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      YORKSHIRE GAOL DELIVERY . ( Continuedfrom our Eighth Page . J trary x&o&vacj . In some of these letters tee father , from rime to time , expressed himself a ? beinj » entirely 3 gr , ox-nt of the pries of the goods ttat were sent by toe son , and that be occeaionslly nad more goods than be could do with . The son in reply had * taled that bo one conld undersell bis father . On one occasion the father Lad expressed great alarm through a letter to his son , owing to bis believins that one of the prostcutors bad been st ba » bop In Preaton . The son , in reply , 8-surM bh father that there was no danger of that aort , as the master bad not been at Preston . At another lime the yonnger prisoner was exceedingly anxious to make some eommuDJeatioa to bis father .

      desl : " rg him to state that bia mother ttm very ilL The father 4 id so , Ibe letter stating that if the aon did cot come to him soon he "would not -find his " other alive . Tim latter was shown ta the employer of the younger prisoner . It was also found that among the property discovered at the boose of the elder prisoner , was ac invoice , sot aa invoice of goocU Bent by any seller to the . eider prisoner , but an urn-Ice sent by a person residing at Birmingham , who had sold goods to the ' } ru # fccutors . This would explain the contents of a feller which wsa tent oa the 2 d at Xottmba , by the son to tbe fatLer , wben he said " yon will know the price when 1 Bend yon the invoice . " The Inference "was that the son bad stolen the invoice along with the goods ind sent them to the father . The father , who is

      & sboMBskiir , prcrions to Roing to P / eaton , Uad resided with 1 s » on at "Ktrfro-iH , sad at tfca end of April last , ie reni JTcd to the foimsr place . A short time ' before tlui a . ibtr ^ es was pl aced in the boose of the elder prisoner for 30 s . Tis fact showed , as it was contend eu . that be was sot in a situation to commence I > nsli 5 esj Vfith his owe means . "When he left KlrkstaU he got open the Lwds and Skipton coach , he having iri : b him a large box and hamper . He raid to , the guard : hst ne was goice to Preston , to op&n a shop in the eh-.-= trade . He went as far as K ^ ighley with the cosch . He likewise stated to the xnard that his son was in the same tra 3 e as himself , and that be ( the Son ) ki . pt two or three men in his employ , which statement was of coarse Quito incorrect . Mr . Ellis said

      the Jury would see from these facts that the possession of the property by the son was perfectly clear , and be thought when thty considered the positition of the fatter as ta pecuniary circomBtancea , and also that of the son , who was only receiving 10 s . a -week , which lact waa Imown to the lather , they wonld be o ! opinion that ha ( the father ) could sot feave received the goods which had been sest to him by his son at least without some suspicion , if he did sot actually know , that they were-stolen . A p ^ ity who had Jast had a distress in his botse for 303 . was not the party to get credit for goods to tha amount of , £ 150 or £ 160 ; neither was a party in the receipt of only 10 a . ~ per weeklikely to be credited to such an extent , especially as these facts ¦ woold . In all prcbsJnlisy , be inown to the parties from whom rhey might order their goods .

      Sever al mtnesses were called In sopport of " the above facts , and most of tha property produced which hid been foa c ? in the possession of the prisoners was idenffied by the prosectors . Mr . sTinpsoD , one of the partners , stated that he had snld Shu prisoner a quantity of siimmer goods on four differed occasions , the price of which would not amount in the whole to £ 40 ; but none of those goods were amon ? the property which had been found in the poasrssi-n of the prisoners , and which was now chained to irave been stolen . The goods which he sold to the pr isocer -were of a low description , whilst those found in fc-3 possession , and at hi& lather ' s , were of a Tery superior character . For instance , some pumps ¦ which the yoancer prisoner bad bonght of him were sold at Is . » 3 ., 2 j . 21 , and 2 s . 6 ± pa pair ; en the other t-jjd , those now produced ¦ were sold at from 3 s . 3 d . to 4 s . per pair-

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      SEC 02 O ) COURT . —Tuesday , Dec 26 . ( B-rjore Mr . Justice ColtmcauJ Mr . Justice Coltmau , who arrived in this city on Mord-jj , foriae pnrpass of assisting Mr . Jusrie-e Msale in the gaol delivery for ihia county , took bis seat in the KM Prius Ccart at ten o'clock .

