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WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the MIDSUMMER GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE for the West Riding of the County of York , wi ll be held , by Adjournment , at the Court House , in Wakefield , on Monday , the 9 th Day of August next , at 12 o'clock at Noon , for the purpose of taking into farther consideration the Sites for the proposed New Gaol or House of Correction . C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace ' s Ofiioe , Wakefield , July 29 th , 1841 .
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THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , Price One Penny , A FULL AND COMPLETE LIST OF THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS , Alphabetically arranged and Classified into English Counties , English Borough * , Welsh Counties , Welsh Boroughs , Scotch Counties , Scotch Boroughs , Irish Counties , and Irish Boroughs : shewing , at the same time , the Politics of each Member , and the amount of Population in each Place , County , or Borough , which returns him . The List also sets forth the comparative Whig and Tory gain , with the places where each one has displaced tbe other . The List is corrected by the very latest returns .
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GUILDHALL .
On TaeBday , Charlotte Clements , an old woman , was brought np on a charge of begging . The charge was no sooner made than the -wretched prisoner , made bold and almost eloquent by hunger and extreme distress , exclaimed— " Well , if I did h-g , U it sot better to beg than to steal ? One or the other I most do , or I most starve . I bare not & bit to eat I hare sot a place in which to pat my he-Mi . 1 haTe not a rag to pot on . What most I do ? " She cried , and her Toice tang through the C-rart Alderman Kelly -was much affected , and evidently puzzled to anrwer her question . " Look at my body , " said ahe , raising her anna , which -were each thrust into an old stocking leg , and turning herself roond in the deck , exhibiting her breait aiid her back , covered only with a piece of ragged linen—no dress , shoes , or anything .
"Now tell me , " said she , with great vehemence , the tears streaming down her aged checks , " what am I to do ? I could sell little thing * , but they must be b * ught ; and if I go to beg the money , I tm seized sad \ axs& to prison . " Alderman Kelly—Where is yonr home ? Prisoner —HaTe I not said I bare none . iidennaa Kelly—Bat you surely know where you o ^ e from ? Prisoner—Oh , yes , 1 know that I come from Hunslet , near Leeds . One of the clerks stated that she was sent down to Hunslet sone time ago , but bad returned .
Alderman Kelly—Why did yon return ? Prisoner—I'll tell you why . My daughter , the only child I had left out of thirteen , was takes np and transported . She j ¦ was innocent , I know ahe -was , as you , 8 ir , who never ] aw her . Bat before sbe went I came to London to see her . That wm not a guilty act was it ? j Alderman Kelly—Have you no friends at Hunslet ? j Prisoner—None . Father , mother , brother , sister , hus- i hand , and children , are all gone . I hare not a friend in the world , but God Almighty above me ; and sometimes I think he is hard upon me to take all away and leave me behind .
Tae worthy Alderman ordered the keeper of Bride-, Well to take charge of her for a few days , and supply I her with clothes . Afterwards they must aee if some- j thi ng could not be < lone for her . I Aid . K-Ily stated on Wednesday , at Guildhall , that ; be kad received three contributions for the poor woman \ from Hunslet , charge . 1 with begging . They were 10 s .: from Mr . Rick&rd , of the Stock Exchange -, 10 s . from a i gentleman unknown ; and 2 s . 6 d- from a gsntleman of j thr Jewish persuasion , j [ We invite our readers to read the above , to read it t"Jl every word is engraven not merely upon the tablet i of the memory , but upon the more durable one of the , hea ? t , and then say if a state of things which can first : produce , and then punish such wretchedness , ought any
lor ?< . r to be suffered to txist . We dare not say the terr . ^ put of what we feel on this heart-rending tale of ! ho- ror . Here is a female , one who hu been wife , pa- ' reiiC , dfloghter , sister , —all that woman can be to man ; —ia a state of absolute destitution . Prop after prop \ has , in the mysterious arrangements of Previdence , been restored , till she has neither staff car stay remaining ; and , to add to her misery , j her erFbrts to exist without being criminal , are , by the \ acca ; sed system which the sn pine ness and indifference of thi . people haTe suffered to be established in this ' , country , converted into a crime ; and all that a humane mi-pttraie can do is to send her to a prison , to keep her ' from becoming a thief . Talk about society ! bat society , erbu not for her : she is an outcast But though > society refuses her her rights , it sternly demands a ! Teepect for its institutions , and tells her , in effect , ¦
that should she starve , it has no tribunal before j ¦ wtixh to cite those -whose cupidity and avarice have ; thus rendered them guilty of murder ; but if she steal to j mirfy her hunger apd to clothe her nakednew . it h&s i la-ws for tae -proteetic-n of property , the Iron grasp of which site most speedily be node to feei . It is lair to \ conclude that this woman , in bye-gone days , has raj- ¦ dered service to society ; she has , it appears , been the ' mother of thirteen children , the last of whom the laws •' Ot the country has doomed to exile , for a crime of which ' the mother deems her innocent ; and this seems the ; only consolation for the seared and widowed heart She . comes , the says , from Hunalet , near Leeds , and she ' find i her way to the emporium of wealth , to the abode : of royalty , the British Metropolis , for what ? T « give F the iast embrace to tar sole remaining child ; and how \ touchutgly she asks—" That was not a guilty act
, was it ? " Yts , hi tiie eyes or bloated capitalists , landlords , and fundlords , a parent's feelings are , indeed , a deadly crime ! What right had she to feel ? How ! darf 4 she to leave Hunslet in obedience to the calls of zsattT-e and btnnurity ? How had sbe tbe assurance to eome to beg ia London , rather than stay and starve at . Hnnidet ? A \ as ' . she bad bo tie to Hunslet ? ~ •* Hive you no friends at Hunslet ? " asked the ¦ Worthy magistrate . ' " None , " replies the prisoner—tbe : PBisosER !! made such Vy her efforts to be honest !' " ~ Soae ! Father , mother , brother , sister , husband , ! and children all are s-ne . 1 have not a friend in the - wot ' , i , but God Almighty above me ; and sometimes I think he is hard npon nic to take all away , and lfiav ~ me behind ! ! " We sik those who prate about :
