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      Ifhe Ten Hours Factories Regulation I 1 ...

      ifHE TEN HOURS FACTORIES REGULATION i ACT . 5 Sib , —When Sir Robert Peel Mr Bri ght , and 1 others of the same school , were opposing the Ten o Hours Bill , it was their practice to assert ( without i ; jny attempt at proof ) , 'If you subtract one-sixth 3 from the hours of labour , you must necessarily sub . i tract one-sixth from the produce , and also one-sixth t from the wages . ' Too many of the friends of the n factory workers were staggered at that positive , but ! false assertion . It was in vain to suggest that theremi ght possibly i be correcting circumstances , viz . — 'The operatives i not being so tired and exhausted , would , probably , produce mare and better workjjerhour ; ' or , ' the i labour being more equally divided , the pressure from ! competition wonld not be so great . ' When these suggestions were offered , we were laughed at by Messrs Feel , Bright , and Co ., and assured that < it was a simple rule-of-three question ; if twelve hours' labour yield twelve pence wages , ten hours' labour can only yield ten pence wages . ' Time and experience have determined who was right . Those incorruptible and infallible arbiters have decided against the * philosophers ; ' Peel and Bright have now received an answer that ought to silence even them ! It would seem lhat ( while some millowners are endeavouring , by most unfair means to frustrate the object of the Legislature in the working of the Ten Hours Act , and to make its operation as annoying and disadvantageous as possible to the operatives ) the Messrs Starkey , of Huddersfield , are striving to give to their ' hands' all the benefit of that measure , and are endeavouring to make its operation pleasant and . profitable to all . Itis with more pleasure than I can express that I copy tbe following paragraph from the Leeds 3 krcury of the 7 th inst ., which I have this day received firm my kind and constant friend , the Rev . G . S . BcH :- HODDEBSFTOD . Mes-bs Stasket asd tbs Teh Hocbs But —In the Mebccbt of Saturday last a paragraph appeared gtefcng a fact in relation to the Messrs Starb y , tte < misent manufacturers of tbis town , snd their workpeople Bat as the whole fscts in connexion with tha case did not then appear , we have been requested by the parties concerned , bow irat the matter has betn made public , to state the w > oie case When . tbe Ten Hours Act came into operation in May last 'hi mil ' . o ^ n-w generally "Teduc-d tbe wages ef'heir bands in the proportion in which the hour * of labour were reduced , tbe reduction in sorce firm * , hawser , being hrgtr than in otters . fl . P . p . 1 n ' tl . an . ltl . in . l * .. mJb 1 . Iuu .. L .. . 9 . fTT ^ ., C ..

      had only bi en working eleven boors per day for some time previously to tho Ten Honr * BU becoming law ; Messrs Starkiy , ri lonsrojd Bridge , hsv ng bien among the first to set the example , and giving the ssmemnonnt of wages tor the eleven hours labour as had before been given for tveWe . This was done for nesrly three yean but when tte Act ¦ rbs passed lirnltirg the hours to ten , it was thrujht on !* jos : by the Messrs Starkey te reduce tb » wsges of those paid by the week . In some casts the amount of reduction was two shillings per head per wexk . Tbe Tin Hours Act has now own in operation about fire months , and tbe Messrs Starkey , desirous of acting justly rewards fieir workmen , and fo give them iTery advantage that may result from the

      shortening of the hours of labour , are instituting in . guinea through every department affected by their reduction * , as to tbe tfrect tbe ten hours measure has had upon ths amount of labour performed . Tbs week before last this irquiry terminated in tbe finishing departments , when it was onnd that the reduction in their wages had been more than proportionate to the lesser amount of work done . The g ^ ggers , for instance , had been reduced to twenty shillings per week , but it was ascertained that the amount of labour petfurmed daring the ten hours was worth twenty-one shillings * hen con trasted with the amount performed before the Act came fnto operation . Tbey had , ther . forr , each man £ 1 paid to them a * the arrest for twenty weeks , and a permanent

      advance of one shilling per week given . It was f onad ia the cutting departaunt , where the hands work on piece , that they had been able to earn as much as before , with very trifling exceptions . The inqoIrHB are going On in other department * , aad whatever appears to be due to tbe hands wiU be paid to them , and tteir wages increased in proportion to the amount of work done . This conduct on the part of the Messrs Starkey is highly honourable and commendable . At the same time it i * only fair to other masters in tbe district to say , that when the Ten Hours Act came into operation thi y did « 9 t reduce theirwages at dU . acd we bel- ' ere that neither they nor their men have seen any reason to be dissatisfied with the course sunned .

      Messrs Starkey were opposed to the Ten Hours Bill ; they believed it would be injurious to their workpeople . Now , however , since it is passed , they nobly second the Legislature , by taking care that it shall not be their fault if its operation is not beneficial . It is impossible too highly to estimate the conduct of those gentlemen . I rejoice , also , to find , by the above extract , that ' other masters in the district , when the Ten Hours Bill came into operation , did not reduce their wages at all , and that neither they nor their men have seen any reason to he dissatisfied with the course W ' sued . ' Such conduct will be more productive of peace than the presence of thousands of police and troops .

      None hut those who have' in that district * witnessed the contest for the Ten Hours Bill can imagine the delight with which I have perused the above extract from that paper . I am sure its editor will also rejoice that his fears respecting the effects of the ten hours clause have thus been proved groundless . It were enough had I no other inducement than to call your attention , and that of your readers , to tbe noble and Christian conduct of tbe Messrs Starkey , and those' other masters in the Huddersfield district ; ' hut , Sir , I lament to confess I am also urged , by a most painful circumstance , to ask for your insertion of this letter .

      I am informed , by those who have never deceived me , that in Lancashire and Cheshire many millowners are striving , by the most vexatious means , to defeat the well-working of the Ten Hours Actnay , even to make it the instrument of tyranny to all their ' hands ' above eighteen years of age , by forcing them to work thirteen and fourteen hours a day . That is done to induce the operatives to petition for the repeal of the Ten Hours Act 1 It wonld be tedious to enter into an explanation of the different schemes invented and adopted by those unreasonable millowners . They are known to

      those who are most determined not to be cheated out of the Ten Hours Act Should those foolish and wicked millowners persist in their unreasonable and cruel plans , the friends of the factory workers will be compelled to petition Parliament for the whole of Mr Sadler ' s Bill , -viz ., a restriction to ten hours a day labour , for all under twenty-one , instead of eighteen years—the stoppage of the moving power—no millowners to sit on the bench as judges under the Act—and the personal punishment of refractory masters as well as of transgressing operatives ; nay , if we are forced into another struggle , I do not think it will be possible to restrain the demand for an Bight Hours Bill .

