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BIRMINGHAM DELEGATE MEETING . ( Concluded from our seventh page . ) , "Mr . Mosslet stated that Wolverb . 3 mpton , Bilsrop , and Wednesbury , would contribute their share in support of a lecturer , and would want one every fortnight . Mr . KyiGHT said Coventry and Foleshill would pay their quota , aud wanted a lecturer very much . The Craiemax delivered a statement with regard to Stoarbridge , aad agreed to pay , on their behalf , whatever was deemed necessary . Mr . White aid that a great number of his constituents were present . He had no doubt that Birmingham would pay their share of the lecturer ' s axpences . . . ....... . . ...
It was then determined that a lecturer should be appointed as soon as possible , and that the secretary shonld correspond wi : h the various towns , reqniring them to forward their money as soon as possible . A conversation then took plate aa to who ihe lecfcnrer should be . The delegates wished Mr . White to mention the names of parties who might be applied to for the purpose . Messrs . Mason , of Neweastle-upon-Tyne , Bairstow , of Derby , and Martin , of Bradford , were then severally proposed , and as it was doubtful whether they were disengaged , it was determined that any of the three who could attend , should be appointed , giving them priority as they stood in order of nomieation . The following persons were then appointed by the delegates to act as a committee for the management of the lecturers' fund—Messrs . Hopkins , Nisbett , Cresswell , Corbett , and White . |
Mr . Chabltos then moved the following resolution : " Teas the delegates present recommend to the towns iu this district the propriety of hold ng another meeting on that day month , and regret Hhai so many places have neglected to send a delegate on snch an important occasion as the present . " Mr . Kmqht seconded the motion , which was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Cohbett was appointed treasurer to tire lecturer ' s fund , and Mr . White secretary . After which Mr . Whi : e proposed and Mr . Chorlton seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman , for his praiseworthy conduct on mat ajud former occasions . The CsAT&uxy rerarnpd thanks in a neat and effective manner , aner which the business condoled .
All towns rcqiiring the assistance of a lecturer are requested to rake particular notice of the following arrangement : —Such places as Broms ^ rove , Stourbridije , and Waisall are expected to pay 2 s . 6 d . Weekly , as their associations are noi numerous . Birmingham 5 s . weekly , and other places are expected to pay as their c rcnmst . inccs will admittaking B . rmiusham a ? the largest , nad the " other towns as the smallest Minis . The Jccnrer will be expected to publish his route in the Xonhern Star a week -pterxous . 2 Dd connect the tvirns he means tovi ? ir , so & > to avoid heavy traveling expences . Each town will b ? pleased to send a fortnight ' s money in advance as toon a ? possible . All letters to be addressed to the secretary , M * . Geoige White , 3 , Court , Eiitx strt « . t , Birmingham .
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? PfBLic Meeting — A public meeting was held in the Chanist Kucm , Freeman-sVreet , on Monday evening list , Mr . J . Wiiibraa- 'S in the cLxr . The meeting was addressed by Mr . George White on the straggles fchsi hid taken place in all countries infavtm of liberty , and the tact and cunning resorted to by the middle classes to render their txcrtions of no < fi > ct . He traced the conduct of the mi < tile clt&s ^ s of Great Briiain , since the pasting-of the Reform Bill , and shewed how they had iBJurtd the cause of liberty bv their
timeserving policy . Hi then poinied out the bad use which had been zna- ' e iy tie Whigs of the i > o- * -er with which the people invested them- and shewed the important position -which the Chartists would hold -when the Whigs scou'd have lost their hold on the public Terse , ^ nd exhorted all prtstnt to vroik incessantly to augment their numbers and extend their principles . The meeting was afiersraras addressed by Mr . T . P . Green , arid Mr . Wilkinson , tht sub-Secretary , after Tchieb several persons enrolltd thcil naes as HienibtTS of the A &-. - > f . i'ltifTi .
Repeal or the r . \ io >\—The usual meeting of parties faT ^ tsraMe to a repeal of the tmho ' y alliance brtvreen Great Britain and Ireland was held as Mrs . &ate ! ey's large rcai . in Old MeetiB ^ -stivct . on Sunday evening last . The room vras crowded v ' . ih a body of Well-dressed English and Irishmen . 1 > It . Sione ^ ccs appointed chairnun ; nfrcr which the met ting was &d-GTbssed in eloquent speeches bv Mr . > i array , and several other intelligent Irishman , whose language ponrtrayed the fervid love they he ; d towards the land of their birtb . After the iscCet&ry had lead the tanses of the
members , Mr . George While enrolled his name as one of th . e advocates of rep- _ a . ? r . d acdrrsst ;' . tne meeting On lh £ 'WrjUjiS of " erten EHa . " A dL-cussion , -H-hicb ¦ was coiiuctei in p ^ rftct goo-. ; ;; : .-i ; --ur , afttrwar-Js took pi ^ ce , in which the Chartists , Fsargus O'Connor , and Daniel O'Connell were the chief topic * . The company afterwards separated in a friendly manner . The meeting is held every Sunday evening , - when all persons fa-rcmrabie to a Repeal of the L * gislauve TJiiion between Great Britain and Ireland , are requested to attend : it commbnees about eight o ' clock .
Grand Tea Pal . ty a . vd Ball . —It has been determine-. i by the C jaueil o : the National Charter Ass > cation of Birmingham , that a tea party and bail shall be provided to honour the nieiiibers of the Executive on their arrival in Birmingham . Ticktts -will be printed this week , and there is every reason to hops that i » Trill be the most numerous gathering of the description "Whidb has been "witnessed in Birmingham for some tinie . Further notice wiil be given next week . SrsDAT Evening s Mieiisg i > - Fbeema >' sstkeet . —Mr . White addreaced a meeting at tht Chartist-room , Freeman-btioet , on Sunday evening last , on TariDns tepks connected with the Chartist movement . The meeting was well attended . An addre&s is delivered every Sunday evening * t half-past e . i o'clock . ¦ Frost , Williams , a > d Joxz-s . —At the asual Treetly meeting of this committee held on Tuesday evening last , at the National Charter Association
E ? om , in Freeman-Etr&et , Biriningha-ji , Mr . Blake in the ciair , it was tn ^ jiimously resolved , " That as no answer has been received to the Memorial sent by this Committee to the Home Secretary of State , the Secretary of this Committee bs requested to write to his I / Ordship requiring an answer to the same . " The balance sieet being comp . eied vrs , ? ordered to be printed as earlj as possible ; the Committee as Chartists and Reformers , b « ing taught by dear-bought experience to place mere confidence in actions than professions , and bting aware that this feeing prevails generally among their cwn order , the sorting people of this coantry , therefore cencsive that an account of their stewardship will be the best guarantee for the parity of their motives and tne integrity of their actions . —By order at the Committee , Thos . K . Shaw , 1 . JOHN WILKINSON , ) J ^ t StOeUllflB .
