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1 EEDS BpOlF ^^ E ^ IONS . Oa Slpna ' ayIfsttheseSesaoss oommeaced before IUszrt Baysbs Abmstbosg , Eeq . £ he Recorder , i » bo took Ms seat ui nine" o'clock ^ The following jeaflacnen were sworn cm flie Grand Jury . Mr . Josepn Ma ^ oa Tenant , Torenafe Mr . WilhimThoniasBolland . Mr . WUHamThackrey Chadwick . Mr . Datid Cooper . - Mr . EdwardHaffifer . Mr . George Kosterfliist . - Sir . Thomas Mafinriiur . Mr . Thomag MeniwL . Mr . ThomasMoflCTv > , ' : Mr . AbrahamNajlor . iIr ffi- ? ? 6 Baiter Pearson . Mr . WiBSm Prince .
Mr . John WHKamHead . Mr . Richard Riptey . Mr . Benrv SfocteSmifh . Mr . David Underwood . Mr . JohnW « adiBgkam . r Mr . John Wilkinson ; - Mr . John WSkjnson . The RECORDER , in addresong the Grand Jury sjrressed Us regret that the calendar wss unusually gg » yy « there being 70 prisoners for trial at these Ses « oa *; but , withone exception , all the ^ aeesjwere of the usual description , and that exception w&sacase of catting and stabbing , with intent to kill , wound , aeon , disfigure , or do somsgrierou * bodily harm . M was , by a recent Act . of Parliament , that power was given to the Court of Quarter Sessions to try
astSar cases ; and he expressed a wish that the Xcjpslatere would pass slaw , defining such cases as lie Magistrates should retain at the Sessions , « nd such as they should send to the Assizes . At jresent there -was no demarcation , and in some instances the magistrates sent more serious cases to "ibe Sessions than others sent to the Assizes ; but the Magistrates must , in some measure , hare discretionary power , because eTerycase depended upon tie provocation used and the violence inflicted , wMth the magistrate must nave the power of decidingiipon , la the case to whicnb-enaa alluded , the law was imperati ^ that if the parlies were convicted they should be transported for 15 years ; and -when the punishment was so serious ^ he expre ssed a ieare that the offenders should be tried Before a Judge at the Assizes .
STIUUKG MOSEY . Mary Sanderiand , 19 , was charged with stealing ane sovereign and one half sovereign , the uroDertv of Wffiiam Leadbeater . ^ Mr . Km . conducted the case for the prosecution sad Mr . Ddjmus for the defendant - - teadbeater was going down Kirkgate when the prisoner seized his nat from his head and ran away with it up an entry . He followed her into a house
when hating made his entrance , the prisoner and another locked the door upon ><* m and took the sasmj out of his pocket . Leadbeateris an old man , and being a shoemaker had come from Farsley to &BY leather at a currier ' s shop in Kirk ' gate . James Child had goneto the Brougham ' s Arms , when he saw the complainant and recdred information of the robbery . He went to the house as described by Leadbeater and found the prisoner : but act the money . Verdict— " ! Sot Guilty . "
STEALIXG FIJLES . JFSTtam Thornton was charged with stealing Piles and steel , at Leeds , the property of Benjamin Sott and others . He pleaded Guilty . Several wit-3 * sses spoke as to his character , and the respectability of Ms family . The Recorder said in cousideraaon of his having been in custody since the 10 th of JaB-Bary , andbaving bad a good character he would pass a light sentence upon ton . He was sentenced so two months imprisonment in Wakefield .
STEALING MOXET . Abraliam Crowtlter , 16 , was charged -with . steaKng aaoney , the property of AnnBvyater . The prisoner pleaded Goilry to the charge , " and the Recorder said that having been convicted of felony on a former occasion , the best thing he could Ho for him was to remove Mm from Ms present associates . He was "Sansported for " Seven years .
ETEAXIXG MOXIT AXD A PURSE . Asm , Broomhead was charged with stealing money pad a parse , the property of Geo . Longsta $ who in m Feb . last had gone with the prisoner to " Gould-3 Bg * Bmldings , - "" and was robbed of 8 sovereigns and some silver , iongstaff stated ikat heiad been with the prisoner at the above mentioned place , that ae went up stairs with her , that she tad her arm round Mm , asked him what he was going to give her , and on Ms replying that he should give ner ^ othnif , she went down stairs and said to Langstaff ' s adend who was below that he was wanted up stairs . In the mean time the prisoner decamped with the awney and could not be found till ihe following weiring . The money was never afterwards beardo ? George and Richard Stead who ¦ were with Longstaff corroborated his statements . Prisonermade no defence .
The Recorder in summing up the evidence said tiere was no doubt as to the identity of the prisoner and the fact of the robbery . The Jury returned a Terdiet of Guilty . Her aunt spoke to her character ; ike had only lately been disobedient to her parents and this waster first offence . Sentenced to three months imprisonment .
STEAEfG COTTOJf . _ EHzaJbeth Pickering , 40 , wife of Christopher Pickering was charged with stealing 100 yards of eoitop the property of Samuel Hay , in January last A witness named Beacock . stated that he saw the prisoner take up the calico from the shop door of ilr . Hay , and followed her . -He asked he what she lad got and fonnd it was a roll of calico . He advised tsei to take it back again ; she ^ aid no , and wanted ana to take it He took her back to the shoD with
cue cotton ; a policeman was brought and the prisoner given into custody . The policeman asked her tow she came came to take it away . She said the sid lad had tempted her ; and that she only intended to take a j > iece off for a shift and then to send it back 3 gain . "V erdict , Guilty . She had been up upon a sharse of felony before , butnot convicted ; also for an aesaolt . She stated that she was innocent of any Sormer felony , and as for the assault it was upon a « r husband-who had been dipphig another woman Sentenced to " Three months imprisonment "
8 TEAUXG SILK . Ellen BJakey , 25 , and her husband Tliomas BlaJcey , were charged , the former with stealing a n ^ -iurity of silk the property of Francis Ellington Wright , and { the latter ) with receiving the same , i . uovang it to be stolen . A long discussion took ? lace as to the liability of the husband to answer the starge of receiving the said alk , his wife havine stolen it . . ilr . Dcxdas objected that as the wife was not -aole for the receipt of stolen goods brought by her Imsband , neither was the husband for stolen goods frTJught by the wife , they being , in point of law , the fiane person . The objection was overruled . Mr . Hall stated the case for the prosecution , and Mr . DrsDAS for the prisoners . It appeared that 4 » u the 2 nd of February , tbeprisoner , Ellen Blakev , ireptto the shop of Mr . Wrightlinen draperin
, , i > ng < rate , and asked to look at some laventeen . Mr . w right showed her seven or eight pieces : she asked * j * price of some of them , and while Mr . Wright tod his back turned , he heard a noise as of a mstSng < h papta-, and on turning round he observed she had her hand under her cloak . She asked a few other questions , and then left the shop . Mr . Wright tesired Ms brother to follow her till "he examined -rbetlier the silks were right ~ He followed her him-~? lf , and taking a policeman with Tnm found the prisoners in WMte Cross Yard . He charged the yrisoners with thefrlony , and gave them into custodv Uiher -witnesses corroborated the statement of Mr tt'r ight ; both the prisoners were taken to tie prison , ^ h en each gave Mse names . The male prisoner look ^ iolicemanMnndeD to a shade in another yard wh ere alk was depoated .
