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TO THE WORKING PEOPLE.
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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1840.
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SVUXK / hlK ASOttXSM * Wednesday , Ftbruarg 14 th CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER . ( B efore Mr . Justice Erskine . ) - WSliam Hamilton ng charged with the wilfal lnurder of William Cain , on the morning of the 24 th of November , at Bishopwearmouth , in the pvish of Sundeiland . When toe prisoner had been tzaigMd , Tue Judgb , addressing Sir Gregory Lewin , one f the Counsel for the prosecution , said , he under-« h >> d there -were ten new witnesses , in this case There were seventeen in the whole , and the evidence « nlj of Beveuhad been taken before the magistrates . Really , he must say that this was a cruel and scanilalous proceeding . The law new « ontemplated the
Smog to every prisoner the greatest possible facility jfi » conducting his defence , and in order to do that it was important that he should have a copy of the evidence against him , and besides this it was important for the Court that their depositions should nave been taken down , in order that they . might have the ODportnnit j of seeing whether the evidence given in Court corresponded with that taken before the magistrates . By this means a wise -and equitable jftatute was rendered of bo use . , Sir G&Eeo&Y Lewik said he was . very glad my Lord had mentioned this ; he thought himself that it was very wrong , and he was extremely sorry that it was the ease . Sir Gbegokt Lewix , with whom was Mr . Xothkbxkgtos , then opened the case , and _ Mr . Lothkexkstos eafled
Joseph Foster , a sweep , who stated that the prisoner and deceased were Mb servants previous to vie Border , and slept in a Bart « f his premises np an ^ otrf ^ The prisoner had been inMs empley seven weeksjtad the deceased ( aa Irishman ) five days . On djejught of the murder witness went home at twex « & , and at one he heard Hamilton come home . He knew binv by his voice . He was cursing and swearing , and throwing the forms about the room . Be did not hear Cain ' s voice . After this Hamilton m I ii ^ In i " window and rapped Tiolently . It was jBfa * few ai&otfls-a&er . He shouted " Hannah jSSter V three times , aidlaTMed " Wjll you oome 9 ot aod see the mujdared sun . " He . got . M an went into the yarf and saw Cain lying onto Ttght side bleeding ; then went into their sleeping jooojod found that Hamilton was there . Hewaw Pressed . We then called for the police , and
Margaret Farrell came in , and we went into the yard ^ and with other assistance that came they removed iim into the bed-room . They asked the prisoner ' wto bad killed the man , ad he said , That ' s him ^ infc . oa the bed there—Hamilton . " Hamilton did net say anything . Cain lifed till foar o'clock that aborning . His apprentices aad Dasty lived in a cellar , a good bit from the room . Hie cellar does aoteoannoaicate with the yard except through the V * B * age of the house . On the following ( Sunday ) morning , he found a knife between some small scaii&g at the cellar stairs . He had seen the knife ¦ before . It was Hamilton ' s , and he had seen frim with it in the morning before the murder . This is flw knife . [ Witness produced a large cUep knife . ] He had given Cain two shillings that morning , and he returned him ninepenee for victuals . Cain gave him ose of the shillings back and had threepence So chance .
By iir . Gbaixgkr—He was not aware of any quarrel that had taken place between the prisoner and deceased . Hannah Foster ( the last witness ' s wife ) said deceased was lying in his bed at a few minutes before ten thai night . She went and saw him , for her iasband or her made it a practice to go and see that aii was safe before they retired . She and her husband went to bed about half-past twelve . Dasty and ibe apprentices had gone to bed before the deceased . Sbe had aot been asleep at one o ' clock , when she heard Hamilton come in , cursing aad swearing , and Beard him say , "He did not care for one or anotber , bat he would have something settled or dose before long , " and afterwards she heard a trailing in tine room which she thought was a bag of soot . Almost immediately after the trailing was done
Hamilton came and tapped at the window , and said , " Hannah Foster , Hannah Foster , come to see Hie murdered man . " She got np and went into the yard and found Cain lying in a pool of blood . She wsai for the police then , and they came and took Hamilton into custody . She said before that "Oh , BQ 1 , thou hast been the murderer of this , sad if than has , I hope thou will be found out . " He aid nothing in answer * but asked for his hat . She ¦ aw the knife produced picked up by Baron , the policeman , and the farthing produced was also found in a " ggre of blood" that had run from the feodyt Cain said afterwards " he was cold / ' and thas was . al 3 . See observed that the wooden pane < rf the : window at which Hamilton knocked , was marked with , blood .
Crass-examiued by Mr . Gbaiscsb—She had never aid before that the prisoner used the word " done " Mweflas- fiettfed . " . - C ^ a rm B » ian . policeman , said , on . the night of ti » 23 rd Jfijreaibsr , wea ; t to Foster ' s YardV and fcrnirt fee atceaipd lying in the hooso , with Wood all ^ mrl os hre » afci fiiailtOQvms Jjittjfmajjorner of fee same tom ^ on ' A liftle stxay ^ 3 J ^« t 8 r -sSld-^ Taaft ' stlie « fitiiat ! a- * oiie thec [ ee 5 pointing"A ifee " PTfeoj > or , ana he aad B&ty , 4 } IJpHlfcetar , west jmt-patika feSaceut of £ rc straw . ^ fWunr appeared fc be very drnnlLbufr witness tboujtffafe knew what fee was Abcmt . He Resisted goingtR the Station House . Witoees foend the knife and furthinj ; in the WdosLiniheyard . There was a mark of blood on
tea left wriafcaf the prisoner . His hands had been warned . Witness asked him how it cwne there , and he gave no answer . The Soperintendant , on tte Sanaay morning , told Mm he -kb « . charged with ike wiKul murder of Cain . He made no answer , "bat appeared astonished . There . were marks on the prisoners face as if of blows fteelr done . Foster re-called—The dec ^ sed ' - had only his trous ^ ra-and shirt op in the yard . I saw no cut in the breast of his shirt . George Laws and Inspector Baty were called to prvTe that the prisoner was no ; so drunk but he knew what he was about . Ho conld stand without lidding . The last witness produced the bloody pane from Foster ' s window , ou which the prisoner had
knocked on the morning of the murder . It was of wood , painted white , and the marks of the blood "Were quite conspicuous . . Mr . Brown , supermteudant of police , said the prisoner was agitated or confused when he' told him the charge . He had no mark of blood" except on iis wrist , and on the left side of his nose , the . skin of which had been recently broken-Alexander Frederick Dasty , aged 14 , . recollected the day of the murder , and about eight o ' clock he heard Cain ask Hamilton for a gill of beer . Hamilton said if he would go down to the tap-room , he would see what the company would give him , and Cain said he would not have it unless Hamilton gave it him . That was . in the soot-room , where they
washed . He left Cain asleep there . It was his ( Cam ' s ) bed-room . Hamilton had then gone' out . He heard Hamilton come down stairs during the night , and grope about the door . He knew him by Ms coughing . The door is near the grating where the knife wa 3 lonud-Jobm Nelson knew the prisoner , aad raw him on tiie night of the murder , and asked him for money which be owed him . . He said he had bom . He said Gain was en Irish something , and had robbed him of ashiHInsr ; but he would be revenged on him before me night was over . He tcld him never to mind , he wouia p&haps have money when Cam-had none . He bad seen Cain with the lar « e clasp-knife ' . the one £ > nt > d in Uiegraiho s stained Yrith blood ) . He saw him with it on : iu , ; nkas .
