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    "STORKSHIEE SUSISLER ASSIZES . ( Continued from our last . ) CROWN COrRT , Fbidat , Juit 23 . The Learned Judge Willulsss took his seat abont tile tisnal time , Isaac Foster , 23 , Charles Cairtfiery , 20 , and John Wade , 22 , were chargedwi : h having , on the 9 th of September last , at Hors-orth , stolen from the person of William John Jack , of Leeds , land-surveyor , twenty-five sovereigns , eighteen shilling * , a pocketknife , a hat , and a lantern , the property of Joseph Colohoun . Mr . Cottisgham and Mr . Wasxey were for the prosecution ; Sir Gkegory Lewis defend ed the pi isoners . TOSSSBTfi ^ STTaiHLEB . ASSIZES .

    The prosecutor is a land-surveyor atvLeeds , and the three prisoners are labourers : Foster and Wade living at Pudsey , in the neighbourhood of Leeds , and the prisoner Cawthery at Tone , an adjoining township . ^ On the day before the robbt rv , ihepmsecutor and his assistant had to go from Leeds on business , to Yeadon , near Esholt Hall , which latter place they also visited . Owing to the absence of a witness at the last asszes . the trial , npon the application ot Mr . CoTTiseHJiiij wa $ postponed till the present time , and they had been out on bail . -The prosecutor having transacted hi" business ai Esholt Hall , they left that place to return to Leeds , about « leven o ' clock in the evening . Being a dark night , the assistant carried a lantern . They had got abont . a

    mile on The road to " Leeds , when they overtook four men , awl they all joined company . The parry ¦ walked about amile farther on , when onp of the men seized the prosecutor by the arm , another put his hand OTer his mouth , and another seized him by the throat . The prosecutor , after considerable exertion , and after having been thrown on the ground , managed to keep the third man at bay , bnt on the fourth nlau coming up , he wairobbed of the articles mentioned . They then threw him on the ground and mode their escape . At the time pro > ecutor was seized , one of the lour mm knocked the assistant , Colohotiu , dnwn , and another man got upon him . A rabbit or hare skin , was then put over his mouth , but he to <> k out Hi knife and cur the man who pnt ih - skin npon his

    moath over the left baud , when they left liim . Oa the prosecutor recovering himself , having lost iiishnr , he went to the first hou ^ e he cam e to . and told t ; ie inmates what had happt-ned . The way in which the prisoners were identified with this ' rrunsactioii "was as follows;—Cawthery had a pipe with him ano he asked Colohouu to let him ha ? e a Lgiit . He accoruingly granted penni-sion , and it wa ^ rheu discoverer that ihe prisoner had lost a tooth from Uie front of his mouth . Wh ^ n Foster was apureheiJiJe ^ it w . is noticed that he had a cut acros > his left iiaWi whicli appeared to have bt * en recently isiveu . The evidence against Wade was that the prosecutor ha .-i an opportunity of seeing him andknnwmghim . The three prisoners were seen together the same

    ait-r-noon in Otlev , about three or lour miles from rb ~ pLiCc where the robbery was commineu . Faster was oiserved pntring a iiare or rab-i : ^ t in into hi--pocket * Ijj a witne . -s named Wiliinin _ Ciark > on , - .. vhu asfcea iilui if lie had been buying rabljts ; he said , ** no lad . its too soon yet , " Tne voluntary examination of Foster was put in a-ud re ; id by the Clerk of the Court . Jt statei ; hat betw . ' r-n -eight and ni . je o ' clock on tlie night of the robbery , lie was at ^ ir . F&rrar ' s public-hocse drinking gin . " and that he whs Hot out of his mother ' s house any longer tuau this that night . He said that he had got me cut on ti . e Wednesiay in chopping woo ;; Mr . Farrar wa > cal-ed , who stated in it the prisoner iia-1 not been in hish . iuse for a f <_ rtnicht previous to tLe r . 'b . ' . eir .

    Sir Gregory Letvix addressed the Jury for the defence . He contended that the identity ' w ; us one of ^ extreme doubt and difncoliy . and he ' left it with them to give tae case a niA , lair , an- ! ca ; : ui-J consideration , and say whether or not the prisoners were guilty of tuis orfrnce . The Jud&e summed up . when the Jury foand the prisoners Guilty . Sentence deferred . Ji'tiliuiJi JJ ' aJes . 35 , vras charged -critlj having , on the 2 i ) ch of Jnne last , at Osgouby . in tue East Riiin ? , embezzled " £ ' 11 . with an intent to defraud Mr . " Henry Charles Kilby , of York . Mr . Bliss was for the prosecution , and Mr . Tins das for the prisoner . . . -

    Tue prosecutor , Hr . Henry Charles K- * lb y , is a dealer in manure residing in Hope- > rreeJ . in this city , and he rents a yard " of Mr . Pickt-rsaiiL near CasJe Mill * Bridge , in which he keeps the manure , and he rravels about for custom . The prisoner was originally a flax-dresser , in Skeldergaie , and about twelve or thirteen mouths ato . went through the Insolvent Debtors ' Court . About jeven or eight weeks ago . the p risoner was taken into prosecutor ' s service , and whil- in that capacity , he embezzled the money in qnestion . Guilty : —Six months hard labour in the House of Correction .

    Henry Hood and John JT ' aldron . who had been out on bail , were charged with perjury , but no evidence being offered against them , they were discharged . Joseph Jeffries , Daniel Maurice JTells , and John Herri / , all young men , were charged with stealing twn VlOT * f ? := - ~

    Mr . Baixes and Mr . Walker were for the prosecution . The prisoners were nnde . eitded . The two former prisoners were charged with stealing the horses , the latter with receiving them well knowing them to be stolen . The horses * were taken from Stamford , in Northamptonshire . Guilty : — The two former ty be transported 15 years , : oii the latter 14 years . Hark Rayner iras charged with the Manslaughter of Thomas Hudson , at Waktsiidd , on Monday evening last __ The case had not proceeded far , wlen Tinder the direction of his Lordship , the prisoner was Acquitted . The Court then rose . SATURDAY Jtjxy , 14 th . Tha court , thT ^ morning , was- crowded in everv oart .

    CHTLD ^ irK DER AT I / EEDS . Margaret Maynes . -23 . -xr s indicted on the coroner ' s mqnest , for the wilful inuroer of William Barke , her illegiirnate child , at the township ol Lee <> s , on the 12 ta of April , by poisoning iu Mr . Dcsdas , with whom " was Mr . " Overexd , briefly stated the case to the Jnry , and then called the t . JiLjwins witnesses , by whoin the ease was sduportei . Margaret Mayrses deposed , that she was rise mother of the prisoner , who lived vritb . her at the time of the dr-ath of h- / r child , geitinff her living by workin | : inaflax-milL She knew the child , who vras a . bastard y lu mouths old . On the ffth of April , she seut for tlie pnson-r about 10 o ' clock in the morning ; ; . ndshe s :: m ? d xill ni ght , because witness and her own ccild was poorly . " On the night previons it was nnwelL , an J > he sare it some nitre . On

    tne 10 th . of April , the child was better , and he -wa > pven to 3 woman named Gorman , in Harper-yard . -ahout noon , with whom it remained until six " that nl?— The next day she took it to the prisoner , at Mrs . g ildings , Crispiu-street . Bank ; prisoner was m ; witness asked her for an apron , and as > he did not give- her one , she . put down the child , saying . " Here ' s your child—he is poorly—y .. u may nund u yourrcll . ¦ ' The chid was poorlv in its feeih . and r if . pnscner held \ i > e child on her knee , rrvins all thenme . Between 10 and 11 o ' clock of Wednesuay . she saw prisoner in lvirkgate , but they did nol speak : n ? xt day she came ta witness ' s house , with the child ; it looked very poorly ; ? he asked what wa- the matter with tbe child , and prisoner replied . that it had taken a fit that morning . Sh » e had been at Dr . Wrrd ' s wi-h it , and he had lanced , its gums as he said its illness was caused bv its teeth j aiid he had riven her a bottle of medicine , bnt William h-iH

