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      EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN INillNES ; ANI > M ANUFACTORIES . j Tfce First Xf port of ika Commissioners appointed to j irquire into the employment and condition of chudren and SU peaoxu in mines and mannfectonesto been . reactty laid before Parliament It ia a folio blue ¦ £ o * -ifmoderate »» . comprising some 269 pages of letter-press ; osd it is illustrated by s number of wood- ; mt e which « xpla ^ much better than a typographical ; SSS ^ Sp rindpalpointoto which the Commis- ; 8 ioneri 4 esire to direct the publw attention . . The Commission was appointed by the Queen , on the 20 th October , ISiO , in compliance -with an address from [ the Hoosa of Commons , which vras moved by the bene-1 Yolent Lord Ashley ; the Commissioners being Thomas j Toofce , Esq ., Dr . Thomas Southwood Smith , together ) -with Leonard Homer , Esq ., and Robert John Saunders , ' Esq . two of the Inspectors of Factories . -

      , . . Since the presentation of the First Report , "which is ; esdusvely eoafined to a description of the condition of children and young persons emplosed in mines , the Second Report being intended to be devoted to the condition of children and young persons employed in ma- , ira&ctories , there have been also laid before tfie tw o Houses of Parliament , bj command of her Majesty , Pa / ts J . and II . of the " Appendix" to the First Report of the Oommissioners . These are two huge blue folios , on a of them containing exactly 900 page 3 , and the other 886 pages . , These Appendices contain in detail the evidence which iB abstracted and analysed in the -report itself . sketches

      Part I . is illustrated -with soib& lithog » pmc of mea , of women , of children , employed in what ¦ we may term " brute labour - and " brute transport . " There ate -women harnessed to coal carts , and dragging them , through seams of coal from tv ? enty-4 ; wo to twentyeight inches , « nly , in height— -working their burdens soma backward—others forward—over the dismal perforations , rather than roads , -Kith a dip of one foot in ¦ three , to one foot in six . This infamous , this disgusting , this unsexing employment , is exacted at this day , of -wretched , but mistxably peer and untiringly industrious -women (!) in some of tbe mines of Scotland , and the north of England , un&eT ciicumstancss to -which at present we caa Bsarctly treat ourselves further to allule . In mines ia Lincashire , boys are employed , some in pushing , others ia digging loaded coal trucks through those miserable seams ur galleries , —tbe pushers

      becoming bald , from the friction of their heads against the tracks , the draggers maimed from hauling it" on their haada and knees;—and both these employments ara habitual . ' Is joines at Rv > chdale , and in tsevic :-nity of Pxeston and ilacclesSeld , miners wcrk at tbe coal in positions , and under restraints and confinement , as to space for their exertions , which shock belief , but are terribly exemplified in the- rude but elective lithographs at pp . 15 S , & . Z ., of Pait I . One « f the men shown , ( and * of all represented in the cuts it i 3 said ( p . 139 ) that " they generally work naked , " is U 3 destitute of all habiliments as a native of tha Washington Islands . Ea was fcund working " in a mine of not more tfcas frcm eighteen to twenty inches in thickness . His chasl was bronchi down so as alrcost to rest upon the thigh , and the head brnt downwards aimoit to the knee . < -

      But even nearer hems the practices detailed seem quite aa tiistressiiig as those -we have glanced at above"We have felt much diSeuity in selecting from the large mass cf testimony adduced a faw passages that -would give an adequate idea of the condition of the miners ; but the following , which relate to our immediate ntigtbeurhood , will be found to possess a painful interest . Tfce Sub-Commissioner states that " int fences of oppressively hard work performed bj young females presented themselves tt collieries near BamilrV . - Tfce evidence cf BizVbcth Day , and of Ann and Ei ' zibeth Eggley , is csscrviris cf especial notice , the more so because I believe both the eider of these witnesses to be respective and credible , and both gave their evidence -with much good feeling and propriety . The work ci

      Elizabeth Diy is rendered more severe by her having to hnrry pj . rt of the way us hill vrilh loadvd corves , a very unusual circumsfeEce . Tae Eggie ; s are , however , doing ths ordinary TPGrk of harriers Ia their colliery It is a large , "ceH-ventilaUd , and weH-regnLiied one , but cwrng to the siza cf i > s cerxes , vrhich weigh l £ i cwt ., it is work very fir bayond the strength of females at any sse , especially f ; inai . ; s cf sixtfc = u and eighteen years oldT Alzzz taking the evidence of the two Ejgleys I saw them boih at th ? i ? w » rk . and hurried their corves and also performed the -work they had to do at the fomfr faces . 1 can net only corroborate their statements but have no hesitation in atdiiss that -rrcte they

      galleyslaves their -work coul-I not be more oppressive , , » nd I believe voald not in aii probability ba so much so . Elizabeth Ergley , the younger , -who is not above fifteen , whilst doing -what is called topping the cor 7 e 3 , lifted a coal which mus : have weighed at least a hundred pounds . It > m * ascr ? d thirty inches in length , and ten by seven inches , in thicines ? . This she lifted from the ground and placed on the top of the cc-rve , tbove three feet asd a half high . She afterwards lifted , a still larger one . Thefcrmtr one "was lifted in the otdirary course of her work . This girl was working for' her fathtar , who ^ 3 itmrting by tt the time . " J . C . Symons , Esq . ' Report , ' § 117 : App . Pt . 1 ., p . 182 . '<

      EliZibelh Day . c ^ ed seventeen , Trotting in Messrs . Hopwood's pit it E-a-nslej : " I have b ^ en nearly nine years in ths pit . I trapped for two Jcors -whtn I first ¦ went , and I fcavf hunied ever sia # ' I have hurried for my father unvl a year ago . Ixfflre to help to riddle and £ 11 , and jscnietiaus I have io ^ II myself . It 13 verj hard for rae at present 1 have to hnrry by myself ; 1 have hurried by myself going fas ; on three yeajs . Before then I had my sister to hsrry with me . I fcsve to hurry cp bin -with the loaded corves , qaite as mcch cp as down , but cot many have t >> hurry np till with titloaded , corve . "When I riddle I hold the riddle , and have to sliake tbe slack , oat of it , and then I throw the rest into tte corre . We alirays hurry in trow-irs as you saw ns to day when -ren were in tfce nit Ganerallv I

      work naked domi to the xraist like the rest ; I had my shift < rs to-day -when I aw you biciuss I had had to wait , and was cold : but generally the girls hurry naked down to the waist . It is very hard work for us all ; it is harder work than -we on ^ ht to do a dta * . I have been lamed in my ancle , and strained in iny back ; it caused a great lump once in my r-ncle-bcne . ' * : J . C . Symons , E " = q-, Evidence , Xo . 85 , App . Pt . I ., p . 2 i 4 , 1 23 . ) Ann Eggley , hurrier in Messrs . Thorpe ' s coliitry , eighteen . years old : " I hurry by myself , and Have cone so for long . ' I know the corves are very heavy ; they are the bigf est corves anywhiire aboat , The work is far too hard for me ; the sweatnins off me all evtr ' sometimes . I am very tirt-d at night . Semetinits when we get home at night we have not power to w : ish 113 , and

      then we go to bed . Sometimes we full asleep in the chair- Father sai-J list night it was both a ihama and a distTacb for girls to work as we do , bnt there was 1 norgat else for us to da I have tried to gtt winding to do , but c- ^ uld not . I begun to hurry when I was seven , and I hive bs&n hurrying eves since . I have be = n elerea jezxa in tie yit . Tie girls are always tired . I ¦ was poorly twice this winter ; i : wa 3 with headache . I hnrry fjr Robsrt Wiggins ; he is not akin to me ; I riddle for him . " We - ^ 11 riddls for them except the litUest , when th-. re is two . I am quite ture that we ¦ work constantly twd re ho ^ rs , except Saturdays . We ¦ wear trowers acd shifts in the pit , and great , big shoes clinked and nrdl ? d . Ibe girl ? never work naked to the "Waist in cur pit . The men don't insult U 3 in the pit

