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served part of his Time to a Grocer or Tea JJaaler . Salary Low . Employment partly at a Retail Counter and partly to wait upon Country Sncp « keepers . Applications , paid , addressed , Ottlet & Co ., Halifax .
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XEICE 5 IEB 5 BE&E- —Mr . Bairstow visited * nd adrtr ^ sed l& e Mends at "Wlgrton and "CkunteBthorpe T ^ Veelc , and preached in the ShakspereaB Soom , Ldeester , last Sunday . The Shakspereans bare had testiTe dances , tc three evenings of tbe present ¦"" reek . On Tnes ^ sy last , Mr . Bahrtew Tinted HinckJey , and deliTfcred t-sro addresses to the friends there ; on Wednesday ni ^ bt , he re-visited WIgston . fjUTSEH OB . —Mr . Marsden , ot Prefton , lectured vae on "Friday to an attentive ont-door audience . He «« strikingly pourtrayed the workings oi the present ZrtLm . npo 11 ae collective industry and tail of the
^ I jJiiic classes , said also the rapid march of machinery , ^ condaded an excellent lecture by exhorting them L ^ e united * a& become en rolled , and take an active « pd ^ energetic par t in the National Charter Association , jit vfss 1 > J * = * ery man -doing his own tf ork ihat would Z ests the adoption of the Peepls * a Charter . A -vote of IJgafcg -jnts passeed tohim for his excellent lecture . SAW ££ *> 5 EAi Clitbesoe . —Mr . Bd . Marsden ^ jjjired "here on Sunday forenoon , in the Chartist T ? 3 Qja , trhich vzs crowded to suffocation . At the close TjtkVlectnre , the following resolutions -were carried Ssanijnons lj-: —" That in the opinion of this meeting Srrtgrij-aiSon far the Charts * is just and reasonable , therefore ' P le < 3 S o"urselves not to cease in our etertjonj SB it fchall ^ become enroTlBdin the statute book of { hue KsUns- " " That seeing the . great , praiseworthy , ^ TT ^ xiotic disinterestedness of Feaigus O'Connor , fiie vBSsucbias ¦ wiuc as
^ " 'gj ^ perseverance n nas jftmjsyed ; that thB best and most unfeigned thants of tMjjDecSsg are ^ g iven to him ; also to his brother ^ mnspirafcars * for their defence and maintenance of our . jriiieoTU immutable principles in Ihe Qoutt House , at jaaseaster . * k uisctssios toot place in the evening on the com--a-txre maiM of getting on the land by a system of rJT—gaiion , and the agitation for the Charter under f ^ rT ^ ircttmstance . Both aides were very abiy r ^^ ed ty Messrs . Marsden Iterrer , SmaDeyand other * , stfl eontined until a late hour . No divMon took place upon the subject .
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SUKPEBI » AH 3 > . —On Monday evening the members * nd friends of the Mechanic ' s Institute , v ^ TaWiwic ^ ea ?*** ™ c *^ 6 iic School Room , ^ riaseSreek lie attendance was large and the ^ rtaonneDts of the evening such as to £ ive the Wnest satisfaction to all present The splendid Carnetto Bmd , originated by ihe Meehanio ' s Institute " w -r&nnsd several fine pieces of mnse in fine S 5 S . sereral excellent songs and recitations were * Sd arenby Messrs . Qi&ppl ^ GrayjDobam , Thompson , Cooper , Cairns , Fo ; t 3 , and others . Mr . . Williams delivered an address in explanation of the object and ^ onsntutJon of the Mechanics Instiinte , which was jrarmlj received .
O 5 TrffD-sr , a League meeting was called , over -fflieh the Mayor presided , and at which the nsual stwk speeches irere delivered by a variety of gentlemen , amongst whom was Mr . James Wdliams . In the course of she eveDJBg , Mr . Kidd ascended the nhtfform amidst mingled cheers and hisses from the eongregated parties friendly and unfriendly to the League . The Mayor objected to Mm ( Mi . Kidd ) on the groaod of his not being an inhakitapt of th « town . Much altercation ensued , resulting in a Challenge from Mr , Kidd to Mr . Williams lo discuss
the ouestion publicly . The challenge "was accepted ; bnl on meeting to arrange preliminaries the parties it seems could not agree on terms . Mr . KiGd sub-SBqaentij deh ' -Rered a lecture in the long room of the Arcade , undertaking to prove thai » repeal of the Com Laws could not benefit the working classes without accompanying measures , and challenging Mr . Williams or any other gentlemsa to disnssion on thai point . A correspondent sends us the follomiig account of the meeting : — " Ti >© large room was crowded toiaffocadon , and I think there conld
sot be less than a thousand people present , and many could not gain admittance . A working man was called to the chair , and opened the proceedings of ihe meeting by reading the bill , and jast when tbe jane had been read , and the chairman was about to introduce Mr . Edd , a voice from the body of the meeting was heard , saying * read Mr . "Williams" s also . " The Chairman did so , and introduced Mr ffidd to As meeting , "who was received with thunders of applause . Mr . Kidd began by referring to ihe placard pablished by Mr . Williams or Ms friends in which he wa 3 taxed with being ignorant and imprudent , and a common disturber . He paid I plead guilty of the charge of being ignorant , but this does bv no means prove James Williams to be
more intelligent on the question of the Corn Laws , and if he 01 any other gentleman be in this room holding nTnfipT opinions , let bim come forward to the platform , and this meeting shall judge of the merits of the question , and tne intelligence of the disputants . 2 t o one coming forward , Mr , K . proceeded and delivered one of the most logical , eloquent , and masterly lectures we ever heard . He renewed the trade of Englandfrom the time of QueeiL EEabetfe np to the present time j and noticed the many advantages the foreigner had over us , and shewed , in the most irrefragable Banner , tbe imposiblliry of us competing with tbe foreigner under fee present amount of taxation , and shewed also fiist tke only remedy for the country was to fall back
oa tie waste land , and to cultivate it for the benefit of tbe community , and not for the aggrandizement of a few ; and concluded by along comsaent on the No ttrE / rhitrri election , in which he proved that Mr . ^ 'Connor was no friend of WMggery or Toryism either , bat was a pure lo ^ er of mankind , 2 nd "was no * the hireling of any party as it had been said , kit that his benevolence had made him the servant efaOjinorderio benefit all aad produce general prosperity ; and 2 dr . Kidd sgaia challenged discosara , and sat down amidst load sad long-continued eheers " after which a resolution strongly eondeEnatoryofMr . "Williams ' s -conduct , was moved ij Mr . Hesketh Biley , and seconded by Mr . Andrew Wflkie , and carried with aboet ten or twelve fearatients .
