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      TO THE WORKING CLASSES , ' Words we things , and a small drop ef Ink Falling—like dew—opaa a thought , products That whieh makes thousands , perhaps millions thlkk . ' _ _ . Bxaow .

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      THE INFAJK ^ Sfe ; ENGLISH PRESS-GANG . ASSASSINATION OF AN ENGLISHMAN BY COMMAND OFtHE BRIGAND WINDISCHGRATZ . * - "" .- - ¦

      Brother Frolstariakb , In the course of my letters I have more than onee demuneed the jourealistaof this oountrj aa the worst foes to popular progress ; and more than once I have aluvwa it to tea . duty incumbent upen all honest men to wage war—unceasing war—against the -wretches who prostitute' tha mighty power of the Press to n { , hoIdilespotiam , audpreventthere 4 « nCT »\ u ) BOlVhe loos-misgoverned nations . Much as tbe faithlessness of the Prussian Kine is to be held in detestation—mueh as the butchering atrocities of su « h savages as Winshchgratz are to be held iu horror—much more must the part played by the English journalists in relation to the German struggle , exo'te the abhorrence aud tbe execrations of all true men . Fbbdmand and Fawwmcx Watuic , Rwkkiki and Wihohchorats , Gavaignac and

      Naevaje . are angels of goodness oompared with the a n on ymou s assassins o f na t io n s , who ' write daggers though they use none , ' in the ) columns of the Toies , tiie Chrobicls . the Post , and the rest of the ruffianly , * respectable' newspaper press . Some time ago , tbe Stardard declared that there needed the example of a capital city given over to military execution , to strike terror into the hearts of the revolutionists . In the same spirit the Times , Chbosicle . Poet , & xi , fulminated their lies and maledictions against the Viennese , and , day by day , urged the imbecile Emperor and hia murderteving satellites to wage a war of extermination against the brave people of that city . Had WironcHGJuiz reduced the whole of Vienna to ashes , and passed the plough-share over , its soil , the English Press-Gang would have rejoiced over soch as issue of their' open and advised' incitements to vengeance and

      destruction . ... » ....,, , The foreign ' correspondents' of the daily Journals are worthy of their editorial chiefi . Tha Truss of Wednesday , November 22 nd , introduced the letter of a correspondent' with the following flourish : — 'We have been favoured with the following ad *\ iraUy graphic description of some of the events of the aiVe ( of Vienna ) by a gentleman who only arrived in Viennatheday before the murder of Count Latour . Our correspondent is a member of the University of Oxford . *

      Oft lookiag over tha Oxford gent ' s admirably graphic description , ' I find that he had been travel ling in Grew ? , and : * caught at Theraopy !» a malaria fever , ' of which he nearly died . Te seek change of air he posted to Vienna . This is sufficient to show that the ' graphic' ' oorrespoadent' is some English aristocrat , who is enabled , by devouring the fruits of other men ' s labour , to spend his time jaunting about tiretxmtinent . This fellow declares that the Viennese intended to abolish property , and set up the guillotine . He knew he lied when ho thus wrote , but such lies constitute the substance of the Truss correspon deace . Being in Vienna when the insurrection burst forth , and having renamed there until the city was stsroanded and attacked by the Croat " , the Oxford

      ' gent' found himself compelled to take up arms on the side of' the detestable cause' of the people . In tbo course of the siege , he contrived to desert from the barricades to the Imperial troops , and he confesses that he gave ' ewftcoife infomatkm < ta to the rsaliWe and dispesi & m of the rebel forces . ' Here is a precious exr-ioitwu of Oxford moratitg and English aristocratic foseur J Of all characters a « spy' is the meat detestable . This Oxford 'gent' avows that he gave all the information to tbe besieging brigands , that it would have bees possible for them to have learned from a Tegular spy . Avowing him--selfaa 'informer , ' ' he glories ia his infamy ! But the Oxford ' gent , ' not content with having hetraved the Viennese , offered his services to the

      Imperial General , that he might havrachare in the crowning butchelj . His services were accepted , and he tells with great glttohow » he assisted to ' sweep the bridge' with •* a raurderousifire of grape , and how he ' literally tasted blsod . ' whioh waa dashed over hi s clothe s' when a round shot carried off the head of an artillerymen . ' He speaks of the brigand JsuicHicH as 'thatgferioas fellow , ' whom he saw ' fa ; the blaze of thefcerning houses and theflisfamg of 200 cannon lead his wild Croats * nd Servians to the storm . ' In another part of his letter , he says ; ' iFrom three o'clock , p . m ., on the S . h , until the evening of the 31 st , the fightiig continued with little intermission by day , 'while at mght the heaven * were all in » blazo with the glare of barring tenses . * This Oxford hero , eeulting over the defeat of the JTnnirariarja , remarks , that' three thousand of them

      were driven into the Sanube , which will roll their bodies down to Pestfe—fearful tidings of their defeat . ' With fiendish delight ho adds ; * You may fancy what cheers now arose from the Imperialists and what yells of despair from the rebels , whose o ff ers of condi / ional je 5 rre » der toere wm aeom ^ uUy ' rejected . ' I pass over his narrative of the last day a bombardment and final stormiBg of the city . « The morning' says he 'after the storm , we marched into the city , our clothes dis € gured with Wood and dirt . ' ' Martial law , ' he adds , ' is of course proclaimed , and the leaders of the rr » eJt * p « being shot * batches -as theytre caug ht : Several of the chief jstudents were shot in his presence , and his verdict is served them right . ' They were not Oxford atadenta . They had fought for instead of tgtantt the people , therefore let them perish ! .. ,., _ ,., lih

      I must extract in full one portion of the Engs ^ enileahn ' e letter : — Tbe-JagerKiHt , tha beaxttfol street leading to tha Frater . had been the seen * « f ihe hardest fighting of aU , as it had been fortified by « succession of barricades bnttt up to the first-floor wiadewsin a half-moon shape , with regalar embrasures , aad planted with cannon , This w * a « trewn with the dead bodlrt of men aad horses , bat they , « sd the pools of Ko « d all about , did not strike as -so much aa tha hocrtf « nell of roast fleth , arising kon the half-borat betes ef rebels killed in the houses fired by congrevo rackets , which we saw used by the troops with terrible effect . Half of the houses to this beautiful saenrb aw thus bornt diwo , while riie other half are riddled with shell and shot . Oa every side you may see weeping wives , sisters , and daughters , picking literally piecemeal oat of the rums . he hatf-cojMoaed bodiea of their relatives .

