•m THi: rXM)LOTlDS OF ENGLAND. Mr Lou* *x» CiEjrrLQtts,—It u now nearly four gottm tiU Mon. l addressed a MHt uoer •erics of letteafrum afclou'* lUx niuLK.—l'lie factory workies \ti this town :u^ 1&ia.¥«*Castle to the l*ndfcrds of Ireland ; and ^oini,- on wt'iJ. The turnout* havo gained '[ r i 'wt- tfkoag b the thai aigxa of the times foroifhed a fair vuiui' at all die inHU. - .Oh- Tuesday tlie Iwui* at Toar orfer, and although Hiittprworth imA Vo.' », Hanging-road[factory, tnrrted Yxming Jo every prediction out , dctenuined to have the advance, This i» the jfciiI then ventured vcpon is now in course of fulfil- only mill where the hands aro on strike at present. ment, yet hare yon been dead, dnll, and *tuj>id io all Dc.v'ohbis TssTraq:nAfc."~Central Committee of •* outward andT -risible signs" -ohich manifest a Trades, Ac, Knvj'Ue Hoimv l>iceirter-»quare, VVVjd- £om iiewlay, Decembt-r 18th. Mr. (rrassby in the chair, ¦Hiring hatred of toot class, as veil as a fixed deter- favourable reports were received from the Carpenter* make jwtr the victims of all those from ; to ^ __ . of St. Lukes mination social and national trad T ; the Morocco Leather-iiimhera journal ant) from the Kcpeal Meeting recently held at tile -which es' anomalies constitute . jadpolitical the stock-in- ge of ~ Temperance Hall, Clement'is-lane. Messrs, T, M- agitators and grievance-Eiongers of ever* VOL. THL KO . 371. LONDON , SATU p»um iifvnuS^ Wheeler ^ RDAY, DECEMBEi• R 21A » 1RMi vj-f*. , j,,,, i and Synie were deputed to wait on Mr. jjrt and denomination. If a peasant is starving and { " ' ^ F£t< afcjiiinfl, mxptiucv pVV Qunrtvr JJiini'ombe respecting the propwed procession in Or February j aiesone of your napes, and ia prosecuted, his suffer- with ; and at a money-rent, having met ivith any support from the next. Mr. Oaiimiin stated that the Cork* no man would people of the l? e a r not cutters had come to a determiiiatiou tQ jpay into the is a god-send to some philantrophic free -trader, refuse to dre £10 a year for places through which they passed. There has been, i,ftl 1S r,r - U ImiBt * PaiU for. Due man working classes. I Hear , hear. i During the agitation ^,g that " take ;" that is, ^ vc a «J should have all. a wet cold hedge, and eat for his dinner a bit Walworth-road. The jury returned a verdict of— «3ay aught, or eariv yesterday morning, hanged him- of bread daj its infancy . To calm apprehension that we had lost Webster was discovered to be on fire the whole corps Natural Deatlh Decemheb.31,J 8U. ____^ TflE NORTHERN STAR. 5 - Faxsi Accidekt ok tee UnrEB.—On Friday af- rate towards London, the Sylph had just left the pier a frost of excessive violence lasted from October to but said he would ba responsible for the portmanteau, •iglit and nine o'clock on the previous'night, the three by at the ternoon one of the coal porters in ihe employ of Mr. at Greenwich for her destination at Woolwich. At February. In 908, in the reign of the Anglo-Saxon &C, and return Destruction of a* East Indiama* Fire, Dav5es,-of Somerset-idiai^ Bankside, slipped that time the foe jthem in case the prisoner did not pay for prisoners came to his house and called f or a pint of Buc-OMiELAff.—On Thursday night, about six o'clock, staphen was very thick upon that portion of Edward the elder, a great frost occurred, during them ; they were c4rried:up to a bedroom and locked ale, the harge Mary Anne, and was drowned. Mr. the Thames, and before the necessary up. in payment for which Page gave Him a good half- a fire broke out in the ship Scotland, the property of. off alarm could be which most of the rivers of England were completely Robert Caunt, the brother and barman to the last witness, crown ; he returned two D»yies las Terr handsomely expressed his deteraoi- given, or fully understood, the cutwater of the Orwell frozen for two good shillings and fourpenee. Messrs. Wm.. Morrison and Co., of Glasgow, which for the bereaved widow and months : and in 925, the year in which stated that about four o'clock in the afternoon of Tues- Knowing the parties to be utterers Of base coin, he jjggon of^providing ehfl- cangjht the smaller vessel and stove her in, literally Edward died, a frost , of thirteen weeks' duration, day, the 3rd of arrived at the Broomielaw quav on the same day, cutting her to September, the prisoner drove up in an was particular in ringing both the shillings on the with a valuable cargo of East Inclia produce, consist- pieces. At the moment this happened froze the Thames. : open four-wheeled phaeton. The prisoner was accom- counter. Page then £pB£._The mnnvmftst of a schooner of about 150 there -were on board the usual crew, In asked for a biscuit, and gave ing of rum, cotton , sugar, salt-petre, &c. By the consisting of the reign of Athelstan, a.d. 937, a severe frost panied by a soldier; they had a carpet bag with them, him a bad shilling, declaring it to he one she had just jjjns was drifted into EingabellaBay on Sunday captain, steersman, engine-driver, stoker and assist- lasted one hundred and twenty days ; and again in the which appeared exertions of the superintendent of the Glasgow fire- had appareDtrr been bnt a short time to be very heavy,for they carried it be- received. He said he was determined to give them engines, along with the West of England and River BTBnj ii|r. It in ants, a few persons on deck, and about twenty pas- time of Ethelred II., ajj . 981, a frost occurred of tween them into the house. The prisoner asked to be into custody, when Trater, and "was broken off "under the rigging, sengers inlthe cabin. Their shrieks five months Posten struck him a violent blow Trust fire-brigade , the flames were kept in check •g^ weremost appall- ' duration ; and another in 998, which shown into a private room, and the witness offered him on the hand, and the shilling fell on the floor ; he, part of a 5hip^ boat, painted lead-colour inside, "was ing, being heard all along the shore as far as Green- froze the Thames for five from about half-past six o'clock in tne evening weeks. the use of the bar parlour, into which they entered with however, placed his foot upon it, when Posten butted until flrjvcB into Kocky Bay on Friday evening. wich Pier. _ The \essel which was struck was seen to In the Banish Canute's reign, a frost visited Eng- the carpet bag. half-past three on Wednesday morning, when In a few minutes after, the man named him on the stomach with his head with such violence they broke out with great fury through the reelmost frightfully, and it was instantly discovered land on Midsummer-day, of such severity as. to de- Joseph Elder came in and joined them, and soon after the as to nearl XoroHAL, Dec. 14.—About six on Friday evening, by the watermen lying q " y knock the breath out otjhis body. The after-hatchway," where a considerable stock of off the uav that she was stroy the corn and fruit. witness heard a. "jingling " of gold. The witness, on prisoners were remanded till Mondav. a schooner cameby ashore on Clay Castle beach; the filling fast. Numerous boats were at once unmoored 1062. rum was stowed, and continued for some time remained her, and were all saved at the Edward the Confessor.—A frost of fourteen this, looked throug h the curtains of the bar -pa rlour , and to blaze ^w ebb- and pushed off, and by the time they came alongside weeks, which completely froze the Thames. saw the without anv prospect of abatement. The jjjg of the tide. The captain's -wife was on board, " carpet -bag open, with gold loose in it, and two Dreadful fire brigade did their utmost with the several persons-were struggling in the water. For- 1076. William the Norman.