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The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1893-01-28 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MILO. 2erhaps it mcc was in reality, and most surely it will be agaie. John Stuart Mill quotes Joseplins saying, "S. how these Christians love one another," and then himself adds, a remark not likely to b 3 passed by anyone in our day.—" They had no bishops then with • royal palaces and £5,000 or £lO,OOO a year ;" and to s'3me of us in our own day Christian ministers quibbling over the -snug berths and large (see remarks on late Government appointments) is hardly in keeping with the doctrine preached nearly 2,000 years ago. What, then, we do ask for, end, indeed, must have, is a Religion of Humanity, working for Brotherhood and Justice. The moral wrorgs of society cannot be cured by Acts of Parliament, but the social inequalities and injustices that disgrace our civilisation can. Ruskin tells us that the mistake of the peat has him we havii g app'ied 'charity in trying to cure our ills, instead of the only true way God's justice. Not long ago, over the death of a Prince, the churches., rang in wi.eping and wailing from one end of the land to the other. Never a &ay names but what we read of hideous deaths from star ation, of murders by society of which they are a part, and though the mandate went forth "Feed my lambs," the lambs die of starvation, but the Church is practically silent. However, another voice is ringing, the voice of Sloes "visionary, impractical, crack-brained Socialiets," and I doubt not but ere long the great sleeping democracy of England will hear the call, and the rotting pillars of to day will snap and crumble away at the touch of the new Samson. Blind he may be, but he is yet an infant; hence his blindness, or otherwise, rests with his teachers. 37 and 39, Wilson-street. M. T. Sten,  mouriw4 I,c"  All you have &oven ad sounds ery nioe, but do you nok think we will have to emp!oy more work. men to turn out the same amolot a work as we are doing at present? _  Oh, dear no; of that you need have no fear; because i( we did not get the same quantity of work done in the &elk hours VA we now do in nine (which I am sure we can, we will do the same as many of the employers have done in the textile Industries—that is, go: them to work one hour overtime each day, for which we will have to pay a little extra, I admit. Bat it would only be for a short time before trade will be dull, and we will be cent' pelted to ask our workmen to submit to a red.:otion lin wages, so that we will be able to co nrete with other firms who work the to ,ger hours. They will, of course, submit. According to promise we wW be getting moro woe; done. The workmen will be, i on the eight hours day, working nine—one hour ! overtime no more wares no incr." men. We, the best employers in the country, 1-^.; every prospect o! being reittir,sl L lee House of Commons at Cxi next general elect on to vote and speak against • legal eight hours day, on the grounls that all employers should give it voluntarily. Pu isle Wilco does the worlnnan's benefit come in?  J, D. H. M.
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1893-01-07 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

LETTER.  _ Mrs Macrae. the wife of the condemned man, on Tuesday received the following letter from her husband : eDearest Wife,—Knowing, as I do, how truly innocent I am of the crime for which I have been condemned I cannot but feel how awful it would h such a miscarriage of justice should take place as my having to sutler the extreme penalty of the law for an o.:erice which I have never committed, The greatest reition I should not do so in bemuse i an sure that sooner or later the mystery will be cleared up by the supposed murdered person returuing or friends hearing from her. For my own part, for aught I know she must be alive and well. I:104 no doubt of the. As far as lam concerned, the jury w‘nt into tho box prejudiced to me, and with their iala made up NI to the verdict. They took not the slightest notice of tho Judge, who was de: Liedly Ui my favour, and would, if left to him, haN e acquitted me. The On taa poMted out many doubts as a most ;tut and merciful Judge, and I Lope he will do so again. The evidence of many of tie witnesses was very untrue. The evidence of the witness Elliott as to the clothes vvra presumably by Annie Pritchard on the nisitt when last seen is entirely false. instead of ha log a cloak and serge skirt on she had on a jacket, black skirt, and serge bodice. She never went to or even saw the warehouse. She left that same evening for London to meet Anderson from Castle Station, :•Zorthampton, at 8.3-5. She took with her e.ll elle thought neueasary. I didn't see her! again, but on the day following I received a: few lines froze her teling me not tosend the things left, but to Fell tuem to help to pay several little Shine which she had left. Thus I did so without four, and openly. She was in communization with this man, sal on the  . _ July told me si:e had received a latter from him from London—part of which she read—that he should come