I « EEDS . —Sheriff ' s Cocht . —On Monday last , -J . H . Hill , Esq ., sheriff' s assessor , held a court at ths Court Bouse , Leeds . There were only fonr canaes entered for trial , and aone of them were of inj public importance , and only one of them was oefenSed . In Proctor p Appleyard , a verdict was toien for iha plaintiff by consent , for , £ 2 8 s . 7 d ^ ibaan claimed . In Cutler « . Bead and another , aa acaon for wages from Qeckheaton . a verdict ¦ jr&s Tetaied for die defendant . In Dixon « nd aatCEr v . Elam , which was undefended , a verdict "Was liken for the sum claimed , ^ 16 s . The fourth ^ SK jthat of Horsfield and another v . Garnett and another , was wiribdrawn .
Okte ^ oisg thb PoticE . — -On Monday hvst , a ffiaa nscied Join Matteer was fined 20 s . and coi-is , ioriinerferiiig with the police , whilst taking into rastody a disorderly character named JEdwin BoOiciy ; the latter was fined 03 . and costs , for oMngdrunk , ^ EGtsnSG COSUVCL—On Monday last , a man xu&rt Feier Scruton , residing in Copenhsgtnsfreet , and Harriet , M 3 wife , weTe bronght np before its Leeds magistrates , at the Court House , the forma for an assault , with a felonions intent , on two little . girls , of the respective ages of seven and ¦ t ^ erre years of age 5 and the latter with aiding and * oe « ni £ Mm in his beastly conduct . The details are unfit for publication . Tne woman wa 3 discharged , Ihe magistrates seeing that she was acring BMer the inflatnee of her husband . He was fined ~ S , indn 4 nig costs , and , in default of payment , Bent » Wakefield for two months .
SrzuiSG Saoxs . —On Monday last a man named ; £ «* rge Sykes was charged at the Court House , ^ "OTe . Messrs Baines and Mnsgrare , with having *» oleB a parr of men ' s shoes from a stall in Briggate , ¦ tecsp ied i > y 3 Ir . W . Brown , of ISew vWortley . The j nsoDe-waa 5 ^ t 0 ta ^ tnesDt > eB , on Batnrday night , ¦*™ g the temporary rfjEence of the prosecutor from « je still , and when apprehended they were fcund in ™ s pocket He pleaded intoxication , which he said *» deprived him of % S 1 recollection ^> f the affair . ¦ Ltfi btach eommiaed him for trisd aV "the ne 21
•^ J ) j ^ GERor s Teust . —On Monday last , a young ^ . ^ bog&ve his name-John Robinson , residing »» DEdfirsiood , in Kew Town , was broagbt befoie ** p rs . Bsjnes aod Mnsgrarrc , at the Caurt-Honse , ~ *®< xx the folioKiijg circumstances . On the first of ** J > reseEi month , he obtained from Mr . Craister , ^ * er , lommercial-s » eet , the key of a hou « e r ^ iEg to him , -on Roundhay-road , -which he ^> P ^ of all the locks and bells which he conld ** i - He tookihe house of Mr . Craister in Ike name « aobiason , and said he worked at Messrs . Lawf ^^ ttt not ^ alling again , ae he had promised , on ^ . tiaster , iljat gentleman became suspidacs , and ™^ JiEg .-t » the Messrs . Lasreoa , he found that ™ »* b posoa worked at their esiabKshmeEt , bnt ** smSarmad that iaqoiry had been made there only j HMit fime before , whether there was a man of weaaae ^ f TnoiEpson , who had taken a honse of "wilier Bason amonprt tbp . ir workmenwhich &ere
, 2 * pot . Informauonof the sfiairwas then com-^ fSt ed to the jiolice , * nd it was fonnd that a *^» answering to the same desertion as ihe one ^¦ " ¦ U ^ WM tofl Hr . CraiBter , had iaken a honse t 5 " «» - &ehazdson , Ptovidence BnilcBags , Stamford 2 ^ jaoa the name of John Thompson , on Friday | "e / ta instant , . and bad stripped it of the brass i ^ ues . and lo in tne same way . Search was ^ Rned ^ the jalice , for ihe missing articles , and ^ « 6 kBaad jhree bells , which were idecSfiedby « £ i * aiEter , && a number et door handlea , which ^ J ^ eM ^ ed iy Mrs . Richasdson , were foand at tTt « r S"a ? d ^ X ** 1 * m < he Ficar * s Croft , and , jj ^^ Mp ^^ had been also sold to the keepers of JJ ~~ * F- » Jaxn inswering exactly the description icit o ^ Wio ' il was piored , had taken tbe ctsc ^ .- ^ H ^ P ^ s * hfcse ft * S * " 6 Bnch a ^ -PJcn of his . as led to his apprehension . Tu * Offimi-S 1 ^ he *« Bg & 11 ^ e circumstances , iuUy ^* si » flH . - ^^ foner for trial at tbe nexi BorvsgD
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RKGiMENTAi Neckssabies . —On Saturday last , a man named George Armin was charged , at the Court HouBe , before Messrs . Baines and Musgrave , wiib having pnrchased two shirts from a private in the 32 nd infantry , named Thompson . The latter person had deserted , taking wiih him part of his regimental necessaries ; the shirts sold w « re regularly stamped wita the regimental mark , and the man was in undress uniform when they were sold . The prisoner could offer no excuse , and was fined 24 s 6 d ., three times the value of the shirts , and 10 s . and _ cos ' s , or in default of payment to be committed to "Wakefield House of Correction for one month .
A Disoedsblt Pjhtpsb . —On Monday , a woman named Charlotte Scarf was brought before the magis trates at the CouTi-House , charged with being drunk and disorderly , and with begging on Sunday afternoon . The prisoner , it appears , is an out-pauper belonging the township of Hunslet , from whence she has received an allowance of 2 s . 6 d . per week ; thiB besides her earnings , was sufficient to have kept her from begging , but her habits being shown to be very intemperate , and her condnct altogether very bad , she was committed to Wakefield House of Correction for one month .
A D-ruhk-eh Spbee . —On Monday last , Thomas Fearnley , a horse breaker , from Ossett , was brought before the Leeds Magistrates , at the Court House , on a charge of disorderly condnct in the streets , and furious driving , on Saturday evening last . Fearnley had come to Leeds on a young horse , which he was engaged io break in , and whilst here had indulged rather too freely in the juice of John Barleycorn . He so mismanaged his horse in riding throngh the streets that he was thrown off , and great fears -were entertained bylhe market people from Ms cocduct ; some , indeed , bad very narrow escapes . The police ultimately lecked him up . He was fined 20 d . and costs .
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The Watch Committee . —At the usual weekly moating of this body , on Thursday , it was resolved , on what authority we know not , bat we think the rate-payerB have a right to know , to pay the expencesof Messrs . James and Hepworth , which they had incurred by the late trials against them at York . The money , it ia said , is to come out of the reward fund . Q , iery ~ Where does the reward fund come from * Hoksb SioLrN . —During the night of Thursday last , a brown mare was stolen from the stable of Mr . Samuel Petty , in Holbeck-lane . Tbe mare has a white star on her forehead , and stands about fifteen handB high . Tlejlsvse Trip . —Yesterday , being Good Friday , some extra trains left the railway station in Hun 3 letlane , for Hull , Ycrk , Derby , & 3 ., at reduced fares , to favour the holiday people . A numerous company availed themselves of the opportunity .
