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      A _GLANCE AT HOME AFFAIRS . FOREIGN POSTSCRIPT . Brother Pholetahllvs , The writer of the " Parliamentary _Review" in this journal , gave you , on Saturday last , an account ofthe " Nine "Weeks' Work " ofthe " noble , " "hononrable , " and "right honourable" legislators , who assembled in the ¦ _Westminstertalk-and-tas-trap , forthe "despatch of business , '' on the 1 st of February last . After reading the reviewer ' s account of their high mightinesses' proceedings , it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that Parliamentary "despatch of business" closely approximates , in its results , to the shearing of a hog" Great cry and little wool . "

      Well , after more than a week ' s holiday onr hard-working legislators re-assembled on Monday last , Irat 6 tiU bo jaded wero they , so little refreshed hy their eleven days' relaxation , that during Mr . Scott ' s speech in support of his motion for a select committee to inquire into the political and financial relations between Great Britain and her dependencies , scarcel y forty Members conld be kept together to constitute " a House . " Itis true that when the moment for a division came , the number of Members present suddenl y increased to one hundred and fifteen . The cause of so considerable an influx of industrious

      legislators will be understood when I add , that Mr . Scott's motion was negatived b y 81 to SI : Tuesday evening brought a still more "beggarly account of empty boxes . " A discussion of questions in connexion with the subject ofthe sale of landed property in Ireland , was suddenly brought to a close by " an Hononrable Gentleman " suggesting that the House be counted , which being done , it was found that only thirty-one Members were present ; thereupon " the House" adjourned .

      The " no-House" dodge was _workedforthepurposeofpreventingMr . GjGOKGETHOMPSO _^ bringing on his motion on thc War in the Punjaub . At the commencement of the sitting , both Hobhotjse and Goulburn entreated the Member for the Tower Hamlets to postpone his motion , which that gentleman refused to do . The burking process was then had recourse to . The " Hononrable Members " slunk away , and before Mr . _Thojipsojt could bring on his motion , the House was " counted out" and adjourned .

      Why do not their high-mightinesses adjourn once and for ever ? Why do they meet at all ? What good do they do ? Why should they assemble for no other purpose , that I can see , than to rob the people by " votingthe supplies / ' and render " night hideous" by their eternal mouthings ? Would to Heaven they would shut np shop ' and leave us to the rule of unveiled despotism ! But they are too cunning for that . Oppression and plunder are never so safely carried on as when masked with the hypocritical forms of " Constitutionalism . ' *

      It is acknowledged by all parties that the only novel production of the " _2 sine Weeks ' Work" of our legislatorshas been the speeches of Sir Robert _Teel on " the Irish difficulty . " Mark yon , speeches only ! Not a motion " for leave to bring in a bill , " or for the appointment of a commission to carry out his professed views ; not a hearty , and , therefore , honest attempt to efface the miseries of the Irish people by immediate legislative action ,

      but mere speeches—that is , a bid for power I But "Peel has renounced the very idea of resuming office . " Fudge ! " Well , then , " says another admirer of ihe " great statesman / ' " Peel is too sound a politician to risk a defeat by proposing his Irish regeneration scheme nnder present circumstances , and , therefore , ' bides his time , ' until , as Prime _ilinister once more , he finds himself in command of a working and obedient majority hi the House of Commons . " But is this the

      course a lover of justice , and true friend to humanity would pursue ? No . An honest legislator , seeing the misery of a nation , and believing himself possessed of a remedy for that misery , would at once propose his scheme in legislative form ; and if he failed on the first attempt , vrould propose his plan again , and—if need he—again and again , until finally _successful . Peel has been a " statesman" longer than I

      have lived years , and what has his statesmanship done for you ? When were you benefitted by his measures ? ' What advantage have you derived ¦ from his free-trade schemes ? WiU he even now admit Labour to at least a share of representation in the Legislature ? Not he , indeed . With all his plausibilities he is but a great state-juggler ; a trickster who prevents real progress by his " timely concessions , and thimblerig measures of "judicious reform . "

      But it may be urged , thaj ; " it is unfair to judge of Peel ' s Irish Reform Scheme by the antecedents of its author ; it should be judged on it own merits . " Be it so . The ex-Premier suggests the appointment of a commission to—1 st . —take possession " on equitable terms" —of the lands at present uncultivated by the insolvent landlords ; the said lands , divided into estates of 1 , 000 , 1 , 500 , and 2 , 000 acres each , with a clear _parli-imeutary title , to he disposed of to private capitalists , public companies , & c , possessing the means of cultivating the soil and giving

      employment to the peasantry _\ 2 nd . To free the Land from its burden of redundant labour , by a properly-organised scheme of emigration ; 3 rd . To administer the grants for thc encouragement of the fisheries , & c , and to employ labour in road-malting and other public works ; 4 th . To better organise the poor-law management and re-establish tlie work-Louse test of destitution . As regards legal forms the Commission to have the power to set aside and dispense with the legal swindling which at present accompanies every transfer of Land .

      I admit that , contrasted with thc miserable measures of the Whigs—the " sixpenny Rate in Aid , " the £ 50 , 000 grant , and the continuation ofthe Habeas Corpus Suspension , Peel ' s scheme seems vast and comprehensive . But a sli ght examination -win suffice to show that the scheme is wondrously insignificant , compared with the noise made about it . Some parts of the scheme even demand condemnation ; such as the projected organisation of emigration , and re-estabhshment of the workhouse test . Thc suggested clipping of the claws of those foul birds of prey , the lawyers , is very well in its -way . But the grand part of the scheme—the colonising , or , rather , I should say , the re-landlordising

      of the West ot Ireland , is open to tne most serious objections . Landlords , under aU circumstances , must be a enrse to the community . It may be ihat the existing Irish landlords are the worst possible on the face of this earth , and that Sir Robert Peel ' s landlords would be the best possible , —say as good as our English landlords . ' Will any man pretend to show that such chopping and changing will banish misery from Ireland ? I grant that to supersede the existing bankrupt , broken-down lords of the soil , by a set of vigorous , full-blooded capitalists , will in all probability , be a means of restoring a large breadth of land to cultiat _leass

      vation , anu giving temporary employment to a large number of the pauperised population . Good , as a measure _' of relief ; and anything that affords relief to the suffering should be taken for what it is worth ; no more . But such a scheme of •' reform" does not call for any extravagant demonstrations of joy . It will not cure the ills of Ireland . It will , at best , bring about such a happy state of things as _raists in ' * Merry England . " Labourers of Dorsetshire and WUtshire , you can testify to the happiness of _living under the dominion of wealthy , independent landlords ! I can understand why Peel ' s scheme should

      be regarded with favour by English capitalists . " Let ns have Free Trade in Land , " says Mr . Bright;— "let the traffic in land be as free as traffic in cotton . " I dare say the hon . member for Manchester speaks fe _^ ing ly . Capitalists troubled -with a plethora of wealth , would be only too glad to dispose of their superfltfous cash by purchasing land in the " cheapest market . " Imagine , too , the step in advance for onr _millocrats—factory kings in England , and landlords in Ireland ; then * feet planted on the necks of the wealth-producers of both countries . A " consummation devoutly to he wished "—by Johk Bright and his order !

