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Lseds Bowhtgh Sssbwks . —It asay be useful to J ^ y ^ ow readers to know iha * the nei * Borough SessKHu ire fixed for Monday , the 2 nd of Mareh «»«« w m 0 — — * ¦ — - * -. * i 1 ^_ x . Al . - __ __^ x T » •*
aexs . - -... .- - - MUKL . Conrcm Teadi oj Hull . —The Aferw has arrived ha » direct from New Orleans , with a loll cargo of cwtto . 1 for the newly erected milli . We uadergtaad two other vessels arc chartered for this port , with the same . material for the proprietors of the Hail Flax and Cotton Mills . Akcibkt Poumters : —On "W e 3 ne * day evenhig week , the members dined together at the Rose and Crown , West-street .
The " Williak L « B . "—On Thursday week , ibis vessel made the Hamber , after being absent ten months in her outward and homeward voyage to Calcutta . Her cargo consisted of 257 bales of hides , 1 , 100 bags and 17 hogsheads of sugar , 2 , 006 bags and 1 , 400 pockets of rice , 300 bags of saltpetre , 1 , 379 bundles of mungeet , 259 bags of eutcb , 5 © bests of tea , 80 bales of hemp , 30 hogsheads of nun , 27 hogsheads of tallow , and a quantity of linseed , red wood , horn tips , and toffalo and deer horns .
The Queer ' s Makbiaos . —A publie meeting was held to eonrider the best way of celebrating the Queen ' s marriage , the Mayor in the chair . It was » greed there shculd be a general holiday , that the ¦ vicar should be requested to preach a sermon on the occasion , and that there should be a treat for the poor , and all that subscribed £ 1 or upwards should oe on the committee . Accidkkt . —Early en Tuesday morning two Touflg men named Moor and Wilkinscn , from Market neighton , fell into the river and were drowned . — "Verdict , " Accidental death . "
BRAD FOBS . Bobbery . —On Monday evening , or early on Tuesday-morning , some villain or Tiliains broke into "the oat-kitchen of Samuel RUey , shoe maker , Great Horton , and stole therefrwa the larger part of two fat pigs , whieh had only been slaughtered on the Moadsj . The thieves have , as yet , escaped detection . BishopBlaizb . —On Monday last , the membsrs of the Universal Friendly Society of Wooleombers eat down to an excellent dinner , at the house of Mr . John Forrest , -George and Dragon Inn , Westgate . The dinner was served up in the first style , and did great credit to the worthy host and hostess .
HuoDERSFXjELD . Poob Law Gvabdiaks . —On Friday last , oar « apient Poor Law Guardians sent a deputation to the workhouse , to take possession , consisting of Floyd , the minority clerk , George Crossland , Dr . Bradshaw , and Mr * . Ainsworth and her nephew , headed by John Dcat , the overseer . Upon their arrival , they demanded entrance , which was promptly refused to all but the overseer , who was admitted , lie crtie having to pace outside . The yellow
Doctor became boisterou s he declared he would 4 ton& the place , aod take both the house and the inmates by force , and proceeded at full speed ta a neighbouring mason ' s , where he procured a large ¦ hammer , which he floBruhed triumphantly , bit when he eame to the place his courage failed him , « nd he was laughed at by tbose who stood near . The clerk and his gang , seeing they could not make anything by their threats or entreaties , returned to tie Guardian root , where they were well laughed at ¥ y those who had mere wisely stopped to do the ~ other business .
TO THB BDITOB OF THB JfOBTKKBS StAB . Sir , —Seeing in your Journal of last week a statement made by J . Greenwood , the letter carrier for KlrkheatOB , thai he only charges what he his done ^ f or the last twenty years ; if that is correct , seeing that the ^ nhftbitanta , only & distance of a few miles 3 rom Haddersfield , are charged fiTepence , when at the same * time thoee who are at a distance of as many fcrndreds can have hfor W . & 2 d- ; and if Greenwood is xeguJariy authorised by ths Post Master General , -or oy Mr . Moore , to do so , some inquiry ought ; to be made to rectify the grievous impost ai practised only mpoH the poorer Inhabitants . I , for one , will join By neighbours in causing an inquiry to be made in the proper quarter , and hare the public generally to receive an equal benefit .
I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , Johs Masshxajtd Kirkheaion , Feb . 4 th , 1849 . PJS . —Greenwood cannot deny that he has charged fivepence ibr eatrying letters to the Common End . If the inhabitants would not pay Greenwood , he -could not compel tb * m ; for he has no legal right to sake the charge ; it is merely discretionary .
9 ia ^ fti ^ aas a * dUasjAaV Awfcllt Sudder Death . —An inquest was held en Wednesday last , the 29 th . uh , at Mr . John Wainwright ' s , Bl * ck Boll Inn . Thurlstone , on Tiew of the iody of a female , named Martha Brearley , aged -sixteen , servant to Mr . Thomason , cloth manufactarer , Tbttrlstone , who had fallen down in the iitchen and expired immediately . She was heard fey the other sertant to go down singing into the - * eHar , where she had gone to fetch up some milk , -and when she returned and got to the top of the . eellar step 9 she fell on the kitchen floor , and expired immediately . Verdict , " Died by the "natation of
D&ixh bt Bc&mko . —As inquest was held on Friday , &i Mrs . Esther Allen ' s , the sign of the Ball , -at Dar aalL on the body of a child , named Sarah Tan , aged four years , daqghter of Wiiham Tagg , -Of Dirnall , miller , who had come to her death in consequence of being sererely burnt . It appeared that the aether had « e * e into a neighbour ' s house , * nd while she wa » absent the child was reaching a pepper-box from off the chimney-piece , when Ber ibtnes caught fire : she ran out of the house in flames , md a * eig £ b © ur put them out . She lingered from
Tuesday forenoon until w edneaday . —Verdict , " Ae-• eidestai death by burning . ' Ahochbb Scddeh Dkath . —An inquest was held « ra Friday , at Mr . Joseph Outram ' s , White Swan , Wessbar , on the body of Sarah Cooke , aged fortyfire , wife of William Cooke , of Hicks-lane , who had alien into the arms of a woman , who was with her in the house , washing , on Wednesday , and expired immediately . She had complained of a pain at her stomach for three or four days previous , and had been that morning to a doctor to see if she could get » y relief , fent had not seen him . —Verdict , "Naiuxu death . "
SAXiPORD . Radical Association . —Attke weekly meeting of tie member * , held in their aoom , on tMon-• day evening last , Mr . Holt in the chair , the followinj resolution was unanimously agreed to : — Bewlred— " That this meeting tender their sincere thanks to Feargns O'Connor , Esq .. Sir "Fr ederick Pollock , Mr . Kelly , Mr . Geach , and efter friends , that bare exerted themselYes in behalf -tf our patriotic friends , Frost , Williams , and Jones ; we alro thack our respected fellow-townsmen , Mea ? rs . Richardson and Nightingale , as delegates for Manchester and Salford , for their exertions a London in behalf of the abort-named gentle-OBen . " The members are refnested to attend on Monday evening , in the Association Rooms , on wait basinets .
