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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1841.
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YOKSHIE-E SPUING ASSIZES.
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THE QUESTION OF INSTALMENTS OF POLITICAL DEBTS.
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list ' s HosPitAL . -At ft meeting of almoners , < g 8 K Se Eail of Cardigan waa admitted ^ iSTjiMS Watt Steaxkb , detained at Harre , 'S . iSS bv decree of the Court of Rouen , and j ^ sy »' ^ a ( toB - — ¦ 1 * i ! TK ^ G of Hanover has jm * established * £ * to his ami , « xd lejspl&ed the practice of jst fps | * Z « Ttcssu 5 Abmt is bo admirably organised that ^ kk T * adv to take the field la a shorter time l ^^ S- ^ sim Qazei te . * T ^ , 13 deci sion of the Court of Chancery , , * ? uid * broken baak , is compelled to receive in * l&ry t nf debts dne to ber , ' her own depreciated S 55 ltSrf A « ta- [ Whynot !] P « Uns the IO 5 T twenty years , the value of the j !^ k of * e United Swtee has nsen , from no-^^ Tne aoa a h alf millions of dollars per aetSSi " t-tpttck of nmsG rp and furnishing the TeE riSror the trial of the Earl of Cardigan , flon * -T }^ * return to Parliament , was ^ f JiAtDES Ladt died at IsliB * to * 4 he other if" froB tato * an ordinary ^ dose of B&tley'a ^ Jrfre Ant ics , coEtuninjr opium and sjrnp of SSor . " ^ *» Iaken «^ icfeall y-% > , _ - „«—Lord Jofaa George Bereaford , Lord JPSp ' of Armsgb , and Primate of ail Ireland , Mw > si > 5 riW bead of the Church as by law eswb-Cv ^ l in Ireland—has become a Posejite . —Z > u 6 ftn £# «* £ Pm' . A Lbreb tb ° * the Hague announces the entire nleiien in «» < kTS 0 E ^ 7 ' of the immense work of ST » channel in * rt » sea from Nieowedeep to jSS dun , in spite of all the difficulties of tie « jf 3 tjon « ¦ . - - Th « Ecebob Nicholas his founded a bishopric ^ ihe Greek Church for the Rosso-AmeTicsn-coIoto tne nisn
« L Toe tiile ff ^ en new prelate w-- op ^"^ imtschatta and the Kurile . and Aleutian IgSads . " "¦ . . - _—T _ A . i Oxford Assizes , a case of seductX fns ' tried , the plaintiff being a Miss Sarah vZ * , iA Effloi-iie defendant a person named k" ^_ both p «« « ^ ing persons of property . J ^ aha irssiound fo r the plaintiff—damages £ 50 . i tUw'TC ' i shl— " A few days since . " says the t Jutfdefa « f" « . " an inhabitant atVoild , play-• «« IlJaris sfcted ihe hand of his only daughter , riaEdsooe cirl o : •¦ wl'teni , against his adTersary . ^ impnideiit &iner iost . " . . . rvjof-aiU- -OnYriday , Edward Wiffia , anwdi JSeat , wss brought Wore Mr . Trail , for final ii ^« ior .. eiisrged with breaking open the wntfcTtei cf Williini Lambert , a fellow student , and s AEBrJonj-faii sovereigns . He was committed
fcrz iii . -Ve pugcx is dying away at Alexandria . A Maravs— ** We bare not hid more than four cases fcoe < bj , a 3 * 3 iiese of EsjptiiB sailors ; ^ o-day , ob on ca ? e , ^^ i ™ tw 0 w ^ da J ^' e have nDl £ '» 3 E £ ? e one . ShouIJ it continue so , we may say KhTe had no pb ^ ue this year . " Ies Tiro V . ' ataaces were found gtrilty , at the Oi BaEey , on aamrday last , of causing the ship jhid to be ea ? : away , with intent to defraud the rirKTUers . and sentenced to transportation for jj A poias of law w retired in feTour of the jcaiiss , which will be heard next t « rm .
U& SociErns . —A person has been summoned fei London police-cfiee , to pay £ 5 12 < . to the City cfLmdoaLDin Society , on behalf of a person named &jEsoa , for whom fle vras bound . T > _ e Secretary of i « Sxiezj screed to lake eight shiLip ^ s a week JrsTthe borrower , until the debt was paid . IxihsErK'KT of the Commissioners on ibe concara of the Hind-loom Weavers , the population of fcrBndih L " . a . ads is estimated at twenty-fije millias ; and of this usiiber ibe Hand-loom Wearers , iBtriiug their families , are taid to form ab ? ut eight hraired
ihossand-I ' jlppeabs from a stitiftical table laid before the Ifeiaa CiJirabers by ibe Minister of Public Works , ttathe nnmbsr of communrs which have no school loses is 1 , 040- There are a . boni 2300 commnnes in Bc ' ^ iain , « o thv . u appears iiat ; wo-&fthi of these fc&Tt no school eoub . Po ? cu Joi of the Usited States . —There are Bo ; f * rfn-m 17 , C 0 y , K > 9 mhabitanta in this country Ia : weBty-eT « ht nates and territories there are 15 . 755 . S 45 . Kentucky and Florida to hear fmm . In ] 83 j , tha popniaiion of Kentaeky was 687 , 917-Ii ttIII new be above a miliioa .
A jus 5 am ed Tatxoh has been senteccid to death at Salisbury Assizes , for murdering his wife , at Tockenhsm , in July last . The prisoner buspecied hU wife of cohabiting whh a man , named Jack , and he , therefore , wok down his gun , and shot her ; and , when ce hid done this , attempted to cut Ms owb throat . The jsry recommended him to mercy . Ottsase is a Thfjitre . —A man named Jackson las been eommitreti for trial at Birmingham , for \ xrzg thrown tLree tissue paper bags full of flour fron the gallery into the p : i of the theatre . The lac tarsi , and led the people in the gallery to think the roof was failing in . The circumstancqpaused £ rea confusion , Sno iBJury to one person , a iemale , vh&Tas knocked dosru ia the rndi made to escape free < be ioase .