      HieSW . lT S 0 B 3 EHT JLT LEEDS . James Chappel , 34 , and Matthew Wmntrnght , 23 , -w-. re indicied for that they , on the 17 . h of 2 soTesi .-er lasi , at Leeds , did felonious y and Tiolemiy assault Samuel Fox , and steal from his per = ou three soTerei ^ us , one haIf-5 OTereignj and hi shillings , his prooerry . IMr . Elii 3 and Mr . HaIX were connsel for the proKcciKa ; Mr . Wruass defended Wainwright j Chapp-. i wa 3 uadfciendfcd . T--e p-osecotor is a labourer at Leeds . On tie &Tero- -, a of the 17 ; ft of KoTember he was dxinldng at the Lloyd ' s Area Inn , in Dake-str * et , Leedsj

      ¦ mth the two prisoners and anomer -man earned Specce . He paid for some ale , and the four lef ; ihe house together about one o'clock . As soon as th y £ c » oii ^ oi the haase , the prosecutor was kaocisd dojra by ose of ti 2 party , and , with the ass ^ ia&ce of tr . e ethers , Woinwriglrt took out of his pocSes his montv . and they then ran away , the prosecutor fi-1-lowiiiii ihem into Hnnslrt-lane , where he stiz ^ d "R ' airi ^^ Tigbt , and ssfd , ** It treant ao—sTiTememj ¦ moii ev ! " WaiiiT-Ti ^ ht struggled nntil tis -sTji- _ cr ; at ttsj ¦ Torn and he go ; aw-ay , npon which Fox s ' . izrd Cbapp-1 and held him until a policeman caire lij . Sp- "> i : c' go- awoy , and has not been taken ; bu ; Waiiiv * i t -lit wasapprehended soon afterw 3 r ! s .

      Mi . Wilxjss forcibly addressed the Jury on Eeliaif ot ot ins client . The Jary . after a few aaiirnies' consideration , ! found a verdict of Guilty a ^ ains : bo ? h prisun-rs . Tne Learned Jcdge in consideration if neither of the prsonershaTJng been bafure conTJctcd , sentenced ' them to be seTeraily imprisoned v > hard labour for two years in WakeSeld House of Correction .

      H 1 GHTVAT E 0 BBEET SK 1 B HTTLL , i John ' Sailer , 203 Otren Jones 21 , and Conrad Sames , '¦ 25 , wer . tDdicitdfor . ba ^ ia ^ on 2 ad of ! NoTem- 1 b-cr la ? t , at Rise , in the East-Ridiag , feloniously ; as-2 ui ' . ed Gregory Bust , and stolen from him one - sb-Ja ^ E ^ nds x- * eDce , » cd a pair of half boots . 5 > ir . B ^ in and Mr . Aspoall were counsel for the < prf * = tcu .: cn ; snd the prisoners were undefended . The J ary , after two hoars' del 2 >? ratlon , found the pri-ODcrs Guilty of the assault only . Kis LORDSHIP ssidhe qnite agreed with the Terdict of the jory . aad was happy that the - prisoners had V- 2 n acquitted of dishonesty . It was necessary how-T-T , Vnav an attempt Qj > oa the per ~ OQ of any of the Qieea ' s snbjects most bs marked with some pnni-jiment , and he therefore sentenced each of the prisoi-tirs to OEfi month ' s imprisonment aud hard labour in the House of Correctio ; : a ; Bererley . *