A'l coiPTrtPTnoitaoiiB for the ConmuUee to be addres sed to ilr . GnesL bookseller , Steelhonse-lane , Bir
Tningrmm . BRADPORB . —The weekly meeting of the females took place on Monday evening last , in the room over the Chartist Provision Shop . ThTeadteedle-itreet , Goodmansend , Mrs . Smith in the chair , whe after the business of the meetiBg had terminated , read a portion of Eotritfs History of Prieetcraft . The Chartists of this place met at the honse of R . Carrodis , North-street , on Sunday last , Mr . Clarkeon in the chair . The committee appointed to inquire respecting the Victim Fond &ave in their report , stating that on inquiry at the Pott-office , they found that Henry Bnniett , of Reform-street , had Teceived on the 30 'i of May , £ 2 19 * . 6 d-, and on the 30 th of June , 19 s . 9 d . from Peter Shorrccks , of 70 , Gun-street , "ManciiesteT ; and on applying to Burnett for the same , he denied receiving the money . He afterwards left Bradford , and his name was ordered to be expunged . Mr . John Arran was appointed to represent Bradford at the fieiegaie meeting vo be held at Hebden-Bridge .
Paddock . —Mr . Harcey lectured here on the evening of Thursday week . Bitpomjen . —Mr . Harney visited this place on Friday ; he delivered an excellent address , and the Chartists there fonatd an Association ; the followriDij were naiced on the Gec&ral Council : —Thomas Hughes , Joseph YVrigley , Isaac S . mpson , JanitS Crossley , and William MackertL Sub-Treasurer , Joseph Rxbardson ; rub-Secrerary , William Barrett . —Address , William Ba * ratt , gpinLer , care of Mr . Piatt , Co-operative-store , Rippunden . Ll"ddenden Foot . —Mr . H&ixey addressed a numerons meeting here en Saturday last , from vrhicll excelltnt results are anticipated . St'TTOS IN-Asbfield . —Mr . Dean Taylor visited this place on Wedne&day , where be delivered an excel lent lecture .
JIiDBiETOX Fields . —A meeting was held at the Three Pigeons last -week , for the purpose of forming ao association for this district . Several names were enrolled , and a committee appointed to euperintetend the afioirs of the association . Bowukg .-A meeting of the females of this , townxbip toot place in the Chartist meeting room , on Monday last , Mr * . Holt in the chair . There was a good Attendance , and the following resolution was put and carried : " That it is the opinion of tMs meeting that though it is essential that Local Associations should be
formed , yet it vs expeuunt that ire should act in conjunction with our siste ^ a in Bradford for the attainment of our objects , which are to do honour to our revfered patriot Fesrgus O'Connor , E « q . and to compel the aristceratic aad raicdle class legisla tors to adopt the Fvople't Ciurter , we therefore propose that two delegate * be uppointM br this Association to represent this Uwn » bipl » the General Committee at Bradford , and that M /« . H **! j and Mrs . Sjmea be the delegates . * A T (/ Uofth » ttki hiring been moved to the Chairwoman tor her ai- ' nt eouiuet in the chair , the meeting adjourned U > AfosUky ntxt
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QueensHEad . —On Tuesday eTenJng , August 10 th , a lecture was delivered in the School Room , Amblerthorn , by Mr . W . Bell , from Manchester , upon exclosiTe class legislation &ad its dire effects upon the working portion of the community . The lecturer , from historic facts , showed that just in proportion as the people of this country exercised their physical powers in the production of wealth , in the same proportion bad the government taxes , the rent of the land , and the exactions of the middle clast been augmented . The lecturer was listened to throughout with marked attention , and gave general satisfaction .
Whitb Abbkt . —Lecture . —On Tuesday evening last , a public meeting was held in the Chartist Meeting Room , ( Jracechurch-Btreet , for tbe purpose of hearing Mr . Martin lecture . Mr . Sntcliffe haviug been called to the chair , was surprised that working men j did not act together in the present advanced state of society more than they had done . He had been told by some of the mediocrity that the people were not pre-I pared for the Soffrage ; but it was not to be wondered at that such expressions should fall from men whose I interests were directly opposite to theira—when workj ing men were so ba& » and hypocritical as to unite i with them for a repeal of the Com Laws and Housei hold Suffrage . Where were their Household Suffrage : Associations now ? Ask not that question in Leeds ,
and tell it not in Bradford . AU honest men would get rid of their crotchets , and go the whole hog for the Charter . He believed that the combers , who were not ! members o the Charter Association , would see tbe ! necessity of joining , for , if a change did not take place , ! soon many of them would be combing in the ¦ workhouse . He would take np no more of their ! time , as he was avrare they were anxious to hear Mr . | Martin- 3 Ir . Martin , in rising to address them , obi served that his object in coming there that evening was ¦ to create a good feeling among the working men of that : district . He knew there were many obstacles to the i diffusion of political knowledge ; they arose from tbe circumstance of so msny men existing who derive wealth , ! who possess power^—aye , and even claim infallibility in
consequence of the notions they are in the habit of disseminating among the people ; but if the industrious class wou ; d act together , they could soon remove those obstacles ; if they would but take a view of the several orders in society , they could not fail to become Chartists . Let them go to the most important branch of legislation—to the most important limb of this branch , the Constitution , , that which determines who shall make , apply , and execute the laws ) , and thty will find it every where in the possession of a parcel of mountebanks , who will admit of no reasoning , whose whole enpport and never-varying reply is , it " is establishedit is the Constitution ; we have power , and like any other pirates , we ' ii keep what we have as long as we can . " On the utility of the powers which these men
erarcise , they vrill periv . U no riiscus&ion . Sometimes they publish their will in the shape of au edict or law , 'as in the case of the poor fellows who are imprisoned in >* orthallerton and YVaketield , ) consigning to torment those who point out the evils arising from their STjtem of rule . He would ask , had not men as great a right to discuss freely the utility of a political txlster . ee ot a jury , a king , a lord , & nituiber of parliament , as of the culinary convenience of a copper kettle ? Sn . { .-p-is ? , said : be lecturer , that people were liab \ e to \^ e thrown into prison , turir . ented tu death with cold , damp , and privatio-. s , bereft of the earninEs of their industry , because they endeavoured to cunvince as paacy a ^ tbev couUl , in all possible ¦ ways , that copperijtchtn u : ensi : s were pernicious to health and
LappmtiS , and suppose that the makers of these utensils had the power of punishment in their hands , would there fcj nmeh cLar . ce of the improvement of culinary vtssels ? Yet , Buch is exactly the case with the hol'iers of political power in these countries . The lecturer thtn proceeded to shew that the advocates of the conupt systems which existed in the "world wei-e the borze , the mufti , and the European priest , and lavryer ; all of those became indignant when any part of their systems are called into dispute , and they all are ready to unite ( as in the case of the last war against the French for the purpose of Staying the progress of democracy . He then referred to the morals and habits of the rich and the poor . Do they ( said hei tvei associate together—the very rich with the poor ? For what purpose should they associate ? The pursuits and the conduct of the rich aian , if followed one day
by the pi ^ r mas , would involve him in ruin for life ; ¦ w nil * to the rich it is but a day's pastime . If it Wtre r . ot far the present unconstitutional mode of legislation , such a state of things could not exist It then behoved evtry man to exert himself for the attainment of the Charter , which was the only basis upon which the happices 3 of society could be buiit . The lecturer concluded kis atMreis with an appeal to the females to use their exertions in ihat locality , for the purpose of giving iir . O'Connor a good reception in Bradford . Mr . RtsUy having moved a vote el thanks to the lecturer , which ¦ was carried amidst thunders of applause , the meeting stpirated , highly pleased with what they bad heard . It was announced that a meeting of the females would take place on Sunday next , in the room , Gracechurch-strect , to form an Association , ifr . ITartin will attend .
