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SONJTET . In Baitersta Church ihen is a motmmad by OufatMd ^ oubUiac eroded to ihe memory of Lord and Lady Bolinffbrokt . Awake , St John ! arise I we need thee now , Come forth ! thy country calls thee ! lead us on , 0 tfeou whose Toice charm ed the ions * d senate ; thou Whose deed-like words Btill stir us -with the tone Of Liberjy ! Bat thon hast long been * one , 0 Bolinsbrote ! laid like thy country low . ilaal 'tis so—Pope ' s " all accomplished friend " Sleeps here ; so says Roubiliac ' s sculptui'd itone , Ann ' s lord of 'war and state ; but , ere Ms end , * ' Somttking more and better . " Yes , he did spend His age in peace . Tile faction ' s noble foe ; Proscribed by power that virtue " B self would rend , He , like the Roman , exil'd to his farm , Lived with Ms loved Vilette and felt each rural charm . J . W . JBattersea , Surry .
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TVEHsTlS—Discovery op a Dead Bodt . —On jTj-. iiay evening an inquest was held at the house of Mr . Grant , the Wellington Inn , Wellington-road , bt f « re John Blackburn , Esq ., on the remains ff a body -which had been taken oni of the waier at Bean Iug ' mill , oa the previous day . The remains were Covered by some men in the employ of Messrs . B Gott a ^ A Sons , whilst cleaning out the mill go ; t , and though greatly decomposed , and ent .-rely disjointed . "Wire recognised , by the boots which » ere en ihe feet , to be those of Samuel Buckirout of Axmlzj , "who , en ihe llih of August last , was drowned along with a youug man named W . lliam Bo-jdy . We gave the particulars of the accidental th-s lime . The accident arose from a boat in which the : vro , deceased and an . tncr man were crossing thrrivcr from Sir . Green ' s mill xo Armiey , being Trashed away by the tremendous flood then in the riT-r . Boddy was found soon alter at Thwaiv ' s m-. l's . YerdTct— " Accidental death . "
HrssLET Plokal Societt . —The first meeting of the members of tm 3 society ; or the present year , was heid on Wednesday week , in the large room of the Punen Bowl Inn , for the show of auriculas and polyanthuses . The display of flowers was very £ i > ou , and the judges , Mr . Bairstow , of Leeds , and ilr . KcKigson , of Hnnsiet , awarded the principal p . ; z- ? 5 to 31 r . Wm . Chadwick Mr . B . Eiy , of Roth-• weii Baigh , and Mr . Jobn Xe&rsley , of Woodbonse Hil—» he latter gentleman &ent an excellent assortiDeut of gieenhouse plants , which were greatly admired . Bad Meat . —On Friday last , the carcase of a tea-t , in a state approaching ro putrefaction , and which had been brought into Leeds by a man named Jonn CressSeld , a tallow chandler , at Clifford , for sa ; e to the low priced butchers , was seiz-. d and destroyed . We are glad to see the officers on the alert on tnis subject .
Horss gf kecovbkt . —On Monday last , the office of oaysician to this insiitation , vacant by thsTesignst on of Dr . Hunier , owing to ill-health , was filled op by the unanimous election of Dr . WiL-on ^ -who was proposed by ilr . T . T . Dibb , and seconded by Mr . J . M . Tennant . Thanks of the trnsteea , on the motson of Mi . il . Cawood , seconded by Mr . J =-hn Svk- ^ =, "were unanimously passed to Dr . Hunter , for his < erncts to the institution for nearly twenty-four yesrs . Dr . Wilson was the only candidate . Stealing Spirits . —On Monday last a man named Wm Walm = lejj who for the last four years has been in the employ of Mr . Beajamm Gale , wine and
spirit merchant , Earkgate , was brought up at the Cour : Hoose , on a caarge of having stolen a gallon 0 " gin asd another of ram , the property of Ms employer . It having come to the ears of the police that Walmsley had been offering to sell a quantity o' spirits to the keeper of the tap room at the Qn ^ -en ' s Arms , and wheh is opposite to ilr . Gale's premises , ihe pnichase was recommended and a watch wa . 3 kept . The spirits were conveyed away in bi&ddeis , by the prisoner , on Tuesday morning while carrying water from the yard in which the warehouse is situated . He was committed for trial at the sessions .
- Fighting th ths Stsset , a > d Assaclt on the Police . —Ob Monday la-t , seven young men were placed before Henry Hall and J- B . Atkinson , E-qs ., it ihe Court-Honse , on a charge of fighting in the street on Sunday morning , at near three o ' clock , and wrh having assaulted the police . Their names are Andrew Wood , Thomas Rider , John Parker . John A iha , Richard Freeman , John Wilshire , and John Bs : ley , along with others . They had been drinking til ) that hour at the house of Mr . Cross , Pack Horse Inn , Briggaie , and on turning into the street , a quarrel arose , a Sghc ensued , and the police , who interfered , were assaulted . Mr . James , who was oil the spot , unknown to the parties , witnessed the transaction . Wood , Rider , and Parker , who had corcmeuced the fight , were ordered to find sureties for their futnre good behaviour ; the others were Siied 2 to . each , and costs , for assaulting the police .
DiLPLAT of Fieewoeks . —On Monday evening , the bcit . rii ? pjay of fireworks which has been for some time wi messed in Leeds , was given in the Wnite Cie-. a Hail Yard , by Mr . Bates , assisted by ii ^ &frr . Johnson and Knowies . The evening was cel . ghtinJiy fine , and tbe yard being beamifuily illnmnat-. d by variegated lamps , presented an appearance altogether Qiff ^ rent ircm what we have been in the hzhiz of wnne = iiiig at these displays . The pitee wiiich attracted ihe m-.-st attention was the statue of Napoleon , wh : ch was of colossal siz ^ , and eurpasitd in sp ' endonr and variety anything we had befure seen in the science of pjrotechnics . Tne a'tendance , we are sorry to say , was bu - luciifftrt-nt ; but as we hear the spirted artitt intends to jiive another display , we tru-t ibis notice of his merits trill have the t 5 ect of caasitg him to be more eztenavtiv patronised .-
Leeds Poob . Keuef Fcsd . —On Monday last , a ise-tiDi : of tti ; G > mmiitee was held at tl ^ e Court House , John Cawood , Esq . in the chair , at wh ^ ch a report was read trom the Provision C- 'mmiute , signed ^ . y Mr . Edward Jackson , as Chairman . This report aactaiict-d - the closing of tbe depot on Saturday evening , snd also the fact thav at that time , in cos ? - quenee of a greatly decreased dunano during the week , there were about 500 loaves of bif-ad rrinainkig . The report concluded as foi !<> WF
— "I : appears unn-xesfary , afkr the long amJ circnaii : aE : ; al accosnt wh ; cfi has appeared in the public prints , to enter into any details respecikg the series ? and pauj ' ul fraud which , has been perpetrated on ihe funds of this charity , and the discovery of wj ; ich iris made by this Cvmmictee . The Provision CoiLinraee , however , would strongly rccommPDd that in the ca _ -e of any future distribution of r- lit ! in tLis wa > , the tickets be regularly compared with the bot-ks frorc which they are cut , at lta .-t- v : ic * a we' -k , perhaps ; t woujd be be : t ^ r everv d » v . This w-u ! o
eaectuauy prevent anyihing of the kiud takiii ^ plac ^ , or ensure its immediate detection . Tha : uo such preciaiic-D has been taken heretofore , i ; uot to be woLderid at , as the fact of a member ct ' : re Ccmmittee apjo ^ ted to Qan a ge a pubiic cl aiuy . limieli conuLnun ^ ' frauds upon it 3 iauds , wa ^ not u > be especieci enr-i such an oe-currcncc had tiken place . ' 'lze report having been received , the Cfcairaan procufed the books containing ; h ^ acci'UDts , rvhicn he ssia it Trouid bs necessary siiou ^ d be a ^ uited . He could sot &ptak exactly , but the balance in hand , aft
er paying all arrears , would , he thought , be about £ oi 5 . It was _ then resolved , Tha : the ek-ris oe diicctel to write out 250 iicke : a , st one shilling value each , to be given in bread , and thai rhese-tickets be divi < ii . d among the viEiiors cow presem . to be dispensed by them among ths poor in their districts ; such tickets to be presented at tec depot be ore noon on Tntsday . " On the cotion of Mr . Jjwett . James Brown , Esq ., Wm . Gott , Esq ., and Robert Walker , Es ^ . were appointed auditors . Some conversation ecsned as to ihe time for holding
i gtn- ; ral meeting of the subscribers , and it was determined that it should be held en Monday , the 23 rd instant , at twelve o'clock U noon , to receive the report of the committee-, and apportion the remaining funds , upon which it wa ? * £ &olve 4 , "Thai it be a recommendation to the general meet ~ sg of the subscribers to appropriate so fcaeh of the balance in hand as may be Bt cp'Pary , to the establishment of a permanent soup kit ^ neu ^ r the Yeuefit of t > . e poor of the town ; " an ; l Mesir . ^ « . Barchail , R . Pvatt , J . Simv ; ou , S . Maud , atd Joan Jowett , Jan ., ^ ere appointed a sub-committee to inquire into ihe rile , the ber . mode of £ tir g anc cos ^ scting , & . c , and to repeat thercor > t-o tre . " j ; ca * ji co * ajai : tee . The iseeting thtn broke up .
