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London, England, 1825-08-17 00:00:00

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StißicEy SOCIETY FOR THIC-EMPLuYMENT
REFOILWATION OF DISCHARjED PPISONVIJ.S

Monday a Meeting teats beld it the Town Hail; Croydon, to
eonAder of the best ittearit 10 'contributing to the funds of the
Surirty fur the Relief of Diseibrged Nisoners,
The Rev. ?.1r LOCCWQOD, Rector of Croydon, was
called to t' e chair, and explained the purpose fur
which the meeting was called, which was to assist in
raising finis !or a Society to provide Employment for
P. iv-,ners barged from the ye i,ons of Surrey.
The Rev. M. . Court rrsev said, that Mr. Denison, the
Ale t ber r S.irrey, had sent him a letter expressing
his regret that he could not attend. lie had, however.
sea his stencr:pt:on, and was sorry that lie was not able
by the regulations of the Society to add more. The
Society which had been formed for Surrey was intended,
after the example of the Society for the Refuge of the
Desti tut,., to pioniote the reformation and provide em-
ployment for penitent criminals. This Society had pre-,
basely been indebted for its origin to the Rev. Mr. Buttv
ho was Chaplain to the Briscoe House of Correction..
Ile had Oen! seen the prisoners reformed by the di:.
cipline of the prison, and seen them wirer discharged,
from ranting bolt employment and character, relapse
i:Ito crime; be had, therefore, suggested that a S niety
should be formed to provide such people a temporary
It was to be perfectly voluntary for all such
persons to elver it or not. There was to be no con-
si.r.iint, and there was a great hope that all persons who
entered the Asylum voluiva!ily, m:ght be made good
members of society. On the idea being first started,
au application had been Made to the Refuge hot the
Destitute. which was intended only for Middl.:sex, and
that Society had agreed to take persons discharged
from the Burley prisons, at a sum of 7s. per head a
wet. k. Already some of those who had been so seat
had obtained good situations, and had Lecn restored to
the world. All the men so discharged were found
employment, and it was only young men or women
that were sent to the Asylum. At length the Asy-
lum had so many applications, that the Directors
refused to take in any more persons. An agree-
ment had since been entered into with a Mr. Hey,
Who had the super:n endance of a workhouse, and
who had undertaken to build a hour-, capable of
holding 140 persons, and the Society calculated on
sending him 40 persons a year, who were to be fed and
cloth-'d for 7s. per week per head. Mi. Hey was to
have three-fourths of the earnings of these persons; the
other fourth was to be put into a savings bank, or some
other place, for the use of the persons themselves. At
Mr. Heys the men were to be employed turning—the
women m. king matting. The whole of the establish.
ment of that Gentleman was well conducted, and was
very clean. Mr. Hey read prayers also daily, and there
was a chapel on his premises. Mr. Hey was a sort of
conta actor fur the poor of New ington Pit tab. A separate
building, however, was to be provided for the discharged
prisoners, who were not to be mixed with the poor.—
It was estimated that the expense of keeping forty per-
:lns at Mr. Heys, would be 8001. Fer year. The
Rev. Gentleman then read an account of the reformation
of a noted character called ,8.11 Desperate, who was re-
formed at the Refuge for the Destitute. He was there
taught the trade of a shoemaker, then he became a
confidential messenger, and was at length established
in a comfortable situation, got married, and, though
strongly tempted, be had never, for three years, swerved
from honesty. There was no reason then, he said,
however abandoned persons might be, to despair of their
re.Ormation. The Rev. Gentleman then mentioned
another case of a woman who had been cured of drunk-
e -ness, and after being in the Refuge, and after more
than one relapse, had conducted herself with great
propriety. The Society was intended solely to find
employment for reformed prisoners, and nothing was
waning but funds. The Rev. Gentleman concluded
by moving a R solution, purporting that this Society
would be beneficial to the county of Surrey.
L. B. ALLEN, Esq. (the Police Magi te) seconded
the Resolution. In Surrey, the committals were more
numerous in proportion to the population than in the
County of Kent. TLere was no occasion for him, there.
fore, to say that there was a great want of such a So-
ciety. Upwards of 3000 persons were discharged from
the prisons of Surrey every year; a certain number of
whom might unquestionably be reformed. He was not
himself a sanguine reformer, but after the mind had
been softened by punishment, some reformation might
be expected. From the last Return of the Society for
the Refuge of the Destitute, it appeared that only ten
boys out of .112 bad relapsed, or about one in eleven;
of the females, only one in twenty had relapsed. This
W4i a strong evidence of the utility of such Societies.
It was a matter of great consolation, in this great
and happy country, to find so many persons interest
themselves in the improvement of their fellow-subjects.
Mr. Allen then read a short extract . from the Suciety
for the Improvement of Prison Diicipline, :hewing,
that boy's just sent from prison, where they had been
flogeed, were not likely to obtain employMent, and who
*Quid, by a Society of this kind, be provided for. Mr Allen then
paid a complinient to the humanity of. Ladies, and mentioned that
Lady Carnegie had established a Society in Edinburgh, where half
the discharged prisoners bad been reformed. To illustrate the be.
nsvolent exertions of Mrs. Frye, be read another extract from the
Society for the improvement of Prison Discipline, and encouraged
the Ladies to join their Society, as being both benevolent and useful.
The Resolution was unanimously agreed to.
Simeon Sums, Esq. moved the second Resolution That it was
deskahletis collect subseriptlons'and donations for the purposes of
the Society. •