Charles Eci-. Vird Hndjpoth , whitesmith , beard the priso-ar . -oaibe uiirht of Ibe murder , caii Cain ** a c—& Irish i— -r . Us haxi eheat&d him out of a ghil-2 iB 2 , « fcii « rar 0 u ! d be oaft with kim before that time to-morrow sight . " Mr . Cotkbert CbBixigjroed Embleton , Enrgeon , saw deceased oalhanaglrt- ' of ti »^ 4 th of Noremoer . He kad a shirt en which * was bloody " , the blood having . flowed from ajisgp jvoaed ju the left side . The deceased wassot draH , bni aia pulse w 4 s ~ Tfdt" perceivv ^> le . He gtTe Mm a stimulant which revived Km a little ,, butie did n « speak . On an examination ol the body after ideath , the wound was found to penetrate througfi the heart . The -wonnd appeared to . have been mads with a knife , and the knife of the $ > risoner would have made such a wound . There rasa xreai deal of Joose soot on the floor of the
SOOUX . SMs was the case . Mr . G&jjsGEs addressed the Jury for the defence , contending that ii was v ^ rj improbable that the Bneocer , it' he had . committed the murder , would We goue and alazsed his mister and mistress , and tfeatxucre was no evidence to ihew that the body of the murdered man was not in the yard , murdered , beCore the prisoner w « it home . He owned the fact iff thejknife being the . prisoner ^ , was * an awkward fict , bet there , was hSsid upon the smaller knife -which ras deceased ' s , aad might not the deed have
been dons with that . lie also dwelt upon the fact « f no bloo 4 being found * n the floor . of the bed-room . Hii friene Joadgot it fros , p&e witnecs that the floor me corered with soot , so xbaA blood would not be traceable , had how was i $ that no bloed was to be found on his clothes ! Witi respect to 4 as hand , the blood on thatjcoight be fromiiie wound-on his own face . He theaxJdressed himeeif to the possibility ibat deceased a « d prisoner jsoigbt have ~ f barrelled , * odia the heat x > f that the Catal blow j&d been truck , 4 q whieh es £ e the ofieape wimld onlyj ^ nount to mapfjiqghter . The Learned Jxjd&z summed cp , asd the Jorr re-^ ired for lalf-an-hocr . Verdicj—G * ilty of M * nrMmgHer . Sentence—^ Transportation &r life .
; , , ; THE CHABTIST CASES , 33 »« ases -of felony oocnpjed the Crown Court till ft « o ' ejeck this afternoon , and the only other in-4 ictaient ? were two against Messrs . Williams and " BtDDBy booksellers , of Sucderl&nd , for seditious « ec « hesanda seditions ' libtl , one . against William Bjrae , of Scndarland , aad one against Owen , of the ¦ ne place , for seditioss I ^ igusge .
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Mr . KjfOwua appeared as eounael for tire Crown , tod opened the case at considerable length . He was proceeding to call witnesses , whes The Learned Judge rose and s * id , he-perceived there was evidence to be brought forward in this case which would probably occupy the Court some twelve or fourteen hours . Tin business of the assize would have to be closed before that time , in order that they might proceed to York , and therefore he did sot see how the case could be proceeded with . He asked if the libel case would not occupy less time ! Mr . K * owtKS said it would .
Mr . Williams said there were peculiar circumstances connected with this case which would cause its being taken first of great disadvantage to them . The Jttdss asked whether they had aay objection , then , to both the cases standafe over tiU the next assizes ! Mr . Williams said , their only objection was , that they had already been put to great expense , and the postponement of the cases would materially add to that expense . The Judge—Well , but you see the situation in which we are Maced . We are at the service of the public till twelve o ' elock to-night , but after that time I am sure it would be impossible for either Judge or Jury to pay that attention to -the case which it requires . Do you think it would be over by that time ! Mr . Williams—No , my Lord , I do not ihink it would . The Judge—Well , then , what is to be doae ! We are but human beings , and you must be reasonable with us . I dare say -the counsel will only require your own recognisances to appear at the next assizes .
Mr . Knowles—X am sure , my Lord , I do not ( know what to say . The Judge—Why , * srbat objection can yon fcave \ If they do not coste forward you have means of proceeding against them if fn this country , and if they are not—why then , I apprehend the object of the prosecution will "• have been answered . Mr . Kao ^ e& ^« Cert » Jnly , B » y Lord . All fte parties wane tiien « t at libert y on . entering zate their own re ^ o ^ gjinuicea- —Williams md BurafcdHOd each , aafrOwefc-and Byrne £ 50 each . . As . indictment htfi been preferred agaiast George Batehelor , of Son&da&d , for sedition , but the biE was thrown on * by tbe Gsand Jury .
This concluded the bamess on the Crown side . The other Court did notelose-till several hours afterwards , and a great amount of&uBiness was necessarily left undone .
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My Feiends , —Oar cuue hafljraffered more damage fssttn the treachery and desertion -of our pretended friaads , th&nfirom the wnole powerwhtehtke Attorney-Oeaatal , in his legal capacity , could bring to bear agaaet it—His and Mr . Fox Maale ' * xecent boast in the Souse of Commons of the number of prosecutions inetiteted and convictions obtained * y ^ <«^ ti the Chartists , bis eulogium of the Juries , and assurance that their manliness would put Chartism to flight , were but precur 8 wra of the high , anticipation * of suooess which he had conceived upon thiB his second aaize-eanpaign .