Mr . D . Ds 0 ja made an able defence , in wMch he argued that the male prisoner- was not -guilty , of arriving the Bilk as stolen goods . But if any surjaises were to be taken into consideration , the jury oaght to surmise that the man waslat its door ready » receive the silk . In such case , which was more 5 hau probable , the principal felon would be the hus-3 and , and the wife , in that case , would be freed Sop any charge . Then as he was not charged with !> eing the princi pal felon ; the case as regarded both pnsoiiers would fall to the ground , Sereral persons ^ oke to the excelleut character of tte onsoners . " 1 he RrconDEB , m summing up the endence , said % t the Jury ought not to mdeeof thecass bv
snr-^ f f ^^ M ih ^ " sra 8110 evidence that the iosband had been ready to receive the sfflc There was no doubt as to flie felony on the part of the ^ pman That was tie question for the fim cormder at on oftbeJ ^ and ^ en as to whea ^ ihe husband tad received the sBk , knowmg it to havel ) een sto £ . V >* character waich bad been giren ihejri ^ ers ^^ J ^ - ^ «^" ?« fi ? n . ifthere lere any doubt m the minds of the Jury . The Jury after a . few minutes consideration , returned a . serdict of Gsilty against the wife ; Not Guilty against the iusband . .. .- - - - Mr . Wright" the owne ? pf ihe ^ , stolen . " WopergrdeV ired to recommend the prisoners to the merw ' * iie Court . - ¦ - . .... . ^
The Recorseb . said thenusband had in some respects acted improperly , Qtoughjbe ^ jaa ^ of opinion that ke had sot Tecezred the silk as . ' s ^ len . ^ operty . The a&ntence Of tie Co ^ rit KSHi ftx ) wjfp -Y 8 S - " $ *^ t she { fee imprisoned , ^ rlfii auSlabonr , Jbr two months . " " ^^ m ^ mfyxt . £ sjriiosi ^ - ^ > .. l ^^ ^^^ ^ 0 hir S ^^ t Mating Jm *^*^ : ^ Q ?^^ iffM ^ - Joini : < Mr ; TT _ v , ¦ t nn ¦ nyijj TTn Muinlnrtrfl ' ffift - ^ Aka' tnt ; fhe - ^• ^ proseaitpt ^ IJbe ^ isbner -ltad ijee ^^ W ^ Mf *^ M *^* l ? J ££ t& : re montis . Anippren-| brf | r »® 5 B 8 dtikatft tg ^ or 3 ro ^« a abellaaiweasecretea ontiiefienji 9 eis aii 5 Bu ^
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cion &lling upon tbAprieoner , ajwatch -was set , and the prisoner was « eea and taken in . the act of remo « ng &e property . , He « aidj in hi * , deience , that a man who bad been working at Mr . Gay ' s fat some yearsbad promised to give him . a pint of beer if he would sell the articles for him . Verdict—Guilty "Imprisoned Six Months . "
STEAUXG HORSE BLINDERS . TTionuu Dixon was charged with stealing a pair of horse blinders , theproperty of William JPawpett A servant of the said W . yawcettiaid that lie had taken Ms horse to a shade at the Barrack Tavern , to feed him , that he had taken the bit from the norse's mouth , and retsrned to the bouse to get a pint of beer . When he went back to the horse the blinders were gone . He went down to the Golden Cross , leading the horse by U \ e topin . He asked the waiter ifhe had seen any person with a pair ofbBnders . The waiter said that hehad been asked to
bay the blinders : he desired to look at them . Prisoner want to bring -. them from Mr . Hezmalalsu ' s yard . In the mean time the driver of the ' cart had made enquiry about them at the Golden Cross ; and . t&e waiter went and found the prisoner . He saw him with the blinders in his hand , and also saw him throw them over some palling ? . Guilty . The Recorder said he had bees charged with a similar feloiiy about a year ago , and he tad directed bis acquittal He feared be had taken too favourable a view of the case on that occasion and that he had not taken warning by the circumstance .: "Sentenced to three months imprisonment and hard labour . "
STEALING A BROACH , &C Maria Parroi , 19 , was charged with stealing a handkerchief , the property of Elizabeth Grant ; also two aprons and a pair of scissors , the property of l £ lizabeth Lake ; also a gold broact , the property of John Atkinson . The prisoner pleaded guilty to the latter indictment and was sentenced to " three months imprisonment and hard labour . "
STEALING A HANDKEBCHIEF . James Zeathead , 16 , was charged with stealing a handkerchief the property of John White . It appeared that the prisoner and bis father bad gone into the shop of the prosecutor to buy a handkercMef when the prisoner took one from the counter and put it into his pocket . On being asked about it he said he had bought it and paid for it Guilty . " Imprisoned for two months . " STEALING A BASKET OF POTS . Steplhen Jones , 17 , was charged with stealing a basket of pots , the property of William Pickles . He was seen to take the basket of pots away and a policeman found them in bis possession . Guilty . — " One month ' s imprisonment , the last fourteen days solitary confinement "
STEALING MEAT . Samuel Fenion was charged with stealing meat the property of William Marshall . The prisoner pleaded Guilty to the charge . The Recorder in passing sentence , said he had heard that Fenton was in circumstances of great destitution at the time te committed the felony and he believed it was true ; that however was no excuse for the act : although be should take the circumstance into consideration in pronouncing sentence . The prisoner was sentenced to "One Months Imprisonment" The prisoner thanked the Recorder for Ms lenity in a very low tone of voice , and seemed much ashamed tbat be should have been brought into such a situation .
