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      J&Etrbiwiitiui Ttoiise Sliiulugtike.

      J&etrbiwiitiui ttoiise SliiulUgtiKe .

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      - JUlRLBOROVGB 8 TKEET . "VPEKTCSBAT . —&OTAXTT I » TSIBUXiTlOH . A" StOUt ¦ K-eB-dress » d 3 nsn of colour -vr ^ ljroTightintoco-irt charged jrifh lsri » g sererelj " "beatentme of Ins countryiuen . The defendant , when asked for his name , in a stentor-TQce yvAce , said , ' I am Prince Chxistopbe dTIayti , broder to de JSng of HaytL" The ebmplsinantf John Harris , ( bf Toland-street , said he had the misforteie to "become acquainted with his sable highness at a time- trhen his exchequer required replenishing , and' feeling compassion for a fdlow-eonntrrmsnof his own complexion , he ivas ini daced to take him into' his ^ house and provide him sad his suite ( amonjj -which ivas a female attach 4 ) mit 3 » - debt liid been -. creaied . amounting to £ 150 . His highness , promised- * to liquidate the -amount xt soon as he obtained possession of those revenues sacred to the scions of Haytian royalty , and more particuUflj when Tie jot about a minion and a half of money ¦ niich lie declared ins late Majesty , his brother , had

      lodged in the Bank of England , and leu him heir . He aibseqijentiy left the country , and the complainant had beard nothing more of him until he accidentally met bins ' in Piccadilly the day previous . The complainant demaBdcd iris monej , instead of -which he got several blows iro ^ i'ths defendant ' s umbrella , by -which his fac « was laid ¦ ¦ cv-a , and he ¦ jr a * otherwise injured . The prince was rectdred testate why he had conducted himself iB such a plebeian , manner towards his benefactor . Sare magistraai ( said » jthe prince } , I only = peak sonit ; Injrlis dat is "broie . " I strike h \ vn face , ven he call me blackguard . Hah ! date" irord 1 gnashing his teeth with rag « O very bad word in England ; very 'bad -word in Hayti ; very bad ¦ word for prince ; very bad -word for a broder of a long . Covrptainantz TV , you nrfberpav me . Princer Dere ' s de law for you , in de Bench of de Queen . Complainant : Ha - ha 1 ha ! Sue him beggar . — ' Mr . Maltby nued th « defendant £ 3 , and in defaultof payment he was committed to prison for one month ' s hard labour . ' .

      T-ttk Li .-w or Distsatxt . —A -very poor woman dune to llr . " Maltby to state that all her small stock of furniture and clothes had been seized for rent the previous day . Her husband , ivho -worked at a eoal-wharf , and who had lastJbeen-employed at the . Ranelagh--wharf , Pimlico , had ¦ broken Ms ancle , ssd this had thrown him out ofvrort fox some time . The children , too , had been seized with the : smallpox , and _ the conseqnence of these heavy afflictions was that they had run into arrear of rent amounting to 52 s . "WhUe she was out on Tuesday afternoon , lending a charitable hand -to clean the room of a sick jieig-hbotrr , the landlord wrt in a "hro"ker and made a lew , leaving a man

      in possession . There was besides the 52 s . for rent a chargeof Ss . for levy , and although the Tnan in possession had only entered upon his office about four o ' clock the previous day , and it -was not more than- one o ' clock j esterday when the poOT woman made her application , aperiod of abont seventeen hours ^ hehad contrived to make ont ~ b claim of 5 & for two day * possession , being at the rate of 2 s . 6 d . per day . Mr . Maltby directed inquiry to be made into the ease , which -was done and found to "be one of jrreat destitution . The constable was commissioned to make the best terms he could "with the landlord , and the applicant received 5 s . for present need , with an intimation that something more substantial should be done for her .

      Fstdat . —" Charge ! Ghxstxs , Chxkge ! " — Edward 3 £ nrray , a veteran soldier-looking man , berireen fifty and nxrvjears of age , tves charged -vrith , being drunk , and incapable of taking care of himself . Police-constable Ho . 87 of the C division , stated that between twelve and one o ' clock tfrw morning he found the defendant in "Wardonr-street excessively dnrnk , and supporting himself against the shutters of a shop window . "Witness asked him if he lived there ; he replied " 3 » o ; " but afterwards said he resided -up the street . "Witness said , " "Which is the house V The defendant said , ' - ' -The slorious 42 d I

      Waterloo ? Charge . ' charged Harness seeing Mnr so -disorderly , charged him accordingly a ; the station-house . Mr . Hardwick : "What have yon to say , sir , in answer to the charge against yon of bong drunk and incapable of taking care of yourself ? Defendant : My good sir , the facris this ; I served in the 42 d—that is , 1 had the honour to do so—with many brave felloes , at the memorable battle of Waterloo . It is , 1 believe , allowed that the 42 d did their duty there . Mr . Hard-nick : I shall discharge you ; but dont come here again in the same character . 3 > efen 3 ant : 1 fhn-nV von , sir : bnt I hope you mil have the candour to admit that the 42 d alwavs do their dutv .

      Mosdat . —Exbezziucest . —F . Thomas Parker was brought before Mr . Maltby , charged with various acts of embezzlement . TIr . "W . "Winch , livery stable-keeper , Great "Windmill-street , said the prisoner had formerly been in his employ as clerk . It was the prisoner ' s duty , whenever he received money or cheques from the customers , to pay the property over to him immediately . Prosecutor having ascertained that the , prisoner had receiTfcd a cheque . from Dr . itarsden ibr . £ 10 , made inquiry aboat it , and the prisoner then admitted he had received

      the money and had appropriated it to his own use . Prosecutor immediately took the prisoner to the Guarantee Society ' s offices in the Poultry , and told the clerk there that the prisoner hnd embezzled - the proceed * of a cheque for £ 10 . The prisoner did not deny Tbe charge , and produced a paper on which were various am Grants he had received and appropriated . The prosecutor added that he had just received a second paper from the prisoner containing aJldiza-Giial names , wnichv cKi&cle tire amount embezzled , since August las ^ . b ^ fpeea X 30 and £ i& . The ¦ prisoner was remanded . ,: -. .

      PoB « m . —William "Wicks was charged with having forged the name of his master , Mr . Shaw , upholsterer , of Mortimer-street , to a cheque for £ 10 on the Tnion Bank of London , Argyll-streeti The prisoner was remanded HO Thursdav next .

      "WORSHIP STREET . TrrtTiiT Coisxsc . —James Green , a well-dressed middle-aged man , and Anne Gretn , his daughter , a little girl , 11 years of age , were charged before Mr . Bingbam with having been found engaged in the manufacture of a large quantity of spurious money , and also with having committed a murderous assault npon two officers of police . Tt appeared , iroin the statement of Serjeant Brannan , who was in such a state of suffering that he was scarcely able to give his evidence , that , having received information that the male prisoner was- closely connected ¦ with an extensive gang of coiners , who had recently put into circulation a large amount of spurions money , he proceeded "between nine and ten o ' clock on the previous evening , in company *> f the officer Cole , to the

      house of the prisoner , in Booth-court , City-road . On knocking at the door they were a < lmitted by the younger prisoner , who , the instant she saw them , called loudly to her father , on which ihe male prisoner suddenly made his apperance at the top of ? rflight of stairs , tomffiunicating tviih a room , into which tbe street door " opened . "Witness rushed up stairs , in the hope of secarsngiim , and had . reached -within three steps of tbe landing , when -the prisoner exclaimed , " You ' ve not got me yet , Brannan , yon thief , " and springing at Tiim struck ^ wm such a violent blow on tbe ch € 5 t with W « feet , that lie was instantly hurled from the top of the etairs to the room belo « r , -where his spine came in contact ¦ with the edge of a chair , and the prisoner , who was unable to check his own -impetus , fell with his whole weight ¦

