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SONNET . In Baiiersea Church there is a monument by the famed Jioubiliac ertcled io the memory of Lord and Lady Botttybrote Aerate , St . John ! arise I we need thee now . Come forth . ' thy country call * thee } lead us on , 0 tfion whose roice chann'd the lons'd senate ; thon Whose deed-like words still Btir us with the tone Of Liberty ! But thou hast long been gone , 0 Bolingbroke ! laia lite thy country low . Alas I tis so—Pope ' s ' all accomplished friend "
Sleeps here ; so says RonbuiaCs scnlptnr * d stone , Ann ' s lord of war and state ; but , ere his end , " Something more and better . " Yes , he did spend His age in peace . Vile faction ' s noble foe ; Proscrib'd by power that -virtue ' s self would xend , He , like the Roman , exiTd to his farm , lived with his loved Vilette and felt each rural charm . J . W . Bittersea , Sorry .
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¦ <• ¦ WHAT IS A PEER ? What is a peer ? A useless thing ; A costly tey , to please a king ; A bauble near a throne ; A lump of animated clay ; A gaudy pageant of a day ; An incubus ; a drone ! What is a peer ? A nation ' s curse—A pauper on the public purse ; Corruption's own jickal : A haughty , domineering blade ; A cuckold at 5 masquerade ; A dandy at a ball . Ye butterflies , whom kings create ; Ye caterpillars of the state ; Know thai your time is near ! This moral learn from nature ' s plan , That in creation God made man j But never made a- peer .
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LEEDS . —Discovert of a Dead Boby . —On Friday evening an inquest was held at the house of Mr . Grant , the Wellington Inn , WelliEgtou-xoad , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the remains of a body which had been taken out of the water at Bean Ing mill , on the previous day . The remains wene discorered by some men in the employ of Messrs . B . Gott and Sons , whilst cleaning out the mill goit , and though greatly decomposed , and entirely disjointed , were recognised , by the boots which ft ere en the feet , to be those of Samuel Bucktront of Annley , who , on the 11 th of August last , was drowned along with a young man named William Boddy . We gave the particulars of the accident at the lime . The accident arose from a boat in which the two , deceased and another man were crossing the river from Mr . Green ' s mill to Annley , being washed away by the tremendous flood then in the Tiver . Boddy was fonnd soon after at Thwait's mills . Terdict— " Accidental death . "
HrxsLET Floral Societt . —The first meeting of the-members of this society for the present year , was held on Wednesday week , in the large room of the Punch Bowl Inn , for the show of auriculas and polysnthu ~ e 3 . The display of flowers was very good , and the judges , Mr . Bairstow , of Leeds , and Mr . Hodgson , of Hunslet , awarded the principal prizes to Mr . Wm , Chad / wiek . ilr . B . Ely , of Rothwell Haigh . and Mr . Joan Kearsley , of Woodhouse Jihl—the latter gentleman sent an excellent assortment of greenhouse plants , which were greatly admired . Bad Meat . —On Friday last , the carcase of a beai-t , in a state approaching to putrefaction , and which had been brought into Leeds by a man named John CrossSeld , a tallow chandler , at Clifford , for sale to the low priced butchers , was seized and destroyed . We are glad to see the ofieers on the alert on this subject .
Hottse 07 B . EC 0 TERT . —On Monday last , the cfice of physician to this instiistion , vacant by the resignat on of Dr . Hunter , owing to ill-health , was filled np by the unanimous election of Dr . Wilson , who was proposed by ilr . T . T . Dibb , and seconded by ilr . J . M . Teanant . Thanks of the trustees , on the motion of Mr . M . Cawood , seconded by Mr . Ji > hn SykeSj were unanimously passed to Dr . Hunter , for 2 ii 3 services to the institution for nearly twenty-four years . Di , Wilson was the only candidate . Stealing Spirits . —On Monday last a man named Wm . Walmsley , who for the last four years basbewi in the employ of Mr . Benjamin Gale , wine and
spirit merchant , Kirkgite , was brought np at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen a gallon of gin and another of rum , the property of kia employer . It having corns to the ears of the police that Walmsley had been offering to sell a quantity of spirits to the keeper of tha tap room at the Queen's Arms , and which is opposite to Mr . Gale's premises , the , purchase was recommended and a watch was kept . The spirits were conveyed away in bladders , by the prisoner , on Tuesday morniDg , while carrying water from the yard in which the warehouse is situated . He was committed for trial at the sessions .
Fighting is the Street , a > t > Assault on the Police , —On Monday last , seven young men were placed before Henry Hall and J . R . Atkinson } Esqs ., at the Court-House , on a charge of fighting in the street on Sunday morning , at near three o ' clock , and with having assaulted the police . Their names are Andrew Wood , Thomas Rider , John Parker . John Atha , Richard Freeman , John Wiishire , and John Batley , along with others . They had been drinking till that Lout at \ ne honse of Mr . Cross , Pack Horse Inn , Briggate . and on turniDg into the street , a quarrel arose , a fight ensued , and the police , who interfered , were assaulted . Mr . James , who was on the spot , unknown to the parties , witnessed the transaction . WcGd , Rider , and Parker , who had commenced the fight , were ordered to find sureties for their fa £ ore good behaviour ; the others were fined 20 i . each , and costs , for assaulting the police .
^ DirPLAt op FisiiwoBES . —On Monday evening , the best display of fireworks which has been for some time wicne ? sed in Leeds , was given in the White Cloth Hail Yard , by ilr . Bates , assisted bv Messrs . Johnson and Kuowles . The evening was delightfully fine , and the yard being beautifully illuminated by variegated lumps , presented an appearance altogether ciiisrem from what we have been in the habit of witnessing at these displays . The piece which attracted the most attention was the statue of Napoleon , which was of co ] ossal sizt , and surpassed in splendour and variety anything wt had before seen in the science of pyrotechnics . The attendance , we are sorry to say , was buf ludifferent ; bnt as we hear the spirited artist intends to give another display , we trust this notice of his merits -will have the effect of caosing him ro be more extensively patronised .
