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Last week we announced th&t the Chartists of Leeds bid determined to try their strength in the annual municipal battle for class distinction : this week "we have to report the progress they hare aade . First , then , with
HUNSLET : Here w&s the great fight . In this Ward had the Char ; ists first appeared as a distinct party ; and here were all th « means of opposition concentrated to pment their success . The power of the press , and the direct influence of masters orer workmen were both pat in actire operation . Scores of working men were driyen up to the poll to rote for both "Whig aad Tory , who -would hive to ted the utter annihilation of both , as political parties , had they been free to exercaBe their own inclinations . Bat they were not free i They had the " bag" shook in tleir face if they did not vote as the employers directed . They hid bnt the option of starvation , or Boliticil subserviency . This was a cruel
alternate ; and from it proceeds the Whig " triumph" In this work of driving np dependents to the poll one of the old representatives of Hnnslet in the Common Council was particularly conspicuous . Wherever he had the least influence , either direct or indirect , he exerted it ; plainly hinting what the cans ? quencs would be of disobedience to his direefon 3 . It was not wise of this " fifty years' Radical " t ' ms to conduct himself . Ho owed his election last time to the Chartists , against whem , on this occasion , he brought all his influence to bear . The time will come when he will be no longer Councillor Josst ? ' and then he will need the Chartist support again , or the Council Chamber will have But he will ventu
io Isck bis presence ! never re *< rain to ask for the suffrages of the Hunstet Burgesses . Before the term of his office expires , vre shall hear of his declining health ; and of hi 3 wish to retire into private life , like the spaniel , he will save the Burgesses the trouble of kicking him down stairs , by retxnng of himself . He already sees the foot prepared to admiaister the kick . He is conscious ttat his conduct on this occasion has earned for him the deep disgust and indignation of the inhabitants of the Ward : he know 3 that conduct has stripped from otf his Whig face the Radical veil he bad covered it wiib and like ail hypocritical deceivers , he dare not look in the face those who have found him
Spite of ill the means of intimidation resorted to by both partie ? , the Chartists musiured well . Two hundred andfivefi f fre « and independent men , registered their votes on the occasion . The superiority ef the ground of action Uken by the ChatU 3 ts was felt and acknowledged by the representatives of both Whig and Tory parties engaged in taking the election . The votes for Mr . Hobson were feh to be tho ^ e of pure feeling and principle . The partizan knew that they were not obtained by trick , or by intimidation , or by any unwertby means . _ They knew , too . that those registered for the Yk hig and conscio
for the Tory were peachable . Nay , so us were they of the means to which they were indebted for their support , that both parties stated in the polling booth , that had the municipal voters had the protection of theBallot , Mr . Hobsou would have been the man elected by them on this occasion . In thi 3 they were right . Nay , had the " fifty years ' Radical"' and hi 3 fellow masters refrained from usin" their influence upon their dependent tradesmen " and workpeople , the return of Mr . Hobson would have been certain . The " successful' candi-< iate has not much to congratulate himself upon . He ha . 5 obtained the seat : but it has been procured
for him by unirorthy means . This election , however , h& 3 taught both the \\ hig 3 and Tories of Hunslet a good lesson . It has enhanced the Chartists more than one hunured per « ent . in their estimation . The good order they manifested at the election , and the truly respectable bearing and character of those who voted for Mr . Hobson , called forth the oommendation and open praise of both parties . The muster thej made , too , under the very discouraging circumstances they were placed in , has taught both parties that they -can never again carry a man without first asking for , and obtaining , Chartist support ! But parties know , too , that before either of them can have that support , the Chartists must have a man in of their own i Before the next election both , parties will be lidding ; and at the very next vacancy a Chartist Will be returned .
HOLBECK . Here , too , the Chartists mustered well . Nearly J our hundred of them registered their votes against Shop-ttbaxnt , and in favour of ChanisB . In this Ward ererjibinz was at a disadvantage . The Chartists were late in the field . They had not time to oonduct anything like a canvass . They had also to deal with a constitutency already mainly pledged . The means of intimidation and undue influence were Dot lacked by the opponent , nor were they unexerclsed : and yet , in spite of all this , they polled jast upon four hundred votes ! This has taught all parties in whose hands a fui ure election is I A Chartist , a known , recognised , Chartist sits for Holbeck next rims !
WEST WARD . Here , too , did the Chartists interfere ; and here , too , have they taught both parties that they can , at least , spoil the sport of faction ' . It was not expected that Mr . Hobson would succeed in thiB Ward , and he was only brought « ut in it to teach the Whig 3 that they are not at libtrty to insult and tyrannize over the Chartists without being made to pay some penalty . That penally they have paid in this Ward ; and it will be seen that the party will be more eareful in future how it treats the Chartists , and how it estimates their power . The-Chmista here secured the return cf Dr . Craven , a pretty bold and independent man ; while they have also secured the rejection of a Whig . They have paid off , both for the insulr a Hunslet and in the "West Ward Use f . In this Ward , too , the Chartists wiii have to be consulted and arranged with , before either Whig or Tory can calculate on carrying their man .
EAST WARD . The triumph of principle in the East Ward , 0 ^ Tuesday l ? st , was such as no other Ward , can boast of ; the East Ward was said to be so much corrupted by Tory bribery and intimidation , that no man of honest principles could offer himself to represent it m the Town Council with any prospect of Euccess ; and when we consider the sitaanon of ihe bnrgpsse 3 , their deficient _ bnr ^ e 53 roli , and their pecuniary circumstances , it would
appear almost impossible . According to ^ he report of the Enumeration Committee , Oct . 1841 . tnere were in the Borough of Leeds 19936 individuals whose average income was Hid . ea <; h for one week ' s support , aiid in order to ascertain wfce : her there was more or less employment now than there were last year at this time ^ I have made inquiry of the diSer-nt employers the amount of wages paid by them in the first eight weeks after the first of Septeaber , 1 P 40 , 41 , and 42 , and from three firms I hare received written , answers as follows : — 1840 1841 1842 So . L' £ 716 £ 579 £ 267 "No . 2 . 735 755 434 No . 3 . 370 345 218
£ 1821 £ 1680 £ Sj 9 From three other firms the answer I received was , tha : they had not time to examine their books to give me a correct answer , but they paid less by above onethird than they paid last year at this tiise . And three flax miils have ceased to run . since last year ai this time . —From the above report there were in the East 2 , 1 C 6 individuals whose average wetkly income was no more than 8 £ d . per week . Bad as their situation was then it must be a very de 3 l worse at tre present time . Then tfiking into consideration the deficient state of the burgess roli , me extreme pover : y Sid distress of the people , and the bribery , corruption , and intimidation of the Tories , it is pleasing to see saeh a glorious triumph , for triami / h it must be to find that there axe 237 men to be found who v ? ill rtcoid their voies , not that they were all Chartists , bu ; because they admired the principles involved in the Charter , to do uxto all men as they would be done by .
