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      Polish Independence. A Dinner, Public Me...

      POLISH INDEPENDENCE . A Dinner , Public Meeting , aud Ball took place on Fridav evening , the 29 th , at the Fraternal Home , TurnmilWtrcet , Clerkenwell , to commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of the Polish Revolution . The hall was splendidly decorated , and embellished with the names of the most celebrated patriots . At two o ' clock a large number of Poles , including some of the old emigration , and several G erman , Hungarian , and Italian guests , together with the Hefugec Committee , and several English friends sat down to a substantial dinner , cooked in the style of the Polish cuisine .

      At six o ' clock , the friends united to attend were addressed bv Messrs . Majewski , Kierblewski , and Radzikowski , the former being in the chair . I heir speeches , which were delivered in the lolistt language , were greeted with grent applause by their countrymen . Tht-v nnrcd ' the necessity © . _ muon and perseverance , and ' hoped that in liwl . Voland wraft 1 ) 2 free , and Democracy nrmly be established th'Outrhout the world . . , , , , , ,, ^ Y awtrs said , they had met to celebrate the nnnirer .-kry of the Polish Revolution- * revolution that had .-ot yet been carried into ek-ct , having leea LflflM for a time , by the combined efforts Oi all their aristocratic oppressors . In Poland , as in England , the aristocratic party wished to make too ? s of the Democrats , for their own selfish

      purposes . Prince Czartoryski had agents in England , France , and Germany ; but llussia was more particularly the centre of his intrigues . His object was , not to serve the cause of the people , but ro obtain the throne of Poland for himself . He had it on ihe authority of ninety Poles—men of strict integrity—that Lord Dudley Stuart was his agent in England . He had received large sums from the people , in addition to grants from government , which he distributed among those favourable to the schemes of Czartoryski , and refused to give assistance to the veritable Democrats , unless they consented toiroto America . Theannnalball at Guildhall generally produced £ 800 or £ 900 , not a farthing of which was given to those most in need of it . Lord Dudlev Stuart said in his speech , that the money

      went to those who were sick and distressed . Two of the Poles who were sick had applied to him , and he was credibly informed that his answer was , * ' They had better po to the workhouse . " He had said that he had £ 1 , 200 to pay their passage , and give them , if they would emigrate to America ; but they nobly declined doing so . Sending them to America was like sending them ont of the world . He trusted their subscriptions would not cease until the period , and it would not belong , when the services of these men would be again needed in the battle-field . T * o of the refugees had been perwalcil to embark for Denmark . They did so ; and , when they arrived , they were arrested and ttrown into prison . Fifteen or twenty received five pardons from the Russian government , and were induced to return to their homes ; they did so , and were now suffering

      for their credulity , by being exiled to Siberia . These t ! tinss looked suspicious . Mr . Williams , the member for Inmbetb . told fhesi that he could have raised £ 1 , 000 for these mm , but was prevented by Codben and Stuart ; and Mr . Williams belicred , that thcT sole object in wishing them to go to America was the fear that they would aid the democratic cause in this country . The Committee had bc ? n ¦ nnaWeto allow the refugees more than id . a day for the : r support ; he trusted they would soon be enabled to do better for them—tlwy were truly de-SQrring of it . A democratic history of the times would yet be written , and all honour would be given f o the workin ? men of London , more particularly to the shoemakers , for their support . All working men , of whatever clime , were brethren , and bound , in duty and in self-defence , to treat each other as such . ( Loud cbfers . )

      M . BABTnELEsir , a French refugee , condemned in June , ISiS , addressed the meeting in the French language , and in an eloquent manner demonstrated the necessity of all democrats being united to combat their common enemy of Nature's children . This speech , of which the above is a brief translation , was rapturously applauded . Cahl Schappek , whose exertions in the cause of freedom in Germany are so well known , briefly addressed his countrymen in the German tongue . He -then said in English , that some few years back the working' men of England looked with contempt upon foreigners—they were taught to consider them as thdr-esiewies , but such had been the spread of intelligence , that thepenceof the workingmen were now doing more for the support for the Polish Exiles than the boasted exertions of Lord Dudley

      Stuart and h's aristocratic friends . The same progression was now to be seen in all other countries . Formerly , the people of each country were opposed to , and were led to thirst for , the blood of those of an adjoining kingdom . Until the last revolution , the German people had been opposed to the success of the Poles . Sow the working men of most European countries were endeavouring to form an alliance with each other ; this , if earned into effect , would soon dissipate all petty jealousies , and make one universal republic throughout the world- ( Loud cheers . ) Let them , then , give all honour to those who had b ' ed and died in furthering this great end , and to the thousands who were yet suffering in prison and in exile in behalf of the great trutbs of progression , and the universality oT brotherhood . ( Loud cheers . )

      Messrs . Gbuszecki , Paoszrxsxi and Rasecki , in energetic speeches , recommended union . About nine o'clock dancing commenced , and was kept up with great spirit until an early hour . Among tie guests present we noticed Colonel Franty Freundr , Mr . Fleming , and other well-known English and continental advocates of freedom , Mr . O'Coxxor sent a special messenger to apologise for his absence , occasioned by an unforsoen event . A modicum of bread and salt was conveyed to him by the messenger , in token of their hospitality and friendship . Admission to the dinner , and the after proceedings was entirely free , no

      collection whatever being made . These gallant men have , during their residence in London , out of the threepence or fonrpence per day which thoy have received , laid by a halfpenny per day as a sacred fund to commemorate this anniversary , and to be enabled , for at least one day , to return the hospitality and kindness which for so long a period they had received from their English brethren . During the evening the police on six different occasions came into the room , but on being remonstrated with , and informed that it was not a public meeting , but that admission was only by ticket , they were induced to retire .

      The Hungarian And Polish Refugees. "We H...

      THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . "We have received a very lengthy document from the Refugees resident in Turnmillstreet , in continuation of the article written last week , signed Tarmolinski and Breanski , and also a reply to that article from l \ Ir . Davis and the English Committee . These two documents would nearly occupy a page of the " Star " if printed-in full , and it must be evident , that it is quite impossible for us to afford so much space to a question , which ,

      however exciting and important to those personall y interested in it , cannot be supposed to possess any attraction to the general reader . We regret also to observe that both communications are pervaded by very strong personal feeling , and believe that we should l > est consult the interests which both parties profess to be desirous of serving , by stating as concisely and' dispassionately as possible , the facts we gleam from these communications . . Mr . Breanski and his friends look upon Mr . Bartochowski as the friend of the Secretary to the Literary Association presided over by

      ZLord Dudley Stuarfc . They regard that nobleman as the friend and agent of Priuce Cyastoreki , whose object they allege is to establish a kingdom for himself in Poland , not to make ifc a free nation . They are opposed to that policy , and determined never to rest satisfied until not only their own country , but the smallest place in Europe , enjoys a thorough democratic constitution . They accuge the first English Committee of being under the influence of Mr . Bartochowski and his party .

