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      - - - MAJJSIOJT-HOUSB . ' Thtjbsdat . —Buiglast . —Howeil , Smith , and Franklin , the men who were on Saturday charged with having committed a burglary in the George and Vulture Hotel , were brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination , and committed for trial . Tmdax . — "Laxd Sharks axd Sea Gbixs . !'? - Tito men , named Beilly and Chovrns , were charged before the Xord Mayor , with having conspired together to defraud the mate of a vessel which had just arrired from a Jong Tojage . . The case , TvMc-h excited : the greatest interest , was occasionally Interrupted bv bnrBts . of laughter . ; , Mr , B . Morris , the proprietor of the East India -Arms Tavern , toFenchurch-Etreeti stated that wlule he wasin the cellar sailor

      some person had gone up stairs , accompanied by a , ana another man having : speedily followed , there was reason to apprehend that all-was not right . Something was ordered to drink by the two first viators , and the mtness soon aflOTfar ^ sheard the chmMug of alock , and - one of those in : the room offered to lay a wager of £ 20 or : £ 25 , upon which an officer was sent , for , ' and the sailor , ¦ who was a jolly , open-hearted . fellow ,: and the . two . pri-Boners , were suddenly stopped as they were rising to depart , and . informed that they must stay a little for the sate of " justice . It was , in fact , seen that the two prisoners had laid a plan for robbing , the sailor , and as an attempt of a similar land . had . been made about two jears before in the same louse , the witness was del termined to make . an example of the men at the bar if possible . The following particulars were collected from the impetuous and disjointed statement of the mate . As the mate was going along Fenchurch-street , he ~ asked a

      man , who happened , to he the prisoner Keilly , the waj tO the Station in tlie-ilinories . Seilly said he was going that way himself , and he would show him the way , but proposed that they should have a drop of beer together , and together they went'into the East India Arms , in one of the private rooms of which they had no sooner sat down than in walked the other gentleman Mr . Chowns , who seemed to he quite a stranger , began to drink by himself , and produced a lock which - he said nobody could open ; the mate , who nerer , * he declared , had seen so foolish o . lock , in 'Us life , " opened it with ease ^ and another lock , equally simple " anil foolish in : appearance , having been exhibited by ^ -Mr . Chowns , he offered to open thatwiUi as little diiliciutv . Then the challenges to bet which had been heard by ri . e policeman were made . - The mate happened to have securities for money about him , but no . money , otlitrwisc the wager would hare been , Tery probably , as he- said himself , laid , and the trick would have succeeded . Here severai Sash

      notes and counterfeit sovereigns , which were louud in the possession of the prisoners , were produced , as were some marked cards . They were both known to the . police as common cheats , and one of them had been tried at the Central Criminal Court . It was not until the prisoners and the mate were introduced to . the lord Mayor that the latter had any idea into what sort of company he had unluckily got , and if it had not been for the keenness Of the landlord of the tavern he would no doubt have had to lament the incident which introduced him to their acquaintance , although at that time lie had no cash in " his possession . — The lord ilayor : Why , my good fellow , it " was a Very fortunate thing for you that you sscaped . so "well out of the ' dutches Of these men . — The Mate : I see they are . a pair of——scoundrels , but

      I could hare opened twenty such locks , and I'd lay any money of it . Yon never saw anything so foolish . "Why one of these gentleman offered to lay me £ 40 . —The lord 3 Iayor : And if you had had the money you would have betted ?—The Mate : Yes , I dare say I " should , and I'd have won too . ( A laugh " . }—The policeman here produced the lock which the mate had opened , and another lock resembling it , which tvas made so as not to be capable of being opened at all . The sleight of hand substitution of one of these locks for the other was one of the modes of obtaining plunder , and in aid of that plan the counterfeit money and hank-notes were kept in pocket-books by the prisoners , who were both smartly dressed , Chowns being attired like a respectable countryman . —The Mate : " Why , that gentleman that looks like a fanner told us that he was the gamekeeper to the Earl of Pembroke , and he said he had come to town to look for two of his master ' s hounds that were locked together with the same sort of lock , and that wherever the dogs were

      -they must be together , as nobody could open the lock , ( laughter . )—The lord Mayor : Did he say the Earl of Pembroke ' s dogs had been ' stolen ?—The Mate : He did so . ' I advised him to go to the police about the dogs , and I did think him a great fool , but I find that I was the fool after all . ( laughter . )—Mr . . Wolff ( for one of the prisoners ) : But yon lost nothing by the transaction I—The Mate : Nothing at alL I gained by it , for I had some beer , and I never-paid for it . ( laughter . ) What an unlucky fellow I am . Here I come home after being ship ; wrecked , and -being away three years , and the instant I come ashore I get into the hands of a pair of rascals , and then I am taken up by the police and brought here to complain against them , and I want to have nothing at all to do with them , but to call and see my relations and be off to sea again . "Was there ever so unfortunate a man as I am!—The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoners , and stated that he would not take less ba'lfor each of them than two good heavy securities for £ 100 each , and their own recognisances in . £ 200 each .

      Assault . —Adoiphus Valentine Wjatt , eating-house keeper ^ of Tower-street ,-was committed to Uewgatefor trial , npon the charge of having committed a felonious assault upon Mary Ann lee , his servant . Satcsdat . — -Attempted Suicide . —Mary Cully was brought up before ttielord Major , by policeman 92 , who deposed , that "between the hours of three and four that morning he found the prisoner in one of the recesses of London-bridge , apparently about to throw herself into the river . Upon being asked what she had to say , she burst into tears , and in a voice rendered nearly inaudible by , sobs , said she did not know "what she wanted there . It laving been elicited that she was a married woman , and had an infant at her breast , the Dord Mayor ordered the policeman to take her home to her husband .

      ; - - "Ahxmptisg to Pick . Pockets . —Henry Deenng , a boy , TrascnarsedljTHemyPalloTer , aJew dealer in steelpens , with attempting to pick pockets in Cheapside . Pallover deposed that he was in Cheapside yesterday afternoon , and saw the prisoner try several gentlemen ' s pockets . Seeing this , he exclaimed "Selpme Got it too Sad , "'and forthwith gave Master Peering into custody Bush , the officer , recognised the prisoner as an old offender . —Committed to Bridewell for three months . Smashing . —Ann Campbell was put to the bar , charged by Thomas Richardson , a publican , with attempting to pass a counterfeit half-crown . He deposed that she came

      to his bar , and called for two pennyworth of spruce , and tendered the bad half-crown in payment . He immediately perceived it was a bad one , and told her so ; upon which ihe pr isoner threw down a good half-crown , and snatched up the counterfeit one ; which , however , he took from her hand . —In her defence , the prisoner said shehad changed a half-sovereign that morning , and got the half crown in exchange . She had no idea it was bad . —The Xord Mayor said it was & strange thing that she should come all the way from the back of Shoreditch church into the city for two pennyworth of spruce . He should remand her until Saturday next .

      - Mokoat . — Extensive Kobbeby . —vigilance or the Police!—Between the hours of half-past nine on the night of the 17 th and nine on the morning of the 18 th , a great deal of property was stolen from the shop of Mr . Gibbs , who resides at No . 78 , King "William-street . Mr . Gibbs appeared yesterday at the justice-room , and stated that he had lost the following articles : —Sixty yards of superfine wool-dyed black cloth , thirty-five yards black doe-skin , twelve yards rifle-green cloth , twelve yards blue broadcloth , twelve yards mack single twilled kerseymere , fifteen yards black satin , ten yards ditto of inferior quality , twelve pieces fancy bandannas , about five va . each piece , fifty fancy satin scarfs , twenty black ditto , " twenty pieces of fancy satin handkerchiefs , twenty trouser pieces of mixed doeskins , sixteen fancy cashmere scarfs . Mr

      Gibbs complained that the City police must either have "been perfectly acquainted with the stratagem laid for the plunder of the house ,, or most grossly negligent of the ordinary police duty . The house had , he said , been robbed amidst the whole business of the police . Inspector Hamilton , a very active and intelligent officer , stated that flie premises had been quietly entered by means , as far as he could ascertain , of a skeleton key . The lock of the door was merely a common spring lock , and . was capable of being opened with any key . Mr . Gibbs said the lock was one of the rery best description . It was , in iact , of such a kind , that upon one occasion when the key was lost it -was necessary to employ a smith to wrench off the lock . The lord Mayor said he should make particular inquiry into the case .