Yoar notice of this in ycur valuable Ipaper will gmily oblige , sir , " Your humble servant , Edward Su ^ desla ^ d . It is in contemplation to have a dinner to com-Biemorate so glorious a trinmpb , on Monday the 21 st instant , when the friends of freedom will meet . South Wabd . —In this Ward Mr . France , the Wh&ifinger , has been carried in opposition to the ^' tjg-Tory , Mr . MitchelL Report speaks of kirn as a C harnsi ' in principle . We do not know of him as ^ ch ; Ejsd of couree do not vouch for him . But his Section is a triumph , inasmuch as it has been carried ¦ gainst all the efforts of the Whigs to prevent it .
NORTH-EAST WARD . In this Ward the most disgraceful scenes havf Bits , enacted . Treating and br ; bery have prevailed to a zsx > si lamentable extent . They have not- been coined to one party neither . Both have res&rted to them . The Tory has succeeced by their means : and we are glad of it . ™ e should have felt ourselves dis ^ raeed had edj one calling himself a Chartist purchased a seas in the Council Chamber by such means 1 li seats are
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t © be bought , iet the Whigs and Tories buy them ; but do not those who call themselves Chartists dabble in the dirty puddle . If they do , thsy will be begrimed . Cases of bribery have reached cor ears . It is stated that some persons bearing the uan > e of Chartist , took money to vote for Jackson , the candidate who called himself a Chartist . We do not know that this is so ; bat we crave for information : for if it turns oat to be the fact , the whole trans action shall be dragged to daylight . We will expose all such practices that come under our notice , be they practiced by whom they may .
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BATH . —Mr . Gammage delivered two lectures here on Monday and Tueaday eveninys at the rooms of the Chartists , 5 , Galloway's-buiMings ; the first was on " the present state of society and the People's Charter . " The second " the uaelessneM of persecution to put down Chartism . " CAMPSIE . —Notwithstanding the depression of trade in this village , the good cause of Chartism is In full vigour , although poverty hath overtaken many of its firm adherents . On Saturday evening a large and enthusiastic meeting was held , Mr . I > avie in tha chair , who made a few remarks upon the necessity of union and perseverance to liberate the masses from their bon .
dage . Mr . John M'Crea , of Beith , then addressed the meeting in a speech of great length and eloquenoe , which called forth bursts of acclimation . Mr . MCrea travelled over the many abuses of onr government and ably dissected the sophistry of Wnig and Tory jugglery of the past and present times . The Strathblane band gave their services gratis , an example worthy of imita tion to other bands , who are wishing Jo aid in the emancipation of their country . Several excellent tones smd recitations were given darintr the course of the evening . Votes of thanks were given to Mr . M'Crea , the amateurs , and the chairman , after which the meeting dispersed . On Sanday Mr . M'Crea preached two excellent sermons to respectable audiences .
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IiEEpS . —Stealing Beef . —On Monday last , a young girl natned Emma Brown , was brought up at the Court Ionse , having been caught in the act of walkingaway with a fine piece of beef / rom the premises of Mr . S . Smith , surgeon , in Park Row , on Saturday evening . The beef had been sent in from the bu : cher 3 in the course of the day , and was deposited in a safe in the yard ; it was seen all right after three o'clock in the afternoon , and , before five , as Mr . Smith was entemg into his yard from Basinghall-street , he met the prisoner carrying a basket . He suspected from her answers to his questions that she was not there on an honest errand , and his suspicions were realizsd when he examined the basket and found the beef . She was committed for trial .
Lmjoxst . — On Monday morning , an inquisition wa 3 taken at the Cjurt House , before J . Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mary Murphy , eighty-five years of age , lately a resident in the Alms Houses adjoining to St John ' s church . From the evidence offered it appeared that on the 21 st of October , as she was walking along Hunslet-lane , she either fell , or wa 3 pushed down , by which she suffered a fracture of t e neck of the thigh bone . She was at onco removed to the Infirmary , where she died from fever induced by the accident , on Saturday evening . The person alleged to have pushed the old woman , down , is an insane , female well known in the town , named Sally Dickinson , wnose meiremeuta are somewhat rapid as well as erratic , and who it is stated , rudely told Mrs . Murphy to get out of the way , or she would push her down . But of this , there was no direct evidence , and the inquest was therefore adjourned until Friday .
STOCKPOBT . —The mnnicipal election came off on Tueiday . The Chartists took little interest in the " dog-fight ; " the Tories returned ten out of fourteen . MANCHESTER . —Opening op a new Temperance Hotel . —On Wednesday evening , Mr . Brown , Temperance Hotel keeper . New Cross , Manchester , in consequence of his having removed from his Old establishment , and opened his present one , provided an excellent supper for the friends of moral and political reform .
HT 7 DDEE . SF 1 ELD . —Philosophicai-Hall . — During the last week the inhabitants of this town have been treated with concerts , by Mr . H Johnson , the inimitable violinist , and the seven original Lancashire Bell Ringers , who played a variety of airs , waltzes , overtures , &c . in a sTyle which , for correctness and beauty , astonished the whole audience . To estimate the exqnisite tones of those bells in the hands of the performers , and the ag : hty and precision , in which they perform the most rapid and difficult passages , must be seen and heard . We may safely assert that , in the musical world , it iB the greatest novelty of the age .
On Satcbdat evening last , Mr . Vincent delivered a lecture in ^ the Philosophical Hall , on behalf of the Complete Suffrage move , Mr . B . Robinson iu the chair . There were not more thanjtwo hundred pre seat ; it is worthy of remark that , on his previous visit , the Hall was crammed almost to suffocation . The change manifests the estimation in which he is held by the people . HciiAX Gbeatxess , —The following paragraph has been handed to us by a Correspondent : —Dr . Lockwood , of Kirkheaton , near Huddersfield , being out late one evening a few weeks ago , he deemed it advisable to exs . tine his potatoe crop . On his arrival he saw a man , on which he got off his horEe and walked softJy up to the intruder and asked him " if they turned up weU V Tbe mm lifted up his head and seeing who spoke to him , ran off without giving an answer . Tee Doctor told him " he need not run ,
for he knew him . " However , the man got off . The Doctor mounted his horse and rode off to the man's house , found his wife in bed , called her up , and was told they did not want a doctor at their house . At length the door opened . The Doctor entered , and without any ceremony examined the whole house , found uot one mouthful of anything to eat ; he sat down evidently grieved at the result . In a short time the husband came , knocked at the door , the Doctor opened it , and he walked in . The Doctor then told him that he would not allow his crops to be tak ? n iu that manner , but reqnested so Jong as hewanted any for himself and family , to let him know , and he would see that that want should be supplied . He then left them . What would be the feelings ot the man up to the time of the above promise ? and what after ? Would to God there were more persons like the Doctor .