      The conduct of tea . girls in the pit is ! gaod eno-gh sometimes , and sois . enrB = 3 bad enough . The Hen do not insult tha slrls with us , but I think they do in some , slbii . Xo . 113 , p . 252 , 1 . 1 G ; , Elizabeth E ^ £ ley , s xteen 5 ^ 213 cl-J . z "I am sister to the last wi : nes , s , I harry in the same tit , a ' n-2 work for iet father . I 2 nd ray work very ranch too hard fcr roe . I hurry alone ; it tir-s me in iny ^ nns and back most We go to work between four and five in the mornirg ; if we ore not there by ha . f : pas : five , -we are not allowed to go down at ali . We come out at four , five , or rlx at night , us it n ^ ppens . We stop in generally twelve hours , and sometimes longer . "We have to hurry only from the bank face down to the horseback and bzek . I as snxe it is very haid work

      and tires ns" very much ; i : is too hirJ for girla to da We sometimes go to sleep be ' ere we get to bed . " : Ifcid . No . 114 : p . o 52 . 1 . 4 i . !—JimesBsgfiy , aged foriy-nve , same pit as the ubove : " I have six girl 3 , and cniy one young boj not eld eneu ^ h to come to tbe pit . I cannot go without sending my girls to the pit ; the eldest is eighteen , :. » ths seccrd s ' x ' . eei . ; they each hurry a ^ oce ; it is fc ?^ d work fcr thin :, to ba sore , bnt mice Icoks well with it . They do compbin of bfcirg tired soiaetime ? . J don't like- tLiir conoing down , but I cave lisd oi-e rAn :. ' -t home , asd I C 3 nr . ot gtt ary work for her to do ; thvzzh I am get notLing , I nave trlfed ir . r ^ -e brir ^ s ne i ~ 10 s . r-sr wsek ; £ nd if is z hard thing t : ' ic 3 e it" ( Ibid . >^ a 12 S : p . C 5 G , 1 . iO .,-Aiin Maliender , nittcn y ^ irs old , Messi ? . Hcpwood ' s pit at Bamsley : "I am fifteen years c > d ; I'aisrajs cress as ven sitt m . s to-diT—naked down . to the waist ard with trotissrs 00 . I - ^ urk f : r Jimes ?' artin , whu

      is no re ! ati-: D , bat he is tbe rttt ^ r who i-rr . pioys rufe . " ( Ibid . Xr . i-0 : p . iil , 1 . iv —Setty r . lalliniir , " cf the ezci-: colliery : " I-5 T 3 S eleven la ? t Kcvoni ^ er ; I alwajs vfear trcas € r 3 . 2 nd era naked dctm to i ' ze waist . " ;_ I' ;<• . 3 fo . 87 : p . 244 . 1 . 64 ) Bessey Biiiey ,- "I shall bs fifteen rixt Taesnsy . I hurry in the pit you was in this mt-rcing ; I r . lw :: j-3 work r . sked do 7 m to the w ^ ist , and with trcuieis 02 -, and all tiie girls I knot ? hurry in the Eime way . " \ Ibid . No . ? S : p . 244 , 1 . 2 . }—Charles 3 : dley , acs-3 . thirteen years : "I have teen In the pit cbout five yciis . Sj-metimes tie corves jue easy , inid cth £ r time 2 cot ; it t res ns much sometinies . We Lurry with our tTuEsers on , and naked to the -iraisl ; aad * oaietlr ! : es ws tske cxrr trocsers eff , u : d hurry in our sbirts . The girla go not tske their trousers off , but they ere nsked down to ths waist . " flbid . No . 01 : p . 245 , 1 . 43 . ) Sc-e also witnesses Nos . 10 , 42 , 73 , 97 , 101 , 123 , 134 , 203 , 355 , 308 , & %

      In the coal-ailc-. s ia which ths seams of coal are . thin ths children £ . "; 2 iast universally hurry en all-fours with the belt and chain . " ' - George Djtcn , coal-owner , Stannicston : the lads ; hurry with a bult and chain on all-fou . a . Thirty-eight \ years ago they had no belts or chains , but used to run along on one hand and feet , and nuU the corves with I the other hand ; that was much warsa for tLem . ¦ , Ibid . > O . 83 : p . 243 , 1 . 39 . )— See witnesses , Xos , 33 , 52 , 77 , . ' O"j Cu Sfc ^ . In somB parts of this district girls are quite as com- ' monly employed in digging coals in this macs— as boys . " They hurry with a belt and chain , as well as thrnsi , " says Mr . Thomas P ^ ace ,- there r . re as many i gulsas boy a employed abotit here . " ( ibid . Xo . 33 p

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      , 1 . 20 . )— " one of the most disgusting sights I have ever seer - iayj the Sub-Commissioner , " was that of youcg ftmaieSl dressed like boys in trousers , crawling on t jj fours , with belts roond their waists , and chains pass ? Bg between their legs , at day pits , at Hunshelf B ^^ , i in many small pits near Holmfirth aud ?? ew " &m ^ jt exists also in several other places . " "WhiV jtl was in the Hunshelf pit the Rev . Mr . Bruce , of Wadsley , and the Kev . Mr . Nelson , of Ratherham , w ) - x ) accompanied me , and remained ontside , saw another g ^ j of ten yeaiB of » ge , also , dressed in boys ' clothes t ^ h 0 was employed in ' hurrying , ' and these gentle F ^ n ber at work . She was a nice-looking little cMld , bnt of course as black aa a tinker , and with a lit Je necklace round her throat . '

      " These ebiM . -cn have twenty-four corves a-day to hu / ry out of t .. is den , and consequently have fortyei / ht-times to pass along tha gate , -which ia aboat the s xe of a tolerably large drain . I would beg particularly ' jo call your attention to the evidence of the manager of this colliery , No . 33 , whose evidence respecting the . number of girls employed by him was distinctly disproved by Harriet Moiton . No . 38 , an intelligent . girl , who seemed to feel the degradation of her lot \ so keenly that it was quite painful to take her evi-• dence .

      ! " In two ether pita in the Huddersfield Union I have '; seen the same sight In one , near New Mills , the chain , f passing high up between the legs of these two girls , had i worn large holes in their trousers , and any sight more disgustingly indecent or revolting can scarcely be ima-1 gined than these girls at work . No brothel can beat it ! 1 took their evidence afterwards , when they -were sent ' to me washed and dressed , and one of them , at least , was evidently crammed with her evidence . " ( J . C . Symons , Esq , Report , g 113—116 : App . Pt . 1 ., p . ; )

      Harriet Morton— " I am nearly fifteen years old , and began to work in Webster ' s pit when I was going in ten . I ' ve always worked in Webster and Peace ' s pit ; I have hurried all the time ; I am the oldest girl there . There are seven regular hurr . ers , who are girls . TLere are six boys who hurry . Two of us are employed at each corve both full and empty . When the corve is loaded , oue of us is harnessfd with a belt round the waist , and a chain comes from the front of the belt , and passes betwixt our legs , and is hooked on to the corve , and we go al-ng on our hands and feet , on all-fours . I do so myself , and a little boy j usbesbehind . We wear trousers always nswben jou saw us . " tJ . C . SymonB , Esq . Evidence , No . 55 : App . Pt . I ., p . 233 , 1 . 66 . )—Ann Hague— " I am turned cf thirteen years old . I hurry

      the mn : e as the last girl , in Wtbcter ' s pit . I draw the corve with 3 chain and belt There is a little girl , my sister , who pushes behind . We have twenty-four corves to go in and out with every day . Sarah Muorhouse ' gets * as well aa hurries ; she gets and hurries eigh ; eorve 3 a day ; I tli , n't like working in the pit so very-weH ; 1 would rather not do it . Having to pull so bard in the pit makt-s me poorly sometimes . " tltid . No . 3 'J ; p . 234 , 1 . 16 ) Mfcry Holmes , need fourteen and a half . Meal Hi ! l , Hep-worth— "I have been eight years workirg in pii 3 , I have always Iiutrie-i ; 1 never thrust much . I always hurry as yon saw me . with a belt round my waist and the chaia through my logs . 1 hurry s . > in tb <* r > 03 r :-2 at : rS . I always wcarlad's ciuthes . The trousers don't ;;« rt t » n at all . It tires me