    not Taen taken it . » ltness said that the child looked Tery much stnpified , and asked the prisoner if she given it any thing ; she answered that she Lad aot . Two or three hours afterwards , . < he saw the prisoner , and at witness ' s request , they went log ^ thtsr to Dr . Ward's . Witness asked the doctor to - give , the child an emetic ; he said he was goiDsr , and immediately prepared one . He sail it had not some laudanum , - which prisoner denie > . About five o ' clock , the erne ; ic was administered , and the prisoner and child sent into the kitchen . •» itnc-ss went away for a few minutes ; and on her ret

    urn she found the prisoner cryin ?« with tbe child on her kuee . It was then very ill , and witness staid nntil about twelve o ' clock , when it expired . Just before cum ,-jritnes * a * ked the prisoner if she had gwea her child auydnng ; as , if so , she had better teiL bhe said , ^ must she , " and on being begged , m the name of God . to do * n , she said to Mrs . Ward . -I il lell you the truth , 1 bought a pennyworth of lau . aanum at Mrs . ILustrick ' * , and I gave VViUiam a part of it in warm tea ; bnt I do not mind what they do , because I Dever intended to hurt the child . " The Hndanum I got from Mrs . Gorman 1 gave to X ) r . Ward the next evemns .

    Cross-examined . —^ The deceased -was prisoner ' s first aud only child , and she was always very fond of it . She behaved very kindly to it , and was proud of it . Teething is a baa time for children—^ they are restless and troublesome , and people give them medicine to quiet them . Prisoner was drunk when I did not speak to her on Wednesday . - She had been so sometimes dnring the last few months . Sarah Wilding , stated that she lived in Crispinlane , and at the time in question had the prisoner lodging with her . The child was with hermother .

    The prisoner brought her child one Tuesday , when wito-ss told her , she could not do with ifir , if she brought a c aid . She observed that she ^ woold go Away on Friday , and p led ge tne cap the Child then had on its head to buy her breakfast . Witness begg-rd . she wonll not do that , to which the prisoner Tepued , " Oa he'll neter need it . " She went and pawned the cap . Next morning she went ont to bny some things , aad came back having had some liquor , bnt she was notw drunk as not to know what she did . A woman named Bridget Gorman was with her ; pri-

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    soner threatened she would kill the hd , and allot its breed . The child was tbeu on the floor ; it slept with witness that night , and nothing ailed it . It got some breakfast next morning ; she went ont after breakfaxt , and left the prisoner and deceased in the house . She scon after returned , and then went ont again ; in the afternoon she saw prisoner walking across the street , without the chiiu . She came up to her , and said Bridget had come , because she had ha > l a dream that William was killed , by her having given it something . Witness asked , if it was true then , and she said it was not . Thry then went to the house , and Mrs . Gonnau asked prisoner to fake her child to the dooter as it was i ; l . She said she had no money , t > n 'which the woman ozlered to pay ; soner threatened she would kill the ltd , and all ot

    prisoner went and came back again without going to the doctor with the ch Id . Witness insisted on . er doing so , and went along with her , telling Mr . Ward to look after the child strictly , which he promised to do . In answer to him , she said she had not given the child laudanum or anything else . Cro . vs-examin ** d . —Witness never saw the prisoner behave baiily to the child , aud « hetold the Coroner that . She knew nobody in Leeds , and came from Manchester . She was not a fortuneteller she said , bnt it appeared she had a curious oval glass through whicu she persnaded foolish people to look , and she said " that it f > lks had a iniiul to give her anything , what w «* s that to anybody . " ( Laughter . ) The prisoner-promised her 2 s . 6 d . a

    week for her lodgings , but she had not got a penny . Bridget Gorman , deposed that she lived in Harperyard witu the fir » t witness . On the W ednesday muruing mentioned , she saw p risoner stauding at the yard end , talking to her husband Gorman . She joined them , and at prisoner ' s request they went to a public-house , the sign of the Wellington , ana had two pennyworth of rum . When they went out , before they had proceeded far , the prisoner asked tuem U > stop , saying she was going almle way , but would be back iu a minute . She went on , and then in : o a shop in Kirkgate , near n tin-shop ; when she came up , sae a > ked tiiein to go iuto the Royal Oak , and tuey there had some ale . They left two men at ihepnblic-huuse , and went to prisoner ' s lodgings The child-was th > n in bt- d ; it awoke and cried , when prisoner saiu— " Grt out—1 neither like thee . nor

    auy of thy breed . " Shu always talked in that sort of way to the child . It had been poorly some time Defore . Ou Thursday witness * & *¦ it l ying in bed —it was then very pale and blue about tfumuuth . Witness iuquired about it , and prisoner s iid he had been very p <> oriy during the night—be was tes i . ing . Next uay , about four o ' clock , she jijiaiu called , and uecea-ed was very ill ; prisont-r said she und t > een just giving it some meat . Witness wauied her to go to a doctor , which she ult .-uiateiy oiil to Dr . Ward . [ The remainder uf ¦ this - y itne&s ' s evidence was coiifirma&iry ol the conversiirioii sunken to by thehist . ] On bring , j teased about giving it s imething , this witne s depo .-ed that prisoner Mud— " 1 buugUt a pennywort . of laudanum , i-ut llu ^ tlb « t , ana bought . » i ) me u » r ; the cbil = bad been very poorly tuat nij : kt and uueasy , and 1 gave it hall of l ! in »> ine t ^ a . "

    Ajrs . Surah Kumiss > aid she was wife of Mr . Furn . ss , a urutgu- ! , m Kirkg ue , and ou tLe forenoon ot tje Hui April , ? li ^ s .. ld a yetmy . vorth »> 5 lauiiauuui io a . woui : ui , who hauue ; a mus-iiing bottl . ' to pu : i : in . She said .-iie wanted it lur a woman who had b ^ en contiued . Witness- jisked if tl . e woman had been used to taking it , and she said • No—onl y when caitiueii . " She asked how muui s .. e > houii gi \ e it ; witness repl ed ten or twelve ur . > pi . A pennyworth contains lbOdrops . By the Judge—Uoulu not identify the prisoner as the \ voui ; i : i . Mr . Gorman , who was at the royal public-bouse r ouua a sm .-ihugboaL ? und ^ r the chair uu * -hichihe prisoner ua . i b ^ en 5-. luiii , which corre-pouded to thai coiitam . nu the laudanum .

