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      WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED SeSokN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , th ^ Al Christinas General Quarter SesnoDa" ^?! Peace , for the West-Ridtee of the OuntrJl * will be held by Adjonrament in the ( jo » mta ^ Room , at the Honse of Correction , at Wake ^ jj *] Wednesday , the Tenth Day of March nextuvkA o'Clock in the Forenoon , for the Purpose offES !? ing the Riding Prison , ( the said House of &El * tion , ) and for examining the Accounts of tWv ** of the said House of Correction , making l £ ! 5 * into the Conduct of the Officers and Serr 2 i ?? longing the same ; aad also into the BeL « S ? * the Prisoners , and their Earninae . ^ awi « tt « C . H . ELSLEY , y Clerk- ' of U j » iiu Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , ** 25 th ' Febrnart , 1841 .

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      BASFORD UNION POOR-HOUSE . INQUIRY INTO THE CIBCUMST ANCES ATTENDING THE DEATH OP JOHN . PARKE 8 . Oor ^ TT Hall , Nottingham , 8 atdbdat , Feb . 13-Befor * Cdottd RoOestm , M . P ., and T . Fix * , IT . B . Martin , mad F . Wright , Esgrx In opening th * cast , nn « t state , tbat on Tuesday , toe 9 th instant , Colonel RoQeston , M . P ., and Thomas Nixon . Esq . ( comity magistrates ) , attended , as «* qficio Guardians , the Bosrd of the Baaford Jnion , for the parpose of investigating the particulars of the rnelanoiioly Ae * ih of John Puke * , whose sad case was notieedie oar

      reports of coroners' inquests , on Friday , tbe 5 th inslant Ktd that , after some strong comments on this distressing occurrence , it mi nnaninionsly agreed , on the motion of Colonel B ^ lleston . eeonded bj Mr . Thomas Bailey , that an inquiry should take place , before the Board , on Thursday , the 11 th instant ; and also that it was the intention of the magistrates to institute an examination into all the tircamsfcuices at their sitting at the Shire Ball , on the following Saturday- Agreeably to this notification , ire attended the County Hall , and heard the case u far as proceeded with .

      Colonel BolXlBSTOS , addressing C . Swann , Esq ., stated that the magistrates , feeling it their duty to inqpiire into the circumstances attending the death of John Parkes . in order toasoertain whether certain parties were liable to an indictment for neglect of duty , they should be glad to bear the evidence taken before him as Coroner of the county . J * r . Swash read the evidence at length , Colonel Rqllestox said the magistrates were . mnch obliged ; an inquiry had already taken place at the workhouse , and evidence had been given confirmatory of , and in addition to that read . There were opinior ? opon cases , giTen by the Judges , which he would , in the course of the proceedings , read . There wa * evidently neglect somewhere , and it appeared that the overseer ( Gill ) had tried to shift the blame upon the surgeon ( Mr . Daviaon ) , and the surgeon upon the overseer . There must , however , be further inquiry .

      Mr . Swans then read the verdict of the coroner ' s jury— " That the deceased died from exhaustion , and exposure to cold , having inflammatory erysipelas upon Mm ; and the jury is of opinion , that Sandford Tatbara Davisen , the surgeon , and William Gill , the overaesr , ware guilty of a neglect of their respective duties towards the deceased , and are highly censurable ; and that it also appears to the jury that the deceased did sot receive that eare , diet , and attention , after be was brought into the workhouse , which bis cue so srgently required , "

      Colonel RoLLESTOJi was decidedly of opinion that the verdict was correct as respected the veneer and ¦ urgeon , but upon inquiry be found the officers of the Workhouse were not » o much to blame as supposed : as there was an order of the board , which prevented the medic *! man attending the house giving anything stronger tban warm tea and gruel , however exhausted the patient might be , and however much he might require stimulants beyond the ordinary diet of the bouse . He had since told Mr . Morley that it was his

      doty to order anything he pleased . Mr . Morley replied that he should hive ordered Paries peat wine and otter things if fie had had the power , bat he had not , as if \ ria 6 trere wanted , it could not be obtained till an order was given by the Guardians at their weekly meeting on Tuesday . In explanation , he ( Colonel Rolleston ) was clearly given to understand , that supposing a pauper wu takes ill on the Tuesday night , after the meeting of the Guardians was over , and wanted wine , it could sot be bad till the following Tuesday , when the Guardians met again .

      W . B . ilABTi . f , Eaq . —Then poor Parkes must have -waited till the following Tuesday , before he could have a glass of port wine . Mr . Nixo>— Undoubtedly , if the rules were followed up . Colonel Bollssto * remarked that be must , and as there was no wine in the boose owing to an order of the board , if he bad died for want of wine , the board would have been liable to be proceeded against . W . B . Hastis , Esq . —The board-would be liable « pon their own rule . Colonel Rollestos was glad to say that Mr . Senior , the Assistant-Commissioner , disapproved of the rule made by the board , and that it was not sanctioned bj the Poor Law Commissioners . W B . Mabtin , Esq . —It is like tying a surgeon ' s hands behind him . I could not have believed it possible that such a role was im existence , had I not- proof of it

      Colonel R 0 LLE 805 s » id , be had told Mr . Morley tbat he should order what was necessary , and if the Board « bose to re / use , let them take the consequences . Mr . Nixos thea read the following depositions , taken at the Basford Board , on Thursday , the 11 th instant , and which contain many strong facts in addi-J fcion to those taken before the Coroner : — " Mr . Morley , surgeon to the Basford Union , said , I found Parkes in a very dangarous state , labouring under pblegmonous erysipelas Of the leg and arm , the was separated from the integuments in front of foe leg ; there was a copious discharge , which went through the wrappings to the floor . I had no hopes , as the man was in artiodo mortis when I saw him . I have no doubt the journey in so cold a day hastened

      his death . I should have given him spiced port wine , but I have no power U . do « o , because there is an order from the Board to preclude me . If a man is taken ill on Tuesday evening , I have no authority to order him wine , or beer , or stimulants , till the Board authorise it on the following Tuesday . I have been to the Board five or six weeks successively to complain of this restriction . I sent my apprentice the next morning , who has been with me two yean and a half , and is about seventeen yean of age , because I was obliged to go to Brameote to a dangerous case of inflamed longs ; the patient is now dead . I have on the average fr » m fifteen to twenty . My salary is £ 35 a year for the house . I find all medicines and applications , except linseed meal for poultices , and trusses . "

      Mr . NiXOX here observed , that Mr . Morley had put the following question to Mr . Smith , chairmut of the Board of Guardians : — " Did I not , five or six times , apply to you , Sir , as Chairman , to get this order reversed , and was it not overruled ? " Answer—Tes , you did , and it was overruled . " On reference to the Guardian ' s minute-book , the order ^ was found , in which wine was precluded being given , without an especial order from the Board at their meeting , and several eases in point were stated , where wine bad been allowed or refused . Mr . Xixo . ^—The apprentice gave his evidence with great propriety . He has , it seems , been assistant to the surgeon a year and a half . The following was the sub-¦ tance of his evidence : —

      " Mr . Robinson , apprentice to Mr . Morley , said , 1 taw Park . es at six on Monday , and again on Tuesday , and ordered him medicine . He was in a dying state . I began to practice about a year after I had been with Mr . Morley . 1 have visited and prescribed for patients in the house for a year and a half . Sometimes Mr . Morley signs his name at the end of the week , and sometimes i sign it for him . " Mr . NTX 05—This young man deserves credit , and I jive it him for the manner in which he answered questions , and for his general conduct ; but for a youth of seventeen to sign his name as surgeon to the Union , and to order medicine for patients , without scarcely any medical experience , is a complete farce .