ASBTQH-TOBSR-ITXS , AsttEirr Shephxem . —On Saturday « Tening last &e officers and breihers of tb « Loyal Abel Lodre . Ho . 1 , of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds -held ai the boose of Mr . Thwiui Scholefield , the Friendship Ian , A&hion , aboat sereaty of tht membera sat down to a most elegant and substantial supper , siTea them by their worthy host as a Mew Years Gift .
XIBB £ STOK . Spbddt Dkath . —Oa Monday , tht 27 th of last -ttonlh , a yeung isan fell down a coal-pit , in Tonglane , near Middleton , aod -was killed . It is also reported that another was , in l i k e m a nner deprired ef life by » fall at the the H » ntclo »« h . oaj-pit , near Okham , onAe » th . . The Sit * Tbadb . —This wiaier hu beea a po-Terty -stricken season to the inhabiUuts of this town . It has redueed hundreds to axtate » f wretohediess , of which they had not flie slightest eoncepdon or -foresight . The people are generally ashamed of applying to the orerseer . 33 w prises for wearing « uks are extremely low , although the silk trade is -rather oa the more , especially aamgst tha " faaey
Block PmnrmrG . —Nerer w » s there a more sheckug season for this trade scarcely since printing -commenced . It ha * been a doubly bad winter for these workers , considering the scarcity of employjaent , aod the bi ^ h price ef prerisions . It i » now xa&er oa the reriTal . Djeath bt Bubkisg . —A few weeks ago , a child -belonging to W . Page , Bilk-wearer , eaaght fire , and was barned so much , that it has been lying ia a lingering state erer since , until Moaday morning , the 3 rd inst ^ when it expired .
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Patitioks akd Moioeials . —We bare reeeired -accounts of Petitions and Memorials on behalf of the Welsh patriots , from Alloa , Ross , Stonehaven , Aykham , Campsall , Cullandar , Auchterroder , Kilborchan , Mansfield , and nuwy other places . In J&ajiy of these places two petitions were got up ; one » y the inhabitants gener * liy , and one by the females , exclaiming , " We hope the people will go on till the opinion of the whole nation shall hare been expressed . "
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-SAXiXFAX . Bart WAT CoSTRACfOBS * Ht > THMK WORK-« K -The _ other day Messrs . * P . Edwards « d Henaerson , Rulway Contractors for the Mioobes . ter ani LwdsRailway , near Sowerb y Bridge , were summoned before fiie magistrates b y J . Irwin , one of thar men for wages doe to him . It appeared the mastws paid one general suss to a gangerV who teceiTed it by the approral of his feUow workmen in the « ame gang . In this case a man named Barney Monwith thesa . The plaintiff now sought to recoTer from his employer * . The magistrate dismissed the summons . A person of the name of Bird also brought them up on a similar charge , but with no better effect . " ^ BafUiaVKaKKa ^ aW ¦<
MAGKTBATK 8 ' Oftic ..-On Sahrrday , a man named Bro * n , lately lodging at Blagboronjh ' s beerhouse , was brought op charged with stealihg a pair of shoes from the house before he left . He was committed to the Sessions . Chaktists' Room , Jail LAK « . _ 0 n Satur . day evening , Mr . Themas Cliffe was appointed delegate to the Manchester meeting , respectiBg the Welch prisoners . On Wedaesday , be deKrered in his account of the same , whkiigaTe general satisfaction .
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TO THE PEOPLE OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE .
I cannot at this moment hold my peaee . The hie of Fwwt , Williams , and Jones is , for the present , I fear , lest the angry feelings of the people of England and Wales , should lead them to injure the three prisoners , and shut tho door to the mercy of the crown . To you , then , the people of Yorkshire and Lancashire , I must gire adrioe . I know that you will listen to ma . AToid all anger—resist erery suggestion to Tiolence ; but remember , that the Queen has the power and I belieTe she has the will , to pardon , if circumstances warrant that royal clemency .
Let order , subordination , and peace preraU—thus show that your petitions to the throne dbsebtb attention . Meet immediately In all your localities , and from youx meetings , send respectful and loyal petitions to th » Queen , praying that she will grant a free pardon to Frost , Williams , and Jones . « *>*« ru « a This is my adyice ; take it , and I belies the Queen will answer "Yea . " I am yours , as always , most heartily , Richard Oxstlbr . 8 , Rawstorne-street , Brompton , Middlesex . Feb . 5 th , 1840 ,
P . S . Be sure that you tell her Majesty , that nothing will so much conduce to the happiness &ni peace of your neighbours , as the free pardon of Frost , William * , and Jones ; that nothing can so much conrince you , that she really is your Queen : and tell her Majesty , that those who would maVe her belieTe that you are not leyal and well disposed towards her royal person , know nothing of your hearts or feelings . OD SATE THB QVEEM . B . O .
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Democratic Associattoh . —At a meeting of the St . Pancra 8 Democratic Association , on Monday erening last , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 st . " ResolTed , that the thanks of this Association are due to Messrs . Neesom , Sparr , Williams , and other fellow patriots who are committed to take their trials this week at the Central Criminal Court , Old Bailey , for thsir noble and patriotic conduct , in coining forward at this trying time to adToeat * ths cause of the suffering millions , and that s subscription of the members
their friends , and the public generally , be immediately entered into , to enable them to obtain the best advice and assistance that can be bad . 2 ad . That the thanks of the Association be forwarded to the proprietors and editors of the Charter ^ Northern , and Southern Star newspaper ? , for the steady and determined manner they adTocate the cause of the unrepresented millions , and their determination to u < dKt the working classes in obtaining their just rights through the means of Universal Suffrage . Signed on behalf of the Association ,
Johm Hokubt , Chairman John Bbien , Treasurer . William Bird , Secretary .