      P 0 ACHIS 6 AT HBTTOS-BrSHEU WiUuun Sugars , 43 , Charles Hall , 30 , and ^ eorpe Sharv , 36 , were indicted fur that they , on the lain of Kovember last , at Hatton-Boshsl , being re-EpecrreW armed with guns , did onlawfully enter certain enclosed lands of the Hon . Marmadoke iangley , for the purpose of taking and destroying game . Mr . LiBDEELand 31 r . Jokxstoxe were counsel foi the prcsecuijon ; Mr . Bi-iss defended the prisoners The prosecutor , the Hon . Manns ^ nke ! Langley , is ilie owner of a wood x » l : ed Yedmandale Wood , in the tewnship of Hatton-Bushel , over which he had granted the sole right of shooting to Mr . O 3 baldistone , who employed a gamekeeper to protect the game . On the eTening of the ll : h of KoTember the gsmekeeper ttss in the wood , and about midnight he heard the report of a gun in the Iowsi part of the wood , upon which he got the assistance of two men named Dannill and Jennings , witi whom ha went inso the wood : and after listenin g

      for some time , ha found that there were fire men . The gamekeeper saw one of tha party , wio came within fire yards of him , asd who was dressed in a Jim Crow " hat , and a light coloured coat ; this man he saw fire a ^ un , and he then lost sight t > f him . The Hon . Mr . Langley's keeper then joined the watchers , and they waited until the firing bad ceased , upon which they went to Ayton-oridge . Shortly afterwards five men came out of the wood , and proceeded in a direction to where they w . ere . When ihe fire men came np , one of the keepers said , B , mj lads , we hare yon / ' upon which the men said « d—B yonr eyes , stand back , " and e&ch oi them inanfcdiately presented bis gun , andihreatenec toihoot the keepera . A struggle ensued , and iwc men , named George Sharp and George Stephecson , were secured , the former had two pheasants in his pocket , snd the latter fonr . ! Their guns were taken from them and the ? were found to be loaded . The

      case was proceeding , when his Lordship reminded she Lf arned Counsel that they had given no proof thai the ownership of the land was Tested in Mr Langley . A servant w& 3 therefore called , who had been employed by Mr . Xangley in felling trees ra Yeamandala wood . George Stephenson , the man who was first apprehended , was admitted evidence for the crown , and ihe above detail of facts wai giren by him , and supported by the testimony &f th « gamekeepers and their assistants . The parly , wht went from Wold Newton , -were entirely Etran gersio the keepers . W . TE . "Woodall , Esq ., oneo : the clerto to the magistrates at Scarbro ' , proved tha ' the prisoners , when before the magistrates , and aftej due cantion , made statements which wer » takei down in writing . They admitted hsring been pre sent on thelandBof lie Hon . 24 r . LaDgley on the nigh in qn ^ tJon , and the prisoner Hall explicitly * dmitte < that he vna there in search of game .

      Mr . Bus * saia , after the admission which ha beensadei by Hall , be « onld not offer any obserri fions in his behalf , but wonld leare him in . the hanc Of the Oonrt and Jnry . With respect to the othBt he deniedon their behalf tnafc there was any er dence of their being armed in the wood ; an though an accomplice had been called , jet th learned counsel for the Drosecution had EOt got th prisoners sufficiently ¦ within the meshes of thJ indictment . Th § Learned Judge repeated the facts of the cas to the . Jury , who immediately afterwards found al && prisoners Guilty , bni leoommended them t 1 " ^ ercy , ca the groands that they offtied no re BicUnee .

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      The Court said there had been one nolent blow struck , but no evidence had been produced to show that it was any of the prisoners who inflicted it . Sentence was deferred . : Mr . Liddeli said there was another indictment against the prisoners , bat he offered do evidence on it .

