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YO&KSHIBE StfBXMEB , ASSIZES . CTtOWN COTJRT . —Friday , July 16 . ( Before Mr . Justice Wighiman . J KAPE . Robert Allison , 20 . and Thomas Pratt , 17 , "were diarsid -wixh . having on the 25 th of March last , a : Startforth , ihe former ccffiniitred a rape on Jane Cniuter , tod the latter ¦ with aiding and abetting in tbe same . — l £ r . BLISS appeared for the prosecution , and Sir GBE-• OE"Y Lewis for the prisoners . The prisoners are terpe : weavers residing at Barnard Castle , in the county of Durham . The prostcntrix was a person of very hnmfcle ca-eunist 2 iice » : aha "w& 3 a far&tJ ' e serrant , and the < l * ttgiiier of & labourer , bnt her father and mother were both dtsul , md she had beta all her life in sendee , asd
> X xht . time cf the commission of this offence waa living j Vith Mr . William L ? ng , of North Field . Start-forth . © ii the day in question Mr . Lang was absent at Barnard ' Csatit , and his cow being ill , Mr . Macdonald , a cow- ; doctor , -wis Btnt for to tee it . It , ¦ was necessary th : A ' certain medicines should be sent for from Birnard Casti « for tiie cotr . Mrs . Lesg , therefore , seat the prosocamx about eight o ' clock in the evening to Barnard Castit , for the medicine , and as she was going alosg the i idjlq > le met her master returning . When she got to B&r ^ cd Castle ehe heard tbe curfsw ring , and she re-. tamed home between eight and nine o ' clock- She vent over - -ii « bridge on the Bowea road leading to Startforth , aou M-ortiy afterwards she saw a man following her . ; Toe prcisecutnx quickened her pfxe , and the man also j did Si orertook ssked her who he
so . Me length , Iwr , - sj Was aud Where the V&S going , &sd if she -wanted a I twe « . Ct ^ ait , He Baddftnly seized her , dragged her on tbe tide oi the read , threw her down , and notwithstanding > her res Stance and entreaties , asd promises of money , he ! eonxBiiuou the effecce imputed to him . The ™« t > turned oat w "be tbe prisoner Allison . Pratt then came up , aad i the v ^ o ^ ecntrix appealed to him for assistance . He , ' kowet ^ r , took no part in the transaction , oneway or- ; the oastr , and stood still until Allison fead completed < Ms parpose , when he , ( Pxatt > also abused her . A b : > y !• named Dover then came np . but the prosecutrix did not i appeal to him because she thought they were ail cf one party , and it ¦ would be in Tain to appeal Vo him . -j Shs went to the nearest house bat one , 'which is a public boast , aad camplainsd of tiie trea-ODem . she had re- j eiTed . She appeared much distressed , and she desired
the lindloni to go with her house for protection , fie * ent with her pan of the way home , and she then ¦ tate-1 to her master ¦ what had taken place . On the following morning Mr . Leng "went to Barnard Castle to make inquiries . The prosecntrix had neTer seen tha JQBn before , xnd the said that a person named WhitaV . d was the man , and not the two prisoners . After Whitfield bad been sworn to , inquiries were made at Barnard Castle , in consequence of which Dotht came forward to give his evidence , aud Wbitfi ^ d was lisebaiged . Dorer stared that when the prosocurrix w « it inio B&rn&rd Cx « . * Je , she was observed by T .-att . who sen : aim for Allison , and Pratt and Allison foiiovrea her on ' , ot Barnard Csfctle to the p ' &cs in quasraoa . The case against the prisoners was very weai . acd the Jury acquitted them both . The prisoners Tore further cb&rgea , Pratt with being the principal , * fld AiJiscE tin kcct&orj . > "o ; Gnilry .
F 0 E . GES 7 . Wm . Hartley , 32 , who was acquitted yesterday on a thirds of forgery , iras ciareed with Uttering , at Zee < is , a forged bill , with intent to defraud John Hanson . Mr . Bliss and ilr . Hatheeton were for the proseention ; iir . Wiliixs and . Mr . Pa&hlet were for the prisoner . Tfc * prisoner resides at EcclesiuH , near Leeds , and on « about the 3 rd Ju ? y , 1 S 40 , he went to the prosecutor , Who was a woo } dealer , at Bradford , and offartsi him » quantity of bills of exchange which he had . One bill ¦ Was fcr £ Z 0 , which hi offerfei , but . Sir . Hanson did cot take it , and the prisoner then offered a bill for £ 30 , for
• Which he was to haTe "wool and waste in exchange Sanson took the Bill ; he was employed by itr . 'Brotiterujn , a shopkeeptsr and dealer in wool , to seli wool on cojimissten , and he was ia inced to take the bill . He asked the prisoner some quts £ tior . s about the bill , and the prisoner answered that i : was drawn by Smith Brothers , acd Co ., of S ' -uch Joim street , Liverpool , &U \\ hs hs » d got tlie bill of xhem for goods which he had Bold . The bill was disbosomed when doe , and it 'was ascertained that thtre was no snei firm in Liverpool as Smith Brothers , and Co . On Wednesday last , the prcsecator , Hanson , was committed to York Castle from Bradford , on a charge of baying counterfeit coin in his poesc s-sien , wiiich Hanson ssii wa £ done to prevent him gWins eTidenca on this tria ..
Mr . "WiLKiSS addressed the Jojt for the prisoner , contending that thtre was not suScient evidence to allow tfcv . tbtic was not a firm * jf Smith Brothers , ami Co ., of Liverpool He ihui called two witnesses < cne of wham was ilr . ililwiid , tei-dealer , of Bradlord , who was the foreman of the Jury yesteruay , on the other trial ) to prove that there "was a nrm of Smith Broifctrs , aad S : ec ! e . in S- ^ aia John S'Taei , Liverpool , ai iii = time wiea . lie £ vr «; erj -was said to have besn eor ^ mitted . liia Jury found the prisoacr Not Guilty .
