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• b- announced that in three months , from the 1 st of jazmsrv , ire would give the first of a series of five jcleodi ' d Portraits for the present year ; and tliat » t intervals ot tan -week * we w « ild continue supplving our Subscribers , until all should be given TrBiiin the year . fiis Rejects then announced were O'Cossob ., Emmett , lOTKTT tall full length ) , Monvnoath Court House , jeoat&ining ten large Portrait * , ) and the presentation of the Royal Infant to the Privy Council . In ill ttia our Publisher pledges himself to the fnil aad jtrict performance , "with the exception that Jit . 0 "C 05 X 0 B . intends , 'with the consent of his Subscribers , to substitute " for the rojal infant " tke American Declaration of Independence , with & Portrait of Gekerai . Washixgtos .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION . Vs would most cheerfully comply frith Mr . O'Coxsob's request this week , and submit & petition for constferaiioDjioi we do trust that the duty being imposed upon us , we shall be allowed to execute it to the best adTantage for our friends . We shall , therefore , postpone the publication of the petition till next week , and for tab simple reason ; vggjnse we shall then be abla to show that the sentences passed during the present Assizss , npon horse gtealers , cow siealers , and robbers , amount to not Qje than one half the terms of imprisonment nrnr wittdxaT . PETITION .
»» ording to Chartist prisoners , ws shall show jjiat robbers of all sorts will now be working at the treadmill , along with Host , Ash--05 * c d Cbabt&ke , who haTe spent twelve —jjbuU jn -their present degraded state ; and ^ the Chartisis and robbers will walk out upon Aj sjme day , with this only difference—the poor Cjuriiste who had good characters given them upon jjiejx trials , will hare to find bail for future good eondact , while the gentlemen rogues will be relieTed q [ all snth disagreeable technicalities . And this is u ullu ! equal justice !
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T ee PfcOfisiOJUL Executive . —The Balance-sheet of the late Provisional Executive has been handed to us fa publication but owing to the late period of its reception ( Thursday afternoon ) , we Cannot publish it this week . " w * B Uivz > 'O book for our usual " Notices" this week . We shall bring up the arrears in our next . _
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WASHINGTON , —A . Txtxl Acctovm occurred on the lOihinst . to a little girl , named Whitaker , aged two jears , whose father and mother work at the card-room of Messrs . Allans ; the mother had taken the children to their grandmother , as usual , before going to her work ; wuen the elder child wag taking her to bed , the candle caught the child ' s nightgowa , who W 33 dreadfully burnt on the belly . The poor ch : d Uigered in great sgoay until the following day . KETTEEH 7 G . —Ths Devil ' s Law . —A few
days ago a meeting was held in Entering , when resolutions and a petition were adopted , condemning the new Poor Law as contrary to the law of God , i "riolation of the rights of the poor , and a robbery upon those who are eaTled upon to pay poor raws , by giving uncontrolled power to those who are called Commissioners . Tie meeting was addressed by Messrs . Wiimot , Harrison , Jenkiiisoa , Lea : L . erliad , Hardbg , and Bird . The spirited women of Ketteriig hare got up a petition , which is signed by abou ; 600 .
HETWOOD , —On Saturday morning last , a person named Holt , hanged himself in Knott Bank Wood , near this place ! He was & bricklayer ' s laborer ; and being out of work some time , is t&ongkt to haTe cacssd him to destroy himself . Tksei Poob Law Guasdixns were nominated here on Monday lasi , who profess to be haters of the abominable system , when a Tote of censure was pissed upon the wrner of a libel in an address , for which our champion , Feargus O'Connor , has to linger eighteen montns in the Whig hell hole .
SoIDDLETON " . — Blessings of the Ritul Police . —Under the old system , the constabulary nte in Middieton , only amounted to teu pounds a year ; under the aew it amounts to upwards of £ 100 . The polite rate , unier the old rate / was only £ 5 a : Compton ; under the new , it is more than for the whole coumy pnt together ; before the establishment of the rural police , the rate was , as we said before , oniy £ 5 , now it is upwards of £ 100 ; and during the sixteen months before the introduction of the police , only one commitment had been Blade by the magistrates , and that vras a young woman for stealing oatmeal to eat . Only look on thi 3 , and for a moment contemplate what it will be m the aggregate . '
SUp BURY . —A petition having been sent up from . Sudborv , by np-prards of 401 of the working classes , agaiLst the New Poor Law , which was entrusted to Mr . Fjeldcn for presentation , that gentleman sent the following letter in reply , which we msen for the benefit and advice of ouj readers : — " London , March 2 , 1841 . " D-EabSje , —I haTe to-day presented to the House of Commons , ihe petition against the 2 sew Poor Law , which you advised me of in your letter w the 25 : h of F « braary . I should be glad if ihe inhabitants of every town * ad Tillage in the Kingdom , would petition immediately against the New Poor Law . If they would take this ad rice ire should gire it a mortal stroke this session , I do believe .
'" The people shonld never abandon the right of Petition . It is the best and safest weapon they can toe , and , jf persevered in , will be the most effective , ¦ fcocourage all von can to petition during the present month . " I am , Dear Sir , " Your obedient Servant , •• JOHS ir IELDES . Mr . Joseph Goody . " XiOSTDON . —The Cobbett CirB . —The annual Meeting of the CobbettClub washolden , on Tuesday , ** the Crown and Anchor . About 150 gentlemen sat down to dinner , and many capital speeches were ^ mc . Our excellent correspondent has sent us a Tery full report of the proceedings , for which we kave not room : our columns being pre-ocenpied .
fiXCHBSOSTD . — I * qcEST . —An inquest washeld ** Richmon d on Saturday last , before Ambrose uaaent , Esq ., coroner , on the body of Francis f ° wes , ofd man abont -g yearg of ^ vf 5 * , waiting along with others , in the yard of " *• Turner , of that place , to receive Ha weekly ** ges , Enddedy dropped down and expired . Tex-* u « , died by the Tisiiation of God .
