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"S'OESHIS.B SPSIDTG ASSZZSS.
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fHE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1841.
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" „*•« : Hospital . —At ft meeting of almoners , < Sg y , thf ^ &ri ° Card ^ *»» ^^ Ifred a ^ fji « s WAir Stsjlmeb , detained at Havre , ivAted K decree of the Court of Rouen , and ^ returned to ' London . & vTTG of Hanover has just established T 5 S ^ - ^ arnJ yj and legalised the practice of ^* T ? r--u 3 ^¦ BST * * foaira . bly organised that ^ v * readv w uke ; he field in a shorter ume &J o > her . -5 i /^ ftuW * . t > -LiM decision of the Court of Chancery Jj ^ rvd * broken ba > -k , is compelled to receive in jltfT 1 * : i # -ubts dne to her , her own depreciated f ^ Sd ttruficd checks . [ Whynot !] ^ jju u . ? t twenty years , the value of the •» of the "United S . ates has risen , from no-J ^ BfoEe « id a halT millions of dollars per anting ! 1 ° °
*^ typrscE ot rrrnsG rP and furnishing the ^ rfLtrds for the trial of ihe Earl of Cardigan , ^ Seais ' froia a ¦ re : vn * ° P ^ rli&iaeii :, was ^ o 4 " - > . ^ 7 ) HiiDE- V Lisy c : " ed a £ Islington the other * roa ^^ " ordinary dose of-Batley ' s C > T : = 0 - --3 oa 7 containing opium mid syrup of g ^ or . " I : Vis tasen medicinally . ^ T r ; iL _ L .: rd Joha George Beresford , Lord vv ; -v ^ n of \ rE 5 £ h , snd Primate of all Ireland ^^ n ^ &lW-i of the Church as by law e > ta . b ~ C ^ d ia Ireland—has become a Paseyite . —Dub'in r-j-js ^ Pa ' ' " 1 T tttse f ? . o » the Iiaffue announces the entire A ^ on , ia tea days only , of the immense wo : k of K Z- « . tunnel in tr . e sea from Nieuwedeep : o
( JKuBOH . TV Ekpes ™ Nicholas has founded a bishopric . ? Ve Greek Ciiureh tor ihe Russo-American colo-- ^ Tte uiie ° " ^ tn 10 * vue upw prelate is ' Bkhop jf ^ an tseiatta and the Kurile and Aleuuai Ijlsads . srnccKoy . —At Orfbrd Arizes , a case of seduc-A ^ ' -iras tried , « he plainfiS" being a * Miss Sarah ¦ Mf—d Emor—tho defendant a person named far r ^ -bolh parties beiog ptrsons of property . j [^ & < S Tras fosn d for the plaintiff—damages £ 50 . A TUsh Wager . — " A few days since . " says the Tourna' & ia - } IeU * ' " i"ka ° itaEt at Yoild , " play-. " ^ -Jiard-s slaked the hand of his only daughter , jhasdsose girl of eii ! e ? n , against his adTersary . £# iErradeisi father lost . "
r > it > y-HAU- — On Friday , Edward Willis , a medial s nuJeni , was brought before Mr . Trail , for final ^ Effijiio n . charged ivith breaking open the writ-;« de = kef William Lambert , a fellow student , and jsaliES fort ; -four sovereigns . He -was commuted fcwaL Jes flagcb is dj : n ^ array at Alexandria , A tjj ^ sj yg— " We hare no ; had more thau four cases JieEsdaT , and the ^ e of Egyptian saiioro : to-a « y , eh ess case , and frcm tw- to six days t > = have not jj » SB ?^ oiie . Shculd it continue so , we msy say « tiTe ' ckd uo pbj ^ c ^ tiiis year . "
Thb Two Wallaces were found fruity , at the ££ i Sailsv , on Suturcay last , of causing the ship pfTidw ' be cast a ^ vsy . with intent to cpfraud the ^ ernriters , and pentenct-d to tran ? pc-rtauc > n fc-r gt A poiii of law is reserTc-u in favour of the tsem * , whi-:-li will be heard nesi term . LoiX Soarriss . —A person his been ramrc ^ rd tsiLeidon polke-cS ?? , to pay £ 5 1 " 2 ~ . to lie Civ * ' LondonLfc 3 . ii Sc <; ieiy , on behalfof a person i ^ m-d SsE = c « , for whom he vrss boend . Ti . e & ;? r ? tary of as Society 8 gre ' -i to take e : < jht shillings a week ton the borrower , nn'il the d-: b ' t vrzs paid .
Is the Rfpos ? of the C'mmi- 'icners on the con-Eionofthe na ^ n-Ioom Wearer .-, the pcpa'aiion of isjBritish L ^ s : ; < is is esti raat ^ d at twenty-five miigtss ; andoftMs n' ^ zibtx the Han- ^ -Iooin Weavers , iadaaia ? taslr families , are said to fona about eigb . fedred thou-ard . Ir XPP 2 A 2 S from a sts-ustical table l . iid before the Bdsian Chimbers by ihe M : nis : er of Public Nv > rk ? , jcu the nnffib = r of commncfs trhich have no school kisses is 1 , ' 4 J ) . Tnere are about 2 . o- - ' 0 comm ^ nf-s in Bel fi ^ n , ? o -. hi ! it appears ia ; two-5 Itiii of these bTe no school houses . Po ? ni ion 07 ies "C . MTEp Statzs . —There are MSfkrfma l" , COfl . ' ' - ^ iohabitants in this country . In rwentr-tigiit states and territories there are 15 , 755 . 845 . Kiutncky and Florida to hear from . In 183 ' , the pcpulitiou of Kentucky was 687 . 3 ] 7 . li "sriU ¦ no'w bo cbove a lanlion .
A 3 LL 5 . fAXED Tatlos ha 3 been sentenced to des-th at Siiisbcry Ass : 2 s ? , for murdering his wife , at Tockenkam , in Jt ' y Issi . The prisoner respected his y > .: s of eciaiii-ing with a man , named Jack , asd hi , tierefor .-, took down his gun , and shot her ; snd , Tries hs bi- * done this , attempted to cut ids own ibroai . Ihe j ^ ry recommended him to mercy . 0 miASEi 5 a Tehj . t ? s . —A IC 2 J 1 named Jackson his been connsirei f .. r trial a ; Bimurighcia , for hivbgthrown three : .- paprr ba ? s full of Sour from the gailery ; n : o the pit of the theatre . The bigs bur ; :, and led tr . e people in the gallery to think sha roof -was faliusg in . Tbe circ-iicista , Ece caused gre »! c-jn ^ Uiion , ajia i : j iry to one person , a ftmale , trao w « j knocked down iu the rush made to escape fan the honse .
