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      mtrr ft nfttnre , thai he felt he shonld onlj be wasting Sme-of the jury and that of the public , bj longer ^ Linin g the grand jury from their duties . © e ifr&ndjnry tbenretired to their room , and the -anfflon jurors were called . Several claimed exempri / jn-one because he was not qualified by rental or TMjtfirtji another , because above age ; and a third , wjBse a member of the town council of a municipal £ * ongh . In all these cases the parties were ex-Tbb first casB ^^ * ^ Mned Edward _• i ^ ^_ T— t _ _ . !_ __ 1 J 1 ^

      DarRngion , aged 60 years , for stealing a quantity j T } iajat 5 kerton , Dear Lancaster . The jury fonnd Ae prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to two JTjjjulis im prisonment to hard Jabonr . john ZPKoun O' Neih 40 , and John Brailhwaiie 15 w ere indicted for having stolen , at Hornby , fifty rii ewes and one ram , the property of Haniy Mor-XeU I ^ e J ^ fbt 111 ^ b ° tn prisoners guilty , and the trained Judge sentenced CNejl to fifteen years jjjus portarion , and Braithwaite to three months ' imprisonment . and WilRam Almond

      James Kay , 25 , ^ 18 , were indicted for stealing from James Ardray , on the jnrfiway near Blackburn , a quantity of bread and jjjese , and a book . The Jury found Kay , -jjliy of an assault only , and acquitted Almond 5 ie Learned Jndge said , as Kay had been con-Sjjed some nme ( nearly six months ) , he would take jis ^ tra recognizance in £ 50 to keep the peace loi tjjjee years . Gforce TumluIL , 38 , pleaded guilty to an indictoeBi fox bigamy , and put in a statement , apparently jupaUiaiion , that his first wife had been unf&ithfnL joe Learned Judge said it was no palliation for jn ir jnry done to toe second wife , that the first had jB-ireaied the prisoner ; and sentenced him to eight months' imprisonment to hard labour .

      Jofcn Inphum , 29 , was indicted for a burglary in jke hou ? e of 2 klr . William Coilinson , farmer , at Qijton-ie'Tnie , near Blackburn , on the night of fljgjih October . It appeared that three men entered ge house and the bedroom of the prosecutor , all of jjfcia armed , the prisoner with a pistol in each hand , jjidibe cthertwo "With swords , and demanded his jaonej . They stole £ 3153 . and some other articles jj appeared that they had forced the front door open ^ jji a crow-bar . The prisoner threatened to blow 421 the brains of Catharine CoDInson ( the prosecutor ' s daughter ) , if she did not get out of bed . The onsoner afterwards used the same threat to the

      projjeoior , and said they were come for money , and Eocej they wonld have . The prosecutor identified jae prisoner as the man who hai the pistols ; he lud a candle in his hand ; and "witness had known £ a as reading in the neighbourhood , for a period rfnrentj years . The prisoner called witnesses to poTe an aRU ; but they failed to do so , till just at Bra close of the trial a woman , who had lived with IBB prisoner as his wife , swore positively to his having been with her during the whole of the night in qaestion . The Jnry , to the great surprise of almost ETeiy one present , acquitted the prisoner . The Court UsEiTiose .

      TUESDAY , Fitbhuabt 28 th . The Conn was occupied till after twelve o ' clock ¦ BilhsM ^ j the details of which are unfit for pnbliesrion , Tae next was a mint case of no interest . Anoiher mint case followed . James Ainsworth , 30 , and William 7 Tiompson , 21 , sisre indicted for a burglarious entering of the house © f Thomas Lund , grocer , ai Prettyfoot Bridge , in TRIlsbire , near Blackburn , on the night of the 38 th cf August laa ; and also wiih assaulting Lund , with intent to murder iim . The prosecutor , hearing a Bois * id his house , got up and strnek alight , and fonad both prisoners in the room ; Ainsworth wearing a light , and Thompson a dark or black mask , jsd armed with pistols , which they snapped repeatedly at him , but which fortunately on every occasion missed fire , The prosecutor , with great