BfiADPOSB . CurzL Tbeatmekt of ^ was , -0 u passing the Bradford Bastile , on J-flnrjoay -week , noticed a young healthy look-^ , ? > n , washing the front doorway , on her £ « ae < i knees ; on hearing a rattle of chains , we r ^ Pm to look round to ascertain the cause , when , ZS ® : surprise , we espied a strong chain , which ** ° * a from one leg to the other of the young " man , listened at each end with a large padlock , ihe v ^ f ^ infonned » on inquiring the reason , that | T , f , * ented herself without leive . Ob , happy r ^ ana ; the admiration of the world , and the * 0 * J w Enrroundine nations J
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DXTMFBrES .-As Old Jack Tab axd thb RuaAL Police . —On Saturday last , a case was tried by . Sheriff Trotter , of Dumfries , with bo much secresT that few knew of it . The case was this- An old sailor , who had served royalty for about twenty years , and had got his leg so shattered in that service , as now to be of little nse to him , called with his wife , on the polioeman at Thornhill , to seek ' a little relief to help , them on their way home , because , although he had encountered every danger , and endured every toil for nearly twentj long years , he had got no pension , a 3 he had not served the whole time ia the service ; but , whether the policeman had u hardened his heart" against the suffering poor , as one of our pious clergyman lately advised , or . that XHTSSFRISS . —Ax Ot . ti . Ti ™ n > . ~ :
he bore malice to sailors , because some of them had distinguished themselves by helping the farmers to smash the " rurals" at our last Candlemas fair , or that he was actuated by the dictates of his own heart , I cannot Eay , but he ferociously refused to give poor Jack a stiver , although he had a passport and certificates of the best character . Jack remonstrated , and stoutly , like a brave old British sailor , who fell indignant at being forced to travel in his own native land , with a passport like a vagabond , who was ashamed to beg and would have got the gaol if he had , and who with his poor wife had nothing to cat , and no where to lay his head save the cold ground , and nothing to cover them but the frosty sky , —and what did the coid-blooded rascal
of a policeman do ! Why , he struck the poor old tar to the effusion of his blood and pushed him out of hia house—when , after , giving a broadside of oaths , he proceeded on his solitary way ; but the worthy , provoked by these harmless oaths , and knowing that his friends the gentry and clergy would protect , praise , and reward him , pursued old Jack and overtook him ( for by this time he had quietly proceeded forty yards ) and seized him by th % collar without a warrant , and obviously without any lawful cause or right whatever . Old' Jack resisied like an old heart of oak , blows were given on both sides , a struggle ensued and both fell ; a lick-spittle of a fellow , ran to the aid , not of the poor old man , but to that of the " rural . " By this time a small
crowd had collected , and a little boy , twelve jeais of age , having hissed , the brave " rural" seized him , and dashed him to the ground , an act which our worthy Sheriff highly commended . At seeing these things , a yomyt nailer , named Ren wick , whose face beams WUh . beiieTolenco and intellect—who is a noble son of Winlaton , the place of the bold and the free , and who will long be remembered in this district , and among his brother tradesmen , spurred to the rescue ; but in vain , for the " rural" aad his friend secured them both . On the evidence of these fellows and some others , the substance of which 1 have given , the noble-hearted nailer was sentenced to forty , and poor old Jack to fifty , days' imprisonment in our horrid gaol . Such is the sympathy , kindness , and reward that the gentry shew to those
who spend and risk their liTes in defending—aye , in defending what 1 the estates which formerly belonged to the people , but which now belong all to them ; ajid of which , when life ' s weary struggle is over , being worn « ut in their service , the poor man can hardly get as much as will be his grave . I shall never forget when poor old Jack bared and held up his lacerated leg , to move the compassion of the Judge ; but it was in vain : he might as well have tried to move the feelin / rs of a tiger ; for though the clergy and the gentry may care for the rich , they care not a fig for the poor , who are either lacerated or murdered in their service . Old Jack feels this now , and-he swears if ever he handles a cutlass again , it shall be for liberty and the Yankees ! Let us bide our time ; and we may yet live to reward old Jack and noble Renwick , or re—— them . — Correspondent .
Public Meeting . —In my last , I sent yon an account of the manner in which the farmers , sailors , &c . had smashed the rural policemen ; and now 1 Beg to haud you the following resolutions , which were passed at one of the largest meetings ever held here , amid the most emphatic and significant applause : —Proposed by Mr . Thomas Johnston , and seconded by Mr . Charles Murray , * " That the introduction cf the Rural Police into the town and county of Dumfries , is grossly unnecessary and unconstitutional , and outrageously subversive of good old Scottish benevolence , and all that remains of Scottish spirit , freedom , and independence . " Proposed by Mr . "William M'Douall , and seconded by Mr . Irvine Bell , " Taat the introduction of such a force wnl be
destructire of the social , moral , aad political condition of the people . " Proposed by Mr . John Bel ] , and seconded by Mr . Welsh , " That the want of political power , on the part of the people , has been the cause of most of our national grievances , the Rural Police among the number ; and that the only remedy is to render the Government thoroughly responsible . " Proposed by Mr . Andrew War drop , seconded by Mr . Weypers : — That a petition founded on these resolutions be presented to the Magistrates and Council . " Tnreft right hearty cheers were given for those who had joined in the four-day demonsiration , especially ; he farmers , farm servants , the sailors , and tailor trade ; three spirit-stirring cheers were given for
those who had been persecated and victimised by the rnrals , for whom three deep drawn groans were tnu ^ di-red forth , which might have told them that theywere only treasuring up wrath against the day or the night of wrath ; and three hearty cheers having been given for Mr . Peter Campbell , the worthy chairman , the meeting separated , each to his home , to brood over the Algerine tyranny . 'ou ^ ht to be inflicted on his country , and each unrsic ^ his wra ; h to keep it warm till the hour of visitation comes . I regret I cannot give the speeches , suffix it , however , to say that * the speaker ^ spoke as Britons fhould speak ; like men who abhor tyranny and fraud , and who worship liberty and justice . The deputation appointed to present the petition founded oa these resolutions , and requiring the
Magistrates and Council to prevent the police enuring Dumfries , and to nse their influence to expel them from the country , did so ; but although the Provost pronounced that the police svsuld not be allowed to enter Dumfries , and though ? c : ne good men supported the petition , it was quite plaiu , that the Provost and many more , in spite ef their craftiness , like fools or knav ^ , wished they had never seen it . Sjrce of them have been busy marking , and they are marked . 1 may add that the hope of a war with the sans of freedom in America is cheering maay a drooping spirit . I do not mean to- say that they wish to fly to their arms as generoas deliverer ? , or that they wish for a Ror-ublic , I only tell thai they hope and pray for a war which may make them better , but cannot make them worse . —Correspondent .
HUDDSS . 3 FrSIiD . —The new election for a Board of Guardians is just at hand ; another struggle is to be made to elect such persons as will if possible , give a death bJovr to the accursed law , and p ^ ace ihemina ^ emc-nt of the poor in such hands as ran sympathise with a feHow-creature in distress . We understand that a comest will take place in most of the townships ; the people therefore wiil have an opportunity to record their votes against the Three Devil Kiajfs' law ; if they do their work well , in all probability , before long , each township wili have to manage its own affairs .