      middling : my back dcesn ' : ache at all , nor my legs . I like being in pit , arv i dent want to < lo nought tlse ; I never tried to do anything else . Sometimes I get cold b ; it 3 being so wet ; tliu wtt c-wera my ankles , lam sure nobody has told me what to say . Sometimes I stop a-ad fill the corvca after the getter is gone . I don't kc 9 W how long I shn . il s ' . c-p in the pit . I am sure I Wv . ald rather be in the pit , where I am thrashed sometimes , and work in the w-: t . than do anything tbe . " ( Ibid No . 2 S 3 : p . 203 , J . 22 . ) EbentZT Healey , aped thirteen : "I wect into a pi : to help before I was five yc ^ rs old . I used to thrus . ; I didn't do it long . I hurry now with a b ? It anri chain in the bro 3 d-gates . There are ro rails there . We have to hnrry full corves this way up hill as wtll r . s down . I do this myself , and 1 have sixteen runs a day , for which I have Is . There are sirls that hurry in tha same way , with belt and

      chain . Our breeches are often torn between the legs with the chain . The girls' breeches are tore as often as ou r * . they ars torn n . rjiy a time , and when they are going alone we can see thsiu all between the legs naked I have often ; end thht girl , Mary Holmes , was so to day . She deiiies it ; but it is true for all that . " ( Ibid . No . 2 S 4 ; p . 2 ii 5 . 1- 3 S . >— G ; orge Hirst , collier , ae-.-il thirty-two , at Messrs . Sti . nsfelii add Briggs ' s Gin Pit at Low Csmmon , Kirkbuiton : ' the children hurry with belt and chain , the clsuin passing between their lc . ija ; girls and all . It privit i es soice poor folks to bring their girls to pits , acd 1 have seen many who have made xepectaWe women , asd /^ r aught I know useiul wives . 1 don't know that tne girls have any more imj ' udecce than the other giils tLat nre brought up in other ways . It is true that th = y all have impudence . " ( Ibid . No . 2 S 4 : p . 2 y ~ , 1 . 10 . !

      Bradford and Leeus . —According t-9 Mr . Thomi 3 Maikley , surgeon , Wils < Mi , it Is the common practice to employ girls in that neighbourhood , and " they have a chain or belt about the -waist , which passes between tfce lets cf tte finale , and is hooked on to tke waggon of coals , which they pull from the place where tfce men work to the bottom of the shaft . I skou ' . d also add that the mtn in the pit work perfectly naked . " iW . R . Wood , E 3 q , Evidence , No . 61 ; App . Pt , II ., p . h 2 S , 1 , 9 ) . - Halifjx . —In this district , in which , as has been shown , the seams of co :: l in macy of the mine 3 are

      not more than fourteen i :: cbes in thickness , and rarely exceed thirty , the 5 paee at the workings is sometime ; too small to allow ths s lliers to c ? . rry en thtir operations even in a -looping pasture ; they axe oblujed to -work " lying thtir whole length along the nncven fi-or , ar . d supporting thtir be : > . ds upon a board cr ihort crutch ; " as is shown in the illustrative woodcut at p . GO , in Part II . of the Appendix . When they are able to obtain a little more space , they work " sitting upon one heel balancing their persons by extending the other . " In these "low , dark , . heatud , and dismal chambers they work perfectly Dated . " ( S S . Scriren , Esq . Report , sec . 40 ; Figs . 4 , 5 , C : App . Pt . II ., pp .

      63 , 6 ' 4 ; . The narrowness of the space in which all the operations must fee carried on in tbtse mines oi course materially infiut-nces the labour of the children and youi : g persons . Fortunately but few children are needed in them as trapped , but those that are employed , as ia most other districts , sit in perfect darkness . " I cab never forget , " saj 3 the Sub-Commissioners , " the fir > t utfjrtunate creature icf this class ! that I mi _ t with ; it was a boy of about eight years oid , who looked at me as I passed through wiih an expression of countenance the most a > ject anri idiotic—like a thing , a creeping thing peculiar to the place . On approaching ami speaking to him he slunk trembling and frightened into a corner , under an impression that 1 was about to do him some bodiiy irjury , and from Tshich neither coaxing nor temptations would draw him out '' ( Ibid , § 87 : p . 72 . )

      In this district tbe loaded corves drawn by ths turners weigh from two to five cwt . ; these carriages ari ; mounted upon four ca = t-iron wheels of five inches in diameter , there beir ; g in ^ CR-ral no rails from the headings to the main-gates . Tb 6 children have to drag these carriaees through passag-. s in some cases not more than from sixteen to twenty inches ia height Of course to accomplish this the youngest children must crawl on their hands and f at . i o rentier their labour the u . ore easy , th = Sul-Comtiiissioaer states that " they buck *; e round their naked persons a broad leather strap , to which is attached in front a ring and about four fctt of chain terminating in a ho' k . "

      "As s .. > ua-as tfcr-y enter the main-gates they detach thtir Lzraess from "lie carve , change their position by getting behind it . and become -thruster ? . ' The vehicle is then placed up : n the rail , a candle is stuck fast by a piece of wet cl-iy , acd a ^ ay they ran with prodigious celerity to the sLut ' t , pushiflj , ' tLe load with their headi aad hands . ( Fig . 3 . i The c-. uimand tbsy huli over it at every curve and cjjgle , cuii&idtrins the pact , lh . 3 ¦ u neveoness of tae Soors and rails , and tte mu ^ l , water , and stones , is truly actonisninc . The youi ^ er children thrust in pairs . " 5 . S . Scriven , Eiq ., Rzvcii , §§ 49—52 : App . Pc II ., p . S 5 , G ' . i ' .

      Joan ilars . ien , Eged el ^ ht and a half . Wike « lane Pit : " I hurry a ' d-. z ; n and twelve corves a day , [ that is twenty to a t : cz- " 3 j ; my brother Lawrence helps me , and we have to hurry rise corves about 200 yards . " iS . B . Scriveu . Eiq ., Evidence , No . 42 ; App . Pt . II .. 113 , 1 . 14 ; . J ^ iep z : HeilswelJ , aged ten years , Weijrh Pit : " I hurt ? 3 . \ ) : TxiioT * j corves a-d ;; y ; they treigh each 2 j cwt ; ths aistance ia three score yards : I hurry bymj-ieif ; we ail hurry by oarselvss . " ( Ibid . No . 37 * : p . 117 , 1 . 50 ) . Jusf ; phBa : ker , agedforty-thrse , coJlier . Mr . Scfccii- IVindjb-mk , Pit . " They hnrry the corves sinsly and doubiy . The weight of the corves is ab ? ut two twt . ; it in Si <» yards fern the pit ' s mcutU to the Workings ; tt-. y huny about seventeen ccrves a-day ; as ts \ n . ?¦• 1 . ^ S nas i t 2

      2 H HC ?* 1 *—S ^ 17 } f , Tt 1 ~ ~ , - - * ir ^^^ f in i > t * 1 V .... * "U - * * - ~ .-z ^ n ~; z--. -z tsat is too much , but they r . rc bound to do it . " . 'tld . No 14 : p . 100 . 1 . 17 ) . Win Djson , aged four . en , M ssrs . Abrabaui and Charles D-tcMorta , arid Cluy : " > Yt- have but one girl w * -rMne with us , by nanii Ann Abir . ier , who goes down wii ' -i cs upon the ditch ivajsi ; she wears htr breeches t , Len she goes down , ? md whiie at w < . rk , and comes nu the pit c / oss-lapped witU u « in tte clatch harness ; when bhe isdovrnshe hurries w ] : hu 3 in the same v ,-ayas we do , without ^ sbois cr iteckings . ( Ibid , No . 7 : p . 102 , 1 . 5 ^) —( See also witcc-ssts Ncs . 17 , 26 , 28 , 32 S 7 , 42 59 , 73 . )

      • The sketch given in p . 70 ( fig . 4 ' , is intended to represent Ann Ambler an-. ! William Dvson , the witness bit quoted , hurriers in Messrs . Dltchford and Clny ' s co . liery at Elland , in the act of being drawn up crotslapped upon the clatch-iron by a woman . As goon as they-arrived at the top tha handle was madefasiby a bolt drawn frcm the upright post ; the woman then grasped the hand of both at the same time , and by main force brought them to land . The corve on these ocdsioDS is dttacced from the hooks to render the toad lighter . " i . S . S . Scriven , Esq ., Report S 26- Apd Pt . II ., r- 61 . )