The hair. Mr. Iloaaa, of Godstone, seconded the Resolution,
and said, he should be happy to do whatever he could to suppon so
escellent an Institution.
The Resolution was unanimously agreed to.
?4r. Bixr&i (a Quaker) expressed his approbation of the Society.
Dora Casos, Esq. moved the next Resolution. lk trusted tie
appeal to be made to the Christian public would not be in vain.
• Mr. Kathie seconded the Resolution, and It was unanimously
amid in.- A Resolution appoindng a Treasurer was also agreed to.
Thanks sure given to the Chairman for his able and impartial
corduct in the chair, and the meeting broke up.

In consequence of the additional war duty on tebaczo
b,:its taken off, the manufacturers lowered the pOie of
tob.cco and snuff to the public yesterday. • The.. re-
duction to the retail deilersloa place IL"( weft:
A severe thrinder-storm felt list Wedieidatr ver the
south-western counties; a boy' was still& 'with' the
lightning' near Worthing, but not serioilsly
.iirjured.
OICF, the principal sign.il-man at Portsnuiuth
was also struck in•ensr6le• by' the eleCtric fluid; wait
is ICared will lose hit life..
Mr. Mann, of Andover, returning in his gig from
S.suthAmptoo to-Winchester on Thursday everarig,'ww.
attacked hear Otteibiurne by. two Melt, armed with
teary bludgeoro who robbed him of a d.Juble soy.- ,
zel3n, and were about to ill use him, believing he had
e ore property about Lim; Mr. Mann, however, seized
a !,Ittavo... flan: oue, and attacked them, wben other
Fe-suns apiroachir.g,,tLe villains made Ea


