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7OKSH2RE SPRING ASSIZES
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THE JSrcmTHERK STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1841.
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^ List ' s HosmAi ~ -At * meebng of almoners , < * SeEarl of Cardigan vru admitted a ^' jijres Wati Steaker , detained at Havre , rJrZtei by decree of the Court of Rouen , and g $££ * to \ minwL Kisg of Hanover has jnst established - « in his arajj " ^ lt /?* lised the practice of ^ £ ! l ? rssiA 5 Abmt is so admirably organised that *^ £ . read ? to take the field in a shorter time 55 £ < £ > Sfc « taG «* fc . "T UIX decision of the Conrt of Chancery , & * , Si broken ba * k , is compelled to receive in V ^ . Af debts dne to her , her own depreciated ^ £ rt 5 fied checks . [ Why not !] tfrrwtx isb i-ast twenty years , the valne of the * r ' , nf . be United States has risen , from no-^ ¦ " ^ Bid » b * tf aiUions of dollars per
an-B tVfESCE op fitting rp and furnishing the £ ** 7 i ^ d 5 for ; he trial of the Earl of Cardigan , S"" *^; from a return to Parliament , was " fto Maide * Ladt died at Islington the otter s , fro » ' taking an ordinary dose of Batley's iLfre boIbhod , containing opium and syrup of SpU . Ii was taken medicinally . ^ lT 7 l 3 V _ Lord John George Beresford , Lord JSp ' tf Amasb , " <* P ™* ° ' f Ire ] an v d * 5 l \ n&ira « l head of the Church as by law est&bgjjj i £ Ireland-has become a Poseyite . —Dublin freting Post . t ctikb rso * tne Hague annoanoES tlTe entire JLtuwuin «* ^ 1 * onlj ' lbe in ™ ense work of fST , . channel in the m from ^ ieuwedeep to tns 01
V ^ Sdsm , in * plte ot au Qmicai « es me jggcsdon * V . £ j £ pkeob Nicholas has founded a bishopric y-r" o pget Church for the Rosso-American colo-» > r ne ntle given to the new prelate is " Bishop 5 ^ imtscistks ^ he Kariie w ^ Aleutian " Kinds . " c ^ rmov— At Oxford Assizes , a case of sedue-* 2 fw 5 tried , ^ plaintiff being * Miss Sarah 5 v , * tfd Emor-Jhe defendant a person named 5 Z :- both parses being persona of property . JSrt ins W for the plaintiff-damages £ 50 . i -Rish WiGER- — " A few days since . " says the rZJTdeis ifeuse , " an inhabitant at Yoild , play-• " ^ MSad * sake * iian d of his on 3 y dwghter , ^ andsoaw tirl of eig hteen , agaiasi his adrersary . rt-nmrndeat father lost . "
rtjoy-HiLL . —On Friday , Edward Willis , a medi--1 sadest , was brought before Mr . Trail , for final % riu am . charged with breaking open the writ-I ^ esk cf William Lambert , a fellow student , and fjoEng forty-four sovereigns . He was committed fjtrd . T se puGrE is dying away at Alexandria . A yj _ jay *— - We have not had more shan four cases wcaT , and these of Egyptian sailors ; to-aay , < Jt e * ° c&se > and from two to six days we have not be » single oae . Should it continue so , we may say » bTs bad no plague tb . i 3 year . " found
T ^ r T-ff O Wallaces were guilty , at the ( iy rJai . ' ey , on Saturday last , of causing the ship Irndv > ' be cast away , with intent to defraud the ^ Krariiers , and sentenced to transportation for Et A point of law is reserved in favour of the B-SDBers , which will be heard next term . Loaj Societies- —A person has been summoned fe » London police-ofice , to pay £ 5 12 s . to the City dl / ffidonLoan Society , on behalf of a person named kason , for whom he was bound . Ti . e Secretary of ; a SxitJy agreed to take eight shillings a week mm tie borrower , until the dtbi was paid .
Is ihs Rkpobt of the Commissioners on > he con-SkaofiheHasd-loom Wearers , the population of & British Islands is estimated at twenty-fira mil-Ess ; and of this number the Hand-loom Weavers , Msding their fam Jies , are said to form about eight tesbei ihousasd . Iiafpzabs from a statistical table laid before the Baran Chambers by the Minister of Public Works , tCKdie Bcmbsr of commnnss which have no schco ! bosses is 1 / -4 U . There are about 2 , 500 communes in Bel f itim , so tbai it appeara ihat iwo-Sfths of these hsT » no school houses .
PoprLAnos o ? the Tmtzi ) States . —There are bos fir from ]' . < M , ' M inhabitants in this country . In rtreciy-eigbt states and territories there are 15 . 755 . 843 . Kentucky a-ud Florida to hear from . In 3 S 3 ) , tbe popnlsnoa of Kentccky was 687 , 5 ]" . It will now be above a million . A m . ? Saued Tatlos ha 3 been sentenced to death at Salisbury Assize ? , for Eardering his wife , at Tockenham , iu July last . The prisoner suspected his wife of cohabitiEg with a man , named Jack , and he , therefore , took down his gun , and shot her ; and , when he had done this , attempted to cut bis own throat . Tie jary recommended him to mercv .
Ottbage nr a Theatxe . —A man named Jackson his beeis committed for trial at BirmiDgh 3 iE , for tiTE £ thrown three tissue paper ba ^ s full of ii-iur frc « the gallery into the pit of tbe theatre . The bigs burst , and led ihe people in the gallery to tbink a : roof was fiilicg in . The eire-o . mst » jioe caused gnsi ccn : ' n = i 0 Z ! , iDQ iijurr to one person , s female , vnstnfis knocked dffwn in the rush made to escape front Jis house . De ? z £ at 2 RoBEiBirs , —At Marylebone poliee-< fet , oa Friday , Joseph Porter was committed for calfbr stealing a ba » from a lady named Story Is ippeared tbe prisoner and bis confederates sxthwi the bag from the prosecutrix , and felled ieto tbe ground by a blow on the back . Similar rtaeries baTe been committed in the same neighbasawd ( Edgeware Road ) lately .
icn . ii 3 LAT 3 os of Tsa . —A very great number of « as ire t-o beeatered into , in which some large iralsile £ ms at the west end of London are impasuad . _ Au active officer has made some sxtensire K 2 SHS ofiesfy rubbish , so cleTerly manufactured as teJseaiJe th 5 be £ t of tea , aad by asiight admixture <* tae geacino Chinese leif the deception , to ordinary "srrws , is altogether beyond detection . TaSPASiiH Regoct has ordered a statistical * wat of Spain to be drawn up . The report , by a xhskici of the Home DepanmeDt , on which ?* &&& for this purpose i 3 founded , commences fl ^ Karisg that statistical knowledge is the corner-^ of ere rr pat-ercal and jest Administration , and t »; * ii > ion : ji" thf material improvements wbJcli a terr may reqiivre caimoi be realised .
iTnlT ® 11 T - ¦ i& ° a ^ eisoa d'KP n X a garden - ^ ejrji it . James , turned up with his spade a t % CO ! : t 5 i . 5 :: ' ^? " 5 sovereigns , 11 gniDeas , and £ 43 U ^ T ° - This treasure , it ha 3 since been ascer-^ a , was secreted about nine months ago , by a IP ? " * ^ > eElirioa 5 disposition , named Farrow , re-> -f it tnai place , and who on searching for it r ^ - -7 anerwards , and being unable to find it , lost « - « its from vexation and disappointment . The ^ ye understand , 13 now restored to its owner , ^ Jis iopedher intellects also will be recovered .
