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TO ENGLAND . Oh . England , if thy mighty powers Were "wielded by the free , What a "Star" unto the nations—What a Saviour then mightst be . ' The Sun in his eternal course Ne ' er sets upon thy name ;* The -winds of Heaven echo forth Thy glory and thy feme ! Tet , " mi ^ st thy fame and glory proud , What pictures do we see , Of Eoble hearts and honest worth Condemned to misery .
Tfce blessings sent by God to all , £ je plundered by a few ; And poverty and grim despair S : al £ all the empire through . The red blood of thy bravest sons Is shed in foreign ¦ wars , To put down rising liberty And aid the tyrants' cause . Where ' er we tarn , where ' er we gaza , Oppression stiH is pMn , The Affghan and Canadian Curse England's galling ch ^ T . Bat let the slave uplift his eye , And view the coBing light ; Our cruel tyrauts soon shall die Confounded in their might And God will visit them ere long , With retribution sure ; For he hath curs'd from his high seat Oppressors of the poor . F The sub never sets upon the British Empire .
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^ PRESENTATION OF TBE NATIONAL PETITION MONDAY , MAT 25 D , 1 S 42 . Song—The Chartist Cay Day . It was Nature ' s say . day Bright Emiiing May day , Each heart was yearning our country to free ; Tiiy banners were'briniiag , Tae people were singing Of the days of their fathers anl sweet liberty . Jltrrily bounding , Banners surrounding , Each slsve clash'd his chains on that happy day ; To meet thu 3 delighted Bj all invited , Jo join the brave throng " nesih freedom ' s bright ray .
Thousands were marshall'd , TLe throng forward marched ; The burden of millions was borne onward too , Prom lie field to the Strand , With banners and band , The miihty assemblage of Chartists doth jo , Their " foes fill with wonder , As proudly they thunder Their shout 3 for their Charter , their hearts with hope fill'd . To St Stephen ' s they bear it , By tie table they rear it , - Jl monument to testify their woes and their wilL
The evening descended , Their freedom was ended , The lads and the lasses walked ihrocghtfnlly away . Sriil the hope brooding Of freedom forboding , The enfranchised , their promises , yet would repay . Thr day is passed over , And cot ? they discover The TV > i 5 gs and the Tones just answer them so—Ob , sliTias . believe ye , We vriil net deceive ye ; Te siiil not be heaid jour grievance to show . S . J Bristol .
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SELF CONCEIT . . " They conquer who believe they can . " Weil , would you believe it ? Ton may ; It' 3 Teai > y a fact , not a dream : — I have heard self-conctit talk away ! And what do you think was the theme ? After musing awhile , she exdiim'd , " Pnrh . ' I dont see , brcause I am poor , I ' m deficient in talent or merit . At least , so was not Hannah More ; She had talent , yea , genius and spirit ! Though born in the vaie , a real pott-Well , I prc-trit , II my heart isn't smit I I , too , have a spark , a-. d 111 show it ;
A spark cf true feeling of soul , Wfcieh for the Q = een ' a crosra I'd not barter ; I am resolved to contend for the whole ; Til liot Test till we gtt the whole Charter . I ' ve staried the Democrsi raw ; I'll make known my political creed ; 111 urge all to join in the chase ; And by Heavens , 111 never recede ! " Women ' s influence is powerful , Eays man ; Their zeal effects wonders ; if true , I vow VU do all that I can , AEd proroke n-en to set as I do . I'll use no exciseables ; no , Thcu ^ h d ear SB a righ t eye they be ; Those cf coarse , then , the men must forego , Or own themselves weaker than me .
How fiittery is warbling awsy ! Jsst this moment she call'd me a Queen ; And she vows I all Chartists can sway ; Huah , bush ! this remains to be seen . I am fend o ! the praise of the brave , I value the praise of the good ; Hay I act so that o ' er me may wave , The flag " she hath done what she could . " For Justice , I'd scorn me to wheedle , 'Tis only my rights that I claim ; And 111 have , Bbould I stand en a needle , " A niche in the Temple of Fame , Casolise Maria Williams Bristol , May 24 , 1841 .
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LEEDS . Water Woeks Cohpaky . The feneral annual meeung of the directors and ehareolders of this Company was held at the Court HouK , on Monday last , at noon , George Goodman , E = q . ic tka chair . The reports of the retiring directors , and of Messrs . Leather and Son , the engineers to the Company , were read and adopted . Both documents represented the affairs of the Company , and the progress and prospects of the works , as being cf a very satisfactory character . The following were appointed the Board of Directors for the ensuing
year : —Mr . William Beckett , Mr . Richard Bramley Mr . Thomas Clapham , Mr . Thomas Lnpton , Mr . W . M . Maude , Mr . John Metcalfe , Mr . John Garlandj Mr . Thomas Charles worth , and Mr . Edward Rooke . It appeared to be the confident opinion of the engineers and of the directors for the past year , that the CompnEy will be able to continue a constant and plentiful supply of water to the whole town of Leeds , and that the undertaking w ; il prove of general idvaatsge to tbe public , and one of fair profii . to the shareholders . Thanks were voted to the directors for the past year , and to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up .
Pocket Picking . —On Monday , a notorious prosiktue named Mary GollagV . er , was charged before tie magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of taring abstracted the sum of 7 s . 6 d . fiom the pocket cf a can ,- who . on Snnday night , ) appsned to b < j Rinding in Call Lane , near the Aire and Calder Warehouse , when the prisoner ran up to him , thrust Itrhand in his pocket and took ihe ca ^ h , with which she made cff . She was taken direc ly , and 5 s . od . forad tied in her Ehawl . She was sea !; to Wakefield for three months .
Xmb ; zzmrE > "T . —On Monday last , a middle aged . Ban named Jonn Pott =, who has been for the last i two j .-ars a bookkeeper in the employ of Messrs . Cooper , Field , and Hood , ironmasters . Pottery ; Jorge , was brought np at the Court House , on ' * charge of having embezzled various sums of , ffioney , amounting to £ 45 1 G » . 7 d ,- , belonging to Ma i employers . Mr . Hood stated , that from lapse of . time fat sent a letter , on the 29 th of April , to Messrs . i Bower , Middleton , Wilson , and Co ., of Middleton ; Colliery , complaining of the non-settlement of their accoust , which , according to their books appeared { to be £ 45 Us . 9 J . This letter it afterwards ap- j Seared had Dever been received by Messrs . Bower tod Co ., bat on the 3 rd May he received one , which J Jfflrported to be an answer thereto , apologizing for i the non-payment ; other circumstances , however , j kafiFpired , which led to a suspicion that all was I
«« quite right , and an inquiry taking place the . former amount was discovered to have been , re-1 wived by Potts , between the months of Jannary , } l&U , and February , 1842 , for which le had failed * o account . He was therefore taken into custody oh j JL ^ arrsrt taken out against him by Mr . Hood . Mr . Thomas Wordsworth , from the Middleton colliery , ) proved having paid the prisoner the money , and Mr . ! « J » od that ne had never accounted for it ; and , * fhen apprehended , he said he had taken the money j for the n ? e of hi 3 family , a 3 hi 3 salary was not suffi- j cient ; ssd admi ; ted to Mr . Hood that he had ab- j | tra < rttd the letter which ought to have been eent to Alessrs . Bower , Middleton , and Co ., and caused an aB-= wer to be written from his own dictation . He *» s conmrltied for trial . The prisoner applied for J oa-iI ,-Rhiehwis granted , on condition that he could I Procure it go ; d and sufficient . }
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Sxexixsg Wood . —On Monday , a young man named Joseph Hillam , lately in the employ of Messrs . Maclea and Marsh , engineers , Holbeck , was charged at the Court House with having stolen several planks , the property of his employers . It was proved that on the Thursday previous , the prisoner was seen by a female to take three planks from the yard of the firm , and afterwards to fetch another . These he c ? jrried to the house of a maa named Kitchin , from whence they were fetched by another man , named Denton , whom HiJlam had empJoyea " . The planks ^ were identified , and the prisoner was committed for trial . Denton , the man above referred to , and a youth named John Leeman , were also apprehended , on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery , bnt there being no evidence against them , they were discharged .