      There is a certain " philosopher" named Caritle who has acquired a reputation by writing some smart things , and many stupid things , but

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      which stupid things his admirers imagine must mean something very profound , seeing that they are expressed in a mystery-mongcring jargon utterly opposed to " plain English . '' This queer genius is a great " hero-worshipper . " William THK CONQUEROR / ' or , as he pedantically ealls him , " _Wilhclmus Conquestors , " Cbomwell , _Danto . v , and such characters , are the gods of his idolatry . I have for some time past expected to see him coming out with a panegyric on " Wixmschgratz , Jellachicii , and Ridetzsky ! But no , he appears to have taken a peaceable turn , and , behold , has which stupid things his admirers _imagine must

      exalted Peel for us poor mortals to fall down and worship . [ That will not I . There is no greater " sham" on the face of this earth than plausible Peel . ] Last Saturday's _Sjiectator contains two weary columns of Cabltle ' _s choicest bedlambalderdash in laudation of Peel ' s "beneficent " " prophecy ; " and the Editor " bangs Bannagher " by adding;— "England and-Ireland , Ulster and Munstcr , O'Connell and Cromwell , the House of Commons and the Hero-worshipper , are in conjunction in the House of Peel ! Is it an omen ? Does the member for Tamworth act under a spell ?"

      I could have understood and joined in theso raptures had the ex-Premier proposed—for instanceto commence a series of veritable reforms , by taking possession of the misused and uncultivated estates as national property ,- and instead cf disposing of them in 1 , 000 , 1 , 500 * and 2 , 000 acres , to speculators and money-gorgers , to have let them in lots of 5 , 10 , 15 , and 20 acres , on long leases , at a com rent , the rent payable into ( Ac _nationai treasury . He might have suggested , in addition , the letting of large tracts of land to co-operative associations , similar to the Chartist Land Company . "But the capital for these small farmers I' Surely our " strong government , " with the sanction of our '' omnipotent Parliament , " could raise a loan , the interest on

      which , and finally the principal , would be provided for from the rents paid into the national treasury . Such a scheme—which I have merely indicatedwould free the Irish tillers of the soil from the exactions of the land-robbers for ever ; would raise miserable paupers to the rank of independent yeomen ; change a wilderness of woe into a paradise of felicity ; and give to the legislator who shotild effect such a reform ( as the commencement , be it understood , of other _regenerating measures ) , an unquestionable title to the eternal gratitude pf the _Irish people . But Sir Robert Peel is no suoh legislator . Such a course would he denounced by the plunderers of Labour as " a violation of the rights of property . " Mark Peel's words : — "I wish for no violation of

      the rights of property . Nothing can be more easy than to suggest remedies , if we choose to disregard the rights of property , which it is the first duty of a British Legislature to uphold . " How comes that to pass ? Because the British Legislature represents Capital in hostility to Labour ; capital in Land , produce , manufactures , shipping , railroads , houses , money , & c , & c . Peel confesses that " if we choose to disregard the rights of property" remedies may be easily suggested . And why not disregard those " rights , " if necessary to protect the more sacred right of life , menaced by " famine , " disease , and death , by starvation ? " Wby not ? Because , says Peel , it is the first duty ofthe British Legislature to uphold tbe ri g hts of property . The first dutij—a more imperative duty than to " uphold" the Labourer's right to live ! We knew this before the

      oracle spoke , but it is as well to take notice of the importantfiictthatourgreatregeneratorwiilsanction no reform which will interfere with the " rights of property" as at present acknowledged . I tell you thatthe " rights of property , " as at present recognised , are the riglits of robbery . The " rights of property" must be re-cast , and made to include the Rhmts or Labour . The " statesman" who opposes or shrinks from such a reform , may be a clever cobbler of worn-out constitutions , and a political tinker of the highest order , hut he is ntt TnE man to regenerate society , and lay the foundation ofa people's greatness . But , brother-proletarians , you might as well expect grapes from thorns , or figs from thistles , as that men who live in palaces and enjoy princely revenues drawn from your toil , should feel any real anxiety for your welfare , or exhibit anything like ardour in the work of social reformation . " Put

      not your trust in princes said one of old—one of the tribe who knew his class well ; and I say , put not your trust in rich men , for it is impossible for them to do you justice . If ever your political and social emancipation is effected it must bo by yourselves , through the instrumentality of men of your own class . From the hut , the cellar , and the garret must come the saviours of your order _. It is " easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle" than for legislators of the Peel class to legislate for your welfare , or make laws in accordance with the dictates of simple justiee . The half-confessions ofthe Free Trade leaders at the Wakefield banquet , and the Leeds meeting , of their despair of achieving " financial reform , '

      long as the House of Commons is unreformed , is an important admission for us . When agitating for Corn Law Repeal , Cobden , Bbight , and Hume did not so readily abandon the hope of victory because once defeated . Their cry raised upon every defeat was " Hurrah for total and immediate repeal !" Not so , now . They have suffered hut one defeat , and already they are beginning to acknowledge their hopelessness of victory without a previous " extension of the Suffrage . " But how far will they extend ? There's the rub ! Some weeks ago I was speaking to a person fully informed of the -views , hopes , and intentions of the Financial Reformers , when he assured me that nearly all the men of influence in that party were secretly in favour of Universal Suffrage , but could not go so far

      at present . I asked , " How far will your friends go ? " The answer was , " That depends on circumstances . If financial reform cannot be obtained from the present House of Commons , then the party will go for a large extension ofthe Suffrage . " " How large ? " I again asked . The reply was , "That depends upon the opposition . If violently opposed , a demand will be made for such an extension of the Suffrage as will leave you Chartists nothing to ask for . " My rejoinder was , " Then God send you may be bitterly and violently opposed , if that will drive you into doing justice to my order . " I say so now : and I call upon you , brother proletarians , to shake off your apathy , and prepare to take a becoming part in the struggle which cannot be much longer delayed . Remember that your only ark of political salvation is THE CHARTER ,

