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TOE . KSHISE SFSJ 3 TG ASSIZES . CEJTYS COURT-Wedxesdat , Mabch 15 . { Before Mr . Justice Coliman . J Sarah Morreli , 14 , pleaded guilty to a nr ' sdemeauo-ix undiT 'fee act for the registration of b > rib . « , &c . Mr . Csomptos , for the prosecution , siid the charge a ^ aiupt the prisoi . er "was for h&vmjj made a T 8 H 1 H ; : o * b * r ^ ijisLrAJ of the H&ra > u&te . ¦ ojs .-rect , of the aeaih of h * = r sen , lie b'ing at tne iira 9 alive . Mr . "VViiKixa said tha * no fraud had bten attempted by the prisoner , she having given the fais ? Tetnrn id oru&x T . o enable her to obiain a sum of xaocev . Tvh'cL ihe s » n had deposK-cd in the Savings' liaiS ., bm nad los ; his bink book . Scnteaee del erred .
MCBDI 3 AT FCRCtTT H-ilL . J . z ^ - T&ylor , 23 . was rharged with the wilful immk-- of hti n ^ K-born cLiid , ai Forcett , on the 9 h June a-u Mr . Biiss axid 3 Ir . Pcxleixe appeard for the pro = e » - ^ nofl ; a = d Mr . \\ n . Kir » s and Mr . OvtfiESD CODtlu- til thadnfence . N ; . "jiJ Patst-xsca deposed—I an a plamber , resdki ; ai Ajdnro' . 1 have been frequently employed at FnrceU Hali ; the- hcus 9 is three stories high ; there ;• a back staircase Tvc'ch leads from the , bottom to th .- _ - >? ol -he house . Tnere is a step ladder from ih =- & - ^ z . of the house ; near to the top of the tedder Il-iv w iws > trap 3 t > oj-s , oae of which dr-ps 3 at upon •>* -j-L-ts of ihc cc ; J-air , and ihe o ^ hcr op-us to hi
the r > .. . On ¦ " 9 ta o : January 1 was employee as plnmi . r at i ; . « huiiss , wis ^ n 1 sxymnea the roof , and iy iO : n ? alo :- ^ r he raf-: * rs , ativi when near to ihe si . ck of caitnnrvs , 1 observed a bundie ia .: d upon ihe p .- j -edos o : . h , cbianij ; it was achildwrappiiJ in s . i .- » . fti- 1 lifted np one of the coratrs oi ii .-e clo ^ j -j s scer -. ain what it contained , and ! > aw the bead ; i haa a candle wuh me at the time . I return-ri ¦ ir .-s-a ~ str ^ imtneciatesy and gave information i ¦ Robert Gr--: ory , and some of the' servants , who v .-.-jj Ep ma . me , scd rre eiamioed . br bid \ ; Gr ^ go-y ihen we 2 ; o-jwn stair ^ and shortly reTuri ^ d ¦ Klin t--. e bnt > r aLd the gani-kecper ; th- body wy BOi ib-ia r ^ -E ^ T ^ . 1 acam -wem up to "h ? spot on ihe io -- 'Vnjn : rsnrsdaT , and 1 thpn saw tb ^ r chiki : UiT ^ i red iO bsuiha sr-me stale a ^ when 1 fix = i
saw a-. Cresi-txainis ^ . —I am well 3 cqiainted with ihe hoi : ~ e : u wonid be darg . roaa toing along ihe isfteTi ii » dsri Elgin , wrthon * a ligrst . The second tim- i visiitd the spot , 1 was accdDpinied by Bob-err Gregory aird William Wiisop ; the butler the ^ aiacs . eep ' - r" aci Ae groom , came up airfT n- ; the cd . id was kid upon the cioth in which u xrza fcnnd . he comers of whicn were thrown ot-t i : ? the wf- ^ ie of the cl ^ Qd wa ? exposed wijh th ? exception o the I » j 4 = s . I cid not observe at the time that iis icr a . was cat . T \ e irsp dooT ihrough the cei ! - iEg i ? j . - ^ jui thr ^ e feel -q-iare ; : h ? one to the root is 2 bi > . ; the same -. ze , ba ; a ^ o od < Seal fitronger aid heavj . r zasii litroiher .
Ii « - r : Gr * -sory d ^ p «^> ed—I sm aioinerat Aldbro " stic a - . he 9 h Juae ii > t , I was at Forcett Hail , ffhtu 1 7 T 3 s ct ''» rd npon by las : vntness ; 1 then £ S"w i . . ^ Lila : ^ iO . n a * t > vre \ tLe co raeis b- : ii « ihrown over , r . b ^ dy . i removed the u > wri , ¦ w ^_ a 1 = aw sgs ^ y cm ii ihe liiroaT . 1 ira-s tnjployfd at Finer i Haliij } tii rooiiih of Jane or Ju : y prerivus ? Iwi- lj .-tjsentjy in the hruse ; 1 pe-envtf a ? m » -ll abes ; toe hoa ^ e , which it was thua « ht arose from rats , s .-d a r . n catcher was tmployea when I ^ Ta ? there . I = aw the prisoner before ii ^ eniontb of June , whsis * -i-e w ^ i ia ^ he ft -rvjee of Mr . > i : ;« -beil ; her app ? arai ?^ was iS 3 i of bcins p , r- ^ nact . 1 ^ ad some cobtci - > -:-03 with her aft » J the 9 b of Juae as io hrr lyitg ji ^ She answered thai she had itrrer laid m , or toa- * .-: hiiij ; io ita ' . « acct ; she appeared smaller 35 tbr . TIB'S .
Cro ^ -txanmied—I am c . Ttaia thi s conversation took y m » in ihe jjiner ' s j ? fc - . p . in ibe iiraring of " WalU nj Wikcn , bm 1 con ' i know ibit ¦ he heard Ii . 1 -i-jiiu ; s-sy when 1 firs ; siated tnis con ^ trsaiioi t" iiaTe izkzzi place ; porhap ? this is the first time » ¦ - '> i iuTe seated it on oa . th . When 1 t > b-Berrec ? Ls ea > h in the throat 1 sp-. ke so that tho ^ e ^ ^ iio v . Tt isere mists iiaTe hc ^ rd : V The < ii > iacce from iliir nap door to ih- ^ piifie Wisere the body wa ^ iunnd .= abon ; ibiriy-eigtit seel ; the joists are about twelTe iachts apart . B , --- - - _ iBi 3 ed—I am qnite po = U 2 Te as Jo the coa-Tsr > a a ta " K : ng pla « e . Whiu I saw the sa ^ h 1 said 1 'iong .: t the throat Wiscut .
Ati -1221 Derrick deposed—Id Ji ^ D ^ ry b « , I was bikr it Toreeit Hall . 0 a ihe &m ol thai mo £ ! b I receiTed jome informaticii fr jQ Gregory , ia C 0 B--eq ~ fc 2 ce of which I Wrnt into the i-arrci aJou ^ wiih Jie game-keeptr and grc-ota . We went i-o v e stack v-i chimiiies , "where 1 s » w the b&cy of a ciild ; it Bis CLCovered all bnt ihe face ; 1 did not dike any cio = s examination of it myself , ana we all lei "he place ; it was between one aud two when 3 saw tie child- 1 went np io the roof along with ALr . 3 = iO 5 TdeQ , police-oficer , on ib « Ti . ursdaT followit _ , when I iouid tie body in the same state as 3 hafl : > TfviDDijv seen it .
