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      TOPZffOKDEW . —The Stecial Constables' , alias the Butteb Ttb Brigade . —These officials are fmerallj known by the name of the Batter Tub rigade for the following reasons : one eight while on guard they were perambulating the 8 treit 3 of Todfflorden , and some youth wishing to b » ve a bit of a spree , took a quantity of butter tubs and piled them up in Brook-street , and when the valiant specials were going past the street and down Yorkstreet , he pushed them down , and what with the movement and noise ef the falling tub 3 , the poor specials were thrown into a terrible fright . It is said that there were come bloody faces , and if report be true , some had to pat on fresh shirts ; and such was the nature of the dung they _ will have to bleach awhile before they will be the right colour .

      Queer ' s begqiks Letter . —Money has been collected at Cropton Church , through the means of this letter , which has b * en distributed in meal . The Incumbent and Eastwoods ( of Eastwood ) have had the management of distributing it . Whenever a poor Chartist has been to solicit any , he has been gent away without . One poor woman went whose husband is a staunch Chartiet , and as soon as she went in , one of the Eastwood ' s reared himself up and asked whether her hssband went to the Chartist meetings yet- She said , " Yes , he does sometimes . " ' ¦* Well th-n . " said the tyrant , " you can have no meal ; we will starve you d—d Chartists out of the land . "

      Doi 5 GS op the Btjttkr-Tcb Bb . iga . DE . —The day after Doctor M'Douall left the Do « and Partridge Inn , Lumbeck , six of the Butter-Tub Brigade went armed with guns and other weapons to take one little man . One of them called William Sutcliffe , alias Jerry was the commander . When they got to the top of the hill , he commanded them to be prepared , and if the Doctor offered to resist , to ghoot . After having made all secure outside , they ¦ w ent in and marched straight up stairs , intendiug to take him by surprise , but lo , and beho ? d ! the fcird had flown away . Crevices and drawers were searched ; they even turned the carpets over to see if he was under , but the valiant brigade was doomed to disappointment .

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      Shkhidas once succeeded admirably in entrapping & noisy member , who was in the habit of inter- ^ mpting every speaker with cries of" Hear , bear . " Bnusley took an opportunity to allude to a wellknown character of the time , who wished to play the . rogue , but had only sense enough to play the fool . "Where , " exclaimed Sheridan , in continuation , with great emphasis— " zrhere shall we find a more foolish knave or a more knavish fool than th-. s \" ** Hear ! hear I" was instantly bellowed from the accustomed bench . Toe wit bowed—thanked the gentleman for his ready reply to the question—and sat down amid convulsions of laughter from all but the unfortunate snbvct .

      Clergyman Transported fob BiGiirr . —The Bev . Stephen Aldhouse , a clergyman of the Church of England , was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court , on Tuesday , of the crime of bigamy , and sentenced to tran ? portaion for seven years . The prisoner had been married in 1824 , to a lady named Frances MorEc , "with an income of £ 200 a year , but had go iilrreated her that she left him , and h = r friends kept her residence concealed from him for several years . In 1 S 38 he married the prosecutrix , an interesting young woman , named Hephizbah Roberts , the widow of a publican . This wife he had also treated with neglect and cruaity , had made away with her property , and had refused to act as faiher to two youEg chiloren , she had borne him . The

      proeeeutnx was much aseered in giving her evidence , and stated that although shehaddiscoveredthathisiormer wife was alive , she would not have prosecuted if he had treated her children wan a father ' s eare . The counsel for the rev . defendant urged strongly the -fact that the residence of the prisoner ' s first wife had been kept concealed from him for many yews , and his letters of inquiry left unanswered . How , then , " . onld he be aware of her existence ! The Recorder , nevertheless , after commenting upon the education and position of the accused , pronounced sentence of transportation Tor seven years . Mklascholt Accident at Seacombs , Cheshire . —This pretty village , situate on the bank of the Mersey , opposite Liverpool , was on Saturday

      evening the scene of a most heartrenaing occurrence , which has plunged a family into the deepest distress , and suddeniy hurried two females into eternity . It appears that Mr . Bevington , a tea-dealer , of Liverpool , resides in a cottage , the garden of which slopes down the river , from wnich there is a flight of step 3 frequently used for family bathing . Between eight and nineVclock on Saturday evening , when the tide was coming in strongly and the weather rather rough , a young female , named Evans , the sister of Mr * . Be-Yington , accompanied by Mr . Benngton ' s servant , proceeded down the steps to bathe , but they had no sooner leaped into the water , than the strength of ihe tide carried them out into the river , and before assistance could 'be procured they had Euuk to rise no

      more . Several persons witnessed the distressing calamity , bat the action of the tide was so rapid , that it was impossible to rescue them , and the bodies ¦ were washed away . Mr . Bevington had had a party of fnendB that day , at which the unfortunate young lad y had been enjoying herself with all the hilarity of vigorous health , l . ttle anticipating that the setting of the evening ' s sun would close her earthly career . Miss Evans was the sister of Mrs . Mosses , the widow of a well-known artist of that name , and waa about being united to a gentleman , bow in America , to ¦ whom she had despatched a letter a few days ago by the Great Western steam-ship . On Sunday morning the bodies were discovered at low water , some distance from the spot where the accident happened .

      A Murder . —Carlsrithe , Aug . 26 . —Early yesterday morning a young girl was found murdered at H ard twalde , in the neighbourhood of BlankenlocL It appears , that at five o ' clock on the afternoon of the 24 ; h the unfortunate girl was seen in company with a young man , her lover , passing through Leopoidhafen ; they came from Rhenish Bavaria . Abpnt six o ' clock they were both seen goiDg in the direction of the Hardtwalde . The murder was committed at a spot where two roads cross each other . It would appear that the victim was thrown on her back into a hollow on the road Bide , abont two feet

      deep and one and a-half feet wide , and thus she "was probably disabled from struggling . Her throat was cut so that tbe head was nearly severed from the body . The girl was between eighteen aed nineteen years of age , and was elegantly dressed . She had come from Rhenish Bavaria , and was going to tisit a married sister at Johlingen . The murderer is not yet discovered , but an active purseit has been Bet on foot , and there is reason to hope he will soon be taken . The murder was committed with a raz : r , a fragment of which was found beside the hollow in which the body lay .

      Scicide of a Man Aged Ninety-Two . —On Saturday , John Nicholson , who resided with his son and daughter-in-law in Queen-street , Webber-street , Lambeth , destroyed himsslf under the following circumstances : —It appeared that on the deceased cot appearing at the breakfast table in tbe morning , the son "went into his bed-room , when he discovered his aged parent weltering in blood , ana his throat cnt from ear to ear . In his right hand was the razor with which he had committed the dreadful act . Mr . Adcock , a nurgeon , of Short-street , New Cut , instantly attended the case , but the deceased had ceased to exist many hours before the discovery . It is stated that the deceased was in great dread of altimately being obliged to apply to his parish in the country , ¦ which no doubt greatly affected his mind , and caused him to destroy hucself .