    Mrs . Kaistnek , wife of Mr . Raistrick , drusgist . Mar-h-laue , aave t ,. e prix . ner a pi-miyvortu . ol laudanum , ( three drachms . ) between elewn an , i twelve o ' clock oi ThursJay , the 1-ith ol April , whicn she put in a tea-cup . The prisoner s . id fur wauit'd it _ f ; ir nermniher , w ,. o na > afflicted with rh eumatism . Witness told ner tnat sixteen drops would be sufficient lor her . Mr . Ward , surgeon , stated that he remembered the prisoner coming to his shop with the child , on Thursday , Apni li . She stated the child had had a n ' t ; the gums were much swollen , and the fuc « flushed ; ne lanced tbe « uins , and the chili did not cry . About an hioir aiterwarcs , he saw the woiu ;; n

    in the surgery , when the child was breathing short , < fec ., and he asked her what she had given it . P : is .. nersaidno ; hiiig , and po > ithelv deuied having given it laudanum . \ Viuie ? s having s . s ^ icions , iu ^ troduced the catheter into the stomach , and ejected wine and water , w hich was impregnated wub laudanum . Notwithstanding every attempt tu preserve life , the child died that night . He observed no laudanum on the coat of t ^ e stomach at the postlnortem examination ; but he had no doubt that ihe lauduiiuin adnmristtreu was the cause of death . In 111 * eVHuiug , pri > OUer ' s motb-r was there ; and , »»¦ sen pres > el about giving her poison , she said , ' What was . J to give him it lor ?"

    By the Judge—Poor people often resort to landauum wi . en they are ill , though scientific men consider it dangerous . Teething causes s-veliiue and irritation of the gnms— for winch laudanum ^ pompeople say , is a specific . It was a fat and beaithvhke child . Mrs . W ard , wife of the above witness , corroborated the aumission made by the prisoner of her hayiu " given the child landanum . There were several wouie-u in the kitchen at the time , —it was about ten o ' clock . Cross-examined . —The prisoner appeared very kind and iWeiing toward s ber child ; sue seemed to b ? in much uistre .-s wheu it was HI . Charles Thompson , a police-officer , produced tbe smelling-bottle , in which a drain of laudanum remained .

    J . Blackburn , Esq ., coroner , produied the examination , in which tbe prisoner ' s admission appeared . Mr . Baixls then addressed the jnrv on behalf of the prisoner . After impressin g on their minds the = *> leimi importance of the case they were investigating , and the Tiwful results that might follow , he appealed to the jury whether they could convict a girl , who h- ^ d aoministered laudanum to a child at the period of its . illn ^ .-s , who had evinced the interest and coiap : L « i , jii ii = r it * pain and wretchedness when it was found to be worse , and who made no secret ol what sbe had done—of the heinous crime oi murder . To iiud .-uch a verdict , they must be satisfied ti . ai sbe killed the child wilfully , u > Lberatei 3 \ and with

    maiicions motives . Conid tnt-y find any proof of tuis in the testimony adduced ? There was not a titilrf ot " evidence to s > how that the prisoner bad be .-n actuated by any unworthy motives- ; but if she bad administered the laudanum care . lesj . l y . ner'igentlv , or unskilfully , then they would find a verdict of manslaughter . He submitted , however , that this was a m . sfortune ; : rising trom tbe benevolent intentions ol a mother , impressing it on their recollection that if they had any d ^ ubt in the case , that doubt ought to be given in favour of the prisoner . The Learned Judge Very carefully summed up the evidence , and the jury , after consulting together about a quarter of an hour , returned a verdict ol "Guiliy of Manslaughter . " The prisoner was ordered to stand down .

    MAT 1 UCIPE AT MALTOX . JJlUiam Seller 47 , was indicted for the wilful murder of Francis Seller , on the 7 th June , at Old Malton . Messrs . Dvxdas and Buss were for the prosecution ; Mr . Temple for the prisoner . The lacts of the case were these : —On the day in question , the prisoner , who lived with his grandmother and aunt , at a place called Rainbow House , wanted a razor to shave hirasrlf . His grandmother refused to let him have one , thinking " be was not qualified to use it properly . The prisonerinsisted upon having it , and became very violent . His grandmother still resisted , knowing that he was out ol his mind ; bnt he got it and commenced shaviiie .

    He then turned out his niece , who left h ;> r grandmother near him , struggling to obtain the razor ; w .-a ; n she returned , her grandmother was sitting in i chair , with her clothes burning . Prisoner was then strolling about the lanes , near the house . snyin " ue should be cursed and d ~ d for ever . Mr ° . Davy , a surgeon , was immediatel y sent for , who iound the unfortunate woman burnt about the head and upper part of the back , and severely bruised on the breast and left side . In a few hours she died from the treatment she had received . When the surgeon was there , he was roaring out lustily , Lord hel p -me , " and seemed greatly distressed . Until within a few weeks of this time , " the prisoner had shown the greatest affection and attention to his grandmother .

    Air . Davy gave it as his decided opinion that the pr isoner was insane . The Learned Judge then stopped the case , observing to the jnry that there could be no doubt the man was at that time a maniac , and not responsible lor bis actions . The J ury accordingly returned a verdict of " Not Guilty , " on the ground of his insanity , and the prisoner will be confined for life . He wept bitterly dnring the time he was at the bar . MONDAY , July 16 . HORSE STEALING AT PUnSET .

    JohnBriggs , 20 , ont on bail , was charged with naving , on the 6 th November , stolen a bay mare , the property of Mr . George Hainswortb , of ' Pudsey . Mr . Dun das and Sir G . Lewis were for the prosecution ; Mr . Cottrjgham and Mr . Baines defended the prisoner . The prosecutor , who waa formerly a clotnier , l 3 nowdead ; and on the day in" question , he sent one of his sons to Adwalton fair , with a mare to sell . While he was at the fair , the prisoner and another came np , and asked him to show the mare , and what was t&e lowest price . Benjandn eaia she was cheap at £ 14 ; hanngseen the mare trot , the prisoner said a poor man in the neighbourhood had lost his ncrse , and they had received a . £ 11 for him

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    would he take that He declined , and prisoner then asked if he thought / of swapping : the mau re-? lied if he swapped at all , it would be for money , le then asked to be allowed to trot the mare , which he did through the fa r , leaving a pony which belonged to him . He did not return ; . a constable was then sen t in search of him . He was found at a pnblic-house , kept by a mau named Ward , with the other man , both of whom had taken off their smock frocks ; and they then alleged that it was a swap at the request of Hainsworth . He escaped tarough the wall of the stable while in custody would he take that He decliuedi and prisoner

    there , and was not seen again until April , wh ^ n be surrendered himself , and was admitted to bail . Several witnesses , Messrs . Lockwood , J . Fox , J . NewhiU , G . Ren ton , C . Ward , Jonas Whittaker , and Henry Wright were called to prove that the prisoner aud HeuiswortU were busy trying one another ' s * saddles and attempting to ' swap , and that prosecutor's mother charged him with it—also that the prisoner had always borne an excellent character . The Jury retired , and after a short time , returned a verdict of " Acquittal . "

    FORGERY AT HULL . Bii ' jijamin Burretl , ( out on bail , ) was indicted for haying , on the Jtii J ul y , forged a- promissory note , and-uttered the same , with iuieut to deceive and defraud Mr . Francis Stamp , of Hull . Mr . Baine 8 and wr . Mautin tor the prosecution ; Mr . Dundas and the Hou . Mn Wortley defended the p risoner . Alter a short investigation , which presented nothing of interest , the Jury returned a verdictof "Not Guilty . " The Court then roVe at seven o ' clock .