" tie obedience due to the laws , " ind "the respect ! which the poor are bound to pay to the regulations of sscitrry , " what claim the law can put forth to thfe respect and obedience of a being so wretched ? "I eonli sell little things , " she says , " but they must be bought ; and if I go to beg the money , I am seised and taken to prison . " Poor irreich ! and had she begged the mosey , and gone te p * U her things , another daw-made law would have < tatea them from ner , and consigned her to a dungeon j for the crime of wanting four pounds to pay the ' Government for a licence to do so ! She has no ties to bind ber to the world , and in the agony of her des- ' pair ahe is almost ready to " Curse God asd die . " We -hall probably be told thst the Poor Law offers ssds ^ nce in such cases of destitution ; this we grant , end ve need no better proof of tbe horrid system of
the present English Poor lun , than tins can afford . Tfo cae bat a TnaT »» . tmder the old system , would have preferred such a state of destitution to the pro-Tiaicns of the workhouse ; but see how sneb provisions are Y athed and spurned since the Halthasiau wretches took the management of the poor out of the hands of She Magistrates and Board of Guardians chosen by « t . ^ responsible to tbe rate-payers , and placed it in the hinds © f the triple-headed monster , - the " Bivil King" of Somerset House . Under the new order of things , matters are turned upside down . Our prisons are become hells" instead of places of correctional punishment and discipline , and yet bad as they are , they are preferred to the Bastiles , as being less demoralising , lf-ss evil , than the dens which faction and political economy have prepared for the Blow but certain murder of the destitute poor . —Ei > 3
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BTJ . TOKRLAND . On Sunday afternoon , Mr . "Williams lectured at the Life Boat House , to an tmnBaaUy large audience . The object of the lecture ¦ was to develops the prospects of Chartist Reform . The lecturer observed in the introduction of the subject , that tbe question , whether tne ardent wishes and hopes of the enslaved , for the attainment of a free and happy state of society , were likely to be gratified or not , eould only be satisfactorily answered by an inquiry into the nature of man , and a calm examination of tbe tendency of tboee elements of change , which society now contained . Mr . W . then showed that man was a progressive , and not a stationary being ; that the law of bis natnre was onward , onward : notwithstanding the most powerful
obstacles ofiered by existing institutions , the people had advanced in the knowledge of their rights , interests , and duties , and were advancing , in that knowledge , while tbe spirit of fraternity was still extending , embracing one after another in one common bond of union , upon the principles of equal interests and duties ;—that these elements made ehange inevitable ;—the question then was , what that change would be- —what direction that f-pirii of progression , was taking 1 Re then showeu that Torjifin was not the coining change , that the reaction which had placed the Tories in power , was not » Tory reaction , that it was in fact a new action of the spirit of Reform ( which in 1831 , had carried the Reform Bill , ) upon more Tattonal and
comprehensive principles , than the people as a ! ma g « had ever yet been wedded to . The j prospects of Whiggery were summarily dealt : with ; the lecturer showing that Whiggism wss only , » hypocritical form of Toryism , and vras , like that ] System , doomed to immediate and utter destruction . The lecturer then gave various and strikiDg reasons , ferhoping that the next successful reform move ; woald be one npoa the principles of the People ' s i Charter . The peculiar nature of Chartist Reform j wae then examined ; the speaker proving that it was i the only jnst , comprehensive , and efficient system of i political reform ; that it was a system which tended i ftnm ^^^^ y on it « reception , to improve the indi- j Tidnal in mind , feeling , and character , as well as j ultimately - to regenerate and bless society . The j knowledge of its principles and objects expanded the > aiind . infoaed a patriotic and philanthropic spirit \
into the heart , and led to that union and co-operation \ for mutual objects , by which the spin : of ' selfishness was crushed and the finest features in ; human chMaclei were formed . The lecturer then i eontended , from the extent to which the principles i had already been embraced , from the fact that other j BTBtemB had been tried and found wanting , and still : more from the faet that no other body or class of real ; or pretended reformers conld compare with the raion , firmness , constancy , and energy displayed by tke Chartists , that the Charter would speedily , well u inevitably , become the law of the land . He theneondnded bj impressing npon hi 3 audience the importance of individual duty in the great national struggl e in which we are now engaged . —Mr . W . * anoHneed , tb * t next Sunday afternoon , Mr . B : nns would lecture , upon which occasion there woald be m collection made ou betalf of Mrs . Frost , I
BOKCASTER .-A Cb&rtiit Association has been loraed In this town , with every prospect of success . Mr . Haroey has been requested to go over acd deliver a leeture . The agitation promises well , and the people ¦» all on the alsrt searching after a knowledge of the SFfec&leG .
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ai&NCHESTER , —The Chartist Boom , Salter-street , was entirely crammed on Tuesday evening . A great mvny of oar Sister countrymen were present . Mr . Christopher Boyle was called to the chair , and addressed tbe meeting for abeut a quarter of an hour , expressing his joy that a room which had been closed by the despotic Whigs was again opened , and hoped they ( the people ) of that district would come out , and go on as they had begun , until their efforts' were crowned with success . When they had that room before , many able addresses were delivered from the platform on which be then stood , and so formidable were the Chartists at that time , that tbe middle class and shopkeepers , many of whom resided contiguous ,
professed to be Ckartista . After a tew appropriate remarks , he introduced Dr . M'Dooall , who , on coming forward , was greeted with loud cheers . The Dr . then went through a very able heart-stirring and convincing address , touching upon the obstacles which th « Chartists have had to contend against The lecturer spoke in his usual explicit style , cleared up his points to the satisfaction of the meeting . Mr . Leech afterwards delivered a short sad effective address on the position of the Chartists . A Tote of thanks was Riven to the speakers , sod it was announced that Mr . Philp would lecture in that room on the next Tuesday evening , after which . the crowded assembly dispersed , evidently highly pleased with what they had heard .
SOLTON . —The democrats of this town have given a dinner to Mr . J . P . Kenyon , formerly a resident there , but who has been for a few weeks on a visit to his native country , and who was again about to embark for the land of liberty . An excellent dinner was served np by Mrs . Teddoa , of the Temperance Hotel . Mr . J . Lowe presided , and the evening was spent in a friendly manner . An address was presented to Mr . Kenyon , and on his health being drunk he returned thanks in an excellent speech .
