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      ( Continued from our Sixth page . ) - —geeafcioa . rOn&es-Srd « f-Madj 4 he-pB > aeentor B ^^ oo » TO locked up , and on the following -joining ft was discovered thst a robber / had ' been Sbeied , an- < nirsnee being made . ' Qmmgh a hole "in r tjirafl , abd the worsted staff , pieces mentioned in iSjidictmeni were taken * wa ; .. The goods were Snd in the pantry of the pjoapar ' a house on the 2 S » j ? after the robbery . —Guilty .. Taylor' was Seaeed to ten years transportatUsi , snd Kiowles 0 twelve ^ BOHths hard labour in the House of Corrtc *» n atWakeSeld . ¦ - = rO »*»^ f ^ our Sixth page . )

      STABBING AI LJS 5 DS . fhts- Wmnteright , 23 , was charged with having , rmihi 31 st of December last , at Leeds , feloniously tabbed and grounded Thomas Downs . There were ajreral counts in the indictment ; the first charged Ae intent with being to murder , and the others , to joain , disfigure , dibble , or to do tome serious bodily ^ JiL Hat conducted the prosecht » n . i The prose--Bt is a shoemaker residing ia Off-street , Leeds . On Tuesday , the 31 st of December , ha was ia the ugse of * neighbour named Wm . Butler , spending a ^ weami ; . Whilst ke was there , he heard hia -jMher call oat" watch . " H * then went into the -met . and found the prisoner endeavouring to break

      $ e shafts-of Iub brother b carl , and he ordered him / jgt Some time after , Ihe prosecutor was again in tie street , "wharthe prisoner came up to him and j ^ fhatf ^ d . Mm to fight . After : repeating the ehaljmjre two or Uiree times , the prosecutor palled off ik coat , and began to fight , In the first rosnd , ^ prisoner * ad prosecutor both fell down , the for-0 ^ hdisgnniderauiBt . When down , the prosecutor feft fejEseif stabbed in the left side with & knife . B » iroundr -ware , rery serious ; for some time he was iBsenable , bat he ultimately recovered . Next

      £ r » " peri-knl&wv'feBid near the spot where the fSit h * d taken place , and which was identified as baring belonged to the prisoner . Guilty on the Binonjoaats . To be transported 15 years . George ffcidall , 15 , was charged with having , on | he llta January , at Richmond , feloniously uttered a - eertsunferged cheque for the payment of monsy , « fth intent to defraud Isaac Ksber . M * . Cottesgha * was for the prosecution ; the Asoner was defended by Ma . XsowiES , ' : TUESDAY . MARCH 17 .

      f / Sefim fte Rm . Mr . Justice Brskine . ) ^ WSiian , WeUt , who bad pleaded guilty to a charge of riot and eoaspiracy at Sheffield , -was bronghtup this morning . Sentence hoi passed . " . / Jotepb Pike , 51 , pleaded guilty to a charge of havjjk feloniously Mlled and slain Wm . Shackleton , at JJotterham , in August last This "was not an aggravated eise , > od the Learnnd Judge sentenced the prisoner to ftm ^ sj" TrnpTien ^ mftTit . Jeh * Sofia * , 50 , John ManhaU , 48 , Thomas Pen-Serpe , 35 , Jvsepk Bemmsou , and Charles Fox , 23 , f tougrd -with rktaod conspiracy at Sheffield , announced , gosogh . their Geaasel , Utafe , in consequence of the de ~ o ^ nn mme ttria : tfae case of the Chartists trial yester-& )? , they wonffliifaart -GaUfer . to the indictment . Sententsd defeni > I . ^ t ¦ :-

      -' Jtaaes Prtspfe , eramcted of forgery on the Chelsea BMpHal , was brought up far judgment The prisoner's < J 6 ansel , - Mr . Wortlby , contended that tbe indictment did IK * sustain a conviction for felony . Considerable arpnr ent ensued . ¦ Bb Jtogb would take a note of this objection , sxi eoTtsidez it Judgment again deferred . -Stiert Cox , 33 , George Goltind , 18 , James LiTtr&rd , JXt Tbomas Povfc , 34 , and Joshua Clayfbrd , -were Ijffictedfar having , en the 12 th of October last , at -fibeffield , with a- great number of other persona , at jpssent unknown , armed -with pikes , clubs , and other tUeaave tr » apons , riotously and tumultuously assembled ftge&er , to the disturbance of the peace , and -with nnfcyfcBy assaulting John Bell , a sergeant in her ^ esty ^ B 1 st regunsnt of Dragoons , Thomas Matthews , * j » aceofficer , and others .

      ; Messrs . Bautes and Woetlet irere for the proiedSon ; and . the prisoners QaDind and Bartholomew Tgre defended by Mr . Mri ? HY , and the other prisoners by Mr . Wilkj ^ s . Mi . " Woktlet , in opening the case , said the prisoner-was charged , first , vrith conspiracy , secondly , inih riot , and thirdly , -with unlawfully assembling there were three- counts in the indictment It -aronld ippear from the evi 4 ence -which he irould lay before iSem , that on the night of the 12 th September last .

      a great Vdy of persons , calling themselTes Chartists , 1 B& togeaiET in Paradise-aqnare , Sheffield , about eleTen < FQpck 2 t night , and conducted themselves in a riotous iaduisorderly manner . The gas-lights -were put out Aones "were thrown—Windows were broken , and the iithatetants ^ were seriously alarmed . It -was found nscesssxy to call in the aid of the military , and stones irere throim both at them and at the police . The tBob afterwards dispersed , hut again assembled in a £ laee called Doctor ' s Held , and conducted themselves fp a cirrrilitr T ^ mT >

      gT-Several witnesses were called to prove that there -was -iriut st that time , and that the prisoners were seen ia ^ Jbj ^ a&rd i isQ nvtbing ^ ras advanced to h ^ g home ¦^ S ^ dBrgeof eonspnacy . " ¦ " After the prisoners" counsel had addressed the Jury , { hey vere all acquitted . - ' Jok * Mandai pleaded guilty to a- charge of irindo-wbreakmg . One-week ' s imprisonment , and to be bound jb his owe recognizances for £ bd , to keep the peace for twelve months . ' W&ian Ifortis , 29 , was charged with being at a eating at Sheffield , sa the 8 th of September , last , and

      in the presence and hearing of several persons , mali-JSossly and seditiousry taed » nii published the folio-wing « wds : — "If any magistrate dared to issue a warrans 4 t&i&s £ a brother of mine , and ; any person ( meaning a *» fitabte ) eouid be found to execute that -warrant , I * wld MsaB ^ n ate him by night or by day , and I -would adv rest until I had done so ; and is there a Tmm aoagyou { meaning the Chartists ) who can't make a feUde that will draw blood r—in open violation of the Jwb of the realm . The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty .

      Messrs . Baises and Wortle * appeared for the pro-SKntion , and 3 Ir . Watso > for the defence . Job La-sr lives at Sheffield . I ino-w thePig . Treelana . 1 have been there several tim ^ . The persons » ho used to resort there -were Chartists . On the night of the Sta of September , I was there . There were 680 or eco persons present . The prisoner ilartin -was present , and he got ^ into a kind of pulpit and began to address themeetiag . I recollect him stating that he iad been at Bradford and had served them out tfcre . Meaning , I suppose , the police . He said theynad Tomd two or three Md dead in the divch bottom . You , the meeting , may knovr how it was done , and they fere never been found out to this day , and it was bronght in ~ Died by the Visitation of God . " fle

      proposed a -walk , and afterwards to go to church , and if the gates were shut they -were not to look at each other as tiey had done cm the previous Sunday . They were to force ft open . If any person offered to prevent them bs iheaia retaliate . This announcement was received J * th loud applause . He <« aid that he had only two Brothers that he cared about , and ¦ whatever constable offered to apprehend him he would assassinate him ither by night or by da / , and his brothers would do the same . He then went home . Upon his return be aid there was not one amongst them that could not draw blood . Then the Chartists shouted and cut their quavers . What I mean by cutting their < juavers , that they threw their arms about Heafterwards proposed ttat they should have a silent meeting . ¦