Fjee . —On Saturday evening about six o'clock , considerable alarm was felt at a report that a fire had broken out in the premises of Mr . Ellershaw , oil-merchant , Albica-street . The smoke certainly burst forth in terrific volumes , and a powerful body of flams was also emitted . It arose , however , from a source where it was easily subdued , and fortunately it vras all got out with very little damage , and before the arrival of the fire engines , which were soon upon the spot . Tae fire-plugs in the neighboarhood were drawn , and an abundant supply of water was at once at hand , had it been needed . Mr . Ellershaw has been arching over some cellars ia the yard of his premises , and had erected a temporary boiler to prepare coal tar , to spread over the brick work . This , from some neglect , was suffered to boil over , and was at once in ablaze .
Burglary . —During the night of Sunday last , the dwelling-house of Mr . John Brown , of Scircrofc , near Leeds , was entered by thieves , by removing two iron stancheons from " a window . The family were not disturbed , and the burglars got off with four silver tea spoom , marked E . T ., a quantity of wearing appaxel , and other articles . No information has been received calculated to lead to a detection oi the i Sieves . Cruelty to Animals . —The manner in which calves aro brought to Leeds on a Friday niorninjj and the crne ^ y which is exercised tawards the-m by being tied with their leas together , and laid one upon another , has for some years at this feason
attrastedihe attention of persons of humane mind , and through their representation ? , the police have been sent by the magistrates to lay informations against those thus offending . In conssquence of this , two policemen went out on Friday morning last , to ¦ watch the carts on their progress to Leeds from Otley , by whom tha carts were inspected , and summonses were taken out against eight individuals , all of Otley . Their names are Stephen Foster , William Weare , John Marsden , John Nicholson , Joha Bell , John Cariwright , Wm . Jackson , and Thos . Thompson . These ail appeared before the West Ri . ling Magistrates at Leed ? , on Tuesday last , and were convicted in the penalty of 5 s . each , a&d the costs , amoanting to 12 s . 6 d . more in each case .
Felony . —Oa Tuesday last , a young man , named Robert Scock ? , whose connexions are said to bs respectable , but whose appearance indicated a pretty close acquaintance with the enemy which is said to steal away tbe brains , was brought up at tho Court House on a charge of having stolen one of Saker ' s spring balances , from the bar of Mr . Hir ? t . the Dcke W-illiam Inn , Waterloo-street . Mrs . Hirst stated tha ; the prisoner was at their house on Friday evening last , and for a Ehort time was left iu the bar by himself . He went away about half-past seven , saying he had to attend the di ? SPction room . The balance was not missed until Monday , when , in consequence of it having been told to Mrs . H . that Stocks had been seen leaving the house wi ' -h it in his hand , he was apprehended , and the balance was found to have beeu pledged by a woman of the town , to whom he had givea it for that purpose . He was committed for trial .
DUXrlFBJES . —Ridlng of thb Makches . — In the beginning of the week it was announced in the local newspapers that , on the anniversary of the birth-Gay of the Queen , the magistrates and town couLcil had resolved to revive the custom of goiag in procession round the royalty , to join in which all tbe inhabitants were invited . On Monday , a profusion of hand-biiis were circulated , intimating the the route , and detailing the order of procession . But'" The b ? st laid schem 33 o' mice and men gang aft agley . " And so it proved on this occasion , for , thanks to the spread of Caartism and common sense , both among the working and middle classes of our good town ,
althoush the civic functionaries , as might be gathered from their announcements , evidently anticipated a general mofwr of the trades , and other inhabitants ; they were fated to be miserably disappointed . The cortege presented the following spectacle : —First came a bevy of ragged nrchms , carrying handkerchiefs displayed on sticks ; next followea the lown ra : s , or burgh officers , with their cocked hats , square-skirled coats , and toy halberts—then seven or ei ^ ht of the magistrates and council , flanked by a strong posse of cyprians , and about twenty of the most dissolute of the old freemen brought up the rear , bearing four or five shabby flags . The whoie scene strongly reminded one of the March of Jack Falstaff and his ragged regiment through Coventry .
Abuut a miie out of town , when thby were about to pa * 3 through a wheat field , the whole of the cavalcade was brought to a stand , and finally pat to the rout by a stout countryman , who , armed with a whip . ' disputed the passage . On arriving at that part of the route where the boundary line ef the regality enters the extensive morass of Locharmoss , there was a halt and a mutiny among the forcus for liquor , but it was qutlled by one of the Baillies , who mounted an omnibus and harangued his followers , promising them abundance when they reached the end of their journey . The magistrates then turned and went home in the Bailie ' s rostrum , leaving their dupes to make the best of their way through the moss as they best could . On arriving in town , their worships spent their time much more agreeably in
carousing at the expense of the bsrgh till about two o ' clock , when they again started for the extreme boundary of the bnrgh roods . Here the most disgusting part of the business began . The magistrates commenced to distribute ale and whiskey to about a hundred of the most abandoned of enr population , both male and female . It was not long till the whole "field presented the appearance of a bear garden . Altogether , while the entire proceedings reflect detp and indelible disgrace on those who , although by their ofHce the guardians of the public peace and the conservatives of the public mora , l 3 , wantonfy infringed the one and attempted to damage the other . It is much to the credit of the great mass of the operative and middle classes that they kept aloof from scenes so little in accordance with the sp : rit of the age . —Correspondent .
