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      Matigu 31, 1849 . The Northern Star,

      _Matigu 31 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR ,

      L'Amidu Peuple. ; Bl-Liealth Is A Too-Su...

      L'AMIDU PEUPLE . ; _Bl-liealth is a too-sufficient apology for the non-appearance of the usual Letter of L'Ami vv Peuple .

      National Land Company. Notice To Occupan...

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . _NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS . It having come to the knowled ge of the Directors , that upon some ofthe estates ofthe Company there are persons who act as selfconstituted " agents , " in negotiating sales ofthe right of occupancy , and who advise a total disregard of liabilities due to the Company , I am instructed to repeat a caution which has been more than once made public , to the effect : — " That in all cases of sale , the sums due h y the out-going tenants to the Company , must be paid at- this office before any real transfer of the property can be made ;

      and that all such persons as m a y have purchased under other conditions , "will be summarily ejected . " It will he of no avail to plead ignorance , as n o m a n purchasing is so thoroughly devoid of information , as not to know that the Company has its Directors , who are the proper—and , in f a ct , onl y pe r s o ns with whom to settle the conditions of sale . Purchasers wonld do _veil to he aware of these " agents , " as a contrary conduct will most assuredly be visited most heavil y npon them at the proper time _. By order of the Directors , Thomas Culrk , Cor . Sec .

      Office , 1 M , High Holborn , London , March 27 th , 1849 .

      National Land And Labour Bank. Easter Ho...

      NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . EASTER _HOLLDATS . —NOTICE . , _' - This Bank will be closed to the Public . from Thursday , the oth inst ., four , P . M ., until ten , A . M ., on _Tnesday , lOthof April All letters reaching the Bank on the Saturday after Good Friday , and on the following Monday , will be answered on the Tuesday . By Order , Thos . Pbice , Manager . 493 , New Oxford-street London , March 29 th , 1849 .

      REGEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob thb " Weiss E * ronro _Thtjbsdat , Maecb 29 , 1849 . SHARES . £ a . d . £ s . d Colchester .. IU 0 Stafford .. 1 * 6 Shhievlloxv .. 01410 Asbton .- _„ 1 ~ Mottram .. 2 9 4 Hanley .- 3 b 0 Ke _* rton , Ayr .. 1 15 0 Salford .- •? " _« _Wjgton .. 0 7 0 Bermondsey .- J 5 0 Aberdeen .. 013 0 Westminster .. 0 5 C Ifosley - 113 0 W . Eden .. _« » _»

      Cheltenham .. 3 13 11 E . Hancock .. " 52 Wals-dl .. 0 7 0 J . Bafley .. 0 1 0 _Os-raldwhistle 116 6 J . Lewis -. 0 l 0 _TAInlaton .. 016 6 J . Arthur .- 0 10 _Northampton-. 0 10 0 A . Wallis .. 0 10 0 -Wisbeach , Cutman 0 12 0 J . H . _Chatwin .. " 26 Xongton .. 19 6 J . GUIam .- « f 0 Stourbridge .. 2 310 _JohnWaHii ,. 0 13 _UottJogham , James Wallis .. ° _* jj Sweet . .. 146 J . _Yigurs .. 026 2 * e « vport _fSalopJ 0 4 6 C . _Vigurs .. o 1 v Manchester .. 213 0 ¦ n ' _I'lland .- 114 0 £ _® 3 l A . Wallis .. 0 10 0 ' EXPENSE FUND . "Mottram .. 0 2 0 _Xottingbam 0 9 6 _SewtonAyr .. 0 16 Mand -- 0 0 0 Cheltenham .. 12 0 Stafford .. 0 16 X ) swaldtwistle .. 0 3 6 Lambeth .. 0 2 0 _Northampton .. 0 5 0 Westminster .. 0 1 C Xongton .. 0 5 0 * „ ., _" . " ; _tstonrbridge .. 0 9 0 £ 3 4 C TOTALS . land Fund .. 39 2 1 Expense ditto _ 3 6 Sonus ditto ... ••• 57 5 0 Loan ditto ... ... 0 8 6 Transfers 10 0 0 _Hules 0-0 4 £ 100 0 b W . Dixon , C . _Dotxe , T . Clabk _, Cor . Sec . P . M'Gbath , Fin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND . Received bv S . Esdd . —Oldham , surplus of lecture by "Mr . Kydd , 15 s . ; Royston , ditto , 10 s .: Hnddersfield , per Erven _Sjj-es , 5 s . ; _Honley , 2 s . ; nigh Burton , 2 s . ; Tower Hamlets , Hall Locality , per John Allen , 5 s . M ' DOUALU'S CASE—FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( or oihebwiss , ) Beceived byW . Rideb . —Sunderland , per TV . Ovington , £ 1 ; Worcester , per J . Harding , 2 s . 6 d . ; Preston , per W . Boyd , 15 s . 8 &; Colne Chartists , per J . Watson , 10 s . CO . ; _JTottinghani , per J . Sweet , Is . Cd . ; Chartists , Ockhrook , Derbyshire , per J . Ufton , 4 s . 2 d . ; Coventry , perfl . 1 _'i-eeman , 5 s . Received by S . Kydd . —Per Air . Clongb , from Lecture HaU , rhilpot-street , 2 s . Id . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received bj W . KlD EH . —Falkirk , proceeds of a Baffle for _MitcheTs portrait , in carved stone frame , per Stewart It-Walters , £ 1 Cs . ; Mansfield , per S . Dobson , 5 s . 2 d . ; _Xotiingham , per J . Sweet , 7 s . 4 d . ; A Few Friends , Darlington , per P . Snaith , Ss . 3 d . ; Derby , per W . Short , 10 s , ; Holmflrtll , _Uroeeeds of Lecture ; by Mr . Barker , per H . Warsden , _JEi . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUNDBeceived by J . Anson . —Chartists of Sutton-in-Ashfield , per Thos , Sajlor , 10 s . ; Elderslio , per G . Dobbin , 10 s . ; 2 S , < xold * en-lane , per Thus . Brown , 4 s . ; Dewsbury , perH . Kitson , 8 s . ; Sheffield , balance of proceeds of ilr . Barker ' s Lecture , per G . Gavin , £ 19 s . ; Henry Pasliley , sea , per ditto , € d , - , _Portsea , per J . Stroud , lis . I'd . _Brighton , per W . riower , 10 s . ; Oldham , proceeds of Mr . Kydd _' s Lecture , per 3 . Cooper , £ 1 Is . 2 d . ; Mr . Kider , as per Star , £ 4 lis . 9 < L ; _ilrs . _Sewley , ls . ; Mrs . 31 'Gee , Is . ; Hiss _Simsnons , is . ; " Mrs . Brown , Is . ; Enoch Firth , per Stallwood , Ss . Gd . ; T _., per ditto , 2 s . 6 d . ; 2 S , Golden-lane , per Thos . Brown , 3 s . 6 d . ; Westminster , per J . Grassby , 2 s . 6 < L ; P . "W . B ., per Mr . M'Grath , 6 d . ; Crown and Anchor , per Mr . Petteret . 5 s . ; Globe and Friends , per Mr . Clough , 3 s . Cd . ; Xertnre Hall , per ditto , 5 s . lid . Ernest Jones Locality , per Mr . Giles , 8 s . Cd . VICTIM FUND . Beceived by S . Ktdd . —Delph , a Few Friends , 3 s . Cd . ; Heckmondwike , per Enoch Firth , 3 s . 60 . ; T ., per E . Stallwood , * _- ' s . Od . DEFENCE FUND . Beceived at La > _t > Office . —Har tlepool , 10 s . Received by W _. Bideb . —A Constant Header , 3 d . ; Xottingliam , per J . Sweet , 1 Q & . FOR MRS . M ' DOUALL . _deceived by S . Ktdd . —Per Enoch Firth , 16 s . 2 d . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received by W . Ribeb , _—Stalybridge , per W . Swift , 5 s . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Bidxb . —Coventry , per G . Freeman , 5 s . BE . _M'DOUALL'S WRIT OF ERROR . It "was stated a few weeks ago , _that the sum -of 20 / . was required by Mr . Cobbett , to defray the expenses in this application : — Up to the week ending March 24 th , I £ s . d . l a d rece i ved ( as see Nortlum Star ) , the sum of ... 10 10 10 Ibis Week ... „ 2 19 4 Total £ 13 10 2 At Dr . _M'Docall _' s request I sent him , on Saturday last , 10 s . lOd . in postage stamps , and 10 / . ( less orders ) , to Mr . Cobbexx , who has not yet acknowledged receipt , though requested to send by return of post . Db . M'Douall - < sisb . es me to announce that Mr . Cobbett cannot imdertake to keep an account of sums , and that they should be either paid to the local committees , or sent t o this Office . W . Rider .

