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      fipEDS . —Fseocktos . Ar&Arar . — On Tuesday Ust two young men , brothers , named George and j ^ 3 top ier IhrfBeld , were charged at the Court "H ( rase > before Messrs . Baines sad Musgrave , with wring assaulted and ihreafcened to stab Mr . Join mssanflhis Bon , of O-amondthorpe- The twopri-« oners , onthe S 5 ih of March , were in a field at Oqnondthorpe , In the possession of Mr . Coates ; and ja whieh some bones had been placed for manure m ^ tse the prisoners were gathering up to carry away , wien Mr . Hoes and Ms son happening to pass fljroQgh the field , accosted thenr , upon which the opsoners set upon , and seriously assaulted them , ^ h of them drawing Mb knife and threatening to jisb them if they were not off . One of the prisoners WJ been out of the way every since , and only appeared again in Leeds on Monday . They were Iked £ 5 each , and sent to Wakefield two months ju def ^ nlt of payment . 3

      « 0 >* s Swallow sxyss kot iixks a . Summee /—0 b Monday afternoon last , several HwaUowa were gean wheeling about in the air , near the river , at Huaslet ; within an hour afterwards the atmosphere -pas dsrkened by a heavy fall of snow i and during Sie nieht , with ^ e w ™ 1 ^ at north-west , there was a -rexy severe frost . The jround ^ on Friday morning , ¦ jrss a 3 hard as possible j and ice was seen an inch ju thickuesi "We are afraid some damage will be ficme to ihe opening blossoms . Stodes Death . —On Saturday evening last , an

      ijmiest was held at the Conrt House , before John Blackburn , E * q-, to inquire concerning the death of Mrs . rrance 3 Prince , residing in Somerset-street , fi , Peter ' s Square . The deceased was seventysjren years of age , and had been for some time KmSued to her bed . On Thursday last , she got up , » sd in endeaTouring to regain her bed , she fell and cat her head . Assistance was rendered to her , and fhotiEh apparently no worse than usual , she was ftm < l Jkad in bed on Friday cTening . Yerdict—B Died by theTisitation of Sod . "

      SrnTETOBS of the Hjghwatb . —On Thursday , at noon a vestry meeting was held * t the parish church , io sndit and pass the accounts j > 1 the Snrreyors of ifce Highways for this township for the past year . Mi John Jackson , corn miller , was called to the Sair . Considerable discussion craned , and the following Tesolui 3 on 3 were carried : — * That the item * of * 1 2 * . 6 d-, being the-amount of a hill presented Mvr 12 ih , 1 W 2 , to the Board of Surreyors by Messrs 52 aeT and White , two membera of the said Board , for ^ xpenees benrred by them in the prosecution of their doties as members of the said Board , without the anihority or sanction of the Board , be dissDowed by lias vestry , sncb payment being decidedly

      illegal , the an of Parliament not . ^ authorising any Sorrejor to charge the expenses attending his duties tj ihe ratepayers unless he be a hired assistant surveyor acting nnder the orders of the board . " ¦ Thst Mr . Wiffiam Brook , Mr . Benjamin Knowles , » nd Mr . Joseph Jones , be appointed hy this Testry to wait npon the magistrates at the Special Sessions to beiwlden for the examining and verifying of the accounts now produced , to lay before them the resolution eom 9 to by the Yestry disallowing the aceonnt set forth , and to state to the Bench the ground of objection against snch payment . " Die accounts were passed with the exception of the dispnted iteni , and were ordered to be advertised in all die Leeds papers .

      BASJTSIiEY . —A most strange and alarming phenomenon took place here on Monday morning about ten o ' clock , and lasted for abont twenty somites . A darkness came « ver the town , such as wasnererseen by the oldest inhabitants , somuch so , that the people had to stop working , every body Trailing to their doors to see what was amiss . The general opinion was that another shock of an eartb--qnaie-was a * hand . A fall of snow was the con-Eeqnence . CLATTOK . —A ^ u-Cobs law Psrmoff . —On "Wednesday last , A . B , and S . A . perambulated a township not a hundred miles from Clayton , with two petition sheets , to gel signatures , for a repeal

      t > f fee Gars Laws . Having gone till they were weary , and with Tery little success , they called at the house of J . W . and requested him to sign , hut he refused , staring he had signed once this year ; nothing daunted whh hisrefnsal , they put his name down . A neighbour followed them in , on "which ihey inquired if he knew all the neighbours' name 3 is ibe neishbourhood , and being answered that he knew all the men ' s names , and telling them , they put them down until they had got their sheets nearly fulL Some of the names are , set down two or three Times . The petition will look rather queer if , on examination , it contains more male names than there is in the township ; it Is rather doubtful but itwSL

      Muk . —On Monday last , Mr . John Ward , farmer , Clayton , reduced Ma new milk to three-halfpence per gnart , it being like a great many other commodities , " over producti ve . " This has eansed the lowering of prices , with this consideration , 1 . hat jnQk cannot be put into the warehouse ontD a scarcity comes . HBWC ASTXE—Awful SuirGHTKB op Httmab BaaGs . —An awful explosion of gas took place at the "King Pit , Wrecklngton , near Newcastle , on ^ Tuesday , whereby it is supposed that thirty lijes hiTe leen lost . W « hare receiTBd a eommnnication m tins subjectj reflectnig severely _ on some parties , bat as no doubt an investigation will take place , we idisa from giiing it .

      BASBHEAD . —T&s Lsxgvzss m Rktfsew-$ His , t . —Mr . Acland , the respectable hero of the Leigne , has made this locality the scene of M 3 per-Hibulation for EOme time past . On deliTexing hfe second lecture in Milston on Friday , 30 th of March , he boasted of the superiority of the Corn Iwr agitation over any other . Mr . S . Kidd , of Ciisgow , challenged Mr . Acland to a public discusiba in M 3 ston , Barrhead . or any other town iu Scotland , England , or Wales , but the wily repealer did net accept it , declaring that he was the servant ¦ d the League , and they had resolved to hold no more

      ¦ osenssions . In consequence of this , Mr . Xidd lectured in Mrs . Walker ' s large hall , Barrhead , on the « TEnbg of Monday last , 2 Ar . James Kspll in the < to on & Bepeal of the Corn Laws , on which oc-¦ taaon hs proved thst a repeal of the Corn Laws Troold not benefit the working and shopkeeeping tkses . The hall was crowded to suffocation , and although the lecturer had publicly challenged Adatd orxaj . of Mspsny to defend the Free Trade docfees , there wa 3 no opposition . Ibe League is completely ehop-fillen , and has declared that they wiH hold no more pulie meetings , bnt will agitate the pablie vroris throngh the medium of intimidation .

