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      6 ' The Northern Star April 11, 1840.

      6 ' THE NORTHERN STAR April 11 , 1840 .

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      Taunton , Feidat. Attempt To Jlradeb.—Ja...

      Taunton , Feidat . Attempt to JlraDEB . —James Bailey , aged fifty-four , ¦ was indicted for maliciously wounding Ann , his wife ' -with intent to murder her , at Bath , on the 17 th of Feb ! On another count the prisoner was charged with as ! saulting Ann Bailey , with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm . It appeared from the eridence of Emma 3 ailey _, the prisoner ' s daughter , and a woman nanud " UaryDnck , that the prisoner had for along t ime beeu separated from his wife , and tbat on thc 17 th of February last he went to her apartments , to request her again to live with . him . She refused , _saymjf that be had treated _her-so ill she would not return to him . A quarrel toek place , and in the heat of his passion the prisoner struck "bis wife on the head with the nob-end of a pair of tongs .

      ' The woman feU down from the violence of the blow , and . her daughter calling for assistance , Mrs . Duck came into the room , and at that moment Mrs . Bailey was lying on the floor , her face covered with blood , and the prisoner - standing over her with the _towjs in his hand . On seeing . the witness , he observed , looking towards his wuV "See , she ' s dead 1 " "Mrs . Duck replied , " Then you'll lie hung . " and he said , "Shall I ? ' The woman then fetched a -policeman , and the p risoner was taken into custody . His unfortunate wife was conveyed at ones to the _hospital , and the surgeons found that she had received a Compound fracture of the skull , which rendered an operation necessary . She was in considerable danger for _xpwards of a month , but was now doing very vrell , although quite unable to attend at the trial . The prisoner , when called upon for his defence , appeared quite stupified , aud his limbs trembled convulsively . looking first at the witness-box , then at the jailor , and afterwards at the judge , he exclaimed , " I did it in the heat of

      passion . " Thejury found a verdict of Guilty , with intent to murder , and theprisoner was called _upe-n to say wh y judgment of death should not be recorded . His answer was , " He didn't mean to hurt his wife , he struck her in his passion . " Mr . Baron Rolfe said the prisoner ' s life was forfeited to the laws of his country , bnt this was a case in which the sentence of death would net be carried into effect . A recommendation would , however , be made to her Majesty , tbat the prisoner be transported for the term of hut natural life . He had been guilty of a savage and brutal assault upon his unoffending wife , and it was a great mercy that her life was not destroyed . There was reason to believe from his conduct and demeanour tbat he was not at all times in the full possession of his senses , and it was this consideration alone which would induce him to present his case to her _Jlajesty with a favourable recommendation . The prisoner was then taken from the bar , and his looks expressed the greatest bewilderment .

      Sayaqe Assault . —Benjamin Oxenham was indicted for assaulting _Sydenham Oxenham , at Bath , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The prosecutor was a private in the 6 Sth Regiment of Foot , and the prisoner was bis nephew . The former remonstrated with the latter for living at home at his mother ' s expense instead of going out to earn his own livelihood . The prisoner bscarae enraged , and seizing a hatchet , ie struck at the head of ths prosecutor , who avoided the Wow by putting np his arm . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to fifteen , years transportation . Taunton , Mosr , Av ,. AreiL . 6 ; Sesterce . —Caleb Emery , who was convicted on Saturday of-maliciously wounding John Townsend West , was this morning sentenced to fifteen years' * transportation .

      _Bape . —Thomas Bull was indicted for ravishing Sarah Corner , an the 31 st of January ; and James Bull and "Tames Emery were charged with aiding and abetting Thomas BolL—Sarah Corner stated , that on the evening ofthe 31 st of January she was at a public house with John Wells , who had been keeping company with her . The prisoners were also in the-public-house . They left about ten o ' clock , and , as it rained , they stood for shelter under a door-way . The prisoners and four other men were standing near ; it was in a village . After it had ceased raining she took John Wells's arm , and proceeded on their way home . When they had got about a quarter of a mile beyond the houses , the seven men who had been fallowing them came up , and Thomas Hull then

      laid hold of her ; and the other men assisted in dragging her away ; and then all seven of them effected their purpose , one of them holding a knife toner . She then went home ; but her family having gone to bed . she went into an outhouse , and there remaiaed till the following night , till she was nearly starved with the cold . She did not come out of the outhouse before because she was ashamed . John Wells tried to help her , but the parties were too many for him , and he stood by and saw the whole transaction . The jury found the prisoners Guilty . Mr . Baron Robe , in passing sentence , bserved , that this was such a case that almost made one donbt the policy of the law in abolishing capital punishment for ouch an offence . They would all be transported for their lives .

      _ABMrnsTEBixG Poisos . —Sarah Hughes , aged IS , was indicted for administering poison to her infant child , with intent to murder it . Mr . Ehinn prosecuted . The prisoner was undefended . Eliza Gregory stated that she was an inmate of the Shepton JIallet workhouse oar the 20 th of October ; and that she had previously- purchased a bottle ef bine-stone water . She was placed in the sick ward , and was in the habit of seeing the prisoner { who was an inmate of the workhouse ) , several rimes &¦ day . The prisoner saw the bottle , and witness told her it contained poison . Before the witness left the sick ward , she put the bottle of poison into a pan , and placed it in a cupboard . The prisoner went one day to the board of guardians , and witness nursed the child , during , her absence , and it seemed in good health . "When

      theprisoner came back , she took the child and said it did not appear _welL A few minutes afterwards the child vomited a dark-coloured liquid . In consequence of something that was said to her , the witness went to look for the pan in which she had deposited the bottle containing the poison , and she found that it had been taken away . Witness sat up with the prisoner that night , and she asked her why she gave the baby the stuff—that she-ought to te ashamed of it . She said ihe did not know ; aud if the baby had died , her friends couldn't blame her for it , because they had frowned on her so . —Mary Ann _Xerse was in the Shepton Mallet workhouse on Monday , the 3 rd November , and she saw tbe prisoner put a teaspoon into the child ' s mouth . She had a little gallipot by her side which contained something . The prisoner

      afterwards threw the contents into the fire , and then left the : room . The child at that tim * appeared skis . Witness went to the prisoner ' s bed , and under the pillow she found a bottle , which she gave to Edith White . She saw theprisoner about an hour afterwards , and one of the women said she had been giving the child poison . She said she had not , and witness told her that she saw her _give the child _something . The prisoner replied that she had not given it any thing . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and recommended the prisoner to mercy . Mr . Phinn said he was also instructed by the board of guar dians to recommend the prisoner to the merciful consideration ofthe court . The prisoner had hitherto borne an irreproachable character . Mr . Baron Rolfo said he would forward these recommendations to the

      proper quarter , bnt he had only one course to pursue—viz ., to order that judgment of death be recorded against the prisoner . The poor girl was taken down from the bar , crying bitterly , and her case seemed to excite much

      commiseration . _Isccehdubisx . —Beujamim Leslie was indicted for maliciously setting fire to a barn in the occupation of Richard Singer . It appeared that Mr . Singer rented a farm of the Bev . Mr . Horner , at Hells , and that , on the -2 nd March , 1815 , a barn , a stable , and cattle-shed on the premises were destroyed by fire . No suspicions were entertained against any one , and the only evidence to prove that the offence was committed by the prisoner consisted of conversations previous to the fire , and at subsequent periods . On one occasion the prisoner stated that , on the day of the fire , he and a man named Adam _Ruddsck made a lot of tinder and matches—that they well daubed the matches with brimstone and afterwards covered them with rags and tinder ; that they set fire

      to the tinder , and then threw the whole preparation mto the barn among some straw or reeds . As the prisoner was being taken to gaol , his friend said to him , " WeU , thee be ' est going , Ben ; when be ' est thee coming back ?" and he said " I don't know . I expect this job will send I me to Botany Bay . " The eridence relating to a state- 1 ment made hy the prisoner antecedent to the fire , was to this effect : —On the 25 th February , 1845 , the prisoner , and a man , named James Smith , his cousin , were walking through Wells , ahoKt ten o ' clock at night , when the former said he was going to sleep in a lime kila , where he had slept on previous occasions . He bad been turned out of kis lodgings , and he appeared to be in great distress . Smith endeavoured to console him , and offered -Mm a bed at his house . The prisoner said he blamed