      " Girls from five ± 0 eighteen perform all the work of boys . There is no distinction whatever in their coming up the shaft or going down— in the mode of hurryins cr'thmsting—in the- weights cf corves , or in the distances they are hurried—in wages , or dress . Indeed , it is impossible to dis ' . inouiah , either in darkness or the gates in which they labour , or in the cabin before the bread light of day , an atom of difference between one sex and " the other " Ibid § 97 , p . 73 . )

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      Uetty Harris , aged thirty-seven , drawer in a coal-pit at Little Bolton : " I have a belt round my waist , and a chain passing between my legs , and I go on my hands and feet . The road is very steep , and we have to hold by a rope ; and , -when there is no rope , by anything we can catch hold of . There ara six women and about six boys and girls in the pit I work in ; it ia very hard work for a woman . The pit is very wet where I work , and the water cornea over pur dog-topa alwaya , and I have seen it up to my thighs : it rains in at the roof terribly ; ray clothes are wet through almost all day long . I never was ill in my life but when I was lying in . My cousin looks after my children in the daytime . I am very-tired when I get home at night ; I fall asleep sometimes before I get washed . I am not so strong as I was , and cannot stand my work bo well as I used to do . I have drawn'till I have had the skin off me : the belt and chain is worse when we are in the family way . My feller [ husband ] has beaten me

      many a time for not being ready . I were not used to it at first , and he had little patience : I have known many a man beat his drawer . I have known men take liberty with tbe drawers , and some of the women have bastards . " ( J . L . Kennedy , Eeq ., Evidence , No . 00 : App . Pt . II .,. p . 230 , 1 . 64 . )—Ellen Yates , drawer , Btidgewater Colliery . "Is sixteen years old ; draws 180 yards tenor twelve times a day , sometimes more or sometimes less , just as it happens ; drawi with the belt and chain ; the tubs are not on wheels , we sled ' em [ draw them on sledges ] . " ( Ibid . No . 96 > p . 232 , 1 . 49 . ) —Rosa Lucas , nearly eighteen years eld , drawer at Mr Morris ' s , Lamberhead Green ; " What distance did you draw ? Twenty-three score yards in length . That is 460 yards each way , or 920 yards ? Yes . How many times had you to draw this distance ? Sixteen and sometimes eighteen times . [ Taking sixteen times , she would have to draw 14 . 720 yards doily . } ' ( Ibid . No . 92 p . 231 . 1 . 57 . )

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      the day did not diminish . The Cishel and Cahir band was met outside the town by the Tippeiaty ; they were accompanied by thousands . The procession entered the town about half-past one , each band playing in succession their favourite airs ; after playing several times up and down the town they retired to the market-house Boom , where they continued to play until dinner . The Coffee Rooms were fitted up for tbe occasion , about fifty persons belonging to the band sat down to a neatly-dressed dinner , and enjoyed it with that feeling which Temperance can so well bestow on her favourites . The town has been thrown into great confusion , in consequence of a large body of maaons having endeavoured to prevent men from Fethard of the same trade from working for the Rev . Robert Carey , who Is building some small houses in the vicinity of the town . They proceeded in a large body to the place where the building was going on , and prohibited the strange masons fr « ni continuing their work . The mayor quickly got

      intimation of what was going on , and lost no time in calling out the police ^ force that were at the time in the barrack , and proceeded to the scene of tumult But so determined and numerous did the opposing party appear that his worship , conceiving the party of . police inefficient ( a large number of that body being out of town in consequence of the exhumation by the ; peasantry of a body supposed to be that of a policeman , who committed suioide in Cahir some time back ) sent word to the commanding officer to have a party of military ready to turn out in case of necessity . His worship then proceeded to arrest the ringleaders of the aggressors which he succeeded in daing , and lodged them in gaol , there to remain until they procured good solvent bail . He also stationed a guard of policemen where the works were going on , and commanded them to protect the strange masons until tbe : time arrived for their , leaving off work , which had the desired effect of protecting the men from violence .

      Westpo&t . —On Wednesday night last , Captain Scale , of the Coronation , of Cardigan , fell overboard his vessel , at this quay , and was drowned . An inquest has been held on the body , before John F . Bourke , Esq ., and a Jury . It appeared , from tbe evidence of one of the crew , that the deceased had returned from Newport that evening ^ -thtit he was intoxicated When he arrived , and that he bad not been moire thaii twenty minutes in the vessel when a boy cried out that he was in the water . Dr . Bourke deposed that he found two contused wounds on the side and back of the deceased ' s head , but that death was caused by suffocation froni drowning . The Jury found that deceased had «• come to his death by falling overboard while in a state of intoxication . "

      Sudden Death . —A few days since an extraordinary instance of Budden death pecutred at Killiden . Pat Eord , who resided at the above place , went to hia bed in apparently , good health , and on the next morning was found quite dead . Mr . O Grady , the Coroner , held an inquest on the body . The surgeon who attended deposed that in his opinion the deceased died "by the visitation of God . " A verdict was delivered accordingly .

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      and four o ' cleck : by that time he had prepared a fire in the harness-room , and they then burnt some of the limbs . The man destroyed tbe limbs , and not him ( prisoner ); >» . Ana , " -addedhe , " that ' s true by the God who made me . " He then proceeded— " It Is also quite true what I have said about Susan Butcher being the cause of my destruction , and also the manner in which Jane destroyed herself : she stuck hexself Ju 8 t aaLord Castlereagh did . I gave the man the sovereign I agreed upon * and he promised to come again the next night to take the body away . He said he could make ii away by putting it into the water , and tying a weight to It . I think he Baid a half Btone weight , to sink it I took the ear-rings from her ears , and the ring from her

      finger . It was my wife ' s wedding ring . ^ was . never married to her . I took those articles , as well aa her clothes , to Woolwich on the Wednesday following , and gave them to Susan Butcher . ' -I told her what had happened , and she said she was glad to hear it , as she was now out of the way . I took Batcher seme tea and sugar , and also some cream . I don't know where the man lives that I have been speaking of , but I believe it is somewhere in the neighbourhood of Brompton . Butcher is a very bad woman , although she said she would act as a mother to my boy . I declare to God that woman would have been alive now but for Susan Butcher , who has been tbe source of all my misfortunes . " . "¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦¦ ' : ¦ . "¦ ¦ ¦¦; - - ' ¦ ¦" . ¦ '• ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦ . " : ¦' ¦ •¦ ¦ ' : . '

      The prisoner then turning himself round and addressing the audience said , "Ladies and gentlemen , I wish you all very good night . I have a great deal more to say , but am too much fatigued to say it now . " : He was then removed from theHbar . : Mr . Doane assured the Court that the defence he had considered it hia duty to make had not been suggested by the prisoner , but arose entirely from bis ( Mr . Doane ' s ; perusal of the depositions . The prisoner bad never mentioned a word upon the subject to his solicitor . A large concourse of persons had assembled in the street opposite the court , and as soon as they bad learned that the prisoner hod been convicted their cheers wereVociferous ,

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      EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUPERSTITION . At the adjourned sessions for the county of Essex , held last week , a gipsey , named - 'Louisa Dolton , aged 30 , was indicted under very singular circumstances for stealing two sovereigns , three half sovereigns , fifteen half crowns , forty two shillings , and five sixpences , from Misa Hannah Quiver , at ITgley . Mr . Rod well , who appeared for the prosecution , said the circumstances of this case were of a singular and extraordinary nature , and be should call attention to a few facts which , unles 3 they were proved by evidence in a court of justice , they would hardly believe . The prosecutrix was a widow , keeping a shop afc Ugley Greenland she had a daughter who was the principal witness in the case . At Easter last she was in a bad

      state of health , whether from unrequited love or not he did not know-, when the prisoner got access to her and induced her to believe that she was spell-bound ; but promised that on payment of a sum of money , and by perfarming certain mysterious" and magical arts , » she should be relieved . In this way she obtained 2 ? . the first time ; and she then said , if Ids . more were given her she would consult a book . It was given , and she then handed her two pieces of paper , stuck across with pins , whioh she said would have the effect of removing the spell . She called again a few days after , when " she produced a bag , and asked to have filled -with , salt , and she also stated it \ yould be necessary for a surn of money — £ 7 or £ 8—to be put into the bag . The young woman brought £ -2 or £ 3 down stairs , and put in to

      the Dag , but the prisoner said it would be impossible to complete the cure without £ 7 or £ 8 ; and she then brought down tbatsnm of her mother ' s . It was at first distinctly btatevi that she was not to t : Ve the money away , but it was arranged . that the prisoner should take the bug and bring it buck at eleven o ' clock the next day , and if she did not the young woman was to get a sharp knife and cut her-jthe gipsey ' s ) throat . She , however , forgot to come back , but was afterwards apprehended 10 or 11 miles off . Possibly , in the course of the evidence , facts would come put that would create a smile ; but they must recollect that weak and nervoufi people—not the strong minded—were selected for these purposes ; and the law was . for the protection of the weak in mind as well as those who were weak in body , against the strong .