      STSJanB ^ SR . —A meeting of the anti-Com L& » Association was held in the Town Hall , on MB evening of Priday , Mr . Irring , one of the Town Council in the chair . Mr . Irving having » rkSj explained the object of the meeting which " ps to petition the House of Commons for a repeal « the Corn Laws , Mr- W . Magee , bookseller , * rose and begged pennision to state to the working * K 3 i present , his views of the efforts now being * J * ae to obtain an immediate and total repeal of the Corn Laws . He said that many present , no doubt , ^ collected the manifold and expensive exertions which had been ma . de by the British pnblic for the emancipation of the black people in the West indies , ano at last had to rav twenty millions

      * eniDg for the mere name of emaneiation , for wsyhad ao more power in making ibe Iaw 3 they «* jh&d to obey , than the non-electors of England . -L&e peanjjxistage was yielded also npon condition « at Ehonid the revenue be injured thereby , new axes would be imposed to make up the difference . 2 ™ ce aro 3 e Peel ' s infernal Income Tax , and tariff wteffle , and how that affected the working man ' s waaifion , the crowds who now traversed our popn-« ns efcies , exclaiming bread or death , could b « St ^» m . P or these reasons , I am , said the speaker , « ofledJj of opinion that no bad law will evfir be jested "b y our present class-legislation , more ^ " ^ y if it affects their own interest , nntil they *« Perfectly satisfied they will be fully compensated *« it . The Chaimum said he agreed widi every *™ I ^ t . M . had advanced , but as the meeting was

      rjf * . *« the express purpose of pefitioning for a "P » J of the Corn Laws , be hoped that nothing " « utt be said or don © to mar the harmony of it , and "M y one called a meeting for the advocacy of the u * f * Ier > he pledged himself to give it his support . SAWlcx . —Eyer since December last , the ~*« e in ibis town has been getting worse and ° * se . A great number in the various trades are * W oat of work . The hosiery trade , the principal warn thi 3 locality , is at present extremely dnlL f ^? 68 ' number of the workmen are ont of employ-™ at , aad those still in work are stinted to various rami sans - pa week . Stm they have endeavoured SJaaall weey contributions , to maintain those ^ OWD off ; but it 13 to be feared that they cannot % 2 M COat ? » a 3 & * unemployed are increasing T ^ J , while at the sama fimfi fhosB -Dartiallv

      em-W « i sie getting more and more -unable to con-& » ft ? ^ Jtbiig towards their support . - In one of izL ^ ttKs , a notice was put on the door of the r ^ * a few days ago , tiia * in © stint wonldin * m ! qb 3 J ° v * shillings for singlfi , and six 5 «™« b *» r married men per week i bat that the £ w n * it"'rorkmOTeif * ey would take goods in U ^ : Is tius not ihe truck system ! The Znr * * . this factory are parficularly tsonspicnous rf ¦ ^ Sepealers—real * weeping advocates " « ua poor jaj ^ g < auBe > q ^^ tender-hearted t ^ l . , _ Eoae ofthem cannot even get a sound sleep jL- ^ ar heds for thinking on the miserable con r ^« the working men of this country ! and all I ^ Mb y these abominable Corn Laws 11 ReaUy " « astonishing that a class of workinc men will

      tew t * ° ' ^^ ^ eTen applaud , such men , or foi qZ t ^ 06111 believe their profesaon of regard for i ^« S * eres ? fte ^ king classes , when it is | gg » tt 3 ihat they ^ invariably in the habit of Jr ~~* | Tei y cpportnnity which their position grres wWK ^ C Sim ^^ er reducing tbe small pittance m ine Trorkmen receive , —Correspondent .

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      Odtlawbt at Bhighton . —A novel occorrenoe took place on Sunday morning , in the parish churchyard , juBtaa the congregation were leaving the church . Previously to the service , the Sheriffs ' officer had posted on the door a proclamation of outlawry against a Mr . Knight , formerly a surgeon and apothecary , residing in Sillwood-place , and now 7 ionest ; and at the close of the sermon , the officer , elevated on » tomb close to the principal door , read , three several times , a proclamation , warning the said Mr . Knight , that unless be appeared on the follow

      mg day before the Barons of her Majesty ' s Exchequer , he would be " outlawed . " The congregation speedily formed a circle around the officer , and at the repetition of the appalling word exchanged looks of surprise with each other ; but as their astonishment was reaching its height , the officer , having finished his duty , left them to their wonderment . The copy posted on tbe church-door notified that the proceedings are taken by a considerable number of Brighton tradesmen , to whom the bntlaw was , we hear , indebted to a large amount *

      Loss oy Two Ships by Firr . —Accounts have , witbiii the last two or three days , been received at the different , insurance companies in the city , of the total Ios 3 of two Tessels , with their cargoes : —the schooner Agnes , belonging to London , and the brig Jemima , of Glasgow . The loss of the first-named vessel , which was a fast sailing schooner , ubout 150 tons burden , occurred on the night of Friday , the 24 th nit ., l » t- 54 . deg . 9 . h . long . 3 , east , while on her passage from Havre to Hamburg , having a valuable general cargo on board . She had been but a Sew days on her passage , when , at about half-past nine o ' clock at night , the watch on deck were startled by the appearance of smoke issuing through the main hatchway , which was instantly torn off , and , to the dismay of all on board , they found the

      cargo to be on fire ; but it was evidently at the very bottom of the vessel . For three or four hours water wad poured down in torrents amongst the -cargo , vrithont producing the slightest effect npon the fire ; in fact £ It was rapidly gaining head , and , as a last resource , the hatches were closed , battened down , and means adopted to stifle the flames . In the meanwhile the master , whose conduct throughout is spoken of in terms of high praise by the crew , hronght the ship round into a different course , is hopes of meeting with some vessete , and lights were hoisted at the mast head as a signal of distress . At abont half-past two o ' clock the destruction of the veBsel became inevitable , for the decks were nearly burnt through ; and before there was time for the crew to launch the boat the devastating element burst forth in an immense volume lrom the main

      hatchway , in its ascent communicating to the mast , sails and rigging , and , ere a quarter of an honT had elapsed , the whole vessel from stem to stern presented one vast body of flame ; the crew , who had previously jumped into the longboat , remaining withia a short distance of the burning ship antU she went down , which did not take place until between six and seven o'clock . Everything in * her was by that time consumed ; the mast had fallen overboard , and nothing remained bnt her mere shell . Two hours after the vessel had snnk the crew were picked up by the Norwegian barque Sosostre , Captain HoLt , from Holmstrand for

      Harlingen , the fire having been seen by them at a distance , and were bearing down to afford assistance . On board of that vessel the master and received the nimost kindness and on Monday week last they were safely pnt ashore at Texal , near Niewdiep , The vessel and cargo are only partly insured . The destruction of the other ship , the Jemima , of Glasgow , by fire , happened on the morning of Wednesday , the 22 nd of February , in lat . 55 . long . 18 , under similar circumstances . Soon after the outbreak of the flames , a vessel , called tbe Gartsherrie , came alongside and took the crew on board , and afterwards landed tnem safely at Madeira . The ship is fully insured at Glasgow .