      BBEAsraa " Windows . —Cases of this kind are daily brought to this office , the offence being committed by poor wretches who are in want of lodging , food , and raiment . The following persons were brought up on such , charges : —Morgan Jones and Thomas Brown , for "breaking the windows of the "Westlondon Union Worksouse . —The Xord ilayor said he was determined to put down this practice , and sentenced Morgan Jones , who -was the worst of the two , to pay a fine of 40 s ., or be imprisoned two months in Bridewell . Brown to pay the same amount , or one month in Bridewell . Jones , on leaving the bar , said , "Thank you , my lord , the winter

      win he gone when I come oat , then I can get some work . " —Mary Smith , Ann Watson , and three other wretched looking girls , were charged with breaking windows at the Mansion Honse ; also creating a riot on Sunday afternoon , by dancing quadrilles , singing songs , dancing the urnbreHa -waltz , &C , in Mansion-house-street . —The pri-Boners said they were all in want , without food or home . —The Lord Mayor sentenced three of them to pay a fine of 40 s . each , or two months' imprisonment . The other two were fined 20 s . each , or fourteen days . The whole of the parties thanked his lordship , and Kent dancing from thehar .

      "Wedhesdatt . —Bigaut . —A reEpectably-attiredfemale , who gave her name as Mary Keele , and stated her age to be 39 years , but whose appearance denoted that she had seen twenty summers more , was placed at the bar before die Lord Mayor , charged with bigamy . The facts of the case are somewhat novel and curious , the charge Ijdng preferred by the mother of the husband by the second marriage , a young man who only attained his majority in the month of A ugust last . —Mrs . Sarah Keelt , the prosecntrix , stated that she was the wife of George Keele , -who was not in any " business , and that ie resided at St . Stephen's , near Canterbury . The iisoner at the bar had contracted marriage with her the witness's ) son some time about last Michaelmas

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      Witness had known the prisoner for about a fortnight before-fte marriage . took places- " The prisoners husband hv the first marriage was a man of the name of Join Welle * , ' who went to Australia about throe yearg ago , " and there , as the prisoner had stated , ' died . Weiler has a sister living at Canterbury , who had informed the witness that her brother ( the husband ) was still living , arid in perfect health , in Australia , and' that- a letter had recently been received which could be proved ' to be in . his handwriting . ' On learning this , the witness came up to town and gave the prisoner into custody about an hour and a half ago , as she was getting out of a Hackney omnibus , in Bishopsgate-street . —William Gurricy Keele , who appeared to give his testimony with great reluctance ,

      stated that he lrred in Back-lane , Hackney , and was in the service of Messrs . iMarnatt and Manley , nurserymen . He was married to the prisoner some- time in the month of October last ( he : could not remember the day ) , at St . George ' s , Hanover-square , which was the church in which the first . marriage was solemnized . He had become . acquainted with the prisoner from going" to ; her house on business of his employers at Canterbury . Witness believed her to be a widow—indeed he had heard about three or four months ago . that her first husband ; was dead . He heard this " from the prisoner , who told him that some person had called ' upon her and told ; her that her husband was dead , and that information had been corroborated to her by a gentleman who had stated that he had seen" "the last of her husband" in Australia .

      This the prisoner told witness before the marriage , or he . would not have proposed to her a marriage He had .. engaged to marry her about-a -fortnight before the marriage actually took place . — -The prisoner stated that when she married ' the young man Keele , she fully believed that her first iusband Weiler , was dead ; and her belief had beenv . founded upon the information of a female four years : ago , and also of a seafaring man , who had called upon her about the same tune , and stated he did so at the dying request of her husband , of whom he had seen the last in Australia . She did not know the name of either of those parties , nor could she produce them ; the last told her he was going back immediately on a voyage to Australia , and she has never seen him since . —The lord Mayor , intimated that the prisoner must be remanded , in order to . produce the

      attendance of the witness from Canterbury ; and he inquired of the prisoner if she has friends in London who would be answerable for her ' appearance . —The prisoner replied that she had been out of London for many years , and she had been so unexpectedly taken into custody that she had not an opportunity of communicating with any person . She had , however , friends' to whom she could send . —The husband ( Keele ) hereupon came forward and expressed' his readiness to be answerable for his wife ' s appearance on any future day the lord Mayor might appoint .- —The lord Mayor ( addressing the young man ) said : "Well / as you are the aggrieved party , I will take your recognizance in £ 50 that the prisoner shall appe ' ar here this day week to answer any charge that may be then preferred against her . —The parties then withdrew-. ,.. - ; - .-- ^ - - _ ¦ - -

      Threatening Letter . — Sinops Kent , charged with sending a threatening letter to Messrs . Prestcott , Grote , and Co ., was brought up for re-examination . No further evidence was adduced ; but the depositions taken on a former day having been read over to the witnesses , they were bound in recognizances to prosecute , and the prisoner was committed fortriai at the next session of the Central Criminal Court .

      GUILDHALL . Thursdat—Attempted Bubglahy .. —John and George Axtell , two jouths , were charged with burglariously entering the chambers of Mr . Wise , a barrister , in the Middle Temple ; who stated that he was in bed about nine o ' clock on Sunday evening , when he heard some person open the door of the . outer . chamber with a hitch-key . He called the name of his laundress , upon which the intruders ran out of the room and down the staircase . He jumped out of bed and pursued them to the door below , " caUing " Stop thief . " In three" or four minutes the prisoners were brought back , and a candle was found on John , and a box of lucifers on George Axtell . —Mr . Alderman Musgrove committed the prisoners for trial .

      Satubdat . —A Monster in Human Shape . —A coal porter , named Henden Walker , residing at 19 , Fryer'sstreet , Blackfriar ' s-road , was placed at the felon ' s bar , and charged with having brutally assaulted a pre % -look ing young woman of the name of EHzabeth Smith , a servant at a coffee-shop in Bride-lane . The complainant said that she was the proprietress of a coffee-stall at the foot of Blackfriar ' s-road , and that between two and three o ' clock that morning the prisoner came up and asked for half a pint of coffee , which she supplied to him . He then indulged in most filthy language , and unfastening his clothes made several efforts to take indecent liberties with her . She successfully resisted him , and the prisoner being enraged at this , struck her violently to the ground . —A gentleman who was passing by when this " occurred called for a policeman , and gave the prisoner into custody . . At the conclusion of the

      complainant ' s statement the prisoner , with a dreadful oath , declared it was all a . lie . —Alderman Musgrove asked her if the marks on her face were caused by the prisoner ' s Wow . —The complainant : They are , sir . —Prisoner : It ' s a lie ; she would swear anything . —Alderman Musgrove : And you mean to swear that he unbuttoned his clothes ?—Complainant : I do . —Prisoner : Now that is a lie , for I have not a button about me—I uses strings ( laughter ) . — The Alderman : Is the gentleman present who saw the assault ?—Complainant : JTo , he is not . —The Alderman said a more gross assault had never come before him . He would hear anything the prisoner had to say . —The prisoner denied in toto all the complainant had stated . —Alderman Musgrove : I think there is scarcely a person in court who disbelieves a word spoken by the yonng woman . If anything would conv ince me of the truth of her statement , it is your conduct to-day . I shall commit you to Bridewell for three months . —Committed accordingly .

      BOW STREET . Fbtoat . — Bubglaby and Robbebt . — Yesterday , Richard Elliot , described , as a tobacconist , and Richard Vincent , an omnibus-driver , were brought up for final examination , charged with being concerned in breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr . Cox , a clerical robe-maker , 29 , Southampton-street , Strand , on the night of the 24 th December , and stealing therefrom several pieces of silk and other articles , amounting to nearly £ 200 , his properry . The prisoners were i ' ully committed for trial . —The prisoner Elliot was charged with stealing the sum of £ 1 , 70116 s . 10 d ., the property of Messrs . Pares and Co ., the Leicestershire Joint-stock Banking Company . The case was adjourned for further inquiry .

