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TBS LORD AND THE COTTAGER . Tie ease of Pnnter c . Grantley has-onee more aSbSSi fteiSbUe in all its crueldetails , and fc&"i ^ SS mtablyrecolleet ibeBtory of * cottager who last ^™ , L « led to the lavs of Ewdand aga ^ t the SJp ^ farich Lord . A kpl teBbwfl * w * ta , ea SSeeat the time ; bat justice h « w « r b «?«*» H > , Sd die poor man , who sned in /««»* pouptns , haa won to cause , and obtained damages . It seems thai for half a- <* nu » J the « etta « e and email plot of ground had been m the wadispttted occupation « f Panter ' a family ; nor wm their right bo tohold it ever called in *« stion til tt attracted -tia notice of the present Lord , wheveewtoustrf tins « oo ? NakeUi * riireyard , determined % n taking pes-• - TTT-m . : 1 L . 1 iii ¦¦ ¦ lilii VimmtnM in tfcat memwsble Scripture
Session . Willing , as story , to precede snch actual possession by m ap-Mreot title to it , the Lord began "by endeavoamg to set— •**»** « te *» to the cottage » nd quarter of an sore attached . He began eautfeuBly : he cot down _ id carried a . w— & fir tree -whack sw > od in Panto's garden , while the man himself msTOt at work . The Lord " * Tight to * bo was sot disputed ; true , the poor cottager had looked to that aelitary tree < as richer men often do w the cutting of timber <« e their es&tes ) to meet aa-HBOsaal expense ; a neighbour aaked him how he Meant to defray the cost of Tan oven which he desired leadd to tbekomble eorforts of h ^ stiome , and he aaswered , amply enougk , that be should pay for i t *• with the £ r-iree whink stood in his ^ garden . ' B « the great Lord consideratelywished * o prore to him , that its carden was net his garden , so he began by
ebewjng him that ih « fir-tree wasfcot his fir-tree . There is nothing 'the poor understand bo litHe , or ^ read so much , as utigatioh . The man felt he ^ nstermtg ^ but 4 e feared ( asw trust his case will teach poor men not to fear } that he should not be righted . He took no steps in consequence of his fir-tree having been stolen from him— " the siople annals of the poor" do not enabb as to state whether be even abstained in consequence from building 3 us oven , or rashly persisted in the outlay , wbioa the catting down of his timber could no longer meet —but he prepared , in his own way , to resist what ie considered oppression : ; and when the cutang 4 own of theSr-tree was followed up by a demand farrent , he boldiy and bluntly refused to pay a-farthing ,-alleeing , as was tree , that he was no tenant cf Lord 'Grantley ' s , nor had his father btea a tenant , -nor had rent ever been paid or demanded : so that Kaboth ' s yinejard remained in J ^ afcoth s
lands fora time . But the great Lord bethought him of another ^ a ^ na to queU the cottager's spirit . Punter werked for Squire Sparkes , and Squire Sparkes had employed him steadily for ten years ; what . a crnsh-Ingblow must it be , if Sguire Sparkea should suddenly discharge Punter ) Here ifcdeed was a » a » er-siroke of superior policy 1 Here was an ad-Taace on " the Fir-tree Measure ! " None of your luxuries in question now : none of your ovens , with 4 ksi p expected bakings of hot potatoes and coarse pies ; no , no ; your daily bread , Punter ; the bread job h » Fe worked for , under one master , for ten Tears , it at hazard : -g ive it up , or give up your obstinate determination to resist , acknowledging yourself bis Lordship ' s "" tenant-at-will : ; ' go ana see ierd-Grantley , orwork no more for Squire Sparkes ; for the Squire has promised the Lord to di-char ^ e iia labourer , not because he is not" worthy of his Jare , " but because be holds his-own .
Tbe bones * labourer of ten years' standing was aceordingly discharged z but ( doubtless to the Lord s garprist ) even this did not quench ihe village Hampjda ' s spirit , or make him a whit less determined to ¦ withstand " the petty tyrant of his -fields . " They aright take his home from him by force , but by no Keass eonld be be brought to admit that it was a feose he bad no right to . Even , when a formidable pfafcnr , consisting of Lord GraaUey ' s sieivard , dogfeeder , carpenter , and labourers , headed by Green , tbe constable , came boldly to seiza the cottage in Punter ' s absenee , no one being within but the mother , daughter , and three children , the last ga = p of resistance w * 5 made , and tbe door was bolted against the intruders . It was , however , broken open ; and when
Paster returned that day , ** al-out dinner time" he Jbond his wife and children , and the lurniture and efeets belonging to him , in tbe Jane , where thej after--wards remained , without shelter , three days and * t e # nights . Punter brought his action for assault as irell as trespass—but the assault was not allowed to be proved , " as it took place after the execution of the -warrant . " It was , however , admitted that he tried to get into tbe cottage , but was prevented ;" Bar can we suppose the man who made so steady a leastanee was likely to be ** prevented" re-entering its home , and then seized and dragged before Lord Grantley , without considerable violence and excites Btent—circumstances especially injurious ^ to him , abe was "suffering from strangulated herniaj and
accordingly he was " ill for fit-e ivecks , " the surgeon , Mr . F . Yates , " for some time apprehending great danger , " though he eventually recovered . If the case had been reversed , and the Lord had "been ill , what different treatment the disease would lave received 1 The picture of a ruptured labourer , ¦ wearily returning tl about dinner time" to see his Jtouse pulled about his ears , and be dragged away aad locked up for trying to enter it , fonn 3 a strikicg contrast to the picture of an invalided Lord . What air cushions , and down cushions , and German spring waitresses , to recline upon ; what husbingg of voices , Mad f elting of doors ; what careless denials to those
-who had claims on his time , on the plea that his Lordship was " too ill to attend to business j" would have seemed fit , natural , and indeed inevitable to Xord Grantley , if he himself bad been suffering under any of the " ills that flesh is heir to . " See the difference with Planter ! " Did you ever know fcexnia produced by a man lying in a lane ! " asks CBonseL a Why didn ' t you go immediately to the workhouse ! " questions the magistrate ; " they lad had ' relations and friends' in the workhouse ; fltej couldn ' t object . " Like the skinned eels , they wen *• used to it , " and therefore there was no in-Jamanitv in the case !