Crc- examined—Gregory , wien we were looking ai th . b-. ey . ^ d he thou ^ i -ins threat was cat . 1 looked a ; it , bn : 1 c-n . d m , l s * e whcih . r i : » js or nr-z , 3 did io : observe anything pirnccJax abtnt tb . e body . K _ -= xariiEcd . — The body was not removed by me . 3 > Ir . R . Scowdon deposed — I am the po !? "e-officer of Gr * j Bridge . On Thursday , the 12 h Jatuajy , I to- stus for to Forest HaiL Tbe bntkr took me to the roof of the house , and asamst the stack of chiiiiiiM I saw 2 . bbiid wrsppsd m a napkin , lying ens i :-= £ or foot btam ; rhe right arm was pajtiy under tnebeain ; tbe ien hand side of ibe child was agamr * tlie chimney ; it sppeared aa thengh it nad been ? cueczed in , and tie ooctor had some difSeuliy
in getitas i ; out ; ii was between the beam . and the g-fciek ot ciuaames ; the faee aad down to the thighs ¦ were v « -Ib : e , the le ^ 8 Vwiiig capered -sriin Vne towrl ; I did not tocch the chili . Mr . Ji . bnson Glover , sargeo . j , waa seat for , and he removed it from the root , and examined it , ass > ied by Mi Marsh . When the ch-ld was laid ap ^ n the beam , 1 saw it , and it liad tee appeaiiuce ot a . cai in th . e throat . Tnere -f ^ a ~ aa ti . qatsi L aid en the body on ihe I 4 ; h Jan . ; "both 1 cati th . e prisoner ucre present . Bsfcre ibe inqne = >' , 1 vreiu io the prisouer ' s bense , and _ charged her "K ; Vu having giTt-n birth to a child at * Forcett Ball , ib Jace last , and with havjn ^ mnrderea the same . 1 caarion ^ d ner as to her answer , as it
migh " . afttrwards be used against her on her trial . She * aid she never was witn cbi > d in her life , 1 searchtd tie house , and iound a letter in a drawer , which "he said belonged to her sister . The prisoner said if 1 wjvmcG ictttrs she had get them ready , as she expected me coming . 1 found two letters which had Hetn sen ; to the pr , soner by- Elizabeth Atkinson . After the inquest . 1 asked the prisoner if Aikinson then I ; ved at akeilbrcoke Park , when she said no , she had icfi . 2 i- ^ ti if hhe ssew wh % re sh-- had gone , and she toli me some where in the neighbourhood of York . 1 afierwards went to Skelibrooke Park and there found Aikinson . The latter was not a : the iiiqnesi , but attended before the Magistrates on the 24-Q of Ja nary .
Cross-exaiaiBed —Tie body of the child was Ttry much drieo ; ihe skin was more like parchment than anything elte . Tbe doctor had some Gifncalty in getsing the child from the place of concealment j the c : oth was fast to the beam . [ Witness here iaadtrd in a letter whieh lie found ai the prisoner ' ^ honst- ] Margaret Walker deposed—In June last , I was isdy ' B 2 iai-J at Fht-w f- Hall ; ihe prisoner ami 1 slej-t ti ^ ether jd a roam adjoining the closet ; 1 had thtn be ^ n ab ^ nt from ihe Hall for some time wi ^ h
my master and miatress , and rbtnrned in the t ariy part of that month . Two or ^ iree days after 1 returned , the prisoner complained of being pnwell , ana on the eTcitin ^ in qaestioaehe went to bed early , an-i 1 for . owed between eleven and twelve o'clock , at wiiicii time she seemed very ill , and complained of gTc-r p . J 3 . 1 was distorted during the night by tne pri ! H > E- r , who left the room ; > t was uark at the lime , she got out of bed , saying that she was disturbing ite , and she wonld therefore go into the other room ; she had disturbed me by turbin ^ about in bed , and complaining ol great pam . I got up between six and seven in tbe morning , when 1 kn&eked at the door of the room in which the prisoner then was : it was locked . The prisoner came
to the eoor , ana asked me to fetch her petticoat ; she had on her night gown , ana a calico petticoat , and was sat near to the bed foot . 1 observed blood p n her peirieoat and her rigitl hand ; "there were sisososatrfpoisoi blood on the floor . 1 capnoi recollect ?*«^» she slept wita me or not the night after her illness , but she eid on the second night after ; 1 noticed Tier on that night ; she kepi her petticoat on for several nights . Tat prisoner waa off b * r work for mo or thiee days . I observed that she was pailer thansht hm been ^ and 1 suspected that she iadhad a miscarriage . Two or three weeks alter , I yent with tne family un 0 Scodand . I noticed the prisoner to have a peculiar faint smell that 1 had no ^ S 5 SSJK * dBe " sd il lhs ««»«» •* .
Cross-examined—I had been in tke habit of sleeping with . lie prtoner for about three months before &hB had her nines * . It is usual for the female Kr-Y&nts '< m xeiiring to rest to lock their room doors . 1 am liTing at forcet Hall . Mzs . Mitchell is dead bni Mr . Mitchell is hying at the HalL Be examined— A Mrs . Palmer -waB the guardian of the serranis at the time when this transaction took place . There were clothes presses in the room where prisoner and 1 slept , and she had tbe iey of one of them . Ann GQliespit—I lired as Mtehis maid at Foicett Hall , in January last ; -I slept with Elizabeth Atkinson , and sras called np by the prisoner in the month of June last , aBbnfc four o'clock " in the morning . She said she wasTery ill , and wished me to get np and make her some tea . 2 = did bo ar . d took ii to her . Shesee& . fcd very weak and very ill , and in great . pain . She walked ap and down tne room , aad then threw herself across the bed . J went to bt-d ^ d tht
aj ^ ia ; a relumed to prisoner ' s . rcom afcou : as hoar after . The door was locked ; I knocked at
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it and the prisoner came and opened it . I asked her how she was and she said she was considerably better . I did not see her aaain until the afternoon of that dsy , about one o ' clock , in the same room . About eight or nine o ' clock in the evening I saw Elizabeth Atkinson taking a pail of warm water out of the scullery boiler , and carry it tip Btairs . When 1 was with the prisoner I told her that a docter haa bet-n sent for ; but i-he said ehe did not need one as sbe was a greas deal better . I saw slain =. of bl /> dd oa the floor , carpets , and vallaace of the ted . The stains on the fi-jer appeared as if tht-y had been partly washed out . I suw the same pail that Atkinson had taken np
s'airs , in a closet . There was some water in it , which was coloured wilh blood . The prisoner did not do any work that day : and I perceived that she was a grt-at deal more swollen than what she had been . I know Mary At ; n Carter ; she came to the hall on the diy the prisoner was i ' . l , and went to her room , where she remained about an hour ; it was in the evening . When Carter went away she took along tviib her a basket and a small bundle . The prisoner to'd me that Mrs . Palmer , the housekeeper , had charged her with having had a child ; and that previous to that people had said she was pregnant , which she denied . Elizabeth Atkinson and I slept together from February to the latter end of March ; during which she was not ill .