bellixg a Child . —A rather singu l ar cirenmstance occurred in Huddersfield on Saturday last . On the day in question , a gentleman sent for a woman to be at a public house not fifty miles from Lockwood . She arrived with an infant in her arai =. The gentleman asked her if she was willing to psrt with the child . The woman instantly replied , " Yes with both hands ; " and then immediately gave the sleeping babe—her own child , into tha hands of tie landlady ' s daughter . The gentleman said he would pay her ! or the child , and he accordingly gave her £ 2 o . The baby , we understand , was sent eff the same day to Manchester . It 13 an illegitimate child , and the gentleman is said to be the putative father of it .
Great Horton . —Death bt Fire . —On Friday week a fine girl aged five years , daughter oi' John Shaw , Upper-Green , was burnt to death under the following painful cirenmst-ancrs . The child was playing at the house of its grandmother , when her clothes caught fire ; the flame 3 were extinguished by a man nam : d Foster , and the child sent home , but before it arrived at home the flames which still smouldered in seme part of her clothes , broke out again , when she was a ^ ain enveloped in fire , and so severely burnt that death put an end to her sufferings on Monday morning .
- TJSWORTE , Durham . —Cactios to Pa * ests . —A tew cays ago , a person namtd Pearson , went into a neighbour ' s house on business , leaving &n infant child in the cradle to the care of one ot the children . The child incautiously went out too , and iho consequence was , a siiall pig which they were rearing entered the bouse , and , seeing the infant ' s arm hanging over the cradle , seized it immediately ; and , had not the shrieks of the infant brought its mother to it instantly , in all likelihood the beast wou'd have eaitn its hand eff ; as it was , it lacerated it very much , and broke two or three of its fingers .
ASHTON-UNDEE-LYNE . Change-Binglvg . —On Sunday , October 16 th , the College Ycuths of Ash ton , ascended the tower of St . Michael ' s Church of that town , and rung a true and complete peal of Kent treble-bob major , consisting of 5 , 088 changes , which were brought round in the space of three hours and nine minutes .
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Sj . nculab Case of Superstition . —The landlord of a public-bouse at Husband ' s Bosworth , charged a tramping woman with obtaining goods under the following circumstances : —During the absence of the complainant , prisoner came to the house and offered to tell'the daughter , a girl of weak intellect , her fortune . ; for which purposesbe produced a card with twelve marks upon it , each of which ghetold the girl to place a shilling upon . After going through a lot of juggling , she told the girl that she must keep the money a few days , otherwise the " charm" would
have no effect ; to this , however , the girl would not consent , as the money did not belong to her , but in place of it she gave tbe woman five pounds' worth of cloihep . Information ufthesefactswa ? subsequently given to the Bosworth policeman , who traced the prisoner to Lutterwortb , where he found her at a lodging house , about to bit down to a breakfast of beefsteaks and onions , in company with two men . She was immediately taken before J . A . Arnold , Esq , who committed her as a rogne and vagabond to the House of Correction to hard labosx for three months . — Norhampton Mercury !
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TO THE EDITOE OF THE NORTHERN , STAB , . Sib , — -It is with feelings of the greatest pleasure that I write these few lines to you , hoping that you will either publish them entire or give the substance of them in th « next number of your valuable joomaL Tuesday last , being the day fo * the election of outgoing Councillors of the To wu Council , steps were tak « n to bring forward candidates pledged to the six points of the Charter , and I am proud to say that the friends of freedom have succeeded in returning seven of the Candidates that they brought forward , * nd -which are pledged to do the greatest possible good to the greatest possible many . In tbe Ward of Deritend and Bordesley , Messrs . Field and Atkinson were returned withont opposition ; both are pledged to the Six Points .
In St George 8 Ward two candidates were brought forward : Mr . Alfred Lawden . by tbe Whigs and Sham Radicals , and Mr . James Clarke by the friends of the Charter . The following is the result of tbe poll at its close yes terdav afternoon : —
Mr . James Clarke 42 Mr . Alfred Lawden 18 Majority for Mr . Ciarke 24 In St . Peter ' s Ward , Messrs Whittle and Smith were brought forward by the Whigs , Tories , and sham Radicals , and Messrs . Corah and Perry , both advocates of the Six Points of the Charter , were brought forward by the friends of freedom and the Charter , and tbe following was the state of the poll at ita close yesterday afternoon : — Mr . Perry _ ... 73 Mr . Corah ... 67 Mr . Whittle 56 Mr . Bmith 38 The two former were returned . So far so good . Now for the glorious trfamph ot all . In tbe Ward of Daddeston-eum-Nieaells we have beat the Tories from their " king" down to their poor " fag ; " the Whigs from their " darling" down to their " pet ; " and eham Radicals and humbugs into the bargain , in spite of all their trickery , threats , cajolery , arid bribery . The candidates on the side of liberty were Messrs . Haycock and Qwyther , and the candidate of the nondescripts was pooriMr . Blews . I can assure you that .
by this time , he is very bine indeed , for he kept open house for all the traitors , tag-rag and bob tail , in the hamlet ; had a band of music parading the district all tbe liva-long day ; gin was being drunk by pinta ; men were fetched and carried to tbe poll nearly dead with illness ; horse-flesh and coaches were the order of the day ; in fact , he declared that if it cost him £ 500 he would be returned . He actually drove voters to the pott himself , in hia own gig ; but , in spite of all , we have put him on the shelf , after one of the hardest election contests ever known in this town , either for local or national legislators . Tbe following was the sute of the poll at its dose .
Gwyfcber 461 Haycock 412 Blews 377 So you see , Mr . Editor , that your advice has been quietly but surely followed , and being the first trial , I think that by returning seven candidates , advocates of the six points , we have achieved a great and a glorious victory . Next year we intend to be better prepared for them by looking after the burgess list . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , William Cotton . 38 , Ludgate-Hill , Birmingham , November 2 nd , 1842 .
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THE " NEWMODEL ' OR " SEPARATE SILENT SYSTEM" BASTILE , AT PENTONVILLE , NEAR HOLLOWAY . TO THE nUMANE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
THKEE KINGDOMS . " The sep&rate system is the most inhuman and unnatural that tke cruelty of a tyrant ever invented ; the cells are destined to contain an epitome and illustration of all human misery , of which the Bastile of France , and the Inquisision of Spain , are mere prototypes and humble models . "—Roscoe on Bashles . Esteemed Fellow-Citizeks , —Tbe twelfth hour of tfce ensuing Bight completes the second anniversary of my annual articles against this hell of tyranny , and , consequently , the twenty-fouich month of my selfcreated agitation for ita total and Iefja . 1 destruction .
