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• w Ge *** » Imwich - — "Whoever has fcanaea the hand-}^ 11 in question to a Mend , conld be prosecuted , if the parties alleging it to be- a libel thought proper , and if £ ie saidinend would give evidencethathehad received jt from the party complained o £ Publishing does not roean selling . To publish is to circulate 5 to extend a knowledge of the facts or opinions published ; and who ever publishes , in any of the thousand ways in which notification can be effected , can bexa&de answerable for jus conduct . In the case in question , any one of the parties can toe proceeded against separately , or conjointly wMi others . It is not at all unusual to get the * printer of a libellous placard , or other , publication , to gire eridenc * against the " writer and agaiDSt . those who employ him 9 ana whenever this is the case , proceedings
are not instituted against himself—or if instituted , are abandoned . The law of libel now is , - in case of indictment , that the defendant can plead the tbcth of his statements '; and such plea is admitted as an answer to the complaint of the plaintiff , if itbe ^ rowd , andif it also be shown that the publication of such truth was calculated to be of benefit to the public . . 4 . Sebscmbeb , Ashtos . —If Ms friend lives a certain distance from the Post-office , the charge of one penny for delivering a letter is legal . 6 . E . Wath > H , 5 orxhihptos . —We see no good end to be obtained by acceding to his request . There has been discussion enongh on that matter—as much , we are sore , as the readers of the Star will like to see . 3 . G . S ., Xottisgbam . —If he makes a bona Me sale of
his effects , they cannot be followed with an execution ; but he would be liable to be imprisoned for the disposal ot ' them . , VI , Boa . mo > A . Htjbst . —\? e Teauy cannot see that the "ties of honour , the sentiments of candour , or the principles of justice , bare any demand on us to do that which we hold to be improper . They must excuse us . Our reading of the "freedom of -the press" is , that we have a right to comment on a printed publica tion without being subjected to a " call" to print the work or document we comment on . "We may be wrong ; but such is our notion ; and entertaining it , we must act on it * ¦ J 4 HES Helliwill , Heponstaix . —By the Parish Constables Act , the magistrates issue a precept to the
overseers of the poor , requiring them within fourteen days to convene a meeting of the inhabitants in vestry , to make onta list of so many names ( the precept in each case specifying the number ) of persons qualified and liable ' to serve as constables . The overseers' duty is to comply with such precept , and call such meeting . In calling it they are bound to follow the words of the Act itself , and convene it of the inhabitants of the parish or place for which they act . The words of the Act constituting the vestry distinctly say , that the vestry for the purpose of that Act consists of the inhabitants of -die place ; and any other convening of the meeting , other ihan of "the inhabitants ia vestry" is illegal , and all proceedings done at it will be void and of non-effect . "Whenever the overseers do not call
die meeting aright , we advise the parties assembled to dissolve the meeting , and call on the overseers to convene it afresh , on the ground that what ihe vestry does ought to be done legally , and in due form . The business of the " inhabitants in vestry , " when duly convened , is to obey the precept of the jusnees ; to return a . list of persons qualified to serve as constables . The qualification is a fonr-ponnd rating to the relief of the poor ; but the vestry can also include in the list parties who are not rated at all , if it choose tospeciallyrecommendthemfortheoffice . Thevestry can-also say whether it win hsrepaid constables or not , and wfcai number , and what then : salaries shall be , to be paid out of the poor-rates . The list when so prepared is to be returned by the overseers to the justices , who cause it to be printed and published , and appoint a special petty session to hear and determine on all
objections urged against the lis * , or any portion of it Then in the month of March they select out of that list the parties tobe sworn in as constables for theyear , and give them notice to attend a special petty session , to take upon them their duties . The appointing , therefore , of constables is in the bands of thepeople if they will only look to it ; for they can put in the list all those they deem fitting , and keep out all those they deem unfit . They should , therefore , look well to it . Cobs-Law TIepeax . —The report of the discussion at Xarerpool Is so badly written as to render its publication impossible . J . S . FitDEs . —We had fully intend ed to have this week made use of the documents sent , but arc compelled to defer them for another week . A glance at this day ' s Star will satisfy 3 Ir . Fildes how much we have been overcrowded with matters that could not be postponed .
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«• RECEIPTS PER GE 5 ERA 1 SECRETART . SDBBCMFTIOXS . s . d . s . d . Brighton 3 0 Hebden-bridge .. .. 7 0 Pilton 5 0 Dewsbury .. .. 18 Plymouth .. .. 6 0 littletown .. .. 16 Northampton ( KewLo- Sirstall .. .. .. 0 7 cale ) — .. .. 9 0 Lockwood .. .. 15 MerfhyrTydvil .. .. 5 0 Bradford 6 3 Halifax 7 6 B 0 XATI 0 S 9 . Mr , Thirkettle , London •• •• •• •¦ 1 PJymontli , account-book * 0 SCBSCMFTION FOB MBS . ElilS . 0 Jihnondbaiy , proceeds of a ball 1 " 0 yCradford .. .. - . 1 .. .. •• •• " r Eibitum . —The two shillings acknowledged last week from Wootten-nnder-Edg ^ should have been five shillings . THOMAS JIARTIX WHEELEK .
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TfteEwnrtrae Committee to the Chartist Body . Fmekds , —The majority of the members of the Association having decided in favour of the election of the Executive Committee by the whole body , in preference to election by the annual Convention , and also in favour of calling a Convention to sit in jLondon , the duty of pre ^ paring to carry that decision into effect devolves wpon us : we , therefore , call upon each locality in the kingdom to take immediate steps to carry tlie 3 rd rule of the Association into operation . Electiox ofCokvention . —A Convention of Delegates shall assemble on the third Monday of April , in each year ; such delegates to be chosen at public meetings , of which legal notice shall be given , and at which all persons resident in the locality have a right to speak and vote .
Each locality shall have the power of electing one delegate ; towns with a population above 5 , 000 two delegates ; Manchester and Glasgow , four delegates each ; and one delegate from each of the Metropolitan boroughs . The Executive Committee will sit as delegates ex ogieio , but should any locality desire their services as representatives , they will be expected to remunerate them for the loss of salary thu 6 occasioned . All elections must take place between Saturday the 29 th of March , and Wednesday the 16 th of April ; and notice of the election , signed by the chairman of the meeting , must be transmitted to the ecretaryoftheExecutive . Each delegate will be expected to bring the sum of 10 s . towards defraying the expenses of holding the Convention . The Convention will commence it 6 fittings on Monday , April 21 st
Election of Executive . —The next important doty which devolves upon you is the nomination and election of an Executive Committee , which must be proceeded with in the following manner . According to rule 4 , each locality has the power of nominating candidates . Every candidate must be at the time of nomination , and must have been for six months previous , by a bona / tfe number of the National Charter Association . All nominations must take place between the 17 th of February and the 11 th of March , and must be sent to the general secretary , 243 i , Temple-bar ; who wOl cause the same tobe pub-Bshedin the Xortiem Star , and trill also transmit to each sub-secretary a list containing the names of the candidates . An election by ballot must then take place in each locality ; each member ( notbeing more than three months in arrears with his payments ) being eligible to vote for five persons to act as an Executive Committee . The returns , properly attested , must be sent to the general secretary previous to the 16 th of April . The secretary
win then arrange the rotes , and lay the returns before the annual Convention ; and before the country , through the medium of the Northern Star . ¦ The sub-secretaries and other omeers of the Association are particularly desired to see these regulations carried into effect , Philip M'Gbath . Christopher Dotle . Thomas Clabk . Feakgcs O'Coxxob . ¦* TH 08 . M . Wheeler , Secretary , r P . S . A printed circular will speedily be in the hands of the sub-secretaries , containing the votes of the members on the tote propositions of the Executive . We need nsreonly to observe that thereisa majority of six to one in favour of the members electing the Executive , and up-^ nls of two to one in favour of a Convention being called ; and its sittings held in London . Xext week we shall aadress afew words to the Chartist body on the position which we , as an Executive Committee , occupy at thepr * * eut time .