      Sjothfield Market.—A Public Meeting Ofth...

      _Sjothfield Market . —A public meeting ofthe _iuhabitants ofthe city of London and Hie suburbs is about to be held , at an earl y period , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to take into their serious consideration the _remoral of Smithfield Cattle-market , as an intolerable nuisance , and attended with most dangerous consequences to the safety , health , and business ofthe metropolis . On Monday a preliminary meeting -was held , a t two o 'clock , in the london TaTeru , when a eommittee was apponited to make the necessary arrangements for the object in view .

      HCSTIXGDOSSHTBE . —PROPOSED SlATUE OF OUTER CBOMWEiiii St . Iteb . —Measures are likely to he taken by a committee at St . iTes , to appeal to tht country for funds to erect a monument to the memory of the Protector . St . _Ivea was the place at which Cromwell resided at the commencement of his pub l ic career , and his signature still exists _« pon the church books . Slepe Hall ( the site of his house ) has just been pulled down , and a portion of the inhabitants think that upon the spot the P » ° nutteat should be erected .

      Public Meetings. Parliamentary Reform. A...

      PUBLIC MEETINGS . PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . A crowded meeting-was held in the South london Hall , Ulackfriars-road , on Wednesday evening , March 28 th , for the _renowod anil peaceful agitation for the People's Charter . At eight o ' clock the Hall was densely thronged . Mi * . _Jaues Grassby , on being called to the chair , read a letter from Mr . 6 . J . Harney , st a ti n g " that it was impossible for him to attend that _meeting , without neglecting his duties in connexion with the " Northern _St « r , " but that he hoped to have other opportunities afforded him of taking part in meetings south of the Thames , for the promulgation and advancement of the new petition for the Charter . " Th e C hair m a n s aid that Charles Pearson -M . P .

      , , had that evening done him the honour to wait on hi m personal ly " , and stated " his acquiescence in the prayer of the Petition , and his determination to support it when submitted to the House . ( Loudcheers . ) That the South London Hall being in So u thw a rk , and he having so much to perform , as member for a large metropolitan constituency , should he at any time from pressure of business , bo compelled to decline attendance at a meeting convened in the borough -which he had the honour to represent ( Lambeth ) , his constituents might then have cause to complain that he had attended a meeting in Southwark , whilst he d eclined a tt en di n g a meeting of theirs ; but , as he agreed in the prayer of their petition , and would support its prayer , he apprehended , he should fulfil the wish ofthe

      meeting . ( Loudcheers . ) Prom the other members invited , no answers had been received . ( Hisses . ) The Chairman said , they were doubtless all aware Of the importance of that meeting . He -iras an elector , simply because he happened to be possessed of a certain quantity of brick 9 and mortar ; he could not understand this , because " -were be dispossessed ofthe bricks and mortar to-morrow , although he retained his faculties yet he would be deprived of his vote . ( Hear , hear . ) He though t it woul d b e f a r better to give the franchise to men because they had heads _-withbrains in _. them , —( loudcheers)—and here he said , let the franchise be extended to all men . '' ¦ Sir . CiARK , " amidst loud cheers , came forward to ntoye the first resolution as . follows : _—• _¦? . That '

      this meeting is of opinion , that the present so-called representation ofthe peop le is a monstrous injustice on the nation at large , and a violation of the constitution , embracing as it does only one out of every seven of the adult population of these Islands , thus leaving the other six-sevenths to be taxed without their will or consent , this meeting is therefore of opinion that such a parliamentary reform should immediately take place as will embrace the -whole male adult population , who are of sound mind , and not under conviction for crime that the property qualification should be abolished , _* that parliaments should be annual ; that the electoral districts should be equalised ; that elections should be taken by way of ballotand that members

      , of parliament should be remunerated for their services . He said , the resolution embraced the six points of the " People ' s Charter , " and the princi ples contained therein , were now very generally held to be just , and it remained for them to consider what course they should pursue to carry them into practice . The resolution very properly said , it was a monstrous injustice that only one in seven ofthe male adult population of these Islands was represented , that one m a n ex e rcised c o nt r ol ov e r the other six-sevenths of his nei g hbours . The Chairman bad said , his electoral qualification consisted of a certain quantity of brick and mortar ; he did not think this said much for the intelligence of those

      who created such a qualification , lhe constitution admitted tbe _^ great theory laid down in the resolution , but parliament refused to carry out the principle on the ground of our alleged ignorance : surely this was a heavy censure on its legislatorial ability . It would appear , that intelligence and morality were by no means necessary ingredients for the exercise ofthe franchise in Britain , as the proprietors of houses of ill-fame were not excluded from the exercise of the elective franchise . He thought the government should be proud of ruling men who possessed so much self-esteem as to demand to be elevated to the rank of freemen . After making some further remarks , Mr . Clark sat down amid rapturous applause .

