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THE LORD AND THE COTTAGER . T 3 hs ease af Prater v . Grantley hasonee more « 3 bSi flwiSblic in all its cruel detaUs , and Ssfaas ^ s ?? B * Ss £ ^ £ ttS * 2 S 3 S £ 3 tf * Heh Lord . Akplteehn « aliw * Uyed SSeat tbltime ; but justfw hasjoow bewdwe , and the poor man , who sued in / em * ^ nprrt * , nas won hfa cause , and obtained damages . It seems that for batf & century the « etfca « e and email plot of ground had beea m the wadispnted occupation t » f Funtert family ? row w « their right so tohold it ever called in *« stion til it attracted of
the Botiee of the present Lori , wheveofetous this « oor Nafeoth ^ vineyard , determined % n taking peafesswn . Wiifine , as in tfcat meawrable Scripwre story , to precede snch actual possession by m appsrest title to it , the Lord began "by endesroamg to 5 t * p * hgti ^ oxm to the ootta * e « od quarter of an sore attached . He began eauaexisly : he cat down » ad carried a * nty a- fir tree whick stood in Punter ' s garden , while the man himself waB ^ at »*^ ork . The Lord *! tigat to < i » bo was set dispoted ; true , the poor cottager had looked to that solitary tret Us richer men « ften « ioK ) the cutting of timber ^ a their est * es ) to meet aanBasaal expense ; a neighbour asked bim how he « Maot to defray the cost tfftan oven wteeh he desired to add to the humble corforts of h ^ stiome , and he saswered , amply enongk , that he should pay for it *» with the Sr-tree whink Btood in his ^ arden . ' B « Ae creai Lord conshiep&telywiBhed *© prove to hi » ,
that the garden was net his garden , so he began by chewing him that ih « fir-tree w * s * aot his fir-tree . There is nothing 'the poor understand so little , or -dread so much , as utiga-tioh . The man felt he = was «—««* , but ie feared ( as * we trust his ease will teach poor men not to fear * that he should not be ngteed . He took no steps in consequence of his fir-tree having been stolen from him— " the simple annals of the poor" do not encbl * ns to state whether be even abstained in consequence from buildiag iis oven , or rashly persisted in the outlay , wbioa ifce catting down of his timber could no longer meet —but he prepared , in his own way , to resist what % e considered oppression : ; and when the cutung 4 own of theftr-tree was followed up by a demand forrent , he boldiy and bluntly refused to pay a-farthing , -aliening , as was tree , that he was no tenant of Lord 'Grantley ' s , nor had his father btea a tenant , -nor had rent ever been paid or demanded : so tbat Kaboth ' s vineyard remained in Naboth's
lands fora time , Bnt the great Lord bethought him or another y ^ M to queU the cottager ' s spirit . Punter werked See Squire Sparkes , and Squire SparkeB h&d emxloyec him steadily for ten vears ; what . a crushfag blow must it be , if Uguire Sparkes should suddenly discharge Punter ) Here indeed was a master-stroke of superior policy ! Here was an ad-Taaoe on " the Fir-tree Measure 1 " None of your luxuries in question now : none of your ovens , with ¦ fcfrfi r expected bakings of hot potatoes and coarse pies ; no , no ; your daily bread , Punter ; the bread you have worked for , under one master , for ten Tears , it at hazards ^ ive it up , or give up your obstinate determination to resist , acknowledging yourself his Lordship ' s "" tenant-at-will : ; " go and see Lord -Grautley , or work no more f « r Squire Sparkes ; fcr Ube Squire has promised tbe Lord to di-charge his labourer , not because he is not" worthy of bis Jare , " but because he holds his-own .
Tbe honest labourer of tec years' standing -was ac-« ording ) y discharged z but ( doubtless to the Lord's Barprist ) even this did pot quench tbe village Hamp--den ' s spirit , or make him a whit less determined to ¦ withstand " the petty tyrant of bis Selds . " They aright take his borne from him by force , but by no ¦ Mass could be be brought to admit that it was a base h « had no right to . Even , when a formidable ptofonr , namriating of Lord GraaUey ' s sieward , dogfeeder , carpenter , and labourers , headed by Green , tbe constable , came boldly to seiza the cottage in Pouter ' s absenee , no one being within but the mother , daughter , and three children , the last ga = p of resistance w *? made , and the door was bolted against the intruders . It wag , however , broken open ; and when
Poster returned that day , ** about dini > er time" he found his wife and children , and the lurniture and efeete belong ing to him , in tie lane , where they af ter-¦ w ards remained , without shelter , three days and * t e # nights . Punter brought his action for assault as ¦ well as trespass—bat the assault was not allowed to be proved , " as it took place after the execution of tbe warrant . " It was , howerer , admitted that he * tried to get into the cottaee , but was prevented ;" bot «•* " we suppose tbe man who made so steady a leastance was likely to be ** prevented" re-entering its home , and then seized and dragged before Lord Grantley , without considerable violence and excites ment—circumstances especially injurious to him , aie was "nrffcring from siransulaied hernia , and
accordingly he was " ill for fie e toecks" the surgeon , Mr . F . Yates , " for some time apprehending great danger , " though te eventually recovered . If the case had been reversed , and the Lord had "been ill , what different treatment the disease would have received 1 The picture of a raptured labourer , ¦ wearily returning "about dinner time" to see his Jiouse pulled about his ears , and be dragged away aad locked up for trying to entei it , forms a strikicg contrast to the picture of an invalided Lord . What air cushions , and down cushions , and German spring waitresses , to recline upon ; what hushings of voices , aad felting of doors : what careless denials to those
-who had claims on his time , on the plea that his Lordship was " too ill to attend to business f would have seemed fit , natural , and indeed inevitable to Xord Grantlev , if he himself had been suffering under any of the " ills that flesh is heir to . " See the diSarenee with Planter ! " Did you ever know hernia produced by a man lying in a lane ! " asks otmnseL a Why didn ' t jou go immediately to the workhouse ! " questions the magistrate ; M they tm ^ had ' relations and friends' in the workhouse ; &sj cooldn ' t object . " Like the skinned eels , they wen *• used to it , " and therefore there was no in-Jamanity in the case 1
Bat the poor man ' s right , and the earnest advocacy of Mr . Serjeant Shea , prevailed ; and Lord Gzantley , though defended by some of the cleveres ; eoimsel at the Bar , was defended in Tain . Like a SuBoos Italian poet , who forsook the legal profession , becaase , as he said , his abilities were perpetually paralyzed by having to sell " parole auzimemogne , " the eloquence of Mr . Thesiger sank under the leaden weight of a- bad cause . The result of the trial was creditable to our English jurisprudence ; for a little Tight , but a great question was tried that day , and
am Poster ' s claim to his freehold cottage was involved the impunity of the rich to oppress the poar . A special jury was summoned ; a jury composed of men , each having , in his degree and -awarding to his property , a like power with Lord Grantley : he summoned no jury of poor men , who night have judged the case with an involuntary pre-Jndieeof class—he summoned his eqnalB ( in all but iiu title)—to give a verdict as to bis exercise of . fewer , and they proved themselves his superiors in aU bet his title , by the verdict they gave against
3 nere is nothing more absolutely necessary for the : peaoe and prosperity of a country than that the poor afcoald be taught to look up to tbe rich as friends , ia * tead of shrinking from them as foes . One half tto bitterness felt respecting the New Poor Law has united , not bo much from its provisions as from the < fcfa » impression which has obtained among those who seed relief , that whatever be their suffering , there is no possible appeal , and that those who are appciated to superintend the exercise of the law , are appointed simply to uphold it , and not to
interfere wad prevent its abuse . So loBg as the rights and liberties of the lower classes are defended by Ikoae above them ; bo long as decisions are given -which tend to show the English peasant that the noeef an individual is not the rice of a class , nor ike fault of an aristocrat the fault of the aristocracy ; m long as the labourer ' s cottage is held as sacred as tberich man ' s castle , there may be inthiB country « anieh movement , some change , but no convulsion ; "Ar the jealousy of class is a thing subordinate to 'She consciousness of freedom , and men never yet straggled for equality who had not first to rise -agnnst oppression .
