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      COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . ^' MoSDAT .- ^ THE ^ C & S V-TlEKBTTTEEinHAM "SCEOPE SunirSCLL . —lii r Jiis casc-. the defendant , a son ofthe inventor of the " Shraprieir sbely ^ luid pleaded guilty to four informations , filed , at the iastance of the directors of theEast India Company , against him under the 49 Geo . 11 L . for having written letters to divers persons , General Willock , General Robertson , and others , having , as directors , patronage of offices in India , to obtain from them some situation in the Indian Government , by means of promising to the said persons certain rewards for exerting their influence in his favour . There had also been letters written to the wives ofthe directors in question , offering them to pay certain sums of money when the defendant should obtain an appointment through the influence or act of their husband * . —The defendant was now Irought n ? for judgment . He put in aSdavits to the effect , that at the time the letters were written he was labouring \ inder acute mental * distress and excitement , arising from

      the loss of his fathtr . and the derangement of his affairs ty the difhuntsry of other parties , for whom he had in . curred liabilities ; ihatwhhVhewasinthis . state he was induced , in . the desperate hope of retrieving his affairs , to write those letters tothe ladies mentioned in the informations , bat whsii he cid so he was not aware that he was committing s ny iadictable offence , the parties written to not having in themselves any power of appointment . Thai lie had no idea that a cadetship was an office within the statute ; that in wriuns these letters , his object was not to obtain the cadetship from any person not qualified , Trot to procure an introduction to the directors , to whom iiis claims and qualifications might be submitted . He cipresseuius sincere regret for whathe had thus improperly bat ignorantly done , and he referred to his sufferings and distresses , while he threw himself on the mercy ofthe prosecutors arid the court . —Mr . Justice Williams sentenced the prisoner to four months iinjsrisonaient in the prison of this court .

      BAXKRUriCY COURT . " w " £ BXEsnAT , Kov . 2 C—Ex-nuoKDixAnr Doings in the Wise Tjl & be . —In he IIeat akd Reat , Eakkxctts . —The bankrupts iu this cose had carried on business most extensively as wine merchants in Mark-lane , dry . Their debts and liabilities together amounted to £ 210 , 000 . and their assets to between £ 3 S , 000 and £ 39 , 000 . The estate is expected to pay a dividend of between three ^ nd fourslulSSiigs in the pound . The bankrupts came ^ ip to-day for their cerifcicaies . The firm consisted of John Keay , s & n .. and John Robert Keay , hi < nephew . Ia tlie ease of the latter no opposition was offered , and wmsetrasntly Ms crvfincate was granted at once . The certifica : c ' of John Reay , ' the principal . in the concern , was opposed bv Mr ; Bovill , for the assignees , the bankrupt was defended bv Sir . Edwin" JameS . Mr .-B 6 riU stated that

      the assignees opposed the granting ofthe certificate ; on ihe grounds of an " imiirbper system of ballaiidng the IkoIcs , which had been pursued by tlie bankrupt ,. areckless system of siring credit , and extensive dealing in accommodation bills . It appeared from the books that iretween January . 1 S 39 , and February 1 S 45 , upwards of £ U 8 000 in had " debts had accumulated , while the bankrupt set down his p ^ odts during thai period at £ 5 , 000 a-year . Another complaint against the bankrupt was , ihathchadpraciiscda system of pledging the property of Lis creditoi-s by raising money on dock warrants to the amount of £ 70 . 0 y 0 , thus placing such property beyond the zeach ofthe sisstjuees . His stout of wines in dock had been sold under thei . ' fiat for £ 8 , 000 , out of which the claims -of the dock company amounted to £ 7 , 680 . He ( Mr . IJouvili } w-is surprised that the dock " company should

      trust a man u-lio hail so tradeu to such aii- ' am'duut . The hankrupt had evin at the last moment ; in February , 1845 , purchased Wines to the amount o ! £ 30 , 003 , a fact of which rhe foreign creditors heaviSy complained , aud they were anxiously abating the judgment ofthe Court . With respect to the bad debts , it ' appeared that the bankrupt Iiad ereditcd aperies named Wright , formerly dealing-1 » 2-Iark-lane , but latterly the proprietor ofthe Turk's Head Hotel , in tlie Straud , ' at one time to the enormous amount « if £ 3 i . 030 . In 1-S 39 "Wri-lit owed the bankrupt £ 7 , 800 ; iii 1811 , £ S , ofla " ; andinlS 12 . £ SL 030 . This amount was subsequently reduced to , £ 11 , 050 . by RcajV taking a mortgage on the Turk ' s . Head for £ -. ' 1 , 000 . This mortgage , however , had turned out ^ valueless , the property having been previously encumbered ; and although the mortgage was effected in a registered county , the

      "bankrupt had neglected to make any previous inquiries of the register of Middlesex . The next case , of- reckless i-recit occurred in the ctseof a person named Bluuienthal , furmerlv traesngin Uinaingham , and who had uoeu bankmpt there , lleaj had trusted this man to the amount of ¦ £ 47 , 000 for . wines for ^ which the only . security he had reivived tvasthe acceptancesof the Baron de Bode ,, to . ihe siaiount of £ 37 , 000 . The Court would judge whether such . acceptances could-be looked upon asgoud andsanicient security . The next man whom the bankrupt had . taken largely into his confidence was Jarris , whose case had been soreceniir before that Court . This man had originally heen vlerk to . Messrs . Al ' nutt and Arbouin , and in less than eleven months the bankrupt had trusted him to . the amount of £ 19 , 000 . It might be as well here to mention that there was not a chance of a shilling iu the pound for the creditors to Jarvis ' s estate . These were the three principal cases which the assignees wished to bring under the notice of the Cmrt , to mark bow reckless had been ihe bankrupt ' s conduetas a trader . It appeared that iri

      ISU the baulirup . r had married a lady of large fortune ; nad , although it . did not appear clear that he was solvent at the time , had made a settlement on her to the amount ofv £ l 7 , 0 OO . He wasKowliring-in luxury , oh the produce of that settlenu-at , at Wan ' stead . It appeared , ^ si-ilier , th :: t for a stric-s of years the bankrupt had drawn r . ccomothttion bills on the parties with whom" he had dcaU ; : g 5 , aa : l as loo ? as he could get them discounted his -trade went on flourishingly , bat the moment bankers and "brokers became cautions , the bubble burst , aud he was obliged to come to that Court . On all these ground ? , then , anhnproi « r ? ysti-m of balancing his books ,- a' reckless system , of-giving credit , and au extensive dealing in sreomudatiou hills , he ( Mr . BorillJ called npou the Court either to refuse the certificate altogether , or at least to suspend itforanumbsrof jeais . After Sir . E . James had been beard in behalf of the bankrupt , his Honour said that , as die case was one of great importance to the mercantile community , aud as there were several 'iocumeiits he wished to loJk over , he should postpone giving ^ jadgmtn : tiU to-morrow . ,

      TnuasnaT . —Tl : is day tlie learned commissioner gave judgment iu the above case , when , after a losg commentary on the facts above detailed , the commissioner " eoaciu ; : eu by ghing ju-gment that the bankrupt ' s certifcate be iuspeiided for two years .

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      The 3r?T Session In The Present Mayoralt...

      The 3 r ? t session in the present mayoralty commenced on Moa . lay last . Shoplifting . —Car . line Bay , aged 24 , and Jane Scott , aged 13 , wire indicted fc-r stealing seven handkerchiefs , otherwise seven yards of silk , value Site ., the property of Susam ' . a ' . i Eiizr , Crisp . It appeared by the evidence that the prisoners , according to custom , went to purchase a - fritting article , and , while one was-maldng the bargain , tlie other employed herself in abstracting the articles aamed . They escaped at first without be-ins detected , but iu the course of the day a policeman brought the silk , which he had taken from tlie prisoners . The jury , after a lung consultation , returned a verdict of acquittal iu iav « ar of Scott , supposing her to have been the tool of the more experienced thief . Bay . was declared guilty . It ir ; : s then proved upon : i second indictment that Bay was convicted of " lifting" last , year in this court , and sentenced to six months' haid labour The court now sentenced her to transportation lor ? even years . There was a dreadful wailing among some females in the gallery when they heard the sentence of banishmeutpasSkd .