    TUESDAY . —July 17 . This morning , the Court was fuller than usual , in consequence ot an expectation that the prosecution instituted by Mr . Amiitage , a VvYst-Kidingmagistrate , against Mr . Starkey , a siir « eon of Wakefieid , for having horsewhipped him in the public streets oi Huuderstield , would be proceeded with . It was delayed until his Lordsiiip passed , sentence on the following prisouerf : —

    CHILD JIURDER AT LEEDS . Margaret Mai / ucs was placed at the bar , The J ' U'ige . addressed her in a very patb"tic address . H ^ s-iid that although iuuicted for murder , the Jury bad fouuu her guilty oi manslaughter . He had no iloubi me verdict bad been lounded on a merciful consideration of ncr case , and be was not in the least di-satisfied witu the verdict . The Jury had also recommended her to mercy , aud he was always anxious most carelully and scrupulously to attend to

    such a recommendation , but a . tter a re-perusal of his uotes , and deep consideration , be found the case sostrong against the prisoner , thai be could not consistent witu bus oivn most responsible duty , do otherwise tiiau pass the finunce he was about to do . It was always to him a ' most unwelcome duty ,, and particularly so when he had to neglect a J ury ' s recouunendaunn , but her crime was so great ib ' at he could not allow it to pass hy without severe punishment . The sentence ol the C ^ mrt , thvreiore , was , ihivt she bv transporter beyond the seas lor life .

    FOKGEKY "NEAR YOilK . * John Heed was sentenced to be transported for filteeij years . Tbe learned Judge said that Baron Al . rrson ( who tried his case , ) ban directed ban to-say taat .-ume doubt existed as to whether . the instrument « hich be forced—a . uotv as surety ' to " the Hiiiii Sheriff—came " within tbe terms of the-statute . 1 hat objection would hereafter be discu > si'd before Lht- Jiuiges , but there could l > u no doubt this v \ as a lor ^ eiy , und thai he ' w ^ s guil ty of a inisJeameauor at rommon law . But he had been cm-cied to s nlenci- iiiin for the felony ,-subject to consideration ol his case aiterwards .

    FOROEKY AT L 1 XDS . Br&adhciit Mason , wl » o pleaded Guilty of having mti-red a pronnssory note , the signaiure to wiiicb . vji > forced , at Lei'ds , on . luni- lu . was then placed a-t ihe . bar . His Loru > iii |> . < aid thai he bud been recum * iiH-ude-it t'j mercy by the counsel for thu- prosecution , > uid on account on his previous good ciiaracter-lor huiiesiv . he should Sentence liim to be imprisoned and ke ^ t tu bard labour in the Hou .-e of Currectiou lor two years .

    E 3 inE 7 . ZLEME . \ T BY A BANKKl . 'l'T . Joseph -JiutlcUJfe , was then called . He had been fouiiu guilty ol hu \ ing vhen' examined before the Commissioners of bankruptcy , wilfully concealed some partot bis personal estate , consisting ol money and wntings , with intent to de-fraud his crcuiior > . Tiiis was an otlbuce which required a severe punitibT ineiit . in order to ueter otuera ironi following such a bati exauipW- ; and he therefore sentenced bun to be trail ? poricu for seven years . SHEEP STEALING . JoJi / i Slater , found Guilty of < lva . ling inoor t-heep at He-imsiey , was sentcuceii io two yeuis hard labour m the riuustrol Correction .

    REiilNA V . ST-ARKEY . ' Mr . Dlndas and the Hun . Mr . Wofitlcv were counsel lor the prosecutor ; Mr . Alexander and Mr . CoTiisuHAMlor ' tkeuislttiiduut ; the former ' with a fee ol 32 guinea ? . Mr . Dundas said he had a painful duty to discharge in presenting to them tin- facts of this uuforluu . ite truiisacaou . He appeared ou the part of Mr . Anmt ^ ge to support un indieluu iK preferred agiinift a gentleman named Starkey ; and be tose witu uiifeignei ; regret , in whichhu > va " s sure the Jury would participate , when he informed them that the parties were connected by marriage , moved in the saline rank ol society , aud that lie should be compelled to introduce topics most painful to several individuals from their age , sex , and rank of Hietopics which were calculated to wound tbe feelings of the parties .

    Mr . Alexander interrupted the learned counsel by ob .-erviug , th . at .-h : * entirely reciprocated with the seniineiits expressed by his " friend , and should be nn » t happy , it auy means could be adopted , to prevent the ca ^ e Iroiu beiu ^ laid before the Court . Alter > omt * coiner . satiou with those sluing near him , Mr . A . Temurked , that he was happy to see bis ciients accede to his suggestion . The maictment charged Mr . Starkey with having assau . ted Mr . Armitage , b y striking him with a horse- * hip , in the streets oi IJudderisticla . For that conduct , he was willing to ' -ollu ' r the lullest and most unreserved apology .

    Uu the other hand it was known , that , Mr .. Starkey having received a letter containing oiiciisive expressions , wrote lor jui explanation ; iiisteuU . oi wluci ) , the letter was returned . This hud lend to tha os-. * ault ; and be trusled , that , unuer these circuuisiauLvs , bis friend would not refuse to give as satisfactory an apology as be was authorized to give in the other case ; so that the honour of both gentlemen might remain inviolate . Tne k-tter respecting Mrs . Annituge was no doubt , calculated to give pain , however right the motives might bu which dictated it , and therefore he bfggucl to retract i . t .

    Mr . Uundas had full autnonty to accept th . o apology offered by his learned friend . He \ va > glad to know that his client was , in every sense , a gentleman and a man of honour ; and lor whatever pain tne letter be > ent might cause , ari .-ing from the irritation of th »* moment , lie begged to express his sincere n-gret ; and apologised for having returned the k-tter iu such an offensive manner . Buth parties then expres > ed themselves satisfied at this amicable arrangement , and the iudictmeut was withdrawn .

    GAMBLE V . DANKARD . Mr . Baines was for the pUiiiitiff ; Mr . Stamuk for the defendant . Tbe former was a worsted manulacturer at Bradford , ana the latter at Bow ley . The action was to recover £ 25 . U ^ . the balance ol an account . for goods sold aud delivered . Thu pleus were first , the general issue , ana next the statute of limitation . A promi s e to pay was made in ( Jctobcr , li& 0 , to the brother of the plaintiif ; repeated promises were afterwards given , until kvia , when the plaintiff was compelled to bring this action to obtain his money . At the beginning of . his year . Tankard offered five shillings in the pound , which was refu .-ed ; aud a Mr . Liudle was then employed to settle the account , which , 'however , was not done , owing to some di .-pntes between the parties . The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiif . Damages as stated in the declaration .

    MISDEMEANOR . Robert Neiclon , John Stoba-l , and Hmry Marlcy ; were charged with having , on the 8 th December , riotously and-tnmultuously broken and entered two closes , belonging to Mrs . Sarah Arrow . > niitb , a ; id also assaulted : her . Air . Buss was for tbe prosecution ; Mr . Tempeefor the defendants . Ihe p . otecutrix occupied a farm called Low Moor , at Lealholm Bridge , near Whitby ; in 1825 , this firm , together with some small -adjoining cottages , weije bequeathed to her son , by Mr . Thomas Stobert , a brother of one of the defendants , subject to a mortgage of £ / 00 , the lifc ^ iterest being iu he . roelf . Stobert and his brother bju ^ quarrelled , and although Mrs . Arrowsmith endeavoured to effect a reconciliation between them , it was Of uo avail ; and he onlt left him £ 10 . The defendant was , howevertakeii

    , into the house of Mrs . Arrowsmith , and provided with the necessaries and comforts of life ; in March , 1 S 30 , her son di « d , and he being an illegitimute child , the reversion sf the property fent td the national fund . About a year ago , how « ver , th « defendant , who had all along been somfoftabl y lodged with the plaintiff , fancying ha had a right to the farm , laid a plet for ' ejecting his benefactor ; and oil the 8 th of November be brought a large number ol pereom « , from 60 to 100 , who had banners with them , and , amidst the firing of guns , threw the furniture out of the house , destroyed the hay-stacks , injured some of the out-buildings , and went so far as to carry off the p : gs . Arrowsmith resisted thein , and a senoa ' s riot was the result , which continued eight or ten hours . Soon afterwards , the parties were apprehended , a true bill found at York Assizes