COMBINATIAN
HROM ?RI niia4w LXitowtpt.z.
Clyde Iron-Works hive for the last
five weeks, in consequenix of .the colliersAggrierapit.
The furnaces produce about 100 tons of pig iron weekly,
or 5,000 tons a year, and it requires above 20,000 tons
of coal to melt the metal. It was therefore eetteldired
by the combination t\e most vulneiable pitat ick?ack
first, as it was calculated that Mr. Dy would at
once comply with their demands, rather illhass stop his
extensive iron-works. The principal cause
.of dis-
pute was, that the colliers wished to 414e.t.b.e,made
of measurement, and to give Mr. Dunlop only 12
cwt. instead of 13 cwt. to the cart, as formerly.—
As Mr. Duulbp considered his measurement as fair
as that Of any other coal-worlr,he resisted the &mend.
About ten weeks ago his Hamilton farm colliers sent
to him a long roll of imaginary grievances and new
demands, which he peremptorily reflising to accede to,
they all struck. The work has since been stopped, and
the colliers turned out of their houses. The whole of
Mr. Dunlop's colliers, amounting to about 300, also
followed the example, and there being no coal to carry
on the blast furnaces, from the short supply put up by,
the colliers, in a week after the strike, the iron-stone
miners, lime-stone workers, furnace-men, labourers,
&c. were thrown idle to'the amount of 300, making in
all 600 men, without including their families. What
malc..s the case peculiarly hard is, that Mr. Dunlop's
men were quite averse to strike. A general meeting of
combined colliers, consisting of about 2000, was, how-
' ever, held in the.eicinity, to decide whether Mr Dun-
lop's men should continue any longer to work for him
upon their old terms? To their credit, every one of his
men voted against striking, being perfectly satisfied
with their employer's terms. They were, however,
outvoted, and obliged to submit to the general body,
and present their grievances. They have since been
supported by the combination. They say that they
receive 10f. a week, and so much for their sons, ac-
cording as they could work. As there are 3000 colliers
around Glasgow, it only requires about a shilling
weekly from each to defray the expense of the idle
hands. The colliers thrown idle were perfectly able, if
they chose to work full time, to make 6s. 3d. allay, and.
when they wrought only four days a week they made 20s.
This is owing to the great increase of price they have
successively obtained; as they now get 220. for digging
a cart of coals, the former price of which was 14d. A'
report is made every fortnight by the delegates of the
state of the coal -tills, and if the coals are accumulating,
the grand committee at Shettleston order the various
coal-works to put out only a certain quantity till the
stock is diminished; The consequence is, that the col-
Hers, on an average, work only three-fifths of their time,
2nd instead of putting out 50 hatches, first reduced it to
40, and then to 32. At this season of the year, there is
generally 50,000 tons (or about a fifth of the consump-
tion of Glasgow) on the principal coal-hills to meet the
additional demand in winter; but at present there is no
stock on hand, the colliers refusing to put out more than
what is required for immediate consumption. Mr. Dun-
lop is confident of being able to fill his works with new
hands, but he is as yet, rather averse to do this, as his
old workers have been about the place from their in-
fancy, are much attached to him, industrious and well
behaved, and never made any complaints till misled by
others. It is a melancholy picture of the time. when
such a large body of workmen are so infatuated as to
strike at the dictation of others. Instead of industri-;
ously working, they are now to be seen playing ate
cards, or loitering away their time in other frivolous.
=memoirs,. Mr. Dunlop has several hundred bosses
in the form of squares for his workmen. He charged 'lid.
a week for the rent of an apartment 10 feet by 15, and
containing two beds. Those who wish an additional
room halt the above size, with one bed in it, pay one
half more. The colliers object to pay any rent what-
ever, and this also forms one of their list of grievances.
Mr. Dunlop is determined not to yield to any of their
demands, as from the price of iron falling, it is less
profitable to manufacture. He is employed in repair-
ing his furnaces and other necessary improvements.
He employs more than fifty horses driving the iron and
lime-stones. It takes about 40,000 tons of raw material
to make 4,000 of pig iron. Above 20,000 tons of coal
were formerly sold, besides the supply required for the
consumption of the works. The iron-works, which are
beautifully situated on the banks of the Clyde, have at
present a gloomy and ruinous appearance, very unlike,
the vivacity and briskness which has so long distin-•
guished them. It is a great number of years since they
still. The inhabitants of Glasgow will miss the+
finely illurninwed horizon which the flames created,'
particularly in a dark night, and which served as a'
cheerful beacon to the traveller in the surrounding dis-
tricts. It is the intention of the combination, it they
succeed against Mr. Dunlop, to strike against the rest
of the coal-masters, one by one, till they get them all
completely under their commit; as to measurement ands
price. The grand stand is determined to be made
during next winter, and great apprehensions are enter-'
tained that the community will at that time sufer
severely for want of coal. Last winter the combina-
tion was not so w ell matured. Next season there will
be no stocks of coal at the pits, and a great rise in
price may therefore be expected. It is absolutely ne-
cessary that immediate steps should be taken on the;
subject, or public works and private families will suffer
serious inconvenience from the want of fuel, or be
obliged to purchase it at an enormous rate. This will.
cause the eyes of the public to be more fully opened to
the evil consequences of combination ; and the colliers,
by over-duiag the thing, will probably bring' the hoese
about their ears.

