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    • THE NORTHERN STAK. SATURDAY. APRII. 12. 1845.
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      4 THJB NORTHERN Sl * iv A _^ * _A * 845 .

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      House Of Commons, Webkbsday, April 9. Mr...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Webkbsday , April 9 . Mr . _FjLIm * gave notice that he would , on Friday _nert , present a pe tition from thc Protestant Operative _Assertion of Dublin , signed by 2 , 000 persons _**»** tte grantto "MavnooUi _, and praying for the impeachment of Sir Bohcrt Peel for the commission of high crimes and misdemeanours . _jir cowveb . moved flic second reading of tiie field Gardens BilL which was opposed hy Mr . Escott , who moved _tlsatit should he read a second time that day sis months . Sir J . _iJbaham approved of the bill , though it had some defects , which might , however , be remedied in committee . After a short discussion , the second reading was carried by a majority of 92 to IS .

      The Museum of Arts Bill was opened hy Mr . Buck , who -moved that it should be committed that day six months . Sir J . Gsabau hoped that Mr . Buck would not _persevere in his motion . The Government were prepared to support the principle of the hill , although its provisions went rather beyond the undei standing which had been come to . lie would recommend _thejiostponement of the committee for a week , and in thc interim he would devote atteiltiu * . ! to the subject , and take an opportunity of privately o •" _. _fining tothe hon . memher the objections _cntertaint-vl ..- Hie bill in its jireseut shape . This proposition was assented to , and the committee was accordingly postponed until "Wednesday next . The remaining business on thc paper was then dispose ! Of , and the house adjourned . _Thtesdav , ArniL 10 .

      Mr . Cbuistie rose to make the motion of which he had given notice— "That : > n bumble address be presented to ner Majesty , praying _th-it she v . iil he graciously pleased to appoint a commission , to _imjairc into and report upon all matters relating to the nrivi _' . _cses , revenues , trusts , and to the state of education , learning , and religion , in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge , and the colleges of these Universities . " Mr . _Ewakt seconded the motion , aud expressed his entire concurrence is tlic views of the mover . Sir Eofcert Inglis , in an exceedingly long and prosy speech , opposed the motion , and supported the present constitution ofthe Universities . Messrs . "Wyse and Iluincand lord Palmerston having spoken in support of thc motion , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer against it , the house divided , when there appeared—For the motion ... ... ... ... S 2 Againrtit ... ... ... ... 14 $ _ilaioritv against the motion ... ... —61

      Several -returns connected with the expense of the army , on the motion of Mr . Hume , were agreed to , and the bouse adjourned at twelve o ' clock . Fbidat , Aran . 11 . A vast number of petitions were presented , chiefly against the Government measure respecting the College of Maynooth . One of these , presented by Mr . Ferrand from the Protestant Operative Association of Duhlin , praying for the impeachment of Sir R . Peel , was received with immoderate hursts of laughter . Sir R . Peel presented a petition from the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster , approving of the project respecting Maynooth , and praying that it might be passed into law as speedily as possible . The Right Hon . Baronet then moved the second rcadiuj * 'of the "Maynooth College Bill . Mr . _Colquhoc _* . - objected to the second reading , contending that it ivas an endowment of a college for the propagation oferror .

      Mr . Geogax took a similar view of thc question , contending ihat it was a concession to the agitation of the Conciiiatkm Hall . He protested against ihe grant , _because it was made iu _cid of a Church which he deemed _froe a corrupt one . The Protestant mind in Ireland wi- - in a state of great dismay in consequence of this proposition , and on the part of his constituents he protested against fhe 'seeond reading of fhe bill , and would give his' determined opposition to it in all its future stages . Mr . _Gladst 3 SB , in a very able aduress , supported thc proposition of thc- Government . He was not responsible

      for the _uu-asure , hut he felt i _=. s vast importance , and perceiving « ie feeling of the country to be decidedly in its -favour , and likewise uelieviiig that giving a belter education to the Catholic priesthood must have a beneficial effect oa the Catholic community , lie would give bis vote in favour ofthe _-moti---:-. It might be said that this was a _concession to agitation , but he saw little iu thc argument , for it _ras the .. re of almost all great measures to be received iu a sp b' . ot consonant with that in which tiey were conceded . Lord Arundel _supi * . ried the measure .

      Mr . DIsraeli _olw-yed , tliat in listenuig to the speech of Hi * . G _" : _-Istoneh : ' . ad wondered in his own mind what Jiad led Hi : _GU 3 sto _:-. j to pass below the gangway to deliberate on th ** * - measa : e . He had next wondered why Hr . _Ghidstons had cross . I the house to deliberate upon the principle- * of it , and had pursued tlic course which he had followed whilst in opposition . Mr . Gladstone had explained _rha reason \ stating that the principle on which th . ec _«»* itt * _-a-j ** L _« sf C _' . v-. v . c _' ii & w * l Slate _Tcstci was worn out , and that ha- _Majesty s Government had just discovered that . to be the fact . But if such were the case , liad there been no publie men in that house who had previously _ad--v'j-eated the _r-jw principle now propounded by Mr . Gladstone ? Did not the members of the lata _Adnmiistre . tio ' n . discover it , a-id had hot opposition to it been considered as _-Bicfousdatioa ofthe Conservative theory . It had been

      -Said , " Y « -a " liave endowed the Anglican Church , why will yoo uoteudou- thcRomau Catholic Church ? " But tliat was an evasion of . the question : for the real question was , "Bid we endow the Anglican Church V He for one denied it ; aud unless that position was proved , the whole foundation for this measure was cut away from under il ; Sir Bobert Peel had stated that there were three courses open to the house . He had never known Sir Robert bring forward a great measure without milking the same statement ; and be was right iu making it Thsre was tbe course which he had left , the course whieh he was following , and the course he ought to pursue . There ivas -also a fourth course ; for the house might adopt that -which *? ir Robert recommended , and then , having adopted , might rescind it ; and that was a course which be hoped that Sir _Ilobi-rt would not forget on a future

      occasion . On the . present he had come forward with a great measure and a small precedent . He had traced the progress of the steam-engine back tothe teakettle . He { Mr . D'lsraeli ) had hitherto looked up to Mr . _Gladstone as the abstraction of chivalry , as the Paladin of -principle , and liad never expected that he would come forward and try this great change of principle by a change of « -aTcnmstances . ne was not certain that the Church of England had received additional strength from its anion with the State ; hut if the State would leave the Church to itself , it would not shrink from thc performance of its duties . He was convinced that the Protestants of the Church of England iu Ireland , if they were asked , * _** * Will you sever the connexion now existing between your Church and the State , or ivill you consent to the endowment of tiie Roman Catholic Church by the State , " would reply " , " Sever the connection between our Church and tie State , but do not force upon us an endowment for the Roman Catholic Church . Be denied that in England the Church had ever been thc creature

