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y among thai order , "when fully employed , after da . wing wear sad tear of tools , do not average that nun , 2 tb ? y " nuBaee to be decently clad . And tbe whole Jhi ! time wss by no means taken up by bis doty as a fgober of the Executive , as his Florida Medicine Pills jj jbondsnOy testify . Iben . Sir , ra > «« c ffrouad has been iroien up by the ¦ c jgcfSvc in or around the Metropolis . No ; they have ^ Bed themselves to the already organised localities , hiproofof this , I may referyou to Mr . Secretary Campbell ' s own letters in Ma Northern Star , ( I mean Jane previous letters ) , wherein he thanks by name the wjsonB who have been most active in this business . * jatink it was in the letter of " AnExQe , " aa well H in the speech ot Mr . Leach , at Manchester , that I jad ftat a private conspiracy existed to get rid of the
Executive . Why , Six , I do not believe for a moment gii will gain credence with the Chartist body ; for ajii reason : areferenee to a file of theNoHJurnSiar will [ to * ttot I was the first publidy to call attention to goa in a letter in that journal , just after the hte Convention was held in London , shewing that - » had no Execatire , the time for their holding jjs * in seeardanee with the Organiation haying gmired , and reqoestiisg a time to be specified for the ggjjion of a naw ne . When we aie told that Leeds and Sail conspired , allow me , Sir to state , they were Dot jju ooly complaining places . The Hammersmith jjolity , through their sub-Secretary , forwarded a
ppie to Mr- Campbell , requesting tie Executive to jnsra thB . questiojis put by the Leicester delegates ; jkea , Sir , in the last Star appears a letter £ n » m Mr . jksiej-, recommending a committee of kf airy . Csn g be possible that Mr . Beealey can have read the plan & Orgsnizition himself ? if so , I think it impossible jg ecnld have suggested snch a committee , for any gee too reads it will see at onca that it has been brok-n , jrst—ia giving an extra ten shillings per week wages ; jecoodly—in members of the Executive receiving wages ^ fcsn paid for lecturing by the localities or districts ; t hirdly—fey holding office aftes the time had expired , a folly and clearly defined is the Organisation ;
fourthly—in their neglecting to cause nomination to be * ade for a General Treasurer at the same time as the Executive . - Sir , perhaps yon win now allow me to ask JMr . SiirstoTr did he not receive wages firm toe Chartists d ChiHenham for bis labours in that vicinity , ( as I perceive the Bristolonians paid him , ) and how much ? Six , I waa at Cheltenham a few days prior to the Biting of the Convention , and I believe the first day d me Slurge Conference in Birmingham sitting—there w no defection then ; and during the sitting of our Carrention , it will be borne in mind , that one of the jages t demonstrations ever held in the County of Gl oucester tool place on Mr . O'Connor's visit to that jgsee ; this does not look like defection . I think in jssuce to the men o ! Cheltenham I am also bound to £ teth » t I was liberally revtaedbd fob my SEBTiCES " during my stay in that town , Yoiim , In the cause of Democracy , Deeemher 5 , 1 S 12 . Edmund Stallvood .
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MB CAMP-BELL' 3 PUNCTUALITY . TO THE EDITOR SF THE 50 B . THEKK STAB , ' SIB—From what I have seen in the Northern Star goal Mr- C&mpbfcil ' s Balance Sheet , I think h right to inferst you , as far as we are concerned at Bojston , — too recollect his -mating & tour through Lysn , Norwich Wttbeach , Cambridge , and Royston , in the Biiance Sheet—there is no account given of the monies he raeeived at the dffcreutplaces only for cards . We give b ' fifteen shillings to pay his coach fare from bgre , which i » only ten shillings ; Cambridge friends hKBght him here at iheir own expense , and gave him Btoey , bat 'bat I cannot say ; you can ascertain by sting in the Star , I tin afraid he pocketed all the Btsey given tc him , and charged his expenses to the people ' s fund * .
?^—Sir , "we feel tba greatest eonfiaenee in your B ^ Ti ^ ing oat the ffa * "g » thst are wrong ; and please to ucept oar beat thanks for you services in the I remain . Your well wisher , W . Caxjls , bootmaker . Bcyston , Dee . 6 , 1842 .
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TBE KOTTJNGHAM CHARTISTS AKD MR . CAMPBELL . TO KB . JOHS CAMPBELL . Em , —In looking over the columns of the British Salesman , I * "d therein a long letter from the General Secretary , reflectiEg upon the characters of the Rev . 7 a . HU 1 , Gwrrge Julian Hamey , and others , ehsrjring tern with being traitors to the cause , as well as being Jailors to the men woo have to take their trial Now , Jin , the file and slanderous manner in which you lire treated the characters of tbeae individuals—the nj in which you have daubed your reputation , with jtiT-lsudations , induces me , as a member of the fraonai charter AMOcta&m , and » keen observer of m soi tilings , to « ay » wordoj two relative to the Saation at issna . Yon say ttat tb « recent exposure djoor conduct is not more than you expected , owing
to the manner in which yea defended Mr . Phiip . now , Jain , you know , thai Fblip was arraigned at the bar ol pabdc opinion . Me -was tri&d by the people . A TflfiirtWM retniBBd such an one that appear * did admit yon . Yos ewnplafaj of Mr . HilL Why cot Bsaplaiu of tin people . Yon could not sanction denudation , whilst is tb * same breath yon denounce BID for what the people bad dose . You confess that Lath , H'Doaall , aaAjoursetf denounced Mm ( the Bev . ¦ ff . HilL ) X ^ aefa , Httfgb . X 3 D * id snd temper&teman , called &tBev . GtaUem *«** oUtical astaasin ; and yourself at a Beeting said that yon expected the Bet . Gentleman tm me of the " Black slogs . " Yon speak of the votes doD&denes being given to Philp and the Executive , it tee meetings in Lancashire . You did not forget
a let the people know that yon got alipe printed with 3 k resclntie&s , sod Mnt them to ail part * of the BB&tzy , canvassing for support . You were ebal ie ^ wl with this mean contempdMe trick by % tub * fctretsryof Nottingham . You acknowledge it ; yet , * & all this aspirant loft his office . I tery much ques-5 ob the tenth of you statement whan yoa say that fine votes were passed at large and influential meetings , Ml composed of ten or fifteen ywnnt , bat of Wo or fe » thousand . Why the bet is , yon gave in the JSoiu after the ekction , and be did not mi * ter as * urin all Engkod and Walea . Yon seem to fed lerj sensitive about the welfare of your colleagues , Wi , M'DjuiII , and Baintow ; but 1 know , and so toa Babstow know , that you are the greatest enemy
brrer had : but it is eharaeteristie of yoa to sloop ¦« otet in public , and stab their reputation in Jsnle . You echo the names of Hill , Cooper , Harney , ^ White in your pamphlet as apostle * of Chartism , to *« your selfish purpose by their vending your trash , Hist , it the same moment you strike the dagger in ™« etsracter . Avaunt , yon two ^ aeed coward—you WJ-Ekfi fiend , how have you treated those four London | feiotB , -who came forward , willing to brave evtry *^ B \> J snppljing your places when yon trere arrested . 5 ^» was no envious undertaking ; they came forward ¦ fjfcsiorm your duties gratuitously . You sow charge j *» " » ith having two otj ^ cts in view ; you ehargd ** person whom you highly eulogised whiltt yon
T ® 6 incarcerated wita wanting to step into your •* a b ^ ore you . -were dead . What base incon-** acy . . Yoa threaten to expose O'Connor on his Bl there k no fear but what you would if you knew "JJffliag that would iL jure him . For my part , I " ** ld not be surprised at what you resort to to serre ° * n bate purpose . Whilst you hold Mr . O'Con-Q Ktth in one part as a political aavicnr , in another Z «* yoa designate him a damned scoundrel ; bet the jf * a ed front of your dislike to Hill and O'Connor i « , " 9 bave beea tha two persons who have » ade the u independent of such men as yon . They have ¦*» thai the country is about to « h ^« hands ¦ with two-• "w Joan Campbell .