When I reflect on the brief space which has intervened between this and the time when I first declared war against this Ba » ti ! e , the movement that I have created in its favour , and the succers which it is evident will ultimately crown my efforts , I not only see the hand of God in this affair , but the whole power of truth combined with justice to effect the redemption of humanity . I have mnch to say why the Bsrstile in question should be legally destroyed , when it should be destroyed , and who will be the means cf destroying it , but the
Special Commission reports , and particular reasons , prevent me saying much of the one , or anything of the other ; I will , however , for your information ( and in honour of Frenchmen ' s glory ) acquaint you with the fact , that whenever this Bastile is destroyed ( and destroyed it must and Bh&ll be , ) it must be on the 14 th day of July , that being the day on which the French patriots , aome fifty-three years ago , destroyed theii Basti . 'e ; and though we shall not destroy ours after the same fashion , yet the day so signalised in honour , must be reserved for an holy one for that purpose .
I hope soon , and in despite of the bribery and intimidation that prevails , to create an anti-Bastile party in either House of Parliament , ( and tisewhere if needful ) Already I have had assurances indicative of thu success which I shall meet with in the attempt , which fully warrant me in saying that I shall be successful ; should , however , the Bastile-demons , upon learning this declared determination of my purpose , ( a pnrpost which , thank God , no man , much lew a demon , can effectually resist ) , endeavour by force or fraud , bribery , * c . or the like , to frustrate it ( as tbe inurdertus
manufacturers did tbe poor factory children ' s cause ;; 1 tell them here , and beforehand , that tfceir efforts will be ( as all Euch efforts ought to be ) unsuccessful , as I shall not break the laws , ( the " beautiful laws , " most ol which even the devil would be ashamed of ) , and those whom I shall act in concert with , will acquaint me with the names , dec ., and proceedings of all who attempt to seduce them from the allegisnc © which they owe to the cause and to humanity ; that is , ot least , if tuey are what 1 take them to be , and if they are not , the Bastile demons may have them and welcome any day , as 1 vrant no Judas Iscariots in my ranks .
£ kI conclude , I wish te acquaint you with the fact , that notwithstanding tbe declarations which the bastile demons have mada in favour of the driving men mad , or the murderous bastile system , notwithstanding all that I have writ , both public and private , against it , and they would rather serve in ceil than abandon it , not one , so , not one solitary one has had the courage to discuss , as I wished several ta do , the question with me ; they shrink -with horror from tie task , and why ? because they know that my cause is just , say arguments irrefutable , and that truth beareth away the victory in all such c&ses .
I hava cot had as yet one threat of prosecution ( alias persecution ) ajainEt me in this affair ; to be sure one ol the baatile demons advised one of his order to pat a * tsp to my proceedings , but then I silenced the < iemon by insisting npon him proving -wherein I was wrong ere ha called upon otters to peraeeute me . TUis he fcas
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cot done , or rather , this he ( like all other persecutors ) fcas not had the courage to do , tyrant * being ever cowards , and I deff . him to do so ; as I am , in this instance , right in the fullest sense of the word . I care not / or persecution , and I here publicly tell the tyrants who would use it , that as well might they attempt to arrest the progreas of Chartism by murdering its first promoters , as to stay the anti-bastile cause I P ' ^ ' * -1 ; having consigned to other hands that which , in these days of murderous persecution , I did not thiDk it right or safe to keep exclusively in my ows . — ¦ .
In condnsion , and It is a conclusion that is forced upon me through the complete monopoly of the Star ' i pages consequent npon the reports of the Special Commission trials , I have to inform yon that never were my prospects in this affair so sure or cheering as they are now . I faave advocates in either House , as well as persons who will willingly publish anything which I write , and for which , by the way , I insist upon being held responsible . I thank all those who have in any way assisted me in this cause , even though , as in many instances their assistance has been but little ; more especially do I thank one , whom for the present yon must only know
as " a peer of the realm , " and who by his valuable information has proved himself a tower of strength to me . I thank them all heartily ; and whilst I charge yen not to injure so much as a single jot of the new bastile , I charge you as men having an innate sense of justice , and & consciousness of wrong , to use your every effort for tbe attainment of your all-riRhteous Charter , and then prevent the demolition of the baatile who can . ' Believe me , friends , till death , Your brother , Heniiy Dowell Griffiths , No . 11 , Winchester-row , _ Edgeware-road , London . Wednesday 10 a . m ., Oct . 19 , 1842 .