      of the State ; and would oppose the biU , not only on principle but on account ofthe manner in which , and of the men by whom , it was brought forward . When he remembered thc appropriation clause , he thought it perfectly monstrous that _bscause Ministers had been enabled to cross the house b _/ opposingit , they should now feel themselves at liberty : o say , "Forget us , and look at our measure . " Had this bill been brought forward by Lord J . Russell and his coikagaes , it would have been checked hy the operation of ; _. constitutional Opposition . At thc present moment such an Opposition did not exist ; aud they had a Government carrying this measure by an organisation which ivas framed for _tlui _^ _xpress purpose of opposing it . "Some years ago they had been accustomed to toast with three times three , and with -nine times nine , the iudepcudence of the House of Lords . Buj Conservatism and a Conservative _dictator had reduced the independence of the House of lords to comparative insignificance . Would the House of Commons consent to he reduced to the same miserable condition ? TL- House of Lords had been

      drilled into a _guai-diuoni ; would the House of _Coaimons permit itself to be degraded into a vestry f If they did not show something of a mutinous or a rebellious spirit against the dictation of the Treasury bench , the house - would have this bill—ay , and the more importimt hill for the _endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy , of which Mr . _tJladstoue bad that evening given notice , carried triumphantly , almost without a struggle , and wouldfind the lobbies of thc House of Lords filled ivith crowds of their anxious and disappointed constituents . He was certain that there was no peoide which could resist a " cross " se deeply laid and so astutely accomp lished . He reminded the house that this bill was introduced instead of an Irish _EegistrationUilLaftw _h-in . members had been accustomed fbr four years to ih « lowering of their tones and to working without a _co-stitutional Opposition . In that * im » what treatment -. ad they not received , what _indigaities had fliey notsustained , until at length their very murmurs were not listened to ! They were at las t arrived at a crisis iu which they must decide this measure , not

      upon its ov _u merits , but upou the merits of the men who had brough * itinto Parliament . It had been said tliat this was a li' rial boon to the Roman Catholic clergy sf Ireland . It was not so . It was a paltry , meagre , miserable gift , unworthy of us to give , and of them to accept . Itwas a question whether the Roman Catholic studeuts -of theology should hare £ 23 or £ 23 a year , and whether they should sleep three , or only two , in a bed . But even if it had been a princely gift , it was not from the polluted hand " of him whose bleak shade had arrested the boon of Catholic emancipation for twentyfive yeari , that the Roman Catholics of Ireland ought to receive it As to the _TVHgs , he despaired of making aay appeal with success to their hereditary convictions , otherwise he should have thought that Lord J . Russell , wifii "his high - "haraeter , and still "higher aspirations , would have been tired erenow of being dragged at the wheels of fhe triumphal car of a conqueror who had not conquered him in fair fight . Enough had transpired of late to convince the most incredulous statesman that

      conning was not caution , and that habitual perfidy was _j aothigb . policy of state . On that ground he sought to _ihtii-g _ljacktothe house the salutary checkofaconstitu-* _twn-a Opposition ; and it could only be done by putting an epd to ifce dynasty of deception and to the prevailing .-system of _Pariiamim tary imposture . Mr . Komock viewed the question as one of great nabonal -unportance , and was much , surprised at the introduction into the discussion of petty personalities .

      House Of Commons, Webkbsday, April 9. Mr...

      He could not congratulate Mr . D'lsraeli on his speech , for it contained no characteristic calculated to bear away its open malice , these werc miserable displays to be witnessed in tbat house upon a subject which interested the feelings of the * whole nation . Without further reference to these personalities , he would state at onco that he would support the measure _pvopostd by the Government . The honourable and learned gentleman then entered at considerable length into the reasons which induced hiin to come to that conclu . aion , contending that this ivas the first great step in the way of conciliation , aud he hoped it would have its weight with the leaders of the Irish people , and induce them to refrain from working on the feelings of their excitable countrymen , from motives of personal ambition . Lord Noethland said it pained him to oppose the Government of her Majesty , but he could not support thc present proposition . Mr . W . _BebESPOBD moved the adjournment of the debate until Monday , which was immediately agreed to .

      The Northern Stak. Saturday. Aprii. 12. 1845.

      THE NORTHERN STAK . SATURDAY . APRII . 12 . 1845 .

      Maynooth. A.Vother State Church. Fbom Th...

      MAYNOOTH . A . VOTHER STATE CHURCH . Fbom the moment of Sir Robebi Peel ' s accession to power , down to the present time , wc have reviewed his measures with almost appalling apprehension . We have been irresistibly led to entertain but one fear : —tiie tear that premature death or organised faction should arrest the career of " the man of the times "—thc only man who was capable of coxiPEixixc- a vermin Aristocracy to commit suicide ' While we have despised the subserviency of those through whose agency he has worked salutarv

      innovations , wc nave admired the courage with whicli he has used thepliant faction for self-destruction . His Tariff ; his Canada Corn Bill ; his Income and Property Tax * Ms Bank Charter Kill ; his Railway Bill ; his mitigation ofthe Damnable Act ; his sturdy defiance ofthe " High Protestant party , " both in England aud Ireland ; his appointment of political opponents to offices of trust , and even to the judgment seat his appointment ofthe Devon Grand Inquisition , so to convict the Irish landlords as to justify Ministerial Interference with " the rights of property , " wliere its possessors had failed in the performance of their

      duties ; his own way of carrying his own measures of Free Trade , witliout the co-operation of a faction , who bawled for " cheap bread" that cheap labour and increased dependancy might follow ; his dignified silence upon all questions connected with mere trafficking agitation in Ireland : in short , his throwing off " tho old man " and "putting on tho new " when the times called for the change , induced us to look , — -if not to thc man , —at least to his measures , as those calculated , when practically felt , to establish order out of that chaos wliich the disruption of faction at- ' thc disappointment of long-cherished interests is sooner or later sure to create .