WARRXMGTOK . —Dr . M'Bouall has been lecturing here with much success . MANSFIELD . —Mr . Skevington lectured here in the Market Place , to one of the largest audiences that ever was held in Mansfield , there being upwards of two thousand persons present . He was listened to throughout the lecture with the most marked attention . At the csnclusien , three cheers were given for the " Caged Lion , " after which the meeting separated , highly delighted with the animated address . LEEDS . —O'Cownoh and O'Bries ' s Demonstration . —The time will soon arrive when the " caged lion , " and that noble of nature , O'Brien , will be liberated from the grasp of Whig tyranny . The Chartists of Leeds and its neighbourhood have
d&termined to welcome the above gentlemen , on their liberation , by a pubiio demonstration , to shew them the people know how to appreciate honest ; and patriotism , and prove to the factions that Chartism in Leeds is not dead , nor yet sleepeth . A committee has been formed for the above pur p ~> se , and have determined upon issuing , at their next meeting , collecting books , with printed headings , and appointing places where subscriptions will be received . The committee will meet again on Tuesday evening next , at the Association Room , Shambles , at eight o ' clock precisely , when it is hoped there will be a numerous attendance of the committee and friends of the good cause , as business of great importance will be brought before the meeting .
zav ^ BPOot—On Wednesday evening , Mr . Wm . Jones delivered a powerful and eloqaent lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Preston-street . SLA 1 THWAXTE . —On Sunday last , Mr . Clayton delivered a very instrnclive lecture to a number of friends , at the house of Mr . William Rollitt , the Chartists' Delight , back of Monnt Pleasant , Slaithwaite . The lecture was listened to with intense interest , and after having fairly exposed the villany of class legislation , and the Whig delusion of cheap bread , he shewed them that nothing short of Universal Suffrage would render them any immediate or ultimate benefit . At the conclusion , eleven persons were enrolled as members of the Association , after which the meeting separated . Thus are the first seeds of Chartism sown in thiB hitherto Whig-ridden place , and which promises , ere long , to bring forth much fruit .
PADDOCK . —On Tuesday afternoon , a very respectable and happy company agreed to make a tee-total Chartist tea-party . Tbe company assembled about five o ' clock , out of doors , and the weather being Tery favourable , the apparatus being arranged , and the viands , the " bread and cup which cheer and do tot inebriate , " &et in ordtr , about the number of seventy sat doirn . and were greatly deJighted with tbe treat and with each other . Before the conclusion , rain seemed to threaten , and the party removed to the Temperance Hotel and wound np the rational conviviality by music and dancing . KEIGHlt'&'S ' . —LEcxcaa . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . G . J . Harney gave a lecture in the Working Men ' s Hall , on the principles and prospects of Chartism . KOSSI 1 I . T . —At the weekly meeting of Chartists , held on Monday evening , an unanimous vote of censure was passed on John Collins and Arthur O Neil .
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SUNDEZLXiAITD . Trade Dispute . —HojjorKABLE Decision of thjs Magistrates . —It is so seldom that the poor obtain either law or justice from those whose duty it is to administer it , that when an instance , an exception to the rule , does occur , it is our duty to record it prominently , and award the honour that is due to those who have earned it . On Monday , John Rogers , and John Williams , two pnddlere , or iron worker ? - , in the employment of the Bishop Wearmouth Iron Work ' s Company , were summoned by the company , before the borough magistrates , Sunderland , for leaving their employment without sufficient notice . Mr . Hayton , solicitor , appeared for the company , and Mr . Cooper for the workmen . Mr . Hayton ,
having stated the case , called npon Thos . Simpson , manager of the puddling works , in sapport of the charge . Simpson , npon being sworn , stated that the men came to work as usual on Friday night last , that he supplied them with the proper w heats" (* technical term , meaning the proper quantity of iron , 4 cwt . ) ; bnt that tbe men expressed their belief that there was not the quantity stated , and as they would be liable to have their wages reduced , if they did not produce a sufficient quantity of work , they objected to work until the metal was weighed . It wss weighed , and it was found short weight , except one beat , which was 61 b 3 . over ; but many beats were considerably less than the proper quantity . The men then refused to work , unless the deficiency
was supp'ied ; be advised them to work until morning , when all would be rectified ; they refused . Cross-examined by Mr . Cowper—Did not tell the men he coaid aot , and would Qot ^ rectify the deficiency . The quantity less would make the wages of the workmen sixpence or ninepence a day each less . By the magistrates— " Why did yo not let the men see the metal weighed before you gave it to them . " Answer— " They might see i \ if they thought proper . Did not turn any men off for producing short weight in their work , bnt for bad work . " An individual in th 9 body of the court here exclaimed , " That ' s false . " The magistrates then desired the man to be brought forward . Simpson was ordered to stand down , and the man being brought before them , gave
his name John Callis . He was a workman in the Bishopwearmonth iron works ; knew the facts of the present case ; the manager had stated a falsehood when he asserted the men were turned off for bad- werk There weTe men in the court who had been turned on * -srithont any notice merely because they did not produce a certain quantity of work , which was impossible , as thev did not get the quantity of metal to do it ; he stated James Williams , a workman , would prove it . James Williams was then brought forward , and proved that he had been discharged , not for bad work , but for short weight in his work . He-had no notice given to him . Mr . Backhouse , one of the mag i strates , observed that , in disputes between master and men , it was desirable to have , il
possible , a proper understanding established , and that could only be done by masters doing the men justice ; that it was very clear , in this case , the masters had been discharging the men without notice , and therefore had no moral right to come there , and charge the men with an offence which they , Cthe masters , ) had first committed , R . Spon , Esq ., another of the magistrates , also emp hatically denounced the conduct of the masters : he said that if tbe notice law was right for the masters , it could not be wrong for the men , and that it was dearly established by the witnesses brought forward by the masters that the men had
not been supplied with the requisite quantity of metal . On a consultation amongst the magistrates , Mr . Spon stated that the magistrates were of opinion that the present charge against the men should be dismissed , the masters paying the oogts ; that the men who had been discharged without notice should have one fortnight ' s wages paid to them ; that in future a man should be appointed by the workmen ( bnt to be paid by the masters ) to see the metal properly weighed . This arrangement was agreed to by the masters ; and the the men retired , rejoicing that there were administrators of the law willing and determined to do justice to all .
