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Vo ^ &J&SxaXsL ^ l SUtoiaaJ-ii J ^ S ^ I « i ^ 5 . C 2 GW 2 * COUKT , SiifMiT , 3 t lt 15 . ( Before Mr . JvsHe : C- « sceV j BE £ Gl ~ k 3 T AS B . OTS"VTEL 1-Ckarics WriggleswarOi ^ , "Pas indicted for having , on tie 6 S 1 ol Jan . last , at Middleton , in the parish of Jijlh « reil , eommlttscL a harglarj in the itocse of Mx . josir ea Boirar ,. at a laim occopifcd by his > wnd , William "Wood . ' ikCHiLL iras for the prosecution , Th 8 prisoner \ KS defended by 2 Jr . Bliss .
2 dr- Btr » eriesi 3 esat Hunslet , near Leeds , and has a iarm at Midaieton , on wldch Ms manager , ' Mr . Wej . "WooS , resides . At Ctoistmas last " Mr . Wood had killed a jngi aboK twenty-one stone -weight , TFhich lie bad cat up himself ; znd on ihe night of the 6 th of January , tbe jag was left » fe in pltklfi In the dairy . On "Wood getting up the next -morning , St half-past iour o'clock , be found that bis house h&d D ? en broken epen , sad HaSHce pig , -with a Tandy of other property , had " been stolen . Saspieien fell-upon the prisoner , sod Inshonse'waB ^ azcbed at the tame ; Tmt nothing was then found , nor 4 id anything occur to fix-him frith the
3 » Bbeiy ynBl the 24 th of January , "when it came to the . knowledge of tfie police that a man nsmsd Liversedge , residing aS Hucslet , had bought some bacon of Wrigglefisorth , which on being submitted to the insreeucn of Wood , -was identified by him as that -wMcn ha 3 been stolen from his house . The prisoner "eras apprehended by a ponce cficer of Iteds , on the 27 ih ot February , he havlsg beenabsent from his own . bouse . "When hs-wss appretenfied , ho "Was charged with the robbery , jand he admitted having sold the bacon to Xdvexsedge , bat said lie ha-1 found it in s plantation a few davs before he had sold it
jar . Bliss addressed the Jury at some length for the
prusoner . Qaiiij . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for zone calendar months . SOBSS 5 TEA 1 X 5 G AT XE 1 FSHA 3 I . George Hobson , 3 i , traa inaieUd for havisg , on the S 2 d ef Oetdbez . 1 S 3 S , stolen a grey mare at JJewtham , Sn the Jforth Hiding , the property * f Saiph Gloves ttz . Wixkiss was lor the prisuntii under irhese advice he withdrew his pfea of 2 iot Guilty , and pleaded Guilty . ! The prisoner lecfci-jed a goad character sisce the transaciaon . To ie Impris&ned and kept io hard labour for twelve calPTirtaT months .
BTBGLiST AT HOWDKX . Zdliard Ward . 21 , ttss indielaa for a burglary in the flireBing-honse of Mr . John Peck , at B ^ woui , in the East Biding . Mi ^ B-irs and Mr . Hamkbtos ware for the prose cation ; the prisoner -vras nndefended . The prosecutor is a former reading at Kewland Gate , Is the parish of Howden . On the night of the IS-fa ci April last he and his family retired to rest , leaving the premise * safely locked mp , and on the following morning it ins found that by breaking a square in a front "windovr , entrascs h vi been gained to a 700 m on the gtOOSKi HOOT ,, in . frbich ins a dtfik and < jTatreHJ , TrhiCh-ffere broitn open , and a varict } of articles of bearing apparel , some money , and other articles Stolen . About half-past five o ' clock cm that morning She prisoner called at the house -of a labouring man at HowSenPyke , "with a lar ^ e tnndle in his possession ,
trhich he asked to Isstb thi-re for a short time . He left Ma handle , and soon aits sttsrned -vith a basitt , in ¦ which he Had Bome other tiiinga Information of thk W 2 B giyen to the prosecutor ; and when the prisoner called asaxa fox his bundle he "was detained , and a constable iras sent ior . Ihb hat trhich he was tfearius aithe time sss identiSed by the prosecutor ' s son K 3 TnBj ssA ss hsnisg beED sh ^ eB along trita tee other prcperry which vas pn > finced and identified . The priaoneriBade no defence , and tras found Guilty . To he transported for the term of his natacal iife . The piisoneywas-rinmcicd of felony at Bavenef Sessions , on Ihe ISth of October , 1 S 42 , and ffsa sentenced to ss menths" impiisosintnt , which term only expired en the anonahg of the day ob which he committed this t&cca . OnTecerriEg Hs sEntence , h » KW > lly rfcmari ^ j " Ttank you my lord , that is gusi -waat I 'wanted . * ' Heltft tbs dock in great glee .
M . TXGEP COXSPrRACI AT LEEDS . WiBiom Coi / i / bffo , S _ 0 , and . Bofe / i Thomson , 32 , ¦ Were iadicted fox a conspiracy to defraud several parties atL ^ eds , and also Trith hsTing obtained a quantity of goods from Hn . Sbzabeth Fletcher by false pretences . Mr , "H * T . T ., M > . tttt . t . ^ and Mr . Habdt -spexe eoansel for the prosecution ; Ml Wiuiiss defended ^^ ift priff oi ? € T ^ - ¦ ^ ThedrcumdaneesTsrere llsese : —The trsro prisoners , si the e&riy part of the month of March last , took a ionse is Leighton-iane , Park-lane , Leeds , the property ot Hiss Osies , -wMchthey fitted xip ass small -srarebOOEB . A » * OOIiaaUlBjhadgOlposse » SQOn , they vent to ilr . George Shepherdson , a joiner and cabinet to
maker , and ^ stb orders pot them np a wooden partition : in the honse -which they had takeD , and to pni therein tvp large tables and a temporary desk . The prisoners said the things-were for themselves , or 1 m "Ifcomsen aniCo ^ " filr . S . could not ray which * , ana they promised to pay for them as soon as the business-was completed . The-sroxkirw duly finished , the KU for -which-was £ 3 10 b . 6 d- ; bat themoney ttos never paid , althonga it iras asked for zereral times . After hayiss taken the boose , they obtained irom Mr . MIebaal Andrew a large quantity of can-rass , "Which ; he delivered at the "varehcass in Leighton-3 sne ; aid at the time he tendered his bili , hsving betn promised ready money . Gainforth was tiie oxdy person in thsifsrehonse when li-e goods ^ were delivered , and he
said he could not pay the money , ss Sir . Thomson tras not then in . Gainforth , sfter he had-waited some fime , aaMhehadto jgoto Carrer ' B-srarehoiisetooeeabotit SOme gOOdi , Sad hstETlBt lockths -W ^ rehoose op , but be promised to taia JSx . JL&drev a soTereign that night if h « did JMiaes Thompson . This sovereign hagot , but twuld not obtain the lemainder of his bill , which amounted to £ 2 8 s . 7 Jd . On Saturday , the 11 th of March , Thomson called at the -sarebonse of Mr . Jeremiah Sates , stationer , in lands-lane , and ordered seyea issmsof paper for Thomson and Co . in Leighton-lane ; l > Et 3 £ r . Gates Sid not send the paper to the place , and about three clock in ths afternoon cf the same day , { Jainforth -vest sad asked why it had not been sent doirn . and said they -wasted it , as they hud a large