JtespxEATE Roe 3 ef : fs . —At Marylebone policetSce , cn Fridav , J : js , ph Porter was ccmmitied for trial , fcT ' n < 3 .: ir ' g a ti- - from a Is-Jy named S . ory . Is * pp » aTrd the pr-5-o : ; er £ nd l . is confe-derires Eajea ^ i the bss frcn the prosecntiis , and tVlled fcsto tie groucd by a blow on the bick . Similar BEberies hare bren c- ^ niniitted in the sam e neighhzrhood ( Edgsware Read ) lately . ADrununo' 0 ? Tzx . —A Terr £ reat number of fcs ire 10 fce enierod into , in trhfch some large wholesale Unas it lh . 2 west end of London areimpS «« e < l . Ai SCtlTG cSlcI has made ^ OEie fXteasive senrei of leifj rubbish , so clevsriy rnaiu-uctiired as to resemble the best of tea , and by a slight admixture 9 ? tie reauine Caines-: isif the deception , to ordinary ^ 3 en-, rs , is a ! together bevond detection .
Tei SpiSisa Rege . nct has ordered a statistical Memiat of Spain to be drawn up . The rrporr , by fa Minister bi the Home Department , o ; j wLich tis decree for this purpose is founded , ccmuiciices sj deckrin ^ ihnt staiisLica ] knowlec ^ e 25 the coraer-Eczeofeverj pstern ^ i and jas : Adn- ; r ; irtr 2 .:: oa , and toj whhon : it the material imprcvements which 2 Kirtrj may require cannot be reai'sed . A si : os ~ t : hs ag o . a person dieging in a garden
it Deeply ;; <; . J ± iaes , turned up vriih hi ? spade & fsreei coticir . ini : S 75 ^ overei ^ na , 11 Euinea ? . v > id £ 43 mslier . This treasure , it " has siiice bcin a ^ ceronss-i , was secreted about nine months a ^ o , i . y u fea&ie of peanrions disposition , named Farrow , re-Eau ^ ja _ thst place , and who on searchii . g for :: Kcrny Sf : erwud ? , ^ lid he ' iDg nnabie to find it , Joi : K ; ^ r . ii froin ¦ vesav-oa and disappoir . ' . aatm . The S ^ -,- ? y > 2 _ unc'vrr-iud , is uo ^ restored to its owner , Eh . ii is hopsa h ; r iatcllecis also will bs recovered .
A Aii ? . jn _\ G Fises . —On Saturday afternoon , ab-vot ^ eeo ' c ; > ck , a zre broke out at the house 0 : Henry = ^ £ - \ i E ^ 3- « ^* - > - 1 . Canotbary-square , Islingion . i ^ Tv tol e of the valuable furni ture , painting ? , kc Jfw CQ-snned . The floors were entire 3 v burnt frcci ' n , and ibe buildlns £ &s sustained very cor .-^ rabie c 2 E 2 ^ e . Mr . Knight is insured in the "lirciiD . 1 : ir eg : knoTro how the fire ori ^ iuj . ied ^ 2 the ss me izy . aboa : one o ' clock , a Sre broke ot :: ^ V- pr ? nii =-j 5 < . r ; . ir . vrood , enTciope-maker & . bo : > k-^ r "i >» j _ Ci ; :: c-stree :, Leicester-zquare , Lonu . - -n , * Jt-a ¦ a ; f : r : \ .-itely , by the speedy arrival of the ® T . e ? 5 , ^ 0 : tmder , but not before considerable UEige was doui 10 the stock , baildirg . &c . Mr . ^ ° 0 i ii iiiiuTe j IE the BenevolenS Insurance oS-jc . ^ W 1055 B al J t-j b- s ' ront ^ 1 . 50 .
? W 2 LA ^ -. _ p rsL : c ( i pi . xio ^ . —It appears , by the P ^ W rt ' . ums cf the House of Commons , that up * p e - ' Jth of February t ' ntre had bean presented -- petitions for the repeal or a'r . eraiion of the New * r * Law and these- Hgced bv So , 0 C 3 indiridaals jSi e , cs : he -. rrer hand , there Lad been presented ^ iiTccr of : ; iii obu-j 5 : oa 3 law / iro pe : iiicn 3 , signed * J f » o per = ou 5 . I : r-. mains to be seen whether the /•• ings trill ciHiiiiue to set public opinion at de £ anrt "n ^ rsistii e in a measure so opposed . At all J ^ ^ , ^ e im- ; us ConserTatiTe supporters will bce ^ K ? error , aud ao longer play the " same of theii ihS . ™ ' - - ^ saiEe tl ' me seric ' ' 7 dainagt SKasetves in public estimation . —Morning Herald .
^ Tejocs Tea . —As a proof that the pnblic are ; Petty well cheaied in the article of tea , it is sufficient * ie : er : o the discovery which has been recently ] g * "S of 3 ma-sfacture at West Ham , Essex . At : ^ U > at _ of Excise , on Saturday , a person , named ; , ° y = r , of the plac « yasi named , " was prosecuted for j Z ??! " his premises of 2 . 000 lbs . weight of fabri- s ^^ tea , " It appeared , from the evidence of the ^ -ise oeee r , thaj ie found in the defendant ' s pre- j ~^ « gtt carks of this rubbish , composed princi- ; * £ : J of blackthorn , hawthorn , and fern leares : ! ' j :
j-ca me Conn , on inspection , said that purchasers g _ | eneral could not detect . The officer made in- i « j sok of tea , with and without rubbish , and the ' W ^ irasce rris so good , that anjbody was liable < r ? t * kea in by is . This gtuff was said to bare jfcT ^ fi ^ ^ mor . g tea dealer ? , but the defendiigh . ~ % that he could not carry on so r = » gs . zc with i ; now as formerly , and that , at £ P ?« H , Ireland was the best market for it . Ho had " inL- r tfcats ° 2 ie of the leaTes ha made into W df farisa- " iIr - B ^ d ( the officer ) was asked deaU-rTj £ ti was £ 0 - ^ t ° groeers and tca-& £ ! > ' - * ^^ at the ^^ of ls - 6 d- Per lb- ' aud ifti ^ f « « ^ - and 4 s . 6 d . per ib . The Court , jeEal-- ^ > - - Si ordered the defendant to pay a i . w- ' ur ^ -OO . The penalties were laid at £ 1 , 000 . tod ! ? ' Sra 5 ^^ "i f « the bnrnisg of the leaves , kfo ' -wflw for the recovery of the penalty . In de-^ « pav meiit , the cefendant will suffex ' imprison-J ^ nui nard kbour , for the Epace of twelve
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Police Outrage . —The Blue Bottlss . —The following outrage , committed on the peTEOU of Mrs . Clayton , wift > of Mr . Clayton , a furniture dealer , residing at No . 41 , Penny-fields , Poplar , erinces the ' ruffianly disposition of ihe police foree , while it exhibits , in & strong light , the nature , absurdity , and cruelty of station-house justice . It appears that on Fri ' day etening , Mr 3 . Clayton , in the absence of her husband , bought a washing-tab of a person who offered it to her ; or sale . On the following day the tub was publicly exposed , and a person passing , not only recognised it as her property , but demanded its immediate restoration . During the dispute Police-constable Chapman , 134 K . passed , and the womaa , calling him by name , said , youiaTe known
