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TO THE ELECTORS AXD NON-ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDING . FEixcrw-Coo-TfiTMEK , —Another of those Important times ¦ which . gives the "wealth and intelligence of Una great bat discrseted country an opportunity of choosing those men "who are to make the laws by which we are to be governed appears to be npon the ere of taking place . It caanot be necessary , in sn address like the present , to impress upon the electors , and nonelectors , the fast importance of the » teps which those Who haTe the franchise will be called npon to take in the event of a dissolution of Parliament taking place at t iie present crisis ; for , we are informed , upon the authority of the Ch-ncellor of the Exchequer , that the revenue of the country is deficient in this last two or three years to the tmdunt of seven or eight millions ; that > he taxes arising from all articles of consumption used by the working classes are fearfnliy decreasing ; that ni-iess seme mode of indirectly augmenting the
revenue can be resorted to , be will be compelled to lay a duvet tax upon property , or else , notwithstanding the glut of our ¦ earehoases for want of a market ; notwithstanding the fierce competition which is arising in every corner of the world to oui manufactures ; notwithstanding otrr having to labour under the burden of-an eo'irtn us texation , rendered more onerous by the gross and complicated monopolies whichiave . arisen out of this taxation ; that , notwithstanding all these complicated difficulties and disadvantages , he will be compelled to lay a tax upon thai " ntrw power" -which has been tha foundation of all our commercial greatness , acd -which only , can giTe us a chance of maintaining that er > aiaess ; that , notwithstanding all these things , We art- informed , by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in his place in Parliament , that without some indirect mode can be resorted to of augmenting the revenue , he will be compelled to Jay a direct tax upon property , or --Is-e to tax toot " new power" the steam engine !
In . nidition to this , we are told by a first Secretary of it&te , that , we have arrived at a " commercial crisis ;" that out merchants and manufacturers are in the very " yv . \ i of bankruptcy ; " that our men of property are unat . k- to get any " rents" for that property ; that our Bhoptecpers sre " ruined ; " that our " labourers are living feventcen in five yards square ; " that "the pavrobribers shops are filled with the furniture and clothes of our srt ' zans ; " th * . t " our manufacturing labourers have rotes those btis" npon vrhich they ought to stretch those weary limbs which want renewing for the toils jf a future day . Merciful heaven ! have we lived to Eei tiie liaywhen a first Minister of State shall prove thi » tv be the condition of the labourers of the " envy « f Kirrjanding nations , and tke admiration of the world 7 "
S ; ich being proved to be the condition of this couTitry . tht qs-. lUoti natnraV . y irises what can ix > the cause of all tils ? What can it be that ha 3 reduced us to this ? What can is be that has brought the " envy of sur-Tcmuding nations" to the " gulf ef bankruptcy . ' " Wem cause has been at -work to have compelled the " ^ . -imitation of the world" to live " seventeen in five yards square ? " What can have compelled them to have " pawL-ed their clothes , " and eaten their beds ? " The answer to this undoubtedly is to be found in the fact of the aristocracy having had possession entirely of the TTh-iie legislative power of . the country ; by their havii : ^ bad the pov ^ erto fill the Hi . use of Commons " witi their own nominees .
Then , electors of the West Riding , will you no * . pause before you elect two scions of that aristocracy , which " &as ca . u » ed the iatwirera to " eat their beds" to fin tb . 2 House of Commons ? Will yon not pause before you do that fer them which you heaved heaven and earth , to prevent them from doing for themselves ? Will Joa send men to the House of Commons , who- are immediately interested in maintaining the ascendancy of that aristocrat "which has brought our "merchants to the er- ' . i of bankruptcy , " and our labourers ' . to eat ¦ t heir beds ? '' If y vu do , you richly merit all that their system has brought yon to ; but which will bring you further Than t £ s guli of bankruptcy , " yea , which will yet make you like ths labourers , glad to " eat your
I shall , perhaps , be told that these are exceptions , that ' their bowels ysarn with compassion for the poor ; " that their breasts are filled with the milk of Iranian kindness , and that they will do more for you than you could do for yourselves , and much more of the same kind , No doubt whatever they will promise enough , but as it chances we have the career of -one of ujom before ni The man who is a " lord by the aeciaent of bis birth" has been before the public for the l ^ st half score years , and can you , after the most mature coriMderation , lay your finger upon one ¦ ingle s . ct , which had the least tendency to benefit the gre-t r ^ ass of the p pupation of this coufitry ? In
fact . , ai- . Thole career iuj been one of <' . erMed hostility to eT'r . hicg like liberality of principle . It is trus he twa-:-i ^ -l in " lady-liko soft bastard latin" about the " riiuis cf humanity , " bat what have been his actions ? What - * as his vote apan the infamous Xew Poor L » w Biii ? Wty , in the b-unty of his heart , to throw npon hi ? o" 5 ti resources the man whom their accursed aysu . m bid Teduced to " pawn his clothe * , " and " hi- br- 'l ** He votet "; for the Irish Co . Tcion Bill ; he ¦ » ott . Id the Bill vMeh gives the b : iies of the houseless p ' - -v > r to be dissected for the benefit of the r : chfl F 3 Ti < lj : the thing is rjn > ; it smells to He . v < . n . ' "
Well , but about the other , my Lord Milton ; a . t ail -events , 7 on cannot have any objection Le has never yet bees tried ; he i 3 yet but a yonr . g man , but of great promi- ; frcm the House from which he has descended " A j . " f . t ' -ie on both your houses . '" But then , seriously , is j ;¦ .-ung , inexperienced man a proper person to entrust v " th he destinies of a great , but falling nation . ' Wh . « v is his talent and experience to come hem , to enabie him to grapple with our monstrous debt , and cocscrj uiat taxation ? In what school has he learnt al : tie complicated icterests of our commercial system ?
Wh&re ;< tiiat knoiried i's to spring from which is to enable him to follow , in ail its sinuesities , our horrible system cf paper money ; that thing which is " EUtn ^ -. n in the beginning and weakness in the end ;" that system , which , along with its twin brother , debt and i-. x-t . ion , is grinding the energies of the most industritrst i > opls on tLeface of the earth to atoms ; and which has cTj-jght our " merchants to the gulf of bink-Tuptcy . " filled our pawnbroker ' s Ehops -with the cloths of our artizm 3 ; and caused cur " manufacturing la . bcmr-: ? i vo eat their b * ds . "
Ent , however , we are gravely told that -he has no fcrpe-ifcnee ; and though he has no experience , there ishU i . rher the •• gr > at statesman . " not like Pit * " nC'Tf r . o more , " but now in " the House of Lords" tc render him assistasci . And , are we to be made tc beli-rve -j-at that house of aristocracy will either propose l ^ --if , or send men to the House of Commons tc propose , anything inimical to ths interests of tha ! sristceracy ? Will the heir of Earl PitzwiLiam propo » in Lh-- livase c : Cjmnions , as Lord Milton , measurei which -sul be inimical to himself as the future Ear Frz ^ iT Iam ? Or , will the present Earl Fitzwiliian instruct him to do so ? The thing is too ridiculous t < he tnt ^ rtiined for a moment .