quantity of goo 3 s to make op to send sway thst night ^ t . Gatesxeplisd that he did not feel at liberty to seed the papa ; ViUiOllt a xfcferfince , as he -did sot know Thompson and Co . Upon Gates saying ( Mb , Gainfcrth aala , " "Whai jeference do yon -swait ? I hare lived twenty-Sve years in Leeds , and have a brother in the Post-cffice ; my father is an independent gentleman ; msd J myself iivBinBari-EquBre . ** Gites then said , "I was about to send down an invoice of the goods , " npon "Which Gainforth zeplied , - *• 1 supposs yon want the money before the goods are delivered . '' Gates told him lie 5 idj-cpon-sriich txainlorUi fiaid , * ' 1 couid hST 8 100 JPums o ^ paper if 1 feoagct proper elsewhae . " Gates told him be -was quite sX liberty to do so , " and he then 'Sraafcsway . Qnlhe sune day ( March llth ) both the
pnaongTB -were st fba Bake of York pubHc honBP , from "which place they aent a message to Sir . John Rnow-es Heaps , reqaesting his atfendance there . He went , and tJainforth -was the principal spokesman , and said « fhef hsd opened s -wsr&honse in Leeds , asd "wanted to purchase a psificulET description cf dstfc for "Man-« hester . nse . He said the firm was " E . Thompson sod Co ., " and he pointed out Mr . T . as the priniapsl , and said that he { Gainforth } -was their assistant , and that fChompson , and Co . -would pay for the goods when they Vere delivered . In frmwgpgpce of this be -sras not 80 particalai -withthim as be sbonia bars beea : but he s £ Scefl"Vhal Gainfortli , in course of tb < 3 ccnversstion , iiTariably nsed the prononn " we . " He told tk * m he liad some canvass of a particular tind . -srhich would
"gtnt them , and which he could put thtm in at a low price . They bargained for twelve pieces cf this , two of "which -were to be thai day sent to leighton lane , -when part payment was to J » returned by the messenger , and the otbtr ten pieces -were to be delivered on the 31 on-lay following , at -which time the iemain 3 er cf ^ fce cash was to be paid . On Monday , Mr . Heaps -went to the warehouse in JsightoD-Line himself , snd tT ? ""^ lie ssrsr Gainforth and another man , -who he understood -was a warehooseBisn . " ^ aanforfh said that Thomson' -was not then in , but if hs Would call again when the other pieces -were delivered , % be soodi-WDuld be paid for altogether . He was once sgaia , subsequently , at the warehonss , but the remain--fler of his goods -were not delivered , on account of the
« ash not being paid according to agreerofnt Tfc ¦ whole amount of his bin srsa £ 11 12 6 £ d ~ A . mao named J ^ m Smni was ztssX ezamined . He had lived as saut of servant at the Bee Hive Inn , on "WeDiDgtox-xesa , I ^ e- ^ s , and-was engaged by the prisoners for one Ts-eek as a ware 3 icn « ma 3 . He deposed to the fact Cat goods of -rarioa * descriptions were sent in most of which ^ rere immediately resold at a Jess than , cost pnee by l&x . Xhomsm , nnder the plea that he vranttd snoney . Hfiadmittea that Gainforth alwayB acted in the character of . servant to Thomson , ili . Ambrose finnBv a Barman cloclanaker , had delivered them a eloci *) r the warehonse , for which he did not get jaia , bnt -which was afterwards Ktarned to him . proker , JEikgat ^ , I « eds , aeposed ttat eainforth went
to tinrjbq ? -on Tuesday Uielith March , and ordered MEcros arbolejof furnifcre , amomtiiii in the whole to £ t Ji , thB agreement being ttat when the goads was aent down the money -sag tote letornefi , Satuforth at fiHrtime making oatallsl of the s ^ des , ynth ffieir inice , ma Mfing at «» loot of tte paper , - Cash to be | aia £ The ^ oods tob described as bang tranted by B . Thomson * nd Co , to furnish a room in their -wareiousein-whichtheyoBhgnien-irerBto sleep . Thomas feayson , a master tailor , stated that Gainforth -went to tfisjhonse , on tte 15 fit of March , and preaentSis to lain ^ tara ,: wi&Q » address , « B . Tbom « m ann ^ , " tmit , « MS , » x -snotbyxm , 3 & . Q rayBon , fc make each 41 ray sol of blaek dolhess ope « f «« best ^ . « H » w \ ffissBpoinboeii ^ He rGravsonj th ^^ t i
««« wa . eainforth to the place in I ^ lgUon-me , and / aerameaBowd boa the prisoners ; Thompson agr ^ eingtopay one half of the money atnoori TO ^^ y ^ Tf tochthejWTO tolwfiiaBhM fSifardayafter ^ andtbe HaJwaaerm-aB « joa 6 ot 1 ht > Iftllowin ? ireei . Bat fctsyaon not likinf the parties -never made the clothes . He swore , however , that Gainforth , - when is first spots to him , « n © a SkoffiNolOs partnec . Ux . Thomu Wfl-
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6- ; a , tp r . i-. irerc 5 i 5 Ul , ^ i > ua Uiii- ti iiiii otu ? , on Uic I 5 ti ! f XsrrJi . cn > trtil of him half a < lcz ; n bottles of *< -- -ri a ? id h-. i 2 ,-. Z 2 u of Eherry ¦ wine ,. for R Tuoinson ai .-d C- » . ; the -wice vras to be delivered in Leightoc > lane r ^ essrr . efsnmz . sji A an account -With it The wine aii . ounu < L to £ ; l 2 a . ; the mouey was to be paid on the next or following market-day , but it iad never been paid yet Mr . Wilson said he had known Gainforth before ; ana lie understood ' that be -waa acting at the time as an assistant to S ,. Thomson andCa Witnesses were next called who proved that eiinforSh , on the 16 th of March , ordered a quantity of writing paper ol Mr . Town , Blaiioner , amonnting in value to £ l 14 s , ed . for K . Thomson and Co ., at whose warehouse it was delivered , ftainforth at this place represented that
Mi . Thomson paid every Saturday ; but he -would probably call and pay daring the -week . iThe money had never been paid . Mr . Thomas Bobinsoh , butter-factor , Upperhead-iow , Leeds , proved lirt Gainforth , on the sims 16 th of March , ordtied of him two hams for Thomson and Co ., promising that they would be paid for on delivery . They "were delivered , but payment was not made Mr . W . Wilson , of Trinity-street , had printed 200 cards of address for Thompson and Co . on the 153 i ot March , containing the wbras"B . Thomson and C « S 3 , Xeighton-lfljoe , IP £ rk-laiae , f iaeds . " John PaUtrson , furniture broker , proved h&tiag been Bent for to the Bee Hive beerhouse , near Wellington-road ,
on toe 20 th of March , to look at some fnmitnre ; that when he got there be found Thomson , } who offered to &ell uim a bedstead , a card table , and a wash-band stand , for j £ 2 ; bnt in looking in one of ihe drawers of the table , be found ihe name of Mis . Fletcher , and he gave information of that feet , and the furniture -was removed to another beerhouse , to which Thomson also went Whilst there it was announced that Airs . Fletcher and a policeman were coming , and upon hearing thisThomson took to his heels and ran away . Both prisoners were socn afterwards apprehended , and on the place in LeigbtoE-iase being searched , it was found to be devoid of either coods or furniture , -
The -sritnesses -were cross-examined by , Mr . Wilkiss to show , if possible , that in all cases ' Gainforth had acred osly as a servant , and not at ail in concert ot partnership wifli Thompson . In the conKe of a long eSdress to the Jury , the Learned Gentleman endeavoured to establish the same facts , and pointed out the improbability of men conspiring to defraud for so stna ) i amount as the prisoners had done . His LoRDsaiP then summed up , and the Jury , without leaving their box . found the prisoners Guilty of Conspiracy . Sentence deferred .