Sat the poor man ' s right , and the earnest advocacy of Mr . Serjeant Shea , prevailed ; and Lord Graatley , though defended by some of the cleveres ; eoansel at the Bar , was defended in Tain . Like a fiuBoas Italian poet , who forsook the legal profession , because , as he said , his abilities were perpetually paralyzed by having to sell " parole auzimentogm , " His eloquence of Mr . Thesiger sauk under the leaden weight of a bad cause . The result of tbe trial was creditable to our English jurisprudence ; for a little liEhL hat a great question was tried that day , and
i * Punter ' s claim to bis freehold cottage was srrolved the impunity of tbe rich to oppress the poor . A special jury was summoned ; a jury eomyoood of men , each having , in his degree and -awarding to his property , a like power with Lord Grantley : he summoned no jury of poor men , who aaight have judged the case with an involuntary prejadieeof class—he summoned his eqnalB ( in all bnt i * M ttile)— to give a verdict as to bis exercise of -power , and they proved themselves his superiors in aU bet his title , by the verdict they gave against
Jfcere is nothing more absolutely necessary for the : peaoe sod prosperity of a country than that the poor aaoald be taught to look op to tbe rich as friends , itttead of shrinking from them as foes . One half tko bitterness felt respecting the Hew Poor Law has awaited , not bo much from its provisions as from the fib * impression which has obtained among those ~ wbo seed relief , that whatever be their suffering , ttere is no possible appeal , and that those who are appriated to superintend the exercise of the law , are appointed simply to uphold it , and not to
inter-Jere aod prevent its abuse . So loDg as the rights and liberties of the lower classes are defended by 4 aoae above them ; so long as decisions are given -which tend to show the English peasant that tbe * noe « f an individual is not the vice of a class , nor Hko fault of an aristocrat the fault of the aristocracy ; at long as the labourer ' s cottage is held as sacred as Aft rich man ' s castle , there may be inthiB country ^ amoh mov ement , some change , but no convulsion "^* Vr the jealousy of class is a thing subordinate U 'tbe consciousness of freedom , and men never yel Straggled for equality who had not first to ris < yff"w « t oppression .
Tbe Tuna , in an article on this subject , re-** We rejoice , ai Englishmen , that such an outrage -ai 8 ns did not pan with impunity . The man thus trampled upon sought redrea from the lav ; and a jwrj of hit countrymen gave him a verdict for damage * -to the amount of £ 250 . It happened , however—un-Sgrbosateiv , ai it seemed at the time , but fortunately , at it baa proved is tbe result—that the proceedings -spaa this , the first trial , were vitiated by tome ^ f ttfrtrV ^ i flaw , under cover of which a cloud of » o--phlstries were raised by the friends of the noble eul-* rifc If Lord Grantley bad quietly pocketed big di » - « omfitare and paid the £ 250 , there would not have smb wasting people ready to represent him as an ill . and man , a victim of the antt-arirtoeratical prejudices eC an uneducated petty jury .
" By a happy infatuation , the peer and flU wise ad-Trfaer bave set , the -whole matter stnight again . They tare had a new trial , and a special jury to try it—a Jny of i ^ iigMBTiari gentlemen , whose prepossessions , if tfcerbad any , might fairly be supposed to lean te the aristocratic *! side . What has been the result ? An JawUgation mote searching , more complete , and far aw satisfactory than the first , terminated by a second -TBtoict Tor the plaintiff , with higher damages ( £ 275 ) tba » before . We know not which deserves the most -wenmeodaiicm , this jut and impartial decision of the . Jury , or the noble , fearless , and unfaltering energy -with ~ wtfca Mr . Serjeant Shea discharged bis duty as the poor man ' s advocate . Had he been retained for the wealthiest nobleman in the realm , with a fee of l . oos < " *»*—» instead of the words 'in forma pauperis ' marked on the back of bis brief , he could not have tbtrwa mate z ^ sl , or displayed more eloquence ,
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*< Asd now tar fee e jmUjAobs -wbldk we desire to draw from this trfaL Vint , we wotdi be understood ) eaffaatieally te adopt and wpeat the demand for IkjtA GrunMey ' slamedlatetemBi ^ altfoiB the commiscioB ¦<< the peace , which vna so powerftKy urged by Mr . "So-| esnt Sbea ?^~ " ' How , he wc * ld tei , did It happen that the man who couM so tre- - * t the poor was still allowed to feeld the Queen ' s comnvoslon ? "Such most assuredly ought not to be ths case . He would -say , and be said it fesriessly , be cared doU wbettiex lie pleased or oGTewieA , that unless my Lord Grantley eoctd that day refvtetbe charge wkich was made against him , the minister , be he who he might , who allowed his Lordship ' s b « hm to remain ia the commission of the peace , was a tnitor to hb > country ; it was " not fitting that such a -nan should be allowed to administer the law to tbe poor . '
" Secondly , we would earnestly estreat those who have influence in tbe legislature te free ? the facts which were proTed npom thU trial ia view , before they lend themselves again to any proposal "tot conferring snmmary yviEdlctiox upon the cowstry -csgUtncy . It is evideat that the -persons who compose thst body cannot be tmsted , even with the statute book open before them , to perceive the limits of the * new jurisdiction , bowerer 'des *? y defined . They Tnean well , no do « bt ; but they doxot understand the -firfit principles of legal iHterpretatioa . The only safe way is to give them ne pewer at ali which is liable to any serious abuse , "
W « -are « Iad to Bee that the'fimes has come to fhe oonclnsioB at which we arrived long ago , that a « nagisu »« y appointed without regard to any ^ ualra-• cation b « t tb&t of station , must , for the most part , be unpossessed of the intellect asd knowledge neoestary for'the interpretavien and application of the laws . A-blockhead with a good estate becomes as a matter of coiise , &-justice of the . peace . Tbo magistrates who 'issued the summary process of ejectment in Puuier ^ -case have signally shown 'that they did not know their duty , and eecld not 'understand tbe statute ^ whose powers the y so ^ grossly misapplied . Tbeir ftmlt was not wilful , b « t it indicates a degree of incompetence against tbe-errors of which the public have-a r i ght to be protected by the removal of the incompetent persona from the commission of the peace . of
Upon still stronger ^ grounds tbe dismissal Lord Grantly is to be demanded , and we agree with Mr . Serjeant Shi a , tbat 4 be Minister who aEows Lord Grantly to remain -oh the Bench , aftec the case proved against him , fails to perform one of his most sacred duties . We looked in vain , in the summing-up of the Judge ( Chief Justice Tiodal ) for any remark -on the character of the conduct before him . Had a mob , with some mistaken'notion of right , pulled down a nobleman ' s mansion , what edifying censures the Judge would have thought it bis duty to deliver on their brutality , even though the noble fami ^ j deprived of the shelter of their roof had not been constrained lo setk a lodging under a hedge . —Examiner .
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EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERT OF A MURDER COMMITTED ELEVEN YEAKS AGO . [ FROM THF . SUKDERLAKD NORTHERN TIMES OF SATCRD . AT . ] In the month of June , 1830 , considerable excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Hutton Rudby , in the North Riding of York , and in the whole vale of Cleveland , bj the radden disappearance of a ir . an of the name of William Hnntley , -who had a considerable sum of money on him at the time- He had been accustomed to keep company with a set of men in that neighbourhood who were in the habit ef poaching , and commit ting depredations on the hen-roosts in that part of the county . On the night of his disappearance he was seen in the company of two men named Robert Goldsborough and George Gubutt ; on the morning of the following day a suspicion arose that he had been mardered by those two men ; and every search was made in the neighbourhood for the body , but without success . Gold « -
borough ' 8 house was searched , and very strong suspicions -were excited by finding the watch of the missing man in the house , and several other things veil known to have belonged to Hunttey . By some strange and unaccountable neglect , all these things were looked oyer , and tbe man Goldsberough was left to his own measures , and never brought to any account , except by the neighbours , to "whom be stated tbat he had reccWed them as part payment for debt which he wanted of Huntley , and that he had gone to America . Tbe case ¦ vraa passed over in this way ; although , before the disappearance of Huntley , he was In the most needy circunistancfcs , and af Urwards was in the possession of a ce&dderable number of bank notes ; he imbseqnenily quitted Hutton Rudby , and went into the West Riding of York , where he took another came . The othtr man , George Girbutt , had been concerned in the robbery of a barn , and was obliged to quit tbe neighbourhood ; he h&s since been sees at Stwdexlaad , in the occupation of a coal-trimmer .
