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      Murder By Starvation.. Happily, The Exam...

      lhas Ihas been sentenced to Ije transported for life , s and t and the other has ^ ralked away from the bar of ijustic justice nnpnnished . Ini Incidentally ihe trial of this she -monster , ' Btjbi Bote ; throws a fearful lig ht upon the moral i cohd condition of Ihe peasantry among whom such ] horri horrible events could ocean ' :, WOi all toe ] jboas toasting of Churchmen and Pissenters , as to : ffcen Uieir rektive exertions for the edacafaon and of the mas ^^ e ^^

      imp : improvement , a , e auwauuuiau £ amount of unre-S Se ^ atd ^ t ^ barbarism , which svsl evsfematfc action , Respect ive ^ together of seel sects and creeds . The facts ofthe case are a diss disgrace to our . Taunted civilisation , whether we we look a * ^ cnief actora ™ * e fearful tra ! tragedy , or the callousness of the spectators , win who saw it deliberately enacted before their

      eye eyes . ] Li the village of Churcnam , near Gloucester ter , lived Bichard Hook , a woodman . He wa was left a widower three years ago , with three chi children , of whom the murdered girl was the yw youngest . Btjbb , who was . the sister of the dei deceased wife , and herself a widow with two chi children , came at the time of Mrs . Hook ' s de death to keep house for the widower , and wl whatever might he the nature ofthe connexion th that sprang up between them , became the unco controlled mistress ofthe family .

      According to the evidence at the trial , H Hook's cottage was well supplied with the m necessaries , and even some of the comforts of li life . His wages were good for his station , and tl the bill ofthe Tillage shopkeeper showed that tl there was a pretty abundant supply of provis dons weekly consumed by the family . The i neighbours , however , soon observed a marked c difference between the appearance of Hook ' s c children and the hoys of Bubb . Previous to 1 their mother ' s death they were healthy , but i After that time they were evidently systemati-> ca % neglected and illtreated—the youngest and most helpless , at that time only twelve months old , suffering of course most severely : from such treatment .

      Numerous witnesses deposed that the infant was continually wandering about , begging in the most earnest manner for a mouthful of victuals , which , when obtained , it used to devour voraciously , and that its attenuated appearance folly proved the slow , bnt deadly process of starvation , which it was deliberately undergoing . " The . young Buses enjoyed every comfort , " said Emma . Jackson , a lodger in the house , for twelve months before the child's death , "Hook ' s children were ill-fed and ill-clad , especially the deceased . " " Has seen prisoner and her children sitting at

      breakfast and eating buttered toast , whilst the deceased was on the floor , picking up the crumbs , and eating them withjjthe greatest greediness 1 " As might be expected "the child gradually wasted away , and became so weak that it crept about on all fours ; " bnt even in this state , its agony and its helplessness excited no remorse in the breast of the monster Bubb . The witness , "had seen her catch the child with one hand and beat it with the other , within three weeks of its death , " and when it was little better than skin and honea mere living skeleton . About two months

      before it died , saw her : washing the child in a tub , and saw her take it out and push it across the room , and say : * D——thee , thee wilt never die , and nothing will ever Mil thee f" Here , however , the barbarous wretch was wrong , the victim of her almost incredible and demoniacal cruelty did , at last , sink under the tortures inflicted upon her . She died at last of actual starvation and when her bod y was weighed , together with the cloths in which it was wrapped , it was only 61 b ., or 216 . less than the weight of the body of many healthy children at the moment of birth ! ¦

      Our only regret is , that the jury did not brand tins most foul , unnatural , and horrible deed , with its true name—Murder , They ought , we think , also to have accompanied the verdict with a condemnation of the shocking and unjustifiable remissness of the people , who saw this murder being deliberately perpetrated on a helpless little creature of three years of age , and yet , never interfered between the

      murderess and her victim—the clergyman ; the board oi guardians , the relieving officer , every body knew of it , and yet nobody stirred , until the slow , lingering , and agonising process of hunger had done its work . Surely , instead of sending Missionaries abroad to convert savages , there is need for their ministrations in the district which lies under tbe shadow of the cathedral towers of Gloucester !

      For one thing let us be thankful . Crimes such as these cannot be committed with impunity . Mrs . Bihd ' s escape from the scaffold or the penal colony , which she so richly deserved , is not to be the rule , but the exception . The consignment ofthe monster Bubb to transportation for life , is a timely and necessary warning to those who feel disposed to wreak their transcendant inhumanity upon helpless children . But it would be far better if Legislators would set about the task of removing the depravity of mind and heart , put of which such shocking crimes axe generated—i he low condition ofthe people is their disgrace , in the eyes ofthe world .

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      The Sabbataeians Defeated. On Ttednesday...

      THE SABBATAEIANS DEFEATED . On TTednesday , the Commission appointed to inquire iuto the practical operation ofthe Asiiletite postal regulations , reported against their further continuance . The Post Office will , therefore , be immediately placed in the same position as . it was previous to . an embargo being laid on the whole correspondence of the country once every seven days , to please , a set of bigotted intolerants , and plausible hypocrites . Perhaps , the inconvenience which the temporary enforcement of the crotchets of this fanatical crew ,- < lias inflicted upon all classes , will be the best guarantee against their taMng Parliament by surprise on any future occasionl / The taste the nation has had of their style of legislation is quite aufficient . We want no more from the same source . Meanwhile , let the Mawworms console themselves with the reflection that they need not take or send for their letters on Sundays unless they choose ; and that if the act of reading or writing them on that day be really sinful , and calculated to add . to tbe population of a place not to be named to ears polite , they will hare all the more room , in "what is styled , in Parliamentary phraseology , " another place . "

      Stk1ke Of Engine Drivers. The Engine Dri...

      STK 1 KE OF ENGINE DRIVERS . The Engine Drivers and Firemen on the Eastern Counties Railway have given notice , thatonMondaynext , they will strike , as a bod y , against the tyrannical and unjust regulations that hare oeen recentl y introduced on that hue , by Mr . Goocn , the new superintendent . From the facts stated at the meeting of . the Drivers , held this week , it iB evident that the treatment they have received is part of a systematic plan to pull down the earnings of that iaost important and useful "bod y of men With the view of thereby in some measure adding to the dividends of the italist

      cap . We recently showed the effect of a similar policy on the Edinburgh line , where the inexperience of the new drivers not only destroyed property to a large amount , but inflicted severe wounds and endangered life . "We say , that having obtained by act of Parliament , and by the command of large capitals subscribed under that authority , a monopoly of the passenger traffic ofthe Country , Railway Boards ought to be restrained by the Government , from taking a course which so directly tends to endanger the lives and property of the public . TVe shall watch the issue of this straggle with deep interest .