MANSFIELD . —The state of suffering and privation under which our townspeople have for menth 3 been labouring has at length reached something like its climax . The various departments oi silk work have been carried on in a most tantalising manner ' since the last panic , the men having from one to two and three days' work per week ; and sometimes a week and a fortnight without any : and the . whole , of the knotted ,: and most of the fancy , silk hinds , together with some ot the cotten haniis , and the prospect of a many more being added :-o their number , have been-some weeks totally unemployed . In this state of things a meeting of the starving operatives was called at the Black Swan , and a committee was formed . The meeting was
spiritedly and eloquently addressed by a number of speakers ; and the miseries we endure were traced to their primary cause—the cruel and corrupt institutions of our country . An address was agreed to on Saturday , calling upon the possessors of the products of our labour to * give us back a little of it to form a general relief fund . The men have paradeu some of the principal streets of the town in a body , when a spectacle of woe and want—of patient suffering—and countenances that evinced the deep working of the most agonising reflection * , such as is seldom seen , induced some of the idle gazers from the shops and windows to enquire into the state of their destitute and wretched neighbours . The town is decidedly worse off now than it ha 3 been for a
long time , and the employers hold out no hopes of any alteration in our prospects . Many o those who are in- work are almost as bad as those without it , for the truck system prevails to a most scandalous extent ; and I know of many who never receive any money from their employers . The blightirg effsct ? of this fast-spreading evil are everywhere seen , li is "impossible for those who are at work to procure any money , and scores of them work all the year round and have but one suit of clothes , and even they are the refuse of some consequential being whe never yielded society an equivalent for a meal ' s meat in his life . The food of these people iaofthe coarsest description , and the quantity of it just
sufficient to enable them to exist . Some of the unemployed have been driven to the most terrible shifts—two of them have lived for three days together upon horse-beans ; and what with the mental anxiety they feel in , consequence of their starving children not having anything to eat , and their own phvsical sufferings , they are most pitiable subjects of " distress . At the meeting tomorrow morniDg the addresseB will be distributed , and deputations will be appointed to wait upon those called the middle and upper classes . It is expected that there will be an accession of some hundreds to the number now out in * few days ; and the factory lords are going to take & penny oat of the shilling from their hands to meet the income tax next week . — Correspondent .
POLMONT , ( bt Falkihk . )— 'Total Abstijtekce . —Mr . Lowery delivered a lecture on the principles of Total Abstinence in Polmont Hall , on the evening- of the 27 th ult . The audience was but smalL The lecture was such as wonld have been expected from such an advocate as Mr . Lowery has repeatedly shewn himself to be ; and pity it is that the people of Polmont are so far forgetful of their own true interests as not to svail themselves of the opportunities allewed them of hearing the benefits cf this caase elucidated . A vote of thanks was given to ilr . Lowery at the close of the lecture .
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At the window of a shoemaker ' s Bhop , in High H « lborn , a paper is exhibited on which is written , — "The New Inventted Victoricr and Prince Allbert Epsum Ra « a Boot for the Derby Day—to be had within , on ) y 10 s 6 i a pare . " A Hed Rain 3—A red rain is stated by the Courrier Grec , to have fallen recently at Tripolitzi and elsewhere ; and it is added that the minister of the interior has collected information respecting that extraordinary phenomenon , which would be submiited to the examination of the medical board . An Example . —Sir Harry Featherstonehangh has increased the wages of hi 3 Sussex labourers , and given each a quantity of malt to brew thoir own beer—upon condition t it > y abstain from frequenting beer shops and public houseB .
Ths Attempt to obtain a church-rate at Newport in the I ? le of Wit ; ht does not succeed . At a Vestry meeting last week , Mr . Pring , the senior churchwarden , complained of the delapidated state of the church , and his own unpleasant situation , " sitting in a church exposed to the wind and rain ; " but his plaints did not move the vestrymen . The mation for a rale of lOd . in the pound was negativedj by 100 toll . Fatal Accident . —A fine little boy , about three years of age , being lately playing with his littlo brother in the house of a neighbour at Blackwood , in the Township of Sowerby , near Halifax , was unfortunately burnt to death .
The Taiuff . —A county meeting was held on Penendea Heath , on Thursday , convened by the High Sheriff of K ^ nt , to consider the portion of tho Tariff relating to hops . The High Sheriff presided ; and among tbe speakers were Viscount Torrington and Mr . T . L . Hodges . The County Members and the Ministera Bhared the indignant reprobation of the meeting . Resolutions were passed agaiast the Tariff , declariEg that the consumer would not benefit , because tha culture of hops would merely be transferred to foreign lands ; suggesting that the 11 real interests of the consumers as well as of the hop-planters , would be best consulted by reducing the malt duty ; ' and compjaiking of the mode in which hop-growers are . singled out for assessment under tbe Income-tax Bill . .
Nottingham . —Mr . Walter has come forth as a candidate for Nottingham ; responding , ho saye , ta the friendly disposition evinced towards him— " In the hope that I may unite all voices in my favour , and with & resolau * determination to exert all my faculties for the kest interests of the town and the general good of my countrymen , I intend to appear among you oa the day of nomination ; wh < n I trust that I shall shako m : < ny an honest friend by the hand , and find the hostility of thiso who opposed mo appeased by the perseverance with which 1 seek the favours of all . " —Mr . Walter says nothing , as Joseph S-. urge does , about tha necessity of abidiug by purity of election , and of using no weapons but . those of truth and iustice .
Stage Coach Travelling across the Desert . — The daily pxpers announce , by advertisement , the escablisbmei . t of" a stage coach communication between Cairo and Siifz ! Here is the march of civilisation . But a f « w years since it was supposed that C 3 mels or dromedaries , from their power of enduring thirst , could only traverse those arid plains aud penetra ' . e tho solitude of the desert . Now we have hotels established at regular intervals , with relays of horses and a coach running , which performs the journey regularly in about eighteen hours . The announcement at the close of tho advertisement is amusing— " Refreshments and provisions supplied in the desert at very moderate charges . "—AihemBum .
Foreign Assurances at Hambukgh . —The followiDg , according to tha Prussian Slate Gazette , was the real amount of property insared at Hamhurgb . in foreign assurance offises : — The Sun Fire-ofiice had policies out in Hamburgh to the amount of 3 , 300 ., 000 marks banco ( £ 23 § , O 0 O ) , of which about tvo-thirda will have to be paid ; the Phoenix and the Royal Exchange , it is believed , will be heavier Josers than tho Sun . The Cologne Company had not more than about 400 , 000 marks banco ( £ 28 . 000 ) insured in Hamburgh , and tho Aix-k-Chape )] e and Munich Company about 700 , 000 marks banco . Of all the foreign companies the Gotha Bank will bo the heaviest loser . Its losses , according to the most moderate estimate , will exceed 4 , 000 . 000 marcs banco or £ 23 , 0000 .
