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      TODMORDEN . —The Special Constables , jgas ihk Btjtteb Tub Biugade . —These officials are generally known by the name of the Butter Tab Brigade for the following reasons : one Bight while oa guard they were perambulating th « 8 tre&t 3 of ^ odmorden , and some youth wishing to have 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 Yorkstreets he pushed tkem down , and what with the © ovement and noise ef the falling tabs , the poor specials were thrown into a terrible fright . It is said that there were come bloody faces , and if report - be trne , some bad to put on freeh shirts ; and such ^ as the nature of the dung they will have to bleach awhile before they will be the right coIotat .

      Queen ' s beggisg Letter . —Money has been collected at Cropton Church , tbjongh the means of this letter , which has b * en distributed in meaL The incumbent and Eastwoods ( of Eastwood ) hare had the management of distributing it . Whenever a poor Chartist ha 3 been to solicit any , he has been gent away without . One poor woman went whose h usband is a staunch Chartist , and as soon as she went in , one of the Eastwood's reared himself up and asked whether her husband went to the Chartist meetings yet She said , Yes , he does sometimes . ' •» Well tht . n . " said the tyrant , " you cau have no meal ; we will starre you d—d Chartists out of the land . "

      Doings of the Butteb-Tcb Brigade . —The day after Doctor M'Douall left the Dog and Partridge Inn , Luinbeck , six of the Butter-Tub Brigade went armed with guns and other weapons to take one little man . One of them called William Sutclifie , alias Jerry was the commander . When they got to the top of the bill , he commanded them to be prepared , and if the Doctor off-red to resist , to shoot . Aiter having made all secure outside , they i ? en ; in &ad marched straight up stairs , intendiug to take him by surprise , but lo , and beho ) d I the bird had Iowa away . Crevices and drawers were searched ; they even turned the carpets over to see if he was undercut the valiant brigade was doomed % o disappointment .

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      Sheeidas once succeeded admirably in entrapping a noisy member , who was ia the habit of interrupting every speaker with cries of " Hear , hear . " Br iDsley took an opportunity to allude to a wellknown character of the time , who wiatsd to play the To # ue , bur had only sense enough to play the fool . " Where , " exclaimed Sheridan , in continuation , frith great emphasis— " where shall we find a more foolish knave or a more knavish fool than lh s ?" Hear ! hear ! " was instantly bellowed from the accustomed bench . The wit bowed—thanked the gentleman for his ready reply to the question—and sat down amid convulsion of laughter from all but the unfortunate snbj ct .

      CLEEGTilA . V Tba \ SPOBTED FOB BiG . iMY . ~ The Rev . Stephen Aldhonse , 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 traniportaion for seven years . The prisoner had been married in 1824 , to a lady named Frances Morse , "wi : h an income of £ 200 a year , but had bo illireated her that she lefi him , and her friends kept her residence concealed from him for several yeare . In 1838 he married the pro .-ecutrix , an interesting young woman , named Hephizbab . Roberts , the widow of a pablican . This wife he hid also treated with neglect and cruelty , hai made away

      with her property , and had refused to ac ; as famer to two young children , she had borne him . Theprosecutnx was much affected in giving her evidence . and stated that al though shehaddi 3 covercdthathisformer wife was alive , she would not have prosecuted if he h *» i treated her children with & father ' s care . The ecnnsel 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 yeirs , tnd his letters of inquiry left unanswered . How , then , « ould he be aware of her existence ! The Recorder , nevertheless , after commenting upon the education and position of the accused , pronounced sentence of transportation for seven years .

      Melakcholt Aocidkjtt at Seacombk , Cheshire . ~ This preity village , situate on the bank of the Mersey , opposite Liverpool , was on Saturday evening the scene of a most heartrending occurrence , which has plunged a family into the deepest distress , and suddenly hurried two femalesinto eternity . It appears that Mr . Bevington , a tta-deal ? r , of Liverpool , resides in a cottage , the garden of which slopes down the rivar , from wr . ich there is a flight of steps frequently used for family bathing . Between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday evening , when the tide was coming in strongly and the weather rather rough , a yonng female , named Evans , the sister of Mrs . Bevington , accompanied by Mr . Bevingtoa ' s servant , proceeded down the steps to bathe , but they had do sooner leaped into the water , than the strength of the

      tide carried them out into the river , and before assistance could be procured they had sunk to rise no more . Several persons witnessed the distressing calamity , but 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 fnends that day , at which the unfortunate young lady had been enjoying herself with all the hilarity of vigorous health , Litle anticipating tnat 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 was about being united to a gentleman , now 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 Mcrdeb . —Caelsbche , Aug . 25 . —Early yesterday morning a yonng girl was found murdered at Hardtwalde , in the neighbourhood of Blankenloch . It appears , that at five o ' clock on toe afternoon of the 2-ith the unfortunate girl was seen in company with a young man , her lover , passing through Leopoidhafen ; they came from Rhenish Bavaria . About six o ' clock they were both seen going in the direction of the Haidtwalde . The murder was committed at a Epot where two roadB cross each other . It would appear that the victim was thrown on her back into a hollow on the road side , about two feet

      deep and one and a-half feet wide , and thus she was probably disabled from struggling . Her throat was cut so that the head was nearly severed from the body . The girl was between eighteen and nineteen years of age , and was elegantly dressed . She tad come from Rhenish £ avaria and was going to Tisit a married Eister at Johiingen . The murderer i 3 not yet discovered , but an active pursHit has been set 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 .

