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      THE POWELL PLOT . TRTALS AT THE OLD BAILEY _ J

      ( Continued fom our Seventh page J Thursday , September 28 . -Mr Barou Platt and Mr Justice Williams took their seais on tbe be :,: b at ten o'clock .

      THE DEFENCE . Mr Ballantine proceeded to address the jury on behalf of Cuffay and Lacey . After some prefatory remarks , he contended that the Attorney General was w holly unjustified in saying that the prisoners m / e connected with any plan of organisation with a view to a general and simultaneous rising of the pso ^ e throughout the country . No evidence had been adduced to show that they had any connexion with any such orf janisation . The Attorney General had said that no great public good was ever obtained by violent measures . Why , it was notorious that thereat measures on which their liberties rested were obtained at tbe point of the bayonet ; but ,

      under the sway of the reigning Monarch , "who desired by every means to promote the -welfare of her subjects , force was unnecessary to obtain that which was obviously good . He was perfectly ready to aamit that the prisoners had been guilty of great impropriety , but he denied that they had any intention of levying war against the Queen . It was said that the act under whicb tbe prisoners had been \ adicted was most merciful , since it reduced the iriree of Reason , of which in effect tbe prisoners trere charged , to an ordinary felony , and hence jtolisaed the punishment of death , and the disemloweliing of the yet warm body of the malefactor . He admitted further , that the government of the

      preseut day was merciful , but do not let the jury forget ibat the time mig ht come when a government my it ne disposed to tyrannise , and when they might have unconstitutional judges and unconstitutional attorney generals—let them also bear in mind that a conviction under tbis Act placed tbe parties affected in the position of serfs of the Government for -ifc : since , in the discretion of tbe Court , a man so onvicted was no longer a free man . Notwithstanding the mercy of the Act and tbe leniency of the Government , the making of tbe offence a felony perpetrated a monstrous injustice , as it took away the privileges which prisoners indicted for the high offeace of treason enjoyed ; as a copy of the

      indictment , aud a list of witnesses to be called against , and the jury who were to try them , were not furnished to them . The privilege was taken away altogether . Doubtless the meetings were unlawful , and deserved to be punished by the law—doubtless a deal of foolish talk was uttered , and there was a great deal said about hand grenades , in a wild and sntutored belief that they would thereby obtain the People ' s Charter ; but it was absurd to say that the object of tbis conspiracy was to levy war against the Quern . The idea was absurd . Don't let them he iikl that a meeting at a pot-house , and the nonsense talked by Cuffay , and the finding of a pikehead in a garret , was levying such a war . Let

      then :, Therefore , not be carried away by the special pletd : ns of tbe Attorney General , but find them guilty of a misdemeaaonr . Was it not very likely that the spies of the government tutored these foolish , f \ dted , weak people , into acts of violence , who in ic-5 . ! : iy had no wicked design ; that they had fomemedthe whole matter , and planted about the person : of these persons , and about their houses , evictees of guilt which they intended to use for their own purposes hereafter , and whicb they had themselves concocted . He trusted the jury would not f-. rget that many of the greatest men of England had -lied upon the scaffold in defence of the very

      liberiies they now enjoyed , and that they should not consent to take away " the liberties of their fellow subjects without the most mature consideration , and without a due sense of the precedent they thereby created . He then proceeded to deal with the witnesses asd the evidenceadduced by them . He did not anticipate that in a grave charge of this kind they won ! d bciieve a person whom they would not trust in tlieir shops by a drawer containing money which they bad not counted , or in fact lend him half-acrown . They must apply the same rule to matters

      of tLii kind as they would to the ordinary pursuits oflii * . The prisoners bad a perfect right to combine as others had done to obtain by constitutional means the Charter . It was as open to a'fair discussion as the expediency of adopting the Reform Bill , or the repeal of the Corn Laws , whicb though as nvacli opposed one time as the Charter , had . becomelaw . Vvhen persons had combined for a certain purpose—the Charter , for instance—was it not easy for wicked persons , for gain , to join them in the guise of friendship , and to fan the already excited elements of the confederation into a flame . Other

      bodies in sood repute—the Freemasons , for instance —had warders and other officers , and used secret symbols . TL 3 Attorney General said the Freemasons had £ > i Act of Parliament legalising their proceedings , Mr BEllantise said the Odd Fellows were not legalised by Act of Parliament . He accused Powell of having created violence where there was a disposition for peace , and with being a person utterly un-Trortsy of belief . They had heard from his own lips thai lie had disseminated his poison among his trorkujfa—originated and fomented the crime now laid to iliS charge of the prisoners . Was it not

      obvions thai he had made the first pike head , and exhibited it to those with whom he joined , in order to induce them to make others , and when the proper time arrived thereby to strengthen tbe case against them : What evidence had they to show that Davis had not used many of the violent expiessions deposed to by Powell ? How many spies were there ? Wa » it not possible thatt there were many mcrej arid that , in truth , they formed this formidable conspiracy , and drew the prisoners and others into the gulf ? The Attorney General had staled in hi ; opening that there were thousands upon thousands iu London who knew not where to get a morsel of bread or a bed to lie upon at night . It was

      a lamentable and an appalling fact ; and was it not likelv that these houseless and famishing wanderers were easi ' iy made the tools ef a designing scoundrel like Powell , who had not even the merit of being an accotoplice—the man who had assaulted his own father , fcerted his wife , play ? d the despicable part of a decoy at a gambling table , and run races to bring custom to beer shops He asked them , with a stiong sense of justice , not to believe this manto pnt no faith in him . In war , a spy , when detects , sas . hung up like a dog to the nearest tree ; but :-: laps a spy in civil matters , and raore especially -: ; . ie against the Chartists , was a more respectable pcuon . and less deserving such a fate . He ( Mr

      Balhr ;! : r . e ) did not think so , and he believed the jury would agree with him ; but they would of course form their own judgments . Then , again , was i ; not remarkable that Davis stated his attention Lad been ebrawn to the evidence of Powell by rr : i ! n > it in a newspaper . He admitted he had read it . Was it not likely he had learned his lesson from that person ' s testimony ? It was true , he c ame before them in the guise of a respectable man . It was just pcnsibls that he was no more worthy of belief thau Powell . Owin j ; to ihe way in whicb he bad been called , no notice living been given that be was to be pit into the box , W'f . prisoners had had no opportunity oi making any inquiry about him . The same remark

      wz £ :.: >; j'icableto Tilden , who , it appeared , from his owi : statement , got Cuffay appointed a leader in bis stead , a .- his pretensions were modest . They founc him ciuuavouring to entrap poor Cuffay into al kincU of violent expressions . No letter or document of any kind was found in tbe house of Cuffay o ! La--: y evincing the slightest scintilla of conspiracy It was true a pike handle was found in tbe garret o the hri ' : se iu which Cuffay resided . Was it not re markabk 'hat Tilden was in the habit of constanil ' going to C'iffay ' s , and that he went there after Cuffa had bee ;* uken into custody . Then they could havi no ilotfii : the tricolour was made by Powell . Tb learned counsel , after an address of two hours and half , concluded by trusting the jury would acquit hi client ? .