FOBGEST . ThoTfiszs Hanson , was charged with having uttered a forgfd Bill of Exchange , & : the p . rish of MirSfcld , en the 3 rd of November last , with iiucnt to defraud John Le&ubuter . iir . Pashlet and Mr . Pickering were for the prosecution ; ill . Wilki ^ sand ilr . Oteb . e > d deferdtd ths v-risoner . Til .- prosccuto ? is a coatiactor for ro&ds and canals , and resides at Xunbrooie , ntai HaddasSeid . The prbor . T was a ¦ w ^ iien cluth manufacturer , csirryin ^ on an ex '^ cTisive business at Loaqvrood , n ^ tr Hudderstieid . Aboa ; the muaUi of Scotemb « r lasi , the prisoner bui : t & large new mill , and wasted a < iam for the purvosvs -of thi mill , fur the makine of wkieh he entered into i
contact with Mr . Leadbeatcr . The sum agreed upon lor making ths dam was £ 38 , aad tbe contract -was made on the 2 l ? t of S ^ t- ia ber . On the 30 th cf October , the ram of £ 35 was paid fey tte prisoner in f . f-h on account Oa the 3 m of Xovember . ¦ when iEo : her payment was to be made the prisoner presented the bHi in question . At ihai time a conversation tooi : place between tbe parties . The bill was dated Liverpool , Nov . 2 , 1840 . Three month . " after ds . te , pay to Thoaias Hanson , or order , ths sun of £ 25 15 s . value received , John Thompson . At Jleasrs . ilasterraaii ' s and Co ., bankfers , London . The prosecutor , coiuiJerirg that Liverpool was a large place , and that Tfcon . pson was a comiacL namt , inquired who this Jjhn Thorjr . son w ^ s . The prisoDer tolrt him he tras a Qaakrf , that he livec . atBnruley , in Lancashire , that he had gox ' s uf Lim at Chester fair and Liverpool , ana tha ; it was for goods he hsu received the biiL The
prosecutor tben toot the bill , -whic-ft the . prisoner indo *» c = 3- Tbe bill aiterwr . rfs b ^ cixue disfcocoirreti . The prisoner got uitagreitd-fficalties , andsoonaft-r becaiDta feai-krapt . After the bill was dishonoured , inquiries Were made at Liverpool ard Burnley , bu ; all these inquiries weTo fraiiies 3 with regard to the existence of the John Thomp-on , spoken of by tte prisoner . Some time sfier the banirrp-. cy the prisoner waa clied on by ti . » xn . oi the prosecutor , and he tfcen rsTehsm a different accoimt of Thompson to -what be had before done . H * Etid thai Thompson was a silk dealer , residing in Paisley , Sitland . > lr . Leadbeater , the younger , on secin- ; ths bill , identified the hand-Tnitirg as ths signature of the son of the prisoner , who carried or buainass wiih his father , ilr . Leadfeiater had compounded wiib tie son , and he had also seen him write often . Tne prissner told the c-.-nstabie wien he was apprehended , that he hira&elf had drr . wn the bill in the name of Thointson , who was a travelling
Scotchman . Jlr . W 3 LK 2 > 'S addressed the jnry for tie prisoner , and then caiita \ ri'Jifc 9 « s cho « ave him & guod character . Tbe jury retired for thres quarters of sn honT , snd then fonrd tbe prisoner Guilty , bat strongly rt-CommeEd ' ed him to mercy . MA-VSLAfGETEE . W&nd Hartley vrs charg-wi with the m-nslaughUr of Joan Arnold , at Hu ! i , on it-e 21 st of F * -b . la-t . Mr . Hildtap . d vis for ihs pros ^ catioa ; Mr . Kaine defended the pr : sc . a ^ r . Jlr . BAi . vEaG dressed the Jarr for tie prisoner , when they retired . After half eji hour ' s consultation , they found the prisoner . Xot Gaiity .
Sziurdey , J' jly 17 . S . XPZ . Tho ^ -. zs Spkes . ir ^ a h ~< i been out on bail , was charged with i ; av- -3 g , at Kirth « at-on , on the 2 nd of Ap . ril last , eommirtT . i a rsj-e » n Lytiia , the wift v . f JSnn ELaye . Sir G . Lewis ai , pfc-r < rd for the prosecution ; and Mr . Wll . Ki > "S for the defence . The vri- * 01161 i * a clo ! h-dr&BSar residing at Mold Green , near Hcddeisfieid , and the prosecntrix is th--wife of a deiver reiiding at AlmondbHry . Tho husbanu of the prosecutrix . when the weather is bad , is obii ; ei to remain at home , ard i « ie the habit of makinc skewerg for sale . "When he has made a certain number , his wife g ^ s about R-Iling . On the 2 nd of April , she
wm out wiA seme skewers , S 3 usual , on the road between EaduersSsid and Wakefield , and when she -ra& : half a mile from the tcrnpike bar she met the prisoner , - » nd asked him if he wanted any skewers . Be said he j was nut sore -whether he did or not ; but at length he consented to take 200 She aid that he had never i taken lea than l . t' 60 before . The prisoner rev" ®^ i that if she weald go tu his house , which was about lOu j ysrds off , ce wou d t * ke them . Sae did so , and went , into a back tittUng-Toom , and bad began to count the j skeweis on the table , when be fastened the door and j committed the offence . The surgeon being of opinion ; that the person of the prcsecntrix Lad cot been violated , ; tiie Jury immedi * teiy acquitted tbe prisoner . ]
HVKDBB . HEAB . LEEDS . : Thomas MiUeU , 10 , was charged with the wiL ul jnuratr of Christopher TVinder , st Leeds . Sir G . Lj-ffu and Mr . Hill appeartd for the prosecution , * ad ^ r . Kiwto ^ for the defeEce . i Sir G . Usyrv * stated the cass . Oa ths 4 th of Jtne : bat , the deceased was at tfcs Rose ard Cr ^ v . -n lnr , ' Annky . He west there at two o'clock in ih- after- ) noon , and rw" *** " ** till seres atn ! ght Dunnr the tine ¦ he wa » there , the prisoner also cauie to tLe Rr .-e and j Crown , * " * tenHHB 6 d there Eever&l hours- Tbe de- '¦ peuei went away ai » ut stTen o'clock in ibe evenir ^ ¦
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with arother person . Tbe prisoner and the deceased had sat together in the Ro = 8 and Crown , and no quarrel h&d taken plaoe . When the deceased went away he was a little ifl liqnor , bnt not so mncb so as the prisoner ^ rhen he left tbe house . The deceased stated that he was going to the Fleece Inn , Bratnley , and that he had to c ~ . ll afterward * at tbe M&H Shovel Inn , Armley . He called at the Fleece Inn , and about the middle of the night the prisoner eame back to the Rose and Crown , and siJd he bad been ill-treated by some person or persons who bad attempted to rob him . The prisoner had then a hat on , which was the hat the deceased had on when he left the house . The prisoner at the time he left the bouse bad a cap on , and when he was asked -Bhere be had got the hat he said he did not know , but
he afier ^ ards said teat he had got it at home . Between twelve and one o ' clock that night , it appears that two persons were coming in a cart from Armley , ¦ when they wont down Miss Holmes' lane , to the road ieaoing from Stannicgley to Leeds , which lane is not far from Cockshot toll-bar . In goiDg along the road , one of these men saw a man lying on the road , they having then passed the body at some distance . Tiiey pulled up , and both immediately got out of the cart , and found the body of the deceased . A number of large stones were lying near bis bead , and there waa blood on the stones and also on the deceased . The mea gave information to tbe constable of Bramley , and they then retumsd to the place , and the body was removed to the B&riey Mow Ino . Tbe body was afterwards examined by Mr . Teale , an experienced surgeon at Leeds , and his
opinion ¦ was , that the deceased came by his death from a cart going over him . The prisoner had a horse and cart -srith him at the Rose and Crown , but they afterwards became sepirarea from him in a manner which nobxly was able to telL The horse and cart were afterwards found , and the prisoner was met with on the road , when ht > save an account , the main circumstance in which was that he had been ill-treated , and an attempt made to rob him . Before the cart , in which were the iwo men , hid passed the body on the road , a person of the name of Robinson , who was coming on the road , heard a noise of two men quarrelling , one of whom was on the ground and the other was upon him , but who tkey were he did not know . When the prisoner went through Cockshot bar , he was in a " fratchons "" mood , s » nd wanted to fight tte toll-bar keeper .
The cas-i was fully reported in the Star at the time . After hearing the evidence of the surgeon , the Judge stopped the ca -e , and the Jury , nnder the direction of his Lordship , found the prisoner Not Guilty .