      Suicide of a Man Aged hiSErr-Two . —On Saturday , tfohn Nicholson , who resided with his fon and dauthter-in-law in Queen-street , Webber-sireet , Lambeth , destroyed himself under the following circumstances : —It appeared that on the deceased sot appearing at tbe breakfast table in the morning , the Eon went into his bed-room , when he discovered his aged parent weltering in blood , ano his throat cut from ear ; o ear . In his right hand was tbe razor with which he had committed ^ ie dreadful act . Mr . Adcock , a surgeon , of Short-street , New Cut , instantly attended the case , but the deceased had etased to exist many hours before the discovery . It is stated that the deceased was in great dread of cltimately being obliged to apply to his parish in the country , which no doubt greatly affected his mind , and caused him to destroy h'mself .

      Distressisg EvtKT—A most lamentable and fatal acci&ent occurred at Sharpness Point , ( the beautifnl pleasure grounde on the banto of the Se-Tern , belonging to Earl Fitzhardlnge ) on Saturday last , which has cast a gloom over the whole neighbourhood . A large pic-nic-party of gentlemen and ladies from Wotton-under-i'dge , and the vicinity , were spending the day at Sharpness , and having dined , were strolling in parties about the grounds , ike canal , and along tbe banks of the riv » r . Two young gentlemen , aged about nineteen and twetty , one the wmotSlr . W . Hill and the other the only child of Mrs . James CooDer , had goae together on the sands , which were at the time dry , it being the lowest ebb of the tide , and had incaunoi ; s ' y strayed

      a long way out , when the tide began to flow rapidly in , ane their extremely perilous situation became apparent to ihe experienced view of tbe servants in caarge of the grounds , and which was quickly communicated to their anxious friends . The young gentlemen did not for some time seem to comprehend their dangerous position , or the cause of the _ various signals which were being made 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 harbonr-master , * nd some men who belonged to the pier , and every extrtitn was made to save the unfortunate gentlemen ; but , alas" ! before it could reach them they had attempted to wade through the water , and were

      instantly swept aw » y , and both unfortnnateiy perished . The body of Mr . Cooper was picked up by ihe boat in about tea minutes from the time of immersion , and was conveyed to Mr . Wraith ' s house near the spot , where etery means w ere resorted to by two medical gentlemen , who happened ^ aeeidendentally to be on the spot , and continued for Borne hours , but with no favorable resultthe vital spark had fled . Toe body ot Mr . Charles Hill was picked tip ' on Tuesday last , near to the scene of this sad catastrophe . We will not attempt to describe the agonized feelings of ; he parents and intimate friends and relations of the unfortunat e gentlemen , witnesses , from the ground" , of the appaliiiig accident , and of its dreadful results . We understand they were yonng gentlemen of great promise , Mr . Cooper being a student at Cambridge , * nd Mr . Hill about to commence bi » Etudies at Ox-« Kd . —Gloucester Chronicle .

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      In thr Afternoon of the day before yesterday , * f n / 1 ' aoout fifteen years old , was playing with a child , only five year 3 of age , on the Qaai d'Orsay , they got down into some barges moored to the side , and in endeavouring to return , the elder girl , wvh 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 .

      Awful ThunderStohm— On Saturday afternoon the town of Looe and neighbourhood was visited by one of the most terrific thunder storm ? , attended by heavy showers of havl and rain , that was ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant . At Trenant , aoout a mile from the town , a poor man named Tamblyn , at work ia a harvest field , was kitted by the lightning , while in the act of binding a sheaf . The storm in the neighbourhood of St . Austell and St . Biazey , raged with great fury . On East Crinnie Moors , several children who were gathering blackberries , took refuge from its violence in a building .

      bnt the lightning passed down the chimney , and killed two of them , both girls , on the spoJ ; 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 bfe 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 Emalfboat 3 were obliged to be baled to keep them from sinking .

      The Statistics op Parliament . —Th 9 session is at length 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 sac upwards of 100 days , and has soiled , in 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 ; aud of 200 orators , two have been pulled down by thtir friends to prevent thrir continuing to make fools of themselves . There have been nearly 30 , 000 " cheers , " and ths word "hear " has been repeated so often that statistical vigilance

      has been unable to keep pace with it . Of zniscallaneous noises there have 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 reports of comaiittee 3 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 thonsand white neckcloths , four hundred satin scarfs , sixteen stocks at four-and-six , and one ( Mr . Hume ' s ) at two-anithree , in mohair . The majority of the members have worn Wellington boots ; but six have been deteeted in Clarence 3 , and one in Oxonians . —Punch .

