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      CHARGE OF CRUELTY AGAINST A BARRISTER . On Saturday last George Soane , Esq ., a special p leader ;_ 0 , " . Tump-court , Temple , appeared before Alderflian Humphrey , at Guildhall , on a summons to answer the charge of having starved and illtreated bis female servant , Jane Wilbred . The girl was brought from the hospital in a cab , and re maiiied iii tbe alderman ' s private room until called upon to kive evidence . Jobs Stevkss said : I am clerk to Mr . Phillimore . I" 'have seen defendant's servant several

      times at Pump-court , Temple . I saw her about the end of last Jlarch , " or the beginning of ApriL She appeared to me io be in a very emaciated state ! I have seen' her at intervals since . On Friday I gaw her on the staircase with her hands on her stomach , holding it up . As she appeared very ill , I aske d how she was , but I received no answer . On the following day ( Saturday ) I saw her again in the eveniug . ih-SIr . Phillimcre ' s room . I obtained some food-and placed it before her , and she was soon after riven over to the care of the laundress of . the Chambers , Mrs . Bell . _ ""

      Mr . Jons George PmiUMOTffi , a barrister , said : I'h ' -ve in the same house ' ai defendant , inPumpcoqrt , Temple , In consequence- of information I ¦ went to Mr . Fry , and , after some conversation with "him' we resolved to see . defendant , and require an explanation . Mr . Fry-accordingly went up to defendant ' s chambers / which are above mine , and in a , few minutes returned with defend-: nt . I addressed "him in the presence df ' Mr . Fry . and told him it was ¦ extremely disagreeable to speak to a person of his station upon such a subject as that I was about to mention . I informed him that from certain statements I had heard I must insist upon it that the female servant then with him should be delivered into my custody , and that if he refused to do so he

      must take tbe consequences . He ' asked me what specific charge there was to make against him . I told him that Of having half-starved the child , and « f beating ber cruelly . I believe I told him at the same time tbat I only heard the charge about halfan hour previously . Defendant said , "If I give the child up it will seem like admitting the truth of ihe charge . " - Tsaid 1 would not consider it any such admission , and that I would prevent my clerk and those around me from making any immediate Charge against him . He then tfent up stairs , and in a ~ few minutes returned with the girl . I took ber by the band , and led ber into my room , I sent for some food for the unfortunate creature , and then went to the defendant and told him that the g irl should be placed under the care of ths laundress until she was so far convalescent as to be enabled to return to the union . Defendant made ^ some objection to this proceeding , hut at length gave way .

      i then sent for my laundress , and gave her the necessary directions for tbe disposal of tbe girl . I was going away when defendant made bis appearance again , ana said his wife was determined that the girl should not remain with me , for ill as she was she would get up and take the child to the ¦ wo rkhouse , in company with "iny clerk . I said tbat I could not allow the girl to leave , my custody as I -was now responsible for her . On Monday I thought it right that a physician should be caUed in . Dr . Marsden was sent for , and be visited the girl . "When the defendant heard that Dr . Marsden had seen ths g irl he said he would do anything to assist her . When I first saw the girl she was in a frbrhtful state of emaciation . Her clothes were ¦ wr etched , and altogether presented the appearance of the most squalid misery . She ate the food p laced before her with greit avidity . ' Mr . A . A . Fax ,, a barrister , living in the same p lace , corroborated this evidence . - "

      Mrs . Elizabeth Bell , the laundress , saw : I saw the girl about a year and a half ago . . Tb ' tfierbest of my belief she appeared then in a good state of health , being fat , and in good condition . On Saturday last 1 received her into my care , and I took her home , washed her , and put her to bed . I gave her some bread and meat and porter . I found she ¦ was in a very filthy condition , her gown was very dirty , and likewise her person . "While I was washin 2-her back , I observed several marks between her stioulders . They were severe bruises . I asked ier what was the matter , and she said she had been beaten . There was no vermin about her . 1 also Observed that her bones were almost-coming through her skin , and she could not hold herself upright from weakness . "She remained at my house , 20 , Cursitor-street , until Tuesday , when she was removed in a cab , and I went with her to the "hospital . ' -

      Dr . "W . JIabsdes , surgeon to the Royal Free Bopital , said—I saw the girl at the house of the laundress on Monday evening last ,, at Mr . Phillimore *> request . She was then in a most exhausted condition . The pulse was . searpely perceptible . The extremities were very cold and livid . The respiration was feeble , and she was unable to speak . It was with difficulty that I got her to answer my questions at all . I made a careful examination of her , and came to the conclusion tliat"Thererwa - s"fio " disease in existence . It was a case resulting entirely from want of food . Such must have been the case for many months , otherwise the girl never could have been in such an attenuated and low condition ns she -was when I first saw her . I ordered

      some lig ht and nutritious food to be given her in ¦ pe ry moderate quantities , and advised her immediate removal to some hospital . She was taken to tbe Roval Free Hosp ital in the Gray ' s inn-road on the following morning . Her pulse is now better . The discolouration and coldness of her extremities is , in some degree , subsiding , and I consider her to "be slowly rallying . I am quite satisfied that if she bad been longer neglected , she must have died . She could not have existed in that state many days longer . It was entirely owing to want of food and ¦ warmth . There were marks of violence on * various parts - of her body , particularly' about the neck and

      shoulders . They had cot been , inflicted by , anytliinff very hard ,, such as a-stick , for if tbat had beeifijsed " the . hones must h ave been broken , as Ihere was nothing to interpose between the skin and bone . -I have been in the constant habit , during the last twentv rears , of seeing cases of extreme distress , in many of which the parties have died a few hours after their admission into the hospital , but I never saw a case at all approaching the appearaaee-presentedby . that girl . I could not have Believed that a person could be so reduced and live . She was t certainly t he most perfect-living skeleton I have ever seen in the course of my life .

      Alderman ^ Humphert . said it was now necessary that tbe g irl should be brought forward . Two of the ofiicere of the court accordingly went out and returned , carrying a chair , in which tbe girl was placed . On her appearance in court a deep involuntarv groan seemed to rise from every one present . " She was-supported on pillows in an easy chair , and placed by the side oi tbe presiding alderman , who . bad to put his ear close to her mouth to catch , the feeble sounds which she Uttered with great difficulty and at long intervals Ber-replies to the questions asked only reached the " ear of tbe alderman , who in turn repeated them to Mr Wood , the chief clerk , in a loud voice , that tbe public mi « ht hear . We g ive her statement preciselv in her own words as it reached the court . Jaj-e Wilbbed said—I am going on for eighteen . T recollect being in the West London tnion . On the 19 th of Julv . eoing on for two years ago , I left

      it to go to Mr . " Sloane ' s . I recollect that Mrs . Sloane came to the Union for me . Mrs . Sloane agreed to take me into her service . 1 never received , any wages . Mr . Parker , -the governor of the West L ondon Union , went with me to Mrs . Sloane's : It was at 6 , Pum ^ court , Temple . I did all the work except the cooking . I had to clean the offices , make the beds , run of errands , and also to wash the clothes belonging to Mr ; and Mrs . Sloane , and those of a young lady living wit « Mr . Sloane . as well as my own . I had to wash

