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Z _« v wihe GunxomsE . — BbusseIiS , Apetl Execciio * . *« , onJ 1 ? j wno ^ d been found 19 .-A I ^ SkSe , was guillotined yesterday at < nnlt ? ot . % rtsence of an immense crowd . About fjamur , » Fr ™ , ^ criminal , bare-footed and with asintheniorn u ^ ^^ b ] ack Te ^ ^^ 0 ^ his head
, " , . „ * » - . — , _ j „ -rf „ ^ « nm , the property of his employers . —Bristol Journal . A Fbeak . of Fohtcse . —A poor man from Mon-+ 9 £ eiL in the department of the Dordogne , who : « L ; bv the name of Perigord , and works as porter fna tradesman ' s warehouse , at Bayonne , meeting a lorttime ago with aperson from the neighbourhood nfbis birth-place , inquired eagerly for news of his S " "What , " cried the friend , '' have younot heard thcnews of theprodigious fortune that your faniilv has inherited ?—the whole country rings with it" On hearing this , Perigord , unable to write , got some one to apply to his mother for an explanation . A few days ago an answer was received by the person whotad acted as amanuensis , of which the Mowing b the substance ;— "A letter from London acquaints ns that your grandmother's brother , Francis Claud Bonnet , is dead , King of Madagascar , and has left a nronertv of 75 . 000 , 000 francs ( or £ 3 , 000 , 000 sterling ] ,
which has been lodged at the Admiralty in England Thisnncle left his country at a very early age , in the capacity of cabin boy in a trading vessel . We have authorised M . Montposier , whom you know , to act in our behalf , and he is nowin London on this bnssiness . We were about to write to voa to tell you of the news when your letter arrived . " Perigord was not present on the receipt of thisletter , but came in just asit was read , bearing on his back a heavy load . well , said he , " what is the news ? " "Only that your ftmilvhave inherited a fortune of seventy-five mil-Bohs'" "Scvcntv-five millions ! " said the porter , throwing down his * load , " Iwill make you a present of one " " Though the amount is probably much exaggerated , there is no doubt bnt thata considerable fortune has fallen to thepoor man , who bears flushes * of characters for honesty and
industry-Faial Accident ox the Cboidox Railway . —On Friday afternoon , about one o ' clock , a carpenter in the employ of the Croydon Railway Company was proceeding up the line to his work , and had gone about a mile distant from ihe Croydon terminus , when , perceiving the up train approaching , he stepped over onto the down liae ; in an instant a Dover train was upon him , and his transition from life to death was the work of a moment . Tawell ' s Coxeessiox . —Mr . Gallot , thegenlleman who , with Mr . BeTan , the solicitor , of the Old Jewry conducted Tawell ' s defence , had several interviews with Mis . Tawell at Berkhampstead during fhe past
week , for the purpose , it is stated , of making representations to the Home Secretary not to interfere withthepossession , by the Rev . Mr . Cox , of Tawell ' s confession . It seems now pretty clear that the contents of the document will not meet the public eye till the books and manuscripts of Mr . Cox may hereafter be transferred to other hands , Sir James Graham having intimated to the Buckinghamshire magistrates that he does not see sufficient grounds io call for his interference . The exclusion of the representatives of the press from the gaol is stated to have been at the urgent desire of Tawell ; but whether so great a criminal in a lower station of life would have had the same consideration shown to him ,
{ he public can judge . The Hampstead Murder . — -The following particulars in relation to the murderer's defence , and the yonngwoman therein spoken of , have been obtained from a source on which every reliance can be placed , and which fullyprove the untruth of all the statements whihHMker has asyet made respecting the murder : —OnWeohiesday , the 9 th inst . ( two days before trial ) after the witnesses had been examined before the grand jury , and a true bill returned against Thomas Henry Hoeker , his father applied to Mr . Cope , the governor of Kewgate , to have an interview with his unhappy son . That interview was granted , and at it Hoeker made his father acquainted with the line of defence he intended to make . After the interview
Mr . Hoeker , sen ., communicated the nature of his sen's defence to Mr . "Watson ( his landlord ) , and Inspector Grey , of the S division , when it was determined , in order to ascertain if there was any truth in his statement , to discover , if possible , the young lady and her family of whom Hoeker had spoken , the only clue to whom was , that the name was believed to be "Stanlev " and thatthey resided in the neighbour hood of Hampstead . On the following ( Thursday ) morning Mr . Hoeker , sen ., accompanied by Mr . Watson and Inspector Grey , commenced their inquiries , hut it was not until eleven o ' clock at night that their search was successful . They then were led to suspect that the lady ' s name was-not Stanley , but that Miss Emily , the daughter of a widow
carryingon a respectable business at Hampstead , was ihe individual whom they werein search of , and they accordingly immediately proceeded to the house . On knocking at the door it was answered by twoyoung women , of whom Inspector Grey inquired if Miss Emily—lived there . One of them , a very mteresfing pretty yonngwoman , about 21 years of sge , appeared rattier alarmed , and inquired what the object of their visit was ; to which Inspector Grey replied by asking what made her ask that question , to which she said she did not know . At that moment the young woman who was with Miss Emily ran away hi doors , called for some one to come to their assistance , and Miss was following her , when Inspector Grey told her that she must not run away ,
as , wherever she went , it-would be his duty to go withher . A person who manages Mrs . ' sbusiness then came forward , and the parties all proceeded into the parlour forthe purpose of stating the object of theirvisit . Inspector Grey then asked to see Mrs . , the mother of Miss Emily , and being informed that she was staying on a visit at "Whitechapel , he asked Miss Emily if she knew a person named Thomas Henry Hoeker , and immediately on his doing so she turned very pale , trembled violently , and nearly swooned away , at- the same time exclaiming , " Oh , God I how did he come to mention us ! " "When she had somewhat recovered herself , Inspector Grey questioned her as to what she meant by the exclamation she had uttered : when she
explained that she felt so shocked at its being known that she had been acquainted with a person charged with so heinous an offence . Inspector Grey then asked her if she had seen Hoeker at all on the night the mnjderwasa > mniitted ( Friday , February 21 ) , towhich she replied that shehad not , and that the last time she had seen him was in October last , when she saw him a t Hanipstead Church , but did not speak to him on that occasion . Inspector Grey then asked her if she knew Mr . Delarue ? She replied that she had seen him , bnthad never been introduced to him ; she had only seen him once , and that was just previous to seeing Boeter at church . She was on that occasion walking with the young lady who was then present , in the Conduit Fields , at Hampstead , when she saw Hoeker