Ami-Corn Law Hole a > d Corner Meeting . — The Operative Anti-Corn Law Association of this town i-s ti yiiig to get up another " Hare up , '' but the obstacle which stands in the way is , " Will the Chartists oppose us V One of these worthies declared that they Should not , " for to stop them we must have it where they can be kept out . " So it was proposed to have , not a public metting to get up petition ? , bat a tea party , and invite tome great men ; and there pass the petition and get it signed , it was agreed to , and in the course of a short time , we may , expect to see a _ &nug " flare-up" to keep the Chartists away , knowing aa they do , that the Chartists have declared to meet any party in public meeting , on any public question , to discuss the merils of such , no opportunity will be given them ; but the oid system of hole and corner meetingB will ba i : s end .
HcDDEBJ-FiELB Bastilb . —There was a thin attendance of Guardians on Tuesday , but a very full attendance of applicants , trembhnj ; to meet the leechesj who , gorged with the blood of the poor , are always ready arrogantly to perform the part of " Butfpthe be ' ggar . " After a tedious and irksome duty of examining into the numerous cases of the applicants , Ouring which Washington , the relieving officer , refused to pay what the Guardians ordered , ) Mr . Batley , in the absence of the Chairman , read a letter from-the Poor Law CommissionerE , in reply to that ordered to be sent , containing the resolution passed for dissolving the Union , on that day fortnight ; which Baid letter to the CommiE * ioiiers _ also contained the v « tes on the question . The
Commissioners' letter stated that , as the resolution was so contrary to the spirit of the New Poor Law , they could not assent to the dissolution . Mr . Bull Briggs moved that as there was only a female to manage the poor in Honley Workhouse , that four men be removed from there to Golcar , and that four females should be exchanged from Golcar to Honley . Mr . Pitkethly expressed his surprise that any such proposal should be made , because he considered the Governess of the Honley Workhouse as talented a woman as that of the Huddersfield Workhouse . He opposed the principle , because every town onght to be as capable as another of managing their own that
poor ; and moved , * a an amendment , no exchange should be Bade until the debt due by the township of Golcar be paid to the treasurer of the Union . The amendment wsls lost . The following notice of Mi . Pkkethly was next read by the Clerk , viz ., " That on Efiday next , he intended to move that this Board do petition both Houses of Parliament against Lord John Russell ' s proposed Bill for the continuance of the Poor Law Commissioners , and that the petition 5 be forwarded for presentation as early as po .-sible . " After some disenssion , a . motion for doing away with Mr . Pukethly ' s notice was carried . Mr . Pitkethly then gave the following notice , that on Friday , the 12 th inst ., he would move " That the bastardy accounts be
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exhibited at this board on that day , " and also" For a return of the numbers , ages , Bexcs , and condition of tee inmates of the several workhouses in the Union , with the average cost of each per head , per week , also of the health , habits , and cleanliness , and ( if any ) what diseases exist amongBt them . " MIDDLETON . Cauco Printing . This Business continues in a very inactive state . Many of the block printers are on the verge of the grave , cVF - ? Btats of # " destitution and misery . bilk , printing has , however , employed a few hands , ana , perhaps , prevented the calico printers from being totally starved out . Silk Tbadk . —This department is now rather more active than it was two monthB ago . The printing of silks has afforded more employment for the weavers , but no advance of wages his taken place , although the Corn Law repealers tell us that as trade increases , so will the workmen ' s wages be increased . .. _ - _ m ., , ...
OtDHAM .-On Tuesday evening , the 2 ud of March , a numerous meeting of the supporters of the present members for Oldham , was held at the Albion Inn , to take measures for securing the re-eleofcion of those gentlemen , in case there should be an early dissolution of Parliament , which is expected ; at the conclusion of which they came to the following rssolntion : — € t That . this meeting doth hereby most solemnly pledge , to use its utmost endeavours to re-eleot John Fielden , and General Johnson , » s their representatives in the next Parliament . " The Conservative party are also in & state of great activity , and are bringing forward Charles Wilkins , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , and a Mr . Braidley , of Manchester . Thb Hattehs . — The turn-out of hatters , at Oldham , still continues , without any appearance of a speedy settlement .
Total Abstinence Pledge . —We , the undersigned , request that you will be pleased to append our names to the Total Abstinence Pledge : —Richard Haslem , three years , three council man to the Society ; Thomas Leslie , a teetotaller of three years ' standing ; Robert Beamnout , one jew , Thomas Lawless , councilman , eleven months ; James Parkinson , five years and six months ; James Bardsley , six years , and likeivise from tea , coffee , tobacco , and snuff ; Richard Stevens , three yeare ; William Kershaw , ona year and six months ; John Unsworth , three years ; William Flitcrcft , nine months ; Samuel Halbert , three yeara , likewise tea , coffee , tobacco , and snuff ; John Holt , Isaac Marsland , David Blackwood , David Hirst , James Newton , John Fanner .
Mr . Stephens . —Pursuant to announcement by placard , Mr . Stephens visited this town , on Tuesday evening , for the purpose of preaching a sermon , as his firs ? introduction , to the Oldham people . Our correspondent has sent us a long report , but we have not room for ita insertion . IjEEDS . —Dru . nk and Disorderly . —On Tuesday last , a woman , named Scott , who said she was a widow , and had three children , was brought before the magistrates by one of the watchmen , who charged her with being very drunk , and creating a great disturbance in the street , at two o ' clock that morning . The guardian of the night , with great simplicity , said that when he asked the woman why ehe made so much noise , she told him to u go to hell , " and so , said he , " I brought her here . " The magistrates committed her for one mouth .
Juvesilb Thieves . —On Monday , three young lads , named Samuel Batty , of York-street , Heni-y Cowley , and James Cowley , of Madras-street , were charged with having , on Saturday night , stolen a purse and l" 2 s . from the pocket of a young female . There not being sufficient evidence to go to a jary , ihe trio , who are constant visitors to the gaol , were sent as reputed thieves to Wakefield for three months . Rather Jealocs , —On Monday last , a Mrs . Slack , appeared at the Court House , to substantiate a charge of assault against Elizabeth Booth . The complainant stated , that she could not live with her husband because of his ill-treatment , and whenever she separated from him , Booth went to solsce him in
his loneliness . She ( ihe complainant ) had left her husband Ia 3 t week , when , having no more money than 4 d . to support herself , she bought a few oranges , and whilst hawing them for sale , at No . 2 , Vicar Croft , on Saturday night , she met with her husband affd the prisoner , when they both followed her into the street , and the latter told the former to " knock her two eyes into one . " Booth then went to work , and the assault was witnessed by a watchman , who took her into custody . It appeared that Mrs . Slack ' s husband bad been twice married , having for a former wife been united to Booth ' s sister , and during the days of his single blessedness , hiB former wife ' s sister had been his comforter . The prisoner was fined os . and costs , or sent to Wakefield for fourteen days .