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    and they were held . to baiL ; After the trial , had proceeded a little way , ; . hjfc * Lordship intimated , that as this was a dispute as to . 'the ^ own ership of property , and there were two : actions depending on it , it perhaps would be . advisable to proceed with them , as all he could do was to bind the defendants over to keep the peace . An action of trover was then tried , arising out o the same transaction ^ brought by Mrs . Arrowsmith against John Stobert , and a verdict given for the plaintifF—damages £ 15 . The Court then rose . arid they were held to ; bail . ;; After tha trial , had

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    NISI PRIUS COURT .-Friday , July 13 . ( Special Jury . ) CHOLMLEY V . fARSYDB . Mr . Cresswell , Mr . ADDisON , and Mr . Hoggins , WosMed tortte ^ lapitiff- ^ MrvALESAitfpKii ' aiidMr Watson for the defendant . The action was one ot trespass , to try the right of taking the rock stone and sea-weed fomid . on the sea-shore at Robin Hood ' s hay , near VV hubv . The pleadings were very voluminous , and involved the question of the niaintiff's of

    \ Vbi ' tb ° Pf ^ Manior Fyhngdales , ' ^ and ' ^ CWta ^^ - ^ B >^ 4 ff 1 -i ^ M . at ; How 8 iiaiii , near V ork ; Mr . Farsyde , a barrister , is the owner oi an estate ar Robin Hood ' s Bay . About sixty witnesses were brought on beth sides ; but when Mr . Cress well bad opened the case it went off , Lolonel tholinley promising to grant Mr . Farsyde the stone for the fences of his farms , aud the * 4 uweed for manure , the * defendant stating that hedid notdisputetherighte of Col . Chohnley as Lord oi the Manor .

    COPELAND V . HQRSFIELD . Counsel for the plaintiff-Messrs . Baines and Over-end ;¦ for the defendant— Messrs . Alexander and Wortley . The action was on two promissory notes , dated Sept , 1835 , and February , 1836 , for the payment ot £ 2103 and £ 2000 with -interests . There * was no substantial defence . Verdict for the Plaintiff , Damages , £ 4745 . WALKER V , MICKLETHWAITE . Messrs . Alexander and Baines were for the plaintill ; Messrs . Ckesswell and Knowles for the

    defendant . The amiim who hrn « . ri > r i-... n i . defendant . The action was brought by the plaiu-V ! ' ^ . st ° , ne-TUai : at Barnsley , to recover from Mr . Micklethwaite £ 140 or £ 150 tor repairs done to a null in 1832 . The defence raised was , that the defendant entered into contract with the plaintifl toV certain work at the price of £ 40 which wiis paid , und that the remainder was on the credit of the occupier of the mill , who afterwards became insolvent . No demand was made of tbe present sum until last year . Verdict for the defendant . ¦ B RICGB V . AS ^ IIAM .

    Mr . Cressw-ell and Mr . Hoggins for the plaintill ; Mr . Alexander and Mr . V \ iuhtman lor the deic-iidaiit . Tne action was one of trespass to try ibu right to a piece ot road , between two farms in the townshi p of SutnningJey . Several old witnesses were uxamined as to u . suge , intervuutiou , etc ., ano tht ; ca .-, e . occupied some hour * . It was of no public or i uui local interest , A veruict was ultimaieK given lor the plaintiff . Tlie Court then adjourned . ¦ SATURDAY , July 14 . - TIIE SJUrXN , ON THE PROSECUTION OK THE SCORTON AM ) DAni-INOiON NUNNERIES , V . OATHERCOLE .

    Mr . iJarou ALnftrisoN took bis seat on the bench at nine o ' clock precisely . ' 1 ht ? court was densel y i-roAded m tne passages and every other part . An hour boioic this lime a . great number of gentlemen wi-iv aduiuu'd by private door * , including inagistniU's , barijSior .- ' , attornies , and reporters to liie pabl . c jjress . \\" v . observed Dr . Brig » s < the Catholic liiMiup lor the iioiiiicni district , in tue magistrates ' box . Immediately on bis Lordshi p taking his seat , the loliotviiig gentlemen were sworn on

    THE SPECIAL JURY . Win . Collins , of ^——— , Esq ., Foreman . Thoinus Carter , of Kensell , Esq . Bfnjamiu Croslaud , ot South iVlilford , Esq . Henry Wilkinson , of . Flask by , Esq . Stephen iViitchell , of Leeds , Esq . Henry Atkinson , ol Mallam , Esq . Joseph Lainbert , of Leeds , Esq . ¦ Vi ' ni . Stei ton , oi Eccleshill , Esq . James Foster , of Stainlorih , Esq . Adam Hcuuerson , - of Huddersfield , Esq . Thoinasi Johnson , ot Eshtori , Esq . Richard Wm . l ' earce , of Northallerton , Esq . Tbe first indictment called was on the information of the Scortoh Nuiinerj" . .

    Mr . WiuH'iJiAN opened th 6 pleadings . The declaration stated that the defendant , the Rev . Ml . Aug . ( inthercole ; , published a certain scaudalous libel on a certain religious order and community , at -Scorton , in tliis county . Tbe defendttut pleaded Not guilty . Mr . CRESftWELLopKiied the case . He said , it this were a case in-which ' the rev . detendant or his counsel could enter into any palliation of his oflehce , I sliobld not be surprised at the meat audience assembied to hear this discussion ; because undoubtedl y it must be a matter of much curiosity to know by « bat statements , or by * what arguments , a clergy man of the Church of England can palliate or excuse his having put forth to the world such a

    foul and abominable publication as that to which i am about to draw your attention ; but as that is not the case—as . this is not the place for any discussion of this nature—I ceruihilv shall abtJtaiu ' wholly from any thing but that which is strictl y withm the province of my duty , presenting this castto you ' ' aye or no "—is the publication in question libellous or not ? The prosecutors in this case , those who -huve instituted proceeiiings in the name of her Majesty , are the Lady Abbess ayd nuns of the religious establishment at Scorton , in th * county of York . They were originally establishea in France , aaid'during the time of the revolutionary troubles ii » 17 i > . J they came over to England , and lor a considerable period took up their abode at the castle of Sir C . I'ljifrgerstouc . In l » 07 , they removed to Scorton .

    In isa / , ihe publication iu question was put forth . To knies so attacked , three courses were open to vindicate , their character , and protect themselves agavu . Nt the repetition of such charges . Tlie one was by civil action , but it Woul d have beenastran « e thing indeed to find the Lad y Abbess and nuns coming to seek for pecuniary compunsatlou- for an attack of this nature . inuoubtedly in tliat case , the Rev . defendant mighthave put a justification on the record , and might have been allowed , if he had any evidence to justify tUc-churgo , to . bring it forward . Another course open was to prefer an indictment before a Grand Jury ; in that caoii the question would have been , whether the publication was libellous or not ; and if the