STEAL 1 XG PORK . John Jackson , 17 , was charged vrith stealing pork the property of Joseph Butler . It appeared that in February last , the prisoner vrent to Mr . Butler ' s shop and asked the son of Mr . Butler how much steakes weTe a pound . The boy answered 6 d ., when the prisoner with an oath made off with 5 lbs . of pork . He was fully identified by two boys ¦ who were in the stop at tbe time . The " pork was not fcrund . Gmlty . — " Imprisoned three months . "
STEALING LEAD PIPING . James JPdlker Denlon , 33 , was charged with stealing 58 ilb . of lead piping , the property of Samuel Dayson , at Sheep Bridge Mill , near Holbeck . It appeared that the Mill in question tad been the property of the prisoner ' s father and otters ; and there being a flaw in the indictment in consequence of the present owners of the mill not being properly described j the prisoner was acquitted .
STEALING S HAT . John ULrojt , 26 , was charged witt stealing a tat at the London Tavern , the property of John Kirby . It appeared that Kirby tad been buying a new tat wMch he left in the above-mentioned Tavern , in care of tbe prisoner . Prisoner put on the new hat and threw his own away . He immediately went out and was seen with Kirby's tat on . He returned in a few minutes and was without the hat It appeared be tad made away with it wMle out Guilty . " Imprisoned three Months . "
TUESDAY , APRiX 10 . stealing children ' s clothes . Jane Foster , 22 , was charged with stealing several articles of children ' s wearing apparel , the property of " William Lister , with wtom sne had been servant . She bad taken tbe articles to the bouse of an Irish woman , at " Woodhouse-Carr , named Mason . The girl seemed exceedingly simple , and foolishly said in her defence that another girl had stolen some money from Mrs . Lister and she had forgiven her , and she thought she might take the things . Guilty . " Imprisoned one month . "
STEALING SHOES . Samuel Hartley , 38 , was charged with stealing a hamper of shoes and boots , the property of Roger Paiey . It appeared that in November last , Mr . Paley sent a tamper of boots and shoes to Stones , the carrier , in the Black Bull Yard , by an errand boy , who asked pr isoner if he knew where Stones , the carrier , lived . Prisoner asked if he was going to send that hamper with tim . The boy answered
yes . Prisoner asked if he tad any thing else to send . The boy answered "te bad . " Prisoner told Mm tbe carrier was just going and he must be starp and bring wtat else be had and he would take the tamper , to tbe carriers . The boy aceordingly gave the tamper to the prisoner wto decamped with the booty . The hamper and a quantity of silk paper , and the invoice of the goods were subsequently found in the vaults of St . George ' s church . Guilty . — " Imprisoned six months . "
STEALING WEARING APPiREL . _ Robert Thompson , was ctarged with stealing wearing apparel , the property of WUliam Robinson . He had pledged the articles and the pawn tickets were found on Ms person . Tte pavfnbrolver conld not swear to tbe identity of the prisoner . —Not Guilty . Ihe prisoner pleaded guilty to another indictment vrtict was preferred against Mm tte previous day , and was then sentenced to " Three Months imprisonment" - STEALING WOOL . Robert MMurn , 45 . and William Coales , 3 " , were Vtf-JM ™ ^ rtb stealing wool , tte property of Samuel Mirfield and anotter ; and Jf ' iUtam Edmondson with receiving the sameknowing it to be stolen
, . Mr . Baines conducted the case for the prosecution ; Sir Gregory Lewin for Edmondaon and Mr DuNDAsibr Coates , who as well as Mfflbum pleaded Guilty to tte same indictment on tte preceding day * rom a discnsaon that took place among tte counsel , it appeared ttat Coates , one of the prisoners , had offered to give evidence on behalf of the crown , whicb was objected to by Sir Gregory Lewin and Mr . DpDAS , on tte ground that te had already pleaded Guilty The case tad been before tte Grand Jury who tad found a true bill , and the prisoner tad pleaded Guilty . To admit Mm therefore in eTidence , was contrary to all practice . _ . ^ r"J jAIS 1 £ ? P lied that , in point of law , the pri-*« Dot
^ beYnTaS * ™ aait > ^^ > The Recorder admitted that , in point of law , he S ] rw £ ^ ^ evidence o { tbe prisoner Sn ^ n ^ ****** & * eounsel for ^ Proven ! bon to withdraw his daim for tbe evidence , as it would give nse to a very pernicious practice , and tte ^? er ' it th 0 DsllTirl ? ¥ ? ' » ot yet legally , convicted . It was certainly 1 ) y mere accident he tad not pronounced sentence last iigtt Mr . Baines withdrew his claim . ^^ S - ^* P ^ was ^ a ; pa * to the bar , SSSS ^ S&K *™ «** K speared from
tn \\ l yZn ' 7 TS P oucemen James and Ctild went to the house x > f Edmondson on the 22 nd Febrnarv ssSfflMeiasa-iisS were examined who spoke to the identity of Ihe sacks , as , being the property of Mr . Hobson ? Sff Gbegoby Lewis in the defence laid great stress on the ^ that Coates had already pleadefg ^ tyS the mdictmenL- and that there was every probability of the sacks having came' from Coates in the wav whigh , thffpnsoner stated . He called several witnesses ; who spoke to the respectability of Edmondson ' a character ; Not Guilty . . He was immediatel
y discharged , ^' : ; , —* -:. Goaiet . axii MB&itrn were then placed at the bar , "to JeceiF © the sentence of the Court . Several persons gjwe the prisoner Coatesfan esceBentcharacter . The ttBcotoJBR , in passing Sentence , said that this was ° ne ofthe most important tajfcs . tnat bad been before we Court since the commencement of the sessions ; »« H » considered that eoates , b « ng a confidentiai rS ^^ " *?* " » ° * , « % BMe . ; Tney'Vere tol » im-PW ^ kaa : months , for theffirst { adictmeot , and ^^^^ "J' /^ the second . JThe case excited much wSSSfc SnsjS . ^^ . ^ ected that tiey
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'¦' ¦' .. ' ' 8 TEAUXO COALS . ; . > jV ' - '; ' : ' " -. . - ¦ > Henry Brumly ua&James CAajxlipv were charged , the first with stealing , and the second with receiving coals , tte property of a Mr . Thorp . The particulars of the case appeared in our paper a week or two ago . Bramley pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing ; but Chapelow denied that he had received ) the coals knowing themtohave been stolen . They were both found guilty and sentenced each to " six months ' imprisonment" Chapelow had been convicted of a felony about fifteen years ago ;
- STEALING CARKK . . JFm . WhMaktx ^ / Tra . Craveiii T / tomas Hammond and John Pickering were charged-with stealing eight casks , the property of the Aire and Calder Company . Messrs . Baines and ^' obtuby appearedfortheiproseendon , and Sir Greooby Lewis for the prisoners . It appeared that in the month of February last the prisoners had stolen eight casks from Leeds Island , and sold them to a Mr . Roundhfll . The casks were missed from their plac »» , and the prisoners ' wereseen rerndfing them in a boat They were brought to
Crown Point , and led away in a cart to the house of Roundtill , who bought them , for nine shillings each . Several witnesses corroborated the statements of a mau called Grant , who saw the persons remove the casks , and followed the cart to Houndhill ' s bouse . The case occupied a considerable length of time . The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . Several witnesses were examined us to their character . WMtaker pleaded guilty to a former conviction and was sentenced to transportation for " fourteenyears . " The otters were imprisoned frir six months each .
