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      Tjightqwxeki At The Bradford Election, W...

      TjIGHTQwxeKi at the Bradford election , we are disposed to believe tbat is the general conriction of the Chartists throughout the country . Jhe adoption of such a course does not » ' ] y either concession or compromise . It is simply tal « ° g a * t" > rt cut towards the ultim ate object . K we can enfranchise four millions out of six next year , it will be much easier to enfranchise the remaining two millions than it is now to give the rote to fire millions outside of the Constitution .

      The Wolverhampton Conspiracy. On Monday ...

      THE WOLVERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY . On Monday next , the doors of Westminster Hall will again be thrown open . The gentlemen of the 'long robe' "will once more baeil y p l y their vocation of making black look white , or vice versa , the stir and bnstle of active practice sueeeed the piping dreary times of the ' long vacation . ' With the resumption of tbe Courts , will come tbe settlement of tbe great

      question mooted at Stafford , and referred to the Court of Queen ' s Bench for consideration and adjudication . The prosecutors will call for sentence upon the ' convicted conspirators ;' out before that is passed , the conspirators , by their Counsel , will have something to say against the conviction , sot only because it affects themselves personally , but because they believe that the rights and liberties of the whole of tbe working classes of this country -are involved in the decision .

      It is important to remember distinctly what is tbe question at issue . Tbe Counsel for the defence will not have to argue tbat violence , threats , or intimidation are lawful or tolerable —they will not have to palliate or extenuate acts injurious either to persons or property , in the pursuit of an object hitherto regarded by our judges as a legal one in itself . No , the essential question they will have to raise for discussion aud decision by the Judges is this ; —Have the working men of Great Britain a right , by the existing law , to refuse to work for less than the price they put on their own labour , and to persuade , peaceably and reasonably , tbeir fellow workmen to adopt the same

      standard , and co-operate for its attainment ? It is impossible to imagine a more momentous question for labour I If it be answered in the negative , the operatives of this country , will be placed in an infinitely worse position than the bond slaves , over whose miserable fate we hear so many lamentations from professing liberals at home . They will , until the law , according to Justice Erle and the Stafford Special Jury , is altered , have no option but to accept whatever wages any master may offer them , or to pay . tbe penalty of refusing by going to prison . The freedom of capital means , as a corollary , the positive and literal slavery of labour .

      Every one will admit that before coming to each a conclusion as this , no means ought to be left untried to ascertain what the law really is . At present the authorities are exceedingly conflicting . Baron Roiee flatl y contradicts Justice Eele . Nay , all the previous judicial expositions of the law from the Bench left iheright of persuasion intact . Justice Eble has given it a new reading , aud it remains to be seen whether the innovation will be recognised by the Court of Error .

      It will be recollected that there were two trials at Stafford . In summing up the evidence at the close of the first , the Judge very decidedly stated that it was an offence to persuade free men to leave their employment . The Counsel for the defence took exception to this ruling , and strouly denied that it was law , backing np tbat denial by quotations from Summings-up of two of tho most eminent judges of the present age—tbe late Chief Justice TlSDAL and Mr . Baron Rolfe . It

      would appear that these authorities somewhat shook Mr . Justice Exile ' s dogmatism , for in summing up on tbe second trial , be expressed himself in a less decided manner , though still adhering to the opinion that his exposition of the law was better than either of the two able judges we have named . Symptoms of wavering were perceptible in several places , but at length ho put the case to the jury in tbe following worda ;—»

      But , genilemen suppose any of the defendants arc acquitted ofall those classes ( of couuts ) andyoasliould Still be of opinion that the combination was ier the purpose of obstructing Messrs . Terry in carrying on their business , and so to force tliem to lonsqnt to this book of prices , and in pursuance of that concert tfcey persuaded the freemen , and gave money to tlie freemen , to leave the employ nf Messrs . Perry , the purpose bein « to obstruct Lini in his manufacture , and to injure him in bis business , and so to force his consent , I am of opinion that that also would be a violation in point of law . Tbat is the class of counts in respect of which the learned counsel for the defendants have claimed a rhciit to dispute the proposition in point of law .

      .. In opposition to this we place the law as laid down by Baron Koike in the case of Jones and Potts against Selsby and others , tried at Liverpool in 1847 . The mechanics in the employ of the prosecalors struck for what they considered a sufficient cause , and in carrying out the strike they persuaded the men employed by the refractory firm to leave it , and they also

      persuaded others who were about to hire themselves , not to do so . 2 ? ow this was all that was charged against the members of the Central Committee , aud all—according to tho ruling of Justice Eele himself—that could be substantiated against them , though the overzealous jury , in the teeth of tbat summing up , and the utter absence of evidence on any other count , returned a verdict of guilty on all the counts !

      TVeli , this being tbe crime of which tbe members of the Central Committee , Mr . Rowlands , the Local Secretary , and other defendants were really guilty , let US hear from Baron liotFB its legal turpitude and liability to punishment : — Sow it is doubtless lawful for people to agree among themselves not to work except upon certain terms ; tbat being so , I am not aware of any illegality in tiicir jKaaalh trying to persuade otJiers io adopt the same view , " if it i j lawful for half a do 2 on people 10 agree together and say , " Why , we will not work unless Messrs . Jones and Potis raise our wages , ' * so it is perfectly reasonable TO SAT 10 h THIRD mas , " you bad better do tbat too . "

      This , of course , wasn t a pleasant doctrine to tbe Counsel for tbe prosecution—so he took exception to its soundness . Hon- much he < rained by the interruption we shall see ;—If my statement of the law is wrong , I am sorry for it . Tbe men agree not to work for Jones and Tvttn except on certain terms j one of them is that they should employ more skilled workmen . My opinion is , that if there was no other object than to persuade people not to work except for certain wages—and not to work under certain regulations —complied with in a peaceable way , that it was not illegal . If I am wrong I am sorry for it ; bdt my