" Any Thing for an Honest Penny . " —Last week Air . Bricdley , acting the part of Bombastcs FurioBO , attempted the magcauimons work of enforcing bludgeon arguments upon the Socialists , and instiJiing into their minds b y the same mild means , the meek doctrines of Christianity . He has assumed anew cbarartor this we < k , and in it commenced a warfare last Friday night agaiDst the Phrenologists . The scene of combat was the Adelphi Theatre , and the charge ior admission to witness the hostile exhibition , varied from the small charge of 6 i . to that of two shillings . Poor Brindley was not , however , as fortunate on the last occasion as when ho showed off at the Hanover-square rooms . In imagining that those varied charges would not only bring " grist to his mil ! , " but that they would also enable him t «
hsve every thing hi 3 own way , he reckoned without his host , as the Socialists aud Phrenologists set at naught , tha expence , provided it gave them an opportunity of " showing up' wfat they term him , " a humbug speculator . " The subject of the lecture selected by Mr . Brindley was no Ie 3 s a personage than the miscreant Good . It would appear that Brindley's object v ? as to prove that the murderer ' s skull exhibited all those devolopements which are indicative of aught but a desire of blood-shedding . He had not , ho'vever , proceeded far before ho was openly accused by Mr . Mathews with practising a cheat upon his auditory , by exhibiting what he ( Brindley ) stated to be the cast of the culprits ' skull , taken in the same manner and with the same accuracy as Dr . Elliotson took his cas of the wretch ' s head . Mr . Mathewa also denied
that the cast taken by Dr . Elliotson had the traits or characteristics given to it by Mr , Brindley . Mr . Lo ^ an , a phrenologicallecturer , further oonmplained that there had hog been made that evening any development of the organs of the murderer . These unexpected exposures had for poor Brindley , a most talismanic eff-. ct upon the auditory who , as if convinced that a trick ha-d been played off at their expence , rose simultaneously , and evinced the mosl unequivocal intentions of taking revenue in their hands . This the lecturer quickly perceived and as quickly averted , by calling in , as usual ,
to his assistauoe the posse comtialus , tho only available argument he adopts . Thus closed the humbug , the auditory being most unceremoniously huddled out of the theatre . It is pretty clear from Mr . Brindlej ' s eleemosynary appeal to the pockets of his dupes , at Hanover-square , on Friday week , and his admission charges on last Friday , that he is not the disinterested apostle he wishes to make him ? elf appear , and it is also evident that £ s . d . is the Trinity at whose shrine he " makes , his devotions " as zealously as _ any other trader in quackery and humbug ; and it is al ? o equally clear that Mr . Brindley will stop at nothing " to make an houei-t penny . "
Attempted Murdfr in Portsmouth Dockyard , —Portsmouth , Sunday . —At an early hour yesterday morning the famiiy of Rear-Admiral the Hon . D . P . Bouverie , the Admiral Superintendent , residing in this dockyard , were considerably alarmed by the information that Joseph Bol : on , a footman in the service of the Admiral , had attempted to fake the life of the lady ' s maid , Louisa Pettis ,- by cutting her throat . It appears that Bolt-on , who it is supposed had been out all night , and had been drinking , went on his return home , between five and Eix ' o'clock , into the bedroom of his intended victim , with a knife in his hand , with which , while she was sleeping , he cut her throat . The iucision , however , was not sufficiently deep to deprive her of life .
Upon being wounded she awoke , and after struggling desperately with the assassin , succeeded in reaching the room of some of the other eervan's , though not without receiving some severe cuts un . dr-r her chin and upon her should , r and breast . Alter having made thia aaempt upon the poor woman ' s life , Bolton immediately proceeded to the room of the butler , Benj . Payne , whom he awoke , and said , " I have cut Louisa Pettis ' s throat ; I give myself up as your prisoner . " Rear-Admiral Bouverie and the household were immediately alarmed , and the admiral ordered Bolton to be given into the custody of the policenian who hod been called in . The Admiral also despatched messengers to the nearest medical gentleman , so that no time mieht be lost in
procuring proper assistance for the unfortunate sufierer . Dr . Henderson shortly arrived , and rendered such immediate aid as the case required . It is not at present anticipated that the wounds will prove fatal . ^ No reason has yet beeu assigned by tho prisoner for making this atrocious attempt ; ho told tho butler it was becauso eho was always aggravating him . In the course of the day the prisoner ( Joseph Bolton ) was examined before the magistrate upon the charge of having attempted to murder Louisa Pettis , lady ' s maid to Lady Bouverie . Benjamin Payne atated that he was butler to Admiral Boverie , and that the prisoner was a footman in the same service ; that between five and six o'clock thia morning ( Saturday ) the prisoner came into the room and awoke him , and eaid , " I give myself up to you
prisoner . I have cut Louisa Pettis s throat . He immediately dressed himself and went down into tbe pantry , accompanied by the prisoner . The prisoner went out the previous evening , and said he should be back again by half-past ten to attend on the ladies . He looked for the prisoner at that hour , but was not able to find him . Did not see him again until the morning , when he came into the room , and gave himself up . Supposed that the prisoner had been out all night , and drinking . Had heard the prisoner say some time back that the lady ' s maid owed him a grudge . A certificate , signed by Dr . Henderson , was put in , stating that Louisa Puuis was so much weakened by tho loss of blood , that it was impossible she could be examined , but that at present there was no immediate danger . The prisoner was then remanded until Thursday .
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Church Rate . —A vestry wag held oa Friday last , ia the National School-room of the parish of H ^ yes , Middlesex , for the purpose of raakiDg a church-rate , a subject which has for some timo past produced great contention in the parish , aud the members of the E . tablishsd Churchy from their dislike , to their late ourate's conduct in connexion with the stabbing case of Medhurst , have united with the I ) issenter 3 and refused to make a rate , so that no church-rate has been made for tlie last eix years . _ On the present .-occasion the Rev . Mr . Hale , who has Jsmee been appointed to the curacy , was unanimously voted to the chair . Mr . T . Shackle , tho parish churchwarden , briefly atated the necessity which existed for a rate to bo made , from the
extensive repairs required in the belfry and other parts oi tae cnnron ; He humorously observed , that ho would only ask for a 4 d . rate , but seeing how strongly his dissenting friends had rallied , he thought they would volunteer a , 6 d . one . Mr . Wilshere , the other churchwarden , seconded the motion . Mr « Jo , } £ " ¦ ¦ Hunt moved an amendment to the effect , 'That all ^ cumpulsory enactments for the Support of reliaious institutions were contrary to the principles of Christianity , and that the question be adjourned for a twelvemonth . " Mr . W . Banioa seconded the 'amendment . Mr . Woodraffe ! observed that chapels were in general private property , and mi » ht be shut up at the caprice of the owners , and if the church were not opened , the poor would have lace for
no p religious worship under such circum-Etancea . Mr . Mason would remind the vestry , before they voted , of the precept— "Whatsoever ye would that men should dotoyou , doye also k-them . " He considered the repaira should be paid for by a voluntary contribution , and he had no doubt the fnn-ls mi ^ ht be raised . Mr . Shackle said , he was disposed to try a rate firstV and then , if that failod , he was will ns to try the voluntary .. principle —( a laugh ) . Mr . Fleet said , Mr . Bardon and Mr . Hunt had both formerly failod in their attempts ' to ' -collect the sum requisite , and he would therefore vote for a , rate . On tho votes being taken , thore appeared for tho rate , 42 ; for the amendment , 21 ; being two to one in favour of the rato . On the suggestion of Mr .
