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Leeds , Mb . Febhajto , M . P ., Miu Johh Walter , liteEP . ior Nottragham , Mb . J " . O'Cojotos , Mb , J . S . WoitTEKT , M . P ., Mb , Johh Fho . dbn , M . P ., and host of others whose party feelings are well known to be the antipodes of each other , do , nevertheless , unite their ' ' exertions in favour of Mr . Oastler . Will those -whom we now address let it be said , ihat , for them , the patriot might ^ remain in prison ! Let it be said ifno man ** that he did not know f * that he was not asked ? « that he did sot see the * dvertisemeni . " This as a cause in whieh we appeal to the heart j to the gratitude which every honest man feels , and to the friendship th&the bears , to the man that is his friend ; and when the heart appealed to is Dot hard , it needs not drums and trumpets to make an impression . By order of the Committee ,
Tbos . Dabikl , Chairman . Committee Boom , Old Swan Hotel , Pool-street , Manchester , 5 th December , 1843 . P . S . The Trades that may wish to assist in raising fiie Oastler Liberty Fund" are requested to send delegates to the Committee Room , on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening . We understand that the Committee have invited severalinfluential gentlemen to take part in the proceedings . Mr . W . B . Febbxjcd , in the prosecution of his holy mission from the Central Committtee , will be present j and plead the cause of the *» Poor Man ' s Friend . ' Men of Manchester , do todb dtttt !
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^ THE PRESENT FATE OF FRO § T , WILLIAMS AND JONES . The following paragraphs are * going the round . " The first is extracted from the Times ; and the second from the Sim . It must be gratifying to all to hear that Fbost is Teleased from the Penal Gang , " and is in a situation as clerk . The paragraph from the Sun says ihat he is comfortably sitn&t&d . Probably ibis * comfort" is only so by comparison with his late position- Be that as it may however , all must feel pleasure that he has experienced any alleviation of Buffering . 27 e never ought to have been transported at all . Those who * concocted" the " mess " that sect him over the seas to a Penal colony , are those ihat ought to hare gone ; and not the kindhearted victim to their rascality .
Wnxuxs , it seems , " still wears the log on his leg . " He has not yet 'satisfied for the crime of seeking to escape from the Penal Hell . Let us hope that he soon will have done so . Surely it will not be too much to expect from the Home Office , that the whole will be put on an equal footing as regards " comfort . " Here are the paragraphs : — Coxticts . —Geaeb , the step-son of John Frost , the Chartist Chief in the attack upon Newport in 1839 ,-who is a solicitor , and was about two years since transported tor twenty years for forgery , has been , after working twenty months upon the roads ,
allowed a ticket of leave , ' and has been hired as afreeEervant to his wife , who followed him out . Frost , who , as has been already stated , is released from the penal gang , and is in a situation as clerk , has sent a letter to Mrs . Frost and his daughters , desiring them to go out also , in the hope that Mrs . Frost will be allowed to hire him as a free servant . "The Governor having informed Frost , Williams , and Jones , that the Home-offioe has finally determined never to a low them to return to then native land , they hare resigned themselves to their fate , with a -determination to secure to themselves kind treatment by their future good conduct . Thb Wklsh Cosncra of 1840 . —Mr . Swain , of
Fleet-street , who was instrumental in getting np petitions in favour of the Chartist leaders , sentenced to he hanged in 1840 , for high treason , has received a communication from Mr . John Frost , the leader © f the Chartists who attacked Newport , in which he ihanks Mr . Swain for the interest he took in his fate , and also states that he and Williams have been krooght back from the penal settlement , whither they h * 3 been sent for having attempted to make their escape . Frost is comfortably situated as clerk , and is most anxious that is family should go out to lim . Williams still wears the log on his leg , and Jones continues to hold the situation he got shortly after his arrival in the eolonv .
** The Governor has informed Faosr , Williams and Jojtcs that the Boits-Omcs has finally detersained NEVER to allow them to return to theii native land , " NEYES ! Bather an inconclusive K determination , " is it not I Perhaps Sir Jakes < 5 baham will not always be in the Home-Office ! It is possible that himself and his NETER" may both get kicked out 1 Then where will the " determination" be ? We know that Fbost , Williams , and Jo 5 E 3 will be kept away as long as faction can eompas 3 it ; but , as surely as the Dorchester
Labourers were sent for "back again , " so surely Trill a vessel be despatched to fetch the Welsh eon-Ticts , if they should be spared in the land of the living . Time works many changes ; and the deterttinations" of the Hoxb-Gfhcb have had to give -way before now , and will have to do again . Let bnt ihe Chartists get twenty Members -into " the House , " and the Secretary of State , even should it be Sir James Gbaham , will be very poHle , and vert -yielding ; ready to give up twenty Fxosrs to propitiate and appease the Chatotst Opposition ! He would soon forget M 3 M NEVER , "
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Tebttjls , Pbestou . —Mr . O'CohdpB wa * elected for Glare Ceunty , in 1828 . He was refused Ms Be&t when Parliament met in 1839 ; and on the 10 th of April in Ihat year ibe " Emancipation" BQl was passed . Mx . O'Connell -eras re-elected for Clare . TTrLXLUi Thomas , Dowxais . —The works on Phonography are published hy Isaac Pitman , 5 , Nelson-Place , Bath , and Bagster and Sons , Paternoster-row , London . -JOHX HuxteK- — Any number he pleases at 2 a . 3 d . a 0 . OT 2 U . Perhaps be could get tbem from some of the publishers star blm , Bobxbt Gilx , 1 , Bitton-street , York , -wishes to correspond with the -sub-secretaries of the Tarious localities in the Uorth and East Hiding district , desiring
their opinion on the Executive address that appeared in the Star on the . subject of engaging lecturers . JIB- Bowauor , GaBLISLB . —We shall be happy to receive from him toe -volume of poems . If he can ¦ procure it j or if that csnnol be accomplished , if he win transmit thezEssay he speaks of , we will try to use it in aoms manner or ether . For hi * good wishes ire thank him ; and are happy to find that the firm stand taken byus for the free expression of tbongbt on political and religious matters gives satisfaction to the CarliBifl friends . With respect to the " reports" iin the paiticnlai case he mentions , he xiust just please himself . 2 J 0 TTI 36 HAJI- —AH commnni cations foi the Byron Ward locality are to be directed to the Secretary ,