Burglary . —During th » night of Tuesday last , the dwelling-house * of Mr . John Atkinson , joiuer , in Lady Pit Lane , Hunslet Hall , was broken into by thieves , who obtained admittance by foroiog a cellar grate at the rear of the premises . Whilst they were engaged in ransacking the house , Mrs . Atkinson overheard them , and got up , which oaased a sudden flight , and some property , which had been packed up for removal was left behind . The thieves obtained several articles of silver plate , principally epoons , most of which \? ere marked with the letters A . I . R ., and some satin and silk dresses , handkerchiefs , linen shirts , &o . The amount in valuo ia pretty considerable . On Wednesday , the Leeds Police officers received information that a fiatin dress had been offered for sale ai Wakefield , and on proceeding there it was fonnd to be one of those stolen which had been detained , but a woman who offered it made her escape , and hitherto no further trace has been heard of her .
Phreno Mesmerism —We intimated in our last , that a number of experiments in this new science , as it is called , were announced to be performed in the large room of the Commercial Buildings , on the evenings of Tuesday , Thursday , and Saturday , of the present week . Two of the exhibitions have already come off ; the third is to-night . On Tuesday evening , after the chief operator , Mr . Sladeu , had briefly detailed the leading ° principles" of the thtories of Mesmerism , Animal Magnetism , and Phreno Mesmerism , or Phreno-Magnetism , he proceeded to operate upon two young men , of the respective names of Briggg and WaJle , the same two who were operated upon in a series of experiments which we detailed on the authority of an eye
witness a fortnight ago . The youths were seated in chairs , -with their backs towards eaoh other , and a metallic chain having been attached to the wrist of each , so as to form a connection between them , Mr . Sladen commenced to Wk one of them stedfastly in the faoe . In a few seconds the youth he v ? aa direoily operating upon went off iuto what is called the magnetic sleep ; and within one second the other was asleep alsc . That all idea of collusion might be removed from the minds of the audience , he reqnested that parties would step upon the platform , aud examine for their own satisfaction . This request was complied with by several gentlemen present , who expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the fact . One of them pinched the back of
the hand of the youth Walls , so as to have hart him severely , had he been in a state of consciousness , or in the usual Btate of feeling . H e also plucked several hairs from his head ; and this too without any , the slightest manifestation of pain , or even feeling . These tests were used as slyly as it was possible . The patient could hare , apparently , no means of knowing that they were to be applied ; the gentleman approaching cautiously from behind , and plucking the hair out quite suddenly , and without any , the slightest , warning . While the youths were in ihe mesmeric Bltep , the operator excited at the wish of the audience , many of the Phrenological organs . To remove all suspicion as to collusion , a number of slips of paper had been * prepared , in which were
Bet down in consecutive order , the names of the several organs- These were handed to gentlemen in different parts of the room , who were requested to number the organs in the order in which they wished to see them excited . When so numbered , they were handed to a gentleman who stood at the end of the raised platform , and who wrote the name of the organ upon a black board , so that the audience might be aware which of the organs were next to be operated on , without it having to be named ; and thus rendering it impossible for the patients to hear , precluding a knowledge of what was required by that means . The numbering of the organs by parties in the audience , was to remove all notion of previous arrangement between the operator and
theoperatcl-oDjin the way of consocution . Themantjestations were such as nave before been detailed . When" veneration" and " tune" were excited , the patient whistled the " Old Hundred Psalm . " When * wit" and " tune" were excited , he suwj a snitch of comic song about Old Roundlegs . " When " benevolence" was excited , alms-giving was the order of the day , even to the coat and waistcoat from off the back ; but when acquisitiveness " wascalled into play the whole were speedily taken back , and even more than belonged the party . " Conscientiouness , " however , soon brought the wrongly-taken property back , with evident si ^ piB of contrition and sorrow . One peculiarity attending these manifestations was , they took place in both youthB at the same time ,
although the direct excitement was only made upon one . In almost all cases was this phenomenon manifest whiie the two were connected together with the metallic chain . The operator , however , wished to make the human body a medium of communication between them ; and for this purpose invited two gentlemen to step upon the platform . The wish was complied with , and the strangers were placed between the two yonths , holding a hand of each , and joining their own hands in the middle . In a few moments , however , Walls , shewed signs of irritation . He hastily withdrew his hand , and commenced crying as though he was
grievously offended . The operator tried to sooth him , and partially succeeded . After ( he hands had been again joined , he retained hold for a moment or two , and then a similar manifestation of uneasiness and grief was made . Several parties in the audience hereupon requested the operator to demestnerise them both , thev having been in the magnetic sleep for a considerable time . The next person operated upon , was Mr . LongstafF , a tailor in this town ; one who is w ll known to hundreds , and deservedly respected for honour , integrity , and uprightness . Everyone who knows him at all , would at once dismiss from the mind all idea that he was
capable of practising simulation . He was Boon placed in the magnetic sleep , as it is called ; his passage from consciousness into it , however seemed to be a painful one . The chest heaved and swelled ; and the features were slightly convulsed . A few passes from the operator seemed to remove these unpleasant symptoms . The phrenological manifestations were most marked in this subject . He is a gentleman of some attainments ; and the difference in manner and matter ( when language was employed ) between the uneducated youths and Mr . Lengsiaff was manifest and striking . With this subject a new experiment was performed . A few passes were made about the bead with an artificial magnet ; and then he followed it all round the stage , though passed
from hand to hand , in the post crosswise manner It was like " hunting the slipper ; " with this difference however , that the patient seemed always to know where the magnet was ; for he invanably went to it . When it was laid down upon a chair , he inBtantly fell down on bis knees , and laid his temple close to the magnet . He staid there until it was removed , and He influence broken by the operator making a few personal passes . He was next laid down with his back upon the-platform , and when tbe magnet was presented to his arm or foot , it siowly raised from the floor , as if following its iufluence . When the magnet was rendered
inoperative by applying to it " the keep , " tbe limb slotrjy felJ to its original position . During a portion of the time the subject was laid on the floor , he was in a cateleptic state ; and demagnetizing passeB had to be made before the limbs could move . When raised from the floor to his feet , the usual means of restoring the patient from tke mtameric sleep were resorted to . He appeared to have Buffered very much from its effects , complaining of head-ache , and of general exhaustion . The experiments with Mr . LocgBtaff were , with us , tbe most conclusive . We know him . We know him to be above deceit . We are therefore bound to
¦ receive the evidence of phrenological manifestations , produced by excitation while the patient is asleep , or in the wa . gr . eue , stupor , as given in his person , A * KEAL . We know ihim to be incapable of simulation . The proceedings of Thursday evening were of a similar natnre to those above sketched . Mr Sladeu operated on the two youths , producing the usual manifestations , when the different phrenological orga&s were excited . It had bees announced , that one of them , who has been often operated on , had exhibited some little susceptibility of tbe clmirvoyant state ; and that he had played a game or two of "dominoes" when in the magnetic Bleep . It was also announced that this experiment would be attempted on this ( Thursday ) eveniDg . The consequence was a very crowded room , and great expectation . During the evening , when the youth Briggs was , apparently ,