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Skgcub Accidest . —On Snnday right , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , a man named Ford , living atClapham , cameiofliestationhousc on theeonunoa , and stated that there was a man lying dead , or dying , on the comnion , neartlieWindmillpublic house . Ike Police inrfjistlv started off with a stretcher , and at the spot Indicated bv Ford , they found a man lying % the side of some posts . He was motionless and app arently dead , ihe snow had drifted round him , and he had become as sthTas a corpse from the action ° f the fit ** . Thepoorfellowuponbeingraised showed "a * signs of life , but iras quite senseless . lie was Promptl y conveyed to the police station , and Mr . -M'Donouch . the nariBh sunreon , tos sent for . lnis
gentleman paid the most assiduous attention to the te , asuidiJiepdnce , and after administering some Simulants , he was restored i » consciousness- ^ Ihe ^ complained of pains in his right thigh and ribs , ^ d npon tlie surgeon examining him , he observed ^ at the neck of the thigh bone was broken , and ^ eral of the ribs were injured .. The man , whose Ba la George Cassie , and whoi resides at Tooting ^ ° > stated that he had beento see some relatives ** Clapham , and was running down the common t 0 * auds home , when lie came inrriolent collision with ?^ e ? osts . The snockwasso great that he dropped ^ nfl ? , andrecollected nothing afterwards unfa ! he ™ nnd himself in the station . In the course of Mon-<*? morning the Boor fellow was conveyed home .
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PARHranK SEAR Sbhp ]? IeIid . _ a mos * frightful in stance of the fatal effects of passion and family , dissension occurred on Tuesday , inthe-village of Grenofflde , near this town . It appears that' Thomas Aiarples and his son , of the same name , lived and worked together , and were garden tool-makers ibey lived , it is stated , without any female in the iamily , in a miserably dirtyhouse , where the cooking and other domestic operations were attended to by tlHTQlaman . About ten / days ago , the old manimade a shovel for a woman named Naylor . The price of it was 4 d . ; , and " on Tuesday last he ; went to receive the money . The' woman then paid him only 2 d ., alleging that his son . owed her 2 d . The father grumbled at having to pay Ms son ' s debt , and he went to
tne ahop where his son was working , and reproached him \ fith it . YThat passed there is not stated ; and , so far as we can learn , no other parties were presentV The son , however , took from the fire a piece of red-hut iron , of which he was forming a rake , and thrust it at the old man ' s abdomen , which it entered to a considerable depth . The wounded man went to the house , which , was adjoining , and went to bed . Medical aid was obtained ; and information of the fact being conveyed to the police , Wilson Overend , Esq ., went to Ecclesfield that evening , to take the man ' s deposition . His injury , at that time , however , did not appear so certainly to be fatal as to induce Mr .
Overena to take tne deposition . The next morning he was removed to the Infirmary , where he grew rapidly worse ; and when Mr . Overend attended on Wednes day , and his deposition as a dying man was taken , be stated that he and his son had been on bad terms , and that when his son had thrust the iron into him , he again put it into the fire . The same night he died . The bowels protruded to some extent from the wound ; and on a post mortem examination , Thurs day , it was found that , in at least one place , the bowels were burned' through by the hot iron . The son is in the custody of the police , and , we understand , expresses great contrition for the crime into which his passion hurried him . — -Sheffield independent
Muuber is ihe Corsir Cork . —A correspondent at Dunmanway gives the following account of a murder near that town : — "On the night of the 29 th ultimo , about nine o'clock , a man named William Daeey was returning , in company with his brother and others , to their homes , near Ballygurteen , when they were waylaid by a party of men who stationed themselves behind a wall , and assailed Dacey's party with stones as they passed , one of which struck poor Dacey on the temple , from the effects of which he died in two days after , leaving a widow and three orphans to deplore Ms untimely fate . " ,
Destruction of a Ship by Fire , off East GreenwicB > -Sh . orfly after three o ' clock on Monday , a fire was discovered on board the ship Henry , of 500 tons , the property of Mr . Fletcher , of Limehouse . She was taking in a cargo of coals , at the West India Dock Buoy , from a collier alongside . Withrespect to the origin nothing precisely is known ; but one of the Shipwrights staled toilie reporter , ihat a can containing turpentine , standing on the after-deck , hadlcakcd , and running through the crevices of the deck had fallen upon some shavings , the spirit from which , from its volatile character , had caught the light of a lamp , and instantaneously the whole vessel was in a blaze . In this dilemma , Pierce , a chain-lighterman , rendered assistance by casting the ship off the West
India Bock Buoy , and in a short tune after the Unity and Pilot , steam-tugs , arrived andrenderedassistanec by towing the Ilenry higher up the rivers During this movement the vessel was scuttled in four or five places , and she was towed clear of the shipping to above the Folly House , in Blackwall Beach , where she might be sunk in deep water ,- on the west side , next the Isle of Dogs . At this moment the ship was in one entire blaze , masts , rigging , and all . It was deemed necessary to attempt a further scuttling , but the danger of doing so was so great that it was abandoned . After high water she was run on shore at the west side of Blackwall Reach , , near the point ,: off Greenwich . As the warps were burnt , it was found
impossible to hold her in deep water alter the fall of the tide , and it was therefore necessary to run her on shore to prevent her driving amongst the shipping at Blackwall . By seven o ' clock , the main and niizen masts , rigging , fore rigging , and foretopmast were consumed . So great was the fire at one time , that it illumined both sides of the river , Blackwall , Greenwich , and the Isle of Dogs , the flames extending from the hull to the maintopmast head . At nine o ' clock the hull of the vessel was still burning . The amount of damage it is impossible accurately to ascertain ; but from the fact that within the last few days she has been taken ( out of dry dock after having had £ 1 , 000 , expended on her in new coppering and repairing her , there can be no doubt but the loss at the lowest estimate will exceed £ 10 . 000 .
Suicioe nr . a Boy . —On Monday Mr . Wakley , M . P . " , held an inquest at the Lion and Lamb , Drummondcresccnt , Euston-square , on the body of Thomas Press , a boy aged 13 , the son of a cowkeeper , who committee suicide . James Press , the brother , of deceased , said he resided with . las parents at 43 , Drummond crescent . The deceased went to schoqLiand occasionally assisted in carrying out milk .. On Friday last at dinner time , it was discovered that he had been . playing truant , and had , appropriated some money belonging to his parents to his own use , and spent it amongst some other boys . This coming to his father ' s knowledge he boxed his ears , declared he
should have no dinner , and threatened ] to beat him . Shortly , before tv : o o ' clock deceased ' s mother gave him some dinner , and then told him to wash himself , which he did . About half-past three the same afternoon witness went into the vard , and observed the eow-shed open , and on entering lie discovered the deceased hanging by bis neck handkerchief from a beam . Witness gave an alarm , and Mr . Lambert , a neighbour , and his mother , camp and cut deceased down . lie was quite dead , and in order to effect his object must have got on one of the rails placed to divide the cows , and then jumped off . The jury returned a verdict—That deceased destroyed himself by hanging , but in what state of mind he was in at the time there was no evidence to show .