      / Pabliaipntary Review. On Thursday, The...

      / PABLIAipNTARY REVIEW . On Thursday , the Queen ; with the usual pomp and ceremony , proceeded to the " new-Palace at Westminster , " and released "My Lords and Gentlemen" from what she was pleased to call " the duties of a laborious session . " The members collected to witness the royal pageantry were rather greater than usual upon such occasions , and there was no lack of loyal respect towards the first magistrate of the realm , in her progress towards the Legislative Chambers . The sovereign should not

      , therefore , draw the inference that the people are satisfied with the working of our instituc tiona at present . Towards herself , personally , we believe there is but one feeling of respect throughout the country ; but a very different sentiment pervades the masses with regard to her present advisers ; where they are not despised , they are detested ; and it ia to he hoped Her Majesty ; -will speedily be able to secure the assistance of advisers more competent for the position , and possessing more of the confidence of her lieges .

      Ih . the Speech which they made their Royal tylistress read to the few members of both Houses , who had not escaped to the moors , the Ministry enumerate the measures they conr sider of the greatest importance , which have been passed during th © session , and for which they take credit . These are , the Australian Colonies Act , the Acts for the Improvement ofthe Merchant Service , for the gradual

      discontinuance of Intern-ents within the limits of the Metropolis , for the Extension of the Elective Franchise in Ireland , and the measures for improving the Administration of Justice in various Departments . The catalogue is soon exhausted , and our readers know too well the . petty and defective nature of the measures themselves , to require that we should now detain them by any comments . The whole session has been wasted in a series

      of debates on subjects , the most important of which have been withdrawn . . Of the shoal of bills that have struggled through , notmore than a score , at the utmost , can lay claim to the character of being generally useful . One point of the Speech ought hot to be forgotten . It is seldom , indeed , that these documents contain anything either new or startling ; but the paragraph respecting finance and taxation is so truly novel that we were . startled with it . Her Majesty congratulated the Commons on

      having Vbeen / enabled to relieve Her subjects from some of the burdens of taxation . " Who has been shamefully practising upon the credulity of the Queen ? When ? Where ? In what shape has that relief been given ? Who feels himself one penny ; the belter for it ? With the exception of the remission of the duties on bricks , we positively know of no reduction whatever . The wooden Cbaxcellok makes mistakes enough on his own account , and ought to be content i without seeking to drag the Queen into the mire along with him .

      As to the proceedings of the Houses since onr last , they , have been of an unusually humdrum kind , even for therh .. " Palavers " have been got np on Cephalonia and other matters , but it was quite evident that everybody was heartil y wearied of the sisyphean task in which they had' been so long engaged . Their hearts were not their tongues , and the motions were got up merely to save appearances . The real object was to hurry over the

      business that it had been determined to push through , and then turn their backs , as speedily as possible , upon a place where their seven months' labours had been of so unprofitable and discreditable a character . Next week we shall endeavour to point out the leading characteristics of the session , of . 1850 , of which we are heartily glad we have at length seen the end , and pray that we may never see such another . ...

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      MONIES RECEIVED Fob ibx Wbbk Ekmng Thcbspat , August , 15 ih 1850 . POR THEWdBlW OF THE IMD COMSY . Received by . W . Eujee . —Messrs . Bookless , Mechan , and M'Seil , Georgie Mills Is 6 d—E . Scales , Bristol Is—J . E ., Exeter 2 s—Northampton , per J . Starmer 19 s—W .-HotcIs , Garndiffetli CS—Messrs . 3 > . andD . 'Holmes , Sutton-nriilge 2 s—Drojlsden Branch 3 s 6 d—Oswaldtwistle Branch 112 s—J . Hamilton , Dairy 6 d—Hyde , pev K . Hsmtosaa U—Nott ingham , per J . Sweet 9 s 7 d—S . Widdop , Addingham , near Leeds 6 d—ifessrs . Sanderson , Nash , and Taylor , Norwich 3 s—Messrs . Finlaj , Walker , Wood , Barrett , Bungay , and Topp , allottees Great Bodfora 3 s—J . Ttraites , Lynn 6 i £ s . d . Keceived bjW . Aider .. .. 4 8 7 THE HONESTY FUND . Received at Lisn OmcE—From Leicester , per Newton—T . Newton 2 s € d—W . Lapworth 2 s 6 d—W . Kitcherman 2 s—J . Beer 5 s 4 d—W . Holyoake as 4 d-J . Seal Ss 4 d—F . Neal 5 s 4 d—W . Dun 2 s 6 d—W . Green 2 s Sd—W . Fox Gd—T . Collinls—W . White Cd- ^ J . Kobinson Gd—K . Holjoake 5 s 4 de ; Blnrofield 2 s 6 d-W . ' Miner 2 s—T . Sharman Gd—H ; Low 2 s Gd— C . E . Low 2 s 6 d—B . Low 2 s Gd—W . Pridmore ls- ^ E . Bird Is-W . Johnson 8 d-J . Bailey 3 s Cd . ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ Received by W . Bjdee . —Bagnley-hill , Mossier 10 s . £ b . d . ReceivedatLaoaOfiBce . ' . .: 2 19 10 . Receivedb / w " . Eider •; . . ; .. 010 . 0 . Total .. .. .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .. £ 3 9 10 AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . . Received , by Jobs Absott . —Falkirk , per D . Sinclair 15 s 3 d—Karylebone per J . Goodwin . 5 s— -Collectionsand Cards at John-street 2 } 8 s 0 | d—Wat Tyler Brigade , Greenwicb , per C . Jeffoy 4 s ^ -Exeter per T . Scott 5 s—YarmoutL , per J . Royal ! 6 d—Mr ; Denny Is -Mr . Clow is—Working Man , Stepney ls-Total , 4 tGs 9 id . DEBT DUE TO PRINTER . Todmorden , perRichard Barker 5 s , TRACT / FUND . . : Received ny Jons Absott—Mr . Winn , bookseller 3 s—Mr . Piper , bookseller Is Gd—Mr . Bell , Soiithwark ' 2 s Gd—Exeter , per T . Seott Ss ^ Lynri . per J . Twaits Is—Stalybridge , per W . Hill Is—Mr . G . Gill Gd—Mr . Morihg Gd . FOR MRS . LACY . ' Received % W . Rides . — James Wells 6 d—E . Elliott , CTapliam Kew Park 2 s Gd .- —Received at La . vd Office . — G . J . CdMJ . W . Gd . —Received by John Ab-vott . —Mr . Bell , Sonthwark 2 s 6 d—Whittingtonjand Car , per IJ . Bloomfield 2 s 2 d—Collected at John-sirect , Au ^ . 6 th 4 s 01 d Mr . Nosboeaj Is—Mr . Shute ls ^ Wliittington and Cat , per H " . Bloomfield ( second subscription ) 13 s—T . O . D ., Hoxton New Town 2 s Cd—Two WorkingMen , Stepney Is .