      generallv once a week . I had only one bed to maKe , lor the Voun « lady used to take a sofa into one of the s t'hV rooms and sleep there . She was IMag there aU tbe time I was in Mr . Sloane s service . Mr bedroom was a little room between the young Ircy ' s and that of Mr . Sloane ' e . I bad to sleep on a m attress p laced on a bedstead . There were clothes upon it -Atfirsttbey treated me very wril ; hat after three months they took away the pillow , and I had to use my own clothes ^ tead . At urst I had a blanket , counterpane and sheet , but they took away the blanket , and . 1 h ad only the sheet and counterpane ; It wasMrs . Sloa » J ^ * h ^ I used to . get bread and dripping and eofloe lor urcaiifast , and meat and potatoes for dinner , and also tea and bread and butter in the evening . . That was nnlv at first . A few months afterwards they gave

      roe only a -little bit of bread and mustard tor breakfast , with coffee ? ud carraway seeds . It was often eleven and twelve , and sometimes one o ' clock in the day before I got even that , and I never had anything before that lime , though I rose to mv work as early as six o ' clock in the morning . There was a cupboard where they kept the bread . iTiever could get to it , but if I could find pieces of liroad left out I used to eat them . I had only for mv dinner a little bread and broth with 6 Quantity of mustard in it . When there was cot muitard they gave ™ f P"PP « *™} 1 ™* " ' - ties that it used to bum my mouth . Ihe last time 7 hid meat was about a month before Mr . Phil'iiore s ™ w me ; then I bad a little beef , but not B ^ so much as I could eat . . It was generall y SIX * f JL o ' clock in the evening before I got any

      dinner : sometimes before and wffl *« ines T * ' and Mrs . Sloane dined . I used then to have for tea a little bread and pepper or mustard , hut they touM noTriW meTnytbh-g * drmk with it . I ^ aa not even allowed to tak e any wafer . I could bo ? get Switboat Mrs . Sloane seeing me and ahe would beat me if I attemp ted it . Mrs . Sloane used often to beat me . She frequently beat me ^ usel have worn the sleeves of my shif t on my arms in the morning while I was doing my work , contrary to her orders . I used to wear them over mr arms became I was cold . That happened flCMiycTery »« rwp £ , I was beaten besides tlial

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      because when ; Mrs . Sloane had got out and bought 50 T * Z % A r }\ Z cat-wh <* tie meat was boiled , ? n i »«^ f ; had e meat the wa it was boiled nlTM ^ ^ asm * Mra - Sloane came to 8 ? i « 2 « r Hsinahe ceased me of drinking a httle of the water . I said I had not , but she beat me very much f 0 P it # j Ir # sloane wag . . often ¦ sent when I was beaten .-Mr . Clarkson objected tnat the evidence did not in any way implicate the detendant—Alderman Humphery said that what the girl had first told him implicated Mr . Sloane in the ; highest degree . It will be necessary , although extremely disgusting , to use the girl ' s own words : —Jane Wilbred continued : : My mistress said once to me that I must eat some of my own

      dirt . I-said I would not , and , was determined hot to do so . She called Mr . Sloane , and he came and held me while she forced some of tbe dirt down my throat . ( The whole of the persons assembled in court here burst into a loud and long-continued ; ' yell of indignation against the defendant . ) The witness continued : -Mr . Sloane beat me the-first , thing in the morning . He asked , me , if I . had ' enoaga to eat , and I used to say "Yes " . I did not complain , because I thought I could not get any ' more from them -than what they £ ave me . 1 did not think of going to the union to complain , because I did not know where it was . The young lady used to cook for Mr . and Mrs . Sloane . They

      used to have sometimes roast and "sometimes boiled beef . I used to wait at table , though they did not give me anything to eat there , r After dinner the meat used to be put away in a . cupboard in the sitting-room , and I was not allowed to go into that room unless Mrs . Sloane or the young lady was with me . The witness' bad for some time spoken with increasing difficulty , and it was evident she was becoming exhausted-by the length of the examination . —Mr . Clarkson rose- to cross-examine , and said : When did Mr . Sloane beat you . —After a long interval , the witness , whispered to the Alderman , "Mr . Sloaneib' & Xme about a month ago . " After replying to - "this ' she appeared to fall asleep , and became perfectl y unconscious .

      Dr . Mabsdbn , who had been- attentively Watching the unfortunate girl ' s appearance , here rose , and said the cross-examination must be discontinuedinstantly , asin . -the present condition ofthe girl she could not possibly sustain it any longer . — Mr . Clarkson here said , that under the present painful circumstances he would willingly forbear putting any further questions in the present state of the unfortunate witness . He believed tbat when the case came to be further investigated , it would present a different aspect than that which it now

      appeared to wear . —Alderman Humphrey : Mrs . Sloano must also appear on the next occasion to answer this serious charge . Bail was , after some hesitation , accepted , and Mr . Sloane was bound over , himself in £ 200 and two sureties ' of £ 100 each , to appear and answer the charge next week . During the foregoing fexaiuination stimulants were found necessary to be administered to the . girl to keep her from fainting , and at the . close of the proceedings she was conveyed back to the hospital in a cab , under the tare of Mr . Robertson , the bouse surgeon .

      Extraordinary Charge Oi> Abduction. —At ...

      Extraordinary Charge oi > Abduction . —At tho Dover Police Court , on Monday , — Maresca , mate of the Neapolitan brigantine 1 'Oriente ,. lyjng iij Dover'barbour , was brought before the magistrates on a charge of . cruel treatment to a Spanish -girl , whom he . induced to ' elope with him from . Gibraltar , under a promise of marriage : . Mr . S . AJ ,-Latham , . the 'Spanish consul , ' stated that the Oriente had put into Dover harbour from damage in the late . gale " , when ; the complainant , whose name was Carlatina / Gracia Perat , claimed his protection uij < Ier the following circumstances . She stated that she . was , a * . sempstress ; living at Gibraltar , and tbat while'tfieOrierite waslyingat that place , she became acquainted with the mate , who , under a promise of

      marriage , induced her to leave" in" the vessel , but that he shortly behaved to her with great cruelty . In consequence of . this statement Mr . ' Latham said he placed her in lodgings , aud wrote tothe Spanish Consul-General in ' London , who replied that he could do nothing in the matter , but if she was sent to London , he would endeavour to get her sent home by the Peninsular Steam Company . -Mr . Lathan then obtained . £ 310 s . from tbe mate , and sent her hy railway io London . On the following day she returned with a letter from the consul , stating that she had serious charges of assault to prefer against the mate , which must be done before : the magistrates . In consequence of-this communication he ( Mr . Latham ) Had caused the part es to appear