      Mr . Horner and the policeman , Biggs , and he swore he would have his revenge before many days were over . He afterwards went on to say , " Yes , there will be a d d good flare up in the village before I am many days older —ad d sight bigger fire than there was at Twaddlealley "—( speaking of a place in the same _^ neighbourhood where a fire had previously taken place . ) It was , moreover , proved by Biggs , the policeman , that the prisoner made a similar statement to him about three weeks before the fire , on which occasion , he ( Bigjrs ) had £ 5 to distribute amongst those who had assisted in putting out the fire at Twaddle-alloy . The witness said his name was no : on the list , and the prisoner replied that there would

      be another good flare up in die parish before long and be would not help to put it out . The witness also proved _thEt at the time of the fire he saw the beads of two persons in a field about thirty yards off . They were laughing , and seemed to be glorifying in the lire . The prisoner was one of those men . On thu part of the prisoner , the man Ruddock was called , and he most positively denied that he ( Ruddock ) had ever been engaged ia any such proceedings as it was alleged that Leslie had himself confessed to . He had not seen the _prisoner on the day in question , and he never knew anything about the fire until after it occurred . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to be

      transported lur life . _CnssTra , _Satokdat . Adsuxisteiusc _i ' oisoy . —Mary Evan j , 22 , was iudicted for administering two drachms of red cxide of mercury to her infant male child , with intent to murder it , on ihc Srd of DeCttuiber . The Attorney-General stated tins case to the elfect that tlie prisoner was _ch-u-ged with _admiuistering a certain deadly poison called red oxide oi mercury to her male child with intent to hill and murder

      Taunton , Feidat. Attempt To Jlradeb.—Ja...

      it . It would appear that the _prisoner had a bastard child ia September last , which she gave to a person named Mary Cheethain to nurse for her . On the 3 rd of Decern _, ber she called upen Cheethain to see the child , and told her if she would go out with her she would give her some gin , and a little of something for the child . They went _, and when they were together at the house where prisoner lived , the prisoner said she would give the child a little new milk . She took the child out , and CheetbBm saw her administer something which she thought was milk , but she called out , "Don'tgive the child cold milk . " Theprisoner replied , "A little cold milk would do it no

      harm . " Cheethain then took the child home , but it soon began to vomit , aud becamo very ill . It was then taken to a druggist , who immediately perceived that poison had been given to it , and sent for a constable . The vomit was subsequently examined , and red oxide of mercury was found iu the vomit . She had also been seen concealing something when apprehended by the constable , which proved to be poison . Under these circumstances it would be for them to say , whether the poison had not been given with the intent stated in the indictment . Thejury found the prisoner Guilty . Judgment of death was then ordered to bo recorded against her .

      _Hiohwat _RoBB-ors . —Michael Burns , 33 , was Indicted forahighwayrobbcry with violence upon the person of Thomas Feacop , at Higher BebbingJon . The Attorney-Generalstated the case to the effect , that the prisoner was charged with highway robbery upon the person of Mr . Thomas Peacop , on the 31 st day of December , 1844 . This was a case which had excited much notorityin the county , the original offence against the prisoner , with several other parties , being that of wilful murde ? , the grand jury however had thrown out the bill for murder against three of the prisoner ' s companions , and he hod determinedupon proceeding against the prisoner for the highway robbery only with violence . It would _bs remembered that Mr . Feacop was murdered at _BebbingSon , and that a number of persons wero concerned in it . _"Jhc question

      for them would be whether he was one of tHe party con . enting to Mr . Peacop ' s robbery , the murder as he before stated not being charged . Mr . Peacop was _a-respectable flour dealer at Rock Ferry , He kept a shop * and had a considerable trade , and wasin the daily habit cf receiving large sums of money . He lodged about three-quarters ofa mile from his shop , and used _ts > take his money home with him at night . On the 31 st o December be left his shop about nine o ' clock , and he had not gone above 200 yards before he was attacked , knocked down , aud beaten most unmercifully . A gentleman , named Eeyzar , heaiinir cries went up to him , and found" Mr . Peacop _^ on tb < _- ground , and four or five me » ' beating bim . He called out immediately , "Do not reurdfer the man , " and was immediately knocked down and became insensible . On

      recovery he got up . and went a-few yards , where Be met a constable named Newton . They went back and found Mr . Peacop in a dreadful state . Mr . Feacop was taken care of until the following Saturday , when he died . When the robbery was committed ; . Mr . Peacop had some sovereigns and some silver npon himi the silver only being taken . For a long time afterwards no information was obtained as to the offenders } but ailength the prisoner went over t » Dublin . Information was then obtained respecting his connexion with the robbery , and a constable went over to the city of * Dublin , and apprehended him . The prisoner then made a statement implicating himself ; and upon that statement ; corroborated _bs it would be by other evidence , he _thought'they would have no doubt he had been a party to the highway robbery .-

      . Mr . Keyzar : I > am- a _> commercial' traveller , and lived nearly opposite Mr . feacop . On the-31 st oi December 1 came over the river from Liverpool'by- the- la 6 t boat to Birkenhead . When I got in the direction of the flew Ferry , I heard a cry ofmurder . Itwas loud at first , but _graw faint towards the last . The night was very foggy and dark . When I got to the spoWrom whence I heard the cries , I saw- a person on the ground and two men leaning over bim ; one was stifling his cries , the other rifling his pockets ? _Tlaid hold of one of _the-men by the collar , and told him not to murder the person on the ground , I immediately received a blow from a third roan who stood on the footpath , wliich rendered me insensible . When * I ' recovered I found- ; myself walking homeward , and-1- then _, went to the house of Mr . Buller

      and gave information of what I had'seem- Mr . Peacop was soon after brought there , and appeared mueh injured . Mary Sparks : On ths- 31 st of December I ! came from Liverpool by the nine o ' clock boat . When I landed I walked up Rock Eerry-lane . I had _justgot outof the lane , when I heard cries of " Spare my life , don't murder me / " - "' I stood a short time , and saw the figures of two people run across the road . I turned-back and soon after met Mr . Newton the constable , whom I informed of what I had seen . John Newton : I am one ofthe county constabulary , and on the night ofthe 31 st December , was on the road towards the New Ferry , when I . heard some one call ou . t" Don't- kill me . " I made haste to > the place from wbem : e T heard the sound proceed ; and met the last witness , ( rihotold me tbat some person wasbeing abused

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      be . ( the prisoner ) . and lynch , Nowlan _^ . aTallant ( the three men committed on his eridence for the murder of Mr . Feacop ) were the men who planned'and executed the robbery , the violence of which resulted in Mr . Peacop ' s death . This closed the case for the prosecuSon . The Judge : Prisoner , if you have anything . to say ; now is the time to say it . ftrisoner : I have said all ! -had to say before ; _itjwas -paid no attention to , and I have now no more to say . His " hardship then summed up , and tbe jury , after being out of Court a quarter of an hour , found the prisoner tiuiity . The learned Judge told the prisoner that his was a very bad case , as there was no doubt but he was guilty , of . violence and robbery , of which violence Mr , Peacop . had died . He therefore sentenced the pri . soner to be- _transpsrted for life . Prisoner :. Thank you , my Lord , I deserve it all .