Leeds Poos Relief Fu . vd . —On Monday last , a zneenng of this Committee was held at the Court Hoase , John Cawood , Esq . in the chair , at wh ; ch a report was read from the Provision Committee , signed by Mr . Edward Jackson , as Chairman . This report acnouiiced the closing of tbe depot on Saturday evening , and also the fact tha : at that time , in consequence of a greatly decreased demand during the week , there were about 500 loaves of bread remaining . The report concluded as follows : — It appears unnecesfary , after the long and circumstantial account which has appeared iu the public prints , to enter into any details respecting the serious and painful fraud which has been perpetrated on the funds of ihis charity , and the discovery of
which was made by ibis Committee . The Provision Committee , however , wouldsrroiigly recommend that in the case of any future distribution of relief in this way , the tickets be regularly compared with tbe bo-jk = from which thfy 2 re cut , at least once a week , perhaps it wcuid be ben ? r every day . This would e&ciually prevent anything of the kind taking place , or ensure its immediate detection . That no such precaution ha 3 been taken heretofore , is nc : to be wondered at , as the fact of a member of the Committee appointed to manage a public charity , himself comniiti ! E 2 frauds upon its funds , was not to be especied nmil such an occurrence had taken place . " The report having been received , tbe Chairman produced the books containing ihe accounts , which he
said u would be necessary should be audited . He could not speak exactly , but the balance in hand , af '^ r paviEu all arrears , would , he thought , be about £ 575 . I : was then resolved , " That the clerks be directed to write out 250 tickets , at oneshiJliug value each , to be given in bread , and that those tickets _ be divided among the visitors now present , to be dispensed by them among the poor in their districts ; such tickets to be presented at tse depot before noon on Tuesday . " On the motion of Mr . Jowett . James Brown , Esq ., Wm . Gott , Esq ., and Robert Walker , Esq . were appointed auditors . Some conversation ensued as to the time for holding a general meeting of the subscribers , and
it was determined that it should be held on Monday , the 23 rd instant , at twelve o ' clock at noon , to receive iha report of the committee , and apportion the remaining funds , upon which it was resolved , That it be a recommendation to the general meeting of ihe subscribers to appropriate so much of the balance in iand as iray be necessary , to the establishment of a permanent soup kiieheD , for the fcensfit of the poor of the town ; " and Messrs . R » Burchall , R . Pyatt , J . Simpson , S . Maud , and John Jowett , jun ., were appointed a sub-committee , to inquire into tbe site , the besi mode of fining and conducting , inc ., and to report thereon to the general committee , Tbe meeting then broke up .
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Sheep Slaughtered . —During the night of Saturday last , some villains slaughtered a valuable tap sheep , in a field on Rothwell Haigh , the carcase of which they carried off , leaving the skin and entrails ¦ wrapped together , and thrown into a beck at some distance . The sheep was the property of Mr . Parnaby , of Rothwell , steward to Kirkby Fenton , Esq , and would weigh about thirty pounds per quarter . Robberies . —On Friday morning last , a drab mixture Taglioni coat , and a black and white house coat , were stolen from the house of Mr . Edward Mallett . No . 21 . Grove Terrace . —On Tuesday last , a dark coloured shawl was stolen from the passage in the house of Mr . Askey , in Merrion-street .
Lbeds Old Floral Societt . —This Scciety held its annual show of auriculas and polyanthuses in Mr . Rogers ' s Floral Exhibition Room , Wydham Gardens , Roundhay Road , on Monday last . The display of auriculas and polyanthuses was numerous and of the first rate order . The room was beautifully decorated with plants and evergreens , by Mr . Rogers , Mr . Birkby , and Mr . Bradley . There was an efficient band engaged for the purpose . The judges-were Mr . Dobings , Mr . Chadwick , and Mr . Bastow , by whom the prizes were awarded to the various competitors , Mr . Ratcliffe , Mr . Edward Mitchell , Mr . Thomas Walker , and Mr . Joseph Jackson , carrying off the principal prizes .
Change Rixgisg . —On Sunday morning last , at six o ' clock , the Leeds at . Peter ' s company of change ringers' ascended tha noble tewer of the paTifh church , and rung a true and complete peal of grand sire cinques in the fittams , consisting of 5148 changes , which was brought round in a masterly and beautiful style , in three hours , forty-three minutes , and nine seconds , by the following persons , viz ;—Samuel Smallpaae , treble , ( composer and conductor of the peal ;) John Robinson , second ; John Groves , third ; John Hudson , fourth ; James Gill , fifth ; Christopher lies , sixth ; Jonas Baldwin , seventh ; John Mortimer , eighth ; Benjamin Ely , ninth ; William Gawkroger , tenth ; William Groves , eleventh ; and William Pullein , tenor . Weight of the tenor 36 cwt . This herculean tatk was performed by twelve men enly , and is the first peal of grandsire cicques ever rung in Yorkshire . It was ruug in honour of the birthday of bia Grace the Duke of Wellington .
Assault a > 'd Robbery . —On Monday last a man named Eiward Emmett , was brought tip at the Court Bonse . on a charge ot having assaulted a person named Glover , and stolen from him a basket containing a pi ^ ca of mutton and other articles . ' Glover was going home abnat half-past 12 on Saturday night , when he met the prisoner-and two others in Calveriy-s-treet , they attacked b . im and after knocking him down ran off with Ms Sunday ' s , dinner . The prisoner was pursued and apprehended by the watchman . He was committed for trial .
HX 7 DDEBSPIELD . —Oa Thursday night a fire was discovered in the Farm Yard belonging to Godfrey Berry , situated on the banks of the river Colne , Bradley Mills , near Huddersfield . Two engines were immediately on the spot , four corn stacks were consumed and two others were very much injured . It is supposed to have orijnnated from th ? firing of a gun , as one of Mr . Berry ' s sons was shooting rats . We understand the property was insured . luaSSWADE . —Mr . William Daniells has taken so . me pains ot' late in spreading the principieof the Ancient Order of Foresters in this place , and has been so far successful that a Court in compliance will be opened here on June 17 th , to be called the Wallace .
LEICESTER . —The cavalry have quitted 'ic town , and all is quiet , once more . The slavery at the bas : ile , howevsr , continues ; and a recurrence of the discontent is not unlikel y if the hand-corn-mill be EOt abolished by the guardians . To talk of reconciliation between the middle and working classes in Leicester , will , hencefonh , be a farce . The coldhearted manner in which even the Stursites could lookoa the plaints of tbe poor bastile sufferers , and tbe z ? al with which they accepted the ofike of petty cops'ables to put down the discontent , —has created 3 gait bitweeu the poor and the respectables that will long be impassable .
WiGAJT . —The distress prevailing at present in this iowd js truly alarmiDg—four-fifths of the handloom wc-avtr ? are out of employment , and those tha * . are in" employment half not have work ; and from the recent reductions that have taken place , they are actually starving . Improvements in machinery are day by day throwing numbers into the street destitute . A general reduction of wa ^ es hast 3 k ^ n place in every , department whhin the last few weeks . The following is only an outline ";—Persons having seven shillings per week are reduced to five ; and those having five shillings and fcixpence per week are reduced to four shillings per week . The throstle spinners , taking care of three and a-half fram ? s .
ha ' ving eight ? hi ! linss and sixpence per week , by the recent alteration are compelled to take care of four frames , -ar , d receive for it s . 'veu shillings and fixpence . The overlookers and machinists are reduced two shillings per week . The muster ? ' plea for ttm « reducing the wages or ' their workpeople , is that they have no profit for tbe o >; t ! ay of their capi ; a ! ; but this excuse i = without foundation . How is it that there is in tbe town masters of small capita ] , who have to cme into the market wuh them , and arc paying a great deal more for their work , and appear to be getting a comfortable livelihood I The small masters" with their old machinery are paying 12-. Gi . for spinning one hundred pounds of tens weft . The
large - manufacturers with their improvemer . t * . by which they can produce goods with greater facility , only pay three shillings and threepence per hundred pounds weight , of eleven and twelve wefr , therefore the plea of no profit will not stand the test of public examination . Ona of these pretended frionds of the people declared the other day that four shillings per week was sufficient for a young man or woman , and that twelve shillings was enough for mu ' e spinners . Another of the same Etamp .-aid that before Ion *; he would cake the spinners glad to spin fourteen weft at ore ' shilling lor one hundred pounds weight , and this is the party who call ? o loudly ti > the working men to " join them . On Thursday
week the unemployed went to tj ^ c Board of Guardian 3 to ask for relief , and the police were brought to drive them home The conduct of one of the Guardians was rakulated to arouse the passions of the starving people , who after insulting -them sent f-. r the military to give them steel intt-iad of bread . But firelocks and bayonets have no terrors for starving men , at least it proved so upon thi 3 occas on . They told the sol nery to do their worst , for they would rather meet death than return home to therr" families without relief . They did not injure e ' uher p . rsois or property , and had the Guardians received them as they oui ; ht to have done , the peace would not have been broken .