WEDNESDAY , April 11 . STEALING A TOP COAT . Thomas Ripley ^ 18 , a notorious fluef , was charged with stealing a top coat , the property of a Mr . Watsou . He had pledged the coat , and the ticket was found in Ms possession . Guilty . « Hiree months imprisonment to hard labour . "
STEALING HATS AND GLOVES . Thomas' Clarhson , 17 , was charged with stealing two hats and a pair of gloves , the property of Jamea Lucas and another . Clarkson put a great many questions to the witnesses and cateeMsed them as if he had been a counsel of long standing . He was ctarged in connection with nipley , mentioned in the last case . Guilty . " To be imprisoned three months . "
STEALING BOARDS . Jlllliam Reynolds , 24 , wan charged with stealing four boards , tte property of JoUn Walker . "A witness ' saw the prisoner removing the boards from Mr . Walker ' s yard , and asked Mm what he was going to do with them . " Damn it , " said he , " say notMug about it , and I'll take ' era back again . " The prisoner was convicted of a felony iu 1832 , and bad been in custody for the like offences several times since then . Guilty . The Recorder said that had he conducted himself with any thing like propriety from tbe time of Ms former conviction , he ihigtt have been disposed to regard the present charge with lenity ; but he had a very indifferent character since that period , and the best tMng he could do for him would be to send Mm out of the country . " Transported fourteen years . "
STEALING AN IRON HOOP . Joseph Child , 20 , and fHllium Jacobs , 19 , were charged with stealing an iron-hoop , the property of John Atkinson . It appeared trom the evidence that tbe prisoners tad taken the hoop away irom the yard of the owner , and had bowled it to the shop of Mr . Barker , a blacksmith , to whom they offered it for sale . It was one of the kind used for the rim of a cart-wheel . Barker bought it of the prisoners . In their defence they said they had only taken it to play with , having found it in tte street . Guilty . Both prisoners had lately ; been convicted of felony . Child three times , and Jacobs twice . They were each Transported Fourteen years .
STEALING A WATCH . John Gallagher , 46 , was charged with stealing a watch , tobacco-box , and some money , the property of Lodge Culvert 11 appeared that Culvert was at a public-house , with the prisoner in December last . Calvert afterwards went with the prisoner to Ms own house , where he said he would give Mm some beer . Prisoner went out for some beer , and was a very long time in coming back ; meanwhile Calvert fell asleep , and slept for two three hours : when he awoke , his
watch and tobacco-box were both gone out of Ms pocket Prisoner said he had onl y done , it iu a joke . The money , however , ¦ fras missing , and "was not recovered . Information was given to a policeman , who found tbe prisoner with the watch iu Ms possession . He did not , however , deny having the watch ; and said at the time he had merely taken it in nonsense . There were several persons in the house at tte time , and both the pr isoner and prosecutor were so drunk as scarcel y to be able to know wbat ttey were doing . —Not Guilty . —He was immediately discharged .
STEALING BOOKS , John Ing / iani ) 18 , was charged with stealing two books in February last , the property of Willium Buchan , of Quarry Hill , Leeds . A policeman saw the prisoner taking the books , and immediately took him into custody . Prisoner at the time begged pardon , and hoped they would forgive him . —Guuty . He also pleaded guilty to a former felony iu 183 « . Imprisoned Six Months .
STEALING ilONEY . David Jiooertoum , 22 , was charged with ' stealing money , the property of Robert Whittaker . It appeared from the evidence , that Whittaker went into Mr . Beecroft ' s shop a few Saturday nights ago , for the purpose of buying a watch . One was shown him , for wMct be offered 50 s . Mr . Beecroft refused to take it , and WMttaker left the stop . The prisoner said to WMttaker that he was acquainted with the watchmaker , and could get the vratcli for tim for 50 s . 'WMttaker gave Mm the mouey , and te went into the shop and offered 50 $ . for the watch . Mr . Beecroft again refused to take it , and prisoner left the stop and ran away . WMttaker lost sight of
the prisoner in a few seconds . He was subsequently taken , but tbe money was not found upon him . His mother , taster , and brother-in-law stated that te was in his mother ' s bouse on the night in question , from half-past eigtt till after ten o ' clock , wMct was tte time he was said to tave stolen the money . The Recorder , in addressing the jury , said the- first question for them to determine was whether he intended at first to defraud the prosecutor of the money . If te did , it was a felony ; if he did not , but afterwards , being in possession of the money , conceived the intention of running away with ' it not
money , was a felony , because he was emploved by tte prosecutor . He also commented on the testimony of the prisoner ' s witnesses , wMch was not free from contradiction . The jury , after a consultation of a few seconds , returned a verdict of guilty . Tte Recorder said no charge tad ever been known against liim before ; but it was a great aggravation of Ms crime to bring witnesses to swear what tte jury considered altogether false . In consequence of that aggravation , lie found it his duty to sentence him to imprisonment and hard labour for the--space of " Oneyear . " . " .-. " . .