KERTHSB TtDVZXk - Frost , Williams , akd Jo . tks . —The most intense anxiety was manifested throughout the whole of the last week , by the working people of thk place to know the ultimate decision in the ea « es a £ t £ e Monmouth prisonera . The article of Mr . O'Connor ' s in the Northern Star of last Saturday , had cast » gloom oyer every spirit , which was dispelled on Sunday night , by receiving the gratifyiBg intelligence in the Sun newspaper , that the / had been reprieved . To shew their high sense of her Majesty the Qaeen ' s clemency , & meeting was advertised for the next day bo that the working people might express their sense
of her kindness , and alBO to agree upon a petition for a free pardon for them . The meeting was beldon Monday evening , and was attended by abost three thousand of the working people . A working man filled the chair with ability and fitness , ana after excellent speeches from eight or ten working men , resolutions were agreed upon , aad a petition founded upon them , to be presented to her Majesty , was unanimously agreed to and adopted . At the conclusion of the meeting , cheers were / nven for her Majesty , Mr . O'Connor , the Counsel , and the Attomies engaged . Never was there & more orderly or a more spirited meeting .
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THE MEMORIALS . Lord Brougham having gone to France for a Month , the Memorials to the Queen should be transmitted to Earl Stanhope .
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^^^^^ ew »^^ ^ ' ' * " ''* I-1 *~ - - - j * - - »«* wr » f > ^ HOUSE OF LORDS . After the presentation of numerous petitions , Lord Colchester rose to call the attention of the House to the state of the Navy , and was LIFT SPRAKING . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thursday , February 6 . Sir JOHN WALSH gave notice that on Thursday , the 20 th of Febraary , be should moTe a resolution that in the opinion of that House it was expedient that the differences existing between the House of Commons and the Courts or Law respecting the privileges of . that House , authorising the publication and sale of payers by its servants without any action or proceeding at law being instituted against them , be determined by legislative enactment .
CASE OF FROST AND WILLIAMS . Mr . GODSON postponed the motion of whieh he had given notice for copies of papers presented to the Home Office , on behalf of Frost and others till Tuesday next . The Sergeant-at-Arms announced that Thomas Burton Howard was in custody . The Speaker ordered him to be brought to the Bar . Mr . Howard then appeared at the Bar in the cusdodv of the Sergeant-at-Arms . .. The Speaker—Thomas Burton Howard , the
House has been informed that on the 24 th February -a writ of summons was served on the Messrs . Hansard , commanding them to enter an appearance within eight days of the receipt of the writ in the Court of Qaeen ' s Bench in an action at the suit of John Joseph Stockdale . They were also informed that yoar name was endorsed on the writ . Are you the attorney in the action 1—I am . The Speaker—What is the cause of action!—A subsequent publication of a libel . The Speaker—Was that libel contained in a repor t published by th « anthority of this House I—It
The Speaker—Did yon receive instructions from Mr . Stockdale to commence that action against the Messrs . Hansard!—I did . Mr . Hume—Ii what pablieatioa of this House was the libel contained!—It was a report of the Inspectors of Prisons . Mr . Hume—The same as before?—The same as before . Mr . Howard was then ordered to withdraw , and Lord J . Russell moved that Thomas Burton How * ard , having served a writ of summons upon Messrs . Hansard ' s , the printers of that House , for the purpose of can « n |[ them te appear to an action in the Cour t of <| BMt ' s Bench , wftteH lie bad brought at the instance of John Joseph StOfcWale , against ihem for a libel which , they hid published ia the papers printed for the Howe , had been guilty of a high contempt for the privileges of that House . The House divided , and the numbers
were—For the resolution 147 For the amendment 45 Majority 102 After "which , LoTd J . Russell moved that Mr Howard be committed to Newgate . The House then divided , when there appeared—For the motion 149 Against it 46 Majority for the committal of Mr . Howard to Newgate 103 [ left sim . NG .. }
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, THE BODY STEALERS . ' ^ ( From a Correspondent . ) Chepstow , Feb . 6 , 1840 . On Sunday night , abo « t eight o ' clock , a steam tug-boat arrived here . The night being dark , most people thought she had run in for shelter ; bat it appears there was a misconception . A strange looking fellow whom we afterwards ascertained tobe ai policeman of the name of May , who came from the boat to the Beaufort Ann « , and ordered a chaise aad pair to go to Monmonth that instant . He asked
vi . I r S * »» J ; the boy not being able to inform him , told him to drireup toMenmenth jail , and not tofltopfor aay purpose , bat proceed at hu greatest speed . At ten o ' clock , a lancer of the 144 regiment , arrived here with an express for the soldiers to be on parade by eight o ' clock in < be morning , eight convicts being to come tbronidt The soldiers wen »| all warned ia their billets t / be ready at that time ; though no information was given to them of the purpose for which , they were to muster . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦
Aboat twelve o ' clock , an expats arrived *©* Moamooth stating that three convict ) would fee through at three o ' clock in the Morning . The § oU Piers were instantly mastered , end tb * re was such knocking and hammering 4 o call thejoldien nothattt Manned the town ; the canw of aB this dlittirbaic ? being kept a secret utilU , ¦ Thes » UkirassemUed three o ' clock } the roll was call ^ , > n 4 ^ elTe m « Q with officers picked out to guard the prisoners in the packet . - . ¦ ; :.: ..-, _ A report came , and wax started b y sosae WMajhaT 30 , 000 armed men were cominginto the t 0 wn » How the ~ soldiers looked ! Some were heard to say we we an dead men thisuight ! They were ordered to utand in readiness . Shortly afterwards three pistols
wereneard at some distance . No penon knew what was meant ; but the soldi er * were ordered to march ; and the prison van entered the town , guarded by the lancers , having Frojt , William * , ' and Jones , with the Gaoler , and three policemen inside , and two policemen out . The sight was » ather awfnl , and to > ee the van and soldiers marching so quietly to avoid the noise or alarm in the town . The unfortunate soffcrers were dragged through the streets on the van to the packet , and then discovered , f or the first t ime , where they were . They were hand bolted and heavily ironed . It appears ail a mystery to us in this comntry what is the meaning of so strange a case . The people think the jail has been robbed at last , and they cry oat to the soldiers , who stole Frost ?