Coal-pit Accide . \ ts . —On Saturday morning , one , pf tho .-e melancholy occurrences so common in this ne ghbourhood took place at Ince Hall colliery , the property - of Messrs . Whratley , Gerred , aad Co . whereby a woman , whose name we understand is Ann Walsh , met with her death by the following circumstances : —It appears that in attaching the tub to the rop ? , the unfortunate woman put one of the hooks , tl . rongh one of the rods of which the tubs are made , instead of the iron ear of the tub , therefore when hvr weight came upon it the rod broke and she ft-11 to the bottom of the shaff , a distance of upwards cf 300 feet ; she was literally smashed-o pieces . —Trie same morning , two men , empJuyed in a coal pit the property of Mr . A > hull , of Plait-lane , were killed ; they have left families to lamtnt their lo .-s .
BOwXiIHG . —Total Accident fhoh Fire-Damp . — Ou Ti . brsday morr . iisg week , about s : x o ' clock , an explosion of fire-damp took place in one of thp pits belonging to the Bowling Iron Woik . s comp-ar . y , ' shv . aw _ d at Dudley-Hill , when John Bywatt-r , Mark Pitts , and David Holmes , a boy atom twelve "years ci age . were dreadfully burnt . Bywater bad all the s-kin burnt off his whole boay . Face , and hand .- ; the only part on which he had any skin , was under his heel and great toe ; e » ery other part was compjetejj raw . He lingered till Friday evtnrn ^ at six o ' clock , when death put an end to liis sufferings " . Thd oiher two are inaiair way of recovery . The accident is said to have occurred from ihe buy . Hojiecs , coming brirkly to whtre the ihpe wereat woik , wr . h an empty curve , and driving ihe foul air . before i :, t-j one of their naked lamps . Bywater has kit & w ; f ? 3 and child to lament his
untimely eta . Impudent Highway Robbery . — On Monday , between" the hours of twelve and one , a re .-pectab ! e woman from Puosey , of the name of Wharton , a ' shopkeeper , bthig on her way to Bradford to lyy cut . money ior her &hop , was slopped by five or six men within tno hundred yar < Is of tbe ia : cer place , on the Leeds road , and her purae containing between eight and nine pounds was abstracted from htr pocket .
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Deeadfcl 3 ) £ Prayitt . —Edward Ellis , a woolsorter , ax Leicester , wa > finally committed to gaol on a charge of having been guilty of a rape on two of his daughters , one thirteen y vars of age and the other ten . He has been carrying on bis brutal practices with the eldest for a period of three years . Fatal .. Thundeb Stoiul—Monday , a terrific storm of thunder and lightning broke over tbe towns of Banweil , Worle , Wiington , and places adjacent . - The continuous flashes of the iorked
lightning were awful , and , we regret say , not unattended with fatal cousequ-. uces . Between one and two o'clock , a young man named Williams , and ixro hor ? ss , engaged in ploughing on ihe farm of Mr . - Your . *; , at Banweil Moor , were struck with lightning , and instantly killed . Poor William * on the day- of -hisdeath had just completed his 20 ih year . . The ]; g ! i > Bins rent hi- ' cloihes in pieces , anid ev £ n his shots up . TJ his feet . Scattered portions of his clothes were foi / od ten or twelve yards from the spot . —Bristol Paper .
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MURDER OF A MOTHER BY HER SON . Mebthtr , Satuedat . —A case of murder , attended with circumstances of unusual atrocity , inasmuch as some suspicion is entertained that the murderer is the son of the aged woman who has been so foully assassinated , was discovered in this town to-day , and has produced much excitement . The name of the unfortunate victim is Tamar Edwards . She was an old and infirm woman , a « ed upwards of seventy years , a widow who resided with her son , Richaf A Edwards ( the sucposed murderer ) and his wife io a small house , situated on the side of the tramroad , in Plymouth-street . The circumstances under which the discovery of this horrible crime was made , are in themselves somewhat curious . The old woman
had been missed by the . neighbours , with whom she was in the habit of conversing frequently , for Bbveral days past , and numerous inquiries were made of her son and his wife concerning her . Theae inquiries were evaded by the forrrn ^ r as much as possible , but whenever he was so closeiy interrogated as to render a repJy inevitable , his answer was , "O , she is only gone from home for a little tim » ; she is a few miles off in the country ; " a < id ic would seem that this statement had satisfied the neighbours , as no further invesugatixn of the matter took place until this morning , when Richard Edwards left his housb for the purpose , as he state ! to his wife , 'of ' going to Dowlais , where he woiked , to receive payment of his wages . According to the statement of the
woman , as given by the neighbours , he told her , before he left , that there were reasons why he wished her particularly not to look under the bed . This request , was or so singular a nature that it naturally created surprise in the mina of the wife ; and , very shortly after his departure , t-he went into the house of a neighbour , to whom she communicated the injunction . The neighbour immediately suspected that there was something the matter , and she advised the wife to go and see if ther « was anything concealed there , which ought not to be there . The wife took their advice , and , followed by two or three women , she returned home , and , on raibing the undor-curtains , at the foot of ihe bed , they were . horrified at beholaing a dead body , which proved to be that of
the ag ^ d moiher ot rdwards . A . small « he-t was wrapped round the body . The women , on making this discovery , immed ately raised an alarm ; and information of the circumstances having been sent off to the police office , Superintendent Dav . p , With sume other constable .- ? , were promptly in attendunce . A Dotice of the discovery was then fortvarded to the coroner of the borough , T . Davis , E < q ., who at once issued his warrant tor holding an inquest on the body . A j-iry was then impatinelled , who , having inspected the body and viewed the position in which it w : ia found , aojourLed their inquiry Uhtil six o ' clock , Monday etening , for the purpose of giving
time to the police to collect evidence , and , if possible , secure the apprehension of the . lU . specied party . It is difficult , from the facts which have as yet , tranpired , to \ magitve what motive cou ' . d have prompted the son to imbrue his hands in the olood of his own mother ; and it is to be hoped that the result , of the inquiry wili be to thow than the deaih of the unfortunate woman is to be ascribed to some other huud . Edivards is said to be a man of an exceedingly violent disposi > ion . About iwo years ago , he was apprehended on a charge of killing an Irish till in the town ; and the su .-picion against him was so strong , that he was committed for trial at the assizes , where he was acquitted .