awl Delarue coming towards them across the fields . The young lady said to her , " Here ' s Hoeker corning ---Emi-y , if he speaks to you , answer him ; hut if he does not , take no notice of him . " Hoeker and Delarue , however , passed on without the former speaking , but when they had passed they both turned round aid looked hack- Inspector Grey next asked Miss if she had ever received any " letters from Hoeker ? She replied , "No ; " but it was in so heatating a manner that Inspector Grey said , "It is of no use telling me that you have not , as I know that you have ; " to which she replied , "Yes , I believe I have—they are np stairs , but through my mother ' s absence at WhitocLapel I have not got the key of the ?* Jn . Inspector Grev told her she need not mind the
% , as , if she would shewhim the room , he would very sponobtain an entrance into it . Ultimately , Miss nmn dthe key , and takins a candle from off the **•* . said to Inspector Grev , " Stop here , and I will go aadfeteh them for yon . " " Inspector Grev told her c eroid not let her go bv herself , but he must go Wl « her , and they quitted the room together . In 3 few nhhutes they again returned to the parlour , ^• specter Grey bavin * a bundle of letters ( about three dozen ) in his ° hand , which Miss bad ^ erredlroin Hoeker . Inspector Grey then asked ? Ler what the reason was that induced Thomas Henry ^ fr to withdraw himself from keepirg her eom-2 ™ . i to which Miss replied , that it was in «» iecqucnce of icr motner firing to have the
™ of TJucker ' s father as to the match , and ^« Ker ' sdedining to suffer his father to knowany"" f S about it , that the intimacy was broken off ; ?™ sue { Miss ) was sent by her mother to the ? "" * of an uncle at "ffhiteehapel to be out of n ^ u X ! sx - slse flls ( > furfker stated that she first ™« Hoeker " promiscuously" in the streets , when fc L ° S * d his attentions most pertinaciously upon «;' that her father had been dead for some years , Bwv-f r ^ nail no brother , nor ever had one . In-J ** " ; Grey then told her that it would be necessary i ?« she should be in attendance at the Central iS" 1 ? 1 Court on the next day ( Friday ) , on which , " ^ f S trisl , t .. „ U M-d nln «> in order that , should in
nfi &^ makc anv statement which her name 3 > » e involved , she might be called to rebut it . n ^ S " T ~ declared she could not come , as , her affirming from home , there was no person to ffi ? o tuc business and house ; bat Inspector Grey J 2 " her he was prepared with a subpoena for her « Wiidaace at half-past nine o ' clock on the following mexiung , whi ^ i , ^^ serye on fcer , out he would " ? satisfied with her promise to attend . Miss iwwiised to attend , and was in attendance during ™ e trial at a tavern in the neighbourhood , but was fw called , in consequence of Hoeker not venturing » name the parties he alluded to in hifl defence . — vsmv tr . MS )
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The PnisoxEs Hocker . —The prisoner was on Wednesday-visited by his father , and after handing to him the names of those persons whom he wished to see for the last time , expressed himself perfectly resigned , at the same time very eamestlv requesting that his mother would visit liim on Friday , when he takes his farewell of his friends . He still continues writing , although upon being questioned by his friends he most positively declares that he has nothing to add to the statement he had made at the trial , by way of elucidating the mystery which still hangs over the murder .
The Hampstead Murder . —Extraobdinary Self-ACCUSATION AND APPREHENSION OF THE SeU-Accused Murderer of Mr . Delarue . —Great interest was created throughout the metropolis last evening by a report that a man had surrendered to the police declaring himself to be the murderer of the late Mr . Delarue , at Hampstead , and that the condemned criminal , Thomas Henry Hocker , wasinnocent of the crime imputed to him . This statement proved to be erroneous with respect to that portion of the rumour which declared the self-accused party ^ yoluniarily to have surrendered himself to the police . It is true that a man was yesterday apprehended by the police , upon evidence which he had himself supplied under the following circumstances . It is a regulation in
Newgate , after a prisoner is condemned , that all letters addressed to him should be opened by the governor , in order to prevent the possibility of anything being w ) nveyedtohim , by which he might be enabled to destroy Me . A few days since a letter arrived at Newgate , addressed to the condemned criminal , T . H . Hocker , and , in accordance with the above regulation , it was opened by Mr . Cope , the governor . To the astonishment of iliv Cope , he found that the letter contained a declaration to the culprit that he should not suffer the penalty of the law on Monday next , for that he ( the writer ) was really the murderer of Mr . Delarue , and that the blood of his victim was both night and day before his eyes , rendering his mind in such a state that he could no longer conceal his guilt .
The letter , at great length , proceeded to detail the horrible struggles of the murdered man in the Haverstock field , and concluded b y assuring Hocker that it was his intention to give himself up in time enough to save him . No sooner had the governor read this letter , than he communicated with the sheriSs , and a clue having been obtained by the City police to the writer , they have for some days been in search of him , and yesterday afternoon his apprehension was effected , and he was at once conveyed to the station-house in Black Horse-court , Fleet-street . On the prisoner ' s arrival at the station-house , Sheriffs Huntqr and Sidney were sent for , and proceeded to examine him upon the subject . ^ He gave his name as William Ahnar . He admitted the
authorshi p of the letter , which the reporter was further informed went on to recapitulate the many pleasant hours he ( Alniar ) had spent with Hocker at the Kings and Key public-house in Fleetstreet , and added that if he did not save him at least he would hang by his side . In the course of his examination by the Sheriffs , the prisoner , who is stated to be of a very foppish exterior , continued to rub Ms hat about in a very theatrical manner , and in reply to questions put to him , he declared that he knew nothing at all about Hocker , and he could not account for the strange impulse which induced him to write the letter making such a false accusation against himself . He was ultimately removed by direction of the sheriffs , from the Black Horsecourt station to the police station on Garlick-hill , on account of its being more adjacent to the Mansion House . Almar was here visited by Mr . Daniel Whittle Harvey , - the City police commissioner , and by Mr .
Cope , to whom he condncted himself in a similar manner to his conduct before the sheriffs . He , however , persisted in his previous statement that he had written the letter upon the impulse of the moment , but what induced him to do so he could not tell . The sensation caused by the affair was such that most of theponce-stations were literally besieged by persons anxious to learn if there was any foundation for the report . Although much doubt is thrown upon the fact of the prisoner being in any way concerned in the murder , still it was deemed necessary to place him in a cell with two policemen , where he will remain till this morning , when he will be taken before the Lord Mayor . It is stated that shortly after the apprehension of Almar information of the circumstance was forwarded to the Secretary of State , Sir JamesGraham , but the reserve of the police on these occasions renders it impossible to state whether it has resulted in any order respecting ihe condemned criminal Hocker .
