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• G S JANUARY 10, 1852.
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KEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
In the week ending last Saturday, the number of
deaths registered in the metropolitan districts was
1,297. In the corresponding weeks of the ten years
(1841.50) the average number was 1,185, which, if
raised in proportion to the greeter amount of popula-
tion now existing, will be 1,304. Hence it appears
that the deaths of lest week nearly coincide in amount
with the corrected average.
At this period deaths on which coroners have held
inquests, and which consist in a large proportion of
those caused by fractures, poison, burns, and other
injury, swell the return by considerably more than
the fair contribution of a week. Many of such cases
that are now returned occurred in previous weeks,
and have been accumulating till the end of the quar-
ter when their registration was completed. There
appears in the list 6 deaths ascribed to poison, 13 to
burns and scalds, 24 to suffocation, among which
are 7 cases of suicide by hanging (all males), and 14
cases of children suffocated by the bedclothes or over-
laid, 26 deaths caused by drowning. and 34 by frac-
tures, contusions, and wounds. Amongst the last are
12 cases of death by falling, and 5 of injury by
horses and carriages. Of the burns 4 cases arose
from the clothes taking fire.
In the previous week 219 deaths were caused by
diseases of the organs of respiration, exclusive of
phthisis ; last week exhibits a rise in this class, the
number being 253. Phthisis or consumption, which
was fatal in the former week in 98 cases, produced
136 in the. last. Laryngitis and laryngismus
stridulus number in the present return 7 cases,
bronchitis 117, pleurisy 3, pneumonia 96, and
asthma 20.
Diseases of the zymotic or epidemic character have
also rained the mortality from 203 to 234 in the two
weeks. Small-pox was fatal last week in 33 cases,
booping- cough in 39, scarlatina in 41, typhus in 50.
Other maladies in the same category exhibit smaller
amounts contributed to the week's mortality, namely,
measles, which carried off 20 children, croup 2, thrush
3, infantile fever 2, syphilis 4, diarrhoea, which was
fatal in 16 cases, dysentery in 4, influenza in 6,
purpura in 1, intermittent fever in 2, remittent fever
in 1, rheumatic fever in 1, rheumatic fever in 1,
erysipelas in 7. Puerperal fever was fatal to two
women, and three other cases are recorded of women
dying after childbirth.
It is not stated in any of the 33 cases of small-pox
that vaccination had been previously performed. At
15, Benjamin-street, Saffron-hill, the daughter and
son of a watchmaker, aged 3 years and 5 years,
died on 29th December and 2d January of " cone
fluent small-pox, unprotected." Mr. Cover, the re-
gietrar, states that " a child in the family, who has not
yet been attacked, went to see the body of a child
who had died of small-pox in the neighbourhood; the
two children now registered were shortly after taken
ill." In the town sub- district of Bethnal-green, at
32, Bacon-street, the son and daughter of a willow
weaver, aged 3 years and 6 years, died both on 23d
December of small-pox, one after 9 days', the other
after 13 days' illness. These children had both been
vaccinated without effect. Mr. Gregory adds that
"their mother did not apply again to the vaccinator,
although told when tc come agaiu." In St. Peter,
Wal worth, at 23, Nelson's-place, Lock's- fields, the
son of a journeyman brushmaker, aged 2 years, died
of small-pox. Mr. Turner mentions that " the
deceased had not been vaccinated. According to the
statement of the mother, she had four children vacci-
nated at one time, and they were very ill for some
time after the operation. She believed that it had
been done with foul matter, and therefore declined to
have the remaining four (of whom deceased was one),
vaccinated."
In elepharn, at 3, Union-street, Larkhall-lane, on
the 2d of January, the daughter of a bailiff, aged eight
years, died of " fever (four days.)" Mr. Frost re-
marks that " this is the second death from fever in the
same house within a fortnight. The father believes
that the disease arises from a privy adjoining the
house, and intends to-leave on that account. The
persons who lived there before him bad four children
ill with fever about nine months ago." On Nov. 20,
at 3, Church-lane, St. Giles, the son of a labourer,
aged fifteen months, died, according to the verdict of
a coroner's jury, of " effusion on the brain, and from
the poisonous air of the room in which he lodged."
In the town sub-district of Bethnal-green, at 156,
Church-street, on the 22d and 30th December re-
spectively, the son and daughter of a weaver, aged 5
years and 5 months, died in one case of "scarlatina
maligna (5 days)," and in the other of "scarlatina (9
days), erysipelas."
Last week the deaths of two persons from intem-
perance were registered, of three children from want
of breast-milk, of one person from cold. On the sth
of December, at the Marylebone Workhouse, a man
servant out of place, aged 38 years, died of " exhaus-
tion caused by want" (post mortem) ; and on the 7th
December, at the same workhouse, a labourer, aged
66 years, died of " exhaustion from want of food."
Inquests were held on both these cases, and in the
latter " no default at the workhouse" is added to the
verdict.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 9.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.)
IN RE COLUMBINE..