-—A great earthquake canvas bags, one of whifeh appeared to have burst. The Fire near Russell Square, and Loss of means at and wa5 got ashore in a great state of exhanstion. tunately, by the praiseworthy exertions of the was succeeded Life.—This morning (Saturday ) the neighbourhood their disposal, to extinguish the flames, and continued p proved to be the Josej>h by an intense frost, which continued prisoner stated he was ' going to take the gold to a bank to pour The shi and Fanny, of watermen, the crew were saved, as were also five from November to April. in Edinburgh of Russell-square, Bloomsbury, was] visited by the water into the hold for about eight hours, Capt. Lobbat, bound for Newport from Cork, , and th at he was to have two soldiers from six branch pipes, Ifewpori. or six other persons, including four women and an Henry I.—The plague desolated England in 1112, to guard him. The witness tried to outbreak of a most alarming fire, which was attended so that on ;the return of the ¦with a general cargo of provisions, xhey left Cove infant lift the carpet bag with a lamentable sacrifice of human life. The tide the quantity of water furnished by the engines child. In the case of the mother and her and in 1114 a violent frost ensued, which broke down and its contents , but failed in the attempt in consequence filled the last Tnesdav, carried away some of their sails that infant, not seven months old, the niost piteous most of the bridges, of the weight. premises in which the unfortunate accident occurred ship entirely within about two feet of the had been since then lyimj-to froze the tributary streams, and The prison er then asked for the port - deck. Notwithstanding jjjght, and , and unable scene presented itself—the mother battling with left the bed of the Thames dry for three days. manteau , but was was the residence of Mr. Fairlie, civil engineer, and this the fire continued to partake of any food or refreshment. Saturday told it was locked up, and that the situated on the spread under the decks, and ultimatel \q the waves, and stretching out her arms, as in piteous 1205. John.—A frost from January 14 to March 22 ; landlord and his wife had the key and wer e absent. Elder north side of Guilfordistreet (No. 67), y got such a Heroins at daybreak, ihe iull of a vessel was de- supplication, towards her child, nearly opposite Queen-square, consisting of a large thorough mastery of the vessel, that all h'ope of saving which had escaped and another in 1207, which continued fifteen weeks. remark ed tha t if money, would get it they must have it, the cargo was geried from the shore riding at anchor outside the from her arms in the struggle between life and death. 1434. Henry VI. and he sent for dwelling-house, four stories high, and of great depth. given up. By about half-past four a eoinpleie "Hrreek, "without a mast standing, —A frost of intense severity, ten a lo smith who opened the bed-room o'clock the mainmast, which had been previoxisl tar, and By an extraordinary effort on the part of two men, weeks in duration. door , and the portmanteau was broug ht dowu. The The alarm, from all accounts, appears to have been y cut x signal of distress Sying from a jury-mast. The named "William Brown and Joseph Fncey, portma ntea u raised by Air. Fairlie himself ;—some say the police through with a saw, in order to save it from the ' belonging 1516. Henry VIII.—A great frost occurred in this take n in Boston bv Forrester , in Elder 's devouring element gea on the bar was so tremendously heavy, it to Ship-stairs, in their boats, both were happUy saved. reign. Carte passed lodgings, was h discovered it. Be this as it may, the fire was found , gave way with a tremendous no attempt conld be over the Thames : and again in ere produced and identified by the wit- crash, and fell into the river. ttxs frared made to reach In a few moments the body of a man, frightfully mu- the winter of 1525, so intense was the cold, after vio- ness, who added that the raging by both in the back parlour. It was so sudden, It was speedily fol- Two nshrng-boats -were, iowever prisoner paid him £1 10s. on however lowed by the mizen-mast, which, -having ner. , manned, tilated, but to appearance still alive, rose to the sur- lent tempests, that many of the houseless poor lost the delivery of the portmanteau , and that after this the , that the domestics, four female ser- been burned and with considerable risk succeeded in clearing face. This being hauled content s of vants and two boys (one of the flatten- said to through, descended right astern, nearly crushing in into one of the boats, was the use of their limbs and perished. the carpet -bag were put into it. The prisoner , its progress a boat's crew who were jbe harbour, but were xmableto reach ber after se- immediately conveyed to the Dreadnought Hospital- 16-S4. Charles II.—About the beginning of Decem- Elder , and the soldier , have perished), had scarcely time to deac-enil engaged scuttling anampts, tOl at last the master of had refresh ments of steaks and the ship. At this time the flames were broug TjraJ one of the ship, but the poor fellow ceased to breathe in a few ber began a hard frost, which continued without four bottles of wine, and at seven o'clock Elder went from their separate apartments ere the fire com- ht under fcoats. Eiehard M'DanieL in the most gallant and minutes after he was received there. 2\ext out for a cab municated to the staircase, up which it ran with in the forecastle and amidships, but continued to appeared intermission to the 5th of February. Coaches ran , in which they drove away. The soldier rage with violehcc in if roic manner, and at the imminent risk of his life, another man, dreadfully crushed, and apparently upon the Thames from alluded to in the fearful rapidity, extending itsell' witltin- an incredibly the cabin and quarter-deck. By the Temple to Westminster, above evidence corrob orated these the well-directed efforts of the fire-brigade sprang out of his own boat, and sneceeded in getting quite dead. He was brought ashore, and taken into in Hilary Term. A» ox was roasted whole, bulls facts, and Capt. newitt , short period over the entire buildingj The poor fe- , however, of the Brittania steamer , identified males were in they were subdued, and the ship being now completely ¦en board ; a cable was then attached, her anchors the Union public-house, opposite the part of the river were baited, and multitudes of people assembled on the prisoner as being a passenger with Elder to Boston.— a most pitiable condition, not having aliped, and the vessel was towed into lie harbonr ¦where time to dress themselves ; some were to be observed scuttled, settled down into the river almost a total the accident occurred. Three women, who the ice. John Forres ter , examine d : 1 am chief officer stationed at wreck iritb sreat diffienlTv in safety. She proves to be a ¦were taken out of the Mansion -house running into the open street with nothing on but . The cargo, which was of the most valuable the water, were conveyed to the 1709. Anne.—A remarkably deep snow was suc- , and there received a warrant for the description, j eisey schooner, the Swan, bonnd Iran Seville to Crown and Anchor public-house ; and .Mr. A appreh ension of their night clothes, and amid the confusion they re- has been almost completely destroyed. ppleton, ceeded by three months of dreadfuliv inclement Bur gess and Elder , and , in consequence Hre at the Cm Sa.w Miixs.