      To his first step towards the establishment of a rival State Church in Ireland , however , we attach m : ich greater importance than to those measures requiring time for maturity . And while our preference for the voluntary principle of religion compels us to denounce the proposed grant to Maynooth as unjust , —though politic , —we can nevertheless appreciate thc courage of the former high-priest of Protestantism for the infusion of young and vigorous blood into the exhausted venis ef the consumptive State Establishment . What in those professing preference for the voluntary system would be treason , in Sir It . Peel may be placed to the account of liberalism ; and , therefore , while we denounce the measure , we are justified in lauding its proposer . But then , as our

      preferencehas ever been formcasnresover men , and much as wc may have desired to preserve the executioner of a lewd Aristocracy in power until he liad completed his good work of extirpation , our regard for him is lessened by the conviction that the grant to Maynooth , if can-led , will give another clerical arm to the State , to be wielded in conjunction with Protestantism for the suppression of civil liberty . Aud , in truth , if we are to give credence tothe declarations of the Belfast Vindicator , and other Catholic newspapers , or if we are io place reliance on the boastings of Mr . O'Cox-SEI _. I . himself , wc can come to no other conclusion than that the Catholic Establishment , if once endowed , would be stretched even beyond its crippbf _] neighbour , against the march of civil liber tv .

      The whole question presents a most striking anomaly . The proposal of Sir R , PEEh ia baaed upon expediency , to thc forfeiture of those principles for which , until recently , he had contended ; and for the change * we honour him . But what must we say of Mr . O'Coxxell , —the ¦¦ repudiatoi- of State patronage "—the " stickler for the voluntary principle "thc " expounder of those evils wliich must come upon Ids own Church , if inoculated with State corruption and Government protection" ? What must we say of thc Irish priesthood , who have attributed their power over their flocks to " the purity of their calling '' ? And , above all , what must we say to the

      Catholic people of Ireland , who boast of having " preserved their faith for centuries , pure and unsullied , through the ministration of their voluntary teachers" ? We heed not the rabid yelping of the Exeter Hall bloodhounds ; we value not the brawling vituperation of the saints and hypocrites ; we attach alight importance to the ravings of _M'Nj-ile and the Liverpool fanatics ; and as little to the bigotted outpourings of the Irish Protestant operatives : but we do attach importance to , and place reliance in , the several sects of Dissenters , as well as the advocates of the voluntary system ; and to them we look with confidence to arrest this proposed augmentation of State Church power .

      It is not so much tothe revenues ofthe _C-iurch as S the political use made of preferments , that we object . It matters little whether a bishop or archbishop shall hold by " right divine" a portion of that land which landlords hold by brute force ; it matters but little whether £ 1 , 000 a-ycar or £ 5 , 000 a-year shall follow the presentation of a booby nobleman to a Church-living—believing , as we do , that if the pastor lack the living the flock woidd reap no benefit for the amount under the present system would be distributed between the lords and the squires of the parish : but we do object to any portion of patronage Oeing placed at the power ofthe State , to enable

      a Government to hold office in opposition to the wiU of the people . Had twenty-six thousand , or twentysix hundred thousand , or the whole " surplus revenue , " been applied to general education in Ireland , without clerical interference of any sort , we should have thought the sum well bestowed : but wc object to thc proposed grant to Maynooth , because it is in reality a bribe to the Catholic priesthood . We object to it , because as long as the distinction existed of paying the priesthood of one Church , while the priesthood ofthe other lived upon voluntary contributions , we could rely on the co-operation of the latter to aid us in our struggle for the destruction of the former .

      What guarantee will the nation have for the "incorruptibility" of professors , whose hostility is neutralised , and whose State co-operation is purchased by an augmentation of salary ? What protection will the future students of Maynooth have against the blasting interference of the State funds ? Suppose that , having tasted the first fruits of Ministerial expediency , the professors and students should contrast the small amount of £ 26 , 000 with the large amount of £ 1 , 426 , 587 , paid in the shape of tithes and other Church fees to the rival Church ! Having once

      acknowledged the pkescipl-s of PERMANENT endowment , _whatfeasible opposition ean the Government offer toadem _andforequaldistributionbetw'eenthetworival Churches ? Indeed it has been well contended , that if a Church establishment is to exist in Ireland , r 7 te Church of tlic Majority should constitute that establishment ; and therefore , when fitting opportunity presents Itself , tie College of Maynooth _wall become the centre of that strife which Sir Robert Peel vainly hopta to allay by a mere expedient , for the purpose of preparing the way for a Royal visit to Ireland .

      It would be a disgusting task to recapitulate Mr . O'Cohnbll's _thouaand-and-one reasons against any State support whatever being given to the Roman Catholic Church : but it is still more disgusting to witness thc manner in which 7 ic lias received the proffered bribe ! Indeed , lest we should do the ad to-

      Maynooth. A.Vother State Church. Fbom Th...

      cate of the " voluntary" principle injustice , we give his speech : — Mr . O'Connell thought that now he might expect that the union would he repealed , and that Sir R . Peel would be the man to bring in the bill which would effect that object . When they culled to mind thc manner ift which Sir R . Peel had acted respecting Catholic Emancipation , their conviction of the approach of repeal would he strengthened . Ilurrali ! then , for Peel and Repeal ! ( Cheers . ) On the last day of meeting he did not hazard any opinion with respect to the proposed Maynooth grant , and he had intended to be cautious this day , but having just read the biU , he had no hesitation in pronouncing it

      to he most excellent , and the speech by which it was accompanied was as fair and manly as the plan itself was ndmirahle . The sum of £ 30 , 000 was to be at once granted for building additions to the college aud otherwise improving , and that without any restriction or limitation whatever . The sum of £ 6 , 000 was to he given to the president and professors , to enable them to remain in the coUege , instead of going away to country parishes ; and the students were likewise liberally provided for . It was done in a noble and generous manner , and he was grateful for it . He repeated that the bill was excellent in all its details , and quite satisfactory and unobjectionable . The increased grant was tobe given without restriction of any kind ; but would that make thom give up their agitation for repeal ? ( Cries of "No , " and loud cheers . ) He firmly believed that for that very grant he ought to say ,

      " Thank you , Agitation ; and Conciliation-hall , I am obliged to you ; and llepcal Association , Maynooth ought to pray for yon . " ( laughter and cheers . ) Sir R . Peel was well aware of thc favourable impression which the bill would produce on thc minds of the people of this country , and accordingly the evening after bringing it in he set the Americans at defiance . ( Hear , hear . ) If he persevered in his present line of conduct towards this country , Ireland would set them at defiance too . If justice were done to Ireland , America would not dare to attack England . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted Sir It . Peel to buy the Irish people from him . He had done some good by the Maynooth grant , let him give them an adequate representation , and an extension of the franchise in the House of Commons , and see how many more mouths he should stop by that . ( Laughter and cheers . )

      What now , we ask , will the American people , who have been liberal in maintaining the agitation to which Mr . O'Coxnell attributes the grant , say to the " LinKiuTOE ? " Peel bids defiance to America , hy a tender o f the paltry sum of £ 26 , 000 a-year to the Catholics of Ireland : and the " _Lim-nATOn , " for the mess , joins Pjjbl in his boast of defiance ! Not long since Hie important question of Repeal was said to hang on the public spirit of the free people of America I Upon this branch of the subject we can only say , that the first shot fired in a war with our American brethren would lead to an expression of English opinion which Mr . O'Connell and his " 500 , 000 fighting men . " would ho unable to subdue .

