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YORKSHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.
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$ qbt Fottkd . —On . Friday x&oming last , as seme * snrer » eniptyi » x the privies inBobeo& ' s Yard , Cr « iG&mdw » & « 4 , tliey foond the body of & fine » ile ch 8 d , which bid been dropped down the hole ; it was taken out , and denied , and taken to the tflobe Iaa , and on the following day ai ^ inquest was held before G . Dyson , Esq ., and a , respectable Jury , at the above Inn , and a Terdict of "Foundin a priry , bat by whom pat there unknown , " wag returned . A jjwJ storim examination took place , when the surgeons declared it as their ' opinion that * jme violence had been used , as there appeared to be some lance braises on its head . It alsa umMma i ^ yi ^ i asMiik ^^^^ T ^^ Lvty
to be about two days old , a fine healthy child , perfect So information relative to this "Ti nman ease , has yet beep had , although every exertion is ** & *•* £ ?! £$ S * £ *¦ f * » * nd it is to be be kopsdit wffl be brought to light . ^ faf ^ SErS * S ^* 'l awning last , while Mr . B ^ rd Broek , and fr suly , bookseller aid Btationer , Barton Head , were gone to church , some person or Mains broke a squareof glass in the back part of She Bouse , and entered the shop , and stole therefrom fenr musical snuff boxes , and numerous other articles .
ExHiBrnoa . —Onr Exhibition opened on Monday last for pnbbe inspection , having been detained a week Jonger than was formerly announced ; All *» w appears tobe fit a state of the greatest order , aod every praise fe dee to the committee and those who have been engaged in so extensive an undertfo * Ja »» ™ * pe visited declare it is the best exajwnon wbco has yet been opened in this girt ot&e country . The works of art are beautiful ; the paintings are imsierous and splendid , but some « f thm not of great antiquity . The mechanical part far surpasses any of the description yet offered for pafeiie inspection , being some of the best models i in soat
« uapivvemeiu aepartment that art has yet devised . Galvanism and electricity does credit to the contractors , who hare stood high for their -ability before the publie this many years—indeed , > verj thing appears to have been selected by judg-Bteat , axta we hope the public will duly appreciate the » exertfpts , and give support to the undertaking . -v . Pb ¥ Uc Ussrae . —On Taeaday , an adjourned weeaag ^ mhAA , atHr . BinnsVNews Boom , of the ftkaKtooftl * out townships , itt fix the appointment « jSwfd « M lor the eBsaujc year , when persons fteBtau the places were fixed upon , who are in gro ^ of destroying the power of the three Kings at Somerset Hsose . An address is published , calling ^« -tte people to do their duty , with instructions fjj ™ J ~*? ° 7 $ * Commissioner , and the minority titaXf Floyd . -
- —Hf taaT .--. At a ^ meetmg of the inhabitants of Uofiley and its neighbourhood , at the Coach and "¦ § 8 3 fti ftir . ' *? delegate meeting that day , Mr . B . Wngley in the chair , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to s—1 . " That this meeting views , with feelings of contempt and abhorrence , toe contained attempts by the Poor Law Commis-, sonars , and a few base tools residing amongst us , to fix upon this township and district the unconstitutional and accursed New Poor Law , which , is alike ealealated to insult tae poor and subvert the rights , eftnerate-payers . " 2 . * That our submission to a 4 rrsieavalike unconstitutional and perverse is as disgraeeful to us as it is dangerous to the whole
institattoos of the -country , and that resistance , under _ « xi « ttBgx » reuia » taBces , becomes a virtue . " 3 . "That i ?* 2 $ T ? - *? ' * EjwwwMnt * men professbg to tefiiuowen of tbe meek and lowly Jesus , members *^ *» y W | g ja « gl in bi » Church , throwing off bis tstoftt to ~ 4 * n Ha enforcers of this '"^"" it vti law " ~ * " 'Sj ^ - ' ^ V *? Sto-P »|« n of Hontey , pledge ounelyee , individually and collectively , to oppose legally ate-enforcement of the Bastile systemin - « ve « rpo 8 ab 3 * way , and never to eease to agitate Mule a-snjgj * vestige of the infernal scheme exists . " ^ . & 2 * gSL $ B&k * . Fas » T « a to- Mr . WrMev . for
i JtT ^ r ?* "It * 55 ** 93 > d for W * onwearied exer' tifta * datn ^^ g office as Guardian . Mr . a Binns ]«» fl » eaBed t © the chair , and Mr . Pitkethly * iiaae * kog lad effieetive speech , calling upon the ' i JSS * ^ 8 CT « J «« k « i to forward the cause , ;;« dif poasftle to anmbilate the accursed law . Twen-* X ! J 5 ? ?! 5 r W ? PePmeilk - The greatest agita-W >» «« s » jn flqoJey aad the whole Union , to that ZmL £ 0 * Jl 5 a ^ ^^ ""^ one 8 i ^ 8 P 0 ^ "' " SrQzr * ^^ P ^ pose ; and if the people will « e wucnlnJ , and elect proper Guardians , means Inay » taken'to lestore the rkhta of the n ^»> ^ h thi
¦ Zr'VW ** * & ** Z **^ 7 **?? ¦ * £ "sto « * he CwtitetkB to its parity . KeeoEbct , if the tyranta "y ^ ^ Ww ^^ lolliedistoMsing state S ^ " ?^ ^^ fc ** ^ Then , "toyour tents , S ^ b ^ Tt *^ ^ J ^ d ^ J " « 1 L and the accursed ' * w ftwrL » w mil soon be blotted from our SialabBook .
r STOCWORT . CiLLBTisi Co-ofSKAzrrs Stoke . —The Chartists of Gas town have famed a Co-operative Society ; the ; nie § are adopted , and will be enrolled . They have opened a shop next door iutoae to the Mersey Inn , ' - >¦ Offltergate , and elected a Storekeeper , and he i . WMBtnceena labours next Monday . Tiey will do J&S&va&mJi * . $ mof ^ Oaike and&d jCtee->\** & ^ -tte ^ tf " pwfit » will g » to the Chartirt pri"¦ wnorp m ffwytcr *^ fv'i wR w . '
'* Tss ConsKO&AnoK os the Bikth-dit or the . >!*» Mb . Coaafloa . —Thememben of the Cobbett Onb , at Shwr , witfaiB tin Borough of Oldham , net aAlhekonseof Mr . John Wild , at two o ' clock in fte a&enooB , On the Sth of March , to do honour to the awaory of their once much respected friend and Mpreseatatrre ^ the late William Cobbett , Esq ., JLP . for Oldnam ; on which occasion a plaio , but -wwmtiathl dinner was served op , which re&ected « eat « r edtt on ^ landlord and his cook . —After fuwr , Mr . James Mills , the late delegate to the waventKH
) . mored , and Mr . M . Beaumont ncoadftd the following resolution , which passed . HUaaiijWQsiy ^ - " That in order to procure the sanc tion of Universal Suffrage by the House of Commona . it is esaenUally expedient that the proper and csestitatioual mode of petitioning be perseveringly adhered to by the working people , and tnat this meeting do tender their heartfelt and most cordial thanks to the Universal Suffrage Association of SeoUana , and especially to their unremittingly per-¦ evenng Chairman , Mr . James Moir , for the strict »< £ berenee to the only proper way of making known J « ar grievances , namely , of petitioning . "
MAJTCHSSTBR . ¦ Ms » Bichaswos ' * Taut . —On Tuesday evening iJBt , a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , Salford , to take such measures that may appear ne-« wary to ensure Mr . Richardson a fair trial at the approaching aasiies . Mr . Smith was called to the taaur . After the meeting -was addressed by numerouB gentlemen favourable to the object , a committee was appointed to collect subecripoons , to defray the « ea * y expenses of hia trial . The committee will toet on Sunday aad Monday evenings , in the Asbooation ' s Booms , . No . 30 , St . StevenB , to receive nbscnptioni , & . c .