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BOZ'S DESCRIPTION OF THE FALLS OF NIAGARA . ( From his American Notes . ) " Between five and six in tho morning we arrived at Buffalo , where we breakfasted , and being too near the Great Falls to wait patiently anywhere else , we set off by the train the eanie morning at nine . * Whenever the train baited I listened for the roar ; and was constantly straining niy eyta in tbe direction where I knew the falls must be from having seen the river rolling on towards them ; evevy moment expecting to behold tho spray . Within two minutes of my stopping , I 8 , iw two great white clouds rising up slowly and maj-jsticaUy from the depth of the earth . That waa all . At length we alighted ; and then , for the first time , I heard the rush of water , and felt the ground tremble underneath my feet The brink was very steep , and was slippery with half melted ice and rain . I fe&rdly
knew h « w to get down , but was soon at the bottom , and two English officers who wero crossing , and Lad joined me over aome broken rocks , deafened by the noisa , balf blinded by the spray , and wet to the skin . We were at the foot of the American Fall . I could see an immense torrent of water tearing headlong down from some great height , but had no idea of shape or situation , or anything but vague immensity . When we were seated In the little ferry boat , and wore crossing the swollen river immediately baforj both cataracts , 1 began to feel where it was ; but I was in a manner stunned , and unable to comprehend the vastnees of the ecene . It was not until I came-on Table Rock and looked ~ great Heaven , on what a fall of bright green water J—that U came upon mo in its full majesty . Then , when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing—the first eflvet , and the ensuring one—inetant and lasting—of the tremendouB spectacle was peace—peace of
mind—tranquillitycalm recollection of the deud—great thoughts of eternal rest and happiness , nothing of gloom or terror . Niagara waa at once stomped upon my heart an image of beauty ; to remain there changeless and indelible until its pulaes cease to beat forever . Oh how attife and trouble of our daily life receded from my -view , and lessened in tbe distance during the ten memorable days we passed on that enchanted ground . What voices spoke from out the thundering water ; what faces faded from the earth looked out upon me from its gleaming depths ; what Heavenly promise glistened in those angel ' s tears ,, the drops of many hues that showered around and twined themselves about the gorgeous arches which the changing rain-bows made 1 I never stirred in all that time from the Canadian side whither I had gone at first . I never crossed the river again ; for I knew there were peopla on the other shore , and in such a place it was natural to-shun
strange company . To wander to and fro all day , and see the cataract from all points of view ; to stand upon the edge of tbe Great Horse Shoe Fall meeting the hurried water gathering strength as it approached the verge , yet seeming , too , to pause before it shot into the gulph below ; to grza upon the river ' s level np at the torrent as it came streaming down ; to climb the neighbouring heights , and watch if through the trees , and Bee the wreathine watt * to the tapids hurrying on to take its fearful plung «; to linger in the shadow af the solemn rocks three miles below ; watching the rivar , as , stirred by no visible cause , it heaved and eddied , aan awoke tho echoes , being tronbled yet far down toe surface by ita giant leap ; to have Niagara bifure ma lighted by the sun and the moon red in the days decline , tnd grey as evening slowly fell npon It ; to look upon it every day and awake up in the night and hew its oeaseleBB voice ; XJsi 3 vraa enough . \"
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"PROGRESS OF THE OPIU 2 I WAR . " It is impossible to read the accounts of the military operations in China without shame and disgust It is not war , bnt sheer butchery—a batlu in a well-stocked preserve of human beings . Captain Biogham , of the royal navy , in a book which we have not seen , but which the Standard has quoted -with & joatly indignant commentary , thus describes the capture of Ningpo : — "Abont 12 , 000 ( Chinese ) advanced upon the bou them and western gates , the guards retiring before them . On the Chinese penetrating to the market-place in the centre of the dty , they were received by a heavy fire from
oar troop * drawn up . This sudden check so damped their ardour , that their only object appeared to be to get out of Vhe city as fast as they could , in doing which they were « a' « wded in dense masses in the narrow street The artiller }' now coming up , nnlimbered within one hundred yard 1 of the crowded fugitives , and ponred in a destructive L ' re of grape and canister . So awful was the destruction of human life , that tbe bodies were obliged to be removed to the sides of the streets to allow the guns to advance ; and tbe pursuit was followed up by them ( the £ Jtillery ) eud the forty-ninth regiment for sever * milt > s . '
Such acenea , it appears , are continually recurring in Capt . Bingham ' a naimtive . For instance , we read of the British placing a larj . 'e body of Chinese between two fires , and killing six Lrondrud with the loss of only one man : «* the Chinese cc-nld do nothing against the terrific broadsides of tbe ships , the shells , and ton rockets . " Again , we are told of a Chinese army thrown into confusion by the unexpected appearance of two bodies of trsops wbicn had advanced under cover while they were engaged with a third , and of fifteen hundred of them being killed with the loss of sixteen British killed and a few wounded . Nor are the armed soldiery of China the only
sufferers"With men a tremendous bombardment as bad been going on for two hoars in this densely-populated neighbourhood , it must be expected that pitiable sights were to be witnessed . At one spot were four children , struck down , while the frantic father wasoccasioniilly embracing their bodies , or making attempts to drown himself in a neighbouring tank . Numerous similar scene * were witnessed . " There can be no mistake as to these facts . Tha Chinese are a muscular race ; that they do not effiniinately shrink from pain—that they can brave
deathhas been shown repeatedly la tbe coarse of these massacres . But they have no practical experience of war ; they are ill-armed ; and the tremendous effects of British artillery , bombs , and rockets , are to them at once fearful and inconceivable . The contest between them and the British forces is more unequal tban that between the surprised bewildered mob of Manchester and the armed soldiery cf Peterioo . They are hasksd , shot , and drowned without resistance , overcome by their own sense of hellessness and their excited imaginations ; and the details of the butchery are such -that we should feel sickened to see it exercised on cattle
or game . And it is butchery of which there can tie no end so long as British troops remain in China . The territories subject to the Emperor of China are as large as the whole of Europa . The superficial extent of the densely-peopled part of China alone ( the districts on the sea-coast , the great canal , and the two great rivers ) is more than twfrw the siza of tho British Islands . This large space is doited at brief intervals with towns as large and crowded as our first-rate and secsnd-rate manufacturing towns . Tbe inhabitants are prejudiced against foreigners : th . y are identified with the civil government of the country ; for the career of office ia open to every one who chooses to study , and schools and colleges , and foundations for poor scholars are
numerous . Such a population can only ba kept in subjection by a present force . It wUl effect nothing to take one town and move on to another : every town that is taken must be garriaouad , or after the capture of every second town the British army muat move back to retake that which surrendered to them before it The occupation of China by tbe British must be a constant succession of popular insurrections and military execution ^ And in the perpetration of these continuon * outrages on humanity , one British army after another will beabsorbed , as a tall frigate is sucked down into a quicksand , producing no effects , leaving no trace of its having been there- The troops necessary for the defence of the rest of thae mpirewillbe drafted uff for tbe still beginning never ending conquest of China , leaving us naked to the aggression of any enemy . The Chinese Crovernraeat
ia aware of this eoures of strength arising out of itu V 6 Ty wsabubBS . It is strong in the power of countless numbers infinitely dispersed . It feels confident that though tha foreign invaders were to kill year by year ten times as many as they have kilied since the war began , the natural increase of the population would more than fill up tho vacuum . Army after army is sent into the field , where certain defeat awaits it ; towu after town is defended with a foreknowledge that it must fall . The Chinese Governmont looks forward , and not without ressin , to the time when their fierce and irresistible assailants will be stretched in sheer exhaustion on tbe top of the hetacombs thty are slaughtering—passing away like pestilence , famine , and other mysterious visitations . And as the rulers think , so think and feel the people .
Is it a sign of wisdom in the British nation to persist in a struggle which can only weaken it ? Is it a sign of humanity to sanction such wholesale butchery of human beings ? Is it a sign of morality to do all this iu order that a poisonous drug may be smuggled into the market' of China ?