-C ^ P ? f xbes . —On Saturday afternoon , about jr * c' cioct , a fire broke out at the house of Henry J ^ h t ^ ii Ko . 1 , Canoabory-square , Islingtou . ^« Wt o . e Of the Tikable fnnjJtare , pafntinfF , &c , ^ wssHmed . The floors were entirely burnt & £$ ^ a the building h& 3 Eustained very conft S *^ . Jlr . Knight is insured in the O ^^ to . It i 3 not known how the fire originated . mT ^ affl ? day , about one o ' clock , a Sre broke oat ^ P wuuesof iIr . Wood , enTelope-maker & book-^?» 5 l i Ca « tle-street , Leicester-square , London , jj /^ wss iGTtBBately . by tbe speedy arrival of tbe ¦ jjjtf ! goi ^ nder , but not before considerable ^» s ? wsc doDe to the stock , building , &c . Mr . r . 77 . ^ Sired in the Benevolent Insurance afSm .
«*» as » id tobeabout £ 150 . P ^ Liw —Pcblic Opx .-nox . —It appears , by the '*^^? of . tile Hcase « f Commons , that up 1 H t * f- February there had been presented Po /? Oa 3 or lbe ^ epe *! or alteration of the New ^ , * ., * nd these signed by S 5 . 063 individuals ; a ^^ fi . Mber hand , thsre had been presented h ^ * lQi obnoxious law hco petitions , signed ^ Ca wf ' ** remiin 8 to ° e seen whether the hf rJr "H'inue to set public opinion at defiance **^ T ^ m a m 6 asc « so opposed . At all ^^ ire tmst its Conservative supporters will see <^^ ™» an ° no longer play the game of their * £ 2 f f ^ d at the same time seriously damage T ^ es m pnbije estimation . —Morning Herald
prS ^ ?? Tba . —Ab a proof that the pnblic are tt 4 , 7 ^ ^ the artiele of tea , it is sufficient jj ^ » the discove ry which has been recently fes Co ^?? nfacture ftt West H&ni » Es ^ 1- At G & trZtv ^ 'P Sitorday , a person , named kniia m v lace just named , was prosecuted for * feC « Z . 7 ? Remises of 2 , 0 O 01 bs . weight of fabrinat . * & t ^ PPewed , froa the evidence of the sssJl-u ' ^ be fo und in the defendant ' s pre-PiS , aTv , 68 ^ this rubbish , composed princi-^; L r tlhorH ' bawthorn , and fern leares ; ? f t * S , 5 * ° inspection , said that purchasers bC «> Bld not detect . The officer made int ^ j jL ^ « & and without rubbish , and the Ul . JT !^ so good , tnat anvbodTwaa liable ?^ This was said
W » Z ^ y stuff to hare 5 « 44 . » imon « *» dealers , bu ; the defend-^ U ^ Ll °% r . tluit 1 » could not earry on bo ^* t ii ? ^ U Bow M formerly , and that , at w ^«^ cd was the best market for it . He had l ^ h ^ l ^ , ^* **^ he made into 7 * 1 » ^ Sf iIr - Bird ^ ° ffi « r ) was asked ? PW | H ^ * ° « ro « rs and tea-^ L ^ wd at the rate of ls * 6 d . per lb ., and ^» * SSt ; n ** ^ aild **• - P 61 lb - The Cour NtStf- wdered the defecdant to par s * Sjht WT ' ¦ "If VaaHtles were laid at £ 1 / M Jf 'JSSt ^ rTf *? of tL i hy - " ^ de ^ iri ^ K ^ . ^ s toiirJl suffer in ? prison ** i ^~ tad kbox ^ for the space of wev ,
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Polioe Octsuci ^ -Ths Blub Bottlb . —The following outrage , commuted on tbe person of Mrs Clayton ., wife of Mr . ClaytoJU * forniture dealer , residing at No . 41 , Penny-fieldi , Poplar , evinces the ruffianly disposition of the police force , while it exhibits , is a strong light , the nav ^ re , absurdity , and cruelty of station-house juBtice . It appears that on Friday eyening , Mrs . Clayton , in the absence of her husband , bought 4 washing-tub of a person who offered it to her for sale . On the following day the tub was publicly exposed , and a person passing , not only recognised it as her property , but demanded its immediate restoration . During the dispute , Police-constable Chapman , 134 K . passed , and the woman , calling him by name , said , you have known
me many years ; here is my washing-tub , which was stolen from me last night , ' and claimed his interference . Mrs , Clayton refused to restore the property , unless the vromun would satisfy her that she had a lawful elaim to it , and that it had been stolen . Chapman , however , would listen to no UrniB , and said he had ft great mind to take Mrs . Clayton into custody for felony , and having handed the tub to the claimant , under a protest from Mrs . Clayton , walked off . In less than half an hour , the policeman returned , and desired hln , Clayton ' s appearanoe at the station-house ; adding that Mr . May had given him orders that if she would not comply , he ( the policeman ) was to tak « her thers by foul means . We can hardly credit that Mr . May ,
whoever he may be , is bo great a fool . Mrs . Clayion refused to go , and retiring to the rear of the premiiea , the -blue devil followed her , and seizing her person-violently , dragged her by main force into the shop . All this time Mrs . CJayton was unprotected , her husband being absent at the time on business . Two constables , who happened to be passing , were summoned to render assistance , and when Mrs . Clayton had provided herself with a bonnet , she was marched off to the station-house , gBtrded as strongly as any deserter . Sirs . C . was usheredinto tbe august presence of Serjeant Holmes , in order to be guestioned about the possession of the tub , and tbe cock examination having been noted down in due form , she was suffered to depart , on a
promise to " send her husband . " When Mr . Clayton reached home , he found his wife exceeding ill ; and having ascertained the cause , forthwith proceeded to tbe station-house , to demand an explanation . He was met by Holmes , who , after talking in a mighty magnificent strain for some time , intimated that Mr . Clayton might think himself well ofFihst his wife was restored to him , intimating that he " could have locked her up if he bad ] ikeJ . " May was present , and called Mr . Clayton , when he made an observation about his wife , " a very clever fellow ; "' and inquired whether the tub would be given up . Mr . Clayton replied that he would give an answer to the question in two houi 3 , and on his return home discovered that the article had been
taken possession of by the policemen ! The above is the substance of a letter addressed to the Police Commissioners , ' -jn the hope that an inquiry will be made into the circumstances , and redress afforded the female upon whom this outrage was committed . We almost despair of any interference in the matter ; and it is < m ) j to draw public attention to the manner in which policemen are allowed to violate the law with impunity , that we allude to the subject at all . If justice were done in the matter , it strikes us , that May , Holmes , and Chapman , ought at once 10 be dismissed from the Force . The Jaw says , if a
party has been robbed of an article , and can satisfy a Magistrate of that fact by oath , the Magistrate may direct the restoration ol ' the property , either on payment of the sum which * ay have been paid for it or not , as he sees fit . But it is superlatively audacious tkat a mere Inspector should assume the authority delegated only to a Magistrate , and make illegal orders Tot tbe restitution of stolen goods without receiving any testimony upon oath , and without the power of advising the payment of the sum given for the article , which illegal order the Inspector enforces by an abuse of the office entrusted to him . — Weekly Despatch .