—Yesterday Dablm with fruit ; a large ship ran into her on Thurs- surgeon, being sent for, their contusions were of the instr uctions I received with that mained exposed to the inclemency of the weather, after- weather. Booths were erected on the Thames, and warrant , ac- noon another fire broke out in the extensive saw day nieht in the Channel, carried away all her head- attended to, and warm baths and beds provided with- all manner of compa nied by the witn ess, Mr. Board , I proceeded to and a strong easterly gale of wind,] until taken in , part of her bulwarks, and stove divers-ions were carried on upon the ice shelter by some of the adjacent inhabitants. The mills of Messrs. Esdaile and Co., Wenlock-terrace, aafls her boat. out delay by the humane landlord and landlady. for many weeks. Atnerica. We arrived at Halifax , whence I traced the City-road , Islington. T£h3e- in the act of clearing "the-wreck, a sea struck From the statement of one oi the sufferers, who was priso iiev and Elder from firemen on duty were called out by the light in the It originated in the room ap- 1715. George I.—The Thames frozen , and booths spot to spot , until I foun d a propriated for preparing wood for lueiter matches. her and swept the captain. Clement Renouf, over- sitting by the tire-place in the eabin at the tune erected on the ice. person answerin g the descri ption of Elder living in Boston heavens, which was very great, 1 and could bo seen from every part of the metropolis The loss is considerable. How the fire originated board; the rest of the crew were brought in in safetv. of the collision, it appears that there were about 1140. George II.—As intense a frost as was almost under the name of " Ellis." When I reached his house , . Directly was not ascertained. twenty below at the time of the occurrence, and that about one o' the firemen came up, Mv. Fairlie drew their attention Fisi at a LreirEB-MATCH Maso-actobt. — Be- ever known in England occurred this winter, which elock on the 31st of October , he was out , but The Alleged Murder bt a Police severalran up stairs the instajit afterwards, the water I and Mr . Board w aited his return . to a large quantity of property that was in the back Constable.— tween nine and ten o'clock on Friday night, a fire began on Christinas-day, and continued nearly eight On his arrival part of the premises ; but to preserve it On Friday evening Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the rushing violently through the aperture made by the weeks. The TLanies was frozen , booths were erected, Mr. Board at once recognized him , and I told him , or any portion was discovered in the drying room of the lucifer- force of the concussion. at that stage of the fire was beyond all possibility, for Star and Garter, Dean-street, Leicester-square, on mitea jaanufactory belonging to Mr. Thomas Hall, and a vast concourse of people assembled daily upon I had a warrant again st him , and took him into the body of Mary Johnson, aged 60 years who custody . I said to the flames had then complete possession oi' all the , , it was Cottage-place, Rennington-lane, immediatelj be- Anotueb Account. the ice. him "Your name is Joseph alleged, had died from the effects of violence adminis- — The statement of Captain 17^ George III. Elder , and you are lately from London. " After I had apartments, as well as the floors in the upper part of hind the Horns Tavern. Before it conld be extin- S. Wrackham, the commander of the Orwell - —A severe frost. The Thames the building, and was then tered by a police constable of the C division, her own , as con- frozen below London Bridge, aud a fail- put him in _ a place of security, I searched his lodgings, blazing forth . from the guished about 150 gross of manufactured matche;- nected with this melancholy event is to the following held on the roof and windows with prodigious violence, producing son-in-law. Mrs. Ellen Johnson , of Archer-street, ¦Fere destroyed, and the racks npon which they lay ic#. and found the portmante au produced , in which were 400 St. James's, said that the deceased was her husband's effect :—The Orwell was due at live o'clock on Mon- soverei gns, some clothes the utmost consternation in the neighbourhood , more ¦jrere burned. By the timely aid of the police and day evening, but on coming up the 1700. A season of even greater inclemency than , some linen marked "J. E., " a particularly at motl.cr. Un Tuesday afternoon , between three and river, and when the memorable one of 1 card -plate and cards with the name of E llis, some letters the back of the burning building, ' trorfcpeople upon the premises the fire was subdued. on the other side of Gruvesend, the fog was 740. Many persons were fro- which , four o'clock, witness called upon her sister-in-law, so heavy zen to death. The thermometer ranged addressed t o Joseph Elder, and u discharge in that name abutted in Guildtord-mews or what is termed i lOKE MrSDISS IS l&ZLXXD.—DCBLXX, DiC. IS.— that it was found necessary to cast anchor. About from 34 deg. the Colonnade, where a large number of poor families Ellen Clark, in Angel-alley, Windmill-street, who ' to 35 deg. below freezing. under the Insolvent Act After this I went with Mr. asked witness to t-ell the deceased she wished to see her. Privateletters have been received in town this after- nine o clock on Tuesday moniing she heaved her an- Broad and an officer of Amer ican police to a peninsula reside. Shortly after the engines had got to work the , of Barnane, , Other great frosts have subsequently occurred, Witness did as requested, and shortly afterwards noon, stating that Mr. John Carden chor but in consequence of the continuance of the about fourteen miles from Boston , called Nahant floors and roof gave way, and fell to the base- leniore, in the county of Tipperary, was which are still remembered by many : that, for , in search ment with a tremendous crash. From an immense returned with her mother-in-law (the deeeased). near Temp fog she came up tl river at a very slow rate. Be- instance, of 1319 , when the City of " London first of tlie prisoner. There is an hotel there , where I foun d -rasterday shot dead near Ms residence. A letter irom tween one and two o'clock slit -was viT "W oolwich, and body of sparks and flaming fragments that were When she returned she found James Clark, a police- t at assassination was opened receptacles for the poor, whom they supplied the prisoner was gtayiug, but did not see him. The oonstable of the C division, and son-in-law of the de- Athboy states that an attemp was two hours making the distance from that point with shelter and ' America n officer had shown himsult ' and the prisoner instantly shot into the air, it was at first imagined in that neighbourhood. An extensive grazier, to Greenwich. provisions ; and that again in 1838, , that some exp ceased, present. The wife of the constable related to made When off the latter place the Sylph when in one disastrous and unprecedented night, escaped. I staid that night and part of the next day at losion had occurred , and naturally in- ifhose name 1 have not learned, went out yesterday was making for the pier, and, it being high tide, she the creased the excitement ; but this in some measure the deceased that she and her husband had had a mercury in Fahrenheit's thermometer sank several the place , and then returned to Boston ; and on Satur- quarrel about family matters. Further words en- ereninc, accompanied by his brother, to look at some was under the necessity of going at her full speed. day, greatly deadened the fury of the fire, and the