      I have not space for comment on the trial and acquittal of Drouet , the Tooting child-farmer . His acquittal will not much surprise you ; and I dare say you will be as little astonished at the conduct of the judge as at the verdict of the jury . I will not trust myself with the free expression of my own feelings , hut , will quote what thc Mommy Chronicle ( no very warm friend of the poor ) says : — " The conduct of Mr . Baron Platt was , as it has heen too often—at Exeter , at Abingdon , and in the Central Criminal Court—most discreditable to the judicial bench . Throughout the trial his object appears to

      have been to browbeat the counsel for the prosecution , and to insult and embarrass their witnesses . " Thisjustjudge ( _I ) told thejury there was no case , and that the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal . Jfo sooner said than done . The jury , with as little hesitation as they would have felt at finding a Chartist guilty of " sedition , " immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty ! More than this—the verdict was hailed by the audience with cheers and clapping of hands , and Mister Drouet left the court receiving the congratulations of his friends and admirers !!! No case ! Not Guilty ! and shouts of applause ! Of

      course" Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the laws !" And what care judges and jurors , commissioners and guardians , for your lives , or the lives of your children ? Those who applauded the acquittal of Dbotjet , doubtless looked upon the death of so many surplus brats as _something to be rejoiced over . Of course tbey will subscribe for a " Drouet Testimonial . " But the dead as well as the living demand their homage . That much-iujured saint and holy martyr , Mother Brownrigg , who was hanged for merely starving and flogging her apprentice girls to death , deserves a memorial of Malthusian gratitude . Doubtless Mr . Baron Platt will come down handsomely both for the " Drouet testimonial" and the " Brownrigg monument !"

      Poor , down-troddeD , spiritless people ; when do you mean lo bring this horrible _sysfcm te an end ? The liberation of Mr . Duffy , the proprietor and editor of the once famous Nation , is a matter to rejoice over . On his fourth trial , the jury again disagreed , and failed to return a verdict . - Seven of thc twelve were in favour of a verdict of Not Guilty . Mr . Duffy has been discharged on bail . It is not likely that any further attempt will be made upon his liberty—at least , for past" offences . " If Mr . Duffy is the earnest man I suppose him to be ( I say this with but small admiration for Mr . D . ' s politics ) , he must be a veryunhappyman , when he contrasts the realities of the present with the dreams of the past . Twelve months ago , Mr . _Duffv went to prison , believing that his countrymen were about to engage in a death-struggle for the restoration of their nationality and freedom .

      The hour struck , hut the men were wanting . On emerging from prison , Mr . Duffy finds his countrymen—if the newspapers are to be credited—utterly indifferent to " Repeal" and " Independence , " looking to Peel as their saviour , and paying down their cash in aid of " His Holiness" the Pope . This " Papal Rate-in-Aid" is a disgrace to Ireland . Some weeks ago , I saw it reported that one thousand pounds had been collected in the diocese ofa Bishop , appropriately named Cantwell ! Itis now stated that the " Papal Rate-in-Aid" will amount to from £ 25 , 000 to 430 , 000 . Oh ! miserable , priest-led people of Ireland , you have not the rirtue to even attempt your own redemption , yet you will basely assist tyrants to enslave those who have broken their chains ! Is it not enough that Emmxii ' s torrih still remains uningcribed , tbat Miicbxl languishes in a felon ' s exile , and that your

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      best and bravest are in prisons or in banishment ; 18 S UCU degradation not sufficient , but that you must add the shame of wringing from your rags and _nnsery the means to restore Tyranny in a land which is at this moment free ? By Heavens , you place yourselves bevond the pale of human sympathy ! ' Oh ! Erin , how low " crt thou sunk , by misfortune and tyranny , till iliy succour of tyrants hath plunged thee below The depth of thy deep , in a deeper gulf still . I can but direct your attention to the important—though generally melancholy intelligence from the continent , in this number of thc Star . I must defer comment till next week . You will see that after a _courageous defence Genoa has best anil \>* n-a _* i- ; : _.- _ i . „ : _ i t .

      succumbed to the arms of the treacherous government of Piedmont ; that the counter-revolution is victorious in Florence—at least , so says the French telegraph—and that the Roman Republic is menaced with instant destruction by the arms of Republican France ! The intervention to restore the Pope will render France the most infamous and hated nation in Europe , unless the French people put down and signally punish their present villanous rulers . I commend to your special attention the account of tlie progress of the war in Sicily . Read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest , the hellish atrocities perpetrated by King Ferdinand ' s butchers . Read and remember that " statesmen " ; n the British Parliament have dared to applaud the Neapolitan miscreant , and that nearly all the daily journals published in this metropolis have

      abetted that monster , and excited him . to wade through those torrents of blood which , by the hands of his infernal instruments , he is now shedding in his attempt to re-establish his accursed dominion over Sicily . There 'is one—and only one—gleam of sunshine piercing through the dark cloud which " at present " envelope * , the continent like a funeral pall ; I allude to the glorious victories of the Hungarians . According to the latest accounts , the Magyars _having gained a bloody victory over Windischgratb ana Jbllachich at Waitzen , had , under their glorious General Rem , re-taken their capital and entered Pesth in triumph . But the struggle is not ended ; the Muscovite tyrant is sending entire armies into Hungary , numbering some 30 , 000 each . Brother proletarians let your hearts' aspirations he poured forth for tho final victory of the brave Hungarians , who have sworn to live free or die ! L'AMI DU PEUPLE . April 19 , 1849 .

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      _ia _» PUBLIC MEETINGS . CONDUCT OF MR . D'EYNCOURT , M . P ., ON MR , _COBDEN'S MOTION . A meeting of the Lambeth Electoral Association took place on Tuesday evening , at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Common , " To take into consideration the reasons assigned by thc Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , for the absence of his name from the division list upon Mr . Cohden ' s motion for Financial Reform , and upon the general business of the association . " There was rather a numerous attendance . Mr . Charles Jones was unanimously called on to preside . Mr . F . Doulton , after referring to the previous _TWAAfltitfr rm + Lia c _« l _« m _» t r _* T » ll _-rnnllinrf + lm !/ _. _*¦!¦/«» r , f

      Mr . D'Eyncourt , explanatory of the course he had pursued , said the committee had no other course than to call this meeting . Since doing so , they had received another letter from Mr . D'Eyncourt . After reading this letter , Mr . Doulton moved the following resolution ;— " That thc reasons assigned by the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , in his letter of the 19 th of March , for the absence of his name from the division list , upon the important question of Financial Reform brought forward by Mr . Cobden , on the 2 Gth February , are deemed by this meeting most unsatisfactory . " Mr . _Leggins seconded the resolution .