      Cras ^ xamined by Mr . Waisos—I am a joiner by wQe . I have attended the Chartist meetings , but am Jfflt , nor never -was , a Charfist 1 have attended the wartjst aeetings in Fig Tree Lane about thirty times . 16 o aotknow what a spy is . I ^ ras tmpkiyed by Mr . "Syutsr to attend these meetings . ^ Mr . Watson— Thafs what I eaQ being a spy . —I t » ve never been a s ^ y at any other place , nor do I «* Peo one EhilHaf *» giving this information . In my JPymg excursions Tgot very friendly with Mr . Martin . lOo not know-what Mr . Martin ia I never spoke at «« Cfcartist meetings . Mr . Tlarttn spoke about two " ° urs , but 1 did not take anything down . He spoke a peat deal during those two hours . I do not recollect * a 4 he ever said at these meetings that they were ¦ KSing far Universal Sufeage . I listened all the time F *« y attentively . Ther nerw troubled themselves

      ? an explaining-the Chartist doctrines . I cannot say « &t itr . Martin was loudly , ebdered when he rose . _* hMnM Kayner , superintendott of poliee , at Shef-™ 4 . Knew that ChartM meetings were held in a ra ^ J Kg Tree-lane . - Remembered the 6 th of Sep-« roer , and in conseqaenee of tins etrenmstance , went raere about eight o ' clock in the evening . I heard a Pat soise in ths room . * l-liear ^ a ** i » v speakiBg , and * om what I bave htard of the prisoner ' s voice I hare fc& donbt it -was bis . I have heard him recommend « tem to go to eimreh on fee following Sunday ; and to ^ t a seat as ne » tije pulpit as possible . The nearer «« pulpit , he said , the safer wtrald 1 » the Beat He fapJested them to go t » Daisy Walk and tatSxn 6 * isie& .

      ** UKpose these -were understood to mean whiiw ^ a « iere had been several meeSngs of Chartists to the ctattB , and ilartin advued the people to repel force »» # Crce " ^ ll * Te te *^ him say of ths magistratee that " any magistrate dare issue a warrant against joe , or toy of xay brofiiers , or any policeman could be j ? ° » d to _ execute . _ tha | -warrant I . would assasanaw ^ i by day and by n ^ ht , and I would never rest until " ^ d done it" He adaed , * "• is mere a man amongst m who caanot maie » Made that wm draw blood /" vpoa which there m » a loui buzet of applause . WatsokThe that

      _^ ogs ^ xamined by Me — place I ¦ ait to is a yanlin pg Tree Lane . It was formerly » school-room . The public meetings of the Chartists ra * e been held there some time . There -vras a low T ^ -Bbout two yards Wgk ; - * B 5 M * ting Hg Tree Lane ««» the yard I was in . 1-betore the pulpit is about we middle of the side . af . the room . 1 fancy when he ^ as . sending in the pnlpit his face -would be towards ^ =- I had no policemen wifli me in the yard . He ^ speaking at a » time 1 was In the yard . ' j ^ J- J Tatsgx then addressed the Jury for the de-

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      Loxgetiiv . —In the parifih of Inkberrow ( Worcester ) fonr individuals were recently buried within the space of nine days , whose united ages amounted to three hundred and forty-five yeare !

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      cujnufocB . SLAY 3 SEY AT HOME AND ABROAD . ^ Oartijay ev « nitajc-l »» b , a Professor Thomson , from t ^ . Vaited States , ' delivered a lecture in tbi Seeetefistt Church , on Slafery an ft now exiBte in the Sctothern States of Amerkja , in order , as he saidj to ttaiat'tkfc people of this country in th * cause of slave 1 ; Theleeturer opened the meeting by prayer , and in the course of an able , though inconsistent lecture , remarked , that the' emancipation advocates in the Northern States had agitated 4 he question politically j ffUhQHt R »< y'g a ^ bj ^_ ji ^ J ^^ i ih > d-made it a reU-¦ gfy * quesbon , , anii l ^ pg « s * 3 lng Rapidly ; E * yuig eighteen hutflr ^ d S » eietiea who were determifieTT Ifti fl > rce Congrees , te - » short time , either to cause the Southern States to set the slaves at liberty , or to break up the Federal Union , and nm .

      claim the Northern States independent . He also stated that the slave holders had five thousand blackcoated aMpherdB in pay to keep the blacks in mental and spiritual bondage , and that none dared , upon pain of fines and penalties , to proclaim the right of the black skins to freedom—relating some horrid acts of Cruelty which he had been a witness to . At ih » olose , Mr , John Millar asked the lecturer by what meatrtj other than political ,: the slaves ever eould ~ be set free , a 3 he thought it was a political qnestidlttkltogether . He then replied that it was only tntongh the influence of the GoBpel onthe hearts of the planterlj' ^ the strong religious faejing displayed throughout the free states anithe world , that the

      slave advocates had any hope of carrying emancipation , and that no great question , even in this country , ever had been gained , but by sighing and pfraying . ; Mr . Alillaor again said , that he certainly meant something more than that when , in the middle of His speech , he talked of Britain backing out the Northern States in breaking up the Federal Union , and proclaiming their independence ; but be that as it may ; biw thing he was certain of ; the people of thia ^ ouJrtry had 1 wasted 'enough < of blood andtreasure akeadv in contest with Americaever to

      inter-, fere with the'laws ' of the - Union ; at the same time ; none could have a more ardent wish to see slavery abolished all- over the world than he had . By this timsthe would-be middle'class men present began to Bhew evident signs of impatience , no donbt dreading to hear of the bugbear , white slavery , at home ; and the lecturer said I see the meeting is getting uneiwy , lei us pray . After which the meeV ing broke upi the black sympathisers wondering at the mad Chartists questioning a gentleman so highly gifted as a learned professor .

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      ¦ = , ~~ r~—g .. ?— . . ~~ . . Extensive Robbebt on the Highway . — -On Thursday night week , as Mrs . Taylor , the ' wife of Mr . Taylorj theekinner , of Bidford , was returning home from Kidderminster , at about a mile and a half from Alcester , she was met by two ruffians , who knocked her down , beat her cruelly , and robbed hex of £ 262 . One of the fellows held her head on the ground , with a knife across her throat , while the other tore off the pocket containing the money . Child Exposure . —On Tuesday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , as police constable 42 E was going his round , he observed something lying on a dnngheap in Jockeys-fields , Gray ' s Inn-road . On examination it turned out to be a living male child

      wrapped up in a piece of dirty linen , and to all appearance not many hours old . : He immediately conveyed it to the workhouse , and the parish authorities are using every exertion to trace out the unnatural inothsr . . ^ poBtfANT . Decision Relating to the Law of Ijbel . —The law of libel has at last been clearly laid down , and the liberty of fcho press defined It appears that thelccfrporation of Chichester obtained a criminal information against the publishers of the Hampshire Advertiser , for libel , and the cause was tried this assizes , before Mr . Justice Coltman , who m his charge to the JurV , ; distinctly stated , thattW acts of * ublio-m $ n inigbt be folly disoossed—theV occupied a very different position in society to that of a private individual . ' After this definition : the

      jury immediately returned a verdict for the defend ^ ant . At the preceding assizes , in a similat cause M Parmiter « -., Coupland , " Mr . Justice Coleridge siid that U ^ was "neeessary for the pubUo interest , that flie public measures and the public conduct of publicmen bhould be examined with great freedom and the mode was b y the public press , and the press was a free press—no * a press free from the restraint of the law , but still a free press , as much as Emrlishmen were free : ' and also stated that the press might , " with the most perfectfreedom , even ^ th coarseness of language , examine into the Wisdom or folly , justice or injustice of their proceedings . " This decision wiH make sorue Of the " glorious unpaid " tremble—tbey have too ¦ long consoled themselves with the reflection , that the press would not expose their ^ unjust proceedings , through fear of an action fbrlibel . : •• . . ¦

