The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-04 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

A MAN CHARTIST.—A young man, aged 20, wry re-
spectably dressed, but wbo retried to give hie name, was
ehargcl with waking use of tediticus lauguvge at the Queen
Victoria public-house in King-street, Smith&ld. It was
also =encored in the charge that he was supposed to be M-
itre.

Police-constable Webb, of the detective force, raid that
from irfirmation he received he went to the Victoria public-
house about tw eelork yesterday afternoon, in the parloer
of wdielt he raw the prisoner, and asked him whether he was
the person who wished to an witness respecting a letter be
then held in his hand. Prisoner said he war, and, turning
to the landloril, asked if be eou!d be acc,motodated with a
private room. Oo being shown into a private nom, prisor er
said to wifeless, "1 suppose you know she est tents of the
letter," and on being answered in the affirma'ive, he ; eked
witness if he was a determined chartist. Bei,' aria an-
swered in the affirmative, be added, " I am • determined
chartist., sad a physical force rano." Ae then mkt.: witness
if he would a •aist him to carry out a certain plan, end after
• wh tit was, he aid if witness did not do it he
(prisoner) would, adding, " It can be eusily done, and if you
will not do it I am dot. emitted to get same one else."
then ag.du spoke of his plan, which is laid down in the letter
producso :
211 h June. Kensington-gardens of a Tuesday and
Friday evening. about 6 o'clock, nearly the whole of the uriedneracy in
town are conureguted to bear the band Vey. A great cumber Peat
thenisels. a unite the tree. near the band, but a moat. r potion pro-
m, nude upon the greed walk. They are to crowded together that
the tire PPes f lido a, which are of the lightest materials, Utah use
another. 1-her, fore if "recount set the to one of the girl's theme. the
flame would immediately extend over the whole. The scheme IP LW,:
GPI be thetlartlens some very fine Tueday or Friday evening, and take
with you a puce of paper steeped in turpentine, a few inaute. and
some cigars. screw up one end of the piper in the form. a eiaar.
light, light it with a match. and after lighting a eigar drop the
blazing paper upon a muslin deeps, which it will immedistely set fire
to. The girl would instantly rush into the crowd, and in the confu-
sion all the people running together they would push the persons
near the girl againPt ber, and the drsases being all in motion
the LIMN would rapidly extend to u are cumber. The people could
not easily escape, as there are so many chairs and stools :stout they
would fall uvr r ltem. You could easily mune In the confushat, and it
would be advisable to turn penny.a.liner, and report the matter to the
newspapers :.a an accident, for which you would get a good sum, and
as it would allay soy suPpicioa that might otherwise ariee,
you would have the satiefaction of grilling the greater portion of old
Satan's representatives, beside* saying him some trouble, by sending
them to their thud residence half roseted. If you could rimed en
getting a light deem fairly on ire mown would be almost ce:t en, as
persons on fire, especially ladies, naturaq y rush to anybody near at
hand. If you do not Pke this scheme I am acquainted with some
when., one of which Is to set the opera-house on fire on a grand
night, In such a manner as to cut off the retre it of the aulienee ; but
this would requee threeor four lIIPPPOIIa.—Iuu• s, ac., A.B.
Atkires-el to "A determine a chartizq."
_ .

Witness then a;krdth.iiraoeerif the foregoing was In
his handwriting, and was c.iitwered that it was; and in br-
ing further questioned as to whother he had any mon such
tatters about him he produced the following:
Jut., 1850.—Mr,—Are you a determined chartist If so, and
you would not mind risking your life la assisting your party, I am
acquaint ni with a scheme whereby you limy do so, by settling the
greater portico of the aristocracy now in London. Although Ido
nut belong to your party, yet the aristocracy hare so miqi harts!
lhem•elres to me that I should like to start Soo of them on their In-
fernal Journey. If you would not like to undertake the business your-
atlf can you inform me at a person who would ? I want a co.il deter-
mined fe:low who doe. not ir'nd running some riek.—Yours,
A. B.
. . . . - . . .

