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      National Land Company

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY

      I Kjbmc Keetik9 Ik The Theatre. Worceste...

      I KJBMC KEETIK 9 IK THE THEATRE . WORCESTER , OH kOTOAT , DEC . 18 th , 1818 . P . COOKKOE , ESQ ,, H . P . virtu 0 . RICARDO , ESQ .. H . P . A 5 D THE RET . MR GOODRICH , BEDMABLET . « TO OSJCAW 1 ICUDJ , itO ., Kj ? ., AWD TBS XirsixiTD It * csotaicb , euun or ? ia * misKov xidxauet , " GnrnofH—Httinit heard several raraoOT ' , tod sees some Utters written by yea ia connexion with the National Land Company , which , if tree , would molt the deepest closure o ! every honest can . and if falsa , should he nastradiftorl fm > tnm

      own characters * sake—M I act npoa th * just legal caaxia j that evsry man eiould be presnmedionooent until hau found guilty , and , thetefare , I do net too the offensive word cnallease , bat I invite you to meet me , yoa , Mr Ricardo , before year coastitaeata . and yoa , Mr Goodrich , befesrethefiock-ofjoat Bishop , in the City « f Worcester , at ike Theatre , on Monday , the 18 th of D . « - osabar . instant , atseven o ' clock , in the evening , and feete , although * stranger , aetet aavineattended a meet ing in that city in my life , t ahall be prepared , and I am rare ao will the audience , to hear dispas sionately and impartially any cbsr _ e that yoa are prepared to . make against my character , not only In connexion with the Laid Company , bat in annexion

      with my political character , allowing yoa the widest possible range a * to time ; while it is bat fair to apprisa yoa thai I shall charge yoa both with the foulest , most unjreieroaa . uugenUenianlike . and nnehriatian ccBspiracyagsMttheNational Land Companjand myself ; asdaa I g * to Worcester to taeet my assailants in a gentlemanlike and not in a blattering spirit , I be ? to inform yoa that ahoold yoa appear to sabitantiata your ehargea againit me , or to defend those I ah « U sage against yoa , that if in the course of the proceedings any , the slightest , interruption or in salt be offered to job . or partiality or partisanship be

      erinoed , Ig & aJl kave the meedo ? , as mydenreii ( bat both parSes ttuuT have a fair and impartial hearing . "leave directed nrooft of my wviUtraiiaJjaipt " warded to ttMKSHft theS h , thus algs ^ y oa DeailyarortB $ Ktor eWideration , and , inefcnelation . I beg testate , that , though determined to hare a fair and impartial trial ,-lam equally determined that the xsaster shall sot be considered finally settled if TOO den ; me the sppsriaiuty . " J hare the honour to remain , ' . " . Your obedient servaut , " "FriBGES O'CcHS'OB . "

      Admission,. Fot Defraying The Expenses O...

      Admission ,. fot defraying the expenses of the Theatre—gallery , 2 d : ; pit , _ d . ; upper boxes , 6 d . ; lower boxes , Is . each . : Tickets may be bad of J . D . Stevenson . New Street ; Mr Cramp , New Street ; Mr Harding City Amu ; Mr Paffin , St Jftn ' a ; Mt Merrick , London Road Gate ; and Mr Watkics , Foundry Street

      To The Chartists. Mt Friends, - I Never ...

      TO THE CHARTISTS . Mt Friends , - I never droop or despair , when you for whom I struggle despond . This has been a busy week , and this ( ThHrsday ) is the onl y ; day of the week I have to provide food for your minds on Saturday ; and , therefore , I shall devote this letter to an account of my visit to Manchester , Dewsbury , and Liverpool . On Sunday night I addressed the most crowded , audience I ever saw in the People ' s Hail at Manchester ; and what made the eight

      more cheering to me was , that they did not expect me . "William Grocott—a most fit and proper person—was in the chair , and lie was surrounded by many who , perhaps , when you read this , together with himself , may be immured in "Whi g tombs . However , their spirits did not droop . They were conscious , not only of their innocence , but that they had faithfully discharged their duties to your principles , and faith in you , and hope in the realisation of those principles , sustained thera .

      My friend Grocott , in introducing me , stated that many had asserted , that confidence in me was destroyed , and that I dared not show my face in Manchester . However , in the most bustling times , I never had a more enthusiastic reception ; and I told my audience that , instead of talking about confidence in me , they should ask me if I had confidence inithem—and vet I cosdd have answered the question myself thus : that if ninety-nine in . every hundred

      withdrew their confidence ftorhme , I would not * withdraw my confidence from my own principles . I showed them that I was not a follower of their principles , but a teacher of my own . I . spoke at considerable length upon the Labour Question , and the approaching trials , and was more-than' repaid by the love and kindness of my own children , and especially the women , for whose release from bondage 1 principally , struggle .

      On Monday I went to Dewsbury , and the good Chartists of that town not being able to procure aplace sufficiently large to hold the dead body of Chartism , they were obliged to take a large chapel at Batley , and there I went , aooompanied b y my friend K y dd , and escorted b y a band and procession . * When I arrived I could scarcely squeeze myself into the dense mass . I was received in the kindest and warmest manner ; the Chairman made a most admirable speech , basing Chartist principles upon divine right , and , as at Manchester , I was compelled to strip to my shirt . I had the

      honour to introduce my friend and yours—Mr Samuel Kydd—as the veritable member for the West Hiding ; his qualification being yoi ? r confidence , and his allegiance—devotion to your cause . Those are tie two oaths that Members of Parliament are compelled to take . Kydd , though , hoarse , made an admirable speech upon the Rights of Labour , the Land and the Charter . And now I will tell you why 1 call him the member for the "West Riding . The train by which I went from Manchester to Dewsbury , stepped at all the stations , and when we approached Wakefield all the middle dasseswhowereinconversationupon the several

      platforms , declared that Kydd had a tremendous majority ; but then the sub-sheriff , who officiated for the high-sheriiF , and who is known by the ominous name of Gray , and who is a Whig , declared-the show of hands was in favour of bis partisan , and every man who went from Dewsbury declared that Kydd had a majority © f three re one . Now this is the miniature of class legislation . This shows you how ' units can trample upon , and overpower the will of thousands ; but heed it not—Labour ' s day is coming , and these acts of

      treachery but sting you , and spur me on . The concourse of people at Wakefield was larger than has been known for many years . Kydd received the best bearing , the loudest and most unanimous cheers , and made the only speech , and yet Ky dd has not even a vote . Ah . ' but I do not require to go back to the alp habet of Chartism now , there is a breeze coming across the Channel from all countries of Europe , and upon it the principles of democracy ride . It is finding its way as well into the mansions of the great and the palaces of monarchs , as into the hovels of the wretched-THEY CANNOT

      KEEP IT FROM US . From Dewsbury I went to Liverpool and , although it was announced that they could not get a place to meet in until Thursday , they assembled in a good large Hall . Many of my own countrymen were there . I addressed them for nearly two hours , and at the conclusion they moved that I had deserved well of toy country . However , 1 told them that I rejected the compliment until my country deserved as well of me .