STOCKPORT . —On Monday evening , Mr . R . K Phiip , irom Bath , member of the Executive Council , delivered a leeture in the Chartist Association-room , Bi / mbir ' s Brow . The worthy K-cturer haying explained tbe principles of the People ' s Charter , made a powerful appeal to the audience en the aUnning condition of the country . After a vote of thanks being given to the lecturer , and cheers for O'Connor , J . B . O'Brien , and all political victims , the meeting broke up . Several persons were enrolled as members .
X-iSJKS OF THE COMMITTEEMr . George Broadburn , shoemaker . Mr . Charles Davis , beerseller . ilr . John Conway , shoemaker . Mr . Charles Rogers , stripper . Mr . John Ellison , weaver . Mr . J jines Proudlove , weaver . Mr . Wm- Williamson , weaver . Mr . John Mansfield , Sub-Treasurer . Mr . Joseph Carter , Sub-Secretary , residence , Water street . Pcrtwood .
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DEFEAT OF THE BIGOTS . On Wednesday hist , a meeting of the Shareholders in this undertaking , specially convened , was held in the Philosophical Hall , for the purpose of considering the propriety of having the gardens partially open to the public on Sundays . The Matok "was called upon to preside . Mr . Hatto . h Staksfeld laid before the meeting the reasons whicn had weighed with the Council , in determining them to snbmit the present proposition to the body of Shareholders . The Council had come to the unanimous resolution to recommend it , because the consideration was imperatively forced upon them , that the gardens must either be partially opened on Sundays , so as to enable the working classes to participate in their benefits , or they must
be sold , it not being possible that , under the present system of exclusion , they could be made a profitable investment . The coun cil had endeavoured to dispose of an additional number of shares , and had sent circulars to aii the respectable gentlemen in the town ; all parties , however , declined , and in the canvass which bad been made , the reason stated had in five cases out ot six , invariably been that gentlemen would not take shares nntiJ the gardens were opened to the ¦ working classes on the Sunday . Under these circumstances the conncil considered it their duty to lay the case before a general meeting of the shareholders . Mr . Thomas Bkmson Pease moved a resolution accordant with this object , and agreeing in the opinion of the council .
Mr . Bikchaix asked if any parties had said they would take shares if the gardens were opened on Sundays . Mr . Hatton Stansfeld replied in the affirmative , and said he himself received promises to that effect . Mr . Petes Faibbaibn seconded the motion proposed by > ir . Pease . Dr . Holsles , master of the Free Grammar School , and minister at Trinity Church , opposed the motion a * a desecration of the Sabbath to which he could no : snbmit . He did not consider it would be any di ? grace to the town to Bell tha gardens , if they could only be kept by being opened on Sundaysthey had better be sold than so prostituted to profit . By the opening great mischief and demoralization would accrue to the working classes .
Mr . Robejit Barb , clerk to the magistrates , differed entirely with the last speaker , and thought Dr . Holmes was not doing justice to the working population of Leeds in the remarks he had made . He ( Mr . Barr ) had had as much experience as most men , and he considered there-was not a town in the kingdom where the working population had behaved better in the midst of all their distresses than Leeds . They might as well say , that Wood house-moor ought to be closed to the people on Sundays , " he had no doubt if the plan were tried , it would be found to answer well , and that no disgrace wonld accrue either to the shareholders or visitors from
their indulgence . Mr . Johh Atkinson , solicitor , opposed the motioi as one of pence against princip lp . He would give n inducement to the working classes at all to becom dissipated , and he could not view this propositio in any other light than as such an inducement . If th working classes were brought to the gardens on Sunday , they would only be brought there to g < intoxicated in that neighbourhood instead of i Marsh-lane , and they had better be left to enjo themselves there .
Mr . Alderman Geo . Goodma * was favourable from principle to the gardens being opened on Snndays . Ho locked upon religion as a matter entirely between man and his God , and would not be a party to coerce man from enjoying the beauties of nature , than which nothing , in his opinion , could be more soothing , nor so well calculated to instil into tho mind a religious feeling . He had visited the Colchester Gardens on a Sunday ; and could bear witness to the excellent conduct of tbe work * ing classes there on that day .
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Mr . Hamer Stansfeld was in favour of opening the Gardens on a Sunday . Mr . LaPagu opposed the motion , Mr . Thomas Ncnneley , surgeon , replied to the remarks of Mr . Atkinson , and contended that f the working classes spent their time in publichouses at all , it was because no inducement was held out to them to draw them from such haunts . Mr . Gablick , surgeon , opposed the gardens being opened on Sundays ; and was followed by Mr . F . Baines , of the Leeds Mercury , on the same side .