      Hannah Guiver , rather a good-looking young woman , 25 years of age , was then examined . She said—I live with my mother at Ugley Green ; she keeps a small shop . On the 20 th of March , oh a Saturday , "the ' prisoner came to the shop , and told mo she would tell me a few words that would be a benefit to me ; I gave her is . ; she had a book with her , and she looked into it , after which she said if she told me by the book I must give her another Is . ; I gave it fcer , and she then said I was under a speU ; but if I gave Jher half a sovereign she could and would break it in nine days . ( Laughter . ) She then gave me a pieccf of foolscap paper with something on it , two pina ati eking across one : another , which I was to burn at the nine days ' end . _ She then left , but she called again on . Mie 1 st of April , when she said she had been working tt ; e things beautifully for me . ( Loud laughter . ) I said " ' well . " On the 4 th the called again ; and , taking a bag from hot pocket , asked for a hand full of salt ; that was iT the keeping-room , as she said aha wanted to speak to &e

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      in private , and I took her out of the shop ; ipht tha salt in , and she then asked me to put as much gold as I could into the bag * which 1 wai not willing to do at first , but she said she did not wish to take it out of tha house . I then fetched down two sovereigns and three half sovereigns belonging to my ^ mothei . She said that was not enough , and I could make it up between £ 7 and £ 8 if I liked , -, on which I fetched- down fifteen half-crowns , forty shillings , add . five sixpences . I tied it in the bag , after which she said she most take , it till eleven o ' clock the next day , ^ when the spell would be broken ; she said she would bring it back by half-past eleven , or I might get a sharp knife , and when 1 saw her again I might cut her throat . I did not see her again till she was a prisoner at Newport . She was to have brought the money to the heuse of Susan Smith , but she did hot come . ' I told my mother of it , and she gave information to the police .

      Cross-examined byMr . Do wling—The condition on which I parted with the money was , that it she did not . bring it back I was to cut her throat ;^ and , of course , I thought I had a right to do s »—( laughter . ) The piece of paper she gave me was foolicap— ( laughter . ) When she told me , on the 1 st of April , that she had been working things beautifully for me , I could not understand what she meant—whether she had been working the stars for me or hot—( laughter . ) ^ ¦ ' '¦ : - : ¦ '¦ ' . ; ;; ¦ - - • . ' . " ' ' . •;; -- ' , ¦ ¦ . .. ; " ; Mr . Dowling—Now , allow me to ask you , was there not a little unrequited love in the case ?

      witness—I do not know what She said it was a spell , and that I should be obliged to sip sorrow by spoonsful if I had it not taken off—( langhter . ) It is immaterial to any one here whether it was love or not There was a young man for whom I had a regard , but I do not know that he had acted unhandsomely to me . I do not know whether we had parted company for . 'some-time ... : : v The Chairman said he thought it was quite enough if it was made ; out that elie had cause for mental anxiety .-- ' -- - ¦¦ ... ¦' ¦; - . ¦¦ . '¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ : ' - ' . -. ' . -: ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦• - .- . ' ¦ ¦" ' - ¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦

      Witness—I had cause for mental anxiety . I was twenty-fiTO in October last . I take care of my mother ' a shop , and attend to her business , and she has no reason to find fault with my conduct at all ; we sell grocery , flour , and bread ; I never get scolded by my mother for making mistakes . I gave all this tooney under the idea of gettinar myself better ; if I Bad got quite well , 2 should have had no objection to her keeping the money , if I ceuld have got my mother ' s consent ... - . " - . ' - .. " : .. "¦¦¦ ¦' ; ¦ ' ..-. ' ¦ - . :- ' :: '\\ .. ' " ' •^ !• - ¦¦' , ' By the Court—The prisoner promised ine to bring the money back the next day . " ; Bd-examined---aiy mother never gave her consent to parting with that £ 7 ; she was to bring the money back . -- ' ' . ¦ . : ' . ¦ ¦¦ - . ¦ ¦ ... ¦ . ' -. ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦' ¦" . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ... ¦ ¦ -., .: '¦ " ; '¦ , Mr . Dowling ^ -Or you were to cat her throafc—. ( laughter . ) . ¦ . - ¦ - , - .. ; . ; .. ¦ ' . ' : ¦¦ : ¦ : ' . ' ,. ¦ ' -:.

      The Chairman—This was an extraordinary condition , because if she did not bring it back , she would not be there to have her throat cut ( Laughter . ) : '; -. Elizabeth Guiyer , the mother—I recollect that in the beginning of March my daughter was in a bad state of health , and had been so some time . I saw the prisoner in my shop , and I had some conversation with my daughter about it . When I went to look for my money I found it all gone ; there was £ 7 10 s ., two sovereigns , three half-sovereigns , fifteen half-crowns , forty shillinga , and five sixpences . I gave information to the police ; I had seen the money all safe the day it was taken . away . - .,: '¦'¦' . ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ;' . ' ¦ ' . ' - ' : ' ; ' : ' - '¦ . "'¦¦¦'¦ ¦ : " .

      James Syer , a police constable—I was on duty at Heyden in April , when I received information of the case , and on the 18 th I saw some gipsies , in the pariah of Great Chishall . The prisoner's husband was driving a cart , and I saw the prisoner with him ; I took her into custody . She denied at first that her name was Dolton , but afterwards she copfessedit . I told her I took her for obtaining money under false pretences . I searched her husband , and found this bag on him . [ Bag produced , and Miss G . said she believed that was the bag into which the salt was put ] On the roid to .-the-. station-house , her husband said he did not care if it did net transport her , and sue said , "Doyou think it will ? " ;' - - ¦ : ¦' - . ¦"' . . - " . , ¦ . -- ' . : ¦ ¦ •• ¦ , - ¦' ¦ . ¦ -

      The examination before the magistrates was put in . The prisoner then said , she went into ; the shop for a quarter of an ounce of tea ; the young woman and hw sister smiled , as if they wished her to speak to them , and she then said , " Tou do not look happy , and I think it is about a young man . " She said it was , and she should not mind what she gave if she could have him . She ( prisoner ) said she would do all she could do for her , but she must have some money . She gave her some , but she did not promise her the day or the hour she would carry it back . She was ill and very poor /; -Brit she was working round there to carry tfee money back . ' / - . ' . ' v ^ ' ' ' : v ' . ¦• -. ' ¦ - ¦ - ' . -.. - ' V " ¦ This was the case for the presecution .