      Liverpool , _Fuidav . M . _ftaxLihr > v . _srsstEToN . _Bbeach . _oE-PaowsE of Mai-wage . —This was an action for breach of promise of marriage , Drought by Sarah Markland against George Singleton . Xhe defendant pleaded a denial of the promise .. Mr . Serjeant Wilkins aid Mr . Segar appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Atherton for the defendant . It appeared from the statement ef counsel , and the evidence ofthe witnesses , that the mother of the plaintiff kept a publia-house at Fishwick , near Preston , and that the defendant was a journeyman miller in the same nei ghbourhood .. He , along with many other young men , had been in the habit of frequenting the house for the purpose of drinking , and as the plaintiff , who was 26 , acted as bar maid , he , in the course

      ofa little time , became smitten with her attractions . A . mutual attachment sprung np between them ; and after a lengthened courtship , marriage was several times proposed and accepted , and a . day was . fixed for the _weeding . He made her a present of some china and pots * , but when the time arrived Sir the fulfilment of the promisc _. he declined te make his appearance , and the plain tiff went to Standish and spent a twelvemonth there with a relation . In the mean time , the defendant occasionally visited the public-bouse , and when the plaintiff retuznan home he renewed his acquaintance with her upon . thc same footing as before . The plaintiff then went on a short visit to an aunt of hers at Samlesbury . The- defendant fetched her home in a gig ; on the way home the gig was upset ; and in some time after the plaintiff

      _became pregnant . Her mother spoke to the defendant on the subject , lie again promised to marry , hut although the plaintiff remained at home for two years after the child was born , and he continued to visit and to . be received in the family as her intended husband , he never fulfilled the promise . He stated that he was possessed of some money—he did not say how much , and the Hoop and Crown public-house was taken in Preston for himself and his intended wife to commence business in . The plaintiff came over to Liverpool about three years ago , and remained ever since at Mrs . Fold ' s public house iv Marybone . Last Easter , however she paid a visit to Fishwick , and then again the defendant made another promise to marry her . Since then he had married an old widow , about 05 , who kept a shop and was _possesses of some money . The defendant was only 22 , and earns about 25 s . a-week . Mr . Atherton informed thejury that he attended therefor the purpose of abating the damages . The promise to marry had been proved , and the defendant

      in this case , as defendants in all similar cases of the kind _, had been signalised for a perpetual itching to go aboui and tell all the old women in the country that he was about to marry . The only question in the case was , what damages was the plaintiff entitled to receive ! li must be recollected that neither of the parties occupied any very respectable position in life . The plaintiff was a barmaid , the defendant a journeyman miller , able to earn 25 s . a-week ; audit was for the jury to say , measuring tho damages in money , how much this barmaid , still ia the prime of life , and sustaining no very severe grief bj thc loss ofa husband , was entitled to receive at the hands of the defendant , who really was sufficiently _puuiahed already , by having fallen into the arms of an antique widow . ( Laughter . ) Ue concluded by calling on them not to deprive the widow of her husband—not to send that husband to gaol , aud not to give the plaintiff more than reasonable compensation under tbe circumstances . Thejury , after a few minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict for thc plaintiff—Damages , £ 75 .

      CniEQE or wilful _Mumier . —Sarah Swift , aged 19 , was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth JI'Gill . Harriet Robinson , who said she was a single woman , lived in Shaw ' s-ailey , and knew the deceased , who was a girl of ill-fame . The prisoner is also one of that character . Recollects being in Barber ' s public-house , where the deceased , the prisoner , and several other girls were . There were sailors in tbe dancing-room . Elizabeth MGill asked , " what do you want there j why don ' t you go to your owu house V when the prisoner replied ibatsoshe could , aud left ihc house with Aim Kelly . Witness wc-iitout , and when she returned the _tieer . house was closed , about eleven o ' clock . Met . Elizabeth M'Gill near Sparling-street ; shu was crying , but i _^ _n druult . Elizabeth M'Gill struck Sarah Swift , who said we had

      Taunton , Feidat. Attempt To Jlradeb.—Ja...

      better go home before we gut into the coal-hole ., . The prisoner , who held a knife , rau at her . Sarah Swift said to Nancy Allen , who was present , that she would serve witness in the same way . . Gave prisoner in charge to a policeman , who brought the prisoner and Nancy Allen to the house . Knew the knife , and pointed out tbe place where the knife was thrown away after the perpetration of the act . The knife waa open , and covered with blood _, never saw the knife before . —Sarah Munro : Witness refused to kiss thc book , but the judge threatened to send her to prison direct . She then complied , and was then admonished by his lordship to tell tbe truth . She spoke to some of the facts on t _'* e case , and then fainted , and it was doeraed necessary to remove her , —Ann Power : Lives in Shaw ' s-ailey , and remembers the 18 th _December .

      She heard prisoner say she " nould _aerve out" deceased iu some dark corner . It was about ten minutes past twelve when she met deceased in Mason-street . There were two foreigners with her , and shortly after she heard the deceased cry out" Murder ' . " She ( witness ) ran up , and tho foreigners , who held up deceased , went away . At this moment she did not perceive anything was tho matter with her . At thc time deceased was wounded there were several men and women near , besides the policeman . Witness would swear that she had before stated that prisoner used the words " she would aerve her out in a dark corner . " Has been leading her present life for two years , and has beeu often drunk , even as late as yesterday . M'Gill was in the daaciugroom at Barber ' s on the 19 th of Deeomber , when she

      left , but eould not say whether Jeaeph Walsh was there . Munro was also ia the dancing-room , and while she ( witness ) stood at the bar , prisoner came in . Other femate witnesses were called , buS their testimony was a mere repetition of that already detailed . A policeman deposed , that on the night of the 10 th December , about twelve o ' clock , while stationed at Wapping , be heard a scream . He immediately ran andisaw Elizabeth M'Gill between-two females , with her head : leaning backwards , and bleeding profusely ,. He made inquiries abouS two foreigners ,. a > long time after , at a beer-house , a ship _,, and a boarding-house , and learned that they had sailed . On the night ef the murder iii not take notice of any persons having the _appearance-of foreign sailors , Another policeman p & leavin ) who- was called at an early

      stage of the trial- was again produced , and deposed that he ,, in pursuance- o ! information-- received from Harriet _Robiuson , _arrcsttd' the prisoner . Saw the knife , which was- just in the same state , excopi that it was covered with blood when he-got it . There were soma persons ( women ) holding deceased when he same up , and ' . amongst them were two foreigners . The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter . His lordship _proseeded to pass sentence on the prisoner , and expressed his belief that she was-quite ready , _whsn-the provocation was given > to inflict the wound whiff *! terminated fatally . Thejury took a merciful view of the case ; but it was his duty to pass on he ? such a sentence as would detenothers engaged in such _a-course of life as- that which she followed ! . The sentence ofthe court waa , that she be transported during the term _« of her naturaldife .