      courage and gallantry , seized both men ; and one crock him with such force on the mouth as to loosen two teeth ; and they dragged him towards thewindow of another room , got loose , and escaped through it . 3 te alarm wa 3 given ; several neighbours joined in iheparsEit ; the burglars were tracked to a neighbouring narservrgronnd or plantation ; and when a snfnrcgnt force had assembled to surround the plantation , the prisoners were apprehenaedin it . The prosecutor , in the straggle , not only wrested the pistols JrombMh men , buthad torn thebi&ck mask off Thompson ' s ace ; aad when the prisoners were taken , Ains-¦ woni was seen to remove some black cotton , whi eh eotresponded wiih that on the mask from the face of Thompson . One of the men bad left a cap behind las in the house , and Thompson was without cap iriaiapprehended .

      Eie prisoners , in defence , said they were out poaching in the nursery . Hie Jury found them both Guilty , and the Learned Judge said that this was still a capital offence . BM there been anything like serious injury to the jjoseotor , he should have left them for execution Jortan&teiy they had fallen in with one who had leokaon and nerve enough to resist them . Seniaee of death would be recorded against them , and the remainder of their d&vs would be passed in waking as slaves in a foreign land . He shonld recommend commutation , of their punishment into transportation for life . Joseph Ahbolt , alias Joseph Torke , 33 , was indiciedJoi the w 2 Iul murder of Thoms 3 Isherwood , at Blackburn , on the 20 ui of December , 1839 , by shooting Mm wish a gun .

      Dr . Bsows stated the case for the prosecution On the night in question , the deceased and two other keepers , and an -assistant , were watching £ uoe . Tney heard the firing of guns , and found four persons , who attacked them , and dared them to follow . Three of the poachers had dark jackets ; and $ he fourth—the prisoner—wore light clothes . I&e prisoner ' s hand did not fire the gun ; bnt , by the law , he was equally liable . The prisoner ' s gun vent oS , as the keeper believed , accidentally ; and , Shortly afterwards , another gun was fired , which eused the deceased's death . One material witness his one of the poachers , who was at first charged win ike murder , whose evidence was 4 o be taken Triii great caution . The Lamed Gentleman called Robert Snttoa ,

      " « io at the nme was gams keeper to Mr . Hargreaves cfBroad Oak , near Blackburn , and was out on the EgaJ in quessoa , with Thomas and Henry Isher-* w > d , keepers to Wna . Henry Hornby , Esq ., © f Bkekknrn , and a third named Henry Eddlestoo . AfeT"were on the land of Henry Peters , Esq ., of Ira&ezibalgh ; and abont one o ' clock on the morning of the 21 st December , i £ 39 , they heard fonr reports oagnn , or guns , and set off in the direction of the ¦ Sports . Two of the keepers , Thomas Isherwood Jadihe witness , had gons ; and they met four men ni * gap , and one of them knocked witness down , Wore he { perceiyed them . Three of the . poachers JKsfflted she gnns at the other keepers and swore «* 9 "Krald sheet themif they did not Btand back .

      , ilieebd dark clothes , and the fourth had a light -3 & « £ i « i . After presenting their guns , they made I ™*/ together . The keepers and witnesB agreed to fca » w tSem ; and the poachers , ob finding themselves PSEaed , tamed round and swore if the keepers dad ^ ipjaekjthey would shoot them . The man in wijttrt coloured coat stood at witness ' s side , and ^ bts lie would shoot iim . The poachers went on " £ & , sad Henry Eddleston ( who is « nce dead ) " Bit &w * y for more assistance . Tiie keepers stall P ^ sied the poachers across some meadows and a ^ pso J * nd , as the poachers were getting orer a gate , jki&erwood clicked ( snatched ) at one of their guns . -r ^ Powiers goi over the gate , and the keepers fol-*** laeai into a stubble £ eldon going up which