      Distressing EviKT— A most lamentable and fatal accident occurred at Sharpness Point , ( the beautiful pleasure ground e on the bank ? of tbe Severn , belonging to Earl Fitznardinge ) on Saturday last , which has east a gloom over the whole neighbourhood . A large pic-mc-party of gentlemen and ladies from Wotton-under-Edge , and the vicinity , were spending the day at Sharpness , and having dined , were strolling in parties about the ground ? , the canal , and along the banks of the river . Two young gentlemen , aged about nineteen and twenty , one the son of Mr . W . Bill and the other the only ehild of Mrs . James Cooper , had gone together on the sands , which were at the time dry , it being the lowest ebb of . the tide , and bad incautiors-y strayed

      a long way cnt , when the tide began to flow rapidly in , and their extremely perilous Fituation became apparent to the experienced view of the Eervants in ciarge of the gronnds , and which was quickly communicated to their anxious friends . The young gentlemen did not for some time seem to comprehend their dangerous position , or tbe cause of the varions sgBab which were being mad * to direct their attention . At length the danger seemed to be apparent to them , and they rapidly made for the shore , but before they could reach it the tide had gained a fearful depth around the sandbank on which they were . A boat was with the greatest promptitude and rapidity manned by Mr . Wraith , the harbour-master , and some men who belonged to the pier , and every exertitn was made to save the unfortunate gentlemen ; but , alas ! before it could reach them they had Attempted to wade through the water , tnd were

      instantly swept away , and both unfortunately pe rished . The body of Mr . Cooper was picked up by the boat in about ten minutes from the time of immersion , and waB conveyed to Mr . Wraith ' s house near tie spot , where every means were resorted to by two medical gentlemen , who happened accidendentally to be on the spot , and continued for some hour ? , but with no favourable resultfile vital spark had fled . The body of Mr . Charles Hill was picked up on Tuesday last , Bear to the scene of this sad catastrophe . We will not attempt to describe the agonized feelings of the parents and intimate friends and relations of the unfortunate gentlemen , witnesses , from the ground ? , of the appalling accident , and of its dreadful results . We understand they were yoDDg gentlemen of great promise , Mr . Cooper being a student at Cambridge , jad Mr . Hill about to cemmenoe bis Etudies at Ox-WKd .- Gloucester Chronicle .

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      In thk Afternoon of the day before yesterday , as a girl , about fifteen years old , was playing with 5 child , only five years of age , on the Quai d'Orsay , they got down into soma barges moored to the side , and in endeavouring to return , the elder girl , with the younger in her arms , fell into the water between two of them . The cries of the witnesses of the accident brought a young man to the spot , who getting into a small boat , and watching to see one of the girls rise to the surface , perceived a hand grasping one of the mooring-chain 3 . Hastening to seize it , he drew up the eld r girl , still holding the child closely pressed in the other arm , and both were thus saved . — Galignani ' s Messenger .

      A-wfcl Thunder Storm . —On Saturday afternoon the town of Looe and neighbourhood was visited by one of the most terrific thunder storm 3 , attended by heavy showers of ha l and rain , that waa ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant . At Trenan * , about a m

      but the lightning passed down the chimney , and killed iwo of them , both girls , on the spot ; and their companions were scorched and injured , but they are expected to recover . At Par , the mast of a schooner was split by the lightning , but no life was lost . At St . Anthony a mow of wheat caught fire , but was soon extinguished ; and a mow of oats also took fire , the ignition in both cases having been occasioned by the lightning . In Falmouth roads such torrents of rain fell , with large pieces of ice , that small boats were obliged to be baled to keep them from sinking .

      The Statistics of Parliament . —The session is at leagrh over , and we are happy to be enabled to give the following statistical information regarding the events by whicn the first session of Conservative rule has been distinguished . The House has sat upwards of 100 days , and has soiled , ia the same p riod , nearly 700 white waistcoats . Out of more than a thousand speeches , about one-half have sent their hearers to s . eep ; and of 200 orator ? , two have been pulled down by their friends to prevent their continuing to make fools of themselves . There have been nearly 30 , 000 " cheers , " and the word " hear " has been repeated so often that statistical vigilance

      has been unable to keep pace with it . Of miscellaneous noises there ha > e been six , the two principal of which are crowing like acock , and braying like an ass \ the latter having been the more natural . Of the rep-rts of committees the nnmberhas been large , and the result in waste paper very considerable . Of legislative improvements , two have been partially effected , and twenty-six have been talked about . There have been , on an average , a thousand white neckcloths , four hundred satin snarfs , sixteen stocks at foar-and-six , and one ( Mr . Hume ' i ) at two-audthree , in mohair . The majority of the members have worn Wellington boots ; but six have been detected in Clarences , and one in Oxonians . —Punch .

      DxpiFord , Si . PT . 2 . —Preparations for an Experiment in the Dockyard to extinguish a Burning Pile without the aid or application of Water . —For some tima past , agresably to instructions from the Lord 3 of the Admiralty , the workmen have been engaged in prepamg a pile of timber , consisting of pieces of oak and fir , of considerable thickness , which were stacked together with pitch , tar , resin , turpeutine , and other combustible- atenals , a foreigner having pledged himself to their Lordships that he would extinguish the fire in a veTy short space of time , after the whole had

      been ignited . The pile was twenty fet-t high , and aboHt twenty feet square , terminating at tbe top in the form of a dome . The authorities had provided , in case of a failure , the horse engines belonging to the Dockyard , and also an enormous floating engine , which was placed alongside the quay . The inventor visited the Dockyard some days since , and seeing the preparations that were being made , stated that he intended to put out the fire by same kind of powder or du 3 t . He has , however , Bince disappeared , and the authorities of the Dockyard have received directions to pull down the pile .

