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THE RUSSELL FAMILY . Mr . Richardson , in hie " Peep at the Peers , " p . 11—• jwfce of Bedford— -ioe given as a list of lands , once the B ^ perly of the P * or . amounting in talna to . £ -8 , 889 IS * *_ ., "which this great leviathan of Church property w tails his own . M * . R- then asks—Tioic did he gel ^ gs ? To this question I find the following answer in 7 jte ye -w British Traveller , by James Dagdale , LLD . " Gcadee , Ivj Lane , 1817 : — . « £ _ __ history of the noble family of Bassell is cnrfote snd iEtercsticg . They appear to have originated in BorscUt ire , and owe their greatness to an accident cm ^ _
ttat coast . In the reiga of Henry TIL , Philip , Arch-< hik » of . Austria , fcsing bound for Spain , the heiress of » fcich Ksstiom he had married , was obliged by a s * onu to P ' Eaore ^ Weymonth , -where be was ~ e £ iT £ d by Sir Thomas FxencLard , of Wol » erton , Knt , Svo t £ l he could inform the court of the event , sent {« his neigaboar , . Mr . Jota Bussell , then lately j ^ axoed from his travels , to entertain his illustrious ^ 53 . Jh& Archduke wasao pleased with his conver-* joa that he recommended him to the King of Eac jiadi ~*" £ Oon ^ "faaced him to aeveial honourable ~ iL and his wn , Henry Till ., created hia Baron
gossan , of C- _ enej _; . in the county of Bucks , which j gjjste be afurw ^ d * acquired Y > y , marriage , He was j -jjje by Henry Ti II . Lord Warden of the Stannaries , j jjjd Lara Admiral of England and Ireland , Knight of * ht Garter , and Lord Privy Seal . In the reign of j : « iari VI . he was Lord High Steward fot the Coro- 1 jj ^ jdo , * = £ t ** S 73111 of ^" obum Abbey , and was , in j jte 3 rd of E-iwaru VI ., cresied Earl of Bedford . He j j ^ j th e h _ i _ o __ r U ) coBduet ovtr to England Philip of ; 5 ciiB , graiiviscn to the P / ince who first brought him to ' , ri / Bii an ^ advaacfcnitnt . He died 1554 , and was buo- { fgitea bj his son Francis , Trio died in 1585 , and was | icriid fct GLenejs , as were most of his descendants . ; gii sac , Tzmus , being iiiied a day or two before his J { j-fc ^ -s ce-r-i ., by * -se Scotch in the marshes , hia son ! ' jawani succeeded his graudfatiier , and died , in 1627 . ) ] - ge mas succeeded by his cousin Francis , son of his >' ^ sde "ITilliam , Lord Bc&seli , of Thornhaugh , Lord j jfepaty of Irelatd , in the reign of Elizabeth . This ! : jateis ttm the first projector of the draining of the j paa lev . l of the fens , called after him Bedford Level , j 1 jnfl dying in 1641 , was succeeded by Ms eldest son J ' TfuUsm , who , after having several times joined both i 1 TOruea dming the Ciril War , s » last adhered to the i ' i ^ sl cause , and soffcrfcd a severe loss in the death of ; < iaj -oniy son by the very family whoa he had sup- j ' ported , to compensate for wluch he was created by ; J 3 £ n £ Williim , Marquis of Ivristock snd Duke of i BaiLiS , sad , dying in 1700 , was succeeded by his pjndson Wriothfcsley . He , in 1711 , by his son : 1 iai _ ua _ e £ s _ fce- and he , m . 1732 , by his brother ; jaa , -wiso , cj i ^ s in J 771 . "was socceeded by 1
fcis gjasdsoiL , Fiaicis , ^ fho died rather suddenly of an illness , occasioned by a repcure , March 2 , 1 S 02 , aged 57 . His brother , Lord Jolin Busaell , succeeded him in ' his title and estate- The nobleman so suddenly and nnexpecte&y raised to ducal honours , was born Jtiy 6 , 176 S , sr-d on Dilarch 21 , 17 S 6 , before he had completed his Sou year , he married at Brussels gsoijiaca Earabci , ths aecoad daughter of Tiscount lorniutcn . This lady died on the 11 th of October , it » 1 . learicg issue , Fr cnris , Marquis of TiTi » toct , born JUt 10 , 17 SS— ( Jeorge William , born May 8 , 1790 , and the ' prestat Lord John , born August 19 , 1792 . Shortly after Tnacis's accession to the title , hs married a fc « oadtima to Greorgiana , the fifth daughter of the Daie of Gordon , by whom he had seTtral children ; xn 4 a&er the death of Pitt , when Fox was in power , ta Tii made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . —VoL 1 st ,
>' o faniSy jsays Mr . Pecnani ] profited so much by tbs pbttder gi the Gtuirih as that * i Bedford . To the pun of Wsbum in 1547 , it owes much of its projerty in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire . To that rf ibe rich abbey of TaTisloci , Tut fortune and interest in BjTonshire ; and , to render them more ertensrre , fia : of I > aiiieswell \ ras added . " The donation of Taans-y Abbey g&Te Lord Russell an amngtng tract of lea in Caabridgesaire , togexoei "witii a great reYenue JJfachburn Abbsy increased his property in Bedfordtire . The Priory of CasUe Hymel gaTe him footing is Vnr » Mnipwm . < . h-. rft ., and he came on lor paxctis of "Jit tppurtcEiECfcs of St . A : bans , and MouL . t Graca in Yorkshire . Kot to mention the house of the Friars Preadiers is Exeter , with the rtTenues belonging to the ioaadasias ; and , finally , tb « estate about CoTent fi * rdcB , with a field adjoiniag , caiied the ScTen Acres , tad on which Long Acre is built . —ToL I . page 47 .
I ; was such an account as this that our friend , Mr . Pros , had in yiew when he made his speech at the Vine Conduit , and promised us its publicntisn in such terns as roused the ire of his persecutor , and laid the fcmcation of all his futi re troubles . Ton will have the goodness to giTe us this in the &r , and let the Dissenters see what ground they hare fe rope ior aiy relief from such a man of the Church u this ; aad what the poor can expect from one who kids so much , of that property orjgina ' ny g . Ten for tteil export ; and -wb&tcoa a nation , cryicg for bread , exjes irom such an oTergrown iandej proprietor as this , be : ' jo be deceiTed in his fine " f . nality" promises , as ttej Cite been , JOHS EOBIXSON . PtEtontille , London , Jzlj 5 ih , 3 S 41 .
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v KO ?^ EXPOSURES OF THE WORKISQ OF THAI liASTER-PIECE OF WHIG TILLANT , IH 2 BRUTAL NEW POOR LAW , OR CO >~ - FESSIOXS OF AN 1 > 'MATE OF THE DEPWADE -NORFOLK ) UKIOJT . A pocx but determined Chartist , named George Eliis , aa mbibitant of Harleaton , Norfolk , was eompellea by adTerse circumstances to seek an asylum in the aboTe bcase , in the beginning of last January , There he remained * &Ten vrtcta . Eomfied with the det'is of iniquity he there sa * Bid beard of , he fictem-inca to corue ont , and let the
Toriatuew the shamtiui iransacuons carried on therein , At ha especial requrst , I now forward to Xhtyorihern S ^ a-, a record cf a I = w , and t-nly a few , of the many barbarities he related to the Ttiter . So commou , howerst , are the exposuns of the brutal proceedings in these dsLj o ! iniquity bteuming , ihat iaey are now looked on ai cojemon " appendages '' cf a newspaper . IS , therefore , these confessions contain nothing peculiarly noTtJ , fcjy will at leait tead to conarm preceding reTclations , f ed eonTinceerPxy Ta » j > r > -jailic 5 « l person , tiiat the Ifew Poor Law is a " phiioscpliieal" systeinatie Bcbtme for &s pnnitnmpTif of poTerty &s a crime , and msfcing the pwt boiid-slaTfe * to the rich .