The Magistrates for the.county of Warwick, assem-
bled on the Grand Jury at the late Assizes, unani-
mously resolved to use in future all legal means in their
power to prevent prize-fighting Within their jurisdiction.
DESPERATE APPEAL—Three Frenchmen and two
Frorkhwomen, were taken to Bow-street yesterday,
followed by a large mob, in a most pitiable condition,
two of the men ih particular being covered with blood,
cuts, and bruises, and were followed by the corn-
plainant,
Mr. KICATHxxo, of the Black Prince, Chandos-
street, and his witness, in an equally deplorable cob-
dition. The prisoners, it seems, writ to the abOve
house, on Monday evening, and erred the Ladies de
sired to he shewn into a private room, where the party
had a little wine, but soon fell a quarrelling, and the
Frenchmen used knives, and inflicted on each other
sever.,l alarming wounds. The landlord and his friend
interfered to save further bloodshed,' witted a battle
royal ensued; the complainants received very serious
injury, and the F:ench party were secured. Taco of
the most violent were sent to prison in default of ba;l,
and the others were discharged.

• POLICE IAtIALLIGENCE.
•
Mang gack and ArtaiSPolloo/14 Inotbtr mad • daulhes were
brought before_ o.sl.App4mvst, yesterday, under the fol-
lowing eirennisttnces r-7—Tbre daughter *is household servant to
Mr. Morley, a tidor,' hi the &rand. Oh Monday evening. the
' 25th of last month, 'Mr. Morley's cash-box,, containing upwards of,
•901. was stolen front his house during his absence. On the
fellow-
ing Wedneslay there was a loud knocking at the door; and upon
opening it there vies no person to be seen, but the stolen cash-box
was found upon the itep. It contained a bill of exchange and two
51. notes, which bore Mr. Alodey's indorsement; but the rest of
the cash had been extracted. • The box, when thus found, was
tied in a blue and white handkerchief, which, it was subsequently
ascertained, had belonged to the daughter, and a part of the setae
handkerchief wat Nund in the ntother's lodgings. They were
committed for further exatnination.
Lacs EMISTMOILL—This well-known personage, who was die-
, charged on Monday morning, when charged with assaulting a man
named James, was again brought to the *dice in the evening, on a
similar charge, upon the person of the keeper of the Star and Oar•
ter public-house, in St. Martin's-lane. She had gone in the after-
noon to the house, and walked into the parlour. She called for a
glass of rum and water, in a tone which 'clearly skewed that an in-
crease of the liquid she had already imbibed, woad by no means
be good fur her health. The Landlord, who had not the honour of,
even an acquaintance with her person, thought a word or two by
way of advice, might induce her to withdraw her order, and re-
move herself to some place where a short repose would be of ser-
vice to her. This contradiction to a Lady of her warmth of ima-
gination and temper was a deadly insult; she immediately knocked
all the glasses which were then on the table into the fire-place,
and managed to break three panes of glass, before any effectual
means could be devised to check her outrageous proceedings. She
was committed in default of bail.
Al A RLBOROUG FLSTREET. •