      Extraordinary Mechanical Invention . — Although at the late meeting of the British Association in Manchester , there were many very interesting Bpecimen 3 of mechanism exhibited , there was , nevertheless , one in particular , which thrsw all others completely into the shade , when considered either as to the novelty of the invention , or us evident practical applicability tc the every-day concerns of life—and may , with truth , be said to have been " the lien of the exhibition , " viz ., a machine for the working , or forging of iron , steel , &c . This truly surprising machine is quite portable , occupying only a space of three feet by four feet , and cannot be deemed other even by the most critical judges , than one as purely original in principle , as well as

      practical in its application , as much so perhaps as waa the splendid invention of the fluted roller of Arkwrigbt , by which the art and perfection of drawing the fibrous substances became known , or that other Btill more splendid discovery of Watt , the condensing of steam in a separate vessel ; by which the power of the steam engine of that day may be said to nave been doubled . But now for some explanation of the machine , and its probable general application . It is then , as has before been said , very portable , not requiring more space than from three to four feet , and may be worked by steam or water power , and when moved by the former , as was the case at tho exhibition , made 65 'J blows . or impressions per minute ; but from their very quick succession , and the work

      being effected by an eccentric pressing down , not striking the hammer or swage , net the least noise wiS heard . There are fire or six sets of what may be called anvils and swages in the machine , each varying in sire . The speed and correctness with which the machine completes its work , is perfectly astonishing , and must be seen in order that its capabilities in this rerpect may be duly appreciated ; for instance , when it was put into motion for the purpose of producing what is known as a roller , with a coupling square upon it ( and which had to be afterwards turned and # uted ) , the thing was accomplished in fifty seconds ! of course at one beat , to tbe astonishment of the bystanders . But what appeared as the most extraordinary part of the affair , was , that the

      coupling square was produced direct from the machine , so mathematically correct , that no labour can make it more so ! The machine will perform the labour of three men and their assistants , or strikers ; and not only so , but complete its work in a vastly superior manner to that executed by manual labour . ForeDgineerF , machine makers , smiths in general , file-makers , bolt and Ecrew makers , or for any description of work parallel or taper , it is most specially adapted ; and for what is technically known as reducing , it cannot poss-ibly have a successful competitor ^ in proof of which it may be stated , that a piece of round iron , 1 $ inches iu diameter , was reduced to a square of Jin ., 2 ft ., oin . long at one heat . The merit of this invention belongs , it is eaid , to a

      gentleman of Bclton , of the name ef Ryder . —Mechanics' Magazine . Extraordinary Chahge against a Clergyman —The Rev . Thomas Boddington , a clergyman of the Established Church , and late chaplain of Giltepurst ' eet , Compter , was brought before the Clerkenwell polics-magistrate en Tuesday , under the following strange circumstances : —The complainant was a commercial traveller , named Tippett , who had been a draper ' s assistant , became acquainted with the Rev . Mr . Boddington at a coffee-house , and was by him introduced to a Mies Miller , at the reverend gentleman ' s house , the defendant having been apparently on the look-out for a suitable dupe . The clergyman recommended tho young man to marry

      Miss Miller , at the same time making munificent promises to befriend him ; poor Tjppett being little awaie that he was to be used as a cloak for ulterior purposes . The marriage took place , and tbe couple spent the evening of their bridal day at the Rev . Mr . Boddington ' s house . A room and a bed were allotted for them , but , whilst the evening ' s amusement was proceeding with , tbe reverend gentleman slipped into the aforeeaid bed , from which he was forcibly ejected by the husband ' s friends . About a fortnight afterwards they took lodging for themselves in White Conduit-grove , and here several circumstaijcea transpired , confirming the evidence of the natnre of tho reverend gentleman ' s designs . On one occasion , he and Mrs . Tippe : t were seen

      by the landlady to come out of the bedroom of Mrs . T ., the lady with her hair much disordered . Ihe duped husband , who had lost bis previous means of livelihood , and had received no fulfilment of the Rev . Mr . Boddington ' s magnificent promises to provide for him , at length obtained for himself a situation in the country ; but , upon his return , his wife had disappeared ' rom their lodgings , and was not heard of for five weeks . At length he discovered his cara tposa at No . 3 , Spencer Place , Goswell Road , and , having found her apartment , was beginning to testify his joy by a caress , when the lady seized a pair of bellows and dealt him a blow on the side of the head , and , at the same time , her reverend protector entered and seconded the violence of the faithless wife with his clenched fist , and afterwards with a poker , with such fury that the poor husband would have been murdered bad not assistance arrived . This was the offence for

      which the clerical defendant and Mrs . Tippett herself were brought np . A variety of evidence , completely exposing the whole nefarious scheme , was given by several witnesses to the magistrate , who , after warmly denouncing the unredeemed rascality of the affair , committed the defendant for trial amidst an involuntary cheer from the spectators . The reverend defendant was dressed in clerical costume- ; be had a black eye , and a patch on his forehead ; he is about fifty , and of unpleasing aspect . Among other evidence it was stated that the female prisoner and Mr . Boddington lived Eumptuously in Spencer-street , whilst Mr . Boddington ' s wife and two little children were starving at borne on bread and water . The female defendant is aged threeand-twenty , of very prepossessing appearance , but exhibited a most indecent levity of manner and seeming recklessness of disposition throughout tbe proceedings .

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      Extraordinary Produce . —A cro \ o of oats situated at Wortley , near Leeds , aad belonging to Mr , iBherwood , of that place , was stacked ^ on Wednesday week , tbe BtemB of which had attained the extraordinary length of six feet , One stem measured even seven feet six inches , tho ear of which bore tbe almoBt incredible number of 240 corns ! An inquest was held lately before Mr . Chapman , the Borongh Coroner of Manchester , on the body of a child under one year old , which had been entered by its parents in no less than six burial

      cm » s , for which they would receive the sum of £ 34 3 s . Another child had died about twelve months ago , for which nearly a similar sum had been obtained from different burial clubs , and what rendered the matter more striking and suspicious , waa the statement madeat th&inquest , that not less than seven children of the family bad died under the age of eighteen months . The jury , after some deliberation , returned a verdict that tho child died from the want of proper nourishment , but how death was caused they knew not .

      Prince Ga * arin ' s Death . —The following account or Prince Gagarin's death is from a letter in the Conslitutionnel of Saturday : — " An enormous corruption reigns in the Russian administration , and embezzlement in finances , and venality in the highest functions , have become quite a sore . Tbe Emperor Nicholas has no power to remedy it , even should it be in his interest to do so ; the evil ia too great . Very receHtly Prince Nicholas Gagarin , master of ceremonies at tho court , and chief of the administration of 4 he domains and expences of the court , discovered numerous deficiencies , which compromised not only subalterns , but persons high in office . One of the subalterns , instigated by some person yet unknown , but equally compromised , went to the