      Fatal Accibbnt at Blackball to B . Fsbband Bcsfield , Es < i . —Wednesday morning , at four o ' clock , a melancholyaccideHtoccurred to B . Ferrand Busfield , Esq ., late of Magdalene Hall , Cambridge , and who is nearly related to the members for Bradford and Knaresborou ^ h , which terminated faialJy . It appears that at an eariy hour he left town and proceeded in a cab to the Brunswick Wharf , at Blackwall , for the purpose of going npon a cruise in her Majesty ^ steam-ship "Vulcan , a revenCe vessel , which has been recently fitted out at BlackwalL On bis arrival , Mr . Bnsfield hailed the steamer , which was moored directly opposite the wharf , and immediately

      after a splash was heard in the water , and cries of a Help , help I" The cabman instantly raised an alarm , a boat pnlled off from the Ynlcan , and drags were procured , bnt Mr . Bnsfield was never seen afterwards . Phe commander of the Vulcan gave directions to the boatmen in the neighbourhood to continue their search for the body , and offered a reward of £ 10 for its recovery , but it is not yet known whether the body has been found . The deceased was a young gentleman of promising abilities . It is . only a fortnight since that intelligence was received of the death of a brother of the deceased , who perished in Canada by drowning .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SORTHKBJJ STAB . Bra , —It appears the Whigs on going out of office contrived te bestow on each other , the sum of Thirlfffour thousand pounds per year , in the shape of pensions . D- > es this tnfle include Lord Glenelg and Jock Commell ' s pickings . It is really dreadful to contemplate the outrage committed on tbe nation at largs , by these worthless fellowa carrying off bo much pluader , just as if , they were in an enemy's country , and had the right of conguest to plead in justification of their shameless conduct , amidst a people actually in masy instances dying of wank How is it possible the people of England can submit to seen barefaced Injustice ? You say , your English , are a thinking people , U so , thought is a very patient " beast of burden . " Tourt , A SUSSCB . 1 BKB ,

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      Lokdon . —Messrs . Wheeler and Sewell will attend on Monday and Tuesday to open a new locality at Coggleshall , in Essex . The inhabitants of tbe surrounding district are invited to attend . Tbbhagais-Lakb . —A b&ll will be held on Easter Monday , at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lane . Tickets , Is . each ; double ditto , Is , 6 d . A Stecuo . Mbetiag of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting will take place on Sunday afternoon to discliss the new proposal for an improved Organization , also to consider the propriety of co-operating with our brethren in Surrey , in calling a meeting of the Council resident in London , for the above object .

      The Caxbkbwell Locality will meet , as usual , at the Cock Inn , to transact business , and a lecture will be given by Mr . Anderson or Mr . J . Sewell . Mr . Maittz will deliver & lecture at No . L , China Walk , to the young men of Lambeth , and the public n general on Sunday week , at half-past seven . — On Easter Monday , there will be a free concert and ball , at No . 1 , China Walk , got up by the Young Men ' s . locality . —There will be a discussion on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Limehocse- —A discussion will take place on Monday evening next , at the School Room , Eopemaker's-fields , on the education clauses of the Factory BilL—Mr . Mantz will lecture on Tuesday evening next , at the above place , at half-past seven o ' clock .

      Mr . Fabbeb will lecture npon a most important subjecfon Sunday evening , at the Goldbeater ' s Arms , Old St . Pancras-road . The members of the Somers Town locality are earnestly requested to attend at the above place on Monday evening next , to discuss and consider a new Plan ef Organization . Notice . —In consequence of the interference of the authorities , the members of the Clock honse locality have removed their place of meeting to Mr . Pierce ' s , the Golden Lion , 51 , Dean-street , Soho , opposite St . Ann ' s Church , where a lecture will be given on next Sunday evening , at half-past eight o ' clock . Bbistol . —Mr . J . N . Clarke , of Ledburgh , will lecture at Bear-lane Chapel , on Monday , April 17 , at eight o ' clock in the © Tening .

      Nobihakptonshibe , —Mr , Mason , of Birmingham , will lecture in the following localities next week : — Long Buckby , Easter Monday ; Northampton , Tuesday ; Kettering , ( new locality , ) Wednesday and Thursday J Oandle , Friday ; Peterborongh , Satnrday ; Wellingborougb , Monday and Tuesday , the 2 * Jh and 25 th ; Kettering , ( old locality , ) W « dnesday , the 26 thj Long Bnokby , the 27 th . AsHTOH-rsBKa-LTMB . —The member ' s fortni g htly meeting will be held on Sunday next , when business of importance will be brought before them . Oh Easteb Mokdav a concert and ball will be held , in the Chartist meeting-room Charlestown , at five o ' clock in the evening ; proceeds to go to the funds of the association .

      Halifax . —Tbe monthly meeting of this district will be held at Lower Warley on Sunday , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Mr . Ssowdoh will lecture in the Association room Swan Coppice , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening . Oh Mokday and Tuesday evenings the above room will be open for rational amusements , namely , Finding , dancing and TecitationB . Doors will open at seven o'clock . Admission threepence each . Mb . Jebxkiah Lasb , of Manchester , will lecture in the- Association Room , Charlestown , at srs o'clock on Sunday night next . It is requested that lecturers visiting Ashton will be more punctual in their attendance .

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      Nottingham . —Mr . Thomas Cooper will preach on Nottingham Forest , on Easter Sunday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , and at half-past two in the afternoon , and in the Chapel , Rioe-place , at half-past six . ¦ Ihb Chabtists of this town intend holding a Tea Festival on Easter Monday , in Mr . Bean ' s Rooms , Lower Parliament-street , to celebrate the return of the twenty-six victims who fell a prey to magisterial oppression , on tbe 23 d of August last , at the " memorable battle of Mapperley Plains . " Mr . Cooper , from Leicester , Mr . Dormon , of Nottingham and other gentlemen of talent will be present on the occasion . Sheffield . —Fig-Tbeb Lane . —Mr . Julian Harney will deliver an address on Sunday evening &t seven o ' clock , on the inefficacy of Free Trade to remove the distress of the people .