      H 1 GHWAT BOBBSBY AT HALIFAX . Wiflam Croirther , 2 Q , \ na indicted for haying , at Halifax , on the 3 rdof Sept . last , feloniously assaulted Robert Sntcliffa , and stolen from him a Bilver watch , a hat , and other article ? . Mr . Raines stated the case for the prosecution The prisoner was indicted for a robbery which he had committed , along with another person not in custody , on a man named Robert SuVcliffe , who , on Sunday night , the 3 rd of Sept ., a 3 he was proceeding from Haliiaz to Mount Tabor , where he resided , was overtaken by two men , at a place called Chapeltown . These parties walked wtth him some short distance , when they suddenly pounced upon him .

      \ hicw him down , and robbed him . They took a knife , a handkerchief , and a key from his pockets , and also a silver watch from his fob . The prosecutor was able to identify the prisoner and another of the parties who thus attacked him , and an additional fact in corroboration of the case was that he nas found tho day subsequent to the robbery dealing with the watch as his owa property , by committing it to the care of a watch-maker , Mr . James Heben , of Halifax , to be repaired . That watch bad Bince been produced to the prosecutor , and he re-cognised it as the > rticle which had been stolen from him on the night in question . The prisoner denied the robbery and said he had bonght the watch .

      The Learned JudgehaviDg summed up , the Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and , after having received a character for honesty previous to this , he wa 3 sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . The court rose a half-past fire .

      Wednesday , December 27 . ( Before Mr . Justice Coltman . ) SENTENCES . Charles Hall , William Sugars , and George Sharp , convicted o f night poaching at Hutton bushei , m the Korth Riding , were severally sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for twelve calendar months .

      H 1 GHWAT nOBBERT AT HOKTON , Wm . Skinner , 24 , was charged with having feloniously assaulted Benj . Carr , at Norton , near Malton , on the 2 nd of December last , and stolen from his person a variety of articles of grocery . Mr . Raises was eounEel for the prosecution ; Mr . Blaxshabd defended the prisoner . The prosecutor is a mole catcher , residing at Kennythorpe , near Malton . On Saturday , the 2 nd of Dec ., he was at Mahon market , which place he lefi about ire o ' clock in the afternoon . He went from Malton to Norton , at which place he stopped nntil about half-past nine o ' clock , when he proceeded aloDg the road towards Whitewall , and when he had reached a place called Beck Mills Lane he was

      accosted by two men , who rushed upon Mm from a corner of the hedge ; one of them struck him on the face and knocked him down , whilst the other rifled his pocket ?; they both used very considerable violence , and nearly strangled him . They took from him a quantity ot ' tea , coffee , sugax , and tobacco , two knives and other articles , and then left him . They soon , however , returned , and told him they knew he had a witch , and then the violence towards him was repeated . Tae prosecutor , after the theives had left him proceeded on his road home , and in going he met two men named Hall and Watson , to whom he related

      wiiai had occurred , and told them that , one of the men who had robbed him was" Oyster Bill , " a name by which the prisoner was known . The prisoner was apprehended on the Friday following , having been out of the way in the meantime , and on the pro ? ecntor seeing him , he at once said that he wsb oce of the men who had robbed him . A man of the namo of Joseph Watson , who was stopped and robbed on the same night at the same place , also gave evidence as to the identity of the prisoner , who had been seen in the lane by several parties just before the time of the robbery . The other man has not been taken .

      Mr . Blasshabd . in addressing the Jnry , contended that the identity of the prisoner had not been so scfSeiently proved as to justify them in rinding hire guilty . Tne Learned Jtjb « b , in the course of his summing cp , dwelt npon the fact that the prosecutor , in narrating the particulars of the robbery , had never mentioned tha * . he knew the prisoner r . niii the Tuesday following . His Lordship , under all the circumstances , thonght there was a doubt ; if the Jury agreed with him they would givo the prisoner the benrfit of it . The Jury , after a T « ry short consultation , returned a verdict of Guilty . The Learned Judge sentenced him to be transported for fifteen years .