      The Rev . S . Grien moved , and Mr . F . Hardy seconded , an amendment , respectfully requesting Mr . D'Eyncourt to sustain by his votes the largest measures of retrenchment consistent with the maintenance of national credit . Several gentlemen having spoken for nnd against the motion , the amendment was put and negatived by a large majority , and the original motion was carried amidst load cheering . Mr . _Aldington moved : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , no member ofthe House of Commons deserves the confidence of the people who fails to record his vote in favour of sueh a measure as that brought forward by Mr . Cobden ; and that Mr . D'Eyncourt has , by his conduct on that occasion , forfeited his claim to the support of the electors of this borough . " Mr . Barber seconded the motion . Agreed to . Thanks were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated a little before eleven o ' clock .

      Tne Navigation Laws.—A Meeting Was Held ...

      TnE Navigation Laws . —A meeting was held at Hull on Monday to consider the propriety of petitioning thc House of Lords to reject the ministerial measure for the repeal of the navigation laws . The meeting was called by thc mayor , who presided . — Mr . S . T . Hassell , merchant , moved the first resolution , which affirmed that the bill now before parliament would materially damage the interests of shipowners and others connected with British shipping . Mr . Hassell would ultimately consent to some alteration in the navigation laws , but he contended that it should be preceded by remedial measures for the purpose of removing the peculiar

      burthens under which tbe shipowners laboured . He had no doubt that the country would have free trade , for a time ; hut there ought to be no free trade , unless accompanied by a reduction of taxation and expenditure . —Mr . T . Ward , shipowner , seconded the motion . —Mr . W . H . Holdsworth moved an amendment , asserting the soundness of the principle of free trade , and the justice and wisdom of its application to the shipping interest . He exposed the fallacies advanced in support of protection , and told the shipowners that their opposition would be as futile as that of the landlords was on the question of thc corn laws . —Mr . Alderman Jones seconded thc amendment . '—

      Mr . J . Foster ( Belgian consul , and vice-president of thc Chamber of Commerce ) , supported the amendment . His objection to the ministerial measure was that it did not go far enough . It declared that the British shipowner might build his ships where he liked ; but he ( Mr . Foster ) would not bo content until the shipowner could build where he liked , man where he liked , and provision where ho liked . It was absurd to attempt to protect the interests of a small class at the cost of the whole people . —Mr . Richardson remarked upon thc small number of shipowners present , as a proof of their indifference to the question . —Mr . French , shipowner , said he was a thorough-going free-trader , but he thought that free trade should be . preceded by retrenchment and financial reform . —After several other speeches on both sides of the question , the amendment was put to the meeting and rejected . The original motion was then carried , and a petition to parliament resolved upon .

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      SILK KNOTTED BRANCH . Hero follows a specimen of Liberal's liberalism . When , we wonder , will the eyes of those who live by their labour be opened to the doings of those who live upon the proceeds of unprotected labour ? Mr . Sweet , of Nottingham , the agent for the " Northern Star , " has Mr . O' _CONKOit' s instructionstopay ten shillings

      in aid of the Branch whose sufferings are so graphically depicted in the following narrative , and we sincerely trust that this example will be followed by a long list of subscriptions in next week ' s " Star , " as the industrious classes may rely upon it , that support and defence of then own order will go farthest ih checking the tyranny of their oppressors ; but we regret to say , that the infernal system under which we live so vitiates the mind of man that few feel

      for the woes and sufferings of their fellows , while if one hundredth part of the amount that is spent in brutal and debasing dissipation were applied to the cause of labour , the regeneration of man would be speedily effected . Itis only from the disunion of the many that the supremacy and tyranny of the few is established ; and wh y is it that that hideous monster , disunion based upon jealousy , does not vanish ? Simply because the labouring classes are the greatest oppressors of their own order . Again we appeal on behalf of those struggling sufferers . TO THE FRAMEWORK-KNITTERS OF ALL BRANCHES , AND THE PUBLIC IN

      GENERAL . Friends axd Fellow _Workmen-TIic hands employed in the above branch have for some time past been thrown into confusion in consequence of then requiring a regulation or statement in the number ol courses in all hose made below Maids' or small Women ' s in size . This small request being granted , one manufacturer being apprised of the exorbitant Drofits ofthe second-hand masters offered to the said masters a scale of profit , for their future guidance ; this they agreed to abide by . The workmen and masters employed by this firm , are thus m This being thtlease wilh the most important house in the manufacture of silk knotted hose , the workmen emuloyed by other firms , deemed it imperative , in self-defence , to adopt the same system , to accomplish which app lication was made to one _master to

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      adopt the above scale ta , who refused to comply m consequence of such refusal the hands ceased to work , iuis act of the workmen alarmed tlie other second-hand masters in Nottingham , who it appears have entered into a bon d or agreement , to resist to _. tlC - ™ _£ 8 t ln Vr ? "" P ° * ° honest demands of their workmen . These masters having for years past been in the habit of extracting exorbitant _pro-^ _H ° duringthe depressio n in trade / fecl l rofit " t 0 * moderatc acaI ° ° ° u _J _, J ? . f . < j-h _™ d masters , a Mr . Bush , insulted his hands m the grossest manner , by taking ! i ° _t ™ 7 _T _^ 8 ilk > _^ * time when the men were from the shop ; and when one of them ¦ went to his work , this ivorthu stated , " he reouired nnt * . hoa *„ .... _^ .