Suicide at Camden Town . —On Tuesday morning , shortly after six o ' clock , as Richard Cartwright , a respectable carpenter , residing at No . 27 , Prebendstreet , Camden Town , was crossing the Hawley Field , situated on the right-hand side of the Hampstead-road , and near the Hawley Lock of the Regent's Canal , he discovered the body of a man lying on his back , with a pistol grasped tightly in his right-hand , and his head shattered in a frightful manner . By his side , when discovered , was found a small partridge cane , and all that Ms pockets contained were a pair of steel spectacles and case , a black papier niache snuff-box , and a pair of black kid gloves . The following is an accurate description of the unfortunate man ' s person and dress ;—He is apparently about 35 years of age , 5 feet 2 inches high , of dark complexion , with dark brown hair , and without any whiskers . Had on when found two coats , theouterone a dark brown great coat with brown Telvet collar , the
under coat a species of shooting-jacket of brown velvet , with pockets in the side and breast . It is singlebreasted , and trimmed with snorting buttons of various descriptions , the top one having on it ahorse , the second a dog , the next partridges , and so on , the last button being broken off . Blue trousers , black cloth waistcoat , and the patent leather boots . The scarf round his neck is of black figured satin , with a crimson stripe . The linen is very coarse and dirty . The head of the unfortunate man presents a shocking spectacle , the whole of the right side being blown away ; and from the mutilated appearance of the lower part of the face , there is but little doubt , in order to effect his object , he placed the muzzle of the pistol in his mouth and then discharged it . The body lies in the dead-house of St . Pancras workhouse for identity . The hat of the deceased was found a short distance from his body . It is a beaver one , somewhat worn , maker ' s name , "J . Howard , Jamesstreet , Old-street , St . Luke's . "
The Inquest . —On Thursday an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Elephant and Castle , St . Pancras-road , on the body of William Orton , the individual described in the above paragraph . The brothers of the deceased , who were examined , stated that he lived at No . 3 . Stephen-street , Tottenham-eourt-road . He had formerly been a tobacconist in . Farringdon-street , where he resided for two years . He then sold the business , and lived for some time on the money he received for it . He had been in very great distress for the last five weeks . He had on one occasion received an injury on the back of his head which had partially affected the brain , for he had been delirious very frequently since that time . He was last in the company of his brothers at twelve o ' clock on Monday night , when he appeared in
unusually good spirits . He himself remarked that he felt very happy , and yet he coidd not say why , as he should probablv sleep in the streets all night . He went to his lodgings at a quarter past twelve , and asked permission of the landlord ( who had sei 2 ed his boxes for non-payment of rent ) to take something out of one of them . He obtained permission , and he opened one , from which he took something , and placed it iu his pocket . He then said to his landlord , "Good by , I shall not see you any more . He was never again seen alive . The pistol with which he committed the act had been in his possession ten years . The jury , after some remarks from the coroner , returned a verdict "That the deceased , William Orton , destroyed himself ; but in what state of mind he was at the time there was no evidence to show . "
An Eccentric—The Presse announces the sudden death ( by apoplexy ) of an Englishman named Thomas Graham , who resided for the last twenty-five years at the Jardin Turc , in Paris . ^ He lived completely alone , and amused himself with making experiments in watch-making . On Saturday rsorning last the porter of the house , whom he charged to visit him everv morning , knocked at his door without receiving any answer . " If sueh a circumstance should occur , " said M . Graham to the porter on a previous occasion , '' you may consider that I am dead . " In fact , on the door being forced open , he was found extended on the floor lifeless , holding part of the works of a watch in his hand . M . Graham was possessed of considerable property in the English and French funds , of which the certificates were found in his room . He led a completely solitary life , in order that he might not be disturbed whilst making his experiments .
An Album of Crime . —In the possession of a man named Harrison , convicted of a highway robbery near Leeds , and sentenced to transportation , a diary has been found , consisting of a record of all his robberies . The book is small aud neat , is gilt-edged , and forms , in fact , a sort of robber ' s album . It would appear , from one of the entries , that a man named White , convicted of highway robbery at the same assizes , was in reality ( as he himself solemnly protested ) innocent of the crime , and that Harrison was the robber .
Terrific Gas Explosion . —A tremendous explosion of gas took place on Wednesday morning , at half-past seven , at the Robin Hood Tavern , Holborn . The gas escaped from the meter nea ^ the front window , and caused an explosion , which was heard throughout the entire neighbourhood , and earned the front directlv across the street ( about fifty feet ) , against the shop " front of 65 , opposite , the shutters of which were , fortunately , not taken down . The windows of the houses adjoining the Robin Hood were smashed , whilst those of Nos . 63 , 64 , 65 , and 68 , on the opposite side of the street , were more or less destroyed , even up to the third floor . No lives were lost , nor did any accident of a serious nature occur . A boy and a ' wowrn were passing at the time and were knocked down . The street was strewed with broken glass , some of which was carried far into FeaUientone-buikungs .
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MANSION HOUSE . Wednesday . — Forgery by a Boy . —A mere boy , named Thomas Wallis , of respectable appearance , was brought before the Lord Mayor , in the custody of John Forrester , the officer charged with having committed for-, gery . Mr . Mullins , of the firm of Bush ' and Mullins , solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for protection against Forgeries and Frauds , attended for the prosecution . The prisoner exhibited no symptoms of apprehension , hut conducted himself with all the coolness imaginable . —Mr . E . 6 . Chapel , a clerk in the banking-house of Messrs . Prescott aud Grote , in Threadneedle-street , stated that the prisoner presented at the counter , on Tuesday morning , a cheque purporting to be the crder of Southey and Son , of Coleman-street , merchants , for £ 115 5 s . 7 ( 3 . In answer to a question how he would hare it , he replied
that he . would take a £ 50 and several £ 5 and £ 10 notes , which he specified , and the remainder in gold . Witness had a doubt of the genuineness of the signature , and showed it to another of the gentlemen in the office , after which the prisoner was taken into custody . —Mr . Smith Lammin , also a clerk in the house of Preseottand Grote , stated that the prisoner on Monday last brought a cheque which he stated to be drawn by Mr . Southey , at nearly half-past five o'clock . Witness , who did not see the amount of the cheque , desired the prisoner , as the time was after business hours , to bring it next morning . The prisoner mentioned that he was to take the amount to Mr . Southey on the following morning . —Mr . Thomns Southey , of Coleman-street , wool-broker , stated that he was in partnership with his father . They kept cash at the house of Messrs . Prescott and Grote . The cheque
produced was not in the handwriting of witness or of his father . It was a slight imitation of the writing of the latter . Nobody had been authorised by either of them to sign it . "Witness knew Mr . Daniel Cooper , of CopthaU-chambcrs , who transacted business for the house , and to whom they were in the habit of paying considerable sums of money in cheques , and had seen the prisoner sitting at a desk in Mr . Cooper ' s countinghouse . Witness denied that he had sent the prisoner on Monday or Tuesday to get a cheque cashed at the banking-house . He also stated that he had not sent any one to the bankers for a cheque-book . —Mr . Edmund Scholefield , a clerk at Messrs . Prescott and Co . ' s stated that on Monday last application was made to him for a chequebook for Messrs . Southey und Co ., by a lad whose age appeared to be about that of the prisoner , but witness did not think the prisoner was the person . TVitness delivered a cheque-book to ' him marked 1556 , and the cheque produced was one which had been contained in it .