He argued that were the gardens opened , it would be extra labour for the poor horses , as the people would require coaches to take them to and from tho gardens . ' Some dispute then arose as to the wording of the resolution , and it was ultimately put as follows : — " That this meeting approves of the recommendation of the Council of the Gardens for partially opening them on a Sunday ; and resolve accordingly that they ba partially opened on that day . " The Mayor put tbe motion , and on the ballot being taken , and the vote 3 counted , they were found to be as follows : —
For the motion 388 Against it 34 Majority 354 The announcement of the numbers was received wiih cheers , and after agreeing to leave the regulations to the Council , a vote of thanks was tendered to the Mayor , and the meeting broke up .
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skull was a well marked and decided appearance of effusion of blood , but it did not follow that it might have been produced by some violence in another part ; and with respect to the « r use of death hewas of opiaion that it had arisen from inflamation caused by external violenoe of some kind . The principal injury on the crown of the head might have been produced by a fall from the bed , from the position in which the woman was found after death , and the general appearance , he should have great hesitation in giving a decided opinion—the inflammation evidently was produced by violence , and if she fell out of bed on Saturday night , whilst in a slate of intoxication—he should not say she was so—the injuries to cause tbe inflammation might have been received . External
violenoe was the cause of death ; how received he could not say . Evidence was then adduced as to what had occurred prior to the medical men having been called in . Mary Ann Nicholl deposed that she saw deceased and her husband between twelve and one o ' clock on Saturday night ; the deceased stoppsd and spoke to hen and her husband ; she swore very much , and asked witness if she had seen her husband ; on being answered in the negative , she Baid , "By G- —d , I'll send him to hell . ' At this time her husband came up on the opposite side of the road , and deceased crossed over to him ; deceased was very drunk at the time , and witness and her husband then went in , and she saw nothing further . Grace Balmforth , of Ellerby-lane , knew
the deceased and her husband ; deceased was m her house on Saturday night soon after twelve o ' clock , Bhe was very much intoxicated—never saw her worse . She only stayed about five minutes , and then went away . Saw her again about one o ' clock on Sunday morning ; her husband and her were then differing ; he struck her and she fell down ; could not tell where he struck her ; nor whether it was with hia open haud or his fist . After being lifted up , the deceased and her husband went away . She made use of bad language to her husband ; the latter was to all appearance sober Deceased , when she was knocked down , fell backwards ; there was no step or other obstruction for her to fall against . —Catharine Whitworth had
known deceased lor two years , and during all that time Bhe had been accustomed to drinks . Saw her between twelve and one on Saturday night ; her husband was thero ; they had some words . Deceased refused to go home , and her husbaud said he would make her ; they had a bcufflj ; the husband struck the wife onco , aud she fell on her knees ; he then struck her on the side of the head , but could not say whether with his fist or open hand . Did not see her fall backward on the ground from the blow ; did uot see her fall backward at all . Her husband kicked her on the thigh when sho was on her knees and told her to get up and go home ; sho begged of him not to hit her again , aud said she could not get up . Deceased had complained of illness tor a
fortnight previous , aud said she had a lightness or swimming in her head . Mrs . Bilmforth was recalled , and adhered to her former statement that the deceased Ml with her head on tho ground . The deceased had soveu children by her husbaud , who wero all at home . —John Walton , son olthe deceased said he was awoke from sleep wheu his father and mother came to bed on Sunday morning . Hia mother was very diuuk , and his father wanted her to get into bed ; she refused to do so and ho struck at her with his open hand , and sheiell upon the bed . His mother got up on Sunday morning about seven o'clock , she did not remain up loug , but returned to bed aud said she waj very ill . Ho heard her fail out of bed about two o ' clock ou Monday morning , and
he assisted his father to get her right . She tell between the bed post and the wall . Sue had talked right ) enough 011 Sunday , but , did uot hear that she had said anything after tailing out of bed . She did not complain particularly on Sunday . She was not in tho same bed with nis father ; his two sisters slept with hur . Sarah Dawsou had kuown the deceased aud her husband twelve years j was called into their house by the husbaud between two aud three o ' clock on Monday morning . Deceased was in bad ; bhe was insensible ; hur nose was bleeding , and understood she had fallen out of bed , her face was bloody , and she ha , d tcvo or three fits . Geogre Walton , another sun , and
Sarah Walton , a daughter of the deceased , couurmed in every particular tho evidence given by their elder brother John ; and there appearing to the jury to bo a groat doubt in the case , whether the injuries which led to the death of the woman had been caused by the fall out of bed , or by the blows of tho husbaud , they consulted , and requested the Coroner to sum up , which he did , aud after retiring tor a 6 hort time , returned a verdict , " That the deceased died of inflammation of the brain , produced by external injuries , but how , or by what means , we have not sufficient evidence to show . " The deceased was forty-three years of age . The man , Walton , was then discharged , after a reprimand by the Coroner .
Slriols Assault . —On Tuesday last , a young man named William Hall , who had been remanded from the 2 nd instant , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having committed an aggravated assault on Alfred Brown , residing in Mill-street . The complainant was so seriously injured as not to be able to appear sooner . It appearea from the statements of two of the nightly watch , and other witnesses , that on the night of Sunday , the 1 st instant , the complainant was standing in Duka-street , in company with another young man , when the prisoner came up , and after some words , struck the complainant , and knocked him down ; ho followed his violence b y severely kicking the man while he was down , to such
an extent as to render surgical aid necessary . He was attended by Dr . Ward , who considered the case of so serious a nature as to justify him in advising the offender to be taken into custody . Brown had not been in a state to be removed until Tuesday , when he appeared so weak from loss of blood , and the treatment he had met with , a 3 to be even then almost incapable of giving his evidence . The prisoner denied that he had kicked the complainant at all , and said he was first struck by Brown , in consequence of an old quarrel about a girl . The Magistrates said they considered the case so bad , that they should send it to the session , and the depositions were accordingly taken . Bail was afterwards accepted for his appearance . We understand tho accused has hitherto borne a good character .
