement , to supply their offipring with every necessary of life ; and if any accident or illness befall them ! during their apprenticeship , no remuneration is allowed i by their masters to their , parents or themselves for | maintenance during the loss of time ; and through such j a svEtem as this , we , legal , honest mechanics shall be j completely deeerted , arid ultimately left destitute of every necessary of life . I Brother Mechanics—We f .-ei in duty bound to call ' upon all the mechanics and tradesmen in England , ' lr-larui , and Scotland , to take our cause into thsir considenilion , and to see the oppression and oystwkeirniiLZ ruin that is coming uoon us .
; We call upon jva , being what trade or calling you '; may fol . ow , to open your hearts and hands , and feel : f-jr us as though our causa was your ovrn , knowing , that If we cancoi stop this undenninicg system of utter ruin to all trades as well as curs , that the liberty i of EcfLlsfrhtii , liijhujcn , and Scotchmen will soon be
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gone for ever ; and U we save but one chance left , ( that is your aid , ) rise up with the spirit of our forefathers and make the last straggle for all oar liberty ; can yon see us fall under the tyrants * blows , and stand still and look on with indifference and ultimately fall with as , or will yon Instantly rouse yourselves and come to our rescue and deliver us from bondage * yon may do it , you can do it , you ought to do it , yon are bound in duty to assist ; the rising generation looks up to yon to maintain your rights and theirs , your children expect that you will leave them free , the blood that runs in out veins must thrill at such proceedings , will you suffer your liberty to be wrenched out of y < rar hands , and all of us together to be bound in slavery , half -wages , half-starred , half-naked , totally driven ont of our rights , exposed to all the miseries of life , and
end car days in pauperism , or in a Union , and our families enslaved for ever , when by a trifling subscription you can deliver us and yourselves , and show to these unfeeling , unprincipled , over-bearing , cruel , tyrannical oppressors , that we will not submit to them J we were born free and we cannot bear the yoke ; we will not be driven oat of our trade , we will maintain oar rights our fathers handed it down to as , and shall we not hand it down to our children ? yea ; and we call yon to assist us , to lend a helping hand to carry on our cause as your own and by your exertions And liberality and brotherly love , you will show us that you are lovers of liberty , and victory most follow ; they are determined for our utter ruin , and we are determined to resist to our uttermost , and as it is a war of extermination to all the trades of England , Ireland , and Scotland , we Bhall be finally rained if the cause is lest
Then » it not legal and just for every mechanic to protect his trade from being ultimately rained ? Yes . Then , in the came of Heaven , we ask , can it be wrong for men to attempt to improve their condit \ 6 n , and the preservation of their natural righto ? is it wrong for men to unite for the purpose of resisting their rus-sters' encroachments on their trade!—is it wrong to oppose monopoly and mercenary ambition ?—is it wrong to restrict the principle of selfishness to iU proper and legitimate hounds and objects ?—is it wrong for men to consult together for their interest , and seek their welt&io ?—is it wrong for man to attempt the elevation of his morals and intellectual standing ? No . Then it is sot wrong for man to establish the honour and safety Of his respective vocation upon a mote secure and permanent basis .
Friends and Brother Mechanics , wo will no longer detain you on this part of our subject ; but , in conclusion , will merely observe that culture of the mechanic art is not only calculated to elicit , expand , and invigorate the inventive faculty of man—to remove bis natural ignorance , and enrich his natural poverty , but also to advance his moral ; , refine his manners , and elevate his character ; and by being in possession of these qualifications , are enabled , by the assistance of each other , to oppose and supersede the greatest monopolism and oppression . Therefore if this cause is lost , our prospects are ruined for ever , and we shall be subjtct to opprobrium-and oppression by our oppressive
adversaries , and slavery , misery , want , distress , snd affliction will be our portion ; and our offsprings at some future day , will urag their inherited chains acress our graYts , and load our memories with reproaches and imprecations . Therefore we must be diligent in our cause , be honest , be flim to each other , be indefatigable ; pursue our determination with a diligence that never tires , and with perseverance that never falters . Then the just causa will be our own : iibtrty , honour , and happiness will be our just reward . We shall be on the land of the brave and the free ; oar sans will have no cause to reproach us ; all oar deserving children find fa tout in oar eyes , support cm oar arms , and protection in our bosoms .
" England expects every man to do his duty !" Subscriptions thankfully received at the Golden Lion , Fore-strett , Crippiegate , London .
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them to the judgment of the Spanish Commissioner who is appointed to inspect them . The moment be sees them , and says they are good ones , I shall instantly send you money for them . I shall either purchase them at 13 s . in tiie pound , or get you the instalments , keeping 2 a . each for my trouble , or I will do anything else you may instruct me , if that is In my power . Only , as I have been taken in by purchasing and lending money on bad documents received already , I cannot do anything with 70 a until I show your pipers to the Commissioner , which , if yoa send them soon , I shall endeavour to do next week . "lam , yours faithfully , " A . SOMEBVJLLE . " Mr . James Scott , 5 . Mitchell-street . Belfast "
Sir P . Laurie—What was Somenrille originally t—Captain Roberts—He waa originally a labourer io a stone quarry , and latterly was an orderly to Colonel Jacks . Subsequently he went to Glasgow , and commenced agent tor the recovery of the British claims , sad , Belfast being so near , he despatched his emissaries out there . —Sir P . Laurie—What was the price of the certificate ?— Scott— An offer of 13 a . in the pound was made to me . —Captain Roberts—The father of Scott , on receiving Somerville ' s letter , forwarded the certificates unendorsed , and of which they heard nothing until they made application to the Spanish Government , and the following . answer was received from M . Castaneda , the Spanish Commissioner : — " 1 ( 33 , Albany-street , Regent ' s Park , "April 21 , 1841 .
" James Scott , —In reply to your application respecting certificates , I have to inform you , that the one for arrear of pay was presented at the office by Mr . W . Hopkins , of the Hole-in-the- Wall , Fleet-street , London , who obtained a final certificate of the same iu his own name . Tue other , for gratuity , was also presented at thia office by the same person , who received the first and second instalments , payable thereon , on the 14 th of February last "Miguel Castaneda . "
Accordingly an application was made to a Mr . Bradburn , a gentleman much employed io the recovery of Spanish claims , and he took Sjott to Queen-square Police Office , when Scott declared . that ho never endorsed them ; also a declaration to tho same effect w&b obtained from his father , notwithstanding they were sold in this i » . i > ktit to Mr . Hopkins , and they bore the endorsement of ijuott ; and what was required of Mr . Hopkins was , , ii-s . t hu should give up the eertiacates which he holds of Scott ' s , and the endorsement on which is forged .