BAU . BBOOSHAH . « otting > siB , Dae . 14 , lUi . P . S . Tm the same letter yon complain about not haT-5 , irr yonr »« dental expences paid ; I can only « te tais—yon called at Nottingham last Febmsry , » on g * * ay to London to meet the Executive . The NoV ™ SBMn ChartratB p »} d yovx expenee * for two days , and |*^ IW £ 1 . Y on called at Louehbaroogh and I « ioe » - 3 » d from tfcfekcowkdge I posses of those lecslities , "f tiartats woaW not require yon to pay your own 5 * P 3 iesa . * rLet the necBiB refa to Uib date in the
f *™«* aett published in the Star ot the 0 th April , £ M 2 , and they will find Mr . Campbell's " wages" and Sitting trnenees" regularly charged to them , and » aeecfiat whatever given of Mto moauj be received . —
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^ 0 " PLAIN" JOHN CAMPBELL . jj ^* - " * * J » t Briti& siaietnuat of last Satnreay , Dec . . *> J » » l € Ma with yeur signature , a postcript at-7 ^ "aWns tbs foUowiug : — B * t ^? * y » of Shtfiield , attended the Confer-E fcJ ' z P ^ mised to io hit best to extend the strike , bta **; * hic ^ ts'went back to Shtfiifald , and used all w ^ 'BOfi * to pre vent it ; and not only did be 60 |^/™ tce OI * ctattiat in preventing the Btrike-¦ jdjZr Elring cp the names of the authors of the J ^*| ye , myfritiKls , at the very moment that one ' *« 7 coUtagues was . in prison , another a fugi-
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tive , and . a price set on the head of another . G . J . Harney gave np all our names in his speech , and laid the blame onus . He can bear witness I refused to shake hands with him in the doc * . I little imagined tfcat 6 . J . Harney , . the paid servant of the Star , should promise to ad a man s part , and go afterwards and behave u a treitor . Bat I nave been told ttat . after the Conference broke up be went-to Leeds to see bit employer , and take his instructions from him . The Sheffield Cflartiitsshowed their indignation at his cenduct , by hunting him out of bis house like a wild animal . "
You ixll tb « Government that I promised to do my best to txtend the strike . Many thanks to you . Griffin simply identified me aa having been present at the Conference ; there , ee far as X was concerned , hid evidence ended . You go a step furthur—you have substantial reasons no doubt . But , sir , no bullying , no [ lying on your part , shall induce me to enter into this subject , though this was undoubtedly your object , —enough , sir , that you know that your villainy or madness in the Conference , had no support from me . As to my conduct after my return to Sheffield from the Conference , the Sheffield Chartists , who should be the best judges , approved of it at the time , and every explanation necessary to be gmn to the tountiy at large , was published in the Star of of September , 3 rd . You did not challenge the statements of that letter and I shall not waste my time in repeating its contents now .
I did not give np the names of the authors of the Address . I dent know who wrote the Address , though I could wager a trifl ? that you was n » t its author—don't you feel any alarm about that . If Sir James Graham has been in the habit of reading yonr epistles in th « Northern Slar . Statesman , < £ ' e , $ c , particularly your Balance Sheet vindications , it will never enter into his head that you could by any possibility write anything worthy of a Government prosecution . But supposing I had , in the speech you allude to .
given up , " as you artfuuy ant falsely express it , the Raaaea of the anthers of the Address , what then ? Ycurself and others have laboured hard to impress the Cb&rtist public with the idea that the authors of the Address ¦ wtre men " up to the mark , " prepared to " do or die ; " bad I then known their names I would only have been giving honour -where honour was due , or at any rate , where hononr has of late been lnsl * ted on , the grounds of the claim being based upon such daring feats as , " riding in first-class carriages , " " travelling incog , " 4 c . fee , &c
In the dock you did not shake hands with me , affecting to see a vast deal of mischief in the speech above spoken of , and farther affecting to doubt my honesty . You know what followed , and in less than five minutes you were all professed friendship . On being removed to tfie room or cell where we found SehofefieM , Le&eh , M'Cartney , and others , yon said " give us your hand , Harn-y . " I rtfused ; telling you , that as you had pretended to donbt my honesty , I would not shake hands fPHb yon until I had proved , beyond doubt , whether I -was the man I baS aVfrajB professed to be . From that day , up to the hour of my leaving Sukdale , my brother victims know that you was band and glove with me ; if you considered me to be a traitor , what a base hypocrite you was to profess , as you did , the most sincere friendship np to the hour of my parting with you at the gate of your prison yard . I shall come presently to your conduct towards me since your liberation - :
. Wkata fool you are to talk of my going to Leeds for instructions , &c . If yoa mean by my employer , the person by whom I am appointed correspondent for the Star for this district , you , of course , mean O'Connor . You know O'Connor was not in Leeds at that time , ftat I suppose yen mean the Editor of the Star , I tots at Leeds on Sunday , August SI ; my business at Leeds is not your . business ; enough that I did not see Mr . Hid . 1 st me add , tbat I rode in a third-class , not a first-class carriage—I had to pay the expense ont of my oirn pocket . Your last falsehood , that the Sheffield Chartists hunted me out of my house like a wfld animal , admits of but one reply . I challenge yon to » ppe * i before a public meeting in Sheffield , and I promise yoa the Sheffield Ciurtifits will brana-y&TT HXa to yoor teetfc . I have replied to yonr calumnies "; it is now my tun to eanv the war into your own camp .
Yoa promise to publish a pamphlet ; so we are now to have your mady-ca&OB . By way of assisting yon in the getting up of your " elegant extracts , " allow me to commend to your attention , a few mote more matters . After yon liberation yoa wrote to me one or two letters ( I forget which ) conched in the most friendly spirit , ' enclosing copies of the Erst numbers of yonr Pinrg Democrat , the sale of which yoa wished me to promote . I replied I would do all I could for it , and in your " Kotioes to Correspondents , " you publicly thanked ma In the letter I wrote In reply , I commented at some length upon the infamous conduct of a certain parson whose name appears below . ( That letter you would do me much pleasure by publishing etdirt in your pamphlet . ) In the coarse of a few days I received the following , which I copy verbatim , with ail its literary beauties , from the original : — " 180 , Hclbora , Saturday . " Dear H .