Mr . Daniel Cooper , of Copthall-chambers , merchant , said theprisonerhadbeeninhis employment since July last . Witness thought the writing in the cheque was not the prisoner ' s . The prisoner was in the habit of taking Messrs . Southey ' s cheques to he cashed at their hankers . The prisoner , upon being asked by the Lord Mayor whe ther he was desirous to give any account of the affair , stated without hesitation that he had found the eheque in Bartholowew-lane , near the kerb . —The lord Mayor : You said that before . Is it correct ?—The prisoner .: Tes , sir . —I wish to ask you another question ; but you need not answer it if you have any objection , for the answer will be taken down . When did you find it ?—I do not wish to answer that question . —The lord Mayor : Very well , it is my duty to commit you for trial . —The prisoner , who did not seem to be more than fifteen years of age , then followed Forrester , to all appearance quite nuconcerned , out of the bar .: His mother and sister , who are very respectable , were overwhelmed with affliction .
GUILDHALL . SATraPAx . —Extensive Papeb Eobbeey , —John EH , Henry Corduroy , John Dodge , and Thomas Sharpe , were brought before Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall , oh'the charge of being concerned in a series of robberies that have been going forward for some time at the warehouse of Sir William Magnay , the extensive wholesale stationer , in Maiden-lane , Queen-street , City . Sir William , who appeared this morning in person to press the charge , said , that he had been aware for more than three years that some parties in his employ were in the practice of making away with parcels of paper from time to time , but though every means had been taken to find out the offending parties , no clear case had been discovered on which to prefer a charge until the present . One or two of the City police had for some time been on the look-out , and on the previous morning discovered the circumstances that led to the charge preferred against the prisoners at the bar . Ell and Corduroy were in the warehouse . Early on the previous morning the constables saw
several reams of paper taken out of the warehouse by prisoners last named , and placed in a cart . The cart moved away , and was A-llowedbyone of the constables , He followed it to the New-cut , Lambeth , and afterwards to Princess-street , in the same locality , where it stopped at the receiving office of the London Parcels Delivery Company , where the paper was left . The constable then went into the office and looked at the address , and found that of Dodge , who resides at Islington . The constable then took possession of the parcel , and went to Dodge ' s residence , which he searched , and found a quantity of paper , along with forty account books . Mr . George Magnay , son to the prosecutor , said he had not the least doubt that the books and paper were ) aken from the warehouse . Dodge , on being interrogated by the constable , said he had bought the paper at a sale ; but on being asked for the invoice of the purchase , he could not produce it . All the parties who had been concerned in this transaction were then immediately taken into custody . The case was remanded for a week .
Monday . —Assault . —Thomas Smith , a porter , of Garden-court , Leather-lane , was brought up before Sir John Firie , charged with committing a violent assault on a man named Thomas Lester , in Holborn , whom he struck in the eye , and severely injured . Police-constable 23 i said that he had been to the hospital , and the surgeon stated that the man was in a very dangerous situation . His eyesight was destroyed , and he would be blind for the rest of his life . —Sir J . Firie said that it might turn out a most serious affair for the prisoner ; and he should therefore remand him until Saturday next . Robbery . —Thomas Greaves was charged with stealing a great quantity of property belonging to his employer
Mr . Pearce , of Ludgate-hill , lamp-manufacturer and chinadealer . —Alfred Pearce stated that the prisoner was in the employ of his father as warehouseman . In consequence of his having some suspicions that the prisoner was in the habit of robbing them , he went , accompanied by a policeman , to his lodgings , on Saturday night , about ten o'clock , and there discovered a quantity of oil cans , lamps , plates , cups and saucers , & c , all of which he believed to be his father's property . He could swear to some of the articles . There were in all , one crate , one basket , and two boxes full . —The prisoner declined saying anything more than that if tune were given him he could procure evidence which would prove that the property was his own . —He was remanded .
Tuesday . —Bobbeby at Magnay and Brothers . — John Nicholson , stationer , No . 9 , Great St . Thomas Apostle , and Alfred Button , also stationer , of No . 2 , Unionoourt , Old Broad-street , City , were charged with having a quantity of demy paper in their possession , the property of Messrs . Magnay and Brothers , wholesale stationers , in Maiden-lane , Queen-street , Cheapside , and John HalL a carman , in the employ of the latter house , with having assisted four other persons now in custody to steal the said goods . Inspector Todhunter stated that yesterday afternoon two warrants were placed in his hands for the purpose of searching the houses of the prisoners , Nicholson and Button . Mr . Nicholson was not within at the time ; but his wife gave every facility in her power to the officers who accompanied witness in his search . Mr . Nicholson was " a bookbinder and stationer , and witness
in the course of the search discovered some paper on a shelf in the shop , which , upon being shown to Mr . G . Magnay , was identified as his property . When Mr . Nicholson was taken he sin wed him the property found in . his house , and asked him could he account for the possession of it ? Upon which he replied , " Yes ; and Mr , Magnay will find himself in the wrong . " Michael Haydon , 442 , of the City police , said that he went with Mr . Magnay to Button ' s , and fouud a bundle of wrappers , all of which were identified by Mr . Magnay . There was also a large quantity of paper manufactured into books and placed in boxes . Witness remained all night at the house waiting for Mr . Button to come home , which he did not until this morning . He told Button that he wanted him , upon which the prisoner observed that he was aware that he was wanted , and that he had but one course to adopt ,
which was to tell the truth of the whole affair . He said that he had bought the paper from Mr . Ell , a foreman iu the employ of Messrs . Magnay and Brothers ( now in prison ) , and paid him before-hand for it . The goods were brought to his house in Mr . Magnay ' s cart , and delivered by his caiman , John Hall . Button also added , that suspecting something was wrong , in consequence of the paper being sold at such a low price , he remarked to Ell whether it was all right , for that if anything was wrong , to let him know it , and not bring his family into disgrace . Upon which Ell replied , that it was the perquisite allowed by the stationer ' s firm , and that the produce was shared equally between him and the clerks . Witness had searched Button ' s books , but could find no entries of any goods received from Messrs . Magnay and Brothers , although there were several in Ell ' s name relative to money borrowed and lent . Mr . G . Magnay identified the paper produced , and said that no such kind had ever been sold either to
Button or Nicholson . There were in Button ' s house five oases of books ; the paper was quite damp , and they appeared as if they had been packed in a great hurry . _ Witness asked Button how he came to take the goods without an invoice , when he received the same answer that was given to the policeman . Button also said that on demurring about purchasing the paper , Ell observed that if he did not like to put a pound in his pocket , he knew plenty who would be glad to do it . The pr isoner also asked witness to be lenitnt with him . The witnesses were crossexamined by Mr . Pelham at some length on behalf of Mr . Nicholson , but nothing very material was elicited . Sir John Filic said that the whole affair looked very much like a conspiracy to defraud Messrs , Magnay and Brothers , and he should therefore reniaud them until Friday , when they would be brought up with the other four in custody . Mr . Pelham then applied to have his client bailed , but Sir John would not consent , and the prisoners were locked up .