      Dkunkejimess and Suicide . —On Friday evening an inquest . was held at the London Hospital , before Mr . Baker , the Coroner , pri v ^ ew of theTfeody of jHallpike , who died in that Institution , from the [ effects , of a wound inflicted on his throat by a razor . Tne liver and lungs of the deceased were described , to be in so shocking a state from the effects of ardent spirits , fhat i ^ was impossible the deceased ¦ could hays survived many days » but the wound infljet ^ d ty him was the immediate cause of his death . Ttf TJury returned a verdict o £ "Temporary iderangemenfc . " " ' : ; - :

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      The Dctch Ship Scheldt , going into Ascension , went ^ owajtith allJaeisaila set , Th _ ereTewescaped , and a subsenptron fqT ttese'Dutch aaifera waffm ^ by thtf « rew « ftheAfe / W / fe , si * ohadwitnesaedihdir distressv and evety manvlanded at SknoniSilEowji in possession of £ 2 . - rr .--:-.: . ; . ; •' , ^ ^ h ^ - ^ ii ; ' , - ^ , Aiiri » arB ^ Disr » jcT of Burghs . —Wb- UBderatand that Major Anderson , of Essex , who haeannowHied himself as a candidate for these burgh * at the next election , has just completed a most encouraging and satisfactory personal canvass in the district , the lesult of which leaves no room for daubting hia eventual success . . , „ ^ , ..-

      Representation of Woodstock . —It appears that this immaculate borough , which ought to have been placed in gchedule A , is to be handed erer to the rejected of Newark ^ Mr . Thesi | tBr , lTOthout even being contested by the Liberals . It ¦ & reported that the price is to be a set-off against the ' Learned Gen * tleman's professional « ervice 3 m defending the late Marquis ' s seat , in the House of Conimons , against his brother , -Lord John Churchill , Bn * for thia arrangement , it is probable the borough would have been put up to auction . : ;

      A , Claim ant ; fob the hand of Prejce Albebt . —Mant very STBANGB B , tfMLOtJB ^ a ^ e afloat as to the Wilton of a lady who is filled ih the Fiinch papers the Xountess Einilie de Resterlitz and ^^ who was lately detained at Calais , on her way to' England , on some pretence afifeistirig ^ he irregularity of her passport . . The lady ¦ in auestioii , it & said , made ho secret of h ; er- intimacy with Prince Albert , and of her object iff coming totlus fcpiintiy . ' The creatures of the , French King hearing ttiig , detained her at Calais , awaitingher Majesty's pleasure , but she has been suffered to cross the channel , and is here .

      At Derby Assizes the Rev . Owen M'Caul , a Roman Catholic priest , with three others , were found Suilty of riot and assault upon Alexander and ohnDunlop . The cause of the assault was sworn to be because "they were Orangemen from Brookborough . " Baron Pennefather sentenced him to three weeks' imprisonment and a fine of £ 50 , and to be imprisoned until that Bum was paid . Two of his companions were sentenced to three months' imprisonment each , and a third to three weeks' imprisonment and hard labour . .

      Dreadful Accident at LtANDiiib . -On Sunday last , Mrs . Williams , of Cefncethin , and heir daughter were returning from church , in s > phaeton with one horse , which was driven by their servant . When about one hundred yards of the bridge across the Towy , at Llandilo , the horse rau" awayi and the phaeton was so violently struck against the' parapet ; that the two unfortunate ladies wer * thrown from their seats ; and flung over the bridge and dashed to the rocky bed of the river , which at that place happened to be dry , a depth of nearly forty feet . In another instant the phaeton , ^ with the driver in it , were poising on vhewall , and the poor horse striving to extricate himself , but down the whole went with a tremendous crash . A great number of people witnessed the accident , and hurried to the relief of the sufferers .

      The first person pioked up was poor Mra ; Williams , quite lifeless . Her daughter was found to have received a severe contusion on the back of her head , aiid survived only two hours , in a state of perfect insensibility . The lad had fallen under the carriage ; he was severely injured , but we understand there Ha chance of his recovery . The horse was killed . The unfortunate ladies were the wife and only child of Mr . J . Williams , surgeon , . of Cefncethin , favourably and extensively known as Mr . Williams , of Glancennen . An inquest was held by Daniel Price , Esq ., ou Monday morning , on view of the bodies , when the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , in consequence of the dangerous approach to the bridge . " Deodand on the carriage is . * --Welshman . ' . " ' '¦ . " .- " " ' '

      Incendiarism . —We deeply eegret to state that , last evening . ( Thursday , ) an oat stack , belonging to Mrs . Pritcnett , who resides upon one of the Coppice farms , near this town , was discovered to be on nre . About nine o ' clock , her son perceived a blaze issuing from the bottom of the stack , and immediately despatched an express to Nottingham , for the engines , and the town engine , accompanied by Griffiu , and Meldrnm and Wood , inspectors of the night watoh , was sent with all possible speed . Upon their arrival , the stack was one mass of fire , and the nearest water ( a clay pond ) was distant 400 yards from the spot . The entire stack , consisting of 15 quarters of oats ( value £ 30 , ) which was to have been got in this morning , ( Friday ) was completely destroved . The

      utmost indifference was manifested by Mrs . Pritchettte son ^ who would scarcely afford any assistance to procure a supply of water . Had the instructions of Mr . Griffin and the police inspectors been followed , half the stack might have been saved . At twelve o ' clock last evening , the stack was burnt to the ground . A hay stack was not more than five or six yards distant , and the oat stack was fired on the side nearest to the other : if the wind had been in an opposite quarter , the hay stack must have been also destroyed . There can be no doubt that the fire is the aci of an incendiary . Mrs . Pritchett and family are highly respected , and they are utterly at a loss to assign any reason for this diabolical act . Nottingham Review . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ . , ¦ ¦ :... " ¦

      " MelancholV Occurrence at Denham Park . — Suicide of . the Hon . Edward Percival . —On the "night t > f- WcdBtBday week- » -inel 4 nobol y n ^ hrrfftoft , which haa plunged several noble families rnto a state of poignant distress and grief , took place ' at Denham Park , Bucks , about two miles from Uxbridge , theTaewly-qpened private asylum for lunatics , belonging to Mr . Benjamin Rotch , the late "Chairman at the Middlesex Sessions ! Every endeavour has been made to keep the 'matter as Becret " &i possible ; but pur informant , ;; froia the itiquirieshe has made in the neighbourhood , has obtained the follovringj > articulars , which we believe inay be relied oh : —For the last five or' six months , the Hon . Edward Percival , one of the sons ' of Lord Arden . a

      gentleman forty-five years of age ; has been an inmate of the above establishment , which ia most extensive , and partakes of every convenience Of a private residence . On the night in question , the unfortunate gentleman managed , during the temporary absence of his keeper from the room , which was at the top of the house , to reach the window " , raise it up , and cast himself therefrom , a height of about forty feet His ^ all was heard by the domestics of the establishment , who instantly ran out . iind raised him . in almost . useless state from the frightful injuries he had received , and conveyed him into the house , where he expired shortly afteirwards . Information of the melancholy occurrence w&s on Thursday for-\ varded to Mr . William Charsley , of Beaconsfield , the coroner for the eastern division of Bucks , who

      unmedjiately issued his warrant for the holding of an inquest that day . The mqiiest ^ ras held in Wfestat ^ lishment , and some idea of the secrecy observed may be formed from the villagers being unaware of the melancholy occurrence , until they were summoned on the jury , and then oily the jurymen were aware of it . / What the exact verdict returned was we have been unable to learn , but we suppose it to have been that of "Insanity . " Yesterday morning , at an early hour , the remains of the unfortunate gentleman wereremoved from Denham-Park , and conveyed in a hearse drawn by six horses , richly caparisoned with velvets and feathers , and followed by a mourning coach , drawn by ! four horses similarly caparisoned , to London for interment . The above , it is stated , is the second case of the kind which has occurred at Denham Park .