Itspolate Koebeeies . —At Marylebone policeo 6 je , en Friday , Joseph Por ; er was committed for taljfffr strajre a bajj from a lady named Story . Is sppeared the prisoner and h » confederates naiad iht bag from the prosecutrix , and felled hara ^ the groond by t , blow on the back . Similar r » 53 ies have been committed in the same neighbeawd ( Edgeware Road ) lately . kmsttLOioy of Tea . —A rery great number of c ^ ire to be entered into , in which some large Tkksale firms at the west end of London are imposed . An active officer has made soaie extensive sehies of leafy rubbish , so cleverly manufactured as toHsaife the best oi tea , aud by a slight admixture of tt feayne Cbiaesb le ^ ike deception , to ordinary asffros , is altogether beyond detection .
iS 5 ? ANSHREG ! scT has ordered a statistical Karat of Spain to be drawn up . The report , by a Minister of the Home Department , on which taimee fer this purpose is founded , comraences sj taisring that statistical knowledge is the corner-BktfeTerj pat- ; rual aiidjusi AdministTaiion , and s > * hboi : t ii the material iinprovemenis which a cer 3 j Eav reqiiire cannoV be realised . A . n . ! a person digging in a garden K itepi 2 » Su JitEes , turned up with his spade a
PSH toLtaiiiiEg 275 KiTerei ^ BS , 11 suiceas , and £ 43 Es ^ er . Ti : s treasure , it has since been ai-cer-*' * ) was secreted about nine months ago , by a * s « of pennricua disposition , named Farrow , re-Ke £ « ; ba ; place , and who on searching for it ^ tij ^ afterwards ., aud being unable to find it , lost ^ . * * f" ? vexarioa and disappointment . The ^• V ? e , ^ 3 cersts . Ed , is now restored to it 3 owner , « -: sis uope-i her in ^ liecta also wiil be recoTered .
(^ sfiffi-Oj Saturday afternoon , about S > ° ' r ^' ? " ' ' ce oat at ^ 6 house of Henry ^^ f ^ } -. No . 1 , Canoubury-square , Islington . ^» so : e of the valuable furrjture , painting ? , < kc , ^ tos nnned . The floors were entirely burnt ^ sa , atd the bnildirg has sustained very con-^ iecasa ^ e . Mr . Knight is ineared in the q ^ It is not known bow the fire originated . n ^ f fina ? ^ - ' ' > > oa > ° ne o ' cloek , a ire broke out kjf P ^ aisfsoi iir . Wood , enTrlope-maker & book-^ p ^' - ^ ' C ^ Jije-stree ; , Leicester-square , London , , a **^ a ? ftn 5 Baie ] y , by the speedy arriral of the d . ^ ^ der , but not before considerable do
y ~ * : T ^ 5 "e to the stock , building , &c . > lr . fcT'Utnaired ia the Benevolent Insurance office . T " » s said to be about £ 150 . * iliw . —Pcbuc Opjmo * . —It appears , by the se' ^ U" ™ * lbe House of Commons , that np lis ^ *^ ° ' February th « re had been presented F « i ' ot lie rePe » l or alteration of the Kew ife V ° ' 0 £ se Ei ^ ed bj 35 , 063 individuals ; j ^ f 11 1 « oiher hand , thsre haQ been presented ^ i » - ° ' inii ODaosJ 0115 &w too petitions , signed TSiS ^" " " ^ remains to l > e seen whether the jr / r ^ TT eoaiinne to set public opinion at defiinae j ^^ s ^ s 5 a a measure bo opposed . At all ^^ *« trcst its Co use rratite supporte rs w ill see
opjj ^ , » ^ o no longer play the game of their £ r *? A ind a ; the same time seriously damage , jT / f * » public esiinsation . —Morning Herald . JrS ^ F Txa . —As a proof that the public are ti i 4 T ~ , in * lbe article of tea , jt is sufficient * 4 rf ^ e QiBcorery which has been recently ^ C ^ t *? r Dcfacture at West Ham , Essex . At ^ "Rrftlr ? ' oa S ^^^ Jj * person , named W" * « P 1 & «« jast named , wa 3 prosecuted for tj ^ r ^ a preaitees of 2 , 0001 b * . weight of fabri-Q ^ 5 , ^_ {* appeared , from the evidence of the *** £ *?* ' v ief « nn < f in the defendant's pre-**» ofM ?*?^ tbia robbisb , coapoeed princi-?^ ft , r Ul 0 ril f ^^ Aora , and fern leaves ; ? RaeS h on ^ PecSioD , said that purchasers $££ ** coold not detect . The officer made inwi ruooisn
• flgfta ~^* "• " **• * " « wous , ana me * W ^ ^ H' ¦? « « xU that anybody was liable *** iS *¦?* " This Bteff was ^ to i ^ Te J ^ ioffSl « among ie » dealers , bat tfle defend-% » j ^ cEce . ti " k » «» M not carry on bo 1 ^ «*^ wita it aow ae fonaerbj , and that , av J ^ rS wa 6 ^ elest market for it , Helad l *^* IkSl ^ c ^^ « be mide i 1110 7 * 4 e ^ ^ fi W (»!»• officer ) was asked S ? « K hb » ^ > 6 ^ Per » . % e Court , J ^ SmOT * SSJ ^ tb * oefen d « it to pay a *?**>« w « « ^ pwalties were Jaid at £ 1 , 000 . SS « S ^ the burniD g ^ t oes , S ^ SS&S ^^^ AMltT . Inde-25 * 1 ^ V £ * ^ defendant will Buffer imprison-** 4 i ** " Wwar , for the gpace of twelve
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Poijcb Chmuex . —Thb Butb Bomjca . —The following outrage , committed on the person of Mrs . Clayton , wife of Mr . Clayton , a forniture dealer , residing at No . 41 , Penny-fiddi , Poplar , evinces the ruffianly disposition of the police force , while it exhibits , in a strong light , toe nature , absurdity , and cruelty of station-house justice . It appears that on Friday evening , Mrs . Clayton , in the absence of her husband , bought a washing-tub of a person who offered it to her xor sale . On the following day xhe tub was publicly exposed , and a person passing , not only recognised it as hex property , bn& . demanded its immediate restoration . Daring the dispute , Police-constable Chapman , 134 JL- passed , and the woman , calling him by name , said , " you have known
me many years ; here is my washing-tub , w hich was stolen from me last night , ' - and claimed his interference . -Mrs . Clayton refused to restore the property , unless the womua would Eatisfy her that she had a lawful slaim to it , and that it had been stolen . Chapman , hon-ever , woald Kgten to no wrms , and said he had a great mind to take Mrs . Clayton into custody for felony , and having handed the tub to the claimant , under a protest from Mrs . Ciayton , walked o £ In less than half an hour , the policeman returned , and desired Mrs . Clayton ' s appearance at the station-house ; adding thai Mr . May had given Mm order * that if sh : aouid not con , p ( p , he ( the policeman ) was to take her there be font meant . We can hardly credit that Mr . May ,
whoever he m » y be , is so great a fool . Mxa . Clayton refused 'to go , and retiring to the rear of the premises , the blue devil followed her , and seizing her person violently , dragged her bj mafn force into the shop . All this time Mrs . Clayton was unprotected , her husband being absent at the time on business . Two constables , who happened to' bo passing , were summoned to render assistance , and when Mrs . Clayton had provided herself with a bonnet , she was marched off to the station-house , guarded as strongly as any deserter . Mrs . C . was usberedintD the august presence of Serjeant Holmes , ia order to be questioned about the possession of the tub , and the t 3 ock examination having been noted down in due form , Bhe was suffered to deparf , on a