      There * That is what the Tmei « alli ' anadmirably graphiodeecription . ' When you take into account all the additional horrors of the sacking of the city , whieh I laid before jou in my last letter ; when yourefieeUn the women violated , est to pieces and flung into tbe fiasaes-to say nothing . of the general plunder and indiscriminate butchery perpetrated by the csnauerors , ? ou may form a faint idea of the a * branding vfflany of these infamous journalists :-« AH that the mtel should shrink from excesses ; All that the tody perpetrates ° f baa ; AU that WO read , tear , dream , of man a escesaea AU that the dsvil woald do if run stark mad . '—-AU such horrors excite ths joyous exultation of the Truss , the Camaaas , the Ppsr , and the * ' Corregpsndent * ' 'Pools of Wood / ' thesmell « froast rhnmanl flesh . ' and the sight of ' weeping wives .

      sisters and daughter * , picking literally piecemeal out of the ruins the half-consumed fcodies of their relarW are norma that aig & t move even the fiends ai hell tofeelingt of compassion , but they only serve to St ™ the appetite ot tho Frewgang demons fer ferther holocausts , * nd wawwd torrents of btood "ISr Proletarians , you may assure yourselves thst those who exult over the sufferings and destruc . tiooaf your order io foreign counters , would be only too dad to visit upon you and your friends a similar measure of their hatred and vengesooe . Many an aristocrat and Oxford ' gent ' would have gloried in naeaaorlne the working men of this metropolis on

      the 10 * of April last , and yon cannot nave lorgoweu that tha Sams did its best to provoke each a maslacre . Tfae Mobwkg Chromcb , in defending the assasaina & a of Robsri Bmk . remarksi that :-• For our own part , wecan truly say that , shoold the Chartist member for Nottingham ever aUowjumself t ^ ba caught , artsketin hand , behind » bameade in the Faubourg « Antoine , we should not feel the hWofth & wrartry to the aliehtestdsgree « oeremiied by hia being shipped off , */ w , to AU geriaorthe Antipodes . ' . Tho meaning of thispara-Sph is , that should there ever be ani opportunity to Sport , hang , or shoot / the Chartist -J-tete Nottingham , ' such a termination of Mr 0 Cohnor s e ^ would be hailed with joy by the Chromom , and the Press-gang generally , . The daily papers give the following : —

      • Tuns Not . 21 . —The widow of Robert Blum haa arrived hwe , to order to demand tbe body of h « husband tut It had already been given for the parposes SsecUon , a . were those cf ths other person . In the same circumstances . Yon see what these Mood-lapping aristocratslaw emSeZ Not content with having committed a Sfonl . unnalnral Border , ' they vent their rage ami th I martyr ' * dead body . Like wolves , they teVthTfleshfrtm the frame of their victim , io that SnKmay be left of Robsm Bloh bat his name . ? Bo ? Km * . ' I haveaaid ! Ah ! tyrants , that is everything . Throughout Germany 'That nams shell be , Awatchwordtill the future thaU be free / Woe to ye , Kings and aristocrats , murderers and savages' To avenge Robee ! Bunc will henceforth h « YdntV to which every true German will devote

      himself . Think of the agony of the widow of Kombt Brmi when told that the body of her glorious hus-& ST £ n already-like tho bodies of vikit crimiMla-given over to the surgeons - forthepur mm of dTaseotion ! ' Well , well ; the tyrants are , perhaps , only reading the people a neoesary lesson , S B the ftaiti of which tho y « r IW B « y « hf

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      biU The Mistargument of Xings ' is—dissection ! Ba it so . But what if , in future struggles , the people make that their first areument ? The people demand JUSTICE , and they are answered by TERROR ; but at" t hat ga me of TERR O R , the people can also play . When men see the reign of terror whioh Kings , and a ristocrats , and usurers have established , what wonder thatethey nay homage to the memories of those bitter foes of Kings , aristocrats , and usurers , Sr Just and Marat ? What wander that' they bare their heads and lift un ! h » ir vafoeaiR annl *" *' " g

      ehoats , when tbey hear pronounced the once feared , but now revered , name of Maxiutuui Robsspibrhe ? I had intended to have written much more respecting'tbe Press-gang . I had alsd' intended to have commented on the Pussian struggle , the' French Presidential contest , and the extraordinary Revolutisn in Rome . I likewise purposed to remind you of the glorious , though unfortunate , Poliah Insurrection of November 29 , 1830 . Domestic affliction compels me to defer comment upon these topics . There is , however , on e su bj ect which , in the fewest possible words ( for this week ) , I must call your attention to .

      According to the daily papers , one of the lat es t victims par to death by order of Wixducbqba 7 x , was an Englishman—Dr Begksr , a native of Manchester . The martyr's only offence appears to have been that he had edited a Radical journal . For that ' offence' he was tried by eonrt-martial , condemned to die , and in pursuance of that sentence was executed . It is said , that on being informed ef the sentence pronounced by the court-martial , the English Ambassador protested against it . His protest was , however , treated with contempt , and the unfortunate Englishman was executed . Can this be true ? I fear so . England is no longer respected or feared . The nattonsjof . the Continent hate , and their govern merits despise us . They are justified . Oar base submission to tyranny at heme , and the doings of onr vile Press in ohamnionising despotism

      everywhere abroad , account for the estimate in whioh Englishmen are held by the nations and governments of . the Continent . Besides , vYrsDisoHatUTZ well knew that the protest of the English Ambassadcr was . a sham . The Austrian savage felt assured that the British government wonld make no real attempt to protect or avenge a Radical Englishman . An Englishman has ; been assassinated—deliberately murdered by the agents of the Austrian Emperor . What should be done ? I will answer this question when more fully informed ot the particulars of this tragedy . , 0 ! for one hour of Cbouwsix ! 0 ! for Englishmen as they were before corrupted by commerce , and spirit-broken by poverty ! Ol for the hearts and the hands of our fathers in the days of the . 'Commenwealth '—

      * When arm'd for right they stood sublime , And tyrants crench'd before them !' . h' Am dv Pbuplb , November 80 th , 1848 .