Wednesday Night . —The coroner ' s inquest on the body ot the unfortunate woman Tamar hdwarcis , of whose murder by lur own son I sent you t-ome particulars on Monday JaP ' , has brought its inquiry t ) a close by returning a verdict of " Willul ' Murder against Richard Edwards , alias Tamar Dick , " ihe viilain upou wflom suspicion first fell , and who has as yet managed to elude the vigilance ot ' the officers . —The jury bavins * as-emb ^ ed at the Angel liiii , a number ot witnesses were examined . The first cul . ed was Maiy Treharne . who deposed that , on Saturday lasi , Margaret Edward ? , wife of Richard Edwards , belter known as Dick Tamar , came io her and said she could not think where her mother-inlaw was so lonx- She - -aid she was vexing very
much about it . Witne-s hid previously h- ; ard Edwards say that his mother ^ as gone to Llant ' jbor ( about two days' journey ) , where she occasionally WtJis to ^ et parochial rcliej . Margaret Edw \ rds , when she said to thi ? wuucs 3 , added that she had eleaiu d the house all over except under the bed . She said there was bomethiuj ; under ihebeu , aiid she should not touch it . Witness told liyr to look under the bed , but she said slie was afraid to do so , and asked witness to look , which she ( witness ) refused to do , unless another neighbour , Martha Waters , weut iu al-o . They then went , all three of tliera , into tho house , and Martha Waurs , looked under t ebed , a / id said , "Oh , God ' the old woman ' s dead—and hmg dead , loo . " They then all tlireo left the hou < o . The
wii ::-e ? s further ( iepo ^ ed , thatou UieiMonday previous , at about eleven o'clock iu the morning , snt t-aw Richard Edwards near his own door , aii'i he asked htr when she had last sten his mother ? Witness replied that she dia noc know when it was , and added that she dared to say that she was down where she used to go . He said , '" Duirn sho is , I ( Jam to say . " When witness . vent to the house on Sjturday she observed that the floor had been recently , wasind and sanded . Th-rt ; were curtains abuiit ihe bed . —Martha Waters having detailed the particulars connected with the discovery of the body , depo-ed that the body appeared io have been d ( -ad for sume time . Witness icld t ! . c others that sho had bf . en dead a long time , and told Margaret Edwards ( the
wiic ) that phemust hav- lain upon her , and that she was no belter than Dick was . —Mary Jenkins doyo = ed that she knew tne deceased Tamar Edwards , and » aw her alive ai about three o ' clock on Thursday , tne 14 h ult . She appeared to be in her usual health , and was fetching water from a spout in the neighbourhood . Witness had been in the habit of seeing her almost daily . She used to v- 0 out and fetcn water and c «« L— David Lloyd , a train conductor , examined—Saw the son of the deceased ( Richard EdAvartls ) on Saturday morning last , at about nine o ' clock . He was at his liou . se , and his wife was with him . Witness spoke to him , and paid , ' * Where is the old woman ? ' ( meaning ihe deceased ) , I have not seen her for there days past ?"
Edwards replied , "Uh , t-he ie gone down to Llauta-Lor ; 1 expect her up to-duy by the trains . " Witness did no : stay there above t > vo or tiirej miuuies . The wife , Margaret Edwards , wa 3 washing the floor of the room by the bedside . The hu > band was sitting b y the firc-p . ' ace di-tant from the b-. 'dside — Jane Phillips deposed that Margaret Edwards ( the wife of Tamar Dick ) was her niece . On Monday , the 18 : h ul ., i-he wa 3 at witness ' s house , and at about six o ' clock on ihe evening of that day Richard Edwards came there , and a-kt'd his wife whar she wanted there . The wiits ^ aid to him , " 1 must go somewi ere , for my father has thrown me out o ' dcorr . " Edwards replii-d , " Why did he not , throw vou cut ot doors when 1 was there V She replied ,
" Because he w'slit : d to keep me till it wai dajl-ghr . " Edwardo then atktd htr it' she would go with him ( they had been sep-uxa ' . ^ i , and liviu ^ apart lor tim e m < jm hO . Siie said , " Where to I— where can y-.-u take me to , Diek ! " He said he would lake her to his mother ' s house , to which tho wife replied , " What for ? for htr to thiotv me out of dours , as she used to ao ? ' He t-aiii , "Never mind , you Lave t . nat between me and my mother . " She asked him where he intended for her to sleep , ano ha said ,. " hi his bed to be turo , and it the did not hko to go to ihe old woman ' .- , he would take her tu hid lod ^ in ^ s at DowlaiB . " Witness then asked him , as his wife aid al ^ o , whether ho had fiung and vicruals in the house ? He answered , " O ; i , yes : " and said his
motiier left enough of bivad tor h : rn when :-l ; e v / t-Lt to Ltuniabyr . Edwards and his w fafterwards left tnc hou .-e together , at about : > even o ' cloi-k in the evening . — homas R chardfc—Having h > -ard of ihe murder of Taiuar Edwards , wmi to tie house in company with n man named Hi-bard * . They found the body under the bed . —James . Hume , police sergeant , was ordi red by the superiutei ; dent to take possesbiouof the hou .-e where the body wa .-. it was iyiutf ou the left side , with the left arm ra scd as tnough lifted to tht ; head , the ri ^ ht arm was re = t-nj ; across her cru st , her right leg lying over the . kit . Tne arm ? , iegs , and body were - quite , suppie . There was some ejaculated blood about the right nostril , and-a
discolouration on both sides the neck and throut — Kees Thomas deposed that he was a poltc « . con-Kable . He took Margaret Edwards , wife of Rich . Edwards , intj custody . While taking her down by ihe hou ? e of the deceased , the prisoner called out to a woman i / amed IVgiry , a"d said in Welsh , "iick has done it at la > t . ' Ou bniug asked by the woman vrhas he had done ? she replied that ho had murdered his lnoiner , and concealed her umiir ; h <^ bed , See afterwards * nrirte a , statement to ivitjie .-s , which he hud reduced t j writing . ( The reporff rwere not allowed to usb it , as ii . was alleged u might frustrate the ends of justice . )— Mr . Edward Davis ,
surgeon , deposed to the injuries which had been inflicted ou decea .-ed . The Coroner summed up the evidence . —The Jury retired , and after a short con- j suitaiion returned a verdict of " Wilful murder i against Richard Edwaro * , for the murder of hit . i nother , Tamar Edwards . " —Superintendent Davis J and the police officers in the neighbourhood are using every exertion to secure the person of the . villain , buv up to this he has managed to elude them ! altogether ; as ne has been traced to one or two , places there is every reason to suppose that he Will ' before Jong be captured . The motive which could j have led the wretch to perpetrate the unnatural and awful crime it is not easy to conjecture .