Newnun , the sum inserted in the estimate for coals and candles wa 3 struck out , and ' Messrs ; Will shere and Brigga undertook to provide them . Wandswokth Police . —On Tuesday , the Reverend Mr . Stephen A Id house , lecturer of AUhaUowa Church ) in the City , was charged before Mr . Clive , with desorting his wife and . children , ¦ and leaving ^ them chargeable to the parish of Clapham . Mr . William Tupman , relieving overseer of the parish of Clapham , stated that ou Thursday the defendant ' s wife , Elizabeth , came to him and represented that she and her two children had been lefc destituto by her husband , the defendant . He made inquiries into her case , and ascertained that she was . 'truly deKtitute , and gave her 2 s . He , by direction of the Board of
Giiardiaps , obtained a warrant against the defendant . Eiizibeth Aldliouse , a lady apparently much younger than her husband , said sho was the wife of Lite defendant , aud ^ > ad borne him two children . She had left him . two' years and five months in conseq'leuco of his ill-usage of her . lie had struck her once or twice , and in apprehension of his doing hor more eericus injury , &ho left him . Latterly he had h . eglected to support her , and she was obliged to apply to tho . parish officers for relief for herself and iwo children . Poiico-constabie New , 13 o V , proved that he apprehended the defendant at his lodgings in Wiua office-court , Fleet-street . He told tho defendant why he took him into custody , and tho latter said he did not leave her , but she him , and that she
was a veritable vixen . The defendant then entered into a lon ^ statrment , the greater part of which was ot an uninteresting nature . He said , however , that instead of his boim < charged with leaving hid wife destitute ,, she ought to have been charged with leaving him . About two years ago he vva , s unfortunately arrested for debt , and remained in custody of a Sheriff ' s officer three days . When he was released , he was surprised to find his house , which was in Neiso !\ -Fq \ iare , Blackt ' riars' -road , desc ! rtcd , and upon inquiry learnt that his wife had removed the . whole of his {¦ ffticts to the residence of her fa' / bor . The youngest of liis childreii had been born seven months since his wifo left him , and althoHch he had
repeatedly applied to iiis father-m-lsw and his wife to see the child , he was refused . Hia wife had done her best to starve him , for she had kept possession of his orders , and in consequence it was only where he was previously known that he could preach . Tho defendant finished his statement by observing : that his wifo and children wero not deficient of a home , for ho hid one to take them to if his wife would go with him . The defendant ' s wife declared that sho would not again live with him . Some recriminatory conversation followed , and aftervyards it was arranged that the defendant should be discharged from custody , and that the matter should be left to the decision of the parish officers .
Disgraceful . —James Watt , a tailor , living in North-street , Nowington , was brought before Mr . Cottenham , at Union Hall , charged with cruelly i ! ltreating bis son , a young man twenty years of age , by keeping him without food or raimenti Theyoung roan , who was bent double from infirmity engendered by the Sithy condition in which he was kept by his unnatural parents , his weakness of body such that he could not walk erect , was obliged to bo suppoitud into court , and accommodated with a seat while giving his evidcnco Robert Brankes , tbn relieving oSicer of Newington , stated that in consequence oi a report in the neighbourhood where tao defendant lired , that he had a son whom he kept without the common necessaries . of . life , he ( the relieving officer )
went there on Saturday morning to make inquiries as to the truth of the rumour . On going into a room on the first floor , which the prisoner and hia family occupied , he found one corner of it boarded off , and behind the board or screen he witnessed a scene which could not be easily forgotten . The young man above alluded to he found crouched up in the corner , lying on the bare boards , without a stitch to cover him , and his body was covered with tilth and vermin . In reply to the qnestions put to him on the occasion , it was evident he was desirous of shielding his family from any blame as to the condition in which he was found , but he admitted that he had had no clothes upon him for the last two years , during which period he occupied the corner
of the room where he was discovered . There were some hard crusts of bread and cold potatoes found within his reach lying on tho floor . The witness , finding the prisoner was not at home , went to where he was at work , and asked him why ho treated his son in such a scandalous manner , and his reply was that he was in distress and could not afford to give him clothes , and that he preferred lying on the boards to a bed . The witness added that tho other children of the prisoner were decently attired , wfd that they bad decent accommodation to sleep , unlike their brother , the subject of the inquiry . As it was a case of gross inhumanity , as far as the father was concerned , the witness sent for a policeman and gave him into custody . Charlotte Jones stated that she
lodged in the same house , and that she saw the defendant ' s son in February last , at which time he was lying as described , without clothes , in a corner of the room . She was given to understand at the time that ha was weak of intellect ; but on finding that there was such a marked distinction made by Ids parents between him and the other children , and that ho was evidently dwindling away from want © f common attention , sho considered it her duty to give information of the-fact to the parochial authorities The unfortunate young man was here interrogated by { hemaijirtrate , and ia reply to the questions put to him , he said that he was twenty years of age * and ihat ho . was brought Hp to his father ' s trade , that of a tailor , but that ho had hot worked at it for the
last four or five years . That for the last two years he w » 3 kept without clothes , and occupied the corner of the room where ho was found by the officer . He had no bed to bleep upon , as he preferred l y ing on the boards , but he had a piece of carpet under him . To other quest ioiiB relating to the treatment wbioh had reduced him to his present emaciated oonditioa he evinced a desire to withold any information , fearful , no doubt , as the magistrate observed , that his father would be answerable for it , and thereby manifesting a feeling towards that parent which was not shown to himself . When asked , however , the cause of his stooping , he said , that leaning forward became so habitual to him , owing to his being keot without clotheg , that he now found
a difficulty in keeping his body up . straight . He also said that the reason ho was kept without clothes was in consequence of his father being so poor . Anoiher witness stated that she was living in the same house since' tho 10 th of last September , but that fin had never seen the young man until last Saturday , but heard that his parents had an idiot son , whom they were compelled to keep at home , and that the mother told her he tore his clothes , "and would not sleep in a bed like the rest of the children . Tho witness ailded that she was shocked on seeing him for tho first time on Saturday . Mr . William Bell , a surgeon , stated that he was called on to examine the young man on Saturday , and that ho never beheld such a miserable spectacle as he was at that time . He was perfectly naked , and his body was in a most filthy conditioH from dirt and vermin , and there were sores upoa it , produced by continual
scratching . His body was bent forward , and he was 'o weak and emaciated , that he could not move or stir without help . It was evident that he had been treated with great inhumanity , and he must in a short time have been totally deprived of the use of his limbs if such treatment had been persevered in ^ The prisoner , in reply to the charge , said that between three and four years ago his son fell down stairs and cut his head , ever since which period he had been of weak intellect , and was obliged to be treated as a child . That he ( prisoner , ) being in very indigent circumstance , could not afford to buy him clothes ; and that rather than suffer him to be taken from under ihe roof of his parents , they managed with him as well as they could , but never kept him without food . Mr . Cottenham having made some strong observations on the conduct of the prisoner towards his unfortunate son > which he characterised as of the most unfeeling description , adjudged him to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of £ 200 and find two sureties of £ 100 , to defend the charjio at the sessions .
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Birds' Nfsts- At Collingbourne Kingston Church , in Wiltshire , on the . I 3 oh of April , the clerk , on looking out the lessons for the day , perceived something under tho Bible in the reading d ? 9 k , and iu a hollow plac « is ado by the Bible resting oa a raised lMge , he found a rebia'ts nest , with two e / rgs iu it ... ' The bird , not haviDg been disturbed , laid four more , which were hatched on the 4 ch of May . The cock-bird brought food iu its bill , and fed the young brood during ihe service ; and none of the parishioners , not evoii th « boy a , interfered with the birdd , or attempted to take aivay the eggs . —Devizes Gazette .