      CLERKENWELL . ThUBSDAT . —INDIGNANT JUSTICE " PuTXEJG DOWN " Petit Lahcent . —Christina Roberts , a genteel-looking young woman , of sickly and emaciated appearance , attired in decent black garments , and with an infant in her arms , was charged with stealing some articles of triflingvalue , the propertyof Mi's . Eowder , in Chad's-row , from whom the prisoner rented ready furnished apartments . Mrs . Kowder deposed , that the prisoner had pawned the articles for Is ., and the pawnbrokers were present with whom she had pawned them . —The prisoner : I pawned them , but I did it to save myself and my baby from starvation . I was in great distress . —Mr . Greenwood : But you had no business to take other people ' s property to relieve your distress .-Prisoner : Myself and my

      child—The Chief Clerk : Attend to what the magistrate says to yon . You had no business to take other people ' sproperty to relieve your distress . —The prisoner : I certainly pawned the articles , sir , but great want obliged me ; and , if Mi's . Eowder had not given me into custody , I would have replaced them before tomorrow evening . My sister would have lent me the money . —Mr . Greenwood then had a private communication with the proseeutrix , when he told the chief clerk he wished to speak to him , and they retired into the magistrate ' s room . In a few minutes they returned into court , when the chief clerkhad a private interview with Duke , the usher , and Duke had mother private interview with the proseeutrix . The magistrate told the prisoner the case stood over until the following morning ; and she and her baby were removed .

      Monday . — Filial Affection . — A sulky-looking urchin , aged 13 , named Charles Dimond , was charged with numerous robberies on his mother . The mother , whose appearance had an air of decent poverty , burst into tears on being placed in the witness-box . She inhabited an apartment at No . 5 , Green-street , Theobald ' sroad . About eighteen months ago . her husband deserted her , and she had keen since then struggling under the greatest difficulties , and herself and seven children would have starved if it were not that the parochial authorities of St . Andrew ' s , Holborn , had kindly given them some

      out-door reiUf , Puring these hardships the prisoner was continually pilfering her ; he stole everything , even the clothes from her bed , and the garments belonging to bis helpless little sisters . : last week he stole the only quilt she bad , and sold it for a trifle to a marine-store-dealer in James-street , Bedford-row . She remonstrated with hhn upon his unfeeling conduct , when he exclaimed , " I will strip you of everything except what you stand in , if you don't send me to sea . " —Mr . Greenwood said it was a most melancholy case . He would commit the prisoner for trial . , . . . .

      Thtosdat . —A Spiritual Case . —An elderly gentleman , dressed as a clergyman , and who described . himself on the police-sheet as the Rev . Thomas'Hanbury , of leicester , clergyman , was charged with having been found drunk . —Police constable E 165 deposed that on the previous night he found the prisoner in Bernardstreet , Russell-square , drunk , and incapable of taking care of himself . —Mr . Greenwood asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ?—Prisoner : I have nothing to say . —Mr . Greenwood : You are fined five-shillings .

      WORSHIP-STREET . ; Wobship-street ,. ; Wedne 6 DATi—Thke Sharps ahb a Flat . —Eliza Smith ; Anne Lowry , and Mary Ann White , three women of abandoned' habits , were charged with having stolen bank-notes and gold of the value of £ 33 , from the person of a gentleman named Cninnery holding a public situation in the city , it appeared from the evidence of police-constable lee , 179 N , that while on duty at four o ' clock on Sunday morning in Frances-Btreet , City-road , be heard cries for the police at the further end of the street and on hastening to the spot met the prosecutor , who told hhn that hehad just been robbed of all his money , amounting to £ 23 , by some women in a house which hepointed out . On questioning him as to the robbery , the prosecutor stated , that as tie was return-

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      ¦ . - . - - : - . •¦ a . * - -T v '¦ ¦¦¦ Vi ~ ¦>" ing home , at two o ' clock that morning , he was accosted by Snuffi , -- who ~ enticed Km'info ^ iie also found the two other prisoners . ; Jle had only been in their company' a sho * £ time , whW ' h ' e'found . that ; his pockets had been rifled >' and tne' "whole of , ' mB ' money ab-. stracted ; on making whicH ; discovery he"iramediately . accused the women , of robbing ¦ him , ' and ' they ; in "• their turn expressed extreme' surprise , fj- 'He assured them that ] such was the fact ,-and TCquVA ^ 'iheniytii ^ Scarcbj ' - ^ s ! pockets , to ^ ' sttfiBfy- "' ftemelve ' BX&at '' att ' > Wr " mbne ^ Tjas gone . : The women readily ; did so , andonebfthemj"rifter feeling in his waistcoat pocket ; ^ produced frofflit'two ' fpj notes , much crumpled ; which she exhibited , to convince j him of his mistake , and then , as he supposed , replaced th " em ; in his waistcoat . He was ' still anxious , ' however , about the \

      balance in gold , and asitd them to 6 earch him - for that alM , ^ request'ftey compHe ^ happy result . They condoled with liimupon"his loss ; ini which ' each of them denied ! anyvparticipation ^ and then suddenly left the-apartirienU ; ' b ' ut ^ the ; instnht they had done ' so he was astonished at discovering that the two notes , ! which lie was satisfied lie' had seen'jse ' c ' urejy deposited in hie waistcoat pocket , had -alsodisappeared . ' \_ He hastened down stairs , and there ' seeing the three women preparing for flight , expressed his determination' to ' give them all into" custody ; - So ' far froin this meeting with any opposition ) one of the women ' declared that that was just what she wanted , and that she ' would go for a '

      policeman herself , and have the matter ;' cleared . ' up ; . The ' proi seeutor' consented to' this ¦ arrangement , ' and " th ' e " ' woman went" out ; ' but , having patiently waited along ' time * without either the policeman or the woman maWng'tnep ? ap ; pearance , ' he was at length convinced ' . that aj ' tricl ^ lia ' d been played him , audj going tb ' the streeUdoor / raisedthe alarm which the constable had heard . —Mr . Broughton asked why the prosecutor was not'in attendance . —The witness replied , that the prosecutor lmdbeon compelled to leave town upon urgent business ; but had ' " requested that the prisoners might be detained ; to 'enabloihim ^ o'attend and establish the case . —Mr ; 'Broughton said'h ' e-should certainly do so ; and : the prisoners , > who all'protested their innocence , werethen remanded , i >\ ittii uU'Vin .-jJ

      . TnuBSDAT . —EXTBAOBDiNABT CaseI—iiicliard 1 Smith ' , ' Joseph Isaacs , and Henry Coster , ' three respectable-lopking lads , whose ages varied from fifteen to eighteen years , , were charged before Mr . Biiigham with having administered a quantity of powdered canihariclesto Mrs , Hi CpU , lins , the wife of a fruit-salesman in Spitalfields market ,, whereby her life had been ; seriousiyendangered . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Joseph Collins ,-the husband of the injured wiman , ' that on the morning p'f the 14 th inst , his . wife , wliile passing through , the mnrKeti , was ' stopped by the prisoner' Smith , ' the son , of a respectable tradesman in the ' neighbburhood / ' with ' whosefamily she was well acquainted / who invited her into the count- ' ing-house to take breakfast . ; 'She declined '' doing so , havinir an infant at the breast which renuircd her

      attenuance at home , ' and left the market ; but at her return , in the course of half an hour , she againsaw Smith ; in company of the second prisoner , at the door of the countinghouse , and he again pressed her ' . to ' take ' a ' cup of eofl ' ee with him . Sh « then corisented ,. and ' drank a small quantity from a cup he handedto her , but hesitated while drinking it ; on seeing ' which' ) . the prisoner Isaacs asked her to take some more , ' sugar , which she declined , as it was already so ' sweet shecould scarcely ' swallow * ' - ' She then went away ; but about half an hour after became . so Berioiisiy ill , that she was' obliged ' to be conveyed ' hbme , where she got gradually worse till the evening , when her illness assumed such alarming symptoms , that a surgeon was hastily sent'for , who , upon examining her , at once pronounced that she was labouring under the effects" of a

      powerful dose of caiitharides , and that her life was placed in imminent jeopardy . By juoUcious treatment the'dangerous symptoms had now considerably abated , but his wife still continued in sucli a debilitated condition as wholly to preclude her attendance at ' the court ;—Policesergeant H 1 had ascertained that the' deleterious' ingredients had been purchased at the shop of Mr . Hopkins , a chemist , in Union-street , by the lad Coster , who had presented an order for it in the handwriting of the , prisoner Smith , but sighed with a fictitious name . —Mr . Bingham said that he should discharge the youngest of the prisoners , as it appeared he had merely been an unconscious agent in the hands of the other two ; but with regard to Smith and Isaacs , lie should require them to find bail for their appearance' on a future day , when the wife of the prosecutor had sufficiently recovered to give evidence .