7oksh2re Spring Assizes
7 OKSH 2 RE SPRING ASSIZES
Oa Saturday , the Commission of Assizs for this county was opened . Ht . Justice MaL'le did not arrive until eltven o ' clock , when , of course , the High Sheriffs usual procession was wanting ; and > 3 r . Baron Rolfe di < i not arrive nntil four o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , having been detained until late on Saturday night , at Durham . On Sunday forenoon , Mr . Justice Mauijs attended divine service at the Catkedral , -wberr the sermon -was preached by the Rev . Mr . Morton , of Dodsworth , near Bamsley , the High Sheriffs chaplain .
Oa Monday morning , a Grand Jury waa impanelled at the Guildhall , and tbe Learned Judge ( Baron KOLFKt addressed a short charge to them . His Lordship then breakfasted with tbe Lord Mayor and a select party in the Mansion House . The Court was adjourned . There is anly one prisoner for trial in the city , J&roes KA \ - vington , a postman , charged with steslm ^ the contents of some letters ; and his trial , it is etpected , will not come on for tome days .
YORK CASTLE . Mr . Baron Rolse arrived at tbe Castle at twelve o ' clock . After the m ^ g istratea and coroners had been called over , the following gentlemen were empanelled
on THE GRAXD JURY . The Hon . John Stuart Wortley , of "Wortley , Foreman The Hon . Beilby Richard Lswlcy , of Escrick Park . Sir Wm Bryan Cooke , of Wheatley , Bart . Sir Joseph Badcliffe , of RoJding Park , Bart Sir George Irmytage , of Kirklees , Bart . John Agar , of Ba ^ e Bnsh , Esq . Wm . Btekett , of Kirkstall Grange , Esq . John Staniforth Beckett , of Barnsiey , Esq . Tfcos . Davisoa Bland , of Kippar Park , Esq .
Charles John Brandling , of Middleton Lodge , Esq Joshua Samuel Cromptori , of Siod Hill , Esq . Thos . Haworth , of Hull Bank , Esq . Henry Wickham Hird , of Low Meor House , Esq . Timothy Hulton , of Clifton Castle , Esq . Wm . Mark hum , of Bscca Hall , Esq . Henry Preston , of Mcreby , Esq . Philip S 3 ltmarshe , of Saltmarshe , Esq . Joshua Scott , of Badsworth , Esq . John Swann , of Button Hall , Esq . Godfrey Wentworth , of Woolley , Esq . Henry Willou ^ hby , ot BmLsaH , Esq .
The Learned Bason said it was a matter of deep regret to him to have to observe that on that occasion their daties would be of a Very onerous nature , and embrace a great extent of crime . In tbe calendar there -weie 13 « cases , many of them of a most serioas description , and he had been given to understand that tk ^ re were other persons out on bail whose cases would have to be brought before them . Bis late arrival in York , in consequence of the press of business at Durham , prevented him from making himself roaster of the cases which would be brought before them . In those eases into which he looked he did not find there was any point which would give them any difficulty . There were two cases of murder , and other cases in the calendar of the felonious taking away of life . There were also several ccses of cuttiDg anil stabbing , to which he would refer , as some erroneons opinions had crept into the law on the subject The law , as at present ,
was only a modification of Lord EUenborough ' 3 Act . At present it vos tbi& : if & person wilfully and maliciously cuts , wounds , ot maims another , with the intention of committing murder , he is guilty of the capital offence , but if bis intention were to do some gri&vons bodily bann , to disable or disfigure , he was guilty of felony , but not of the capital oSevce . Tner ( the Grind Juryi could return a bill on all or any of these counts . His Lordship then Biade some comments on a case for a criminal assault , in which the young woman was of weak intellect . If she was called before them , they would take into account the weakness of her mind ; if she was not brought btfore them , it would cause them great emb&rrassmeat , inasmuch as that they must be satisfied the crime was committed , and it was a crime , the commission of which was generally proved by the party herself After some general rem&iki on their duties , the Grand Jury retired .
On their retiring , Mr . Pearson , coroner of Selby , stated that at an inquest held on the body of Sarah Coussins , who who was killed on the York and North Midland Railway , the jury were unable to eo » e to a verdict , and were bound over to appear at tbe Assizes . Tbe Jury then went into the box , and the Learned Judge discharged them without giving a verdlet- Their dispute was as to the amount of deodand HIGHWAT BOBBEET . Alfred Green , 26 , wai charged with having feloniously assaulted John Robinson , of Sheffield , on tbe Queen ' s highway , and robbed him of his "watch and other property . A second count charged th * defendant with having wounded the plaintiff on the- bead with a bludgeon .