me many years ; here is my washing-tub , which-was svolca from nle kst nii ; ht , and claimed his interference . Mrs . Clayton refused to restore the property , unless the \ vonu .-j would satisfy her that she had a lawful * laim to it , and that it had been stolen . Chapman , however , would listen to ne terms , and said he hid a great mind to take Mrs Clayton into custouy for felony , and having handed the tv . b to the clamant , under a protsn from Mrs . Clayton , walked off . In less than half an hoar , the- voliceman returned , a ? . d dvfired Mr * . Clayton ' s appearance at the stauoii-fcoiise ; adding thai Mr . Mag hed ffiren him orders thai if she would not coju P ! yyhe ( the policeman ) was to take her there be foul meaj > 8 . Vvecan hardly credit that Mr . Mav wtio \ nc
^ cr may oe , is so great a fool . Airs . Clayton refused to go , and re ; irii > £ to the rear of the premises , the blue dtvii followed her , and seizing li ^ r person violently , draped her by main fjree into i the shop . A ; l ttij tisie Mrs Clayton was un- i pro : eeied , ier husband being absent at the time on business . Two constables , who happened to be ; DiiSiiEg , were summoned to render assistance , aud j when ilrs . Clayton had provided herself with a i bun tier , she was marched off to the station-house , guarded as strongly cs any deserter . Mrs . C . was ushered into the su ^ usi presence of Serjeant Holmes , iaerder to be questioned about Che possession of the tUO . EJld the 5 LCsek ex ;» -niiiauori having been noted dovra in cue f-. rm , she was suffered to depart , on a promise to " send her husband . " When Mr . Clayton rea ? yred h' - ' me , he found his wlt ' e exceeding ill ;
and having ascertained the cause , fortiiwnh proceeded to tne station hoas ? , to demaud an explanation . He was m- - -. t by Holmes , who , sf : er taikiug in a nngbty mssriificent strain for seme time , intimait ^ d that Mr . Ciavton cnighf . tniuk himself well <_ ff iha : els wife was restored tohm , ! nt : n ; aiingthat he " C- ' : ; ld h . ivc locked her up it' he had iiked . " May was prt-. ~ e ; : t , and called Mr . Clayton , when he made an obseivanon about ins wile , " a very clever fellow ; '' a : ii ii : < i :: ired whether the tub would be siven np . Mr . Clayton replied that ho would give au asswer 10 the question in two hoars , and on his return home disi ' uvered thas the article had been taken jos ^ ession of by t he policemen ! The above is the tub ? vaiice cf a letter addre ^ ed to the Police Commissioners , ia the hope that- an inquiry will be n > adeiuto the , circumstances , and repress afforded
> ma ; e upon w ; : om tms outrage was committed . We almos * cle ? pa : r t . f a : jy interference in the matter ; and u is onjy to draw public attention to the mauner in wcich policeacu arc- allowed to violate the la ; . v w : tL iLipuiiity . tha : we allude to the su ' cjsct at a . i . If ju ? ::-. 'e were ooi : e iu the nutter , it strikes us , th . it Ma } -, Holmes , and Chapman , o :: ght at once to be < iis : a : ~ ea frcm th- ? Force . The law says , if a pa ty has bc-cn To ' vbtd oi" an article , and cau ' fia ' . isfy a Magistrate of that fact by oath , the M- ; gis'ra : e laaj direj ; the re ^ Kraticn of tb- * propertv , euher on
pavinent 01 tne rf ; m which :.. ay have beeu uaid for : u or not , as he sacs fit . Bu : it is superlatively audacious tV . ct a mere Inspector should assume the au-hority d'jlc-i : ed oniy to a Magistrate , aud ciakv ; illegal orders fo ? the rtstitutii-n oi stolen goods without receiving any teuimony upon oath , and wjtcou : the p ^ rver of aJvisiug the payment of the 1 sum given fur ihe article , which illegal orJer the 1 In ; p . cic > r frforces bv an abuse of the oiiice entrusted ! to him . — Weekly Deiiatch .
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On Sirnrriay , the Commission of Ass- ' z ? for this ; cc-nn ' . y -vraa opened . . Mr . Justice Mavi . £ di : l nui arrive until eleven u ' cloct , wi ... n , of course , the Hiili ; Sheriffs osua ^ i procejiion ffis ¦ wanting ; end > ir . Bar ^ n ; Rolfe did not arrive until four o'clock on Suadny i afternoon , bivine been detained until late on Saturday < nicht , ; it DujhaEL I Oa Sunday forenoon , Mr . Justice M-ii'LE attended ; divine service at the Ci'feedral , wbere tfie Eenuon xas : preacied by the Her . Mr . JiORro . v , of Dodsworth , ; cear Bamsley , tbe High Sheriffs chaplain .
Oa MoEday morning , a Grand Jury -was impanelled at the Gaildhall , and the Learned Judge ( Baron Kolfei addressed a short charge to them . His Lordship then breakfasted with tee Lord Mayor and a select party in the P-lsusion House . The C-urt was adjonrned . There is auly one" pri : ~ oner for trial in the city , James Kilvir-gton . a postman , charged -witb stealing the contents vf iuine Ictttrs ; and his trial , it is expected , will not come on for some days .
YORK CASTLE . Mr . Baron Rolfe arrived at the Castle at twelve o ' clock . Aiier the n : s § istrates and coroziers bad bem called over , the following gentlemen were empanelled oa
: THE GKAKD JURY . The Hoi . John Stuart "Wortley , of Wortley , Forejnan ¦ The Hon . B ~ Uby Ricbaril Lawlry , cf E . szr . c \ Park . : Sir Wm . Brj - an Cc-uke , of Whiadey , But . j Sir Joseph RidfclLfFe , of Roddiiig Park , Bart . I Sir George Anuytag-j , of KLrtieas , Bart . John Agar , of Hazle Bush , Esq . Wm . Becicttr of Kirisiall Grange , Esq . John Stanifortb Beckett , of Barnsley , E = q . Tbos . Iravi . son Bland , of Kippax Parlc , E ; -q . ; Charles John BrandliDg , of Middleton Lodge , E ? q . Joshua Samcel Cromp : on , of Sion Hill , Esq . ; Thos . Ha-wor : h . of Hnil Bai ; t , Esq . i Henry Wickiiain Hird , of I ^ j-w Moor House , Esq . : Timothy Hulton , of Clifton Castle , Eiq . ! Wm . Markhain , of Becca Hall , Esq . , ' Bern j Preston , of iloreby , Efq . \ PLiiip Saltmarshe , of Saltma-rshe , Esq . i Joshua Scott , of Bad 3 worth . Esq . . John Swann , of Button Hall , Esq . ; Godfrey TVentwortb ., of YVoolley , £ ; q . - Henry Vv'iiioughby , of Birdsall , E ? q .