      , ®*« tf the poachers threw a stone , and again j Tl ^ BBd to shoot the keepers if they did not go ?** % After going a few roods further , the poachers ^* d romd , and all four came close np to the-^ - one eazneio witness to strike him with bis g * J another to Henry Isherwood , and two " to f ?* ss Isherwo&d . The man strnck at witness ^ a ae bntt end of hi 3 gun , but witness broke the *** Tmh his gnn . "Witness noticed that it was the «* 4 athe fi ^ ht-coloured coat ; in the struggle his ^ weit t off , as appeared to witness accidentally , *« Hie shot lodged in the erwind . Shortly afterwent

      " ^ Va gnn o 2 , aad Thomas Isherwood cried g- Witness at this time had hold of the man in £ fy 2 t'coloured coat , and , on hearing the cry , be ?** at Thomas Isherwood , wfco was about fifteen - ^ sfi j and his coat was on fire . Two men were r ** » inn at the time . Witness left loose of the £ *» er , and ^ e ^ ^ p lo Tiomas Isherwood , and * 5 ; v P' ^^ ers all ran offl Isherwood said , in ^^ ag , " ° ^ dear » J ° * sh ™ v ® * " * " q ^ 51 ? keepers took Isnerwood home , and he Si » aboui an hour and a half . The place BtStf t" ** ^ was on the land of which Mr . ^ i ad the EhootinE over .

      *^ a Mereer , one of the poachers , identified the ^ roer&stme of the parry , and corroborated the * « b » t ° * ^ ° witness . The poachers shot £ *™ .. P"easant 3 , which one of the party , named 8 ™* gr > took wiih him . Tnis witness stated , that ;* PteQnar Abbott being knocked down , he cried { £ V , i * ° s > will yon see me killed ? " on which |? " ? J iired hh gunj and shot the deceased . H , t j ^ . « nerwood , brother of the deceased , also SlsSfr ihe te 5 timony already adduced . ¦ " * a * Was not concluded .

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      j ^^ BEEN—On Monday lart , the National ^^ warter Union , held their monthly , or business g ?™!\ a thar Hall , 38 , fieorge-rtreet ; ilr . Archi WfT ? ' a tte dhafe Tfie rtatementa of the ^ T /^ having been read over by the secretary , gj ^^ ea hjghjy ratisfactory . A new code of regula-8 , ( Cr ^ ^ been drawn jap under the inspection of tag ^ ol-w&J coaSmed by the meeting , as likewise SejZC ^ oiSouB tjjen proposed , Ttfs having been ¦ ~ S « ior elee&ig half of tne Ckrondl toropply the Wsa of " 6 * 1 ^ by twelve having completed tbelr a ^ g ^ J 11 * avice , -was allowed lo lie ova nntil next S&ToVJ 11665 * 1181 * " tbe honse "" »• conndered toe ii j ^ 8 to the extraordHiaiy stats of the weather Dgj ^^ J -MTherEon moved a vote of thanks t » T- S Ported ^ ' - '' ^ P- ^ ^ no * those members whoinpegjg ^ - niotioj ^ Icir an enquiry into the un-jndge-like ^ Siaf tH ^ T -Wringer . Tee motion -was carried ~* * aaaaeB oI afplanse .

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      THE TRIAL . GOVERNMENT PROLECUTrCN GFFEAEGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . AND OTSERS , FOR AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY . LANCASTER . —NISI PRIUS COURT . Wedkesdat , Mabch 1 . _ ^ - B aron Rolfe , the Judge of the Assize , having nxed this morning for the commencement of the trials of Mr . Feargus O'Connor and others , charged by her Majesty ' s Government , under the " monster indictment , " < a copy of which we published a few weeks ago in the StarJ for a conspiracy , by violence , to bring abont a change in the Constitution , the Lourt , at an early hourwas besieged by persons

      , anxious to hear the proceedings . The body of the Court was crowded to excess , and included a large proportion of the defendants , who mized promiscuously among the general body of spectators . On the bench were a number of fashionably-attired ladies , the daughters of the gentry resident in the neighbourhood of Lancaster , who probably graced the Court with their presence , for two reasons , first , to hear the evidence , and Becondly , to have an opporumity of Beeing what shocking people these Chartists are .

