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¦ n- j announced that in three months , from the 1 st of January , "we would give the first of a serieB of five gplendid Portraits for the present year ; and that it intervals of Un weeks vre weuld continue supplyiag our Sabscribers , until all should be given jjjjjin the year . He s ^ j eefctoen announced were O'Cosxou , Emhett , LOTETI tall full Iengthj , Monmouth Court House , icontaininj ; ten large Portaite , ) and the presenta tion of the Royal Infant to the Privy CounciL In jil this our Publisher pledges himself to the full sad strict performance , -with the exception that Mi . O"Cos ^ OR intends , ' with the consent of his Sabscribers , to substitute " for the rojal infant " tie American Declaration of Independence , with k Portrait of Gsseb ^ l WiSHisgtos .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION . flTB would most cheerfully compl y with Mr . 0 'Co 5 > ' 0 fc ' s request this week , and submit & petition for consideration ; but we da trust tb * t the duty ^ gjng imposed upon us , we shall be allowed to execute it to the best * dvantage for our friends . We shall , therefore , jvostpone the publication of the petition till next week , and for this simple reason ; bectose we shall t ' jen be a > bl » to show that the senteaoes passed doling the present Assizes , upon horse gjs » lers , cow etealers , and robbers , amount to not pore than , one half the terms of imprisonment ^ __¦ v ^^ ^* m ^ TVT ^^ H ^ ^^ V **\ ^ T
acc ording to Chartist prisoners . W « shall Bhow jlai robbers of all Boris will now be workjjg it the treadmill , along with Host , AshjP ^ » cd Gsabtreb , who hare spent twelve ^ gnths in the ir present degraded state ; and jj ^ j the Ch artists and robbers will walk out upon fa same day 3 "with this only difference—the poor Qurusis who had good characters given them upon ilieir trials , will have to find bail for future good conduct , while the gentlemen rogues will be relieved 0 [ » n such disagreeable technicalities . And ikis is jtuiiee ! equal justice !
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Thx Pbovisiomx Executttb . —The Balance-sheet of the late Provisional Executive has been handed to us for publication ; but oiving to the late period of its reception ( Thursday afternoon ) , tee cannot publish it this icetk . Vb bate > o boom for our usual "Notices" this vtek . We shall bring up the arrears in our next .
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WASHINGTON . —A Fatu . Acctde > t occurred on the 10 th inst . to a little girl , named Whitaker , tfed two years , whose faiher and mother work at the card-room of Messrs . Allans ; the mother had taken the ehfltren to their grandmother , as usual , before going to her work ; vt sen the elder child was taking tter to bed , the candle es-aglrt the child's nightfOWQ , kJio W 2 S QTsadfiuijf bumi on the belly . The poor chi . d Miigeiid in great agony until the following day . SETTE 2 UHGF . —The Devil ' s Law . —A few d » ys ago a meeting was held in Kettering . when
resolntions and a petition were adopted , condemning the new Poor Law as contrary to the law of God , * violation of the rights of the poor , and a robbery spoil those who are called upon to pay poor rates , bj gmng unconironlied power to those who are called Commissioners . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . vVilmot , Harrison , JeiJunson , Lsaiberliad , Haidbg , acd Bird . The spirited women of fettering hare got up a petition , which ia signed bj abom GOO .
HETWOOD , —On Saturday morning last , a pasoa naiatd Holt , hanged himseif in Knott Bank Wood , near this place . He was a bricklayer's llboUiei } iad Wmg oat of -svork some time , is fconght to hare caased Lisa to destroy himself . Thses Poos Law Guardians were nominated hsn on M 02 day last , who profess to be hatere of the abominable sjstem , when a Tote of censure was pasred cpon the wri ' . er of a libel in an address , &r which our champion , Fearjfus O'Connor , has to fcger eighteen months in the Wnig hell hole .
HtDDLETOST . —Blessings op the Rvbjo . roucE . —Under the old system , the constabulary ** te in Middieton , only amounted to ten pounds . Tear ; under the a £ W , n amounts to upwards of £ 100 . ¦ Die police rate , un-Jer the old rate , vri = only £ 5 a : Comptoa ; under the new , it is more than for the tole county put together ; before the establish-Oat of the rural police , ihe rate was , as we said before , only £ 3 , now it is upwards of £ 100 ; and coring the Eisisen months before the introduction of the police , only one commitment had been Bade by the magistrates , and that was a young woman for stealing oanrieai to eat . OdjJ look KB Mia , and for & monisni comeiapl& ; e vrhal it will be m the agsregste !
ST TDBTJKY ^— A petition having been sent up win Sadbury , by upwards of -40 # of the working ^ ses , against the . New Poor Law , which was Sitrasted to Mr . Fielden for presentation , that genueffian sent the following letter in reply , which we Bsert for the benefit and advice of our readers : — "London , March 2 , 1841 . 6 Dzlb Sis , —I have to-day presented to the Stmse of Commons , the petition against the New Poor Law , which you advised me of in your letter fjhe 25 : hof F « bruary . I should be glad if the inhabitants of every town * sd village in the Kingdom , would petition imme-«* te 2 y against the New Poor Law . If they would jake 1 M 5 advice we should give it a mortal stroke " js session , I do believe . . Tiiepsople shonld never abandon the righ ; of Potion , It is the best and safest weapon they can ?* and , if persevered in , will be the most effective , ¦ kacoorage ail you can to petition during the present SlOttdL
« I am , Pear Sir , H Your obedient Servant , B '' JoH-N FlELDES . Mr . Joseph Goody . " tONUON . —Thb Cobbett CxrB . —The annual Meeting of the CobbettCIub wasboldeD , on Tuesday , *» the-Crown and Anchor . Abont 150 gentlemen ** t dow n to dinner , and many capital speeches were ** fe- Our excellent correspondent has sent us a TOy full report of the proceedings , for which we we not room : our columns being pre-oceupied .
Bl CHMOND . —Is q , vest . —An in quest was held ¦» Richmond on SaturQay l » 3 t , before Ambrose i ^ fcent , Esq ., coroner , on the body of Francis 5 ° * < s , an old man about 78 years of age , who r ^ stwiiting along with others , in the yard of **• Turner , of that place , to receive his weekly ¦[• ges , s uddenly dropped down and expired . Ter-•« . died by ji » -risilation of God . ^ SRADFOBD . CEra Tbkatmett op ^ c ? ees ,-Ou pissing the Bradford Bastile , on j ^ OKaay week , noticed a young healthy look-^ T ^^ an j wasning the front doorway , on her £ " £ <» knees , on hearing a rattle of chains , we £ *« a to look round to ascertain the cause , when , v ° * | irprise , we espied a strong chain , which Tr * from one leg to the other of the young Wt ^ 1 wned &t eacil end ^^ a ^^ e padlock . 6 > e ) T ?\ infor med , on inquiring the reason , that ItolSS v ated ^ erHeif without leave . Oh , happy J ^** ; the admiration of the world , and the 1 w Eorronnding nations !