promise to " send her husband . " When Mr . Clayton reached home , he found his wife exceeding ill ; and having ascertained the cause , forthwith proceeded to the station-house , to demand an explanation . He was me ; by Holmes , who , afier t&lkm ^ r ia & mi ^ Hty msgnificentrBtrain for some time , mtimated that Mr . Ciayton might taick himself weli off that his wife was restored to him , intimating that he " could have locked her up if he had liked . " May was present , and called Mr . C ^ sytoD , when he made an observation abont his wife , " a very clever fellow ; "' aud inquired whether the tub -would be given up . Mr . Clayton replied that he would give an answer to the question in two hours , and on his rerorn home discovered that the article had been
taken possession of by the policemen ' The aoove is the bubstance of a letter addressed to the Police Commissioners , in the hope that an inquiry will be made into the circumstances , and rearess affjrded the female upoawhom this outrage was committed . We almost despair of any interference in the matter ; and it is only to draw public attention to the manner in which policemen are aiiowed to violate the law tviib impunity , that we allude to the subject at all . If justice were done in ihe matter , it strikes us , that May , Holmes , and Chapman , ought at once to be dismissed from tne Force . The law says , if a
party has been robbed of an article , and can satisfy a Magistrate of that fact by oath , the Magis'rate may direct the r-oatoration of" the property , either oa payment of the sum which »» ay have bsea paid for it or not , as he sees Jk . But it is superlatively audacious tkat a mere Inspector should assume the authority delected only to a Magistrate , and make illegal orders for the restitution of stolen goods without receiving any testimony upon oath , and without the p *» wsr of advising the payment of the sum given for the article , wlucb . illegal order the Inspector enforces by an abuse of the office entrusted to him . — Weekly Despatch .
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On Saturday , tee Commission of Assiza for thia county was opened . Mr . Justice JUvie did nut srriTe uatii eleven o ' clocfc , 'Wiren , of CGUTse , tiia High Sheriffs -usual procession waa wanting ; and Mr . Baron &OLFB did not arrive until four o'clock on Sunday afternoon , baving been detained until late on Satarday night , at Durham . On Sunday forenoon , Mr . Justice Mavle attended divine service at the Cathedral , where the sermon was preached by the Kt-v . Mr . Morton , of Dodsworth , near Banuley , tie High S&erifTs chaplain .
On "Monday morning , a Grand Jury was impanelled at the Guildhall , and tbe Learned Judge | Baron Kolfki addressed s abort charge to them . His Lordship then breakfasted with the Lord Mayor and & select party in the Mansion House . The Court was aujourned . There ia anly one prisoner for trial in the city , Jsniea Kilvington , a postman , chargtd . with stealing theconunts of bume letters ; and his trial , it is expected , will not come on for some days .
YORK CASTLE . Mr . Baron "Rolfe arrived at the Castle at twelve o ' clock . After the magistrates and coroDers had been called over , the following gentlemen were empanelled on THE GJU . XD JURY . The Hon . John Stuart "Wortley , of Wortlev , Foreman . The Hon . Beilby Richard Lawley . of Esrrick Park . Sir "Win . 'Bryan Cooke , of Wheatlev , Bart . Sir Joseph Ridcliffe , ol Bodding Park , Birt . Sir George Atm ? la % e , of Kirkieea , Bart . John Agar " ,-of Hssie Bash , Esq . Wn Beckett , of Kirkstall Grange , Esq .
John Staniforth Beckett , of Uarnsley , E ? q . Thos . Davison Bland , of Kippax Park , E ? q . Charles John Brandling , of Middleton Lod ^ e , Esq Joshua Samuel Crompton , of Sion Hill , Esq . Thos . Haworth , of Hull Bank , Esq . Henry Wickham Bird , of Low iloor House , Esq . Timothy Hulton , of Ciifton Castle , Etq . We Markham , of Becca Hall , Esq . Henry Preston , of Moreby , Esq . Philip Saltmaishe , of Saltmarshe , Esq . Joshua Scott , of Badsworth , Esq . John Swann , of Button Hall , Esq . Goafrey Wentworth , cf Woolley , E < = q . Henry Willonzhby , of Biidsall , Esq .
The Learned Barok said it was a matter of deep regret to him to have to observe that on that occasion their duties would be of a very onerous nature , and embrace a great extent of crime . In the calendar there were 13 * case * , many of them of a most serious description , and he bad been given to understand that tkere were other persons out on bail whose cases would have to he bronght before them . His late arrival in York , in consequenee of the press of business at Durham , prevented him from making himself master of the cases which would be brought before them . In those cases into which he looked he did not find there was any point which would give them any difficulty . There were two cises of murder , and other cases in the calendar of the felonious taking away of life . There ¦ B- ere also several rases of cutting and stabbing , to which he would rtfer , as seme erroneous opinions had crept into the law on the subject . The law , as at present ,
waa only & modification of Lord Ellenborough ' s . Act . At present it was this : if a person wilfully and maliciously cuts , wounds , or maims aaottier , with the intention of committing murder , he is guQty oi the capital offence , but if his intention were to do some grievous bodily harm , to disable or disfigure , he was guilty of felony , but not of ths capital cffrr . oe . They ithe Grand Jaryi could return a bill on all or any of these counts . His Lordship then Hiado acme comments on a case for a criminal assault , in which the young woman was of Weak intellect- If £ he was called before them , they would take into account the weakness of her mind ; if she ¦ was not brought before tbem , it would cause thtm great embarrassment , icasmuca as that they must be satisfied the crime was committed , and it was a crime , the commission of which was generally proved by the party herself . Afttr some general remarks on their duties , the Grand Jury retired .
On their retiring , Mr . Pearson , coroner or Selby , Elated that' at an ingues ; held on the body of Sarah Coussins , who who was killed on the York aod North Midland Railway , the jury -were unable to Come to & verdict , and were hound over to appear nt tiie Assizes . The Jury then -went into the box , and the Learned Jndgs discharged them ¦ without giving a verdict . Their dispute was as to the amount of deodand
HIGHWAY EOBBEKT . Aljred Green , 2 G , was charged with having feloniously assaultvd John Robinson , of Sheffield , on the Qaeea"s highway , and robbed him of his watch and ether property . A s « cund count charged th « defendant with having wounded the plaintiff on the bead with a bludgeon . % Mr . Pashley wasior the prosecution . The prosecutor is a farmer living a £ Hanover-street , Sheffield , and on the 1 st of December he was proceeding home , when a man ( who ha knew to be the prisoner ) seiaad bim by the throat , whilst other two men rifled his Dockets of a watch and some property . They then inJfcted on hi * head a Mow with a bludgeon , and left him laid . The prisoner was found Guilty—To be transported for fifteen years . William Greenwood , 24 , was charged with having , on the 3 » th of June , at Otley , Btolea a ham , the property of Jobs Kaylor .