      CTTEB 1 VG P 0 B . GED OBDERS AT HtrDDSRVFIELD . John Wodiicorlh ( 28 s , Geo + ge Frost ( 26 \ i , and Georpe Briggs ( 38 . ) were indicted tor that thry on tne 27 n ajitl 28 'h of October , a : Hudder . 'fbld , did ualatvfully conspire together to obtain certain goods m > m Ebenezsr Thornton , by means of forged orders . Mr . Pa'Hlet and Mr . Montfith were coon-el for the pro « ecnticn ; Mr . Raines ( who held the brief for Mr . Buss ) defended Wadsworth . ; and Mr . l > GH-iM defended Briggs ; Frost wa * undefended . -. It . Pishlet stated the ease . The indictment

      contained three counts , in which the pnsjners were severally ch 3 Tgftd—Wadsworth , with uttsnng a forged request for the delivery of goods , knowing the same to be forged ; Frnsi with being privy thereto , and with counselling and persuading Wadsworihtoutterthe note ; and Frost and Briggs with jointly aiding and comforting Wad fa worth , as accessaries after the fact . The evidence adduced went to show that the prisoner Wadsworth , habited as a carrier , and with a whip in his band , went on Friday and Saturday , the 27 th and 28 tb of October last , to the shop of Mr . Ebenezsr Thornton , ironmonger , Huddersfield , and presented on each day , a wriiten order , purporting to have beensigned by John Bamford , who is a joiner and builder , carrying on business at Longwood , I about four miles from Huddersfield . The order on

      ! Friday tho 27 th , was for 5000 cut floor nails , and ! that on Saturday the 28 . h , / or one web of sacking , i boVb . of which articles ware delivered to him . > V ith regard to Frost , it was proved that the orders were similar to hishand-writiDg , and conversations , bbow-| ing a gnilty knowledge , were proved to have taken j place between himself and Wadsworth j and with S regard to Briggs , it was shown that on the 28 . h of i October , the day tho web of sacking- was obtained , ' he took it to a pawnbroker's sliep in Huddersfield , and pawned it in the name of George Sykes , and i that aftenrards he and Fro = t disposed of the ticket to a man named Spivey . There was another indiet-; ment against the prisoners for having , on the 27 th , 28-i , and 30 th of October , obtained in like manner ; sandry goods from Mr . William Kaye , also of HuddersSeld .

      The prisoners were proved to have been together during Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , the 25 : h , 26 th " , 27 th , ai > d 28 ih of October , at th& house of John Satcliffe , a beer retailer , at Huddersfield . at whose bouse Wadsworth and Briggs lodged , and where Frost vis \ ted them daily , at which times they had always pens and ink , and to which place the various goods were taken , and where , from the conversation ^ which took place , arrangements were made for disposing of the property obtained . The witnesses for the prosecution were twelve in number . They were severally cros ? -examined by Mr . fiaines and Mr . Ic ^ ham , but the facts of the forgeries and the nttering , and of the acting in concert were fully proved , as also were the obtaining of the goods by means of the forged orders .

      ! After the opening of the case by Mr . Pashlet , ' Mr . Lncham , on behalf of Briggs , put it to his i Lordship whether the . Learned Counsel had opened 1 with any case against his client . He contended that be had not , and that , therefore , his acquittal must be the couEequence . ' The Learned Jdpgb said , he thongbt there was sufficient in ; h « opening to call for the evidence to be heard . After the evidence had 'been gone through , Mr . Ingham renewed his objeetion , whioh his Lordship j said he wonld put to the Jury . 1 Mr . Raines and Mr . Ingham severally addressed

      the Jury on the park of-their respective clients , contending that the evidence produced by the prosecutors had signally failed in bringing home the crimes laid to their charge .