STABBING IN LEEDS . SamueZ Martin , 24 , -was charged with having , on the 24 th of Ma . y , last , at Leeds , stibbtd Joseph Hutchinsoa , with intei . t to do him some grievous bodily harm . —Mr . W 1 LK . INS and Mr . Mo . nteith were for the prosecution . Tbe prisoner was undefended . On the evening of Monday , the 24 th of May , the prosecutor , who is tbe ostler and brewer , at the Spotted Cjw Inn , and a number of oth ^ r r > ersons were in the tap room of the IS ' ag ' s Head Inn , ViCir-lane . The prisoner , who is a soldier , and a R ; an named Pickersgiil , were among the company on thn .: occasion , and after staying thtre some time Pickers ^ ill to >; k the prisoners cap off bis head and threw it
towards the 2 re . The cap fed near tLe feet of the pri-, son- r , who took it np . put it on the end of his itick , and thru 5 t ituptbccbiiunty . It was taken out of tbe chimney J ami the prosecutor insisted that tbe prisoner should j clean it , which he refused to do , ami in consequtaca J tije prosecutor struci the prisoner orer the facet and I c ' othes with the cap . A scuffle essued , but an artilleryman named Ward , put an end to the quarrel . The prisoner then left the room , but returned in a Bhert i time , attacked tbe prosecutnr with a knife , and made a i Sj&sb . acros 3 his throat . Biood flowed , and tie prisoner j seeing this he ran inio the kitchen . It was afterwards i
ascertained that he had given a knife to one of the I serT .-mts , and she , by his orders , put it into the fire . ; The fire Was put out and the handle of the knife was found to be nearly burnt oi £ The Jury retired for an ; honr , and then found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault . j
ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD . > James Dealtry Steele was charged with a conspiracy ' to cheat and defraud Joseph Daokersley and others , ! and to obtain goods by false pretences . Sir GREGORY \ 1 iv ; n and ilr . Wasxey conducted the prosecution , ilr . BLISS defended the prisoner . ilr . Joim Hall , of Huudersfield , proved that in the \ beginning of May . 3840 , tbe prisoner took the ware- house of Mr . Brook , in the King ' s Head Yard . He ; occupied it in a few days , and the names of Grantham , j >* : cholson , and Co ., were put up in four places . The ' ; prisoner kept possession of the warehouse about ! twelve days . j Pniiemore Firth , of Lindley , cloth-dresser , deposed that on the 6 th of May , l ^ iO , he was at Hudijersfitld . !
His father went with him to get a little cloth dressing . TLey went to & warehouse and saw Mr . Grantham , j ( meaning the prisoner . ) Thtre was no name on the ¦ warehouse then , but on the Tuesdny but one ; afterwards , there were over the door the names ' of Grantham , Nicholson , and Co . Witness asked fw is ^ nrf for some ciolh to dress , ¦ when he told TFit- j r-r . yi and bis father to fiO on Lae Tuesday after . Wit- i Titss "went that ilay . 'whtn he saw Gnmth&in , Nicholson , and Hartley . Hartley asked witness whtre he could ' introduce him to buy some good cloth . Witness saiii \ he had two pieces , and he should be very glad to sell J them . On the Friday afterwards , witness delivered hi * pieces at the warehouse in the presence of Xicholuos and Hartlev . He afterwards met the prisoner in the I
' street , and told him what had passed . He said it was j right , bnt he had got very ill wet , and it was of no use j going down to look at the p . eces , and he ordered wit- j ness to come down on Saturday morning . He did SO , aad then saw Grantham and Xicbolsou . They said the pieces he < witness ) waa to have to dress bad not j coir . i in , and it was of no vise bothering till Tuesiay . i Witness left his pieces , and returned on the Tuestlay . j He treat up stairs , and Granibain went ont of the j -counting-house and bade him g » od morning . Witness j and Hartley weat to the King ' s Head to get a glass of ale , aad viii ' e they-were tbore he saw Grantham puss thewindxew . Hartley jumped np smd -wtnt out , anti returned some tuns afterwards , and said witness -was to go to !
tlw warehouse . He did eo . and saw ajaay people theTe , j but none of the arm . Witness nfvt-r saw any clotb in the warehouse . He never saw any of ti . e firm tnat cay . On the Thursday afttr , witness went to Bradford j market- He saw Hartley attheBo-wliBg-Grecn Inn , and ¦ ne asked him if Grantham and ^ Cichoison were going ; to come to Bradford , and ha said yes . Hartley w ^ s coinsj « ut , when ¦ witness sens for a policeman , and had . ' lina taion into custody . Witness got a note from the I police , and he went to the police office at Leeds . They ser . t a man with him to Mr . Porter ' s , and he received some directions there about his goods , but he did not j get them . On the morning after , Hepworth , police- ' man , went vritb him , and he saw his pieces at Mr . Djuffson's , "wLsre they had been to be pressed .
Ht . John Clarke , of Huddersfield , deposed , that on the I 2 : h of May , 1840 , the prisoner bought two pieces of him , but never paid fo : them . Ke reprtstnted hirn-ftlf to be of the firm of Grantham , Mcholson , and Co . iir . Henry Watson , commission agent , of Huddera-£ eld , waa in partnership with last witness , in May , 1840 . He depoged to a conversation he had wkh the prisoner at tbe Crown luu . He asked him to givs reference to a bsnier , or some other respectable houvj ia L- ^ ds , to know -who he fras , and what he was doing . Prisoner replied , he did not see it was necessary to do so . Witness told him it was highly necessary , as they did not know anything about him . Prisoner said , if ¦ witness had askei DaTid Cooper , of Leeds , he ¦ s vould
have toid him who he was , and Le woald have been satisfied . Witness toid hi ; n that he -was the very man be had been to , and had asked him if there was such a firm in LeedB as Grantbain , Nicholson , and Co ., and hs ? ka ' . d there tras do * - Witness asked tfce prisoner if ]; e was prepared to pav for the goods ¦ which had been deliveied . aad be rep : i-d that be was not , but they should be paid for on me tollovring Ttiesday . On Tuesday , Us ly . h of May , witness applied for payment , wL .: n he i ^ w Nicholson only . He went out to fetch Grau tbar . i , and he- never came back . Witness had jet tbem hare goods to tLe amount of £ 15 . On tbe 31 st of July , lie &a "» r tbe prisoner in South John Strtet , Liverpool , and there were the names of Smith , Brothers , and Steele , over the door . Witness asked him for the money , bat fce said ha could not pay him it- Witness caUed him
Grantham , when he said his name was Steele , an . l he had assumed the name cf Grantham at Huddersaeld . Mr . Jobs Da-wson , tailor , of Huddersae ' id , depjBetl lisa * the prisoner came to feis shop about the 6 t )] Or 7 th at May , 16-10 . He said his name was Grantham , oi th ^ - firm of Graiitham , Nicholson , and Co ., and thai their warehouse was in the King ' s Head Yard . Ht ordered a suit of black clothes . They were to be read } on Friday afternoon , as he was goirg to Ltecis or . Saturday , to his sister ' s fuceial . Witness went to the vrarehouse -with the clothes , but the rioor was fast , and hf took them bacfe again . On the 9 th of ilay , the da ) ifterwards , -witnirss received a note from the prisoner and he sent a girl with the clclhes to Mra . Bennen ' a On the 23 rd of May witness also received a letter , but ht never got paid for ths ciothes .
' Mr . Joseph Dunkersky , clothier , who resides ce : Huddersfield , deposed thut in May , last year , he so ' the priscner some cloth for £ 12 15 s . He was ' have ready money , but the prisoner promisid to p : on the Tuesday following . Witness had never bet paid . Mr . John Cooper , of Lc-eds , who sells cloth by cor mission , deposed that about the middle of May , 18-1 the prisoner and XicbyLson gave iiim directions , i the Railway Hottl , to s ^ ll thirteen pieces of -whi unfinished doth , which he did , and gave thtm ti mouey . . . Mr . E . Porter , lanslord of the Railway Hetel , d pesed to the prisoner , and Nicholson , and Harth frequenting Ms house in May , 1840 . Nicholson birt one of his rooms , in which was put the thirteen pieci of cloth , and it was afterwards delivt-rtd to llr . Coope and a person named Wincfield .