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DUMFRIES .-A > Old Jack Tab akd the Rviux Pouce . —On Saturday last , a case was tried by Sheriff Trotter , of Dumfries , with so much secresy that few knew of it . The ease was this : — An old Bailor , who had served royalty for about twenty years , and had got his leg bo shattered in tfiAt service , as now to be of little nseto him , called , with his wife , on the policeman at Thornhill , to E » ek a little relief to help them OH thfli * way home , beosase , although he had encountered erery danger , and endured every toil for nearly twenty long years , he h * d got no pension , as he had not Berred the whole time ifc the service ; but , whether the policeman had " hardened his heart" against the suffering poor , as one of our pious clergyman lately advised , or . that . . _ . _
he bore malace to sailors , because some of them h&d distinguished themselves by helping the faraerB to smash the " nxrals" at our l * st Candlemas fair , or , that he was actuated by the dictate of his own heart , I cannot say , but he ferociously refused to give poor Jack a stiver , although he h&d a passport and certificates of the best character . Jack remonstrated , and stoutly , like a brave old British sailor , who felt indignant at being forced to travel in bis own native land , with a passport like a vagabond , who was ashamed to beg and would have got the gaol if he had , and who with his poor wife had nothing to eat , and no where to lay his head save the cold ground , and nothing to cover them but the frosty sky , —and what did the cold-blooded rascal
of a policeman do ! Why , he struck the poor old tar to the effusion of his blood and pushed him out of his house—when , after , giving a broadside of oaths , he proceeded on bis solitary way ; but the worthy , provoked by these harmless oaths , and knowing that his . friends the gentry and clergy would protect , praiBe , and reward him , pursued old Jack and overtook him ( for by this time he had quietly proceeded forty yards ) and seized him by the collar without a warrant , and obviously without any lawful cause or right whatever . Oid Jack resisted like an old heart of oak , blows were given on both sides , a struggle ensued and both fell ; a lick-spittle of a fellow , ran to the aid , not of the poor old man , but to that of the " rural . " By this time a Email
crowd had collected , and a little boy , twelve years of age , having hissed , the brave " rural" seized him , and dashed him to the ground , an act which our worthy Sheriff highly commended . At seeing these things , a young nailer , named Renwick , whose face beams with benevolence and intellect—who is a noble son of Wiulaton , the place of th » bold and the free , and who will long be remembered in this diecrict , and among his brother tradesmen , spurred to the rescue ; but in vain , for the " rural" and his friend secured them both . On the evidence of these feUows and some others , the substance of which 1 have given , the noble-hearted nailer was sentenced to forty , and poor old Jack to fifty , days' imprisonment in pur horrid gaol . Such is the sympathy , kindness , and reward that the gentry shew to those who spend and risk their lives in defending—aye
in defending what ! the estates which formerly belonged to the people , but which now belong all to them ; and of which , when life's weary struggle is over , being worn » ut in their Berrice , the poor rp *" can hardly get as much as will be his grave . I shall n « ver forget when poor old Jack bared and held up his lacerated leg , to move the compassion of the Judge ; but it was in vain : he might as well have tried to move the feelings of a tiger ; for though the clergy and the gentry may care for the rich , they Care not & fi £ for the poor , who are either lacerated OT murdered in their service . Old Jack feels this now , and he iwears if ever he handles a cutlass again , it Bhall be for liberty and the Yankees Let us bide our time ; and we may yet live to reward old Jack and noble Renwick , or ro them . — Correspondent .
Public Mebtiug . —In my last , I sent you an account of the manner in which the farmers , sailors , &c . bad smashed tho rural policemen ; and now I beg to hand yoa the following resolutions , which weTB passed at one of the largest meetings ever held here , amid the most emphatic and significant applause : —Proposed by Mr . Thomas Johnston , and seconded by Mr . Charles Murray , " Tbit the introduction of the Rural Police into the town and county of Dumfries , is grossly unnecessary and unconstitutional , and outrageously subversive of good old Scottish benevolence , and all that remains of Scottish spirit , freedom , and independence . " Proposed by Mr . William ii'Douall , and Beconded by Mr . Irvine Bell , " Taat the introduction of such a force will be destructive of the social , moral , and political
condition of ihe peop e . " Proposed by Mr , John . Beil , and seconded by Mr . Welsh , " That the want of political power , on the part of the people , has been the cause of most of our national grievances , the Rural Police among the number ; and that the only remedy is to render the Government thoroughly responsible . " Proposed by Mr . Andrew Wardrop , seconded by Mr . Weypers : — " That a petition founded on these resolutions be presented to the Magistrates and Council . " Three right hearty cheers were given for those who had joined in the four-day demonstration , especially the farmers , farm servants , the sailors , and tailor trade ; three spirit-stirring cheers were given for those who had been persecuted and victimised by
the rnrals ,. for whom three deep drawn groans were thundered forth , which might have told them that they were only treasuring up wrath against the day or the night of wrath ; and three hearty cheero having been given for Mr . Peter Campbell , the worthy chairman , the meeting separated , each to his home , to brood over the Algerine tyranuy sought tO b 6 inflicted on his country , and each nursing his wraih to keep it warm till the hour of visitation comes . I regret I cannot give the speeches , suffic . it , however , to say that the speakers spoke as Britons should speak ; like men who abhor tyranny and fraud , and who worship liberty and justice . The deputation appointed to present the petition founded on these resolntions , and requiring the Magistrates and CuudcII to prevent the police
entering Dumfries , and to use their influence to expel them from the country , did so ; but although the Provost pronounced that the police should not be allowed to en : er Dumfries , and though some good men supported the petition , it was qnite plain , that the Provost and many more , in spite ef their craftiness , like fools or knaves , wished they had never seen it . Some of them have been busy marking , and they are marked . I may add that the hops -of a war -with the sons of freedom in America ti cbeeriug many a drooping spirit . I do not mean to say thai they wiih to fly to their arms as generoas deliverer .-, or that they wish fora Republic , I only tell tha ; they hope and pray for a war which may make them better , but cannot make them worse . —Correspondent .