      Mr Parry next addressed the jury on behalf Fay . H = ; said even the polluted lips of Powell w « noi guilty of charging the prisoners wiih aspersi the ger . Ue ^ oman that filled the throne . Now would show from witnesses that Powell had us the most indecent and disgusting expressions wi respect to the Queen and her Consort . Ha ? i complained of the loss of tbe privileges taken aw by this Act , he put it to the jury if they could i

      to be oi opinion that Davis was not one whit 1 polluted tban Powell He tells them he expeel only compensation for loss of time . Was it lik that a person would destroy his character , and get himself to be pointed at and to be shrunk fr by his wife , his children , and his friends , with gain ? He palmed a silly falsehood upon the jt and he * as sure they would not believe it . 1 Attorney General said , with a thrill of ecstatic light , that Davis was a' shopkeeper . ' -Respecfe

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      shopkeepers did not condescend to become spies . He agreed with the Attorney General that Powell was ' a bold bad man , ' but Davis was a sneak . The thief that sneaked into an area was more despicable than the highway robber . Where are the ribbons which Powell said were distributed on the J 5 th ? Not one was found when the prisoners were arrested , and the one produced was found under suspicious circumstances . Could they believe the truth of that , or of any portion of his story ? Fay was taken at bis father ' s shop , and no arms or ammunition were found upon him . Alter saying he should prove that Powell insti gated the prisoners and others to act with violence , the learned counsel concluded an able and elaborate address oa behalf of the prisoner Fay . The jury then retired for a short time . On their return , Y---1 ~__ - « A .. ^ J ! -3 _~^ J . ~ - ^_~ . ? ^* v « ^«

      James Parris was called and examined by Mr Huddlestone . —He said he had been employed as a carpenter for seven or eight years by Mr Smith , the brother-in-law of Powell , a builder . He had known Powell eleven years . His character was not good . From his general character he could not believe him on bis oath . Had heard him speak upon religions subjects sometimes , but could not recall to his mind what he said . Cross-examined by the Attorney General . —Would qpt believe him , because he once came and said Lord J . Russell had cut his throat—( laughter)—and on another occasion that he had seen a person steal a side of pork ; that a Mr Hudson , a neighbour , was dead . Saw Powell on Friday . Did not shake hands with him , but told him he was sorry for what he had done , on account of his children .

      The Attorney General . —Are you a Chartist ? Witness . —No , I am not . I do not know what it is . The Attorney General . —You don ' t know what Chartism is ? Witness . —( in a broad Scotch dialect ) —Naa ; tell me what it is , and then I will answer you . ( Roars of laughter . ) By tke Judge . —Never heard him called , by his shopmates , Lying Tom . ' Thomas Osborne , another workman in the employ

      of Mr Smith , deposed that he had known Powell for about three years and a half . Would not believe him on his oath , if it was uttered on his dying bed . Remembered his saying , about two months ago , that there was to be a Chartist rising . He said so to me alone . He asked witness and some of the other men to join it . This might be about three weeks after the Kennington Common meeting . He at the same time pointed out a person who could make him a pike .

      Cross-examined—Was not at the Kennington Common meeting . Was at Bishop Bonner ' s-fislds on the afternoon of the day the police were attacked . Did not hear Ernest Jones speak . Attended a meeting at a public-house in the Birdcage-walk , on a Sunday in April . Told Powell that he had joined the Chartist movement—that was not true—it was a lie . He would not believe Powell , because he had found him out in so many . Heard him say that Lord John Russell had cut his throat , and he chargrd him 2 d . for a note which had been given him ( Powell . ) Often attended meetings of Chartists after the 10 th of April . Re-examined — Told Powell he had joined the Chartists because he was afraid of him . He was afraid to offend him , for he used to seek revenge on the tools months after .

      Richard Fennell , carpenter , employed by a Mr Hill—Has known Powell for the last thirteen or fourteen years . From what he knew of him would not believe him on his oath . Had heard him called 'Lying Tom' to his face in Mr Smith ' s shop hundreds of times . Had also heard him speak upon religious and political questions a number of tin e . Had heard him say that he would sent the Queen , the foreigner , her family , and Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey , to hell in no time . Had asked witness to . join the Chartists at Cartwright ' s about ten days before the 10 th ot April . He told him ( Powell ) , in answer to a question from

      mm , that he was not a Chartist , and that the Chartists would not get that measure b y the way they were going on . He said they would get it in a month . Also asked him ( witness ) to propose him as a delegate , after he ( Powell ) had proposed him as a member , saying at the same time that he could thereby get £ 2 or £ 3 a week , which would be better than working at old Smith ' s at carpentry . Told him ( witness ) that the government was a weak and a government ; also said ' Look at tho Queen spending her hundreds of thousands a year in idleness and here we are obliged to work at the bench for a bit of bread . ' He said if he would come to his house he would show him materials

      enough to blow London to hell in half an hour . Did not go . W ent part of the way , but turned back , knowing the bad character of the man . Had threatened him if he did not join the Chartists that ke would point out him and others , and that they would get a ball through their heads . He showed him some Socialist tracts some years ago . Cross-examined — Was dismissed by Mr Smith after some weeks' notice , on account of the badness of trade . The Attorney General—Why would you not believe Powell on his oath ?—Witness : Is it likely

      that I would believe a man when I have heard him swear times out of number that he would swear anything if he was paid for it . Had heard him read the Scriptures , and when he came to the name of Christ or the disciples , tear the part out , and say of either , ' Let us burn that ; the disciples . were" the biggest scoundrels I ever heard of . ' ( Sensation . ) When he came to the name of Judas , he heard him once say , ' He was a capital fellow ; he got well paid , I would have done it for half . ' He used to burn the leaves he thus tore out . He used these exclamations he believed , in the presence of a person named Carr . One of the juror 3 haying been taken uuwell , the court adjourned .

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      WORSHIP-STREET . — Stabbing . —John Bosch was charged with having stabbed and dangerously wounded William Lwnb . —P lice-constable Fletcher , 90 H , said , that about t \ ivca o ' clock on Sunday night , he was passing ths Gun pubhe-house , in Uaion-Btreet , Spitalfislds , when he heard cries of 'Murder ' . ' and 'Police ! ' in the clo ' o room up 3 ' . airs , trhere ho found between fifey and I sixty men and wom ^ n , and the man Lamb bleeding pro-¦ ¦ faBelj from several wounds , two of them were stabs oa j tbe hip , one on the abdomea , and another oa the lift j side . Tho prisoner was taken into cmtod y , ohsrged bj tho wounded man with having inflicted the stabs with a knife , now produced , ana the wounded nan was , as boob i as possible , removed to the London Hospital . —Mf

      Headley , landlord of the publio-house , said he knew the pihontrhad been quarrelling with Hie ether man , and heard the Utter afterwards say that the prisoner had Btabbed him , bnt he saw nothing of tho occurrence himself . —The constable produced a certificate from tbe London Hospital , dated Sunday night , from which it appeared that the wounds were of a dangerous nature , and he said that , npan inquiry at the hotpital , he was In formed that the patient was then worst ) . —Mr Tyrwhitt Bald that , if the danger became imminent , immediate information must be given hew , and a magistrate would in that case go to the hospital asd tako the deposition Gf iha wounded man . —The prisoner waj remanded for a week .