      The Misers' Conference. - .,..:, Io The ...

      THE MISERS' CONFERENCE . - .,..:, IO THE EDITon OF IHE NORTHERS STAR . Newcastlc-upou-Tync , Aug . 14 th . Sin , —1 beg , throngb tHe medium of your excellent jonrnal ; - to call the attention of the miners ¦ to the postponement ofthe projected Miners' Conference , which was intended to be held on the 19 th inst ., but which , by the consent of the delegate meetings of ^ orthnmberJand and Durham , and of tancashife and Cheshire , is to he postponed for a month—viz ., to the lfith day of September next . The reasons for such postponement are ample . and weighfcyj ' and it is respectfiiHy submitted to all mining districts , that those reasons will be laid before the delegates who may assemble at such Conference , and of which , no doubt , they will approve . Miners of Britain , take this matter into , your serious consideration , and let . each district send a delegate to Newcastle on Tyne on the day specified above , when it is intended to submit to those so assembled a plan of organisation , which , if adopted and carried out , will improve the miners ' condition , and bring comparative comfort to those homes where misery and poverty at present find a place . . Yours , Arc ., 3 L 4 bti . v Jvde . secretary .

      Excursion Io O'Coxxokviixe.—On Sunday, L...

      Excursion io O'Coxxokviixe . —On Sunday , llth . August , the roerohers and friends ofthe Temperancehall , Little Dean-street , Sobo , made an exciivsion to . O'ConnorvillCj where they arrived overjoyed with their journey . On alighting they dispersed in camT panics and entered the abodes of the allottees . After dining , viewed the estate , and enquired as to the welfare of tbe resident allottees ; then came to the conclugien , thut tlie laud so applied is one of the principal roads to man ' s true liberty . " Place a man on his own property—the land , then will lie defend his own castlo . " After these sufficient enquiries the party , returned to Little Dean-street , delighted with their excursion , and hoping that ' ere long the soil , which naturally belongs to mankind , will be inherited by mankind . Mubdeb at Bmeblet Hiil . —On TFcdncsday three parties , named Ann Curtis , Joseph Cole , and George Clarke , werebnraghfc before the bench of magistrates at Worcester to undergo a final exami-HJ on ^ . charge of murdering Reuben Cartis , at mSl * ' ? > n'ghtof the 22 nd of June . The S ft * tne close of the examination ; said S ° thll ?^ n ' Curtis aud George Clarke to tak « tfcu tna \ i 0 mttrdPr f colptter dwharged

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP *" ; UNITED TRADES ! Z // ''"¦ T . S . Duncombb , Esq ., M . P ., " President . ' / l £ stablishedx 18 i 5 : " hat j osiim . " ' . When the Central Committee found all their endeavours fruitless , to induce . the . Wolverhampton employers to do that justice to their hands to which , had they been honourable men , they would have heeded no prompting , ; and , in consequence , felt it their duty , at once to appeal to the various trades in connexion , to support the Tin Plate Workers in their legal attempts to obtain that justice which , up

      to this period , has been most pertinaciously refused , " they were well , aware that time would necessarily be required for . the trades to , meet , discuss ,. and give to their resolves " the name of action . '' They never doubted what those resolves would be , but were scarcely prepared for the prompt—and nearly unanimous—response which has been given to their appeal . But there are still a few bodies ofthe members who have not yet responded . It is confidently hoped that these will at once see the necessity for an immediate performance of that duty , so clearly implied in the obligations they mutually engage in , when they join' this Association , obligations which they would naturally expect to be fulfilled on their behalf , if placed in similar circumstances with the

      Wolverhamptonmen .,, , ; During this unavoidable delay , the busy activity of Mi-.. Perry , and the excusable impatience of the men , have somewhat precipitated affairs , to a degree neither desired nor contemplated by the Central Committee .., Mi * . E . Perry , when he discovered that he would no longer be permitted to continue his unreasonable exactions , at once proceeded to put into operation a variety of schemes , quite characteristic , of the man , to secure to himself a continuation of his present disproportionate profits . ' ' . ' ¦

      There was first the . usual advertisement , "A quantity of . Tin Plate Workers , wanted , to whom will be given .. constant employment , and the same wages as have ; been given ; for the last seven years . Liberal advances made where required . " We need scarcely say , thai what those wages were are so well known to every Tinman , in Great Britain , that , that advertisement was not likely to be very ; effective . To this the hands put out a rejoinder > short , terse , and effective ; stating ; , that Mr , Perry could have & s many hands , as he required , upon the only condition that he would pay the market value for his . labour . The

      Committee perfectly agree with that reply , and would not advise any man to leave his employment , except upon the specific refusal of his employer to pay the" market' pried for his labour , which is the price which the men have themselves . determined oil , and which is . now ¦ ¦¦ ¦ and has for a long period been paid by the most extensive , and by very far , the most respectable establishments in the town of . Wolverhampton . , But these ; gentlemen appear to have been even more impatient than their men , and adopted another scheme which will ; we expect ; turn out eventually , equally abortive . .

      The most tempting offers have been made to induce the men to enter into written engagements for a term of years <; and , as an additional bait , offers of pecuniary advances have been liberally made / and we regrettpaddj in some few instances successfully . Now , we know not which ofthe two characters excites in us the most supreme disgust : the man who would take an advantage of the poverty , the ignorance , or the vicious propensities oi another , to induce hint to contract a debt which lie can have scarcely any prospects of repaying , in order that he : may be made the slave and instrument , to enable him ( the employer ) to / perpetuate the wrongs he ; has . -, so

      long inflicted upon his workpeople ; or . the wretched tool , who ,, devoid / of all honour , principle and virtue , is base enough to enter into so disgraceful an arrangement . None but the meanest and most depraved of his species would act so unworthily ; and we suspect that Mr . E . Perry , has , by . this time , discovered the truth of this position , as we are informed that fonr or five of these fellows , to whom he had advanced various sums , amounting in the aggregate to about ^ £ 25 , have taken to their heels ,- and gone . on " a summer tour to the Lakes of Killarney , or to roam , perhaps , amongst the wild scenery ofthe land ofthe mountain and the mist .