BtTRGLART AT HASHAH . Hiram Foster , 18 , was indicted lor a burglary in the house of James Graham at Masham , in the North Riding , and with having stolen one half-sovereign and « ght * en shillings , tfee property el the « aid James Graham . Mr . Bliss defended the prisoner , trho was found Guilty . Sentence deferred . The Court broke up about six o ' clock . ( Before Mr , Justice Wxtjhtman . ) in the liia Prius Court , after one or two causes of no great interest had been disposed of , George EafU 46 , was indicted for having on the 2 ist of May last , at Cawood , near Selby , stolen a lamb , the property of John Savage . Ytrdlct—Not Guilty .
0 FFE 5 CE UKDEfc THE EEGtSKATlON ACT . Samuc ! Brooke was placed at the Bar , charged in the indictment that be , being tfee rather of a child , did , on th = 6- -h of May , 1843 . at Brratal , near Leeds , refuse to gi ? e the information rtqn'rad by the Act for the Rt _ , istxation of Births and Deaths , relative to the birth of the said child , witian frrty-two days from the birth thereof . ' having being re quired by the Eegisbar so to do . The prisoner pleaded Guilty . Mr- Cbosptos , who appeared for tiie prosecution .
said that considerable doubt existed at one time whether the offence with which the prisoner mi charged was an indictable one or not , but the Court of Qu ^ -en ' s Bench had decided that it was so . In this case the prisoner had given a good many of the particulars required , but t » bstinatelyrefused to givej others , wliica ¦ were equally required by the Act of Parliament ; but as he had since become sensible of the impropriety of his conduct , he ( thfiliearned Counsel ) did not wish to press for punishment , bnt he wished it to be understood that it wonld not be overlooked in future . \
The Learned Jbdgb Baid it certainly ought to be known that persons conld not refuse to give the information required by the Act , without subjecting themselves to the same process of Indictment as the prisoner at the bar had done . It was an indictable offence ; there could be no doubt about it . In the present case , no punishment was pressed for , and the prisoner might be discharged on payment of one shilling .
HIGHWAY BOBBEHT AT SKIPTON . Mark JtieUe , 26 , tna charged with hiving , on the 6 ib of Jose last , at Skipton , feloniously assaulted John Whalley Shepherd , and stolen from his persom one ^ hniing and three sixpences . - ill . TTasset was for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undfcfended . On the night of the 5 th of Jose , the prosecutor , who is a hostler at the Ship Inn , -while proceeding to a field in the neighbourhood to catch a hone , was
attacked and knocked dows by a man , whom , according to bis account , he recognized to be the prisoner , whe aiflsd bis pocket of the money stated in the indictment After the robbery , the prosecute ? , wtthont-givipg any alarm , remained for nearly an hour endeavouring to catch the horse , and did not return untili his employer sent a person to see what he was about , when , in acswer to inquiries , he said that he had ! been robbed by the prisoner , and " that h * -would let him know it in the morning . " The prisoner was apprehended the following day .
The Jury , without hesitation , fmmcl a Teidiet of Not GnOty . The Court broke op at four o ' clock .
MOJTDAY , July 17 . Before 2 fr . Justice CresswiL His Lordhif took his seat on the Bench this morn ing st nine o ' clock .
SEKTBHCES . Wm . Marsden , "who had pleaded guilty to having committed a burglary in the honse of Mr . Joshua Tutie , at Sheffield , was sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve calendar monthB to hard l ' abonr . i George Furmss , who had pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing from a dwelling-hoase , at Leeds , in the occupation of Mr . Charles Sharp , was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months . Wm . Messam , convicted of a burglary at Doncaster , in the dwelling house of John RavenhDl , Was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months . '< Samuel Loagbotlom . trho had been found guilty of having robbed William Hnrtt , on the highway at Hunslet , near Leeds , was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .
Boberi Smi&j who had pleaded guilty to a charge of rdzht poaching , at Shipley , in the West Hiding , -was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for six calender months . WiBiam Gainforth and Rtberi Thompson , convicted of an unlawful conspiracy at Leeds , with intent to defraud divers persons of their goods , were severally sentenced to be imprisoned in York Castle for twelve ratiaTidnT mOnlhB .
H 1 GHTTAT B 0 BBEB . T AT LEEDS . Cornelius WTuding , 25 , and TFiUiam ] Doart , 18 . were is iicted for having , on toe 1-ith of May last , © n the highway at Leeds , feloniously assaulted John Bobottom , and stolen from his person , eight shillings , his property . ¦ Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hall tp re counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkixs defended the prisoners . The prosecutor , Jofcn Robottom , is a warehouseman , in tfce employment of Messrs . Reinbardt , dmgsistB , Leeds ; he had been engaged at his duties { until about eleven o ' clock on the the night of Saturday the 23 &n of May , and after leaving there be -went to the Black Boy Inn , in Kirkgate , where he had two glasses of alb . snd lett there to go to his house , hi Lemon-street , btrsFttn twelve and one o'clock . On his j road down George ' s-street , he stood to see a " row , " and 4 id not
get into Terk-street nntil abont two o ' clock , when he met the prisoner Dicre , who directly stood in front of him in a fighting attitude , and after sparring { 01 a ahoit time , they both fell on the ground ; on getting up again the prisoner Whaling came and seizing the prosecutor by the -waist , saM , " I * n be your friend , " after which they all -were ali three on the ground together , and on the presecntor recovering himself be found his trowsers pocket turned oat , and saw the two prisonera pickiz ? g seme fdiver from the ground . He gavel an alarm , and several women and a -watchman came np ; the men thtn got away , but were apprehended Isoon afterwards . They were both distinctly spoken to , both by the prosecutor and other -witnesses , who were all crossexamined by Mr . Wixxiss , with a view to shake th&r testimony , but in this he completely failed . The prosecutor lost about 8 s ., and Mb person at the time bore nniiks of considerable violence .
Mr . WH . K . ESS then addressed the jury for the pnsoners , aud the I / earned Judge having summed up the evidence , and explained the law as bearing on the case , the Jury withent hesitation found both the prisoners guilty of the main offence . Sentence was deferred .
HOBSE SXBAXIJtO AT LEEDS . ¦ George LeoOley , 21 , gleaded guilty ta having , on the nignt « f the 14 th of April last , stolen a bn > wn mare , the property of Mi . Samuel Petty , of Beeston , near Leeds . Sentence was deferred . The Grand Jury ignored the bill > gainst Charles Bawson , who was indicted along with Xeathley . " ; BTJB . GLABT AT ASOttET . W £ Biam SUphatson , 17 , and John Jackson , 20 , \ rere indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of Mr . John Wainwright , at Armley , near Leeds . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Middletoh were connsel for the prosecution ; Mr . WlLKiKs defended the prisoner .