Mr . Hopkins—I bought them in the market at the market price , and they are'transferable by endorsement Sir P . Laurie—There is no doubt but Somorville forged the endorsement . Pray , Mr . Hopkins , how much did you give for them ? Mr . Hopkins—Twelve shillings in the pound . Sir P . Lsurie—To what amount ; of Scott's did you purchase ? Mr . Hopkins—About £ 17 . Sir P . Laurie—Pray , whom did you purchase them from ? Mr . Hopkins—From a Mr . Gilbert Sir P . Laurie—Where is Mr . Gilbert ? A person ol the naino of Williams , who represented himself as his clerk , said that he was a livery stable keeper , and he gut them from Mr . liaudry , who keeps the Britannia public-house , Commercial Koad , and Baadry got thorn from SomerviUe , and Gilbert gave 653 . per ceut for them . Sir P . Laurie—I suppose Baudry and the other parties are dealers in them ? Williams—Yes , they are , when legally endowed .
Sir P . Laurie—Well , Mr . Hopkins , bad you not better give them up 1 Mr . Hopkins—I have not got them . Sir P . Laurie—Where are they ? Mr . Hopkins—I sold them . Sir P . Laurie—When ? Mr . Hopkins—About sis weeks after I purchased them . Sir P . Laurie—When had you notice of the forgery ? Mr . Hopkins—About the 19 th of July . Sir P . Laurie—Did you sell them before you had the notice ? Mr . Hopkins— I did ; it was decidedly wrong to have purchased them without ascertaining tiw genuineness of the endorsement , bat when I purchaaj . l them from Mr . Gilbert , I bad no doubt of everything being correct . Mr . WiUiama—Gilbert purchased them from Baudry , and he had them from Sonicrville . Sir P . Laurie—Oh , yes , we know that ; but what I want to ascertain is , whether it was likely that Hopkins , Gilbert , and Baudry , had any knowledge of the trick played by Somerville ?
Captain R aborts said that be did not believe they had . Sir P . Laurie—What has become of Somerviile ? Captain Kobtrts —After finishing his agency operations in Glasguw , he published a work called "A Narrstivo of the British Campaign in Spain , " which sold very well , and he subsequently came to London , and published a sixpenny work in fifteen numbers , waicii he called "A Narrative of the Wars of . Europe , " which also sold w * U , and a part of -which appeared in tho Dispatch . Sir P . Laurlo— Oa , in the Dispatch ; then hu was one of the pillars of the DispakJt 1
Captain Hub rts—Yes ; and for which he was tiod up ; he subsequently fell out with the Dispatch , and published a letter in tuo Morning Advertiser , aud be had latterly becomt ) an advocate for military flogging . ( Laughtsr . ) Sir P . Lawie—However , it appears that those pirtiea did not know of tho forgery . Captain Roberts—Certainly . 1 am sure they were not cognisant of it . Sir P . Lsurie—Whydi < i SouiervilJe choose Glasgow as the liuid of his operations ? Captain Koberts—Btcause we euiis ' . e . t -J 500 me . i theie , and upwards of 100 in Belfust . Sir P . Laurie—How many certificates are still out ? Wiilmnis—Upwards of 4 , 000 .
Captuiu Roberts—My object in seeking this public inquiry is to spoil Sonierviile , which , as sure as it is made public , it Hill do . Sir P . Laurie—It does you infinite credit to come forward in behalf of of those poor plundered men . Pray . Mr . Hopkins , to whom did you sell your ceitificatts ? Mr . liopkius—To Air , Gilbert Sir P . Laurie—To Mr . Gilbert , from whom you bought them , how came that ? Mr . Hopkins—When I heard there was a likelihood of there beity trouble about them . Sir P . Laurie—How came you to supposo that there was to be any trouble about them ? Mr . Hopkins—From a letter I received from Mr Kirkmau Lane , the attorney . Sir P . Luurie — Did you sail the certificate back to Gilbert bi'fore or after you received Mr . Kirk man Lane ' s letter ? . Mr . Hopkins— Oh , before 1 received the letter .
Scott , —X ¦¦> , you did not : for two months afterwards I saw i ! iy certificates in your hands . Mr Hopkins—No , you did not ; I showed you the certificate of another Scjtt Ssott—There was no other Scott in the same regiment . Sir P . Inurie—It appears that there has been most extraordinary dealings in these certificates . Captain Koberts — Most shameful . I know wh « re one person holds £ yflo of those certificates , composed entirely of the two months' and six months' gratuities , the former £ . { , and tise latfer £ 9 , for which a mere trifl * was given ; and the publican *) , Jews , and crimps of Portsmouth obtained huudruiis of them for a pot of bser , or a glass of gin .
Sir P . Laurie—OVi , shocking 1 shocking ! Captain Roberts—Aud i know that one physician , at the westend , holds £ 15 , 000 worth , purchased through an agent Sir P . Laurie—Well , 1 think , as these partita have creditably come forward to meat the charge , and as tJt-y are rts .-p « ctab ! e people , they yrill give to Scott anything they made by tho purchase of the certificates . Mr . Hopkins and Mr . Williams having agreed to do so , Sir P . Laurie inquired what became of Somerville ? C-iptaiu Huberts said that it was reported that he was in the I&lu of M . an , and begged to say , that iu the case would no uoubt go before the public , he did not , in the most remote way , impute anything improper to Messrs . Hopkins , Gilbert , and Baudry . Sir P . Laurie perfectl y concurred in the observation , and congratulated Capt Roberts on the victory he had achieved . The parties then lef s the office .
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DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT THORNLEY COLLIERY . MELA . NCHOLY SACRIFICE OF LIFE . On Sjtur . lsy morning , at an early hour , a tremendous explosion occurred at this place , which iB about fourteen miles from Sauderland . Thoruiey in an important colliery , which has been in operation about six years , and this we understand is tho first ferious explosion which has occurred . The population , according to the recent census , is about 2 , 700 , chiefly colliers' families .
To give our readers a better idea of the nature of tha locality of the accident , we must premise that the Thornlwy Colliery contains three seams . The first is called the five-quarter seam , arid its depth is 83 fathoms ; the second is the Hutton Beam , which is situated at the depth of 145 fathoms ; and the third is the seam in which this most melancholy an . l unfortunate accident occurred , viz ., the Harvey seam , which is at a depth of 166 fathoms . This is certainly a great depth , but it is only trifling when compared with the Moukwearmouth Colliery , which is upwards of 270 fathoms .