KEIGHXiET . —Easteb Does . —On Tuesday last , the rector of the parish , Mr . Bnsfield , commenced actual hostilities on his parishoners by issuing out summonses for Easter Dues . The persons singled out for this first assault of the church militant are Mr . David We&tuerhe&d , Mr . William Rhodes , and Mr . Milligan , surgeon , the two first being incorrigible Chartists , and the last an obstinate dissenter . This singular claim made by the good man for the use of their own besoms and ehimneys has been treated by the individuals in the j manner it deserves , Mr . Weatherhead , on receiv- ! ing- bis note of friendship , sticking it in his shop ; window for public admiration . The great bulk of 1 the parishioners declare their determination to set { he claim at defiance , and appear inclined to let the I pir ^ on pay himself in kettles , pots , and pans , rather j than accommodate him with small coin . Should I this hold good , the reverend gentleman will be en- j abied t » set up business ae a broker . j
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HTJDDEBSFIELD . —Magistbates'Officb . — A person named William Murray was brought before the bench on Tuesday , charged with having out and otherwise seriously injured Mr . Spivey , painter , &c , and with patting other indviduals in great bodily fear . It appears that Murray entered a butcher ' s shop , in Bradley-street , in a state of the most maddened excitement , from having drank too freely of ardent spirits ; on entering , he exclaimed , M W ^ at are yon going to do with me ? are yon going to murder me t" upon which he lifted the cleaver from the block , and drove the proprietor and his customers into the street . He followed them , and as Mr . Spivey was passing , ho received a blow from this dangerous instrument upon the arm , which out him deep . The prisoner wm committed to York , but from the iDfiuenoe of friends , and a general good character , he was bailed out in the afternoon
Cricket Match . A match between the Dalton and Leeds Victoria clubs came off at Huddersfield en Monday and Tuesday last . The days were favourable and a great number of spectators thronged the field . It was played at Dalton a quarter of a mile from tbe town . The sport was firstrate , each person exerting himself to the utmost . Dalton won with seven wickets to go down . The return match will be played during tbe next month . MANCHESTER . —The Petition Committee met on Sunday , when the following resolution was passed : —Moved by Mr . Gresty , seconded by Mr . Davies , That all persons holding books belonging to this committee be requested to send them in before the 4 th of August , as the committee will meet that day to balance their aooounts . "
PRESTON . —On Saturday last , the following plaeard was extensively circulated through the town of Preston ;— Remedy for the National Distress and General Grievances . A public meeting will be held in Chadwick ' s Orchard , on Teesday evening next , the 27 ih July , instant , with a view of agreeing to some general asd efficient remedy for the now prevailing and awfully increasing distress of the country ; and recommending the general countenance and support ot such resolutions as the meeting may decide upon , and thus prevent division , that we may obtain relief , and the sooner put an end to want and starvation , and the dread of what every good man must deplore—bloody revolution . As the meeting is intended to so discuss our
grievances , as to set the matter of remedy at rest , and attain one general and united support , it is hoped that every one will attend who can possibly < io so ; and in order that full scope may be given to erery speaker , tbe meeting will be adjourned from time to time , till the public be put in full possession of the remedies of the day . The ohair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . By order of the Preston Chartist Council , G . Halson , Secretary . " Inconsequence of this announcement , a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Preston took place at the time specified in the placard . Mr . R . Walton was unanimously called to the chair , who opened the business of the meeting by observing , that now was the proper time for those who had the least claim
to patriotism to step forward and elucidate their views to the meeting , in order that we might arrive at some conclusion to produce a universally beneficial change . Mr . £ . Swindlehurst then came forward , and showed that the grievances complained of was in consequence of bad measures emanating from men incapable of understanding the real wants of the country . Mr . H . Oddlehum followed , and ooncluded his address by calling upon those who wished for the amelioration of their conntry to follow the excellent advice of Hercules to the waggoner , for "God helps those that help themselves . " Mr . G . Halton W& 8 of opinion that the time had gone by to amuse the country with empty professions , that a very great portion of the people of this country had
been taught wisdom by experience , and that if those classes of society who arrogated to themselves the right to govern by exclusive privilege , did not speedly alter their course , anarchy and confusion would be the inevitable consequence . As the evening was far advanced he thought it highly desirable that the meeting should adjourn to some future period , in order to give an opportunity to weigh well the matter in discussion , he would therefora move that the meeting do adjourn to Tuesday next . Mr . J . Murphy , in a brief speech , seconded the proposition , which was unanimously agreed to , and , after a vote of thanks to the chairmap , the meeting broke up , apparently highly delighted with the proceedings .
BRADFORD . —Eoy Missing . —We understand that a boy . about thirteen years of age , son of Francis Mason , residing in Cannon-street , Bradford , has been missing since Wednesday afternoon last , and though every possible search has been made for him , he has not yet been found . He is of low srature for his years , rather fair complexion , with light hair . He had on , when he left home , a worsted cap , fustian jacket and waistcoat , cotton cord trowsers , and clogp . His diteoasolate parents will esteem it a favour should any one give them intelligence respecting him .
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FBOH OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , July 29 . The anti-Corn Leaguers are nwklng efforts to get the eteam up here , though from the apathy of their gulled followers , it must be a work of extreme hardship , for well as their lecturers are paid , it is not pleasant for them to have their breath wasted on some twenty auditors ; and as the game is spoiled , it would be more advantageous for even Cobden , and a great deal cheaper to the body of leaguers , if they would just help the " workies" to get what is really wanted . The females of London have established a Chartist Association , which will meet for the firat time this evening .