      They complain of one of their members having heen treated as though he were dishonest , though . there was no charge against him . They state that there was division in that Committee , that ifc at length deserted them , though looked upon by the English Democrats and the Refugees as a mediator between them , because the Refugees would not allow it to interfere with their political affairs . Ifc is further stated that upon the Committee leaving Turnmill-street , the Refugees

      Brought their complaints before the Metropolitan Shoemakers' Trades Committee , representing a large body of working men , by whom they had heen supported three and four days every week . There they found true friends in distress , and a public meeting was announced by several papers , and published by bills , to be held the . llth of Xov ., at 41 , Turnmill-street , Clerkenwell-green . First . — To make the subscribers judge between the Refugees and their Provisional Committee . Second , — To electif tfcecassa permanent one .

      , , Subscribers and Refugees assembled , but none of the committee members were authorised to justify tie actions of their body . The Referees brought their

      The Hungarian And Polish Refugees. "We H...

      charges before tho public , an-a then proposed men whom they had , during s ^ ren months' experience , many occasions to recognise as men in whomtheir entire confidence could be placed . . Ten days afterwards , the disssolved Committee held a public meeting at the British Institution in C owper-street , and instead of allowing the fifty-six protesting Kefugees to bring their charges before the nublic , they opened the meeting , and occupied the " time , from eight till a quarter past eleven o ' clock , with defences against charges of dishonesty , which had never been made by the Refugees . The Comn . ittee-room , in Cowper-street , let for that night like the Lecture Hall to tho dissolved Committee , was filled with move than twenty-four policemen , who were treated with beer and tobacco during the evening . The public at twelve o'clock , approved by loud applause tho protesting Refugeesand the meeting broke up .

      , If the fifteen who still stop with the dissolved Committee will return to tlieir exiled brethren , they will be received with open arms . At the same time , the fifty-six Refugees protest asrainst any subscriptions or funds rising , which shall be m : ide by the discharged Committee in the name of the " Hungarian and Polish Refugees , " and invite respectfully their benefactors to visit them at 41 . Turnmill-street , Clerken well-green , — the Fraternal Home—where , living on 4 d . per day , colonel and officer are the servants of the soldier , and vice vena . Yarmolixski . Breaxski . On the other side , Mr . Davis , and the members of the Committee , thus protested against , and who hold their meetings at 20 , Golden Lano , Barbican , state that

      The first body of Poles that arrived in London were about fifty in number , of which twenty went to America ; the rest lived in a miserable and starving condition in lodging houses , in Bucklestreet , Whitechapel , where they were accidentally found , and introduced to the Crown and Anchor locality , and the various localities in tho Tower Hamlets , by whom they were supported ( in conjunction with about thirty other Poles , that arrived at a later period from Southampton , ) until the beginning of June , when a committee was formed to call on the public for subscriptions , and a sub-committee was formed ofthe three following Polish Democrats : Captain Rolla , Bartochowski , Colonel Oberski , and Captain Przezdzrecki , as true

      and honest democrats ; and theso gentlemen were elected unanimously by the Poles themselves , to distribute the funds collected . About three months afterwards , however , they protested against that committee , and it was dissolved , though the specified charge against them was abandoned . Mr . Bartochowski then produced his books in Polish , with a copy in English , before the committee and the Poles . They were asked if they had anything to say against the accounts . They answered they were perfectly satisfied . How is it that they did not say a word from September until the 19 th November , and then , instead of making their accusations in the democratic press , they sent it to

      the Sun newspapers . After the retirement of those three gentlemen the English committee was requested to distribute the funds themselves , which duty they performed until Sunday the 3 rd Ifovember , when a Pole , named Folklender , applied for assistance , against which the Poles pro ' oateJ , accusing him of being a spy ; but tho committee followed the old maxim— " Call no man guilty until proved to be so" — voted him cighteenpence , to keep him from starving , until an investigation took place . The Poles admitting the decision of the committee to have been wrong , instead of being quiet until the following Wednesday , and then proved the truth of their accusation , they all * et upon him , illused him , and turned him out .

      The Committee , at length , felt they could no longer conduct their business independently in Turnmill-street , and left it , the resolution to do so having been carried hy a majority of twenty-four to three . They state , however , that the minority remained , and called themselves the Committee ; they state that , at the Cowper-street meeting , the Poles attended for the purpose of assaulting M . Bartochowski , and that they used very "base" language upon that occasion . The Committee thought of returning , hut at the same time , felt it their duty to submit a balance sheet to tho public . It was accepted and passed , and they received a document si gned by twenty-six Poles , expressing their sorrow at the conduct of their brethren , and requesting the committee to continue their exertions .

      I The whole of those men having been actually engaged under the glorious Kossuth , Bern , and Guzon , in from ten to twenty battles . These are tho men denounced as aristocrats , who have received but little assistance from the committee , for they have embraced every opportunity to maintain themselves by learning slipper making , tailoring , and various other means , but in consequence of the slackness are now out of employ . Still , when applying to the committee for assistance , they will not receive more than sixpence a day , out of which they have to pay threepence per night for their lodgings . It is on behalf of those men that the committee appeal to the public for support , and

      hope that you will receive subscriptions for them . " . The document concludes by allegations against the character of an individual , which we could not publish without infringing the law of libel , and which , if published , could not in any way benefit the two parties of refugees , who are equally dependent on public support . It is quite clear that there is a divided difference on matters of principle between the two bodies , and be must beg to decline , in future , the insertion of any controversial letters on the subject ; while we shall , at all times , be happy to give every assistance in our power to promote the welfare of both .

      The Refugees Asd The "Leader." To The En...

