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The Penny Bee-Hive. — 1870-05-07 (London, England)

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—About six thousand persons attended a conversa.zhne given last evening by the Society of Arts at the South Kensington Museum. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, had accented invitations, and on their arrival they were received at the garden entrance by Lord Henry G. Lennox, Chairman of the Council. Mr. Henry Cole. C. 8., and other officials of the Society and of the Science and Art Department. They were then conducted through the South Court, the North Court, the Raphael Cartoon Gallery, the Sheepshanks Gallery, and tbe Competition Gallery, to the Florence Balcony, the bands playing " God save the Queen." The Princess, escorted by Lord Henry Lennox. led the procession, and was followed by the Prince, who gave his arm to the Duchess of St. Albans. The Duke of Sutherland and many other distinguished persons were preseot. The coheersaeione was an excellent specimenof the English fas!eionable conversazione, with all its crowding, its display of costly apparel, and. may it not also be added, its wearisomeness? Loss of temper and derangement of toilette were inevitable in a closely-packed crowd of thousands of persons, when every fourth lady required accommodation for a train a yard and a half long. We saw several members of Parliament, a bishop, and two eminent deans, buffetted and tossed to and fro helplessly at different times, and when occasionally groups wandering float opposite directions met in a narrow thoroughfare in their search for the refreshment room, there were apt to be amusing scrambles. A party of Flindoos, who were conspicuous arnongs the visitors, looked with evident astonishment at the singular, if not sad way in which we take this sort of pleasure. The last person we saw on leaving the Museum was his Excellency the American Minister, with a lady on each arm, making diffi- • cult headway towards the door, and inquiring here and there—for a long time to no purpose— how be could reach his carriage. The conversazione—as a conversazione—was therefore preeminently a success. SIIOCICING ATTEMPT AT CHILD MURDER On Wednesday evening, an inmate of Greatham Hospital, near Hartlepool, named Davidson, went into a field near the village, to cut a stick from a hedge, and in the act of so doing, he placed his foot upon a small mound near it, when his attention was arrested by a cry, as of a child, proceeding from it. He removed the soil, and a few inches below it discovered, still alive, the body of a fine healthful female child, decently clad, and apparently about five months old. It was bleeding from the nose and mouth—apparently from the pressure of his foot. He promptly conveyed the little creature into the village, where a surgeon was quickly in attendance, and its life was saved. The police also were sent for, and Mr. Superintendent Davidson, of the West Hartlepool division, in which the village of Greatham is situated, was ' apprised of the occurrence in due course, and has been actively, but as yet unsuccessfully, employed in endeavouring to find a clue to the guilty parties. The discovery created much excitement 'n the village. Tim E
The Penny Bee-Hive. — 1870-05-14 (London, England)

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1870.  TRADES OUTRAGES IN MANCHESTO" WE need scarcely say that it was with the deepest regret we noticed the account of WO' famous trade outrages perpetrated by brini‘; makers in Manchester, which appeared in th. 6 last number of our paper. The BEEttivo it pledged to uphold the rights of non—unionis workmen as well as of men belonging to Old. societies. It is equally pledged to defend tile rights ot Employers. And we desire now' t° utter our profound detestation of the daitircill wickedness of the perpetrators of these crinl Most earnestly we hope they will be disco Vere and brought to such con dign punishment its may strike terror into any disposed t follefl their example. The ferocious cruelty which, would blow a whole family to atoms (all bu" one, innocent, even in the eye of their murderers), or crush their mangled bodies a heap of burning ruins, would scarcely flaci a parallel except among the most savage ill/ degraded tribes. But while we would have tic: pity for such wretches now, we must neiret forget how greatly employers and the eget classes generally are to blame for haring let numbers of these unhappy brickrnakeis grow up in the densest ignorance and brutalineu ways so that the i ntroduction of machine-mllO bricks must appear to them in the light of 6 cruel outrage on all Wit- rights and welliVe. The same applies equally to many, if. not elltc: of the misguided Thorncliffe rioters. Noli°"lt should dare to judge these men who Cann% understand what it must be for them to the bread taken from their wives and children mouths, the very roof from over their heilci°' their whole means of decent existence, aPPAr,i ently, being wrenched from their grasp °II themselves consigned to a pauper's doom, tr order that men who already possess far great comforts than themselves, should add largelit to their already swollen store. Strike &IA these ignorant ruffians, with a heavy °tic merciless hand, But let the employers betble.o themselves, while there is yet time, What their own share in the guilt which these 13° events disclose.  -No parties are more interested in putting tlf: end to such crimes as these than the metabeci4 of Trades' Unions, for, most unjustly 11-f shamefully, they constantly get the credit:it abetting, or at all events sanctioning, anY proceedings perpetrated by Trades' Unioalgh`3, though those Trade Societies are reckoned mo( hundreds, their members by hundreds ot thousands, and the outrages in question llot exceeding three or four in a twelvemonth. bl3lO as a matter of fact it is important the pg,to. should know that with the one notor1:01 exception at Sheffield, while certain individ members of those Societies have coaimitteto outrages and crimes, there is no evideaceat show that any Trade Society has ever 016°15,9t arranged or sanctioned them, and the strong ri possible evidence to show that almost eTeost such organization has for in any yea" AP. of strenuously set its face against any kir'. of, violence. Of course, in every large 0001 e
The Bee-Hive. — 1873-08-23 (London, England)