      Mr . Dowlnig then addressed the Jury for the prisoner . He said , if qnestions of this sort wgre to be made subjects for inquiry in courts of justice , they would be occapied with them every day in the year , for there was not a day in which persons who were in . Ip . ve or in ill-health , did not apply to the " wise woman" for her advice ; but were those who went there to buy their spells and adviceV such as they ¦ were , to turn round and prosecute them for felony ? Could they doubt the object of the prosecutrix or her mother was not the benefit of the public at large , but the proceeding was a sort of pressure on the prisoner or her husband to get the money , hack . This was nothing more than a girl going to a wise woman , who was supposed to have influence over supernatural

      affairs ; and though the law waa to protect the weak against the Btrong , a person grownup to twenty-four years ef age , and conducting the business of her parent , was not to be considered an idiot ; and if ishe chose to pay a fancy price for anything she was np 6 to be protected by a criminal prosecution , because afterwards she did not like her bargain . If a person saw a whip in a window ; and the ' , tradesman insisted on having £ 5 ¦ for Ifc ^ if he chose to give it , a- d afterwards fouiid it worth ; only 2 s . 6 d , was the tradesman to be prosecuted as a criminal ? - Loak at the Strawberry Hill sale—there were old things not worth sixpence , but persons were willing to pay enormous prices Ijf them to complete theit libraries or curiosities , and it would be hard on Mr . George Robins if when he went to

      make up hia accounts , ' . some of the noblemen should demand their money , er prosecute him . Their present chairman had many brobzss which to an antiquarian were of great value , but which he ( Mr : D . ) or the Jury might not be disposed to value highly ; bnt cultivated minds enjoyed them , and probably when in Rome he might have given £ 50 for a- ' small-piece ; of brass , but he would think it unwise to say , " If you do not give me my money back . 1 will prosecute you- " Here this girl .. went tothe . ¦ .-prisoner * - ' Who perfprnied very absurd thuigs , but which she was willing to . pay for , and '' -was . she . now * -to turn round and prosecute her as criminal ? She was not to tui-n round-and say , "I am not cured—your advice ia valueless , and I will prosecute yoa . " What difference was there between this case and that of a medical man ? He

      came 111 and said , " you ' . muat ta&e my piUfl and draughts , you must ^ nib . * in my . lotion ,-you must try my plaisters , " anS they went on till their shelves were filled with bottles and boxes , and they found themselves worse than they were b&fore— - ( laughter)—and then came a bill longer than that jury panel , which they must pay ( Laughter . ) Yet did they ever hear of a "' doctor being called on to answer for this ? That case -was ia f . ; ct worse than this , becausie here the young woman could exercise her own discretion on the deception practised upon her understanding but the doctor carae and . shook his head , as if there was anythiPjg in it , fdt the pulse , looked at the watch , and . practised all that mummery which was usual when there was nothing more to do than to drive a . road for his fortune through the patient ' s bowels—( laughter ;—and they had no means of detecting or judging of . it , t-M ' they knew nothing of what he was about Here this girl ,

      who was capable , of conducting "her mother ' s business ^ had a full opportunity of seeing whether the a ' . lvica was worth what she gave for it , and like a person who bought a thing ; at a fancy-price , it was at her own risk . The girl confessed there was some unrequitid love in . this matter ; the gipsey saw tho romance of eariy .-aflfectipn playing about the ruins of a tost heart—( laughter )—tix . ere ; ' was a smile of invitation ; and the young girl desiring the return of the wanderer , lc Aed to get the shepherdess to bring him back tothe -fold . when all was to be well . —( laughter . ) A your ? yiil in love viewed everything in'an absurd light ; and here she called in the prisoner ' s aid , and was in tha situation of a pewon who bought an old manusoript not worth 6 d . at a high price ; or the doctor who did the patient no good ; it was a mere purchaso ,. . an / I tte . person was not guilty of felony who sold advice whic 6 ' might bo valueless .

      The _ Chairman said , the only quoatioh was , wtatttf the prisoner obtained-, the money feloniously—whutij' ^ the taking was with a felonious -intention . Did this woman , at the time she went into the shop cook up this story . to get possession of . the money feloniously I There were several cases :: on this subject . Tiiew ft"a one in which a person went to a coach-maker's , and said he wanted a chariot to go into the Nortb ; the coach-maker let him have it , and he went and sold it "; that was a mere cloak to get possession of it , and lid was convicted of the felony . There was another case in vyhich a person got possessien of bank notes ta change , but walked off and did not bring them back }

      and it Was held that that . being » false pretence ,: there was a felonious' intent to get posseaion of the- notes It appeared to him that this case went all fours witb that ; The prisoner specially ; stated she would bring the money back—there was no borrowing ; and it appeared to him to be a 1 trumped up story of this iagenious woman to get possession of the monej ? from this young girl , who was suffering under greatmeotal anxiety . The young girl might not be so clever as this woman , and he h&ped she Barer would be , for ^ sitf had not made a good use of her talents . It appeared to him that the case came within the description of larceny .. . * . -. **¦ ,- . :- .. / : . ¦ ..-. / - ¦ . . * - . ¦ -:. " : ¦; -. ¦

      The Jury asked the prosecutrix whether , before ebe gave her the money , the prisoner positively promised to bringitback ? The witness said she did . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . ; The Chairman briefly addressed fcbe prisoner , and sentenced her to fee " Transported for sevenyears . " The Court ordered the money found on the prisoner to be restored to Mra . Guiver .

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      IKELAHTD . ( From The World's Correspondents . , ) Ardhore . —At the petty sessions on Tuesday the magistrates presiding were Simon Bagge , Walter John Carew , and Gsrald Fitzgerald , Esqrs . The only case which excited any interest was at the presecution of Darby Mahony , Daniel Hayes , and Michael MuJgan , three Ducg . irvan bailiffs , for a rescue and assault against Thomas-Mansfield and three of his sons , and two of his daughters , who reside in Slieverue , in the county of Waterford , under a decree at the suit of Mr . Richard D . Hudson , attorney , for five shillings , the amount of an I . O . U ., passed him for a sessions fee . Thebailiffa swore hard , but admitted that the defendant was an unfortunate poor old man , and that all he had was a pig , which they seizid , and that he offered seven

      shillings in part payment , which they refused . It also appeared that the decree was twelve shillings , ss there was an addition of seven shilings for the cost of the decree on the five ehilliDg I . O . TJ ! The Magistrate said they bad no right to rescue , and took the information of the bailiffs , but at the same time remarked that it was a hardship to have re-fused the seven shillings offered by the defendant , and that it would go in mitigation , and it was a further hardship to have so much costs to pay on such a trivial debt , besides 2 s . GJ ., the bailiff ' s fees . There should be some cheap way of recovering small debts . It would be a great boon to the poor if all dtbta under twenty shillings were recoverable at pttty sessions , iu tho same manner as wages , for independent of the expence , there is a great Ios 9 of time to the parties and witnesses attending quarter sessions , a great distance front their residences .

      CaStlebaR . —Several fatal accidents have occurred in this neighbourhood during the last few days . last week an inquest was held at Kilmovee in this county , before Richard OGrady , Esq ., and a jury , on the body * . f Bridget Duffcy , a child -who had been suffocated while in bed with its parents . Doctor A . Dillon deposed that death was caused by suffocation , and the jnry returned a verdict in accordance with that opinion , but expressed their belief that tho suffocation was accidental ; and a few days since while a man named Conry was sitting in his cart at Brooklawn , the horse suddenly took flight , and plunged and kicked eo violently that ha was thrown from it , the wheel passing

      over his leg and thigh , and inflicting a severe lacerated wound . I 7 iflamniation shortly after set in , and as there was no medical assistance sought for or afforded , the poorman died in gnat agony in three daysafter the accident . An inquest was held on Saturday before John F . Bourke , Esq ., coroner , and a jury , in the parsh of Kilcommon , on tha body of PatMeginty , who had died from the effects of injuries infl . cted en his person by Andrew Cleary and ethers . It appeared from the evidence that a tight took place i » a ahebcen house between the deceased and several others , and that his death was caused by the fracture of his skull on that ( .-ccasio'ii . A verdict in accordance with the facts waa

      returned . JIou . NTMEi . LiCK . —Who'll stop Jacob the white Q . oaker ? i ; isk the question in the . most dolorous mood , for if iin end be not speedily put to that boy's peregrinations , the good old toast of " sweethearts and wives" v » iii become a , farce . What think you ? Although this lily-coloured Friend is the last person in the woTld whom you would select to sit as an Adonis , "Nature having endowed him with an unique pair of Fpindleshanks and a " human fice divine , " which looks aj if it were diurnally bathed in the preserved essence cf ginger , it'll he has made more havoc among the hearts of the sweet Quakeresses , maids , and matrons , of Mountmellick , than if a hundred Drawa , Hitwkea , or Caldwells came in the way . But as " there are more titiogs in Heaven ami eartli tlian are dreamt of in our philosophy , " it would be foolish to express cstonishinent at anything which happens now-a days . Imprimis—a lidy , tha me ' i s and devout spinster sister of our

      respected , anil , alas . ' depressed fellow townsman , Mr . B « ale , led the way , by abandoning herself to thu guidance of the new . it-clarian , and tendiDg him in his wanderings hither ai . d thither . Then the wife of Mr . Thomas P— left a doating and now distracted husband , and six or seven lovely llltta P—s , despite of a !! remonstrances , prayers , and entreaties to the contrary . " What a : unnatural mother ! " ruethinks I hear all your readers exclaim in fall chorus , lut such is the influence of this enthusiasm , fanaticism , insanity , or-whattver you please to call it . Away , then , flew tbe giftad and accomplished Miss Twacker , leaving , as Barney Brallaghan would say , many an aspiring young bachelor " all alone fo ' to die" of tbe disappointment . Next , a rosy cheeked and liux'jm girl named Gee , in the service of a respectable townsman , joined the ranks , but time would fail to enumerate all tbe teroines who have offered up themselves at the sfariue of this new idol , an : l I will only conclude as I began , with asking " Who'll stop Jacob tae white Quaker ?"