      Before the bench'for their investigation . The comp lainant' a prjptty girl of about twenty years of age , whose black' eyes , olive complexion , black Spanish mantil'a and head-dress , proved her to be a daugh ter of fair Andalusia , then ( through an interpreter made the following statement ,: — " I became acquainted with the defendant at Gibraltar , when he offered me marriage , but there not being time for ^ thejiecessary forms for the ceremony before the vessel left ? heinduced me iojjb on board | " promising that the ceremony should " ^ . performed oh the arrival of the vessel in England , whithei' she- was bound . lie showed me a will , in which he had left me , in case of bis death , 4 , 000 dollars , which induced me to helieve his promises About four or

      five days after tbe vessel left Gibraltar , the mate desired me to get up and work , which I was unable to do , as I was suffeiing so dreadfully from sea-sickness . He then pulled me out of bed , and behaved with such violence , that I told him I would claim the protection ofthe Spanish consul . He then took a knife and threatened , if I did so , he would kill me and throw me overboard in a sack which he showed mo . " She then detailed further acts of cruelty , tlie last of which , when he knocked her down , was witnessed by the pilot ( a Polkstone boatman ) who brought the vessel into the harbour . The prisoner ( through an Italian interpreter ) in defence said that when at Gibraltar the complainant expressed a wish to go to England tbat she might get to the

      Ilavannab , where she had friends , in consequence of which he offered her a free passage , but denied committing any assault . Mi ' . Latham further stated that complainant left three dresses and other clothing , on . board , which defendant denied . From communications by some of the crew , he believed she had been subjected to great cruelty , butthe men refused to give any evidence before the captain . who was brother to the mate , as they were certain if they did so of being killed and thrown overboard when at sea . The object of the complainant was to get back to Spain , and if her clothes were given up , and a sufficient sum of money paid to

      defray her passage , he did " not believe she wvshed to prosecute the assault . Defendant said tbe clothes , with other things belonging to the captain , were lost from the cabin when the vesselsank in harbour , but he would try to find them . He thought , however , the rich gentlemen before him were better able to pay her passage back than himself . Ultimately the case was adjourned till , if possible , some amicable arrangement might be made . After leaving the court , we were informed that when complainant went on board she bad long beautiful black ringlets , but that during a heavy storm she was ordered to cut them oft as a propitiation to the Virgin Mary to appease the tempest . —Dciier Telegraph ,

      Patent Law Refobm . — " . On Monday night a public meeting was held ^ in Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , of the Inventors' Patent Law Reform League . Mr John Ellis presided . The Chairman , at " some length , detailed the . proceedings which the League had already adopted ] The second report of the provisional committee stated that a deputation of members , of the association had been appointed to present the petition to her Majesty , praying her Majesty to direct immediate measures to protect inventions at the Great Exhibition , and to reform the patent laws , as agreed to at the public meeting , held on the 23 rd of October . The report

      then went on _ to state that the petition was transmitted to Sir George Grey for presentation to her Majesty . On the 11 th Xovember the deputation was received by Sir George Grey and Mr . Labouchere . The government having requested statements of the views ofthe committee , they were accordingly sent to the Home office and tbe Board of Trade . % In conclusion the report said the committee found that to carry out the purposes of the League with energy and spirit , it required some extent of funds . They appealed , therefore , to the public forsuppoit ; and they trusted that inventors and friends ef reform would come forward , and not

      allow the cause of reform to be crippled for want of funds , Several resolutions in accordance with the object of the association were passed , and tbe meeting separated . .. . - Shipwbecb : of ax East Ixdjaman . —On Saturday information was received at Lloyd ' s of the" total Jogs of a French Indiaman , La Mouse , on the night of the 5 th inst ., between Whitsand Bay " and Cape Cornwall . By the exertions of tbe coast guard and- policemen of "Whitsand Bay , who launched a number of boats through heavy surf , the crew and pas engers were safely taken on shore , with the exception 0 f 0 De cabin passenger , who was drowned in attem pting to jump hito the long boat , and , leaped short of his mark . Soon after the boats had left , the ship went to pieces , and the cargo , consisting of indi t and

      silks raw cotton , go , Assam eas , drugs ,- silrnelre is being washed on shore . Tbe ship struck cf tS rock ' clo se to the bay ,- " unshipping ber rudder , when she became unmanageable and was driven ashore . The cargo is valued at £ 80 000 Tub "Waixaslet Maoazines .-A gentleman of Liverpool wrote the other day to a . ^^ J ? admiral , and as brave a man as ever , held her Majesty ' s commission , requesting his opinion as to the effect likely to be produced by the explosion of 700 tons of gunpowder situate within a mile and a halt of the north of Liverpool . Tbe answer was characteristic , and to the point , and comment upon it is unnecessary . It is as follows :- " Sir , —The explosion of 700 tons of gunpowder would blow you all to the devil , but to what distance the explosion would do damage I cannot tell you . " The Rev . Mr . "Bennett has resigned hia preferments m tbe Cfcnrcli tf E Datoak

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      ^ Liverpool. ¦•The Special Winter Gaol D...

      ^ LIVERPOOL . ¦• The special winter gaol delivery for the southern division of Lancashire commenced on Monday at Liverpool , before Mr . Baron ^ Aldeirson - and Mr . Justice Talfourd , the latter presiding in place of Mr . Justice Colerid ge , who was unable ; to attend owing to indisposition . - u - Case . ; of Mr . Thbeifai , ! ,. —FokobbV .-tWilliam Threlfallwas iudictad for having , at . . Liverpool , uttered several forged bills of exchange , with intent to defraud the Hull Flax . Company . Mr . Bliss , with Mr . Blair , appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Serjeant Wilkins for the prisoner—After a consultation amongst . the learned counsel ^ Mr . Serjearit : Wilkirrs lose , and said . that , acting not only

      und . ech > f advice , but of hia own free will , the prisoner , wished , to withdraw his plea of Not'Guilty , and plead Guilty . —Mr . Juatice Talfourd asked the prisoner if lie wished to plead Guilty ; and he replied in the affirmative . —Mr . Bliss said , that this was a case of a peculiar nature ; and , in order , that the justice ofthe case might bo properly met , it would be necessary that he should give his lordship an outline of the facts . The prisoner . was charged ! with the offence of forging and uttering . They were ready to produce no fewer than . thirty bills of exchange , for £ 32 , 811 , which bad been uttered by tbe prisoner , all of which were forgeries ; Besides these , there were thirty-six others , with four in . addition , making , altogether , fonreriea to the amount '

      of £ 113 , 801 . That was prior to the time of his ap ^ prehension . Since then fifteen other bills had fallen due ; and , upon presentation , were discovered to be forgeries . These amounted . to more thatf £ 20 , 000 . The entire number of the forged bills was 115 , altogether amounting tQ £ 133 , 000 , all of which they were prepared to prove the prisoner had uttered with a guilty knowledge . —Mr . Serjeant Wilkins , in mitigation , said , it was right bis lordship should be informed that ,.. although the bills were forgeries , bills to the extent of £ 113 , 800 hadifbeen taken up when they arrived at maturity . At thej , time the prisoner committed the forgeries , he ha * no idea of defrauding any one , and this was ' proveff by the fact that he had met every . bill which was due