      DsPiFORD , Sept . 2 . —Preparations for an Experiment in ths Dockyard to extinouish a Burning Pilk without the aid or application of Water —For some time past , agreeably to instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty , the workmen have been engaged in preparing a pile of timber , consisting of pieces of oak and fir , of considerable thickness , which were stacked together with pitch , tar , resin , turpentine , and other combustible materials , a foreigner having pledged him ? elf to their Lordships that he would extinguish the fire in a very short space of time , after tho whole had

      been ignited . The pile was twenty feet high , and about twenty feet square , terminating at the 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 au enormous floating engine , which was placed alongside the quay . The inventor visited the Dockyard some days since , and Beeing the preparations that were being made , stated that he intended to put out the fire by some kind of powdtr or dust . He has , however , since disappeared , and the authorities of the Dockyard have received directions to pull down the pile .

      Extraordinary Mechanical Invention . — Although at tbe late meeting of the Briti .-h Association in Manchester , there were many very interesting specimens of mechanism exhibited , there was , nevertheless , one in particular , which thrtw all others completely into tbe shade , when considered either as to the novelty of the invention , or its evident practical applicability to the every-day concerns of life—and may , with truth , be said to have been " ihe lien of the exhibition , " viz ., a machine for the working , or forcing of iron , steel , &e . 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 was 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 still more splendid discovery of Watt , the condensing of suam in a separate vessel ; by which tbe power of the steam engine of that day may be said to have been doubled . But now for some explana'ion of the machine , and its probable general application . It is then , as has before been said , very portable , not lequvrvng 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 the exhibition , made 650 blows , or impres-ions per minute ; but from their verv quick succession , and the work

      being effected by an eccentrio pressing down , not striking the hammer or ewage , net the least noise wa 3 heard . There are five or six sets of what may be called anvils and swages in the machine , each varying in site . 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 iato motion for the purpose of producing what ia known as a roller , with a coupling square upon it ( and which had to be afterwards turcea and feted ) , the thiog was accomplished ia fifty seconds I of course at one beat , to the astonishment of the bystanders . But what appeared as the moat extraordinary part of the affair , was , that the coupling Eduare 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 . For engineers , machine makers , smiths in general , file-makers , bolt and screw makers , or for any description , of work parallel or taper , it is mo ? t sptcially adapted ; and for what is technically known as reducing , it cannot possibly have a successful competitor—in proof of which it may be stated , that a piece of round iron , If inches iu diameter , was reduced to a square of fin ., 2 ft ., Sin . loiig at one heat . The merit of thi 3 invention belongs , it is said , to a gentleman of Bclton , of the name ef Ryder . —Mechanics' Magazine .

      Extraordinary Charge against a Clergyman —The Rev . Thomas Boddington , a clergyman ol the Established Church , and late chaplain ot Giliepurstreet , Compter , was brought before the Clerkenwell police-magistrate en Tuesday , under the following etrauge circumstances ;—The complainant was a commercial traveller , named Tippett , who had been a draper ' s assistant , became acquaisted with the Rev . Mr . Boddingtou at a coffee-bouse , and was by him introduced to a Miss Miller , at the reverend gentleman ' s house , the defendant having been apparently on the look-out for a suitable dupe . The clergyman recommended the young man to marry Miss Miller , at tbe same time making munificent promises to befriend him ; poor Tippett being little

      aware that he was to be used as a cloak tor ulterior purposes . The marriage took place , and the 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 , the reverend gentleman slipped into the aforesaid bed , frrm which he was forcibly ejected by the husbaud ' s frknds . About a fortnight afterwards they took lodging for themselves in White Conduit-grove , and here several circumstances transpired , confirming ths evidence of the nature of the reverend gen-lemaa ' s designs . On one occasion , he and Mrs . Tippett were seen by the landlady to como out of the bedroom of Mrs . T ., the lady with her hair much

      disordered . Ihe duped husband , who had lobt hia previous means of livelihood , and had received no fulfilment of the Rev . Mr . Boddington ' s magnificent promises to provide for him , at It-ngth obtained lor himself a situation in the country ; but , upon his return , his wife had disappeared r rom their lodgings , acd was not heard of for five weeks . At length he discovered his cara sposa at " So . 3 , Spencer Place , Goswell Road , and , having found her apartment , was beginning to testify his joy by a cares ? , 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 wiJh a poker , with such fury that the poor husband would have been murdered had not assistance arrived . Thi 3 was the offence for which the clerical defendant and Mrs . Tippett

      herself were brought up . A Yanety 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 reverenddefendant was dressed in clerical costume ; he had a black eye , and a patch on his forehead ; he is about fifty , and of unpleasing aspect . Among other evidence it was Etated that the female prisoner and Mr . Boddington lived sumptuously in Spencer-street , whilst Mr . Beddington's wife and two little children were starving at home on bread aad water . The female defendant jb aged threeand-twenty , of very prepossessing appearance , but exhibited a most indecent levity of manner and seeming recklessness- of disposition throughout the proceedings .

