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THE EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT MURDER NEAR DERBY.
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YORKSHIRE WINTER GAOL DELIVERY. (Continued from our Eighth page.)
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"THIS IS THE REPEAL YEAR"!
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• ihough with riow yet certain progress : when , with tiieoo signs of hope for the patriot , shall Poland be despaired of I No ! let the favourable circumstances arise , —andikey tnB arise , —and the Polish democrat Bay go forth proclaiming the independence of his country , and the social emancipation of her children , certoio of triumph in Ms holy mission . Crash BoeiaJ slavery in Poland ; proclaim the glad tidings of eoHidpation to the millions of her down-trodden ierft ; and then , inBtead of a few enthusiastic students
a patriotic wmy , but only aa army , and x set of miserable , negodatiBg , selfiBh nobles , yon have a whole people loosed to the connect . And what Beed Of foreign aid , when Poland , from the Oder and the Carpathian mountains to the Borystheues and the Dmna—from the Baltie to the Black Sea , rises in her giant might to ema her InTidera ! » There is BO force in the world which could subjugate & nation of twenty millions closely united by the bond of common freedom . "
Sfcall Poland perish ! we ask again ! No ! for knowledge is mighty and will yet prevaiL Thanks to the pen and the press , nations cannot now be annihilated , or the people of any portion of this earth be permanently subjugated bj any despotism , no Blatter how strong aad bloody . Knowledge is more powerful than thrones ; and the pen and the press carry terror into the hearts of the haughtiest tyrants . The miscreant ^ Nicholas , » ho , -mthont
remorse , has trodden npon the palpitating hearts of Bullions cr ashed beneath his iron sway , trembles at the sight of a book , * and shrinks with horror and affright from "&e sight of a newspaper .- } - ' Free opinon 1 b his terror and his torment , for it is a j > ower before which darkness , and crime , and despotism mnst dissolTe and perish . Glorious presage of the destiny of the human race , when truth shall be triumphant orer fraud , and equality and liberty take the place of thrones and slavery !
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? Lite accounts from St . Petersbnrgb represent Kick the younger aa being in a state of the most boundless rage at the exposure of the Russian system contained is H . de Custine ' s "Empire of the Cso , " which he'has forbidden t » be read , or even permitted to enter Rossis . He s&yi 31 . de Costine ' a -werk is a book cf falsehoods . Bit dread of it is sufficient testimony of the truth of the chsfge * -which he -rainJy denie * . t M . de Cuatine tells ui that the only newspaper read by the Antoer&t is the Journal det Debats ; the jub-¦ idix ^ d and slavish organ of Louis Philippe . He dare not face the truths of the democratic , nor yet even the ocarion&l exposores of the liberal Journals of Eaiope . Of coarse tbere Is not eren the ghost of -a free press in Bombs or Poland , If there iras ^ the days of the tyrant would soon be numbered .
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Jf B . HSATOS , CLITHEKOE , requests us to giVe insertion to tee following : he does not say in what locality the Society he speaks of exists : —•• Will the Secretary of the Chartist Co-opexatiTe Society send bis address to Mi . Horrocks Spencer , Lover Gate , dithero . " Johjj JOH 5 S 05 , librarian at the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , states he is the present Librarian , and sot 2 d > . T&tloTr , as stated in our paper a fortnight sinca &K 5 XRAL Couacn Mi Wheeler sends us the folloiring : — "December 20 tk * 'I > ear Sir , —Ton will oblige by giving the folio-wing Errata in the list of General Council : — CAfcaiseios—Instead of MiddUon read JTiddison ; instead of Burro-wi read Barrota ; and instead of Richard Rankfn , New Inn Yard , snb-Seeretary , read John Ixf , Bttrgesses BteHdiags , Back ofBtdwaU Ltne .
JklXKSPXKLD—Instead of Jelltin read FeUdn ; and instead of James Bramby , snb-Secretary , lawn , read James Brosiby , Vxkm-slreet . Mb . Caster , "Xios Kisg . "—W « did not eopy the paragraph he complains of in the ManchesUr Gvardiam ; had ire done so , "we ironld with pleasure hare Inserted Hr . jC . 's letter . Case op Thomas Pbestos . —We have received a <¦ memorial" or appeal to the Chartist public in behalf of the above-named individual . For the memorial " -we cannot fisd room , bat we « xtzaet aQ ~ the facts contained therein , which are as fellows . — That Thomas Preston has now bees for upward * of fifty years a Radical Reformer , ha-riag been admitted a member of the famous Corresponding Society / ' is the month of March , 1792 .
That in eonseqnence of bis pa trie tic exertions in the caose of freedom be has been not only exposed to tbe malignant persecution of ail opposed to -democratic principles ; but has also had hi * life placed in Imminent danger by the hostility of the corrupt government who ruled this country is the earlier days of " Reform . *' That he has been twice arraigned on the charge of " High Treason" first in the year 1837 . in the Court of King ' s Bench , -when after a trial of sine days , be was acquitted . Second , in the year 1820 , at the OW Bailey , when the charge against him broke down for * wast of evidence . That though he escaped from the scaffold , he did not escape the ruinous consequences in his business and XHeana of li-rlnz .
That Thomas Preston is now seventy-frou" years of age , is great poverty , and in danger of being driven from his home for arrears of rent . That he has so means of maintaining fclmielf and family but by woiiing at his trade , far -which he is total !? unfit , through increasing infirmities—particularly an impairing of his sight ; and consequently , is in a situation demanding the active sympathies of all who can feel for misfortune That in these distressing drcQnut&nees , Thomas Prestos a » d £ i » family appeal to a liberal public to aid them in ibftr dificaltiej , >» "fl save them from the unhappy situation into which they will otherwise be plunged .