In the month of June last , men were employed in cutting a new course for a riTulet which runs through the town of Stokesley , in the direction of Button Radby , near a bridge called " Tame Bridge , " where the water took a considerable curve . The cnt was coremtneed foT the purpoee of making a straight course from the bridge , which , after cutting for thirty or forty yards again crossed the old course ; when the -workmen arrived at this place , on the opposite side of the water , they found a quantity of bones , which they at first vhought to be those of a cow ; but they afterwards found the skull of a human being . —A coroner ' s iuquest was held on the remains , when the jury came to tbe decision , after bearing Mr . Strother , Burgeon , pronounce hta opinion tbat the bones were those of a male subject , and that be bad received a blow on the back part of tbe head , by which the skull was broken in and also tbe bones of the nose , " that the bones were those of some person who bad come to hU end by foul mean * . "
Mr . Gernon , the policeman for the district of Cleveland , with his accustomed promptness , made every inquiry in the neighbourhood of Huttsn Rudby concerning the unfortunate Huntley , and elicited sufficient information to warrant his going in search of the man Goldsboroogh , whom he found at Barnaley , and upon going to the house , taking the skull which was found along with him , found him at home , tuddeuly placed it before him , asking him , " if he thought it bad any resemblance of William Huntley ? " Ooldsborough -was forcibly agitated , and with tears in his eye * , after a considerable pause , declared tbat he knew nothing of it . Mr . Gernon again returned to Stokesley , and after everything was in a proper train , Goldsborough , and a man named Tiiom&s Grundy , were brougkt to Sukeslev ,-and on Friday and Saturday last , e-ridence was heard before Sir Wra . Foulis , Bart , E . Turton , and Wm . Mauleverer , Esqrs ., in the National School-room of that place .
Several witnesses were examined , including the brother of the deceased . Dr . Strother deposed to the cause of death as follows : —The skull has not been broken by a sharp instrument , but it cannot have fallen into the present state but through the effects of a blow . He should say that the teeth had not been forced out ; the lips would pretrude a little , occasioned by tbe tooth . The person when living has had an indentation in tbe forehead and a broad flat nose . The pelvis belongs to a male person . The witness deposed to a number of suspicious circumstances , coupling Geldsborough with the death of the deceased .
Mr . Gernon , tbe policeman , stated that he had visited Barnsley , as before stated ; tbat the prisoner Grundy bad confessed to haying been called op on the night of Wedn'iSday ensuing after the murder ; he took him to Wear ; bank Wood , and there showed him a large parcel , saying that he had got embarrassed in tbe world , and was going to America . He wanted Grundy '» assistance to take the bundle down to Stokesley . Grundy then took hold ot the parcel , and found a man ' s head in it . He was qnite frightened , and aaked Ooldsborongh what he had been doing . He was very much agitated , and it was about five minutes before he ceuld speak . At last he said that he had shot Huntley by accident , and he would shoot him if ever he disclosed it Grundy then made bis escape from him , and left him at tbe place . Mr . Gernon also states that Grundy went with htm and James Berth ram , constable , to the place where this had happened .
Thomas Grundy was examined , and admitted tbe truth of what Mr . Gernon had said ; also that he had been afraid to be out at night during tbe time Goldsborough had remained at Button . The prisoner was then asked what he had to say in bis defence . He stated that on the Thursday previous to the Friday spoken of , Huntley came to him , and they went and « at down in Wearybank Wood . Huntley took out his money , and asked prisoner what was the reason Mr . Garbutt , of Yam , had not given him the whole of the money which be had belonging to
him . Huntley was no scholar , and prisoner told him the reason ; he then pressed witness to go to America witb him , which he declined doing , as he had two children , which be thought it was bis duty to support ; he saw nim again on Saturday , and he went to Stokesley with him . On the Thursday following he saw Huntley again ; he pressed prisoner to go to America with him , bat be -weald not . Huntley sold bis weaver ' s loom to George Garneby , and tbat night prisoner shook hands with Huntley , and never saw him more ; declared his innocence , and had nothing more to say than that his life was sold . The magistrates then committed Goldsborough to take his trial at the next York assizes , and also tbe prisoner Grundy , but would admit him to bail , in tbe sum of £ 300 , if he could procure it . Goldsborough was committed to the care of the governor of York C&stle on Sunday . Girbutt has not been yet apprehended . He was seen in the month of May last in tUis town , when he stated he had been a trimmer , or something of tbe kind . Grundy has since committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell in York Castle . A coroner ' s iDquest has been held on the body , and a Twdict of " Felo de se " returned .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF CHORLEY ' MY Fkibnds , —No doubt you will be wondering how I am getting om , what I am doing , where I am living , and what I intend to do . I will teU ^ o * in as few words as possible . I am in Prefitoa , at the hand-loom . My wages are lower than what they were when I wrote te his Grrxse the Archbishop of Canterbury , and provision ! an dearer ; at ¦ & »* time , best bread was only eightpence for the four pounds ; now it ia ninepeooe for tbe four pounds- ; aad other things in pt » poitic «; so yon . see hand-loom weavers are mt doing so welL Ms . James Harrison , tbe informer 4 Jones Hsaises , the spy- ; James Harrisom , whom the magistrates « f Yorkshire could not believe whex ^ spoK oath , when
trying to get a fewChartiBtsoonvicted fortreason , aediUos 4 c , against her Majesty * CrOTermneat ; James Harrison , who has done aH "be could to ir « n Mb fellow-man , thutie might get nltong out . of bad laws without working . Yes ! James Harrison . You know who 1 mean . I mean James Harrison . Too will be saying well , and -wbat about James Harrison . Obi net *> CTtch , only he { James Harrison ) is now in Preston House of Correction , for having « omething to de with horse stealing 1 TPhank God ! the pit which our-enemy bad dug for as , fee taimself has fallen into it . He is in prison watting fate trial for having something to do with bone stealing , let vm mind « nct keep our mfndfl € sed upon the People ' s Charter , aad we shall see tbe downfall of all oweBemies . Tejyored enemies , lying , stealing , inforatlng , and spying enemies .
Well , TBy friends , I think I have said enough about James Harrison . Well , then , I will write mo more about Jameeflaniaon , not till James Harrisua receives his verdiot , and sentence , and then a few more wot 4 s about James-Harrison ; till then , my friends , keep in H&vd James Samson . The neat thing , my friends , I have got to tell you is , both Whig and Tory masters have turned wen out of employment for voting according to conscience , and yei these Whig and Tory masters , when apae&ling to
us , ( in their electioneering sprees , / have the unpadeace to tell ob they desire us to exercise our right (?) ** wt judgment shall direct There is no use in commenting , but permit me to say , that nothing but tbe People ' s Charter will cure such evils . I tell you tfiat both in BoltoB and Presten , Blasters haTe turned tbeir men frc . ni tbeir employ , ( and some of them hand-loom weavers ) for voting contrary to conscience , alias masters ! aad many of them at this time are rambling the laces and streets , seeking both work , food , and lodgings .