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      Extraordinary Produce . —A crop of oats situated at Wortley , near Leeds , aBd belonging to Mr . iBherwood , of that place , was stacked on Wednesday week , the stems of which had attained the extraordinary length of six feet . One stem measured even seven feet bix inches , the ear of whiohbore the almost incredible number of 240 corns I An inquest was held lately before Mr . Chapman , the Borough Coroner of Manchester , on the body of a ohild under one year old , which had been entered by its parents in no less than six burial

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

      Prince Gagarin's Death . —The following account of Prince Gagarin ' s death is from a letter in tho Constitutionnel of Saturday : — "An . enormous corruption reigus in the Russian administration , aad embezzlement in finances , and venality in the highest function ? , have become quite a sore . The Emperor Nicholas has no power to remedy it , evea should it be in his interest to do bo ; the eril ia too great . Very recently Prince Nicholas Gagarin , master of ceremonies at the court , and chief of the administration of tbe 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 tho royal forests , intreated Prinoe 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 , Prinoe , would yoH ruin me ! ' The Prince again answered : —* I must do my duty , and denounce you with othtrs to the Emperor . ' Reimann immediately drew a pistol from hiB belt and shot the Prince 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 be 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 of an Impostor . —It will be in the recollection of mauy of" our readers that , we gave some particulars of the exposure of a female (?) ranting preacher , who pretended tht she was a returned missionary from America , India . Madagascar , &c . From something that transpired at Witney , wheretne '' missionary" had beenproaching , and , as a matter of course , also collecting money , it * , was discovered that the character of a preacher was merely au 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 large 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 . Wo uow understand , that previously to this towa beint ; visited by the person alluded to , the inhabitants of Wallingford and Wittenham were honoured in a similar ma nntr . At the laiter place the extraordinary discovery was made that this peripatetic preacher—this female mi 3 ionary—was , as our informant states , " a real man , and no mistake ! " The particulars of this extraordinary discovery are unfit for publication , we will therefore only add that the preacher was allowed to depart as he came , disguised in

      female attire . The rascil then proceeded to Aylesbury , and in the streets of that town ha held forth with his accustomed vehemence and success ; and in conseouence of the heavy rain which was falling at the time , he was requested to continue his discourse in a chapel in that town . At the conclusion he was kindly invited home by rwo of the congregation , a man and his wife , who had been remarkably edified by the sermon ; aud , as they had no spare bed , it was arranged that this pious and devoted woman ( as they supposed their « uest 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 tho servant ' s room , and immediately afterwards

      the poor girl rushed down stairs and informed the amazed and incredulous old folks that " the woman turned out to bj a man . " Strange to say , again was this incorrigible scoundrel allowed to depart un . punished . The fellow has most stentorian lungs , and while preaching here aad elsewhere many peopl 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 he 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 draws freely by the aid of his remarkably retentive memory . —Berkshire Chronicle .

      Died . —Ou the 15 h uUimo , at her residence , Balina ^ own , near Portadown , Mrs . Mary parr , at the extraordinary age of 116 years . Tbis venerable matron exhibited one of the most remarkable instances of longevity on record , in modern times . She was born in 17-G , and constquently lived during the reign 3 of six sovereigns of ( ireat Britain . She was a woman of great mental and physical faculties , and gifted with a strong understanding aud most , retentive memory ; aud 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 ou the " the deeds of other years . " She was , indeed , a living chronicle of the last century , and detailed , with surprising accuracy , the many memorable occurrence of that eventful era- Tho storminc

      of Quebec , aad the death of General Wolfe , the capture of the Hav&nnah , the naval victories of Admiral Rodney , and the taking of the city of Carrickfergus , by the French commander , Thurot , were events which Bhe related with much animation ; and she related , with much amusing effect , the 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 camuric 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 , tes'ified the estimation in which she was held by all who had the happiness of knowing her . — Vindicator .

      Hiohway Robbery in France . —At the Court of AssZds 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 of January last . There were only two persons with the vehicle on the aight in question—the driver , Caze , and the courier , named Leruaitre . 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 ou the Beat , tried to throw the driver off the carriage . Tho attempt being unsuccessful , one of them iirew 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 , frightened , it would appear , by the tinkling of the bells of a waggon which was coming up . The postilion had strength enough to drive on his horse : ? , but h . 6 has not altogether recovered as yet from hia wounds . The next day a cap aud a handkerchief were found on the spot of tbe aitack . The cap being reoognised , a search was made at the house ot a Spaniard named Lamarge , who kept a cabaret for the reception of some of his countiymen , generally those of the worst character . He was arres'ed , as well as six others , namely , Ollive , Obiols , Villodomad , Arajol ,

      Cuguru ) h , and Fedail . Lamarge and the three first were sent before the Court of As « izes , under the accusation of attempting to rob aud murder ; Arajol and Cu ^ urulh were tried before the Correctional Tribunal as vagabonds , and Fedail was placed at the disposal o the authorities . The trial of Lamirge , Ullive , Obiols , and VilladQmad took place on the 9 th , 10 th , and 11 th of last March , and sentence of dtaih 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 , supplementary legal proceedings were ordered , and the authorities proceeded in open court to hear what the prisoner had to say . It then appeared that