¦ Heijik akd Chobltom Badicai Assoctatjok . — xvblxc DcsHEt—The members of the Hulme and QMMt « j-upon-Medlock Radical Association intend « give a public dinner to their brother members , eight in number , who are to take their trials at the aext assizes , en Saturday , March 25 th , at the house tt Mr . Boyle , Town Hall Tavern . Chatham Street , Oareodon Street , Chorlton-upon-Medlock . FBOST , WTT . T . TAJStg , AKD JONES . ; Copy of a letter to the Salford Radical Aseodation kb ii&rl Stanhope . Holxworthy , Devtm , March 7 th , 18 * 0 . eli received letter of the 3 d insU
, —I yesterday your , anfbeg to inform yon 1 b ajunrtr , ti&L all the petldona and memvnaU to Hex Majesty -which irere aent to me Were raguiaiiy tranmatewi to thf Secretaiy of State for the Some Department , -who iaftnaed me that he did not feel warranted in advising Her Majesty to grant tbe jriwaew any furtber extensio * of the Bc ^ al merey , I an , Sir , ¦ Your obedimt hamble Servant , StASHOPE . To Mr . BarroTrelosgh , Salford . •' ¦ BRISTOL . The Vihowt Fokb . —The females employed in the pipe manufactory of Mr . J . George , Great Anne i Stowt , Br istol , have collected twelve shillings for we defence of Vincent , which they have sent through Jhe medium of F . W . Simeon .
BTSE . I Bk-ossakisaiios . —A public meeting was held on I Monday night last , in the Working-man ' s lnstitu-I |« , forth * purpose of re-organising the Radicals of I « u town , when a great number of new members I arolled their names , they having taken the advice I < f a writer in the Star , for each good member of the I *» ooation to bring two more good men to join , to I « ke the Charter the law of tae land , and this is
I *« u * ted to have a very good effect . There was I Wi ? " 86 * e ° U ° ction for J flI 1 Bradley and M'Doaall , I fiZ ? t ^? Ba ^ £ I ™ S imprisonment . Sradley's I Si ? C ^ Z but Baor *> " * proposed that a prooee-I ¦ Bi ihouid meet him on the Mancheater-wajt , « j ><^ I * , & ^ d festival for the evening . A committee was I ' iOP& ^ B&J appointed to make all arraagesaettts I y ? toe time » which will be on the 11 th day of I f ^ Bt * Br adley will then have been eight months in m ffttOS . ¦
I w ^ i ?*^ ^^ MovKicKKT . —Great exertions I y * Peen making wMiin these few last weeks in this I iS ^ L ? f 4 T" > ttr of repeal of the Corn Laws . A I S ^ f gentlemen met at the Pine Apple Inn , to I 2 ? L ; Degt ml * aB of ff ^ tiBg ° P * petition ; | !? , r c'ttg much divided in opinion whether a public rS * S * , « a course ot lectures would answer beet , gg the latter being agreed to . the walls » f the town »?• poated with billfl MnK ^^^ g that Archibald I 2 ^?* . ^ -i £ di ^ ' « f ihi Manchester Time * , gW « dehry a faetarein the Wooing Men ^ iagti' ffSi ^ * ^ <* March , aad a second one on fff ~ r ) WlB f day by Mr . fioagaa . member of the I » T ? £ L T * IIti ' € ora Lht AssimatioB . Maaekestor |_ ^ ^« T » iAw repealer vpuidliaT ^ cofiMfcSCced this
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mera ^ am tee « mM , bit ftoa fcar of being oppMei by the Chartist * . On Wedaeadav eveainf week , betwixt four and five handr ^ We ^ fe ^^ SS ^ v *? ?^ - Mr . WinX hatSg g gWoaldgiveMr . Prentieeapatieat hearin « Mr Prentece declared himself a staunch friendto the wwang classes , and enumerated many instances in which he had gone with them for rWormTFor myself ( he said ) when joining the working classes to promote the removal of one injurious law , I have neret flattered them with affecting to believe that any one measure would remove all theevila nnder ™ k * j «> y were suffering . In 1824 I aided , to the exteot of my power , the movement against th « Com-^ L om ^ \ J ?* £ c ^ JSS !?* r 2 ? v »? $ . *??_ ' ^^
wnatawrLawB : again , when the distress of the manufacturing labourers was attributed to the truck Bystem , I ventured , amidst much clamour , to shew that itwasttnjnst to pay wages mother than the eorrent coin of the realm . When the whole king-1 *? - ' w j l M « *? tod for » TeaHours' Bill , I earnestly desired that childhood should have its natural joys , instead of being imprisoned amid the eternal din of machinery ; but under the present high price of food , how many with wives anS cbUdrenMe crying for bread who would ratter work twelve hours a day than sue Besides , I do not hold that a repeal of the Corn Laws alone can do you full justice : I advo-< sUe , 5 *^ ,, u fa * ° e ««»»* est practical reform . I ??^ *• **"»*•• "tension of the sufrage- (
. person to the meeting , Nowt less than Universal twffrage » )—yes , Universal Suffrage and short Parliaments , and re-distribution of seats , are the means to the greaMnd ; in fcet , I am nearly for all the Chartists go for . Mr . Prentice dwelt at great length on the Corn Lawb , as been oppressive and unjust and that the duty raised on corn did not go to the state , bat into thepocketB of the landowner . Mr Prentice concluded by urging the meeting to go with the middle classes for the repeal of this wicked law . He then read the petition to the meeting , and informed them that Mr . Finagan conld sot attend the following evening , he having been sent waoncBt the agriculturists like a hot potato . The lecture was listened to with great attention , andbeineabout
«> oiBperse , Mr . Katner inquired whether a public meeting wosld be called to adopt the petition just r lJ ii CoTB t * P ?^ *»* Section to subiwtbne it to-th * » eeting ; and it having been moved and seooaded , 1 he Chaiman was about to put Jt , when Mr . Rather said—Mr . Chairman , I rise not to oppose the petition , but feeling , as I do , its insufficiency , and being of opinion that it does not represent to the House of Commons the feelinjre and opinions of this meeting . I beg to move that the following words be added to the petition — *? That this meeting would exhibit but little penetration if they did not perceive that the Corn Laws are out one of the grievous oppressions imposed upon the people by the House of Commons , who have no sympathy with the feeUngBJ the opinions , and interests of the
industrious mfflious ; and they pray your Honourable HooBe to repeal all lavre restricting the importation of corn ; and forthwith to make such a Reform in your Honourable House , as will give to every man of sound mind , and unconvicted of crime , who has attained the age of twenty-one years , the elective franchise . " ; Mr . Royse , in seconding the addition by Mr . Katner , would have none of them to think he was any friend to the infamous bread tax , but to the contrary . He was sure that the repeal of the Corn Laws would never be got to do the working class any real good , till every man of Bound mind had the elective franchise . This addition put the Corn Law party to a complete stand for about ten minute * , they having got their heads together . Mr . Cock said if there was any demur it would be better to put . it to the meeting . The Chairman said there was bodemur , they were only consulting about havine
another lecture , and after a little more conversation , the Chairman put it to the meeting , and a forest of hands was held up for it—only two against it . A vote of thanks was moved to Mr . Prentice and Mr . Waraby , and the mec *! ng separated . Mr . Rather , on leaving the room , landed Mr . Joseph Hibbert a eopy of the addition to attach it to the originals . He « ud I cannot sign a petition with that addition , but I will find yon sheets , aad add your addition to the petition , and you may get what signatures you e * n , andwe will take the original for ourselves Mr . Bather remonstrated with him for such conduct , on the part of a eeatleman , to refuse the addition now , when he had an opportunity to object . Mr . Rather would not be a party to such a proposal as having two petitions . Mr . Hibbert waited twice on Mr . Rather the same evening , but he would not comply with them .