" What a pithy letter yoors is tb » E . Binr effioe has kanstod yoa over to me t <> commence sending you 3 papers daily will it fit yoa have been hard on O'Brien and justly are you prepared to defend McBoaall Leach Bairstow and myself from tho attack of the Bevd Parson Hil ] I ask yoa have yon moral courage to do that Hm easy to pitch into a man wbo is not popular and who is I enclose yoa a Democrat glad yoa are well also Mrs H . "Yours truly , "J . Campbell . " It would puzxle a Philadelphia lawyer to understand what yoa weald be at , in your ' * Wbo is not popular
and who is ; " but , as the Scotch say , "I ken your meaning bj your mumping . " You . know the answer yoa got : do publish that along with the above Id your forthcoming bomb-shelL It was , I suppose , in the receipt of that answer that yon discovered I was a traitor—then was put an end to all your " Dear H's , " ' - Yours truly , " and all the friendly solicitude previously shown by yon lor the baaltfa of myself and . Mrs- H . ! There is one consolation , bow that you stand self-unmasked , exhibited in your " plain" character , your evil aspirations in lieu of your good wishes—your hatred instead of your friendship will always be welcome to the writer of this .
Is there no " plotting" in the above letter , Fnend Leach ? Yod remember writing yonr " Cbrsnicle * of tbe Democrats , " in the New Bailey , Manchester . You remember how you lauded the writer of this whom you bow dare to call" traitor . " The whole of your " Chronicles" jou have not published ; but in . the third number of your "Democrat" yoa publish me as one of the twenty-four ArosTLES OF Chartism ; yet , according to your letter ' in the Statesman , you all the while regarded me as a " traitor . * ' Are you not a two-faced JAXTJSJ
Your letter is the Statesman is ostensibly a " Defence of the Executive" on the balance-sheet question ; but independent of your postscript , on which I have been commenting , yon contrive in the said letter to fill two columns of the Statesman with abuse of the Editor of tbe nor thern Star , before coming to the only sensible portion of you * " long yarn ; " that where you acknowledge that the Executive " may hare acted wronsy and that " if the Executive have offended—if tbey have overstepped the bounds of prudence , " you are " extremely-sorry for it" Had yon confined yourself to these acknowledgments , instead of abusing and slandering all -who are connected with the Northern Star , your conduct would have been that of an honourable man , and the Chartist public would have treated you accordingly .- But you could not follow this honest ctmrfee ; on tbe coctrary , you raise a hullabaloo about the tyranny and treachery of others , hoping thereby to conceal yonr . ' own delinquencies . Bat it "won't do John .
You boast that eleven thousand members of the Association recorded their votes for you at the last election of the Executive , but they are greater dolts than I take them to be , if they register their votes for yoa the next time you solicit their suffrages . In conclusion , let me ask yon how it is that you pour out the full meaitu-e of yonr petty wrath upon the £ ditor of tbe SJar , George White , Wheeler , of London , and the writer of this— " the paidservaBts of tbe Star ;" but do not dare to attack tbe proprietor of the Star ? True you can spit your venomous slanderer on him in private—( vide the Statesman ot Nov . 19 th- ); bat attacking 0 Connor openly la another matter . You dare not , youTjjiflaenBe , Bach as it is , would be immediately annihilated—you would politically perish within a week ; well you know that , hence your lie in private
when you dare not assail in public , But even this rascality will not long serve you ; the Chartist body are beginning already to understand that your poisoned shafts flung at " the paid servants at the Star , " are in reality aimed at the proprietor of the Star . But go on Sir , the unveiling yoa have commenced has been long seeded ; it is tiH >« tbe jobbers and ^ middle-class ponderers w « . re driven from the movement which they have long disgraced . Aye , let us hope the day is approaching , " whan the noble and virtuous shall be respected , and the base and cowardly detested . " With feelings of contempt and scorn , I .. shall make no effort to conceal ] I am not , Your obedient servant , Geo . Jvluh Habnet .
Sheffield , Dec 13 th , 1812-P . S . As you have set me vhe precedent of a ) posteript , I suppose yon will not grumble at my following ( in tH « matter ) joar example . I am informed that one of your " worthy colleague * , " Mr . Bsiratow , has , at Leeds and elsewhere , stated that at the meeting held in Paradise-square , on the Szd of Augmst , at which tbs question ot the " strike" was decided so fax as Sheffield waa concerned , that there was a majority in favour of tbe strke , but it was agreed upon between myself and George Wright , tbe ebairmiaa , that be should give
his decMon to the contrary . If Bairstow has said this , I ask friend Leach whether this is not " pletting" ? I dont say that Bairstow has Invented this lie ( for lie It is , as hundseds In Sheffield can testify ); but if he 'was told it , why , 1 ask him , had he not the manliness to challenge me with it , before he grasped my . hind in seeming friendship , as be did when I last saw Htn- Such was not wost to be thecsndnct of Bairstow before he had a Campbell for a teacher , but , alas , " evil communication corrupts good manners , " or , what is worse , corrupts g » od hearts .
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On Thursday forenoon , a long enquiry took place at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq . and a respectable jury , touching the death of Sarah Scholes , who died from poison , at an early hour on Wednesday morning . She was the wife of Mr . Joseph Scholes , who for some time was in the employ of the Leeds Water Works Company , but was discharged , -we understand , in consequence of his conduct towards his wife . The woman ' s death
caused a great sensation m the neighbourhood of their residence , Meadow-lane , and indeed in every pa ; t of tbe town where the parties were known . For two years , it seems . Scholes had had another woman , a Margaret Dowie , whom he took out of a brothel , living with him , and during part of this time his wife has been compelled to occupy the ? ame bed with ibis woman , Sehoies sleeping alvne . They had no family . Rumours were rife that the poison had been administered by Schoies and this woman . The following evidence was adduced : —
Moses Long—I am manager of Mr . Smith's mill , and reside in Birstow ' s Buildings , Meadow Lane , near to Scholes ' a . I have known the deceased some weeks . There was another woman , named Mag&ret Dowie , residing in the house with Scholes and his wife ; Mrs . Scholes ha 3 slept at our house ; she did so , I understood , because they had only one bed . I -was called , into Scholes ' s on Tuesday night , a few minutes after twelve , by Margaret Dowie , who raid Mrs . Scholes hfid had something in a bottle , which she had drank off , and they did not know what it wa ? . She seemed much aeaitated aud alarmed . I
went to Scholes ' s , and found Mrs . S . laid on a bed in a room up stairs ; she never spoke , nor moved , except some contortions about her mouth . She was insensible . Mr . Craven , surgeon , was sent for ; he said the woman was dead , and he could do nothing for her . Her husband said nothing , but that it was a bad job . Margaret Dowie said she had given the deceased some water , when she was crying out for it . There waa some water in a pot , which Dowie tasted , but I do not know that it was the same . Margaret Dowie told me that she had more claim on Scholes than his wife had ; for that she had borne three children to him ; and deceased had
not had any . Margaret Dowie complained to me of her troubles . Mr . Robert Craven—I am a surgeon in Leeds . I was called in to see the deceased about a quarter past twelve oil Tuesday night . I found her laid upon a bed , dressed ; she was ina dying state ; as we went her buibaud , who came to fetch me , told me she had taken poison . Ij asked him how ho knew , when he replied that she threw a bottle on the floor , and immediately exclaimed , "lam poisoned ; I have taken prussic acid . " He said he was in bed at the time , but got up and dressed and came for me directly .
His respiration was much hurried . Tho deceased had all the appearance when I saw her , of having taken prussic acid . Her eyes were immoveable and peculiarly bright ; and I could smell from her breath that she had taken prussic acid . I got the bottle out of which slie had drank ; there were a few drops left , which 1 tested , and found it had contained prnssic acid . It was a good phial bottle , about an ounce , and had been evidently made to contain prosaic acid . It had no label on . I told Scholes if he would go with me I would give him the quarter points of a watchman , so that he miuut give immediate notice of the death . Ha did do so .