firemen , degrees below zero, and brandy froze into a solid the ind of November , I proceeded thence to a place renewing their sued, and Clark told the deceased to leave the room, cattle,Vhen they wereftred upon. The brother it is In crossing from the north to the south shore the mass. R. H. Allnatt, M.D., F.S.A. called Brewster 's Island , eleven miles from Boston , up the efforts with increased vigour, it was staled, was wounded. Orwell came tin sight of the Sylph, when the ilot, subsequently speedily extinguished! The loss and and threatened to turn her out if she did not. She p Parliament-street, Whitehall, Dec. 14. river. On that island there is only one wooden hut , refused to go, and he (Clark ) got up and pushed whose name is Wiggens, being at the wheel oi the or cottage the destruction of the premises and their contents is , in which I found the prisone r sitting by the roughly calculated at the deceased out, and closed the door upon her. DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS. OrwelL seeing the danger which the smaller boat was fire. The prisoner , who then wore no whiske rs, and who about £7,000. } Both houses ad- in, called out, " Stop her—ease her ; joining have sustained damage both by fire and water. Whether or not she fell down witness was unable to Drsij s, Dec. 16. — "Weeck ot tee Deveeiusa " and the UaU) 3mtflUgnur. knew me from my attending the Bank on dividend days , tell with certainty, Deeeased and Clark afterward ' Orwell was backed three turns astern. Un- said, on seoing me, " How are you, John t" I replied Packet.—About eight o clock on Monday evening fortunately, the Sylph was not able to clear Furtheb Particulars.—As soon as the ruins were became reconciled to each other, and she par- the Demerara Packet, Cousins master, froni liver- CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . that I was very well, but very sorry to see him in such a sufficiently cool to admit the firemen , a number of took of some brandy and tea, provided by herself; f or, although the backing took place, l)zc. Hi Mar y situation. The prison er rep lied, " So an} I but it can- pool to iDemerara. ran on shore opposite Salt-biB, in she was struck in the fore-sponson .—Shoplutisc —Leah Roper , who was ; the brigade went over different portions of the pre- Clark. She returned to her residence, and went bay of Dublin. The master states that he bore , or in front of the accused of stealing 40 yards of satinette , value £6 6s., not be helped now, old fellow." We came away from the mises, to endeavour the paddle-box on the larboard side, instantly to ascertain the amount of pro- to bed. The following morning witness called np for Kingstown harbour, the vessel being on fire off and filled, from a shop in Holborn , the particulars of which have al- island , mid in the boat the prisoner said , '' Where is perty consumed. Whilst they were examining the upon the deceased, and found her still in bed, from the figure-head of the Orwell coming across the deck read? been laid before our readers , was found guilty, and Elder ?" I told him that Elder had made away with him- parlour, their attention HdJyhead, supposed to haTe originated sponta- of.the Sylph. The cries and shrieks of the was directed to the lower •insensible. A surgeon was sent for, but deceased neous combustion,—lime, coals, and hay forming part unfortu- sentenced to one year's imprisonment with hard labour . self, which was the fact ; upon which the prisoner said , floor by hearing a strange moaning! noise. At first continued in the same state until eight o'clock the nate passengers were truly alarming : but before any "I think he is a fool for tha t. He mig of the eareo, "srlich -was a general one. Beins a Thi Case or Bcbgess.—Foxqebi os the Bank of ht as well have they supposed it arose from a cat'or other animal /same evening, when she died. Mr. Charles Lenton, the master mistook the entrance to the aid could be rendered the Sylph pitched head down- seen it out. " I searched , but found nothin g on the pri- that had been unable to escape. surgeon, said that he was sent for . on Wednesday Granger, wards. The crew and passengers of the Orwell ren- E.nglakd.—William Burgess , aged 23, clerk, was then ! Having satisfied harbeur, and passed to leeward, -where the vessel placed at the bar charged with feloniously forging and soner. On arriving at Boston I took him befor e a mag is- themselves that the page, who was at first missing, morning to, attend deceased. He found her in bed, dered every assistance, and dragged several of the ill- trate , by whom , under the Convention Act took the ground and became a total wreck. The uttering a certain paper , for the purpose of effecting the , I was entrusted had been found , and that the mainjof the residents and she appeared to be suffering from soreness of the fated passengers through the aperture which had been to bring him to Eng land. At Xahant I recovered the of the house were safe, left side of the head. He bled her, and applied shore from Black-rock to Salt-hill is strewed with made ; but for this, the loss of human life must have transfer of a certain Government stock and security, they proceeded with their barrelsand boxes from the -week. The crew -were Standing in the books of the Bank of Eng land in the name carpet-bag now produce d, as well as 1S?O soverei gns. work, of examining the walls, «fcc. When they entered leeches, but she died on Wednesday afternoon . There been much greater. At the time of writing the ac- I obtained also from a Mr. Blatchford , the prisoner 's the front kitchen, an awful scene was no wound or contusion on the head. The cause saved. There are reports that another vessel -was cuiu.; •:re actual number of persons lost could not be of William Oxenford , of the value of £8,200, with intent presented itself. Near Trreeked near the light ship on Sunday nieht. The to defraud the said William Oxenford thereof. In an- agent at Boston , £6, 305, which the prisoner had given the door was observed, in the midst qf a pile of partly- of death was congestion of the brain. The jury, ¦jreather ascertained, but there is no doubt that the number him to transfer to the Merchants ' Bank at Boston , and consumed timbers, a policc-constiible, alive after consulting, returned a verdict of—Death from continues eiceedinglv severe. stated-^viz., 17, is, unfortunately, within the mark, other count the prisoner was charged with feloniously , but TVexck ot a Swedish Ship—The Swedish brig aiding and abetting a person of the name of Joseph which I have since handed over to the Bank of England. unable to extricate himself. The men endeavoured congestion of the brain, produced by excitement. for before Captain Wrackham left, nine bodies had The prisoner admitt ed that he had that sum in the Bank , ti remove the mass of rubbish that kept him prisoner Attack »y Poachers.—Worcester, Friday Evkx- Svea, J. Iveilson, master, from 2\ew York to Am- been recovered, consisting of men, women, and chil- Elder to personate the owner of the aforesaid stock. , In another count Elder was described as a person and said he would be glad to assign it over to the Bank but they were unable, on account of? its great weight. ixg.