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Sheep Slaughtered . —During the night of Saturday last , some villains slaughtered a valuable tap Bhepp , in a field on Rothwell Haigh , tb . 8 carcase of which they carried off , leaving the skin and entTaila wrapped together , and thrown into a b&ck at some distance . The sheep was the property of Mr . Parnaby , of Rotbwell , steward to Kirkby Fenton , Esq , and would ' weigh about thirty pounds per quarter . Robbbbies . —Oa Friday morning test , a drab mixture Taglioni coat , and a black and white house coat , were stolen from the house of Mr , Edward Mallett , No . 21 . Grove Terrace . —On Tuesday last , a dark-coloured shawl was stolen from the passage in the house of Mr . Askey , in Merrion street .
Leeds Old Flobal Society —This Society held its annual show of auriculas and polyanthases in Mr . Rogers ' s Floral Exhibition Room , Wydham Gardens * Roundhay Road , on Monday last . The display of auriculas and polyanthuses was numerous and of the first rate order . The room was beautifully decorated with plants and evergreens , by Mr . Rogers , Mr . Birkby , and Mr . Bradley . There was an efficient band engaged for the purpose The judges were" Mr . Dobing ? , Mr . Chadwick , and Mr . Bastow , by whom the prizes were awarded to the various competitors , Mr . Ratcliffe , Mr . Edward Mitchell , Mr . Thomas Walker , and Mx . Joseph Jackson rcarrying off the principal prizes .
_ Change Ringing . —On Sunday morning last , at six o ' clock , tfee Leeds St . Peter ' s company of change ringers ascended the noble tewer of the parish church , and funs a true and complete peal of grand sire cinqu&s in the fittams , consisting of 5148 changes , which was brought round in a masterly and beautiful style , in three hours , forty three mipute 3 , and nine second ? , by the following persons , viz : —Samuel Smallpatfr , treble , { composer and conductor of the peal ;) John Robinson , second ; John Groves , third ; John Hudson , fourth ; James Gill , fifih ; Christopher lies , sixth ; Jonas Baldwin , seveuth ; John Mortimer , eighth ; Benjamin Ely , ninth ; William Gawkroger , tenth ; William Groves , eleventh ; and Wilham Pullem , tenor . Weisht of the tenor 36 cwt . This herculean ta > k was performed by twelve men only , and is tbe first p ^ al of grandsire cinques ever rung in Yorkshire . It was rung in honour of the birthday of his Grace the Duke of Wellington .
ASSadlt and Robbery . —On Monday last a man named Edward Emmett , was brought np at the Court : House , on a charge of haviDg assaulted a person named I Glover , and stolen from him a baaket containing a puce j of mutton &Dd other articles . Glover was going hoina aboat ' half-past 12 on Saturday night , when he met the prisoner and two others in Calverly-street . they attack-1 pri him . anil after knocking him down ran off with his Snnrlay ' s dinner . Tbe prisoner -was pursued and apprehended by the watchman . He was committed lor i trial .
HUDDESSFlEXiD . —On Thursday night a fire was ai > coverbd in the Farm Yard belenging to Godfrey Berry , situated on the banks of the river Colne , Bradley Mills , near Huddersfield . Two engines were immediately on the spot , four com s'acks were con- j snmed and two others were very much injured . It is supposed to have originated irom thi firing oT a gun , as one of Mr . Berry ' b sons wa 3 shooting rats . We understand the property wa 3 insured . X . ASSWADE . —Mr . William Dsniells has taken some pains of late in spreading the principles of the Ancient Order of Foresters m this place , ' 3 nd has been so far successful that a Court in j compliance will be opened here on June 17 th , to be i called the Wallace . i
LEICESTER . —The cavalry have quitted tho town , and all is quiet , once more . THe slavery at the bastile , however , continues ; and a-recurrence of the discontent is not unlikely if the hand-corn-mill be not abolished by the guardians . To talk of reconciliaticfn between the middle and working classes in Leicester , - will , henceforth , be a farce . The cold * hearted manner in which even the Sturgiies could look on the plaints of the poor bastile sufferers , and thezsal-with which they accepted the office of petty constables to put down the discontent , —has created a gulf between the poor and the respectables that will long "be impassable .
"WiGAN . ' -The distress prevailing at present in this town is truly alarming—four-fifths of the handloom weavers are cut of employment , acd those thai are in employment half not have work ; and from the recent reductions that " have taken place , they are actually starving . Improvements in machinery are day by day throwing numbers inio the street destitute . A general reduction of wages has taken place in every department within the last few weeks . The following i 3 only an outline . —Persons haviiig seven shillings per week are reduced to five ; and those having five shillings and sixpence per week are reduced to four shillings ~ per week . The throstle spinners , t ^ kine care of three and a-half frames
having eight shillings and sixpence per week , by the recent alteration are compelled to take care of four frames , and receive for it seven shillings and sixpence . The overlookers and machinists are reduced two . shillings per week . The masters' -plea for thus reducing the wages of their workpeople , is that they have no profit for the outlay of their capial ; but this excuse is without foundation . How ib it that there is in the town masters of smalL capital , who have to come into the market wiih them , and are paying a great deal more for their work , and appear to be getting a comfortable livelihood ! The small masters with their old machinery are paying 12 s . 6 d . for spinning one hundred pounds of tens weft . The
large - manufacturers with their improvements , by which they can produce goods with greater facility , only pay three shillings and threepence per hundred pounds weight , of eleven and twelve weft , therefore the plea of no profit will not stand the test of public examination . One of these pretended friends of the people declared tbe other day that four shillings per week was sufficient for a young man or woman , and that twelve shillings was enongh for male spinners . Another-of the same stamp said that before long he would make the spinners glad to spin fourteen weft at one shilling for one hundred pounds weight , and this i . 3 the party who call so loudly to the working men to join them . On Thursday
week the unemployed went to the Board of Guardians to ask for relief , and the police were brongbt to drive them home The conduct of one of the Guardians was calculated to arouse the passions of ihe starving people , who after insulting ihem sent for the military to give them steel instead of bread . But firelocks and bayonets have no terrors for starving men , at least it proved so upon this occason . They told the soldiery to do their worst , for they would Tather meet death than return home to their families without relief . They did not injure either persons or property , and had the Guardians receiv . d them as they ought to have done , the peace would not have been brcken .