      A Festive Ball will be held in the Fig Tree-lane Room , on Easter Monday and Tuesday , to commence each evening at seven o ' clock . Siddall . —Mr . Hanson , of Ella&d , will lecture in tbe Association Room , Cinder-hills , on Sunday ( tomorrow at six o'clock . Oldham . —On Sunday ( tomorrow ) , Mr . M Farline , of Salford will lecture in the Chartist room Greaves-street , at six o ' clock in the evening . Ok Easter Tuesday , a Chartist tea party and ball will take place in the Town Hall , in honour of the liberation from Kirkdale Gaol , of Messrs . Yardley , Hurst , Bell , Jones , and Warwick , when Mr . Leach , of Manohester , and the above individuals are expeoted to be preseut .

      Hoi . mngwood . —A tea-party will be held in the Chartist room , Ralph Green , on Easter Monday Tickets , Males 8 d . ; Females , 6 d . each ; may be had of the following peTBons : —George Booth , Underlane ; Edwin dough , Tinker-lane , Robert Whitehead , Drury-lane ; Nathaniel Marlar , Bradley Bent ; and John Raynor , Ralph Green . Mr . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester , has consented to be present , and will address the meeting after tea . Tea ou the table at five o ' clock . Roch » alh . —Mr . Isaac Barrow , from Bolton , will preach two sermons in the Chartist room , Yorkshirestreet , on Sunday next , ( to-morrow , ) in tbe afternoon , at half-past two , and in the evening , at six o ' clock . A collection will be made after each sermon to defray expences .

      D-EWSB 0 BY . —A District Council Meeting will be held on Sunday in the large room over the Co-operative Stores , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when delegates are requested to attend from all parts of the district , to ascertain the most appropriate means of support for the families of Messrs . Clissett and Sheldrake , during their incarceration . Ojld Baspokd . —The CnartistB of Old Basford will hold a tea party , on Easter Tuesday , at Mr . Charlton ' s , the Old Pear T « e . Tickets for tea , eightpence each , may be had of Mr . Charlton , Mr . John Hobroyn , and Mr . W . Brown , grocer .

      Macclespikld . —The Chartists of this town have determined on a concert and ball , on Easter Monday , at seven o ' clock in the evening , in their new Association Room , Stanley-street . Ttokets may be had of the following persons : —John Stutts , Baokwallgate ; Henry Hargreaves , Waters Green , and at the Association Room , Stanley-street . The proceeda to be appropriated towards the repairs and decoration of the loom . All communications to the Chartists of this place must be addressed to Henry H&rgrave , boot and shoe maker , Waters Green . It is also requested that all lecturers for the ; future , wishing to visit this this locality , do give four clear days notioe . Mr . Beesxet will lecture in Soath Shields , on Tuesday crening next , at the Scarborough ; the lecture to commence at half-past seven o ' clock .

      Bradfohd . —The Chartists of Little Horton will meet on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , in the School Room , on important business . The members and scholars will have a public dinner in the School room ^ to commemorate the establishing of a Chartist bunday School . After dinner several seleot pieces of music , vocal and instrumental , will be performed . Dinner on the table at two o ' clock . Tickets for dinner , Is . eaoh , may be had of Mr . Richard Elsworth , Mr . Waddington , and at the School room , Park-place . Os Monday and Tuesday evenings , a ball will take plaoe in the large room , Butterwonh Buildings , to commence at seven o'clock each evening . On Sdmday evening , a lecture will be delivered in the large room , Butterworib . Buildings , to commence at six o ' clock .

      The Chabtists of New Leeds will meet in their room , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . The Members of the Co-operative Store are particularly requested to meet en Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , iu the room over the shop in Chapellane- The rules are to be examined previous to getting them enrolled .

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      INDIA AND CHINA . ( From the Times . )

      Our despatches in anticipation of the Indian Mail to the 1 st of March are arrived . They bring most important intelligence from Scinde . It appears that the Ameers of Hyderabad , while making arrangements to collect a large army , continued to play " fast and Joose" with Major Outram , whom the Indian Government had in December sent to them in order to make terms . It must be recollected that those Amoersj who were Ion /? regarded as tributaries of the Afghan Empire , had within some yeare enjoyed a sort of independence of all subjection . Their principles were those of Eastern desposta who govern the country for their own

      Bpecial advantage . Industry and civilization were at a stand there , while' the most fertile districts along the Indus were turned into wastes or jungle deserts for the preservation of the wild animals whom those Ameers amused themselves occasionally in hunting and destroying . The British Government having introduced civilization into a portion of Scinde , and having' taken possession of the Indus , the navigation of which became a matter ef general benefit , a demand was made on the Ameers to give up for the use of that navigation certain strips of land lying along the river . They , feeling that they could not immediately

      refnBe , temporised until at length their troops were collected , when on the 14 th of February they sent word to Major Outram to retire from their city . Major Outram , who did not suppose that they would proceed to extremities , delayed . On the 15 th , the residence of the British Political Agent , or Minister , -was attacked : it was gallaDtly defended by 100 men for several hours ; but at length their ammunition having been expended , the BritiBh soldierB retired ; with a ^ emall loss , to the steamers , and proceeded to join Sir Charles Napier , then at the head of about 2 , 700 men , at a distance of about twenty miles from the capital of the Ameers . The latter hastened , at the head of 22 , 000 men , to attack the British force .

      On the 17 th a battle took place , which can only be compared to the celebrated one at Plassey , in which , after a severe struggle of three hours , the Ameers were totally routed and their troops dispersed . The loss of the British troops was oonsider&ble . The AmeerB on the following day surrendered themselves prisoners of war , and Hyderabad was occupied by the conquerors . The capture of this most important position is of immense value ; the valuable and fertile districts along the Indus can now be restored to industry and the arts of peace , and millions , as of old , will soon live in happiness in those plains where those despots have during a century scattered misery and desolation . The official acsounts are subjoined . It appears that the plan of an attack in order to exterminate all the BritiBh in Scinde was not confined to Hyderabad , it extended itBelf throughout the territories of the Ameers , but their utmost efforts have been baffled , and they are now prisoners .

      The intelligence from Afghanistan is that anarchy continues to prevail there . Akhbar Khan is said to be master of Cabul , and his father Dost Mahomed is proceeding from Lahore towards Peshawar , as if to join him . Akhbar Khan has threatened to invade the province of Peshawar , and to take it from the Sikhs , but the good treatment of old Dost Mahomed by the latter may prevent that invasion . From Candahar news has been received that Snfter Jung had been compelled to quit that city , and to seek safety in flight .