The prosecutor 1 b a eloth maker residing at Araley , near Leeds . On Sunday night , the 14 th of | May , he , along -with his family retired to rest , leaving all the tioors and windows saia . 4 > a getting up the next morning , b » found thaVtoehonsehad beenenlraid daring «» sught , « mmgh an diron grate leading into ths ceUsr ;
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and uat a > arfce qi » it-i ) t . f Ms own ami Lis sous ciotbe- o , "W . i . h Jiey ftad wo n on the tiay previous , and which had Ix » n left down stairs had been taken awuy . The two prisoners were apprehended at Halifax , on Monday morning , with the clothes in thtir possession , and which they said they had found at Prospect Hill , which is only a short distance from the prosecutor ' s boose ; they bad also been seen at Armley , one on Sunday and tfee ' oUiei on Saturday , previous to the robbery . The jaryfqnnd both the prisoners guilty . Sentence deferred . '
SHEEP STEALING AT GRINDLETON . John Hanson , 44 , was charged with having stolen two ewes and two lambs , the property of Wm . Heap , of Stanfifield , near Halifax . Mr . PAsiLEY and . Mr . Thsmpson were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilrims defended the prisoner . J The prosecutor is a cattle-dealer , residing at Stansfield , and in the month of April fee sent a number of sheep to agist at Waddicgton , and on going for them in the m&ntti of May , he found three of them missing , and two of these he afterwards discovered on a farm at Grinaieton , near Clitheroe . The sheep bad been adver-Used as stray sbeep , and the prosecutor gave the
prieoner an excellent character , be having known him for some time . ] Proof of the sheep in question baviug been in the prisoner ' s possession , was that he bad be < m seen driving them from a ploughed field into a pasture , on the farmiof a Mr . Briggs , and that he had agreed with a person named Holgate to graze two ewes and two Umbs fox a-week or two , Ithaewes haviiig lambed after they bad strayed , ) to whom he had promised to sell the lambs when they were fat , and on whose farm they were found by the prosecutor , on the 17 th of May . The prisoner , after his apprehension , said he might have taken the sheep , but who was to prove it ; and when before the magistrates , he denied any knowledge of them . The Jury retired for about half an hour , and found the prisoner Guilty .
HIGHWAY KOBBEBY AT NOETHOWBAM . Va ' adine AUroyd , 24 , and Henry Jogger , 30 , -were indicted tor a highway robbery at Northowram , # n the 18 th of April last . Mr . Overend and Mr . Phillips were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoners . The prosecutor , Mr . John Sturziker , is a saddler , residing at Northowram . On the night of the 18 th of April , being Easter Monday , he was returning borne from Halifax ; in company with a young woman named
Elizabeth Andarson , and when they bad got near Stump Cross < on the old road , they were met by three men , the prisoners nnd a man named Tetley , by whom they were both se z" -d , and robbed of two pair of sh ^ ea , a hat , and an -umbrella , the property « f Stuizaker . Tfetley was seized at the time by a party who came up but he escaped , and in running away , jumped over a bridge which ) led across another road , and broke both bis legs . He has since remained in Halifax Infirmary . The Jury found both prisoners Guilty . Sentence was deferred .
SHOP ROBBERY AI LBEDS ^ Charles Ramon was Indicted for having , en the 31 st of March last , broken into the shop of John Turner , butcher , of Leeds , and stolen tbercfrom a quantity of beef and mutten , and two knives . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hill were counsel for the prosecHtion . The prisoner was undefended . The shop of the prosecutor , in Wortley-lane , Leeds , was broken into on the night of tbe 31 st of Marcb , and
the carcass of a . sheep , a large piece of beef , and two knives , were stolen therefrom . On the evening of the 5 th of Ap * il , two of the -Leeds police found a shoulder of mutton at the house of Wm . Booth , at Hanslet , which w , ia identified by the prosecutor as part of that stolen out of bis shop , and which it turned out hud been given to Mrs . Booth by the prisoner . Oc searching the bouse , of the prisoner one of the stolen knivea was found stuck in the roof underneath the slates . Guilty . Sentence deferred .
HIGH-WAV HOBBEBT AT LEEDS . Andrew Murray , 23 , was charged -with having , on the llth of March last , in the borough of Leeds , feloniously assaulted Jonathan Hague , and stolen from his person one sovereign and ton shillings . Mr . Hill was counsel for tbe prosecutor ; tbe prisoner was undefended . The prosecutor , Mr . Jonathan Hague , is a paper manufacturer , residing at Hotsfuitb , near Leeds . As be was returning home from Leeds market , on Tuesday , the 14 th of March last , he wbb attacked by three men , abeut one hundred yards on tbe lane leading from tbe Leeds and Oiiey turnpike-road
to Horsforth ; and about three miles from Leeds , and after being knocked down , v as rubbed of a sovereign in gold , ten shillings and sixpence in silver , and some copper . It was between nine and ten o ' clock at night when the robbery was committed . There -was a good moon , and this afforded him a good opportunity of seeing tbe faces and persona of two of the men who robbed him ; one of whom he was quite sure was the prisoner . Besides tbe money , the robbers took from him a pair of children's shoes , but they afterwards returned thetn , observing , that they were of no use to them . '
Mr . Williams cross-examined the prosecutor , and addressed the Jury at-aome length , in order to show , if possible , tbat he was mistaken as to the identity . The Jury found the prisoner guilty .
BILLS IGNOREU . The Grand - Jnry ignored the bills against George Mason and Samuel Kay , who were charred with committing a burglary in the dwelling bouse of William Ererett , at Ecclesfield ; also , against Slar . nadukt Scolt , charged with maliciously assaulting , with intent to kill , or * 1 i » Borne grievons busily barm to John Bentley , at Redeness ; and against Hayler , scrivener , charged with perjory .
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NISI PBICS—MONDAY , Julv 17 . FALSE ^ MPfilSONMENT AI SHEFFIELD . GILL V . H 1 BBERD . Mr . Wostley Dnd Mr . Hugh Hill were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Wilkins for tbe defendant Mr . Hill opened the pleadings , and Mr . Wobtley stated tbe case . Tbe plaintiff Benjamin Gill , was a scissor smith , at Sheffield , and now sought at the hands of the Jury compensation for a v « ry gtoss injury and insult received from tbe defendant , who bad CSUted him to be falsely Imprisoned on a charge of felony . It appeared that the plaintiff and the defendant were neighbours , the latter keeping a public-house in Sheffield . On tbe afternoon of Wednesday , tbe 19 th of April , they went out together to witness the entry of
Prince George at the head of his regiment into Sheffield , and afterwards they went together to the house of the defendant where they spent a considerable part of the night in company . As the plaintiff was leaving the house , the defendant chose to fancy that some robbery had been committed in his houae . and , strcnge to say , that the plaintiff id whose company he had passed the afternoon and night , was concerned in the perpetration of if . He caused him to be taken into custody , and conveyed to the lock-up at Sheffield , when he remained for twelve hours , when Mr . Bayner , the head of the police iu tbat town , learning the
circumstances under which he had been apprehended , caused him to be set at liberty . The reason given by tbe defendant for suspecting the plaintiff of thu robbery was most extraordinary : it was tbat tbe plaintiff had said to him , I would advise yon to take care of your house , for I have seen some very suspicion ! characters about , and if you do out take care something will tupped . " 111 f uality , no felony -whatever was committed at Ihe honse of tho defendant . Under tbeBe circumstances the plaintiff sought from ths jury compeiisaUuu for the injury he had sustained at the hands of the defendant Several -witnesses were examined in tuppurt cf lbs Learned Counsels statement , after which ,
Mr . WiLKtNS addressed the Jury fcr tho defence , and contended that tbe defendant had haii some reasonable grounds far suspecting tbat the plaintaiff knew something about the robbery . It was a t unipory case , which oughi to have been settled without cutuiag into Court . The Jnry fonnd a Verdict for the Plaintiff . Damages—Five Shillings .