Tbe Tuna , in an article on this subject , re" We rcjoioe , as Englishmen , that sneh an outrage av fin * did not pan with impunity . The man thus trampled upon aought redrea from the law ; and a jny of his countrymen gave him a verdict for damages -Jo the amount of £ 350 . It happened , however—unfarUutately , aa it seemed at tbe time , bat fortunately , a * it nas proved in tbe result—that tbe proceedings -spon this , the fixrt trial , were vitiated by some technical flaw , under cover of which a cloud of m--pblstries were raised by the frienda of the noble eul-* rifc If Lord Grantley had quietly pocketed big dJ » - « omfitare and paid the £ 250 , there would not have lMes wanting people ready to represent him as an illand !«*" . a victim of the antl-aristoemtical prejudices ct aa uneducated petty jury .
" By a happy infatuation , the peer and hU wise ad--r iser bare set the whole matter stnight again . They tare had a new trial , and a special jury to try it—a Jary of wn 1 * gMw" > rt gentlemen , whose prepossessions , if t »« f bad any , might fairly be supposed to lean te the atfetoexaiieal aide . What has been the result ? An isretHgation mote searching , more complete , and far am satisfactory than the first , terminated by a second -TBrtict for the plaintiff , -with higher damages ( £ 275 ) than before . We know not which deserves the most eommeadstioTx , this just and impartial decision of the . J 377 , or tbe noble , fearless , and unfaltering energy with - wttdi Mr . Serjeant Shea discharged bis duty as the poor man - 8 advocate . Had he been retained for the eatthiftst nobleman in the realm , with a fee of 1 , 001 J Etaw , instead of the words 'in forma pauperif marled on tbe back of his brief , he could not nave 4 twwn more zsal , or displayed more eloquence ,
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^ Asd now Car the e jncteAons whMa w « deaim to Iraw from this trial . Vint , we wools be understood j aapbatfcalty % adopt and repeat tn « demand for SiorA jranUey ' s immediate WBBWaltrota . the commission ¦* ; he peace , which ma to powerftdty urged bj Mr . SerleaatSbea ;—" How , be wc * ld « b& , did it happen that the man who could so trait the poor was still allowed to feeld the Queen ' s comnfjs&loa ? Such most assuredly ooght not to be th « case . He would -say , and be said it fearlessly , be cared nob wbeUier be ffc&sed or oGTendefi , that untess my Lord Grantley could that day refttethe charge wkich was made against him . tne minister , be he who be might , wko allowed his Lordship's erase to remain m the eomatiszlon of the peace , was a tnitor to bb > country ; H was "hot fitting that such a-man should be allowed to administer the law to tbe poor .
" SeooBdly , we -would earnestly entreat those who have influence in £ be legislature t « Seep the facts which were proved upoa this trial in view , before they lend themselves * f"n to any proposal "for conferring summary jwkdlcUo * upon the cowutry -BagiEtracy . It is evideat that the -persons who compose that body cannot be toasted , even with the statute book open before them , to perceive the limits of the * new jurisdiction , bowerer 'Cle «? y defined . They mean well , no do « bt ; but they doxot understand the-Brrt principles of legal iHterpretatioa . The only safe way Is to give the » ne pewer at ali which is liable to any serious abuse . "
W « -are « lad to Bee that the'Jtma has come to fhe oonclnsioa at which we arrived long ago , that a magisuaey appointed without regard to any ^ ualra-« ation b « t that of statioa . must , for the most part , be unpossessed of the iatellect afld knowledge neoestary for'the interpretation and application of the laws . A-blockhead with a good estate becomes as a matter ofcoirse , a justice of the . peace . Tbo magistrates who 'issued the summary frocess of ejectment in Punter ^ -case have signally shown 'tkat they did not know their duty , and eecld not 'unterstand tbe 8 tatute > wbose powers they so ^ grossly misapplied . Tb © ir &alt was not wilful , but it indicates a degree of incompetence against tbe-errors of which the public have * rght to be protected by the removal of the incompetent persons from the commission of tbe peace . the of
Upon still sttonger ^ rounds dismissal Lord Grantly is to be demanded , and we agree with Mr . Serjeant Shta , tbst 4 be MiniFter who aEows Lord Grantly to remain -oh the Bench , after the case proved against him , falls to perform one of his most sacred duties . . We looked in vain , in the summing-up of the J udge ( Chief Justice Tindal ) for any remark -on the character of the conduct before him . Had a mob , with some mistaken ^ notion of right , pulled down a nobleman ' s mansion , what edifying censures the Judge would have thought it bis duty to deliver on their brutality , even though the noble familj deprmd of the shelter of their roof had not been constrained to setk a lodging under a hedge . —Examiner .
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EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF A MURDER COMMITTED ELEVEN YEAKS AGO . [ FROM IH £ * UKDERLAKD NORTHERN TIMES OF SATCRD ^ T . ] In the month of June , 1830 , considerable excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Hutton Rudby , in the North Riding of York , and in the whole vale of Cleveland , by the sudden disappearance of a i « an of tbe name of William Hnntley , -who had a considerable sum of money on iim at the time . He bad been accustomed to keep company with a set of men in that neighbourhood who were in the habit of poaching , and connnitr ting depredations on the hen-roosts in that part of the county . On the night of bis disappearance he was seen in the company of two men named Robert Goldsborough and George Girbutt ; on the morning of tbe following day a suspicion arose that he bad been murdered by those two men ; and every search was made in the neighbourhood for the body , but withont success . Goldsborouith ' B house was searched , and rerj strong
suspicions were excited by finding the watch of the missing man in the house , and several other things well known to have belonged to Huntley . By some strange and unaccountable neglect , all these things were looked over , and Ibe man Goldsberough was left to his own measures , and sever brought to any account , except by the neighbours , to whom be stated tibat be had received them as part payment for debt which he wanted of Hnntley , and that he had gone to America . Tbe case was passed over in this way ; although , before the disappearance of Huntley , he was In the most needy circumstances , and af Wrwards was in the possession of a cdftdderable number of bank notes ; he subsequenily quitted Hutton Rudby , and went into the WeBt Riding of York , where be took another name . The other man , George Gaibutt , had been concerned in the robbery of a barn , and was obliged to quit the neighbourhood ; he has since been seen at Sunderlaad , in the occupation of a coal-trimmer .