Equal Justice . —On Saturday , Joshua Bennett , who had been destitute of a lodging , was brought before Messrs . Staasfield ind Hebden , charged with having been found Bleeping in a coal cabin , at Waterloo colliery . The poor fellow , said he had no where else to go to , being entirely without money . The magistrates provided him with fourteen davs ' lodging in Wakefield House of Correction . On Monday , three al ! e-boaied men , who gave their names , John Dawsun of Leeds , George Warren , of Portsmouth , and J&scph Wilson , of HowdeD , were brought before Messrs . Holdforth and Nell , charged vnth having been found sleeping in a hay chamber , in Swinegate , belosgii . g to Mr . Thomas Lee , of the Golden Liou Inn , who ha 3 suffered materially by such visitants . These men were set at liberty .
New Pooa Law . —The Leeds carpet weavers' petition has beeu presented by Mr . Fielden , and , in a letter received from that gentleman , the people of every street , of every town , and cottage , in the kingdom are emphatically celled on to bend a petition against Lord John Russell's Bill , which , if passed iu its present form , will make the law more severe than it now is . Death of Mrs . Granger ' s Child . —The child , T . H . Granger , whose case of starvation and illtreatment by his own mother appeared in our report of the last Leeds Borough Sessions , died in the
wo : khous 3 a few days ago . When admitted into that esiablishmeat , tne child , though six years oi age , weighed only ' 251 b ? , but he subsequently gathered strength until be weighed 47 lbs . The cause of his death was hooping cougn , vrnicb has been for some time prevalent in . the workhouse , and from which two or three other children have died . The father of Granger , on being informed of his death , and aiked if he would bury him himself , or attend me funeral , replied , " No , it would not be convenient to do either . " The mother is , as our leaders are aware , in imprisonment at Wakefield lor the offence .
Committal of an Engine Driver , for Dkc . vken . ns-5 . —On Tuesday last , Thomas Robson , an engine-driver , in the service of the Leeds and Manchester Railway Company , was brought before Messrs . Holvlfovth anJ liebuen , at the Court House , on a charge of diuukeiiiicss . The man went to the railway station , in Huut-L ' .-lane , on Monday night , to take the charge of a passenger train to Brighouse , when Mr . Glenaau , tho station-master , afier he hau g-jt on to h \ s eugiuc , sa-w the sta' . e in which the ina . u was , and gave information to Mr . Taylor , the Manager of the Manchester and Leedo Railway ( Jompauy , who immediately ordered him
into cusdody . Robsou , in this defence , sain that he had left Maacheatar e-irly in the morning , and had been most or tka day without _ anything to eat ; lie had Lad a few pints of ale , which had takea hold of him . He had been an engine driver ten years , without a complaint , and without an accident . Mr . Holdforth said this only made his case worse ; after the experience he had had , be ought to have known the senou 3 rLsk he ran , and the dreadtul jeopardy in whici he placed tho lives of the passengers . As an me extent of punishment allowed by the Act , ana example and a warning to otners , they should go to seuu Him for two months to hard labour iu Wakefield House of Correction .
Assavlt . —On Tuesday , a rather pretty looking young woman , named Mary Ann Long , was charged at the Court House with having , on Saturday nignt , committed an assault on her husband , a sort of hali baked , half rocked genius . It appeared from his tale , that-himself and hia much better half had beeu separated for five weeks past , and he was to aliow her 2 s . per week , which he had neglected to pay ; and because she went to his mother ' s house to ask him for it , a row was got up , when he was struck by her with her pattens . It appeared to be a faniily quarrel , and the magistrates ordered the complainant to pay up the arrears due to his wife , and dismissed the warrant .
A Laek . —On Monday , a young man named Mark Wood was charged at the Court-hou&e with having stolen a guinea pig from a poor Italian boy . The offence was committed on Saturday night , whilst the lad was exhibiting in a public-house , and it was stated by the prisoner that ne had only done it for a lark , though he had taken the pig and sold it at another public-house . An offer had beeu made to the lad's brother to pay 10 s . aud restore the pig , if the affair could be settled , and after some remarks by the magistrates on the folly of the man's conduct , this was permitted ; but having ascertained that the prisoner was drunk at the time , they further fined him 53 . and costs for that offence . The lark , therefore , was rather an expensive one in the long run , seeing hat be bad been in prison Eince Saturday night .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , Mabch 9 . The Copyhold Tenures Bill went through Committee , and tbtir Lordships adjourned .
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The House was for some time engaged in the important business of giving leave of abseu ^ to several of its Members , principally lawyers desirous of attending the circuits . Some difficulties having been suggested , Mr . Goulburn insisted upon it that the HousehW generally found it very convenient to get rid of the lawyers for a short time . Upon the motion that Mr . W . O . Stanley should have a short leave of absence , on the ground of urgent private businesa , an opposition was raised , and the House was about to divide , when Mr . E . J . Stanley suggested that the motion should be withdrawn , upon the undorstaudinR that hereafter no such applications should be complied with unless upon singularly strong grounds . The effect of this suggestion , was extraordinary . There was a general cry of Move , move , " and the required leave of absence was given instanter . The other orders of the day were then dlspoeed of , and the House adjourned . '
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( Continued from our third page . ) CROWN COURT , Wednesday , Mabch 10 . ( Before Mr * Baron Rolfe . ) UTTERING BASE COIN AT SHEFFIELD . Elizabeth Thompson , 26 , was charged with having , on the 8 th of January last , at Sheffield , uttered , tendered , and put off two false and counterfeit sixpences ; also charged with having , on the 5 th of January , tendared one counterfeit coin called oalf-a-erown , well knowing the same to be falsa and counterfeit Mr . ABMSTRONG , Q . G , and Mr . Wilson were for the prosecution ; Sir Gkegort Lewin defended the prisoner . Mr . Armstrong briefly stated the ease , and called witnesses , by whom the charge was fully made out Sis Gregoky Lewin made an excellent address , contending that the evidence againat hia client was extremely slight
The Learned Judge having summed up , the Jury , after halt an hours deliberation , found the prisoner guilty . Sentence—Eight months'imprisonment Tho prisoner fainted away during the triaL
COINING AT HULL . Hichara Coussfns , 23 , and Ann Coussins , 25 , were charged with having , on the 25 th of January last , in the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull , feloniously made two counterfeit coins , intended to represent shillings . Mr . Armstuong aud Mr . Wilson conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Baih defended the prisoners . Mr . Armstrong stated the case . The female , at whose house the prisoner lodged , observed them making the coin ; and the spurious coin and moulds for making it were found'upon the male prisoner . A number of witnesses were examined . The Leamed Jvdge summed up at considerable length , and told the Jury he thought there was no evidence against the female prisoner . The Jury , after a short deliberation , found the male prisoner guilty , and the female prisoner not guilty . — Sentence—Fifteen years' transportation .