BREACH OF PBOMISE OF MARRIAGE . HESSHAW V . WILMAN . Mr . Baines dnd Mr . P . iSHLEY were counsel for the plaintiff , and Mr . "WiLK-iKS and Mr . Monteith tor the dtfendant Mr . Pashlet ; opened the pleadings . Mary Ann Rtashaw -waa tbe plaintiff and Stephen Wiluian , the defendant . This was an action on promises * The declaration stated that tho defendant had promised marriage to tbe plaintiff , but would not peiform his promise , to -whi ^ h tbe defendant pleaded that lie haa cot made any such promise
Mr . Baixes stated the case . The plaintiff whom he represented before them had to ccmplain of a most serious injury that she bad sustained at the bands of , the defendant The plaintiff was now bart < y fwcutjone years of age . ; When she was between sixteen and seventeen years . ; of a ^ e , in the year 1 S 38 , she was engaged by the defendant's mother , who -was at that time in a very bad state of health , for the purpose of nursing her . The defendant vras at that time : Bome forty years of age . He was a joiner and builder , in good business , in the town of Settle , and was the owner of considerable property-His mother lived i with Mm , and the plalnitff had not been in the house a very long time before the defendant , this man oil forty years of age , twice oz thrice tbe age of the unfortunate , girl , triumphed over her chastity , and pregnancy took place , she went back
to her father ' s house ; and the defendant , apparently anxious to make her some reparation for the grievous wrong he had done the unhappy girl , vent to her there , and asked the consent of ber parents , who at the time were b < U aware ot the pregnancy of their daughter , to make her his wife . The parents were in humble circumstances , and looking ; no doubt , upon this offer of the defendant as an advantageous one , : tbey gave their consent Bye * and-bye tbe pregnaxcy of the plaintiff became known to her parents ; bnt still tbe defendant centinued his visits at their house , and expressed the utmost anxiety that the marriage should take placa before the birth of the child , so that it might not , as he expressed bimself , be bom a bastard . He actually required that the Christmas-dsy foiiowipg afcould be fixed as the day of the wedding . Every preparation -was made for the wed-
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tl mfc -, th « < ir- ! ? e 8 w « ie yutread , an > i . 1 va . i u ^ 'itfal ^ u 1 on M hantkj iLat tbi mirna -a w . ts to t . lc p'ac ^ oii tn . rt i ! ay . Whei ) Coristma' -diiy , however , ar . iveJ , ttj drtfenciant stated that his mother was bi > ill , that the migkt die any day , and as he should bo much shcckHfl if she died on the day o ^ his wedding be t !» qm ; ht tbe marriage had better be postponed . He continued to pnyinia addresses tilltbe first of April , 183 $ ) . when the mi nappy girl waa delivered of a child . That child , waa now livlngi an « I , as the - law then stood , Bheiwouldbe compelled $ 0 , support it till it attained the ' age of sixteen years . The defendant expressed his regret tbat it should have been born before his
marriage with the plaintiff , and again distinctly avowed bis intention to marry her , in tbe summer of Autumn of the same year , the defendant ' s mother died ; and then his excuse for a further postponement of the marriage , was because it would take twelve months to settle her affairs . The defendant again reiterated bis promises of marriage , and another year elapsed without their fulfilment . At the end of twelve months his mother ' s affairs were not settled , and ( he defendant , in fact , appeared to have changed his mind- On the 22 nd of April , 1841 , a letter waa written by the plaintiffs father ty 'he defendant , offering to come to some arrangement with him , and in the event of his refusal , threatening to place the affair in the hands
of an attorney . This letter was put into the defendant ' s baBds , but he showed himself quite unwilling to do any thing like justice to the unhappy girl . Several inte - Views took place subsequently between the defendant , thef * ther of the girl , and Mt . Pearson , attorney , ol Kirk by Lonstiale , who had been consulted by the girl's father ; and thu result of these interviews was , that tbe defendant made an agreement that be Would pay £ 20 down , and also three shillings a-week for the support of the child bo lung as it should remain a burden to its mother . This agreement ) he afterwards refused to fulfil . Now he ( Mr . Biines ) had ; told them that , as the law
then ; stood the plaintiff would have had to keep her child until it was sixteen years of age , being fourteen yearB from th' / . t time ; so tbat , if the ; took what the defendant himself is ta ' . d to nave : offered as compensation , the woman would bo entitled to bare £ 30 , which Wo defendant had agreed to pay , added to £ 87 , which tbe maintenance of the cbild for fourteen years , at 3 a . a week , would come to , making together a sum of more than £ 100 , 'which he ought to pay to this woman by way of compensation ; aud he was sure tbat when they censidered the case , they would deem it one , on every account , calling for exemplary damages .
Witnesaea were then called in support of tbe Learned Counsel ' s statement , and the agreement by which the defendant bound himself to pay to the plaintiff £ 20 and 3 s . per week , was put in . Mr . Wilkins then addressed the Jury at great length for the defendant , and described the action as an infamous attempt on the part tf an unprincipled father to make a market of the person of his child , and contended that , there was nothing in the case to distinguish it from the ordinary bastardy cases tbat-were brought before tbe magistrates in petty sessions .
Ttie Learned Judge then umnn \ ed up rather fully , and the Jury , after a short abBvnce from tbe Court , returned with a Verdict for the Piaintiff— Damages £ 150 .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fbiday , July 14 . On tbe motion of Lord Brougham , tbe report on the Slave Trade Suppression Bill was hrougp . t up , -with an intimation from the Nubia Lutdthat on the third roading be would propose confiidenble alterations . The Bill was reported , and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday next .
STATE OF IRELAND . IMPORTANT DEBATE . The Marquis of Claniucakde brought forward the motion of which he had given notice last week , relative to tbe State of Ireland , and , after a long speech , concluded by moving that to dismiss magistrates from the Commission of the Fence under such circumstances as tbose in wbich > Irish Magistrates had been dismissed by Sir Edward Sugden , was unconstitutional , unjust , and inexpedient . Tbe Duke of Wellington followed ,, and made a Characteristic speech , wviich was delivered with considerable animation and vigour . He unquestionably made the best defence of the Government which has yet been given in either House ot- Parliament . Dismissing at once ihe question of legality , he marched up to his
position , which was that the mode in which the Repeal agitation is carried on in Ireland is calculated to inspire terror in tbe peaceful and well disposed , and to endanger the public peace ; and , therefore , to call for tbe precautions ' of a Government who are entrusted -with the protection of life , individual safety , aart property . He admitted tbat tbe peace of Ireland was in the hands of one man ; u . ud quoted in his blunt unconscious manner the remarks of Mr . OConaell , about bis having at his command and control a finer army ; than Napoleon led into Russia , or the Duke ! of Wellington had at Waterloo . " Very possibly , * ' exclaimed bis grace ; and thereupon drew the inference that the Government should be prepared for any outbreak , and could not safely
leave the commission of the peace in the hands of men who mi # bt be called upon to put down what they bad aided in bringing about . But what a state of society must It be , when the Duke of Wellington admits tbkl he is now watching Mr . O'Connell , as be once watched his Peninsular foes ! and tbat the whole policy , of the 6 wernuient consists in Bimpiy entrenching themselves within thbir lines of Torres Vedras acting on tbe defensive , and waiting to see who la to strike : the first blow 1 The Duke expressed himself an very sorry to learn that there were two millions of the people of Ireland in a state of extreme poverty ; and he very rudely added that that ! poverty would not be cured by withdrawing men from their industrial employments , aid sending them twenty or thirty miles a day , to
attend Repeat Meeting ? . But he forgot to add , that it was the tcanl of industrial .. employment which was at the bottom of all this agitation ; and having forgotten that important circumstance , he had no other consolation fpr Irish poverty than the reflection , tbat there was poverty in other parts of the empire as well . Lord Mount Edgecumbe and Lord Glengall concurred genei ally in the expression of a wish that the agitation had been more efficiently repressed , and stated their own views as to the means by which they hoped ( that a return to a better state of things might be effected ; but Lord WlGKLOW , although condemning the conduct of' Sir E . Sugden , approved of the Miuifterial policy of abstaining from any meuiures of coercion , and strenuously opposed the motion .