      Mr . Davison , surgeon , being examined , said , on the Friday previeua to deceased ' s removal , 1 ss-w him at Cupifs , in eonsepuenoe of receiving information taat a TTmn -was m there . I considered it as a private patient , not having received any order from the pariah officer . Pound him Tery ill , with an abscess forming on the upper part of bis f * ot I directed that his parish should be informed that it was necessary he should have ¦ medical advice . On Monday , Salvin , Mr . Giles ' s servant tame to me to ask about the propriety of removing him . I asked how he was ? The man s ^ id he was better ; sad I understood that the abscess was broken , and I recommended that his own feeelings should be consulted , and that he should have something warm . I said , I think you have a covered cart , and you should

      put a bed in it , and let h : m have plenty of blanket * . I tbonght bis death probable ; bat did not apprehend any immediate danger , although I thought him in an unfit state to be removed on Friday , and I did not sse him ag ^ in . I saw so impropriety in his being removed under the cautions I gave them . I never had any order , written or verbal , to attend Parkes . Richard Salvin , on being examined , said , on Mon--tlay morning I went to Mr . Davison , with Mr . Gill ' s oomplimente , and be wished him to go down and see John Parkea , and give his opinion as te his fitness t « be removed . I gave the message , and Mr . Davison Baked me if I knew how the man was ? I said , I have neither seen or beard of him . The doctor said ,

      be was going to attend a ease , and could not go -, he told me if he was no worse than when be saw him , -he might be removed , if they wrapt him up warm , and grre him something warm to drink . When I went back , I asked Parkas bow be was ? He said , he was ¦ better . I then asked him if be was able to go to the poor-house 1 b a light cart , well wrapt up ? He animated be thought be should , and would rather go there tban be removed any where else ; he thought be fhooM be bettor done to . He said he bad been well done to at Cuph's . He looked very ill . I told Mr . Dftvison we could not get a covered cart , but that we had a light spring cart ; be said Utat would do very veU . Parkas bad two Urge blankets , two bed rugs , Sfid a hot britk to bis feet

      Mr Jerram , guardian , of Stoke , said , on Monday , fits 25 th ult , I aw Mr . Gill , overt : er , at Cnpit ' s house , wfcere Parkes lived . , and 1 advised GUI to get on his bone , aad go to Mr . Davison , the union surgeon , at OsztfaA , aad ask if he was fit to be removed to Basford ? Gill said be was going from beme , bnt would ¦ end bis servant , Salvin . Saw the deceased again at coe o ' clock ; they were getting him into a cart , to remsve him to Basford , from which be concluded that Mr . Davison bad permitted him to go , Mr Johnson , governor of the Basford workhouse , irw'then called by the Magistrates , and deposed , that the Board of Guardians had made an order that no wine , ate , beer , or stimulants should be given without the sanetien cf the Board .

      Mr , W . B . Mabtik—Then the Magistrates were given to understand , bat nothing extra was allowed without the sanction of the Board >

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      Mr . Johksor said he could not give anythir ; cot expressed in ti » diet table ( a cop . " of which be produced ) without the sanction of the Board . Colonel Rolleston then read the following opinions of the Judges on cases before them : — " When an officer is bound by virtue of bta office to perform so act , the neglect to perform tb&t act is an indictable offence . Thus , a Coroner , a Constable , a Sheriff , and an Overseer of the Poor , are indictable for cot performing their several duties . Tbe mr jority of the Judges were of opinion that an Overseer evinot be indicted for not relieving a pauper , unless there has been an srder of Justify for such re'ief , or unless in

      a ease of immediate and urgent necessity . But where the indictment stated that the defendant ( an Overseer ) bad under his eare a poor woman belonging to bis township , but neglected to provide for her necessary meat , fee ., whereby she was reduced to a state ot extreme weakness , and aiiexwards , through want , fee ., died , the defendant was convicted , and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment And in a case where an Overseer was indicted for neglecting , when required , to supply medical assistance to a pauper labouring under dangerous illness , it was held that the offence was sufficiently charged aad proved , though the pauper was not in tbe parish werkhouse , nor had previously to bis last illntss received or stood in need of parish relief , "

      The Basford Board of Guardians having beard evipenos on this , adopted the following resolution : —It is ' tbe opinion of tills Board , that Mr . Davison having given an opinion that John Parkes was not in a state to be removed , is highly censurable for having sanctioned bis removal on the 25 th of January , without having gone to visit him . " Colonel Rolleston , in conclusion , said , after what the Magistrates had beard , steps should be tiken to collect evidence , and afterwards to consider what proceedings shonld be adopted against the parties implicated ; at present that was the course the magistrates felt called upon to take . As to the expenea of the prosecution , it might , perbpps , fall upon the officers of the union , or the Poor Law Commissioners would order the payment of them ; be that as it might , he ( Colonel Rolleston ) would take care that it did not fall for want of prosecuting .

      Mr . W . B . Mabtim said , as a Magistrate , be entirely concurred with what Colonel Rolleston bad said . Mr . Nixos lisa concurred . Mr . Johnson was again questioned as to the extra diet , and said , he had directions lefl by Mr . George F&mnds not to allow extra diet . Colonel Rolleston said , that Mr . Henry Smith , tbe chairman , expressed himself quite shocked at the order being rescinded . The further inquiry was then adjourned .

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      they -were received with tramesdCSS shtatiag , burning , ind other tokSBi of a hearty reception . Tbe prooeasitn having rcseiTi 1 Mitchell , Daviei- and Wrigbt , they wfceeled round , and proceeded into the t ? wo in the following order ;— Two Marshals on horseback , tearing white wands , and wearing green and white rosettes , scaifs , fcc . The Association Banner . Band of Music Tbe Commit * -. 3 of tbe Association , with Lcarfs and rosettes . Six Females , neatly dressed in white , with green scarfs and rosettes , and bearing beautiful tri-c » loured garlands . Banner— "Welcome the Patriots . " Open carriage , with postillion , containing Mitchell ,

      Davis , and Wright Several coaches , with their friends . Large Banner— " Feargn * O'Connor . " Part of the Procession . Banner—Britannia . Part of the Procession . Band of Music . & 0 ., &c , It was now nearly dark ; and we regret that , consequently , wa were unable t * gather the whole of the

      mottos , or the way in which they were arranged in the procession . There were a great number of them , all of them of the democratic school . They inarched down Lancashire Hill ( the bands still playing lively airs ) , through Skaton-lane , up the Wellington Road , couth as far as the Post-ofiice , down Roek-row , Chestargate , Little Underbank , and Hillgate , to the room , where they arrived soon after eight o ' clock . Tie route fixed originally was a much larger one , as it took in other parts of the borough ; but the lateness of the hour prompted the conductors to curtail it considerably .