SBADFORB . TO THE CHAB . TI 8 TS OF YOBX&HIBS OBTBBAIXT . — Fbikhbs and Fjcllow Chabtists , —We consider that we need no apology for intruding upon you at the present time , as theAssizes are now being holden at which numbers of our fellow men will be tried for the so-called political offences , and unless every effort is now made we may expect to see every one of them convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment , and some of them , perhaps , transportedIfrp their native land to herd amongst the tflest Mone m aaotiwr hemisphere . And wnafarlme have they eommitted to cause them to be ponkhed in ra-ms&nerT Tneyiiave allowed themselves to become the dupes of spies and informers , who have received the wages of iniquity from the £ 39 , 900 of seerel service money , taken from the pockets of the
poor to support a system of espionage under which no man it safe ; and if these unfortunate indmdnals have fallen into the trap thus laid for them , are we , fellow Chartists , to stand coolly by and seethem sink beneath the weight of the persecution thus heaped upon themi The answer will undoubtedly be , ** Forbid it every principle of justice and humanity . " Let us then exert ourselves—let us awake from our apathy—let us strain e \ etj nerve to raise a fund , by which they will enjoy the benefit of able counsel ; and if after that they are still convicted , we have done our duty ; therefore , arouse yourselves luce men ! Let collectors be appointed in your different localitiesletthe mites of the poor and needy be thrown into one common ( fund , and no donbt the blessing of Heaven will attend the efforts which will be made to break the chains of the captives and to set the imprisoned free . —On behalf of the Committee ,
Mich . Scholefieus Chairman , J . S . Shackletok , Secretary . Subscriptions will be received by Mr . Shackleton , News Agent , Nelson-street ; Mrs . Bussey , Bridgestreet ; Mr . John Peacock , Flour Dealer , White Abbey ; Mr . C . Wilkinson , News Agent , Southgate ; and Richard White , Fawcett-row . Tax HOUHDS ABS STILL Olf THE ScKJfT FOB XOBE Gakb—When will the privileged ruffians all © wmen to follow an honest calling ; An operative of the name of Thomas Crabtree was . a few days ago , pursued from this town to Dewsbury , by Moses Sugden , a deputy constable . Crabtree was accosted in language which decency forbids us to mention . He , Sugden , then called upon the Dewsbury police ana had Crabtree taken into custody , and charged him
with being the most damnable thief and greatest Chartist in Bradford , when , after lingering three days and two nights in a loathsome prison , without bed or covering , and nothing bat beards whereon to rest his weary frame , he was then brought up before the Bench , and discharged without one single farthing of recompense . Not being content with with this piece of viliany , the same individual came from Dewsbnry direct , and Bearched the individual ' s house , turned everything upside down , even tea-pots and canisters , without producing a search warrant , or any legal notiee from the authorities of Bradford or elsewhere . Where is such a state of tyranny to end ? How long will England ' s . boasted freemen allow eucb a state of things to go on ? Is there no redre&s for this distressed and insulted operative!—Corresponded .
Celebration op Cobbett ' s Bibthdat . —On Mon-SW >* J » *«? £ th « birth-day of the immortal Wm . U » bett , a few friends aq 4 admirew of that noble of ** & ?*/* down * ° * »** * ad wholesome dinner , provided for the occasion by Mr . J . Ibbetson , bookseltoandstationer . Amongst the gnest * was Mr . Smites , Editor of the , Ze « fr Times , Mr . Squire iflarrK , and Mr . John Jackson . Thousands of the working classes would have liked to have done the **** » f . be ifres in their hearts as one of the champfens of liberty , and died as he lived—the hater of the Itree Denl Kings , and the Bastiie , p oke , water and gruel system . —Correspondent .
Fib * . —On Monday last , the town of Bradford was thrown into » state of alarm by the ringing of the fire bell , and af terwVrds the fire engines proceeding at a rapid pace through the streets . On inquiry , 5 was found that a cottage was on fire , but was extinguished before the engines arrived on the spot . Ihquest . —On Monday last , an inquest was held at the house of Mr . Meynell , Seven Stars Inn , Bowling , before G . Dyson , Esq ., and a respectable jury , on view of the bod y of Samuel Clayton , a boy about six years of age , whose death was occasioned by his clothes catching fire , whiUt in the act of lighting some abarogs at the fire . Verdict , accideatal death .
Golbbk Flkbck . —The andtnt order of the Golden Fleeee , Bradford Unity , No . 2 Lodge , Baildoo , held their anniversary on Monday , 2 nd inst- m the Malt Shovel Inn , when about fifty members sat down to a most excellent dinner . On the same day . No / 13 Lodge , Bradford Moor , held their anniversary on Monday , 2 nd inst ., at Mr . William Fieldhouse s Beer House , when about forty persons sat down to dinner . On Tuesday , 2 nd insV , No . 23 Lodge , ' Bradford , held their anniversary dinner . at the Shoulder of Mutton , Chapel-lane , when about thirty members eat down .
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BCBS . FROST . TO THS EDITOB OF THE KOBTHEBJI STAB . : PaUley , 10 th March , 1840 . SIB , —T received , on Saturday tost , the follovring lttter from Mrs . Frost , being in reply to an address of condolence and encouragement Best by the j » ih » M f"tff
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of Paisley , to the wives and children ; of Frost / Jonet , and WUiiamt , and by giving tt maertioa in your first paper , you will much oblige , Toms tally , Epwabd Poire . Newport , Monmouthshire , March 4 th , 1840 . Mt Kind Friends , —Aecept all which X nave to give , my warmest thanks , for your feeling and sympathising address . I do indeed stand in need of all your condolence . I have lost one of the best sad kindest husbands—my poor children one of the best fathers—society one of the best men—and the country one of its most sincere and disinterested patriots . <* ?» W ^ r . 1 » «» e wives and ehfldren of Frost Jones ,
Oh ! could you see the desolation this « nel aqd unjust sentence has produced in oar o * 6 e -tappy ifcmgjr , yon would say your sympathy was not throtrti away . Justly does that talented and rich papery the / Wtor Star , say , " If Pro » t had been a murderer oii ' ftton , the benefit of the doubt which existed would havebeen acceded to him ; but it is useless for a political ofiender to look for anything like justice in this unhappy country . " - - If our oppressors could be satisfied with banishing my dear husband , I then could have gone "with him , and shared his fortunes ; but no , they considered even
that too much lenity for a political offence . It waa my intention to follow with my family , but a letter I received from him points out the ruin that would attend Bach a plan ; so that I am obliged to abandon the Idea altogether . I must now leave him in the hands of his God and his country ; and may a kindand overruling Providence direct and crown your efforts , and restore to me my beloved husband , is the earnest prayer of Your obliged , But deeply afflicted friend , M . Frost .