    Ciraitd Jury was of opinion tViafit was , then no question could have been raised , as . to the guilt or iuuuc « iich of those Indies , and no opportunitv for Mr . ( iathuruoie to justify what he had done . ' The third course was one by which Mr . Gatbercole ^ onld be funnshL'd with the opportunity , not merely of proving the truth of what he asserted , but of proving if there was any conduct on the part of those ladies , which would naturally Itiad to die supposition ' that some such crimes as those imputed to them had been committed . At the same time that course relieved those ladies from any imputation as to seeking to obtain p ecuniary compensation . That course tlfey adopted . Tlu'V ' sipplu'd to thu Queen ' s Bench lor leave to hie a criminal information against Mr . Gatbercole lor

    publishing these libels . The course of proceeding in this court on such occasions is this , —the parties who complain are obliged to make affidavit , to pledge their oa ^ tis that they are perfectly innocent ot evtry thing imputed to them ; and the defendauL , on die other hand , is at liberty , if he can , to bring forward evidence , on which , if , possible , to substantiate and justify the charges he . has made . Therrttore , befori ! a record of this nature can be brought down to jury , it is iifces ^ ary to satisfy the Judges that the charges are ¦ ¦ libv . llous , and that they have been publiskcd without any , the slightest foundation . When , theretore , you-find , a record sent down , from the very course ol proceeding , you must take it for granted that there was no truth whatever \\ n the charges ; that-Mr- Gatbercole , when challenged to produce evidence , it he had auy , failed to do so ; and that in tlie opinion of the . learned Judges , the charges are

    libellous , Uut by the law of this country , the question is submitted to you ,-. ' as the ultimate authority ; and what you have to decide is simply this * has the defendant published a libel or not . 1 will begin by proving that Mr . Gathercole sent tbe manuscript , which was in his hand-writing . It would appear , tiiat in Ib 33 , Mr , Gathercole became euitor u ' t u provincial work , ' ' ¦ The Chiirchmdn , ' ' and employed : Vl . r . liellerby as printer . At die close of ISM ) , he removed it from the hands of Mr . Bellerby , and took it to Mr . Iukersley , of Bradford . Mr . Jnkersley could not attend from severe illness , bat be should call \ ir . Bellerby , who would prove 'Iliac wheu Mr ..-Gathercole removed it ^ he said he was going to engage Mr . Inkersley . The first libel appeared in the number tor February , 1837 , and the passage set out on the record was part of an article . neade'd' " Petitions to Parliament . ' The libel was as follows : — -

    "We most earnestly call upon the clergy and frienda of the Church to let nothing prevent them immediately setting thcunnlves to work lorgeltiiig uppetitioiis to Parliaiiieut on the following subjtcta : —in favour ol Church Rates , either ih their present t ' oriu , or some other equally beneficial to the Church ,. whose undoubted property they are ; aguinst th « iibuminiitions and cruelties of the \ Vhi fr Poor Law- ; aguinst thaiden qV iiuninrality and'tilth , the Britiih College ol' Maywooth ; agaiast ttie lriah Natronul Kaucation scheme ; - again jt tUu lrwh Churih Robbery Bill ; against the bill tor consigning over to the Papists to the Corporations of Ireland . ThiTe ougbt also to be petitions Sfht for the Repeal of the Popish i '^ iMuncipation Bill , and the consequent banishment of the iyirig , oiith-breakui ^ , O'Connell , and the crew of Popwh YK-rjuTi'Ts w'ho loriiv Uia tail , fetitiourt also sYli " . tild be sent ; tot ; im ^ iiring into the number andstate of those brothes for tbi piir-HU , thi l ' opish Niiuaerifis in the Uuited Kingdom . That 8 uca hsuiesoi prostitution shcnld be allowed to erect their inipudeut and filthy fronts in this land , ia a disgrace to its

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    professjj Christianity and morality ... All such . Popish- stews ought to be burnt to the ground , only taking : care to let their poor deluded and prostitute inh a bitant * be preserved « wd set free . Weahould be glad to Unow how many Popish Prieata enter the Nunneries of Scorton and Darlingtoa each week ? and how many infants aie bom in them eVery year ? .: and what becomes of : them ? whether the holy fathers bring them up or not , or whether the innocents are murdered out of hand or not , ? " . . : , . r- '¦' . ; . ' " . '¦ ' : *'* - ¦ ¦' . ' ¦ ' ; " ; * - . * ¦ The Learned Counsel coritinuedi—If there'is a man among you , seeing this written of a sister or a daughtert would say , it is no libel , then this prosecution ought net to have heen instituted : forii tiiere can be a man found to sit on a jury in this coHntry , who will say this i > - not a libel- ^ that it has not a tendency to degrade , vilify , and bring into hatred ( if believed ) thos ef whom it is written , —then it is time for prosecutions for libel to be abandoned , and no such questi' . ui for the future be brought before a iurv . professed Chr . atiauity and iu ,, raliu . ; All such Pooiafc stewa

    The next publication is siirii . arly characterised . <¦ It is headed " Romish Fox yrikenbelledi" It appears that Mr . Gathercole imagined some Roman Catholic had ventured to appear as a defender , of those whom he attacked , and therefore he abuses him . In the course of that article will be found spine allusion to the Scorton and Darlington Nunneries . I will not go through the disgusting ta . sk of reaaing lie abominable publications one after another . I have given you a sample—they shall be read by the officer of the Court , and as this is a question whether the publications are .-libellous or not—not for the-discussion of the general conduct of the defendant , or meeting out puuishmeut to him—I will not offer one sinj > le observation further on the subject . I feel that I should offer an iusult to your understanding , if I did not leave the proof of libellous matter entirely On the face of the publication itself . The Learned Counsel then called the following

    witnesses : — Rev . Richard Kellit . —I am a priest of the Roman Catholic Church ; lam chaplain to the members of the * community at Scorton . Mr . Alexander . —We will admit the record is properly stated . B y "the Judge . —They are bound by religious . vows ; there is another chaplain ; I reside in the Nunnery , and Mr . Hogarth comes occasionally . Cr » ss-examinbd . —1 fan acquainted with the books m u .-e by the Roman Catholic Cnurch ; Iknow the work by Peter Duns ; it is a compendium of a work on divinity in Latin . It is one of the acknowledged maiiu-dls of the Roman Catholic priesthood . The Judge . —What has that to do-with the question ? '¦ - . - ¦ Mr .-Alexander . — -Your Lordship will find an albision io itiu one of the liWls .

    Cross-examination resumed . —It is not a book of authority ; I cannot speak as to wliether it is sanctioned by the Roman Cat iolic liis ' iops of Ireland I do not approve of-tlie whole of it ; it is a -work I have fieard but little spoken of ; we do not read it in our college ; our college is -Ushaw College J . itisnot read jis a-class-book ; we are not bound by its doctrines ; I believe that is a general sentiment among the clergy with whom I am acquainted : there is ho direetimi . that we should obt-y that b « ok . Mr . C n ess well objected to this course of examination . ¦ . •' . ' By the Judgf :. —With respect to this book we have the right ol private'judgmeri .- ¦¦ " .

    Crots-exiimiiKirioii coutin . ued .. ^ -lt is iu the library of our college . We have a book Culled the Garden of the Soul . That contains a manual for the ' penitent ; one part ol it refers to self-examination . Dens ' work is for the priest . ]> us was a modern divine of the Catholic Church , within the last one hundred years ., By the J uih ; e . —If you have a good defence go to it . Writing such articles is not the way to conciliate or convert-Mr .. John R . Trout stated that the Churchman was printed h y Mr . Inkt-r .-loy , in 1836 and 1837 . Theeditor was Mr . Gnthercok * . Mr . Fisher produced M . S . from the Crown Office , London , which is part of what he set up for the Lhnrcltmnn .

