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      " THE PEOPLE ' S MAGAZINE A MON 1 HLY . JOUliNAL OP RELIGION , POLITICS , AND LITERATURE , EDITED BY JOSEPH RAYNER STEPHENS . " n ONTENTS -. —Thoughts on the Times—Homely U Headings from the Holy Book—The Old English Yeoman ( Poetry)—The Monk , a Tale from the Swedish of Karl Aug . Nicander—The Crumb Basket : or , Scraps from my Letter Drawer-

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      BLINDNESS . MR . BAXTER , Oculist , may be consulted daily at No . 37 , Warren Street , Copperas Hill , Liverpool , upon all cases of OPHTHALMIA , or Inflammations , Specks , &c , Amaurosis , jor Dimness of Sight , without Blisters , Bleeding , Seton , Issues , or any restraint of Diet , or Business .

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      NEW YEAR'S DAY . "We most earnestly request that all the Associations will Bead us condensed reports of the New 1 ear's Day meetings early in the week , and so correct that even friend Alport Bhall have no cause for fault finding . _

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      FKOK OtfB . L 0 XD 05 <» REESPONDBJCr . Thursday Evening , Decemler 31 , Quarter-past Seven , NoiHDfG Astib !—This , the last day of the year 1840 , is dropping ; Dto the abyss of " time gone by , - * Tery placidly ; indeed , everybody eeems to " be anxiously -watching for its exit , ' for such is the dulness of badness prevalent for the last few days tt the metropolis , that , in the Irishman ' s phrase , there is nothing stirring but stagnation ; " while , as regards the quidnuncs' occupation , there are no dreadrul murders , " alarming fires , " nor even daring robberies , " worth speakiny of ; but both of so insignificant a calibretba : the business of" the

      , dreadful _ accident " -owA-pr , who mu 3 t live , IB 3 embles , just now , the occupation of a spider , — spinning lines out of himself , to procure food . Dibdhfs song , " How hard it is to write ; " bui he never knew what it was to feel called upon to tcrite , "when General ListUssness had laid sit ^ s upon the town , and placed an embargo on all topics that can be wruten about . Next wcek , however , this state « f . aifairs must chanse ; society will make the liners' the amende honourable ; ana ntwspap ^ r writers will have plenty to do iii the way of" taking BOtes , " ( not those of the old lady of Threadneedie Street ) , while newspaper readers will be well employed in converting those note ? into specie .

      Fire—On Christmas night , a fire that threatened considerable desrrnction of property broke out in the Ravrstone-srreet , ClerkenwelJ , at the back o the spacious premises in Si . Jo . in-s-treet road , and oppoate Sadler ' s Wells Theatre . The origin of the fire is traced to carelessness on thcpart of a case-maker ' s * ppremiee leaving a lighted candle among shaving ^ to « muff of the candle having burnt to surh a length as to create a thief , and ultimately to set fire to the _ ch . ps , &c-, near it . Happily , by the exertions of the neighbours , Uiy damage " was confined to the workshop in which it originated .

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      tOUGEBOROPGH . —This town and neighbourhood ¦ niH attend , with their breihren throughout the eonnty , to the important business of Frost , Williams , and Jones' recalL They axe going to meet n Monday , the 4 th , fer that purpose , on which occasion they are to have a procession in honour of that noble patriot , Mr . John Collins , who is to attend and address the meeting . The Council hare keen attending to this business for the las ; fortnight . They hope to see on that day , all friesds of the cause « f right against might . The number of members keeps increasing . 2 > 2 XGHTOV«—On Monday morning last , the adjourned ducuseion of * a repeal of the Corn Laws nader present circumstances , was again resumed at the Wool Packs Inn , Deighton . An animated as highly-spirited discussion took place , which lasted ¦ bMI eleven o ' clock .

      On Mokdit week , at the same plaoe , the question for discussion is to be can the Chartists obtain m » Charter , without the aid of the middle classes . "

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      KEXGHIiET . Cohmon Ikfohmebs , On Saturday last , a disgraceful attempt to fine the bewsellers , by means of the spy-sy 8 tem , took place at the Skipton Petty Sessions , which fortunately ended in the defeat of the spies and their employers , the old publicans . The parties employed in this low affair were John Smith , of Little Horton , John Wade , of Bramley , and Wm . Wade , of Pudsey , being i& portion of a company of miscreants under the command of the notorious Harrison . SHEFF 1 BLD .-A Social Tea Party was held in this town , on the 28 th . The room was tastefully

      decorated , and after appointing a zealous young chairman , the following toasts was given : —Sovereignty of the People ; O'Connor , Frost , Williams , and Jones , the company sitting in death-like silence for two minutes . Whig Victims , Lovett , Collins , and O'Brien ; Chartist Press ; the People ' s Leaders . The evening was spent in the greatest -harmony , Beveral excellent songs , and recitations were given by Messrs . Buxton , Holmshaw , Frown , &c . At theconclusion three times three was given for O'Connor , three for O'Brien , and three for the Whig Victims . The meeting broke up at a late hoar , highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings

      HTJIi . —Catholic Guild and Total Abstinence SccitiY . —The members of these two important and flourishing societies walked in procession from the Cathoiic School-room , C&nuing-street , to the Catholic Chapel , Jarrat-street , on Chrismas Day , in order to c&lebrate , in a becoming manner , the relicious rites connected with that solemnity . High Mass was celebrated by the Rev . J . Cannaty , and an excellent discourse was delivered , after the reading of jhe first Gospel , by the Rev . J . Render . The text was from the Luke ii , 13 and 14 . Af * er the sermon , the members of the procession , and several others partook of the Holy Sacrament , aud at the conclusion of High Mass , the Rev . Joseph Render , standing in front of the altar , addressed a few words

      to the candidates for admission into the Total Abstinence Society ; exhorting them to consider the obligation into which they were about to enter , as a sacrifice to the honour and glory of Almighty God , ana charging them to keep it inviolate and unspotted . He then , in the most solemn manner , administered the pledge to such persons as had eome prepared to take it . The appearance of the precession wa 3 well calculated to do credit to those who composed it . The members of the Guild , headed by Mr . T . Marshall , the wardea , aud Mr . Terony , the burser , were arrayed in black cloaks , with crimson capes . The members of the Temperance Society wore white collars and medals . The whole formed a

