The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE..

ROW-STREET.---Yesterday Sir RICHARD BEDNIK alld
OEOUOE ROWLAND MIN/MULL, Esq., the Magistrates of
this Office, were occupied during the principal part of the day
in the heating of a charge preferred by the Rev. Abel Brett
Brereton against Mr. James ilbbott also a member of the Esta-
blished Church, for an offence coininitted against the Acts of
Parliament 39 and 40 Geo. M., in unlawfully pawningcertain
books, the property of the complainant, without being autho-
rised by him so to do.
After some violent diseussion on the subject, Mr. Abbott was
ordered to restore the books to Mr. Brereton, and was convicted
n the penalty of 51. anal ,costs. Mr. Abbott strongly protested
igainit the decision of the worthy Alagistrates ; and at the
n stance of his legal adviser appealed against the order and con.
viction, and found sureties to prosecute the same at the ensu-
ing Middlesex Session, when the affair will be definitively
settled. _ .

QUEEN.SQUARE.—Yestprday
.11tliou Dyson, sus.
petted of the murder of Eliza Anthony, was again brought up
and underwent a iung examination before Mr.'illattimalin
and Mr. Warm • •

John Ray, 8, Stratton‘ground, watchman at the Speaker's
house, deposed, that on Friday night he went. on duty as usual,
on the terrace before the speaker's house; about two o'clock
on Saturday morning he heard the cry of murder, _ which was
repeated two or three times; the sound appeared to issue
from under Westminster-bridge, and to the best of his judg-
ment was a man's voice; directly afterwards he heard the same
voice exclaim, " Eliza, my dear 1 Eliza, my dear I help,
help!"—The prisoner, on hearing those words, was so over-
come, that he fell backwards% a swoon ; a chair was then
brought him, and in a short time he. recovered a little.
• Mrs. Bell examined by the MaciisTuaTE.—Did you go
with the prisoner and Eliza Anthony to the Theatre on Friday
evening ?—No, I did not ; I went only as far as Brewer-street
with them, when the prisoner prevailed upon me to return.
How did they obtain the money to go to the Theatre with ?
By pawning a waistcoat belonging to the prisoner.
William Williams, green-grocer, No. 11, Sherland-street,
Golden-square„ deposed- that the prisoner took lodgings in
his house on the 17th May last, where he resided, with .Eliza
Anthony, whom he Supposed to be his wife ;, while with him
properly, and paid the rent
they Conducted themselves very
regularly for the first four weeks, but paid none afterwards,
although he had often asked for It. On Friday evening, be-
tween five and six o'clock, he went to the prisoner's apartment
for his rent, when he found Eliza Anthony there with a little
girl : the prisoner was not present: he asked Eliza Anthony,
if she could let him have the rent : she told him that Dyson was
out endeavouring to get 'money to pay it, and that if the rent
was not
paid they would quit the lodging that evening. lie told
her she might leave, and take her things with her, it she liked;
and pay bun when they could, as they were in distress, he did
not wish to be hard with them ; he then went away, and about
half-past seven he saw Eliza Anthony leave hiti house with the
little girl, and saw no more of .her; about on o'clock, Mrs.
Bell came to the apartment, and took away two large bundles
of clothes. On Saturday afternoon, about Half-past seven, the
Prisoner called at his house, apparently much agitatedi and
told hint that Hliza had diowned herself under Westminster
Bridge; that he saw her float. down the stream, and endea-
voured to save her, but, could not. Mrs. Bell called the next
morning, and repeated the same thing.
The priSoner was remanded till Saturday. The body has not
yet been found.

•
ANOTHER MAN OF THE WOODS.—The Phila.
following statement
del his Gazette, of June 30, received this morning, contains the
It is stated in a letter from a traveller
in llatavia, that a savage has been found in the woods of the
island, who must, it is theught, have lost himself in the earlier
Part of -hie, youth, lie now seems to be about 10 years of age,
yet speaks no articulate language, but bellows like a brute ;
or rather barks, as his voice is like that of a dog. lie runs on
all-roars, and a% soon as he perceives any human being, he
climbs up a tree like a monkey, and springs from one branch
to another. When he-sees either a bird or game, he catches at
it, and very seldom misses, his prey. As yet he has not been
able to accustom himself to the usual mode of living and food
of the human specks." •
been cut eta;
John White convicted of being n rogue and,
vagabond, and-with falsely pretending that his tongue had
sentenced to be imprisoned
fore the Mayor of Exeter, and Mr. Alderman Floud, and was
underwent an examination-on .Saturday kat, be.
(11/frcd.j three months to harelabour,—

SPIT A L FIE LDS WEAVERS.