P . S . —Too much praise cannot be given to that truly patriotic friend to freedom , Feargus O'Connor , for his untiring exertions in favour of the prisoners . -1 hope God will reward him—I never can . To Mr . Edward Polin , Secretary .
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LIST OF PERSONS TO BE TRI ^ IfOR
POLITICAL CHARGES . We received the following papers from Mr . O'Connor just before going to press on Thursday evening . We give them insertion here , as they may be interesting to many of our readers . Leeds . —George White and John Wilson , for extorting money , July , 1839 . —On bail . Sheffield . —John Marsden , John Fox , and John Foden , for riot . 13 th Au « st . 1839 .
William Martin , for sedition . Robert Cox , George Gallimore , James Bartholomew . Joseph Lingard , Clayford , and Thomas Powib , for riot and assault upon Sergeant John BelL oa the 12 th Sept .. 1839 . John Clayton , William Booker , John Marshall , Thomas Penthorpe , Joseph Bennison , Wm . Wells , James Duffy , for conspiracy on the 12 th January , io * m »
Samuel Holberry and Thomas Booker , for treason on the 12 th January , 1840 . Babhsley . —Peter Hoey , John Vallance , John Widdop , George Uttley , Francis Fletcher , Thomas Lingard , Luke Hobson , Joseph Crabtree , Thomas Haslem , Joseph Wilkinson , William Ashton , for illegal meetings , riot , and sedition ( on bail ) . Bradford . —Robert Peddie and William Brooke , for riot and eedition , 27 th Jan ., 1840 . John Walker , Joseph Naylor , John Ashton ; Emauuel Button , ' John Riding , Phineas SnrithW ; Francis Rishworth , Thomas . Drake , Jamet Holdsworth , and Paul Holdsworth , for conspiracy , U 7 th January , 1840 . LIST OF CHABTISTS OF WHOM TRUE
BILLS HAVE BEEN FOUND . John Marodea , Fox , and Foden ,- Riot at Sheffield , on the 13 th of August , 1839 . William Martin , Sedition at Sheffield , September Robert Cox , George Gallimore . James Bartholomew . Joseph Lingard , Joshua Uayford , and Tbos . Powles . Riot , and assault on Sergeant Bell , 12 th September , 1839 , at Sheffield . Riot and Conspiracy at Sheffield , 12 th January , 1840 , Samuel Holberry , Thomas Booker , WilHam Booker . William Wells , James Duffy , John Clayton , John MirshnU , Thomas Penthorpe , and Josh . Bennison .
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- COURT OF GAOL SESSIONS . The Court of Gaol Sessions for the County of York was held in the Magistrates' Room , at the Castle , on Tuesday , { fee hundred and fifty magistrates were present . The principal business was the appointment of a gaoler for York Castle , lathe room ( # Bhepherd ; Wimj ^ a t , r rt gnttUCwmjn b «^ b , L . lfewaiiamUdates were proposed , and after ' some aiBcussw ,. It was revolved to recommend to the High Sheriff , Mr . 'fidward Shepb «* , 'at »? teaeBt tieTBraot « C Wakefleld ifcrase of Correett » nr whose . « blef recommendation seined to be , his having introduced the 8 ile « t System" Into the prison bouse of Wakefleld . The salary determined on was £ 600 per annnm , and no fees . The following gentlemen were appointed Visiting Justices : —B . Hague , Esq ., Rev . L . Hird , J . Tweedy , Esq ., Rev . T . Dayrell , Rev . A . Cayley , and Sir J . L . L . Kaye .
An order was issued for the Riding Treasurers to pay their respective portions of £ 1 , 500 for the payment of salaries and miscellaneous expenses for York Castle . Some other business of minor importance was trans acted , after which the Court dissolved , . [ The Hon . T . Monson announced that Mr . W . Shepherd was a candidate to succeed Mr . E . Shepherd , as Governor of Wakefield House of Correction . ]
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Y 0 BKSH 1 RE ASSIZES . ( Continued from ow Eigh . fypa . ge . ) .-. THURSDAY .-March 11 . ( Before the Hon . Mr . Justice Enkine . J CHARGE OP MANSLAUGHTKB . Eli Lumb , 53 , charged on the coroner ' s inquest with killing and slaying Thomas Lumb , at Halifax , was placed at the bar this morning , and the Jury having thrown out the bill , Mr . Knowles rose and stated that , as counsel for the prosecution , he was instructed to say that no evidence would be offered , and the Jury , by direction of the court , found a verdict of acquittal in favour of the prisoner .