      LtBEL . —In the Secondaries Court , Friday , a Jury assembled to assess damages in an action for libel brought in the name 3 of Edward Lytton Bulwer and Lady Bulwer , but really by Lady Bulwer alone , against the publisher of the Court Journal . In a paragraph of that paper , on the 19 th October last , inserted among the Paris news , Lady Bulwer was accused of acting towards her brother-in-law , Mr . Henry Bulwer , at a party at Lady Aylmeri ' , in a manner to excite disgust in- the minds of all ' the

      English in Paris . It was said that when Lady Bulwer encountered Mr . Henry Bulwer , she placed her arms " a-kimbo , " and made-a ' series of grimaces " and "vulgarjjesturea / ' not equalled since the best days of Grlmaldi . " This story had been positively contradicted by Lady Balwer ; wtfOj in a letter to the Morning Pott , alsoeaid , she knew "the contemptible quarter from which -the journal got its malicious ¦ faleehoods . " 'A modified ' apology only was offered ; and the Jury gave the plaintiff £ M damages .. - ¦ ¦ - ; - ¦ ' ¦ •¦ ¦ - . ; ¦¦' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ • ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦

      Mb . Wakxet and the Pbess . —The question as to the right of . corohera to exclude the public from inquests came before the St ., Marylebone Police Court on Saturday , i ^ rising out pf [ a charge of aSsauH inade by a reporter named Jdsijns agaiiist Wiiliam Rodding . A parishheadle , forforciblyexcluding him wh ^ . . . V- ^^ # *' - ^ j ^ e' ^ W ^ t ^^ . 0 at * 'M 4 by Mr . Wakley , mfteDo ^ rd-rpom 6 f St . St arylebbne parish , on the 29 , th of February . The Magistrates on the bench were Mr . Twj ( ford , Loy ^ Montfort , and Mr . Conani . Mr . Chadwick Jones attended for the complainant , and Mr . Payne jfor the' defendant . It appeared that ther i beadle , by direction of the coroner , refused p' aupw , thei ' eporter ^^^ iio enter the rooin . Upon the Mter ; at « enipting ; t 6 do so , the defendant , struck hjum , three " or four times with his

      fist .:. The reporter suefceejjed'in entering ; by another door , when Sir . Wakley . directed him to be ejected , which was accordingly done . Mr . Chadwick Jones contended thai the coroner s , court wad an open court , at which any person had ^ right to attend : in former times ooroners'inqi ^ esta . were held in the publio streets . If the coroner were permitted to exercise . the powet of excluding , particular persons who mightbe obJio ^ F to Wm . it Woul d tend to the frustration of justice . . Mr . Payne , on , the other hand , cited authorities to show that the coroner had the power of , excluding the public , andj , the headle had acted in obedience to the coroner ' s directions . Mrl TwyforU was of bpuiion that the coroner had the power to exclude the publio . Whether he had in this instance exercised a Bound discretion was another question . How far the beadle had exceeded his authority in the mode of exclusion was the only point he had to decide , and he should defer his decision- upon it till next Saturday , when probably it mighVnot . be pressed for . .

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      . Tr * de ^ ^ ih"thb PoTtERiEsia very bad . One bwse > Jf / SMd- to htfm an immense sum due from Am « ca > } hat at preseofia fepBrelf nmiviifefeferttHl , 1 n- ^ ott « P ^ fesw ^ S ^ MasS ^ have entered ^ e a « nrtroWflirFoaery 4 irtrict > - Sta / firdshire ? E * aminefcur ^ SS ! : J 90 vtvfy y A ^ wiDowi named . KeUy ^ ie ^ oittl » 17 th of last month , ^^» t . h » a ^ e » ce .. arBjW 3 toooji ^ ne ^ Westport , m Ireland , a ^ tr-m ^ eargt l ^ riii ^ Aindl ^ ^ - ^

      children , grand-children , great-grand ^ i shfldeeui and pea . t-great-erand-children , to t ^ -ijk ^ gwfcrot twi > aundredand , eigBtee % .- :, : .. /^ ilMo ^^ -: ^ : The ViCAft of Monmouth , togeihei ? w ^^ ArJ panist and the pferk , were in the ve 9 % ' * i i eviottt ^ the commencement of last- Sunday * inoraini eerviee ^ when the large weight of the clock , weithmg-aiotti three dwt , " fell with a tremendouff crash , forcing in the ceiling of the vestry room , and then smashing i table to atoms , round -which the above-named pel * eons stood , without being at all injured . Had ^ ii fallen only two feet hearer the parties , all their" liVeii would have been sacrificed . ¦ ¦ '¦ *¦ ¦ , '• ¦ -, /¦

      Two EoBTpffiDESE SlaveSb have been , ' captueecL ono of ; which arrived at Simon ' s Bay , on the 22 d of December , witk about 720 . slaves , many * of whick have been given out as apprentice ^ . The agricu ^ turists , who camplained of a want of hands , werf at first highly dc lighted at this even ^ but their joy waa Bomewhat damped ty the Ch > vern < wr ^ pjpc 4 tuna *' tionthat every person who had received the appreii » tices should pay at the rate of £ 1 per head ,, ; :,. t Nenaqh , March 13 . —Forty thousand teetotaller ^ , with white staves and shamrocks on the top of thorny all wearing medals , are to attend in procession oif St . Patrick ' s Day , to bring in the Judges . A good band , &o ., to precede . Such emblems as decanters reversed , and porter quarts couthant , &o- will 'b * abundant . , t

      ^ The Families of Howell , Jones , and Robbbm ^ Mr . Walter Thorn writes us that he has receive ^ the 9 s . sent By . our London friends for these destitute families . He gave 3 s . to each of them , and" iit desired to return their blessings to the donors , iWj hope the families of these Ill-used' and ^ fBsd . 1 exiled men will not be suffered to want . Wj i received Mir . Thorn ' s letter last week t but no * til ^ the London papers were wrought oft' " ^> '¦ iEvem Sheriff Evans ' s serv » at ^ fe ^ e ' lowiip" ^

      nnde * 5 lhe effects of his enforced impri « mWifcm tifr House , while 5 attendinc upon hU i 4 trte ^ : « iid . hia " "iifefa despaired of . ' This is at « bu& Jta Q * " bad air " he was compelled to breathe while oonC fined to the cells of the House ; and an : opinion-off Lorid Cochrane is quoted , that "its atmosphere ir enough to poison the devil ! " Perhaps the reason is . that every hon . member contributes Ma share of miasma , while , as regards corruption , the principle of self-supply is constantly in action . —Satirist . .-. ¦

      We perceive by a notice in the last Gazette that the Earl of Cardigan ' s regiment , the 11 th Light Dragoons , is in future to be styled " Prince Albert ^ Own Hussars . " The Prince will , we suppose , aftelf this , be shortly appointed Colonel of this gallant regiment . —Sun . '' . ' . "¦ '' On Wednesday a woman residing in a cottage at Pelcome-bridge , near Haverfordwest , imprudently kindled a fire of wood on . the floor of a room m which there was no flue . The flame communicated with the thatch ; there beiDg a brisk breeze at the time , the fire caught two adjoining cottages and one on the opposite side of the ioad , all of whiolt with the entire furniture in them , were completely consumed . , ; » « > . -

      , Progress of . Temperance jn ^ Glasgow . —rThej must be few in number who , hare not heard of tho teetotal triumphs of Father Mathew ^ " in Ipelang * We were not aware till lately , ! however , . | hat * silftS lar spirit had developed itself so extensively in GbS ? gow ; but it-appears that its inflaence js filre ^ iy . b * i ginning to be broadly apparent , and that principally in tho class which needed it most , viz ., the . lower Irish . We believe that fully 7 , OPQ of aH classes have enrolled themselves under teetotal banner , audits effects are such that some hundreds of

      men , who were formerly a scourge instead of ableaaing to their own families , and who were thepest anj ) annoyance of the place , have turned of-er .-, » , new leat , and are characterised by an orderly aqd umkr ing demeanour . The Bridgegate , and domthof t ) w Wynds ,, where , so often ; as Satoufdaym ^ ji i oatne roundj " Greek met Greek * ' in themiul ^^ v ^ set of Irish labourers , has become comjpar » ti * elyqnjefe , and the scenes of Hibernian fun are no , more . —• Glasgow Herald . ; " " i