In tbe month of June last , men were employed in cutting a new course for a riTulet which runs through the town of Stokesley , in tbe direction of Hniton Radby , near a bridge called " Tame Bridge , " where the water took a considerable curve . The cut was commtneed for the purpose of making a straight coarse from the bridge , which , after cutting for thirty or forty yards agsin crossed the old coarse ; when , the workmen arrived at this place , on tbe opposite side of the water , they found a quantity of bones , which they at first thought to be those of a cow ; but they afterwards found the skull of a human being . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on the remains , when the jury came to the decision , after bearing Mr . Strother , Burgeon , pronounce bis opinion that the bones were those of a male subjtct , and that be bad received a blow on the back part of the head , by which the skull was broken in and also the bones of the nose , " that the bones were those of some person who had come to his end by foul meant . "
Mr . Gernon , tbe policeman for the district of Cleveland , with his accustomed promptness , made every inquiry in the neighbourhood of HutUn Rudby concerning the unfortunate Huntley , and elicited sufficient information to warrant his going in search of tbe man Goldsborough , whom he found at Barnsley , and upon going to tbe house , taking the skull which was found along with him , found him at home , tuddenly placed it before him , asking him , " If he thought it bad any resemblance of William HunUey ? " Goldsborough was forcibly agitated , and with tears in his eye " , after a considerable pause , declared that he knew nothing of it . Mr . Gernon again returned to Stokesley , and after everything was in a proper train , Goldsborough , and a man named Tiionias Gnindy , were brought to Stokealey , and on Friday and Saturday last , evidence wa * heard before Sir Wm . Foolis , Bart , E . Turton , and Wm . M&uleverer , Esqrs ., in the National School-room of that p . ' ace .
Several witnesses were examined , including the brother of the deceased . Dr . Strother deposed to the cause of death as follows : —The skull has not been broken by a sharp instrument , but it cannot hare fallen into tbe present state but through the effects of a blow . He should say that tbe teeth had not been forced out ; tbe lips would protrude a little , occasioned by the tooth . The person when living haa had an Indentation in tbe forehead and a broad flat nose . The pelvis belongs to a male person . The witness deposed to a number of suspicions circumstances , coupling G-eldsborongb with the death of thp deceased .
Mr . Gernon , the policeman , stated that be had visited Barnaley , as before stated ; that the prisoner Gnindy had confessed to having been called up on the night of Wednesday ensuing after the murder ; he took him to Wearybaofc Wood , and there showed him a large parcel , saying thai be had got embarrassed in tbe world , and was going to America . He wanted Grundy "» assistance to take the bundle down to Stokesley . Gnindy then took hold of the parcel , and found a man ' s head in it . He was quite frightened , sod asked Goldsborongn what he had been doing . He was very much agitated , and it wai about five minutes before he ceuld speak . At last be said that he had shot HunUey by accident , and be would shoot him if ever be disclosed it Grundy then made bis escape from him , and left him at the place . Mr . Gernon also states that Grundy went with him and James Bertbxam , constable , to tbe place where this had happened .
Thomas Crrundy was examined , and admitted the truth of what Mr . Gernon had said ; also that he had been afraid to be out at night during tbe time Goldsborough had remained at Hutton . The prisoner was then asked what he had to say is bis defence . He stated that on the Thursday previous to the Friday spoken of , Huntley came to him , and they went and sat down in Wearybank Wood . Huntley took out his money , and asked prisoner what was the reason Mr . Garbutt , of Yarn , had not given him the whole of tbe money which be had belonging to
him . Huntley was no scholar , and prisoner told him the reason ; he then pressed witness to go to America with him , which he declined doing , as be bad two children , which be thought it was bis duty to support ; he saw nisi again on Saturday , and he went to Stokesley with him . On the Thursday following be saw Hnntley again ; iie pressed prisoner to go to America with him , bat be weald nob Huntley sold bis weaver ' s loom to George Garneby , and that night prisoner shook hands with HunUey , and never aaw him more ; declared his innocence , and had nothing more to say than that hi * life was sold .
Tbe magistrates then committed Goldsborough to take his trial at the next York assizes , and abo tbe prisoner Grundy , bat would admit him to bail , in tbe cum of £ 300 , if he could procure it Goldsborough was committed to the care of the governor of York Cattle on Sunday . Girbutt has not been yet apprehended . He was seen In the month of May last in tuis town , when he stated he had been a trimmer , or something of the kind . Grundy has since committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell in York CasUe . A coroner's inquest haa been held on the body , and a vtrdict of " Fe ( o de se ' returned .
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Charles Webb , who , thirteen 7 ears ago , stole a Post-office letter , containing from £ 600 to £ 700 , after eluding the utmost vigilance of every officer , though £ -1 , 000 were expended in seeking to apprehend him , waj last week recognised in this couutry , and brought before tbe Birmingham , authorities , hiis mil will immediately take place .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF CHORLEY ' MT Fkibsds , —No doubt yon will be wondering bow I am getting om , what I am doing , when I am living , and what I Intend to do . I will tell ^«« in as few words as possible . I am in Preston , at the band-loom . My wages are lower than what they were when I wrote *• his Qnae the Arcbbisbop of Canterbury , and provfaiona are dearer ; aft tbat time , best bread was-only eightpence for tbe four pounds ; now U is ninepenoe for tbe tour pounds and other thugs in ptsportioa ; loyou . am kand-looni weavers ara » t doing so welL Ms . James Harrison , the informer i Jones HxxisoB the spy ^ James Harrison , whom "the magistrate * -of Yorkshire could not believe when ^ upoe oath , when trying to get a fewCbar&ftsoonvicted fortreason , « jedtUoD
to ., against her Majesty * Gorernmemt ; Jamea Hanson , who has done aH toe could to ir $ ue Mb fellow-man , thtftfee might get aifring out . of Sad laws without working . Yes ! James Harrison . You know wtol mean . I moan James Harrison . Ton will be saying , w « U , and -what afeoat James Barriaoa . On ! n « t * o CTtch , only he < # ames Harrison ) is now in Preston Souse of Oorteetkm , for having something to de with horse stealing I TPhank God ! the pit which oweneny had dug for bb , 4 » foimsetf bas fallen into it He 4 s in prison waiting fate trial for baring something to do with horse stealing . < Let us mind « n <) keep oar minds € s « d upon the People ' s Charter , aad we shall see the-downfall of all owotemies . Tejyored enemies , lying , stealing , informing , and spying enemies .
WeUVmy friends , I think I have said enough about James Harrison . Well , then , 1 will write mo more about Jamecfiarrbon , not till James Harrison receives his verdict , and sentence , and then a few more wot 4 s « bout James-Harriaon ; till then , my friends , keep in mind James Samson . The neat thing , my friends , I have got to tell you is , both Whig and Tory masters have turned wen out of employment for "Voting according to conscience , and yet these Whig and Tory masters , when appealing to
us , ( in their electioneering sprees , ) have the Unj / UdeDce to tell oe they desire us to exercise our right (?) as our judgment shall direct There is no use in commenting , but permit me to say , that nothing but tbe People ' s Charter will cure such evils . I tell you tbat both in Boltoa and Fresten , masters have turned their men from their employ , ( and Borne of them band-loom weavers ) for voting contrary to conscience , alias masters' ! aad many of them at this time ate rambling the l&oes and streets , seeking both work , food , and lodjrings .