¦ Destructive Fire at the Rotju , DocKXHn > , Chat-HAai . —¦ About two o ' clock on Tuesday morning an alarming fire broke out in her Majesty ' s dockyard , Chatham , which threatened the most serious consequences to the whole establishment ; but owing to the heavy fall of snow , the absence of wind , the presence of assistance immediately on 'the spot , a plentiful supply of water , and the praiseworthy exertions of officers and men , the damage sustained , although extensive , is comparatively little to what might have been anticipated from the inflammable materials and their contiguity . The fiire was first seen in a place called the Joiners' Pound , which was full of seasoned mahogany and other materials for ships'cabins , &c . ; andrcry soon it had extended on . one side to the
joiners' shop , and afterwards on the other to the treenail-house , over which is the school for the apprentices , forming a range of buildings ' on the east side . The roof of the joiners' shop was destroyed , and the building itself was entirely gutted ; and all the bulkheads , &c ., prepared for ships building , with great numbers of joiners' chests of tools and fittings / were consumed . The treenail-house was also gutted , and the roof of the building , with a great portion of the books , instruments , < fcc ., belonging to the school , were completely destroyed . The schoohnaster ' s house , which is at the east end of the building , is also ruined . The schoolmaster and his family happily escaped without personal injury , and a large quantity of nis property wassaved , but of the wholerangeof buildings on fire scarcely anything but the tottering wallsremain . As soon as th ' e alarm was given the workmen flocked
to the yard in great numbers . The officers and men from the various ships in the Medway were also very promptly on shore , and the troops of the garrison , to he amount of 700 , turned out on hearing the alarm bells , and with their engines , and headed by ^ their officers , were also at the scene of conflargation in the shortest possible time . The engines belonging to the towns likewise proceeded to the dockyard as soon as they could be got ready , and all steadily working together in good order and discipline , they succeeded-in getting the fire pretty well under between live and six o ' clock . The origin of the fire appears at present to be involved , as usual , somewhat in mystery , for , as far as can be understood , it was first seen in a part of the range of buildings near which there isnafireplace ; out most likely , when the present excitement subsides , and an investigation takes place , the cause of such calamitous effects will be clearly traced .
ATIEMPI TO SET FlBB TO THE QCEEJi ' s ThEATKK , Manchester . —On Sundaymorning , about six o'clock , flames were discovered issuing from underneath the large stage Soor at the back of the Queen ' i Theatre . An alarm was immediately given , and by the prompt assistance of the persons present it was speedily extinguished , when it was found tliat some combustible materials had been thrust : under the door , and could onlv have been recently ignited . The damage done is very trifling . A reward of £ 50 has been offered by the police for the discovery of the offender or ofiendera . It is only nine months ago that the Theatre Hoyal of this town was burnt down , and stronjr suspicion now exists that that also was the act of an incendiary . ' ¦•¦ .: ! , < :
Bioefobd . —Committal of a Wife axd Servant , FOK SETT 1 SO FlKE TO HER HUSBAND S HOUSE . — Mary Lashbrook , and her / servant , Mary 'Have ? nnderwentalong examination oiTSaturday last- ( it having lasted nearly the whole of the day ) , before James ' Gould , Esq ., and Major Wren , county magistrates , ou suspicion of wilihlly setting fire to the premises occupied bv theLashbroolcs , the property oi > tain Pvke , in the poi-isli of Nortlmm . . Ihe girl male a M confession , stating that she wasinstigated bv her mistress to commit tie act ot incentain durin" the absence of her master at Appledore , and it al clearlv discovered that the house- and ^ utbuildings Lad been fired in fbm ; different' plac ^ considerablydetacliedfromcachotheiv Both ^ monejs were committed for trial ; but the niistress wa * admitted to bail , in two sureties / - ^ ° -S ^ H her husband in £ 100 . The prosecution was instituteu by Jfc John Hamlyn , the *^ BWeford ^ gent to the West of England Insurance Office , in which'the property was insured . — -North Devon Journal .
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^ Vn 12 AT w *™*»« REBs .--Jus ( i before eleven o'clock on Tuesday night a fire broke out in the : basketwarehouse of Mr . - ; Walden , at Walham-green . ' ¦ The premises were soon enveloped in flame , the glare of which was seen many miles off , and , contrasted with *» , snowon theground , produced amagnificent effect . A body of police of the V division promptly arrived , but could , render but little assistance as no fire-engine was at hand . The fire continued to rage with fury ; 50 that before the arrival of any engine the roof had fallen inj and when the one stationed at Fulham did arrive , it was ineffectual for a considerable time , owing to a want of water ; Two other engines soon after arrived , but were not brought into play . The result was the destruction of the building and the stock , value about £ 2000 . We believe the whole was insured . - ' ... ' r ... 1 ; .
Fatal Colliert Accident . —As the wokers of one of the pits at the Rosehall colliery , near Coatbridge , wer e descending the shaf t to their employment , on the 31 st ult ., the rope broke when those descending were supposed to behalf way down the shaft , ana they unfortunately fell to the bottom and were killed . — Glasgow Herald . ^ Attempted Assassination . —Countt of Tyrone . — " On Friday evening last , at an . early , hour , as Mr . James Perry , agriculturist on the Dungannon School lands , was returning from Moy Fair to Ms residence ,
at Augnamullan , near Coahsland , he was , within 100 yards of his own door , suddenly encountered by two ruffians , who fired each a pistol at his person , and then as suddenly disappeared . Providentially the allots had not the effect intended by his sangumavy assailants . Mr . Perry rode on and reached his home in safety . On examination afterwards it appeared that each pistol had been charged with a couple of bullets : two of these had perforated his hat , ana two Others slightly grazed his left ami . "— NcwryTelegraph . ' .
L \ QUESr ON THE CflttD WlLFULLY BURNED TO Deaih by us Mother at Lammosbt . —Pesrith , Monday , Feb . 10 . —The Coroner for the countyof Cumberland , Mr . Cah-ick , having adjourned the inquest from Wednesday , Thursday , and Saturday last , for the purpose of adducing further evidence to elucidate this unnaturaland horrible case , continued the inquisition tins day at the house of Mr . Warwick , innkeeper , at Lammonby , on view of the body of-the child , Ann Crosby , aged seven years . The principal facts have already appeared in this paper . A medical gentleman gave it as his opinion that the child must have been held down on the fire by . force , with its
face downwards , and described the various injuries it had sustained . A great many witnesses were examined , who spoke to the cruel and unnatural treatment sustained by the two children in the father ' s absence , and said that the children would have been undoubtedly starved to death had it not been for the sympathy of some of the neighbours . The jury retired to consider their verdict , and after about an hour ' s absence returned into court with a verdict of Wilful Murder against Jane Crosby . She was com mitted to Carlisle gaol , and will no doubt take her trial at the ensuing spring assizes , which take place about the latter end of this month .