      It is very much to be deplored that persons possessed of so much influence and wealth should , in these most dangerous times , he engaged in sowing the seeds of disaffection among the operatives of our densely-populated manufacturing districts . We have had proof upon proof that agitation is prejudicial , both commercially and politically . Would that the mfllowners , w £ o are now engaged in exasperating their workpeople by striving to resist the benevolent intentions of the Legislature , could be induced to follow the truly patriotic and Christian example of the Messrs Starkey , and 'thoseother masters in the Huddersfield district' whose praiseworthy conduct I have recounted from tbe pages of the Leeds Mercury .

      If the opposition to the law is still persisted in , there is one officer of the Crown whose especial duty it becomes to cause the movements of the offending parties to be watched , and to prepare a remedy fay a new and more stringent Act of Parliament . The Secretary of State for the HomeDepartmentis answerable for the peace of the country—it is hisimpera . tive duty to guard the operatives from the tyrannical evasions of an Act of the Legislature . The factory inspectors should be instructed to pay strict attention to every effort , made by masters or men , to render inoperative a law that has been passed with the most benevolent intentions . They should also be instructed to devise the best method of rendering those attempts abortive .

      Should the Home Secretary unhappily neglect this dnty—should the inspectors be remiss in theirs—and should the opposing masters persist in tbeir vexatious schemes , the Ten Hours Bill committees will not fail in their dnty , and the country will know who to blame for another popular struggle against factory slavery ! I remain , sir . Tour obliged servant , Richard Oastler . Fulham , Middlesex . P . S . —I would most respectfully , but earnestly , urge upon the mind of the Home Secretary the sole mn obligation under which he is bound at once to Prevent those seeds of disaffection from taking root It is by neglecting to nip such social evils in the bud ,

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      1 , i that so much work is found for spies , police , troop ? , gaolers , lawyers , aud judges . May this appeal prevent the mischief which these unreasonable masters would cause , save the district from the vexation and loss of another agitation , and the government from thetfttyraeeof employing more spies . R . 0 .

      To The Working Classes. ' Words Are Thin...

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . ' Words are things , snd a small drop of ink PalliBg—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , thhtk . ' Snow .

      STATE OF EUROPE . CHARTIST ORGANISATION . Brother Proletarians , It cannot be concealed that the good old cause of ' the right against the wrong / has not progressed with that unchecked rapidity which was fondly hoped for a few mouths sued . Then , the heroic proletarians of Paris trod the streets of their beautiful city its matters , and the acknowledged pioneers of European regeneration . Then , the heroic populations of Germany were driving before them the dastardly princes , who were'but too glad to acknowledge , on their knee ; , the Sovxasiastr of znz Peof-u , so that they might only be permitted to wear their

      worthless heads . Then , the sons of Italy , panting for long-desired liberty , were victoriously chasing the foreign oppressor from their * renowned , romantic land . ' Then , Poland's "White Eagle spread its wings once more to catch the gale of Freedom , blown from the sunny shores of the Seine . Then , from one end of the Green Isle to tte other , rose the cry of * Ireland free , or the world in a blaze , ' Then . even the long-contented slaves of this island seemed to share the general fervour for another and a better order of things , and the cry of 'The Charter , and No Surrender V sounding from the Thames to the Don , gave promise of the speedy emancipation of Britain ' s pariahs . Then , the friends of Democracy were full of hope and confidence , and their enemies were terror-stricken and discomfited .

      Bnt two or three months saw a vast change for the worse . The eternal enemies of Justice , more magnanimously than wisely spared by their conquerors , toak courage , and recommenced their old game oi intrigue against the new order of things . In France , they conspired a commercial panic as the first step towsrdaireake ^ ingand psraIyeingtheproletariaus . Next they conspired—and scrupled at no means , however infamous , in carryirgout their conspiracy—to bring the Republic into disrepute , snd turn the ignorance of the prorincMBts to account . They too well succeeded , and theinfamous Assembly called 'National , ' was the result . They conspired to bring about the fatal struggleof June , which resulting , aa intended , in the defeat of the proletarians , was made the prettx '

      for instituting a' reign of terror directed against the principles and the men ef February . I need not rep eat tha sickening recital of the proletarians shot by hundreds after the conflict was over . I need not reiterate the horrible details of mock trials by courtmartial , and the transportation of thousands of the very men who created the Republic . The Thus exults that' the Republic and its authors are parted . The institution remains at home ; tha men are on tbeir way to Algeria , to Senega ) , or wherever thesun strikes from above and pestilential vapours from bebw . ' These horrors have engaged your attention far arnths past Here , however , I may introduce an episode from tha columns of the Reforms—an' owre true tale '—in connexion with the expatriation of one

      of the companies of 'insurgents' recently sent from Par j under sentence ot transportation . ' A poor girl who had been lately married to one of tbe prisoners , gave premature birth to her child , and then hurried to Havre , where ehe arrived fast-sere , faint , weary and broken-heaited . A glittering row of bayonets came on to tbe quay . and through the steel hedge she caught sight of her husband ; she burst through the triple row of guards , caught hold of her husband ' s manacled hands , and fell at his feet a raving maniac . ' Now , this ia but one of hundreds of similar tales of horror that might be told of widowed wives and heart-broken mothers . Contrast this with the bacchanalian orgies of the miscreant ?) who borne to power on the shoulders of the people tbey deceived

      now ape the vices of courtiers and play the part of mushroom aristocrats . Whilst the perple are positively famishing ; whilst widowed wives and orphaned children make the heavens echo with their groans , Mahrabt—the aristocrat of the lendmain , the traitor Mabbast—holds his fetes in a Royal Palace , which for its luxurious appointments might have satisfied even Lonis XIV . At the expense of ths people Markast fetes their enemies—even such enemies as LcrdNoRicABBT , the representative of the English aristocracy ! Hunger and imprisonment ; the hulks and death—are the rewards allotted to tbe people for displacing Sauzit and setting up Mabbast . Within the last fortnight we have seen three noquestionable enemies of Republicanism called to the government of France : — Dcvausb a fowl of Mali ' s , formerly Royalist Minister of Public

      Works , and who less tfasn s year ago refused to attend any of fhe 'Reform Banquets' at which the toast to ' the health of King Louis Philippe' was not included in the programme (!); ViYisar formerly Keeper of the Seals in the Thiers Cabinet , and anbuquently , coder Guizok , Vice President of the Council of State ,- and Frbslo . v , not so well known as hii two com-rogues , but whose republicanism is of the same colour . ' It iatothe men of the Monarchy that the destinies of the Republic have just been confided . ' For that betrayal of the Commonwealth , the sham Republicans are answerable . Mabbast the traitor , Marie the intriguer , and Laiubtt—i the splendid babbler , are tte men who must be held principally responsible for these bitter fruits of the glorious Revolution of February .