( pre-paid ) Mr . James Street , Goose-gate , Nottingham , Where every information will be given to those persons who may wish to join the Association . Twenty-five new members enrolled their names ana paid for their cards last Sunday evening . " " tValseb ' s Ibos Wowcs , Newcastle , —We are glad to receive the account of * ' progress" from this place . An association is formed ; twenty-five cards taken ont ; and a weekly meeting arranged for mntnal improvement . This is right Let our friends meet , read , discuss , and otherwise employ their mental powers , and they will nnd their account in it . . The "Mikees ' 'Advocate . " —We have received the First Number of the Sew Series of this organ of
the Colliers' Union . It is most tastefully "got mp , " as far as externals are concerned ; of internal we cannot speak , for we have not had time yet to open it . Mr . Jttluh Hxrket being Beverely indisposed , requests the patience of numerous correspondents , until he is able to write to them . Jtrnrws , Litbbatcbe , ic—Owing to unavoidable cause 3 , we are relnnctantly compelled to omit our usual articles under the above heads . "Thb Chasiist Pilot . —W © have received the first three numbers of thia large halfpenny-worth of Chartism , published by Mre . Cooper , of Leicester . At present we can only say to the Chartists of XeioesierEhire and Derbyshire , and of all other places where the PiM can find IlB way , ** buy it . " Yon will have ynnr money ' s worth . ' 3 > B . M'DOTJAli ' s XKTIEB 15 THB n J ? XW MoiAL
Wobid . "—A translation of a letter from Dr . M'Douall to the Editor of Le Pojmlaire , a French Communist Organ , has appeared in the New Moral World . At the end of that letter , a Eort of PJ 5 . appears , in which ihe Drt is made to subscribe 200 francs to the Communist movement . In relaiioD to this matteryvf e haTe a letter from the Dr . himself , in which he Btate 3 that he wrote no letter for publication ; that hecnly wrote a private letter to Mobs . Cabst , sympathising with the persecuted Communists ; that he has not seen the published letter either in French or English ; . that he has not had it in his power , nor did he ever , advance a angle farthing either to or for the Communists ol France or any other eountry ; and that he suspects that the statement respecting the subscription has been added by seme enthusiast merely to give the « nm > staauius .
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Thb Nobth Stappobdshikb Collibbs . —The report of their delegate meeting has . been accidentally omitted . It Bball appear next week . THK Friend at Wakefibld who has forwarded ua paragraphs this week of accidents , bag our thanks . We trust be will let us hear from him again , it any thing worthy of notice comes to his knowledge . Obskryeb is thanked . We had the notice of Royalty at Nottingham , that appears , in type , when his favour came tehand . ; Mb . Mason—The long report © f the horrible atrocities in the Birmingham Workhouse , ' which appears In another column , w&a printed off , when bU favour cazzta We have received the Birmingham Adver tiser of Thursday with the continued examinations , and shall make use of them next week ; when Mr . M . 's truthful remarks will be of service .
The London Chartists—we ate sorry to be obliged to disappoint our friends , but cannot help it . They have only themselves , however , to blame . We have often stated that our arrangements will not permit us to give long reports of meetings received on Friday morning . The reports of the meetings at Camberwell and at Clerkenwell might have bees here on Thursday . The meetings were holden on Tuesday night : the reports should havo been dispatched on Wednesday night . Thb Sbpobt of Covestbt Association fob protecting"Wases next week . Dattd swell—His casOgatiou of the snivelling rt evangelicals" is raylher too severe . T . BidwsLL—We cannot advise him . He must exercise sis own judgment
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FOB DR . H'DOTJALL . £ s . d . FromBarniley ... ... ... . „ 0 11 1 FOR MR . COOPER . From J . R . Watson ... ... ... 0 1 3 FOR MR . JONES . From J . R . Watson ... ... ... 0 1 S Creighton Abbroath—Yes j Bend tho order . To Agents—Light sovereigns are only credited accordins to their weight .
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The adjourned quarterly meeting of this body was held on Wednesday last . There were present : — The Mayor , Aldermen Willaus , Qates , Smith , Musgrave , Hebdin , Gaunt , Maclea , Bateson , Goodman , PawEon , Lupton , Luccook , and Jackson ; Councillors Wm . Smith , Atkinson , Moorhouse , Watson , Kelsall , NewHam , Craven , Bramley , Jackson , Carbutt , J . W , Smith , White , Heaps , Holmes , Hornby , Brumfitt , Weddill , Cawood , Barritt , Barlow , Sellers , Dickinson , France , Broadhead , Bower , Walker , Hall , Marshall , Cliff , Whitehead , Hobson , Ingham , Lister , Farrar , Wilson , Butler , Strother , and Prince .
At the opening of the proceedings , a letter was read by the Town Clerk , signed by most of the Tory Councillors , setting forth the grounds on which they declined to act on the Committees to which they had been appointed at a private meeting before the last meeting of the Council , and declaring and justifying their determination not to serve on such committees , inasmuch as their appointments to them had been made contrary to all propriety or precedent . They expressed their willingness to serve if the committees were remodelled on the principle on which tney had been before . EXPENSES OF BOBOUGH PABUAMKNTABT REVISION .
In accordance vrith the first notice on the paper , an account of all the expenses inenrred by the Town Clerk , in carrying into effect within the borough of Leeds the provisions of the statute 6 th Victoria , cap . 18 , intituled " An Act to amend the law for the registration of persons entitled to vote , and to define certain rights of voting , and to regulate certain proceedings in the election of Members to serve in Parliament for England and Wales , " and also an account of the sum to be contributed for defraying the same by each township within the borough , was read by Mr . Alderman Lbccock , who moved that
the amount , which was £ 150 , be pud . Mr . Luccock stated that the account had been handed by the Town Clerk to him : he had carefully examined every item , and was of opinion that they were extremely moderate , as althongh the list contained an increase of 300 names , the charges were less than had been previously naid . Mr . Gaunt wished the Council dearly to understand under ¦ what circumstances the charges they were now discussing were made , and whether Ibey did not form part of the official duties of the Town Clerk .
Mr . J . Atkinson thought the duties of the Town Clerk were sufficiently defined ; and that it was dear that he had right to claim for all statutable labour over and above his salary . Mr . Luccock read abstracts of the clauses of the Registration Act , to show that there were duties apart from those which devolved upon him as Town Clerk . Mr . Craven said that had the money to be paid ont of the Borough Fund , instead of by tthe Overseers of the several townships of the borough , he should certainly have opposed it . He did not admire these extra charges . He should prefer the Town Clerk having a fixed salary sufficient to remunerate him , and that the fees of his office Bhould go to the Borough Fund . At the next meeting of Council it was his intention to bring this snbject before them and then he should , deem it to be his duty to make the present charges also a matter of their consideration—( hear , bear ) .