      the leet and silk to work up him-elf , that tlie orders were all done but mark how soon this man changed Ins tale , —the next day he said they might work , if they required nothing more than the regulations m the number of courses . Thus these men have been forced out of omploy in self-defence , or submit to the tyranny of this little man , and to work too at a less price than the majority of the trade . Under such circumstances as these , where , wc would ask , is tlie independent-minded working man who would not have so acted ? What will the workmen in other branches and the public think , when thoy are informed that these second-banded masters take to the amount of two shillings and sixpence out of one . dozen , hose ? -the first hand or warehouse price being fifteen _shilling for windi ., o- _tnlrinn

      in , tor the making of which , tho hand at this time _tl ° E Z _,-, r _S s and eightpence ; for the ff _? _£ _tr _..- ShllhnSS and sixpence ; and frame _?^' _tnZ „ r lUmgS a , four Pence ; and if we allow eightpence for needles , tallow , shop , and other cx-ShHHnV * Tl _v _*« _W' « « haro to seven shilling * . Thus if a man holds ten frames , and the produce from those frames be one dozen each , this holder of frames will receive for his trouble , for bringing out the silk and taking in the work the sum of one pound , leaving five shillings for winding the silk ; and the man who makes twelve pairs ol s _™ ? u ho , se ' 5 Um ° seven shillings . We , the workmen in the silk knotted branch , have determined to use our uttermost power to put a to such

      stop an unjust system of taxation ; but being few m number in Nottingham , and ours bein " a local grievance ( the other portions of the brancS not Buttering in like proportion ) are necessitated to appeal to our fellow workmen in other branches , and the public , for assistance to enable us to defeat the _rcsisters of justice . Any donations or subscriptions will be thankfully received by the committee , which will sit at the " Cricket Player , ' Barker-gate , Nottingham , on Saturday next , from five until nine o ' clock in the evening . A deputation having waited upon two manufacturers , to state the grievances under which the workmen were labouring , received for answer , that " they should not interfere between workmen and masters . "

      Thc following is a statement of the required alterations : — Amount of Charges at present . Required Alteration . The _Jlst , 2 nd , and 3 rd size 2 s 6 d— -to Is Od 4 th and Sth 2 s 6 d—to 2 s Od < 5 th 2 s Cd—to 2 s 3 d N . B . —We arc sorry to have to inform oui * fellow workmen , that we have two opponents ( journeymen ) in this struggle , whose names are ' William Russell and Edward Gilbert ; tho first refused to act with his shopmates , and the other took one of tho turnout ' s frames . These men are now working to Mr . Bulloek , while his shop is struck by thc trade . Committee—John _Baggerlet , John Cammery , Jun ., Thomas Shaw , Adam Basher , William Tomlin-SON , GEOIlOE Scow . Secretary — Pba . vws _BEjVU'OSA'LI ..

      Police.

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      Marylebone—A Queer "Lark."—Edward Woodal...

      MARYLEBONE—A Queer "Lark . " —Edward Woodall was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with having stolen a silk handkerchief , the property of Mr . George Peach , a clerk , residing at No . 21 , Wcstbourne-grove , Bayswatcr . —The prisoner was attired in a moussclin-de-laine dress , a slate-coloured polka , and a straw bonnet and black veil ; his appearance was altogether feminine in the extreme . —Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : What are you . —Prisoner ; lam a ballet dancer , and am known at several theatres . I am now engaged at tho St . James ' s . —Mr . Broughton And docs the manager know that you arc going about in this way , in the disguise of a woman ?—Prisoner : It was only ( lone for a lark , Sir , and I have my own clothes underneath . ( He here pulled

      up his female apparel , and exhibited a pair of black trousers and boots . —Sergeant Walker , 5 D , deposed that on tho previous morning , between one and two o'clock , he was spoken to by Mr . Peach , who , pointing to the prisoner , said— " That girl has stolen my handkerchief from my great-coat pocket . " Witness went up to the prisoner and told him what he was charged with , when he said' Don ' t take me to the station-house , I want to speak to you , and will give you something to drink ; I am no girl , but am a young man , living in _Pickering-place . " He ( prisoner . ) was , at the time , with two other persons . —Mr . Broughton : Did the person who lost the handkerchief say anything more to you ?—Witness : He told mo that he had been in

      the company of tho prisoner for nearl y an hour , and that he ( prisoner ) had put his arms round him many times ; liis belief was then that the prisoner was " a girl . —Mr . Holt , a tradesman , said he had no other idea with regard to the affair than that it was a mere lark on the part of the prisoner . Witness did not believe that he ( prisoner ) had ever had the handkerchief in his possession . —Sergeant Walker produced the handkerchief , which , after the prisoner was locked up , he found within 200 yards of the spot whore he ( prisoner ) was captured . —Mr . Broughton : Is the owner ofthe handkerchief hero ? —Witness . —He is not , Sir ; but ho was desired to attend , and he' promised to do so . —Mr . Broughton ( to thc prisoner ) : What is your answer to

      tins?—Prisoner . —I was not aware of thc risk I was running in this freak , and if I had intended anything wrong by putting on female apparel I should not have had my own things on underneath . —The person who said he had lost his handkerchief was much the worse for drink when he met me . He said , " Arc you going home alone , Miss ? " and I said , Yes . " He would not let me go , or I should have been glad to have got rid of him . I never put women ' s clothes on before , and am sorry that I should have acted so foolishly now , but I did not dream of any harm arising out of it . —Mr . Broughton looked upon the affair in a serious light ; to say the least of it , the assumption of women ' s attire by a man in thc public streets was an offence from wliich

      great abominations might possibly arise . —The prisoner was bailed , himself in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 30 each , for liis being again forthcoming at the court ; and it was directed that a summons should be issued against Mr . Peach , whoso evidence is material in the case . The prisoner was again placed at thc bar on Tuesday , when Mr . Peach was present , a summons having boon served upon him by order of Mr . Broughton , who was resolved upon sifting thc matter to the bottom , as he considered that it was an affair of too serious a nature to be lightly passed over . A solicitor attended for the _prisonei _* . Some new facts were elicited , and the prosecutor alleged that , while in conversation with the prisoner , he

      ( the latter ) committed an act of the grossest indecency upon him . He ( prosecutor ) entered into many other particulars as to the various places along which he and prisoner walked , and the nature of the discourse which took place . He unhesitatingly asserted that his firm impression was that lie had been talking to a young woman , and was not undeceived until after he ( prisoner ) had been searched at the station-house .--The solicitor , who had cross-examined witnesses with much tact on behalf of liis client , said that the act of putting on female apparel was a frolic of a very foolish natu » e . He ( prisoner ) had certainly been guilty of groat indiscretion , and which he would regret to his latest hour . He was a young man respectably connected ,

      and good bail could be put in for his better behaviour in future . He ( the solicitor ) did not think that the _]> rosecnior stood in a very favourable light in the transaction , according to his own version of the matter . —Mr . Broughton considered that t \\ o solicitor had , in his zeal for his client , thrown out an allusion against the prosecutor which was not called for . How the handkerchief had been abstracted , and by whom , was a mystery ; but he ( the magistrate ) had no hesitation at all in condemning the conduct ofa young man dressing himself up in woman ' s clothes . That of itself was an offence contra bones mores ; but a more grave offence had been preferred , viz ., that of an indecent assault upon the prosecutor . Mi * . Broughton added , that

      he should not as yet decide as to whether he should send the prisoner to trial pr not ; he should take time to consider fully the case in all its bearings , and give his decision on Tuesday next . Good bail was tendered and accepted for thc future appearance of the accused . The case excited an unusual degree of interest . WORSHIP-STREET . —A _Helpmati . —A littl woman named Martha Jones , who has been several times before in custody for similar outrageous acts , was brought before Mr . Hammill , charged with cutting and wounding hev husband , a foreman in the St . Katherine Docks , and also with threatening his lifeThe husbandwho to