      TcEsniV . —BCRGLAiiY . — Paul Cooper , aged 20 , defcribEil as a Ircm-li polisher , pleaded guilty to au indict , juettt , for burglariously breaking and entering tise dwelling house of James PouJton , and stealing therein a quantity of wearing apparel , and other articles , his IHOjiiriy . A funner conviction of tlie prisoner , for a fiinilar oftViu-e . was proved , and the Recorder sentenced Jiim to l-e trauspuited for the term of ten years . r »! Gi . ? H .--Tnnw > AS Eite 5 e , fljed SD , a shoemaker , was ladictiV : firtelonioaslyinterniarryiiig with Caroline Haswell . I ..: ies , on Ihe 10 x 1 : A'igtist , ISil , his wife . Hannah jludJey . i . eing then and stiii alive . The facts of this case lie in a very narrow compass . It ap reartd that on the 4 th of January , IS 33 , die jirisoucr was married at Whit-< . -hurch , iu the county of ivucldngham . to Hannah Dudley , -ivh .. was prom ! to le still alive and in attendance . On -she 13 th of August , 1511 , he wvnt throug ' . i the ceremony of

      < x ci = jri-i 3 ge , uueer tlia assumed name of Tlo nas Thorne , ia . ' - the parish ea : urc 2 i of -St . Leonard ' s , Sl-orcditch , with . -Carvlhie lir . swel ! Jones , who had horr . e him one child rand Was em & s & l of JOCJlld . The nrosemtlon was at the . imtsnt-c of tlie nils , ami the real sul'ferer , Jones , ap-. pea ^ u i :: ti : e \ riniess-hnv , and stated tint the prisoner liai ! -= » ih > her a gooi i-. a ^ band , and had been an excellent i it ' je-r it- her child . The jury , after a short deliberation , returns . ! a verdict of Cu'hy . The l ' ccorctr , in passing riutcfii ? , remarked upon Ihe circumstance fifth : prisoner Jia « -:-j : ^ ro : ! ti " icte .-5 the second marriage under the as-« nin-i < n . * . nis « " Tiioni ? , as indicative of a im-fect know-Jc < : ; c thee his wife was alive , and also of a concocted iV-aad . 3- ? u « s " ng at the whole of the ca > e , the sentence of ilt ;? ciart * -as . that Shu jirisoner be imprisoned in the yl & ve of-Ca-i-ectioii for iix calendar months , but without Siai ^ JaliOdr .

      ^~ '*~ - : ' '_ f ' -o- —X > h : » CoKinau was indicted for fc' -=. i- - ; -s :. ^ =- "— .- £ i r- ^ .-j : i .. i :: epr . iji .. rcvof Alcxantivr )^ r ; c :: ! . Tb ? it - . i j !! e ja ,. « .., _ ^ . ] , was a n . „ -: Sri . or ^ q , sr * shiirlH- ; 3 ; t < . . T ! =,- prosecutor is a fc-Vae . - « . c 3 .-iag at ; - v . - « gr .: e Market for rami lis had * w'i ^ r « c iaia « iast !« , an-1 sent it co . v u to his cart , V- 'iZ 3 ^ J ™ ' ^?* « - . ec 3 iiiM- of : he OUl llailev and . nSfe ^ ps . js-g ::: 0 iv pys Wl . snkequeutiv fc ^ : ;? , itw ^; ii s- t . i € f w « ebs : ii : g brought to the cart , tie .. n ^ sr = „ = ibu ::: ! ^ i ii = iff . rith ^ . ; . . whuh ll : ifi ^; " - " , ^ ^ Glts Defe ^ The jury Laving -.= ^ - ^ ij- ^ . a-..- .-I t ! -. e ^ -etnfrojr str . « t ' ne only hesitniioii With lie i- ' - ^ n nas , wheihirii wouid hi <;•¦& J ; - ;! Ve slu-h ^ sti ! in il fr & t ! ~ it ' iizi as iz

      a er :- -. e unar . -jt as n ; ,-: ;^ , . _ . > .,... - e . u . r : ; ..- , u : e ^ unrrr , ^ z n ^ : ~ ualj heea «; - - !»; -, ^ r 3 ir-u t-.-f . ire U :-i court would r . oi go > q f ^ r , f he swji .-iii-e of the t-iuri s « -3 £ that 1 : 3 i ^ . - imprisoned p ' d kc-nt at iardhtei , iie ; = ^ , , Cjrrtetln : & r 0 Ii , year . * vM *?? * -- ******" ' u 6 ^ Joo 1 ii ! I ? ^ S >» an , 21 J ^ - _ o : aje , 1 Tas j-, ; :, ^ { wrt 4 aSl . i 3 ! ml scas-f . a «• " : ^^ f ^ P a-s-to :: ta : ! . in ^ o : 3 i ! ndsi 3 v rccin , « - .---crty of Car ^ e Azn ^ fi- , ^ , ij 5 s ^ e ^ U ^

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      and a hat , value 10 s ., the property of 6 . Robins , her brother . There were other indictments against the prisoner for felony and fraud . The prosecutrix , a smart little dress-maker , stated that she lately lived at Kensin g ^ ' tolir ^ as " knoira'ffie ^ rU ^ time . - . II * wooed and won her , and , as she supposed , they were on the eve of marriage when the robbery was commuted by him . He told her he bad published the banns in Faddington church ; but it proved otherwise , , On the day he robbed and abandoned her he took her to Paddington , as he said to be married . He took her to a beer shop near the church , and told her to wait till he fetched her brother to witness the ceremony , and give her away .. . He took her purse away , and obtained possession of her wed-I ding ring , which she . had purchased herself ., ¦ He never

      came back to her , and his story-about putting up ^ the banns was fudge . ( A laugh . ) The purse and scarf which were found on the . prisoner were here producedi and sworn to by Miss Robins . The hot she b « dieved to belong to her brother . The police . constable who apprehended the prisoner atthe Jew ' s . Harp public-house , some , time after the elopement , said he found the hat on his head , thescarf round his neck , and the purse ^ in his , pocket . The prisoner dross-examined the prosecutrix . with a greaj deal of pertinacltv . ' He asked her if she had not lived with him as his wife . She denied it , or that any such » w thnacy ever existed . Common Sergeant :. Supposing it were true , your offence would be aggravated . The prisoner made a long statement to the . jury , and said that intend to

      he had not published the banns , nor did he ever marry his accuser . He declared that she lent him the pur ^ B of money and the scarf , and bought him anew hat , in order that they should go out respectable on a day ' s pieasure . —Common Sergeant : Yes , she thought the day ' s pleasure . was " to . get married . What say yon to taking away her wedding ring . and the shawl ?—The prisoner made a very lame attempt to explain this part of the transaction , which , however , he did not deny . -The Common Sergeant told the jury . that the . case was clearlj made out ^ supposing the young woman ' s' statement were-true , but they had heard the couuter-sUtement of the pri . soher . The jury consulted for ten minutes , and then returned a vernict of not guilty , to the evident surprise of many in the court . . - ' - - .. .- ¦ .-

      . Secosd . Ismctuest . —The prisoner was then charged with stealing a diamond breast pin , the property of a gentleman in whose house he lodged . The facts here were clearly proved , and the jury immediately found him guilty . —Common Sergeant ( to the Clerk of Arraigns ) : Go ou with another case . Tman Indictment . — The prisoner was again indicted for secreting 14 s . 8 d ! , and two other sums of money , which he bad received by virtue of hnv employment , for and on account ofMr . Black his master .- ' The prosecutor stated

      that he'is a baker ,-living in X ' ambeth ,-and the-prisoner was forinerly in his service . >; It was his ' . duty to pay in daily all the money he had received on his account , but he had failed to do so in several instances , - three of which he was about lo prove . Three females ' were then called , to prove payment of the sums in question . * Other cases were about to be entered upon ; but the foreman said they were satisfied , and pronounced a verdict of guilty . —Common Sergeant : Gentlemen , I have been satisfied a good while . You have now discovered what the prisoner is . Sentence , transportation for seven years . -