My friends , I hare got another circumstance ( a painful one ) to relate to you , and that is , one morning ( this week ) a young girl , nged fourteen years , was found drowned in a factory hot lodge , I mean a lodge of hot -water for steam mills . She got up to her work , and , finding herself about ten minutes too late , she was taking a nearer path , by the said lodge , when she fell in . Another victim to the cotton lord ' s Moloch I Only be ten minutes too late , and you must lose some of your brass , ( wages , ) or run round hot water lodges , into which young girls , fourteen years of age , tumble , and are both boiled and drowned . The authors of the above system are what 1 would term , " Whig and Tory Moloch Cotton Lords ;"' and tbat system cannot be put an end to only by a national adoption of the People ' s niuirter .
I have got another tale to tell you , which is—our wages ( hand-loom weaver's ) have , within the last few weeks , been reduced about ten per cent . Spinners have to be reduced in their wages tbe next week in this town ; they hare got notice to-day to that effect . Young men ( piecera ) , who are getting seven shillings a-week , have got notice , for the next week , to have only six shillings and sixpence a-week . The Charter mu&t be adopted , or this great nation will sink before long . My friends , both Whigs and Tories are fo . cing their workmen to take £ lt and £ 12 per annum houses , on purpose that they , the slaves , may vote according to their masters' wishes , or according to judgmtnt ! for you must by this time understand that the working class have sot no judgment , only that of their masters .
But let us get the " People ' s Charter , " and then every working man will have a judgment of his own , and a conscience too . This is what our oppressors are afraid of . Din O'ConneJfcHi cannot let our champion alone , for he has b « en spouting out , " I will have nothing to do -with the Chartists of England so long as there ia one Mian at the head of English Chartism . " 'Tis bard for Mr . Dan " to kick against the pr cks . " Dan says , " The people of England" ( he should have said one in every seven and a half , ) hare returned trade and bread monopolists . " Well done , Dan ! he is not as great a blockhead as many would take him to be , for he has found out " that , for every fifty per cent of a reduction in market articles , his fixed income rises in the game proportion , and jou know labour is one and the chief market article .
Now 1 have told you what I have been doing ; I have been looking at Whigs and Tories , ( very pleasant objects t » look upon , for tbe game is nearly up , so be ready with the Charter , ) I have been looking at trade , commerce , and foreign affairs , and believe mo , unless the Charter becomes the law of the land , there will be a very dark look out for " old E gland . " There is no harm in e&ying " God send , " for where the -working people are not well fed , and well clothed , and weiy tray well circumstanced , that nation ought and must perish .
It is about twelve months since the laat time I waa living in this town , and in this house , and believe me when I tell you , that the people of Preston are at least twenty per cent , ( take them in their external and domestic appsaranca ) worse off now than they were then , and jet the pulpit gentry cry oat " peace , peace , " and thank God for prosperity . Yes ; prosperity with a vengeance , -whtn he can now buy my labour one thousand Vires hundred and fifty per cent cheaper than what he could ia 1801 , or forty years ago . How does it happen , my friends ; the more religion , and the moro Bibles , we have in our country , ( and I am no enemy to either , ) and the more poverty we have ; except among the parsons and big folks ; it does very well for them .
We are told thit " God has chosen the poor of this world to make them heirs of salvation ; " but they will take care tbat they will have no salvation of Bucb a kind , but if we get universal suffrage , we shall have a salvation for this world , besides having more time and money to look after the salvation of the " world to come . " My Friends , I have told j ou what I have been doing , bow I am getting on , and where I am living . Now I will tell you what I intend to do . I intend to have my share in the People ' s Charter , or perish In seeking it . You must have my card ready ; I shall be coming for it I understand you , by this time , have got the new stock . I am , my Friends , Yours , For " Universal Suffrage and no Surrender , " Peter Kigby , No . 11 , Walton-street , Presten . August 21 , 1541 .
BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE , FROM THE 13 th OF JULY , TO THE 22 « d OF AUGUST , 1841 . £ . s . d . July H—Monej in Mr . Heywo « d ' s hands as Treasurer 31 2 11 Aug . 7—Mr . Philp , at Manchester ... 0 5 0 ~ 14—From a London friend , per Mr . Cleave , to Mr . Hevwood ... 7 0 0 -. 19-From Midgley , by Wm . Walker , per Mr . Heywood 0 10 7
Total monies received by Committee 38 18 6 Total monies paid by Committee 28 10 6 Total monies in Mr . Hey wood ' s hands as Treasurer £ 10 8 0 Aug . 1—Mr . Ben bow , of London 10 0 Mr . Rd . Brooka . of Leigh ... 200 - Mr . Brown , of Birmingham ... 10 0 Mr . Flinn , of Bradford ... ... 10 0 Mr . T . Drake , ditto ... ... 10 0 -. Mrs . Carrier , of Trowbridge ... 2 0 0 » 7—Mr . Hutton , of Bradford ... 10 0 Mr . Rushworth , ditto ... ... 100 - Mr . Ridings , ditto 10 0 ~ Mr . Smithies , ditto 10 0
~ Mr . Morris , of Bolton 1 0 0 _ Mrs . Morgan , of Abergavenny ... 10 0 Mrs . O'Brien , of Lancaster ... 1 0 0 - 14—Mrs . Peddle , of Edinburgh ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Fodaa , of Sheffield ; .. ... 10 0 .. Mrs . Booker , ditto ... ,.. 10 0 Mrs . Marshall , ditto 10 0 Mrs . B ^ nnison , ditto 10 0 -. Mrs . P . ntborp , ditto 10 0 „ Mrs . riolberry , ditto 10 6 Mrs . Robert 8 , « fBirmingham ... 10 0 Mrs . Athton , of Barnsley ... 1 0 0 .. Mrs . Crabtree , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Walker , of Baadford ... 1 0 0 _ Mrs . Brooks , ditto ... ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Emanuel Evans , of Abergavenny 10 0 M Expences of Committee in rent aad post stamps 0 10 6
., _ _ £ 28 10 6 Mr . James Leach , ) Mr . Thomas Davis , V Auditors . Mr . John Smith , ) Mr . Abel Heywoo » , Treasurer . Mr . Samuel Chamberlain , President . Mr , PuTsa Shoerocks , Secretary .