      THE REFUGEES ASD THE "LEADER . " TO THE EniTOB OF THE NORTHERS STAR . Sib , —Two sentences which occur in the letter of Mr . Brown , entitled the " Refugees , " in last week ' s Star , seem to require a short explanation . With respect to monies received by the Leader for the Refugees , Mr . Brown says , " Mr . Holyoake has been asked to take Mr . Rider ' s place , which has been refused . '' What does Mr . Brown mean ? No such request has been made to me . Mr . Brown says , " frequent applications have been made to the Leader office for money , when the men have heen without food , and refused . " The money paid at the Leader office—permit me to explain—were intrusted to them m consequence of the appeal of Captain Rola Bartochowski , whose appeal was inserted because they knew him to be a man of

      honour , and to possess the confidence of the Central Committee , whose decision on Polish affairs is entitled to be final . Therefore the office declined to pay the subscriptions to a party unknown to them , feeling bound to transfer the money to the hands of Captain Rola , who was joined by Mr . Arnott , ofthe Chartist Executive , indemanding it , and their names are' a guarantee that the Leader office has respected the confidence reposed in it , in the payment of subscriptions . Perhaps Mr . Brown is not aware that I have used all the influence possessed to bring about an union between the two parties , into which the Poles arc unhappily divided ; and they who write letters which fan the discord now among them , will arrest public , sympathy altogether , disincline any ^ Newspaper-office to meddle in the matter , aud thus sacrifice both parties , together . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , Geo . Jacob Holioake . London , Dec . 2 , 1850 .

      To The Enitor Op Tub Horthern Star. Sir,...

      TO THE EniTOR OP TUB HORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Seeing my name in the letters of Messrs . Brown and Holyoake in this day ' s ( Star , I beg to state that I have nothing whatever to do with any existing differences . My other duties prevent me from attending the meetings ofthe committee , and whether Mr , Holyoake has been , or has not been solicited to take my place I know not , yet some one ought to bo elected instead of myself . I pledge my every exertion to aid the Refugees , though I cannot act on a committee , nor do I desire to be a party in any dissensions . W . Hider .

      Address Of The Metropolitan Trades' Comm...

      ADDRESS OF THE METROPOLITAN TRADES ' COMMITTEE TO TlIEIil BROTHER UNIOfl . ISTS ON BEHALF OF THE POLISH KEFUGEES . There is not a record in the history of nations , when the grand subject of political and social rights so much required your sympathy and support as on the present occasion ; when so many brave and noble men , who have been exiled from their country , family , and connexions , through the combined influence of despotism , tyranny , and treachery , to seek shelter amongst us , and shall we not , as men meeting for a philanthropic purpose , hold forth to them the hand of brotherhood and fraternity ? Certainly we should ; and it is through that claim that we now call upon you to assist this Committee in carrying out this object , viz ., the support of the Polish Refugees now in this country .

      Any further comment on the merits of their cause would , we think , be superfluous ; suffice it to say , that all our exertions have only enabled us to supply these unfortunate men with the scanty pittance of fonrpence , and sometimes threepence per day . Now , fellow workmen , we appeal to you as men , as fathers , and as brothers in fraternity , to give your hearty response to this appeal . All communications , or money to be sent ( post

      Address Of The Metropolitan Trades' Comm...

      free ) to Mr . Scotter , Rising Sun , Callehder-yard , Long Alley , Moorfields , London . We are , brothers in union , yours fraternally , the Trades Committee : — John Lado , Georob Ferris , Timothy Mahosv , Henry Waters , Thomas Antill , Luke Kino , Walter Daddo , W , H . , Burr , secretary ; W . Palmer , chairman ; Jons Scotter , treasurer .

      Land And Cottages For Teetotalers. Mr. E...

      LAND AND COTTAGES FOR TEETOTALERS . Mr . Editor , —Tho omission ofthe words : " a two-roomed cottage , with two acres , within 200 yards , at £ 82 Krannum , " in the advertisement under the above title , in your paper of the 23 rd November , has not only rendered it useless , but has brought upon me very severe censures from some of your " constant readers , " on account of the supposed great increase of rent on this estate . Permit me , therefore , to explain the grave error in which they have fallen . The rents on this estate are now the same as they have been for the last two years , at which rates they have ! always found ready customers , viz ., £ 2 per acre for tho land , and M for a two-roomed cottage .

      Indeed , there would be neither land nor dwelling to be had here , were it not that an old tenant of a two-roomed cottage in the building field , and a two acre allotment in the farm fields is about to remove , and I am instructed to fill up the vacancy ( with none but . a PLEDGKD teetotaller , ) at £ 8 per annum rent . The seemingly disproportionate rent ( £ 14 ) of the advertised two acre tenement , arises from the circumstance that the cottage ( which by the bye is not quite finished ) is a three-roomed one ; that it fronts the highway ; that it has a magnificent well , and that the two acres are attached to it . and have a

      valuable building frontage , and are therefore to he let at £ 4 per acre , which is its real value ; two acres much further back having been sold for £ 160 . Now , Mr . Editor , I hold the doctrine that in commercial transactions a thing is worth what it will fetch , ( and I know that the owner will not accept less than £ 14 a-year for this lot , ) therefore , I would wish that none of . your " constant readers , ' should abuse an " advertiser , " particularly when they admit that they have no knowledge of the advertised property . Respectfully yours , Gborge Page , ( a pledged tcetotallo ) Dibdin Hill , Chaltont , St . Giles , Bucks .

      The Glazier's Strike At The Crystal Pala...

      THE GLAZIER'S STRIKE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE . A number of journeymen glaziers applied to Mr . Havdwick at the Marlborough-street Police-office , on Saturday last , under these circumstances : — They had been tiken on to work at the Crystal Palace on Thursday last , and had been "knocked off" work at a moment ' s notice the next morning , without , however , being discharged . They attended at the works , having been told by tho sub-contractor , or overlooker , to wait : and they had waited nearly all Friday and that day . When they were called to bo paid , 2 s . 7 d . only was given to them , which amounted to the price of the work actually

      done , although they had been engaged by the day , and were entitled to receive day-work payment . Their claim was for two days' work at 4 s . a-dny , and they wished to know how they were to enforce it ?—Mr . Hardwick said the question was one with which a magistrate had nothing to do ; the applicants , if they had any substantial claim against the contractors , must apply to the County Court . The Charge op Intimidation-. —On Monday , at Marlborough « street , Mr . Bingham proceeded to give his judgment on the evidence brought before him in support of a charge against William St . Clair , of having attempted by' intimidation to obtain a higher rate of wages for the workmen from Messrs . Fox and Henderson , the contractors for the