Coal-pit Accidents . — On Saturday morning , one of th « te melancholy occurrences so common in this neighbourhood took pbee at Ince Hail coiiiery , the property of Messrs . Wheatley , Gtrred , and Co . whereby a woman , whose n ? me we understand is Ann Walsh , met with her death by the following cirrnm-ta ' nees : —It appears that in attaching the tub to the rope , the unfortunate woman pui one of the hot-k ? , t ! rough one of the rotfs of which the tubs are made , instead of the iron ear of the tub , ihertivTB when her weight came upon it the rod broke aiid she fell to the bottom of tbe shaft , a distance of upwards of 300 feet ; she was literally smashed 'o " pieces . —The same morn : ng , two men , employed in a coal pit the props-riy of Mr . Ashail , of Piari-lane , were killed ; they have ien families to lament their loss .
BOWUNG .-Toial Accident F 20 M Fire-D . ' . mp . — Oa TiwrsdBj moinujg w » ek , about six o ' clvck , an explosion of fire-daiup took place in one oi the pVvS beionginji to the Bowling Iron Works company , si-vested at Dualey-Hii ] , ween John Byw £ -trr , Mark Pitts , arid David Hulm ^ s , a boy about twelve years of age , were drt-acfully burnt . BywattT had all- the tkin burnt off his whole bot ; y . face , and hand *; the oiily pan on which he had uny skin , was under his heel and j ^ reat tos ; e ^ ery other p&rt was completely raw . P . e nng-red till Friday evir . ' . Es ? at six o'clock , whtn death pui an end to his tuiftiiuvs . The oihtT two aTe in aiair way of reccv . ry . The acciaent is s-aid io have occurred fri-m ; he boy , Hoimt-S , coming br .-k j to -vrhire the ni'D were at work , vrith an emp' . j onrvr . and dnvmg the foul air before it , to otiq oi their naKed lanips . I 5 ywaur has Jeit . a wife and chisd to hment his uutimfly end .
Impudent Highway R ^ bb ^ ry . — On Monday , between the hours of twelve ami one , a respectable ¦ K-oroaii iTom-PuCsi-y , of ihe name of Wbarron , a thopb-tper , being on h ? r way to Bradford to tay cut money for her th « p , wag siopped by five or six men w ' nbin t ^ o huunred yards of the latter place , on the Leeds 3 oad , ana her purso confining between evht and nine pounds was abstrcc ' . od from htr pocket .
Murder Of A Mother By Her Son.
MURDER OF A MOTHER BY HER SON .
Mebthyb , bATORDAY . —Acase of murder , attended with circumstances of unusual atrocity , inasmuch as some suspicion is entertained that the murderer is the son of the aged woman who has been so foully assassinated , was discovered in this town to-day , and has produced much excitement . The name of the unfortunate victim is Tamar Edwards . She was as old and infirm woman , aged upwards of seventy years , a widow , who resided with her Bon , Riehara EdwardB ( the supposed murderer ) and his wife iu a small house , situated on the side of the tramroad , in Plymouth-street . The circumstances under which the discovery of this horrible crime was made , are in themselves somewhat curious . The old woman
had been missed by the neighbours , with whom she was in the habit of conversing frequently , for several days past , and numerous inquiries were made of . "her son and his wife concerning her . These inquiries were evaded by the former as much as possible , but whenever be was so closely interrogated as to render a reply inevitable , his answer was , " O , she is only gone from home for a little time ; she is a few miles off in the country ; " and it would seem that this statement had satisfied the neighbour-, as no further investigation of the matter took place uutil this morning , when Richard Edwards left his houst for the purpose , as he stated to his wife , of going to Dowlais , where he worked , to receive payment of his wages . According to the statement of the
woman , as given by . the neighbours , he told her , before be left , chat there were reasons why he wished her particularly not to look under the bed . This request was ot so singular a nature that it naturally created surprise in the mina of the wifo ; and , very shortly after his departure , ehe w < Dt tnfo the hpu .-e of a neighbour , to whom she communicated tne injunction . Tho neighbour immediately suspected that there was something the matter , aim she advised ihe wife to go and see if there was auyth ng concealed there , which ought not to be there . Tne wife took their advice , and , followed by two or three women , she returned home , and , on raising the under-curtains , at the foot of the bed , they were horrified at beholding a dead body , which proved to be that of
the aged mother of f-dwards . A smail sheet was wrapped round the body . The women , on making this discovery , immed'aiely raised an alarm ; aud information of the circumsiances baviug been sent off to the police office , { Superintendent Davie , w . th Some other constables , were promptly in attendance . A notice of the discovery was then forwarded to the coroner of the borough , T . Davis , E-q ., * vho at once issued his warrant lor holaing an inq eet on the body . A jury was then impaunelled , who , having inspected the body and viewed the position in which it was found , adjourned their inquiry ui . til six o ' clock , Monday erening , for the purpose of giving
time to the police to collect evidence , aud , if possible , secure the apprehensiou of the suspected party . It is difficult , from the facts which have as yet tmnpired , to imagine what motive could have prompted the son to imbrue his hands in the blood of his own mother ; and it is to be hoped that the result of the inquiry will be to bhow that the deaih of the unfortunate womau is to be ascribed to some other hand . Edwards is said to be a man of an exceedingly violent disposiiion . Ab ^ ut two years ago , he was apprehended on a charge of killing an Irish trirl in the town ; and the suspicion against him was so stroDg , that he was committed for trial at the assizes , where he was acquitted .
Wednesday Night . —The coroner ' s irqnest on the body ot the unfortunate woman Tamar towards , of whose murder by htr own son I stut you M > me particulars on Monday las ' , has brought its inquiry to a close by returning a verdict of "Wilful Murdnr against Richard Edwards , alias Tamar Dick , " the villain upon wnom suspicion first fell , and who lias as vet managed to elude the vigilance of tho officers . —The jury having as . « embleu at tho Angel Inn , a number of witnesses were examined . The first csLed was Mary Treharne , who deposed that , ou Saturday last , Margaret Edwanis , wire of Richard . Edwards , better known as Dick Tamar , came to her and said she could not think where her mother-inlaw was so loni ^ . She said sho was vexing very
much about ic . Witness hud previously heard Edwards say that his mother tvaagune to Llanf ^ bor ( about two days' journey ) , where she occasionally wtni to get parochial reliet . Margaret Edwards , when she said to thipwimess , added that she had cleantd the house all over except under tbe bed . She said there was something under ihe bed , and she should not touch n . Witness told her to look under the bed , but she E&id she was atraid to do po , and asked witness to look , which she twhnets ) refused to do , unless another neighbour , Martha Waters , went in also . They then went , all three of ih ' . 'tn , into tho house , and Martha Waters , looked under t'ebud , and said , "Oh , Goulthe old woman ' s dead—and long dt ad , too . " They then all ibrte left the hou-ie . The
witness further deposed , that on tbeiMonday previous , at about eleven o'clock in tbe raorcing , she Paw Richard Edwards near his own door , and he asked her when sh « s had last s » . en his mother ? Witness replied that ehe dii not know when it was , and added that she daTed to t-ay inat she was down wheTe she nsed to go . He said , "Down she is , I dare to say . " When witness . vent to tbe houMi on Saturday sho observed that the fljor had been recently washed and sanded . Tlicrt were curtains about tbe bed . —Martha Waters havia" detailed the particulars connected with the discovery of the body , deposed that the body appeared to have been dead for sonjo time . Witness told the others that she had been dead a lona time , and toid Margaret Edwards ( the
wife ) that she must bav- lain upon her , and that Bhe was no better than Dick was . —Mary Jenkins deposed that she knew the deceased Tamar Edwards , and saw her alive at about three o ' clock on Thursday , the 14 h ult . She appeared to be in her usual health , and was fetching water from a spout in the neighbourhood . Witness bad been in tbe habit of seeing her almost daily . She u 3 ed to go out and fetch vater aud coal . — David Lloyd , a train oonductor , examined —; Saw the son of the deceased ( Richard Edwards ) on Saturday morniDg last , at about nine o ' clock . He was at his house , and his wife was with him . Witness spoke to him , and said , "Where is the old woman t' ( meaning the deceased ) , I have not seen her for there days past ?"