      The Presidency Op The French Republic. W...

      THE PRESIDENCY OP THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . We extract the following from the Paris journal—La RsvoumoN DauooitATio . tr £ xtSocials : — ' IHS . CANDIDATES FOR THB FBXSISVXGT ,. JODQBD BI AM XIOUSH DIUQCBAT . ' We give the following translation of a remarkable article in the Noktbiun Stab , the organ of the English Democrats , on 'The candidates for the presidency of the French Republic . '' ' We are happy to find ourselves in complete communion with the ideas of the Nobthebn Stas on this question so great and perilous . The writer , who signs himself 'L'AhiduPbcplb , ' knows well the men and the politics of our country . His judgments are formed with a stern and severe estimate of the right and the truth . ' Erery one wilt remark above all his appreciation of the acts of citizen Ledru Rolliu , and of that titan ' s right tattie confidence of the people . '' L'Ami so TscpLx * sees , as we do , the dangers , pf a division in the ascial and democratic party . He invokes union and concord . It alone can savethi Republic , save the democracy ofall Europe , and disconcert tbe intrigues of the tyrants . ' [ Here follows a translation of the letter of ' L ' aui du People ' which appeared in the Stab of November 18 th-1

      The Executive Committee Of The National ...

      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN Met at ihe rooms of the National Land Company , 144 , Hieh Holborn , on Friday evening , November 24 th . Present , Messrs Dixon , M'Grath , Stallwood , Clark , Ross , and G . J . Harney . Mr Stallwood acted as Secretory for Mr Kydd , who was on a lecturing tour in the provinces . Mr Dixon was called to the chair . A number of letters were read approbatory of the new Executive , and the proposed mode of organisation—from Brighton , Manchester , Lynn . Dumbarton , Burnley , Cheltenham , Ac , and Mr Christy attended from Marylebone and handed in ten shillings as their first payment . Mr Clark reported

      the result of bis and Mr Dixon a mission to tbe Victim Committee , namely , ' That the London Com mittea was willing to form the National Victim and Defence Committee conjointly with the members of the Executive Committee . ' The extract of the Manchester letter making an appeal en behalf of the men ( Leach and others ) , about to take their trial at Liverpool , was , on the motion of Messrs M'Grath and Clark , ordered to be brought before the National Victim and Defence Committee , at its hext sitting . Tha request of the men of Burnley , 'That the aame of Mr Sntcliffe be added to the Executive' was agreed to .. The revised Plan of Organisation was then brought forward and ultimately agreed to , as Mows : —

      M . AN OF OBGANISATION OP THE NATIONAL CHASTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN . OBJECT AND BULKS OF IHE ASSOCIATION . . . OBJtCr . To secure the enactment of the People ' s Charter by peaceful and legal means . CMIBIIIDTIOir . This Association is one and indivisible . It has neither branches , districts , nor other divisions , and is under the management of one committee . PRINCIPLES . Uatanal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , Vote by Ballot , No Pro p ert y Qualification , and Payment of Members .

      HBA 3 B . By creating a public opinion in favour of those principles through the medium of public meetingspetitions to Parliament , discussions , lectures , and the newspaper press—by the convocation of an annua ) Coavention of delegates , pledged to employ all legal means for the advancement of the democratic cause , saoh Convention to be elected in accordance with the forms prescribed by the law , and to assemble the first Monday in the month of May—by the formation of Election Committees , to secure the election of members to Parliament , municipal officers , and other local functionaries—by raising the requisite funds , by subscriptions and voluntary donations , to defray the expenses of the Association .

      BULBS . UEMDBBSHIP . 1 . —All Persons acquiescing in the objects of the Association , shall be eligible to become members . 2—Each Person on entering the Association , shall take out a Card , for whieh he shall be charged the sum of one penny .

      BUBSGKFnOKS . 3 . —Each Member shsjl contribute to the funds of the Association the ram of four shillings annually —which sum may be paid by instalments of one senny weekly . 4 — One half of the sebicriptions paid to Agents , shall be retained for local purposes , the other half shall be transmitted to the Executive Committee . Members may pay t & eir contributions in foil to the Executive Committee , 5 . — The Agents shall transmit weekly to the Executive Committee that portion es" the subscriptions belonging to the General Fund , when such subscriptions amount to the sum of five shillings or more . When the monies reserved by the Agents , are under that amount , the return may be made fo rt nig htl y or monthl y , but to no ease , to be delayed beyond one month . i

      ., * , _ 8 _ Any ~ Member Who has not paid at least one shilling to the General Fund , shall not be enrolled on the general register of the Association . 7 . — The . general government of this Assoeia . tion shall be vested ia an Executive Committee , consisting of ¦ president , treasurer ; secretary , and not fewer than fifty others . 8 —Tha Executive Committee shall be elected by the members of tha National Charter Association . Every person nominated for the Executive , shall be at the time of suoh nomination , and for six months previously , clear on the books ef the Association .

      AQXH 0 , 9 . —It shall be competent fof the Executive Committee to appoint agents to aid in the collection of funds , and to carry into effect the general instructions of the Executive Committee . 10 . — Two auditors shall be appointed by the annual Convention , whose duty itshall be to audit the books of the Association once a quarter . Tha objects , rules , &<> . having been adopted , it was moved by Mr Harney , Kponded by Mr Ross , and carried unanimously .- 'That the votes of the whole Exseutive Committee be taken on the fore-M r ne | rales ; and that each member be requested t > forward his opinion and veto in writing , to She gSl secretary ( Mr S . KyddK at the office , 144 High Holborn , on or before Wednesday , the avxthdayof Decembernext .