TUo accident took place at fifteen minutes post four , immediately after the principal part of the workmen in the Harvey seam , the hewers , to the number of fifty , had left the pit , and the putters and trappers above were left to attend to the ventilation , &c . The putters and trappers alone were left in the pit , with oue ' unfortunate individual , Thomas Haswell , hewer , who is lame , and who has on two occasions been before most seriou 3 ly injured . Information was immediately given at Thornley Colliery Office , that a serious accident bad occurred ,
and Mr . Heckles , the resident viewer , Mr . Carney , together with the under-viewer and overman , immediately resolved on deacanding the shaft , in order that every assistance might be given to any parties who had escaped the txplosion ; 'which was only known to the workmen in the other seams by a rushing of the air in the staple , which led them to the conclusion that something was wrong in the Harvey seam . In the meantime the sews of the fatal accident spread like wildfire through the village , and even to the adjacent district , end the whole population bad assembled at the bank of the pit
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killed confined to a space of 200 yards In the northwest district of the Harvey seam . Two horses were « lso found dead . The villagers remained in anxious suspense for the period of one hoar , daring which Mr . Heckles and bis party were engaged in bringing the bodies up the shaft . It must not be Imagined , bowever , that those who bod been ' only Injured remained so long , down the shaft , for it is due to the activity of the parties > concerned , to say that in a quarter of an hour they were all " at bank . " The ; were all able to walk to their respective homes , excepting Jonathan Gardener , who died In about five hours after leaving theplt . The following la a correct list of the unfortunate sufferers : —
KUled—Thomas Haswell , overman , 42 ; Peter Graydon , driver , 11 ; George Ord , flatman , 17 ; Robert Gardener , trapper , 9 ; Themas Hall , putter , 18 ; John Graham , potter , 16 ; George Graham , do ., 17 ; John . Arm-Strong , do ., 15 ; John Gardener , do . 16 . Seriously injured—George Crozier , waylearer ; James Maudlin , overman ; Thomas Pile , trapper . The following , though in the same division of the pit , escaped unhurt : — John Humble , trapper ; George Gilllngs , driver ; R . Palmer , putter ; J . Wilson , trapper ; Wm . Willis , do . ; M . Gardener , hewer ; Thomas Welch , putter ; Wm . Eltringham , da : Andrew Bones , water leader ; Wm . Woollett , do ., George Hogan , shifter ; Thos . Atkinson , do .
With respect to the condition in which they found the pit , little difference was observable in its aspect . There were a few board end stoppings , or wood partitions , which had been violently knocked out of the ends of the galleries which they enclosed . These were immediately restored , in order to renew the ventilation , and this was effected in about three-quarters of an hour . The greatest praise Is due to f bo faculty , who lost no time in being present to render their best services to the poor fellows . The pit is ventilated on the same principles as the best collieries on the Tyne and the Wear , viz . by an up-cast and down-cast shaft . The blame , so far as it can be ascertained , there is little doubt will be found to rest with the boy Gardener , who has already suffered . — Northern Times .
The coroner ' s inquest has since been held , and , with the exception of one , returned unanmously a verdict of accidental death .
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A . VOICE FROM NORTHALLERTON HELL . TO TUE EDITOR . OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Brampton , August 8 th , 1841 . Sir , —By inserting in the Star the following letter , received from one of the Chartist victims in NorthaUer tonHell , you will much oblige , Yours , respectfully , Walsingham Martin . " Respected Friend , —I received your kind letter , and was pleased to hear of your being at Attercliffe Feast I should have liked to have been there too , or anywhere but in this miserable place .
"Sir , I confess I felt rather surprised when 1 read your letter . I thought you had known me better than to have such an opinion of me , as to think for a moment that I am afraid to speak what I think or know upon the silent system . I am aware I have never entered into any detail of it , but it was not through fear or any restraint I am under , for I knew my inability to do justice to my thoughts on the subject ; and I was aware that others , -who knew as much of it as I do , are well qualified to treat the matter in all its odious forms .
"I cannot bat think oar friends take a wrong view of the Bubjeet : it is our rascally Government that is to blame fur sending a set of men to such places , and treating them as felons , for a political offence . The new rules were revised and altered , as they now stand , by the Marquis of Normanby , backed , as you must know , by the statute law ; and you may depend it is useless trying to get them altered . Talk of convicts t I would rather ten times be oae of them , than be under the severe discipline of this place . They are allowed social intercourse with each other , and it is not a breach of discipline , with them , to cast a look at the heavens . " I do assure you , Sir , I have no £ seen the sun for above tirelve months . I was reported the other day for looking as high as the prison windows , when they were straight before me . So you may form some idea of the comprehensive nature of the silent system .
" Sir , I cannot Ray that I have been treated in any manner contrary to the rules of the prison ; but I do S 3 y that the severity of the rules has given my health such a shock as I shall perhaps feel whilst I live . I am sorry to icform you that my back is no better ; it lia . s been coming on me for months : it is the same complaint , that I have had so long in my logs—at least , I think so , as I aui taking the saaie medicine for it as for my legs . " My friend , I have enclosed you a copy of a petition that I have sont to the Marquis of Normanby this last week . I perhaps need not inform you that bis Lordship can ascertain how far it is true , if he thinks proper . I think that if Sheffield was to get up a public meeting , and send a petition , signed by the Chairman , to the Home-office , perhaps most of us might be forgiven , and the other removed ; at least , it is worth trying for . Will you have the kindness to write to Shtffiold on tho subject ?
" Sir , when you receive a copy of the Bradford Petition send mo one , but do not write anything else on , so as to make a letter of it ; if you do , it will prevent me receiving it , as the prison rules wiil not allow us to receive or send a letter offconer than once in three weeks . "My dear Sir , I am heartily glad that the Whies are in so great a minority . I received the half dozan Stamps for which I return my friend thanks . You must excuse the rambling , unconnected manner that I hare wrote this letter : you are not awaro how painful stooping to writo is tj me . I will endeavour to do the next better . " Give my respects to Mrs . Martin and all friends ; and before I conclude , let me beg of you , my friends , to use your endeavours to get us removed . Health and strength is the only property I have ; and if that is destroyed , how , in the name ef God , am I to get my bread , if ever I live to get my liberty ?
•• Lot me know in your next what exertions have been made . " I am , Sir , *• Yours , fatthfuily , 11 Samuel Holberrt . " To Mr . Wahingham Martin , ChesterfitlcJ . "
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Mischievous Spoiling of Tradesmen . —The unnatural separation of dignity and usefulness , the pernicious association of elegance and inutility . hu created immeasurable mischief . How absurd , hoff ii )» ane are the notions connected with K 3 na » l labour . Louis XVI . would have been a locksmith had the belli of his ta 6 te beeeu permitted scop « 5 and George-II I . was fond of watchmaking . What a pity either were compelled to forsake the path of meehamcal usefulness for that in Tfhich they l » Te left their names .