in the meseenc sleep , a box of " dominoes" was produced , aod a request made that a gentleman from the audience would step upoa the platform to play with the patient . Several responded to the request , amoiig&t them Mr . John Ayrey , of the Old George Inn . A board was placed upon two chairs , aod Mr . Ayrey and the sleepingyonth assayed toplay . They played , Bare enough , two games : and at the end the youth was examined to ascertain whether he was still a Bleep or not . He was certainly , to all appearance , in ^ sleeping condition . The pupils were distended ; and the eyes themselves turned opward 8 , ( but each inclined towards the nose ) in the socket . After some further experiments , with the magnet , the youth wag demeemerieed . It ought to be stated , that while the " gamps" were being pl&yed several of the audience called out for his eyes to be bandaged up . This , however , was
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not done ; it being stated that the patient always resisted aa attempt to do this , complaining when hd . was restored to consciousness of great pain . At a subsequent part of the evening , when undergoing opreationa with the magnet , an a . ttetap € was made to blind his eyes with a silk handkerchief , as he laid on the platform ; but the moment it was placed there , he Rtruok out at the person applying it , and threw it off . In consequence of these things great dissatisfaction waa manifested by the assembly ; ; aad an almost general feeling that tnokery was practised was apparent . This feeling Mr . Joshua Hobson gave expression to . He stated that he had : come there to witness the experiments and to judge of the facts brought before him . He
was not a b-Iiever in all he heard about what was called Mesmeric Science . " Far be it from him , however , to deny that effects , and effeots , too , of aa astounding nature could not be produced by pursuing the methods pointed out by mesmerisers . It would be tho height of folly to do so : for that very evening they had witnessed things , which it was impossible , in tne present state of knowledge with respect to them , to account for . He must believe that persons of a peculiar temperament could be placed in a state of apparent sleep , and indeed catalepsy produced , by personal contact , suoh as holding the thumbs , and looking steadfastly into the eye . But whether these effeot 8 were produced by a magnetic essence , or fluid , given off by the operator , or the
operated-on , as some alledged , did not very plainly appear ; for analogous , indeed , similiar , effeots could be produced without personal contact at all . Mr . Baird , of Manchester , had a system , bv which persons were sept to Bleep , and catalepsy produced , by merely looking continually and steadfastly upon any object , and concentrating the mind upon one idea ; while Mr . Catlow , of Manchester , had discovered that similar effects could be produced by acting continuously on anyone of the senses ; or indeed by aoiing upon them ail together . But while he ( Mr . H . ) did not deny that certain effeois could be produced by perhaps these and other means , he mast confess that he was sceptical as to most of what be had heard respecting tho clairvoyant stages of the mesmeric trance . That scepticism could only be removed by the evidence of facts , and it would take stronger foots than those he had witnessed in that room that night to convince him that his scepticism
was wrong . He had paid great attention to the appearances and movements of the patient during the time he was playing the game of " dominoes ;" and he felt constrained to say that his judgment was that the youth was simulating . He had placed himself on the floor just in front of the platform , a positiou from which he could observe the eyes and features' of the w magnetised" player . Hjs firm conviction was that the youth was not unconscious . He believed that ho was able to see what it was that he was doing . He distinctly saw the eyo open and close , in accordance with the requirments of his playing . This the audience could not observe ; for the player leaned down over the board . Let him , however , not be misunderstood . He did not aver that simulation had been practised . He only gave it as his opinion ; as his conviction . All might hare been right and fair ; but such wis not his impression from witnessing the movements of the party .
Mr . Sladen begged most distinctly to say that if simulation had been practised , he was no party to it . He was acting in perfect good faith ; and if any deception had been resorted to , he was oneot the deceived . Mr . Hobson instantly acquitted Mr . Sladen of all suoh attempts . He would not for one moment even impute such thing as simulation to him . He believed he was acting in good faith . The audience hereupon rose , having very generally manifested their accordance with Mr . Hobsou ' s objections : at this moment it was intimated to Mr . Sladen that the boy Walls had several times played the game of" Dominoes '' in private with his friends , with his eyes bandaged up bo as to preclude all
possibility of seeing by the usual method ; and that he expressed a willingness to try the same feat before the audience . On this being announced from the platform , the seats were instantly resumed , and a general buzz of satisfaction waa heard , Walls was brought forward , and was magnetised . He was examined by several gentlemen on the platform to satisfy themselves that he Was really and truly asleep . They were satisfied . A silk-handkerchief was folded up fora bandage . It was applied by Mr . Ayrey . It covered the eyes completely , and a portion of the face to the tip of the nose . Every one was sure that he could no-see . The " dominoes" were produoed , and thrown out of the box . Walls instantly set to work , and turned over all that bad their faces uppermost . Seven eaoh were counted .
Mr . Ayrey was Wall ' s competitor . They turned up for the " go iu . " Mr . Ayrey played . Walls pointed his finger towards f . he " dommoe" played , ( he did not touoh it , to feel the number of pips , ) and he then instantly played to it . This continued throngh two games . He played rightly . Not a single mistake did he make . It was impossible for him to see with his eyes the play of Mr . Ayrey . Whether he saw them with his fingers or not we cannot say . At all events pointing with bis finger was the apparent means adopted to ascertain what had been played , a nd what he had in his hand to pi ay again with . The experiment was indeed astounding , but satisfactory , as far as it precludes all it ' ea of simulation . When the bandage wits removed , he was again examined ; and the parties examining declared that they were satisfied he was asleep !
Mr . Hobsou was glad that they had witnessed what had juai taken place . Every one would now go away with quite a diffrent feeling from that which would have possessed thorn , had the last experiment not been witnessed . He was perfectly satisfied that in ( his case no simulation had been practised . He foil persuaded that the boy ' s eyes were so covered np , that it was impossible for him to see with them : and he would advise those who thought otherwise to take the chair , have a bandage affixed in the same manner , and try to accomplish the name things—( loud eheers . )
Mr . Ayrey was also satisfied . Indeed , he was satisfied before . He had watched as closely as he could ; and he was not impressed with the idea that simulation had been practised . The company then departed , wondering at the things they had seen . To night is the last night the experiments are to be given in the Commercial Buildings . We understand that the clairvoyant experiment is to be repeated ; and we would advise the visitors to watch closely for themselves . If there is deception it ought to be exposed . If there is not , of a verity " there are more strange things Than am dreamt of in out Philosophy . "
The ItLEext Oath . —We are requested to state that the Solicitors who administered Alderman Bateson ' s illegal Oath of security to the youth Thomkon , as related in our report of a trial at York three weeks ago , was not Mr . Preston , of the firm of Messrs . Snowdon and PaEStow . We regret exceedingly thai such a report should have gone forth to the prejudice of a highly respectable gentleman , who really had no personal partnership in the disgraceful transaction . We understand that proceedings are in progress to remove the stain which the profession has received from it .