That ihe friends of Thomas Preston respectfully irgt ^ rt the propriety of raising a sufficient sum , cot only to meet present exigencies , but sis « to put Mrs . Prestos in a small way « f business , which , as Airs . P . is known to be a clever and well edecated woman , With good business habits , would be nearly tyre ta enable ner to provide for the comforts ot her husband during the few years that probably remain for him . Mr Preston ' s address is No . 14 , White ' s Alley , Rolls Building * , Fctter-Iane , London . We beg the attention ef our readers , particularly those
resident in the metropolis , to the above » pp-al We think if the London Chartists would only try there is enough of them to answer the above Appeal fully and efficiently . But we hope thai the old veteran , Thomas Preston ,, will find both in town and country , friends who will make to him of 13 * 4 "a happy new year" Indeed . J . Mitchell , Prestos . —We have so room for his letter . We know nothing of the communication seat to the paper he speaks of . 7 A 1 X 3 &X . —We have received a communication from
FaUdrk , which , owing to its . length we caanot insert , but from which we learn that the mnst atrocious tyranny is practised npon the poor in the shape of I » oor Bate extortions . By the law of Scotland , the support of the poor is very justly thrown upon the heritors , or land-holders ; they however , by illegal poor-rates , and disgraceful collections at the kirkdoors , contrive to throw the greater part of Use burden off their aheslders , and thus rob the poor man ! In one recent case the Palkirk bench ordered the seJKxre tf tbe goods of a person who appealed against paying more th « n hia fair share , but the minions of the law on proceeding te execute their mission , found themselves foiled ; the door was birred against them . Thsy thin brought a smith to break open tbe door , but he onlearaisg that tbe intended selxara was far poor rates , refused to go on with hia job , and took up bis tools and walked off amidst the cheers of the assembled throne . Thus foiled , the jaekalls
skulked away . On our Correspendent afterwards gaining a friendly nflmit **""" . he found to his surprise the " rebel'' eooly engaged in reading tbe Xorthem £ kcr to his fcmilyJ So wonder a man who ronld read the Norther * Star was a " rebel" ;—O , shocking J We wish toe brave fellow success in struggle with authority , ] but fear that he will as usual End outfit too strong for right- _ , _ .-. The Poets . —A-M'Cabe ; T . Gonstantine ; D . Wright ; W . Corit * n , lespectftilly declined . Oar poetic friends may each ease bis " Pegasus - a-bit , we have poetry enough on hand to hut o » for the next six months . Losgtob WoEXixG-XEH ' s Haxl ; Thomas Sowerby ; Walter Thorn ; A Taylor ,. Aluwick ; and H . H . May—so room * . A Kumbeb of Correspondent * , asking for information « spectang points of Jaw , nut waft a week or two . Jobs-Wajcrhi , Maccle » fieij > . —We had nono of the " Challenge * " , or we would have sent them as JwreoBested .
C . P . SiOLLslEtxa—Koroom this week . His . Ellis desires to acknowledge the receipt of 7 « . from o « Sioekport friends , through tbe medium of Hi . Thomas Webb ; likewise « s . through Mr . Jobs Lowry , from the IritDds at Carlisle ; and hx . by Mr . James Bramley , from tbe friends at Mansfield . , Hotr t ^ ghamshire , for which she returns her mntt hearttot graatade . In wply to Certain eorrespondenta , »« . B . state * . that poeKifflce orders can be draws a t-Kewcastte-under-Lyne . ' - - j * . llM . SlLls ^ -T . a Brooke , Esq ., Dewshnry , Tda"h ire . A letter so addrened win reach that gentleman . Ora Bmstox CoBEXBroyDKSi ^—We are s « rry that ' e camot find room for bis lengthy Teport w HATE iECK 1 TEI > a wrm » n , or speech , " » e hardly xnow which , witiiout any introduction or name attached , consisting of twenty-foui quarto pages of ekaely written matter . Of cowie we cannot pub-Kshit .
COSBEtPOKDXHTB whose CMDmnnicaUonJ we » ot sotieed in our present nmniber -win be answered Mzt wtek :
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All Cokmdsications and Correspondence intended for David Ro ? s ( late of Manchester ) , must for the future be addressed to him , at hia residence , the Washington Colfee House and Temperance HoUl , Yl % Kirkgate , opposite Vicar ' s Ctof ^ Leeds . Joseph Hethekingtok . —We have no room for his letter , but we are glad that the writer is resolved to labour for the promulgation of Chartist principles . The Edikbob-Gh Type Fouhdebs . —Since the address , which appears in another part ot ou paper , was put Into type , we learn that the difference
between Messrs . MilleT and Richards , of Edinburgh , and their workmen have been brought to a settlement , by Messrs . M . and R . yielding to the just demand of the Operatives . We are glad to hear of this : it saves us the unpleasant task ef commenting upon disputes which , for their own honour , the Vaster Type Founders ought never to have allowed to exist Opkuati ^ b Ttpb-Poum > ebs'Association . —We will try to notice the " prospectus" in eur next . Oar Readers -will find the address ef the London Founders
in another page . J . Jo . ies . —Cannot say : If sent it must take its chance . We hare so roost for lengthy addresses . J . SWEET , N 0 TT 1 W 0 HAM—Yea , MK Julum Harvey acknowledges the receipt of one shilling from Mr . B . Jones , of Bristol , for Mrs . Ellis . Mr . H . also acknowledges an invitation from Sowerby , in reply to his last week ' s letter . Mr . H . trill communicate with tbe Sowerby friends . SCProRT of Geobge White . —Received by the committee In Birmingham , per Mr . Allen , from a few friends at Smetbwick , the sum of 10 s . The " hard case" asaim We have received from our indefatigable correspondent farther report of progress , which would fill four cd % vau of our paper . Owing to tbe pressure of Assist news we are compelled to keep it entirely out this week . We will see what we can do next week .
if We have received a number of communications , ( some of them very lengthy , which , therefore , we have not been able to find time even to read ) , they must stand over till next week . Till then we must request the patience of our friends . ^ TT ¦
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FOE THE EXECUTIVE . From J . Smith , Hunslet S Tbe Chartists of Morley ... 9 0 VICTIM IUKD . From the Chsraists of Moriey » HATIOHAL TRIBUTE . From Wa Rontlidge , Leeds ... ... ... 6 6 H . M . WORCESTER . —Nineteen shillings and sixpence if paid inadvance . TO . Agents —Those Agents who have received their accounts are reqaested to send the amounts due , ether wiee their papers cannot be sent after this week .