Lord WiunuciiPFE followed in Justification of the Irish Chancellor , and vindicated the apparent inaction of tbe Government . Tbe iviarquis of Downshike expressed his satisfaction at this defence of the system of non-interfertuce ; but Loird Charlevilfe warmly : condemned a forbearance which bad tolerated the growth of bo fonnitlable a conspiracy . The Marquis of Lansdowne spoke at considerable length in support of the resolution , LordBuoUGHAM defended- theeonduet of the ? Irhh Chancellor , iu dismissing the Repeal Magistrates , and averred , that the worst hia fault-finders could say was , that he bad assigned a bad reason for a goad net . In Bptaking of tbe B :-peal Agitation ^ he observed : — it
was a singular thing that not only were there those crowds [ collected whUh , niakiDg every allowance for exaggeration , could not be denied to be most i . umerous ; but there was to be observed , accompanying this progress of agitation , another operation with which he could not help tbiuking the whole of this system bad , from beginning to end , en intimnte connection ; be alluded to the financial part 0 ! tho proceedings , if bu disbelieved tbe exaggerated account of tbe numbers , b < was disposed also to abate very much bis estimate of the ampnni of the sums collected . 11 b knew som > - thought ; differently , aud a Ni > bK-Fiiend of mi . 'ie who addressed the House on the MtVjeet a little while ago , intimated that he was one of those who thought
otherwise , and who did give credit to the great financial boa&ta of the party . Then bis Noble Ft iend must believe that in one wevk £ 3 , 000 hsd been reueiVed . He ( Lord Brougham ) did not guite tbink they were collecting at the rate of £ 150 , 000 a-year , but still he believed the sums they received were considerable . In the first place , one naturally asked what all this collecting was destined for ? This was a source of suspicion . This ought to excite , in the -wordB of Lord Eielrine , the vigilant attention of thoBO in the ban / ia of whuin tbe government was placed — because , if persons collected large earns for no visible purpose—if you could not discover any object to which the money was to be applied , you began to think it was spent in a way in wkich it ought not to be spent . There was a peculiarity of another description to be
noticed in thu proceedings of tho agitators , and he would venture to sa ? it was strictly a peculiarity . No account yfas over rendered of the sums which were gathtreditogethf . Now , in this country tbero w ^ Ve hundreds of in&Utut'ons supported by voluntary surt scriptions , from tbe Bible Society downwards to tlio-e which eelltcted no luero than £ 500 , £ 600 or £ 9 uo a year ; and he thoueht iia might venture to suy tuat among the whole of these there was not one solitary instance to be f-mml in which a strict account was not yearly or half-yearly rendered of the money subscribed . Regular balance-sheets were fardisbed to the subscribers , so that all Who gave , from a abiiiin ^ up to £ 100 , had a precise , exact , aim I'oneat ¦ account of v < htii was ( lone With their money . The < jase was very difl ' tttttut in Ireland . Men of small means were prevailed on to subscribe sums which wei-e to them considerable , and not one word of a statement
was ever pretended to be given how the money w . s expended ! It might be that the money was all honestly and innocently expended—that . it was all laid out in advertisements—though It was hard to see how so much could be required for that purpose alone—or in agencies , in which no doubt a good deal was disbursed , iu paying ' local expenses , and encouraging the zeal of the collectors ; yet it roust be recollected that in one week only ] the large sum of £ 31000 had been collected and delivered into the treasury . Tfee money it was clear could not be laid out in the . purchase of arma ; it could not- ! be expended in practices of corruption—that was out of the question ; it could not be to pay off the debts of the body , because it had none . Then , what became of the money , was tbe question Which Con-Btantlyi-ecurred . aadaaconstantlyremainedunanBWered . " In reference to the polity of Government he said : — " it was the duty of tbe Government and the Parliament
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n-tto wait for even's ; not i 0 wait for the improvement of public onniun , bat to outstrip it , and b : ulit into a bett ' .-r charrael . Hs was happy to hear that there was ta b « no coercion ; be would advise strongly that the Government ought not even to proclaim the me > tings . Noble Lords must bbq to what that cou . se would lead . They might commit tho solecism , but they would get into this insuperable difficulty , from which they could not extricate themselves—they must indict , prosecute , but they must do more ; they must disperse tbe meetings which jwere proclaimed , and woe be upon those who began ! the conflict—( hear ) . He ( Lord B . )
knew to whose bosom the first gun fired would bring hope , and joy , and comfort —( cheers ); it would put new fuel within mis reach to again revive the now slumbering agitation—( cheers ); A proclamation , but , above all , the first march of troops to carry it into effect , while it woild dispirit the loyal , and dishearten the wise , it would ] bring comfort , and joy , and exultation to tbose whose beads were full of sordid interest ; he could not dignify it even by the name of bad ambition- —( cheers / , whose whole soul was bent upon gratifying the meanest propensities of the human Blind—avariee and vanity . ' ( Loud cheering . )
Lord Cajipbbix took the opposite view of Sit E . Sogden's acts , and was proceeding to argue , that " the magistrate stood raj the position of a judge , and he utterly denied that a judge could be dismissed until he had committed an offence , " when Lord Brougham ( from tbe woolsack ) : exclaimed , " You are wtong-jwrong—quite wrong . " Lord Campbell— "My Noble and Learned friend need not Interrupt ! me . You know" ( addressing Lord Brougham ) " you ' re quite out of tbe Honse whilst you're there . " !