      'Is there not some chosen curse . Some biddea thunder in the stores of heaven , Sid with nncommea wrath , to blast the men Who owe their greatness to their country ' s ruin V There-action in Germany was less signal . Frankfort had its barricades and defeat of thepopnlar party , but tbe results were lees disastrous than those which had followed the four days ' combat in Paris . It is due to the real Democrats of Germany to say , that they have never been caught by the clap-trap of 'Imperialism . ' The foolish men who have been bawling for a 'German Empire , ' are bow learning the severe bnt wholesome lesson , that to centralise the power hitherto wielded by a host of petty despots , is but , in fact , to arm despotism with renewed strength . The

      ' black , red , and gold / and the rest of the humbug of ' German Nationality , ' has been hitherto employed to sanction a covert war upon the principles of Democracy , under the pretext of' preserving public order . ' The Frankfort Parlisment is a gigantic fraud , intended to consolidate thepoweroftheoottrgeouieat the expense of the people ; and is already , and justly , become more odious to the proletarians , than wete the effete despotisms it has nperseded . The dream of Polish independence soon vanished . The splendid victory of the people of Milan , and the chivalrous risings of the Italians

      generally , were , by the treachery of the Sardinian King , rendered fruitless of ought save increased suffering and renewed humiliation . The Italians have presented another and a fearful warning to the nations to beware of forgetting the good old injunction'Put sot your trust in princes . ' Nearly ail ever the Continent the masses—as through all preceding ages—have been made nee of to acquire power for upstart adventurers , and usurping classes , and then , again trampled down like weeds—silenced and suffocated in their own blood—by the miscreants who lately affected to struggle by their side for equal rights snd

      justice-How sadly Ireland has fallen need not be told . It blisters one ' s tongue to apeak of it—it paralyses one ' s hand to write ofit . Ireland has found'beneath the lowest deep a lower still / There is not such another instance in history of good men and true misled or self-deceived as to the character of their countrymen . Is is clear that henceforth there can be no more writing , or speechmahing , or organising , for the 'ir dependence of Ireland . ' The regeneration of thatconntry may not be impossible , hut the modus operandi taught iu the Nation and Umtko Irishman is clearly not practicable . The union of the masses of Ireland with those of England may win political and soeial reform for both countries . Other means of winning' Ireland for the Irish' I hold to be utterly visionary .

      Of this country the least said the better . Our regenerating fever soon came to an end ; but , unhappily , instead of leaving ns restored to perfect health , left ns more miserably prostrated than ever . 1 It were long to tall , snd sad to trace , * the causes of Chartist discomfiture ; and there is no need to repeat a more than ' thrice-told tale . ' Enough , that I remind you tbatsomeof your unfortunate brethren have been condemned to life-long chains and slavery ; that ethers are languishing in vilest dungeons ; that the families of both are suffering ; that othersmany ethers—are marked out for ths vengeance oi their and your enemies ; and that , notwithstanding this immense extent of misery , popular indifference was never more dearly manifested than at this very time ; and Chartist * organisation' has become the merestname—the shadow of a shade .

      This is a melancholy picture . But are we to conclude that' there is n > hope for nations ? ' Not so . I discern grounds for hope—more than mere hope—is tha present state jof all the countries on which within the presentyear thesun of liberty has dawned . Afl tha countries , may I say ? Or must I except our own ? It is for you to decide . In France the rule of the trailers is fast drawing to a close . Lawartikb has been long ' used up / This very day news has arrived that Gocbchatjx , the pet of tbe profitmongers , has resigned . Of the prominent and influential betrayers oi tha Democracy only two now remain in power—Marie and Mabbast They are doomed . The handwriting is on the wall . They have dons the dirty work of the bourgeoisie and

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      they will have their reward .. Indeed , I see it stated , that Milord Marrast already threatens to resign the Presidency of the Assembly , because that immaculate body has declined to vote him a supplementary sum of 6 , 000 francs , ( £ 240 ) , to defray the expenses for one month of' his establishment / This sum he required over and above his allowance of 4 090 francs ( £ 160 ) a month , which he receives for bis presidency . Modest and austere Republican l Hii threat of resigning will not alarm the Moderates ; on the contrary , such a step would mightily please them . The only two real parties in Francethe enemies , aud the friends of the Revolution—are

      gradually but surely forming themselves int 3 distinct camps . Once that division is complete the deathstruggle will come . In the meantime the ardent Democrats are labouring unceasingly for thepropagation of their principles . The Toulouse banquet first showed that the principles of veritable Democracy were not , as had been falsely asserted , confined to Paris . Subsequent similar manifestations nave shown that the 'Red Republic' is rapidly progressing throughout the departments . Even the English journals record their fears of the real revolution they believe to be approaching . Depend upon it those fears are not groundless ; but their fears should excite ear exultation .

      In spite of the affair at Frankfort , the workmen of Berlin have held their own ; and throughout the German States democratic ideas are ardently and successfully propagated . The gallant CablSchaffkb , bo well known to , and so justly admired by , the English Democrats , has been for some time tbeinmateof a prison , but the day of his deliverance is not distant . Fxrmhahd Fbbjuobath , the poet of German democracy , persecuted by the contemptible King of Prussia , has been liberated from his prison by the voice of a Prussian jury , and , crowned with flowers , tri

      was escorted to his home with shouts and ssngs of - umph , by the enthusiastic and armed people . Lastly , the plorious victory of the people ot Vienna hasall bnt redeemed the defeat of the Parisian proletarians in June . But for that victory the ' reaction' would have been triumphant throughout the Austrian States . The success of Jellaohioh and his Croatian hordes would have been a fatal blow to the cause of liberty in Eastern Eutope . Unluckily there is ground for apprehension that the temporising of the Diet will yet undo the glorieus work of the 6 th of October .

      The Poles are said to be forming a vast organisation for another and—1 will hope—a successful struggle . There is news this week of an insurreo tion at Milan , but the report appears to be premature . If , however , the Austrian Democrats can maintain their prsition , another rising in Italy must take place . Under any circumstances , Europe has not yet seen the last of Italian struggles for liberty . And now , what are the enslaved classes of this country doing ?—I need not answer . What they should do , self-protection , honour , justice to the persecuted , should dictate . Clearly the first necessity is ' Organisation ;'—the organisation of all who profess Chartist principles , or rather of those who really are Chartists .