His whole conduct , in my opinion , was consistent with innocence . I have since made a post mortem examination of the body ; the Tigera I fonnd all in a healthy state ; the whole body was full of the odonr of prussic acid ; I removed the stomach entire , and from the Blight tests I have applied I have no doubt that it contained prussic acid , I am of opinion that the death has been caused by poison . By a Juryman . —She would be very likely to ask for water after having taken prussic acid . It has a very disagreeable taste . The operation of tbo acid would in Borne measure depend on the state of the stomach and the strength of the poison . The deceased could not get the pure uoid ; it is only kept for chemical purposes , and -would not beep its 8 trenKth twenty-four hours .
By the Coroner—The deoeased was laid on her back on the bed ; her dress was not in tho least disordered . Her husband told me she bad done it in a fit of jealousy . By a Jury mail—I did not ^ hear where she had bought the acid ; I inquired , but could get ne information . Jane Long—I am the wife of Moses Long . I bare known the deceased a few weeks ; she has been at our house , and I have been at theirs . I have been at their house when her husband has been there , and UargaretDawie has been there at the same time . I never was present whua there was ayy quarrelling ; when 1 have been in their house they have genorally been on friendly terms . Scholes carries on no
settled business . [ The witness corroborated her husband ' s evidence as to their being called up , and going to Scholes ' s bouse on Tuesday night . ] I asked Scholea what he had been doing , and no said he had been doing nothing ; she had done it herself . I think the deceased lived about half an-hour . Margaret Dowie told me ( hat they were all going qnietly to bed on Tuesday night ; that she ( Dowie ) bad got into bed , and the deceased stayed down stairs , until the candle was nearly burnt out , when she called to deceased to ask if she waa not coming to bed . Deceased made bo answer , and she ( Dowie ) then went down , and told her , if she did not come to bed , she would make her . She ( Dowie ) wished to feel in her pockets * as she said she had suspicions that she had something in her pockets .
Deceased told her never to mind her pockets , as she had nothing there belonging to her . Scholes then , on bearing the noise , called out , and desired the deoeased to come to bed . Deceased then said she would go , and soon after Jput the candle out , went up etairB , drank something oat of a bottle , threw herself on the bed , and said , I am poisoned ; the Lord receive my poor soul . " Dowie- has told me several times lately that she would not let Mrs . Scholes sleep with the master . Mrs . Barrows—I' live opposite to Scholes ' e . I was called up about half-past twelve on Tuesday night by Margaret Dowie , who told me thai Mrs . Scholes had taken some thing ; I went into the house directly with Mrs . Mortimer . We found Mrs . Sehoies dying ; I Btopp = d with her until she was dead . &aw the pocket of the deceased searched ,
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Mi ^ iKK ^^ -k-kfo * keys thWrSEf ^ SSA ? * 40 go wUh thein into the sit mlSS&SiVtefrF workbox b <*> nging * ° ^ sS ^^ ^ siiuseA ^^^ o ^ m ^^^ S ^ -Sffla- " ^ - ^ oles also aJiVu ? iuZwl n ~~ l h »*> not been in the habit of IK ! hou * e , nor do I knew anything of their a ShfrtS *« a Policeman . Lexamined ! L £ ? £ « i ; * the house of Mr . Sohojes , and found a 8 ? mSr ? T * £ - «* " *>•• ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦» ' - * ti . capped in ^ is ^ rnoison . ^ ' of "Wch was labelled
' [ The Bister of the deceased ( Etfzabeth Robinson ) ? h ? LZa j ^ i ^ l leased . Sheal * 6 stated that ^ tZBA S ^^^ ™^ S « hitIffi , D 0 Wiewas then "worir-I have lived with wSi ? viS fi r « ? ^ ^ eeq' ^ ters . His wife waslmng there also ; ehe fetched me to live with them . I was lodging ia Union-street , when I Brat witt wFK ?? - ?? , t' lir ^ * ohis hSniSt JIi ? hfo J 2 r « . ^ i ^ pt m « before that . Scholes told hia wife that be had done wron * . and did not wish to use me ill . I had not seen MrT Soholes bef rr ? iftLr 8 ? « ? l 1 dId nOt kn 0 W that S ^« ? i r > fh'IS * fc"t ¦ b eoame acquainted with him . 1 leftthem afterwards , and learnt the dressmaking business ; and then went to live at Mr . Cookatin ' g , at ChajMlto wn . . I passed as their niece , when I lived with them before I learned to be a dressmaker . They lived at Cross-Green whan T want
to »™ with them , but nfterwards we removed to Barstow-street . Mr . Scholes afterwards fetched me from Chapeltowa ; I had been ill , and been attended by the Headingly doctor . Soholos took me then to lodgings ; aftor whioh I went to live with them again « -z ««» u w » ut nome w Scotland , and stayed there about four months , when he wrote and sent for me back again . I came back ; it might be about six months ago ; his wife and him bad separated , I boliere on my account : He told me bis wife waa at home . She used ( 0 . Come to me when he was not gone home ; I told her I wished her to come back again , and let ua live comfortably together again . She came back about two months back , and 1 then left and went to live at Eccap , near where he was working . .: : -. : V : The Coroner . —Really , gentlemen , this is a most disgraceful statement : ; I nave eoaroely patieiiOO to hear it . ¦ . ' ' ' -. ¦ ¦ •¦ - . ¦ . ' ' ¦ ¦ ' , ' '' . '" ¦
Witness continued—I am aware that Scholes and his wife had been separated , and that he agreed to allow her something per week . I went to live at Mrs . Robinson ' s after I came from Econp ; and he oame to see me there . Mrs . Scholes and her husband have not slept together during the last two months ; he has slept in a turn-down bed in the room where his tools are . I deny distinctly that I ever said I had a greater claim on him than his wife j I have said that I had had a child to him . The Coroner—Well I think the Jury porfoot ly un ^ derstand the terms on which this man , his wife , and you have been living for the last two or three years , and a more disgraceful exhibition I never heard . You will now tell ua as to the proceedings on
Tuesday night . Witness continued—I had been out on Tuesday night , and when I returned , I found Soholes and his wife having some words . I wanted to know the cause of the quarrel and they both refused to tell me . On Tuesday morning , Soholes left the house at tea o ' clock ; we had all breakfasted together . I went out just after Soholes , and bis Wife went with me ; her and 1 went together as far as the Church , when she went towards the Victoria Bridge and I proceeded along Meadow-lane , and to Hunslet . I was looking into a milliner ' s shop , and then the deceased came to me . I then left her and went with a young woman whom I knew , and did not see her again until I got home at night . I got my dinner with a Mrs . Manning ,
at Hunslet : it was about half-past seven , when I got home at night . There was nothing said when I went in then ; her and I sat in the house , and he went out . There was no quarrelling between us ; I had not seen Soholes during the day , Scholes returned home about half-past nine ; Mrs . Scholes and I were gettiDg supper . He would hot have any ; aftar we had done , and soon after ten o ' clock , Schoks went to bed , and his wife went with him ; she oame down after he was in bed , and fetched wine water , which she left &p stairs , and came down afain ; some time after , we both went up stairs and went into his room ; I saw she was not inclined to go to bed , and eo I took the caudle and went and left her Bitting on a box jn his room . I left the candle burning , and the noise of shutting