      upon tire lower part of his body . Cole then seized the prisoner , and a severe struggle ensued between them , in the course of which the witness , who had partially recovered Trom the faQ , saw the younger prisoner in the act of concealing something in her bosom , which he forced from her , and found it-to be a parcel containing twenty"two counterfeit half-crowns , finished for circulation . Witness then proceeded up stairs , -where he found agreat number of'base coins strewed abont the ta . Dle , and while securing them the male prisoner , followed by Cole , burst into the room , and , seizing a large glass battle filled with vitriol , dashed the greater part of the burning liquid over their hands and the upper part of their persons . The male prisoner xhen p-uSed from under "his apron a bag filled with spurious coin and handed it to the girl , dcsirrig her to get rid of it ; but witness succeeded in snatchingit from her and securing therest of the base money , amounting to more than a hundred shillings and half-crown pieces . Thtt-also found , several bonles of plating liquids and

      adds , . with some curiously-constructed implements for perfecting tbe coins , nMcli the prisoner was in the habit of receiving in a rough state for the purpose of finishing and rendering them complete for circulation . Sergeant Brannan added that the injuries he had received during his siragg-le rwith the prisonerwere of snen a serious nature that he was apprehensive he should feel the effects of fhemas long as he Hved , Cole , the other officer , whose hands -and wrists appeared dreadfully scorched and swollen , corroborated the sergeant's evidence , and stated that theprisonerhadsetabuB-dognponhim , which bitand clung to him with such pertinacity that he had the greatest difficulty in beating it oflj and tliat the resistance offered by the prisoner was the most desperate he had ever encountered . In hisdefenee , the prisoner declared tha : the whole of the articles found at his house had been left There by a man who promised to call again , and that he was -wholly innocent of any-guilty use of them . ilr . Bingbam ordered both the prisoners to be remanded for the attendance of the solicitor of the Mint to prosecute the

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      BOW STREET . Sattkbxx , Dec . 21 . — Attempt jj Ripe . —A respectably-dressed voung man , about twenty-five years of age , -was brongbi before Mr . Jardine , . under the -name of Thomas George Hampton , charged with liaving attempted to commit a rape upon ± he person of a yonng girl , named Amelia Stewart , living id ser"riee at theJiouse of Mrs . Edwards , confectioner , 366 , Strand . Tbe girl appeared to be much * eonfnsed as she -entered ihe witness-box , and it was with difficulty she could be got to give her testimony , she was so abashed at the questions put to her . She deposed that abont ibnr o ' clock on the Thursday previous she was down stairs in the Mtchen ,

      and proceeded to the coal-cellar to get some coals . l ? hen * faegot nearthe coal-cellar , she sawthe prisoner standing in the area . He camenp to her and caught hold of ner , saying , "I have seen you Beveral times be&reV and began pulling her aboHt She retreated back into the iitclien , and he followed her , and , taking- hbM of her , ^ poshed her back into a chair . She struggled to release hereelfj bathe held her tight , and ardyTefl hold of . "ier ^ rhen she began'to scream cut . Ti ^ enshehad rot Bomeliit ^ distance from him he again appwaebedJier , rand attempted to lay hold of ier ^ -aga ^'; apOT -roieh" she seized the dustpan , * TnQtf ^ rbSciE ste - had > been - -going for coals , and gtmek at him so as to make him release ber . ; He aflen » ard % however , got hold of her anns , and on mothing her back , the dust-

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      pan broke- a pane in the door , which was lialf glass . He pushed ier back into . { he-chair again , and -was proceeding to fnrther extremities , when her mistress -neard the bustle and came down stairs . The prisoner immediately let go his hold of her , and ran up the area ^ jjeM , ^ getting clear away . "Witness immediatdy told net . Tnistress of the assault , and the 3 > olice _ were ijiformed , but nothing was heard of the prisoner-till the next day , when her mistress going-intoi ^ i ^ , coat-cellar , found him there . She imfflefialily ~ ^ ve him into custody . —Mrs . Edwards , t 4 e liiiitress ' of the girl , corroborated the evidence of fe ^^ S ^ brrfliBss- The prisoner confessed the truth -ofthe eharge , and expressed his sorrow for what he haddone . ^ He was committed for trial , the magisb-ate admittao ^ iimioiail , himself in £ 40 and twe sureties of £ 30 each .

      TtJXSDA"f . rr ! PosT-OFTicE Xsibezzimist . —Robert Hobson , the keeper of a receiving-house for the postage of letters , at Walthamstow , was brought up for final examination , charged ¦ with embezzling the sum of Is . 10 d ., being the postage of-6 letter to Calcutta , ana fully committed for trial . The prisoner was again charged with unlaTrfully detaining a number of newspapers which came into his possession for the purpose of being transmitted by the post . The evidence given on the former examination was repeated and perfected . The prisoner , by the advice of his counsel , made no defence , and he was ordered to And bafl , himself in £ 100 , and trro surities in £ 50 each , to answer the charge at the sessions . The prisoner was then removed from the bar .

      13 X 102 ? HALL . Satcbdax . —A Lovko Paib is Trouble . —A goodlooking young woman , named Margaret Sheen , was brought oefore Mr . Traill , at this office , and charged with having stolen a black satin waistcoat , the properly of her master , Mr . Charles Bright , residing at No . o , Holland-street , North Briston . The female prisoner was put forward in conjunction with Edmund Edwards , a groom , who was accused of being found in Mr . Blight ' s house , for an unlawful purpose . It appeared a child of the complainant ' s was in the habit of sleeping with the female prisoner . Towards the middle of Fridav night the child was heard to scream , and Mis . Bright got out of bed She the

      to see what was the mat ^ SR entered prisoner's room , and was somewhat surprised to find the child sleeping by herself , and the prisoner ' s part of the bed undisturbed . She inibrmed the complainant ( her husband ) of this , who , without loss of time , repaired to the kitehen , where he discovered a roaring fire , before -which was lying what he conceived to be two large bundles . On a more minute inspection , however , he observed the legs of a man protruding from one of them . This slijhtlv alarmed him , and , mating as little noise as possible , he returned up stairs , and called in police constables Hi and 162 P , and then returned to the kitchen . It was soon discovered that the bundles were no less than the two prisoners , who were lying fast asleep in each other ' s arms , rolled up in blankets . The

      larder had been rifled , and on the table were left the remains of a large quantity of eatables and drinkables . Both prisoners were taken into custody , and , on the way to the station-house , the female prisoner threw away a black satin waistcoat , which was afterwards identified by the complainant as being his property . The female said her shawl hung over her master ' s waistcoat , and in her hurry she must have pulled it down unknowingly . —Mr . Bright denied tins .- —The male prisoner said he had kept company with his companion "upwards ^ of two years , and as she had on Friday night to iron the linen , she invited him to sit up with her . Having partaken freely of the refreshments placed ' jbefore him , he fell asleep before he was conscious . —Mr . Trail ] remanded the prisoners till Mondav .