Both the same prisoners were further charged with having in their possession a mould for making counterfeit coin . The Counsel for tho prosecution having declined to adduce evidence , the Jury found them not guilty .
UTTERING BASE COIN AT HUDDERSFIELD . Francis Simpson , 69 , was charged with having , on the 15 th of September last , uttered and put off a counterfeit sixpuuee , at HuddersttoM , well knowing the same to be false and counterfeit The prisoner was also further charged with having been convicted of an offence at the West-Hiding Sessions , held at Knaresborough . Mr . Armstrong , Q . C , and Mr . Wilson , were for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . Mr . Armstrong , in stating the case , observed that the offence for which the prisoner was taken into custody was simplya misdemeanour , but be appeared before them charged with a felony , in consequence of having been i > reviou 3 ly convicted .
A record of conviction at the West-Riding Sessions , for uttering bad money in January , 1840 , was read in court , and Mr . Shepherd deposed to the prisoner having been confined in the House of Correction at ^ Wakefield . Guilty . To be imprisoned for one year to hard labour .
UTTERING BASE COIN AT SHEFFIELD . Frances Wragg , 4 i , was indicted for having , on the 13 th February , at Sheffield , uttered two counterfeit coins resembling shillings , aud two counterfeit coin :, resembling sixpences , well knowing the same to have b ? en false ami counterfeit Mr . Armstrong aud Mr . Wilson were for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . On Saturday , the day in question , the prisoner went into the house of Mrs . Hill , who keeps an eatinghouse in Commercial-street , several times , and t ; avc shillings and sixpences , which were fouud to be such . In defence , the prisoner stated that she had received the money from other parties . —Guilty—Six months ' hard labour .
GUILTV POSSESSION OF MOULDS FOR COINING . Win . Thompson , 34 , and Elizabeth Thompson , 26 , were indicted for having in their possession , on the 8 th January , at Sheffield , a plaster mould , which was intended to make an impress the exact resemblance of both sides of tho Queen's current coin called shillings . MessrB . Armstrong and Wilson were for tha prosecution ; Sir G . Lewin wt » s for the prisoners . Afttr a short trial , both prisoners were found not guilty . During this trial , it appeared the magistrates were desirous the case should not be gone into , as the male prisoner was a hard-workini ; , industrious man , and they had reason to believe he was not guilty of tne crime imputed to him . Mr . Armskroag said the Attorney-General had refused to withdraw the prosecution , and the Learned Judge said hecould nut sanction uny such course being adopted . BL'RGLAH . Y AT S ^ ttWERBY BRIDGE .
Thos . Taylor , 21 , was indicted for having , on the 25 th or 26 th of January last , broken into the dwellinghouse of Joseph Broadbent , and stolen therefrom 20 ins weight of worsted , two coats , a waistcoat , ahawl , and other articles , belonging to Joseph Broadbent The Hon . J . S . Wortley and Mr . Kaines conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was undeiended . The prosecutor keeps a tea shop at Sower by Bridge . On the 25 th January last , the shop was broken open , and the articles mentioned in the indictment , together with several others , wero taken away . On the day following the robbtry , the prisoner was seen in company with -. mother young man at Huddertifleltl , where they bad offered the worsted and other articles for sale at different shops , ami which articles were identified as belonging to tht > pn socutor . A number of veiinesses were examined , who clearly established the Knilt yf the prisoner .
The Jury returne-i a verdict of guilty , and he was sentenced to b » transported for ten ywus . There was another indictment against the prisoner , but it was not proceded -with . BURGLARY NEAR LEEDS . Richard Callum , 19 , and Barnard Fox , 20 , were indicted for having , on the 21 st or' October , at thu Borough of Leeds , burglariously broken inio and entered tho dwelling house of Griffith Wright , Esq ., with inteDt to steal therefrom . Sir G . Lewin and Mr . VVaSNEY conducted the prosecution ; the prisoners were defended by Mr . Wilkins .
Sir Q . Lewin , for the prosecution , stated that tlie charge against the two prisoners was that , on the 21 st October last , they bail burglariously entered the dwelling-bouse of Mr . Griffith Wright , at Potteruewton , near Lteds . The- poiice of Leods having received ni * tructum that tho burglary -was intended , went to the spot where the house ¦ is situated , on the night in qneation- Two or threo stationed themselves outside , and one or two were placed inside . Between twelve and one o ' ciock , on a sign-l being given by the party outside , Superintendent James went hito tiie
liiningroom , where he found the prisoner Callum , who bad -ffected an entrance by breaking through one of the windows . The party outside saw three persons , but the police were oniy ablo to apprehend two . Fox , on being taken , said they had no intention of robbing the house , but seting a- light they had entered it to ligUt th « ir pipes . But when Cilluin was taken out of the house , h © asked where his slioea were , and Fox replied that they were under a treo adjoining . The police wont to the place pointed out , and tbere found the shoes .