      Awful ' Mortality in One Fahilt . —Rowland , the warrant officer , reported to the magistrate : the result of inquiries he had been directed to make relative to an appalling , case of bereavement and distress which had taken place in the family of a poor weaver named Ney , living in Ridge-fields , Twig-folly , near Old Ford—a man of most industrious habits and excellent character , with a wife and eight children , all of whom lived with him at home and were in perfect health , until about three . weeks since when they were att ' acked by a malignant fever , whose ravages swept no less than six of the children to the grave . The man was actuated by such feelings of honest pride and independence that he had steadily refused to accept any assistance from the parish to defray the medical and funeral expenses of his unfortunate family , and his slender finances had been so thoroughly drained by his sudden misfortune that he was now reduced to a state

      of extreme want and wretchedness . The disease of which the poor children died was scarlet fever terminating in dropsy ; four of the family were already buried ,. and in addition to the other children , who were now lying in the house dead in their coffins , another child , making the seventh victim to the disease , was'in such a state as to preclude the hope of its recovery . In consequence of their incessant attendance upon their . children , the father and mother had been wholly unable to pursue their usual occupation , and were therefore reduced to the greatest distress ; and from the hopeless condition of the other child , and the mental and physical debility , of the parents , there did not appear much likelihood of their being abktoresumework for sometime to come . ' Mr . Broughton directed the officer not to lose sight of the unfortunate family , but to render " them what further assistance he might consider urgently requisite . ¦ ' ¦

      1 AMBETH . Monday , —Ill-treating a Chiw > , —Jonathan Storey , a middle-aged man , a master butcher , and the landlord of the Jolly Butcher public-house , in Newport-market , was brought before Mr . Henry for final examination , on" a charge of grossly neglecting ana ill-using his daughter Martha , achild of ten years of age , so thather lifefor th ' t last three weeks has been in great peril . The child was produced in court , and her appearance sufficiently proved the inhuman , as : Well as I unnatural , treatment , to which she had been subjected by her : parent . -The prisoner , as on a former occasion , pleaded extreme : poverty as the cause of his not keeping his child as he should . . He was committed to take his trial at the ensuing Surrey sessions , but admitted to bail . ¦ . . , ; : .. . •• ¦

      SOUTHWARD : \ . ' Wednesday . —Violating a'Child , —William Camplin , the marine store-dealer of Star-corner , Bermondsey , remanded since last Wednesday for . violating the person of Jane Matthews , a . girl under 13 years of age , was brought before Mr . Cottingham for re-examination on the charge . It will be recollected that on the former examination the girl in giving her evidence stated , that she was sent'by her mistress , a woman-named Baker , to accompany the prisoner part of the way home on the night of the alleged xutrage ; that ho forced her into his house , made her ; drink two glasses of raw gin , and afterwards carried her up stairs to his bedroom ; and , notwithstanding her struggles , committed the offence . —The prisoner , however , contradicted the girl's statement , and he now called

      a lad named Nicholls , who worked for him , . to disprove her evidence .- —The lad alluded to stated , that on the evening in question the prisoner ¦ entered his shop , followed by the complainant , and that when she got there a bottle of gin was produced , . out of which she pouied three glasses ; of , the > liquor one 1 after the other ,, and drank them ; ¦ that she afterwards went intotheparlour . with the prisoner . and stayed there a few minutes , and then they went up stairs , she following him ; that the girl came down-in about , an hour : afterwards , went into , the parlour , put on her shawl and bonnet , and left the house without making any complaint The witness added that he and a man named Bipnell were in the shop at the time she left . ¦ In reply to Mr ' . Cottingham , the witness said , that he observed no marks

      on the girl ' s face as if she had been struck . He afterwards admitted that he did not notice , her face , as he ; : was engaged . at work in the shop when , she was : passing through . —When the complainant wa » confronted ] with this witness she still adhered to her / former statement relative to the force used in taking her up stairs , and that there was no person in the' shop at the time ; that it vas ¦ also untrue that she' left ; her shawl- ^ n the parlour ,-for she had no shawl on her that night , and that the prisoner'made her ' ' swallow the liquor before he forced her up into his room '; that in her hurry to escape from thehouso she-left one of her own shoes there , and put on one belonging to the ' prisoner ; that she was bleeding from the nose when she -got down stairs ,

      owing to the blow given her by the prisoner when she resisted his violence . —Mr . Cottingham bad the evidence of Nicholls taken down , remarking , that : there was very little doubt he had told the most egregious ' falsehoods , with a view to an indictment for . perjury , if it should be considered necessary . —The prisoner , although recommended by the magistrate to reserve what he had to say for his trial , proceeded to enter into ' a lengthy ' account of the whole of the proceedings of the evening in ' question , in the course of which' he declared the" complainant voluntarily accompanied him home , and that whatever did occur was with her " consent . " He was then committed , bail being refused for ; his appearance to answer the charge . ¦¦ . ¦; - ;' - ; . ;¦ :. ' .- ;• ¦ ' . ' ¦'¦' ¦ '¦ ; . ¦ ¦¦'¦ ¦ ¦ - . - . ' : ' ¦ v- : r-

      -Satueeat . —Masked with a Hobse , —Curious Case ; —Mr . EdwardHawell , a butcher , residing atCamberwell , was charged with driving over the wife of John Simpson , a Chartist delegate , Svho was far advanced in pregnancy at the time , and was nowunable'to attend , being confined in her accouchement . —Mr . ' Simpson attended , and begged to have the case adjourned , as-his wife was not able to attend . He explained the nature of the case , which was as follows : —His wife was crossing the Walworth-road , a few . days ago , when the defendant , -, who was driving a horse and cart at a furious rate , knocked her down with the shafts , when one of . the wheels passed over her legs . She was conveyed ; home . Fortunately her legs were not broken , but she was in a dangerous state for some time . She had , however , been confined with a '' plumping boy , " who was marked horn the effects of the furious driving . Mr . James , solicitor for the defendant ; asked how theehild was marked ?— -Mr . ' Simpson :-With a horse . ( laughter . J ^ Mr . James : What part of the ; body was the child marked ?—Mr . Simpson : On _ the mouth ; ' ( Laugh' . _ .... ' ¦ :. ; " .. ;¦ ; . c .. " ' " - ¦ - ¦ ¦ : v . M

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      tcr )) ^ Tell ^ and he wHl ^ a ' rry the ^ niark ^ to the grave ; — MrrJames Eaid'tlianiis- ch ' e ¥ t"fiad offeredME Simpson , every support . that his , wife might ; require dining her , con-j finement ; , ' anditpmfJse . any ., cbmBensation ^ that might be required ^ iMr . , Simp § on , ref . used to take any . cqmpensa 4 tton ' from'Mri Hawell' ; -hehad put the ; case jinto , the ' hands of . hisftiendj ' whp . would see him righted ; : he , howeyer / iwished the magistrate . tp . , adjourn . the case for- a m ' onih ! , when his-wife wq ^ dprobably . be . able , tojattchd .--r-The " Magistrate said lie was happy to hear , [ that the . com . plain ' ant ( Mrs . Sunp ' son ) was uninjured , and as she would be able to attend " pna future , day he wouldi adjourn the case , for a week , when the extraordinary mark on , the : c ' liild could " be exhibited ,, ,. He ; must say he -never heard , of a " chUd , being / markei-wiui- ; a horse beforerrr ( much ; laughter ) , —Mr , Simpson : It ' s quite true , your worship lj TireSstinctmarkoflahbrse j 8 ' onthe . mouth . ' . Thecasewas accordingly adjourned . ;^ : '; . ¦' . ¦ ' : i : . .: ¦• . !