      Brother proletarians , it can never ba , that you will now , altera ten years' straggle , tamely sit down and hug your chains . It can never be that you will callous !; see the tyrant-made widow and orphan pine in starvation ; nor is it possible that you will tamely allow jour unfortunate brethren—the victims of Whig spies—to suffer their terrible doom withont an effort to at least obtain a mitigation of their suffering ? . I know that as regards tha families of the victims , many of you heavily tax yourselves to help them . But the tax might be lightened to those who contribute , and the famUiesmight be better looked to

      than tbey are , if tbe general body of professing Chartists would do their duty . But , indeed , in this matter , as in every other connected with the movement , nothing effectual will be done until there is a real organisation of the Chartist body . Beware of those who ( under all sorts of plausible but really factious pretences , ) would split you into sects and sections . Tour organisation , however devised , to be effective must be truly national . Remodel your plan . Make it legal and shut themouth of the Attorney General ; bnt make it comprehensive—universal .

      Mr O Cohncr ' s visit to Scotland seems to have aroused the energies of the Chartist party once more . But the rekindled enthusiasm in that country will be a « fleeting as straw on fire , unlets OnoAmunoM is made the orderof the day . I presume not to offer any ' plan' or any amendments to any existing plar , as there are others possessing the confidence of the working cissies from whom any such suggestions will best proceed . ' Conventions' are expensive , and under present circumstances shonld , if possible , be avoided ; but in all probability there will , in a few days hence , be an opportunity afforded to some of the leading friends of Democracy to commune together on this important subject . Let not that opportunity be missed . ' Now ' s the day , and bow ' s the hour / ORGANISE ! ORGANISE ! ORGANISE ! L ' -Ami dtj Peuple . October 26 tb .

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      The Powell Plot. Trial Of George Bridge ...

      THE POWELL PLOT . TRIAL OF GEORGE BRIDGE MTJLLINS . Cbbtbal Cbwhcaz , Comix . —On Thursday . George Bridge Mullins , aged twenty-two , described as a surgeon , was placed iu the dock , charged with feloniously compassing , imagining , and intending to levy war against her Majesty , & o . The prisoner pleaded not guilty . Tbe Attorney General , Mr Webby , Mr Clsrkson , Mr Bodkin , and Mr Clark , conducted the case on the part of the crown . Mr Parry and Mr Metcalfe defended the prisoner .

      Mr Straight , theCIerk of the Arraigns , having read over the Indictment , the names of the jury included in the panel were called over , and at the re quest of Mr Parry their addresses , as well aa their names , were read . A great number of the jurymen called were objected to by Mr Parry , and particularly those residing in London . The calling over of the names occupied a considerable time . The jury having besn selected and sworn , The Attorney General stated the case to tbe jury , and detailed the history of the conspiracy , describing the nature of the evidence which would be adduced in support of the indictment , in the same order , and to the same effect ,-and nearly in the same language , as he did on the trials of Dowling , Cuffey , Lacey , and others ; and then called

      Thomas Powell , tbe spy , who gave precisely the same evidence which he gave on the former trials , snd which it is unnecessary to repeat . On bis crossexamination the same moBtrosities of his disreputable character were elicited . Davis , another informer , was next examined , whose evidence was similar to thai on former occasions . After his examination the court adjourned . Just before the court adjourned Mr Barker , the chief usher , stated that while the jury had retired to take refreshment in the middle of the day , tiie coat of one of them had been stolen from the jury box .

      Atxiaio Muboes . —AnneTrinham , 40 , spingt » r , was indicted for the wilful murder of Alice Triaham , a child five years old , by casting her into the Thames , and thereby causing- her to be drowned . —Mr Bylaad and Mr Laurie conducted tbe prosecution for the authorities of the City of London . Mr Clarkson defended the prisoner . —Mary Bell deposed that , on the 8 th September , she was on board a steam boat going to London Bridge , It was in the evening , and nearly dark . While ehs was on board she observed a woman with a child in her arms go aleng the deck to the sppnson of tbe vessel , and Immediately afterwards the boat was stopped , and she keard the captain call out sculler , ' and the steamer was put back and everything was done to save the woman , who bad , it appeared , jumpedoverboard with her child . The whole proceeding was the act ef an instant . William Pry corroborated the evidence of this witness . George Whitcemb said that he was a passenger at the time in question , and was sitting at the head of the boat

      when he heard the captain cry out that a woman had jumped overboard with a child ia her arms . As scon as he was able he jumped into a barge that lay alongside tbe pier , and saw the body of a woman floating in the water , and be observed a waterman go towards the object and take it out of the water . It was ths prisoner . As they were going te the police-station the prisoner asked what had tweoma of her child , and she added that excessive grief had caused her to do what she had , and said she had been in great trouble . When the prisoner inquired what bad become of her child , be toldher that he believed It was all right , but he could not tellher posttfveli .-Croisexam ! ned ; Tbe prisoner repeatedly inquired after her chue , and appeared to be in great distress of mind , It was quite dark at the time the occurrence took place , — Other witnessss were examined , after which Mr Clark , eon addressed tbe jury for tbe prisoner . —Mr Justice Manle summed up , and the jury , without deliberating mere than a mlsute , returned a verdict of 'Not Guilty .

      Thk Imprisonen Cnv Victims Convicteo Ov ...

      Thk iMPRisoNEn Cnv Victims Convicteo ov Sbmtion . — Previous to a very excellent lecture , delivered by Mr Kydd to a numerous audience at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , on Sunday evening , the 22 nd inst . the chairman ( Mr Stallwood ) , read a letter from Mr J . Bezer , at present confined in Newgate . The writer complained that of a parcel of books sent to him by his friends , he bad been allowed to have only twothat he was only permitted to write or to see his friends but once in three months—he had not been permitted to apply to the Judges for a mitigation of punishment—expressed a desire for books on the French language , and short hand , and that efforts should be m ade by his friends to secure him the privileges of a first class misdemeanant . KiLBABCHAH . —A meeting of this branch will te held in the Chartist meeting house on Saturday j evening , November 4 th , at six o ' clock .

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      Statu Or Thk Metropolis. — The Physical ...