      Obiols , one of the persons condemned to death , was innocent , he having been ill in bed on the day of the attack . Lamarge , Ollive , and Villadomad all agreed iu declaring this , admitting at the same time that they tfaemselveB were guilty . In consequence of these disclosures , Arajol , Cugurulb , and Fedail were proceeded against as implicated in the crime . A new trial was ordered for those men , on which it appeared the two first bad arranged all tbe proceedings of the attack , and communicated them to Lamarge , the other three not beisg informed of the matter until the very night tho crime waB

      perpetrated , Cugurulh denied his gnilt , and , in ooxroboration of his assertion , he showed five notes Bent to him in prison by Arajol , speaking of his innocence , aud imploring him to be silent as to what he knew of the attack . There were alpo offerB of money in those notes . Fedail had left the country after the former trial , and had not since been heard of . After long addresses to tbe jury for and against the prisoners , Cugurulh was acquitted , but Arajol was found guilty , and sentenced to death . He heard his sentence without emotion , and exclaimed , " You have condemned me , but Cugurulh was more guilty loan 1 , "

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      About three weeks s » nce , a labourer of Thorncombe , in Devon , near to v " nard , went to the union to apply for relief ; he was V ° l d that he must either go into the um ' on-houBe , or pi "ovide for himself . He urged that he had brought up a large family , that he had become old , and th ^ t rather than go to a union workhouse , he would hab'g himself . But all in vain , the guardians would give no relief . The applicant left ; he was missed fr . om that time by his friends , and on Sunday morning last he was found in a plantation belonging to Mr . Gwynne , at Ford Abbey . His head was swinging to-a cord , with which he had hanged himself ' . —the b « t £ j had separated from the head , and had fallen to the groand . The hands and other extremities were devoured , it is said , by dogB or foxes . A cofHu was procured , and the remains of the wretched man were placed in it . [ Arc not the goardianB , in this case , morally guilty of manslaughter 1 ]

      Fall op Two Houses and Shocking Mutilation * of the Inmates . —Between soven and eight o'clock on Wednesday morning the inhabitants of the village of Maraden were alarmed by aloud crash , the caus « of which was ascertained to be the falling of two houses situate in the village . Nearly the 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 ., aud 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 legs being broken , and the upper part of the chest compressed , whilst several of the

      ribs protruted through tho skin ; notwithstanding which injuries the man was taken from the ruins alive , and hopes are entertained of his recovery . Two children were next found , one of whom had its right sheulder 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 vra . B enceinte , and a fallen beam of wood had been thrown across the lower part of the unfortunate woman'B stomach with such violenoo that a premature delivery had been the result . The ohild , quite dead , was discovered near the mother , who , though labouring under the most acute bodily pain , is expected to recover . The above persons were the entire inmates occupying one of the houses ; the 0 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 fiat on t ^ e hearth-stone , and a couple of pigs in a sty adjoining tho 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 aooident occurred . Tneir grand-father , Roborts , had gone down stairs to light the fire . Suddenly a part of the floor gave way , and their mother was thrown violently out of bed through tho opening iu the floor , and immediately afterwards the bedstead on which they were lying fell with the remainder of the floor , and in its descent the bed and bed-clothes were thrown over the children , which doubtless prevented their receiving greater injury . The bouses were only composed of one story , or more fatal results might have ensued .

      Murder of a Child by its Mother and Suicide of iue Murderess . —A shocking double crime of murdor and suicide has been committed at a road-Bide inn , called the Red Cow , about four miles from Llantripeut , 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 , Mr . Evans , the proprietor of the iun , rose about seven o clock to go to Cummer to receive the rents of some houses he had _ built there ; his wifo 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 the morning a little

      boy who was in 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 , aud 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 the shuttors being unclosed , they found the body lying in the midst of a pool of blood , aud the razor with which tbe dreadful deed was perpetrated l y ing byhiaside . The struggles of the poor little fellow with his unnatural murderess were plainly traceable in his blood upon the floor . There is little doubt that the wretched mother , after having murdered her only ohild , 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 hanging 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 has 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 since been heard to say that her husband could do very well without her and the child , and for some timo 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 , I did not see Price tiding amongst tbe crowd . I saw Price , who is s constable , riding down the road . Toe disturbance did not take place in consequence of his interference . James Bates said he was a miner , and lived at Brockmore , in tbe parish of Kingswinford . Recollected ] aat Saturday night , the 27 th ultimo , there was a great quantity of people there that nigbr . There was a great row in consequence of Linney coming . Of my own knowledge I dont know that Linney was there . As an inhabitant of that place I was greatly alarmed and terrified by the assemblage of the people . i

      Cross-examined by Mr . Powell—I heard Linney » y , " Stick off and have your wages . " I am not afraid of tb » colliers , but I am afraid of the strangers and vaga bonds who come there . I will not saj whether there ia a dispute between the butties and the colliers . I was not aimned because of the dispute between the butties and tbe collian I did not see Price the constable there . He might have been there on horseback without my seeiag him . Some scores of women and children were present . Will ye > H tell tbe magistrate what occasioned you the fright and terror on Saturday night ? The great number of persons , men , women , and children , going along the road and assembled at Brockmoregreen .