      Tte Learned Judge took his seat on the bench PKcLely at nine o ' clock ; soon after which Mr . O Connor , accompanied by Mr . Scholefield , Rer . W . Hill , and W . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , of Bath , came into Court , and took their seats immediately behind those reserved for the members of the bar . The Court having been opened with the usual formalities , the Clerk of Arraigns called over the names of the Jurors summoned to serve . Four of the Special Jurors , npon whom notice had been regularly served , did not appear when called , and no sufficient excuse being tendered for their absence , they were fined £ 25 each . The following gentlemen were then sworn on the Jury : —

      SPECIAL . James Rothwell Barnes , Somer-field , Great-lever , Esq . John Bentley , of Farnworth , Esq . James Anderson , of Burgh Hall , Dnxbury . Esq . Edward Brook , of Melbourne-place , Rusholme , merchant . Isaiah Ashlin , of Great Mersey-street , Kirkdale , merchant . Thomas Edgeley , of Park View , | Rusholme , merchant . Forsyth William Smith , of Wellfield-place , Toxteth Park , merchant . Charles Armstrong , of St . George ' s-ioad , Everton , merchant . James Blythe , of Plymouth-grove , Chorlton upon-Medlock , merchant . Thomas Haigh , Elm Hall , Harrtree , merchant .

      TALESHKS . Richard Harrison , of Barmby , tallow chandler . Charles Storrs Kennedy , of Ulverstone , gentleman . - William Scott , of "Dlverstone , gentleman . The Jcdge , addressing the Attorney-General , said that an objection to serve on the jnry had been made by Mr . Bentley , of Farnworth , on the ground that being a magistrate and having taken an active part in the proceedings against the parties with whom the transactions about to be investigated , were said to have originated , he did not think he shonld be an impartial per&on for the discharge of the duty . He ( the Jndge ) did not think the reason a sufficient one , but as the objection had been made , he wished to state it . The Attokkkt-Gesekal said that if his Learned Friends on the other side had no objection , he had none-to the withdrawal of Mr . Bentley ' s name .

      Mr . Duxdas said , that as appearing for two of the defendants , he had no objection to be tried by any magistrate . A desultory conversation followed , which ended in Mr . Bentley's name being retained on the liBt . Sir Fssdk . Pollock , Attorney-General ; the Hon . Jas . -S . Wobtlkt , M . P ., and Q ,. C ; Sir Gkegoby Lewis , Knight ; Mr . Hildtahd ; and Mr . F . Pollock , appeared to conduct the prosecution on the par ; of the Crown . Mr . Baines , Q C-, appeared for James Scholefield and William Scholefield . With reference to the last mentioned defendant , the Attosxey-Gese&jli . said he would ai once relieve his Learned Friend from all trouble by consenting-to a verdict of acquittal being taken . Mr . Dcsbas , Q . C , appeared for Thos . Aikin and William Brook .

      Mr . Sergeant Mprfht appeared for Tbomas Railion , William Johnson , and John Derhara . Mr , Athxbtos appeared for James Ffcnton and William Stepbenson . 2 Ar . M'Obhat appeared for one or more of the defendants , bnt he did not distinctly understand which . Mr . F . Pollock opened the pleadings . The indietment charged the defendants with having illegally conspired together , and with divers other persons " to the jurors unknown , unlawfully assembled together , and by violence , threats , aad intimidation , to compel persons to desist from their lawful occupations , all tending to bring about a change in the law and the constitution as established in these realms . To this indictment the defendants bad severally pleaded not gnilty , on which issne was joined , which issue it was for the jurors to try , and say whether ibe dependents were guilty or not guilty .