The Learned Bakon said it was a matter of deep regret to him to have to observe that on that occasion their duties -woaUl be of a vtry onerous nature , and embrace a jreat extent of crime . In the calen-. ir there were 130 cases , n ; any cf them of a most s- ^ rioas description , and he h . id \~ . en given to ncdex . ^ tand that ikere wtre olbltr persons oat on bail wk ^ se cas < . s would have to be brought before them . His ! st « airival in York , in consequence of the press cf business at Durham , prevented him from making himself master of the cases which vrould be brought before them . In those esses into -which be JoofceJ fce dici not find there was any pciiit ttbich wosild gire them any difficoHy . TiiCre were two-c . &es of rat . ruer , aud ot ! -er casts in the calendsr cf the felonious taking a-sruy of life . There
; were nlso several esses of cutting and stabbing , to wLich ¦ he would refer , as some erroneous opiniors had crept ' into tLe law on the s > n ! -ject The law , as at present , was only a modification of L ;; d Ellen ! onmgh / s Act . ' At prectn : it wis ttis : if a person wiifui-y and n . ali-¦ cious ' y cuts , woundg , or maims another , with the inlentioa of connuif . iiig iturder , he is guilty of the capita ! offence , but if his intention were ' to do some grievous bjdiiy han : i , to disable or dis-S ? ure , he Trioi guilty of ftlony , but not of th-j cr . pital off-rr-c ? . They ithe Grind Jnryi could r-iturn a bill : on all or any of these counts . H : s Loruihip then i mads Ejme comments on -a ease for a criruiaal asi cao ' 't , in which the young woiEin was of weak in-1 teliect . If she was called before them , they -wonlil ' take into account the -weakness of . htr wind : if she
• -eras not ireugtt before them , it "would c ^ use thtm : great ein ^ mBsment , inn ? r .. uch as that they mast ' b-. sitUSi-d the crime ~ wzi committed , an : l it was a 1 crime , tLe commission of which yras generally proved 1 by the party bertelf . Aft ^ r sr . rie general rem-. irks on ¦ their <; utirs , tfce Grand Jury reured . j Oa their retiring , Mr . Piarson , coroner of Selby , ; stated that at f . n inqaesl held on the body cf Sarah ¦ Conssiaa , ¦ wIid who -n-ss hilltd on the York r . cd North Midi 2 jid Rairtray , the jury were unsble to come to 3 I venHci , aud vere " round over to appear at the A . 8-: Bizes- The Jury ihtn went into the box , and the . ; Lfc 3 rned Ja ^ ge discbargei them withcut giving a ver-I dici ihti : cispnre w : is as to the amount of deodand-0
! ¦ ¦ HIGHWAY BBBEHT . 1 Aljred Gicen , 26 , vras charged v ? : t * u having felonionsiy assanitvd John Kobinson , of Sheffield , on the Quetn ' s h . ghvriy , and robbed him of his -watch and other property . A sec « . > ni count charged the defendant ; with having wounded the plaintiff on the head with a bludgeon . Mr . Pashlet vris for theprosecu ' tion . The prosecutor is a farmer living at Eanovtr-strett , Shtffi-ld , and ; on the 1 st , < A . Dscember he was proceeding home , when ' a man ;\ 7 ho he inevr to b « the prisoner ) seized bim by ; the throat , whilst other two men rifled his pockets of a ¦ watch ltd some property . They then inflicted on his head a blow . with a bludgeon , and left him laid . ; The prisoner wasfcund GtiLXY—To be transported for . fifteen yeais . i William Greeiurood , 24 , was charged with having , j on the 3 « th of June , at Ot ' ey , stolen a horse , the i property of John N » ylor .
Mr . Ash more was for the prosecution ; the prisoner ¦ was undefended . The cas < s presented the nsual features of a horse-Btealing case-, and the j csj rctmxecl averdict cf Guilty . —Stntecce was de-ferrtd . Wt , u Lonffcesl , 20 , and George . Harrison , 19 , were charged with having , on the 4 tU of July , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Charles Neifield , at S ^ -vXvon , in the ^ orth-Riding , and stolen therefrom a box cc-nta-Hing ¦ w earing ancarel . Mr . Bla . nshj . bd aud Mr . pcllei . ne appeared for the prosecution ; Sir G . Lewis and Mr . WiLiiixs defended the prisoner ! They were acquitted on the chiree of bursary , fcui convicted of the robbery , the stolen goydaliaviBg bfeea found ia tbeii possession
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immediately afterward * . Longceet vna sentenced to be tianspajrUd tor Beren years , ana Harr ' tflsn to be iniyrisontd and kept to bard labour one year . TUESDAY , Mabch 9 . { Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . ) Win . Marshall , 26 , was indicted for having , on the 24 th Juh \ at the parish of SUnsfield , stolen a calf , belon ^ iuK to Wm . Daws&n . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty , aud he was sentenced to bo imprisoned for one year .
CATTLE STEALING AT BETBSLET . Wm . Ruddock , 17 , was indicted for having , on the 6 th of Au / . ' : i ? t , stolen from the common pastures of Westwood and Urn , at Beverley , a COW , the propeKy 0 $ Hannah Scott . Mr . ABCH 10 LD conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . The prig oner had told a person of the name of Bradley that he bought the cows at Hessle , near Hull , aad afterwards stated that he purchased them about a miie and a half from Hessle , and subsequently he Eaid that he had bought them at Beverley . In deft-uce he stated that he was induced to Steal them by Other parties whilst in a 8 tate of iutOXlCatiou . Guilty—to be imprisoned one year . There were three other indictments against the prisoner of tho same nature , which were not proceeded with .
HORSE STFALIKG AT BIRDSALL . George Jonet , 36 , was indicted ibr having on the 26 : h 01 September , at Birds all , in the IS orth Riding , stolen a c ; einui mare , the property of Mr . John Wilham Watson . Messrs . Bla ?» sharp and Travis were foi the prosecution ; Sir Gregory Llwin defended the prisoner , it appeared that the prosecutor is a farmer , and on the 2 b " ih of September , his son-in-law turned out nine horses , amoufcsi which was the chesnut mare mentioned in the indictment . On tho following Monday , when the horses were brought up , the mare was missing . Inquiries Were made , and _ it Was ascertained that a maa had been tiiken a' York with a mar *; in his possession .