Shocking Occubrexce at Cambebweli , —Three Pebbons Poisoned . —The danger of the mode bi keeping poisonous substances in contiguity with articles to which they bear a resemblance , has seldom received a more fearful demonstration than by the catastrophe of which we are about to give some particulars . At the corner of an avenue leading from Grove-lane to the Grove , Camberwell ( the Canning's Head public-house forming the opposite corner ) , and towards the summit ofthe hiD , there lived for many year 3 a tradesman named Montague ; His shop was a kind of village dep 8 t , where might be obtained almost every article of rood , and most of the smaller wares required for domestic purposes . The excellent quality of his goods , and punctuality and
probity in his dealings , had acquired foi him general respect in his neighbourhood , ' and this was followed by an increase of business , and , of course , an addition to his gains . Most ofthe families ofthe neighbourhood had recourse to his shop ; and , to provide sufficient space for his goods and accommodation for his customers , he had recently made -considerable additions to his house and premises . His family' consisted of himself , aged about GO ; his wife , ' somewhat younger ; his mother , about 80 ; and a shopman , related to him , about . 20 . On Tuesday Wovning , the family , with the exception of the old . lady ; whom the severe cold kept in bed , roseat their usual time ; The ordinary before-breakfast avocations were attended to ' by each . The breakfast was prepared shortly after
eight o ' clock , by Mrs . Montague , of which Mr . and Mrs . Montague and the shopman partook , without perceiving anything peculiar in the flavour of the beverage , which was teal Shortly after breakfast-Mr . andMrs . Montague ^ and the ^ young man were all seized with severe pains in tlie stomach ; accompanied by violent retchings , arid other symptoms of an alarming kind . A medical gentleman' of the' neighbourhood 1 was sent for , who at- once perceived-that the unfortunate persons were labouring under the effects ' of some powerful poison ; that oxalic acid was probably the deleterious substance , which in some way or other had been taken in a censiderable quantity into their stomachs , and doubtless in some of the rood of which they had in common pai'taken at their
bi'cakfast . An alarm was spread ; an * d one or two more medical gentlemen arrived atthe house . An examination of the contents of the teapot was made , and the source of the mischief was therein discovered . Oxalic acid in a considerable quantity was found among the tea leaves ; and this discovered , the way by which it came there was soon accounted for . ; To soften the water , Mrs . Montague had been in tho habit of using a portion of carbbnate ' of soda , and had as she supposed put the usual quantity of that article into the teapot that morning . By what means oxalic acid was substituted by her for carbonate of soda—to which , however , it bears a resemblance sufficientl y close to be mistaken by a person ignorant of the peculiarities of form and colour by which they avc
distinguished from one another—has not been ascertained . One account states that Mrs . Montague had herself tiiken it from the shop , in mistake for carbonate of soda . Another statement is , that the young man unwittingly supplied his mistress with oxalic acid on her application to him for- carbonate of soda . The latter account is riot , however , believed . The operation of the'poison was so speedy , and tho agonies which preceded death so excruciating , that nothing in the shape of lengthened explanation could be obtained from Mrs . Montague . The unfortunate wo man died shortly after eleven in the forenoon , and within three hours after partaking of the fatal infusion . No hope of arresting the-progress of the poison was from the first entertained in Her case .
Although the usual antidotes were promptly adininistered , and every means which science has ; prescribed were diligently employed by the medical gentlemen in attendance , she rapidly sank , until death put a pe- ^ riod to her fearful sufferings ; ; Mr . Montague was most violently affected . It wasj however , hoped that his- superior , strength of constitution , sustained by the medicines , which were perseveringly administered by his medical attendants ; would afford time for the ' antidotes to neutralise the action ofthe poison : - The hope was delusive . The unfortunate husband also died about four o ' clock in the afternoon . The shopman , whose portion of the fatal mixture was , pro ^ bably , less strong than that of which his master and mistress nartbok , and the youthful vigour of
whose constitution resisted the operation of the poison more powerfully than the ieebler frames of his master ana mistress—was alive at a Late hour on Tuesday night . In his case , also , there is scarcely a gleam of hope . So powerfully has the poison acted npon his system , and such are the injuries which , it is feared , the coatings of the stomach and-viscera have received , that his death also appears inevitable . The aged woman , thus suddenly' bereaved of her eliildi-en , the stay of her declining years ,-- ' and the source of her sustenance , isian object of the deepest commiseration . Her mental anguish is extreme . Had not her infirmities prevented her from rising
to breakfast , she also would have partaken ot the deadly mixture ; and , indeed , as it- was , she was on the verge of doing so , as Mrs . Montague appears to have been in the act of adding fresh tea to that in the teapot , for the purpose of sending her mother-in-law her breakfast , when she was interrupted by the sensations-produced by the poison of which she had taken . The excitement produced in the neighbourhood is extreme . The respect in which Mr . and Mrs . Montague were held , and the shocking circumstances under which they came to their deaths-, combine to invest the calamity with peculiar claims on the sympathy of ; the neighbourhood , ' and which is mamiested in every way by which it can be shown .
Wholesale Attempted Assassination » TH . Queen ' s County . —A correspondent of the / toWm Evening Packet says—On Friday ¦ iught last , Wltllin * un-shot of the town of .-Mountmelick , an armed party attacked the house of a man nanied ^ Gonroy , caretaker or baHiff over the lands of Clonalieen , and one of the assassins discharged his gun , lodging we contents ( slugs ) in the body of Conroy , who instantly fell . Another . assassin being about to discharge his gun , Conroy ' s-wite .-threwrhereelf over-him , clasping liis bodvin her arms , when the monster discharged
his gun at both , lacerating and breaking the woman s arm in several places . Some of the slugs alsoentered the man ' s side and belly . . Thinking , they had done for them , the assassins departed and -went to the house of a man named Manly , on the same lands , at whom they discharged agnn , taking such precise aim that the slugs-did not touch a boy .-that was sitting close by Manly—the contents having-all lodged about Ins ( Manly ' s ) neck , lacerating him in a dreadful manner . Thinking they ltad also done his job , they wittrom thence to another house oiv the same lands ;; and ¦
having got in , inquired for the owner—a-. < . woman answered them by saying he was from home , ami that his wife -was that . moment being ; confined ., ^ ne hogged of them , as the husband . was not there , " 'i ; iov the love of God" to go away and make . no noise , asa the poor woman heard them , ; two lives might-be lost . The assassins then went away , desiring her-to tell the man of the house when hexeturned to . pay attenr tion to the notice they had .: served upomhim some time ago , and give up the -land , or that they would have him astheydid Conroy , and Manly , whose
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" job / ' they said , they were after doingl They attacked several other ; . houmthe same , night , but without doing farther harm'than cautioning them alt to gjive up the possession ,: or they would surely take their lives on their nextvisit .- ^ The , tenants : onthe lands of Clonaheen , it appears ^ were ejected for nonpayment of'rent about . two years ago . Portions of theland were set to these parties , , the baHiff or caretaker , , Conroy ^ and ; Manly , a . Scotchman , ' in Mr . Beale ! s . employment .-. Manlyis able to be up , but ConroyMs . ina precarious state . His wife's arm , it is said , must be amputated . This is the second atr tack made on Conroy , and the second time he has been shot jat . and wounded . An armed party attacked the dwelling-house of Michael Renehan , of Clomagh , in the King ' s County , on the night of the 30 thult ., and , havingplaced Renehanonhisknees , presenteda gun at-hinty and made him swear he would surrender m the next morning half an acre of land he purchased from his sister in May last .