      Mr . O'Cosng * applied to have the witnesses for examination ordered out of court , which was immediately complied with . The ATTG 2 . NEY-GENERAL then rose , and addressing the Jury , said he could assure them most unfeignedly that he never rose to discharge a more painfui duty than the one which fell to iis lot to-day , er-one in which he considered that the responsibility « ast upon those who advised the Crown , was greater than on the present occasion . While for a moment be adverted to cirenmstanees which , more or less , must be within the knowledge of every gentleman comprising the Jury , as probably of almost « very person in court , —while he alluded to that for one moment , in order to caution them

      against any impressions which they might have received with respect to any individual charged , before they came into that box , it waa-Ecarcely pos sible not to entertain the strongest impression of the danger and the mischief that might ensne from offences such as tho&e mentioned in the indictment , if indeed they had been committed by the defendants . He would call their attention exclusively on this occasion to the / acts that would be brought before them , and he would state in the outset , without ths slightest difficulty , that if they were not satisfied of the -guilty participation of every defendant , let all those who had by their own evidence or not implicated themselves , if the evidsnee given on the part of the prosecution should

      leave any fair or reasonable doubt tn the minds of the Jury , have the benefit of that doabt , and by their verdict be acquitted- The offences imputed to the defeadants was that of endeavouring , by large assemblages of persons , to accomplish by force , violence , menaces , and intimidation , such a degree of alarm and terror throughout the country as to produce a change in some of the fundamental parts of the Constitution of the country . He should not stop there to inquire , nor should he , moreover , attempt to diacus 3 lor one moment , the merit or the demerit of the change , or the beauty of tae constitution , or happiness , which it might or might aot shed upon those who had the blessing to liTe nnder it . He was ihere—not to discuss any

      political subject whatever . He was there merely for the purpose of vindicating the law , and he d-. ubted not but that his Lordship would tell the Jury that the < 5 ourse of proceeding which he < the Altorney-General ) had adverted to was illegal ^ that it was not by such proceedings that anj change of whatever sort was to be brought about La the constitution of the country ; and if they were satisfied by the evidence that the respective defendants had taken any part in a proceeding which had this for its object , and those means to which he had adverted were tne means to be resorted to by the defendants , then it would be the duty of the Jury , however painful , to find them guilty . As little had he to do with the political origin of ihB meetings to

      which be must first call their attention . H © proposed not to enter into the secret history of the motives of any individual anterior the time when first the law was violated . He proposed not to enter into any inqairy as to what were the circumstances that led 10 the commission of these offences , beyond j which was absolutely necessary to render the ; fact 3 connected with them inteligent to the ; Jury . Having then Btated to them the duty he had to perform , and entreated them to dismiss from iheir recollections any circumstances tending to create prejudice , or to neigh against any of the . defendants individually , or as a body , he should pro- j ceed , as shortly as he could , to narrate the facts 1 -which he proposed to lay before them as matter ofj evidence . Somewhere about the 26 th of July last , j a meeting was held at Ashton-under-Lyne , the n : »« n «« # i-n / v # wllist ^ l « LS t ) lAV tPAM TlT */>})* lHl'tf ftiVAPA . I situation of whichas they were probably aware J

      , , with reference to Manchester , was abont nx miles j to the East of the town . At the meeting , one of ! the defendants , William Woodruff , was the chair- i man , and another of the defendants , Rd . Pilling , was also preBent , and the Jnry would find that the ] language used on that occasion could leave no doubt j whatever as to what were the objects and intention of tb& parties who were then assembled . He pro- j posed to read a very few sentences of what fell from the Chairman and from Pilling , when he addressed I the meeting , because he believed there was no doubt that evidence wonld be given to confirm the state- j ments-he should make . Woodruff opened the meeting in a speech in which he exhorted the I people " to give over work until they could j get a fair dsy ^ s wage for a fair day's work . " i He then called upon Pilling to address the meeting , j Tae language he used was very strong , and was personally diretted to owners of mille in the neigh- j