" To point a moral , and adorn a tale . " —English Chartist Circular . U « ejipx , oyed Operatives in Paisley . —We Kgret to state that the number of unemployed continues rather on the inoroase . The numbor oa the books yesterday was 748 , but this gives but an inadeqmte idciof the whole numbers unemployed . Ontiit 3 e 748 as many more are more or lesa dependent as swell the number up to 1 800 . Of these , all that are employed about only to 60 . who have workat
bmkmg stones . Tho others are relieved by orders oa grocers and others for food . The voluntary assessment was expected to yield about £ 700 , but from inability in some cases , and unwillingness in others , it is to bo feared it will fall much short of this . . . Only about a third of tho inhabitants , however , have yet been called en . The calls will be renewed cext week . The wants of the unemployed are most pressing , and their sufferings severe , and we hope this will bo borne in mind when the collectors make their call . —Paisley Paper .
The " Lady Thief" at * Lincoln . — As was anticipated and predicted , the " lady thief "has been permitted to escape ; she has quitted Lincoln , i * stated " , Several fresh cases of daring theft on her part are now freely spoken of , showing wha tever place she visited she plundered if possible—taking jewellery , faney wools , or anything portable that came in her way . Many tradesmen have nnssea articles of great value . JJnring the . latter part ot last week the lady called several times at the snop 3 fiom which she was positively known to have stolen * to endeavour to coinnromisn matters bv Davin 2 »?'
tho goods . One party refused until she had uoc < " »/ returned all they had seen her take , bat ererytn'Of ! she had taken ; she went away , returned , and delivered up a bundte of fancy wools and worstw * Not content wkh compounding crime ( an indietao offonce , by-the-bye ) , and defeating justice to toe public , parties are framing excuses for the tniei worth £ 409 a year . Her disorder i 3 tenderly a ^ cribed to a morbid and irrepressible propensity ! monomania . And it is sought to palliate her offenc a by the representation that she did not intend bar » in taking what belonged to others . —Lincoln Mercury
Messrs . Daistry , Rylk and Co . ' & Bakkri- 'I'ici-—We understand that the total number of P ^ ° J . f . debt under this fiat is 539 . The aaouut oflhB oe ^ proved against the Macclesfield Bank is ^ 'Mj'S i 19 s . 2 d . ; against tho Manchester Baak , £ Wf '* S . i . Lid : ; and the private debts proved smouut ^" £ 331 183 . 3 d . ; making a grand total of £ 165 , ^ 4 * . 4 id . ; besides vfhUh , the a = s ^ nee 3 « f * le 93 ' j * Whitmore and Wells , < n whom thj ba : k <» w " ^ l . ndor , claim to prr e for ^ IC / OS , 5 =. # « . Manchester Guardian ,
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Sentenced to two months imprisonment with , bard labour , and to Snd the same bail as the last prisoner . Francis Gillapie , SO , stood charged with having stolen a quantity of tools , tha property of James Bjwman and Isaac Key . Guilty . To be imprisoned fourteen days , the three last to be in solitary confinement William UcunrtU , is , mu charged with having riotously and tumuHuously assembled in Castle-street and English-street , and throwing a stick and a stone at Thomas Roddick aud Joseph Haugb , they being two constables in the discharge of their duty . Sir G . Lewin vras for the prosecution , and Mr . Matthews defended the prisoner . Tae Jury returned a rertict or Guilty , but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy , on account of his yonth . Sentence—to be imprisoned three months , and kept to hard labour , and to find fail , himself in £ 40 , and tttv sureties in £ 20 each I
William Max-veil , 16 , John Jackson , 20 , John Whartsm . 20 , James Convtay , S 3 , were charged with having tumultuously assembled in Engllsh-gtreet , and thrown stones at Divid Errington and other constables , while is the execution of their duty . Sir G . Levin wished Mr . Nanson , the Town Clerk , to withdraw the prosecution , as he understood Mr . Matthews was prepared to prove a complete alibi . Notwithstanding this , Mr . Nanson was determined to proceed . The trial proceeded , and a complete alibi was proved in all the cases , by eight or ten respectable witnesses , whose evidence Agreed in the most minute particulars . The evidence against the prisoners , Jackeon and Smith , was that of a solitary policeman , whose equivocating manner did not entitle him to the slightest credit The Judge summed np the evidence in a very partial manner , which , no doubt , had the effect of influencing the Jury in their verdict .
The Jury retired for about half an hour , and returned to Court and gave a verdict of Gailty against William Maxwell , John Jackson , and John \ Vharton , and acquitted the prisoner Conway . Sentenoe—To be imprisoned three months , with hard labour , and to find bail themselves in £ 40 each , anl two sureties in £ 20 each , in each case . Under the circumstances , the ball is tantamount to perpetual imprisonment , for the parties and their friends are rery poor ; so much so indeed , that had a defence not been got np by subscription , the prisoners wonld have been undefended .
Thursday , bXG . I . KXTRAOEDINART CASE OF CHILD MFRDER . Jane Hogg ( 36 ' , and Mary Hogg ifJl j , stood charged ¦ with the murder of an illtgitimate caild , at Irthington . The prisoners both pleadtd Not Guilty . The circumstances were ol rather an unnsual nature , and their detail created a sensation in thu court The elder prisoner is grandmother to the younger , and the husband of the former died on the night previous to the commission of the murder . The child was born on the Korhing of the 17 ih , whilst sevtral neighbours were at the house assisting in laying out the old man . The young woman was said to have the dropsy . Tlie surgeon deposed that the ehild had been born alive , and had been strangled by having a piece of taue
round its neci . The Jury foucd both the pri-SOQtTg Guilty . Tke Jndge , in pissing sentence , sa 5 d that the / had both been convicted by a verdict of a jury , pfier a careful consideration of their case , and he deemed it his dnty to declare publicly his reason for cot leaving them for execution . One of them had been recommended "by the jury to the mercy of the Court , in eonsequence of her appearing t « be a person of -weak intellect , ana to have been actuated by stronger feelings , and with less controul over them when the act was committed than the other . With regard to the elder prisoner , no recommendation had been made . No doubt the jury were of opinion that she , being the older and more active person , had committed the act , making her
dangfcter rather the instrument in the performance of it If ha ( Lord Danman ) could see that she had destroyed the child for the purpose of saving the expence of keeping it ,- that she had deliberately put the child to deatb , or urged her daughter to do so , in that case he should have no choice but to leave her in the hands of the executioner . There were , however , circuinstancea in this case which were opposite , and he thought the eridecce i » as scarcely sufficient to induce him to leave the extreme penalty of the law to follow . The sentence of death would , therefore , be recorded against Mary Hogg ; but he should recommend a commutation , but only on the condition that she leave this country for th ? remainder of her life . The other prisoner would not be transported , but she would have to suSVr a lone term of imprisonment
John KirkpjJrick . 21 , yraa indicted for the wilful murder tf Thomas JirO . ine , a police effiaer , at CarlifiUs on tbL > 29 th of June last ; and James Juckum , 20 , w . is charged with aiding aud abetting him to commit the same . SrG . Leytis and } kiT . THOMPSON prosecuted ; Mr . Matthews defence- . T ; : is proctcdiag aro ^ e out of the circumstances which have given occasion to several iiidictuienls against pers--. sis for riots and assaults on the police force , which have been duly reported iu thia journal . The evidence disclosed that on the day in question , which was the nomination day for the candidates for the representation of this borough , a considerable rioteus mob was assembled in front of the hustings . After tha proceedings at
the husiings had terminated , the cmaidates repaired to tie Crjirn and Mitre Cuffee House , in the Green Market . The mob also came in front of that hotel , snd continued very riotous . The police were drawn up in front , and the mob becoming , as the witnesses described it , outrageous , the superintecdent of police directed his men to disperse them . A conflict then arose , and the police were compelled to use their staves . The dectiiel was one of the police and as he was standing in the Green Market , Kirkpatriek struck him a violent blo \» on the head with a life-preserveT , "which felled him to the ground . He afterwards attempted to rise , and while he was in the act of rising , the other
prisorer zlso struck him , but not so violently . The dectase . 1 was then taken into the coffee-house , and a surgeon attended him . He had a cut on the hack of his Lead from which the blood was njwing , and ^ mother cu' . on the fjrthead . After remaining at the coffeehouse a short time he was sent home to his house in a fly . Mr . Elliott , the surgeon who had a first a attended , afterwards saw him at his house , and found him labouring under compression of brain . He died a short time af t ^ rwardB from an internal effusion of b ' ood . A post iTioriem ejca : iiination took place , ^ nd a quanti ty of coagulated blood was found uneUr the dura maler , which was uninjared above tl » e ear , at the place where the wound hud been inflicted .