      Exhibition of Industry . —Mr . Bingham said : On Monday week the defendant , accompanied by and at the head of nearly fifty workmen who had quitted their employment , accosted the contractor for the works in Hyde-park with words and a gesture , which , even according to the account given by the defendant and his witnesses , amounted to a breach ofthe peace . For this breach of the peace he was immediately given into custody , and brought before tho magistrate . Upon the hearing he was remanded till the next day , when the prosecutor , in addition to his complaint touching the breach of peace committed in Hyde-park , contended that the sending of a certain letter by the defendant to the prosecutor before the breach of the peace was

      committed was an offence under the statute Gth George IV ., c . 129 ; and , if so , it is undoubtedly by far tho most serious and important circumstance that has been brought to the notice of the magistrate . It is objected , however , by the defendant to this part of the case , that no summons was issued against him , and that a magistrate has no jurisdiction over offences under the statute 6 th George IV ., c . 129 , until a summons has been issued . It seems to mo that the case of " Rex . v . Stone , " 1 East 649 , and three others which preceded it , might be held in answer to this objection . But , as it is of great importance that the charge against tho defendant , under the statute , should be decided on its own merits , unembarrassed by questions about form or technicalities , I refrain from expressing any

      opinion on tba ; t charge . Is it the intention of the prosecutor to apply for a summons ? Mr . Humphreys : Yes , if the present proceedingsshould beirregular . — Mr . Bingham : Then , with respect to tho breach of the peace , which was the immediate occasion of tho defendant ' s arrest , it seems to me so subordinate a part of the whole proceedings that I shall not err in now ordering his discharge . —Mr . Ripon ( for the defendant ) applied for a certificate of dismissal . Mr . Bingham said he would consider the application . If a certificate ought to be granted , it could be granted at any time . —Mr . Itipon applied for an order on tho police to restore the papers , which , ho contended , had been improperly kept from him . —Mr . Bingham could not give any order . —Mr . Humphreys then applied for a summons against the defendant , which was granted .

      Colliery Accidents. To The Emton Op The ...

      COLLIERY ACCIDENTS . TO THE EMTOn OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sin , —My attention has lately been drawn toseveral mine accidents , but particularly those which recently occurred at Haydock , and Singing Clough , near Stone Clough , in Lancashire . I was painfully struck at the account given of the accident at Haydock , but more so at the verdict of tho jury , given with the consent of Mr . Trehenmere , the government inspector . His technical knowledge of the mining system may be great , but when government assistance is required , I think an intelligent retired miner ( and the Mine Inspectors' Bill admits of no other kind of inspectors ) would have been preferable . According to the evidence given , it appears

      that the mine agent and the men were aware that they were approaching a goaf , of how long standing is not stated . Now the agent and men knew , but especially the former , that there was danger of an explosion the moment the goaf was cut through , seeing that they could not prevent the sudden escape , of foul air . - Mine inquests are instituted for the purpose , of ascertaining the true cause of such accidents , with strong recommendations , < Sjo ., and yet not in one case out of ten do the coroner and jury find out the cause , " but ' eontent themselves by inquiring into the effects , such as—who ignited the gas i— . in what part of the mine did it happen ? —how many were killed ? & c . Many thousands of brave miners have perished fer want of a proper

      inquiry into the cause of colliery accidents . I think the case of the accident in question may bo clearly defined . According to the evidence of the agent , he knew he was allowing the men to approach an old work or goaf , not caring for the danger , so that the coal was worked out ; and we find evidence , given by the men , that they had not seen him for a fortnight in that part of the mine ; ho had , however , seen some of the men during that time , and ordered them to make it up—go through with the work . The accident might have been avoided , if the men had been instructed to have bored a twoinch hole five or six yards in advance of their work , and the agent should have visited this part of the mine every day , until the work was completed . The expense of boaring would not have cost more than ten shillings or twelve shillings , while the loss to the proprietors , consequent on the explosion .

      cannot be less than ten pounds or twelve pounds , besides throwing the wives and children of tho unfortunate sufferers upon the poors rate for support . In the report of the accident at Singing Clough , all the effects are given , but , as in the former case , the cause is not investigated . If a practical rule of ventilation had been enforced in the extreme point of the level , where the accident took place , there is no doubt but the foul air would have passed that point as well as any other , and ,, the cause being remoyed , there would have been no explosion I am strongly of opinion , that unless our government sends out a staff of well-qualified inspectors , to enforce a more judicious rule in every mine , for ascertaining the true causes , previous to the examination into the effects , we shall have many explosions , in spite of the appointment of a thousand extra mine agents by the coal masters .

      1 am , sir , yours truly , Wakefield . G . Br ow * . P . S . —I am much infavourof a mine education similar to that in factories ; but , if anything of the sort be established , it will have to be forced by eo verument , and directed by the general inspectors ? ^^ G . B , '

      ^^ , Whilbme. Btmtmbd , Of Nayland Mill,...

      WhilbMe . Btmtmbd , of Nayland Mill , was driving in his chaise to Hadleigh , he lost a W containing eleven hundred soverei gns . Afte > his return to Jfayland , he was delighted bi " a . JmSl farmer bringing hirn the treasure which he Tad found on the road . Mr . -Stannard presented tho farmer with one hundred of the aoverEs

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      Rftttthwark. — Robbery By A Sebvavt.— Ge...

      RftTTTHWARK . — Robbery by a SebvAVt . — George Bowler , a young man in the employment of Mr George Smith ; hat and cap manufacturer of Un on Hall , Union-street , and Gcorgo Smith were placed at the bar , before Mr . a' DeokcW , the former charged with stealing a cash-box from an iron safe , containing documents and other papers of importance , together with a small amount of money , ana the Litter prisoner with being concerned in tho offcnce .-The complainant stated that Bowler was in his employ , and knew that he kept a cash box m an iron safe on the premises in Union Hall . On Thursday week Bowler was sent to the iron sale , which is kept under the staircase , for the account books and the cash box , and . after having brought up the books into tho counting-house , ho said that the cash box was not in tho safe He , however , was not suspected at the time of stealing it , Mlilafiw H . nvs . aftnrwards a number of letters ,-amounting to