Edwards replied , " Oh , she is # one down to Llanfabor ; I expect her up to-day by the trains . " Witness did not stay there above two or three minutes . The wife , Margaret Edwards , was washing the floor of the rcom by the bedside . The husband was sitting by ' -he fire-place distant fn ; m tho bedside . — Jane Phiilips deposed that Margaret Edwards ( the wife of Tamar Dick ) was her niece . On Monday , the 18 ih ul ., she was at witness's house , and at about s-ix o'clock on the evtring ot that day Richard Edwards came there , and atked his wife what she wanted there . The wire baid to him , " I must go fiomewj ere . for my lather has thrown me out o . doors . " Edwards replied , "Wi : y did ho Lot throw you out , oi doors wheu Iwas there ? '' she replied ,
* ' Becau-e he w ' shed to keep me till it was daylight . " Edwards then asked her if the would go with him ( tney -bad . been separated , ami liv ;?!^ a par t for tlm e months ) . She said , " Wh- re to ?—win re can you take me to , Dick 1 " He bind he would lake her to his mocaer ' d house , to which thy wife replied , " What for ? for her to throw mo out of doors , as f-he used to do V * He said , " Never mind , you leave that between me ani my mother . " Shs a ^ ked him where he in ; elided tor her to sit en , an . i ha said , " In his bed to be sure , and if .-ho dm not like to go to the old woman's , he would take lev t'j nis lodgings bt Dowjais . " Witness then a ? kcd him , as his wife oid ai > o , whether he had firing and victuals in the 1 . 1 Tl _ - „ J fcl f \\ . . _ .. 3 J I . " j i * - house ? answeredOh d said hit
He , " , yes ; " ar . . mother left enough of bread i ' oi him when she wei t to LiiUiabw . Edwards and his wifr afterwards left tho houi-o toother , at sbovit ftveu o ' clock in the evs-nu .-g . — homas R-charus— . Having heard of the EiiirJer of Tamar Edwards , wt-nt to the hoti . se ii- c-mpany with a man named Rii-hards . Ti-ey fc-u ; Ki the body under the bed . — James Hume , pwict- servant , wae ordered by the superiuteudeni to t :. ke po ?>* -ssion of the house where the body was . It was lying on th ^ left side , with the left aim laifced as though lifted to the head , the ri ^ lit arm was renting across her chest , her right leg lying over : hc lul ' t . Tne arm . * , leg ? . and body were quite buppic . There was some
coagulated blood about w . e li ^ -ru nostril , u \ -. d a . < i i = - colouvution on both tiiks the nc-ck an « j Uiv < Xit — Re-s 'ihoruas depcised I'bA he was a jiol : c- con-FtabJe . Ho took Mari ; . r - E'iwardtJ , w . i ! V-j of llich . Exmards , ir . t * custody . . While taking hr-r down by i ! ie h ' . use ot the deceased ., tbi ? pri ? onor ca'led out Jo a woman i-am ; d Pf ^ ty . a' : 1 &a : d iu Welsh , " l : \ cM . has ooue it u . 1 la .-t . ' (>; : beL-g nsked by ihe womaii what iie had uone ? she r-rJea -hat he haci muruered his mother , and conC'Vn . ' i . ti \ h-t nudt-r the bed . She afterwards made a >^ t > iir iT . t to wilscsP , which he had reduced to writing . ( The reporters were not allowed to ust- it , as it vs assisted itm'ght tru ^ rate the ends of juatite . )—Mr . E-iward'Dtvjs
surgeon , " deposed to the injuries which had been itiflicted on deceased . The Coror . er summed up the evidence . —The Jury retired , and after a > -bort consultation returned a verdict of " Wili-. il murder against Richard Edwards , fov the mur ler of his oiother , Tamar Edwards . " —Superintendent Davis and the police officers in tbe neighbourhood are using every exertion to sccuro the person of the villain , but up to this he has managed to elude them altogether ; as he has beta traced to one or two places there is every reason to suppose that he will before Jong be captured . Ihe ni-nive which could have led the wretch toper ^ ctro o t-he unna' . ural and awful crime it is not easy to ronjeciuro .
Committal of the Prisomb .- — Mkrthyr , Friday ISight . —At au early hcur t ' ais morning , the lock-up house was 5 uric > v . i ; ded by a crowd of people , anxious to catch a ^ l . tn ^ se t > i' Kivhaxd Edwards , alias Dick Tamar , a-, ii W 3 S kuowa lie would be brought up br . tore ' . h ^ < --oui » ty magistrates for examination . As he v > us brought thiut ^ h tbo streets , the immense crowd testified tt ' . elr smitinction at . his apprehension , aud vetted , thtir CAi : cratious on the unuappy wretrb . 'Ti-. e migistrates assemblea about twelve o'ciock , at tbe Urge ro-. « m of the Aiigcl Inn . On beinj ; brought into t ; . 2 r"o : n , he dispiajed a firm aud uudiuiited demeanour , The first person
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who met hia gszs was hia wife , who was greatly agitated , but the eight of her did uot appear to affect the ¦ prisoner in the least . The room was crowded almost to suffocation . The prisoner having been placed at the bar , a great many witnesses were examined , including those who gave their evidence at the coroner ' s inquest . He waa fully committed on tha charge of wilfqi , murder . On being re-conveyod ti > the lock-up , '• he waa aooompanied bvimmense crowds of people , as before .
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SHEFFIEIiD . ( From our own Correspondent ) The National PETiTiON .- ^ -The number of signatures Eent from Sheffield amount to 26 , 000 ; of these about 1 , 000 have been obtained in the villages adjacent , and 25 , 000 in the town of Sheffield . CosTENTioM FuND .- ^ The following i 3 a statement of monies received for and sent to the Convention by Mr . G . J . harney , Treasurer for Sheffield : —
EECEIPTS . 1842 . £ 8 , d . Jan . 22 From Stannington ... ... 0 0 6 * 31 Collected in Fig-tree Lano Room ... 0 2 3 Feb . 5 William Wragg ... ... 0 0 6 7 CpL'ected in Fig-tree Lane Room ... ... ... 0 5 I Mr . Richmond 0 1 0 10 J Greaves , Ecclesfield ... 0 1 9 12 Wilfiam Wragg 0 10 28 Collected in the Fig-tree Lane Room ... ... ... 0 12 March 13 G . C . ... ... 0 10 21 Collected in the Fig-tree Lane Room ... 0 6 7 h Mr . Abbott .. 0 ¦ 1 . 0 22 Geo . Wright , collected among
theshoemakers 0 4 2 ^ George Wright ... ... 0 0 4 28 Collected ia the Fig-tree Lane Room , ... 0 10 11 April 2 Bepj . Spooner , Stannington ... 0 0 6 3 Collected by Morton Roy .-ton—Morton Royston ... 1 0 John Linaker ... 1 0 Elizabeth Hartley 1 0 George Walker ... 0 6 John Jones 0 4 George Huntington 0 4 Wm . Jones ... ... 0 4
0 4 6 5 Collected in Intake , by John Rogers , jun . ... ... ... 0 4 I 9 William Hammond ... ... 0 0 4 Benjamin Spooner ... ... 0 0 6 Jamea Evans ... ... ... 0 1 0 10 CoDected at Handsworth , Wopdhouse , by Thos . Da !« 0 3 6 George Julian Harney's subscription ( protic on Finder ' s blacking ) ... ... ... 0 4 0 A friend ... ... 0 0 6 15 A-friend ... ... ... ... 0 0 4 17 A fnend 0 19 23 William Ward , Woodhouse ... 0 0 6 A friend to freedom 0 1 0 Wm . Hammond ... ... 0 0 4 24 Collected at Woodhouse , bv T .
