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the following resolutions were carried unanimously :— | a schooner in the aaa oe One of the dock police | the magistrates for gig. 2 to pay a toll, was brought on 
“That this meeting, from the various accounts given by | obser te smoke issuing from the forecastle, and having | for hearing. The cited gre: eat ve from the 
the several victims of stone-breaking, are disgusted with | procured daltatisuedt ‘they Sent odie a bulkhead, leading | character of the 5 dary Ay isedinesd a the impo Avia of 
the practice, and further are of sees t r Rat unconsti- | to ‘that part of the ship, which t they found on fire; : but by | the question involved. Mr. Daading prea that he ap- 
tutional and unchristian ; and from the k sity of the peared to support the conviction made by the justices ; 
effect that it has on the hands of the ikied ver. by dis- oe sot is supposed to have been caused by the ignition | and as — “ mes were a it would be simply for 
abling him from working, do pledge themselves to oppose of lu ron which a boy who slept in the | the ecide upon the merits of the case. He 
this horrible system to its utmost. That copies of this siroaath e placed under his bed to keep them dry. The then bey Parsee all the sarettinidtan ces connected with 
resolution be forwarded to the Poor Law Co ommissioners, | bo th arrowly escaped pee his life.—On We cansidsy morn- which re already well known, and added that it was 
and the Board of Guardians of the Union.’ ing a fire was disopelbed by the police in the rear of unne cessary for him to detain the court with any length- 
Kensingion.— On Tuesday, a numerous een, of the ped -square, Pimlico, in some premises belonging to | ened remarks, until he saw what cases were adduced in 
oat renbe of St. Mary aia was held, to take into | Mr. Cubitt, the builder, and which were used by the ca- | support of the appeal. Mr. Bodkin, M.P., for the appel- 
eration reed working of the union, end el steps ne- = 9m in his employ. Before it could be got under, lant, contended that the clause in the act under which 
seek to be tak n by the authorities to obtain the sepa- | the fre had destroyed the whole range of buildings in | his er ent had been convicted, was simply directed against 
ration of Kens ington = efrom. After some discussion mich ‘t originated, but : ae did not extend fur- | those who, in defiance of law, wilfully and unlawfully 
the following I ciel ns were passed :—‘‘ 1, That an as- | t It is supposed to e been occasioned by a spark rssh through = gate at which such toll was set up, 
sociation of the caibpivers s of the parish be formed to aid falling among the pistes: at the time the men left work. | in order to a payment ; but that the hon. ine aa 
the parochial authorities in their endeavours to obtain a | The loss is stated to be 300/. had refused, upon his belief that he was exem 
separation of Kensington parish from the Kensington a had claimed it at the time of passing through the gate 
union, and to prevent by all legal and constitutional means Probvincial Neivs. It would be seen, he said, by the conviction itself, that 
in their power the erection of a new union workhouse ; Bye (Wilts).—A daring burglary was committed those who passed this act felt it necessary % intro- 
and further to watch the progress of the New Poor Law| . fy nichts since at South Weaxhall in tite county. in | Oe the very argument he was now using, for it applied 
Amendment Act in the forthcoming chin nt. 2. That | the oes of Mr. Awdrey. Ita dace teal atkins ails to those who passed through the gate refusing to pay 
a subscription be entered into for defraying the expenses forced ‘Sion way into the house fnatt of the hem the toll demanded without any moarg gro om of ex- 
of the association.— On Thursday a numerous meeting of ‘nail below 40 ee ah while edn: dalice tae 1 oe tion. was absurd to ee t any one passing 
the inhabitants of the Brompton district of the parish of ere ‘a oe y Rogaine ae enon of ih teen dak pe eercugl on this belief, and with the intention ‘of paying 
St. bbott’s was held, for the purpose of g the cod Scites llea them mieder.threaia of murderin oon the next day, if he was Witte; was to he 
same subject into consideration ; and after several gentle- | 4, give up all their money and oh aline es, ed penalty of 10/. The appellant lived at a pr Ph nce of "20 
men had spoken in deprecation of the gee oduction of the | ajso fearful that their father, if he met pg he Rae might miles from the place of election, and it being necessary t 
New Poor Law that parish, where, it was stated, the | resist, and lose his life went into his bed-room and pre- he should be at the nomination at an early hour, he pre- 
poor-rates had fastitnc 2,0002. on the prese nt half-year, | yailed sm | i give up all the money in the house pared himself by leaving home on the Saturday previous ; 
pores one similar to those ane at the meeting held on | The robbers then de ‘tie surnender of the silver | 224 not liking to travel on Sunday, he proposed to spen 
Monday vital raat pte plate nd all the other igkabts valuables, which they he intermediate time at a ive’s house, Sir B. Bridges, 
—We noticed in provided Numbers that se- | took to the extent of half a sackful, iat refully selecting at Goodwestone Park, which was only three miles from 
veral frauds have beth ‘oouidattten on different charitable fe solid « Giver article es and fearing the plated behind, the place of election, in order to be ready for it on the next 
institutions in the Metropolis by means of forged cheques, | ‘They next demanded wine and brandy, of which they Monday. Sir B. Bridges and the Rey. C. H. Hallett 
among which have spathy tbe Magdalen Hospital, the Lon- | drank a Oaatine exid finally eft about four in the morn- | ete here called to depose to the fact of Sir E. Knatch- 
don Asylum for the ts hi of Young Females, the ing, having amma AA Shin. Hinde hekwhon and five | Pull’s paying a visit ir residences entirely unsoli- 
Foundling Hospital, a 1¢ Seamen’s Hospital. On ours. The plunder, in addition to 30/. in money, is said cited, as they supposed that he might be ready for the 
Monday, a man named William Yates, may ea in years, | to ade pe very great i in plate, jewellery ae Selig election, and that Lady tate § accompanied him. 