Oldham . —Awful Accident . —Aboat noon on Wednesday last , as a yotnm woman , uatned Mary Taylor , the wife of Thomas Taylor , a cotton-spinner , of Hope-street , was-aVher work in the card-room of Shore Mill , Greenacres moor , Old ham ; and , whilst in a stooping posiure , her clothes were caught by an upright shaft , which was moving at the rate of 90 revolutions per minute . The pour woman was instantly snatched by tha fearful machine , and her head coming in contact with the iron , she was immediately killed . H-r head was dreadfuUy injured , the brain being shattered to fragments ; one of the arms was nearly cut off ; and tho body much mangled . The greater part of the shaft is cased , and it ia not precisely known in what way she was caught by the lower part . The deceived was 27 years of age , but had no children . —Manchester Conner .
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ATTEMPT ON ^ XiE LIFE OF THE 9 U ESH . On Monday afternoon , at about six o ' clock , an attempt ¦ was made to assassinate- her Majesty as she waa returning from her afternoon -ride . ' Her . 'Majesty was in " a barouche ami four , which was proceeding towards Buckingham Palace frous ihe Green Park , when , on the way down Constitution Hill , aiKlat about ten or twelve yards from the spot at which ¦ ¦ Oxford made asimilar attempt , the fl ish of a pist .. l -was observed inthfl crowd , and a youni ? man who Iielu it "w = is immodia . rely se ' z ^ d aud coniiiiittod to cust > i < 1 y . F . jfi' . uiately he missed hiB aim , and before asecoucl attempt could be made , he was in Custoiiy . Ind va , ho did not appear to make the attempt , for he pir , tho yi .-aal hurriedly into his breast , endeavouring to ^ cant ; detectim .
His Royal Highness Prince AUvett left Buckingham Palace shortly before thit )« o ' ciwk iu the afseraoon , for the purpose of attending the 3 ' , h ., io ; itv Courb , Soinerflethouse , togivu judgiiient as L-inl W / mien of tLe Dacby of Cornwall , and shortly tift-r his return to the Palacej Her Aluj-. sty , accompaii'eJ t > y his Royal Highness , proceeded in an open carriage and four horses , preceded by outrider ? , for ber acoustoined drive in Hydepark , &c , the royal fquerries , ; s usaal accompanied ths cortege on ixoraaback . O : \ Her Msj ; sty ' s return , about ten mHiutfia or a quarter past six o'clock , down Constitution-hiil , whon within a ahoife liistance of the spot at which the foriutr ittei / ipt at Her Majesty ' s tissasainationwas made by Edward Oxfurdia young nian , who had previously been rxotie ^ d standing with
his bacft against tho bride ' . vail skirtiag th-i gardens of Buckinch . . ! U Palace , wi ;» observed to advance towards tho carriage rju'I alcug which the Royal cortege -was passii : ; .-, and upon the carriage coiitaiaiii . j Her ilsj-sty -auil . her illustkious consort approaching the tpot . at whieh be stood , he was seon by poike-consrabla Tauner , A 53 , to iKlvauce within tht ^ e yRrda of the carnage , and at tho same instant draw out , apparontly from his waistcoat pocket , a . pistol . Tanner instuntiy rushed towards him , for the purpose of knocking'it ouc of his hand , seeiug that it was aivned at her Majesty , but at the moment he seized hin tiie pistol went off , without injunug her Majesty ' s parson or that of Prince Albert . The i stant the report wai hs- ; i , rd a soldier of the Foot Guards , who happened to be rear , ran . tt > the assistance cf tlij pc'liccm ^ m . as < Ud sevaKil other persoss , who
tame rapidly up to tha spot . The Royal carriage , which was , at the moment of the-attempt , proceediDg at a quick pace , conthiuod its course towards . Bucking-, ham Paluce . aud tbe prisoner was conveyed to the lodge adjoining , wliero he was searched by Mr . Russell , the inspector en duly at the tiniu , who found in his pockets a bullet and souae . powder , as well as the pistol , whicb was still war ^ , aud £ ffjrding convinciD « r proof of its recent discharge ; A cub was immediately procured , in which the prisoner was conveyed by Tinner , accompanied by ihe soldier , to the statipn-honse of tho A division , in ( Jardiuer's-lane . He was there questioned by Inspector Hughes as to bis name , for the purpose of eatsring the offence i « the usual manner upon the charge-sheet , when Le refused to give his name or make any stattmeat , and niaintiiined an extreme Eullennessof manaer .
The int ^ jligence the desperate attempt flew like wildfire Uiroiigh the metropolis , mid in a . : very short time the various members of : hf ' B ; .-yal" farnliy , as well as several of the foreign AiHb ? . 33 a < lovs , besides laTge Burubers Of the nobility , &o ., bastsned to the palace for the purpose of confirf-. tulati :.: ? tho Queen and Prince Albert on tlii-ir providential ' - deliverance , and throughout tha evening u denD-j concourse of persons of all cla ^ soa , amongst -whom we noticed a number of elegantly dressed femaloa , ' surrounded the gates of the palaee
The prisoner , upon being i \ . terrog \ te < l , refused to give ehher his name or residence , or to in tbe any admission on the subject of tho charpo . Durin . < the cxaniination , however , of the persons who witnossed the transaction , it appeared that a youth who happened to be in the Park at the moraent of the pvisonev ' B apprehfension bad followed him to the Station-house , and subsequently to the Htiuo-offlce , and hud recognised him to be a person of the name of Francis On the prisoner being pressed 3 « to whfithor that waa not his name he , after considerable hesitation , admitted the fact The youth was tiieis questioned as to hie knowl-ufge cf tae prisoner , when he st « ted that the prisoner's father resided at No . 100 , Titchfi' -ld-Btreet .
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THE QUEEN'S BEGGING LETTER . It will seen , by reference to the debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday , ' that Lord Knnaird asked the Government , whether they "had . not thought it exp « - dient to advise her Majesty to Issue a begging lettetj soliciting subscriptions for the relief of the prevailing distress . The E irl of Bipon yi'is understood to reply that Government knew nothiEg whatever of the letter in question ; and the Duke of Wellington also aaid , that he knew nothiDg of the existence of ; such a document . One noble Peer , who attended church last Sunday ( LoiA Qolboin ) said , he had heard itread . So much for the attention of Government ; aud here is the Queen ' s letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury , directing collections ' o be made ftomhousa to house by the churchwardens : — ¦ -. ; "; " ' '' " ¦ : ¦¦ ' ' . " ' ' . ¦¦ ¦'¦ - ¦¦¦ - " .