      Durham , County Defence FwNTD .- ^ ProceedB t f an address by Mr . Thbmaspn , 14 s . 2 d . ; by MA Loughton , Is . 5 d . ; from Moorsleyijs . 8 jd . ; AddrdP by G . Binns , * 13 s . 6 Jd . ; Three Friends , is . 7 Jdtj Rainton , by Mr . Storey , Is . Id ;; Easihgtoik Lane , Is . 6 d . ; T . Clark , 2 s . ; from Downs , 4 s 7 ; South Helton , by Mr . Mason , Is . ; Mrs . Littlehaifyi and Mrs . Mumforth , 7 s . ; Miss Smallwell , 6 a . 6 d ^ by J . Binns , 2 s . 6 d .: by G > Binns , £ i ^ - < m& from Rainton , 2 s . 9 d . ; W ^ eavere , Stafiord ' a fi | m 7 s . 4 d . ; from Durham , 2 s . 6 ± j '' '' cbtiifaffiW ^ fr , Jame ? ^ a £ rort ^ sSlS' Ja ^^ lSSttrSr ^ P ford Iron Works . fe . rflto . C . fi ^^ Ss . rProo ^^ after an Address by Qv Binnsf 9 fj : ;'« alph Wiitttf son , 6 d . ; surplus proceeds of a Chartist Bafl

      Hydrophobia . —A lamentable insiaace of tk * effects of thi * fatal malady has occurred within tat last few day * in the parish of Sandon . in this eountyl Mr . Robert- ^ Booker Day , son of Mr . Christopher Day , a rbspectable farmer , occupying Mill Hill Farm , waa ; in December last , in the act cf holdm ^ a stiok before a :: yard dog ; Upon the premises , wheA the animal snapping at it slightly "grazed the skin of the youth ' s wrist / He continued in his uw ' al health until Friday last , when' he felt a painful sensation in the arm and shoulder . On ; ' Sunday morning he refused all liqfiida , and-appeared agitated at to sight of his tea ; and on Sunday afiemoon hebii came so violent that < it was found necessary to ha * B recowse to a straight waistcoat . Ho breatlte ^ lni last on ilonday . —Chelmsford Chronicle . ?;»• ¦ ¦ . ¦ . \ . VMi < l . Rape . —At Winchester ' Assizes ^ r ; foarr . meii «(«« i

      ouna guuty ot a rape . Their names are damea Castleman , Henry Batt , Isaac Barter , and : OhArte bhrimpton . The prosecutor ' s name is Eliza Carter . The pariies were leaving Barton Stacy fair , in Jnl last ; » hen they arrived at a lonely place they thrOTq the woman down , cpyered her face , and each is succession committed the offence . Thei Vetidefwt shewed that the prisoners acted most cruel | y ' a ^ brutally ; one of them , Baiter , is a married man The Judge , inBumming up , said ho f $ i ln > sn ' d ; ^ permit the law to take ita course ; and conjuredtheB to devote the faw remaining days of their Hv ^ t < reconcile themselves to God . The , wretch <>< i " ¦ ^ treated the affair with levity , until sentence ' waj passed , by which they appeared to he thrown into iw utmost consternation , and they left the bar in a mosi agonising state-of mind . . ¦ ¦' . ¦ . . ¦'•/¦;

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      Leeds Corn Market , March 17 . —There art fair arrivals'of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s mac * ket , but very little of fine quality , aa part , of ihf vessels from the South have not been , able to make their passage . Barley has been dull 8 ale , andratkei lower . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' l ' : \ vfi ^ ir yi ^ i ^ t- 'i Darlington Markets ;—At oui ?' market on-Meii * - day last , we had agood shpplrof ; W 6 eat , whicfrsold at from 14 s . to 19 s . per bofl . !^ triter , Is . 4 d . perlfr . Potatoes , Is . 9 d . per bushel . ' ' - ; :. ; - ' -j Richmond Corn Mabkbt , March 14 . —We had good supply of grain in our . market to-day , whic was quickly bought up . Wheat sold from $ a , Tt 0 10 s . ; Oats from 3 a . to 4 s . 6 d . ; Barley , from 5 a . to 53 . 3 d . ; Beans , from . 6 s . to 6 s , ptfj-p ^ bUBheL ; r n .

      Liverpool Ck ) UN Market , Ma 6 c ^ 1 C- ^ A ' c ^| & of wind has brought up a numerotrs ^ eet ^ qf / veBs ^ during the last few . days ; increasiiig' ^ Me we ek't imports of British Grain , &c , ¦ to tfpwirds ' w 20 ^ 00 qrs . Wheat ; ' I ^ OOOr qrs . O # ts ; , ^^) D . OTB ^ pt Barley ; 3 , 700 sacks of Flour ; and 20 ^» -ldilKitf Oatmeal / ; . V . ''; . ; ¦ , ; / , ;/; . ' ; : ^ ' ^ y ^ hy £ ™™ $ M Skipton Fortnight FAiB .- ^ Th ^ j ^^ affif demand which we noticed last fprlaigM ^ g ^^ w checked advance of : prices conrWpondjugjtfiere ^ are fully confiriaad at this day's ^ n j fe ^ g Whujhiaf worn a languid and ; ^ clining , aw ^ aB ^^ 0 je | ito successive Liverpool laud 5 toph ^ eriQ ^ nar « Mi seem to have been affected ^ th . ^^ de ^ ineaj its commencement here , and beef mainow generally

      be quoted one halfpenny per Ib ^ i ^ w er tiw . it wa # , f fortnight ago , ,-6 jd . being the . topi ^ rice / or ^ thej ' pximf best stuff , exreept , io ? a ^ . te ^^ fui iiii ^ WW fat Scots , that customera wjyre met with , wh ^ oo ' ujfjKb them at or near , 7 d . Agreater mpffiii ^ iiuf ^ e ^ yjM never known than now pervade the mwkefc ^ f A » this market , the choice stuff io } i from . qa . to S ^ d but the qualities adapted to the general choiceof the working classes ; are absolutely unsaleable , an 4 prices , nominally ¦ down to . 4 d . per lb and undei y Mutton not much in demand , pr ice 6 jd . to 74 . . > v

      State of Trade at Notkngbam . —The Nettings ham trade still ' continues in a very depressed stw ^ Numbers are destitute ' of work , and men usually employed in 'the hosiery branch , may be seen pursuing the deplorable avocation- of dragginc & sawfcart through the streets , in order- to obtain a trifle , to support themselves and families . - -We- perceive ^ by an advertisement ^ that the Relief Fund ia coarpletely exhausted , and the Committee have closed their accounts . A correspondent suggests that fc collection be mad& in the various ehapels *» 4 churches , for the purpose of affording some furtlafc relief in urgent cases . We are quite aatethtfsaggesV tion will meet with due considet * ti * tf iis th » propet I quarfcerv--A ^ t ^ kamReview . : ' f ^ a < i ^ ¦ :.-. i ^ tV '• •;¦ ¦ ¦ " . ' ' :.- ^ v . i , - ; . - - /¦ , ; ..- ; j ; i / iv . vMiii . r

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      «¦¦* : a omnm , mmni 6 . :-.-- ^ fBtfyrerrMr . Judith &tendge . )~ - — - !; w& .-s - / . m&i ' Mmw ^^' ^ ur ,,.-.. -. ¦ ¦ l ' " . I ^^ T „ ^ ° " : !; W ' ^ ' ^^ fei ^ ir rli th « % Mm 4 0 f ^ - ^^^ m ** iir ^^^^^^ n ^^ i ^^^ i ^^ StS qam ^ ges for tSS&ffi-aBe ^^^' - ^ i !*^^*' ' ^^ ^^^ "Sp ^ t ?** 10 *^ 0 wo ^ ii carelessness and p ^ lto | fc |^ rifbwd £ 6 Qlt 0 theTpTaihtiffi which they 2 JsS ! LWw S ?^ e"t « wn P » 8 at ^ tt for the iijury 5 Sr ?* Sfe !» % ^ * U 8 is * Vnendraper resi-W w l » f ^ # { Mi . Lacey and the other defend-^ Fy&KW&tfyw ** & the driver of the Eclipse S 2 ^ 8 S ' = aSi ^ W receiteii was dislocation of his ^ S& £ & * « S ^ S ?««?« w ?* > toe tipim . Q / Yr «»^ ^ r ^ m . „