      . — , appeared be as peaceableas his partner wasfurious , stated that he hadbeen married for twenty years to the prisoner , by whom he had had a family of seven children , but that for a long timo past she had given _herBelf up to such vicious and profligate habits that his life had been rendered perfectly miserable . She had imbibed such an insatiable thirst for gin , that she was wholl y reckless as to the means ghe adopted to gratify it , and neither he nor his children wcre able to keep a second article of wearing apparel , or any other article of _property that could be converted into money without its being seized by the prisoner

      Marylebone—A Queer "Lark."—Edward Woodal...

      and carried off to tho pawnbrokers , whose shops she was in the daily habit of visiting , and when he ventured to remonstrate with her upon the ruinous course she was pursuing , ho was constantly subiected to such furious attacks with the first weapon she could lay her hands on that his life was always in danger . He had been obliged to bring her before the magistrate for such conduct , and she had been several times committed to prison , but she only became more callous and desperate , and while sitting at tea with his children on the _preceding Friday the prisoner , who had been incessantly drunk the whole of that week , suddenly began abusing him with the most foul-mouthed expressions , and then , _erasninir one of the table-knives , brandished , , . .

      it in his face with the most terrible threats and imprecations . It was evidently her intention to inflict upon him some serious injury , and he tried to wrest the knife out of her hand , but failed in doing so ; and , after getting one of his fingers nearly severed from his hand , was obliged to rush into the street , or he was satisfied he should have been murdered . Notwithstanding all this , however , he did not wish to press the _charge vindictively against her ; and if tho magistrate would make her find sufficient bail to secure the safety of himself and children , whose lives were in constant danger from her violence , he shonld _bepevfeetly satisfied . —Rowland , the warrant-officer , said , that upon calling at the house the complainant , in illustration of his wife ' s desperate character , drew his attention to the state of the wainscot in the parlour , which was marked in innumerable places with deep indentations , left by heavy missiles she had hurleu at hia head ; and

      he produced a pile of duplicates for his own ar . d the children ' s clothing , which the prisoner had-pledged to satisfy her propensity for drink . —Mr . Hammill said that it was certainly a most lamentable case , but , as the husband , had abandoned the more serious part of the chargo , ho was determined he and his family should have tho protection from violence he sought , and he should therefore order tlie prisoner to procure two substantial householders to bo answerable for her peaceable behaviour for the next month . —The instant she heard this decision , the prisoner turned fiercely upon her unfortunate _husbaad , and bitterly exclaiming , " May my curses rest upon your head , you murdering villain , to thc last day of your life , " waa removed by the gaoler , and , not being able at thc close of thc court to find any one who wouldhe a guarantee for her future good conduct , was ultimately carried off in the van for the time specified .

      WESTMINSTER , —Alleged Murder op a Wife bt her Husband . — John Wardley , aged 49 , described as a labourer , was charged before Mr . Broderip , on suspicion of _having caused the death of Anne , his wife , by assaulting her . —Caroline DonelJy , a woman in humble circumstances , stated that the prisoner and his wife ' occupied an apartment immediately over her , at No . 1 , Leg-court , Peter-street , Westminster . On Saturday evening , about tea time , she heard the prisoner and his wife quarrelling in their room , shortly after which the latter left him , and aa she came down stairs , made use of angry words . She then passed along by witness ' s door , and went out . In about fifteen or twenty minutes more , she again heard them

      quarrelling in their room , and on listening she heard what she thought to bo a tremendous combat between them . The deceased made use of very low language to her husband , immediately after which there was a heavy fall which shook the place . As witness was going out shortly afterwards she heard something like a heavy sigh , which she thought proceeded from thc prisoner's apartment . She paid no particular attention to this and went to market , but upon her return in two hours found that prisoners wife was dead . —Mr . Taylor ( the chief clerk ) : Had you any opportunity of observing whether she was sober on Saturday evening ?—Witness : I could hardly say whether she was sober or drunk . I had but little acquaintance with her .

      I should say she had had a drop . —Mr . Taylor : Is what you have described all you heard or know upon the subject ? — "Witness : It is . I paid but little attention , not thinking that anything like this would come of it , having heard similar quarrels between them before . —Mr . George Burton Payne , of 10 , Tachbrook-strcct , and 4 , Greycoat-place , surgeon , said , that at half-past eight on Saturday night he was called to attend the prisoner ' s wife , at 1 , Log-court , and found tho prisoner and two females engaged in lifting her into the bed . Witness , who at the first supposed she was in a fit , inquired whether she was subject to them , when the prisoner replied that she had ' not lately , and added , that he would not deceive him ( witness ); he had struck his wifo on the chest , and knocked her down . The women then informed witness , in a whisper , that it had had the effect upon tho wife of producing

      a miscarriage . Witness then observed that some blood had been wiped off the floor , and on examining the woman , who appeared much exhausted , he found some appearances which seemed to denote that the circumstance stated by the females had occurred ; but he could not say positively that it had . She was insensible , and almost pulseless , and witness requested the prisoner to accompany him to his shop for a stimulant , wliich he immediately did , and on witness again going to tho house almost immediately he found her dead . Witness then thought it was his duty to give the necessary information to the proper authorities with respect to what had occurred , and intimated that such was his intention to the prisoner , who did not throughout exhibit the slightest disposition to conceal anything , but was open and straightforward . — Mr . Broderip : Have you any notion of what caused death ?—Witness : I have not . I cannot tell the cause of death until I

      make a post mortem examination , for which I havo received the coroner ' s warrant . —William Nolan , 5 G B _, stated that he went to prisoner ' s room at ten on Saturday night , and told him that he must accompany him to the station-house ; he immediately replied that he would . On his way thither he said he had earned 18 s . and given his wife lGs ., keeping the other 2 s . to buy a shovel to go to work with on Monday morning . He asked her for 2 d ., and sho would not give it him . She had been drinking , and abusing him for some time , and told him that sho would go to the public house and spend all the money lie had given her . She further aggravated him , and he struck her in the side and knocked her

      down , but he little thought it would come to what it had . He was perfectly sober . — Mr . Broderip having inquired whether the accused wished to say anything to the charge , the prisoner , who has the appearance of a sober , quiet man , replied , in a subdued tone , " Nothing . "—Mr . Broderip said it was his duty to remand him upon this very serious charge for a week . — Tho prisoner , before his removal from the court , made an application to the magistrate on behalf of liis four children , who were unprotected . — Mr . Broderip observed that they should be properly taken care of ; and Mr . Collis " , one of the relieving officers of St . Margaret and St . John ' s , stepped forward , and said they should be admitted into the workhouse , and properly provided for . '