On the suggestion of Mr . Newsah , the Report of the Council defining the duties of the Town Clerk was referred to ; and from that report it appeared that it had not been deemed necessary to specify the duties now detailed , as the expensesincurred . thereby were defrayed by the Overseers . Mr- Joseph Cliffs thought that the question had not been fully examined ; he thought the Council should see that these charges were regular before they passed them , as they had the power and were to be called upon , to issue certificates ordering the overseers to pay them—( hear , hear ^ He should , therefore , agree that they be referred to the Finance Committee for revision , and that they should report thereon at the next meeting of Council . M . Hobson seconded the amendment .
Mr . Luccock , after some other discussion , ¦ withdrew the proposition for the issning the certificates for the payment of the ch&rgea , and the amendment having assumed the shape of a substantive proposition , was carried unanimously .
APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC PROSECUTORS . The motion on this subject was withdrawn on tiie ground of the magistrates not recognizing the right of the Council to make the appointment , and there being no authority in the Municipal Act empowering them to proceed therein . APPOINTMENT OF PEINTXB AND STABONEB . In compliance with the recommendation of a Committee appointed on the 9 th of November , Mr . Henry Woodhead Walker , of Briggate , was appointed printer of the Municipal list , and the miscellaneous work for the year ending Nov . 9 th , 1844 ; and Mr . Joseph Buckton , of Briggate , was appointed stationer for the same period .
Mr . Kyr-s * TT ., in moving the appointment of printer , said that he highly approved of the system of estimating , and instanced as a proof of its eoonomical working , that in the year 1841 the cost of printing the Municipal list was £ 315 2 s Id ; in 1842 , £ 272 I 83 Id j and in 1843 , £ 185 0 a 3 d—making , as compared with the year preceding , a saving in the last year of £ 87 17 a lOd .
TURNPIKE ROAD BILL . Mr . John Atkinson proposed that the charges of Mr . Bayldon , road ] surveyor , of Honslet , amounting to £ 69 12 s 6 d . for services rendered by him in connexion with the turnpike road bill , introduced into Parliament during the last sesBion by Mr . Manners Sntton , and undertaken by him at the request of the Committee of Council " appointed to watch bills in Parliament affecting the Borough of Leeds be paid . Mr . J . W . Shith seconded the proposition .
Mr . Marshall proposed , as ail amendment that the Council should only defray the expenses which Mr . Bayldon had actually incurred , which amounted to £ 57 12 i 6 d , without paying him anything for his own services , inasmuch as Mr . Bayldon had , without the consent of the Committee , printed for the U 3 e of ether parties interested in Turnpike roads , the information which he had collected from and at the expense of the Committee , and it was reasonable to suppose that he had derived some benefit in so doing .
Mr . Luccocs seconded the amendment , and opposed the motion on the same grounds , and in addition stated that it was the impression of himself and other members of the Committee , that Mr . Bayldon had intimated thathe should not make any charge for his own services . Mr . Cawood said the impression on his mind was that Mr . Bayldon had made no such intimation to the Committee . Mr . Atkinson justified the charges made by Mr . Bayldon , and stated that he had not charged anything except what -he had actually paid to parties
whom he had found it necessary to assist him m obtaining th » information , with the exception of £ 12 for his own labour in reducing the information to a tabular form , a work for which it was a most economical charge . He was not aware thai Mr . Bayldon had ever said that he would render his own services gratuitously , and , he thought they ought to have better evidence than the mere impression of two or three members of the Council . On the question being pnt , the amendment wasnega tived by 23 to 20 ; ihe original motion was therefore put and carried , and the amonnt ordered to bepaid to Mr . Bayldon .
"WATCH BATS . On the proposition of Mr . Luccocx , seconded by Mr . Pawson , a committee was appointed to enqnire into the mode of assessing and levying the Watca Kate , and to report thereon to the Council . OPENIKG OF THE COMMITTEES . _ Mr . Jackson proposed that all committee meetingBbeopen to the pnblic on the same conditiciu thlt sttangers are admitted to the Council meet-
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ings . In introducing the question , he contended that were the '' press admitted to the meettags of committees , there would be a greater absenoe of the mistakes which had occurred ; and he instanced the labours of the Streets Committee and others , by whom large sums of our public money had been voted away , and over these a very salutary controul would be exercised by the press . The Committees which he wished to have thrown open were the Watch Committee , the Gaol Committee , the Streets Committee , the Lamp Committee , and the Banal Grounds Committee , to the meetings of which were the press admitted , the mombers would feel themselves under a great degree of responsibility . For himself he should always be at liberty to promulgate whatever occurred in the Committees of which he was a member .
Mr . Hobson Beconded the proposition . He did so chiefly od the ground urged by Mr . Jackson , that whatever concerned the public , the public had a right to know . He also advocated the question on the ground that the Watch Committee was the place where complaints against policemen were heard and decided ; and he thought the public had a perfect right not only to know that complaints against that body were properly attended to , but also to be eatisfied of the judicious expenditure of the large sumabout eight thousand pounds , he believed—which they
had at their disposal . Mr . Lupton thought it would be a most unfortnnate thing to open the Watch Committee , and that it was often necessary to the ends of justice that its proceedings should be kept as close as possible . It was erroneous to say that the Watch Committee was the only plsce where complaints against policemen ware disposed of . Complaints oonld be heard before the magistrates , particularly in cases of assault , and then the magistrates not only decided on the oases , but the public were made acquainted with their proceedings through the press .
Mr . Joskph Cliff thought that it would not promote the interest of the publio to open the committees , because they had often negotiations to make which would be frustrated were the information to become prematurely public . Mr . Basbstt condemned the avowal made by Mr . Jackson that he would divulge whatever 00-ourred in the committees on which he sat , and said that if he carried that prinoipleout . he ( Mr . Barrett ) should feel it to be hiB duty to Tote against Mr . Jackson being upon any of the committees .
Mr . Jackson , in reply said it did seem to him very illiberal to exclude the ratepayers from the meetings where their own money was voted away . At the same time when any bargain was making or any point of law was being discussed , he would be as seoret as any man ; and he challenged any one to say that he had ever made any disclosures injurious to the public interests . He should persevere in his motion , although it might lead to bis expulsion from every committee of the Council . The question was then put , it having been moved that the votes be recorded . The motion was negatived by 29 to 7 . The following are the votes : — For the Motion . —Councillors . Jackson , White , Hornb Brumfitt , Hobson , Farrer , and Wilson .