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The following is from the Duirtra World of Saturday last , it needs not a word from us : — " X £ EP 12 iG THE GAKS JLT . 1 YB . This is the Repeal year ;—we say this not in jest , but hiving been told so by good" authority , we make unto millions the joyful proclamation . Aye , but in a few brief hours when 1 W 3 is only a thing of memory , and the New Year has made its appearance , bringing in its train gifts and greetings , will we DC able to congratulate tbe millions upon having at length obtained a College- Green Parliament ! Alas ! and well-A-day , we fear not ; for in the last iVdfion . we find this announcement : —
** You are on tbe right road . ** The Repeal year is over—what then ?—Call next year the Repeal Year if you have a fancy for names ; and if that , too , searches your fetter sores with its December blast , work the next year , and the next , and the next . Cease not till all is done . If you sleep , now that you have climbed so far , you may nerer wake again . " "Upon the right road 1 " Ah , Mr . Peter Parcel ! , what a comical and incomprehensible fellow you are , with your Whiggery and Repeal enthusiasm , your heavy prose and rough and ready lyrics . But do you
think people will always continue paying when you will not keep your word as to the time in which the journey is to be performed ! The half starved ereatures God help them 1 .-are shivering like iil-clad passengers npon the outside of a stage , looking out for llepeal , and yon , cruel man , gi v e them no hope . Your songs are excellent bleodthirsty productions ; but ** paying the piper" continnally , where there ifi no dancing , is » heartless task you mu 6 t allow . Well , we Buppose there is nothing for it but living in hops and coming down with the dust . What a spice of irony mingled with truth is contained in this short
paragrapn ;—** An ignorant or unorganized People would soon have tired of the constant subscriptions and meetings , and have broken JBto disorder or sunk into apathy . " He is a long-sighted &nd sober-minded man that lays out money on a complex yet safe speculation , or lays it by for an evil day . That is a people having political wisdom , which denied itself from present indigence for a future good . It had been pleasanter for some at least of the people , to have spent in
eating or clothing the shilling they sent to tbe Repeal Association , just as six years ago they found it pleasanter to . spend the shilling or the penny , or the pound , on the whiskey shop . But the same stlf-deoying and far-seeing resolre wnich enabled them to resign drini or food , and books , and clothin £ , induced them to postpone some of these solid comforts to attend meetings , and to give money , in order to win , » x some future time , fixed holdings , trade , strength , and liberty "
Mark that banter , ye well-fed and salaried patriots of BHrgh Q , uay 1—ye , woo now have your pockets so fall that you are lavishing the superfluous casb * ' wrung from the hard hands of peasants , " in eliding the ceiling of Conciliation Hal ) , and adorning its walls with prize paintings . We hasten to £ iTe the concluding portion of the Parcel admonition : — "The People , if they would achieve their aim , mnst continue their exertions . ** To win by peace they nutst use all the resources of peace , as thev have done hhherto .
** ls there any parish wherein there are no Repeal Wardens active every week in collecting money , distributing cards , tracts and newspapers J Let that pariBh meet to-morrow week , appoint active War . dens , send up its subscriptions , and get down its cards , papers , and tracts , week after week till the year goes round , or till Repeal is carried . " Send up money and let the Nation be distributed ! And this ihen is the end s . nd object of the popular agitation—2 fine gaise for certaiu crafty aewsvenders , but perilous and conly to millions of confiding dupes . "
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The next delegate jieetikg of the Lancashire Miners will be bolden in the anti-Room of the Carpenters Hal ) , Girratt-road , Manchester , on Tnesdsy next , January 2 nd , 3844 ; chair to be taken at nine o ' clock in the morning- Business of the utmost importance will be brought before tbe meeting , and it is hoped tbe delegates will be punctual in their attendance , aud bring ibeir credentials signed by the Pre sident and Secretary of the Lodges to which they respectively bt =: ong . The National Contebexce will commence its sittings t > n tfie juune day \ Tuesday , January 2 nd , 1844 . ) , in the Grand Hall ; chair to be taken at nine o ' clock in the morning . A limited number of tickets will be issued for tfee admission of parties to witness the
proceedings-Mb . Wililim DJXOS , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture on Tuesday evening ntxt in the Carpenter ' s HalL Subject— " The Miners'Grievances . " Cbair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . On the follow ing evening , Wednesday , Mr . James Leach will lectnrein the above HalL Subject— " The Rights of Labour . " On Thursday and Friday evenings lectures will be delivered by accredited agents of the Miners ' Association . The IVincashire Secretary begs to inform the parties who may be elected to the forthcoming Conference that he has procured accommodations for about fif tj individuals , and upon their arrival in Manchester they ate k quested to apply fer Mr . We 3 ) ixon , No . i , Cross-street Bast , near Forty Bow , Great Ancoits-etreet , where fee Secretary will be in attendance to receive H » PTtl .
A Meetikg or Mikkbs was held on Wibsey Slack , on Tuesday , the 26 th ef December , Mr . Samuel Maun , from Halifax , w&s called to tbe chair , and the following resolutions were agreed to . u That it is the opinion of this meeting , that e > ery miner in the neighbourhood should join the Millers Association of Great Britain and Ireland . " Tbe remaining resolutions were dedar&Ury of the right of the miners to better wages , and more ( moderate hours of toil , and of the determination of tbe meeting to carry cnt the first resolution , by uniting to protcot their labour .
Mb . Johjt Axjtt'b Bowk for the last fortnight : —On Wednesday night , the 13 & hm £ , in the Brown Cow Glodwick s Thursday , the Uth , m ihejYhite H « t eSSJm ' i Friday / the 15 tb , in the Chartist rS , Roy ton j ifonday . the lif , ShAnid . - Tmjdsy , the 19 ih , Bicn p ; Wednesday , the 20 th , at ^ e " Foresters' Arms , Ope , near New Church ; Thnrs-Sv the 2 l £ th » G ^ ers of Porchmouth , near &orden J ifonday , the 2 &fc , Bacup ; Tuesday a > Son ! the 21 A . assisted by Mr . George Ramsay , held a public meeting at Chsapside , near Padiham The whole of the above meetings have been well attended , the best spirit prevailing . Sovm STA 7 J 0 BDSHiBB . -0 n Monday last , a pablie Sff * J 3 S = lW ®» S §
. by Messrs . Swallow and | Scott .
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A Public -Meeting of tbe Goal Miners of ihe Oldham District was held in a School Room about three miles on tbe Halifax-road . The meeting was well attended . Mr . Wm . Dixon , from Manchester , addressed the meeting ; for upwards of two hoars . At the close of his address a vote of thanks were given to Mr . D . for the interest he has taken in the Miners
. On Tcesdat last , a large pnblio meeting of the Miners of South Staffordshire was held in the People's Hall , Wednesbury , which was crammed to suffocation . Mr . J . Jones was unanimously called to the chair , and made an excellent speech . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs . Scott , Swallow , and Brophy . Six persons were pat in nomination as delegates , when Mr . James George was elected for the Thin Coal Miners , and Mr . Thoa . Weaver for the Thick Miners .
The DELEGATES of the District afterwards met at the British Qieen ; Mr . John Jones in tbe cbair . After the moneys had been paid in , Messrs . Bropby , Scott , Busby , and Fye were appointed a deputation to wait on the Dudley District meeting , then sitting for the purpose of muting the two districts , it was resolved that a Victim Fuud be formed , and that the Miners of South Staffordshire pay one penny per waek for the support of it ; and that a Law Fund be established , the members to pay twopence per month ; and that each Lodge be requested to appoint two Collectors to wait on the shopkeepers , publicans , &o . for subscriptions . After a vote of thanks to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star , the meeting adjourned to Darleston on tbe 1 st of January next .