—A most desperate attack was made thismorning, sterdam, with the following valuable cargo :—255 dren, most or all of whom are supposed to belong to of England . The money I bales of cotton 200 barrels turpentine 335 unknown. In other counts the persons to be de- thus obtained I brought to A massive beam was lying across his legs, and between twelve and one o'clock, by a body of armed square , , Greenwich, Woolwich, and it* vicinity. None of the England with me barrels pot and pearl ash, 100 bandies -whalebone frauded were laid as the Gov ernor and Company , and paid over to the Bank of another was pressing on his chest. Messengers poachei-s, to the number of at least twenty, upon five , bodies at the time they were found were identified . Eng land .—The jury, r.j« ¦250-barrels rosin, 2,600 rough pipe stones, was driven of the Bank of Eng land. In others as George S. after ten minutes ' deliberation , were despatched throughout the neighbourhood for night-watchers upon the preserves of the E« l of Captain Wrackham states, that had he come up at found the pris oner Guilty. Mr. Baron Uolfe then Coventry, at Croome. The keepers were on shore at Spiddle, in this bay, on Wednesday last Story, John Petty Hu *pratt , Wm. Cotton , and M atthew — the loan of some screw-jacks. After some loss of watching full speed, he must have run completely over the addressed the prisoner , concluding by passing upon ti me one was procured , and, by the) united exertions a portion of, the preserves, when they were at one o'clock, x. m., with loss of canvass, but crew Sylph and sunk her ; had this occurred, not a single Whiting, ind in others the charges were otherwise varied. got There wcr p altogether six indictments laid against the him the sentence of transp ortation beyon d the seas of several firemen , the poor fellow ^was out, but suddenly surrounded by a gang of some twenty all safe ; she has become a total "wreck.—Galu-ay liie would liaye escaped to t-ell the particulars of this for the ' prisoner on the transaction . The prisoner , who is a tall , term of his natural life. 'ftm : prisoner , not before ho had breathed his last) He -was placed ponchcts, armed with guns and sticks, and having Yindieator. deplorable accident. who had red-haiivd , remarkabl y vulgar-looking young man , hob- become deadly pale during the latter por- on a stretcher, and earned to St. Giles's work- with them a number of snares for taking game. TTkick or the Hxbo.—The subjoined is a copy of tion of the l)led to the bar , assisted by the princi pal turnkey, who tr pil, was then assisted by the turnkey s to house. H is name is Burkmire, and his nmnbrr 152 E The keepers fled , and were immediately fired upon i lewer from the commander ef tie Scout revenue r rHTHXK Pabticclabs—Thfrsdat.—It now ap- retire ; his lameness being apparentl y so severe as to ren- div ision. U by the gang,, who wounded one or two of them pears that the reported loss of life, as given in the A&ked permission of the "court to allow the prisoner the pon calling the roll at tlie station-house, , entter, giving the particulars of the loss ©f the,Hero, der it difficult for him even to stand . He appeared in no another officer was found to be absent. Search was though not seriously, the shots striking them in the joear Harwich " Scout rerenue-enBser, Harwich shore account,ia greatly exaggerated ft is supposed accommodation of a chair , as he was Terr lame. The face :— , request was complied with , and the prisoner remained degree aiFected dur ing the whole course of the proceedings made for him, but he was not to jbe found . This , and knocking off their hats, which were perfo- .December 11, ISAi. Sir—I beg leave to inform that two only have lost their fives. The one wno ap- until the last hour or seated during his trial , holding a handkerchief to bis face , two, when the utter hopelessness of eircumstanee was promptly communicated to the rated with the shot. One poor fellow, however, did Ton of the melancholy loss of the schooner Hero oi pears to have been killed instantaneously is named escape from tlie clear and perfect chain of testimony which firemen and they not succeed in escaping without receiving sucn Shepherd, a native of Woolwich, where which however , wh en occasionall y raised to look at a wit- , immediately set about searching the in- London, •with a general cargo, from London f orAm- £e followed had been linked aroun d him appeared to have overwhelmed ruins to see if they could find the missing man. Up to juries as, it is thought, will bring him to an untimely sterdam, under the following circumstances, viz. .- the oeenpation of a walking carrier, or porter. At ness or around the court , showed no symptom of requir- — ing such an app lication , otherwise than as a him with terror. half-past nine o'clock they had been unsuccessful in grave. Not being able to make his escape "with hia On Sunday evening last, being at anchor off Lanu- the period of the accident he was on his return from pleasanter their labours. His name was Wright, No. 128, of the fellow-watchers, the gang set upon him and beat htm ~ blowinga gale of -wind from town, where he had been to convey a basket of linen substance of contract than the bare hand. The Hon. guard Port for shelter, James Stuart Wortley stated the case , same division, and he was always tousideved a very about the head in a most inhuman and barbatoea the eastward, and being darfe, "with squalls of sleet for a laundressresiding in Woolwich. This circuni- in a remarkably courageous officer ! manner, leaving him senseless on the ground. and snow, at about fortv mintEtespast seven "sre saw stanee led to his identity, a receipted bill in the name clear and simple manner , observing the order of time and ^ aircumstanees , precisely as they were subseque ntl ^otou Igtrttum seme firing in the E.S.E. ; Tre-immediately answered of the laundressbeing found in a small memorandum y detailed WITH Additional Particulars.—Further Loss of Life. Case of Crim Con.—Mullet, v. Lloyd.—Court of ihe same, not doubting bat that some vessel was in book'contained in one of his side coat pockets. The in the evidence , and with no addition to the history of —As soon as the excitement had! in some measure Exchequer, Saturday .—This was an action brought ¦ifisfcress. I immediately landed the crew of the above name of the other unfortnna'e man had not transpired, tie affair , alread y so generally known to the public. — SATURDAY'S NEWS, subsided, and upon Mr. Fairlie calling together his to recover damages for criminal intercourse with the Mr. WiUiam Smee, who proved that he was the plaintiff' cutter to render any assistance that might be re- although the body had been recognized. He was a chief POLICE, LEGAL AND GENERAL. family and domestics, it was ascertained that two of s wife. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The seller of oranges on board the Greenwich and Wool- accountant of the Bank of Englan d, produced an the latter, a boy and a man, were missing, and from damages were paid at £2,000. The defendant is the - qoired ; and in proceedingto the spot ire discovered (from » veesel on shore outside of Landguard Fort Beach, wich steam-boats. When taken from the wreck the attested cop; of the account the books of the com- subsequent inquiries not the least doubt remains well known proprietor and publisher of Lloyd's Weekly "We immediately used every possible means in onr poorfellow was alive, and aitbongli the greatest des- pany ) of the moni es standin g in the name of Mr. Wil- BOW STREET. but that they both perished in the flames. It ap- London Newspaper, the Penmi Sunday Times, and , -who we patch was used in conveying him to the Dreadnought liam Oxenford. From that account when read it ap- Saturday, Dec. 21.—Attempt at Rape.