Against it—Aldermen Oates , Smith , Musgrave , Gaunt , Madea , Bateson , Uoodman , Pawson , Lupton , Luccock , and Jackson ; and Councillors W . Smith , Moorhouse , Kelsall , Carbutt , Weddill , Barrett , Barlow , Sellers , Dickinson , France , Broadhead , Bower , Walker , Hall , Marshall , Cliff , Whitehead , and Ingham . Mr . Jackson then inquired of the Town Clerk whether the Committees , on which he was not appointed , had the power to exclude him from their meetings . The Town Clekk was of opinion that that power was in the hands of the separate committees .
IMPROVEMENT AND BURIAL GROUNDS ACTS . VALUATION OF THE BOBOUGH . ' Mr . Luccock proposed *• That in pursuance of the statute in that behalf , Messrs . Richard Hey and Samuel Sharp , the adjusters of the valuation of the borough , de make and subscribe a solemn declaration to make such valuation fairly and impartially , and according to the best of their judgment . " Mr . Lupton seconded the motion , whioh was carried .
PRINTBB AND STATIONER . Mr . ' Walker was appointed printer , and Mr . Buckton , stationer , under the Improvement Act . MOBTGAGK 9 CJTDEB THB IMPBOVEMBNT ACT . On ihe motion of Mr . Luccgck , seconded by Mr . Gaunt , it was resolved that the Borough Seal should bo affixed to the following mortgages on the Improvement Rates : —For £ 4 , 000 to Joseph Janson , Esq . ; £ 3 , 000 to Messrs . Wm . Wainman and Son , on the Leeds Improvement Rates ; and fer £ 4 , 000 to W . Wina . Brown , Esq ., on the Hunslet Improvement rate . The rate of interest at which the money was borrowed was stated to be 4 A per cent .
SALARIES OF OFFICERS , & 0 . On the motion of Mr . Luccock , seconded by Mr . Oates , it was resolved that the Finance Committee be empowered to pay the salaries of officers , wages of servants , rent of offices , and rates and expences connected with the offices under the Improvement Act ; together with the interest of the money borrowed , as that became due .
EMOLUMENTS OP TOWN CLEBK . After the business on the notice paper had been gone through , Mr . Hobson said he had a question to ask of the Town Clerk . He wished to know what other statuary duties he had to perform , for which he received payments in fees , in addition to his salary , besides those for which a bill had been that day presented . The Town Clerk hesitated some time at this question , but ultimately replied that he could not reallv
tell what the amount would be whioh he should receive ; he had not yet been more than . three months in office ; he had not access to the private papers of his predecessor ; in short , he thought his chargeable duties were so well defined in the report of the Committee which had been appointed when he received office , that be could have no difficulty in getting wrong ; but really he could not tell what he might have to receive . He would , however , say that on the bill which had been presented there would be a profit of about £ 50 .
Mr . Hobson—I do not want to know your profits , Mr . Town Clerk ; I only want to know what you receive .
THB LETTER OF THE TORT COUNCILLORS . Mr . Luccock then , addressing the Mayor , said that a letter bad been read to the Council that day , signed by a number of the members of their body , reflecting upou the manner in whioh the party to which he belonged had acted in reference to the appointment of the various committees . He felt it to be his duty now to take some notice of that letter , and 19 Bay something about the manner in whioh the committees were formed this and the previous years during which he had been in the Council . The ' improvement Act gave great powers to be carried out by the Tows Council , and it was highly desirable that it should be carried out with unanimity of feeling between both sides of the Council Chamber :
and when that act was first about to come into operation , Mr . Martin Cawood called upoa him to see if any arrangement could be made before the meeting of the Council at which the committees were to be appointed , so that the committees might work harmoniously . It was agreed that they should exchange lists names proposed for the different Committees , and submit them to their respective friends . This was done ; the arrangement was completed ; the lists submitted to the Council , and the Committees were appointed with satisfaction to all parties . This was in the month of June , 1842 , and in November following , when the Committees had to be appointed , a similar arrangement was come to , which was equally satisfactory : there was this difference ,
however , that in June the Committees remained much the same as they were at first nominated ; but in November several changes were made , especially in the Watch Committee , because some gentlemen were not agreeable , or could not make it convenient to serve on such and suotetCommitteea . But this year , no member on the Conservative side of the house had communicated with him ( Alderman Lupton ) or with any other gentleman on his side ; consequently no arrangement had been made , nor , indeed , could any be made—( hear , hoar , hear ) . He had incurred some degree of odium personally , for attempting to imake these arrangements ; but he would nevertheleES have been glad to have done aught in his power so that they might have bad the co-operation of the other side of the Council Chamber —( hear , hear ) . It was not his place to have called upon the Conservatives ' , and make overtures to them for an arrangement : they
did not call upon him , and , therefore , ne arrangement had been made—( hear , hear ) . But the names of the Conservative Councillors were placed on different committees , to which if they had had any objections—if they had been placed onanyoneupo& which they could not act—they might have made such propositions for the changing of namesand the replacing of one for another , as would have been cheerfully agreed to by the other party in the Council , But the opportunity was not afforded to . make such changes ; for very shortly after the Mayor had been elected at the meeting of the Council on the Sib . November , and before the committees were appointed , the whole of the Conservative members with one exception , he believed , left the house , ( erieBof No , no , " and " Yes , yes . " ) Mr . Farrar said himself , Mr . Wilson , Mr . Lister , and Mr . Walker remained—( renewed cries of" No , no" "Yes . yes / O
, . .... . Mr . Luccock—If they did not allleave'the Counoil Chamber , nearly the whole of them did , and what was the consequence 1 His side of the house could not tell on wh ' it committees the Conservatives would like to be placed , and the committees were appointed much the 6 ? . me as they were proposed . But still , even now , if the Conservatives would come to state their objer jtjons and say what committees they would like to bp up 0 Uj different to those on which they had been pis ^ ed , he would be happy to do aught he could to effect snob change , so as to restore tlMV unanimity
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between the parties which had previously existed as to the committees . His side of the house had no desire to exclude the Conservatives from any com-| n » ttee- ( hear , hear ) . bB ^ r ;^™? ^^ 8 aid that the tettSW 1 tiw * the Con-- * T ? wmW in the manner they had done , wi ^ that a pnntedlist of all the committe es was circulated amongst the liberals , stating of whom the yanoos committees would be composed , and that list was agreed , to at a private meeting of Mr . Lucceck ' s wde of the house , without consulting hia ( Mr . Stro-£ ™> ? f ^< hear , bear ) . Where waa the use of M > nservatives acting on committees so appointed \ because they were a small section of the council , were they to be treated aa the other side chose . without
having a voice of their own in the matter ! ik t £ ?" ati TOs had been consulted last year , and why should they not this ? - ( hear , hear ) . They had a rignt to have been consulted this year as well as the last . This not having been done he could not see , from the state of the two sides of the house , that any _ awangemebt could be come to . t . a T u LtJPT <> N denied the truth of the letter whioh had been addressed to the Town Clerk . He was n er ^ P 81 " *^ *© any overtures being made to the other side of the house . The party with which he had usually acted met as the other party met—each to make its own arrangements before the meeting of the Counoil ; and it was the fault ot the other side , if they did not remain at the meeting on the 9 th of November , when the committees were appointed . If they had remained and got up in 1 their places and proDOsed such ehansea
as they wished to be made , be doubted not that the Changes Would have been allowed—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Hobaon was proposed on the Goal Committee in a very courteous way by Mr . Craven ; and , in what he mi * 1 ? * considered a very uncourteous way Mr . tiobsen met the proposition . He gave a piece of information to the Counoil of which he for one was previously ignorant . He should entirely object to making any arrangement with the other side of the house . If they could leave the Council Chamv t J r « fuse to act on Committees after they bad madea solemn declaration on taking office a * c <»""» "ors that they would duly and faithfully iulnl the duties thereof according to the best of their judgment and ability , he for one would never go over the work again of appointing the Committees . Let the other members of the Counoil do their duty , whatever the Conservatives might do .