A Pubuc Meeting of ibo Miners of Wolverhampton will be held on New Year's Day , on Mormer Green , opposite the Boat Inn , to commence at ten o ' clock in the morning . Potnton and Worth CoLUEET .--The Miners of this colliery warn their brother operatives to keep away from Lord Vernon ' s collieries , as his agents are prowling through Lancashire seeking bands , pretending that there are new pits opened and no hands to work them . This is false . Thirteen men have been brought from Dement under this impression ; to make way for them the old hands have bean turned off because they belong to the union ! The object is to break up the Miners' Association I
Halsbaw Moor . —A public meeting of the Coal Miners and inhabitants of Halshaw Moor was holden on Monday last . Deo . 25 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Mr . Griffiths was unanimously called to preside . Mr . Dixon , who was received with several rounds of applause , addressed the meeting for upwards of an hour . At the close of the address , the thanks of the meeting was given to Mr . D ., which he acknowledged , and the meeting broke up .
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FRAKCB . —On Tuesday , tbe King of the French proceeded in etate to the Palace Bourbon , and opened the session in person . £ very thing passed off quietly . , SPAIN . —Olozaga has fled to Portugal . On the 20 th , a deputation waited upon the Queen with the Address agreed to at tbe close of the Oloxaga debate . Both the Address and the Queen ' s reply are couched iu very measured terms . The whole question will now be dropped , it is presumed .
Intamocs ; Miuiaot Outra g eb . Every post brings us proofs that at Madrid millitary force is the only law . Letters from the Spanish capital of the 21 st state , that on that day a band of military ruffians broke into the office of the Eco del Comercio , and having failed in discovering the editors , who were the real objects they wanted , they broke and destroyed everything they could lay their hands on , and brutally maltreated the compositors and other persons whom they found npon the premises . They then proceeded to another office , that of the Sarantala , where they in the same way destroyed
everything , and were about to follow out their brutality at the office of the & pectador % the only surviving Liberal journal in Madrid , but the parties within were prepared for them ; the doors were fast and the printers armed , and prepared to defend their presses with their lives ; and ( ere an assault was made ) that the Gefe Politico , Senor Benavides , had taken effective measures to check their night ' s amusement by bringing up a strong detatebment of the city watch , which he had conceded on the instant to the request of the threatened Espectador . The other two sufferers had unhappily no time granted them to prefer a similar rt quest .
The Phare des Pyrenees states that on the 19 th an engagement took place between 500 of the insurgents of Figueras , who made a sortie , and the Queen ' s troops . A great number were killed on
UNITED STATES . THE PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE . The American packet-ship Independence has brought the Menage of the President to tbe Houqe of Representative ; . The three subjeots most interesting to this country which are noticed in it are , the recent commercial treaty , the Oregon territory , and the indemnity for the detention of American vessels . The first , it in declared , "has tended greatly to u increase the good understanding which a reciprocity of interest is calculated to encourage . "
Of the second , it is said that propositions for its final adjustment made by the United States have been rejected by the British Government ; and that " while nothing will be done to compromise the rights or honour of the United States , every 1 roper expedient will be resorted to bring the negotiation to a speedy and happy conclusion . " At the same time , it is suggested that military posts be established to protect those American citizens who have setted in tbe disputed territory . With respect to the third , the President informn the House , that in Beveral oases of American vessels detained as slavers by British cruisers off the coast of Africa reparation has been promised ; in a few , that full satisfaction had been allowed .
The above very brief abstract is all we esn find room for ibis week ; the message itself fills four columns of the Times .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . roa TicriHs , £ 8 . d . An Enemy to Oppression ... ... ... 100 Mr . Addis , Canterbury 0 2 6 Female Chartibts of Bristol , vii . : — Mrs . Miles 0 11 Mrs . Gibson Oil
Miss K . WiJfiams Oil The following : collected by Miss K . Williams : — Mr . Winter 0 11 Mr . Williams Oil Mrs . Williams ... Oil Mrs . Simmons ... 0 0 6 Mis ^ L . W 0 11 Miss K . W ... 0 1 1
FOB MH . H ' DOPALL . An Enemy to Oppression ... 0 10 t TOR MRS . ELLIS . A Operative Shoemakers 0 13 A Chartist Working Man ... 0 10 0
FOB MB . BGBINSON , EDINBDHSSI . An Enemy to Oppression 0 10 0 MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . SUBSCRIPTIONS . £ S . d From Tavistock 0 5 0 Coventry 0 2 0 Waterhead Mill 0 10 0 Sm field 0 5 6 Little Horton 0 « 6 New Leeds 0 2 4 Oxford 0 16 FOB CABDS . From Tavistock 0 4 0 Todmorden ° Oxford 0 10
¥ OB EXECUTIVE . From Sonth Shields 0 9 4 Hornby-street , Bury ... 0 12 0 NATIONAL TBIBBTE JUHD . From a Friend at . Sunderland 0 10 Mr . Curtis , per W . Hosier 0 10 Matthias Thompson 0 * 6 A first instalment of Tribute Money from the Seven Stars' ( late the Shoulder of Mutton ) locality , Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. 0 10 0 Oxford .. 0 * 0 POB VICTIUS . From Mr . Curtis , per W . Hosier 0 0 f T . M . 3 Bradford ... 0 2 0 Matthias Thompson ... © 2 6
FOB UBS . KLLIS . From Mr . Curtis , per W . Hosier ... ... 0 0 fi ChartiBts of Oxford ,.. - 0 0 6 Wo believe that the following items were acknowledged before ; bnt Mr . O'Connor nquests as to acknowledge them again , as some of the parties have written about them . POB EXBCVT 1 TB , From Joseph Elland ... 0 10 Birkenhead 0 » 0 Prescot 0 « 0 } fob vicrmes . From Joseph Elland 0 0 8 TOR DfcFBNGE FDND . From Prefect 0 6 0 *
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THE MURDER AT KNOWSLEY . NORTHERN OJBCU 1 T—Livebpooi ,, Dec 26 th . ( B efore Mr . Justice WightmanJ _/ ohn Roberts ^ James Hunt , Thomas Jaques , Joseph Rtmmers , aad Henry Ftllimgham , were indicted for the Wilful murder of Richard Ksnyon , at Knowsley , by shooting him with ft gun . Mr . Brandt and Mr . Townsend conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . James . An accomplice named Nantman Shaw , was the omef evidence against the unfortunate men .