Lord Brougham ( rising and advancing up tbe House )— " I spoke to my Noble and Learned friend in kind ' neBs . I wanted to prevent him from pursuing a mare ' a neat—that ' s all—( a laugh . ) I tell him he ' s wrong . It was decided otherwise in O'Halloran ' s case . " [ Here the Noble Lord retired and resumed his seat by the side of the Lord Chancellor . ] Lord Campbele— " Well , now the Noble Lord ' s out ot tbe House again ] I suppose I may # o on . It's curious what a hankering he has after thai seat— Cloud laughter . ) He ' s al wajfB wanting to be upon the woolsack—( renewed laughter ) , and I suppose by-and-bye he'll get the government to put him taere , and then we shall have , him defending them with mor » zeal than ever '—( repeated laughter ) . I
The Lord Chancellor ( Lyndhurst ) would beg to direct their Loraah ' ipe' attention to what was the * state of things in Ireland at the present moment , and which materially affectedjthe nature of the oace before them . In the first instance , he called their atte tlen to the proceedings of the Repeal Association , which was . founded nominally for the purpese of obtaining a Repeal of the Union , ( but actually , as had been admitted by a Noble Lord this evening , snd must be admitted by every reflecting imind , for the dismemberment of this great empire—( bear , bear , hear ) . No person could dotlbt but the Repeal of the Union -weula be followed by the dismemberment of this great empire —( hear ) . He regretted to observe that this Association numbered in its rants all the Catholic priesthood of
Ireland . He regretted also to observe , that its objects were supported by almost ali the Catholic hierachy of Ireland , Knowing the influence and power of these individuals over the minds of the people of Ireland , their co-operation gave the Association a force almost unlimited . He would now call attention to the machinery which was | used for the purpose of accomplishing the objects of the Association , In the first place there were officers called the repeal wardens , appointed throughout the country , whose business , it appeared ; was to drill the whole population of Ireland , which they did so effectually ad , be beleved , to enable , the association to move the whole or any part of the population to the accomplishment of any public object' at twenty-houra' notice . But fchia was not al > . Tiiere was a contrivance 3 of great ingenuity combined with these means of pqwer . Passes were granted , for tne payment of oae shilling , without which no man of the
lower class would be safe in going about from one part of the country to another . The whole of these persons , in fact , became byitbis machinery as absolutely in the service , and under the command of the leaders of tbo association , as our J soldiers were of their commander . Then they had a system by which they raised , by voluntary contributions , ( or rather , if he might use an Irish expression , of " forced voluntary contributions , " large sums of money applicab e for any objects the society might propose to undertake By this society so constituted their meetings were assembled in different parts of tbe countiy , and he would ask whether any conspiracy more dangerous to the state bad ever existed in any civilised country ? And what were the objects to the accomplishment ] ol Which this dangerous organization , this mostfoul ; conspiracy , was directed ? In the first place the object was the Repeal of the Union , the establishment of a House of Commons elected by annual
suffrage , and a Peerage composed according to certain rulea prescribed i by the Association . On this point he was only ! stating what had been avowed as their object by the leaders of the association . Their next ebjectwas tbe destruction of tbe church in Ireland , and the confiscation of its property to such objects us they might think proper to apply It to . The third object was the attainment of what was termed " fixity of tenure , " but which in reality meant the transfer of the whole property [ in the land from tbe landlords to the tenants . These facts could not be denied . They had been suited in broad daylight by the leaders ot this association themselves ; and they bad been published under their hands in . the newspapers and elsewhere . It was , in the words o ' f a Noble Duke , " a treason which
walked the streets , ' ] and was seen and acknowledged by all ; a BOLD treason , which sought to attain alt these unjust and extravagant demands by the actual tenor of the rest of the commuBity . He would not describe the martial air , the military insignia , and banners which characterised all these meetings—a point which had been so ably dilated upon by his friend , the Noble Duke ; but he would refer to the speeches made at those meetings , which comprised every topic and statement which waa calculated to excite hatred , to stimulate ambition | or cupidity . A ; d the most remarkable feature , perhaps , about the whole of these proceedings waa , I tbat though these speeches were addressed to ? the most excitable people on earth , they did not lead them to indulge- in any acts of violence—leaving it to be implied that they abstained from | violence upon principle , awaiting only a time when they could burst forth with some
chance of success . These men suppressed their feelings , in order that , upon ft future occasion , they might indulge them freely and without restraint . Could there b « , he would Iftsk , in any civilised country , a system of law which' would admit of the legality of Buch meetings ? He [ was sure tbat no lawyer would say that such meetings as he had described came within the seope of legality-Mhear , bear ) . It was said that they did not excite fear but , upon sevewl occasions , particularly at the meeting at Mallow , Protestants-did not dare to Bbow tberuseives . What did this conduct proceeded from ? id proceeded from terror If any man could say that these meetings could be considered legal , there was no position , however absurd and extravagant , in which he would not indulge . They were told that these nwsetin'ga were held for the purpose of exercising the right o'f petition . He believed that this was a hypocritical pretence—that this was a hypocritical character held ! out in order to colour the
real object of thai meetingB- ( hear , hear , and cheers ) . Allusions Were constantly made at them to cases In which a jnnited and determined people bad worsted regular troops . Allusions had been made to the discomfiture of jthe Dutch troops in Brusselsto the three gloriousjdays , " and to the late affairs of Afghanistan and Cabul . When such topics were made the subject of discussion , did it not show that the real object of the meetings wrre not to petiton Parliament for the Repeai of the Union , but that they were the flr * t steps in the ! march towards rebellion , and
intended to encourage the parties for such a contest , and for such a result ? ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Allusion had been made to obtaining assistance from France . Assistance for what ? Assistance for the purposes of petitioning ? ' . ( Hear , heir . ) Nu , bat in the event of a struggle , assistance to a . ive outj those who attempted to impose a yoke upon them . ( Hear , bear . ) Of a similar nature were the allusions made to America ; and all these circumstances led to this conclusion , and this conclusion only , tbat the plea of meeting in order to petition , was a mere pretence , and that , IN FACT these meetikgs
WfcRE PREPARATIONS FOR REBELLION . When that rebellion would break put it was impossible to foresee . Lord cottenham thought tbe conduce of the Irish G-overnruenr , though not amounting to high treason , as bait bees stated , had been perfectly unconstitutional , and this was shown by ] the statements contained in the kttttra of Sir E . Sugdeni himself . His interference was not sanuoned by law , and was moat unconstitutional in its character . Ou it iiivision the numbers
wer&—Fur rhe motion ... 29 Against it ... j " 1 Majority 62 The House then adjourned .
Monday , July 17 . Lord Bbopghaji g&ve notice that on Monday nexi ho . would move ibafc the printer and publisher or the Kettdal Gazette be called to the bar oi their Lordships '* . House for a libel against him , implying that he bad introduced a Declaratory Bill into the House for selfish pur noses . The Eail of Aberdeen moved the tnird reading of the Scotoh Church Bill , when Lord Cottenham moved that all the declaratory wwds should be omitted . The motion was negatived without a dm-Bion , and the Bill was passed . The House then adjourned . Ttjssdat / July 18 .
The Definition of Libela Bill was considered in Committee . j , On the Beventh olauae being read , Lord Campbell dwelt upon its importance , and upon the necessity ot giving protection to the publication of bona fide reports of proceedings in the Courts of Law and Police , and of the two Houses ot Parliament . It could not be denied thai H was a great pubno good to have the debates which took place m the two Houses of Parliament faithfully reported . It was therefore provided by this clause , that no legal proceedinga should be maiutaiaabie against any party
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for the publication of a report of any proceedings in Courts of Law , Holier Offices , or'Houses of i ' arliameut . Ho ivi-h-d tj m > t : it , by way ot amandment , t . ne words " for pu . bhsh . iug , without actual malice . " Lord Brougham considered that there wa 3 no necessity for vhe amendment . He was of tho strongest opinion tbat , in proportion as there should ba an absolute privilege within the walls of Parlia ment for sayiDg whatever any Member might think proper to say , restrained only by his sense of duty , so in tbe same proportion was the absolute necessity that there should not be giyen an unrestrained power to the press to publish everything that was said in Parliament . There was no fear of the proceedings of Parliament not being published , and in the course of all his experience at the bar , he did not remember a single prosecution or action for the publication of a speech delivered in Parliament .