THE RAPE AT EASINGWO 1 D , John Dunnell , 18 , was charged with committing a rape upon the person of Jane Smith , of Easingwold , on the highway from Alne to Easingwold , oa the 17 th December last . Mr . Sergeant Atcherlt , Mr . Adolphcs , and Mr . Holland were counsel for the prosecution , and Mr . Knowlks for the prisoner . Sergeant Atcherly stated the case . He said he applied to conduct this prosecution at the desire of the Post Office authorities . Under the Post Office at York was one at Easingwold , and the person who kept it was Mr . Leonard Smith , who received letters for delivery there , and in the neighbouring
villages . Mr . Smith was in the habit of employing his own mother , who was about seventy-seven or seventy-eight years of age . to take the letters out to the villages of Alne and Tollorton . Mrs . Smith , although an old woman , was in the possession of all her faeuHieB , and enjoyed such health that she was » He to walk a great number of miles . tM the 17 th December last , at * had to # » trat to the villages he , had just aaved ^ and about six o ' clock in the evtuuig , she left Alne on her return home , having upon her arm the letter-bag , and about seven shillings in silver , and some halfpenoe in it . When she had proceeded some distance she was overtaken by two men . who
inquired about the road , and she did not at first apprehend anv danger from them . They asked her the road to Hull , and she told them if they wanted to go to Hull , they ought to have gone another way f i om Alne . They coatinmed to walk on with her for some distance , when one of the men said he would go forward to Easingwold , and he left her in comp any with his companion , who would be proved to be the prisoner at the bar . After this , on arriving at a torn in the road , the prisoner approached her , and according to the story , after taking hold of her round the waist , and having thrown her down , committed the © fence with which he was now charged . The Hnbaequent part of the story did not apply to
the prisoner alone , but would implicate a second party . The case , however , as regarded the prisoner did not rest here , but he should be able to shew that he was seen at AJne before the commission of the crime , and he was seen again afterwards , on the road , on both occasions fn company with another man , who it would be shewn was his companion when he first aeoosted the woman . The prisoner was not taken until the first of January , when he was apprehended at a retired village on the Moors , and when told of the charae . rave a
false name . It would be for the Jury to hear the evidence to these facts , and then after considering it , and the weight to be attached to it , and then consider their verdiot . The Learned Counsel then called witnesses , aad after the evidence , a great deal of which is unfit for publication , had been gone into , Mr . K « 0 WM 8 addressed the Jury for the prisoner at great length . - Mr . Justice Erskijse summed up , and the Jury . without leaving the Court to consider their verdict almost immediately found the prisoner guilty of an assault , but aot of rape . * '
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-. . . .... ' . ij ..,. ! . . . i .. :. . ~" ^ J ^ Pri aontr was thea removed from the bar , and ^« . P * aw c * , 84 , who was charged with being in ^ I ^ y with ; Dmn ^ U on this oceadon , andpartiwpating hi the crime , by the commission of a rape on the person of Smith alter Dunnell had left her , waa immediately placed on hia trial . The woman m this ease , as in the other , swore to the identity orthe men , and that they each successively effected their purpose . It was a fine moonlight night , and "fc ^ oM if terlbem » eU . . The onft additional eireumstajiee itfMmt Peacock was , thai he left his work to the day succeeding that on which the offence was committed , and absconded without waiting for payment of hia wain * . The Dr isoner was then removed from the bar . and
Tha verdict in thjs case also was Not Guilty of a wpf ^ buJ-G ^ ntJP . of * n assault . Mf . Justice Erskine , in sentencing the prisoners , v *** d--Prisoners at the bar , although the Jury have acquitted you of the fearful and disgusting offence of whien you have been charged , they , have thought b to be their duty to find you guilty of a violent assault on this old person ; and l cannot , in awarding the punishment which it is my duty to orderin such cases as yours , help looking back to the circum-8 taucee under which the accusation has been made , and I cannot help feeling that though you have not been found euiltv of oompletins the more Berious
crime , that you have been round guilty of a very disgusting attempt at it . I cannot believe that this old woman would We come forward to charge yon witii this crime if von had not attempted it , and 1 cannot believe that she would have told her son so if Buch had not been the ease ; and therefore , looking at these offences as shewing a lawless and unnatural disposition on your part , i feel they are such as call upon me to inflict upon yon the serious punishment , I have the power of inflicting-on you . The sentence of the Court upon you is , that you be sent to the House of Correction for Two Years , and during that tune thai you be kept to hard labour .
SHEFFIFLD-- RIOTERS . Samwl Holberry , Thomas Booker , William Booker , William Wells , James Duffy , John Clayton , John Marshall , Thomas Penthorpe , and Joseph Bennison , were arraigned on charges of riot , &c , at Sheffield , and all with the exception of Wells pleaded Not < M * y . Wells pleaded Guilty , , j , ' £ ¥ ra * t : Awhehly , stated that the Aitoraeyvraneral would be down to conduct the" prosecution on Monday , and the oases were accordingly fixed forthatday . * SHEBP STEALING NEAR RIPON . Christopher Kendrew was charged with stealing three sheep , the property of Wm . Cundall , of Copt Ewick , near Ripon , on the 13 th day of November iftfiSa "
The Hon . J . S . Wortlby was for the prosecution . The prisoner was a farmer at Sutton , at the time pf the transaction , in respectable circumstances , and bad been admitted to bail . He was defended by Sergeant Atcheelt . From the evidence it appears that the sheep of the prosecutor , ten in number , were left in the field on the 13 th November , and on the following morning three of them , two ewes , and one tup , were missing . On searching the field in one corner there was the footmarks of a man , and an appearance of sheep having been "headed up" there . There was also the appearance of a cart having been there . Inconsequence of suspicion having fallen on the prisoner after the robbery , the constable of Ripon went to him , and searched his farm but did not find the stolen property . Subsequently , however , he heard that the prisoner had another piece of land at some distance from his farmand on proceeding
, towards there he met the prisoner driving fifteen sheep , which he said he had been fetching from the ftela to ^ new him . Among these sheep there were bone of those stolen ; bat the constable , not satisfied with tha , went to the field and looked about it , but found nothing there . On examining the field , however , he traced the marks of eighteen sheep instead of fifteen , and on going to a gate leading into a different lane to that in which the prisoner was driving his own sheep , he found the three sheep stolen . He then apprehended the prisoner , and afterwards went to the field from which the sheep had been stolen , taking the prisoner's shoes with him ; and on trying the shoes in the footmarks first observed there On the morning when the robbery was discovered , they were found to correspond . The shoes were of a remarkable size , being twelve inches in length . The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
THIRD COURT . ( Before Thomas Starkie , Esq ., Q . C . J HORSE STEALING AT ROTHWELL . Robert Ifright was indicted for having , on the 18 th of November , at Rothwell , feloniously stolen a black gelding , the property of Mr Wilson . Mr . Baines condueted the prosecution , and Mr . Pulleinb defended Uie prisoner . The horse was stolen on the day mentioned in the indictment , and traced to Horton , near j £ * dft TrJ ? the POMewfon of Wright , the prisoner . ^* Sfflft # 2 ! " £ ^^ ¥ n *« . whether «» *? S * f *» wfo < fce citstody of the prisoner was the ° ne ^ y tte « P > Wttt 6 r . The Jury found the pri-• owrtifailty . ^ ntence deferred . - MSO ^ BS ^ lnfeoW STEALiBG At SOVTB COWTON .
Joseph Warn ** , 46 , was Indicted for having feloniously stolen aebeenut mare , the property of Geotge Thompson Lister , of Newall-with-Clifton ; also charged with having stolen a cow , the property of John Janson , of South Cowton . Guilty . To fee transported fifteen years . COW STEALING AT FIXBY , NEAR HUDDERSFIELD . Thomas Sutdtfe was indicted for having stolen a cow the property of William Cowper , of Fixby Hall near Huddersfletd ; and Thomas Dyson was charged with receiving the cow , knowing it to huve be « n stolen . Messrs . Cottingham and Wasney were for the prosecution ; Messrs . Baines and Atherton appeared for Dyson . Sir GKEGOry Lewin was for SutoUffe but he persisted in pleading guilty .
The eow was last seen on the 29 th of October , safe in the prosecutor * field , and was found on the 3 lst of that month , on the premises of Dyson . To prove his guilty knowledge ^ s < J ? eral witnesses were called , who proved that Dyson was aware that Mr . Cowper had lost a cow answering the description , and had , notwithstanding , received it ftom Sutbliffe , giving below its value for H . Mr . Baines addressed the Jury for the prisoner , urging that tire public manner in which Dyson had acted with tke cow in bis possession , precluded the probabilky 4 * ia « being a guilty receiver , knowing the eow to haVe been stolen . ^ Some witnesses were called , who gave the prisoner an excellent character for honesty . The Jury found a verdict of not guilty .
The prisoner , Dyson , was Indicted for receiving a cow , the property of Mr . Marsh , of Colne Bridge near Hudderstield , knowing it to have been stolen . ' Verdict , not guilty . Sentence on Sutcliffe deferred .