      forty , were given to him to post , and instead oi paying the postage , which was given to . him for the purpose , he kept the money . He then left his employer ' s premises , and as he was suspected of purloining the cash box , information was given at the police-station , and Sergeant Barker , M division , succeeded in taking him into custody . When taken to the station-house , Bowler , in reference to the cash box , said that he was induced to plunder his employer by his fellow prisoner , who , knowing that he had access to the iron safe on the premises , urged him to steal the cash box . He at first refused to listen to such a suggestion , but his scruples were at length overcome , and on tho day mentioned , when he was sent to the iron safe for the books , he took the opportunity of taking the cash box , and ,

      as previously arranged , he handed it oyer to his associate , who was waiting on the premises to receive it . Bowler added that the man who had urged him to the commission of the offence was then waiting for him at a neighbouring coffee-shop , and thither the sergeant proceeded and apprehended Smith . The latter prisoner , on that occasion , when informed of the nature of the charge against him , and told that Bowler had confessed to taking . the cash box , said he was glad of it—that truth was the best—and that his being out of employ , and having no money , was the reason that ho became mixed up in the transaction . —The prisoners , who declined saying anything in answer to the charge , were committed . J

      Charge of Attempted Suicide at London Bridge . —Mary Head , a decent looking female , was charged with attempting to drown herself on the Surrey side of London bridge . Police Constable 225 M , said about nine o'clock on Wednesday night he was on duty near the foot of London bridge , when he saw the prisoner rush by him . and run with great speed down the steps leading to the river . He pursued her and caught hold of her clothes just as she was in the act of jumping into the water . She appeared to have been drinking . — In answer to the magistrate , prisoner said she had been deserted by her husband at Birmingham , and that a few days ago she came up to London to find him . She had not been able to do so , and being very much excited , she foolishly ran down the steps of the bridge , but with no intention of jumping into the water . —Mr . A'Beckett said he should detain her until some person came forward to be answerable for her future conduct .

      LAMBETH . — Ponsii Aggression . — James Looney , Edward Looney , and Catherine Looncy , were charged with the following assault -. —Henry Gordon , a whipmaker , residing at 27 , Union-street , Lambeth-walk , deposed that on Sunday night he and his wife , while on their way home , were talking about the Pope , but saying nothing offensive , when a man , not in custody , came up and struck him a violent blow . As soon as ho recovered from the effects of the blow he stood up to defend himself against his assailant . At this time thetwopvisonevs approached him , and all three fell upon him and beat him about until he became perfectly insensible . —Three witnesses confirmed the above statement , and after the prisoners had caUed witnesses , who failed to disturb the foregoing evidence , Mr . Elliot convicted each of the male prisoners in the full penalty of £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment , and the fomalo in £ 1 , or fourteen days ,

      MANSION-HOUSE . —Tnn Fresch Emigrants . — The Lord Mayor said he had the gratification to state that he had received a letter from Mr . Balfour , of the firm of Balfour , Laming and Co ., the shipbrokers , containing information relative to the sixty-five French emigrants to California , who had some days ago complained against Mr . Urbain , with whom they had entered into engagements for their voyage to California , for not having performed his contract by conveying them to that destination . The following is a copy of the communication , which his lordship considered highly honourable to the firm : — " 157 , Fenchurch-street , My Lord , — -I feel certain that you will be pleased to learn that the matter of the Abyssinia U arranged , but I

      conceive it to be duo to your lordship , who has only heard one side of the question , to my firm , as one of some standing in ihe City , and to the public at large , to explain the whole circumstances of the case , thereby enabling you to arrive at a fair conclusion on its merits . On the 25 th of September last Mr . Urbain brought a letter of introduction to our house from our correspondent at Paris , and requested us to load for California the ship Abyssinia , which he had then purchased from Mr . Alexander , the agent of the owners , for a sum of £ 3 , 100 , stating at the same time that he had engaged his passengers at Paris , and that he only required our assistance in loading the ship . Being well introduced we at once acceded to the request , and Air . Alexander confirmed

      to us the nest day the arrangement that had been made . A deposit having been duly paid the ship was laid on the berth for goods , and an amount of freight between £ 800 and £ 900 engaged by us . During the loading Mr . Urbain paid over to us various sums amounting in all to upwards of £ 1 , 000 , which we paid over , as requested by him , to the late owners of the ship . About the 20 th October , Mr . Urbain finding that it would cost a large sum of money to procure French papers , made overtures to us to allow the register to be put in our name , an idea which we at once repudiated , as we could not bind our names to such a transaction . At the same time feelins for the position of the man , we made a liberal offer for the

      purchase ofthe vessel outright . This he rejected , informing us the day after that hehad found a party who had acceded to his terms , and that the balance of the purchase money would at once be paid . This was never done , and the passengers becoming impatient the man was thrown into prison . Since that time proceedings have been taken against my firm , and although we derived no benefit from tho transaction , nor are we in any way legally responsible for the acts of Captain Urbain , yet deeply commisserating tho condition of the poor emigrants , we have purchased the ship , and she will proceed to sea on Saturday . A number of these unfortunate emigrants being entirely without means , and almost without necessary clothing ,

      notwithstanding the heavy sacrifice we have already made—and those only who know what it is to fit out . an emigrant ship for a six months' voyage oaii appreciate that sacrifice—wo have ' offered to contribute a further sum of fifty guineas , and we venture to appeal on their behalf to an English public—an appeal which is never made in vain . I can only add , that with one or two exceptions , the conduct of these men reflects upon them the greatest credit . I have the honour to be , my lord , your lordship ' s very obedient servant , Buchanan Balfour , of the firm of Balfour , Laming , and Co . —To the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor of London . " —Lieutenant Lean , R . JST ,, government agent for the port of London , said he had seen the vessel since Messrs . Balfour , Laming , and Co ., had fitted her out , and the provisions laid in , and the accommodations made by the firm for the passage were most unexceptionable . Tho poor foreigners had

      expressed in the most grateful manner their feelings towards the chief magistrate of London for having so promptly and strenuously undertaken their cause , and hoped that his lordship would in the ensuing year , when so many people from all nations would be assembled in the metropolis , be hailed by the approbation of all who formed a just estimate of the value of charitable national intercourse . — The Lord Mayor said he was sincerely gratified at tho liberal course pursued by Messrs . Balfour and Co ., who had thus stood , as it were , between the poor foreigners and their ruin ; but he could not at the same time conclude his expressions of satisfaction without returning thanks to Lieutenant Loan for the benevolent pains that gentleman had taken in the business . —His lordship then at the request of the emigrants issued an order forth © discharge of-Ca . pt . Urbam from prison , to which that unfortunate person had been consigned upon their representations . ' .. . r