      Prince ' s cabinet , which is situate in the imperial palace . M . Reimann , a Finlander by birth , employed in the department of tbe royal forests , intreated Prince Gagarin not to implicate him in the discovery then making . The Prince said he would make him an example . Reimann then exclaimed — I am lost , Prince , would you ruin me ! ' The Prince again answered ;— ' I must do my duty , and denounce you withothtrs to the Emperor . ' Reimann immediately drew a pistol from his belt and shot the PriDce dead . He then endeavoured to escape , but the report had been heard , and he was seized and imprisoned . He had been condemned to receive 5 , 000 lashes , and to ba banished for life to Siberia . It is thought that Reimann has not been condemned

      to death , because the Emperor expects some important revelations . At present , however , nothing has transpired on the subject . " Detection op as Impostor . —It will be in the recollection of many of our readers that we gave some particulars of the exposure of a female ( 1 ) ranting preacher , who pretended th-fc she was a returned missionary from America , India . Madagascar , &c . From something that transpired at Witney , where the '' missionary" bad been preaching , and , as a matter of course , also collectiug money , it was discovered that the character of a preacher was merely an assumed one , and the preacher was compelled to decamp as speedily as possible . Since that period the same personage has paid this county a visit , and three weeks ago preached in the Butts to

      a largo and much affected audience ; but , as the " missionary ' was recognised , a hasty retreat was deemed advisable , or , perhaps , an . introduction to his worship the mayor would have taken place on the following morning . We now understand , that previously to this town being visited by the person alluded to , the inhabitants of Wallingford and Wittenham were honoured in a similar ma nnc-r . At the latter place the extraordinary discovery was made that this peripatetic preacher—this female mis-ionary—was , as our informant states , " a real man , and no mistake ! " The particulars of thiB extraordinary discovery are unfit for publication , we will therefore only add that tho preacher was allowed to depart as he came , disguised in female attire . The rasoal then proceeded to

      Aylesbury , and in the streets of that town hd held forth with his accustomed vehemence and success ; and i& conseouence of the heavy rain whioh was falling at the time , he was requested to continue his discourse in a chapel iu that town . At the conclusion he was kindly invited home by two of the congregation , a man and his wife , who bad been remarkably edified by the sermon ; and , as they had no spare bed , it was arranged that this pious and devoted woman ( as they supposed their guest to be ) should sleep with the maid-servant . The consequence was that shortly after the worthy old couple had retired to rest , they vere disturbed and alarmed by loud screams from the servant's room , and immediately afterwards the poor girl rushed down stairs and informed the amaz : d and incredulous old folks that " the woman

      turned out to bj a man . Strange to say , again was this incorrigible scoundrel allowed to depart uni punished . The fellow has most stentorian lungs , and while preaching hero and elsewhere many people remarked , " they never heard a woman with such a voice , " though at the same time that was not considered as a di qualification for a " powerful " street preacher . We are informed that be has a memory as extraordinary as his voice , and his sermons , which are extremely popular with a certain class , consist of long extracts from a work entitled the Scottish Pulpit , on which he drawB freely by the aid of his remarkably retentive memory . —Berkshire Chronicle . Died . —On the 15 . h ultimo , at her residence , Balinagown , near Portadown , Mrs . Mary Carr , at the extraordinary age of 116 years . This venerable matron exhibited one of tbe most remarkable

      instances of longevity on record , in modern times . She was born in 1725 , and consequently lived during the reigns of six sovereigns of Great Britain . She was a woman of great mental and physical faculties , aud gifted with a strong understanding aud most retentive memory ; and of that portion of our history ( commencing with reign of George II . ) , so productive of great and memorable events , she bad a most vivid recollection , and delighted to converse on the M the deeds of other years . " She was , indeed , a living chronicle of the last century , and detailed , with surprising accuraoy , the many memorable occurrence of that eventful era- The storming of Quebec and the death of General Wolfe , the capture of the Havannab , the naval victories of

      Admiral Rodney , and the taking of the city of Carrickfergus , by the French commander , Thurot , were events whioh she related with much animation ; and she related , with much amusing effect , tbe national consternation on the successes of the celebrated Paul Jones . She attended the weekly market of Portadown regularly , till within three years of her death ; and her sight was so good that she could thread a fine cambric needle . She was justly admired for her mild , unobtrusive manners ; and the vast concourse who followed her mortal remains to the family burying ground , in Drumcree churchyard , testified the estimation in which she was held by all who had the happmesa of" knowing her . — Vindicator .

      Highway Robbery in France . —At the Court of Assizes of the Lot-et-Garonne , last week , two Spaniards were tried for stopping the malle-poste from Agen to Toulouse , on the night of the 18 th ot January las * .. Thore were only two persons with the vehicle on the night in question—the driver , Caze , and the courier , named Lemaiue . The horses were stopped by four men , who tried to turn the carriage to the side of the road . Two of the assailants came forward , and getting up on the seat , tried to throw the driver off the carriage . The attempt being unsuccessful , one of them dtsw out a sharp weapon , and stabbed him several times in , the body and arm . The other seized him by the leg , and plunged into it , with all his strength , the blade of some sharp

      instrument . The courier , on his part , defended himself bravely , but was on the point of being overpowered , when , on a signal given by one of the gang , the whole party retired precipitately , frigniened , it would appear , by the tinkling of the bells of a waggon which was ooming up . The postilion had strength enough to drive on bis hordes , but be has not altogether recovered as yet from his wounds . The next day a cap and a handkerchief were found on the spot of the attack . The cap being reoognised , a search was made at the house of a Spaniard named Lamarge , who kept a cabaret for the reception of some of his countrymen , generally those of the worst character . He was arres'ed , as well as six others , namely , Ollive , Obiols , ViUodomad , Arajol , Cliguru ) h , and Fedail . Lamarge and the three first were sent before the Court of Assizes , under the accusation

      of attempting to rob aud murder ; Arajol and Cugurulh were tried before the Correctional Tribunal as vagabonds , and Fedail was placed at the disposal o . the authorities . The trial of Lamirge , Ollive , Obiols , aud Villademad took place on the 9 th , 10 th , and 11 th of last March , and Eentence of death was pronounced on them all . The following morning Villadomad expressed a desire to make disclosures , and after the appeal of the prisoner to the Court of Cassation was rejected , Fupplementary legal proceedings were ordered , and the authorities proceeded in open court to bear what the prisoner had to Bay . It then appeared that Obiols , one of the persons condemned to death , was innocent , he having been ill in bed on tbe day of the attack . Lamarge , Ollive , and Villadomad all agreed in declaring this , admitting at the same time that they themselves were guilty . la consequence of

      these disclosures , Arajol , Cugurulh , and Fedail were proceeded against as implicated in the crime . A new trial was ordered for those men , on which it appeared tbe two first had arranged all tbe proceedings of the attaok , and communicated them to Lamarge , the other three not beisg informed of the matter until the very night the crime was perpetrated . Cugurulb denied bis guilt , and , in corroboration of hia assertion , he showed five notes Bent to him in prison by Arajol , speaking of bis innocence , and impioriug him to be ailent as to what he knew of the attack . There were also offers of money in those notes . Fedail bad left the country after the former trial , and had not since been heard of . After long addresses to the jury for and against the prisoners , Cugurulb was acquitted , bub Arajol was found guilty , and sentenced to death . He heard his sentence without emotion , and exclaimed , ** Yon have condemned me , but Cugurulb was more guilty than I . "