      The Association-room was neatly decorated with tricoloured devices ; and a platform was erected at one end for the speakers , females , and others , who had taken an active part in the proceedings . Parties were admitted to the meeting on payment of twopence eash towards defraying tbe expences necessarily incurred on the occasion . The patriots were loudly cheered on entering the room . Mr . Joseph C . uvter having been called to the chair , congratulated his brother Democrats of Stockport , { or the neble manner in which they had got up the demonstration ; and called upon Mr . Edward "Clarke , Secretary , to read the congratulatory address to"Messrs . Mitchell , Davies , Bad Wrigbt , from the peopleM Stockport Mr . Clarke accordingly came forward , and having aid a few words in favour of the Charter , read the address alluded to . A copy has been sent to us , but our limits compel us to omit it

      The CHai&man next introduced Mr . James Mitchell , one of the dungeon-proved patriots , who was received with much cheering . Addressing the meeting as friends and fellow-townsmen , be said he wu sure they would not—they could not—expect that after so long a confinement , after a seclusion from the warld , from society , and from hu friends , of eighteen months , within the walls of a prison , —ho said he wm sore , it could not be expected that be could address , them in that language which tbe nature of bis case at present required . But he wm equally sure that wen it in his power to address with the words and in the language of a Demosthenes or a Cicero , it would be impossible for him to express to them the gratification be had felt at tbe reception he had met with that night from those

      in whose cause , and in whose behalf , it had been his lot to suffer . ( Hear . ) The eighUen months' confinement which he and his friend Davits had suffered in Chester Castle had , doubtltss , caused much conversation amongst theirf fellow-town ' s-people ; and he doubted not that many , very many , who formerly respected both their persons and principles , bad blamed them for the part he and his friend Davies bad taken on this subject As it regarded himself , he would only say , that which he had said before he became an inmate ef Chester Castle , what be had said when he was an inmate , and would continue to say , whether , as a servant or a serf , within the grasp of the wicked ruk-n of this once happy but now miserable and oppressed country—that the people suffered under

      unjust laws and bad Government ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) His liberty bad suddenly come upon him ; he could not be aware of the expiration of the term of his imprisonment in consequence of the enormous amount of bail required . ( Hear . ) Whilst in confinement he made up his mind to form as few acquaintance as possible , to have few friends , and to hold as little correspondence with those in Stockport as possible . Some people might consider that determination to be an unwise one . He knew many had asked the question , " why does not Mitchell write oftener , and come oat as boldly and as fearlessly , and with as little care aa other prisoners had done in different part of the country V Nevertheless , he had made up his mind , not only to do this , but to ask no favour , nor to make

      more friends than were absolutely requisite to ascertain tbe state of his domestic affairs at home . Acting under this determination , he begged leave to say , that during the tighteea months he had nut aiked a single favour from any party , nor sought a single boon from any . person—not soliciting one farthing from any individual—( hear ;)—but had berne that which he was compelled to bear with tbat free and deliberate fortitude and , nianHness , which he hoped the cause , for which he had had the honour to suffer , required . I Applause . ) He bad another subject to mention ; and if he adverted to it , be believed the Committee would not now contradict him , neither would they blame him . He begged leave to say that , until he understood the real nature of tbe affair , touching his liberation and the bail , and the

      circumstances under which he had been received , he would not say one Bingle word disrespectful of them . As far as he was concerned , he had not promised a single hair ' s-breadth t * any party who bad been applied to for the purpose ol obtaining bis liberty . ( Hear and tremendous applause . ) As he had said before , when he was in the Castle , he made up bis mind to take what came , not seeking any favours ; if anything was sent towards his support , he thankfully received it , and as thankfully acknowledged it to the person or persons who had Bent it He also wished it to be understood that he bad left the " house of bondage , " the dungeon , as clear , and with ss clean hands , as when he had the honour to enter it in 1839 . ( Hear and laughter . ) He felt it necessary to say , considering

      the length of imprisonment to which he had been subjected , that he did not feel capable of addressing to them any flowery speech ; and therefore hoped they would excuse all errors . Mr . Mitchell next went on to describe the particulars of his arrest—the illegal manner in which his house was searched and robbedthe brutal conduct of the parties concerned—the indecent behaviour towards his wife and family—and the false and malignant statements made at tbe time . He still entertained tbe same political sentiments which he imbibed before his incarceration . ( Applause ) But he hoped to have frequent opportunities of addressing them on this and other points , when be was better qualified . Universal Suffrage and equality of rights were his claims ; and for those principles he was . ready and willing to sacrifice his life . ( Loud cheers . ) The system adopted iu Chester Castle was indeed a cruel one . There were sbveral persons who were

      confined not for felony , but for mere breaches of tbe peacemisdemeanants—who are punished in the grossest manner ; because the discipline of the gaol is not adhered to , and ho ( Mitchell | told the gaolers that when he got his liberty he would expose the system , as being unjust , and cruel , and Contrary to their own printed rules and regulations which were hung up . Many a man who had been into the castle had be « n reduced to nearly a skeleton , not by hard labour , but by absolute starvation . ( Hear . ) We had btef twice a week—and such beef ! He had brought home a specimen ef that given to thes « misdemeanants e&pecially—it was not fit for human consumption ; it was only fit for dogs or other dumb animals . Where were the reformers of Stockport—here was a case for them ; and he hoped the reporters would let this subject go forth to the world . He would not let it rest ; and would contend for reform wherever it was required . ( Hear . )