      NenaGII . —I am sorry to inform you that outrage and incendiarism still prevail in this district . On Saturday evening , three men entered a fibld at Lisbonny , the property of . Mr . John Cunningham , of this town , and beat a workman , of the came of Walsh , with Atones , until tht-y were alarnied by the shouting of two or three women , when they decamped . Between one and two o ' clock ou the ntxt day , a man entered the dwelling house of Mr . John Cunningham , tho abovenamed , and-delivered a threatening notice to his maid servant to give to her master . As constable Peter Cunry , of ttiis town , aud three sntwionatablts , were on yatrole , in the ne ' iKubuurhood of Basra , they observed a flash ef a pan at tome distance from them , and were in the act of cautiously approaching the spot , when a

      woman gave the alarm , and the rockitts ( four in number ; fk-d , pursutd by the police , who succeeded in appnlieudiiig two of them , named Hea ] y and Ryan . Tbe timely approach of the police invented , it is probably , another addition to the number of Attempts ; . t assassination , now so prevalent , in this disturbed loca'ity . Some incendiary maliciously stt fire to the dwelling-house of Jarats Stunners , in the town of Tcomavara , tbe greater part of which was cons \» raed , and , ¦ were it not that it was discovered so soon , it is difficult to calculate what tho extent of the injury to property mi §! it Lave bse . 'i . On Thursday night some maliciously disposed persona destroyed a new plough on the lau-: s of Baliincurha , the property of Thomas Kennedy , of same place .

      Limerick . —A yotmg man , named Patrick Walsh , was found bathed in blood , at an esrly hour on Sunday evening last , in a curt , trie horse of which was straying along the r ^ -id , at Coogha , Lord Stanley ' s estate , within p . raile of the police station . He wns speechless and smeared "with go : e , which also disfigured the vehicle . Surgeon Thomas Wilkinson , -who was known to be in the neighbourhood , - was at or . ee tent for , but life was estin . it btf . jre his arrival . Tb ' s gentlemen , who was oxami tied at the inquest , deposed that death * waa caused by an extensive-wc-un-I passing ohliquely through the right ey .-sbrow , expu&ing a fracture on the forehead , and tLroagh ' rkieh the i / rain v .: s visible .

      P . ' . nso . N STcnv . v . — Ex 1 ijaoudinarv Eloeement . — Thedro'ltst event which hu occurred hero during the last ucz ? n yt ^ rs , harring of c > urse > Lord Ilo 3 se'B never to be suiiicien * Jy wondered at piece of machinery , happune . i on Satui "day last . A French lady of great personal charms g . it fresh hors-s at odo of the posting houses , drove ra v ^ y "P *<> T , lie -residence of a young gentleman tiamed F--n , si-ut in her name requestiug an ir . tervu > w J on v / hich ho made his appearuace with bis carp * t l ' : - ^* , bolted into the carriage , drove off . ami no ' . io 0 / ^ partu-s , airaaga to say , have been heard cf since . Tflis " spiriting away" of the young gentleman ha . « , ss you may suppose , caused quite a sensation . I foi "t ' 6 'ving name 3 , hoping that the parties may '' turn u ^ . ' " and accouut for themselves before next post .

      Stradbally . —The extei . < svve population of StradbalJy , BaUylaneen , Kill , N . i « town , Kilmacthonias , Boumahon , and the surroundi , ^ 8 county bad a demonstration in support of the cans , ^ ° f Repeal on Sunday last . A deputation from Wateri or'I attended , on the occasion . The Rev . Mr . Casey , C 'itholic Curate , was called to the chair amidst loud c ueers , and Pierce Power , Esq ., of Carrick Castle , wa 3 ap Ciinted secretary . Several addresses were delivered and a number of resolutions -were passed . Tipperauy . —On Sunday last onr totra" presented a cheerful scene From an early hour in the . 'he morning great numbers arrived fcom the eurroundin % districts to witness the precession of the Tenipoiar . ee bsa < i

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      GOOD , THE MURDERER . The trial of Daniel Good for the murder of Jane Good , or Jones , took place on Friday , in the Central Criminal Court . The place was -crowded ' . to * the invasion of the very Judges' seata ; several women , even young ladies , were among the auditory ; and tho number of -bavristers was great . On the bench wore Lord Dennian , Mr . Baron Alderson , Mr . Justice Coltiiian , and-the-. Recorder- ; and by their side were the Duke of Sussex , the Chevalier Bunsen , several Aldermen , and Mn . John Deh&i&toun , M . P . - . - * " ' ¦ ¦ . '"¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦' ¦ .

      With Good , Molly his reputed wife was placed at the bar ; which both the prisoners approached with a firm and confident step , and both . pleaded " Not Guilty . " Molly Good was removed ; and the trial of Daniel proceeded . It was conducted by tha Attorney . General ; whose statement , with the evidence which followed , added little of interest to the facts already known , only that they-were mnrsballed in a niore skilful order . Lydia Susannah Butcher now appeared to . admit that her intercourse with Good had been more familiar than she formerly confessed ; Thomas Sales , the -waiter at a

      public house at which Good called after the murder with Mary Good , overheard him say that she " would not bo troubled with that ¦ any more . " * - Thei son was brought into court , but he wa 9 not examined , apparently from a spirit of forbearance . . -Mr .-. .-D 6 ahe ; * for the defence , reminded the Jury that tue case against the prisoner rested entirely upon circnnistautial evidence , and that there was no proof that the woman had not destroyed herself ; while there was a total absence of &H probable motive . The Attorney-General waived his right of reply .

      The Chief Justice , m summing up , hkewiaereminded the Jury oif tho necessity of caution in judging on circumstantial evidence . That the deceased met whh her death ; by violence appeared to be clearly proved by the medical witnesses , who declared their opinion that death was occasioned by the ssverance of the windpipe , th « . carotid artery , and tW ju . gu . tar vein , and that the body was instantly- * 'drained of blood . If ehe had destroyed herself , it was most improbable that * a man with whom she had long been living on intimate and friendly terms , instead of calling aasistanee , would proceed at onco to dismemberthe body . The Jury retired at half-past seven o'clock , and returned into court at five minutes past eight , when the foreman vronoHnced a verdict of '^ Guilty . "