      BOW-STREET . —The _Robbekv of Coins at _inE _Bitirisn Museum . —Timolcon Vlasto , who stands accused of stealing a quantity of coins and medals from thc British Museum , and from the collections of several persons of distinction , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , on remand from Thursday week . Mr . Bodkin conducted thc prosecution ; Mr . Clarkson attended for the defence . On the bench were General Fox , Sir Henry Ellis , and the Earl of Enniskillen . —Mr . DouMcday , one of the curators ofthe antiquities , swore positively to two coins , now produced , as having boon stolen from the collection in the museum under his care . Ho could

      not bo mistaken about them , for he had taken , previously to the theft , a cast from each of them m a sulphur mould , which was of the most perfect kind that could be made , and gave the minutest flaw and peculiarity ofthe original with great exactness . Ho could , therefore , swear without any doubt to tho identity of those two coins . He had taken no cast since thc robbcrv . The coins had heen in tho possession ofthe police since the arrest of tho prisoner , and thoy were found by Inspector Field , of the A division of police , concealed in a secret drawer in the prisoner ' s writing desk . Thc Inspector , in the course of his evidence , now produced in addition seventy-one valuable coins , which he also found at the prisoner ' s lodgings , No . 15 , St . James ' s-square .

      —General Fox identified the greater part of these as having been stolen from his cabinet , to which the prisoner had accoss , Of tho remainder he could not be bo positive , although , as they were all v & rc and valuable , and similar at least to those which wcre missing from his collection with the other more certainly identified ones , he could have no doubt they were the same . The value of these coins as old metal might not be above ten pounds in the whole ; but their value as antiquities was not so easily determined . There was none of them that was not worth at least three or four pounds , and he had paid at a greater rate for most of them . The gallant general took occasion further to say that he had been informed by persons of tho highest respectability that not only was thc prisoner ' s family highly connected , but his own conduct had been irreproachable up to the time when these charges arose . —Mr . Jardine said , that such testimony might

      be of some service to the prisoner elsewhere , but could not avail him at present . Ho was remanded for another week . The prisoner ' s father , the late Count Vlasto , was connected with tho Turkish diplomatic corps about twenty-three years ago . MANSION-HOUSE . —On Tuesday , Patrick Moore was charged by an officer of the City of London Union , under the now act of parliament , intituled "An Act to alter tho Provisions relating to the Charges for the Relief of the Poor in Unions . " Tho act enables any person employed by the guardians of the poor to search any individual applying for relief , and to hand over any money found upon him of which he shall not give a complete disclosure to the guardians ; and it enables the magistrate to inflict upon him the punishment of a rogue and vagabond . —Pound , one of the officers of the Oity of London Union , attending in Northumberland-alley , stated thaCthe prisoner had called at the union and

      Marylebone—A Queer "Lark."—Edward Woodal...

      begged for assistance , declaring that he was starring and had not a friend in the world . Ilo al »<> c : pplied to be passed home to thc county of Cork , ife had a bundle under his coat , and upon being asked what it contained , he replied " a few ould mi ** of clothes that had been given to him by a countryman of his own . Witness suspected that he wa ¦ * an impostor , and the examination of the bundlr . c » nr turned the impression , for it disclosed a qnantttv of bread sufficient for a couple of davs . His no _^ ts were then searched and although he had _state-niiat he had no more than twopence-halfpenny in his possession , the officer found , stitched up in . _*¦ hair and concealed m his trousers , lis . 4 d . ; and iipoS his back were found two excellent clean _sh- ' _- _'ts When ho was asked how he happened to be _starvi'ie when he had so much bread in his possession , he said , " Oh , faith , because I hadn ' t time to eal it . " ne added that ho had put the money together io go home to Ireland , but he was toldit was not _enoush

      , so ho thought ho would put it out of people ' s _wiy and got a pass , lie had been in England about three months , but if he could get home he did uot want to come back . —Alderman Gihbs : I seo that the case is one of complete imposture , and I am glad that we have an act which authorises the searching and punishing of such persons . You are sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for one month as a rogue and vagabond , and the money found upon you will bo handed over to tho board of guardians . As for your application to be _pnssed Rome we shall consider that when your time of i ; npvisonment shall have ceased . —It appeared from a subsequent conversation between the prisoner and the otficor , that Moore had never worked an hour since his arrival in England , but had contrived to live comfortably upon tho benevolence of his countrymen here .

      CLERKENWELL . — Ciumixal Assault . — M . Kelly was charged , by Mrs . Elizabeth Waters , with having criminally assaulted her . —Thc _prosecur _.-ix deposed that on Monday night last , at twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock she was roturning home , and on her arrival in Church-road , Islington , .-.-he was accosted by tho prisoner , who asked her tlio way to the Liverpool-road . Sho replied that she was a stranger , and could not inform him . He followed her until she came opposite a dead wall , when ho seized hold of her waist , throw her down on the pavement , and conducted himself in a uvost brutal and cowardly manner . She resisted him , and called out " murder" aud " police , " when he placed his hand on her face to prevent her making an alarm . Thc prisoner used every effort to accomplish his design , but ho failed in consequence of he *

      efforts to prevent him . At length hor cries _brought several policemen to tho spot , when he was t , ik «? D into custody , aftor a desporato resistance . _Witness repeatedly begged of him to have mercy upon her and let her go , as she was a married woman wiih a family of children ; but he refused to do so , ami she nearly became insensible . —Michael _Monaiian , a police-censtable , confirmed the evidence of tlie prosecutrix as to her cries and entreaties for " morcy . " When he took the prisoner into custody , he exclaimed , "It ' sallright , policeman ; sho _ismy wife . " This thc prosecutrix strongly denied ; and the prisoner said ho could not allow himself to bo taken . He then tried to run away , but witness secured him . with the assistance of another constable . —The prisoner in his defence , attributed the blame to tho prosecutrix and he was fully committed for trial .