HX 7 DDEBSFIE 2 * D . —The new e ' petfon for a Board of Guardians is just at hand ; another strugg'e is to be made to elect such persons as will if possible , £ vve a death Viovr to the accursed law , and place the managemsnt of the poor in such hands as can syaipa ' . hise with a fellow-creature in distress . "VW understand that a contest will take place in most of the townships ; the people therefore will have an opportunity to record rheir vote ? against the Three Devil Kings' law ; if they do their work well , in all probability , before long , each township vrili have to manage its own affairs .
A- fTi-CoRN Law Hole asd Coexer Meeti . vg . — The Operative Anti-Corn l ^ aw Association of this town U tniog to get up another "fkre up , " W the obstacle which Btan _ d 3 in the way is , " Will the Chartists oppose us ] " One of thesa worthies declared that they should not , " for to stop them we must have it where they can be kept out . " So it was proposed to have , not a public meeting to get up petitions , bnt a tea party , acd invite some great men ; and there pass the petition and get it signed . It was asTted to , arjd in the course of a short time , we may expect to ste a snug " flare-up" to keep the Chartists away , knowing as they do , that the Chartists have declared to mtet any party in public meeting , on any public question , to discuss the merits of such , no opportunity will be given them ; but the oid system of hole and corner meetings will bs ksend . -
Hcddersfiel © Bastile . —There was a thin attendance of Guardians on Tuesday , but a very full attendance of applicants , trembling to meet the leeches , who , gorged with the blood of the poor , are always ready arrogantly to perform the part of " Buff ? the beggar . " After a tedious aad irksome duty of examining into the nnmerous cases 0 : the applicants , ( during which Washington , the relieving officer , refused to pay what the Guardians ordered , ) Mr . Batley , in the absence of the Chairman , read a letter from the Poor Law Commissioners , in reply to that ordered to be sent , containing the resoluuou passed for dissolving the Union , oa that day fortnight ; which said letter to the Commissionersalso contained the vttes on the question . The
commissioners' letter stated that , as the resolution was s « contrary to the spirit of the New Poor Law , they could not assent to the dissolution . Mr . Bull Briggs moved that as there wa-3 only a female to manage the poor in Honley Workhouse , that four men be removed from there to Goicar , and that four females should be exchanged from Goicar to Honley . Mr . Pitkethly expressed his surprise that any such proposal Bhould be made , because be considered the Governess of the Honley Workhouse as talented a woman as that of the Hnddersfield Workhouse He opposed the principle , because every town ongbt to be as capable as another of managing their own poor ; and moved , as an amendment , that no
exchange should be made until the debt dne by the township of Goicar be paid to the treasurer of the Union . The amendment was lost . The following notice of Mr . Phkethly was next read by the Clerk , viz ., rt That on Friday next , he intended to move that this Board do petition both Houses of-Parliament against Lord John Russell ' s proposed Bill for the continuance of the Poor Law Commissioners , and tnat the petitions be forwarded for presentation as early as possible . " Alter some discussion , ' a motion for doing away with xUr . PitkethVs notice was carried . Mr . PnkethJy then gave the following notice , that on Friday , the 12 th inst ., he would move " That the bastardy accounts be
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exhibited at this board on that day , and also" For a retnrn of the numbers , ages , sexes , and condition of the inmates of the several workhouses in the Union , with the average cost of each per head per week , also of the health , habits , » nd eleaoliness , & Qf any ) what diseases exist amongst them . " WDDIETOK . Calico Printing . This & 'Qes 8 coatiaties ia a , very inactive state . Many or the block printers are on the verge of the grave , Uvmg in a state of great destitntion and misery . S > ilk printing has , however , employed a few hands , and , perhapa , prevented the calico printers from being totally starved out .
Silk TiunB . —This department is now rather more active than it was two months ago . The printing of silks has afforded more employment for the weavers , but no advance of wages has taken place , although the Corn Law repealers tell us that as trade increases , so will the workmen ' s wages be inoreaaed . OLDHAU ,-On Tuesday evening , the 2 nd of March , a numerous meeting of the supporters of the present members for Oldham , was held at the Albion Inn , to take measures for securing the re-election of those gentlemen , in case there Bhould
bo an early dissolution of Parliament , which is expected ; at the conclusion of which they came to the following rssolution :- — " That . this meotiug doth hereby most solemnly pledge , to use its utmost endeavours to re-eloct John Fielden , and General Johnson , as their representatives in tha next Parliament . " The Conservative party are also in a Btate of great activity , and are bringing forward Charles WilkinB , Esq ., BarrLster-at-Law , and a Mr . Braidley , of Manchester . The Hattbbs . — The turn-out of hatters , at Oldham , still continues , without any appearance of a speedy settlement .
Total Abstinence Pledge . —We , the undersigned , requeBt that you will be pleased to append our names to the Total Abstinence Pledge : —Richard Haslem , three years , three council man to the Society ; Thomas Leslie , a teetotaller of three years ' standing ; Robert Beaumont , one year ; Thomas Lawless , councilman , eleven mouths ; James Parkinson , five years and six months ; James Bardsley , six years , and likewise from tea , coffee , tobacco , and snuff ; Richard Stevens , three years ; William Kershaw , one year and six months ; John Unsworth , three years ; William Fiitcrofs , nine months ; Samuel Halbert , three years , likewise tea , coffee , tobacco , and snuff ; John Holt , Isaac Marsland , David Blackwood , David Hirst , James Newton , John Farmer .
Mr . Stephens . —Pursuant to announcement by placard , Mr . Stephens visited this town , on Tuesday evening , for the purpose of preaching a sermon , as h ^ firat introduction to the Oldham people . Our correspondent has sent U 3 a long report , but we have not room for its insertion . LEEDS . —Dku . nk and Disorderly . —On Tuesday last , a woman , named Scott , who said she was a widow , and had three children , was brought before the magistrates by one of the watchmen , who charged her with being very drunk , and creating a great disturbance in the street , at two o ' clock that morning . The guardian of the night , with great simplicity , said that when he asked the woman why she made so much noise , she told him to " go to hell , " and go , said he , " I brought her here . " The magistrates committed her for one mouth .