      _Perjcht . — James- Sbackleton was- charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury at Todmorden , on Tuesday , Janutry 13 . It _appeared from- the 8 Catement . ' and evidence for the prosecution , that the prisoner-was residing on * tlte day in question at Swinehead , near Todmorden ; and that he went before jhe _magistrate , and made a charge of" felony against two persons and others-of having robbed him . He stated that he had been to > the Wesleyan Association meeting-house , and that on . his way hom « he had been assaulted and robbed . This was not true ; prisoner was never at the- meeting-house ; he was at another place at

      the time , and his whole statement was a tissue of false _, . hoods from beginning to end . His statement _biaring on its face sons * inconsistency ) . the magistrate-remanded the persons charged , and required the prisoner' to find _ccri-oborative evidence . He then weut to a . man named ¦ Butterworthyand persuaded bim to come forward and swear _thati he saw prisoner at the Wesleyan meeting _, house , but , - notwithstanding tbis , the falsehood was detected , awHthe prisoner was committed for perjury , having _twice » _sworn to the truth of his charge . The prtJ soner was found Guilty , and -his Lordship sentenced him to two years-imprisonment in . Lancaster Castle , remarking at the same time that he deserved transportation .

      ALLEGED CMJELTr AND _OPFBS 8 SION BT AN AFEK _& N CAFT . _HiNDsoN-ar Ward . —This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment . Mr * Knowles and Mr . James appeared for the plaintiff ; _Ht . _ilartinandMr . CromptoE . for the defease . The defendant , in November , 1813 , was in command ofa ship called the Bounty HaU , and the plaintiff was a mariner oh board that ship , thim lying in the river Bonny , on the coast of Africa . Tae-trespass and'false imprisonment complained of consisted in flogging , the plaintiff and keeping iim in irons for aperiod of ninety days .. The statements of the witnesses were exceedingly contradictory . According to the evidence of two of the crew , the plaintiff had been engaged in cooper , ing up some barrels on deck , aud had in his hands a hammerand driver , with which he was employed ia fastening

      the hoops . Seme angry words took place between him and some of the other coopers ,-and the mute , a person _, named _Whittisgton , came upon , deck to settle the _. disturbancc . The witnesses stated that the mate coining up to . _lliudson _. took _^ hold of the sleeve of his shirt when the bammer . with . which _Hindson- 'vas working _caiae in contact with the mate ' s ear and inflicted a slight wound . The mate seat for the _capteinj . who was then on shore ,. _and-oiihiscomingondeckheculledlliiidsonaft .-. Hindson . went . towards him with the _. hammer and driver in his j hand ,. The defendant asked him what he was-doing with them , and he said he was working . On ithis the .-captain struck him over the e _/ e with a gun-barrel pluggcdi witht wood ,. which he u _, ed as a walking-stick ,. and directed him to be immediately tied up . The captain

      Save him eleven lashes , and the second aivl third , mates- then took the cat and gave .- him very severe punishment . II * was then chained'down to the tiller , in such a position , that he could- neither stand up on-lie down . He remained there all . night , and thc following day a court-martial , as it was named , was called ,, consisting of all the captains thsajn . the river .. The plaintiff was tied up , and while he was in that position , with his _baekvto the parties , a discussion took place as to his punishment , when they all ,, with , one exception , agreed he should . be flogged again . The captain called , the crew aft , and told them it was-at his option . to flog the plaintiff ,, that he would not do so ,, but would . put him in irons . He had accordingly the handcuffs again put on him , and . was chained with a bight of a topsail close to a small locker about seven feet long and five feet high , which had been used for paints ,, which were cleared out for the occasion . This was for him to

      go-into when it rained , but he could move backwards andfor _. wards about six yards on the deck . He remained in this custody ninety days , and was finally sent home by anotlien- ship . It was stated that his back , was in a frightful state , and the- smell was so offensive tbat the man whose duty it was- to . wash him ouco _ivweek was scarcely , able to endure Hi For the defence it was stated ; by , the testimony of the mate and some of - the aaptains of | the other vessels that the plaintiff , on the-mate coming " on , deeU , felled Win by a , blow ofthe hammer ,, which inflicted a severe wound on , his ear , which , had produced symntoms of lockjaw . On the captain coming on board . ' with two other captains ,. aud calling theplaimiff aft , he irefused to lay down the hammer and driver , and on the _xaptaia attempting to . take them from liim , he attemp ed tostriie him . The _cantaiu then struck bim with his list , and they struggled together until the . captains present took the hammer out of his hands . It was for this he

      was flogged and put in irons ; and it was alleged thatt his condition , as detailed by the witnessess , was _vei-v , mueh exaggerated . The case _occugisd the Court the greater part of _thc . day , and the jury were still shut up ia consultation when our report came away . The Game Law _*—Hsnry Yenbusy ,. aged 18 , was indicted for shooting at James Biggs , with intent to murder him ; John Watts , Charles Holton , Thomas Aiding , G « o . Young , James _Mdddlston , aged 19 , John White , and John Rabbits , wera charged with being present , aiding and abetting him . Mr . Hodge , and _Mx . _Fitzlic-rbert sonducted the prosecutiou ; Mr . Phiun , in the absence of Mr . Stone , defended thu prisoners—Watts , Holton * Aiding , Young , and White , It appeared from the statement of Mr . Hodges that the offence with which the prisoners

      were charged was committed in a wood on theestato of the Rev . Ms .. Horner , the owner of the property proved to have been destroyed in the last ease . The learned counsel , however , said that , although the property was in the possession of tho rev . gentleman , the game was not pre * served by him , but by his uncle , Sir John Hippesley . Tho affair in question took place on the 12 th of December , in a conflict with gamekeepers , and the following was tha evidence against the prisoners . Samuel James , gamekeeper to tho Rev . Mr . Horner , at Melis , said that , early in the morning of the 12 th December , he was ou his duty in _Malcombs Wood , with Biggs , Chamberlain , aud Ashman , other gamekeepers . They heard the reports of fifteen guns in less than two hours . Ho stationed his me » i < a gateway , and he afterwards heard one of them

      hall' -. He went towards the spot , and he saw fourteen men , four of them armed with guns , and the rest with sticks . He could distinguish the men , aud he went up to them and said it was a shame to go into the wood and shoot pheasants . They left ths field and went into the road , saying that they were then in the public highway , and they dared not interrupt them . If tliey were followed they would blow the keepers' brains out . Th * men afterwards went into another field ( in the occupation of . Mrs . Moore ) , and he there saw one of thc mon shoot at James Biggs . Witness and the other men then went to Frome , and gave information to the police . ; J . Biggs stated that when he was within three or four yards of Yenbury , he | suid , " Stand hack , or else I'll shoot jou . " Ycnbury then fired at him , and he wus wounded in the head . On the following morning he saw Yenbury , and he then declared that he was the man who shot him .