Ibe first ca&a to which I" beg the attention of the ra-da , is that of an oid xnsn of the rjj e of iiocra , ct the jarish of Toncett , Norfolk , who had become as ter-iie of tLe Union Hcuse , at Poibam . On Wedaesdsj-, February 17 , the Tisiting Guardians EEifc to ihe boose sedated ittepoor « ld feilotr hOW he *»« ? He replied , Tery poorly . The Governor , who , *« ucderi ^ nd , tas bt * n employed in a transport siip , us fho , torn his aiflj in " bullying' the unfortunates * Ter wham he has been placed , was doubtless chosen *• "a fit acu prcptr pemm" to Tictimise the no less trJortaate Tictims of social aimes of this country . This " bully" was ai ths heels of the Guardians , and hesnag- the pauper ' s answer that ke was Tery ill , eiiiaiea , ' Ai ! he brought it all oa himself . " Oid Hoore kept up ull near supper , when he crawled up fairs oa Lis hazes and knees to his bed—the
Wards-^ isn carried up his supper , —he could sot eat it . The G ^ Temor was gone out ; when he came home , the Wsroaian toid him " that the man iiocre could nut fet Lij iutptr . " " Weli , I caul help that , " was p&ta > ^ -7 reared out . " But , Sir , he is Tery ill , ' said the nsrisaaa . Tie brute agAin repeateu " I can't help ^ si , " and took no more notice of the poor wretch who ad commuted himself to tbeTagaboiiu ' s keeping , and « » ai thus left , through a long night , by the Tillain , to Peridi miserabjy for aught he kn&w or cared , " without I fn « nd to close his erts . " Howe-vei , death , though ^ far off , Tinted him not that night—he wasalrre Jot morning ; the common " dietary" breakfast , " tkilley , " trzs sent up to the poor old fellow—a ^ ain be fvuia aoteat it Woifct the piuper wag in this stite , i : bed , tbe ( rrvemoT actually wett up staira and tiu&vf ° i * n iD the window oc b . Jih tiJes ihe reom : !
Thfi doctor arrWed about noon time , and Tisited the dd Kin , then is bed ; he pronounced him Tery ill and * fert& him scnittiung " courishing" to tike . A wardsj ^ n segfested his remoral to the " old man ' s ward . " Bie doelor replied he Trxts too ill for that , and moat fc ) i &e rraoTtd . iniiBBdiiittly sixes the Doctor was IPoe , the * ' bo ' ily" uriiertd two men to remove the poor f ^ ° * i in direct defiant of iir . Burton ' s command ¦ ° * -hs old mtn ' 8 Wird he was KLrried , and now ye paiibiinj Ctsrtists mark the knrrif . nc treatment to ^^ J the sick old members of your dass are sub J *^ ^ thest bouses which yon zreso prejudiced against .
5 &e CroTertor tjid the s . tteiidants , after his removal to « *» rd , ' that now he % * -is v- have every and any-^^ tiftlaanse coui . i iifsru . 51 Tcus , ye discoutanted ^ i ^ io * delusire arc j our Cvmplaints about men K-ng inhmr . aneiy treated under the new law . What ^ Ktcrs it , that the ticitciiitnt caused by his removal ffp ^ rj to the crCer jf xhz Doctor , prs-Tented his parttfcc ? cf the bonstses offered—offered they were , and of ?***• n ^ con ; d bo ; thew do more . "Heaven * j ** d" bis removal froie this troublesome scene , ? p ty-foar hours alter this liberal offdt to one of " 1 " £ ith of tLe eaith "—a pauper !
b , ¦*« bvf e saiii , is a Cbartist , and with the usual ^^ Sn&cT- which characUrlz ^ his party , he wm com-Z ^^* to soni e of his fellow paupers on what he " ^ sl thfc " mock liberality" of thexboTe transaction , ~ a t * the absorc-lt y o £ niatir . g such " liberal" oScre , 2 * 5 mea -were Erarij- starved to deata . ^* i » OTaieanl by a waroanan , who said , " Boy , (*»* r- ^ lt 5 « T » since I haTe been in die house , I j *** ismoa that Exactly the case . When men are loo lone to take ac . ufciBs . uitn they may have ' every *»* ^ e bouse c-. n L ^ rd . ' - ^^ S Esil tt * F-Iiis Bcqut-Inted me with is equtlly ^ ooos -srith the mcedeb ab ^ ve related , —that of «« Aucn , & pacper of the psr ^ h of RoshelL This , ^ ui pitiaiy prove that the diet is neither more nor jjw * ° KarvsUon uict . After ha-mg the lend teD e * 'if ^ a ^ ' ^ ere ^ t meils , Eilis has teen him go " ^ aty to the heap of vegetable refuse , and raven up tt ^ tf ^ " ^ - 4-c- ai if he h £ d had no food for weeks ; jjj j T ^ V : ls itf'irEifcd thai when working in the garden *> nie fEJEcitg in the » me ravenous manner
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iriih ihe dirt on , tor fear of being seen by the " bully , " or his officials . It was no doubt from this insufficient and filthy nutriment that z . hi « h fever was brought on , and he was confined to bis bed . Had even the pweionj rules of the Bashaws been abided by , he would in this dangerous state have been removed to the sick ward . Rules , however , and every thing else seem , in these dens of iniquity , to bend to the will of the tyrannous villains who are placed over them . Nunn was left in his usual sleeping apartment , a sixteen bedded room . Whilst laying thus in this dangerous condition , the brute of a tyrant ordered the eight windows of the chamber to be thrown epen , so that , as he expressed it , " there might be a thorough draft" Aye , reader , a thonu ' . -h draft in the month of February , and the man in a high ferei 1 A wardsman remonstrated with the " bully , " hut it was of no use ; but after he went down
' stairs , the wardsman ihe -was oce of toe " coarse , unfeeling mob ") shnt four of the windows on one aide of the room . The old brute , however , perceived it , and actually went up stairs and threw them all open again < If this was not an attempt at murder , whenever was there such a thing ? This poor fellow has dII through been especially a victim to the brutal feelings of the governor . We rwin ^ ust mention an instance ot two , as it win tend to show the cruel system of tyranny which Whiggery has brought on the pcor and . defenceless members of society . The " bully" not seeing Nuun in his place , one day , roared out , " Where is Nunn ? " A pauper replied , " He is ill in bed , sir . " " He ^ s only kzy —he ' s a lazy vagab& 3 il , " was the reply . The convict driver then went to the stairs , aad ordered him down , else he should have no dinner . The doctor arriving , went np w see >" unn , who was dressing , and told him
ke was ill , and not fit to get up . The doctor then came down and told'the " bully" that Nunn was very ilL " He ' s not ill—he ' s only bay , " roared the tyrant . The doctor repeated again and again that the man wm ill ; but it was no nse , this ¦ worthy employed of as worthy employers insisted that the poor fellow was " kzy—» lazy vagabond . " But an eTident proof that the poor wretch teas ill , is , that ravenous as he generally was , he was nearly an hour in getting down the portion allowed for his dinner , and his supper he went entirely without . Another time four of the visiting guirdians came to the
' Bouse , and Xunn , who bad a child very ill , thinking one of them was the Doctor , bowed to him , and asked aim how hi * child was ? Tha old " bully" sa-wr him and ieked him why he was talking to that gentleman , without being spoken to ? Nunn replied , he thought it was the doctor . " Thought !'* roared •' bully , " "you save no business to think here ; its my place to think , md don't let me know you think any more . " Ellis went to see this poor wretch just before he left . Se asked him Low he was ? He put out his tongue , which was truly an enormous siz 9 , and replied that be was perishing— perishing , for want of victuals , "