—A re- pears that at the time of the outbreak there were several similar publications of the Greenacre school' power to save the lires of the crew found that on the 3rd of September last there stood a - were still alive by theirrepeated hallooing for assis- hospital-ship, he died before reaching it. The da- peared , speetab]y-dre8seil young man , about twenty-five years sleeping upon the premises Mr. Fah-ie, his wife, son , Hie defendant, who is some years older than the tance ; -we, therefore, burnt blue lights and port- mage done to the Sylph is very great. She is nearly balance in favour of that gentleman of £9,800, but on that of age, was brought before Mr. Jardine, under the two lads, and three female domestics. An soon as plaintiff, and* has a wife and two children, was on, -was at Land ; but cat in two just before the paddle-box, the fore part day two sums of £6,305 3s. 5d_ and of £1,834 16s. 7d. had name of Thomas George Hampton, charged with the inmates became aware of the great danger to terms of intimacy with the latter, who is a paper- fires, xo let than inow assistance , the former Slim to Messrs. G. S owing to the tremendouss*a and darkness of tlie being only held on by the keeL She is a complete been transferred . Storey, having attempted to commit a rape upon the person which they were exposed, they ran put , and got upon maker, and supplied Lloyd with paper for his publi- night, jj -Bras impossibleto send a boat to them. 2\o wreck, and it wiD cost a great sum to put her again J. P. Muspratt , William Cotton , and Matthew Whiteh ead. of a young girl, named Amelia Stewart, living in ser- the landing, and were immediately; met bv a huge cations, ihe wife of the plantm is the mother of boat could have lived in that sea, she being so dose afloat. Her machinery has received no further in- Directors of the Pelica n Assurance Company ; and the vice at the house of Airs. Edwards, confectioner, 3U0, sheet of flame, rushing up tho stairs ; what to do four children. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd stated the "We jurv than what would arise from immersion. latter to Mr. Mortimer , a stockbroker. In answer to far - Strand. The girl appeared to be much confused they hardly knew, but in their extremity thev case to the jury, and called witnesses, whose evi- in to lie breakers. , therefore, succeeded in firing th er questions put by Mr. Adolphus, the witness stat ed, ' dence left no doubt of the defendant' lockea-whiliiicsaTtaehediothem, over the vessel; bai as she entered the witness-box, and it was with made for the roof of the building, on to 'which s guilt. Mr. Thi Is THE CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED- will add unanswerable, exposition of our friend. 1 liked to be as smart as they oould afford—and some and Parson Flower.' - Word went off, and down came Dreadful; Fires at Ltmi Rbois.—Intelligence DlSCOVEBY OF A XOXG-eO.VCZALED .MBBDERgjj ^ thought that yon came to hear, and to be convinced; would have a watch. Then every man's house was waggon loads of muskets, and swords, and pikes, and was received in the course of Wednesday, at the seve- Chester, Saturday.—A considerable sensation \[m by ' LABOTTR PLEADISG ITS O"STS CAUSE. and surely it would be a wasteof your time and mine well-stocked with plenty of provisions. We'd have a drill Serjeants , to teach us how to Bhoot and stick the ral fire insurance-offices in the metropolis of two most Sroduced here this^jnorning the arrival of..iwi»'|S2 to attempt to urge anything againstthe philosophical bit of cutlery, and the cutler would have a pair of French. We gave a whole day in every week, and a bit destructive fires having taken place at Lvme Regis ce-officers, one frbm Parnell, m Warmcksbiefand and philanthropic reasoning of our friend. shoes. And we'd have a dresser and delph-«ase with of every day, to learn this new trade qfbutchering ; but on Sunday night, occasioning a serious loss of pro- the other from Alcester, who seyeraUy represehtetfto THE EttPLOTEB A5D EMPLOYED. Robin.—Maister Smith, Maister Quill knows that crockery ; and meal-kest, and all other furniture fit- we minded nowt about it, but still pulled up the lost perty, 'lhe outbreak happened between 11 and 12 Mr. Hill, the superintendent of thei Chester''pu&n ± ri-vrmvR DiiioGrB.—part n. if one side had all the talk, there would be but little ting for poor folk. time by working later and earlier, and cheerfull y; o'clock, when, on the alarm being raised, it was found that they were in search of a man named Jm& Mr, call for judges or juries ; and, as I am an old man, 1 Smith.—Well, but Robin, surely you can get all but, by Gow, if we had known what we were working to have origihatedin an uninhabited house in Church- Crowley, of Parnell, charged with the wilful mur^ej Smith, and Jfr. Jacob Quill receive Old Sobin those things forthen ' and RichardJackton in a priva teroom in the " Stran- have got in my head now as much as I can think on now for less than a third of their Former , and how dear we ve had to p ay for it since, street, and,.\ from circumstances which have since of Wilfiam Tilsey, also of that place, as far back m " t Some" publichouse. for a bit. So, with your leave, I'll lust have a word. price. much as we loved Parson Flower, we would have left transpired, it is too sadly feared that it must have been the 25th of December, 1842. In consequence o£3i ger Robin.—E'cod, I know it; but I can fighting to King George formation supplied by the officers ' Mr. Smith.—"Well, Jackson, von see I am not QuilL—Well, come, let us hear what.Robin has to ' t get the money and his soldiers. the work of some incenqiary. Owing to the roof of the in pursuit, ;&; say. to buy them; and when I get them they're not wortn Q,uill.—What, Robin, wouldn't you fi ght now for building being thatched, like most of the other in the Hill sent some of bis men to the Black Dog public! unmindful of my appointment. 1 am glad to see you; house where the party is Robin Smith.—Well, if you wish it, with all my heart. 1 a tenth part of the things that I gave more money ftr. the Queen and the Church ? town, and a [strong S. E. wind blowing at the time, , in question had been stayjiiff how to-day ? So you see, a , if you get Robin.—Fight for Queen and Church ! Noa for some time. He had, however, Itobin,—Thankye, thankye, Maisfcer Smith, I be's merely interposed for Robin's own benefit, and for the M ister Smith machinery to , noa, the flames raged with extreme fury, ana fired the ad- removed to aldog. a benefit of his class. i\ow, go on, Robin ; but be brief, do man's labour, the man wont be worth,as much ; Master Quill ; you know better than that. The ' ing houses four of which fell a sacrifice. Scarcely ing in the Eaton-road, leading to the seat of the Maiv joking on for ninety years come Martinmas. I he won't have as much to spend Queen ? why its King quis ot Westminster ; but it was ascertained that hjg have nothing to complain of, on health account for its twenty minutes after eleven now, and I have in the market. And still, Master Quill. n the inhabitants recovered from their alarm be- , ordered my carriage to be at the door at one. now mark me: Richard Jackson tells me that if you and Quill.-^-King l King ! what do you mean, Robin ? fore they were again startled by the bursting forth of trunks and other moveables hadrecentlybeen taken fliankGod. to the Castle and' Falcon, a small pub'lie-house Qnffl. —Well Robin, and how do do ? Robin.—Well, Maister QuilL I se'ed a blind man your men made a fair division of your profits for the I mean Queen Victoria and the Church. another fire- in the same street, about 60 yards higher ij many a year sin' a taking notes, as they call it, of last fifteen veare, the men would have £34,000 more Robin.