      striking picture of the benefits resulting from habits of temperance and economy . As the recent formation of the Guiid has called public attention to those aacient institutions , perhaps the following notice , copied from a document in the Trinity House , which his been handed to us by a young lady , may possess some degree of iuterest : — " 1 h the . name of God , Amen . On the 4 th day of the month of June , in ihe year of our Lord 1369 , beiug the 3 rd of Edwd . 111 ., was be ^ un a certa ' . u fraternity called the Guild of Holy Trinity of Kingston-upon-Hull . The members to pay two shillings in silver a-year , by four equal payments , and if any person be irreligious or defraud the said fraternity , we will that two pounds of wax be taken of h . m in aid of the said Guild . We order aud

      s : rii-t ! y enjoin that all of us be present at the church of Holy Trinity , as well as to carry the candle of our Guild ( aa the custom is ) , not absenting or excusing ourselves under the penalty of one pound of was , to be paid , &c . When any of the brothers or sisters of the said Guild shall die , all the brothers and sisters shall be present at the dirge , and at Mass making offerings then for the soul of the deceased , at least within the first week . If any member becomes infirm and not able to support himself or herself , he or she shall receive of the goods of the Guild every week eightecnpence , a nd at the fea- > t of St . Martin , one tunic and a little cap . " " In I 4 o 6 , a priest was supported in Trinity Church to say Mass daily aud yearly for ever , and a requiem , as the mari&eTa could rarely attend religious duties . " To the originals , iu the Trirr . ty House , the names of the founders are appended . —Correspondent .

      Independent Cedes of Odd Fellows , iokkshire Unity . —On Sunday , December 2 Hh , 1840 , upwarJs of two hundred of the brethren belonging : ¦¦ the above unity , assembled at the Lodge held at H . > 3 i Levees , Paul Pry Tav < -rn , wheu a solemn address was delivered by G . M . Hanby , to the brethren , on the occa * i <> n of the deatu of Brother Nicholson , of the Loyal Kingston Lodge , No . 4 , Hull District ; afa r which , they proceeded to the house of their deceased brother , to pay the last tribute of re .-peet , bv foliowitg his mortal remains , accompauied by solemn aad appropriate music , to tneburial ground belonging to the Hoiy Trinity Cnurch . After the funeral rites were performed by the worthy Vicar , the usual ceremony was read by D . G . M . Webster , during which iht- p-eatest order and decorum was observed , after wjiicii they walked in procession to the above-Daat-d lodge , and then departed to their respective homes .

      Adjourned Inquest on the Body of Sarah Jane Thistleton . —On Saturday morning the aujourucd inques ; on the body of Sarah Jane Thisilemn , who wa 3 killed by the accident at the Old Djck Bridge , Hull , on Monday week , was held at ihe Mansion House . The jury , after deliberating for above half an hour , re : urncd a verdict of "Manslaughter" against William Walker , the driver of the mail coach . The foreman of the jury also made the following statementiof opinion ou behalf of himself aud other jurors : — " That this jury feel it their duty to express their opinion of the inefficiency of the Old

      D ^ ck Bri dge for so important a thoroughfare , and that they think the Dock Company would , on a representation being made to them , see the necessity of widening it so as to allow of two carriages passing at the same time ; and this jury would also submit to the council of the borough that i % would be desirable to have a bye-law passed restricting the passing of carnages over the said bridge for from three to five minutes after it has been lowered , so long as it remains in its present iueffioient state , and that ibe carriages should be compelled to pass over in a line , and in the order in which they arrive . "

      BAE . NSLEY . —On Saturday last , according to announcement . Frank Mirfieid ' s dinner came off at Mr . Pickering ' s Union Inn . There were a good muster oi friends , and the dinner reflected thehigh- _>« credit on the worthy hostess . After the cloth wa = * removed , Fiaiik Mir field arose , briefly thanking the meeting for their kind friendship , and delivered a most impressive lecture on the brutal and tyrannical trea ; m-Ji > i which natives of Britain receive in these wretched islands . We do hope that the Executive will take poor Mirfieid's case in hand , and have his lecture primed , so a < to enable him , after his ten years of toil and suffering , to procure himself a livelihood .

      Serious Accident and Loss op Life . —On Monday night , n boy eight years of age , son of Mr . C . Osborue , coachman to Mr . Joseph Woodruff . Barasley , went out for a shovel full of coals , and fd . 1 into a well , which was close to the door , and was drowned . BIRMINGHAM — The National Charter Association hfcld their weekly meeting in the Socialist Hall , Lawrence-street , on Tuesday , the 28 : h ult . j Mr . Rouse in the chair . The minutes of the last meeting being read and confirmed , Mr . Candy delivered an able and talented leciure on the Charter , and the necessity of uniting in the cause of freedom .

      He spoke more than an hour and a half , and sat down with much applause . Mr . Southwell , of London , the Socialist lecturer , addressed the meeting . A letter being read from our tried and unflinching champion , the caged lion of York , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., it was moved and seconded " That a vote ol thanks should be given to that noble of nature , for the encouraging letter just read . " It was then moved and seconded , " That a rote of thanks be givtn to the two lecturers ; " which were given with great applause . After the lecture , many persons came forward and enrolled themselves , and took their cards of membership .

      Frost , w illiams and Jones . —The general committee of Birmingham held its usual weekly meeting at the Jerusalem Chapel School Room , Newhall SLreet , on Tuesday evening last . Mr . H . Green ia the chair . Mr . Frank Mirfield was duly elected an honorary member of this committee . Mr . Roper was duly elected a member of the committee . Communications were received from a number of places . The Demonstration Committee has closed tts labours , and the assembling on New Year ' s Day , at Holloway Head , will , for arrangement , be equal to any held there . The town is well placarded ; no useless expence has been gone into ; and the committee trust the whole country will remit their Burplus funds forthwith , to the treasurer , J . Guest , bookseller , S ; eclhouse Lane , and all communications . The committees' balance-sheet is deferred on account of the excessive labour of the secretaries .