Cross-examined—It was reported that Atkinson Tvas in tbe family way . After Marcb , I slept with Mr * . Palmer till h-it husband came home ; 1 slept , with her the night in question . 1 saw Same water in tbr cio-sei discoloured with blood . K ' - ' -examiued—It wss reported that Elizibeth Allison was in a state of pregnancy both at the t : ; ae she came , and when she lei : Forceu Hill ; &he kf : at : hc end of June . By Mr . Wilhins—The pri-onw showed me afoot bain , which vvaa marked with blood ; 1 believe that was in April ; it was in the green room , which at that time was a spare bed-room . B > Mr- Buss . —The prisoner took me up stairs , and having shewed me the bath , asked me ii 1 knew wh'i kid done it .
• ilr . Charles Ronald deposed . —1 am a solicitor , ri"Siv . !~ j ; at Grab ' s Inn , London . I am solicitor to Mr . - litcbeil . lu eon-t-quence oi * information I reodved . I came down to Forcett Hall . Tiie prisoner ' s faiher came to me and said that his daughter had a coaisiiumcatioa to make to me . After that she came to me . 1 Cautioned her as to wbsi she said , as k mi ^ n : be afterwards used in evidence against her . she ih-ju made the following statement , which 1 took aown in writing : —That sometime after the rent day in April , Eiizibeih Atkinson , who then slept iu tbe io <> ia facing the staircase at the top of the bouse , called to her at about ? even in the evening , as ? he was passing her room . That she went into chj room : thai E ' tziberh Atkiu .-on so- med very ili :
asJ ii f ^ n Taylor as < wug « r what ^ us me matter , sh .- -a-d tbat she was v- ry ili , and it wa * all in her h : < jk ; sud that if > ite ( FayU > r ) would not tell auy ol ihe servants of ihe house tLai s > he was ili , - ; ie Vud ' . d j > ive her a sovereign . Taylor xepUtd tl » a ' . .-ke did cot wast her sovereign . Ti . it of course it v ,..- no buthje ?? of hers to tt ! l the o ^ l .-er servarts . F . ziotih then asked Jane to brins , h » -r a liula beer up . » vhich she aid . When Jane look up ihe b ^ er , E zibcth was m bed , au-i she placed the brer on a cr . ir by the bea side . Ehzabeih thim a ked Jane to bring up a slop pail , which she did . Jane obrened a deal of water or some moi-ture by the bidt of ihe bed . Jane thin wished Elizabeth good
n : gcr , and aid not see her till uest morning . On : ha : ir-uininx , Jane knocked at E zibeth's door , a ' . d a ^ kci ior t he pail . tiiz ^ bc . h answered she was ioiug to get up , and would put the pail out , and set it ov ,. r the landing . Jane immediately , en wem ^ the pail , observed ihai il was ali daubed wiio bl ^ od oa tha inside . She ( Taylor ) took it out to th ? wash-bouse and washed it out , but could not get she oloofl oif it ; sho s-crubbed il with a brush , and =-et it outside ' . he kitchen door , and did not like to u ? e it for two or three days siurwards . A day ot two af * er this , Taylor went to ckaii out the bedroom on the first fljoropposite the staircase , and
observed the footbath vo be bloody , as if .-. ome bloody snb-5 Lautie had been tbrowu flat down iDto it . She called \ nn , ttie kitchen maid , to look at it , which she did . Jane took soap and a flannel to wash out the blood but could not , a mark wa ? still left . Alfcn ? on siopt a few nighU in the tanif room , and after that came to sk-ep with Ja . ce and Ann , in the room down flairs , because she . said she wa ^ afraid of a % hon ahe had heard people talk of . Ehzibeth came down stairs next day , and weal into the laundry as u-iisL Mrs . Palmer had told her father beiore this thai Atkic .-on was pregnant ; before this occurred , Taylor observed symptoms wbich led her io ou :-pect iTisi such was the casj . ~ .
Several othei person ? were examined on the part of the prosecution , amongst w .. om was Atkinson , who denied the whole- of ihe prisoner ' s siaU-ment , as deunled by ihe la&i wiiceta . 3 Jj . MarsL , a . surgeon , of Aidbro ' , examined tht pri .-oner m FcbTuary , 1842 , when he pronounced her to oe in a ua , ie of pregnancy . Mr . "Wii . ki . \ 5 d < -iivered a very long address on behall of the pri :-oner , and the Jury reiurncd a v-rd . c ; of >« oi Guil . y . WuTiam Clatlon , 44 . Tffliiam Cloylon . the youngrr . IS . Joseph Clayton , 46 , and Utep ^ en Dcf > ledge , 30 , pleaded gu'H ! io ha > ing , on ijii- 22 j December la ^ t , at Hampoie , b = ing respectively armed with guns and bludgeons , uniawfnily entered certain inclosed land , in tbe occupylioji of George Gilbert , for tbe purpos-e of dfsvroy ib g gatue . —titntence deferred .
Joseph Rolimon , Joseph Howarth , and Bryan Kuberry , were ehargeo wich cutting and stabbing John Kawnsley , at Bradford , ou the 30 th October last . —Gnilty . To be imprisoned three months to bard labour . Tne Court ro 3 O at eight o ' clock .
TatmsDAT , Mabch 16 . Before Mr . Justice Coltman . E'i Harpin , 25 , pleaded guilty to a charge of haTi :-s stol » n a heifer , at Thornhill , the property of Richard Cardwell . H ? was sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen months to hard labour .
INTENT TO m-BDEB . James Crah . ree , 26 , was indicted for having , on tht- 1 ith of February , last , committed an aggravated assault on Elizabeth Cop ^ y , in an indecent and bruial manner with a hedge stake , wilh intent to kill and murder her . Mr . Wujuss and Mr . Pashley were for the prosecution ; M . r . Overbad defended the prisoner . The proseculrax seated that on the day named in the indictment she had gone out of the house for some milk , and on her return home ehe was accosted ly two men , who , aft « r using some brutal expr » s sions threw her oa the ground , thrust a hedge stake np her person and left her there . She was greatly iujured but contrived to walk home with the stake still slicking in her body . The entire detailB of the case aTe totally unfit for publication .
Mr . Overend addressed the jury for the defence , arguing that there was some uncertainty as to the id « mtiiy of the prisoner . The Juiy retired for a short time , and afterwards returned a veTdicV of Guilty on the second count , namely of attempting to do some grievous bodily haTm . Holert Atkinson , 24 , was next charged with haviag on ibe 21 st of November , stabbed and wounded George Woodcock , at Hipperholme-cum-Brijihouse , near Halifax , with intent to maim and disable him . Mr . RoiBBCX prosecuted , and Mr . Bliss defended the prit-oner .
George Woodcock dtposed , that on the day in question he was dnving his waggon from Bradford to Bri ^ houee , at eighlef n minutes past eleven o ' clock at night , and having called at Wiison ' s public-house , and gone through the toil-bar , somebody waom he had known as working on the road pasted him , and he went on . About 400 yards from the toll-bar , the man that had passed him turned to the borBes , and cried , '" whoa "—witness , in the mean tune , Bitting on the waggon shafts . The horses plunged forward
when the man struck at witness with a drawn knife , and said , " Do ' st thou see this ! " Witness replied , ** Get off ; I want to have nothing to do with thce . " Prisoner s ^ id , " Come up , or else I'll put it into thee ; " and he then stabbed him in the left side ; after that he threw him down ; but he got np , and a struggle took place , the prisoner saying , " If thou does &ot deliver up , I'll run it into thee . " They were then against a wall * and witness received altogeihtr four cuts—tbe last only penetrating through ibe cioxbes , but he distinctly felt ihe knife cat him .