Mr . ilATiHE-n-s addressed the Jury for the prison ere . His LOP . KSBIP having summed up , the Jury retire 4 , acd afttr having been absent a short time returned with a verdict acquitting Jackaon , but finding Kirkpatrick guilty of Manslaughter . HLs LORr > 3 HiP then sentenced him to Transpertation for fifteaa years .
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CROWN COURT . —Wedsesdat , August < . Be / on Themas Lord Denmax , Chief Justice . The bBKneas in t hi * cosrt would have been compa-» H * -tly light , but for a number of casts of riot and assault , arising out of the late election for Carlisle , » n . i two cases of murder ; one the murder of a poliee-V 32- ; . named Jardin , and the other a case of child murder , under most extraordinary circumstances . TJs . ul these esaises we had not thought it possible that ike ^ acradnew of a court of justice could bare been so « ps = ! 7 desecrated by the most groaa atd barefaced partiK ^ Jhip . bath oa the pattof the Grand Jury and the Jn- ' ice himself , whose mindTsad evidently been poisoned ly & mi 8 statement of facts . There appeared to ua to be sn overweening anxiety on the part of the leading
Whigs , tLose immediately concerned in the election riois { if » ueh they ceuld be called , but which we most ec- h » iicsllT deny ) to sit upon the Grand Jury to find tn > < bills against the pirties , who were charged by Jhe police , * nd committed by a Tiolent Whig magistrate , acl slavish partisan- Whom did we see in the Grand Jury box ? Why the very men whase obnexiena f 5 > r- ^ vr 3 Ece , flanked around by an armed police force , lrs- the original cause of the disturbance ; P . H . Ht-ward , Erq ., M . P . ; William Marshall , B % q ., il . P . for the borough ; C Howard . E q , M P . for the eastern division or the county ; John Dixoa , Esq ., the "WL - ? mayor . These men , aVrcve all others , ought to bsTc ob- ^ rv ed a common decorum and decency by keepin , , in the back ground , and allowing others to preside wi . ' were n » t so immediately concerned in these tr-sactioas ; but Whig impndrcce . ard want of prin-£ t e . are proverbial ; and , in this instance , tie truth rf ' -. he observation has bren fully realised , to their
fci'ire ais ? cm 9 ture and eternal disgrace , for we can aspire th ; m ( that tteir present doings will nevcT be forgotten bytbe people , but will remain on their minds » a canker " , which Trill increase with time , and finally fcsve the effect of crushing to atoms the whole Wh : z fai - . ic Tt-eselate signs ! defeats have irritated them be ~ " -nd endurance , and such is the gall and wormwood wh ' - ' .-h they feel , that they have not scrupled to eoL > mit tke greatest acts cf injustice by tram-. ling CD truth and common decency . &cd even staining the 'very ju'lgment-seat itself . YV ere these flt men . ire -would ask , to sit on the Grand Jury , armed , % s they must have been , with all the vengeance of a Aei : & £ »! and disappointed faction ? No ! Decidedly not Scr ought ihe Jnd ^ e to hold conversations -with parties previous to his sitting in judgment on those w ^ are locked upon as the enemies of peace ana good 0 tjkr . We woulil direct particular attention to the foLowing portion of his Lordship ' s address : —
' 'Jt was a shameful , it was a painful circumstance to fiio-e who had a high reverence for popular institutions , iflHl who bad been accustorted to regard with approbatio- -he admission of » greater numbtr to the exercise of t- '< e elective franchise—it was painful to them to find fchs : when a large body of them aastinbied for the purp « s-. of exercising cut of the most important priTuei ? ea grsiited by our cunstivnV . on , instead of proceeding with dct-ucy , eslnititss , and respect for the the public peace , tfcty found them banded together for distnrbance , for * cl > cf intiinidaticicacdTiolfEee , and at a time when they Kt ^ x ; too often ready to have their passions ¦ wro ^ ht to Hie CGmnr . &sIon of the worst of crimes . It was necessary that the law should be dedared distinctly on the uljeet It was bat right that those engaged in the
• fiairs of the law should receive the protection of the law—the humblest man in the exercise of bis duty in the protection ofliis feliow subjects , had as mnch right to its protection as he who came in all the pomp and tixenniitsxce which attached to high office , to cirry the law into effect It was not to be endured that thoes irto exerted themselves for the preservation of the lives of their fellow snhjects should bs exposed to the frttazks of any ons without rec-iving the full amount of protection that the law allowed . From the depositions th&l tad be * n laid b * fore him he had strong reasen to tsDect that the life of a police c& : lt , who was emyioyed in preserving the pe&ce of the city , had been » crinced by an attack ot the description to which he had alinoed . It wjs for the jury to inquire , -with much
attentive consideration , whether that attack had been xcsje by an individual with a m&licious intention . * If they found that some particular wr-und had been tit cause of the man's de ^ . th , snd if tbey could , trace the individual ¦ oho had maliciously inflicted , that wound , then it wimld be a dear caa ; of murder . WUen he said msHcJousiy , he bezred tLem to ' ¦ nderstand that they did not require proof of personal ffiiiicc in the person vbo inflicted the wound—or even j in ^ cqcaintvr . ce -with tte person who -was ibe object cf \ his sziack ; for if a :: ian : c £ : cted a -rroirod - ^ Licli was ; Hlt " 'y to be foilo-sred ty i : sath , and which did produce ' , dcAth , ti ^ t rn * x * wa ; clc- ^ riy guik ; - of murder . Supposing that to b » the nature of ths off-. nce , there might appear to