Dale 0 2 3 Mr . Green . 002 26 A friend ... 0 0 4 30 Wm . Tarry ... ... ... 0 0 2 May 2 John Carr ... ... ... 0 0 3 £ 3 2 7 DISBURSEMENTS . April 11 Remi I ted to Mr . John Cleave 2 0 0 Pont order and postage ... 0 0 4 29 Carnage of petition sheets to London 0 1 8 May 2 Reraist d to Mr . John Cleave 10 0 Post order and postage ... 0 0 4 £ 3 2 4 Letter to T . S . Duncombe , E . q-, M . P . ... 0 0 1 £ 3 2 5 Balance in hand 0 0 2 George Julian Haknev , _ . __ . - ¦ Treaeuren
Sfu-ffield , May 2 d , 1842 . Mr Julian Harney delivered an address to the Sheffield Ghartist 8 , in their room , Fig-tree-lane , ' on Sunday evening last , on the alarming Btate of the country . Mr . Hoyston read tho Conventions' addresses and Mr- O'Connor ' s letters from the Northern Star * They were listened to with deep interest .
Lectdrb . —Mr . Samuel Parkes delivered a lecture in the above room , on Monday evening , on the rights and duties of . women . The lecturer delivered an argumentative , eloquent , and soul-inspiring discourse , and was warmly applauded by hi 3 auditors , particularly hia fair hearers , who mustered in considerable strength . Mrs . Harrison presided and well filled tht * post of honour assigned her . Thanks were voted to the Lecturer aud the Chairwoman , and the meeting -adjourned .
State of Sheffikld . —Bankruptcy , crime , and misery , are rapid . ' y on the increase iu Sheffield ; the inraatea of the Sheffield poor house number nearly 600 ; th « sum paid to the out-poor being regular recipients of parish relief ^ for the week ending April 23 rd , amounted ( in money , bread , &c . ) to £ 92 10 a ; but this does not include the casual poor ; the amount paid to the latter in money , bread , &o , in weekly payments , for the five weeks ending Saturday , April 23 i , is as follows : —March 25 th , £ 201 ; April , 2 J , £ 229 ; April 9 th , £ 248 ; April 16 r . h , £ 274 ; and April 23 d , £ 298 oa . 6 d . The number of new applications for relief , for the last five weeks have averaged 200 weekly ! When will tho end come I
Rattening . —On Wednesday night , April 27 th , Messrs . Newbol'd ' s ( Brooinhall ) wheel was entered , and stones were broken , and machinery destroyed , to tbe value .. of about fifty pounds . Oa the same niKht , Mr . Rowland ' s wheel , " at the Surrey Works , Granville-streot , was also rattened , some machinery destroyed , and a buffer taken away . The following night tho -workshops ' . of James Hodgson , Lead Mill Road , were broken into , and the bellows cut to pieces , and tools taken away . The Queen ' s Bays . —This regiment left Sheffield on Wednesday for Nottingham , they are replaced by a squadron of the lHh Hussars ; the-inefficient state of the Sheffield barracks rendering them unfit for head quarters , they are now removed to York .
Mr . Duncombk's Motion . —In reply to applications made to the members for the Borough and Riding to support Mr . Dun combe ' s motion , for the people ' s delegates to be heard at the Bar of the House of Commons , in support of the National Petition , the following answers have been received : — "Cuizon-street , April 2 $ , 1842 . " Sir , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter , ¦ which has reached me this morning , requesting my support to Mr . Duucombe's motion * on Tuesday , the 3 v < l of May ; that a deputation from the workintf classes be heard at the Bar of tae House in support of a petition to be presented by him .
" [ . regret . much that I must , with all possible respect to those in whose name you write , reply , ttiat it-does not appear to b * ' compatible vrith uiy duty to support a motion , the objects of wliicii I do not b > lieva to be consistent with the true iv . Wests of any oue claes in the community . " I .-remain-, " Sir , •* Your obedient servant , " JOUN S IUAHT WORTLEY . " " Mr . G . J . Harney , Sheffield . " . " No . 16 , Noiforik-street , Pail Mali , Api-il 30 , 1842 . "Sia—I have received your letter of the 27 th inst , with its ilicloaurti .
"If a vote for Mr . Duuconiba ' ii motion , indicated only tbat respectful attention whioli a putition signdi by so large a body ot Englishmen , deserves from every member of Parliauieut , and which . one signed by . 25 , 00 . 0 . inljubitants of Shuffieid , must necessurily command fi-om tha members for that borough . I should be disposed to take the course you request , and tu ms ' iel the petitioners in the very unusual course of hiiyisig a laeariiig ftt the bar of the House of Commons ; bub . it is so difficult to separate such an act o £ courtesy from a presumption of confidences in the genwal oijects of the petition , that I consider it by far the moat ttraightforward aud honest cuuvse at once to ixpress my-Kgret that -I * -cannot < JU > fao VriUiout a separationfvoiu t ' uusti principles of tnoderate pvogruasuva -whicJi appear to me most calculated to benefit ail cSa ^ ata of tats people ot thesd rt . aliua .
• ' I am far from-wiH ' . msjtobteptbovioor oftlie ooiLsti- 1 tution cioseit against many . individuals of tko ¦ working classes , who , by talents aud intt- 'H : *;« . 'iice are « uiinti ; tly desorving of the frauciiise ^ bxit 1 Cvunot assiot iu obj ^ ctii so general and undefiued us thuse aimed &i by the paTtiea who are en-trusted viia tlie piesoatatioa of tie National Petition . ' M I have the honour to be , " Your obedient serTant , '' &Q . & . C . &C " J , PA . RK . ER . ' To Mr . Georgo Julian Harney , Sht fBald . " Up to the time- of senQiog this report from Sheffield , ( Tuesday-evening ' . ) - * no answer had been received from Mr . Dennison ot ilr .-Ward .