The case for the prosecution having closed , Mr James addressed the jury for the defence , contending that there was nothing in the evidence adduced which could properly be looked on as a corroboration of the testimony of the accomplice , who had the very ^ strongest motives which could operate on such a mind ( the desire to save his father and to obtain , the reward ) to induce him to throw the blame on other than the real culprit . His Lordship having summed up with great care , the Jury retired for about an hour , and returned into Court With a Terdict of guilty againsS all the prisoners , strongly recommending them to mercy . His Irtwdship then passed sentence of death in a brief and impressive address , which was repeatedly interrupted by the lamentations of the numerous relatives of the prisoner , who were in Court .
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GHESTERFIE 1 D .-Died , on Wednesday morn "yc last , at Brampton , near Chesterfield , aged nfty , Mr . John Williams * hatter , who , for three years previous , was treasurer to the Chartist bedy m this locality . He was a good husband , a kind friend , and a sterling patriot . Bi * BMS *> EY . —Mr . Peckett ' s weavers have nearly all hmshed their work ,. and they are determined not to bring out any more until he agrees to pay the same wages as the other manufacturers . According to present appearances the strike is likely to be a protraote done .
RoMSET , Ha « pshirk—Mr . Aaron Newman , a native of this town , died in the early part of the present month . It has been the custom of the place to sing a religions anthem in the Church the Sunday after the funeral , and it was the last dying request of Mr . Newman that this custom should not be departed from in his case ; he himself was a singer in the Parish . Church for eleven years , and a man respected by all classes in the town . The deceased ' s wish being known , the ohoir met and resolved to comply with it ; accordingly a deputation waited
upon the Vicar to request his sanction , when , lo ! and behold ! he refused ; alleging as his reason for that refusal , that it would give rise to drunkenness , as they would adjourn from the church to the publichouse . This being considered as an unfounded libel upon the members of the ohoir , and an insult to the family of the deoased , whose dying request had thus been scouted , I request that you will give insertion to this statement , that the public may know and mark their sense of the Vicar ' s unjustifiable conduct —Correspondent .
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Fatal A « cjdknt in the Literpool Zoological Gabdkns . —We have just been informed that the elephant at our zoological gardens , after delighting groups of young holiday folk by his majestic performancss , on Thursday afternoon week , offended one of the keepers in some way uot explained , and that the latter . chastised him with- the handle of a broom . What * thoa ooourred , for a few moments , is not known by our informant , but he states the melancholy fact , that the keeper was found lying at tho feet of the insulted beast , with his face to the ground , and perfectly lifeless . —Liverpool Mercury .
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kotton . —Two lectures were delivered in the Charu ' st room , on Sunday last , the 24 th . inst ., by Mr . James Leacb , of Manchesser , who gave general satisfaction . A few more aucb lectures aad then Roy ton will have gained the position it formerly occupied . liONDON . —District Cophcil , Sunday , Deo . 24 th , 1843 , Mr . Dron in the chair , Mr . Luko King brought forward the following ( notion , "Thatthis Counoil adopt the proposition of the Executive for a National Tribute in support of the Cause , and recommend ? to the various Metropolitan localities to commence raising their quotas immediately . "
Grand Christmas Festival fob the Benefit OP THE ClTV OF IjONDON PoLITICAX AND SCIENTIFIC Institution . —Last Tuesday evening , December 26 th , Isv Festival was held in the above Hall . W . P . Roberts and J . Hobson , Eeqs ., had been invited to attend ; but the former , in consequence of his engagements with the Miners , and the latter in consequence of previous engagements , were not able to attend . Mr . £ . Stall wood was unanimously called to the chair , and the preliminaries having been gone through , proposed the first toaBt— The
peopeople , the source of all power . " The next toast—** The People ' s Charter : may it speedily become law . " Mr . Cuffiy responded . The Chairman then gaye-r" The speedy restoration of FroBt , Williams , Jones , Ellis , and ail expatriated patriots . " Mr . M'Carthy responded . The Chairman then gave" ThePress ; that bright luminary which lights to Freedom . " Responded to by Mr . Rathbone . A vote of thanks was then by acclamation awarded to the Chairman , after which tbe Hall was olaared of the tables , and the merry dance commenced , and was kept up to a late hour .
STRATHKINNESS , Coi / ntt or Fira . —A publie meeting , to hear an addiess on Chartism was beld here on Friday , the 22 ad instant ; Mr . James Bdie , qnarrier , in the . chair . After a few suitable remarks , tbe Chairman introduced Mr . G . Mustaide , who spoke for upwards of two hours in explanation of tbe principles of Chartism , to the great satisfaction of the meeting . Other meetings are contemplated being beld here and in the adjacent villages .
The Extraordinary Attempt At Murder Near Derby.
THE EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT MURDER NEAR DERBY .
Dekbtshire Special Assize—Thursday , Dec . 21 . John Winfield Grocock , 17 , was charged with having , on the 26 th of August last , assaulted Eliza Ann Allwood , a girl aged eleven years , with intent to kill and murder her . Tbere was also a count for cutting and maiming ; and a third count , which charged him with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm and damage . Eliza Ann Allwood stated herself to be the daughter of George Allwood , and that her father lives at Bees ton , in the county of Nottingham . Is eleven years of age- Recollects Friday , tbo 25 th of last August , At about eleven o ' clock in the forenoon was in the highway between Nottingham and Derbv .
near a bridge , near Beeston-lane-end ; that IB near to Lord Middleton ' s park , when the prisoner came up to hen Two boys were with her . H * d been gleaning and had some corn . Had never seen him before . He asked how many milej it was to Derby . Told him . He said he was the looker on at a mill at Derby , and was going there . That he had been to Nottingham for two men , and if he could not get them he was to bring an engine hand and a drawing hand . He said she ( the witness ) was to be the drawing and the boy the engine hand . He gave witness a half penny and a letter to go to the Beestou post-office . Took the boy forward a quarter of a mile , then stopped , and told witness to give the halfpenny : and ttte letter to the boy , which she did . He
said , ' * Oh , damn it , I have forgotten the paper , 1 " and to the second boy he said , " Pull your shoes off , and after him with i ; . " He told witness be would take her to Derby , employ her at bia mill , and she should have lour shilliingsand sixpence a week . They kept along the high road to Derby , taking her up , on the way , three different lanes . Went 011 to Derby—saw they were giving over . Met a woman , and Qrrocock asked her which was the Londonroad , ; took witness straightforwards , and then took her down a lane , saving ho would give the witness ' s mother 4 s ., and the witness 6 d . tor walking with him that day . She asked him where his house was , and he told her it was a mile or two further . Prisoner said he had a wife , a boy . and a girl .