      Hojtdat . —Chakgx or Theft . —Ed \ vard Edwards was brought up for re-examination for being found iu a Mr . Bright's house at iCorth Brixton , for an unlawful purpose ; and Margaret Sheen , the nurse in the family , was charged with stealing a satin waistcoat , belonging to her master , and also with harbouring the other prisoner in the house . The circumstances attending the discovery of the prisoners at four o ' clock on Saturday morning , lying together before a blazing fire , in the complainant ' s kitchen , and of the woman dropping her master ' s satin waistcoat on the way to the station-house , appeared in our Town edition of Saturday last . The nurse ( Sheen ) was therefore committed for two months to hard labour for unlawful possession of the article , and Edwards was adjudged to enter , into his own recognizance in £ 40 , and find two sureties in £ 20 each , to be of good behaviour for twelve mouths .

      THAMES POLICE . TrrsDiT . —Distressing Case . —A poor woman , named Ann Foi , came before Mr . Brt > derip and related a tale of woe deserving the attention of the humane . Slic stated that an elderly woman , named Joiner , living in a miserable court called Pe « l-a 3 U-y . Peel-place , Shadwell , had not the means of paying the funeral expenses of her grandchilil , which died that morning , and that another cliild wa ? just rrcui ering frum the scarlet frver . The mortality in the family had been ven great , the old woman ' s daughter , whose name was Botwright , and two other children , having died within a few weeks of each other since Julv . Thev fell victims to fever and want of

      sufficient food . On the second Friday in Julj , l ! r « . -Joiner s son-inJaw , Butwrigbt , who was a sailor , was killed at Quebec , and the old woman , who obtained a scanty living bv making up slops , had since kept the orphan children , although > he was h « -r ? elf labouring under illness . Mr . Bus * , a > urgi-on of High-street , Shadwell ^ had teen ativndin ? the sirk children , and had kindly offered to pay fur opening the irruund ^ nd providing a grave for the body oi tht child , but the jq-andmother was unable to procure a coffin and shroud . Mr . Broderip said this was a painful ra ~ t , and he directed Ellis the usher , to make inquiries about it , and if the woman Joiner wanted assistance to afford htr some relief , and take care that the bodv was

      decenUT interred .

      QUEEN SQUARE . Satceuat - — S-ukbkb — Mary Ann Brown , Emma Page , and TVDliam Pdsten , three notorious and well-known smashers , were placed at the bar under the following charge : •—John foster , beer-shopkeeper , Princes-street , Westminster , deposed that between eight and nine o ' clock on the previous night , the three prisoners came to his house and called for a pint of ale , in payment for which Page gave him a good halfcrown ; he returned two good shillings and fourpence . Knowing the parties to oe utterers of base coin , he

      was particular in ringing both the shillings on the counter . Page then asked for a biscuit , and gave him a bad shilline , declaring it to be one she had just received . He safd he was determined to give them into custody , when Posten struck him a violent blow on the hand , and the shilling fell on the floor ; he , however , placed his foot upon it , when Posten butted him on the stomach with his head with such violence as to nearly knock the breath out of his body . The prisoners were remanded till Monday .

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      OXFORD CIRCUIT . Stajtoed , Dec . 19 . —The Wolvebhauptos Case . —Chxld Mcbdeb- —lids case , -which appears to have created a great sensation , not only in this county , but throughout England , came on for trial this morning , after being twice postponed . Jane Railton , aged 32 , was indicted for concealing the birth of her child , at Wolverhanrpton , in the month of October last ; and John Sheriff , aged 28 , and James Hildreth , aged 38 , were charged with aiding and abetting her in such concealment . The particulars must be fresh in the recollection of our readers . The result of the trial was . that after the examination of a great number of witnesses . Miss Railton , not being a poor unfortunate , like Mary Furley , and the other prisoners being , like Mrs . Tyrwhitt . " " highly respectable ! " were Acquitted .

      Coks-Eickjoge , Fmp . iT . —The supply of English "Wheat liere was -very limited , owing to which , and the fair attendance of dealers , the demand for that artiele was . steady at full Monday's quotations . Foreign wheat , free of duty , was in good request , and previous rates were steadily supported . The quantity of English barley was riot large , yet tbe trade was dull , without any variation in price . Foreign barley was plentiful , and the distillers supplied themselves with the best sorts at previous rates . The best tender malt was in request , but other qualities were dull . Owing to the contrary winds , the arrivals of oats are small ; yet buyers held back , in anticipation of good arrivals . Other grain as on

      Monday-SiOTHriEU ) Cattle Market , Fridat . —For the time of year we had a fair average supply of Beasts , both as respects number and quality , ¦ while the Beef trade was firm , and Monday ' s quotations were steadily supported . Scarcely a single head of foreign stock was offering , while the receipts from Scotland weresmalL Sheep , the supply of which was good , met a sluggish demand , yet we can notice no alteration in prices . In ealves very little was doing , yet the rates remained stationary . Pigs were a dull sale , but not cheaper . Milch cows sold heavily at from £ 16 to £ 19 each .

      Stattobd , Dec . 20 . —Sestexce . —At the sitting of the Court this morning the learned Judge passed sentence of transportation for ten years on Joseph Penn , convicted of the manslaughter of Prudence Hughes , at Sedgeley . The Wolvebhamptox Case agaix . —John Sheriff , an account of whose trial , together with that of Miss Railton and Mr . Hildreth , for the concealment of the birth of a child , has already appeared in our columns , was again placed at the Irax , under an indictment for using a certain instrument on the loth and 20 th October last , at the Darish of Wolverhanroton . with intent

      to procure the miscarriage of ^ tiks Jane Railton , a young lady "who happened at that time to be yrith child . The priaonerpleaded not guilty , Mr . Beadon appeared for the prosecution , and stated the facts of the case clearly and eonoseljrjo the jury . Miss Railton "was then called seversflimes as a witness against the prison ' er ; bnt as" she diet-not eome into Court for that jrarpose , ihe Judge ordered her recognisance to be estreated . ; Mr . Beadon \ then observed that it Trould be needless for him toprbceed with the case during the absence of Bb material a witness , and ihe learned Judge directed thegury to " aeqtrit the prisoner ; upon "which he was discharged from custody .

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      NORFOLK CIRCriT , Norwich , Dec . 19 . — Inckndubism . —George Dye , aged 17 , was indicted for wilfully and maliciously Betting fire to a wheat-stack , the property of Daniel Watson , of Larling .: The prosecutor is an innkeeper , and on the night orthe fire the prisoner and five oilier men had been spending the evening at the pror secutor ' s house . Shortly , after leaving the house the wheat-stack was iliscovered to be in 8 blaze . The prisoner was apprehended on suspicion , but afterwards discharged . Subsequently he confessed to a constable that himself and two others were engaged in the fire . He also confessed to the commission of several other fires , not being aware that the . party he was confessing to was a constable . He was consequently again , taken into custody . On his trial the prisoner told the jurv that the constable had

      spoken falsely ; but the jury thought otherwise , and found the prisoner Guilty . . Sentence deferred . Another IxcESDiARV . ^ -William Medlar , aged 37 , was indicted for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a stack of wheat , the property of Robert Samuel Thorne , Burgh next Aylsham . The prisoner had been apprehended on suspicion , a few hours after the fire . The prisoner ' s shoes were token off and compared with- the impressions in the field , and they corresponded in every respect . The cottage of the prisoner was searched , and part of a box of lucitermatches was found on the mantel-piece , and the matches corresponded in colour and dip with one that was found in the ditcli of the wheat field , near the gap leading from the stack-yard . The jury found the prisoner Guiltv . Sentence deferred .