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¦ —t . -------- ¦ - ------ | - - nr -nrr- ~ rT ~ 'hi ; . ; - ¦ : ¦ G&XSJLSiM * : ; ' . :: \ AWFUL ANI > ALARMING DESTITFTIOiV OP The Hiifb-Looif weavers , public MEETINQP IN THE TOWN" HALL . Oa Friday lastj a deputation from a preliminarf meeting ^ of this body , waited upon the Mftyor , G . 6 . Mout 8 ey , Esq ., and presented to ¦ him a requisiuon , signed by about two hundred inhabitant householders , requesting hi 9 worship to call a pubiio meeting , in the Town Hall , on Monday evening , May 2 nd , to take into co . ni 3 idera . tion the propriety of memorialising her Majesty ' s Government , on the distressed and destitute condition of thia numerous body of men . The Mayor , with that frankness and urbanity which , are the leading features of his character , promptly responded to the call , at the same t m 8
deeply deplo . ring the wretched condition of this patient and ipdustrious body of his fellow citizens . The memorial will apeak for itself , without any comment of ours , further than our bearing testimony to the accuracy of the various statements therein set forth . We attended the inquiry , which took place in 1838 , before . Mr . Muggerid « eIahd : neard that gentleman declare , at ; the close of the inquiry , which had lasted for thr < e days , that the working men had conducted the inquiry most ably , ar . d that in no other place he had visited , had he observed a greater degree of talerit'and good behaviour displayed by a number of working men than he had there done . The following memorial wa 3 unanimously adopted by the meeting , which was very unanimously attended .
TO THE RIGHT HON . SIR ROBERT PEEL . FIRST LORD OF HER MAJESTY ' S TREASURY . The respectful ilenijria . 1 of the hand-loom weavers of the City of Carlisle and neighbourhood , in putn lie meeting assembled , May 2 a& > 1842 , Sheweth , —that your memorialists are at present suffering most unparalleled distress , destitution , and misery , in constqutnee oi the unprecedented low rate of wages , and the present high price of provisions . That such was the suffering , poverty , and wretchedness of the hand-loom weaver ^ throughout the country , in the year 1838 , that her Majesty was pleased to appoint a Special Comuvisaion to inquire into their destitute condition .
That in June , 1838 , a Commission was held in Carlisle , over which Mr . Muggeridge , on « j Gfher ' -Majesty's Gommiasioneth , presided . It was then ascertained : on tho most sfcarching and careful investigation , on examination of tlie nia .-ter manufacturers' books , and the evidence given'both oy masters and . workmen , that there were in Carlisle 1 , 963 looms , and counting every one who manages his own affairs , as the head of a family , that there were 994 families engaged in weaving , and that the number of persons in those families was 3 . 814 , being about one-fourth of the entire population ; and that the average ' weekly earnings of the very best workmen was Biftysfx shillings ! a sum totally inadequate to the maintenance of a Bipgle maa , much less a , man with a yiuug and htlpfess family ,
The inquiry lasted three days , durin ? which time your meni'jriiiHsfcs recommended to the notice of . ttia Commissioner several remedies * ,, one of which was , that a protection to industry from home competition , which is cousidewdmore detrimental than even foreign , would Srfeure us from the consequences of unprincipled speculation in ni&nnfactures . That Boards of Trac " e , somethin *? like" that proposed in Scotland , would . have some effect thereto , and that neither s redaction of taxation , nor a repeal of the Corn Laws , wouJd have any permanent effects witiioiit this protection ; which , if sanctioned by the Legislature , would hardly fail of proi ' . ucing the most beneficial tffects . It would give confidence to the Hianufacturers ; it would gradually better the condition of the workmen ; ani the increased circulatwn of money , from such a vast
body of workmen , would give an additional sp ing t » every other branch of trade . It would enable them to raise funds for the support of their idle workmen , and do away with that disagreeable provision , which the local authorities are ptriodicaUy under ihe -necessity of making , for thefdie and famished operatives in almost every -manufacturing district . But that is not all , the whole empire woulM feel it ; and , if . the same law were extended to every other occupation , and they again made answerable for the support of tVtir idla hands ; ft would have tbe direct effect of the doing away with the one half the poor rates in England . Notwithstanding . this , no notice whatever was taken of th « r suggestions by the Central Board of Commissioners iu their report , which simply gave a statement of the rate of Wagea , and suppressed the most important portions of the inquiry .
Your Mtimorialists had expected , that after their sufftiring condition was fully and satisfactorily ascertained and made known , as it plight to have been in the proper quarter , - ^ -that some remedy would have been applied , with a view to protect so numerous a body of her Majaaty ' s subjects , against further reductions in their wages . But ; to tbeir great grief and disappointment , no such remedy or protection has been afforded to them .- The consequence has been that , from the period of the inquify . to which they have alluded , up to October , 1841 , a most sweeping and uncalled-for redaction has taken > Vace , amounting to no less than forty per cent ; and since that period up to the present time , a still further reduction hiis been made of about ten per cent . ; so . that the average weekly earnings of a handloom weaver at the present time is only three shillings ; being only one half of the . miserable pittance which he earned at the time of the inquiry in 1838 .
These being the facts , your Me ' moriullsta leave you to judge of the absolute necessity . ' - of some protection—for they are . fully persuaded that whatever ineas * res yoa may be pleased to bring forward for improving the state of trade , and increasing the comforts of the worfeing men , that no beneficial effects will be felt by yeur Memorialists ; * for such is tne reckless , grasping , and utfjeling dispositions of the master manufacturerB generally ^ that they would so reduce wages , as to render nugatory the great effects intended . The prospects of your Memorialists are now completely blighted ; a loDg vista of gloom and desolation is before them ; their once happy homes are now become blank , cold and . cheerless ; their affectionate wives and innocent children are clad in rags and pining away for want of even the common necessaries of life , while your Memorialists are fast sinking into premature graves . . ¦ . * * " ¦¦ : .. ' ' ¦ ¦• . . - *¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦'•' . . "
Under these distressing circumstances your Memorialists most solemnly implore you to take their case into your immediate and earnest consideration , with a view to relieve them from their present degraded and suffering condition , either by affording : them protection from the iron hand and callous heart of the spoiler , or by removingyour Memorialists fromtheir presentemployment altogether , by adopting a system of home ooloniz * . tion , or by such other means as you , in your wisdom , may deem expedient , And your MemoriatistsiWiH ever pray , &c .
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Leeds Corn ; Market , May the 3 rd , 1842 . — -The supplies of Wheat , Oata , and Beans to thia day ' s market are larger than last week ; Barley smaller . There has been a fair demand for all fresh qualities of Wheajr , and such have fully supported last week ' s prices ; and other descriptions in very limited demand . Barley has been vety dull 8 al «» and le . per quarter lower . Oats and Beans in better demand , and full as well sold . Lkeds Woollen Maukkts . — There has been a slightly improved demand for goods at the Cloth Halls during the week , although by no means that aclivity whioh should have been manifested in order to render the roarkets even tolerable . Our merchants purchase sparing y- ^ -merely to meet urgent demands . Shocks , consequently , are accumulating , and a very large amount of goods must be ' taken out of the Halls before any material reduaiion will be perceptible .