From the unconstitutional charge of Mr . Justice LitUedale to the Graod Jury at Warwick , the rampant desire of tbe Qetod Jury at Chester to tun ri «* Into treason , and tJie submtaslon of Petty Jnriea to bis will , be had falsely hoped , upon bis return to Parliament , after this nia second campaign , to have acquired fresh laurels for his misters , from the havoc which he bad caused in the Chartist nuts . How Ute historian nfraii delineate his character—whether aa a prosecuting tjrant , or as , a lenient law-officer—I must leave to posterity to learn ; while I shall still retain my own opinion , independently of the law of libel . I am now in attendance , awaiting my trial—the Attorney-General is the common informer upon whose word I am to be charged , and no doubt the defeat recently sustained , at
Newcastle , will whet his appetite . tm Wlfj | pse . 'Well ! be it so . By this day week JW'tM ^ tm opportunity of comparing my practice wtthmy praufeh ing ; by this day week , if I at all know myself , I stall bare elevated our cause in one short day < o that henoefoith it must either be met by concession or argument ; as I hope to place It oat of legal shot I have made the most perfect arrangemeols to furnish my friends with a correct report of my defence of Chartism , which , when I am no more , will live in the memory of every working man in Europe .. - Occupied , as I necessarily must be , -with the comrirtfwfthm , not of my own fete , but of that of my several ! power brother Charttsts ^ you faqgtftk on the present occasion , expect . inore'ironj me than % repeal my aottft which still is , jMdiever shall be— . , ' -1 ¦ v ~ : "NO SCItttBJfDEBr " . ¦ **»» . . ' ¦¦ = ? ... - - - - Your Ititfarai friend aodaenrsni ,
FEARGUS O-CONSrdR . Royal Hotel , York , March 6 . P . S . I hope every one of my readers have read the constitutional—the peace-breathing aad splendid charge of Judge Coleridge to the Grand Jury of the County of Northumberland . F . O'C .
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"fIRST FRUITS " FOR THE "SOCIAL" BISHOP . We are very happy , to refer our readers to a report in . another : part of the paper , of the utter failure of the first effort prompted by the insane ravitjg 3 of theTnad Bisuep , to fetter opinion , and padlock men ' s mouths , in the persons of the Socialists . The weekly organ of this body tavlngbeen pointedly set forth by the Bight Reverend Father as an object against * which , the arrows of the law should be pointed , and the . Government having been twitted with- incapacity or indifference in permitting it to pass unprosecuted , our publisher , Mr . Hobson , was cited before the Magistrates of this Borough for the
offeooe of publishing this periodical without having attached thereto the red badge of Whiggery , notwithstandiflg thai on a former occasion the paper was sent to tile Stamp Office for inspection , and returned as a periodical" not within the meaning of the Act . " Such was the opinion of the Stamp Office authorities then ; and such , greatly to their credit , maogre all the fiery darts of Father Philrorre is the opinion of the Leeds Magistracy , noW . The cowed-hounds must now , therefore , wafciKwee for their repast The game has fairly W ^ eft through their hands , and , if they- mind not , after laughing at the clumsy chase , may turn hunter in its turn . .
The principal feature otjaterast in the hearing was the fact of the first pftMSeal application being now my V ) of perhaps the . oinlj really good act , which , bj _ some mistake , has been perpetrated- by a Whig Government , and a " Reformed " ParHsthen ^ . By mistake we arVMire ^ waa ^ ftr no * 6 HD 5 r ^ f » y © ObM so good a thing come out of sucb . a " fiatnee ^ We allude to the act by which Magistrates and Judges are now relieved from the combined aWurdity and injustice of forcing persons who believe not in the records of Christianity , or who object for any conscientious reason to the usual forms of testimony , to do violence to the best feelings of-their nature , that the rights of law and society may be extended to them .
Oar readers will remember thai we first directed the attention of the public to the existence of this act in the case of one Cokrabd , to whom an ignorant fellow named Retkolds , a Commissioner of insolvent debtors , refused to administer an oath , because he was an Owexitb . We then gave the Act at full length ; but as it is important that not merely i ts existence , but its pro * visions should be universally known ; especially that it should be known to such men as Mr . Commissioner Reynolds ; and as , like most other good tilings in this bad world , it is short in proportion to its goodness , we here place it again at full length before our readers : — lit and 2 nd . Victoria , c . 105 .
"An Act to remove Doubts as to the Talidity of certain Oaths . " Be it declared and enacted by the Queen ' s most Excellent Majesty , by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , aad Commons , in this present Parliament assembled , and fey the Authority of the same , That in all Cases in which an Oath may lawfully be and shall have been administered to any Person , either as a Juryman or as a Witness , or a Deponent in any Proceeding , Civil or Criminal , in any Court of Law or Equity in tfee United
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Kingdom , or on Appointment to any GfQce or Em * ployment , or on any Occasion whatever , toeh Person is bound bythe Oath administered , provided the came shall Tiave been administered in such Form and with such Ceremonies as such Person may declare to be binding ; aad every such Person is eaBe of wflfal fttae swearing may be convicted of the Crime of Perjnmln the same Manner as if the Oath had been administered In the Form and with the Ceremonies most commonly adopted . "
We believe that we were the first to callpublio attention to the existence of this invaluable Aot , and believe also that this is the first case to which its provisions have been applied . Leiit be never forgotten . The precedent has now been set . There is now both law and practice in favour of the right , in this particular ; and it will be the fault of all who value liberty of thought and conscience , if this Aot be permitted to lie dormant on the Statute Book .
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MR . VINCENT . It gives us sincere pleasure to see the country rousing to a sense of dnty towards this genuine patriot . Our present number contains notices of several sums contributed , in various places , for bis defence . This is as it should be . The country would have been eternally disgraced , if , even amidst the multifarious calls that are now made npon its resources , such a man as Vincbmt had been permitted , unheJped and unheeded , to fall a victim to the ire which bis virtues bad provoked .