      The prisoner Yenbury called liis mother , and a man named French , wilh whom tho cohabited to prove au alibi . The witnesses stated tbat the prisoner was iu bid at eight o ' clock on the evening in question , and that h < _- did not leave the house during the night , There was , however , some variance in their satcments , aud their evidence was such as to produce considerable doubt . Thc jury returned a verdict of Guilty . The prisoners were then indicted for unlawfully entering certain enclosed lauds by night , for the purpose of destroying game . All the prisoners except Yenbury pleaded guilty to the _cliiirgo , and against him no evidence was offered . Alv . Baron Itolfe sentenced Watts , llulton , Aiding , Young , White , and llabbits to seven years' transport itiou , and Middleton ( who was much younger than the others ) io twelve months' imprisonment . His lordship _tenleiwi'd iheni upon the second indictment . With _rcsj cct to Yenbury , the learned judge defmed his _scntenc' * .

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      STRIKES AND TURN-OUTS IN LAN 0 A SHIRE . GREAT MEETING OP THE TRADES IN LIVER .

      POOL . A public meeting of tlie trades of Liverpool and Birkenhead , composed chiefly of tliose engaged m the various branches of building , was held on iuesday even _in s , in tlie Commercial-hall , Gloucesterstreet , for the purpose , as stated by tbe placard calling it , of " taking into consideration tlie resolution come to by the Master Builders * Association on the 23 nl ulc , and to adopt the best means of protecting tliose workmen who have been turned out ot their employment for being members of tlie various trade societies . " The large room was crowded to excess , and throughout the whole proceedings the utmost enthusiasm and determination was evinced .

      . . ., Mr . William _Lebokti _, joiner , was voted to the chair , and took his seat amid loud applause , _faring read the placard calling tlie meeting , he said—liis words would , he thought , be too weak to express the feelings whicli he had on the present occasion , m being elected chairman over sueh a vast body ol mechanics , met _together in defence of their commen rights , and to take into consideration tlie best means of supporting those who had left their employment , or had been turned from it , for refusing to sign a document so unjust as that which thc masters ot Liverpool had been pleased to request of them , as workmen , to sign . ( Applause ) .

      Mr . J ok ? _Tannkk , " pliwterer , proposed the first resolution . He said—If tho working classes had a right at all , that right consisted in meeting together and discussing those grievances which were the natural result when there was . a tyrannical employer over them . _^ Cheers . ) It was all well enough for them to say that tho document wjs " only a piece of paper , "—as one master had said to his workmen that day— " sign it to-ni » ht and 1 will burn it to-morrow ; it is only to saw my honour amongst the employers . " ( vLoud laughing ) . Bearing in mind the old adage of drowning men catching at straws-, such statementsnone but an idiot would give ear to . Some of the masters had told tlieni personally tha . !; there was a combination of workmen in Manchester , who

      concocted rules so tyrannical in their nature , as not to admit one-half masters aud one-halt journeymen on their committee , but which requived that they should all be journeymen , and that every contract should be submitted to them before thc masters undertook it . ( Loud laughter ) . Why , the statement was a most absurd and ridiculous one . If the workmen were so enlightened as to malm arrangements of that kind they- would need no masters at alL—they might go and-take the work , and enjoy the benefit * of their own . labour . ( _Applaut-o _) , Mr . Tanner thenreferred to an . iucident , causing , the imprisonment of an individual connected _withhisown trade , and- continued—There- was one great error which seemed to . prevail , which was this * . In Manchester there was a : strike for an . advance of 2 s . or 3 s . a-week- amonesc the

      joiners— - in . Birkennead there is also a strike amongst some branches of . workmen ; butin Liverpool there was no . strike at all . ( Hear , hear )* So that let no-one present , nor any who might read the account of that meeting , labour under tlw idea that the men of . Liverpo & l were seeking a reduction in their hours of labour , or an advance in their rate of wages . They were agreeable to work under present regulations _, ( ileal ' ,, hear , and applause ) . But the plaoards which they saw on the walls , emanating from their employers ,. stated that the men had struck—that there was a strike iu the . town . Now , he should . like every individual to distinguish between a . strike and a turn-out . The strike simply meant tliat of the few individuals in Manchester—the turn-out . was on . the part _oftha . masters , of men . who would not agree to sign thoir deaih . ; warrant . ( Loud cheering ) . The resolutioii . whioh . he had to propose was ;—

      That this meeting views with indignation , the measures udopfed by the master builders of Liverpool and vicinity , to cause the . r workmen to abandon their _, societies , and . it-is also our oniuion , that the-document they require tbeni to . sign is as unjust as ii isobnu . xioua , and we pledge ourselves , both _. iudividuall'' and collectively , to render , all the _support in our power ,. as long _ub they _reniaiu-out of _employment , lie thought . there was not one individual present who had the feeling , of . a man ifl > J )' s bosom , but would sympathise , in . the resolution- just read -, tor what ' could there , be better in human nature than for one

      individual . to contribute to the support of another who was unable to support himself ? , lie trusted there . was no man in the meeting so base , so lost . to . _every-. thing just , and good , as to say . he would go and put . his hand , to that document , which the masters had _ilrawn out . ( A voice— ' -Head it . " ) . Alter a few lurcher remarks , Mr . Tanner , read the document alluded to , which exacted a pledge fiom the workmen . , that they would . _nokbelong , to any trade society _, which had for its object any . interference with the masters - . and concluded ir—We have justice ou outside , which will , always ovorcome _tyranuy when rightly directed .

      Air . _liiciiAKD Buck , joiner , and house carpenter _,, seconded the resolution . In such a population as tiiis there , must be a diversity of . opinion upon the subject of strikes . This was illustrated in one case _,, where out of lot ) men only twenty-live , had signed _, that infamous document , . and the rest had come out like men . ; and it was the duty of the . meeting to assist those noble men . who wished to be free , in spite of those who would enslave them . Thcspeakcr then _, entered , into a dissertation . upon "lumpers" and . "jerry-building , " and the imperfect state of buildings so . constructed , ; . and . further quoted : — "In making , these remarks ,, liowever , I admit that the . working men have , a perfect right to combine , and that associations in . many respects-, may be

      adrvantageous , if properly conducted . " ( Loud cheers . ) , Improvements in machinery were going on , and if the working-classes gained a concession , one week , thuy lost it the next ., if a number of individualswere engaged in trade , anil the demand required that they 3 hould work fourteen hours a day , but , improvements were invented , by which the . same quantity of . work . could be dune in eleven hours ,, shou . d not they reap the benefit of it ? . Mr . John _Seeion _,, shoemaker ,, proposed the next resolution . He would endeavour to snow the meeting as tradesmen of Liverpool tha . position in which they , stood in regard t 0 the building trade . Ten years ago the masters would have said that _suek . a meeting as the present could not . have assembled ; but . the fact was . that the trades of the town had .

      became enlightened to . a greaten- extant than their masters had . ( _Applause . ) Here considerable upioar arsse from the crowded state of tlie room . The chairman , interposed ,, and order having been restored , Mr . Sefton proceeded . Ha would be proud if the masters were present at taut meeting , to see tlie spirit that prevailed amongst the working classes of Liverpool . It was not in _Liverpool or Manchester alone that masters were wisliing their workmen to sign the obnoxious document in . question . It would be presented in other towns as . well ; and it became the duty of workmen in every branch to offer it their resistance , and contribute to , the support of those who refused , to si » n it . 'i rado societies were increasing to such an extent throughout the country , and gathering so much , power ,, that , if peaceably conducted nothing could _resist tiiem . ( Applause . )

      The masters , to put a stop to . tried unions- ; , but the only thing they could lay io . the charge of their members was , a . desire to support their fellow-men . Let the masters who hud met at the Grecian Hotel come to that meeting , and they would find that as many clever men could be put before them out of thc " swinish multitude , " as had graced their own assembly . The meeting of the masters were hole-andcorner meetings ; while the workmen at the present meeting invited any one to come forward to prove if they were acting otherwise than honestly , and seeking their just rights . ( Applause . ) Large as that meeting was , however , it was only a fool to a larger meeting which could yet be held in Liverpool . ( Loud _applause , ) Mr . _Sefton concluded by an energetic appeal to all workmen to come forward and assist those who had been turned from their employment for refuisug to sign the document .