      . ' . Lord Ellenborough who had arrived at Delhi on 5 th of February , was preparing to go to Agra , where his presence was considered necessary * not only on account of the death of Scindis , the powerful chief of Gwalior , at the age of twenty-seven years , to whom an adopted heir has been named , but also in order to contribute by various arrangements to put an end to the disturbances in tbe Bundelkund districts . Among the reports was one that the Brahmins at Somnauth had declined to receive the much-talked-of gates , which they regarded as

      polluted by their application to a Mahommedan s tomb , and that these celebrated trophies were to be sent to another destination . The Courts Martial on the officers engaged in the proceedings at Cabul have terminated in the acquittal of all ; but though the verdict of " not guilty" h * s been pronounced for each , there is ft most marked distinction made on the remarks of the Governor-General and of th& Commander-in-Chief as to the opinion formed of the acts of Major Pottinger and the other leading officers .

      The latest intelligence from Canton comes down to the 21 st of January , from . ' which it appears that the Imperial Commissioner Elepoo had arrived there on the lOtb , bnt it was doubted if the negooiations respecting the tariff would commence until after the beginning of th « Chinese new year , which was on the 30 th of January . Sir Henry Pottinger bal left Hong Kong for Canton on the 17 th in order to pay a visit of ceremony . Colonel Malcolm left Bombay on the 18 > h of February , on board a Bteamer , in order to deliver the ratified , treaty of the Plenipotentiary .

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      RoCHDAiE . --Mr . Dixon lectured in the Association room , Yorkshire-street , on Tuesday evening last , to a largo and respectable audience . After the lecture , a collection was made in aid of the General Defence Fund . Bbadpob © , —On Sunday the , members of the Council held their usual weekly meeting , in the large « ° m ' Butterworfch ' 8-l > uildings , when it was resolved ihat amusements of various descriptions be held every Saturday and Monday evening ; to commence at seven o ' clock . " The meeting adjourned to Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Mr . H tram * leotured in the council room , Butterworth a-buildings , on Suaday evening . After the lecture , a discussion took place between Mr . Hurley and several of the Repeal Association . The discussion was ^ . djourned to Sunday next , at seven o clock in the evening , when a lecture will be delivered by Mr . Smyth .

      MANCHESTER . -On Sunday last , Mr . David Ross lectured in Carpenter's Hall , both afternoon and venmg , to large and respectable audiences . LE ? Mode of Recrditing . —At the close of Mr . K 083 8 lecture in Carpenter ' s Hall , on Sunday , a person named Griffin attempted to excite prejudice against the lecturer by a long tirade of personal mvective in which he charged him with having sought to get into the pay of the League , and with coming over to the Chartists upon finding that they would have nothing to do with him . Mr . Ross , after addressing the chair , said he was thankful to Mr . brimn for the manner in whioh he had treated him , and also for the statements he had made concerning him ( Mr . Robb ) and the anti-Corn La * League

      , and more especially , as it was done in the presence of his fellow-townsmen , who knew him best and also were well acquainted with his political career ; but by those statements he had forced upon him a duty which he would now fearlessly perform , and that was to expose the League in their attempts to purchase him ( Mr . Ross ) to become one of their tools . At the time that he joined the Young Men ' s anti-Monopoly Society , one evening he was out taking a walk with his father-in-law ; it came on rain , and in going past this very hall there was a meeting , but he ( Mr . Ross ) knew aot the business for whioh it was called , but came in for shelter out of the rain . A geatleman of the name of Neald went and sot his name set down

      as a member , without ever asking his ( Mr . Rosa ' s ) consent , or without him having any knowledge that he had done so . He then went on to the platform and moved that he ( Mr . Ross ) be the vice-president of the Association . This was the first that he had heard of tbe business . He was about to ask what was the meaning of the motion , as he was not a member of the Association . However he was saved the t ouble by a gentleman woll known in Manohester , a Mr . Warner , who opposed the motion on the ground that Mr . Ross was not a member . Mr . Neald said that he was , and called the Secretary to prove it . Mr . Warner still opposed his ( Mr . Ross ' b ) election to that office . But Mr . Neald persevered in pressing his motion . Mr .

      Warner brought forward a young man as an amendment , but the young man said that he would not allow himself to be put in nomination in opposition to Mr . Ross ; tbe consequence was , that he was elected Vice President . At that time he thought that the repeal would be a benefit to the people . He ( Mr . Ross ) made it his duty to endeavour to bring about an union of the whole people , tor the purpose of giving to the whole people their rights . They would remember that he ( Mr . Ross ) delivered a lecture in the Corn Exchange , in connection with that Association . In that lecture he went too far for the League ; he was for too much , and must only go so far . After that he had a discussion with James Leach , and he ( Mr . Ross ) pledged himself

      that if Mr . Leach could overthrow his arguments in favour of the Repeal , that he ( Mr . Ross ) would join the National Charter Association ; and he considered it no disgrace to say that Leach beat him soundly , and thoroughly convinced him of the absurdity of seeking a repeal of the Corn Laws under present circumstances . Well , after this , be ( Mr . Ro-s ) went to the Young Men ' s Anti-Monopoly Association , and moved that they all joined the National Charter Association . Oh I but said Mr . Warren , what will the League say—will they allow us to join the Chartists ] Indeed ! said Mr . Ross , and are we then the serfs of the League ? —are we to ask them what we shall do ! The Young Men ' s Association was broken up that

      uight , and he , ( Mr . Ross ) with several otherB , joined the National Charter Association on the following Sunday . And now , said Mr . Ross , for the League . After tbe time that Mr . Leach and himself had made the arrangements for the discussion , and the night of meeting , what did they do } Why , they sent one of their tools down to his ( Mr . Ross ' s ) house , in Rodney street , with a whole load of books with certain passages marked out for him ( Mr . Ross ) to use in the discussion . " Well , my good fellow , " said Mr . Ross , " where have these come from and what are they for 1 The man replied , the League have sent them for you , and if you will take them and use them in your discussion

      with Leach , they will pay you well for it . Well , said Ross , take them back to your employers , and tell them from me that I am going to meet Mr . Leach upon principle and not tor money ; and , further , that if he could not cope with that gentleman without their assistance , he would be beat ; and on the night of the discussion they kept handing him notes , telling him that if he would only be lead by them and use the statements which they gave him , he should be well paid for it ; and he called upon them , if they could , to gainsay any of the statements that he had made ; he dared them to the proof ; and as he promised the next time he appeared in public was upon the Chartist platform . Mr . Ross sat down amidst tbe repeated plaudits of tbe meeting .