Manslaughter at Leeds . — On Sunday morning week the inhabitants of the upper portion of Meadowlane were thrown into a state of excitement from a report that a . man named Joseplr Nicholls ; residing in that neighbourhood , had killed his wife in a quarrel during the preceding night . On Tuesday morning an inquest -was held before John Blackburn , Esq . ; coroner , at the Slmkspenre Inn , ' Meadow-lane , to investigate the cause of the unfortunate woman ' s death ., irom the evidence it appeared that the deceased was dreadfully given to drinking , and it seemed that on' the night of her death she was in a State of T&eastiy intoxication , in which state she was repeatedly struck and kicked by her husband . The jury found a verdict ' of Manslaughter against Joseph Nicholls , who was committed to York under . the coroner's warrant , for trial at the ensuing assizes . The unfortunate deceased was thirty-six years of age ; ' ; . ¦ " ' ¦¦ ! .
Fire . —rOn Friday week , about two o ' clock , the inhabitants of Guildford-place ,, Bagniggc-Yrells-road , were alarmed by hearing dreadful screams proceeding from the upper part of the house numbered 13 . Upon looking at the window of the fir 9 tiloor front , a large body of flame could be seen r . iging , therein . A female instantly ran into the room when a pitiable sight presented itself ; the wife of the . occupier of the room , "; Mrs . 'Mary . Llewellyn , about 50 years ot a ^ e ,-was found lying on the floor , with every particle ot clothing she had on . blazing away with the greatest fury . The female crying out for assistance , several persons hastened to the room , and after much difficulty extinguished the flames , but not . until tlie unfortunate female was frightfully burnt about the head , face , legs , and chest . She was placed in a cab , and conveyed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where she remains with but slight hopes of her recovery .
Suspected Murder . —Hull . —A ' great sensation wasciiused in this town on Wednesday week , from the circumstance that a cabinet-maker , named Thomas Mattocks , residing in Dagger-lanc , had been takoh into custody by the police , on a charge of murdering his ' wife , who had been found lying on the floor ofthe house , dreadfully burned , and quite , dead . The man Mattocks was brought before the magistrates at the police-court on \ Vedncsday morning , and' sufficient evidence havbg been heard by them to warrant the remand of the prisoner till after the coroner's inquest on the body , he was taken to the gaol .
Serious Fire at Richmond . —On Saturday morning , between the hours of twelve and one , a fire of a very alarming character , and which was not extinguished until property to a considerable amount had been destroyed , broke out in the well-known and extensive-range of premises , termed the King ' s Head-Tavern , situate at the corner of Bridge-rise , the property of Mr . Charles Dun-ant .- Fortunately the whole , of the : inmates were enabled to escape , without meetingwith any personal injury . The total damageis considerable , for several of the adjoining houses have sustained injury by water , &c . "The origin of the disaster is not known .
... Attempted Assassination at Hebden-bridce . — On the 4 th inst ., a ball was held in the , Democratic Chapel , which was attended by a large number ot persons . ! , ; All was hilarity and enjoyment until about half-past , . eleven o ' clock , when the company were horrified by a most . dioabolicarattcmpt . at assassination . A boy about fifteen years of age was , sitting on one of the top seats ' , close to a window , when some fiend in human shape , thrust his hand through the window , and with a knife , or some sharp instrument , I stabbed . him in the lower part of the back . The boy tell ftom his seat , and was taken up bleeding profusely , A surgeon was calledin who dressed the wound , and it is , hoped , the ^ boy ia now out pfrdanger . A man named Richard Clegg , of Caldei-sido has been . apprehended ohiiispieion . ' : ¦
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-. Hetwood . — -The , Expected Turn-out . —The prospects of the Weavers in this locality are not much brightened . There appears to be no signs of withdrawing from . the contest cither on the part of . the weaver or on the part , of the cmnloyers ; except one of the latter , namely , the firm of Harrisons . To day the .- ; . overlookers have ; , been . round to the mills with a paper signifying that each wearer who pleased to agn .. « o giv § no , . support , to John ffilton Kay ' s tueayirsfyinjghi-cgttlnue at wyft . The result was only one signature from upwards of , 200 weavers . And that one ,, from . a . boy who signed . the paper in . mistake , as appeaijsTroinh ^ subsequent . j eonduct ' . The boy had no sooner . conceived the idea tliat lie ' had been acting contrary to his fellow workers , than he ran to the ^ bunting-house : " Aw say , whot ' s thatpappor for , at aw sint mah name too ? " '' Why , ' that you must
not Support the turn-out > Yeavers after this , and come t " ojdurworkpn , Saturday morning as usHal . " " 0 , his that wot it ineyns ? , then yoh mun scrat it out ogen ; for . haw thowt , it . wur to play mah uh Setterday uh O ' next " week ; cose your pappor sed . ' weh . niut !"' -. On Saturday night . ' the Trade in general held a public meeting , " which , was addressed by Mr . U . Pilling , of Asntonj and Mr . J . Matthew , of Ileywood , when , amongst other resolutions , ' one was passed pledging themselves ,, in the event of the masters stopning their mills , to suppor t the liaijds . The meeting was adjourned till nine o'clock on Saturday morning next . —Correspoti deht . —The followingis the copy . of th ^ Notice posted up in the various mills of ; the town : — "Notice is hereby given , " that we shall close the whole of our establishment on . tlie ? tlx day of February , now next ensuing the date hereof .-r-Witness bur hands this twenty fourth day ef January , 1845 . " . ' , '
The Edge-tool Makers held their general quarterly meeting at the Rodney , Colcshil-street , Birmihgliam , on Monday last , Thomas Savin in the chair . . ' . Tlie . treasurer reported the termination of the strike , which , after ten weeks , had terminated in favour , of the men , the masters being compelled to ' accede ! : to them the whole of what they asked fbri'T i ^ e . have great pleasure in stating that eighteen'new members joined on Monday last . We shall take the necessary steps to be represented in the National Conference . u
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A Mosket Tale . —Bail Court , Monday . —May AND WlFfi V . BURDETT . —Ml ' . Watson , Q . C ., and Mr . Couch appeared for : the plaintiff ; Mr . Cockburn , Q . C ., and Mr . Pickering , for the defendant . The declaration alleged that the defendant wilfully and knowingly , kept a certain mischievous and ferocious monkey ; that he allowed him to " be at large , and that the monkey , did , on the 2 d of September , 1844 , bite , bruise , lacerate , and . injure , the female plaintiff , thereby causing her much suffering , &c , which was the giat'of the present action . Tlie facts ofthe case appeared to be these :-rOn the 2 d of September , . last year , the : plaintiffs wife ,- who assisted her husband in carrying on the business of a market gardener and cowkeeper-at . Hounslow , went into . her-bed-chambcr