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      bourhood . He said he should " advise the cotton lords to keep within the precincts of their own palaces , for drrk nights were coming on ; and some bold hand , more daring than the rest , would reckon with them , for the reckoning day was near , and a bloody reckoning it was lika to be . " It appeared that shor tly before this there had been some reduction made by the master manufacturers in the wages of the various workmen whom they employed . Ho believed that two or three of these reductions occurred in the month of April last year , and seme of the observations made by the defendants were with reference to a still further reduction that was suspected . The meeting on the 26 th of July was adjourned to the following day , | but either no meeting took place , or else it was so thinly

      attended , that it excited no publio attention whatever . On the 1 st of August , Moorhouse , the bellman of "yde , gave notice of another meeting , and at that meeting , George Candelett , another of the defendants , acted as the Chairman , and notice was then given of a further meeting for Monday , the 7 th of Aagust , to take place at Mottram Moor , on Wednesoff-green , four miles from Ash worth , where the Chartists were in the habit of holding their camp meetings . The Jnry wonld find that on Sunday the 17 th of August , two meeting 8 were held , one in the morning and the other in the afternoon , to which he must call their attention , because in the meantime , the manufacturers who had given notice of an intention to reduce

      their wages , at least all , he believed , with the exception of one , withdrew the notice of reduction . On Friday , the 15 th of August , one house having persisted in their intention , a sort of meeting of the masters and workmen of that factory oocurred at which something was said that gave offence to the men . He could hardly suppose that such offence was intended ; but undoubtedly some offence was created , and the men immediately abandoned their work , and that he believed was the first commencement of what was called the turnout . On Saturday , the 6 th of Augutt , there was a procession of not less than 1 , 500 or 1 , 600 persons , who went through Newton , headed by John Derham and John Crossley . At the meeting held on Sunday , the 7 ch of August , Moorhouse addressed the people , and then , perhaps , for the first time , the object of the meeting was distinctly avowed . He told the

      meeting that it was neither a wage question nor a religious question—it was a national question—and that their object was to make what was commonly called the " People ' s Charter" the law of the land . At that meeting Candorlett . one of the defendants , spoke , and a- man named Wild , who was now suffering under sentence , at "hesteT , also addressed the people . At iwo o ' clock in tbe afternoon , there was a larger meeting , and on that occasion , the defendants John Leech , Thomas Starer , James Siephenson , and Thomas Manon , spoke , and it was then stated that on the following day , there would be a great turn-out , and that no one should return to work until every principle of the People's Charter shoulc be come the law of the land . On that occasion , Moorhouse used language , of which he believed this was a correct statement . He said , " You have been told of tbe evils under which we labour , and I am requested "—

      Mt . Dundas—There is no such person in the indictment . The Attornet-Gknebal was not aware that he had mentioned Moorhouse as a defendant . He was alluding to language used by the chairman of a meeting , and he believed he should be perfectly correct in stating to the Jury , that that which a chairman , uninterrupted , and without opposition was permitted to state , was , at least evidence of the intention of those who were assembled at that meeting , and he believed several of the defendants were actually present . Moorhouse said , , * You hav « been told of the evils we labour under , and I am requested to tell you that to-morrow a meeting will take place at Stalybridge , at five o ' clock in the morning , wheu

      we shall proceed from factory to factory , and the hands that will not willingly come out we will turn them out , and when we arelout , we wiJl remain out , till the Charter , which is . the only ( guaranteed for yonr wages , becomes the law of the land . I hope to meet you all to-morrow morning , when we will join hand in hand in this great national turn-out . " On the following morning , a meeting was held at a place called Haigh , near Stalybridge , at which from 2 , 000 to 3 , 000 persons were present . There were two placards exhibited , on one of which were these words : — "The men of Stalybridgo will follow wherever danger points the way ; " and npon tbe other : — "They that perish by the sword are better than they that perish by hunger . " After tbe meeting was over , the people proceeded first to the mill of Messrs . Harrison , where they

      turned out all tbe hands , and stopped the mill . Tney then went to the mill of Messieurs . Lees , where they did not find the same willingness to receive their proposal to stop labour . They burst open the door , aad by force they did that which at the Messrs . Harrison ' s they were enabled to do merely by their presence and appearance . It was arranged that they should meet the following moraing , and something was said about going to Manchester . At a very early hour on the morning of Tbuesday the 9 th of Augnst , the people were meeetiog at Hyde , at Stalybridge , and at Ash ton ; asd from the place where they all assembled , they determined to march to Manchester . Accordingly some thousands of persons , with certain descriptions of arms , with bludgeons , and banners , having something the appearance of Fleft speaking J