Mr . ASHMOBE was for the prosecution ,- the prisoner was undefended . The ass presented the nsual features of a horse- « fcealing case , and the jury returned averdict of Guilty . —Sentence w « deferred . Wm . LovyxA , 20 , and George Harrison , 19 , ¦ were charged with iavipg , ontna 4 th oi July , burglariously entered tha dwelling-bouse of Cfcar&s Ke » £ eld , at Saxton , in the >* orth-Biding , and stolen therefrom a box containing wearing appareL Mi . Blaushxbjj *» d Mr . Pclleise appeared for the prosecution . ; Sir G . Uewiu and Mr . Wilkiss defended the prisoners . They were acquitted on the charge of burglary , but convicted of the robbery , the * ioiaa goods having been found ia their possession
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immediately afterwards . Longcect wa * sentenced to be transported for seven years , and Harrisen to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour on * year . TUESDAY , March fi . f Before Mr . Baron Rel / e . J Wm . Marshall , 26 , waa indicted for having , on . the 24 « i July , at the parish of SUnsfield . Btolen * calf , beloDtfin £ to Wm . D&wson . The Jury found tbe prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for one year .
CATTLE STEALING AT BETKBLBT . Wm : Ruddock , 17 , was indicted for having , on the 6 th of August , stolen from the common pastures of Westwood and Urn , at Beverley , a cow , the property of Haunah Scott . Mr . Abchbold conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkius deiended the prisoner . . - The prisoner had told a person of the same of Bradley that he bought the cowa at Hessle , near Hull , aud afterwards stated that he purchased them about a mile and a half from Hessle , and BUbseqaently he said that he had bought them at Bevori « y . In defence he stated that he waa induced to steal them by other parties whilst in a state of intoxication . Guilty—to be imprisoned one year . There were three other indictments against the prisoner of the same nature , which were not proceeded with .
HORSE STEALING AT BIRDSAXL . George Jones , 35 , was indicted for having on the 26 th of September , at Birdsall , in the North Riding , stolen a o e&nut mare , the property of Mr . John William Watson . Messrs . Blanshaed and Travis were for the prosecution ; Sir Ghesort LbwiN defended the prisoner . It appeared that the prosecucur is a farmer , and on the 2 b ' ih of September , his sou-in-law turned out nine horses , amongst which was tbe chesuut mare mentioned in the indictment . On the folio wing Monday , when the horses were brought up , tbe mare was missing . Inquiries were made , and it was ascertained that a man had been taken a ' - York with a mare in his possession .
The manner in which he was taken into custody , was as follows : —On the night of the 26 ch of September , Kay , one of the York police , was going over MvD ' i Bridge , when ha met the prisonerridisg on a mare , who asked him where he could obtain lodging ^ . The prisoner , on being questioned , appeared greatly confuted ; and gave contradictory answers to the questions put to him . Kay busptcted . he had stolen the mare , and accordingly took the man to tiie Unicorn lnu , and called in Serjeant Hellfiiby , who , after some further questions , took him to ihe Station House . Next morning , the prisoner appeared very sorrowful , and taid if he had uot been in liquor he should not have stolen the
mare . Two witnesses were called who gave the prisoner a previous good character . —The Jury found him Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . The prisoner was further charged with having stolen a saddle and bridle , the property ot Mr . John T . ipham , of Grindahthe . Mr . Blakshaed said he should not offer any evidence in the case . Tne Learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned i > ue year .
STEALING OK A POXY NEAR COMSBHO . Anthony J'erciva- ' , 42 , was indicted for having , on the I 4 ih of August , bt . ieu a pony , belonging to Luke Howard . Mr . Wasney appeared for the prosecutiuu ; the prisoner was defended by Sir Gregory Lkwi . v . T ^ e facts of the case were theEe : —The pony was in the prosecu ' -or's field , near Comsbro ' , oa the night in question ; next mornmj ; it was missing , and it wasfouad that it had been taken by the prisoner to llatiiax , where it was sold to Mr . Denton , a farmer aud iunkec ^ -r at Sou' . howram , who took it to the Red Lion , Skip ' . on , where it was found and ch&llenjttjd by tH « prosecutor ' s son . The prisoner wa .-. iracfd to App ) eby GaoJ , aad he was identified by ilr . Denton , as the person who : iold him the pony . There wa ^ no substantial defence . Tne Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment .
! STEALING A PUNY AT BIBSTAL . ' George . Ltnihiey , It ) , was iudictea iw having , on ¦ ¦ the lltn ot OcVuDcr , stolen a pony , belonging to Mr . Joseph Hirst . Mr . Mils , conducted the prosecution ; ¦ Sir G . Ltwi . v defended the prisoner . ' The prosecutor is a green grocer , and kept a pony for assisting him in his business . About eleven < o'clock on me night in quebiion , he took it to a field : near his own house , and fastened the gate leading ; into the field . On the followiug morning , the prosei cutor found that the pouy was missing . He did not see the pony again until he went to Leeds on the ; Tuesday , wbeTe he saw the prisoner at his father ' s house . The prosecutor said 10 him he heard that he had got a galloway , to which the prisoner replied yes , and he bought it on the previous Saturaay at j Mirfield , of a mau named Parkinson , for 30 s . auon ; afterwards , the prosecutor saw his pony , which had been cropped in its mane and tail , yoked to the prisoner's cart . j Inspector James , of the Leeds police , said that when he appreheuded the prisoner , he told him that ! Walker aud himself faw tbe pony in Hie field , aud ¦ they took it ; one of them was as bad as the other , < and th 3 t if they * got off with twelve months , they would do very welL The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . To be im-: ' prisoned one year .
! HORSE STEALING NEAR BRADFORD . ' Wm . Greenwood , 2 i , who was couvicwd on the preceding day of horse stealing , was again charged i with havingjon the 10 th June , stolen a horse belonging to Mr . Thomas Ackroyd , farmer , Daisy Hill , near Bradford . The horse was distinctly sworn to and traced into the possession of the prisoner , who exchanged it with a person for a foal , and received £ 2 for the bargain . From the evidence of the prosecutor's son and Mr . Atkinson , it appeared that the animal was a mare , whereas it was described in the indiuiment as beiDg a gelding . The J ury accordingly under the direction of the Learned Judge , returned a- verdict of Not Guilty .