      However we may deprecate the conduct of these men , if our information , be correct . we heartily and sincerely rejoice in Mr .. Perry ' s discomfiture . If he will condescend to enter into such questionable arrangements with such disreputable characters , ' he . need / not be surprised to find himself outwitted .. /' ¦ : . ' . ' ,-¦ ¦ ¦ ' Such men and such proceedings we utterly deprecate and repudiate . We have no" alliance with them : to Mr . E . P . and his friends ,

      belong the undivided honour of such-coadjutors . The men and their acts are the necessary and usual consequences , of the strike system , which wesostrenuouslystrive to avert , and in no case have we strove more unremittingly than in the present . But as long as . injustice exists and wrongs are inflicted upon / the working men , . for which the laws of his country gives him no remedy , there must be ; 'there will be , and there ought to be , strikes !' ' - \''"

      v ; The ' -Timet " says ;~ " The history / . of the manufacturing class is to be found in the history of strikes ; it is by the frequent recurrence of these that the vicious state of our labouring population makes itself felt' most effectually . Strikes are but an organised expression of some ignorance , some , ; restivehess ,., some jealousy , ' . some dislike—so . much everybody knows . " Let us here pause to ^ complete this descriptive catalogue of 'the' existences which strikes are said to express ^ ' Do they / hot . ex ^ press tbeexistence of some deep injury inflicted , some grievous ^ wrong long . . suffered , ; haim

      longer , to he endured , but for which the impery fections of our laws gives the injured party no remedy , except by the uncertain and unsatisfactoi-y ' one of . a strike ? ' / If the system / of strikes ; * be so . objectionable ,.-. why ; do not the government constitute a . board by which all disputes between capital and labour might be arbitrated upon and" adjusted ? Why hot adopt the system w ^ ' have / so long recommended—boards of trade , ih . every manufacturing town , composed of equal numbers of masters and workmen ; presided over by some perfectly

      independent party sworn / to act'justly , ap d the decisions of a board ' so constituted , / to have the effect of law ? . The . answer . to the why , is , because capital . assumes to itself , or rather usurps , a power , above cither law , reason , orequity . The Times , quoting , we suppose , from Mr . Tremenhere's last report on the state of the mining districts , states / that-. ? ' The great Strike of the colliers and miners in 18 A 4 , extended over a period : of four months , and involved a loss to the coal owners as a body , calculated at £ 200 , 000 ; and " a loss te the pitmen hi wages of £ 300 , 0 ' 00 . 'f . ///;/;/ ' /

      This fact- ^ -if it be a . fact , for it appears to us too monstrous for unadorned truth—sufficiently accounts , for and amply j ustifies the strike in question . Here wo havea Very important admission , that the proportion between profits and wages in the " , coal trade , is two to three , or 6 $ per cent ; that is , for every pound paid by a pit owner in wages ho reaps a profit of thirteen shillings and fourpence ; and for this monstrous robbery upon the labour of the poor miner , the law provides no remedy , and he' is abused and vilified if he resists this great injustice ; by the only means within his reach—a strike . We are from

      principle averse to strikes , and % ever sanction or countenance them , while any means remain of obtaining justice \ but until the law , or iha employers themselves , from a sense of justice , recognise some more rational means for the

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      redress / of ' grievMes i . / or . adjustment / of dis , ^^~ sU'ikes--with // all ;/ their , concomitant evils aud wasteful loss , never ' will , can , or ought to be , -discarded b y the working- men , being the onl y means they have left ofmaking their grievances understood or then- power ieJt . While writing this- report information has just reached us - of a cunningly devised—but a too transparent—trap , to inveigle the Wolverhampton men ^ and , perhaps , this Committee , into acts , which miild at once bring ¦ them within the law of conspiracy . Two men in the employment of Mr . E . Perry , of the respective names of McNaugliton andBriggs ; were ' dispatched to Birmingham upon the very

      honourable errand of engaging men to hire themselves ( lfor a . consideration , " to that gentleman . One Underbill , and three others , gladly , we suppose , accepted the tempting but filthy bait . Shortl y after their arrival in Birmingham , and after having signed and sealed their odious bargain , and pocketed the wages of their infamy , they sought out the secretary of theirade in , Wolverhampton , under the lying pretence th at they had been deceived under false pretences , into the engagement they had entered into , and requesting to know , under the circumstances ,, what they should do . The answer was the only and proper one which could , or ^ will bo given to such scoundrels" Go back . to Mr . Perry , and fulfil your agreement . "

      Now ; these four vagabonds from Birmingham , were thoroughly ignorant of the beginning , progress , and' exact position of the dispute , and their application to the secretary was a trap to lead . him into an illegal act , coined in the brain of some one more cunning , but scarcely wiser than their ' own— " A weak invention of the' / enemy , " ^ . Yes , truly , very weak . We are further informed ,, that these fellows were paid , 20 s . to spend amongst them on the evening they executed the bond , and £ 5 each , on the following morning . There is another case of a local preacher' of the name of Glover , who ha 8 ^ , trying on a similar j * artful dodge ; " with similar non success . ; : ¦

      • . The Central : Committee have no hesitation in giving the widest publicity to these cases , believing . that such hellish expedients have only to bo exposed to be / rendered innoxious . . We assure the Tin Plate . Workers , that even the complaints we made at the commencement of this article , of the non arrival of the decision ofsonie few bodies of . our members , / has , while we are \ yriting , come to hand , and the determination of the National Association to support , them through this struggle-is > now unanimously resolved on . " Let them - then be of good cheer , let tliera avoid theseboridmen as they would . basalisks- ^ - " whom to look upon is to die . " Let them but be , true and faithful to each other , and we have no fear for

      the result . > : Their case has hitherto been conducted With patience' and moderation , let it still be so conducted . Let ho man commit ah illegal or dishonourable act in connection with this affair .. Be . sober , be vigilant , for the tempters are abroad , prowling ! like wolves to see whom they may devour . W o must quietl y and steadily pursue the eventehor of bur way , / relying upon the justice of our ; cause , and the omhipotency of that public . opinion , before which the greatest tyrants quail . ¦ <

      We again this week insert two letters we have received from" our correspondents in Birmingham and Kidderminster ; and as they may be taken as the . expression of the feelings elicited by ibis 'Wolverhampton case , in the breast of numerous and -powerful sections of our organisation , they assume an importance which will , we hope , be a sufficient apology for their insertion . . . : ' :..: Kidderministcr , August 13 th . . Deab Sib , — I feel obliged to you for the insertion of my letter of last week ,. expressive of , the feelings and sympathies entertained bj tlie men of Kidderminister on behalf of their Wolverhampton torelliren . 1 trouble you , Sir , with another , to nssuve you that those sympathetic feelihirs

      aroin no wise'diminished , butvery much on theincrease , and have been greatl . r promoted by your excellent arrangements to gfvo such general publicity ; to your proceedings through the Northern Star . .. ¦ : l assure you the Carpet Weavers are deeply impressed with tlie ' . immense importance of this case , calculated as it is , unless conducted with great ' talent and drcumspec . tion , to involve the Central Committee in difflculties . -and , perhaps ; endanger the Association . But we have that unlimited confidence in your judgment , evinced in' so many important eases , that ivo are determined , to-give . you all the support you require , and f o rally round the standard of that one great and extensive union of unions , and never fail in supporting our fellow men in contending for Hint we ourselves love so well— 'A fair day ' s pay for a'fair day's work . ' -: , ' . -..