ihese were his vcry words . The next case is as equally brutal as the two preceding , though , the loss of life is not involved in this one . A poor boy had a sore head , whicn was shaved , snd to prevent his scratching it , at least that is the excus * , he was laid in his bed every night for twelve hours , \ rith smsli cords tied tight ronnd his waist , which confined his hands , ene on each side of the bed , and , from itua inhuman treatment , his wrists became quite black . But this is not the worst—the boys are not allowed to speak from the time they sup till breakfast time
next morning . Fastened in the manner above described ; nut allowed to speak under penalty of flagellation , loss of breakfast , ic , who can sufficiently abominate a system ¦ which permits , the vile wretch of a schoolmaster to turn up a boy ' s bedclothes , and on perceiving that he had wetted the bed , fligelleted the lower part of the poor bey ' s body with a black-thorn rod , far an act which their vile conduct and restriction forced him to ? Yet this barbarous act was introduced several different Ume 3 , by a boy o ( Ellis ' s housekeeper , who slept on ) y two beds from this victim of the " svstem . "
As I have before stated , it is through EJlis ' s express withes that I now forward these atrocities to the people ' s p :: per for publication . I have known htm some time , and believe him to be an intelligent , upright , though unfortunate working man . It appears to be entirely from public and patriotic motives that he wishes the exposure to be made ; he « eclares that he Certainly was one of the beat treated men in tha house , • and he looks wretchedly had liom this " best " treatment ) though the old " bully " gave him a lecture or two en his Cbartism ; but he is a man who can soar aboTe private considerations in performing a public dnty . It would be Will if his exam pie in this respect was more strictly followed . Surely that society must be rotten inaeed , which reduces very steady men , and very superior woikmes to the necessity of becoming inmates of such htUs as these Union Houses ! Let all who lwvo God and man unite to " overturn , overturn , ovejtura" it ; and erect the gluriaus teniule of libtrty aad love in its place .
Dj not , Mr . Editor , the atrocities I have given atcve plainly prove that the working man is without the pale of the law ? Where is redress to be had for these clearJy illegal atrocities committed against liberty and life ? Aye , where , and how ? As well might a working man attempt to wade through the Atlantic to America as to dive into our courts of law . However lanitntaWe , iti * too tree , that i "'«« botub benevolent and charitably diiposud person of the ' -higher" enfranchistd orders come forward to aid the poor man to prot'ec ; his liberty said life , bis injuries , be they never & ¦> deep , must go unredresscd . Yet our laws are all equal—tt >_ re is SOT one law fcr the rich and another for the poor ; at least , thus saith the " Liars : *'
I Uiink , sa , I shall not be deemed out of order if I ask who are the cause of the dark and fearful picture I have traced above ? Are not the middle class the principal supporters of these unscriptural atrocitiestlese grinding , oppressing , harassing , crushing , murderous Bastile !; i-. ts » Who so loudly complained of the eEoirocns amonat of poor rates , as the profit mongers ? Who niter having wrong SO , 30 , 40 , or even more per cent from ihe wages of industry , grumbled at disgorging the trumpery trifle of about one or two per cent of thtir easy gotten gains ? Yet with this very class , who are the chi ^ f Instruments in carrying' out the law ot devils , and xrho rejoice in their task , with these fellows a certain clais of " patriots" would have working men
wnte to obtain our " glorious Charter . " Never , never , till they tnimfely , repentantly , acknowledge that they have " erred and Htrayed from tfee paths of truth , " , and are " desirous of leading new lives "—that the do ; triDe held by them , almost to a man , that an ' mcreas * in the productive powers of the nation increases the happiness of the nation , is a fallacy—a ' shoct of that " fashionable political economy" which i they must entirely forego . Let working men hold . proudly , yes , conjointly , aloof from this class till they . acknowledge that the evils of our social system arise i from our wilful ignorance of distributive , not produc- j tive , science . Believe me , no nnion will be beneficial till their opinion is changed thus far .
After careful observation of my own class , I firmly ; believe they will never unite for heaven-sprung i equality , unless - impelled by a diminution of a portion ot those luxuries , in which they have been wor . t to revel ; and then it will be with the hope of getting a greater portion of " dishonest ; gain" from the Chartists , than from the present insti-1 tutions . ' I Nc-Ter wera the peculiar characteristics of this class : better , pourtrayed than in the " Letter to the Queen , i on the Sate of the Monarchy , " generally attributed to fiTe-thcasand-a-year Bronrh 3 m . It c&rtainiy is a moat .
perfect picture . " Union with the nnndle class , " alias i the profit-mongers ! What rank humbug . ' In whose < banns are the greater portion of the elective franchises of the country but in their own ? We want acts , not ' bJaraey : it really is too stale . Let them nse these franchises to stnd wise and just legislators to the Commons' House , instead of the imbecile crew who now sit there , and who would be a disgrace to a body of lunatic electors . Let them act thus , and they will i then shew their " faith by their works" —then can we ; truly telieTe them . Til ! then . ' xrorUfw . " let them , nnrt all xehn rppV I Till then ' -workies" let themand all who seek j
, , , union with them , alone : in the meantime , look you to your joint stock , shop 3—your Trades and Charter Balls —yODT plan of OlgziuSiilon , Ac Have a little—aye , only a little—confidence in the tremendous powers you possess ; budge not a hair ' s breadth from Universal , SuSrzge , and j " The Cuarter—the Charter soon , soon must be law !" , I remain , Sir , [ Tours , most respectfully , ' Waltee Maso >\ I Harleston , Xorfolk , Harch , 1841 . '
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SAUOHD . —Mr . Leech delivered an animated lecture to a large and respectable meeting of Chartists , on Sunday evening last . The cause progresses vreil and itesdily here . We have lectures and discussions regularly every Monday evening , and our Chartist Sunday school ia going on welL "We are about gettiDg n » a tea-party to welceme Benbow from his " Hell Hole . " DSS . SV . —The Chartists met on Sunday evening . IIr . 0 Connor s letter was read amidst much applause . Mr- Ba ' . rstow gave an animated account of his tour to Heancr , Burton , and other places . An excellent spirit seemed to animate the meeting , and several new members were enrolled . Fourteen new members have been enrolled during the last week .
BRISTOI * . —At a meeting of the Bristol Chartist Toaih 8 , celd at > "o . 21 , Temple-street , the following resolution was agreed upon : —•* That this meeting being convinced that the present sufferings of the working classes arise from a corrupt system of Government , and that corrupUon being the consequecee of the people noi being j ' .-oper iy TepTostn ' &d ia Parliament ; aod th&t an extension of the franchise is the only means by which their condition may be improved , pledges itself never to cease agitating nciil sach time as XTniversal SuSr&ge becomes the Ixv of the land ; and -we take this opportunity * of easing on our fellow-youths of England , Ireland , Scotbnd , acd Wales to aid in thu gitrious struggle . "
SOWEKBT . —>!? . Thomas Crossk-y has Wen appointed sab-S « rttary , in the room of Mr . William Crossiey .