      ::: ' ¦ : ;; ' . ' V ; THAMES' POLICE . : -: ' ; ; j ' ¦ ' The' Robbebt in the Docks ;—OnThursdayMat- ' tbew Clark ; James Hurley , Samuel Cantelo , wiUiainj Jolmsor i , and Benjamin Ashtoh , the five men who stand chairged with breaking into the tobacco ware- ' house of-the , London Dock , on the night . of Friday , ; the'iSrd .-inst . ; and stealing 1471 bs . of leaf tobacco ; therefrom , ^ ^ - were ; brbiiight before Mr . Ballantine for final examination ' , —Mr . Ballantine said he should at once discharge Ashtori , aud commit Hurley ; Cantelo , Johnscin , and dirk , for 'trial for the felony . < " ; ' ' ¦ ;

      Monday , ——Assault on a Landlord . —James Bissett , a private in' the Scots Fusilier Guards , ¦ stationed- in the Tower , was brought before Mr . Brou ' erip , charged with committing an assault ^ pri . Mr . Richard Wicker , the < Soye ' rnor of the Incorporated Licensed Victuallers ^ Society , at his house , the ! . Cock '' Tavern , in Cock-hill , Eatcliff , by throwing a pint pewter' pot ' at liis head .- —The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had done , and that he was in liquor , or it would not have happened . —Ordered to find bail , himself in £ ( 50 , and two sureties of £ 30 eacli , to appear and . answer the charge at the next Middlesex [ sessions . ; The prisoner was unable : to nnd the required j suroties , and was committGd to prison . The serjeant of tne regimiintto wliich the prisoner belongs was in attendance , to receive him for a breach of military discipline if liehadbeendischarged . '¦' . '' . ' '' . ' . ['' ¦ ' . ' / , ... ,.

      : jTUEBDAY , —^ LOVEIiT WOMAN , —TROUBLES OF A Benedict . — : A middle-aged man , with a round but sorrowful looking countenance ,: made an application to Mr . Broderip for a warrant to apprehend his wife for robbing him-under very peculiar circumstances ;—" Please your worship , " said the man , "the woman to whom I am married has robbed me . of £ 132 , on Christraas-night ; gone off with all . " - —Mr , Broderip : Is she your wife % ^—The . Applicant : I'll tell you that presently ; 1 £ 132 . in money , a silver watch , gold rings ,, and siiyer . spoons . — - Mr . JJroderip : Haye you reason to suppose that any one assis ' ted her in carrying off your property ?—The Applicant : I believe not , sir , but there is——« Mr . Broderip : Stop , - Have you any reason to . believe that she has a paramour , and that her companion has robbed you . of

      the ; property . ~ -The ; Applicant : I don't know ., who she ' s gone off with , but she is a regular bad ' un , Mr . Broderip explained 'the law io . the applicant ,, and said that no woman could be put onher trialfor carrying away her husband ' s property ,. and he could not interfere . 4-The , applicant " was abbutto leave the box , . when sud . denl y ' recollecting himself , he , turned round and said ; ' ? Oh , sir , since she has -robbed ; mej , I , have discovered that she has a : lawful married husband in Buckinghamshire . ' She had him before slie ' had me . —Mr . Broderip Then all you liave ' got to do is to speak to the police , on the subject , — -The applicant : And what is worse , she has married ngairi since she ' has- ' been my wife . —Mr . Broderip : Then give her into the custody of the police . —The applicant : I will , if I can find her . He then hastily left the court . " . " . ' ; ' " ,. '¦ ' . " . '" ' ' .- ¦ .-. ,. - ¦ ¦ . ' ,. . ' , •¦• '; .

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      East op London Shoemakehs . —A meeting of the Boot and Shoemakers' Mutual Protection Society was held at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , 'Spitalfields , on Sunday , the 19 th inst ., for the purpose ot considering the best plans for emancipating the trade from low wages and the oppression of employers . Mr . "Waggett was voted to the chair ; and , after explaining the objects of the meeting , called upon Mr . Drake to state the views he thought best for the guidance of the Union . Mr . Drake said his object in coming forward was , to endeavour to do the utmost he could to relieve the sufferings of his fellowmen . In the first place , he would notice the inutility of former proceedings , particularly the misconduct of

      officers . He had known officers of the trade get up strikes merely for the purpose of enjoying a fuddle ; and men had been forced upon tramp to undergo great sufiei'ing , and leave their families without the means p f support , by such shameful conduct ! But all their former strikes had been useless , for , when they occurred , masters crippled the men by the resources they had at command . The Bradford strike had cost £ 400 ; yet the men hadto submit , and put up with tyranny as bad . as before . In fact , they had been such - sufferers by former strikes , and the misconduct of officers , that the men were dead to action . His plan was ,, that they should establish a co-opera tive dep&t , under the management of a competent , experienced , honest man / who must give them good

      security . This plan could be managed by a committee with as little trouble as their affairs now were , and it would cause men to come forward in its suppor t , because they would obtain some good in return for the money they subscribed . How well would such a- paper as theiast be supported then ! They must have it to report their business , and they must buy it to see how their affairs and the cause went on . Suppose they had had a co-operative depot at Bradford when they struck , the men ; would have worked for the depot , called on the public to supportthem , and in the excitement the goods would have sold faster than they , could make them . ' This would haye brought tears into the eyes of masters , instead of their triumphing over the men , and would have

      firmly established the trades' depot . Look at the way trade was now managed ; he ( Mr . D . ) got work niade for him , he must get a profit ; then he sold the gooids'to such a man as Mr . Hickson , who made a splendid living ; thenLthe latter person sold them to the retailer , who also got a profit by them ; thus there were three profitsthey might get for ' themselves by his plan . What great good they might do with this ; they might buy land ' with it , and provide for the surplus workmen and- the aged of their trader ¦ How different to their present state ; Ithey had now to toil in poverty for others until they were" aged or afflicted , and then be . starvedin the Union . Bastile ! , He consideredit a means towards getting the Charter . He had shown ^ it to Mr , O'Connor , ' who said : their ' s was

      the only trade that could do it . He would say then , work . for ' themselves—get property , getvotes , and all that was wanted would follow . —Mr . King said Mr . Drake had talked about the dissipation of men producing strikes , but in his opinion it was a dissipated aristocracy who opened the floodgates of dissipation on all society . He thought unions and strikes had done good . The Bradford strike was a noble affair , though the men were beaten . A depot had been tried before , and the manager run away to America with their funds . In the Trades' Union they got a deal of money , but they had the spy Watkins , and the rogue Robinson , who went to America with their money / How would Mr . Drake guard against these things ? ' He should like Mr . Drake to show how a

      manager could get security . He ( Mr . K . ) considered they must haye a union of all trades , and a National Conference of delegates before they could better their condition . Government feared Trades ' Unions , heeauBe democrats had got among them . A National Conference of all the Trades , supported by all who were able to carry bayonets , must demand and obtain their rights of the legislature . They must not expect to be niueh better off until they get the vote , There was some good in Mr . Drake ' s plan , who , because it would do away with the profit-monger , came between the workman and the consumer . But theymusthavemeans to employ thosewho were thrown out of work-by machinery . Men out of work became non-consumers . He believed there were 15 , 000 , 000 acres of uncultivated land in this country ; he wanted that land for those who could get no work at their trades , instead of them getting a bit of bread and cold water at the workhouse . Miv Waggett said , if

      he coulu see how Mr . Drake s plan could be put in practice , he would support ; it ( with heart and soul . But from whom . could the manager got security ? Suppose such liberal men as MivO ! Connor , or Mr . Duncombe became security ,. the trade , as men , could not sue them if the manager proved a defaxilter .- He thought .: they . must . firit ; get political power . Let them form Trade Societies , have a National Conference , get power over the , House of Commons—then Mr . Drake's plan might do . —Mr . ;¦ Havershcad ; said , the security might be obtained by the Trade lending the amount to Mr . O'Connor or Mr . Duncombe , ana that gentleman becoming security to the amount , and if the manager proved a defaulter , that gentleman would act as prosecutor . It was then moved and carried , that the discussion be adjourned to next Sunday evening at eight o ' clock , and that a report of the proceedings be sent to WieNorthern Star and the Last Several members were enrolled .