      CPISIOX IS THAT THAT IS THE LAW . Here it will be seen two Judges have given op inions , diametricall y opposite , ' on this very important and vital question to the industrial population of this country . ! Need we say one -word to prove the absolute necessity of having the matter , authoritatively and definitely decided ? It is to be regretted , that the elevation of 3 fr . Baron Eolfe to the Vice-Chancellorship will deprive the Court of tbe benefit of his admitted great mental powers , in the

      consideration of the question . But his opinion , expressed so clearly and emphatically at Liverpool , will , no doubt , have its due weight on the minds of the Judges , with whom the decision will ultimately rest . We by no means wish to throw ^ any slur upon the judicial acumen or learning or ability of Mr . Justice EttLE , but it is not too much to say , that his dictum cannot be placed against that of a-Judge whose great learning and transcendent abilities have placed him in the position of Judge of Appeals in tbe Lords , and given him a

      The Wolverhampton Conspiracy. On Monday ...

      Beat ill the House of Veers , avowedl y for the aid of his legal knowledge . We entertain a confident expectation , therefore , tbat the preposterous verdict at Stafford will be reversed , and tbat the Judges , in Court assembled , will tell tbe class of employers represented by the prosecutors , tbat in this country working men are free to sell or to withhold their labour , and to talk to their fellow men as if they were rational and reasoning beings , not dumb brute cattle , to be driven at the will of the masterclass .

      We have beard , indeed , that the verdict is so utterly absurd and open to exception , from its direct opposition both to the evidence and the summing up of the judge , that it is possible tbe grave point to which we have directed attention will never be mooted at all ; but that a new trial will be moved , in order that the merits may be argued upon a proper basis . We should very much prefer that tbe question was at once taken on its merits , because it is extremely desirable that there should beno mistake whatever on the subject , either among masters or men . Should tho decision be an

      adverse one in the Court of Error , there is still the House of Lords to appeal to ; and if that , too , decides against the right of the English workmen to the use-of their , own limbs , intellect and skill , they could then appeal to the legislature to pass such a law as should make that right clear and indisputable , Should the other course , however , be adopted by the eminent counsel entrusted

      with tbe defence , and with whom the decisisonrests , Ave apprehend tbat there can belittle doubt of a new trial being granted . The Messrs . Perry will in that case have to begin again ; a job we suspect they will not at all relish , nor feel very thankful to their friends , the special jurors at Stafford , for saddling them with , by tbeir unblushing and over zealous partisanship .

      Perhaps , made wise b y their past experience , and finding that it is not just so easy to catch and impr ison the workmen who will not bow to their dictation , nor submit to be their bondslaves , as they imagined—they will let the matter drop . The Trades , we are certain , would prefer to fight the battle fairly out , now that their hand is in . But if the Messrs . Perry do shrink from the contest , the victory

      will not be less palpable and conclusively with the working classes . It will be a warning to other persons of the same stamp not rashly to cook up indictments for conspiracy , which must entail upon themselves an amount of expense , anxiety , and loss of time and character , almost incalculable ; and which at the last may break down and leave them nothing but vexation and disgrace in return .

      The Times' rediculed and sneered at the idea of carrying the question from Stafford into Westminster Hall . It will ere long , we hope , see that it was not so very ridiculous after all . If tbe United Trades , by their combined funds , show the employers that they can play at litigation , and avail themselves ( of the glorious uncertainty of the law , as well as the holders of long purses , prosecutions will not be so rife as inclination would dictate or tyanny desire . They will learn to let 'I dare not , ' wait upon ' I would , ' and to fear the combined intelli gence and resources of men , who will neither be tempted nor goaded into violence or outrage , and who are prepared to fight law with law ,

      We are happy to learn that throughout the country the case has been warmly and generously taken up by the trades . They perceive how directl y and how deeply every man , who depends on his labour , for the subsistence of himself and family , is interested in it . We need scarcely recommend the provincial and local committees , in conclusion , to forward their contributions at once to the Central De--fence Committee , which has nobl y and so abl y fought this important and momentous battle for tho rights of labour . . 3 fow ' s tbe day , and bow ' s tbo hour . Up and be stirring ! Quit yourselves like men !

      Continental Notes. M. Bonaparte Has, At ...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . M . Bonaparte has , at length , succeeded in patching up a hybrid-cabinet , partly composed of obscure members of the Assembly , aud partly of provincial functionaries , who have been summoned from their local duties to aid the would-be C ^ sak in his efforts to clutch the Imperial purple . They are a lot of nobodies , and must themselves he quite as much astonished at becoming ministers as everybody else is at seeing them in that position . This is the second time that M .

      Bonaparte has been driven to tho necessity of appointing an extra parliamentary cabinet , in consequence of tbe dissensions between himself aud the Parliamentary majority . Of course , it is understood that men who occupy that position are the mere creatures of his will , and possess no ministerial responsibility whatever . They will he the mouthpieces aud head clerks of their master—and that is all—during their occupancy of office , which must of necessity be very short ,

      iu ihe meantime , as far as can be ascertained—with the exception that they have consented to propose the repeal of the law of May—their administrative policy will be precisely that of their predecessors—repression . M . JFaUCHER left as a parting legacy two departments placed under martial law ; and the Fkesidehi studiously attempts to conciliate the support of the reactionary parties , by declaring his intention to persist in the same coercive , barbarous , and tyrannical course which has characterised the whole of his maladministration .