But ^ bat has been the career present Ear Fitzwi ' i'am who is to be the mentor to his son ? Wha are tne examples the son is to follow ? Come up shade ! of those -wbo have been skillied to deata in the hostile and then dLsseci&l for the benefit of science , &Bd wit 2 your drrp Pspulcbral tones , tell the electors of thi West Riaini ' , that this mentor of youth , declared tha that lair , which throws on his own resources the mai ¦ w ho his " eat his bed ; ' * that law which tears the suck ing nabs from tke breast of its mother ; that law whicl tears the wife from the arms of her husband - ; that la ? which has stnt yon prematurely to tfcat " bonrne fron whe ' . ec no travelier retuna ; " tell them that this Men tor -. if youth , declared that that law which dots al these tilings , land hundreds beside too horrid for thi eatalc-rae . ! was but the mild prelude of the abolition o all la- * for the relief of the poor . '
And ira-n , is it not acknowledged on all hands that i f ever we have any relief to the miseries of ou social system , it must be through the extension of thi luffrag * ; and what has this mentor said or done npoi this question ? What are the" sage advices" wh / . eh wil have to rovsrn him ithe youth' in his future career Has at ni / t recently declared that tfce Reform Bill ha < gone quite far encuga ; that it was a complete revolu tion : aiid that we could not afford to have a revolu tlon every ten years ? There's for you , now ! " Here " a lie-era ! Lord ! Quite willing and competent to de * fcroy thai- system which has brought onr " merchants b the guif of bankruptcy" and our labourers to" ea their bo 3 . " But whit need of argument ; will thi present Earl Pitzwdiam , in the House of Lords , ani the future one in the House of Commons , ever prc pose ar-yihing to destroy their own power ?
But toe Chfct-celler of the Exchequer has declared that without some indirect mode of augmenting th revtuur can be resorted to , he will be obliged to la on a property tax , or tax thai new power , the " stean engine . ' Xow , electors , stop and ask yourselvc ¦ eri ^ as ' iy - " -bether these Lordlings will vote " for a ta ; upon ttit-r proDcrtyj or for a tax upon the steam engine Tbe h& ?~ : jiking of the question conveys the " fu ] answer ; and tells you in tones not to be misunderstood that it is your dnty to seek out from your own ordei
men -who are to represent your interest * . Can this great manufacturing district afford no one who is competent to represent tke commercial interests » f this great county , without being compelled to seek for them in the ranks of the aristocracy ! If it cane j , ] representation is a farce . Let us down on to o ^ r ! knees at once , and acknowledge our masters ; let us . return at once to feudalism , and no more be led astray by the mockery of representation . A FB . KZHOLDEK . June 2 nd , 1841 .
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SUPPOSED MURDER AT ARMLEY , KEAR LEEDS . On the night of Friday last , a little before twelve o ' clock , the body of a poor man was found extended on the turnpike near Cockshott Lane Bar , on tbe Leeds and Staimlngley new road , quite dead , and with such marks of extreme violence npon bi 3 person gave rise to great suspicion that he had been murdered . The persons who first made the discovery , Rd . Graysbon and Joseph Gaunt , clothiers , of Pudsey , lost no time in oonveying information to Mr .
Goodson , constable , of Bramley , and by their exertionB the body was removed to the Barley Mow Inn , Bramley , to await the re ult of the Coroner ' s inquisition . In reviewing the whole case , as presented in the following detail of the evidence at the inquest , we are struck with the entire absence of any thing like a motivo by which to account for the commission of so serions a crime as mnrder^—for that the poor fellow was murdered there exists we think no doubt , and murdered too in a manner as barbarous as it is rare in this neighbourhood .
The name of the unfortunate deceased is Christopher Winder ; his place of residence was at Arraley ; and we believe that for two or three years back he has been out of employment . The man accused of the murder is an Irishman , resident , as we understand , at Bradford , and has been known in the neighbourhood for two years back as an itinerant dealer in salt , though we imagine not on his own account ; he is 28 years of age—the unfortunate deceased 53 . The event has caused quite an excitement as may be readily conceived both in Bramley and Armley , where the deceased was well known . The inquest was held on Monday last , before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the house of Mr . Isaac Morluy , the Barley _ Mow Inn , Bramley , before a highly respectable jury , who afterhaving been sworn , proceeded to view the body , which presented a shocking spectacle . The following evidence was then pone into : —
Samuel Winder—I live at Armley , and keep the Rwe and Crown Inn . I knew the deceased ; he was a slubber ; he lived in Armley and was fifty-three years of age ; he was my uncle ; on Friday last he -was at my house ; he came about two in the afternoon , and left soon after seven . Tbe prisoner , Thomas Milett , was there during part of the time ; it might be about five o'clock when he was there ; he had a cart and horse with him ; he remained for about fuur hours ; he was in the Up-room , and stayed there till about ten o'clock ; his horse and cart were in an adjoining shed ; the deceased was in the same room with him while be stayed . There were several other people in the room ; the conversation was general , —there was no quarrel . The prisoner had fonr pints of ale ; he had a drab-coloured
purse , and appeared to have about 16 s . in it ; that is as near as I can telL The deceased was rather the worse for beer , but walked away by himself . The prisoner "ivas also the worse for liquor when he went ; he had partaktu of some besides the four pints he had himself . Some boys were about his cart , and I desired twe men who were there to see him out of the town ; the names cf these men are James Chaffers , and James Bucks ; they returned in about a quarter of an hour . Milttt came to our hctu-f agaic about ten minutes to one o ' clock on Saturiiay morning ; I -was in ; be bar at the time along with my wife and her father ; he kicked at the door , and after some time I went and asked who was there ? He said " D—n , you it is the salt man ; dont you know . " He wanted to stay all night , but I
refused to let him is , and told him to go back to his horse and cart . I then returned to the bar , and the prisoner shortly afterwards came in at the kitchen door , which ¦ rnis open ; ho went into the tap-room , put his hat on the table , and said he should stay all night ; he threw down sixpence to pay for bis lodgings , and afterwards sfaid if that was not enough , he would give 2 s ., or any thing else we liked ; I told him we could not permit him to stop , as his horse and cart were on the road , and might do mischief ; he said he must stop , as he dare not go on the road , for fear of being murdered . He then showed his right arm , which seemed scratched , and said he hadhad a scuffle with a man on the road ; he said he did not know the man that he had had a scuffle with ; he did not say then he had been robbed ; when he came at five o ' clock and Went away at ten be had a cap on ; and when he came back at one , he had on an old hat without a lining ; the hat now produced by
Mr . J&mes is the same ; . the blue cap now produced by Goodson , tbe constable , is tile one that Milett had on the first time I saw him ; when be returned he had his purse -with him , and I « aw money in it , when he ffered to pay for staying at my house all night ; it wa 3 the same purse 1 had before seen . I turned him cut of our iiooae in about ten minutes . The deceased -wore a hat like the one which Milett had on when he &im the second time to my house ; I have no doubt this is the same hat ; it is the same . Milett had a good deal of salt in his cart at ten o ' clock ; I had not known Win previously . My uncle had no money about him when he Itf t my house . 1 did not observe the state cf Milett ' s dress the last time he was at my house ; he was then quite sober ; and seemed agitated . If he -was going to Bradford , he would pass through Cockshott-) ane Bar . The prisoner had been tossing for ale , wh' : n be was first in my house , and lost altogether 7 a .-, the deceased did not partake of any part of this .