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NISI PRIUS , Thubsdat . CRAVEN AND OTHEBStf . THORNHILL . ( Special Jury . ) IMPORTANT DECISION RESPECTING " TENANT RIGHT" AND 'f LANDLORD-RIGHT . " Mr . Cbessweix and Mr . Hildyabd were for the plaintiff ; Mr . Knowles and Mr . Tomlinson were for the defendants . The claim of the plaintiffs was for two sums , one for £ 289 , and the other £ 62 , of which £ 110 had been paid into Court . The plaintiffs were tenants of T . Thornhill , Esq ., of Fixby Hall , near Huddersfield . The father of the plaintiffs , some sixteen years ago , became tenant of two farms under Mr . Thornhill , one called Wadland Hills , and the other Woodland Hills , which he occupied till his death . When he entered on the farms , he paid a certain valuation . Mr . Craven died in March , 1839 , and his three sons ( the plaintiffs ) succeeded as tenants to
the farms , which they occupied till tbe autumn of 1839 , when a notice to quit was served upon them by Mr . Thornhill ' s agent , Mr . Ramabottom . Before the period arrived when they were to quit , an intimation was given by Mr . ltamabottom , that he had appointed a Mr . Lister to value the out-going crops on the farms ; the Cravens appointed a Mr . Butler to valne on their side . After some delay , caused by Mr . Ram 8 bottom intimating to Lister that he had better defer his valuation , as he suspected that the Cravens had not truly stated the terms upon which their father had entered on the farm , the valuation was gone into . The valuers had completed their valuation on the 20 th of February , but in consequence of this intimation , Mr . Lister did not decide
the valuation till after May . When he did make his valuation , the defendant said the Cravens had obtained it by fraud . Mr . Butler ' s valuation came to three hundred and ten pounds for Wadland Hills . Mr . Lister ' s valuation amounted to the sum of £ 289 . As the two valuers could not agree apou the amount , it was determined that the matter should be referred to a Mr , Smith , as umpire , whose award was to be abided by . The before-named intimation of Mr . Ramsbottom ' s , that there was a special agreement , prevented an appointed meeting for the umpire to decide this matter ; and as Mr . Thornhill ' s gent refused to pay more than £ 110 , the present action was broughtto recover the amount of the valuation as made by Mr . Thornhill ' e owa valuer , Mr . Lister .
Mr . Knowles , for the defence , said , that Mr . Thornhill had paid £ 110 into Court , which he contonded was sufficient , and more than sufficient to pay all that the plaintiffd were legally entitled te . Mr . Craven held under a special agreement , and had no right to claim under the custom ot the country . He accused the Cravens of obtaining the valuation by direct falsehood and fraud , in stating that they entered to the farms without any special agreement , when the fact was , that they held under the terms of a lease which had formerly been granted to a tenant of tho very farm in question ; which lease required that a certain proportion of the land only should be ploughed , one-third ; and the Jury would at once infer that the remaining portion , two-thirds ,
Bhould be left in grass . He should also prove that so far from James Craven , tho father of the plaintiffs , haviug paid any . valuation when he entered upon the farms as was * alleged , he had not paid one single shilling . These facts he should prove by the mouth of competent witnesses . Witnesses were then examined for the defence , by whom it was attempted to be shown that when the farms were taken the conditions of a lease that had formerly existed were named as the conditions by which the tenant would have to abida ; and that , under those conditions , the sum of £ 110 , paid into Court by the defendant , was amply sufficient for the
valuation . The difference arose from there being more than one third of the land under the plough at the time the tenant left . One of the witnesses , a Mr . Lee , the former tenant of the farm , was called to prove that " old Craven' * had paid him nothing , as out-going tenant , for tenant-right , or valuation ; and thia he swore to most lustily : on cross-examination , however , he let out the ugly fact that he had claimed a valuation as out-going tenant ; that it had been allowed him to the extent ( he only occupied one of the farms ) of more than £ 135 ; that he owed more than £ 100 rent ; and that Craven had paid Mr . Thornhill the amount of the valuation , which had been set-off against his ( Lee ' s ) arrears of rent .
The lease , under whose provisions it was soughtto bring the Cravens , was also put in and read . It turned out to have been granted in the year 1792 , to tho then tenant , and was for a period of fifteen years . Tile provision which was soughtto be establishedagainbt the plaintiffs was , that during the last two yean of the tenure , tke holder should not plough moro than one-third of the land . Mr . Cress well , in his reply , animadverted in severe terms on the conduct of Mr . RamBbottom , in bringing charges of fraud against the Cravens , which the evidence he had offered wasincapableof supporting He observed that such men as Mr . Thornhill were completely in the hands of his agents ; and that ho was not to blame for the pitiful and humiliating exhibition which had been made in that Court : but
agents were bound , injustice to those whose characters were at stake , to weig h well what they were about ; to be eure that they had a good case before they dragged their principals into a Court of Justice to prefer charges ot fraud and falsehood against honest men , for whioh charges they had not a tittle of evidence to adduce . With respect to the monstrous attempt that had been made , to bring the Cravens . who were merely tenants from year-to-year , liable to be quitted ( as they had been quitted ) by six month ' s notice ; with regard to the attempt to bring men so situate under the provisions of a lease granted for a certain term of years , he must characterise it as the most impudent and unjust thine that he had ever known . The
provisions of the lease where wholly inapplicable to a yearly tenant . For instance ; the very provision that so much stress had been laid upon , provided that during the last two years of the tenure only one third of the land should be ploughed ;—( it did not require that the remainder should bo in grass ;—it it merely required that not more than a certain proportion shauld be ploughed)—but how could this apply to a tenancy from year to year ! How could the tenant know which were the "two last years of his tenure ! " when six months' notice could quit him I The attempt was monstrously absurd—and as unjust as it was monstrous . He again characterised the whole defence as miserable and shameful—reflecting disgrace upon those
agents of Mr . Thornhill who had made him appear as a man wanting to defraud his tenantry of their ju . « t rights . He was satisfied the attempt would tail . Tho Jury would stand between his clients aud tho attempted injustice . Ho confidently relied on their giving a verdict for tho plaintiffs . Lord Denman then summed up . He observed that this was an important case—a very important one . It involved many and high considerations ; and in order that they mi ^ ht have the case fully before them , he would read over to them the whole of the evidence taken on both sides , commenting on such portions as he mi ^ ht deem it necessary to give his opinion upon . He claimed their best attention while he did so . His
Lordship then read over the evidenco , interspersing the several portions of it with observations to tho effect , that if the jury were satisfied that the holding in this case was under written agreement , that is to say , under the provisions of the old lease produced , they would find a verdict for the defendant ; for it would be then apparent that the valuation which bad been piocured was procured by false pretences : on the contrary , if they were satisfied that the provisions of that lease were , as had been ably contended , wholly inapplicable to a tenancy from year-to-year , and that the valuation which had been made , was made in accordance with the custom of the country , ( and of all these things they most judge from the evidence adduced by both
par tic :- ) ; it they were of opinion that these ( hinga were so , they would find a verdict for the plaintiffs . The Jury retired for a short time , and then returned with a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages to the amount sought : thus , in the most marked manner setting their faoe against the attempt which hod been made to secure to Mr . Thornhill , as landlord , all the advantages of a lease , while the tenantry were left without any of the advantages arising from leases , —amongst which cebtainty of tenure for the period embraced in the lease is not the least important . The result is of the highest moment to tenants similarly situated to the tenantry of Mr . Thornhill .