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NISI PRIUS COURT—Thursday , March 12 » . THE LEEDS AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY V . FAWCETT . .. ' ..:: ' ( SpecialJury . ) IMPORTANT CASE FROM WAKEFIELD . Mr . Cresswell , Mr . Tomlinson , and Mr Hild yard were for the plaintiffs ; Mr . Alexander Mr Wightman , and Mr . Baines were for the defendant ! ^ Mr . Tomlinson opened tjie pleadings . The Man-Chester and Leeds Railway Comaany were the plaintiffs and Robert Fawcett was the defendant . The declare tion was in trespass , and the first count stated that the deltodanU had thrown down and prostraMd certain parts , ef an abutment of a viaduct erected by the Com P « y > Ui Kirkgate , in Wakefidd , aad that he had taken down the same to the extent of four feet of the wwk . Otter *> unts in the declaration alleged similar trertaisss by ivbstratipe and throwing dowi oth « r * £
uoaaol the pfca and abutmenU ^ the viaduct The piiM / M to tfiB ( v > rious counts was nearly alike , viz . lv * y * *!? l * P wmeate , &c , . were e « cted Cntto Qneen'B highifcy , and that the same being a public £ 52 ££££ * WMjUBtifled ^ ^ -WiS The plalattffe , intteir replication , alleged that ttie viaduct or bridge , and the several abutments and tAen connected therewith , were erected by the Companyin Uie exercise of the powers conferred on them bTtteir Acts of Parliament , and that the viaduct or bridce was carded over the whole street of Kirkgate m ff ^ f * . ? . ?* sdd Ac ^ ' To * " « <*« « ef « St " joined that ttieviaduet or bridge did not extend over the entire width of the street of Kirkgate-tbiS it wm 7 * ? ^^ w weight of nineteen feet from « £ street , and ^ thatthe Company had not actedTcSJ fomity to the provisions of the Acts of Parliament
Mr . CftESSWELL opened thecase in a speech of great length . He appeared before them ai ^ ounsel fTl Company of gentlemen who were incorporated by Aci Chester to Leeds ; he appeared before them with iome them , itmusihave the effect of compelling th « nv to puU down a great portion of their workW an * unlew so * e means can be invented to replace thmTwfth oth <» , the ^ ewit will be that after si > endin * Tne « riT tfwo millions si money in this nndertakiDw , ^ Br w ^ Si -be eompeued to \ abandon it The inqulrt l wS « * fc * weuW 4 hat day have toinake , was wnWffipfi ^ ooaatructio ^ of a certain vWttet , the OonSS g complied with their Act "f PnTiinmrinr \ i ^ MaZ
that lailway was any obstruction to the puMie wiiB ^ to aod fro in jbe street of Kirkjsat * . U fS ^ t ^ T" ^^ Tladuct ¦ ' #¥ * & «* would give them a brtef history of the case . Tfctor wete aU awaretfiat wheA-genUemen are about to afcpiy for m Act whichintaHBres withpubUo mterestei o » privais rights , tiia ( r w < 4 b bound to give notice of their iattttwn , and to lodge with the Clerk of the Peace a- plan and book of wteence , so that every portion of property a&Vted Ijjr it may be clearly known . Therefore , all pettons were called on , for the protectton of their rJgfctav private or public , to go before Parliament , when the Bill wm before it , and either oppow i
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It , or seek for the insertion . of such clauses as are necessary for their protection . In" 1836 , after netice had been given of the intention of the Company to apply for an Act , various parties appeared in opposition , or to obtain the introduction of clauses into it Looking at the Aot of Parliament , which passed on the 4 th of July , 1836 , it confirmed exactly the course he had pointed out First , they had the Rochdale Canal Ootapaay , who bad clauses introduced for their protection ; then the Heb-Weand Calder Canal ; and next the Aire and Calder Company appeared to have had a great number of clauses introduced , and among them is the clause in qnestion . This was the more remarkable , whea they found that the Commissioners for paving and watching it to it . or seek for the inaartlon of nch «!•»«« „
the town of Wakefleld , vcheie du ^ r was protect the interests of the people of that town , made no objection to the formation ot piers and abutments , nor did , they a&a body object * o it now , although individual members of that body did so s when the foundations of this work were laid , no opposition was rendered , nor nor was any objection raised until the work was nearly completed , when some of the Company , with other individuals , ( who during the trial he hoped would be discovered ) raised an opposition , and sought to put the Company to an enormous expense . It might turn out , in investigating this case , that if the construction of tho Act of Parliament was such , as was insisted by tho other-sWte , it would require them to raise the level of the railway ten or twelve feet ; this would affect not -only the Company , bat every gentleman through whose property the line passed ; alter spending £ 300 , 000 or
£ 400 , 000 in making some of the tunnels , the Company would have to construct new ones at a lite cost , so that this was no trifling question—it amounted to whettier this Company should be annihilated , to the advantage of the rival carriers . The interest of the public was of the most minute-description . If it was to be contended to-day that this viaduct was not only contrary to the Act , fcut that it was a practical obstruction to the public , he sh « uld rely on the judgment of those Jurors who had gone specially to view the place , rather than on any witnesses to be called cither by one party or the other . He would ask his Learned Friend whether he intended to meet this case as a violation of the Act of Parliament only , or whether he would go into the question that this viaduct was a practical obstruction to the public passing to and fro a ' png the streetjof Kfrkj « to , teWtteneMrr *• ; 3 *~ - ^ . ... - ;¦ : .
Mr . Alexander—We are hen to try the istues oa the record , and those only . The question of-a practical obstruction is not one of the issues on the record . Mr . Cresswell « ald their inquiry would ba shortened some ten or twelve hours , and the examination of some cart loads of witnesses would be dispensed , with . He would now confine himself to the issue on the record , had the Company complied with the Act of Parliament The particular clause on which this turned was the forty-third ; but in order to construe that clause , they must couple with it certain othe * general clauses which relate to the crossing of public roads ; for instance , the l « Oth clause enacts that where any bridge is erected for carrying the Railway across any turnpike or other road , the space of the arch shall
be of such width as to leave a dear and open space of not less than eighty feet , and the height of the centre of such arch shall be sixteen feet from the road , and the descent not less than one in thirty . There was also power given to the Company to divert any streets or roads ; another clause enacting that it shall be lawful to divert or alter the course ef any river , stream of water , road , street , or way , or to raise and deepen the same ,. for the more conveniently carrying the same over or under , or by the side of the said railway . He would admit that the word " conveniently" should be con ^ strued * ' conveniently to the public . " Bearing in mind these two clauses , which were general clauses , ho would now come to the special clause , to which he had before alluded . It provided , ' in crossing the street of
Kirkgate , a good and substantial viaduct or bridge , extending over the entire present width of the said street , should be erected , of the clear height of eighteen feet from the present street The other side contended that the Act , by requiring a viaduct or bridge to be carried over the whole width of Kirkgate , made it necessary that there should be one arch or span . If they were right in that construction , then he admitted the Company had not satisfied the statute ; but that was an absurd proposition . All that was meant was that the Company should make a viaduct or bridge , rather than inconvenience the inhabitants of Wakefield by throwing up a large embankment . It might be said they had built two piers iu the street , but were they not part of the bridge . As to the
height , the act required that it should be nineteen feet from the ground , to allow wagons loided with wool to pass to and fro , and that had been done . But suppose there had been only one arch , if the centre " was only nineteen feet , the sides must Lave been considerably lower to make the bridge secure , or if the sides were to be n ' neteen feet , then the centre would have to be raised ten or twelve feat above the present level of the line , which was quite impossible . He next came to consider the dimensions of tho road . He contended that that diversion was for the " convenience of the public ; " they had now a viaduct , with the centre arch thirty-five feet wide , and a footputh on each side of seven feet If they had adop fed tbe ' ^ old course , they would have hirtf » fdotpaai jStf-ffriS ifia £ ' - ' of
only four feet , and on the other of ten . Then came the question , was the viaduct the whole width of Kirkgate ? Formerly there was a considerable space of ground between the flagged footway andthe houses , in aome portions of the street , which was generally occupied by the owners of these houses as standing room for a cart or a stall . It formed no part of the public way ; but it was now contended that this viaduct ought to have extended over this portion of ground , waich he denied . He should call witnesses before them to prove the faots . He admitted that the viaduct was of three arches , that the ? had diverted the road . He would prove what the street wa » before the Company commenced their works , ' atid then it would be for . the Jury to say whether the bridge was carried over the whole width of Kirkcate . He
contended that the line ought to be drawn from that part which waa flagged , and actually used bv the public . In conclusion , he expressed the great d ' esire of the company to serve the public , and complained that the opposition should have been raised on a technical objection , rather than on tho question—Was this or not an impediment or obstruction to the public ] Wm . R . Hawks Johnson , surveyor and architect ; , Wakefield , proved the correctness of the model . The width of th f street before the diversion was about 35 feet , the breadth of the base of each pier is about five feet six inches ; the width between the main base of each pier and abutment is about seven feet . The breadth of the viaduct is thirty-two feet nine inches .