The stalwart frame and noble mind of Vincent will not be easily subdued , even by oppression ; but his widowed mother and bis helpless sister should be thought of by the people . These have looked np to him as their support ; the only prop of age and of affliction , and their suffering must have been sufficiently severe in tbe ~ deprivation « f bis aid : it would be fearful if enhanced by the desertion of the people , on whose accouni 4 fr bad / bees , « ntoun tered . ' ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ --- '¦ : i \ :. , if ' "'"
Vinchnt is not the only one in this position . There are many other suffering prisoners in the cause of right , whose families feel ; . iJl th * bitterness « f want and scorn ; on ' whose behalf we cordially adopt the language / of jpur fellow-labourer in the good work , the- Scottish Patriot . — " Chartists , if ye have hearts / alive to human syn > patity , the unfortunate condition of these men's families demands your help . r . As ye wish for that freedom for which these meaiave fallen struggling ; as ye expect other men to . risk their personal and domestic happiness in porting out your
deliverance ; as ye would expect ether leaders to emerge from obscurity and lead you on in your agitation for the . Charter ; or as ye hope that your tried friends , now suffering the bitterness « f political persecution , will again take you by the hand when their term of suffering is expired , do what yon can to support them . IndhridnaHy it nay not be much ; but combined in yoor masses , the assurance of being supported by your moral influence , will sweeten the bitter fate they hare earned in your cause , and the slight pecuniary aid which narrow circumstances may allow you to make ; will keep their families
^ from beggary . They deserve at least this much at your hands . " Numerous individual addresses , appealing to the Radicals of particular localities on behalf of neighbours and friends , in those circumstances , have been forwarded tons . It is impossible to insert all , and would be invidious to select . We trust , however , that this general intimation will be abundantly sufficient . ' --The B ^ gl ftal who now hesitates to employ all Ws poii ^ « ji ^> esonrces to deviate the sufferings of those ol $ & bfSiia sympathy and best feelings , is nnworthy ^ f ^^ 8 ^ of man . ' - ; ' ii ' - £ ? H
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THE WELSH PATRIOTS ^ " ; K We eommunieated , last week , the - intelligence that the body snatohers bad eartieioff their prey ; and the general enqniry , no ^ T Mi urally is , " How shall it be wrested from their flluteWa !"
Never were men treated more ilfflttmanly than have been ,, these men . ' ;' .. fVBrot ^ bt ^ fciK ' . the' t «* jp foot * f the fatai setffoW-r ^ ju ^ iS ^ d v-and tike axe-sbarpouod kd 0 n ^ ^ % bl ^ R ^» . cold blooded member of the Arktowttj , tbst < -w ^ w « uUi fcwredlj be put U > deatb on ;* oei ^^ Tdaj ; theBj after enduring the mental agony « f ten thousand deaths , informed- that tiM laws of their country
had snatched them from the cruel jaws of the Whig Government , forced open , the band of power , and reluctantly made it release the grasp it had taken from their throats . But , in the same breath , informed that transportation , not liberty—which , by law and justice , they conld claim —awaited them , and that , too , for life . At midnight , when misery for a time was forgotten in sleep—when their aching senses rested in repose—when their persecutions £ nd their sufferings ware for a time forgotten , was their slumber rudely broken : they were hurried off without one parting word , one last embrace of their now . widowed wives and
orphan children ; and when . the morning ! broke , they were already on their way to the' hard destiny which awaited them , " And this too in the very teeth of all the efforts of the people . Well , indeed ^ may the people rub their eyes in astonishment and enquire , How is this ?" We answer , "It is thus . The efforts of / tb ^ people have been stultified , weakly or wilfully , we presume not to determine , by-those in whom they trusted . "
Never yet did they put confidence in any but themselves without being thus requited . The people through the whole country , have been energetic in their movements , bat those to whose care the direction of those movements has been confided , have betrayed an apathy most unaccountable , and certainly not more unaccountable than unjustifiable How many hundreds of memorials to tile Queen now lie unopened at the town residence' of Lord
Bboughah , it is impossible to say ; but we imagine a good many hundreds , if not thousands ; while he , having first , by his conduct , excited the hopes and confidence of the people , that his would be a safe and zealous medium through which their Wishes and opinions might reach the Throne , has , wo verily believe , gone out of the way , purposely that he might thus defeat the end of the memorials which he knew would pour in for his presentation .
Then how clear is it that Leader too has been merely holding out false lights ! What mean the continual shiftings and puttings off of bis motion -from day to day , until he was officially Informed by Lord John Russell that the misoneK , who were the suiject ^ H / had 8 a 3 e ^ t <^^ tf ^ StfaaHto Why did be not ascertain from the Home-office , at the very first , the intention of Government I This was easy for him to have done , and be would not have omitted to do it had any middle class purpose been to be accomplished .
We have often been accused of presumption and dictation in the guidance of the popular mind . ; while our fault has rather been a fear cf prurience . We have never hesitated in a matter of emergency to give our counsel , but have always done so with the utmost diffidence ; ready to give place to any who would give us earnest of their intention to tpork for the people . After all , it has generally happened that ,
when other means have been found unavailing , our advice has been taken . So , in the present instance ; we always warned the people against aggressive violence ; we always told them it would end in ruin for those by whom it was engaged in % and in making worse the general condition . Other and more sanguine leaders thought otherwise ; the experiment of aggression on the eriemy has been made , and the consequences are being felt .
When the mischief was done—when the patriots had fallen , and while their final doom was yet unknown , we pointed out a remedy which we held to be efficient . It was ti } e bathing of the Royal feet just then returning from the nuptial ceremony—tb « Royal hand , but scarce unlocked from the hymeneal clasp , with the warm tears of Feost ' s wife and daughters ; the pouring into the melting ear of love , in its most lovely attitude , of the heart-rending woes of lore—lore , conjugal aad filial , in its bitterest dis-
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tress . We knew ihat it was not in nature to wit ¦ stand Bucb an * ppn >)» tion '; and we are bold to s f that had the effort then been made , the patric s had now been free . It was not made—and they are a their voyage to the land of misery , from which itis tiie will ' of tyranny that they snould ne ' er retun . What then is to be done ! Is the last effort to > e given up ! No ! let that be done now which we adviad before ; and we have yet hope . The circumstanos now are widely different ; . They are not nearly to favourable , but let them yet be tried . v We have given elsewhere a letter from the f emae Radicals of Bath , Jn reference to this subject , ^ e deem its content to be of such high conseqnene , that We . shall here transcribe it , in the hopetlat not a male or female Radical in the United Kingdqa will lose a moment in adopting the suggestion .