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Royal Bucks . —The Windsor correspondent of the Morning Herald , speaking of the Queen ' 8 wedding , says : —*• It is expected that , upS 8 t 2 tf 4 ijft . port&ni occasion , her Majesty will present a couple of bucks from the royal domaia . "—We advis ^ Prince Albert to keep a sharp look out for the horns . TBITOTAli BlJOICIKUS OK TH 1 ROYAL WaT ) ding Dat . —The teetotallers of Windsor intend to celebrate the auspicious event by a festival on the evening of the nuptial ceremony in the Public Booms . The tables , it 4 § , * nnouaced . will be
arrange * foT four o ' clock , when tea and coffee and bread and butter , ad libitum , and speeches afterward * , pro bono puilico , will be supplied for the small charge of 9 d . each . [ We hops the cold water loyalists will not forget to give due prominence to the important fact that the oaks to be served on that day on one of the Royal breakfast tables costt a * much as , at their temperate rate of 9 i . each , would provide a comfortable and respectable break fast for more than 2 , 600 person * . We hope some of the advocates of temperance will try to reconcile this waste with the Scriptural precept— " Lei yoar moderation be seen in all things . " ] '
Thk Patriot victims . —A third meeting ol the men of Paisley was held last Monday , at which resolutions were adopted , expressing gratitude to hei Majesty , for sparing the lives of the patriot * , anj praying that a free pardon nay be extended , ic then , asd thanking Sir F . Pollock , Mr . Fitaroj Kelly , Feargus O'Connor , E » q ., and Lore Br » ugham ; for their many exertions is behalf of John Frost , Eg £ ., and bis fellow prisoners . Moke Fibes in Newcastle—Incendiarism —Between ten and eleven o ' tlock on Sctorda ] night last , a fire was discovered in oae of Mr Grainger ' * new and unoccupied houses in GraiBger < street , next to the entrance to the Central Exohanae
It was in a front room , an what is called tihe firs floor and had a very alarming appearance . Oi some of the neighbours and persons who were pasting at the time of entering the premises , they foond i qaantity of wood and shavings ia a blaze piled upii the middle of the floor . No doubt whatever is o can be entertained that the fire was produced wil fully by some wicked incendiary . Fortunately i was discovered before almost any mischief was done The lire was speedily put out by the barniag woo being trampled upon , and having a few buckets o water thiown upon it The floor wan slightly burnt but bo other damage was done . Had the fire take : place at a later hour , the Central Exchange an adjacent property might have , been wholly destroye The Quben ' s Mabbiaok . —At a pablio meet ing of the inhabitants of Windsor , it was reaolvec
in addition to an address to the Queen / $ hat a * ul cripUoft should tie opened to- supply ih * p » or wit " suitable provisions '' on the day of the weddin | that a general illumination should take place , that public dinner should be held in the Town-Hall , and that on the following evening there should b a ball . The illumination is expected te be as generi a * i : has been on former occasions when tbe com has been complimented . The subscriptions to supp the poor with provisions cone in buf slowly . ] was expected , when the idea was started , that somi where about £ 700 or £ 800 would have been co lected ; bnt the committee , who have exerted then salves with praiseworthy industry , do now expei that the sum whieh will be collected will excet £ 380 . The dinner at th » Town-hall is a perfei failure , and given up in deupair . There are no to be p&H&te dinner parties at several of the Inns .
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¦ <^^ e*—»' ¦ , ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦*¦¦ ' 11 ^¦¦^^ frjs . asa" —ggassg ^ ¦ ~ - ~ / J ^ juraijtcB aud TiuiiQ ' ini ^ iTf " » r .. Iaci * J ? - ^ WHR the Orange jonanalj here , and tb . 1 < 7 orgaM in England , are lamenting the pregfwfr f MO grossl y misrepresenting the objects of the temperance ' movement in Ireland , ProtestaniS f Roman CatfcoKes , Quakers , and Paaby terians aHke , are corfolly co-operating with Father Mathew in the promotion , of this great social refonnatkn . The effects of their success , can now be witnessed in the totally altered condition bf the population in the southern and midland counties . The most perfect ^ - 'ttKLi . L ~' . " l' - ' , ' " mm "'"¦ -i - ¦'•'" ¦ . * . ' . '¦¦¦'¦ _ " "' t- ^ a >«* ' - -
tranquillity prevail * . The vice « f iatetnperonc-, whica seemed to be as inveterate a * it had been all . pervading , appears to be almost extinguished . Pubhe-houses and drain-shops are everywhere disappearing , and distillers and brewers are ceasing to work . Coffee-shops j butchent-gtalls , and bakeries are fast increasing in every town and village , and the appearance of tbe people exhibit proofs of comfor t , cleanliness , and order . Twenty-five thousand person * were enrolled as member ? on Wednesday and Thursday , at Fallow and Ledmore , in the county of Waterford .
. IBB Kotal Bride Cakb . —This ponderous cake has bean designed and executed in " all itsparto" by Mr . Mawditt , chief confectioner to her Majesty in Buckingham Palace , where it was constructed . It is more than nine feet in circumference , by sixteen inches deep , and upon this solid base a fine superr trnctnre ban been raised . Two pedestals rise from the plateau of the cake , the npper one supporting another plateau , whereon stands Britannia gazing upon the royal pair , who are in the act of pledging their vows . At their feet are two turtle doves , emblems of purity and innocence , and a dog representing faithful attachment ; a little lower down , Cupid is seen writing in hi * tables with his
stylos the date "February 10 , 1840 . " Oa the same level with Cupid are black pedestals raised at equal distance * flanking the royal group ; on these pedestals are other Cupids , with the emblems of England , IMand , and Scotland in their hands , and supporting large medaflions npon fantastic shields ^ , with the initials V . A ., the friezes of each pedestal ace beautifully ornamented with arabesques , the lower one ia adorned with alternate wreaths and Capids in relievo , the wreaths surrounding the letters V . A . all round the pefeltal . There are bands and fewtoon ^ of orange blosxot * andnmtle « itwined with
roses upon the platoao of the cake , and sprigs of the same placed loose , one of the latter to be given with each slioft of the cake j a full border of orange blossoms , roses , and myrtle , is tastefolly arranged round the lower portion , and b ? neath it will be placed a splendid crimson velvet cloth . Thid cake is solely for the Queen ' * table for the breakfast , at Backing , ham Palace . Its weight is 309 pounds , and the materials of which it is composed co * t 100 guineas , which , at seven shillings each , the Poor Law Commissioners' estim&te , would support 300 of the families who are now perishing through famine for a whole week .