      Mrs . Roberts . —Cash received by James Guest , 93 , Steelhouse Lane , Birmingham , for Mrs . Roberts £ s . d . Acknowledged in Star , Dec . 19 4 2 8 B . Smith 0 2 6 Alloa , centre of districts ..... 0 13 0 Manchester , per Shorrocks 0 19 9

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      £ 5 17 11 MANSFIELDe—On Christmas morning , be tween two and three o ' clock , one of Messrs . Hollina and Co . ' b mills was discovered to be on fire , reducing the whole to a mass of smoking ruins in a few hours , and it was with difficulty that the book in the counting house was snatched from the devouring flame . On Tuesday evening , Mr . Mason , the Midland Counties' Lecturer , delivered an address in the Chartist meeting house , at the top « f Rock Valley . Mr . Jameson informed the audience that ft public meeting would be held on New Year's Day , on behalf of Frost , Williams and Jones . Thanks being voted to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting separated . On Monday evening , the members of the Teetotal Society held a social meeting at Mr . Fenton's Temperance Hotel , Stockwell Gate . Eighty sat down to an excellent tea .

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      TODMOBDX 9 T . —Ancient Fobestkbs . —On Friday , December , 25 , the members and brothers of the Court Goshen , No . 520 , of the Ancient Order of Foresters , held their anniversary at their Court house , the York Tavern Inn , Todmorden , when abont 210 individuals sat down to an excellent and substantial dinner . HOCHDAUB . —Sunday Lectures . —In the afternoon , Mr . Smethurat , of Oldham , lectured on the position , prospects , and claims of the working classes

      to enfranchisement , and in the evening , Mr . Tillman , of Manchester , on organisation , the duties of the Executive and Local Counoils . The lectures were attended by numerous and reapeotable # udiences , who seemed deeply interested in the masterly exposition each subject underwent . Since the adoption of weekly lectures , Chartism has made gigantic strides here , fresh members are enrolled each week , and the Association is now stronger than at any former period . Mr . Greaves lectures on Sunday next , in the afternoon .

      Accident . About five o ' clock on Tuesday morning last , as a boy named Wm . Mort , aged ten years , was proceeding to fetch his father ' s jacket from an inner apartment with a lighted candle , ho accidentally dropped the candle into a barrel containing 36 *; bs . of gunpowder ; the whole instantly exploded and blew the roof off the house , besides damaging the adjoining buildings . The boy was fuuud amongst the ruins in an adjoining garden , dreadfully burned and mutilated , aud died in great a ^ ony at nine o ' clock on the following morning .

      HUDDERSFIELD . —On Tuesday evening , at the meeting of the National Charter Association , held in their roam , Manchester Street , after the subscriptions were received , and the enrolment of a number of new members from the out districts , arrangements were made for the meeting ou | New Year ' s Day , and the missions of Mr . Leech into this distr ict , u \ ras agreed that he should visit and leelure at Smithy Place , to give an opportunity to all the district around Houley , and otuor places in the utiii ' . buurhood .

      Cc -it House , Dec . 22 nd . —This day , a case of bastar < : y , of rather a novel nature , came before the BencL . A young -woman , named Sarau Steel Brook , of Long wood , was delivered of an illegitimate child in July last , to Samuel Brooke , son of Thomas Brooke , listing jiiiiktr aud cloth manufacturer , of the same place . Floyd appeared for the female , and Mr . Barker for Samuel Brooke . It may not be out of place here to remark that there was very visible signs of a conspiracy to prevent the young woman affiliating , and that after ner examination , ( the order being signed by a number of Guardians ) one of their number found that lie had done so inadvertently , and represented the young woman in an odious light to a few Guardians , and informed them that the young

      man ' s father was a very rtspectable man j that he told Lis son if he would teli him whether the child MTa his or not , he should tuiuk no worse of him ; and that the youth told him it was not , which vras quitu proof enough that it was ; iot his ; by thin and other suitements he induced two Guardians , along with himself , to scratch out the signatures they had ju ? t made , thus spoiling the order . Another order was prepared . The following week , after some explanation why the other was so indecently spoiled , and after the Chairman had declared that he hoped that such conduct would not be repeated while he rvas there , it was stated that the real cause was that the Guardian alluded to had a daughter married to the uncle of the

      youth , that both families worship at Saladine Nook Chapel , and were alarmed lest a stain should be inflicted ou one of their members , and , through him , on the body of Baptists . All means were tried to influence those in the employment of any of the families , and to restrain thtin from giving evidence in favour of the young -woman . Tue doings are so extensive that it would require a volume to explain it ; therefore , suffice it to say , that after an hour of contention before tha Bench , and much special pleading , false swearing , and indecent questioning , and consequent mirth , the magistrates decided that Samuel Walker should pay live sLillings per week for the month , and two shillings Per week after .

      Inquest . —An inquest was held on Monday last , on the . body of Mary Garside , of Linthwane , a pauper , who actually died from want . The deceased was receiving Is . Gd . per week . HAWORTH . —Lecture . —On Monday evening , D . cerabrr i . ' 8 th , Air . William Holmes , of this plaer , denvtrcd a public lecture on " Geography , " in tho bap f i > t School Room , West Lane , in the couri-e of which he made 6 ome s : lly remarks about the Chart ' i 3 ts . West Riding Council Mketi . no . —The We 3 t-Ridiug Council held their meeting oa Sunday last , D-. 'C . " 27 th , in the National Charter Association ivoom , over the co-operative store , Dewabury , when it was resolved , " That a requisition bo got up , and presented io the Lurd-Lieuteuant of the county of Y ' ork , requesting him to call a publio meetinc , for

      the purposo ot memorialising her Majesty to dismiss her present Ministers ( the people having no confidence in them ) , ^ nd call to her council men who wul make the People ' s Charter the law of the land . That we form a comuiiitee of management , and that the following persons compose the said committee : — Rev . Wia . Hul , Messrs . Uobson , Gardner , lllingworth , Jones , White , Garuett , Myers , and Kuowles . Mr . Geo . While to act as secretary , and Mr . J . ! iobb ^ u . Northern Star office , to be the treasurer . That it is tne opinion of this meeting that no person oii ^ lr- to git iu the Executive Council who is not a member of the National Charter Association . That the nexi Council meeting be held on Sunday , the 17 th oi Jauuajy , 1841 , in the National Charter Association , Fisb Shambles , Leeds , at ten o ' clock in the movuiug . " Alter a vote of thauks was givun to ihe C ; . a > man , the meeting separated .