Juvenile Thieves . —On Monday , three young lads , named Samuel Batty , of York-street , Henry Cowlej , and James CowJey , of Madras-street , were charged with having , on Saturday night , stolen a purse and 12 s . from the pocket of a young iemale . There not being sufficient evidence to go to a jury , the trio , who are constant visitors to the gaol , were sent as reputed thieves to Wakefield for three months . Rather Jealous , —On Monday last , a Mrs . Slack , appeared at the Court House , to substantiate a charge of assault against Elizabeth Booth . The complainant stated , that she could not live with her husband because of his ill-treatment , aud whenever she separated from him , Booth went to solace him in
his loneliness . She ( . the complainant ) Lad left her husband last week , when , having no more money than 4 d . to support herself , she bought a few oranges , and whilst hawing them for sale , at No . 2 , Vicar Croft , on Saturday night , she met with her husband and the prisoner , when they both followed her into the stteet , and the latter told the former to " knock her two eyes into one . " Booth then went to work , and the assault was witnessed by a watchman , who took her into custody . It appeared that Mrs . Slack ' s husbaad had been twice married , having for a former wife been united to Booth ' s sister , and during the days of his single blessedness , his former wife ' s sister had been hi 3 comforter . The prisoner was fined 5 s . and costs , or sent to Wakefield for fourteen days .
Equal Justice . —On Saturday , Joshua Bennett , who hid been destitute of a lodging , was brought before Messrs . Stansfield * . nd Hebden , charged with haricg been found sleeping in a coal cabin , at Waterloo colliery . The poor fellovf said bo had no where else to go to , being entirely without money . The magistrates provided him with fourteen days ' lodging \ n Wakefield House of Correction . On Monday , three able-bodied men , who gave their names , John Dawson of Leeds , George Warren , of Portsmouth , and Joseph Wilson , of HowiieD , were brought before Messrs . Holdfortb and Nell , charged with having been found sleeping in a hay chamber , in 5 wmegate , belo&ging to Mr . Phomas Lee , of the Golden Lion Inn , who has suffL-red materially by Buch visitants . These men were set at liberty .
New Pooa Law . —The Leeds carpet weavers' petition has been presented by Mr . Fielden , and , in a letter received from that gentleman , the people of every street , of every town , and cottage , in the kingdom are emphatically called on to send a petition against Lord John Russell ' s Bill , which , if passed in its present form , will make the law more severe than it now is . Death of Mbs . Granger's Child . —The child , T . H . Granger , whose case of starvation aud illtreatment by his owd mother appeared in our report < . f the last Leeda Borough Sessions , died in the workhouse a few days ago . When admitted into that establishment , ine child , though six years of age , weighed only 251 bs , but he subsequently
gathered strength until he weighed 47 ibs . The cause of his death was hooping cough , which has been for some time prevalent in the workhouse , and from which two or three other children have died . The fitter of Granger , on being informed of his death , and asked if he wonlu bury him himself , or attend the funeral , replied , ' No , it would not be convenient to do either . " The mother jb , as our readers are aware , in imprisonment at Wakefield for the offence . CoilMITlAL OF AN E . NGINE DfilVER , FOR DiUJNKE . VNE-s . -Un Tuesday last , Thomas Robson , an engine-driver , ia the bervice of the Leeds and Manchester Railway Company , was brought before Messrs . Hoi Jforth aud Heoden , at the Court House , 011 a charge of drunkenness . The man went to the railway station , m iiunda-lane , on Monday night , to ; ake the charge of a . pa-: seuger train to Brighouso , when Mr . Glennan , the station-master , alter he hau
got on to his engine , saw the state in which the man was , and £ ave information to Mr . Taylyr , the Manager of tLo Manchester and Leede Railway Company , who immediately ordered him into eusdody . Robson , in this defence , saiu that he had left Mauehcater eiriy iu the morning , and had been most of the day without anything to eat ; lie had had a few pints of ale , which bad taken hold vi him . He had been an cnj ; iue driver ten years , without a complaint , and without an accident . Mr . Holdforth said this only macie his case worse ; after the experience he had had , be ought to have known the serious risk he ran , and the dreadful jeopardy in which he placed the lives of the passengers . As an the extent of punishment allowed by the Act , ana example and a warning to others , they shouJtl go to sena him lor two months to hard labour in Wakefield House of Correction .
Assault . —On Tuusday , a rather pretty looking young woman , named Mary Ann Long , was charged at the Court House with having , ou Saturday night , committed aa assault ou her husband , a sort , of half baked , half rocked geuius . It appeared from his tale , that himself aud his much better half had been separated for five weeks past , and he was to allow her 2 s . per week , which he had neglected to pay ; and because she wtnt to his mother ' s house to ask him for it , a row was got up , when he was struck by her with her pattens . It appeared to be a family quarrel , and the magistrates ordered the complainant to pay up the arrears due to his wife , and dismissed the warrant .
A Lark . —On Monday , a young man named Mark Wood was charged at the Court-house with haviug stolen a guinea pig from a poor Italian boy . The offence was committed on Saturday night , whilst the lad was exhibiting in a public-house , and it was Btated by the prisoner that he had only done it for a lark , though he had taken the pig and sold it at another public-house . An offer had been made to the lad ' s brother to pay 103 . and restore the pig , if the affair could be settled , and after some remarks by the magistrates on the folly of the man's conduct , this was permitted ; but having ascertained that the prisoner was drunk at the time , they further fined him 5 s . and costs for that offence . The lark , therefore , was rather an expensive one in the long run , seeing hai he had been in prison since Saturday night .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , Mabch 9 . The OpyhoM Tenures Bill vent through Committee , and thtir Lordships adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , March 9 . Mr . Yilliees gave notice that very soon alter the Eaattr ncess he would bricg under the consideration of j the House the proir ' ety of the abolition of the Corn Lavi .