      Severa l notices relative to the celebration of Paine ' s birthday—the consideration of Mr O'Connor s letter-and the holding of meetings weekly , in the metropolis for the support of ChartUm , haying been eireo , the Committee adjourned ,

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      MARI . B 0 R 0 iJCrH 8 TRBBT . —PoyBBTj ' sLiJSlSniW . —Atall , ' toothlegs , sp « otral . looWng man , who gave the natae of Jjieph CraoknalC was charged by tho police with having broken tho pnbllo ' peace by volunteer specimens of vocalism , and alto with having made bis barr aonlous vocation a mere cover . for menflioascy . —Mr Bingham : Well , what do you say to the charge ^—De fendant : I don ' i diny ; your vO ? ship , that I triea to get my living by singing , and if ladlas and gentlemen chooses to give ma a penny or tuppence , I von ' t teU no He , I takes it and touches my hat , 1 comes rsglar twice a veeh to sing to a gentleman ' s little gal , as always sends me ont lammlt , —Mr B . ngham : Are you a

      professional singer ?—Defendant : Never been taught , your vonblp , but I ketches aU the populous hairs from the nobby singers by my ears , and thin I goes afore a nobleman ' s or gentlemen ' s house wots a judge of musjo , and alngs « ong arter song untU they sends the servant with a trifle . Poo my Tord , your voreblp , I slogs only tbe worry first of hopsra tunes , suoh as tbe ' Soger ' s Tesr , ' The Gal ef my Art , ' and ' Bast your , B ler . ' -I never tings no songs at Is low or dirty at the vest bend . —Mr Bingham : An old man , Ilka you , with suoh an amount of mattcal skill , must find it very hard to make a sub slstsnce . —Defendant i Hah , jer vorsbip , the singing trade ' s rery bad for ns all just now . There ' s no henconragement for native talent—foreigners gets it all , I only arnt fourpenoa all yesterday , though I sung

      npward * of fifty « ongt , which every house in the neigh , bom hood mutt have heard . I tried every thing before this . I tried the luoifsr match line—but I couldn ' t get a crust at ' t ; I opened a cresting , bat nobody gave me a halfpenny , so I took to tinging . —Mr Bingham : Wonld it not be better If ¦ you went to your parish and asked fer work t—Defendant : Bless you , I ' velpew" to Olorkenwell , snd they only laughed at me . They set me to stone , breaking , bat as they only gives oat the hardest kind ef ttnffl ' conld only break the wall 07 of threspenoe-nalf . penny , out ot which I ' d to pay tbree pence for my bed , _ Mr " . B ! ngham : Could yon not have asked the overseers to change the stone , breaking to oakum-picking , — Defendant : That ' s wosserer than tother , I couldn't arn more than two pence a day at oakum vork , because they makes yon beat oat the oakum afsre you pick it , and this veather the oakum is hardas flint , —Mr Bingham : I am qalte sura if people give you money , it Is

      riot baoante they admire your singing , batbeoiuse they with to get rid of your detestable noise , and they are willing to hava peace at any price . Ton have made a mistake in coming into such a fashionable district as the Watt end te exhibit your vocal powers . Suoh singing as yours might be appreciated in a proper locality , inch as Bethnal Green , Blowbladder Alley , er Mutton Hill-Defendant : Mutton Hill ! Yy , blew yoor . fprsblp , I might as veil go Into Pye Street , vere they're all street singers and cadgers themselves . I vent to Mutton HUl , I might ting till I raa aa hoarse aa a pig Without getting a mag , and the boys all tha time bonnetttag on me , and cbncklng vnn mess or t ' other over me , —Mr Bingham : Well , there is jnst a shade of difference . between your occupation and begglig , | You shall have the benefit of the difference—but do not appear here again . The native siager made his obelsaace , and was libarated .

      DniBEsiiMO Cits . —An elderly man named Thomas Carroll , was charged by Jones , an officer of the Mendicity Society , who on tbe previous evening found Mm begging in Wlgmore Street , He declared that he . had no lodgings to go to , and had had mining to eat alt day , —The prisoner , on being asked what he had to say , replied that he had been working as a labourer on the Great Western Railway , and , like a great many more , bad been recently discharged . He had lived for some time in William Street , Marylebone , ( and had twke ap . piled atthe workhouse for tome relief , but was teld tbat none could be afforded him . A promise of a job in the country had b « en given him , and all that he required was 10 ms temporary aid . He might , if be thought fit , be passed ; bat tbsthe did not with , as he had lived in

      this country a number of year * , —Mr Turner , a gentleman belonging to the Board of Guardians and directors of the parish , said that ,, owing to tbe extraordinary Influx of Irish paupers , an order had been issued to the officers of the establishment setting forth that all such appli . cents should be admitted into the house upon condition only tbat they were to be passed te their own country . — Tha prisoner , who said that if not permitted to beg he shou'd lie obliged to starve , was discharged . . LAMBETH . — Thb Gats of Mas Bsoadfoot , ros . keelt Miss Dco ' aow —Some days since , Mrs Broadfoot , the sitter of the late Mr Andrew Ducrow , foimtrly proprietor of AttUy ' s Theatre , had applied to Mr Norton for some peanaltry asidtanoe , the belug at the time in a state ef apparent destitution . Siace the appearance of

      her statement Mr Nartoi has received a number ef communications , and several small sums for her immediate assistance . Mr Norton has also-received from her bus band , Mr W . D , Broadfoot , who is at present tbe stage manager of the Victoria Theatre , Edinburgh , a long letter , in which he complains of tha statement made b / his wife as being untrne ia many parts , and calculated ro do him , as a public man , serious Injury if left un . contradicted . Mr Broadfoot writes — ' She ( his wife ) told a direct falsehood when she stated I lived with her till her brother's death . We parted in 1811 , a year be . fore his death . Oar causa of separation I need not trouble yaa with , sir , being known to the profession , and every member of ber family . In 1811 and 18121 was ' manager of the establishment , and allowed her as

      follows : —InISli ; £ 1 lOiweekly ; 1812 , £ l ' 10 sweekly . Fbis year her brother died , and she received from mebesides the legacy left by her brother , £ 150— £ 39 paid to doctors . In 1818 circumstances changed my position , and I conld only allow ber £ 1 a week , which was regularly paid . In the same year I took her clothes oat of pawn and sent them to her , besides ' £ 10 in oath . In 18 U , and 1815 , 15 iweekly ; in 1816 , 10 s and 12 sweekly . Prom 184 " to 18181 remitted her the money through Mr Dunn , the beadle of Lambeth parish , and then received a letter stating tbat she had gone into the workhouse , On learning this , I immediately wrote to a gentleman connected with Lambeth parish , stating tbat I would be happy to pay any sum weekly , provided she was kept comfortably there . * MrBroadfoor , in conclusion , stated that he was willing te allow bis wife any sum bis VTorshlp aij-bt deem safMeni out of hit salary for her future support . —On Monday , Mrs Broadfoot attended