to get a bennet , wliichj however , she found was torn and seriously damaged . On her . retum to the kitchen she mentioned this circumstance to a female friend named Brown , who was present ^ and they consequently immediately . proceeded together to the upper room ,-where Mrs . Brown , who accompanied the plaintiff ' s wife , discovered the monkey , belonging to the defendant ( who was a captain in her Majesty ' s 17 th Light Dragoons , quartered at Hounslow ) , seated ina corner of the room . * The , plaintiff , in her agitation ( as was stated ) , heaved" a half , sieve at the monkey , which immediately took to its heels , and endeavoured to escape , and in its attempt so to do sprung upon the woman's neck and bosom , and then fled . Mrs . May , however , followed it to the gavd . cn , where
something occurred which there was rtoevidenco-to explain ; except that she almost instantly after returned ,- and . was seized bv strong fits ofhystencs , which had the effect of producing a recurrence of a d ) 8 oruer to which Mrs . Mayhadpreviouslr , for some years ,. been subject . She was immediately put to bed , where she remained for three weeks in a very precarious state , and . was , at the present Hour , still suffering from the effect of the alarm she had- experienced on that- occasion . Her hand , it was j stated , ' still . shook so much as to disable her from attending ^ to her business . One part of the plaintiffs case was , that upon the occasion . of the second alarm the monkey had committed an assault , the nature of which cannot bo described in a public irnmmlbirt the
; ' evidehce did not sustain the allegation .- ' Eight-or ten witnesses . were called , on the part of the Dlaintiff , to prove the circumstances of the assault of the monkey ; the effect pvodiuukl upon the female plaintiff , and the character ofthe animal . May , the son of the plaintiff , stated , that on one occasion tlie _ monkey : approached within : sly or seven yards of . him ( witness ); , and was preparing to fly at him , ' until ho said to the : monkey , that ' - he had a stick ready for him , " upon which the brute immediately decamped . Another , witness stated , that on one occasion , ihe passed .. the monkey , who would have flownat him if he ( -witness ) had not turned the comer and so escaped .. Thia witness being asked , on cross-examination , whether the monkey had said he intended to spring at him , replied he had . Other wit >
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nesses stated that on one occasion the monkey tore offthe . capof'a- Mrs . Kemp , as she passed near a stable " whore , he . was confined . ' It appeared 'in the course of the inquiry that the ; monkey . had been put to death , by the mob which assembled on the report ofthe p laintiff ' s injury , aiidbhc fellow acknowledged to having stabbed it with a pitchfork ! Mr . Justice Wightman , after going over , the evidence in' detail , left itto the jury to any—first , whfether the monkey was vicious ; secondly , that being ' so ' , '' whether the defendant was aware of it ; thirdly / did the monkey inflict the miunes imputed to it ; and lastly , what ought to be the amount ot damage ' s , if they found for the plaintiff on inb other points . ;; The jury immediately gave a verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 50 . Morality of the Rich!—Arches
CourtMon-, day . — Kingu . luxe ' — This was a question as to the admissibility of a further ' 'plea in this cause ¦ The parties were . married in the month of September , 1841 , and they separated in the month of November . The proceedings in the first instance were comiuenced by . Mra .-Hannah . King , for a restitution of conjugal nghts , against her husband ,-Mr . John King . This plea was met by an allegation of adultery , in bar by the lady . A plea was now offered for admission , on the part ofthe wife , denying the charge of adultery , and charging Mr . King with the commission of the cr ime . After hearing Dr . Addams and Dr . Elphinstonc in support ofthe responsive pica , and her
Majesty s advocate and Dr . Curteis coirtra , the court directed the plea to be reformed . It appeared that the husband was most anxious to obtain a divorce , in ovdei' to mayvy again , while the wife was anxious to obtain an increase of alimony . Those were facts which must make the court most cautious , the more so as . anagent of Mr . King had said to the wife , that if she woidd admit having . committed adultery , a few thousands would not be m the ; way ,, which the wife indignantly refused to do . The court referred at length to the articles of the responsive allegation , rejecting some , and directing the remainder to be reformed . —The evidence is at present cspartc , and cannot be further alluded to .
CENTRAL ' CRIMINAL COURT . AIonday . —Charge op Perjury . —William Alick Kennett , a person of respectable > appearance , surrendered in flisdiavge of his bail to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury .- In the course of the trial the following scene occurred between one of the witnesses for the prosecution and the prisoner's counsel ; Mr . Clarkson : — Mr . Clarkson , in his address to the jury , in reply upon the additional evidence , denounced the witness White as a man who had by his conduct to-day shown himself to be utterly unworthy of belief upon his oath . [ Here the learned counsel was interrupted by the man White in a very unbecoming manner . ] Mr . Clarkson : I repeat what I have said , and I am convinced that , with the exception of this abandoned man , there is not a person who hears me that does not concur in that opinion . —White : That ' s a lie . —The Recorder : If you repeat your conduct I shall commit you-to Newgate . Tlie learned counsel is entitled to addvess
the jury as to your credibility , and you must not-interrupt him . —White made some silly observation that his feelings were hurt . —Mr . Clarkson continued to pass his just condemnation-on the evidence of White , during which he ( White ) kept flourishing a stick of no inconsiderable size , no doubt for the purpose of threatening the learned counsel , who , after bearing with repeated vulgar insults from the man White , said that it \ vas really a waste of time to deal with the evidence of such a man . —The Recorder summed up , and the jury-returned an immediate verdict of Not Guilty , and added , "We are ' of opinion that the defendant leaves-this , court witli his character , honour , and 'integrity nnimpeached . "—The Recorder : Gentlemen , I vill ask yon , do you believe the two witnesses ( White and Potter ) called for the prosecution?—The Foreman of the Jury : No , my lord , we donot . —The Recorder : And that is your unanimous opinion ?—The Foreman : It is ' so ,- " my lord . The defendant then retired from the court surrounded by a host of friends .