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The Home was for some time engaged in the important business of giving ltore of absence to several of its Members , principally lawyers desirous ot attending the circuits . Some difficulties having been suggested , Mr . Godlbokn insisted upon it that the House had generally found it very conTenient to get rid of the lawyers for ft short time . "Upon Ihe motion that Mr . W . O . Stanley should hav » a short leave of absence , on the ground of argent private business , an opposition was raised , and the House was about to divide , when Mr . E . J . Stanley suggested that the motion shenld be withdrawn , upon the understanding that hereafter noauch applications should be complied with unless upon singularly strong grounds . The effect of this suggestion was extraordinary . There was a general cry of ' Move , move , " and the required leave of absence was given instanter . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
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( Continued from our third page . ) CROWN COURT . Wednesday , IUrcb 10 . ( Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . ) UTTERING BASE COIK AT SHEFFIELD . Elizabeth Thompson , 26 , was charged with having , on the 8 th of January last , at Sheffield , uttered , tendered and put off two false and counterfeit Bixpencea ; also charged with having , on the 6 th of January , tendared one counterfeit coin called h » lf-a-erown , well knowing the same to be falsa and counterfeit . Mr . Armstroug , q . c ., and Mr . Wilson were for the prosecution ; Sir Gregory Lew in defended the prisoner . ^ Mr . Armstrong briefly stated the ease , and called witnesses , by whom the charge was fully made out 81 s Gregory Lewin made an excellent address , contending that the evidence against his client was extremely slight
The Learned Judge having summed up , the Jury , after half an hour's deliberation , found the prisoner guilty . Sentence—Eight months'imprisonment The prisoner fainted away during the triaL
COINING AT HULL . Richard Coussins , 23 , and Ann Coussim , 25 , were charged with having , on the 25 th of January last , in the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull , feloniously inado two counterfeit coins , intended to represent shillings . Mr . Armstrong and Mr . Wilson conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Bain defended the prisoners . Mr . Armstrong Btated the case . The female , at whose house the prisoner lodged , observed them making the coin ; and the spurious coin and moulds for making it were found upon the male prisoner . A number of witnesses wore examined . The Learned Jvdge summed up at considerable length , and told the Jury he thought there was no evidence against the female prisoner . The Jury , after a short deliberation , found the male prisoner guilty , and the female prisoner not guilty . — Sentence—Fifteen years' transportation .
Both the same prisoners were further charged with having in their possession a mould for making counterfeit coin . The Counsel for the prosecution having declined to adduce evidence , the Jury found them not guilty . UTTERING BASE COIN AT HUDDERSFIELD . Francis Simpson , 69 , was charged with having , on the 15 th of September last , uttered and put off a counterfeit sixpence , at Huddersfleld , well knowing the same to be false and counterfeit . The prisoner was also further charged with having been convicted of an offence at the West-Hiding Sessions , held at Knaresborough . Mr . Armstrong , Q . a , and Mr . Wilson , were for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended .
Mr . Armstrong , in stating the case , observed that the offence for which tlie prisoner was taken-into custody was simply a misdemeanour , but he appeared before them charged with a felony , in consequence of having been previously convicted . A record of conviction at the West-Riding Sessions , for uttering bod money in January , 1840 , was read in court , and Mr . Shepherd deposed to the prisoner having been confined iu the House of Correction ut Wakefleld . Guilty . To be imprisoned for one year to hard labour .
DTXEE 1 KG BASE COIN AT SHEFFIELD . Frances Wragg , U , was Indicted for haviug , on the 13 th February , at Sheffield , uttered two counterfeit coins resembling shillings , and two counterfeit coins resembling sixpences , well knowing the same to have been false and counterfeit . Mr . Armstrong and Mr . Wilson were for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . On Saturday , the day in question , the prisoner went into the house of Mrs . Hill , who keeps an eatiughouse in Commercial-street , several times , and gavo shillings and sixpences , which wore found to be fiuch . In defence , the prisoner stated that she had received toe money from other parties—Guilty—Six months - hard labour . GUILTY POSSESSION OF MOULDS FOR COINING .
It in . Thompson , 34 , and Elizabeth Thompson . 2 < i , were indicted for having in their possession , ou tbe 8 th January , at Sheffield , a plaster mould , which was intended to make an impress the exact resemblance of both sidts of the Queen ' s current coin called shillings . Messrs . Armstrong ami WILSON wore for the prosecution ; Sir ( i . Lewi ^ was for the prisoners . Afttt a short trial , both priBoners -were found not guilty . During this trial , it appeared the magistrates , weru desirous the case should not be gone into , as tbe male prisoner was a hanl-workiug , industrious man , and they had reason to believe he was not guilty of the crime imputed to him . Mr . Armstrong said the Attorney-General had refused to withdraw the prosecution , and the Learned Judge said hecoulU not sanction any such course being adopted .
BURGLARY AT SOWERBY BRIDGE . Thos . Taylor , 21 , was indicted for having , on the 25 th or 26 th of January lasjt , broken into the dwellinghouBe of Joseph Broadbent , and stolen therefrom 201 bs weight of -worsted , two coats , a waistcoat , shawl , and other articles , belsoglng to Josoph Broadbent . The Hon . J . S . Wortley and Mr . Raines conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was undei ' ended . The proseeutor keeps a tea shop at Soworby Bridge . On the 2 otu January last , the ahop WO 8 broken open , and the articles mentioned in tbe indictment , together with several others , were taken away . On the day following the robbery , the priBtmer was seen in company with another young man at Hudciersfieid , where they had offered the worsted and other articles for sale at different shops , anil which articles were identified as belonging to the prosecutor . A number of wi nesses wero examined , who cleasly esiiiblished the guilt of the prisoner .
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty , and he was ssntenced to be transported for ten y « ais . There was ;' . uother indictment against tho prisoner , but it w ; is not proccded with . DURULAUY NEAR LEEDS . Richard Ca'lum , 19 , and Barnard Fox , 20 , were indicted lor having , on tue 2 lnt ot' October , at the Burough of Leeda , burglariously broken into and entered the dwelling house of Griffith Wright , Esq ., with inteut to steal therefrom . Sir (* . Lewin and Mr . Wasney conducted the prosecution-, the prisoners were d « Iended by Mr . VVlLKl . VS .
Sir G . LEWIN . for the prosecution , stated that tee Charge agaiust tne two prisoners was that , on the 21 st October last , they 2 ia < l burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Mr . Griffith Wright , at Potternewton , near Leeds . Tue police of Leeds having received instruction that the burglary was intended , went to the spot where the house is situated , on the night in question . Two or three stationed themselves outside , and one or two wero placed inside . Between twelve and one o ' clock , ou a signal being given by tho party outside , Superintendent James went into the (
iiningroom , where he found the prisoner Calluin , who had effected an entrance by breaking through one of the windows . The party outside saw tbreo persons , but the police were only able to apprehend two . i ' ox , on being taken , said they had no intention of robbing the house , but seeing a light they had entered it to light their pipes . But when Citllum was taken out of the house , ho asked where his shoes were , and Fox replied that they were under a tree adjoining . The police went to the place pointed out , and there found the shoes .
Iu his evidence , Superintendent James stated that on examining one of the front windows , he found that the brass fastener was laid loose upon the top of the bottom sash . He had fastened it himself about half-past eleven o ' clock . On going outside , he found that part of the window frame was broken off . Near the window , some lucifer matches were also found , The window sill had marks upon it as if made by a crow-bar . Other witnesses were examined , who deposed to a crow-bar and chisel being found near the window . One or two of tha watchmen deposed that when the entrance was made , there were lucifer matches lighted , and also a candle-Mr . Wilkins delivered an eloquent speech on behalf of the prisoners .
