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M&rch 29, 1845. THE NORTHERN STAR. __^__...
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The "Infernalpaper-Money" Scheme, And It...
Bales Owen , the grand-children are worth thousands a year . Hind , feUow-countrjmien , we do not find fault frith j the men who made these fortunes ; so long as the ] system lasted they had a right to make the best of it , and had not they done so some other persons would , so that to yon the event would have "been the tame . But what we no blahe thebk UN roi is , THEIB 1 _SCIESAKT EFF 0 BT 6 TO "EFFECT A _TEUPOBiST BE- ' XCSM OF the Eia . ca . AELE _sisiEM ; we say a temporary ' ! return , for it is not in the nature of things , that a state j Of society which directly tends to lower the condition of the great "bulk of tbe population below that of brute i "beasts , can he other than transient . If Attwood ' s paper ' teheme succeed , _vouwiUfindastulden impulse given to pro- ' duetion , the face ofthe country _wJO , experience a hectic flush of _froiperiti _* , "but the flush will be like tbat of a consump-• five man , indicating not health , but the rapid progress of decay . The workmen of Birmingham would , doubtless , be more generally employed than they are now - , " Out , be . sides pud their wages _usould not keep pace with the rapid rise t f prices , A TAB . _GHEATEB EVIZ WOULD AWAIT THEM HEH £ -
_AITER . That evil _wouldbe the incubus of a new aristocracy , which would spring up , like funguses , out of Mwood ' s _IA 68 . — [ James Dronlerre O'Brien , in tlic Foor Man's Guardian , Nov . 101 ft , 1832 , before he became die advocate for the perpetuation and great " expansion" of that " execrable System , " _tchich laid "the foundation of tears and slavery far the nation enlarge . " ) Come , now , Mr . Scbooi 3 iasieb , we get along with oar proofs pretty well—don't we ? "We do not yet "fittd much evidence of your having " never advocated a metallic in preference to a paper currency since you were born . "" This is not uery _q-oparait , as yet I If it iad been your intention to uphold the paper system , and decry the metallic one , you have been singularly unfortunate . Sever poor author more so !
We have sought for evidence of the assertion , that "Mr . _O'Bkiek has always professed and advocated the Currency- doctrine of _Robeut Owes * . " and ire "have been unable to fnd it . Where does it exist ? Not in fhe Poor Man ' s Guardian ; not in the Twopenny Dispatch ; not in any of Mr . _O'Ehhsk _' s publications of the time when that Currency doctrine * was openly advocated by Mr- Owex and attempted In practice . "Nowhere have we been able to lay hands on any such " profession , * " or such " advocacy : " but we have found much to the contrary .
The proofs that we have _' _adduced bear date , as will te Observed , 1832 . We shall next give one of 1837 . So late as that year , our "friend" " INFINITELY PBEFERRED " a metallic to a paper currency . At all events , if he didnot , there is nomeaningin words . In reference to thc life-and-death struggle of the American Democracy against their "PAPERMOSEY _MOKSTER _, " and in favour of " metallic money , " the present advocate of a " Government _legal-tender-Paper Money" said : —
3 n proportion to the food produced in any country will be the power of that countiy to employ manufacturing and even non-productive labourers , and thereby to surround itself with those luxuries and artistical products widch distinguish the civilised from the savage man , and which , next to good moral aud intellectual training , _constitute the grand charm of existence . It is not gold and diver , sob _tiet bank xozes _, as the paper-money schemers _Wiuld ' _haceusDeUete , that bave given the prodi gious impulse we have witnessed , to improvements in America . It is the abundance of food produced by it 6 agricultural population , that enables so great a number to be employed io constructing canals , bridges , railroads , & c . The
surplus of agricultural produce is the real capital which sets the artisans and handicraftsmen to work , and covers the States with those embellishments and stupendous works « f art which astound the European traveller . All that tbe _BASK-SOTE 6 _CEEMEB 8 BO , is to Suck together and concentrate the means of subsistence for non-agricuUural labourers in particular districts , and then execute FOE THEIB own _-prjaroEEs iio » works alluded to , which the people ( if intelligent and united ) could do better and more profitably ior themselves , mth their FICTITIOUS PAPER CAPITAL they contrive to wbeedls the farmer out of its pra _duoe , which thej xe-dis . tribute again ( at large profits ) in their r _« p _* ctive localities-, and had it not heen foT General Jackson , they would have , ere this , got hold of all the land as well as of its produce . Thev had gone a great
way in buying up the demesnes of the republic with their JIAG MOSEY ; they were buying , or rather swindling it in lots of a million , and half a million of acres at a time ; but the veteran president interfered and told the scoundrels that they - should have no more land "WITHOUT PAYING HARD CASH 311 This circumstance , together -Ki _0 i the removal of the Government deposits from the United States Bank , has probably saved America ( for the present at least ); hut there will be no real security for the Americans , more than for us , till the MONEY _HOLSTER is effectually felled in the state governments , as weU as in the general government , and placed for ever under the feet of the productive and democratic interests . - ~ _-lJames _Hronterre O'Brien , in the _National Reformer , Jan . 7 ft , 1837 , before he tot * pay for " advocating" a _"ficti-Siout paper capital , " !
There ! -that Is pretty good from a man that has always opposed metallic money , and always pleaded for paper 1 The demand of President Jacssok , that the purchasers of the public lands should pay in HARD CASH , saved America 1 Aye , and so it did But this is a strange fact to be told by a man who was always against hard cash ! If HARD GASH PaY-MENTS " saved ? ' America from the evils and dangers brought on that people by the bank-note
schemers , pray how does it happen that W £ are to le " saved ! ' by the most "expansive" system of bank-note scheming that the world ever saw ? Pray how does this come about ? If bank-notes are good form—why not for the Americans ? Do they not perform the same function here as there ? The truth 38 , they do . The truth is , also , _thatPAp-sR-sioxEThad nearly upset the Republic op the West ; that General Jacksox " saved" the States from utter
ruin by his choking off the " MONEY-MONSTER ;" that America has recovered the shock that the iailure of the bank-note issuers inflicted on the productive interests of the country ' that the people have had more than enough of paper-money and -die paper-money schemers that they have returned President Polk , in the teeth of the efForts—the influence , the intimidations , and the purchasings of the RAG-MONEY dealers ; that he goes into office holding General
Jackson ' s views on the question of money ; and that ne is determined to carry them into full practice , Ms Message , just arrived in England , sufficiently bespeaks . The portion of it wo give in another place , under the head "Banks and Debts , "" ought to make every European blush to the ears at the contrast the new Republic affords to their systems of Government and -finance . Let the reader look well at that portion of the _PsEsm-esT ' s Message ; and then let him say what he thinks of the iffects of paying in hard cash !