      Pocket Picking . —John Murphy , aged twelve ,, a very expert fellow , was indicted for stealing a silk handkerchief , the property , of J . Murrell , froni his person . This case only occupied a few minutes , and a verdict of guilty was returned . The Common Sergeant said the county could no longer bear the expense of prosecuting the prisoner , he ^ e he mus t be put under the care of Government , who would probably , teach him a trade . Sentence —transportation for ten years . ^' ' . John Smith , a more diminutive urchin , was convicted of a similar offence : being the first conviction , the sentence was six months'hard labour . . '¦ ' ¦ -. ' ~ :

      WEDNEsnir . — The Posr-orricE Robberies . —Francis Cope was placed at the bar and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing two post letters , one containing : a ¦ sovereign , ' the - property , of her Majesty's Postmaster-General . Several witnesses were called , who gave the prisoner a very good character previous- to the present charge . The learned Judge sentenced him to be transported for ten years . ' ~" - ~ ~ ' - ¦ ' ' ¦ ,. ¦ - - ¦¦¦ . - John Gord , a letter-carrier in the branch Post-office at Cb " aring-cross , was indicted '' for stealing a post letter ,

      containing a half sovereign and a valuable security—to ivit , a deed of transfer of shares of the Somerset , 'Wiltshire , and Weymouth Railway , 'the property of her Majesty ' s Postmaster-General . ' The particulars of this case appeared in bur police intelligence last week . The jury acquitted the prisoner . A second indictment was then entered into / This charged the prisoner with having stolen , on the 3 rd of November , a post letter containing a sixpenny and a fourpenny piece . On this charge the jury returned a verdict of guilty . Lord Denman , after a feeling address , sentenced him to be transported for ten

      years . . .- . - -,.. Roebeet . — Isaac Jessop . and . Thomas Ticer ,. both smart lads , nineteen years of age , were indicted for steal , ing at Cuingford , in Essex , on the 1 st of November instant , five Bank of England notes of the value of £ 5 each , six sovereigns , and ' ISO pieces of silver coin , the property of the Reverend Bobert . Boothby Heathcote . . The reverend prosecutor . deposedj , tbat he . is the rector ofthe parish of Chingford . Has -known the prisoners before . Jessop was ' once a servant in his household . ; . On Saturday , tlie 1 st of-this month , witness had five £ 5 notes and six sovereigns locked in a desk in a . room at the rectory .

      There was beyond tksse 180 pieces of silver coin of every denomination , from ihe groat to the crown . . The prisoner Jessop knew . where the keyjwas usually deposited that belonged to the . desk . The jury , returned a . verdict of guilty against both prisoners , but recommended Ticer to the clemency of the couit , under the belief thathe had acted under the . tutorage of Jessop . , The Common Sergeant told Ticer that lie , quite concurred in the view taken by the jury ; the sentence therefore was , that he be kept to hard labour for one year . As to Jessop , he had committed an extensive robbery , and , as an example to others , the judgment was transportation beyond the seas for ten years .

      Robbing Furnished Lodgings . —John Brown , 22 ,, and Mary Ann , his alleged wife , 18 , were indicted for stealing a great quantity of household furniture , utensils , linen , < fcc , the property of James Sampson . The prosecutor , who lives in Gravel-lane , Southwark , stated that the prisoners lodged at his house , and he supposed them to be a married couple , or he should not have taken them in . They left together without notice , and the room had been almost stripped . Tlie jury acquitted them both . They were then charged with stealing books and other articles , the pi opsrry ofthe same person . The evidence in this case was less ambiguous , as the female was stopped with a box in her hand , containing the stolen property . The famale said at first " Porgive me , as this

      is the first time ; " and then , "If you'll let me go I'llre . " store all the things I ' ve taken away . " ¦ The jury found theni both guilty . Evidence-was then given that the female was convicted in this court on the . first day of last year , and sentenced to three months' imprisonment . The young woman was questioned as to . whether they were married ? She said they " were , at Lambeth , nine months and a fortnight ago . The sentence on the man was six months' hard labour , and on the woman eighteen calendar months . The female prisoner , became frantic and clung to the biiiy exclaiming , "Oh , my lord ; don ' t give me eighteen months , send me for seven years instead . I don ' t like eighteen months hard labour . " She was removed by force .

      Thursday . —Smashing . —Edward Powal , son of the clerk to the Solicitor of the Mint , and who had been employed in a confidential character by that officer for a considerable period , was charged with having uttered a sovereign , knowing it to be counterfeit . There were other counts iu tlie indictment , charging him with having in his possession a number of counterfeit coins , and tendering the same . The jury found the prisoner Xot Guilty , and he was at once discharged . Thset . —James Lowe , IS , pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing from the person . The Recorder said that there was proof that he had been convictod on the 12 th of May , in the present year , of Stealing lead , and sentenced to four months'imprisonment , that would bring him out in September , and yet he was again taken on the 19 tb ' of November in the act of picking a genfleman ' s pocket . There was no hope that he could do any good iu this country , and the sentence therefore was , that he be transported beyond the seas for the term often years .

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      Mansion House. Satckbat.—A Gentlemanly B...

      MANSION HOUSE . Satckbat . —A Gentlemanly Bboil . —A gentleman , dressed in the first style of fashion , his fingers ' literally covered with rings spurlsling with biilliunt stones , named Augustus Graham , was placed at the bar , before the Lord Mayor , on the following charge : —Mr . William George . Mitchell , who occupies offices at Ko . S , Tbrogmortonstreet , deposed that he was intimately acquainted with the defendant , and that they had been on good terms with each other , and had been taking wine together up till about a quarter before eleven o ' clock last night , when some words passed , respecting a business transaction that had occurred between them , which induced Mr . Graham to "pitch into" him , administering some thirty blows with his clenched fists , which caused him ( Mr . Mitchell ) to bleed' freely at the nose , and

      also trad him prostrate in tlie street m a state of iuscnsibiliiy . Mr . Mitchell ' s face certainly exhibited a variety of colours , including black and blue . The defsa « Ii- ^ t said luinself aid Mr . Mitchell were Old friends : builast night Mr . Mitchell used language to him derogatory to the character of a gentleman , and he must confess this excited him , and under that excitement he had struck complainant , and for which he had since expressed Lis sorrow . —The Lord Mayor said as they ( complainant and defendant ) were old friends , he thought they had better retire and adjust then- difference . They accordingly tritltd-. ew , and after a time returned into court , and complaiuanf . announced that Mr . Graham bad agreed to apologijp , and to pay all expenses that had , or might , occur in consequence of the assault . — -The Lord if aver expressed his concurrence , and the parties retired .

      WrDxisDAT . —The Xotobious Joseph Adt again . —• Sir Peter Laurie came to the justice-room yesterday , for the purpose of stating to the Lord Mayor that the notorious Joseph Ady had resumed all his former activity , and had lately written a host of letters , oftering Ms " nurantagecus intelligence"' upon the receipt of twenty rinilinjs , and , iu tlie roost audacious - ' maimer , not only clnanhig ' -crsonal acquaintance with each ofthe aldermen ,