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IOB WOOD WILL CAUSE . Yta > 3 « agm ( n * of the Judicial Gewntttee of the Privy 'CtasrcU fa * bb celebrated and extraordinary case , mtjkb , owing to the speed of railway communication , was partially known ia Gloucester , on Monday night , tats , of course , formed a most prominent topic of conversation during the week throughout the country , wbitet in Gloucester it has naturally given rise to moth excitement . The reversal of the judgment of Sir Herbert Jenner , * nd tbe establishment of the codkril , hi which the city is so largely Interested , were not expected ; and the feelings of rejoicing and surprise with which tbe news was hailed were therefore the stronger . The effect < Jf the judgment is this ;—« w Matthew Wood , Mr . Osborn , Mr . Sarmaa , and Mr . Cbadborn ' r representatives are entitled to probate of tbe papers , noder wHch they are constituted executors
and residuary legatees , and under which—sutgect to the payment of the legacies in tbe codicil , and the costs of all parties—about £ 400 , 000 ; speaking fai round numbers , will fee divisible between the executors . The estimate refers to the personal property only , of which we gave minute , and we bellove accurate details , in our last The establishment of the codicil , under which tbe city of Glocester Is entitled to receive . £ 200 , 0 . , besides about five years' interest on that large sum , will , we ; trust , exercise a moat important influence over the future prosperity of the locality . We take it for granted that tbe Town Council will be specially -convened at an early day to consider the subject ; and , therefore , we shall not speculate upon any probable course which it may be deemed necessary or proper to pursue .
Tbe total amount of the legacies bequeathed by the codicil is £ 360 , 000 , to which must be added the interest whic has accrued since the death of the testator . We subjoin a copy of this document / which came to light In se remarkable a manner on Tuesday , the 14 & of June , 1836 j—Copy f Codicil . — " In a codicil to my will 1 gave to the orporation of Gloucester £ 140000 . In this , I wlah my executors would give £ 60 , 000 to them tor tbe same purpose as I have before named . I would also give to my friends , Mr . Phillpotts £ 5 « , 000 , and
Mr . George Council £ 10 , 000 , and to Mr . Tnomas Helps , Chtapside , London , £ 30 , 000 , and Mrs . Goodlake , mother of Mr . Surman , and to Thomas Wood , Smithstreet , Chelsea , each £ 20 , 000 , and Samuel Wood , Cleveland-street , Mile-end , £ 14 , 000 , and the latter gentleman ' s family £ 6 , 000 , and I confirm all other bequests , and give the rest of my property to the executors for their own interest " James Wood . " Gloucester City Old Bank , July , 183 fi . " Endorsed " Codicil to my will . "
The decision of the Judicial Committee on Monday last does not affect the title to the landed estates , which , we suppose , tbe coheirs will still contest , and probably with effect , as the instances of wills being good as to personal property , and bad as to real estate , are very common . —Gloucestershire Chronicle ,
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LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES .
CROWN COURT , Monday , August 23 . ( Before Mr . Justice Wighlimtu ) H 10 T AX WIGAN . Robert Topping , Thomas Sedgwiek , Thos . Vnsworth , Theuuu Topping , and Matthew Chadwick , were put forward on » charge of having created , a riot at Wigau on the 25 th of June last Mr . Segarand Mr . James conducted the prosecution . The prisoners Sedgwiek , Unaworth , and Chad wick were defended by Mr . Mu&fh y , and the two Toppings by Mr . Wilkiks .
Mr . 5-eoar stated the ease . The prisoners were charged with having created a riot and disturbance at Wig an on the day named in the indictment , which hap . peuedto be a few days prior to the election . for that town . It would appear that Conservative voter of the name of Leathom bad ^ ot into a public-house kept by a Mr . Kaye ( a Radical ) . And it being supposed that be was in the wrong quarters , the prisoners , with a great number of others , assembled and broke the door of the house , and carried away the voter by force . He would call witnesses to prove the facts ; and would make no comment on the case further than this , that of course if there had been a disturbance of the sort at WJgan , the fact of there being an election at the time was no excuse in point of law .
John Molyneux was the first witness called . He deposed that be was a shopkeeper at Wigan . Woe ^ t Kaye's bouse on the 25 th of June last A man of tbe name of Leathom entered about ten o ' clock at night . A great quantity of people after wards assembled about ' -the honse . The doors were shut at the time . The shutters of the windows were opened by the people outside , and two squares of glass were broken . They said they would have i * athou ) out , but they mentioned no name . One cf the prisoners , Una worth , entered through the window , and asked witness , who had taken up the tongs , * bst he was g < lag to do with it Wituess replied , to defend himselt Witness Uiea moved into tiw kitchen
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• nd a great nun * er ot people entered the house !> y the doors and wtoio irs . The place was completely tilled with riotous personr . The prisoner , Robert Topping , was among them . Witness was alarmed , and in a great -state of agitation .. The deters remained half-sn-nour , and thea took Liathom away withiibem . They broke the two panels yf the door , V . Oroas examined by Mr , Murphy—the house of Kaye was la the interest of the Radical party . Leathom belonged to the Conversative side . 'No person prevented him . from leaving the house . His wife was anxious for him to leave , but be was unwilling to obey her . He subsequently voted for the Conservatives . The windows were not broken by a person letting down the « ash inside . Cross-examined by Mr . WUkins—Witness thinks there were between forty and fifty persons in the place . They did not all belong to the same party .
Re-examined by Mr . Segar—All who entered the house belonged to the conservative party . Several other witnesses were examined , who corroborated the evidence given b y the first witness , after which some private conversation took place between his Lordship and the Counsel on both sides . His LortJship then informed the Jury that the nature of the case waa sufficiently evident The prisoners stipposed that one of their party had got into the hands of their opponents , and they proceeded to the house in question to effect his rescue . He therefore thought that they might be bound la their own recognizances to keep the peace and be discharged . All the prisoners were accordingly bound in their own recognizances of £ 50 each to keep the peace in future , and were discharged .
MANSLAUGHTER AT WIGAN AT THE ELECTION . William Kelly , James Boyle , Richard Ifaguire , and John Whittle , were charged with the manslaughter ot John Winstaoley , at Wlgan . Mr . Hutton and Mr . Tbafford conducted the prosecution , and Mr . BEANDTand Mr . Mubfuy the defence . It appeared that a crowd of persons had assembled on the 26 th of June in the market place , before the Commercial Inn , Wigan , swearing that they would have out a man named Marsh , who was concealed there . The prisoners , who were in the inn at the time , swore tbat the opposite party should not enter for that purpose . A fight ensued , and the prisoner Kelly
rushing from the door , armed with a large wooden bar , made an indiscriminate attack upon the persons in the yard , and afterwards meeting with the deceased , who bad been in the market plaee , but was then coming down the street towards the inn , feled him with a blow on the head . The prisoners Royle and Maguira struck the deceased while he was lying on the ground , and the prisoner Whittle was implicated as having engaged the other prisoners to guard the door . Deceased was takeu to an adjolaintg public-house , where be died from the tffects of the blow . The prisoner Whittle , who had been formerly a constable in Liverpool , received an excellent character . The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Kelly , but acquitted the other
prisoners . His Lordship , in passing sentence , said it would aetni that it waa not until after the violence at the inn by the other party had been committed , that tbe prisoner recklessly and wantonly committed the act in question . As there were some mitigating circumstances in tbe case , he would only sentence him to one week ' s imprisonment .