CUTTING AND STABBING . Benjamin Hliite was ctarged with cutting and stabbing James Askham , with intent to doMm some gr ievous bodily barm . It appeared from the evidence that Askliam and the prisoner were together at the King's Arms Inn , on a Saturday night m January , and that while in company , together with other persons , Askham dropped a sovereign on the floor . He requested that the door of the room might be shut and that no person might be allowed to go out . Prisoner stooped immediately afterwards , and then said to Asktanx , " Thou does ' nt mean to say ' that I ' ve got . thy sovereign . " Askham replied "that be was as hkely as any person else . " Prisoner then bptran
to pull off his coat to ngbt with Askham , and was consequently turned out of the house by tbe landlord . ' Askham -went out almost immediately after , and the prisoner again said to Askham , that if he meant to say that te had taken his sovereign , te would cut bis tver out They began to fight , and WMte tad a knife in Ms band with which he inflicted several woundsupon Askham . Askham wasttea taken to a druggist ' s shop . His wounds were thought to be serious ; and te was immediately taken home in a coach , and a doctor was sent for , who dressed his wounds . He was not able to appear before tbe magistrates at the time that WMte was committed Mr . Baines stated the ease for the prosecution and
bir u . L . EWB ? lor the prisoner . The facts of the case as stated above were clearly proved , and after a few minutes consultation the jury returned a verdict of Guilty of cutting and stabbing , witt intent to inflict some grievous bodily barm . Several witnesses appeared to give the prisoner a character , who testify-« d to his being gensrally of a very quiet disposition The Recorder in passing sentence said that the case was a very serious one , certainly the most seriou s case that had come before the jury , at these sessions Had this verdict been given under other circumstances , it might have brought the prisoner to an
ignominious death . He had acted in a way wMct excited considerable suspicion against him whether he was guilty of any intent to injure or not was best known to himself . It was no justi fication in thus making a cowardly attack upori a man under a pretence of- fighting . He had been guilty of a crime for wMck he was liable to he transported for -fifteen yeaw . He should apt , however , loose sight of the fact , that the jury had recommended him . to mercy ,, and he shotild al 8 € (; takemtoconsiderabontw go 9 ^ character . He apust , however , visit the . crime wrfa . some severity * ndiiie sentence ofthe Court , was ; itat he be impri ' soaed witt hard labour for One Year . r rrr r
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herdaugtterv Thete wefe-- ' -three indictments preferred u ^ aiustlier , to each of wMch she pleadeJ goflty . ; The Recorder ^ calling Mrs . ; Steard , said that she was doubtless equally culpable with tne prisoner ; and had she hot been there as a wilness against her , she might probably .-navebeen indicted herself . The ^ Jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and « b ' e " waji sentenced toTwoMdntbi' imprisonmerit on the first indictments One ; Month pn- 'th © second , and another Month on the third .
PQCK | 5 T PICKING . . Sarah Alexander yras chartred with picking the pocket of a man named WifliamSisgons . It was stated in the evidence that Sissons was talking fo a woman in the street , and that the prisoner came up to Mm and took Js . 6 d . from his pocket : they then ran ; away , and he ran after them without calling for any asswtauce . He ^ 8 aid : if they ran to Hell he would follow them . He overtook them jwi before they went into a dram shoo , and thev asked him
whether he would go in and have a glass . He said no , he cbttld : do : without ; aiid walked about the door foip a quarter of aa hour . He then fpiind apoliceman , and gave the priooner" into custody . He said he was' married ; that his wife was at "Drypool , " and that wMle he was standiug talking in the street to the women , the time passed away very pleasantly . The Jury fouud a verdict of " Not Guilty . " Besides the cases above mentioned , the following were also tried .
Transporlcd / oi ^ fteei ii / ea ^—Slephen Matthews , 21 , and James Linley , 21 , for stealing shoes the property of John Simpson ; Imprisoned four inonths , —J&mes Robinson , stealingj at Leeds , a pair of clogs , the property of Eliz . Ellison ; also a ' . shawl and a handkerchief , the property of Sarah Nicholson ; also ajair of shoes and two shUUugi , the property of Margaret Kendell : also a shayl , the property of Harriet Riley : also three napkins and a drinking glass , the property of Richard Glover ..
fiiiprisoiied three months . —James Outhwaite , 28 , stealing cloth , the property of John Williamson . Imprisoned two » to ; j // is .--Robert EUistoh , stealing a penknife , theprpperty of Joseph Shepherd . Owen Bowen , stealing , two spades , the property of W . Thorpe . ' . " .. ' i The following pleaded guilty to felonies , and were sentenced accordingly . Mary Turpin , onemonth . - ^ John Mawson , three mpnths .- ^ Thomas Tpmlinson , seven day $ . r ~ Gpo < Thompson , three months . —Lydia Millar , one nwith . —William Emsley , seven days . — Elizabeth Garside , fourteen days . . No Bills werei foundagainst James Lay ton , George Eddison , Benjamin Tillotson , William Ayrton , Sarah Howarth , Isabella Willingham Garside , and George Simpson , all charged with felonies . Neither against Thomas Ellis charged with a misdemeanour . Benj . Robinson and William Harker were respited till next sessions .
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Respect for the Truth . —My friend has a great respect for truth , said a Baronet one day to a gentleman . So I perceive , was the reply , ¦ " For he always keeps at a most respectable distance from it- " ' ., . . ¦ - . " . ¦ ¦ \ ¦ ¦ Loncje . vitv of Sojlpiebs . —There are those still living who have conversed with a Chelsea pensioner , and beard from his lips an account of the execution of Charles the First . The man was very old when he told the tale to one who is now an old man himself , but was then iu the prime of his youth ; land he stated that Ms mother held him above the crowd , he being a child , so that hemight see the sight And the effect produced on him was such that he could never afterwards forget it . And we have now in the house two who can look back
upon a hundred years , and yet are comparatively robust . Thpmas Rosewarren , one of the light horse , has turned Ms lO 5 th year , and is yet as well able to give the history of his early life as any person of half his age . And--Willia » n . Taylory now in his 103 rd , is scarcely less intelligent . It so happens that Taylor has never seen much active service . He was trepanned in 1762 , and compelled to enlist in the Attol Highlanders , wMcli became afterwards the 77 th regiment of foot , but he never went abroad with it ; and having taken service for three
years only , or till the conclusion of the war , te obtained his discharge , not long after the peace of 17 G 3 . He afterwards enlisted in the 104 th , and came eventually to serve in a veteran company , from which he was invalided in 1802 , and lias since inhabited the Hospital . Something he might have to say , if you could lead him on , respecting a mutiny that broke out at Portsmouth in 1763 , where it'is understood he played a conspicuous part . But of operations in the field he knows nothing , never having , had any share in them . —Gleig ' s Traditions of Chelsea College .
A Child Carried Away by a Baboon . — Flocks of baboons are known to infest the gardens hi the ( suburbs of Calcutta . A native woman of Soorah left a child about two months old on a little bed in htr compound , besmeared with oil ( a native practice ) , and went away for a minute or two . No sooner had she left the place , than a large baboon jumped from a tree hard by , and , taking the infant in Ms embrace ran up the tree again . The cries of the child immediately brought the mother to the spot , with many others . It was plain the child was being well treated by the baboon , for he haudled it with much kindness . Spine plantains being placed under the tree , the baboon came down and secured the fruit , but did not let go his hold of the childalthough
, the people bad hidden themselves . Soon it grew less sceptical , and , placing the child on terra firma , ate another plantain . At this moment the people appeared and shouted , thinking to terrify the monkey from his charge ; but the ; animal was not to be so caught . It seized the child again , and leaped from one tree to another , and so on , pursued by the people , screaming and shouting , for a quarter of an hour or more . The babobn was then observed to leap over a tree without its victim ; this was alarming and puzzling , for none could guess what had become of the child , until they heard its cries . It was then found , uninjured , embedded in the rotton trunk of the tree the baboon was last seen oa ,- ^ Oriental Journal for January .