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MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY . The following strange story relating to a series of horrible attacks upon a young lady at Bratiford , is detailed in a letter to the editor of the Bradford Observer : — On one evening in last January the heroine of this tragic narrative had occasion to ro up stairs with some linen . After passing through her mother's bedroom and dressing-room , the furniture of which she noticed to have beeen somewhat discomposed , she passed across into another chamber . Upon entering this she was surprised to observe , among other signs of confusion , that all the drawers of a chest ¦ were open . This in some degree alarmed her , bnt being , though a very
mild , gentle , yet an equally courageous youcg lady , she proceeded to scan the room more closely , when shs perceived a man partly crouched under the bed , but with his head protruded somewhat towards the window . At the sight of him she quietly put down tho linen , which she had in one hand , on a chair , and , walking to the door , took the key from the inside , and locked it on the out . She then gave the alarm , but as there were none but women and children in the house , some minutes necessarily elapsed before assistance could be procured , and in the msan time the man made his escape by the window , and over the yard wall , taking with him some of Miss Rigg ' a dresses , nor was he afterwards taken .
One Wednesday evening , about a mouth ago , at the boor of nine o ' clock , 'the Rev . Mr . Rigg being absent from home ou ministerial duty , Miss Rigg , who bad been sitting in the back parlour with her mother and brother , had occasion to leave them for a few minutes . In about aix or seven-minutes a candlestick was heard to fall , and there ensued an unaccountable sraflVmg and noise , then a bUIImIscream , followed by onelouiler . Mrs . Rigg thinking tuat the noise came from up 8 t 3 = rs , and that one of the children , who had just retired to rest , must have sst herself on fire , directed Mr . H . Rigg to run and ee-j whijt w » 3 the matter , and atae herself hastened after as fr" * t as ber feblinga of alarm would allow . She had , however , juat reached the door leading down to the cellar , whicb . she had to pass in order to go up
stiirs , and which was standing partially open , when Miss Kit g came out pale as a corpse , and bleeding about her neck , though from-what p : uti ; ular party the blood proceeded was not at first easily seen , her neck and shoulders being coverod with blood , and ber white dress from her shoulders downwards presenting a frightful appearance . " Mother , ' " she cried , " a man in tiia cellar has stabbed me . " Her agonizid and agitated parent laid her on the sofa , and sent immediately for her medical attendant , afraid herself to look on what was done . On the arrival of Dr . E ., it was found that ohe bad been mercifully preserved from serious injury . When the mtecreant attacked her ; she was la the act of mounting the cellar steps , and consequently , on that narrow gTound he could only assail her from bahind . in
which position her long and thick curls interposed between his blade and her zttck , and there cm be little doubt saved her life . Sbo bad , however , onn deep cut four iacb . es long , en the sbonltfer , with fsur smaller ones near it , and a slight wound on her bressf . In making bis brutal attempt , the ruffian had held her by one Bhoulder , but her oioppirg the candle prevented him from seeing precisely ¦ whore to striko . He bad , however , besides innioting the aboven&nied wounds , severed a large portion of her hair , which , from ita great profusion and strength of curl , muat have required a very vigorous and determined stroko , or perhaps a succession of strokes . Miss Riitg distinctly heard he ?
mother direct her bjofche * to see what waa tho matte * , as her assailant mast also have done , and thi * made him quit his hold . Retreating by the front cellar , or asder kitchen , he made his escape by the back-door , and over the yand wall . He had been la the tipper rooms , bad ransacked the drawers , and secreted some articles of value , aniang other tniBgs some silver spoons and had take » tbartZDr with vs&ioh he attempted Alies Rigg ' s life from , her father ' s ^ dressing room . In his alarm he secured nothing ; tha silver spooaahe attempted to takb with him , but usopped in getting over tbe wall , and tho razor waa found crusted with blood on the other side of the walk
What was the reason of his brutal attempt is known to himself and to Qou . It is not easy to conjecture it . It may have been that he thought Miss Rigg had seen him , &nd be feared , through her ra&ms , discovery . He may have been the same man whom she had previously encountered , and in that case with the fear of discovery may have been united the desire of revenge . Still , that tho man , unmolested , apparently unobserved , should either from fear o £ discovery go the very way toinhUM discovery , or . should so harbour revenge as to determine to attempt tho life of aa innocent , unoffending girl , seema at nrtt incredible . Yet subsequent circun ; - atauces tender it almost " . certain that tlio latter is the true solution . ¦
At any rate , the attempt must be ndmitted to have bBen one of tbe most cruel , unprovoked , and brutal , that waa eve * made ; and one woald have thought that every heart would nave swelled with indignation agaiast
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the perpetrator , every hand have been ready to se ' ztf and consign him to justice , and that all would ba inspired with one common feeling of sympathy with toe sufferer . Are the magistrates of Bradford , then , destitute of the feeUags of humanity ? Are they to bo considered superior to the ordinary weakness of mankind ? Or are we to consider them inferior to the rest of men in sent ? at once and feeling ? What the opinion of the public may be on these points when they consider the circumstances of their condnct , I will not now anticipate . A
man was taken on the Friday after the attempt , on suspicion of being the guilty party , to whose features Miss Rigs could swear as identical with those of ber assailant , with the exception of his whiskers—features which every oiie knows can be disguised at pleasure . Yet with this testimony , and the fall evidence in coarfi of tbe circumstances detailed above , the magistrates not only dismissed the man , but though he was known to be a fallow of bad character , they did not even interrogate him as to where he had been on tke evening in question .
Sir , being a Tory myself , I would cot ba thought disrespectful to the Tory magistrates of Bradford , bat if any Whig magistrates had acted thns , I should certainly say tfcat thoir selfish and unfeeling stolidity waa utterly without a parallel . We know , however , our magis trates too well to say any such thins ; of them . Gentlemen are they all r as magistrates , kind , laborious , selfcLsnymg , and acute ! They would never , we are sure , prefer their own ease to the discharge of thah duty , nor the call of the dinner hour to the call of humanity However , Sir , I ask yea whether such conduct in any but our magistrates would not have been considered nnworthy of their name as men , inconsistent with their office as magistrates ?