      before Mr Norton , and upon being questioned by blm nith rsiptot to the statements in her husband ' s letter , he did not deny them . She also admitted having the legacy left to her by her brother , as stated by her busband , but said she bad been robbed of the greater part ot it by the pertons who were in attendance on her dnrlng ber illness . —Mr Norton remarked that he had received several small sums from benevolent individuals for her immediate assistance , and asked her how much she would reoatte for her foAare , support , — Mrs Broadfoot replied tbat she could do with It or 8 s a week , —Mr Norton observed he had no doubt , from the tone of her husband ' s letter , tbat he would allow her that amount , and detired tbat a communication be mads to him en tbe subject , Mrs Broadfoot , who seemed much improved in her appearance , having expressed her gratitude to tbe magistrate for tbe trouble he had taken , laft the court .

      SOTJTHWARK — 'The Srsmc Wosks Wan . ' — Martha Holland , a widow , who had evidantl y teen better days , and Ann , her daughter , a girl 16 years of age , were brought before Mr Oottingbam , charged with obtaining two quartern loaves under false representations . Tha hearing of the oats ezeittd much sympathy for tbe parties aeeuted . —Thomas Llewln stated tbat be was a baker in Bridge House Place , Newlngton , and aboat eeven o ' clock on Monday night the jannger prlsemr called and tald she was tent by Mrs D . ' ck ' nson , a oustomer , for tiro qitrtern loaves . He accordingly gave her the bread , but followed her oat of the shop to see where she went and saw her go into Mrs Dlcklnson ' ssbop , eut of which , however , she immediately walked with the loaves stUl under her arm . He > h a want up to the girl

      aud charged her with obtaining the bread improperly . She was very much alarmed , and ^ called ont Mother , when the elder prisoner came forward and at once ad . mitted that it was she who bid sent her daughter Into the ahop for the bread , as they were all starving at home . The complainant added that he gave both the prisoners Into custody ; but since ha had made inquiries , and fonnd that the widow and her / oar daughters were absolutely in a state of starvation , and he , th erefore , bezged to decline presilng the charge against them ; that Indeel now he regretted having given them into custody , seeing the state of destitution in Vfblob th ) family were plunged . —Policeman 142 M stated that he called at th > prisoners'lodgings In Brook Street , Lamb « th , and was Informed of the condition of the prisoner ' s family by the

      landlady , who was In attendance , —Mr Cottlngham called forward the landlady , a very respectable woman , who wst living at No . 101 , Brook Street , and in answer to hit questions she stated that the eider prisoner was a widow , with fonr daughters , one of whom was an idiot , and they had been lodging In her bouse for the last two menths ; that although she knew bat little of them , they seemed to bs a quiet , respectable family , and appeared to bare so other means of living than working at their needle ; that for the last few weeks their olethes nearly aU disappeared , and that oa finding tbey were ia tnch distress she ( the landlady ) audited them with what victaals she could afford , but still it was inadequate to their support , and as their earnings at ' t ' he ' lr needle was a mere trifle weekly , she was convivced , although they did not divulge their real tituotion , they must havesuffered great privations end hunger ; that slnoe they had lodged in her house . they had paid her no rent , and that when' she found out that they weiuln snch

      indigenee , and one of the daughters an idiot , and therefore qalte incapable of contributing anything to their support but a burden on the rest of the family , that she ( the witness ) ceoAd not have the heart to mention anything sboat tbe rent due to her—Mr Cottlngham asked the elder prisoner how leng her hieband had been dead , and the reason she bad not applied for parochial relief when she and her children had fallen Into such distress' — The poor woman , who was absorbed In grief , said her hatband had been a commercial man , that he waa dead two years , leaving her with four daughters , and that ever since tbey had been endeavouring to eke out an existence by nte ' . lework ; that their whole earnings , work ! ag from morning until night , did not produce more than 5 s . 81 trOs . a week , and she added thst she had a strong feeling against becoming with her family charge , able to the parish . —Mr Cottlngham told her that he ought to have sacrificed her feeling on that point , wh « n she saw her children starving about bar , aad that she ought not to have considered U

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      a degradation to . seeh suoh assistance particularly whtu it was an undoubted fact tbat merchants aad othirs , crjoe in opulent' circumstances , ' . were , frequently com . peHedrbytheforce ' of clrcamstances to apply for parotibial relief . The magistrate , then addressing the la ' nrflady , observed that , when eha saw the misery and destituUtm of the famil y , and mnsthave been awareof tho mothetatepugnanoB to . obtain belief through the . parltb , that she ( the landlad y ) was in duty bound to have made their sttoatiouknown to the . parish authorities . However , as the ' oase now stood , be should only remark that there were many mliSgaUng elnmmstonocs in the

      charge as related to the unfortunate girl at the bar ; that sho had acted under the influence of her Bother , the Ider . prisoner , who , there was no doubt , had sent htr intj the baker ' s shop to procure the loaves of bread for her famishing family In the manaer described by the witnesses . He ( tha magistrate ) should cheerfully ac cede to thebamane recommendotlbnof tbecomplainant , and not Inflict any punishment nptn the parties ; but be mult reptfit that no time matt now bs lost iB acquainting the parish authorities of Lambeth of the state ef destitution to which this this unfortunate family ware reduced , in order that immediate relUf might be extended to them , and . at the same time ho was bound to

      express " his entire satisfaction at tho complainant's condaot . Thepritoners were then discharged , . WORSHIP STREET . —Atkociods Assaolt inn Rob-Biat . TfTwo ill-looking ruffians , named Owen Moran and William Jones , ' wore placed at the bar before Mr Hammlll , and charged with having been concerned In criminally assaulting and robbing a poor widow , named Ana Oorfield , who gains her livelihood by selling tbell fish in the streets , and r . t tbe pablic-hoates in tbe neighbourhood of SpltalQelds . —Tho complainant stated , that about half-past one in the moraiog she was pasting through Wheelsr Street , Spiialfielde , on her way borne , with her basket , containing shell fish and sprats , when she fonnd herself followed by tlx young men , and , s'the corner of Pope ' s Head Court , one of them , tbe prisoner