My friends , I bare got another circumstance ( a painful one ) to relate to you , and that is , one morning ( this week ) a young girl , aged fourteen years , was found drowned in a factory hot lodge , I mean a lodge of hot water for steam mills . She got up to her work , and , finding herself about ten minutes too late , she was taking a nearer path , by the said lodge , when 8 he fell in . Another victim to the cotton lord ' s Moloch ! Only be ben minutes too late , and you must lose Bonie of your brass , ( wages , ) « r run round hot water lodges , into which young girls , fourteen years of age , tumble , and are both boiled and drowned . The authors of tbe above system are what 1 would term , " Whig and Tory Moloch Cotton Lords ; " and that system cannot be put an end to only by a national adoption of the People ' s Charter .
I have got another tale to tell yon , which is—our wages ( band-loom weaver ' s ) have , within the last few weeks , been reduced about ten per cent Spinners have to be reduced in their wages tbe next week in this town ; they have got notice to-day to that effVct . Young men ( piecers ) , who are getting eeven shillings a-week , have got notice , for tbe next week , to have only six shillings and sixpence a-week . The Charter must be adopted , or this great nation will sink before lung . My friends , both Whigs and Tories ore fo . cing their workmen to take £ lf and £ 12 per annum houses , on purpose that they , the slaves , may vote according to their masters' wishes , or according to judgment ! for you must by this time understand that the working class have sot no judgment , only that of their masters .
But let us get tbe " People ' s Charter , " and then every working man will have a judgment of his own , and a conscience too . This Is what our oppressors are afraid of . Dan O'Connettk '!) cannot let our champion alone , for he has b * en spouting out , " I will have nothing to do with tbe Chartists of England so long as there is one man at the head of English Chartism . " 'Tis bard for Mr . Dan " to kick against the pr cks . " Dan says , " The people of England" ( he should have said one in every seven and a half , ) hare returned trade and bread monopolists . " Well done , Dan ! he is not as great a blockhead as many would take him to be , for he has found out " that for every fifty per cent of a reduction in market articles , his fixed income rises in the same proportion , and jou know labour is one and the chief market article .
Now I have told you what I have been doing ; 1 have been looking at Whigs and Tories , ( very pleasant objects t » look upon , for tbe game is nearly up , so be ready with the Charter , ) I hare been looking at trade , commerce , and foreign affairs , and believe me , unless the Charter beewmes the law of tbe land , there will be a very dark look out for " old E gland . " There is no harm in saying " God Bend , " for where the -working people are not well fed , and well clothed , and every tray well circumstanced , that nation ought and must perish .
It is about twelve months since the last time I was living in this town , and ia this house , and believe me when I tell you , that the people of Preston are at least twenty per cent ( take them in their external and domestic appearance ) worse off now than they were then , and jet the pulpit gentry cry out " peace , peace , " and thank God for prosperity . Yes ; prosperity with a vengeance , when he can now buy my labour one thousand tliree hundred and fifty per cent , cheaper than what he could ia 1801 , or forty years ago . How does it happen , my friends ; the more religion , and tbe moro Bibles , we have in our country , ( and I am no enemy to either , ) and the mow poverty we have ; except among the parsons and big folk *; it does very well for them .
We are told thit " God has chosen the poor of this world to make them heirs of salvation ; " but tbey will take care that they will have no salvation of such a kind , but if we get universal suffrage , we shall hare s salvation for this world , besides having more time and money to look after the salvation of the " world to come . " My Friends , I have told ; ou what I have been doing , how I am getting on , and where I am living . Now I will tell you what I intend to do . I intend to have my share in tbe People's Charter , or perish in seeking it . You must have my card ready ; I shall be coming for it understand you , by this time , have got the new stock . I am , my Friends , Yours , For " Universal Suffrage and no Surrender , " Peter Uigby , No . ll , Walton-afreet , Preston . August 21 , 1641 .
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— ' I ' ' ¦ ; ' "'¦ . ' ' IDE WOOD WILL CAC 8 R ThfcJ «« gm « B *« f Che Judicial Committee of the Privy 'Ov / tmOl fat < Ks celebrated and "extraordinary case , ittSoh , owing to the speed of railway communication , was jpartialty known in Gloucester , on Monday night , tan , of « ourae , formed a most prominent topic ' of conversation / during the week throughout the country , wirihrt in Gloucester it hat naturally given rise to much excitement The reversal of the judgment of Sir Herber t Jenner , and tbe establishment of the codicil , in whiek the cAty Is so largely interested , were not expected ; and the feelings of rejoicing and surprise with which the news was bailed were therefore the stronger . The effect < Jf the judgment i > this ;—13 k Matthew Weod , Mr . Oaborn , Mr . Surm&a , and Mr . Cbadborn'r representatives are entitled to probate of tbe papers , under wirfch they are constituted executors
and residuary legatees , and under which—sutgect to the payment of Hie legacies la tbe codicil , and the costs of all parties—about £ 400 , 000 ; speaking hi round numbers , will to divisible between the executors . The estimate refers to the personal property only , of which we gave minute , and we beliove accurate details , in our last The establishment of the codicil , under wbich tbe city of Glocester is entitled to receive , £ 200 , 0 , 00 , besides about five years' interest on that large sum , will , we ; trust , exercise a moat important influence owe the futuiv prosperity of the locality . We take it for granted that the Town Council will be specially -convened at an early day to consider the subject ; and , therefore , we snail not speculate upon any probable course which it may be deemed necessary or proper to pursue .