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BARNSLET . —The Chartists met , as usual , at Peter Hoej ' s , and had a very full meeting . The people here aru no way dispirited , bat are as determined as ever to gain their just and legal rights . TWSWORTa—Mr . Linney , of Manchester , delivered an excellent lecture to the Chartists of Fnsworth , in the Primitive Methodist Chapel , on Monday eTening . CITT OP W > NX > ON . — ¦ POWTICAi AMD SCIENTIFIC IKSHTUTB , t 5 . Old Bailbt . —The members of the city locality held their weekly meeting , on the 25 th July , in the above plow , Mr . Joalyn in the choir ; It was moTed by Mr . Partoer , and seconded by Mr . Carter , That ft committee be appointed to draw np an address to the working classes ef this city , to come
forward and co-operate with their fellow-degraded and persecuted men ; to declare their determination to tceir oppressors and tyrants , and to use all lawful means in their power , to hasten the social and political manumission of themselves and fellow slaves in the forthcoming factional struggle ot their common enemfes . " The election of the committee was deferred a fortnight on the account that the election committee are about to similarly address the trade societies , which will be attended with pecuniary exertions to the members of this locality ; after which Mr . Q . Wyatt , the member of the County Council , gave in his report of the same , and read a code of rules for the newly-elected council's future guidance On Sunday morning , the Committee of Management for the shareholders of the above place , met as usual , and it
-was agreed that they saon ) d jet up a social Concert « n the » th of August next , two-thirds of the proceeds of which should go towards the purchase of type for Mr . O'Brien . AitmiBsion by tickets to be threepence each . In the course of the morning , the doors were opened to the public as usual , and a portion of the Star was read . It is almost needless to state that the account from Binuingbtm of John Collin ' s proceedings , was received with great indignation . In the evening , in the same place , Mr . Cameron delivered a very excellent theological Chartist lecture , to a very respectable audience , for which he received an unanimous vote of
heartfelt thanks . On Monday evening folio wing , asocial concert took place in the above Hall , for the benefit ot the election committee . The place was elegantly decorated with the portraits of Enunett , Frost , Williams , Jones , F . o Connor , M'Douall , Oastler , and many other glorious patriots decorated with laurel , and very handsome banners , &t Mr . J . D . Parker was master of the ceremonies . Many patriotic songs were sung , and recitations given by most of the leading Chartists of London , who kept up the amusement till twelve o ' clock with the greatest good feeling and harmony . Next Sunday evening , Mr . Spur will preach in the same place , to commence precisely at seven o'clock .
BERIYIONDS 2 Y . —On Monday evening , a public meeting took place of the members ol the Bermocdsey and Rothtsrhithe Teetotal Society , at the Cambrian Chapel , Horsltydown . Several excellent speeches were made by Messrs . Sherman , Brown , and others , who told the white slaves of Rotherhithe , that they woul d never gain their social or political rights until they became a sober and thinking peopla After a short address from the Chairman , wuo is a master carpenter , and who also takes delight in doing all the good he can for the working classes , tho meeting separated highly delighted with the proceeding » of the evening . A great many ladies were present on this interesting occasion . A Co-operative Stoke has been opened in Bermondsey . Every information relative to this important business con be had at Sherman ' s Circulating Library and Newspaper-office , 2 , Grange-terrace , Grange-road , Btrmontlsey .
Me . Collins . —One of the admirers of Collins , In Manchester , having had his portrait framed and bung up in his house , after reading the report of his doings at Birmingham last week , took down his portrait and burnt it . MIDDLESEX . —Council . —At the Middlesex Council Meeting , held on Sunday last , at 55 , Old Bailey , after the transaction of the usual business , the Committee reported that tkey had forwarded the letters of invitation to Messrs . O'Connor , O'Brien , and Benbow , to be present , at their earliest opportunity , at a grand banquet , to be given by their admirers in the metropolis , bnt had not yet received any answers . The accounts of the Council were then anditeil . and found to be correct Mr . Fussell moved , and Mr . Humphries seconded , " That the Council do now dissolve . " Mr .
Ford moved , as an amendment , " That we continue our sittings for another week . " This was seended by Mr . GransLaw . The original motion was carried by a majority of one . It was then resolved that the ensuing delegate meeting should be held on Sunday afternoon , August 6 th , 1841 . Mr . Wheeler strongly pressed upon the members of the Surrey Council present the necessity of uniting with the Middlesex Council , to carry out efficiently the new plan of local organisation , that tbe energies of the wholu of the Chartists of London might t * brought into one common focus , to bear upon the apathy and iistle&sness which has go long distinguished this aiighty metropolis . The suk-Secretaries are requested to bear in mind that the delegates to the ensuing Council must be elected in public meetings called for that special purpose .
Chelsea . —A public meeting of the Chartists , residing in Kmsin ^ tun , Ham mersmith , and Chelsea , was held at the United Coffee House , Ghtorge-street , Chelsea , on Monday last , to elect two delegates to the ensuing London Delegate Council meeting . Meurs . Heath , Wheeler , Ridlej , Porter , Dalibar , Dowiing , and Twyford , having been duly proposed and seconded , the chairman put it to the vote , when the show of hands was in favour of Thomas M . Wheeler and Ruffy Ridley , late M . C ., who were then declared duly fleeted . The secretary reported that he had received an answer from tbe Chelsea Anti-Corn Law Association , declining the challenge to discuss the question— " Whether the proposed alteration in the Corn Liws would benefit
the working classes of Great Britain and Ireland ?" on the ground that they did not ailTocate tbe repeal of the Corn Laws , because it would benefit the working elassej ; but because it would benefit all classes ut ' society , and , therefore , could take no coguizAuoe of its workings with respect to any particular class . The secretary was instructed to forward tbtsm . a reply . The balance sheet of the Victim Fund was ordered to be audited , and the amount in hand sent to its destination . Owing to the pressure of business , Mr . Wheeler ' s lecture was postponed till the ensuing Monday , at eight o ' clock precisely ; subject— " The past and present condition , aad the future prospects of the Working classes Of Britain . " DUcuaaion is particularly invited .
BURTON-ON-TKENT . —On Friday evening an immense assembly was convened to hear a lecture from Mr . Bairstow , the Derbyshire Chartist lecturer , in the Market-place . Mr . Bairstow ' s lecture comprised an able review of tbe causes which bad led to the present appalling candition of the industrious classes , wiiich he detailed and described us being one of extreme poverty , privation , and distress ; he pointed out the alarming increase of vagrancy , panperLsm , and crime , and showed the gradual process by which our countrymen had been reduced to worse than West Indian slavery . Mr . B . concluded an eleqiwut lecture , by a moat impassioned and glowing appeal to the stalwart lada of Burton to join the Charter Association , and sat down amid the loudest plaudits of tie auditory , who
dispersed after giving three cheers respectively for the lecturer , the Charter , Frost , Williams , and Jones , O'Connor , and thb imprisoned victims . On Saturday evening , in the same placo , a itill more numerous meeting was assembled , among whom were many middle-class men , whe listened with attention to Mr . Bairstow ' 8 lecture , wuica he began by apostrophising England—descanting on its soil—population—resources—colonial dependencies—wealth—and colossal power . He then took an extensive survey of the capabilities of the land—tbe necessity of its cultivation—its prior claims to manufacture ^—the amount of prodnce' 1 wealth—the mode of its distribution—arid the channels of consumptionexposing the egregious sophisms spouted by the
Plague , and demonstrated , in the most conclusive manner , that the wealth now produced was amply sufficient for the comfwrtabJe maintenance of every Briton . He then explained seriatim the six cardinal principles of the Charter , defending them by facts and argument , and appealing must powerfully to his auditors . By way of interruption , the bells were set a ringing , to drown , if possible , Mr . Biirstow ' s voice ; bat this had no effect , for he continued for upward * of two hours , after which a number of names were enrolled , and an excellent collection was made in support of the cause . Hurrah , then , for the Charter in Burton On Sunday evening , Mr . Bairstow delivered a sermon to more than 2 , ( . 00 people in New-street , Burton , which was listened to with nnmingled approbation and deiight .