      We should not be surprised to find in the end that the proposal to re-invest ibfe people with the franchise , of which they were robbed by the combined traitors in the Assembl y and the Elysee , turns out a sham . Bather than five the masses the power of fashioning and controlling their own destinies , and ruling their own afiairs , there is scarcely any sacrifice the factions are not prepared to make , and ,

      cordially as they hate each other , they hate and detest the idea of popular sovereignty still more . But it is a consolation to know that however these gamblers for pdwer— these tricksters and adventurers , may twist and turn , and manoeuvre , their plots must fail to secure the object they have iu view . The only certain result must be their own discomfitureperhaps appropriate punishment , for their crimes agaiust the people .

      In other parts of the Continent , Absolutism is for the moment triumphant . Everywhere the iron heel of Despotism is placed on the necXs of the people . But it does not followthat the tyrants are , therefore , easy or secure in their positions . On the contrary , all their acts prove them to be haunted by a sleepless consciousness of the futility of all their at tempts to ward off the terrible day of reckon ing which approaches . The course of events in France , especially , causes them the most trembling anxiety . That is the point to which all eyes are turned , as the centre from which the new Revolution will leap into life and vigour , and from which the fiery torch will once more be carried over the length and

      breadth of the Continent , and summon the people to struggle again for freedom . To prevent this , as far as possible , the despots are moving masses of troops in the direction of the French frontier , and putting forth announcements , which avow their intention to quench the first indications of a renewed struggle in blood . But . events will prove too strom * for them . Their bankrupt exchequers cannot long sustain the cost of the immense armaments they keep on foot to repress the impulsive and instinctive aspirations , of mankind after freedom . The very means and app liances on which they depend , only add to the burdens of their peoples , render their tvranny more unendurable , and increase tbe

      Continental Notes. M. Bonaparte Has, At ...

      ^———— ^—1 7 *^*— . . desperation and tbe energy with * % L b ? masses will struggle to break the fet . ° J which they are shackled . Kossuth , free in England , and speaking to the world through the medium of the Press : Kossuth honoured and influential in the United States , ready for action when the moment arrives : Mazzini patient , indefatigable , exercising in his exile more power in Italy than even the Emperor of Austria with all his armies : These are the things which make Despotism tremble ! — . .. ~_^^^~ . ..... . ^^ -w " ^^^ v *

      Monies Received For Thk Wkbk Ending Thur...

      MONIES RECEIVED For thk Wkbk Ending Thursday , October 30 xn , 1851 . NATKJNM . CHARTER FUND . _ Received by W Kideb . —J . S ., Chippenham 6 a . —« e ceived by John Aknott . —A , Butleigh , Glastonbury is—Mmhyr Tydvil . per J" . Owen 8 «—Bingley , per J . Wild Ids ha - Leigh , per Messrs . Cook and Hall £ t—Devonpovt , per- J . Grose 10 s—Wigan , per J . Kilton 5 s-Bristol per W . Shchaii 2 s-Exeter , per S . ltumson is—Yarmouth , per T . lisner 4 s 0 d—Bolton , per J . Leadbeater 8 s-Coventry , per A . Yatea 5 s 3 d . —Total £ i 2 a 6 d . FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Keccived by Jons Absott . — Mr . Keoslalie imd Men , Straws Town , collected at their Crispin Supper 6 s .

      National Association Of United Trades. T...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . DtJNcoMBB , Eso .., M . P ., President . " fiat fvsrnii , " " If it were possible for tho working classes , by combinlue among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " Stuart Mill .

      GEORGE WYNN AGAIN ! A few weeks since this Journal .. 'contained an ample and complete refutation of a story trumped up by . this person for the purpose of damaging the members of the Central Committee in the estimation of the trades , Finding that he was likely to be foiled in his object by the crushing exposure , he has addressed a lengthy epistle , to the Wolverhampton Herald , in which he reiterates the charge , and supports it by what we may call the lie circumstantial , and aheap of ingenious fictions and assumptions that are more creditable to his inventive faculty than his veracity . The version he gives of the part taken in the affair by ourselves , is purely imaginary in all its leading incidents , and we give it the most unqualified contradiction ; while as to the charge itself , thejjfollowing letter will set the matter at rest for ever : —

      85 , Southampton Buildings . October 24 , 1851 . Gentlemen , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from you , calling my attention to a letter signed " George Wynn , " in the Wolverhampton Ilerald of tbe 22 nd iustant . In reply , I beg to state that before the late trials at Stafford , certain communications passed between the counsel on both sides , which were strictly private , confidential , and without prejudice . As to them , iny lips are sealed , such communications never being made public without a gross breach of professional etiquette , but injustice to you , I am bound to add that whatever those communications were , you were perfectly ignorant of them . My instructions from you and your solicitor , Mr . Roberts , were upon no account whatever to enter into any compromise , but to

      contest the prosecution throughout as involving an important privilege of the Working Classes . And from what I know of your opinions and conduct in reference to the late trials , 1 believe each of you would have preferred imprisonment for life rather than sacrifice one iota of your principles , or the interests of your fellow defendants . In justice to myself , I also add , that I never made any proposition to any one to abandon or sacrifice the Wolverhampton defendants in order to rescue the London delegates . Any such statement , uo maccer from what quarter it comes , is untrue . I am sure , after this answer , you will n

      Shoemakers' Strike. To The Editor Of The...

      SHOEMAKERS' STRIKE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Sin , —By inserting an account of a public meeting , held in Bury on Wednesday last , for the purpose of explaining the cause of the Shoemakers' strike , you will greatly oblige the journeyman Shoemakers of Bury , as there are two great mistakes in the accounts given by the ' Alancliester Examiner and Times , ' and also in the * Guardian j > and the ' Star » being the chief paper read by our craft , we wish through its columns to make it as public as we can as to the truth of our statements at that meeting . We also intend to wait upon the reporter and try to get it set right in those two papers .