Tbe total amount of the legacies beqmeathed by the codicil is £ 350 , 000 , to which must be added the interest whic has accrued since the death of the testator . We subjoin a copy of this document , which came to light in se remarkable a manner on Tuesday , the 14 & of June , 1836 : —Copy f Codicil . — " In a codicil to my will I gave to the orporatlon of Gloucester £ 140 000 . In this , I wteh my executors weuld give £ C 0 , 000 to them tot the same purpose as I have before named . I would also give to my friends , Mr . Phillpotts £ 59 , 000 , and
Mr . George Council £ 10 , 000 , and to Mr . Thomas Helps , Cheapsido , London , £ 30 , 000 , and Mrs . Goodlake , mother of Mr . Surrnan , and to Thomas Wood , Smithstreet , Chelsea , each £ 2 « , 000 , and Samuel Wood , Cleveland-street , Mile-end , £ 14 , 000 , and tbe latter gentleman ' s family £ 6 , 000 , and I confirm all other bequests , and give the rest of my property to the executors for their own interest " James Wood . 11 Gloucester City Old Bank , July , 1835 . " Endorsed " Codicil to my will . "
The decision of the Judicial Committee on Monday last does not affect the title to the landed estates , which , we suppose , tbe coheirs will still contest , and probably with effect , as the instances of wills being good as to personal property , and bad as to real estate , are very common . —Gloucestershire Chronicle , Some authentic anecdotes are in circulation of the late Mr . Wood , or , as he has been familiarly designated eccentric " Jenmy" Wood , which may , at this moment , prove worthy of publication . I shall strictly observe tbe admonition , de viortuis nil nisibonum , however I may differ from its propriety , and sh . ill simply observe , money was the god the deceased must worshipped—Mai , with him , was the one thing needful—he , therefore , scraped and scraped , observing the most penurious
self-denial , and has been known to practice the most singular modes of adding to that heap which he was content to luok upon , but would not enjoy . Commencing in a small shop , vending cottons , tapes , garters , living on about 4 s . a-week , he laid the foundation of that gorgeous hoip now appropriated under bis will to his legatees . His brother had lived and died a bachelor also ; be breathed his last several years since , bequeathing to Jemmy a large sum , as it had beon agreed between them several years before that the survivor should inherit all the property of the first that died . Jemmy ' s great profits were realised by discounting bills , obtaining mortgages , and cashing securities of every kind , both for the needy trader as well as tke improvident disciple of fashion and extravagance . At
last be established a bank , and issued notes to a large amount These notes were received almost universally , as they were considered quite as valuable as those of tbe national bank . When a panic arose in the money market some years since , several establishments were obliged to meet the runs upon them by providing gold , and weathering the storm at great loss and inconvenience . Well aware that nothing could damage his reputation for the certain possession of ample means to meet every engagement , he declared when crowds pressed him to band out bard cash , " 1 will do nothing of tbe sort What , pay largely to buy goJd for you . Then take them back , keep my notes , they are as good as the Bank of England . I nave property to pay all my notes twenty times over . Panic ,
indeed , what have I to do with your panic . You must give me time—time I say . " And to get rid of further importunity , he ordered bis bank to be shut up , and no more visitors admitted for some time . Quito aware of his solvency , many houses instantly discounted bis paper , at a email per centuge , and awaited Jemmy ' s perfect convenience for payment . Collecting together a considerable number of the notes issued by a neighbouring bank—at that time hard pressed , and surrounded by gaping and clamorous creditors—Jemmy walked from Gloucester several miles , and presented the heap at the counter , resolutely demanded gold , as well as the rest , who filled the banker ' s cash office . He was invited into the private tffice , where , on opening a bureau , an unexpected sight was disclosed to his
startled eye—a large quantity of bis own paper was handed to him , with , in return , a demand for the immediate payment of gold for every pound of the huge mass . Jemmy rubbed his eyes , seemed in turn panic struck , and fairly taken ly surprise , but drew instantly an order on his own London banket for a large surplus —then pocketting the unexpected and unwelcome heap , was forced to incur the expense of a returning postchaise to regain his home . On Sunday mornings he visited some of the neighbouring farmers at breakfast time , and usually returned home with pockets well rilled with vegetables , fruits , and other edibles , on which be eked out his day's meal . One of bis hosts , needing no loans of money , resolving on being rid of him , caused a sturdy ploughman ef his to watch
Jemmy , thinking he might discover occasions to find fault with his movements . He watched accordingly , and thought he beheld him picking up turnips of his master ' s that lay in his path . Jumping from bis thicket , he instantly b laboured the shoulders of the unwelcome visitor , exclaiming , " Dom thee , willee tak ' um from maister , wiliee ? " " Hold , hold , " exclaimed the tortured Jemmy , 'I'm Mr . Wood of Gle'ater . " "The toad , for sheam of thee—indeed , its a lie , th * ar ' nt Mr . Wood of Glos'ter , I know , " and continued his exercise until the other , fairly taking to bis heels , ran away beyond bis tormentor ' s reach . He became by accident acquainted with Sir Matthew Wood . Fluttered by bis courteous attentions , he formed gradually that regard for him which led to the present result .
Frequently after visiting him he returned home to boast of his airings in the carriage of bis great London friend . Several also state that on some of these occasions he had been heard to mutter , " Cousin Matthew Wood , " who always treated him with so much distinction , civility , and friendship- He rose early and paraded before tbe door of bis house when the weather permitted . The tall figure and well-worn wardrobe of Jemmy ( valued in the schedule at £ 5 ) as he strode up and down in bis quaintly-cut coat , thrice turned , and as often coloured anew , ara well remembered ; nor will the old neighbours soon forget the antique leather breeches that for many years shone literally from wear on his
bending knees . On one of these occasions , a countryman accosting him bargained for chang e of a Welsh note for £ 5 , which he gave , deducting 10 s . after a long negotiation . The schemer , for such he proved , walked off seemingly dissatisfied with £ 4 10 s ; but when he rubbed his hands with glee , and exclaimed to a clerk who just arrived at his desk / " Ha , ha , the early bird biteth the worm . Ha , ha . Made Its . while you slept Ha , ha ; " the cashier eyed the note in silence until Jemmy ' s self-congratulation had reached its acme , them handing back the £ 5 Welsh note , said with a grin , " Dear me , i thought you , Sir , lecollected that bank failed nine months ago . "
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LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES . CROWN COURT , Monday , August 23 . ( Before Mr . Justice Wightmatt . ) K 1 OT XT WIG AM . Robert Topping , Thomas Sedgwiek , Thos . Vnsworth , Thomas Topping , and Matthew Chadwick , were put forward on » charge of having created , a riot at Wigan on the 25 th of June last Mr . Segarand Mr . James conducted the prosecution . The prisoners Sedgwiek , Unaworth , and Chad wick were defended by Mr . Mu&phy , and the two Toppings by Mr . Wixkij . 8 .
Mr . 5-eoar stated the case . The prisoners were charged with having created a riot and disturbance at Wigan on the day named In the indictment , which hap . penedto be a few days prior to the election . for that town . It would appear that Conservative voter of the name of Leathom bad got into a public-house kept by a Mr . Kaye ( a Radical ) , and it being supposed that be was in the wrong quarters , the prisoners , with a great number of others , assembled and broke the door of the house , and carried away tne voter by force . He would call witnesses to prove the bets ; and would make no comment on the case further than this , that of course if there bad been a disturbance of the sort at Wigan , the fact of there being an election At the time was no excuse in point of law .
John Molyneux was tbe first witness called . He deposed that he was a shopkeeper at Wigan . Was &b Kaye's bouse on the 25 th of June last A man of the name of Leathom entered about ten o ' clock at night . A great quantity of people after wards assembled aboutthe house . The doors were shut at the time . The shutters of the windows were opened by the people outside , and two squares of glass were broken . They said they would have iitathoin out , but they mentioned ho name . One U the prisoners , Unsworth , entered through tee window , and asked witness , who had taken up the tongs n bat he was g > ing to do with it WitueM replied to defend ijiawelt Witness Uiea moved into Uw kitchen
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• nd a great nun * er of people entered the honsoDy the doors and wfarfo its . The place was completely tilled with riotous person ? . The prisoner , Robert Topping , wai among them . Witness was alarmed , and in a great state of agitation . The deters remained half-an-hour , and them took Xiatbom away withiibem . They broke the two panels of the doof . , . Cross examined by Mr , Murphy—the house of Kaye was ia the interest of the Radical party . Leathom belonged to the Conversative side . "No person prevented hia from leaving the house . His wife was anxious for him to leave , but be was unwilling to obey her . He subsequently voted for the Conservatives . The windows were not broken fey a person letting down the sash inside . Cross-examined by Mr . Wilkina—Witness thinks there were between forty and fifty persons in the place . They did not all belong to tbe same party .