Ahticipated Changes , < fco . —The following rumour has been very widely and very confidently circulated within the laat twenty-four honre : —Lord Melbourne retires from oflace with Lord Lansdowne , after the Queen ' s marriage . Lord J . Russell is to be tirst Lord of the Treasury , and Lord Durham joins the Cabinet , with Mr . Ward and Mr . C . Buller in ° ? ° ? ^ ar /«<""< r » ' will be dissolved , and the Repeal of the Corn Laws and Ballot will be made Cabinet questions . Prince Albert ia to be ereated Field Marshal , new taxes areio be imposed , and a duty on sale is supposed to form part of the arrangement to support the sinking revenue . —Standard .
State of Trade . —The symptoms of gradual improvement which appeared in this market a few weeks ago ^ eem to have entirel y vanished , and the Seneral dultiess of last week appeared to have eepened into a general gloom yesterday . The demand for yam and goods of all kinds was extremely limited , and lower prices were generally submitted to . This unfavourable state of things was probably aggravated by the announcement of several failures in the town and neighbourhood , one or two of which are to a ratner serious extent . — Manchester Guardian of Wednesday .
Total Abstinence Movekekts . —The Rev . Mr . Masonha * returned to Aberdeen , after having advocated the claims of the Temperance movement in almost every . iown ajui village from this city to John o'Groatfs House . He has now formed Total Abstinence Societies in every county in Scotland . Arrangements axe making for having a temperance festival here on the occasion , of Ihe Queen ' s marriage when Mr . Mason will be present . In the mean time , after attending some local meetings , he is to proceed to Peterheadi Fraeerburgh , and other towns ¦ ntran
« l v ^ ;"§» i ^* r" ""•"' ~ rr ^ veraeen . VficdEMTS MoTHEB . ^ vr ' e « sel great pleasure in announcang that the Female Charter Association of Bath , which is held at the rooms of the Working Men ' s Association , have for ( raided to Mrs . Vincent the mim of thirty shillings . We cannot but ieel that it will ba an everlasting disgrace to th » Chartists of / Eniland- if , they snflbr the mother - of so coble , pow ^ rfal , and energetic a public advocate as Mr . H . Vincent is to remain without asrfstanoe or support ia her widowhood , rendered doubly distressful by the ^ amreeration of the patriotic son of her hopes and the reoeat death of aa afflcted daughter .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET .
( BY EXPRESS . ) Fbidat , Fbb . 7 rH .-We have a good arrival of Wheat : millers buy cautiously at rather over the prices of last week . Barley is in moderate supply , and the business done is at about previous ratee Beans as before . Oats and Shefiing the turn dearer .
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was some time ago incarcerated in the Pertb gaol , on a criminal complaint , at the instance of Mr . Barty , procurator-fiscal of DumWane . An application was presented to the sheriff for the liberation of Marshall on his finding bail . The prayer of the petition was granted , and a copy of the petition aad warrant of liberation , certified by tbe heriflf-elerk , was , on the 26 th December last , addressed to-: ¦• ' Mr . Wm . Hutchison , jailor , Perto . " Th > re happening .- . ** . be a tailor of the same name here , th e document m addressed was delivered by theietttr carrier to him in mistake , and he , thinking it to be a hoax , never paid farther attention to it . Some days after , another . letter was » ent to Perth
- . , by the shenff-plerk atjDumblane , addressed as for . merly to Mr . Hutchison , jailor , expressing the greatest surprise that Marshall had not been liberated , but still , unfortunately , this letter was all * delivered to Mr . Hutchison , tailor , who soil coniiider « d it as a boar . In consequence of the mistake Marshall was not liberated till Saturday , the lltfa i January , while he ought to have had his ttberty on the 26 th December , thus , ufleriag unnecessary im-. prisonment for the period « f sixteen days . We > understand that a correspondence has been instituted i with the Lord Advocate on the subjeot . The tw * > documents were delivered up by Mr . Hutchison , the ¦ tailor , to Mr . Hutchison , the jailor on Tuesday > night , which clearly exculpates the latter from all blame . —Perth Paper ,
" An Irishman ' s Nohow o » Discount . —tt chanced one glaomy day , in the month of Decra' ber , that a good-humoured Irishman applied te a 1 merchant to discount a bill of oxehange for him at ¦ rather a bng , though not an unusual dafr , and the h r ^ erobant having casually remarked that the bill had ? -fegreat many days to run , «• That ' s true , " replied the Irishman , "but then , my henay , you den ' t coasider how short the days are at this time ef the
> yemr . " P ai 8 lbt Radical Aspociatiok . —A meeting * of the Council of this Association wm held on Monday evening , in the hall attached to tbe Secession ; Church , Abbey-street , Mr . Laird , Yice . Presidwt , in' the chair . The Secretary , after evading the I minutes of a previous meeting , spoke « n the impor-I tance of disseminating sound political knowledge , t and concluded by moving that the Council eudeal veur to proomre qualified penons to deliver lector * s on political subjects . The motion was stcended by r Mr . Alexwadw Henderson , and unanimously agreed . to . It was also agreed that an address , exhibiting . the principles of the Association , and bearing on tke
« , present pontien of the Chartist movement , be p « bl lished ; and al * o , that a correspondeBce ¥ opened lf with , those in SoetUnd , holding aimilar priaeiples , , fortb « pwpo 8 » of effecting a graeral organiiatisn I of the whole , and getting a delegate meeting 0 as soon as practicable in oraer that such plans ^ may be . proposed , and match' arrangements made , * as may be deemed neceewary for promoting the ; . grajad ^ objeet—tbe political craaaeipation vt the ^ ; p * >? * h . Cjn Wednesday morning the following distressing I oec « rrence took place in the family of Mr . Freeman , » of Finsbnry-square . Mr * . Freeman was sitting with her daughter , who is between nineteen and twenty years of age , in the parlour , when the latter rot no .
w to reach down a portrait hanging over the maatlefci piece . In doing so , ' the front of her dress cam * in rt contact with the grate and caught fire ; the flame ly communicated to other parts of her clothes , and in [ i * few seconds she was enveloped in the blaze . Mrs . j . Freeman rushed to her assistance , and her own dress j . became ignited . Their screams brought to them j two of the female servants , who , on entering , the t room , fonnd Mrs . Freeman and her daughter clasped , in each other's arms , and their clothe * burning . fiercely around them . One of the female servants , ct with great presence of mind , seized a large cloak , w with which ethesucceeded in extinguishing , the flames . The injuriei taftj have suslained are very e&tsBsive ,
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Kbmdai ,. —The Kendal teetotallera have adopted Dr . Channing ' s plan of moral reformaticn , and appointed a committee to provide innocent recreative amooements for the people on the evenings of several coming holydsys ; the days to be thus celebrated are , her Majesty '» wedding-day , Shrove Monday , and Easter Monday .