      Robbing Employers .- Joseph Smith and Richard * ZZ ? u b ? ug - beforo Alderman Hooper , fc 0 d r Wlth W J f robbed their employers 2 K . ri l § on 8 > of Bishopsgato-street "" „ merchants Smith had been confidentially employed in the House . ^ George Trow , of the police 3 ' . fi , ° " Saturday evening I went , accompanied bylunnell , to the premises , of the prosecutors , and saw the prisoners . leave the house . Bowles was carrying a basket containing twelve bottles , and Smith was also carrying a" basket contamg something . They wont to the Bull-yard and

      changed baskets . Smith carried his basket , which contained stout , into tho bar of the Bull , and left it there , and ho then came out and spoke to Bowles , . who took a bottle out of the basket he carried , and ' gave it to Smith . Smith put the bottle under his jacket and went into the kitchen , and I followed and took it from him . Ho said it was hia own , and refused to say where he had got- it . I then found in his trousers pocket a bottle of stout , and I took him- to the station-house . On Monday I went with Funnell and Mr . John James to the house in which Smith- lives , and found there about forty empty bottles , from which Mr . . James selected

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      twenty , which he believed ttf be hir property .-Funnell , of the- ciJ'S * foroe gaul ; 1 took Pffi ^ T * * * Upon being asked what was ' ? f nnhni f ^ l he did not know , and at the station-house I d £ Iflg Md one quart bottle of ale in a towel in the basket—Mr : John James Smith is head-cellarman at our house , and Bowles is under him . The bottles of ale and stout I believe to bo our property , some of them have our label upon them , —Bowles declared frequently ouring the . examination that he was acting under Smith ; that he knew nothing of the contents of the basket , and that , he was wholl innotwenty , which he i , . « i : »; i .. 4 - * w-w-Mtf * hrfln " firlv . —

      y cent of any intention to wrong his employer . —Mr James said he believed that Bowles had been misled by Smith . —Smith told a rambling story about the removal of the bottles , and concluded by stating that he meant nothing to the injury of the prosecutors . —Alderman Hooper said he certainly considered Smith much more criminal in the matter than Bowles , but the case was one which he should send for the decision of a jury . —Bowles : Smith was my foreman , and would ' not pay me my wages without going to the Bull tap , and I know nothing at all about the ale being taken out of the cellar . — The prisoners were committed for trial .

      Henry Whitam was charged with having robbed his employer , Mr . Barker , of Upper Thames-street , merchant , of a quantity of popper . —Committed for trial . The Alderman was occupied during the greater pan of the day in examing two men , one of whom had been in tho confidential employment of Mr . Elliott , of Martin ' s-lane . —The case was remanded . GUILDHALL . —Charge op Crveltt against a Barrister . —Mr . Fenn , secretary to the Royal Free Hospital , applied for a summons against Mr . Geo . Sloane , of 6 , Pump-court , Temple . A girl , named Jane Wilbred , aged eighteen , has lived with Mr . Sloane as servant of all work . Mr . G . Phillimore , who resides in the same house with Mr . Sloane ,

      having reason to believe that such a girl was on the premises in a state of extreme distress from illtreatment , sent to a neighbour , Mr . A . A . Fry , and the two obtained possession of the girl , and immediately removed her to the house of a laundress in Cui'sitor-street , and sent for a physician . —Dr . Marsden , ofthe Royal Free Hospital , said he was called to attend the girl in Cursitor-street . She was in so low a condition as to be unable to speak . On turning down the bedclothes he perceived that the unfortunate creature had scarcely anything but skin on her bones ; she was almost a living skeleton . After all that hadbeen done for her it was possible that she might not survive , but if she had been left as found by Mr . Phillimore she must have

      died m a few days . On questioning the girl after her removal , she told him that two years ago she came from the West London Union to live with Mr . Sloane , being an orphan . For the first three or four months she had meat three or four times a week , since that time the allowance of meat had ceased , and she was onlj allowed a basin of vegetable broth per diem . Under this treatment she had gradually wasted away . —Mr . Phillimore said that her clothing by day consisted of a chemise and gown ; at night her only covering was a counterpane and sheet . —In reply to Alderman Humphrey , Dr . Marsden said that he would undertake to state that want of sufficient food , and not disease , was the cause of the physieial condition in which the

      girl was discovered—The magistrate granted the summons , declaring his determination to investigate the subject most thoroughly . Out-door Rblief . —John Long was charged with being disorderly in the West London Union . —The relieving-ofBcer of the West London Union stated that on Thursday afternoon prisoner came to him for relief , and , in compliance with the regulations , was offered an order to go into the house , which the prisoner threw back in witness ' s face saying he wanted outdoor relief for himself and wife and child , This being refused prisoner became very violent , and rushed np stairs towards the board room , where the guardians were then assembling . He was stopped by the porter , but continuing

      violent , was given into custody . —Alderman Salomons said he thought the order issued'by the board of guardians was unnecessaril y harsh , as it entailed on the prisoner almost perpetual imprisonment . —Prisoner's wife said they only wanted a little out-door reliefer else the admission of husband and child to the house . She could keep herself , and had kept the family for nine years , but the guardians refused to take one without all , —Mr . Chamberlain said he was only acting in obedience to the orders received from the board of guardians , and he could not , therefore , relieve one without the other in the way they wanted . —Alderman Salomons said he could not but think that the guardians were in fault ; but as he could not overlook prisoner ' s violent conduct , he would therefore send him to the House of Correction for seven days .