      Dewsburt District . —Mr . Leech , from Manchester , the West Riding missionary , visited this district last week . On Wednesday cveniug , Dec . 23 rd , he lectured at Gawthorpe ; on Thursday evening , at Wakeiield ; on Friday ( Cnristmas Day ) , at Dewsbury , in the National Charter Association Room , when tho room was crowded to suffocation ; ou Saturday , at Batley ; on Sunday evening again at Dewsbury ; and on jlonday evening , at Caickenlcy . Mr . Leech has given great satisfaction in this district . BEADFORD ,- \ Ve understand the admirers of Ta <> m-j . i tamo will meet at ihe house of Mr . Goldsborough , Goodmanser . d , on Saturday evening , the 2 nd instant , at eight o ' clock , for the purpose ol making arrangements for having a dinner on the " 29 th of January , in commemoration of the birth-day of that noblo of nature . — Correspondent .

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      On Saturday , the 19 th nit , between eight and nine , as > I . Vincent Million , a- merchant of Lyons and deputy inayoi of La Guillctiere , was returning home with his sun , a lad of ten years of age . whom he had been to fetch , and was not far from his residence , he was suddenly accosted on the CJuai de Hutz by three men , one of whom , looking him plump in the face , exclaimed , " Here ' s our bankrupt" M . Million instantly observed that there must be some mistake , as he had never been

      a bankrupt , but bis observation was unheeded , and the other replied , " T ? o , no , we are not mistaken ; we will make you pay your debts . " These -words were n » sooner said than one of the ruffians knocked down young Million , while a comrade treated his father in a similar manner . When M . Million-was down the throe villains caught hold of him and carried him off to the river , and placed him , in spite of bis resistance and cries , on boaTd a small boat , -which had been lying there for tht > six days previous , and rowed down the stream as fast as they coald go .

      The victim ' s shouts , " help , murder , " soon spread alarm along the banks of the river , and the sentinel on duty at the Pont du Concert , ordtred the men to land , if they did not -wish to be fired at The men merely said that they were going to stop at La Guillotiere , and , heedless of the threat which the sentinel had ma < -e , and which he could not execute , his musket not being loaded , continued to row on . The stifled cries of M . Million were still heard opposite the Customhouse , bnt that was the last time . The Lyons journals , and private Recounts of the 23 rd , afford us the following details of the treatment of M . Million after he was carried off : —

      " The boat in which he was placed , on reaching Ternay , was run on shore . He was made to land , and taken into a vineyard , where he was compelled to write to his wife , desiring her net to send the police in search of him , as his life depended on her remaining quiet Foot-marks in the snow and a candle end were left , and indicated that a halt had been made at this spot , but no further traces could be discovered . Between eleven and twelve o ' clock , the same night , the four confederates arrived at a public-house , in a lonely situation near Ternay , much frequented by smugglers and other persons of bad repute . Here M . Million was taken down into the cellar , and bound to a stake , while the chief of the band , a dealer in wood at Taise , named Poncet , stood over him with a hatchet , another being near him , while the remaining two kept watch upon the master of the house , who was not in the secret . It was in this cellar ,. and under threats of instant death , that N . Million wrote a letter to his

      wife , desiring her to send 10 , 000 f . for his ransom . This was to be transmitted by a man belonging to Yaise , who was described , and who was to wait near the Pont de Givors , when the obscurity of the night would admit of the exchange of the prisoner for the money without discovery . In the mean time the master of the public-house , having beard of the disappearance of M . Million , and suspecting his guests , became alarmed , and contrived to give information to a garde champetre , who immediately conveyed it to the gendarmerie at Givors . The quartermaster immediately hastened with his men to the house , and , having completely surrounded it , broke open the door of the cellar , and found Poncet still standing over bis prisoner with the hatchet He was quickly disarmed and secured . M . Million , who was bound hand and foot on a miserable bed , was ot course released . Unfortunately the three accomplices of Pon-« et contrived to effect their escape . Madame Million wm in the utmost anxiety aa to the means of trans

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      mitting the ransoni , the man who brought the letter haying refused to undertake the charge , when a gendarme arrived in fall speed from Givors , with the news of the delivery of her husband . At nine in the evening , M . Million was in the arms of his family . " The ReparuUur ef Lyons states that Poncefc arrived there in the morning of the 20 th , and was immediately forwarded to prison at Roanne . Poncet is the nun against whom M . Million , as judge of the Tribunal of Commerce , delivered a decree , and for which he bore him a grudge .

      The master of the public-house to which M . Million was carried , accustomed to receive suspicious characters , seemed to take no notice of the victim , but assisted in conveying him down into the cellar , and fastening him to a girder in the wall . Poncet here made himself for the first time known to M . Million , stood over him with his hatchet , arid , in the most opprobrious and gross terms , threatened to murder him , and throw him into the Rhone , or bury him in the cellar , if he did not secure to him 50 , 01 ) 0 francsone half the sum which , as Poncet pretended , he had

      been robbtd of by unjust judgment M . Million , however , firmly resisted , and fifteen hours after his capture , that is in the middle of the next day , he was removed into an upper chamber , and offered some nourishment , but he declined taking anything but a glass of wine . Poncet then allowed him to lie down on a bed , still remaining by h La side armed with the hatchet Notwithstanding all the horrors of his situation , M . Million , exhausted by bodily and mental fatigue , slept for a short time . Poncet afterwards reduced his demand to the 10 , 009 franc 3 , far which M . Million consented to sent the order to bis wife .