      * Throughout my short tour , I was more than confirmed in the hopeful anticipation that Whig tyranny " bad-not destroyed Chartism . * f hey-have used every appliance in their power—the ascendancy of capital—the silence or abuse of theft Press—the tyranny of their jud ges—and the prostitution of their jurorsbut the nine-lived thing has survived their cohibined oppression . . , - What think you , brother Chartists , ot a ht

      Constitutional English Judge , who is taug and should teach , that every man is presumed innocent until he is found guilty—what would joa think of that Judge , who is the sworn impartial administrator of-the law , refusing <* air , table , pen , ink , and paper , to an unettuttWd man , acting as his own counsel ; and called upon to defend his own liberty , and compelling that ' man to stand in that position for twelve hoars , in the hope that his charge

      To The Chartists. Mt Friends, - I Never ...

      to the Jury may be based , not upon the prisoner s defence , but upon the official ' s persecution ? And what would you think of a Judge telling . his client—for every undefended man is the Judge s client—that he was a vain fool aad a fop ? However , such was the language—such was the conduct of a Constitutional English Judge ( the Baron Alderson , ) to a freeborn Englishman on trial for his liberty . Mantle—who was the victim of this irascible party-rascality—stood in the double character of prisoner and advocate—and

      what would be the indignation of the English bar ,, if a Judge upon the bench dared to withhold " the use of pen , ink , and paper from a Barrister-at-Law ? Perhaps , the Constitu « tional Judge may urge , as a justification , that the prisoner was in custody , and was not out upon bail ; but will this nice distinction apply to two parties charged with the same offence—the one who could procure bail , and the other not ; thus constituting the absence of-bail , instead of the evidence , as a proof of guilt ? No doubt , from what ; is'dail y published in the Irish Press , the Government published in the Irish Press , the Government

      ft hear something of the mode of pack-Irish Juries , and they shall also hear something of the injustice of English Judges ; for what boots it to the prosecutor , whether the conviction of an opponent is procured through the instrumentality of a packed jury or a partisan judt > e . Just reflect , for a moment , upon the brutality of compelling a working man to stand through twelve hours of fatigue , and then to be subjected to the impossibility of meeting the charges brought against him . How different from the JUST AND HOLY JUDGE , who strengthened the law at Lancaster , ' -by assigning the best places in the Court-house ,, and allowing every indulgence , as well to those in custody as to those on bail . There

      is a striking contrast for you ; and if ever it should be my misfortune to witness the funeral of that « Just Judge , " which God forbid , I promise yon that the most popular man in England never had such a funeral procession , while the remains of the unjust Judge will be consigned unlamented to the grave , and his memory execrated by all good men . . There never was a greater act of tyranny practised . How could the most accomplished and practised lawyer , with the most retentive memory , and accustomed to legal disputation , defend his client , standing without pen , ink , or paper ? And there is no difference in the two cases—Mantle was the prisoner ' s advocate , and the verdict is the conviction of the Judge , and not of the prisoner .

      Brother Chartists , in every case of libel I have suffered from the vindictiveness of "Whi g Judges . I may be told , that in the troublesome times that are coming it is impolitic to place myself in hostility to one of the Judges , but if my lifer depended upon it my nature would not allow mete withhold censure in such a case . Think of a . man called upon to answer every charge adduced against him , upon the most complicated indictment ! " being denied the means of defending himself . Was tyranny ever equal to this ? or do the musty volumes of which they are so fond , furnish any

      precedent for such cold-blooded tyranny and injustice ? and always bear in mind , f rom one who should be not only the impartial administrator of the law , but the advocate of the prisoner , and the assertor and -defender of his innocence until proved guilty by the verdict of a jury . And God knows that ' s an ultimatum to which the Judge may look with certainty , wh » lly irrespective ofEvidence , when a Chartist is the victim . WelL never mind , every Chartist in York , and every Chartist in Liverpool , will be defended , as we will fight the battle of Chartism out , even in the illegal courts , as you and I have resolved that our motto shall be , _ .

      " 0 award * nd we cot quer , Backward and we faU . " "THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER . ? Next week I will give you an analysis of the constitution of the Houses ef Lords and Commons , and when you read the materials of which they are composed , if ever you wonder again at the tyranny to which you are subjected , I shall only laugh at you . It has taken no small time to make this analysis , and it will cause no little astonishment when read , Your faithful Friend , Feabgus O'Connor .

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. Last Week...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Last week Doctors Backhoffoer and Ryan were engaged in delivering a series of lectures at the above named estab'isbment , on Electricity and Chemistry . Theprincipal featurein Or Backhaff . ner ' s lecture war , the application of electricity for the purpose of light . In his experiments be succeeded most admirably in keeping up a steady light , equal to 250 wax candles . 5 he result was most brilliant and tffective . The learned professor very properly stated , that it was not his object to depreciate the labours of those gentlemen who were securing thrirdiroTeries by patent rights , bat merely to enow , by the urns ! experiments of the lectors Uble , bow valuable such a light would be could it ever be rendered permanent , and economic . The lecture

      was wdl attended , and the Doctor received great applause daring his able discourse —The' lecture by Br Ryan was on the philosophy of an Empty Bottle ; obtaining from * subject apparently so barren , sufficient to illustrate , in a remarkable degrer . the laws which Rbvern the Hniverie aronnd us . The coarse punned by the learned gentleman rcay be imagined , when we give the heads into which his discourse was divided . Ia the first place , he proceeded to explain the conventional meaning of the term empty ; secondly , the nature of many of ( he airs or gases which may eecapy srace . and yet that space be continually empty- The novel nature of the subject , and tbe manner in which the Professor delivered his ideal , appeared to be high ' y relished by his auditors , who testified their approbation by locd

      applacse . Dr Ryan has commenced a series of popular lectures at this nwtitation , on the important subject of Afirienltnral Chemistry . Theprincipal feature of h-9 lectore was to show by appropriate experiments , the process of separation by plants of the carbon from the carbonic acid of the atmosphere , the asunutation of the elements of water and the abstraction of nitrogen from the atmosphere , of carbonate and nitrate of ammonia . ' 1 he learned Doator also described the food of pliats , and concluded fay congratulating tbe-andience upon the removal of much of that pre

      jadioe sgaimt cherav'al agriculture which formerly existed , and regretted that it should still exist in some minds . The Doctor also stated that by the aid of chemistry alone could farming become a perfect science ; and thafcit was only by-an analytical examination of theioili , and a companion with their con ^ stitnents of the future crop , that the systena of manuring could be ssecessfulfy earned oat . . Tfee theatre of the institution was perfectly crowded by an audience which appeared to be chtcfij ' farmers , numbers of whimv ' ait the metropolis at this season of the year .