      JIARLBOaOUGH . STREET . —Ti it of the Gabde Natiosalk to the Metr . roLis , _ Mt DaboiB , dentist ' suusmoaedGsorgeDavlIle before Mr Painter for having uted abusive and in ' . ultirg language towards him in tbo public street 3 en Thursday wctk . —Mr Dubais said he wiaonhigway to England from the Boulogne fetes ou Thursday week , when he noticed a great number of officers of the Garde Rationale en board iho steam vessel who were ebout to pay a visit to tho En ^ Uah mfcttopolis ' As the party of visitors were totally unacquainted with tbe mctropi ; lln , he volunteered to di . eet them to a hotel where they could get accosnnudetion . On arriving in London he proceeded to show the party to the Hotel de i'Europo , in Liicestir-square , when he was suddenly pounced upen by the defeodant , who , in the capacity of commissionaire ot the Hotel de Boulom ; , endeavoartd to iaCuco tbe French vliitors to traus . ' ir their patioaage

      from tbo Hotel do l'Europo to the- Hotel de Boulogne . Complainant , who had no interest in recommending one hotel more than another , refused to alter his first determ ! nation , end the consequence ^ ao that thedefendant proceeded to apply abusive epithetB to him . First he calkd him a tcoth drawer ; tbis he would have passed over but when the names of intrigant and po'ijson were adde-J , he thought he was justified in appealing to the in \ v . The defendant ' s connexion with the Hotel de Boulogne would be proved by tbe fact of his having been nummcaed as 'G : orga , tbe waiter . '—The defendant demec that he had any connexion with the Hetel de Boulogne , where they had been recommended to locate . — Oae ot the French visitors came forward , and denied that Euy of the party intended to put up at the Hotel de Boulogne . —lie Paint ' . r said it was evident the defendant < 73 s a sort ot touter t 6 the Hotel do Boulogne . He had

      u ed offensivelangusge to the oomplainant , for which he oiust pay a fins of 28 s —The monty was paid . WESTMINSTER . — The Welch Estate Scheme—& Fobtohe loa H&tF A . Guinea . —Mr John T , Seymour , secretary to tbe Mutual Communication Society f . r the Protection of Trade , 32 , SAckville-atreet , Piccadilly , accompanied by Mr Dorset , wax and tallow , chandler , of 73 , King-street , Westminster , waited upon i £ r Broderlpjto pat him in pomsiloa 'f iobo pwtlcu

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      lars relative to a soheme , called ' The Welsh Estate Subscription , ' adverllsments with reference to which had gone the round of the country papers , under tbe allur . ing head of A fortune may be had for half a guinea , ' AppllcatloR to he made to Mr John Smith , estate agency office , 52 , King-atreet , WestmlaBter . — Ap . pl-oant stated that he bad received a letter from a mem * beroftte society of which he was secretary , enclosing the following circular , nhlsh bad been received by tbe wrl'er : — ' Particulars of the Welsh Estate SubBorlptlon . —In 25 , 000 shares at 10 a . 6 d . each . —Theeslate consists of the lease of a valuable and extensive mineral district , Including a large slate qunry , together with allits workings , tramways , waggons , erections , implements , &o , situate in North Wales , and near a ceaport . It may not be generally keown that some of the Welsh slate m «*• _ . ~ L . — A - > 1 I _ j ^ i mm * m - « a .

      qusrr ' es now produce a dear profit of from £ 50 , 800 to £ 100 , 000 ptramum , and from the extent ef tba above property , a very large income cannot fall to be realised with judicious management , A great portion of the shares are already engaged , and an early application is requisite for the remainder , as the drawing will take place immediately the list is complete . Pott effico orders payable at tbe Char ' ng . croBS Post-office to Mr John Smith , -estate-agency office , 52 , King-street , Westminster , will meat with prompt attention , where aho personal application an be made , ' N . B . The estimated value of the above is 12 , 500 guineas . Oa the receipt of these , he ( Mr Seymour ) instituted inquiry , bnt no John Smith was to be found or heard of er had ever been seen in Ktag . strect , Westminster . There was a Mr AmeB at the address < n question , who

      represented himself ai the managing man for Mr Smith , and oil inquiries , he found from Mr Dorset , the landlord of the hoBse in question , that ke had let it to a Mr Ames . His endeavours to ascertain the locality of the property which It was alleged was to be disposed of , the name of the proprietor of tho' Welsh Estate , ' the name of the solicitor having the management of the affair , or the bankers who were to hold the subscriptions , were a ? unavailing as his searoh for John Smith . He could glean co farther intelligence than that conveyed in tbe circular , save that ( en er twelve thousand shares were said to have been disposed of . He had every reason to believe that the' Welsh Eitate Subscription' was a perfect bubble , got up for the purpose of defrauding the public , Iho landlord of the house , 52 , King-street ,

      was moit desirous of having the magistrate's advioehow to get rid of his tenant . —Mr Broderip observed that be could give no advice ; the . very nature of bis position prevented his doing so , as he might be called upon- to adjudicate upon the matter . —Mr Seymeur repeated his opinion , that it was a fraudalent lottery scheme , and one with which the public should be made acquainted . —Mr Btoderip declined to entertain mattm over which he had no jurisdiction . If any chargo could be substantiated , it was his duty to entertain it , but he objected to the oourt being made the channel through which exparle statements oa matters over which he had bo jurisdiction were to go elsewhere , Ho however gave Mr Seymour credit for the beflt of motives , but could effer no advice on the matter . Ths gentleman thanked the worthy magistrate and retired .

      Extensive Robbebt . —Mary Burrows , a woman of the town , was charged with stealing sine ' -y goldpenoilcases 1 E 1 silver ditto , elghty . ooe silver pen-haudlee , and other gold and silver articles , value upwards of £ 100 , the property of Mr John Sheldon , an extensive manufacturer of each goods , at Birmingham , The prosecutor came to town « few days ago , in order to visit his various ouotomers , dispoieofiheBtook ke had with him , and take fresh orders He was alighting , on Friday week , from an omnibus , at the door of Mr Brooks , an extensive dealer in Birmingham goods , in Tothlll street , West . mlEster , when a man who was at the door tendered his services to carry till trunk and carpet-bag , which contained the valuable property above mentioned , Mr Sheldon , who was is want of a porter for b few days , replied that he should require aomotody , but cmld not

      say any more about it at that moment . After hiving transacted the business that had called him to Mr Breoks ' n , proiecutor left the house , and then saw tho man who had before spoken to him in conversation with a person named TTebber , who had been an old porttr of his ( Mr Sheldon ' s ); and finding tbat he knew tho man , and having m& < U some inquiries that turned out satisfactory , he engaged the man , who described himself as John Jackeoa , of 12 , Stsfford-Btroet , to accompany him with his gooda to the various houses where he had to transact business in London , The man acquitted himself diligently and very muoh to Mr Sheldon ' s satisfaction until M « nd ay , when prosecutor left him in the patsage of a house in the Strand , while he wont up stairs to a gentleman , but on his return in about a quarter of an bour , discovered that the fellow had decamped with his trunk and bag of valuables . Mr She'don immediately gave information to the police , and within four or five hours after the prisoner was apprehended while offering one of the stolen ptaril cases for sale ,