      Moran , whom fibe knew . by having frequently seen blm hanging about , the neighbourhood , stopped and asked her for a halfpenny worth of Ssh , Before she had time ti serve him , however , another one dragged the basktt off ber arm and ran up ihe court with It , She attempted to follow , but was knocked down by ono of them , and dragged into a dark passage , where they surrounded her , and held htr donn by the arms and legs , while one of tha gang perpetrated npon her tbe atrocious assault whioh she now d . scribed , When tha first began to scream for assistance , one of thea said , Mosaic the . ' Upon which the one who afterwards assaulted her in the manner she had described , placed his hands over her mouth . By desperate strsggllag she contrived to get one of her bands free for a

      moment , and in he ? endeavour to pall the fellow ' s hand from her meuih , she scratched her own lips and made them bleed , bat ske also scratched her assailant ' s face . Her hand , hewever , was again island and held down , by her side , and her mouth agtin covered , and the violence upon her completed ; but at Ungth a door being opened by a parson who had heard her cries , the whole gang made eff . They had previously , however , stolen the shawl from her shoulders , and rifled the pockets of Is . 5 i „ including a halfpenny , which sho could swear to from a particular mark . One of them had also detired his companions to tsko the rings from her fingers , and th « y tried to do so , bat they . did not succeed . When they wera gone persons came to her , and her empty basket was found In the eourt , —John

      Norton , a labourer , living In Union Court , directly over the passage ipokea of by the oomplalnaat , said , tbat hearing tcreams of' Murder' In the passage , he ran down stairs , and looking through cracks in the boards , saw tfae prison Moran go up the passage , and jost then the screams were renewed ; bnt a person standing at the entrance of the passage said , la an under tout , ' Mag her , stifle her cries ; ' and the cries then btcatne fainter , as If a hand or something was placed over tbe mouth , and were again renewed at intervals , The witness saw Moran take a backet cut of the court , and afterwards return ; and heard him say to another . ' Billy , you go In , and see what yoa can do . ' The person he spoke to was the prisoner Jones , whom witness knew before , and had heard called Billy . —Jones how contradicted the witness , aad asserted that he was at home in bed at the time , —Sergeant Silly 2 H , said he apprehended Jones in Whetler Street , and on being told what

      he was charged with , he said he did nntdo it , and asked how aiany the womaa said there ware of m » m . Wit . nets replied , 'Sir , * and the prisoner said , 'She ' s wrong , then . ' Witness seeing him fumbling at his pockets , searched him , andtsok frem him a penny piece and two halfpence ( produced ) one of which the complainant Identified , After the charge was read over to the prisoner at the statlea ' . heute , he said , 'There were tbree other big chaps in it as well as me , and I stood laughing at them , ' The sergeant now pointed out a recent scratch on the prisoner ' s face , saoh as the complainant said she had icflloted on her assailant . —Constable Gilford , 8 H , said he took Moran into cnttody at a pablfo-houie In Rosemary Lane , and when told what he was charged wirb , he declared that be was at homo and in bed before two o ' clock , as he could bring witnesses to prove , —Mr Hammill remanded the prisoners for the present .

      MANSION HOUSE . —How To MAnnnciuBE Carat . «» ts . —A young man , with a Napoleon countenance , who stated that his name was John Iiawrenoe , was brought before Sir John Pirte , In the custody of Hay . dop , tfae City officer , under tbe following oircamstancet : —Haydon and Haddington , who are employed more particularly about tbe banking houses , observed the prisoner , whom they well knew to be connected with the most active and clever thieves of the metropolis , walk into Glyn ' s banking bouse at a little after four o ' clock oa Friday . As it was ratfeer dangerous to leave snch a customer long in snch a place , Haddington walked np to him and asked him what business he had there . The prisoner replied that he wanted to get some gold changed . Haddington then took tbe prisoner over to a gentleman

      at the counter , and djsorlbod him as a member of the flash fraternity , to which he nbtorlossly belonged , and the object he had In entering the banking house , The prisoner aot only peremptorily denied the truth of this charge , but struck Haddington in the mouth , and endeavoured to escape ; but with theastlstaanco of Haydon , who was observing tbe fellow ' s conduct , Baddlng . ton took him quickly off to tho Mansion Houte , whsro , upon being searched , he was found to be possessed ef two sovereigns , a half sovereign , and fiva shillings in silver , and a gold watch and appendages —The two officers having sworn to the above facts , and stated that they knew the prisoner to be a member of the swell mob and tbe constant companion of thieves—Sir J . Pirie : Well , prisoner , what have yoa to say to tbii

      charge—anything f—Prisoner : W * ll , your worship , I confess that I am a person of the character the officers describe . —Sir J . Pirie ; What I a member of the swell mob !—Prisoner : Yes , unfortunately I am one ef tbem , and sorry enough I am for it ; but I deny tbat I went into © lyn's with a felonious intent , Why , it would b * the height of folly and objnrdityiiu me to f 0 to do business of tho kind in a place where officers like these two , who know us all , are forever on the look out . I am not quite such a fuel as that . —Sir J . Pirie : But why did ( ho officers find yoa in such a place at G . ' yn ' s banking-house *—Prisoner : Well , I with I h ' nd not betn eo unfortunate as to go there —( laughter )—for they pounced upon ma all at once without having any occasion to do so —Sir John Pirie : Bat what brought yon

      there t—Tho prisoner : Why , I went there to change gold for allver .-Sir John Pirio ; You know well onouuh that was no place In which you could get changs . —Prlloner : Well , you may depend npon It that I'll never go there again upon such a business . ( laughter . ) las . sure year worship tbat I bate and detest this tort of life . I can't move anywhere without btlng pointed ont as ona of the swell mob . It is very hurtful to my feelings to be called so . ( Lsughter . ) I wish somebody wonld give me honest employment ; I swear I wonld prevent him from being robbed . I know how to prevent it , if I know how to do it . Depend upon it my master ' s cart shouldn ' t

      want m dog to bite a thief , - Bat what am I to do ! How am I to get bread if the Instant I show my face the cry is , 'There he goes . Take care of him . He belongs to the swell mob {'—Sir John Pirie : Why did you strike the officer r—The Prisoner ; Why it ' s true I did slrlke him , and it was because ho called ma one of the swell mob . I ' m tired of the name . —Sir John Pirie : I must send yoa to prison for a month . —The Prisoner : I hope not . I have a wife and child , and what am I do ! Am I to lead tbe course of life I abominate J For God ' s sake let me bave honest employment , and I shall belong to the swell mob no more , —The prisoner was then conmedio prison .