the door , when Bhe took the candle away , awoke me from the sleep into which I had fallen . I then heard no more of her and fell asleep again , i awoke very shortly after , and not finding her in bed , I got np to see if ahe had gone to bis bed . I ftund her still sat where I had left her . I asked her if she wag not going to bed . She said "No ; you go to bed . I am not hindering you from going . ' I wanted her to go to bed . She never had been undressed . I Raid to her twice , Why don * t you go to bed to-night as weir as other nightsi' * I never Raid if she did not go 1 would make her . ' Her , husband then awoke and asked her why she did not go to bed , and she said Bhe would not go for either of
us . Her husband then got up aid she ran out of the room , was out a very short time , and then returned and threw herself on bis bed , and oried out to the Lord to have mercy on her . Her husband removed her to the other bed whilst I was Out calling the neighbours . He was supporting her when X went out , and she drank some water which she had taken up for him . Soholea said to deceased , "Oh Sarah , what have you drank T * He told me he had seen her with a bottle to her month , but I did not see it . I am quiot sure there was no quarrelling between us on that night . The deceased and myself had out suppers together , and were just aa comfortable as usual . :
By a Juror—I have never heard the deceased say she would poison herself if I did not leave the house , ' ¦ ¦ . , ' .. ; - . ¦¦¦ ] , : ¦ / ¦ ¦ . .. y . By the Coroner—I was not aware that she had either laudanum or arsenic in the house . I had not observed that the deoeased was in any way low spirited . '¦¦ 1 By a Juror—Soholes told a sister of the deoeased yesterday , that he had once destroyed a dog with the same sort of stuff as the deceased bad taken . By the Coroner—I deny distinctly that I ever ; said to any person I had a greater claim on Soholes than the deceased . I will swear that Sehoies has not said anything to me since bis wife ' s death about being married . I hare never said to any one that he had said he would marry me if she was dead . I tried to go away several times , but could not ; I could not forget him . '
Samuel Healey—I know the witness 'Margaret Dowie ; I have known her nearly twelve months . I have had conversations with her . I remember her telling me and my wife that Scholes had said if Mrs . Soholes was to die , he would then marry her . Dowie , after this , Still persisted in denying that ever she had made use of t ha words attributed to her . ¦ " . ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' . " .. "¦ ''¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . - . ' ¦ ' . - Mr . Healey stated the circumstances under which the statement was made , and from remarks by different jurors it is evident that the conduot of both Soholes and the witness Dowie had been such as to cause frequent rows in the neighbourhood in which they resided , the " stang" having been ridden for him very frequently .
Joseph Sciioles , the husband , was next examined . He said—the deoeaBed was my wife ; we have been married about fourteen years . She is forty-three years ot age . I know Margaret Dowie ; she has lived with me about two years- I kept her at Samuel Thorpe s , in Merrion-strcet , before she came to live at my house , which is about eighteen months since . It was my wife ' s wish that she should come . I had told my wife the connection whioh existed between uj . My wife fetohed her , and gave as her Veasoh that she wished to reclaim her . She lived with us until last February ; she went to Scotland . M £ wife and m « separated at that time there Was an agreement drawn up by an attorney . I sent for Dowie back , and she came in May . I at that time COtitemplatfld
a permanent separation from my wife , and i ) owie lived with me . My wito came back about six weeks sinoe , and we have all lived together . My wife teemed right enough , and though I have no doubt it would hart her feelings she consented to it . 1 left the house about ten o ' clock on Tuesday last ; no quarrel bad taken place between us ; I got home again about five o ' clock . My wife was then at home . Dowie eama ia after I had got my tea . I left the house about seven , and the two women were then in . I got home again at near ten , and went to bed about half-past . Nothing unpleasant had occurred . I went up stairs , and my wife followed me ; she wont down stairs after I had got into bed . She and Dowie came up again soon after ; Dowie then went to bed , and my wife sat in the room where I was . I fell asleep and awoke about twelve : my
wife was then sat in the chair , and Dowie was talking to her ; I asked what was amiss , and why they were not in bed . My wife said " nothing " , and I said if they would sit up , we might as well all sit up together . I then got up , and she ran out into another room , and returned directly and threw a bottle and herself on the bed . I was not aware that we had any poison in the house ; I know what prn&aio acid is ; I poisoned a small dog with it in May last . My wife had a box in tho other bed room , but I do not know where she got the bottle ; when she threw herself on the bed she said she had taken prussio acid , and begged on the * Lord to have mercy on her soul . I told Dowie to call some neighbours up , and I removed my wife , on to the bed in the other room . I had not observed any thing different either in my wife ' s spirits or conduct that night . 1 fetched a surgeon . My wife
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asked for a drink of water , and reached the pot off the stand herself and drank . The quantity of prussio acid I bought was two pennyworth ; I had Ss rhapa half v tea spoonful . George Kay and oseph and William Adamson were preaent when I gave the acid to the dog . I gave it to the dog on purpose to destroy him . I might tell my wife , but am not certain . There was no label on the bottle ; I broke it as soon as I had given the dog the acid . My wife has talked about destroying herself , but that was seven or eight years since , before I knew Dowie . By a Juror—During the time that Dowie was at Chapeltowh and Eocup , I paid for her board and lodging I had seen my wife on Tuesday , at Headingley . 1 was at Mr . Beckett's , at KirkstaU Grange , all day . She was not in the habit of coming to see me at my work ; it was about half-past twelve when I saw her . She / said she thought a man had taken my dog , and asked me what time I should be at home at night . I told her I could not tell .
By the Coroner *—She was not with me more than a few mmuteB ; I did not notice that she was low-spirited . She did not say- anything to me on Tuesday night about Margarot . By a Juror—When my wife came back to live with me , she requested me to turn Margaret out . I told her I Would turn neither of them out ; whichever of them liked to go might go . By the Coroner—I refused to turn Margaret away . ' / . ¦ v : - : ; , - . v- ' ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦' . ' . - -: ' . ' ; . .. - : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ' Coroner—If you had acted as you ought to have done , yon would have turned Margaret away j your wife bad the only claim upon youv In answer to further questions , the witness said he was unwell at the time his wife came back , and Margaret asked him if he would Ike his wife to comeback . :
By a Juror—My wife knew it was > horiae of ill fame at Which Martjaret was living when she fetched her to our house . By the Coroner—My wife Went of h ^ r own' aeoqird to fetch her . I said 1 should like her to live with us , and then we miftht getiher a , ^ ittts . Uotti l ^ ut wiib my wife whed ; she weut to ., fe > ih 4 er 5 0 t . wenfe ifln ^? mv « W ^ e ^^^ f ^^^ By ft Juror— -From t , hat , tjime :. 1 io the tim ^ of oar separation , my wife ceased to sleep with ine . '' ^ By the Coroner—I . ' am sure my wife went of her b # n accord to fetch Jtfargaret . I did not compel her tO " gO .- : . ¦" " ' : % ; . t- .. -iO ' .:-.- - - - >^ V :- - . - . ¦ - - -: ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ : . - . / py a . Juror—I do not know . that ever I said I would , marry Margaret < if my , wife were to die * I do not know if I have said so , but , I have thought so . My wife was always a etc-ady sober woman .