MANSLAUGHTER AT THE LIVERPOOL ELECTION . John Casement , publican , of Salthouse Dack , was put forward on a charge of having feloniously killed and slain a girl of the name of Ellen Boyle , on the night of the 30 th June last Mr . Murphy and Mr . Crompton conducted the prosecution . Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . Mr . Murphy stated tbe case . It would appear that on the 30 tli of June last , while the election had been proceeding , there were a great many mobs passing along the streets , assailing the houses of the inhabitants , throwing stones , and shouting . It . happened that the deceased was among a considerable party who had thrown a quantity of stones into the prisoner ' s house . Shortly after the stones ha « l been thrown , the windows of the upper story of the house had been thrown open , and a man , who would be proved to be the prisoner , fired a pistol loaded with swan shot . One
of the shots perforated tbe deceased ' s side , and caused an extravasation of blood on the liver ; the other perforated ber ancle . Her death bad been caused by tetanus or lock-jaw ; and the surgeon would prove that the lock-jvw had been caused by the ancle wound . There would be no doubt , after the witnesses had been examined , tbat the shot bad come from the prisoner ' s house ; for even the prisoner himself had admitted that he fired it . The question for the jury to decide ¦ would be , whether he had any justtQcation for committing such an act ; and in coming to a decision on that point , it would not he , presumptuous in him ( the learned counsel ) to say that nothing short of strong and overbearing fear , sufficient to induce a man to believe tbat his life was in peril , and could not escape in any other way than by repelling force by force , would miike the evidence amount to anything less toon manslaughter .
Eiizi Hill , on Irishwoman , wa 3 the first witness called . She was cross-examined by Mr . Wilkipg . Saw the mob , which had attacked three houses during the night , assemble before the prisoner ' s bouse and throw stones at it The stones were flying as thick as hail . She saw a man open the front room window , and immediately afterwards heard the report of two pistols , and saw the deceased fall , shot in the side . Did not hear the mob threaten the life of the prisoner or his family . She had watched the proceedings of the mob that night for three quarters of an hour . William M Ghee saw the mob proceed to tBe prisoner ' s house after smashing the windows of the Globe , in Mersey-street This witness saw the prisoner come forward and fire a pistol twice . Mary Divett gave similar evidence . The prisoner fired twice , and never spoke to the crowd before he fired .
^ John Byrnes , on cross-examination , deposed that the mob threatened to pull the prisoner ' s house down , and kill him or any of his family they could get hold of . Hundreds were in the crowd , and the greatest uproar prevailed . Wm . Henry Kyding , superintendent of police , was on duty at St . James ' s Market ou the night of the election . Went in company with Mr . Whitty to the prisoner ' s house after the accident had occurred ; the door was fastened ; the prisoner was inside . Mr . Whitty told him to be cautious of what he might say , but he wished to know whether be had shot any one . He said he had tired two pistols loaded With swan shot—that be had warned tbe party three times before he fired , and tbat be considered the lives of himself and family in imminent danger ; the windows of the bouse were all broken , and the doom were covered over with bricks , stones , and hard pieces of mortar .
William M'Clelland , Esq ., surgeon , proved tbat the deceased had died from the gun-Bhot wound she had received in tbe side and ancle- The wound in theancle caused tetanus to ensue . A shot had passed between the ninth and tenth ribs , which passed into the liver and caused her to have a bowel complaint The case for the prosecution having here closed , Mr . Wilkins addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner in an able and eloquent speech , urging several points in justification of the offence for which he had been placed upon his trial .
J * bCorditt was the first witness called for the defence . —Is a shoemaker . Lives In Campbell-street Was at the the prisoner's public house on the night of the election . All was quiet when hee&tered . In about an hour and a half after , a little boy entered , and in consequence of what he said the shutters were put up and the door dosed . In about ten minutes after , a shower of bricks snd stones came through ihe windows . Witness sat in the front parlour at the time , but immediately ran out , and saw Mrs . Casement knocked down with a brick , which struck her on the arm . Witness then closed the door , which had been
broken open with a brick . Witness then saw Miss Casement , who came to lift her mother , knocked down . Witaeas was struck several times with bricks which came tumbling in over the fan sash . Miss Casement was taken away insensible . The door was broken in several times with the stones . Between 300 and 400 persons were assembled in the street Witness was in danger of his life , and the scene was such a one as he would never like to see again . No provocation had been given to the mob by either the prisoner or anyone in the house . Several panes of glass were broktn in the shop window , although the shutters had been put up .
Other witnesses deposed to tbe outrageous conduct of the mob , and to their horrid imprecations and threats to take the life of the prisoner . Two of these , Wm . Jones , a sailor , living in Ansdell-street , and Thomas Kewley , deposed that they heard the prisoner warn the people to go away , or else he would fire upon them . Mr . GUt , a butcher , Mr . Toulmin , an attorney , Mr . Woodcock , a spirit merchant , Mr . Williams , an estate agent , Mr . Whltby , a hosier , Mr . Holy well , an optician , Mr . Gore , a licensed victualler , lit . William Jones , a shipwright , and Mr . Osborne , a blockmaker , gave the prisoner an excellent character for humanity and exemplary conduct for a number of years . Mr . Cbompton replied . His Lordship briefly addressed the Jury , who , without leaving the box , returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
There was another indictment against the prisoner for shooting at Job Byrnes , but as no evidence was offered on the part of the prosecution , the prisoner was discharged .
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. The Lord Mayor-Do you mean that he netei refrained from drinking 1 w ™ Mr 8 . TB © rn-I do , pJeaae yoor Lordship . p twenty-two years he has never been « oW ( Laughter . ) ' ¦ WJBt *> t Prisoner-Holloa , stay , stay . Please you . * . Lord , I never was so sorry for anything in mvS [ as marrying this here body . She has the impud « 2 to complain now that I refuBe to support her Wfc £ ! she never brought me a matf in her life « S besides , the moment we were married , ch * uJ ~ r *
run sich ang that old Harry hirjelf , God bleVJ ? couldn't live with her , and how ' eonld 1 ? ^ Sj ^' she has a freehold that ' s quite enough to keen iS hiVm her , and I have got nothing , God blessS * - The Lord Mayor-Is it not better for you to « L . together again at your advanced years ? * ° Mrs . Thoru-No , no , my Lord ; I tried him Ion . enough . Besides , he has another wife an a ? , * manages to maintain her like a food ' un . ' foril * 5 * only the other day I went in to look arter him ^? sees ' un both together a feeding npon the frfS * salmon and some cucumbers and a potof halE aid
The Lord Mayor—Do you mean to chareeiw seriously with bigamy ! s » am lits . Thorn—Certainly I do , and 111 stick *« ?/ I ' ve found out all about it . Stlck te *• Prisoner-Tut rut wher « are the witnesses » Y ^ can ' t move a step without witnesses . Besides . . 7 ? did marry another , -I . thought you were a stifflf K ^ augh ^/ 01 ^^ " ^^ ' - ^ iftftSSS !^^ ^ Prisoner-No , Lord help me , I see now you \ i * ( A laugh . ) My Lord , she ' s been to me the aiosj * * £ * inentmgwife as man ever was plagued with n tongue is for ever on the move , so that no man " onM stand . it a minute without drinking the first tki » that came to his hand . However , if she a ' nt unrau sonable , I'll make her an allowance : I'll m ™ k « five bob a week . s *** Mrs . Th . m-No , no , I can't depend upon yon John , I ' ve got you here now , and I'll keep \ ou Voi ! mustgo to the Bailey , John . fA laugh . ) ' The Lord Mayor—Pray , is the second wife x youne woman 1
Mrs . Thorn—No , she a ' nt younger than me ; bnt it's my belief he ' s got a young wife too . On the second examination , Mrs . Thorn said Qni her witnesses would be ready in a couple of dirt and she was determined to give John a taste of iS Bailey , and on Monday she again appeared The Lord Mayor-Well , Mrs . thorn , hare y on come to any arrangement with this old man \ : Mrs . Thorn—No ,, my Lord , I'd much rather so on against him . I ' ve tried him long enough NaW I mean to have him for the bigamy . Thomas Wiggins , sexton at St . Mark ' s Church Kensington , deposed that he witnessed the mama ™ ' of the prisoner to Mary Fraser on . the 12 thnf ' October , 1840 . Ol William faster , clerk of St . Mark ' s Church , also stated that he witnessed the marriage . He via . duced a copy from the register .