      LOKDOM . —Tus Metropolitan Delegate Meet ing was held on Sunday afternoon . Two shillings was received from Camber well . Mr . Simpson reported from the Observation and Victim Committees . Credentials were ; received from Mr . Ritchie , for Somerstown . Mr . Wheeler reported from the committee for getting up a meeting in honour of Mr . Duncombe ; and Messrs . Mills , Knight , Ritchie , Pickersgill , and Salmon wero added to the committee . After the transaction of other business the meeting adjourned , reports having been received from various localities approving of the new arrange * ments for organizing the metropolis . Lambeth , I , China-Walk . —On Monday evening a lecture was delivered here by Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , to whom was passed an unanimous vote of thanks .

      Mr . Benbow leotured at the School room , late Zion Chapel , Ropemakers' -Fields , Limehouse , on Tuesday last .

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      NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . NOMINATION—Wednesday , Amul 5 th . Mr . O'Connor said , that the gentleman who proposed Mr . Walter alluded to the untoward event by which that gentleman had been unseated , and believed that that event had been brought about by the most puerile and insufficient evidence , as indeed he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had told Mr . Walter . He , however , could not complain , as he had been onsted by tKe casting-vote of a " whole-hog" ( Hogs ) Tory , bristles and all—( laughter ) . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) supposed that although the charges were futile , and th « evidence \ insufficient—he supposed that casting vote had been given from the feeling that he ( Mr , Walter ) deserved unseating for 20 s . bribery , while Hogg had at Mb own election given £ 26 per

      head to hid voters—( cheers and laughter ) . The ChartiBts had been taunted with having formed an anomalous coalition with the Whigs , but he ( Mr . O'Connor ) never heard of an individual who refused aid when he needed it ; and in this case the Chartists were the mountain , and the Whigs Mahomet , tor they came to the Chartists —( hear , hear ) . It had been balm to his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) soul to hear the speech of the Noble Lord who had proposed Mr . Gisborne in advocacy of those opinions for which he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had suffered persecution , as that Noblei Lord was one who had a stake in tbe country , and a character to lose—( " hear , hear , " and a voice—" Has he really 1 " ) He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had said last week , in his speech in

      the Market-place , that unless they could get a man worthy of their support , he himself would go to the poll , and he now begged to tell Mr . Gisborne that he must give them a better account of the Charter—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . These were trying times , but Mr . Gisborne had given them nothing but a hodge-podge detail of Bishops of Jerusalsm and Ecclesiastical Courts while they wanted the Charter as the leverage by which the corruption of State might be overthrown—( cheers ) . He supposed Mr . Gisborne had given the assurance he required on behalf of the Chartists to the leaders of their party ; but was he now ashamed to publicly acknowledge his promise to support the Charter t—( hear ) . Mr . O'Connor then charged both Whigs and Tories with

      oppression and self-seeking , and went on to say that the Chartists ought not to take np the cudgels for any adherent to either party , but only for suoh a candidate as was a confirmed friend of Annual Parliaments , Universal Suffrage , Tote by Ballot , Electoial Districts , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members . Some allusion had been made to the Poor Law , and to give honour where honour was due , he gave praise to Mr . Walter for his opposition to that measure , and acknowledged that Mi . Walter had likewise done something to set his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) house in order—the prison—( laughter ) . But supposing he had done this and more , it was all of no value taken sectionally ; the people must have the power of making the laws , and then no poor laws

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      could exist —( oheers ) . The burdens which now crushed the people to the earth would be removed , and happiness would be restored to the land . He thought , when he heard Mr . Walter ' s speech , that there was more than one j vacancy ; he certai&ly seemed speaking for himself and his father too . In the anxiety of the son to make his youth of do disadvantage he appeared to be at the same time making out the walking ticket for bis father . — ( laughter ) , Mr . Walter was connected with the Times newspaper , and he also connected the individual with tbe journalist . , la that paper , when it was some time ago givingj accounts of the arrest of Chartist leaders for advocating the rights of the people , it daily added a oostscriot . " Thev

      ' have not caught the right man yet . " Now , he < Mr . O Connor ) found no fault with the judges , and less with jurors ; but he did find fauM that the Times newspaper , with the gigantie power that h post sessed , should descend to the task of ferreting © tithe game for the Government ; and from the moment of his ( O'Connor ' s ) victory over Sir James Graham , the Times was constant in its recommendations to Government to get him ( O'Connor ) transported —sent out of the oountry—( " hear , ' and" shame ") . God forbid that he ( Mr . ; O'Connor ) should let his political objects merge ; into personal feelings , but he had plenty of such Opportunity as the present of taking ample revenge . Mr-O'Connor then , in allusion to the Bishop oft Jerusalem , abused the

      Church at some length , saying that its dignitaries never set foot even upon the most remote island but they caused confusion , j war , and destitution . Whig corruption was next attacked' under the image of a rotten tree , which made the air putrid , and , like the Upas of the desert , was fatal to everything , both animal and vegetable , within Hs baneful influence . He then alluded to the free trade party , who were anxious that the Ch&rjtists , if they could not go all the way with them , should at least go as far as they could ; but , when they had got everything they wanted , it would be , " Good night , Mr . Chartist , we are at home , and yon may go back or not as you can ! " They wanted to make mere machines of the working classes—to lead them out in the

      morning to work , and into their stalls at night when their labour was over ; But when the labour of the working man was protected in the same ratio as the capital of his employer , then there would be a return of those halcyon day » when tbe children of the poor man might be gambolling and playing , with vigour in their limbs , jind health painted on their cheeks , instead of beingjearried to work on the backs of worn-out and wo-begone mothers . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor concluded a very long speech , by an attack Upon Mr . Walter for changing his politics , and said , that if J ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) had disposed of the organ which represented the Chartists ( meaning the Northern Slar ) as Mr . Walter , had disposed of The Times , he should blush

      to show his face in public again . He could not say anything about the compromise , as ho was aot in possession of the faots of > he case , but he could tell them something about the sale of the Times , because he was acquainted with the whole of the transaction . Alexander Baring , now Lord Ashburton , and Lord Wharncliffe , Were the Tories who bought it ,- and £ 187 . 000 was ! the Bum paid . They then said to Mr . Walter , " We shall want a new editor , " Mr . Walter said , ! " Oh , no , 111 see Barne ? . " Mr . Walter then I went to Barnes and said , " We must come ont Tory to-morrow . " ( A laugh . ) He then told Barnes that they wanted to have a new editor , to which Barnen replied , " What fools they must be to think I can write only on one side ! " ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Gisborne had

      given the Chartists the best possible proof of bis sincerity in promising to resign his seat when called on , and if he answered the ; questions whioh he intended shortly to put he should recommend them to support him . < Mr . Walter . —I beg to claim the indulgence of the meeting for a single moment , while I notice an allegation which has just been made by the individual who last addressed you . Upon my honour , I have not spoken to any public man on the subject of the press for the last twenty ( years . With respect to what he says as to the sale of a property with which I was then conuected , j I tell you , upon my honour , there is not the shadow of a foundation for it , and I believe that he knows what he says to be utterly false . Mr . Tyas then addressed the electors , but was much interrupted .