The bankrupt, David Elwin Columbno,
was a scrivener
in Carlton Chambers. This was an adjourned last exa-
mination meeting.
His accounts extend from December,
1841, to March, 1847, and contain the following items:—
To creditors, 22.662/.; creditors holding security, 1,9281.
By property, 8651; good debtors, 6411; doubtful debtor=,
12,2571.; property held by
securities girsi4v:oo
assigned to trustees under an ante-nuptial settlement,
9,5931.; amount paid and Ont/o. ;
lap r
ro.p eand
y
Mrs. Columbine, sen., 3 8061.; house and personal ex-
penses, 6,8631.; losses, 7,601/.
Mr. Lawrence appeared for the bankrupt.
Mr. BAGLEY, instructed by Mr. Chidley, for the assig-
nees, urged that th© bankrupt's accounts were unsetie-
feetory. 11.1. had not duly set forth the amount due to
Mr. Topeote,
the good debts was included a sum of 1451. as costs due
an alleged creditor to a large amount. In
from the late Lord Alvanley, which costs it appeared had
been received by other solicitors, and would be accounted
for by them. Messrs. Valiance and Valiance, solicitors,
of the Direct London and Exeter
were put down as doubtful creditors for 1,2714 in respect
gailwaY;
but this
claim they altogether denied. Messrs. Edwards andreake,
of New Palace-yard, who were put down as good debtors
for 2371., were not debtors at all at the time of the bank-
ruptcy, four years ago; the motley had been paid them
since the bankruptcy for professional services, and the
assignees had recovered it back. The class of doubtful
debtors, amounting to the large sum of 12,7911., contained
certain inaccuracies and gross exaggerations: The
bad debts included a bill of exchange upon Mr. Rams-
ge, Oxford, which bad been
den, o
rendered
erfedCobrapaubsyCbhreiinsgti
keptClieo back
until it was barred by
the Statute of Limitations. Mr. Penhall, the trade as-
signee, a creditor for a considerable amount, was put
down as a doubtful debtor for 6704 Of the small amount
of property given up by the bankrupt (3651), 200/. was
the estimated value of a legacy contingent on the death
of the bankrupt's brother, aged 65. The property as-
signed under an ante-nuptuil settlement, 9,5934, was
remarkable for this circumstance:—the settlement was
dated Janury, 1847, just two months before the bank-
ruptcy. It had formed the subject of two decisions by
juries, who decided that the creation of the trust was an
act of bankruptcy and a fraudulent transaction. It ap-
peared that since his bankruptcy the bankrupt had re-
ceived no less than 2,947/., the whole of which he had
disbursed except 251. The disbursements included 1,100/.
for office expenses' although there were no profits. A
note for 3001. had been endorsed by the bankrupt long
after the bankruptcy; the date had been discovered at
the Bank of England, where the note was cashed in
May, 1847. It was found to be the very note which the
bankrupt had got from Sir Claude Scott and Co. on the
27th of February, shortly before the bankruptcy. The
cash account contained no trace of that note.
The bankrupt addressed the Court in explanation.
He submitted that he bad had the claim upon Messrs.
Valiance referred to. He (the bankrupt) had been the
projector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway.
When there were applications for 400,000 shares, and
there were only 120,000 shares to be allotted, the di-
rectors had become jealous of him, and disapproving of
their courses, he had retired from the solicitorship of the
company. He had subsequently shown how ono of the
directors had 10,000/. of Exchequer-bills belonging to
the company in his own pocket, at the same time that
the public were told that the company was without funds.
He contended that, in pursuance of an arrangement
made with Mr. Valiance, his accounts now furnished a
true and just statement of the balance between them.
As to Ramsden's bill it had been utterly worthless for
some time. Mr. Penhall had, ho contended, combined
with his clerks to destroy Wm-
Mr. Penhall warmly denied the charge.
The bankrupt continued—At the time of making the
settlement he had no idea of acting fraudulently. He
fully believed himself to be solvent at the time of the
settlement, and was so, but had subsequently had some
heavy losses. With respect to the note of 3004, it
formed part of a sum of 1,9004 which had been accounted
for.

Mr. Chidley urged that a sum of 1,6001. only had been
accounted for. _

His UONOI7R said, in this stage of a very conaplicated
inquiry, he would give no opinion. There must neces-
sarily now be an adjournment.—Adjournment ordered
accordingly,

IN RE CHURTON.
The bankrupt was a bookseller in Holles-street, Ca-
vendish•square. The accounts have been already pub-
lished. This was an adjourned examination meeting.
Mr. LINKLATER, for the assignees, said the bankrupt's
accounts were satisfactory. They had no objection to
his passing.
Mr. Jobson claimed from the assignees some copies of
a work called " The Frcnch Revolution," of which he
was the author.

Mr. LINICLATER submitted -thst theressignees had s
lieu on the books.