Mr . Pashlet was for the prosecution- ThepraeecTitor is a farmer living at Hanover-street , Sheffield , and on the 1 st of ^ December he was proceeding homo , when a msn ( who be knew to be the prisoner } seised him by the throat , irbilBt other two men rifled his poeketa of & watch and gome property . They tiem inflicted on his head * blow with i » blndgeon , and left him laid . The prisoner waafouud GCILTT—Tobft tiuuportadlo * fifteen years . WiUiom Grtenvcood , J 4 , was charged -with having , on tha Sfttb of Jane , at Otley , stolen & terse , the property of John Naylot Mi . ASHMOKB -vras for the prosecution ; tbe prisoner w » -s undefended . The case presented the usual festrxrea of a horse-stealing case , and the jury returned &verdict of Guilty . —Sentence was deferred .
Win . LonocesA , 20 , and Georpe Horruon , 19 , -were charged with having , on the 4 th of July , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Charles Nesfield , at Staxton , in the North-Riding , and stolen therefrom a box containing wearing appareL Mr . Blasshaed and Mr . Pulleike appeared for the prosecution ; Sir G . Lvwin and Mr . Wilktxs defended thejprisonefs . They were acquitted on the charge of burglary , but convicted of the robbery , the stolen goods having bten found ia tieix possesiioa
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Immediately afterward * . Lon ^ cat was sentenoed to be transported for seven years , and Harrison to be Imprisoned and kept to hard labour one year . TUESDAY , March 9 . ( Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . ) Y"i Marshall , 26 , was indicted for having , on the Mta July , at the parish of StinBfield , Btolea a calf , belonging to Wm . Daw $ on . The Jury fonnd tbe prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for one year .
CATTLE STEALING IT BETKBLET . Wm . Ruddock , 1 " , was indicted for having , on the 6 th of August , stolen , from the common pastures of WeBtwood and Urn , at Beverley , a cow , the property of Hanrah Scott . Mr . Ahch » old conducted the prosecution ; Air . Wilkins detended the prisoner . The prisoner bad told a person of the name of Bradley that he bought the cows at Hessle , near Hull , and afterwards stated that he purchased them about a mile and a half from Hessle , and subsequently he said that he had bought them at Beverley . In defence he stated that be was induced to steal them by other parties whilst in a state of intoxication . Guilty—to be imprisoned one year . There were three other indictments against the prisoner of the same nature , which were not proceeded with .
HOBSE STEALISG AT BIRDSALL . George Jones , 36 , wae indicted for having on the 26 th of September , at Birdsall . in the North Riding , stolen a c egnut Bare , the property of Mr . John William Watson . Messrs . Blawshard and Travis were foi the prosecution ; Sir Ghe&ory Lewis defended the prisoner . It appeared that the prosecutor is a farmer , and on the 26 th of September , his son-in-law turned out nine horses , amongst which was the chesnut mare mentioned in the indictment . On the following Monday , when the horses were brought up , the mare was missing . Inquiries were made , and it was ascertained that a man had been taken at York with a maro in his possession .
Tbe manner in which he was taken into custody , was as follows : —On the uight of the 26 ih of September , Kay , one of ihe York police , was going over Monk Bridge , when he met the prisoner riding on a mare , who asked him where he could obtain lodging ? . The prisoner , on being questioned , appeared greatly confused ; and gave contradictory answers to the questions put to him . Kay suspected he had stolen the mare , and accordingly took the man to the Unicorn Inn , and called in Sarjeant Bellerby , who , after some further questions , took him to " the Station House . Next morning , the prisoner appeared very sorrowful , and said if he had not been in liquor he should not have stolen the
mare . Two witnesses were called who gave the prisoner a previous good character . —The Jury found him Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . The prisoner was lurthtr charged with having stolen a saddle and bridle , the property of Mr . John Topham , of Grindalytlie . Mr . Bla > shard taid he should not offer any evidence in the case . The Learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned one year .
STEALING OF A PONT NEAR COMSBRO . Anthony P-erfiva ' , 42 , was indicted for having , on the 14 th of Augusr , stolen a pony , belonging to Luke Howard . Mr . Wasni . y appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Sir Gregory Lf . wi . v . Tiie facts of tbe case were these : —The pony was in the prosecutor ' s field , near Conisbro ' , on tbe night in question ; next morning it was missing , and it was found that it had been taken by the prisoner to Halifax , where it was sold to Mr . Denton , a farmer and innkeeper at Southowram , who took it to the Red Lion , Skipton , where n was found and challenged by the prosecutor's son . The prisoner was traced to Appleby GaoI , and lie was identified by Mr . Denton , as the person who sold him the pony . There was no substantial defence . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment .
STEALING A PO . XT AT BIRSTAL . George Leathley , 19 , was indicted for having , on the lltn of October , stolen a pony , belonging to Mr . Joseph Hirst . Mr . Hill conducted the prosecution ; Sir G . Lewin defended the prisoner . The prosecutor is a green grocer , and kept a pony for assisting him iu his business . About eleven o ' clock on the night in question , he took it to a field near his own house , and fastened the gate leading into the field . Oa the foiiowiug morning , the prosecutor found that the pony was missing . He did not see the pony again until he went to Leeds on the Tuesday , where he saw the prisoner at his father ' s house . The prosecutor said to him he heard that he had got a gaiioway , to which the prisoner replied yes , and he bought it on the previous Saturday at Mirfield , of a man named Parkinson , for 30 s . Soon afterwards , the prosecutor saw his pouy , which had been cropped in its mane and tail , yoked to the prisoner's cart .
Inspector James , of the Leeds police , said that when he apprehended the prisoner , he told him that Walker and himself saw the pony ia tae field , and they took it ; oue of them wis as bad as the other , and that if they got off wilh twelve months , they would do very well . The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . To be imprisoned one year .