AUG. 23 1878.  most striking thing connected with the whole affair was the ,sermon of Father Goddard. Ine praise of the young prince had in it all the unctions overstatement of a Court chaplain anxious to put a gloss of fine words on the peccadilloes of a high-born sinner. 44 Yoa merit," said the Rev. Father, "all the love and devotion of your country ;" "you the godson of the immortal Pius XI., the vicar of Jesus Christ, you will remember that without religion there is no throne, nor power, nor grandeur, nor prosperity nor happiness, possible for any people." This may be true enough, but it settles nothing, as there are a great many religions, and a great many peoples trying to realize all they require in connection with them, and in ways quite:different to ours. He aware(' the young prince that he, more thane,* other prince, would remember this, anti told him that he must be a "man of sacrifice even to the point, if necessary, of making a holocaust of his own person." "Do you not," he exclaimed, with a want of truth astounding except to those who habitually press falsehood into the service of religion, "find encourage' ment towards this in the last sacrifice of the generous dead who lies so near to you? For the France he 107 ed so much this illustrious Emperor did not hesitate to sacrifice himself and all that Wll3 most dear to him, to risk his dynasty, to expose himself to death, or in keeping life to undergo all the martyrtion of death."• What could have happened to the memory or the conscience of a man who could utter in the open day such shocking falsehood aS9 this ?—No coup (I.lgat,? No Boulevard murders. No word of the awful tragedies which s° shocked the world when they happened that the name of their guilty perpetrator is neer mentioned without a shudder ?—No reference to the war with Germany brought on by the ambition or by the fears of the dead ad.venturer ? How long is the conscience of the world to be insulted by the lies told on behalf of Imperial and Royal pretenders who are a standing plague and menace to the peace of the world, and told too by men who above ail others ought to confine themselves to the utterance of truth? If this priest had the courage to tell this lad that it was his duty t° lead a modest and useful life, he would be performing his duty like an honest man; Wit with an utter disregard for truth or for all' thing but the interests of his church, be ell. °enrages in the poor boy an ambition not only likely to be destructive of his own hapPinesis but destructive also of the happiness of oltlit' tudes of his fellow creatures. Let us hope the world is for ever done with Bonapartet It would be well too were it done with srltco priests, whatever their faith, may be, !the confound right and wrong; nay, who °' 4.0 call of interest exalt the worst criminal 3 the deep injury of society and to the grief !LT: disgust of all men who wish in this world; see the distinction between virtue and vise' tia tween rascallity, falsehood, and crueltY",sea honour, and nobleness in life clearly de° . and honestly and consistently maintained.
The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1875-01-08 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