HOLBROOKE . —On Monday evening , Mr . Bairstow gave an address on Holbrooke Moor to a numerous auditory . After ita close tbe indefatigable Mr . Viclcers , of Briper , briefly addressed them . A very liberal collection was made . FAII . SWORTH . —Discussion on Socialism and Chartism . —On Monday evening , the Cbartist room of this place was densely filled , to bear a discussion betWilt Mr . Ellis , Social Missionary , and Mr . I / eacn , Chartist Missionary , as to which system is best calculated to benefit the starving millions . The arrangements mode by the committee were * uch as did credit to beth parties ; no approbation or disapprobation was to be shows while each man was speaking , to which the meeting strictly adhered . Mr . Ellis defended his
principles , contending that by communities tbe people cou \ d get possession of tbe land , which would soonest alleviate their miseries . Mr . Leach contended that it was impossible for the working class ; s , by such means , to get possession of sufficient land to benefit the many , owing to the small amount of wages which they received . The speaking continued till ten o ' clock . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairmen , and the meeting adjonrned till that night week . In justice to the parties we would say , that the committee , the disputants , and the meeting conducted themselves as ra > tionai men , as men wishing to promote truth ana not victory , in which the present rotten andartinei&l system got a proper aoalizing , eome wholesome truths " were advanced , and much good mast be the reault .
On Monday evening , Dr . M'Djuall alJresaed the Chartists of Tib-street , in his usual seTero and sarcastic Btyle .
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Skisube for Chubch Rates . —The process of seiznre of household goods and subsequent sale thereof by pubho -auction , for non-payment of church-rates , vu performed on Monday last , oppo" ^ J ^ i ^ Ll 0 n Inn ' Ghwley- The transaction xcited hMJe interest , though the heads of the hi « h cJmrch partygare their attendance to countenance the affair . Fatal Affbat bktwekn TWO PjUVATBS OF THE fccoicH H psiiEEB Guards . — On Monday afternoon an inquest waa ^ eld before Messrs . Gell and Higg 3 , ( or ° uer and Deputy Coroner for Westminster , at the Feathers , Grosreaor-place , on the body of Alexander Brenuuuyajjed twenty . ou « , a private in the second battalion of the Scotch Fusilier Guarda . Mr .
Thomas Richardson , assistaut-aurgeon to the re « iment . said that he saw deceased about ten o ' olook on the morning of the 17 th inst . at the regimental hospital , Grosvenor-place , to which he was brought from the St . George ' s barracks , Charing-crdss . Deceased was then insensible and vomiting , and exhibited symptoms of having recently received very serious _ u > jury on the head . Witness attended him to the 22 nd , when he died . Since death witness had examined the body internally , and discovered a transverse fracture of the left temporal bone , about three inches in . length , apparently by a fall against some sharp body . That injury was certainly the cause of deceased ' s dqath . By Mr . Gell—I conversed with deceased before his death . He told
me he had no recollection of having fallen down , and made no charge against any person . EdwaTd Jones , a private in the same battalion with deceased , said—About nine o ' clock on the morning of Saturday , 17 th instant , I was in the barrack-room of St . Georgo s Barracks . Deceased , and about nineteen other privates and a corporal were at the time in the room . Deceased 6 aid he hud lost his clothes brush , and asked every one in the room if he had got it . No one answered . He particularly asked private James Blissett jvrhether he had tot it , who said "No , " and shortly afterwards left the room . In Blissett's absence deceased found his brush in the former ' s haversack , and then strewed all the other things that were in it on the floor . Wheu
Blissett returned and saw his things scattered on the floor , and , having been told that it was deceased who had so scattered them , he be ^ an quarrelling , and said , " I will do something for you , " on which deceased replied , •* Two can play at that game . " Blisset appeared to be in a great rage , and sat down on his bed for four or five minutes . The corporal then left the room , and the momen ^ he did Blisset got up , and walked silently across the room towards deceased , who had one foot ( the boot' - 'Of which he was cleaning ) on a bonch , and , seizing him by the throat with the right hand , and placing the other on deceased's loins , ho threw him dowu , and fell upon him . Deceased fell backwards over the fender , and
his head struck strongly against the hearthstone . By the Jury—The fall rendered deceased insensible . He became black in the face . BHssett , seeing what ho had done , became deadly pale , and the perspiration flowed down his face profusely . Ho Deemed frightened at and sorry for what he had done , aud tried to lift deceased up . I do not think ho meant to injure deceased , but merely to throw him down . They were usually on good terms . As speedily as possible , deceased was conveyed to the regimental hospital . Verdict , after corroboratory evidence having been adduced , Accidental death , " tho Jury requesting that their censure might be conveyed to Bhsset for what they considered ^ hiscowardly conduot towards a defenceless fellow-soldier .
A Fkmalr Sailor . —A considerable degree of excitement was caused last week in the town of Brixliam , Devon , by the discovery of a female sailor , on board one of the trawl boats , in which capacity she had been employed for dome time with much credit , and in which she would have continued but for tbe expopd which discovered her sex . It appears she was left au orphan , aad was bound an apprentice to a farmer , whom she served as an out-door maleservant ; before her term expired she determined to leave the plough to plough the deep , and having dressed herself in a deceased brother ' s clothes , who had been unfortunately drowned , she entered on board a trawling bIoop as un apprentice , to serve three years ; she perform id her duty
manfullyen-, during all the privations of such a precarious calling with a degree of hardihood and recklessness necessary to such a life , and tier exertions were such as to cau 68 a degree of envy iu the other lads . On Sunday lasr , she accompanied two lasses Ut a fruit garden in the neigh bonrhocd where she treated them , behaving with all the galiautry imai ; iuable ; while there a tailor , who waa enjoying his otium , attempted to interfere with our hero ' s girla ; the sailor , boy resented it , high words ensued and blows followed ; Snip showed tieht like a man , while the pretended sailor was no lo .- ^ activo , but , alas ! fortune does not always favour the bravo ; the tailor was toomuoh
tor his opponent , and thu sailor Iassey wa 3 so beaten that she was obliged to give in , and on several persons coming around her to offer hor assistanse , her sex was discovered , to the great surprise of every one , the taiior not excepted . She id now dressed in appxrol mare becoming her sex ; sho is an interesting and rather good-looking girl . The reason she states for adopting her late mode of life , was , that she could enjoy more freedom than in domestic servitude , bho is sixteen years of age , aud her name is Ellen Watts ; she adopted the name of Cnarles Watt 3 , and stated that she was a native of PJyinouth .