Came to some green gates , he came back again , got through a gap until he came to another close . At that time it was beginning to get dark . They went to two oak trees , prisoner telling her to go and lie down and go to sleep . Witness had been crying . He said if ehe did not give over crying , he would murder her in a minute . The prisoner bad not previously said anything unkind to her . There was a tree in the close where he desired her to lie down . Witness lay down , shut her eyes , but did uot go to sleep . Grocock pulled his stocking off , a while one , and crammed it into her mouth . That was not immediately after : he was lying
down at tbe time he put the stocking into her mouth , and bad been lying down for a few minutes . He told her to suck it , there was some gingerbread in it . ( The little girl here gave a description of what the prisoner had done while lying down , leaving uo doubt he had connection with her . ) Prisoner beat her about the head ; the blood flowed , and she was senseless . He struck her about the right side of the head with the bammer ( exhibited the marks , which were very plain to be seen , to the jury ) . When she recovered her senses , witness walked into a lane ; met a woman ; told her a man had been ill-using her ; was taken to the infirmary , and Mr . Dix , the Burgeon , examined her head .
The above evidence ( all we have room for ) will remind our readers of the confession made by the prisoner at the time he gave himself up to the poliee ^ in which ho stated tbat he had formed the idea of murdering a child when at Nottingham , and with thftt view had decoyed away another child , but was accidentally prevented from carrying his design into execution . He added , that , " as regards my intention for committing such an act , f was determined to be transported or hung , having no means of obtaining a livelihood ; but I cannot properly explain the motive for committing such an action . " '
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The defencs ' a-. t jup was , that ihe { ridoiier was labouring under aberration of intuUeot at the time , and in that state was not accountable for his actions , i The Jury returned a verdict of guilty of the in ? tent to do some grievous bodily harm and damage ' , but acquitted the prisoner of the intent to murder . He was sentenced to be transported for life .
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GREAT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL . LivekpooLj Thdhsday , 10 a . m . —This morning we have been visited with another of those destructive fires for which Liverpool , of late , has been so unfortunately famous . About half-past eight o ' clock this morning flames were eetn to issue from one side of the large pile of buildings situated between Harrington-street and ! Matthew-street , occupied as ! a sugar refinery by iSir Thomas Brancker ; perhaps one of the largest establishments of the kind in the kingdom . The flames made rapid progress , from the combustible nature of the materials ; and by nine o ' clock the whole j pile was one mass of the most glowing ftames we , ever behold . The whole of the buildings will necessarily be destroyed , for no available supply of water could be brought to prevent it . The loss will , therefore , be immense ; for , besides the buildings , utensils , < &o ., there would not be less than £ 50 , 000 , or £ 60 , 000 worth of sugar on the premises . It is said tbat Sir T . Brancker is considerably insured . j
It is feared , that there will be considerable loss of life , as , at the time of the fire breaking out , there were not fewer than seventy persona iu different parts of the building . Some of these , of coarse , escaped immediately , ' being on the lower rooms ; but for those who were in the upper rooms considerable fears are entertained . Several made their escape by descending the spouts . One man leaped from the uppermost story , and was so bruiaed that his life is despaired of . 1 No opinion can be formed of the origin of this alarming fire . Tbe foreman told hs that at a quarter past eight o ' clock , ! when he left the place , all appeared quite safe , and that in a quarter of an hour he was summoned ! by the alarm of fire . He supposes , at present tbat some of the stoves had been overheated . )
Twenty Minutes Past Ten o'CtocK . — -Theflames are considerably subdued , so much so , that there is now no serioua apprehension for the safety of tbe surrounding property . The large front wall has just fallen , but , luckily , without injuring any one . DEfTBUCtlON OF { a MERCHANT SHIP BT FlBE . — Liverpool , Thursday Evening . —About one o'clock yesterday afternoon , a large ship was discovered to be on fire in tbe Waterloo Dock . She is called the Meg of Meldon , and only arrived from Calcutta a few days since , laden with a valuable cargo of saltpetre , hemp , rice , &c . She lay at the time in the centre of the Waterloo Dock , surrounded by vessels on every side , and in order
to prevent additional damage , was immediately towed into the look , where exortions were used to extinguish tbe flames , which did not at any period , burst forth in the ordinary manner . It was what might be ; called a smouldering fire , which all through stnt forth dense volumes of smoke . There were no fewer than ten engiuee playing on it up to five o ' clock , when , seeing that the smoke was thickening , it was resolved to scuttle the vessel . In about an hour after she had been scuttled the fire might be said to have been completely got tinder . We regret to state that the damage to vessel and cargo has been ] roughly estimated at from ten to fifteen thousand pounds .
Yorkshire Winter Gaol Delivery. (Continued From Our Eighth Page.)
YORKSHIRE WINTER GAOL DELIVERY . ( Continued from our Eighth page . )
CROWN COURT-FRIDAY , Dec . 29 . ( Before \ Mr . Justice Maule . J BCBGLARY NEAH YOKK . James Sayer , 22 ] and Thomas Taltersfield , 23 , were charged with a burglary at Folford , near York , on the night of the 4 th of December . Mr . Matthews and Mr . Ovjsbend were counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoners had no counsel . His Lordship , in Bumming up , stated that much of the evidence on the part of the prosecution was of a very loose and unsatisfactory character . Tne Jury , after being absent from the Court two hours returned a verdict of Not Guilty against both the prisoners . . '
BUfiGLAEY AT FEWSTON . Charles Thaekrayi 19 , pleaded guilty to having comc . ttcd a burglary in the dwelling-house of Wm . Boulton , at Fewston , and stealing several articles of wearing apparel . 1 FORGERY . IViHiam Crosby , J 43 , was charged with having ivfged an accountable receipt , in the month of Jane last , and uttered the same , for the purpose of defrauding Messrs . Joshua Bower and Co ., the proprietors of AllertonfBywater Colliery , near Kippax , in tho West Hiding ; Mr . Blanchard was counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . Deabsley .