But , Sir , our magistrates are wonderful people , wonderfully clever , wonderfully profound , wonderfully subtile ! They , it seems , have discovered ( marvel 1 or i pei ' . eration ) that Miss Rigg was frightened and fancied tbpre was a man J This , with h » r seamed shouliier in evMehce before them ! Astonishing discovery , this ! unequalled solution of this difficult case ! If \ n all affairs thr . t come before them , they show equal penetration , equal acumen , equal power of imagination , how blessed is our good town of Bradford !" ¦ Did any before ever conceive of fancy ¦ wounding a person , catting off hair , pttfeting silver spoons , and throwing a raz ^ r ove r a wall ? Fancy , forsooth ! Nodoubt it was fancy , toa , in the person of Dr . Fa tv . r , who dressed the wounds ! This , Sir , would at any rato be a very active fancy ! ¦ : And what has been the consequence of tbis conduct of these macistratea ? :
Listen , Sir . Last Saudny evening , dm-in ;? Bert ice tinio , as Miss Rigg was going into the hack parlour for a book , a man followed her and strack he ? violently ort the arm twice with some heavy instrument . Sho fe ' shrieking to the ground , and her cries brought assistance , which frightened away th 8 incarnate fiend who bad attacked her . He k-ft the house without taking or attempting to take anything . Her ami exhibits a dreadful contusion from abova the elbow nearly to > the wrist .- Is tbis fancy , too , Messrs . Magistrates ? What , sir , are we to make of all thh ? H'jrs seems aa infernal plot against the life of this young Ui \ y , than whom there never lived one gentler or more amiable . It can scarce ! v ba doubtsd that it is one and the same man
who has been concerned m all three attempts . Ic Is re markable that ; the last time he had bis face blackened , as though determined not again to run the risk of having his features recognizsd . Allow me to ask , sir , what is tbe amount of . responsibility which tbn magistrates have incurred , if , when ha -was once in their power , th « y hsve again let loose upon the public , thrcugii culpable end selfish indifferer . co , so desperate a wretch , and one apparently so bent npon the destruction of bis unfortunate victim ? It ia a Bubject , sir , to wring tears from the most hardhearted . Who can conceive the agony of the parents , the terrible aud ever-present apprehensions of the child , the deep distress of the whole family ? Who caii estimate the effect ; that such or
currences are likely to have upon the nerves and constitution of the agonfusd parents and the suffering child ? the latter , just entering life . I forbear , Sir , in consideration to the feelings of all connected with tbe family , to carry out tbis harrowing thought Bat I would ask , for how much of tbe inCTit ^ We amount of suffering are our magistrates responsible ? I w > 'l anppose , however , that our worst hhrs may not be realised . With a firm trust in Providence , confirmed ia the hearts of tha parents by many nn-rciea and frequent deliveruncea already experienced , and aided in the heart of the child by the cheerful nnd sanguine spirits of youth , and a naturaliy sweet and happy disposition , I will hope that tho effects ivili bs less terrible than might have been apprehsndstl . But does Wi diminish the culpability or lessen th 8 weight cf respousibility attaching to the magistrates ? By no means ; but tbe m- ? rit snd piety of thoso who must in some measure , and in a great measure , ba sufferers , must rather tend to ircrease both the one and the other . I have finished my exposure , and I beg , Sir , to sl ^ O myself , . Yours , respectfully , ' VlNDEX . October lbth .
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agt weeK has continued ever sine * , with little or n » lintermission . Wind N . and N . £ . The Duke of Richmond steamer left Granton at her usnal hour , and encountered the gales of Tuesday on her way to Aberdeeu , off which she dodged for sorae lime , but thesca ran so high upon the bar that it was impossible to gefc in . Captain Campbell then steered for Sconeha 7 ent hoping t , o be able to land his passengers there , &i ; d this being-equally impracticable , he judged it > " <( most prudent course , lor the safety of all , to run out to sea , and lie-to till the storm abated . This he accordingly did , and upon Thursday , it having me - derated a little , he again made for . Aberdeen , off
which he found the Sovereign and Bonny Dundee steamers waiting for the signal to cross tho bar , The Sovereign , a * drawing less water , entered first , thett the Bonny Dundee , followed by tho Duke . After a most tempestuous passage , tho l ) uko reached Inverness noxt day ( Friday last ) , and left forLeithat two o'clock next morning . She tvas expected to be hero at her usual time 3 'e 3 torday , but down i seven o ' clock this evening there has been no appearance of her . Tho North Ssar was also out in the storm of last week , which came on upon this side of Flamborough Head . She was obliged to put into Burlington " Bay , whero she remauied tor twelve hours , and reached InvenieR : ) on Saturday . The Maid of-Mbrven , upon the second Way . of the gale , after leaving Barehead , was watchart wt' -h deep the
anxifty and alarm by the groups of people upon Moray &ide , the wind at the tioie blowing a most terrifia hurricane , tho sea running fcai-r ' uily high , and th ? vessel being on a led shore . It was wared by the spectators that she would cs « s upon t :: a i * indhorn sand-banks , but the captr . m ot ifce . JViaic , fqually alivo to the danger , ordered :-mU to- be mad : Tne first hoistedwas" blown to " ra « 3 , buta peeond attempt was more successful , and with thi .- aidrli . ; Jitt . e witch got to windward , sometuaes completely ouriud oat of sight from land in tho yawning s . uhs oaiween each successive billow . Shearrivodali > ra ) i that sa , me afternoon at five o ' clook in Inverness luesday nifht and Wednesday we had , a long tall ol snow , and npon the latter night tho wind again increased with heavy showars of rain , aceo .-npaasedvnai frequent flashes of lightning . — Rots-shire Advevtizer .
REVENUE OF THE UNITED STAT . KS . AM > OF NeVT Yobk . —The gross revenue lor tho Uuued States ior the first six moutha 18 * 1 . was , according to oihcial statements , 7 , 0 > 5 , 020 dois . ; for ihu tame period 18-U S , 733 . « 34 dols ., Oeijigaahicr , ascot 1 , 123 , 314 . iHe whole revenue fov the year l £ 4 l is . stated at 10 , 146 , 635 ; and the reyoimo for tho Port ot New York al-jub . ' for ihe ftrst three-quarters of lo . 42 , _ is stated at £ -. 9 ( 11 , 387 dols ., -which shows a great increase . —American Paper . Six mosihs" ago tbe piice of a quarter cf ice be 6 t wheat , was 70 s ., and tho 41 b .. leaf was thtn 9 d . Tba price of it quarter c £ v ? heat is now 50 s ., and tne 4 & . loaf ia 8 . 1 . Wheat has thus fallen 30 per cent ., aad the dimjautioa on bread is © sly Id .
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Registered in Saint Pancxas , during tie last wckV Thomas M'Dou&U Smith , sou of James and Esther Smith , of Little Ciareudoa-street % Somera Town . ¦¦ ; " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ , At Everv-street Chapel , Manchester , un the 9 th October , the son rf John and »»* ©»»» jj »» christened Peter M'Douall Chmn , by the Kev . James Scholefield .
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On Saturday last , Mr . G--orfe -e PaJhster . coBpositor , of Ibis town , to Miss Estnw R }**\<* ? j £ f * i On Monday , last , at the pan A church Atoondbarv , Mr , JaLa Booth , cloth-ores ** , to Miss Ana Maria Jones , all of Nothcrton , near rfuddersaaid .
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TO TBE KD 1 T 0 B OP THS NORTHERN STAR . Sir—By the iusertion of the following you will mnch oblige , The Halifax Chartists .