Some witnesses were called , who bore out , in its main particulars , the statement of the prosecutor ; but some discrepances were brought . out in crossexamination . ilr . Bliss addressed the Jury for the prisoner , and contended that there was not that certainty in the identity which would warrant them in finding the prisoner guilty . He also called a witness who gave the prisoner a good character , and who denied that within the last four years he had ever been working on the highway . Tha Jury retired , and after an absence of Bome time returned with a Terdict of Guilty . Sentence deferred .
Joseph Moson , 25 , was indicted fot having , on the 22 nd of January last , at Skelton , in the North Riding , burglariously and feloniously broken into the dwelling honBe of Thomas Carr , with intent to steal therein . The indictment further charged the prisoner with having £ r * d a gun at the prosecutor , with intent to murder him ; and also with having endeavoured to extort money from him . Mr . JBlamchabd was for the prosoouiion . The prisoner was undefended . The charge was in a great measure supported by the evidence of a man named Turner , a prisoner in the Castle , to whom the prisoner , after hi 3 committal , had made a viva voce statement of tbe circumstances under which he had been apprehended ; and whom he also told that it was himself ( the prisoner ) who had actually fired the gun on the night in question . l ~ t pros .-cutcr , ia his evidence staUd that the gun was nred by another man , not in custody .
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The Jury retired to consider their verdict . The prisoner was found Guilty of shooting with intent to do some grievous bodily harm . Sentence deferred . Robert Rudge ^ 32 . John Hancock , 30 , William Hall , 22 , and George Storey , 21 , were indicted for having on the 8 th of February last , burglariously entered the toll-bar house at Broom Bar , near Rotberham , from whenoe they stolo the sum of three pounds in silver , the property of Pickles Roberts . William Pressley , charged wich the same offence , was admitted evidence . Mr . Wilkixs and Mr . Pashly were for the prosecution ;; Sir Gregory Lewin' defended the prisoner Rudge ; Mr . Heaton appeared for Hancock and Hall : and Storey was undefended .
Pickles Roberts deposed that about one o ' clock in the morning in question , he was disturbed by a horse arriving at his gate ; he got up and went out to open the gate , and whilst doing so , on turning round ho saw lour men en foot , and the prisoner , Georpo Storey , on horseback . The four men ou foot came from the corner of tbe honse by the garden door , and one of them went up and struck him on the head . That was the priBoner Hall , who then shouted " Go at him . lads . " The man then got off the horse , and the whole party attacked him . They struck him several blows , and three of the men then went into the house , the other two being left to guard him . He got away from these , and on getting into the house , saw a tall man searching the house . There was a fire burning , and thu mail had
a lantern . Rudge , he believed , was the mun who was searching the drawer . He received several other blows in tbe house ; and saw there Hall and Storev . In ransacking the house th < -y obiained £ Z oi 7 d . The men had all velveteen and fustian jackets on , and caps tied under the chin . — The wife ol Robert * co » -r . jborared his Htatemeut , and idenufieu Pri-ssley and Robots as two of the meu in the bouao , and ce *< -nboa the third as having a hatchet oii his shoulder . Sho asked them not to hurt her i «; usbaud , aud Rndgesaid they would not if she would como out and tell them where the raoaey was . She then j ; ot thelautern which he held in his hand and hold it up to his lace , hi order to know him again . Could not t-peak to my of the men except Prt-s-ley and Rudue .
Pres- ! i y vras the next evidence called , and he dataiied she whole circumstances of the attack and robbery , corroborating in every particular , the statemeni of Roberts and his wife . In cro-s-examina tion ha said he mi ^ ht have been engaged in ten or a dcz n robberies , but could not tell how many pigeons he had stolen . Ho adiaiUed that he expected to receive one half of the reward ( £ 150 ) , which had been offered . Evidence was tlu n Kone into on another indictment , in which tho prisoners wore charged with a similar attack and robbery at Aldwios Bar , on the same munn u ^ , and within about three quarters of an hour of the robbery at" Bvoom" Bar .
The barman and his wif ' o detailed the circumstance * ot the rot . bery , and the constable ( Mr . Bland , ol RoLht-jbam ) wno had apprehended the parties , U-.-cribeo . the property found , which consisted of skeleton kf y > , picklocks , caps to tie uuder the chin , & . ? -. Ho also t-poko to ihe statement made by Fu-sslftf . The case for the prosecution bein > ' closed , is ; r GatGoRY Lbwix a- < i Mr . HEAToy adtlressed t hp Court on behalf of their respective clients . Tne prisoners were ail toun-i Guilty . Rud ^ e was sentenced to be transported for twenty years ; and the three oiher prisoner lor fifteen yeara each . Joseph Mason , who had been found guilty of shootimj at , with imeui to do grievous bodily harm , m Thomas Carr , ww sentenced to be trausported for twenty years .
CROWN COUKT-Fiuday . John Whi'takcT > j ^ n ., was charged with having maliciously killed aud maimed certain &hcep , , the p / opity of Thomas Snr . ru , of Conisbrongh , near Dcncastcr . Sir J . Lewi . n and Mr . Wilkins were for the prosecution ; the prisouer were defended bj the Hon . J . S Woktley and Mr . W alker . The prisoner was indicted under the provisions of the 7 th and 8 th Geo . IV . cap . 30 . which enacted that any person who shall kill , maim , or wound , aiiy cattle , sheep , or other beaat , shall be deemed guil y of felony . Toe prisoner ia a butcher at Conisbrough , and the pro-ecutor is a farmer at the
same place . Daring a period , extending from tbe monh of November to the February following , Mr . Smith huff red terious losses in his sheep , sixteen or seventeen having been found in his fiold , dead or dying at different tim-sb , from the effects of strangulation , which had no doubt been done wilfully The principal witness against the prisoner was a lad named Chester , who had been in his employ , and who depo > ed to facts and admissions by tho prisoner which went very far to establish his guilt—but the position of this witness as a discharged servant , of course raised a certain degreo oi suspicion on bis testimony . He was , however , corroborated in pome pointb by ether witnesses .
There wi-ro twenty > two witnesses for the prosecution , and thirty five for } the defence . The trial wai proceeding at halt past six last night , when Mr . W ' ortley was commencing the defence .
SUBSIDIARY COURT-Tulksday . liejore Mr . Knowles , QCJohn DenUej ) . 22 , pleaded Guilty to having stolen a ¦ ia orjle am . hru ) e ai Leeds . 11 tl'inm IHi-. kcbrotiylt and Sun > uel IVil&on , who had bc <* ii out oa bail , wore charged wiih a cou * piracy and not . Mr . Hardy was for the prosecution ; tho prisoners were undefended . This case arose ' out of tho serious disturbances that took place last summer . On the evening of the loth of August , Thomas Homer , tho engine tender to Mr . Simeon Townsend , of Thornton , was in the
yard of his master ' * factory , whon thu prisoner *) camo into the yard with a luge crowd . Blakebrough asked Homer if be would allow him to draw tbe plugs , and he told them he would not . Horner went to see hie master on the subject , and when he returned he said they must 1 ft tbe plugs alone , aad hB would let the steam off . Blakebrough , in the presence of Wi . ' gon , said they would draw the plugs that night , or else they would bring 10 , 000 people the day after . Ulakcbrough then knocked out one of the plugs and Wilson followed his example . The last named prisoner attempted to knock a third piug out , but he could not do so , and he scalded his foot .