      Mr . Dixon seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr , Stallwood moved the adoption of the Chart i st pet i t i on , and also that , when signed , it be forwarded to Sir "W . Molesworth , for presentation , and that Alderman Humphrey be requested to support Its prayer . Mr . Elliot seconded , and Mr . S . Leweixt- _* supported the motion , which was unanimously adopted . A vast number of signatures was obtained . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting dissolved .

      Corcsiy Meetikg Ix Si/Ssex.—On Tuesday A...

      _Corcsiy _Meetikg ix Si / ssex . —On Tuesday a meeting of freeholders and other inhabitants of the county of Sussex , convened by the High Sheriff , was held at Lewes .. The meeting first assembled in the Corn Mid Hop Exchange , but adjourned from thence to the front of the County Hall . From 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 persons were assembled . —Major Curteis moved the first resolution . He drew a strong picture of the distress existing among the ag riculturists of East Sussex . From the information he had obtained from country bankers and others , he believed half the farmers must stop payment at Michaelmas . He attributed this distress partly to the bad harvest and hop duties . He repudiated protection , and concluded by moving a resolution

      condemnatory of the malt and hop duties . —Mr . S . Sehnes seconded the resolution . —Mr . J . Ellman agreed with the last speaker as to the evil eft ' ectsof the malt and hop duties , but contended that the distress of farmers was chiefly attributable to the loss of protection : and he moved , by way of addition to the resolution , the following words : " but this meeting is of opinion that if foreign barley be allowed to be imported at the mere nominal fluty of ls . per quarter , the benefit which the British farmer would otherwise receive from the repeal of the malt tax would be principally enjoyed by the foreign grower . "—Mi * . E . Wyatt , of Chidham , seconded the amondment . —Sir H . Shiflher supported the amendment . —J . V . Shelley , Esq ., spoke in support of the original motion . —The Earl of

      Chichester spoke against both motion and amendment . —The rider and motion were then put to a show of hands , amidst great confusion ; but the Sheriff declared the result to be the adoption of the amendment . —Major Curteis and Mr , Shelley loudly protested against thc unfairness of this decision , and the uproar became so great that the Sheriff dissolved the meeting shortly after four o ' clock . Leeds . —Separation of _Cuimcnixn State . —On Tuesday evening a meeting was held at the Musichall , Leeds , to hear a deputation from the Anti-State Church Association , and to pass resolutions in favour of the separation of Church and State . The chair was taken by the Ret . T . Scales . —The Rev . Mr . Gilbert proposed the following resolution : —

      " That in thc deliberate judgment of this meeting the union of the Church with the State is not only an injustice to Dissenters , but an injury to Churchmen ¦ and that its dissolution , effected by peaceful means , and with a proper regard to existing interests , would proTe an advantage to religion , a relief to the government , and a blessing to the whole community . "—The resolution having been adopted by acclamation , the Rev . A . M . Stalker proposed : — " That this meeting , deeming the separation of the Church from the State to be an object of the deepest interest to Churchmen and Dissenters , and

      regarding the progress of public events , and especiall y those of an ecclesiastical character , as highly favourable for the agitation of this question , is desirous of affording the Anti-State Church Association such an amount of support as will enable it to strengthen and also to extend its operations . "This resolution was seconded by the Rev . B . Grant , of Birmingham , and supported by the Eev . C . Williams . —It was adopted by acclamation , —A . Prentice , Esq ., proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman . —E . Smith , Esq ., having briefly seconded the vot e , it was adopted ; and the meeting broke up , a handsome subscription being made at the doors .

      Laws for the Protection of "Women . —On Tuesday evening a very respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds , at which there were about fifty females present , was held at the Court-house , for the furtherance of the objects of the Associate Institution for Improving and _Enforcing the Laws for thc Protection of Women . J . H . Shaw , Esq ., the mayor , presided , and told them that the promot e rs o f thc me e ting were d e s irous that the b i ll introduced into tbe House of Lords by the Bishop of Oxford should become the law of thc land , as there was no law on the statute-book for the punishment of a class of persons who are termed " procurers aud procuresses . " A petition to parliament in favour of the Bishop of Oxford ' s bill was si gned by the chairman on behalf of the meeting .

      Repeal of tub Malt Tax . —O n Fri d a y week a meeting of the landowners and tenant farmers of the hundred of Samford , and o th e r s i n tereste d in agriculture , was held at Copdeck , Suffolk , for the purpose of taking into consideration the depressed state aud prospects of agriculture , with a view of petitioning parliament for a total repeal of the malt tax , and the revision of the general and local taxation . The meeting comprised the principal tenant farmers of the hundred of Samford , amongst whom were several landlords . C . _LillingstoB , Esq ., was called to the chair . —Among other resolutions , it was agreed , " That in order m some degree to avert the ruin which novr threatens to overwhelm She landed interest , it becomes our duty to urge upon the legislature by every constitutional means , the necessity and justice of the repeal of the malt tax , and the more equal distribution of all imposts , whether local or general , which press exclusively _uponlaad . _' ' _*

      Mr. Oastler's Exposure Of The.Lawbreakin...

      MR . OASTLER'S EXPOSURE OF THE . LAWBREAKING M 1 LLOCRATS . We take the following from the Horning P ost . _*—FAC T ORIE S , TO THE _TSDITOE OP _TUK MORNING POST . Sia , —Will you allow me space for a few words on a subject of national interest , at this time one of the greatest importance ? I allude to the strange condition ofthe peeple engaged in those hives of industry—our factories .

      _Tfou are aware that , after thirty years of patient never , tiring supplication , the factory workers obtained the Ten Hours Act , that bill , which had experienced tbe opposition of several Governments , was atiast ( after the most deliberate , varied , apd diligent investigations and discussions in the factory districts , in the House of Commons , an d t he Hou s e of Lor ds passed b y very large majorities in the two housesthat bill , which was gained by the poor factory operatives and their . friends , notwithstanding the fierce opposition of their rich oppressors , having become the law of the land , is broken with impunity by a small band of rich factory masters , backed by

      some magistrates , who , being interested in factories ) or related to factory masters , despite the oath which qualifies them to sit upon the bench , trample u p on the l aw whi c h they have sworn to administer _. There can be nu mistake in this matter . Her Majesty ' s . Attorney and Solicitor General have stated their opinions on the law , as have also two Home Secretaries and three factory inspectors ; still a few magistrates ( who , from their connexion with factories and their relationship with the delinquents , would , if they tvere just , abstain from interference ) have dared , in spite of the authorities quoted , to give their sanction to their friends' violation of that law t . . .