By the Coroner—I b » ve . not told Margaret since my wifo's death . that 1 would marry her . She ia still living , with me . : : Margaret Dowie reoalled , and in answer to further questions she stated now that it was Soholes , and hot his wife , who fetohed her out of the house in Union-street . Mrs . S . was at the door , and said to her "Come away home with us , lass , " which Was the cause of her going . : Sarah Mortimer . —Hive neighbour to the deceased , and saw her , on Tuesday forenoon , go into her own house about eleven o ' clock . I saw her again at near one ; I think it could not be after one , as my son had just gone out after his dinner . I saw her again at four o ' clock , I did not notice that she was distressed in her mind . iBaw no difference in her . - . " . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦ -. ¦ .. ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' " '¦ ¦;¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' 7
Hannah Groves—I live ia Lower .- 'Brunswick-. street ; the deceased came to ms on Tuesday ai'ternoon , about half-past one ; Bhe Raid she had come direct from home , to see me , and could not stay long . I asked her where the woman was , and she Said she had followed her to Hunslet . I am sure she said she had come direct from her own house ; she staid with me about two hours . She seemed in good spirits . A long conversation here ensued as to some difference in the evidence of Scholes and his paramour and Dowie was again called in but nothing material transpired . The discrepancy ofjSoholes ' sjstatement , also , as to his wife being at Headingley at half-past twelve o ' clock , and at her own house at near one , as
stated by Mrs . Mortimer , was commented on by some of the jurors , who expressed themselves as not being satisfied with the evidence they had heard . The Coroner said they had three questions to consider .: —First , as to how the woman came by her death , and of this he thought they could have no doubt ; second , as to the party by whom the poison was administered , whether by other persons or by herself ; and third , if by herself as to the state of her mind at tho time she so administered it . He put it to the Jury whether they had sufficient evidence before them to lead them to a conclusion then , or whether they would wish to adjourn to see if further evidence could be got .
A majority of the Jury being in farour of an adjournment , it was agreed to , and the further inquiry : was postponed until Thursday next , at five o ' clook in tho ; . afternoon . . ¦; - V .. 7 !~ " ^ ' " ¦ " . '" ' ¦¦ '¦ ' v ' 7 . V . ';
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A-Wjps Shot by Hbr Husbawd . ' —On Friday night , between six and seven o clock , Joha Huns , who keeps a public-house in Waterbeach-fen , near Cambridge , went into h <> house with a loaded gun , which he fired at his wife , and instantly escaped . The gun was discharged at tbe poor woman ' s head ; and , melanoholy to state , the oharge blew away part of her lower jaw : and , passing in an oblique direction , also took off and laearated the upper part of her shoulder . Mr . Pinchard , surgeon , of CotUnham , was called in , with all potsi ble speed , and he extracted two Jar ^ e pieces of boneixom the lower jaw , and dressed the wounds , but it was not thought possible the poor creature could long survive the extensive injuries she had received ; and at noon on Saturday she was lying in excruciating agony . There were two men in the house when the murderous attempt
was made , but they wete too paralysed by the occurrence to secure Hunt , who instantly made his escape , and has not since baen heard of , although diligent search was made at an early hour on Saturday morning / It appears that it wu a feeling of jealousy that prompted the wretched man to the committal of the diabolical act ; he had , we understand , many times threatened to take away the life of his wife , and had been absent from home for sever **} days past . The parties had been married twenty-six years , and have three children , the eldest being married , i Mrs . Hunt is the daughter of an old gentleman named Newton , who left the scene of the tragedy only a f ew minutes before the infuriated husband . Hunt is about forty-five years of age , and it is generally suppsed at Waterbeaoh that he had committed , suicide , and search has been made in the river , which runs near the house , bat , without ¦¦
success . :. .- - . How to Save the Holydat . —People are just now tantalized with some little speculations about holydays lost and to be won . First Christmas-day falls on a Sunday , and that is clearly » holyday lost ; But there is some hope of getting it back by bargain with all the several dispensers of holydays' from the Privy Council to the charity school-master and the master-tradesman . The case of the work-people is hard ; they look for this chiefest of holydays , saored to family reunions , as a right—but now it is merged in a common Sundav . It IB proposed to give them the Monday instead . They are to have it in the dockyards ; and if it is not the custom in the
Government offices generally , it should be for the sake of the example . But Government have it in their power to settle the question in » very summary manner . It is said that there is to be a holyday in celebration of the peace with China and a correspondent of The Times suggests that it should be fixed for the Monday after Christmas-day . That would determine the matter for the present . The question will not repur for eleven years ; by which time , possibly , people may have learned that holydays among an over-worked people do not always hinder business , and that jost as much work may be got through aa the country heeds , though a holyday is not withdrawn on an average every six years . — Spectator . ¦ v ¦ : ¦ - ' : '" ¦¦'¦ '¦ ' . 7- . . ¦ ¦' . "¦ ¦ . ¦ '¦ . ¦'• ' ¦• ' : ¦ '¦¦ ,
An Adyenttjbe at Ska . —Three Lives Sate » . — On the 25 ih of last month , the Meg Lee , of Sunderland , while pr « ceeding down tho Cattegat , on her voyage from Dantzio to London , was happily tbe means of Baying the crew of a email Danish vessel . The following graphic account , in a sailor ' s own words , will best relate the mode in whioh the men Were saved : — At ten , a . h ., next morning , saw a small sloop making for ns , with a signal of distress flying . I immediately shortened sail , and brought the ship by the wind . At this time it waa blowing a strong gale from the S . E ., and a thick Bnow-drift , ( and you know , I presume , that it ia not only cold at such a time , especially ; with wet clothes on , but rather bad to look to windward ); and as the ship had been under a press of canvass , before I oonld get
the neoestary quantity of sail reduced , we had run past the sloop . We wore ship—came round upon the other tack—and again tan past . and saw the poor fellows waving their hands in amoet frantic manner . Whilst I was giving some orders about the sails , the man at the helm called oat that the sloop had gone down . The hands being up at the time , reefing the foretop-sail , I roared out to them to come down , and we got sail made in the . direction of the sloop . After a few minutes we ha . d the pleaatue to eep the crew in a little boat , only ten feet long . They kept her htad to the Bed , and I brbught theahip dose io them , and succeeded in getting them on bowd , three in number . Immediately rther > lH > aJtinlled , ; mth water . They had put a few of their most , valuable things into the boat , whioh weW all tosh—GatMead Observer . ' . - . ¦ ¦¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ 7 7 ' . ¦ : ' . ' ¦' .- . . ¦¦ ¦ ' ' ¦
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Death of Lord Hitt . r-This veteran expired on Saturday morning at hi 9 seat , Hardwifike Grange , near Shrewsbury . H © was born in 1772 , entered the army at the age of sixteen , and remained in it till the time of his death for the benefit of himself and hid ; posterity . ' .. : "¦ \ -. : '¦ - : ; ¦ ' \ - . ^ y 7 , ' ; ' . ¦ . ¦ :. '¦¦ A Manchester Ball in ihb Last CESTURT .-r-The folio wing announcement appears in an old namber of Harrap's Manchester jfereury- ^ . 1 Manchester , May 17 , 1754 . —By particular deair * of several Gentlemen and Ladies , on Wednesday , the 15 th instant , be ins ; the lest day of the cocking , will be a ball , in the New Assembly Koom . Tickets to be had at the cockpit , at 5 s . each . To begin at seven o ' clock in the evening . "
Two Sprigs of Nobility ' appeared in the Courts , on Monday , in the same character of broken and dissipated spendthrifts , Lord Huntingtower and Lord George Loftus , the former in the Bankruptcy and the latter in the lasolveat Court . TheliaMUtiea of the former , who ia only 25 , are Stated to be about £ 225 , 000 , to meet whioh the assets are almost nil . The creditors in this case are , many of them , dealers in bills , about as reputable as the noble bankrupt himself ' 7 Mrs . Crojipion , of Smedley , near Manchester , the lady who was so frightfully mangled a few days » go , by ' Bome' machinery in a paper mill , of which she was the owner , died on Monday last . She has left three orphan children to deplore her lamentable end .