      Mr . O'Connor said he had not jet resigned , as , before he did that , he must have from Mr . Gisborne , who had spoken in favour of the six points , an unequivocal answer to a straightforward question . Did Mr . Gisborne , when the People ' s Charter was brought under tho consideration of the House of Commons , intend to support that measure ? Mr . Gisborne . —I think I have given an explanation . Mr . O'Connor .-Say " Yes" or " No . " ( Cries of " Order , order . ") ; Mr . Gisborne . —I have spoken as an independent man ; I have declared my principles in such a way that no man can misunderstand them . I cannot be misunderstood ; I do not think it fair . Mr . O'Connor . —If I understand Mr . Gisborne aright , I am satisfied . >

      Mr . Charlton—I am not , and I request a plain answer . Will you , or will yon not support the Charter ? I ask for a plain " yes , " or ! " no . " No answer being given , Mr . Charlton said , Mr , Gisborne will not answer ; I , therefore , pnt it to your ( the electors , ) common sense , if you have not a right to infer , that he will not support the Charter ! Mr . O'Connor—I put a question to young Mr . Walter , will you support the six points in the Charter ?

      Mr . Walter , Jan . —I will give an explioit answer , if that will elicit an equally explicit answer from Mr . Gisborne : 1 will not—( confusion and cheers ) . .. Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Tyaa having retired from the contest , the Sheriff called for a show of hands for Mr . Gisborne , when almost every hand was held up in the body of the Hall—( cheers ) . A very few only appeared for Mr . Walter , jun-, with tbe exception of those on the hustings , j Mr . Gisborne having been declared to have the show of hands in bis favour , Mr . jCharlton demanded a poll for Mr . Walter , jun ., which was appointed to take place in tbe Market-place , a t eight o ' clock the next morning , to whioh time an adjournment took place . ! The Hall was oleared about twenty minutes before two o ' clock , the proceedings having occupied nearly four hours .

      THE POLL—Thubsday . The canvasBcrs , election agents , and district managers , set to work in good earnest , at a very early hour . It was understood that many of the Tones had breakfasts provided , and then the voters were brought np to the polling booths , so as to have the first chance . Great were their rejoicings at nine o ' clock , the conclusion of the first hour , when the numbers were announced as follow : — at nine o'clock—Walter ..... ' 455 Gisborne 391 Majority ——• 64 The poll booths were constructed this time , on a different plan to what they had been heretofore , being a / 1 in a straightline , with the entrances fronting the Long-row- Within a common enclosure at the back , the sheriff ' s booth was placed , with egress on both sides for the voters .

      at ten o'clock—Walter 810 Gisborne i 849 Majority 39 at eleven o ' clock—Gisborne 1291 Walter ... 1179 Majority 112 at twelve o ' clock—Gisborne 1463 Walter .. ^ 1372 Majority 91 The excitement was now very gTeat . Much rain had fallen , but round the booths there was a forest of umbrellas .

      at one o ' clock . —Gieborne ...... 1714 Walter 1587 Majority ... ¦ 127 AT TWO o ' clock—Gisborne 1751 Walter 1634 Majority ... 7 half-past two . —Gisborne i ......... 1786 Walter 1672 Majority ......... 114 ata quabtek to three— Giaborne 1802 Walter ... J 6 & 1 Majority 121 THREE O ' CLOCK . —Gisborne ; 1814 Walter ; 2705 Majority 109 half-past three . —Gisborae ... 1847 Walter ~ 1721 Majority 128

      FINAL CLOSB OF THE POLi . GISBORNE . U ... 1854 WALTER « L 1736 Majority for Mr . Gisborne . 118 Mr . Gisborne , attended by Lord R&ncliffe , Mr . Duncombe , Mr . Alderman Regersi the chairman of the committee , and many other friends , amidst the shouts of the people , went from the booth to the balcony of M * . Dunn ' s hoaae , in the Market-place , where animating addressss were given , by Lord Ranoliffe , Mr . Gisborne , and others . Mr . Dunoombe went off to London by the five o ' clock train , intending to announce the result of the election in the House of Commons , and to vote upon an important motion . The following is the Sheriff ' s statement : — GISBORNE 1839 WALTERS ; 1728 Majority for Mr . Gisborne IU

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      Total Withdrawal op the Manufacture of Mail Coaches in Ireland . —For the last two or three days , a rumour has been prevalent through the city which has created considerable sensation . It was generally stated , that Mr . Purcell had lost the contract , which be held for years , for building and supplying the mail coaches in Ireland , and that a Scotch firm had been enabled to purchase up , for most insignificant sums , large quantities of stage and ma l coaches , m consequence of the spread of railways itt England and Scotland , whioh had thrown them idle on the hands of their owners , and , being thus

      provided with some hundreds of ready made coaches , obtained at a most trifling cost , they had underbid Mr . Purcell and the Messrs . Bourne . This rumour occasioned considerable discussion on Friday at the Commercial Buildings , and in other public places , and was rather discredited by mercantile men . W © have since caused inquiries to be made , and have reluctantly to state that this painful report is founded in troth . We have ascertained that Mr . Parcel ! has positively lost the contract , Shd that Mr . Croal , a Scotch gentleman , is the successful competitor . We are enabled also to state , that the contract takes effect from May , and has been made for five years . Mr . Croal ha * no faotory in this country , and will , of course , import his coaches from Edinburgh and London . —Dublin Mercantile Advertiser .

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      TO LAST MAKERS .

      At" JiiHBJiUTLY sober , steady MAJN who is a first-rate Workman , may have constant and full Work , at the Top Wages of the Trade , on Application to Mr . James Bolingbroke , Last aad Boot Tree Manufacturer , 8 , Church Side , Hall . If he also knows something of the Patten Trade , all the better : but he must , in any o § se , b § . % thorough workman with the knife .

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      TRIAL OF BETrY ECCLE 3 , FOR THE MURDER OF HER CHILDREN . LIVERPOOL Tuesda y , Ap&il 4 . Crown Sjde . —( Before Mr . Baron Parke . J Betty Ecolea , aged 38 r was indicted for the wilful murder of WilHam Eccles , at Bolton , on the 26 th of September last , by admistering to him a qnantity of arsenic . Mr . Armstrong and Mr . Brandt conducted the prosecution j the prisoner was defended by Dr . Brown , assigned as counsel .