was examined before the magis ‘Hall, cha arged able a Wir teste chavattek of the e has | Mr. Deedes replied at some length, and cited several 
with this offence. It seems’ that several iene an tex sor the neighbatirhood, more cecal praed eases to prove that “ Privilege of Court’? was not 
cheques which had been. thus ete were taken by a owes inhabiting solitary ho immediately offered allow ed to extend to instances in which parties had de. 
n, who had directions to search for the guilty party, to ard for the detection a “the robbers, who were . 
the Secretary of the Men adicity Society, who on examin- thought t to be London thie A ma berts, a instance ; and further wrt eto es if the ight hon. baronet 
ing them immediately pee yee Rit handwriting to be | ¢lock and watch maker, a Ba. th, has been apprehended claimed the privilege for » he not for his 
that ‘a the prisoner, a well- n begging-letter writer, | with part of the stolen plate in his possession ; and eleven lady, who could in no my be nside to ie 
who had been he beamed before etvetctla of that offence, | other men have sinee been taken into custody charged the election. He contended that the conviction came 
and had scarcely been one week out of gaol. The magis- | with being concerned in the robbery. Their apprehen- within the Act of Parliament provided f chr’ cases, 
trate asked the prisoner rif he had an aything t 0 say in an-| sion, it seems, was the result of information received b d pret abd that the court must oelics ~ we ‘et 
swer to the charge, and whether he denied being the | the police at Bath, in consequence of which they went oe r gave an elaborate decision confirmatory of the 
writer of the letters produ The prisoner said, that | over toa se at Twerton, well wn, it woul 4 nvic ap but recommended that the appelhiany i dis- 
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at present he did not wish to say anything on the subject | to the officers, where they found concealed a large quan- satisfied b 96 his baci of the tase, wrt 
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of the accusation. He was then remanded ae a ra to | tity of the stolen plate, the crest upon Mom had, in some | “ecision of Queen's Bench. Mr. Deedes 
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an opportunity of attending.—On Sunday evening an €X- | it were left ; they also found a number of articles used | the usual w 
tensive robbery of jewellery was committed at the resi- | by thieves, "On Saturday all the prisoners were examined Carlisle. pat public bgt was recently ee for = 
dence of Mr. Pedder, 7, Great Cumberland-street, Hyde | before the magistrates. The exa: niga was strictly | PU™pose of inquiring into the distressed state 
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ark. From the examination of the premises made by | private, but. it is understood he pe sy. 8 e eleven. in | 1 this city, at which a committee was appointed i sat 
the police immediately after, it was ascertained hat” the | number, eight men and thre Mis s Awdrey purpose. ‘ A® publie gers as ‘again been nee at 
thieves had effected their entrance into the house through | gave ee evidence at Nawsaltieeshle: Sesgths from which it | Which the report of the pages BE eS fs mess ae 
‘the back yard, but they have not yet been apprehended. | appeared that two men, called Burge and Mileom, were ii ‘ se statemen a suffering an 
The value of the property stolen is stated to be 2007. | the parties more immediately concerned in ery, distress. ps number of fam pret be t any means 
——A few nights since several vessels lying at the Scotch | and those who arg oa ive them mo peer eve of subsiste’ Rang tog a depend * 3K: tel > 2 
wharfs on the north side of the River, in the vicinity of thing else of value he house, as the Ore 29 a found to ‘be a individ i belonging to ° 
the docks, were boarded by thieves from the River, and | which the lives of the idole household were to be sa these families, amounted to 1,146. b renee 
had the copper tops of their cabin funnels carried off.| Brighton—A vestry meeting of the inhabitants of this who have no visible resoure coh wpe 
It is reported that no fewer than fourteen were stolen | town has been held for the purpose of taking into con- whose weekly means of nF 
in one night. The ygce police have been unable to | sideration a prohibitory order issued by the Poor- per head is 1,469 ; "per head, who 
detect the thieves.—A few days since a man of respect- | law Commissioners relating to some alterations of the but not above Is. 