The Learned Judge having summed up , tho Jury returned a verdict of Guilty , but recemruenued them to meTcy on account of their youth . They were each sentenced to one year ' s hard labour . The Court adjourned about seven o ' clock . SECOND COURT-Wehnksday . ( Before David Dundas , Esq ., Q . C . ) SHEEP STEALING . Joseph Ward , 18 , and Henry Brennan , 18 , were charged with stealing a tup ram , the property of Wm . Greaves , of Ecclesfield . Mr . Wortley , Mr . Overend , and Sir F . Doyle were for the prosecution ; Mr . Wiikijss lict ' mded the prisoner Brennan , aud Sir Gregory Lewin defended Ward . The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
HORSE STEALING . Thomas Oossland , 29 , was charged with having feloniously stolen a horse , the property of Richard Wilton , of Ackworth Low-grange .
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Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Overend were for the prosecution . Mr . Wilton is a farmer at Ackworth Low-grange , near Pontefract , and the prisoner , who had been formerly in his service , lives at Hunstet , near Leeds . Oa the 3 d of October , during the night * ft hotae was taken from his field , and on the following ( lay tha prosecutor made a series of inquiries of the various toll-bar keepers and others , who lived ou tho road to Leeds . From these inquiries his suspicion was excited against the prisoner , and he went to Hunslet , in company with a police-officer . He reached the place about noon , and the prisoner was there dressing himself , as if he had just risen . On being charged with stealing the horse , he said that he knew nothing of it , and had not been at the place ; that he had been at Methley , and from thence went to Stanley , and forward to his home , but was
never nearer to Pontefract than that . This statement was contradicted by a person , who proved that on the evening before the robbery , the prisoner was at a public-house , at East-Hardwick , which is within a mile of the prosecutor ' s house . The horse was subsequently found at a public-house , kept by a Mrs . Stubbs , who is since dead , and the prisoner admitted that he had left the horse there , and gave a long rambling Recount of tho manner in which he had become possessed of it . The prisoner in his defence , denied that he had stolen the horse , and said that if he had been the person he had plenty of time to get away , and to have set the horse at liberty . He called the prosecutor , as to character , who said he had never heard anything against him until this transaction . f he Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for one year .
H 0 USEBREA 1 UNG . James Bartle , 42 , was charged with a burglary in the house of William Watson , of Manningham . Mr . Wasney and Mr . Lister were for the prosecution . The prosecutor is a labouring mau , and on the night of Thursday , the 10 th of September , he made Ins house B&fe and went to bed about ten o ' clock . About half-past twelve he was awoke , when he found that his house had been robbed ; his drawers had been emptied , and a considerable qiftntity ot wearing apparel carried away ; also silver and copper to the amount of 46 $ . To connect the prisoner with the robbery , it appeared that a person named Rawnsley was pasBiug the prosecutor ' s house about midnight , when he observed a light in the lower room . This excited his attention , and he made a stand , when a man outside put his head in at the
window , and immediately the light went up . Rawnsley s suspicions were then excited , and he went up to the house , when the man outside ran away . Another man attempted to get out of the window , when Rawnsley seized him , and held him by the collar for some time , and called for assistance . The first man that he saw then returned with a large stick in his hand , and threatened to run it into Rawnsley ' s side , when he let go of the man whom he had seized ; but he had sufficient opportunity to be satisfied of the identity of the prisoner , to which he swore most distinctly . Some days after , on the 19 th of September , the prisoner was apprehended near an empty cottage , about three miles from his own residence , and iu that cottage was found a bundle , eecveted in the roof , containing a portion of the property belonging to the prosecutor . Guilty . To be transported ten years .
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SOUTH LANCfi . SHIEE .-Mr . Jas . Leeob will lecture at the toll owing places duTingthe following week : —On Sunday , Hth , at Rochdale and Milne Raw ; Monday , at Salford ; Tuesday , at Droyleaden ; Weone 3 day , at Chorlton-upon- Medlock ; Thursday , at Mottram ; Friday , at Afihton ; Sunday 21 st , at Failaworth . FINSBURV , —Mr . Culverhcnse lectures " On the best means of obtaining the Charter , " on Monday evening next , at Lunt ' a Coffee-rooms , Cieikeaweti-greea . BHUiHROW . —Mr . J . Leech , of Manchester , will-lecture to-morrow evening , at half-past six o ' clock , in the Charter Association Room .
ItEICESTEB . —Mr . Cooper , editor of the Illuminator , will deliver a lecture , in the Room at All Saiuia' Open , next Monday night , on Our " Glorious" Constitution . It is intended to hold the Teameeting in the New Hall , on the 22 ad inst ., as before arranged . LEICESTERSHIRE . —Sermons for Clayton will be preached , on Sunday next , at Hathern , Mountsorrel , arid Loughborongb , by Messrs . B ; urstow and Bent . Mr . Bairetpw will be at Lou ^ Uoorougli on next Monday eve » ing , and at Kegwyrth on Tuesday evening . MY . Vincent is to lecture at Loughborough on next Wednesday and Thur .-day evenings . WARRINGTON . —A great number of tho members of the National Charter Association , having signed the teetotal pledge , it has been resolved that the subject for discussion , on Sunday evening next , ( to-morrow , ) shall be " the propriety of forming a Teetotal Chartist Society . "
arANCHESTER . —The South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will b « held to-morr » w week , in the Brown-street room , East Manchester , at which , it is hoped , a delegate will be present from every town and village in Lancashire . ; The next Monday evening's lecture is postponed till tbe following week , and then to be . in the Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester , in consequence of tbe Tib-street room being too small . On Sunday evening next , Dr . M'Douall is appointed to preach Clayton ' s funeral sermon , at Newton Heath . There will be a funeral 6 ermon preached , for Clayton , in Biosvnstreet , East Manchester . MACCX . BSFXKX . D . —On Sunday next , Mr . West will deliver a lecture in the large room , at the Bundle of Sticks , Water Courts .
TOWER KAMI . ET 3 . —On Sanday last , the adjourned discussion was entered into with great spirit , and again adjourned till to-morrow evening at eeven o'clock . Tho committee for drawing up rule * for the guidance of a trading company , meet on Thursday next . SHAW , near Oldham . —Mr . Bell , of Manchester , lectures here to-morrow . MARYIiEBONE . —A concert will be held in th « Mechanics' Institution , Marylebone , on Tuesday , March 23 d , for the benefit « f Mr . George , a venex&ble and Btaunch Radical , of forty years' standing , when all true friends to freedom are requested to attend .