      Mr . Reuben Pfant , ceal-master , of Kinswinford—On Saturday night , the 27 th uh ., I recollect somo thousands of persons assembling near Brockmore , as our workmen said , to meet Mr , Lianay . The people were so numerous , and I was so awfully alarmed , that I rode up to Dudley to fetch the cavalry . Linney had been in the mbit of assembling and addressing persons at Brockmore . There was a great ri « t tkat evening . I b » w as much of it as I durst see , and I was very much alarmed inconsequence . Cross-examined by Mr . Powell—There was no dispute about wages , but Linney made one . He has told them in my bearing if they would stand out they would have their wagei . That was on the 3 rd of August last . I knof nothing of any dispute between the masters and men before the 3 rd or 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 .

      The witness was about to speak to certain circumstances affecting Linney on previous days , when the magistrates said they were confining themselves to the evidence on Saturday , the 27 th , and 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 ; and , upon their return , Mr . Briscoe wished to know whether Mr . Powell had any observations to make upon the evidence ! Mr . Powell said he perceived by the warrant , which was drawn up with that legal particularity usual in such instruments , tbe prisoner was charged with tumultuouBly and riotously assembling a large body of persons on the night of the 27 th of August . He ( 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 had taken any part in it , which would render the ca 3 e 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 atteaded with such circumstances , rather of actual furce or violence , or at least of apparent tendency thereto , as was naturally calculated to strike terror into the people . So far from that being the case , one , if not both , of the witnesses who had deposed

      that they had been frightened by the meeting , had evidently been alarmed from some other cause , for the one . Mr . B . ites , was a butty collier , between which class of men and the colliers the dispute as to wage 3 had arisen , and the other was so awfully alarmed as to be running from the crowd ( including scores of women aud children ) , so early as a quarter past five , whilst the meeting did not take place until seven or eight o ' clock . No prima facie case had 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 clesr 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 each . Bail was tendered , but as the magistrates required time for Investigating its responsibility , the prisoner waa in tho meantime committed to Stafford .

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      declining to answer more pa . "Ucularly . ) I went tu b Pasture with a friend ; declin e saying by whom I w 1 sent . Did not know at the ti . " ne that application hs been made to the Mayor for pen uiasion to hold a meeting ; nor did I say to any person n that you would be arrested before night . On my oav . you did say the police were ?• blue vampires , ' * but x cannot say what the sentence waa of which the wort ' formed a part , because ot the confusion there was at th ^ time . Cann ot say if the words " boiling of the unboiled" 'Were or were not used in a metaphorical setse ; could m ^ understand what the meaning was ; but considered yo ur language was calculated to rnfhme the minds of the pet'P'e ; they gave expressions of their approbation . Canno * say it approbation be or be not a token of excitement or iuflammatiou of the mind . There did not seem to be ax 'Y disposition to an outbreak on the part of tLe asssal'Jy at

      the time . , Dkl not see any instance of disturbance > bat when you were speaking of the green fields , and * the oppression of the people , they echoed year sentimentta , and heaped curse * on the heads of the manufacture ! % Tlhere was no fighting or tumu't . SBrgeant > gar ( Borough Police ) was next examined —He was in the Pasture on Sunday evening , when hd » sa \ r nearly 9 , 000 ' persons assembled ; but he was not there at the commencement of the proceedings . . Heard . ' part of . Jones- ' s address—that part which related to the polio , and that part only . VVas there in plain clothe * . [ A gat ' d evidence -was in a great measure the same as that given by Marshall . Tho additional part is hetogiven J When prisoner was speaking of the Police , he said that even the shade of a policeman walking down the street was loathsome and disgusting to behold . Ho also heard him say—when the time of boiling came , woe to the unboiled f

      Cross examined— -I > id not hear the commencement of the prisoner's address , b * t draw nearer as he was speaking of the poliee , 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 in the afternoon , but not at the " conclusion of the service , " and therefore knew of no notice 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 addressed the Mayor , asking him if it was customary to allow all the witnesses to ba in court while the others were examined ? Before the Mayor could answer , a number of voices shouted oat" No ! no I" and it was with some difficulty that silence could be restored even with the threat of clearing the c » urt When silence was obtained , tho Mayor t » ld the prisoner that they certainly would not bare been in ' court if bo had made the request at the commencement of the case ; otherwise it was rot customary to keep the witnesses out of court . Prisoner said ha was not acquainted with tbe customs of courts of law , and therefo e did not know it was necessary to ask . The Mayor told htm he need not be afraid—every justice should be done to his case .

      Daniel Bassford , framework knitter , b 9 ing sworn , deposed that he was in the pasture on Sunday evening and heard Jones speak . He couM not , however , remember much of what was said , with the exception of that part relating to the police . [ H . re witness ' s evidence was , substantially the same as that given by the preceding witness ] Prisoner ' s address generally appeared , to be designed to infiitne the minds of tha people . After prisoner bad been speaking , there wav some singing and a collection , The meeting approved of what was said , which was calculated to create dissatisfaction in the minds of tbe people respecting tha police . Cross-examined—Had been in tbe company of the police that morning , and had h ' jd conversation with them on different subjects , but not relating to this examination . Learnt his lesson" last night , not that morning ; learnt it after hearing prisoner speak , and not from the police .