And now our task is just ended—our proofs are complete . We have more than proved that the " schoolmaster '' formerly "taught" directly the opposite to what he is teaching now ! We have done tins "by adducing facts . We have not indulged in abuse . "We have not heaped together a mass of filthy vituperation . We have not cooked up old epitaphs . We have gone to "the book and the testimony , * " and " out of thine own mouth we have coxoehxed thee 1 " This article is intended to answer a donble purpose . It is intended not only as an expose of the " teacher" - who figures so unenviably in it , but also ae an answer to the party who arc endeavouring to enlist the support ofthe working-people in aid of an infernal paper scheme . _-Tbesffects of an Expansive Currency , sueh as is now desired , are herein fully detailed : and those who are ambitioms to
experience those devastating and ruinous effects , had " better seek to " establish" the cause . For ourselves , we are inclined to say " we have had enough of tliat dose ; " and , with our "former friend , " we _"INFINITELY PHEFER-Cobbett ' sscheme / ' because "it is beyond att comparison ihe best for the working classes . "
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R"eai . PnorEBTT . —A return las been obtained by Coder of Parliament , on the motion of Mr . "Villiers _, _shewing the total annual value of real property in _eavh county of England and Wales assessed to the ? _" _* l 1 erj , y and income-tax for the year ending April , 1843 , distinguishing that on land , houses , tithes , Manors _, fines , quarries , mines , ironworks , fisheries , _tanals , railways , Ac . It hence appears that in England i _?» d Wales alone the grand total annual value of real asi "eased property amounts to the enormous 8 Um of _£ 8 _? , S ( J 2 , 73 . 5 , thus subdivided—viz ., lands ,
£ 40 , 167 , 088 < or nearly half ); houses , £ 35 , 556 , 399 ; tithes , £ l _, 960 _,-330 ; manors , £ 152 , 216 ; fines , £ 319 , 140 ; qnarries _, £ 207 , 009 ; mines , £ 1 , 903 , 794 "; ironworks , £ 412 , 022 ; _-fisheries , £ 11 , 104 - carafe , £ 1 , 229 , 202 - and railways , £ 2 , 417 a } SQ ; other property , not comprised in the foregoing , £ 1 , _^ 66 _^ 15 . A sinular return as to Scotland gives a grand total of £ 9 , 481 , 762 , —viz ., lands _^ _SSMft ; houses , £ 2 , 919 , 338 ; fines , £ 901 ; quarries , £ 33 , 474 ; mines' , £ 117 , 592 ; ironworks , £ 147 , 412 ; fisheries , £ 47 , 809 ; canals , £ 77 , 892 ; and railwavs , £ 181 , 333 . The other propertynot included in -flie _' foregoing details amounts to £ S 09 } 4 § _0 ,
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£ 4 was from the frame work-knitters of Harwich ; and that he begs to return thanks on behalf of tbe Framework-knitters generally . Benjamin Socthwokth , _Buesle-x . _—ThanVs for his "kind note . The line of conduct towards the apostate advocate of the " execrable system of paper-money" which he shadows forth , wo had fully determined to pursue . So provocation shall induce ns to lose sight of the real question , and indulge either in giving or replying to mere personal ahuse . The question itself is all-impor tant . If our side of it cannot he maintained by argument and fact , we will give up the controversy . Those who have neither will seek to corer their weakness hy a dust on personal matters . But even this course will
fail . _Geoige Booth , Htbe . —The " reports" in question were long printed documents . Oar space is valuable . We saw that the reports could easily he sent to each colliery , and thus let each man know that his money was duly applied to thepurpose for which he had subscribed _itH-while we could fill the Star with matter more interesting to the Trades generally . Wh . _TnoHFsos _^ Gateshead , writes as follows : —I have a a brother , whose name is Daniel Thompson , that neither me nor any ofthe family have heard of thi 3 year and a half . We believe _beig somewhereln the southern partjof the county of Durham ; and 1 know he teas a reader ofthe Star , and I think he will be a reader yet . If you will , be so good as to let him know in your notices to correspondents , that if he wants to know anything of his friends , lie must correspond with me at Primrose _, terrace , Gateshead tow Fell .
Paeties sending poet-office orders , or cash , to this office , ought to " be careful to write something in their letters , so that we can tell who sends them , and what they intend us to do with the money . We have four or five agents who never write a word more than the address of this office on the outside of the ordera . "We are partial to short letters , when on matters of business ; hut these are rather too short . If those who send will only sign their names , it is aU we ask ; and , if they will not do that , they must expect that the cash will sometimes be credited to the wrong agents . To correct such errors afterwards takes much time in writing
for ali particulars , besides the risk of the person sending the money losing it altogether . From a recent alteration in the post-office order department , it is impossible to ascertain the name of the person sending , without writing to the post-office where the order was first obtained , or to the general o & ce . Several of our agents are still determined not to send their orders payable at 180 , Strand . We have this week received orders payable at the General Post-office from Halton , Preston- Arthur , Carlisle ; and Clark , Birmingham . If they would but ask to have their orders made payable at 180 , Strand , they would oblige .
MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . JO ** . THE KXBCBT 1 VE . £ B . A , From Oldham , by collection in HaU 3 13 6 By a friend on the platform 0 0 6 From Rochdale 2 0 0 Levy , from _Pflkington .. .. 0 10 0 Bolton .. .. -. 0 13 0 From the _Asiociation , Bolton .. , 0 10 0 Abram Faulkner 0 10 UBS . ELLIS . FromPilkington „ .. ,, 030 THOMAS COOPEB . From two subscribers to the _£ far in London ,, 020 From Abram Faulkner 0 16 RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . _Sl'fiSCBlPTIOHS . s . d . s . d . City of London .. .. 2 10 Northampton , new _Sanron-hili .. .. 2 0 locale 3 7
1 BVT . Camberwell „ .. 4 0 Newport , Isle of "WadBworth-row .. 6 0 Wight 6 0 DONATIONS . Mr . Dale , Morton .. 2 9 Idle , per Mr . _Sugden 5 0 Mr . Leghbond , ditto 2 o CASUS . Todmorden 13 THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary ,
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_CiBB OJ _AlXECED _MUBDEH , AND SuiCIDE OF ihe Supposed Murderer . — ( From the Derby Mercury . )—In our last paper we briefly stated that Joseph _Hawlaley _, fanner , of "Whittington , a village two miles north of Chesterfield , was apprehended at Sheffield by C . _Cotterill , one of the constables of Chesterfield , and John Naylor , coaatahleof Whittington , on suspicion of having murdered Mrs . Greon , at the latter place , on Thursday , the 13 th inst . Mrs . Green was discovered dying by the neighbours . On the arrival of the prisoner in Chesterfield , he was brought up before E . G . Maynard , Esq . The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday last . On Wednesday morning , at ten o ' clock , the prisoner was brought up accordingly at the Borough Court , before E . G . Maynard and John Meynell , Esqrs . The
examination -was private . Mr . G . _Cressy Hall , of Alfreton , conducted the case against the prisoner , who was undefended . A number of witnesses were examined , whose testimony made out a case of grave suspicion against the prisoner . After a hearing ( whicli lasted four hours ) the prisoner was remanded till Monday last , to afford time for further inquiries . We now Supply full particulars , so far as they have transpired in evidence . —The deceased , a Mrs . Elizabeth Green , was a widow , aged 48 , who resided in a farm-house , situated about the centre of the straggling village of Whittington , and close to the _seDaration of the old roads leading from Chesterfield to Eckington and Sheffield respectively . About twelve months age the son-in-law of the deceased , Joseph HawWey , came to live in a part ofthe house which
was partitioned off . Hawksley having neglected to pay his rent , quarrels arose between him and the deceased . The former was heard to threaten her , and she was subsequently found with , her throat cut , and died of the wound , wliich had been inflicted by a razor . —From an examination of the premises it appears that the deceased had been cleaning the hearth , as a pancheon full of dirty water was standing on the right side of the fire-place . The front of the hearth was clean , and one of the stones of the floor was wet , _arubbingstonelyinguponit . Between these and a carpet there were several large drops of blood , and a razor lying close beside them . The false curls worn by the deceased lay at some little distance , and a piece of ribbon , spotted with blood , and _siBiilar to thatnnnn _hci * can . was also found on t ' je floor .