      WORSHIP STREET . —Cutiixo and Woundixo . —A man named G . Hopwood , described as a backgammon-board manufacturer in Anne ' s-place , Hackney-road , and his wife , Edith Hopwood , a comely and delicate looking young woman , were placed at tho bar before Mr . Arnold , charged with cutting and wounding a young woman named Jane Parnell , with intent to murder her . —Mr . Heritage , on behalf of the accused , said that ho was instructed to give a total denial to the charge , which had origi nated in feelings of mortification and resentment on the part of the woman Parnell , in consequence of her having been discharged by the male prisoner in favour of his lawful wife ; and he should be able , on a future occasion , to produce convincing evidence that neither of the accused persons had left home at all upon the evening in question . —Mr . Arnold ordered both the prisoners to be remanded

      for a week . Criminal Assault . —Elisha Denton , an elderly man , who stood charged with a criminal assault upon a young girl named Emma Bennett , the daughter of an actor , was placed at the bar for final examination . —The only additional witness now examined was Mr . Thomas Meares , the divisional surgeon of police , whose evidence was of a nature which cannot boparticularly detailed , butwent to prove that the girl had been subjected to such violence as to lead to the conclusion that the capital offence had been committed

      . —In answer to a question from the magistrate , the officer who apprehended the prisoner stated that he had used everv exertion to trace out the young woman ' s father , by whom she alleged she had been deserted , but all his efforts had been unsuccessful ; and the wife of the landlord of the house where the offence had been perpetrated was too near her confinement to admit of her attendance . —The depositions were then completed by Mr . Vine , the chief clerk , and the prisoner , who earnestl y protested his innocence , was fully committed to Newgate for trial .

      BOW-STREET .-Charqk of RoBBERY .-Timothy Stratford , James Oram , and Samuel Poole , wero brought before Mr . Hall upon warrants by an inspector ofthe Thames police , charged with being concerned ^ stealing at various periods between 1843 and 1847 several bags of coffee , sugar , and pepper , which formed the portion of the cargo of the ship Agnes , then lying in the docks . Their accomplices , Mitchell , Maynard , and Taylor , having identified the prisoners , said that Garrett , who was usually at the loophole , delivered the goods to the prisoners , who were in the service of persons who knew nothing of such transactions , and after they were disposed of the proceeds were divided equally between them , —The prisoners declined snvimi nn « .

      thmg to the charge , and thoy were ordered to bo remanded until Saturday , the 7 th inst . Fraud . —John Fitch , a teacher of music and dancing at Cambridge , was brought up charged ' with a series offrauds .-The prisoner called at the shop of Mr Parker book seller and publisher , West btrand , on the 2 nd : inst ., and after representing that he had recently returned from America , produced a letter addressed to him , purporting to be written S ; r ' havin £ stained a sovepromised to call again in if fey flays " to refund ifc , which promise he did not keep ;; Subsequently was discovered that he had > lo . committed fraud at Cambridge , by using the mime of the same genteman , and it was deemed " necessary to advertise the eiroums anees , and give a description of the prisoner , in order to caution the public against KSeveral other charges were niade by per ons who had been victimised in a similar manner , The m ? sonor was committed on three distinct oLvJ . "

      H , « w ^^ l > hede . Werdinski ™ s placed at the bar for . final . examination , on the charge of havmg crtielty beaten and assaulted a little girl named Mary Anne Richardson , aged 10 , with whom he had lived and cohabited for unwards ot bvo years . The depositions , which havo been from time to time reported in the ' Times , were formally taken by Mr . Burnaby , the chief clerk , after which the prisoner was asked if he had any defence to offer to the charge . The prisoner then addressed tho magistrate at Some length . He said : When he first ihebf-this child he iound her ignorant of the existeiuj & of a God . He instructed her , and occasion ^ By corrected her , and ho could only say , if his own father had strapped him down to a bench and punished him , as he had punished her , he should have been the first after recovering from the injuries he might have received to go and thank

      him , and kiss his hand for the services which he had done him . If , by tho laws of England , it was a crime to correct a bad child , he was prepared to abide the consequences . . He adopted this child and treated her as his own daughter . He tried bird to bring her up m the ' fear of God , and free from moral stain . Ho could do no more Bur ,, ni . nl pily , she was addicted , to tho ^ Ct taWtWffl the most corrupt des res . Ho wnnlH «« i j her future prospects in th ? ij ? t m e closing what those criminarde ^ esweS \ £ " these ,- she had such a : ¦ nihil ¦ «* ? ° - ^ esides lodgers , servants , landladies wdJL }^ tlint brought into con inual 'fi % V jS & bSSSS & Ter % tt ^ ladr ^ ffifniSiH ? e had brought her up u . a may , ^ e had p jacgd her under Mrs , White , Mrs .

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      Plump , Miss Ross , Mrs . Row ; indeed , the bek ^ governesses .. He hadualso devoted . a . great portjn of his own time to her . education . _ She ha d u taught geography , French ,. Italian , history , ^ ., 3 matics , chemistry , mathematics , and other ladyiji . accomplishments , befitting the daughter of a < , £ * tleman « consequently , it was impossible tha | f n ' could have lived wit h her . in the way which hart been described by the witnesses . His object was t „ protect her and to educate her , not to corrupt hef . and if he had been too severe in punishing her , ^ he never corrected her for an accident , or for beim , deficient in her lessons , he could only say that hS .: ^ .. vr : ™»_' . _»» .. ; , t >«™ * : ;» j ^ j ^ r ~ r ~ r ~

      was sorry for it . If he had been injured , 0 J wronged in business , he never went home and . wreaked his vengeance on her , as some people did but he wiped his forehead and assumed a oheerfui aspect , in the hope o encouraging her . —This ex . traordinary speech was received with considerable derision in the eotrt . —Mr . Jardine . stated his inten . tion to commit the prisoner for trial for . the violent assault upon the child . —The prisoner hoped his worship would deal with the ease summarily . —ur , Jardine said it was of too serious a character to bQ disposed of in that way .

      Robbery . —John Taylor , a town traveller , lately in the service of Mr . II . G . Bohn , bookseller and . publisher , of York-street , Covent-garden , was re . examined on the chargo of stealing a great number of books belonging to his employer . ; and John Millard , a bookseller in Newgate-street , on suspU cion . of feloniously receiving the same . —Mr . CiaHcson appeared for the defendant Millard . At the previous examination it was proved that about 1 G 0 volumes ( including many volumes of the Standard Library ) were found at Taylor ' s lodgings ; and , on ascertaining that he had been in the habit also , of sending parcels of books to Millard ' s shop , Mr , Bohn went there in company with a police-officer * and had an opportunity , in the absence of Millard himself , of looking over the stock . He then identified

      a considerable number of his books , which , from , their recent publication and peculiar binding , Uq was certain had never been sold from his establishment in the ordinary way . One of the parcels senfc by Taylor was also lying upon the counter , and found to contain books belonging to the prosecutor . On the arrival of Millard , who lived at Clapton , he was questioned about the books , and displayed so much agitation in his manner , and told such contradictory stories about them , according to the statement . of Mr . Bohn and the officer , that he was given into the custody of the latter for receiving with a guilty knowledge . Millard at that time admitted having given £ 2 only for books worth £ 5 10 s . hut he said he always believed