. MOCE PEASI.S.—Dos Francis de Sales Blasco, charged with de-
frauding divers pawnbrokers, by pledging mock for real pearls,
appeared yesterday before the Magistrates of this Office, with his
employer, Monsieur Fleulard. In addition to the charges reported
ur Tns Sri& of Monday, Mr. Norman a pawnbroker of Princes.
street, Sobo square, stated, that the prisoner, Blasco, pledged at
his shop, on the 11th inst. a necklace of sixty pearls, upon which
he advanced £l5. 'The prisoner told him they were genuine pearls.
Blasco denied that be ever said they were genuine pearls. Mr.
Harrison, a pawnbroker in Wardour-street, stated, that he bad
examined the necklace produced by Mr. Norman, and the pearls
were so fine an imitation of real pearls, that it was difficult to die.
cover they were not genuine. Monsieur Pleulard, through the
medium of an Interpteter, denied that he ever authorised Blasco
to sell or pawn the articles for real pearls. Blasco exclaimed,
" Mine Goo! you tell me, get all you can, and I go to pawn-
broker. I say, what you give me on that pretty pearl? He say
£l5, and I take it ; dat no fraud. If you say, I will give you
£2O, I will take it"—(Loud laughing).
Monsieur Melaka seemed indignant that the conduct of Blasco
should have injured his reputation.
The Magistrate perniitted the prisoner and the pawnbrokers to
compromise the iralr, the former agreeing to return the money
advanced upon di* mock pearls, and to pay all expenses.
Mrs. Kidney, of Maida-hill,, Paddington, applied foe a warrant
to search the premises of Abraham Biggs, her late coachman, whom
she strongly suspected of having some of the propertylately stolen
from her in his possession.
Applicant stated that it was the wife of the coachman who gave
the information.
Mr. Gurneys—Then that completely puts it out of my power
to act. I cannot grant the warrant. On the same principle that I
cannot receive the oath of the husband in such a case, so must I
refuse the oath of the wife against the husband. I must refuse
tits warrant.

Mrs. Kidney, her solicitor, and Morris, the officer, then left the
office, and soon returned, with the coachman in custody. A bat,
brushes, and other articles, found in his lodgings, were identifted by
Mrs. Kidney as her property. A groom, in the service of Lord
Boyne, came forward to swear that the hat thus identiked be-
longed coking ; that it had been given to him by his Lordship, who,
he had no doubt, could also swear to it.
The primer was bound over, in his own recognisance, to answer,
at the *W M, lay charge that might be brought against him.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Thomas Wyatt, who had- been in the service of Mr. Christie, of
Haan,'Wick, as.groesn, was charged with intermarrying with
liaMts Horton eu.Angust 10.161111, at St. John's, Hackney, his for-
d, whose maiden name was Martha Delay, to whom he was
May, MtOtat the parish of Newington Butts, being still
alive. Bath wives kid given birth to a child, which having become
chargeable as the past*, the Authorities instituted the present pro-
secution. - The case hells made out, the prisoner was committed to
liewpte to Wm his trial.

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WARY-LA-BONNE.
Shadow, Edmond •Parter was charged.lry Colonel Roberts, with
having bed him of property to a considerable amount.
It appeared front the rvidence of Colonel Roberts, that the
prisoner had been liviolla his service as groom, and had been
lately discharged. As 'Moo at the property was missed the Colonel
sed at this dike, and obtained a warrant against the prisoner.
Bucluidge, the offices, war sent down to Swaim, whets he ap-
prebend4 the prisoner at the hiuse of a Mrs. Mlowby, to whose
daughter he was paying his addresses.: • On aearthing.the house, the
dicer discovered a quantity qt *lire, some choice pickles, and
ghat number of valuable foreign and English boas, all of which
the Colonel fully identillsd as his property. The prisoner was re-
manded for a futureexamination.

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