Win . Binns . —I keep Cockshott-lane Toll-bar ; it is in the township of Bramley . I know the prisoner ; he has frequently passed throngh mj gate during tbe last two years . He passed my gate at twenty minutes past ten o'clock on Friday night last ; he had his horse and cart with him ; he asked if we wanted any salt ; we did nut get any , and he paid me 4 ^ d . for toll , and went a-srsy ; he was going towards Bramley ; the body of dectased was found about two hundred yards from my house . I went to bed in about a quarter -of an hour
after the prisoner had passed through ; I was not out of the door after he had gone ; I did not see any more of ililett that night . No other vehicle passed through the gate till between twelve and one o ' clock , when Mr . Lumky , of Bramley , passed through on his load from Leeds . I heard no quarrelling ; if anybody had knocked at my door I should have heard them . Milott was rather intoxicated when I saw him ; and when I refused to buy his salt , he made use of some abusive language , and showed fight , but walked cleverly away , the cart going on a little before him .
Thomas Spiers . —I am a policeman at Leeds . I have measured the distance from Cockshott-lane Bar to tbe place where the body of the deceased was founJ , and it is 246 yards . The width of the road where the body was found , between the stone heaps , is eieven feet four inches . The distance between the Rose and Crown in Armley and the place where the body was found is about a mile , and the distance from the place where the boay -was found to the Fleece Inn at Bramley , en the same road , is 1044 yards . It is 66 yards from the p :-ace where the body was found to Holmes's-lane-end , and 180 yards from Holmes's-lane-end to Cockshottlane Bar .
Francis Stott—I am a publican , and keep tbe Fleece ; inn , on the tarnpike-road side leading from Leeds to : Stanningley . I knew the deceased ; he was at ray house I at near nine o ' clock on Friday night last ; he was sober ; i be came up with a man who had a horse ; they had a i pint of ale a-piece , and the man with the horse then ! went away to Pudsey ; that would be about half-past nine ; Winder stayed nearly half an hour longer , a man ! who was in the house having paid for another gill of I ale for him ; he did not seem to ail anything for liquor . i Deceased , when he left my houie , turned on the road to ! Armley ; I saw him at the distance of nearly 100 yar < is j on the read ; he had a hat on and a blue smock . It I was then about ten o'clock , and I saw no other person i on the road .
I Richard Qrayshon . —I live at Pudsey ; I am a { clothier . I did not know tbe deceased . On Friday ! night last , I had been at Leeds , in company with j Joseph Gaunt , which place we left at about nine j o'clock ; we had a horse and cart ; we came by Worti ley Moor , over Armley Hill Top , and down Miss j Holmes ' s Lane , on to the new road ; we came that I road to miss the two bars ; I was driving , and when i we got about thirty yards past the place where the | deceased was laid , Criunt said there was a man laid on I the road . We pulled up , got out of the cart , and went i hack ; I found the man was dead ; the cart weighs 5 A j ewt . ; I felt no shock as if we bad run over anything ";
j the head of the man was near tbe rat , on the north side j of the road , with his feet in a slanting direction across i the road . He had no hat on ; he was laid on his back ; j he did not move ; he appeared to be quite dead ; his ; chin appeared to be injured ; I did not observe that he i was bleeding . There were Beveral stones ab * nt his : bead and shoulders . We did not stop above a I minute ; but went to Qoodson , the constable , who : directly went back with us to the body . It might i be betwten half-past eleven and twelve o ' clock ; ¦ on rtturning to the body , it was in the same position I in which we left it I took hold of his right ' hand ; it was quite cold ; blood was running out , of the ears . We should be about a quarter of an ! hour between leaving the body and returning to it .
There were several stones that were bloody laid around the body ; one of them might be about four pounds weight , and had a sharp edge . [ Several stones were produced , clotted with blood and hair . ] One of these ( pointing it out ) is like the one laid next to his ear . I did not notice that there was a stone underneath his he&d . There were other stones on both sides of the road ; we then removed tbe body to the Barley Mow Inn . I cannot siy whether we went over the body or not with our cart ; if we did , it must have been the lower part of tbe body ; I felt no motion of having gone over anything . If we had gone over his head , we most , of necessity have eon * over some of these
large stones . I think it would not be possible for us to have gone over his bead and the stones without our knowing it , and I am quite sore I felt no such motion . Tb « head of tin deceased , which was laid on our right hand tide , was a little distance from the rat—probably a foot , and his Iegi -were aerost tbe other rut I did not see-any blood is tba rut on tbe right hand side ; our horse neither stumbled nor ihied at any thing . I do not think it poatiMe that we could have passed him without ffoinj over some part of bis body , but I cannot think we touched his bead . We could not have gone over his bead , and tbe stones , and all , without knowing it ; the stones were laid on both sides of his head .
Joseph Gaunt , a clothier at Pudsey , who was with the last witness in the cart , gave nearly the same version of the story as the above—there was no material difference in their statements .