Consumption of Sugar in England . — Forty years ago , when the wealth of the country was far less than it now is , every man , woman , and child , in the United Kingdom consumed , on the average , 22 Alb-t . of augar in the year . There are no means of finding out with accuracy the consumption of the various ranks into which society is divided' but that this rate of consumption is not considered to be lavish for any—even the humbleat class iu the community—may fairly be inferred from the dietaries now m use in various workhouses iu England , where the a ^ ed paupers are allowed seven ounces of sugar per week , or at tho rate of 22 f lbs . per annum . If this quantity is thought no mora than is reasonable for the inmates of a workhouse , we may be pretty
certain that i ; is greatly below the rate of consumption among the easy classes . We have been at some pains to ascertain the yearly consumption of Sugar per head among persons in the middle rank of life , to whom the cost is not a matter of much importance , and who do not vary their mode of Jiving with every change in the market price of provisions . In such families the yearly consumption is 371 b . for each individual , or lg ounce per diem . In many families the consumption is far greater than this : but it" we suppose that one-fonrth of the people of England use this moderate quantity , the averago consumption in 1801 , of tho remaining three-fourths , must have been
lib . Last year the average consumption per head throughout the kingdom was \ b \\\> . Assuming that one-fourth of the people used 371 b ., the average yearly consumption of the remaining three-fourths was eight pounds per head , or just one-third of the allowance given to paupers , and not one-half the quantity used by the working classes in 1801 . That the consumption here stated of 371 b . per annum is not au excessive estimate , is shown by the further fact , that every person serving in her Majesty ' s ships receives for daily use \ l ounces of sugar , being at the rate of 341 b . 3 ounces per aunum . At this same rate the consumption of the kingdom would be more titan 120 per cent greater than it actually was in
1840 . Shameful Outrage . —On Friday evening , about half-past nine o ' clock , five shots were fired through as maDy panes of the window of the Norfolk Times office , No . 8 , Exchange-street , Norwich , while the proprietor and several other persons were conversing inside . Luckily , no one ^ was injured , as the shots » eemed to have been fired in a slanting direction . It haa not been ascertained who were tho perpetrators of this disgraceful attempt , originating in party spi te . Information had been given a few days before
that twenty ruffians , hired by a notorious Whig , were waiting an opportunity to make an assault , iu consequence of some handbills being issued from the Norfolk Times office , descriptive of Whig doings at the late elections . These seem to have excited the rage of some of the principals , and led to the above cowardly attack . An investigation takes place on Monday " , before the Mayor and some of the Whig magistrates , who will , probably , trouble themselves but little to bring the perpetrators to light . —Morning Herald , Tuesday .
Thb Speakership . —The first question to be decided on the meeting of the newly'elected House of Commons will , of course , be the choice of a Speaker . Mr . Shaw Loferre will , so says ihe Times , be set aside in favour of a gentleman , of sound Conservative principle ? . Mr . Henry Goutburn and Mr . C W . W . Wynn , M . P . for Montgomeryshire , are mentioned as candidates for the vacant chair of the House of Commons—the latter appears the most likely to be selected . Mr . Goulburn , it will be remembered , contested the Speakership in May , 1839 , with the lat © Speaker , Mr . Shaw Lefevre , and was defeated by a majority of 18 votes , the numbers being 317 and 299 . Mr . C . W . W . Wynn contested it in the year 18 i 7 with Mr . C . Manners Sutton , and was defeated by a majority of 160 votes ; the numbers being 312 and 152 . The late Speaker , Mr . S . Lefevre , has only held office about two years , but
his predecessor , the Right Hon . James Abercromby ( now Lord DunfermVine ) remained speaker nearly four years and a half , having served in two consecutive Parliaments . He was first elected ia February , 1835 in tho Peel Parlaament , by a majority of 10 votes over Mr . C . M . Sutton , who was afterwards elevated to the Peerage by the title of Viscount Canterbury . Mr . Abercromby was reelected without opposition by the new Parliament , ¦ whieh was elected in 1837 , and he continued to occupy the honourable post of Speaker to the House of Commons until May , 1839 , when he resigned , just two days before the temporary re-Mguation of of the late Melbourne Ministry , after the defeat upon the Jamaica question . Mr . S . Lefavre was then proposed as the pew Speaker by the resuscitated Whig Government , and was elected , as we havo already stated , by a majority of 18 , in a Hou 39 ot 620 members { . including the tollers . )
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Loss or Life off Dovjeb . —A collision took place off Dover , on Saturday raoraing , between two foreign vessels , by which one was sunk , and eight lives were lost . ^ Negro Hunting . —The following disgusting and disgraceful advertisement is copied from an Albany paper of May 26 , 1841 : — " Notke : the subscriber would inform the citizens of Alabama and Mfseissipi that he haa doga for the purple of trailing and ketching runaway negres . His terms are five dollars a day for hunting—if he ketches the negro , twenty dollars . Any person wishing his services may find him at Mr . John H . Sherrar ' s , near Livingston , Sunter County , Alabama . —James W .
Mail Guabds . —By a recent regulation of the Post Office , guards of mail coachs are prohibited from receiving fees from passeDgers , under penalty of dismiasal ; and their salaries have consequently been increased oa a scale which is graduated by length of service . We beliere that the lowest rate of remuneration is fixed at £ 79 per annum , and that the highest salary does not exceed £ 120 . The Hew arrangement will be beneficial to the passenger traffic on tne mails . New Steamer . The great iron steamer at
Bristol will probably combine a greater number and variety of untried principles than were ever yet united in one enter priso of the same magnitude . The vessel herself—her enormity—her material ( plate-iron)—her engines , nearly 1 , 200 horse-power —her cylinders , 120 inches in diameter—no pistonrods—no beams—the connecting rod layiug hold immediately on the piston , and a moveable hollow casting playing through a box in the top of tho piston—no paddle-wheels , no paddle-boxes , but an unseen agent revolving under her quarters , instead of any apparent propelling power .
Another definition op Law . —Mr . dive , a Kensington Magistrate , has decided that there is no offence in a man ' s stealing into a house in the night , or any ether time , unless it be with the intention of stealing something out of the said house , or some illegal purpose , and that the houskeeper whose premises are so invaded is not even justified in chastising the intruder . If this be sound law , for what was the boy Jones imprisoned 1 Mr . dive ' s doctrine will be a great comfort and encouragement to all persons of a curious turn of mind , who like to seo what is going on in houses without invitation .
Worth the Attention of Licensed Victuallers . —Mr . John Stanweil , of the White Haxt , Newport-market , waa complained of at the Court of Excise , for selling beer , wine and spirits , without a license . The case being fully proved , Mr . Bell , the auctioneer , stated that he sold the business iu question by order of the creditors of Simmons , the late landlord , to the defendant , who immediately took possession . Proper notices for the transfer of the licenses were at once prepared and delivered , bat unfortunately the licensing magistrates would not assemble until the 19 th of-next month . He , therefore , submitted that as the revenue was not Buffering ,
the house being duly licensed , his mend ( he defendant ought not to bo fined or inconvenienced . Sir John Mortlock— " The licensing is a police regulation over which we have no control , and according to the present state of the law , we are bound to convict the defendant , he not being in the licensed trade , " Mr , Bell— " This 1 b a very ercat hardship . " Mr . Commissioner Stephenson— " We grant that it is , and are sorry we cannot give you relief . " Mr . Mayow— " You are a numerous and a respectable body , and why not a ;> ply to Parliament on the subject " . While the law is as at present with respect to licence ? , this Court must enforce obedience . Fined £ 5 .