      On Wednesday evening , the 22 ud ult ., a public meeting was held in the Old Sessions Room , for the purpose of explaining the cause of the Shoemakers' strike . Mr . H . S ykes , cap manufacture )' , occupied the chair . Mr . Wm . Rhodes , in a lengthy address , pointed out the origin of the strike , stating that some time ago a reduction of 8 d . per pair was agreed to , which made a difference in the amount of wages equal to 4 s . per week . The masters at that time assured the men that no further reduction would be attempted .. Soon after Christmas last , however , the masters sent in

      another statement . of prices , reducing the wages again . They had also taken the boot-closing to Manchester , where onl y 3 s . 6 d , per p air was paid for closing , while at Bury the price is 4 s . 2 d . for long Wellington boots . After reading several letters , the speaker stated that the men had come to a resolution that if they were not permitted to do the boottops , they would not do the bottoms . They had suffered the wages for closing to be reduced Gd . per pair , but still the masters took work to Manchester , keeping their own men hall employed , and consequently the strike Lad taken place .

      W . 1 < awkes said the Shoemakers' Society had been in existence nearl y forty years , lis object was to relieve the sick and persons out of employment ; the club also indemnified the master from loss , providing any of tho hands in the club embezzled their property ; the club was also established for the protection of wages . Mr . Throughaire , one of the masters wiiose men have struck work , addressed themeeting . He said , if he had done harm to any man in the trade , he would not have shown his face there . He had been an employer more than twenty years , and he had never taken a shilling

      from the working man , nor liad he willingly kept him waiting for work when he hadthe opportunit y oi getting it for him . Reconsidered the reasons assigned for the strike were very frivolous , and that thecombination would be injurious to the trade . The reason why he took tbe boot-closing to Manchester was in order tbat he might have his work done by firstrate workmen who were accustomed to such work , and the cost of having them done at Manchester was from 2 s . to 3 s . per pair more than he would have to pay at home . In his

      opinion , if the masters were as big tyrants as the men , not oue of them could live . The masters in Bury paid higher wages than were paid in any town iu the world . They were paying , on an average , 4 d . per pair more than was paid in Manchester for the same work . He had taken none to Manchester but patent boots and top-hoots , and they were closed by club men . Mr . Charles had g ot a .. pair ot boots closed in Manchester , and the Bury men had refused to do the bottom part of the work . Here is one of the mistakes that 1

      referred to ; the Manchester papers say , ' and he ( Mr . Throughaire ) having assisted Mr . Charles , the workmen had struck at his shop in consequence' —but here is the fact ; the workmen of Mr . Throughaire and Mr . Shaw never did strike ; those two masters turned off their men upon the ground that they must either open the shops of Mr . Charles and Mr . Gregljft ' or leave the society altogether . If they did not do that the y would not give them any moie work . Then Mr , Throughaire goes on to say , ' They had endeavoured to make an arrange-

      Shoemakers' Strike. To The Editor Of The...

      ment , and had proposed that the men shw ' ld pay a fine of £ 1 for having illegally struck S pT £ he finewas t ° ta devoted to the funds of the Bury Dispensary . ' The men had ! •* ,. used _ to comply with the proposal . Mr . Rhodes enumerated the prices given iu other towan , showing that with the exception of Manchester , the wages at Bury were lower than any other of the surrounding towns in Lancashire .

      Mr . Throughaire said , he was willing to give as high a price as any that had been mentioned ; he was not . opposed to men keeping up their wages , as he had . lent them as much as £ 5 at once to keep up their wages . The next mistake 5 s that Mr . Rhodes is represented to have said , tho workmen had consented to go back to their work , on . condition that Mr . Throug haire , Mr . Charles , and Mr . Shaw , and Mr . Gregg would pay a fine of 10 s . each to the club . This is not true , what was said was , that the masters had got their own way , as far as getting certain work done at Manchester ; but the two men who had stopped with Mr , Gregg instead of striking with the rest of the men should be fined 10 s . each .

      In answer to a person in the meeting , Mr . Rhodes said , there were only three or four closers in Bury , and their wages would average about £ 1 per week ; workmen in other branches could only get 12 s . per week . Mr . Throughaire said , he had not a man that did not get 15 s . per week ; he made an appeal to an old man in the meeting who had worked for him for years , as to whether his wages did not average 15 s . per week . In reply , the old man said , his wages had not run more than 8 s . or 9 s . per week . Several Shoemakers spoke of the low scale of wages which had been ' -paid , and Mr . Rualinsoh , a person in the Iron Trade , said th-jt

      they ought to receive twice as much j a discussion took place between Mr . Rawlinson and Mr . Thoughaire , and afterwards several person in the body of the room addressed the meeting ; after a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting broke up at near eleven o ' clock . It was announced at the meeting that the men would open a shop on . the following day , for the purpose of employing- those on strike , instead of tramping , as is usual in such eases . The body have commenced the plan of selfemployment , instead of wasting its funds in useless warfare . They have already twelve men at work , and every prospect of good support from other trades . —W . R .

      The Arctic Expbdihon.—"We Have Much Sati...