—I mean, that the Steam-engine is Kino up, on the opposite side of the way, at a house in the Watergate-street, kept by a person named Mary Koibin.—Ay, dear Me, Maister Jacob Quill, 1 am than they Jones, at which place he occasionally called not so strong as when I and thy what folks said, by knotting a piece of string ; and 1 have got ; and if they had tha t, they'd now! and folk wouldn't know which of the churches occupation of a Mr. Garland. The firemen and their for; r&, father used to go to have better houses, the building of which would to' fight for. and freshments, and, on inquiry, Mr. Hill was given, Sunday school four Bcore years an', long enough have tied down what thou hast said on this here ; engines werd almost immediately in attendance, , to and, e'cod thou seestits full. Now I'll begin where employ Stonemasons, and Bricklayers, and Tilers, Quill.—Which of the churches ? Why the right notwithstanding the most strenuous exertions on understand that he (Cfrowley) was expected there before thou wen born or thought of.- ana Plasterers, and Joiners, church—the Church of Eng at about noon to-day. Accordingly two officers from QuHL—Hem, hem, Bonin, thou began ; and all thou'st done Maister Quill, is and Plumbers, and land, to be sure. their part, thby were unable to stay the progress of the Tm told that you and just to show me all the changes that have taken Painters, and Glaziers, and Labourers, and Nail- Robin.—Maister Quill ; its because so many says fla mes, untUjthree buildings, in addition to the one te- Parnell and Alcester, accompanied by two of the Qhes. onr good friend Jackson here, and some other of the makers, and Brickmakers, and Quarrynien, and that this church is reet, ter police, repaired to the house at the time spe. town-folk, have taken it into your heads to think place sin' machinery was introduced ; and thou hast and that church is reet . nantea by Mr. Garland, were .destroyed. This se- put them all down to machinery. Why, Maister Linieburners, and Colliers, and Iron Miners, and because the Church of England hasn't done' cond calamity is also said to have been caused by cified , and there found Crowley seated with a that machinery is a Tery injurious thing to the work- glass of ale before him. It was known that he ing Quill, I reads a bit of history now and then, and i and Smelters, and, in short, doing every thing for what's reet, that we hear of so many infidels that's some miscreant intentionally. wag classes. the seventy families, that Jackson tellsme that you say gone away from all churches. always provided with , pistols, and, therefore, due Robin.—E'eod then, Maister Quill, that's a notion reads of the time when the poor was " serfs ;" and I Another Incendiary Fire is Hert3.—On' Wed- read of the revolutions ; and I read of the kind of your £$0,000 spent in that way did so much good, to QuilL—What,' . Robin, are you an infidel ? nesday night a very large straw rick on Highfield- precaution was used in apprehending him. He was I have had thiq many a vear. j\~ow the people employed in all those Robin.—Noa, Maister seized by each arm belore he was at all awar? QnUL—-"Well now, Robin, my time is precious but housesthat folksand kings lived in, and of ourrude and works would be Quill, but I'm going to shew farm, Hemel Hempstead, in the occupation of Mr. uncivilised manners and customs ; and 1 have lived to better customers to the Grocer, and the Tobacconist, you how infidels are made. If I was a traveller was dis- of the presence of the officers, who then informed Jbim always anxious to confer any service in my power on Thomas Woodman, farmer and auctioneer, of the of the heavy charge alleged see what the hisiorians call the improvements in and the Chandler, and the Shoemaker, and the Hat- making my way to Devil's Dust, and if I came to a covered to he on fire, and no doubt the contents of an nature againsthhn, £he working classes, I hare consented, at the request ter, and the Tailor, and the Hosier, pass where there was another road, "I admit it !" he at once exclaimed ; and, sdjse. of Mr. Smith, io forego the mostpressing and impor- the arts and sciences, and in living, and in civili- and all the rest and if there was extensive and valuable farm would have been des- sation, and these coing on year after year, before the of them : and then, if the seventy men.—mind, only a finger-post saying—" this is the road to Devil's considerable quently, as they were placing the handcuffs Upon hjni, tant engagements for the purpose of destroyingthis troyed, had not the burning rick been a he added " I am a dead man." He was world ever thought of the steam engine. I se'ed your seventy, Maister Smith—and although they be Dust," and " this is the road to Shoddy Hall," I distance from the others, and also from the buildings, , forthwith bobgobfin that you hare got in your head about put few, their case applies to the whole should be all reet then taken before the mayor and magistrates ; and, on machinery ; and as 1 know that all the young chaps them, and noticed them, aye, and felt them myself system ; well,' ; but if I came on to forty or sheds, out-houses, &c. too, Maister Quill ; but now thou would put down all if the whole of the poor devils who have been robbed fifty different turns off the one road ; and if there was a being searched, thirty-six sovereigns were found upon 2ook to your opinions on the subject, I think it a of £500 a piece had better houses fi nger-post to every York.—The Condemned Criminals.—We under- him, together with a double-barrelled pistol. The duty that I owe to you, to myself the improvements that have taken place within the , they'd have more one V and if all said— " this is and Wm. , to society at large, fifty furniture, a, little education for their children, a few the road to Devil's Dust," then I should be regularl stand that the execution of Wm. Potter weapon was not loaded ; but a paper, containing a and especially to my misguided townsmen, to con- last years, and twenty-nineof them in peace too, y Kehdrew, the former for setting fire to the dwelling- to machinery, . sow, Maister Quill, whatll say is books, and so on: they'd be customers to one bewildered ; I shouldn't know which road to take, number of balls, and a flask of powder, were found in vey to them, through you, my notions on this all- another : and, Maister Smith so I might house of Wni. Neville, at Wistow, near Selby, and one of his pockets. It appeared by the statement this : In them there old times, when folks felt that , its the pence of the get lost and go astray. And so it is with , at important subject, at any sacrifice to niyself. So many going through the hands of the and no them tnere infidels. They the latter forf the murder of Mr. Wm. Inchbald made before the magistrates, that the prisoner had- now, Robin, let us begin." they were born with fingers to do sumniut for one and many, t hear all the parsons saying , near Boroughbridge, w ill take plaee another, we hadn't so many classes ; and whenever the pounds of the few going into banks, and railways. that tliis road, and that road,' and t'other road is the Low Dunsibrjth formerly resided with his parents at Parhell ; but, in fiobin.