The manner in which he was taken iato custody , was as follows : —On the niRht of the 26 ili of September , Kay , one of the York police , was going over Monk Bridge , when ho met the prisoner ridiDg on a mare , who asked him where he could obtain lodgings . The prifoncr , on being questioned , appeared greatly confusea ; and gave contradictory answers to the questions put to him . Kay suspected he had stolen tho mare , and accordingly took the man to the Unicorn luu , and culled 111 Serjeant iioilerby , who , after some further questions , took him to the Station House . Kexi morning , tho prisoner appeared very sorrowful , and eaid if he had not been in liquor ho should not have stolen tho
mare . Two witnesses were called who gave the prisoner a previous good character . —The Jury found him Gu . lty , wuh a recommendation to mercy . The prisoner was further charged with having stoien a tadcle aud bridle , the property of Mr . John Topham , of Giindahthe . Mr . Bla > shakd said he should no ; offer auy evidence in tho case . The Learned Judgk iheu scutenced the prisoner to be imprisoned ouo year .
STEALING OF A PONY NEAR COSISBIiy . Anthony Percivaf , 42 , iva = indicted for . having , on the 1-Uhof August , Bt . ion a pony , belonging to Luko Howard . Mr . Was . nky appeared for tho prosecution ; the prisoner was deleuded by Sir GatGORY Lewis . The facts of tho case were these : —The po : sy was in the proj-ecuicr ' s field , near Comsbro ' , on the night in question ; next morning it was missing , and ic was f"r . i :: d thai it h . i j been taken by the prisoner to Halifax , where r . w ^ s sola to Mr . lA-mon , a farmer and innkeeper at Soathowram , who took it to the lied Lion , Skip ; u : i , where it wa ; found and challenged by the prosecutor ' * son . Tho pris ; na was traced to Applcby G-i ¦>] , and he was identified by Mr . Denton , as tho person who .-old him the pony . There was no substantial defeuce . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to one year ' s mipriiutioieat .
STEALING A PONY AT BlUSTAL . George Lealhley , 19 , w ; is iiiilicceu lor having , on , the ilih of October , stolen a p > ny , boiuii ^ iug to Me . , Joseph Hirst . Mr . Hill couductjd the prosecution ; ' Sir G . LtwiN defended the prisoner . I The prosecutor is a green grocer , and kept a pony ; for assisting him in his business . About eleven I o ' clock on the uight in question , he touk H to a field ' near his own house , aud fastened the gate leading ] into the field . On the following morning , the pruse-| cutor found that the pony was missing . He dM not ; see the pony a ^ ain uutil he went to Leeds on the \ Tuesday , where ho saw the pri-i > ner at nis father's ' house . The prosecutor said to him he heard that he had got a galloway , to which the prisoner replied ye .. - - , and he bought it on tne previous Saturday at Mirfield , of a man named Parkin ^ i , for ' Ms . Soon '¦ . afierwards , the prosecutor saw his pony , which had been cropped in its maue and tail , yoked to the prisoner ' s cart .
I Inspector James , of the Leeds police , eaid that i wlieu lie appi-clieuUcvl ilic prisoner , he tvltl Kim that I Walker and himself saw the poDy in t ' . ie fieiii , as ; d ¦ they took it ; oue of them was as bad as the oilier , ' and that if they got off with twelve months , they I would do very well . ; The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . To be imi prisor . td one year .
HORSE STEALING NEAR BRADFORD . Wm . Greenwood , ' 2 i , who was convicted on the prtceding day of horse stealing , was again charged with haviug , on the 10 th June , stolen a borce belonging to Mr . Thomas Ackrojd , farmer , Daisy Hill , near Bradford . The horso was distinctly sworn to and traced into the possession of the prisoner , who exchanged it with a person for a foal , aud received £ 2 tor tLe bargain . From the evidence of the prosecutor ' s sou aad Mr . Atkinson , it appeared that the animal was a mire , wiiereos it was described in the inUictraect as being a gelding . Tiie Jury accordingly under the direction of the Learned Judiie , returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
HIGHWAY ROBBERY . \ £ AS HALIFAX . George Dawtrey , 23 , Joseph Havilie , 27 , and Alexander Mackay , 22 , were miicted for haviug , ontheoih September last , at Northowram , febniously assaulted James Farrar , and robbed him 0 } a purse , containing six sovereigns and twenty shillings in silver . The Hou . Jas . S . Woutley and Mr . Raines appeared for the prosecution ; ilr . Wilkins defendcu Saville and Dawirey . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that on the day mentioned in the ludietmant , the prosecutor , who resides a r . Nurthowram , had been at Halifax market , and he had intended 10 remain all ni ^ ht ai the Coach aud Horses public-house ; but meetiiiii
with some neighbours , amongst others a man named Rawnsley ana his wife , he went with them on his road home . AJ ' ttr the prosecutor liad gone 6 U 1 DC distance , and whilst a few yards behind hia companions , he vras attacked by three oi them . One of them , whom he identified as Saville , threw h : m don-n , and placed his hanos over his mouth and eyes whilst the others robbed him , so that he could nut see them , nor call out for assistance . Tho oth ^ r prisoners were , however , seen near the pbcu at the time , and taere was this additional face with respect to Dawtrey ; the prosecutor had a kuir ' e in his possession , and when he was attacked he made use of it , and was certain that he had marked some of them . When Feather , the constable , went in search of SuviLe , he found him near D . iwtrey ' s door , and Dawtrey was dressing Vimself in the huuse . Feather asked him where tho
trousers were that he had worn on the previous Saturday night . He replied that , ho had tneiu on . Feather , not being satisfied with sbis _ answer , searched tiic liou ^ e , aud found a pair of trousbis concealed in one of tho beds . Tness trouters , it was ascertained , the prisoner had worn on the Saturday , and they were stained with blood ; there was also a cut in them . Diwtrey had also a cut on his right thigh , which corresponded with the cut in the trousers , aud when the constable iuquir-d of Dawtrey how it had been done , he replied , that it was his ( Dawtrey ' ff ) business , and not Feather ' s . Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury lor the prisoners . He argued that from the confusion intj which the prosecutor was thrown , it was ex ^ gedin ^ iy probable that he was mistaken as to the identity ot Saville . He called upon the Jury to give the prisoners the benefit of auy doubt they might , have , and acquit them . . _
„ ... The Learned Counsel then called Mary Saville and Harnet Saville , the sisters of the prisoner Saville , who positively swore that , at the time when the robbery was alleged to have baen committed , he was in bed at their house . Mr . Wobtley having replied , the I / earned Judge summed up at considerable length , and the Jury retired . After an abseuce of ten minutes , they returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners . Mr . Wilki . vs applied for a respite of judgment on behalf of Saville : his Lordship did not allow the applica-t . on , but sentenced the prisoners severally to be transported for fifteen years . On leaving the dock , Saville said , " Well , I am going innocent—that is one good job . ' " '
H 0 ESE STEALING AT TEADON . Wm . Greenu-ocd , 24 , who was arraigned before on other charges , was indicted for having , on the 2 ad July , stolen a horse , the property of Cornelius Appleyard , of Yeadou . When apprehended , he confessed to the constable that he had committed tho robbery . —Guilty—To be transported for ten
years . HIGHWAY K 0 EBKKY AT LONG PRESTON . John Thackwray , 20 , and Richard Hartley , 23 , were charged with having , on tho 12 th November , at locg Preston , feloniously assaulted Richard Ellison , and stolen from his person four shillings , some copper , and tobacco , his property . Thackwray pleaded guilty , and Hartley was found guilty . They were severally sentenced to bo transported fifteen years .