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      Is « e > dabt Fires in the Pakish of Xuton . — The fires we noticed as occurring last week at Limbury and Caddington have been followed by an act of incendiarism still more destructive in its consequences . The scene of this deed is Wigmore Hall , an elevated spot , and about three miles from Luton , en the road to Colman ' s-green . The farm is the property of SamL Crawley , Esq ., and the tenant is Mr . Daniel Gatteridge , a highly respectable man , who has occupied it for many years . In consequence of the fires before noticed , Mr . Crawley bad called on his tenants , and recommended that men should watch all night , agreeing to bear half the expenses thus incurred . On the night of Thursday the 14 th instant , Mr . Thomas Gatteridge was watching his father ' s yard and premiseswhenshortly before

      , , eleven 'dock , he perceived fin banting from a hovel »« r the road , having a field behind it He instantly saw an alarm , bat there -were -wry few person * near , and theflames spread with destructtTe rapidity , . until eYery barn , shed , stable , and stye were consumed . The house was saved , and the ricks also escaped , although ^ £ 7 e ^ , ^ ™ m k * <*««« . Two horses ref usod to yield to all the tfforts made to remove them from the stable , and ttey penshedin the flames ; a fat pig and nineteen sucking pjgs suffered the same fate from the want of assistance to remove them in tame . No account can be given of the origin of this calamity , except that it was dearly not accidental . It it difficult to describe the anxiety this third fire has spread ia the town and neighbourhood . —Herit Reformer .

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      A Stbange Stoki . —On Monday or Tuesday , a young boy came to the house of a respectable woman in South Qaeensferry , and asked lodgings for the night , a request which was granted . In the coarse of the evening something occurred to induce the landlady to suspect the sex of her lodger ; and on further inquiry it appeared that the boy was no other than a young lady , of an age not exceeding 20 , dressed in male habiliments . The landlady , alarmed at this , sought the advice of the Rev . Mr . Dimma , minister of the parish , as to bow she should proceed in this delicate cod juncture , who at once came to the lady , aud questioning her upon the cause of her assuming bo onfeminine a garb , obtained from her the information that she was of Greek extraction ; but that her father , about three yews ago , had come into possession of landed property in the south of Scotland , where they had lately been residing . She further stated , that her

      friends had insisted upon her marrying an old gentleman of 80 , and that the ceremony had actually been perform * d that morning ; but that she was so disgusted with the disparity of the match , that she bad seized the opportunity , when left to herself , of disguising herself in tho dress in which she had come to QueeDsferry , and eloping from her frieuds altogether . She refused , however , to give any names , or anything that might lead to the testing of the story . There is of course some improbability , to say the least , in ihi 3 tale ; but we understand Mr . Dimma ' s opinion is that she is really a Greek , that she speaks the French language fluently , and the English pretty well ; but that it is evident while she i = speaking iu English she is thinking in Giwk . Her manners are evidently those of a superior condition in life . Efforts are making to discover the friends of the fair fugitive and the truth of her story , whjch it is hoped will Bpeedily be successful . — Edinburgh Courant .

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      ?* Northern Star Office , Leeds , March 17 th , 1842 , GT / "f entlemen , —You will oblige by forwarding , at U your earliest convenience , the same quantity of PARR'S LIFE PILLS as last sent . While I am writing I cannot refrain from communicating the flattering intelligence of the groat goodyour pills are doing in Leeds and its neighbourhood . It is clearly a great errOT to find fault with a medicine merely because it 13 a patent one ; and more especially since its use has contributed so largely to the public health . The fact is , however , predjudice is fast giving way , as it always must where tho pills are tried . A few cases in point may serve to confirm and illustrate what I have asserted .

      " A young female oame into the shop to-day for a box , who stated that they had done her immense good . She had been troubled with a hoarseness so bad that no oue could hear her speak ; but having taken a few boxes of PARR'S LIFE PILLS , she was completely restored , as was evident by the way she spoke . "Very many case of extraordinary cures have occurred among the aged workpeople , both male and female . In one mill , an aged couple , enfeebled by disease and debilitated by premature old age , had become almost past work ; they were persuaded to try a few boxes of PARR'S LIFE PILLS , and in a week were restored and strengthened that thoy

      could pursue their employment with pleasure and profit ; so much to , that from being unable to work at their calling more than two days in the week , and this with great physical difficulty and languor , they can now not only do a full week ' s work , but overhours besides . Bad as trade is here , the old people being favourites with the mill owner , are enabled to get as much employment as they can do , which has excited the envy of those younger persons who had been employed in their absence ; and it is a laughable fact , that Parr's Pills come in for a share ef their rancour . The ; old people continua to take the pills regularly in small quantities , and find them as necessary to their health and prosperity as their daily food .