One thing connected with thiB trial must not be lost sight of : it was the means of bringing the " good Old King , " Mr ! Oastler , once more into Yorkshire . The plai&tift'V attorney applied to Mr . Richard Oastler , as is usual when it is imagined that evidence can be obtained , for information connected with the subject in dispute , with a view to subpoena him as a witness . Mr . Oastler , however , as was learned from Mr . Cresswell's opening speech , refused to give any
information that way at all ; pointing to his peculiar situation with regard to Mr . Thornhill as his excuse . The plaintiffs had him removed from the Fleet Prison upon a Writ of Habeas Corpus \ for the purpose of giving evidence if it was needed . Mr . Cresswell , however , did not call him into the box , as his case was fully established by the two witnesses he did call ; but he offered to place him in the box , if the other aide wished it . This , Mr . Ramsboitom did Hot desire—so Mr . Oastler was not examined .
Thegood OldKing" looked muoh better than could b « expected , considering that he has lately been suffering from an intermittent fever , brought on by excessive fatigue . He is recovering rapidly from its effects ; and we sincerely hone that the jaunt he has just had into his beloved Yorkshire , at Mr . Thornhill ' s expekce , —( the verdict carries costs ! . ' ! j—iriU . completely restore him to health . It was pleasing to see the manner in which all parties , Whig and Tory , paid their respect to honour and iitTEGRrrr in the person of the respected Oastlee . The cordial
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greetings and hearty shakings of hands between him ana barristers , and gentleman suitors , defendants , jurymen , and witnesses , and attorneys , and coroners , and farmers , and labourers , were truly delightful to witness ! One scene was peculiarly affecting . Mr . Oastler m « t an "old and faithful ( fellow ) servant" —one who has been discarded like himself—( Ramabottom and Redhead know why ia both cases 1)—and whom he had sot sees before for several years . There they stood together 1—the "Old King , " and the older man—the "faithful steward , " Oastleb , and the no-less faithful James Thompson . The meeting was so cordial , so affectionate , that many-an eye was moistened amongst the lookers on .
Mr . Oastleb had the pleasure , of seeing Mr . O'Connor in his cell twice during the day he was at York . He was evidently highly gratified at being favoured with the opportunity the trial afforded him of meeting Mr . O'Connor so much sooner than he expected . We heard Mr . Oastler declare , after he had left Mr . O ' Connor , that the room in which he is confined is much worse than the strong room where the refractory prisoners are confined in the Fleet ; and in this opinion Mr . Oastler was fully borne out by the officers who had him in charge . Mr . Oastler ( with his two attendants ) arrived in York on Wednesday evening ; he departed back to hie prison by the quarter to nine o ' clock train on Friday morning ; and would sleep in the Fleet that night . He was evidently much gratified with this visit to Yorkshire ; it fully proved to him that he holds the increased esteem and good-will of all who know him .
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Hunslet . —Mr . W . Hick will preach on Stockhill , Hunslet , on Sunday , the 1 st of August , at half-past six o ' clock in the evening , weather permitting . Nottinghamshire . —Mr . W . D . Taylor will lecture in the Chape ) , Rice-place , on Monday , August 1 st ; at Arnold , on Tuesday ; at Sutton-in-Aabfield , on Wednesday ; and at Mansfield , on Thursday . MittfBow—Mr . Francis Louis , of Oldham , will lecture here on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Ashton . —The Chartists of this place are requested to meat in their room , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at nine o'clock in the morning . West Riding .- ^ Mr . George Julian Harney will lecture on Mouday , August 2 nd , at Huddersfield ; Tuesday , Lepton ; Wednesday , Honley ; Thursday , Paddock ; Friday , RippOnden ; and Saturday , Aug . 7 th , Warley .
Mr . Skevington will lecture at Bradford on Saturday , ( this evening ) ; at Leeds , in the Association Room , Cheapside , Shambles , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock , and on Monday evening , the 2 nd of August , at eight o ' clock ; at York , On Tuesday , the 3 rd of August ; at Selby , on the 4 th ; and at Hull , on the 5 th ; at which places it is requested that arrangements will be made for the above purposes . Cambeuweli . and Walworth . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of this district will be holden at the Rose and Crown , on Tuesday , August 3 rd , to elect delegates to the Middlesex county meeting . Manchester—A Chartist ball will be holden in the Brown-street Room , on Monday , August 9 , for tho benefit of O'Brien . Gentlemen ' s tickets , 9 d ; Ladies ' , 6 d .
Derbyshire—Mr . Bairstow lectures at Derby on Monday evening ; at Brearton , on Tuesday ; at Sawles , on Wednesday ; at Melbourne , on Thursday ; and at Castle Donniugton , on Friday ; at seven o ' clock each evening . On Sunday he preaches at Derby Market-place , at six in the evening . Collections after each lecture . Wigam—Mr . William Dixon will lecture on Sunday evening next , August 1 st , at half-past seven , in the Chartist Association Room , Millgate , on the principles of the People ' s Charter , and the necessity of the people joining in a thorough union to achieve their political rights . Staffordshire . —Mr . Candy will lecture at Darlaston , on Monday ; at Wednesbury , on Tuesday ; at Wolverhampton , on Wednesday ; and at Bilston , en Thursday .
Sunderland . —Mr . Binns will lecture at the Life Boat House , on Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock . Liverpool . —Mr . B . M'Cartney will lecture in the Association Room , Preston-street , on Wednesday evening next . Mr . Chas . Connor will lecture as follows during the next week : —On Monday , August 2 , Holmfirth , at six in the evening ; Tuesday , 3 rd , Huddersfield , at eight in the evening , in the Association Room ; Wednesday , 4 th , Slaithwaite , at eight in the evening ; Thursday , 5 ' . h , Honley , at half-past seven in the evening ; Friday , 6 th , Lindley , at eight in the evening ; Saturday , 7 th , Meltham , at six in the evening .
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Leeds Cloth Markets . —There was . not so much business done at the Cloth Halls on Tuesday last , as ou the week previous , and manufacturers again complain that they cannot ; sell their goods . There is , however , some 6 mall improvement in the general trate , as compared with what as been the case for some time . Huddersfield Market . —The market here continues languid and glormy ; there is little done in any kind of scods ; wojIs , oik , &c , keep up a steady priod .