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      About three weeks bince , a labourer of Thorncombe , in Devon , near to Chard , went to the union to apply for relief ; he was told that he mast either go into the union-bouse , or provide for himself . He ifSM that he had brought up a large family , that he had become old , aad that rather than go to a union workhouse , he would hang himself . But all in vain , the guardians woold give no relief . The applicant left ; he was missed from that time by his friends , and on Sunday morning last he was found in a plantation belonging to Mr . Gwjnne , at Ford Abbey . Hia head was swinging to a cord , with which he had hanged himself!—tbe body had separated from the head , and had fallen tothe ground . The hands and other extremities were devoured , it is said , by dogs or foxes . A cofBn was procured , and the remains of the wretched man were placed iu it . [ Are not the guardians , in this case , morally guilty of manslaughter ? 1

      Fall op Two Houses and Shocking Mutilation of the Inmates . —Between seven and eight o ' clock on Wednesday morning the inhabitants of the village of Marsaen were alarmed by a loud crash , the cause of which wa 3 ascertained to be the falling of two bouses situate in the village . Nearly tbe entire population of the place quickly congregated round the spot , and the crowd were horrified at hearing the most heartrending groans issuing from the ruins . A number of men were speedily at work in clearing away the rubbish , &c , and in a short time the body of an old man named Roberts , who followed the occupation of a rick-thatcher , was dug out frightfully mangled , both lega being broken , and the upper part of the ohest compressed , whilst several of the

      ribs protruted through the skin ; notwithstanding which injuries the man was taken from tho ruins alive , and hopes are entertained of his recovery . Two children were next found , one of whom had its right shoulder and arm dreadfully crushed ; the other child escaped with but comparatively slight injury . The next person dug out was a woman , the mother of the two children last named , and daughter of the old man . Roberts . The poor oreature wax enceinte , and a fallen beam of wood had been thrown across the lower part of the unfortunate woman ' s stomaoh with such violence that a prematuro delivery had been the result . The child , quite dead , was discovered near the mother , who , though labouring under the most acute bodily pain , is expec ted _ to recover . The above persons were the entire inmates occupying one of the houses ; the a her being unoccupied . Both tenements were

      deemed in an unsafe state , and Roberts has had repeated notices to quit the premises . The escape of the inmates with life is singularly providential . A dog belonging to the family was found crushed quite Hat on tpo hearth-stone , and a couple of pigs in a sty adjoining the house were killed the spot . From the statement of one of the children , it appears that they were in bed up stairs with their mother at the time the accident occurred . Ttieir grand-father , Roberts , had gone down stairs to light the fire . Suddenly a part of tbe floor gave way , and their mother was thrown violently out of bed through the opening in the floor , and immediately afterwards the bedstead on which they were lying fell with tbe remainder of the floor , and in its descent the bed and bed-clothes were thrown over the children , whioh doubtless prevented their receiving greater injury . The houses were only composed of one story , or more fatal results might have ensued .

      Murder of a Child by its Mother and Suicide op the Murderrss . —A shooking double crime of murder and suicide has beon committed at a roadside inn , called the Red Cow , about four miles from Llantripent , a village a few miles from Cardiff , on the road to Merthyr . The particulars of this shocking tragedy are as follow : —On Wednesday morning last , Air . Evans , the proprietor of the inn , rose about seven o ' clock to go to Cummer to receive the rents of some houses he bad built there ; bis wife rose also , and went twice to the bedside of their child and kissed him twice . The little boy was about six years of age , an only child , and a great favourite with his mother . At about ten o'clock in tho morning a little boy who was iii the habit of calling for little Evans to accompany him to school , called at the house , but

      finding no one answer the door , he went in . The boy states that he heard a noise like knocking in the room , and it is supposed that the murder was at that moment being perpetrated . In the- course of the day Mr . Evans himself returned , and was surprised to find the doors and shutters closed . He knocked for some time , but no one answered , and a gentleman from Aberdare happening to call for a glass of beer , they burst open the door . Everything appeared in its usual order in the front room , but on proceeding upstairs , they were horror struck on beholding the body of Mrs . Evans hanging by a cord from the beam . An alarm was immediately given , and the neighbours came in , and cut the body down , when it was found that the throat had been previously cut , and the hands and arms were saturated with blood . There were no marks of blood in

      the room , but on proceeding to the parlour the first person who went in stumbled over something , which turned out to be the murdered body of the little boy . On tho shutters being unclosed , the ; found the body lying in the midst of a pool of blood , and the razor with which the dreadful deed was perpetrated lying by his side . The struggles of the poor little fellow with his unnatural murderess wore plainly traceable in his blood upon the floor . There is little doubt that the wretched mother , after having murdored her vulj child , tried to Cut her own throat with the same razor ; but not having sufficient nerve , she returned to the bed-room , and completed her

      purpose by banging herself . Mr . Evans is , of course , in a most wretched state . It is said that Mrs . Evans made an attempt some time ago to perpetrate the crime she bus now accomplished , in a more shocking manner , by strapping her child to her back and walking into the river ; but the attempt was frustrated by some one happening to pass by . She has Bince been heard to Bay that her husband could do very well without her and the child , and for some time past her spirits have been depressed , and she appeared to be labouring under apprehension that they should come to poverty . This ia the only clue yet obtained to the commission of these dreadful

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      not by any one in his presence . * did not see Price tiding amongst the crowd . * " * " Price , who ia 9 constable , riding down the roa d - Ti | e distorbanee did not take place in consequence of bie interference . James Bates said he was a miner , and lived V&t Brockmore , in the parUh of Kiugawinford . Recollected last Saturday night , the 27 th ultimo , tberv * was a gteat quantity of people there that night . There was a great row in consequence of Linney coming . Of my own knowledge I dont know thatLv ' oney waa there . As an inhabitant of that place I was greatly alumed and terrified by the assemblage of . the people .

      Crow-examined by Mr . Powell—I beard Linney say , " Stick off and have your wages . " I am not afraid of tbe colliers , but I am afraid of the strangers and vagabonds who come there . I will not saj whether there is a dispata between the butties and the colliers . I was not alarmed because of the dispute between the butties and the colliers . I did not see Price the constable there . He night have been there on horseback without my seeing him . Some scores of women and children were present . Will you tell tbe magistrate what occasioned yon the fright and terror on Saturday night , ? The great number of persons , men , women , and children , going along the toad and assembled at Brockmoregreen .