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      wmm- _ , . ¦ . ¦ ... ¦ . ! - , 1-j- ^ . m Jij ^ n ^ i ^ fcw i ¦ Hiii- Af ^ > 'Jij'j' r * - r ' . r -t - ¦ DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN RATCLIFFH 1 GHWAY . TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A LARGE SUGAR-HOUSESEVERAL OF THE F [ RE BRIGADE SERIOUSLT IMJURED . On Saturday morning , about eight o ' clock , a most dreadful and destructive fire broke out in the immense pile of buildings forming the sugar-bouse of Messrs . Goodhart and Son in Katclifl' -highway . They were eight or nine stories in height , and overlooked the entire neighbourhood . It appears that at six o ' clock in the morning the workpeople came to work , and at half-past seven o ' clock left the premises to go to breakfast , at which time the place seemed perfectly safe . All of them left except one , who had his breakfast

      brought to him , and while he was partaking of it in some adjoining premises , he discovered smoke issuing from one of the third floor windows of that part of the sugar-house facing Pennington-Street and the London Docks . He instantly ran to a public-house in the neighbourhood , where his fellow-workmen were at breakfast , and told them of the circumstance , adding , he feared that the place was on fire . They at first considered it as impossible , but proceeded to the spot , and , to their astonishment , found the whole of the third floor of the building in flames . They attempted to get on to the floor , but they found it entirely impracticable , and they were compelled to run out of Ute premises for their lives . The alarm was immediately raised in the neighbourhood , and the

      scene that followed amongst tbe inhabitants and the people living near the spot is beyond description . Hundreds rushed to render assistance , but so fierce were tbe flames , that it was out of all human power to arrest their progress . They extended from story to story with amaaing rapidity , and within 20 minutes the whole of the upper portion of the building presented one entire blaze . The moment that the alarm was given , information was carried by one of the inhabitants to the fire brigade station in VVell-close-square , which is situate within 200 yards of the fire . The engiuts were turned out , aud immediately proceeded to the spot . Thwy were as soon as possible got into operation , but the firemen hod considerable difficulty in obtaining a position to play into the fire , inconsequence

      of the loftiness of the building and its confined situation . In a few minutes after the arrival of the abovenamed engino , a powerful body of the H division of police camo up , headed by their superintendent , Mr . Pearce , and numerous inspectors of the division . They cieared the streets adjacent to tbe spot , and blockaded them up , for the purpose of allowing ample room for the operation of the firemen . Shortly after the engine and brigade men from tbe station in Jeffrey-cquara , arrived , and other aid from Watling-street , Schoolhouse-lane , Whitecross-street , Farringdon-street , Holborn , Southwark-bridge-road , and Morgan-lane stations , reached the scene of destruction very shortly after . Numerous other engines belonging to the parish of St . George-in-tbe-East , and the London and St . Katharine's Docks , arrived on the spot in the meantime , and were brought to play on the burning property .

      Lon « , before nine o ' clock the sugar-hou-e , from the basement to the roof , was on fire ; and although by that period no fewer than twelve large engines were throwing their utmost power into the building , it seemed to have not the slightest effect At about nine it was discovered that the flames had extended to the dwellinghouse of Mr . Goodhart , No . 2 , in KatcHff-highway , and also to the counting-house ami dwelling of the foreman of the premises adjoining . These premises were three stories high , and in kss than a quarter of an hour they were burned to the ground . Tho appearance of the fire by ten o ' clock was most alarming , and threatened the neighbourhood with destruction ; but in half au hour after , the firemen got the better of the terrible element , and prevented it occasioning further

      destruction than above stated . The engines , however , continued to throw torrents of water on the flames during the day . A frightful accident occurred at about ten minutes past nine o ' clock , by the eastern wall of the sugar-house giving way , and falling on several firemen , who were beneath . The poor fellows , four ^ in number , namely , Robert Loader , belonging to WaUins-s ' reet station ; Richard Harris , Joseph Arkhole , and another belonging to Well-close-square , were standing under au extensive shed , belonging to Mr . Branton , ginger-beermaker , adjoining Mr . Goodhart ' s premises , directing the stream from the encine branches into the sugarhouse , through tho lower windows of tha premises . They were warned that the wall waa falling , and they were endeavouring to escape , when the whole wall came down and buried them under the roof of the

      shed . It was nearly a quarter of au hour before the poor fellows could be dug out of the ruins owing to the intense heat Leader was dreadfully crushed and burned , and one of his legs broken in several places . The others were also greatly injured and burner ] , and they were all immediately taken to Guy ' s Hospital , where they still remain . Loader has had the broken leg amputated . He is a young man , and but recently married . Since the above was written an inquiry has been gone into by the insurance offices as to the cause of the Sre . It appears that there has been no fire in the sugar-house for several days past , nor have there been any lights whatever in the building . Suspicions are entertained that the fire has not been an accident The loss is very great ; it is estimated at £ 25 , 000 . The property is insured to the extent of £ 16 , 000 in the Scottish Union aud Imperial fire offices .

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      IRELAND . Appalling Catastrophe and Outrage in Dublin . —A circumstance of a most fatal and horrifying iiature took place on tho morning of Christmas Day , in the Catholic Church of St . Nicholas Without , Francis-Btreet , Dublin . At the first mass , which was celebrated , according to custom on that festival , at six o ' clock iu the morning , an alarm was given by some ruffian or ruffiaus that the gallery was falling ; and the inhuman miscreant who originated the cry at tho same instant broke a stick , which

      he had concealed about him , to make it appear that one of the beams had cracked . This took place at the most solemn period of the sacrifice—the church being as the time densely crowded—and in a moment a scene of indescribable confusion ensued . Some unfortunate people jumped from the gallery , and a dreadful rush was made by all towards the doors ; a great number were trampled under foot , and severely injured ; and we hear with pain thai five or six persons have actually been killed on the spot , or have since died of their bruises .

      Temperance in the North . —The temperance movement is gradually spreading in Ulster . A considerable number of persons adopted the pledge last week in the counties of Down and Cavan . O'Connell ' s Popularity . —Not five Liberal merchants of standing in Belfast will meet Mr . O'Conntll at a repeal dinner . The Catholic Primate has refused to attend such a dinner , and the vast majority of the Catholic clergy and gentlemen of Ulster will follow the example . —Belfast Chronicle .