. The Queen's Boots . —The small but ancient village of Ketton , in Rutlandshire , was the property of Richard de Huriiet , so early as the reigu of King Stephen , from whom it became the property of the heir to the Gainsborough estates . Its tenure fe by Knight ' s service , and it is a curious fact that the Sheriffs of the county collect annually a rent of two shillings . from the inhabitants , pro ocreis regince which can only be translated " for the Queen ' s boots . ' This may , perhaps , have been sufficient in early times to supply the Queen with boots for a year , though now it would scarcely furnish wax and ends , even if queens were to make their own boots according to tlie fashion ofthe dav at that time .
? ADOEKiNG A Badqek . — . The following remarkable occurrence , were it not well attested , would be received with considerable doubts ; but its accuracy may be relied on . Mr . S . Sly , of the Yrtite Hart Inn , Weymouth , had a large badger , which he kept in a box in a . room in which a dog of the mastiff and bull-dog cross-breed was also accustomed to remain . One day the dog with the feeling peculiar to His species , evinced eager symptoms . of a desire to enter into a ; contest with the badger , and after great exertions ,: succeeded in tearing open the box in which the latter was
domiciled . A battle was , of course , the immediate result , and it would seem from the consequences , that the victory had decided in favour of the dog , wMch was discovered , although very much lacerated and quite exhausted , anxiously sniffing up the chimney . Search was made for the badger , but without success ; and it was hinted as a possibility that . the gentleman might have taken shelter in the chimney , as the only secure retreat from his conquering antagonist . On examining the cMmney the conjecture was found to be correct , from the quantity of soot that had fallen down . How to dislodge the badger was the next question . The only expedient seemed to be that of lighting a fire wMch was had recourse to , and in a few minutes the badger made his appearance on , the ton ofth e
chimney pan , fxom which , elevation he fell , and pitched on the roof of the dwellingrhouse . The peculiar formation of his legs preventing his making any progress there he met with a second fall , and pitched in the garden , a descent of about thirty feet , Without sustaining the least bodily injury from his aerial peregrination . This subject will ' afford subject for much curious speculation to the spprtiug -naturalist wto . will experience some difficulty in accounting for the means by which this untoward quadruped could ascend a chimney , by no means small in its dimensions , and nearly forty feet in beignt . —Sporttug Magazine .
Ancient Costume still svvtrivim . —In one of the subjects from the chisel of some sculptor , who must have hved a thousand years before Christ , 1 found > proof of flie extreme antiquity of the cog . tume wMch the Greeks now wear . -A man is represented stepping into a Qhariot , having a fosteuella in large plaits or folds , precisely tke same as worn at ^ e present day . The Romans also adopted something of the same description of irarment . from the waist to the keees ; the fbrnr exactly similar , but , iBsteadof being only of white linen , was n « rnnn fi « 3
of various materials , and > frhat it lost in simplicity it gamed-m ornament , ^ this piece of draperyV wrththe < Jree % has hot varied , it ^ appearsj > om what it was three thousand years since ; and in Scotland is still to be found la the Highlands , of vaHpus-coliouTed plaid . - Served Residence in Greece and Turkey ,
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The following beautifully appropriate lines , from Blaekwobd , yrerej > reaent € dtoMis . Waiiworth , byane » teemea ( riendofth 3 t inestimable patriot , her late husband , the day fpUovving his funeral : — ? - - ' ¦ .. ' . ¦' ¦ : .- ' : ' ¦"¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' '' ¦ ' •• ' . ¦ : ¦¦ ¦¦
THE LAST JOURNEY . Michaud , in his description of in Egyptian fdneral procession , which he met on its way to the cemetery of Bosetta , says—• - ¦ " Theproc «» iqnwesawi » ssedBtop ^ and aometime * receded a few atepa . 1 was told that the dead stopped thus before the dours of their friends , to bid them a last farewell , and before those of their enemies to effect a reconciliation , before they parted for ever , "—Correspondence d'Oitenlypar MM . MichaudefPoujoulat . Slowly , with measured tread , Onward we bear the dead To his long home . Short grows the homeward road , ' ¦ On with vour mortal load . Oh , Grave ! we come . Yet , yet- ^ ah ! hasten not Paat each remembered apot Where be hath been ;; Where late he Walked in riee » There from henceforth to he . Never more seen-Yet , yetrr-ah ! slowly move ; Bear not the form we love Fast from our sight-Let the air breathe on him , And the snn beam on him ' . Last looks of light . Rest ye—set down the bier ; One he loved dwelkhere , . Let the dead lie A moment that door beside , . . Wont to . fly open wide Ere he drew niglf . Harken ' . —he spealcetb . yet— - " Oh , fnend , wilt thon forget ( Friend more than brother !) How hand in hand we ' ve gone , Heart with heart linked in one—AU to each other ! "Oh , friend ! I go from thee , Wherethe wormfeacteth free , Darkly to dwell . Gi y ' st thou no parting kiss ? Friend ! ia it come to this ? Oh , friend , fareweU . " Uplift your load again , Take up the mourning strain ! Pour the deep w » fl ! Lo ! the expected one To hia p \ ace ^ aaseth on—¦ Grave ! bidhirahai . Yet , yet—ah ! slowly move ; Bear not the ? form we love Fast from onr sight-Let the air breathe on him , And the snn beam on him Last look ' s of light . HeTe dwells his mortal foe ; Lay the departed low , Even at his gate- — Will the dead speak again ? Utt ' ring proud boasts and vain , Last words of hate ? Lo ! the cold lips unclose ^ List ! list ! what sounds are those , Plaintive and low ? " Oh , thou , mine enemy ! Come forth and look on me Ere hence I go , '" Curse net thy foeman now . Mark ! on his pallid brow Whose seal is set ! Pard ' ning I past away , — Then , wage not war with clay , — Pardon—forget . " Now , his last labour ' s done ' . Now , now the goal is won ! Oh , Grave . we conie . Seal up this precious dust—Land of the good and just ,. Take the soul home !
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THE BONNIE GREEN BANNERS . By Joseph Middleion . Away to the Mountains , away ! The hero of fre « doin is come ; We'll wreathe him a crown ofthe laurel and bay , And greet Ivini with trumpet and drum . Oh ! loud shall out music resound , Each bosom is beating with glee , The poor and opprpss'd a Leader have found—A Leader who dares to be free ! True hearts of Old England will grasp The Charters of Freedom for aye ; And trumpet their praise , as we merrily raise The bonnie green banners , hurrah ' , nurrah ! The bonnie green banners , hurrah ! Away to the Mountains , away ! The skies in their radiance shine ; Away to the woods of the Monntains , and pay YonT vows at bright liberty ' s shr ine . Your Leader awaiteth you there , For onset and onslaught is he ; - — No cloud should o ' ershadow with Madness or fear The heart that would dare to ! be free . True hearts of Old England will grasp The Charters of freedom for aye ; And trumpet their praise , as we merrily raise The bonnie green banners , hurrah ! hurrah ! The bonnie green banners , hurrah !