The prisoners in defenco denied tho charge , and called witnesses as to character-Guilty of the conspiracy . —To be imprisoned two months to hard labour . William Collins , Gb \ who had been out on bail , was charged with having , on the 5 th or 6 th oi October last , at Bradford , stolen a maro pony , the property of James Waddington . Mr . MoNtiiiTH was for the prosecution , and Mr . Wilkins for the defence . The prosecutor is a dealer in milk at Bradford , and the prisoner is a boat hauler , at West Haddlesey , near Selby . The prosecutor two or three weeks before the 5 th of Ocvober last , bought the mare , and about nine o'clock in the evening of that day he put
it into a field near his house . He fastened tho gate , and next morning , about six o ' clock , on goiug to take tbe mare out of the field to work , he found she was gone , and for several weeks afterwards ho heard nothing of her . He made search for the maro and ou the 11 in of October she was takon to Selby fair , and there sold by the son of the prisoner , he having sent him to do so . After the prisoner was taken into custody he made a statement in which he said ho bought the mare on the Wednesday before Seiby Michaelmas fair . He could not , however , have done so , as the prosecutor had the animal at work on that day . When she was taken away the mare had a long tail , but when the prosecutor found her the tail was cut .
Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury for the prisoner , and called suveral witnesses to prove that the prisoner had purchased the mare of a man named John Smith , who said he lived at No . 3 , Marsh-lane , White-street , Leeds , The Jury mired for a few minutes , and then found the prisoner Not Guilty . Samuel Murgatroyd , alias Waterhouse , 22 , was charged with having on the 13 th of September , 1841 , at Bradford , unlawfully married Hannah Cotson , ilary Murgatroyd , his former wifv , being vhen alive . Mr , PicKERmo appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Walkeb detended the prisoner .
The prisoner is a person in humble life , and in 1838 lived at Bradford . On Christmas Day in that year be was married in that town by the Rev . John Butterfield to Mary Firth , but for some reason or other they did not live together . On the 13 th of September , 1841 , the prisoner was married by the name of Samuel Waterhouse to Hannah Cotson , and when they presented themselveB before Mr . Butterfield , he asked the prisoner where bis former wife was , and he replied she was dead . It was , however , proved tbat she was now alive . When Mr . Young , tbe constable of Harrogate , apprehended the prisoner , he admitted that he had married the two females . —Guilty . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in Wakeficld House of Correction for
six calendar months . Theophilus Bachelor , 22 , and William Brown , 37 , were charged with having on the 19 th of December last , at tryton , broken into the dwelling-house of George Bickers , and stolen therefrom two silver tablespoons , one desert spoon , and two silver teaspoons . Mr . Baines was for the prosecution ; Mr . Bu&s defended the prisoners . The prosecutor is a farmer living at Fry ton , near Hovingham , and on the 19 th of December left home to go to York fair . At night , about eleven o ' clock , Mrs . Bickers and the rest of the family retired to rest , leaving all the deors and windows fastened . About half-past five o ' clock next morning , Jane Wheldon , ; servant to Mrs . Bickers , who had slept with her mistress on the night of the robbery , was called up , when , from some information she received from the other servant , Bhe jonnd that the dajry bad been entered through a wire window , tbat tore *
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stanchions were broken off , and that a great quantity of provisions had been taken out of the dairy , Upon making a further search , it , was discovered that some silver plate bad been carried off , that the wearing apparel had been disturbed , and a pair of stockings stolen . Two days afterwards the prisoners were apprehended by Mr . Atkinson , the constable in the streets of Stockton , and in Bachelor's pocket were found several articles of plate belonging to the prosecutor . He had previously sold the pair of stockings to Elizabeth Waiue , a shopkef per at Stockton . Bachelor stated in the police-office that they found the plate on the York Road , about six miles from Thirsk . He was asked if Brown was with him , and be said yes , which Brown did not deny . They made a similar statement bot ' ore the magistrates , and Brown also said he had met
with Bachelor at Belper , m Derbyshire , about a week previous . In addition to these facts , it seems that the day before the robbery , Mr . Bickers saw Bachelor and another man at Fryton , and on the following day both the prisoners were observed on Wass moor . On the 26 th of December , whilst the prisoners were confined in sepirate cells in Stockton , about an hour aud a half after Mrs . Atkinson , the wife of the police officer , had served them with their breakfasts , she heard Batohelor say to Brown , " We shall be liberated to-day if uo person comes to appear against us . "—Brown asked Bachelor how be knew that . Batohelor said the mistress had been telling him so . He also added , " Wo muefc stick to the same as we said before the magistrates the other day . We caino through Yarm between three aad four o ' clock on Wednesday , but we must kuow nothing about the other concern . "
Air . Bljss iu addre . ssiug the Jury for 'he prisoners submitted that ' -he vsvideiice was not such aa to warrant a conviction . The Jury found Bauhe' . or Guilty and Brown Not Guilcy . The prisoners were further charged wilh having , on the 20 ih of Dect . mbe . r last , at Coxwuld , broken into tho dwcliiiig-fiouso of Joseph Spenerley , and stolen therefrom five silver tea-spoons , two silver salt-. spoous , and other articles . Air . Uj . a . nvhakd and Mr . Wharton were for tho rtvoaocvilioQ ; Mr . Bliss dei ' -iuUid the prisoners . Tr . op ' roi-ecutor resides aiHh&ndy Hall , nearCoxwold . Ufl the liigtr . of iho 20 th Dec , Mrs . Spennley was the last person up , and she retired to rest between ten and
eleven o ' clock , huvmg previously gone round tho house and asoenaiued that the doors and windows were all fast . On the following morning , about scvin o ' clock , \ nn Easton , tho prosecutor ' s servant , informed her mistress that the hout-o had been broken imo , and it tamed out that au entrance had been t-ff ' cred through the scullery window . A quantity oi pia e , Jiimii , and provisions was discovered to have been &tolun . Ou tho day iu question the prisoners were seen within two miles of Coxwold , The other evixit nee aguinst the prisoners was similar to that in tho last case . Some of the prosecutor ' s property was found in Bachelor's possession the day after the robbery . Tho Jury found both tho prisoners Guilty .
iinchelor was sentenced to be imprisoned in Northjillcr'on Hiuaeot Correction for twelve mouths , and Brown lor nine months . Tne Courc ros « about half past seven o ' clock .