On WeDifFSDAT week , Mr . Henry Spinks , an old man of 69 , at Mile-end , fell a saorifioe to the dense London fog which prevailed so much last week * The deceased , who ^ taigiftBthmatio , had gone out of a warm room intoiaBf ^ fog and filthy air , " which produced congettwn of the lungs and sudden death . . ¦ . : ,. ¦ ¦/ 7 7 ' ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦<¦ . . . ¦ . ¦ ¦^ - ¦ ; .-.: : ¦ ¦ : :. - "' Humbug . —The fallowing precIouawMM-ceaMappears in the advertising columns of th / 9 London Times Qt Wednesday last : —' , ' To las Lord ' s PKdpi . K , r-A dear Christian tradesman , who about four months
to give to a Kllow-Chriatiaa who urgently required that * um , ' thu 9 lending and hopingi i ' or nothing again ' - but from a bountiful ? God , whosa na » a is Love , ' isnow in wantof forty pounds . toi * yi all demands npon him-ere heacoeptsttcallttotbe ministry of the Everlasting G ^ f > el , which h © bclieree his Heavenly Father is aboatto make known unto him . A lady , his friend , in Christ the Lord ?» ff re >« U « ii ' in the power erf God , ( he Holy Ghost , thuB-vmjttiBwiOfi inBimple fait ^ to try the door ¦ . of Providerioe ipJlfflte ^ behalf , and would leave the issue in the haadf ^ bf Him who has heart , hand , breath , and purse of meil- ' at sovereiga command . The smallest help TWilltMJgratefully acknowledged by ^ -, the advettiser . "
Glasgow . —Fall of a . Ghanabt . —On Thoraday evening , about twenty minutes past seven , o ' clock , the people residing in York-street , and to a considerable distance-around that locality , were startled by an extraordinary crash , prodnoed by the fall of * lately-erocted grain store , situated to the rear of . the elegant and substantial bonding warehouses in York * street , and to a considerable exteat , being four stories in height , and about forty-six feet in length , and at the time the casualty took place , contained a large quantity of grain , such as wheat , barley , peas , and oatmeal . The loss must be very considerable ; and we have heard it estimated , altogether , at between £ 4 , 000 and £ 5 , 000 . Upwards of £ 2 , 000 will , it ia stated , be required to restore the building . Fortunately , n 6 person was injured . Tbe store , we believe , is the property of Messrs . A . and P . Rintool . —Glasgow Argus . '
Fatal AcciDEiiiT on the London a »» Bikminq * HAM Railway . —A frightful accident happened on Thursday last to the Aylesbury op-train upon the London and Birmingham Railway , by which one person was killed ami three others dangerously hurt . The train had quitted Aylesbury at eleven o ' clook , and consisted of four « arriages only-, namely , one second-class carriage next the tender , then two flrstclas 3 carriages , and lastly another weond-elass-carriage . Aa it waa proceeding down & slight inclinar tion near Northohuroh , & village about » mile from Berkhampstead , and between the latter place and Triog , some of the passengers became aware that all was not right , by hearing the stoker raking oat the fire from under the engine . The axletree had in fact
broken , and the stoker , with great presence of mind , took this precautionary step to prevent the boiler from bursting ; thn next mionte the fore wheel flew off , and the engine aid tender were thrown off the line and smashed to pieces . The first carriage was hurledfrom the road , and rolled down the embankment , a depth ' of fifteen feet , and the two firat-claas c * rriagos Were forced athwart the rails . When the passengers who had escaped ran down the bank to assist the unfortunate occupants of the firat e&rrisgev the latter were irissneible , apparehtly ^ dead . One of the Company ' s overlookera , who had beeirin theflrat carriage , was , in its descent , thrown ouiat thei'Win * dow , and left upon th » embankment .-The 8 toker " was found to have received a tsevere coriflussioti ^ f
the brain ; and an old man and woman were found lying with their bodies literally doubled together inside the ill-fated earriageJ Upon being Removed with some difficulty , both were found to have suffered dreadful injuries of the scalp . The two last-mentioned eufferers were conveyed to Northchurchy where the nnfortuoato . woman , whoso name is Bye , and who was nearly seventy years of age , died on the Friday mornine ; . O&'examination-of the brokett - axletree ^ the iron-of which ia four inohes and a quarter thiok , was found to be defective , its great appearance of strength' being quite faHaoions . The loss which will accrue to the : Company from the damago done is estimated at £ 2000 . An inquest was held at Northchuroh on Saturday , on the body of tho unibriunate woman , Mary Bye . From the evidence of the foremaa of the engineerisg department at
"Wolverton , I it appeared that the axle « f the engine ( one of twelve -made for the company by Mr . B . Hicks , pf Boston ;) bad suffered a fractnre some time ago . which could hot be detected unless the wheels weretaken off , and of coarse was not visible to the engine : driver , on his daily examination of his engine . Tiie axle was made of bar iron , and had ran 40 , 000 miles . The engine was ^ fonr-wheeled one . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death , with a deodand of five shillings wpon " ihe engine , with a strong recommendation to the London and Birmingham Railway Company to placa' in future an empty carriage or luggage van between the engine and the passenger barrrages , a precaution which they considered would have prevented the present fatal accident . Mr Creed , the secretary , intimated thai such was the intention of the company ^
A Chaiter op ^ AcciDEirrs . —About eight o ' clock on Saturday sigh 1- / last , the utmost alarm prevailed in the , town of Abingdoa , Berkshire . It appearg , that a abort time previous to the above hour , the Cheltenham van , on arriving near the market-place , unhappily broke down , and the bo ^ dy with = ita contents , falling against a small hoose On tSe road Bide , ' did considerable damage to the fronfa ^ , ' ihdj . tBe' ' unfortunate driver of the van ; i ^ Mitemjf ! to 0 ii j $ Ji being killed upon the spot ; as ife vVaSv ho fei ^ hifd o a dreadful fracture of ^ e thigh , together WltfiofllBr serious injuries , and lies in avert depI ^ bleTiftate . Several articles of various descriptions , which tlie van had confained , were strewed about the road .
aud before they could be removed , a- tandem , driven by two Oxonians at a rapid rate , came in collision with the heterogenous mass , and an upset was the consequence . The driver fortunately . escaped un » hurt , but their groom , who wag seated behind , waa thrown with considerable foroe to the ground , and when picked up , it was discovered that his right arm was fractured between the elbow and Moulder joints . The vehicle having got entangled ; ^ th ' the wheels of the van , was shattered to atome , ftn ; d the fihaft horse much injured . A few days ' previous to'this above , a ' 'female-. lost her life near the'saine spot , by being driven over by two persons driving a tandem ; they , however , have hitherto managed to elude deteotion . " '
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On Monday ,, the 12 th inst ; , at ; Sti "MiohaiBl * 8 , church , Spurriergate , by the Rev . Robert Sutton , Mr . Wm . Joy , taUor , of York , to Eliii ^ hveldest daughter of Mr . Francia Barker , of Kiplin Lodge , ' . near Catterick . - « , On Sunday , the 11 th inst ., at the Registrarfa office , Helmsley , by Mr . Rowland , superintendent registrar of the district , Joseph Snowden , of Kirbymooreide , to ElizBbeth Harding , of Craike , in the county of Durham . . Same day , at the Superintendent Registrar » office , Westgate , Otley ,: Mr . ' Jamea Slater , of Yeadon , to Miss E . Emmett , of Rawden , near Leeds . ¦ "'¦ ' ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦"'¦ ¦ ' - " : " """' : '¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦• ¦ " '¦ ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ . On Saturday , the 10 th inst ., at the parish church , Otley , Mr . James Hanby , Bolicitor'B clerk , of Riponu to Catherine , fourth daughter of Mr . Riohard Blakeborongb , clock and watchmaker j Otley .