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      ¦ "' W ^ ^ " » » » - ^^^^^^^^^^ J p | J * , * J - ^ J U 1 ^ Skbious Chabge . —Rochestee , F * b . 27 . —This morning the county justices in petty sessions were occupied for some time hearing a complaint against EnBign Robert Dawson Chapman and Ensign James Le Marchant Carey , officers belonging to her Majesty's 44 th Regiment of Foot , for killing and stealing three fowls , the property of Mrs . Walker , residing in a cottage on the London-road , near to the village of Rainhatn . From the statement of the complainant it appeared that on Wednesday morning last , between the hours of twelve and one o ' clock , in consequence of hearing three distinct reports of a gun , she went to the door , and saw two gentlemen with guns in their hands picking up her fowls . She immediately went to them and asked why they had shot her fowls ? Tbe gentlemen said , "They are not your fowls ; they belong to the landlord , Mr .

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      wXrW ? H \! tar lDD ' £ told U 8 «>• " Saa ( Mrs thei SStSL . ?^ : ™ 2 l 2 fowl 8 » and tbe » one of S riff thTN . ^ hia double-barrelled gun was on W " u * W know whether her head M ^ . shoulders or not . as she was v « rv rAirS ^ n /^ ' ^ T « en ™ ™ car ' ried awl ? D L 3 eSBfS ^ K them to theStar InM ° which fidlnrS / We ? ' ? - At the inn 6 h « saw the iot it hi '"" * ' t 0 ld h 6 r th » ' her master wn fumedte * ^ knowi ^ what to do she re-JKn »^ 5 ' £ J ? 8 hort time f he asain went to he mo and saw . Foste , to wh . ; . , ,. il . : _„_ , _ t " ' * to" » i «» vruom bub reiateu an whe

      „ mL ™ Z mC l ' ^ nd asked her the * entle-Sken awL * $ * * % fowls they had » d and Snf , Hn f y ' , Mr F oateT 6 aid > " the gentlemen 2 w » FW £ them he did not « are a d ~ «« SL f / ri " A fter ' that 8 h « 8 * one of the S ^ h ^ A i 99 ekti nim t 0 Pavherfor her pro-E ? , J ? a * ? . when he laughed , and gave HH 13 T £ eatin « tbe names of S * Rowland Hill and John Dawson , The birds were valuable , 1 JS ?" ? t recd ' worth 12 * . Adams , the constable of Luton , said he had ascertained the officers had had two of the fowls cooked at the inn for their dinner , which they ate ; the third fowl they carried away with them . The ma » istrat . « B ** . \ A

      it was a most disgraceful oase , and amounted to a teiony . ine Court granted warrants for the immediate apprehension of the parties . Adams , the constable , with a witness , left Rochester by the mail for Deal , where the officers are now with their depot . Ensign Carey is the son of General Thcopmlus Carey .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR ^ ¦¦ - !¦— ¦ -. _^ -.. . . i . i - — •« i . — _ . _ - — ~»—i