Air . Thomas Shaw proved tbe handwriting of the prisoner to thrte letters now produced . The letters vrere read fey the Clerk cf the Court . Two of them were those sent to ilr . Da'wc The first requested thut the prisoner ' s clutLes mthibesent to Mrs . BecEttt ' s , aa : l coiital-. ed a prumi-e to pay for tbeai . Th-j iccoad cyctainCu a threat to prosecute Sir . Da- ^ scn icr ut ;" air ; ation of character , aud the third was i / . iir-. s ^ cd to Eartirv . in -which he vas requested to krrp cix e'es cpi ^ , and <; e if iLc-rs \ rai ^ nv ' . h : ^; : to te t ' l-Li : n L--= ^ r .
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Two other witnesses were examined but their testimony did sot add anything material to the facts already stated . Mr . Bliss addressed the Jury for the prisoner . Guilty .
PERJURT AT LEEDS . John Jackson , 21 , was charged with committing perjury at Leeds , before John Clapham , Esq ., on the 26 th of October last . Mr . Marshall and Mr . Hall appeared for the prosecution . Sir G . Lswin defended the prisoner . The first count ia the indictment charged the prisoner that he committed perjury in a deposition which he gave before the Magistrates of Leeds on the 26 'th of October , on wbicU occasion lie swore that ha was robbed by & girl of the name of Elizabeth Clarkson , who picked his pocket of £ 1 2 s . or £ 1 3 s .. The second caarged Mm that when this girl was brought up for trial at the se&ions on the 31 st of October , he swore before tbe Recorder that she did not pick , his pocket , but that he gave her the money . She was accordingly acquitted , and the Recorder recommended the Magistrates to commence a prosecution .
It appeared , however , rom the evidence tbat the difference in the prisoner ' s statements had arisen ' from a mistake . Not Guilty .
COW STEALING . William Fatccett , 29 , who had been ont on bail , was charged with having in January last , atBolton , stolen a cow , tbe property of John Atkinson . Not Gaiity . The Court rose at lout o ' clock . Monday , July 19 . The Court was crowded this morning with persons anxious to hear the trial of the Knaresborough murderers .
MCBDEB AT KNABESBOROJGH . John Burlinson , 24 , Charles Gill , 19 , and Henry Nuttall , 22 , were charged with the murder of Joseph Cocker , at KnaresVirough , tha former as the principal , and the other as accessories . Mr . K . nowles and Mr . Martin were counsel for the prosecution : Mr . Newtojj defended Barliusou and Gill , and Mr . Wilkins appeared for NuttalL Mr . Knowles stated the case . The deceased was a widower , about fifty-six years of ape , and kept a pubiic-house in the borough of Kaaresborougb . He had no child , nor no servant , and resided alone . He lived in a house facing the street , which forms part of the Market-place , and immediately behind the housu there is a yard belonging to a person of the name » f
Snow , and from that yard , if a party be standing there , they can see distinctly into the kitchen of the deceased ' s house . That , Mr . Knowles stated , would form an important point in the evidence that would bo given that day . There wonld be no doubt at all , that on tha night of the 18 tn of June , between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock , the deceased came to his death by violence inflicted by some person , and the only question in the case would be , whether the evidence would fix tbe charce upon the three prisoners , or any of them . On the night in question , Mrs . Snow , who lives at the kick of deceased's house , was disturbed by some noise which she heard in Cocker's house . Sho got up , and went into the yard aad heard a groaning , and also heard distinctly the beating of something upon
the ground , which induced her to look through Cocker's back window . She then saw three men , who proved to be the prisoners , standing in the kitcb * n . She at that time did not see the deceased , but saw tbe three men , and she heard distinctly the groaning of some person who was in the bouse . Upon this Mrs . Snow went round to Cocker's front door , which she found was fast She therefore returned to her own house again , and -waked ber husband , who was asleep in bed . She again heard the groans in Cocker ' s house , and she west into the yard alone and looked through the window . She saw the deceased reared up against the chimney piece ; be was groaning heavily , and was using some expression , which was , however , unintelligible . Her husband followed her , and they
again looked through the window , and they there saw the deceased lying on the floor and tbe three men standing about him ; one of them was in the act oi rifling his pockets . The police officer ( Mr . Vickermani afterwards found that deceased ' s breeches pockets , and one of the waistcoat pockets had been turned inside out . The prisoners then got up , and rushed out of the house . It appeared that between the interval of Mrs . Snow first seeing the men , and the second time , and while she waB waking her husband , she heard Cocker ' s door open , and somebody go out It therefore stewed that they had gone avay in the first instance , and returned again , as they were afterwards . seen by Mrs . Snow and her husband . As soon as they went out a second time . Mrs . Snow observed
the direction in which they took , and she and ker husband gave an alarm to Yickerinan , the police officer . He entered the deces -sed ' s hous 9 with some of the neighbours , and after a light had been obtained , he found the unfortunate mau lying on his face in a pool of blood . He was not then quite dead , but he was insensible , and he died soon afterwards . Vickerman fuund a fird poker partly lyiug across the deceased ' s lags , aDd partly asross tbe fender . The floor was nearly covered over with blood , a chair and the w ; iils about the fire-piace , and within the long-settle , wen .-covered with blood . Vickerman found a large holu on the right side of deceased ' s head , and he also had nnotli- r on the left side . There was a cat upon one oi iiis cheeks , about an inch in length . The deceased being bo near death conld not therefore cire any account
whatever as to who the men were who had commenced the outrage . Mrs . Snow , however , was perfectlycognirmt with the persons et two of tbe prisoners , viz ., Burlinson and Gill , and tbe other prisoner wa 3 identified by her husband . As Boon as the alarm was ^ iven , and as soon as it bail been ascertained from Snow wdat had taken piace , ia deceased ' s houso , di 8 i ; rent parties set out in pursuit of the three men , and in about un hour all the three prisoners were taken into custody . They were not , however , ttiken at their own homes , or altogether , bir . they were found in and near the town and were taken separately . Thfir dres 3 and persons ihen necessarily became the objscts of investigation , ami upon tho pers-ins aad clothes of all of them , particularly upon Bir ' . ins . m and Gill , were copious ¦ murks of Wood . Vickennan examined Burliason ' s
clothes , which were very bloody . His face ¦ wiujci vtrtii with blood , and his chin appeared as if he hj . ' ! tw . eu into some blood . Vickemian asked him if lie could account for the blood , but he did not give any answer . The wristbands of Gili ' s shirt were also stained with blood , and his handkerchief \ t ; . a spotted with blood . Nuttall ' s ¦ waistcoat was stained with blood , ai : d in tht pockets was fuund some bloody hair . On as ) : in ^ him to give an account of it , he aaid that his r . o . ° e h ; ul hkil . Next morning Xuttall made a confession to V ; ckei-iu : iu . ¦ w hich was tu tha effect , tiuit ho Went to doo . ase- . Vfi hc-uss at ten o'clock at night , and had two ur threr piutsof ale ; that h « after ¦* ards went into tbe yard , ami when he returned , he fvuad dec 8 » fa » d knockt-ii down . In tiie evening of the . snrutj day , Gill a ' so snade a cm ; -
fessiou . He said it was not him who had killed the oid man . He said they went iuto Cocker's about halfpast ten at night , and they had ;\ bout five pints of ale ; and , ubuut tweive o'clock , the old man would u-t diaw them any more . Tnat the old man told them ttitjy hud belter go home , it va « getting late ; tint Burlir . son ; was standing by the old ruaa when he drew a piece uf ! iron out of his packet and struck him on the head , ! when the old man fell down on his knees , and he said j " Oh , kv ' . s , don't murder me . " Some one tbxii came ! to the door , and they afterwards ran out across the 1 street up the Synagogue ' s Passage ; that two of them I wtnt down tha B ' . ck Street , and the other ran up \ J ckfy Lane into the Hi- ^ h Street , and that they aftisri wards met on the Hign Bridge , and then went into