The COMMISSIONER said ho could not make any order
for the delivery of the books in question.
Mr. Neville, of Gresham-street West, made a similar
application for the restoration of 701. worth of goods
which had,been sent to the bankrupt, by whom they
were to have been sent abroad.
The COMMISSIONER said that Mr. Neville having taken
the bankrupt's acceptance for the amount, he must prove
for the debt against his estate.
The bankrupt then passed his examination.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
MANSION HOUSE.
Henry Blitz, a German, who has been several times
remanded on a charge of uttering a forged
cheque for
3361. purporting to be signed by H. D. Wells and Co.,
with intent to defraud the London Joint Stock Bank,
was again placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor, and
discharged, there being no further evidence of a guilty
knowledge of the uttering.
GUILDHALL.
Henry Woolf and Isaac Lyons umbrella and parasol
makers, appeared in discharge ofitheir bail before Alder-
man Lawrence, to answer the charge of obtaining,
under false pretences, goods
on credit within three
months of their bankruptcy, with intent to defraud their
creditors.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parker conducted the prosecu-
tion; and Mr. Solomons the defence.
The proceedings in bankruptcy were proved at the
last examination, and in reply to an observation from
Mr. Solomons,
Mr. Ballantine stated that this prosecution was sanc-
tioned by the Commissioner of Bankruptcy, who had
also ordered the expenses to be allowed from the estate.
The depositions of Mr. Warre, of the firm of Men-
caster and Warre, pawnbrokers, Skinner-street, were
then read over, in which it appeared that defendants
were entirely unaccounted for in the bankrupts' books.
had pawned goods to a very
Joseph Perrington said—l am an accountant, and
know the defendants, but they never applied to me to go
large amount, and which
through their books. It was at the request of their
principal creditors that I looked into their affairs, and
from what took place when I met the defendants for
that purpose, I advised the creditors that the only
course open to the defendants was bankruptcy. When
I examined the defendants relative to their affairs, pre-
vious to the bankriiptcy'
-- they were both present, and
said they had commenced business in partnership on the
I made a statement of their
affairs
I previously read over to
Id., and their assets, valued at cost price, to 2,435/. 16s.
sd. I believe that was a true account of all the assets
tlh2et h
defendants. o
ifa October,
ba n k upTtherlyeBlsr 0
which
h i c h
liabilities amounted to 5,4921. 10s.
on the premises, but they told me the prices of every-
thing. There was a deficiency of 3
repdarutpoftowhich
debts and the assets, Which
by stating they had been in the habit of selling their
the,oyoo/a.uoboeutwuteredn the
goods at a great' sacrifice, and had also pawned goods
to a considerable amount. They read from their books
items of goods pledged at Muncaster and Warre's,
Qhad been re-
about 5501. They
geada
a:
oestiemdsssentdhrtae.
atnl
stated, from
nethfogeer
nyolt ipd2l e:ml tdi goodsvgee:md
o,r
spy: pledged gl
only
dn
d that
disposed
alfoer a number of dupli-
of in various
quantity of
ways, amounting in value at the cost price to from
8,000/. to 9,000/. But I believe this to be very much
exaggerated, as it was given very se
—"ell, and does not
agree with their books.
Cross-examined—The books were tolerably well kept
for persons very ignorant of book-keeping. There
were
p
accounts of all these goods, differing only in the amounts.
The defendants voluntarily submitted all their books,
papers, &c., to my inspection, and afterwards met the
principal creditors at Messrs. Paves's St. Paul's
Churchyard, where defendants made an assignment of
°e
r°tll iof insolvency;
es to whom the
It
have ausssoeutrat,a
iaunedd
tabiegnueadmeas
odietchl aor a tai
goods wore sold at a sacrifice to be Perfectly correct, but
I think that their statement of the amount of the sacri-
ficep be very much over stated. The assets, I believe,
were subsequently sold for 1,0141., but being made up
only of the materials of their trade, the stock was a bad
One to sell.
John Allan said—l am warehouseman to Messrs.
Co.I was present when Ellis, Everington, and C
purchased 100 pieces of g
lace silks parasols. It was
on the 27th of September, 1851, but at
tered them in the book as sold on the 29th, as it gave
him another month's credit.
of He said he wanted them
to make into parasols. The value
6501.
William Roland Fry, clerk, lately in the defendant's
employ, proved by the books that _ these goods were sold
on the following day
to a person or the name of Hart
for 5431. 3s. Bd.
said—l am a silk manufacturer,
in James Foote s
and in S ' 1:.
in partnership with my father brothers, pita
dealt with our firm for um-
brellasquare. The defendants
have seen some ofour needs
and parasol silks.
I d I believe that from 8001.
at Muncaster and Warre's, an
have
to 900/, worth of my goods found their way into
..
their hands. lam a creditor
of _ the defendants' for'
2,3121. They have paid us several thousands duringthe
twelve months they have been in business. We drew upon
them every month, and when we
hesitated to give them
further credit they took up our acceptance, and said we
might make our minds easy, as it was all right. They
told us this within a month of their bank-
ruptcy, and we then extended their credit, and they
1

gave us fresh bills for fresh goods. They also told us
that one of them had brought 2,0001. into the concern at
the commencement of the partnership. Our debt was
contracted by the defendant, within three or:four months
of their bankruptcy. I discovered that a piece of my
goods had been pledged, with others, on the 12th of
September, 1851. The goods purchased at our firm by
the defendants within three months of their bankruptcy,
lancdawsubLsyeqoausenatlie-
few day
priored amount,ton
v2asltehe
ot of
se
about September,
v.rel he said ho erected the buyer of Mr. Phillips, of
Manchester, in town, and requested me to send in some
goods on approbation, and all that Mr. Phillips's buyer
took they would keep, and return the remainder. It
was the custom of defendants' trade to make up the
goods. but the material was chosen by the buyer. On
the 25th of September the lust witness (the defendants'
clerk) called in a cab, and took away with him sixteen
pieces of goods, seven pieces of which I have since) as-
certained have been pawned, and of the rest no trace has
been discovered, for none of them were found in tho
bankrupts' stock.
Dennis Sheppard said—l am the Manchester buyer
and seller of silk goods for Messrs. Pewson and Co.
On the 2d of October last Lyons came to me, and asked
if I had a class of goods that would do for their trade,
and I then showed him some silks. He took patterns of
them away with him, and said he would consult at home,
and if they suited, and he could not do better, he would
come back and take a parcel. Ho came on the 22d of
October, and bought a parcel, consisting of three lots,
value 298 L 18s. 3d. I have seen eight pieces—about
one-sixth of the parcel—at Muncaster and Warre's,
pledged on the day before the act of bankrucy for 401.
Mr. Ballantine then applied for a remand, and stated
that on the next occasion he would produce Phillips's
buyer and Hart, whose evidence would render the case
complete.

The defendants were then remanded, and the same bail
—two sureties of 2501. each, and 5001. recognizances for
each of them—were acceded to.
MARYLEBONE.