      , I would wish to ; remind men . af other trades , how , in times' past , men have ' been' compelled , through the monstrous tyranny ' of capital , to leave their homes and families , and go tramping through the country in search of employment ; and , when after a long and tedious search , they have been compelled to return to their once happy homes , but now dismembered and made destitute by choir forced absence , when they have been again compelled to , bon their necks to the yoke of . oppression ; and why ? for the want of such ah intelligently-devised and conducted union as we are' now connected with ? ,: ¦ " ¦¦ ' -

      And 1 h'ould noiv wish to ask tho men of my own trade , whether , during tlie hist , twelve months , and their connexion with the Kationnl Association , they hare been subjected to so many annoying attempts to reduce their , wages , or to deprive , them of . some long enjojeft pYivUegcfsmd , whether the few attempts which have' beeii offered have not been promptly and suecesstully frustrated by' the rational proceedings of the Central Committee ? Let us then , for the time to come , caclt and every one of us , rally . round the National Association , that we . may secure for ourselves the inestimable blessings it confers , and , at the same time , lie the mentis of securing the like advantages for the Tin Plate Workers , and every other trade who evinoe ' a similar desire to protect themselves and us . ' . ; ¦> - '

      . . . I . htivc the pleasure of informing you that a meeting of delegates from each ofthe firms in . this town is convened for Monday next , to make arrangements for ' the punctual collection and Remittance of the Wolverhampton levy . Wishing you speedy and complete success , ' ¦ I remain , yours faithfully , ¦ ¦' ¦ ltemi Barbeii , General Secretary % ! to KiiWevmihister Carpet . Trade . ' ' [' . " . . Birmingham , AugustlSth . ' Dear , Sm , —In forwarding you a I ' ost-office order for the sum of two pounds ten shillings per extra levy , I beg to say that never was money sent under any circumstances or for any purpose ; more freely . or willingly than is this . 1 mention this to show ( that whatever may bo said to tho contrarj )' working men are beginning to . see their true , position ^ and that it is their privilege—nay , duty— io aid each other when / suffering from tyranny and oppression . And ' that this is equally necessary , whether they bo men of own trade , iu their own locality , or men at a distance .

      ' . Siiv-wnen l . road your very excellent , article in ' , the Northern Star fit Saturday last , ^ relative to the affiiir at Wolverhampton , ' it appeared as . though the' men of our , tratle'liad received some fresh impulse , for the , reading thereof was received' with the nibstunmistakbabie marks ot approbation , and at the conclusion , ; an unanimous vote was passed , approving of the policy pursued , in the Wolyerhamptou case . ... I only wish Sir . E . Perry had b « en there to have ' been an eyo Witness of the scene' ; I think It ; would , havis taught hitii . a very important anduseful lesson ' - viz . ' , that 'it IS bettor to accede to the . 'lawful and . honest requirements of tlio men in his employ—that it . is no trifling matter to rouse ; the latent energies of the working community , ; Uiat tho capital of his nwkiiig—viz ., their labour is-held as dear , . and . sna ' H'lie guarded with . as much cave , and . ' watched with as much interest . and attention as though it consisted in bricks and mortcr , or take to itself tho name of master ^ ' .,.: '> ¦¦ . . ..:. ¦ •' . . ; i

      • ' Deav Sir , i I . believe that the Wolverhampton case will prove . to bc . an absolute , good ( o the National Association of Ura ted . Trades . ' AnA that the best thanks of tho members , thereof are diurto Mr ; Perry , for having called into active operation > tlib ' principles of tho National Association . ' We ' were go ' mgon so calmly , and quietly , that lam fearful , that had not Mr . B . Perry , or . some equally honourable gentleman aroused us , that we might have gone into the sleep of self security , until we had become so cnfeWed for . the want of exorcise , that at some , unguarded moment we might have become an easy prey to some of his devouring and consuming species . Thanks ; then , to Mr . Perry ; I trust his timely interference will bo the means of . collecting more firmly together tho unitedlorccs of tho National Association , and . that an increase of some thousands of new

      recruits ' toils already numerous ranks will bo added , who shall ' rally-round the peaceful standard of union ' , and whose watchword is "Equal justice to employed and employer . " 'That this will be the case I am assured , from , the fact that since the case at Wolverhampton , has occurred , and the report thereof has found its way into the columns ofthe Northern Star , it-has created an amouut ' . of inquiry hitherto unpurallellcd in my experience . ; auiVmany , to my certain knowledge , have asked where the ¦ flforfaeni Star may 1 ) 6 obtained , in order that they may have one , and thus be enabled : to watch the progress and final issue of this affair . And here , sir , I would say , that I think the best the hest thanks © f the working classes are due totho editor of the Northern Star , for giving publicity to ' ouiunovenients hi his widel y circulated paper . ' '" ¦' . " . ' . in the present

      Believing : we shall come off victorious struggle , and that it will bo for our good , ! .. I remain , yours truly , . Mr . William Peel . . John IIolsks . To these excellent letters , we can only say , the Central Committee are rejoiced , and justly . proud , that their general policy is so mucL appreciated and approved : by their members . They will persist , through evil report and good report , in the siimo policy , from a conviction that it is sound , just , and humane , and the only one by which strikes and their coTasavjvxevitteBtaay he avoided * . » Wo have the most : confident hopes of a speedy settlement of tho Wolverhampton , case .

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      None but characterlessfflen ^^' ^ cefit the ignominious terma of Mr . E . Perry j we u ? n ° t think enough can be found in the / ' United Kingdom for / his purpose ; and when found , they are iiofc ' to . be depended upon , and that in . a short time no one will be more glad to get rid of themthan . Mr . Perryhiinself . William Peel . General ( Secretary .