able appearance called at the Colonial Office and inquired workhouse, and the correspondence of the Poor-law | 2bove Is. 6d., but 
for Lord Stanley. He was in ‘ormed that his Lordship | Commissioners thereon; and also a report on the said | than 2s., but below e646 : 
and y Stanley were at the time on a visit to her Ma- | order and correspondence adopted at a special meeting, | ot, ache y oe such ‘i ater eufferin ring, 
jesty at Windsor, and were not expect to return for | The committee in their report complained of the meee: of 5 has become @ necessary to save ‘cher yond 
ea days. oe then said Al eo he was commissioned by | ference of the Poor-law Commissioners in Pergo 
Y Seactes officers 0 m-house to deliver to | plated outlay at the workhouse, and recomm that | 
Lord Sta nley a box aiid he had with him, and which they NGulA be resisted to the “utmost, and that prompt hokegtind: ih. atgions bee as Bantele 
cig eee 3 et intended as a Christmas | steps should be taken to remove the padi rs Sperucncres ic kat ts ee 3 it 
esent to y Stanley from some of the foreign Courts, | them to this parish by certiorari into the Queen’s } Prainh a -: hie Borat ied : 
and added, that 35 cases of wine had been recived as a Benéh ; but i cageattie nding that the matter should | the night, but by great exertions, poder —_— oan 
present for his Lordship, which would be woghokor on the | be submitted to He inhabitants at large assem- | Of the from Braintree, the neighbours su _ 
following morni showed what appeared to | bled. rson, Chaplain to the Queen | S@vng. three large’ stacks of barl cary Poston: 
be regular Custom-house certificates, signed “George | Dowager, addressed the meeting at considerable length, adjoining the barn where the rege esc toe 
Lamb,” and stated that he was to receive 3/. 5s. 4d., the | and said he conceived the occasion which had summoned latter, Aogether with its contents, about -_) a ges : 
ount of the regular dues, -keeper gave hi together was a most important one, and that every | barley, beans, and peas, was . 
the money, for which be wrote a receipt and left. The box | step which they took wood be pregna ith conse- | feared the fire was the act of thi it Mon- 
as removed to the residence of the Colonial Secretary; | que best and we 0 . | _ Chichester.—At the Sessions held in say sie 
and on his Lordship’s r indsor, was open me forward to oppose the law. If the pro- day, William Styles Goodeve, and Wil és 
in y Stanley’s presence, and found to consist | hibitory order of the Poor-law Commissioners were law, cashiers of the old Bank, were tried 0 fame z 
of a few brickbats, The wine sp w 3 Id become them ood citizens to obey it ; but | be be remembered that this egonees 
ever received. Information was immediately given to | the question was whether they were justified in opposing stopped’ payment ; and this mit gees pas havin 
the police, and after a short time the individual, whose | that prohibitory order, and he thought they were. Similar | Principals of t against the Gad dont pectin 
hame is William Esworthy, ia apprehended in the | orders on three or four metropolitan parishes ha had been | Shortly before the bank closed, embezz sts cons poctinete- 
neighbourhood of the pig Neches and on rot sday | quashed ; and at ‘all events, if a doubt existed, it might | 5um of money. The trial, ae apie : 
_ underwent an examination before the magistrate at Bow- | be cleared up j proceeded to comment on | considerable interest, and the ee gt 2 cake for tie 
_ Street. The facts above stated wefe proved in Sear ;| several clauses in the New Poor-law Bill, which he con- oer 
and the prisoner being called on for his defence, denied | sidered objectionable ; more particularly the work-house 
that he was the party who committed the fraud, and said | test, and the uniform plan of refusing relief to out-door 
a Id call several witnesses to pr i upers : and concluded by moving the r 
City at the hour it wa was in Do t expressive of the entire con f the meeting in 
On being called, however, none of them ae except | the sentiments d e report of the directors 
prisoner’s brother-in-law, who, on being asked if be | an s with reference to tl ction of the 
could identify the prisoner’s han dwriti ngs “said that he | Poor-law Commissioners into this town tis resolution 
could write six or seven different hands; but on looking being unanimously carried,-Mr, Peeribed rer sie 
- the receipt he thought it was the writing of the pri- | the ones be referred back to 
‘ itness went on to say that the prisoner once | dians e carried into het and for them to “Agen rock 
tent him with a similar parcel, for which he was tried at | steps SSdeeupon as might be advisable ; which 
€ Old Bailey and nearly transported. The prisoner was | carried unanimously. 
then committed to take his trial. : ere tes —aAt the silt sessions on Monday, the 
g Fires.—On Tuesday morning a fire broke out on board | appeal of Sir E Kantghball against » aa envision By 
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