      Bibinsgbau.—Tub Isfihira Poor Law-A Corr...

      BiBinsGBaU . —Tub IsFiHira Poor Law-A correspondent informs us that Ed . Morar , a poor lrwUlabourer . and who has been twenty yeat b resident id this town , daring , which time he has borae an irreproachable character , wss , sbsut a year ago , total !) deprived of sight His friends being poorbkihuaself , he applied and was admitted into the workhouse , where he remained" until ha was suddenly , ejected It appears that this poor than has brothers in the WffB . who are bricklayer ' s labourer * , with wes asd famiuea . deperideat upon them , and" Koran was told that his'bfothera mm support bim , or ; otherwises the authorities wouli . pa 8 hiuvover to / Ireland , . ^ they could not allow : him outdoor rehef . Fearful of nSr * h \ h * in Ireland ambrie . { tohfln ) b rangers ; and

      , his bnttfiera ^ emg . incapable / bf supportinriiim , this HLEd ' working man , ia ! no * hawking iaciftr matche * in the streets of Birmingham ,, m order toi obtain a prwari pas ^ ubsuterife ; ^ amriecf tie reward of honest industry , the excelle ^ ce - of our beEeYoteatiiifit « utioh ? , aBd the b-essiDgs of civilisation .

      The Norfolk Assassinations. Abdinsnal Bv...

      THE NORFOLK ASSASSINATIONS . ABDinSNAL BVmBKCK . "¦ J On Wednesday at Wymondham , the coroner and jury again assembled to continue their inquiries relative to the murder * at Stanfield Hall . ¦ j Robert Smith said : I am twelve years of age , and reside with my mother at Hethel . ' I have lived with Mr Rush during the last two months . My occupation was to scare trows , and I have littered some straw on the footpath from the dwelling of Petash Farm as far aa a turnip field in the direction of Stanfield Hall . Coroner : Now ; be careful how yon answer . First tell me where you commenced to litter the straw , and where yoa left off ? Witness : I begin at tbe turnip field gate . —Not from the door of the farm bonne ? No . sir—Was it along a road or footpath through a

      field ? Alongafoetpatb . I commenced at the gate , and littered the straw through the fifteen-acre field ( turnip field ) as far as the turnips went . I finished at the bank of the twenty-acre field called' Thelook , which leads to Stanfield Hall . —When did yoa do this ? Oa the Tuesday the murders were committed . —Who taldyoa ? Mr Rush . —At what time ? About twelve o ' clock . There had been straw laid down before , and Mr Rush said tome , 'Litter the straw ( fresh ) where it is dirty ; the worst of the places '—Did yoa ever lay any strawdown before ? No . While I was laying it Rush came to me and said , ' Litter it thin ; don't lay it very thick ; ' I commenced to scatter'it about

      twelve , and left c 3 in the middle of the afternoon . Mr Rush pointed out the place where I was to lay it —How loEg did Rash stay with yea when yoa were littering the straw ? About half an hour . He cams at one o ' clock and looked at what I was doing . —Have yoa seen Mr Rush walk over this straw before f I have , bat I don't know where he went . The field w « not bo dirty where the straw was not littered . Young Mr Rush was my master : he paid me my wages . I am certain that old Mr Rush never ordered me to lay the straw befere . I have all along been alluding to the old Mr Rush , and not the younger one . The fifteen-acre field was the last field on tbe farm ; it adjoins Mr Colmaa ' s .

      A Juror : Was any stock kept in the turnip field ? There was not ; the stock was in the field neater the farm . I am sure there was none in any field beyond the fifteen acre : it was the last on tbe farm . [ It may be well to explain that the straw along the footpath was strewn to the length of about three furlongs , and the commencement of it is between 200 or 300 yards from Potash farm ] Solomon Savory , the lad in the service of the supposed murderer , who has been detained in the town bridewell sure the test inquiry , was here brought into the inquest room , in custody of the police .- It may be recollected that from the guarded evidence he gave before the coroner and magistrates , it was conjectured that he was endeavouring to screen the accused , his testimony disagreeing , in many par .

      tiaalan , with that adduced by the widow James ; and , in order that ha mieht not be tampered with , it war deemed prudent to place him wider the surveillance of the police . You tell ua that you cleaned Mr Rush ' s boots on the Tuesday afternoon ? I cleaned his boots between fire asd six o ' clock ; both pairs were wet ; the heavy ones however , not so much so . I only washed them , sand did not black them . I wiped bo * a pairs . Do sot remember if Tuesday was a wet or foggy day . Did you always fasten the door yon have previously mentioned J No . —[ It may be mentiosed that the witness had before stated that Rush ooald not have got the boots in the night without Savory hearing him , and that he had faateneed a door through whieh any one must have passed to get

      the boots . ] Why I fastened it on this night was because there was only Mr Rush and Mrs James in the house . It was a door between the back kitchen and the kitchen , and I fastened it by putting a wooden peg at the to p of the sneok or latch . I have since seen it , and I find it can be undone from the kitchen side notwithstanding the peg .: I made thepeg _ purposely to secure the door . —Had yoa any direction to make it . I had not ? I received no order about the fastening the door . I did not do it every night — Was Mr Rush in the habit ef going out after dark I No . —Did . you ever hear of him going ont after poachers ? No , not to my knowledge . —Examination in chief continued ; Never knew ; of the boots being dirty after they had been cleaned ion the previous 1

      ntghr iftheboMs hadbeen used they mast have been washed and put in the same position . Before 1 came down on Wednesday morning I had not spoken to Mr Rush until after I was called np by tbe police . When Ruth came down , after I had called him , he asked me what was . the matter . I said I did not know . Nothing was said about the boots . I looked into the kitchen and saw the boots as I had left them on the previous night . I never saw any pistol in tbe house . I have guns . —What reason had yon for making a peg for the door ? I had no particular reason . It was about five or six inches long , and as broad as my two fingers . It wae more of a wedge than a peg . I had no trouble to make it . I got the wood out of the cart-lodge . I made it about a week before the Tuesday . I well

      remember fitting the peg on the Monday and Tuesday nights . It was made of light coloured wood , u a piece of deal It was longer than it ia tww when I first made it . I shortened it to fit better . —When was this ? After this job had happened . On the-Wednesday or Thursday afterwards I dirtied the part that I shortened . —That was after Rash' had been taken into custody ? Yes , after he had been taken into custody . —What did you do with it afterwards ? I carried it away in my pocket . — Did any one tell you- to put it in your poehet ? No . No one told me to do so , ner to do anything with it . -Did you ever carry it in : your pocket before ? No . —( Examination in chief continued ) : I am sure I stent in the bouse on the Monday and Tuesday

      night . My reason fot the pegging the door was , that no one wanted to come in . There is a door into a passage , which Mr Rash had done op that day , and which , prevented me eoine into the pantry , and I thought , as-he had dei ? e up that door , he mutt come to me if he wanted anything out ef > the kitchen . I did sot tell him I had done up the door until Thursday week—when I saw him at the Bridewell , in the Justice room . - Mr Rush ashed me a great many questions . He asked me if I cleaned bis boots oo Tuesday sight . I said ' Yes . ' He asked what time .. I audi ' Between five and six o ' clock . ' He asked me if . the kitchen-doorcoald be opened ' , and if'any person could get in without my knowing it . I said < I did not think they