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Association Room , 5 , Galloway ' s Buildings , Bath , February 25 th , 1840 . Respected Bin , —The attention of the workiig millions of this country , in conjunction with the welmeaning portion of the other classes of society , is directed most particularly to one object , namely , tie liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , as well as al other of the people ' s friends , who are now incarcerated for their patriotic advocacy of the rights and liberties of their distressed countrymen .
The means by which that is to be effected Is , therefor * , naturally tlje principal subject of our deliberations . Tie Bath Female Radical Association has not been mereljr lookers on in the good work , but have seriously an <\ earnestly taken the subject into their consideration , and see no way so likely to be effectual as that proposed a few week : since in your Naethern Star , viz ., Mrs . Frost and her daughters , and thevrives and families of Williams and' Jones , appearing before the Throne , and their pleading before a newly , married Queen for their release ; We know that a letter has been written to Mrs . Frost on the subject , who replied that Bha expected to see yourself and Sfr ,- «<* ch , whose advice ah *
would act upon ; and likewise tsfftag , thai if it -mgg the wish of the ' people she wotUd dd so $ » think , 4 tri we can Bay iha * it is tb » wisfc ( d ^ B $ mK& (> ; and therefore ,. at our last mteting , taMoMfcfcfWBlng , we cametoanananimoinffiKAutiopfhatT , as Secretary of the Association , should write' tb you , urging the adoption of the aforementioned plan , and to suggest , that if you made a call on all the Associations in the Queendom , through the wlumns of your valuable paper , for a donation of , say 2 s . ed . each , both , male and female , that that call would be Immediately responded to , and by that means a sufficient swa would be instantly raised to pay the whole Jot their
expenoes to London and back , where they woa ^ d go with the prayers of millions of sympathetic hearts for their success . I have to express my ackn » wledg ments for the promptitude . with which you have a ^ aU times attended to the requests I have been authorised to make to you , and hoping that tile day li tyi tec distant when the Epirit of liberty shall bursti from behind the cloud of darkness which ii at present withering our energies , and by its refulgent beams reanimate the political atmosphere of our at present almost benighted country . That your sphere of use * iolneas may be extended for many years , ' aad that the proposition , if adopted , may b * attended with success , ... ¦ .. „ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' .: > ii ; -...- -: " .. - , I remain , ;
In Radical Fellowship , Tours sincerely The SecretabY of the A 88 O 0 U . W 0 B . 6 , Galloway ' s Buildingg , Bath . In accordance , then , with the request of these patriotic females , we now make the " call . " Let it be instantly responded to . Let collectors be appointed , this very day if possible , in every hamlet , town , city , district , or place where but two per . sons live that have the love of freedom and of mercy i * their hearts , and let the money be at once sent in to Mr . O'Connob , who will see it , without loss of time , put to the right use . lit ¦
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THE AFFECTION OF THE LONDON PRESS ' .:: ¦ . FOR POPULAR LIBERTY , Thb speeches of Judges Littlsdale andGmavET , techuioafly called their " charges" to the Grand Juries of Warwick and Chester , were thought by the London Daily Press so important , being filled with bloodthirsty inuendoa against Chartism , that they were exprbssetj to London ; while the teAperate , mild , manly , and constitutional address of Mr . Justice Colebjdob , at NewoaetJeiwasndt wor thy of beln ^ ins erted at alL The fact ^ i || d 8 f no commeMTr Ife ^ ople wiUui r * jwt » d ft w ^ enou ^ / .
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Ma James Ibbetson . —We have a long exculpatory letter from Mr . Ikbehon relative to a letter received by our publisher , and published in our "Notices to Corres pondents" of last week . He affirms that he has jj ^ mished to the parties complaining all the papers he has charged them for , and slates , that they were furnished with " B ll ' s- Life , Leeds Times , and other trash , " at their oton request , as they wished to have a change , provided they could do so without prejudice to their title to the Portraits . On this head
we may remark , that we do not hold any Agent to be justifiable in implying with such a request , supposing it to have been made . We do not profess to give expensive Portraits to the purchasers of Bell ' s Life , or the Leeds Times , or any other paper but our own . We do not think that an Agent who thus conspires te defeat our purpose treats us either fairly or honestly . On the subject of the non-delivery of the Portraits , he says : — This charge is cot ' reel : but when this is fairly expl ained , my conduct will not , I hope , appear so ' truly
despicable' as it has been blazoned forth to the readers of the Northern Star . The facts of the case are these : —When the Portraits are known to be coming out , it is impossible ( at least , it has been for me ) to prevent more papers being demanded than are regularly sold : for instance —three or four shopmates or neighbours join at a Star : they all know the name and the number attached to that nam e , which is entered as a ^ regular subscriber . Well , it has often happened
that the name and the number has been called , the paper and Portrait served , and a cross made to the name , when , in less than ten minutes , the same name and number called again : and , although I have given every subscriber a card , even that hat been presented twice , and in some instances more . In this way I have been done out o f Portraits , and disabled to furnish othe r subscribers with them . " We think that if the u cards" had been collected as the Portraits
were delivered , xt would probably have been rather difficult to present the same card twice . The latter part of Mr . Ibbetson ' s letter is occupied with a statement which seems to be intended to imprest us duly with a sense . * f , the obligations he has i mposed upon us , by the sacrifices he has made , ontunttry occaskmt ^ fromhisjfesire to " push" the Star . We know of no sacrifice which Mr . Ibbetson can have made . He has always had of us just so many papers as he chose to order : and jfriipon . any particular occasions , he have speculated too freely , it was , no doubt , in the expectation of selling and making a profit of them . The Haworth complaint is not the only one of the kind that has been fawarded to us .
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VD ? CKSfl % DEFENCE JFUNJ ) . . ' /¦ ' "¦/¦ •¦ ¦ , " ' ' ;}' ¦ ' ¦' ' ¦ : ¦ . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦" : ' ¦ , ¦¦¦ £ . u d . A FriendaiIhmfermline ..-.. ~ . ~ .. 0 10 Caerleon , per ff . Waters ............ 10 0 . Do . ( ForMri . Vincent ) ...... 0 5 0 PoUockshaws , by M . Stewart and J . XxOunby 020 TUlicoultry , near Alloa , perD . Sim ....................................... 1 0 0 E . Smith , Maldem , Essex . —The whole of the Portraits due to the Subscribers who take their papers of P . Youngman were sent to London some time ago , enclosed in a parcel to Mr . Cleave . Frost ' s and Stephens ' s were among them .