HIGHWAY BOBBERY NEAR HALIFAX . George DmcXrey , 23 , Joseph Saville , 27 , and AleMunder Mackay , 22 , were indicted for having , on tfle oth Ssptemoer last , at Northowram , feluniouily assaulted James Farrar , and robbed him of a purse , containing six sovereigns and twenty shillings in silver . The Hon . Jas . S . Wortley and Mr . Raines appeared fur the prosecution ; Mr . Wilki . vs defended baviile and Dawirey . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that on the day mentioned in the indictment , ihd prosecutor , who resides a * . Northowram , had been at Halifax market , aud he had intended to remain all night ai the Coach and Horses public-house ; but meeting
with some neighbours , amongst others a man nanieu Rawns-ley and his wile , he went with thtm on his road home . After the prosecutor had gone some distance , and whilst a few yards behind his companions , he was attacked by three of them . One ot them , whom he identifiea as Sayilie , threw him down , aud placed his hauas over his mouth and eyes whilst the others robbed him , so that he could not see them , nor call out for assistance . Tne other prisoners were , however , seen near the place as the time , and mere was this additional fact with respect to Dawtrey ; the prosecutor had a knife in his possession , and when he was attacked he made use of it , and was certain that he had marked some of them . When Feather , the constable , weut in search of SavdU ; , he fouud him near Dawtrey ' s door , and Daw ' . rey was clressing !• rniself m the house . Feather asked him where the
trouser 3 were that he had worn on the previous Saturday night . He replied that he had them on . Feather , not being satisfied with this answer , searched tae house , and found a pair of trousers concealed in one of the beds . These trousers , it was ascertained , the prisoner had worn on the Saturday , and they were stained with Wood j there waa also a cat in them . Dawirey had also a cut on his right tbigb , which corresponded with the cut in the trousers , and when the constable inquired of Dawtrey how it had been done , he replied , that it was his ( Dawtrey ' t . ) business , and not Feather ' s . Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury for the prisoners . He argued that from the confusion into which the prosecutor was thrown , it was exceedingly probable that he waa mistaken as to the identity ot baviile . ' He called upon the Jury to give the prisoners the benefit of any doubt they might have , and acquit them .
_ _ ,, „ .,. Tbe Learned Counsel then called Mary Savillo aud Harriet Saville , the Bistere of the prisoner Saville , who positively Bwore that , at the time when the robbery was alleged to have been committed , he was in bed at their house , Mr . Wortlkt having replied , the Learned Judge summed up at considerable length , and the Jury retired . After an absence of ten minutes , they returned a v « rdict of Guilty against all tbe prisoners , Mr . Wilkins applied for a respite of judgment on behalf oi Saville : iris Lordship did not allow the application , but sentenced the prisoners severally to be transported for fifteen years . On leaving the dock , Saville said , Well , I am going innocent—that is one good job . "
HOBSB SIEALIKC AT YEADOK . Wm . Greenwood , 24 , who was arraigned before on other charges , was indicted for having , on the 2 nd July , stolen a horse , the property of Cornelius Appieyard , of Yeadon . When apprehended , he confessed to the constable that he had committed the robbery . —Guilty—To be transported for ten
years . HIGHWAY ROEBEEY AT LONG PRESTON . John Thackwroy , 20 , and Richard Hartley , 28 , were charged with having , oa the 12 th November , at long Preston , feloniously assaulted Richard Ellison , and stolen from his person four shillings , some copper , and tobacco , bis property . Thackwray pleaded guilty , and Hartley was found guilty . They were severally sentenced to be transported fifteen years .
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HIGHWAY BOBBBBT WEAR HALIFAX . ? v ^ ST * 'Ft * ?* 21 « wm <*« K « i with hating , on & * , !• h ° 4 Jttly > ** Sfcircoat , feloniously assaulted William Rawson , and stolen from hig person a silver pencil case , a knife , a nmbrella , and other articles , his property . : Mr . Raines conducted tne prosecution : the prisoner was undefended . The prdeecator was returning from Huddersfieli on tbe ) 3 th July , abont eleven o ' clock at night : When he-arrivedat Shaw Hill . near Hahfa * . h « wJ
assaulted by five men ^ oae of whom held a pistol to him , called upon him to deliver , and finally robbed him ot an umbrella , a knife , and the other articles mentionedm the indictment . On the following day . search was made at the prisoner ' s , house , and there an lunprella , knife , and key were found , which wero identified by the prosecutor as having been stolen from him onthenight of the robbery . This recent possession of the s&rien property was urged as evidence that he was one of the five men concerned in the robbery of the previous nights Gtiilty—To be imprisoned six months .
* u o nT /? furtKet ch » 8 ed with having , on the 29 th of June , at Halifax , feloniously assaulted ihomas Spencer , and ' stolen from his person a silver watch and other articles , his property . In this case , it was proved that the prisoner presented a pistol to the prosecutor , and also beat him over the head with it . He was found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . The Court rose about saven o ' clock .
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o NISI PRITJS COURT—MONDAY , March I . Mr . Justice Maule arrived at the Castle at the Btime hour as bi » Learned Colleague , and took hts seat on the Nisi Prhis Bench . Some undefended caoses . the West Riding list ( which , at these Assizes , is taken first ) were then disposed of , but they were unimportant aud uninteresting . The Court then rose , it being abont five minutes past six o ' clock . TUESDAY , March 8 . Mr . Justice Maule took his seat thia morning at nine o'clock . The following undefended actions were first taken : — •¦ . : LATGINS V . CLEOG . Mr . Ellis was for the plaintiff , who is a rag merchant at Hamburgh ; Mr Clegsj resides at Leeds . The action was on a bill of exchange for £ 144 , which together with interest , amounted to £ 148 14 s . 6 d ., for which sum a verdict was returned .
' BLACKBURN « . BlN . NS , AND ANOTHER . Mr . Addison waa for the plaintiff , who is an attorney at Leeds , to recover tbe amount of a bill due from the defendants , Mr . Binns and Mr . Ellison . The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , £ 24 14 s . 9 d .
LEABT « . WAINWaiOHT . Messrs . Cresswell and Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff ; Mr . Alexander waB for the defendant Tha plaintiff , who is a widow , leapt a slop-shop in Wakefield , and the action was brought to recover damages for forcibly expelling her from a wooden shop which she occupied , under the Small Tenement's Act , without giving tbe notico required by tho statute . The defendant , who is n whiting manufacturer at Thornea , near Wakefield , bad purchased thu pmntets in question , of Mr . Bennett . The only points in the case were , whether a legal notico bad been given , and whether any unnecessary damage had been occasioned by the removal of tbe poods of the plaintiff into the yard of the Aire and Calder Navigation Company . After the case had proceeded as far as the reply , a conversation aroso amongst the counsel asd attorneyn on both aides , and a juror waa withdrawn , which of course leaves tbe parties to pay their own costs .