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NOTICE . fpHOSE Persona who have received Notice to JL attend a MEETING at the Blue Boab ' s Coukt , Ma n ches te r , on Monday , Fbb . 10 , are informed that , in consequence of the Recommendation ( of the Delegate Meeting in Manchester on the 4 th Inst ., ) to hold simultaneous Meetings on that Day ; that the above-named Meeting wiU be postponed mntil further , Notice .
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Wholesale aad for Exportattoa . JOSEPH GILLOTT , PATENT STEEL J PEN MANUFACTURER , *? , Ktvhqlt Street , and Grmham-Street , Birmingham . Joseph Gillott has been for nearly Tw en ^ Tears Bgaged in the Manufacture of Steel Pens , and during that Time ha * devoted his nnceasiag Attention to the improving aad perfecting this « seful and necessary Article ; the result of his persevering efforts , and numerous experiments upon the properties of the metal used , as being the con * struction of a Pen , upon a principle entirely N « w , combining all the Advantages of the elasticity and firmness of the Qaill , with the durability of th « Metallic Pea , and thus ebviating the objections which have existed against theose f Steel Pens .
The Patentee is proud to acknowled ge that a dis-• erniig Publi « has paid the most gratifying tribute to his hambltt , tho « gh useful labours , by a denaad for his Peas far exceeding his highest expectations Th « number of Steel Pens manufactured at Jesepb Gillott's Werks , from October . 1 S 3 ? , to October , WS » . ' was 15 , 808 , 458 or 9 , 964 , 037 3-SrdsdMens , or 848 , 669 gross , 9 dozen and 8 Pens . This statement will shew the estimatiea in which these Pans are held , and it is presumed will be an inducement to those who desire to have a really goed article , at least to make a trial of Joseph Gillott's Steel Pan .
001 The universal « elebrity of these Peas hat induced ceruin disreputable Makers to foist hdob the Public a Spurious Artiele , bearings tht misspelled Name of the Patentee and Sole Manufacturer , thug , " GILOTT , " by omitting the L ; and in some instances the omission ef the final T is fraudulently resorted to , in order to retain the same . SOUND as GILLOTT ; but observe , NONE ARE GENUI N E B U T THO S E MARKED IN FULL JOSEPH GILLOTT . Manufactured by Joseph Gillott , at bis Works , 59 , Newhall-Street , and Graham-Street , Birmingham . Sold by all Stationer * and other respectable Dealers in Steel Pens throughout taeJLingdoin .
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FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . ( Frmn mprhaU Letter received ai the Northern Star Monmoattt , Monday . Frost , Williams , and Jones were removed from Monmonth Gaol , at one o ' clock this morafeg , in an Oinnibagwith four horses , and escorted by a troop of Uie 12 th Lanoexs , to Chepstow , and put en Board a steam packet , to proceed immediatel y to Portsmouth , and there to be put on board of tie Haifta , and to be transported for life . The other five the p leaded guilty , are to hate two years imprisonnwa in Meamouth Gaol . ,, . . S 3
AROVHSB ACCOUNT . ; Imja « gaiely on tb * aniTal of the mail here , yesterday ,: **« town was thrown into the greatest state of excitement , in consequence of military expresses ( Lancers > being dispatehwl to the High Sheriff a * Usk , and CUonel Considme , at Newport . ' ft was a * first 8 uppose # th » t the Chartists vrew coming dow » from the bilk , under the impresdion that their chie& wou ^ d be eseented , and which they wonld , if possible , prevent . A thousand other wild rumours were speedily emulated . All doubts are now removed . Superntendent May arrived here yesterday , hearing a reprieve , as also an order fox the immediate removal of the state prisoners
tothe hulks , whenoe they will be-transported for life . Arrangements wen immediately made to put into execution the latter eider . The Lancers , under the > command of Lieutenant Bernard , were mounted at the Bell Inn-yard , at 12 o ' clock p . m . About forty minutes before one , p . « u , this moving , the prisoners were ronsed from thm beds , and informed , for the first time , of their fate . They were then supplied with refreshments . Shortly before one o ' clock , the pnpon van , under an eatort of Laneers , was drawn up to the gaol entrance , the priwnets ' beds , furnitttre , &c , were placed « it , after which the prisoHers Jthemselvea , hand-holted , eutered the van , followed by the ^ Govenw of the gaol , Superintendent May , and the body of the London Police wh «
f&&&SBZStt £ Sl 8 he was not to open until he had gone some distance . He appeared ignorant of the dertiBy of bi » prisoners —which is no longer a secret . . Th »_ only person present when the prisoners were jrottgflt to the van were Mr . Owen , their solicitor ; Miv ^ vVhiting , of the Beaufort Arma ; ' and twoofitcers of the Rifles , as soon as the Tan was secured it was surrounded brtbe Lancers , and pursued a rapid course towards Chepstow , where a vessel awaits their arrival to convey them to Bristol , where also a Bpeeial steamer will receive and carry the prisoners to the hulks , lying at Portsmouth . The five other state prisoners will be confined in this gaol for three years , and then discharged .
AHOTHKB ACCODRT . At one o ' clock ^ n Sunday night , or rather on Monday morning , Frost , Williams , and Jones , went off ma van for Chepstow , drawn by four horses , and escorted by a troop of Lancars . They arrived at Ghepstow - . a * four in the morning , the night being dark and tempestuous , the rain falling in torrents ! Chepetow is sixteen miles from this place , on tho Wye river . At six o ' clock this morning the three prisoners went down the nver VsJe ' eteimer , for the purpose of going round the Land ' s End to Portsmouth , thence to be trausported , I went to see the three prisoners in the parlour of the gaol here at half-past twelve on Sunday night .