Proofs of England ' s Civilisation . —New Court , Monday . —William Stannard , aged 19 , was indicted for criminally assaulting Elizabeth Applciou , a child under 12 years of age . A second count charged him . with a common assault . The prisoner pleaded not guilty . The facts of the ease disclosed an amount of profligacy rarely heard of in a court of justice . - The brother , of the child , theeliild herself , and the prisoner , all slept and used in common one room in a street in' Seven-dials . The child s ^ yoretllat the prisoner had twice committed the offence charged against him . The disclosure of these facts excited much disgust and astonishment amongst all present . After much deliberation , the 'jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
Wilson v . Wilson . —Vice Chanceiaor ' s Court , Tuesday . —The Vice ChiinceUor'deliyercd judgment this morning in this case . His Honour , said this case' came ou under ' . ' these .. circumstances : —Mrs ; Wright Heneker Wilson , tlie plaintiff , under tlie will of Sir . Ilenry Wilson and Lady Frances Wilson , was entitled toher separate use to an estate calli-d Dray ton Lodge , Hampshire , and also to lands in "Yorkshire and Essex for . life , with remainder pver | of the value of £ 3 , 000 a year . ' Besides this , she was entitled to a certain leasehold tenement called ' Chelsea Park , Middlessex , imdervarious leases . Sheliada freehold hous ein Grosycnor-place , London , money in the iumls ^ arid a , mortgage . In Aprjl , 1839 , she married Mr . Wilson , the defendant ; and' it appeared that on the occasion of the marriage a settlement was made bv
which the Dray ton Lodge estate ivas settled to the same uses as directed by the will' of the donor : but as his . Honour understood it Mr . Wilson took an estate during the life of his wife in the Yorkshire arid Essex estates , and as to the Chelsea Park estate , it whs settled on Mi . Wilson' for life , then to Mre ; Wilson , if she survived him , and on her death to thechildron of the mamuge . All the . other , peraerial property of Mrs ;' . Wilson was given to Mr . Wilsoii , with the exception of £ 3 , 000 Cnsols . In the beginning of 1843 , unhappy ditferenees . arose between ; Mr . .-ind Mi-s . Wilson , and the result was that on the 8 th of May , 1843 , a suit was commenced by Mrs . Wilson against her husband in the Ecclesiastical Court , and on the 9 th of May , Mr . . Wilson was served with a citation in that suit . Then various procecdines took
place between the parties , and the result was that articles of agreement for a separation were agreed to and executed . Upon the original bill being filed in this case by Mrs . Wilson , a motion for a receiver was inado , andalso ioi an injunction , upon a supplemental bill filed by her , and those , motions were disposed of without any attempt on the part of the Court to approach the decision ; of the real question between tbe parties . , A cross bill had been filed by Mr . Wilson to liitve' the articles of agreement delivered up to be cancelled , and evidence was taken in both . causes , arid the case now came before the Court upon its general circumstances . His Honour , after recapitulating thecircunistances . of thecase , and going fully into the legal points ofthe question , qoncluded by observing that the conduct ofthe defendant had been most
harsh ' and cruel towards his wife . His Honour ' s opinion was that , upon the law and the Vholo of the'facts of the case , Mrs . Wilson was entitled to a specific performance of the articles of agreement , but with this exception , that the articles should be taken as they stood , and further , taking care to insert in the articles a covenant to indemnify the husband against the debts of the . wife . His Honour , in conclusion , said that he wa& of opinion tliat relief could . only be upon the original bill ; and as tho cross bill only asked to have the articles delivered up tobe cancelled , and as it was founded upon a charge that the articles \ veve obtained from' him by fraud , which had not been proved , the cross Mil should bo dismissed , witli . costs , and the plaintiff to have , her costs in tho or iginal bill up to the hearing . Judgment , for the plaintiff .
Cjuh Con . —Absalon v . Bunbuhy . —Court ok Exchequer , WednesdaV . —This was an . action to recover compensation in damages for a criminal connection with tlie plaintiff ' s wife .- Tlie defendant , pleaded first , not guilty ; secondly , that the female named in the declaration wasnot the . nife of the plaintiff ; and lastly , a pica of leave and licence . Mr . Serjeant Jones ( with whom was Mr . PctcrdsdorffJ stated the plaintiff ' s case , The defendant had availed himself of the opportunities afforded by wealth and station to deprive the plaintiff of the wife of his affections , and the mother of hit children . The plaintiff was a person in a humble station of life , and ha J gone through many vicissitudes . The defendant was the son of Sir Henry Bunbury , of Barton ; and at Bury St . Edmund ' s , near Burton , the plaintiff for some time resided , and carried on the business of a tailor . The plaintiff came to
London m 1831 , and Avas married in that year , in the church of St . Hark , Kenniugton , to his present wife . In the year 1840 the plaintiff wasliving in the Bull Inh-court , in the Strand , and in endeavouring to rescue a child from tile flanies suffered a serious , injury , which compelled him togo into , the hospital . - -A . t . thisAime - . the plaintiff ' s wife , unfortunately , became acquainted with , tUe , defendant , who being a native of Bury , promised to assist the pljuntifFin the unfortunate circumstances in which life was placed . The plaintiff ' s wife , in the . company ; of a female friend , afterwards met the defendant , and upon his asking her where lie could address a letter to lier unluiotvn' to her husband , suggested to him that he might . address her under the niimeof Miss . Francis . , It would ! seem that , from a very short period at ' ter this , meeting , tlie ruin of the plaintiff ' s wift \ vas completed . However , these facts ' were wholly unknown ' to . tlie plaintiff up fo the monlli of March last , when the plaintiff's wife was delivered of a
child , which there was good reason to suppose was the defendant ' s ., The learned counsel then adverted to ; the correspondence between the defendant and Mrs . Absalon , which , h , c contended , proved beyond ail doubt tho nature of the connection between tiicm . V , fn one , letter tlie de . fendant addressing this plaintiff's ' , wife , as " dearest girl , " from Baugov , states . that lie often wished , 'Mo ' wiliili a srailefrom her eye , or a kiss from . her lip , " and assured herthatiie ' was . quite faithful to her . " In another epistle the defendant said thathe " did not tliihk . it right to do anything wrong on Good Friday or Easter' Sunday , but woidd meet the plaintiff ' s wife . pa Monday . "; In addition to these letters , ' H would appear , beyond , doubt , that ' the defeudant and MrV . Ab ' saloii slept together oil one . decasion Rt tiie plaintiff ' s house , and left . behiud . hiiii a . gold ' eyeglass , ' which woulil be identified . ' ' The fact of marriage and . the adultery being proved , there was still a third r ' el mining , the plea of leave and licence . The burden of proving that pica lay upon defendant ; biit , as he ( the
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fTT 5 z *^ nrszs ?^? T ^^ * ,.- ~ . 'j . ' y ^^ T **"' * — , . ^ ' ~ --learned counsel ) was instructed , there was not the « H ghtest foundation for sneli ivploa ; The plaintiff ' s business necessarily called him much from home , : n : d the defendant had taken an unjust advantage of his , absence . As to the amount of damages , that was altogether for tn « jury . Tho plaintiff was injured to an extent which no damages could compensate . Witnesses were then called ^ . who proved tti » adultery . A " clerk from the house of Druminond and Co , proved that the defendant ltept an accOjmt at tliat bank . He was .. the eldest '' son of Sir C . H . l ^ unbury , and about twenty-eig ht or thirty years of age . The letters from the defendant to '' the . plaintiff ' s wife were then put in and read . Mr . Cockburn , on the part of the defendant , admitted that the fact of marriage and , the adultery had been proved ; lfe undertook , ' however ; to satisfy the jury Hint the interaour ' se ' -tcok ' place with the knowledge and
assent of the p ] aintiC '"'hicb irould entitle the defendant to ' a . ' vei'uiet . ' . the . ' evidence for'the plaintflf sugge 8 ted grave suspicions ^ but lie could prove that the plaintiff actually lent himself to his ' wife ' s dishonoiir / and had lived oh the woges ! of her prostitution . After " this h ' e had the boldness to come into a -court of justice and ask for damages . It had been studiously concealed that iu May last the defendant had been united to an amiable and accomplished lady of his own rank in life . Shortly after , the plaintiff ' s wife , accompanied by a woman named Taylor , and a child in her arms , presented herself at the house of defendant ' s father-in-law . The defendant felt himself compelled to give her money to get rid of her . The plaintiff actually acknowledged that he had passed offhiswifeas Eliza Prancis . All the plaintiff aski-d or wished was , that the defendant should make an allowance to Miss Francis . Afterwards the plaintiff addressed a letter to the defendant , complaining thathe had " used
thcplaintiff ' s wife as he would a pair of boots—wore them for five years , and then cast them off . " Infamy could not go beyond the contents of this letter , which was followed by another from the plaintiff to the defendant , demanding money for Miss Francis . In fact , his conduct evinced his total destitution of all moral and manly feeling . The learned counsel was then about to advert to the evidence on the part of the plaintiff , and the discrepancies and contradictions involved in it ; but before he had proceeded very far , a communication was made to him , upon which he ( Mr . Cockburn ) stated , that he understood \\ U learned friend ( Serjeant Jones ) had resolved to abandon the plaintiff's case . This was no more than he ( Mr . Cockburn ) anticipated must take place , when he proved the plaintiff's letters . Under those circumstances he was spared from the painful duty of proving what he certainly was about to do , that the plaintiff was the pander to his own wife ' s dishonour . A verdict wa ; then taken for tlie defendant . — ' i .