bea difficulty as to ^ bt ther tad person coznuuu mg suci . efface received the a&siEtar . Ct ? of other persons , those yessf * ns were guilty of tLe « sjo ? ofi " c-= ; e ; hee&use if o . -i ; particular blc-Tf , ii ) fLicte <* ' by 'lie ptisan , ¦ w as the cause ©? . itaih , it a . ' jht 3 ppear ttm : ); 3 t isoiTidml vpoald lose be unEwerabie vo the is *' , and thai tils Othsr pextcns "were net p ^ rtskers in his euilt If it appeared thit many had corjcurte-l in irfi ' . cting a-mortal wound , it bscame lbs duty of tfce Grand Jury to enquire what led to it . And he feit bound to s : ate , that if they founi » &sy adding and assisting for the purpose o ! unlawfully lesLsiicg a lawful authority , when inthe execution of a necessary duty , ana if while such resistance was bsing Xi&cc , a blow was struck by one man -which deprived loother of life , the law decreei that those aidicc and
aseisting , though thty < i ' - ^ not strike ths blow , w < . re equally ruiliy of the mwrc .-T . The question , therefore , Would mainly be , not whether death -was prodnced , rfor abcut cist there cocld unfortunately be no dotint . —nci Wittier it -tras prcdr : C £ a by zn unlawful blow , because thct ¦ was most r = s = ife ? t—but -what tfc-vy had to dtciile wpon was , whether tba * b "; ow which proJnc ^ d death * as an insulated act , perpetrated by a single indr ? idnal , Whtrn others were not Cuzcurrine with him , oi whether it T 5-&S the act of one concurring with many oihers , Who knowingly assisted him in the perpetration of the unla-srfai act . The law -was perfectly clear on- the Question . It hid been established si ^ a early period , and it had nrrer since bten doubled , tLat w ' aeu several persona -srere eieaged in an unlawful act . such as
obstructing an officer in tlie execution of his duty , and When ose person , while the rvst wer * so engaged , in-Elcitd a blow upon a man , which bl jt tillea him , tha peross who were thus unla-vrfully engaged , could be iEd ' . cled , with the person who struck the blow , as murderers , r . nd were held eq uliy guilty with him . I ; appeared from the deposition , that at the recent eJecdon , the tar . iJQites ar 4 their frkals , on leaving the huntings ^ rere surrouncied by a nwb sf person ? who expressed threats against teem , as-1 they were obliged t * eater a ^ i inn f ^ r projection , and Uiat vhe act of vk » - k ' jc ^ took place there . Ii it appears-A ti ^ t the act was ecTnmittt-d oy-one rn-in , "wlih tie assistance of Ot 0 t ; r 3 Who were -iotin $ in an utilswftil manner , nothicg souid be more proper or necessary , if tbe btate of things he
» pote of wji true , tb * n fyr the puiiee to be endeavouring to protect inJivkluals from Tioltnia—and if the blow was struci liien while othtr persons -were thus en-£ S £ <» 1 , it Traa cV ^ sriy the acs of m ^ ny concurring in one ^ nlawftn purpssa . Bit if t here was & cessati on of vi oleuce , and a inan comv . iitted the act when separated from the crowd—in that Gise it was evidently the act of ene and not of the whole body . Tfeis , however , was certain , that if such proceedings , by whomsoever committed , were tolerated on such occaBio : i 8 , every day of elsction would ba a day o : civil vrar , and in the event of parties beiag eqsalJj balanced , initeaa of ps 3 ce and tj ^ istness . we might look for nothing but massacres an I dismrbaaces . It wts gratifying that violence of % ' m * tind had been extremsly rare ; and although the public feeling had been , at the recsnt election , in a most
excited state , and bad been in many instances expressed in a very strong maniiw , yet instances such a 3 it -was aow his painfnl doty to coHimeut upon had been few radaed , sad ¦ where tbey had occurred they were found , on investigation , to be traceable to persons UEinstracted aid of the lowest class . This , he feoped , would add another to the many artumen-. s for a strict attendance to tke education of the people at kLTjre—another reason why every opportunity ehucid be taken to diffuse knowledge sznoiig tbe ignorsnt , and to raise iteir condition from « ne of msntal abj ^ ctness to one of inttlligence . "B'ith tiiess fctr remarks he weald leare the cases en-Ibdy in their bands , and for their careful cenjiaeratioc . fie concluded by recommending the Grand Jury to begin with soibs of tbe lighter business , in ordej to iftep thBtime of the Court profitably occupied . "
John Cape , 19 , stood chvrgcd -with hanng stolen t fuiUan jacket , the properry of Isaac Sherwin , of Asp-. trii . t Tiii Jury found tbe iriaonerEaiitr . Sentenced to be imprisoned &ix months with hard laooor . Mary LeUhxcxite 32 , was charfred with stealing one sha ^ i ukI one muslin csp , the preperty of Sarah Johnston , Lud also tvro cottou shifts , the property of Miry Murthwaile , and also one siiaxl , the property of Ann Bontleoga . The prisoner pleaded guilty to one indictment and icas foucd guilty of the other . Sentenced , to be transported for the term of her natural 1 ! A ,
This sentence was considered very severe . We understand that ithas beea rtuaiteu , through the interference of > Jr . Aglionbj , 51 . P-, ioi C ^ ekannouth , and some others , and that see is to be ssnt to 8- > me Peni' . entiary . John Laughlia , frzs charged with having riotously assembled &t tue parisa of St Mary's , Carlisle , with other persons , and injured and obstructed Thomas Eetheringian , in tfc = execution of his duty as a console . The prisoner was aWy defended by Mr . SJatthews , az > d The Jury retired for upwards of half an hour , when they returaed and pronounced the following verdict—Giiity of aaasssuit only . and
S ^^ jen-xd to be imprisoned months kept to h ^ rd libour . and to find bail iiimielf in £ i 0 and two sureties of £ 20 each W keep the pe&M for t * rc > Robert Ec-sjcs , sfjod charged , with a similar ofi \ use , Hii Gtiecqrt Le ' ivis vri 3 for ihe prosecution , iiid ilr . il-iTTntWs itJy defended the prisoner . - The Ju . v retsxne * . a verdict of Gialty cf the assault , bat rteoii-sacdad the prisoner to mercy .