      Now , Sir ,, when poor men ( writhing under grievances caused by the injustice , cruelty , and fraud of these same law-breakers aBd their abettors * on the bench ) are driven to acts , of insubordination , the Gevernment are _^ applied to for aid from the army to put down the rioters . Such applications are not treated with .. contempt ; the required force is lit-. 5 tanUy 8 _£ n , _tlinto . the disturbed districts- prosecu . t ions , transportations , and imprisonmentsfblfow , _andf the power of the law is asserted . We now see how the poor are treaVe « , l _» ow their applications to Gi > : yerhment , for aid in _supj 6 tt of the law , are _disre- ' gar d ed , when they earnestly but respectfully ask the Government to enforce the law , which was

      obtained at so great a sacrifice , for their protection against cruelty and robbery , such as was never heard of , save under the iron rule of tbe unregulated factory system , I shall write only of what I know . It is due to those kind friends of the factory workers , the majorities in the House of Commons and the House of Lords , who voted for the Ten Hours Act—it is due to her Majesty the Queen , who so heartily - willed ' that act , and who afterwards deigned most graciously to accept from the factory workers of Yorkshire and

      Lancashire a gold medal commemorative of that ev e nt ) pr e sen t ed to th e S o v e r eign as a token of their gratitude and loyalty—it is , I say , due to those noble and illustrious persona that they should now be informed that a small band of rich and proud freebooters , dignified by the title of magistrates and fact ory ma s t e rs have dared to _rabel against that law * , and that when the Government is appealed to for aid in support of that law for the poor , no step is taken—the law remains powerless—the lawbreakers co n t inu e th e ir rebellion , and the offending magistrates are allowed still to disgrace the bench .

      When all other pleas against the Ten Hours Bill were silenced , it was by its opponents urged , in and out of Parliament , ' If you give the factory operatives that law , they will be the first to complain ; they will , th e very next session , throng the Houses of Parliament with petitions for its repeal . ' Seeing , however , that the factory operatives cling to the Ten Hours Act as their birthright and the charter of their present comfort and future hopes , the self same party whose prophecy is falsified , prefer rebellion to submission , and now defy the power of that law which by fraud and falsehood they endeavoured to prevent ! And , strange to say , the Government are deal to the entreaties of those who would uphold the Jaw—are inactive against the rebellious , though some of those rebels are commissioned by the Queen to administer the law 1

      Should the Government continue thus to abet the violatiou of the poor man ' s law , no prophet is required to foretell the future history of the manufacturing districts—anarchy must be inscribed on every page . These remarks will prepare you and your readers for a plain recital of the following interesting facts , not told from hearsay , but gathered fiom inspection . '¦• - "'• It is now about two months since , at the request of my old friend , Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P . for

      _Ashton-under-Lyne _, I left Fulham to v _' s it t he cotton factory districts . During that time I have been in communication with the factory masters and the factory operatives , as well as the clergy , schoo l mas t ers , and others , I have attended public meetings at Manchester , Ashton , and Stalybridge , called for the purpose of aiding the Government in the enforcement of the law ; and have been invited to attend many others , having declined , because I thought it better , after these demonstrations , _teitrust to the Government for the vindication of the law .

      I have spent some weeks in the enjoyment of the hospitality of my kind friends , Mr . John Fielden , at Centre Vale , Todmorden , and Mr . Wm . Walker , at this place ; those gentlemen are two of the most ex tensive factory masters and manufacturers in the _wo r ld , the former in cotton , the latter in worsted . They are also the most ardent supporters of the Ten Hours Act . I have found that the operatives were availing themselves of the leisure afforded them by the Ten Hours Act to improve their religious , moral , soc i al ,

      and physical condition . Some devoting the time thus gained to tbe duties of religion , others are engaged in attending schools and lectures , many in cultivating small plots of land , while the females are dev o ti n g themselves to the duties of home—learning the domestic arts so necessary to make poor men ' s homes comfortable . I have also found that the ministers ef religion are making necessary arrangements to enable them to secure the benefit of relig ious instruction to the factory operatives during the time gained by the Ten Hours Act .

      I have _likewise learned that the vast majority of the factory masters are lending their aid to the well working of the new system . I have been glad to ascertain that numbers of those who formerly op . posed the Ten Hours Bill now rejoice that it is the law of the land . So far a l l is well , But , Sir , there is a dark spot on this bright page of factory history—a blot that threatens to obliterate all this light ! A small band of cruel and despotic , mercenary and selfish mas . t _; _rs , aided by brother rebels on the bench of justicp , have resolved to break the law ! Of those traffickers i n human su f fer i ng s , they say , the Government is afraid ! If those transgressors are not' restrained and puniahed , it is feared the disease will spreadthat disaffection w'dl ensue , and strife , revenge , and anarchy will follow !

      To prevent these dreadful events , t h e factory overlookers in Manchester have had a meeting , and have memorialised the Government , expressing their gratitude for the Ten Hours Act , and praying the Executive to enforce it , and to remove from the be nch such m a g istrates as are interested in violating the law . The shorttime committees of Lancashire have sent a deputation of factory workers to implore the Government to interfere , assurin g them that the Ten Hours Act works well , an d is ap p rove d _whereyer it is observed and obeyed . Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P ., has questioned the Home Secretary in the House of Commons on the same subject , who promised in a few days to bring in a bill to settle the

      question ( no bill being necessary , the pre s en t law being as explicit as the English language can make it ); many weeks since that promise wa 3 made have elapsed ; but still the Government is inactive , and it is now understood that her Majesty ' s Ministers , being afraid oi the lawbreakers , dare not act , and h ave resolved to leave the _questiontoMe its course . The consequence is , the rebels are audacious * , the factory masters who keep the law are uneasy and discontented ; while the factory operatives ( under the conviction that there is no law for them—that

      the law which was obtained for their relief at so much cost , and was accepted with so much gratitude , is a dead letter ) , are becoming justly enraged , and are losing their reverence for the laws . It must be so when they see the laws for the protection of property duly enforced , while this one law for their p rotection is broken with impunity with the knowledge of the Government ; the only reason being ( that reason is given by members of Parliament who are known to be in communication with the Home I Secretary ) , her Majesty ' s Ministers are fearful of

      the opposition of a small but very wealthy clique of _vulaarrarrogant , and ignorant _mill-masters , whose influence they hope for in carrying the repeat of the Kavtaation Laws and other ruinous _Free-trade measures . The Government is _satf to qwnl before 4

      Mr. Oastler's Exposure Of The.Lawbreakin...

      league of turbulent conspirators . ' Tp curry favour with them ( this report being true ) , the large body ot factory masters and the immense number of factory workers who desire to keep the law are treated with contempt-tile law itself is divested ot its sanctity , to enable Ministers to make still greater havoc with our institutions I Is there a Chartist , Radical , Whig , Conservative , or lory , whose cheek does not redden at the contemplation of such Ministerial degradation ? From the inhabitants of the Royal Palace to those of the Union Bastile , all must grieve to see such cowardice , such meanness , such wickedness in high places .