Jonas Cabdy, alias Randall, and Frederick Mann, two
begging letter impostors, were placed at the bar before
Mr. Long, under the following circumstances:—
William Horsford, chief •officer of the Mendicity
Society, said—This morning about eleven o'clock, in
consequence of instructions which I received from Capt.
Wood, the manager of the society, and who had received
a communication from General Sandwich, 27, Holies-
street, Cavendish-square, 'I repaired to the General's
house, and after being there a short time there was a

ring at the bell. The prisoners, upon the door being
opened, wore admitted, and I had placed myself in such
a situation that I could not be seen, but was able to hear
all that passed. The General, who had come down to
them, showed a letter which had been delivered at his
house on Saturday, and asked them if they were the
parties who had brought it, when Mann replied" Yes."
The letter was produced by a City constable named.
Bull, into whose hands it had come, owing to the en-
velope being stamped with the seal of the General
Steam Navigation Company. One of the said seals was
stolen some time ago, and he (Bull) had been employed
in making inquiries respecting it. The document
alluded to ran thus:—

" Captain Chappel, R.N., presents his compliments to
General Sandwith, and begs t 6 say that
_Captain Cobb
and Mr. Campbell have been informed that it was not
convenient for General Sandwith to see them on Satur-
day. Captain Chappel would feel obliged if General
Sandwith could make it convenient to grant them a few
minutes' interview, to impart business connected with
sth Regiment Bombay N. 1., when commanded by Ge-
neral Sandwith at Ragcote. Captain Cobb is leaving
London, and would therefore better explain the business
than by writing. Captain Chappel would have waited
upon General Sandwith, but the serious indisposition of
a near relative prevents.
" Royal Mail Steam Packet Office,
55, Moorgate-street."
Horsford (in continuation) said—ln reply to questions
from the General, Mann stated himself to be Mr. Camp-
bell, and Cabdy, Captain Cobb. The General asked
what they wanted of him, to which Mann replied, " We
are authorised to colleet for a person named --"
(witness could not catch the name given), and presented
to the General a paper, of which the following is a
copy:—

"This is to certify that Mrs. Jane Erskine is the widow
of the late Captain John Erskine, who was master and
owner of the schooner Dart, whioh vessel was run down
at sea by some ship at present unknown, by which
melancholy event the said Captain Erskine, with four
others, met a watery grave, and property to the amount
of 1,2001. was sacrificed, they being reduced to a state
Of extreme embarrassment. We feel it our duty to re-
commend their case to the notice of the humane; and
trust that, from the exemplary character which they
have borne, they will meet with that sympathy and as-
sistance which their afflictions so greatly merit.
The above was written at the bottom of a printed paper,
signed." Janus Ilartland, athar.tillaroalar:' And-irout which

[PRICE SD.

At the conclusion of the above evidence, Mr. Solo-
mons admitted that the case assumed a different aspect
to what he considered it would according to his instruc-
tions, but said he was in a position to call evidence to
show that Mr. Underwood was outside the house,
abusing 174, when taken into custody. One of the com-
plainant's witnesses had said something about the con-
stable desiring Mr. Underwood to go in doors.
Mr. BRODERIP remarked that the witnesses hod till
most positively declared that the complainant was in his
own house when the caption was made, and had also
denied that ho had used any offensive language to the
constable. He begged to inquire. of Mr. Solemons how
it was that if complainant had been guilty of such an
cot as rendered it neeeA*ary to drag him out of his own
house that he was not detained at the station by the
inspector on duty? Mr. So'onions said that was a mys-
tery to him.

BRODITRIP said he would not affect to pronounce
any judgment, but a very strong. and most serious
prima facie ease had been made out against the defend-
ants. The law looked with great jealousy, and ho
hoped it always would in this country, at anything like
a violent interference with the liberty of the subject;
and in this instance it had been most positively
sworn, again and again, by the witnesses, that the
complainant was in his own house when arrested—
a house for which he paid rates and taxes and where he
could at all times have been found. Nothing could jus-
tify his beink dragged out of that which was deemed an
Englishman's castle, because, had he committed any
offence, it was quite clear that he might have been pro-
ceeded against by summons, and nothing but an act ab-
solutely destructive of the public safety could have war-
ranted any deviation from that course; and if that were
the case in the present instance, how came he to be lot
go at the station with all his sins upon his head? The
matter was one of by far too sert6tis srcharacter for him
to dispose of summarily. If defendants were right, they
had, of course, committed no offence; if wrong, any
penalty he had the power to impose would be far below
what the justice of the country required, and he should
therefore send the case before a jury for trial, without
any prejudice to its merits, and Mr. Solomons could
there call any witnesses he thought fit.

THE ENGINEERS' DISPUTE.
Yesterday nothing transpired, that we could learn, to
change the relative position of the parties to this unfor-
tunate dispute, with the exception of the closing of the
establishment of Messrs. Middleton and Co , engineers,
Loman-street, Borough, by which about 100 men are
thrown out of work, thus dissipating an idea entertained
by many of the operatives, that the masters would, at
the eleventh hour, withdraw the threat of closing
their shops.
With respect to the workmen employed by Messrs.
Easton and Amos, forty of whom, it was stated yester-
day, had subscribed 2004 for co-operative purposes, we
are informed that they were actuated in this proceeding
by a desire to relieve the funds of the Amalgamated So-
ciety, upon which they would otherwise be dependent
during the continuance of the strike. At a meeting held
by them last night, they came to a formal resolution to
that effect. They have obtained liberal promises of em-
ployment from firms and individuals whose work they
formerly executed while in the employ of Messrs. Easton
and Amos.

The Society of Moulders, who wish to remain aloof
from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, unless
compelled to join them in self-defence, yesterday issued
a circular to their sixty-two branches, with a view to
ascertain the number of their members who will be
thrown out of employment by the closing of the en-
gineering establishments throughout the country. The
circular states in London 187 members out of 418 now
employed will be thrown out of work in 16 firms, 108
being already idle. It is stated that the strike will affect
the Moulders' Society more seriously in Lancashire than
in the metropolitan districts. It numbers now about
5,000 members throughout the United Kingdom, with a
fund, however, of not more than some 3,0001. In 1847
is amounted to upwards of 20,0001., but from that time
to the present it has gradually diminished, through the
depression of trade, down to its present amount.
The London and Greenwich branches have decided
upon meeting weekly, to receive the contributions of
those in work for the support of those members likely to
be discharged.

MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.--A meeting was held here
last night, convened by the following circular:—
"TO THE MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF

THE IRON TRADE.
" Gentlemen—ln consequence of the misrepresenta-
tions in the public press, the Manchester District Com-
mittees have decided to hold an aggregate meeting of
the members of the various branches of the iron trade,
viz., smiths, millwrights, moulders, boiler-makers, and
engineers, and the members of the Amalgamated So-
ciety, at the Carpenters' Hall, on (this) Thursday even-
ing, JanuarMai, 1852. Doors to open at seven o'clock,
and-oeenmenee business at half-past precisely-.
" JOHN WHITE, President.
• War. HEMM, Secretary."
Oar Manchester reporter attended, with those for the
local papers, but the committee decided not to allow
them to remain, and we consequently are obliged to in-
sert a report of proceedings obtained mainly from Mr.
Hemm, and dictated by him from memory. The meet-
ing was a very large one, the spacious room being com-
pletely filled when the benches had been removed, and,
judging from what we have seen in it on former days,
between 2,500 and 3,000 persons would be present.
Mr. GEORGE TAYLOR, a retired mechanic, a member
of the society, was called to the chair, and•very briefly
drew attention to the causes which had brought them
together, and the necessity which existed for placing the
facts before the various branches of the iron trade in
Manchester. He hoped that, whatever was done, every
one would have a fair hearing, and that no angry feeling
would be expressed by any one, either towards masters
or men. He then called on Mr. Hemm, the secretary
to
,the branch of the Amalgamated Society in Man-
chester, to address the meeting.
Mr. HEMM did so at considerable length, his state-
ment occupying an hour in the delivery. As an intro-
duction to what he had to say, he proposed the following
resolution:—

it appeared that the goods of Mrs. Jane Erskine, Wilton
Cottage, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, had bete distrained on
by the landlord for 401. 10a., and that every article would
he sold within five days, in the event of the sum demanded
not being paid. There was a long list of subscribers ap-
pended to the alleged " distress" document, and amongst
the names of contributors towards the alleviation of the
family's misery were those of Lieutenant-General Sir
W. Napier, Lieutenant-Colonel Orr, and Major Thew.
There was altogether a "goodly array" of real or pre-
tended subscribers, in sums varying from ono guinea to
five guineas.
Horsford added—The General asked Mann what the
poor woman's husband was, to which he replied, as
stated in the letter, that he was captain of the Dart;
when Cabdy came forward and said something which I
did not hear. The General then brought the prisoners
into the room where I had placed myself, and asked me
if I knew them. I told him that I did, and that they
were " old acquaintances" of mine. I then took them
into custody.
Mr. LONG—Who tdo you know of them? Horsford
—Cabdy has been several times convicted in the name of
Randall. Mann has been also convicted. If your
Worship will grant a remand for a few days I shall no
doubt be able to procure the attendance of Sir William
Napier, as also General Sandwith, and such other evi-
dence will no doubt be forthcoming as shall be fully con-
clusive with regard to the prisoners' guilt in the present
instance, as well as with respect to a long career of im-
position practised by them upon the benevolent and
humane.—The prisoners were remanded.
LAMBETH.
A gentleman connected with the court, aware of the
straitened circumstances of the poor man William Fors-
ter, ono of the crew of the steam-ship Amazon, brought
his peculiar case under the notice of the Honourable G.
C. Norton.

" That we, the members of the iron trade in Man-
chester, actor serious consideration, are of opinion that
the resolutions issued by the Amalgamated Executive
Council for the discontinuance of overtime and piece-
work aro absolutely necessary; and therefore we pledge
ourselves to do all in our power peaceably but firmly to
effect the abolishment of those evils."

He then gave a sketch of the matters which had agitated
the Amalgamated Society since its members last met in
that room on the 2d of October. The Manchester branch
on that day passed a resolution that systematic overtime
should cease, so far as they were concerned, on the suc-
ceeding Ist of November. The Oldham men had taken
the initiative, and had passed a resolution to abolish it on
the 17th of October; and the Rochdale men in like man-
ner passed a similar resolution on the Ist of December.
So far as Manchester was concerned, the great bulk of
the trade had given up overtime. He then, as one of
those who, with Mr. Newton, a member of the execu-
tive committee in London, were concerned in the Old-
ham dispute, gave a history of it. He said that it arose
chiefly out of the tyrannical conduct of Michael Ber-
nard, one of the foremen of Messrs. Hibbert, Platt, and
Co., towards the men in the employ of that firm who
worked under him. In consequence of this man's beha-
viour a meeting of the workpeople in Messrs. Platt's em-
ploy was held at the Hall of Science, to consider the,
propriety of appointing a deputation to wait Upon
Mr. John Platt, the acting partner, to see if some
arrangement could not be made to remove the
grievances complained of. After the chairman had
been duly appointed, the business was commenced
and carried on by the workmen of the firm named,
and
their
as their grievances were put in this form:—B an"
of men who
erna,rd, as
foreman, engaged a number of men, such
wheel-
wrights, house joiners, &c, to do the Work
had been regularly trained tot i; and furth.er,the regu-
larly trained men were put o do all the hard and
required and so on,
jack-planing,
morticing, and
all the
skilled work, such as
while the:house joiners, wheelwrights,
a- men was, that one of
second easiest
complaint placed bef before them,the pa r andt of t
%, 0
of them. A
aorkd:B,,ooen: had said that he would
of
weavers;t aand that for the purpose he
workmen until they were
the managers, Mr. Rich
reduce the wages of the
appoint d
done usually by the skille.
bwaodrsetatkheann tahwo
as ey a
quantity f
dtwoorkmen, and was instruct-
ingthe work that had been
labourers to perform I-
upon a now machine. A
vvbeafsore the Members of the firm, and also at
complaintsdeputation
by the workmen to lay those
the same time to request that systematic overtime should
be abolished. He
(the speaker) was one of that deputa-
tion; they saw mi
propositions
shPlatt, who agreed that the evi's
complained
of ou"t.tobo done away with, promised
that the wheelwrights
finding euld bdiscibnatroged,andtbathe
would take the other consideration;
and the
question lay ver for is week or two. The men,
that no steps were taken for the removal of the
grounds of complaint, called another meeting of all the
workmen in the iron trade in Oldham, in the place
before-mentioned, about a fortnight after the
first. A request having been made by the men
that Mr. Newton, cf London, with a portion of
the former deputation to Mr. Platt, should
attend the meeting for the purpose of acting in the ca-
pacity of peace-makers between the men and their em-
ployers, Mr. Newton was sent for, and he (the speaker)
was also summoned—the expenses of both being paid
by the Oldham men, and not by the Amalgamated
Society. Resolutions were passed at the meeting, re.
questing Mr. Platt to remove Bernard from the position
he held, and also that the complaints that bad been pre-
viously made by the workmen should again be laid be-
fore him with regard to the boring machines. These
resolutions were presented in writing to Mr. Platt, Mr.
Newton and himself (the speaker) being members of
the deputation. Mr. Platt read them, and objected to
a portion, especirlly to that requesting the discharge of
Bernard, and he asked how the line of demarcation was
to be drawn to distinguish betwceu the skilled workmaa
and the unskilled. After considerable discussion, Mr. I
Platt wrote out three resolutions for the deputation to
present to the workmen, asking them to use all their in-
fluence to allay the dissatisfaction which exited. Ile was
quite willing to meet the views of his men by dis-
discharging the unskilled workmen, but be disagreei
with the time named for that discharge, and he sug-
gested that Whitsuntide, 1852, should be named, the