      Extensive Robbery by Bots . — Two boys named Daniel _Pellat and George Vincent the eldest of whom was not more than sixteen years of age , were placed at the bar for final examination , charged with having been concerned in robbing Messrs . Vivian _atad Dixey , ladles' » hocmakers , in Cuiirck « street , Edge- * are-road , of property to a _considerable amount . It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner Pellat was errand boy to the prosecutor , and that on the 10 th inst . he was sent with a Kb of £ 2 13 s . to Mr . Angell , a gentleman living in Groveend-road , St . John ' s-wood . and he had 7 s . given to him in order that he might give change in the event of three sovereigns being offered to him . Miss Angell not having three sovereigns by her gave the prisoner a £ 10 note , desiring him to bring back Ihe change , but he neglected to returnand in

      conse-, quence thereof a communication was made to Mr . Vivian , who , from information which he had received , went down to Greenwich and found Pellat ia the fair . He asked him what he had done with the £ 10 note , when he delivered it up , saying , *• Here itis . " The other prisoner was with him , and they were both given into custody . —Newman , _SiO R , produced twenty-three duplicates , which he found upon Pellat . He ( _'hclattor ) . and the other prisoner admitted that they had pawned the articles to which the duplicates referred . —Many pawnbrokers were in attendance , bringing with tnem the property pledged . —Mr Vivian identified all that was brought forward , and said that during the time the pi isoner was with him he had mi .-scd ninety or a hundred pairs of shoes . —The prisoners were both committed for trial .

      SOUTHWAKK .-Donovan and Powell , the two men charged with two other men ( uot in custody ) , in criminally assaulting and robbing Mrs . Eliza Seal , the wife of a commercial traveller , in Colemanstrect , were brought before Mr . Cottingham for reexamination on the charge . A . solicitor handed in a certificate of thc complainant ' s illness , arising from the outrageous nature of the assaults committed on her , and said that he received the document from the medical man , and that such was her bad health at present , that she was quite incapacitated from attending the present examination . —An inspector of the City police said tbat in consequence of having observed an account ofthe examination of the prisoners in the newspapers , he considered it his

      duty to attend for the purpose of communicating that on last Sunday night week ( the night it wag alleged she was turned out by her husband ) , she wa * taken into custody by a policeman , who found has at a late hour of the night in a state of intoxication ill the street , and she was confined in the Bow-lane station-house until the morning . The inspector added that the woman gave the name ' of Eliza Seal , and that if he saw her he should he enabled to say whether she was the female upon whom the alleged outrage had been perpetrated . —The policeman said , that the complainant had already stated that after having been turned out of her liouse hy her husband she went over to Walworth , and slept at the

      house of her laundress . Tho latter had also confirmed the fact . —Mr . Cottingham siid that even admitting the complainant was intoxicated on the night in question , there was no doubt that advantage was taken of her _situation , and that most brutal outrages were committed upon her . The certificate tbat had been produced described that the unfortunate woman was unable to attend , therefore he should remand the prisoners ; but upon thig occasion he would have no objection to admit them _, to bail , to appear on Monday next , themeslves in . £ 40 , and two sureties of £ 20 each . The prisoners , however , not being in a condition to find the required sureties , were sent to gaol .

      Shipwrecks In Tee Black Sea. Coxstaxtino...

      SHIPWRECKS IN TEE BLACK SEA . _CoxsTAXTiNor-LE , March 30 . —Several disasters have occurred in the Black Sea : a Turkish vessel was totally lost on the 18 th , just outside tho Bosphovus , on the Asiatic coast . On the 20 th another Turkish vessel was lost at Kilice . A Russian brig , from Odessa to England , with grain , was lost the same day , on thc coast of Karabournou . The English brig Expert , Capt . Jameson , from Odessa , and the Greek brig Alcibiade , Capt . Saktouri , camo in collision ; the Greek brig foundered , but the crew got on board the Express . The _CVpia , Capt , Page , of Liverpool , is lost at Soulina ; the _Shakspenre , of London , Captain Liudson is also lost near port . Another English brig , name unknown , is reported lost . All thc crews have been saved . It is hoped that the Black Sea gales are at last over .

      Fatal Accwent.—A Most Melancholy Acciden...

      Fatal Accwent . —A most melancholy accident , which terminated fatally , occurred on thc Leabridge station of the Berth-Eastern Railway , on Tuesday evening , about six o ' clook . A middle-aged woman named Fletcher , wife of a small grocer at Leyton , Essex , returning from town , stepped out of the carriage before the train had finally stopped . It is presumed she lost balance , and her foot caught in tlio step of the carriage ; she was thrown under the train , and wheu taken up waa found to have her arm and her thigh bone broken , one leg nearly cut off at the ankle , and her body much lacerated . Tha poor woman continued in great agony , but retained perfect consciousness until twenty minutes before nine o ' clock , when death put an end to her sufferings . Mr . T . S . Duscombe , M . P . —Tho health of thia hon . gentleman has so far improved that it is his

      intention to resume his Parliamentary duties shortly after the termination of the Easter recess . The disease under which Mr . Duncombe has suffered so severely for a protracted period , has yielded to the skill and unremitting care of his medical attendants , who are , we understand , of opinion that , with proper precautions , the hon , member for Finsbury has yet ninny years of public usefulness before him . —Globe Loss of Life at Bayswater . —On Saturday morning last a firo broko out at No . 10 , Park-placo , Baygwater . Tho premises were in the occupation of Mrs . Marv Forester , a Swiss lady , who , it is to be

      regretted , was burnt almost to a cinder . It appears that about eight o ' clock in the morning soma persons living opposite discovered the unfortunate female making to the front window with the wholeof her wearing apparel in flames . Before the poor woman had time to reach the window she fell Irora exhaustion . Tho neighbours having apprised the inmates ofthe house of what they had witnessed from the outsido , they made to the room occupied by the deceased . Owing to the exertions of the residents in the place , tho firo was extinguishedbut not until Mrs . Forester some considerable damage

      < kc . Fortunately the property destroyed waainrored in tho Swia _Fttd-offlw , / 4 " _$ ± 3- 5 _tlX ' 4 _' [ J _& 02 & _$ _m ) perty destroyed . wa & _fcsured / C _^ - _H ' . ar _^ . qf Jp _^^ _iiiV-. _; _fr-. H 1 ' A _^ ' _^^ l

      , Was Burned To Death, And Done To The F...

      , was burned to death , and done to the furniture ,. was burned to death , and ge done to the furniture * « r < & . ¦ f t I- ' - , . ( . V . ¦ _* _> ¦ •¦ . •' - _^ 3 & 3 ! "A Iv * ' &? _' * _+ ' : ¦ _¦ ? _^» _iM 0 _&^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_21041849/page/5/