, Blood was traced to the back door , on wliich there were a number of spots of blood , and also marks of five bloody fingers . The key and the bolts were also marked in a like manner . The drops of blood were traced down the causeway across the grass-plot to the gate , on which , there is a mark as though a bloody hand had been laid upon it . Mr . Boddington , surgeon , arrived at the spot about a quarter-past ten o'clock on tho morning in question but Mrs . Green had ceased to exist some time before _hisjarrival . At the close of a long hearing before the magistrates , thc prisoner was committed to take his trial for murder . The examination terminated at four o ' clock , shortly after which the prisoner was
taken hack to the prison- _Atsixo-clock _hewasiseen alive , and as usual , by the wife of the keeper , but at a quarter to seven , on Mr . Hollingworth ( the keeper ) entering the cell , he found him hanging by his neckcloth _, to one of the hinges of the door . He was immediately cut down , but life proved to be extinct . An inquest is to beheld on his body to-day ( Wednesday ) . At the close of the examination the prisoner had declined to make any defence , but r equested the magistrates to come down to the prison on the follow ing evening , when , said he , " I will tell you all about it , and prove that I am innocent . " It is now -. _Tldent that this request was a mere feint to divert attention from his purpose .
Serious Fire sear Maxchester-so . uare . —On Wednesday afternoon , shortly before four o ' clock , a fire , attended with very serious consequences , broke out at No . 20 , Henrietta-street , Manchester-square , occupied by seven or eight families . The flames originated in the first floor front , tenanted by Mr . Charles Cross . It appears that the discovery was made by a female who was in an adjoining room through hearing a loud cracking noise , evidently proceeding from burning wood . An alarm having been raised , some parties rushed up stairs and buret open the room door , the most imprudent course that could have been adopted . The fire engines soon arrived . Whilst the firemen were working with the hose of the engine up the staircase , a cry was raised that an elderly female , named Phillips , was in
the second floor front . After considerable trouble Mr . Fogo forced his way up stairs , and upon entering the apartment in question he found the place filled with smoke , and upon the bed an aged female , who was lying quite insensible . He immediately took her up in his arms , and with assistance carried her down stairs , and havingplacedher in a cab , had her conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where she was attended to by several surgeons , and it is hoped that she may eventually recover . The building , from the first floor upwards , with the contents , was consumed . Disgusti-sg Story . — The _Coiutttuttonnel relates the following horrible instance of delusion : — " A young girl of the department of the Charentc-Infericure , being subject to epileptic fits , was some time back taken bv some ofher friends to a quack doctor ,
who , after having examined her condition , ordered her to take for forty-eight days , morning and evening , a dose of a Christian ' s head . The same evening the brother-in-law of the girl repaired to the grave digger of the place , and by means of a sum of money gained him over to his side . They proceeded to the churchyard with a lantern and pickaxe , and opened the grave of a young woman who had been buried five days before . They cut off the head , which , with its long hair , they placed in a basket . The brotherin-law took it with him home , where a freBh . operation was proceeded to . The oven waa heated , and near the bread was introduced a dish , oh which was placed the head . It was left there until it becanie carbonized . It was then reduced to powder , and for forty-eight days the epileptic patient was forced to wallow graduated doses of this horrible matter , "
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Jealousy and SuiciDK . —0 n Wednesday morning James , aftiM Jem Crow , aged 28 years , terminated his existence by hanging himself . It appears that the deceased , who had kept a cheesemonger ' s shop in Walwprth-street , Camberwell , had latterly become very jealous of his wife , and , in consequence , ve _* ry unhappy in his mind . He had spoken of letting his shop , and intended to have proceeded to town on Tuesday for the purpose of advertising it in one or more papers . He came down stairs at seven o ' clock , and was seen in his shop about twenty minutes after ; but at eight o ' clock he was discovered in the watercloset suspended by a cord , when he was instantly cut down and medical aid called in , but it was too late , the vital spark had fled . Besides his wife , he
has left an infant not many months old . Fatal Coal _Pir Explosion , —An _inqueat W _08 held on Friday , 22 nd March , on the body of James Elwood , at Castle Eden Colliery Inn , who it appears lost his life in the pit by an explosion . The following evidence was given : —Mr . Henry _Barrass , the under-viewer , deposed : I was down the Hutton Seam-pit , at Castle Eden Colliery , on Monday , 10 th March , and while in the discharge of my duty , I was examining a distant portion of thc pit to that in which the explosion took place . I was apprised of the explosion by a sudden gust of wind , coming in the direction I was in . I instantly made my way into the part where the explosion occurred , " and met the four poor creature * ) , who were almost scorched to death by the fire . I
wished to learn from them where it had occurred , but could not , for they wanted to be at bank . After getting thom tO bank , I went to the place where they had been at work , and saw the effects of an explosion , but could not ascertain the cause , unless it had proceeded from a fissure in the roof which existed in that part ofthe mine , —At this stage of the proceedlugs , the coroner observed that any person of the jury who had any questions to ask the witness , was at liberty to do so ; whereupon Mr . Pratt , one of the jury , cross-examined him . —Mr . Pratt : " Was there no falls in the main-air course , to prevent the air getting into that part of the mine where the explosion occurred ?"— "Witness : " There was a great fall in the _main-aii * passage , but there was plenty of air going into
that part to keep it safe . "—Mr . Piatt : '' Can you tell the space there was left for the air to pass into , where those men were working ?"—Witness : " That is impossible , but there was plenty of air going to keep them safe . "—Ml ' . Pratt : '' You state there was plenty ot air going over ihe fall in the crevice ; how comes it , then , that they have got burned , and this man lost his life for want of air ?"—Witness : " I cannot tell , it appears strange to me . " —The Coroner said they had better adjourn to the houses of the two unfortunate men , who were at the place of the explosion , who , although severely burnt , were yet capable ot giving evidence . The coroner and jury then went to the houses of the two men , who stated that at the place where the explosion did occur there was a sufficiency of air to keep them safe under ordinary _circiunstancee . After receiving the evidence of these
two men , the court removed to the inn again , when a brother ofthe deceased made his appearance before the court in a very agitated state . He said that his brother had been murdered , and that he ( the deceased ) had told the doctor so , and that it was the fall in the air course , wliich had been there nine days , that prevented the air getting into them , so that the gas had generated , and come in contact with a candle , and ignited . The coroner desired him to bring evidence to support this . John Daily said there was a fall in the air-passage about eighteen feet in height , and ten yards in length , when 1 went with others to remove it . I went to see if I could get over it , but I could not , there could nothing pass over it . It was quite close there was air passing through the fall . The jury , after deliberating , returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "
_Dbtkrmined Suicide . —On Wednesday morning considerable excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Islington by the discovery , at an early hour , that a finely-proportioned , and apparently middleaged man , most respectably _^ attired , w _» b weltering in his blood in Bridle-lane , a comparatively secluded spotou the north side ofthe _Britannia-nolds , close by the Shepherdess public-house , and near aBmall brook which flows by that locality into the adjacent Regent Canal basin . The party had evidently met with his death trom a wound produced by firearms , by which the interior of the head was fri g htfully shattered . The man employed to extinguish the lamps in that neighbourhood was the person who made thediscovery . The body was then warm , butlifc
was quite extinct . From a variety of inquiries made by the reporter upon the spot during Wednesday it appears that the case was oue of determined suicide , although for several hours it waa apprehended that the death of deceased had been caused by violence from the hands of another party . Upon searching the body , however , several documents were found , and their genuineness having been tested in the course of the day , the following facts may be relied upon : —From a bill-head , it appeared that the name of deceased is Mftyer De Gauge , and that he resided at 80 , Church-lane , Whitechapcl . Formerly he had been in the employ ( it is supposed as a commission traveller ) of the firm of Messrs . Joseph and Percy Prockter , tobacco manufacturers , 197 ,
Bishopgate-Street-Without . A note from the firm was ateo in the pocket of deceased , calling upon him , without delay , to handover a balan . e of about £ 12 due to them . There was also a letter written in the German language , of which the following is a literal translation : — " Unhappy wife , —Rece _^ this my last letter as a thank for you , my partner in my misfortune . Farewell to the world . I could no longer remain here without making you and my dear sweet children tstillmore unhappy . I am now resolved to make an end to my miserable life ; but for the sake of our children do not follow my example ; and be aware that there is a God Almighty . One more farewell in this sad world . Yonder we each other shall see again , no doubt . There is a God , and here once
more be confident in Him who has created us , * and bring our children up as Jews , that is , as Israelites - for our belief , and especially the Jewish belief , is the true one . There is a God , and that is the God of the Jews . Dear wife , as a mother , do impress truth onthe minds of my dear children , that they may persevere in the Jewish belief . Tou may tell them that their father died before his time ; he was a Jew , and wanted to see them live and die as Jews . Farewell for _evef . Meter -db Canoe . " Attached to this letter waa the following postscript : —" Let the Hyman besaid / or me , as I have died a Jew . M . de G . " The body was conveyed to the bonehouse of Islington church , where it awaits the inquisition of & coroner ' s jury .
Frightful Occurresce at Stepnev Fair . — Shortly before the close of this fair on Monday night a very appalling | accidentd happened to a man of colour named Morris , whilst engaged in turning one of the ponderous circular swings , and -which , we regret to add , terminated in his instant death . The unfortunate man was on a _lund of a platform at work at a large fly-wheel , which moved the machine , fuU thirty feet from the ground , when the handle suddenly moved round , overbalancing him , and before he could recover himself , he was precipitated over the platform on to the ground , falling on his head with much violence . He was instantly picked up , and removed to the surgery of Mr . Faulkner , when it was found that he was quite dead , the heavy fall having apparently broken his neck . On Tuesday morning , about twelve o ' clock , another shocking accident occurred to the same swing , and which , it is strongly feared , will end with fatal consequences
also . A labouring man ofthe name of Charles Bell , who was engaged to turn the machine in the place of the poor fellow who was killed on the previous night , had been at the work but a very short time , when , from the sudden moving of one of the cars , the handle flewround and struck him with terrific force on the upper part of the head , the blood from which flowed copiously down the wooden uprights of the machine , causing , as may be easily imagined , the deepest sensation throughout the fair . Several persons promptly ran up to his assistance , and , having brought him down , he was forthwith conveyed to the London Hospital , where he now lies in a very bad way , the injury being of much extent . The machine belongs to a man known by the name of Adams , who , despite these shocking affairs , desired to continue working it . It was , however , very p roperiy put a stop to until it had undergone an examination by some engineer .
Melaxcholt Case of Accidental Death prom Prussic acid . —On Thursday forenoon an inquest , which was commenced on Monday last at the Weymouth Arms , Weymouth-street , New Kent-road , was resumed at the Flying Horse , before Mr . Carter and a respectable jury , on view ofthe body of Hannah Levy , aged 22 , the daughter of hig hly-respectabk Jewish parents , who was accidentally poisoned by prussic acid under the following melancholy circumstances . It appears from the evidence of Samuel Levy , the uncle of the deceased , which was corroborated bv other witnesses , that she was living with her fattier , a tailor , at No . 38 , Weymouth-street , anil that she assisted him in his business . On Friday last , between twelve and one o ' clock , thc female servant brought into the room , where he and the deceased were , two bottles , which she stated had been given to her by a lad who had come from Mr . Birch , a medical gentleman . On one of these ,
which contained a fluid of a white colour , lt was labelled thata fourth part was to be taken twice Orday . The deceased took the quantity prescribed , upon which she immediately rose and went towards the fireplace * , shereturned , whenher _nead immediately dropped and her limbs became contracted . Shewas placed upon a bed , and in a few minutes after froth issued from her mouth . Mr . Watts and Mr . Hicks , surgeons of the neighbourhood , were sent for , who prescribed for the deceased , but she died in twenty minutes after taking the medicine . Mr . George H . Watson , surgeon , No . 14 , Brighton-place , New Kent-, road , said that lie found deceased lying on a hed _* dressed . Mr . Hicks came in almost immediately after . She appeared in a fit ; but upon being shown a phial , whieh he thought contained priissic acid , he treated her accordingl y . She breathed lahorioiisly ; her face was swollen and congested ; the pupils ofher eyes were dilated and of a glossy appearance , and the
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heart ' s action was rapidly sinking . He administered brandy and ammonia , as much as be could give , as the power of deglutition was very feeble . She died in ten minutes after his attendance . On opening the chest there was a strong smell of prussic acid , which was observed by Mr . Hicks and Mr . Wantle , who assisted him professionally ; and from the conclusion of the examination he was convinced that tho deceased had died . from the effects of prussic acid . There appearing no doubt that the labels on the bottles had been misplaced , the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .
Suicide of a Soldier at Swaksea ( Wales ) . —On Tuesday an inquiry took place at the Wheat Sheaf public-house , before Charles Collins , Esq ., coroner , concerning the death of William Clifton , a private in the 75 th Regiment of foot , stationed in that town , who , it appeared from the evidence , on the night previous shot himself in his bed-room in the barrack . He had shot himself in bed by placing the muzzle ef his musket in his mouth , and ( as is supposed ) pressing the trigger with his toe . His head was completely shattered , and he died in a few minutes after the commission of the dreadful act . Tho deceased was a native of Leicester , of veiy passionate temperament , and subject to fits . No reason could be assigned by his comrades for the rash act . The jury returned a verdict , that deceased destroyed liimself while in a state of insanity .
Fatal Colliery Accident sear Posttpool . —On Tuesday morning last , as six men and three lads were being let down a pit ( known as _Abkthan Jones ' s pit ) ninety yards deep , at the New British Iron Company ' s works , at Abersyehan , near Pontypool , for the purpose of going to their work , when about halfway down , the chain ( a patent flat Olie ) Blippedofi the pulley wheel , and , by _t | ie surge , broke near the top , and the poor fellows were dashed to the bottom , a portion ofthe chain , aboutthree tons weight , falling upon them . As soon as the consternation produced by the dreadful event had in some _deffree subsided ,
workmen in the nit went to the assistance of the sufferers , when they found two of the men , Wm . Watkins and John Jacob , dead , and the rest dreadfully mangled ; some with legs and thighs broken , ribs and arms smashed ; in fact , not onc has escaped the awful calamity without injuries of a most serious character . On Wednesday last , Thomas Hughes , Esq ., coroner , held inquests onthe bodies of three of the deceased ( one having died since the accident)—namely , John Watkins , aged 16 ; George Hurley , aged 21 ; and John Jacob , aged 21 -and , after a lengthened inquiry , the jury came to a vordict of Accidental Death .
The Spafields Burial-Ground . —At the Middlesex Sessions , on Wednesday , an indictment was preferred by Mr . Wakeling , on behalf ofthe parochial authorities of Clerkenwell , against the parties engaged in the perpetration of the outrages of public decency at the Spafields' burial-ground , which are at present exciting so much attention . The grand jury returned a true bill against Robert vinall , Wm . Langford , Francis Green , William Chas . Bird , William Green ; Tom Smith , and Stephen Bishop , labourers , for opening the graves , removing the dead bodies , destroying the cofims , and interring in the burial-ground a greater number of deceased persons than the place could decently contain , in violation of public decency , and against the public health . On Thursday Mr . Wilde applied to the Court that process might issue against the parties , and the Judge granted the application . The trial , it is understood , will not take place this session .
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BOW-STREET . Wedsesdai . — Attempting to Commit Suicide , — An elderly man named John Knight , who seemed in a weakly state of health , wasplaeed at the bar before Mr . Twyford , charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river . Capt . Reynolds , ofthe steam-boat Laurel , stated that on Friday last he picked up the defendant between the Surrey-stairs and Strand-lane , in a state of insensibility , and , having called a policeman , he was conveyed to the Spotted Dog public-house , in the Strand . There were several persons who witnessed the occurrence , by whom he was informed that he had jumped overboard from one of the barges moored alongside . The defendant said he was very sorry , and expressed a wish , as he felt very ill , to be sent back to the hospital . Mr . Twyford directed him to be conveyed to the Strand union workhouse , where he could remain until he was perfectly _rDCOvercd .
Friday . —Cruelty to a Child—John Berry , a servant out of place , was placed at the bar , charged with violently beating and ill-treating his son , Wm . John , aged nine years . By the direction ofthe magistrate , the child was ordered to take off his shirt , and the entire of his person presented such a frightful appearance that Mr . Jardine declared he never witnessed a case of more atrocity . —Inspector Black said thata chain which had been placed upon the child ' s leg ; was with difficulty removed , that part of the leg being much swollen . —The boy having been placed in the witness box , said he had three brothers younger than himself . He farther said he had been beaten by his father with a stick , and had been chained up by him in the manner he was found by Mr . Jones and the constable . — -Mr . Jardine ordered theprisoner to put in bail , himself in £ 40 and two sureties in £ 20 each , to answer the charge at the sessions , and atthe same tune directed that the boy should be protected by the parish authorities .
WORSHIP-STREET . Thursday . _—Atiempt to Murder . — _--Hayward , the warrant officer , made a communication to Mr . Bingham , relative to a poor woman , named Ann Brick , who is now lying in a dangerous state in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , from a frightful wound in her head , inflicted with a chopper , by her husband , a journeyman bricklayer , now under remand at this court on the charge of attempting to murder her . —Theprisoner was placed at the bar on Tuesday evening , just before the rising of the court . —Serjeant Ellis stated thathe had ascertained from the neighbours that the prisoner had been constantly drunk for several days , and that on thc morning in question he had ordered his wife to take off her wedding ring , that he might pledge it to procure more liquor . On her refusing to
do as desired , the prisoner loaded her with abuse , and endeavoured to break open a box in which she kept her clothes , when a struggle ensued between them , m the course of which tbe prisoner felled her to the ground with the chopper , and afterwards dragged her down stairs , and flung her into the street , where she was found by the policeman . Mr . Bingham ordered the prisoner to be remanded . The officer , Hayward , now reported to the magistrate that he had seen Mr . Moore , the house-surgeon at the hospital , who had requested him to state that although the woman continued in a highly dangerous condition , he did not consider the case so extremely urgent as to require the attendance ofthe magistrate for the above purpose ; but if any unfavourable change took place , timely notice to that effect should be forwarded to the court .
Wednesday . _—Rutfunlv Assault . —David Herbert and William Carter , two ill-looking young fellows , were placed at the bar , before Mi * . Broughton , the sitting magistrate , upon a charge of assaulting Mr . Samuel Phillips , a young man who is a clerk in the Bank of England . The complainant appeared before the magistrate with his head bandaged and his face much contused and swollen . The evidence was to the effect , that after leaving the Bank on Tuesday afternoon , he was crossing the ShepherdeBs field , on his way home , when he saw the prisoners and another pulling about in a very indecent manner some young femaleB , who threatened to give tliem in _ehavge to the police . The complaint spoke to the
ruffians , who then desisted from their molestation of the females , but began pelting him with stones , one of which struck him on the back . He returned , and laid hold of one of the prisoners , and a violent struggle took place , but he was surrounded by the whole party , land in the course of the struggle received the injuries now apparent upon his person . One ofthe witnesses , who went to his assistance , was also knocked down and kicked . Mr . Broughton , after commenting severely upon the ruffianism exhibited by the prisoners and their companions , sentenced Carter to 20 s , fine , or six weeks' imprisonment , and Herbert to 10 s ., or 14 days , and being unable to pay the fines they were conveyed to prison to undergo the discipline of the tread-mill .