In his evidence , Superintendent James stated that on examining one of the front windows , he found that the braes fastener was laid loose upon the top of the bottom sash . He bad fastened it himsslf about half-past eleven o ' clock . On goi . g outside , he found that part of the window frame \ wa 3 broken off . Near the window , some lucifer matches were also found . The window sill had marks upon it as if made by a crow-bar . Other witnesses were examined , who deposed to a crow-bar and chisel being found near the window . One or two of th « watchmen deposed that when the entrance was made , there were lucifer matches lighted , and aUo a candle . Mr . Wilkins delivered an eloquent speech on behalf of the prisoners . ,
The Learned Judge having summed up , the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty , but rtc « mmenUed them to mercy on account of their youth . They were each sentenced to one year's hard labour . The Court adjourned about seven o ' clock . SECOND COURT-Wednesday . ( Before David Dundas , Esq ., Q . C . ) 8 HEEF STEALING . Joseph Ward , 18 , and Henry Brcnnan , 18 , were charged with stealing a tup ram , the property of Win . Greaves , of Ecclesfield . Mr . Wortley , Mr . Overend , and Sir F . Doyle were for the prosecution ; Mr . WiLiciivs defended the prisoner Brennan , and Sir Gregory Lewin defended Ward . The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . HORSE STEALING . Thomas Crossland , 29 , was charged with having feloniously Btolen a horse , the property of Richard Wilton , of Ackworth Low-grange . j
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Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Oyerend were for the prosecution . Mr . Wilton is a farmer at Ackwortli Low-granfie , near Pontefraot , aud the prisoner , who had been formerly in his service , lives at Huaslet , near Leeds . Oa the 3 d of October , during the night , a horse was taken from his field , and on the following day tho prosecutor made a series of inquiries of the various toll-bar keepers and others , who lived on the road to Leeds . From these inquiries his suspicion was excited against the prisoner , and he went to Hnnslet , in company with a police-officer . He reached the place about noon , and the prisoner was there dressing himself , as if he had just risen . On being charged with stealing the horse , he Baid that he knew nothing of it , and had cot been at the place ; that he had been at Methley , and from thence went to Stanley , and forward to his home , but was never nearer to Pontefract than that . This
statement was contradicted by a person , who proved that on the evening before the robbery , the prisoner was at a public-house , at East-Hard wick , which is within a mile of the prosecutor ' s house . The horse was subsequently fouud at a public-house , kept by a Mrs . Scubba , who is since dead , and the prisoner admitted that he had left tho howe there , and gave a long rambling ivccount of the manner in which he had become possessed of it . The prisoner in his defence , denied that ho bad stolen the horse , and said that if he had been the person he had plenty of time to get away , and to have set the horse at liberty . He called the prosecutor , as to character , who said he had never heard anything against him until this transaction . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for one year .
HOUSEBREAKING . James Bartie , 42 , was charged with a burglary in the house of William Watson , of Manningham . Mr . Wa 8 ney and Mr . Lister were for the prosecution . The prosecutor is a labouring mau , and on the night of Thursday , the 10 th of September , he made his house safe and went to bed about teu o'clock . About half-past twelve he was awoke , when he found that his house had been robbed ; his drawers had been emptied , and a considerable quantity of wearing apparel carried away ; also silver and copper tothe amount of 46 s . To connect the prisoner with the robbery , it appeared that a person named Rawnsley was passing the prosecutor ' s house about midnight , -when he observed a light in the lower room . This excited his attention , and he made a stand i when a man outside put his head in at the
window , and immediately the light went up . Rawnsley's suspicions were then excited , and he went up to the house , when the man outside ran away . Another man attempted to get out of the window , when Riiwnsley seized him , and held him by the collar for some time , and called for assistance . The first man that he saw then returned with a large stick in his hand , and threatened to run it into Rawnsley ' s side , when he let go of the man whom he had seized ; but he had sufficient opportunity to be satisfied of the identity of the prisoner , to which he swore most distinctly . Some days after , on the 19 th of September , the prisoner was apprehended near an empty cottage , about three miles from his own residence , and in that cottage was found a bundle , secreted in the roof , containing a portion of the property belonging to the prosecutor . Guilty . To be transported ten years .
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SOUTH LANCASHIRE .-Mr . J .-n . I ecch will lecture at the following places during tho U- )\ owing week : —On Sunday , 14 sh , at Rochdale and Milne Row ; Monday , at Salford ; Ti : os'Uiy , ak Droylesdea ; Wednesday , at Chorlton-upon Medlock ; Thursday , at Mottram ; Friday , at ABhtoji : Sunday , 21 st , » i Failsworth . nWSBTJRYj-Mr . Culverh . ouBe leciv . r .-s "On the beat means of obtaining tho Charter , " •>¦ ¦¦ M'juday evening next , at Lunt ' s Coffee-room-, Ciorkenwell-green . MlIiMTtOW . —Mr . J . Leech , of Maacii-ster , will lecture to-morrow evening , at half-past six o ' clock , in the Charter Association Room .
JUEICESTEK .- \] r . Cooper , editor of the Illuminator , will deliver a lecture , iu the Kwom a * All Saints'Open , next Monday night , on U . r " Glorious" Constitution . It fs intended to ho ! I the Teameeting in tke Kew Hall , on the 22 ud ir . ^ ., as before arranged . £ EICESTERSH 1 RE . -Sermons for t isyton will be preached , on Suuday next , at Hatbern . Mountsorrel , and Loughborocgb , by ¦ Mes- ¦ f ) air » stow and Bent . Mr . fiaimovr iriu-toe - ^ t j . »« v « - borongh on next Monday ervning , aad at iu ^' . vorUl on Tuesday evening . Mr . Vincent is to i «; ureat Loughborough on next Wednesday and Thai-day evenings . WABRIHGTON . —A great number of thf members of the National Charter -Association , having signed the teetotal pledge , it has been revived that tho subject for d . iscuesion , on Sunday evenis ? : next , ( to-morrow , ) shall be " the propriety of forming * Teetotal Chartist Society . "
MANCHESTER . —The South Lancashire Delegate Mcetiug will b » held to-morrew week , in the Brown-street room , East Manchester , at which , it is hoped , a delegate will be present from er « ry town and village in Lancashire . The next Monday evening's lecture is postponed till the following week , and then to be hi tho Cwpenter' 8 Hall , Manchester , in consequvmca of th « Tib-street room being too small . On Sunday evening next , Dr . M'Douall is appointed to prea- h Clayton ' s funeral sermon ,-at Newton Heath . Tnere will bea funeral sermon preached , for Clayton , k l ' J ; ownstreet , East Manchester . MACCLKSFXjsuj . —On Sunday next , r . ! r . West will deliver a lecture in the large room , at ibe Bundle of Sticks , Water , Courts .
TOWBR HATOfETS . —On Sanday last , the adjourned discussion was entered into with « r . a : spirit , and again adjourned till to-morrow evening n . ? even o'clock . The committee for drawing up mie * for tho guidance of a trading company , meet on Thursday next . SHAW , near Oldham . —Mr . Bell , of MnoohcSfcer , lectures here to-morrow . MARTtEBONE . —A concert will be held in th « Mechanics' Institution , Marylebone , ou Tu ^ uay , March 23 d , for the benefit © f Mr . George , 2 venerable and staunch Radical , of forty years' standing , when all true friends to freedom are reu ^ . o-t-od to attend .