      Ihe Chairman then put the resolution , wliich was carried unanimously , amid loud cheering . Mr . John Carlisle , mason , proposed the second resolution in a somewhat lengthy speech . He said he rose at the present time to give his decided dissent against a document which he believed had for its object the utter annihilation of the moral , tho mental , and physical energies of mankind . The employers of Liverpool knew full well that in the last nine or ten years the working classes had greatly improved in the moral as well as in the intellectual scale . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) They knew that the working classes of this country were becoming fully alive to their own interests , and determined to do away with all one-sidedness , they had determined

      that class legislation should no longer exist . ( Applause . ) The masters fuiind that as their workmen gut wise , their moral condition would bo improved ; and he was sorry to say that nothing delighted them so much , nothing gave them so great a handle , as to see their workmen immoral . ( Applause . ) lie really thought from the manner iu which the turn-outs hail been used by their employers , that the public , the mass , were bound to give them their warmest sympathy and cordial support ( applause ) . According " to the document , if any ut them , belonged to a sick or a benefit society , they wero not to . be

      allowed to appropriate a farthing of its funds towards a turn-out ; if thoy belonged to the Oddfellows ' Society , and saw the turn-outs walking about for a month ( for thoy were determined never to submit )—if they saw them walking about for eight or nine weeks , with hunger in their faces , they durst not vote lis . as a relief out of their funds , lie exhorted all who were not already connecicd with the union to throw oil' their lethargy , become once at honorable men , anil try ami occupy that piouil anil enviable position which nature and liaturo ' H God intended that tliey should occupy ( loud applause ) , lio conuluikil by moving : —

      2 nd . —1 hat it is the opinion of this meeting , that well regulated trade societies ; ivo both just und necessary , iifi Well for regulating ihe price ol * labour , as to keen in

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      check avaricious and tyrannical employers ; and are also of opinion that those men who hare been discharged from their employment for refusing to sign a document that they would abandon those societies , are deserving of both public sympathy and support . Mr . R . Davies , printer , wa 3 called upon to second the resolution . He said , he came forward in a twofold capacity . In the first place , to respond to the call which the committee had made upon him , to render what little assistance was in his power ; aud , on the other hand , he came forward voluntarily to vindicate liis own position , as a member of an associated bod y , from tbe charges alleged by a self-constituted tribunal of public censors , and to sympathise with an oppressed class of working men , in his native

      town , comprising English , Irish and Scotch men ( applause ) . lie had never read a more tyrannical declaration than the document alluded to , emanating from persons who wished to be considered intelligent muster tradesmen ; and he was happy to congratulate the chairman , and liis working friends generally , on the assurance that Wisdom had not _heaped all her store of riehes on their employers—the gentlemen assembled at the Grecian hotel —( laughter and applause)—in troth , they were not sages of Greece , alter all . In respect to the document which had been so extensively circulated through the town and vicinity , and its claims so rigidly enforced , he could form but one opinion of iv , and that was , that it proceeded upon the assumption of tbe workman being

      the employer's personal property , —a mental slave ; for it was evident , from the tenor of the language embodied in that document , that something else is looked for beyond the- product of his hands and the ingenuity of his brain , services for wliich he alone bartered . Exactions _sncli as those required reduced the moral standard of man , and lessened their selfrespect . The proposal has gone forth to bind them in mental degradation for the term of their natural lire-. On the other hand , freedom and emancipation from thraldom was open before them . It was seldom thought of , but nevertheless a fact , that , in this country , society generally from the humblest to the highest rank was constituted of clubs , alliances , _as-.

      _sociations—uaions . Some , in London , for notoriously itorrupting the people by buying up their _snflrages . _iVVliafc were the clergy?—a union . What were the _Igentlemen of the bar ?—a union . What were the | East and West _Jndian Associations , araoag the _merc antile classes in this town ?—unions . What the 'China Association?—a union . What the Shipowners' Association?—a union . He could go on enumerating many classes of that description ;¦ yet it never occurred to any person to censure those as obnoxious bodies , and ridicule their proceedings ( hear , hear ) . He concluded by exhorting those present to bo-peaceable , sober , and united _' rand he ventured t » : predict that in a few days hence they would , seethe termination of _theiar great moral struggle .

      Mr , Johk _M'Co-mTem _, , brickJayer _. _^ s _poka-to' the resolution . The employers told them in one of their resolutions , that if tliey did not aign that infernal document , they would not employ them . If they did not ,- what would they do ? H 8 supposed they intended t » build the docks , and warehouses , andiother houses-themselves—they intended to construct alLthe tunnels-now in course ef erectiom under the- earth . He would like to see them there for some time . ( _Loudilaughtcr . ) He supposed thoy had come-to the determination for the good of the public , to take the hod upon their shoulders , and climb up ladders six stories high . ( Continued laughter and applause . ) But would tbat stop the wheels of industry , or were they able to do it ? No . But there was one means

      whicluhe Believed they were going to have resort to , and this- he thought should go forth to the public the masters- said they had all the stuff—the bnckand _lime—in-tiieir own hands- ; , they couid retain it ; . and the gentlemen , of Liverpool could not get on without them . That was monopoly any way . But the _workmsneould produce stun" of theipown—they had capital , and could make- bricks and lime , and could live if their employers were swept down the Mersey ( Applause . ) i Thero was . another ofi ' their grovelling bits of maohinery to crush men at the present raisis which he would mention-.-. tliey wer © actually stooping so low as going round » to the loan societies , telling them not to lend _monoy to working men at present , and that they would- compensate them for anv

      doss of interest * that might- by this-means be sustained . Such were the masters of Liverpool . ' The GiiAiRM & _N-then put tlie resolution , which was enthusiastically carried . ' . Mr . William Wilson , bricklayer , of Birkenhead , ¦ proposed the third resolution . He- said that the general impression was , that the workmen at Birkenhead were on strike . On tlie 1 , 7 th of March they had struck fonan advance of wages , _andj with one exception , the masters granted it ; , but when they ' went to-work on the following morning , they presented the dooument already alluded to . The work-; raen , of course , refused to sign it ,. and this was the ; way tbat they were out at Birkenhead . It was a _Compound of strike and turn-out ,, the latter being . entirely the fault of the masters . He