NORTHAMt » TOiN . —Mr . H . Vincent pays a visit to this town on Monday next , March 15 th , whvn a public tea party , to welcome him , will be held in the Peacock Assembly-room . Mr . Vincent will deliver a course of three lectures in the above place , on the eveniug 3 of the 16 th , 17 th , and 18 th . OZ . SaAM .-Ou Sunday next , Mr . William Tilman , of Manchester , will deliver two lectures in the National Charter Association-room , Greavesstreet , Oldham . BATH . —A funeral sermon will be delivered tomorrow , in memory of Clayton , the Chartist victim , in the Association-room , Bath .
TROWBRIDGE . —On Sunday evening next , tomorrow , a sermon will be preached at tha Democratic Chapel , Conigieo , Trowbridge , by J . Rawlings , upon the death of our late friend , John Ciayton . Service to commence at six o'clock , when a collection will be made for the support of his widow and fatherless children . BRADFORD . —Pvulic Mketito , Tea FARTT , and Ball . —At the meeting of the Committee appointed for carrying out the above object , on Sunday last , it was unanimously agreed that the public meeting should commence at twelve o'clock at noon ,
on Monday the 15 ih inst ., in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , Thornton Road , and that tea should be on the table at six o ' clock in the evening of the same day , in the Social Institution , Hall Ings . The tickets for the tea party and ball are Is . each , and may be had of the following individuals :-Mr . Wm . Gouidsborough , Goodmansend ; Mr . Ellis , ditto ; Mr . Carrodus , North Tavern , Wapping ; Mr . C . Wilkinson , News Agent , Tvrroll-street ; Mr . Henry Hodgson , News Agent , Queen-street ; Mr Burnett , Reform-street ; and Mr . Hopper , Hopestreet . An early application is necessary , as tha tickets are limneo . 10 4 tro .
Funeral Sermons . — We understand that Chartist sermons will be preached on Sunday next , in accordance with the resolution passed at the West Riding Council meeting- At . "Manningham , in tho afternoon , to eomniehco at two o ' clock ; in the evening , at the Chapel , Long Crott Place , Bradford . Collections will be mad « at the close of each sermon , for the purpose of assisting to defray the expeaces of removing the remains of the Chartist martyr , Ciayton , from Northallerton to Sheffield . SAUPORD . —A lecture will be delivered , on next Sunday night , at the Chartist Association-room . A discussion will take p ' ace on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , to know if man be a progressive bung . Mr . Cassidy will undertake to prove the affirmative , and Mr . Campbell the negative .
BSJOOBBSFIELD . —On Sunday next , two sermons will be preached at tho Primitive Methodist Chapel , Upperhead Row , by Mr . Rushton , of Halifax , and . Mr . Joshua Newsome , of L' > wer Houses , oa behalf of the wife and family of the victimised poor Clayton . It is to be hoped that the Ciiarti » t 3 of this neighbourhood will be at their posts , and contribute to the disconsolate widow and orphans . The service is to commence at half-past two o ' clock ia the afternoon , and six in the evening . STAP 2 . BPORD . Mr . Dorman , a talented preaciier amongst ; the Primitive Methodists , will preach to-morrow ,, to prove that Chartism isia accordance with the Scriptures .
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The wife of G . B . Mart , of Stoke-upon-Trer . t , -was safely delivered of . a son , on the 14 th of Dumber last , which has been duly registered , in honour ot the " caged lion , " Feargus O'Connor Mart On Sunday , tho 21 st nit , Matilda , the wife of George Lee , of Honley , ' vas safely delivered of a son , which haa been duly registered , by the Rev . James Potter , Tom O'Connor Lee . Registered on the 25 th January , Ellen O'Connor , daughter of John said Nanoy Southworth , of Jiutvtonhenth , near Manchester . Born on the 5 th , and baptised by the Rev . A . Thomson , Lothian-road Secession Church , Edinburgh , on the 28 th of Feb . last , Jennet 0 Connor , daughter of Junes and Jennet Cunningham , of Edinburgh . . Baptised on the 13 th ult , by the Kev . J . Scholefleld , of Every-street , Manchester , Maria Feargus O'Connor Frost Hughes , daughter of Thomas and Mary Hughes , of Ardwick , near Manchester .
Registered , on the 29 th of January last , Thomas Feargus , son of Jehn and Elizabeth Barnes , 4 , Shannonrow , Bank , Leeds . On the 3 d of March , at the Catholic Church , Westfate-street , Bury St . ' . Edmunds , the eon of Isaac Baldry was christened Charles Jocelyn O'Connor ; and , at St . Mary's Church , on Sunday last , Feargus O'Conner Whiting , son of Henry and Mary Whiting , of that town . Mrs . Mary Entwistle , wife of William Entwistle , was , on Thursday night week , safely delivered of a very flneson , and , on Saturday laat , vas duly registered and baptised Feargus O'Connor Stephen , ¦ which name is to denote that Feargus is now suffering for advocating political equality , aud that Stephen died is defence of real Christianity .
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March 2 nd , at Bow Church , London , Captain Edward Watson Gray * to Elizabeth Anne , the eldest daughter of Mr . Robert Davison , of London , and forwerJy . of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . On the 7 th instant , at All Saints' Church , Chorlton-upon-Medlock , by the Rev . D . Burton , Mr . Josh . Finnoy , of Manchester , to Mies Ann vVhite legif , of Ru-holme . On the 9 th instant , at the Parish Church , Eceles , by the Rev . W . Marsden , vicar , Mr . Sainuei Rmehaw , jun ., farmer , Fox Hill , Barton , to Miss Ann Devonport , of the same place .
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DEATHS . On Sunday week , Mrs . Nanny Auty , widow of the late Mr . James Auty , of Dewebury Moor , aged 79 . She had been to see * a son who was sick and was attacked by a cow , which so injured her as to cause death . She had been a Wesleyan Methodist 58 years . On Tuesday last , after a few days illness , aged 41 years , Mr . Thomas Lee , coach proprietor , Golden Lion Hotel , Leeds . . On Monday last , aged 69 years , Mr . Isaac Hemingway , blanket maker , Dewsbury Moor .