      Mr . Chas Davies , on being introduced by the Chairman , was received with clapping of hands and shouting . He said he took that opportunity of premising to his friends that it would be inconsistent in them to expect anything from him , after the lengthy and animated address of his friend Mitchell , who , although be appealed to his friend Davies to enlarge upon one subject in his speech , had absolutely left him n » thing to say . ( Hear , and laughter . ) However , he returned thsm his best thanks for tbe respect they had that day shown him and his friend Mitchell ; yet he never would flatter himself—he could not be deluded into the belief that that manifestation was intended directly or indirectly either to himself or his colleague . It was not a respect—it was more—it was a duty they had discharged

      in the noble cause for whieh they were then fighting . 1 Hear . ) They had once more told their oppressors , tor i the Chartists still possessed their own feelings , whatever became of Mitchell and Davies—they Cad given most unequivocal proof that men are still men , and that women are still women , with energy to think and sense to feel their own wrongs . ( Hear , hear . ) Since he bad been taken from home he had learnt that tbe Reformers of this borough had made some very great reforms . It was said tbat Mitchell , Davies , and others , were the only obstacles , and having got them comfortably out of the way , these Reformers proceeded to improve the condition ef the people . ( Hear . ) He returned them his sincere thanks ; and he was rigXt happy to believe that the people wsre now receiving good wages—that they were all well employed —comfortably housed—had plenty of rood beef—and

      were in perfect health . ( Wo , no . ) What ? why he found that none of these reforms had taken place . ( Laughter . ) Why , they said they could not get on with these reforms , because those ignorant fallows , Mitchell , Davies , * c , stood In tbe way . Well , well ; they removed these fellows , and , instead of peace and plenty , there were still poverty , misery , and wretchedness amongst them , together with persecution and d—n—n hypocricy . ( Hear . ) What had they done for the people ?—reduced their camfbrts { He intended , however , to see what they could do for him ; and if they had got work for him , he would go on Monday , with that man who sat on the bench listening to his examination , and be pledged himself to labour as hrrd as him—he meant the Rector . ( Hear , and laughter . ) He wanted no more . The people bad the tight to a fair remuneration for their labour ; and if they would

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      do their duty as men , to thefr wives and families , they bud the power to accomplish it , if they could only find the will He was , however , sorry to see thr . i they bad men , even of their own sphere , who were willing to take the whip from the pdious and vindictive oppressor ' s band , and scourge and punish all about them , so that they escaped ( bear ); and with this state of things , it was plain tbat the £ l man will bo reduced to tho Its . man . He bad heard that the people of Stookptrt bad been grossly humbugged by some fellows calling themselves Anti-Corn Law lecturers . However they may talk about the beautiful system of taking away our goods to other parts of tbe globe , and buying in return vessel * laden with exotics , and your having bread cheap ; the thing Is a whole money-getting , wages-lowering , starving system , in which nobody bat the millowners will ba benefitted , whilst the slaves will tocome more enslaved by them .

      The truth was , tbat the repeal of the Corn Laws would never be « f any service to the labouring classes , until the revenue of the country was reduced . ( Hear , and applause . ) Only think of the idea of these millowners sending goods to distant climes , when there are millions who have not the wherewith to cover their own nakedness . ( Hear . ) This faot is a damnable argument against the position of the leaguers . Let us make our own people comfortable , and then export whit you like to Johnny Crapair . ( Hear . ) He exhorted them to inquire diligently into their » wn condition—look what they received , and what they paid towards the enormous taxes—to manifest tbe feelings of men and women , as fathers , as mothers , as brothers , or as slaters ; and they would not be long in placing themselves in advantageous array against the tyrant , and then would they deprive him at once of bis sting to wound or injure tbe toiling millions . ( Cheers , and bear , hear . )

      Mr . John Wright , the third victim , addressed the me 3 ting briefly . He said tbat the Chartists had been grossly deceived by persons stating their object to be destruction and equalisation of property . All that they ever contended for on this point was an equalisation of political rights ; and , by the help of God , the people would yet achieve it He would still contend for those privileges ; and were he in York , or Chester , or Northallerton Gaol , if he could only get bis bead out , he would cry " Hurrah for the Charter ! " ( Cheers . ') He feared the horrid baa tiles which the faction were creating in different parts of tha country , and tbe poor oppressed people bad great reason to complain of their oppressors . He loved liberty ; and would to the last day of his life use his utmost to destroy tyranny , Whence or in whatever shape it might come . ( Hear , and loud cheers . ) ¦

      Mr . Bairstow followed on tbe principles of the Charter . He dwelt on the right of the people to a voice in tbe making ot those laws by which they were expected to be governed ; and concluded a short address by complimenting the Chartists of Stockport for the pre-eminently peaceable way in which they bad welcomed the release of the advocates of their rights . It was then moved by Mr . S . LEE , seconded by Mr . Edward Clarke— ¦ " That a vote of thanks be presented to Mr . Bairstow , for the able manner in which he bad now and had at all times advocated the rights of freedom . " Carried by acclamation .

      A vote of thanks having been passed t « the Chairman , the meeting then separated about half-past ? : n o ' clock .

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      DURHAM . —Mr . BinnswiII lecture as follows —West Auckland , this evening ( Saturday , Feb . 27 , ); Evenwood , Sunday morning , 28 th ; Staindrop , in the afternoon ; South Church , Tuesday evening , March 1 st ; Chapel Row , Wednesday evening , March 2 nd ; Durham , Thursday evening , March 3 rd . Mr . Dee « an will lecture at the following places : — Downs , this evening , Feb . 27 th ; Easiugton-lane , Sunday morning , Feb . ' 28 th ; Durham , Monday evening , Maroklst ; South Shields , Tuesday evening , March 2 nd ; Gateshead , Wednesday evening , fdarch 3 rd ; Winlaton , Thursday evening , March 4 th ; Blaydon , Friday evening , March 5 th . Mr . Williams will lecture a < Sunderland , on Sunday evening , Feb . 28 th .

      NORTHAMPTON ' .- —The Northampton Chartists intend holding a meeting at Mr . Jones ' s , Horse Market , on Tuesday night . March 2 ad , for the purpose ot establishing a Chavtiat Temperance Society . OUSEBURN . —Mr . Mason will deliver his second lecture at the School Room , to-morrow ( Sunday ) morning , to commence at half-past ten precisely . SOUTH ZrANCASHIBE . — Forthcoming Chartist Mkktinos . —Mr . Leech will lecture at the following places during the next week : —Sunday , the 28 th , at Newton Heath ; Monday , at Shaw ; Tuesday , atDenton ; Wednesday , at Chorlton ; Thursday , at Openshaw ; Friday , at Heywood .

      BRADFORD . —The Chartists here are to have a tea party and ball at the Social Institution , Hall Ings , on Monday the 15 th , on hononr of William Martin and Paul Holdsvrorth , in which occasion a public meeting will also be held , to memorialise the Queen and to petition Parliament , on behalf of FearguB O'Connor , Robert Peddie , Wm . Brook , audSamuel Holberry . Tickets for the tea maybe had of Mr . Ellis , Temperance House , Goodmaa ' send , and of various other parties .