SOUTHWARK . Monday . _—Robbeby . —William Engliss , a welldressed man , was brought before Mr . Trail charged with being concerned with others , not in custody , in _comiDutting several robberies in the district of this court . Ike whole of the property , alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner , on this side ofthe water , was produced and identified by tho different owners and evidence having been also adduced that the pri _sonerhad _, for some length of time , connected himself with a very daring gang of thieves , he was committed . _Tiiesday .-Tiie _8-ffH-t Mod .-John Clarke , a _tashwmaWy dressed young man , but who was described as belonging to the swell mob , was brought before Mr . Trail , charged with a robbery , attended _wi'h _USSM _^ i _^ Mr ' . _™*™ _CrwBfanL an officerinthena _% Th
. ecomplainant statedthatonthe F _* _TS IL _£ T _* _^ isit some of _h _* _fronds on the Southwark side of the water , and that on his _n-n _^ _-J ? * _•• aven ? near the Borough-market _, lie had some spirits and water , and when he quitted the _^ house he was followed- by one of « _he three men who -were at the bar drinking , in the direction of _Winchester-atreet , who invited him to return back _S . _T _* _* _^ . some wine with him and his _twnaw _;™ com P kinant . however , had scarcely Z h ? J } J _* i _«? , , when he rece ived a bIow on _™ _tJffi _& _v _?® ? * assaihmt , snatched his watch Irom his pocket , the guard chain of which was _Sithfi * _- * . l _^ Plainant got up and ran f _$ _rfSTirrJT' _^ tLe sarae tirae calJ" _* g on * . " Stop thiet , but the latter got out of sight . In a few minutes , however , the prisoner was brought « p to
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him by a policeman , and he immediately identified liim as the man by whom ho had been assaulted and robbed . —Police Serjeant Moor , of the M division , stated that he heard the cry of "Stop thief , " and saw the prisoner running down Winchester-street . He stopped him , and took his prisoner back to the complainant . The prisoner submitted to be searched , declaring his innocence , and nothing was found in his possession but some money belonging to himself . — Eliza Madder stated that she saw the prisoner in the custod y of thc police-serjeant , and as she walked after him she distinctly saw tlte prisoner in passing some rubbish move one of his arms , as if throwing something from him . Upon seeing this the witness returned to the spot , and discovered a valuable watch and guard-chain . She proceeded at once to the station-house , where they were immediately identified by the owner . The prisoner was then committed .
MARYLEBONE . Thursday . — Extensive Robbery by a Lady ' s Maid . —Ann Turner was placed at the bar before Mr . Long for re-examination , charged with having stolen notes and other property to a considerable amount , belonging to the Hor . Col . Finch , 6 , Hyde Parkgardens , in whose family she had lived as lady ' s maid . None of the notes have yet been traced , and in order to afford time for the constable to endeavour to get evidence respecting them the prisoner was remanded again for a week . Friday . —Attempted Suicide . — Charles Stuart , a shoemaker by trade , awl Dorothy Stuart , his wife , were placed at the bar before the sitting magistrate , Mr . Long , charged with unlawfully pledging sheets ,
blankets , & e ., the property of their landlady , Maria Keen and also with having attempted to destroy themselves by cutting their throats . Both the pri soners were very severaly injured , and during the investigation a quantity of blood was oozing from the strapping wliich had been placed over the wounds of the man , who seemed extremely weak and exhausted ; the female , although cut in many places , had not mutilated herselfin so serious a degree as her husband . —Battersby , 124 D , who produced two razors , the blade of one of which was nearly covered on botli sides with blood , deposed that on being informed by the prosecutrix that she had been robbed , he repaired to the house , and , having knocked at the prisoners ' door , thc question " Who ' s there ? " was asked by a
man inside . Witness replied , " A constable , 124 D , " and at the same time judged from the noise and confusion which there was within , that the door was being barricaded with chairs , tables , & c . He also heard a strange kind of sound , wliich led him to infer that sometliing of a very serious nature was going on , and , accordingly , without hesitation , he made a forcible entry into the apartment , when he beheld the male prisoner standing directly in front of a lookingglass , having in his right hand an open razor with which he was cutting the left side of his throat . He ( witness ) knocked the ra 2 or from him with his staff , when it fell to the floor , upon which a great deal of blood had streamed from the wounds inflicted . They were five in number , and one of them appeared to be of a Yery deep and dangerous description . On looking round witness
observed the female prisoner sitting on the bed leaning over a chamber utensil ; blood was dropping from her throat ; another razor , with which she had wounded herself , was lying by her side . Witness added that , without loss of time , he procured the attendance of Mr . Vincent , a surgeon , by whom thc wounds were dressed , after wliich the prisoners were conveyed to the Harcourt-street station-house , preparatory to their being brought to this court . The worthy Magistrate gave 4 s . from the poor-box to the prosecutrix , to assist her in redeeming the property , all of which was kindly given up to her by the pawnbroker , who consented , under the circumstances , to forego any claim to a further amount for what he had advanced . The prisoners , for the present , were sent to Marylebone Infirmary , where they will receive all proper attention .
MARLBOROUGH STREET . Thursday . —Immehse _Vlate Robbery m a Butler . —William Jagger , butler , in the service of a maiden lady , Miss Fanny Watkin Wynn , of No . 104 , Piccadilly , was brought before Mr . Hardwick , in the custody of the police , on suspicion of having robbed his mistress of a quantity of silver plate ofthe value of £ 1000 . —Mr . II , Wynn stated the ground of suspicion against the prisoner , which had led to his apprehension . Miss Wynn had a large dinner party on Wednesday , and in consequence of some of the plate being missed , and the absence of the butler , suspicion was created that the butler was implicated in the abstraction of the missing plate , and information of the affair was sent to the station-house at Vine-street . It appeared that the information was given to Inspector Plume , who immediately proceeded to looK after the prisoner . About nine o ' clock
on Wednesday night the inspector found tne prisoner at a public-house at the corner of Downstreet , Piccadilly , with a glass of gin and water before him . The inspector told the prisoner that he must take _laim into custody for stealing plate . The prisoner replied that he did not steal it , he had only pawned it . On searching the prisoner at the stationhouse , forty-six duplicates were found upon him , all of them relating to valuable property which he had pawned , and which he had taken from the plate-chest . The property consisted of large quantities of spoons , forks , candlesticks , tureens , dishes , teapots , Sic , upon which the different ' . pawnbrokers had lent upwards of £ 260 . On looking over the duplicates , it appeared that some ofthe pawnbrokers had taken in valuable articles several times during the same day , and in more than one instance the prisoner had got , in various sums on the same day from the same pawnbroker , between £ 50 and £ 60 . —At the request of thc police , the prisoner was remanded for a week , in order to make full inquiry .