Brutal Assault bv a Policeman . *—At Union Hall Police Court , a few days ago , Thomas Surley , a shoemaker , with a deep gash in his forehead , from which the blood was oozing , was charged with being intoxicated , and assaulting a policeman of the M division , while on duty . Policeman Payne , 110 M , stated that on the preceding night he saw the defendant near Broad-street , Blaokfriars Road , drunk and very noisy , and when he desired him to go on , instead of doing so , he made use of an offensive expression , and ultimately assaulted him in the attempt to get him home . The magistrate inquired what the ofibnsive expression waa ? The policeman replied that the defendant called him " a Tory . " Mr . Trail ! , perceiving that the defendant had a severe
wound on his forehead , inquired how it was inflicted , whether he had fallen down when drunk ? The policeman said that the defendant was so obstreperous , he was compelled to draw his truncheon and strike him with it . Mr . Traill said the wound appeared to be a very severe one , and that there could be no occasion for striking a drunken man with such force as to produce such a wouud . Tha policeman again reiterated that tho defendant was very disorderly , and struck him two or three times with his clenched fist . The defendant said that he was a shoemaker , and that he went to his club on the preceding night , and drank rather more tl ' . au he was in the habit of doing ; that he might have been rather noisy on his way home , but he could declare
that he did nothing whatever to justify the policeman in treating him in the savage manner he had done . " See here , " aaid the poor fellow , putting the hair on his forehead back , and exhibiting an extensive wound , " this was given to me by the policeman before I attempted to resist , with his truncheon ; it was too bad to strike a man in the brutal manner he did me , as he knew who I was , where I lived , and that I was close at home at the time . " The policeman said that although he had no marks to shew , yet that he was struck three times before he used his truncheon . Mr . Traill said that the policeman used
unnecessary violence , and discharged thn defendant , saying that he had brought himself into the dilemma by foolishly getting intoxicated . [ These policemen and magistrates are rather au odd '" lot , " and seem to have a law entirely to themselves ; the former to do as they like , and the latter to pass over their gross violations of the most sacred rights with impunity . The above case is not without iti > parallel , and 110 M ought to have been taught to use his truncheon vrith le > s t-. tfect . Had the poor fellow served the " raw lobster" with the same sauce , he would have ke&n committed for trial . And then the wiseacres say the law knows no distinction . ]
Police Justice . —One of those cases whioh induce people to look with suspicion at the dispensation of Iustice occurred at Greenwich a few days ago . It appears that Mr . Charles Williams , a member of the Common Council , had been intrusted by a lady in the city to escort her sister to ( Deptibrd , on Tuesday night last , which duty he fulfilled by conducting her in a cab to her mother ' s door . Th « old lady , however , being about eighty years of age , is somewhat deaf , which caused the parties outside to ring the bell more frequently than would otherwise have been necessary . While so engaged , they were passed by Lovell , a iuperintendent , on his round , then by the ordinary watchman , who thrust his light in the face of Mr . Williams more rudely than he or the
lady thought becoming . The lady made herself known to the policeman , but , while so doing , Lovell again came up and accosted thorn in no very decorous manner . It also appears that Mr . Williams had so far committed himself as to call the superintendent a " fellow , " an indignity to which that official could not bring his temper to submit . Instead of waiting to see the lady enter her mother ' s house . Lovell threatened to take them both to tho stationhouse ; upon which Mr . W . gave up 4 o the lady a basket and parcel he was carrying , and expressed his determination of going there hims&lf . This so outraged the offended superintendent that he and the policeman seized Mr . W . violently by the collar , dragged him along the road , and threatened him
with , personal veugeance . At the station-house in Greenwich , he was locked up , and passed the night in a cell . The most remarkable feature in the case , however , is the conduct of the magistrate . That dignitary , while he apparently gave credit to tho statements of the officers , stated that he considered Mr . W . had suffered quite enough b y a night's imprisonment , and would , therefore , discharge him . Mr . W ., in retiring , euountered Lovell , and openly stated t ' ohim that hesbould lay his conduct before the Commisioners . ' Upon this the magistrate coloured up , and inquired if Mr . W . meant to take any future steps to iutimidale the police in the discharge of their duty . Some altercation ensued , Mr W . broadly asserting that the polies had sworn
falsely agamst him . * ' Oh , if that is the case , said the occupaut of the bench , " I shall fine you fise shillings for being druuk I' * Mr . W . immediately paid the fine , and retiuedj accompanied by his friends . It has been fluently asserted that persons have been tried foo oue offence , and punished for another , but very seldom has it occurred in an open coart of justice , that an individual has been discharged as having Buffered enough , on the supposition that the clia . rg . ft against him was true , and then , on his expressing his dissent , and giving open and pabiio notice of an appeal against the conduct pi a subordinate office * , that the magistrate should suddenly , and witbs&ufc form , place him again at the bar , and infiicfc a penalty on him for an offence for which he haoValwadj Buffered sufiioicntly . Should this dispensation of justice be submitted to by the public , the police will be elevated iseo abaudof irresponsible Moseoutois—acting a& witnesses to
themselves , aud against whose oaths the testimony of spectators will not avail . Whatever may be our opinion of the magisterial conduct , and it u » pretty strong one , we suspect thai the Police Commissioners will not quietly submit to their duties of superintendence over the force being thus rudely taken from them ; nor will Mr . Williams discharge his duty to himself , to his friends , or the publio , ualesa he follows np , rigidly and at once , his intention of submitting nis case to the authorities in Scotlaud-yard . With every respect for th ^ policeforce—admitting to the fullest the many difficulties they have to encounter—we hesitate not to assert , that unless their conduct will hear the strictest Bcrotiny , the sooner they are entirely disbanded the better .- Be that as it may , there are too many violent and disreputable characters allowed admission into the force ; and their speedy weeding out is necessary , —London paper .
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Genebositt . —On Sunday evening , between six and seven o'clock , as a well-dressed woman and a little boy , about six years of age , were standing at the barrers opposite the archbiahop ' s-walk , Lambeth , viewing the boats passing , on a suddden tho litle boy slipped , and fell into the water . The lady was in a state of distraction , and fainted- A young man , in the garb © f a mechanic , who- witnessed tho the accident , threw off his jacket and plunged jn , and , with some difficulty , succeeded in bringing ; the poor fellow eafely to shore , and restored him to the lady , who had by this time recovered .. She wag profuse in her thanks for the great service the yona » man had rendered her , and , drawing a well-filleo purse from her reticule , presented th& boy ' s deliverer with sixpence .
Singular Accident . —A few days since , a boj named Abbott , thirteen years of age , effected an entrance at the roof St . Martin ' s Chureh , Colchester , in search of young jackdaws , and in stepping between the joists of the ceiling , the lath and plaster gave way , and he fell a depth of upward * of forty feet upon the pavement of , the middle aisle of the ohurch . Two other boyB were in the churchyard , holding the ladder by which Abbott ascended ; and , on seeing him fall into the church , they ran away . About lonr hours after , two men , were surprised to Bee Abbott come out of one of the church windows ; and on inquiring the cause , the boy , unconscious ot what had happened , said he bad fallen asleep in the church ; and strange to say , he had lain in the aisle in a state of insensibility auring that period , and on recovering , he got out of the church , not knowing what imminent peril he had been placed in , as none of his limbs were fractured , and all the inoonventence ho sustains is a soreness of the feet .