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      i — ? Blindness . —We are rather surprised to learn that Mr . Baxter , the oculist , has not met with that encouragement here as will induce him to remain much longer in Liverpool . As we have taken the trouble to inquire into the merits of several cases mentioned in his advertisement , and as we have ascertained that the statements put forth are all perfectly true , we can with confidence recommend him to the notice of those afflicted with blindness . We have conversed with several of his patients , and from all we have learnt that they have recovered , or are gradually recovering their sight , by means of the remedies he

      applies . These are so simple , so easily applied , and attended with so little pain , that we should think that it amounts almost to a duty , in those who have foiendsiwho are deploring the loss of sight , to place them under his care . One man he has now under his care , iwhom we have seen , has been blind for many years , and can now just discern a piece of money at a few feet distance . We are quite confident that if Mr . Baxter were to be taken by the hand by a few influential persons , it would be found that he is able to fulfil whatever he professes . He is a plain kind of man , but his system is , we think , founded upon truth , and truth cannot en . —Liverpool Stan .

      Christmas Cheer to the Poor . —The inmates in the Workhouse belonging to the Richmond Union were on Christmas-day plentifully supplied , according to the old English custom , with roast beef and p lant padding—not at the expenoe of the Union , but by a subscription from a few of the benevolent inhabitants of that borough .

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      Murder of owe Child , and aw Attempt oh Another . —Thirteen weeks ago , a child ot George Simpson , a respectable inhabitant of this town ( Dunfermline ) took ill one afternoon , * nd died before two o ' clock . The child was a girl of six years of age , and had always been very healthy , and although cut off so suddenly , ho suspicion seems to have entered tbe minds of any , that there bad been foul play , until the beginning of last week , when a y ^ uBggirl , the sister of the deceased , aged ten . years , having been most brutally beaten and abused * by B . tty —— , a woman who has acted as servant maid to George Simpson for two yean , his wife beingdead , went and complained to a neighbour , and finally , by persuasion , threats , and promises , disclosed the following

      piece of monstrous cruelty and barbarism : —Th irteeu weeks ago she was sent by Betty to a dyer's , nimed Wilson , for a quantity of blue vitriol , professedly to dye a shawl ; she afterwards , on the day her sifter died , saw the wrctoh put some of it into her brother ' s and sister ' s porridge . The boy took one spoonful and spat it out on his clothes , and it burned a hol

      had seen , her arms , eyes , and legs would rot off . The consequence of this threat upon so young a mind may be imagined . She has been haunted b y > trange fancies since about her legs and arms rotting off , aud it was witn difficulty she would reveal what she knew . So far the girl ' s story is correct , for the body of the murdered child was disinterred on Saturday last , and was examined by the faculty . The same poison was found in the stomach carrying on its destructive work upon the putrid mass . The dyer , Wilson , acknowledges having given the poison , and a small box containing part of it was found iu the house . The woman ia in gaol , and has undergone an examination before the sheriff , and , wo believe , will be fully committed for trial . —Stirling Observer .

      Extensive Fire at Chatham—Threb Tuousasd Pounds' worth of Propkrty Deitroykd—Chatham , Sunday Night . —This morning , about two o ' clock , the inhabitants of Chatham were aroused from their beds by an alarm of " fire , " which was raised by the watchmen patroling the High-street . A number of the townspeople proceeded in the direction of Hammond-place , and it was discovered that an immense body of smoke was rising from the extensive establishment of Mr . Daniel West , a linen and woollen draper , who carried on a very large and lucrative business in the High-street . The clouds of smoke appeared to ascend from the lower part of the premises , and in a very short time the iiames burst forth from the rear of the establishment

      with terrific fury , threatening devastation to all the surrounding property . A number of wooden tenements abutted upon the houso , and for some time it was thought that they must have inevitably been engulphed in the devouring element . It was with the utmost difficulty that the inmates of the house could be awakened to a sense of their impending danger , and tho first who presented herself was a female servant * who came down stairs in a state of nuaity , and was carried by a man into Mr . Lucas's , the Cross Keys public-house , which is directly opposite , and she was so dreadfully agitated with fright that it required strong restoratives to bring her to . Two young men in the service of Mr . West made their escape by the stairoase , which fortunately

      ran up by the Bide of the building ; and had it not been tor this easy mode of egress , the destruction of human life must have ensued . The fire had been raging nearly three quarters of an hour when the engines belonging to the Sun Fire-office and the Kent County Fire Establishment , and also the one from Colonel Best's brewery , arrived ; and , after some difficulty in obtaining water , in consequence of the severity of the frost , they commenced playiug most effectually upon the burning pile . The water was supplied in barrels brought by a number of drays from Colonel Best ' s brewery , and Mrs . Hulk ' s , the proprietress of the Chatham brewery . The progress of the flames was greatly retarded by the precaution of keeping the shop door and other inlets to

      the building closed ; but as soon as they were thrown open for tho purpose of admitting , the hose of the engines , the shop aud lower Dart of the premises presented one mass of flame . The military from the garrison were , soon after the fire was discovered , on the spot , and rendered most efficient service under the abie and excelleut arrangements of Adjutant Black . The family of Mr . West were spending tho holidays at the houso of Mr . Crundall , at Maidstone , and it is supposed that the fire originated from a selfconsuming stove in the bhop becoming over-heated , as it was perceived at nine o ' clock to be nearly red hot . An express was sent yesterday morning to acquaint Mr . West of the calamity . The valuable stock-in-trade , it is understood , is insured in the

      Phoenix Fire-office , to the amount of £ 3 , 000 , but the destruction of property is said to far exceed that amount . A portion of the property and stock was removed to tho Chest Arms Tavern , in the neighbourhood . The house belongs to a gentleman residing in Choapsirfe , London , and it is not known whether or not it is insured . At one period of the morning tears were entertained that the whole of the houses contiguous to that of Mr . West would be destroyed , as they are chiefly composed of wood . The premises of Mr . West present a fearful instance of the devastating results of ca&ualtivs by fire . —Sunday Night , eight o ' ctook , —The firo has been completely got under , and the neighbourhood has assumed its wonted quiet .