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The following ia a copy of the petition : — IO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY , SECRETARY OF STATE . The humble petition of Samuel Holberry , a prisoner in ihe House of Correction , in NorthuUertQn , in the North Riding of ihe County of York , Sheweth , —That your Lordships' petitioner was convicted of conspiracy and sedition at the York Spring Assizes , of 1840 , and sentenced to fonr yeara imprisonment in tho above-mentioned gaol .
That the severe confinement he ia enduring is not only mining hia health , but daily diminishing his strength ; and to give your Lordship an idea of his afflictions , aud that his person is undergoing a considerable change for tho worse , his legs are subject to continual swellings , and his appetite has lost all relish for tbe prison diet That your Lordship will feel convinced from these circumstances that your petitioner must be considerably debilitated , and hourly feeling his afflictions more and more .
That yonr Lorpships * petitioner having been subject to tbe severe restrictions of tbe silent system , for so long a period , and having , by his sentence , yet to undergo two years and a half imprisonment in the very closest of confinement , he feels it a duty he owes to himself for the protection of his health , nay , his very life , to petition your Lordsliip for a mitigation of his punishment ; not that he prays for that almost unhopedfor favour at this stage of his sentence of a total remission of it , but for a relaxation of the prison discipline by being sent to some other gaol where the silent system is not enforcod , wholly on the ground of protection to his health .
That your Lordships * petitioner having now stated tho ground of his petition , he will rest in full hope of confidence in yonr Lordships' humanity to take the above circumstances into consideration ; that isthe length of time he has served under the most severe prison discipline—the time he has to aerre under the decline of health—and the present state of his health ; and may yonr Lordship , under the circumstances , see the absolute necessity of granting his bumble petition , by removing him to some place where the restrictions are less severe , thereby holding out the hope that his health may bo protected , and his life spared ; and your petitioner will ever pray . Samuel Holberry , Prisoner . July 29 , 1841 .
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Two vrretched-lookiDg beings , named RieWi Williams and Ellea Sheen , the former 65 tudlS latter 51 years of a ^ e , were char ge * before " Jb Broughton , at Worship-street , nnder the following extraordinary circumstances : —Sergeant TeaiJe h 6 , stated that , on Friday last , about fourteen faini lies were forcibly ejected from the domiciles theyUi occupied in Hope-street , Spitalfields , and they W been since compelled to remain day and niX under one of the arches of the Eastern Coonti&a Railway . The occurrence had occasioned consider able excitement in the neighbourhood , and the ad " joining streets had been greatly obstructed by t £ » crowds of persons assembled round their place of encampment . He proceeded to the place on Sunda *
afternoon tor sue purpose of preserving order , whea he found two boxes placed on the pavement ton ceive charitable donations , and , as the prisoners who appeared to have charge of them , refused to ' tab them away , he considered it his daty to take thea into cuatoay tor the obatrvotion . The sergeant produced the boxes , which he said wen ' the same as were ustd by the Chartish in < xL beting contributions for the defence of their impri soned fellows . Two slips of paper were affixed ^ the front of tbe boxes , with tbe following iaserip . tion : —* ' Two hundred men , women , and children , it a moment ' s notice , turned into the open airfroa Hope-street , Spitalfields , being distrained on , and they are now to be seen there , in want of shelter and of the necessaries of life . "
Mr . Broughton inquired by whose direction and under what particular process the ejectment tort place ? ^* Sergeant Teakle said that he happened to be pag sing throngh the street on Friday morning when th families were turned out , and he observed that the directions were given by a broker named Hardr who was attended by several assistant ? . The goon aud scanty furniture belonging to the parties portions of which were broken to pieces , were lyin » about the street , and a number of miserable peopfi of all ages and both sexes were wailing over thesi . The majarhy of them were poor weavers out of employment , and the distress and wretchedness that the scene presented was truly heart-rending . ^ policeman now present would be able to give tha magistrate further information , as he accomDani *)
the broker when he made the ejectment . Police constable Spencer , H 92 , was called , and , in answer to the magistrate ' s questions , he etatej that on Friday morning Inspector Lewis sent tin to Hupe-strett with the broker , to prevent a breach of the peace , and he remained inthe street whilst tho poor families out of fourteen houses were ejected , They were all in a most destitute condition , but tin most distressing ease was that of a poor woman who had a family of eight children , one of whom was 01 with the small-pox ; another woman had seven children , and one of them had been severely scalded o » ihe same morning . : The broker promised the woman to procure tne admission of herself and famil yinto ths workhouse , but he did not know whether the promise had hncn fulfilled .
Mr . Broughton eaid he was greatly surprised that the-police had lent its countenance to such unlawful and tyrannical proceedings , but he presumed that thfi object for which their services were required bad been misrepresented to tbe inspector . Tilt ; the usher , waa directed by the magistrates to proceed immediately and bring to the court as many of the unfortunate outcasts as he could find . The case was resumed at four o ' clccfe , when Mr . Ashley , the solioitor , attended to watch the proceedings on the part of the broker and his principal , and Mr . Hunt appeared on behalf of the aggrieved panic ' s .
Tilt informed the magistrates that several of tha poor people were waiting outside to be examined . Amongst the number was the woman whose child was said to have died , but her child was not dead , though seriously indw-poeed . The first witness called was Susan Potts , the wife of a poor weaver with seven children , who stated that a broker who distrained upon her goods at her last piace of abode recommended her to remove with her family into one of the houses in Hope-street , which -was abandoned , and she accordingly did so . She had lived for some weeks in the house and no
, application had been made to her for rent , neither had she received any notice to quit . On Friday morning she wont to the workhouse to apply for some relief , and , on her return , she found two men in the room , who told her to " get out" with her goods aud children , or they would turn them oat . She implored ihem to allow her a little time in consideration of her &ick chiid , but they refused to do so and she collected her few things and left , the place . She remained in the street with her children u ^ til nighY , when 'they were admitted into another house .
A poor man , named Philips , was next examined , and he stated that he had lived three months in one « f tae houses , and had agreed to pay ei ^ hteeapenco a week for his room , part of which he had paid . On Friday morning he went out to seek work , aud on returning he found that his door had been broken open by the broker ' s party , and the few things ha possessed were scattered about tte street . No notice had been giveu to him to km the place . He had passed two nighta in the open air . Several other witnesses , some of whom had been exposed for three days and nights to the late inclement weather , gave similar evidence . Mr . Hunt questioned the witnesses as to whether the broker or his men removed any of the goods with their own hands , but they stated that they were peremptorily ordered to remove them themselves .
Mr . Hunt said that if the answer had bsen in ths affirmative he should , on his own responsibility , have given the person who removed a single article into custody on a charge of felony . Mr . Broughton said ho very much regretted that all lie conld do , as tlie case now stood , was to discharge the prisoners . Ho had occasionally read of the occurrence of sueh proceedings in Ireland , butke never conceived that such a heartless and lawless transaction could ever take place in this connirj ; and although ho could not now deal with the case as he desired , he would , upon application being msde . grant warrants against the parties for a breach of the peace .