Diuniore ' s Fields , and when they returned they -were , ' tiiken . j Mr . Beaumont , surgeon , of Knaresbro , ' was called j to attend the dt ceased soon after he was found as above : described , and he described the injuries which he j bad received on his head . On the right side <> f the head , above the ear , there was a wound about two ! inches in extent , and about three inches ia depth . Tho : right ear was divided and hanging down . There was j ii wound on the right clicek passing into the mouth . , Thtre was another wound ou the left cheek about au \ inch and a half in extent , and about an inch deep . His left ear was also divided and was hanging down . Tkere i were five other wemuds an the side- and buck purt of i the head , of various dimensions , and the skull was i fractured beneath tacit of them . Oa tfie Jong flu ^ er ol ; the right-hand there was a wound abcut an inch long ; : md the finger was crushed . The wound abuve tho I ri ? ht-tar the witness considered a murtal wound ; some
; of the other -weunds vrere also mortal . Th . ru was no 1 deubt that that occasioned the death of Cocker . Wit-• nes > s expressed an opinion at the time that it raust liava J been Some pointed instrument to have inflicted three of the ¦ wounds . Ho thought the poker would not have ' ¦ caused the wounds over the right ear or that passing i through the right cheek , but lie believed them to have i been with a pointed instrument Ho though a hammer j Blight have done it He was of opinion that thu other wounds might have been made by a poker . Witness I thought , after the post mortem examination had beeu I made , that the Mounds had been given by one instrument ilr . Wood , coroner of York , who sat on the inquest on the body of the deceased , proved that the prisoubrs \ had made statements on the inquest which he took ; down in writing , and he cautioned them before they made thoBc statements . These read the Clerk of the Court
j were by : Giil itited that he told Vickerniun he knew all | about it . Burlinson told him that Nuttalt and I him went the ni ^ ht before to do it , but ilr . Inchbald [ came in and put them off ! Borlinson stated that they all knew wkat they were ! going to do—one was as wiiiiMg us another . The weai pon belonged to Kuttali ; it was a long hammer ; it ! had a square face and it waa thro wn into the ri ? erNidd , I near , Cherry-tree top . Gill had said that he ( Burlinson ) , had struck the deceased v-ith a hammer . It was trua ! that , he had struck with a hammer . NutUll barred : the dour but he after ^ arda cut t \ n in consequence » jf a woman , as he thought , coming to the window . Nuttall 1 came back and Gill struck deceased four or five times whiie Lo was sitting ut-ar thd firs place . Wben they yti nt away he ran down the synagogues . In a short tii : e aftar . Nutlall ; dil it w . mUi !> g better to como ba ^ . k into the town a .-d La ^ Bur . uiiou ; was imuiitiiuU'l } U-ken .
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Nuttall stated that he was innocent of the charge When they wentintoCoukersbousenothingwasBaid , and he bad two or three pints of ale , when he went into the yard . He had not been out more than two or three minutes , when be went back again and Cocker Waa down . Burlinson then said ° Bar that door . " He did so , and ran away , when ha saw what was going on ; as he thought it was a severe thing that was going on . He came back again , and Gill then knocked the old man several times very haid with the hammer . He ( Nuttall ) could not have done such a thiug ; he never did lift a hand against Cocker , and he was quite innocent .
Mr . William Inchbold , tallow chandler , Knaiesbro' , proved that the prisoner Nuttall , had been in his employ up , othe 17 th of June . He had an adze upon his premises which he had missed about six weeks before the murder , but lie Iiad feuml one half of it . Witness saw Burliu 8 on and Nuttall at Cocker ' s houae / about ten o ' clock on tho night of the 17 th of Juno ; they were there when he went in ; they stayed there two or three minutes , and then went away , leaving witness in the house . Witness stayed there about five minutes after they bad gone . Mr . Wilkins then addressed the Jury for Nuttall . He contended that his client , although present , did not previously know any thing about the murder , and he did not participate in its commission . Mr . Newtom also addressed tha Jury for the other two prisoners , and contended that from all the circumstances of the case , the prisoners 'were guilty of manslaughter only .
The Jury retired for a quarter of an hour , and then feund all the prisoners Guilty . The Judge then put otv the black cap , and proceeded to pass tbo sentence of death upon the prisoners , but some of his sentences were inaudible from the low tone of voice in which he addressed them . He observed that they had been convicted , on the clearest evidence , of a foul and cruel murder on the unfortunate deceased . There was no hope for them in this world , and be exhorted them to prepare for that future state iuto which they must so soon enter . A most awful duty remained for him to perform , and that was to pronounce upon them the sentence ot the Jaw—that they be severally taken from thfince to the place from whence they came , and that they , and each of them , be taken to a place of execution , there to be hanged by the neck , until each of them be dead ; ami that afterwards their bodies sUimid be buried within the precincts of the prison in . * hich they had been confined .
The prisoners seemed much affected after bearing the sentence . ML'RDER AT MIRFXEtD . Sarah Goldlhorpe , 18 , was charged with the murder of hur illegitimate child at Mirfield . Mr . IivGiiam and Mr . LiSTEit were for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins appeared for the defence . For upwards of three years the prisoner had lived in the service uf Mr . Marinaduke Ransome , an elderly gentleman who had retired from business , and was living at Mirfiutd , and who occupied part of a dwellinghouse belonging to his son-in law . It was abont a twelvemonth siuce he had first observed that the size of the prisoner had incre . tstd , and he remarked that circumstance to her , and charged her with being in the
family way , upon which siiw said stie was not , and attributed her tigura being so for tha want of stays . On the 24 th of May last , Mr . Hansome breakfasted between eight and nine o ' clock , and he was attended upon by the prisoner in the usual mannor . He then remarked that her figure was more than usually large , and he tald her she was a shame to be seen and tbat she was to go to Dcvrsbury to purchase a pair of stays . Her answer was that she was busy washing that day but she would go in the course of the week . About two hours afterwards Jlr . Ransome , who had been out , returned to the bouse , called the prisoner down stairs to give fcim some hot water as he wanted to shave himself . He noticed her figure waa much diminished and that she was iockin * very ill . He made some
comment en her appearance and she said ehe had been very ill and that was the reason why she had been charged with being in the family way . As Bhe came down stairs he heard something which appeared to him like a rubbiug on tho stiir . i , and he observed some spots of blood on the staira wiiicb . were partly rubbed out He went up to his lodging-room and in pushing the prisoner ' s door saw some clothes on the floor in the room which were marked with blood . Mr . Ransome told his daughter what bad passed aud Mr . Parker , the surgeon , was sent for . He arrived about two o ' clock and went up stairs and . ho there found her in bed with her clothes on . By tbe observations he then made he became satisfied that either at that time she was in labour or had already civeu birch to a child . He afterwards saw
her in bud , and be asked her where the child was . A Her some hesitation she told him it was under the bed . The child was then found between the bed ami the mattress , and when it was taken out its head dropped back , the throat being cm to the bone . The prisoner was asked what she had done it with , and she at first suiil with a penknife , and afterwards u razor . A razor was found among tho other r .- « jrs bei'in ^ ing to her i / mater , and it was stained with Wood . Tiie surgeon was of opinion that the child had been born alive . The prisoner had borne a most excellent character in her situation ; she was a plain , . simple , honest , and even prudent fiirl . In crota examination , the surgeon stated that differences of opinion t xisted a ; no ¦) , ' the medical profession as to the tests which . showed when a child is born alive .