OvEnsEEKs' Accounts . —On Thursday , a special sessions was held at the Court Hou ? e , For the purpose of passing the accounts -of the overseers of the poor for the past year . The Mayor presided , and there were present Messrs . Markland , IS ell , Baines , and Titley . After some discussion on the subject of the watch rate , which was ordered to be brought before tbe Town Council , the accounts of the Leeds , Headingley , Beeston , Chapel Allerton , and Hunslet overseers were examined and passed ; and the sessions were adjourned for a fortuight , that 18 , to tbe 27 th instant . Committal . —On Thursday , a notorious thief , named Francis Daniel , was committed for trial at the next Sessions , for having stolen a silk gown skirt , from a house io York-street , where he bad gone-under , pretence of purchasing SQineaoid drops . '
Caution to Landlords . —A practice is very prevalent in Leeds at present , of robbing unoccupied houses . The plan of the parties is to procure the key , under pretence of looking at tbe house , or of being in immediate want of the house , and then to take the opportunity of stealing all locks , bolts , brass work , bells , &o ., that oan be conveniently carried off . Parties will do well to be on their guard against this system . A variety of property of this description is at present in the hands of the police . Embezzlement . — -A journeyman bread baker , of the name of Cnarles Stead , was on Monday committed to prison for two moBths , for having embezzled money , the property of his employer , Mrs . Penny , of Beeston . He had gone out with bread to sell , and appropriated the proceeds to his own use , having spent them at a public-house , and sent home the horse and cart by another person .
Inquest . —On Thursday evening , an inquest was held at the Court House , before Mr . Hopps , deputy coroner , to enquire concerning the death of Margaret Walsh , an infant seven weeks old , who was found dead ia bed oa the day previous . The father of the child ia a sergeant in the 59 th Regiment and is in Leeds on the recruiting service , residing in a house in the Marquis of Granby Yard . There were no marks of violence , and ' the probability was that the ohild had died in a fit . Verdict Accordingly ,
BRADFORD . —Tithes . —Sixty-nine processes were obtained by ; the lessee of the tithes of the parish of Bradford , Mr . Scholey , of Wakefiold , at the Court House , against parties refusing or neglecting to pay tithe . The Court House was crowded on Wednesday by the defendants , who were , many of them , defended by Mr . 6 . Higham , of Brighouse , solicitor . No hearing of the oases took place , as by an agreement the matter was adjourned to the 21 st of June , in prder to allow time to hold a meeting of the parties fiHered to see if the natter cannot be amicably settled .
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Bradford Market , ! Thcbsday . — Wool . —There has been rather moro doing in this article during the week , and the stook of combing sorts is scarcely so abundant as for some time past , which is to be attributed to the indifference of the Stapler * to purchase fresh stock , seeing no chance of m > i > z ing a profit by his transactions . In prices no alteration , but a greater firmness is manifesto . ! . Yam .--The demand for jYaru continues steady , but no alteration in prices . —Piece . —There has scarof-ly been so good an attendance of merchants to day , or has the business doito been equal to last week , y « t a fair quantity of goods has changed hands , and the prices very firm . :
Reported Death f $ om Starvation . —During this week , a report has been very generally circulated that a man had died from starvation , somewhere in White Abbey , { Bradford . Inquiries into the matter have disclosed the following c rcumstances . Tae deoea ? ed person alluded to , was named James Greenwood , he was a wool-comber , agr-d forty years , and belonged to the ! township of Heat on . He had lodged for near two years with a comber nsnuid Hey worth , who resided mjBoyes' Buildings , Briek-Iane , aad had been afflicted with a cough and excessive expectoration during the winter , though he bad not given up his workout was employed till abo- > t three weeks ago . He had never sought for meJic . U aid , notwithstanding the repeated warnings of his
landlady and others that the symptoms of disease he exhibited were suoh as indicated consumption On the 24 th alt ., having been ( obliged to give up working , not having any mosey , and not being in aa ; benefit society , he applied to Sykes , the relieving officer for Heat on , at the ; board of guardians , for relief , and was told by him that he could not be relieved there , but must apply at the pay-room in Heaton . on the following Tuesday . He did so , aad then Sykes told him that he could not rdievo him , as he was resident in Bradford , and therefore he must apply to Mr . Reaney at tbe Court-house . On Wednesday he went { to the Court-house , and made application to Mr . Reaney , who said he could not relieve him then , he must wait until Friday ,
when he would have to appear before the board of guardians . On Thursday , Mrs . Heyworth went to Mr . Reaney , who at first refused to relieve until Friday , but on hearing her statement of theoase , he gave her ls . S to get over the day , and bid her tell him to attend ! at the board-room next day . He was too ill to comply with this direction , and in consequence ' , Mrs . Heyworth became his deputy a secoud time , and attended the board on his beh -ilt . She stated the case , and an order was made for 2 s 9 J per week , which was paid on Saturday , and a note for the surgeon wa 9 also given . ! Mr . Robinson , in whose district White Abboy stands , received tha note near noon and about one o ' clockhpattendedjon Greenwood , whom he found in the veriy la <* t stage of
consumption , and apparently past all hopes of recovery . He attended him on the Saturday and Monday , and called on the Tuesday , but at tnat time he was dead , having expired on Mondayjnight while eating part of an orange . His death was very sudden , for but a minute before he filled a pipe of tobacco and sat up in bed smoking it , and I appeared very cheerful . The assertion as to his having died from want , appears to be unfounded , inasmuch as previous to his ceasing to work he had what ho choose as sustenance , and afterwards he was fad with toast , coffee , aad other fosd of a similar description , and on the Monday before his death , he took part of a beef steak which Mrs . Heyworth purchased and cooked for him . :
Danger op Playing with Edged Tools . —About half-past eight , last Saturday morning , an ostler , named Sellers , employed at the Roe Buck Hotel , in Bradford , put his own existence in imminent jeopardy , under the following singular circumstances : —While talking with a party , with whom he waa drinking , on the melancholy' death of his master , he very imprudently took up a knife , to shew them how the unhappy man inflicted his own death-wound , and in so doing he made a deep gash across his own throat about two inohes long , and just over the carotid artery . Mr . MWlichan , surgeon , was immediately called in , and fata ! consequences happily prevented . The man is gradually recovering .
Fire at Eccleshill—Early on Sunday mormng last , a fire was discovered in the boiler-hou ^ e attached to Messrs . Johnson and Co's scribbling mill , Apperley-lane , Eccleshill . Information was conveyed to the Bradford engine-house , the alarm bell was rung , and in a very short time after boib the town ' s engines aud also that belonging to the Leeds and Yorkshire Assurance Company arrived at the mill and commenced playing upon the fire , which was partly subdued , the roof of the building having fallen in . The damage was confined entirely to ihe boiler-house , which will require , perhaps £ 40 to put it in repair again . The origin of tbe fire is as yet unexplained , but nothing has transpired to favour the supposition than it was other than accidental .