LAMBETH . Monday . —The Late Poisoning Case at Camberwell . —After the other charges had been disposed of , George May , the shopman and confidential servant of the late Mr . Montague , grocer , at Camberwell , who , as well as his wife , had been poisoned on the llth of last month , surrendered to his bail to undergo his final examination before Mr . Henry on a charge of embezzlement and forgery . The evidence of two or three witnesses washeard , after which Mr . Henry said , he should leave the case to be submitted to the grand jury , if the prosecuting party _shoulii think proper to
send a bill of indictment before them . For his own part , he did not think the ease sufficiently made out or strong to send it before a petty jury . It was his duty not to send a case for trial unless he saw some reasonable grounds for a conviction ; and as he did not see any chance of a conviction in the present case , and as it "was , in fact , doubtful whether a judge would have let the case go to a jury at all , he should discharge the prisoner . The prisoner , on leaving the dock , was joined by a number of friends who hud previously thronged the court , and , who upon learning the determination ofthe magistrate , gave way to some exultation .
CLERKENWELL . Monday . —Daring Act of Shopliftikg . —Thomas May , who described himself as a milkman , was charged with shoplifting and a violent assault . It appeared from the evidence that Mr . Stanbury , a tobacconist , residing in Goswell-street , was sitting in a parlour adjoining his shop , on Sunday evening , when , on hearing a noise , he saw the prisoner deliberately filling his pockets with cigars from the window . Mr . _staubmy went into the shop and said to the prisoner , " You are helping yourself . " The prisoner , who still continued cramming the capacious
pockets of his velvet shooting coat , coolly replied , " Yes , I am helping myself , as I can find no one else to help me . " The prosecutor seized him . The prisoner offered a sum of money for his liberation , which the prosecutor declined ; upon which the prisoner , a robust , powerful young man , attacked Mi \ Stanbuvy with great violence , and had not Scijeant Archer , 3 G , attracted by the noise of the struggle , rushed in , he would have escaped . The prisoner , who has been heretofore convicted , on this occasion left his milkcan outside the door as a " blind , " which Archer said was an old trick . Committed for trial .
Friday . —Spafields Burial-Ground . — Thomas Smith , the grave-digger at Spafields burial-ground , and Stephen Bishop , the watchman there , were brought before Mr . Combe , on a bench wan-ant , issued by the Chairman of the Clerkenwell Sessions , the grand jury having found true bills against them on an indictment charging them with certain serious offences connected with the above burial place . Mr . Wakeling , vestry clerk of Clerkenwell parish , now demanded their incarceration until the next sessions , unless they found good and sufficient bail to take their trial there . The warrant is directed against
RobcrtTinall , Esq ., William Langford , Esq ., Francis Green , labourer ; William C . Bond , labourer ; Wm . Green , Thomas Smith , and Stephen Bishop . Mr . Lewis appeared for the prisoners , and presented two tradesmen , named Mundy and Ashfielu , whose bails to the amount of £ 20 each were accepted for the prisoners' appearance at the next sessions . Of all the unsightly objects that ever nature threw into human form , the prisoner Bishop is one of the most 90 ; a huge mass of mis-shapen flesh , reminding one of the creation of Frankenstein , or , perhaps , Daniel Quilponalargo scale . Thc bail was accepted and the parties retired . _
THAMES . Tuesday . — Daring Robbery . — William C _» pBey , described as a labourer , of 30 , Brook-street , Ratchff , was brought before Mr . Broderip , on a charge of assaulting George Bradshaw , an engineer on the Queen ' s liighway , putting liim in fear , and stealing from his person twenty-five sovereigns .-1 he prosecutor _, who is a powerful man , stated that he resided at 31 George- » _trwt , Stepney , and on Monday night went into the Queen Caroline , Brook-street , when he first saw the prisoner who clauned acquaintance with him . "Witness paid for two-pennyworth of gin with a sovereign , which he tookftoui a purse containin g thirty-seven , and the silver he received m chance he put in his pocket and then walked towards his home , close by . The prisoner followed him into George-street , and as tfiey _wcrepassbg vmaer one of the arches of the railway the prisoner suddenly laid hold of him by the collar and struck him several blows on the head , and threw hun down .
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They then had a desperate fight , when ' . •¦ : * . ••• soner broke loose _^ and ran about 200 or 30 u yards . He missed his p urse containing his gold , and then pur « sued the prisoner , and on catching him lie had the purse in his hand . Another fierce contest took place , the prisoner striking him in the face , and witnesg frequently throwing the prison ¦* on his back . At length , when down , witness to ;; . * , -. he purse from the prisoner , believing at the time _-i-at it contained aU his money ; but when he reached home he found that twenty-five sovereigns ha ; been extracted , and he had also missed his handkerchief . He was _etrugr gling with thc prisoner for fifteen minutes , calling for the police all the time , but none came . A number of persons came out of a public-house in Brookstreet , _aad rescued the prisoner , inflicting several blows on hun in the act . —Remanded for a week .
Friday . —Charge of Manslaughter . — Charles Howell , labourer , of No . 0 , Glasshouse-strci r . Whitechapel , was brought before Mr . _Ballantiiie , iu c . rstody of Inspector _Bilson ofthe H division , _cliar-icd with causing the death oi his own child . It appeared in evidence , that thc prisoner had been cohabiting with a woman named Ann Mason , that a quarrel took place between them on Sunday last , and he ill-used the woman outside the house in which he lived . The mother of the female pursuadod them to go in doors , and they went up stairs into their own room where
the quarrel continued , and the old woman _looked . through the key-hole to see what they were about , and observed the prisoner kick her daughter , who was suckling thc child , on the bosom . The infant received the blow on the head , and the prisoner kicked Ann Mason again , and she fell baekfrom exhaustion . The child fell withher , and the prisoner lifted it from the ground and tried to soothe it . The child died on Thursday . The prisoner denied having done any injury to thc child , but admitted having kicked thc mother . Mr . Ballantine remanded the prisoner tiU Thursday next .