      singularly enough , at Mr Brooks ' * , at whoso door the dishonest porter was engaged . Oa soarobiog her apartments ) the remainder of the valuable property was found , a portion being still in tho trunk and bag , and theremalner concealed about tho bed asd bedding . There was also the duplicnte of another silver pencil case proved to have been pledged by the prisoner within an hour of the time the robbery had been com . mitted , —The pilionar , ia defence , said that she mot a man , who after getting her to dispose of one penoil case for him , gave her the one with which she was stopped for her trouble . She accounted for the reBt of the property being found in her room by stating that the man aeked her to lend him tbe key of her room , as he wanted to leave a bandlo there , and she gave him tu ; key in the street . —Me B .-oderip said he could not allow the case to pass without remarking that the police were entitled to much credit for their diligence and astuteness , by which the valuable property had been recovered . — The prisoner was remanded for a week .

      LAMBETH . —Chaboe of Boeglabtand Robbeby . — George Hamment was charged with being concerned with others in breaking into the oounting house of Mr Charles Christy , timber merchant , Broad street , Lambeth , and stealing therefrom a £ 20 note , and other property . —Mr Charles Llpnlng , clerk to Mr Christy , deposed to the fact of the robbery , and stated that Busplcien attached to the prisoner from his having been in the service of Mr Christy , coupled with the facts of Us having been seen on the premises on Saturday evening , A . large and vicious Newfoundland , dog , which was let loose on the premises oa Saturday , as usual , and which no strangtr could with stf ^ ty approach , was found chained up on tbe following morning . —The prisoner , who merely denied ths charge , was remanded to a future day .

      MAETLEBONE . — A Visit to a . Maid Servant . — H , Clifford , and Ellen Gardner were brought up in custody , the former charged with having been found in the house of Mr Priest , the ' Goorge , ' Haverstock-hlll , Hampstead , under circumstances of a su ^ ploious nature , and the latter with harbouring him therein . —It appeared from the evidence that , on the previous evening , Clifford went to the house and Inquired for Gardner , Mr Priest ' s Btrvant , who , aa alleged by him , w&i his slsUr ; no doubt havlag existed as to such being the case , he was . permitted to go down into the kitchen and sit with bor ; and at twelve o ' clock at night , some time after it was imagined he had left the premises , he was discovered in the servant ' s bed , apparently asleep ; he was ordered to dress himself Immediately , which he did , ' and he wai then taken in charge , as waB also the female—In repl to Mr Long , Clifford said that he merely went to see thy maid Ellen , and that he bad ns intention of commlttine any robbery . Ths other prisoner held down her heog and said nothing . —They were both dlschargd .

      MANSION HOUSE , —Revolt of a Ship ' s Crew . — James Jen 6 ing 9 Smith , first engineer , and Alexander Rild , second engineer , of the Lion steam vessel , trading between London and Frelzland , and John James David Gillies , James Payne , John Killy , Ilobsrt Barclay E 4-ward Sorrell , and John M'Donald , firemen and trimmers in tbe same vessel , were brought before the L ) r | Mayor upan ths charge of having plratlcally endee , voured on tho 16 th if September , to make a revolt on board . Mr Smith attended for all the prisoners . —Mr Scnith , at the commencement of the proceedings , stated that tbe first engineer had applied to instituto proceedings against the captain of the vessel , but not having his evidence a delay had aeoesBarlly taken place , and in tho interim ho had been taken into custody upon the extraordinary charge upon which so niani of the persons

      employed were brought forward ;—Mr Pdham gave an outline of tbe caso , Wdlch the fulloning evldencu dlioloses -. —Captain H W . Neville said ' : —I am the master of tbe Lion steam ship , trading botwom London and Friezltnd , in Holland . I quitted L-mdon for a voyage to Friezland on the 13 th of Soptember , tnking with me as part cf Ae crew , the whole of the prisoners at tha bar . They each of them possessed a registered ticket , and I received them in dua course , nnd placed their names oa the muster roll . Wu arrived at Harllngen on Thursday morning , Jhe day after wo lefe the poit , and took on feoatd a general cargo of fcutttr , checso , flu , cora , and oil , and also live stock , consisting of 706 or 800 oxen c ; . ' . ves and sheop , and we wero to bo ready < n the 16 'h , by holf-past nine o ' clock , to return . Tbe fir ; -s wero lit some time previous . About eight o ' clock

      I observed a quantity of poultry brought on toatd in baskets by the firemen , and , upon inquiring whose they were was answered that they belonged to Smith , tho first engineer . I afwrwards s \ w more brought on boor . 1 , and was told they belonged to the sama person , and I told them to keep them on ebore , as I nould not allow them to be on beard . A few minutes afterwards I observed Smith came from the shoro over tho paddle bo * . Hebeld uphiB fist to mo and said , 'You won ' t let my fowls on board , won ' t you ? ' I told him I would not allow it , there were too many . He then said , You , then I'll pay the freight for them . ' I thsn Baid , They Bhall not come on board at all . ' He Baid , clap ping his handB , 'Now I ' ve got you , you . I'll learn jou a trick . 1 M teach you and your Mr RobinFon a

      trick . I'll stop the ship . Thle is what I intended . I ' ve been sohemlng this for you . ' He then called to the firemen , 'Rake the fires eut , you— , rake tbe fires out . I then said to him , 'Come hire , don't make a fool of yourself , and do that which you'll be sorrj for hereafter . ' He refused to he&r me , and ho ran off tbe paddle bridge , ordering the firemen again to rake the fires out , and to bring the poultry ashore along with them . After giving directions to tbe chief mate I went ashore , and sent for tbe agent of the Bhip that he might expostulate with Smith and the firemen . Whea I told him what took pls . es he Bent for Mr Harrlson , a merchant in the place , who took Smith alon ? the pier to talk with hla . and eame on board after having walk « d iiiMljr an tour with . Wm , I then eeut

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      for the consul , the prisoners having all gone ashere except M ' Donald , and I sent the mate to tell them all in ho pretence of the Consul to come aft to the cabin , aad when they came I aeked them one by one If they Intended to resume their duty . Smith told tbe roatnot to soy anything , as the - ^ houU only catch them , I then asked the firemen and trimmers and the second engineers if they wou'd not do tbelr duty , and obey my orders in gettiog steam ? All except M'Donald , and a man named Rsyncr , who is not here , said , 'No , they would not unless Smith did . ' The captain then detailed other attempts made by him to induce Smith asd the firemen toretirnte their duty , # .. _ a 1 »* m « % *« jbb « 1 Altn nvlsAnAMa l * nv * l «« M «* I 1 mahm hmLaha

      and added that , instead of leaving Hurlingen on Satur day , the 16 th , in the morning , he was detained until Tuesday , tbe 13 : h , at Boon , in consequence of the desertion , and was obliged to tranship the live stock at a great expense to the owners . . It was necesBary to have recourse to the soldiers and the police to proteot tbe crew and the ship , and the firemen , who remained on board . Mr Smith , the solicitor for the prisoners , cross . examined tbis witness at considerable length , He repeated some of the most prominent parts of his evidence in chief with increased emphaBls , and the cross-examination failed to elicit nnytbbg very favi-urable te the prisoners , wbo wsre remanded . —Ball refuted .