      Norfolk ; Dec . 21 . —; Sextexces ox Convicted IstrEXDiABiES . —Mr . Justice Williams took his seat in court precisely at nine o'clock , and proceeded to pas ' s sentence upon the persons who had oeen convicted of the serious crime of arson . John ^ Rutland , George Dye , William Medlar , Christophe ? Rump , J . Quanr trel , Thomas Baker , and Robert-Parker , were sentenced to fifteen years * -transportation ; Jane Watts to twelve months' imprisonment ; Thomas Sessams two months' imprisonment ; and John Ilervev one month . With this proceeding terminated the business of the countv assize .

      , WESTERN CIRCUIT . Exeter , Dec . 17 . —Ixce . vdurism . —John Bendle , a miserably-clad and lainenian , was convicted of haying , on the night of the 2 fthlof September last , set fire to a rick of oats , the property of John Land . He was sentenced to be transported for life .

      NORTHERN CIRCUIT . Durham , Dec . I 7 .- <—Shootixo wrrn Intent to Kill . —Robert Brown , aged 25 , and George Muckleroyd , aged 28 , were charged with having , on the 25 th of July last , at Waldridge , feloniously fired off a gun into the house of John Walker , with intent to kill the said John Walker and Isabella his wife . On the night in question , between twelve and one o ' clock , the prosecutor was awakened by the report of a gun fired in at the window of the room where he and his wife slept , and he immediately perceived that he was bleeding , and that he had been wounded in different parts of the body ; and that his wife also had received several wounds . The jury found the prisoner Brown guilty , but acquitted Muckleroyd . brown was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Dec . 19 . —Shoplifting—Leah Mary Roper , who was accused of stealing 40 yards of satinette , value £ 6 ( is ., Ironi a shop in Holborn , the particulars of which have already been laid before our readers , was found guilty , and seuteueed to Cue year ' s imprisonment with hard labour . The Case or Bcigess . —Fobgeb * on the Bank or England . —William Burgess , aged 23 , clerk , was then placed at the bar charged with feloniously forging and uttering a certain paper , for the purpose of effecting the transfer of a certain Government stock and security , standiDgin the books of the Bank of England in the name uf 'William Oxenford , of the value of £ 8 , 200 , with intent to defraud the said William Oxenford thereof . In another count the prisoner was charged with feloniously

      aiding and abetting a person of the nnine of Joseph Elder to personate the owner of the aforesaid stock . In another count Elder was described as a person unknown . In other counts the persons to be ftlefrauded were laid as the Governor and Company of the Bank of England . In others as George S . Storj , John Petty Muspratt , AVm . Cotton , and Matthew Whiting , and in others the charges were otherwise varied . There were altogether six indictments laid against the prisoner on the transaction . The prisoner , who is a tall , red-haired , remarkably vulgar-looking young man , hobblid to the bar , assisted by the principal turnkey ,. who asked permission of the \ -ourt to allow the prisoner the accommodation ol" a chair , as lie « as very lame . The reiiuest was complied with , and the prisoner remained

      seated during his trial , holding a handkerchief to his face , which however , "hen occasionally raised to look at a witness or around the court , showed no symptom of requiring sui-h an application , otherwise tlian as a pleasanter substance of contract than the bare hand . The Hon . James Stuart Wortley stated the case , in a remarkably clear and simple manner , observing the order of time and circumstances , precisely a * they were subsequently detaildd in the erfiience , and with no addition to tbe iiistory of the afiair , already so generally known to the public . — Mr . William Srnee , who proved that lie was the chief accountant of the Bank of England , produced an attested copy of the account ( from the books of the company ) of the monies standing iu the name of Mr . VTil-Ham Oxenford . From that acconnt when read it

      appeared , thM . on ihe 3 rd of September last there stood a balance in favour of that gentleman of £ 9 , 800 , but on that day two sums of £ 6 , 305 3 s . 5 d . and of £ 1 , 894 lGs . 7 d . had Been transferred , the former sum to Messrs . G . S . Storey , J . P . Muspratt , William Cotton , and Matthew Whitehead . Directors of thr Pelican Assurance Company ; and the latter to Mr . Mortimer , a stockbroker . In answer to farther questions put by Mr . Adolphus , the witness stated , that in September last , and for about four years previous , the prisoner had been a clerk in the Consul ' s-office , and had access to all the books of the company , and by thsoe means became acquainted with all the particulars of the stock standing in the names of the proprietors . On the 31 st of August , or the 2 d of September , the prisoner applied to the witness for leave of

      absence , which was granted for threo days , expiring on the 3 th of September . lie never again returned to his duty . —Mr . William Oxenford , examined by Mr . Adolphus : lii -September last 1 had a sum of £ 9 , 800 staii'ling in rny name in the Consols at the Bank of England . That stock I never transferred , f » r consented or gave authority to any individual to transfer . ( The transfer-book was here produced to the witness . ) The signature , " William Oxeiv ford , '' to the two transfer * now before me is not my handwriting , and I can pronounee it without the aid of my spectacles to be a forgery . I never in my life saw the prisoner until he was in custody at the Mansion-house , and I never knew any person of the name of Elder . —Mr . Richard Board , examined by Mr . Clarkson : I am one oi ' the clerks in the Consols-office at the Bank of England , and

      on the 3 d of September last I received from a fellow clerk of the name of Sutton , the two transfer tickets now produced . At the time they were handed to make the transfer 1 observed the prisoner at the bar in the Transfer-office . He inquired of me whose duty it was to enter the tickets in the name of Oxenford . I replied that it was my duty . He then asked me if I would oblige him by entering them directly , as Mr . Oxenford was in waiting . I then proceeded to enter them directly in the transferbook , and while doing so I asked the prisoner if he knew Mr . Oxenford , as I had known the name for very many years . The prisoner replied that he did , and Mr . Oxenford was a very old friend of his . I remarked that he must now be getting a very old man . The prisoner responded that he was . Having completed the entry , 1

      inquired where Mr . Oxenford was . The prisoner said he was outside minding the horse ; that he ( the prisoner ) had just got " an early off" ( an expression indicative of a permission to be early off from duty for the day ) , and that they were going down to Gravcsend together . He then went out to fetch Mr . Oxenford , and in a short time returned with a gentleman and asked for the transfer-book . He inquired what gentleman would " see it , " i . e . witness the transfer and the identification of the party making it . The prisoner , on / being informed that tliis duty would be performed by a clerk of the name of Ingall , took the transferbook to that gentleman , saying to the person who was his companion , " Come along , Willie , it is all right , " I did " not soe the transfer made . On the 18 th bf September 1 accompanied John Forrester , the city officer , to America ^

      and found at a house , 51 , Federal-street , Boston , a per son of the name of Elder , but who was passing under the name of Ellis . This Elder was the same individual who came into the Bank on the 3 rd of September with the prisoner , after the latter went out , saying he would fetch Mr . Oxenford . On meeting this person , Forrester took him by the collar of his coat , and said , " Your name is Joseph Elder , and you are lately from London . " lie said that was the case . Elder was afterwards committed \> y the Americans to prison , where he destroyed himself . The witnesses Ingall , Tokely , Smith , Laurence , and Hickman were examined , but their evidence differed in nothing material from that already made public at the Mansion House . Among the witnesses subsequently examined , was Benjamin Caunt , the celebrated pugilist ,