      Boor and Shoemakers' Tbades Movement , Birmingham .- —On Monday evening , Jan . 13 th , a most important meeting of the organised Boot and Shoemakers of this town waa heW in the Democratic Chapel , Thoi " p-street , for the purpose of adopting measures to secure the national unity of the trade , and to deliberate oh the causes which now operate so fearfully against their interests and welfare . At six o ' clock ( the hour announced for opening the proceedings ) the President took' the chair , and said that , as the meeting was a special one , he thought a chairman ought to be elected for the occasion . After some

      conversation , the ' chairman's suggestions were concurred in , and Mr . Fleet was elected to the chair for the evening . The roll being called , every member was present except a few necessitated to finish some work j efore . they could attend . The corresponding secretary then read letters from Bradford , Newark , and Kendai . a long debate ensued on the correspondence and the disorganised state of the National Union , in which Mr . Knight contended that the Executive had by their mismanagement done infinite injury to the society , rrMr .: Mason- then rose and said ; he . iriuch regretted the task which had devolved upon him , -It

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      was not a time ; when ppinipnjs > ould , liaye ^ ordinary ^ ig htrand ffieref 6 re he hoped that ; in ; " expi essing ; an ; opinioii whichV ; had already ; rbeemanticipated ^ the'KshopmateBiin'SjSomeiOf ithe . most ; important sections of ( theMUnion ,-he-would-:-not be understooa . to impute . anytMngagainsttliehonestyof the Executive in their i decision •< on the iBradfoi ^ l strike . - But while he made this qualification ] he would not reserve , his opinions on the : consequences which that d _ ecision hadi . andwouldentailontheir condition / individually and , nationally . ; i The ; Executive evidently ? did not comprehend ; i the * nature . of the proposition : oi > the \ Bradford employera , ! or they : would have at ' once seen ; that thelreduction proposed , when surrendered to by them , jwould not ; be ; confined to Bradford , s ' . ¦• He had ;

      reflected seriotisly , on ¦ the hew jCirciinistances- or the Trade . ^ Through the impolitic and most unjust operation of the Tariff , ; and considering the disposition ^ bf top many ' employers to seize : updn every event which would foim -an excuse . to reduce the already miser i able , remuneration for , their skill and industry , it was -but reasonable to imagine that some , town ' would ; take the lead in this work of oppression , ¦ : and -whose success or failure ; > yould be tho ; j signal for the .: employment of every other town , to determine their . course of conduct . Better , . infinitely better , therefore , would it have been that Bradford had been supported till their last ' . fractioni . had been contributed—as-. ¦ an evidence of , our iron-resolve to resist any and ,-every reduction on the principle of competition . Thetime ,

      however liad now come , when something more efficient than strikes ' were nccejssary . . Theii" interests were now attacked by influences which would require the " greatest cbnibination of moral power and prudence to . defeat . It was neither science nor mechanical invention wHicli-aimed at theii'i still -further degradation , bii . fr it , was an act of tlio British legislature— -the project of [ a , British minister—a commercial cxperiment ^ -of which' they ( the Boot and Shoemakers ) were to be the passive material . He could not' ' understand upoh' what principle the Prime Minister- had reduced' the protective duties ' on their branch of manufacture—a ' -branch of social industry on ; ivhich a . / greater niass ' . were dependant for the means of existence than any other in the United

      ^ Kingdom . The" results were anticipated—when that measure was sanctioned by an irresponsible ' Parliainent ,. an ( l those who had not the penetration to foresee ,- were ho ^ y as seriously alarmed . as the most reflecting . Already French agencies were' being '/ opened in eyo ' ry town of importance ; . and i-eductions ' . of wages were not only inevitable , if they did not make a mighty moral effort to resist it , but that would be but half the evil , as the consumptionof foreign work would render it impossible for thousands to procure labour at any rate of -wages . Had . the Prime Minister proppsed any reciprocal adyantage to them ( the . Boot and Shoemakers ) , such as '' " the , ' probable admission of British work into the European markets , there might have been ; , at

      least . ' a . plausible ground ' for liis measure .. But , on the contrary ' > while our markets are opened to foreign manufacturers , for work got ' up where the means of liying _ is . sixty , and ^ severity per cent , cheaper than in Britiiin ^ in cohsequence of proportionably lower taxation ' , ' , every continental market , is inaccessible , to their ( the , Boot ' and Shoemakers ) . Hands . ; It was the-manufacturers of the entire continent against England , and . ; England against itself . They ( the Boot arid' Shoemakere )' . ' were by far the most numerousi trade in-the united . kingdom , and he ( Miv M . ) thbught that ; thcy ranked as liighin the scale pf intelligence . ' Their ; numbers were in England and

      > 7 cales ,. Boot and Shoemakers , males ; 177 ) 144 , females 10 , 799 . In Scotland , Boot and Shoemakers , males : 25 , 945 , females 892 . ' In' Ii-eland the numbers were as follows i- ^ Brogue-makers , males , 5 , 267 , females ^ , boys 110 ;• Boot and Slioemakers , males 45 , 650 , 'fe T males 3 , 436 , boys 1 , 105 . Malung a totalof 270 , 369 . He hoped they-would soon ascertain by ofKcial returns what had been the increase of imports under the new Tariff . and then they would be enabled to meet the Prime Minister and Legislature . Sir Robert Peel could notrefuse " a ' -deputation composed of an equal number of workmen and einployei's to consult with ' him on the nature of a , measure which involved the interests

      and welfare of so great a section of the artisans and manufacturers of the united kingdom . —Mr . M . before sitting down , moved the following resolution : " That we , the members of the Birmingham section of the North Midland Association of Boot and Shoemakers , haying seriously deliberated on the decision of the Executive , in the case of the Bradford strike , consider that the Executive was bound , in moral , respect to' the judgment of sections of the Union , to have consulted them before coming to a resolution on a strike of so serious a nature to the interests of the trade , both locally and nationally ; and while regretting the injury entailed on the Association , we deem it expedient to declare our opinion that a more efficient means of national unity must be established throughout the united kingdom ; and further consider that the recent alteration of the Tariff is most fearfully affecting the interests of the

      trade ; and unless aporlect unity and confidence pervade the body , that their condition must soon become vmsupportable . It is therefore resolved that correspendence be commenced forthwith with every united body of shopmates throughout the country , to ascertain their opinions of the future means of operation for the defence of the . interests of the trade on this important crisis . " Mr . Devine seconded , and Mr . Foxwell and Mr . Knight supported the motion . Carried unanimously .- Mr . Lacon moved , and Mr . Carlow seconded , "That all cards be relieved , and societies of shopmates be acknowledged ; and that each society be respectfully solicited to prepare reports of the evils which affect the interests of the tradein their district . " -- Carried unanimously . Mr . Mason then moved "That £ 2 be forthwith remitted tosupport the Kendai strike . " Carried nem con . The meeting then broke up . . : ¦ - .... ¦; .. ¦ . -: ¦