      If the Ministers are misrepresented by those who profess to know them , it' is h igh time that they removed theimpres 8 ion naturally made in the minds of the people , who now believe those reports . Great mischief is brewing . It 19 certain that the well-disposed have adopted the best plans to inform the Government ; still the law is openl y and regularly violated , while no single measure is brought forward by the Government in vindication of the law . As a y ° _* _* e-nan , I rejoice that , except on the Lancashire border , the magistrates of this countv have enforced the law . I rejoice , also , that , both in Lancashire and Yorkshire , the vast majority ofthe _milbowners , and almost every mill-worker , are anxious to give the Ten Hours Act a fair trial .

      Under these circumstances , it is not to be wondered that the short . time committees should ask for my opinion and advice .. They have known me long ; they believe X shall not mislead them . Their trust is my boast . Having a l re a d y Been Lord As h ley , and pre ss e d upon his solemn attention the duty of Government in the . present state of those engaged , in faCtOTY _WOfk and of their employers , and having been assured by

      his lordship that he would see the Home Secretary , and urge upon him the necessity of adopting some plan to put fin end to the present very unsatisfactory state of things in the factory districts , and finding no result ; _T have advised that Mr . John Fielding _sbould be : requested tO Wftit upon the Government aud to explain every-., circumstance of this most interesting * arid important case , and make a last effort to induce the Government to enforce the Ten Hours Act . _¦¦ . ' : > ..

      I have advised this l ast private effort ,- because foresee the danger of publicly agitating this question in the present temper ofthe' people . But much as I deprecate agitation—dangerous as I know that agitation may be—still more do 1 deprecate the unbridled lawlessness of tyrant law breakers ; far more danger do I apprehend from the proof that Government are now giving , that t he re is no law for the poor ! If , unhappily , Mr , Fielden ' _g _exertions should be unsuccessful , I have then recommended an agitation throughout tbe factory

      districts of England , Scotland , and Ireland—that public meetings should be held in every factory town , to address the Queen—to lay at the foot of the throne the dutiful homage of her grateful and loyal factory people , both employers and employed , and imploring her most gracious Majesty to require her Ministers to enforce the poor man ' s law—to restrain crueltj and oppression , and to punish those despicable and _dishonourable law breakers who now ride roughshod over , the very law that was passed for the express purpose of destroying their tyrannical power .

      Ib el ieve that the Queen ' will listen to the prayers of her Majesty ' s loyal an d grateful subjects . I foioui that our beloved Monarch has been assured of the loyalty and gratitude of the factory workers , and that a nobleman who enjoys the _friendship of royalty has tdld the Queen , " it was owing to the passing of the Ten Hours Act that the manufacturing districts were so little disturbed during the never-tobe-forgotten year , 1848 . ' It will be tbe fault of the Government if that peacefulness ( the result of loyalty and gratitude ) should hereafter be disturbed (

      If agitation we . must have , we will strive that it shall be peaceable , but , in the present state and circumstances of the people—the shopkeepers rapidly declining—the agricultural population on the brink of ruin—and the manufacturing hand ? , justly enraged—none can tell where the agitation may end » Our motto will be ¦ The Law , and vo Surrender ! Our object is , security , by removing oppression ; the triumph of justice over tyranny , of law over rebellion . If there should be cause for blame , it will rest with that Government _auntcft refuses to enforce tho law !

      The Ten Hours Act is too precious a treasure to be sacrificed by the wrench of tyrants , or to be frittered away by the apathy or cowardice of Ministers It la worth struggling for—in that struggle , weak , as I am , I will be foremost * . if exhaustion should hasten my dissolution , I thank God there are others stronger _» nd more talented than myself > -in their hands I will _cheerfully leave the contest , never doubting of final success . The whole empire is -deeply interested in this question . That is why I wish the public to know why the Ten Hours Bill men of the north are again summoned tothe field of action . We never have had—we never will have—secrets ; we would be known and read of all men . We are invincible , because we are just ! God will defend the right !

      1 remain , Sir , your obliged servant , Richard _Oastler Boiling Hal l , Bradford , Yorkshire .

      Latest News. The Wab In Italy. Defeat Oi...

      LATEST NEWS . THE WAB _IN ITALY . DEFEAT _OIT TIIE PIEDMONTESE — _ABDICATION OF CHARLES ALBERT , KING OF SARDINIA . In the sitting of the French National Assembly on "Wednesday , M . Odillon Bar-rot , the Prime Minister , ascended the tribune and read thc followin important despatches : — " Nice , March 27 . — The Consul of France to the Minister of Foreign Affairs : —Charles Albert , after having abdicated in favour of the Duke of Savoy , passed through Nice on the 26 th , at eleven in the morning , on his way to France . The Piedmontese army has been beaten at _Kovarra , but its honour is safe . " " _TuniiYMarch 23 . —The Minister of France to the

      , Minister of Foreign Affairs : —The army has been forced back to the mountains of Biela and _Bt _' rgo Manero . The Austrians occupy Novarra , Vei'CClli _, and Trino . The King has abdicated and fled . The Duke of Savoy has not yet written to Turin . The government has requested Mr , Abcrcrombic and me to apply for an armistice to cover Turin . We have placed ourselves at its disposal . Turin is tranquil , and everything is disposed to remain . " Having read the despatches M . Odillon Banot addressed thc Assembly , and said that lie felt it to be his duty at once to declare that the French Government was determined to preserve the integrity of Piedmont ,

      Destruction or the OiiTMPio Theatre _nr Fire . — Shortly after five o ' clock on Thursday afternoon , smoke was observed to issue from tho _Olympic Theatre , an d i mmense crow ds of people immediately congregated together , blocking up all the neighbouring lanes and streets . Expresses were at once sent onto the different fire stations for the engines , but before they arrived the destructive element had progressed with so much rapidity , that the interior ofthe theatre was completely consumed . The heat W _&& so intense in the neighbourhood that all the inhabitants became alarmed . At six o ' clock the roof fell in with a loud crash , a nd an immense bo dy of flame issued forth , catching the adjoining houses _.