for her on Thursday. j Thus hi,r aetermination to go at once, so that be Ghoul not come over and find out. She begged my protection, believing she could join him on his return., mad I was weak enough, after a time, to give way—more out of kindness than anything else. Thus far °illy have I sinned. I Isi:Te you hate forgiven use long ago. Both you an I knew of Guy Anderson. He was in Birminghaji at the end of November last year. The Pritaards knew all ai.,out him, and of their sister going to his home and staying all night on several occasions. The child had nothing to do with me. She had no claim upon me whatever, so that I had no motive for such a crime, which I could not possibly commit. What I did was out of kindness to an old and esteemed friend, and for this have to sutler If I die I si all die innocent, and that being so is why I Leg for justice.—Fondest love.—. Signed) A ;;
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1893-03-11 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

PARTY.  SCENE IN TIIE HOUSE OTC COMNSONFI. A rather exciting scene was witnessed in the ; -inner Lobby of the House of Commons on Monday evening.. During the debate at the end of last week upon the state of county Clare, Mr William Redmond allnscd that Colonel Saunderson had 1 a4-...ensed Irish Nationalist members of 1111‘2.01.11W,T. ing and sympathising with murder and outrages in Ireland. Mr Redmond characterised that ohanre, as "an untruth of infamous character," awl said ho did not believe Colonel Saundermni would have the mirage to rep-lnt. it outside in Lilo lo 'Colonel Sanderson nnitantly replied, " Any w:o:ro you ' like," and sinee then the ;:nrant Colonel wrote a note to Mr W. !ledmond aecepdng his ohallougl, and off ring to • repoat in his presence ;it the lobby on Monday what he said in the Howe- This is how it came about the two roeraber.;Confr.onted each other in the lobby on lowly evening, and became involved in & rather loud and alarming nitercation, which Itooll gat_heral around them a large group of members. Mr W. Redmond detnandecl- to know _whether the Colonel accused him or his colleagues of being murderers. Colonel SauntTonson repudiated having made any such charge, declaring that he knew nothing about Mr W. .Recluoond personally, and adding that he had accused the Nationalists as 3 political party of conduct which led to outrage in Ireland. Further controversy of an angry and defiant character followed, and me.antireo the crowd of members had been joined by several Peers and other visitors. Whilst the altercation a-as in progress several of the bystaaiders interposedin the interests of peace, but the two members more immediately concerned at that resented this intrusion, and continued their highwords. Colonenlittriug, M.P.. Grand/Matter of the English Orangemen, stood b 39 Colonel Saunderson, whilst MrJ. J. O'Kelly, an who belongs to the Parnellito party, attended as the friend of Mr Redmond. In the course of the quarrel the two members faced each other in a defiant and threatening nr>.nner, but without actually coming to blows. The friends of oath eventually induced them to part and eitee the incident; Mr O'Kelly jocularly rprnarking as he walked off arm-in-arm with -Mr Redmond, "We shall meet at the Boyne."  A serious accident has occurred at Linares, Mexico, during a bull fight at the claw of the anneal festival. A high wall backing a series of tiers of temporary seats, which were crowded with spectators, suddenly collapsed and fell upon the people benoath. Eight persons were killed and thArty were injured. The Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyyid Ali bin Said, died on Sunday evening of dropsy. Hauled bin Thwain, who now sucoaeds to the throne, is the grandson of Thwain IV., brother of the Sultan Seyyid Barghash, who died in 1838. The bet two Sultans. Seyyid Khalifa and Seyyid Ali, were respectively the second and third brothers of Seyyid Burgliash. A lire occurred at Greenbank cotton spinning mill at Oldham early on Tuesday, doing damage to the extent of £B,
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1883-10-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

OCTOBER 6, 1888.  • TEM issue of the Irish Worfd brought by the latest Amerioan mail, prints a large sizs 'portrait of O'Donnell, the murderer of Carey, • The portrait, which bran absurdly flattering one, is framed in a. border of shamrocks, and bears this inscription;—" Patrick O'Donnell, executioner of Carey, the informer 1 If Ireland possessed 5,000 magnificently gifted men like O'Donnell her deliverance would be achieved. Zephyr waists and jewelled hands are but ill-adapted to the might, , contest with theßritish anti-Christ." Vo'hal magnificent gifts had O'Donnell besides his I seven-chambered revolver?  Tom largest organ said to have ever been bulit has just been completed at the organ MILLI ufactory of Walcker and Co., Ludwis. burg, Germany. The organ is intended for Riga Cathedral, Russia. It contains 7,000 pipes, 12'4 voices stops with 174 stops, couplings, draughts, and treads, and several 'swells of powerful effect. The wind k sup. plied by a continuous self-regulating mechanical blast driven by a gas-eugiue of four horse-power. The organ has a bei,dit of 611! t., a breadth of 30! t.. and, a depth of 33ft. The largest wooden pipe is 33! t. and has a cubic contents of 440 gallons wlllist the smallest pipe is scarcely o•Gia long.  • • • • 'run recent feat of Ur Marsh in making tricycle tour in Switzer:a-Lid has been vat. done by two ladies, who, alone, ou a sociable tricycle have crossed the Jura, the Simplon, and the Maritime Alps. Perhaps the word " alone" is a little inaccurate, for they tell us that they had a pet dog in a basket strapped on the back of one of the seats. Their feat is certainly a very wonderful one, though they have frequently engaged the services of men to push their machine up steep ascents. They say that they found the journey much less fatiguing than either walking or even railway travelling, and dist one of the two had been an invalid for several years before undertaking the ;our. nay. This conclusively proves that the amount of fatigue involved in working a sociable cannot he great.  PROBABLY the most popular man in London just now is Alderman Hadley, who has been deprived of the civic chair by a conspiracy in his own Court. The indignation of the Liverymen knows no bounds. Alderman Hadley's office wascrowded on Monday by sympathisers, and every post brought him a shoal of missives bearing sympathetio messages. The riverside men have taken up the matter with a will, and want Mr Hadley to offer himself as a 'candidate for the City at the oast Parliamentary election in opposition to Alderman Fowler, the Lord Mayor Elleot. It is not improbable that this may be the result of Saturday's proceedings. Alderman Fowler was, of course, the victim of circumstances; but the fa t remains that a glaring initistice is illustrated in his own person, and as surely as the Liverymen have long memories he will be called to account. Unless the unforeseen happens. his Mayoralty will certainly be the most unpopular of recent years.  • • S • DR.-
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1883-10-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DESPERATE ATTACK UPON THE  POLICE AT GUISBOROUGH.  On Tuesday morning a couple of labourers named George Pearson and Thomas Carter were summoned before the Guisborough Magistrates for drunkenness and disorderly conduct at Menke. When the case was called on neither of the men put in an appearance, and the Bench in their absence imposed a penalty of 108 moon each of them. Some time afterwards, when the business of the Court was nearly finished, the men turned up, and, in a very excited state, pushed through the crowd in the Court and said they "wanted to hear the case tried." The Chairman of the Magistrates (the Right Hon. J9.111E3 Lowther) told the men . that the case had already been disposed of. and could not be re-opened simply to satisfy the wishes of defendants, who had not taken the trouble to appear at the proper time. The men went off with a growl. About an hour afterwards Sergeants Raw and Stones were proceeding along the road in the direction Of Skelton, when they overtook Pearson and Carter, who were going in the same direction. Pearson at once began to use abusive and insulting language to the Sergeants, whilst Carter was not at all backward in blackguarding them in the vilest terms. The Sergeants informed the ruffians that if they continued to use such obscene language they would he "run in" for the offence. This intimation appears to have caused considerable annoyance to Pearson, who struck Sergeant Stories a violent blow in the face, splitting his upper lip, and nearly knocking some of his teeth out. The Sergeant, however, seized his 1 assailant, and snipped the handcuffs on him in "the twinkling of an eye." Carter tried to rescue his mate, but Sergeant Ilawes went up to inevent his interference, when Carter kicked . him savagely upon the leg, breaking the I limb a little below the knee. The ! Sergeant was conveyed to the Guisborough Cottage Hospital, where Dr. Merry weather i set the injured limb, and everything possible was done to alleviate the sufferings of the unI fortunate victim of such a brutal attack. Both Pearson and Carter were taken to the Police Station by Sergeant Stones. The affair created considerable stir in Guisborough and the locality, where rumours got abroad that "a policeman had been nearly murdered by some • ruffians whom he was trying to capture." 1 At the Guisborough Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Dr. Merryweather, I 1 George Pearson, Thomas Carter, both miners residing at Marske, and Lydia Pearson and Rebecca Carter, their wives, were brought up in custody charged with assaulting Sergeant Wm. Stones, of Marske, on I the 2nd of . October whilst in the ! execution of his duty. A second charge was I preferred against the twt Carters for inflicting grievous bodily harm on Sergeant Hawe at the same time and place.—Sergeant Stones corroborated the statement given above, and the Ali' Boners were remanded until Tuesday. The 'female prisoners had been admitted on bail on I their own recognisances. The male prisoners i were not admitted to bail.