Bvsx St . Edmunds , Suffolk . —Mr . Abbott will please give Crash ' s Portrait to Mr . A . Fuller . Hamilton , meab Glasgow . —J / the' Subscribers at this place think it would suit them better were we to send their papers in one parcel to Ro ? berison , they had belter send us word . ' Mr * , ifhite , Gateshead ; 8 . Mann , Ashburton ; Cooper , Birmingham . ' We nova our Friends at a distance will be careful that the £ & Notes they send are either Bank of England or Payable in London . 3 . Buchan , CiHENCJESTHB . —Pay Six Weeks in
advance . Huddersfield . —The two long communications on the Poor Law shall receive attention next week . W . P . —His Sonnet won't do . Oub London Cobbespondent . —We approve of his suggestion . They shall be printed . J . S . Stocktoh . —We never saw the letter spoken of .
Thr « Northern Star" Portraits.
THR « NORTHERN STAR" PORTRAITS .
Th » specimens of the Splendid Portraits of Oastler , iJF |>[> uan ^ and Collins , are now in the hand * of /^ our Agenfcs , and will bear comparison with any f : which the art can furnish . The disagreeable ; situation ia which we were placed relative to f Stophins ' s Portrait has made us caotroa and , therefore , we resolved not to fix the day for the presentation of the aboYe-mentioned I Plates until they were at full work , whereby we are enabled to avoid all chances of disappointment . Our arrangements are as follow :-
—We aflow till Saturday , the 15 th of March , for ^ Vxaosjsfcig Subscribers' Names . Subscribers ' 'fxa ^ tbat period will be entitled to a Portrait in ¦¦ six weeks ; to a second in two months from the period of giving the first ; and the third after ^ oji | br ; interval of two months , which is the vwyjiarliest time atwhichthey can be perfected . In pnft month from the last named period we , shall present to our readers the most Spl endid Plate that art can furnish , of Frost . Williams ,
aad , Jones , together with Sir Frederick Pollock , and Messrs . Kelly and Thomas , Counsel for the prisoners . We pledge ourselvettbftt this Plate , shafrbe ot the most splendid description . We ¦ ball then complete our promised series of Portraits by giving full-length ones of Henry Vincent , William Lovett , and Feargus O'CorinolP i ; iaid when the entire is completed , the value of the Star Gallery of Portraits will far surpass the amount expended in the purchase © fjie Paper . It must be distinctly understood thai none but Subscribers will be furnished with Portraits at any price . . It will be seen that we have extended the time for taking Subscribers' Names one week , to give ttpe for tiie due circulation and posting of some large Posting-Bills we are issuing , announcing the circulation of the Star , and the splendid jifta we propose . We have , last week and this , forwarded those Bills to the following towns , viz : —
Manchester , Preston , Oldham , Stookport . Aehton , Dukinfield , Hyde . Stal ybridge , Bradford , Huddersfleld , Halifax , Todmorden , Ellafld , Hebden-bridge , Rippoodeu , Sowerbybridee , Sheffield , Wakefield , . Bamsley , Keighley , ' ' / JTl ^ uiiMMlCiy ¦ — ^ Stinn { iMik&m / < j Se «< 9 astie ) Sunderland ) •• ¦¦^¦ ¦' SW ^' - " - DMlingtoii , Nottingham , Leicester . ; Longhborough , Mansfield , * Bath , Derby - York . Trowbridge , The Bills for our Lancashire Agents were enclosed in the parcel sent to Mr . Hetwood , Manchester , from whom they have , no doubt , received them . Press of business has prevented us from furnishing our Scotch , Welsh , and several of our English Agents with Bills ; however , they will be all supplied by Tuesday or Wednesday next , and they can be allowed a week longer for
taking names . We request the Agent * to have them posted as early as possible , as the time for receiving the Names of Subscribers is limited .
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The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for this borough were opened on Monday , the 2 nd inst . with the usual formalities , before Thos . Flower Ellis Esq .. the Recorder of the borough . The following gentlemen were sworn of the Grand Jury : —William Osburne , jun .. Foreman , spiritmerchant ; William Booker , flax-spinner ; Isaac Burkill , corn-factor ; Robert Frost , gentleman . ; William Hargreave , cloth-manufacturer ; George Hirst , merchant ; Edmund Johnson , cloth-merchant ; David Lindsay , cloth-merchant ; Joshua Major , nurseryman ; Reid Newsome , bookseller ; James Rotheray , woolstapler ; John Stocks , woolstapler ; Edward Schmidt Svraine , wool-merchant ; Joseph Thackrah , woolstapler ; Joseph Taylor , machine maker ; John Yates , china-dealer . The Grand Jury having been sworn .
The Recorder delivered a brief charge . He said that he thought , considering little more than two months had elapsed since the last Sessions , that the calendar was a very heavy one , so far as respected the number of cases . At all events , it was much heavier than that of the preceding quarter ; but , as he had not had a year ' s experience in the borough , they ( the Grand Jury ) would be bettor able than himself to judge whether this was unusual . At all events , the calendar presented a large and distressing list of crimes , and he had tried , but in vain , to find out a general cause for it . Perhaps they ( the
Grand Jury ) might be mare successful than himself in discovering this cause , and if so , it would be incumbent ou them to make a presentment of the facts . It was possible that the large number of cases was in some degree owing to the distress which had been so general in the borough and neighbourhood ; and which distress had , in his opinion , been very patiently borne . He then proceeded to define the law as applied to several cases of theft and embezzlement , and slightly alluded to the law respecting coses of personation of voters , after which the . Grand Jury retired .