      ODald . ' —When did yon pat tbe wedge in the door on Tuesday night ? A long time before I went to bed . I never recollect putting the wedge in so badly that the door might be opened—Now , have you had any conversation with any person about the wedge ? Yea , I asked the team-man to say that he had seen the door done up with the peg . —When was this ? On the Wednesday morning shortly after my master was taken away—What was your reason for asking him such a favour ? -The reasea I had for parting the question was , that if ? he stated he saw ms put the peg in , it would screen Mr Rash . —Did yoa show him the wedge ? I did . —Did he see toh fix the peg ? I do not know whether he did . —

      How would it screen Mr Rush if he had said he had s ; en yoa fix the peg ? Because it was thought he went into the baokkitohen to get his boots , aad I thought if be ( the team-man ) said he saw the peg fixed as well as I , it weald assist him . —But howoontd his sot getting the boots screen him ? Why . if he bad not get bis boots during the night , it would have screened bim—How so ? Because he hadn'ttbtm I had no conversation with Rueh about the wedge . — No conversation at all ? When he was going away in the gig he said , ' Don't you go away , I shall send foryou and that ladj' ( meaning Mrs James ) . —The examination of Savory wag very lengthened , bat the above ate the main facts . - ¦

      The Coroner here aid that an important change had transpired in the evidence , for it was now proved that the boots could have been removed . Police superintendent Witheford . —I have been to Potash Farm with Savory , I had the wedge which I now produce , and which Savory , admitted he had made aad nsed for the purpose of fastening a door from the kitchen into a hick kitchen , I desired Savory tons the " wedge into the door in the manner he had used it . He did so , and I being on the same side , I placed my finger on the latch , and it opened immediatdy without any difficulty . It was put in a second tiase by Savory , and it was as easily opened on the other side . I then asked Savory ii that was his usual way of fastening it . He said , ' "¦ Yes , it is . ' Iremarked to him hoar easily it eoald be oo ened . He said , * I see now , it can be opened

      from the other side . ' -- Policeman J . Ho * es said , on the 30 th of Nov . 1 assisted in the search of Potash farm . % Amongst the things I searched was a writing desk , in which I fonnd a quantity of letters . There was one dated " Aoril 28 , 1843 , signed J , B . Rush , directed to J . B . Rush , Jan ., Potash Farm , Wymondham , bearing LondoE pbst-mnrhv There were expressions in the letter showing an ill feeling towards Mr Jermy . Another letter contained opprobrious epithets in refe ' reBce to Mr Jeroy . Oiher letters were found written in the sa ' me etjie , all tending to show the reeline'that existed towards Mr Jermy , Could not produce the letters , having given'them into the HamhYof Coli Oakejj the chief constable . The inquiry was again adjourned . ; - The inquiry , before the magistrates ia still conducted in private ,

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      Lambeth .—Siam Robbsai,—Mary Ann Smith W...

      LAMBETH . —Siam RoBBsai , —Mary Ann Smith was charged before Mr Elliott with being an accessory to toe following robbery : —Mr Vannlmere , a gentleman Wilding in Watt ' s Terrace , Kent aoady deposed that on the preceding night , bttween the hours of eight and Bins o clock , while passing along the New Cut , Lambeth , he was accosted by a female , who . pressed : him : to accorapahy . bim to her lodgings . He dsolined oumpljtug wUh herjreqaeit , and , endeavoured togst r ) d ofiher , but while / doing so she put ner hand into his ' pocket , hid hold efjhlagold watcb , brokeiltfrem the guard , andlu . , » tp * W darted ftom him . He was about to follow btr , flhenthti prisoner , to whom « b » h » a J ait before ipokos , plseedfierself In the way , and ebsening that the other fenwle . hadbjthelmpsiJlnieDtgot beyoad bis reach , h » wonted the prisoner , and handsdher or « r to the charge S / Hw ^ pdtoev ' . Toe . prisoner , . lo reply to the charge , said she was unacquainted with the name or person of » fi >; partywhoetole the watch . She was , ' however , remaided and ! Thursday . , .

      , A FoaeiVlKO Hc « nAM > . —A decently , dregeed man , about thirty years of age , entered the witneii-boz , when the magistrate wis about to leave the bench , and ad . dressing Mr Ellott , said : — ' Sometime ago , joarlordshly , my wife left me to go . and live , with another . , She JwJMterft repented hw . ci » dttc ^ nduwl | h ! W ,, toconie ' tws |^ e »^ cIi'a ^ : ! a | re » ab ; e « iW forgtv ; e ; and ( take . ; her back ; bat the man she . has bstn living with , rofows to deliver up several articles of property belonging to me , and which my wife . took away with her . ' —Mr Elliott : Then jou can have a summons against him for Illegally detaining jour property *—Applicant : Thank you ,: sir ; then . I'll takelouta . sumraoni . —A summons was accord . Ingly made put *; ..-..

      WORSHIP STREET , —CiHSOBsmr . or the Police —James EtraaHe ; Punean , a person ef grotesque sppeari ance , w ^ deicribed hlmielf a * , a . poet and divinarlan , was oba $ ed befere Mr HammJUl , with having c « B « ed ao obsttdotfonia the public thoroogMer * , byiclllng Cb » r . tist puoHcations , —Pollce-copstabie Baker , . 0 228 , stated that shortly after sine o ' clock on tbe , preo 8 dI » g evening , his attention was attracted to the prlsowr , who was standing at the corner of a court leadrag to tbe Hall ol Science , in the City Boad , with a bundle of printed papers in his hand , and surrounded by a crowd of at least one hundred and fifty persons , Some of tbe papers were entitled Blood Money \ for " Powell , the Spy ;' ' A Scourge for the Gag ; ' Cine Uardered Ohartiiu , ' 6 o „ and the prisoner was loudly deicactlngr upon th «

      merits and character ef the productions , which he stated to be his own composition , and succeeded in disposing of a large number ui them at a half-peony each . Witness rt quested the ptUoner to move on , asithe pathway was completely obstructed , but he ! positively refused to do so and be was therefore compelled to take him into custody . —Prisoner : Pray , sir , bow did I behave towards you rfttr jou took me in charge ?—Witness : Tea shopkyour head at me like a savage , and dared me to touch you . —Priaoner : Did 1 not exhort the people to be patient and peaceable , notwithstanding , my unwarrantable arrest !—Witness : No , yen . did arerything jou could toeictte them to resistance . —In antwer to tbe

      charge , the prisoner said that he was net at all aware that he had violated the law , as he had been in the habit , for a considerable poried , of publicly distributing bis productions , ana had even disposed of them ] to members ef parliament , In the corridor of the House ' of Commons but bad never been at all interfered with on any prttlous occasion , —Mr Hammllltold the prisoner that do could not be permitted to dispose of his commodities in such a manner as would necessarily cause aa obstruction ef tbe public thorougbfere , but in the hope thai what had taken place would operate as a warning to him for the future , he should now order him to be discharged . " . ' . i .