Robberies at the North Midland Railway Station—For sometime back a series ef articles have been missed from the Railway Station , in Hunslet Lane , which led to a suspicion that some person in the establishment was dishonest . On Tuesday last , application on the subject was made to Mr . Read , the chief constable , who sent an officer tu investigate into the circumstances . In consequence of information then received , this ofiicer ( Child ) suspected that a small room , which had been formerly used as a counting-house , but which for some time has not been bo used , was the receptacle of the missing articles . The key of tho place was kept by one of the porters named George Lewis , and he was sent for , but was out of the way at the time . As he went in at the gate , however , he was told by a gate-keeper that Mr . Dunn waated to seo him , and that Child and two other officers were in tho room with him . Lewis then said ha
would have a pint of ale before he went in ; he then jumped over a wall , ran through a field , passed through the Boy and Barrel publichouse , in Hunslet Lane , and got off . On breaking open the old counting-house a wood box was found , containing bonnets and a number of lace caps , all new ; the direction had been torn off the box , and it was found that it had come down to the station on the Thursday previous . A quantity of cutlery , and also a 141 b . parcel , forwarded by Mr . Cockerham , carrier , had been missed some time before , and a new razar was found in Lewis ' s house , wjiich is supposed to have formed part of this cutlery . Soon after this discovery , it was found that Lewis had absconded , and in less than an hour he was heard of at a distance of five miles from Leeds , on his way to Huddersfield . He has not since been heard of . He is described as of florid comple « on , forty years of » ge , and stands six feet high A reward of £ 5 haa been offered for his apprehension .
Deaths by DnowNiNG —On Wednesday last , two young men , named Wm . Boddy and Samuel Bucktrout , both residents of Armley * were unfortunately drowned in the river Aire , near Spring Gardens . They both worked at the mill of Mr . Green , at which place there is a flat-bottomed boat kept for the convenience of those crossing over who live on the opposite side of the river . This boat is guided across the river by a chain , which is secured to each bank . The river , in consequence of the heavy rain , was greatly swollen , and it is said that the chain was so
Black as to hang in the water ; this the men were anxious to remedy , and for this purpose , in company with another man , they got into the boat , which by some means was forced from its moorings , and the chain giving way at the same moment , caused the boat to upset , and all three were thrown into the water . One of them who could swim , clung to the boat and was rescued , but Boddy and Bucktrout were carried away by the boiling current and were drowned , no person being able to render them the least assistance . Notwithstanding every exertion has since been made neither of the bodies has been recovered .
Child Lost . —On Monday afternoon , a little girl , named Jane Smith , the daughter of Joseph Smith , moulder , Holbeck Moor-side , about four years and a half old , strayed off in company with two other children , and has not since been heard of . — The other two little girls were found on the Warehouse-hill , near to the Canal , and the parents of the missing child are , of course , full of anxiety lest she should have fallen in . We understand the water has been dragged , but unsuccessfully . Tha child had on a checked gingham frock , and white pinafore . She has very light hair , and a remarkable puncture from the small pox on her foreh . p . a . d . If Bhe has strayed away it is hoped that tho parties into whose hands the has come , if this meet them , will recognize th ¦> description , and return fcr to her parents .
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The Theater . Our excellent Manager , M f Hooper , eaters well for the amusement of the public This last week we have had the great gratification of hearing some of the first English vocalists ,- —Fr azer Stretton , the Martyna ( Mr . and Mrs . ) , and Miss inverarity , in the most admired English Operas —* treat seldom falling in the way of a provincial audience ; and this next week we understand , we are to hare on the Leeds Boards the mam strength of the far-famed Adelphi Company , iablad . ing the Yatea ' s ( Mr . and Mrs ) , Lyon , and Paul Bedford , who will appear in several of the most successful of the Adelphi pieces . We are Bare we need say no more to induce the play going public to ' let the spirited Manager see that his efforts to please are rightly appreciated .
Hunslet . —Messrs . T . B . Smith , Hick , and Parker will assist in holding a teetotal camp meeting on Sunday afternoon , at two o'clock , and a Chartist religious camp meeting in the evening , at six , near Stocks Hill . —There will be a meeting of Chartists in their room , Fleece Yard , Hunslet , on Tuesday the 17 th inst ., at eight o'clock in the evening ; a full attendance is desired . HUXXf . —Teetotal CHABnsxs .--The first publio meeting of the Hull Chartist Total Abstinence Society was holden in the preaching room of Bethel Church , No . 8 , Church-side , on Monday evening , at seven o'clock , Mr . James Bolingbroke in the chair . Several excellent speeches were made , officers ap ^ pointed , and other businesss transacted .
Hull . —A lecture will be delivered in the Freemason ' s Lodge , Mytongate , by S . Healey , on Monday evening next . Subject , The life and political ana literary character of Thomas Paine . —The Hull Chartiat Total Abstinence Society will hold a publio tea party in the preaehing room of Bethel Church No . 8 , North Church-side , on Monday , the 23 rd inat ' Tea on the table at six o'clock . Tickets sixpence ' each , may be had of Mr . Bolingbroke , No . 8 , Churchside . BRADFORD . —Death op Mb . Lister , M . P , Another vacancy is caused here by the death ef Mr . Lister , one of the newly-elected members . The Chartists are on the alert , a committee haa been formed , and a Chartist candidate of the right sort will be brought out . They will , this time , have no shuffling . Their man must come right out and they will carry him .
Removal op the North Pier Lighthouse Sundebland . —We have this week to record one o the most ingenious efforts of mechanical skill , which has ever been exhibited in the town of Sunderland . The enterprising engineer to the Commissioners of tho River Wear , John Murray , Esq ., who has already manifested so much ability in improving oar harbour , and our noblo piers , has long been engaged in erecting a new pier on the North side of the river , for the purpose of widening the entrance to the porf , and this being now nearly completed , it has become necessary to remove the lighthouse from the old pier to the present splendid erection . To give our distant readers an idea of the difficulty we may state that the height of the lighthouse is sixty-ei ght
feet , and its weight 280 tons . It was on Monday , the 2 nd inst ., every thing having been prepared for the attempt , that Mr . Murray carried the first part of his design into execution , and actually succeeded in moving the ponderous mass twenty feet five inohes to the northwards . The means by which this was accomplished will seem very simple when explained to our readers ; but in reality great ingenuity was requisite in overcoming difficulties , which , to many persons , seemed to present obstacles altogether insuperable . Five principal pulling screws were strongly fixed to the glacis in front of the building , and were attached to chains fastened to the cradle upon which the lighthouse stands . These screws were worked by twenty-four men . In addition to these , there were four screws behind tha
cradle to assist in propelling it , which were worked by three men each ; the total number of men employed on the occasion was forty . The cradle was supported ou a great number of wheels , which travelled on eight parallel lines of rails , and the entrance end of the bracing was supported on slide balk 3 . Operations were commenced at half-past three p . m ., and at a few minutea after eight it wa 3 safely landed on the new pier , where it now stands , without the slightest accident having taken place . Tho building is now intended to be carried ISO yards to the eastward , or very nearly to the end of the New Pier , and for that purpose it will be blocked up in its present situation , until the railways and wheel timbers are reversed , which part of the work will occupy about a fortnight , when it is intended to resume the operations for its removal .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . IBY EXPRESS . ) August 13—Although we hare an unusually large supply of Wheat , it has been met by a steady d * mand , and an extensive business is done at fully last week ' s rates . Barley as before . Oats and Shelling do not materially vary much from last week . Beans are held for rather more monoy . Leeds Corn Market , Tuesdat , August 10 . — There is a large arrival of Wheat to this day's marke-, other kinds of Grain small . The weather has been rather showery since Friday . Wheat has been Is . per quarter higher , but tho demand rather limited . Oats have been | d . to id . per stone , and Beans Is . per quarter higher .
THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEBB ENDING AUG . 10 , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qrs . Qx 3 . Qr 3 . Qrs . Qrs * Qw . 5299 73 612 — 249 80 £ a . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 12 9 | 1 14 3 | 1 5 45 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 6 8 J Leeds Cloth Ma . kk . ets . —On Saturday there was a good share 01 business done at the Cloth Halls : on Tuesday rather less , but still not-a bad market . The demand is principally for heavy low-priced goods ..
Brabford Market , Thursdat , August 12 . — Wool— We regret to notice a continued dullness for the higher sorts of English Combing , and in soms instances prices are slightly reduced ; but in the shat ' tier sorts there is no alteration . Yarn—We regret we cannot report more favourable doings iu this article . The demand is about the same as for some weeks past . It is distressing to hear that some spinning houses have further reduced the hours of labour in their mills , which will necessarily cause an augmentation to a large number of unemployed operatives . Piece—We have had a fair attendance of merchants at market to-day , and the amount of business done is fully equal to sererti weeks past . Orleans , Figures , and Saxony Cloths are mostly in demand . Plain Merinos are not much in request . No alteration in prices since our last report .
Liverpool Corn Market . Augusts . —We hue this week had very small arrivals of Grain , &e > coastwise and from Ireland . Those from abroad are comprised in 2 . 245 quarters of Wheat , and 3895 qrs . of Beans , —all placed under the Queen ' s lock . Continued unsettled weather , and unfavourable accounts from the agricultural districts , have kept our market for bonded Wheat and Flour in a very active state ; large transactions have occurred daily at advancing prices ; 9 s . 2 d . per "Olbs . has been paid for Baltic red Wheat , and 32 s . to 33 a . per barrel for general brands ef United States Flour : as high a » 343 . has been obtained for a very choice parcel . Th « free market has not been influenced to the sam « extent , but we quote Wheat 4 J . to 61 ,, Oata 2 d ., Flour 2 s . per sack and barrel , and Oatmeal 2 s . pel load higher than on this day se ' nnight . Barley has also brought moro money , and Beans and Peas art
Is . per qr . dearer . Manchestee Corn Market , Saturday , Aug . 7 . — Our import list this week shows only moderate arrivals of all articles both coastwise and froffl Ireland ; those from abroad , with the exception of 7385 quarters of Beans from Egypt , are also small 5 and from Canada there are only 1638 quarters of Wheat , The duty on Foreign Wheat has a ^ ain declined to 21 s . 86 . per quarter , and on Flour to 13-J . per barrel . A moderate business was iransacted in Wheat at our market this morning at 2 d . to 3 d . per 70 ib .. above the rates of last Saturday . For Flour' we raise our quotations 2 ? . per 280 ib . with » fair demand . Oats and Oatmeal were each ftee sale at au improvement of 2 d . per 431 b ., and Is . W Is . 6 d . per 2401 b . Mai ' , Beans , and other articles , were in moderate request at fully the previous rates .
York Corn Market , August " . —The weight of rain which has fallen in this neighbourhood during the past week , has not been great , yet there has been little sunshine , and crops come forward SiOWlJ j The ew samples of Wheat shown to-day , command a ready sale , at advancing prices ; and for all des criptions of spring corn there is a better dem * noi ana prices improving .
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A TEETOTAL PREACHER AMONG THE PHILISTINES . Our readers are probably aware . that for sometime back divers parties have been in the habit of seeking to arrest the attention of the congregated idlers who generally abound on a Sunday in the Vicar's Crofc . Ram . er 3 , Methodists , and other religionists have taken this means of attracting attention to their respective creeds , and of enforcing with a laudable zeal and anxiety the doctrines of personal virtue , morality , aud good order . Temperance orators have also availed themselves of the facilities afforded by so spacious and retired a piece of ground , where a large audience could conveniently assemble , and hurt or inconvenience no cue ; and several persons have very indefatigably laboured in thiswiy to improve the morals of society . Latterly a corner of the croft has been also occupied by Chartist preachers , who from -. he Book of God denounced
the wickedness of men in the enslaving of their fellow-men , and the duty of all to hold up thoir heads like nun , and demand their rights . Mr , Smith and other parties have most praiseworthily laboured to enlighten the ignorant in the universal rights of man , and encourage the Chartists to keep rank and file on their march to freedom . The autho rilit'S instantly took the alarm , and in order to put down the Chartist preachings gave orders for all preachings to be put a stop ! O . Accordingly , last SuTidav night a person nameu Roberts , a teetotal advocate , having taken up a position , was ordered by the polite to desist , and Ultimately taken into custody . He was dragged off to the Police-office , and on the Toad a person named Patterson was pushed against the officers , and he was taken into custody on a charge of assault . Bail was taken for the appearance of both on Monday .
As soon as the court was opened on Monday , both the parties appeared there , Roberts b&ing escorted by a number of his friends , who sung a hyuin as they came along the streets to the Court House . On the bench were the Mayor ( William Smith , Esq . ) Darnton Lupton , and George Goodman , Esqis . and around the table , in front of the magistrates , were several of the advocates of teetotaliim . The arge court was crowded 10 suffocation . On William Roberts and John Patterson bein « called they both stood up iu front of the magistrates , and the case proceeded .
Policeman . Myers , was the first sworn , who proceeded to state that about seven o ' clock on Sunriay night , Roberts , accompanied by several persons , went into the Croft and coium « ncea singinjj . He went up to Roberts , and told him that the magistrates would not allow any such proceedings in the Free Market , upon which they desisted singing , and left the Croft . Roberts afterwards went in again and commenced speaking , when he ( Myers ) told him a second time to go away . They then went to Dunn's Coffeehouse , and after using most abusivo language towards the police for some time , Superintendent James gave orders to take Roberts into custody . He did so , and brought him here . Superintendent James was next sworn . He supported the evidence of Myers , and stated further , that the crowd of people was so immense , that the road was completely obstructed , and that it was only with the utmost vigilance that accidents could be prevented .