Yesterday a meeting, Consisting of from three
to four thousand Journeymen Silk Weavers, was held at the
Three Colts Tea Gardens, Hackney, for the purpose of adopt-
ing such measures as under existing circumstances might seem
necessary.
At three o'clock, Mr. IJATITAAt being called to the Chair,
read the Requisition, signed by the Inhabitants of the Pariah,
for convening the Meeting.
Mr. E. JONES regretted that the meeting was held in the
open air, because he was afraid that all his brother tradesmen
would not hear the few observations which he, as a Member of
their Acting Committee, should feel it his duty to make respect-
ing the late arduous struggle in which they had been engaged,
and out of which they came victorious. It was stated in the
notice announcing this meeting, that the whole of the proceed.
ings upon the late business would be laid before them ; but he
thought that statement rather too loose, as it could not be ex-
pected that at a meeting like the present' the details of ten weeks
continued labour could be entered into ; and indeed it was un-
necessary to do so, as the proceedings of the Committee were
daily laid before the Trade during the progress of the late
Bill. After making this statement, he thought there was
little occasion for him to say more than to congratulate the
Journeymen Weavers upon the glorious result of their late
struggle, and upon the present aspect of their affairs—an aspect
different from that of alarm and dismay which was apparent
when he and his brother Committee-men were appointed ; but,
thank God ! that Bill which threatened to deprive them of the
value of their labour was defeated, and the gloom and dismay
which then was visible on the countenances of the Weavers had
disappeared.—(Hear, hear !)—When the Committee first visit-
ed the MeMbers of both Houses of Parliament, the hemisphere
was blaelt and gloomy. Every Member of the gouge of Com-
mons to whom application was made was decidedly against them.
Under these circumstances the Committee were determined to
exert themselves to the.utmost to fight' the. battle—not like a
dunghill cock, but to fight in game style—determined to die or
to win. They did fight the battle in game style, and the result
was glorious. The Committee then applied to the House of
Lords, anti in that Honourable House they found more friends
than in the House composed of the Representatives of the Na-
tion, among whom were the Representatives of the Weavers, but
who refused to their constituents the common rights of English-
men—the common right of freemen—to adduce evidence to re.
fute facts stated in the allegations of a petition then before that
Honourable House.—(Hear, hear !)—ln the other House of
Parliament the prayer of the Committee was heard, and evi.
dence which to this day remained unrefuted—evidence which
the ingenuity of the Masters' Counsel could not shake—was
given, and their Lordships, to their everlasting credit, believed
that evidence, and rejected the Bill.--(Hear, hear !)—lndeed
the Masters themselves did not object to the evidence, but
said before their Lordships, that their wish was to advance
the wages of the Weavers.—(Laughter.)—lndeed they went
so far as to say, that they called for the repeal more to be-
nefit the Journeymen Weavers than themselves—(Hear,
hear ! and laughter)—that they never wished to decrease
the wages of, the Journeymen, whose interests they considered
to be blended with their own. If their Lordships were to be-
lieve the Masters, their principal ground of objection to the pre-
sent law was, that the Journeyman was not as well rewarded as
he ought to be.—(Laughter.)—This might appear problematical
to the Meeting ; but they would find in the Masters' evidence,
Out they stated the prices to have been settled by the Figure and
Flower lireavers, and that the great misfortune was, these per-
sons overlooked the interests of the great body of Plain Weavers.
These statements made no impression upon the Committee,who
said they who'd stick to their old maxims, under which they
throve for half a century, and would rather have the settlement
of their prices in their own hands, than hand it over to any other,
however honourable they might be. He should now conclude,
by congratulating the Meeting upon the happy result, and by
declaring in the name of the Committee, that as their labours
were at an end, the Committee was no More. •
Mr..loriEs.—lt was intended at this call of the trade to lay
before the Meeting an account of the expenditure, and of the
proceeding(' upon the late Bill ; but as the Committee of Ways
and Meanehad not as yet been able to wind up their accounts,
and as the accounts of the Actin_g, Committee had not been yet
audited, it was thought more advisable to wait until those ac.
&tints shall have been audited.—(Hear, hear!)
CuTTEtt considered, it would be mere waste of time to
present the accounts until after having been audited, and he
should therefore propose that auditors should be elected for that
purpose.—(No! No !)
It r. JoxE9 approved of this proposition.
Mr. HOMEWOOD thou ht if better that the question should
be put to the Meeting. AVas it their wish that the accounts
should be audited, or submitted to them immediately ? Having
said so much, he could not sit down without bearing testimony
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Mr. GrtuhEox was sorroy to differ from Mr. Jones; but he
thought one of the ptinciple objects in calling this Meeting was
to investigate the accounts, and he should therefore propose
that auditors be chosen immediately.
Mr. PEYTON said, it waufknown to the meetiag that, exelu.
sively of the two Committees mentioned, there was a Committee
of Inspection. Within the two or three last days this Committee
inspeqted all the accounts, and lie thought it would save time
and trouble to appoint them as auditors.—(No, no!}—Then he
should propose that to this Committee be added Messrs. Dunn,
Russell, Dyer, and Terry.
Mr. Enstowns having regretted that any thing like differ.
ence of opinion should exist after the glorious termination of
their late struggle, seconded the motion.
After some alterations having been made in the motion,
tuaac Grugeon, John Davies, John Beddy, James Fox, and
JOhn Terry, were elected in addition to the Committee of In-
spection, as Auditors.
Mr. GUDGEON said, nothing but a strong feeling for the
interests of the trade could induce him to offer himself to so
large a meeting. lie remembered that at the time the Bill
was brought into Parliament, one Editor said that the
Weavers were alone andlriendless in Parliament, but the state
of things wet now altered, and to that Committee was due the
credit of bringing them so gloriously out of the struggle.
Their Committee trod ground which was never before trodden
by a Committee of Mechanics; they went to the Members of
the House of Commons, all of whom they found opposed to
their prayer, but the conduct of the Weavers was such as, if
not to convert the Minsters in the House of Commons, at
least to neutralize their opposition. His Majesty's Ministers
in the House of Lords bore testimony to the loyalty of the
Weavers, and lie trusted that upon all occasions they
would prove that they deserved the character for loyalty which
Lord llarrowby gave them. Some of the petitioners re-
lied for success upon the Members of the Lower House, but if
they were to look at the names of their opponents, they would
find among them Brougham, Hume, and the other would-be
patriots of that class ; and among their supporters—Harrowby,
Westmorland, and the Lord Chancellor, whose friendship and
support of the Journeymen were obtained by their worthy Soli.
citor, Mr. Brutton. Although he must say that the Lords re-
jected the measure, he could not pass by the fact that Mr. Bus.
kisson silently abandoned his opposition. He considered the
Weavers pledged to the House of Lords to appoints Committee
to meet their employers to come to an arrangement, and in the
Resolutions which he should propose, there was one for the ap-
pointment of a Committee.