      Prisoner here wanted to Jn » w if witness knew what was the meaning of tbe phrase " create dissatisfaction in the minds of the people ?" Witness said , " calculated to make tha people feel prejudice and dissatisfaction against the police . " Did not know that prisoner objected to the property of the rich being protected by law : believed he said that " every man should ba punished for trespassing on law-protected property ; but that it was the equal right of evsry man in society to have hi" * preparty equally protected by the law . " D ' . d not hear prisoner call upon the people to make any attack on thu police , or to show any disapprobation against them ; nor did ho know that prisoner recommended 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 bow far it extended—whether fifty or more yaids , or only ten . Could hear a speaker with a voice like prisoner ' s at seventy , yards' distance , but not distinctly . Did not know how his observations acted upon the people , and could not say what degree of declamation was necessary to excite thu feelings of the people of this town . The prisoner here remarked on the contradictions of this witness ' s answers—he first saying the address was of an inftewttmatoty nature , and then that he could not say how it operated on the feelings of the people .

      Witness explained that he spoke of the address generally- —which had an inflammatory tendency , but that he ceuld not say how particular portions of it operated . ,. Isaac Burrowea , of No . 4 , Gravel-street , deposed that be was in the Pastures on Sunday evening , and heard Jones ( the prisoner ) speak for abcut a quarter of an hour . He was sent there from the County-office to see what was going on . Heard Jones speak about tbe Bishops , and say that the salaries of the "

      blood-sucking Biakops must be done away with ; no good would be done for the poor till that and other like things were done . " Jones said he had been away from homa for the last seven mouths and did not know whether ha should be allowed to reach it again ; but . if not he was prepared to stand till tke last moment iiji the cause oC the people . He also requested those persons who were around him . and who had not yet done so , to enter the ranks of the Chartists . He hoped he 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 Connty Police-office . Prisoner here wanted to know if witness did the bidding of his employers without asking as to the justice of the orders given him ?—that was what he ( prisoner ) was charged with saying . Witness did not seem to think there was any great crime . committed in doing as ordered , and merely replied—he went and saw and made bis report . Was asked by Mr . Charters to come as ft witness ; was nob told by him what to say , but merely asked if he bad been present at the meeting . Did not see any disturbance at the meeting ; did not hear anything about the

      police . Heard prisoner spaaking 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 hear him state his reasons for supposing he would be taken prisoner before getting home . Did not hear him say anything about a warrant having been applied for against him at Hartlepool , bnt the allegations against him were all contradicted . Did not hear him call on the people to break the law , molest the policeforce , or do injustice to any man . Did not hear prisoner incite the people to the destruction of property . Would not Bay whether he ( witness ) was to have any reward if prisoner were convicted : —had not been ordered not te answer that question , but refused to do so from bis own knowledge on other occasions .

      Policeman F . Smith deposed that he went with Sergt . Haynes to Cooper ' s bouse in 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 had not enough to do—that was the only reason . Had before been employed in the apprehension of Chartist lecturers—in the apprehension of Cooper . Had never said he wished the Magistrates would entruBt to him the apprehension of all ths Chartist lecturers—too much of a good job that !

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

      The Magistrates retired to eonsult , and they had scarcely left the bench before soins of the Chartists called out te the prisoner to know if he was thirsty and would have anything to drink ? a glass of rum ? 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 hall were then so zaalous for the preservation of order that they pointed out the luckless offender , and were for ejecting

      him in the most approved method . There were then so many cries of " Order ! " and " Silence 1 " that as a natural consequence there was a tremendous hubbub , which disturbed the Magistrates In their consultation , and the mayor had again to threaten to bate tbe ball cleared . Wher they returned , the mayor informed Jones that ' he would be required to give bail to answer the charge at the next Borough Asstesa—himself fa £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 5 » each . If his bail came from Leicester , twenty-four hours would be allowed him ; if from a greater distance * longer time in

      proportion to the distance . Jones then asked if he might be allowed the use of wr iting materials ? his bad &een taken away by the police , who had promised that he should write as many letters as be pleased when he got to the Station-house ; but he had not been allowed to bare them at all . Ths Mayor aald he must prefer his request to the Visiting Justices when he got to the gaol , and they would no doubt consider his ease the same as they did that of any other prisoner . As Jones was following the police a of ^ SB ^ some person addressed the Mayor , and t * Mft ^\ tittM | B allowed to take Jones ' s dinner to taWl £ 3 lJ £ iM £

      house ? The Mayor told the speafci ^ MgiaM Jy < iM ( g ' bo fear-Jones would be pwTld ^ jft ^ S ^ . r ^ v v . ¦ £ pk ' - ^ £ 0 ^ 3 ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ - - * ? kMM *§

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      I ... ¦' . . . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ :. . - ¦ . ' ' THE NORTHERN S Tl jfl > -. "¦' . "

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      FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF LINNEY THE CHARTIST . HlMLET , SEP . 3 RD . This morning tbe re-examination of Joseph Linney was resumed . He stood charged with illegally meeting and uttering expreBBior . s tending to a breach of the public peace . There were a great number of persons present . Mr . Powell , solicitor , of Birmingham , appeared foi the prisoner . Mr . S . S . Briscoe and Dr . Dehans , of Wolverhampton , were thu magistrates in attendance . Mr . Pricu , constable , who was examined on Thursday , was then called , and deposed to hia attending a meeting at Brockmore , between Dudley and Stourbrfdge , in the parish of Kingswinford , when he was stoned , and subsequently the riot act was read and the militarj arrived , and Linney was the principal man there .