On the 7 th infifc . aged 78 yeatt . Mr . John Denby , Tippiu £ ; -streot , Ardwick . * ~ ftW SjP \ t- * K' *» On the 7 th inst . aged 03 yeM ^ JrjjKE ££ Alt i-on , Stocks-street , CheethaTu / llia- ^ oJfeS . / r 4 n ^\ \ On the 6 th inst . aged 23 v /^ i iCkji gfeftrfiaiiflt ^ asA of the late Mr . Alexander jb&U ^ l « il ^ riE& John A . J . Robinson , leiKrBrJ ^ fc&S ^ ffl ? ' } Chester , late of WarringtoW W ^^^ T ^^) ^ gggf
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NISI PRITJS COURT . —Wednesday , March io . ( Before Mr . Justice Maule . ) BECKETT AND OTHERS V . WILSON . Mr . Cresswell and the Hon . J . S . Wortley appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr . Stabkey and Mr . Addison for the defendants . This was an action of assumpsit te recover £ 2 , 277 for money advanced , commission , and on acccsunt stated . The defendant pleaded first that he did not promise ; and secondly , a set-off .
Mr . Cresswell stated the facts to the Jury . Messrs . Beckett , Blaytis . and Co ., the plaintiffs in this case , are bankers in Leeds , and they sought to obtain from the defendant a considerable sum of money , which , undoubtedly , they had advanced to the defendant and others . Mr . Wilson did not deny that he was a party instrumental in obtaining tha money , but he stated that he never entered into any engagement to repay it , and that it was not advanced on his credit . In 1834 , tho defendant with several other gentlemen obtained an Act of Parliament for repairing and maintaining a road called the Wortley aud Stauningley Romh Vader this act the trustees were empowered to
raise money by mortgage on the tolls , ami in various other ways . If a man advanced his money on mortgage of tbe tools , he know the security he was taking , and if it was worth nothing , he bad only to blame his own folly . He believed the trustees had induced persons to advance money on such insufficient security , and besides a number of mortgages , it was found essential for the interests of tbe trust , that the trustees should open a banker ' s account The defendant , Mr . Wilson , was appointed treasurer , and he drew on the bankers for the purposes of tho xoad . After the act was passed , they appointed Mr . Upton their clerk , and he drew ou Messrs . Beckett and Co ., whenever they wanted money . The cheques were inthisform— " On demand ,
pay , ot beater , on account of the Wortley and Stanningley Road . ' In the year 1838 , another act was obtained giving larger powers , and for making additional branches to the roads , ana after IMS act Was passed , viz ., in January , 1839 , this order was made by the trustees in favour of their surveyor— " That the clerk give a cheque to the surveyor of j £ 8 weekly , ami Messrs . -, are appointed a committee'for auditing these accounts . " These cheques were to be drawn on the bankers . Messrs . Beckett and Co . did not like this additional order of £ 8 p ^ r week , and accordingly they sent the following note to Messrs . Upton and Clapham , clerks to thu trustees of Wortley and Stanninglfey Koad ;—" Dr . to Messrs . Beckett & Co ., £ 2 , 150 10 s . 9 d . Sir , —We request you will lay before the Commissioners
of the abovd road the amount of debt due to us , and inform them it will not be agreeable to us that tlie account should so continue , unless decisive steps art takea for its liquidation , of Which we beg to be informed . " On this , the trust- es agreed to the fellowing resolution— "Ordered that the clerk wait on Messrs . Beckett aud B ' layds , stating that ttie trustees intend to make a continuation Of Watei' -l&ue , anil request they will continue to pay £ o per week to the surveyor for tho purpose of keeping the road in repair . ' And now tliuy said the money wus advanced on security of the tolls , and having had the pleasure of rivalling M'Adam in the making of roads , they were much obliged to the bankers for advancing them the money to do it , bat that they would not repay one farthing of it . The Learned Counsel contended the trustees were personally responsible , and referred to the case of Uarret v . Ayre , reperted in the tenth volume of
Binghom ' a Reports , p . 283 , in which the question was precisely similar , and the Learned Chief Justice of th « Common Ploas left it for the Jury to determine whether the money was advanced on the credit of the trustees , or not . It might be said the trustees were protected by a clause in the General Turnpike Act ; this would undoubtedly have been the case had they mortgaged the tolls aa provided in that statute , but Messrs . Beckett and Co . had no such mortgage , and therefore he submitted the trustees were personally liable . It might be asked why they had sslected . Mi " . Wilson as defendant ? The fact was , he was wealthy , ans he had taken an active part in the affairs of the tiuat ; if he had others joined with him in the trust , he would have to look to them fov their proportion of the debt . It now amounted to £ 2 , 277 , Exclusive « f interest for a shoit period , which was , perhaps , not very material , and that was the sum sought to be recovered .
Several admissions agreed to be . " nade by the parties were made . Mr . Clapham , one of tbe clerks to the trustees , was then examined in support of the circumstances stated by tlie Learned Counsel in his opening . Mr . Staiikie addressed the Jnry for the defendant . He said it would bo a great hardship on Mr . Wilson if he had to pay the whole of this large balance himself , whilst he was merely acting as one of the trustees of the road , deriving no benefit whatever from its funds . The Jury would find the tolls had fallen greatly in value of late years , and it was not until the tolls had become a failing concern that the bankers
had made any demand of the money . It was difficult to say how Mr . Wilson could be made liable—he had not pledged his own personal responsibility—he had only acted as treasurer pro tempore , and it was , therefore , a harsh proceeding as against him . Tbe Learned Counsel then contended that the credit was given on security of the tolls , urging , in support of this view , that the heading of the pass-book was to the treasurer of the Wortley and Stanningley Road , and that the general account , audited on the 17 th Match , 1840 , was signed by Mr . Blayds , as treasurer . On this ground ho argued that if an action was maintainable , it waa by the treasurer Egainst Mr . Wilson .
The Learned Judge briefly summed up , and the Jury retired . After a sh&rt absence , they returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—damages £ 2 , 277 14 s . lOd .
NAY LOR » . TYAS . Mt . Wortley appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Wilkins for the defendant Thia was an action brought to recover damages for an assault The plaintiff is a mason in the neighbourhood of Halifax ; the defendant ia a maltster at that place . The assault arose out of a dispute -which took place at a public-house . In stating the case Mr . Wortley expressed his hope that the time of the Court would not be occupied with such a case , and suggested a reference , which was acceded to by Mr . WUkina ; and Mr . Stansiitsld , the barrister , was appointed arbitrator .
KINO AND ANOTHER V . HODGSON . Mr . KNOWles and Mr . Baines were for the plaintiffs ; Mr . CRESSWELL was for the defendant . The plaintiffs are the assignees of a bankrupt named Elsworth , who carried on business as a worsted manufacturer at Bradford , and the action was brought to recover from the defendant , a relation of his , , £ 95 , for money lent . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant After hearing the above , and other minor cases , the Court rose at half-past t > ix o ' clock .
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