      By this time the engines arrived , and commenced at once to play upon the burning mass ; there was a plentiful _napply o f water , and the firemen used every exertion to stop the progress of the flames , but without success , for the house of Mr . Giles , thc baker , the King of Prussia public-house , and other houses became in a blaze . Fortunately , no injury or destruction to human life was _occattioned , but the destruction of property has been very great . The houses are held upon leases under the Earl of Craven . The cause of the fire was the ignition ofthe curtains . From particulars obtained it appears that the fire originated by the lining ofthe curtain

      coming in contact with the gas burners . The property destroyed in the theatre is estimated at £ 4 , 000 . Mr . Stirling estimates the persons thrown out of emp lo y m e nt b y . the destruction of _thethcatre at from 100 to 150 . This gentleman has applied to M . Jullieh for the use of _Drury-lane Theatre on Easter Monday next , so that a performance may be got up for the benefit of the parties who havo lost the whole of their property in the fire . Ei ghteen houses havo boon materially damaged , and the Srincipal portion of them were not insured . The re was not totally extinguished until nearly six o ' clock on Friday morning .

      Worcestershire.— Destructive Fire.— On T...

      Worcestershire . — Destructive Fire . — On Tuesday night , afire brokeoutat some works known as" the Braids , " between Oldbury and Dudley . The manufacture , carried or is chiefly in steel andiron wares , and such was the nature of the conflagration , that at one period fears were entertained that the immense range of buildings and machinery would have fallen a sacrifice . By great exertions , however , the fire was got under , but the loss will , it ia bettered , exceed £ 7 _M

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      Southwark.—Attempted Si*Icit>E. -A Very ...

      SOUTHWARK . —Attempted Si _* icit > e . -A very pretty-looking , dc * eentlv _* -attired . j _* oung woman , who gave her- name Ellen IYitllioe , was brought before Mr . Seeker , charged with making an attempt on her life in the public streets . —A constable of the M division said that a little after three o'clock that morning he was passing Sur r ey Chapel , in t h c Blackfnars-road , when lie perceived the prisonei lying under the pump used by the ihen who water the roads , On his nearer approach he discovered th at s h e was hang ing by the neck by her shawl ,-one end of which was fixed to the spout of tho pump . Her face was quite black , and she was nearly suffocated , when ho cut her down and took her to the police station . The usual remedies were applied ,

      and she was shortly restored to consciousness . From her manner since she had been in custody , 1 m believed she was not in her right senses . — -The prisoner , on being questioned by tlie magistrate , made a very rambling and incoherent statement , which clearl y indicated that she was of unsound mind . She said she had just been discharged from Maidstone gaol , but sho forgot what she was committed for , but she believed she was sent there by the magistrates at Rochester . She also said she was married , and that her husband was a shipwright employed in Dcptford Dockyard , but she had not seen him for some time . —The constablo here informed thc magistrate that he did not think she had come out of prison , as he found some calico on her

      partly made up into under garments . — Prisoner bore exclaimed , " Oh ! my husband sent that to me m prison , but the placo was so cold I could not work . —Mr . Seeker asked her why she attempted to commit suicide , as she could have gone to her husband at Deptford ? -Shc replied that she would not go to him , as she knew he would send her to prison again . She did not liko to go there again , as the place was . so cold . Thev locked faGl' lit a dark cold room , chained her to thc wall , and loft her with nothing to lie on except a small mat . She was determined to destroy herself , as she could not bear to be sent to prison-any more . —Mr . Seeker told the officqr that he believed she had escaped from some lunatic , asylum , for she was certainly insane , and her expressions confirmed his opinion . She

      bad stated that her husband was a shipwright at Deptford Dockyard ' _^ and ' ho considered it advisable for him ( the _constable ) to proceed at once to that pla _<* o-aif < i-ascertain whether her statement was correct .. He Should ,, therefore , order her tobG-lcepC in safe custod _^ untii some proper person came forward to tako care of her . The prisoner was then led away by the gaoler , and the officer was tiespatched to make inquiries , MANSION-HOUSE . —Infamous Robbery . —John Bell was charged with having p icked the pocket of Mrs . Bahim ' . of a purse containing £ 3 16 s .

      —Haydon , the' officer , saw the prisoner put his hand into the prosecutrix ' s pocket , and whip out a purse . The robbery took place on London-bridge , and the prisoner , upon being pursued by the officer , who soon overtook him , lung the purse into the river . It contained all the money the poor woman had ' in the world . She had , on the day before , arrived in town from Southampton , and was walking to Greenwich to sec her little boy at school , when the rascally pickpocket stripped her of her little fortune . Haydon informed his lordship of these facts , and they were not represented in vain . Tho prisoner was committed for trial .

      _OnxiiMxa Goods Fraudulently , jay _k Lwermw Club . — Mi * . Goddard , solicitor to several respectable tradesmen in the city and in Westminster , appeared before Alderman Wilson for the purpose of applying for a summons for certain persons connected with a literary and scientific club , for havin g obtained goods under false and fraudulent pretences . —The applicant stated that the club had the recommendation of thc hi g hest literary and scientific names , and numbered amongst its directors and members the most eminent authors in tho country . One portion or department of the club had been originally situate in the heart of the City and another near Temple-bar , but it was considered necessary , in consequence of an accident which happened to the former , to remove tbe club to the Strand , where it was at present carried on , and was to all appearance in a flourishing condition . Tlie prospectus here produced detailed the advantages to be

      derived from a connexion with a society of such unquestionable claims , and contained tho names of a number of gentlemen , thc mere mention of which would be quite sufficient to secure multitudes of impatient candidates for admission . Armed with such authority , the persons against whom thc summonses w e re soug ht to be obtained applied to the _COlliplninants , and obtained from them , upon the representation that thc club consisted already of 2 , 01 ) 0 members , and possessed an income amounting to £ 5 , 000 a year , credit for goods of various kinds , exceeding in va l ue t h o sum o f £ 1 , 000 . The complainants , however , found to their great surprise that the respectability of the directors was as nothing when payment of tho debts of the club was demanded . Two reasons were assigned for refusing to liquidate the claims—the one , that thc club now established west of Temple-bar had . no funds ; and thc other , that it was not _tho-same club . Kbvr , the denial that the one club was identical with the other was no

      insignificant test of the intention ot the parties who were responsible for the debts incurred . That they were one and the samo association was acknowledged by every one who knew anything at ail about tho matter , and particularly by those who observed what care had been taken to show their inseparable character . Mr . Goddard thought ho could showthat his clients were entitled to the protection of a criminal court in such a case , and was ready to call thc witnesses necessary to establish their claims . — Alderman Wilson said , it appeared to him that the course most advisable to bo pursued was to proceed in a court of law against the secretary . He said it was very improbable that a club of such a character Should have no funds . —Ml ' . Goddard thought he