      The course pursued by Mr . Duncombe on the question of the Maynooth grant , although deprecated by the _voluntary-principle-suppoi"ting "Dispatch , " was the only honourable , j ust , and prudent course that , under the circumstances , an independent member could take . Unbiassed by fanatical opposition , and una wed by Whig co-operation , Duncombe assigned good and cogent reasons for voting against thc measure : reasons which we trust will influence the free

      constituencies , and especially _thejCatholic portions , throughout the empire to demand the co-operation of their representatives in the rejection of this Ministerial plot , concocted for the mere purpose of silencing the demands of Irishmen for their just rights , and of preparing the way for a Royal visit , to he followed by the conferring of titles , honours , distinctions , and perhaps emoluments , upon Catholics who are prepared to receive them , and to sell tlieir country ' s liberty for a ' mess of pottage . "

      No doubt the pliant mind of Ireland will acquiesce in this or any other similar proposition . No doubt the poor creatures would arm themselves to fight against their American sons and brothers with equal ardour as tliey tendered their services to put down the English Chartists ; but , thank God , we have an English mind now , which no sophistry can warp , no expediency can coax , and no Minister can crush . No importance can be attached to the amount of the grant : thc thing to object to is the recognition of tho lU'incinle . If we have attached greater importance to free representation upon any one question above another , it . has been to the justifiable anticipation

      that thc separation of Church from State must follow on the representation of thc public will . Their union has been the source of woe and of difficulty ; nor can wc possibly sec how woe aud difficulty cau he removed , or even diminished , by calling in the aid of another Church to assist the State for political _purposes _^ -tlie ob ject , tiie sole , the only object that the Prime Minister had in view in proposing the measure . As to Mr . O'Connell's acceptance , of the boon , it does not test his opinion , but merely proves his subserviency , He darevaot do other than accept it ; and his best and most politic course was to persuade the recipients that to his agitation , rather than to Ministerial bounty , tliey were indebted for the bribe .

      When a large military force preserved the peace of Ireland , he ascribed tranquillity to his pacificating powers : and at length he has sweated down fat Repeal to the lean skeleton of £ 26 , 000 a year , to be applied to the prostitution of the teachers of his country's religion J But yet there are great things in store . The Tory Porter haa become a member of "Conciliation HaU , " and tells us . that many of his class and order have been heretofore prevented from joining by the fact that no

      balancesheet was presented to the country . The Whig Lord _CLONcnnnr " wanted a new coat , " and has adopted the uniform of the ' 82 olub . So what has Ireland to fear ? From the present time to thc moment of the visit of the Head of the Protestant Church , a new Irish vocabulary will be adopted ; new pacific remedies will be proposed , * national rejoicings will follow ; slaves will bend the knee , and hypocrites will throw up their greasy caps , and shout "All hail to the granter oY £ 26 , 000 & year tothe Catholic priesthood of Ireland !"

      Ireland once had a visit from " the first gentleman in England , " and the biggest blackguard of Europe . The _"LiBERAion" prostrated himself before the monarch , and tendered the olive branch . Peace was to follow . Lord Fiscal was created a Knight of St . Patrick ; a few lickspittles were dignified with titles and distinctions , that they neither merited or understood ; and there the matter ended . And Peel will find that the visit of Vicronu will be but a nine days' wonder ; that her presence will inspire hopes whieh lie cannot realise by any amount of corruption at his disposal ; that a servile peace can only be purchased for the tenure of an old and fickle life : and

      tliat Ireland will one day arise in the majesty of a newly-created mind , and demand sometliing more than the corruption of her priesthood as the terms of her union with England .

      The Lord's Sojst And The Collier. In Ouv...

      THE LORD'S SOjST AND THE COLLIER . In ouv eighth page will be found a report ofthe trial of William Leigh against the Hon . Cousr Likdsay , son of Lord Baloareas , one of the most extensive coalowners in Lancashire ; and the reader will learn from the perusal of that report that the humble collier , through thc perseverance and boldness of Mr . _Robehts , has succeeded in making the tyrant Dogberry pmj £ 30 damages , together with all the costs of the action , for any amusement he derived from his temporary triumph over his victim and the law . Often aa we have urged the necessity of

      organisation and union among the Working Classes , we have been seldom able to exhibit prominent practical results from combination , except those furnished to us by Mr . Roberts . The denunciation of acts of oppression is at all times received with indignation , accompanied with loud applause * , but what avails the mere publication of the tyranny of the rich oppressor ? . It does not operate as an example to others who are banded _^ together as an inexorable class , and who can only be dealt with individually . One such flagellation as that received by the son of Lord Balcarbas from a jury of his own neighbours , is worth years of mere denunciation .

      In truth , in these days of class ascendancy , it iB something more than striking to find a professional gentleman , sprang from the ranks ofthe aristocracy , and of high literary attainments , standing out from his order aa the avenger of the poor man ' s wrongs . Itis no answer that Mr . Roberts L > well remunerated for his services in that direction , inasmuch as the success of those services would render liim , if purchaseable , of unspeakable value to the grinding

      cap italists . The cross-examination of Mr . Roberts presents a ; wholesome lesson to his class . He does not only not appear to be ashamed of the sources from whence he draws his revenue , but proudly declares the value of working-class union by stating that the prospect of indemnity from loss is to come from the source of combination . Dealing , as Mr . Roberts was with the question of Labour and Capital , and subject as the decision was to the judgment of a jury of Capitalists , we should , if we preferred expediency to principle , have

      doubted thc policy of his course , while we admired thc frankness of his declaration . The man must have a good case who thus expeunds it to a jury of masters : " I am solicitor in this action . My client is a humble man without a farthing to aid him in procuring legal satisfaction for wrongs done . Thc defendant Is the son of a Peer of the realm , and a magistrate ; thc son of a Peer who draws the principal portion of his wealth from his power over my client ' s labour . You arc thc jury , placed in a very similar situation to the noble lord . I have organised a union of my client's class , in order to procure that

      • justice which , as individuals , none would be able ever ! to look for . By your verdict this day you have it in ! your power to shew the inefficacy of union—the ; inutility of combination—and the control of capital , if it is for the defendant ; while , ou tho other hand , should your verdict be for my client , it at once establishes the value of combination !" Such is critically the proper view ofthe case ; and Mr . Roberts , knowing the justice of his client ' s claim , had no objection to place the result on that issue . He got a _veudict , by which the lord ' s son is compelled to pay the poor Collier £ 30 , together with all the costs of tlte action . That was tlic legal bearing of

      the verdict : but the moral was more valuable , because it proclaimed the value of combination . Counsel for thedefendant has _rescued some legal points , which must be argued befoi ; e jj $ hc -fifteen judges . _IVhat a glorious spectacle / A " humble Collier dragged from thc bowels ofthe earth before the highest legal tribunal in the country , With a lord ' s son , a justice , for his opponent . ' We mention this threatened after-clap , for the purpose of inspiring every Collier throughout tho kingdom with the proper sense of his duty . * the duty of sustaining their advocate in his battle of " right against might . " It is not Leigh ' s case , nor the case ofthe Miners of Lancashire—it is the case of the whole national body .