      The Arctic Expbdihon . — "We have much satisfaction in learning that Captain Penny ' s crew have presented him with a handsome silver snuff box in proof of their gratitude and attachment , and that the same compliment has been paid to his second in command , Captain Stewart , of the Sophia . A vote of thanks has also been presented to them by the seamen of the port of Aberdeen , to mark their sense of what may be accomplished by appealing to the better feelings of men . —Evening Paper . Lord Palmersion and tub Neapolitan Govebsmea-t . —The » 'Independence" of Brussels , and subsequent ;) - our own papers , publish a note . addressed by Lord Palmerston to Prince Castelcicala , the Neapolitan Minister in London , of which the foh lowing is the substance : — " Prince ,- — I have hart

      tbe honour to receive your . litter of the 9 tb , accompanied by a pamphleo , enfcituled , ' The Neapolitan Government and Mr .. Gladstone , ' and copies of which you beg me to forward to the Royal Ambassadors at the different Courts of Europe . I beg to reply , tbat I cannot accede to your request , " not wishing to assist in disseminating a publication which , in my opinion , neither docs honour to its author nor to the government which it . seeks to defend , nor to the political party ol which he makes himself the champion [ feel . myself compelled to deehire that the letters ol Mr . Gladstone to Lord Aberdeen , presented the sad picture of a system of illegality , injustice , and cruelty , such as no one could belicvo couhl huve been practised in our day in an European country . The information which I

      have received from , different sources has led me to the conclusion , tbat Mr . Gladstone has in no way exaggerated the evils which he depicts . On the contrary , he appears to have had for bis objects to call public attention to abuses which , if they were to longer endure , would necessarily sap the foundation of the Neapolitan Government , and would open tho road to those violent explosions which sooner or latter burst forth when injustice is prolonged and aggravated The Government , of Naples will be much mistaken if it imagines that a pamphlet , consisting of a flimsy tissue of bare assertions and reckless denials , mixed up with coarse ribaldry and commonplace abu . se of public men and political parties , will accomplish any useful purpose or reader any real service to the government on whose hehillf

      \ t'A 5 Jp 6 MStOhirvoWn written . And I must take leave to observe that there are admissions , direct , and indirect , in Mr . Macfarhiie ' s pamphlet , which go far to establish tho conclusions which he professes an intention to overthrow . —• Palmer & to . v . " \ i Fkauful OcGumiESCE . — Bradford . — Early on Monday morning , as the first train of coal waggons , thirteen in number , were passing from the stationary engine , Bowling , to tbo coal stage at the bottom of Duke street , and when midway , the wire ropo attached to the train suddenly snapped asunder ; the brcaksman let down the break on two of the waggons , but finding the velocity become so great bo threw himself oil , and fortunately escaped

      unhurt . The waggons travelled down the incline at a fearful rate , flew along the stage , broke into a weaving shed at the end of the tram road , and out at the opposite side of the shed . One waggon was imbedded in the dam which bounds the shed , and four remained inside . Four women were dreadfully bruised and lacerated ; thoy were speedily removed to the infirmary , and little hopes are entertained Of their VBGoVery . Two hundred pounds worth of damage is done to the shed and machinery . A largo portion of the coal stage is broken into fragments , and were it not tiiiit the weavers are on short time , and had not commenced working the whole of the looms , the ioas of life would have been dreadful .

      It is said that Lord Fitzal . in Howard , who lately married Miss Talbot , is about to follow the example of his father , the Duke of Norfolk , and turn Protestant . Caution to the Public—Base Com . —The officers of her Majesty's Mint hiivc received information that the uoiucra in the metropolis havo adopted a new process for the production of base coin , with which it is of some importance the public should be acquainted . There are at the present time in circulation a large quantity of counterfeit halfcrowns , which have been produced from dies iu brass , and then electro-plated with silver , and by this method the base coin lias much nioro tho appearance of silver than that produced from moulds , many of the defects apparent in the latter being by the new process altogether avoided . For instance the milling round tiie edge of the coin struck from tbe die is as perfect as tbat on coin issued from the

      Mint ; and it is well known that the greatest difficulty the coiner had to contend against was , to mill the edge of the spurious t-qoal to the genuine coin . To these brass half-crowns , the little " coin detectors" now in general use are of no avail , for thoy cannot be bent by them . The preparation of these dies is rather an expensive affair , and one set have already found their way into tho possession of the authorities . These half-crowns have been pronounced the best imitations of tho genuine coin yet produced , and they are only to bo detected by the peculiarity of tho ring and by their weight , being li ghter by one pennyweight than the genuine halfcrown . The moulded counterfeit half-crown is about three pennyweights lighter * Tho oolitic are ende-ironiing to ' trace ' tho manufacturer of this spurious coin , there being reason to believe that all the lialfTd-owns of this character at present in circulation have emanated from ono source .

      Middlesex Sessions. The Sittings Of The ...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The sittings of the court for the October adjourned Quarter Sessions , were resumed on Monday morning at the Guildhall , Westminster , by adjournment from Clprkenwc-ll , before Mr . Sergeant Adams , Assistant Judge ; Mr . Pownal , Captain Oansler , and Mr . Turner . There were forty-nine cases of felony and seven of misdemeanour for trial . Charles Pickton was indie : ed for stealing fourteen ewt . of printed paper , of tho -value of £ 220 , the property of John Croomcs , his master . —The jury found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to one year's hard labour . * Charles Moss , 32 , was indicted for having stolen two feather beds and other articles , value £ 8 , the property of the Great Western Railway Company . The prisoner was acquitted .

      George Morris , 19 , was indicted for stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from the Army and Navy Club-house , where he had been employed as waiter . He was found Guilty , and sentenced to Six months' hard labour , William Burgess , 25 , who was stated to be the son of a coach-builder , pleaded guilty to an indictment in . which he was charged with fraudulently obtaining by false pretences from William Druce a quantity of timber , value £ 02 , with intent to cheat him thereof . —The Court sentenced him , to three months' hard labour .