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Mr . T . P . Teale—I am a surgeon in Leeds ; I first saw the body of the deceased on Saturday morning ; I then examined it externally ; I saw a large wound near the chin ; the face and hands were bloody . I made a post mortem examination on Sunday . I found marks of contusion on tbe front and back part of both arkis , on the back of the right shoulder , and the back of the left thigh . In front of tbe throat were eight or ten bruises of small size ; one contusion was extensive over the upper part of the chest ; the left pye was violently contused , and along tbe lower edge of the lower jaw , was a contused wound four inches long , exposing the lower jaw-bone , which was shattered into numerous small fragments ; the muscles beneath the jaw were extensively torn and much discoloured by extravasatedblood ;
the whole of the scalp at the back part of the head from one ear to the other , and tbe skin of the neck , exhibited one mass of contusion , and there was much coagulated black blood beneath the skin of these partg . Across tbe back of the head , in the contused p ^ rt , there was a wound , or two wounds nearly united , four inches in extent , exposing the skull , -which was rough at this part Along the line of this -vraund , the hair was partially destroyed . TherewaVa smaller wound behind the left ear , and an extensive abrasion behind the right ear . Both ears were extensively lacerated . On removing the skin at the back part of the neck , the muscles were found loaded with black coagulated blood ; on opening the skull bl : ck blood was seen effused within the membranes of the brain : the vessels of the
brain were intensely loaded with blood ; an , d the brain it self was lacerated , and blood extravasated in its substance ; the base of the skul ! presented an extensive fracture ; the skull was thin , below the average in that respect There were some markB of the disease , but not to bear on the present case . I hava examined three stones , partially covered with blood , and hair , about an inch long , was found adhering to tbx-m ; this resembled the hair of tbe deceased . I examined the road , on Saturday morning , and saw a davk place , which appeared to present a copious effusion of blood ; this was in the north wheel-mark , or rut ; the immediate cause of death has been the fracture of the skull , and accompanying injury to the brain ; it must have required great violence to have produced these
injuries . I do not think that stones thrown , or a man being beat with such stones as those now produced would cause the extensiv : \< jury . I do not deny tl e possibility , butjdoabt it ex-- -.. fingly . Such injuries £ shoul 4 say , have been pro . iuced by some powerfully compressing cause . A cart running ovurit would he likely to produce these injuries . They are in a direct continuous line from front to back , anil must have been produced at one and the sania time . Tbe violence must have been applied to the jaw , and the same violence had produced the injury to the base of the skull , and tho back of tbe heart . The more extensive injuries , which have caused death , I do uoS think hnve been produced by personal violence ; I do not deny the possibility , but 1 think it improbable timt they could havd been eo produced . Tho left eye appeared to have had severe blows ; as well as the aims an ; l chest ; under tho blow on the chest was a greut deal cf extravasated blood ; there were numerous small
contusions on the throat , indicative of personal violunue by the hand . There were Eevere contusions on the back or tbe left thigh , but no marks of violence on the legs . All these injuries must have required considerable personal violence , and would havo been sufficient to produce insensibility , and from tke concuss ' on thus produced the man might have died , and probably also might have recovered ; the fact of his being left out all night , exposed to the col < i , would have a tendency to accelerate death . Had the deceased been thrown down violently on a stone , it is possible his skull might have been fractured ; but I think the continuous injuries from tbe jaw to the back of the head could not have been produced by being thrown down . The throwing of these stones , or beating with them , would be lihely to produee the injuries on the other parts of the body . The serious injuries must have been produced before death ; the party may have been in a state of insensibility at tbe time they were inflicted , but certainly not dead .
Joseph Goodson—I am constable of Bramley . I was called up un the night of Friday last , about a quarter to twelve o ' clock , by two men who said they had found a horse and cart , in front of my house ; I got up and took charge of them ; the horse and cart were taken into my back yard ; the cart contained a quantity of salt and some scales and weights . The name on the cart was" Owen Cofleld , salt dealer , Bradford . " Whilst I was busy with the horse , two men , Grayshon and Gaunt , came and said they bad found a man dead hi tbe road , and wished me to go with them . I went , and found the deceased , Christopher Winder , laid about 200 yards from Cockshett-lane Bar . Deceased was laid on his back , with his head not in the rut , but where a horse would tread , and his legs transversely across on
the other side of the road ; ha had neither bat nor cap on ; the face was very bloody ; I felt at both the hands and face ; they were quite cold . I noticed a great many stones about ; they were laid about his head and shoulders ; the stones I now produce ; there are 20 of them ; many of them were spotted with blood ; tha weight of the stouts together is 1061 bs ., the heaviest bein ^ 11 Albs ., and tho lightest lilbs . I rtinoved the body" and stone * in a cart to" the Barley Mow . At three o ' clock in the morning , I went to the place again , - -nd f < and tlie cap now produced laid on the s-Viu-j opposite where the boiiy was laid ; a small key end a pencil I found where the body b : id Ken . I then went to the bar , and called the barman up ; lie euid he bad heard nothing ; we went together to tbe p ! ace ; and as we were going , we found on one side of the road a buudle containing some
bread and tw . » handkerchiefs ; a httle further on and near the bundle 1 found a note of which the following is a copy : — " Rubing Harrison states that kit Winder never puid my wages , nor nsver defroaded ini of any thing to th-i btot of my F . olege . Kuben Harrison , June 3 , 1 S 41 . " I < xaniined the dress of the deceased ; his right side waistcoat pocktt was turned inside out ; iiis smock was blightly torn ; he had no handkerchief on that I noticed . Some parts of his clothes were bloody , and cov ^ rvd with dust , as if he bad struggled violently . The bundle and note were about 130 yards from where the body was laid . I kavu fitted the key to a box , belonging to the deceased , at the house of bis bister ; it fits easily . Many of the stones touched tho body of the deceased , —none wera more than baif a yard from him . Grayshon and Gaunt were quite soi > er .
Samuel Winder recalled—Identified the handkerchitfs anil pencil produced as the property of his uncle , the deceased . Mr . Benjamin Wilson , wine merchant , Bramley , deposed to finding the horse and cart , on Friday night , in a Ian « between tho new road and Brainky town street . The c * rt contained salt The horse and cart were delivered to Goodson . There waa no person with the hovse and cart . The hcrse ami cart were identified as those which Milett had in his possession on Friday .
George Aveyard—I am a tojlbar keeper at Stanningiey ; the prisoner , Milett , was at my gate on Saturday morning , at a quarter past three o'clock ; I was standing on tbe road and saw him come on tbe new road in the direction from Bramley . He asked if I had seen anything of his horse and cart , as he had icst them . I said bow , where , and whon have you lost them ? " He said " I put up my horse at a public bouse by the roadside in Bramley last night , whilst I got something to eat ; but in setting out about dusk , some fellows followed and attempted to rob me , -when I lost my horse and cart" I asked him if he had been drunk , and be said he was rather fresh . He went imto the house to light his pipe , and there said he had been robbed of all his money except sixpence ; he said they had got five and twenty shillings from him . He said if I saw his horse and cart I was to take care of it He looked dirty , as if he had been out all night Tbe prisoner had a hat on .
John Ward—I keep Cilverley-Moor toll-bar ; I know the prisoner , and Lars done so for abcut nine months ; he passed through my bar on Friday morning ; I saw him again on Saturday morning , abeut half-past four . He catae up and asked if his horse and cart had gone through . I told him it had not ; and he said if it came I was to let it pass , and he would , pay when he came again . He said he ha 4 being getting drunk , and some persons wanted to rob him , as they saw that he had money . He said he hod l > e « n in a scrimmage last night , but he had got the better of them ; and after the fray he had galfopped back to tbe public-honse , where he had been before ; he said they had got his money . He then went towards Bradford . He had a hat on at that time , and a cap wken he passed throngh on Friday morning ; his clothes were dusty .