      Like a good general , Mr . Roberts has not rested satisfied with this experiment for justice . He has served notices of similar actions upon a large number of similar wrong-doers : and in each and every onc he must be supported and sustained . Were the Trades of England as well organised as the Colliers , thc legal knowledge , thc unpurchaseable integrity , and the indomitable energy of Mr . _RoBR-ais , would enable them , in a very suovi time ,

      to apply their millions , continually expended in _/ mitless warfare with capitalists , to the more profitable purpose of social improvement . His very name is a host ; a terror to their legions : and a few more examples such as the Honourable Mr . Colin Lindsay would teach the capitalists the value of the law ; would give the magistrates some littlo knowledge of justice ; and impart to the working classes a taste of the power of union .

      Co ^Eafcefg C Coiatspottimus

      Co _^ _eafcefg c _Coiatspottimus

      The Polish Ketoluiiok.—\Yc Some Weeks Ag...

      The Polish Ketoluiiok . _—\ Yc some weeks ago reccivca a copy of a pamphlet untitled "Report of the Fourteenth Anniversary ofthe Polish - Revolution , celebrated atthe Crown and Anchor , Strand , on the 29 th of November , 18 * 4 . " The receipt of the pamphlet would have heen acknowledged before this , but that unfortunately a letter _accompanying it , which will be . found below , was hy some accident mislaid . This week we have recovered the letter , a copy of which we here , with great pleasure , lay before our readers ;•¦¦¦»

      To the Editor of the Northern Star . Sir , —The editors of the subjoined pamphlet beg to caU your attention to its contents , which display views upon the Polish cause , iu its connection with the cau _« e of general liberty and progress , more true than those promulgated by certain aristocratical associations . The hostiUty manifested by Sir Robert Peel against continental progress , to check wliich he believed himself justified even in thc clandestine opening and reseating of letters _intrusted to the sacred guardianship of public faith , . seems-to render the present moment the most

      appropriate for bringing before the public a justification ot a cause , which in common with all contiuential causes of a similar nature he has thus outlawed . The names of two ofthe undersigned parties have been denounced to thepublic as those of suspected conspirators . "Mayit he allowed to them to state here that the only _canspivacy to which they belong in common with the whole sf their nation , is that publicly avowed by 296 _Toles in the 4 th resolution of the meeting of tho utli of June ( see page 9 of the subjoined report)—aud this conspiracy tliey will never abandon or deny .

      TTe have the honour to be , with much regard , Sir , your obedient servants , the editors , _TlIADDffiUS "WUEMPOWIOCKt , Louis Obobsci , John _Kbynski , _Cuazles Stolzxak , _STAtilBLAVS _lVOKCEDIi . The " Report" itself we will examine at a future period , in some one of our future - articles under the head of " Foreign Movements . " The cause of Poland has ever been a cause dear to us ; and ire promise the above named gentlemen that their righteous exertions to restore the nationality and freedom of their fatherland shall not lack our sympathetic co-operation . "Wo must however add one _vevaavk , Exiles from other nations , proscribed and expatriated from their native soil for

      their devotion to democratic principles , should , when they seek refuge in this country , know nothing of the differences or the sects which divide the party of the English movement . They appeal to the sympathies of all the friends of liberty : they should therefore be careful not to ally themselves with any one section to the exclusion of all other sections . This wag done at the meeting of which the pamphlet received is a "Report . " At that meeting one section of the English friends of progress were present—a section anything but the majority , or even representing the majority of tbe English democrats—all other sections were unrepresented . It is not to the advantage of the Polish cause that this should have been so . It is not the Poles , however , that we blame , hut their too assuming "friends "—the " exclusives . " "tVe now mention this , because if the Polish , cause can be benefitted hy the sympathy ofthe English friends of equal rights , they must he appealed to in the mass , not sectionally . We

      hope better things on future "anniversaries . " * W . _Hevwood _, _Stkeathak . —Not only has a prisoner committed for trial on a charge of murder a right to consult with his legal adviser in private , but all other prisoners committed for trial ou any charge , however trivial . H . Jackson , Nohthampton . — "We have not room . Mb . T . Tattersal-g ' s Condition' after his _Ueiisase raoM _Pbison . —Mr . H . Holland , the District Secretary for North Lancashire , writes us as follows : — " I am sorry to state that Mr . Tattersall is confined to his bed with a severe affliction , the result , no doubt , of his long confinement in Lancaster gaol . I believe his complaint is what is termed psoas abscess . He receives invitations from various places to attend and lecture , which he is wholly incapable of acceding to . Indeed , sir , he is not able to write in reply - and he has wished me to request you to insert in nest Saturday ' s Star a notice of his situation , so tliat it will-he a general answer to all places who have invited hhn . "

      E . CAVIXL . —The Guardians have the power tlicy claim . They can " stop the allowance , " aud offer the old lady the workhouse . If she refuses to enter the accursed place , she can compel no other mode of relief . The Wabbikgtow _"Wi-BKaoi-sE agai * < - . —Can any of our readers inform us whether it be true that a "free and independent" English " pauper , " named Peter Leather , hung himself in a room which a publican had allowed him to sleep In , sooner than he would return tO tllC Wagery Moss Bastiie , of which he had been an inmate ; and whether , if such be the fact , it is uot the third case of suicide tliat lias occurred connected with the New Poor Law and its administration in Warrington ? Was there not also a poor woman named Rebecca Ashton found dead in her house a few weeks since , without meat or drink of auy description in her miserable

      abode ? and had not she too been an Inmate of the workhouse ? If the Board of Guardians , through their clever clerk , will hut communicate accurate information on these matters to the public , they will render ' a public service ; but we suggest to them that they do not do as they did in a former case we mentionedderide it to be untrue , and then talk of instituting an inquiry , Let them , in these instances , inquire first , and decide afterwards . We should be glad to hear from our friend the "Clerk to the Union , " on the above points . The information he could communicate would be of use if it were only to settle some strange rumours connected with the Poor Law at Warrington _Giav

      John M'Anna , _Au .-Letlum embod y in a memorial to Sir James Graham the facts ofthe cases he mentions tons . Let him glve names , dates , and places _whove the law has been violated , and by whom . Then let him detail the efforts he has made to obtain justice on the law-breakers , and the bandyings-about he has experienced ; and let him , in conclusion , ask Sir James whathe _nnexttodo . But , i „ thus memorialising the Government through tho Home Secretary , let him bo careful to state nothing but what he _canjuriW-notblng but what he _huiafe- _tawe to sustain . Let bin , pursue this course , and then let us see what Sir James does in the matter .