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      but actually referring to him ( Sir Peter Laurie ) m the following manner :- " Voluntary referee , the Mght Honourable Sir Peter Laurie , Deputy Lord Mayor , at . theMansion . house , every day before elef eh d ' clb > k , t * ho ™ KeeJ ujSOce done you free of expense , « ceptpoAtages ,, wmchyou . must pirbothrVvays , ""WLora " Mayor said he had scarcely been seated iu the . chair of , the ^ Uief m ? g is *™ i , ^^ Sc ? f received letters frbm . genttemen inclosing A ? y . s otteis oi intelligence , which itfe ? nadjhclosedm tho belief that . the writer was imposing i « ave ' ry extensive manner up onthe public , and that of course it was necessary to «" «>*»* check similar to that . which he had . received aome . j ears a ' uo from the court of Aldermen .,,, The chcck « Uuded , to bf theI * rdMa 7 o ^ was published in all the morn ng and eveningr > ew mapa s for a considerable ' perfoai- " Cohtion .-n hereas it hath been represented to " this court that a person calling tomself Joseph Ady , hath forsome . time past been inj he practice 5 f sending letters to various persons mall pa ts of the kingdom , stating himself to be in possession o \ : information for their pecuniary advantage , and ottering to in some instances bYnve ~ shillmgs , and referring-falsely in Mich letters for his character , integrity , and > l

      esponsibility to Sir Win .: Heygflte ,. Bart » , Wm .. Taylor . tope . land , Esq ., and other members oS-lhecourt ot Aldermen , and to Mr . , Francis ' Hobler ,,, the ; r chief , clerk at the Mansionhousei without having any authority ; for suctt references ^ and also'falsely addirigio some / of the said letters that the said Wnilam' Taylor . Copeland , Esq . i ' would be security for . him to the amount of £ 1 , 000 : this court do hereby caution the public against paying any at tentibu to such references to either , the character , iuteg . ; rity , or responsibility ofthe said Joseph Ady ., ( Signed ) Wooothokpr . " Sir Peter Laum ' stild that' ii any person had paid Ady under the belief that Ady ' wag . authorised to refer to Sir Peter Laurie , as a valuntaryreferee ; it was ' onlv necessary to prefer an indictment at ^ the ^ next Old Bailey Sessions , for obtaining money under . false pretences , and full justice would be done ; and . anyone might recover back the money paid . without tr . <« " •< £ «»« $ » bv anblvin" tothe Whitechapel Court of Requests . S > ir PeteT ^ Laurie ^ then producedT about ; m ^™ *™ different parts of the Continent , Ireland , England , au * Scotland .

      WORSHIP STREET . ,. ;; .,..:, -.:-.: SATURDAY . —DREABFUI . ACCIDENT FKOM FOBIOUS Deiving . — William Upton , a lad about eighteen years of age , was brought , on remand ; . before'Mr . Broughton , charged with having , on the 18 th , seriously injured an old woman , npwards of sixty years of age , by driving over her . —From the evidence of the police constable , it appeared that on the afternoon of that day , whilst on duty in Whitechapel , he saw the prisoner come out of Church-lane into Osborne-street : He was in a light cart ; standing up , and driving at the rate of about ' eleven miles an hour , He had no whip in his hand ; As he

      turned the corner , the female injured , Who was . crossing at the time ; was knocked down , and the cart ^ went over her body . He ( the officer ) with the assistance of another man , picked her tip , and conveyed her to the Lon don Hospital , where she was ' examined by Mr . Williamsj the house surgeon , who found she had sustained some very serious Injuries on the . breasts , jaw , and throat , -and he deemed her in a very dangerous state , ' The ' officer called this day atthe hospital , and received a-certificate from the surgeon , stating that her life was still in danger . Mr . Broughton said that , as the woman was not expected to live , the prisoner must lie again remanded . '

      .. . QUEEN . SQUARE . . ; V Tuesday . —Stahvation and Theft . —John Bedsted , a poor miserable attenuated being ,- was charged with felony . He had been observed on the previous evening by the waiter at the Pine Apple , William ^ troet , Pimlico , carrying a quart pot partially concealed in a bag ; and on being stopped , the pot was found to belong to the proprietor ot the Phoenix , in the same neighbourhood . It was . further proved that he had been seen in possession of : another pot a night or two previously . Prisoner ,- upon being called upon to make lus defence , said , "I am afraid I have not donecnough . " ; Mr : Bond : What answer have you to the

      charge !—Prisoner : I am afraid ! have hot done enough . I wish to be transported . —Mr . 'Bond : * I am afraid you know butlittle of the condition of a transport . —Prisoner : Any condition , sir , is better than mine . I wander about the streets without a single friend to help me or a roof to shelter me . I am starving . I have scarcely a rag to cover me , and I have no food to eat . It is hot true that I stole the pot ; I found it in the street , and took it to get a little milk in . ButI am tired of my existence , arid pray trans ' , port me if you can . —Mr . ; Bond committed him for . a month . ' Prisoner : I am very' much ' obliged to you even for that ; but I was in hopes you would havs done more .

      " . . ' ] ' BOW ^ STREET . ' . " -. ' \ T / . 7 . MondatI—Gentlemen Blackguabds . —Three' young men of respectable oppearah ' ce , named Belius ; 'De Costa , and Felling , were charged with creating a distui'bance at the promenade concerts in Covent-gardei # Theatre , and with obstructing and assaulting the officers in the execution of their-fluty . " .-The conduct'of the prisoners . was proved to . have been of the most riotous aud disgraceful character . Felling and Be Costa were ordered to pay a fine ' of £ 5 each , or go to prison for fifteen days / and the other defendant to be sent to' the House of Correction for fourteen days . Richard Jone and Archibald Hamilton were nextput to the-bar , charged . with taking part in the riot ; -and similar evidence being given as in ~ the : last case , they were . fined £ 5 each , or fifteen days imprisonment . . ' '" . " . , . .

      SOUTHWARK . ; ; ' . , ' Mondat . —L ' ove and Attemptei ) Sdicide . — . James M ^ orris , ' a young man , the s'dri of a machine-maker ' iri Newington-causeway , was placed at the bar before Mr . Cottingham , charged with attempting to- commit suicide . It appeared that on Saturday night the assistance of a policeman was required at the house of Mr . Gardener , an estate ' agent , in ^ ridgehouse-place ;' and when the formerarrived there'he found the defendant , whom he was informed had taken poison . The policemen lost no time in conveying defendant to Guy ' s Hospital , and ' the stomaeb-pump having , been used a quantity of laudanum was brought away . ; After : some time the patient vei covered sufficiently to , leave the institution , but he was detained * by . the police , ' i The defendant ' s , mother was called , and said that the prisoner was ' clerk to Mr . Gardner , the hquse and estate agent . That gentleman had , a daughter , ; with whom /" prisoner' fell desperately in love ,

      and the passion not being , reciprocal , " was the cause , she ( the witness ) had every reason , to believe of the young man ; attempting-to deprive himself < tf life ,, ? She- ( the witness ) , uiidersiood that the parties were to have been marriedthat the wedding ringwaisVpurchased , ' andthebanns were put up , but their intimacy having ; been ' ' suddenly broken off , iu a fit of despair he tried to terminate his existence . ' The defendant endeavoured to induce a belief that he had taken the laudanum while under the influence of intoxication , and at a time that ; he was unconscious of what he was about ; . but his assertions were contradicted by' the inspector ori'duty , who gave evidence of his sobriety . Mr , Cottingham said it was dangerous to allow the defendant , while in such a state of mind , to go at large , and that before he was discharged he must enter into his own recognizance for £ 10 , and find two sureties of £ 20 each . The defendant ,. not being prepared with the bail , was locked up . . ., ' ....

      -THAMES ., : . ; Monday . —The Charge ; of MnnnEn , on boakd the Tory ' . —This day Mr . 'Broderip received a certificate from the surgeon of the Westminster Bridewell to the effect , that Captain Johnstone was not sufficiently . recovered from his ' attack of erysipelas to attend his examination on Tuesday . Mr . Broderip consequently further remanded the prisoner to Tuesday , 2 nd December , and desired notice to be given to the parties concerned . On the latter afternoon , at two o ' clock , if the prisoner should be sufficiently well , the investigation will be proceeded with . In addition to three charges of murder , several cases of cutting- and wounding the seamen who were falsely charged . with mutiny , win be gone into . ; The sailors have . been directed to attend and give evidence against their former captain .- '' Wednesday . —Dkeadfel Cbuelty to a Sailor