The prisoner was in the employ of the prosecutors , as the Captain of a vessel called tbe Richard- In the month of June last , he got some repairs made in
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iho taiid of the vesj . c » . t «} Me . ikary Ciark , sailmaker , of Hull , and lor tnose repairs -he paid the sum of £ \ 2 s 2 d ; but on the 7 th July , he presented an account to Mr . Ferrand , the bookkeeper to the prosecutors , in which the repaira were charged at £ 1 19 s lOd , and the account was receipted , " Sattled by mo , Henry Clark / ' Thjs account and receipt were both proved to be forgeries . ^ When the prisoner was examined before the magistrates , he stated that be had got some other repairs done to the tarpauling of the vessel by a journeyman saiimaker out of employ , that he paid that man the difference between the two sums , and that he wrote the bill aud receipt .
Mr . Dearslet submitted , after the close of the case for tho prosecution , that the evidence did not bear out the indictment . The latter charged the prisoner with having forged attd uttered a receipt or acquittance for money or goods ; but the evidence only showed that the account was settled , and that raight be settled by labour , or the word "sattled" might merely mean that , the account was correct . Mr . Blanshaed contended that the words " Battled by me , Henry Clark , " clearly purported an acquittance or receipt . Ho cited the case , " Rex v . Mardn , " triid before Mr . Justice Patteson oa tbe Oxford oircuit , in which the Learned Judge held that the word settled imported a receipt or acquittance , and bis opinion was afterwards con * firmed by the fifteen Judges , and it o ver-ruled a previous decision in the case of" Rex v . Thompson . " The Judge over-ruled the objection , and the prisoner was found Guilty . —To be imprisoned for two
years . STABBING AT BHADFOBD . John Jones , 55 , was charged with having at Bradford , on the 8 th of November last , feloniously cut and stabbed William White , with intent to do him some grevious bodily harm . Mr . Wasnky and Mr . Hardy were for the proseeuiion ; the prisoner was undefended . Both p arties are Irish ; and on the day mentioned were drinking together at the White Hotse , atBradford , at which time they quarrelled on the rabject of paying the score . The prosecutor laid hold of the prisoner to prevent him going away , when the latter pulled a knife out of his pocket and stabbed him in the hand , but ii flicted no serioua wound . Tbe Jury found the prisoner guilty of a common assault . He was senteaced to bo imprisoned fox ¦ two months to hard labour .
MANSLAUGHTER AT ALMONBBDBY . John Holden ( 37 ) pleaded Guilty to a charge of Manslaughter , at Aldmonbnry , in having killed John Carter . ; He was sentenced to be transported for sevenfyears .
BIGAMY AT HULL . John Cooper , who had been out on bail , W 29 charged with bigamy at Hall . Mr . Deabslet was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Blis 3 defended the prisoner . Mr . Deabsley said that on the 1 st of ApriU 1833 , the prisoner was married at Sculcoates church , Hull , to a woman named Mary Euston , snd on the 12 th of February in the present year he had married , at Holy Trinity Church , Hull , another woman named Mary Wharrey , his former wife being atill alive . The evidence failed to show what was the name of the prisoner ' s first wife , Beyond ' Mary "; and the Jury , uuder the direction of his Lordahip , found a verdiot of Not Guilty . His Lordship refused to allow the costs of the prosecution .
MANSLAUGHTER AT SHEFFIELD . Walter Clarke , 21 , was charged with the manslaughter of Win . Kaylor , at Sluffidd . Mr . Smith was for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . On the 18 th of November , the prisoner and the deceased were at the Red Lion * Inn , at Sheffield , and left the house together about twelve o ' clock at night . After they had got into the strc 3 t , they commenced sparring and the deceased fell , but it could not be shown that the fall was occasioned by any blow from the prisoner . By the fall his skull was fractured , and he died on the following day . The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . SHEEP STEALING AT NORTH BR 1 ERLET .
Abraham Sutcliffe , 32 , was found guilty of having , on ihe 2 nd of December , feloniously killed , a sheep , tho property of 'Robert Edmondson , of North Brierley , near Bradford , and also of having stolen the carcase . The Learned Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for one year . The Court rose at half-past five ,
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SECOND COURT—Friday , Dec . 29 . CBefore Mr . Justice Coltman ) . BURGLARY AT CASTLEFORD . Joseph Patefield , 15 . William Slack , 34 , George Pace , 27 . Samuel CSiadwicK , 26 , James Hulley , 20 , James Patefield . John Speneer , and John Bollana ( . the three latter of whom had not been in custody , ) were indicted for a burgl&ry on tho 27 th of July last , in the dwelling-house of Arthur Feetham and James Drake , at Castleford . Mr . PASHLErand Mr . HrLt were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins was for the prisoner Bolland ; Mr . Smith for Pace ; and the other prisoners were undefended .
The case was of great length and of considerable intricacy , and the Learned Judge , in summing np , very clearly elucidated the points of the evidence affecting each of the prisoners . The Jury retired , and after a short absence from the Cour . returned a verdict of Guilty against Wm . Slack , Samuel Cbadwick , Joseph and James Patefield , and John bpencer ; and of Not Guilty agairsfc Pace , Hulley , and Bolland .
BURGLARY AT WAKEFIE 1 D . John Bolland , who was acquitted in the last case , was further charged with having committed a burglary in the dwelling-house of Jonathan Morton , at Stanley-cum-Wrenthorpe , in the parish of Wakefield , on tbe 20 ih of July last . Mr . Hill was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . The case rested almost entirely on the identity of the piece of cheese in qnestion . Mr . Wilkins addressed the jury , and called four witnesses , who gave the prisoner a good character . The jury found the prisoner Not Guilty ..
SENTENCES . Wm . Slack , Samuel Chadwick , Joseph and James Patefield , and John Spencer , who bad been found guilty of a burglary at Castleford , were then called up for judgment . Joseph and James Patefield , and John Spencer , who had been previously convicted of felony , were sentenced to be transported fer fifteen years . Slack and Chad wick were sentenced to be transported for ten years .
ATTEMPT AT HURDEB . Matthew Dilworth , 22 , aad George Smith , 20 , were charged for that thoy , on toe I 8 :, h of September last * at hardburn , did unlawfully and maliciously administer a quantity of laudanum to Hannah Hargroaves , with intent to murder her . Mr . Pashley and Mr . Overend were for the prosecution . The prisoners were undefended . The case had just been ealled on when our parcel was sent off .
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The Assize Calendar . —It will be seen from our assizn reports this week , that Mr . Justice Maule has been assisted in his labours by Mr . Justice Coltman , who has sat in Nisi Pxius Court , and disposed of a great number of oases . Some oases , also , which were expected to have occupied much time , have gone off on points of law , and the probability is that the assizes will conclude on Monday night , or early on Tuesday . The services of the jurors in the first panel , who were ordered to be in York on Wednesday morning next , will not be required , and they need notl eave home .