      The Polish Ketoluiiok.—\Yc Some Weeks Ag...

      The Letter-Press _Pbintebs auo Mr . Livesey of Pbeston . —We have received a mass of matter respecting the conduct of thc gentleman named above towards the trade in which he has lately become a " master . " It seems , from the documents furnished us , that with endless professions of "friendship for thc working man" on his lips , Mr . Livesey has taken on himself to upset the regulations of the trade , aud to employ in his establishment double the number of apprentices allowed . As might naturally bo expected , the Unionmen he had have left Lira , and their places have been supplied by parties known to the " profession" as rats . This conduct , on the part of Mr . Livesey , has created considerable attention ; so much so , that even members of the League are calling on the Anti-Corn Law Committee to interfere , to prevent the public drawing the

      inference from the proceedings of one of their PAID advocates , that "free trade is wanted to reduce wages , " and that "the Anti-Corn Law agitation is a selfish one . " _Vv ' e shall be curious to hear what "the Committee" make of the case . Meanwhile we shall take occasion to say a word or two as to our own practice in relation to thc workmen employed on the Nortliern Star . While the paper was in Leeds , and while the printing-office was our own , not a man was in it but who was a member of the Union ; and wc never had a word of misunderstanding with thc men from thc first hour of its opening to the last hour of its closing . The wages paid in the Star office were , for years , higher than those paid at any other office in Leeds and now the universal acknowledgment in the

      trade is , that there never was a better office in . Yorkshire than the Star office was . At present thc paper is not printed in an office of our own . It is printed by a printer , who conducts bis own establishment ; and over whom , on these matters , we have no sort of control . In his office , however , there is not a man employe *? , that is not a member of the Typographical Union . We mention this—because , to our groat surprise , we learn that the _coNTBAar has been most industriously whispered by some kind friend of ours , who thereby hoped to poison the minds of the delegates to thc iate Trades' Conferences , aud , through them , ' thc minds of the members of Trades' Unions generally . Let tho above simple statement of facts put such friend to tho blush—and induce all who have listened to his

      suggestions to act as becomes men . IVIien Mr . Livesey , of Preston , acts towards those employed by him as the Northern Star people have acted towards their "hands , " the trade will not war with him , but look upon him as a real friend . MU . O'CONKOR ANB AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS . —It WOUld more than occupy Mr . O'Connor ' s whole time if he was to answer the suvcral questions contained lu long letters put to him by parties who have taken plots of ground . He has laid down rules for practice in . his work upon small fiirnis , which may be acted upon with perfect security . The work can "be had of Mr . Heywood , of Manchester , and through all news-agents . In reply to T . Gaunt , Carrington , Mr . O'Connor begs to observe , that all changes of food to cows or horses should be made gradually . Mr . O'Connor has not recommended run * potatoes for cattle , because they generally produce scouring ; nor has he recommended boiled potatoes as the only food , except for fatt » ning beasts and horses , where it is judicious to use them . He has

      used them for both , without one single . ease of loss or danger . In all cases persons having one or many milch cows should vary their food as much as possible , which is very easily effected by growing winter and spring tares , a succession of cabbage crops , rape , mangelwurzel , turnips , lucerne , Italian rye grass , and potatoes . Cabbages furnish perhaps the best , and may be used as the most constant food for milch cattle , taking care to give them while they arc fresh . Jobs "KEMr _, Iolkstone . — The "Manual of Field Gardening , " by Mr . Nowell , is published by Simpkin and Marshall , London ; and by Mr . T . Kemp * . Huddersfield . The price of thc little volume is Is . ( ftt . Sam Sly , Ashton , has b _» en too sly in copying verbatim theartielc "Libertyin Limbo , " from the " works of Tim Bobbin , Esq ., " and palming it on us as his own . The article shall appear in our "Tit Bit" column some day ; but the honour of the authorship shall bo given to the proper party : and that will not be Sam Sly , _sty as he mav deem himself .

      Monies Received By Mr. O'Cosnoll. Fob Th...

      MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'COSNOll . FOB THE EXECUTIVE . £ S . d . From Thomas Smith , Cirencester 0 2 6 RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . _sifjjscRimoNS . £ s . d . £ s . _d . Crown and Anchor ., 2 0 Ilaggate 1 21 Somers Town ,. ,. 3 0 fiarnoldswick .. .. 1 0 " Merthji * Tydvil .. 5 0 W'heatley-Ume .. 0 9 Edinburgh .. .. So Oswaldtwistle .. .. 1 0 J Haslingden , per Jas . Uilston 7 0 Leacli 7 6 _Wootten-undcr-Edge 5 0 Ditto 0 11 Leeds 10 0 Marsden 19 LEVY . Mr . J . AVarrencr , Ilighgate 0 0 C Mr . J . Lunn , Hampstead 0 1 _c Ashton-under-Lyne 100 Hammersmith , 2 nd instalment .. .. .. 020 Merthyr Tydvil , ditto 046 Oswaldtwistle ( 15 members ) , 1 st instalment .. 0 15 0 Cloek-houso , Westminster lie This morning ( Thursday ) I have received notice from Messrs . Moir and Ross declining to stand the election for the Executive , on the ground of other engagements precluding tliem from properly attending to its duties ; their names must , consequently , he erased from the list in all places where the elections are not concluded , J THOMAS MARTIN "WHEELER , Secretary .:

      Central Criminal Court

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT

      Tuesday. — Robbery. —William Todd, Aged ...

      Tuesday . — Robbery . —William Todd , aged 20 , shopman , and William King , aged 22 , weaver , both very respectably dressed young men , were convicted of entering the house of Mr . Wood , Y 8 , Broad-street , and stealing four pairs of trousers and other articles , value £ 5 . Todd was further charged with stealing a handsome silver salver , value £ 14 , from the chambers of Mr . Francis Paget Watson , of No . 8 , Thavies Inn , on thc 10 th of March last . The prisoners were found Guilty , and sentenced to be transported for ten years each .