On returning into Court with their last bills on * Tuesday afternoon , the Grand Jury banded the following document to the Recorder : — "The Grand Jury , in accordance with the suggestion of the Recorder , have directed their attention to the class of persons against whom bills jof indictment have been brought Defore them , with a view to ascertain any general or extraordinary cause for . the apparently large number of cases arising in short intervals between the last and the present sessions . They have not been able , how ever , in the course of their examinations , to trace the case to any special cause . Many of the charges are against old offanders—others are of comparatively minor importance—and to none do any particular circumstances attach differing materially from those which at all times characterise a large and dense population like that of the Borouirh of
Leeds . The Grand Jury record with pleasure the fact , that throughout their investigations not a single instance has arisen in which one individual among the suffering poor of the town has been at all criminally implicated . And when it is understood that during the last two months of winter , the distress which has prevailed , from want of employment among our manufacturing -population ( and extending also to persoas actually employed in outdoor occupations , as labourers and otherwise ) has been unusually severe , the Jury think that it must be viewed as highly creditable to the working classes ef this Borough , that throughout a period of such general trial } their integrity has been held wholly unshaken ; and the Jury cannot doubt that this testimony to their exemplary conduct , will secure to them the continued sympathy and esteem of their fellow-townsmen . ( Signed ) ¦ •* Wm . Osbubne , Jun ., Foreman . " The Recorder for the Borough of Leeds . "
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^ The following are thenam « of ftejewora , wi £ their offences , and the sendees passed on Melt :- ~ T Jran ^ M ^ i ^ tfetojiNwW ^ Qbn Brimn ( 25 ) . ant Wnii . fifaey ( 28 ) i stealing : a watch and ttoney ' fr 5 JohnRaper . - ¦' ;/ " ;¦ *• ' - '¦¦¦ '' ¦ ¦ "•¦ : ¦ :: ¦ - ; ; Transported mei jjwir&-Robe rt Clark ( 571 , stealing ale and mofley and embedine money . i& propertyof F . W . Hofiaes ; - ^ stealfag money from John Grace . Hflit ? Kirby ( 19 ?
stealing apron from R . J . Croutheri Jieeanters froi J . SutcluTe , and coat from M . Richardwn . Thornff g arth ( 45 ) , stealing fender ftom D . Sharp . Stnm PJfiJx ^ tW X Mary Ann Bdsberry ( 14 ) , steaM bottles from J . HoldYorth , Esq . A " S ^ _ Imprisoned nine mcnths . - ^ -K Pickerfiut ( 44 ) , sW ing gWeafroaa . Gardiner , anT tfrnj ^ fr ^ fJ ^ M ^ r S ?* " * Strickland ( 18 >^ IWingke 1 § from M . Galloway . Joseph Hanley . stealing watS ftom Joaeph Heywood . WilUam ^ oSSt ( S stealing reins from W . Mosa . "i **?** *** uo
Imprisoned eiaht months . —J » b . Birdsall . 30 . stetL ing fowls from M . Outhwaite . and sUver table spoof from J . Copkson . WnuJStarford , ^ 43 , stealing mon » from W . H . Barker . - y - —n ™* r Imprisoned six months . —Moses Methers , pleadti ' guilty , stealing bucket from G . White ; JewmS ? fi n « » » tealine coat from D . Harral , and coat f » S M . ¦ Walker . -Eliza Heaton , 38 , stealing money fr £ J . Lonsdale . Henry Richardfion , 15 , stealing bruaS from W . R . Casa . ; . ° ^? * Imprisoned Jve ww ^ Wi , Graystone , ' : # stealing watch from W . HeptonstaB . _ ~ ; Imprisoned fourmUh )^ nxai ^ Keflcahaw , embf £ ling £ 5 . 198 . ^ 1 ^ . the pr » jerty of bisjnaster , m Sedman . Edward Whitw > ri& 40 , < a > mmitted l Liddle , 23 , stealing money from W . Wood . CbarS
i KoDertaiason , IS , stealing money- from W . Baiki John Brayshaw , 42 ;> tealittg cloak ft ^ m J . Bli # wood . John Shales , 39 , stealing iron frotn G . Cooj 2 Imprisoned three months . —Awi FennV 29 , steaHi money from W . Wilsen . James Cafiies , 15 , steaS money from J . Atkinson . Mary Ann BatleyTx stealing cotton print from W . Flemiag . Tliiua V ^ n soni , ^ , stealing . tub from W . T * te . MS Halliday , stea&P&ndkerohief ttkmt & GooSg John ^ Sinclairj stealing iron frotti" W . K . BeS John Heshng , stealing « hir > fitom ^ Rhodes . ^ Imprisoned twofntontfis ^ -tehj . '; FletcW , stealki twopli ^ lfaOTilaith ^ wGlew . v . 'T" ^ £ fmpri $ on * 4 Ml rMn } of the Court . —Robt . MaU 4 ouse , ^« ttd ^ eaiidlteticks from J . Holine 8 . ., & $ : ¦ & Y&J ** lKe *< ~ Q # o : WaHon ^ assanUtt w . Norman .. ¦ ¦ , > . ,- - ^
« J BailedjUl th » next « Sfe ««< % . J —Wm . ^ ohnson , stealing butter from W . ^ Wfck . ^ m ^ aaa * ^ Acgyitt&L— James White , stealing , ^ rearing «* . ' parel . Abraham Fleet wood , stSUing Sacks . BaA Brandford , stealing shovels , - Aarcb Gjles , stealinfi fender ; William Brumfit , stealing > jftoney . iaSm Wadswor ^ histeaUngmoney . JbsepfriClough , BteaM ingabofc' wmiam € ropper , theft . - \¦ ^^ No i ?»^ . —John Bilgbury , stealing linexk
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HOUSE OF COMMONS ^ -7 % « f « fcy , March 3 . After the presentation of many petitions , a net writ was ordered for-. Lewes , ia the room Of Sir aft Blount , deceased . ¦'¦ : ¦ > "> - ¦ . . Mr . Hume gave notice tbat on Thursday , he woald move the appointment of a select committee to i » quire into the best mods of opening steam conramufc cation with India , North and South America , < feti and whether the contracts recently entered into § the Admiralty tor the purpose was the l > est tot & public benefit . ; , . Mr . Wallace deferred , for a fortnight , hts motion » garding tiie Glasgow University " Peel ; Club . " Lord Mahon , on the authority of Mr . Sheriff EvasA medical attendant , called attention to the state of Ml Sheriflf Evans ' s health . Mr . Freeman- was subsequently examined at the tat of the House .