      ;« n , pre ^ t # | lm : « roWfoUowine his business for soine week ^ Ofvdiijfa taken away the use of ^ he thumb for ¥ * ' p ^»^ tfddressed the Jury for the defendante , urigmg ^ bat by awarding the plaintiff £ 50 they hadndt ^ otedmffgardly , but as fair and reasonable taen , sorry for th * iiajury which had been inflicted , and anxious to compensate him so far as money could do sft , for that injury . The Learn ^ Jddoe , in summing up , especially alluded [ to the . fact , thai the plaintiff had lost the iiseof his thumb daring the temainder of his life . Ihe Jury retired , : and on-their return in a few nnnutes , gave a verdiet for the plaintiff—Damages , fifty rounds . . h ~^ '

      ¦ , ' V DOE DEK . HARLAND » . HABLAND . ' This cause wab fixed for to-day , and a Special Jury were summoned ; but on account of its probable great length , it was made a remanet . FAIR 1 SUBN AND OTHEBS « . EASTWOOD AND ANOTHER . Mr . CaBS ^ WBii was for the plaintiffs ; Mr . Alexander for the defendants . Theaotion was in trover , brought to recover the value of a steam-engine , and the maohinery in a mill ——¦ ¦¦—j i

      " - — -- --- " * ** Huuotouviu » my UlJfcllltlllSJ VtCaG the ex « cutors of the defendants , under their bankr « P ^ J ... .. ] ¦• • ¦ ¦ .. . ' I ; -. ¦"¦ :. - . - ¦ ¦ Aftejir some of fft ^ witnesses had been examined , an arrangement , was come to between the parties , bywhickaiVerdictwas entered for the plaintifis , damages , ^ 581 * ihe amount of the valuation of the < teaj ^^^ . i «> b ^ erj , JeM , ^ in ^ to Tm defe » danU to move the Court from which the record proceeds , to alter the verdict , on the ground that the plaintiffs could not recover in the form of an action in trover .

      ¦ JVi HIRST v . HOME AND ANOTHER . Messrs . Cbesswell , Alexandeb , and Hoggins were for-the-plaintiffs ; Messrs . Dundas andCleasby for the defendants . The action was brought to recover £ 90 , the double yalae of a farm which the defendants held over , after the expiration of the term at which they had notice to quit ; The parties reside at Huddersfield , and the farm is situate at Cumberworth . For the defendants it was urged that one of them , Mr . Henry Home , had given the plaintiff notice that he was no longer jointoceupHfr with his brother John , of the farm in ques-* i ° ? J ' aild the action having been brought against thenr jointry , n could not be maintained . Verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 90 .

      NORTH V . KAYE . Mr . Hoggins was for the plaintiff ; Mr . Hall for thfe defendant . The action was brought by Mr . North , of Almondbury , near Hudderefield , to Tecover compensation for injuries inflicted on his wife by being bitten by a bulldog , belonging to Mrs ; Kaye ^ who is a sma ll shopkeeper in that town . From the evidence of the surgeon , it appeared that the plaintiff had been severely bitten in the lower parts of her body , and that the defendant refused to give £ 2 in payment of the surgeon's bill . The doe was

      proved'to have been a ferocious animal , and that the defendant had been previously warned to keep it mh&led . There was no defence to the action , '' out Mr . ttlAUt , addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages , urging that the defendant . was a poor wojqan , having her livelihood to obtain by keeping a 8 h £ f » - and that * his being the case , they ought not to give heavy damages for the misfortune which her dog had Occasioned . -- The Jury returned a verdict for thephiintiff , dama ^; e » £ 8 . '¦>• ' ¦ ' ^ . 'b > 'Court adjourned shortly after seven o ' clock .

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      NISI PRIUS ^ UR J ^^ ^«« fe ^ r ^ CH ABBggg ^ gn AND ' Aj ju jj | gjfec ==: i- s ^ = r - ¦ ¦ ¦ -= : ^ M ! flM ^ N ^ ' > - ^* " ^ > ' . - " i- "' 11 Mb . AjjB ^^ p ^^ Il fy ^^^ - a ^ : !^^ ubson , appearedior th ftplaiBl ^ i ; Mk . C »? sswell , Mk . Watson , and Mm ^ & ^ jot the ^ ejendants Ihe action was one of tresjMfc for breaking down a fence and wall ; but % Jtea | lque 8 tion mike ease Was . whether the defendant hiA ' .. Ti ^ Vit « i * -m-a NISI PRlUS ^ OURTgi ^ fl ! »^ £ ^

      across the px » p | rty of th f fejiifififf . The property in dfepute , wnas ^ oft ^ Qfar ^ , oMcalfedthfll 5 meTop J Farm , and tne othejr JelJyiiall'Farm . Thaionaer belonged to Mr . Bowes , " ag ^ Htieman resdjh& near ' York , and theiJ&Wto . ^/ Sayille'i i& 4 &ffi $ ! & tion was whelher 3 ^ s . lleyn » d a j 4 ghtfeob throusK the pioperty oT the plaintiff , the LaaVT ^ jfFftrmVin order to reaoh a field dcljnpied by her M tenant to Mr . Savilje . ' J : ' . ' . ' . . ... '"' . " " . */ . " : ' ,. V ., '' " '' The correctnessQ ? thepfwiavine Dee ^^ i ^ Ted , ' the tre deUi

      spass was ^ By . M ^ H ^ dajLgwrnock , wno had resided ^•^ vj ^ yi ^ M ^ A ^ ailf ; Hill . * On the . 24 tb . J ^^ T ^ S ^ SS&tld During the tiffle ; fihe , residea ^ wltHgbe ^ raihersh ' e had never seen the tenafatsof'Lane Top Firm drive eatUe through ihe jm mwx ^^ W ^^ ii ^ tenant of Xane fop Farm 1 j he drove tfis cattle Jnib the Foul Jng fle ] d > y , ifo * aiUi ( at- ' r ^ , ' f ^ i . -. % meadow ^ rass T ? as grbwifig , " an < l when it hid been cut by the Upper . Ing . , ;• ¦ " " , _ . '' Cross-examined—Sheiremembered ihe plape nineteen years ago , and washow tw ' e ^ tY- ^ q . ye ^ w of age . When asked whether" the » fence j » tw ^ en tlie ; Foul Ing and the Tjpper ; Ing j ? ar , wR , i > f , o > fiajdetaWe langth , the vntoesi . hesitated . for * ldnjttim «| until the quftstaon was repeated sevieral "ttoeBV ^ when she replied in the affirmative . . Shewent to Atnplerthbrne school , which Js hear Lane ^ To |> >^ u ^ . ^ I , - ' Several witnesses were called , fl ^ e general

      character ot whose evidence was to shew , that there was a footpath ,, but no ' righfofroad fdr Carriages and cattle—that the jtehai ^ ts of the jira . which ihe defendant now occupied intariabW Een ? iheiir produce by persons who carried it on their , backs instead of in carts—that the tenants . of the faxnviwhich the phunliff occupied had often prevented persons from trespassing in Fo lly Hall Lane—that cattle ; had only been sent to water down that lane , to . lbe ; Fall Ing by sufferance , and similar f « t 4 , to'attw ' that the right of rpM-didnot ^^^^ oWerjof Xane Tojp esUte . '' ¦ \ , ' ?' ¦ ¦ n 7 Tl " ^ - - - - The witnesses wew fiWe , fly very old ; nerW ^ aW their tasjtjmo ^ w a « iM ^^ to circumstances which occurred so long ago ^ imd entiraly uninteresting to the j > uhlio . One of these was an old soldier , named William Kershaw , whose stentorian lungs , and the readiness and accuracy of his answers , caused much amusement in court . Even Baron Gnrney ^ we should Jhink , would have been satisfied with him . He certainly " spoke up" with a

      witness ^ _ Mr . Cbesswell , for the defendants , called several witnesses to prove that , twenty or thirty years ago , cattle went regularly down Folly Lane , over the green , and through a " gap stile" which was in the fence , into the Foul Lane , and that manure and lime were also taken by thia means , but that rails were placed across during some portion of the year . They also" stated that they assisted in repairing the lane for the owners of Lane Top Farm . Mr . Alexander having replied , and the Learned Judge summed up , the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , with nominal damages . The Court rose shortly after six o ' clock .