QUEEN-SQ . UAKE . Saturday . — Indecent Assault . — John Squib , a dirty-looking feUow , was brought up , on the charge of indecently assaulting Mrs . Alfred , a married woman , residing at Arthur-street , West Chelsea . The complainant had been to see her mother , who lives in Cross Queenstreet , Westminster , and on her way back , while w alking up a dark , dull street , called Blackman's-l ' ane , the defendant ^ who was lurking about , committed the assau lt for which he stood charged . She screamed out , when the constable of the beat came up , and the defendant refusing to apologise , he was given in charge . It was stated in court that he had previously been guilty of similar offences . Mr . Burrel , after severely censuring the disgusting conduct of the defendant , ordered him to pay £ 3 , or in default , be committed to the House of Correction for a month . The fine not being forthconH"Bi ne was locked up ,
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MARLBOROUGH-STREET . SA u ? "~~ Jt , s : riCE F 0 B 0 vLD Irei-akd . —Hurrah for Peei and Maynooth !"—A respectably dressed elderly gentleman , who gave his name as Charles Lewis ! was charged with being found drunk and disorderly early in the morning , shortl y after the House of Commons had divided on the second reading of the Mavnootli Bill . — The pohce-constable fovnd him in a helpless state of intoxicationin the Quadrant , Regent-street , and the nymphs who frequent that part of the town making merry at his expense . He was standing against one of the pillars with his head hanging down , as if asleep . On being aroused , and told that he would be taken to the station-house , he waved a formidable shilelah over his head , in the Don . nybrook fashion , damaging the policeman's hat , and shouting at the top of his voice , " Ould Ireland has got justice at last—hurrah for Peel and Maynooth ! " A crowd having collected around him , he was taken into custody . — -The prisoner in his defence said , he had been
dining out with some friends , and had taken more to drink than he should have done . A gentleman who had been at the House of Commons' all night came into the place where he was visiting in the morning , with the intelligence that the second reading of the Maynooth grant was carried by a majority of 147 . He ( the defendant ) was ko delighted at the news , that he had a glass or two more , and on going out to the air he became so intoxicated he did not know what he was doing . He was fined ten shillings , which was immediately paid , and he left the court . T 0 ESD > ' — The Bill Discounting System . —Mr . Willis ,, OI the Quadrant chambers , was charged a short time ago with having fraudulently obtained from . Mr . Hearne , I ? s ? . ? Lent ' ? i ' two bills of exchange of the value of £ 1100 , out of which the drawer , a gentleman , named Mytton , had been swindled b y a biU-discounting firm in Great Juariboroug h-street , carrying on their practices under the names of Smith and Co . ; and after counsel had
been heard on both sides , Mr . Maltby was of opinion , as Mr . Willis had adopted the scheme to get possession of tho bills , with the connivance and sanction of Mr . Mytton , that the ease did not amonnt to larceny , and that therefore he was hound to discharge the accused from custody . It appears that the plaintiff , after the decision , adopted other proceedings against Mr . Willis , and also againgt Mr . L Goldsmid , who had assisted in getting the bills out of the hands of Mr . Hearne . An indictment was preferred against Mr . Willis and Mr . Goldsmid at the Central Criminal Court for conspiracy , and a bill having been found , the defendants gave the respective notice with respect to putting in bail . On Monday , as the defendants were on their way to tluscourt , just as they approached the door , they were taken into custody by a police-constable , on a judge ' s warrant . The defendants had evidently been watcneaand when
, they made their appearance the judge's warrant was produced and placed in the hands of Giblett , one of the police-constables attached to the court , with directions to execute it forthwith . —Mr . Lane , solicitor , who came with the defendants to put in bail , complained of the way in which the arrest had been effected . The parties were on . then ? way to court , and they were entitled to protection . — Mr . Maltby inquired if the judge ' s warrant had been regularly executed ?—Giblett , the police-constable , said he had arrested the defendants before they entered the court . —Mr . Maltby said his jurisdiction was at an end , it having been superseded by the warrant of a judge in a superior court . With respect to the mode in which the capture had been effected—that might be a matter which could be brought before the judge , but he had no power <; o entertain the charge . —The defendants were then removed to the Queen ' s Bench Prison .
WORSHIP STREET . Monday . —Assault on the Police . — Two men named Thomas Cooke and James Randall , the former a powerful labourer in the Bocks , and the latter an apprentice to a tobacco manufacturer in Whitechapel , were charged with having taken part in an attack upon several constables of the E division , from which two of them had sustained very serious injuries . It appeared from the evidence , that between twelve and one o ' clock on Saturday night , as police constablo 315 K was on duty near Mile-end turnpike , he was requested by a gentleman to interfere for the protection of a woman , whom the prisoner Cooke was scandalously ill-treating . On attempting to take the prisoner into custody , the latter struck hun a violent blow , which knocked him down , and at the same time commenced an attack upon the gentleman . On recovering Ids feet , the . officer made a second attempt to secure the prisoner , who again threw him to' the ground , and , exclaiming with an oath that he would " showhim the Lancashire CUt , " seized , him with savage violence , and caused him such excruciating pain , as to render him for some time incapable of further resistance . A mob of at least 200
persons now gathered round them , among whom was the other prisoner , Randall , who , with the assistance of several others , used his utmost exertions to rescue Cooke from custody ; and in the course of the struggle that ensued the constable received several very serious kicks in different parts of his body . Other officers shortly afterwards came to his assistance , one of whom , 71 K , endeavoured to rescue him , but Randall struck him down and kicked him several times in the loins and groin ; and it was only after a desperate conflict , which lasted nearly half an hour , that the two prisoners were at length overpowered and conveyed to the station , followed by a large crowd , who , sided with the prisoners , and made two or three other attempts to rescue them , Mr . Broughton said , that he did not consider he should be doing his duty if he inflicted any pecuniary penalty upon Randall , whom he should commit for a month ' s hard labour in the House of Correction ; but with regard to the otlier prisoner , Cooke , the injuries the officers had sustained were of too grave a description for any judgment to be formed of their probable results at present , and he should , therefore , order that prisoner to be brought up again next week , by which time he would , be in a better position to determine how to deal with him .