FRIDAY . Before M . T . Baines , Q . C . Jo . icph Sutel ' ffe , 30 , William Sharp , 22 , were indictoit for having , ou the 7 ih of February last , at Is orthowram , burglariously entered tho dweliinghou . s of Mr » .. Mary Anderton , and lor having stolen therefrom 13-. ( id . in mon < y , somo silver spoonsj and a pair of buyar tongs , her property . Mr . Inch am was for tbo prosecmiou ; the prisoners were unattended . The prosecntrix is very infim , aud has a granddaughter residing with her . During the night in question , while ihoy were in bed in a room on the ^ mmd floor of tho rouse , they were disturbed by a noise
in the room &bovc ,. and shortly afterwards inree wen entered iho beti-room in which tho two females were , two of whom held them down in bed until tho other rifl-id the drawer * . Tho prisoners had a- lifiht with them , and one of ihcm had a horse pistol , with which he . threatened to ahoot them if they made any noiso . They were in the house about ten miuutes ; the prisoner Sharp had his face partially blacked , but the prosecutor knew him and could identify him aa tho intui who had the pistol . Sutclitio was identified by Mins Aaderton , the graudaughter of tho prosecutrix . The principal po nt raised was that of identity ; tbe Jury , how < vor , considered this sufficiently proved , ana found boih the prit-oners Guilty . They were 8 i-jitonced io bo transported for fifteen years .
Robert lirentnall , 22 , was charged with felouioubly stealing a horse , the property of Thomas Aidam . Mr , Asi'inall rvas for the prosecution ; Mr . Bli * s defended the prisoner . Thi' proserutor resides in Hall-gate , Doueaster , and i « a livery stable kerpor . On the ' 21 = t of Oct . last the prisoner hired tlu" horse in question to go to Pouteiract , but instead of going there it appeared that h « rode in another direction , aud a-Uerwardfl sold tho horse at a place near S ' . vanwick , in D ^ rbyMiire . In consequence of not returning it at the tirao he ought to have done , ha was taken into custody . The parlies had been for M > me time acquainted , and had had transactions
together ui horse-dealing , there being , at the tiino of this hiring an alleged balance between them of £ 2 IUh . The pnponer , when before tho magistrates , made a voluntary statement to the effect that he had borrowed the horse ; that he went to Pontefract , rom there to WakefiVld , and thence to Chesterfield , to see his wife ; that the horse fell with him after riding him six milea from Chesterfield , and neverely cut Ins knees , iu consequence of which he sold him , and sent the saddle and bridle , with a letter to the prosecutor , informing him thereof , and tolling him that he would provide him with another horse , for that the ona he had engaged was so injured that he could not gee him home , aad ho had sold him only for as much money as the balance was between them .
Mr . BHhh Kueceoded in establishing these facts , and the Jury withont retiring , found a verdict of Not Guilty . Job Co / lin , alias Ifootf , 22 , was indicted for tbat ho , on the 1 st or 2 nd of November last , at Hauon , did feloniously steal a black horse , the property ot Thos . Hecriom . Mr . Hall and Mr . Wharton were for the prosecution ; Mr . Roebuck defended the prisoner . The printer was found Guilty , aud sentenced to be transported ten yearn . HORSE STEALING AT LEEDS . John lientley , Thomas Taylor , and John Carr were charged with haviugon the 5 th December last , at the borough of Leeds , feloniously stolon one maro aad one horse , the property of Robert Riploy . Mr . Kllis and Mr . Him . conductedtho prosecution . Tne prisoners Were undefended .
The prosecutor is a livery-stable keopor at Leeds , and on the 4 th December laet , the prisoners , Bentloy aud Tayior went to engage two hors . s for tho following day . Prosecutor was not in , but his son said that if they would call again , he would ask his fa her if they could have them . They called in about an hour afterwards and the prosecutor ' s son informed them ' that they could be accommodated . He asked then their names , and Bentley said they called him Buckton ; thai he was a reporter at tho Leeds Intel ligencer \ and was going to Huddersfield to a meeting . Taylor gave his proper name . The two prisoners went for the horses next morning , and the pro&ecutor asked Bentley and Taylor their
names , and the same tale was told him as on the night previous to his Bon . The same morning the two first-named prisoners were seen in Poiit ^ iract ; Carr was wish them . Bctttloy exchanged tho mare with a person named Tankard for a grey horse . In the afternoon , they left Pontefract and went to Doncaster ; and from information which Mr . Etches , policc-ofiicer , recdved he went to tbe public house were tho horses were and saw Bmtley and Carr . He asked them where they had got them , aud Beutley ^ id they were his ; and that Carr was his man . Bontley afterwards , however * , told him where they had got the horses . The case was very clear against Bentley and Taylor ,
and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . Carr was acquitted . Bentloy was sentenced to be transported fifteen years , and Taylor to nine months imprisonment to hard labour . . The prisoner Be » tley had previously been convioted of felony at Leeds , in 1839 . Georae Reed , 21 . thomos Croumshaw , 18 , and Henry Smith , 16 , were charged with a burglary in the house of Sarah Hawkesley , at Eccle&field . — Guilty . One year ' s imprisonment each .
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-w— WORKHOUSE DISCIPLINE . Tbe conflict on Monday night between Ferrand and Sir James Graham was curious in its character , and not a little disgusting in its details . On that evening Sir James Graham—who obscurely intimated that the erection of a treadmill or tread wheel in an union workhouso as a test of the sincerity of the pauper applicants for relief was not alltogether defensible on the principles of humanitysaw no objection to the erection of a mill worked by hand-power for the same purpose , no matter whether it were to be worked by a winch or by hand , or whether it were intended for the tearing pfrags or for the grinding of corn . Ab another Hon Member , from whoso position ae a county member and a country gentleman we should have expected better things , seemed to enwtain a similar opinion , and even eulogized
the handmill as " the least severe and the best mode" of providiag labour for paupers , we are induced to furnish the publio with certain evidence , which we have collected from the reports of the Inspectors of Prisons , for , tho double purpose of showing tbat the handmill ia at once an unequal , an inhuman , and a dangerous punishment , and of inducing the boards of guardians in different parts of the country to abstain frein . following iho peruicioiu
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example whicb has been already set them in the parish of Lambeth , and which would have been set them in the pnion of Halifax also , had not the remarks of Mr . Ferrand worked a marvellous conversion ia the opinions of the Right Hon . Baronet , who is either the master or the puppet of the Poor Law Commissioners . We do not expect to be contradicted when we advance our first proposition—that it is impolitic to have it in the power of the subordinate officers
either of a prison or of a workhouse to increase or diminish the amount of labour imposed upon the unhappy wretches placed under their superintendanee , without Wither the consent or the privity of their superiors ; aud yet it is made evident that this power can easily be exercited by any person who has the management of a handmill , by the following extract from the testimony given by Mr . George Smith , governor of Huntingdon Gaol , before the Lore ' s Committee on Gstols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales : —
' * I have a small hand-machine I constructed , which 1 have occasionally placed men at , as an employment , who are unable to tread the wheel , and who , from some bodily infirmity , appear to be unfit to tread the wheel . Invariably , after they have been at it for afew hours , they have made < tpphvation to be allowed to tread the wheel , notwithstanding their infirmity , aud with society , rather than in a state of separation . " Of what description is the machine 1—Itis a small hand-crank engine turned with a wrNCH . " What power does it rtquire to work it !—One man . " What weight I—We can alter ihe pressure from the power of a child i jo the power of a giant by ALTKKING THE CENTHE SCKfcW of the tWO Wheels ihat come in contact with each other .