      Losd Deuuiau theu , having put on the black cap ^ addressed the prisoner as follows : — " Daniel Good , you havo been found guilty upon the clearest evidence of a most foul and wicked , murder ; perhaps , a case mere abhorent to the feelings of human nature than the present , was never presentodtoa court of justice , and it is a sad " example of the consequences of a wicked and vififus course of life . There is no doubt that it i « owing to the indulgence of your . ' " inclinations for one Woman after another , that being tired of the unhappy deceased , and feeling that you could not enjoy to its fullest extent thefresh 'attachment you had formed , that . you resolved upon destroying the unhappy Woman who was tLe former object of your affection . No argument that I can uie can ^ aggravate , your case . You coldly

      calculated long before the act was . . committed upon depriving the unfortuiiate woman of her Kttle property , and handing it over to the fresh object of your , attachment , aiany weeks before the uiurder you made a promise of all the deceased ' s clothes to another ; and only a fortnight before you pledged yourself to the young woman who has appeared as -a witness against you , in a much stronger . manner . ; ¦ * Thero is no doubt that on that Suudr . yriight you enticed your victim to your stables , intending to-tako her life , and to hide her afterwards from tho eye of man . That place was entirely under your coutroul ., an'd . you thought you might unseen dispose of the body ; but although you were not watched-. by any human eye , your proceedings were brought to lifibt in such a manner as to afford a painful

      warning to all other criminals , and showed how such crimes might be discovered . It is absolutely necessary that your life should be forfeited tothe laws of God and man "which you ba > ve so grievously offended , and your case will have this aggravation , that you will leave the world unregrfctteil i : hI unpitied by any one . I hope that rio Euglishruuiij on the day that ¦ will be fatal to you , will give expression to his feelings of abhorrence . it your crime ; but it is only a proper aggravation in your case that you vrill not leave one behind you who will not thick a good dead done -. when ¦' your life ia put an end to . You are on the brink ' . of-another world , and no human beini ; is entitled-to say that any feilow creature will be

      refused ' forgiveness for his sins . Tho mercy of God is as gtt ; it as i 3 your crime , atid I entreat you to lose no time in seeking for pardon ircm Him- alone who can grant it to you . I imploro yisa to make tho moat of the short time you have to remain in this world , and by a sincere repentance offer some atonement for the awful cri : iie you Lave committed . You qun expect no mercy in this world , but I hope you will receive it ia another . It now remains only for me to . pas ' s upon you the awful sentence of the law , which is ,, that you be taken henee to ths place whence you-were'brought in this court , and thence to some plttce of execution , and there'bo hung by the neck until you are dead , and that your body be afterwards buvstd in the precincts of tho prison . May the Lovd have mercy on your guilty soul .

      As soon as tug learned Judge had concluded his address , the prisoner , who appeared to be quite unmoved , sai'i , " I declare to Almighty God thut I never tuiifc av ay tue lifj of that woman . Susan Butcher is tha cause of all my troubles , and the cause of that pour woman being lost . When -ne left Mrs . Hester ' s Jnr . o declared that sha would destroy herself . " The prisoner . then proceeded in a Very incoherent strain against the conduct of B ' ltcher , who he described as a ^ vays getting intoxicattd . He then Said , that after they came from Mrs Hosier ' s ho left her ( deceased ) in the stable , and on his rtturn she destroyed herself . He told ker that ho could not . let her sleep iu the harneseroon :, in consequeuco of the old gardener telling everything that be did to his ruaster ; she was very angry

      about Butcher , and declared that she would drown herself ; he told her that she should not fly in the faca of God , and lie prevented her going out of . the ' stable ; he then shook flown some hay in the stall where the trunk was found , and told her tb remain there till he returned ; when be returned , he found her lying dead in the saine-plice that he had loft her ; her turoat was cut , and a sharp penknife , with which ' she cut . it j was lying by her side ; he did : not know what to do when he saw her lyiug dead ; he afterwards threw the knife over Hammerswuth Bridge into the water . When he went cut of the stable he locked tho door , but afterwards went kick , and covered her over with hay . On the Jlonday morning , a man he knew , wlio Bold matchts , rana the bell , and he told him what had happened , and showed him the boi ' and asked him : what

      j he had better do , and he . said the best way would be to I conceal the body . He ( prisoner ) told him that he would give him a sovereign if he would conceal it . The man came again en the sarae evening about seven o ' clGck , and brought a bag -with huri ; he took him into the stable and' gave him the axe j he had previously asked him whether he had an axe or a chopper j he also gave hJm the knife which had been epoken about . He then locked th 8 man in the stable , and during his ( the prisoner ' s ) absence he proceeded to cut the j legs and head off tha dec-ased . ; The man then told him ttat he had better make a fire and turn the limbs , as he j could cot carry theai away so well as he could the head j He ( prisoner ) asked him to buvy the limbs instead of j burning them , but he : refused , to do so . On the follow- } jng taornins the maa came down again between three ]

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      TRIALS OF MOLLY GOOD AND RICHARD GAMBLE . Central Criminal Court , S . . uapAir . ' -. This morning , at ten o ' clock precisely , Mr . Baron Alderson and Mr . Justice Coltman took their seats upon the bench of the old court , and proceeded to take the trial of Molly Good . The Court was not nearso much crowded as on Friday , and the prices of admission to the gallery were lowered , it is said , to one-fifth '' the price" that was demanded for the exhibition of Good . The Attorney-General , Mr . Adolphus , Mr . Waddington , and Mr . Russell Gurney , attended , oa behalf of the Crown , to prosecute , and Mr . Ballantine ' -attended for the prisoner . . " The Clerk of the Arraigns having read over theandictment , charging the prisoner with harbouriDg and coaiforting Daniel Good , who stood charged '' with"the crime of murder , the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty .

      . The Attorney-General , in addressing the Jury , said it was highly important , for the ends of public justice , that people should understand the enormity of . " ' the offence which they committed in harbouring and secreting a party who had ' -. committed so awful a crime as that of murder . It seemed that the prisoner at the bar had comforted and harboured the man Daniel Good , who was yesterday found guilty of murder . He understood the defence to be set up was , that the prisoner was married to the man Daniel Good ; arid , if tuch proof ¦ was adduced , then the law very humanely provided that a wife could not be found guilty of harbouring the

      man whom she was bound to honour , love , and obey . He believed that the prisoner had , many years ago , gone through a certain form with the prisoner , but had not been legally married to him ; and she had lived with him for a number of years . If , howeyev , the prisoner had harboured Good under the sincere belief that she was his wife , and bound to do so , he ( the Attorney ^ General ) did not feel it necessary for the purposes of public justice , to adviee the Cr&wn to prosecute . He , had conferred with his Learned FriendB , and with the Learned Counsel engaged for the prisoner , and he believed sufficient had transpired : between them to justify him in not offering any evidence against' the

      prisoner . Mr ,- ' Ballantine thanked his learned friends for the oppprtuuity they had offered him of laying some of the facts contained in his instructions before them , and for the liberal construction they had placed upon the . evidence he had intended to present on behaJf of the prisoner before the jury . It saved the prisoner the pain of a long trial in a doubtful case , which , in aU probability , would have ended in a doubtful . result . It was another proof of the spirit of forbearance which bad characteriBed this prosecution throughout ; and he sincere y thanked hia learned friends for the course which , in their better judgment , they bad thought proper to pursue .

      Mr . Baron Alderson then remarked that , as the Attorney-General had not offered any evidence against the prisoner , it would be the duty of the jury to acquit her . It had been truly said that a woman could not be convicted of a charge of harbouriag her husband , but in the event of the prisoner not having been able to produce evidence of her having been married legally , she would have been ; placed in an awkward position , and not have been considered altogether guiltless :, at the same time the court would have ' . visited her With a comparatively light punishment , if it had been shown that she had gone through a certain form with Daniel Good , which led her to believe that she was his wife

      and , acting under that impression , had considered it her duty to comfort him . It was important that a wrong impression should not go forth to the public that , in any future casa that may arise , where the circumstances might in some respects be of a similar kind , that this court would fail to inflict a severe punishment upon persons who should be proved to be guilty of so serious on offence as that of interposing diflicultiea in the way of the police when they were endeavouring to bring to justice a party charged with a murder of bo frightful a nature as that which had yesterday occupied so much of their attention ; and created so painful an excitemtnt in the public mind .

      The Attorney-General said , in fairness to the prisoner , he would state that he believed a number of . witnesses wero ia court ready to bear testimony , to the good character of the prisoner during the time ' she had lived for many years in the neighbourhood of Spitalfields . The Jury , under the direction of the Learned Judge , then -acquitted the prisoner . .-. ¦ . ¦ ¦ '¦¦ " . . ' ¦ Mary Good was then arraigned for feloniously receiving three pieces of silk , the property of Jane Jones , otherwise Jane Good . The Counsel for the prosecution in this case declined to offer any evidence , and she was acquitted ; Richard Gamble was next charged with feloniously receiving three gowii 3 , the property of Jane Jones , otherwise Good , and also with feloniously receiving two shirts , the property of Samuel Spicer .

      TLe prisoner when called upon to plead , said , "I am not guilty of receiving the things , knowing them to have l 5 eon » stolen ; " and in consequence of a like intimation froiqphe Attorney-General of theunwillingness of the Crown to prosecute , the prisoner was acquitted .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 21, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct890/page/6/