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      A Child Scalded to Death with Boilino Milk — On Tuesday , Mr W , Payne held an inquest at St Bar . tholomon ' s Hospital , respecting the death of Henry Vmoe , an infant , aged four monthB , who died under very shocking olrcumitances . The deceased was the Illegitimate offspring of a young woman , named Sarah Yinse , wbo had gone to service and placed the child under the care of Mrs Rose of No . 120 , Cornwall-road , Lambeth . OnTu ' sday week , the deoeased was lying on tbe lap of tha nurae , who was preparing loins boiled milk for the child ' s supper , and whilst in tae ast of lifting the saucepan from the fire the handle came off , and the contents fell over the deceased ' s neck , face , and arms scalding Its person in a most shocking manner , Mr Calverwell , tbe surgeon , was called in , who , after affordlug some Heuessary aid , advised the deoeased ' s removal to the above hospital , where he died on Sunday night , from the effeotB of th * injuries . ' Verdiot—Acclontaldeath .

      Cuaieus Case . —Oa Saturday last , at St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , much interest was attracted by a case which haB come undur the notice of Mr Liwrence , the eminent surgeon . On Tuesday week , a lad about four , tean years of ago , named George Castle , was attending tooau of tho sawn in the Steam Mil ' s in the Curtain-road , Sfeoredltch , and while It was at full work hereaohtd across to remove something which was in the way , when one of his fiogers got into the strap . He tried violently to release it , lest the arm should be forced in , and in doing this he brought theeflgo » f theaaw to his right thigh , and almost in an instant the leg was completely

      sep 4 rated above the kneo . His cries seon brought assis . tanoo , the machinery was stopped , and he was convoyed qb spoodily aq possible to St Bartholomew ' s Hospital in a very exhausted state from hemorrhage . Mr Lawrence , who was at the time attending his patients in the hospital , directly examined the stump , and found that a second amputation would be necessary just above the separation , in order to close tbe fljeb over tbe bone—for in the first instance the limb was , of course taken off level—and this was very skilfully performed under the Influence ofohloroform the poor lad seeming to suffor little pain . On Tuesday he was going on quite well , and there is every reason to hope for bis recovtry .

      Gallant Adventure at 8 ea . —There are two steam , era on tke northern passage from Aberdeen—the oae called the Qusen , » he other the Doke of Richmond . The former is on tho passage between Aberdeen and Inverness , while the Duka of Richmond plies from Aberdeen te Wick , and , as we understand it to the Orkneys , Father and son are the respeottvo commanders of these vessels—the former being oaptain of the Qieen , and the soa'thar of the Duke of Riohmond . It appears that esrly one morning at thu . beginaing of this week the cap . taia of the Qaeen , directing his gla « Bin the direetion in which ho expected his eon ' s vessel , observed her at a great distance , and as he nea » ed her , and she became more distinctly visible a short time thereafter , he ob .

      served she was disabled—that the maohinery was not working—and that the fine veBsel was in a tren \ BBdous soa and a furious gale from the southeastward , drifting hopeltsBly towards the land—for , although sail bad been set , it was « vident that she was making no way under it . H « immediatel y gave orders to steer towards her , which was dona in the teeth of a fierce storm . A rope was heaved from the Queen to the Duke of Richmond , but , having been found insufficient , a second was thrown from the latter to the former vassel , and thus with a hawser attached to each of her bom , the Duke of R ' mond was under a dreadful storm , and at the graatest possible risk , brought safely into the harbour of Aberdeen . — Edinburgh Evening Post .

      Fatal Termination to a Wager —On Tuesday an iuquast was taken by Mr W . Payne , the City coroner , in the Board raomofSt Bartholomew ' * Hospital , on the body of Edward Henry RoblnsoH , aged 25 yean . The deceased was in the serrice of Mcbsm Piper , the builders ofBlsbopBgate . On Friday he returned from dinner , and ascended a ladder p ' aced agai&st a scaffold on his employers' premiBBB . He reached the second fl ) or platform , when he got into conversation with a fellow work , men , who bet the deceased a pot of beer that he would not climb up underneath the ladder with his hands only more than six rounds high . The deceased commenced th « wager , but before he completed it his hands slipped , and he fell with greatviolence to the ground , whereby he received a compound fracture of the 1 ic thigh . He was removed to the hospital , where he died on Saturday evening last , epilepsy having supervened . The coroner and jury strongl y condemned the system of making such foolish WBgers , after which a verdiot of accidental death was recorded ,

      Treatment of Sick Poor in St Pahcras Workhouse . —On Tuesday a meeting of the guardians ef StPanoraa was held—Mr Francis Healey , churchwarden , in the chair . —Mr Pitt , the agent of the board , reported that he had attended and taken the notes of evidence adduced at an inquest which had been held by Mr Wakley , and conoluded on Thursday list , concerning the death of George Djvis , the son of the assistant vestry clerk and clerk to the Commissioners of Paving of St Leonard , Shoreditch , who had been alleged to have been expelled the workhOJBe by the discharge committee . Mr Pitt read the evidence , which showed that although the father of the deceased had paid the parish ii . per week for hie support , he had been expelled the workhouse at a

      time when he was labouring under fever and chronio diiease of the brain , He alBo read the verdiot of the jury , whioh waB as follows : ~ 'The jury find a verdict of death from natural causes , namely , a aisease of the brain , and that his death was accelerated by hia being sant out of the workhouse before his complete recovery . The jury take this opportunity of expressing their extreme disgust at the directors receiving into the house at a certain rate per week individuals who are aot paupers , thereby defeating the purpose for wliieh the ratepayers are bo heavily taxed , and ao making that which was intended by law for indigent poor a boarding house for the comparatively well off . The jury cannot

      separate without in some degree censuring the conduct of the father . '—Mr Newton Crouch said fee did not observe anything in the evidence justifying such a verdict , whicb he considered amounted to nothing . — Mr Douglas could not agree with Mr Crouch that a charge of accelerating a person ' s death by sending him out of the house in a state of sickness was nothing . On the contrary , he thought it was a very serious reflection en that board . If a pauper had been turned out of the workhouse in a state of disease and had died in consequence , under tha old management , they would have had the whole parish down upon them , but now suoh an aff a ir was called nothing . —After a few further observations the mat . ter waB UBdentoodto be referred to a committee ,

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      Birmingham . —At the Birmingham District de legato meeting in the Foopl& ' b Hall , on the 24 th of September , it was agreed upon ! that this meeting suggests to the Executive the establishing of mutual instruction societica throughout the Chartist ranks , & % the dispelling of ignorance is the only means of obtaining the Charter . A meeting wa 3 held in the evening , when Mr Ward delivered a lecture . Metropolitan Central Victim and Defsnob Fund . —Keceipts from September 17 th to September 24 th . —S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , 2 j G 1 : Mr Ford ,

      2 s Gd ; Mr Muvrell , 2 * 61 ; Mr Hawkins , 2 \ 61 ; tor Defence , ditto . Is ; A tew i ' rieuds , Kentiuh Town , per Mr Lunn , for Cuff . iy and othera' dsfence , Is Sd ; Cigar makers , Two Sawyers , Minoricsy per Mr Brick , Hi ; Ernest Jone 3 Locality , per Mr Hitching , Me ; Iloxton , perlMrJISutnner , ii ; William Rider , as per Stab , September 23 rd , £ 1 Is 9 J ; Lnnd Office , as per Star , September 23 rd , 12 u Id ; for Defence , £ 1 83 Gd ; Shelton , per Mr Deakin , 5 i 2 d ; Shoe , makers ,. Newcastle-upon-Tyne , per Martin Jude , 12 * Sd ; Colchester , uer Mr London , 13 i SI ; Mr Wallis , Is Id . Total £ G 10 s lOd . James Grassbv , secretary .