      could fully establish a case oi irauu . In answer to questions from Alderman Wilson , Mr . Goddard said , that the club had offered upon its removal a composition of 4 s . 0 d > in tho pound , and that his clients had , by attaching the funds in a house in the City , obtained , some of them 10 s . and others 5 s . in the pound . —Alderman Wilson considered the fact just stated , as well as some other _admissions by Mr . Goddard , to be decidedly fatal to any criminal proceeding . At the same time he could not help declaring his opinion that there was a very strong manifestation of fraudulent intention upon the pare of those with whom the complainants had treated . —A gentleman came forward to tho table and said that he had accidentally heard of the intention to

      m a ke an app lication to the magistrate on tho subject , and he thought tlie most manly course ho could pursue was " to attend and explain all he knew on the subject . He had been secretary to the old club , and he was a member ofthe committee of the new club , and he most solemnly assured tho Alderman that the latter had nothing to do with the former in any other way than in having been put to an expense of upwards of £ 400 on its account ; that lie was himself a loser by the old society , and that tho statement that the funds of thc club had been transferred to the new one was entirely without foundation . —Alderman Wilson : I cannot , as a mag istrate , grant a speculative summons to those parties , but I can sec that the gentlemen whom Mr . Goddard represents have been cheated of their money , and I oertainlv think that the eminent and highly-gifted

      men upon the strength of whose names the credit was given , are bound to make an investigation into the affair , not only for the satisfaction of the applicants , but to prevent any future liberty being taken with their own characters . The complainants , who were all present and expressed their anxiety to give evidence then thanked thc Alderman for thc kindness of his suggestion and retired , _GVILTjUALL . —EMvr . zzimF . NT . —A tall , respectable looking young man , named John George Beckett , was charged with embezzling various sums of money , to the amount of £ 1-10 . —Mr . Samuel Watson , of _Bouvci'hvstrcet , Fleet-street , solicitor , said that the prisoner had been in his office for some time as a clerk , and' had the collecting of rents and other monios ; but in consequence of having some suspicions as to his integrity , witness gave him notice in March , 1848 , to leave on the following Saturday , at thc same time making up his mind to nut

      up with whatever defalcations he might discover . However , the prisoner did not remain until the Saturday , but left on the previous Thursday , on which day , having destroyed some documents , he proceeded to a Mrs . Brown , Upper Berkeley-street , and obtained half a year ' s rent , amounting to £ 33 8 s ., after which he received £ 17 10 s . from a Messrs . Ry der and Son , ofthe borough , under a trusteeship , since which period ho had not been met with until apprehended . —The Alderman asked if there were witnesses ?—Mr . Watson replied that he had not had time to get them , as the prisoner was only b roug h t up t ha t mornin g from the depot at Maidstone , where he had enlisted in the 16 th Hussars . He therefore wished for a remand . —The Alderman asked th e p risoner if he had any objection to be remanded' {—Beckett replied that he had none whatever ; and he was accordingly remanded until Saturday next .

      MARLBOROUGH-STItEET . —John Collins , an eUerly man , who refused to give his address , and George Farrant , an errand boy , were brought from tho Park under circumstances which induced tho magistrate to committhemboth toSewgate for trial . Picniso Pockets . — Ellen Smith , Mar y West , and Eliza Jones , were brought before Mr . Bingham , _charged with having attemptod to pick the pockets of several ladie 3 in Oxford-street , and _ltcgentstreet . Thc police ha d recent ly received information of numerous street robberies effected by women who go about in gangs and commit their depredations on the pockets of promenaders in quite a systematic manner . Their most common practice is to look out for a lady stopping before a shop window , and then by surrounding her to covor the li ghtfingered proceedings of the most dexterous of thoir gang . On Saturday police-constables Hardwick and Uird , two of the _Mstfive _, sew _ttw _thico _wj-

      Southwark.—Attempted Si*Icit>E. -A Very ...

      II ' IaV \ ¦ TY th * three close round a Ia . lv , who was S _ffirL _* i ncnd 1 , ; Tcr _'« than ' in _OrSbrfl nothing i „ the _pockS _^ an ' s _^ _iS _, _^ _pm-pot ° S by a fourth , with al _^ _ffiVulSlKrrt * boon brought out tS _miSSW i _^^ The four went into _Itcgont-stveet , and picked out a lady standing at a shop whukw Th « woman with tlie basket kept poshing the basket agamst the lady , and this manoeuvre having served

      to take off the lady ' s attention from what was goin _« on at the other side of hor , the other three were enabled to sound her pockets , without the likelihood of being detected . Suddenly all four ran oft ; someone having evidently given the " office" to them that they were watched . Tlie constables , however , in about an hour afterwards , met with the same parties engaged in the same business , and this time they secured three of them . —The prisoners all declared their innocence of any thi n g like an attempt to pick pockets . They admitted that they stopped before several shop " windows , where ladies had also stopped , but this they conceived tobe no offence—Mr . Bingham sent "' th e m to p rison for OHe month each .

      LAMBETH . — Quack _Docions . — A poor man , whose face was nearl y covered with a thick shawl , and who appeared to be labouring under the most intense suffering , applied to Mr . Norton for his advice and assistanco under thc following _circumstanccs :--. Tho applicant stated that some months since he became afflicted with a cancer on his upper lip and had at the time applied for advice to the medical gentlemen practising in the neighbourhood of Ill ' s residence . His attention was ultimately attracted to a printed bill , setting forth the _alleged " extraordinary cures" performed by Doctor the T * ; lr ? n— , of the _BlsMsfefriarwoad : and believing them to be genuine , he made up his mind to place himself under thc Haron ' s care . On _callinnat the house ho was told that thc Baron occupied " two there

      rooms , and that a fee of 5 s . must be paid before he could be admitted to an interview with the doctor , He accordingly paid thc 5 s ., * . vnd t \\© Bnron , oh examining him , said lie should not only cure him m a Short time , Mt effect Such a cure-as would astonish those medical men who had before seen him , and all his friends , and that his terms for doing so , would be £ 10 , one half to be paid at once , and the remainder at five { shillings a week . He ( tho applicant ) consented to those terms ,- but after paying £ 7 10 s ., and attending closelv to his advice , lie found that , instead of getting better , that he was becoming considerably worse and the object of his present application was to know how he could proceed to recover back thc money which had been obtained from him by a false promise hy the Baron , of making a perfect cure of him . In reply to the questions ot the magistrate as to what the doctor ' s mode of treatment had been , the poor fellow said that

      pills and poultices were thc only thing prescribed ; and added , that to one poultice the Baron recommended the addition of bark , and this , on the application to the diseased lip , nearly set him mad . —Mr . Norton here read the printed bill handed to mm by the applicant , of the " extraordinary cures " alleged to have been performed by Dr . Bavon , who is described as "M . D ., M . H . C . S ., A . M ., K . O . M . T ., and C . L . D . H ., & C . & c ., Ac , " during his brief residenco in London . The magistrate remarked that no respectable practitioner would print and issue such gross puffs as those set forth m the printed bill before him . He had no doubt whatever that if a summons was taken out against the Baron , the county court would-compel him to refund the £ 7 10 s . The applicant thanked his worship for his kind advice , and the patience with which ho had heard him , and declared he should apply to the county court for a summons against thc Baron .