|« Victoria R . —Most Reverend Father in God , our light trusty and right entirely beloved councillor , we greet you jwell : whereas in some districts in England and ScotiaHd maay of the working cUssea have Buffered , and continue to suffer severe diatress ; and whereas many of our subjects have entered into voluntary subscriptions for their relief , and have at the same time humbly pTiayed us to issue our Royal letters directed to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury , and the Lord Archbishop of York , authorising them to promote contributions within their several provinces for the eame benevolent purpose , we , taking the premises into our R 6 yal consideration , and being always ready to give the best encouragement and cbunlaa ? . nce to such humane and charitable undertakings , aro gradoisly pleased to
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condescend to their request ; and we do hereby direct tbese our letters be communicated hy you to the several suffragan Bishops within your province , expressly requiring them to tike care that publication be njade hereof on such Sunday in the present or in the ensuing month , and in such places within their respective dioceses , as the said Bishops shall appoint ;; and that upon this occasion the Ministers in each parish do effectually exoite the parishioners to a liberal contribution , which shall be collected the week following at their respective dwellings by the chnrchwardens or' overseers of the poor , in each parish ; and the Ministers ot the several parishes a re to csnse the sum so collected to be paid immediately into the hands of the Bank of England , to be accounted for by them , and applied to the cai-rying on and : promoting the above-mentlon 8 < l good designs . And so we bid you very heartily farewell . Given at eur Court at St . James ' s , the 11 th day of May , 1842 , in the fifth year of our reign . By her Majesty ' s command , J . R ! G . Graham .
V To tfie Most Rev . Father in God , our Rit > ht Trusty and Right Entirely Baloyed Councillor , William Lord ' Archbishop of Canterbury , Primate of all England and Metropolitan . ; ¦ . ' ' ; .. ' " ^ .: ¦'" ¦ . ' . . - ' -., : ' ¦ ;; -.-, - Then follows the Bishop of London's letter to the Clergy : — ¦' _ / '" ' . " , / ' ; : / : .. '' . - . ¦; " . "' . ¦ .- ¦ : ¦ ' ? . London-heuse , May" 20 . - . " Reverend Brother , —In obedience to the commands of her Majesty , I require yon to read from the desk in your cLurch or chapel the Queen's Letter , a copy of which I havo caused to be transmitted to yoa , on such Sunday before the 1 st day of July next as yoa may judge most convenient , immediately after the Morning or Evening Prayers . You are also desired to cause the Queen ' s Letter to be read in like manner in everyplace of worship belonging to the Established Church in your parish ( if there be any besides the parish church ) .
and to communicate this letter to the minister or ministers thereofi The accompanying statement will supply authentic information in regard to the distress whicli prevails in places thezein mentioned , and which unhappily , extends to many other populous districts . similarly circumstanced , I trust , therefore , that you feel ife your duty , as a minister of Christ , to give full effect to ker Majesty ' s gracious intentions by earnest exhortation from the pulpit , and temake known and enforce , aa widely and strongly as possible , the claims of tha sufferers on the charity of tlftvr Christian brethren . The amount collected is to be paid , within three weeks after tho collection , into the Bank of England , or Us branches in the country ; or by PoBt-office erders addressed to , and made payable to , the cashiers of the Bank of England , London . •« From your affectionate brother , C . J . London . "
We could'have had no objection to this / begging letter , provided the clergy had not already fleeced the pockets of the church-going people , for the purposa of building new churches and creating new colonial bishopricks . Distress , even to a greater extent than at presont ; . prevailed at the time the collection was made ; the Archbishops and Bishops were perfectly aware of it ; but they had . neither , heart nor disposition to relieve the suff « rings of their distressed brethren , until they had nrst made a descent upon the pockets of the liberaily-disposed , in order to carry out their own dailing fcbeme of rendering the Church omnipotent , by extending her power and throwing more" wealth into hor Jap' Speaking of the exhibition of folly ( the Queeu ' s fancy ball ) one London paper
says" Her Majesty left the ball-room about a quarter to three o ' clock , but dancing was continued for about an hour afterwards . The expenditure for this one night ' s entertainment was enormous . One Noble Lord paya £ 150 for the hire of diamonds , and ladies of rank expend a far greater sum . All the great jewellers in London , down to the Jew diamond merchants , were laid tinder contribution . Her Msjesty wore but one diamond on her head . This gem , value £ 10 , 000 , looked , at a * distance , like a star , by its vivid brilliancy . " . . . .
The most detested tyrant whose deeds history hands down to posterity , set fire to Rome that he might enjoy tha sight of a city in confligration , and while the flamea were raging , he amused himself by playing on the violin . We know of no nearer approximation to the unmatched cruelty of the monster Nero , than the conduct of the British Court and aristocracy , in thus revelling amidst the most superfluous waste , while the more humble of their countrymen are doomed to starra for bread , by the laws these same Nobility have framed for their own advantage . The British aristocracy have enforced the provision laws to secure themselves a monopoly in food whatever may be the consequences Because of this monopoly , the whole commercial world
is turned upside down , and the poor are left to beg or perish . Yet , in the midst of the unprecedented sufferings of millions whicli now exist , the nation has been insulted vrifh this ehildish display of the waste of thousands , for thetnoBt part wrnng , either in thi » shape of taxation ^ 6 r ^ monopoly ; from the vary'classes who have been ruined ; and whd now / suffer ' . By this flltimed and ill-advised disjpliy , double : the } money ^ wiH have been literally ^ thrown ^^ away , linder the patronage of the Queen ; - than- will t » cot ! ected i iii the ^ hape of charity ^ by- the 'Queen ' s 'letters , * ' ' and - by' the letters of all the Bishops ^ England and Ireland into tb « bargain ; '¦'¦ ¦; . " - ¦' / - " . '¦ ¦' - ¦ : . '•¦; . ¦¦ '¦ '¦"¦ ¦ . . - ¦ ¦
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GENIUS AND INTEMPERANCE . In our last publication , ' we refenred Ho the disastrous influence of alchoholic drinks upon gen tns---we affirmed that the' excitement thus produced , fs the most deadly enemy of genius—and we referred to the deplorable degradation which Ur has inflibted upon many who might have been the bleasingsr of their Wends , the ornaments of their country , and the instructors of the world . - ¦ " ' ; . ' " ¦ . ' •; ' : '¦ ¦ ¦' ; ' . ' . ; .. ' ' . " ¦ '' . . ' .. " '¦ TlietioUoyrihg scene which was witnessed at Bfarl * borough--streeti on Tuesday last , displayed most fully the accurate jiisti ^ of our representations . It oxhibited a Ciergynian , a man ef high classical attainments , and we have eiuce ascartained , of naturally commanding intellectual powers , prostrated in the very dust by this abominable agency . The account requires no comment from us . It will appeal at once to the understandings and theieelings of our readers .