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1883-05-19 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE PWENIX. PARK MURDERS.  BE MURDER CONSPIRACY.  TRIAL OF INVINCIBLES.  The Court House, Green-street, Dublin, preaented a. scene of eager anticipation on Friday week when it became apparent, from the absence of counsel for the prisoners, that some of the Invincibles would plead guilty. Judge O'Brien sat patiently on the Bench conning over the book of printed evidence. On , the arrival of the prisoners, Mr Gerald Byrne, valid tor, went to the cells to see his client Edward O'Brien, shoemaker, against whom had been found true bill both on the capital charge and conspiracy to murder, and Thos. Doyle, coach builder, who was in the same employment as • the convict Tim Kelly. In the meantime the Crown counsel occupied themselves looking over their printed briefs. The galleries we,re tilled with special jurors. When Mr Byrne returned into Court the order was given to put forward Edward O'Brien. Immediately the prisoner—a raggcd, swarthy fellow, with black shaggy hair and beard—ascended to the bar the indictment for conspiracy to murder was read; and he pleaded guilty. The Judge directed that heshould be put back forthepresient Tom Doyle—a hard-featured foreign-looking little man, with a brown goatee carefully trimmed—was then arraigned. He. too, pleaded guilty to the indictment for conspiracy. Mr Byrne stated that prisoner's employer, Mr Browne, of Redmond's. Hill, would give him a charaoter. Mr Browne not being present the prisoner was put back. The Attorney-General was anxious to arraign Edward McCaffrey, driver IA a mineral water van, twirl requested that Mr Walsh might he sent for, when it was ascertained that Mr Walsh had gone to Kilmainham. The Judge gave permission to formally arraign the prisoner I.lcCaffiey, who ascended to the bar. He is the finest-looking man of the whole party—s high massive forehead, which is all the more striking from the top of his head being bald; a sharp . Grecian nose, sandy moustache and full beard, and sparse short hair tinged with grey. These were the characteristics of a determined, intrepid - looking head set on broad shoulders. McCaffrey was plain dressed in black frock coat and white linen shirt, and would be taken to belong to a far superior position in life to that of a van driver. The indictment for conspiracy was made, and he pleaded not guilty, stating that he was ready for his trial when his solicitor arrived. Whilst waiting the jury was called. Mr Walsh haying arrived, the prisoner was then indicted for the murder of Mr Burke. He seemed staggered, and winced at the unexpected charge, and he again pleaded not guilty. Mr Walsh appealed to the Judge to postpone the trial and assign counsel. Ms Murphy said Mr Walsh had had full notice that the trial would proceed to-day. Judge O'Brien, in a decisive tone, intimated that he would not allow _ .  _ the acoused to suffer through any ?aches of his . solicitor. He, therefore, postponed the trial till the following Wednesday, and discharged the jurors till that day.