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

      Mr . Whittinpham , 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 * o speak . I saw him there , and heard him spt-ak to a woman . She said , " I heard you were lost ; 1 heard you was in gaol . " He replied , " Ob , no ; I came here to be taken to-night " The Riot Act was afterwards read . Cross-examined by Mr . Powell—Saw Linney about ten minuteB . The only conversation I heard him have was with the woman I have mentioned . I did not see Linney at the place where the people were assembled . He did not go to them . Taey went to 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 ' s Iron Works , in the parish of Kingswinford , 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 he was just gone . . : ' Mr . Powell now submitted that inasmuch as it was proved that , up to a cet tain " period , Linney was not present , he could not be held answerable for any acts or breach of tbe peace which afterwards took place during his absence ; tbeie being nothing to connect him with any subsequent breach of the peace . The magistrates eaid they should hear the whole of the evidence , and after hearing Linney ' a defence , give their decision . Thank God , they did not sit there as judge and jury . .

      Adllngton ' s evidence continued—Afterwards saw stones thrown at Price . He pointed the men out , and tbe cavalry came down . Vo more atones were thrown . Heard the people say , that had it not been for Linney , the meeting would not have taken place . There was a great riot , and the people did not dtaperse until rougher means were adopted . Stones were thrown , and the Riot'Act was read . Eight or nine Jaundred persons wsie present . SeTersl of the inhabitants requested that we would not leave until all-was fulet , as they were afraid tbe windows would be Bmaahed in with stones , and we ( the special constables ) remained until tbe middle of tbe night . Cross-examined—Dont know that the prisoner did any act to call the meeting . 1 was told be did bo ,

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      COMMITTAL OF WILLIAM JONES . ( From the Leicester Chronicle . J 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 . B . Marshall ( one of the turnkeys at tbe Borough Gaol ) , on being sworn , deposed : —I was in tbe 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 part of what he said , and he had not commenced before I came up . Was about forty or fifty yards from prisoner , who gave au outline of the

      constitution ef the Yeomanry and Militia forces , after which he went on to show that while there was every protection for the property of the rich man , there was none for that of the poor man—which was his Labour . The cavalry ( that is ,-the Yeomanry ) he said , are only in training eight days out of the twelve months , and in them are put through the military movements , and are taught to cut throats in a scientific manner . He then asked how long it was since the militia were disembodied , and answered himself ten years . They ( the militia ) were drawn from the great body of the working classes , without distinction as to their religious and political sentiments ; and they were thought a dangerous force to keep up . In the north of Lancashire and Yorkshire they could never be called out in

      case of disturbance : —so they 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—ha must be bloodthirsty , and ready to swear anything his masters wished him to do . He called them the " unboiled blue , " and said tost when the day of boiling came " woe to the unboiled ! " All that was said by prisoner respecting the police : he then went on to speak of the army as 140 , 600 hired assassins , aud said that class legislation

      was kept up by their instrumentality . He again reverted to the rich man being protected by law , while the poor man was not , and pointing to one of the factories , said that if a poor mau went into one of them and stole some of the oily aud dirty stuff not worth more than sixpence , out of tbe place , he would be taken as a felen , the magistrates would look upon his offence as such , and would commit him to 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 upon him as an honest , upright man , because the law was made for his 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 beard 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 his back or on his belly , it was all the same : the master might trample upon him as be pleased . The crowd applauded and approved of these sentiments , and especially when the police were spoken of . The confusion was then so great that I could not hear all that was said . Prisoner took his text from 2 Peter , o . ill . v . 13 . — " Nevertheless we , according to bis promise , look for a new heavens and a new earth , wherein dwalleth righteousness . " This new age of righteousness , be said , was fast approaching , but could not be established till the present order of things was swept away .

      Cross- jxamined by prisoner—Did not take down a report in writing of what you said at the tine it was spoken . Was at the meeting when you began to speak A person named Thomason had spoken before , but could not hear so well what he said ; he did net appear to be so inflammatory . Pray how was it that you could hear so well what I said , but not what Tbomason said r Because I was nearer when you spoke . I heard the hymn that was sung ; do not recollect the first line , but recollect » Terse like this : — ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦*« . « Britons ! ye are slaves , Beaten by policemen * staves . And if by force ye dare repel , Yours will be the felon's cell . "

      [ When the witness had repeated the first line of the verse , a voice in the body of the hall shouted oat , " So we no l" and the exclamation was followed by a buzz of applause . The Mayor immediately rose , and said that he should be sorry to have recourse to such a precedent ; bat if any more such unseemly interroptions were offered to tbe course of business , be should desire the hall to be cleared . Order was then restored , and the crois-examinatlsn of Mawhsll by the prisoner reanmed . 3 Did my address blame the law for protecting the rich man ' s property t You said that the poor man ' s property was not protected . Am not in the poliee , tmt am in tke service of the Corporation . In wtftt capacity ? ( Witness repeated his answer ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 10, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct770/page/3/