Re-examined by Mr . Segar—All who entered the house belonged to the conservative party . Several other witnesses were examined , who corroborated the evidence given by the first witness , after which some private conversation took place between his Lordship and the Counsel on both sides . His Lordship then informed the Jury that the nature of the case was sufficiently evident The prisoners sripposed that one of their party had got into tbe hands of their opponents , and they proceeded to the house in question to effect his rescue . He therefore thought that they might be bound In their own recognizances to keep the peace and be discharged . All the prisoners were accordingly bound in their own xecoguiz&cces of £ 50 each to keep the peace in future , and were discharged .
MANSLAUGHTER AT WIGAN AT THE ELECTION . William Kelly , James Boyle , Richard Maguire , and John Whittle , were charged with the manslaughter of John Winstanley , at Wigan . Mr . Hutton and Mr . Trafpord conducted the prosecution , and Mr . BfiANDTand Mr . Mubpiiy the defence . It appeared that a crowd of persons had assembled on the 26 th of June in the market place , before the Commercial Inn , Wigan , swearing that they would have out a man named Marsh , who was concealed there . The prisoners , who were in the inn at the time , a wore that the opposite party should not enter for that purpose . A fight ensued , and the prisoner Kelly
rushing from the door , armed with a large wooden bar , made an indiscriminate attack upon the persons in tbe yard , and afterwards meeting with the deceased , who bad been in the market plaee , but was then coming down the street towards the inn , feled him with a blow on the bead . The prisoners Boyle and Maguire struck the deceased while he was lying on the ground , and the prisoner Whittle was implicated as having engaged the other prisoners to guard the door . Deceased was taken to an adjoining public-house , where be died from the tffects of the blow . The prisoner Whittle , who had been formerly a constable in Liverpool , received an excellent character . The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Kelly , but acquitted the other
prisoners . His Lordship , in passing sentence , eaid it would eetm that it was not until after the violence at the inn by the other party had been committed , that the prisoner recklessly and wantonly committed the act in question . As there were some mitigating circumstances in the case , he would only sentence him to one week's imprisonment
MANSLAUGHTER AT THE LIVERPOOL ELECTION . John Casement , publican , of Salthouse Dock , was put forward on a charge of having feloniously killed and slain a girl of the name of Ellen Boyle , on the night of the 30 th June last Mr . Murphy and Mr . Crompton conducted the prosecution . Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . Mr . iMURi'UY stated the case , ll would appear that on the 30 th of June last , while the election had been proceeding , there were a great many mobs passing along the streets , assailing the houses of tbe inhabitants , throwing stones , and shouting . It . happened that the deceased was among a considerable party who had thrown a quantity of stones into the prisoner ' s house . Shortly after the stones ha < l been thrown , the windows of the upper story of the house hod been thrown open , and a man , who would be proved to be the prisoner , fired a pistol loaded with swan shot . One
of the shots perforated the deceased ' s side , and caused an extravasation of blood on the liver ; the other perforated her ancle . Her death bad been caused by tetanus or lock-jaw ; and the surgeon would prove that the lock-jiw had been caused by the ancle wound . There would be no doubt , after tne witnesses bad been examined , that the shot bad come from the prisoner ' s house ; for even the prisoner himself had admitted that he fired it . The question for the jury to decide would be , whether he had any justification for committing such an act ; and in coming to a decision on that point , it would not be presumptuous in him ( the learned counsel ) to say that nothing short of strong and overbearing fear , sufficient to induce a man to believe that his life was in peril , and could not escape in any other way than by repelling force- by force , would m ; ike the evidence amount to anything less than manslaughter .
Eiizi Hill , an Irishwoman , was the first witness called . She was cross-examined by Mr . Wilkins . Saw the mob , which bad attacked three houses during the night , assemble before the prisoner ' s house and throw stones at it The stones were flying as thick as hail . She saw a man open the front room window , and immediately afterwards heard the report of two pistols , and saw the deceased fall , shot in the side . Did not hear tbe mob threaten the life of the prisoner or his family . She had watched the proceedings of the mob that night for three quarters of an hour . William M Ghee saw the mob proceed to tHe prisoner ' s bouse after smashing the windows of the Globe , in Mersey-street This witness saw the prisoner come forward and fire a pistol twice . Mary Divett gave similar evidence . The prisoner fired twice , and never spoke to the crowd before be fired .
^ John Byrnes , on cross-examination , deposed that the mob threatened to pull the prisoner ' s house down , and kill him or any of his family they could get hold of . Hundreds were in the crowd , and the greatest uproar prevailed . Wm . Henry Rydlng , superintendent of police , was on duty at St James ' s Market on the night of the election . Went in company with Mr . Whitty to the prisoner ' s house after the accident bad occurred ; the door was fastened ; the prisoner was inside . Mr . Whitty told him to be cautious of what he might say , but he wished to know whether he had shot any one . He said he had tired two pistols loaded With swan shot—that he had warned the party three times before he fired , and that be considered the lives of himself and family in imminent danger ; tbe windows of the house were all broken , and the doors were covered over with bricks , stones , and hard pieces of mortar .
William M'Clelland , Esq ., surgeon , proved that the decea » e 4 had died from the gun-shot wound she had received in the side and ancle . The wound in theancle caused tetanus to ensue . A shot had passed between the ninth and tenth ribs , which passed into the liver and caused her to have a bowel complaint The case for the prosecution having here closed , Mr . Wilkins addressed the jury on the part of the piisonex in an able and eloquent speech , urging several points in justification of the offence for which he had been placed upon his trial .
J « # b Corditt was the first witness called for the defence . —Is a shoemaker . Lives in Campbell-street Was at the the prisoner ' s public house on the night of the election . All was quiet when he entered . In about an hour and a half after , a little boy entered , and in consequence of what he said the shutters were put up and the door dosed . In about ten minutes after , a shower of bricks and stones came through the windows . Witness sat in the front parlour at the time , but immediately ran out , and saw Mrs . Casement knocked down with a brick , which struck her on tbe arm . Witness then closed the door , which had been
broken open with a brick . Witness then saw Silas Casement , who came to lift her mother , knocked down . Witness was struck several times with bricks which came tumbling in over the fan sash . Miss Case ment was taken away insensible . The door was broken in several times with the stones . Between 300 and 400 persons were assembled in the street Witness was in danger of his life , and the scene was such a one as he would never like to see again . No provocation had been given to the mob by either the prisoner or anyone in the house . Several panes of glass were broktn in the shop window , although the shutters had been put up .