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      / c MANSION-HOUSE .-A W » 7 ; ~ Jolm . WP was charged with having violently Maauus «« . - wife . —The complainant , who aad n « t v « 7 l QR g lost an excellent husband , describe " . ^ the tr eatment she received from tbe defendant as jia' ^ y * > f continued a little longer , to make her follow i ^ ° f ° rmer to the grave ; and a policeman , who witnessed the outrage , and took the assailant into custody , not only confirmed her testimony , but proved an a « 7 ' sanlt upon , himself , inflicted no doubt because he interfered to save her from greater violence . —Tbe Lord Mayor sentenced the defendant to imprisonment for seven days ; and soon afterwards the fellow i waS brought again before his lordship , charged with having knocked his wife ^ wn , ^ 4 she „ er ) t , to speak to him upon his departure from thn « i » ll in

      which he had been confined at the Mansion-house . — The Lord Mayor directed that the complainant should , at the end of the imprisonment of lier busoanl , appear against him , and . etated that the dolendantmust , at that time , give bail for his good conduct for three months , . Attkmpikd Suicide . —A young man named William Collins was charged with having attempted to destroy himself . —A policeman said : 1 saw the defendant sitting on one of the seats on Londonbndgo for some time , and asked him why he did not £ 0 home . lie said it was his intention to sit there unti midnight , when all would bo quiet , and he would then take a turn over tho bridge into the lJUW

      " !"" . * , > to mm about tbe folly of such a tiling , but he said there was no use in talking to him , as be was determined to tiing hiinsolf into the 7 , Tl \ 'i tlie , " \ 00 khim to the station-house , on our way to- which he said he had jobbed his master and been deserted by his friends , and bad no chance ot getting into any place in this world . —Another policemau sfl ,-d , the defendant bad been taken before the magistrate at Worship-street , chained with having endeavoured to cut his throat . —Tho Lord Mayor : And what story did he tell , there ?—Policelie said

      man : just the same thing , and the magistrate discharged him , believing that he would not attempt anything of the kind again . —The Lord Mayor : Then we have every reason to believe that las object is to excite sympathy ; A great many persons are in tho habit of visiting the recesses of London-bridge , for tho purpose of moving compassion , and with the view to check the practice , 1 shall commit tho defendant ' if he do not produce bail to Keep the peace for three months . Committed ,

      SOUTllWAltK . —Attempted Robbery . —James Bontley , a powerful-looking young fellow , was charged with committing a violent assault on Alfred Pratt , Jin of & cer ot the customs , with intent to rob him . —Prosecutor stated that about half-past five on Monday evening ho was proceeding home along the Borough-road , and while crossing Ruad ' s-row he saw a crowd collected round a man who was illtreating a woman . As soon as lie got among them he perceived they were' all bad characters , and while attempting to get away . a . female threw a shawl over his head , and drew it tight , while some one else attempted to pick his pockets . Ho struggled bard for a minute or so , and succeeded in getting the shawl off his head , when the prisoner

      came up , and using most disgusting language struck him a violent blow on tbe eyes . lie was about to repeat it when a policeman' fortunately came up , and the mob of persons dispersed . Ho , however , cau « ht hold of the prisoner , and , with the assistance of the police constable , secured him and conveyed him to the police station . —The magistrate asked him whether the prisenei : was the party w ho attempted to rob him ?—Pi' & awsutor replied that ho thought it was " a female who did tbat , but tho prisoner struck him . The shawl was drawn very close round his deck , and neatly choked him . —In answer to the charge , the prisoner said he saw the complainant ill-using his wife , when he pushed him off . A policeman then came up and took him

      into custody . —Tho magistrate said there could be no doubt a robbery was intended , hut there was no evidence to implicate the prisoner iu that ; he had , however , committed ; i violent assault , for which be should line him £ 5 oi- one month ' s imprisonment . CLBKKEiWVELL . —Charge op Munnun . —Mr . Thomas Davics , fruiterer and greengrocer , of A ' o . 8 , Vernoti-place , 15 ignigge-wel ' ls-road , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combo , charged by Sergeant Martin , No , 18 0 , with the wiltul murder of Elizabeth Deborah Davies , his wife . The ease excited great interest in the neighbourhood , and the court was crowded by respectable inhabitants to hear the proceedings . —A number of witnesses were in attendance , but were not examined , with tho exception of Henry Lewis , a youth residing at Ko . 38 .

      Great Percy-street , Glerkcnwell , who , having been sworn , said that he was in the employ of the prisoner as errand-boy . On l : \ iday last he returned to the prisoner's house to pursue his business , when he heard Mrs . Davies say that the prisoner had been heating her with a . shoyel . —Mr Wakelin requested a remand , and the prisoner was . iccordingly re inanded . —The prisoner was formerly a turnkey in tho Millbank Penitentiary , a City policeman , and a private soldier . He is thirty-four , and the deceased thirty-two years of agn . Tho prisoner was charged on Tuesday with having violently assaulted his wife by which her life was in imminent danger . She died on Tuesday evening at . five o'clock ; inortifiuation haying taken place . The eieilG haSCilUSCd lUUeh sensation in \ Uq lioiglibourliond .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —Stabbixo . —George Bosworth was charged with stabbing John Davis , an independent gentleman reshltnt at 15 , Wonlockstreet , New North-roiut .-l ' rosecutor stated that he had occasion to visit the Grapes public-house , in Shoreditch , on Monday evening , for the purpose of purchasing a Newfoundland dog . While standing at tlie bar , the prisoner entered mid demanded to be served with liquor , which the landlord refused , but at his ( prosecutor ' s ) suggestion , gave him some beer , in return lor which kindness , and

      because he could not get spirits , the prisoner turned in fury upon him , and drawing a knife from bis pocket , stabbed him in tl : e back , through a thick bear-skin coat , which he had since discovered was the sole preventive to a most serious injury . — The knite , which ia of very singular make , and has very keen hedges , was produced . —Prisoner said he had been a seaman : the knife was of tbe description used by American seamen . He was intoxicated at the time , and now felt sorry for his conduct , —Ml " , D'Eyneonrt lined tbe deiyndant £$ , or three months' imprisonment .