      Air . Renben Piant , caal-master , of Ktnswlnford—On Saturday night , the 27 th ult ., 1 recollect some thousands of persons assembling near Brockmore , as our workmen said , to meet 6 tr . Linnsy . The people were so numerous , and I was so awfully alarmed , that I rode up to Dudley to fetch the cavalry . Linney had been fn the habit of assembling and addressing persons at Brockmore . There was a great riot tkat evening . I saw as much of it as I durst eee , and I was very much alarmed inconsequence . Cross-examined by Mr . Powell—Tb » re was no dispute about wages , but Linney made one . He has told them in my hearing if they would stand out they would bare their wage * . That was on the 3 rd of August last I know nothing of any dispute between the masters and men before the 3 rd of August I met Linney about a mile from the place of meeting , at a quarter past five , p . m ., as I was then going for the military .

      Tne witness was about to speak to certain circumstances affecting Linney on previous days , when tho magistrates said they were confining themselves to the evidence on Satnrday , the 27 th , aud could not receive any except in relation to that day . There were other charges against Linney , but they were not , at the present moment , under investigation . The magistrates retired ; aud , upon their return , Mr . Briscoe wished to know whether Mr . Powell bad any observations to make upon tbe evidence ! Mr . Powell said he perceived by the warrant , which was drawn up with that legal particularity usual in Buch instruments , the prisoner was charged with tnmultuously and riotously assembling a large body of persons on the night of the 27 th of August . H « ( Mr . Powell )

      contended that there was no evidence to convict him of such an offence . If it could be proved , supposing the meeting itself to be illegal , that it had been called together by his direction , or that he bad taken any partinifc , which would render the case still stronger than he ( Mr . Powell ) would admit , then the magistrates would be justified in entertaining the present charge But he ( Mr . Powell ) begged leave to say , that so far from anything of the kind , it most directly contradicted it . The law required that to constitute a meeting Illegal , it should be attended with anch circumstances , rather of actual force or violence , or at least of apparent tendency thereto , as was naturally calculated to strike terror into the people . S o far from that being the case , one , if not both , of the witnesses who had deposed

      that they had been frightened by the meeting , bad evidently been alarmed from some other cause , for the one . Mr . Bates , was a butty collier , between which class of men and the colliers the dispute as to wages had arisen , and the other was so awfully alarmed as to be running from the crowd ( including scores of women and children ) , so early as a quarter past five , whilst the meeting did not take place until seven or eight o ' clock . No prima fade case bad been made out against the prisoner , and he was satisfied the bench would not deprive him of his liberty , or put the country to expense , unless they thought a case had been made out , which if answered would provj the prisoner guilty ol some offence defined by the common law , or some statute .

      Mr . Briscoe , on behalf of the bench , said they had no doubt as to their being perfectly justified by the evidence in committing the prisoner . It was clear by the evidence of the first witness , that he was sensible he was attending an illegal meeting , and from others it was equally clear that the meeting created terror and alarm in the neighbourhood . They therefore committed the prisoner te take his trial at the Stafford sessions ; but would admit him to bail , himself in £ 200 and two sureties in £ 100 eaoh . Bail was tendered , bat as the magistrates required time for investigating its responsibility , the prisoner was in the meantime committed to Stafford .

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      decliningto answer more particularly . ) I went fc » fc Pasture with a friend ; decline saying by whom If sent . Did sot know at the time that application hi been made to the Mayor for permission to hold a meeting ; nor did I say to any person that you would bo arrested before night . On my oath you did say th » police were *• blue vampires , " but I cannot say what the sentence was of which the words formed a part , because of the confusion there was at the time . Cannot say if the words " boiling ef the unboiled" were or wero not used in a metaphorical sense ; could not understand what the meaning was ; but considered your language was calculated to inflame the minds of the people ; they gave expressions ot their approbation . Cannot b % j it approbation be or be not a token of excitement or inflammation of the mind . There did not seem to be any dispositka to an outbreak on the part of tbe assembly at

      t > ie time . Did not see any instance of disturbance ; but w , hen yoB were peakiog of the green fields , and the oppression of the people , they echoed your sentiments ,. and heaped curses on the hea 4 s of the manufacturer * Tbero was ho fighting or tuanilfc . Serjeant . frgar ( Borough Police ) was next examined : —He was in the Pastwe on Sonday evening , when he saw neivrly 2 , 000 peraons assembled ; but fia was not there at the ottanmenceicent of the pro&sedings . Heard part of Jones ' s address—ttat part which related to the police , and that part only . Was thwe in plain clothes . [ Agar ' s evidence was in a great measure the same as that < dven by Ma-wbalJ . TE © additional part is her © given ] When prisoner was speaking of the Police , he said that even the shade of . a polioemaa walking down the street was loathswno and dhgosting to behold . He also heard him say—when the-time , of boiling came . woe to the unboiled !

      Cross examined—Did not hear ttie commencement of the prisoner's address , bat draw nearer as he was speaking of the police , and therefore heard what he then said . Did not draw nearer by any peculiar kind of sagacity . Was present in plain clothes , and accidentally—not for the purpose of hearing what was said . Was there ia the afternoon , but not at the- " conclusion of the service , " and therefore knew of no notita that was then given out—knew nothing of this affair . Did not expect to receive any remuneration if the-prisoner was convicted .

      The prisoner here a-ldressed the Mayor , asking him it it was customary to allow all the witnesses to be ia court while the others were examined ? Before tho Mayor could answer , a number of voices shouted oat"Nor not" and it was with some difficulty that aiUnca could , be restored even with the threat of clearing the caurt . When silence was obtained , the Mayor teld the prisoner that they certainly would cot bare been in court if he had made the request at the commencement of tbe case ; otherwise it was not customary to keep the witnesses out of court Prisoner said ha was not acquainted with the customs of caurts of law , and thereto , e did not know it was necessary to ask . The Mayor told him he need not be afraid—erery justice should be done to bis case .

      Daniel Baesford , framework knitter , being sworn , deposed that ha was in the pasture on Sunday evening and heard Jones speak- He coaM not , however , remember much of what was said , with the exception of that part relating to the police . [ Hire witness ' * evidence was substantially the same as that given by the preceding witness ] Prisoner ' s address generally appeared to be designed to inflime the minds of the people . After prisoner bad been speaking , there was some singing and a collection , The meeting approved of what was eaid , which was calculated to create dissatisfaction in the minds of tbe people respecting the police . Cross-fxamited—Had been in the company of the police that morning , and had hid conversation with them on different subjects , but not relating to this examination . Learnt his ' lesson' List night , not that morning ,- learnt it after hearing prisoner speak , and . not from the police .