Ann Winder , daughter of the deceased , identified the small key found on the road , as having belonged to her father ; she alsa identified one of the handkerchiefs found in the bundle . Richard Robinson—I live in Bramley Back-lane ; I was returning from Leeds about half-past ten on Friday night last I saw two m « n on the road , about twenty yards from Holmes ' s lane-top ; one man was laid on his back and the other appeared to be kneeling on him . I did not speak to them . One of them , I think the man who was on his knees said , "Gentlemen , will you help me to make this man be quiet ? " I did not know either of them , and did not stop ; after I bad passed on , I heard one say , " I will lift you ap now , " and then I heard either a blow or a falL I saw no
more . Win . James . —I am superintendent of police , at Leeds . On Saturday morning I was sent up to Bramley to make inquiries as to Winder ' s death ; in consequence of information , I went to Bradford , and when I got to Bradford-moor , I overtook James Winder and David Rokerts , constables , and Miiett ' s wife ; we then went towards Bradford , and shortly afterwards I apprehended Thomas Milett , the person now in custody I charged him with killing a man th « night before at Bramley . He said he knew nothing at all about it I saw bis right trousers' kne * was stained with blood ,
and I asked him bow it came to b * so ; he said be had been fighting , and cut his km * . I examined his trousers inside , and also bis knae , mad found that tbe blood was on the outside only , hU knee not being cut , but slightly grated , which bad not bled . I found his waistcoat and one of tbe wristbands of bis shirt stained with blood ; tbe other wristband appeared to have been torn off He said these stains had been caused by a man who stopped him on the road , and robbed him of two and twenty shillings , and who was going to murder him , so be did the best he could for himself , as he saw be must either kill or be killed ; and when he got tbe man down he ran away * j
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fast as he could , and left tbe man laid on the ground . He stated that thett he went to the public-bouse , ' and told the landlord he had been robbed . The man , he said , was not going tbe same way that he was , for he met him , and the man seizad hold of him first by the back of the neck , knocked his heels up , and robbed him of his money . Prisoner was then taken into the stable , where Winder ' s body was laid , where I asked him "if that was the man who had robbed him ?" He said it was ; and also in reply to another question , said the cloth cap laid by the body of deceased was his ; the hat he had on he said he had got at home He stated that after the affair was over , he went bock to the public-house , and told the landlord he had been
robbed ; he afterwards went under the shed , and slept till daylight , after which be went home , and sent his wife to look for his cart The prisoner told me the cart be losged to Owou Cofiold , salt-dealer , Bradford . After telling him that the hat he wore was owned by Winder ' s friends , he again repeated that he had got it at home . James Winder , in my presence , asked him how he accounted for so many stones boiDg laid so near the bend of the deceased . Milett said he threw them at him after be was down , for he knew he could only die once , and be might as well die for that , as be killed on the road . I warned Milett repeatedly that what he said might be given againBt him , but be persisted in talking .
Tkis being the whole of the evidence , Milett was asked , after being cautioned by tbe Coroner , i f he wished to make any statement . All he said was , that he went book to the public-bouse , where the landlord would not let him stop , and he then went into the shed , and fell asleep . He said he knew nothing of what those men had been talking about . It being now near ten o ' clock , the further proceedings were adjourned till next day .
ADJOURNED lNQVESL The inquest on the body of the unfortunate man was resumed on Tuesday evening , at five o ' clock , at the Barley Mow Ina . The concourse of persona assembled -was immense , all enger to gain a glimpse of the prisoner , as he was driven up from Leeds . Tbe names of the jury having been called over , the Ctnroner enquired if any additional evidence would be offered . A man , named John Harrison , of Bramley , was called ; his statement went merely to show that he had had a conversation with the prisoner after his apprehension , in which he made some admissions as to the time which the affray with the deceased occupied .
A woman , named Ann Stead , also of Bramley , offered some statements , to the effect that , on the night of the murder , she was on the road , near Holmes ' s Lane End , at ne : r eleven o ' clock , when sbe heard a noise as of two men quarrelling proceeding from tbe place where the body of the deceased was found . She saw nobody , consequently could not say whether the prisoner was one of the men or not Neither of the « e statements were taken down , the jury not thinking them at all important The Coroner then proceeded to sum up the evidence , and directed the attention of the Jury to the two points for their consideration—whether death had ensued from violenco or from accident ; and if from violence , whether offered by the prisoner or some other
person . He went carefully through the evidenco , dwelling upon such parts as bore most stronjjly upon the case , whether for or against the prisoner ; remarking more particularly upon tbe statements of Mr . Teale , the surgeon , with whose evidence he did not coincide in every particular . With regard to the law , as bearing upon the cane , he observed , that if a man assault another with intent to do him bodily barm ( and the intent must bo gathered from tbe extent of the violence ) , and death ensued , that would be murder , provided tbe act were of such a nature as plainly , and in the ordinary course of events , must put the life of tbe party in danger . After describing the violence which in this case bad been used , he said he could not help thinking that it was of such a nature as plainly , and in the ordinary course of events , to put the life of the deceased in danger . The injuries were sufficient to produce insensibility ; and therefore if a cart wheel went over the deceased , when in a
state of exhaustion , debility , or insensibility , ar ising from the personal violence , and if tbe injuries thereby , received were the immediate cause of death , yet the personal violence which produced the exhaustion , debility , or insensibility , was ef such a nature as to pat tbe life of the deceased in imminent danger , —in the language of the surgeon , if he had been left in that state without further injury , death might have ensued ; and therefore if the deceased was left in a state of exhaustion , debility ; or insensibility , by reason of the personal violence offered to him by the prisoner , or any other person , which rendered him unablo to walk , or toremovb himself from the road to a place of greater safety , the party committing the violence and leaving the deceased thus exposed , would betray such absolute recklessness and utter indifference about the life of the deceased , as to render him guilty of murder , for the law knew hi * difference between tbe guilt of tuch a case and that of an intention to destroy .
The jury then retired , and after consulting together for two hours , returned a verdict of WILFUL MURDER against Thomas Milett The prisoner was then committed by the Coroner to York Castle , to tako his trial for the offence at the ensuing ass .-z ; s .