      • who proved that he kept the Coach and Horses publichouse , in St . Martin ' s-lane , and had known the prisoner from his having frequented his house for some time previous to the robbery . The witness did not know the man Joseph Elder . The prisoner used to come to his house dressed like a horse-dealer with long boots to the knee , and spurs , and wearing a grey coat . He told witness that be was a horse-dealer in Oxford-streed ; but that he had a large farm in the country , with five' or six good hay-ricks , but that he meant to sell and make the most of them , and go to America , where he intended to buy another farm . On another occasion he asked if he could be accommodated frith a private room for a week or so , as he would pay well for it . He added

      that he had between £ 8000 and £ 9000 , whichhe was going to deposit in the bank at Newcastie-uppn-Tynej and that lie should have six" sdgdiers to guard it . After this , which transpired before the * * rd of September , a portmanteau and three bags were "brought by a man in company with the prisoner to the house of the witness . ^ an d . the prisoner asked the witness for the loan of half' -asbTereign to pay the deposit on them required by the dealer , Solomon . Witness refused to lend , the money but said he would be responsible for the portmanteau , * 6 ., and return them in case Jhe prifiQner , did not pay te them ; the ^ were : carried up to a bedroom anA 1 bck e 9 L up Robert Caunt , the brothUr and barman to thetist witness , stated that about four o ' clock in the afternoifci of ' ^ Tues

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      day , the 3 rd of September ,-, the prisoner droye up in an open . four-wheeled phaeton . The prisoner nas accompanied by a , soldier ; they had a carpet bag with them , which appeared to be very heavy , for they carried it between" them into the house ? "The prisoner asked to be shown into a private room ; and the witness offered him the use of the bar parlour , into which they entered with the carpet bag . In a few . minutes after , the man named Joseph iJldor came in and joined them , and soon after the witness heard a "jingling'' of gold . The witness , on this , Jlb ' oked through the curtains of the bar-parlour , and saw the carpet-bag- open , With gold loose in it , and two canvas bags , one of which / appeared to have burst . The prisrinev stated he was going to take the gold to a bank ' in Edinburgh , and that he was to have two soldiers

      to guard him . The witness tried to lift the carpet bag and its contents , but failed in the attempt in consequence of tlie weight . The prisoner then asked for the portmanteau , but Was told it wag locked up , and that the landlord and his wife had the key and were absent . Elder remarked thai if money would get it they must have it , and he sent for a locksmith who opened the bed-room door , and the portmanteau was brought down . The portmanteau taken in Boston by Forrester , in Elder ' s lodgings , was here produced and identified by the witness , who added that the prisoner paid him £ 1 10 s . on the delivery of the portmanteau , and that after this the contents of the carpet-bag were put into it . The prisoner , Elder , and the soldier , had refreshments of steaks and four bottles of wine , and ¦ at seven o ' clock Elder went

      out'for a cab , in which they drove away . The soldier alluued to in the above evidence corroborated these facts , and Capt . Hewitt , of the Brittania steamer , identified thepr isoner as being a passenger with Elder to Boston . — John / Forrester , examined I am chief officer stationed at theTitaTision-house , and there received a warrant for the apprehension of Burgess and Elder , and , in consequence of the instructions I received with that warrant , accompanied by the witness , Mi " . Board , I proceeded * to America . We arrived- at Halifax , whence I traced tlie prisoner and Elder from spot to spot , until I found a person answering the description of Elder living in Boston under the name of "Ellis . " When I reached his house , about one O ' clock on the 31 st of October , he was out , but I and Mr . Board waited his return . On his arrival

      MrJ Board at once recognized him , and I told him I had a warrant against him , and took him into custody . I said to him " Your name is Joseph Elder , and you are lately from London . " After I had put him in a place of security , I searched his lodgings , und found tlie portmanteau produced , in which were 400 sovereigns , some clothes , some linen marked "J . E ., " a card-plate and cards with the name of Ellis , some letters addressed to Joseph Elder , and a discharge in that name under the Insolvent Act . Af ter this 1 went with Mr . Broad and an officer of American police to a peninsula about fourteen miles from Boston , called Nahant , in search of the prisoner . There is an hotel there , where I found the prisoner was staying , but did not see him . The American officer had shown himself , and the prisoner

      escaped . 1 staid that night and part of the next day at the place , and then returned to Boston ; and on Saturday , the 2 nd of November , I proceeded thence to a place called Brewster ' s Island , eleven miles from Boston , up the river . Ou that island there is only one wooden hut , or cottage , in which I found the prisoner sitting by the fire . The prisoner , who then wore no whiskers , and who knew me from my attending the Bank on dividend days , said , on seeing me , " How are you , John ? " I replied that I was very well , but very sorry to see him in such a situation . The prisoner replied , " So am I ; but it cannot be helped now , old fellow . " We came away from the island , and in the boat the prisoner said , " Where is Elder ? " I told him that Elder had made away with himself , which was the fact . upon which the prisoner said ,

      " I think he is a fool for that . He might as well have seen it out . " 1 searched , but found nothing on the prisoner . On arriving at Boston I took him before a magistrate , by whom , under tlie'Convention Act , I was entrusted to bring him to England . At Nahant I recovered the carpet-bag now produced , as well as 1-0 sovereigns . I obtained also from a Mr . Blatchford , the prisoner ' s agent at Boston , £ (! , 305 , which the prisoner had given him to transfer to the Merchants' Bank at Boston , and which I have since handed over to the Hank of England The prisoner admitted that he had that sum in the Bank , and said he would be glad to assign it over to the Bank of ; En # Iand . The money I thus obtained I brought to England with me , and paid over to the Bunk ol

      England . —The jury , after ten minutes' deliberation , found the prisoner Guilty . — Mr . Baron Rolfe then addressed the prisoner , concluding by passing upon him the sentence of transportation beyond the seas for the term of his -natural life . The prisoner , who had become deadly juile during the latter portion of the trial , was then assisted by the turnkeys to retire ; his lameness being apparently so severe as to render it difficult fov him even to stand . Ho a |>]>< arcd in no degree affected during the whole course of the proceedings until the last hour or two , when th-i utter hopelessness oi escape from the clear and perfect chain of testimony which had been linked around him Appeared to have overwhelmed hiin with terror .

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      Leicester . — Fkamewohk-ksitteus' Conuitiox . — To t / ce Editor . —Sir : The question thut lias been raised concerning tlie condition , prospects , and" earnings ; the maiiner in which the wages are deducted ; Jind the evils which afflict the Frame knitters body , has become a question of . magnitude . The wrongs thut have iieen accumulating for years has merged into a system most corrupt , I will try to detail the great evils which afflict the mass of Framework-knitters , and those who arc dependent upon them for support , To prevent the idea that the facts contained in this letter are only > elected cases , I will take villages in all parts of the county , working under different

      manufacturers and bag hosiers ; so that I may be able to show the separate workings in each . Air . Felkin ' s account of the average wages of the work -people in the three counties is one that ought to be in the possession of all classes . Yet there is one tiling wanting in that account , to show the inexperienced reader one of tlie primary evils that iiifect our social system . It haa been -argited by some that nothing but an increase of power in machinery can ever be ol' much service to us ; and that machinery to be adapted to steam power . Nothing , in my opinion , acts so prejudicially to the interest of work-people as the introduction of any power to supersede manual labour , unless accompanied by a provision for those whom the increased power throws out of -employment-. Labour is the

      only property of the working classes ; and when impaired by mechanical science , the profits arising from such inventions ought to be made available to t lit use and protection of the individuals displaced . Suppose that there were l , ( J ( 10 persons in Leicester engaged in any particular branch of manufacture by hand labour , and that by mechanical contrivance one machine was made to do the work of ten men , 900 must be thrown out of employment ; left to seek subsistence by other means , or become a burden to the i n habitants who receive no pecuniary advantage from the introduction of the improved machine . If we trace the increase of machinery from the iu . vention of Lee , or from the year 11580 , when aiuan by the . name of Alsop was the only stockinaer