rdoner—This ie my writing—l admit. it ; and the first
letter is also my writing.
Witness further asked if he wan determined to carry the
plan into execution ; and he answered that he certainly was,
and if witness did not choose to do it he would go aid get
some Frenchman who would do it in no time, and added that
he thought no more of taking a man's life than he did of
spitting. Witatth then took him into custody, and, on
prisoner's nuns being demanded at the police station, he maid
he would rather be hang at Newest* than say who he was.
On searching him a pithe of paper containing the following
instructions was found in his pocket:
IN.TRVCTION4 TO riII•ONT ADOTT TO COMMIT BrlClDt.—(Note:
' operatives with starving bailie" cannot get relief.)—You may as wet'
be hanged as drown yourself. Break head of reliesine °Meer. If
none at hind practise on that of palomino. Attend at Begrime-
square or Eaton-square at II name, when a lady is prolog hum her
mansion into her carriage, settle her with a of a life preserver.
If you killed a duchess It would be as good as a life insurance for your
family. —(Note apitalltelds weaver on 31. 6d. per week ) Fades a
cork cm the head of &poor hooktu—suenti at Regent-tortes. about
3 p.m., and m • Id y is peeving frontier carriage lots a silk mercer's,
thrust the bodkin into bee temples and you will kill her instanter.
If you had the hack to adds a sonatas' you would do more fur the its.
tressed neeillewomen then all the soneties and public speeches have
' ever done. Yon would very likely escape being banged, on the ground
of insanity, and If so, be oomfortsbly provided foe for the rest of your
life.—(Note: Distressed needlevroman on step wages.)—Attend at
Tattereall's and shoot the first jockey you are.—(Note : Ruined by bet-
ting on horse racing.)—fill some permed Umtata", who have driven
you to desperation. If you are hinged for as doing. you will depart
iodic future state easier and more respectably than if you had drowned
yourself, besides being of some use to society in your death.—(Note :
AB persons about tocomadt suicide )
A second piece of paper, found on the prisoner, had written
on it the following :
-•-•

„
National Hall, Holborn—Meeting-bourn bottom of Holborn-hill,
up gent-Sons of Powell—Benner'e-delds Cottages WIT there
Mutat Ituders Preach republicans In London—Hy. Elet one to mute

—ltaiertSMith, residing at No. 30, King-street, Smithfield,
• commercial Per, said he raw the prisoner between one
and two o'clock yesterday at a home where witness usually
dines. Prisoner came in and called out, "Is there any one
here who is a chartist 1" Witness treated the matter lightly,
and jokingly said that he was • chartist, upon which prisoner
wanted to speak privately with wither, who would have
nothing to say to his unless he spoke aloud. The prisoner
then said that whet he contemplated would be best known
by the pernul of the two first letters, which he handed to
him. Witness treated him as • person a little deranged, and
left him with a friend of his. His friend took him to the
" Victoria," and witness afterwards thieking that it would
be unsafe for such • person, if deranged, to be at liberty,
went and asked him for the first letter which was given to
bins, sad he then gave information to th• ppoolter.
The prisoner who, during the elm is, was smiling at
everything that was said by the whams% when celled en for
his defense, handed a the following for:
lily 3, 111110.-1 yam* ameielmed taw an udawhd set might be
onatattted, bet Id net IsMs the
_men el 011111•11 t it, Ned ettprisity
stated I Medd me de le spell The Is se Wed Moen Ts save
troeh: Waft IP nre In as Itoo. bet deans to
state I en. anew * M seeeermee bur any peniement 1
em quite ready le doss, even to the esmYuof nay ilk upon politica
pdocdpica.
htr. Alderman Finals &died es remanding him till Fri-
day, la ostler to afford Webb the am dam to learn more
osamalas

Tills DAY. NOON.
Wind. Strength of Wind. Weather.
W.S.W. Caul. Brio.

The returns from the following places did not reach thiA
office in time for publication yeinf May ; they therefore
indicate the state of the weather on 'Tuesday morning al
nine o'clock.

Carom
Yak=
WIUTIT
II 'amazon
Dumas

N.W.

Fuel, Ur,tzo
Centle Breeze
Strong Prccse
Hint Wind
Woad BMW

Pastaslay Cerr
Part.aily eloady
T•attlally Cloudy
Partially Cloudy
ranially Cloudy

iiAv.

Tug TOWN-COUNCIL OY TITTLES are giving their
attention to the drainage ut the town in good curate. They
have resolved on making an application to the Lords of the
Treasury for leave to sell sufficient corrrate property to
defray the expenses of th• improved drainage and give a
plentiful supply of water to every inhabitant. A thorough
annoy of the town has been made, and the oat of the pro-
posed improvement is estimated at about 2,6061.
FRUITS OF A STRIAIL—The Irish labourers at the
Midland station, Lincolnshire, have been taught a lesson
which we trust will have a salutary effect on their future
coaduct, by improvise their notions on the rights of em•
ploy,re as well as employed. It appears that they were
receiving wages at the eats of 14a. per week, being more than
the wages paid by Linoeln masters ; not content, th, y struck
for as edema» of 6,1. ad, or wages of 17s. per week. The
employers refused to accede to the demand, and have adopted
machinery by which their labour is saved, and the men are
Ia esasequass *lowa oat el employment—Lincoln Timm.