Mr . Hobson said that at the last meeting of the Council he objected very strenuously to the arrangement made for the Committees , and he thought he had a good right to do so , for be received no invitation to be present at the private meeting , at whioh he knew his conduct was severely canvassed in his absenoe , and a decision come to relating to him ; and whieh decision it was determined should be carried out when they met in the Council Chamber— ( hear , _ hear ) . He objected that any portion of the Council should sit in judgment on his conduct , and afterwards come into the Council Chamber to
eawy that jndgment into effect—( hear , hear ) . He could not have respected himself if he had submitted to be so insultingly treated , They conspired to keep him from all the Committees under the Municipal Act . They said there was plenty of work and much to do on the Committees under the Improvement Act , and he had little time to attend to such things ; therefore they would place him on such Committees as they liked , and bring him into disgrace with his constituents —( near , hear ) . He was determined to break through such a party concontrivance , and felt quite justified in acting in the manner he had done .
Mr . Cuff said it appeared Mr . Hobson did not complain of the system of arrangement , but merely of the conduct pursued towards himself individually . Mr . Hobson did object to the system of arrangement unless such arrangement was entered into by all parties in the Counoil . And he particularly objected to a portion of the Council Bitting in judgment on another portion , and trying to use them as they liked , He thought both himself and others had a right to complain of the conduct of thtse who resembled in private , If it were necessary to make arrangements for the appointment of Committees before the meeting of the Council , all parties ought to be consulted in the arrangement .
Mr . Cliff thought it was quite right , businesslike , and necessary that arrangements should be made distinct from the meeting of the Counoil ; and that it would lead to [ confusion , and be more likely to be prejudicial to the publio than otherwise ) if such arrangements were not made . Mr . Nkwsam agreed that it might be necessary to make arrangements , but those arrangements should have been made differently from what they had been . Last year the Conservatives were placed on the different Committees according to the relative numbers of the two parties . A list of eaoh Com *
mittee was submitted to the Conservatives by the other party , containing their ( the Liberal ) nominations , and the Conservatives filled up the number of gentlemen required on each Committee . But this year the other side of tho house had not given his side the opportunity of doing as they did last year , but they had , without consulting them , placed them on such CommiUeea as they thought proper , and left them out of others . The Liberal party had not only selected their owu side of the house , but his side also ; and bad not given his side thoir proportion according to their relative numbers—( hear ) .
Mr . Barrett and Mr . Gaunt severally condemned the proceedings of the Conservative party . Mr . Stboth er , in reply to some observations from the other side of the house , charging the Conservatives with not adhering to the solemn declaration which they made on taking office , said that by that declaration they promised faithfully to disoharge the duties of the office according to the best of their judgment and ability ; but they were sot to act in obedienco to the unfair terms of the other side of the house . He felt he should not be acting according to the best of his ability aad . judgment if he submitted to an arrangement in which neither he nor his friends had been consulted .
Mr . Goodman thought the Conservatives had Bhown a want of courage in leaving the Counoil in the manner they had done on the 9 th of November . If they had remained he thought they might have raised a succesful opposition to some of the nominations on the committees . Mr . Pawson regretted that Mr . Martin Cawood , who had used his influence in former years to the effecting of a satisfactory arrangement between the 'two parties , was not still a member of the council . It would be much better if there was a good understanding between them , and it was only fair that
both parties should be duly represented in the different committees . Both parties ought to have been brought together before the annual meeting of the council , and a satisfactory arrangement made between them . Whether his own side or the other was to blame—whether it devolved upon the liberals or the conservatives to make the first offer for arrangement , ho would not say , but it seemed to him to be as much the duty of the one as the other . He felt regret that they were not so harmonious as they ought to be ; and he should be very glad if a better understanding were come to .
Mr . Farreb , said that as the other Bide claimed all the liberality of the Counoil , he was surprised that Alderman Gaunt should have said it was the duty of the small minority on his ( Mr , Farrar ' s ) side of the house to have made the first overtures to the large majority on his ( Alderman Gaunt'a ) side . He thought as the other side claimed all the liberality and the large majority , they would not have done wrong if they had exhibited some small portion of that liberality whioh they boasted that they possessed , ' by seeking a conference with the little minority —( laughter ) .
Mr . Jackson said he thought the Conservative members of the Council had a perfect right to complain of the conduct of the Liberals—( hear , hear ) . He was an honest Liberal , and did not like an illiberal act . He condemned the meeting at the " snuggery , " and when he was at that meeting , he told them honestly he would report proceedings , and he had done so —( hear , hear ) . He was himself placed on the Gaol Committee against the wish of most of those who attended the " snuggery" meeting ; and when he was put on , and some remark was made , Alderman Luccock , he was told , eaid , " O , never mind , he can do us no harm " —( hear , hear ) .