      On Tuesday evening , a stand concert took place in Milton-street Theatre , City , but on account of the extreme wetness of the weather , there was not a good attendance , The proceeds of tbe evening were to be devoted towards plating Mrs Bezor ( the wife of James Bezer , now in prison , ) in business . The entertainments gave general satisfaction . Amongst the moat prominent features of the evening were Mr Julian ' a imitations of T . P . Cooke , 0 , Smitb , H . Muraton , R . Honner , Mr Wright , Mr Morgan , whose ' Shop on fire , ' and ' Billy Nutts , ' was greeted most enthusiastically , and great praise is due to Mr Charles Day for his admirable management during the evening . ; The commit ee being deficient £ 2 , they intend taking the same place on Monday fortnight , when it is hoped Chartists and friends will awavd a bumper to ^ the wife of him who has suffered fer our cause .

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      was equally , divided among the thirtee n victims ' wives and families Mb S . M . Ktdd delivered an excellent lecture at the Literary and Scientific Institute , John-street , Tottenham-ooort-road , on Tuesday evsning , Sept . 26 th , on 'England ' s Commercial and Monied Aristocracy—Wealth of Nations , and Misery of Peoples —• Free trade—its Principles—Cheapness its Tendency . ' Gkohoib Milm . At a meeting of the Chartists of this place oh the 18 th instant , an appeal was made o the Chartists generally in aid of the Victim and Defence Fund . *^ am —m > ba 1 I . a ^ £ ^ £ -1 ^ 3 _ _ AM «« X ^^ ..... ¦ *•

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Norwich . —A meeting of the Chartist members will be held on Sunday evening , October 1 st , ai seven o ' clock , when the new rules will be submitted for disousBion . P . S . —Subscriptions received for the Veteran and Defence Fund . Dewsbort . —A diatriot Chartist delegate meeting will be held in the Chartist Meeting-room , Dewsbury , on Sunday , Ootober 8 ; h , at two o ' oleok in the afternoon , when delegates frem every locality in the district are requested to attend , and each delegate mmt bring the monthly levy with him . North Lancashire . —A North Lancashire

      delegate meeting will be held in the Temperance Meetin ? -room , Chapel-street , Aoorington , on Sunday next , Ootober 1 st , when the following places are requested to send delegates : —Clitheroe , Padiham , Burnley , Haggate , Burrowford , Biackburn , Pre 3 ton , Accrington , Oiwaldtwistle , Colne , and any other town or vilhge in North Lancashire , which is willing to jein the Chartist organisation . CotfNTT vb Durham —Mr Wm . Byrne ' s route next week :-Monday , 2 nd Ootober , at We 3 t Auokland ; Tuesday 3 rd , Stockton ; Wednesday 4 th , Darlington ; Thursday 5 th , ^ Middlesbro ; - Friday 6 th , HartlepooJ .

      Bbmci ,. —The Chartist members will aioet on Tuesday night , Oot . 3 rd , at Mr Riohard Castles ' , Mill-street . Mr S . Ktdd will leoture in the John-street , Institution , on Tuesday even ' . ng next . Subjeot : 'Feudalists , its history , influence on the past aad present , philosophy of Conningaby , Young Englandism . ' DfiAs-sTriBET . —Mr Kydd will lecture in the Assembly Rooms , Dean-street , Soho , on Sunday evening . Cbair to bB takes at eight o ' clook precisely . Dipipobd . —A leoture will be delivered on Sunday nsxt , October l * t , by Mr Walter Davis . Subject : Co-operation . ' To commence at eleven o ' clock . A lecttra will be delivered in the evening , at eight o ' clock , by Mr Simmondp . Snbject : 'The cause ot the present distressed state of trade and its remedy . '

      South London Chartist Hall . —Mr Shorter will leoture in the above Halt , on Sunday evening next , October 1 st , at eight o ' clock . Subj c '; : ' The life and writings of Lord Byron . ' How ,. —A general meeting of the Chartists will be held on Sunday evening , Oot . 1 st , at seven o ' clock , at the Temperance Hotel , Blanket-row . Mb Djnovan ' s Routr vm Nbxt Week . —Preston , Oot . 2 ud ; Chorley , Tuesday 3 .-d ; Wigan , Wednesday 4 th ; Leith , Thursday 5 th ; Hindley , Friday 6 th . The counoil in each of those places ara requested to attend in getting { up meetings , as the Bubjeot to be introduced by Mr Donovan is important ; in connection with the late arrests in Manchester .

      Pewtbb Pwttbr Locautx—A general meeting of members will take place at the Duke of Lancaster , John-street , Kingsland-road , on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock , for the transaction of business . Nobth Shields . —A meeting of this branoh of the Chartist Association will be held at Mr Pratt ' s , MagueBia Bank , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . LuioESiER .-The committee of ths No . 2 branch of the Association having engaged a larger room at 57 , Wharf-Btreet , request the attendance of the members on Sunday evening next at six o ' clock . South London Chartist Hall—Walter Cooper

      "Pill lecture on Wednesday , October 4 th . Subject : — 1 What is the People ' s Charter and what are the beat means of obtaining it . ' Oa Wednesday , Oct . 11 th : —* The Conduct of the Newspaper PreBB with reference to Fiench Communhm and English Chartism . ' On Wednesday , Oct . 18 th :- Hwtery of the State Caurch , its foundeos , its poliey , and its vast reaouroea ; also the way in which its resources have been applied . ' Wednesday , Out . 25 th : —History of Nonconformity , with a glance at the Engli 3 h Puritans and Scottish Covenanters : their great mission considered . '

      Nbwcasile-ijpcn-Tyne . —Mr John West will commence hia labours again in this district , en Sunday , Ootobsr lat . Mr WeBt ' a route for next week : — Sunday , October lat , Swallwell , at ten o ' clock in the forenoen , when a camp meeting will be held ; Newca 3 ' . le , Sunday evening , at seven o ' olook ; Windy Nook , Monday , Oct . 2 nd ; South Shields , Oot . 4 th ; Walker , Oot . 5 : h ; Felling , Oct . G ' -h . Subscription sbeata are still open for the Viotims and their fami lies . Persons desirous of subscribing to the above fund will oblige by handing them to M . Jude the local treasurer , who will forward the amount to th orooer nart . io

      S : nrn London Chaktist Ham ; . —The membtrj wil ] meet on Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock , for rea diDg and discussion . Subject for discussion 3— Woloh will benefit the eouetr ; most—Emigration or Home Colonisation V

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      Mertutb Ttdvil —The Lnnd members of tbe various branches in this town and neighbourhood ate requested to meet at the branoh office , bsck of the Threa Horse Skoea , on Monday evening next , at seven o ' ctack , to take into consideration tho propriety of holding the proposed Confennoe in Ootober next . —The secretaries of the several branches in South Wh&leB » rea \ 8 o requested to correspond with Mr D . R . Morgan , Malt Mill-square , Merthyr , tespecting the opinions of the mf mbers in each branch , as soon as possible , also the number of good aembers in eaoh branch , so that it may be assertaiaed what each member will have to pay towards the excense of the delegate .