WOOEHEAD V . ASIJUITH . Mr . Cbesswell ( with whom was Mr . Wxtsoni said he was glad to find this case was not defended . It was an action brought by Mr . Woodhead , father cf the defendant ' s wife , to recover the cost of her maintenance , from Christmas , 1839 , to the end of 1840 . The defendant is a grocer at Leeds , in which town he possesses considerable property . In 1832 he married the plaintiffs daughter , but his tempi * was so morose , and hi ^ conduct 80 Violent , that she could not
live with him , and in April , 18 : 19 , Bhe was uuder the necessity of applying to tde magistrates for protection , and he was bound ove » to keep the peace . When she returned home , she wut prohibited from entering the doors , and accordingl y abe went to her father's , who maintained her and her two children . Mrs . Fux and anuthtr witness described the conduct of the defendant as brutal . Ihe sum sought to be recovered was £ 108 for board , clotkes , Ate ., and . the education of the children . The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff —damages £ 100 . ,
After the disposal of several other cases of minor importance to our readers , the Court rose shortly after seven o ' clock . It is tbe intention of the Judges to sit late every night , in order that they may , if possible , complete the business of tbe Assizes .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 13 , 1841 .
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It is not wonderful , in a country where intellect has been debased by a large quantity of fictitious money , that England in her present state should require a money standard to be applied to her political dealings . * Mr . O'Connell , who has found a large Bale and ready market for political opinions and principles ; has been a heavy dealer in political debentures , and , if his balance sheet is correct , Ireland has , since 1035 , received much more than 20 a . in every pound then claimed , and interest into the bargain . The appropriation clause was 10 d . in the pound ; the Tithe Bill was Si . 8 d . in the pound ; the
Corporation Bill was 03 . in the pound , which , of themselves make Twenty-one shillings and eightpence , together wuh a large amount of shillings , halfcrowns , and lesser sums as interest , not to mention Judges , placemen , assistant barristers , policemen , and sopped elf patriots of ail sorts ; but we should be glad tokuow what parties have been gainers , who were the assignees to the bankrupt ' s estate , and who the bankrupts , and who the recipients ; because we doubt the capacity of any party in the state to pay twenty shillings in the pouud , and interest , upon all demands ; while we also doubt the fact of any portion of the debt due to Ireland being paid . So much for the Rothschild of the political market ; let us now deal with one of the stockjobbers in this fund .
In our last , we gave a very calm and fair report of all the speeches delivered at the Hull expediency meeting ; we had not time or space , at liberty , for a single word of comment . Our readers have since digested the matter , and , no doubt , they have been struck with the introduction of the instalment question into their political account . Let us analyse Mr . Burns' phraseology . He says that Mr . Hume ' s plan of Household Suffrage is calculated to give us eighteen shillings in the pound .
Firstly , then , how many shillings constitute this undefined coin ? We must , till the fraternity of stock-jobbers furnish as with a correct table , set tbe number down at twenty shillings—that is , one pound , to be divided among all , the higher , middle , and working classes . Of this general debenture , Mr . Burns says Hume and party are ready to give as 18 s . We say , "No ; we look for the Charter , to get our rights , and no more ; and we will take
nothing less . " Well , nine-tenths of the whole , or 183 . ia the pound , is more than our right ; we demand no more than one-third , or 6 s . 8 d . in the pound , as our share . " Well , but , " says Mr . Bubms , "thereare three pounds—the aristocrat ' s pound , the middle man ' s pound , and the working man ' s pound . " Then we answer , " What right h&ve either to withhold one-tenth—2 s . in the pound , or the minutest part of a fraction of our just debt !"
However , as the stook-jobbers have failed to furnish us with a pound , shillings , and pence table , by which we are expected to calculate political questions , let us try our Mtod at the work . We will suppose , then , that the political pound is equivalent to forty shiliings of oar present debased coin , of which the present aristocracy have ontrived to get twenty shillings , and the mill masters , backers , merchants , &c , twenty shillings more .
The proposition to us , then , by the middle classes is just this . The landlords , with our assistance , have starved and robbed you ; and we , with their assistance , are beggaring ourselves , having first robbed and starved yon , to make you satisfied with fraud ftnd starvation . The landlords took your land from you , and we gave them a rural police , and mushroom magistrates , and Poor Law Commissioners , and many pliant dependants to stop your complete ; bat we went too far , the landlords hate
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kept their twenty shillings in the pound , but we have lost five shillings of our twenty shillings , by backing them ; we thought that the additioual tax would fall upon yon , the working men , and that you would be compelled to pay for the stripes which all inflicted , but wo were wrong ; we now find that we have killed the goose with the golden egg , and aa the landlords will hire their share , we must lay golden egga instead of the ' ¦ goose ; therefore , what we now require of the working classes ia , just to lend them " selves to us for a bit to frighten our own five shillings in the pound , and as much more as our effective
insurrection can extract , from the " apprehension " of the lords of the soil . In fact , we want , if wo can , to get about eighteen shillings out of the landlords ' pound , and we want your assistance in framing 6 uch a House of Commons as will aid in this honest settlement , and then when we get our thirty-eight shillings in the pound , only see what a glorious position we shall be in to make you a VOluutary gift of your-share , when , by your peaceful demeanour , obedience , and increased knowledge , we consider you " reasonably deemed" fit for the enjoyment of those good things of which our Reformed House must of course be the best iudge . "
Now that we take to be a fair money view of the question ; and we will next make a fair sum of the political six points of the Charter . Suppose , then , that each point represents 33 . 4 d ., which is tho sixth of a pound , and suppose the thvee parties to have an equal claim upon the State , which is bankrupt , we say we want no more than our rights ; there is 63 . 8 J . in tho pound for each , take you Annual Parliaments and Vote-by- Ballot ,
landlords , or let it alone . Take you equalisation of electoral districts and payment of representatives , middle-men , © r let it alone ; and leave to us Universal Suffrage and No Property Qualification for Members , as our share , and then , all starting fair , and upon a perfect equality , we will see if the industry of the people does not very soon establish the whole principle for the whole community , and with good , sound , and well secured interest into the bargain .
Now what does Mr . Burns think of such a table for casting up political accounts ? Mr . Burns very forcibly reminds us of the lucky man who found a flint , and said , now , all I require to make me a sportsman , U a gun , some powder and shot , and a dog ; and we really believe that the lucky finder had found a larger proportion of requisites for constituting a sportsman , than tho Chartists will find in the words of Mr . Huhe and the middle classes , for constituting a fair representation .