Committal of the Priso-nhi . —Merthyr , Fri- ; day . Night . —At au early hour this morning , the j lock-up hou ^ was surrounded by a crowd of pt-ople , anxious to rat-. * h a glinip .-e of Richard Edwarda , ) alias Dick Tamar , as h was known he -would be " brought up before the county magistrates for examination . As he was brought through the street . - ; , j the immrnse crowd testified their satisfaction at ! his appn-hension , and vented their execrations on tha unnappy wretch . The magistrates assembled about twelve o'clock , at the sirge room of tho Aivgel Inn . On bdun brought into the room , lie displayed a firm and undaunted demeanour . The first person
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who met his gaze was hia wife , who was greatly agitated , but the sight . of her did not appear to aliect the prisoner in the least . The room was crowded almost ta suffocation . The prisoner having been placed at tbe bar , a great many witnesses were examined , including those who gave their evidence at the coroner ' s inquest He was fully committed on the eharge of wilful murder . On being re-coaveyed to the look-up , he was accompanied by immense crowds , 6 f . people , as before .
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Stoppage of Iron Works . —We regret to learu that a large number of forges in this neighbourhood have ceased work , whereby a great number of hands are thrown suddenly out of employment . We are informed that lack of orders , even at anremunerating prices , has compelled many of the masters to stop their mills ani discharge their men , and that it is very uncertain when they will recommence . Among the extensive forges closed are those of E . and G . Thorney croft ( Wednesbury , ) Russell j Brothers , George Jellicoe , ana G . B . Thorney croft ( Shrubbery Ironworks . ) Several other extensive works are daily expectedto cease operations ; indeed , we believe there is not a single forge-owner who does not contemplate the necessity of stopping . The most flourishing of them freely admit that if they could ensure the return of their customers and workmen when , it suited them to recommence , they would forthwith discontinue their works . —Staffordshire Examiner .
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" .. CARIXSVE . . ; : , - ; V ; : : ¦; ,. AWFirL AND ALARMING DESTITUTION OF THE HAND-LOOM WEAVERS . PUBLIC MEETING IN THE TOWN HALL . . On jfyday ' -last , a ^ deputation from a preliminary meeting of this body , waited upon the Mayor , Q ., . Mouufiey , Esq ., and presented to him ^ requisition , signed by about two hundred inhabitant householders , requesting his worship to call a public met ting ,, in the Town Hal ] , on Monday evening , May 2 nd , to take into consideration the propriety of memorialising her Majesty ' s Government , oh the distressed and destitute condition of this numerous body of men .
The Mayor , with that frankness and nrbaBity which are ' the leading features of his character , promptly responded to the call , at the same time deeply deploring the wretched condition of this patient and industrious body of his fellow citizens , The memorial will speak for itself , without any comment of ours , further than pur bearing testimony to the accuracy of the various statements therein set forth . We attended the inquiry , which took place ia 1838 , before Mr . Muggeridge , and heard that gentlemati declare , at the close of the inquiry , which had lasted for thrv-e . davs , that the working men had conducted the inquiry most ably , and that in no other place he had visited , had he observed a greater degree of talent and good behaviour displayed by a number of working men than he had there done . The following memorial was unanimously adopted by the meeting , which was very unanimously attended .
TO THE SIGHT HON . SIR ROBERT PEEL , FIRSTX 0 BD OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY . The respectful Memorial of the hand-loom weavers of the City of Carlisle aud neighbourhood , in pub * lie meeting assembled , May 2 nd , 1842 , ShewEtu , —That your memorialists ore at present suffering ' most unparalleled distress , destitution , and misery , in consequence of the unprecedented low rat « of wages -and the present high price of provisions . That such was the suffering , poverty , and wretched * ness of the band-loom weavers throughout the country , in the year' 1838 . that her Majesty was pleased to appoint a Special Commission to inquire into their des titute conditiou . C "
That in Juue , 1838 , a Commission was held in Car * lisle . ov « r which Mr . Muggerldge , ono of her ' Majesty ' s Commissioners , presided . It was then ascertained , on the most searching-and careful investigation , on examination of the ma » ter manufacturers' books , and the evidence given both by masters and workmen , that there were ia . Carlisle 1 . 963 looms , and counting every bn& who manages his own affairs , as the head ° ' family , that there were 99-T families engaged in weaving , and that the number of persons in those families was 3 814 , being about one-fourth ot the entire population ; and that the average weekly earnings of the very best workmen was enly six shillings ! a sum totally inadequate to the maintenance of a single mas , much less a man with a young au , d helpless family . .
The inquiry lasted three days , during which time your memorialists recommended to the notice of the Commissioner several remedies , one of which was , that a protection to industry from home competition , which is considered more detrimental than even foreign , would Secure- us from -the consequences of unprincipled speculation in manufactures . : That Boards of Trade , something like that proposed in Scotland , vrould have some effect thereto ,- and that neither a reduction of taxation , nor a repeal of the Corn Laws , WQuld have any permanent effects without this protection ; which , if sanctioned by the Legislature , would hardly fail of producing the most beneficial effects . It would give confidence to the manufacturers ; it would gradually ffetter the condition of the workmen ; and tbe increased circulation of money from such a vast
body of workmen , would give an additional sp . iug to every other branch of trade . It would enable them to raise funds for the support of their idle workmen , and do away with that disagreeable ¦ provision , whicli the local authorities are periodically under the necessity of making , for tbe idle and famished operatives in almost every manufacturing district . But that is not all , the whole empire would feel it ; and , if the same law were extended to every other occupation , and they again made answerable for the support of tkfeir idle hands ; it would Bave the direct effect of the doing away with tht ! one half the poor rates in England . Notwithstanding this , no notice whatever was taken of their suggestions by the Central Board of Commiflsionera iu their report , which simply gave a statement of the rate of wages , and suppressed the most important portions of the inquiry . .
Your Alemorialists had expected , that after th 6 ir suffering condition was fully and satisfactorily ascertained and made known , as it ought to have been in the proper quaiter—that some remedy would have been applied , -with a view to protect so tiumerous a body of her Majesty ' s subjects , against further reductions in their wages . But , to their great grief and disappbint--in « nt , no such remedy or protection has been affoided to ihem . The consequence has been tbafe , from the period of the inquiry to which they have , alluded ,, up to Octobtr , ' 1841 , a Kioiat sweeping and uncal'od-for reduction has : taken place , amounting to no less than fi > rty per cent ; and since that period up to the present time , a § till further reduction ha 3 been made of about ten per cent . ; sa that the average . weekly earnings of a handloom weaver at the present time ia only three shillings r being only one half of tbe miserable pittance which heearned at the time of the inquiry ia 1838 .