The following Resolutions were then read by the mover :
Resolved, That this Meeting views with concern the un-
'dement feeling manifested by some of our employers towards
their journeymen.
" Resolved, That we consider our interest and the interest
of our employers as Inseparable, and the present unpleasant
feeling injurious to both.
" Resolved, That in order to remove the same, and promote
the interest of all, we do hereby declare our readiness to ap-
point a Committee to meet a Committe of Masters, to adjust
and settle any difference that may exist, in a way that shall be
for the true interest of all part es.
" Resolved, That having three times made this offer we
cannot he expected to do more." ,
Mr. REDDY seconded the Resolutions, which were then put
and carried unanimously.
A Committee, consisting of the late Acting Committee, to
meet the Masters' Committee, was then chosen; but some of
the members having declined. to serve it was agreed that the
election of a Committee should not take place until they had
ascertained whether the Masters were ready to meet them.
On the otion of Mr. GABBLE the thanks of the meeting were votedm to Messrs. Ball, Balance, and Bennet, and the other
Master Manufacturers who exerted themselves in support of
the Journeymen.---(Cheers threetimes three.)
Mr. GABBLE; proposed 'a
vote of thanks to Mr. Brutton,
their Solicitor against the Bill, for his unwearied and rode;
fatigable exertions in their cause.
Air, lio MEWOOD, in seconding the motion, said that Mr.
B.'s statue in bronze ought to be -provided by the trade, as a
testimonial of their sense of his exertions, and to hand to their
children the extraordinary circumstance that in 18'23 the cause
of the Spitaltield 'Weavers was conducted by a Lawyer and an
honest man.—(Cheers.)
The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted unanimously to
Robert Bruttoth Es9.--(Cheer, three times three.)
Mr. BJtUTTON, in returning thanks, said that he was happy
that his exertions met the approbation of his clients, and. it
would depend upon the conduct of the Weavers themselves

whether his etertions upon a future occasion should lead to so
favourable a result.
Thanks were then voted to the Rev. JostUa King, Rector of
St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, and to Messrs. Homewood and
Young, Afembers of the acting Committee.
Thanks of the Meeting having been voted to the Chairman,
the Meeting we's dissolved at half-past six o'clock.