Forster, whose statement appeared in The Sun of yes-
terday, was in attendance, and the poor fellow, accord-
ing to the description of his friends, has been so altered
within one short week that they could hardly recog-
nise him.

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provernent already visible in our tract
early in the new year,and as this increased trade
at least three weeks earlier than usual, it augurs well for a
good business, at all events for the next four months. some
of the doublers complain of the want of remunerative prices;
but as a better demand is springing up in Yorkshire for both
single and double yarn, and as a better price can be obtained
there than here, it is fair to presume that no length of time
will elapse ere our consumers of this material will have to
pay an enhanced price, and we shall not be surprised to find
it from 121 to 15 per cent. higher by the middle of March.
There are yet many machines standing, or being worked
only short time, but the number has been considerably
diminished the last fortnight. Hosiery—We are progressing
favourably towards a better state of things than has been the
case for the last six months, and although there are not, per-
haps, orders on hand to the extent to which goods are at
present produced, nevertheless a very ordinary spring de-
mand for the home trade will clear out the stocks preparing,
and in all probability the frames will have to be employed
further in the season on these goods than was the case last
year. We think the attempt to raise the price of yarn for
our goods cannot be complied with to any extent, if we may
judge of the state of the Liverpool cotton market; and we
trust the raw material may yet be brought so low as to
enable spinners to obtain a lair profit without having recourse
to an advance, as it would be attended with manifest injury
to our prospects far the year.—Nottingham Journal.

_ .
AMERICAN FIREAUMS.—CoIoneI Colt has received
a specimen of a model rifle and pistols, which are an im-
provement on his original arms, and for Which improvements
he is about to take out patents in this country.
William Nathaniel Massey, Esq., is gppointed Re-
corder Of r9rtara9l4.,

Miles
opened,
1851.

In reply to the questions of Mr. NORTON he said that
his family consisted of a wife and child; that he had
received a monthly note before starting for 21. 103., but
this he changed] at Southampton for 21. 55., and for-
warded nearly the whole of it to his wife, who had to
pay the greater portion of it away for what she owed in
the neighbourhood, so that there was but little loft on
his unexpected arrival. Ile lost, ho said, everything
he had on board, except what ho had on; but in this
respect he was somewhat better off than many of the
crew, for, being on watch at the time, he had his ordi-
nary clothing on when the fire was discovered.
Mr. NORTON thought him a very proper object for
assistance from the poor-box fund, particularly as he
resided in the vicinity of the court, and ordered him a
sovereign.
The poor fellow expressed his gratitude for his Wor-
ship's kindness, but, with the characteristic of a British
seamen, said he did not exactly like to take from a fund
which was intended for the poor and the wretched, as
it had always been his wish to earn everything he got.
Forster informed our reporter that there was one
thing which ho wished to add to his published state-
ment, and that was, a suggestion that there should be
the means on the deck of steamers of shutting off the
steam, Had this been practicable on the late lament-
able occasion, the sacrifice of life would, ho is satisfied,
have been much less.