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NISI PIUU 3 COU 11 T—Monday , March 8 . Mr . Justice JIaule arrived at the Castle at the same hour as his Learned Colleajnie , and took hie seat on the Nisi Prius Bench . Some undefended causes in the West Hiding list ( which , at these Assizas , is tnien first ) were then disposed of , but they wera unimportant and uninteresting . The Court then rose , it being about five minutes past six . o ' clock . TUESDAY , March 8 . Mr . Justice Maule took his seat this morning at nine o ' clock . 1 'he following undefended actions were first taken : — LATG 1 NS V- CLEOG . Mr . Ei . us was fo * tho pb . intlff , who 13 a rag merchant at Hamburgh ; Mr Clesg resides at Leeds . The action waa on a bill of exchange for £ 144 , which together with interest , amounted to £ 148 14 s .-6 d ., for which Bum a verdict was returned .
BLACKBURN t ) . BlNNS , AND ANOTHER . Mr . AuDiSOS was for the plaintiff , who ia an attorney at Leeds , to recover the amount of a bill due from thu defendants , Mr . Binns and Mr . Ellison . The Jury returned a Verdict for the plaintiff , £ 24 14 s . 9 d .
LEARY V . WA 1 NWBIGHT . Messw . Ckesswell and Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff ; Mr . Alexander , was for the defendaut Tho plaintiff , who ia a widow , kept a slop-shop in WukeSeld , and tho action was brought to recover damages for forcibly expelling her from a wooden shop which she occupied , under the Sinall Tenement ' s Act , without giving tho noticfi required by tho statute . Tiie defendant , who 19 b . whtthig manufacturer tit Thornes , ne 3 r W : iketi « hl , had purchased the premises in question , of Mr . Bennett . The only points in the case M'c-re , whether a legal notice had bt ; en given , and whether any unnecvssM'y dnmage had been occasioned by t ! e removal of the goods of the plaintifi" into the yard of the A ire and Calder Navigation Company . After the easo ha-. i proceeded as fs . v us the repjy , a conversation aroso amongst the counsel and attorneys on both si'ies , and a juror waa withdrawn , which of course leaves the parties to pay their own costs .
WOOL'UEAD V . ASQUITH . Mr . Cresswell iwith whom was Mr . Watson ) said he was fdad to find this cu * j was not defended . It was an action brought by Mr . Woadhead , father vf tue defendant's wife , to recover tho cost of her maintenance , from Christmas , 183 i > , to tho end of 1840 . The defendant ia a groctr at Leeds , in which town he possesses considerable property . In 1832 ho married the plaiiHitfs daughter , but bia temper was so niovuse , and his conduct so violent , tfiat « ho could not
hvu with him , and in April , 18 J !) , sho was under the necessity of applying to the magistrates for protection , and he was bound over to keep the peace . When she returned homo , she wa » prohibited from entering the doors , aud accordingly she went to her father ' s , who maintained her and her two children . Mrs . Fox and another witness described the conduct of tho defendant as brutal . The sum sought to bo recovered waa £ 108 for board , clotkes , &c , and tha education of tho children . The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff —damages £ 100 .
After the disposal of several other cases of minor importance to our readers , the Court rose shortly after suven o'clock . It is the intention of the Judges to sit lata every night , in order that they may , if possible , complete the business of the Assizes .
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THE QUESTION OF INSTALMENTS OF POLITICAL DEBTS . It is not wonderful , in a country where intellect has been debased by a large quantity of fictitious money , that England in her present state should require a money standard to bo applied to her political dealings . Mr . O'Connf . ll , who has found a large sale and ready market for political opinions and principles ; has been a heavy dealer in political debentures , and , if his balanco sheet ia correct , Ireland has , since 1835 , received much more than 20 s . in every pound then claimed , and interest into the bargain . The appropriation clause was 10 i . in the pound ; the Tithe Hill was 63 . 8 J . in the pound ; the
Corporation Bill was 5 i . in tho pound , which , of themselves make Tweaty-one shillings ( aud eightpence , together with a large amount of shillings , halfcrowns , and leaser sums as interest , not to mention Judges . placemeu , assistant barristers , policemen , and sopped off patriots of all sorts ; but wo should be glad to know what parties have been gainers , who were the a-pi gnees to tho baukrupt ' s estate , and who the bankrupts , aiid ivlio the recipients ; because we doubt iho capacity of any party in the stato to pay twenty shillings in the pound , and interest , upon all demands ; while wa also doubt ihe fact of any portion of the debt due to Ireland being paid . So much for the Rothschild of the political matket ; let us now deal with one of the stockjobbers in this fund .
In our last , we gave a very calm and fair report of all the speeches delivered at the Hull expediency meeting ; we had not time or Space , at liberty , for a single word of comment . Our readers have since digested tho matter , and , no doubt , they have been ttruck with the introduction of the instalment question into their political account . Let us analyse Mr . Burns' phraseology . He says that Mr . Hume ' s plan of Household Suffrage is calculated to give us eighteen shiJlillga ia the pound .
Firstly , then , how many shillings constitute this undefip . ed coin ? We must , till tho fraternity of stock jobbers furnish us with a correct table , set tha number down at twenty shillings—that is , one pound , to be divided amen ? , all , the higher , middle , and working classes . Of this general debenture , Mr . Burns says Hume and party are ready to give us 18 s . We say , " No ; we look for the Charter , to get our rights , and no more ; aud we will take
nothing less . " Well , nine-tenths of the whole , or I 83 . in the pound , is more than our right ; we demand no more than one-third , or Oa . 8 d . in the pound , as our share . " Well , but , " says Mr . Burns , "thereare three pounds—the aristocrat ' s pound , the middle man ' s pound , and the working man ' s pound . " Then we answer , " What right have either to withhold one-tenth—2 s . in the pound , or the minutest part of a fraction of our jus ! debt ?"
However , as the stock-jobbers have failed to furnish us with a pound , shillings , and pence table , by which we are expected to calculate political questions , let us try our hand at the work . We will suppose , then , that the political pound is equivalent to forty shillings of our present debased coin , of which the present aristocracy Lave contrived to get twenty shillings , and the . mill masters , bankers , merchants , &c , twenty shillings more .