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OLDBAJW , —On Tuesday evening last , a discussion took place in tbe Chartist Room , Greave-ptreeD , on Mr . Ferrand's Allotment Bill . The speakers gave it as their opinion that the land was the only channel for the labourer to fall back apon whose labour was being superseded by the improvement of machinery . In the course of { the evening it wa . < suggested that , before going further into the subject a copy of the bill should be procured . The discussion was ultimately adjourned until such bill could be obtained . . !
BBYWOOD .-Saturday last being the expiration of : the teraof WUham Bell ' s incarceration , the Chartists of Heywood determined to honour him with a public dinner on the oco ^ ioa , and although but a few days notice was given , upwards of fiftv wSlS * 9 18 * , ^ ovvn at th ? house of Mr . John Whithead , Wngley Brook , Heywood . After the good things of this We had beenf discussed , and the cloth withdrawn , Mr . John Hampaon was called to the chair , and opened the business of the evening bv introducing our liberated friend , ) who was enthusiashcally cheered . He gave a long tutline of his fcuffenngs while m Kirkdale Goal , and delivered an excellent Chartist lecture . The veteran Jamea Read also addressed the meeting .
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CHARTISM . LEGAL AND OTHER OPINIONS OF CHARTISM . I publicly pledge my professional character to tbe fact , thai it is a transportable offence to be a Chartist in Ireland . —Daniel O'Connell , August t 1841 . It ia not a . crime against either the laws or God or man to be a Chartist anywhere , or to advocate Chartist principles— I am a Chartist . —Patrick O Higgins , Augwt , 1841 . The advocates of the People s Cnarter have a legal right to endeavour , by all pdaceab'e means , toinduoe others to join them , in order to make the Charter become the law of tbe land . — -Euro 1 Rolfe % February , 1843 . A man cannot ba tried for Chartism . It is perfectly legal to be a Chartist , and to advocate Chartist principles . —Baron RolfeMarch , 1843 .
, Let it not be said that a man can be tried for being a Chartist ; it is absurd . —Justice Erskinet March , 1843 . Any man , or body of men , have as good a right ro be Chartists a 9 other men have to be Whigs or Tor ies , —Baron Alderson , March . 1843 . I do not say that Chartism is unlawful ; on the contrary , I b ; g of you to dismiss from yoar minds all- idea of Chartiam being unlawful . When the people demand it , the Charter must become the law of the land . — -Sir Frederick Pollock , Attorney ' General , Trials ai Lancaster , March , 1843 . The people have a right to meet wh ^ n they like and where they lika , for the discussion of the Charter —Judue Tindal , March , 1843 .
Tho people of this empire have a right to meet whenever they please , to promote , by fair discussion , the 1 eopl 9 's Charter . —Judge Erthine , March , 1843 . Elec ' ors of Nottingham , I stand before you now , in \ pn \ , 1843 , as 1 did in 1812 , the firm supporter of every principle contained in the Charter . I am a thorough Chartiat . —Lord Rancl' ffe . . Chartism is based upon , the immutable principles of Christianityr Equal rights and privileges to all exceg evil-doers . It follows therefore that the man who opposes Chartism cannot be a true Christian . — Patrick ( XHiqgins . He wno is not a Chartist is either a knave who profits by the evils of misrule , or a fool upon whom facts and reason make no impression . —Daniel 0 'Connell .
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Brutal Murder at Mebthyr . —Botween two and three o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , the inhabitants of Caedraw , ia this town , were thrown into the greatest consternation , it being reported that a man had murdered his wife . Upon inquiry it was found that a tinker , named John Hanaelf , aged 23 , a married man , but having deserted his wife , was cohabiting with a single woman , of the name of Mary Thomas , aged 23 . It appeared that they epeut the morning in drinking , and , having some wards between them , a quarrel ensued ; he struck her with his Sst until she fell to the ground , and then kicked her several tizms . She groaned twice , and expired almost immediately . He very
coolly ordered one of the bystanders to go for a doctor , and then absconded through the river'faff . No time being lost ia giviug information of the bloody deed at the police station , Sergeant Hume , witb four , constables , ran lo the spot , aud ordered a person to go at once for the parish surgeon , Mr . Job James , but it was unfortunately too late to render her any assistance . Thrco of the constables set off immediately after the murderer , and apprehended him on tho other side of the river , near Yny&fach , not very tar from the hiding-place of the matricide , Dick Tamar . Information was given to the Coroner , Mr . William Davis , and a jury was summoned , who viewed the body , and adjourned to the next day . — Welchman .
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Baptized in the anti-room of tbe Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , on Sunday last , by the Rev . Wm . Hill , Margaret Ann O'Connor Rankm , infant daughter of Thomas and Mary Raukin . Mary Ann Frost Gill , infant daughter of George and Mary Gill . John Feargus Jones , infant son of Robert and Elizabeth Jones . Emma Jones , Jane Jones , and Elizabeth Jones , daughters of Win . and Martha Jones . James Jones , son of James and Sarah Jones . After the sacred ordination of baptism had been administered to all these , a young married female ,
about nineteen years of age , the wife of SAMUEL Gill , of Manchester , havitg never received the Sacrament of Baptism , made application tot i * . Mr . Hill entered into some conversation with her as to her reasons and motives , and also questioned her husband , laying before both of them the weighty obligations of the Sacrament , and entreating them not by any n-eans to trifle with it , still staling , * -hafc if on religious grounds he were required to administer , he must do so . The requisition was persisted in by thj husband on behalf of his wife , aad she was , therefore , solemnly baptizsd by the name of Matilda O'Connor .
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On -Wednesday last , at Westow church , by th < $ Rev . T . W . Wild , M . A ., vioar , Mr . Robert Potter , farmer , of Jenny Milner Grange , to Miss Sarah Lay cock , of £ dd let horpe , both m that parish . « ? ^! P « 7 ' 18 th in 8 t ' the P ari 8 " n ohurcb . Otley , Mr . Webb , of the firm of Messw . Webb an I Ahlhngton , booksellers , Leeds , to Harriet , youngest daughter of Mr . Thomas Freeman , Gay-lane , Ofley On Monday , the 17 th inst ., at the Registrar ^ office , before Mr . Henry HilJetby , deputy superintendent registrar of the district of York , Mr Aaron Marshall , bricklayer , to Miss Hannah Foster .
bame day , at Ferry Fryston , Mr . James Dealtry jun ., of K . nottiii « ley , to Miss H . J . Hamilton , of Newtown Limavady , maid to the Hon . Mrs . Mills Fryston Hall , Yorkshire . ' Same day , &t St . Mary's church , Scarbro ' , Mr Charles Keld to Mw . EHaabtffa Turner , of S Q'leeu's Head Inn , Scarbro ' . Oa Saturday , the 15 th inst ., in London . Mr Jamai B «^ of Walworth , to Harriet , only dauXr of R Williamson , Esq ., of Fmsbury Terrace , City Road , and niece to Mr . Williamson , LayerthorpS
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DEATHS . On Sunday las t , at Shinoliffe , prematurely EJiabeHi , wife of Mr . John Hall , in her 22 n 5 ycflup . On Thursday week , after a severe illness , Mary SS ^ ift ^ a S T eyear and six months , tat only child of Con and Jane Murray ; 7-r On . ^ f | sda y- * he 18 th inst ., much respected , aged 77 , Mr . Hope , late treasurer of the Theatres Royal , York and Hull . On Sunday , tbe 16 th inst ., at his residence * Chapter House-Btraet , aged 66 , Mr . Matthew Creaser , of the firm of Wade and Greaser , builders , of York . On Friday , the 14 th inat .. in hi * flfkh »«« : » .