      Scotch National Delegate Meeting of'Miners . — A meeting ( called by circular letters ) of delegates from the various mining districts in Scotland tbokplaco on thcl 3 thinst . at FaUurk , for thepurpose of considering the Mo \ yiiig important subjects : —1 st .- ' The utility of the miners of Scotland disconnecting themselves from- the 'General Union , and forming a Scottish Union . 2 nd . The wages made per- day at present , and-the advance obtained during the last three months . ' 3 rd . The number of tubs or corvespiit out per day , and the average prior to the restriction of the -out-put , ' and ; ' the number put out at present . 4 th . The amount of coals in stock , and if such are on the increase or decrease , otli . Thebestmode pf obtaining fin increase of wages , without

      haying'recourse to a strike . 6 th . The best mode of arousing the districts . 7 th . WJien and where the next National Delegate meeting is to be held . The districts represented were ; Fifeshire , East-Lothian , Falwick , Grangemouth , ' Glasgow , Coatbridge , Airdrie , and Holytown ; A lengthy debate took place on the first resolution in the circular , which ended in an almost unanimous vote to keep firm to the General Union , the minority pledging ! themselves to reconsider the subject / From the report of the delegates ori the seeond question , it would appear that the average day ' s wage is 3 s . 4 d . per day , the 4 d , being got as advance during the last month . In the restricted districts the out-put prior to the limiting the day's work , were three carts ; at 13 cwt . per cart , now

      reduced to two carts on the average per day ; the average number of hours per day from eight to ten . The stock of coals reported to be small , and daily diminishing . The delegates entered , into arrangements for the arousing of the backward districts . On the question being put , as to tlio best mode of obtaining an advance of wages , without having recourse to a strike ; a warm debate ensued . The delegates from Halytown reported that it was the opinion of their constituencies that the best mode was the carrying out the Restrictiev System , and the forming extensive co-operative societies , for the collection of capital , to be laid out in the purchase of land ; so that they

      would thus be ableto . bring capital to bear against capital . The last week of the old year the men of Halytowri had commenced to pay threepence per week to a fund for these piii-poses : unanimous resolutions were passed in favour of the plan . After discussing and settling the various subjects brought before them , the delegates agreed to meet again on that day four weeks ( Tuesday , lltli Feb . ) , in Irvine , Ayrshire ; and in the meantime to do all in their powei" to forward the good cause . The best feeling existed throughout the whole proceedings , which continued tLU past ten o ' clock at night , when the meeting broke up , having sat twelve houi-s . Barnsley Linen WEAVEris !—The members of the

      Linen Weavers' Union intend to have a dinner at the house of Mr ; John Pickering ' s , on Shrove Tuesday . Tickets of admission may be had of Messrs . Richard Taylor , Wilson ' sPiece ; Luke Hobson , ditto V Robert Neesom , -J ditto ; William Johnson , Kingston-place ; Samuel Snbwden , Burton ;' John Hirst , Mason's-row ; and John Gi'imshaw ; Worsbrp' Common . ' NoRTHTMBEnLAsi ) and' Dubhaji Miners .- —The following sum has been subscribed for the ' Miners of Northumberland and Durham , from the Friendly Society of the Operative Stone Masons' General Union—5 s . 10 d . —John Clark , District Secretary . To lire ' Miners of Great Britain and Ikeund . —All correspondence for the 'Miners' Executive , after the lsUf February , must be addressed , post paid , to John HaU , care of Mr . ' Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side : Isewcastle-on-Tyne . ¦ - ¦ - '

      Yorkshire Miners' Meeting . —The next general delegate meeting ! of ^ ^ theMiners of Yorkshire will-be Jr ^ -Sl ® & $¥ Inn , Northgate , Wakefield , on Monday , the 27 th day of January , 1845 , at nine o'clock m the morning . .., ' ; . .:... ' , Oldham MiNERs . -The Coal Miners of Oldham on strilce return , their sincere thanks to the men of Woodheadjor the following sums :-William Whitehead , _ 5 s . 3 d . ; Buck Hewftt , 2 s . 6 d . ; Fancy , Jolm , w hST ? Grw l ) ls *; Samuel Taylor , 2 s . Gd Woodhead men , £ 3 8 s . 8 d . . . '

      The next General Delegate- Meeting op Lancashire Miners-will be held at the house of- Mr rhomasHorrocks Newlnn , Bacup , onMondaynext . January , ^ , 1845 . ' . Chair to be " taken at eleven o clock m thejorenoon .- A ; public meeting will also be : Md - aith ^ same place and off the same day wkchwill be addressed by ¥ rP . Roberts , Esq ; , S other , gentkmen . ¦ The levy for the > fortnight is on " shilling and sixpence per member . v

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      ... ,- ^ . i ,,,., ttJ ^ IL , ^ . Eifeshibe :-Miners . —AdelegatempoK ^^ ^ at the Fifeshire Tavern on S aturday thP n ? D ^ U Mri ; John Mitcliel ^ fom CHapeir CoLw ® 18 t ! l ' *>* . mously called to the chaii- ; William Bowo ' ^ ^ secretary . . After thecontubttti ona wcr 7 v ! a 4 to and all bills ; paid , the treasurer MmdSSft ^ f ; was a . balance'left . in . his hands of n earlv ^ n tllc t « the . { se ' cretdiy , and . ; tw 6 ; delegates were annniV S deppsit ^ p iiCthe ^ ankV Sf Scotland ^ 11611 S iformev'depositSi' makes up , a good round 2 " ' H Swallow gave ., in a ., yery ; cheering , report of " if f National . Delegate Meetirig . h It- appeared I lat Vpnnrfc ' rtliai the stocks of coals worn vm ,. Di tL

      ajf over Scotland , arid that wages wore gradl-, }! ^ yancing . It was unanimously agreed tint ^ colliery should prefer a respectful request ( N masters in the countv of-Fife on Satimlav tlJ ° i tll e Teb . ; : i 845 ; , for ah . adyanceof wages to the ' an n . to 5 sixpence the day ' s work . : The reports of iZ ^^ from the various collieries in the , west of Fife o ™ *^ that the restriction of the hours' of labour hSR * generally : adopted . - Mr . Swallow was apnoh ui " attend the public meeting to be held at ; Dallva also the National . Delegate , Meeting to be held ' BTrine . After the transaction -of ' ' other-m atte a ' local importance , a vote of ; thanks was given ton ? chairman , and the meeting adjourned until Satn . t 6 the loth of Feb ., 1845 . . v HUOatu «

      laj-. vMorb Advances in Wages . —The Minew inn , ' - employ . of Messrs . Lloyd , Foster , and Co ., the evt sivecoal ; and irohmastereof Wednesbuiy , havei ^ ceived an advance in their wages , - the thin coal m to tlie amount of threepence per day , - and tlie t ] S coal men sixpence a day . The iron trade is in a 5 flourishing condition : —Birmingham Journal . . , 1 Nottingham Framework Knitters' Moyejir . , ¦ I —A ' general meeting of delegates from the fo ]| lowing branches , 'in the town ; and ' county ( , ' f ^ Nottingham , will be held ¦ at Mr . Samuel Aiei I lor's , King George on Hoi-seback , Nott ingham * i on Monday , ; the thii-d day of February , at ten I o ' clock iri the-forenoon , viz : —Framework Knit . l ters , Frame-Smiths , Sctters-up , Sinker . iJ \ eedlemalcei'id Jiandsfor tiie

      u - s , anWarp ; lollowinj §§ objects : —First , - -to take into consideration suggo ^ ^ tions , proper to belaid before the Govemmcnt , hm be embodied _ in a bill for the guidance of the Frame . 1 work Knitting trade ; after such suggestions h ave ® received the approval of a general three counti tii delegate meeting . Second , the frame-rent trial— and 1 the best means of carrying such triaj to ftfiiial ks ^ tor the benefit of the oppressed ' operative . Tiiird , tdi effect amore complete organization of the Framewoiil Knitters , Frame-Smiths ; Setters-up , Sinker and | Needle-makers . -Fourth , to take into consideration § j the plan for a general consolidated union of ajjp brandies of operatives throughout this kingdom , oa | l a system of mutual protection . Notice—A three coun . fl ties meeting of delegates will- bo held at the same ?