The proposition to us , then , by the middle classes is just this . ' * Tho landlords , with our assistance , have starved and robbed you ; and "we , with their assistance , are beggaring ourselves , having first lobbed and starved you , to make you satisfied with fraud and starvation . The landlords took your land from you , and we gave them a rural police , and mushroom magistrates , and Poor Law Commissioners , and many pliant dependants to stop your complaints ; bat we went too far , the landlords have
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kept their twenty sbiJJiugs in the pound , but we have lost five shillings of onr t-. veuiy shillings , by backing them ; we thought that the additional tax . would fall upon you , the working men , and that you would bo compeiJed to pay for the stripes which all inflicted , but we were wrong ; we-now find that wo have killed the goose with the golden egg , and as the landlords will have their share , we must lay golden eggs instead of the goose ; therefore , what we now requiro of the working classes is , just to lend them - selves to us for a bit to frighten our own five s-udliugs in the pound , and as much more as our effective
insurrection can extract , from the " apprchc-asion " of the lords of the soil . In fact , we warn , if we can , to get about eighteen shillings out of the landlords ' pound , and we want your assistance in framing euch a House of Commons as will aid in this honest settlement , and then when wo get our thirty-eight shillings in tho pound , only seo what a glorious position we shall bo in to make you a voluntary gift of your shate , whan , by yoar peaceful demeanour , obedience , and increased knowledge , we consider you " reasonably deemed" fit for the enjoyment of those good things of which our Reformed House must of course be the best judge . "
Now that we take to b ; a fair money view of the question ; and we will next mako a fair sum of the political six points of tho Charter . Suppose , then , that each point represents 3-. 41 , tvhich is the sixth of a pound , and . suppose U 10 thrco parties to have an equal claim upon tho State , which is bankrupt , we say wo want no more than our rights ; there is 63 . 81 . in the pound f \> r each , take you Annual Parliaments and Vote-by-Ballot ,
landlords , or let it alone . Take you equalisation of electoral districts and payment of representatives , middle-men , or" let ic alone ; and leave to us Universal Suffrage and No Property Qualification for Members , as our share , and then , all starling fair , aud upon a peifect equality , we will sec if the industry of the poople does not very soon establish tho whole principle for the whole community , and with good , sound , and well secured interest into the bargain .
Now what does Mr . Buhns thrk of such a table for casting up political accounts ? Mr . Burns very forcibly reminds us of the lucky man who found a flint , and said , now , all I require to make me a sportsman , is a gun , some powder and shot , and a dog ; and we really believe that the lucky finder had found a larger proportion of requisites for constituting a sportsman , than the Chartists will find in the words of Mr . Hume and the middle classes , for constituting a fair representation .
Does not Mr . Burns know , and know full well , that all that is now required by tho middle classes , is , a House of Commoii 3 suited to their knuckle , aud their increasing speculation on profits upon reduced labour ; in fact , a cheap bread and cheapei labour House . Bat , of this , we have epukon eisewhere . We cannot too forcibly condemn the introduction of the buggaboo oi phy .-iioal forcd in every Chartist meeting , and tba ' - to by tho most violent of the whole
Chartist party . Wo have been disgusted with the manner in which very many have endeavoured to purge themselves from a charge of physical force , by throwing their owu burdens on other and honebtcr men , while the very mention of the subject but tendi to remind us of their deliuqutncies . We had forgotten , aud were willing to forgive , Mr . Buhns " s celebrated threat of" Mo 3 cowiug England ;" but wo have been reminded of it by many who express themselves perfectly disgusted withMr . IiuRNs's conduct . What was his motto '
•• Then onward , tho red banner raising , Go light every torch tor the tilt ; On our side is England a blazing , No matter by whom shVs rebuilt . " But now , alas f how chanj-ed—how dulcet , sweet , and soft ; the loud roar of the davouriag olciaout , lost in the lisping tones of tho " sucking dove . " Wo no longer recognise the bluster of our faired fire-eater , Sir Lucius O'Triggcr , whose valour has beeu replaced by tho discretion oi tl : o prudent Bah Acres , and now the standard-bearer of the torch
men He ' s modest as ony , He's blythe as he ' s bonny , Is moral young Jamie , The flow ' r of Dunileo . As our " visits are few and far between , " and as we caunot , therefore , after tho enstom of our daily contemporarieSjkeepupa continuous old ra : ud ' schatter upon the same subject , we must , as is our custom , settle this qiostion of instalments of principle at once , as we have settled all other questions of expedieHcy and humbug . The jobbers in political B-. ock having'then failed to furnish us with any tablo of calculation , we beg to submit tho following for the guidance of all whom it may concern .
ABC represent tho three classes ; A the upper , B tho middle , and C the industrious . A and B entered into partnership , and for many years traded witli C , to whom the firm became indebted in an amount beyond their means of discharging : C therefore applies for a commipsion of bankruptcy ( it should be lunacy ) , and says , " Although we , tho creditors , hare been lowers , we ask not to ruin you altogether ; you are incapable of paying 20 a . in the pound , therefore we will allow what is past to stand orer , merely using it as a guide for our future transactions and security . " What we propose , then 5
is , that we all join in tho appomtment of assignee ? , not to administer tho estate of the bankrupts , but to guard against a recurrence of tho evil which your want of knowledge has brought upon us all ; and , in the election of thesaui assignees , we who furnish all , merely require an equal voice with the firm of A and B , giving them two votes to our one—that is , allowing class A , and class B , and class C an equal share , the assignees to be called Members of Parliament ; and , as we havo been fools , and you have been rogues , long enough , our eyes have at length become opened to the fact
that" Doubtless tho pleasnre is a 9 great , Of boicg cheated as to cheat . " But we are not longer in a condition to pay for the pleasure of being cheated , and of being laughed at into the bargain . Therefore tho firai of A and B havo now received the only proposition which the creditors feel disposed to make , as the terms upon which they will forego past claims and admit the partnership to stand ; namely , that A B and C tlia . ll in future be fully , fairly , and equally represented by the joint assignees of the firm , whose affairs shall be conducted by persons appointed for that purpose , and the said firm to be entitled " The House of Commons . "
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EQUAL JUSTICE . THE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND MR . FROST . Thb iniquitous expenco and disgusting mummery of the trial of Lord Cardigan present so many phases of injustice and partiality in the administration of the law , that they are almost inexhaustible . His Lordship was acquitted , " ' pon honour , " because of an informality in the proceedings—a flaw in the indictment— a leetle omission of the Attorney-General . Some people say that the hole was left purposely for the Lord to creep through . Of this we know nothing : it may , or may not , have been so . We know that " plain John ' s" leetle omissions—his ignorance of , or want of attention to , tho duties of
his office—have , before now , caused " informalities , where neither he nor his masters were at all suspected of any intention to permit the accused to escape , if they could help it . There was an informality in the proceedings on the trial of Fbost , Williams , and Joniis—an acknowledged informality—fatal , in the opinion of two Judges out of the three who tried them , to the whole proceedings . It is our doctrine , as it is that of tho British constitution , that the strict letter of the law should in all cases of alleged criminality be rigorously adhered to , and that it is at all times better to permit a culprit to oscap * than to convict him upon constructive evidence . Hence , therefore , apart from the con-
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sideration of whether the Attorney . General actually contrived this flaw in ibe indictment that Cardigan might not be hung or transported for life , we are contented to receive the fact , that there was a flaw , ar > d to admit that , that being so , the Lords had no 8 itoi-iiaiive , but were " upon izonour" bouud to acquit iho al ' eged culprit ; and < ve maintain , that , bj the same m ! o , as guardians of the pnblio rights , they are " ' pon honour" bound instanter , and en masse , to demand of her Majesty ' s Government the instant **> ca , I of Fitosr , Williams , and JONES , from the illegal and unconstitutional sentence of expatriatioa which they are now fulfilling . We have waited , hitherto , in confident expectation , that their
own sense of right would cause them spontaneously to tako up this question . We did not imagine that the elite of British blood—the nobles of Old England—the inheritors o £ wisdom , of justice , and of patriotism , and cf every honourable feeling from their ancestors—Would wait to be reminded of so plain and evident a portion of their high functions and important duties . It seems , however , that affairs of state , have pressed so heavily upon their Lordships , that this leetle matter has been . driven past their present and immediate attention . We regret this , for the credit of the noble guardians of British rights . It is wrong that their hereditary strength of mind should have thus suffered the
anxiety of many circumstances to overcome them . The people are , however , well aware of how great things have demanded their attention—how their time mustliav 6 been ocenpied ill preparing for payment by the public , the list of tho expences attendant upon the exhibition , the preparations therefor , and the paraphernalia thereof , together with other like matters " too numerous to mention . " They will , of course , remember that their Lordship ? , though Lords , are ye * , men , and may need a respectful remiuiscence of their duty . This , we trust , will be immediately afforded to th ' em by the people from all quarters , in the shape of petitions , briefly , but pithily expressed , and poured in like hail .