      in Leicester , we shall not find any increase that would have been injurious to the interests of working men , had that additional machinery been made to produce good manufactured articles . The people have always watched with a vigilant eye the progression of machinery ; not that they feared the accumulation of frames—but they feared the results that must follow the int / oflui-tion and progression ol a spurious mode of manufacturing stockings . As early as 1774 thti people gathered in great numbers to destroy an improved machine , introduced by Simpson and Goode , of Jycicester . And in 1776 a general combination of working men had been entered into , to obtain an Act of Parliament , to prevent fraudulent work , and to liin . it the wutnbcv ot apprentices , in

      accordance with the spirit and wording of the frame * work-knitters' charter , which prohibited the manufacture of spurious goods . Two bills were successively introduced into the House of Commons , but , being opposed by the Hosiers , were lost . When the result of these struggles was forcibly pourtrayed to the injured workmen , they devised plans for the dc siruct ' ion of the machines , for which several ended their earthly existence on the scaffold . From 1810 up to 1817 , the introduction of wide frames became more universal ; and as they progressed , the wages of the wrought or fashioned works decreased . Moreover , as the wide frames became more prevalent , the value of the narrow ones diminished , as shown before a Committee of the House of Commons in 181 'J : and

      1 may also add , that tlie poor's rates increased to an alarming extent throughout the country . In It ? 17 the Hosiers hold a meeting and formed a-list of prices , or what is generally termed a " statement , " containing the lengths , widths , and prices ; and to show the disposition of several of the leading Hosiers , they stated that " the wages-were low enough . " Vet in spite of tlus ^ ioaest declaration , ere twelve months had elapsed another serious reduction took place in the fashioned stockings , which caused a tumult in 18 K >; when numbers of highly respectable individuals placed themselves at the head of the movement . So convinced were they .-of . the evils arising from a superfluous amount ol goods manufactured by the new system of " spider work , " or " slap dash , " as it is technically termed , that a society was established , to prevent a surplus amount of goods being manufactured : and so formidable had this society become , that

      subscriptions were made in churches and chapels to aid the funds , out of which more than £ 3 , 000 were paid away in a month to support men , rather than they should be engaged in making goods to glut the mar-Jcets . S ^ powerful and beneficial wan this effort of the philanthropists and union-men , that , according to feJ ^ JStort's pamphlet , the . peor-rates , were reduced froia ; je ^|| 99 i to £ 11 , 030 j ; , and after . ' the Union was broken : ;« p . tlic ^ again rose to . £ 22 , 824 . During the j ^'; i 8 i 9 r ; ib ^ oi * .- 'tS ^ . P 9 ^ i , ^ P <><» r-rftte » of Sileby were j £ 2 ' , 2 $ i , andin ^ Bgi , during the Union , ~ they fell to £$ & : Is . 8 d > AtIS $# () n ; in l ^ &tue . poor-rates were mMr and in 1829 jpfcer the Union . they amounted to £ l ^ & 20 . Yqxm ^ Mjoiu ^ Wp > Jsi ^ . -r-C ^ o ) l > e continued . J J ThkLondon CbgR- ^ uTTSSsVSociETrir-OnMondji jy lajBt | Me ^ re . T . Bawajtt ( secretary to the Associated * &nuctesof London ) , ^ amman , and Fisher , asadeputationfrom the above Society , waited upon Richard Norman . -Esq ., Bank director , of Broad-street , City , and

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      treasurer of the " puncoinbe Testimonial" fund , with the sum bf £ 20 , the second subscription of that public spirited body to the " Buncombe Testimonial . " - The first remittance of £ 6 10 s . we announced a few weeks since from ! the Edinburgh ' -and LeitTi division of the same society , and we are credibly informed that the Cork-cutters , still retain £ 5 in hand as a nest-egg towards the third contribution for the same good pui-pose . Wjoulcfthe other trades only imitate the exemplary conduct of the spi cited Cork-catters , Mr . Duneombe sjwijd have such a . testimonial as would alike reflect honour on the givers and the receiver . ' i " "• ' ' ¦ '''

      Great Aggregate Meeting of tiie Mechanical TnADKS at Liverpool . —In accordance , with public announcement , th ) e aggregate meeting of the jrnechar nieal trades of Liverpool viz ., Mechanics , Millwrights , Engineers , Moulders , Smiths , and Boilermakers , was holden in the ! Assembly-rooms , Nelson-street , on the evening of Monday last , December 23 d ,. 1844 . The meeting was ] an extremely large one , and one feeling appeared | to pervade the minds of those present . That feeling was one of indignation at the present attempt of the employers to rob the working man of his only } hope and protection—his Trades Union . A detentiiniftion was also manifested to act on the defensive , ; and make known to the world that the men would ( not tamelv submit to such .

      monstrous tyranny , ! let the consequences be what they might . The meeting was called for halfpast seven o ' clock , at which time Mr . Robinson , of Manchester , was unanimously called to preside . Mr . ! Robinson on rising was received with rapturous cheers , which having subsided , he said , he felt the full weight of the duties of the office in which they had placed him . He trusted , therefore , that they would assist him in fulfilling the duties by g iving every speaker a fair hearing . The subject on which they had ! met , and the circumstances which had brought them together , were alike important , and probably would call forth discussion . So far as he was concerned , every per 8 on should have a fair heaving ; and he hoped the parties addressing the meeting

      would confine themselves to the subject which they had met to consider . The masters of Lancashire , and particularly those of Liverpool , had introduced a system called V quittance papevs , " which system struck at the best interests of the working man , inasmuch as it prevented him from taking his labour ' to the best market , j This had been the effect of the . system in other trades where it had been put into operation . Suppose that he was working for 18 s . a week , and he asked hisjmaster to give him an advance of two shillings . The master refused and he left ; bnt he had to take a sealed quittance paper to his next employer . In that paper was stated the reasons for leaving his last employer . It would run thus : — " Left of his own accord . We gave him 18 s . per week ; but he

      was dissatisfied , land wanted 20 s . This was a perfect barrier to his getting an advance of wages , lie considered it } a gross infringement on their rights , and for one was determined to resist it to the last—( much cheering ) . The masters had , throu g h the press and otherwise , stated that their association was purely protective ; but the case of the moulders ot Liverpool was sufficient to prove that there was no truth in what they said . The moulders had not struck , but had jbeen turned out by their employers , because they would not give up their Union . He would reflid them two printed circulars which had emanated' from j the Masters' Cnion , which he- had got hold of . [ Mr . R . then read a circular entitled an Address of the Masters to the Workmen , which was

      signed by a vast ! number of the masters in various parts of the country , extending as far as Derby ] . This circular disclaimed any intention of aggressive measures by the masters ; but the other told rum that there was no reliance to be placed on their words . The other circular which he held in his hand , had come from the same source as the one he had readin fact , in the same week , and signed by the same person who had gained for himself an unenviable notoriety by the jpait he had taken in this onslaught against the rights of labour , namely , Mr . Geoi"ge I'eel . ( Much indignation . ) The circular stated that a meeting had been held at the Clarence Hotel , Manchester , when a ! declaration was agreed to which the men were to sign , or quit theii'enjpjoyment forthwith . Well , this declaration had been presented to the men

      in . several large shops in Manchester ; and what was it < Whv just { this . The men were asked to sign not to belong tojtlie Union , nor to seek afresh shop at the week-end . iThe men were to a man determined to give up work rather than give up their Union , < Loud cheers . ) jThey now knew what were the ulterior objects of the Masters' Protective Association . It was to protect themselves and destroy the little protection whicjh the nien had left . Mr . Kobinson gave a lucid explanation of the principles and objects of the Mechanics' Protective Society of Great Britain and Ireland , and then called on " Mr . Roberts to move the first resolution . Mr . Roberts said that tlie resolution which he held in his hand was one in which they individually and collectively were much interested . In ; fact , the time had come when the