      « A Cahhi Scot . '—John Scott was charged wlthhavlng In Ws possession two gallons of spirits whioh had been made in an illicit still . —The prisoner had been seen on Saturday night going along the street end tsklng particular oare to avoid the policemen ; one of whom , howevtr ( No . » 84 ) , observing the caution with which he skimmed along with bis load , suspected that he bad some peculiar reasons for meeting with no impediment , and took tbe liberty of stopping him , He tried to get away sovtral times , but was conveyed to the station house , when the bag waa fonnd to contain two bladders , each of which had in it a gallon of spirits produced from molasses , about 25 or 30 above proof , and whioh be refused to ascount for , —Mr Rice , cf the Customs , said he was sent for on Saturday night to seize tbe bladders of spirit . The

      prisoner had no permit or certificate of any kind to prodace , —The Lord Mtyor : Well , prisoner , do yoa with to ask any questions ?—The Prisoner : What questions would year lordship with me to ask ? ( A laugh , )—Tho Lord Mayor ; That it fer you to say . I am not charged with the offence . —The Prisoner : Well , I do net esactly with to ask any questions , because it was pretty much as has bsen stated . Bat I can give yoa a statement which , if it does not convince yon , ought to convince you that I am a'l right , I wat coming along Whltechapel , and np same a decent-looking man and asked me to earry a bag for him to St Martin ' s l & flrafid . Jfe promised ma elghteenpence for my labour / and I . consented , fer these

      arena times to refute to make a shUllag or so ; and after asking whether he was sure the sack was all correct , and astnred that it was , I shouldered my burden and was going along with it when these officials came ap and expressed some donbts about me . —The Lord Mayor : You did not give this explanation to tbe officers who apprehended you t—The Prisoner : No , It did net appear to me tbat they were exactly the persons to whom I was bound to give any explanation . —The Lord Mayor Were they not in their police dress ?—The Officers tald they were In plain clothes , bat tbey had shown blm tbeir authority to act , —The Prisoner : Your authority > You showed me no » ore than any » win 4 J « r »' ght have

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      shown a person to authorise a robbery . ( A langb . )—Tbe Lord Mayor : But the station home mast have putanendto tho suspicion that they were swindlers , — After some further remarks from the Lord Mayor , who tald ' his account was not at all latitfaotory ; ancVhe should therefore Inflict a heavy fine nponWrn if-be did not receive a favourable account ot him ifr ^ rn Chatham . The prisoner was then looked no ,, hut ho soon afterwards begged that the Lord Msyor who , he said , he waa afraid really smoked him , wooldbeao good as to sentence blm , as it was useless to sencrw Chatham , bit ftlend having probably removed from tha * ststlon farther north . T he Lord Mayor consented , and laflicted the penalty of jE 10 , or imprisonmen t for one calendar month upon the prisoner , who preferred the latter alternative .

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      THE DEFENCE FUND . •'<• We bave much pleasure in directing the attention of the Female Chartists to the balance theet which appears in our fob . page , by which i t will b e seen that the cotton knit anti-macassar Table Cover , presented by M » Gill , a few weeks ago , for the deience of C u ffe y an d oth e rs , h as been di sp osed o f , and that alter defraying expencea ( three shillings ) Cms FovssSsvsa SmLLisoa bas been cleared , and handed by the treasurer—Mr Grasaby—to the proper quarter . This we hail as a step in the right directions and one which every female Chartist in the k ' ngdom might take , by employing ber leisure honra in working , knitting , or making some article of apparel or ornament , and presenting it either for tbe defence of the martyrs , cr the suooort of their wives and

      families . Indeed , thia werk of benevolence seems peculiarly adapted to , and should call forth ihe energies ot , the female mind ; for what more noble or pleasurable employment can a woman find , after the performance of her domestic duties , than . in exercising ber talents in tho formation of tome useful or fancy article , coneoled by tbe reflection tbat her industry will counteract the venomous sting ; of tyranny , dry tbe widows ' and orphans ? tf are ,, awl shed the sunshine of the heart upon the bouse of tha desolate . A fancy fair , or a thousand other methods might be adopted for the disposal of such articles , and philanthropic purchasers wonld crown such % laudable work with success . We hope this example will not ba lost sight ol by the wives and daughters of all true democrats .

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      Human Skin- nailed on Church Doors . —> Recent investigations at the College of Surgeons , in Lincoln's Inn Fields , bave curiously confirmed some traditions long prevalent in Essex and in Worcester * shire ; The church door of Hadscock , in the former county , displayed for generations what was said , to be the skin of ' a Danish pirate who had been flayed , alive as a punishment for sacrilege ; his ikin being stretched and nailed on the door of the edifice lie bad robbed . A similar strange and terrible story was told about Copford church door , also in Essex , and the local historians do not fail to repeat ihe legend that explained how sacrilege was punished in old times . But the flaying of church robbers was ,

      it appears , not peculiar to Essex , for at Worcester a piece of skin was some years ago taken from the north door of the cathedral and bequeathed to the Society of Antiquaries in London . It is now pie served in Somerset House with the description that it had once belonged to a man caught in the act of stealing the sanctus-bell from the high altar These old stories bare recently been verified in a manner which shows how modern science may at times be useful in the elucidation of doubtful historical assertions . A small portion of the supposed skin taken from Hadstock church-door yv 1846 by the Rev . C . Townley , was sent to the . College of