      THAMES . —Cutting' and Wounding . —Ml-rberot ; s Assault . —Joseph Chenton , 21 , seaman , belonging to the brig Clenton , was " charged with feloniously cutting and wounding James Boeher , who at present lies in imminent danger in the hospital . —Saech , a policeman , having received information that ' a young man had been stabbed at Harris-street , Shad well , on Tuesday night , hastened to the Three Foxes , in Narrow-street ; to which the wounded rash had been conveyed , and there found him in an insensible state , with a wound in the left rib . Ftora . fiu'Uusv iufavuvMion Saech went on board the ship , apprehended the prisoner , and received a knife from the captain which had been found on the prisoner . Tho brig left the river soon after tto ym « W 5 Y was Mumi . —Siiwaru Freeman said he was drinking with tho prisoner and several others , and as thev were going along Iiatcl ;

      ifehighway tho prisoner flew into a " temper , to . j > out his knife , and was * goingto do everything with it , ' " Witness saw tbe prisoner to his ship , and told him to shut up his knife and say nothing to nobody . When be got on board the captain ropo ' sended him and took the knive from him . Witness did not know then that a young man had been stabbed . They were all dose together . —Mr . W . Rose , surgeon , examined a wounded man at King David-lane station , -and found him in a very exhausted state , suffering from a stab in the back , immediately beneath tho left shoulder-blade , passing between the rib into tho cavity of the chest , and wounding the lung . It was au extremely dangerous wound , and the young man was in great danger , lie ( Mr . Rose ) bad been fearful that he would have died during the night . The prisoner was remanded for a week .

      MARLBOltOUQU-STREET . —Attempted fkicidb TiiuouoH Distress . —William Blackman , a young Irishman of very reduced appearance , described as a " master of languages ,. was charged with attempting to commit suicide . —Sarah Rogers , 14 , James-street , Haymarket , said the prisoner lodged at her house for the last three weeks . She thought from his melancholy appearance and manner that something was wroug .. with him . On Tuesday night the prisoner asked for a pen and ink , as he had something of "importance to write he said , Not hearing any stir in his room for about three hours witness went up swivs to Bee how he was . She found a quantity of charcoal in the fender , which was igmtftd , and-which » % 4 filled the room with smoke . On tho bed the prisoner was lying ,

      seemingly nearly gone . Witness roused him up , and asked him if lie " mount to destroy himself ? The prisoner replied that was his intention , and he was sorry he had been , prevented by witness . A constable was sent for , and tho prisoner was given into his custody . —The prisoner , who appeared as if he had experienced severe privation , said for two yeaz-s he had suffered family and personal losses of all kinds ; he was a native of Sligo , and had been two years in London . —Mr . llardwick said it was a lamentable thing to see a gentleman of good education and connexion . reduced to such a deplorable condition . —After ordering some refreshment to be furnished to the prisoner , the magistrate sent him to prison for three days , in order to give him tune for his mind to become composed .

      BOW-STREET . —Gttoss Assault . —Dessin and Conncll , the latter having his face covered with piaster , haying as he stated fallen off a horse while riding in' a state of drunkenness in Smithfield , on Sunday , were charged with assaulting an entire family . —It appeared from the evidence of tbe complainant , a tradesman named Convers , and a police-constable , that on Monday night . In . Holbpm

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      the prisoners made a causeless and most violent at * tack upon husband and wife , blackening tho eye of the former . —The prisoners pleaded drunkenness . — ihe police stated tbat both prisoners were knowo as quarrelsome , characters , ' - Mr , jardine . stated that it never could be permitted , that a WILIS ' tamily should be attacked without any provocation t ' / u gross nianner , because tbe parties who attivf-Kea tnem gptdrunk , and drunkenness was not an excu . se tor , but an aCgravation of the oifence . The prisons must each ' pay a fine of £ 3 , or each go to prison fo" six weeks .

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      On Mcsslay the above Court resumed its shtinga pursuant t / 'ftdjouriiment , ftith the usual formalities . PuiwunY . — -Joseph Hi ) ImSt pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him witi * wilful and corrupt perjury . Sentewe , one month a imprisonment .. Charge or Mi 33 »* . meanor AGAiSSr a . Clbrovmav —Alexander Gordw John Bishop , a young man of gentlemanly appearaace , ' surrendered to take his trial upon a charge of jvwsdeincandr . — Sfr . Olarkson , in opening the case , said that the defendant , who ho understood was a '' clergyman of the CuUl'Cll of England , was charged with a misdemean & r under the Pawnbrokers Act , and another statute having reference to the same subjec ? , in having unlawfully made a false declaration liefoi-i a magistrate upoa the subject of some property that had been pledge ! v

      by him at the shop of Messrs . ' vaughan ai . d Cotterell , pawnbrokers , in the Strand , the declaration implying thsit he had lost the original duplicates relating * 'to the property . The prosecution waa instituted by a person named Cupitt , who it appeared , had been on intimate terms with the defen * dant , and who had adr .-mced him two different suma of money upon the security of tho dni-licates ia question , and these duplicates were in his posses * sion at the time defendant made the declaration , which was alleged to be false . The efi'l-ct of tho declarations made by tbe defendant was to enable him to obtain the property from the pawabi oker ' s , and the present charge was under these ciicum-Stanccs preferred by tho prosecutor against , him . The jury having heard the evidence retim . ed a Verdict Of Not Guilty , and the prisoner waa ordered to be discharged .