      Boy-—Alexander Gordon , the master , and John Cummings , the chief mate of the ship Mathesis , from Brazil , how lying in the London Dock , were brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with assaulting William Scott , an apprentice belonging to the same vessel , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of the . Admiralty of England . Mr . Pelham defended the prisoners . . William Scott , a youth aged 1 C years , stated that on the outward voyage , the day after crossing the line , he was rather late in turning out of his berth , and the mate came down with the cud of the fore bowline , ( a thick rope ) , and flogged him with it as hard as he ' was able ., He was then driven on deck , arid sent up aloft withnbthing on but his shirt to take the rigging down . The mate followed him upj and while . he was upon the fore-yard again beat him with a rope . After he had received three or four lashes he ran further upon the yard-arm to save , himself from the blows , and was

      followed by the mate , who continued striking at him . He then jumped off the yard-arm , and , made an attempt to catch the backstay , which he missed , and fell into the sea . The ship was going at the rate of seven knots an hour , and she was put about , and he was picked up iu an almost insensible state . He had scarcely recovered his breath ' before the mate recommenced flogging him with the same rope . The captain then dragged him to the after part of the ship , and exhibited a heavy cat , and said that was made for him , and gave him a lash with it . The mate sent him up aloft with the tar-bucket ' again , directly he had put on a dry shirt , and he accidently dropped some of the tar on the top gallant sail , in consequence of the rolling of the ship . He was called by a boy to go to the wheel , and as he was about to do so , the mate seized him , and made him fast to the mizen rigging , and after he had let down his clothes , and hauled bis shirt over his head ,

      the captain gave him two dozen lashes with the cat , on his bare back . After he was released , and while his back was bleeding profusely , the captain ordered him to go on his bended knees and implore his mercy , r When lie bad done so the mate seized him up to the mizen rigging a second time , aud said he should give him another dozen . The captain , however , would not allow . him . to do SO , but called one of the boys , who was ordered to give him a dozen lashes , and they were inflicted in the presence of the captain and mate . He was not ill used anymore that night , but on the following night the master said he intended to put some vitriol on his back , and called upon the mate to pour It over him , saying , that he was afraid of burning hisfmgers . The mate said he was also afraid of burning his lingers , and ordered him to go down on his hands aud knees . When he had done so he was stripped , and the mate poured a quantity of vitriol out of a phial over his back . The pain was excruciating , and he sung out for mercy . That night it was his Watch 0 U

      deck , and the mate compelled him to walk about on the poop with a handspike over each shoulder , and also made Mm count the number of tailsofthe cat , and how many knots there were there . The cat and eight tails and was very heavy . His back was sore and inflamed for some time , and he could not bear any thing to touch it . Joseph Morris , a' seaman , who was discharged from the ship in South America , confirmed the evidence Of Scott in every particular and said there were three over-haudod knots in each tail of the cat . The lad ' s back was dreadfully lacerated . He rubbed the vitriol off his back with a flannel , but the lad could not bear it to be touched , and shrieked aloud with pain . The boy was very badly used all the outward voyage by the master and mate . Two lads belonging to the Mathesis were also examined , - and corroborated the whole of Scott ' s evidence . The prisoners , by the advice of their solicitor ; said they should reserve their defence ; but C : lptain Gordon said he should be obliged u the magistrate would prevent either ofthe apprentices who had been examined , from going on beard

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      ship again , Mr . Broderip said he could give no such order , and asked the captain his reasons for making such arequest . , Mr * Pelhamsatd , tliat Captain Gordon charged the boys ^ mtfethefti ' andWs really afraid , if they went ohboard , -they wouldcommitfdrther •; depredation 8 ; - Mr . Broderip asked howlongrtbe ship had , been in this port ? i johu Judge , inspe ' ctor ' oFiTb * ames-i ) olice , ^ who appro headed the prisoners , replied a week . Mr . Broderip Has the captain made any charge of . theft against either of the boys?—Judge : None . whatever . Mr . ; Bi'oderip said the fact should be ^ ^ recordedUn , tie depositions , and then ordered the prisoners to find baiVJ each inhis . own recognizance of £ 200 , * and two good " and sufficient . surer ties of £ 100 each , to appear ' anf j ^^ take their , trials . at the present session of the Central Criminal Court . The prisoner s were then . removed in the , . custody . of the gaoler . . . .,..:. .. [ : . . ;; . r ' .. '•

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      LONDON , v " Somers Town . —At a meeting of this branch of the Co-operative Land Society , on Sunday evening , No vetuber 23 rd , the following resolutions were passed : — "That . Mr . Pettit be nominated as delegate to the forthcoming Conference ; ' ? also , " that the Somera Town committee recommend the committees of the . other districts to . be at Turnagain-lane halfan-hour , previous to the election , for . the purpose of arranging-, thi business . ? . ;—A . Peitit , Secretary .. .. - , _ Lambeth . — Tub Laud aud ihe Charier . — Mr . lioss ( late of Leeds ) , lectured on the above important subjects , on Sunday evening last , at the South London Chartist-hall , to a numerous and evidently delighted audience . At the conclusion of the lecture , the district secretary handed Mr . Rosss a note , announcing that since May 26 th there had been collected for ' shares £ 1463 s . 2 d . Fourteen new shareholders were added to tbis important branch . < ¦

      STALEYBMDGE . / ; ' ; The following rasolutions were passed at a meeting ofthe shareholders , held at their meeting room , Chapel-street ^' pit ' . November 25 th : —1 st . "That , an addenda be . placed . at the end of the resolution in ^ tended to be proposed te ; the \ Conference ! by ! 'Mr . O'Connor , 'tothe following effect : ~ , rThat the time allowed , for members who may be disaatisfied with the rales shall be limited to fourteen days after the district secretary has receivedi the . amended rules ; and that after that time ' no member shall be allowed to withdraw his money . " 2 nd . ¦*? That the thanks of

      the meeting be given to the Board - of Directors for their unswerving conduct in managing the affairs of the society , and think they are perfectly justified in appropriating the profits arising , from the sale of cards and rules to the management of the society , " 3 rd . "That the Board of Directors be chosen by-the Conference ; and that the delegate who represents this district in the forthcoming Conference be - instructed to support the re-election of' the present Board of Directors , with additions to their number if necessary . " 4 th . ** That' the society ; be enrolled , providing the objects are not altered in consequence of enrolment . " ' ¦ ^

      -r-CHORLEY ; « . ; - The following resolutions were agreed to by the shareholders of this locality at a meeting held on Monday , the 23 rd inst .: — " That this society , be enrolled , " "That the members of this society be located : on the principle of priority . " " That a preparatory fund , fie got up , through the members , to serve such of thpse . whp may be . a great distance from their places of location with the necessary means ol removing , thither if not prepared of themselves . '' "That in . theppinion of this branch , that the suggestion made by Mr . O'Connor in one of his letters , relative to the prohibition of all who should attempt to deal , or in any way connected with the sale of intoxicating , liquors , or . anything that may . tend to damage this society , should be strictly enforced as a rule in this society . " „ ..., .

      ' : ¦ ¦ ... . .-A -HALIFAX . - ¦ ; The LASn . —A public meeting of the shareholders of ; the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , was held in the . Long Eoom , Bullelose-lane . Members ^ were present from the following places : —Hebdenbridge , Sowerbyj Longroyd ,-. Lower Warlcy , Staiiiland , Ovenden , Mountain , and Haliax . Mr . Hirst was appointed to preside , and the correspondence was read ; when the . meeting became very stormy , and much angry feeling . prevailed in consequence of not having received the printed lists from the general secretary , and thus being deprived ( by some unfair play as they thought ) ofthe privilege of putting a candidate in nomination , the 22 nd being the last day when the nomination of a candidate could be received .- It

      anpeared that not one ofthe above localities had got the printed list ' attended to , with the exception of Ilaliiaxi and they had written expressly for one .- After much discussion , it was resolved to write to Mr . Wheeler , asking for an explanation , ' < fcc , and requesting further time for the exercise of their privilege . It appears , from the district secretary's notice to the secretary ^ that Mr , Hobson had been put in nomination by Huddersfield , and Mr . Crossland by Halifax . ; The following instructions were agreed-to for thedelegate from this district : —* ' That the society be enrolled under-the Benefits and Buildings '; - Socities Acts . '' . ; :. vThati , the ^ present ? name «; be ^ retainediif possible . " . '• " That no person bo allowed'to hold-more than two acres . " "That the association be divided into districts , and priority of the sociefar ' s operations be ballotted for from those . districts , and ¦ theioccu ; pants bo ballotted from the members residing in the fortunate district . " "That - each ! member > shall

      execute an instrument , & c .,-previous to entering on his farm , not to cease his connection with the society until all his brother members are provided with a farm similar to himself , and to pay any levy that may be found necessary to accomplish that purpose . " "That any occupant tie allowed to make any extra improvement in the erection of his dwelling ; ho may think proper at , his own . cost . ' . ' " - That the first section of this society close when it reaches 5 , 000 . " f . '; Thatthe present provincial directors be re-elected . " " That the number of trustees be three , and- they be selected-fromthe-following gentlemen : —Messrs . Duncombe , i Weatherhead , Thornton , - Linton , ; and Scholefield . " : " That the thanks ofthe meeting be given to the present directors for their noble exertions in promoting the extension of the societyj < fcc . " Thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting separated . [ The general secretary has sent to the several localities an explanation of the above circumstances . —En . if . S . l

      . : ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE . , On Moxday the 24 th inst . the committee and directors ofthe I'hilantbropic Land Society laid the first stone of a college they have commenced ; building on four acres of land they have . leased , for the terra of twenty-one years . Previous to ! the . stone being laid , Mr . , Broadbent made a most excellent speech oh "the Land and its capabilities , " which gave great satisfaction to all present . After the ceremony was over , and the party had taken a walk round the estate , they retired to the house of Mri J . Grarforth , sign of the Halfway house , who is the lessee

      of the Land , and partook of some good English cheer . In the course of the evening ' s entertainments , " Mr . O ' Connor and the Northern Star" was .. drunk and responded to very enthusiastically . Oh the health of the directors being ;' drunki Mr . Broadbent rose and presented them with a tape measure and case , measuring fifty-two feet . Mr . Thomas Booth , a director , and chairman for the evening , returned , thanks . After several other toasts had been drunk aiid responded to by Messrs . Barber , Wilde , Hall , and others , the party separated to their own homes highly delighted at being the first in this neighbourhood to set an example , to the rest of their fellow operatives .

      OLDHAM . The Laxd . —On Sunday last the weekly meeting of the shareholders of the Land Association took place in the school-room ofthe Working Man ' s Hall , when the following resolutions were agreed to : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting-tlve Directors of the Land Association should be elected by the Conference . "— " That this meeting have great pleasure in expressing their satisfaction with the course pursued by the present directors , in promoting the prosperity of the society with such untiring perseverance in the svork of agitation , and wo still rely with the same confidence on their future integrity and assiduity . We therefore recommend them as fit and proper persons for re-election for the ensuing twelve months to the forthcoming Conference . " Mr . E .-Clark delivered a very energetic lecture in the evening , the subject of which was— "Of what use are Trades' Unions . "

      Oldham . —On Sunday next Mr . A . Hurst will lecture in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening : subject— " The cause of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire . "

      BATH . The members of this society met on Sunday evening last , when the followingresolutions were adopted : — "That the board of directors be elected by the Manchester Conference , and that we recommend the re-election of the present board . " " That the society be enrolled . " "That the amount of money for a share stand as at present , but that four acres be allowed to any member taking two shaves . " " That the drafts be as advised by counsel . " "That the £ 15 be given by instalments according as the Land is improved . " ***

      „ . „„„„ STOCKPORT . The Laxd . —The members of the Land Society held their weekly meeting in the Chartist Institution Bombers ' -brow , on the 24 th of November , when the following resolutions were agreed to : —" That the board of directors should be elected by the Conference . " " That the delegate from this district support the re-election of the present board of directors . " Leciwe . —Mr . Wm . Z ) ixon , of Manchester lectured here to a respectable . nudience last Sunday

      NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . The members of the Moving branches of the Law Soeiety . navnel y .-RaafoiaV Basford , Iluknell Lamley , Carnngton and Nottingham , are- reSuliy requested to attend a shareholders' meeuK at the xNew Inn , Carnngton , on Sunday mt , , Noy K

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      at two o ' clock precisely . All must produce their cards of membership . ^ WIGTON . On Sunday last Mr . John Davison was nominated a fit ' andpropercandidateforthetforthcoming Conference . -. Itwasagreed ; that . no member , bt-allowed to possess more thanjburacres .. of Land ,., ; . -- ; ; v-- . ' - NEWCASTLE ^ UNDErULYNEv At the weekly meeting of the shareholders of the Land Society , it was resolved , — "That the society be enrolled , and that the occupants beselected by ballot , as proposed by the Derby friends . "

      ROCHDALE , A meeting of the slwrekolders took place on Sunday , in the Chartist Room , Mill-street , John Calvert in the chair , when a resolution was passed ,- ? " That the secretary write to each sub-secretary in the district , requesting each society to elect a delegate to meet the representative at the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall ; Oldham , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , to bring ' their credentials , and give him the necessary instructions . " The . members are reminded that the election of a representative for this district will take place in the above roomoh Sunday - next , at two o ' clock precisely . _ -. . Any person wishing to correspond with Mr . Edward Mitchell , must address to him , care of Mr . Whitehead , 55 , Cheetham-street , Rochdale .

      KILBARCHAN . , ..... . ., The friends , of political equality in this locality having got due intimation : that Mr . P . M'Grath would favour them with a visit , and deliver two lectures , on the 19 th and 20 th inst ., made all the necessary arrangements to get as good meetings as they possibly could . About half-past eight , p . m ., on Wednesday , the 19 th inst ,, Mr . J . M'Keramie , on being called to the chair , briefly opened the meeting , and introduced . Mr ., M'Grath , who . delivered ah argumentative and convincing lecture of about an hourand-a-half'sduration on "Trades' Unions . " .

      On Thursday , the 20 th , a meeting was again held in the Chartist Church , which was well attended , Mr . Robert Craig , jun ., was called tothe chair . Tie subject of the lecture this evening was , "the Landand its capabilities ; how to get possession of it , and our right tothe vote ; " which subject the lecturer treated in a masterly style in all its different branches . After one of . the most powerful appeals on behalf of liberty which we have ever heard , Mr . M'Grath resumed his seat amidst thunders of applause , which was repeated again and again . A few . questions were then put by an individual , which Mr . M'Grath answered to his satisfaction . Votes of thanks were then awarded the lecturer and chairman , when the meeting separated highly delighted with the intellectual treat . - ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ..- . - ^ ">•• . .:,. .- ¦ -- -: :- ¦

      --...-: > . DORKING .-f „ s- -. ' . . . . . i Thb Land . —At a meeting of the members resident in this locality , en Monday , Nov . 24 th , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —" .. That this society be enrolled . " -. ' That the holder of two shares be entitled to four acres on drawing a prize ; ( that is , if this rule is not altered to priority of payment ; according to suggestion of counsel ) . ' - " That no member be allowed to have more than four acres . " "; That the Boai'd ; of Directors be chosen by the Conference , and that the delegate representing us be

      iustructed to support the re-election ofthe present board . '' «* Tbat power , be retained in the leases to purchase - back his allotment if a tenant wishes so to do . " ... "That the thanks of the members of this locality be given . to the Board of Directors for their energetic , efficient , and economical management of the affairs of the society , and that they are of opinion that the directors would have been fully justified in appropriating part of the produce of the 2 s ; ( forming the contribution upon each share ) to the expenses of the directors , Ac . < fec ., had the profits on the cards and rules been found insufficient . "

      . "' - . ' NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE . At ageneral meeting of themembersof this branch Ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society , held at house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , on TSuriday , November 23 rd , the following resolution was passed unanimously : — "That the members"of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society do give their best thanks to Feargiis O ^ Connor , Christopher Doyle , Thomas Clark , Philip M'Grath , and Thomas Martin Wheeler , for their indefatigable exertions in behalf of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and for'the economical manner in which they have brought that society to its present proud positition . "