Does not Mr . Burns know , aud know full well , that all that is row required by the middle classes , is , a House of Commons suited to their knuckle > and their increasing speculation on profits upon reduced labour ; in fact , a cheap bread and cheaper labour House . Bat , of this , wo have spoken elsewhere . We cannot too forcibly condemn the introduction of the buggaboo of physical force iu every Chartist meeting , and that to by tho most violent of the whole
Chartist party . We have boon disgusted with the manner in which very many have endeavoured to purge themselves from a charge of physical force , by throwing their own burdens oa other and honcster men , while the very mention of . the subject but tends to remind us of thoir delinquencies . We had forgotten , and were willing to forgive , Mr . Burns ' s celebrated threat of" Moseowing Eugland ;" but we have been reminded of it by many who express themselves perfectly disgusted with Mr . Burns ' s conduct . What was his motto ?
" Then onward , the red banner raising , Go light every torch lor the tilt ; On our side is England a blazing , No matter by whom sh «' a rebuilt " But now , alas ! how changed—how dulcet , sweet , and soft ; the loud roar of the devouring eiemea t , lost in the lisping tones of the " sucking dove . " We no longer recognise tho bluster of our faired fire-eater , Sir Lucius O'Trigger , whose valour has been replaced by the discretion of the prudent Bob Acres , and bow the s ' . andard-bearer of the torch
men He ' s modest as ouy , He ' s biythe as he ' s bonny , Is moral young Jamie , The flow ' r of Dundee . As our " visits are few and far between , " and as we cannot , therefore , after the custom of our daily contemporaries , keep np a continuous old maid ' s chatter upon the samo subject , we must , as is our custom , settle this question of instalments of principle at once , as we have settled all other questions of expedieaoy and humbug . The jobbers in political stock having then failed to furnish us with any table of calculation , we beg to submit the following for the guidance of all whom it may concern .
A B G represent the three clacses ; A the upper , B the middle , and C the industrious . A and B entered into partnership , and for many years traded with C , to whom tho firm became indebted in an amount beyond their means of discharging : C therefore applies for a commission of bankruptcy ( it should be lunacy ) , and Fays , "Although we , the creditors , have been losers , we ask not to ruin you altogether ; you are incapable of paying 20 a . in the pound , therefore we will allow what is past to stand over , merely usinj ; it as a guide for our future transactions and security . " What We propose , then
is , that we all join in tho appointment of assignee ? , not to administer the estate of the bankrupts , but to guard against a recurrence of the evil which your want of knowledge has brought upon us all ; and , in the election of the said assignees , wo who furnish all , merely require an equal voice with the firm of A and B , giving them two votes to our one—that is , allowing class A , aud class B , and class C an equal share , the assignees to bo called Members of Parliament ; and , as we have been foola , and you have been rogues , long enough , our eyes have at length become opened to the fact
that" Doubtless the pleasure is as great , Of being cheated an to cheat . " But we are not longer in a condition to pay for the pleasure of being cheated , and of being laughed at into the bargain . Therefore the firm of A and B have now received the only proposition which the creditors feel disposed to make , as the terms upon which they will forego past claims and admit tbe partnership to stand ; namely , that A Band C shall in future be fully , fairly , and equally represented by the joint assigneea of the firm , whose affairs shall be conducted by persons appointed for that purpose , and the s » id firm to be entitled " The House of Commons . "
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EQUAL JUSTICE . THE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND MR . FROST The iniquitous expence and disgusting mummery of the trial of Lord Cardigan present bo many phases of injustice aud partiality in the administration of the law , that they are almost inexhaustible . His Lordship was acquitted , " ' pon honour , " because of an informality in the proceedings—a flaw in the indictment—a leetle omission of the Attorney-General Some people say that the hole was left purposely for the Lord ; to . creep through . Of this we know nothing : it niay , or may not , have been eo . We know that " plainJohn ' s" leetle omissions—his ignorance of , or . ynut of attention to , th » duties of
his office—Lava , before sow , caused " informalities , where neither he nor hia masters were * t all susr pected of any intention to permit the accused to escape , if they could help it . There was an informality in the proceedings on the trial of Fbost , Williams , and Jokes—an acknowledged informality—fatal , in the opinion of two Judges out of the three who tried them , to the whole proceedings . It i 3 our doctrine , as it is that of the British constitution , that the strict letter of the law should in all cases of alleged criminality be rigorously adhered to , and that it is at all timeB better to permit a culprit to escape than to convict him upon constructive tridente . Hence , therefore , apart from the con-
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sideration of whether the Attorney-General actually contrived this flaw in the indictment that Cardigan might not be hung or transported for life , we are contented to receive the fact , that there was a flaw , and to admit that , that being so , the Lords had no alternative , but were " upon honour" bound to acquit the alleged culprit ; and we maintain , that , by the same rule , as guardians of the public rights , they are " / pon honour" bound instanter , and en masse , to demand of her Majesty ' s Government the instant rccal of Frost , Williams , and Jo . vbs , from the illegal and unconstitutional sentence of expatriation which * they are now fulfilling . We have wa . ted , hitherto , in confident expectation , that their
own sense of right would cause them spontaneously to take up this question . We did not imagine that the elite of British blood—the nobi- s of old England—the inheritors of wisdom , of jmice , and of patriotism , and of every honourable kviing from their ancestors—would wait to be remind dof so plain and evident a portion of their high { . motions and important duties . It seems , however , rhai affairs of state , have pressed so heavily -npoj ;' iheir Lordships , that this leetle matter has been luivea past their present and immediate attention . We regret this , for the . credit / of . the noble guardi : o . 3 of British rights . It is wrong that , their hereditary strength of mind should have thus suffered thfl
anxiety of many circumstances to overcome r . ' . em . The people are , however , well aware of how great things have demanded their attention—how iheir time must have been occupied in preparing for payment by the public , the list of the expencea attendant upon tho exhibition , the preparations then for , and the paraphernalia thereof , together with Other like matters " too numerous to mention . " They wilL , of course , remember that their Lordships , tlw igh Lords , are yet men , and may need a respectful rminiscence of their duty . This , we trust , will h : immediately afforded to them by the people from all quarters , in the shape of petitions , briefly , but puhily expressed , and poured in like hail .