      _CLERKENWELL . — _Steamn-o a _Baker ' s rARCEL . — Jane Mathews , alias Mary Watt , was placed at tho bar before Mr . Combe , for final examination , charged with stealing a banker ' s parcel , containing £ 3 Q 0 in gold and . silver monies . — Mr . Bush attended for the prosecution , and a Mr . Hare for the prisoner , and thc court was excessively crowded . The particulars ofthe case have already been fully detailed in the newspapers . — Mr . Bush now said lie had no further evidence to offer _ag-iinst the prisoner . —Mr . Combe inquired of the prisoner ' s solicitor whether the prisoner still persisted ill giving tho name of Mary Watt ?—Mr . Hare : I am instructed to defend her by that name . — Prisoner ( smiling ) : My name is Jane Mathews . — Mr .

      Mould inserted that name iu the depositions . — Mr . Combe . * Then the prisoner stands fullv committed to take her trial at the Central Criminal Can- -, next sessions . —Mr . Hare now applied te thc bench for the restoration of six sovereigns and some silver which were found on the prisoner after her apprehension . —Mr . Combe said he would not make any order about it . — Mr . Hare - . Then I apply to your worshi p for the restoration of tho key ofthe Joor to the apartments of the prisoner , which contain her clothes and furniture ,. _« fcc ., as there could be no pretence to say that they were dishonestly come by . —Mr . Combe : I have no authority to make such order . You can consult with thc police officer

      ( Sergeant Archer ) , who is an old experienced officer , and will do everything that is reasonable and right in thc matter . — Prisoner ( laughing cheerfully ) : Well , I suppose if they decline giving up my key they will have the kindness to pay my rent . ( Laughter . )—Mr . Hare said that magistrates frequently ordered the officers to deliver-up property found on prisoners when there was no proof of its being the produce of theft . — Mr . Combe declined making any order on the subject . —Prisoner : Then what am I to do ? I have not had a change of apparel since I was first brought here . — Mv . llsvvc * . We must apply to a judge—Lockerby , S division , said he could give bis reasons why the bench should refuse to make any order in ret ' eronco to the

      _vestovatmn of the property . — Mr . Have said it was very hard to detain the prisoner ' s key , as the rent of the lodgings was going on , and her furniture might ultimately be seized for vent . — Mr , Combe repeated that he had no authority to make any order , and referred him to the officers in thc case . —The prisoner was then taken from the bar laughing , and when in the gaoler ' s room , Archer , Lockerby , and her Solicitor had an interview with her , but neither the key nor the property found upon her were delivered up to her , and in the course of tho

      day she was conveyed to Newgate in the polico-van . Since the last examination the officers havo used the most active exertions in order to trace thc retreat of the man who had acted in conjunction with the prisoner at the Cross Keys , but without success , A full description of his person has been sent all over the country , and it is probable that he may bo in custody j' ™ ' to the sessions . Tho officers are also making every inquiry in reference to the prisoner ' s suspected connexion with the robbcrv at St . Pancras workhouse .

      HAMMERSMITH . —Ootaisi . no Money under False Prktences , —John Wilson , of _Ao . 1 , Princesstreet , London-road , Southw a rk , tallow-chandler , and James Frederick _Iiaudall , of 4 ( S , White Horsestreet , Lambeth , were charged with having obtained from William Evans , Esq ., M . P ., of Kensingtongore , the sum of £ 15 , under fraudulent pretences . —William Uorsford , one ofthe officers of tho Mendicity Society , deposed that on the morning of Friday last he saw Mr . Evans , at his residence in Kensington-gore , and from the information which he received from that gentleman , he went to thc residence of the prisoner Wilson , in Princes-street , London-road , Southwark , where ho apprehended him on tho present charge . On telling him why

      he was taken into custody , he said , " This is Mr . Challis ' s business . " Witness having placed him in safe custody , proceeded to No . 4 ( 5 , White Horse * street , Lambeth , where he saw the other prisoner , Randall , and told him that he wanted him for obtaining money under fraudulent pretences from Mr . Evans , when ho replied , "Iknow nothing about it . "—William Evans , Esq ., M . P ., of Kensingtongore , deposed that about three weeks or a month s i nce the prisoners came to his house , and said they were tradesmen who were _knov-n to a nephew of Mrs . Evans , a Mr . Gibbons , and asked for assistance for a widow with four children , who were on the point of going out from this country as settlers in Australia . After putting some questions to them on the subject , he gave them £ 5 to giv « to the family , to assist them in their outfit , ana they went away . Last Wednesday both _pi-is 6 _nei-s came again to witness ' s house , and said that they bad given the

      woman and her children £ 20 each , and that sho and her family were then lying at Plymouth , read y to sail , but they had not raised money sufficient toena b le t h em to d o s o , when , in consequence of what they told him , he then gave them £ 10 more for them . The next morning Uorsford called on witness . The prisoners told witness that their namea were Wood and Cooper . —Tho wives of tho two prisoners here came forward and declared that Randall was not one ofthe parties , but a man named Challis _, whom they charged Horsford with having let off . —Mv . Evans , however , said he had no doubt that Randall was one of the men . He had some conversation with them on both occasions . —Mr . Beadon then remanded both prisoners for a week on the charge of fraud . —An application was subsequently made by Randall ' s who for her husband to be admitted to bail , which was acceded to , and he was ordered to enter into his own recognisance of £ 40 , and two respectable housekeepers of £ 20 each for his appearance .

      It Is Stated That A New Table-Pl Ant , T...

      It is stated that a new table-pl ant , termed the apios _taltrosa _> is being cultivated in Belgium , in the hope that it will partl y suppl y the place of potatoes , as , in proportion , it produces twice the quantity _*^ nutritive farinaceous matter . ' ' , / " L _!^ -j- ' - ' - How to Keep Apples , _Psina , and e 4 B » i _^]^ irf _* U Lock ttemupiaa dry cvllar , and Ju _$ ti _$$ _&& _. * icethe _quantwy- _'Ol / - _^ ' _> - _' . '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31031849/page/5/