      " Tho next and last case which I shall mention a this time , is one of a most extraordinary nature . I have not seen the individnal myself , but I shall give you the fact as I have received it from his employers and from Mr ... J . Hobson , who has frequently seen him since bis convalesence * The man is a working mechanic and had spent about thirty pounds latt year on the doctor , in going to the Isle of Man and other places , for the benefit of his health , but to no purpose . His food had consisted for a long time of nothing but rice milk , the stomach refusing to take anything stronger . His body was greatly emaciated and his temporal prospects clouded : with a mind

      filled with melancholy forebodings for the future , he returned to his friends at Leeds , where he was told by his medical adviser lliat should he bo restored a little , his disorder would ha"ve its periodical return ; but being advised to try PARR'S LIFE PILLS , he bought a few boxes , which have completely removed his disease , and enabled him to return to his work , where he was seen a few days ago by Mr . Hobson , ( it being dinner hour ) eating beef-steakb with great gusto ; and to whom he recited With pleasure and gratitude the cause of his then healthy condition , together with a long history of his past affliction

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Dec . 26 . —We are now getting good supplies of all grain . Last week ' s prices for Wheat are well maintained , bat the demand is inactive to-day , and on the whole the trade must be called slow . Barley is in pretty good request , without variation in prices . Oats sod Shelling remain dull , and are the tarn cheaper New Beans are offering freely , and are again rather lower ; old B 9 ans are without change in value , but slow sale . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOB THE WEEK

      ENDING DEC . 25 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . < $ ta . Qrs . Qr » 3570 1378 362 0 191 35 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ b . d . £ a . d . £ b . d 2 12 2 £ 1 13 11 0 19 62 0 0 0 1 11 9 1 14 9 * Liverpool Corn Market , Tuesday , Dec . 26 . — We had a thin attendance of buyers at this morn * ing ' s market , and only a moderate business was done ; the sales of Wheat , however , were at the full prices of last Tuesday . No change in the value of Oata . Saok Flour was rather better sold , but Oatmeal met a limited demand . Richmond Corn Market , Dec . 23 .- —We had a fair supply of Grain in our market to-day , particularly Wheat—Wheat sold from 63 6 d to 7 s 9 d , Oata 2 s 3 d to 33 3 d . Barley 4 s to 4 s 4 d . Beans 4 s 9 d . to 53 . per bushel .

      Newcastle-on-Tyne Corn Mabket , Dec . 23 . — The weather still continues of that mild character we have bad occasion to note of late , and field work being in a forward state , our farmers are beginning to supply our market more freely with Wheat and pulse , but with other articles we are only sparingly supplied . At our market this morning we had a large show of Wheat from the country , and our millers having found more difficulty in effecting sales of Flour during the week , acted very much upon the reservei and before a clearance could be effected it was necessarj to make a slight concession to our buyers , but tha decline was not sufficiently marked to justify any change in our currency .

      ^Etter From Mr. Wm. Hick, So* Thern Star Office, Leeds

      ^ ETTER FROM MR . WM . HICK , SO * THERN STAR OFFICE , LEEDS

      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

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      O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at h i * Print ing Offi <^ , N »* . 12 Mdl 3 , MMk » t-rtrwt , BrUjf » to | and Published by the said Joshua Hobsok , ( for the aid Feaxqus O'Coknob , ) aVbLr Dwirit ling-houae , No . 5 , Marketwrtreet , Br iggatej aa internal Communication existing between the said No . 6 , Market-street , and the said Noa . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting the Whole of the said Printing and . Publishing Offic one Premise ? . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , ta Mr . Hobson , Northern Star O / Sce , Leeds . ( Saturday , Dawmber » 0 . 1843 . ;

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      n THE NORTHKKN STAR . j ^ O . ; JO ¦ ; : ¦ ' ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ -..: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - "" .. ¦ - ¦ ¦!