They were seated routid a tabl « , with some toast and eorned beef . Mr . Frost looked much dejected . At ten p ' clook this morning the Lancers returned here having trotted -tb . irty .-two . miles going and coming . There was not a Bingle magistrate , sheriff , or mayor , to see the prisoners before they left . The only , persons present being a Bow-street officer , who came down yesterday , the gaoler , turnkey , Major Cooke ( commandant , ) tbe officer of tbe steam-packet , and the officer commanding the Lancers . : Only fancy the astonishment of all the magistrates in the neighbourhood and the other official authorities , ox hearing that the prisoners had been carried off in the middle of the night , and before daylight runniug into the Bristol Channel .
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THE CONDEMNED CHARTISTS . Bristol , Feb . 4 . . The Ush steam-packet , having the prisoners on board , is now lying in Bread-pill , having returned tdthis port for the purpose of taking in a Bupply of provision and coals sufficient for theroyage to Portsmouth . Last night I went on board and found the vowel under a military guard , commanded by Lieut . Lan « ley r of the ISth infantry . The prisoners are confined in the ladies' cabin , atrd are closely guarded by * detachment of the London police , under the command of S « rge « nt WilJenford , of the 1 divUion . As far as I was enabled to perceive , they seem better in health and spirits than daring their trials or the magisterial investigations . Zephaniah ' -Williams , m
particular , has much improved in person . I find from the officers , in whose charge they now are , that the fact of their sentences having been commuted to transportation was communicated to them whilst in bed , and only about fwenty-five minutes before they were removed from the gaol . Frost has complained mors than once of the inadequacy of the notioe , and upon being informed that he wag to be transported for life , replied , " I would much rather bave been hanged . ? When they were in the prison van , between Monmouth and Chepstow , Frost repeatedly asked where they were . The police , itt , obedience to thoir instructions , made no reply , and he remained in ignorance until they were entering Chepstow , ttiidu ooojuon
u » puwevvjiai surpciseo , and said , "Why we ire ia Chepstow . " Daring the journey h « and Williams conversed a good deal in WelBh ; Jones appears to be ignorant of the language , at any rate he has taken bo part in the conversations going on batwaen Fwwtand Williams . After they Ea ^ arrived and anchored in the Bristol river , Fros * seemed vary anxious to know where they wera ; the Serjeant of police informed him , When , he asked how many miles they were from Bristol , and , having been informed , inquired whether there was much excitement in the country with respect to them . After breakfast th * prisoners wished to drest , and upon haviag some river water ( the best on board ) broBght them to wash in , Frost said , H We have not had very comfortable dreaaimr-ronna
lately ; I thmk , hewefer . this is better than the gad ? ' Williams replied , It is much better than we shall have . " In the aooneof the day the conversation turned upon the exclamation of Mr . Owen as they left the gaol . Williams asked Frost what he thought of it . Frost replied , * Wo , I do not . Our crime is the highest in the eye of the law . We shall never come back agaja . " A * another part of the morning he said , " When , I commenced this undertaking I little thoBght hotf il VroaW end . I never expected to be here . " In a £ ew . feiuntes he said , "There i » certainly something wanted for the country . " Jones has scarcely spoken since he left the gaol , and the impression produced npon their attendants by the conduct of the three is that the others mistrust Jones . Neither Frost nor
Williams have been heard to speak to him , and indeed the greater part of the conversation between them hasTwen earned on in Welsh . During dinner Frost inquired whether the London police had entirely wiib . drawn . from Monmouth , and whether the military were still there . Upon pew * informed the troops ware still there , he again asked whether there was not mash excitement in the country . The police made no reply to tbe las * question . Since dinner Frost has been employed in reading the Saturday Magazine ; Williams has been sleeping on a settee , and Jones dosing against the side of tbe vessel . la is believed that the patket will sail by this evening ' s tide , or , at the latest , early in the morning , as upon my leaving her ride , at eight this evening , the greater part of the seal had been taken in .
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FBOM OUB LONDON CORBMrPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , Feb . 5 & , 1840 , Half-past Sim . Fbost akd his Fjbllow-Sotferebs , —The treatment which Frost and his companions bare experienced at the hands of Government , has ereated a deep sensation of indignation in the minds of most persons who petitioned for « mercy f mud the mode of carrying into effect the u commutation , " jg viewed with little less disgust than eould have been experienced from carrying into effect the original sentence . Meetings are getting up in various parts of the metropolis , in connection with the subject : and mm T ^ Tk ^ V ^ r ^ V » TTv "«» * m > ^^<^ — _^ ^ ... ^ ^— . . ^ _ 1 ^ * L ¦ ¦
» v" »^ a influential section of the members of the legal profession , is in oburse of signature , setting forth the right of the prisonlrf to an entire acquittal , on the ground , that "though the law npon all reserved points , is usually taken from the whole of the Judges , yet that in the present case , the prisoners were entitled to be placed ia the same w » ition as though the point had been decided at Monmouth . " At a meeting in tbe borough of Souihwark , on Saturday list , Mr . ifeargus O'Connor , on coming forward , was met with considerable opposition on the part of the W higliDgs present ; but upon the sense ofthe meeting bein * taken , the cavillers were a catawampously chawed up , ' aa brother Jonathan has it .
The Dissolution . —The country may rely npon two things , namely-firat , that the Whigs are merely retaining office until they haw-made such arrangements , in connection with the approaching marriage , as will not be dwturbed by any other Ministry that may succeed them ; and , secondly , that a dissolution of Parliament will positively take place before the day denoting l « ap-year . A third point is rumoured , but is not quite so sure as the two former , namely , that occasion will be taken ofthe royal marriage , to sasSi ^ ar * *• g ^^
CITY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS * There are many Ions faces upon Chance , as wall as long heads ; and the disclosures * * *« ok extraordinary document , containing iafbrmatio * i » si tively astounding , " has set several of the speo tti * - tors on the put vive;—* few weeks more , and it is believed a Bimulax document , in connection with the funds of the . Savings' Banks , will be brought to light ; especially m the event of an immediate change of Ministry . Th 8 marke
u ?^\ 7 * h& been rather heavy to-day , u fTT"i 7 ™ arKei nas ° een rather heavy to-day , but holders 8 how little disposition to sell . All par ties are awaiting with very great anxiety the arrival o ( the next advices by the arrival of the overland mail from India . Basiness appears to be increasing in the Share Market . The principal transactions to-day have been in the Brighton Railway Shares at about 1 © discount , m the Great Western at 2 to 2 A premium , and m the London and Birmingham at ' W premium .