Mr . Luccock said if he had made the observation attributed to him , it was under an impression that Mr . Jackson comld do them no barm ; but after his declaration that day , he thought he would do them a great deal of harm . The Mayor said he hoped some arrangement would be come to with the Conservatives . Mr . Hobson said , perhaps the best way would be to have another meeting at the " snuggery , " at whieh all parties could be present- ( hear , hear , and laughter ) . The discussion then dropped , and at half-past three o ' clock the Council adjourned to Monday , the 1 st of January .
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EOCHDAX . B . —Mr . James Pontefraot , of Saddleworth , delivered two lectures in thia town , aocording to previous arrangement , and gave general satisfaction to all bis hearers ,
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Meeting of Ratepayers . —A publio meeting of the ratepayers of Bradford , called by requisition , was held in the Temperance Hall , on Friday , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament to extend tho powers of the j Borough Commissioners , and enablo them to adopt more efficient measures to remove the many obstructions , and particularly the smoke nuisance ; likewise to establish a borough police . The meeting Was called for eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , the ! Commissioners and a many of the Whig party no doubt judging that the working men could not ] attend at that hour . A few hours before the meeting commenced , report stated that the real object of the meeting was to memorializa
for a Municipal Charter ; however , at the hour appointed , the Hall was nearly full , the workies taking possession of jthe gallery- ' -the gents below . Mr . Walker was called to the chair , who briefly opened the business of the meeting . A resolution was moved by one Commissioner , and seconded by another , to the effect of establishing a ease to apply for an Act of Parliament . At this stage of the proceedings , Mr . I Smyth rose to put a question to the Chairman , if he would inform the meeting the probable expense attending the obtaining of an Act for the - object in' view ? The Chairman replied , the
seconder of the resolution would state tbe-amount , but no amount was stated . The Chairman was about to put ! the resolution , when Mr . Smith handed an amendment to the Chairman . This caused a little uneasiness on the platform . The amendment waa to the effect that the burdens already on the working people was more than their amount of wages possibly enabled , them to pay . Mr . Smith , in support ot his amendment , contended that all the nuisance complained of could be removed at the expense of a few pounds ; he was certain those gentlemen who seemed to think so much for the lives and welfare of their
working men could have no objection to remove the cause of complaint without calling on the operative to pay for it in the shape of rates . The amendment was declared carried by a large majority . Mr . Oxley then moved a long resolution ending in the people to memorialise for a Charter of incorporation . Dr . Beaumont seconded it , and Mr . Byles , editor of the Observer in a long speech supported the motion . ¦ Mr . George Fletcher also spoke in favour of a Municipal Charter . Mr . Smith moved an amendmont , aud entered into the details of the measure , and ! the expence of carrying it out . The amendment was carried by a large majority . The meeting separated—the Whigs chop-fallen at the defeat of their pet measure .
WAKEFIEX . D . —Fatal Accident . —On Friday night , about bi ' x o ' clock , a person of tho name of Israel Abson , joiner , jumped out of a train just before it approached the Wakefield Station , from Normanton . He \ fell with one arm on the tramway , and was seriously injured by the carriages going over it . He got up , and walked about 200 . yards from the place ; but from the quantity of blood which he lost ; he beoame weak , and wanted to lay down . Some { men , that came up immediately , removed him to ] Mr . Holdswouh ' s , surgeon , Kirkgate . Mr . Hi found that the arm was so much injured that he was obliged to amputate it ; and the poor fellow
died almost directly after the operation . He is about twenty-five years old , and has left a wife and two children . The deceased , and from thirty to forty more joiners , have been working for the Company , at Normanton , for some time ; and have had the liberty of walking on the line . They have also made it a practice to get on to the trains while going at a slow pace ; and then have been obliged to jump off before the ) Wakefield Station was reached . In this there was great danger , as poor Abson has found to his cost . Why did not the Company forward the men on the line at a cheap coat ; A luggage waggon attached to a luggage train would have answered . ]
Dreadful Suicide . —On Thursday afternoon last , about four o'clock , Mr . Henry Lawton , bookseller and stationer ; near the Market Cross , put a period to his existence by nearly severing his head from his body . The deceased was in a state of intoxication at the time . He was to have beeu married in a few weeks . i ¦ BARNSLET . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of this town was h ^ Jd on Wednesday ni ght , in the Odd-fellows' JHall , 10 take into consideration the propriety of raising a subscription in order to procure the liberation of Mr . Oastler ; Mr . George Utley in the chair . Resolutions similar * to those adopted at other places were proposed , seconded , supported , and enthusiastically carried . Eloquent and touching I addresses were made by the several speakers ; but particularly by Mr . Ferrand , who rivetted the attention of his audience for a considerable period . jBarngley will do her share of the good work . l
BARNSLEY . —A meeting of the weavers of this town was held on Monday night , in Mr . John Pickering ' s large ! room for the purpose of hearing a report from a deputation that had been appointed to wait upon Mr . Peoketfc , on account of that gentleman reducing the wages of his workmen . The deputation called several times at his warehouse on Monday , but ' did not succeed in getting an interview till Tuesday morning , when they met with him in the warehouse , told him the nature of their business , and waited a reply , which was , " I cannot make my
tioks under { any other circumstances . ; I have weighed the matter well over ; therefore I am prepared to abide the consequence . " The " consequence" vrillibe a turnout of all hia hands , Another meeting was held on Tuesday night , in the above place , when the deputation reported progress , and addressed the meeting at great length , at the close of which the' following resolution was passed : — " That two of the Committee be appointed to wait upon Mr . Peckett ' s weavers during the course of the present week . " The meeting was then adjourned till next Monday night .