WESTMINSTER.
Mr. Brodorip was occupied several hours in hearing a
charge of a serious character against Janus C. Malley,
185, William Barton, 174, and Edward Furmidge, 77,
three police-constables of the B
Mr. Ashley, solicitor, attended for the prosecution;
and Mr. Solomons for the accused.
The circumstances of the case, as detailed by the com-
lainant, and confirmed by a number of witnesses, are
briefly these :—On the evening of the 2d instant a sol-
dier went into the house of:Mr. Underwood, the Princo
of Wales, Princes-street, Westminster; and upon the
landlord refusing to serve him with a second glass of
ale, until he had paid for the first, attacked him and
knocked him down. Mr. Underwood's son (a boy), see-
ing his father thus ill-treated, brought him a truncheon
which was hanging up in the bar, bat the soldier wrested
it from him, and ran out of doors with it. Mr. Under-
wood went out in pursuit of him, and found defendant
Burton in the street, who, having coolly told him that
he had seen all that had occurred, and had got out of
the way, as he had made up his mind not to interfere in
the matter, Mr. Underwood immediately took his trun-
whego in o
pmr hisio
trun-
cheon, and having told him that he should represent his
conduct to th© Commissioners of Police,
In about twenty minutes afterwards,
bar parlour, he was alarmed by a great irieetsunirotntiisend h
site his house, and upon going into his bar found
that it was occasioned by the presence
of edn d a
thenn t s,
spoken Of,
Mtrh.° three
Underwood
do of
the soldier before
end a crowd of persons.
desired Burmidge to
sroldqinee:it, rinte custody, but
instead of complying
t awkiet h the
his
e
d the2/Itrb.rUeenddeer: fondants rushed into his house, pinion
wood, and dragging him out with great violence,e one cf
them seizing him by the hair of his head. oinogrituhrheies
females, the wives of respectable persons lorrdwg
house, endeavoured to prevent his being dragged out of
his own premises, when a girl was ;truck in the throat
by one of the fellows, who, by
his
strength,
carried Mr. Underwood off withoutdtn his hat to the sta-
tion, where the inspector cn ilarienfaunste.d to entertain
the charge, and liberated the complainant.

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sLod it should le c nee. 7lde
dcontetion of Lied to meet Mr. Platt half way, by
fixing a time at Christmas instead of immediately.
Mr. Platt's resolutions were submitted to the workmen
by the deputation, and their suggestion us to time was
agreed to. They were then returned to Mr. Platt, who
in the presence of his managers agreed to them, adding
one more, namely, that in the event of other large firms
in the district not carrying out the system, the question
should be reconsidered at the end of three years. After
that addition bad been made, his own clerks wrote two
fair copies of the set, dividing them, however, into six
parts; Mr. Platt signed one of these copies on behalf of
the firm. and one copy was signed by the deputation on
the part of the men. The copy which Mr. Platt signed
they received, and it was now in the possession of the
men at Oldham. Mr. Platt, however, did not carry out
immediately the resolution with reference to the dis-
charge of Bernard, the men, therefore, called another
meeting, and again requested the attendance of Mr.
Newton (paying his expenses as before), to consider
what steps :honkd be token. This was in July. A full
statemeet of the whole circumstances having been laid
before the asses bly, it Wk 49 decided, as Mr.
Platt had failed to carry oat a portion cf the
sprees of resefutiens which he had pledged his word
should be carried out, and not having stripped Bernard
of the ohroxious authority he hcd, as he had promised
to do. that the men should not go to work again
until Mr. Platt had fulfilled his promise in respect to
Barnard. They struck, cad Mr. Platt then removed
Bernard from Oldeeen to the charge of his machines in
the Great Exhibition, and they resumed work. In con-
s, quence of tho time which was lost through the dispute,
Mr. Platt requeste d that they would work overtime
ler a month, end as he had carried ont their desires
the men willinryly acceded to the xc quest, and worked
the overtime fiat: d. At the expiration of the month he
repented the rcqueet, which was again acceded to. At
the conclusion of the second month, however, the request
was rg.peated, and the men then felt dissatisfied, as they
could not tell when they would be relieved from the ne-
cessity of working overtime. They, therefore, consulted
their local committee, and eventually took the advice of
the committee of the Manchester branch of the Amalga-
mated Society, who at once said that they had better •
work as requested, for, by the expiration of the month,
a general regulation would be made for the diecontinu-
ance of overtime throughout the country. While, how-
ever, the men were thus working overtime at the request
of Mr. Platt, he was forming a masters' association to
combat his own workmen, and ultimately, if possible, to
destroy the trades' union. An association of employers
was formed, and from their resolutions the men learnt
its object. They were as follow.—
" I beg to inclose you a copy of the resolutions passed
at a general meeting of engineers, machinists, eee., at
the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, December 9th, and to
inform you that the next meeting will be.held at the
same place on Tuesday next, the 16th December, at
four P.M., which you are requested to attend, and to
bring with you a statement of the number of persons
employed by you of all descriptions, together with your
contributions to this fund, as is expressed in the resolu-
tions below.—l am, yours very respectfully,
" HENRY HIGGINS, Secretary.
" 1: That this meeting having heard the statement of
Messrs. Hibbert, Platt, and Sons, that their workpeoplo
intend to turn out on the 31st December, 1851, unless all
the men now working at planing machines, or tools of a
similar character are discharged, and their places sup-
plied by mechanics belonging to a trades' union, the un-
dersigned have taken this statement into consideration
and pledge themselves, should such turn-out take place
on this plea, either at the works of Messrs. Hibbert,
Platt, and Sons, or at those of the undersigned, to close
their establishments, and not to re-open them until
agreed upon by the vote of a general meeting, and then
only with workpeople who have no connexion with such
trades' unions.