Mr . W ILK INS addressed the Jury for the prisoner , contending thai tho child was dead when it was born , and that tho prisoner was only guilty of attempting to conceal the birtb uf the child . The Jury found the prisoner guilty of concealing th « birth JoAa Hanson was charged with having counterfeit coin ia his possession at Bradford . Mr . Armstrong and Mr . Wasnet Were for the p . tweciUion ; Mr . Holroyd defended the prisoner . Oc tbo 30 th of June or the 1 st of July , the prisoner paid a bad shilling to Margaret Ackroyd for ahalt'j > enny pie , who shortly ascertained that it was a bad one . She went to him to return the shilling , but ho would not take it . On the 10 th of July , the con . su . ble saw the prisoner iu a public-house , when he threw a paper parcel into the spittoon . On taking it out , it was found to contain five bad half-crowns and one crown . — Guilty . Tho Court rose about half-past four o ' clock .
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with a national one . A State Church is nobody ' s Church , and suits them exactly . They are not Episcopalians ; Episcopalians are excellent men : their religion is not Episcopalian , it is anything or nothing , only it must be national : their religion is not the Christian religion—it is the religion of the Sovereign and his Bishops . Hence they will fight for it , or bribe for it , or drink for it ; and they call it the Poor Man ' s Church , because the State ia nothing without the poor man—nothing unless he works for it and fights for it ( they are fond of fighting both in private and in public it is part of tkeir religion ;) so , without the poor man , it could &ot be the State Church , and in that case they wonld be * ithoat any religion at all . Let them Call it
the Poor Man ' s Church if they will—but what a pity they won't pay for it themselves when they get all the advantage of it The poor man has a private religion and is willing to pay to it—those whose religion is public , in the matter of it , should pay for it as well . Why should not the publicists pay for their own religion , which belongs to themselves and nobody else ? It is to be feared their religion is no religion at all—at least it ia not a national one . Now , since a national religion is no religion at all—it is binding upon every man , therefore , to see to it that he has a religion of his own , and that religious freedom , or liberty to hold his own religious views and worship , be guaranteed to every man .
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THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND AND WALES , FROM THE 11 th DAY OP MARCH UNTIL THE 14 th DAY OP JULY , 1841 .
INCOME . £ s . d . Chorltou , 30 cards ... ... ... 0 8 4 Brighton , 150 plain cards , 24 enamelled , per Mating ... ... ... 10 0 Liverpool , 100 cards , per Farquharson 1 12 8 Do . per Davica ... ... ,,, 0 10 0 S «/ okport , 24 plain cards , and 2 enamelled , to Cla , rke Yeovil , per Bainbvidge ... ... 0 19 4 Prostwich , 12 cards , per Dickinson ... 0 16 Chesterfield , 2 enamelled cards to Martin Chalford , 40 cards to Freeman ... Westbury , per Price ... 0 50
Sutton-in-Ashfiold , 100 cards ... ... 0 16 8 Nottingham , 96 cards , per Sweet ... 110 Do ., per Thatcher ... ... ... 0 5 0 Nottingham ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , per Wyatt ... ... .. 0 15 0 London , 50 plai ' u cards , and 2 enamelled cards to Sowtor ... Stroudwater , per Pritcharda ... ... 0 11 8 Warrin # ton , 30 plain cards , aad 2 enamelled cards , per Lawless ... 110 Truro , 40 cards , per tVa / 1 ... ... 0 3 0 Carlisle , per Richardson ... ... 3 10 0 Hudderefield , 9 G cards , per Clayton ... 1 10 8 Belper 70 cards ... Leeds , 24 plain cards , 2 enamelled cards ,
per Hick ... ... ... 0 t 0 Leeds , 100 cards London , 100 cards , per Thirkell ... I 4 10 Brovyn-screet , Manchester , 12 cards ... 0 10 4 Manchester tailors and shoemakers , 30 cards ... ... ... ... 0 11 8 Surrey , 300 plain cards , 12 enamelled cards , per Maynard ... ... 0 16 8 Subscriptions through the Slar office ... 10 0 Leicester , 190 cards , per Cooper ... I 13 0 Merthyr Tydvil , perDavies ... ... 0 Jl 8 Bnrnsley . per Norton ... ... 0 8 0 Salisbury , 6 plain cards , per Wilkinson 0 7 6 Man -field , per Dutton ... ... 0 11 4 Sowcrby , per Crossley ... ... 0 13 6
Sowerby , per Sutcliffe ... ... 0 6 6 Wigan , per Dickson ... ... ... 0 7 0 Arnold . 60 cards , per Emmerson ... 0 15 0 Bury , 50 cards ... ... Manchester , Tib-street , 140 cards Acnngton ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Dudley , 12 cards ... ... ... 0 2 6 Birmingham , 200 cards , per White ... 0 10 0 Uuseburn , per Hall ... ... ... 0 12 0 Trowbridge , 50 plain cards , 2 enamelled cards , per Moore ... ... 0 13 9 London , per Lefevre ... ... ... 0 6 0 Macciesfield , 52 cards , per West ... 0 8 8 Deprford , 2 plain cards , per O'Brien ... 0 0 6 Hey wood , 24 card 9 ...
Halifax , p ' . r Burns ... ... ... 0 6 0 Salford , 42 cards ... ... ... 118 London , 50 cards , per Marley ... 14 0 Derby , por Turner ... ... ... 0 5 0 WooUon-under-Edge , per Skelton ... 0 3 4 HatHuni , per Smton ... ... ... 0 6 6 London , per Beck ... ... ... 10 0 Coventry , 50 cards , per Knight ... 0 13 4 Cheltenham , 60 caras , per Wilson ... 10 0 Loughborous ; h ... ... ... 0 7 0 London , 160 cards to Watts ... Gainsborough , 50 cards to Pygot London , per Taylor ... ... ... 0 10 6
Hyde , 50 cards ... ... ... 0 6 0 Ashum , 20 cards , per Storor ... ... 0 3 6 Chester , 100 carua , per Vaughaa ... Ill ) Burnley , per Webster ... ... 0 17 0 Mountsorrel ... ... ... 0 5 0 Lancaster ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Wallsall , 21 cards 0 3 6 Monmouth , per Buttery ... ... 0 11 Lupton , por Clayton ... ... ... 0 10 0 Hanley Potteries ... ... ... 0 6 4 Colchester , to Blatch , 30 cards Oldham , 100 cards to liamer ... Muldlelori , 8 cards ... ... ... 0 14 Unaworth , per Eccertley ... ... 0 1 fl Total receipts £ 38 19 1
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EXPENDITURE . £ . s . d . Match 15 . Mr . Littler , for loss of time 0 4 0 Mr . Car thdge do .... ... 0 2 G Two dozen postage stamps 0 2 0 Pens , ink , paper , and posting ... ... ... 0 2 7 18 . Secreitiry ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Thirty-six posiage stamps ... % 3 0 Posting cards ... ... 0 3 0 Paper , iuk , &o . ... ... 0 2 1 26 . Secretary * !* wages ... ... 1 10 0 Paper aud pens ... ... 0 18 Postage ... ... ... 0 2 7 April 6 . Secretary ' s wages ... 1 10 0
Postage ... ... ... 0 2 0 Paper ... ... ... 0 0 9 10 . Secretary ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Two mouth ' s ireut ... 0 8 t ) Paper ... ... ... 0 2 0 Postage ... ... ... 0 -J 4 21 . Secretary ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Paper , pen" , aud twine ... 0 2 1 $ Postage ... ... ... 0 2 0 26 . Secretary ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Postage ... ... ... 0 8 4 Paper and ink ... ... 0 13 May 1 . Secretary ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Priming 100 circulars ... 0 0 9 Paper ... ... ... 0 9 0
Postage ... ... ... 0 4 0 8 . Secretary ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Poetagu ... ... ... 0 4 6 Paper ... 0 1 « Futhergill , for printing ... 15 0 15 . Secretary ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Postage ... ... ... 0 3 4 Paper ... ... ... 0 1 10 Rent ... ... ... 0 8 0 23 . Secretary ' o wages ... ... 1 10 0 Postage ... ... ... 0 2 4 30 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 1 10 0 Paper ... ... ... 0 16 Postage ... ... ... 0 10 June 5 . Secretary '*! wages ... ... 1 10 0 Pens , ink , and wafers ... 0 0 6
Postage 0 11 4 Printing 200 cards ... 0 4 8 12 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 1 10 0 Paper 0 2 2 $ Postage ... ... ... 0 0 8 19 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 1 10 0 Postage ... ... ... 0 4 11 Paper , pens , ink , inkstands , &c . ... ... ... 0 3 0 28 . Secretary ' s wages ... ... 1 10 0 Postage ... ... ... 0 10 Printing 800 cards ... 0 18 8 July 2 . Secretary ' s wages ... 1 10 0 Postage ... 0 10 9 . Secretary's wages .. ... 1 10 0 Paper ... ... ... 0 16 Postage ... ... ... 0 2 0
Total expenditure ... £ 33 15 1 Total receipts ... 33 19 1 Total expenditure ... 33 15 1 July 14 . Balance in hand ... 5 4 0 March 11 . Do . do . ... 5 13 6 ^ £ 10 17 6 Money still due for cards 10 19 4 Grand balance ... £ 21 16 10 We have audited the above accounts , and they arc correct . P . M . M'Douall . Wm . Butterwouth . Manchester , July 14 , 1841 .