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      LEEDS . —Paying fob a Whistle . —On Monday last , Mr . Thomas ColJister , landlord of the Old Queen Ann public-house , at Holbeok , was brought up at the Court House , to answer t « a charge of assault preferred against him by a man named Wm . Broad bent . From the statement of the complainant , it appeared that he had been drinking at the Queen Ann , on Saturday night week , at which place he stayed till near two o ' clock on Sunday morning , when he went horn , his cottage not being far otf . The defendent followed him home , and when they got there , he gave him sixpence to fetch a quart of ale with . Broadbent demurred , on account of the hour , but Collister said he must go to his house , where he would get it . Upon this he set off and had not prooecded far before he hoard a scream , when he turned back , and found his door locked . He knocked , but could not get in , upon which he tore down the mndow shutters , when he saw Collister upon the

      bed with his wife . They had only one room , and she had gone to bed previous to his coming home . His wife , as soon as she could , got out of bed , and opened the door ; and the complainant , on going into the house , was knocked down , and Collister made his escape , leaving his cap on the floor , and which was produced in evidence against him . Broadbent ' s wife and his brother , corroborated this statement . Mr . Collister , in his defence , accused the plaintiff of having robbed him , and said he had gone to Broadbent ' s house , at his own request , to make the matter up , when the latter , as if by previous concert , gave a whistle , which he expected was to summon a party to his assistance , and he received a black eye . He called two witnesses , but they proved nothing , and the magistrates , after telling him it was a most disgraceful transaction , fined him £ 5 for each assault , and he had the satisfaction Of paying £ 10 for his frolic .

      A M ill —Oa Monday , two young men named John Aliorton and Thomas Waggiit , the former a tailor and the latter an engine man , were charged before the magistrates at tho Court House , with a breach of the peace , having been found fighting a pitched battle on Sunday morning , in a field behind the Catholic Chapel , on York-road . A policeman stated tbat he was on duty , when he saw the two prisoners in the field , stripped into buff , surrounded by their friends . He took them into custody . The prisoners did not deny the charge , but were each anxious to lay the blame on the other . It appeared that they had had a little difference , on Saturday . pight . which not being then able to settle o&tiat ' aotonlyv they had made a deposit to meet for a fair stand-up fight , at ten o ' clock on Sunday morning . They were ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for six months .

      . Stealing Sheep Nets . —On Saturday last , two Irishmen , named Matthew Murphy and Luke M'Grath , were committed for trial at the next Pontefract Sessions , by the West-Riding magistrates , at Leeds , on aoharge of having stolen a quantity of sheep netting , the property of Mr . Jeremiah Johnson , of Alwoodley . They had sold the property at a rag and bone shop , and were apprehended from the description given of them by the shopkeeper . Stealing Sugar . —On Saturday night , a watchman apprehended a young man , named Thomas Wormald , in the act of stealing sugar from a warehouse in Commercial Court , Briggate , in the occupation of Messrs . Wilson and Co ., grocers . He had taken a wooden square out of the warehouse window , and was reaching the sugar out with his hand . The quantity missing was about eleven pounds . He was committed for trial .

      Effects of Distress . —On Monday last , a wretched-looking woman , with a miserably-clad infant at her breast , was placed before the Bitting magistrates , at the Court House , on a charge of illegally pawning . James Martin , a young Irishman , stated that he had lodged with the prisoner for two years , in a house in Goolden ' s Buildings , York-street . He paid her for bis lodgings on Saturday night , and , on * Sunday , when he wanted to dress himself , he missed his best coat , whioh he ascertained she had pledged , and he gave her into custody . The poor woman did not deny the charge ,

      but produced the ticket , and said efle had been driven to it by distress , and would have released the coat on Saturday night , but she did not get her husband ' s wages in time ; Bhe said that Martin knew she had been in the habit of pledging his coat weekly , and this was the first time he had ever been disappointed of it . In answer to a question from the magistrates , Martin said he had no desire to 5 ress the charge , and the prisoner was therefore ismissed . It is not true that either of the magistrates relieved the half-starred woman on setting her at liberty .

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      A Filthy Bbutb . —On Tuesday last , Wm . Midgley , a plumber , residing In Church-street , Quarry Hill , was ohargad before the sitting magistrates at the Conrt House , -with having , on tho previous evening , in Wood-street , indecently expos 3 d hia person , with intent to insult two females . The offence being proved , he was sent to live onBkilly , and rusticate on the treadmill for three months . CAtraos to BBKBBotrsE Keepebs . — On Tuesday last , Mr . Samuel Scott , of the Dolphin beerhouse , in Purday-Btreet , York-road , Leeds , was fined lti * and costs , for having , on the previous day suffered four men to play at cards in his house . Tue information was laid by the "Blue Bottles . "

      Fibb . — On Monday morning , at about halfpast two o ' clock , a fire broke out in the flax-spinnjn ? mill of Mr . Lupton , situate in BowmanVyard , Bomnan-2 ane . it appears that some repairs were required to be done to the machinery of the steamengine , and for this purpose two wheelwrights went to work at one o ' clock in the morning , in order that the hands might not be delayed ; they were provided with lamps in glass lanterns , and whether either of them took his lamp out or not 1 b not known , nor were they . aocording to their own account , a ware of any fire until they saw it blazing around them . These men were at work vx the heckling-room , where was deposited a very large quantity of flax ,

      whioh burnt with fearful rapidity . An alarm was giver , and fdor fire-engines were speedily on the spot , whioh , aided by a plentiful supply of water , kept the flames under ,, and confined them to the building in which they originated . The flooring and roof of the mill are almost totally- destroyed , aad , in addition to the heckling machines , which are consumed , the carding and other machines are greatly iniured by the water . The damage , however , is amply covered by insurance . HAXilFAX . —On Shrove Tuesday , the Ancient Noble Order of Odd Fellows , Boltbn Unity , opened a new lodge , at the house of Mrs . Pulman , New Inn , Booth Town , near Halifax , entitled the Mulberry Tree .

      BRADFORD .- —The New Poor Law .- ^ The inhabitants of Bradford and its neighbourhood , opposed to the New Poor Law are get . ing up petitions to both Houses of Parliament , praying them not * o paLsthe BUI brought into the House by Lord Ilorpath . The rate-payers of Bradford having found that since the introduction of that obnoxious law into this town , the poor rate has increased at least fifty per cent , without any corresponding benefit to the poor , which is the cause of just and general discontent . Petition sheets are lying in different parts of the town to which a large number of signatures have already been attached .

      HORToM . —At a meeting held in the schoolroom of the Episcopal Chapel , Great Horton , on Wednesday evening last , the Rev . J . C . Boddington , incumbent , in the chair , resolutions were unanimously adopted , strongly depreoating the continuance of the arbitrary powers of tbe Poor Law Commissioners , and the New Poor Law , and denouncing the Bill of Lord John Russell for hanging this mountain of iniquity round the people ' s neck for another ten years , in " good Bet terms . "

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      John Mason has sent us a long letter addressed to Feargus O'Connor , disputing the veracity of a coirespondent referred to in Mr . O'Connor's lettc : of last week ; but confirming all tbe facts of tbe statement which be impugns . Mr . Mason professes much esteem for the Star and its proprietor ; speaks largely of their " services to the cause ; bat is yet indignant with tbe Star for taklnsr meav to preserve its own existence , and its proprietor from ruin . He is 'inclined to think that

      shielding the faults of men is more likely to injure them , than correcting them at tbe proper time ; " and ia angry with the Star for acting on his own maxim . He avows himself to have been the person referred to by Mr . O'Connor ' s Newer"rtle correspondent , as having called on tbe Newcastle Council for a vote of censure en tbe Star , to which call tbat body did not choose to respond . We have no room for Mr . Mason's letter ; and we really think we do him a kindness in withholding it .