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___ _ . ; . — — -aft Leeds Cork Market , Jclt 27 th . —The arrivals of Wheat and Oata to this day ' s market are smaller than last week—Bean larger . The weather hat become more favourable , bdt the stock of Wheat in Granary is very small , that there has been a fair , demand at an advance of Is . per quarter . Oats and Beans fall as well sold , THE AVERAGE PRICES FOB THE WEBK -.. ¦ •¦ ' ENDING JVhX 3 ? TH , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas , Qr * . Qra . ' Qrs . Qrsr . Qrs . Qra , 5953 20 658 — 333 117
Is . d . £ 8 . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . £ 9 . <} . 3 10 if 1 10 0 13 1 0 0 0 1 19 4 $ 2 8 2 $ York Corn Market , Jcly 24 . —The few samples of Wheat at to-day ' s market are held at an advance ot 23 . to 3 * . per qr ., and our millers are eager buyers of fresh thrashed samples . Oats are folly Oid . per stone , and Beans Is . per qr . dearer . The past week has been equally unseasonable with the preceding one . A great deal of rain fell in the former part of it , and for the last two days we have had cloudy dull weather , with very cold north winds ..
Bedale Fortnight Fair , Jclt 27 . —We had an excellent show of fat cattle , both with regard to numbers and quality . Buyers being numerous , % ready sale was effected . Beef was sold from 6 a . 9 d . to 7 s . 3 J . Mutton , 6 d . per 1 b . Rochdale Flannel Market , Monday , July 26 . —We have had another brisk market to-day , and the buyers have purchased freely at last week ' s prices . Wool still continues to advance a little ; yet the manufacturers buy very sparingly , under the impression that the present prices cannot long bo maintained .
Richmond Corn Market , Satvrdat , July 24 . — We had a very thin supply of Grain in onr market to-day , particularly Wheat , which was quickly bought up at an advance of Is . 6 d . per bushel . Wheat sold from 9 s . to lls . ; Oats 3 a . to 4 a . ; Barley 4 s . to 4 s . 3 d . ; Beans 5 a . to 53 . 9 d . per bushel . SrATfi of Trade at Stockport . —The utmost distress prevails among the manufacturing population of this town , in consequence of the number of hands out of employ , and the short time which has been worked at a number of mills during several months . This state of things , we are sorry to say , is likely to be augmented , as the whole of the workpeople employed at Messrs . Lane's mills , situate in Higher Hillgate , and Newbridge-lane , will be thrown out
of employment this week end—they having received notice that the concerns will be closed , and their services no longer required . The above extensive establishments have for several years been working under inspection . Upwards of 4 , 000 hands will be thrown out of employment by the stoppage of these mills . State of Trade . —The gloom which hung over the Manchester market , in consequence of the continental bankruptcies alluded to last week , has been deepened by accounts of very extensive failures at Paisley , where thirteen houses are said to have stopped payment , at the latter end of last week , for an amount , collectively , about 4300 , 000 . Though the immediate effect of these failures upon parties
resident in Manchester will probably not be very aerious , they are calculated to inspire great distrust , and , coupled with two or three failures whioh have recently occurred in this town , had , no doubt , a material effect upon the market yesterday , which was one . of the worst that has been experienced during the present year . . Yarns and goods were both depressed in price , and very few sales conld be made , even at the very lowest rates hitherto current . The depression was probably in some degree in * creased by the unfavourable appearance of the weather , whioh , after three or four comparatively favourable days , has again put on a threatening appearance , and serious fears are now entertained that a late and defective harvest may be added to the
other causes which press with such tremendous severity upon the manufacturing interests . Two large spinning and manufacturing concerns , one at Maccleefleld and the other at StockpoTt .-which have been for some time past worked under the inspection of creditors , are about to be closed , in consequence of the unprofitable nature of the business . It is stated that the stoppage at Stockport will only be temporary ; but that , we presume , must depend in some degree upon the future state of the trade . In the mean time , at all events , the effect upon the worfcpeople . will be very serious . —Manchester Guardian of Wednesday . Manchester Cork Market , Saturday , Juir 24 . —There was a fair supply of Wheat , Oata , and
Oatmeal from Ireland , and the arrivals coastwise are likewise to a moderate extent . Of Foreign Wheat and Flour the imports were not large , but there are 19 , 173 barrels of Flour and 2190 quarters of Wheat from Canada . At our market this morning holders of Wheat demanded an advance of 4 d . to 6 d , per 701 bs . and the transactions in Floor were at an improvement of 2 ? , per 2801 bj . on the rates of this day se ' nnight : Oats were held at Id . per 451 bs . advanee . Of choice parcels of Oatmeal there were but few samples offering , and an improvement of 6 d . to 1 ; . per 2401 bs maybe noted ; and for Beans and prime samples of Malt we raise onr quotations li . per quarter and load respectively . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , July 26 . —
We have this week had moderate arrivals of British Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal . The imports of Wheat from Foreign States are liberal ; these , however , have been placed under the Queen ' s locks , and the arrivals of Wheat aud Flour from Canada ( consisting of 3 , 049 quarters , and 15 , 381 barrels respectively ) , have also , for the most part , been pnt into bond , under the expectation of the colonial duty falling to the minimum—6 d . per quarter , aud 3 ^ d . per barrel . During the greater part of the week , the weather has been unsettled , giving farther excitement to the Grain trade , under which large transactions have again occurred in bonded Wheat and Flour at advancing prices : 7 s . 6 d . to 7 s . 9 d .
has been paidfor Baltic red , ~ and 8 s . per 701 ba ' . for good mixed Danzig Wheat ; 263 . 6 < f . to 27 s . 6 d . per barrel for United States ; 33 a . to 34 s . per barrel for Canadian Flour . Free Wheat has been taken , to * moderate extent by the millers and dealers at an advance of 2 d . per bushel for finer qualities . Free Flour mnst ' also be noted Is . per sack and barrel dearer . Both Oats and Oatmeal have been held for higher rateb ; 3 a . 2 d . to 33 . 3 d . par 451 bs . obtained for best mealing qualities of the former ; 26 * . 3 d . to 27 s . 3 d . per load for Irish Oatmeal ; grinding Barley must be quoted 2 d . per bushel ; Beans and Peas each Is per quarter higher than at the close of last week .