NOTTINGHAM . —This week our dear . Queen having passed near the town of Nottingham , the Whigs and Tories have been too much engaged in drinking loyal toasts to pay attention to anything else . Perhaps a little sober reflection may have restored them to their senses , and caused them to consider that- they " pay too dear for their whistle . " The money which has been squandered away in this foolish parade—this idol worshipping—might have comfortably clothed and fed thousands of our destitute fellow creatures . It is fair to presume that her Majesty would consider , from the display made on theocoasion , that her people were all happy , and had no grievances of which to complain . One side of the picture only met her eye . All was glitter
and show , as far as she could Bee . Englishmen ought to begin to count the cost of all this tomfoolery ; and jit will be well to remind them that the annual cost of her Majesty ' s household is upwards of £ 500 . 000 . i Thia is not all , for the people have to find £ 300 , 000 more for foreign kings , the Queen Dowager , the Queen ' s mother and the princesses . Surely it is high time that some economy were used in these matters , unless they mean to starve the people to deatn . How much longer will the middle classes and ; the shopkeepers perpetuate such a state of things 1 Have they not enough to do to pay rent and rates , without fooling their , own or other people ' s money away in this senseless manner 1 Verily , John I Bull ia a great calf ; or he would have tossed the system overhead long since . In order to uphold this brutal and demoralizing system , and
keep the poor from demanding redress , we are further taxed for the army £ 9 , 000 , 000 ; for the navy upwards of £ 6 , 000 , 000 ; for the police in London and Dublin alone £ 700 , 000 : but what the total cost of this unconstitutional and spy force is all over the Kingdom cannot be ascertained . The amount must be frightfuLlt and , when added to £ 1 , 053 , 762 , tho cost for building prisons and transporting convicts , it proves undeniably that England is the " envy of surrounding nations , " and must be the " admiration of the world . " With the exception of a small knot of sycophants , who tried to raise their voices , in theiStation House Yard , not a single cheer greeted her Majesty . The poor miserable and dejected workies had nothing to cHeer for , and observed in the wealth and splendour whioh sur- rounded them , are of the causes of their own misery and degradation .
KBIGHIET . —Oastler ' s Liberty Fund . —A crowded meeting was held on Tuesday evening , in the Working Men's Hall , Keighley , similar to other meetings of & like nature , which have been held in so many large towns in the West Riding . The chair was taken by Mr . Heedy , at eight o ' clock . Mr . Joseph ! Firth moved the first resolution , seconded by Mr . John Bottomly , and supported by Mr . Squire Auty , of Bradford , who , in the course of his remarks , took occasion to show how Oastler ' s Liberty Fund was progressing in Bradford . He read the followin g statement from one of the Factories—Messrs . Wood and Walker's : —Children aud
young persons in the spinning rooms , £ 0 03 . 6 d . ; overlookers , £ 2 6 s . ; drawers , reelers , warpers , &c . & . O ., £ 1 Us . 9 ^ d . ; mechanics , £ 1 2 s . ; wool combers , £ 3 ; iwhoel levellers , £ 1 16 a . 3 d . ; total , £ 13 93 . 6 . } d . i Mr . Auty then appealed to the men of Keighley , exhorting them to follow the example so nobly set by the men of Bradford , and concluded by requesting the meeting never to rest satisfied until the Government had granted a good and efficient ten hours' bill , and erased from the statute book the cruel bastile law ; and got their good old kiag from prison , so that this country might once a&ajat become I
" Great , glorious , and free , First flojwer of the earth , first gem of the sea . ' * The second { resolution , was mov « d by ML * ., James Walker , seconded by Mr . Emnaett , and supported by the Honourable Member for Knaresbtrpogh . W . B . Ferrand , ] Esq . The third resolution , was moved by Mr . Joseph Diera , and seconded by M *» Nathaniel Easlantine ; j and , after a vote of thanks to W . B . Ferrand , Esq ., M . P ., and to strangers , the meeting separated with a determination thaA Keighley should not be behind in the noble work in liberating the good old king ; but that the working men will support the cauBe to the utmost of their power , 'fhe resolutions | wexe similar to , . tb . OSe |\? b . ica . h&v . e QWU , passed at othex meetings ,
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Liberation of George White . —The London Central Victim Committee intend celebrating the above event by a grand publio dinner , concer t , and ball , on Monday , January the 8 th , 1844 , at th > City of London PoliMcal and Scientific Institution . Tickets , to admit gentlemen , 2 s . each ; ladies , ditto . Is . 6 d ., ball included ; single tickets to ball 6 * d . ; double , ditto , 9 d . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will preside on the occasion .
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MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND ATSTOCKPORT . We have this day to record one of the most brutal and deliberate acts of murder which has for some time been perpetrated in this neighbourhood . The murderer is a middle aged man , named George Fox , a bailiff attached to the Stockport Court of Requite , and the victim his wife . The injuries whi p h have coused the unfortunate woman ' s death , were inflicted
on Friday night last , at the Robin Hood publio house . Middle Hillgate . Death resulted about ten o ' clock on the following morning . On this Fox immediately absconded , but gave himself into the custody of Mr . Sadler , superintendent of the Stockport police , at the house of his father , at Maple Bridge , on Sunday afternoon . An inquest was held on the body , before Mr . Hudson and a respectable jury , at the coroner ' s office , Yenion-street , Stqckport , on Monday afternoon , when the following evidence was adduced : —
Elizabeth ! Hallworth , of the Robin Hood , Middle Hill-gate : I knew the deceased , Charlotte FoS . She was the wife of the prisoner , George Fox . About a > quarter-past eleven on Friday night , after v / e had closed the house , there was a knock at the front doer . I called to my brother to go and see who was at the door , and he did so . Directly after that I heard a dreadful scream ; I came down and went to the cellar-kitchen , and there found Charlotte Fox lying insensible on the floor . Her husband , my brother , and Mr . Orlando Oldham were there . Deceased ' s husband , the pr isoner , was abasing her and cursing her for being drunk . I and the servant got her np and bathed her face , and gave her some water . Mr . Oldham said— "Why do you not Bend
for a doctor ! " to which the prisoner said— " It ' s of no use sending for a doctor to a drunken woman . " We then lifted her up , when the prisoner seized her round the waist , smelled at her breath , and again cursed her for being ; drank , and . dashed her head violently against the elopatone , which was immediately covered with blood . Mr . Oldham said" You have killed the woman now "; and Mr . Hallworth said— " You have finished her "; when the prisoner said—' If I have not finished her I will do . " I told him it was a shame to use a woman in that manner , and that he was sure to be hung for it ; when he said he hoped he might be . He put his neckerchief down with his hand , and said my neck is ready for the gallows . My brother sent for Policeman Bowers , and gave the prisoner into his custody ; but Bowers declined to take him , saying it was an assault , and he had not seen
it committed . Two watchmen then carried her up to the tap-room . She remained insensible during this time . My brother again asked Bowers to take Fox into custody , and he said he dare not unless a doctor said she was dangerously hurt . We then sent for Mr . Rayner . Fox laughed , and asked "What ' s the use of sending for a surgeon to be made a fool of , she ' s only drunk ; she is not hurt . " After Mr . Rayner had been sent for , the deceased appeared to come round a little . She put her hand to the back of her head , and , on taking it away again , it was covered with blood . On ber seeming to revive , a watchman was sent to tell Mr . Rayner he had no occasion to come . ' Deceased was taken home about one o ' clock by her husband and mother , having been in a state of insensibility from the time she was hurt , which was about a quarter past eleven . .