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endeavoured to overcome by their hearty choers . The uproar thus created prevented the speaker from being heard . He made several attempts to proceed , but without success , and he at last , seeing the hopelessness of all attempts to gain a deliberate bearing , brought his remarks to an abrupt conclusion , by proposing the following resolution : — " That the present measure of relief proposed by the Whigs ia an insult to the toilworn and suffering millions of this country , and proves that they have no desire to do justice to the people . They have also proved , by eight years' heartless profligacy and misrule that their mo 3 t solemn promises and professions are not to be regarded , and that they are unworthy of the people ' s confidence . That although the Corn Laws are unjust an J oppressive , yet the present House of Commons being inimical to the people ' s rights , will not repeal the same except through an agitation bordering on revolution . "
Mr . Marsh having seconded the resolution , ''' Mr . Pahkes aaked if the party on the waggon had any amendment to propose , and he was answered by being told that they did not recognise him as chairman . He proceeded to put the resolution to the meeting , when the uproar , which had beeu some what allayed , was renewed , and kept up for some time . Mr . Fisher then got up , and , as he said , he merely wished to speak to a point of order , a hearing was obtained for him , through the exertions of the party on the steps , and those in the waggon . Silence having been restored , Mr . Fisher said , that though heretired peaceably from that meeting , yet , he did not do 60 from any cowardly motive , for he did not fear
one party or another , having never inflicted an injury upon any man . He ' came there with his friends , at the request of a number of working classes , to advocate their interests . He thought that what was the interest of the workmen was the interest of the master , and that the interests of the two were inseparably connected . He had been a workman himself , and as poor as any man in that meeting , and therefore he could sympathise with tho working classes . After exhorting both parties to lay aside all party feeling , and to endeavour to promote tho common welfare , Mr . Fisher left the waggon amid the loud cheera of his friends , Mr . F . having been heard with the greatest attention , the Chairman said a specimen had been given of the manner in which he and his friends would treat their opponents . He hoped from that time forward , they would be able to conduct their future proceedings in peace and harmony , and that they should
endeavour to come to a calm and dispassionate conclusion upon the question before them . Mr . Ibuotson said he had guessed some such resolution would be brought forward , and , therefore , he had come prepared with an amendment upon it . He then went on to laud himself as an advocate of free tra , de , and all other good things , for a long time . After he told the tieeting that ho had been shown , by somo Tories , some letters from the Chartist loaders , acknowledging the receipt of money week after week —( cheers , confusion , and cries of "Its a lie , " " Names . ") He was sure the majority of tho meeting who knew him would give him credit when he affirmed that what he stated was the truth . ( No , no , and yea . ) He would not state names ; but ho was ready to make oath that he read the letters . He would do this , and leave any explanation to the Tories , Mr . Ibbotson concluded by moving the following amendment to the resolution : —
That it is clearly shown that the abolition of the monopolies , especially in corn and sugar , and a revision of the import duties generally , would greatly improve the circumstances of the people ; that without opposing the extension of the franchise , or the advocacy of their political claims by auy portion of our countrymen , we are of opinion that the men who would weaken our efforts to abolish monopolies are the abettors of the monopolists , and are not the real frieuda of the extension political rights and of the welfare and happiness of the people . "
Mr . Benson seconded the amendment , observing that he would not adopt the course followed by Mr . Gill , but would state at length tha reasons why he seconded . the proposition . Mr . Gill here indignantly observed that it was the party with whom Mr . Benson was connected who had prevented him from going into the question at length . He was perfeotly ready to state fully his reasons for supporting the resolution , and to disprove the slander of Mr . Ibbotson . He had never received a penny from either the accursed Whig or Tory factions , and never would do . Mr . Benson said , that as Mr . ; Gill , and some of the supporters would have to address the meeting , in support of the original motion , he would simply then second the resolution , and reserve what he had got to say to a later period of the meeting .
Mr . Baikstow , tha Chartist lecturer said , he appeared before the assembly to support not only the rights of those present , but the rights of the working millions throughout the country . A statement had been made with the view of prejudicing the minds of the meeeting , against the Chartist leaders on that occasion . He declared that he had . never received anything either from the Tories or any other party . He was employed by the working men , and by them ho was paid . The question with them then was , whether the abolition of the Corn Law or Universal Suffrage should be the grand object of the working classes to attain . Ho complained ; hat those who now opposed monopoly had a monopoly of the suffrage . Who was it who passed
the Cora Laws ? ( " Tories . ") But how was this ? The Tories passed that law assisted by the Whigs , at the point of the bayonet . Tho Whigs , he contended , would never repeal that law . The Sun newspaper had declared thac the Whigs would never repeal ( hat law , and he considered that a sufficient authority . Lord John Russell hai proposed a fixed duty of 83 . per quarter on Corn , and to shew the effect of that proposition he would refer to the last three years . ( Hear , hear . ) The importation of corn during that period had amounted to 9 400 , 000 quarters , and the duty paid upon it was £ 1 , 6000 , 000 but if Lord John Russell ' s fixed duty of 8 s . had been levied upon every quarter of grain imported into this country , that duty would have amounted
to £ 2 , 400 , 609 . This was shown by the returns supplied to tho House of Commons . What ( he asked ) 1 had induced the Whig Ministry to come forward at the present time , now that they were struggling in the agonies of political death . The answer was this : they felt confident that they had abused the trust reposed in them—they felt confident that they had nut performed their promises to the peoplethat they had made the agitation on the question of the Reform Bill subservient to their own interests—they were fully conscious that up to the present time they had resisted any repeal of the Corn Laws—for when the Anti-Corn Law deputation waited upon Lord Melbourne , at the commencement of the last session , be then stated that
he deemed the repeal of the Cora Laws one of the maddest projects that ever entered into the imagination of man . What a chamelion , then , must Lord Melbourne be , to advocate the repeal of the Corn Laws at the present moment . He contended that the Whigs would never repeal the present Corn Laws , and that pledges and promises were the staple material in which the Whigs always deal . Chsap bread and free trade were the arguments of those who wished to lower wages . Who but the Whigs had been the means of establishing rival manufactories through the whole of Continental Europe ? They it was who had allowed the exports of machinery . Mr . Gregg , the Member for Manchester , had established manufactories in