" Do you attribute tho wish of the prijoners to rciurn to the treudwheel to tho desire of society , or to the greater irksoumnesa of the labour of the hand-machine ?—I endeavour to set the macUae so that it 13 not more Laborious than the treadwheel . it a person who is employed at the hand-machine can work that from morning to night without taking hu jacket off , and if a man at the treadmill cannot wuik at that , without perspiring with his jacket off , I coiKieiva th < u Ui <> niaehiue ih tV e lighter labour ot the tw . i . "~ ( First Rtport of the Lores' Committee , pp . l () j lGG . )
But will the hand-mill be the lighter labour of the two , if ** the centre screw o ; the two wheels" be altered by a sovere and savage task-master ? Conbidering how tightly the screw has beeu driven into the poor for many year ^ pa , » t by the Poor Law Comicidbioucrs and ttmir familiars , wa have an invincible rt pugnaiice to confiding the control of this craiik to any pcrsuu who has been brought up in their cruel anJ unfurling school . Wo are not inclined to accuse tho = e who are intrusted with the care of the convicted felons iu the General Penitettiary at Millba . uk , ot any disregard of their suff . iribga . They have , however , erected a hatidmiil for tho purpose of gntidiug corn" and drawing water ; in that hu ^ e aud ungainly prison ; and what is tho e > idence as to its operation a . ud effects furnished us ly ( he Iuspecors of Prisons ior thu Home District in their F-jurih Kouort , p . 21 ? —
" The ta-kiDfisters and warden * remarked that the hands of the prisoners trembled for some Urns after tin . 'y ' bad buen working tne crank of the machine , which unfitted them for a time for their work , as tailors , Bhoeinakers , &c , ou their retuia to thtir cdlb . " Tiii . i is some slight proof of the effect produced by the handinill on th * nervou * system ; but there is another passage in tho same report , but on another prison—to which we cannot , at the moment refer , but which is firin ' y fixed in our memory—distinctly stating , that all spinners and weavers are excused from this punishment , because it destroys their
teelings of touch , and so disqualifies them from pursuing their usual occupations on their discharge from gaol . And yet it was iu the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire that it was recently proposed to establish the hanounh , not as a punishment for convicted felons , bm as a test for each unfortunate spinners and weavery as the distress of the times may have thrown out of employment ; and to that proposition Sir James Graham not only offered no objection , but positively gave his sanction aad support , until he was awakened to a sense of his iuhu inanity by the pointed and startling attacks of Mr . Ftrrand . i
Tne evidence which we have already quoted is pretty strong as to tho cruelty and the impolicy of this punidhmont ; but it shrinks into posuive : insignificauce when , compared with that which we next feel it our dutyito submit to our readers . This mode of punishment was tried for somo years in the County Gaol and House of Correction at Bodmin , in Cornwall . On the 3 d of April , 1830 , tbe keeper of that prison addressed the following report on the subject to the Chairman and other Magistrates assembled at the General Quarter Sassions of the Peace , holdon for that county at Truro . The document iy rather long , but will repay well the trouble of a perusal : — :
" In making this , my quarterly report , I regret to stato that during the past quarter there have been more cases- of ^ sckness among the prisoners than for a very eonaidei-able time . It has been confined almost exclusively to the male prisoners convicted of felony , particularly those who have laboured constancy at the haudimlU which has evidently produced much delnlity ann consequent iliness . * * * ' / have ever considered the fund mil I as a severe , as well us an unequal , kind of labour , but 1 have ct > rtainiy never observed till the past winter its effects so manliest , and this I think may be attributed to one or two causes—namely , either the length and severity of the winter may have induced cold p , and thus have rendered the men unequal to the
labour , or they may have been kept more constantly employed at tl . ehan < lnaill than heretofore , although I am not prepared Io say that such has been the case , i feel it , however , necessary to btate to your worships , tbat having for many months had a large number of prisoners of this class , 1 have , with a view ; of conforming as nearly as possible with the provisions of the Gaol Act , kept the felons moro exclusively employed at the handmill , rather than mix them with other classes of prisoners ; but there bas not been more corn ground , uor has the mill been kept longer at work , than heretofore ; unless , therefore , the weakness and illness has been brought on in the way I have mentioned , I am quite unable to account for it ;
but it may be satisfactory to your worships to be informed , that the surgeon concurs in the opinion I have expressed , j Before closing this part of my report , I respectfully beg leave to explain my objection to the use of the handmill as a prison labour . In the first place , the position of the body when so « mployed is unnatural , and likely to produce determination of blood to the head . In ibe second place it frequently produces faintuoss and giddiness , and instauces have occurred of the prisoners having been thrown over chehandles ; and although no fatal consequences have ensued , yet they have sustained serious wovnds and bruises : this is particularly liable to happen to the prisoners when first employed at it . And , finally , it is a decidedly unequal kind of labour ,
inasmuch , as it is impossible to tell accurately whe ther every prisoner does his part ; I have repeatedly watched them when at work , with a view to detect the skulkers , but I-confess I have ntver succeeded satisfactorily , and the prisoners themselves know they cannot be detected , and thus the willing man is worked offliis legs , whilst theidler and skulker goes unpunished 1 have made several alterations in the nandmifl within tho last ; year or two , so aa to regulate the motion , and render it less irksome to the prisoner ? , and 1 am satisfied that it never worked better than at present ; but . ' worked as it now is , I am quite convinced it is objectionable , for the reasons 1 have assigned . I therefore respectfully submit the subject to your worship ' s consideration , either as regards the continuance or abolition of this kind of labour . " We have great pleasure in informing the public tbat this appeal to tho humanity of the justices of
Cornwall was not made in vain ; for it is stated in the Cth Report of tho . Iuspectors of Prisons ( p . 176 ) that they ( the Justices ) came to the resolution ot putting an entire stop to handmill labour in the House of Correction at Bodmin ; and with ' this evi dencB before it , we now ask the House , unwilling as it was to listen to the just complaints of Mr . Ferrand , whether it will again allow the penailt-3-, friendless , hopeless , houseless , and it may be guiltless paupers of this country to be the victims of a punishment which the magistrates of Cornwall , after mature examination and reflection , have abolished as too [ severe and too pernicious even for the convicted criminal 1 We pause for a reply . Even as a labour test this- handmiii has no value ; for , according to the testimony of the humane gaoler at Bodmin , " the williDg man is worked off his legs . " Whilst the idler and skulker goes unpunished . "— Times .
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in twenty-three fathoms . Ttie Clifford , on letting go her anchor in six fathoms , on the starboard quar > ter of the Isabella , distant about a cable's length and tending to her anchor with sixty fathoms' cable unfortunately fell on a small patch of coral , not marked on the charts , bearing by compass south , by-west-lialf-west from the wostermost of Sir Charles Hardy ' s Islands , disUflt about three miles and a half , and north-east-three-quarters-easfc ffbm Haggerstone / s Island , distant about nine miles . Every exertion was made to get her off , but ia vain , as the sea was washing over her
weatherbeam , fercing her on the bank , and she at the same time striking heavily . At daylight , on the following morning , the sea having run high daring the night we found that she had made a bed for herself on the coral bank , and , under all the circumstances we considered it utterly impracticable to get her off aad we therefore advised Captain Sharpe , her commander , to abandon her as a total loss , which advice he deemed necessary to adopt , bat with fch . g utmost regret . In our opinion , no blamo whatever can be attributed to Captain Sha r pe ; on the contrary , we think he has acted throughout with great caution , and done everything in his power for tha safety of his ship . "
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TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE UNJUSTLY DEALT WITH BY THE MAGISTRATES , DURING THE RECENT PERSECUTION " OF THE CHARTIST BODY . Mt Friemds , —I have just learned that Mr . Duncombe's motion for au inquiry into tbeconduct of the magistrates who persecuted the people during therecent Anti-Corn-Law League outbreak , is to be brought before the House of Commons , on the 20 th of March ; and , as he must have grounds to go upon , it is absolutely necessary . that those aggrieved should speak for themselves . With that view , I submit tbe following short petition to be forwarded without delay to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., 6 , the Albany , Lendon .