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      " Should the above three cases of cures be worthy of your notice , you are at perfect liberty to make what use of them you think proper . I am , Gentlemen , yours , respectfully , "WILLIAM HICK . To Messrs . T . Roberts and Co ., 9 , Crane Court Fleet-street , London . "

      UIRACOXOOS CURE FROM THE USE OF PARR ' S LIFE PILLS . Copy of a Letter just received by the Proprietors from Mr . Wm . Moat , 3 , Cobbett-street , Shaw's Brow , Saiford . " To the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills . "Gentlemen , —I have the utmost pleasure in forwarding you this my own case of cure , effected solely by the persevering use of your Parr ' s Life Pills . Before having recourse to them . I bad been for upwards of five years afflicted with a most distressing malady , which the different medical men who attended me all pronounced to be a serious case of hydrocele ( or dropsy of the scrotum ) , and declared

      there was no other chance of either relief or cure than undergoing a surgical operation . I was thus driven almost to despair ; and consulted the treatise written by Sir Astley Cooper , wherein he states that the operation is generally attended with considerable danger . I therefore determined not to risk so painful and uncertain an experiment , but rather chose to leave the result to nature and Providence . Fortunately , I heard of the great fame of Parr's Life Pills , and resolved to give them a fair trial . I consequently took them for some time without perceiving any benefit , but still kept persevering ; and I have now taken twelve boxes , and to my great joy

      I am perfectly well , the dropsy is entirely removed , together with a scorbutic affection , which 1 had been mnch troubled with since my return from India in 1827 ; and now there is not a Testige of disease left in my whole sysiem , as I am now in better health and spirits than I have been for fourteen year * . 1 feel certain you would have accounts of far more cures , if people would persevere in the use of the pills a proper length of time , as I have done . I give you my heartfelt thanks , and authority to publish this letter , arid will gladly answer any applications either personally or by letter , and remain yow grateful and obliged servant . ( Signed ) " W . MOAT . * Witness—John Hough , Cheadle , carrier . « Manchester , Feb . 7 , 1842 . "

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      FEOM KB . HEATON , BOOKSELLER , LEEDS . 11 To the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life PUls . " 11 Gentlemen , —I am happy to inform you that we are daily hearing accounts of the good effects of Pabb ' s Life . Pjli-s ; to enumerate the cases world be a task too formidable for me , and whioh has prevented my writing to inform you before , as I can hardly tell where to begin . One man said he wanted a box of Life Pills for Life Pills they were to him they had done him so much good , in relieving him of an obstinate cough and asthma . " Another said they were worth their weight in gold ! as he was not like the same man since he had taken them .

      " Another said his wife had had a bad leg fbi years , bnt after taking one Binall box , which was recommended' by his Class Leader , her leg was much better , and when Bhe had taken the second box , ia was quite as well as the other . " A very respectable female said her husband had been afflicted above two years , and had tried many things , but since he had taken Pass ' s Lifb Piixs he was quite a new man . "You will please send immediately , by Deacon ' s waggon , 36 dozen boxes at Is . lid ., and 6 dozen at 2 s . 9 d . " I am , Gentlemen , yours , respectfully , " JOHN HEATON . *» 7 , Briggate , Leeds , Feb . 9 th , 1842 .

      Now Publishing In Penny Noa. And Fourpenny Parts.

      Now Publishing in Penny Noa . and Fourpenny Parts .

      Leeds :—Printed For The Proprietor, Peargus

      Leeds : —Printed for the Proprietor , PEARGUS

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct514/page/8/