      Attikked B * pe . — -William Roberts , an inmate of the Bethnal Qretn Union Workhouse , wa » brought before Mr Rammill , at the instance of the parish authorities , charged with an assault of an aggravated character upon a jeurg married woman n « m « d Jana Welaen , also an inmate of that establishment , —The complainant , a delicate-leoking woman , slated , that in contequence of the destitute condition to which she and her husband had been reduced , they were cempelled , in the early part of last week , to seek aa asylum in the workhouse . . On the uwriiing of Friday last , ihs . was ordered by the matron to assist a woman named , Bishop- in cleaning th ' e men s tleeping ward , and whilst so occupied in one of the rooms during the temporary absence of the other woman , the prisoner suddenl y entered , and after addressing to , her

      an indecent overture , which she indignantly repelled , he eelz : d her round the waist and threw ber forcibly down . The prisoner , then proceeded , to conduct hlmulf In a manner tbat cannot be described , when tbe woman Bishop fortunately returned to the apartment , and frustrated his infamous design , As soon as she recovered from her agitation , she hastened doa-n stairs and sought oat the master of the workhouse , to whom sbe communicated the particulars of the outrage ; but the instant sbe left the rosm the prisoner made a similar attack upon the other woman which she also successfully resisted , and he then hastily retreated to the day-ward appropriate ; , to the male paupers , where he viae shortly afttrviatds secured . —Mr Fairfield , the master of the workhouse , stated that an investigation having been set en foot to

      aseettftia how ho ha « contrived to reach the watd in question , which was constantly kept locked during tha day , it was discovered . that he had abstracted a key belonging to the superintendent of that department . In consequence of the scandalous nature of the outrage , the strictest injunctions had been given for the exercise of greater caution ia futare , and to preclude the passfbUUy of its recurrence , it was resolved that the services of the fen ale inmates in the men ' s wards should be heaoefortb altogether dispensed with . Mr Hammlll said that the offence was one of such a serious description ,. that he considered it necessary to give the guardians an opportunity of deciding , whether or not they would undertake to prosecute the case before a Jury , and he should therefore order it to stand over for that purpose .

      Hobbe Chao / htebb , —John Dobion Jones was charged with having obtained under false pretences the sum of £ 26 5 s „ from Mr George Hiell , a master baker In the Bethnal Green Road . The prosecutor , an elderly German who gave his evidenoe in broken English , and with an air of drollery which created much amusement , stated that he bad occasion on Tuesday last to attend a horse and cattle sale in his own neighbourhood , and had just left tbe premises , when ( he prisoner engaged him in conversation , and having introduced himself as a large llvery-stable-keeper at Croydon , intimated that he had just met with a grleroos disappointment , through the pig-headed pervtrseness of a gentlemen ' s groom who bad brought there a splendid horse for sale , Wposl . tively refused to let him purchase it , because he said

      something offensive to his master in the norntag . The prisoner added , that the animal was to ba sold for the paltry sum of £ 2 « ( s , ; and as he had set his mind upon having It , entreated the witness to become the nominal purchaser on his behalf , and be wenld inmudiately furnish him with the amount , and present him with a gratuity of 154 . for his services . -Whilst tbey were' in conversation another man , in the garb of a groom , sud . denly made bis appearance , when the prisoner whig , pered to him ' Thai ' s tbe ve / y man ; ' and stealthily slipping tweaty-seven sovereigns into bis hand , left them together to negoofate the bargain , This was speedily effected , and he was conducted by the mania livery down an adjoining gateway , where tbe horse was standing , bat he had no sooner struck tbe bargain , and handed

      over the stipulated price , than tbe fellow appeared to be stlzad with a sudden misgiving , and aipressing his con vlctlon that witness had received tbe money from the man he had been conversing with , and with whom he could have no dealings , as ba bad grossly insulted his master , declared that he could not rwonoUo it with hit conscience to countenance such a piece of duplicity , and returned bim the mosey , with an intimation that to obviate the difficulty , he mutt himself be the actual purchaser . After a fruitless attempt to overcome this virtuous resolution , witness returned to the prisoner , who received back the sovereigns with an air of infinite cbagrio , and strongly urged him to pur . chase the horse with his own money , which he would cheerfull y reimburse with a handsome compensation for

      his trouble . He accordingly hastened home and procured the amount , which was pocketed without farther scruple by the conscientious groom , who then loft him with the horse , and he was Immediately after surrounded and hustled by a host ef fellows , who clamorously advised bim to get rid of it atones Upon any terms , as it was utterly worthless , and eaten np with tbe giandew . After waiting in vain for the prisoner , 'he managed , with some dlmouity , to get . the horse to his stables , and lm . mediately sent f ^ r a farrier to examine It , who informed him , after looking at the brute , that be ought rather to haw etnt for a knacker , «« u wasonly fit to be converted Into dog ' s meat , and would be a dear bargain at £ 3 , He

      subsequently obtained tbe assistance of the police , and accompanied Smith , an active officer of the K division . tJ Dixos ' a Repository , where they fortunately encountered the priaoner , who no sooner caught sight of them than he darted off like a deer , but after a sl » T > cbaso he wa < Ultimately run down , and lodged In the station house . — Oa being called upon far , his . defence the prisoner , -with imperturbable coolness , declared that ho faithfully paid the prssecutor bis commission of 153 ., and afterwards waited for hira to receive the horse , till his patience was tired out ' ; but be never kept his appointment . —Tho magistrate ordered the prlsonsr to be remanicd . for a week . ' .. •';

      WEBIHIHbTEB —Seduciioh AND ATTEMmn SOICIPB . —Mary PdQiknjr , a respectable young womanV ; was charged with avttmpiog to commit suicide , —Thomas Rowland , 195 B , -stated that about two o ' clock . that morning he observed the defendant hastening from

      Lambeth .—Siam Robbsai,—Mary Ann Smith W...