It bad better be sent under a penny stamp . I have merely given this outline . Each peraon will know how to fill up bis own . All can be done on a sheet of letter paper , and sent precisely as a letter . When Mr . Duncombe brought forward his motion on Lord Abingor'a conduct , he was taunted with not having any petitions . Now don't you thus arm his enemies this time . This is the most important motion ever made . George White and all others are requested to send such petitions ; also stating reasons , if any , assigned for refusing bail . This must be done at once . I shall have mine ready in time . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .
To the Right Honourable and Honourable the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses of the United Kingdom , in Parliament assembled . The Humble Petition of A . B ., Hand loom Weaver , showeth—Tbat your Petitioner was arrested on the day of - ¦ last , upon a charge of ¦ ( riot , or as the case may be ) , and was brouebt befoTe ( here state the names of the Magis trates and places ) , and was remanded at the request of ' ( here state how often remanded , and what amount of fine . J That your Petitioner was required to find bail in tha sum of subsequently , upon being brought before a Judge . Yeur Petitioner traversed bis trial to the next Assizes , and then tbe Ju ^ ge reduced the bail to That for want of this bail required by the committing Magistrates your Petitioner ( with a wife and children , as may be ) was compelled to remain in gaol for the apace of Your Petitioner therefore p » aya that your nonowable House will be pleased to institute an immediate inquiry into your Petitioners case , and your Petitioner , as in duty bound , will ever pray . John Clark , Handloom-weaver . 6 , Brook-street , Manchester .
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LOSS OF TrJE CLIFFORD , SHARPE . IN TORRES STRAITS . t The following two extraots of letters have been received at Lloyd ' s ;—" August 16 , 1842 . —On the 16 th instant , we were within the Barrier Reef , in Torres Straits , in company with the Clifford , bound to India . The Isabella was the leading ship , as her commander had previously been | three times through the Straits , by the outer passage , while the other commanders were going for the first time . The Isabella having
slipped her chain , we made sail for the anchorage tinder the Bird Islands , and at sunset , finding ourselves in from I six to seven fathoms water , we deemed it advisable to anchor immediately . In coming to anchor , all the ships , except the Gipsey , rounded within ] a cable ' s-length of the Isabella's stern , the Somersetshire first , the Tomatin second , and the Clifford third , the Gipsey ahead , and the whole as near each other as prudence would admit . The Isabella anchored in six fathoms , the Tomatin in six and a-half , on the Isabella ' s bows ; tbe Somersetshire in six and a-half , on the Tomatin ' s starboaiu ^ darics ;! aiid iLe G . poj ah ead of thu Isabella ,
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IRELAND . ( from our own correspondent . ) Dublin , March 15 . RESISTANCE TO THE POOR RA . TE . —ALARMIXQ
INCURSION OP THE PEASANTRY " . A numerous meeting of magistrates of the county of Waterford , was held in the Poor-house of Waterford , on Saturday , upon tho requisition of Mr . Flummg , the collector of poor-rate in Gaultier district , to consider the measures most expedient to be pursued for the levy of the rate , in consequence of the general system of resistance amongst the peasantry , and the extreme cxcifem nt prevailing in that part of the country . A v < -ry hrgo police force had betn employed : but although no open resistance hid been offered , very few seizures could be effected , aa tho cattle had been drawn off to the sea side before the arrival of the police . Amongst the
magistrates present , were tbe Earl of Huntingdon and Mr . Mea ^ her , Mayor of Waterford , who acted ss chairman . The meeting was private ; but the Waterford Chronicle states that the Magistrates decided against the expediency of calling out the military under present circumstances . From the simo journal I take the followir-K passage , which gives a very alarming , if it be not a greatly exaggerated , description of the state of the district : — " An impression had gone abroad that the cattle seized w"nl < 2 be exported for salej in order to obviate tho difficulty of procuring purchasers at a poor-rate auction in this country . The knowledge of this fact added tenfold determination
io ihe spirit of resistance by . which the-people were animated . ' Were we to leap upon the tops of the bayonets , we will die before we lee our cattle go , ' was a saying wa heard amongst a party of Gaultier men . At tho very fiercest stage of the antitithe warfare , we never witnessed such a Spirit of deadly hate to the law , and fixed resolve to resist it , through fire and smoke and steel—an actual thirst for war , even to the dea'h , rather than submit to the system of legislation adopted by the collective wisdom of the poor law authorities upon this occasion . Nor wouid it have ended in a mere temporary riot . The first shot fired , we have no doubt , would be a signal for a general rising—au
'insurrection' throughout a great portion of the county of Waterford . Notices were posted extensively throughout the country on Sunday morning , calling upon tne people to meet at the scene of action on Monday , and to bring their hurleys with them Mounted men were posting express to distant qnarters at all hours for tha last two or three eventful days . Plans of attack and defence were discussed and deliberatfd upon , with a seriousness that be ? pcke a deadly resofve—men , women , and children , were resolved to die upon their thresHolda rather than surrender ; and , therefore , under the ^ e circrmstancea , we consider the magistrates
have well and truly acquitted themselves of the fearful responsibility thrown upon them in the vain endeavour to uphold this most unpopular and universally detested law . There is one very unu 3 ual naiure connected with this revolt , that the landlords in Gaultier are principally of the Conservative class —we do not mean to say that this circumstance is at all connected with the recent occurrences , and we merely point it out as the first instance that has ever occurred within our recollection , where the population and landlords even of different creeds and politics were alike hostile to the operation of law
From a second edition of the Waterford Chronicle I have taken the following , which goes far to corroborate the representation made in the preceding extract : — "Foub o ' clock . —Aa immense body of men , amounting to some thousands , armed with sticks and clubs , have just paraded the city , rendiug the air wi . h tbeir shouts . They are principaUy Gaultier meu , reinforced by numbera from the adjoining
counties of Wexford and Kilkenny . Up to this date they have conducted themselves peaceably . Rumour has it that they are about proceeding to take possession of the poor-bouse aad turn out the inmates . The Mayor and authorities are on the alert , but as yet we see nogiounds for apprehension that any outrage will be perpetrated . Tne military , we are just informed , have got directions to hold themselves in readiness to repel the threatened attack on the poor-house . "—Morning Chronicle .
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RICHMOND . —Police Office , March 13 . — Heury Morgan , of Richmond , was brought before the sitting Magistrates , charged by Mr . R . Dorchester , one of the police constables , with having assaulted him when on duty . Fined 40 i . and costst or one month to hard labour at Northallerion .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct643/page/8/
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