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POST OFFICE ESPIONAGE . ( To the Editor of the Horning Chronicle . ) Sib , —In addressing to you u few remarks upon the ex pliuiatious given by Lord Aberdeen on the 27 th , in answer to a question put by Lord _Ucauniont , I feel all the disadvantages of my position . I stand here , a foreigner , per sottally unknown , proscribed , not by , but from my native country , in the suspicious character of an agitator , in . s ' sthig on an accusation against tiie British Government for having helped , though certainly unintentionally , tlllOUgh a Shameful violation of _priv-ite correspondences , a foreign despotic government in the foulest transaction that has ever taken place since the entrapping- of twentyone noble , bravo-hearted patriots , and the subsequent death of uineof them . ' The viiulieatoKs of the Government are prime ministers , secretaries of state , men enjoy
ing a widely-spread reputation of honesty and sincerity , supported Toy large Parliamentary majorities , ready to listen favourably , Who easily balieve in the correctness of their statements . Nevertheless , I feel bound in dutyduty towards my slain countrymen—towards justice and truth—towards myself , whose honour ,. certainly not less precious than that of any secretary of state , begins to be involved in the question — to keep my ground fii-vBlj- ; -a . _gTo-aTiti , let _-ft _' DeT'jmein'bereA , which is simply this : That the twenty-one Italian exiles have been aUured to Calabriaby dark , snake-like proceedings of the . Austrian and Neapolitan governments , and that these governments were enabled to do no hy their attention liaving been awakened to thc subject by the secret communications extracted from my correspondence by the British government , I believe that Lord Aberdeen did never dream that such evil _conae .
_quences might possibly arise from liis communications ; but I believe at the same time , and with equal sincerity , that should Lord Aberdeen have earnestly , impartiall y ! and by himself have examined the facts , instead of ira . plicity relying upon diplomatic informations and reports of agents at Naples , evidently grounded upon statement * of the Neapolitan government , be would have said to the House— " I feel safe and untouched by remorse in my own conscience , for 1 could never suspect that such base and treacherous proceedings could he adopted by any established government , " The proof against the use of EUCll a power as has been claimed by secretaries of 8 tate would remain unanswered , and help you all to the solution of the problem ; but Lord Aberdeen ' s character would stand up , in the eyes of his British countrymen , unimpeachable ae before . Now to the explanations ,
Thc warrant fbr the opening of my letters was not issued by Lord Aberdeen , nor at his desire . Let the declaration be recorded as a corrective to the defence so often sot up , during the last debates in the House of Commons , for Sir James Martyr Graham . " I determined that no agent of any foreign Govern _, ment should see a single syllable of the contents of those letters I consequently felt myself entitled last year to say that no syllable of those letters had been submitted to the inspection of any foreign government . " The see and the inspection are new features in the case , worth being recorded , together with the within and the without of the right honourable baronet . There is no inspection to be found , if reports be correct , in the declaration of last year . " Not a syllable of the corrcsuoiwlence
had ever been submitted to any foreign government . " And this was uttered in answer to a question by Lord Normanby , who certainly did not draiin of inquiring whether foreign powers had ever been gratified with _autograplis of my correspondents . But this , as well as the silence faith _, fully "kept about the sources of the information , and the regard to the personal safety of aU individuals who might be compromised by it , is now quite irrelevant matter to ine . Letters were opened ; communications derived from tlieir contents werc forwarded to foreign despotic governments ; and exiles , though Halle to be entrapped , had tlien uo personal fears to entertain from Naples or Austria , These broad , undeniable , undenicd facts are quite sufficient for my case . The truly important part of the explanations is this : —
Lord Aberdeen declares , that "he never had the most distant conception of any attempt being about to be made from Corfu upon the Italian states , at one time or another ¦ " that " it was impossible that he could _havft & uch a conception , for the whole of the expedition was planned and executed in a single week ; " that the Bandieras " ar . riced at Corfu on the 5 th of June , and on the 12 th of June the expedition took place ; " that " this is decisive , and proves that it was impossible for any information to have been given to any quarter by the British Government . " Decisive enough , "" indeed , if true , * but owing , no doubt , not to Lord Aberdeen himself , but to incorrectness of the reports on which his explanations arc grouuded , it is not true .
It was and still is rather difficult for me to reconcile Lord Aberdeen ' s absolute ignorance of any intended at . tempt to be made from Corfu upon the Italian states with , the fact of the opened and _inspected letters addressed to me _t from Corfu containing little else than debates on such _, schemes . I would quote especially from a letter of thai 10 th of May , written by Attilio Bandiera , and unfolding ; two different landing schemes to me . Lord Aberdeen ' s ? assertion is , however , by far too explicit to admit of ai single doubt on my part . But as to the assertions derived , as it seems , from re _«« ports of Lord Seaton or others , I feel entirely at liberty to ) state what follows : —
Itis not true that the Bandieras arrived at Corfu om the 5 th of June . Attilio Bandiera ahkived at _Cokfui on the 28 tii of April : Ejiilio _JUndieba long _befobes that time . Somewhat before thc 22 nd of April , the j mottier ofthe Bandieras was herself at Corfu , _endeavouring to get back Bmilio , with a promise of pardon from _thes Viceroy of the Lombard-Venetian provinces . On thea 22 nd , Emilio wrote to nie a long , deeply-affecting letter , ' _, which is now printed ( the autograph being , of course , _Ini my possession ) , about the trial hewas then undergoing att Corfu . On the 19 th of May , the two brothers wrote att
Corfu their threatening answer to the summonings issued against them , on the 4 th of May , hy the Austrian _jovem-i . ment ; this answer was printed _andpiiMi-iJied in the MedU erranean , a Maltese Gazette , with the date of Corfu , Mayy 8 th , and both their names appended to it . From Corfuu they wrote to me again on the 10 th , and on tlie 21 st oi > J May . All these letters are lying here bufore me whilst 11 am writing , and I leave the honest English reader tec judge what , by this long-uninterrupted sojourn of thae Bandieras at Corfu , both the belief of Lord Aberdeen andd the main ground of his explanations are reduced to .
It is , once more , not true that there were no troops _irij-Calabria . Plenty of troops had flocked there from _ahll points of the kingdom , since the open insurrcctionarjrj movement that had taken place vaaJAy wwAths _li-ifosa _th-iw expedition , at Cosenza , Afew months before , a royaW decree had put the two Calabrias under martial law . Thin decree must have found its way , at the time , into youui columns _. It is once more not true that thc exiles were _attackedull andoverwhrownmerely by inhabitants and not by _troops's ., They were suddenly attacked at San Giovanni , where , lelell it be remembered , a single soldier is never to be fOUnd _, _^ hy civic guards , gensdarmes , and moors belonging _tctcj the 2 d battalion of Chasseurs . Tho _pboof lies in th _« h «; RorAL Decree of the 18 _tu July , containing a list _olc-1 rewards to those who had distinguished themselveren during the action .
The fact of there not having been troops at the landingig point , means nothing . How could tho Neapolitan-. * . government know beforehand the landing point . it which had to be so suddenly decided , perhaps iiii : the very boat in which the Bandieras left Corfu , ancne ; whicli , moreover , could be every moment changed h'hy winds and tides ? To have a traitor amongst themm ! entrusted with the mission of _leaving them as soon aiaii they hod landed , and of going to apprise the authoritieieii of the direction they had taken , was the proper plan to b ( b ( i followed , and nccordlngly it was . Joseph Mazzini . , IAS _TTInli _TTnllin _. n Va \ . 00
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29031845/page/5/
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