      SATimDAY , March 13 . ( Before Mr . Justice Coleridge . ) CARLISLE V . PBOCTOB AND OTHERS . ( Special Jury . ) Messrs . Cresswell and Watson were for the plaintiff ; Messrs . Dundas and Wighwian were fox the defendant * . - The action was brought by Mr . Johnson Carlisle , of Etton , near Skipton , in Craven , against ibe defendants , Mr . Procter , his son . and another individual- named William Lowcock , a labourer , to establish hU right to 4 piece ot land , which vat formerly part of "the . Green " " of Etton , and -which he had inclosed under the authority of a presentment of the Manor . Court Leet , and the coiiBentof the Lord of the Manor , his Grace

      the Duke of Devonshire . The defendants alleged that the Green had been nsed as a public highway fottha last twenty years , and that all the Queen ' s subjects had a right to pass that way ; they had , theBe&re , thrown down the fence erected by the plaintiff to inclose the land in front of bis house , and pulled the gate off its binges . Witnesses were called on both sides , and their evidence -vras very contradictory as to whether the public had . constantly travelled over the Green or not As in all cases of this description , the evidence was of no general interest . The case , however , was shorter , and therefore less tiresome than the majority of those ofthe same class . When the defendants ' j ape had closed , the Jury , without requiring Mx . C » e » 8 * ei < l to reply , immediately returned a verdiciiof * the plaintiif , with nominal damages . .

      HARRISON v . STTCKNEY AND OTHERS . ( Special Jury . ) ShMHt ^ iKifiBartiisr iKSfHrrosaar cfiwnrw waafbr tha plakttUF ; Mesai * CftEsswux : Whmw

      Man , and HildyaBd for the defendants . ¦ "„ Mr . K . Harrison is a gentlemen of large lauded possessions , residing in Holderness ; and the principal defendant , Mr . Stickney , is the cammissloner under a local act for draining the low lands in Holdemees . The action iru biotight on-aToplevin bond , the real question in ¦ diiputo being whether Mr . -Stickney had acted in ¦ trict aceopdauee witii the provisions of the act under which haaw > -appainted commisBiooeri and , of oourse , this pomt depended almost entirely on ttie construction afthe dausej of that act . The coist « f drainingUie low lands in fioldemesa had been above £ 88 , 000 ; this coat was defrayed by a tax on the property , levied in proportion to the improved value which the land hatf acquired by drainage , and thei quota due from Mr . Harrison was about £ 4 , 000 . He objected "to discharge this

      sum on several grounds , the principal ot which appeared to b « that Mr . Stickney borrowed large sums at the ? bank of Mesws . Bower , Hutt < m ^ and Con-of Beverle y * . p * riag five per cent' interest , ft * Xbk purpose of carrying on the vrorks , and that lto > levled * Hros 8 tar * at Uie conclurion for the-whole am < xmfc , Instead of levying from time to time a rate fo » thai purpose . The arguments were purely legal , and uninteresting . At the close ef the case , the Learned Judge directed the Jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff , and also desired them specially to find whether Air .- Harrison , by his attendaDceat a meeting at . which . thejn % ject o * bowis ? ed money on interest was one of the topics -of disaussionY his first objecting and afterwards assenting toifie course of proceeding , he did not , so far as he could , legalize * , the measures which Mr . Stickney . adopted in that respect

      The Jury , after a consultation , replied in the affirmative . ' - " - - A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff , to which Mr . Cresswell tendered a bUl ' of exceptions . The matter will therefore be fully argued in the Superior Courts . - ¦ : ;*

      BROADLBT V . STICKNEY AND OTHERS . Another Special Jury having been sworn in this case , the facta were shortly stated by Mr . Cresswell , and being nearly similar to those given in the above report , the Jury -without hesitation returned a similar verdict

      TALBOT C . WALKER . Mr . Csesswell , ( with whom was a Junior Counsel ) appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Dundas and Mr . Martin -were for the defendant The declaration stated that the defendant had falsely and maliciously , and Without any reasonable and probable cause , caused the plaintiff to be apprehended and taken before Joshua Ingham , Esq ., a magistrate , on a charge of having entered his direllin&housa . for an unlawful purpose ; and that the plaintiff was ' . dismissed , the defendant having refused to appear andsu&fantiatethe charge -which he had made .

      The Learned Counsel , in opening the case , said that the plaintiff was a journeyman maltster residing at Dewsbury , and tbe defendant a -wealthy maltster at Mirfleld ; and the former had to complainjof one of the most unjustifiable perversions of the law bjr ,. the defendant , by -which he sought to inflict a grievous injury qn , his character and to take from him the . means of obtain ? ing an honest livelihood . The plaintiff waa . formerly in the defendant ' s service , vrho had a housekeeper named Harriet Vause , who possessed great personal attract tions ! From tbe jealousy of J * It . Walker , he discharged ' the plaintiff from hiaservice . On the 6 thofOctoberv last , Mr . Walker being-goinf over to Leeds took Mist Tause ani her sister in fchegig ; on the return of the two latter ( having left Mr . Walker « iLeeas ) theymettbeplaJn ,-tiffTalbot , wljo 1 accompanied , them home , andtookteai Walker returned . whilst he rvfas at the house , but said nothing on theJ subject Talbotandacompanionsleptthat

      night at Walker ' s ionae .- Nothing further was heard ofthe circumstance until : tjja 15 th , October , \ rhea a constable -went to the plaintiffs lodgta ^ , about mid-, night , and took him to : the lock-up . Nexi morning he was taken before Mr . Joshua Ingham , a magistrate , on a charge of having been found in the dwelling-house of the defendant on the 6 th , for an unlawful purpose ., To support this charge , the only evidence given was , that between 7 and 8 o ' clock on a Sunday evening , Talbot was seen silting ia Mr . Walker ' s house , together with , his housekeeper . , . . ' Ii . In defence , the prisoner said that ho wenH » pay h 4 addresses to tbe young ^ -woman . The case was adjouraet for him to produce evidence , when Mr . Walker abanl dohed his charge The Learned Counsel called upoa the jury to express by . their verdict thesonse which they entertained of a rival suitor 'thus maliciously depriving an iEdnstrious young man of his . liberty to gratify his personalfeelings o ? revenge .

      ^ Mr . Dundas . addressed tne jury for the defence urging that the defendant bad not acted from malicious motives , but , bond , fide , as the master , of his own house and exercising the right of only acting for preservin g order and propriety . . . ; .. " ¦ --. " _ The Learned Judge summed up , when the Jury re- ' feed , and , after a short absence , returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ § 0 . " ' , '; ,, --. L " i . ¦ * * ~ - *~ - ¦ - -

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      THIRD COURT . ¦ ¦ -- { Before-&S 7-A 1 mitntiifff Esq . y QrC . }' " . - . - ,-CASB OF STAB © 1 NGF - , ..,... ., Jtenge Walto * , > 2 Zj -w ^« h « ied wift BaviBrm ^ hcwosly Blabbed Wm , H ( rfW » an , at Leeds , with intent to do him some grievotu » 4 » dily harm Mr . Wm . Marshai . 1 . wasftoftSe proeecution . The prisoner is a stuff weaver , and-jnet with the prose * eutor at a public-house , Tvbwrt a quarrel took place respectiBg a wager . The parties went oct to the stxeet ; to fight » and m ihe impound the proseoutor iUKxatea THIRD COURT .

      we prisoner aown . After he had got-np they prepared for a second roun ^ when tbe Prisoner seized a knife , and rushing © n Alto ^ prosecutor , he stebbed hun in theeide , betwixt theMthj and « Jtth rib ? , xnflicting a dangerona wound , from Which the blood flowed profusely- A Burgeon was seat for , who prooounced him to be in imminent danger , aadfor some time his life was despaired of . The Jury acojHfcted the prisoner of the assault with intent , but be was found Guilty of an assault ; To be imprisoaed one year to hard labour . . .