Other witnesses deposed to the outrageous conduct of the mob , and to their horrid imprecations and threats to take the life of the prisoner . Two of these , Wm . Jones , a sailor , living in Ansdell-street , and Thomas Kewley , deposed that they heard the prisoner warn the people to go away , or else he would fire upon them . Mr . Gilt , a butcher , Mr . Toulmin , an attorney , Mr . Woodcock , a spirit merchant , Mr . Williams , an estate agent , Mr . Whltby , a hosier , Mr . Holywell , an optician , Mr . Gore , a licensed victualler , Mr . William Jones , » shipwright , and Mr . Osborne , a blockmaker , gave the prisoner an excellent character for humanity and exemplary conduct for a number of years . Mr . Cbohpton replied . His Lordship briefly addressed the Jury , who , without leaving the box , returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
There was another indictment against the prisoner for shooting at Job Byrnes , but as no evidence was offered on the part of the prosecution , the prisoner was discharged .
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EXTRAORDINARY CASK ^ An old ntan , named John Charles Thorn , was charged by hiB wife with having refused to maintain her , and also with having offended against the law in other respects . The examination was the third , an < L the following account contains the substance Of the three , on this very odd case : — - Mrs . Thorn , who appeared to be a very mild but revolute person , aged between sixty and seventy yeai ^ j said that her husbaud hadWuelly refused her maintenance , and she was therefore determined to bring Mm to justice . They had been thirty-five years ma Tried , and had lived together in one place lor tweuv ^ years , and a better or kinder fallow never breath « -d until he took Ij drink , and ttmhe utrer stopped .
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. The Lord Mayor-Do you mean that he aetei refrained from drinking t - ™ Mr 8 . Tn © rn-I do , please yow Lordship . pOT twenty-two years he hag never been « oW ( Laughter . ) ' - •¦¦ ' ^*« t Prisoner-Holloa , stay , stay . pieage , 0 « ¦ " Lord , I never was sasorry for anything in mVS as marrying this here body . She has th £ impu / JS to complain now that I refuse to support her wiS 5 she never brought we : ¦ : * mag in her life «? 5 besides , the moment we » were married , she be ^ nS mn sicb a rig that old Harry hiraelf , God biff ? couldn ' t live with her , and how could I ? T * % a > she has a freehold that ' s quite enough to keen »? HfjHn her , and I have got nothing , God bless me-¦¦ The Lord Mayor-Is it not better for you tooL . together again at your advanced years ? ^ Mrs . Thorn-No , no , my Lord ; I tried him W . enough . Besides , ho has another wife « L ?* manages to maintain her like » food ' un . ' forft J !* only the otber day I went in to look arter him 13 I sees ' on both together a feeding upon the ft&S * salmon and some cucumbers and a pot ' of hal 2 a * d
The Lord Mayor—Do you mean to charas h ? m seriously with bigamy ! . marge m ^ Hits . Thorn—Certainly I do , and 111 sti ^ w * u I ' ve found out all about it . tlck *** Prisoner-Tut rut wher « are the witnesses >¦ ¦ Yi * can ' t move a step without witnesses . Besides tfr did marry another , B -I thought you were a stiffU m ^ lL ' aughS / ° WayeM 8 « 0 that ^^ i - v ^ rr ? a ^ i ^>^ ^^ Prisoner-No , Lord help me , I see now you a * ( A . laugh . ) My Lord , she ' s been to me the most C mentingwife as man ever was plagued with M tongue is for ever on the move , so that no man oonM stand . it a minute without drinking the first thi » that came to his hand . However , if she a ' nt rm » £ sonable , I'll make her an allowance : I'll eireiS . five bob a week . ™
T Mrs . Thtrn-No , no , I can't depend upon von John , I ' ve got you here now , and I'll keep you Yoi ! must go to the Bailey , John . ( A laugh . ) ° The Lord Mayor-Fray , is the second wjfe . young woman ? Mrs . Thorn—No , she a ' nt younger than me ; bnt it ' s my belief he ' s got a young wife too . On the second examination , Mrs . Thorn said that her witnesses would be ready in a couple of dariL and she was determined to give John a taste of S iJailey , and on Monday she again appeared The Lord Mayor-Well , Mrs . Thorn , have y < ra come to any arrangement with this old man \ : Mrs . Thorn-No , my Lord , I'd much rather M on against him . I ' ve tried him longenoui ; h W * I mean to have him for the bigamy . ' inomas
Wiggins , sexton at St . Mark ' s Churth Kensington , deposed that he witnessed the marriam of the prisoner to Mary Fraser oa the 12 thof October , 1840 . w William faster , clerk of St . Mark ' s Church also stated that he witnessed the marriage . He pro ! duced a copy from the register . The Prisoner—But she must prove that As was married to me herself . Where is the proof of that I'd be glad to know ? The Lord Mayor-Why , you have spoken of ha all along as your wife . «« . Mrs . Thorn—Oh , I have the witnesses . One of them is a clerk in the Bank , now on leave of absence , and the other is a near relation of his own I'll match him with witnesses I rather think . * ( A laugh . ) ^**
The Prisoner—Well , I hope your Lordship will order her to give me my watch and other property besides £ 7 of mine which she has . You aint goimr to let her rob me and try me at the Old Bailev too ? ¦ * The Lord Mayor—I shall not tell her to give up anything . You know you told her , when you married her , that" with all your earthly goods you did her endow , " and I shall not attempt to deprire her - « -.. »«•
of them . The Prisoner—I know that , but I atnt the only one that ' s gone astray about women . There ' s one thing I can tell you . I ' m heartily sorry I evermar * ried her ; for she ' s been my plague now for thirtyfive years . Mrs . Thorn—Oh , then , 111 make you sorry that ever you married anybody else . John . ( Laughter . ) The prisoner was ordered to 00 brought up again on Thursday when he was committed for trial .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , JupistM . BANKRUPTS . Michael Blood , North Audley-street , GrMrenorsquare , surgeon , to surrender Sept . 3 , at twelve , Oet 1 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankrupt ^ , RuisjW Street . Solicitors , Messrs . Mil&e , Parry , Milne , and Morris , Harcourt-buildings , Temple ; official asignea , Mr . Whltmore , Basinghall-street . Charles Maybery , Earl ' s-court , Old Brompton , Miing-houBe-keeper , Aug . 27 , at half-past one , Octl . it one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghill-itrwt Solicitor , Mr . Parsons , Temple-chambers , Fleet ^ tnet ; official assignee , Mr . WMtmore , Basingball-rtKet .
John Holman , Burleigh-street , Strand , Tietualler , Aug . 30 , at eleven , Oct 1 , at twtlve , at the Co » rt « Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , MewaCoota , Son , and Aahbee , Austin-friars ; official assignee , >« . Cannan , Finsbury-sqnare , Robert Cooke , Great George-street , Benn < srt * y > cooper . Aug . 28 , at twelve . Oct 1 , at two . at th « C «« of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor ! , Mean-Vincent and Sherwood , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple official assignee , Mr . Cannan . Finibury-saum Angus Duncan and Charles Duncan , Tokeah ****"; merchants , Sept 6 , Octl , at eleven ; at tbe Com 01 Bankruptcy . Basinghall-itreet Solicitor , Mi . n » ' St Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . JfiMWi Basingnall-street .