The Mayor asked if any more persons came to the Vicar ' s Croft for the purpose of preaching or lecturing ? Myers said that in tho course of the afternoon a party of Methodists canie , who said that they wished to confront the Socialists and Iufideh , aud it' tho police were not going to allow such people to speak they would go quietly away . When Roberts was taken into the prison , be said , if they set him at liberty he would go do the same again . This being all tbe evidence against Roberts , Policeman Best was sworn , to make his charge against PiHerson , which was simply for pushing against him , as they entered the prison gates . Patterspu admitted having touched the policeman , but ? aid he could not help it , as he was pushed upon him by the crowd which was behind him . The Mayor then called upon Mr . Roberts , to state what were his reasons fcr disobeying the orders of the police , which he did in nearly the following
words : — He commenced by stating that much of what had been said by the policeman was untrue . He was not aware that the laws of England did not allow him to tell the people to mend their ways . He ( Roberts ) was one who wanted people to mend their manners , and if the laws would not allow him , he was very sorry for it ; the laws of God , he knew allowed it ( an outburst of applause followed this declaration , which ooutinued for some time ) . After the applause was subsided , the Mayor got up , and said that if the peoplo in the court repeattd any more such marks of approbation , he would have them all turned out .
Mr . Roberts proceeded—He was a friend of peace , but drunkenness was a crime ; aud they need cot go further than what they had seen in that court that d&y to prove that it was a crime which wanted remedying . He did all in his power to remedy it ; and he thought the magistrates ought to thank them ( the teetotallers ) for ridding them of such a pestilence as drunkenness was . Again he said , he was a friend of peace—no man more so . He might be put in prison , but so long as his tongue was at liberty , he would still preach teetotalism . He wiBhecr to make the peoplo better , but they would not go to him because he was a
teetotaller , therefore he was obliged to go where the people went , and speak where tbe people wonld be likely to hear him whether they were willing or not . He thought tha police were a great nuisauce—for as soon as they had got a staff into their hand , they swelled out to such an enormous siz » , that it was almost impossible to get past them in the streets ; in fact , they bad become so obnoxious , that they cansed more disturbances than all tne rest of the people put together . Mr . Roberts here handed in the report of a case , in which the magistrates had decided in favour of what tbe teetotallers had been charged with .
Mr . Roberts having concluded , the Magistrates retired into a private room to consider tbe case , and after an absence of about half an hour , they returned into court , when The Mayor delivered the following decision : —He said that the case which Mr . R . had given in to them , was not such an one as should guide them at all in their decision ; but it wa 3 understood that a case had been decided in another and a higher court , which went to prove that people had s right to preach in the open air , if they do not , by so preaching , interrupt any public footpath or road , or encroach upon any private property , to the damage thereof . The Free Market was let for a considerable sum yearly , for the purpose of a receptacle for merchandise , and it could not be appropriated for any other purpose without the permission of tho lessees an < i lessors .
Mr . Roberts—Their consent has been obtained . For a considerable time people had been allowed to meet there , and no interruption whatever had been offered to them . The Mayor then gaid—It would not be allowed without permission of the lessees and lessors . Complaints had been made to them , and they were obliged to take steps to put a stop to preaching in tbe Free Market . No punishment would be awarded against the prisoner foi tnia offence ; but if they wished to preach again in the Croft , they must
obtain permission from the lessees and lessors . Mr . Roberts then asked , if he had to preach in Briggate , whether he would be warranted in so doing , if he did not obstruct the road ? The Mayor said it would be impossible to congregate a number of people in Briggate without obstructing the road in some degree , and therefore , would come under the meaning of the law . Mr . Roberts—Hundreds of people can congregate together in Briggate without being molested , if they are drunkards , but as soon as a lew teetotallers get together , they are maiched off .
The Mayor said he was as great an advocate for the principles of temperance as any man was , but he would wish them , whilst they preached temperance in drinking , to practice it also iu their language . This finished the case , and after a few more invectives being thrown out against the police , the parties left the court . Roberts was joined by his friends outside the Court House , and they went in procession throu-h the streets , siDgiDg as they went a teetotal hjmn .
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THE CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS . HDLL . —At a special meeting of the Independent Church worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ as the only true God . under the pastoral care of the Rev . W . HilJ , holden in the vestry of Bethel Chapel , Hull , and thence by adjournment in the said chapel , Mr . James Bolingbroke in the chair ; it was moved by Mr . Samuel Healey , seconded by Mr . Joseph Foster , and carried unanimously : — " That the members of this Church feel great pleasure at the announcement of a Convention of
Ministers to be holden m Manchester , on the 17 th inst ., for the purpose of taking into consideration the great distress of the country , and the miserable condition of the people : believiug that such meeting , if conducted properly and without factious or party motives , may cause a great and lasting benefit on the natron , by suggesting such means as may tend to remove the grievous burdens of the people . " It was next moved by Mr . William Padget seconded by Mr . Robert Jackson , aud earned unanimously : —
" That in the opinion of this Church the general distress of the people of this country is attributable to bad legislation , arising from the fact of the whole legislative powers of the country being vested in the hands of a small fraction of the population , and that no remedy will be effective or permanent until the legislative power shall be exercised by the whole people through the medium of Universal Suffrage . " It was further moved by Mr . Henry Hill , and seconded by Mr . Henby HopKiws . and carried unanimously : ** That our beloved minister , the Rev . W . Hill , be respectfully requested to attend tho Convocation of Ministers , at Manchester , assembled for the discussion of this vitally important subject . " Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .
Mr . Hill was prevented from boing present by severe indisposition , which confined him to his room ; but on receiving the resolutions from the Deacon , he expressed his gratification , and hi 3 purpose to attend tho Clerical Convention , in accordance with the wish oi'hia Cfiurch . B . VRMA . U . D Camle . —The Rev . Mr . Broadbent has been depute j by the Primitive Methodists to attend the Convoo&uou on behalf of that body .