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Anecdote . —At one of the late elections , a large ami a small loaf were paraded before the hustings . " Ah . ' " cried one . ki behold the emblem of the Whigs—th " . : ; rea ; loaf showa the 8 . ze of Viittir piOmicey , tiie i ; t r . ! ts tcilow the size of xhoir actions . "
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From the London Gazette of Friday , July 16 .
BANKRUPTS . Marius Merentie , King Willlam-streek , City , merchant , to surrender July 23 , at twelve , August 27 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-atr « et Solicitors , Messrs . Smith and Taylor , Basinghall-street official assignee , Mr . Belcher . ' Henry Wood Prentis , Rayleigh , Easts , grocer , Julj 23 . at one , August 27 , at twelve , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy , BasinfchaH . street . Solicitors , Messrs . Ainory Sewell , and Moores , Throffmorton-street ; official assignee , Mr . Cannan , Finsburv-jsquare . John Stammer , Cnarles-street , Grosvenor-square , brush-dealer , August twelve 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bunkruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors . Messrs . Weymouth and Co ., Chancery-lane ; official assignee , Mr . Turquand , Copthall-court .
Wjliam Bragge Winter , Bristol , builder , July 23 , August 27 , at one , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol . Solicitors , Masney , Lothbury ; and Mr . Hutchins and Mr . Hassell , Bristol . Thomas Millership , Mosley New Colliery , Wolverhampton , coal and iron-roaster , August 2 , 27 , at twelve , at the Swan Hotel Wolverhampton . Solicitors , Mr . Church , Bedford-row ; and Mr . James ,. Birmingham . George Wilson and Richard Briddon , Salford , Lancashire , machine-makers , July 25 , August 27 , at eleven , n , t the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Makinson and Sanders , E ! m-court , Middletemple ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Saunders , Manchester .
Tlioniss Jordan , Wolverhampton . broker , August 2 , 27 , at eleven , at the Swan Hotel , Wolverftampton . Solicitors , Messts . Philpot and Son . Southamptonstreet . Blouroabury ; and Messrs . Phillips and Bolton , Wolverhampton . John Williams , Ledbury , Herefordshire , innkeeper , July 19 , August 27 , at eleven , at the Black Swan Inn , Hereford . Solicitors , Mr . Joaes , Ledbury ; and Messrs . King and Son , Sergeant ' s Inn , Fleet-street . William Luke Prattnmn and Michael Forster , Copley Durham , timber-merchants , July 23 , August 27 , « t eleven , at Mr . Dudd ' s innkeeper , West Auckland . Solicitors , Mr . Stevenson , Darlington ; and Mr . Burn , Great Carter-lane City .
John Atkinson , Greenbank , Westmorland , bobbininanufacturer , July 24 , August 27 , at eleven , at the Kiug ' s Armg Inn , KsudaL Solicitors , Messrs . Wilson tind Scott , Kt-. ndal ; and Messrs . Allen and Nicol , Queen-street , Cheapside .
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP . J . Wakefield , J . Ashton , F . T . Wakefield , and M . S . Wakefield , Manchester , hat-manufacturers . T . Wilkinson and J . Wilkinson , HuOdersEeld , merchants . T . Jack . « on . J . Jackson , and J . Cha-lwick . Staky-bridge , Lancashire , bobbin-turners . W . Kilner and W . H . Bicon , Sheffield , copper-plate printers . T . H . Baker aud G . Avniftrong , Leeds , cloth-merchants .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , July 20 . BANKRUPTS . Charles Daly , bookseller , Red Lion-squara , Middle *?* , to surrender ,- July 27 , and August 31 . at two , at the Court * f Bankruptcy . Belcher , official assignee ; Lawranee and Blenkarne , Bucklerabury . Joseph Dix , licensed victualler , Broad-street , Limheth-walk , July 30 , and August 31 , at half-part oleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Whitmore , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; Dimmock , Sise-lane , Bucklerabury . John Henry Barlow , stock-broker , ' Change-alley , Cornhill , July 27 , at eleven , snd August 31 , at twelve , at tho Court of Basinghall . Pennell , official assignee ; Taylor and Collison , Great James-street , Bedford-row .
John wmfams , shipwright , Bangor , Carnarvonshire August 6 and . , at eleven , at the Liverpool Anns , Baneor . Adlington , Gregory , Fanlkner , and Foilett , Bedford-row , London ; Griffith , Penisardre Llanwst , Denbighshire . Samuel Hopkins , grocer , Croydon , July 27 , at one , and August 31 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . -B 9 lcher , official assignee ; Wilde , Keea , Humphry , and WiMe , College-hill , ( Jueen-streat , Cheapalde . William Walley , flour-dealer , Salford , Lancashire , August 6 and 31 , at eleven , at the Commissioners ' - tonras , Manchester . Bower and Back , Chancery-lane , London ; Barratt , jun ., Manchester . John Travis , grocer , O . ' dham , Lancaster , August 3 , at eleven , and August 31 , at two , at the Commissionera' - roonis . Manchester . Rickards and Walker , Lincoln ' sinn-fields London ; Higginbottom , Buckley , and Lord , Aabtou-under-Lyne ;
Joseph Bass , draper , Brecon , August 4 and 31 , a * eleven at . the Castle Hotel , Brecon . Watkins , Brecon J Fisher , 27 , Great James-street , Bedford-row , London . William Cocking , market-gardener , Beeston , Bedfordshire , August 3 and 31 , at ; ten , at the George In »» Bedford . Smith and Atgles , Biegkswade ; Rhodes , Beevor , and Lane , Chancery-lane , London . William Richard Rivenscroft , banker , Manche * t « V August 3 and 31 , at twelve , at the Wellington Inn , Manchester . Makinson and Sanders . Elm-court , Midrile-teiuple , London ; Atkinson and Saunders , Manchester . John Newman , saddler , Lewes , Sussex , Juiy 31 , at thr . e , at the Star Inn , Lewes , and August 31 , at the 'IWw-hall , Brighton , at three . Burkitt , CurrierV-iaU * London-wall .