RiciiMowp , April 30 . —We had a fair supply of Wheat in our market to dny ^ but only a moderate one of Oats . Wheat sold / ram ( Ss . 6 d . to 9 a . 3 d . ; (> ats , 2 s . 6 d . to 3 s . 6 d . ; Barley ^ 4 s . to 4 ? . 6 d . ; Beans , 43 . 9 d . to 5 i . 3 ch . ' per bushel . LiVEBfopi- Corn Markeis , Monday , May 2 . —We have had moderate imports of British Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal ti rice this day . Fse ' nnight . and the imports from abroad , consiiitin" of 11 . 175 quarters of Wheat , 400 quarters of Beans , 160 quarter of Peas * and 2 , 49 a barrets of Ficur , are , of course , placed luide . r- ' boiiti . Xhe trado- has contmued to be void of anysbiag like aitivity , the purchases in any article have been to ihe extc-ivt only of what has been reoaired for ircrnVdiate ase , and prices -geaerally have
given way . Free -Wbeat must be quoted fully 2 d ., Oats , Id . per bh : nhd , Flour 6 d . to "Is . per barrel , and Oatmeal-lid . por load cheaper than at the close of last week . No change as regards Barley , Beans , or Feas . The eale of a small parcel of Ancona Wheat at 6 s . lid . por TOlbs ., and that o-f a few hundred barrels of Western Canal Flour at 2 G 3 . per barrel , form the only transactions ' -under .-. bond . - The new Importation Bill has received the Royal Assent , and . will , in all likelihood , come into operation here next Friday . ; ' . ' ; ; = ' . * ¦ ' .. ¦ ..- ; * * ' " Livbspool "Cattlb MABKET . — 'Monday , May , 2 . —There has been a small supply of cattle at Market to-day , and prices were about the same as last week . Best Beef from 6 d . to 6 ^ d ., Mutton - 7 d . to 74 d . per lb . Number of Ca , ttle ' . —Beasts 672 , Sheep 2792 . " ¦ ¦ ¦ - / ¦¦' ., ' ¦ ¦ ¦ * .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ . ; ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ '
Manchester Cobn Market , Satubdat , Apkil 30 . —Great lansour has prevailed throughout the trade in all articles dnriBs the week , which may , in some measure , be attributad to the mnaence fino weather has at all times : tbe Btockis of Flour are . bowav « r , in a moderate 3 pmpass with factors , as well as in the hands of consumfcis , an ^ the recent arrivals have T > 6 t caused any accumulation at the wharfp . From abroad the imports / of Wheat consist of 9 . 675 quarters aud 1 , 496 barrels of Fiour ; those from Ireland compriso 1 , 828 quavtcrs of Wheat , 3 , 486 quarters of Gat s , 2 . 103 suck 3 of Flour , and 5 , 936 loads of Oatmeal . The transactioiis in Wheat and Oats ,
at the market this . iiiormng , were unimportant at the nominal rates of this day Be ' nnight , and thoBe of Fibur aud Oatmeal were coafititid to the purchases of bakers and dealers for present demand , without material Qhange iuptioes .
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I Dbeadfit , Depiuvitt . —Edward Ellis , a wooli soner , ai Leicester , wa&ii'ially committed to gaol on ; a charge of having been gusky of a rape on two of his i dauxbsers , one thirteen v . ars of ageand the other tea . ! He has been carrying on his brutal practices with the [ eldest for a period ol three years . I Fatax- TntrxDKB Storm . —Monday , a terrific 1 storm of thunder and Jinbtniny broke over the ! town 3 of Banweli , Work , WrinKton , and places : acjacPDt . The . continuous flashes of tbe iorktd ] igutj > i . ag were awful , and , we rrxret say , not unahendid with , fatal consequ-ncei ? . Between one
! and tw j o ' clock , a your . # n : an named Williams , and ' two frr . rses , tcgaaed in ploUfc - JaiiK on the farm of : Mr . Young , " at Banwtil Moor , were struck with ' iiJt'htri ? ii < r , and in--im : 3 y killed . Poor Wilihun ? on j ; he cay of : bis ceaib had jast completea bis 20 ; b j vcar . The lightning ren : his clo . Iicbin pieces , and i e > tn his shoes upon his feet . Se- 'iiured poruonn uJ I his clothes were found ten or twelve v aj ^ from the 1 5-pot . —BtuIqI -Paper .
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Stoppage of Iron Wokks . —We regret to karn that a . lar ^ e number of forges in this neighbourhood have cease' i woTk , yvheiebj a great number of ha-adfl are throv suddenly out of employment . Wft arq informf ; i ' t that lack of orders , even at unremunerating prices , ' . ias compelled many of the masttrg to stop their r iU 3 a , n-l discharge their men , and that it is very' uucertain when they will recommence . Among the extensive forges closed are those of E . and G . Tb ornejcroft ( Wedriesbury , ) 'Russell , Brothers , G eor ^ ie Jellicoe , and G . B . Thornoycroft ( Shrubbery 7 ironworks ) Several other-. extensive works are daily expected to cease operations ; indeed , we believe there " 18 not a single forgp-owner who does not contemplate the nfecesr ' ny of stopping . Tho most -flour ' shmg" of them freely admit tliat if they could ensure the retiirn of their customers and workmou when it suited them to rec-irtimence , they would forthwith discoutinue their works . ^ Staffordshire Examiner ,
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Fite Houses Burnt , at Colch £ steh . —An alarming fire brose out , at -a quar » -r pas ' , twelve o ' clock on Sundaymorning , at Mr-. Wcvllade's , " . ironmonger , m the High-street , Colchester , within one house of iheCoru exchange . The fire originated at the back of the house ; the wind blowing fresh from the eastward , m less than half an hour Mr . Wallace ' s house waa in one complete blaza . Tbe flimus made such progress that the inmates were obliged to be carried put by a ladder boing placed on the balconv . The ladies were wnh grea- difflculry removed . Mr . Henry Heritage , of Friday street , Cheap ^ ide , forced his way into ihe next house , belonging to the Rev . 5 . Carr , which was also on fire , aud was seen carrying the ohil ren across the stree ' . to a plann of ea ety
. In less than an hour , the hou-es of Mr . Wallace , the Rev . S . Carr , and Mr . Kn . ght , seedsman , adjouiing Mr . tarr s , were in one cttui » lt-ie . ' blaze , and threatened destruction' to the houses oppo--ne , the Corn Exchange , and Sr . Peter » Church , In- * : 1 « 88 titan ten mmute 3 Mr . Shuttiesw .. rth ' H , a . private house , waa also on fire ; f but being strongly built with brick , and ! he engines cunsta » , u > paying 0 / 1 it , they were enabled t <> check the fire , but nut before it was thought neceehary » o commence pulling down the great part of the adjoining houi-e . ' -hisoperation was p-rlormed by ihe naviaat . M employed oji the Eastrrn Ci » uuti < 8 Railway , with gr *; at expedition . At halt-past three all further danger , was at an end , but it waa necesssary to contiuue playing the engines
till five or six o ' clock . Ail the houses are insured . Taking the Veil . —On Monday morning a RDectacleof very unfreque-nt occurr-nc « in this country took place at the convent-of . "The Sisters of Mercy / situate near Huikiuau ' s Folly , Bermondsey . The ceremony was tor the initiation of two young ladies , one of whom had to receive ihe white veil , and the otlur the religious ( or black ) habit of the community . The two novices , Miss Baxter and Miss Kollett , who are both young ladies oi consiclerablo fonunes , entered the chapel , led by the superioress , assisted by two of the sistera , one of whom was Mi ~ s Agnevy , niece of Sir A . Agnew , Bart . ; an > i the other Lady
Barbara Eyre , daughter of the Eirl of Nevvbiirgh . The reliuious names the lai-tor lartits bear are Sister * Mary and Clara . Th « novices . Miss Baxter and Miss Kellett , were both elegantly drr-sVd- in white embioiaered muslin , wearing chapleta of white roass as head dra « s , and each held a lighted wax taper in hur right hand . Dufiug the delivery of a very affecting discourse by ' th < -. t tular Bishop on their retirement Irom the wond , the novicea shewed no signs of agiiation , for aid their countenances betray auy symptoms of reluctance , but , on ihe contrary , appeared to be liahteued up with an expression of enthusiastic feeling .