HORSE STEALING . \ ZAR BRADFORD . Wm . ( Jreenirood , 24 , who was convicted on tho preceding day of horse stealing , was again charged with having , on the 10 th June , stolen a horse belonging to Mr . Thomas Ackrojd , farmer , Datey Hill , near Bradford . The horse was distinctly sworn to and traced into the possession of the prisoner , who exchanged it with a person for a foalr and received £ 2 for the bargain . From the eridence of the prosecutor ' s son aud Mr . Atkinson , it appeared that the animal was a mare , whereas it was described in the indictment as being a gelding . The J ury accordingly under the direction of the Learned Judge , returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
HIGHWAY SOBBEBT > "EAR HALIFAX . George Dawlrey , 23 , Joseph Saville , 27 , and Alexander Mackay , 22 , were indicted for having , on the 5 th September last , at Northowram , feloniously assaulted James Farrar , and robbed him of a purse , containing six sovereigns and twenty shillings in silver . The Hon . Jas . S . Wortley and Mr . Raises appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . YYlLKINS defended Saville and Dawtrey . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that on the day mentioned iu the indictment , the prosecutor , who resides at Northowram , had been at Halifax market , and he had intended to remain all night at the Coach and Horses public-house ; but meeting
with some neighbours , amongst others a man named Rawnsley and his wile , he went with them on his road home . After the prosecutor had gonejome distance , and whilst a few yards behind his companions , be was attacked by three of them . One ot them , whom he identified as Saville , threw him down , and placed his hands over his mouth and eyes whilst the others robbed him , so that he could not see them , nor call out for assistance . The other prisoners were , however , Been near th * place at the time , and tuere waa this additional fact with regpeet to Davrtrey ; the prosecutor had a knife in his possession , and when he was attacked he made use of it , and was certain that he had marled some of them . When Feather , the constable , went in search of Saville , he found him near Damrey ' s door , and Dawtrey was dressing Vimself in the house . Feather asked him where thu
trousers were that he had worn on Vhe previous Saturday night . He replied that he had tnem on . Feather , not being satisfied with this answer , searched the iouie , and fotwd a pair of trousers concealed in one of the beds . These trousers , it was ascertained , the prisoner had worn on the Saturday , and they were siained with , blood ; there was also a cot in them . Dawtrey had also a cut on his right thigh , which corresponded with the cut in the trousers , and when the constable inquired of Dawtrey how it had be « n dose ,, he replied , that it was his ( ft&wtrey ' s ) business , and aot Feather ' s . Mr . Wiuulss addressed the Jury for the prisoners . He argued thai from tha confusitfn into which the prosecutor waa thrown , it was exceedingly probable that he was mistaken as t » the identity of Saville . He called upon , the Jurj to gird the prisoners the benefit of anj doubt tb > ej might have , and acquit them .
. . ..... _ ... The Learned Counsel then caikd Mary Saville and Harriet Saville , ike sisters , of the prison * Saville , who positively swore that , at the time when th » robbery waa alleged to have been committed , he was in bed at their hoase . Mr . Wortlkt having replied , the Learned Jkmk summed up at considerable length , and the Jary retired . After an kbeence of ten minutes , they return » 4 a verdict of Guilty against all tbe
prisoners . Mi . Wiixixs applied for » respite of judgment , on behalf of Saville : his Lordship did not allow the application , but sentenced the prisoners severally to be transported foi fifteen years . Oa leaving thfe Jock , Siaville said , ' * Well , I am going innocent—that is one good job . " HORSE STEALING AT TEADOK . Wm . Greenwood , 24 , who was arraigned before on other charges , was indicted for having , on the 2 nd July , stolen a horse , the property of Cornelius Appleyard , of Yeadon . When apprehended , he confessed to the constable that he had committed the robbery . —Guilty—To be transported for ten years .
HIGHWAT ROBBKRT AT LONG PBKSTOK . John Thackwray , 20 , and Richard Hartley , ^ , were charged with having , on the 12 th November , at long Preston , feloniously assaulted Richard Ellison , and stolen from his person four shillings , some copper , and tobacco , his property . Thackwray pleaded guilty , and Hartley was found guilty . They were severally sentenced to be transported fifteou years .
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HIGHWAY ROBBRRT MKAB H » tlFAX . *\! vFP ? ? t * » ^ « h «« ed with having , on the 13 ih of July , at Skirooat , feloniously assaulted Wilham Rawson , and stolen from his person a silver pencil case , a knife , a umbrella , and other articles , his property . Mr . Raines conducted the prosecution : the prisoner was undefended . The proBeentor was returning from Huddersfield on the 13 th July , abont eleven o ' clock at night ; when he arrived at Shaw Hill , near Halifax , he was assaulted by five men , one of whom held a pistol to htm , called upon him to deliver , and finally robbed him of an umbrella , a knife , and the other articles mentioned in the indictment . On the following dav .
searcn was made at the prisoner's house , and there an umbrella , knife , and key were found , which were identified by the prosecutor as having been stolen from him on the night of the robbery . This recent possession of the stolen property was urged as evidence that he was one of the five men concerned in-the robbery of the previous night . Guilty—To bo imprisoned six months . ? 2 ° cE ^ Tt " was fl ?? th er ^ a ^ ed with having , on tbe 29 ; h of June , at Halifax , feloniously assaulted Thomas Spencer , and stolen from his person a silver watch and other articles ,- his property . In this case , it wag proved that the prisoner presented a pistol to the prosecutor , and also beat him over the head with it .
He was found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . The Court rose about seven o ' clock .
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NISI PRIUS COURT . —Monday , March I , Mr . Justice Maule arrived at tho Castle at the same hoar as his Learned Colleague , and took his seat on the Nisi Prius Bench . Some undefended causes in tbe West Biding list ( which , at these Assizes , is taken first ) were then disposed of , but they were unimportant and uninteresting . The Court then rose , it being about five minutes past six o ' clock . TUESDAY , March 8 . Mr . Justice Maule took his seat this morning at nine o'clock . The following undefended actions were first taken : — ,. LATGINS V . ChEGQ . Mr . Ellis was for tho plaintiff , who Is a rag merchant at Hamburgh ; Mr . Clegg resides at Leeds . Xhe action was on a bill of exchange tor £ 144 , which together with interest , amounted to £ 148 14 s . id ., for which sum a verdict was returned .
13 LACKDURN « . BlNSS , AND ANOTHER . Mr . AVDisox was tor the plaintiff , who is an attorney at Leeds , to recover the amount of a bill due from the defendants , Mr . Binns and Mr . EUiuon . The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , £ 24 14 s . yd .
leaiiy ti . wainwright . Messi * . Crksswell and Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff ; Mr . ALEXANDER was for the defendant The plaintiff , who is a widow , kept a slop-shop in Wakefield , and the action was brought to recover damages for forcibly expelling her from a wooden shop which sbe occupied , under the Small Tenement ' s Act , without giving the notice required by tho statute . The defendant , who is a whiting manufacturer at Thornes , near Wakefleld , had purchased the premises in question , of Mr . Bennett . The only points in the case were , whether a legal notice had been given , and whether any unnecessary damage iiad been occasioned by tbe removal of the goods of the plaintiff into the yard of the Aire and Calder Navigation Company . After tbe case had proceeded as far as the reply , a conversation arose amongst the counsel and attorneys on both sities , and a juror was withdrawn , which of course leaves the parties to pay their own costs .