      Chorlky . —A quarterly meeting of shareholder will take plaoe on Su : iday afternom , Ootober lat ., at the Land Company ' s room , behind Mr Mansley ' s , rope-mnker , Market- . Btreet , at two o ' clock . Membera' in arrears for local levies are requested to pay up the same without further notice . Lowku Warley — The Land members aro re quested to meet in their room , lloyle House , on Suuduy afternoon , October 1 st , at two o ' clock , on business of importance . —A . meeting will be held at tbe same place on Saturday , Ootober 7 uh , at eight o ' clock in the evening , to elect new officers . Hyde . —The quarterly meeting of the Lind members will be held in their room , IIjde- ! ane , on Sunday , at two o ' clock . Members in arrear with their looal levies will oblige by attending and paying the . same .

      Mosslby . —The Land members of thisbranoi will meet on Sunday afternoon , October 1 st , at two o'clook , to take into consideration the propeniti om of the direotors , and transact other important business . The members are requested to attend . SHORuDnoH . —A meeting of the Land member * will take place on Sunday evening next , at Mr Dowhog ' s , No . 48 , Phillip-atreet , Kingslandroad , HoxtoD , at ux 0 olook . —A philanthropic harmonio tneetiDO mil take plaoe at the Whittington aad Cat , Church XQW . ou Wsfowday w at « W Mock ,

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      _ Whiitington and Cat . —A special general meettng of Land membsra will be held on Tuesday , Oot . 3 rd , on the propriety of nominating a delegate tor the Conference , and other important business . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock in the evening . Leicester . —The shareholders of No . 1 branch are requested to attend their room , 87 , Churoh-gate , on Monday night , at seven o ' clook , to elect officer ! or tho next quarter . Other important business will be brought before the meetiDg . Sunderund — A upecial general meeting of this branch will beheld at the Royal Oak , Mr John Fer . gtiBBon s , Horn-lane , on Monday , October 2 nd . The members are reqnested to attend as business of importance willbe laid before the meeting . » _ _ _ . _

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      DISASTROUS HURRICANE . —GREA . T LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE WEST 1 HDIES . A most dlbB 9 trou 8 hurricane took place in August by which Antigua , St Kitta , and Nevis werejdevastated , St Thomas aho fee iog its effecs . At Antlgus and St Kit's ttawe has been no iuoh loss of life and property for nearly tweatj years , neither the hurricane of 1835 nor tbe earthquake of 1843 being amended nith such de . plorable results . During tbe latter part of the 21 st August olouda were eeen at Antigua gathering from all diNctlone , and hanging motlonltBB ; the heat was terrU bly opprtBjive , bus , as the barometer did not indioats anything particular , alittlo rain and thunder only wai expected . The rede *« s of the sky and eddies of wind at sunset occasioned anxiety . In tha night the wind in . creased , and a storm wai then anticipated . Every ore . parfttion w « b rapidl y made to mitigate its effectsAt

      . eltvenp . m . the darkness was Impenetrable and the ternpest wob approaching ; up io this period tho mercury had enly fallen , however , one tenth of an Inch At midnight the wind raged furlonBly ; lightning ana thua . der were incassant , accompanied by floods of rain At this time 9 . severe Bhock of eartkquske was felt , ' at . tended by very beavy gusts . The gale continued to increase until iti force was perfeotly terrific . Bj half , past one the mercury had fallen four-tenths of an iach and the storm at this time was dreadful . Bj twoa . ro ' ; it had abated , and towarOs morning the day dawned ai calmly as If the elements had been at peace , and tte spirit of des ruction had not been disturbed , but on looking abroad on the 22 nd , the island which had bees studded with neat structures and populous villages appeared as a waste of rubbish and ruin . It is believed

      that tbe south and west part of the island experienced tho wind much more than the north Bide . In the old road division the devastation was immense . The villages of Dilzell ' a and Johnson ' s Point were dsstrojed The churches of St Mary , Si Luke , e , n 4 St Philip , wer 9 mora or less injured ; sonn of the rectory houses wera destrojed . The Moravian mission establishment at St John ' s , Grace Biy , and C : d * r Hall , more or less suffered . Somn of the villages were completely destroyed . At this part of tbe ishad they had early notice of the hurricane b y an exraordinary swell of the BBa , The Injury to plantation property has been ex , tremelyseriouB .

      In Eaglieh Harbour the injury to pabllo and private property is very serious . The governmtathaa Buff it 1 a grsat loss of property . In the dookyard all the buildings were destroyed ; soldiers' barracks were ruined , th « Middle Ground Biildlrgs thrown Into the sea . Govern , ment loss in English Harbour alone Is £ 25 , 009 . Wesleyan Chapel and Lady Grey ' s Sohool were levelled , and Monk ' s-hill Barraoks destroy 3 d . Throughout the island 2 , 000 buildings are unroofed and 708 totally destroyed j By far the greater portien of these are oottages of the labouring classes . la the harbour several ships sunk , some are severely damaged , while others are missing , it is feared lost . The number of lives lost is said to te thirty . Authentic Recounts ef eighteen have been re . oeived . Immense numbers of cattle and stock of all kinds have been destroyed , Tho largest trees were torn up by the roots , and houBea were lifted twenty . five yards from their foundation .

      At St Kltt 3 tho hurricane commenced at tha same time as at Antigua , Tho moon changed strangel y , tha barometer fell , and the akies were unusually brilliant , At about feur o ' clock on the morning of the 22 nd the hurricane wa » at Ub belgh > . During the night shoeks of an earthquake were felt . In Pallmall . square , IriBB Town , and New Town the spectacle after , the storm wai awful . As for the country , it presented , after the hurria oaue , a most desolate appearanoe , as if the simoom of • he desert had swept over it . The canes which were stript of their leaves , seemed acorohed by a hot win ! Every plant was withered .

      The following were tha cara » ltie 3 to the shi pping ia the harbour of St Kitt ' a : —The barque Btujmin Green , of London , driven from her anchorage , masts overboard bulwarks carried away , some of her cargo thrown over . ' board ; schooner Mary of Tortola , foundered , crew perished ; sloop . boat Only Son , ashore , crew perished cutter Betsey , lost ; sloop-boat Rosebud , ashore ; sloop . ' boat from St Martin ' s , lost ; sloop Msrla , irom Antigua , ashore ; sloop Phceaix , of Antigua , loat . A coroner ' s inquest had been held on ten persona when the mail left . The hurricane was felt at Nevis down to St Thomas At St Thomas the West India Company ' s steamers Meaway and Eigle rode out the hurricano , with the asiistance of the moorings and by dropping two an * chor * . A French ship of 350 tons was wrecked , crew saved .