      1 rades must bestir themselves , or they would be undone . Capital was rallying its forces to subjugate Labour ; therefore , jt was their imperative duty to ho up and doinji . Mr . R . moved the following resolution : —That : > t is the opinion of . this mee-rkig that we , the Mechanical Trades of Liverpopl ,-ought to ¦ fo rm-a Branch of the Protective Societv ' of Great Hri tain and Ireland . Mr . Road } , iii dn " aWe speech , seconded the ipotion , which , on being put from the chair , was agreed to unanimously . Mr . G . Cahnforth moved the _ following : —That , we , the Mechanical Trades of Liverpool , in General Meeting assembled , do hereby adopt the principles laid down in the Rules agreed to by the Mechanical Trades of Manchester . Mr . Oaggee , oh behalf of the Smiths , asked several

      questions relative to the working of the principles of -the Association , which were answered by the Chairman . Mr . Oraggee said he was perfcetlysatisfied with the straightforward manner in which the chairman answered the questions . He therefore begged leave to second the resolution . —Mr . Rowe came forward to support tlie resolution , and in doing so begged to say , that he was a Trades' Unionist not so much from principle as from expediency . "In fact lie waS forced to be one . He hoped no one would misunderstand jhim . He was not compelled to belong to the union of his trade by his fellow workmen , but by the system under which he lived . That system was ono of Trades * Unions from the Quet'n on the t It rone down to the humblest artizan . He would ask

      had not the church a Trades' Union ? Aye , and one that gave protection to the parsons . The ' bar had its TrajW I-nion } and its list of prices ; the medical profession had its Union ; and the great landed aristocracy had its Union , and the landed aristocracy had their Union , which was passed in 1815 in-the shape of ; a Corn Law , In a word , the holders of property , whether landed or commercial , were all T ^ jEules'lL ' nioniats ; and as he had to contend against thtse Unions , itibehoved him to be in a Union likewise . There- was also -ithe Trades' Union of franchise , both in the boroughs and counties . The ten-pound . ers in the boroughs were in the Union , also the forty shilling freeholders , likewise the fifty pound tenants at will ; and he ( Mr . Rowe ) must be a Trades' Unionist

      until he was placed on an equality with them , and had a vote in Jthe great Union ; and that was until he was fully and fairly represented in the Commons House of Parliament . Mr . Rowe then replied in a masterly manner to an article which appeared in the Liverpool Journal , and concluded a powerful speech l » y denouncing ; the quittance-papers in no measured terms , lie resinned his seat amid repeated rounds of applause . Mr . Roach moved — That three persons from each ; trade be appointed a Committee to draw up the rules ; and that they meet at the Rose ; ind Crown , Cheapside , on next Monday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock . The resolution being seconded , was carried nem . con . A person in the gallery asked if it was true that the

      Moulders had turned out oi their own accord . The chairman said fit was not true . The masters had turned them off because they would not leave their union . The querist had another question to ask Did the Moulders demand a uniform rate bf wages , irrespective of | the man ' s ability ? Chairman : No ' . They fix a rate . of wages which is the lowest that is to be paid , and the man of talent may get as much more as he can . The rate of wages is faxed for the inferior workman , and the superior has to trust to his abilities to get more . —Mi : Dixon then addressed the meeting for a short time . —Mr . Roach said that they shouldjat all times support their friends ; and the Northern Star newspaper was the only one that would do the workingjman justice . He , therefore , hoped ' that as the report of that meeting would be in it , they would purchase it , not only that week , but every week ; for by so doing they would see what was eoine

      on amongst the other I rades in all parts of the country . ( Cheers . ) Thanks were voted to those masters who hajd refused to join the masters' associa - tion , and likewise to those who had so nobly with drawn from a j cause which had ibr its object the injury of the poor man . Mr . Robinson having left the chair , Mr . ] Roach was called to it , when the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr . Robinson for his conduct fin the chair . Mr . Robinson hriefly acknowledged tlie compliment . One of the Moulders then read the following : —The Moulders of Liverpool return their sincere thanks for the unsolicited support they have received during their present straggle ; and they beg leave to say they > vill not be found wanting if ever thei ) - brother Tradesmen shoiild be placed in similar cirqumstances . The meeting broke up with three heajrty cheers for the Protective Scoiety of Great Britain and Ireland .

      Misees * Intelligence . —The next general delegate meeting of the Miners of Yorkshire will be held at the Gnfian Inn , Northgate , Wakefield , on Monday the 3 Qth of December , 1844 , to commence at nine o ' clock in the nWning , when the new cards and roles ofthe Miners ' Mutual Benefit Society -will he ready for delivery , f ., •*' - The nbxt Gountt Delegate Mbeting of Lancashire . Miners yrilLbe held at the house 6 £ Ms , Da > yber ^ LS . hevington Moor ,-near Wigan , pa Monday next , ; 'December 30 th . ' Chair to Jjetakeuat eleven o ' clock'iii the forfenoon . " . There will he a public meeting at the ; same place , which will be addressed > y . W . P . Roberts , Esq . ., and other gentlemen . Tbe levy , including Law Fund and general contribution , is Is . 6 d , per member .

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      Cordwaixers o ? Pe . K 2 a . nge . —A Cordwawere * 80 ? i £ ciety has been recently ; , formed in this / town ;; . ; whicfcyM ; promises well .. The members thereof ^ haiye . aaesjrSf ''' to be connected " with the Gordwamers ' -SebeiralMa- 7 tual Assurance Association . They Satoc written ta : ~ io the secretary , James-. Smythes , 67 , ' ^ fe e ^ t ^ er-ja ^ e ^ v Holborn . Perhaps , if you . give insertion to this n ^ :. tice , it may meet the secretary ' s eye , and cause him ^ to attend to the craft of , Penzance . —Tlie Tailors of ' T Penzanee are uniting ,, as also the Stone-masons . ¦ -,..- > BABNstEV LiJ-Ef- Weavers . —The . general

      Committee of the Weavers'Union met at Mr . John Pickering ' s on Tuesday , the 24 th inst ., and agreed to cati ' a meeting of the whole body on the 5 th of Jan . next , r when a change of officers will take place . All house- ' holders belonging to the . tisade are about tobepre- .-. sented with a manufacturer ' s . list of prices , that they ' may learn what w , and hoiv to demand , their right . Mr . Taylor and his neighbour Peckett are still bent on grinding the face of . tie poor , and keeping back : the hire , of the labourer , although the whole of the- > other masters are against them . ¦ •' . , ,

      FiFESHiHE . —Colliers meetings have been held at Hhllbeath , Townhill , Wellwood , Elgin , Ddnibristol , Crosfegates , Kelty , and Beath ; Clurinie , DundoriaJd , 7 Chapel , JDysart , Orribrig , Wymess , Erlsfeely , and the ; Bungs collieries . The meetings have been addressed j by the agent ofthe Miners' Association . A delegate meeting of the Colliers of Fife was held at the Fife- shire tavern , Kircaldy , on Saturtiayj the 21 st inst . ; Mr . Alexander Brown , from Lochgelly , in the chair . A goodlv number of delegates werepresent from the east and west of Fife . Mr . James Bevcridge tendered his resignation aa secretary to the county ; a vote of thanks was unanimously given to Mr . Beveridge

      for his indefatigable services . Mr . William Bowles , of Elgin colliery , by Dunfermline , was elected secretary for three months . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting adjourned until that day ' - month . A public meeting of the Colliers of Fife will > be held in the Masons ' -hall , Loehgelly , on Thursday , .., the 9 th of January , at eleven o ' clock in theforenoon * for the purpose ' - '' of taking into consideration the rei ' strieting ofthe hours of labour in the district , with a i view to its immediate adoption . The meeting will be ; addressed by the agent for the district and several others .