AJuBtPFi-OM a Railway Train . —While a train on the Glasgow and Ayr Railway w < is ' oomiug towards the latter place one d » y ! ast week ; and when on the highest pait of the enibauhmtint between Kilwinning and Irvine a man Who was a passeig-r in one of tne third-class carnaj ^^ s asked aflluw traviler when it was l ? koly the train Wi > ulu arrive at Kuwinning . He was tolu t > iat he had just passed it . " What ! past KiJwitirtitis . ' am I I Gude faith , it that be ihe cast , I'm lang' oufcu * h hero . " So sayr ing , he fastened his skttll-cap firm ou * his cruuiuin , buttoned his coat , and , in spae of every remonstrance , leaped over the side of the carnage , at the steepest pan of ihe embankinent , nearly forty feet
down which he rolled liKa a bali , canting a series of not the most graceful suniniTfCts , whiiv ihe passengers in 'he tram were in great terror lest he had kiikd himself by his rasrtne . ^ . He , however , found his level , where be was a . cojted by alab . uurerin the adjoining field , who inquired if he . was hurt , "Hart J no an inch 0 me atwccl , " and giving his jacket a shake or two to deprive it of the du ^ -t which it hid collected during his descent , he stepped off itcfoss tho field , exclaiming as he w < n<— -a . jhiding to the train now in the disance—*' That wad be a go indeed ! You haulin' mo on to Irviu <\ and me < iiv < -sed and a'for our Mall ' s weddiu at Kilwiniiin . "—Ayr Advertiser .
DiSASTiioi / s Fire at Lewes —Destruction of The ou .-shx Advertiser Ufkick . —Liw-j-s , Monday —Abost half past two thw m . rniiig , an alanniiiij fire broke out at the priu ing . ffice of the Sussex A ( ivtrtisfr , s } iu&r , eia Waterga . fe-ht «( s . Lxwes . The Sussex Advertiser is 0110 01 t / ie oldt *> Sussex papers , haviug been established , in the year 1745 , since wnich tim » it has rerakiued in the same ; taunly— ' th > Lee's . " Tne fire ito first discovered by one of the East Sussex Cous . abulary , named ' Britio ' vr , and the engines were speedily ou ihe spot ; but , unfortunately upwards of au hour elapsed before auy- water could ba ob : aiti <; d , during which time ' . tho . flimes were racing with prr-at ' fury At tins tinie ConsidtTable fears were cnertainud for the safe -y of the
adj'Oiniu- pr .. mise « , belonging to Mr . Browning , a spirit merchant , who had a very valuable stock , part of w » : ich were deposited iu -vaults under tho printing office . The engines ' eventually got to work ^ and . through the exertions of the constabulary j the fire was got under tibout five o ' clock in the . morning . No cause can- ' be- " assigned ' . ' for the tire . Mr . Frederick Lee was the last-person ; in the tffice , and put , out his candlo ; but having forgotten his spectacles , he returned in the dark to obtain thorn , when all appeared qnke sut ' e , akhough it is clearly proved that the fire commenced ai this spot . The whole of the type , printing presses , stamps , paper , &c , are destroyed ; iu fact , not a ve 3 tige was saved , auJ the damage is estimated at nearly £ 2 , 000 . Mr . Browning , the spirit merchant ; . has a \ s »
sustained a lo . < s to the ext nt of jt' 2 , 000 . Mr , Baxter , the proprietor of the Sussex Express , came forward in the most handsome manner , and rendered every assistance to Mr . Lee , which will enable him to bring out the Sussex Advertiser as usual this evening . Great praise is also due to the inhabitants of Lewes for tho . great' exeriiotis made by them to suppress the fire ; but we cannot say much for the Lewes Watei Company , for although- so great damage occurred through their negligence in thi : fii > t instance , they absolutely turned the water off before U was put out , and some of the men wore obiigi ' d to obtain iratur from the woJls . We have been informed that Mr . Lee is not insured , as , in the settlement of the p ^ rtnor .-wiip affairs , he neglected to renew tho insurance in ihe suu-offije , where tho concern had bee ; i insured upieards ot fi / lv years .
i ' XTjs . NSivK Fjre at Liverpool . —On Monuay moriiing . at two o'clock , tne exunsive ' premises of vlessrs . Waikcr , large builders and ohipivtigats at Woodsido , near L > ve . rpool , were discovtrt ' ii to boon fire , aud nearly ' . all are oonsumetl . Tho fire raged for mmc linn : with unabated fury , and it is not yet entirely extinguished ; but as there is little left to coubume , it wiii thus expend itself . The property destroyed is immerjao , and no doubt remains but it was tlie work of incendiaries , som » trace of whom has been already obtained , » iiu little doubt remains of their beiiig brought to justice . It is supposed the large * saw " . mills . ha . vd > -ivt > n' rise to the malico which has thus ' envied in U ; e debtructioiii . of so large an amount of property . So intense was the heat that tho iron tate was mebfJ , the books destroyed , aud tho cash reduced to oue molten mass .
Muhdrrat Liverpool .- ^ A young woman , named Elizi M-iy , a loo-e character , living in a . couit in ^ lcstvai-.-ireet , Liverpool , on Friday had sonio words wi ' . b htr landlady , a brothel keeper . On leaving iho house , ihe bif . thel keeper ' s son , William Smith , a jouth uoi more than fonrutm yearsof age , followed her and dehberattly ttabbed her in the neck . She was taken inro a druggist ' s t-hop and thence to tho infirmary , bur dk-d on the road . The murderer at present-eludes ju . ' -t'CO . A Dear Salute . —A son of yEnculapius , located near Wakefitld , noted for his attachment to the fair
tux ,-was ' waited upon the other morning by a lady who bitterly cimplaineii of a tooth which gave her grout pain . Tne beauy of the . fair patient mado no b ' . uall lmpres-sion on the doptnr' 8 heart , and he flattered hiBifelf that at the ! ea-ifc he mi ^ ht . ecenl a kise ivith impunity ; . Accordingly when the to < : th was extracted , unable any long . r to restrain the ardour ot bis pjHeioii , he wound his arm round tlie fair one ' s neck and ^ ave her a tw anging salute . It would appc-ar that she did not relish this excess of ^ allaniry , lor she in ^ tan'ly proceeded ' against , him lor an as . vault , and the iEoCulapian hjd to pay daniuhrs £ 15 . I
Changes . i . \ the Judges' Circuits — Tho judges decided 011 last wr-ek to i-eparate the County of York from the Northern Circu't , aud a'tach it to the Midland Circuit . In addition , the judges . determined ' to take Warwickshire from the Midland Circuit , and attach it to the Oxford Circuit ; Slid jo take Shi'opshire , Herefordshire , and Mottiriouihshire from the Oxford Circuit , aiid attach them to one of the Welsh Circuits . Hydrophobia . —Epidemy . —The neighbourhood of Sauudersicourt , Newcastle , and all that-part of the couKtry-along the side of the Silaney down to the bridge of Deep ? , have been iii the greatest and most alarming siate of excitement for the last ten days , in
noiitequence of iUc number of mad dogsnow prowling about and attacking every animal in theircburse ^ Tho iirwt appeaiduce of tho kind took place in the early part of this month , when a dog from-the Deep ^ i ran through the neighbourhood of Killown , where j be attacked rwo or three dogs and a calf belonging to ilr . Paul Walker ; threo cogs and tvvo heifers of } Mr . 'i'liacktr ' s ; and two dogs of Mr . Richard * Bennct 's , Newcattlo ; also a lamb of Mr . Paul I ii'Doiiuell ' s , Ferrycarri ^ j most .-of which have since ; betn destroyed . Tno favourite greyhounds of Mi . i TiuiCKci's hdvebeen shot since Saturday ; and there ' arc niiitiy of those lurious and rabid animals tt \ Y I K 1 ? i"M about . Iu fact , euch in the state , of this p » r ; of the country thai the famili . s resid ' og iu t j , j heighb ^ urhood aro absolutely afraid to Tenturr _ , ou of doore .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 7, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1160/page/3/
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