We suggest the following , as something like th 0 form which might be adopted : — To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , The humble petition of Shewetii , —That your petitioners have heart ! that your Lordships , in august state , did lately sit in ; : < lgmenfc on one John Thomas , ¦ Earl of Cardigan , accusi ;< l of felouy , and that your IiOrdships , finding an ¦ informality in the proceeding * , though no answer waa given to the facts alleged against the prisoner , did acquit tha : aid John Thomas , Earl of Cardigan . Your petitioners beg U > reniiuil your Honourable House that , on the tnai of John Frost , Zephaniah WiHimris , and William Jnes
, there , was an informality in the proceedings , arimktfcd by two of tbe three Judges who tried them , and bj six of her Majesty's fifteen Judges , to have been f = « al to the whole proceedings , and that yet the said John Frost , Zsphaniah Williams , and William Jone * . vere sentenced by her Msjesty ' s . Government to be transported for life , and are now fulfilling that sentence . Your petitioners h » ld th ; it this is an unfair ami an un-English mode of administering the law ; anil v , ar petitioners , therefore , call upon yiar Honourable House immediately to address her Mnjesty , and t tall upon the Government for a free pnrdon to be ins-taatly granted to the said John Fro 3 t , Zephaniah Wi } . i ::: as , aud VVHIiain Jones . And your petitioners will ever pray , &c
Petitions of this kind , poured in from all qns -fcrg of the country , from every public meeting , caUci for whatever purpose , from clubs and associations , from workshops , from families , from streets , and iiom . individuals , would at least bother , if not the bi ..-ns , the wigs , of their Lordships , and cause them to opea their hereditary eyes ; while , ' at the same time , the House of Commons might be blockaded in like manner with petitions , setting forth , in plain language , the people ' s sense of the atrocities perpetrated upon Feargus O'Connor , upon Robert Peddie , upon William Ashton , Peter Hoey , and all other Chartist prisoners . Lat the people do it , and do it in right earnest . A petition may be written uponapiecoof paper , which may bo purchased for
a farthing , of a quality qnita good enough for tho place it is to go to . A Chartist schoolmaster , who has twenty or thirty little boys , who can write just legibly , might turn out dozens of copies , with littleor no sacrifice of his own time , besides furnishing an improving exercise to the young urchins . Nothing can be more stupid than the notion , that it is necessary for petitions to Parliament to bo written like copper-plate . It is necessary they should be written very plainly , especially for th © hereditary ahop ; or , ten to one , if the " collective' oj " hereditary" would be able to read them ; but if ^ tK ^ f - are written very plain , that's all that ' s want-ad , and little boys commouly do write very plain , if not very well .
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A CHARTIST OF THE . RIGHT SORT . We have great pleasure in placing before onr readers the following soul-stirring and spirited extract from a speech recently delivered in Gla \ i ; aw by Mr . Moir . It waB prepared for our last wick ' t publication , but such sentiments -as it contains aw never stale : — Hence , I say , " Hurra for the triumph of Chartism " ( renewed cheering ) . The man who is not a ChariUt-ls either a knave or a fool , and be can hang himself up on either hem of the dilemma be pleases ( laught ; r > . If he be a knave , that is the more reason why we should look sharply after him —( renewed laughtaland , on the other hand , if he be a fool , that is a sr ^ od
reason why we ought to pay no deference to him at ulL ( cheers * . Again , I rejoice that there is no' appears nee of wearying or becoming faint . The cause is v-ortb struggling for—one half of every day " s earniDg is 11 / ihe contest . Everything proves that the pesition which we took up two years ago , is the only tenable one ; and , if proof be wanted , we need only refer to the late Leeds meeting , -which was called to propose resolution ! in favour ot Household Suffrage . Well might Mm Editor of tbe Iced * Mercury remark , where wert iha advocates of Household Suffrage ?—aye , where -wc » they ? ( Laughter . ) Not one of them dared to open their mouth at the meeting , and why ? btcaus- ^ the Chartists were next door —( laughter )—ready to wow
their flimsy sophisms to the winds ; and looking u ; . on discretion as the better part of valour , they wisely said nothing . ( Laughter . ) He would , indeed , be a bold fellow - who would propose Household Suffrage to tbe people . I believe we shall scarcely find a man courageous enough to tell the people he looked on them as fools ; yet this he must do who . would propose Household Suffrage to tbe people . It would be easily settling such a fellow . The system was too monstrous for any person to attempt its justification And I will tell you , my frien
quietly as possible , and if he did not get his head cracked in tao interim , he at least deserved it iLtwgh ter and applause . ) I will never open my mouth for an extension of the Suffrage abort of that defined in the Charter . ( Cheers ) I know tbat strenuous efforts bave been made , and wiil be made yet , to make the people believe that th « y might , with propriety and advantage , begirr an agitation fo * something Use . ( Cries » f " we never will .: ) 1 hope not ( Cheer « . ) Nothing but tin Charter . The Wbigs are just giving their last kick , ( Laughter . ) They are jost about to kick the buckettchtjers);—and I am quite certain , when they die , thA Chartists -will shed very few tears at their funeral . ( Langbter , ) I said long agd tbat . no good would be done till the Whigs were out . ' -I for : one . . . will , nev e * open my mouth for anything eise than Universal
Suffrage ; because , to consult the people regarding anything else , is but fooling them , and I will never be a party to such a course . We nmst never trnckle Je those who have persecuted and abused m . You win all recollect that O'ConiwU thanked hiu conntryniea for refuting to give Lowery * hearing ; and .- noirttM impudent , unblushing , barefaced « ° « B ( ^ M tal ^ a ^™ addressing tlie people « f England and StoHand , about Lord Morpetb / 8 Five Pound ^ "ff -J « ^ 8 uffrtge Bill BuV we will be M deaf to W * call as tae JrUhaVe on tbe question of Universal Suffrage . _ There w ™ a follow named Barrett roaring through Ireland , a ^ d declaring that if S tanley ^ BiU ' waspMsed , ge eg would be » isad for Frani * « id the people of ftp *** Had any ^ erson , unsupported by Dan and to * teO . uttered mutoS - amfliBtoti the Attomej . Geaeral would so « n have toid hold of Win . " .- . ; •¦
Le > all temporise" « ad that and blnBh , and-let it be b orne in mind , that this dignified and nncoajpromising Chartist has ten times mere stake ana interest in the well-being and good regulation «| society , than one half of the midd ^ e-cbBBS-operativ * yelpers for concession . And yet he has no objection to venture his capital and life upon the isroe of th « Charter . He is , in truth , an honour tcfas . BoMK : and consistent as a delegate to the late ConventioB , straightforward and unyielding in We adheswn to the cause over since , he is whaT we call a Chartist 0 the right tort .
Yokshie-E Spuing Assizes.
YOKSHIE-E SPUING ASSIZES .
The Question Of Instalments Of Political Debts.
THE QUESTION OF INSTALMENTS OF POLITICAL DEBTS .
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