Tuesday . — Uttering Counterfeit Silver , and Escape of the Brisokeu . — Thomas Bagshaw , alias Jones , aged 10 , the son of a . respectable tradesman iiv St . Luke ' s , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Bingham , charged with having uttered several counterfeit crown pieces to tradesmen in the neighbourhood of the Mile-end-road . — It appeared from the evidence of Mr . Thomas Esberger , landlord of the Halifax Arms , Mile-end , New-town , that on the afternoon of Sunday , the 9 th instant , the prisoner called at his house and ordered some spirits , with which he was served b y witness ' s wife , and to whom he tendered a crown-piece in payment . She gave him his proper change , and he left the house ; but , directly he had done so , the coin was discovered to be base metal , and witness hastened in pursuit of the prisoner , whom he overtook in an adjoining street , and insisted upon his returning the change he had received , which the prisoner readily complied with . While in conversation with him . however .
a butcher living in the neighbourhood happened to pass by , and he immediately identified the prisoner as the person who had a few days before uttered another spurious crown-piece to a poor woman , who kept a chandler ' s shop next door to hun ; and , on hearing this , he felt himself called upon to give the prisoner into custody . —Louisa Smith , thepoor woman just referred to , was then called , and clearly established the second charge against the prisoner , who had purchased a trifling article at her shop on Wednesday , the 5 th instant , and paid for it with a base five-shilling coin , receiving his full change iu good silver . —Police-constable Jenkinson , 53 O , identified the prisoner as having been convicted at the Central Criminal Court , in the month of October last , on a charge of felony , for which he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment ; and in the succeeding January he was again summarily convicted at Clerkenwell police-court of entering a house by means of skeleton keys , and for which offence he was also committed for three months . The prisoner had
likewise'been in custody on several former occasions for passing counterfeit money ; and though every exertion had been used by lus friends to effect a reformation in him , it was all entirely useless , and they had , therefore , now resolved to leave him to his own course . —The prisoner , who offered no defence , was then removed to the clerks' office , that the depositions' of the Aritnesses might be taken , and when they had been completed the constable who had him in charge was directed to take him into the court to hear the evidence read over , preparatory to his final committal to Newgate . The policeman accordingly removed the prisoner into the yard , ' where he had occasion to turn round for a moment to collect his witnesses , and in the interim the prisoner silently darted like a deer through a private passage leading into the street , and was instantly out of sight . An active pursuit was made after him , hut up to the close of the court no trace of him had been obtained , and the witnesses were therefore obliged to be discharged , on the condition of their future attendance , should the prisoner be again captured .
Stealing a Watch . —John Parker Harris , a middleaged and well-dressed man , was charged with having stolen a silver lever watch , at the shop of Messrs . Brown and Walker , watchmakers and jewellers , in High-street , Whitechapel .-Mr . Charles Brcmn stated , that at ten o ' clock on the preceding night the prisoner entered the shop , aud desired to be shown some lever watches , two of which were p laced on the counter for his inspection . The prisoner declined purchasing these , as being too large , and asked to see ' some horizontal watches . Witness accordingly fetched several of that description from a tray in the window , but on turning round towards the prisoner , discovered that one of the lever watches was missing . He
made no observation to the prisoner about it , but gave private directions to one of the shopmen to fetch a policeman and in the meantime closed the door . The prisoner noticed this action , and suspecting his intention , after a little hesitation , drew the wateh and his gloves from the pocket of his coat , and exclaiming , with an air of surprise , " Bless me '; why , here is one of your watches in my pocket —I suppose I must have taken it up by mistake with my gloves , " laid the watch upon the counter . The policeman shortly after arriving , the prisoner was given into custody and taken to the police-station , whore he was searched , and no money whatever was found wpon him . —The prisoner declined saying anything in defence , and Mr . Bingham fully committed him to Neivgate for trial .
LAMBETH . Monday . —Furious Driving and Serious Accident . Mr . Henry Myers , a taUor carrying on business at No . 72 , Oxford-street , was charged before Mr . Henry with furious driving , and running over George Jones , a " child of four years of age , by which the latter was so seriously injured that its life is at present in great danger . —From the evidence it appeared , that on Sunday evening , about four o ' clock , theprisoner , while driving along the New Cut in a gig at a furious rate , knocked down the child , who received serious injuries by the horse trampling upon him . On discovering the accident the prisoner increased his speed , lashed two or three persons with his whip who attempted to stop him , and would have got clear off but for a cabman who volunteered to follow him , and who succeeded in
coming up with him about the centre of Westminster , bridge . —The father of the child deposed , that while his wife had been sitting up with the boy she unfortunately fell asleep and set fire to the bed-clothes and other things in the room , so that , in addition to his trouble about the injury to his child , he had also sustained a very serious loss by the accident . —The prisoner , in reply to the charge , said he should have pulled up the moment the accident happened , but the fact was that Ms horse became so alarmed at the noise made by the persons present , that he became quite unmanageable , and it was not until lie had reached Westmiuster-bridge that he was enabled to pull hinrjn . —Theprisoner was remanded for a week , but at the same time was admitted to bail for his appearance on Monday next .
MARYLEBONE . Monoat . — CONCEAHNO THE BlRTH OF A CHILD , — Elizabeth Roberta , a well-dressed woman , thirtv-thvee years , of age , housekeeper to a gentleman named ' Lewis , residing atNo . li , Upper Montagu-street , Montagu-square , was brought up from the Marylebone Infirmary , and placed at the bar before Mr . Rawlinsou , on the charge of having concealed the birth ^ f her female infant . —The prisoner , on being-nsked what she had to say , replied , " All that has happened I could not avoid , sir ; I had no wish to conceal anything . ' , '—She was then committed for trial , but , on the application of her solicitor , was liberated on giving bail for her appearance at the sessions .