      Destructive Fire at Woolwich . —About a quarter , before one o ' clock , yesterday morning CChristmas-day ) , a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms of the houso No . 2 , Clarence-terrace , Weolwich Common , belonging to Sir William Cox , and occupied at the time by Mrs . Stvatfield . It is said the fire originated by tbe curtains of the bed igniting by corning in contact with the candle of one of the inmates about to retire to rest . On the alarm being given , Inspector Collins and constable 2 U 7 R were promptly on the spot , and endeavoured to extinguish it , but wera unable to do 60 from the want of water , on account of the intense frost . Tho fire continuing to spread , the drums of the Royal Artillery announced to the garrison that the assistance of the men was required ; and , in a very short time , the fire-engines were brought

      to the spot , ably manned by those appropriated for that purpose in case of danger . The want ol water was , however , so severely felt , that it was impossible to arrest the progress of the flames ; and tile utmost exertions were then made to secure the property , which was removed to the common , and a strong guard of the 61 st regiment placed to guard it . In addition to the engines belonging to the garrison , others arrived from London ; and a plentiful supply of water having by thai ; time been obtained , tne fire was checked , but not before it had totally destroyed four houses , and damaged two others . The sufferers by this event are Lady Maclean , No . 1 ; Mrs . Stratfield , No . 2 f , where the fire broke out ; Major Chalmers , No . 3 ; Mrs . Paterson , No . 4 ; MissWynter , No . 5 ; and Mrs . M'Ewcn , No . 6 . The greatest credit is due to all for their

      exertions on this occasion . The Largest Steamer Yet . —The Great Western Steam Ship Company are now building , at Bristol , Englaud , an iron steamer , for the New York trade , which it is said will be the largest ship ever built . We find the following particulars in relation to her in our English papors ;—She will register about 3 , 000 tons , but her actual tonnage will exceed 3 , 600 . An immense saving in stowage will be gained in conseqiietico of the adoption of iron for her hull , whilst her draught of water will be comparatively small , owing to the great buoyancy possessed by iron vessels . She will consequently

      bo able to carry coals sufficient for her outward and homeward passages . She ia to be propelled by Smith ' s screw propeller , instead of the common paddle wheels . Her engines are to be of 1 , 000 horse power , and it is confidently expected that the average voyage across the Atlantic will be reduced to ten days . She will carry a vast spread of canvass , so that in all probability the engines will frequently be at rest . The result of this gigantic experiment will be looked for with much interest . If its success equals the sanguine expectation of its projectors , other steamers will undoubtedly be immediately constructed en the same plan . —American paper .

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , December 29 . The- supplies of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market are small on account of the contrary wind keeping the vessels from the south from making their passage . New Wheat has been in good demand , and Is . per quarter higher ; also a fair demand for Old . The best Barley has supported last . week's prices , but no improvement in other descriptions . Oats , Shelling , and Beans , very little alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENDING December 29 th , 1840 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas Qra . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs 4428 1413 996 0 226 100 £ s . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d , 3 3 34 . 1 . 14 . 44 . 135 000 2 3 1011170

      Leed 3 Cloth Markets . — On Tuesday , the last market in the year , there was what may be called a fair share of business done , though hot many of the principal buyers were present ; there was not by any means a large quantity of goods taken into the Cloth Halls , and the stocks are not large . In the Warehouses , there is a fair business doing to order , though very . trifling on speculation . , Huddeksfield Cloth Market , Dec . 29 . —Our Cloth Market to-day has presented an unusual appearance of briskness in the Hall at this season ( Christmas week ) , many Bales having been effected both in the fancy and plain cloth trade . Many

      order 3 have been given , and the warehouses begin to assume an appearance of briskness . Prices romoiu much as usual . The Wool market remains firm , and prices have a tendency upwards . Salford Cattle Market , Wednesday , Dec . 30 . —There was a better show of good beef and mutton to-day than on the previous market day , and though this was the case , and with some quantity unsold at the close of the day , still both prime beef and mutton were a little dearer , nevertheless we do not alter our quotations from those of last week . Best beef 6 id . to-7 d . ; inferior , 5 d . to 6 | d . Prime mutton , 6 id . to . 7 Jd . ; ewes and inferior , 5 Jd . to 6 | d . per lb . sinking tne offal .

      Richmond Corn Market , Dec . 26 . —W « had a very" thin supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 7 s . 3 d , to 9 s . ; Oats , 2 s . 8 d . to 4 s . 3 d *; Barley , 4 s . to 4 s . 3 d . ; Beans , 5 s . . 6 d . to 63 . per bushel . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Dec . 28 . —The supply of Cattle at market to-day has been moderately large for the season of the year , and the quality , on the average , middling . The number of Sheep was somewhat about the same as last week There was a good attendance of buyers and dealers , and Beef in brisk demand at about last week ' s pr ices .

      Good wether Sheep were in fair request , but the middling and ordinary qualities were not so much sought after . The very best Beef was sold at near 7 d . varying from thetdownto 6 d . with some of inferior qualities at a little less . Good wether Mutton may be quoted at 7 d . middling 6 Jd . ordinary an * Ewes 6 d . The market , upon the whole , may be considered a selling one , as the greater part of tba Beef was sold up , but there were some ordinal . 7 Sheep left unsold at the close . Number of Cat ' ile 1033 j Sheep 4721 .

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      O'CONNOB , « Esq ., of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , atT / ia Printing Office * , Nos . 13 and 13 , Market-street , Brig . gate ' ; and Published by the said Jobhu a HOBBOHi ( for the said Fearous O'Connor , ) * t bis Dwelling-house , No , fi > Market-street , iJriggate ; •» internal Communication existing b

      Second Edition,

      SECOND EDITION ,

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      Mysterious And Alarming Outrage.

      MYSTERIOUS AND ALARMING OUTRAGE .

      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

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      « THE NORTHERN STAR .