      house and time of the da \ % " on Monday the tenth of Si February , on general business , connected with the ^ 1 Framework -Knitters' movement . The Framework S Knitters of Derby and shire are requested to hold a § preparatory meeting . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦' . .. -. " ' M 1 LivERT-obi ,. —A large and enthusiastic niecthi" of il the Liyei-pool Boiler-makers was held in the hv ^ m room , of the Ballington Coffee-house , Bnllington- m street . ¦<[ A journeyman Boiler-makere was called to B the . chair . The meeting was addressed at great H length ' upon the necessity , of a combination of trades ' m by Mr . Koach , of Manchester , After which tlio foil m lowing resolution was earned unanimousl y : —That P we , the Boiler-makers of Livei ^ pool , pledgcourseh-es m to support the Northern ' Star newspaper and the ^ j Liverpool Journal ; as they are the only papers that II do justice to the trades of this country , i

      BiuMisenAM . —Trades Unions . —On Sunday even- ii ing last we had . a strong muster to hear the coneln . ll sionof Mr . Clark's lecture on Trades Unions . Jlr , I | Langston presided ; ' The meeting was opened with ? singingj atter which . Mr . Saundeis read the article ^ on-Trades Unions from the Star of Saturday last ll which' created an enthusiastic and detennincif spirit % \ in the meeting . Mr . Clark in an able manner con- | eluded his interesting lecture by recommending ths | i trades in Birmingham to call a local conference to © take steps to secure " a representation in the pro-i jected National Conference , to be held about Easter' ! next . Mr . Williamson rose and bore testimony of H the truth of many of the lecturer ' s statements . ' A 8 handsome collection was made , and the meeting sepa- § rated . , M

      Duxcombe Testimonial . — Central Committee of | Trades , &c , Saville-house , Leicester-square ; Mi- . J . | Simpson , in the chair . —The following sums weiW | ceived : —^ Per J . A . Marchant , collected by friends at j Trowbi'idgo , £ 1 17 s . ; per Mr . Aston , second subscription , collected by Lloyd ' s compositors , 5 s . Id . ; A Patriot , Coggeshall , per Mr . D . W . Rtifty , ls . A ! letter was read from Mr . Drury , secretary of tte United Ti-ades of Sheffield , stating that two trades in that town had already subscribed upwards of £ W and that the other trades were resolved to follow tb > example . A communication was' also received from Guernsey , announcing that subscriptions wonldbeiv ceived oh behalf " of the "Testimonial" at the office of the Guernsey Star , whichjournalhasjnadeastrong appeal to the people of that island in behalf of the I Duncombe Testimonial . i

      Northumberland and Durham Mixers . — At i . J meeting of delegates connected witi ^ the Miners < o the above two counties , it was resolved— " That tliel first quarterly meeting of the Miners' Mutual Bene-l fit Society will be held at the Sun Inn , Side , New-I castle-upon-Tyne , on Monday , the 10 thof Feb . next , ! instead of the 3 rd , as previously ordered ; and tlie | next delegate meeting for the counties will be held on | the day following , or the 11 th , when it is expected f > delegates from all the collieries in Durham audNor- f thumberland will attend . , . 8 Bromsgrove . —Imfortmt Trades Meetixo . —Oo ^ Tuesday , evening last a numerous meeting of tlie ^ Nailmakers , and othei' trades , was held at the George | Inn . Mr . Pinfield was ealled . to the chair , and | opened the business of the meeting in a short and I

      sensible address . Mr . M . Hale in strong terms spoke | of the folly of , working men leaving their business to | be done by , ' others , whilst they were much more com-1 ? petentto do' it themselves , had they but the inclina-isj tion . Mr . Thomas Clark , ofBinningham , was is- 'I fci-oduced , and occupied an hour and a ' half in fvpounding his views of Trades' Unions , which were 1 well received by . the meeting . He strongly advised i the propriety of sending , a delegate to the proposed ^ conference to be held in London , and urged the neccs 4 sity of a National -, Trades'TJnion ; at the same tirai * entering into a detailed liistory of the progress anil §

      decline of the detached unions , as well as the ca « s | which led to their failure . He recommended ttof consideratioH . of the important suggestions contained M in Mr . Duncombe ' s letter to Mr . Drury , of ShefficlJ , | i and concluded byquotingfroni an able leading articles | the . iVortftem Star of Saturday last , in support ofsomi of the leading positions which he had assumed . On thf 3 motion of Mr . Hale , the thanks ' of the meeting veni voted to Mr . 0 ., after which it was announced tlmt-i general meeting of the NaUers' Union would be held , tt take steps to secure - a representation of their tr . idi | in the forthcoming conference . A goodly number 0 " Chambers' Philosophy Refuted" were disposed of . |

      National Typographical Association . — - \ - f ' ing of the Compositors of London was held at the ft ! tional School Room , Harp-alley , Farring doi ) -stm ;| on . Wednesday evening last ; to make their final * rahgements for carrying into full operation their S *' tional Association . The meeting was the roofi animated we ever attended , and , under tlie abi ; chaii-manshi p of Mr . Patey , was conducted in a iuo ? j peaceable and satisfactory manner . Somo of tli : most able and impartial men of the profession woSi elected

      s to fill the various offices of the Association among whom are Mr . Thompson and Mr . Edivar * the late . Registrar and Secretary of the London UmS of Compositoi-s ; Mr . Patey ( the chahman for * evening ) , &c ., &e . A vote of thanks to the cuairmf having been carried the meeting dispewed , liig « : elated with the favourable results promisuilby » well canying out the principles of their new As ? ciation . As a proof of the popularity of the measuR it was stated in the course of the evening , that ft though the circulars had ; been issued but a few •'" . 'I upwards of one thousand four kindred members I * already sent in their names . ' : ' ,

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      John Bull done by Johnnv Crapaud . —We i ^ in the Prcsse : — " Two Englishmen , after swpping'J the Maisbn-Dof 6 e on Saturday night ; took it M their heads to go to the masked ball at the 0 r < $ Not knowing that the rue Lepelletier was close H hand , they sent for a hackney-coach .. The diw on . setting them down , demanded 3 fr . for the cow * J whichthe Englishmen refused to pay , deemin ? * S attemptatextbrtion : An altercation ensued , inwP one of the Englishmen offered to box the coaclutfi and tpr that-purpose threw off'liia paletot ami W which he placed near him' en the kerb-stone . ' battle was , however , positively declined , awl % Mgiisliman , on proceeding to put on his paletot ^ hat , found that somebody had stolen both !"

      . Resignation of , Mr . Baron Gurney .-Mi . Wi Ixurney , in consequence of continued illhcalttfj increasmg weakness , has sent to the Lord G \\ M M his resignation of the high office of one of the MM otthe Exchequer , which the learned baron lu « % forsome years with great ability and satisfaction * the , bar and . the public . The general op inion ] Westminster ; HaU is , that Mr . Platt , Q . C jj succeed to the vacant seat on the Exchequer ^ 71 but , ; of course , ho arrangement has at present | made . —Standard . i

      L Pr Inted By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 17, Great W&Lt;^. Street, Haymarket, In The City Of Westminster , •' |

      l Pr inted by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 17 , Great W <^ . street , Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , ' |

      umce in the same Street and Parish , for " ° * | ' prietor . ' FEARGUS O'CONNOB , Esq ^ andpublis ^ ^ . .. ' . " . WiiiiAM Hewitt , of Ho . 19 , Charles ^ treet ,. »» ' i , ; street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , ^ ^ - \ ; ton , ' . in the . County . of Surrey , at the Ofiice , * % ^ . Strand , in-the Parish ; of St . Mary-le-Stran ^ i * ' ¦; ¦ ¦ - City of "Westminster - , 3 : aturaay , January 25 , 1816

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      a THE NQRTHIRN STAR . ... January 25 . ir ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1299/page/8/