TRAGZI,Y.  James Cranwell, aged 50, who was convicted at the last session of the Centro.) Criminal Court of the murder of a woman named Emma Bellamy, by beating her on the bead with a shoemak er'a banner, and cutting her throat, was executed OD Monday morning within the gaol of Newgate. The tacts of the case were very clear and simple. The prisoner went to bed early on Sunday night. but be slept very little, and got up and dressed himself about six o'clock, and shortly afterwards he was visited by the Ordinary, the her. Nr. Lloyd Jones, and also by the Burgeon, Dr. Gilson, and Mr. Sidney Smith, the governor; and the oulp it thanked these gentlemen for the kind. noes be had received from them during the period that he had been confined in the gaol. To the Ordinary he freqaently expressed his regret for the crime, and expressed a hope that he should be pardoned in another world. The Sheriffs Moors. Ellis and Shaw), and the Under•Sheriffa (Messrs. Elliott and sedevrick) arrived at the prison shortly after kalf.past wen o'clock, and a little before eight Mr. Sidney Smith the Governor of Newgate) introduced them to the prisoner's cell. be was quite calm and collected, although it was evident that at re.,ui.ed an effort on his part to sobdue his es itement. He thanked all the officials /or the kindness be had received from them, and submitted to the operation of pinioning without saying aword, erept to request the executioner (Maywood) not to pinion him too tightly. The prison hell at this, moment beg . n to toll, and the officials proceeded to the scaffold, the Ordinary reading the burial serdice in an impressive manner.  Since the lost execution at Nes-gate an entirely row apparatus has been constructed for the execution ot criminals. Formerly a portion of the old scaffold had been utilised for the purpose, and the culprit bad to walk up a ladder and to mount s-veral steps. This was obviously ineonvenie t. especially in the case of a prisoner who might faint or •vho regoired 'resistance. and the old leaf. fold has been done away with, and an entirely new on', level with the ground, erected, the floor being similar to a cellar flap, and when the drop fails the oulprit „is almost entirely hidden from view. While the executioner was placing the cap over the prisoner's face he asked him not to put it too much over his mouth, and in a very few seconds all was leady, and the (hop fell. The rope aiqieared to 1 e of extra length, for after the plat. ~n had been dropped nothing was visible but a portion of the rope, and the body of the culprit was en.krely hidden from view. The prisonç was a tall, fine man, and he appeared to afro zzle for two or thee, minutes before life was extinct. At the moment of execution a blab flag was hoisted at ti.e entre!. e of the gaol, and the usual certificate was signed by the skieriffs, the governor, and the surgeon of the prison, Outlying that the sentence of the law bad been duly executed. A coroner's inquest was held on the body in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Parliament.
The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1875-01-01 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

MEETING AT YONKLET.  On Monday numerounly-atteniled meeting waa held a the Nag's Head Inn, when M. John Mantle pit. aided.  The Miners Agent made a long. speech. and stated that lie had received a cheque that morning for £lO from The Derbyshire and Leicester-hire Associations— (applause)—and he was glad to say that the general contributions had now exceeded .4"..:00. It had beau, be said, suggested that another payment should be made, and in this he quite agreed, believing that all the available monies at their disposal should be distributed this week. (Cheers.) All the Forest anion men were now financial, and that being so he would suggest that all shared alike. (Applause.) There were none now out. side the pale. Having referred to the resolution of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Association to subscribe -CM from each lodge to the Forest mon, he adverted to the position of the Amalgamated Association, and its inability to render immediate support to the Forest men. They bad now entered into the seventh week of the strike, and he regretted to :ay there was no signs of settlement. Two of the associated employers were meeting their men that day, but he had his misgivings that they would off, nomore favourable teems, and if they did not he didn't believe success would attend their good intentions. He never found the men so determined in any matter im they now were. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Goold met representatives of his men on Saturday night `at Ciuderford, and inasmuch as lie was unprepared to withdraw the Lotices, and moreover, only able to offer the men to nsume work at a five per cent, reduction ou the Ist of Jaimelm, and another five on the first of February, the delegates were not preparol to accept it. It had been stated that an offer had been made to colliers with regard to Heywood— vie., that the men refused ss. ftd. n day when they had a chance to get it, but he had referred to the matter at Ciuderford, on Saturday, when several of the Heywood men declared that they could not earn more than 3s. 6d, a dry, and some as low as 20. Oh, oh!) Many of the batty men had said to him they could not get their *ages under the limited company. The went commented at some length on the present mode of working at the colliery which helcoudeinned,,tating that by working tae" pillar" as at presea. done, a was impossib!e for the work to pay. After proceeding at length he referred to the Farkend colllevs, recominended that if the men resumed work for three days at a small reduction they should then net for a ten per advance which the meetiug endone ; and after a brief pooch :rem Mr. Timothy Smith the proceedings was hinught to a close.  A murder, supposed to he of an agrarian nature, has been committed near Coleraine, County Londonderry, whey.: a former, named Stephen Church, was shot dead thiough a window. Two persons have been arrested.  EKLUBITION Or APPLIANCRA FOR tog ECONOMY or
The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1875-10-15 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