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      TBOU OVB LONDON CORBESPONDKST . Thursday Evening , February 25 lh , Half-past Si * . The"Citt" News . —The Money Market this week has been very much straitened , and considerable temporary pressure is experienced . Bankers and capitalists are so reluctant to " do a bit of stiff , " that » he presenters of ** flimsy" are for " te most part entirely dependent on the " old lady" herself , even for the ordinary accommodations . Great hopes are entertained that this scarcity of money has arisen from the increased demand for cap ? tal , for employment in business undertakings , aa in that case it is a

      favourable symptom . While the rate of discount is upwards of five per cent ., the value of money on change has not exceeded three and a halt' or four per cent , for loans upon stock or Exchequer Bills , thus affording a curious contrast between the two markets . There is very little stock at present in the hands of jobbers , so that speculators can produce but a momentary effect upon quotations . The following are the closing prices of to day : —Threeper Cent . Reduced , 83 | ; Three per Cent . Consols , 81 g ; New Three-and-a-half per Cent , 97 ; Reduced Three-and-a-half per Cent , 9 G $ ; Bank Stock , 166 . V Con 8 ols for Acoount , 88 A ; Exchequer Bills 4 ; India BondB , 10 . Consols at one time had receded $ per cent . ; but are again advancing to last week ' s position .

      FlNSBURT WORKIN © MEN S ASSOCIATION . —This Society held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday , Mr . Norman in the chair ; and , among other business of minor importance , unanimously adopted the following resolution : — " That this meeting views , with feelings of indignation , the vindictive persecution of Mr . Henry Hetherington , by the renegade Whigs ; and tender him their sincere thanks for his manly defence of free inquiry , as well as for his general exertions in the cause of liberty . " Court Gossip . —The " Princess Royal" has been " sitting" for her miniature ! ( Query , sitting !) The Queen takes the greatest interest in the picture ; and Mr . Ross ( the artist ) is under no apprehension tbat he will be unsuccessful , knowing that ia a month or two the original will have altered so much , that its own mother will not be able to dis .

      pute the accuracy of his version . - —• Mrs . Southey , widow of Captain Southey , and sister-inlaw of the renegade laureate , is about to be appointed superintendent of the royal nursery . - — Windsor Castle is about to beTepainted outside , and redecorated within . The expenoe is expected rather to exceed twopence halfpenny ! —— - Shortly before the chrimening , the Duke of Sussex wrote to the Queen , his niece , to apprise her that there was a font among the crown plate , which bad been nsed for the christening of all the family of George the Third , and which , no doubt , she would prefer for the baptism of the Princess Royal ; to which the Qaeen replied , that she had ordered a new font to her own taste for that occasion , preferring to have one exclusively for her own ( the Cobourg ) family .

      Poor Law Realities . —Mr . D . W . Harvey , the City Polioe Commissioner , appeared before the Lord Mayor , yesterday , accompanied by some of his officers , to lay complaints against the authorities of the West London Union , for refusing to shelter several unfortunate and destitute persons , who had been found , a night or two ago , exposed to the inclement weather which has lately prevailed . The authorities at the " Union" told the officers to take the poor sufferers to the " straw-yard , " a place unknown to the law , and one to which Mr . Harvey has resolved no policeman shall ever

      conduct tue houseless poor under his management . The officers of this union actually muffled the bell , to prevent the poor creatures who sought rel ef from annoying them , during the late severe weather ; the case Was far different in the East London Union , the relieving officer Of which ( Roberts ) is justly entitled to great credit for the humane and indefatigable manner in which he has administered to the necessities of all who have come under his cognizance . It is a remarkable fact , that only one cate of disputed relief has ever occurred in the East London Unionr-the rnott populous in the kingdom .

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      The Poor Law Comkissiok Contincance Bill . —Scarcely an independent provincial journal of the past week an be found that has not one , two , or more reports of meetings against the above Bill . With the denunciation of its unconstitutional arbitrary , and cruel character , there is almost invariably coupled a fervent hope that the unprincipled Ministry by whom it was thrust upon the country may speedily be "kicked out of the station which they so unworthily occupy . " The besuit of the debate on Lord Jlorpeth ' s Bin was , we understand , looked anxiously for at Paris as it involves , according to the French politicians not only the dissolution of our House of Commons but the resignation of the Melbourne Cabinet . The French Government , we are told , ordered a courier to be Bent off with the division , and bis despatches to be telegraphed from Calais .

      Opposition to the New Poqa Law Amendment Bill . —The unpopularity of this measure becomes every day more apparent . Within the last few days several influential meetings have been held in the metropolis to petition Parliament against the Bill . In the parishes of St . George-the-Martyr Southwark , and St . Mary , Lambeth , the meetings were very numerously attended , and the sentiments of the opponents of the bill expressed with equal energy and truth .

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET ( BY EXPRESS . ) Fbiday . Febbcaet 26 . —The reported trriwi , Grain is large . Wheat goes off steadily « iv ? yance of Is . per quarter . Barley does not ^ Jr ' in value , bat there is afree sale at last weeiw !; Oats are id . per stone , and Shelling Is . ' im $ * i higher . Beans steady . r *«* tt Leeds Corw Market , Toesdat , Feb 2 U . til . arrivals of grain to this day ' s market ttt IIS * Wheat of all descriptions has been in fair dam j " and Is . per qr . higher . There has also beeniTiS ? demand for Barley at last week ' s prices . OitgS ^ besn Jd . to jd . per stone , and Shelling ls . £ » j *? higher . Beans little alteration . ^ THE AVERAGE PRICES FOB THE »»» , ENDING February 23 , 18 * 1 . *¦* Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Bean * , n ^

      . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . O » / CT Qre . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrg . nT 352 S 2156 1043 0 197 S ? £ e . d . £ e . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . i */ j 3 4 11 1 13 8 £ 1 5 1 | 0 0 0 2 ' 2 ' U-fij'g Leeds Fortnight Fair , Feb . 24 . —Theft W ? heavy show of sheep , and only a moderate fa h beasts at market this morning . There was u JJ attendance of buyers , and a brisk demand , kZya sequence of which all was well sold up . tw 7 s . to 7 b . 6 d . per stone j Mutton , 7 d . to 7 Ri 2 lb . Number of Beasts , 240 ; Sheep , 3 , 60 t . ¦ - - * r HCDDERSFIELD MARKET , FEB . 23 . —OuT buhl has again preented a lively and animated im « , ance to-day , and a considerable quantity of « odi has changed hands . The demand was prinetWlv for the middling andlower qualities of botnPlij ^ J Fancy Woollens , and the whole of choice Md J patterns were speedily bought up . Stocks tmJl

      comparatively low , the operatives are fully enpl » ed and the grand desideratum of an improreiBnt m prices begins to be partially realised . The Vita houses , Whose trade is not dependent on Bttket days , are also more actively engaged , especiiHrjn the foreign department ; vast quantities of goodi have lately been sent off , and the packers &n uow actively employed . The Wool market wasusrer * age one , and prices remain firm . Bradford Markets , Thursday . —Wool Models We do not perceive any alteration this week , either in demand or prices . There is an active bosjoesi in the lower sorts of Wether Combing Wool , with an adequate supply . Yarn Market . —There » no alteration perceptible in the demand for Ywni , Prices stationary . Piecs Market . —Althoogb ftj attendance of merchants has been numerous , jHwt do not learn that their purchases are more « t « a sive than for several weeks past . Prices wiUwat

      alteration . Hull Corn Market , Feb . 22 . —Daring the ptd week there has been a good deal of inquiry for old foreign Wheat , but the holders demanding higher prices , the transactions were not extensinj . w advance , however , of Is . per quarter over the ntet of Tuesday last was obtained . In other articles of the trade there has been bnt little doing , wiftoat any alteration in value . At this day ' s market tfcere was a short supply .. of- Wheat from the fawn , who were asking considerably higher prices . liu holders of free Foreign Wheat were also demjaiiM much higher rates , and although there were semi buyers from tbe country , yet , in consequeneeoftin advanced prices ,. bnt little business was dons , » d the trade cannot be noted more than Is . to 2 i per quarter dearer than this day se ' nnight . Biriey maintains its price . Peas is . per quarter higter In Beans no alteration . Oats firm , at la per quarter advance . In Linseed and Rapeseedno variation .

      Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Fbb 20 . —With the opening of the inland navigation , supplies from the interior have been liberal ; bat u tin bakers and dealers had become bare of stock , tlien was a lively demand for English Flour daring the week , aad all the fresh arrivals have been purchased by consumers at very full prices , consequently bat little of choice quality remains in first haadt . For Oatmeal we have also had a better inquiry tX improving rates , and a moderate amount of baanea done in the article . There was a steady inquiry for Wheat at our market this morning , and astf * vance of Id . per 701 bs . was paid . Flour wu likewise in fair request , and an improvement of taper sack realised . Oats were also more readily sold , and Oatmeal may be noted fid . per load dearer . Ia other articles the transactions were not of as extensive nature , and prices unvaried .

      Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Fbb . 22 . — During the last seven days we have had a fair supply of Wheat , Barley , and Malt coastwise , and uvwvdi of 11 , 000 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland . The arrivals of other descriptions of free Grain , is veil u those of Flour , have been moderate . The week * imports from abroad comprise 700 quarters of wans and 12 , 900 barrels of Flour , the latter from the United States . Without anything like an extwuive vend for Wheat , but under a fair steady demand for consumption , holders have been very firm , and haw been enabled to establish an advance , gecerallv « 2 d . per 701 bs . on our last quotations . Free Flour has met a moderate sale at previous rates . Oats hvre

      continued in small supply ; the demand , however , has not stepped beyond the wants of necessitous buyers , and no material alteration has occurred in their value ; 3 s . 2 d . to 3 * . 2 $ d . per 45 ibs , has been paid for a few fine mealing . Oatmeal has latterly sow rather more freely , at 27 s . to 273 . 6 d . per 24 W > 3 . Most of the roundland Malting Barley has beea cleared off at 37 s . to 39 s . per quarter ; grinding qualties , Irish and Foreign , have met little inquiry , and are rather cheaper . No charge as regards Beans or Peas . Up to Friday , afcout 8 , 000 barrels of United States Flour changed hands , in bond , at 24 s . 6 d ., and on Saturday , 2 , 000 barrels were sold at 251 .

      , Liverpool Cattle Market , Fkb . 22 . —Thu « y we had a tolerable good supply of Beef and Mutton , wh « ch met with a good demand at our last quotations , except prime Sheep , which were fully « d . jf » lb . dearer . Prime Beef , 6 kd . to 7 d ., inferior ditto . & } d . to 6 d . ; prime wethers , 8 d ., middling ana inferior Sheep , 7 d . to 7 ^ d . Beasts , 1 , 202 ; Sheep , 4 , 135 . . on London Corn Exchange , Monday ., Feb . 22 >—There was a moderate quantity of Wheat from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , for this day's market , with » ; » £ supply of Barley , Beans , and Peas , from w ese counties , and fair fresh arrivals of Irish Oit ? , on * few in from Scotland or from distant countieiof our own coast . There have been no imports of foreiga

      grain'during the past week , but 3 , 205 barrels ol Flour have arrived from New York . The weather has been mild and open , with slight rain since Monday se ' nnight , which has enabled the farmers W commence field work in good earnest , throug hout ail the early districts . Our millers were eager tayers of English Wheat this morning , and an advance oi 2 a per qr was obtained on all fine qualities , , similar improvement in the value of the best descriptions of foreign , particularly eboioev * nw ° white Wheat . The top price of town-made Hour may be considered as firmly established at ote pet sack , being an advance of 3 a per sack tn reo ?' ,, * j , good marks ex ship have improved again fou . ' generally , and in some instances for a really prune mark , 2 s per sack , with limited stocks both nvtw hands of the bakers , and on the wharfs . Mw « §

      Barley met a good sale , at full as much money , ana all other sorts were quite as dear . Malt . wauwj last week ' s currency , with only a moderate demano for even the best chevalier . Beans were in 6 ' ^ request , at last week ' s prices . Peas command * nearly the rates of this day se ' nnight , with »«« £ sale . Tares were inquired for , and quite wjjp ?' There was only a moderate business tr » nBMM » » Oats , mostly confined to the consumers , * bo ** | quite as much money for all pr ime Com , " <* inferior sorts were not offered on lower term * There was nothing of moment passing in «™ " * Linseed or Rapeseed ; both articles m ust b « w » - sidered quite as dear . Fair deliveries " . f **^ Cloverseed have taken place since last M ^ . mostly of secondary and inferior qualities ^ wnio » are much the same in price as on this dw . 111 ^ , whilst really choice samples command toga pn *» and quick sales . _ . „

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      O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , C ©» W Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at W « & * Ing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-rtreet , Brif gate ; and Published by the said Joshua ho *^ ( for the said Fiabgus O'Connor , ) at hto-P ** ling-honse . No , 6 , Market-street , Briggate ; J » internal Conunnnicatlon existing between the »» No . 6 , Market-street , and the said Nos . «¦« 13 , Market-rtreet , Brfcgate , thus corutltntiBl ™" whele of tha Mid Printing and Publishing OO * one Premise * , . All Communication * most be Addressed , ( Poit-pw * ' J . Homon , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , Febnary , 37 , 1841 )

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      Countt Hall , Wednesday , Feb . 17 . ( Before Col . Rolleston and Thomas Nixon , Esq . ) Mr . Gill and Mr . Davisos , In pursuaace . of the steps previously taken , appeared at the County Hall , on Wednesday , -when evidence was taken , and they were informed that bail might be tendered for their appearance at tbe next assizes , to aapsrer a bill ol indictment foT a misdemeanour . Wm . Ashton , clerk of the Basford Union , proved the appointment of Mr . Bavison , as Burgeon to tile Union , at . £ 30 a-year . Mr . Johnson deposed to tbe £ act of Parke * being brought to the -workhouse , on the 25 th ot Jan ., with an order from Wm . Gill , overseer of Stoke , and the sad state in whieh Parkes appeared . Cross-examined by Mr Coupe , on behalf of Mr . GUL—Did not Bee deceased from six o ' clock on the Monday evening till twelve the next day .