" 2. That a guarantee fund, arising from a contribu-
tion of ten shillings for every person employed by each
member of this association, be formed, to carry out the
views and to defray the expenses of the society, and
deposited in the names of the committee or treasurer in
Sir Benjamin lleywood's bank, Manchester, as a gua-
rantee for the good faith of each member. And the
committee are hereby empowered, in case any member
fails to comply with these resolutions, to forfeit his de-
posit, or such as they think fit, and their decision shall
be final. The committee are farther empowered to re-
turn the deposits, or any portion thereof, as soon as they
may consider it expedient.
3. That if any member of this association considers
himself aggrieved by any encroachments of his work-
people, he is requested to communicate a statement of
them to the secretary, who shall call the committee
together within a week from the receipt of such applica-
tion, to receive the report, and to decide whether it is a
case calling for the interference of the association.
" 4. That each member be requested to communicate to
the secretary, on Tuesday the 16th December, the num-
ber of persons in his employment, and to pay his pro-
portion to the guarantee fund.
Nowthese resolutions having distinctly stated that it was
the intention of the workpeople to turn out, he (the
speaker) begged to say that it was not their intention to
do so. The speaker then referred to the subject of over-
time, bat he spent very little space in speaking on that
point of the dispute, because there had been ample dis-
cussion respecting it at a meeting held recently in the
room they then occupied, when it was decided to do
away with it. As, however, they had not had an aggre-
gate meeting on piece work, he begged to say that they
did not object to it when conducted en just principles,
bat that at was in consequence of the foul practices
connected with it that they raised objections to its con-
tinuance. With regard to one large firm net far from
Canal-street. the men having worked eighteen months
without a settling, had been told by one of the junior
partners in the firm that they might think themselves
well eft if they got their wages, without even getting a
settling. In that instance, therefore, what was called
pieces o.k was merely taskwork.
Mr. T. SOUTER seconded the resolution, which was
carried without a dissenting voice.
Mr. Trios. NOREUBY proposed the second resolution—
" That inasmuch as our Executive Council does not
agree with strikes, nor the removal of labourers from
planing, slotting, shaping, and drilling machines, this
meeting seriously consider the course or our employers
in this present dispute unwarrantably opposed to just
principles, inconsistent with truth and humanity."
His speech had relation mainly to the resolution which
had gone before. He said that one firm (the head of
which he believed to be the " Amicus" of the papers)
had put it forward in print that they had a contract to
send a locomotive engine out, and the men refused to
work two hours, all that was required to finish it. Now,
the fact was that that engine had taken 300 hours to
finish it, and was only sent to its destination that
(Thursday) night. A second instancy was, that a mem-
bera piece of work to one of his
what he would do it for. The
The manager then took it to another
workomf
sanl,aargned fiasrmkedtohoikm
was told 12s. 6d.
He next took it to a man in another room, and was told
man,ma n saani dd
plustst.i
gi‘the same question,
12s. Upon that the manager laid the work on the
bench and told the man that the employers would
not give more than 9s. 6d., and if he would
his most
as
not do it for that he might leave. :Again,
the manner in which piecework was managed in
the following:—The em-
owstingenious and best work-
men to do work and then he set the rice thus showing
that ingenuity
many
lacrhgoese establishments
one ot*
and skill was not price
f" in
paid or a proper
manner, for if the price fixed
was low, less skilful men
could scarcely get a living. If piecework
h member of were
the con-
ducted on just principles, -he
so-
ciety, was not opposed to it. , as
As an evidencemem that the
society did not agree with the removal of labourers
from the mach.
ines mentioned the resolutions, he stated
that in 1848.9 they had
paid 36,0001. to their unem-
ployed members, rather than bring them in competition
with the unsktll d
elabourers. Also, in 1842 the society
had pai •
d 20,0001. for a similar purpose, thus showing
that th • eir members were desirous of being independent,
for ii they had not subscribed that sum they would have
been compelled to resort for assistance to the union
rates. The society therefore had saved a considerable
turn to the country in the shape of poor's-rates, and they
were continually effecting the same end by supporting
their unemployed men.
Mr. F. WHITELEY seconded the motion, with the mea-
sures of which he full agreed. It was put and carried
unanimously.
The next speaker was Mr. SWINDLEHURST, who pro-
posed—
" That in consequence of calumnious accusations
having been made sgainet tho of of the various
trade societies, relative to their being paid demagogues,
communists, idlers, &c., we repudiate such as wholly
untrue and uncalled for." _ _

DANIEL JONES seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously agreed to.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman,
who, on responding, said that he was much obliged to
them for it, but he should be far more thankful if next
week, at the meeting they then proposed to have,
.the
masters would appoint a dozen men to meet a similar
number of workmen to discuss the matter fairly, and to
see if they could not come to some agreement.

THE DISPATCTI EXHIBITION CHART.—It will be
seen by referring to an advertisement elsewhere, that the
issue of the Coloured Exhibition Chart, showing, by dia-
grams and at one view, the number of persons that entered
the Crystal Palace during a period offdouorthmeronstthast,isttilices
amount of money taken at the doors, an
of an interesting character, derived from various sources ;
and which was promised to be given away by the proprietors
of the freekTy Dispatch on the 11th inst. has been
postponed
till Sunday, the Ist of February. We understand that this
delay has besn
rendered necessary in consequence of the
enormous and unforeseen demand for the Dispatch and
or pronounce it a work of great useful.:
Chart, on Sunday last (the 4th inst.), and the tedious pro-
no inconsiderable amount of labour and
cess of producing the letter by means of ordinary surface
steam-printing. The Chart has come under our own view.
aittpihilishment. There are live colours in the
each of which has to be
.introduced by a separate
useful-
ness, wian. et
attended dhaecedcs unhesitatingly
great and sudden demand. These various
involving nice manipulation—hence the difficulty of
we think, plead a sufficient justification for
pCrboacrets,s,
t:hpostponement, and we have no doubt will secure the for-
rilreccouumnsttearnineges,a
bearance and indulgence of the public.

LECTURES EY MR. WALTER, M.P.—We are
pleased to learn that our much respected and talented repre-
sentative, Mr. Walter, following several illustrious examples,
bas kindly consented to deliver a lecture at the Mechanics'
h a11,.1\ ottingham, on Tuesday, the 27th inst. Subject, "The
Life and Death of Sucrates." An intellecttial tvreat of no or-
dinary character is anticipated, and no doubt the attendance
of members of the institution and others will be numerous.—
Nottingham, Journal.

Alderman Byrne has been inaugurated Mayor of
the borough of Clonmel for the present year, in succession
to Alderman Benny, whose uprightness and activity during
his period of office, in 1851, have deservedly commanded
y
the warm and unanimous arprobAtinn 01 hi 4 fellow-
tora4mez•