      Prisoner here wanted to k *» w if witness knew what was the meaning of the phrase " create dissatisfaction in the minds of the people ?" Witnesi said , " calculated to make tho people feel prejudice and dissatisfaction against the police . " Did not know that prisoner objected to the property of tbe rich being protected by law : believed he said that " every man should be punished for trespassing on law-protected property ; but that it was the equal right of every man in society to havens prepetty equally protected by the law . " Did not hear prisoner call upon the people to make any attack on the police , or to show any disapprobation against them ; nor did ha know that prisoner recommsuded any

      outbreakthought not Not aware that the prisoner advocated the establishment of the reign of peace . Saw no particular disturbance at the meeting . Was not quite at the outside of the meeting , and could not say how far it extended—whether fifty or more yards , or only ten . Could hear a speaker with a voice like prisoner ' s at seventy yards' distance , but not distinctly . Did not know bow bis observations acted upon the people , and could not say what degree of declamation was neeea-Bary to excite tho feelings of the people of this town . The prisoner here remarked on the contradictions of this witness ' s answers—he Brat saying the address was of an inflammatory nature , and then that he could not Bay bow it operated on the feelings of tbe people .

      Witness explained that he spoke of the address generally—which bad an inflammatory tendency , but that he ceuld not say how particular portions of it operated . Isaac Bonowes , of No . 4 , Gravel-street , deposed that be was in tbe Pastures on Sunday evening , and heard Jones ( the prisoner ) speak for about a quarter of an hour . He was sent there from the County-office to ao whAfc woa gnina nn . Hpard JciriPA floeak about tha Bishops , and say that the salaries of the " Dlooa-auckinx Biskops must be done away with ; np good would be done for the poor till that and other like things were done . " Jones said he had been away from horn * for the last seven months and did not know whether ho should be allowed to reach it again ; bat if not he wat prepared to stand till tke last moment in the cause of the people . He also requested those persona who were around him , ' and who bad not yet done so , to enter the ranks of the Chartists . He hoped be should soon again have an opportunity of addressing them in

      Leicester . Cross examined—Did not know previous to going to the Pastures what was going to be done ; was not at the afternoon meeting . Was a special constable engaged at the County Police-office . Prisoner here wanted to know if witness did tbe bidding of his employers without asking as to the justice of the orders given him ?—that was what bo ( prisoner ) was charged with saying . Witness did not seem to think there was any great crime committed in doing as ordered , and merely replied—be front and saw and made bis report . Was asked by Mr . Charters to come as a witness j was not told by him what to say , but merely asked if he had been present at the meeting . Did not see any

      disturbance at tbe meeting ; did not hear auythlnR about the police . Heard prisoner speaking of the Established Church , and the manner in which he spoke was such as was calculated to excite the minds of the people . Did not bear him state bis reasons for supposing be would be taken prisoner before getting home . Did not hear him ssy anything about a warrant having been applied for against him at Hartlepool , bat the allegations against him were all contradicted . Did not hear him call on tbe people to break the law , molest the policaforce , or do injustice to any man . Did not hear prisoner incite the people to the destruction of property . Would not say whether he ( witness ) was to have any reward if prisoner were convicted : —had not been ordered nat to answer that question , but refused to do so from bis own knowledge on other occasions .

      Policeman F . Smith deposed that he went with Sergt . Hsynes to . Cooper's honse fn Church-gate after prisoner , and found him there . They also found the papers now produced . Cross-examined—Had been In the police-force two years : before that , was a needle-maker , which he left because he bad not enough to do—that was the only reason . Had before been employed in the apprehension ef Chartist lecturers—in the apprehension of Cooper . Had never said he wished the Magistrates would entrust to him the apprehension of all the Chartist lecturers—too much ot a good job that !

      The case for the complaint was here finished , aud tbe Mayor asked Jones what he had to say to the charger Tbe Prisoner replied that he should not now make any defence—be should reserve what he had to say till be was brought before a jury ; for he supposed be should be sent before one . But he hoped , as he was far away from home , and no friends at band , tbe Magistrates would consent to take bail for his appearance , and would make tbe sum as low as they felt they consistently could with a due regard to the certainty of Bis appearance .

      The Magistrates retired to eonsult , and they bsd scarcely left the bench before some of the Chartist * called out te the prisoner to know if be was thirsty and would have anything to drink ? a glass of ram t Jones , declined the offer , and requested the people to keep quiet In another minute or so , something else was shouted out : the hall-keepers and police called for silence , and the people in the body of the ball were then so ssalous for the preservation of order that they pointed out the luckless offender , and were for ejecting him in tbe most approved method . There were

      then so many cries of Order ! " and " Silence I" that at a natural consequence there was a tremendous hubbab , which disturbed the Magistrates in their consultation , and the mayor had again to threaten to bate tbe ball cleared , Whsp they returned , the mayor informed Jones that he wonld be required to glre bail to answer the chaTg « at tbe next Borough Asatas—himself in £ 100 , and two sureties lo £ b % each . If his bail came from Leicester , twenty-four hours would be allowed him ; if from a greater distance a longer time in proportion to tbe distance . : } .

      Jones then asked if be might be allowed the use of writing materials ? his bad been taken away by tbe police , who had promised that he should write as many letters as he pleased when he got to the Station-house ; but he bad not been allowed to have them at alL The Mayor said be must prefer bis request to the Visiting Jastioes when he got to tbe gaol , and they would nodoubt consider bis case the same as tiiey did that of any other prisoner . As Jones wu following the polios ° ftSMPS ^ *< Eme person addressed the Mayor , and sd ^ Wlf wJbuvba allowed to take Jones's dinner to hW » SS ^ SwX house ? The Major told the speak « 9 ki 3 Ml bj ^ todiT , \ bo feat—Jones would be pwtidjdmj ^ , vr- / P . - ^ ? % ) . v- -v * ^ ig ^

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      COMMITTAL OF WILLIAM JONES . ( from the Leicester Chronicle . ) William Jones , a young ' man' said to be from the neighbourhood of Liverpool , was charged with having delivered an address of an inflammatory tendency to a large assembly of persons in the Pasture on Sunday evening . Tl . MaTBUall ( one of tho turnkeys at tbo Boroogh Gaol ) , on being sworn , deposed : —I was in the Pasture on Sunday evening , between six and seven o ' clock , when there were a thousand persons present , and prisoner was speaking to them for about an hour . Heard the greater patt of what he said , and he had not commenced before I came np . Was about forty or fifty yards from prisoner , who gave an outline of the

      constitution of the Yeomanry and Militia forces , after which he we&t on to show that while there was evety protection for the property of the rich man , theie was none for that of the poor man—whioh was bis Labour . The cavalry ( that is , tbe Yeomanry ) he said , are only in training eight days out of the twelve months , and in them are pnt through tke military movement * , and are taught to cut throats in a scientific manner . He then aiked bow long it was since the militia were disembodied , and answered himself ten yean . They ( the militia ) were drawn from the great body of the work-Ing classes , without distinction as to their religious and political sentiments ; and they were thought a dangerous foree to keep up . In the north of Lancashire and Yorkshire they eonld never be called out in