      up to tbeit ' me oPhi ' s ' ap ' jjrphension . He bad * -borne a most exemplary .-character , . arid though he had done a .-most- illegal and foolish act , he-had never intended . ta commit any moral crime . Notwithstanding all . the disadvantages arising from bis apprehension , 'the , prisoner ' s estate would-yield a dividend of . 12 s . . or 13 s . in the pound . —Mrs * Bliss admitted that out ofthe £ 133 , 000 of forged bills about £ 80 , 000 had been paid by the pribOnei ' . Vbut still there was a large amount which had not'been paid . Sentence deferred . William Threlfall-. was brought , up for sentence . —His Lordship said , he had availed himself-of the intervnl to read the depositions , iu this case , and he had found " that the prisoner . was-a party to a gigantic scheme of forgerv

      and fraud . It . had been urged in his behalf that he had been ! enabled , to a great extent , to prevent the consequences of his act by taking means to jjrt ; ovide for the instruments on their becoming due ,-but he Could not allow for a moment that this circumstance materially reducedtao guilt of the crime . ¦ There was-s ' tilLthe cbancej- nay , the strong-probability , of his being unable . to -meet these bills , in . ; which case it was fearfal .-to contemplate the tremendous loss , and perhaps ruin , which might fall ' . ufjon innocent persons who had advanced money < on » tlio faith of these bills " . Many persons had ,. in times noSggono byv died a shameful-death for only a small gortiori ofthe guilt which-fell to his share .-: fie rejoiced that the law was now . changed , but still " the prisoner

      must atone for his ¦ ¦ crime by years of degradation and guilt in exile . A ' severepunishmentswas-iitcessary for the protection of the commercial interests , and for the security of- the best res ^ urees-of the country . The station in life of the-prisonerdoubtless made the task he-had to perform more lamentable , and'the punishment more .-severe / The good character he-had hitherto bornewas' no palliation . Where tlie ^ crime ' was' so clear , and -Consisted of a system qfpga ' ud elaborately contrived fand systematicall y puwile'd ,-it-was far from : i decreasing his guilt . ' -Tlie ' -Sentence of the court ,-- therefore , was thatthe ^ rMner be " transported i for the term of flfteeh years . ' .- » - " /• flBFBAUMNG the Excise . —Benjamin Francis

      Milhes was indicted for obtaining * money , under false pretences , with intent to . defraud theE-scise . —« The defendant- in this case was an . officer of Excise akBoltoh . -with a-salary " of £ 100 a year . ; It appearedfrom theenactments . of various acts of Parliament tbatthe duties of-officers of ; Excise ; were very clearly . defined , andiorders rendering them still more plain were issued from the-Board of . Excise from time to time . It was the duty of tho ; defendant to furnish the applicant-fo ^ if ; license . Aiith a notice which , while acting as an in * struetion- to the trader , would also operate as a check upon himself , and show that he was not entitled % o rsceive ^ any money from the person so applying . Instead of doing this , the defendant > did j } ofcideliver ~ the-no . tices to the various applicants , but ^ gave them viva vice information , and received from them various

      stfm ^ ofiaoney , of which he gave no account to . the authorities , though'he ^ nteredthediffei'ent . -f tmonntS received in a private memoraiidum-bodko ^ bitown . - —Several witnesses : having heeh > - " examined , ~ . % hose evidence proved various acts of- ' fr » nd , " } urf-, r < iturned a verdict of Guilty . —Mr . J u ' sti $ . e , Talfourd ,, in passing sentence on the prisoner , remarked oh the great enormity of his offence . EmployeTd as he was iu a public capacity he had taken advantage of a most' respectable class in society , and by his conduct exposed them to most serious consequences for a breach of the Excise laws . He had acted , he could not doubt , under a cloak of hypocrisy , and the- 'intellectual accomplishments of which he ')»<' Shown himself to be' possessed only aggravated the offence : of- which he'had been found guilty . His Lordship then sentenced him to be transported for

      seven years . - BtTROLAKT' at Maxchesieb . — Charles Taylor , aged 30 years , was indicted for a burglary on the 17 th of July last at Manchester . Mr . Pollock prosecuted and' Mr . Monk defended the prisoner . —The prosecutor ; ' Benjamin Wilkinson , is a beerhousekeeper in Manchester , . and upon the night in question the prisoner , accompanied by another man , named Pimlb ( tried and convicted of the offence at the last assizes ) , were drinking in his house . They left about eleven o ' clock . ^ About three o ' clock next morning Mr . Wilkinson was awakened by a noise below and by the smell of something burning . He went down stairs and found the door open . A large jug . containing ale had been carried away , and an empty purse stolen from the till . In the room there was " a piece of print being consumed . Just previous to this time a policeman Sad seen the

      prisoner and PimJo going towards the prisoner ' s houjfp . with a jug containing something . On seeing hinf they laid down the jug and ran away . It was found to be Wilkinson ' s , and had contained ale , but this was spilled on the ground . Pimlo was apprehended in Taylor ' s house , but Taylor himself was not in ; he left the town and had not been apprehended till lately . It was suggested that the print found burning in the prosecutor ' s house had been ignited to afford light whilst the robbery was going on . —The prisoner was found Guilty . —Before-passing sentencethe learned baton asked what punishment Pimlo had got , and was answered twelve months' imprisonment , but there had been a previous conviction against him . The judge ( jocularly ); "He was a lucky man not to have been tried before me—I would have transported him . "—The prisoner ( this being the first offence ) , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment .

      Felonious Assadlt axd Robbery . —Henry Giblin , 16 , Edward Carr , 18 , John Callnghan , 50 , and Mary Jane Williams , 18 , were charged with having feloniously assaulted and beaten William Edward Webb , and robbed him of eleven shillings anda hat . Ciillaghan was also indicted for receiving . —It appeared that Mr . Webb , the prosecutor , on Sunday night , the 22 hd of September , at half-past eleven o ' clock . ' was going along Dean's-gate , Manchester , when he met . the prisoner Williams , who spoke to him ' and asked for something to drink . He went with her accordingly to some vaults , and , after this , on going along she pushed him into an entry and helelther feeling his pocket . She coughed , and two persons rushed in , one seizing him by tbe

      throat , and the other holding his arm . He was struck arid thrown down , and became insensible . On recovering he missed his watch pocket , containing eleven shillings in silver , it being quite torn away , and his hati No one was by at that time . He went to a policeman and gave information . Subsequently saw bis hat in possession of Wintersgill , lie-was . quite sober . — A witness named Rosanna Clary spoke to the fact of having seen Carr seize the prosecutor'by the throat while Giblin knocked him down , and also to having seen the female prisoner with Webb previous to his being knocked down . The two men then ran away , and

      the girl went to her own bousO J and she also Saw the prisoner Call ag han , who was at the door of his own house , which is opposite the entry , at this time pick up Webb ' s hat , and give it to his wife , telling her to take it into tho back kitchen , after which they shut the door , and went in together . She subsequently gave information of this to the police . —The learned judge carefully summed up the evidence , and the jury found Giblin , Carr , and Williams Guilty , and Callaghan Not Guilty . —Previous convictions were proved against all the prisoners who were convicted . —His Lordship sentenced them all to ten years' transportation .