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      c MARLBOROTJGn . STRiT , ET . ~ RonBm BY A biroPAU . v . —William ; Joyce was charged with'having stolen seven sovereigns belonging to Mr . Frederick loung , cheesraongor , ' 45 , Silver-street , Goldehaqsare . The prosecutor stated that ' on Saturday he opened a new shop m the above line at 45 Silverstreet , Golden-square , and on tho Friday previous the prisoner came and solicited employment as a shopman . About one o ' clock the same day the ' prisoner called ' again , and as vf itne ' ss was busy in preparing to open on the Saturday , ' he accepted the prisoner ' s services to assist him . On Saturday afternoon the shop vf as opened , and prisoner and witness were ; the only two persons behind the counter weighing out goods and taking the money ;

      In the course of tbe evening witness' put seven sovereigns in a paper , and placed , them in a drawer next , the . tillj to which no one but the prisoner and himself had access ; : A short time afterwards prosecutor had occasion to ' putsomemorogold into the drawer , when he missed the packet containing ' the seven ¦ ¦ sovereigns . He questioned ' the prisoner about the missing money , and on his giving an unsatisfactory reply , witness sent for a constable and gave him in charge . Tho prisoner ' was searched , but only 5 s . Ad . found upon him . A witness proved that he was in prosecutor ' s shop on Saturday night , and saw tlio prisoner at the drawer in question . The prisoner took something : from the drawer and left tho shop , and was absent about ' ten minutes . Tho prisoner , who denied the charge , was committed for trial .

      An ViiMTVBAi Patient . - Hector Hume , a working jeweller , living at TSo . 20 , Peter-strcct , was charged with having criminally -assaulted his two daughters , one aged ten years , and the other nine years . The mother of the children it appeared , had been dead some time ; The children and : their unnatural parent occupied a back attic , all slept together in one bed . The eldest girl was assaulted about a month ago . She did hot tell what had happened , as her father threatened to beat her . She did tell a Mrs . Jackson some days afterwards , and this , added to what had occurred to her younger sister ' s case , led to the " prisoner being' given into custody . oMr . Totliill , surgeon , 8 , Charles-street ; consideredthat an assault had been recently committed on the eldest of the ' two ' children . The ; prisoner denied the charge . Ho admitted that when drunk he might have exposed' himself moreithah wasproper to'his children . Fully committed . ! ' ;

      MARYLEEOAK ~ I ) ksiroying a . List op Voters . —Elizabeth''Dickmap ., -. a very decently-dressed womanj ' was : charged by police-constable 97 D , who deposed that at two / o ' clock on Sunday afternoon he saw the prisoner go up tbtbecbiircb of St . Mary ' s , WyhdhaKi-place , Bi'yanston-square , and pull down four-sheets from a list of voters which was posted up at the door / j . sho was Hiakihg ' off with the . papers when vvitn ' ess . took . her into custody ^ The prisoner , on bemg ' askcd what she / had tb ' . / say , replied that she was not aware that she was doing anything v » rong , iniaging that tlie lists were put at the door for any one to help themselves ' to a portion of them if they . thought fit ;/ She was fined in the mitigated penalty of , 5 s . for the offence . '

      MANSION-HOUSE . — Juvenile . Cbijie anh PabEiNtai ; Negleci . —Tiiproas .. . Ellis , a . diminutive fellow ,. 12 years ; of age ,: was charged with . Laving stolen a , blanket , in vyliich a sleeping infant was wrapped . —James Roon , ( GC 4 City . Police ) : At two o ' clock on Friday , afternoon . I saw the prisoner running along a street near iloundsditch , and endeavouring . to conceal a blanket under his frock . I suspected ,. when I . perceived that he . went towards Petticoat-lane , the place of sale for - plunder , that he was going to be a customer there , ¦ and . I asked him what he hail got . Ho . said lie had his : mother ' s blanket , and was going toselljt-for her . ; " Then , " said '] , " yoii ' musti comb , with me to your mother , " Rather than , go to his mother : he said lie would

      admit that he stole the thihgr , but . he would leave it to the police to find put where , as he wouJdnot take any further , trouble about it . I afterwards found that the owner of the . blanket was ajwoman in very humble circumstances , who heard her child cry , and upon going into her roera to . see / what was the matter , found the poor , child she had left comfortably wrapped up in . the ' blanket , and asleep in tho cradle , lying naked . ohVthe , ground . -She immediately identified ; the [ blanket , which was found in the possession of tho boy , who confessed at the station : houseithat he had rolled the baby out of if , and that he meant to get all ' he could for it : in the Lane . —Alderman Gibbs : This is a very bad affair , boy . . What have you to say about ' it * ? The

      nvisoner : les , 1 took the blanket off the child , and I was agoing tdsell . it . I saw nobody in the room , or I would hayo cutaway . —Alderman Gibbs : Have you ho' homo ? , The Prisoner : Yes . —Alderman Gibbs : . And father and , mother ? The Prisoner : Yes , in SpitaJneJds . —Alderman Gibbs : Why don ' t you live at home with them ? Do yon nob get enough to eat there ? The Prisoner : Yes , I get enough when I am there , bnt I like to bo with other boys , and so I don ' t go there . —Noon : I have often had my eye upon hinvwhenheh ' asbcen with a gang of thieves with which" the whole place is , infested . —Scott , the Marisiori-house officer , said , the prisoner ' s mother came to the court this morning with a child in' her arms , had . said the boy was

      so incorrigible that neither father nor mother could turn him to " any account , and'that he had an excellent hometo go to , ' but could not be'kept' in ; and she hoped the magistrate would take care ofthe young rascal . —Alderman Gibbs " : When a home is already provided for a child a prison is' a very improper place to send ; it to ; . The parents arc bound by law to protect their children , and'I ' sh ' all hot be instrumental hi removing this boy from'the natural and legal care to which ho is entitled ' , to' lock him up in a gaol in which . there can be no chance of a change except' for'the worse . I am determined never to ^ sauction the' practice of filling prisons with children or ' such tender ' , convinced as I am

      that the association which is there inevitably brings all the bad qualitiesof those who are' confined into play . I shall therefore , instead of relieving . the parents of their proper responsibility by separating him fromjthem for a . timer order the hoy' to bo whipped in the-Mansion Hofee in such a manner as will act upon his memory , anu also ' operate as a warning to his ' Companions > and then direct the officer to ' take him' home . —The Prisoner : Whipped ! Oh , rio . Don't'whip me . —Alderman Gibbs ¦ . He shall be well whipped ^ and the officer shall intimate to his parents that- if' he' be 'fou " wandering , about in ar destitute or depr . ived' condition again I shall se 0 ; to " what extent the law can punish them for their neglect . ; - • -. : ¦ : " ¦ ¦