      The prisoner was , it appeared , the wife of a person residing in Little Bolton , but who at the time of this occurrence was employed in a mill at Manchester , and in consequence was during the week away from home , returning to his family on the Saturday evening , said leaving them in time for his work on the Monday . The prisoner , previous to her marriage to her present husband , was a widow , and had a family of several children , all of whom , however , were now dead . The deceased was a , atep-soB , a child of about 13 years of age , and tb » other members of the family were a younger boy and a little girl of about 10 years old , ; both step-children . Tbe deceased was employed iu the mill of Messrs . Eden and Tbwaitee , at Bolton , at three shillings

      per week ; his brother was in the same employ at a salary of half-a-crown per week . This money they always paid over to their step-mother on the Saturday , On the 26 th of September last , the deceased went to his work at Messrs . Eden and Thwaites's as usual . He . then seemed in bis usual health . He left bis . work to go to dinner about half-past elevea o ' clock , being somewhat earlier than usual , ho having some errands to discharge for his employers . About half-past twelve , his brother , Richard Eccles , met him as he was coming out of the house , apparently after having got his dinuer . He then seemed as well as usual . Richard , on going into the House , found all the plates washed up , and put away ^ but he himself had hi 3 dinner off some potato

      hash , as it was called , from which the prisoner said she herself hs . d dined . The deceased , it appeared , after leaving the house , had some further errands to attend to before returning to Messrs Eden and Thwaites ' s , and did not get back there until nearly two o ' clock . He then seemed very ill , was troubled with a continual retching , and complained of a dreadful pain in his stomach . At three o ' clock , hj was finally obliged to leave his work , and go home . His mother ' s house was about a mile off . One of the witnesses , about four o ' clock , was in the direction leading to his mother ' s house , and found him lying in a ditch in great agony . He asked what he was doing there , and the boy replied he was not able to get auy further .

      The witness assisted him home , and about a quarter of a , mile off the prisoner ' s house they met her . Before anything had been said by either of them Bhe remarked , "You ' ve brought him , home , have you V The witness replied , " Yes ; get him home as soon as you can , and get him some hot tea . " She replied , " Ay , I ' ve some tea ready for him . ** The deceased , however , was not in the habit of going home to his tea , and there did not appear any reason why she should on that occasion have made any preparation for that purpose . Tne deceased continued very ill during that evening , but nomedical assistance was sent for , and in the course of the afternoon he died . In the course of the next day one of the neighbours called in upon the

      prisoner , and inquired whether it was Richard Eccles who had died ? She said , " No , it was William . " The witness asked if she knew what was the cause of his death ? She replied , " Inflammation . " It waa then suggested that she should have the body opened , for fear it might be some infectious disease , but she was very angry at the suggestion , and said she had trouble enough on her mind without having more . In the course of the same day she went to the works of Messrs . Eden and Thwaites , to demand 503 ., the usual allowance for the burial of persons of the age of the deceased when in the employment of those gentlemen . It appeared that on the 20 th of the same montn she had made . a similar application on the occasion of the

      death of one of her own children , Alice Haslam , bat it was then refused her , and it was explained that burial money was paid only on the occasion of the death of a child belonging to a person employed in the works , or of a child himself in the service of Messrs . Eden and Thwaites . On this second application the suspicions of the bookkeeper were excited * especially as he himself had set-n the child apparently in perfect health the morning before , and she was put off with au intimation that she must call again on the following day . On that day , however , a medical man was sent to examine the body . On opening it , he found the stomach in a highly inflamed state , with a white powder embedded in mucus adhering to its coats , and presenting such

      appearances as induced him to believe that the child had died in consequence of some irritant poison . The stomach , the duodenum , and the fluid they contained were handed over to Mr . Watson , chemist , by whom they were analysed , and who applied all the various tests which science has suggested for the purpose of detecting the presence of arsenic All these showed that the poison was present in large quantities . He finally reduced the greater part of it to the metallic state , and it was apparent that at least from thirty-five to forty grains of the mineral had been in the stomach and its contents If appeared from the statement of Mary Eccles , the sinter of the deceased , a young child of about ten years of age , that on that day William and her

      mother had promised her a damson pudding for her dinner . The witness was at school in the forenoon , and on her return home she dined off the potato hash , of which her step-mother said she herself had made her dinner already . She asked for the damson pudding , and the prisoner said she bad not had time to make it , but would do so on the following day . To another party the prisoner stated that the deceased had dined off a damson puddiog on the day in ques tion . It appeared also , from the statement of a carrier travelling between Bolton and Manchester , and who was acquainted with the prisoaer , that on the day after the death of William Eccles the prisoner called to him as he was passing the door and told him to tell Henry , her husband , who was then

      at Manchester , that William was dead . She said she thought of burying him on the Friday . On the Thursday the witness saw her again , and brought a message back from the husband that there was no use in his coming before Friday . Tbe prisoner then told him that the policemen had come and searched the house , and two doctors had opened the body , but it was all right , they found nothing . She said she wanted Henry home , as she bad been for ( the club money of the deceased and they would not give it to her . The prisoner was taken into custody . on Thursday , the 20 th . To the constable she stated tbe deceased had come home very ill on -the Monday , and that she had sent

      for Dr . Mallett , bnt he was not at home . She said she had never had any poison in her life , and had never bought any from Mr . Mossorop , druggist , at Little Bolton . It was proved by the evidencejof Mr . Barlow , assistant to Mr . Mosscrop , that the prisoner had been in the habit of dealing at Mr . Moss , crop's shop for several months previous to this occur * rence , and that five or six weeks before she had come and asked for a pennyworth of arsenic to kill mice It was refused unless sue would bring & witness with her . She went away , and in the course of half an hoar came back with another woman , and finally was allowed to buy an ounce of arsenic , which was put up in paper marked " Poison . "

      His Lordship having summed ap , the Jury retired for about an hour , and finally returned into court with a verdict of Guilty . There were two other indictments against the prisoner for the murder of Alice Haslam and Nancy Haslam by the same means . Alice had died on the 9 th of September , and Nancy Bome time before , when the prisoner was a widow . On the bodies being disinterred , araenic in large quantities was discovered in the stomachs . In these cases , a verdict of ** Wilful Murder" had been returned by the coroner ' s inquest , but these indictments were not now proceeded with . His Lordship in a most impressive address sentenced the prisoner to death .

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      THE NORTHERN 8 TAR . 5

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1208/page/5/