      Bcrqurt . —Abraham Wild , Samuel Jackson , and Henry Ashworth , " were indicted for a burglary in tho dwelling house oi John Berry , of Oldham . There was another prisoner , named Groenhalgh , imp licated in the transaction , but he pleaded Guilty . The prosecutor is a pawnbroker at Oldham , and bis shop adjoins his dwelling-house . On the- ni g ht of the 26 th of August last , between ten and twelve o ' clock , his premises were entered by means of some person removing the cellar grating ,, and getting through tbe aperture , A Ya & t q ^ Dtfey of wtfr

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      cles , were stolen , and amongst them two sets of beads . The prisoners lodged together at the house oi a person named Margaret Forrow , and she on the night of . the . burglary overheard them talking together on the subject ofthe means-by which the nouse had been entered , and the property which had stolen . On tbe following day the prisoners , in company together , disposed of various portions of the stolon ' property . One set of beads they gave to a young woman , who was subsequently apprehended on the charge of being connected with the robbery , sue having the beads round her neck at the time . The prisoners were found . Guilty . Jackson and Ashworth were sentenced to transportation for ten years each , and the other prisoners to two years ' imprisonment each .

      Street Kobbkbt at Manciiesieb . —John Higgles , Thomas Exten , and Andrew M'Nalty , were found Guilty of an assault and robbery . —His Lordship , in addressing them , said ; '' You were convicted of a barbarous robbery upon an old man whom you have left almost , dead . As for one of you , who did not take part in the violence ; and , in compliance with the jury ' s recommendation , as well as from my own view of the case , I shall make a distinction in your case in the severity of the sentence I am about to pass . You Biggies and Exton must each be transported for twenty years , and you , M'Nalty , for seven years . ''—M'Kalty , in a dogged manner : You mayas . weU give me ten :, ! would as soon have ten as seven . ^ This he . repeated once or twice ; but his lordshiR ; jnbt ' . iistiho , tly ' hearing him , said , " What does he say .

      ltu . vNisa a . . Muck . —Anthony Hart was found Guilty of . running , a . muck . —Baron Alderson said : You have bee a convicted of art assault , but your reason for dping so is not-very pUin . You appear to have run a muck through the streets of Manchester with the scythe of yours . in a state of frenzy or . insanity , or from the effect ofthe liqtior in each , having lost that which , perhaps , you never very clearly ' possessed—your senses , Tor this offence you must be imprisoned six months . BoKoiAnr . —S . Eidgway , a soldier , w ; is found

      Guilty of a burglary . , at Ashto i under-L } iio . —His Lordshi p said that the prisoner had been -convicted of breaking into the house of an aged and lonely man . He bad found his way into the chamber of this man , and taken a portion of his property . The offence was one of the most disgraceful that could be committed by a British soldier . Had he committed any outrage . Jipon the gentleman into whose house he hid broken- , nothing , less than transportation for life would have been bis portion ; hut as there had not been violence , the sentence of the court was , that he be transported for seven years .

      Attempt to Mubdkr an Infast . —Ann Ball , 30 , was indicted for attempting to murder her illegitimate child , James Ball . —It appeared from the . cvi ' dence of Richard Wright that on the 24 th of July last he was going towards the Promenade at Southport when he was arrested by observing the sand in one place newly disturbed and some blood lying on the same place . On removing the sand ho discovered a child upon its back . He returned to Richardson ' s house , whence be had come , without taking up the child , and it was subsequently taken out by a witness named Mercer , who , together with Richnrdson , was called for the prosecution , •; and corroborated the finding of the child . It was a malu child , and perfectly naked . . Mercer took . the child to his house , and it lived until the Mondny after . The Rev . Mr . Newshara , Catholic clergyman , baptised it'by the name of James , and the

      chiltl was attended by Mr . Barron , a surgeon , until its death . Tho surgeon subsequently examined the prisoner on the same day upon which tho child had been found , and was of opinion that she had been-delivered within a few hours of that time . Mrs / Stattc ' r tijld the surgeon in ' the prisoner ' s presence that she had acknowledged t ! ie- child to be hers , and had told her that it was born in the petty ( privy ) , and that she had taken it to tbe hills , and there buried it in the sand . The pretty was not more than 200 yards from where the child was found . It appeared from the evidence of Jonathan Uurland that , ho bad seen the-prisoner coming out ofthe petty on the evening in question . She had something with her covered up , and a man named John Howard saw her . coining- the same evening from Burland ' s back door and go towards the sand-hills , and she had at that time something with her . A

      person nilmed Molyncaux had acciiseJ the prisoner of bein ' g ' jn ' the family way , but she denied it . However / . sSe-isubseqnently said that she did not intend to malieuiny . baby-clothes , for it would come into the- ^ rltl naked , and it should go out of it naked . — This statement the prisoner denied in court when called upon for her defence ;—The jury -returned a verdict of Guilty , and His lordship , after remarking on the barbarous nature of the crime , which was so very near murder that it was difficult to say that it did not actually amount to murder , sentenced the prisoner to be trauspoited for life . Manslaughter . — Samuel Ifealey , aged 20 , was indicted for th " e * maiislau'pfe 1 * ' * cT * EI ^ a'Clegg . — The prisoner was employed as an overlooker in the mill of Mr . Edmund Howard , of Rochdale , and the deceasedsworked in a room of the factbi'v of which in

      theprisoiieiVwas overlooker . She had ^ boen Mr . Howard ' s employ for four years . On the " 18 th . of August last tlie * prisoner went to the deceased while she was at her usual work , ; and asked , her why she did not keep her roving-frames regularly going ; to w % seh she -answered that she did keep them going atflvel ! as she could , and that she could do no more . Upon this the prisoner told her to go home . She iaid ^ she would'hot , biifc would see Mr . Pilling , the manager ; which she subsequently did , and , by his desire , returned to lier work , the manager promising : to see the prisoner about it , When she returned she found the prisoner had brought another person to her work , and she was again ordered by him to go home . On her refusal , he took hold of her and pushed her towards the door of the room , where she laid . hold of an iron rod affixod to the-bell at

      the top of the mill . The prisoner pulled her away from this , and pushed her on to the stair landing ; and , on her laying hold of the handle of the door , he force'd'her from it , and threw her down a flight of nine steps ; He followed her , and a scuffle took place , when she was thrown down another flight of steps , and'fell with her head against the wall at tbe bottom , ' She was picked up perfectly senseless unable tti stand , or even to swallow some water which was offered to her . On examination , the . surgeon found all the symptoms of . compression of . the . brain , and a wound on the back part of her head ;

      She died at six o ' clock on the same evening . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —His Lordship , in passing sentence , observed upon the danger of placing pipwer in the hands of uneducated people . Tue . ^ pr ' sdner ought to havo performed the duties p . f his ' place mildly , and with Christian charity , towards any one occupying a position under him , especially towards a woman . He was bound to protect those who were unprotected , and therefore , notwithstanding that he took into consideration that be had been in gaol since August , he felt bound to pass a severe sentence , which was that he be imprisoned for nine calendar months .