An emaciated young man , in a miserable plight , waa brought before Mr . Maltby , charged with having made an attempt to commit suicide . A pot-boy of the George pubUc-house , Castle-street , said the defendant came into the house that morning , and after being in the tap-room a short time , asked witness to lend him a knife . Witness gave him a Bmall penknife , and kept his eye on his movements . . The defendant taking an opportunity when he thought he was unperceived , of raising the ksife to his throat , and was about to plunge it in , when witness rushed forward
and arrested his hand . A struggle ensued , and witness with difficulty regained possession of the knife . After a short period the defendant was allowed to leave the house , and he then went over the way into a publichouse immediately opposite . Here his agitated manner having excited suspicion , he was again watched , and secured , while in the' act of Btrangltag himself with his neckerchief . In consequence ef these two attempts , he was considered to be totally unfit to be any longer at large , and a policeman being called , he was given into custody . . ' •¦ . ' ¦ :- ' ' ¦ . ^ ' . ¦' - ' . /¦ : ' - . '¦ ' ¦ ¦' . ' ; ;' . . - . -
Mr . Maltby asked the first witness if he was sure that the defundaat iuteaded to do himself some injury with theknife ? .-. ' " .,: ¦ - . ¦ : ' - ' : . ; - :: " , ¦ :-- ;¦ :.:.: ' Witness said he had no doubt whatever that such was . the defendant ' s intention . Mr . Maltby—You hear toe charge against you . Is it - true ? ¦ ..-: ¦ : . '¦ ' . ¦ : ¦ ¦ - : ; : : ;' . v ¦¦' ' . - ¦ ¦ / -: ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ , Defendant—Partly . My intentions were misoonceiyed-Mr . Maltby—Then you did not intend to commit suicide , according to the charge mada against you ? Defendant ( heaitatingly )—No . My spirits were much depressed . : , ¦ : - ¦ . : ¦ ' ' : ¦ : ' ¦¦¦ : " .: '"' - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . , ; - . : •¦ ' -, Mr . Maltby—What is the causa ? ¦ Defendant—Owing to my destitute circnmBtances . Mr . Maltby—What is your name , and what have yoa been used to ? >;' . >< Defenduiit—My name is Theophilus Curry . I am a teacher of the classics .
Mr . Maltby—Where were yon last employed In that capacity ? ¦ ¦ ' . " " ¦' . ; ,: ¦¦ . '¦" -: ¦' ¦ : ¦ - ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ •¦ - '¦ . . --. Ddfendant—At Braintrea , about nine months * go . Since that I haveisold a few publications . Mr . Maltby—Where do yon lrve ? Defendant—I have lived at Mrs . Hennessey ' s , in George-street , and afterwards in Short ' s Gardens . At present I have no home , and for the last two nights have slept at a place in the city . ; Mr . Maltby , —Have you any friend ?
Defendent—Not in London . I have a brother , a surgeon , at Bungay . Mr . Maltfey . —Where were you brought up ? Defendent—At Cambridge . I entered at Emmanuel College . ¦ ¦ ¦' . " ¦ ¦ ¦ :-:- ^ •' .:. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦'¦ ¦ . ' . : ¦ ' - ' -: Mr . Maltby . —Did yon .-take . any degree ? Defendent .- ^ Yes ; Bachelor of Arts . Mr . Maltby . — -Have yon eaten anythinglately ? : Dsfendent—No food , except a piece of bread yester day . I have had two pints of porter which was given me at the public house . ' . ,- ' :-. •;¦'' : V .
Mr . Maltby , after puttiflg a few more questions to the unfortunate maB , directed that he . should be supplied with refreshment , and also requested Clements , the chief usher , to go to various places named by the defendent and ascertain if hia story was true , and afterwards to call at the St . Martin ' s workhouse to ask the oversee ? to step to that Court . ;'¦' :. ' - ;" : 'V " . / :.-:-- ¦ ¦ . : ¦ ¦ - :: ¦ - ' - ¦ : / . '¦ .- ¦ -, - : - ... -: : ' ¦ Clements , haviogniade the necessary Inquiries , came back and reported that & » defendants statement was correct . He had been , as he said , in Weatmtastfr Ho * pital , and had lodged . at Hennessey ' s , from which . Utt « place he ( Clements ) teamed that the defendant occa sionally received sums of money from his brother , bnt he immediately spent the cash in drink , and that sack waahisrottcdpiopenBity for that vice that he bad drank himself into a state of delinum tremera . in the outer of&oe the defendant farther stated that
he had been in orders , but left Ida curacy to adopt the profession of teaching . While speaking , he was seized with a- Bhi ' yering' fit , and he began to gibber like an idiot In this condition he continued for an hoar , affording a hideous piotore of the consequences of indulging in * craving for drink . - • Mr . Maltby desired tiie defendant to be remoyed to St . Martin ' s workhouse for a ^ few daj 8 . —NMolsQJi ' $ Commercial Register . . : v
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EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER AT THE HOM . E-OPFIGB . Immediately on the diabolical outrage being knawn , information was sent to the principal Ministers , who were at that time in their places iu Parliament . Ip the Lords , as soon as the intellyer . ee wa 3 known , there was an immediate suspension of business , and the House at once adjourned . In the Comnior . s the greatess interest and sympathy was created , and after a few words of explanation from Sir R » Peel , the House adjourned . Notice was immediately given to those members of the Ministry , and those ''' leading rneiab « rs of the Privy Council , who had not been prcviou-iiy made acquainted with the event , aud an investigation was ordered at the Homf-office . Sir Jatue ?? Gmham had gone direct there from the House of ;' Commons , ' a ? also had Sir R , Peel ; and at a f « w minutes bef . > re 8 o ' clock several members of the Pxivy CouncV ' . assembled in the room of Sir . J . Graham at the Home-office . The prisoner had been
previously brought from tho Gardiner ' s-larie stationhouse to the Home-offiiie , into which he was conveyed by tho back entrance , from Uie park , an immense concourse ( 'f persons having asscHibled at the front entrance opposite Whitehall . The principal Ministers present , besides the Home Secretary and Sir R . Peel , were , the Duke of Wellington , Lord Stanley , the Lord Chancellor , the Earl of Haddingtou , the Earl of Jersey , Sir E Koatehbull , Lord Fitzgerald , the Earl of Denbigh , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the Earl of Ripon , the Earl of Aberdeen , and Yi . 'count Lpwther . Tho Altorftk-y-Gcneral was present , as a \ 4 o were Mr . Maule , ( he . Secfetsry of tho Treasury , and Colonel Rowan , the Police Commissioner . Mr . Hall , the chief magistrate at Bovr-Btreet , waa also pTesunt The investigation was , of coarse , strictly private , and no particulars of what occurred at the Home-otEce transpired omplaUy . As soon as the investigation -. ( which- "lasted till ten o ' clock ) was over , the pris-mer was remanded to Tothill-floids prison .
The prisoner * John Fitmcia , is the son of a respectable inari of that name , livtn *; iu 'i ' otteuham Court Road . He ia about , twenty yoara sf' ago , about five feet five inches iu height ' ,- and at present ru : her shabby in appearance . Bio hi \ 9 a foreign cast of couutenaace , though by no means such . as to w . liraut the belief at first entertained that he waa a Germnu . His bair is very dark , and he has dark whisker * . His complexion is sallow , and , allowing for Ike jpalehe ^ s natural to him in such a situation , rather of a light olivu . ft appears that he has been ab » uat from hi 3 fduuly for more than six months past . His father had not heard of him for nearly that time .
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COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER , On Tuesday , the prisoner , John Francis , underwent a long private examination at the Home Office , the result of which waa tbai ' . h ' e ¦ was fully committed to Newgate , to take hia trial on a charge of High Treason .
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THE NORTHERN STAR 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct891/page/3/
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