      'Thomas / Austin , a hoy in his 13 th yeaiy ' was the next prisoner bi ou ' ght v up . Ho was charged with having ' stolen a leg of . mutton neair . Diike's-place , in tho same neighbourhood , and was / 'scen wending his way to Petticqat-lahe . Upon ; being taken into custody he said lie would neithevgivo . any , account of himself or the miutdni'but thaf lie could not see why lie should not ' havc ajointfpv'his Siiifday ' s- dinner as-weU ' as anybody else' It was ' soon , ascertained that the meat had . bcenstolen from a neighbouring butcher , and itwas ; stated that very small children are how much used in whipping away meat from stalls higher than themselves , under the direction ' of ¦' experienced' thieves ' .- ^ Alderman Gibbs ! earnod , upon questioning tho prisoner , ' that ho too

      hadahomo tp ' go to-and' / parent ' s to protect him , and that of course the proper means of prbve ' ntinir himfrom associating'with' thieves had not at " all been resorted to . The / sentence of tho court upon liimwasj that he ' should be well , whipped and taken to his parents , with tho assurance that any other such evidence of ' parental negligence should be followed by an investigation of the most serious kind to those who were ¦ bound to takqeare of him . TlCKFOCKKTS IN TUB itlVER SlEAitURS . —JanO Skiff and Samuel Skiff wow charged -with having robbed a lady of her purso ' containing five or six shillings . —Spittle , the officer who has known the prisoners for some time as-pickpockets , saw them Old

      on ( Sunday evening get . into a steamboat at tho Shades JPfe . r- 'He followed them into tho boat , which went ' . to 'Ilungei-fo ' rd- ' staivs , ' ; and . saw them make experiments- uport ¦ tho ' pockets of several ladies and gentlemen , but without ' effect : Atlluhgerford-stairs they got-into , a steamer which was going ' to the old Shades Pier , and' when the' boat reached the landing-place the'maa slipped a purso out of a lady ' s pocliet ; ga ve . it ( o his companion , and finding that he waS' observed by the officer , contrived to osoapeJ Tho officer seized the female prisoner with five shillings in' her' hand ; and next morning apprehended the male prisoner closo to . the station-house in which she was confined . —Tlio / ' prisoners were ; comtnitted for trial . ' - *

      BOW-STREET , — A . SSACLT 1 N 8 A . CoNS ? ABlE . —| John Walker , a stableman , was charged / under the ' following circumstances * Another man was placid in the dock along with him , for attempting' to . rescue him . —Police-constahlo 82 deposed "that lib was on duty in Shire-court , Temple-bar , oh Sunday morning , and was going in search ofthe prisoner Walkers mother . Ho found Walker and / the other prisoner ' smokirig and drinking together . Witness took no notice of them , and was passing . on to enter the house ,, when the prisoner rushed before him , and prevented him from . passing , Witness pushed him'out of the way ,. when ho ( prisoner ) ran back , and drawing a spring cljlBp-knife ,: swore that if he . ; dared to touch \ him , lie would ' -rip . him up / Suiting theaction to the word , he made a thrust ! at the breast of witueijs , but fortunately hemissod

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      his blow .. Assistance , was " procured , and > both prP soners taken into custody . —Inspector , I ) odd drew too attention of the magistrate to . the . linife-a most oiniidable looking weapon .-Mr . ; Halt remarked that it . wns fortunate he had not ' touched the con . stable , but for the threats he had used ho would fine him ops ., or a month ' s imprisonment , and the other prisoner 20 s ., or ten days .-r-They vfore locked up . Assault , in gr jAjiKs ' s-PAaK—Mary Tre / rony was ^ iarged . with attacking . Mr . 1 ) . Wenham , a stock-brokers clerk , in the Mall , St . Jamos ' s-park . -llie . prosecutor stated that about ten o ' clock on Monday night he was . walking along the Mall of St . James s-park , towards his home , vrtien he saw the prisoner and two other females sittin « upon a

      seat . As ho passed them , they quickly rose , and the prisoner addressed'him . Witness desired her to leave him , which she refused ; and ho heard the Other two females walking behind him . The prisoner walked by his side , still speaking to witness , who again told her to go away , when . she suddenly caught him by his neck and said , with an oath , " Kill him . " The two . other . femalas then sprung upon him behind , and he was forced to the ground . He called out "Police , " and the prisoner continned increasing her hold of his neck . He found himself becoming quite exhausted , when a police constable arrived and took the prisoner into custody .- The other women escaped . —The -inspector said the prisoner was quite a stranger to him . —The

      prisoner , in defence , said she was a married wo « man , and was returning home last night through tho park , when tho prosecutor struck her with a stick . She did not know the other females , and she denied that she had ever sat down with them . — Tho prosecutor was recalled , and said thev were all sitting together , and appeared to be waiting hjs arrival . —The inspector said numerous robberies were committed in that park , and no respectable person was safe , after dark . Extra constables had been placed there . —Mr . Henry had no doubt it was the prisoner ' s intention to commit a robbery , and lie should commit her for tbe assanlt . He fined her the full penalty of £ 6 , or two months'imprisonment . — The prisoner . waslockedupin default .

      Amrmpt at > Suicide , '— A respectably-dressed young woman , named Sarah Simms , who described herself as a laundress , was charged with attempting to commit self-destruction . —W . Windsor , pierman , attached to tho floating pier at Westminster-bridge , said , on Monday , afternoon ho was upon one ofthe barges belonging to the pier . Tbe prisoner approached him , and endeavoured to pass upon the " duhimy , " Witness asked her if she was going on board' the steam boat , and she replied that she was not . , Witness told her she could not remain on the pier , and the prisoner immediately threw ., off her bonnet and shawl , and then plunged head : foremost into the . river . He washot a-very good swimmer , but he jumped in after her . With great difficulty

      he succeeded in obtaining , a firm hold of her by her dress . He , called for assistance ,, and . both , their lives would certainly have , been lost , but for the timely assistance of a , waterman ; jwho rowed -to them ; The prisoner was quite insensible , but ah © subsequently rallied , and was removed to tho station . —Mr . Henry said the pierman bad behaved exceedingly well in placing his own life in danger to save that of a fellow being—The prisonerin defence said distress was the cause of her attempting / her life . She wasa servant , and had been out of place , since Christmas last . She ; bad applied to the workhouse , but they . would not admit her . She had not slept in / any bed for the last three or four nights , and had been compelled' to wander about the

      streets . She had only had a . piece of bread since Friday last , and had " been sitting , in the park all Monday morning , and was drenched with the rain . She had a sister and brother who . were : well ' off ia London , but she did hot know where to find them . She had been seduced by a gentleman , who promised her marriage , but had deserted her . She was now quite willing to . cuter aiworkhouse . — Mv . Hc » ry directed her to be . taken to the . Strand union workhouse ,, with a request that the relieving officer should take care of her . She was then removed , and the magistrate . awarded the piernian ten shillings from th ' e . ' poor box . , / ' j ; - ' ,. WORSlIIP-STRE . ET . 4-lK 5 iMO \ lS ^ SAT 3 LT . . —Mr . Henry Davies . ' a middle-aged , man of very