Lowdow Smithfield , Monday , July 26 th . —On account of the arrival of Beasts up to our market this morning being considerably on the increase , anS the weather somewhat unfavourable to slaughtering , the Beef trade was exceedingly heavy , at a depression in the . currencies noted on Monday last of 4 d . per libs . ; the highest price obtained for the best Scots being 4 s . 8 J ., and some portion of them were turned out unsold . From Scotland , we received 200 Soots and 370 Sheep in excellent condition . We were very moderately supplied with Sheep , whilst the sale for them was steady , at full y last week ' s quotations . 1 Although the number of Lambs on the market was small , the demand was heavy , at baTely stationary prices . Calves were in fair supp ' y , and ,
sluggish inqniryj at previous rates . In Pigs , scarcely anything doing . London Corn Exchange , Monday , July 26 . — There was a good supply of Wheat from Essex , and a fair quantity , from Suffolk , but that from Kent was only moderate ; and of Barley , Beans , and Peas from all these counties , there was a very limited show . There were several cargoes of Oats fresh up from Ireland this 1 morning , and a few vessels from our own coals and Scotland , with this article . The imports of foreign Wheat during the past week were good , -with , a few cargoes of Barley , and a fair quantity of Canadian Floor . The weather having been more favourable since Friday , the trade was not so lively for Wheat as en that day , but the advance of Is . to 2 s . then obtained has been established this
morning for all fine qualities of English , and our millers took the choicest samples more freely at the close of market ; good free foreign brought a similar improvement , with a steady demand . Bonded Wheat met a fair sale at Friday ' s quotations , which were 33 . to 4 ? . per quarter over those of last Monday and the trado in this description was firmer than that for free samples . Town-made Flour was put up to 60 s . ' per sack to-day , and ship-marks wera la , to 28 . ; per sack dearer . Barley , being scarce , was Is . per quarter dearer . Malt was quite as high and good samples were in fair request . Beans and Peas commanded an advance of is . per quarter . Oats were taken off steadily ; prime Corn realising rather more , money than on this day fie ' nnight , in some instances to the consumers for fresh and sweet parcels 6 d . to Is . per quarter higher .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . { BY SXPBESa . ) Friday , July 30 . —Onr arrival of Wheat is moderate , for which we experienced a good demand , at fully last week ' s prices . Barley fully as dear . Oats and Shelling steady . Beans and other articles without material alteration .
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United States . —By the Patrick Henry , Captain Delano , accounts from New York to the 8 th instant , five days later than the last arrivals , have been received . The news is not of importance . What an Idea . —A writer in the Sun , who signs himself Thomas Morgan , ( most probably the Tommy Morgan , of Leeds , ) recommends the people universally to mount a scarlet cockade , which he styles the Queen ' s livery , before which , he declares , the Corn Laws would fall to pieces . The conenptiou is worthy of its author ; Tommy will doubtless chuckle with delight at his splendid idea of " demonstration . "
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at his Printing Offices , Nes . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate ; and Published by the said Joshua Hobsoit , ( for the said Feargus O'Connor , ) at bU Dwelling-house , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggate ; an internal Communication existing between the said No . & , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , than constituting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , ( Poat-pildJ fe » J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds . Saturday * jtfj 81 , 1841 ,
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BUBBLE BANKS-EXTENSIVE FRAUDS . We copy from the Afornin ^ Po st account of the extensive frauds carried on durii > g a series of years by the Messrs . Wakeneld , the Babble Bankers , of Broad-street , London , whose capital , on commencing banking business , amounted to the magnificent sum offifteen hundred pounds !—u The case of the Wakefields , late of Broad-street , hankers and stockbrokers , as unfolded within tho last day or two in the Court of Bankruptcy , has formed a very prominent topic of discussion among onr commercial men . Educated at a school like the Stock Exchange , it was not to be expected that the books of these persons would prove entirely free from items that might lead to an indulgence , on the part of the commissioner or the creditor ? , the reverse
of flattering to their feelings . The public appear , however , not to have been by any means prepared for the development of facts so perfectly damning to their reputation as men of business , as those which were brought to light upon the occasion ; for what has been the condnct pursued by them for the last three-and-twenty years t With a capital of j £ 1 , 500 including the lease of the Broad-street premkes , if Fnch a sum is worthy to he called a capital , Messr ? , Wakefield have been receiving , as bankers , cash to an unlimited amount , partly in deposit , and partly for investment , as well as securities in trust , the whole of which they nave , apparently without tho smallest hesitation , appropriated to their own purposes as often as their shameful extravagance produced a necessity for supplies . Every species of
property confided to their custody has been made away with , for all that remains out of nearly £ 100 , 000 ( the aggregate of their debts ) is a miserable Bum of £ & 7 QQ ( property , £ 4 , 951 , good debts , £ 755 , ) or say about one shilling in the pound , and , if the expenses bo deducted , nothing like so much . The bankrupts state the amount of their profits , since January , 1818 , to be £ 73 , 706 . From these we deduct the sum put ldown for expences at £ 19 , 405 , and another sum or losses ( gambling losses on the Stock Exchange , of coarse , ) at £ 35 , 547 , which leaveB a remainder of ; £ 18 , 7 & 4 to meet the expenditure of tbe two insolvents for the same period , amounting to £ 112 , 410 , the son having spent £ 37 , 256 , and the father the very modest amount of £ 75 , 154 ! or five thousand a year , of which four thousand was the money of other people , improperly converted to their personal
uses . u The elder Wakefield was a member of the Committee of the Stock Exchange , and Trustee and Treasurer of the Decayed Member ' s Fnnd . In the latter capacity he made free with Exchequer Bills to the extent of £ 4 , 000 belonging to superannuated jobbers , widows , and orphans , a sum whioh , however , it is likely his co-trustee may be called upon to make good , as in justice ha ought to DO . Ho 18 clearly liable , and can , we understand , well afford to pay .
u During the late examination at the Bankruptcy Court an officer holding a commission in the army presented himselfT After many years ' service and severe economy , the veteran had , it seems , placed in tbe hands of the bankrupts stock he had acquired for £ J 0 , 000 . They transferred it , made off with the proceeds , and he was thus robbed of every farthing he possessed . This we name as but one of the many miseries inflicted by the unprincipled conduct of parties engaged in money transactions , and occupying a station calculated to impose upon the unwary . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct390/page/8/
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