Belgium , and on other parts of the Continent , for the purpose of beating down English labour at home . Yet these were the men who were bawling to the people to come forward and stick by the Whigs , and keep the Ministerial traitors in office for another session . If the Whigs were ( as they professed to be ) the friends of cheap bread and high wages , why did they keep the working classes from being represented in the House of Commons , and thereby giving them the means of protecting their labour ! Every interest except that of labour was represented in the House of Commons ; and he contended , therefore , that the Charter was the only means of remedying the evils under which the working classes at present suffer ( Cries of " What did
you do at Nottingham ? ; He would answer that question . The Chartists possessed the balance of power between the Whig and Tory factions . They were on the ere of a general election , and it was not the intention of his friends to bring forward Chartist candidates . He detested both the Whigs and Tory factions as heartily as any man then present did ; but at Nottingham he acted on the principle of Judas Iscariot , who was by the Creator made the means of crucifying Jesus Christ , that the world might be saved . Both tha Whig and Tory parties being now so nearly balanced , neither party could succeed without Chartist co peration . At Nottingham they asked the Whigs if they would support the Chartists—( hear , hear)—and on their
replying in the negative , the Chartists went over to the Tories , and they did so on this principle . At present the Chartists had two parties of obstructives to contend with in obtaining tho Charter ; and if they gave their balance of power in favour of the Tories at a general elsction , the Whigs must walk out , and the Tories must walk in . They would then have only one party to contend with instead of two . Consequently , his advice to the Chartists in Sheffield was , ia the event of a general election , to support the Tories . He contended that Lord Joha Ru «»« ll was as much of a Tory as the Duke of Wellington aud ought to range himself on the same side . Did
not Lord John Russell state that the Reform Bill was a final measure ? When the Whifs were out of office they were rebels , and when they were in office they were tyrants . What did they give to tbe people of Ireland } The Coercion Bill , which led O'Connell to style them a " base , brutal , and bloody faction . " Another of their measures was the New Poor Law . It was true the measure was supported toy some of the Tories , but it was brought forward and carried by the Whigs . He recommended the working men of England to stand by their order , as Earl Grey declared he would stand by his . The Whigs had stuck by their order , and be recommended
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the working classes to stand by their < mW swamp the Whigs , who were base , rascaLV !* treacherous . ' * * J , i ^ The Rev . R . S . Bavley , who was reeeived W nnngied ^ cheers and hisses , spoke at some len *^ favour of the amendment . uw . ffln 2 ? t ! J ? conclusion of Mr . Bayley ' s address The Chairman said he should proceed to tat , i question . w Pot lb , _ No ^ ooner had he made this announcement tl , Mr . Benson came forward , and the Ww . IT menced hiesing the Chairman ; and one semh ^ whose name we do not care to mention W ^ rather " o'er-stepped the modesty of nature ' " iJL-7 withtrnfl WhiVfcimAOQ «„ M . ni " .. ^' . " HlSted
before the motion was put . ""'" g ae ^ The Chaihsun said that Mr . Benson had kfa ' spoken , or might have done , and therefore he h . I ** right then to speak : he would , however , ddTTm tho ^ meehng whether or not Mr . Benso ^ . The question was then put , and negatived ., * l&SS&tStg * grmablin 8 at tle dM ^ Mr . EBKNF . zER Eluott , " the Corn Law RW „ then proceeded to address the assembly in hikn ^ " calm " and " dispassionate"manner , i / dSS rff he was assailed wnh hootings and hissing , $ said that Borne mention had been made of ti , * ¦ * conduct of the proprietors of machinery C , ! w them , where they wonld be at the end ofl ^ without machinery ? Nothing had been said W injustice of the landowners , and he would «^» tl 19
endeavour to supply the deficiency . Then 7 owners starved Napoleon Buonaparte to dW I St . Helena ; they would ¦ not suffer him to todrfi 7 tho grave " dry-shod , " but only allowed hiS * ° of boots through which his toes protruded . m This sapient reasoning was received as it a served to be , with shouts of derision . Qe * When Mr . Elliottt had spoken , The Chairman put the amendment , which » lost , by a very great majority ; and three cheers » I « then given for the Charter . w « wera A vote of thanks was then voted to the Chain * , onjhe motion of Mr . Otley , seconded brTu Doffy , and supported by Mr . Pitkethly , of H nfcff neld , and the meeting broke up about half-past tJ » o'clock . rwnwo
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An inquest was held on Saturday , at the Saint * tion Tavern , Woolwich , on the bodies of sixconvipu namely : Joseph Clarke , aged 57 , convicted at Leed ? Wm . Malthouse , aged 31 , convicted at GW . Frederick Boltwood , aged 26 . convicted at cSehu ! ford ; James Hosie ,. aged . 34 , convicted at Edinburgh ; John Clarke , aged-32 , convicted at Cbelal ford : and Joseph Denman , aged 27 , convicted at Kirton-Lindsay . Dx . Hope faid that every possible attention had been paid to them ; aud th&uheiT deaths resulted from affections of the chest Tht Jury returned a verdict of Natural Death
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CONTINUATION OF THE NOMINATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL , ipswicn , Donald M'Pherson , tea-dealer William Haldimand Giles , printer George Terry , coach-trimmer William Garrard , carpenter , sub-Secretary William Lyon , ditto , aub-Treasurer . JIACCLESFIELD . William Lowe , bookseller , George-street Henry Swindells , labourer , Cross-street Luke Riley , weaver , Nixon's Yard Peter Bowles , ditto , King Edward-street Emanuel Robinson , ditto , Green-street John West , ditto , Union-street , sub- Secretary William Frost , ditto , Newgate , sub-Treasurer . STOCKKPOBT , BAMFORD-STEEET . Thomas Webb , Heaton-lane . Daniel Rodgers , Dukenfield-Dlace Peter Jones , Heaton-lane Thomas Clarke , Temperance Yard , Hill-gate James Torkingtou William Owens , sub-Secretary James Barlow . John-street . sub-Treasurer . .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fbidat , Jrasi . . Several private Bills were advanced a stage . The House was occupied till half-past five o ' clock with the presentation of petitiens for and against u alteration in the Corn Laws , and on the proposed alteration of the duties on sugar and timber . ¦ Mr . SCHOLEFIKLD renewed his motion on the subject of the distress existing among the industrious classes for the 15 th June .. In answer to Lord Teignmouth , Lord PaLMEBSIOJ said tbe government hid despatched instructions to their minister at Constantinople to induce the TuikM government to make such arrangements with regard to the revolted Candians as would rescue person ud property . The " Want of Confidence" debate was reaumedij Mr . Siieil , who , along with Mr . C . BuXLER , Sir H . VERNEY , and Mr . Hawes , spoke in favour of Ministers .
Lord John Russell also expressed his confidenceu himself , or the Ministry , which is the same thing . Sir S . Canning , Lord Dtjncannon , andCoL Sibthorp who observed that the Government bad promised a diminution of the public burdens , and had invoked the country in an enormous debt They had retained office by shuffling which would have disgraced the devil himself , as he would have no objection to give them a quarter's salary , provided they went out of . office at once—( much laughter )—Lord Stanley , and Sir B . Peel spoke on the other side . The Whigs got » severe flagging from the other faction . The House divided , when there appeared—Forthe motion 312 Against it 311 Majority against Ministers 1 ' The announcement of the numbers was received with loud and protracted cheers by the opposition members-Lord John Russell stated , that on Monday be should take the estimates necessary for the public service , and he should then state what course he would pursue with regard to tbe Corn Laws . Adjourned at half-past three o ' clock .