      Statu or thk Metropolis . — The physical and moral state of many psrts ef London calls loudly for amendment . It is a fact that , in a small space in Westminster , close to the Abbey , no fewer than TOO families were crowded together in 190 houses . Above 500 of the inhabitants of this district are unmarried ; while , in almost every other part of the metropolis , the filthy , undrained , ill-ventilated courts will supply aporportionate amount of persons entirely regardless of this social institution . Although much has been done towards mitigating the evil by draining and ventilation , a vast deal still remains to be accomplished , and , in order to the removal of such nuisances , it is at first necessary it should be known that they exist . At the West-end of the town some

      of the worst courts are situated . There is one court known by the name of Orchard Place . This spot is 45 yaids long and 8 broad , acd contains 2 ? houses ; There resided in this court , in 1845 , 21 ? families , including 882 persons , of whom 682 were above fourteen years of age . The population of a large village was thus comprised in a single court , and- it might be supposed that a larger number of persons could not be crowded therein . It is nevertheless true that the population of OrchardlPJace baa , since 1845 , increased from 217 to 476 families , and from 882 to 1 , 222 individuals . The number of adults is 884 , or larger than its entire population at

      the former period . Disease , as may be imagined , is rarely , if ever , absent from such localities , and it is there that tbe cholera or any other pestilence may be expected to cause its worst ravages . The wealthy , who dwell in the streets and squares , behind which these congregated abodes ot wretchedness are situated , are little aware , or apparently wholly careless , of their existence ; One of the first steps towards amelioration must consist in the erection of dwellings fit for human beings to dwell in , and recent efforts in this direction are something more than a recognition of the evil which it is so desirable to eradicate .

      Suspension of the Works at the Nbw Hor / ans op Pablumknt . —It is said the works of this national undertaking are to be entirely stopped during the winter . On Saturday , 200 of tbe men were discharged , and it is said 800 more will be dispensed with this iweek . Rsnrjcnos op Rbvsnuk EsriBtisHMESTS . —Orders have been issued to all departments under the control of the Treasury , that whenever a vanoancy occurs , no promotion » r new appointmest is to take place until special inquiry has been made whether the office cannot be reduo d .

      Pbovisioh por thb Poob ra > Mabylbbose nuniso thk WimB . —At the Marylebone vestry , on Saturday l ast , Mr H . Wilson stated that he would move at the next vestry , for the adoption of measures to provide during the winter remunerative labour for the deserving poor of the district , and ( hat such provision for the poor should be so regulated as to preclude the worthless from any participation in it , Messrs Garnett , Sodon , Joseph , and other members , promised to give the motion their most strenuous support . Rbmovai op the Chabtist Victims . —On Monday afternoon the Chartist prisoners , Ritchie , Lacey , Fay , Cuffay , and Dowling who were convicted at tbe last Bailey Sessions under the Crown ani Government Security Act , and sentenced to transportation for life , were removed for ; c ! assifica lion to Millbank Penitentiary , in which place they will remain until their final departure for Van Diemen ' s Land .

      The National Gaile » x—This gallery , whieh has been closed since tbe Teh of September last , was re-opeied te the public yesterday . During tbe recess the Vernen Coll' e'ion has been removed from Mr Vernon ' s house , Pall Mall , to the lower rooms of the gallery , where they will for the present be exhibited to the public . SuppBBSSioHOJfVAORAKov—Theeuardians of the poor of the fiolborn Union , at the full quarterly meeting , unanimously resolved , 'Thatthey , tbe guardians , having been lone sensible of the necessity of an alteration in the system of administering relief to casual applicants , from a careful investigation of cases , and inquiry into circumstances , they are satisfied that at least one half of such applicants are entirely

      unworthy recipients of tho union funds , and tbey de termine that henceforth relief be given only to those who , by & sound , vigilmt discrimination , shall be found to be real objects thereof , and shall bo steadily and positively refused to the confirmed vagrant , tramp , and professional mendicant , acd that their officers be instructed accordingly . ' The Garde Nationals of Paris . —On Monday and Tuesday two large bodies of the Parisian National Guards arrived at the London Bridge terminus of the South-Eastern Railway from Dover , The Republican heroes having become imbued with a desire to view this far-famed metropolis , arrangements were made with the Northern of France Railway for their conveyance to Calais via Lille , an intimation having been given to the authorities of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam Packet

      Company ei their expected arrival at Calais , the Princess Maude and Queen of the Belgians steamers were despatched to convey them in three detachments to Dover , whence they were brought by special train to London . On Monday evening about 700 arrived at the London-bridge terminus , and on Tuesday evening about 500 , all in full uniform . On alighting from tbe carriages the National Guards appeared to be in high spirits , and after congratulating each Other , and expressing their satisfaction to the railway functionaries , the procession moved westward . There were coaches and cabs in abundance waiting the arrival of the special trains , and on Monday evening , tbe weatber being fine , tho majority of the National Guards preferred walking . It is impossible to speak too highly of the manner in which the strangers conduct themselves .

      Robbery op one ep the National Guards on Board of a Siiam Boat . —On Wednesday afternoon information was sent round to the several divisions of the Ci . y police of the following robbery committed on the person of Monsienr Louis Corbel , one of tbe Garde Natioaale , on his pavsage on board ef the Dahlia , between Hnneerford Bridge and London Bridge : — Monsieur Corbel , who went on board at the former bridge , had on his person a different coloured worsted purse , in which were three sovereigns and two halfsovereigns , twenty . fire 25 franc pieces , fifteen 21 francs , sixteen cents , ten guilders ( Holland ) , and fiftetn twenty-five frano pieces . The two latter sums of money were wrapped up in a piece of paper . When Monsieur Corbel entered on board of the Dahlia he had the whole of the money safe on his person . On

      leaving the boat , and having occasion for some money , he discovered that it had been stolen . Tbe thief had exhibited his adroitness by removing the other of Monsieur Corbel ' s money from another pocket . As soon as his loss was ascertained , the captain and others connected with tbe boat endeavoured to recollect what description of person was near him , but so individual of a suspicious character could be re * collected . From the clean manner in which the purse and the otber property was abstracted , it is the opinion that the robbery was effected by some of the members of the swell mob as Monsieur Corbel was entering the boat . Aa soon as the robbery was made known to the City police , information was sent round to the several bullion dealers , but with little chance of the money being recovered .