These being the facts , your Memorialists'leave you to judge of-tlie absolute necessity of some protection—for they are fully persuaded that whatever measmres you may be pleased to bring forward for improving the state of trade , and increasing the comforts of the working men , that no beneficial effects will be felt by yoia Memorialists- ; for such is the reckless , grasping , and ur . fieling . dispositions of the master manufacturers generally , . that they would so reduce wages , as to render nugatory the great effects intended . The prospects of your Memorialiats are now completely blighted ; a long vista of gloom and desolation is beforeihem ; their once happy homes are now become blank , cold and cheerless ; their affectionate wives and innocent children are clad in rags and pining away for want of sven ' - 'the - Comm . pn . ' - 'necessaries . of Ufe , while your Memorialists are fast sinking into premature graves . ' ' ¦ ; , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' - : ^ - . ; ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ '
Under these distressing circumstancea yonr Memorialists most solemnly implore you to take their case into your immediate and earnest consideration , with a view to relieve them from their present degraded and suffering condition , either by affording them protection from the iron hand and callous heart of the spoiler , or by removing your Memorialists from their present employment altogether , by adopting a system of home coloniza tion , or by such other means aa you , in your wisdom , may deem expedient , And your Memorialists will ever pray , &c ,
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Leeds Corn Market , Mat the 3 rd , 1842 . —Tho supplies of Wheat , Oats , and Beans to this day ' s market are larger than last week ; Barley smaller . There has been a fair demand for all fresh qualities of Wheat , and such have fully supported last . week's , prices ; and other descriptiona in very limited deDoand . Barley has been very dull sale , and Is . per quarter lower . Oats and Beans in better demand , aha full as well sold . Lreds WooiLEN Maricets . — There has been z sliahtly improved demand for goods at the Cloth Halls during tho week , although by no means that activity . which should have been manifested in order to render the markets even tolerable . Our merchants purchase spiring y- ^ merely to meet urgent demands . Stocks , consequently , are accumulating , and a very lurae amount ' -of ^ oods inast be ta . keu out df thQ Halls before auy material reduction will be perceptible . ' . ¦• .
Richmond , April 30 . —We had a fair supply of Wheat in pur market to day , but only a moderate one of Oats .. Wheat , sold from 6 s . 6 d . to 9 s . 3 d . ; Data , 2-1 . . 6 d . to 3 ^ . 6 d . | Barley , 4 s . to ' 4 s .. ' 6 d . ; Beans , 4 s . 9 d . to . 5 s . 3 d . per bushel . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Mat 2 . —We have had moderate imports of British Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal- tince this day se ' nnight . and the imports from abroad , consisting of 11 , 175 quarters of Wheat , 400 quarters of Beans , 160 quarters of Peas , and 2 498 barrels of Flour , are , of course , placed under bond . The trade haa continued to be void of
anything , like activity , the purchases in any article have been to the ex . tep't- only of what has been required for immediate use , ana prices generally have given way . Free Wheat must be quoted fully 2 d ., Oats , Id . per busbe ] , Fiour 6 < i . to Is . per : barrel , and Oatmeal bdi per load cheaper than at the close of last week . " No change as regards Bailey , Beans , or Peas . The sale of a small parcel of Ancona Wheafe at 6 s . lid . per 701 bs ,, and that of a few hundred barrels of Western Canal Flout at 283 . per barrel , form the only transactions under bond . The new Importation Bill has received the Hoyal Assent , and will ; in all likelihood , come into operation here next Friday . ' - . ' . - ; . ' : .,- ; - : ; " " - . : - '; - . '" . '¦ ¦ Liverpool Cattlb Market . —Monday , May , 2 . —There has been a small supply of cattle at Market to-day , and prices were about ihe same as last week ; Best Beef : from 6 d . to 6 £ d ., Mutton 7 d . io 7 M . per lb . JS ' umber of Cattle - . —Beasts 672 , Sheep
2792 .. . ¦¦ , :::, . . . -.. /; ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; : / ¦ ; .: " - - Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Afrit . 30 . —Great langpur has prevailed throughout the trade in all articles during the week , which may , in some measure , be attributed to the iufluenca fine weather has at all times : the stocks of Floor are . however , in a moderate compass with factors , as wellas in the hands of consumers , and the recent arrivals have not caused any accumulation at the wharf ? . From abroad the imports of Wheat consist of 9 , 675 quarters and 1 , 496 barrels of Flour ; -. those from-irelandsbinprise 1 S 828 quarters of Wheat , 3 , 488 quarters of Oats , 2 , 103 sacks of Flour , and 5 , 936 loads of Oatmeal . The transactions in Wheat and Oate , at the market this morning , were unimportant at the nominal rates of this day Ee ' nnight , and those of Fiour and Oatmeal were coafined to the purchases of bakers and dealers for present demand , without material change in prices .
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• l a Pi otJSES Bpbnt , At Colchester . —An alarming fire broke out , at a quarter ppt twelve o ' clock on bunday morning , at Mr . WaUace ' s , iroumonger , in the High-street , Colchester , within one house oi the ^ torn Exchange . The fire originated at the back ot the house ; the wind blowing fresh from the eastward , in less than half an hour Mr . Wallace ' s house was in one complete blaze . The flames made such progress that the ^ inmates were /' obliged to be carried out _ by 4 ladder being placed on the balcony . Ihe ladies were with great difficulty removed . Mr . Henry Heritage , of Friday-street , Cheapside , forced his way into the next house , beloD # in # to the Rev . S . Carr , which was also on fire , and was seen carrying the chili , ran across the street to a place of safety .
In less than au hour , the houses of Mr . Wallace , the Key . b . Carr , and Mr . Knight , Beedsmaa , adjoining Mr . Carr . Sj'wero-in ' pne complete blaze , ar id threatened destruction to the houses opposite , the Com Exchango , and St . Peter ' s Church . In less than ten minutes Mr . Shuttlesworth ' s , a private house , was also on fire ; but being Btrongly built with brick , andjhe engines constantly playing on it , they wero enabled to check the fire , but not betbre it was thought necessary to commence pulling down the great part of the adjoining house . This operation was performed by the navigators employed on the tiatt-rn Gountits Ilailway , with great expedition . At half-past three all further danger was at an end , but it was liecesssaTy to continue playing the engines till five or six o ' clock . All the houses are insured .
Tak ^ o the Veil . —On Monday morning a spectacle of very unfrequcnt occurrenco in this country took place at the convent of "The Sisters of Mercy , " situate near Hickraan ' s Folly , Beraondsey . The ceremony was for the initiation of two young ladies , one of whom had to receive the white veil , and the other the rehaious ( or black ) habit of the community The two novices , Miss Baxter and Miss Kellett , who are both young ladies of considerable fortunes , entered the chapel , led by the superioress , assisted b y two of" the sisters , one of whom was Miss Aguew , niece of Sir A . Agnow , Bart . ; and the other Lady
Barbara Eyre , daughter of the Earl of Newburgh . The religious names the latter ladies bear are Sisters Msry and Clara . The novices , Miss Baxter and Miss Kellett , were both elegantly dressed in white embroidered muslin , wearing chaplets of white roses as head dresB , and each held a lighted wax taper iu her right , hand . During the delivery of a very affecting discourse by the titular Bishop on their retirement trom the world , the novices shewed no si « ns of 'agitation , tor did their countenances betray any symptoms of reluctance , but , on the contrary , appeared to be lightened up with an expression of enthusiastic feeliug .