The Prisoner—But she must prove tbat Ae wia married to me herself . Where is the proof of thst I'd be glad to know ? ""• The Lord Mayor-Why , you have spoken of ha all along as your wife . Mrs . Thorn—Oh , I have the witnesses . One of them is a clerk in the Bank , now on leave of ihsence , and the other is a near relation of his own I'll match him with witnesses I rather think . ' ( A laugh . ) ^** The Prisoner—Well , I hope your Lordship will order her to give me my watch and other property besides £ 7 of mine which she has . You aint mine to let her rob me and try me at the Old Bailer too ? '
The Lord Mayor—I shall not tell her to give up anything . You know you told her , when you married her , that" with all your earthly goods you did her endow , " and I shall not attempt to deprire her of them . The Prisoner—I know that , but I aint the only one that ' s gone astray about women . There ' s one thing I can tell you . I ' m heartily sorry I ever married her ; for she ' s been my plague now for thirty five years . Mrs . Thorn—Oh , then , 111 make you sorry that ever you married anybody else , John . ( Laughter . ) . The prisoner was ordered to be brought up again on Thursday when he was committed for trial .
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STATE OF IRELAND . Extract of a private letter received from a friend in Ireland , by Gooduryn Bannbif , Esq ., President of ihe Communist Society . " la It not melancholy to reflect on the state ef trade , manufactures , and agriculture , in this country ? " A friend went a few days ago to a farmer , who held wise . fifteen or twenty acres under him , ( and which is bere considered as a medinm farm , ) to ask for his jeai ' innt , due last November , ( 1840 . ) which should have been paid in May , ( 1841 . ) He says , I caught the family at their morning meal . A large basket , nearly filled with toft bud potatoes , placed upon a table , round which joung and old were seated . A vessel stood near the father , containing about a pint of water , Into which umuch .
salt had been thrown as gave it a strong taste of that article , and into this mixture each person dipped hupotaloe , so as to remove the distaste which tbeir badness gave them , constituted the meal on which they wen obliged to work for at least six hours , when another of a similar kind was served up for dinner . ' He said , 'ii this your breakfast' Yes , Sir , ' was the reply . ' Then , God help you , ' said he , ' I see this is no place to come looking for rent , ' she then left the house . Thit b not * solitary instance . Such sufferings are of daily ottoi . rence , and that , too , amongst the people who produoe all the wealth of this part of Ireland—the faroen . Land is let at a rack-rent , nearly twice its value , and such is the destitution of the people thst they are { lad to take it at any price , and live in the way I haTe described , or else turn out upon the road a tribe of men * dicants or plunderers .
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The ' ' Globiocts Uncertainty . " —At the Liverpool acsizes , on Saturday last , JameB Bowker , charged with a capital offence , at Bolton , was found ' Not Guilty , " in const quence of the learned Jud ^ d discovering , in the mitist of the opening address of the counsel for the prosecution , tbat the word ** feloniously" had been oniitttd in the designatWB ° i the offence id the indicimeDk
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Some authentic anecdotes are in circulation of the late Mr . Wood , or , as he has been familiarly designated eccentric " Jenmy" Wood , which may , at this moment , prove worthy of publication . I shall strictly observe tbe admonition , de mortuis nil nisibonum , however I may differ from its propriety , and sli . ill simply observe , money was the god the deceased most worshippedthai , with . him , was the one thing needful—he , therefore , scraped and scraped , observing ; the most penurious
self-denial , and has been known to practice the most singular modes of adding to that heap which he was content to look upon , but would not enjoy . Commencing In a small shop , vending cottons , tapes , garters , living on about 4 s . a-week , he laid the foundation of that gorgeous hoip now appropriated under his will to his legatees . Uis brother had lived and died a bachelor also ; he breathed his last several years since , bequeathing to Jemmy a large sum , as it had beon agreed between them several years before that the survivor should Inherit all the property of the first that died . Jemmy ' s great profits were realised by discounting bills , obtaining mortgages , and cashing securities of every kind , both for the needy trader as well as tke improvident disciple of fashion and extravagance . At
last he established a bank , and issued notes to a large amount . These notes were received almost universally . as they were considered quite as valuable as those of the national bank . When a panic arose in the money market some years since , several establishments were obliged to meet the runs upon them by providing gold , and weathering the storm at great loss and inconvenience . Well aware that nothing could damage his reputation for tho certain possession of ample means to meet every engagement , he declared when crowds pressed him to hand out hard cash , " I will do nothing of the sort What , pay largely to buy gold for you . Then take them back , keep my notes , they are as good as the Bank of England . I have property to pay all my notes twenty times over . Panic ,
indeed , what have I to do with your panic . You must give me time—time I say . " And to get rid of further importunity , he ordered his bank to be shut up , and no more visitors admitted for some time . Quite aware of his solvency , many houses instantly discounted bis paper , at a email per centuge , and awaited Jemmy ' s p « rft . et convenience fur payment . Collecting together a considerable number of the notes issued by a neighbouring bank—at that time hard pressed , and surrounded by gaping and clamorous creditors—Jemmy walked from Gloucester several miles , and presented the heap at tbe counter , resolutely demanded gold , as well as the rest , who filled the banker ' s cash office . He was invited into the private ( ffice , where , on opening a bureau , an unexpected sight was disclosed to his startled eye—a large quantity of his ou . 11 paper was handed to him , with , in return , a demand for the immediate payment of gold for every pound of the huge mass . Jemmy rubbed his eyes , seemed in turn panic
struck , and fairly taken hy surprise , but drew instantly an order on his own London banker for a large surplus —then pocketting the unexpected and unwelcome heap , was forced to incur the expense of a returning postchaise to regain his home . On Sunday mornings he visited some of the neighbouring farmers at breakfast time , and usually returned home with pockets well rilled with vegetables , fruits , and other ediblea , on which be eked out his day ' s meal . One of bis hosts , needing no loans of money , resolving on being rid of him , caused a sturdy ploughman ef his to watch Jemmy , thinking he might discover occasions to find fault with his movements . Ue watched accordingly , and thought be beheld him picking up turnips of his master ' s that lay lu his path . Jumping from his thicket , he instantly b laboured the shoulders of the unwelcome visitor , exclaiming , " Dom tbee , willee tak " urn from maister , willce ? " " Hold , hold , " exclaimed the tortured Jemmy , I ' m Mr . Wood of Glo ' ater . "