      TRIAL OF HOCKER Fon MURDER . Fridav , Apkh . 11 . —This morning being appointed for the trial of Thomas Henry Hocker , for the murder of Mr . Delarue , at Hampstead , at an early hour every avenue leading to the court was crowded with people anxious to obtain admission . As none were admitted except through a Sheriff ' s order , the great muss were doomed to disappointment ; notwithstanding this , however , shortly after the doors of the court werc spened it was immediately crowded to oxcess . Several members of the aristocracy werc present , and seemed to take great interest in the proceedings . Immediately on the opening of the court , a number

      of prisoners were arraigned at the bar , amongst whicli were Joseph Connor for the murder of Mary Brothers , in St . Giles ' s , and T . H . Hocker . Both prisoners pleaded not guilty . Hocker evinced much * , self-possession , and spoke with a firm voice , though he appeared rather pale . Having pleaded not guilty to both indictments—that founded on the magistrate ' s committal as well as that on the coroner ' s imiuesthe also pleaded not guilty on an arraignment for tho robbery of Mr . Delarue . Mr . Bodkin and Montague Chambers appeared for the prosecution , Messrs Clarkson and _Bamantyne for the prisoner . Mi * . Justice _Ooleridgt _* . took Ms seat on the bench at ten o ' clock , and the trial oi the prisoner Hocker

      was at once proceeded with . His Lordship was accompanied by Mr . Commissioner Bullock . The Jury being sworn ( none of whom were challenged on behalf of the prisoner ) , Mr . Bodkin opouod the ease for tho Crown . He said it was liis fii _* 3 t duty in this case to say , that regarding the awful issue pending , they ( thc jury ) should disabuse their minds of all impressions that might have been made by loose reports and comments that had appeared respecting it . The prisoner was charged with a brutal murder , from no other motive , to all appearances , than to _' possess himself of the property ol another party . As an English _Jurj _' , ho hoped they would come to a careful decision , founded alone upon the evidence he should place

      before them . The name of the prisoner is Thomas Henry Hocker , and the deceased was aperson named James Delarue , who exercised the profession of music-master , and was ou intimate terms with the prisoner at the bar . The deceased left his home Oil the evening of Friday , February the 21 st . and was found murdered about eight o ' clock . For __ the proper understanding of the matter at issue , it would be necessaiT for him to describe the locality to the jury , so that thoy might properly understand the evidence to be placed before theni . riie learned gentleman then described minutely thc locality where the murder was committed . Having done so , ho proceeded to go through the facts which he intended to prove in evidence . A baker of the name © f Hilton was the first person he should call , who had heard the cries of "Murder !" on the evening in question , as he was serving a customer , in Haverstock-terrace , with bread . On

      hearing the cries , lie gave the alarm to the police ; and after a search , the body was found . It was taken to Hampstead , and a coroner ' s inquest held on it . The evidence of the surgeon was taken on that inquest and would be produced that day . It went to show that the deceased came to his death by violonoo . The violent death of the deceased being shown , he would go to prove that thc prisoner at the bar was seen in the neighbourhood under the most suspicious circumstances ; that he was seen hurrying away from thc place ofthe murder towards the Swiss Cottage ; and that he was at the same time much agitated . Hia being also seen subsequently at the Swiss _Cottage would be established . The next point to which fie wouldcallthe attention of the Jury was , that after the body was found , and when policeman Baldock was lett m charge of it , a person came m to the latter whistling and singing , and entered into a ong conversation with him . This poivon he uad no doubt he could show was the prisoner at the bar , and that he had come up from

      Tuesday. — Robbery. —William Todd, Aged ...

      the Swiss Cottage to wliere the body was found , in order to lull suspicion . Passing from these circum . stances , he should show that on the same night , after thc time the murder was committed , he presented himself at a house in Grosvenor-place , where a _youim woman , named Jane Philps resided ; that while tl _^ re his clothes were observed _ixthe in great disorder that on being asked the reason , ho excused _iiiniselfbv saying he had had a fall , and came there to get himself put in order , as lie was going to a party {] evening , but was hot in a fit state togo until he had been cleaned ; that several spots of blood were re . marked on the front of his shirt by the persons present ; and that on this occasion he produced a watch and a ring , which he stated had been _bounlif

      that day in tho City . These articles , he could show belonged to the deceased . The next place the prisoner was traced to was his father ' s house , near Portlandplace , where he arrived at two o ' clock in thc _morii ing . The watcli was again seen in the possession of thc prisoner on the Sunday morning subsequent to the murder , and was pawned by him for a sum of money . These facts would be proved by tho father the brother of the prisoner , and the pawnbroker . He " would likewise show that the prisoner was in dig . tressed circumstances , and that whenhe went out on the day of the murder he had no money on liim but immediately after he was seen in possession of the sum of £ 12 , which he alleged he had borrowed from a Mrs . Edwards . This statemen t

      he would show , was entirely false . No such loan had been effected . The Learned Counsel having minutely stated these facts , went on to describe tiie taking of the prisoner in his lodgiin-s the state in whicli his clothes were found , Mich-le in _^ stained very much with blood , and the fact thai a button was torn off his coat , exactly corrcspondm--with one found in thc field wliere the deceased was found murdered . After describing the taking of the prisoner- by tlio police , the Learned Gentleman said he had laid down sufficient grounds for his ch . sc , and would proceed to callthe evidence by wliich he meant to support it . Before doing this , there was one fact to wliich he must refer—that of a letter found hi the pocket of thc deceased . It was signed Caroline ,

      winch he liad no doubt he could prove was in the handwriting of the deceased . It was addressed to Mr . Cooper , a name by which the prisoner was in the habit of addressing thc deceased . The Learned Gentleman read the letter , the contents of which are already well known , and said lie had no comment to make on it , further than to sav _, no female of the name , as supposed by the letter ) hail any existence . The Learned Gentleman bavin' * briefly recapitulated the facts , which lie had described in detail in the course of his address , Jio called upon the Jury to form their decision on the evidence alone giving the accused the benefit of anv doubt thai might arise ; but , on the other hand , if satisfipd with

      the evidence adduced ui support of the case , to return a verdict accordingly ; Mr . . Montague Chambers then proceeded'to examine the witnesses for the prosecution •_ E , h vnr _(* Hilton said I am a baker , and was at No . 0 , _Ilavcrstock-terracc , on the evening of February the 2 lat _, delivering a sack of bran and some bread . About ten minutes past seven o ' clock I heard a crv of murder coming from the direction of Havcrstoc k-hill . I afterwards saw the place where the bodv was found . The cry came from that direction . Having delivered my bread and bran I went into the adjoining field , and finding the policeman Baldock , I sent Mm to where I heard the sound .