      1 coTMSGAHD ¦ wooirmxe . ' . ^ Fronds Terry , 46 , was charged with having felonionsly wounded Jacob Cawood , at Leeds , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . ' Mr . Hill and Mr . &Ioj < teith were for the prosecution . The prisoner , had been lodging with his brother-in-law , m St . James ' s-street , Leeds . It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner bad wen previously charged and convicted of wilfully breaking windows in tne house of his brother-in-law , Mr . Jacob Cawood , for which he was sent to prison . The jaatter to afterwards compromised , but nevertneiess the prisoner bad threatened that he would ^ ? l ge < i on the P ° secutor . On the 26 th *> f October he went to the prosecutor ' s houseHe met

      . t 7 ! K Pr ° ^ Ut 0 r T ° ? - > ' n J ld Baid ' " ri 1 be the death of thee before I die . " The prisoner then went into the house , where he found Mrs . Cawood in the kitchen nursing a child . Scarcely a word had passed between them , when the prisoner struck the prosecutor ' s wife a violent blow on the left ear with r \ £ j , ^ a momeilt afterwards Jacob Cawood , ( who had left the house for the purpose of fetching a pitcher of water ) came in , when the prisoner said , t %£ l come foT money > and money I will hive , or I "wiH be the death of you both . ' The prosecutor replied , " I have already given you the last farthing 1 have , and I have -nothing more . " Upon this the prisoner took up a coai-rake and struck the

      prosecmoritjftwood ) a violent and most inhuman blow on hia head . The blood gushed out , and he bled very profusely . A policeman was called in and the prisoner was taken into custody . On hia way , with the police-officer , to the" prisoner , he saidj" Revenge is sweets Just before he left the house , Mrs . Cawood said , " You have killed my husband ; " to which be replied , "Aye , I'll give thpe as much . " The prosecutor has sustained very severe injury , and has been ever since unable to attend to his business , being yet in great danger . [ The prosecutor fainted immediately after giving hia evidence , and it was not until

      he was taken out of Court that he recovered . He was again brought into Court , in consequence ofthe prisoner having expressed a wish to ask him some questions j after he had asked two or three questions , he again fainted . The coarse manner in which the prisoner cross-examined the unfortunate man . excited the disgust of every person in Court . ] The prisoner made a i long rambling speech , in which he said that he and his sister had fought every other day . He denied that he had struck the prosecutorvrcith a coal-rake , and said that the injury was received in a scuffle , in which Cawood fell with hia head against the fender . The Jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm .

      The Court sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fifteen years , observing that had the Jury found him guilty with intent to murder , his life would hare been forfeited .

      BTJRGLART . John- Stockdale , 23 , was charged with having , on the 24 th of January last , committed a burglary in the house of Mrs . Wilson , of Se&croft Hall , near Leeds . Mr . Wortley and Mr . Pulleinb were for the prosecution . . . Ou the night of the 25 th January , the house was made safe , and next morning it was discovered that an . entrance had been effected through the housekeeper ' s room . A quantity of property was stolen , including a mourning ring , belonging to John Wilson , Esq ^ which was afterwards offered for sale by the prisoner . Guilty—To be transported for ten years .-

      FOURTH COURT . ( BEFORE ROBERT ALEXANDER , ESQ ., Q . C . ) Robert Foster , 15 , was charged with the manslaughter of a boy named Robert Wilkinson , at Northailerton . The prisoner pleaded guilty . Mr . Tophas , who appeared for the prosecution . stated the circumstances . The prisoner and deceased quarrelled in the street at Northallerton , and after placing themselves in a threatening attitude , the prisoner stepped back and threw a stone which hit the deceased on the head . The boy was so seriously injured , that he died soon .. after , .. Xhajtrisoner wgj recommended to mency by the prosecutor on aecowa of his extreme youth ; a testimonial was « -W frfrnifgd in from a number of . respectable" persons resident at Northallertan .

      The Court , after afteling address to the prisoner , sentenced him to be imprisoned in solitary confinement for one . week in York Castle . CHARQE OF FOEGKRi ' , ' .. John Holroyd , 23 , and Frederick ffofroyd . 21 , Were charged with uttering a forged indorsement upon a Bill of Exchange for the payment of money , purporting to be the indorsement of S . H . Smith and Co ., with intent to defraud Edward Wood and Josiah Bates . Mr . Baihts said that the prisoners had been carrying on business at Halifax , and the prosecutors were merchants at Leeds . In the month of October Frederick Holroyd went over to Leeds , and selected goods to the amount of £ 480 , for which he agreed tq pay cash . The goods were forwarded , and on the 16 th of October th . e prosecutors received a letter

      in the handwriting of Frederick Holroyd , and enclosing a biil for . ± 300 , payable three months after the date , and signed "S . H . Smith aad Co _ " which signature was charged to be a forgery . It was addressed to Thomas Barker and Co ., Glasgow , and endorsed " S . H . Smith and Co ., " which was also forged . The letter stated that the firm of S . H . Smith and Co . was highly respectable ; but on inquiry it turned out to be purely fictitious . . Sir li . Lewik here rose tor the prisoners , and said that he had no hopes of succeeding in obtaining a verdict for his clients , and therefore , with the permission of the Court , they would withdraw their pieas of Not Guilty , and plead Guilty . The prisoners were very respectably connected , and having been unfortunate in business , the ; had been induced to commit this forgery .

      Several recommendations to m ercy were put in . The plea was then altered , and the plea of Guilty being entered , they were each sentenced to two yeaTB ' imprisonment in York Castle . Robert Clark , 51 , was charged with the manslaghter of Mary Clark , his wife , at Hull . Mr . Baikes and Mr . Bain were for the proBecntion . The prisoner was a man in very humble circumstances , residing at Hull . He was charged with the manslaughter of his wife , who it would appear , had beeu a person mach addicted to intemperate

      habits . The prisoner in a moment of irritation , caused by finding her intoxicatedj had struck her a blow and thrown her with her head against the moulding of the door post . The vessels ofthe brain bfcing * xteuded at the time , the effects of the blow were such as to produce death . The prisoner had also struck her over theshoulners with a stick , which waB hroken from the violence of the blows . The prisoner had given a neighbour and also the police a full detail of the injury whioh he had inflicted on his unfortunate wife .

      After the case had occupied a considerable time the Jury acquitted the prisoner of manslaughter , and found him Guilty of an assault . To be imprisoned for one month in York Castle . EMBEZZLEMENT . William Greenwood , 34 , was charged with embezzling certain sums of money at Wakefield , the property of Mr . Fernandez ; a second count charged him with _ 8 tealing the same monies . - Mr . Wobtley and Mr . Burrows were for the prosecution ; and Mr . Bliss appeared for the prisoner .

      The prosecutors , who had been for many years extensive corn and wine merchants , at Wakefield . in the year 188 $ commenced to manufacture worsted ' and yarn . In 1838 , the prisoner was taken into their employ , and engaged in the warehouse in Kirkgate , Wakefield . During the course of the past year , in consequence of the prisoner having made some sales of wool contrary to . the directions of his master , in future he was forbid to make any sales whatever . The prisoner , subsequent to this date , sold three lots of wool , for the following amounts : —To Mr . David Pickard , of Crigglestone , £ 9 7 s . 6 d , ; Mr . George Pickard , £ 1 5 s . ; and Mr . David Pickard , of Ossett , £ 4 . The receipts for these sales had not been accounted for .

      The Gounsel for the prosecution made his election to proceed on the felony , when Mr . Bliss raised an objection that there was no larceny , the monies never having been in the possession of the prosecutor . . The Court held the objection to be fatal to the indictment , and the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Mr . Bliss said he had a good defence on the merits .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 21, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2676/page/7/