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Cm of Lo ^ dos . —The public discussion will be resumed at the Hall , 1 , Turnagnin-lahe , on Sunday morning next , ' February 16 th , at half-past ten . In the afternoon , at three precisely , the Metropolitan District Council will assemble ;' and in the evening , at seven , Mr . C . Doyle will leetuve . ;! Someks Towii . —Oh Sunday evening next , Mr . C . Doyle will deliver a public lecture , to commence at nine precisely , at the Bricklayers' Anns , Tonbridgestreet , Cromer-street . The Members of the Somers Town locality arc re « Quested to meet on Sunday evening next , at Mr . Duddridge ' s , Tonbridge-strcet , -New-road , nt seven o ' clock precisely . .
Cambeiiwem . Xm > VvALwoimr . —A meeting wiJI be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , February 17 th , at eight precisely . llAMMEnsMiin . —A meeting will be held at the Bun Cow , Uroofc Green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , February 18 th , at eight precisely . . Chelska . — Mr . M'Grath will lecture at the Cheshire . Cheese , Grosvenor-row , on Sunday evening next , February 16 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . Leeds . —Mr . C . Doyle -will lecture in tlie Bazaar , Briggatc , on Sunday the 23 rd inst . ... Sooth Lancashire Meeting . —The next meeting of tlie South Lancashire Delegates will be held on Sunday ; February 23 rd , in the Chartist room , Charlestown , Ashton-undcr-Lyne ; at ten o ' clock ia the morning . ¦
Hebdex Bridojs . —Two lectures will be delivered in the Association room on Sumky evening next , at two o ' cloek in tlie afternoon , and six in the evening , by Wm . Dixon , of Manchester . NbTTixGirAM . —On Sunday evening next , a public meeting will-be held in the Democratic Chapel , at six o ' clock in the evening . —The Operative Hall Building ; Committee will meet at the Pheasant , Charlotte-street , next Sunday afternoon , at five o ' clock . . - . ¦ -. . ¦ ROCHDALE / -Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , will deliver two lectures next Sunday , at tw o in the afternoon , and six , in the evening , at the Association room , Mill-street . BinMi . tGHAM . —Mr . T . Clark will lecture on Sunday next , February 16 th , at the Democratic Chapel , Thorp-street , at hall-pas , t six in the evening .
. ! Lojjgton Potteries . —Mr . T . Clark will lecture at Longton on Monday , the 17 th inst . ; and at Hanley , Tuesday , the 18 th . Macclesfiem ) . —On Wednesday next'Mr . Clark , of tlie Executive , will lecture in the Chartist-room , Stanley-street ; to commence at eight o ' clock . Sheffield , —A lecture will he delivered ia the room , Fig Tree-lane , on Sunday , Fob ., 10 , to commence at , half-past six ; There is , ' in connection with the above room ,. an excellent , library ; consisting of upwards ¦• of" 300 volumes . Persons jjecoming members of the ' Association may have' tlie ' benefit of the library . ' ; ' ; , ! , Wakefield . —The Chartists pf ' Wakefield are requested to meet in tho room , George and Crown-yard , on Suiiday evening next , Fob . 10 ., , .. "
Dewsburt . —Tlie next Dewsbury district meeting will be held in the Chartist-room , Dewsbury , on Sunday , the 10 th inst ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon . 'Oi . pHAM . T-On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . F . A . Taylor will lecture in the Chartist-rooin , Greaves-street , at six o'clock in the evening . . [ " w / , j . Leicesteb . —The . . members . pLtUc-Hamyden bca » lity will hold their usual weekly , meeting tor discussion at Mr . Oades ' s room , on Sunday , next , at halfpast six o ' clock . . . '''"' ,
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MANCHESTER . Lectuse , —A public meeting of the Chartists of this town was held-on the evening of Sunday last , to hear a lecture on " Trades' Unions" by Mr . J . Leach . The lecture was well attended , notwithstanding the severe inclemency of the weather . Mr . O'Connor was present . . Mr . Leach was introduced to the meeting , and in hig usual eloquent manner address-ed iha . audience upon the all important subject of Trades ' Unions . At the conclusion of Mr . Leach ' s lecture , the chaiman introduced Mr . . O'Connor to the meeting , who was _ greeted with rapturous applause , which , having ¦ subsided , he addressed the meeting upoa various topics for upwards of an hour and a , half , and resumed his seat amid repeated rounds of applause . Mr . W . Dixon moved the following resolution : — "That we , the Chartists of Manchester , in public meeting assembled , ' do hereby record our unshaken confidence -in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Mr . James Leach , and further , that we tender them our heartfelt thanks for their past sei-vices in the people ' s cause , and likewise for the instructive addresses they have delivered on the present occasion . " ' Tlie resolution was seconded by Mr . Renshaw , and on being put from the chair was carried unanimously , accompanied with loud and long continued cheer . « . The thanks cf the audience were then given to the cliair * man , and the meeting dissolved . Lambethhead-grees . —Mr . Dixon has been lecturing here on Chartism . Several new members were enrolled .
BRADFORD . Lkctuiik . —On Sunday evening Mr . Joseph Alderson lectured in the large room , on the organization of the Trades , and ! the principles of the people ' s 'Charter ^ , On . Friday last the working men ' s anticbrporation committee met in their room , when it was unanimously resolved , that the cominitteo use every exertion in opposing the incorporation of Bradford , as a municipal borough . -
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' birth . Thomas Slingsby Duncombe Floyd , born at Depttordoa tho 4 th of January , and registered as above on the 21 st- ult . . ¦ - . ill :, : o DEATHS . On Thui-sday , Feb . Oth , after a short but painful illness , Sclina ; wife of Mr . Thomas Simnitt , pipemanufacturer ,, aged twenty-seven . yell's / deeply regretted by a large circle of friends . .. ¦ ¦¦> : A . Veteran . —We . have ' this week ) to record tha death of Mr . Andrew Franklin , of 'I ' . ndstock-stroet , CoYcnt-gnvdcn , iiihls ninetieth yeart ^ Nearly seventy yeai-s since Mr . Franklin commenced Iti 3 , literary In bours in connexion with the Morning Pott newspaper , and subsequentlyjoined tho Morning Advertiser , where he continued till old ajre conipcllcij hiip , ' . 'A few yeiiS'S since , to abandon his editorial duties ' , ! and retire into private life ,-taking with liini tlicj j eppqctj and esteem of all who had , . the pleasure of . l : \ Sj flpquaintaKce . — Morning Advertiser . .: ; ii ' . i . iik * wi
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1302/page/5/
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