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Night ^ before an Attack . —( The scene of the following admirable sketch is Spain , and the time , the War of the Succession . )—The night before a battle is an anxious one to all men ; and the degree of anxiety is increased fourfold when we are aware that , we must contend against fearful odds , and that our resources are limited to the weapons which we carry in our hands ! , and to the powder and ball that may be about pur person . Neither is it any impeachment on the courage of my hero , if I assume that when he walked that night his lonely round on the rampart , and cast his eye over the circle of fires that hemmed him and his comrades in , he may have wished , with more than common
earnestness , that they had at least a wider field to manoeuvre upon , and a better chance than seemed at that moment to be theirs of receiving support in , time . For there was not a private in the British army who was ignorant of the conformation of the minds of those by whom their movements were regulated ; indeed , in such knowledge I have always found that British soldiers are singularly well versed . Neil , for example , knew perfectly well that Marshall Staremberg , though brave as his own sword , was methodical and calculating , slow in making up his mind to any measure , and not over active in carrying it into execution , provided it fell
not in with the very letter of established usages . Now , such a man might waver and hesitate even in this case , where hesitation must be fatal ; and if so . what would become of them ? However , Neil ended his reflections , as men in subordinate stations are apt to do , with this grave reinark— " It is no business of mine ; I have but to fight . Let those who ar , e answerable for the results of the arrangements fret and fume lest these arrangements should prove to be unfortunate . " Slowly and heavily the night wore on ; its progress being little enlivened to the inhabitants of Brehuega , by the sounds which contirinally reached them of the heavy roll of carriage wheels , and by other noises indicative of
the work of the . morrow . Anxiously the sentries looked up from time to time , as the clatter of chains and the ringing of entrenching tools disturbed the quiet . But no one came near their posts . They felt , indeed , that an active enemy was around them ; but on their own personal vigilance during the hours of darkness little demand was made . At last the day broke ; and , as if a train had been laid , and torch applied to it , there opened from hill arid plain afire of artillery which told with , prodi - gious effect upon the miserable fortifications and exposed condition of the defenders . — -Gleig ' s Traditions of Chelsea College .
Tact and Talent . —Talent is something , but tact is everything . Talent is serious , sober , grave , and respectable ; tact is all that , and more too . • ¦^ For all the practical purposes of life , tact carries it against talent , ten to one . * * Take thein to the bar , and let them shake their learned curls at each other in legal rivalry : talent sees its way clearly , but tact is first at its journey ' s end . Talent has many a compliment froriv the bench , but tact touches fees from attorneys and clients . Talent speaks learned and logically—tact triumphantly . Talent makes the world wonder that it gets on no faster , tact excites astonishment that it gets on so fast ; and
the secret is , that it has no weight to carry ; it makes no false steps ; it' hits the right nail oni the head ; it loses no time ; it takes all hints ; and , by keeping his eye on the weathercock , is ready to take advantage of every wind that blows . Take them , into the church . Talent has always something worth hearing , tact is sure of abundance of hearers . Talent may obtain a living , tact wilt make one . Talent gets a good name , tact a great oue . Talent convinces , taet converts . Talent is ' an honour to th 6 profession , tact gains honour ¦ from the profession . Take them to court . Talent . 'feels its ^^ weight , tact finds ita way . Talent commands , tact is obeyed , Taleut is honoured with approbation , and tact is blessed by prefennent . Place them in the senate . Talent has the ear of the house , but ; tact-wins its
heart and has its votes . Talentis fit for ^ employment , T ) Ut tact is fitted for it . It ^ basa knackof stepping into plaw ^ with a sweet silence and gb'bness of movemeat , as a billiard ball insinuates itself into the pocket . It seems to > know everything without learning anythingi It has served an invisible and extemporary apprenticeship . It wants no driiling . It never ranis in . tj » e awkward souad . It has no left hand , no dejrf ear , no blind sidey J * Talent is certain ^ r a very f | ue thing to taft about , a yery good thing to be pfpxid of , a very glohouB . eminence to look down from ; . hut ; tect is useful , pprtabley Lapplicable , always alive , always alert ^ always market * able ; itis the talent of talents , the avjtflableness of resources , the applicability of power . the eye of ; discrimination , the right hand of intellect . -Widoie ' s Offering ,
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THirSEAGt rw *~ Thei g ^ nq £ § tth ^^^ gj 01 »^ y gewifk , % nresbeantifiiD | in H 3 lntnS wood cuts ; givmg-tte very spirit o ^ ^ anesa ^ 2 freshness ^ to his seaside ske&hes . The frSl £ J old % hioned gardens , wliere it is an indulged aS amusing habitant , feeding on slugs and woris , 3 becoming thus a useful assistant to the- gardened In this state it seems entirely to throw off its wild native character ^ and assumes a sort of mock-heroic style , which is often quite ludierens . We have sux one strutting about the straight alleysi of such a 3 den , withthe most formal , yet conscions air im « ST
able , glancing first on one side , then to the ofter evidently aware of your notice , yet pretendine to K » busied about his oiyn concerns . It was imwjssible to conceive that this bird ^ walking < f in his d ^ nified way , " upon his two staff little -legs ^ and so lull ^ self-importance , had ever . been * -free , wild . winwd creature , wheeling about and screaming in % * Stormi or riding gracefuUy upon the sunsbiiiy ^ a W His nature had undergone a land-change . " ; he wai transformed into the patron of pobdTes , and ' the condescendiug companion of an 6 W black eat . T 7 ith these creatures , belonging to ' $ he same place , he was on very friendly tenns , maintoimng , VneyertlieleiB an air of superiority overthem ,, whichthey ^ permitted either out of pure good-nature , or because their simplicity was imposed upon . They were all fi- ^
quently fed from the same plate , but the quadrupeds never presumed to put in their nose till the gull was satisfied ; and to His creditit may be told that he was not insatiable , although a reasonably voracious bird on ordinary occasions . We saw last summer also , a gull well known to the northern tourists ' which for 20 years has inhabited one of the inner : green-courts at Alnwick Castle , and has outlived two or three corjopanions . It is an interesting bird of venerable appearance ; - 'but as ithas been described in books more need not be said of it . In one . of the
towers of this samjai-. c ^ stle ^ also , we were shewn a pair of perfect bird-sleletons , under a glass shade the history of which is mysterious . They are the skeletons of a pair of jackdaws , which had built in oae of the upper towers 6 f the castle , and had been found in their present state apparently nestled together . From the account given us by the porter an intelligent old man , theyAppeared not to have been discovered in any confined place , where they might have died from starvation , but by their own tower , on the open roof , as if they had been deathside