      Rochdale axt > Middleton . — Turn-outs . — The Throstle-spinners ( all females ) and Polfers at Messrs , William Ghadwiek and Brothers' cotton mill , Smithstreet , Rochdale , turned out at breakfast time on Monday morning ' . The spinners demanded an advance of a shilling a week ; and the doffers , some of sixpence , and others of a shilling-. The Throstlespinners and Doffers at Messrs . Procter ' s factory , Mill-street , near Cheetham-strcet , also turned out , under similar circumstances . The hands at the Hanging Road Mill , belonging to Messrs . Butterworth ,

      still remain out . The turn-outs at Messrs . Pilling and Brierly ' s mill , Spotland , have resumed work , at a trifling advance of wages . Tur >* -out !* ear Middletox . —Tlie spinners in the employ of Messrs . Jonathan and Thomas Ogden , of Birch , near Middleton , cotton manufacturers , &c . after giving a fortnight ' s notice , turned out for an advance of wages on Friday night last ; they are > not expected to l-eturii to work-again soon , as thtej and their employers cannot eome to any satisfactory arrangement . *

      Delegate Meeting of Operative Cotton S . rixNEKS at Htde . —A numerous meeting of delegates from the operative body of cotton spinners took place on Sunday last , at the Moulders' Arms Inn , Stalybrfdge .-Delegates were in attendance from the following towns : '—Ashton , 3 ; Bolton , 2 ; Blackburn , 1 ; Chowbent district , 1 ; Hyde , 1 ; Heywood , r'' |" I * es , i ; Manchester , 3 ; 01 dham , 3 : Preston , 1 ; Rochdale , 2 ; Stockport , 3 ; Saddleworth , 1 ; \ Yaterhead Mill , 2 ; and one from the spinners' central committee sitting in Manchester . The object of the meeting ( which was strictly private ) was to learn , from the delegates what advances had taken place in the wages ofthe operatives of each district , and to transact other business connected with the trade . Each delegate gave

      in a verbal statement as to the position of the spinners of his town , and mentioned those firms who have not yet given an advance to the men . After a lone discussion , several resolutions were privately agreed to , which we were given to understand by theseeretary , were to the effect that in some instances , where the men were not receiving the same amount of wages as others , their case should be brought before the spinners' central committee for their further consideration . Other business having been done , the following memorial was read by the secretary : —To the Right Bon Sir Robert Peel , Baronet . "May it please you , Sir We , the undersigned , being delegates appointed by ' the operative cotton spinners ofthe various districts inLancjishire and the adjoining counties , in meeting

      assembled , beg leave most respectfully to call the attention of her Majesty ' s government to the inj ustice and impolicy of longer continuing the tax upon cotton wool . Your memorialists beg to state , tbat it is their unanimous opinion that theaboA * e tax is highly impolitic , inasmuch as those with whom they have to compete are free of such an impost , and have the privilege of purchasing the machinery of this country . It is also unjust , as it presses most heavily upon the producers of the coarser kinds of yams , who are most open : to : ; fo > reign competition . Some idea may be formed bow heavily " -this tax presses upon this branch of oiir trade , when it is understood that one spinner workingitipdn an average size of mules produces no less thaja tw £ cwt . of 8 < r " s yams , three ewt of 6 f » 's , and six cwt of 4 Q ' f yams per week ; thus showing that this tax exceeds in amount the actual earnings of the operative spinner upon the coarser yarns , which is equivalent to a bonus for encouragement of the manufactures of other

      countries . The operative cotton spinners , as a body , have long straggled to ameliorate their condition , arid to prevcnt | reductions injtheir wages , without success ; but your memorialists feel convinced from past experience that there are other causes than that of the mere will of their employers , which materially ' affect the remuneration of their labour : and they beg to stair , that they are decidedly of opinion , that the unjust and impolitic tax alluded to , forms a serious bar to the obtaining an advance of wages , and also operates in preventing the attainment of another object which they as earnestly desire—the shorten' _ ofthe hours of labour . Your memorialists , thereu . ' most earnestly implore her Majesty ' s government to adopt measures for its total and immediate abolition . And your memorialists will , as in duty bound , ever pray . " The above memorial was unanimously adopted , and signed by _ one delegate from each town . —The proceedings of the delegates commenced about ten , and concluded . at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Walworth . —The Duncombe Procession * . —A public meeting was held-at the Montpelier Tavern on Monday evening , December 23 d , to form a committee for the Walworth and Camberwell district , to aid and assist in getting up the proposed Dunconibe procession , on the 4 th of February . Mr . Simpson ( secretary- ) read a note from T . S . Duneombe Esq ., M . . P . acknowledging the receipt of the memorial in favour of Frost , Williams and Jones , and also stating that he ( Mr . Duneombe ) had forwarded the same to Sir « L Graham , and received his usual lithosraphed answer .

      It was then unanimously resolved by the meeting * that a local committee be formed for the above object ; and that the following gentlemen constitute the same , with power to add to their number : —Messrs John Sewcll , Richard Sewell , Ingram , Murhall , Rhode * . Tomlinson , and Simpson . It was also resolved thai all the Trades' bodies in the district be . waited on to solicit their co-operation oil the occasion ; and that the committee sit on Monday ' evening next , December 30 th , at the Montpelier Tavern . A vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

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      Conn . —The mainmast of a schooner of about 150 tons was drifted into Ringabella Bay on Sunday evening . It had apparently been but a short time in the water , and was broken off under the rigging . Part of a ship ' s boat , painted lead-colour inside , was driven into Rocky Bay on Friday evening . Rate-payers Meeting at toexwoon , xeab HcDDEBf . FiELn . —On Monday a meeting was holden in the Town ' s school-room to elect a collector of rates in the room of Robert Walker , who had been dismissed from his situation for defalcations in his accounts . The meeting was called for six o ' clock in tbe evening ; and after one ofthe overseers had taken the chair , Mr . D . Gledhdl complained that such an hour had been fixed on , when the

      main body ofthe rate-payers were fast iu the mills at work . In this complaint he was joined by J . P . Crossland , Esq ., who contended that eight o ' clock ought to b » the hour at which town ' s meeting should be called to give ' all parties an opportunity to attend . The overseer in the chair having stated that " he was unacustomed to public business , " on the motion . of Mr . D . Gledhfll he was relieved from his duty , and T . P . Cross , land , Esq ., appointed to preside . Five candidates were then proposed for the vacant office , and after a can « rass of their several qualifications and fitness , the choice fell upon Mr . Riley , son of poor Riley , the

      Radical , who cut his throat in York Castle , when sent there under Sidmomh ' s Gagging Act , and subjected to the cruel treatment then inflicted on those who asked for what has now become a fashionable demand . A committee to audit the books of the several officials of the township was also appointed , consisting of Messrs . John Ashton , David Gledhill , Oliver Walker , John Thornton , Joseph Lucy , John Crdseby , and Abraham Crowther . Six out of the seven are membersof the Chartist Association ; and much credit is due to them for the stand they have in this instance made in defence of the rights of the rate-payers at large . They are reducing Chartism to practice . .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct839/page/8/