      ' " BIRMINGHAM . ' --At a special meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist" Co-bperaiiive Land Society ^ held November 24 tb , at the house ' of ; Mr . Walter "Thorn , 111 ; Reastreet , Mr . Biitterworth ih'the' chair ; it was unanimously resolved : — " That , a special meeting of delegates , of the whole district be held ' on'Sunday , December ; 6 th , ° at the Ship'JInri ); 'Steelhouse-lane ; at twelve ; o ' clock , ^ / for' the purpose of ' suggesting any alteration in the rules that may bethought necessary , and to ' expressioiir views'to'the' delegate appointed to the C 6 hfereiice 7 ' "'" , ' - "' - " v ' - ^ ' - ! ° ^^^ <; ^ , " . BJJRNLET , '' - ' ^ ' ^ -- ^'"

      The Land , —At a meetitig of 'the members of the Burnley branch ' , - the following resolutions were almost ' unanimously ' adopted ' : — " That' bur 'delegates suppbrt ' a motion for the re-election of' thb ^ prcsent bqard ^ ofdirectors ;""' - '"That . 'if the ' - Conference ascertain : that : leaving ¦ ' ' : a : clause : ' in the deed for -the ' 'selling : ' or the allotments to the occupiers will be injuriousi'to- ; the progress of this society , ' no suehc ] ausebe ' permitted ; but if notinjurious , ' that it be inserted ;^ . " That our delegate make inquiry relative to the responsibility of the trustees . " "That themembersgo on to the" Land in rotation according to . their time of paying the money : " " That six months be added to the time snecified in rule fourteen .

      and if the money he not paid , and no proper reason can be given- to the district committee , the member shall forfeit all claim to the money paid . " "That no person be allowed to holdmorethan four acres . " "That any person placed on the-allotment of any original holder , shall have twelve , instead of six months notice to quit such allotment . " " That the vules be enrolled under - - the name—Chartist Cooperative Land Society . " " That if the presentsum be found insufficient for the purchase ofthe specified amount of Land , it be increased rather than the rent after ; location . " Nominated > candidates , out of whom trustees may be chosen , Mr . Duncombe , Mr . Feilding , Mr . Oastler , Mr . Pitkethley ,- "Mi-. Sharman Crawford , Mr . J . Hallaney .

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      On Thursday evening , at about a quarter-past five o ' clock , one of the most cool and deliberate acts of murder that has been committed in the metropolis for many years , was perpetrated in Peacock-street Newington . " At that time Daniel Fitzgerald ; a labourer in the employ of Mr , Quennel , a respectable builder , in Kennington-lane , and a countryman of his , named Owen M'Carthy , were proceeding home after the labours of the day , and as they turned into Peacock-street they were met , at rather a dark spot , by a person who came In front of them , and who , without the slightest parley or uttering a sentence , deliberately presented a pistol to the breast of poor Fitzgerald , and discharged its contents into his body . M'Carthy was so affected with the suddenness of

      the act and the flash of the powder upon his face , that he became powerless for a moment , and the assassin would have escaped but for the promptitude of two gentlemen named Cotton and Allam , who , witnessing the murder , instantly pursued the assastin , who had taken to his heels . His pursuers , however , gained ground so fast upon him , that they succeeded in capturing him before he had got far down KenningtonJane , and after running about 500 yards or a little better . On securing him those gentlemen took him to the police station in Kennington-lane , and gave him over to Loclsyer , the gaoler , saying that he had been shooting somebody , but they did not know whether the man he shot at was dead or not . The prisoner all this time never uttered a single syllable , and was taken into the station b y lockyer , where he sat down apparently quite composed . In a few minutes intelligence reached the station

      that Fitzgerald was no more / and that so deliberate was the act ol assassination that the uufortunate man never uttered a single groan . The bod y having fallen closs to the Peacock publichouse , at the corner of Peacock-street andhenniiigton-road , was carried into that house , and Mr . Smith , a surgeon in the neighbourhood , was inim . medHite attendance , but the instant he saw the deceased he pronounced him dead . On examining the body he found thatthe ball : had entered the left breast , passed through , ( he had not the sli ghtest doubt ) the heart and came outatithe left - side of th . back , so that his dea ? h must have been instantaneous , and one of the oolicemen picked up the ball which had caused the fatal wound at the bottom of the Etaircase of the Peacock , It Sine Men from the body while the deceased wa being X

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      ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATlir- - V ^ Shakspeare ' s' Tragedy of Borneo and Juliet Wn ' " produced ' at tliis elegant ' . temple of ' ffie musei ^ H occasion ayoung . lady , MiBs JVorsley , said to { , ?* * % of Mr . J ; - ' . -Ti'Serle / made'lierdeiiif , iii the ' cha S % Juliet . Miss Worsley possesses those stage ren ^ ' 'I good figure , interesting , countenance , and a 5 ^? ' % of confidence . -She appeared to have well st j' " " ! great dramatist , and , by her reading , evinced a e ^ i ception of the character . The balcony aad tonfh 610 - were particularly good . Miss'Worsley was wells ^ by Mr . ' Joseph Rayner as Romeo , who person ^ f ^ i character to admitaUon . - Mr . GrattanDawson a , * * lar tragedian of the miners , appeared dete tained ? ^" hibit his great versatility of . talent , b y plavint i ^ ° E *' fe etion thafprince of fops , the . . Mercurial JSfercuti Per > able delineation , drew down roars of lau ghter ana "" of applause . The piece , was put on the stage in that s of excellence so characteristic of this estaWi shmoni ¦'' the conclusion of the tragedy , a unanimous call \ ya ' " ^ for Miss Worsley and Mr . Rayner . The ( k & wJ !^ -5 peared , led on by ' Mr . Rayner , and they , were "reefed - loudandlon ' gacclaraations , ' The house was wellatte T ^ niTtrnnio nrtiTTn ij l

      -...-:-.,.- - - -SADLER'S WELLS . The tragedy of King Lear has by-some been comM . " the noblest effort of Shakspearej . it has ever been * ' * will always , continue ,-popular , for the passion \\] Ll ^ embraces , is one that , takes its strongest hold 0 f , ,, '• human heart . Lear ' s affection for his daughters V upon the elements of our nature , presents a picture of terhallovethat engages the deepest interest ; but w " we discover that this affection has for its return the v « ingratitude , and behold the unhappy king a prey to th « passions which convulse his frame , he calls forth a !) , J " emotions of our pity ... We follow him in hw caret , misfortune , and whilst we are moved often by sentinj ? -imbued'with great tenderness , our feelings are imnrm i by an exaltation of mind which breathes forth in , f eloquent and philosophic language of ithe poet n i , been said , that although this play-abounds with t » n- ' tions of passion , from the most tender into the ra * e ^' l fury of maduess , it is . hot well calculated for the slam

      , . actor being capable of conveying by tone ; look , or c « ture , those terrible reproaches , and' those appeal ,, heaven itself , which amidst tho conflict of . tauL- Yr gives expression to . It is in the closet , therefor ? tH perhaps , the mighty genius of Shakspere can , in thBrj , / be best appreciated . " While we read it , " says a « i ' brated writer , " we see Lear , but we are Lear , we ate \ n his mind , and are sustained by a grandeur which ba « e , the malice of daughters and storms . " floiwithstanuinj . the disadvantages attendingtlie tragedy of KingLeav as 4 acting play , it has nevertheless always in its represents , tion excited popular attention , and of late has beea brought forward by the management of Sadler ' s Wells with great splendour . On Tuesday evening we witnessed It performed there to a crowded audience , when the part of the old King was ably sustained by Mr . Phelps . It is not till the scene where Lear fulminate ' s his curses against the ir

      . gratitude of QoneAl and Regan that an opportunity pre , seuts itself for the display of tragic excellence , aud « cr tainly we have seldom witnessed a more chaste and better conceived piece of acting . The character , throughout all its trying positions , was delineated with a taste which in dicated the talent and judgmeut of the actor , and which surpassed , in our estimation , the performance of Edmun d Kean , who , in Lear , gave way , to a whirlwind of passion not consonant with the true modesty of nature . Keau ' s forte , however , lay in pourtrajing the darker emotions of thcsdiil , and hence may be attributed the cameofhis failure . Miss Cooper , as Cordelia , was in her demeanou r and tone of voice the prototype of candour and affection . Upon hearing the pompous and extravagant expressions ' of her sisters , in their love and respect for their father she exclaims— '