      Surgeons and there submitted to examination with the powerful microscopes there in use by Mr Quekett , when that practised anatomist at once recognised the skin as human—* that of a light-haired person , in all probability takori frq ' m the back . ' This was proved by the character of a few hairs that still adhered to the skin , after , the centuries that must-havfi elapsed since it was nailed to the door . The speci mens from Worcester and another from Copford wert likewisa clearly shown to be human ' . The ' power , of a -. hundred diameters' of the micnascope at the college has thus satisfied the doubts or sceptical antiquaries , and proved how church doors were sometimes used in the ' good old times . '

      Shifitrsck and Loss op Lifs . —O n F r iday week last , between four and five o ' clock a . m . the brig . Seawitch , of London , John Henry Freeman , master , from Sierra Leone , with a cargo of African , oak and ground nuts , was totally wrecked in Ponti . fex Bay on the north-west coast of Guernsey . Owing to the long continuance of cloudy weather no observation had been taken for several days , nor had lights been seen either at Stilly , the Lizard , or Poriland . The change of the wind on Thursday night co-operating with the powerful indraught , in the gulf iu which ' Guernsey is situate , drove the vessel towards the coast . The vessel on striking recoiled , when a wave carried her into a trough ef

      rocks , and she almost instantly was broken in halves . Ihe . master and seven men , who were on the after p | rt , were swept away by the fury of the waves and wind , and perished . The three men who escaped were in the bows , where they remained till daybreak , when they were rescued , the tide having left the fore part of the wreck high and dry . Part of the cargo , together with two small boxes of g o ld d us t and some j ewellery , have been recovered , and taken charge of by Mr Tupper , the agent for Lloyds . The bodies of the eight drowned men have also been found and taken to ihe Grandes Bocques barracks , and every attention has been paid to the three survivors of this deplorable shipwreck .

      Aiikubd Fashiohabw Swikwjko . —A person haa bsen apprehended in Edisburgh on a charge of forgery , who during the last few months mixed freely _ in the higher circles of society there , and lived in a fashionable and expensive style at one of the principal hotels in the city . It appears that he had assumed high military rank , and had extensively patronised various establishments , chiefly clothiers and mereers , from whom he obtained a large supply of articles , at firsS by paying cash down for tbe goods ho purchased ; but having succeeded in

      establishing hia credit , he then transacted buaintsa upon a more enlarged seale , and suddenly left tha oity without settling the numerous claims against him . The immediate canse of hia abrupt departure was , however , the discovery of a forgery of which he had been guilty , for a limited sum , tha person whose name he employed being at present on , service in India . Ho was traced to Hull , and having been apprehended there through a telegraphic message transmitted thither by tho superintendent of police here , he has been conveyed to the gaol in Edinburgh .

      Absassinahoh is Nobfoh ? .. —A most horrible 8 MM ? inaliontook place on Tuesday evening , at Stan , field Hall , near Wymondham , Norfolk , the aeatof Isaao Jenny , Etq ., Recorder of Norwich . Itseeini tbat Mr Jermy was called ont to spesk with a person who asked to see him , but had scarcely entered the drawing-room before he waa shot through the heart by the stranger . Mr Jermy ' b son , hear ing the roport , sashed into the room , and was shot through the aide . :. iHis wife and her maid also came down to gee whatwjae the matter , and were both fired at by

      thernffiin , and severely wounded . —Mr J amy , jun ' died almost immediately after receiving the wouad in his side . The servant , who waa shot through the thigh and head , is not expected to survive , an d Mrs Jermy , who was wounded in the shoulder , haa undergone an amputation of the arm . —A man , named Rosb , who has spent a considerable enm in h \ w suits with Mr Jermy , has been apprehended on ebb . picrui . —Mr Jermy was the Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions , and one of the magistrates of the county . ^

      DlATH OF A COKVICI FROM STARVAlI 01 f . -. Gl . 0 CMira : Nov . 24 .-A female prisoner confined in the Glon . center County Prisoni for stealing wearing apparel , having been convicted at the last aasizsa and senfe * ced to six months' imprisonment , died on Wedneidaj last ; an inquest was held on the body yesterday before Mr Lovegrove , coroner , when Ihe following facta were elicited :-lhe deceased , whose name ? * Fanny Pntchard , wau in August last sentenced to Bixmontba ' imprisonment with hard labour whioh

      , in GloiMrtn gaol generally cmM in washing and ironing . At that time she appeared inrobust health ; but in the course of a month she became very vhE abstained from food , and threatened to destroy herself . Ska afterwards became ill , and was released from hard labour , and was . allowed to keen her bed in her cell ; bat she continued very violent , aad partially abstained from food . Oh the lithe ! November she threw the contents of a bucket on tha floor of her call , and was in consequence pot on braid water diet fer

      and three days . The nurse statAd that on the first of the tbree days she did not bmv » the deceased with anything ; on the second sho tod ' bread aad water , and on the third grnel and b ^ ur Two days afterwards she became much worse and waa still violent . She wasremoved , by force to anethercell , became daily weaker , and died % » , . ££ stated . Mr Hicks , surgeon to the gaol , deposed that tho deceased had been on hospital diet Sort jRJ weeks , and that he had ascertained that she had re . turned the greater part of her food . He wag of opinion that she had died from by the small quantity of foid time past existed upon . Tho ned a verdict ' that the visitation of God caused by fo * d . ' OprsRW KuioHrHOM ) to oi ? Edinburgh . —The Scotsman has receivtd intimation , throueh

      ef her Majesty ' s . intention to oe ^ e ' rMiVhjteltE honour of liijhtbood . Mr Bl ^ k Wi ' l ^ 'SaiS sW « W Ws # . iU 8 . ^ vIsSSS to msimmm ^ WffiMwffi &

      Exhaustion, Caused Which Shehad&Rwbfe;.....

      exhaustion , caused which shehad & rwBfe ; .. jury thereupon ' t ^ , deceased had 1 died ' byiiKip aDstmence ' from'nefrfJM-- ' ^ , V : s ^ jW ^ tbb hoi l $ ixn * fiffl (& ir ~ etattij tha ^ fNrfflloM ^ Ltfrrrl . TnhC -ov & m ^ z ) m exhaustion , caused whioh shfthadtorM'Se & v , jury thereupon i £ Jj |& K *> . ceased had 1 died ' bMKij" ^ " t itmenceir ^ ner t & j ^ ' ^ ' % 5 ^ LB ' ) & £ ^ Qj & s B

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02121848/page/5/