WALES.  EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION. Mr. Ernest Rids&le Ellaby, of 5, LIMSJOWII place, barrister, has applied to Mr. Knox at the Marlborough street Police Court repeatedly, to ask the magistrate to allow him to make a declaration which he bad reduced to writiug. and which covered six or seven closely mitten pages, to the effect that a relative who had married his si,ter had, as he believed, administered drugs to kini for the purpose of intercepting • book which he procod to dedicate to the Prin. of Wales, that book being in poetry. and showing ooncinsively that he was ,ane mind ; next, that he had discovered that ▪ couspiracy existed to kill the Prince of Wales aounesteriug to him poisonous drugs, that the proofs of poisonous drugs having been ad. .inieteeed were these—the Prince was getting stout, lameness being one indication of poison; that he bed beer ton fancy ball in the character of Charism I.; that be had taken his children to Sanger's and the Hel-1,. Amphitheatres, and had gone to Menton., in Psasion Week, He had additional proof that a plot existed to poion the Prince of Wales, to destroy the Throne, and to make the Prince's children unfit to reign. That proof would be foiled in coutemporaneous leading articles of art Wham:lel newspaper to which his brother-in-law was appointed medhal murderer. He had made ineffectual attempts to gain WA interview with the Prince of Wales, that he might warn him agaiust going to India, ss it was intended when he got out there that he should be destroyed by an attack of artificial cholera, produced by certain drugs. Mr. Ellaby said from the nature of his application and statement he should not be surprised if the magistrate considered he was labouring undermental delusion. 111 r. Knox said the applicant's useition of a terrible conspiracy, the objeot of which was to poison the Prime of Wales, can only be attended to onluformation in writing. Mr. Ellaby promised to do that was proper, as his proofs were couclusive, and then left the court Sir. Knox requested Warrant Officer Day to look aher the applicant and see that hi did no harm. On the 7th inst. Mr. Ellaby again came to the court and MN taken into cuatody by Sergeant Day. Dr. Tube, on being sent for was requested to give his opinion of the state of Mr. Ellaby's mind. After being with him privately for a few minutes, Dr. Puke stated that the defendant beyond question laboured under mental delusion. The defendant here entered upon what appeared to be a very consistent line of argument to show that Dr. Tuke was in error in stating that he was not sane. Mr. Knox directed that the defendant should be removed to St. James's Workhouse, preparatm7 to being sent to au asylum. The defendant was then removed in the custody of Sergeant Day. It appears that the defendant has been a source of great annoyance to the Prince of Wales both by writing and seeking interviews.
The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1875-09-17 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

TRAGIC OCCURRENCE NEAR STAPPOI,I. On Sunday night an extraordinary happened at the hamlet of Berksvrich, about t; miles from Stafford, which resulted in the of a matt who is up to the present time usunrio but who is supposed to belong to Walsall. Hare, a well-to-do farmer, who resides at the pla, named, had, after returning from Divine tea, at Stafford, retired to rest at about a ria,rtel.'ete. ten, and shortly afterwards was aroused,i kb.' smashing of windows. He got up, and ha e dressed himself went down stairs, where one of his own labourers in the kitchen, nr*kr. same time he heard a man outside eallir,,, 'tlet in. After some delay, during which tte outside said that two men were following 1,1,;, and would shoot him, Mr. Hare went outside, the man then repeated his story. Mr, aud his mats having searched round the rickyank.Zl turned into the house, and the stranger wasa,k,„ to go with them, it being Mr. Hare's intentioai‘ send for a police-officer. However, in t minutes after they had got into the kitenerri: man suddenly sprang from his seat, and took a, a knife which lay on the table, and with thires; mewed a furious attack on the Labourer, vho: name is Senor's. The latter was very ~kriaitar cut and stabbed in the course of the an,„ll but eventually the knife was wrested Nirthie hand of the infuriated assailant, and for a that he appeared to be exhausted. This wa,. hatt. ever, only for a short time; in a few inkakti he recommenced the conflict, and seamed ktatt on taking the lives of Mr. Hare and his another of whom, named Marshall, had apprar,r on the scene, and in spite of their unirejaitt. tions, it appeared as if he would carry ontti, murderous intent on one or more of then. gr. Hare, at this point, fetched his gun, amthatatig loaded it with small shot, said he would also it the man did not desist. This was without: ehet, and as he still seemed bent on doing uole,, Mr. Hare at last shot over his head, but even till, was useless, and ultimately, after rep.m iwies, Mr. Hare shot him in the legs, annaima.ll afterwards went for a sturgeon. 111 the tweetitue a police-officer had arrived, and the wounded int orin struggling, was secured, but he sank rs 7 rapidly from exhaustion, and at twelve o'clock died, apparently from loss of blood, but it course impossible,, to say whether other inj.,. received in the course of the Sght may not tan contributed to his death. On his person was fourd a pawn-ticket with the name " Liana (ho. street?) Walsall. There was nothing else to 41 to identification.  It would appear that the unfortunate usin Sunday morning visited the Roman Catho.c Church of St. Augustine, at Stafford, and at early service, grossly miscondueted tto having forced himself within the railing of Sacre Heart," on the altar of which he put Os, shillings. Subsequently he attempted to ink his way to the high altar, and had to be qem from the church. There can be no doubt. tig his mind was affected to some extent.