Cross-examined—The model only gives a small portion of Kirkgate . There is a varying difference oetwoen the highway and the houses in the width Of the flags . Mr . Clarkson , another surveyor , gave similar evidence . On cross-examination , the witness said he did not know whether the site or the cobbler ' s house formed part of Kirk ^ ate or not ; it did not form a part of carriage road . Re-examined—There was a nook in the cobbler ' s shop , and nothing to prevent people going into that when there was a pressure ; of course this did not make it a part of the public higoway . Mr . Thomas Gooch , civil engineer , assisted in preparing a plan to be depoeited with the Clerk ot the Peace , when the Railway Company applied for their act . The section to that plan showed they were to cross Kirkgate at a level of twenty feet above the street . After the act ha * been obtained
he prepared a plan of the viaduct ; he observed the Occupation road , and remembered there were flags from that street to the road . There was nothing to indicate that the foot-path extended beyond the flagstones . The viaduct was erected by Smith and Adderaley , two contractors . Oue of the abutments stands forward on about 4 ft . 3 inches at one end of what was formerly the foot-road , and about 5 feet 6 inches , on the other . On erecting the other aoutment , as much was given over the foot-road as was taken on the other . If they had made a single arch across the street 65 feet , with 19 feet at the sides , it would have been required to have been 31 'feet high at the centre to have been safe . If they had been desired to keep the abutments back , the Company could have done bo without any additional expense , but it would have injured the appearance of the
structure . Cross-examined—The line of street would have been etraighter immediately adjoining the viaduct if the old flagging had been preserved , but it would have made an angle to the northward . A viaduct might have been thrown across the street , sixty-five feet wide by nineteen feet high , in one span , by a cas t iron arch , or a suspension hridge ; but that would have been a very unusual mode of carrying a viaduct over a highway ; he hadknown it done over two or three canals . If he had been instructed to make a suspension bridge across Kirkgate , he would have had no more dimculty than in erecting the bridge of masonry . Re-examined—A suspension bridge would not have been bo desirable for the public as the present bridge ; the noise of carriages would have been very great , which would have frightened horses passing under the bridge ; the flooring could not have been
kept tight , by which in wet weather rain would fall oft persons pasting under it . ; Mr . Henxzftpbinson Smith , one of the contractors for the MaiMiii stated that they had commenced erecting tuppu and abutments in April , 1838 . He w ^ -wi'cwireett , the defendant , pass the place , ram the tine , they commenced the excavation for « M »« Qdation 8 . Mr . Swallow and another commmfottit yirited them frequently whilst the works werepiogresBing . Mr . Clarkson , clerk of the commissioners , was also often present . ; - Hx .. John Wilkinson , publican , was the owner of property on the east ^ de of Kirkgate ; he remem - « n £ ed the Occupation-road , on which a part pf the vjad 9 eM * and 3 ; nothing was done by ^ e public for the repair of that road , until they raifrSd the to * & On the vacant ground , carts and gifis Vew piacec on the market day . ¦ "> , / " 'Cross-examined . —It would " d&iniexB&- * him tc drive people » wiy , bynoi allowing them topbc < ib « ro « itajid ^ taf ^ Qf th ^ teaai , *
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« J ?** ^^^ Tttrncliff e , plasterer , spoke to the fTJ ^ ¦ SL ™ . * ' ^ m ^ Occupalfou-road , repairing the space m front of their ownhonsee . Inew exMuaatiw he stated that tbere was nothing ^ as ft ^ flaS ! 801 " 1 waUdn 8 0 U the "borders , " afwett iit ^ ^^^^* Mr . Axex . ANDERand ^ Mr . Wightman argued that the Leaned S& ° glUt 0 gi ? e U 8 ^ VthewnstruclSrf His Lordship declinedI to decide the point , stating that he would leave for the consideration of the Jnrj the question whether this contested ground was part ot the highway , and then the case would resolve itself into a . pure Question of law . whichm ;^ t k * m- A . i _ ,, * ... . : v .
turned into » special case . : Mr . Alexander addressed the Jury for the defondant . He said the questioti had been agitated now two y ears , the Company knew of the objections urged , hat they didnot stay their prt > ceedin # s until wo decision of a court-of justice had been obtained . The matter was Jn Chancery , and the Lord Chancellor wished the Jury to decide , firstj whether * he viaduct was built in conformity with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act , and second ^ whether a part of the ground on which ifr was erected" eon . stituted the public highway , in the street of Kirkgafe . The Learned Counsel then urged uiat a BHspensieu bridge ought to have beeu erected a ^ SHthe ' eirtrWsitiet ..
as the same . Company had done over the Rochdale-Canal , but the additional expence had prevented them doing so . The noise , and the rain falling through , and the danger were ridiculous ; and h * protested , on the part of the iahabitame of W ?; keneid , hrst , against the Company crosaii ^ the street , and next of their doing so by the viaduct wkch they had erected . He then referred to th * other point in the case , viz . —the ground covered with bolder stone , of which some part of the abut * menta wid piers had been erected , contending that though rough and irregular , still it formed * , part of the public ^ street of . Kirkgate . He than commented on the evidence of Wilkinson , urging tnat the consequences of attending to such a
doeinne / wouw pe this , that every owner of a house in t > street would consider the ground opposite to kig house as his proper ty . " Did they ever hear of the Company jpurohasing thf ground rouad abooishe cobbler ' s shops . - Nothing of the sort . lttoonclosiSt he stated the evidence he Bhould call , andbthen said it was a very important case , and it would "be for them to say whether Kirkgate extended , tcom . the nouses on one side to the houses on the other , or whether ther , e was some ground in that street , whicfc aid not form a portion ta that Btreet . . Some witnesses having been called , ¦ ¦ -
The Learned Judge summed up , leaving the Svtf to decide , whether the ground from the causeway to > the houses constituted a part of the public streets " 1116 J * W - ** tise& t and after a short ? abflence , returned a Verdiot for the Plaintifis .