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      POWELL'S VERACITY . The following letter appeared in the Dailt Nbwi ai Tuesday : — Sir , —As a lover of justice and impartiality , I trust you will give Insertion to the following in your impar . tial and uncompromising paper . Having seen under yesterdays police sheet , headed , ' The Committal of another Chartist Leader , ' viz . G . B . Mulling , 34 , Southamptoa street , Strand , Burgeon , tbat Powell , the carpeutor , who gave evidence against the other Chartists , in M 3 examination at Bow . Btteet , did say that it was proposed by BrenBter . bis leader , that the Crispin public house ia Milton-sireet , should be the place ef rendezvous at twelve o ' clock the next day , viz , the 13 sh oi August ; now I do here most emphatically deny that the Crispin , in which I havo lived for the last six months , haB rec « ired , to my knowledge , or that ef my famil y , aaj of the Chartist leaders , and that Powell , who states

      that ha accordingl y went there on the day appointed , never entered my hou 3 e . Could you well imagine , sir , that if such a meeting were to take place , particularly when we consider that so much seorecy must of course distinguish that body , as coming-within the messing of the law , that I would not have had some knowledge of the mat : er , end that the landlord would not , bb a matter of courao be apprhed of such meeting ! No , it were foolish to consider it ; and bb to kuowing this Powell , or that he and I had ever exchanged a" sentiment , would be Indeed , a great libel en my character . I give , there * fore , this public contradiction to his statement , asd can hardly bfcliove that a man who would make in oourt such an unfounded statement would be deterred or abashed from saying anything , I do so also to clear my owh reputation , and that of my house , claiming in the meantime , the privilege of interfering with fceithsr party . —T . Coiton , proprietor , the Crispin , Milton , street .

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      MR GEORGE MANTLE , TO THE EDITOB OF THE MOBIEEBK STAB . Sia , —I yesterday visited Mr G . J . Mantle ] in Chester Castle , and found him in good health end spirits , Mr Mantle has not yet received anything towards his defence , and when our friends tako into consideration tha situation of his wife In consequence of his arrcat , I think they will not consider me too presumptuous in soliciting a share of their aid . Yours , io ., WlndmllLlane , Chester , Johs Livris , Septemter 26 ; h , lS 18 .

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      Another Bodi or a Soffibeb in the Ocean M ° . NABcti . —Oa Monday an inquest was held before Mr Curry , on view of the body of a man unknown , which naa found b ) tho Captain of a steamer whioh was work . Ing at ths wreck oh Friday night . He was about five feet eight inches high , and &a 3 on a black frock coat and pepger and s&it trousers . The face was so dUfirfured and decayed that the countesasco nas effaced . Verdict—Found drowned . Shipwrecks and Loss or Life . —On Tuesday intelli . genca reached Lloyd ' s tbat ; he brig Agnep , bound from

      Suudsrlsnd to Hull , had botn totally lost off Scathe , rough , every soul on board perishing . Tho ship Green , law , bound from London to Calcutta , had , it is also stated , been totaily lost off Comingo , but the passengers and crew , except three individuals , were saved . On the night of the 25 : h instant a collision to . k place afi New . haven between tha . Canncl , of Powey , nnd tha WillUni I itt , of Lonaon ; tho vosbdIs remained looked for twenty minutes : on sepiirating a great outcry was heard on board the William Pitt j the Cannel lay to all night , tut neither saw nor heard moro of the vessel , and it is er . paoted she wtnt down with all on board .

      Ms Macreadi doiar ^ td from Liverpool on Saturday ( crtheNiw World . Shocking Catastrophe at Battkusea . —On Tuesday afternoon the following melancholy accident occurred in Surrey-lane , Battersea . Two- men , named Cummins and IjHolgar , plasterers , were employed on the house of Mr Gaines , the florist , Cummins being en the roof , and Holgar on the scaffolding immediatel y uuderndeath ; Cummins most imprudentl y jumped from the roof to the scaflolding , when the putlock gave wav , and both men were precipitated from a height of t least sixty feet , the house being an old and lofty mansion . Cummins reached the ground first , and Holgar falling on him killed him on the spot , and was himself so injured that his life is despaired of . Cummins has left a wife aud young amiiv .

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      8 __ _ «—_—— = THE NORTHERN STAR . - Septemjjeb 30 , 1848 . j ¦__ £ 41 ? 1 % ¦ ^^

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      MR O'CONNOR'S PROPOSITIONS . As it is the intention of the Directors to visit each branch of the Company in support of their views for its future management , and to abide by the resolutions of the members , we think it impolitic , and a useless encroachment on the columns of the Stab , to publish resolutions adopted previous to the contemplated interview of the Directors with the members . Abkbdsbn . —A special general meeting of the meraber « of this branoh of the National Land Company was held on Friday evening , the 22 ad instant , in the Hall , 63 , Castle-street . Mr George Mackintosh in the chair . Two of the Direotor ? , Mesars M'Grath and Clark , were present , and very ably and

      satisfactorily explained the different propositions for the iuture regulation of the Company . The following were almost unanimously agreed to : — ' That the Company be not wound up . ' That no dissatisfied member shall be paid back out of tbe Company . ' 1 Tbat location by bonus be instituted instead of by billot . ' 'That the Aid Fund ba one penny per share . ' ' That this branch recommend the propriety of having two distinct section ? , to suit the views of those who may feel inclined to become either leaseholders or freeholders . ' ' That the reat oi the located members be four per cent , per annum upon the outlay . ' ' That the aid money be paid back in instalments , the first of which to fall due after three years location . ' ' That all the present and future property '

      and funds of the Company , shall be invested in the hands of five trustees , to be afterwards nominated . ' 1 That the Company be entirely closed from the admission of any more new members . ' Several questions were tkrn put to the Directors , wn / ch wsre answered in a most pleasant acd satisfactory manner ; and after a vote of thanks had been awarded to the Directors , for the praiseworthy manner in whioh they have hitherto discharged their duties , and a vote of thanks to our own praiseworthy chairman , the meeting separated , entertaining the fond hope that the National Land Company will yet be a flourishing and popular institution . Banburt . —At tbe weekly meeting of this branch on Monday last , the members approved of holding a Conference at Birmingham .

      Ashdnunder-Lynb . — The members of thi 3 branch of the Land Company are informed ) that in future their levies and share money must be paid at the house of James Taylor , Turner-lane , near tho railway-Btation , until we are able to take a room to hold our meetings in . Monies received en Wednesday and Saturday eveniags , from fire to eight o ' clock .

      And Printed By D0u6al M'Gu Wan, Of 16, Great Wlnamli. *

      and Printed by D 0 U 6 AL M'GU WAN , of 16 , Great Wlnamli .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 30, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1490/page/8/