• SOUTHWARK . Monday . —A Scoundrel . —Thomas Marrs , the late secretary of a Benefit Society , was brought up charged with brealung open the box containing a portion of the society ' s
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funds , with which he absconded . One of the stewards of the society , which was composed of hard-working men , and held its meetings at the White Bear , Long-walk , Bermondsey , stated , that on the 13 th of May last a meeting of the society was held at the above house , and after the business concluded , theprisoner and one of the stewards at that period , a man named Ogilvie , remained after the members had retired . On that occasion the box , containing a portion of the society ' s funds , was in the room with the prisoner and Ogilvie , and on their quitting the h ) use they gave it into the care of the landlord , who deposited it in a place of safety in his bed-room , under the impression that the money and papers of the society were all safe . On the next meeting night , however , it was discovered that the box , which had three locks to it , had been forced and
the contents taken . The prisoner and Ogilvie had each keys of the box , and the third key was in the possession of another steward . On the above discovery , immediate inquiries were instituted for the suspected persons , when it was found that they had absconded , and that one of them ( Marrs ) had fled to Ireland . Within the last few days the prisoner made his appearance in London , and being seen by one of the present stewards , he was given into custody . The box , wliich exhibited marks of being forced open , was produced . The prisoner denied the charge , and in accounting for his sudden flight to Ireland immediately after the robbery , he said that the stewards lent him some of the funds of the society , and that being unable to refund the same on the day he expected , he went away , not wishing to meet the members of the society until he was in a situation to repay the money . The prisoner was remanded .
Wednesday . —Robbing a Benefit Society . —John Marrs , secretary of the New Reform State Society , was brought before Mr . Cottingham for examination , charged with breaking open a box containing money belonging to the members , and absconding with the same . It appeared that on the 13 th of May , 1844 , a meeting of tho above society took place at the White Bear , in George-street , Bcrmondsey , at which period the prisoner was secretary , and in that capacity was in possession of one of the keys of the strong box , containing the money aud book belonging to the society . After the proceedings of the evening were concluded , the prisoner and one of the stewards , named Orchiu , remained behind for some time .
On the next night of meeting the prisoner aud the steward were both absent , and on examination of the box it was discovered that it had been plundered of its contents . On inquiry it was ascertained that the prisoner had absconded Within the last few days , however , one of the members of the society , happening to be walking along the Borough , and meeting with the prisoner , immediately gave him into custody . —The prisoner , said that he Avas innocent of the alleged charge . —Evidence , however , having been adduced that the box had been forced , and the money taken on the last night the prisoner was present in his capacity of secretary of the society , he was committed for trial .
" The Young Ideater . "— William Roberts , a young fellow belonging to a very daring gang of juvenile thieves , was charged with stealing a quantity of plate from the house ofMr . Scarborough , Sussex-place , Kent-road . —The prisoner was met between two and three o ' clock in the morning in Kent-street by a policeman , who perceiving that he had something bulky under his clothes , stopped him , and on searclung him found silver cruet-stands , spoons , knife-rests , and other articles in his possession . His excuse was that he found them in the front garden of , a house in the Kent-road . —Mr . Scarborough stated that his house . wasentered . when the family had retired to rest , that the thieves obtained access b y the back parlour window . When the servant went down the following morning the parlour-door was found locked inside , and they were compelled to get into the room through the window . Various articles of plate were taken by the thieves , and amongst them the silver cruet-stands , spoons , and knife-rests found in the possession of the prisoner when he was taken into custody . —The prisoner , who still asserted he had found the plate , was committed .
CLERKENWELL . Tuesday . —Robbery by a Servant . —Mary Wilson , about 14 years of age , was placed in the felons' dock , charged with stealing £ 85 in bank notes and sovereigns , a valuable brooch , gold ring , and other articles , the property of her mistress , Mrs . Sarah Caroline Edmund , of Walcott-place , Lambeth . It appeared from the evidence , that theprisoner , whose connexions arc highly respectable , has been living as attendant upon Mrs . Edmunds for the last two years , and the greatest trust was reposed in her . On Saturday evening she ran away during the temporary absence of Mrs . Edmunds , who , on her return , missed the money . Information of the robbery was sent to the different police stations , and Sergeant Brennen , of the G division , a very active officer , discovered that on Saturday night the prisoner had been at the Haymarket Theatre iu
company with another woman , and further ascertained that she subsequently went towards St . Luke ' s with her companion . The sergeant ascertained the prisoner was stopping at a coffee-house in Old-street : he went thither , and at a quarter past one o ' clock yesterday morning , whilst sitting there , the prisoner came ia alone . The sergeant seized her and charged her with the robbery , upon which she produced £ 45 in gold and silver . She had also on her person the trinkets , as well as some old coins , which the prosecutrix identified as her property . She acknowledged having changed a , £ 5 note at a pawnbroker ' s , with which she bought some articles of dress , and spent a pound at the theatre on Saturday . The prisoner further admitted having bought a watch for two guineas , which she left for repair at a jeweller ' s . Mr . Combe decided on committing her for trial .
THAMES POLICE . Monday . — Savage Assault . —John Staunton , an American sailor , just arrived from Now Orleans in the brig Everard , was charged with assaulting the police in the following savage manner : —Wylie , 102 K , stated that about half-past five o ' clock on Saturday evening , being informed that a man was lying drunk on the pavement in Ratcliffe-mghway , he proceeded to the place , and found the prisoner lying along , apparently in a state of insensibility . He lifted him up _ for the purpose of resting him against the wall , on which the prisoner recovered . He first caught Wylie's thumb between his teeth , retaining Ids hold until another constable arrived and
compeUed him to relinquish it . He then snapped at Wylie ' s leg , but fortunately onl y bit away a mouthful of his trousers . Other constables coming up , the prisoner threw himself on Ids back and kept them at bay by kicking out with the utmost fury . At length , after enduring several severe kicks , and assisted by six other constables , Wylie succeeded in taking him into custody , when he stUl exhibited the utmost fury , and tore one of the policemen ' s coats almost to pieces . It required uq less tuau seven constables to fix him on the stretcher , which , though fastened down on it , he contrived to break on the way to the station . The prisoner alleged no other excuse for his outrageous conduct than that he was drunk at the time . He was sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour .
Wednesday . —Daring Burglary . —Thomas Thompson , a man about SI years of age , who has been twice tried for felonies at the Central Criminal Court and acquitted , and who was summarily convicted about six months ago , and sentenced to three mnoths'imprisonment and hard labour , was brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with committing a daring burglary in the dwelling-house of Mr . Findlay , a revenue officer , of No . 11 , Catherine-strcet , Poplar . About two o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon a girl , named Harriet Pittman , whose parents reside in the same street , saw the prisoner enter the prosecutor ' s house by the street door . She watched , and in about ten minutes afterwards he came out with a large black bag on his shoulders . The girl immediately communicated her suspicions to Mr . Ockendon , a carpenter , of No . 107 , High-street , Poplar , who was passing , and he pursued the prisoner , and upon his turning the corner of Grundy-street , called out" Stop thief . " The prisoner immediately dropped his load , and Mr . Ockendon gave information to Collett , a police-constable , No . 283 , K , who ,
after a hard run along the hanks of the Lea , overtook him on Bow-co , mmon and secured him . He was brought back to the spot where he had dropped the bag , and was immediately identified by the girl who saw him leave the prosecutor ' s house , and by Mr . Ockendon , who observed him relieve himself of his load . The bag contained three silk , dresses , three coats , four pairs of . trousers , four sheets , a silk cloak , five waistcoats , seven shawls , two silk handkercheifs , a cardinal cloak , two pair of stays , five shirts , and a piece of calico . The property was produced by Randall , No . 108 , K , and identified b y Mr . Findlay—Mr . Broderip asked who was the last person in the house before the robbery was discovered ?—Mr . Findlay said , his wife loft home about one o ' clock , and everything was then safe . She was the last person in the house , —Mr . Broderip said , it would be necessary A > r Mrs , JPiiidlHy to attend . — The prisoner , on being called upon for his defence , said he had nothing at all to say . —Mr . Broderip remanded the prisoner until Monday next , for the attendance of the other witnesses , and he will then be committed for trial .
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( Continued from our eighth page . ) Sir R . Peel protested against the gross raisconstruction which had been placed upon what had fallen from him upon a former evening . He had certainly deprecated the failure of the bill he had brought forward , and for tho success of which he knew he must rely upon the gentlemen occupying the opposition benches , and he had not sought to arrogate to the Government the credit of originating a measure which had been always advocated by its opponents . He denied that he was actuated by fear in bringing the Maynooth Bill before the house . On the contrary he might , indeed , be well charged with being actuated by fear if , believing the measure to bo cood . he shrunk from nroDosiner it lest lie should
lay himself open to a charge of inconsistency . The right hon . baronet very happily replied to the attacks made upon him by Mr . Macaulay , whose conduct upon the question he thought unworthy of tho possession of the right hon . gentleman in that house . The present measure was the reverse of former concessions , for it was uncalled for—no one asked for—no one expected it ; there was no concession to agitation—it was the voluntary offering to tho Irish people ot that which was believed to be just , and that was preciselv the reason why it had been so favourably sincerel the house
received in Ii eland . He y hoped would not suffer it to be encumbered with the proposition of the hon . member for Sheffield . Hc . wso Loped the amendment to . be proposed by Mr . Law would fail , although it was so framed as to enable those to vote for it who were avourablc . to-taking the necessary funds from the Irish Estabhshment , lie honedifthe measurewere to bedefeated . ttiatit would be defeated upon principle , and not by a combination of parties acting upon views ent . rdy adverre to each other , arid only united in the defeat of the bill . Lord J . Russell felt it necessary , before the house separated , to state that he would vote for the motion of Mr . Ward , but he would decidedly oppose the motion intended to be moved by Mr . Law , The noble
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lord contended that it could never be satisfactory to the people oi Ireland to have alargc estabhshment for the Protestant minority , and no establishment whatever for the Catholic majority . , Mr . Colquhoun then moved the ad journment ot the debate , which was agreed to . Tbuusday , April 24 . RESUMEO DEBATE O . V MB . WARD ' S MOIIOiV . Mr . Goujuhoun resumed the debate , and expressed himself much pleased with the way in which Sir K . Peel had brought forward the question of the grant , but informed the house that he could neither support the proposition of the right hon . baronet nor that ot Mr . Ward . , _ ., Mr . Batesox followed in defence oi the Irish Church , and denounced the motion of Mr . Ward as a
proposition of confiscation and spoliation . Mr . Bahisg could not see , from the recption which the bill had met with in Ireland , that the Roman Catholics were unwilling to be satisfied with any thing short of the destruction of the Protestant Church . He thought that the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy would be a great blessing to Ireland : still , for his part , any resolution to bind the house to a definite course of policy with regard to the futur e , as it regarded Ireland , should command his most strenuous opposition . Mr . Bernal supported the motion of Mr . Ward , and entered at some length into the arguments for and against the measure , and was desirous of knowing why the Tory side of the house , when in office in
1839 and 1840 , had not taken up the policy which now they were so anxious to carry out in Ireland . With regard to the grant of £ 26 , 000 proposed to be taken from the consolidated fund , he would suggest that it be raised bv a tax on the landlords of Ireland , to the extent of 25 per cent ., being the amount taken from the church property by the appropriation clause of the Tithe Commutation Act of 1838 . Captain Gladstone opposed the amendment and supported the Government proposition , believing that the state of the college of Maynooth was any ' thing but what it ought to be . Lord Howick considered the present was not the proper time to bring forward such a motion as that of the member for Sheffield , though he admitted that
the establishment in Ireland , instead of assisting the Protestant cause , had retarded it in a very great degree . It was his opinion that all the evils and sufferings of that misruled country had resulted from that established Church ; and he hoped the day was not far distant when the Roman Catholics would be placed on an equal looting with the Protestants of Ireland , and the Government be induced to divide the ecclesiastical funds of that country equally between the two churches . At the present time , though , from the circumstances of Ireland he thought it would be more politic to take the grant from the consolidated fund , still on principle he should vote for the proposition of the hon . member for Sheffield . Mr . Hamilton defended the clergy of the Irish Established Church at some length . He considered they had been much misrepresented . He should vote against the motion of the hon . member for Sheffield .
Mr . Roche was sorry that the question had been brought forward during tho progress of the Maynooth Bill ; but , notwithstanding that , he could not avoid giving his support to the amendment of Mr . Ward . The Irish Church was an abuse which he hoped to see soon removed ; nothing lessjought to satisfy the Irish people . Lord Paimerston supported the amendment on the ground that it was much better to take the grant out of the ecclesiastical funds of Ireland , than by a tax upon the people . Mr . Sydney Herbert opposed the ^ motion , maintaining that Parliament would be guilty of an act of gross injustice to the Irish Established Church , if it took thegrant out of the Irish eccllcsiastical Funds . Mr . Hindley and Mr . W . Barron briefly addressed the house amidst considerable manifestations of impatience , when a division took place . . The numbers
were—For Mr . Ward ' s amendment 148 Against it 322 Majority against it ... ... 174 The house then went into committee pro forma , and the voting of the grant was postponed till the following evening . The house then adjourned at one o'clock .
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Suicide of the Roman Catholic Bishop o * Derby . —By private letters received in town , wo learn tliat Dr . M'Loughlin , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Deny , died on Sunday from the effect of a wound which he inflicted on his throat with a razor on the previous Wednesday . The distressing fact was kept quite secret in Devry for two or three days by his relatives , who were led to think by the medical man in attendance upon him that the wound would not prove mortal . It was said Dr . _ M'Loughlin was in a low state of mind for some time ; but hia friends never apprehended that he would resort to violence upon himself .
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