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IiE £ D $ . —Stealing Stays . —On Monday last , two young women , sisters , were placed at tne bar at the Cuurt House , charged with having Btolen a number of pairs of stays , and some materials of which stays were composed , tho property of Mr . CJarkson , a manufacturer , who haa a shop in the Central Market . Sergeant Hepworth said he had been requested to search the house whore the prisoners resided , as he suspected they had robbed him ; they were both in hia employ , and had been for five years . Mr . Clarkson said he had missed a quantity of goods , to the amount , he thought , of about h'fty pounds , within tho last two years : a
quantity had been found in the house of the prisoners , which he was sure was his , but he had no wish to prosecute . He thought tliey had been led away by other parties , and that he would take tiiem again into his service . The magistrates informed him that it was not at hia option whether he would prosecute or not , he had been sworn , and was bound to answer the questions put to him . Claikson said he believed they had robbed him , and lie could &wear the goods produced were his , but he diJ not want to hurt them , and wou ; d not prosecute . Tne magistrates decided on having the deposiiions taken , and ultimately committed both prisoners for trial at the sessions .
Stealing a Grindstone . —On Sunday morning lasi , about four o ' clock , a watchman on duty in York-street , saw two men going along Duke-street , carrying something heavy ; they dropped a griudsiono aiid walked away . Another man who came up , saw the men with the grindstone , aud the watchman followed and apprehended them . It proved to be the property of William Carter , in Sr . Peter ' ssquarc , and had been stolen from his premises during the night . The place where they were first . eeeu was within about 15 yards of Carter ' s premises , and it was not clear that " they had carried it off tho premises ; and on the men , whose names are Jonas Crowther and Bartholomew Callagl an , being brought before the magistrates , on Monday , Mr . tiaylor aud Mr . Sanderson attended for the prisoners , and attempted to show that the whole affair was a drunkvn spree , and that there could not be any felonious intent . The ' magistrates thought difierent . and committed them both for trial .
Assault at Kirkstall . —On Monday last , two men named John Dennett and Thomas Dannett , market gardeners , of Bradford , were charged before the magistrates at Leeds Court House , with having committed an assault on John Deplege , the constable of Kirkbtall . Tho persons thus charged were , it appeared , coming to Leeds from Bradford , at an <;; rly hour on Saturday morning , when the dead body of a man was found on the turnpike-road at Iv . rkptnll . Thoy stopped there on their return , and Mi . t ) jplejie went to a . sk them aoiae questions as to the fact , previous to summoning them as witnesses on the inquest to be hold over the deceased , when Bennett , without any provocation , struck him a violent blow in the face , upon which he was taken into custody , and his companion , having attempted a re ? euo , was taken likewise . The men were both drank . Bennett was fined 203 . and cost , and Dannei hi . and cos ' . !> . The fines were paid .
Garden Robbery . —On Monday last , a man named Jame . s M" In tosh , was charged before tho Mayor aud Mr . L ' . ipton , at the Court House , with havii . g stolen a quantity of apples . From the statement of one of the nightly watch , it appeared that he had met the prisoner in a lane leading from Woodhouse Hill to Hunslet , on Sunday morning , about three o ' clock , with about a peck 0 : apples in his possession ; and another watchman deposed to having seen him and six other men ^ oiug iu the direction of Woodhouse Hill , about one o ' clock the fame morning , at which time he had not anything in his possession . The prisoner said he had bought
the apples in Vicar ' s Croft , and had since that time been to set a man home at Rothwell , and when he was met was returning to Hunslet . Mr . By water , banker , said his garden at Middleton had been robbed between Saturday night and Suuday tnorning ; he could not swear to the apples produced , but they wero like his . Mr . Lofthouse was of opinion ihc-y could make nothing of it , as the apples could not be identified , and nobody had seen the man steal the apples ; besides the garden of Mr . By water was s ; tuaiud out of the borough . Tho case was therefore transferred to the West Riding magistrates , by whom , on Tuesday , he was discharged .
De ;\ th by \ iolence . —On Thursday afternoon , an inquest was held at Leeds Court House , before John Blaikburn , Esq ., on-view of tho body of Hannah Walton , who resided in Ellerby Lane , in this town . Tho husband of the deceased was in custody , in consequence of its having been rumoured that ne had committed such violence on her as had caused her death . On this account , the evidence of Mr . Bearpark , the surgeon , who had attended tho woman , was first examined . He stated that he was first called in to see the deceased ou Monday morning last , at four o'clock , at which time he found her in bed , in a state of insensibility : she tossed about in bed , and after some time answered questions in au incoherent manner . He thought at
hrst that it was an attack of apoplexy , and treated her accordingly . He considered her brain to be affected . On examining her externally , he found about her right eye considerable darkness and discolouration ; and on the left side of her face a black mark about the size of a half-crown . He afterwards iound that these marks grew more distinct , and discovered another on the left side of the chin , and his impression , then , was that these were the Tetult of considerable violenoe . On Tuesday morning the woman waa still insensible ; and Dr . Ronayue was called in to assist ; he saw her , in company with Dr . Ronayue , three times on Tuesday , and ah © died about four o ' clock en Wednesday morning . He had a suspicion that injury had been
done to the brain . He , in company with Dr . Ronayne , examined tho body sixteen hours after death , and found livid marks of violence on different external parts ; and the auriclo of the left ear was partly cut off , as if by some sharp instrument , On removing the scalp , a large bruise , and a considerable portion of extraya ^ aied blood , about the size of two half-crown pieces was found , with other bruise ? , on the right side of the head , on the right temple , and behind the left ear . On removing the skull cap , the dura mater , aud pice mater , were much charged with blood . The lobes of the brain exhibited a general inflammatory appearance , and near the centre of the upper part , and lmmeoiately under the large bruue on the
skuil , two abscesses were found in the substance of the brain , and in each abcess was found a quantity of matter . On making a seotion through tbe principal brain , the appearances indicated high icnammatory action . He did not think these appearances or bruises occasioned by a fall—that they were caused by a second person he had no doubt ; neither had he any doubt that the appearances exhibited , and which had caused the woman ' s death , had been caused by violence . The general appearances of the brain , and the abscesses , could not have been produced by natural cause ? , but must have been occasioned by violence , which violence was of recent
infliction . The subordinate injuries might have rendered the patient more susceptible of inflamation , but the braise on the top of the bead , and its attendant injuries , were the primary cause of the inflammation which produced death . Had the abscesses been of some standing , the inflammation would have been of a more chronic description than it had been found to be . Dr . Charles Ronayne was next examined , and agreed in the statement made by Mr . Bearpark , but stated in addition that he understood the woman had had a fit some time ago , from which paralysis had existed and continued up to the time vi her death . The external appearance of the
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