      moved—3 rd . —That a meeting of delegates-from the various trades-of'Liverpool ! and Birkenhead take place at the George tho IV ., flood-street , on , Bridaj . evening next ,. oud on every succeeding Friday evening , until the present _, dispute between the master builder * -and workmen be settled . MrvRioriARD Shepherd ,, brass-fonnder , briefly seconded the resolution . He thoughts all other trades should co-operate with those-oiUhe building departments—oome forward and assist them in their struggle , give a long pull ,, a- strong pull , and see if tliey could not pull them through their diniculties . Mr . Jones addressed the meeting in a very fluent speech . In this question , he said was involved , . not only the Dresent but the future best interests of

      working men ,. and if they allowed the present opportunity to pass- through their fingens ,, it would be another ! proof- of the oft-repeated _dealaration that the mass were incompetent to conduot their own affairs . . When he looked ah the _placaud issued by the masters , 'he oould only compare it to some of the ukases recently issued by the Emperor ,- of Russia . ( Loud applause . ) He had himself long since lost all hope in union ; and had he not seen that infamous placard on the walls , he would not have been induced once more to raise his voice in thoir defence . Why had he been disgusted with unions- ? Not because in unions there was no salvation & r man , but simply becaase they _wsre imperfectly carried out .. From the apathy of the working classes they had allowed

      the best means-of protection ! to slip from thani _, and permitted the masters to ride rough-shod own * their interests . They had allowed dissensions to take place in their unions , upon other matters than the real question „ which was , should capital triumph o , ver labour V . The middle classes generally , objected to unions that they interfered with the _natural psogression of things , with , the rights of capital and labour . How were they to test tho trua- position which capital and labour should occupy ? Political economists- said the only-test was supply and demand . But at the present tim ? there was evidence that the demand for labour was great—national prosperity existed , but the working _classss were not to participate in it . When they asked for an

      advance of wages , their masters told them that they could not afford it . Union tested the truth of this . Convincsd of the fact being the contrary , a strike must _taks place among tho men—because there waB no other means of testing supply and dsmand , _inasmuch as the avaricious disposition of capitalists was of such , a character that it was never prepared to make concessions to the working classes . One political economist had said that strikes always left them worse-than they found them ; and stated the fact that it stimulated inventions of machinery ; yet that writer ( Maculloch ) in the same page told the werld that machinery , and it alone , had elevated man . How _coulti it be at once the source of _degnadation and prosperity . Anotherreasonagainsttlie

      _workingclassesunitmg was said to be that it created a bad teeling between the employer and the employed . Why , it was not within his recollection when that spirit did not . exist . There had always , he was sorry to say , beeu a disposition on the part of employers to oppress those employed ; and at present capital was opposed to the best interests of labour . After some extended remarks , Mr . Jones concludod—Be true to your union , and , if it fail , remember that nothing but the possession of your political rights can remedy the various evils which now trample down the human family . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . Mr . Jomv Ginsotr _, mason , proposed the next resolution . He thought the proceedings of that night would show that they were not like the meeting at

      the Grecian Hotel , where they had toinfuseinto tho brains of those present strong alcoholic drinks before they could get them to sign the placard . ( Loud applause . ) It was well known too , that instead of being the secret convalve which they had been stated to be , the trades' unions had on all o ccasions invited the press to take cognizance of their proceedings , but at the Grecian Hotel reporters were refused admittance . ( Laughter . ) Within the last seven or nine years the working classes ol Great Britain and Ireland had become a thinking people . Mr . Gibson continued to address the meoting in a strain of some humour , repudiating several of the statements in the pamphlet already mentioned , and concluded by proposing * . — r

      -till . —That this meeting express its grateful sense of the advocacy of one portion of the press of this town _, for it 3 untiring advoeaey of the interests of the operative classes , and record its _eonfidenee in the Liverpool Journal . Mr . James Wilson , joiner , seconded the resolution in a somewhat lengthy and very effective speech , taking _« p in a great measure the remarks of the preceding speaker , lie exhorted the working classes generally to aid in the present movement , and to commence collections in their several workshops on oaturday night . The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried anud considerable applause .

      A vote ot thanks was then moved to the Cliairmaii , who returned thanks ; ami announced that all who had turned out and refused to sign the document , wlietlier they belonged to trades' unions or not , if they applied tothecommittee , would , be vclicvcd as . well , « k those who were in societies ,

      J. Hume. Esq., M, P., And The Faotoltles...

      J . HUME . Esq ., M , P ., AND THE FAOTOltlES l *' , TO THE EDITdB OF TIIE _MOKTBOSE STANDAED . Sis , —A letter has appeared from the able pen of Joseph Hume , _Eao ,., M . P ., to a mill-owner in Kirkald y condemnatory of Lord Ashley ' s factory bill . It is eertaiuly considered a very _nn-ritorious and able production from the publicity it has reeeived , and the great care wliich has been taken that it should fall into the hands of all classes . As I am of an opposite opinion , and con . sider it a clumsy piece of sophistry , and a crouchin _g time-serving letter to the class to which it is directed for a continuance of their support , I wish to make a few observations on it .

      Mr . Hume commences by telling us he has opposod all legislative ) interference , since the combination laws irere repealed in 1824 , between master and servant , for this special reason , tbat by the act of 1 S 24 , every roaster ani servant is allowed to make what bargain they choose as n > _wBges and hours of labour . Jteally Mr , II . is above all praiso in administering instruction _, to the ignorant , There was a time when master and servant could make no bargain as to wages and hours of labour . I know of no sueh law that eve ? " existed , and I question mush if Mr . liuine could point me to chapter and verse where such a law is to be found , One thing , I know , it nevor was practically acted _upwi in this part of tbe country _. So much for Mr . If , ' s great principle that has actuated liim in opposii g all legislative interference in shortening ; the hours of labour .

      The next point Air . Hume refers to is , tliat the _mUI . masters have not taken their stand upon principle in 03 . j posing all such bills as Lord Ashley ' s , but have violated I the principles of trade under the plea of a mawkish hu . ' inanity . Is it a principle in trade to confine youths iu j unwholesome factories until their physical constitutions are destroyed , aud they are brou ght to a premature gxave ? Is it a principle in trade to work poor creatures tc-the neglect of their moral and intellectual _instructitju ? Is it a sound principle in trade to entail upon future generations physical debility and a moral and intellectual _stupidity which ages cannot efface I If such arc ilr . II . ' s sound principles of trade which lie considers the millmastsrs to have compromised , the-less he a ? . d his principles arc known to the British nation the better , But it

      is _mawkish humanity- for men to vindicate the rights of the oppressed , and for Government to correct commercial and national abuses , which axe fraught _withjevil consequences to ths whole population . It is maw . kish humanity for men to endeavour to check avariee and personal ambition at the expense of the Wood and sinews of their tallow-creatures . I am sure any person ot a sane mind , and who has not " arrived at a stage of dotage , will pronounce this true humanity .. A man that would say otherwise is destitute of moral feeling . If Mr . II . had directed his attention and the energies of _his < mind to such noble principles

      iu the _correcting of abuBes , raiher than to his mawkish economy iu saving a _feir-yahry thousands at a national sacrifice and inconvenience , to tho dishonour of the it nation , his efforts would have been crowned with more ; success , aud- he would not have been the luughing-! stock of the-British nation . _ao long . 1 never heard nor ' read of Mr , H . and his economy , but it _xsm ' _mds me of Judas who had some control over the bag . When the woman brought au alabaster box of ointment and anointed the head of Christ . , Judas cried out , Why all tbis waste , could it not have been sold and given to the pear . From this you will- observe , that Judas was a mawkish vicious economist , something like Mr . II .