      John Baldock , 30 S S division , said I was on duly at Hampstead on the 21 st of February . I remember being told something by Mr . Hilton of a cry of nun- _, der . In consequence of this I went into thc field on Haverstock-hill , and down a narrow passage , towards tho George public-hoiiac , where I met Inspector Grav . We botli went up together , and searching over tiie field found the body of the deceased . The discovery was made about half an hour after Hilton had irivcn thc information . We removed the body to the Yorkshire Gray on a stretcher . An inquest was after . wards held in thc Yorkshire Gray . The deceased had a body-coat and great-eoat on , both ot which were open . One glove was on and another waslying on the ground _, saturated with blood . The body was warm , but

      quite dead . The injuries appeared to be on the head , and there were two pools of blood , one at his feet and another at his head . I afterwards searched thcbody , and found no money on it , but a private letter wliich was handed over to Inspector Gray . I was left in charge of the body while Inspector Gray was absent for a stretcher , when a person came up to me . He was whistling and singing . When he came up he said , " Holloa , Policeman . " I said , " this is a serious case . " He asked , " What is it '«" I replied , "a man who , I believe , has cut his throat . " He asked if he was quite dead . I rejoined 1 believe so . He then said I had a nasty job of it , and leaned down and felt the pulse of the deceased . Oa rising up he informed mc , that he had been in the

      habit of walking tliis way for a long time , and he never apprehended any danger from it , though he had been __ cautioned by his parents not to do so . He asked moif'I would have a little brandy , and 1 refused . He next observed , " I had a cold job , " and offered me a _shillin _*' - to get sometliing to drink after the body was removed . I refused to accept it at first , but afterwards , ' on being pressed , took it . Thc persons with the stretcher then came up , and the bodv was taken on it to the Yorkshire Grey ; the person of whom I have been speaking accompanied us part of the way . The man had on a Mackintosh coat . [ cannot say who the man waa , as he was muffled up . Cross-examined by Mr . Clarkson . —I knew the

      time by looking at the clock before going into the field . * , it was then about seven . When Heft the field on the removal of tho body , it was about eight o ' clock . The man , on coming up to me , went to the body and took hold of it . I had been examined several times on the subject before . I was examined before the Coroner prior to the magistrates' cxaminatien . I gave a different account before the magistrates , to that I gave before the Coroner . I did not mention about the shilling at the first examination , It is not against the rule to take money , providing we report it . I did not report the shilling , as I forgot to mention it at the time . I stopped a gentleman the first time before I went into the field . I do not know whether ho is here to-day or not .

      Re-examined by Mr . Bodkin . —That gentleman keeps a house at No . 4 , Haverstock-terrace . His name is Kelmer . I first saw him in Havcrstockten-ace . He was on the side where the houses are . I did not see where he came from . He said-Mr . Clarkson objected to the conversation being given in evidence . The objection was overruled by their Lordship .-- . Examination by Mr . Bodkin continued—It was about three minutes after I saw Hilton that I saw Mr . Kelmer , and had this conversation with him . He went iuto the field with me . The gentleman parted with mc near the George public-house , before 1 met the the sergeant . He then went down Pondstreet . By Mr . Justice Coleridge—Ireportedthat I had seen the gentleman .

      Thomas Fletcher , James Grey , William Salloway , Richard Rogers Perry , James Thomas , George Loveridge , Richard Graham , and Joseph Henry Nash , were then examined ; their evidence was mainly corroborative of that of Baldock . Sarah Jane Philps examined by Mr . M . Chambers . —The witness was overpowered by her feelings for some time , and unable to proceed ; but having recovered , she said—I knew the prisoner ten or eleven weeks before Friday , the 21 st February . He had told mc he was a cleric at the Stock Exchange , lie was in thc habit of visiting me at Mrs . Edwards's , No . ( J , Bath-place . On the 24 th of February 1 slept at 11 , Portland-place . I saw the prisoner there on the evening of the 21 st February ; he came at ten minutes past nine o ' clock . I had no reason to expect him , although I thought he might conic . He bad told me before that he passed his evenings on Fridays in Charles-street . He was dressed as usual , with a

      macintosh . Maria Edwards was there at the same time . I saw nothing about his dress that 1 noticed , except that I remarked there was a little blood on the front of his shirt . Nothing that 1 remember ivas said about any other part of his dress . He said he had come from Charles-street that evening . I asked hini if he had fallen down ; there was a little dirt on the side of his coat . Ho said he had . He gave me to understand that he had been tipsv , and I thought that was what caused him to fall . He said his governor had made his nose blend in play . He oallcd his employer iii the City his governor . Whilst he was with nie he showed me a watcli and a ring . I had never seen hiin with a watcli before . I cannot remember what pocket he took it out of . It had what Looked hkc a gold neck chain . ( The watch was here produced . ) Thc watch was a silver one , similar to the one now produced . The ring was like the one produced . The letter produced is like his handwriting I cannot say positively , but if I had received a letter in that handwriting I should have believed it to be his .

      Maria Edwards confirmed the evidence of tllC previous witness . James Henry Hocker , examined by Mr . M . Chambers . —I am brother to the prisoner . My father lives at 11 , Charles-street , aneland my brother slcp Ul _" 11 , victoria-terrace , Portland Town , about 100 vardj oft ' . My brother was at his father ' s house on Friday , vr J . - w < r nt oufc at a _T-wtei' to seven o ' clock . My fathers residence is twenty minutes ' Walk ftOW Haverstock-terrace . In the course of that afternoon _mf brother told me he was going to Bath-place to receive money from Mrs . Edwards ; he had expected for _^ or six weeks back so much as 10 or 12 sovereigns '• ft

      was to be lent lum by Mrs . Edwards . He returned to 11 , Victoria-terrace , to sleep , at about one o ' clock in the morning . I was in bed , and when he came in he showed me 12 soverei gns , saying he had got rather move than he expected . When he had taken his coat off , he showed me the right arm of his shirt , the wristband of whicli was torn off . He said he had been to Sarah Coxe ' s , in companv with her brother , and had got it torn off in romping . I knew that the prisoner corresponded with her , but I had never seen her . After that he came to bed . Nothing occurred during the night . On Saturday night I recollect being with Mr . Watson , mv father ' s landlord , m Charles-street . Mr . Watson alluded to the murder , and said it was a very awful thing . I

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 12, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12041845/page/4/