      Kobbery . —Freeherr von Porster , 25 , a Bavarian , described as a soldier , was indicted for stealing three £ 20 Bank of England notes , the property of William Peter Jourden , in the dwelling-house of Thomas Quartermame . The prisoner , who is un « able to speak English , would have been witlMutany professional assistance but for the kind interference of the sheriffs , at whose instance Mr . Woiletfc watched the case on bis behalf . —The prosecutor , who is a merchant and a native of Oldenbevjj , was staying at the York Hotel , Bridge street , Blackfriars , kept by Air . Quartermaine , and the prisoner was also an inmate of the hotel at the same time . It appeared that the prisoner met M . Jourden at the Argyll Rooms on the night of tho 27 th September , and he introduced himself to him aa

      staying at the same hotel , and he ascertained from him tho number of his room , and tho prisoner soon afterwards went away . The prosecutor did not return co the hotel till the follow * ing morning , and he then found , upon examining a box in his bed-room , that , three £ 20 notes , part of a large sum of money that he had placed there tho day before , had been stolen . The evidence clearly established tho fact of the prisoner being the guilty party , as it was proved that he went to Anderton's Hotel , in Fleet-street , immediately after the robbery must lv . vve been committed , and tl .-ere changed one of the stolen notes , and having made a representation that he was going away by the South Eastern Hail way , it appeared that , instead ot doing so , he took up his abode at Hubourg ' s Hotel , in the Haymurket , where he was apprehended by Weale , the officer . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . Sentenced to be imprisoned with hard labour for twelve months .

      Tub ltRF Forgery Case , —Ignatius Francis Coyle , a person who has for a long time been extensively connected with turf transactions , and whose name it will be remembered , was mixed up with the celebrated Kunning-llein case , surrendered to take his trial upon a charge of feloniously forging and uttering a promissory note for £ 1 , 150 , with intent to defraud ttenvy Viscount Clit'dcn —In another count the prisoner was charged with the intent to defraud Alexander M'Eackey Alleyne . —The learned Counsel for the prosecution , in opening the case , said that Captain Alley no was a young gentleman of family and fortune , who had formerly been in the army , and who came from Canada to this country with hia regiment in 1847 . In the course of tho following year be became acquainted with

      the prisoner , who , he was instructed , was a discounter of bills , and also the keeper of a betting establishment iu the neighbourhood of Leicestersquurc ; and it , would appear that be was not only induced to enter into betting transactions with tho prisoner , but also to advance him very large suma of money , amounting altogether to many thousand pounds , not one farthing ol which he could ever hope to receive buck . Upon the occasion of tho Derby race in 1850 Captain Alleyno lost a very considerable sum of money , not only upon bets of hia own , but upon bets that he had made on behalf and wi ' dii the sanction of the prisoner ; mid being desirous to obtain some money . after tho race from the prisoner on account of hia debt , he applied to him on the subject . Tbe instrument which proved tho

      ground of ihe inquiry hail been handed over by tho prisoner to the prosecutor in January , 1 S 50 , as security for tho money he had advanced , aud also as security for a further sum of money which the prosecutor advanced to him at that period . It was in the form of a promissory note , dated 30 th . of November , 1 S 19 , at six months' date , and in duo course would become duo upon the 3 rd of June , IS 50 . Shortly before the promissory note arrived ar . maturity , the prosecutor , in consequence of the heavy loss he had sustained at Epsom , was pressing the prisoner for payment , and a circumstance then occurred which appeared to him could leave no

      doubt upon the mind of the jury of the guilt of the prisoner , He should bo able to prove thab the prisoner made an appointment with the prosecutor at Furnival ' s Inn , aud that he upon that occasion , in the presence of the brother of the prosecutor , admitted that the signature of YiscoiUU GUldCQ . was a forgery , and entreated the prosecutor not to take proceedings against him . Captain Alleyno was naturally unwilling to prosecute a person with wlK . m he had been on such intimate terms , and being only desirous to get his money back , he agreed to take a promissory note from the prisoner for what he considered to be the amount of

      money duo to him , and the prisoner at the same time gave a meiivji-.-mdum , in which he admitted ia effect that the promissory note was a forgery . —The jury found tbo prisoner Guilty of uttering the instrument knowing it to be iorgod . —Sentence was deferred . '¦; ' . ' MAXsiAUGUTEn . —A middle-aged man named W . Scaddle , was indicted for tho manslaughter of John Thomas Taylor . —It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and tbB deceased were in Tjjft-fcVSWt , Si . Luke ' s , on tho 18 th lust ., when some dispute arose between them as to the value of the deceased ' s services . The deceased , who was : i labourer , said he was worth threo suillings a day , but tbe prisoner refused to agree to the proposition , and thereupon the deceased made use of some works which induced the prisoner to strike him , The blow hit the deceased under the right oar and knocked him down . In the fall his head

      came in contact with a shop window , and he lay upon the ground perfectly motionless . Some of ihe bystander * lifted him up and carried him to a surgeon ' s in the neighbourhood , where he was found to be quite dead . Tho prisoner offered no assistance after he struck tl . c fatal blow , but remarking that the deceased deserved all bo had got , he coolly ¦ fl- alked away . The deceased , who never spoke or moved after he fell , had fifteen shillings in bis possession ; aiid the medical man who afterwards mado a post Miovlam ox & minntiott oftheLodv , attributed tbo death to the vli ' ution of blood on tho brain , which might have been caused by a blow under either o .-ir . —Mr . Parry addressed the jury lor

      the defence , and ' stated that no one more regretted the accident than the prisoner , but tbo injury sustained by the deceased ' s brain was not produced by the blow of the prisoner , which was struck , with no considerable violence , hut tho deceased being very drunk at the time , slipped upon tho kerb-stone , and ' fell back upon his head . —AVituesses werocalleu in support of the defence , who represented that tho blow was a mere box ou the ear , and declared th-. v the deceased was the worse for drink at . the moment of tho accident , which occurred about live minutes past one o'clock in the afternoon . —The learned judge summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty , aud he was sentenced " to fourteen days' imprisonment . '¦'•' ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01111851/page/5/