Friday t March \ % \ CHARMOCK V . HAY AND AWOTHEB . ; ( Special Jury . ) Mr . Alexander , Mr . Dundas , and Mr . TomtiKSON , appeared for the plaintiff ; Mb . Crksswexx , Mr . Waison , and Ma . ——for the defendants The action was one of trespass , for breaking down a fence and wall ; but the real question in the case was , whether the defendant had a right of way across the property of the plaintiff . The propertyjiu dispute , consistedoftwofarms . onecalled the LaneTop Farm , and the other Folly Hall Farm . The fonder belonged to Mr . Bowes , a gentleman residing near York , and the latter to Mr . Saville ; and the ques * tten was whether Mrs . Hey had a right to go through the property of the plaintiff , the Lane Top Farm , m order to reach a -field occupied by her as tenant to Mr . Saville .. . . :
The correctness of the plan having been proved , tht trespass was detailed oy Miss Hannah Charnock . ™> o . had resided several years at Folly Hall . On the 24 th May , the trespass was committed ; During the time she resided with her father she had never seen the tenants of Lane Top Farm drive cattle through the Folly Hall Lane . Mr . Barstow w * a tenant of Lane Top Farm ; he drove his cattle into the Foul Ing fiela by the Halifax road , when the meadow grass was growing , and when it had been ant . hv tnA TTnnAv tna
Cross-examined—She remembered the place nineteen years ago , and was now twenty-two years of age .. When asked whether the fence between the Fool Ing andjihe Upper Ing was not of considerable length , the witness hesitated for along time until the question was repeated several times * , when she replied m the affirmative . She went to AmpTerthorrieschool , which is near Lane Top Farm . ' Mrs . Hannah Field , and other witnesses , were called .
t The case was proceeding at a quarter-past twelveo clock , when oiir report was despatched .
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT ^ Thursday Evening , March 12 ft , Half-pait Six , pj » . I Citt and CoMHBRciAt Nkws . —The intelligence from the East has given a certainty to the anSoipationB which have been long prevalent , as to the readiness of the British authorities to embroil this country in hostilities with tho " Celestials ; " and , til the same time accounts Yor the incessant bustle in the ordnance and other war departments , which wereferred to in the Northern Star of a fortnight since . Notwithstanding , this intelligence , several large orders have beer f given for goods which are for the China markets , to be forwarded by way of America ; by this meanB , a partial relief Tfillat least be afforded to the distress which now prevails amomt
the artrzans of Yorkshire and Lancashire . On the whole , however , the merchants in Aedty are lauoi dispirited at the improbability of matters reviving until shipments are reouired for the fall trade , wfl £ the markets of the United States . Capitalists are husbanding their resources , and thus the value of / A * medium has been rather augmented this week , especially in the Stock Exchangea , where parties , toobtain temporary but pressing accommodations , have actually paid from fifteen to twenty per cent . The sales of Stock have been large , consisting of about ^ 150 , 000 Red . _ 3 i per Cent . Annuities , upwards of half a million of Consols , as well as of 3 per Cent . Annuities ; . and in the Foreign Market , also ^ an immense amount of business has been transacted , especially in Spanish Stock , the result of ^ hicb waa a depression from 30 § to 28 \ .
The following are the closing priceB of the British , Funds : —Consols , 90 |; Bank Stock 178 J ; East India , Stock , 248 ; Exchequer BUIb , Is . dis . ; Reduced 3 $ per Cents , 93 $ ; New ditto , 98 J . " . Fatal Accjdent bt Fire . —On Tuesday evening last , a most appalling accident by-fire occurred to-Jlrs . Wilson , wife of Mr . E . T . Wilson , varnish maker , Upper Thames-street . It " appears that the unfortunate deceased was engaged in the preparation of some speciesi of polish over the fire , whan the
liquid , which was of a combustible noture , boiled over , and blazed furiously ; and in her hurry to prevent the soot in the chimney taking fire she removfd . the pot on to the hearth , the oot » bttBtible properties still blazing , when , unfortanaieh the bottom part of her dress caught fire , and ah was enveloped inflames . In this dreadful situatioa she ran down stairs , ^ screaming for assistance , bdt oetorethe flames could be extinguished , she was burnt in so shocking a manner , that on being removed to the hospital , from the injuries she sastamed , not the slightest hope is entertained of her recovery . .
_ The late . calamitous Fire in Patbbhostek Row . —In our correspondent ' s account of ( his fire on the day after its occurrence , it was stated thai though the damage was between £ 8 , 000 and £ 10 , 000 . Mr . Johnson , the printer , was only partially iasured : this , we regret to state , is incorrect : i 4 should be , that Mr . Johnson was wholly vnm * ur # L and is reduced to utter destitution . Subscriptions are opened to endeavour to enable him to re-commence business . Government Annuities . —A notice has been
issued by the St . Clement Danes SavingB' Bank , that that iustitution is prepared to grant Government Annuities at a reduced rate of purchase ; fthd stating chat the enormous sum . of eighty thousand pound odd , has been paid to Government by that institution alone , during the quarter ending on the 5 th instant . No doubt the ; WhigB want cash , now they are getting up a new war-diversion ; it is to be hoped that those who embark their money in these iijstitutions will not have cause to repent it ; at all events , they now do so with their evea open . ' -. '' . ' ¦
Meeting * or the Welsh Patbkws . —On -Wefc aesday evening a meeting of frieads itf Mz ; Fjrort ^ o ok plaoe at the Aiuad ^ C ^ &t ^ ni ^ 'he purpose of deviamg the best igmam ofptbetE ^ ki the return of { hose ul-used men to their iuti& liome withia the shortest' p < Jasible period . Many or the well-known friendB of the people were present . as Mk Oaetler , Mr . Hethoringloii , JhuUfi ^ Mr ¦ * W ^^ - - \' < ?*?*** &C . &C . Dr . Wad ? w « a *} WM . chair , and a good spirit of deMrminvtiov was evince . d . JWe received" areport of the procecdlags , bot . toff i * t ^ for ifleextioDj T ^
Yorkshire Spring Assizes.
YORKSHIRE SPRING ASSIZES .
Second Edition.
SECOND EDITION .
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York ^ hjre . Assize Cmt Bvsiksss . —Of flr * . 8 « I « n& 4 utoapjwa entered in the WeaVRiding )! & ¦ © nlytwerfe resnft utiaispeeetdf ; Two of these are special Jury causes , Bains v . Lacey an 4 others , iftrd . Harland v . Harland and others , which , have , been fixed for Monday . la the North and j ^ ut Ridings list , there are thirty-five causes entered ; in four of these Special Juries have beds summoned , Harriott v . Stickneyand others , fixed for Saturday ; the Queen c . O'Conaor , fixed for Tuesday ; Thompson © . Clark ; and Bell t > . Hull and Selby Railway Company , for which no days have been appointed . The busines * m the Nisi Prius Court is very heavy . -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 14, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2675/page/5/
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