      Wm . Maltby , a pander , in the Basford Union Workhonse , described the dreadful state of the deceased , hit bad leg , having no rest during the night , and that he considered him In a dying state . Wa M » rley , surgeon to the Basford Union Workhouse , saw John Parkes at five in the afternoon , and said it was crnel , dangerous , and improper to send him from Stoke , in such severe weather . He described the orders he gave , and should have ordered spiced wine and other stimulants , but could not on account of the rule of the Board of Guardians . Cross-examined by Mr . Coupe . —Bid not order any win * , or stimulants ; they would have added to Ms comfort , but could not have saved Paries life . Wm , Maltby ( recalled by Mr . Davison , ) said , deceased , in answer to his question , replied that he was starved , be was perished .

      Coi . Rolleston informed Mr . Davisoa that be could bring forward any evidence be might have , upon the trial , to contradict the witnesses for the prosecution , Wm . Kobinson , apprentice to Mr . M « rl « y , surgeon , ordered a reviving mixture , calculated to afford comfort to the deceased . Samuel Paries deposed to the deceased being at Stoke on the 22 nd of January , hia bad state , and to sending bis nephew to Mr . Bavison for a blister and medicine , and to communicating to Mr . Gill his brother ' s unfit state to be removed , and that the Over-Beer of Woodborough refused to receive him . Witness lifted him into tbe cart , and deceased said be was warm ; he appeared dangerously ill , and not in a fit state to be removed . Thos . Cleaver , nephew to tbe deceased , told Mr . Jerram that he ( deceased ) was unfit to be removed .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Cooke—Saw deceased drink something , and believed it was hot brandy and water . John Munmtn also deposed to the dangerous state In which P&rkes appeared on Sunday , Jan . 24 . James P&rkes went for a blister on Sunday , and Mr . Bavison said he could not send one without an- order from tbe Overseer ; he added , they must send a medical man from Woodborough to visit Parkes . Robert Jerram , a Guardian , advised will to go to Mr . Davison , to see whether Parkes waa fit to be removed . A hot brick was put to the deceased ' s feet , and believed he had something warm to drink prior to starting . Richard Salvin , servant to Mr . Gill , went to Mr . Bavison , and the latter said he could not come , as he had a labour to attend . Mr . Bavison said he must have something warm , and be well wrapped up . Cross-examined—Tbe deceased said on tbe road , that he was warm and comfortable .

      Thos . Nixos , Bsq . deposed to the evidence given oa Thursday , the 1 lth inst , by Mr . Davison , at the meeting of the Board of Guardians . Colonel Rollestos said it was the magistrates ' opinion that there was sufficient evidence to require Mr . Gill and Mr . Bavison to find bail to appear at the next Assizes , and answer the bill of indictment that would be preferred for a misdemeanor . . The evidence went to shew tbat Parkes died for want of attention . It was the opinion of tbe Commissioners of tbe Paor Law , and in accordance with that law itself , that it is the duty of an overseer to immediately relieve a person in want , aud then to report to the Board ; and in cue a medical man is wanted , instant attention must be paid , and then the case reported . Mr . Cocpe submitted that other parties , made witnesses of , ought to have been proceeded against as much as his client

      Mr . Davison said he did not consider Parkes his patient-Samuel Parkes , brother of the deceased , entered into recognizances of £ 100 t © prosecute at the next Assizes , and all the other witnesses were also bound to appear and give evidence . Bail was put in , and tbe two defendants left the Ball . —Nottingham Review .

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      STOCKPORT . WELCOME TO THE DVSeEOX-PROVED PATRIOTS , MITCHELL , DA . VIES , AND WRIGHT . On Saturday last , the restoration of Mitchell and Bavies , the Chartists , to their wives and families , took place , after an incarceration of twelve months in tbe Whig dnnge » ns , at Chester Castle , Wright having been discharged from his confinement there six months ago . This was felt to be a proud day for the Chartists of Stockport , and prouder for the cause in which many of their townsmen bad suffered—arbitrarily punished . The committee , therefore , made arrangements to signalise the entry of the patriots in a manner commensurate with their deverta , and with a perseverance suitable to the indomitable spirit with which they had borne the merciless fangs of their Whig oppressors and calumniators , and who had vainly affected , by persecuting the leaders of the Chartist agitation , to exterminate tbe fervour of the principles on "which that deathless agitation wu based . But

      " Vain the effort—as well seek to bind The surges of ocean , or limit the mind . " No ; tbe events of this day have proved that the threats of gaols and gibbets can never put down thst which the people of this country ate thoroughly convinced is just In spite of these proceedings of the busy factions , the people " still groan with the strong conception of their own wrongs , " and , knowing them , will have them righted . Tke placards which were issued for the " demonstration , " by the secretary of the association , announced that , at six 'dock , the patriot * would arrive at the Ash

      Inn , HeaUa Norria , which just borders the Borough of Stockport , on the Lancashire side , and where they would be met by a procession of " good men and true " f their own order , aad their own town , and in this manner be conducted to the Chartist room , at which place they were expected to address a publU meeting . The patriots , accompanied by Mr Bairstow , of Manchester , arrived at tbe Inn , via Railway , about the hour expected , and were welcomed by tbe embraces of their affectionate and joyous wives and lisping families , and likewise welcomed by the almost importunate gratalations and greetings of their Chartist friends .

      In a short time , the distant sounds of music were ushered on the breese ; and the procession which had been assembling and forming on the Waterloo-road , Church-gate , front five o ' clock , fru in motion . The policemen were disposed In pairs at different points ; but in spite of this threatened sedative to their enthusiasm , thousands were found to nave contributed their hearts and souls to the cause . It was nearly seven o ' clock before the procession came up to the Ash . It "waa a tremendous sight for the Stockportonians—a practical lesson to the middleclasses—and an avrfulwarning to oppressors , it being nearly a tkird of a mile long , and numbering from ( , 060 to 6 , 000 people , who gave an admirable specimen of what was meant by " peace , law , and order . " On the patriots presenting themselves in front of the T "" ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct538/page/8/