    Mr . Bellerby stated that he printed the work in J 8 ;« . Mr . Gathercole was editor otic . During that time , he frequently ' saw him , iVl . S . produced , which he saiil he believed was the defendant ' s hand-writing I ceased to print . —Cross-examined : Mr . Gathercole was then curate nt liardslt-y , in Craveii . [ A letter wan received , written b y Air . Gathercole ^ which stated that Mr . lukersley , of Bradford , was going to be the future printer ol the Churchman . ] It was dated D .-c . 5 , 1835 . * ' . ' Mr . John Wilson . —I am a printer at Darlington . In Feb . last year , I printed the publication called "A Romish Fox Unkennelled . " Mr . Gathercole gave me the M . S ., which . I returned , with proofs , to himself . I printed 501 ) copied- ; about fifty of which I sent to him . The rest were circulated . The Clerk of the Court then -read-- the other * libels , which will be found contained in the following article : —

    A ROMISH FOX UNKENNELLED . " Let the pal I'd jade wince , " . It skows that the " saddle is on the right horse " Fellow Britons ! Only think ! Maria Monk in England . "V ' es" Maria Monk in England ! " so says a Papist , who miscalls himself "A Catholic . " He heads his paper with the ominous words "Maria Monk iii England !! ! " And perhaps he does so from his ow . i personal knowledge and experience in such matters . For no doubt there aru many poor deluded and betrayed females in those seraglios of the popish priests called nuuueries , who like "Maria Monk , " would be glad to get out from those honse 3 of priestly fame , if it w « re possible . But no ! Fellow Brvtons , they are there too narrowly ¦ watched to make their escape . Their steel-hearted keepers know that if they were allowed to come out they would never go back , and that their tales ' of wo e and horror would arouse the noble feelings of free-born Britons , and induce them to have the doors of those

    dens of female grief and wretchedness burst wideopen , and the once lovely captives set quite free . But they are " unoffending feuial « s ! " No doubt poor sorrow-beaten creatures , they are " more sinned against than sinning . " If they have never offended , and are " unoffending , " , why are they thus imprisoned in those prison houses pf Popish seclusion ? -Where is the authority of their abun-ionment to such a state of hopeless misery ? Does the word of God or the religion of Jesus Christ , or the dictates of reason , or homaii nature , ur common sense , require such cruelty , or nfford the slightest countenance to such , worse" than brutal treatment ? Oh , but says a papist , " Appeal to the miigistracy—call for an investigation . " Aye , aye , fellow Britons , but who are to be investigated ? Will criminals accuse themselves ? Did you ever know of * u cb ath . ng ? What is . this Romish fox driving at ? and what does he mean ? Is not "

    Invesf-gaUou" the very ilmig the Churchman calls for ? It says , let the . e be sent to Parliament "Petitions tor inquiring into the nuxubers and state of those brothels for the priests , the popish nunneries in the United Kingdom . " What is this but a call for investi gation ? " But that is the very thing this llomish fox docs not want . An "investigation , " indeed ! In the presence of their old procuresses or superiors and priests I suppose ! A pretty "investigation , " forsooth !! What drilling and preparation there - -would be just before such a mockery , for

    such an "investigation" as would suit the crafty priests . I say , fellow Britons , let the poor things enjoy the exercise of their limbs in the open air , and admire the beauties of nature and the handywoTks their Creator . But no ; that would never do ; for how many Would return if they once got clean out the reach anJ influence of the hol y fathers ! The old " Mother of harlots mid the abominations of the earth "— "the w oman drunk with the blood of the sniuts and with the blood of the martyr * of Jesus " ( Rev . xvii . 5 , ) knows her cra ' . t too well . Sometime

    ago , a nun had the good fortune Io escape from that precious house of virtue and purity at Scorton ; and witut scheming ( here teas to get her back again !! And whnt has become of her ? It is said that when she left the house of her protector , she promised to write to him immediatel y alter . Did she ever write , or was she-put out of the way somehow or other lor fear of an exposure ? Ah ! thereby hangs a tale . Read the awful disclosures of Rebecca Reed and Maria Monk , which are substantiated beyond doubt , and to the mortification of all the hol y fathers in . America ; you will then , have some idea of the proceedings ot the ghostl y fathers in their seraglios . Recollect while you read them that the Rtimish church is infallible ; that her motto is senipei ' eadem

    , always the same or unchangeable , so that she has never erred in any of her cruelties , and that what she does in one place she will do in another if convenient . Read Peter Dens' blessed theology . I have it at my elbow with the dedication to Dr . Murray , tue popish sham bishop ef Dublin , and with his approbation . It breathes inimorality , filthiness , persecution , and blood . Read that pink of popish piety " The Garden of the apul . Area ) smkof iniquity , pollution , and filth , out take care that your wives and children do not read such books . The- questions put to females at confession are truly horrible ' , and so polluting and owgus ting , ' that it is impossible for a popish female tohave a virtu' us miud , after shehas been contaminated at a popish confessional . And this the writer of Maria Monk in fiugland" knows perfectly well if he be a priestly lather . He knows also if

    any ladies have ever left their priests for others * on account of their iudecen t questions and conduct at confession , solicitatiune mulieris in tribulani ? He had no occasion to be so angry with The Churchman , tor it merely said that it would "be glad to know how many popish priests entered the ; nunneries at ocorton and Darlington in each week , and -also how many infants are bora in them every year , and "what becouu-sof them ? whether the holy fathers bring them up or not , or whether the innocents are inurd-red out of hand or not ? These questions ai ; e asked civilly enough , and certainly demanded civil answers , and answers they must have ; or people will guess why not . Aud . a * the editor of The Churchman's name is known , let the answerer give his name , and not fight under-a mask . Let us have all above-board ana none of your nunnery work . Skulking may do tor popery and for popish priests

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    and their aeragKo « , for some men "tow daritne . . »^ - ^ % t , ljettWBe : fIidt ' 4 eedaweS 5 M& Bntons loTebroad dayh ' ght ; and ^ as ' thewriter If ^ Titv ^ ' K ^ gj ^ d , accuses The ChSr £ of falsehood , I herejiemand in its behalf , tS £ its editor can undoubtedly answer for himseS proof of its ^ ntaming one dngle fafeeS from , its commencement ; and this I will harc or the accuser shall be ^ denounced in his own ' langnage . as a « mean and base calumniator , '' anda " r ^ dl * 8 lM « lere ^* although he belongi to tha mfallible church . Oh the purity and infafiibility ^ thwehnrch ! I Here ^ sa littl e of it . Pope HiM ebrandi who first prohibited the marriages of tha clergy , kept a harlot named Matilda , who left her ™ iA - » i . ^ .-a «^ .. K _ - ' - /> . . . —^^^^^ r ?*^

    Husband to live with the eld wretch . Pope Sergrag the third , had a harlot named Marozia , who had greatpower in governing the church . She brought the old pope a son , ind afterwards got him to be p 6 pe , as John the Eleventh . John the Twelfth wag accused before a synod of wickedness with the widow of ^ Rainecius , and with Stephana ; his father ' s concnbuie , and with a widow named Ann % and her niece . Pope Boiiedict the Twelfth bought a beautiful young woman for a large sum of mqney . Pops Sixtus the Fourth buflt a brothel ( query Nunnery ) a * Rome , and provided shoes covered with pearls for his concubine Tyresia . Pope Innocent the Eighth innocently enough became the father of eight soni ^ W ?^ ug hter ? -. , Pope ^ lexander the Sixth , who lssaidtohave sold

    himself to the devil , had a son ^ nd _ a daughter who were afterwards married to each other . Paul the third gave his sister to tint Alexander , to be made a Cardinal ; From the hoKness of this Paul came the schismatical Council of Trent , when , the Church of Rome separated from the Cathohc Church . There was also in 853 a woman Pope , who called herself John the Eighth , and by one of her servants she had a child , whichyas born m the street while she was walking in procession . She died on the spot , having helathe popedom of the pure arid infalhble church two years one month andTourdays . . Surely she at least was the "AV ^ ho reot Babylon . " A multitude more of the tricks ot these infallible gentry are given in the lives of the Popes , by Platina , an old Popwh writer . And if wouia