Henry Ford , grocer , Aylcsbury , Bucks , July 26 , and Auuust 31 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . T " " quhand , official assignee , Copthall-court ; Catlin , Eljpiaw , Hplborn . Richard Catlin , glazier , Leicester , August 31 , at two , at the White Hart Inn , Leicester . Payne and C » nn , Nottingham ; Gresham , Castle-Btreet , Hoiborn , London . Jacob Copple 3 ton , grocer , Exeter , August 10 and 31 , at ten , at the Royal Hotel , Pi-ymoath . White and BATivtt , Lin . 3 oln ' s-ian-flelds , lyj ' vlcn ; Jacobson and I'irlHps , Plpioutfi .
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THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS THE POOR MAN'S CHUKCH , "And all for love , and nothing for reward , " As is evident from the following statement , showing the small stipends tor which the clergy undertake the cure of tho souls of their flock : — Archbishop of Canterbury £ 20 , 000—Poor fellow J Archbishop of York li ' . ooo—Disinterested man . ' Bishop of Durham iy , 000— Self-denying pastor ! Bishop of London 14 , 000—What straits for the poor man's sake . Bishop of Winchester ll . OOO \ llow heavenly-Bishop of Ely 11 , 000 } minded !
Five Mora poar raes'sbishops £ 5 000 to £ (! 000 a-piece —how apostolic ! Six tnorii successors to the Apostles , £ 3 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 a-piece—how poverty stricken . ' Six , again , upwards of £ 2 , 000 o-piece—how like the early teachers of Chiistianity ! Two £ 1 , 500 a-piece . One , £ 924 . — " They wandered about in sheupakins and goat-akins ! " Besides a host of rectors , vicars , 4 c ., with £ 500 to £ 2 , 000 ! Those figure speak more than it might be pru ' ent to put i ; . to wt > vu » , Itst we 8 b ; mld be called infidel and irreligious ; but tbe inures will speak . Does this said Church ( say theyt lo > k like the poor man's church ? Is it not u iittle Hko tlie rich rnan ' . i church ? If it is the poor man ' s church , how comes this anomaly of starving flocks , an < l pastors oppressed with wealth ? Call it the
church of thd rich , and you may call it by its right namt ;; but do not belie the church and insult the poor by L , ivin 3 it the other ( solemn ) nickname . To call the faishuiis' church the church of tho poor , is to ht-ap upon it ttw severest calumny , and avniign it as a culprit at the bar of religion and common stuso . It is the church « f tho aristocraey and their youngest sons . Were her wealth ber own , this would still bo true ; but i 3 it her owu—this poor man ' * wealth ? Alas ! we go from bad to worse—a large part of this wealth has absolutely been abstracted from the poor man's pockets to gild the liveries and emblazon tho arms of the Bishops . Onethird of har tithes were set askle for the support and reiief if the poor , and ¦ was , for some time , so applied ; but the Church has contrived to swallow the whole , and
now sends the poor man to the workhouse for relief , if haply ha may find it . The poor man ' s Church ! so indeed she is , if by this is meant that her Bishops have the poor nun ' s money ' in their pockets , and that her enormous wealth has bt-en so far deducted from his due —so indeed she is , for , after filling the pockets of her dignitaries , who turn their backs upon the poor , she sends forth her ill-paid and half-starved curates into the houses of the poor , who , instead of her enormous wealth whtrewith to relieve their wants , are , in some cases , themselves dependent upon their parishioners . There are six hundred livings under £ 60 a year , and five hundred more under £ 80 , beanies upwards of five thousand curacies , averaging £ 80 , and many more of them under £ 50 , and this in spite of ancient laws and usages whick would ensure to every pastor a liberal subsistence , but which the Church has contrived to
evade . In this sense she is , and is determined to continue , tbe Church of the poor msn , whom it has been her practice to keep as poor as she found him . The poor man ' s Church , indeed ! Whose Church is she then ? this State Church ? As a State Church , chitfly of tbe practically iu&del aud irrei / fiious , Sabbath desecrating lords , who leave it to the middle classes to keep the fourth commandment , —important personages in tiie Church , who prepare for S . uuduy , by spending the Saturday night at the Theatre and the Of-era , in order to solemnise their minds—gambling , cursing , and swearing lords und gentry—( who dares deny it ? j— who will maintain tbe Church with their Iive 3 aud fortunes J Defenders of the faith , wbe trample on the sixth commandment , and take away life for a word ! Duelling Lords ! piliars of ihs Church ! whose hands are stained witr , bioo-. t Mc-ji , who , rathtr ibu . n own a religion , will hire oec— : vhu , OisiiKia ^ jpc-rswwl re- ^ lOU , take UP
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LIBERATION OF F . O'CONNOR , J . B . O'BRIEN AND OTHER DUNGEON-PROVED CHAll ' PIONS , SUPPEKERS , AND ADVOCATES OP THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF TH 8 MILLIONS . To the Trade * of Manchester and Nei ghbouring Touma and the sterling Democrats of fa Working Classes generally . Fellow-Labourers in the Cause of Thvih AND JUSTICE , —The Bound has gone forth—let it he heard—that thesa Nobles of Nature" will shortly t » liberated from their dungeons , and we most respect fully and-emphatically call upon every member of yon * numerous trades to come forth in onion and determination invincible , to honour and welcome these distinguished patriots and philanthropists , by a triumphal entry into this dusky emporium of commerce , with tens ot thousands of men , women and children accompanied by bands , banners , flags , and procession '
Then up , brave men , fair women , and bonnie children of Manchester and district ; rally round the unfurled flag , bearing the inscription of onr well-tried and patriotic friend , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and the glorious Charter , of which he , and our talented brave and unflinching O'Brien , are the advocates , and for which they have suffered persecution , prosecution , and imprisonment . Up , then , and prove to the t yrants who would have crushed and devoured them , that their incorruptible honesty of soul , their proved fidelity , amid unexampled torture and persecution , has not been a lesson exhibited to you in vain . Lttt the myriad-voiced organ-tone of acclaiming hundreds of thousands succeed the dungeon's gloom , and the prisoner ' s confinement Wreath the rich garland of your love and devotion around , the martyrs brows , and may they ever be encircled by the support of the millions .
Men of the trades , be up and doing ! Lose not a moment . Count every intervening hour , and give it your meed of honour by your unconquerable efforts and indomitable resolution . Let the teat Of Sympathy , tbat has so often dimmed the eve and suffused the cheek of your wives , now be wiped away , and let them prepare for this grand and joyous display of numbers , of unanimity , and intelligence . Let there be no disturbance of the public peace " Peace . Law , and Order" be our motto . The © yea of ail England—of the enemy—and the world , are upon yon . Nobly do your duty—for England , Ireland , and Scotland expect it , and posterity will approve it ; and hy doing so you will serve yourselves , strengthen the cause you espouse , pay a debt ef gratitude , and do justice t » the virtuous and spotless men of tha
people-Industrious art-zans , —We appeal on behalf of men who have been foremost in the ranks of tbe advocates for the right * of labour . We appeal to you on behalf of men who , had they not have taken the side of right against might , could have now been living in ease , comfort , and affluence , in the ranks of those who live upon the fruits of your industry . On behalf of men whom glittering gold could not purchase , nor a long duration of torture of body and mind cause to quaiL Men who have had to meet the laughs , scoffs and sneers of your enemies . Men who have braved every storm .
and yet , are willing again to steer the good ship , the Charter , through the troubled and raging sea ! Men who have sacrificed their property , devoted their talents , and used their influence on your behalf , Men whom class-made law has cut as with the knife of tfce butcher , the mutual ties of affection , of love , and concord , by separation ; ami shall we call in -vain ? Perish the thought ! Forbid it Justice ! Forbid it Heaven ! Forbid it Enimett ! Forbid it Hampden I ami , above all , forbid it you the working millions ! Think , judge , and act for yourselves , and ba at your post-Signed on behalf of the Committee , J . Harrison , Chairman . James Wood , Secretary .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1119/page/6/
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