      Building on the Enclosure , Leicester . Sq ? ars . —On Wednesday preparations commenced within the enclosure , Leicester Square , to convert that hitherto useless plot of ground into an exchange baziar , to be called the Royal Victoria Arcade Bazaar . There will be four distinct entrances , one at each angle of the » quare , the arcade being in the form of a cross , the statue of King George I . forming its centre , around which will be constructed a circular promenade open to the air ; within each angle an ornamental fountain will be coaatrnoted , to ba supplied with water from the artesian wells that furnish those in Trafalgar Square . This ground was originally leased to Miss Ltnwood by the Crown , together with the opposite building known aa . Saville Palace , with an express covenant that it was not to be built over ; but in consideration of the highly ornamental character of the proposed construction , and the improvement it will be to the neighbourhood , the Commissioners of Weeds and Forests are understood to have consented to the

      erection . t Open Sswbr op Kin ? al New Towi ? , Paddinoton —At length there is hope that this pestiferous nuisance will be drained off , for the West London Anti-EBclosnre Association and Sanitary Improvement Society have taken the matter up , and obtained the interference of tha General Board of Health . The sewer in question is about a mile in length , and the stench arising from it is so horrible that it pollutes the air far and wide . On Sundat last the lady of Mr Goodharc . one of the sheriff * , was robbed of a purse containing several

      sovereigns and some silver . The Lord Mayor and tbe sheriffs and their ladies attendsd the charity sermon at the church ef St Catherine Cree , in Leadenhall Street , aad on going totbeir carriages after the service , a well-dresped boy , who stood behind Mrs Goodhart , slipped the purse out so olerarly as to get oat of sight before it was missed . Of late the robbenes committed by well-dressed boys , and females , who look like respectable mothers of families , have been innumerable . The cleverness with which the robberies have been committed is stated by the police tobe very remarkable .

      Decs Accidents .-Ou Tuesday inquests were held on Matthew Davis labourer , aged forty , who accidentally fell into the hold of the ship on board which he was employed , and fractured his skull most frightfully ; and upon George Swarly , aged thirty-live , brat mate ot a brig laying in the eastern basin , who fell overboard and was drowned before he could be assisted . Walking thb Plank—An inquest was held on the body of Daniel Marshall , aged 15 , a sailor , who was walking to his vessel ( which lay moored at Wapping ) along a plank , when it suddenly slipped and precipitated him into the water . Tbe body was recovered very quickly , but he was quite dead . Verdict accordingly . Alleged Attempts to DigTRor a Household By Fire . —On Tuesday morning between the hours of

      Statu Or Thk Metropolis. — The Physical ...

      twelve and one , information was received at the West of Englaadand London brigade stations , that a nr&—the second within a few days , upon the same premies , had occurred at 256 Tottenham Court Road , in the occupancy of Mr George Pearce , a greengrooer . It appears that on Saturday morning last a nre broke out in the basement floor of the premises , and was not discovered until the flaracs , had complete postern of the floor , and were ascending the stair , case , l his fire was believed to have originated from purely accidental circumstances , until Monday nightat few minutes

      , a before twelve o ' clock , when another fire was discovered burning in tbe same portion of the house . Two females , who were up at the time , perceived a large basket placed on the floor r :- * K eeiaeralblPzs ; this was soon extinguished , but it the whole of the inmates had beon asleep , it is quite probable that the fire would have progressed , and sjme of them been burnt to death . One of tbe females states , thst aa she was going along the passage , a man rushed from the direction of the kitchen and left the honse , making his escape before the alarm could be raised in the street .

      Suioidb op a Young Woman . —On Tuesdav , Mr Bedford held an inquest at the Feather * , " Dean Street , Westminster , on tho boly of a woman , name unknown , aged about twenty-three . John Collins , a fisherman , living in a barg e on the Thames , said he found tbe body on Monday morning in the river near Millbank . Ho took it ashore , and having washed tbe face , gave it a kiss . ( Laughter . ^ The coroner : A kiss to a dead woman ! why ?—Witness : ' For affection , I always do it when I find a female body . Some people laut ? h at me , bul I don't care . ' The witoessfurther stated that he thought the deceased had destroyed herself about four hours previously , aa the body apoeared to . have been in tbe water about thattime . Verdict , ' Fonnd dead . '

      Charge op Murder . —At the Clerkenwell police ! court , on Saturday last , two female fiends , Sarah Bishop and Ann May , one the mother and the other the aunt , were charged with the ill-treatment of two children , one of whom it was alleged had died from the effects of the blows and brutality ot the two wretches . On Tuesday Mr Wakley held an inquest on the body of Ann May , aged two years and seven months . The case was gone into at great length , but as the medical witnesses could not say bnt that the extravasation of blood upon the brain , which was the immediate cause of death , might have occurred without violence , the jury returned the following verdict : — ' That Harriet May came to her death from effusion of blood on the brain , but that whether that effusion was caused by natural disease or accidental violence there is not sufficient evidence before the jury to show . ' The inquiry lasted several hours .

      Sudden Death Op a Youno Lady in a Cab . —On Wednesday night , between the hours of eleven and twelve o ' clock , a case of sudden death occurred in a cabin the London Road , close to the Elephant and Castle , and which was at first supposed to have been tbe result of aa attack of cholera , It appears that the deceased ( Miss Hutchinson ) , of 92 , Suffolk Street , Southwark Bridge Road , who was on her return home from an evening party in the neighbourhood , bailed a cab , and having taken her soat in the

      vehicle , the driver asked where he was to put her down , but having received no answers to his repeated inquiries , he opened the door and found that the young lady was quite dead . She was immediately conveyed to the residence of Dr ^ Thoraas , in the London Road , who , having used every remedy to restore life , pronounced that the cause of death was not , as the crowd assembled had rumoured , cholera , but tte result of an apoplectic fit , arising from disease of the heart . The deceased was at once borne home on a stretcher by the police .

      Shookikq Suicide . —On Monday a young man in the emoloy of a butcher carrying on business in toe neighbourhood of Hatton Garden , was taken to task by his master respecting tbe price of some mutton chops , alleged to have been sold , but which were not accounted for An altercation ensued and the master threatened to send for a policeman , when the man , in a paroxysm of passkn or fear , seized a knife and out his throat as he stood , in so fearfnl a manner that he expired in a few minutes afterwards , before surgical aid could be obtained . Child Murder —On Monday morning the body of a child about two month ? old was found in the river , at Lower Rotherhithe , with its skull beaten in and its neck tightly compressed by a cord . The deceased has not yet been identified . Clashing of the Coroner *' - and Magistrates ' Courts . —On Saturday last , Mr Wakley , M . P ., summoned a jury at the Duke of Wellington , Brighton

      Street , Cromer Street . New Road , to itquire into tbe death of Harriett May , aged three years . Previous to the jury being sworn , Mr Wakley inquired of his summoning officer whether the witnesses were in attendance ? The officer replied that they were not , in consequence of deceased ' s mother and aunt having been arrested under a charge of having caused deceased ' s death . The witnesses were , therefore , compelled to attend the police office at that very moment . The coroner and jury deprecated this clashing of the two court ? , and , after some very severe remarks by the jury on the subject , the coroner ad * jonrned the inquiry to another day . ( Estbnhvb Illicit Dhtillert . — On Friday the Excise paid a domiciliary visit to tbe house No . 1 , Weymouth Street , Hoxton , where they discovered a etili capable of holding 160 gallons , forty hngsbe » d 8 , with barrelr , tubs , piping , and other matters used in distilling .