The CoNvicr Dobson . —This man , who was convicted of parriicide , at the early part of the present assizes for this county , remains , we understand , in a state of disregard to the awful fate which awaits him . He is daily visited by the Rev . J . Salvin , the rector of Si . Mary ' s , Castlegate , York , and chaplain pro tern to the gaol , who is unremitting in his * attention to the culprit . During the week , Dobson has been visited by his wife , but we have not been able to learn any particulars of the interview . As we stated last week , the execution wilt most pro * bably take placa on tbe 20 th of January .
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Keighlky .. —The next delegate meeting of the Keighley District will be holden in the Working Man ' s Hall , Son-street , Keighley , on Sunday , Jan . 7 th , 1844 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Holbeck . —A meeting of the member of this locality will be held on Saturday evening , at Mr-J . Nicholson's , the Woodman Inn , Little HpJbeck , at eight o'clock , for the purpose of nominating the Council , &o . &o . Leeds . —Mr . David Ross v ? ill deliver two lectures to-morrow ( Sunday ) , afternoon at half-past two , and evening at half-past six , in the Bazaar , Briggate . The Members' Meeting will be held on Tuesday night , at eight o ' clock , when a new Council for the = next three months will be nominated .
West Ridikg District . —A District Council will be held to-morrow morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , in the large Room over the Co-operative Store , Dewsbury , for the purpose of nominating a District Lecturer . The Chartists of Manningham will meet in their Room , on Sunday evening , at six o'clock . Bbadfobp . —On Sunday evening , a lecture will bedelivered m the Large Room , Butter worth-buildings , Subject—The Currency , Banking , and Funding systems . The chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . The Council will meet on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , in the Counoil Room . The Charti-sts of fcteorge's-streefc , will meet in their Room on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock .
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Eervauiwivu Oir 01 J Rar& Xieeds.—The Missing Young Wg«A.N,—Last Wednesday Morning, The Body Of The Youag Woman Named Mary Whiteley, Who Had Lived As A Domestic
eervauiwivu oir 01 j rar& XiEEDS . —The Missing Young Wg « a . n , —Last Wednesday morning , the body of the youag woman named Mary Whiteley , who had lived as a domestic
, . jwm . nay , Burgeon , - square , in this town , and who had been missing since Sunday , the 3 rd instant , was found floating in the River Aire , near Hunslet dam , by a waterman . It will be remembered tbat the bonnet and shawl of the deceased were ' found on tbe bonk of the Aire , about half a mile above where the body was found-. An inquest waB held on Thursday morning , before Henry Nelson , Esq ., Deputy Coroner , at the house of Mr . Lengthorn , the Robin Hood Inn , at tho Bank , in this town , when the Jury returned a verdict of '* Found Drowned . "; The deceased was twenty-seven years of age . It was proved that she said to Mr . Hay's washerwoman that she would go drown herself . ¦!
Ancient Order of Foresters , Court St . Stephen , No . 243 . —On Tuesday last ( St . Stephen ' s Day ) , the anniversary of the above Court was celebrated at the honae of Mr . Wrigglesworth , White Hart Inn , Briggate . The members sat down to an excellent dinner , which did great credit to the worthy host . P . C . R . George Robson acted as president ; and P . C . R . Tnomas Peniston , vice president . The most perfect good feeling pervaded the assembly ; and thej evening was spent in an interesting and pleasant manner . Ancient Order of Romans ' . —A new Senate in this prosperous Order waa opened on Christmas Day , at Mr . Waddington ' s , the Crown Inn , Bramley . Twenty-one persona were admitted members ; and there ib every prospect that the number will be very much increased .
Ths North-East Wah » . —The death of Mr .- B . Holroyd having occasioned a vacancy in the office of Councillor of the North-East Ward , Mr . Alderman Bateson , the Alderman of tbe Ward , appointed Wednesday last for the election ot a successor . So short an interval—only five days—between the vacanoy and the election , left little time for any party to canvass . At a public meeting , convened on Saturday night , it was rosolved to put in nomination Mr . Martin Cawood , who , it will be remembered , lost his election for the East Ward in November last . On
the same night , the iWhig party of the Ward , determined again to Start Mr . G . Morton , paper-stainer who was defeated fin Nov . last , by Mr . Weddill . The election was held at the house of Mr . Thomas Otley , the Volunteer Inn , Amen Corner ; and from the opening of the poll , it was apparent that the victory was in the hands of the Conservatives . At ten o ' clock , Mr . Cawood had polled 57 more than his opponent ; and j at eleven bis majority was increased to 103 . Mr . Cawood ' s majority went on increasing , and at four o ' clock that gentleman was returned by a majority of 168 .
Mesmeric Lectures . —From another column it will be seen that Mr . S . T . Hall intends to deliver two leotures on Mesmerism in the Musio Hall , in this town : Mr . Hall being known as one of the most successful of meatcerisers . the public of Leeds may expect a rich treat . To the students of mesmerism we eay go , hear and see , { for his experiments are really astonishing ; and to the sceptical we say the same ; teBt the experiments by all means possible . If found to be an imposition , expose it ; if found to be true , there are yet things in store for the mind of man to discover that" we have not yet dreamt of in OHr philosophy . " 1
WAKEFXELD . Suicide On Christmas night , a person of the name of John Alder , potatodealer , East-Moor , ] put a period to his existence by strangling himself ; with a handkerchief . The deceased had only been married five weeks on Christmas Day . His wife and five more people were in the house at the time , but did not hear him . An inquest was held the following day before T . Lee , Esq ., coroner . Verdict—Temporary Insanity . Attempteb Suicide . —On Saturday last , Mr . J . Briggs , farmer and gardener . Top of Wren : ate , attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a pond belonging to Mr . Patrick , a short way from his own house ; but finding that it was not so comfortable as be anticipated , got quietly out , and went home again very sensible ! !
Highway Robbery . —On Tuesday night , betwixt nine and ten o ' clock , Mr . Wm . Longbottom , while on his way from Rajjby to Waktfield , was stopped by three men before ho got to the Okenfhaw Station , aud robbed of a sovereign and his hat . Accident . —A meeting was holden in the WeBtgato-end Chapel , on Christmas Day , in aid of the Wesleyan Missions . No less than a 1000 persons vrere present . Juat as the meeting was dissolving , ftplatform , which had been temporarily erected , broke down ; but no one was seriously hurt . Had it occurred a few minutes previous , the consequences , no doubt , would have been serious . Will our Wakkfield Correspondent send bis address ! ; _
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct683/page/5/
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