FOB GiUEEAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . Halifax first subscription . £ . B . d . Ov « nden ... ... ... ... 0 5 3 6 . R . ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 King Cross , Halifax ... ... ... 0 4 5 Bradshaw Lane ... ... ... 0 7 0 Wheatley ... ... ... ... 0 1 9 Siddill ... ... ... ... 0 3 1 Northowram ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Halifax ... ... ... ... 0 18 2 £ 2 8 8 Deduct for order and stamp ... 0 0 7 £ 2 8 1
Halifax second subscription . Carpet weaver , Halifax ... ... 0 3 1 ( M Per J-Prince , Boothtown ... ... 0 16 " D . L . ... ... ... ... 0 0 G T . W 0 0 6 a Friend ... 0 0 4 Siddill 0 10 Three Friends , per Deaa Clough ... 0 2 6 D . H . 0 10 Mr . Smith ' s Book 0 5 6 A few Friends at Sowerby Bridge ... 0 2 2 Lower Warley ... ... ... 0 3 10 Ovenden Chartists ... ... ... 0 6 10 Mr . J . Boys . ... ... ... 0 0 6 W . H 0 10 Mr . James Foster ... ... ... 0 2 6
Mr . Clay ... 0 10 Halifax Chartists ... ... ... 0 6 0 £ 2 0 6 J Proceeds from the sale of Thompson Brothers' Breakfast Powder , by B . RuFhtcn . R . Sutcliffe , and others ... 0 10 0 A gift from Thompson Brothers 10 0 For the Executive ... ... ... 0 10 1 £ £ 4 0 8 Deduct Post-office order and stamp ... 0 0 7 £ i 0 1
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LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . These sessions concluded on Monday night The following sentences were passed : — To be Tkansported Seven Teaks . —Benjamin Hall , 18 , stealing a coral necklace , tbe property of Isaac Newton . Joseph Gatehouse , 16 , stealing printed cotton , the property at Cornelius Smith . Thomas Elliott , 21 , stealing lead , the property of John Wales Smith and others . George Gregory , 22 , stealing trousers , tbe property of Thoma » Birch . John Wade , 22 , stealing woollen cops , the property of Robert Cloujjh . John Downs , 42 , stealing lead , the . property of Anthony Titloy and others . Mary Ann BiJsbrough , 16 , Btealing shoes , the property of Bicbard Lee . Imprisoned Twelve Months—Margaret Moreland , 17 , stealing a silver spoon , the property of Richard Gouthwaite .
imprisoned Nine Months . —Thomas Fowler , 23 , stealing tobacco and copper piping , the property of Wm . Hornby . Imprisoned Eight Months . —Catherine Conolly , 60 stealing money , the property of John Fallows . Imprisoned Six Months . —James Williams , 21 , stealing trousers , the property of Edward Matthews . John Holt , 18 , stealing three files , and some brass and iron , the ptopexty of Joseph Homer . Th > mus Warrior Coxon , 18 , stealing tweed , the property of John Coxon .
Imprisoned Four Months— Pavld Davis , 38 , stealing lead , the property of Martin Cawood . Kichard Thornborough , 42 , embezzling money , the property of James Greenroyd . Joseph Bathos , 22 , stealing shoemakers' tools , the property of Richard Buck . Ann Cowburn , 27 , Btealing money , the property of Esther Moorhouae . Jerelomy Chickey , 20 , stealing money , the property of Henr 7 xMlison . Elizabeth Chadwick , 13 , stealing a silk handkerchief , tbe property of Joseph Srgeantson . Joseph Barker , 19 , stealing brasj piping , the property of James Blakey .
Imprisoned Three Months . —Richard Clark , 20 , stealing chisels , the property ot Christopher Asquith . PaUick Managhan , 20 , stealing a joiner ' s rule , the property of Joseph Fishwick . John Bretherwick , 39 , stealiDg boots , tbe property of Epbraira Sykes . Esther Myers . , stealing a gown , the property of Stephen Carrick . Christopher Gootfson , 21 , stealing a clarionet , the property of Frederick Markhaui . Thomas Stafford , 15 , stealing a flageolet , the property of Joshua Muff . John Griffiths , 23 , stealing an Indiana handkerchief , the property o ! Joseph Bradbury Robinson . Wm . Gainforth , 29 , obtaining sacks by false pretences , with intend to defraud Joseph Woodhead . Imprisoned Two Months . —Georgo Whltton , 42 , stealing woollen Blubbing , the property of William Peck .
Imprisoned One Month . —Michael Lannagan , 15 , stealine copper and lead , the property of Wm . Shaw . E < 1 w . Render , 17 , embezzling money , the property of John Renton . ¦ Imprisoned Fourteen Days—Ann Davies , 53 , receiving lead , knowing it to have been stolen , tho property of Martin Cawood . William Hudson , 15 , stealing trousers , the property of John Ray . Not Guilty . —Ann Wood , 24 , stealing money , the property of Eli Ko . shaw . Mary Pickles , 21 , stealing money the property of Mark Greenwood . James Derbyshire , 22 , and John Dawson , 25 , stealing rope , the property of Robert Keddy . Edward Hunter , 14 , stealing copper and lead , the property of William Shaw . David Routh , 30 , stealing harden sheets , tbe property of James Watson . William Gibson , 18 , stealing brass
piping , tbe property of James Blakey . Abraham Sharp , 63 , stealing a sheep skin , the property of Stephen Soliett . John Walnh , 21 , stealing brass , the property of John Taylor and others . John Hartley , 39 , stealing a watch , the property of Admiral Crew . Henry Todd , 39 , stealing brass , copper , and iron , the property ef George Pearson . Thomas ElniBley , 15 , stealing a flageoiet , the property of Joshua Muff . Ellen Boyle , 47 , stealing a key , tbe property of Thomas Thwaites . William Broadbent , 31 , Thomas Wade , 25 , and Christopher Wilsun . , stealing wool and slubbinga , the property of William Wheatley . Thomas Grimshaw , receiving the same , knowing it to have been stolen . Henry Valentine , 19 . . stealing tweed , the property of John Coxon . Joseph Kemp lay , 44 , embezzling money , tbe property of Robert Wright
Bills Ignored . —Against Anthony Furniss , 15 , stealing cotton , the property of Cornelius Smith . Eliz * Alderson , 26 , stealing money , the property of Eli Kersbaw . William Graston , 28 , stealing iron , the property of Joseph Pevkins . Mary Cullen , 24 , and Maty Ann Burns , 22 , the former with stealing , and the latter receiving a watch , &c , the property of Matthew Dickonson . Elizabeth Burkett , 16 , and Jane G&wtborpe , 15 , Btealing wearing apparel , the property of Elizabeth Jaekson . The proceedings terminated at eight o ' clock on Monday night .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 5, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct455/page/5/
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