BsstiN , July 19 . —A thunder . storm , accompanied by a real hurricane , passed over Berlin yesterday afternoon , at five o ' clock .. The damage done is considerable . In the park and in other places , many of the largest trees were thrown dawn ; the corn which was cue in the fields was raised into the air , and carried to a distance of several miles ; the roofs of several bvuldin&s were stripped off , tho windows driven in , and many persons thrown dowa The fine roof of the tavern belonging to the Iron Railway Company , before the Anhalt gate , was torn ' off and carried into the city . An idea may be formed of the power of the storm , when we add , that this roof weighed about 2 DD cwt . It was necessary to cut it to pieces in order to remove it . The same storm did considerable damage at Frankfort on the Maine , and other places ; it was felt at Hamburgh during the eclipse of the sun , but happily did no damage of any consequence .
Infokmation foe Electors . —Overseers are bound to fix on the doors of churches and chapels in their parish , on the two first Sundays in August , two printed lists of all persons entitled to vote for the next year . One list to contain the ten-pound householders , and the other tire scot and lot voters Electors whose names are omitted in snch lists will be disfranchised for the ensuing year , unless they give notice to the Overseers on or before the 25 th August next , claiming to have their names duly inserted . Electors should inspect the Overseers * lists on Sunday , August 1 , and the following Sunday , to see that their names are duly inserted . Such , lists can also be inspected without fee , at the houses of the Overseers , at any timo within the first fortnight iu August . Persons omitted for non-payment of poor-rates should bear in mind that they are entitled to be registered , provided such rates were not demanded ou or before the 6 th April last .
An Ikishman's Idea of Comfort . —Matthew Calull , a poor oid Irishman from the county of Koscommon , entered Hat ton-garden Police , a few days a ^ o , for the purpose of soliciting advice how to be passed to Ireland . Duke , one of the ushers , informed him that his course was to apply to the overseer of the parish in which he had last slept , and he inquired where he had slept last . Applicant ( in a broad Irish dialect)— ' * I slept down there in Coldbath-fields . " " Do you mean in the House of Correction I" — " Yes , sure they may call it that if they like , but there is very little correction used there , unless you call good a ting , dhriukmg , and comfortable lodging by that name . " ( A laugh . ) " What were you there for ? " Applicant— "Only for
begging . I was committed from this place for begging abroad there in Russell-square , and a better E lace I would not wish to be in , and I would'nt ave left it , only they turned me out , and wouldn't keep me there any longer . ( Laughter . ) Its the finest prison in all the world , and if you would send me back , it isn't meself that would wish to be sent home . " ( Immense laughter . ) Duke— " But you have to work there , haven ' t you V Applicant— "Sure , only what is good for your mind and body , a little natural exercise , which gives you an appetite w > ate and dlirink what they give you ; aud its plenty you get there . " Duke— "Didn ' t they put you on the tread-mill ? Applicant— " No ; they put me to pick oakum iu a comfortable room , with several others
and sure that was very easy to do ; there s many a gentleman ' s . aon , faith , that would be glad to got toate and diinnk what they give there . You go to & comfortable bed with blankets- to cover you , early , and when you get up in the morning you have people to wait u i . on you ; and they give you half-a-pound of bread and a pint of good gruel for breakfast ; then at dinner time they give you half a pound of -beef another half-a-pound of bread for dinner , and you have the same quantity for tta as for breakfast , and sure its in a fine , open , airy , healthy situation . " ( Laughter . ) Dake—•* You have been in other prisons , then I" Applicant— " Yes , I am 73 years of age , and I want to leave off begging , and go home to >
my childer , and if I wasn ' t so old , aud my eyes so bad , I wouldn ' t leave off bow , for its a pleasttre tothink of the treatment you receive when you ' re sent to such a place . Sure , when you ' re there , you are the same as it' you . had your servants to attend upon you . If you ' re ill , there ' s a doctor for you , and everything you want , and is ' nt it better to be there with all these comibits and conveniences , than to be outside , and unable to get any of them I" ( A laugh . ) He was proceeding to give a further description of the beauties and comforts of the prison , when he was introdced to Mr . Coombe , who directed that he should be taken to Clerkenwell , workhouse , ia order to ba passed to Ireland , i ' or which he thanked bis Lordship , and hobbled out of the court .
A Youth , rescued fbom Ujudst Punishment . — At the session of the Central Criminal Court , held in September , 1840 , a lad named William Butler , who was apprenticed to a watch escape movement maker , was tried upoa four indictments , charging him with having uttered forged checks for sums of money , and convicted upon two of the charges , and sentenced by Baron Gurney to fifteen years' transportation . Daniel Forrester , the city officer , upon hearing of the conviction , and reading the particulars of the trial , believed it to be very possible , coupling all the circumstances with the operations of & gang of forgers who havte been very : aetive about town , that the lad was the innocent victim of the fellows who had already obtained a great deal of
money by employing unthinking boys to go on errands to brewers and distillers for Casaior checks enclosed in notes , purporting to be from , customers . The officer immediately communicated his suspicion to Sir Chapman Marshall ,. who was at the time Lord Mayor , and who , knowing the sagacity , and excellent feeling of Forrester , rejoiced in the hope of ~ witnessing the success of such an inquiry , and desired him to proceed ) according to hi& own judgment in the business . Forrester ascertained that several boys of good characters had been engaged in similar matters in different parts of the metropolis aud the letters nsedunon all the occasioas into which , he inquired , had been dictated , and'most of them , written , in a similar way . He had reason * as he-.
proceeded in the investigation , tOt believe that William Butler had not conveyed , a-le&ter , except , ii » the one instance- ( to tho houBe of Messrs . Hanbary and Co .,- the brewers ) , upon which occasion he > was detained , and that the witnesses in the other---cases were mistaken as to the boy ' s ideality , and confirmation of that belief pouxed . ia with increased strength , upon the statements of themaster and others , who know this poor fellow ' * K € n « I&l conduct aud habits , and swore , without hesitation *• to . the fact , that it was impossible * for him to have bam the bearer : of any other than the ono communication alluded to on the occasion ia question . Forrester , the chief canstabl » , having ; prepared his doeamemary matter * assistancftfront
and having revived all the necessary the neceBBasy authorities , ^ with . a tester to Baron Gunnoy on th © subject , was referred by the Learned Judge to iiDid Normaaby , to whom , without delay , he sent in testimonials fceum , t 3 aa father and master of the condemned , stating ^ tha particulars of ; the information , which had been , received subse < jaently to the trial and conviction ,., a » d praying for * further investigation . By this tiaie-the lad was on board the Lady Raffles ship , bound for Hobart Town , to which destination he had been eentenoea to fifteen year ;? . The memorial was attended to , and an answer was returned on tb * ltta of December last » stating that the boy had been ordered to be sent to the General Penitentiary . In June > after some further communicatioas , touding mor « powerfully to show the innwsenee- of young Butler ^ the fetter sent m . by Forrester ' s advice , anothes memorial to the that the be
Secretary of State , praying son might . handed over to Ma master , in order to nuish his apprentio-ohip ; attd © a the 8 th of the present month ,. Lord Nonnanby transmitted * Letter , to' his memorialist , stating that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to grant to William Butlf * a free pardon . In the c-ourse of Saturday the father ana sonappe&red at the Mansion-house , tor the purpose of returning thauk 3 to Sir Chapman . Marshall and other City au-hcritiesj for the great , services which they had readerod by the vigorous inquiry- 'iiito the circumstances . Mr . Hobler said ho would convey to Si * Chapmam Marshall the thanks of the father and son , and mentioned to them at the same time that he knew the alderman would desire them to be informed that they owed every thing that had turned oat prosperously for them in the case to the benevolent and able exertions of Daniel Forrester . They both , xotixw } evidently ovejpoweied with gratitude .
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_^ == ^ THE NORTHERN STAR , 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct560/page/7/
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