      Maiiciously Wounding . —Luke Lloyd was indicted for having , on the 20 th of October , at Manchester , assaulted nnd feloniously cut and wounded John Worrall , with intent to maim , disable , < fcc . ~ Mr . Sowler prosecuted , and Mr . Joseph Eaye defended the prisoner . —The prosecutor is a young boy , and the occurrence forming the subject of inquiry had originated in a quarrel between his mother , who is a widow , and the prisoner . The prisoner had made overtures of marriage to prosecutor ' s mother , which she accepted . On the ni ght of the transaction , whilst at a neighbouring house , she learned that tho prisoner had a wife still living . This led to a quarrel between the prisoner and the woman whom he had been attempting to deceive , and the prisoner offered some abuse towards her . Her son , the prosecutor , on coming home in the

      evening , learned that the prisoner had been ill-using his mother , and went to speak to him relative to it . The prisoner admitted that he had acted as alleged , and said ho would serve the prosecutor in the same way . They quarrellejd' and prisoner knocked the prosecutor down ; and , in the scuffle that ensued , stabbed him ' in the abdomen with a knife , —Mr . Kayo , in an able speech , addressed the jury on behalf of tho prisoner . He contended that the evidence as to the use of the . knife by the prisoner / was -altogether too doubtful to mrl-ant a conviction . Ho-called three witnesses , who deposed ' to being near the prisoner during the whole time the Struggle was going forward , and that they did not see any knife in his hand ' . —Mr . Sowler replied , and the learned Judge having instructed the jury on the case , they returned a verdict of Guilty . —Sentence deferred .

      Horse Stsai . ino nv a Little Box . —James . "Bav low , a well-looking boy , fifteen years of ago , was indicted for having stolen a gelding , with saddle and bridle , the property of Samuel Boden . Another count laid the property as belonging tO ; : Heni'y Lomas , Mr . Loroas ; at a fair near Leeds , last summer , purchased a horse , which he lent to Mr . Boden until tbe following Bury liorsc fair , on the ISth of September . Accordingly , on the day named he attended the fair , and placed the horse in the stable , and then went into the fair to , ' look for his friend , Mr . Lomas , whom he shortly met , and they went together to look at the horse , but found that it had been taken from the stable ; From circumstances

      which subsequently transpired , little doubt remained that it had been stolen by the prisoner . On the 26 th of tho same month Mr . Boden ( he being on horseback at the time ) , met the prisoner riding a horse on tbe road between Stockport and Buxton . The prisoner made off , and Mr . Boden followed , and they galloped for several miles , until they came to the bottom of a lane , to a gate , which the prisoner ' s horse refused to leap . Here tho prisoner jumped oft , left the horse in the lane , and made across the fields , but waa subsequently apprehended . The horse left in the lane was not the , same as that stolen from the stable at Bury , as the ignsoser , it wa s sawn , bad changed that one with

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      a farmer for an old gray horse , and £ 4 to boot , but on riding home , the gray horse-falling- i me , j , turneditintoafieId „ takinginits place , the horse whose swiftness the prosecutar had -tested whilst pursuing the prisoner . The jury- found the prisoner Guilty . There was another indictment against him for stealing the horse which he had -taken in place of the gray one , but it was not proceeded with . A prior conviction for horse stealing , twelve months ago , was then proved . The prisotier was sentenced to be transported forfifteen years ; BiQAMr .- ^ -Marear et Leech , aeed 39 , was indicted

      for having , at Liverpool , ' feloniously married George Armstrong during'the lifetime of a former husband . She pleaded guilty , and told a pitiable tale . She had been married to her first husband ten years , but he had / onl y lived with her five months at first , when ; he was in the police force . He then sold up some little property ' that ' she had , and deserted her . She'bad heard , when she was married the second time ; that he was dead . Mr . Gibbs , the governor of the ' gaol , said there was reason to believe that the prisoner ' s ' statement was true . She bad been four months' already imprisoned , and was further sentenced to one week ' s

      confinement . Anne ttyne , alias Carroll , a woman 47 years af age , was also indicted for bigamy at . Liverpool . She also p leaded guilty ; and her defence was , that her first husband had eight step-children nearly as old as herself , and that both he and they were in the habit df ^ ill-treating her . Her second husband had ' prdmisedfo ' . takeber . to America , but she was living with the first when ho caused ber to be appvibertded ' onthe charge " . —She was sentenced to imprisonment for a . month .

      Tyranny. In France. A Considerable Sensa...

      TYRANNY . IN FRANCE . A considerable sensation ia created , both in Paris and the provinces , by the vast number of arrests which are daily , taking place on the pretext of the plot at Lyons . ; It is remarked , that ea regards this mysterious plot , not one word of explanation has hitherto been * given by the public , and many imagine that the affair is got up merely as a pretext to enable the police to seize upon any persons-whom they may consider dangorotis or inconvenient . Jt will be remembered that the plot was first spoken of at a period when the country generally was uncommonly calm , hut when a good deal of agitation was created in the upper ranks of society hy the quarrels between the President of the Republic and General

      Cbangarnier . At that time a diversion was wanted , andi quite apropos , the discovery of the Lyons plot was all of a sudden announced by the Ministerial papers . Since then none of the details of the plot have been announced , though , if they exist , they must be in the . hands of the police j but' still there is . hardly a townin France wbere ' . pRrsor . a have not been snatched , from their lriends . anctfamilie ^ , and thrpwn . into prison , where , they are kept ok secret , and l with'gtttr » ari idea of the charges brought against ; ttiemi- ''A ^ att instance in which these , arrests are effected , and-th'e alignt- ' jsrrouiids , .. or more properly speaking the total abs | nce of grounds on' whieh the police proceed , we maviinehtion tbe case of M . Lesseps ; ; This

      gentle-- ' - / : •¦ . rfi ... C t . i . - »„»„„ i . i . . i ,.... i , „ mah-was ? forraerly a member of the Assembly , but he has been guiiiy within the Vast few weeks ' of . starting a journal called tbe Vole Uniy ' ersel , Attempts were made to put down the journal by means of prosecu . tions , bui the injustice was so glaring that the government became alarmed , and for want of any better pretext M . Lesseps was arrested on tbe charge of being implicated iii me Lyons plot . Since bis arrest ( a fortnight ' ago ) , M . Lesseps has not been allowed to see . any of his friends , nor has be been examined before a magistrate , but he has contrived to-write a letter to one of the newspapers , in which be declares