      Coum-Martial — Chatham , Oct- 24 . —A general court-martial , ef which Colonel S . B , Ellis , ef the Royal Marines , is president , assembled at this garrison , for tbe trial of Private William M'Fadyen , No 2 2 ? 5 of the 72 nd regiment ( Duke of Albany ' s own Highlanders ) , on three charges : —1 st . for habitual drunkenness , being four times drunk within twelve calendar months ; 2 nd , for having" ! at Sheerness , on the 4 th inst ., made use of insolent and inscbordinate language towards Sergeant Peter Ritchie , 72 nd Highlanders , when in the execution of bis duty ; and 3 rd , for having , at Sheerness , on tbe 5 th inst , disobeyed the lawful command of his commanding officer , by refusing to take the . punishment which he had awarded him . The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the charges on their being read by

      Captain J . S Wind . The Brigade-Major , who acted as tbe Depnty . Judge Advocate , Sergeant Peter Ritchie , Sergeant John M'Donald , Sergeant Patrick Henry , and Lieutenant and Adjutant M'Keazie , were severally examined at length . Neither of the witnesses could prove the third charge . The prisoner , in his defence , called Corporal David Miller , and Private Thomas Little , and Private James Gibb , and these three soldiers positively declared that the prisoner was sober on the evening of the 4 ih of October , when he was taken to the guard-room a * drunk ; and the two privates also declared that they were with the prisoner when he spoke to Sergeant Ritchie , and he did not make uae of any bad language to him . The court was then cleared , and after a short time , the court broke up , acquitting tbe prisoner , who must remain confined until the decision is confirmed by the Horse Guards .

      Polytechnic Institution. This Really Val...

      POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . This really valuable place of amusement continues to attract numerous audiences—and , indeed , were it otherwise , it would reflect a discreditable taste on the citizens of the metropolis . We were delighted the other evening with the lecture of Dr Bachoffner on Gutta Perch a . This singular substance resembles nothing else in nature except by appearancebeing like to leather externally . Although only recently discovered , it is unrivalled in its application to useful purposes . It may be used for almost every domestic purpose for which wood or earthenware is necessary , and is impervious to all influences , except heat of a given degree . The lecturer exhibited

      a variety of chaste and beautiful ornaments , including some mouldings , equalling any carvings on wood that we have seen for appearance . He amused his audience by blowing a gutta percha flute , and exhibited tubes for conveying sound , stating that , with the aid of gutta percha pipes , a speaking telegraph of any length may be constructed , by having stations five or six miles apar ' , —such being the distance that gutta percha pipes will conveniently convey sound . Gutta percha is well fitted to be used for mill belts—there being one in use in the Institution , answering every desirable purpose . Harness of all kinds may be made from it , and its use as soles for shoes is universally known . Gutta

      percha dissolved , forms a solution that covers wounds on the skin , which may be put on by the aid of a brush , and subjects the party using the same to no further annoyance or pain . It requires no stretch of imagination to suppose that dissolved , gutta percha will shortly supersede tbe use of sticking plaster in cases of slight wounds , and will he a real benefit to joiners , carpenters , and shoemakers , and such other trades as are subjected , by necessity , to slight wounds or irritation of the skin . Gutta percha immersed in warm water , becomes quite soft , and will receive any impression , retaining the same when cold . The process of manufacture , therefore , cannot be expensive , In

      addition to the useful information given by experimental lectures on useful and scientific subjects , the large hall is filled with choice models of the newest- inventions iu machinery , whilst the cosmoraic views and illuminated transparencies , representing ancient cities , and famed views of places and scenery , are an endless source of instruction and enjoyment . In a word , we consider the Polytechnic , and all similar Institutions , to be popular model seminaries for -the improvement and refinement of the people , conveying knowledge in the most popular and pleasant manner—to wit , by object teaching . Therefore , we say to our readers , when you are desirous of amusing aud improv ug your minds , visit the Polytechnic . >

      The Ibish Trials For High Treason. Clonm...

      THE IBISH TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON . Clonmel , Wednesday Evening .-Tie trial of Mr Meagher was resumed this morning , and the exami . nation of witnesses has occupied the court dunug the day On the direct examinatiop , tbe evidence was si uilar to that given on the former trials , so that anything worthy of notice was not djc / ted on crossexamination . Mr Meagher exhibits great composure , and sometimes laughs heartily at hearing th » policemen read tbeir reports of his speeches , De also occasionally smusea himself by ¦ writing autographs for the ladies who crowd the galleries .

      Thursday . — After tbe examinatien of several witnesses for the crown , Mr Whiteside delivered an able and eleqeent speech fur tbe defence . He necessarily repeated many of tho points and argoxuexis urged by him in his address on behalf of O'Brien . He was several times appliuded during its delivery . At balf-psst six o'clock s . be learned gentleman applied for an adjournment to Friday moroiig , when he will resume his address . The evidence adduced by the crown against Mr Meaghsr , on Thursday , was , as usual , mainly that of police ' reporters , ' wbrsa readiness to swear to their lessons , learned off , parrot-like , by rote , contrasted strongly with the evident reluctance of any of the witnesses belonging to the peasantry who were examined for tbe prosecution . The mode adopted by tbe learned counsel for the defence of impugning the evidence ef these hired witnesses was most damaging , as will be seen from the following specimens * •—

      John Lawler , policeman , cross-examined by Mr Bntt , with reference to Mr Meagher ' s quotation about the ' sicking ship' and the French Revolution : — Are you a peron well acquainted with literature ? No . —Did you ever read Lamartine ' a ' History of the Girondists V No —Mr Butt here read the following passage from the ' Girondists * : —* A mercenary informer knows no distinction under such a system ; the obnoxious people are slaves , not only to the government , but tbey live at the mercy of evtryiadividual . Tbey are at once slaves of the whole community , and of every part of it ; and the worst and most unmerci F ul men are those oa whose goodness they must depead . ' Did you ever hear that passage

      before ! No . —Repeat that passage now for me . 1 cannot do so . —You cannot repeat me a single line of the sentence ? I will not eay I can . —Did Mr Meajher read that passage ? He did not . —D'd he use the words , ' tbe crew , intoxicated bybioudatd powder , carried the pride of the flag even to suicide enmasse ? ' No , he did not . —Mr Butt then read for witness the following passage : — 'The Vengeur , surrounded by three enemies ' ships , still fought ; her captain was cut in two , her officers muJ / iated , her sailors decimated by grape , her masts shattered , and her sails in rags . The English ships kept clear of her , as of a body whose last convulsions might te dangerous , but which coold not escape riea ' -h . The crew , intoxicated with blood snd powder , carried the