    you like an lnlallible story , Sir Henry Colt , of Nether Hall , Essex , a great favorite with the Popish Henry VIII ., played some old Popish priests or monks a clevfcr . trick . Having been informed that the holy fathers of Waltham Abbey were eoing to return that night from Cheshunl Nunnery , he suddenly left the King , promising to return early next morning . Off he started for Waltham Abbey , and pitched in the narrowest part of the marsh , which the monks had to pass , over a kind of stall or trap with which he used to catch deer , and left some sharp fellows to manage it . After the holy fathers * £ . got clean out of the Nunnery ^ a noise was made behind them , and suspecting that they were discovered , put out their light , and making more haste

    tnan good speed , they all ran right clean into the net that had been set to catch them . Nexfc morning bir Henry presented them to the King , who had otten sweeter , but never fatter , venison . What nice illustrations these are of the celibacy of the priests and priestly nunnery purity , and what striking proofs of infallibility . Bnt to come nearer home , let me just ask whether all popish nunneries are not in this country , contfarj- to the existing laws of the land ? And if not , whether those which imprison poor helpless females at Darlington and Scorton be registered according to lawor nqt f These matters must be looked into . Moreover , I cannot but think that one priest is surely sufficient for the spiritual duties of each nunnery ; and why then do so many pi-tests go week to these

    every places , and in operi daylight too 1 —Answer this Mr . "innocent" Papist , aid when you are doing , tell us to what other denominaticm of professing Christians but to the Papists will the language of St . Paul apply , when he thus gives one feature of the apostacy of " the latter times , " " forbidding to marry ¦ ¦?¦ ' ( 1 Tim . iv , 3 ) . Fellow Britons , keep your daughters from thes e Popish schools , for they are nurseries out of which the handsoniest mar be selected for the seraglios of the Popish priesti . Petition Parliament for the freedom of every soul on British ground . Demand that helpless and betrayed females be set free , and allowed to enioy their freedom . Demand that the doers of all the Popish harems be thrown wide open every quarter ^ and that every nun be protected therefrom , beyond the reach and influence of the Popish superiors and priests , to return or not as she may please . Freedom is the

    Briton ' s noble birthright , rescued from Popish tyranny , at the expence of the heart ' s blood ^ of our valiant Christian forefathers , bravely shed amidst the racks , tortures , and fires , of the bloody Popish inquisition . And shall any of our lovely fellowcountry-women be confined ; in nunnery prisonhousesy to be the victims of licentious priests , and without one hope of escape , but through the gloomy portals of death ? Forbid it , noble Biitons ! Brave defenders of the . oppressed ! Genevoiis Brotectors of the helpless , where is yo-ur ancient British blood ? Rally round the endangered standard of British freedom ; and in the teeth of all your Popish enemies , whether they present themselves as y olves or foxes , hurl ; the defying shout of no surrender ! And ' every Bntish heart shall beat no popery in loud response . " Britons never shall be slaves , " so says the oaken heart of & true Catholic . Darlington , February 7 th , 1837 .- . -- ... - - .. ¦ . .. ¦ -. . . . : ..

    Mr . Alexaijher then addressed the Jury for the defence , as follows : —May it please your Lordship , and Gentlemen of the Jury , it was with the mostun feigned sincerity that I observed to the first witness , that both he and myself were placed in a positiou of Eeculiar anxiety and inconvenience . He , because e Stood there , liable to whatever cross-examination which the law allowed , and if I had chosen to extend it to a greater length : than I did , the law allowed that on a subject dear and venerable to him ; and I , because the duty-1 had to discharge was one which mv . profession throws upon me , and which it is not unlikely I may find it inconvenient personally to discharge-, but , nevertheless , it is my duty , and I will perform it . It is a fortunate thing for public justice that advocates have no choice as to whether or not they will advocate the case that comes before a jury : because at the same time that it absolves

    them trom being niixed up with the feelings and views of their clients , it entitles every suitor , who seeks or is driven into a court of justice , to avail himself of whatever the Eneh ' sh bar can afford . The duty thrown upon me I shall discharge , whether to the satisfaction of my client or " noty'I know not ; but I will discharge it as I think best for his interests . During the short address I shall ihink it necessary td make , you must understand me as representing that reverend gentleman whose cause I nave to advocate , as uttering his sentiments , as laying before you his v . ews , as explaining to you his niotives , and on his part asking for protection , either general or limited } such as the case Will permit . My learned friend , m the brief and judicious address with which he opened this inquiry , gave as a reason for not entering fully into the statement of cirenmstances , that the nature of the case forbade it—that the

    mode in which the investigation had arisen , excluded the defendant from entering into the general truth of what he wrote . It has never occurred , to me to have to discharge a duty , more important in itself . as it regards the subject matter inquired into , or the individual author of these publications ; because the topics that , should pres 3 themselves on your consideration , I have to propose to you in ag favourable a light as possible , that he may not lose the benefit of an advpeate- ^ they are topics of a high , important , and deeply-serious character ; and trusting to your knowledge of what has happened within the last eight or ten years ori subjects intimatelr mixed up with the libel * in question , I will refer to that knowledge of facts and public impressioni , and the

    rather than ofiend your ears ^ outrage wellregulated feeliugs of all in Court , by descei » ding into the particulars . But j ask , when you retire from the Court to consider your : verdict , to take along with you the libels you have heard read , to observe the suggestions I shall make , and to most anxiously consider the question in all its bearings . Theinforrmation against the defendant consists of four counts , containing three libels ; the first count of the first libel charges the defendant with having published a false and scandalous : libel , with intent to vilify certain ladies—the individual nameJ being given . The second and third counts on the second libel are the same , but the fourth couat charges him ( with much more justice as I submit )

    with the general intention of libelling the Scorton Nunnery .- 'X- \ . - . "'; . - ' .- . : . ¦ ¦ ' - . . - , . " .. " : Baron Aldebson , — -The great point is , whether this was a libel on the Roman Catholic Church generally , or the Scorton Nunnery ? If solely on the Ghurch , then this indictment fails . Mr . AtEXANDEB continued—You would guess , from the peculiarity with which I read over tie counts , that my next observation would be , that which his Loi-dship has suggested in amuch stronger point of view . Now I cannot help thinking that the time will come when it will be of importance to the defendant whether the verdict w found on the first or last count . I will illustrate thisin a moment—individual malice and anxiety to injure , by selecting persons who might have their prospect * in hfo blasted and destroyed by libels , would deserve and receive much less consideration at the hand of «

    juiTV than some matter applied in a general way , with no such intention , but an ephemeral production of the day , when its day has past bjr to be forgotten like the rest . To attack an individual , directing the attention of the world to him , or attacking a particular body , and taking a more extended new * merely attacking the weakness of human natuie » are very different things . You will &id the complaints of the defendant less against individuals tixvj a sy 8 teni , which , by a particular -code of laws ana regulations offaith * not merely lays persons open to temptatiohy but is aii incentive * : to a deviaopn ft-om the paths of virtue ; It was with this view , m we exercise of my judgment , that 1 thought it right w ascertain the existence of a mahnal called IJens ^ theology , and a work entitled the Garden of . tM Soul . I did it because those books are particularlT alluded to in one of the libels , and when you real ( Contimed in our 7 th Page . )

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1015/page/6/