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      LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . Tbe Easter General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , for this borough were opened at tbe Coort House , on Tuesday afternoon last , at twe o ' cleck , before Thomas Flower Ellis , jon ., the KecoTder . Tbe following gentlemen cemposed the grand jury : — Mr . CbarJea Barr , banker , Commercial-street ; ( fore . man ); Win . Bishop , merchant , Springfield-place ; Joshua Barton , noolitapler , Bank-street ; Richard H . Co well , paper merchant , Trinity-court : Joseph Oafton , cloth aerchant , Bisinghall-street ; Win . Firth , stuff

      merchant , Wellington-street ; We Roger ftatliffe , stuff merchant , Albion-street ; James Green , gentleman , Park-row ^ Wm . Wilks Hill , woolstapler , Land ' s-lane ; Henry flood , iron founder , Pottery-fle ! d-lane ; James Hntton canvas manufacturer , Basingball-street ; Thos . Toilet Luccock , stuff merchant , Park-sqaare ; Thomas Powell , curiosity dealer , Boar-lane ; James Rothery , woolstapler , BoDd-street ; Robert Walker Simpson , wdelstapler , BoBd-street ; John Syfces , merchant , Beech Grove ; Joseph Town , paper mater , Trinity-street ; Thomas Pym Williamson , merchant . Mount Piston .

      The Grand Jury having been swotd , and the usual formalities also gone through , Tbe Learned Recorder addressed tbe Grand Jury , and referred to tbe early period at which the Sessions were held- The reason why they had been fixed thus early was on account of the Assists commencing at York on Saturday , continuing then until tbe 25 th of March , and being afterwards held for a fortuigbt or three weeks at Liverpool , on which acconnt , to suit tbe convenience of tbe Counsel , it was nbcessary to have tbe Sessions either earlier or later than the Assizes . To have had them after the Assizas would have made the quarter , from tbe 28 th of December , too long , particularly as in the winter quarter the jail generally filled faster than in tbe summer quarter , and therefore he thought

      the Midsummer Sessions could better stand a long quarter than the present one , particularly as there were now a good number of appeals to be heard . He mentioned thia , because some parties had been takes by surprise , and had not been able to be ready with business which onght to have come before tbe Court on this occasion . Ths Town Council , for instance , bad some bye-laws regarding hackney coaches which ought to have been laid before the Court for its sanction , and which required a certain notice . In consequence of the early period at which the Sessions had been fixed there had not been time to give this notice ; and he mentioned this to show that they were net to blame . He did not think there was any case in the calendar to which it was necessary to allude ; but he might observe that there was one species of defence frequently adopted by persons tried for felony , of which they

      conld take no notice . He had mentioned it to jun

      The Grand Jury then retired , and several motions , of coarse by Counsel , were heard , principal ]; as to esterlog and respiting appeals . t An award of two magistrates was read by the Clerk tf the Peaca stopping up a footpath 144 yards long on or near Holbeck Meor , on property belonging to Measis . Marshall .

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      BUDDERSFXELD . —On Monday night last , the members of the Chartist Association met in their Room , Upperhead-row . Many were present , and Sanday . the 12 th of March , was | appointed for the next District Meeting to be beld at Almondbury .

      GLASGOW . —A Correspondent , who furnishes as with bis name , has sent us the following , as a specimen of the manner in which the League Fund is got up in tbit neighbourhood : — •« The most discreditable and tyrannical meins have I ? en resorted ta in order to obtain subscriptions . Masters , managers , foremen , be . have with this view put in opeiation all the inftuenca at tbeir command ; and when wheedling , coaxing , and sophistry could not effect tbeir object , intimida tion of the grossest kind has been resorted to , threat * of dismissal from employment being no uncommon occurrence , when some victim more sturdy than the

      lest has attempted ta withstand tbe imposition . In one very extensive factory in the eastsrn division of the city , this system was most entensively resorted to . A subscription sheet for each flat was put into the bands of rhe master or oversman of such flat , and every man and mother ' s son , however miserable the pittance which short time and reduced pay had left him , had to pat down his name to the sheet and submit to be mulcted in a certain sum , under pain of loss of favour and consequently of employment ; and in certain caseB the sums so demanded have exceeded the amount of wagts earned for tbe then current week . "

      Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary. The First Volume Of This Cela-

      VOLTAIRE ' S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY . The first Volume of this cela-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct792/page/5/