      case of disturbance : —so tbey were disbanded , and the New Police were appointed in their stead . These latter ( the police ) he called by many foul terms , and called them " blue vampires" : —they were not , he said , chosen like the militia , indiscriminately , but by a certain party . He then asked what were the qualifications necessary to fit a man to be a policeman ? He must be a man , he replied , of no character—he must be gifted with lying , deceit , chicanery—he must be bloodthirsty , and ready to swear anything his masters wished him to do . He called them the " unboiled blue , " and said that when the day of boiling came " woe to the unboiled I" All that was said by prisoner respecting the police : he then went on to speak of the army aa 140 , 000 hired assassins , aud said that dais legislation

      was kept up by their instrumentality . He again reverted to the rich man being protected bylaw , while the poor man was not , and pointing to one of the factories , said that if a poor man went into one of them and stole some of the oily and dirty stuff not worth more than sixpence , oat of the place , he would be taken as a felen , the magistrates would look upon bis offence as such , and would commit him t » prison for felony . What , however , was done to the master manufacturer , who , by the aid of machinery , was enabled to rob the poor man not only of sixpence , but of fl-e shillings and six shillings weekly from his wages ? The law looked npon him as an honest , upright man , because the law was made for hia protection . Prisoner then went on still to speak of the oppression of the poor , and of their exclusion from the fields , saying that if any of them walked to the outskirts of the field where they

      were , he would see a board placed up— "All persons found trespassing here , will be prosecuted with the utmost rigour of the law . " But whoever heard of a poor man walking through the streets , with a board in front and one at his back , with the same notice put upon it ? It would be of no use to do so , and the poor man knew that . Whether a board were placed on bis back or on hia belly , it was all the same : the master might trample npon him as he pleased . The crowd applauded and approved of these sentiments , and especially when the police were spoken of . The confusion waa then bo great that I could not hear all that was said . Prisoner took bis text from 2 Peter , c iii . v . 13 . — " Nevertheless we , according to bis promise , look for a new heavens and a new earth , wherein dwelleth righteousness . " This new age of righteousness , be said , was fast approaching , tout could not be established till the present order of tilings was swept away .

      Cross-axamined by prisoner—Did not take down a report in writing of what you said at the time it was spoken . Was at tbe meeting when you began to speak . A person named Thomason had spoken before , but could not hear so wall what he said ; he did nat appear to be so Inflammatory . Pray how was it that you could hear so well what I said , but not what Thomason said ? Because I was nearer when yon spoke . I heard the hymn that was sung ; do not recollect tbe first line , but recollect a terse like this : — ? * " Britons l ye are slates , Beaten by policemen ' s stares , And if by force ye dare repel , Yours will be the felon ' s oelL "

      r When the witness had repeated the first line of the Terse , a voice in the body of tbe ball shouted oat , " So we are l" and the exclamation was followed by a buzz of applause . The Mayor immediately rose , and said that be should be sorry to hate recourse to such a prece dent ; but if any more such unseemly interruptions were offered to tbe course of business , he should desire the hall to be cleared . Order waa then restored , and the crofwxamlnatisn of Marshall by the prisoner resumed . ] Did my address blame the law for protecting the rich man ' s property ? You said that the poor man ' s property was not protected . Am not in the police , but am in tke serrioe of the Corporation . In what capacity ? ( Witness repeated bis answer ,

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      FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAI OF LINNEY THE CHARTIST . Himlet , Sep . 3 rd . This morning the re-examination of Joseph Linney was resumed . He Btood charged with illegally meeting and uttering expressions tending to a breach of the public peace . There were a great number of persons present Mr . Powell , solicitor , ol Birmingham , appeared foi the prisoner . Mr . S . S . Brlscoa and Dr . Dehane , of Wolverhampton , were the magistrates in attendance . Mr . Price , constable , who was examined on Thursday , was then called , and deposed to bis attending a meeting at Brockmore , between Dudley and Stourbridge , in the parish of Kingswtaford , when he was stoned , and subsequently the riot ^ &ct was read and the military arrived , and Linney was the principal man there .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Powell . — --Could not tell whether tbe spot upon which they assembled was a public or private Rreen . It was commonly called Brockmore-green . Was near enough to hear what Linney eaid . He addressed the people , and said he would speak if they chose . He said , " He knew he should be taken , and might as well be taken there aa any where else . " Had seen Linney there before ; he was not there long . I might have seen him there from five to ten minutes . Did not hear him recommend the people to go home . About ten minutes or a quarter ot an hour after the people began to go away , the Riot Act was read . By the Bench—When Linney went away the military were in sight .

      Mr . Whittingham , special constable , deposed as follows : —I was at Brockmore-green on Saturday the 27 th of last month . There were a great number of the people there . I was charged to go there as a special constable . It was understood Linney was to speak . I saw him there , and heard him speak to a woman . She said , " I heard you were lost ; I heard you was in gaol . " He replied , " Oh , no ; I came here to be taken to-night . " The Riot Act was afterwards read . Cross-examined by Mr . Powell—Saw Linney abont ten minutes . The only conversation I heard him have was with the woman I have mentioned . I did not see Liuney at the place where the people were asa&mbled . He did not go to them . They went vo him .

      By the Bench—He was about one hundred yards away from the place where they were assembled . William Adlington , stock taker at the Oak Farm Company ^ Iron Works , in the parish of Klngswinfori , deposed that he was at Brockmore-green on Saturday night I beard Linney was going to speak , and , as a special constable , I went there . When I got there I asked if Linney was come , and the answer was , that be was just gone . Mr . Powell now submitted that inasmuch as it was proved that , np to a certain period , Linney was not present , he could not be held answerable for any acts or breach of the peace which afterwards took place daring his absence ; tbexe being nothing te connect him with any subsequent breach of the peace . The magistrates said they should bear the whole of the evidence , and after bearing Linney'b defence , give theli decision . Thank God , they did not sit there as judge and jury .

      Adlington ' s evidence continued—Afterwards saw stones thrown at Price . He pointed the men out , and the cavalry came down . No more stones were thrown . Heard the people say , th * A had it liofc been for Linney , the meeting would not have taken place . There was a greafriot , and the people did not disperse until rougher means were adopted . Stones were thrown , and the Riot "Act was read . Eight or nine hundred persons w « re present Several of the inhabitants requested that we wonld net leave until all was inlet , as they were afraid the windows would be smashed in with Btones , and we ( the special constables ) remained until the middle of the night Cross-examined—Dont know that the prisoner did any act to call the meeting . X was told be did so ,

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      _ THB KOBTHERN STAR . _ . ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 10, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct615/page/3/