      Westboorne Street , Pimlico , towards the bank of the Sanelagh sewer , and suspecting by her manner that she meditated self-destruction , he asked her what sbe wanted there at that hoar In the morning , whea she replied'Nothing , '—and inquired whether the ! water was very deep there ( alluding to the open toner ) . He informed her that it was not deep at that time , and recommended her to go home , which she said sbe would do In a few minutes . He thea walked a few paces away , but finding that-she remained as before , he returned to her and re . peatedbls inquiry , when she burst into tears and cried bitterly for some minutes after which she requested bim to leave her , and he again moved a few yards away , but Boding that she suddenly threw her bonnet and shawl off and ruihed towards the te ner , he took her Into ens .

      tody , —The priionsr , who had buried her face In her hands , and sobbed convulsively daring the constable ' s statement , when asked whether she wished to say anything , replied , 'I . began to think of . my home , and I could BOthelp fretting , I took a little to drink , and my miad was in such a state that I did not care what I did . I never was in a polloe . etation er before a magistrate until now , I am sorry , very sorry , for having dene as I did . '—Uc Bcoderip inqoircd whether she had any / rieads present , and upon the police replying in the sfflrawiive , an elderly female stepped forward , and stated that the defendant had been seduced from her home by person who was shortly after dUoovered to bo a married man . The circumstance preyed very heavily npoa the unfortunate young woman ' s mind ,: the prisoner was ultimately discharged .

      THAMES—Djssr * BA « EKcou » TJ 5 awixh Isietis . — George Kimbley , Thomas Whiting , John Do (*« rd , Ellnbeth White , Elizabeth Martin , and Caroline Ed . wards were brought before Mr Tardley , charged with being concerned in p l undering tbe extensive warehouse of Mr McsJ , plate and looking glass manufacturer , ' Le . man Street , Whljtechepel . The circumstances connected with the robbtry , and detection of the thieves , are somewhat curl . ns . About heJf . past four o ' clock en Friday [ evening Strgeant Kelly and Giffard , ot the H division , twe officers , generally engaged en detective duty , were informed that four parsons , one of whom carried a large square of plate glass , had left the hoase Nj . 8 , Flower and Sean Street , proceeding towards Petticoat Lane , They followed , bat losing tbe track ,

      thought It advisable to go back to Flower and Dean Street , suspecting , as the fact turned ont , that the parties had taken the square merely as a sample , and would ultimately return for the balk . They enscoaebd them . selves In an opposite home , and had scarcely done so when the fellows returned . Glffard immediately went to procure further assistance , but had scarcely left when the prisoner Kimbley came out laden with about sixteen squares of plate glass , and-tq prevent alarm he was allowed to pass to the corner of the street , when Kelly seized him and took possession of the property . A deiptrate struggle ensued , in which , notwithstanding Kelly ' s endeavours to save tbe glass , tbe greater part of it was broken . A number of thieves , who since tbe destruction of Essex Street have thronged into this

      vicinity , making it their stronghold , rushed out apoa the sergeant , wboVss 3 a imminent danger , when GifforJ fortunately came ap with a reinforcement , some of whom he left with the sergeant , and with the remainder proceeded to the house No . 8 , On entering the passage he met White coming out with a quantity of plate glass under bis arm . On seeing the constable he instantly retreated , laid dowa the glass , and attempted to escape ; bat Giflard secured bim , and a desperate struggle en . sued in the dark passage between the officers and the thleveis who came to White ' s assistance . Giffjrd bar . ing received a severe blow on the leg with some heavy weapon he attempted to return It , bat It unfortunately alighted on one of his own party , who was coming to bis aid , After a quarter of ah boar ' s fighting in complete

      darkness the officers succeeded in securing the doors and windows , Kelly keeping watch In front , and the six prisoners were secured and conveyed to the station houee , though a crowd ef thieves frrqaently attempted to ibbovb them . Kelly and Gifford then searched the houses . Of the glass in tbe ball , only four eqiarea remained uubrokea ; a quontitv of plate glass was found in a bed in the first Soar front room occupied by the Whites ; and in a back room occupied by the women Martin and Edwards , pieces of wood were discovered , which , when put together , made component parts of two boxes suoh as plate glass is usually packed ' n . One box *» e > discovered on the premises which had only been partlany broken np . Kelly and Gifford having instituted an Inquiry in the neighbourhood , found that tbreo boxes of plate glass had been

      missed from a passage where twenty had been previously placed , leading through folding doors to tbe counting house of Mr Moss . . The boxes taken at Flower and Dean Sweet , when put together , were found exactly to correspond with the ' marks made by the absence of duot In the place from which Mr Moss ' s property ' had been abstracted , and from which they could not have been long removed before the officers discovered the theft . The glass was worth from £ 9 to £ 10 per box , and the re . mevingit froiri the premises rt quired an extraordinary combination of dexterity aad daring . —White , who said he was a tailor by trade , and could bring several witnesses as to his respectability , denied any knowledge of the rsbbery . —It was shown that Dolward had gone into

      the bouse No , 8 fram the next house only a few minutes before he was arrested , and he was accordingly die charged . —The women Martin and Edwards said they got the wood in their rooms from the female prisoner White , who said she found it on the premises , bat did not know where it came from , —The depositions were taken at length in the cases of White , Kimbley , and Elfzabeth White , who were fully committed on the charge . Tbe Other prisoners , Martia aod Edwards , were remanded , but the whole of the parties will be brought up again , wheu it is expected that some o her charges will be established against them . In the meantime Kelly and Gfibrd tre on the look out for others who belong to the gang , which Is said to be a most numerous and daring one , bavisg extensive ramifications In tbe district .

      DlBTRESSIHO C » BE OF AlTEMPTED SoiClDE . —AllOB Harding , a rather good-looking woman , twenty-nino years ot age , was charged with attempting io destroy herself , by plunging into the wattr , from the St Katharine ' s Deck Bridge . —Anne Flannery stated , that about nine o ' clock on tho previous night she saw a woman who was standing en the middle of the bridge , suddenly fling off her cloak and bonnet , and csst ber . self lata the water . She instantly gave the alarm , when Curtis , a man in the employment of the dock company , was promptly in attendance with the dregs , and the prisoner was immediately rescued from tho water , and conveyed to tbe station-house , where Serjeant Price , 15 H having procured her a change of dress and succeeded in restoring animation , handed her

      over to her friends , getttug bail for htr appearance . —Mr fardley to the prisoner . —What have you to say respect , ing this rash and wicked act f Prisoner ; Oh , nothing , Sir , nothing ; but to thank Qod from being preserved from such an untimely end . I was in great trouble , everything was going wrong with me . I was compelled to see my poor father dragged to the workhouse ; my husband has a bad knee ; we were getting every day deeper and deeper in debt , and I could cot see the end of it . Thinking drove me mad , but now I see wlut an escape I have had , and I am troly thankful . —The husband , a respectableJ & oklog por man , who raid be waa a shoemaker , residing at Prlnoe ' s Place Prince ' s Street , Aldgate / said bis wife had been very low-spirited since her father went to tbe workhouse , aod some person ont

      of kindness had given her a little drink , which being uu . accustomed to , had no doubt influenced her to the rash act , of which he was euro she heartily repented , and would not attempt to repeat . —Prisoner : No , never never . I see the ; wloktflness of It , Mr Yardley said , she bad been gollty of astrlous offence , as well In he eye of the law as of the Great Being iato whose presence she bad attempted to rush uncalled . As , however , her repentance appeared to be staoero , he would suffor her to depart with her husband He would also causse inquiry to bd made by one of the officers , and if she and her husband were found to bo deaerviag , ho would , grant ihem some assistance . —The poer people then retired , gratefully thanking bis worship for his kindness and sympathy .