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1883-06-16 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

CRY FRODI -ERIN. Erin, our.couiltry—oar on• t Sadder thy -days pow, esid sadder ; Never a promise before thee, Hardly a record behind. Eve a yearning Los greatness, Ever a crytng far freedom'. Ever with failure on failure; Thy children untrue, disunited, Blind men leading the blind.  Oh, for a leader to lead us ! 0 God for a leader to lead us I To teach us our strength and our weakness,  To tell all the world we are tree. Oh, that one rose up among us Who should be aS the voice Of thee, Erin 1— 'The cry, for which we have waited, The cry that has never been uttered— A leader to show us our trouble, And meet it, and carry us through.  But never the true one arises; Only false leaders, self-seekers, Showing the world all our folly, All that is worst in us, weakest; Always the selfish and little,  , Never the true and the strong. Branding us unto the nations As one which has bartered its birthright; Telling for rights which are no rights, Leaving unspoken our wrong.  0 green isle in the ocean, Land of the soldier who fears not, Land of the warm-hearted comrade, Land of the true-hearted maid Fought have our fathers—how nobly Joy there has been in the old time; Bongs in the pest, in thy sunshine— None can sing now, in the shade I All our hearts' gladness is darkened, Heavy the shame lies upon us. Fight I We have nothing to fight for. Dishonoured we are, and dismayed.  We hear our own false ones belie us ; We hear how the English misjudge us; We hear their pity and blame. But we know the fire of our spirit, And we know we are misunderstanded. We are proud, and despise all the pity; And yet we have no voice to speak with, And needs must abide in our shame.  Not so in olden time, Ern. Once thou wert famed among nations For piety, honour, and learning, _  _ Peace, and good-will unto men. Holy men came from afar off, Lived tranquil lives in thy shelter, And among turbulent nations Thou sentest glad tidings again.  But now we are fallen, are fallen! Discord, and tumult, and murder, Clamour, and impotent ravings Are the voices we give to the world. We are slaves to our own meanest passions ; The flag of mad license is brandished, The flag of old Freedom is furled.  Because of our love of our country, Because vv.: are simple and trustful, Because our hearts soon may be fired, So twice be the shame upon those Who knew it—made Erin the watchword To make us unworthy of Erin, To goad us to murder and meanness. And made us our own hardest foes.  And because of our love of our country, because we are simple and trustful, Because our hearts soon may be tired, 0 God that a leader would rise To speak for our desolate country— To show us the way we may serve her, To wipe out our shame and dishonour, And open our enemies eyes  —SIDNEY SHIBAGHT (in the Spectator.)  I
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1883-09-22 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MARKET REPORTS.—Mrs Partington says she can't understand these 'ere market reports. She can understand how cheese can be lively, and pork can be active, and feathers drooping— that is, if it's raining; but how whisky can be steady, or hops quiet, or spirits dull she can't I see ; neither how lard can be firm in warm weather, nor flour rising—lest there had been yeast put in it—sometimes it would not rise then.  • • • • • A GENTLEMAN called one evening to see Snett, the comedian, at the stage-door of the theatre at which the actor was engaged. Suett not being in the theatre, the gentleman, to whom the actor's presence was unknown, resolved to wait. Presently the actor came in, drenched with the rain, which was falling heavily. "Pray, sir," said the gentleman, "are you Suett ?" was the reply, "I rather think I'm dripping." • • •  A YouNo actor offered himself to the manager of a theatre, who desired him to give a specimen of his abilities to the stage manager. After he had rehearsed a speech or two in a wretched manner, he was asked whether he had ever acted any part in comedy. The young man answered that he had played the part of Abel in the " Alehymist.' To which his interrogator replied, "You surely are wrong. It was the part of Cain you acted; for I am sure you murdered Abel."  Many were the rencontres between Will Speir and the Earl of Eglinton, who condescended to familiarity with him, and in return allowed the same latitude of expression to the wayward Will. The vagrant one day made a demand on his lorship for a bottle of ale. "Deed, Will, gin ye kent it," replied the earl, "1 have not a farthing in my pocket just now; but just gang in there to Leezie Paterson's, and I'll tell her to gee ye't, and I'll return in a few minutes and help you to drink it." The earl, faithful to his promise, returned in a short time, and taking a seat opposite to Will, " Ye may be a proud man this day, Will," said his lordship. "An' for what ?" queried the wit. " Sitting drinking wi an earl." " Flech, hech, man great cause to be proud sitting aside an earl that hasna a bodle in his pouch to bless himsel' wi'."  AN Irish member of Parliament, speakingof a certain Minister's well-known love of money, observed : " Let not the honourable member; express a contempt for money, for if there is any one office that glitters in the eyes of the honourable member it is that of purse-bearer: a pension to him is a compendium of all the cardinal virtues. All his statemanship is comprehended in the art of taxing; and for good, better, and best, in the scale of human nature, he invariably reads pence, shillings, and pounds. I verily believe,' continued the orator, _rising to the height of his conception, "that if the honourable gentleman were an undertaker, it would be the delight of his heart to see all mankind seized with a common mortality, that he might have the benefit of the general burial, and provide scarfs and hat-bands for_the survivors.  DE