A Jump fivom a Railway Train . —While a tram on the Glasgow and Ayr Railway was coming towards the latter place one day last week , and when on the highest part of the embankment between Kilwjnning and Irvine a man who was a paasenger iu oue of ttie third-class carriages asked a fellow traveller when i ? was ( likely the train would arrive at Kilwinning . He was told that he had just passed it . "What ! past Kilwiiining am 1 ! Gudo faith , if that ba iho case , I ' m hnig eiieugh here . " So saying , he fastened his bkull-cap firm on his cranium , buttoned his coat , and , in spite of every remonstrance , leaped over the side of the carriage , at the steepest part of tho embankment , nearly forty feet ,
down which he rolled like a ball , casting a series of noi the most graceful summersets , while the passengers in the tram were in great terror lest he had killed himself by his rashness . He , however , found his level , where he was accosted by a labourer in the adjoining field , who inquired if he was hurt . "Hurt no an inch o me atweel , " and giving his jacket a shako or two to deprivo it of the dust which it hid collected during his deacent , ho stepped oil' across the fit'ld , exclaiming as he went—alluding to the train now in the distance— " That wad bo a go indeed ! You haulin' irie on to Irvine , and me dressed and a'for our . 2 tlallV weddin' at Kilwinnin . " —Ayr Advertiser .
Disastrous Fire at Lewes . —Destruction of TifK tii / iStx Advertiser Office . —L&wts , Monday , — Aboat halt" pa ^ i two this morning , an alarming fire broke out at the priii-ing office of the Sussex A dvertiser , situate m Watergate-lane , Lowes . The Sussex Advertiser is one oi' tije widest Sussex papers , having been established in tho year 1745 , Hince which time it has remained in tho same family— ' - ' -tht Lee ' s . " Tiiofiro was fir ^ t discovered by ono of the East Sussex constabulary * named Bribtow , and the engines were speedily on the spot ; but -unfortunately upwards of au hour elapsed before any water could be obia-utid , during which time the fliraes Were raging with great fury . At this tinio considerable fears were emertaiiied for tho safety of the . '
adjoiniu ^ premises , belonginjj to Mr . Browning ,-a spirit merchant , who had a vory valuable stock , part of which were deposited in vaults under the printing office . The engines eventually got to work , and , through the exertions of tho constabulary , tho fira was got under about live o ' clock in "the morning . No cause can be assigned for the fire . Mr , Frederick Lee was tho last person in the office , azid pu : out his caudle ; but having forgotten hid spectacles , he returned in the dark to obtain them , when all appeared quito safe , although it is clearly proved [ hat the fire commenced at this spot . The whole of tho type , printing presses , stamps , paper . &c , are destroyed ; in fact , not a vestige was saved , and the damage is estimated at nearly £ 2 , 000 . Mr . Browning , the spirit merchant , has also
sustaineda loss to the ext .-nt of ¦ £ ' 2 , 000 . Mr . Baxter , the proprietor of the Sussex Express , came forward m the most handsome manner , and reudered every assistance to Mr . Lee , which will enable him ; to bring out the ' Sussex Advertiser as usual this . evon > ing . Great praise is also due to tho inhabitants of Lewes for the great exertions made by them to suppresa the fire ; but we cannot day much for the Lewes Water Compauy , for although so great damage occurred through their negligence in ' the first instance , they absolutely turned the water off before it was put out , and some of tlie men were obliged to obtain water from the we ! Is . We have been informed that Mr . Lee is not insured , as , in the settlement of che partnership affairs , he neglected to renew the insurance in the Sun-office , where the ( Concern had been insured upwards of fifty years . ¦
i . XTE . \ sive 1 irk at LiVEiiPOOLi— On Monday morning , at two o ' clock , the exiensi 7 o promises of vlessrs . Walker , large builders and shipwrights at Woodside , near Liverpool , were discovered to be on fire , and nearly all are consumed . The fire raged for sonic time wiih unabated fury , and it is not yet entirely extinguished ; but as thero is little left to consume , it will thus expend itself . The property destroyed is immense , and no d p ubt remains but it wa 9 the work of incendiaries , some trace of whom has been aireadjy obtained , and little doubt remains of their being brought , to ju . stic 3 . li is supposed the largo saw mills have-given , riso to the malice which has thus ended in the destruction of bo large an amount of property . So intense was the heat that the iron > afe was melted , the books destroyed , and the cash reduced to one moU ' cn mass .
Murder at Liverpool . —A young woman , named Eliza May , a loo-e . character , living iii a court in Preston-Hreet , . Liverpool , on Friday had some words with her . landlady , a brothel keeper . On leaving the house , iho brotliol keeper's son , William Smith , a youth not , more than fourteen yours of age , followed her and deliberately s-tabbed her in the neck . She was taken in ' , 0 a druggist ' s thop and thence to the infirmary , but aitd on the road . The murderer at present eludes jiutce . A X > bar Salute . ' —A . sori- of vE-culapius , located near Wakefitld , noted for his attachment to the fair
sex , was waited upon the other morning by a lady who bitterly complained of a tuorh which gave her gvelit pain . Tne beau y of t ) je fair patient made no small impression on ihe doctor ' s heart , and he flattered himself that at the least he might 6 teal a kiss fvith impunity Accordingly when the tooth was extracted , unablo any longer to restrain the ardour of his past-ion , ho wound his arm round the fair one ' s neck and j ; a . ve her a twanging salute . It would appear that she did not relish this excess of gallantry , for she instanily proceeded against him lor an . 'iseault , and the vEjcu ] apian . had io pay damages £ 15 .
. Changes in the Judges' Circuits—The judges decided on last week to .- < fi > anuo the County of York from the Northern CvrcuYt , and attach " it to the Midland Circuit . In adduiun , the judges determined to lake Warwickshire from the Midland Circuit , and attach it to the Oxford Circuit ; and to take Shropshire , Herefordshire , and Monmou ; hshire from the Oxford Circuit , and attach them to cne of the WeJsh Circuits . Hydrophobia . —Epidemv . — -The neighbourhood of Sauiiderscourt , Newcastle * and all that part of the country along the side of the Slaney down to the bridgq of Deeps , have been in the greatest and most alarming siate of excitement for the r last ten days , in consequence of the liumber of mad dogs now
prowling about and attacking every animal in their course . The first appearance of the kind took place in the early part of this mouth , when a dog from' the Deeps ran through the neighbourhood of Kiliown » where he attacked two or three dogs and a calf belonging to Mr . Paul Walker ; three cogs and two heifers of Mr . Thacker ' a ; and two dogs of Mr . Richard Bennet ' s , Newcastle ; also a lamb of Mr . Paul McD onnell ' s , Ferrycarrig , mos ^ of which have since been destroyed . Two favourite greyhounds ef Mr . Thacker's have been shot since Saturday ; and there are many of those furious and rabid animals fitill going about . In fact , such in the state of | this part of the cotmiry that the familit s residing in the neighbourhooa are absolutely afraid to Yentufeout of doors .
