The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-04 00:00:00

POLICE. --YESTERDAY. ESTERDAT.

BOW-STBEBT.—Moart AlMania PDX SEDITION.—
Janda Maxwell Bryson, a dentist, was charged with having
on the 28th July acted as chairman at a chartist meeting
held at the Chartist-hall, in Webber-street, Bleckfriars,
where he delivered a seditious speech. The apprehension
of the prisoner was effected at a meeting t n Wednesday
evening, held at the same place, and although known to the
persons present, very few attended to hear the examination.
—Mr. Hayward, from the office of the solicitor to the Trea-
sury, conducted the promeation, and the prisoner, who was
not defended, took notes of the proceedings.—Mr. Frederick
Bond Hughes, a short-hand writer, stated that on the even.
I ig of the day in question he attended a chartist meeting at
their hall. There were present about 400 persons, principally
mechanics. After the prisoner was appointed chairman he
made a 'leech, of which witness took notes in shorthand.
In the course of the evening witness heard a person named
Rooney speak, and a resolution proposed, after which the
prisoner again spoke a. follows:
I rise for the purpose of enswering the two questions required to
be answe.ed by Mr. Keeney; one was whether we were organised
or not. You are aware we are organised, and that all the achnow.
ledged chartims belonging to this hall are organised, and under the
proper °Meer.; but every Individual who comes into this hall Is not
under organisation, therefore we have no control over them. The
other question was whether you were satisfies' with the present abuse
towards Ireland, and whether you would co-operate--whether you
are willing, that is the organised part of you, because the others are
no use to any party—whether those who belong to the organisation
ire willing to co-operate with the confederates. It has been said
some time ago that the confederate. would nit come over to us, and
that we must go over to them ; but this evening is a contradiction
to that statement, fur the confederates have come to you, and they
are willing to c -operate. I trust Mr. Rooney, when he returns to
hi. club, will inform them that the organised chartists of the South
Lambeth Locality are willing to go hoed m hand with any scheme the
confederates have fur the amelioration of Ireland.
Croes-esamined : Witness sat near the platform, and he
informed tho persons in attendan:e that he came to the meet-
ing on behalf of the government, as he was always in the
habit of doing.—ln answer to the court, witness said he was
aware that the day previous lo the meeting a report had been
circulated of proceedings in Ireland unfavourable to the troops.
—Constable 116 L, who apprehended the prisoner, proved
that he found a paper containing the following resolution
" That this meeting pledges itself to sive countenance and
support to the brave patriots of Ireland who had so nobly
opposed the enemies of freedom in their career of unjustifi-
able bloodshed."—On searching his lodging he found in •
back room a formidable steel weapon, which was a file, and
sharpened in the shape of • danger with • sheath.—The pri-
soner said he would reserve his defence, and he was ordered
to put in bail, himself in the sum of 1501., and two sureties
in 751. each, with 24 hours' notice, to answer the charge
at the Central Criminal Court.
G. Shell, a journeyman shoemaker, was then charged with
delivering a seditious speech at the same meeting.—Mr. W.
Counsel, a shorthand writer, stated that he was present at
the meeting when the prisoner delivered a speech, during
which he said:

I would recommend to the triah people to follow implicitly the
commande of their leaders. I would tell also on the English peop.e
who desire liberty, who desire Justice, and who desire equality, to
stand by the Irish people in the hour of need. As soon al the Melt
people are up, as soon our the insurrection in Ireland Meow. general,
—as I believe in the courts of a very few hours it will become general
—I
trust that the people of England will else to support them.
• • • • • lf, working men, you allow Mow men who so !why
some forward and tell you your rights and how you can obtain them,
if you allow them to be picked away, if you allow them to be tran-
sported, to ehjoy t was going to ray, or rather te be placed in a dun-
zoos, there to suffer all the indignities it la pomible for a bare, bloody,
end brutal government to Whet, you do not dmerm the name of men,
but you ought to be incareer dcd yourselves, your bonnes ought to
starve around you, and you ought to go hoe bog through the gra:teas
a base cowardly race of men.
The prisoner declined to ask any questions, but compli-
mented the witness on the correctness of his report, and he
was ordered to put in bail, hie:cell in 1001., and two Paretic'
in 601. each, with 24 hours' notice, to answer the charge at
the Central Criminal Court.
OUlLDHALL—Eutiezzeemeer.—T. Robot/gam, for-
merly in the service of Mears. Chaplin and Horne, the
railway carriers, was charged with embezzling upwards of
401. from his employers.—J. W. Haycock, a manager for
Means. Chaplin and Home, at the Hambro'-wharf, South-
wark-bridge, said that it was the duty of the prisoner to
attend wool sales and solicit buyers to give Messrs. Chaplin
the preference of forwarding whatever purchases were made.
On receiving orders he had then to accompany the waggons
to wherever the wool was lying, and to pay all the charges
necessary for warehouse room, &c., for which purpose he was
supplied with money. Last May Messrs. Gooch and Cousins,
wool-steplem, sent in a bill for W. 2a., and as he witnese)
did not consider his employers indebted at all to theel, he
eall!t1 the prisoner and told him to go at once and settle
the minter. He left for that purpose but did not re-
turn until brought back in custody from Hertfordshire.
—J. Bilalen, ot the Meets rural police, deposed to the pri-
soner delivering himself up as having embezzled about 401.
lie added Ord he bad alas appropriated more than double
that sum to his own use, having spent it in attending sales.—
Ald. Lawrence asked the prisoner if he wished to put any
questions to the witnesses, or make any statement —He de-
clined doing so, and mu remanded until next Thursday.
BENEVOLENCB.—Mr. Ald. Johnsen mentioned that he
had received the directions of Mr. P. Allen to place in the
poor-box the 61. which he originally generously contributed
for the relief of John Ballard Lloyd.
WORSHIP.STRBET.—A JUVIINIL3 HOWICIDI. —T
Waterman, aged 13, the son of a cowkeeper at Shackiewell,
was charged with having wantonly kicked and beaten Edgar
Axe, ten years of age, and thereby caused his death.—Mrs.
Axe, the mother of the deceased, who was painfully affected
while giving her evidence, stated that on Friday evening
her son was brought home in a state of suffering, occsaioned
by ill.treatment from the prisoner, who had struck and
kicked him severely. He was soon after seised with sick-
ness, which continu. d almost without intermission until
Sunday evening, when he appeared somewhat better, and
went out to play in the front of the house ; but hastened
back in a few minutes, and complained that the prisoner had
just made a 'mond attack upon him about the head. Ile
remained in great pain throughout the night, and the sick-
ness having returned with increased violence a surgeon was
sent for, but all his efforts were unavailing, as he graduslly
sunk, and expired at two o'clock that morning.—Mrs. Anne
Wolfe proved that while standing at her window, between
seven and eight o'clock en Sunday evening, she observed the
boy Axe endeavouring to escape trom the prisoner, who ran
after him and struck him two or three smart blows with his
open Land upon both sides of the head.—Police-constable
Langdon, N 265, stated that he had ascertained from Mr.
Robins, the surgeon who attended the deceased, that there
were marks of violence upon the lower part of his stomach,
apparently caused by a heavy blow or kick, hut that he was
unable to state positively thee the injury was sufficient to
produce death until he had made a post reso,tem exuni-
nation.—The_prisoner was remanded on bail.
LAMBETII.—A DIRTILISNED NHZDLEROM•S.— Emma
Illounten, a wretched-looking female, was finally examined
charged with unlawfully pawning 17 shirts, tho property of
Messrs. Moses and Sons, Aldgate. The prisoner had been
given into custody by a mein named tikerrett, who had
been her security for the safe return of the work.—Charles
Wicks, a "cutter-out "in the service of Mears. Moses and
Sons, deposed to the prisoner having a dozen and a half of '
shirts to make for his employer, 17 cf which were now
produced by the pawnbrokers.—The prisoner did not deny
the charge, but said she had been driv.n to the act by neces-
sity. Her husband, who was a printer, was out of employ-
ment, as well as her son end daughter, all of whom were de-
pendent on her.—Mr. Norton: What were you paid for
nuking these shirts ?-I'reioner : Halt-a-crown a dosen,
or lid, apiece.—The Magistrate asked how much she
could earn a day at such work?—The prisoner replied that
the utmost she could do in the day was to make two shirts, I
and deducting from this the price of the thread, cot-
ton, and :needles, ell of which she was to find herself,
she could not make more than fourpence a din.—Mr. Nor-
ton remarked that this was really shameful, upon which a
clerk in the shirt department ot Messrs. Moses and Son
commenced abut og the pawnbrokers for taking such pro-
perty in pledge, as they most be Quite aware it did not belong
to the parties pledging.—Mr. Norton remarked that the
prices at which the poor people took in the work was so
wretchedly low, that being without the means of carrying it
on to the completion they were compelled to pledge the
completed portion of the work to enable them to go on with
the remainder, and unless they got such advances they were
unable to get on with it at all. He (Mr. Norton) should be
glad to know from the clerk of Mears. Moses and Co., as he
called himself, what the price of the shirts produced was ?
—The person alluded to said the wholesale price was twelve
shillings a dozen, or one shilling a piece, and that
they were principally for exportation. Mr. Norton
wished that such a business was exported altogether,
for he felt satisfied that until a living profit could be given to
the poor people for making up such goods, they would be
better without them.—The pencils before alluded to said that
the competition in such business was so great, that his em-
ployers, Messrs. Moses and Sons, could not afford to pay
more than the present rate.—Mr. Norton thought they had
the means in their own hands of raising the prices, for if
Messrs. Moses and Sons, and other houses, chose to raise the
price of shirtmaking to a seal* which would enable those
working at the business a means of subsistence, Me houses
paying a smeller price would not find any person to work for
them—The clerk of Mean. MOON and Son said he should
communicate his worship's opinion to his employers, end
Mr. Norton, believing that the prisoner had pawned the
property tinder the pressure of extreme distress, discharged
her, but cautioned her as to her future condlict
RICHKOND=Dastrso ArrucrT To nos A

H.1.;7, 17poWritdTowili itZ,WeiehasiedWiihfereiTionaly
awaulting Mies Julia Sutherland, with intent to rob ha.—

Miss Sutherland, who resides at Mortlake, stated that on
the previous evening, between seven and eight o'clock, she
wall returning home from a walk, and when nese Priest-
bridge, which is in the parish of Mortlake, and a psrtien-
larly lonely part, the proonse, whom she had previously ob-
!served loiterisg about, came up to her, and holding up •
thick hedge stake, demanded in an insulting tone •
shil-
ling. The prosecute:a, rather alarmed, walked from the path
into the middle of the road, hoping topers the prisoner. lie,
however, followed her, and continued brandishing the
bludgeon both before and behind her, saying, " Come, out
with it ; I must have a shilling." Pros. cuter mid, " Yon'll
not have it, nor trighten me." The prisoner replied, " I'll
do something else, then," and prosecutrin bad no doubt he
would have proceeded to violence, when he was alarmed by
the near approach of • gig and ran off. Bbe afterwards gave
information to the police and the prisoner wee speedily ap-
prehended.—The prisoner, in his defence, said he was driven
to do what he did from want, and was now sorry for it.—
Mr. Gilpin observed that this was • most daring attempt at
h'ghway robbery, and he should commit the prisoner to take
his trial for that offence at the assizes to be holden at Guild-
ford.