      that he is not only entirely ignorant ofthe existence of a plot , but that he has no acquaintance in , nor connexion of any kind with , Lyons . ' ' I defy ; " says M . Lesseps , " not only the courts of Lyons , but all the tribunals in France , to find that I have any relation , I Will not say of a political character , but any relation of any kind , even as a private individual , with the department of the Rhone , the city of Lyons , or with the departments which surround'that city within a circumference of forty leagues . The circle is large ; but still I believe that I do not advance too much in declaring that during my whole life I have neither written or received a letter from it . At

      all events , I affirm the fact as respects the last three years to the present day . Surely this is peremptory . " , ' M . Lesseps is certainly a curious conspirator , if , as he says , be has neither acquaintance nqreorrespondence within 100 roiUs of the city in which he is said to be conspiring ; . but , be that as it may , he will not . be-ab ! e .. tojmake . Jthe-assertions . mUCh-lai * ger * ., a . S , he has been sent off to Lyons since writing the above letter . Among others arrested as being implicated in the L » ons conspiracy is M . Desolme , editor ol the Republican de . ia Dordogne , who was seized at Bordeaux ,. . 'The grouiidvof his arrest is thus given

      by the Republican de la ¦ Bb ' rdoyne ' -. ^ ' f -M ' . Desolnie has undergone his ' -last iute ' rrogatory . ' .. The juge d instruction , p laced under his eye the original of the letter found at Agen , in . the office of the Radical , and which the Court of Perigneux claimed from that of Lyons , to which it had baen sent . This letter advised the editor of that journal to foment an insurrection in the Lot-et-Garronne , and assured him tha ' s the Dordogne would join in the movement . M . Deso'me declared that he never wrote nor dictated that letter , which was essentially contrary to his

      views , and to his manner of regarding the opposition to be made to the restricted electoral law , and to the intentions of . the citizens with whom bis position placed him habitually in contact . But that letter which he never wrote , and of which he knows no ' thing , has M . Desolme ' s signature attached to it Our editor , the victira > of an abuse of confidence , has jfeclared that he does not know the author of the forgery . Notwithstanding all this , M . Desolme has been removed from the prison of JPcrigneux to that of Lyons ; " .

      . -There are numerous other instances in which the evidence of guilt is as slight as in this case , but in which the unfortunate parties are still kept in prison . Many of them have been already incarcerated for upwards of a month , and , as stated by the Steele , " the plot of Lyons is covering France with misery and with tears , and is exciting the worst passions . "

      The Flax Movement. We Have Several Times...

      THE FLAX MOVEMENT . We have several times drawn the attention of our agricultural readers to the important aspect which this question'is assuming . It is therefore , with plea « sure we state , that facts have recently come to our knowledge , which place the success of the plans for rendering flax a very prominent article in the home manufacture , in a more promising light than ever . Mr . Bright , M . P ., and other gentlemen connected with the Manchester manufacture , have taken up the matter , and are about to furnish the Board of Trade with full particu lars concerning the * cost of Converting the flux into a proper material for home manufacture , and with samples of the ' product . A process for this purpose has , it seems , been discovered , which will greatly cheapen the material ,-at the same time superseding the necessity of steeping

      and hand-scutching ; and already some of the"Man- ; Chester manufacturers are ready to become buyers . The consumption which this will create will be equivalent to the produce of 300 , 000 acres of land , which , added to the demand already existing for our linen manufactures , makes the total consumption equivalent to the production of between 800 , 000 and 900 , 000 acres . "When it is remembered that hemp , flax , liri ' soed , and oilcake , are imported into this country annually to the amount of nearly £ 10 , 000 , 000 , all of which may be grown in this country and Ireland , and when we add to this that the produce of 350 , 000 Irish acres is needed to supply the demands of the Royal and Commercial Navies of flreat Britain , as well as for all the manufactures for inland purposes ( exclusive of linen ) , thus constituting a

      market at home for the produce of 1 , 210 , 00 " ) acres ( only 04 , 000 being at present under flax cultivation ) , the vast importance of the question ; to the agriculturist , to the manufacturer , and to . the entire community , will need no illustration . The facts spcak powerfoHy for themselves . —Leicester Chronicle . The following circular has been addressed to several influential noblemen and members of parliament , by ' a gentleman connected with this locality , and it is to be hoped will meet with the support its importance demands : — " Sin , —By the Act 25 Geo . III ., cap . 02 , sec . 16 , an act passed previous to the introduction of steam power , landlords are empowered

      to grant leases in perpetuity of sites for mills and manufactures , to be worked by water-power . The attention of her Majesty's government has been directed by nio to the importance of extending this act , in order to enable landlords to grant leases in perpetuity of sites for mills and manufactures , to be worked by steam-power . As this is a matter of general interest and importance , as affecting the increase of flax manufacture , I venture to solicit your advocacy of the proposed extension ofthe act referred to , which would doubtless have included steam-power , had such existed at the date of its enactment . —December 2 nd , 185 Q , " ~ Doivnpatrick Recdrderr

      •Mariner's' Costrass. - —The Fleur De Li...

      • MARINER'S' CostrAss . - —The fleur de lis was made tbe : ornament' of tbe northern radius of the mariner ' s compass , in compliment to Charles of Anjou ( whose device it was ) , the reigning King of Sicily , at the time when Flavio Gioja , the Neapolitan , first employed that instrument in navigation-/ "Notes and Quiries ,

      The Recent Strike At The Crystalpalace ,...

      THE RECENT STRIKE AT THE CRYSTALPALACE , On Monday , at Marlborough-street , "William St , Clair , a journeyman glazier , again appeared before Mr . Bingham , charged with having by throats and intimid ation endeavoured to force Mr . Charles Fox , buildor , & e ., to make an alteration in his mode of earn ing on his business . —Mr . Rippon took several objections to the proceedings . Ho con » tendei that by the aet under which the proceedings were taken two magistrates were required to adjudicate on the case , and not one . — Mr . Bingham said tho Legislature most certainly intended that-one metropolitan magistrate , being a skilled

      and experienced person , should have authority to do what could onl y be done by two country justices . He believed the objecti on now taken was ' untenable ; but rather than there should be any doubt he would , if required , adjourn the further hearing , to obtain the attendance of his colleague , Mr . Hard wick . He had stated that it was essential to have the charge disposed of on its merits , and nob got rid of in technical grounds . —Mr . Rippon objected that where ; is Mr . Fox was in partnershi p with another , the charge laid the offence as committed but against one . —Mr . Bingham overruled the objection . —Mr . Humphries then proved his caso byl'the evidence of the witnesses called on the previous examination . —Mr . Bingham postponed judgment until next day .