smcKen py side . —The Christian Library . Sellers of Matches in the Streets . —With respect to match-venders , or streetological '¦ " ' ¦ ' timber mer ? hants , " there are , including men , women , and children , about seven hundred , who are to be found in and about the metropolis , some carrying a few oldfashioned bundles in their hands , going from door to door , knocking or lookingdowri into the area windows and forcing a sale of their timber splinters , with tha inquiring cry of " Please , do you want any matches ? pray do take a hap ' orth of the poor woman , with a large family of small children . God bless you mar ' rjfl , thank you . " Some of them carry a basket with few
a laces ; j threads , needles , &c . ; and occasionally , in addition to the match business , some ofthe old women carry a pack of cards , which frequently enables them , if once they catch hold of an unwary servant , and obtain admission to the kitchen to draw a shilling or two for a " lay out , " and a little fortune-telling . Men and women , respectably dressed , may be seen standing in the obscure streets , at a distance from the glare of gas-light , with a basket , or clean cloth , containing a few bunches of matches : these are the newly initiated beggars who carry a few bundles of matches , merely to avoid being taken by the : officers of the Mendicity Society . The ; principal markets and avenues leading thereto are studded witli itinerant timber merchants . TheTe
is one more class , that may be termed the wholesale retailers , being in number about fifteen of twenty , they live by supplying the ship-chandlers in Thamesstreet , Wapping , Limehouse , Blackwall , Crreenwicb , Woolwich , Grayesend , and other water-side localities , and are seldom found exercising their callings in the streets . The itinerant matchvenders dispose of about iOs . worth per week each upon the average ; the timber costing them about 8 d ., and the brimstone 3 d . —say one shilling in all thus , theny they have for labour of cutting and ' selling nine shillings . Admitting that they are sold in half-penny worths , although many persons take two or three pennyworth at a time , while others only purchase a farthing ' s worth , each vender will tamiues
supply _ aw , and the whole match-making fraternitj' will , consequently , supply 148 , 000 families weekly ^ and receive in the aggregate for that apparently useless and inconsiderable domestic article —a brimstone dipped stick , the immehse sum of £ 350 . It is estimated that in London and its environs , not less than 1 , 000 fathoms of wood are annually cut up for matches , and about three tons of brimstone consumed in dipping them . This estimate includes the marine consumption ; arid although match-making maybe made light ofj it will be seen from Dick Tynt ' s authority , that it is a very imp ' ortant and weighty matter / and enfe that certainly bread to
supplies a great number of unfortunates , and is of vast consideration to every one who keeps a . tinder-box , and eschews lacUexa . —Streetoiogy . Use of Soot as MAKtJBE . i -Wheri qiread early in the winter on meadow lands , the beneficial effects of this substance are frequently observable for three successive seasons , but when- mixed with earth and dung its use is attended with even greater success ; a sort of soapy earth is formed which is beneficialtb almost all kinds of plants , and its use quickens yegetation . The mixture should be formed of two parts of earth , one of soot , and one of dung . A layer of earth should be covered with soot , over which a layer of dung should be placed ,- and thus alternate layers must be arranged in a bed abpnt three feet high , and three wide . Soot mixed with
the earth dug from ditches , in the proportion of onefourth , may in about six months afterwards be used with successin dressb g meadows . Of this latter Tntxtufe about thirty bushels should be used to the acre ; spread on wet soils it will destroy , the moss , and neutralize the bad quaUties of the * soil . Cattle are observed to prefer the grass grown on lands dressed with soot , which owes its valuable properties to _ the quanity of icarbonate of anunoniawhich it con ¦ tains , and which is amost active vegetable stimulant . On this subject we would remark that soot , like many other articles , is eveu subject to sophistication by the unprincipled vender , who mixing with it charred saw-dust , and- many other carbonaceQus substances , tbe refuse of many chemical operations , renders it comparatively inert and valueless .
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: TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR , GENTLEMEx , ^ -It seems that great preparations ate making to do honour to the persecuted victims ° f , Tolpuddle , and to increase the funds already raised in their behalf , by the working-men of England . I am glad of all those things . I sincerely hope that the country will stir itself in the most effectual manner possible , so as to strike terror into the hearts of the tyrants , who delight in the prostrafaon of Industry at the shrine of Capital . ¦ ' ¦' " Bnt , gentlemen ,. proud as I am , of aU fliese demonstrations , on behalf of the glorious jaiea of Dorchester , I am struck at the apathy which has seemingly taken _ possession of the people , with regard to the fate of the Men of Glasgow . We hear nofting of processions to Whitehall—of no funds for the maintenance of
the wives ana children of the Glasgow victims ; nor of any means to be provided for them against their return . Doesi this neglect arise from the circunistante of Glasgow being of 7 m importance io the working class than the others ? or is tyranny in Scot-^ idiess to be ^ dbtested and ^^ opposed than inEnglind ? Has the aggressibris of capital become so ' cominon , the appplication of its iron rod sd oft repeatedj that the ; feeling 8 , the sympathies , arid the energies of the people are so weak as tobe incapable of resisting the torrent of oppression that bears down to engulpn them all in its sweeping progress ? If iwiy of those things are the reasons for neglect and indifference , then ;| h ^ working classes are . jtheir own oppressors SuCAcarelessconductj ^ jn ^^^ tiwftipartio { the oppressed , is what the t
yrants wispftb see . Judging Jtovx appearanws , they willnoFJ ^ sitate toi say that another persecution or two ^^ will give ^ them complete trinrnpo over : labour , ; and enable them to trample it in the dus ^ .. Up , fl ^ enj men of Lancashire anoTyorkshirei and if London and tiheirestxtf the ; empire - will not d # !" . da ! 5 ii * kovM ftue ' wprld that you . are able and WiHing itd do yours . Fprin cpnB » ltteeB in ever / town > iMid viyage , and raise , BuVscriptions , for ttos important fjiirgosef-anj let the cases of ; the : G 14 SGowmnct DoiicHESTER victims etoplby ali tlis united energies 6 t the suffering and optiresse ^ I mfflioia ?; to mark their feinser of injustice auned at ' ffieinselves , by rescuing tne scape-goats from ttxe talons of ws harpy , ¦ ' \{ -. : ; : * . - / ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ - ¦ , v -:, ; :: " - ;/¦ ::: : ¦ v - A HATER OF OPPRESSfON
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1001/page/6/
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