After some farther discussion , the amendment was put to the vote , and lost by a majority of 11 to 5 . The remaining clauses were severally agreed to , and the report was ordered to be received on Friday
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Fridat , July tf . Lord ASHLEY , as chairman , repotted that the Committee on the Durham Election had unseated Lord Dangannon on the ground of -bribery , although they acquitted the Noble Loid of any cognizance of it . After some conversation , the motion for the issue of the new writ wa 8 postponed till Monday . The order of tbe day for resuming the Committee on the Arms Bill having been put , Sir Andrew'Armstrong shortly expressed his strong opposition to the measure ; after which Mr . Smith O'Brien moved , as an amendment , tbat all further proceedings en the bill be suspended until the other measures relative to Ireland were taken into consideration . After Borne remarks from Mr . Hume and Mr . Wallace .
Sir Robert Peei . eaid he had understood that the Irish members disclaimed all Intention of obstruction ; and it would , therefore , be for the country to judge whether or not such an sxercise of privilege amounted to a suspension and defeat of the functions of Parliament . This waa marked by loud cheers from the ministerial benches . Mr . Morgan J . O'Connell replied that tbe great majority of the Irish members did disclaim all intention of offering factious opposition ; but when it was determined to proceed with a measure the effect of which was to suspend the constitution in Ireland , they felt justified , in self-defence , to give it a pertinacious resistance . Sir R . Peel added , that if any understanding could be come to as to getting throuah the remaining clauses of the Bill , he would then be prepared to give attention to the other measures relative to Ireland .
After & somewhat animated discussion , Mr . Smith O'Brien withdrew bis amendment , and the House went into committee , which gradually got into better humour , and actually reached the 24 th clause of the Bill by abont twelve o ' clock . This was mainly attributable to the Government giving way , and adopting amendments calculated to improve the bill .
Monday , Jvlt 17 , After some petitions had been presented , an Hon . Member gave notice that next Session he would move for a Committee to inquire into the crime of dog stealing . Lord John Russell , gave notice that he would , on Tuesday ( next day ) , move an address to her Majesty praying that her attention might be directed to measures for tho improvement of edncation in Great Britain , and at the same time Parliament would heartily concur in any measures to that effect whioh did not interfere with the rights of conscience . Mr- Hindis moved that a new writ be issued for the c ty of Durham . The motion was opposed by several Members , and on a dirision there were , for issuing the writ 145 , and against it 17 . The writ was ordered to be issued .
In answer to a question from Lord John Russell , Sir Robert Peel said instructions had been sent to the Governor-General of India , explanatory of the views of the Government with respect to Scinde . These instructions , of course , would be contingent upon tbe state of affairs in thai country , but he could not lay them before the House . The Sergeaat-at-Arms announced that he had on Saturday evening been served with a noticeof action for trespass by Thomas Burton Pearce , clerk to Burton Howard , for taking him into custody in 1840 . . The Attorney General said he should move this day that the Sergeant-at-Arms do appear and defend the unit .
On the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Irish Arms Bill , Mr . Wallace asked Sir Robert Peel what were hia intentions with regard to the Church of Scotland , and especially as to the Bill before the othsr House . fcir Robert Peel said it was the intention of her Majesty ' s Ministers to use all their influence to carry that measure . After some discussion relative to the arrearof public business , the House went into Committee on the Irish Arms Bill , When several clauses were agreed to , and the Chairman reported progWes . The Committee to sit ag ? in on Thursday . Mr . C . Wood then moved for a Committee of the whole House , to take into consideration the expediency of reducing the duty on Wool , and entered fully into the statistics of the trade in that article .
He was opposed by the Chancellor of ihe ExcHEeUEn and Sir R . Peel . On a dirision , the motion was rejected by a majority of 70 . The Coalwhippers Bill was read a second time , the other Orders were disposed of , and The House adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock .
Tuesday , Jply 18 . In the Commons , there being only 18 members present at four o ' clock , the House stood adjourned .
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Singular . Accident . —On Saturday an accident of a novel character occurred at the Royal Exchange . One of the stone trucks belonging to the coatraofcor , drawn by six horses , arrived at the Exchange between four and five o ' clock with a load of iron girders . The horses were detached while the unloading took place ; one of them , a fine grey , got loose froaj the rest , and strayed unseen to that part of the building opposite a chemist ' s in Cornhill , and fell backwards into a cellar , more than twenty feet deep , and only of sufficient size to contain him ; no possible means could be deuised to get the tackle under it ] and he died in less than twenty minutes from the injuries received . Chains oF the railroad crane , at the topof theboilding , wore passed through one of the upper openings of the intended shops , and ultimately the carcass was drawn ont by the neck tbrough the opening .
A singular duel was fought at Marseilles , on the 1 Oth inst ., between t wo Spaniards . One was a barber and the oiher , though a dealer in cigarettes , consented to fight his odponent with his own weapon ^ -a razor . The cigarette-man received the first wound , so deeply slashing his face thut ha was unable to continue the combat , and was obliged to be carried to the hospital , while the barber was taken to prison . The Liverpool Fires . —IMPORTANT DISCOVERY . —It will be recollected that the number of the constabulary force whose especial duty it is to watch the warehouses of Liverpool during the night time waa considerably increased about three weeks since , fires at tbat port having become of a most extensive aud alarming nature , and the conclusion to
wmch the borough magisirates had arrived with regard to one , if not more cf t he conflagrations , being the work of incendiaries . It is worthy of remark tbat since the eplargement of the night force there has not been a single fire in . the town ; bnt we regret 10 state , that owing to a discovery made On the evening on Tuesday last , there is too much reason to apprehend that the gang of incendiaries With which the borough appears to be infested are desirous of perpetrating additional mi&chief . It seems that as one of the police was going his rounds about eight o ' clock on the evening iu question , he found a large heavy pieco of pitch intermixed with fresh cotton , lying under the weatherboard of a cellar ia ( ireenock-street . The cellar is situate underneath
tin immense pile of warehouses , known as Tobin ' s , uhicipileis extensively filled at the present time tvuh 2 ) tton and other valuable property , the produce of our colonial possessiens . The piece of pitch aud coitou was immediatiy removed to the office of the Commissioner of Pohce , where it has been inspected ar . d tound to be in a highly oombusiible state , only r , qiirint ; the sM ^ htest application of a lighted match co ^ et it in a Wazi . It was moat fortunate that the di . ^ covory was made at so early a period of thenijjbtj < ' ! .-o the consciences might have been . dreadful . This 13 the third discovery of a &imilar kind which has bfen made within a very short time in Liverpool ; and , although it is universally admitted that such combustible substances could not have accidentally
been placed m the dangerou 3 positions in which they have been fouud , ye&by Bomeit , is supposed , or rathor hoped , that tbe substances have been so placed by idle and vioieua persons , not with the view of setting the property of the public on fire , bat merely of adding to that excitement aud alarm pn the subject ol incendiarism which generally prevails at the port . Of course , in the absence of proof one way or the other , tho difficulty of either establishing or refuting such a supposition most be obvious ; but if tbe parties who indulge in practices so pregnant with danger to the community at largesboold happea
to be arrested in the act , we imagine thai the ; mil find it a somewhat onerous task to persuade a jury that their object waa other than that of incendiarism . The pitch and cotton found upon the present occasion are between 41 b and 51 b iu weight , and the cotton appears to have been carefully mixed together with the pitch . The substance has a flat and hardened appearance , about the siz 9 of a man ' s hand in . length and breadth , and about three inches in thiokne&S . Every effort is being made to discover the party or parties who placed it ia the position in which it was found ; but , uahappily , as ia the former cases , without effect hitherto .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 22, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct811/page/6/
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