- ~ - ?—¦ . ^ Y frightful Accident on the River . —Last night as two young men , belonging to a Dutch Galliot lying about half-a-mile below London Bridge , were returning m the vessel ' s boat , about midnight , to their ship , they were run foul of by a collier through , which literally split the boat in two . One of ftie young men ( both of whom were much the worse foi liquor ) was , after the lapse of five minutes , picked up by the crew of the trough , and the other , we Sfkii , * y ' , V 5 t a w » te T T « ra ™ » * e body bad not beea found at noon to-day . .. ¦ - ~ - ¦?— . ' . ? af . ' vp '' '
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APPALLING DISTRESS-DEATH OP A HUSBAND / AND SUICIDE BY THE WIFE , IN . EDINBURGH . Tho inhabitants in the neurhbonrnood of Ne 7 Plea # aat > a-Jtreet , at the sonth-ea « t extremity of the city , wert thrtfwn into the greats alarm and con-Kteroatioil on Tn ^ sday morning , by tbe screams ''' of children proceeding from a small apartment occupied for a short timepiflt by a person of the nave of Bornie or Burnet , and bis family , and on entering the house , finding the hnsband stretched dead on the floor , and his unhappy wife beside him . weltering in her blood , from a deep incision in her throat . The horror ofthe spectacle was still more heightened by the melancholy desolation of all arovnd . The room — __ _ - Jt w *« l ia ww ' wm . w * m ' « % «/«¦«•¦» . ¦ * . . . ¦ __ > : ¦ ¦ -
was without a single article of farnitare , even of the commonest description . A handful of straw on the floor marked the death-bed of the husband : asmall stool ^ ndicated the pillow of tbe dying woman , beside wbioh layan earthen * vessel evidently placed there before wiUcbog the wound , t * reeeire the vital stream ; and anempty cupboard too plainly told tha tale of starvation . The body of the husband was covered only with a piece of old canvass : the wife had nothing on but an old tottered gown , withoot anV underclothing , and the children were in a state ef almost total nakedness ; two ofthe latter were foond crouching over a spark of fire , crying piteensly from hanger and at the appalling scene around them . It was evident that the wretched woman , driven to
desperation by the death of her husband , and the state of utter destitution to which she and her children were reduced , had laid violent hands npon herself ; and from what could be gathered from the children it would % appear that she had taken th « i opportunity of doing so when they were asleep . Infermatuxthaving been given to the polioe , Dr . Black , the surgeon of the establishment , was promptly on the spot , and used every effort to alienate the sufferings of the wretched woman . After B&wing up the wound he had her conveyed to the infirmary , where sheexpired in the morning , removed from scenes of misery and distress , which , from the sequel of this occurrence , she appears to have wanted fortitute to make known , in order to obtain relief that was so much required . The children , whose arcV am
about eight ten , and twelve , were immediately taken to the police-office , and on food being offered to them they seized it with an eagerness thai sheared very strikingly tfceir famishing condition . The parties had bnlyoome to reside in the Pleasauce about fourteen days ago . The neighbours knew nothing of their history ; and though anxious to knawthe cause 6 f the too apparent distress of the family , no information could be elicited from either of them , and no neighbonr was allowed access to their wretched dwelling to learn the actual extent of their misery and want . What is more extraordinary when induced to speak of her family , the woman was understood to say , though irreconcileable with their appearance , that there was even monuT in th «
house . Fromafewpapers found in the room we have gleaned the follomdg short history of this unfortunate family . The husband had been a lettercarrier in the parish of Carrie , and went by the name of James Burnie . His wife was a servant in Edinburgh . In the certificate of the proclamation of their marriagebans in the year 1826 , he is described as living in Carrie , and she as rielnn Allan , servant with Mr . M'Dqnald , 39 , Great King-street , Edinburgh . He appears to have met with rome accident in the ssrvica , and by topiea of official letters addressed to the inspector of letter-carriers , dated London , December 9 . 1838 , was ordered to be plaosd oa the superannuated list with an allowance at the rate of 4 s . per week . Two or three copies of this
letter , neatly written and pasted on paper board * , have had the name Barnes converted into Burnet , by which name the parties were known ia the Pleasance . It wonld seem from their certificates and letters , dated from Allanton House , thai from the period of his superannuation he baa been active in endeavouring te get employment without success . The tenor of the letter , dated Allanton House , and observations made to the neighbours by the wife , lead to the inference that early in January , on getting his last quarterly allowance , he had gone by Airdrie to Allanton , and returned home without finding employment , since which time hi » illness had increased , and he had been confined to the
comfortless and cheerless bed in which he expired . On Mondaylast to the inquiries of the neighbours , who had not heard her husband breathing so heavily as they had b « en accustomed to do , Mrs . Burnet answered that hewas better ; but in the course of the evening she told oae woman that her husband was dead , and got her assistance to stretchout the body . On Tuesday the fact was known to another neighbour , in whose house she engaged henelfseveral hours writing a letter , when she retired to her apartment , and wag shutvp with her children and the body of herhusband till the dreadful catastrophe developed this extraordinary case of human misery and wretchedneftfl .
One of the children has been admitted into tbe Royal Infirmary , and application has been made to receive the other two into the House of Refuge . — - Edinburgh Paper . V .
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TO THE WORSHIPFUL THB MAYOR OF U 2 ED 8 . THE Undersigned Inhabitant Householders of the Borough of Leeds , respectfully request you to CONVENE A PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of the said Borough , on MONDAY NEXT , the Tenth Instant , at Twelve o'clock at m ?? 5 ' &U&T Pur P ° «» of MEMORIALISING THE QUEEN for a FREE PARDON for tha Prisoners convicted of High Treason in Wales . James Ulingsworth , Joseph Oldroyd , Samuel Smith , Thomas Robinson , William Smith , William Rider , Thomas Emmaon , Jos . HobBon , Hallas and Hezmalhalch , William Green . Thomas Andrews .
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A PUBLIC MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the BOROUGH © f LEEDS , ON BT . PSTSR'g BILK , KIRKSTALL ROAD , On MONDAY NEXT , at Two o ; Cloek in tha Afternoon , for the purpose mentioned in tbe Requisition . Leeds , Feb . 7 th , 1840 .
( Signed also by Twenty-six other Householders . ) The above Requisition having bean presented to the Mayor , and he having declined to call such Meeting , tha Reouisitora HEREBY CONVENE
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Marshall _Jaito» Kot Tailor.-A Man Of The Name Oi
Marshall _ JAito » kot Tailor .-A man of the name oi
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2670/page/5/
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