AfJohn Halliday , of the Waggon and Horses , Apperley-lane , Rawden . . On Thursday , the 13 th inst ., at his house , in Parkstreet , London , after a few days illness , the Rev George Beckett , rector of Epworth , and vicar of Gainsborough , and brother of Sir John Beckett Bare ., and William Beckett , Esq ., M . P . for tb 2 Same day , aged 60 , Hannah , relict of Fairfax ttaodes , Esq of Q'aeea-square , Leedg ,
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MOST EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE . COURT OF REQUESTS , CASTLE STREET , Apkil IIih . shabman v . lord monteagle . Much surprise was created in this Court to-day by the presence of Lord Monteagle , accompanied by several friends and gentlemen connected with the Treasury and other Government offices . The plaintiff , William Sharman , who , it appears , was formerly a constable in the city police , stated that he claimed the sum of | £ 5 , which he had put into the hands of Lord Monteagle for the purpose of procuring him a situation under Governmont . A Commissioner . —Are you sure that Lord Mouteagle received the money ? i Plaintiff—Yes ; I saw theinoney in the hands of Lord Monteagle . ! The Commissioner then called on Lord Monteagle for his answer , when :
IIis Lordship stated , that lone afternoon in the mont h of May , 1840 , when about entering the House of Peers , the plaintiff put a letter into his hands which he did not then stay to open , but broke the seal and examined after entering the House when ho found that it contained an enclosure , which proved to be a Bank of England notej for £ 5 . with a request that he would procure for the writer a situation under Government either as a Custom-house officer , or as a letter-carrier in the Post-office . Immediately after he ( Lord Monteagle ) returned to the entrance of the House and inquired of the police-constable on duty whether ho had seen a person give him a letter 1 The officer replied in the affimative , upon which he directed the policeman to endeavour to find the individual and bring him back . The policeman tried for some time , but was unsuccessful in his search . He " ( Lord Monteagle ) consequently retained possession of the note and the letter
till the plaintiff applied for an answer . Being then desirous to ascertain whether ithe writer had offended against tho law in ignorance , he granted him an interview , when , finding that his knowledge of such matters was much superior : to that of the low < r orders in general , he referred the plaintiif to the Lords of the Treasury , and sent his letter and the enclosure to their Lordships , who after some con siderafckm determined , although a very bad oase , that they would not indict the writer , but resolved on paying the £ 5 note into the Bank of England , to the credit of the Exchequer , as conscience money , which was accordingly done on the 21 st of December , 1840 The plaintiff after applying Several times to official parties to ascertain the result , was referred to him ( Lord Monteaglf ) , who referred him back to the Lords of the Treasury , and after some time , as tha plaintiff found he could not obtain either restitution of his mouey or the appointment he sought , he took out the present summons .
Hia Lordship , in confirmation of the statement , produced the Treasury minutes , and various official letters and documents , including the bank receipt for the £ 5 note , and was about to produce Mr . Bulley , o * ' tho Treasary , and other witnesses , when The Commissioners intimated that they were Balii-fied that the plaintiff had ho claim on hia Lordship , and dismissed the case . ; His Lordship then called the attention of the Court to a clause in the Act ; of Parliament under which the court was constituted , wherein it wa- < expressly stated , that " no Government officer shall be amenable to that court for any act parformed in his official capacity , " and the reason why he did not claim exemption in this case on the ground of the non-jurisdiction of tho court was , that he considered it better to go into the nu rits , as a full explanation was due to the country as well as tw himself . ¦
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TO THE EDITOK OV THE NOBTMEaiN STAB , firs , —Tae trials at Lancaster being now over , and thirty good men having been fcund guilty of being Chartists , it is tbe duty of every one who values his home and bis country , to come forward and assist in carrying out these glorious principles of Chartism , which appears to me to be the only remedy for all our national grievances . Tbe Corn Law League having set a good example by placing a packet of tracts in tbe bands of every elector throughout the kingdom , in order , aa they say , to enlighten the electoral body . I now propone that where ever there are two ot three Chartists , they may form . themselves into a committee , provide themselves with a list of the electors , which they may do , by applying to the overseer , and then collect as much money as they can weakly , and send for Stars to supply the electors with , omitting the patties that get the first week until ail be supplied .
Perhaps some of our friends will say we are too poor . Where this is tbe case , they taa . y apply to other parties for old Stars , and distribute them as before mentioned , until every elector throughout the kingdom be supplied with Star-light By this mode of proceeding , the electoral body will be unligbteaed , and I have no doubt bnt many would come over and join us , in our moral warfare of right against might We nave many instances of men being opposed to out principles , who by reading the Star , have- become most zealous supporters of the cause . I am , yours , in the cause , Wm . Nicholson . UJverstone , 23 J March , 1843 .
P . S . There is about 500 bands at the Copper Works , in Coniston , without Star-light . If some ef our ttienda would be pleased to send a few old Stars directed to Mr . John AddUon , they may be the means of doing good . If you should think Che above worth notice , you are at liberty to make what use of it you think proper . W . N .