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      tEEDS .-Oa Monday , -he 28 : h nit ., the L-rds Uisinci oi ihe Grand United Order of Udd Fellow * presented Mr . G-: arge Terry with an elegani silver snuff-oox , oeanng an appropriate inscription , as a manifestation oi iheir grautuoe to him for his pan Taiuab . e aud diiinieresu d services as D ^ tric-Treat :. rer . Socii ^ ibT . Festival . —The Socials held one 0 ' tueir usual enter : a : nmeLts on the evening of Christmas da . v , iij tbe Mc ^ ic Sai . oa , South Parade , which ¦ was crowded to excess , a ^ reat many having to go * way through want of room . Ewutcm w or * Last . —In the paragraph rSdi - *\ iou » a" 13 ge ^ wera ^ e » " for " £ ! , ««> , "

      COURT HOUSE , Satcmut , Dec . 25 . Magistrates present : —Aldermen Goodman and BsEvcn . EJ-ECTMExt Case . —An application was made for an . order of ej ^ ctm = nt against J-hn . Richard , and Henry Moat , of Wfrodbouse-Iaie . Mr . Bond appeared for the defent ^ nts , -who ¦ sr . re not pivs-nt . It was stated ia behalf of : he dcfen ^ anu that they h-iil a l-.-ase of the house f- ; r twtnry-one years , -which -ma not yet expired ; and also argued by the opposiag parties , that they ¦» ere do more than weekly tenants . It was , however »< im : t ; ea , that the rent was puid -weekly for the accommodation of the owr . er . After a conversation between the ilagistrates , it was r ' eferreC fcr ihe preheat , to g ; T = » n _ opportunity to b- ^ ih jartica of preparing sufficient evidence on a fattire d _ v .

      New Poor Law—The Oversees of Ch&peltowa brought up 3 young cm ioi refusing to maintain an fllegirliuate child . Jbty ., u :: g man was accompanied by ti 3 master , -who staV / . that he -sras his apprentice , that he ree-iT ^ d eo va ^ s atd that he -a- ^ snot capable of earning any more than a bare maintenance . Ordered to psy is . 6 d- weekly . A young -woman , accompaniei-ty her father , presented herself before the ila ^ istrates for the purpose o : affiliating . The Ovc-r ^ eer < j : her parish was " likewise in tteoclsiicf-, aiiu objected to it , s- } lng she Uiighc go t- > the Workhouse . Her father complained of the hardships and injustice to which he -was snbjecidd—he having to keep hi * < Jaoghter for the last sevrttaen weeks— and although t iie child ' s father was well able to TTm-ntyn it , he refased to do so .

      Mr . BsEyon stated that he had no power to interfere : the yonnj ? -woman must go to the -workhouse , to -which ahe agreed , remarking *• Tnat although fie did i ^ i like the idea of going to tie wcrkhcuse , still she would go rather than be bunhensjine to her father , as he was Tery ill c-Sr A GaOLES ' s HlmaMTT . —The Mayo ? en ' ered the Court at this tirce , and inquired whether a man named Michael Moore -was ordered to be committed to Wak ^ -

      field , or puy damages . Mr . Laacaater , prison kreper . replied ia ihe affirmative . Tee Mayor , then , stated Slat he had s&en the poor man ' s -wife , -who begged him to prevent her husband btir ^ sent to Wakeneld , and that she "would pay the required amount "when she received bis wages . Lancaster endeavoured to have the nun sent t « the House of Correction , by stating that aocfr proinis- 3 "Jrere seldom performed ; but w .-i ? o ' rdertd to retain him at Leeds -while Monday , that Lis -wife might have a chance of paying .

      The humane Lancaster seemed much chagrined at not being allowed to have his own way in this matter ; but ii is a fair sanip ^ e of his -well-known brataiity to those who have the misfortune to get into biB filthy den . Cohmitta : l £ - —Several young men , charred with a petty rubbery , were eeEniitted to "WateSel-i , to take their trial at the ersuing sessions . Oae of ' them asktd the ilagistrite ? whether he could uct receive food from his . fri-. nds—that he ! VS 3 -rary hungry . One of the police s : ate : ] tua ; he mitht receive food , when Lancaster fl ; w at the prisoner like a tiger , seized him by thfi collar , and thrust hhn down the stairs that leads to the prison , at the same time stating , that he was the muster in those cases , and would take care that ho tad nothing .

      Monday . Lec . 2 Sth . ChaEGE or Bobbesy . —John Hay Ta charged Iriih robbing a man named Xevi ? . of £ 1 16 s . The ^ complaiTKint stated that the prisoner happened to be in his company at a public-house , from whence he decamped -with the money in question . Mr . Paul defended the prisoner , aud cross-examined ^ Nevis . The prisoner was remanded to Tuesday . Bbeach of the Impeovemem Act . —Francis Ha-wkts-woTth . serrant to Joseph Bick-ers , farmer , of Meanwo ^ xi , was charged by a policeman "with removing Bight * - , in ^ jith-strett , at half-past one in the afternoon . The defendant , a simple-looking country lad , pleaded ignorance of the law , in consideration of "winch he -was fined in the mitigated penalty of one shilling and costs , which amounted to other ten rfiTHinp-g

      Gambling . —Joseph Carter , and Charles Tbewles . were charged by a -watchman -rith playing at " pitch sad toss , " at Knostrop , on Sunday morning . It appeared from the evidence that a number of dissolute characters are in the habit <_ -f assembling at Knostrop ior tha purpose of gambling . Several constables -were ordered to keep a l ^ ok out ior them , and succeeded in apprehending Carter and Thewles . They were ordered to pay a fine of three shillings and fourpence each , and be plaoed in the slocks . Robbeky . —William Shaw was charged -with stealing two volnmnes of " The History of Tom Jones " from a circulating library in the Central Market , and va £ committed to take his trial at the sessions .

      Assaults .- George Oikley , an * Thomis Hill , were charged -with assaulting " Wiiliam Wilcox . It appeared from the evidence that Wilcox was at the Grove Inn , Viien the defend&Lta commenced abasing him , -with a Tiew \ hs he stated ; to make him Sght , srd finding that fail , they struck him several times . Mr . Benyon advised them to retire and settle it amongst themselves as they appeared to be shopmates . They agreed to pay f > s . to the Infirmary , and the co 3 t of the warrant , at Vhich . the compiainant seemed satisfied- —Rashton Bold was charged with assaulting his wife . The parties Warned each other , and it appeared that it was not the first time they had quarrelled . The magistrates advised them to separate if they could cot live peaceably togfctter ; they agreed to do so , the husband consenting that tlifi wife should keep possession of the furaiture . ^

      This Day, Saturday, Jan. 2nd, 1841, Is Published Price Sixpence, No. I. Op

      This day , Saturday , Jan . 2 nd , 1841 , is Published Price Sixpence , No . I . op

      Leeds:—Printed For The Proprietor, Feaftevb

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 2, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct360/page/8/