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On Friday morning , the 7 th ult ., a daughter w « born to John and Mary Jane Dodd , qi Plymouth . Devonshire ; and on Saturday she waa registered by the name of Mary Jane Frost O'Connor , afW Cambria ' s exiled patriot , and Hibernia ' s noble ff » to Britannia . _ . The wife of Mr . T . Storkey , High-street , Stokeupon-Trent , was safely delivered of a son , whichi has been duly registered and christened in honour of the " caged lion' and the exiled patriot , Fearguslroat Storkey . ¦ „ ¦ „« . u ... The wife of Mr . Samuel Lees , of Hadneld , wis
safely delivered of a son on the 28 th ult ., ™ o t ^ been duly registered by the name of John rw Lees . . j Christened lately , at Bradbury , near Stockport . Fcar ^ us O'Connor , the son of Charles Bar&slty ana his wife , of that place . _ Born on the 12 th of April , Zephamah Hnnt teal gus Frost , the son of Thomas and Ruih Abbott-Maria Feargus O'Connor Frost , ^ W , 3 Thomas and Mary Hughes , of Ardwick , was baptiseo by the Rev . James Scholefield , at Christ Cimrcfl . Manchester , on Suuday , Feb . 13 th . a .- ' nth Christened at Trinity Church , Carlisle , on tne »» of April , Feargus O'Connor , son of Josepn m Margaret Pattison . ' xsn ] V . ' Mary O'Connor White , daughter of Mr . WugJ White , was duly registered at the registrar 8 a ^
Manchester , March 16 th . w Junes Feargua O'Connor , the infant aon of W ' VlL M'Lanen , of Leith , was duly registered ** Q . tised by John Duncan , pastor of the Christian w * list Church of Dundee . , „ - *« The wife of Mr . John Sidaway , sub-SecreW ^ the Gloucester National Charter Association , " safely delivered of a female child , which w *» { registered , on the 26 th of April , by the na »« Catherine Vincent Sidaway . / Bnberf Robert Feargus O'Connor Brearley , son of ^ . and Betty Brearley , of Slithero MiJl , -B ^ ffinS was duly christened by the Rev . Thomas »^^ the Baptist Minister of Rishwortb , on W > May . - ¦ ., . t awife tf At Edinburgh , on the 20 th of April , f ** ^ James Dingwall , confectioner , Stirling , oi *^' ^ on tbe 29 th , waa registered and christened ttw
O Connor Dingwall . . . ' . ... k Ttt » Recently at Christ Church , MwamV Rev . J . Schofield , Maria FearguaL ^ fcJ&JS Hnghea , daughter of Thomas and MiU ** Kj of So . 7 , Blind-lane , Higher Ardwick , new '"' ° Jennet , the wife of Wo . Afossman , ^ f ^ Juniper Green , had * daughter bapwea * ^ O'Connor Mossoisn , by the Re * . * ' 5 ftrSy rf parish minister of Collington , on the w » February . . . ¦ , rfC / asfi Lately at Shelton Potteries , Mary Frost O ^ Matthew Yates , daughter of JerenuaQ »» Yates . t ia . m * iP Also , Feargus O'Connor Corns , son of **? c $ r Martha Corns , H » nley-bath , in tne parish or a * " * - upon-Trent , Staffordshire . . _ u .-. BK * On the 25 th of February , by the Rev . ^ ' ^ Robert Feargus O'Connor Yeates , son ol *» Yeates and Margaret Shillinglaw , Leittt .
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hovKi A . TTEUPT at SciciD * . —On Monday morn ng , abont half-pass five o ' clock , a very well dresses female , » r > OHt thirty yeara of age , was observed t rash hurriedly down the western steps at the south end of Bl&ckfriare Bridge ; having reached ibe hot torn , she deliberately threwjher shawl into the riv « it ws ? of cmreeiinnjediatejy earned away ; a rathe expensiye bonnet followed , which also floated dowi the tine . She then walked ' into the . water as high u ] as her k&ees , Trheh suddenly changing her mind she walked out ' -again , and passing uncer , the dr axch , ieiiurelj walked up tho steps , on the othe : ode , to vh . 6 no small amusement ot a large party o eoalhea-nm and ik-ke ' 5 porters . The un . '" ortunat < woman did not appear 10 be intoxicated , and passe < on very leisnrdj and quietly aloDg Great -Surrey street .
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PUBLIC MEETING IN THE SQUARE , SHEFFIELD . ( Abridged from the Sheffield Mercury . ) During the latter part of last week , a number of bills were posted in the town , stating that the treacherous faction—the pretended anti-Monopolists and Corn Law repealers—having held a meeting of their own menial dependents , and falsely called it a public meeting , tho inhabitants of Sheffield were respectfully invited to attend a public meeting to take into consideration this proposition ; whether tho proposed alteration in the Corn Laws and sugar duties would improve the condition of the working classes , or whether they should uot go for their natural and indisputable right , Universal Suffrage . The placard further announced , that the Master
Cutler having beeu waited upon , and he having declined to call such meeting , the requi ^ itionista thereby convened ene themselves , to be holden in Paradise-square , on the forenoon of Whit-Monday , at half-past ten o ' clock . This announcement caused some coustcrnation among the Whigs ; for those wise men of Gotham , alter divers grave and profound deliberations , issued the following very magniloquent address , the italics in which , however , we should premise are our own : — " No Monopoly ! Men of Sheffield , last week you made an emphatic declaration against the monopolies which tax your food and ruin yeur trade . You petitioned our young and lovely Queen to stand by you against tke monopolists ; and she has heard your prayer .. You are
called upon by the treaoherous men who hand over the people of Nottingham to the monopolists , to let them play the same game with you . Men of Sheffield ! musrer in Paradise-square , at half-past ten o ' clock , on Monday morning , and show the monopolists that , neither by them nor their tools , will you be deluded . Attend , and maintain your consistency as honest and thinking men ! Show your country , —show your wives , —show your children , — without compromising any right to which you deem yourselves entitled , —that you will have food , —that you will not be diverted from the mighty contest , in which you are sure to succeed , against the plundering and famine-creating monopolies ! " —The above ohoice morceavx of Whiggery haying made its appearance , the Chartists retorted in no very gentle terms , by issuing another placard , in which they aaked the men of Sheffield if they were
prepared to place any reliance upon the ' base and treacherous Whigs , " with their new-born cry ot " No Nonopoly , " the offdpring of despair , and brought forward to support in office a base Ministry , who have never attempted any measure for the good of the people , but whose cole object had been to enrich their hungry tools , by robbing the poor man of his hard earned wages . By the hour of meeting , on Monday morning , a very large concourse of persons had assembled in the square . Upon tbe steps of- the Freemason ' s Lodge were stationed the leaders of the Chartists , and also a number of the leading Whigs . As , however , it was found that the steps were inconveniently crowded , the Whig party quitted the steps and took up a position upon a waggon which immediately adjoined the steps upon the left . Mr . Otley proposed , that Mr . Parkes , a working man , should take the chair , on which ,
Mr . Brasiley proposed Mr . William Fisher as chairman , and a scene of uproar and confusion then ensued , which it is altogether out of the power of words to describe , cheers and hisses , and hootings , being harmoniously blended . Mr . Beamley and Mr . Otley attempted to speak , on which they were both assailed by the hootings of their respective opponents , which were endeavoured to be drowned by the oheers of their friends . Tranquillity having in some degree been restored , the question was put to the meeting , and the shew of hands was declared by Mr . Otley to be in favour of Mr . Parkes ; the Whigs maintaining the contrary very stoutly . After a good deal of disputing , the question was put afresh , and Mr . Otley again asserted that tho show of hands was in favour of the chairman whom he had nominated . The disturbance then recommenced and continued fora
considerable time , the Whigs and tke Chartists alternately hooting , groaning , and cheering , as the friends of either party attempted to 5 ddr « ss the assembly . ; In the midst of the turmoil Mr . Parkes and his friends strenuously asserted his right to the chair , and the other party as strenuously resisted it . About twelve o ' clock as it was found impossible to proceed with the business of the day , some attempts to bring about » compromise were made , the Whigs , as we understand , proposing that there should be two chairmen , and that an umpire should be appointed to settle , any dispute that might arise between them . This proposition however fell to the ground , and the noisy strife before described was kept np for some time longer . Towards halfpast twelve o ' clock , Mr . Gill came forward to move the first resolution , and he bad not uttered more than a few sentences , when he was assailed by the hootings of the Whig party , which his fiiends
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct553/page/6/
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