WOOEUEAD V . ASQL'ITH . Mr . CRESS well ( with -whom waa Mr . Watson ) said he was gfad to find this ense was not defended . It was an action brought by Mr . Woodhead , father of the defendant ' s wife , to recoveT the cost of her maintenance , from Chmtnias , 1839 , to the end of 1840 . The defendant is a grocer at Leeds , in which town he possesses considerable property . In 1832 he married the plaintiffs daughter , but his temper was so morose , and his conduct so violent , that she could nut
live with him , and in April , 18 ' JO , sho was under the necessity of applying to the magistrates for protection , aud he was bound over to keep the peace . When she returned home , she was prohibited from entering the doors , and accordingly she went to her father ' s , who maintained her and her two children . Mrs . Fox and another witness described the conduct of the defendant as brutal . The sum sought to ke recovered was £ 108 for board , clothes , &c , and the education of the children . The Jury returned * verdict for the plaintiff —damages ^ 100 .
After the disposal of several other cases of minor importance to our readers , tbe Court ross shortly after seven o'clock . It is the iatoatiua of tU « Jvvdg ^» to sit late ev « ry night , in order that they may , if possible , complete the business of the Assizes .
The Jsrcmtherk Star. Saturday, March 13, 1841.
THE JSrcmTHERK STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 13 , 1841 .
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THE QUESTION OF INSTALMENTS OF POLITICAL DEBTS . It is not wonderful , in a country where intellect has been debased by a large quantity of fictitious money , that England in her present state should require a money standard to be applied to her political dealings . Mr . O'Co . n . nell , who has found a large sale and ready market for political opinions and principles ; has been a heavy dealer in political debentures , and , if his balance sheet is correct , Ireland has , since 1835 , received much more than 20 s . in every pound then claimed , and interest into the bargain . Tho appropriation clause was 10 d . in the pound ; the Titho Bill was 6 s . 8 d . in the pound ; the
Corporation Bill waa Bs . in the pound , which , of themselves make Twenty-one shillings and eightpence , together with a large amount of shillings , halfcrowns , aud leaser sums as interest , not to mention Judges , placemen , assistant barristers , policemen , and sopped off patriots of all sorts ; but we should be glad to know what parties have been gainers , who wero the assignees to the bankrupt ' s estate , and who the bankrupts , and who the recipients ; because ire doubt the capacity of any party in the state to pay twenty shillings in the pound , and interest , upon all demands ; while we also doubt the fact of any portion of the debt due to Ireland being paid . So much for the Rothschild of the political market ; lot us now deal with one of the stockjobbers in this f « nd .
In oar last , we give a very eain * and fair report of all the speeches delivered at tha Hull expediency meeting ; we had not time or space , at liberty , for a sisgle word of comment . Our readers have since digested the matter , and , no doubt r they have been stiuck with the : introduction of the instalment question into their political account . Let us analyse Mr . Burns' phraseology . He saysthat Mr . Hume ' s- plan of Household Suffrage is calculated to give us eighteea shillings in th » pound .
Firstly , then , how many shillings constitute this undefined coin I We must , till the fraternity » f stock-jobbers famish us witk a correct table , set the number down at twenty shillings—that is , tae pound , to be divided among * & \ the higher ; middle , and working eiasses . Of ibis- general debenture , Mr . Burns sajs Hume and party are ready to fire us 18 s . We Bay , " No ; w » -look for tho Charter , to get our righis , and no more ; and - vre will take
nothing lessj * Well , nine-tenths of the whole , or 183 . in the pound , is » ere tbaa oar right ; we demand no . More than oaa-third , or 6 s . Cd . in the pound , as oar share . " Well , bat , " says Mr . Burns , " there are = three pounds—the aristr . crat's pound , the middle man ' s pound , and tae wwrir mg man ' s pound . " Then we answer , " Wkafc right h ave either to withhold on * -tenth—29 . im Ihe pour id , or the minutest part of a fraction of oar just de bt ?"
However , as the siock-jobb irs have failed to furnish » s with a pouad , shUlio ) and pence table , by which we are expeeted to caloulate political questions , let us try our hand t t the work . We will suppose , then , tnat the political ponnd is equivalent to foxty aWT angs of our present debased coin , of whick tbe pwf ^ ot aristocracy hate ontriyed to get twenty abD ' Ung 8 > and the , mill masters , bankers , » erehaa * . 8 , &c , twenty shillings more . The proposition » to nS i tnen > by the middle classes is just this . u r fhe landlords , with our assistance , have starved- and robbed you ; and we , with their assistance , »• re beggaring ourselves , having first robbed and starved you , to make you satisfied with fraud and r starvation . The landlords took your land
from you . a-nd -w « iravn them a rural Dolice . and from you , and we gave them a rural police , and mushroc ca . magistrates , and Poor Law Commissioners t an ( j many pliant dependants to stop your c < wap' . iints : but we went too far , the landlord * hare
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kept their twenty shillingi iu tho ponnd . biitwe have lost five shillings of our twenty shillinKt , by backing them ; we thought that the additional tax would fall upon you , the working men , and that yon would be compelled to pay for the stripes which all inlicted , but we were wrong ; we now find that we have killed the goose with the golden egg , and as the landlords will hare their share , we must lay golden eggs instead of the goose ; therefore , what we now require of the workbg classes is , just to lend them * selves to us for a bit to frighten our own fivo shillings in the pound , and as much more as our effective
insurrection can extract , from the " apprehension " of thelords of the soil . In f act , we rrsmt , if we can , to get about eighteen shillings out of tbe landlords ' pound , and we want your assistance in framing such a House of Commons as will aid in this honest settlement , and then when we get our thirty-eight shillings in the pound , only see what a glorious position wo shall be in to ' make you a voluntary gift of your share , when , by your peaceful demeanour , obedience , and increased knowledge , we consider you ** reasonably deemed" fit for the enjoyment of those good things of which our Reformed House must of course be the best iudge . "
Now that we take to be a fair money view of the question ; and we will next make a fair sum of the political six points of the Charter . Suppose , then , that each point represents 3 s . 4 d ., which is tho sixth of a pound , and suppose the three parties to have an equal claim upon the State , which is bankrupt , we say we want no more thaa our rights ; there is 6 s . 8 J . ih the pound for each , take you Annual Parliamonta and Vote-by-Ballot ,
landlords , or let it alone . Take you equalisation of electoral districts and payment of representatives , middle-men , or let it alone ; . and leave to us Universal Suffrage and No Property Qualification for Members , as our share , and then , all starting fair , and upon a perfeot equality , we will see if the industry of the people does not very soon establish the whole principle for the whole community , and with good , sound , and we : l secured interest into the bargain .
Now what does Mr Burns thi / 'k of such a table for casting up political iccounts ? Mr . Burns very forcibly reminds us of the lucky man who found a flint , and said , now , all I require to make me a sportsman , is a gun , some powder and shot , and a dog ; and we really believe that the lucky finder had found a larger proportion of requisites for constituting a sportsman , than the Chartists will find in the words of Mr . Hume aud the middle classes , for constituting a fair representation .