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" * " * " " ' - ""^'"^ - ¦^^ B ^^ i ^ j- ^ r ^ r-r ^ - ^ SHEFFIELD . The Executive . —At a meeting , en Monday evening last , of members of the National Charter Asgocia tion , Mr . Balloa in the chair , the following resolntion was unanimously adopted . Moved by Mr . Morton Royston , ana seconded by Mr . QeorceEvinsont— " We , tne members of the National Charter Association , meeting in Figtree-lane , having been appealed to by the Executive for our opinion of their poet conduct , ace obliged ( though reluctantly ) to acknowledge that they ( the Executive ) have broken the rules of the organization , and we therefore suggest the propriety of their resignation ( of COUTBe the present Executive being eligible to ba re-elected ) as the best method of obtaining a national approval or disapproval ol their conduct . "
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PETERBOROUGH . At the meeting of the Peterborough and Eye Chartists , held at the house of Me . Maxklln , on Monday evening . laat , tbe c&arges bid against the Executive were read and their reply to the same , when Edwin Scboley moved , and Christmas Scholey seconded , the following resolution , which was carrffd without a dissentient— "That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that Vhe Executive have exceeded their duty , by not coriforminj to the plan of Organization which it was tiieir duty to enforce ; and f * r tbe neglect of such duty it is our opinion they should be called ipon to resign their office , and that Mr , Hill is highly commendable fox laying their conduct before the public . "
Suspicious Death From Poisoning.
SUSPICIOUS DEATH FROM POISONING .
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MR . HARNEY AKD MB . CAMPBELL . 10 THX ID 1 TOS OP THE 30 aTHBR 5 STAB . > k s : r , —1 request that yon will do me the favour « ¦ £ && in tbe Northern Star the following letter to JWffi" John CampbelL I am aware ttat I ought to " y * , * ait it to the Statesman instead of troubling you rr &fc . but as I would give " a ^ quaxtei" to the ' eonjr *^ of th&t paper , bo neither will I take any . and wT ?® 8 * ia not aek him a favour . If preoedfinfa are "Ott anyttiag i msyremini you that when " plsJn " tTT f * gH ^ r > -pd in the Statesausm yon allowed bim k ^ £ < s hiaself through the Star , tru * ting that the *¦« feToar irnl be extended to me , I am , Sir . faithfully yours , Geoege juliab Hakset .
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CALLS ON THE EXECUTIYE TO RESIGN
LONDON . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . si * , —At a general and crowded meeting of lha Somerstown locality on the 12 ta instant , after the ordinary busipess of the locality was disposed of , Mr . Humphries brought forward bis motion on the conduct of the Executive . Bat one opinion waa expressed , which is embodied in the following resolution , which was earried unanimously . •» We consider the Kxecative have broken the roles of the organ'z » tlon and misappropriated the funds or the association , ana are unwerthy of oui future confidence . " It was moved and seconded— " That we recommend to Mr . Hill the necessity of ceasing the present paper war with the Executive on the receipt of the opinions of the majority of the localities . " An amendment was moved and seconded , that a vote of thanks be given to Mr .
Hill for his exertions and conduct on the occasion . A long discussion ensued : the principal arguments adduced were , that the agitating tbe question had driven many members away , and decreased th « sale of the Star —that toe parties having been exposed , no further good could arifa from the question—that the prolonged discussion of tbe question increased a factious and party spirit in our ranks—that the localities had taken the question up—and that Mr . Hill had but performed his duty in connection with the Chartists' paper , and as a member of tbe Chartist body and a councillor . The original motion was carried by a small majority . It was then moved , "That we call on the Executive to resign their trust : and we consider the Association can dispense with the services of a paid Executive ; and that an active secretary , with an assistant , would be sufficient to carry out the object of the Association , "which was unanimously carried . Some other business of no general interest was then settled , and the meeting adjourned . I remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , Robert Latham . Somers Town , Dec 14 , 1842 .
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¦ BELPEB . —Ohdeb ; eF Druids . —A Lodge of the above Order was opened on Saturday , the 10 th inst ' . 'j at the house of Mr . John Jonninson , the' sign of the Railway Tavern . Tie ceremony of opening and inatalliDg them in the mysterious ritea of Druidism , was judiciously performed by A . D . Siddell and Secretary Godbes , with V . A . Booth , and the officers of the Olive Branch Lodge . The evening waa / .-spent . in great conviviality and decorum . This new Lodge is opened with very favourable auapioes . There are iow three Lodges of the Druidical Order in Belper , alliuastete ^ fiDoirBiderahlettrbsperity . ¦' r
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¦ ¦ ¦' " ? V 7 , , 7 . ^' 7 V-iDBATHBB . 7 / -7 . ' .: 7 ; V ., ' .- 7 ' ^ r On Sunday la % * i aged 77 years , Mr . " John Phillip ^ ; of this town , joiner . HiB end was peace . On Sunday last * at Weldon ; Francis Gilby * milleirj - aged 28 years ; also Nathan Morrisa , blackBmith , ^ agediftyesre . . ; ' ¦ - ' : S ^ .: ¦ ¦ ; , ' \ ' * ^ : ' : ' * *** Z > : \ ' On Sunday last , at Arenby , i » ear Bipon , 1 s || i »\' 30 , Mary , the beloved wife « f Mr . Fowlera ^ i ^ it ** tbatpUoe . ' - . - ¦ . . -- ¦ ¦ : ¦ -- ' 7 ; - - ^ v ^ ^ - ^ . 'r .-. ¦; - •; --On SUurda y ^ at Uttleihorpe / new Ei ' iwni Frtti ^ Qieir , Esq ., aged ^ 74 imoehrespeeM . . - 0 ^ ^* On Friday , the 9 ih inst . * after a painful tffi | 5 p ^»* traoted illness , Elizabeth , wife of Mr . R . Hiley , Queen-squareAcademy , Leeds . ¦ ' ; Same day , in his 78 ih jeat , J . P . SMth , Esq ^ of Wakefield , forinerly of Panetan Halij JHfif byehire . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : .. ¦' ' ¦¦ ''¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'• - ; " 7 ^ ' v > : ^ -7- "" ^ . . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ . ? ¦ ¦ .. .= , . . - Same day , aged 50 , Elizabeth , wife of Mr . Wm . Booth , dyer , Wootjhoose Carr . *; j Same day , aged 35 , Elizabcth , wifirof Mr . William Fawcott , of the Temperance Hotel , Swan-etreefc , Leeds . ¦ ' ' .- ' ¦ - \ " ¦ - - ' ,: ' ¦ ¦ " 7-- -7 -- - ; -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 17, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct461/page/5/
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