      'AccoaniaQ to Law . ' —Ann Marphy was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from a young woman , named Bridget KTk . The circumstances of the case were very extraordinary . Early in November Kirk took a boi . containing a quantity of clothes , to the houie of the prisoner , No . 2 , Plough Street , Wflfsechapel . In a few days after , the prisoner said her house bad been entered , tbe box broken open , and its contents rifled . Kirk , snspectisg the statement to be false , gave her into custody , when she admitted that sbe pawned the articles herself , and offered to redeem them ; but the case bad gona too far , and she was committed for trial on the charge from this court , Pending the trial , the prlieutr ' s nlecaweatto a Mrs Moses , in Boiemary Lane , where the young woman E rk was a servant , and told Mrs Moses that K . rk had robbed Ler

      ulstoc ' kiogB and various othw articles , upon which the young woman was . arrested and taken before the Lord Mayor . She was remanded several times , and during the period of her confinement tbe prisoner Murphy was taken before the grand jiry ,. but Ktrk oetsg in custody sad sot forthcomiog , the bill , of indiotmen ; was ig ' nored , and she got off . On Friday , Kirk was finally examined bafore tho L * d : Mayor , whea she was dis . oh arged . On coming home to her aunt ' s , trbo lirsd next dcor to the prisoner , ia Plough Street , tbe latter thrust her head on . of the window , and putting out her tough * said , ' I bad a good swig of gin out of your clotbers , but you can ' t touch mo now , fcr I have gono through the law for It , ' Hero , howsver , she proved te be mistaken , for she was taken up a second time on the charge , and the depositions being taken at iloogth , Mr Yardley fully committed her for trial ,- —At tfct close " of the proceed-

      Lambeth .—Siam Robbsai,—Mary Ann Smith W...

      iflgi ! Mrs XesM csas / crivard aad said , What tot H $ do , yoor worship , aboot my thltusf-Mr Yardley . I know nothlBg ef yoa or your thlogs ; your ce »« bas beta decided by the Lord Mayor ; and it appears to ma thai yoa have lea * yourself to a vsry discreditable preoeidinf , aad laid yourself open to an indictment on the charge o 2 conspiracy . SOUTHWARK . —Thb Bijibs Bw . —John Weharda and William Arkwrlght , two well-dressed tnon , w « t brought before Mr Cottlagham en a charge ef conspiiinf to rob L » uls Tandal of £ 20 . The complainant stated i « i ' Mrs M ^ i ( 5 affl # / MW * r d aad lai d , Whatarar , * do , yoor worship , aboot my things f-Mr Ynrdlsy . i «» ow Bothtegefyoa or your thlogs ; your oe *« bas beta decided ky ths Lord Mayor ; and it appears to ma thai vnn tia » i . »*™ m «» H to a vsrv discreditable pr * oeidinr .

      that he was carpenter on board the barquo Geelong , and that on Saturday last , while occupied in viowing tbe outside Of Buckingham Palace , Richards came up and entered Into conversation , remarking that the alterations la tho building then in progress would entail a great expense to the country . While tbey were talking the othee prisoner joined them , and It was proposed they should go to see the Wellington statue , and on the road thither ? Arkwrlght began to talk of having had a brother whtj recently died at Demerara , and who he said left bins considerable property . He went on to say that he waa then going to a lawyer In Ghanotry Lane , from whora he was to have a large sum of money , and that his in . tsntionwasto lend it out at Interest in small sums to ^ m

      those who required snsb assistance , Richards , who as sumed to be unacquainted with his feUow-prleonir , whis pered to campialnast that they were lucky in meeting such an acquaintance , and soon afterwards Arkwrlght asked complainant If he stood In need of any oath , adding that if he did he would soon assist him with some . Arkwrlght then asked complainant if be bad been paid his wages for his last voyage , and the answer being in the affirmative , be proposed that , If ba proancutt £ 20 to convince him that he was worth that sum , and had savedise much wages , he ( Arkwrlght ) would . glva . hluJ £ 50 . Complainant said that he had not tho ino ' nejs about him then , and it was agreed that tbey should ut meet on the succeeding evening , at seven o ' clock , on the south side of London Bridge in order to settU the bati *

      ness . .. Complainant satisfied from what had passefl that ha had fallea into the hands of two 'London , sherpsrs , ' who wanted to plunder him of hit money , gave . 'Information to tbe polio * . On the n . xt evening the complainant , accompanied by two pqlic . emitj , Wild and Hunt , repaired to the piece of meeting , the two latter watching at some distance ,, The prisoner * . were true to their appointment , and . the momtn ^ they saw compWnant , Arkwrlght inquired if ho was prepnred to exhibit the £ 20 . The answer being in tbe affirmative , It was then proposed that they should adjourn to - the White Horse , in Union Street . They according ly pro . ceeded to that heme , followed by the two policemen , who stationed themselves at the door . When tbey got into the parlour Arkwrlght drew forth a long purse , from one end o £ which he took eut a number of coins which looked like sovereigns , and from the other a roll of notes

      reeemblhg Bank of England notes . Having made this display of his money , he then asked complaisant if : ho was prepared to produce his £ 20 , when the latter said that he had a cheque on the Sailors'Home , in Welloloie Square , far the amount . Arkwrlght wanted io get the cheque into his hands , but expressed a wish that ho had brought the cash instead of the cheqae , and then complainant got up as if for the purpose of , going for the money ; when he was fallowed closely by tbe two prisoners , who were taken into custody at tbe door of the public-bouse , They were quite ladignsht that they should be Interfered with . They were , however , o *» rched on the spat , and in their pockets ware found anumher of celn , resembling sovereigns , together with rolls of flash cotes , nnd amongst them were seme notes of af Cheltenham bank which stopped payment upwards ol twenty years ago , —The prisoners were committed for