      Mr . Hume goes ou to deprecate the mill-owners in _^ submitting to- sueh bills as lord Ashley ' s ,, as every jsuahbiltisa taoit acknowledgment that the mill-owners uve cruel and inconsiderate , and that workmen are im . : becile _, and incapable of making bargains . _Xow _, let us see if there is- any truth in this . It will be in the recollection of man / that , prior to any legislative enactment iii regulating the hours of- labour , the mills would have gone fifteen and even , sixteen hours a-day- I ha . ve known them . to commence at half-past four o ' clock morning aud contiuue their operations until , half-past eight at night . At country mills things were still worse . The poor- worn-out creatures were hardly laid down , to rest till- they were up again—scarce were ihey ' iraiua > in their beds when tliey . were summoned up by

      the toll of the bell , or the blast of-the horn , to the dutiesof another day . Where a spirit of competition , exists _,, along , with an ambitious and . avaricious spirit , men . will be found cruel and unjust , let alone inconsiderate . Theso .-are matters of fact , that . oanuot be diuied , that have happened in almost every locality . I leave Mr , H . land his admirers to say whether sueh conduct was IcrueJ . and inhuman ,. It iias hi gh time for legislative interference ; and it only shows the unfeeling , and . callousheartundstupidityofinindhi . Mr . il . in not giving these measures his support . But . it is also alleged that such bills show that workmen are imbecile and incapable- of making bargains . It shows no such thing _. It deuends more upon the condition and circumstances that , surround men . that enables them to make an

      advantageous bargain ,, than their wisdom and capability to-do so .. Yi'lmt would it avail _a-mun , suppose be had the wisdom of Solomon , to make a bargain if . there wero a surplus of hand * in . the market of labour . Ue never could make one to hisadvantage ,. becuust > he is not placed iu a condition to do so ,. Ah the circumstances-that surround _, him militate against him . from doing any such . tiling ., lord _Aihlej- 's- bill would , have the _tsndeucy to empty the market of surplus hands ,. and would place men in a _bstter condition to make a good bargain us . to wages and hours of labour ,, which otherwise cannot be done , I urn . almost led to believe that Mr . H .. is as- bad and vicious-an inferential , drawer , as- he is an economist , Ki'om-hu years and experience he- certainly kuows that a workman , is not on _, a proper level , to make a good bar . gain with a . master iii . the present state of society .

      Mr .. Hume savs , thamanufacturers are a powerful and well-informed class—truly they are powerful , and . far abovatlie poor and the helpless _> . and . _lhem that have no might .. Well-informed ! . Y . es , in . everything , which pro . motes their own interest wituoukccHsideriug . that of their neighbours and _depandents , whatever is their , confidence in their , integrity and . principles . If they aot . not on just and conscientious pruiciples _, _thaj will have insult and obloquy . oast upon them .. All . tbeir efforts and . exertions to _stog , legislative interference will prove abortive , as the evils-have been long seen . andislt _, and attended with direful consequences ,

      Mr , Hume is _anguy . at the submission of the millowners to the erroneous dictates of . humanity . mongers . It is an . easy , matter to throw , opprobrious epithets upon men ' shonest . endeavours * and to villify their names and to hold them up to ridicule , hut at the same time the envenomed arrows of Mr . II . will start back with a _. mighty vengeance from , the shield of Lord . Ashley and his- adherents , ani that 8 hieldis true humanity .. Mr . H . should show that their , dictates are erroneous ,. before he belches out opprobrious and _sarcastia- names . He _willgive opposition tc the present bill as- itis . not in accordance with Sir U . Peal ' s great _comnrahensive measure now before tho house . Well , many , ana led by the nosa and not by the . understanding , as anpears to be the case with Mr . Hume . I am ,, sir , yours respectfull y , _AJbroafh . Airn

      ; Extraormnabs Dsath.—In The Course Of S...

      ; Extraormnabs _Dsath . —In the course of Saturday i information was-received by the authorities at the I East India House of the death oi Captain Hannibal i Tucker , a pensioner in the Co mpany ' s service , at his ; residence in the village of Gwtinean , in Cornwall , who was found frightfully mutilated in his dwelling , _l which was in names at the time oi' discovery , between 3 and 4 o ' clock on the morning of Wednesday . At . the coroner ' s , _inquest on the body of the _unfoiitunato ; gentleman , Richard Murby , farmer , said that between 3 and i o ' clock on the morniiig of tho 1 st instant , as he was returning home , he saw fire issuing _fromihe roof of Captain Tucker ' s house , and knocked at the door , but received no answer . Thc courtyard gate was wide open ; he then knocked up

      the next-door neighbour , named Ingram . After exerting themselves , in the course of an hour the fire was extinguished , and they then commenced searching the ruins . At 5 o ' clock they found the body of the deceased under the rubbish . The left arm was under the body ,, and in the right hand was apistol „ wbich had been discharged . There was . loaded one lying under the deceased . It further appeared that the deceased was dressed , and one of his pockets burnt , through which lis . had fallen . He was in the habit of keeping pistols in the housa to protect himself , and they were secured by a chain I to his bed , and neas- the window . He was very

      eccentric in his habits , and , although a married man , and having a daughter , he lived in the house by - "• _" _¦^ i \ * iIr' Gurney . a surgeon , then described tho trighttul wounds wliich had caused the death ol the deceased . The whole of the skull was fractured . Un the right side of thc head , just above the ear , was the mark © f the entrance of a bullet . He believed the deceased had shot himself . The other " parts oi his body were dreadfully mutilated . Many ot Ins hmbs were broken hy the falling rubbish . _i- ? ? :, n tosi \ a ie" * gtlM- » ed inquiry , returned a verdict , ihat the deceased shot himself whilst in a state of temporary insanity . "

      _Revolusiokart Svmihoms is Fiuxes . — The Miional of Wednesday says : _ " There have been some very serious disturbances at St . Etienne , the cause and _particular of whicli have not been made known m Paris , thc only information being tho tollowing telegraphic despatch , which was circulated in the Chambers , but was not published in thc Ministerial evening journal ;— Tlie _fi-oeurcur-Cene ral oi Lyons to the Keeper of the Seals : I am set . ting out for St . Etienne . A collision has taken placo between the working men aud the armed force _, several ot tho workmen havo been killed . "Xou shall have my report to-morrow . "" There still prevails in Pans a great disposition amongst tho lower classes to withdraw their deposits from the Savings ' Ihink Die deposits of last week amounted to blb , o 71 teams , and the sura withdrawn was 917 , 573 trancs .

      Discharges from the Army . —Several privates , to the number of nearly twenty , belonging to the 3 rd battalion of Grenadier Guards , who have been illegally attested , having been enlisted in one district and sworn in before a magistrate acting for a different division ofthe comity , left Windsor , where thc regiment is in garrison , on Monday morning , for London , to appear before tho board at the llorsi " Guards , having experienced move than enough _« ' the jovs of sQldieriitj .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 11, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11041846/page/6/