Mr . Colquhoun inquired , whether the Govenuneal intended to present any bill in reference to thecolliskl between the ecclesiastical and civil authorities in Sectland , regarding the appointment of Ministers ? Lord J . Russell said Aat the matter was under cat sideration . : ¦ ..... - ¦ : Sir R . iDglis , in answer to inquiries by Mr . Haw * stated that he should bring forward nis motion m . the subject of church extension as early as possQiit after Easter . ' . iord Ashley moved the appointaient of a selected * mittee " to inquire into the operation of the act for & regulation of mills and factories . " Sir F . Burdett moved that the petition of John MM be referred to a select comnuttoe ; but The motion waa opposed and negatived onaditt sion , the ayes being 15 , no «» 42—majority agaii » it S 3 . ' ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ,
Mr . Balnes moved that the House resolve into eo » mittee "to take Into consideration the proprietycJ abolishing the first fruits of the clergy in England aw Wales ; and the more effectual rating and the bett 4 collection of the tenths , applicable to theaugmentsti of the maintenance of the poor clergy . " Lord John . RuBstlV and Mr . Goulboum opposed Of motion . The House eventually divided , and / the nioti * was carried by ayes 38 , noes 17—majority in its fr vour 21 . . ¦ - | The House then went into Committee . r
Mr . Barnes moved a resolution declaratory of tbe A pediency of making provision for the abolition of m first fruits and tenths as at present enforced , and * levyinga tenth upon the clear annual value o <« f bishoprics and benefices abov& £ 300 a-year , for the J ^ ment of the poorer olt ^ gy , < fcc . . . This was carried , and the Chairman was instractedil ask for leave to brjjSg in a hill accordingly . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ J , On the report « f the Municipal Corporations ( Ir ^ w Bill , a j [| esult (> ry < ii * cttjfit > g arose , and amendraentojj moved . It was afterwards ordered that tteWil amended , should ba reprinted . '¦¦ The reports of Committees of Supply having W presented and agreed toi the House adjourned
• . . - ¦ : WeiMesday , March 4 . M Xhe , Lord Advocate' ^ presented the «• Fidit « Voters" ( Scotland ) Bill : The bil ] was read the fiflj time , and ord # ed to 1 » r # ad toe second tin » % Friday se ' nnigbi ; V -j On the motion of Sir T . Fremantleanewwrit ^ i ordered for Helstone , in the zoom of Lord CantBfllg who has vacated his seat by accepting the stewarda&l of the Chiltern Hundreds . ' d Mr . Parker gave notice of bis intention tb move jj leave to bring in a bUl exempting union workbw from rates . ^ Mr . Hawes moved for returns relating to the I ** stints and church rates of the parish of LambeUi ' Vr , Lord Mahon resumed the . motion regarding toe « £ ration of Mr . Sheriff Evans ; and , after the examfe ** of Dr . Chambers , moved that the Sheriff be brougM " the bar for the purpose ef being liberated . J
. ' After some discussion tbe motion was negatived , 9 ayes , 84 ; noes , 125—majority against it , 41 . . Mr . E Tenneut inquired of Lord Palmerston the P *" sent position of the negociation which has so long W * in progress regarding the compensation due fr ° ^ 2 Brazilian Qovemment to British subjecta , for taj& sustained during the insurrection at Pan , in 1835 . - Lord Palmerston answered that , inquiries had w » made by the Government through the proper cbsnw " as to the negociationa , and the circumstances attend ^ upon the claims ; and that the answers , as they B £ been receeved , had been forwarded to the Queen ' * AT ¦ ¦
locate . .. " . : . ' - . - ¦¦ - - . - ¦"¦ . ¦¦ " •¦ - ^ Capfc Polhin gave notice that lie should , to-monow move tor the liberation of Mr . Sheriff Evans <»** parole . ^ u& Mr . Howard having Inquired when the House img * expect D » . Bowring ' s report regarding the G « r »» ' ^ niercialjeague , &c J
To The Working People.
TO THE WORKING PEOPLE .
The Northern Star. Saturday, March 7, 1840.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 7 , 1840 .
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FOR THE SHEFFIELD CHARTISTS . s . d . From a few of the poorest Inhabitants ofSpotland , near Rochdale , for the defence-of the Sheffield Chartists at York 10 6
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FROST'S DEFENCE FUND . £ s . d . BurnweUs , near Idle , near Bradford , per James Raistrick 0 3 6 Caerfeon , per Henry Waters ...... 10 0 Association , Northampton , per R . Foster o 15 0 Chorley , per W . Woods ................ 1 4 6 Galashiels , John Frazer 110 Working Men ' s Association , Falkirk , p er J . Mann 2 0 0 MacclesfieldjperW . Bamett 1 4 71
Notices )W Cqb&Espdndents.
NOTICES ) W CQB&ESPdNDENTS .
Leeds Borough Sessions.
LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS .
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.. . . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesd&Mart * 3 .. v ' The Duke of Richmond presented petitions bat sixteen pariahes in Wast Sussex , « gni »» 4 any alteratkl in the existing Corn Laws . , ' --The Earl of Galloway presented a petition from tbf Protestant Association of Edinburgh , * praying Ui inquiry respecting the books used as class books fc the College of Maynooth , and alleging that if thd « books were such as they-were described to be , it «« inconsistent with the duty of Government to tapmi that College . ' The Earl of Aberdeen inquired whether there w » any tntenUon to destroy the Botanical Garden at Emk and disperse the plants .
Lord Duncannon answered that there was sot , abt never had been , the slightest intention to give up tli garden . - The Earl of Aberdeen declared that there Did been an offer of the plants to tlje Horticulb ^ Society . ; Lord Redesdale called attention to the fact of tim haying been a very extensive destruction of Excoeqwr documents . ' Lord Monteagle stated that they were chiefly fa . plicates—that they were not of the slightest antiquarian or historical use— and -that none had twa destroyed until they had been examined by two cont petent persons . A : . Lotd Redesdale thought that it wouia have beak better to give them to the . British Museum . ''¦ - " :
The Duke ° f Richmond preaented a Bill to repeal a Act which in reality had never been enfowed-r * n At prohibiting pemas from running more than one lMM at a race , or from running it in any " other Dame tit the ownert ; and he did ao In coiiseqttenee of iS attorney , having commenced several actions tat violatkjg of the Act alfadecLta . : ;; r ? The Bfll was read the first time ,, fiatardered to U read the » cond time on Thursday . Theff Lordships shortly afterwards adjourned . Wtdnedap , March < fe > . ^ T | eI > 3 Td * did not assemble . 4 I '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 7, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2674/page/4/
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