      trial . BOW SIBEST . —Towtr Abate Tabd ABoHiHinoxs . —Mr George Archer , solicitor , 62 , Charirg Cross , who was accompanied by several persons occupying premises In Drury Lane and Crown Court , waited on Mr Jflrdine to solicit hig assistance for the removal of nuisances of a most revolting " naiure , ( t which are dally taking place in the disposal ef dead bedles . Prom what ho was gives to understand , a respectable inhabitant of Crows Coort saw from his window a man raise a body from a grave , by means of a lever , and afcer dropping It into another hole , he thrust an Instrument repeatedly upon it , appa . rently for the purpose of crushing the corpse , in order to make room for another , As suoh an ooourreac >> was daily seen by persons who had a full view of the burial

      groand from their apartments , he would call a witness who would give such evidence as would entitle him to hare a summons served upon the parlies in question . — Mr Jardine observed , that a clause in tbe new act dl . roctol that a representation of each a circumstaBoe should be made to the local board of health , whoso inspector would immediately visit the place , and if the facts were borne out b y his report , burials would b « prevented ttiking place there in future , —Mr Archer said that tbe clause applied only to rural districts . —Mr John Tccker Maggerldge , a stationer , residing at U , Crown , Court , then stated , that on Monday , about three o ' clock iutbe afternoon , he was looking out of hie room win . dow , when he saw two men digging round a hole , and presently the regular grate-digger ' s wife having joined

      them , and supplied them with some spirituous liquor , thoy , by htr directions , procured a long pleco of rros , one end ot which hud . atts . ched to . lt a hook like the finka of an anchor , which they drove into a gran , and a rope being affixed to the other end , they used the instrument as a , 'lerer , and with someforce , tbey raised to the surfaoe a coffia which was quite black , and apparently contain - ing the BOdyof a ohlla , which the grave-digger Immediately covered ' with some clay . Witness then went to ise shop of Mr Walker , the surgeon , in Drury Lsne , and his assistant having accoBpanied him to the same , room they saw the grave-digger partake of more spirituous liquors , and after placing another coffin in a hole he laid hold of somsthtng like a sledge hammer , which he continued to jam into the hole upon the corpse , while

      his assistant threw what appeared to te quick lime upon it . They called out to the men , threatening to bring the police to them , upon which they used insulting language , saying they would use them In the same way . Information being given to the polios , the men got away , when they saw the insptctor approach , after which the ground was levelled , to make it appear that nothing ef tbe kind had taken place , Tho stesch in all the houses In Crown Court was exceedingly offensive , and although considerable expense bad been incurred ia getting rid of a cesspool which was thought to be tbe cause of It , the nuisance continued unabated , and at present witness ' s

      wife was labouring under serious Illness from its iff ^ cts . —Mr Jardine said that enough had been slated a & afesfc the persons concerned upon which to grant summonses in order to raise the question . —Mr Archer said he could bring forward proof that a fire , which seemed not to be caused by coal had been seen burning oa the ground during the night , and he thought that a warrant might be granted to ascertain if bones bad not been consumed in a small house which is within the enclosure . Mr Jar . dine , however , did not consider that the pollc * had power to go to such an extent ; but when tho names * f the parties alluded to were ascertained , the summonses should be served upon them .

      Psocmmnos or Government fob thb Soppbessiok of Debet Sweevs , — . Thomas Carey , Aifteo Marshall John Bradahaw , John Croft , and Thomas Manegtr were summoned under the 42 nd Goo , III ., o , 113 , Drfore Mr Henry , for having ou the 4 . h September unlawfull y con . spired with others to keep a certain office at No . 12 Haymarket , where was kept open and exposed to be played and drawn certain lotteries net authorised by law , called 'Monster StLeger Sweeps . '—A second sum . mens charged them with suffering a lottery to be drawn at the above-named premises , and the defendants were ebarged in a third summons as rogues and vagabond * with keeping an office or place lor a gams or lottery not authorised by Jaw . —Mr Bodkin attended as counsel , as . slated by Mr Haywatd from the offise of the solicitor to

      the Treasury , to conduct the prosecution , and Mr Clarkson appeared for the defendants .-The defendants Carey and Marshall were the only persons who appeared to answer tho charge . —Mr Henry directed tho warraat officers to prove ' the service of the summonses ,-Jar Bodkin Inqalred if the constable had taken any steps to serve tbe other dtfendauts , at their office ia the Hey . market ?—Blundel , 93 F a warrant effiaer , replied that he made inquiries there , and was informed by a persoa who seemed to be a clerk , that they were not there , uor was it their place of abode , —Mr Bodkin said that It the officer was allowed a longer time he conld have re . ported the ptogms ha had made to the Treasury ; bql he had ne objection to proceed against tho defendants , present , or to postpone the further bearing of the cast

      until tho addresses of tho others could be ascertained , it being his intention to proceed against the defendants jointly for conspiracy , in order to call upon them to pot in ball for an Indictable tffcnce . —Mr Clarkson—No , ' without going Into tbecase . -I suppose?—Mr Bodkin-f mean eventually—Mr Clarkson observed that be ta * been concsraed for a licensed victualler on a former occasion for transgressing ogaiust the tenor of his Jiceuei bat tho present charges were of a dlff . rent character , * being against lotteries generally , —The defendant Carey said thai as he was separately charged , he was anxious the case against him should be prooeeded with at once it being a matter of serious csnsldorarlon to him , parti ! oolarly as ho kn » w nothing whatever of the Other psrlff f > —The learned counsel were about to agree that the case should stand orer anfH Saturday , when the defendant Carey said he could not attend on that day , and he saw no reason why he should be dragged a second time to the court wheu no cause was a » slgnod on tbe other side for such

      a course . —Mr Clarkson advised him to bo silent unless hs felt disposed to conduct his own oast —Mr Bodkin said he waa anxious that the Indictment miihi be preferred at tho ntxt sessions , and be hoped ' SEslr . rangemtnts that were made would enable him to do so -After some further conversation , it was agreed that be farther hearing ghonld be po . tponed till Saturday at twelve o ' clock .-Tbe Ho * . Mr Boaveri » , the banker was In court to slva evidence of hi , being the hndSrd Of the house oooapied by , ho defendants--It mav fee necetsary to Slate , that tho 2 nd action of the act of ZTJ > ' iUim f Au Acc t 0 ^ PP "" certain Game and Lottos not authored by Law , ' provides that aS Scffi ' .: ? - ^ l > im > i- " * » U ^ XS any efi . ee or place lor any game or lottery called s A ri edbv ° / . f T" 1 : " flry " ' « °° ™ , " ° t . aulho . tised by act cf parliament , ahall forfeit the sum of itfoo o be recovered in the Court of Exchequer at " « be Attorney General , and shall vagabonds accordingly , i cki

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16121848/page/1/