      On Tuesday Mr . Bingham gave judgment in the case . He having overruled ihe objections raised by the defendant ' s attorney , said : It having been proved that on "Friday evening , the 22 nd of Nov ., a body of nearly fifty glaziers quitted the employment of Messrs . Fox and Co ., the contractors for the building in Hyde-park ; that on Monday morning Mr . Fox received a letter from the detendant , in which , after characterising the communication as strictly private , he proceeds , ' * I wish to mediate successfully , if I can , between you and your men . If I am successful , I shall bo happy , and the matter shall rest where it is ; if not ; you must sustain the cousequences . He then goes on : " This is to inform you that unless you consult nic as to the proposal of your manager , Mr . Cochr . me , to the

      glaziers , and come to a fairaiid honourable arrangement with the giaziers , „ in your' employment ; that they not only , shall be enabled to etivu n fait day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , but put such , work in as shall bear inspection and satisfy all , the following advertisement shall appear in the London papers of to-morrow morning;—' . I , William St . Clair , pronounce that the building ia Hyde-park is being botchod by a system of subcontracting ; . that it will , therefore , ho worthless and unsafe , - and that the nation will be disgraced unless this matter is looked into . ' Now , this is not intended as a vulgar threatening to intimidate you , but the candid advice of . one of your workmen , v ? ho has the honour to bfj a gentleman as well as a « lazier . '' The glaiiers who had quitted the works

      on Friday evening , the 22 nd of November , having been-requested to attend the following Monday alterpoon , to receive some arrears of pay , the defendant , accompanied by nearly fifty of them , desired to speak with Mr . Fox . Mr . Fox having inquired and ascertained of the defendant that his name was St . Clair , refused to havo any communication with him ; whereupon the defendant , clenching his fist . as Mr . Fox swears , extending his arm and hand in the manner of a man who spenks emphatically , as the witnesses for the defendant swear , said , " Then you will ( or you may ) repent this . " On behalf of the defendant it has been con tended on the merits ,-that the letter addressed to Mr . Fox , including the proposed advertifenicnt , is merely a piece of friendly advice , mediation , or criticism ;

      that it contains nothing in the way of threat , intimidation , or molestation , and that there is nothing menacing in the circumstance of a person accompanied by a body of fifty dissatisfied ' men , saying , with outstretched arm , to oiie who hid refused communication with him , " Then you may repent it , " The bare statement of these propositions ia alniOSu of itself an answer to them , for it seems to > me trifling with language to' say , that there is no threat or intimidation in announcing to a builder that unless he consults an interested adviser on the subject of his own prposals , and comes to an arrangement which , in the opinion of that adviser , is fair and honourable , be shall be exposed in the newspapers , as the constructor of a botched-up , unsafe , and disgraceful edifice . iS ' or , with respect

      to what ' p assed at theiuterviow with the profecutor , does it seem to meat all material whether the fist was presented , or only the arm outstretched arid open hand ; or whether the words used were " you shall repent , " or "you may repent" of this . The gesture and language obviously had reference to the letter which had been received in the morning , and the repentance which it was intimated the prosecutor might come to feel was to be occasioned by the loss of character and property which might reasonably be expected to follow tho threatened exposure in the newspapers .. I am clearly of opinion , therefor % 4 hat-the-defendant has ,-in the language of / ths statute , endeavoured to force the prosecutor , bythreats , intimidation , and molestation , to make an alteration in the , mode of conducting his business ;

      that the offence was complete in the le ' . ter which the prosecutor received , and was confirmed and repeated in what passed at the subsequent interview . ?" : To put any other construction on the defendant ' s proceedings would render a dead letter a statute which has been a great advantage to workmen as well as employers . It is to bo regretted that the defendant has overlooked the fact that this statute has abolished all the restraints to which tvoi'kmen were formerly subject , and , short of intimidation or violence towards man or master , has given them the uncontrolled management of their own affairs . It " is to be regretted that they have overlooked the fact that no instance can be found of any attempt to regulate the rale of wages by violence or intimidation" that has not proved in a short time disastrous to the workmen . But it is still move to be regretted that the interval between the summons and heaving , which gave tha defendant an opportunity to re-consider the eoursa

      he had taken , did not enable him to see it in its true light , and to express his contrition at having , from want of reflection , been led into a proceeding , of which it is not too much to say , that it is to the full as dishonest as it . is unlawful . Tho judgment of the court is , that under the 0 th George IV ., for this offence , the defendant be imprisoned for two months , without hard labour . —Mr . Rippon , with the view , as was understood , of appealing against this decision , required-to be furnished with a copy of the judgment and conviction . —Mr . Bingham was not aware that the law obliged him to give more than a minute ofthe conviction . —Mr . Rippon begged to remind the court that the fifty men who accompanied the defendant had been sent for by the foreman of the works . —Mr . Bingham said he had stated that circumstance distinctly in his judgment . He considered , however , whatever might be the nature of the request the defendant . bad to make to Mr . Fox , it ought not to have been made at a time ¦ when he . was accompanied by a . body of fifty persons . •• - •;„ ..

      Intended Public Meeting At Birres Bead O...

      INTENDED PUBLIC MEETING AT BIRRES BEAD ON THE PAPAL AGORESSION .-ANT 1 CIPATED RIOT ;' .. .

      Liverpool , Tcesdat . — During the past week , in consequence ofthe breaking up by violence of tbeir recentsiittcmpted meeting , and the refusal of the magistrates to call another , the committee appointed to make arrangements for such meeting have met day by day ! ana at lenqth determined that it should be / held . in the open space in the market square , in order that no comp laint of want of room for all parties attending for legitimate purposes , should bo urged . The meeting has been accordingly called for Friday , the 13 th inst ., by Jobri Laird , Esq ., chairman ofthe Board of . Commissioners of Birkenhead , in compliance with a requisition of the clergy and laity , most respectably and numerously signed , and yesterday the placard convening such meeting

      was duly issued . The committee had , . wr determining upon' the day and place of meeting , dispatched invitations to the members for South Cheshire ( Sir Philip Egerton and Mv ; Toliemache ) , together with others of the loading ' gentry of the county . It had never , we are informed , been imagined by "the committee , in making these arrangements ! but tbat they would be " supplied by the authorities with a force ample to protect the meeting ,, from such an interruption as took place at their former meeting , and it was to their surprise that at two o ' clock . yesterday , after ; their placard had been published , they received a communication from t he magistrates in the form of a written resolution , to theeffect that'they had received intimation and evidence ' that the meeting would be resisted , and . serious commotion created , which would bo likely to lead to a breach'of thVpeace ,

      and that therefore ttiey , the magistrates , would hold those who calle " . d''it ; responsible for any calamity which might take ,. placo . .. Tho iiiarstrates also stated their objection to'the Market-square as being an unfit place for holding such a meeting . The deputation of tho committee summoned to nicc-fc tho magistrates to ' have such resolution read _ to them , expressed their surprise and regret at the intimation conveyed to them , and asked to be supplied with the evidence mentioned , in order that they might be prebaved to make SUOh' amuiKonont i as they shoSld deem nece ^ ry to prgtg- tmgfrom ««« ' . ri *»« rd a letter to the magistrates , stating w Ider ih circumstances , as they were deemiS nat a meeting should be held , only two Kernativcs were fa Sir George - > \

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14121850/page/7/