—WeB, Mr. Quill, that's just what I want. and mortgages, and all those sort of only road to heaven (should no reprieve be received) on Saturday week, consequence ofhis violent conduct, ids father had for- Tod. may be though, any improvement took place, aye, even at the top, in speculations, that , and, like me, on the road to the 28th inst". sore that thouch my time is not the palace, another would take p makes a full till and a cheerful face on a Saturday Devil's Dust, they get bewildered. bidden him the house, at the same timeproviding foj as Tamable as thine, ninety yearsisn 't fond of long lace in the poor City. him a small cottage in the neighbourhood, and " man's house. 1 remember the times that thou call'st neet for the Shopkeeper, and a good exchequer for Quill.—Well but, Robin, suppose that arms were Death from Destitution is the —On Wed- al. ¦winded speeches. So go on: we be's here to bear the Government sent down nesday afternoon an inquest was held in £he City lowing him £1 per week, and a horse to ride on. what thou the wicked times, when youngfolk used to run about too. Now there isn't one of them now to fight for the Queen and the Church , bast to say in favour of thy client. the fields ; when farther and the older children used there trades that 1 have mentioned aa works by do you mean to aay that the people wouldn't take Bridewell, before Mr. Payne, the coroner, on the body Notwithstanding this arrangement, however, the _Smith.—Jsay, nay, Robin, you are Mr. Quill's machinery, and they are one and all crying out and them ? of Sarah Henley, a native of Inverness, aged thirty- father having still reason to dread some fatal act of client- He has come here to plead your cause. to do the work, and when the mother used to tend ^ all, and had all under her own eye. If a call complaining. Robin.—Noa, I say nowt at sort. They'd take nine, a prisoner, committed on the 29th ult. for violence on the part of his son, had one of his farm- Robin.—E'cod, I thank him. Lawyers don't often Smith.—Pooh, pooh I They are always complain- them fast enough : but the 'd grub breaking windows at the Mansion-house. Mr. John servants, named William Tilsley, sworn in as a special plead for poor folk for nowt. So I'll.hear what come for one of the young ones to bear a hand, he was y f ight for and cot- and always ready and willing ; and now, Maister Quill, ing—and they have nothing to complain of. tage, instead of Church and Queen. But, don't you Crooks, the [assistant surgeon, said that he saw the constable for bis (the father's^ protection ; on Maister Quill has to say for me. Kobin.—E'eod, when men complain, and fear, Maister Quill ; Government deceased on the 30th ult., the day after her admis- Christmas-day, 1842, the family and a party of Smith.—"Well, come", shan't we have a drop of I'll tell you the change I've seen in my time, and all are able will never try that has been brought about by them there flying devils to give a £100,000 to relieve themselves, and able to scheme again. So now you see, your fourteen sion , and found her in an extremely low .and en- friends having just taken their seats at the dinner- somethingto cheer us before we begin ? What will pay (as they say ) the national debt if churches- are only feebled condition, apparently from the effects of table, the prisoner's mother suddenly started up, ami you have, Mr. Quill 1 doing the work of youn" and old. 1 remember when they liked, wrong finger-posts, leading us all there was—say a 'population of about 200U in this pi>or folk needn't be blamed ; for they wouldn't com- /tatray : your Town-hall is never open, except for the want and exposure to the cold, without any marked said to her husband, "For God's sake go up stairs; Mr. QuilL—YvelL a class of brandy and water— plain if theyjHnFnt some reason. signs of disease. Fever of a low typhoid character there's James coming across the field with his gun t« " cold without." parish. There would be about twelve maisters, big masters and free traders to put clown wages, though and little, and about 200 Hand-Loom Weavers. Then Quill.—Well, and what is the reason, Robin ? we built it. Your banks are only to discount your gradually came on, and she was treated for it until shoot some of us." The old man accordingly hurried Smith.—Robin, what will you take ? Robin. Wh machiuejy her death, on Monday last. When lie first saw her from the apartment, and the prisoner, who had beet Robin. there was Shoemakers, and ail the other trades. — y is the reason, Maister paper flimsies, your speculations on our labour ; your —I'll hare nowt, thankye, Mr. Smith. Quill—machinery that does the work of man, and railroads, steam-navigation, she w.is suffering from great depression, both seen by his mother through the window advancing ia QnilL—O, come, Robin, I hear .you're fond of a There was no cotton-mill always running by steam ; and all those tilings are there was no banker in the parish ; there wasn't a eats nothing, and wears nothing, and uses nothing but machineryfor cheapening our labour in all parts of mentally and bodily. Mary Anne Simpson, a pri- the way she described, went round to the back of the glass of ale- while it's at work, soner, committed at the same time and i'of the house, and thrust the muzzle of his double-barrelled Robin. lawyer, Maister Quill, nearer than York ; there was but a drop of oil. the world ; your hospitals and infirmaries are built for —Aye, I could take my glass after a days, _ " Quill.—Well, but Robin, the landlords and the fear that your sort same offence)as the deceased, said she first, met her gun through a pane of glass. In the meantime Tils, work when I could 'brew it myself; but 1 hare no no Town-hall then, no Mechanics' Institute, no hos- should take the infection from our pital, no infirmary, no union hostile. .No, nor no farmers, and theparsona.and the agricultural labourers sort, since you huddled scores of filthy starving at Bishopsgate workhouse, where they both had a ley went out to expostulate with the prisoner, who, oi fancy for that there staff they froth with *' fettling." complain as well as you, aupers into garrets ; night's lodging and left in the morning. The next seeing him, retreated a few paces, exclaiming, " It's It alwaysgives me the gri police, Maister Quill, except Bumble, the beadle, and surely machinery doesn't p and cellars and your big bastile pes. and me, and the like of me, that all had an aflevt them. is a grinding machine to grind the faces of the poor, time she sawj lief sitting on the steps at the Mansion- you, is it i" and at the same instant fired at the us. Smith.—Well, Jackson, what will you have ? Robin. y gow, and to make house. Deceased told her that she was in want, that fortunate man, and shot him dead upon the spot Jackson. interest in the peace of the parish. Then, Maister —B but it does ! Aye, and it will make them work for owt rather than go into —Thankve, sir, I'm a teetotaller. Q ' them lads squeal out yet. Why, Maister Quill, if one of them ; your Mechanics' Institute is onl she had nowhere to go, and that she was about to He then shouldered the gun, and was heard to say aj QuilL—0, damn your teetotalism—that's another uill, Bumble s staff carried authority with it, and y to he never had to use it; fur he knew every man in the li you reduce the value of labour you reduce the enable you to fight " genteel" labour against povaty ; break a window at the Mansion-house, to get taken he walked away, "I've another charge for somebody of the -crotchets that you working men have got into value of every tiling— and before the Lord Mayor, tliat something might be done else." No one ventured to stop him. He went your beads. parish, and knew where to find him in his own house 1 beg pardon ; except t/w na~ your Cemetery is your Free Trade burying-groiiml, tion
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