      respectable appearance , describing himself as . a general agent in St . Mary-street , Whitechapel , was charged before Mi *; ' Arnold with the , following infamous assault uponMrs . Eliza Boyes , the wife of a licensed victualler in the Old-street-roiid .. —The complainant who was much agitated while detailing the particu * lars of the , outrage , stated , thaWuring the temporary absence of her husband , at ' eleven o ' clock on the morning of the 2 nd inst ., she was alone behind her bar , when the'defendant , whom she had seen at . the house on previous occasions , entered , and called for a glass of ale . She served him with the ale , which he drank , ' and then held out his hand with some halfpence in it to pay . ' foil it ; . but , upon her attempting to take the money , he grasped her

      firmly by the wrist , and pu lled her head ' and shoulders forcibly over to the other side ' of tho counter , and in the . rnost infamous manner , exposed his person . It'cbuldnotby any possibility have been accidental , ' and , ' indignantly reproaching him with his unmanly conduct , she struggled to extricate herself fronvhis hold , but could not for some time do so , until the defendant , still pulling at her wrist , offered , if she would consent to taite a walk with him , to present her with a satin dress . She , however , scornfully rejected his overtures , and having at length succeeded , by a violent effort , in wresting herseit out of his grasp , the defendant precipitately quitted the house . There was no one iri' the -honse at the time bub herself . ind the female servant ; who 1

      was in one of the upperrooms , but her husband ! returned home shortly afterwards , arid upon acquainting'him with the particulars of the insulting conduct to which she had been subjected , he roade application to this court for a warrant for the defendant'sapprehension , and it was put into executioa about four days afterwards . The defendant denied , most positively , that there Were the slightest grounds ior charging him With such an offence , and assured the magistrate , If he would grant him time to do so , he should he able to produce several highly respectable witnesses who would prove , in the most satisfactory manner , that he was in a totally different part . of the metropolis when ' the alleged outrage was asserted to have taken place . —Mr . Arnold

      therefore consented to adjourn , the proceedings for a week , and ordered the defendant to . enter into his own recognisances in £ 40 and put in substantial bail for his appearance to answer ; the charge ; but upon the case , being called on on Wednesday , before Mr . Hammill , the defendant was not in attendance , and , as he still . failed to make his appearance after the lapse of another hour , the magistrate ordered him to be called three . times in the ; usual form by the chief usher . This haying been done with a similar result , the bail , was about to bo . estreated , when Mi ' ,. John . Garuetf ; a glass manufacturer in St Luke's , who was one of the sureties , stoon forward , and entreated the magistrate to grant n somewhat longer interval , to afford the , defendant an opportunity of , releasing him from , his responsibility . As the defendant had deceived nim in a very scandalous' manner -, he had ; every ^ anxiety to surrender him , if possible , and it would bo a manifest hardship

      if the amount of the bail were levied upon him .. Be had met the defendant at twelve o ' clock that day . ¦ , with a horse and chaise cart , and , on cautioning , ' ,, - ' him to bo in attendance , he promised to be scat- , , two o ' clock ; but , had he had tho slightest idea that hewoiild failed in his engagementhewouUlhave for- ;; ,:,. , cibly pullcii him out of the chaise , . and handed toa ,-.. , over to the police . —Mr . Vann , who appeared to conduct . the prosecution , had np . wish . to . act opprea- - . sively . towards the bail , atid wouhl assent to the in- . dulgcncc requested , to give Mr . Garnett a chance .- ¦ . ¦ * of finding the defendant in tbe interval , , if he eonldv .. —Jnst . before the close of the court , however , the hail ; , returned ,. accompanied : by several friends , but with- .. ¦ . oat the accused , who it-was intimated had loft town , ,, and Mr . Hammill , notwithstanding another appeal . L . had been made con tho hail's behalf , ordered there-.- -. cognisance'tb be estr & ited , and gave directions fw , t tho defendant ' s apprehension as soon as it could to ¦ e effected . " .. ' , . '' -. ' . : - . "• ' .. ' ¦ ' .. .. ' .... ' -.. '

      . SOUTHWARK . —Mns . 'CoBnKTT .-Mtis . Cobbett Si attended for the . purpose of soliciting the magis ^ '• s ^ trato ' s advice with respect to an alleged complaint : ' oft on the part of her husband against tho governor of of the Queen ' s Bench Prison ,., and . toapply for a ~ mee- »• VrtTit against that officer .- —T he- applicant said that ik she attended on the behalf of , her husband , who was . as prevented from heiinrpiiesent . himself owing to his lis being an inmate of the . Queen ' s Bench Prisons a » that tho object of . her application , to tho magistrate ite was ; . , that lie might issue his warrant against Capfc -. ; pt Hudson , for altering-certain documents ; having «» rtrferenco topvoccedings / in the Court of Chanoesy , ^ y , and the imprisonment of her hus . b . and .- Shethea lea produced an act of parliament ^ and , handing . it . to . to

      the magistrate , said ; that if-he examined ,. it ,. 'hft .. 'hft . would perceive that the blausa relating to tho . alte » lte » uatioh of / documents such as that sho complained « £ d « E made i . ^ one ol felony , atid sha thercforq tvustedth * itht magistrate ^^' would grant a / warrant against the per- j » er « son of whpni / she complained . " , She adverted to the . > the . circumstance of he ' rhavihg attended the assizes at esat Guildford ! last week , with a view to plead her hns- husband ' s cause ,, hut the judge declined to hear her in er in , the capacity o ( counsel : for hiin , otherwise * ha « ha t wouldaavo established her case . . She added . teat . teat ; if the-warrant waSigvantcd ho would be enabled Wed »» j attend this court to . prove tbe charge , and that » hat a i Mb

      hahas would he procured for thaS . purpose . —Me .-. . Norton , in reply , to theapplieation , adviswl ^ Hr * J » r * . . Oobbett , as tho sessions commenced . on Mo »« jjM » ajj r nest , to go before . tho grand jury ^ t ^ ejjntgmtoj CrimiDal ^ ourt , and male hor comnlamt thoio and « nd that it ^» KtI ^ KfiSKrtSSS ; clu 7-S %$£ mm ™ she n . M » M »; Ca fifo arnhd iurv . and seek ng that , justice -Aim «* d £ 1 SSffto ffli 1 « fint & r was entithAititlAi , She thin thwuwl the jnagistratv and withdrew , m

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17081850/page/5/