      Taylor to be a respectable man , and he thought that he might have procured the books at some of the trade sales , where it was well known works often sold at greatly reduced prices . — . Mr . Clarkson now desired that all the . books taken from his client's shop should bo produced ; and that the prosecutor should be called upon to prove that they were his property . —Mr . Bohn pointed out tho peculiarity to which he had referred as related to several of them , the recent publication of which also enabled him to state positively that they had been stolen . Mr . Millard was aware that his town travellers never had any authority to receive money for the sale of his books ; besides which the price he had given Taylor for the books , andvrhich

      had enabled him to sell the works at less than half their actual cost , was alone sufficient to excite suspicion . Millard knew what the trade prices were , having had some ofthe works direct from him ( Mr . Bohn ) . In a letter which Millard had since written to him , he had promised to restore all the books he had purchased of Taylor , even at a personal sacrifice to himself of £ 10 . —Mr . Clarkson contended that this promise was perfectly consistent with the honour and integrity of his client , who had carried on a respectable business for many years . " Books were often sold at the trade sales at prices quite as low . —Mr . Bohn denied this , and asked if town travellers were to be encouraged in disposing of their employers' property in this way , at less than half its original cost to the latter 1 If so , there wag an end to all protection for men in his position . —» Mr . Jardine remarked , that however strong the moral conviction of the prosecutor might be in such

      cases , it was necessary that the charge should be made out by facts before a magistrate . Owing to certain practices in the bookselling trade , admitted and sanctioned , it became very difficult to adjudicate in such a case , in the absence of direct and conclu « sive evidence of a guilty knowledge . Was there any further evidence to be given ?—Matthews , the constable who accompanied Mr . Bohn to Millard ' s shop and took possession of the books , said that Millard told him they were soiled and second-hand books , and " that it took him a whole day to clean theru after he had purchased them of Taylor . " This was said in the presence of the ' prosecutor , who confirmed the statement . —Mr . Jardine said , it was extraordinary that neither Mr . Bohn nor the constable included this in their former depositions . —Mr . Clarkson deprecated the practice of adding afterthoughts to the depositions . —Eventually , after much discussion , Mr , Jardine committed Taylor for trial , and ordered Millard to enter into his own

      recognisances in £ 100 to answer tho charge hereafter , Fkacas at tite Adelphi Theatre . —A young man of respectable exterior , who gave his name as Arthur Temple , was charged by the constable on duty near the theatre , with creating a disturbance at the doors on the previous ni ght . —It appeared that the defendant , and two others not in custody , went to the pit entrance drunk , and tendered payment at half price , but the checktaker refused to admit them , and . returned their money . The defendant refused to go away , saying he was " anobleman , " and obstructed the passage , making a great noise . Witness took him to tho stion-house , where he was admitted to bail . —Mr . Henry fined the defendant 20 s ., or in default to be imprisoned seven days . —Paid .

      _ Counterfeit Coin . —H . Hart , who described himself as a servant , was charged as follows : —Mr H . Brown , landlord ofthe White Lion public-house , King-street , Long-acre , said , on Tuesday the prisoner entered his house , and in payment for a half a pint of porter tendered a shilling . Witness detected it to be spurious , and the prisoner tendered him a second , which was ' also found to be counterfeit . The prisoner then handed witness a halfcrown , and that was bad also . Witness then asked the prisoner what he had got in his hand , and he placed upon the counter what seemed to be shillings and half-crowns . He examined themonev ,

      and found it to be all counterfeit . There were two half-crowns , one five-shilling piece , eight shilling ? , and a sixpence . —The prisoner , in defence , said ho had found the coin wrapped up at the back of an old chest of drawers in the room in which he slept . —Mr . Henry said he had no business to take it ; he was guilty of a felony . —The prisoner said he was very sorry , but he thought it was all good money . —Mr . Henry said the prisoner had not acted like ' . i professed smasher . It was just probable that some coiner who had lived in the room had placed tho pieces in that place for concealment . He should remand the prisoner for the purpose of having some inquiries made about him ,

      Brutal Assaults , —T . Cbaff , a discharged soldier , in the receipt of a pension , was charged with brutally assaulting Frances Paffery , an old woman . — Thelprosecutrix , whose face bore marks ' of ill-usage , said tlie prisoner was her nephew . On " Tuesday he received his quaterly pension , and in the evening was niuch intoxicated . He quarrelled with her , and followed her into the passage of the house . She . refused to admit him , when he struck her several violent blows upon the face , knocked her down , and while on the ground kicked and beat her most unmercifully . The prisoner was a very dangerous person when drunk . On the last occasion when he received his pension , he beat his mother and broke her ribs . —Mary Paffery the daughter of she in to

      the last . witness ^ said : when tereferd pro * tect hef .: tootherV he beat and kicked her , and also pulled her by the hair of the head into , the court . —The prisoner said ho was very sorry , and ^ did not recollect what he had done . —Mr , Henry fined tho prisoner £ i , being £ 2 for each assault , and , in default of payment , ordered him to be imprisoned for a month . MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Case of Distress . —Mrs . Eleanor Hirschfeld . tho widow of the late Mr . Herman Hirschfeld , banker and merchant of Paris , presented herself before Mr , Hardwick , to be" some temporary assistance for herself and four infant chidlren from the poor box . Mrs . Hirschfeld presented several highly respectable recommendations , authenticating her melancholy history and her statement of destitution . Her husband was a Jeir , but after marriage embraced Christianity . This act drew

      upon him the resentment of his family and his former friends , and , having become reduced by severe losses to insolvency and starvation , he died at Berlin a short time ago brokenhearted . The applicant applied to his relatives for some trifling assistance , but they denied it , because their relative had become a Christian . They even went so far as to place obstacles in her way of recovering some papers to show that her huaband was an arch-Mason , and had a claim upon that compassionate fraternity . Mrs . Hirschfeld said that her children had fallen sick , - and she felt that her own weakened frame could Vd ' longer serve to find them support . She had thus been compelled to make the present application . —Mr . Hardwick , having looked over somo papers which Mrs . Hirschfeld had presented , immediately ordered her a sovereign from the poor box .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07121850/page/8/