Does not Mr . Burns know , and know full well , that all that is eow required by the middle classes , is , a House of Commons suited to their knuckles and their increasing speculation on profits upon reduced labour ; in fact , a cheap bread and cheaper labour House . Bat , of this , we have spoken elsewhere . We cannot too forcibly condemn the introduction of the buggaboo of physical force in every Chartist meeting , and that to by the most violent of the whole
Chartist party . We have been disgusted with the manner in which very many have endeavoured to purge themselves from a charge of physical force , by throwing their own burdens on other and honester men , while the very mention of tho subject but tends to remind us of their delinquencies . We had forgotten , and wore willing to forgive , Mr . Burns ' s celebrated threat of" Moscowing England ;" but we have been reminded of it by many who express themselves perfectly disgusted withMr . BuRNs ' s conduct . What was his motto ?
" Then onward , the red banner raising , Go light every torch for the tilt ; On our side is England a blazing , No matter by whom she ' s rebuilt " But now , alas ! how changed—how dulcet , swset , and soft ; the loud roar of the devouring elemeu t , lost in the lisping tonas of the " sucking dove . " We no longer recognise the bluster of our famed fire-eater , Sir Lucius O'Trigger , whose valour has been replaced by ihe discretion of the prudent Bob Acres , and now tho standard-bearer of the torch
men He ' a modest as ony , He ' s biythe as lie ' s bonny , Is moral young Jamie , Tho flow ' r of Dundee . As out " visits are few and far between , " and as we cannot , therefore , after the custom of our daily contemporaries , keep up a coutiuuousold maid ' s chatter upon the same subject , we must , as is oar custom , settle this question of instalments of principle at once , as we have settled all other questions of expedieHcy and humbug . The jobbers in political stock having then failed to furnish ub with any table of oalcuJatioH , we beg to submit the following for the guidance of all whom it may concern .
ABC represent the three claEses ; A tbe upper , B the middle , and C the industrious . A and B entered into partnership , and for many years traded with C , to whom the firm became indebted in an amount beyond their means of discharging : C therefore applies for a commission of bankruptcy lit should be lunacy ) , and gays , " Although we , the creditors , have been lowers , we ask not to ruin you altogether j you are incapable of paying 20 s . in tile pound , therefore we will allow what is past to stand over , merely using it as a guide for our futxwe transactions and security . " What we propose , then ,
is , that we all join in the appointment of assignee not to administer the estate of the baukrupts , but to guard against a recurrence of the evil which y » ur want of knowledge has brought upon us all ; and , m the election of the said assignees , we who fur »» Bh all , merely require an equal voice with the firm , of A and B , giving them two votes to our one—that ifr , allowing class A , and clas 9 Bt and class C an cypai s&are , the assignees to be called Members of Parliament ; andy as we have been , fools , and you have keen rogues , long enough , eus eyes have at leagth become opened to the fact
that—••¦ Doubtless the pla&sure is as great , Cf being cheated »• to . cheat . " But we-are not longer in , a- condition to pay & » the pleasure » f being cheated ^ and of being laughed ; at into th * bargain . Therefore the firm of A ,-and . B have now received the only proposition which the creditow feel disposed to . make , as the teftn ^ upon which they will forego past claims and admit ihe partneishi ? to stand ; nwcaely , that A B and C shall ia ftitsre be fully , faiily ,. aud equally represented by the joint assignees , of the firm , whose afikirs shall be conducted fey . persona appointed- & > r thai purpose , and the said firm to be entitled " The House of Commons .
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EQUAL JUSTICE . THE EAKL OF CARDIGAN AND MR . FROST . The iniquitous expence and disgusting mummery of the trial of Lord Cardigan present so many phases of injustice and partiality in the administration of the law , that they are almost inexhaustible . Hjs Lordship was acquitted , "' pon honour , " because of an informality in the proceedings—a flaw in the indictment—a Uetle Omission of the Attorney-General . Some people say that the hole was left purposely for the Lord to creep through . Of this we know nothing : it may , or may not , have been so . We know that " plain John ' s" leetle omissions—his ignorance of , or want of attention to , tbe dnties of
his office—have , before now , caused " informalities , ' where neither he nor his masters were at all suspected of any -intention , to permit the accused to escape , if they could help it . There waa an informality in the proceedings on the trial of F&ost , Williams , and Jones—an acknowledged informality—fatal , in the opinion of two Judges out of the three who tried them , to the whole proceedings . It ia our doctrine , as it is that of the British constitution , that the strict letter of the law should in all cases of alleged criminality be rigorously adhered to , and that it is at all times better to permit a culprit to escape than to convict him upon constructive evidence . Hence , therefore , ap « rt from tbe con-
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8 ideratk » of whether the Attorney-General actually contrived this flan in the indictment that Cabdioajt might not be hung < or transported for life , we are contented to xeceife t ^ o fact , that there was a flaw , and to adarit that , tb . it being so , the Lords had no alternative , bat werif ** i ^ on honour" bound to acquit the alleged eulprit ; and . we maintain , that , by , the same rule , as guaffdiana of the public rights , they I are " ' honour" Sound instanter , and erimatae , to-demand of her Majesty ' s Government ihe instant reea ) of Frost , Willtjais , and Jojmb , from the illegal and unconstitutional sentence of expatriation which they aie now fulfilling . We hare waited ,
hitherto , ia confident ' expectation , that their own sense ' of right would eause them spontaneously to take up this question . We did not imagine that the elite of British Wood—the pobhs of old England—the inheritors of wisdom , of justice , and of patswtienv and of every honouraWe feeling from their aaeeators—would wait tabe reminded of so plain and" evident a portion of their hyjli fnnetionsand important dnties . It seemas however , thai affairs of state , hare pressed so heavily up » n their Lordships , that this leetle matter has beea drirett past their present arid immediate attention . We regret this , for the credit of the noble guardians of British rights . Bt is wrong that their hereditaiy
strength of mind should have thus aafflBred the anxiety of many cireaoistances to overcome them . The people are , however , well aware of how grea * things have demanded their attention—how their time must have been occupied in preparing fer payment by the public , frhelist of the expences attendaat upon the exhibitiop ,. the preparations therefor , and the paraphernalia thereof , together with other like matters " too numerous to mention . " They will , of course , remember that their Lordships , though Lords , are yet men , and may need a respectful re » iniscence of their duty . This , we trust , will be immediately afforded to them by the people from all quarters , in the shape of petitions , briefly , but pithily expressed , and poured in like hail .