Mr . Orlando Oldham deposed to being at the Robin Hood on Friday night last . He corroborated the principal part of Mrs . Hallworth's statement , and added , on going to the top of the steps of the cellar kitchen , the deceased was coming up , making her escape from the prisoner . When about two steps from the top he caught hold of her petticoats , and pulled her down , and her head struck violently against the corner of the slop-stone . I seized hold of him , and held him whilst the other people rendered
assistance to the deceased . After awhile he be * came quite calm , and offered to assist in raising her up ; and , on promising not to injure her any further , he was allowed to do so . Having raised her up to nearly a standing position , he smelt at her breath , and said , " Thou — , thon's beea having drink again , " and dashed her from him with great violence , as in the evidence of tbo former witness . She did not cry out after he had pulled her baek . He did not fall down the steps too . He was at the bottom when he pulled ber down .
Betty Day , widow , mother of the deceased , deposed that she had lived six months with her daughter , who was in ber thirty-fourth year . She was the wife of George Fox , bailiff . They had been married about ten years . She was a bonnet maker . On Friday last , I went out to tea , and returned about eight , at which time she was pressing v a bonnet Prisoner came home about half-past ten , the worse for liquor , and appeared very fierce . He said , "Thou ' s been at the Robin Hood this afternoon ;" and she said . " I ' ve not . " He said , " Wilt thou swear it ? " She said , "I will . " He went and fetched a Bible for her to swear it . Daring this time , deceased made her escape out of the house . He'said , "She ' s gone on no good errand ; she ' s a
very drunken woman . " He then went to bed , and I sat up . After a while I made the doors , when he came down stairs , and asked who had come 10 , I said . no one . At this time he was undressed , except his trousers and shirt . Ho then said , "She's out , and 111 go out , too . " He dressed himself , and went out after her . I saw nothing more of either of them till I was sent for to the Robin Hood . He has often scolded her for going to the Robin Hood . I and prisoner brought her home . We put her on the floor . He offered to kick at her several times ; but Mr . Crompton , a neighbour , prevented him . He afterwards assisted me and Mrs . Crompton to carry her up stairs . I asked him to allow her to be put in my bed , bet he refused ; and
we put her in a sitting posture against his bed . At this time she waa Insensible . He began to CBTBO her , and said "D—nthee ! I could knock thee into the size ef half-crowns . " He then wrung her nose most severely . He attempted to kick her , buc I prevented him . He assisted me to put her into bed , and be undressed himself , and got into bed also . I begged he would not beat her again , and he promised he would not . About an hour and a half afterwards , I awoke and lighted a candle , and found them both in bed . He awoke , and began to ourse her again . I begged again that he would not touch her . He promised he would not , and I then went to bed again . About six o ' clock in the morning , I again went to see her : and she had then a
very black eye , and her nose had been bleeding . I said , * O George ! there's been something to do . " About 20 minutes past eight , prisoner got up . I said we must have eome medical aid ; to which he said ¦ we could do it ourselves , and that I must get some sticking plaiater . He afterwards sent mo for some wine , some ^ f which I gave her . Shortly after this , the prisoner and another bailiff went np stairs to see her ; and I again said we must send for a doctor . He then said , he would go and fetch Dr . Goulden . He went out ; and , on his retnrn , he said that Dr . Goulden would be there very shortly . Ho went out again , and I never uaw him again till now . Dr . Goulden did not come .
Mr . John Rayner , surgeon , of Higher Hillgate , stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased , and gave a minute description of its appearance , from which it appeared , that the primary cause of death was an effusion of blood on the brain , arising from a fracture of the back part of the Bkull . Tb > fracture he had no doubt had been occasioned by her head striking against the slopstone , either at the time deceased r ' as pulled from the steps , or when the prisoner afterwards knoeked her head against it . The body
having been viewed , and the coroner having summed up the evidence , in which be clearly pointed out the law as regards manslaughter and murder—the jury were left to consider their verdict ; and , after a fewminutes' consultation , returned a unanimous verdict of" Wilful and deliberate murder against George Fox . " Fox was thereupon committed to take his trial on the charge , at the next Chester assizes . Crowds of people were assembled about the Goronor ' s office and the prisoner ' s late residence , in John-street , during the inquiry , anxious to hear the decision .
Seekkts Charge . —On Sunday Dec . 3 rd , &v ? eaver » named Edward Chadwick , residing in the ScholeB , Wigan , was apprehended b y the police on . a charge oT beating his wife early that morning , so as to cause her death . The circumstances of the case are briefly these : —about one o ' clock on Sunday morning Chad wick ' s wife went to a beer shop in the neighbourhood for her husband , who returned home with her . A Short time afterwards the woman waa seea by a neighbour apparently very ill , andscareely able , to stand . When asked what was the matter , she
said she believed those " purrs" would kin her—that she believed she was finished that time . She was taken home immediately , where she died about halfpast three o ' clock . The evidenae in farther proof of lll-asage is Vf ry weak . Some members of the family deposed to the deceased hajring severe attacks of cramp or other disease in ihe stoaaach or bowels j and allege , that it was oas of these attacks that caused her death . The two coroners summoned juries to hold inquests oa Monday , which were both , adjourned to Friday , to await a post mortem examination of the body .
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On Thursday last , at the parish church , Leeds , by the Rev . Mr . Oxley , Samuel Smiles , Mjgg ^ b »^ -rs > ^ Sarah Anne , only daughter of JohR HolnjefciKafciV j £ v I St . Georjje ' s Terrace , Leeasi ' : 5 iT ^ P ^^^\ J ^^ llii v ^ mM
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Leeds Town Council.
LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL .
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Protection to Labock . —The petitions for the Protection of Labour , passed at the meetings held by Dr ^ Sleigh ia Huddersfield , Bradford , Bingley , Keigbley , Dewsbury , Elland , Lindley , Almondbury , Holmfirth , and Saddleworth , have been presented to her Majesty , and have been most graciously received . Extraordinary Pedestriamsm . —The woman , Mrs . Harrison , still continues her feat of walking one thousand miles in one thousand successive hours . Such an attempt was never before made by any female in the world , and will in all probability be completed , she having undergone the first fortnigntj the most important time of trial , as pedestrians have it . She walks upon the Whitehall-road , Wortleyj her house being the Dragon Inn , kept by Mr . James Wilkinson .
Marriage.
MARRIAGE .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct831/page/5/
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