      , " What shall Cordelia do ? Love and be silent . " This was repeated by Miss Cooper , with so much pathos as at once showed she was well fitted for . the task allotedto her , —iu truth , she ably and feelingly gave us , in all the scenes of misfortune through which the youngest daughter of Lear has to pass , a correct representation ofthe amiable but unfortunate Cordelia . The true character o £ the two elder sisters , by Mrs . H . Marston and Miss Huddart was sustained with a good deal of interest . The faithful Kent was in the hands of Mr . A , Younge , and the able manner in which he expressed the noble simplicity which bwg forth the displeasure of Lear , excited general applausu ; the fiedelity . with which Kent throughout adheres tu the

      fallen fortunes of the poor old King was very riuelj iiouil trayed , Edmimd , the bastard , by Mr . G . Bennett , and Edgar , his ' brother , by Mr . H . Marston , deserve the highest praise . The scene of combat , where tfyar triumphs , was conducted with much spirit and ability , The costume is in good taste , and the scenery splendid . The "thunder storm" produced an effect approaching to sublimity—never did we witness in any theatre such an impressive . display ; it truly accorded with the humans apostrophe that Lear , amidst' the' conflicting passions of his soul repeats , and which was given by Mr . Phelps ui a strain of pathos and feeling which commanded universal attention : — : ..., ¦ ¦ - ¦ .-

      " Poor naked wretches , where e ' er you . are , : That bide the pelting of . this pitiless storm , How shall your houseless heads aiid unfed side ; , Your looped and windowed raggedness , defend tou From weapons such as these ? O , I have taken ' Too little care of this , Take physic , Pomp , Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel , That thou may ' st shake the superflux to them , Aud show the heaven ' s more j ust ! " . Shakspeare knew well how to appeal to the sympathies ot our nature , his genius sparing . far beyond the prejudices of the great bulk of mankind , ' he spoke the language ut ' justice and humanity , aiid will continue to elevate aud iu . struct fnture generations . ' " He was riotof ' an age , but for all time , "

      Couk's Economic Pibino . —A new description of paten fuel , bearing the above ' ^ itle , has been exhibited during the week at No . 3 , Trafalgar-square , in the presence of several scientific ' arid practical men , who , one and all , duly appreciated the numerous merits it possesses . It consists of 'blocks of various sizes , which ignite immediately they are touched with a lighted match or caudle , and burn with a pure and brilliant flame , giving out an intense heat , and is entirely free from smell or dirt , A block five inches square , having ' a ' square hole in-the centre , burnt forty minutes , with sufficient heat to boil four quarts of water . This property will render it of . great value to the poorer classes , who in warm weather make use of little fuel ,

      unless for the purpose of . cooking , and by its instantaneous ignition will entirely supercede , the iise of wood , which , in itself , will be a considerable saving . ' It will slso be of immense advantage to steam navigation , by it bursting in a few minutes into a mass of flame , consequently , steam can be got up in a very short space of time , infinitely less ' than the present fuel , ; It may be also immersed in wawr for mouths without making more than a few moments difference than that which has been kept perfectly dry . It will be of great service to those who live in chambers or lodgings , ' both as a comfort and saving , and we conclude by advising OUl' readers to make some enquiries for tlwmselves into its merits to then * patronage . -

      Royal PotriEcnNic Institution . —It is not generally known that Mr . Beard has succeeded in constructing an apparatus for copying Photographic Portraits and Daguerreotypes . This is , probably , the most important invention connected with this wonderful art since its first introduction into this country ,- After obtaining a view or portrait in perfection , the same opportunity is afforded for multiplying the picture at the " termination of a long period of time , and even after the death of the sitter , as when actually sitting for the first time . Thus a portrait of a deceased oi' absent friend inay be renewed and copied as often as we like . It is also a curious circumstance , that the copies are move ' soft in their tone , and move faithfully like than the originals themselves . This is well known to depend upon the circumstance of all the features being reversed or n ' egative . in the first portraits , but in the copy they are reduced to their natural position . Another important feature is that the copies are not only taken of the same size' as the original , hut can be taken much larger with equal fidelity . '

      Fatal Accident.—Wood Pavement Conducive ...

      Fatal Accident . —Wood Pavement Conducive iO Tempehasce . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital onthebody of Thomas Ashton , aged 74 , sculptor . of Great Mflir / o bone-street , Golden-scjuare . Tke deceased was , on the evening ofthe 21 st ult ., in the act of crossing Regentstreet , near the Quadrant , being worse for liquor , when he was knocked down by a ' cart belonging to Mesa * i Gilland Coulson , aleandpoiteVuievcliants , Beaufortbuildings , Strand , and the wheels of the cart passed over him . He was conveyed to the above liospM where , on examination by Mr . Hetley , the housesurgeon , he was found to have sustained a fracture of the left thigh , and other severe injuries . Ho went on very well till Monday , the 17 th instant , when to was seized with delirium tremens , under which ho

      sank , and died on Sundav last Tlie driver of tte cart said that when within about two yawls ° deceased he called to him to get out ofthe way , tat he seemed confounded and stood still , ami before he ( the driver ) could pull up , the hone , which mis going slowly , knocked him down . A furor i-euiarfecU that on the night of the accident happening itms wet , and it taking place on the wood parinft i * " ollId hayebeen almost impossible to have pulled , up so as to have avoided deceased . —Mr . Waklev said he considered the wood paving an excellent thing , as it caused people to look about them .-Juv ov : Yes , ana causes many accidents .-Mr . Wakley ; JUhavetlW roads as soft aS feathers , and I am convinced i would promote temperance , by tending to tef } pedestrians sober . —The iurvdid not consider an ; blame attributable to the driver , and returned a vtfdiet of " Accidental Death . "

      Bankrupts. [From The Gazette Of Friday, ...

      BANKRUPTS . [ From the Gazette of Friday , Notenwer il . ] John Rrown , late of Notting-hiU , but now of 8 , II *"'* road , builder—Charles Bowen , late of Harp-lane . *?' -, street , wine merchant-Charles Morgan Harman , ; oi .-. Millbauk-street , Westminster , veterinary surgeon- ^ Worley , of 22 , Newgate-street , proyisioumerchant-- ^ Pratt and John Bodle , of Addisou-road Xorth , anduuw road , Nottiug-liiH , buMcrs-Joseph Hamsbcr , of < , < place , Tabernaclcsquare , glove manufacturer- ^ Caise Kendall , of Canonbm-y Tavern , hslingtoa , " keeper—George Sawyer , of Lewes , Sussex , tailor- " ';' ,,, Henry Blachmorc , of Dean-street , Soho , I , ll ; r ' f \ "W Parr , of 10 , Soufh-wliarf-road , ratldington , coal » " ' William Atkin , of Stockton-upon-Tecs , Durbr . ni , gio ' ¦ William Lancelot Kelly , of Tewkesbury , Glouceste r printer—William Ohs . ' ouer of Lincoln , tailor . ^^^

      Ot¦ Death, „ ,. St,

      ot ¦ DEATH , „ ,. st ,

      On Wednesday, Nov. 10th, The Chartists ,...

      On Wednesday , Nov . 10 th , the Chartists , «•• )| rl , tsle of Wight , sustained a severe loss by the tieatnju > f their earliest and best members , Mr , Georjjii ^*^ .,,. i ¦¦ in UMI ^ IIII *" ^**^^ -- ^

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan . Of 16, Svo^^ Street, Ha&Gt;-Ni£Rket. In The City Of Westou: 1 - « .„ Pro.

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN . of 16 , Svo ^^ street , Ha > -ni £ rket . in the City of Westou : - « . „ pro .

      Office In The Same Street And Parish, 1,...

      Office in the same Street and Parish , 1 , i 1 ' .,., jl . j prietor , FEARGUS 0 'COSNX ) R , Esq ., aiidr- ' - ^; "'' dc William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , «" » . „ , . street , Walworth , in the Pariah of St . fcf . > V , «» , ¦ ton , in the County of Surrey , at the OS ** , , , J ^ Strand , in tho Parish Of St . Mary-Ic-Sw » » City of Westminster Saturday . Kovember 29 , 3815

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29111845/page/8/