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SHEFFIELD . ( From our own Correspondent J The National Petition . —The number of signatnres sent from Sheffield amount to 26 , 000 ; of these about 1 , 000 have been obtained in the villages adjacent , and 25 , 000 in the town of Sheffield . GoNVENTiojif Fvsd . —The following is a statement of monies received for and sent to the Convention by Mr . G . J . Harney , Treasurer for Sheffield : —
receipts . 1842 . £ s . d . Jan . 22 From Stannington ... ... 0 0 6 31 Colleoted in Fig-tree Lano Roem ... ... ... 0 2 3 Feb . 5 William Wragg ... ... 0 0 6 7 Collected in Fig-tree Lane Room ... ... ... 0 5 1 Mr . Richmond ... ... 0 1 0 10 J , Greaves * Ecclesfield ... 0 19 12 William Wragg ... ... 0 10 28 Collected in the Fig-tree Lane Room ... ... ... 0 12 March 13 G . G . ... ... 0 1 0 21 Collected in the Fig-tree Lane
Room ... ... ... 0 6 Jh Mr . Abbott 0 10 22 Geo . Wright , collected among the shoemakers ... ... 0 4 2 £ George Wright ... ... 0 0 4 28 Collected iu the Fig-tree Lane Room ... ... ... 0 10 II April 2 Benj . Spooner , Stannington ... 0 0 6 3 Collected by Morton Roy .-t > n—Morton Roy ^ ton ... 1 0 ' John Linaker ... 1 0 Elizibeth Hartley 1 0 George Walker ... ' . 0 6 John Jones ... ... 0 4 George Huntingdon 0 4 Wm . Jones ... ... 0 4 —— 0 4 6
5 Collected in Intake , by John Rogers , jun . ... ... ... 041 9 William Hammond ... ... 0 0 4 Benjamin Spooner 0 0 6 James Evans 0 1 0 10 Collected at Handsworth , Woodhouse , by ThOB . Dale 0 3 6 George Julian Harney ' s subscription ( proiic oa Finder's blacking ) ... 0 4 0 A friend-... ... 0 0 6 15 A friend ... ... ... ... 0 0 4 17 A friend 0 18 23 William Ward , Woodhouse ... 0 0 6 A friend to freedom ... ... 0 1 0 Wm . Hammond ... ... 0 0 4 24 Collected at Woodhouse , bv T .
Dale ... 0 2 3 Mr . Green 0 0 2 26 A friend 00 4 30 Wm . Tarry 0 0 2 May 2 John Carr ... 0 03 £ 3 2 7 DISBURSEMENTS . April 11 Remitted to Mr . John Cleave 2 0 0 Po ^ t order and postage ... 0 0 4 29 Carriage of petition sheets to London ... 0 1 8 May 2 Reunited to Mr . John Cleave 10 0 Post order aud postage ... 0 0 4 £ 3 2 4 Letter to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P 0 0 1 £ 3 2 ' £
Balance in hand ... ... 0 0 2 George Julian Harnev , Treasurer . Sheffield , May 2 d , 1842 . Mr . Julian Harnev delivered an address to the Sheffield Chartists , in their room , Fig-trte-lane , on Sunday evening last , on the alarming state of the country . Mr . Koyston read the Conventions ' addresses and Mr . O Co « aor ' s htters tromthe Northern Star . They wero listened to with deep interest .
Lecture . —Mr . Samuel Parkes delivured a lecturo in the abave room , on Monday evening , on the rights and duties of women . Tho lecturer delivered an argumentative , eloquent , and sonl-in-ipiring discoiirso , and was warmly applauded by his auditors , particularly his fair hearers , who mustered in considerable strength . Mrs . Harrison presided and well filled the post of honour assigned her Thanks were voted to the Lecturer and the Chairwoman , and the meeting adjourned .
State of Sheffield . —Bankruptcy , crime , and misery , are rapidly on the increase ^ n Sheffield ¦';¦ the inmates of the Sheffield poor house number nearly 600 ; tho sum paid to the out-poor being regular recipients of parish relief , for the week ending Apnr 23 rd , amounted ( in money , bread , &c . ) to ^ 92 10 a ; but this docs not include the casual poor ; the amount paid to the latter in . money , bread , &c , in weekly payments , for the five weeks ending Saturday , April 231 . is as follows : —Murch 25 'h , £ 201 ; Abnl , 2 d , £ 229 ; April 9-h , £ 240 ; April lGth , £ 274 ; and April 23 , ) , £ 293 5 a . 6 d . The number of new applications ' for relief , for the last five weeks have averaged 200 weekly ! When will the end come ?
Rattening . —On Wednesday night , April 27 th , Messrs . Newbold ' s ( BfooQihaU ) wheel was entered , and stones were broken , and machinery destroyed , to the valuo of about fifty pounds . On the same night ,. Mr . Rowland ' a wheel , ' at tho Surrey Works , Granyille-street , was also rattened , some machinery destroyed , and a buffer taken away . The following night tho workshops of James Hodgson , Lead Mill Road , were broken into , and the bellows cut to pieces , and tools taken away . The Queen ' s Bays . — -This regiment left Sheffield on Wednesday for Nottingham , they are replaced by a squadron of the 11 th Hussars ; the inefficient state of the Sheffield barracks rendering them unfit for head Quarters , they are How removed to York .
Mr . Duncombk ' s Motion —In reply to applications made to the members for the Borough and Riding to support Mr . Duncombe ' s motion , for the people ' s delegates to be heard at the Bar of the House of Commons , in support of the National Petition , the following answers have been received : — " Curzon-street , April 28 , 1842 . " Sir , —I have the honour to acknowledge the rtceipt of your letter , which haa reached me this morning :, requesting my support to Mr . Buncombe ' s motion on Tuesday , the 3 rd of May ; that a deputation from the working classes be heard at the Bw of the House in support of a petition to be presented by him .
" I regret much that I must , with ail possible respect to those in whose name you write , reply , that it does not appear to be compatible witta . my duty to support a motion , the objects of which I do not believe to be consistent with the true iutsresta of any one class in the community . " I remain , " Sir , " Your obedient servant , " John Sicart Wortley . ' " air ..-G . J . Harney , Sheffield . " " No . 16 , Noiiorlk-street , P ^ ll Mall , April 30 , 1842 . " SIR—I have received your letter of the 27 th iust , with its inclosure .
"Ifa vote for Mr . Duncoinbe ' s motion , indicated only that respectful attention which a petition signed l > y so large a body or JEng ishmeii , deserves from every member of Parlianient , and which one signed by 25 , 000 inhabitants of ShtflJsid , must necessarjly conmiand from the members for that borough . I should De dispossd to take the course you request , and to assist the petitioners in the very unu » u » , i courso of having a hearing at the bar of the House o £ Conimons ; but it is so diflacult to separate such an act of . courtesy from a ptesuniption of contidence in the general objects of the petition , that I consider it by far the most
atraightforward and honest course at once to express my regret that I cannot do so without a separation from those principles of moderate progression which appear to me most calculated to benen ' t all classes of the people of these realms . v I am far from wishing to keep the door of the constitution closed against many individuals of the working classes , ¦ who , by talents and intelligence are eminently deserving of the franchise ; but I cannot assist in objects so general and uunetined as those aimed at by the parties who are entrusted with the presentation of the ' National Petition . '
" I have the honour to be , " Your obedient servant , " &c . &c . &c . . ¦ " J . Parker . « ' To Mr . George Jnlian Harney , Sheffield . " Up to the time of sending this report from Sheffield , ( Tutaday evening ) no answer bad been received , from Air . Dennison or Mr . Ward .
Local Markets.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 7, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct753/page/3/
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