"The toad , for sheam of thee—Indeed , its a lie , th ' ar ' nt Mr . Wood of Gloa'ter , I know , " and continued his exercise until the other , fairly taking to his heels , ran away beyond his tormentor ' s reach . He became by accident acquainted with Sir Matthew Wood . Fluttered by his courteous attentions , he formed gradually that regard for him which led to the present result . Frequently after visiting him he returned home to boast of his airings in the carriage of his great London friend . Several also state that on some of these occasions he had been heard to mutter , "Cousin Matthew Wood , " who always treated him with so much distinction , civility , and friendship- He rose early and paraded before the door of his house when the weather permitted . The tall figure and well-worn wardrobe of Jemmy ( valued in the schedule at £ 5 ; as bestrode up
and down in bis quaintly-cut coat , thrice turned , and as often coloured auew , are well remembered ; nor will the old neighbours soon forget the antique leather breeches that for many years shone literally from wear on his bending knees . On one of these occasions , a countryman accosting him bargained for change of a Welsh note for £ 5 , which he gave , deduoting 10 s . after a long negotiation . TheBchemer , for such he proved , walked off , seemingly dissatisfied with £ i 10 a ; but when he rubbed his hands with glee , and exclaimed to a clerk who just arrived at his desk , " Hs , ha , the early bird biteth the worm . Ha , ha . Hade Its . while you slept Ha , ha ; " the cashier eyed the note In silence until Jemmy ' i self-congratulation had reached its acme , then handing back the £ 5 Welsh note , said with a grin , " Dear me , i thought you , Sir , xecolleoted that bank failed nine months ago . "
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From ihe London Gazette of Friday , Augusts . BANKRUPTS . Michael Blood , North Audley-street , Gronaiorsquare , surgeon , to surrender Sept . 3 , at twelve , Oct . 1 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Barfu * Wl Street . Solicitors , Messrs . Milae , Parry , Milne , aad Morris , Harcourt-buildings , Temple ; official aafcnse . Mr . Whltmore , Basinghall-street . Charles Maybery , Earl ' s-court , Old Brompton , lodging-house-keeper , Aug . 27 , at half-past one , Oct . l >* t one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BaBing&all-itrwt Solicitor , Mr . Parsons , Temple-chambers , Fleet- * trert ; official assignee , Mr . WhitmoreBasingball-etreet .
, John Holman , Burleigh-slreet , Strand , victualler , Aug . 30 , at eleven , Oct 1 , attwtlve , at the Court 0 ! Bankruptcy , Basiaghall-street Solicitors , Mem Coote , Son , mnd Ashbee , Auatin-friars ; official aadgo ee , ) u . Cannan , Finsbury-8 qnare , Robert Cooke , Great George-street , Bermon ^ y cooper . Aug . 28 , at twelve . Oct 1 , at two . at theCwr t of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor ! , Han * Vincent and Sherwood , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple ; official assignee , Mr . Cannan , Finibury-squrs . Angus Duncan and Charles Duncan , Tokeonea ***™ merchants , Sept 6 , Oct I , at eleven ; at the Ccm < Bankruptcy . Basughall-atreet Solicitor , Mi . «*•« St Paul's Churchyard ; official assignee , Hr . JoUM * Baalnghall-atreet
Henry Warburton , Harpurhey , Lancashire , boM ** Sept 11 , Oct 1 , at ten , at the Commissiooea' W ^> Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Sob . WeatbenU , King's Bench-walk , Temple ; andtw * Wood , Manchester . _ Richard Robertson Timings , Binnin | hsa » P # Sept 8 , Oct 1 , at eleven , at the Waterloo Boon * W ^ mtngbam . Solicitors , Mr , Whitelock , AldermsaW and Mr . Sackling , Birmingham . ¦ * -
_ Junes Lea , sea , and Thomas Patrick , Won *^ butchers . Aug . 30 , Oct 1 , at one , at' -tto " ^ Horse Inn , Worcester . Solicitors , M essrs . WoW" *" Wbitmore , Bediord-row ; and Messrs . Finch » dJ «»> Worcester . '¦ - Robert Brett , Stoke Bardolph . NotUn « bMBahl » . «" factor , Sept 2 , Oct 1 , at one , at the George lY . »" j Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs , Willis , Bo ** *" ; WiUi * , Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr . Wsgstaffei a »» tt » ' Lincolnshire .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . W . MelI « and J . Turlay . Mandiester . mercliant'J ^ J . Richmond and R . Smith , Manchester , S **** mission-agent * . J . Charlesworth and C Battje , **"" house , Yorkshire , storekeepers . J . Bsgahsw . *** flhaw , and W . Bagshaw , Dewsbury , Yorkalui * ^ founders ; as far as regards John Bagstow . ^" ^ dows and J . Curry , Leigh , Lancashire , groeen . Milnes and J . Metcalfe , Halifax , Yorkshire , * P * JZm makew . j . Waller and E . Cheetbam , HnoflsW **' woolstaplers .
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^ ~^ From the Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . *> BANKRUPTS .
John Brinkley King , carpenter , Old Broad ^? * to surrender Sept . 3 ; at half-past twelve , wd" *! ., eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . C jnnM ' *«*" « . square , official assignee ; Hine and Bobinson , W " " - houae-aquare . . mL "JamesGillies , shipowner , HarUepool , Dnrha ft ^ 13 , sad Oct . 6 , » t one ; at the Tmo Anna ^ ' ° T 7 ^ ft ; Swain , Stephens , and Co ., Frcderick ' s-place , 010 ^ Wrights , Sunderland . ¦ nrtudfr Edward Allies , timber-merchant , AlfHck . Wff ^ shire , Sept 2 , and Oct 5 , at twelvejat the W «* T * , Worcester . White and Whltmore , , Bean *" London ; Finch and Jones , Worcester . t ^^ dffr Robert Phelps , scrivener , Tewk egbury , w » " ** V
George Short , jun ., grocer , Salisbury . ^ j John MidUne , ironmonger , Bradling , IsIe ^ ' ^ e . Franels Parker , oil-merchant , Botherbain , Y" ^ Richard Robin » r , brewer , tow-Li jnts , * " . ¦ Shield *
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Charles Webb , who , thirteen years ago , stole a Post-office letter , containing from £ 600 to £ 700 , after eluding the utmost vigilance of every ofiicer , though j £ 4 , U 00 were expended in seeking to apprehend him , was last week recognised in this country , and brought before tbe Birmingham authorities . Jdis trM will immediately take place .
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE . ^ An old man , named John Charles Thorn , was charged by hu wife with having refused to maintain her , and also with having offended against the law in othw respects . The examination was the third , * 5 . ? follow » ng account contains the substance © f tbe three , on this very odd case 1 : — Mrs . Thorn , who appeared to be a very mild but revolute person , aged between sixty and seventy year * , Baid that her husband hadVruelly refused her maintenance , and she was therefore determined to bring . nun to justice . They had been thirty-five years ma "led , and had lived together in one place lor tweni . years , and a better or kinder fellow ntverbrenh « -d iwtil he took it drink , and th 9 nhe never stopped .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct394/page/6/
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