      pride of the nig even to suicide fen masse ) . They nailed the colours to the stump of a mast , and obstinately refused all quarter , awaiting only until the water , which from minute to minute increased in the hold , should shelter them under its wrath . As tbe hull submerged gradually plank by plank , the intrepid crew launched forth the broadside from every gun the waves still left uncovered . The lower tier extinct , they ascended lo the higher and discharged that upon the enemy . At last , when tha sea swept clean over tbe ship , tbe last broadside blazed forth on a level with the v & ter , and the crew sank with theehip , amidst cries of' Vive la Kepub * Jiqus ! ' The English , struck dumb with admiration , covered the sea with their boats , and saved a great part of them . ' Repeat that for me now ? No . —Can

      you do it ? I'll not say I can . —And now tell me , upon your oath , if you can trust your memory torepeat speeches delivered to a crowd in Carrick fire months ago ? 1 went thereunder orders from my officer determined to take notes of a speech . —Thafs not answering the question 1 asked you . Did yon go there determined to have a report of a speech one way or . another ? No —I ask you again to repeat one single word of that passage I have read ? No . — Repeat for me , verbatim , the words you used to-day about the fire-ship ; ' If we fail , we shall sink from view with one cry of' Long live the Republic , ' which shall rise to the hearing of generations yet unborn . ' —Repeat that sentence again slowly aud deliberately , so that the court may take it down . Your lordships will see presently my object in this . Chief Justice Blaokburne to witness , —Repeat the

      words now . The Witnees— 'If we fail we shall sink like the fire-ship of tbe French Republic , which suck from view , ' or * we shall sink from view , ' lam not certain which , ' with a cry of * Long live the Republic ? which shall rise to the hearing ot generations yet unborn . '—Did Mr Meagher say he'd sink from view , and was that the meaning ot his words ? I understood that to be the meaning of his words . Mr Butt—How could these be the words' If—Chief Justice Doberty ;—Yon will not read tin question from tbat ' paper new , tinder the pretenca

      oi—Mr Butt . —With all respect for the court , I muss say I am not capable of using any pretence . I aa about to atk a question . Do jou mean to say whether that last sentence was an expression of Mr Meagher * * own , or whether be was referring to a historical incident ? I took it to be his own . —Bow often did you read over the copy of this information I hold in my band ? I did not read it over more than three or four times . —When last ? On Friday night last . — How often did you repeat it to your elf ? I cannot recollect . —Did you yesterday ? I did . —Where ? In the court-house here . —When yon thought you were going to be examined ? Yes . —How ofren yesterday did yon repeat it . Three or four times . —Now read this passage from your information : —The witness

      then read tbe passage pointed out in his information as follows : — ' Which sank from view with one cry of ' Long live tbe Republic * which arose to the hearing of generations then unborn . ' —Is that the true one ? Itis . —Then , in point oi fact , the representation of this passage , which you gave on the table before ia different from wbatyou now give ? It is . —Then you mistook the purport of it ? I did . Patrick Cogblan , another police reporter , wm oross-examined by Mr Whiteside : Never reported a speech in my life before ; am not prond of tha manner in which I reported this one ; I did not take notes at the time , for although I had a tablet ia my ' pocket I did not think it sate to nee it in the crowd ; I was nearer to the speaker than Hamilton

      ( the last witness ); the crowd seemed excited ; there were shouts of applause ; I think I have overrated the number of people present when I estimated it at 4 , 000 ; when I returned to the police barrack after the speeches , I sat down to write my notes of it ; Hamilton sat down to write at the same table with me ; the original notes that I took I gave to Mr Gore Jones as my informations . —Did you keep a copy of them for yourself ? No j but I got a copy of them when I was going to Dublin . —Did you not tell me on the former trial that you made a copy th * morning before you were examined ? No , sir , I said no such thing ; and I am sorry to say that , in addressing the jury yon mis-stated my evidence to them . —Were you listening to my speech ? I was . —

      Do you think you could refer to it ¥ Witness ( laughing ) Ob no , sir . —This is very pleasant no doubt to you ; but the gentleman on trial for his life does not csnsider it so amusing . Now , sir , how did I misre present your evidence ? Yon said I confessed that the morning I entered the court I wrote the copy . Mr Whiteside ( reading from a newspaper . )—* I wrote this since I came to Clonmel' —is not that what you stated on your exxmiBation ? Witness ( with an air of triumph ) : Ay , my lord , but is that saying that I wrote it the morning 1 was examined ? Not being aware of the manner in which 1 should give my evidence , in order to make it tha more 'legible' I though it would be necessary to write it to baud it over to the court and jury . Thai is the reason , my lords acd gentlemen , why I made

      the copv of the information after I came to Cionmel . Mr Whiteside ( who had resumed his seat whilst witness was speaking ) . Have yon anything to aay I have not . Mr Whiteside ( blandly ) . —Because if you wish to address the jury I shall be moat h & pp ? to hear yon ( Laughter ) . Some days before you were examined did you not make an addition to your examination ? 1 made an addition to it in Dublin . On my oath after I came to Clonmel and before I was examined I added to my original information , and brought tha notes to court to refresh ma ; the paper I now hold in my hand is the ' original statement I made and handed to my officer ; I have stated matters to-day on my oath which I did not state in either ot my informations , for I consider I was bound to state on my oath everything which might aince occur to

      my memory . The Clerk of tbe Crown then read the information of the witness sworn before Mr John Gore Jones ; it contained no mention whatever of the fire-ship and the French Republic . Does not tbe addition to your first information which I will oall the ' second edition , ' relate to the French Republic and the fire-ship ? Yes , it does . Chief Justice Blaokburne . —Why do you oil the further statement of the witness an * addition '—is it an additional information ? Mr Whiteside —No , my lord . It is called » ex . tracts of a speech . ' and has been written since the witness came to Clonmel .

      Cross-examination resumed . —I did not say a word in either of my written statements about ' perjured ' or * bloody' judges ; from the peculiar style of Mr Meagher ' s language I was unable to reo ;> Ueot a great part of it ; will not swear that all sentences were connected ; I ommitted those sentences which i did not think essential ; I have not a perfect recollection of what was said about the work being completed in thirty years , but I think he said that in thirty ytars some new spirit like his own might arise to complet e the work he had begun ; I know Constable Geary , and I read his information ; I have not sworn any thing which was in his information did not her

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28101848/page/5/