We suggest the following , as something like the form which might be adopted : — To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal ^ The humble petition of Sheweth , —That your petitioners have heard that your Lordships , in august state , did lately sit in judgment on one John Thomas , Earl of Cardigan , accused of felony , and that your Lordships , finding an informality ia the proceedings , though no answer was given to the facts alleged against the prisoner , did acquit the said John Thenias , Earl of Cardigan . Your petitioners beg to remind your Honourable House that , on the trial ol John Frosty Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones ,
there was an informality in the proceedings , admitted by two of the three Judges who tried them , and by six of her Majesty ' s fifteen Judges , to have been fatal to the whole proceedings , and that yet the said John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , were sentenced fey her Majesty ' s Government to be transported for life , and are now fulfilling that sentence Your petitioners hwld that this is aii uufair and an , un-English mode of administering the law ; and your petitioners , therefore , call upon your Honourable House immediately to address her Mnjusty , and to call upon the Government for . a free pardon to be instantly granted to the said" John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones . And your petitioners will ever pray , &c .
Petitions of this kind , poured in from all quarters of the country , from every public meeting , called for whatever purpose , from clubs and associations , from workshops , from families , from streets , and from individuals , would at least bother , if not the brains , the wigs , of their Lordship ? , and cause them to open their hereditary eyes ; while , at the same time , the House , of Commons might be blockaded in like manner with petitions , setting forth , in plain . language , the people ' s sense of the atronitie 3 perpetrated upon Feargu 3 O'Connor , upon Robert Peddie , upon William Ashton , Peter Hoey , and all other Chartist prisoners . I / 2 t the people do it , and do it in right earnest . A petition may be written upon a piece of paper , which may be purchased for
a farthing , of a quality quite good enough for the place it is to go to . A Chartist schoolmaster , who has twenty or thirty little boys , who can write just legibly , might turn out dozens of copies , with little or no sacrifice of his own time , besides furnishing , an improving exercise to the yonng urchins . Nothing can be more stupid than the notion , that it ia necessary for petitions to Parliament to be written like copper-plate . It is necessary they should be written very plainly , especially for the hereditary shop ; or , ten to one , if ihe " collective" or "hereditary" would be able to read them j but ifjthej are written very plain , that ' s » H that's wanted , and little boys commonly do write very plain , if not very well .
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A CHARTIST OF THE RIGHT SORT . We have great pleasure in plaoing before ear readers the following soul-stirriBg and spirited extract from a speech recently delivered in Glasgow by Mr . Moir . It was prepared for our last week ' s publication , but such sentiments as it contaias are never stale : — Henee , I sa-y , " Hurra for th * triumph of Caarfcifim " ( renewed cheering ) . The man who is not a Chartist iseither a fenave or a fool , aud he can hang hinself up on tither beru of the dilemma he pleases ( laughter ; . If he be a fcnave , that is the more reason why we should look sharply after him—{ renewed , laughter )—and , on the other hand , if he be a fool , that i * a » goo&
reason why we ought to pay no deference to him . at alL ( cheers ! . Again , I rejoice that theie is no appearanceof wearying or becoming faint- Tie cause is- worth , struggling for*—one half of everyday ' s earning is-in th © contest JBverything proves tbat the position which we took up two years ago , is » tbe only teaable one u and , if proof' be wanted , we need only refer to the lat » Leeds meeting , which was called to propose resolutions in favour of Household Suffrage .. Well might the Editor of the Leeds Mercury . reTwarls ; , where were tbft advocates of Household Suffrage ?—aye ,, where' wora they ? - ( daughter . ) Not on »; of them danad to opea their mouth at the meeting . " aad why h b * oa « a © th » Chartists-were next door— ( laughter )—ready to blow
their flimsy sophisms to thet-winds ; and looting ufi »* discretioa as the better part of valour , thsy wisely said nothing . ( Laughter . ) He -would , indeed , be a bold fellow who would propose = Household Suffrage to-tae people , r believe we shall scarcely find a man « w » - rageousienough to tell tha people ha looked ontfeaia as fool »; yet this he nusafc do who -would progose Household Suffrage to the people . It would be aauly seitiwijBucb . a fellow . The system was too monstaoua for any person to attempkit * justification . Aud . S will tell you , my friends , bow . I woul 6 tieat a mass , who woiild attempt to jusiefr the enoajnous concisions whien prevail . If I had got no rotten « ggs in mj joekets to thiowat his head , h would go inquest of them as
qptfetly as possible , aad if he did not get kis head cracked in the interim , he at least deserved ifc . ( Laughter and applause . ) I will never open my iuovih " for an extension of the Suffrage short o £ that deSacd in th « Charter . ( Cheers . ) Lknow thafestironttou&sgints hav * been made , and will be made yet , to mak » the peopl * balleve that th « y might , with pw » priety and advantage , begin an agitation , for something else . iCties « f " w « never will . " ) Iboyenot . ( GUaers . ) Hotting but th * Charter . The Whigs are jot * giving their last kick ( Laughter . ) They aw just about to kick the bucket—( cheers );—and 1 am quite certain , whaa they die , th » Chartists will abed very few tears at their funeral . ( Laughter . ) I said long ago that na good would b » done till tha Whigs weie out . I fo ? one will new Suf
open my mo »* Ii for anything else than Universal - frage ; because , to consult the people regarding anything else , U but fooling them , aad I will never De a party to tub a course . We most never tiueklej ^ those who bare persecuted and abused u * . You wu » all recolfe « t that OConnell thanked Mm « rantrymea for refusing to giw Lowery a bearing ; and now th » impudent , unblushing , barefaced scoundrel talk . » b « t addrewtag the people * England and Scotland ab « t Lord Morpetb * Five Pound Fourteen ^ Year ^ l « a » Rufixaae BUL Bttfc we -will t * ta » deaf to W » call »»*!»• K on the question of Univ «* d Suflta ^ » " » was a fellow named Birrett rowing tliwogh Ireland , and declaring that if Stanley ' s BUI wat pa « sed > tiie crjr would tented foi France and the people of fadand . * Ha 3 any pewon , nuropported bj Dan and WaJkaU , Stored such * sentiment , tbe Attorney-aenenl would so « n b * Te laid hold of him . "
Lat all te » porise « f r « ad that and blush , and le » it be borne in mind , that this dignified and nncompromising Chartist has ten times more rtake ana interest in the well-being and good regulation of society , than one half of the middle-class-operatiT yelpers for concession . And yet he has no objection to venture his capital and life upon the issue of th » Charter . He is , in truth , an honour toftis . Bold and consistent as a delegate to tho late Convention , straightforward and unyielding in his adheBionto the cause ever since , he ia what w < 3 wU a Chutist Q ibe right tort ,
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