Mr . Hunt said that he would take out the warrant * without loss of time , as ho wa 9 determined to prosecute the parties to the utmost extent . The prisoners were then discharged . [ The amount in the boxes is supposed to be about 15 s ., which would have been distributed amongst the unfortunates on Sunday evening , if tho police tad not interfered . The police , it ig said , have broken opeu the boxes . I writo in haste , having only just time for the post ; I have been engaged iuthis case for the last five hours . ]
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EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF SWINDLING . On Thursday , "William Hopkins , landlord of the Holein-the-Wall public-houao , Fleet-street , appeared before Sir Peter Laurie , who sat for tho Lord Mayor , at tbe Mansion House , to answer tbe compiaint of the British Auxiliary Legion , under Qoatral Evans , in Spain , un > ler the following circumstances : —Captain Roberta said that he appeared to support the summons , iu consequence of reading the following letter : — " King-street , Long Acre , June 23 . Sir , —In compliance with your wishes , aud , at tha same time , grateful for your kind consideration , I hereby endeavour to transmit to you a few of the names of those unfortunate individuals who , like myself , have been defrauded by that prince of swindlers , Alexander Somerville : —
£ s . d . James M'Culloch , 8 th Scats 7 13 0 Robert Johnson , ditto 3 1 0 John Holland , ditto 10 13 0 Kobert Cohen , ditto 7 10 0 Samuel Cuddy , ditto 9 3 0 James Callagher , ditto 3 17 2 Eilwarcl Fields , ditto 3 17 2 Dauiel Grady , 6 th Scots 5 0 8 James Mullin , ditto 7 12 6 ,-John Mullin , ditto 9 2 6 Henry M'Every , ditto- 9 2 0 James Stuart , itb regiment 9 3 0 James Scott , 2 d Lancsra 17 2 8
£ 112 4 2 " These , sir , are only a few of the too many instances which I can recollect of duplicity practised by Alexander Somerville on those who were ao unfortunate aa to become a prey to his icainmting and artful way ef victimizing . " I have the honour to be , " Sir , ¦ ' Your most humble servant , " ROBEKT M'COBMICK , " Late Sth Scota , British Auxiliary Legion . " To CapUin Boberts , British AuxUiary legion . "
Captain Koberts stated that the complainant was a private in the Lancers of the British Auxiliary force , ¦ wh o served under General Evans in Spain , and on the dissolution of that force Scott retired to Belfast , in Ireland , where he worked for some time as a wood-turner until he met with an accident , by which he lost tbe use of one of bis hands . Some time after this accident , an advertisement appeared in the London journals , as well as tbe provincial ones , and placards , signed " Alexander Somerville , " stating that he was an agent for the recovery of gratuities and pay due by the Spanish government to the British legion , and which was secured under the convention of both countries : he undertook not only to recover the amount bnt mate them an advance .
Sir Peter Laurie—Was this the Somerville that made such a noise at the Reform Bill , and figured away in the Scots Greys ?—Captain Roberta said that it was , and proceeded to state that every soldier on his discharge obtained certificates for his grata ties and pay , which being endorsed by the holders were transferable . Scott , on seeing Soznerrille ' fl haniMjilla in Belfast , applied to Mm bs letter , to which , he received the following answer : — " 4 , Brydges-sh-eet , Strand , London , Jan . 13 . " Sir , —I beg to acknowledge the reoeipt of your letter , and have to say , thas I can do nothing with your certificates until 1 see them , and have submitted
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BRUTAL , CRUEL , AND SCANDALOUS EJECTMENT FROVI THEIR HOLDINGS OF UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED PERSONS .
( From our own correspondent . ) I send the following account of this outrage , whiuh . would never ha . vo been brought to light , bat through the exertions of Mr . . Drake , and the hatred tha police have to Chartist subscription hoses : the boxes belonging to the members of this district having baen lent to the miserable victims of lawless aggression by Mr . Drake , and they having been seized , together with two persons , by the police , which occasioned tho whole affa ' r to be investigated . Proceedings are still 'going on , and 1 hope on Thursday to be able to forward all particulars as to persons , &c , as warrants will bo applied for , aud counsel employed to obtain redress .
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6 THE NORTHERN STAR . _____
Culebeitland Summer Assizes.
CUlEBEItLAND SUMMER ASSIZES .
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The following is a copy of a Letter and Memorial which Messrs E . & W . Pontifex and Wood , refused to receive and comply with . TO MESSRS . B . * W . PONTIFEX It GO . Gentlemen , —We are Delegates nominated to lav a Memorial before yon , and we hope an impartial perusal will be given an answer to the sametffect ; will much oblige Tour hurable servants , WILLIAM MISCELDINE . William Jagelman . Richard Hewson . Thomas coffev . TO MESSRS . E . < fe W . PONTIFEX , WOOD , & CO ., SHOE-LANE , HOLBOUN . The humhle Memorial from the Jaurneyiran Coppersmiths late in tne employ of Maws . E . and W Pontifex , Wood , and Co .
1 ovb Memorialists Sheweth , —That in consequence of their late Employers not being willing to restrict the Coppersmith Department of their Factory to a limited number of Apprentices , « n the twentyeighth day of April last , when several of the workmen hid an inter via * with Mr . Edmund Pontifex , and then been given to understand from hiru his determination not to accede to the workman ' s wishes . The Journeymen Coppersmiths considered it a duty incumbtut and imperative on themselves to withdraw individually
from their employment , and to act entirely upen their own responsibility for their future welfare and interests ; knontsg that tbe excessive number of Apprentices now bound to the Trade , and vrith the introduction of machinery and great improvements of late years has been made in the Coppersmith ' s branch , is likely , if ccntinubd , to diminish the employment hitherto afforded to the Journeymen Mechanics now employed in the Coppersmith trade , and providing restrictions are not made and complied to , the workmen would inevitably be ruined .
Therefore your humble Memorialists , with every due respect and courtesy to Messrs . E . & W . Pontifex , Wood , & Co ., liave ventured to lay the following resolutions before you , in hopes they will mett your approbation , and be the means of coining to an amicable understanding , which may tend to be beneficial and agreeable to all parties , viz . the number of Apprentices .
COPPERSMITH SHOP . One Apprentice to four Men . Two ditto to eight ditto Three ditto to twelve Uitto . Fuur ditto to stx ' . eeu ( title . Piva ditto to twenty ditto . Six ditto to twtnty-four ditto . And two Apprentices in the Braziers' Shop . Subscriptions thankfully received at the Golden Lion , Fore-streeJ , CnppJegate .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct392/page/6/
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