_ Henry Warburton , Harpurhey , lancadure , toW * Sept 11 , Oct 1 , at ten , at the Commissioner * ' Wm Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Sob , » w WeatheraU , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple ; aodMe * Wood , Manchester . _ Richard Robertson Timings , Biraingiuui , fr ° " * Sept 8 , Oct 1 , at eleven , at the Waterloo Boon * »" mingham . Solicitors , Mr . Wbitelock , AldemuaWF and Mr . Sacklinsr . Birmingham . ....
James Lea , sen ., and Thomas Patrick , W < B S ^» butchers . Aug . 30 , Oct 1 , at one , *»¦ . ¦*• ,. ** * Horse Inn , Worcester . Solicitors , Means . Wnj * ¦" Whitmore , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Finch andJ 0 * Worcester . - Robert Brett , Stoke Bardolph . Notting ! iamihl » . ««" factor , Sept 2 , Oct 1 , at one , at the George JY . » "j Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs , Willia , Bow * »» WillivTokenhouse-yard ; andMr . Wag » taffe , at »»» ' Lincolnshire .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . W . Mell * and J . Turlay , Manchester , merchant *** J . Richmond and R . Smith , Mancbwter , ge *** ^ mission-agents . J . Charlesworth and C Batty *> J TT house , Yorkshire , storekeepers . J . Bsg « h » w , *¦ *? shaw , and W . Bagshaw , Dewsbury , Yorkihirfc . ¦*» £ founders ; as far as regards John Ba * 8 h * w vX ffdows and J . Curry , Leigh , Lancashire , groeeri . MUues and J . Metcalfe , Halifax , Yorkshire , * ° * JZ * makers . J . Waller and E . Cheetbam , HudoW ' woolataplen .
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE , FROM THE 13 th OF J ULY , TO THE 22 ju > OF AUGUST , 1841 . £ . B . d . July U—Money in Mr . Heywoed ' s hands as Treasurer 31 2 11 Aug . 7—Mr . Philp , at Manchester ... 0 5 0 ~ U—From a London friend , per Mr . Cleave , to Mr . Hey wood ... 700 -. 19-From Midgley , by Wm . Walker , per Sir . Hey wood 0 10 7 Total monies received by Committee 38 18 6 Total monies paid by Committee 28 10 6 Total monies in Mr . Hey wood ' s hands as Treasurer £ 10 8 0
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Aug . 1—Mr . Ben bow , of London 10 0 Mr . Rd . Brooks . of Leigh ... 2 0 0 _ Mr . Brown , of Birmingham ... 10 0 Mr . Flinn , of Bradford 10 0 Mr . T . Drake , ditto ... ... 1 0 0 „ Mrs . Carrier , of Trowbridge ... 2 0 0 » 7—Mr . Hutton , of Bradford ... 1 0 0 Mr . Rushworth , ditto 10 0 „ Mr . Ridings , ditto 10 0 Mr . Smithies , ditto ... ... 1 0 0 Mr . Morris , « f Bolton ... ... 10 0 _ Mrs . Morgan , of Abergavenny ... 10 0 Mrs . O'Brien , of Lancaster ... 1 0 0 « . 14—Mrs . Peddle , of Edinburgh ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Fodea , of Sheffield ; .. ... 100 Mrs . Booker , ditto ... ,.. 10 0 Mrs . Marshall , ditto 10 0 „ Mrs . B ^ nnison , ditto 10 0
Mrs . P . ntborp , ditto 10 0 _ Mrs . riolberry , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Roberts , « fBirmingham ... 10 0 « Mrs . Athton , of Barnsley ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Crabtree , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Walker , of Baadford ... 1 0 0 _ Mrs . Brooks , ditto ... ... 1 0 O Mrs . Emanuel Evans , of Abergavenny 10 0 M . bxpences of Committee in rent and post stamps 0 10 6 ,, _ T £ 28 10 6 Mr . JiHEs Leach , ) Mr . Thomas Davis , V Auditors . Mr . John Smith , j Mr . Abel Heywoo » , Treasurer . Mr . Samuel Chamberlain , President . Mr . Putes Shobhocks , Secretary .
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The ' ' Glorious Uncertainty . " —At the Liverpool aceizes , on Saturday last , James Bowker , charged with a capital offence , at Bolton , was found ' Not Guilty , " in constquence of the learned Judj . e discovering , in the midst of the opening address 0 / the counsel for the prosecution , that the word M feloniously" bad been omitted in the designation oi the offence id the indictment .
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STATE OF IRELAND . Extract of a private letter received from a friend in Ireland , by Gooduyn Barmbjf , Esq ., President 0 / the Communist Society . " Is it not melancholy to reflect on the state ef trade manufactures , and agriculture , in this country ? " A friend went a few days ago to a farmer , who held some . fifteen or twenty acres under him , ( and which is here considered as a medium farm , ) to ask for his yeartreat , due last November , ( 1840 . ) which should have been paid in May , ( 1841 . ) He says , I caught the familyattheir marning meal . A large basket , nearly filled with toft bud potatoes , placed upon a table , round which young and old were seated . A vessel stood near the father , containing about a pint of watee . into which aimnch .
salt had been thrown as gave it a strong taste of that article , and into this mixture each perton dipped hiipo taioe , 80 as to remove the distaste which their badness gave them , constituted the meal on which they wen obliged to work for at least six hours , when another of » similar kind was served up for dinner . ' He said , 'ii this your breakfast' Yes , Sir , ' was the reply . ' Then , God help you , ' said be , ' I see this ia no place to come looking for rent , ' she then left the house . Tola fa nott solitary instance . Such sufferings are of daily ottoi * rence , and that , too , amongst the people who prodaoe all the wealth of this part of Ireland—the farmer Land is let at a rack-rent , nearly twice its value , and such is the destitution of tbe people that tbey are flad to take it at any price , and live in the way I h » T 6 described , or else turn out upon the road a tribe of men . dicants or plunderers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . 2 *> BANKRCPIS . John Brinkley King , carpenter , Old Broa ^ J to surrender Sept . at naif-past twelve , ir * j ^} . eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Cma » a , f ^ L , square , official assignee ; Hine and Robinson , a *** house-square . . . s ^ t " James Gillies , shipowner , Hartlepool , Dnrbaa ^ 13 , and Oct 6 , at one ; at the Yane Anna Iw > . ° T 7 ^ , ; Swain , Stephens , and Co ., Frcderick '« -j > Iace , OM- " Wrights , Sunderland . ¦ ar «* til Edward Allies , timber-merchant , AlfHck- W" ^ shire , Sept 2 , and Oct 5 , at twelvejat tbe W «* T * , Worcester . White and Whitmore , ll , Beat *" London ; Finch and Jones , Worcester . ra ^ i ^ i / S ' Robert Phelps , scrivener , Tewkesbury , <**• *" shire .
George Short , jun ., grocer , Salisbury . flr 2 J 1 fc John Midhuie , ironmonger , Bradling , ule fj ^ Frauds Parker , oil-merchant , Botherbain . Ywir ^ . Richard Robin » r , brewer , Low-Lis bts , »" Shield * ¦¦ .. ¦;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1124/page/6/
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