NORTHAMPTON . —Mr . H . Vincent pay- ; a . visit to this town on Monday next , March 15 : h * when a public tea party , to welcome him , will be h ' -ii us the Peacock Assembly-room . Mr . Vincent wn ' . deliver a course of three lecturea in tho above place , oa the evenings of the 16 th , 17 th , and 18 th . OLDHAM . —On Sunday next , Mr . William Tilman , of Manchester , will deliver two lei-turcs in tho National Charter Associafion-room , tiroavesstreet , Oldham . BATH . —A funeral sermon will be deiivert . I tomorrow , in memory of Clayton , the Char . ut Victim , in the Association-room , Bath .
TROWBRIDGtE . —On Suuday evening next , tomorrow , a sermon will be preached at tlV- ' I' -njocratic Chapel , Conigrce , Trowbridge , by J . Kawlings , upon the death of our late friend , J . v'nn Clayton . Service to commence at sixo ' olocK , vin' -u a collection will be made for the support of hi ., widow and fatherless children . BRADFORD . —Public Meeting , Tea Party , and Ball . —At the meeting of the Committee appointed for carrying out the above object , on Sunday last , it waa unanimously agreed thai tho public meeting should commence at twelve o ' clock m noon ,
ou Monday the 15 th inst ., in front'of the Odd Fellows' Hall , Thornton Road , and that tea should be on the table at six o ' clock in the evening of the same day , in the Social Institution , Hall ln ^ . The tickets for the tea party and ball are Is . eacii , and may be had of the following individuals :- Mr . Wm . Gouldsborough , Goodmansend ; Mv . Ellis , ditto ; Mr . Carrodus , North Tavern , Wapping ; Mr . C . Wilkinson , NeW 3 Agent , Tyrrell-street ; Mr . Henry Hodgson , News Agtant , Queen-strvet ; Mr . Burnett , Reform-street ; and Mr . Hopper . Hopestreet . An early application is necessary , as the tickets are limited to 400 .
Funeral Sermons . —We understand tha Chartist sermons wiil be preached on Sunday next , iu -u- ' -ordanoe with the resolution passed at the West Rising Council meeting . At Manningham , in tLc afternoon , to commence at two o ' clock ; in the ; veiling , at the * Chapel , Long ' Croft Place , BradiVu \ l . Colleefcionsr will be made at tiie close of each sermon , for the purpose of assisting to defray the ex peaces of removing the remains of the Chartist martyr , Clayton , from Northallerton to Sheffield . SAiPORD . —A lecturo will be delivered , on next Sunday night , at the Chartist Afsociation-rcom . A discussion will take place on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , to know if mau be a progressve b . ; ing . Mr . Cassidy will undertake to prove the afaivniitive , and Mr . Campbell tho negative .
KUDpHnsFX'SLD . —On Sunday next , tw- > sermons will be preached at the Primitive Methodist Chapel , Upperliead Row , by Mr . Rushtou . ot Halifax , and Mr . Joshua Newsoine , of Lower Houses , on behalf of the wife and family of the victimised poor Clayton . It is to be hoped that the C ; :.. nist 9 of this neighbourhood will be at their pot , ¦ ¦* . and contribute to the disconsolate widow awd crpV . ans The service is to commeuoe at half-past two uV ; ock in the afternoon , and six in the evening . STAPI . EFORD .- Mr . Dorman , a u-. iaited preacher amongst the Primitive Method- - - , will preach to-morrow , to prove that Chartism ;¦ 1 ; : accordance with tho Scriptures .
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The wife of G . B . Mart , of Stoke-tipon-T .--. iii . w . as safely delivered of a son , on the 14 th of IKj ^ .-iber last , which has been duly registered , in honour > : ¦ the " caged lion , " FeargUB O'Connor Mart . On Sunday , the 21 st ult , Matilda , the v " : * of George Lee , of Konley , was safely delivered ' > f ; : sou , which has been duly registered , by tho Kcv . James Potter , Tom O'Connor Lee . Registered on the 25 th January , Ellen O'Connor , daughter of John and Nancy South worth , of X-. v-t-jnheath , near Manchester . Born on the 5 th , and baptised by the Rev . A . Thomson , Lothiaa-road Secession Church , EdinburizU , o 5 i tee 28 th of Feb . last , Jennet O'Connor , daughter of J .-. nifcS and J « nnet Cunningham , of . Edinburgh . Baptised on the 13 th ult ., by . the Kev . J . Schok-fleld , of Every-street , Manchester , Maria Feargus O'Connor Frost Hughes , daughter of Thomas and Mary Hughes , of Ardwick , near Manchester .
Registered , on the 29 th of January last , Thom&a Feargus , son of Jehn and Elizabeth Barnes , 4 , Shannonrow , Bank , Leeds . On the 2 d of March , at tlie Catholic Church , TTestfeate-stfeefc , Bury St . . Edmunds , the ton of Isaac Baldry was christened diaries Jocelyn O'Connor ; and , at St . Mary ' s Church , on Sunday lest , Feargus O'Connor Whiting , son of Heary and Mary Whiting , of that town . Mrs . Mary Entwietle ., wife of William Entwistle , was , on Tuursday night week , safejy delivered of a very fine son , and , on Suturday last , waa duly registered and baptised FearRiis O'Connor Stephen , which name is to denote that Feargus is now suffering for advocating political equality , and that Stephen died in defence of real Christianity .
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March 2 nd , at Bow Church , London , Captain Edward Watson Gray , " to Elizabeth A : ; ne , the eldest daughter of Mr . Robert Davisori , of London , and forwerly of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . On the 7 th inBtant , at All Saints' Church , Chorlton-upon-Medlock , by , the Rev . D . Burton , Mr . Josh . Finney , of Manchester , to Miss Ann Whiteleg # » of Ruiholrae . On the 9 th instant ,-at the Parish Chnrcb , Eceles , by the Rev . W . Marsden , vicar , Mr . Saiauel R « nshaw , jun ., farmer , Fox Hill , Barton , to Miss Ann Devonport , of the same place .
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DEATHS . On Sunday week , Mrs . Nanny Anty , Widow of the late Mr . James Aufcy , « f-JDeiesfcniy . Af oor , aged 79 . She had been to see a son who was sick aud waa attacked by a cow , which so injured her as to cause death . She had been » Wesley an Methodist 58 yearsl On Tuesday last , after a few days illness , a « ed 41 years , Mr . Thomas Lee , coach proprietor , Golden Lion Hotel , Leeds . On Monday last , aged 69 years , Mr . Ieaao Hemingway , blanket maker , ^ f * fe » ff ^ P % » . Ou the 7 th iust . aged ^^ eard ' ffl ffJojMfenby , Tippin « -st , reot , ArdwioK ^ . ^^ jY * %£ i"i 5 X On the 7 th inst . &gf&ig ^ 7 ( fi ««/ l | S ^ ffi ^ learson , Stocks-street , wS 8 fbSaffl £ maFW f A
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , March 9 . Mr . Villiebs tave notice that very soon after the Easter recess he ¦ would bring under the consideration ! of ^ the House the projr ' ety of the abolition of the Corn Laws .