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PUBLIC MEETING ON THE FACTORY BILL . On Tuesdav last , st noon , a publio meeting was held at the Court Honse in Leeds , called by the Mayor , on the requisition of a number of the inhabitants , to take into consideration the education clauses in the new factory bill . The Court Honse was not crowded , when the Mayor took the chair . He toot it as a matter of course—no opposition being made thereto . Having read the requisition , and announced the purport of the meeting , he proceeded to make some remarks on the bill at present in operation , and was about to explain tbe nature of tho provisions in the bDl of Sir James Graham , when he was interrupted by
Mr . Bej-Jahin Kkottxes , who advanced to the front of the spectator ' s gallery , immediately over the Mayor ' s seat , and said , —Is this not a public meeting , Mr . Mayor ?—tcries of " yes . ") I want to know why 1 have been denied admittance to the platform —( hear . ) I am a working man , and 1 suppose because I have got a fustian jacket on , I am thrust into ihe gallery ; while another man who ha 3 xot a broad cloth coat on , is permitted to go on to the bench—( cheers from the body of ibe Hall . ) If this be a p-ublic meeting , I hope the Mayor will remove the police officer ? from the door—( hear , hear . ) The Mai oh—When the person who has just spoken , says he was denied admission to the meeting , he seems to me at the same time rather to contradict bis own words —( hear , hear ) . Mr . B . Kscwlks—Mr . Mayor , don't let me be misunderstood . When 1 said I was denied admission I meant it . 3 was only allowed to go into such part of the meeting , as the policemen chose to let me . I contend that I have a right to go into any put of the meeting , as long as I conduct myself properly—( hear , hear ) . I appeal to the Rev . Mr . < Bles , whether 1 was not refused admission by a polictman . The Rev . J , E . Giles—As I have been appealed to by the speaker . I must say I think there is some ground for complaint . I certainly saw the individual prevented from coming into this part of the ¦ meeting , and 1 don't think it fair—( hear , hear ) . The Matob—Nothing could be further from the wish of myself , or those who haye been instrumental in getting ~ ap this meeting , that iny person sbonld be in any manner exclnded —( bear , bear ) . What is said to have been done by the police officers , was entirely without our cognizance ; and having made this disclaimer , I think the meeting cannot allow its proceedings to be interrupted any further—( hear , hear ) . The party has a seat;—he is here , and msre than that we cannot provide for him . Kxowxes—I must have tnese policemen removed froqa the door—( hear , hear , and order , order . ) I don ' t want to interrupt the meeting , but I wish to have the policemen removed , and I will not bo satisfied till they are removed—( cheers and shouts of ** stick to ' em . ' ) I will stick to 'em . I pay f » r the support of the police , and I won't be insulted by them —( cries of order . }
TheMiTo-a—I hope and trust this meeting will support me ia the discharge of my duties—( loud cries of hear , bear . ) I should wish that person who has interrupted our proceedings , to state what : he wishes—( shouts of " adjourn . - ") The sheuts for an adjournment here became urgent , it being stated that there were Bombers of persona who conld not gain admittance . Mr . Edwxrd Bajmes , jniu , moved tbe adjournment © f the meeting to tbe Cloth Hall Yard , which was it onse agreed to , and to the Cloth- Hall Yard tbe meeting proceeded .
Nothing particular took place here j the various resolntions were passed , after a good deal of talk by varkms persons , including the Rev . Mr . Hamilton , Mr . Alderman Goodman . Rev . Mr . Giles , Mr . James Holdfortb , Rev . Mr . Harris , Mr . Thomas Fraier , Mr . Alderman Stansfeld , and Mr . J . A . Payne , a cberehmaa who , in a brief allusion to the differences which at present exist among chnrchmen , said he deeply deplored having to state that there were two parties in the church , in Leeds , ¦ whom he knew to be as irreconcilable as was light to darkness , as truth was to error , as God was to Satan 1
The resolutions and petitions , which were all ready cnt and dried , having been drawn np and pas-ed at a private meeting on tbe 23 d of March , were agreed to ; many of tbe parties who attended , however , not voting at all ; having evidently £ one to seethe * ' fun , * and hear " old mother" -well abused by her illegitimate offshoots 1 At the close of the proceedings the thanks of the meeting were accorded to the Mayor , who in repJjing thereto candidly told "the meeting he had been somewhat deceived i > y the promoters of it , as he had understood they intended
to propose some amendment to the Bill , instead of opposing its passing altogether . In this he differed from them , 2 nd conld not go po far as the meeting by the advice of the spe&kera had agreed to do . This remark « tber pnt the cat among the pigeons ; there was a regular hubbub in tbe camp , and Mr . Edward Baines came forward to allay the fears of the Mayor , who after some explanations , consented to be pacified , and the meeting terminated peaceably at test , at very near three o ' clock .
Fr 5 DJ 5 G Mo ? rer . —On Thursday last , a young man named Charles Kay , son of Mrs . Kay , confectioner , I > iincaB-street , appeared before Griffith Wright and A . Tjtley , Esqra . at the Court Honse , ¦ un der the following circumstances : —On Tuesday last , Mrs . Bauye , of Headingley , whiUt at Loeds , had the misfortune to lose her purse , containing a . £ 20 Bsnk of England Note and three sovereigns . She made known her loss by means of handbills the same day ; and the police having heard that a purse containing money had been found in Mrs . Kay ' s shop . Inspector Hainsworth went there , but both Mrs . Kay and her daughter denied all knowledge « . Ench a circumstance . On Wednesday , however , » . female from Moriev , named Charlotte Smith ,
being acqnainted wiih Hairjswortb , went to him * nd tola him that she had , on Tuesday , picked up a purse jb Mrs . Kay ' s shop ,-which contained three sovereigns and what she thought was a note , but that it had ieen taken from her by Mrs . Kay ' s son , who told her Khe had nothiDg to do with it She added that sbe had called at Mrs . Kay ' s on Tuesday evening betore going home , to see if any owner had been fooad ior the purse , when Bhe was answered in the negative . Acting upon this information , Hainswowb again went to Mrs . Kay ' s on Wednesday , taking Mrs . Smith along with him ; -but she , being in tb * -background , -was not seen until Mrs . Kay and her daughter had again denied all knowledge of the purse . But when they Baw Mrs . Smith Mrs . Kay turned round and acknowledged that her son had taken "tke purse from her . Search wan then made
for yoang Kay , and he was fonnd at a public-honse in & stave of intoxication . On being asked he said thai stool lady had called upon him that morning , aiid to her be bad given the purse and money . He was takes U > tbe police office , where bail was taken for his appearance before the Bench on Thursday . When be ¦ came , however , he was nearly drunk ; and , in re ' ply to -questions from the magistrates , he acknowledged caving had the £ 20 note and the three sovereign * , bat -said he did not know what had become of them , except that they had passed through bis h&nds . The Bench , considering bis OO&duct xncEt unsatisfaetorsr , ordered Mm to be locked np till next morning , when he would probably be store sober . Subsequently tho hearing of the case was put « fftill Monday , to suit the convenience of all parties . The sum of £ 20 was deposited at the police ofSce / or the appearance of Kay .
DlSCHASGB GP X U ^ BTOE FfiOM YOHK CiSTLE . —On the 5 ih inst ., Miss Moss , who has been in custody as a debusi- in York Castle , twenty-four years and six days , was discharged . To show the injurious tendency of ^ neb lengthen edimprisonmentSj we mayremarkthat during that time she had been allowed 11 , 2321 b . of tbe cbunij bread , which at the average of 2 s . 6 d . per stone * aiDcunts to the sum of £ 100 5 s . We understand that the legislature is about to interfere to pro-CQie tbe liberation of those debtore whose confinen ^ nt has been of long standing . There is another persoa -H"hoh » s bgeD m the caslle upwards ef twenty serfcc years .
W Anted, A Young Man From Eighteen To Twenty-Two Years Of Age, Aud Wlio Has
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct478/page/5/
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