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NISI PRIUS COURT . —Wednesda . * , March 10 . ( Before Mr- Justice Maule . ) BECKETT AND OTHERS V . WILSON . Mr . Cbesswell and the Hon . J , S . Wobtlev appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr . StaRKEY and Mr . ADDJSON for the defendants . This was an action of assumpsit te recover £ 2 , 277 for money advanced , commission , and on acccount stated . The defendant pleaded first that he did not promise ; and secondly , a set-off .
Mr . Cress well stated the facts to the Jury Messrs . Beckett , Blayds . and Co ., the plaintiff * in this case , are bankers in Leeds , and they sought to obtain from the defendant a considerable sum of money , which , undoubtedly , they had advanced to the defendant and others . Mr . Wilson did not deny that he way a party instrumental in obtaining the money , but he stated that he never entered into any engagement to repay it , aud that it was not advanced on his credit . In 1834 , the defendant with several other gentlemen obtained an Act of Parliament for repairing and maintaining a toad called the Wortley and Stanningley Road . Under this act the trustees were empowered to
raise money by mortgage on the tolls , and in various other ways . If a man advanced his money on mortgagn of the tools , he knew the security be was taking , aud if it "wan worth nothing , he had only to blame his own folly . He believed the trustees had induced persons to advance money on such insufficient security , and besides a number of mortgages , it was found essential for tue interests of the trust , that the trustees should open a banker ' s account The defendant , Mr . Wilson , was appointed treasurer , and he drew on the bankers for the purposes of the load . After the act was passed , they awpoinUid Mr . Upton their clerk , and he drew ou Alcssra . Beekutt and Co ., whenever they wanted money . The cheques were in thisform— " On demand , pay , or bearer , on account of the Wortley and Stanningley Road . '' In the year 1838 , another act was obtained giving larger powers , and for making additional braucues to the road 3 , and after thi 3 act was passed , viz ., in January , 1839 , this order was made by the trustees ia favour of their surveyor— " That the clerk give a cheque to tke surveyor of £ 8 weekly , aud Messrs . , are appointed a committee for auditing these accounts . " These cheques were to be drawn on the bankers . Messrs . Bockettaud Co . < lid not like this additional order of £ 8 p < . r week , and accordingly they sent the following note to Messrs . Upton and Clapham , clerka to tho trustees of Wortley and Stanningley Road ;—" Dr . to Messrs . Beckett & Co ., £ 2 , 150 10 s ! 9 d . Sir , —We request you willlay before the Commissioners
of the abova road the amount of debt due to us , and inform them it will not bo agreeable to us that the account should so continue , unless decisive steps are taken for its Hqai-Jation , of which w « beg to be informed . " On this , the trustees agreed to the following resolution—" Ordered that the clerk wait on Messrs . Beckett and Blayds , stating that the trustees intend to make a continuation of Water-lane , and request they will continue to pay £ 8 per week to the surveyor for thepurpr . sa of keeping the road in repair . ' And now th ' - ; y said the money was advanced on security of tho tolls , and having had the pleasure of rivalling M . 'Adum in the making of roads , they were rauch oblii ; ed to the bankers for advancing them the money to do it , but that they would not repay one farthing of it . The Learned Counsel contended the trustees were personal , y responsible , and referred to the case of Barret v . Ayre , reported in the tenth volume of
Binghom ' s Reports , p . 283 , in which the question waa precisely similar , and tho Luarned Chief Justice of the Common Picas Jeft it for the Jury to determine whether the money was advanced on the credit of tbe trustees , or not It might be said the trustees were protected by a clause in the General Turnpike Act ; this would undoubtedly have been the case had they mortgaged the tolls as provided in that statute , but Messrs . Beckett and Co . had no auch mortgage , and therefore he submitted the trustees were personally liable . It misbfc be asked why they had selected Mr . Wilson as defendant ? The fact was , lie was wealthy , auA he had taken an active part in the afiairs of the trust ; if he had others joined with htm in the trust , he would have to look to tnem for their proportion of the debt . It uow amounted to £ 2 , 277 , exclusive ef interest for a short period , which was , perhaps , not very material , and that was the sura sought to be recovered .
Several admissions agreed to be .-nade by the parties were made . Mr . Clapham , one of the clerks to the trustees , was then examined in support of tho circumstances stated by the Learned Counsel in his opening . Mr . Starkie addressed the Jury for the defendant . He said it would bt > a great hardship ; on Mr . Wilson if he had to pay the whole of this large balance himself , whilst he was merely acting as one of the trustees of the road , deriving no benefit whatever from its funds . The Jury would Unit the tolls bad fallen greatly in value of late years , and it was not until the tolls had become a failing concern that the bankers
had made any demand of the money . It was difficult to say how Mr . Wilson could be made liable—he had not pledged his own personal responsibility—he had only acted as treasurer pro tempore , and it waa , therefore , a harsh proceeding as against him . The Learned Counsel then contended that the credit waa given os secunty of the tolls , urging , ia support of this view , that the heading of the pass-book waa to the treasurer of the Wortley and Stanningley Road , and that the general account , audited on the 17 th March , 1840 , was signed by Mr . Blayds , as treasurer . On this ground he argued that if an action was maintainable , it was by the treasurer against Mr . Wilson . The Learned Judge briefly Bummed up , and the Jury retired . After a shart absence , they returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—damages £ 2 , 277 14 s . lOd . NAtLOBP . TYAS . Mr . Wortley appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Wilkins for the defendant This was an action brought to recover damages for an assault . The plaintiff is a mason in the neighbourhood of Halifax ; the defendant is a maltster at that placo . Tho asaaolt arose out of a dispute which took place ftt » publlc-houae . In stating the case Mr . Wortley expressed Ida hope that the time of the Court would not be occupied with euch a case , and suggested a reference , which was acceded to by Mr . Wilkina ; and Mr . Stausfleld , the barrister , was appointed arbitrator . KING AND ANOTHER V . HODGSON . Mr . Knowles and Mr . Baines were for the plaintiffs ; Mr . CRESSWELL waa for the defendant . The plaintiffs are the assignees of a bankrupt named Eisworth , who carried on business as a worsted manufacturer at Bradford , and tho action was brought to recover from the defendant , a relation of his , £ 95 , for money leut . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant . After hearing the atove , and otlier minor cases , the Court rose at fcalf-past six o ' clock .
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