We suggest the following , as something like the form which might be adopted : — To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , Tho humble petition of SiiiiWETH , —That your petitioners have heard that youv L ' . inisliips , in august state , di ' . l lafculy sit iu judgment on one John Tlumusv Earl of Cardigan , accused of felony , and tint your Lordships , finding an informality in the proceedings , though no answer was givtn to the facu ; tlieged ngsinst the prisoner , did acquit the said JuViu Thuniiis , Barl of Cardigan . Your petitioners beg to r . auind yi . ut Honourable House that , on the tiiat of John Frost , Ze . phnniuh Williams , aa < l William Jones ,
theiv was an informality in the proceedings , admitted by tw . j of the three Judges wl : o tried them , and hy six of her Majesty ' s fifteen Judges , to havo been f « tal to tlio vrhoiu pi-uccedingj ' , and that ret the said John Frost . Zjpaaniah Williams , and Vfiilium Jones , wer e sentenced by her Majesty's Government to bo transported fur life , and are now fulfilling that sentence . Your pt ;! i ! io ! iera h ^ hf that this in an unfair and an un-Eiijdisu mode cf administuriiig the iaw ; and you * petitioners , therefore , call upon year Honourable House intiiK . liately toaddress her Majesty , anu to call upon r . ' ie Government for a free pardon to be instantly f- ' raiit-il to t ! if slid John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and Wi ) iiaui Junes . An . ! your petitioners will ever pray , &c .
Petition .-: of this kind , poured in from aM quarters of the country , from every public meeting , called for whatever purpose , from chibs and associations , from workshops , from fanr ! i «> , from streets , and from individual . ' , would at hast , bother , iitat the brains , the wigs , of their Lordships , and cause them U > open their hereditary eyes ; while , at the same time , tho Hodso of Commons mi&ht be blockaded in like manner whh petitions , setting forth , in plain language , the people ' s sense of tho atrocities perpetrated upon Fcargijs . O'Connor , upon Robert Peddie , upon William Ashton , Peter Hoey , and all other Chartist prisoners , L ^ t the people do it , and do it in right earnest . A petition may be written upon a piece of paper , which may be purchased for
a farthing , of a qunhty quite good enough for the place it 13 to go to . A Chartist schoolmaster , who has twenty or thirty little boys , who caa write just legibly , might turn out dozens of copioa , with lutla or no sacrifice of his own time , besides furnishing an improving exercise . to tho young urchins . Nothing can be more stupid than the notion , that it is necessary for petitions to Parliament to be written like copper-plate . It is necessary they should be written very plainly , especially for the heredicary shop ; or , tento one , if the " collective" or •¦ hereditary" would be able to read them ; but iffthey are written very plain , that ' rf all that ' s wanted , aud little boys commonly do write very plain , if sot very well .
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A CHARTIST OF THE RIGHT SORT . We have great pleasure in placing before onr reads ) ra the following spul-stirring and spirited extract from a speech recently delivered in Glasgow by Mr . Moir . It was prepared for our last week ' s publication , but such sentiinents as it contains are never stale : — Hence , I say , " Hurra for the triumph of Chartism " ( renewed cheering ) . The man who is not a Chartist is either a kaave or a fool , and he can hang bimssif up on either hem of the dilemma he pleases ! laughtez ) . If Ue be a knave , that is the more reason why we should look sharply after him—( renewed laughter )—and , on the other bund , if he be a fool , that is a good
reason vfhy we ought to pay no deference to him at alL ( cheers 1 . Again , 1 rejoice that there is nv apptarance of wearying or becoming faint . The cause is worth struwHug for—otse half of every day ' 3 earning , is in the contest . Everything proves that the p « suion which we took up two years ago , is tho only tenaWo one ; ami , if proof be wanted , we neea only refer to the late Leeils meeting , which was called to propose resolutions in favour of Household Suffrage . Well might the Editor of the Leeds Mercury rtmark , wh ^ re were the uilvccates of Household Suffrage ?—aye , where wore they ? ( Laughter . ) . Not one of them clare-. l to open their month at the meeting , and why ? luc . iuse the Chartists v * ere next doer —( laughter )—ready to blow
thoir flimsy wpuisnvi to the winds ; and looking up » n discretion as the better part of valour , they wisely said nothing . ( Laughter . ) He would , indeed , be a bold fellow who wimld propose Household Suffrage to th « people . I belli-ve we shall scarcely flad a man c » u « rageous enough to teU the people he looked on them as fools ; jet this he must do who would propose Household SuiiVage to the people . It would ho easily SfcttHi g such a fellow . The system was too monstrous for any person to attempt its justification . And I will ti-U you , my Iri-. u-s , how I would treat 1 } man who wouW attempt , to justify the enormous corruptions wiiieii prevail . If I ha < l got no rotten eggs in my pockets to throw at his head , I would go in quest of them as
quietiy as possible , and if he did not gtt b ? 3 head cracked in the interim , heat least deserved ifc . ( Laughter und applause . ) -I wili nover open my ruout ' n for an txttnsiyn of the Suffrage ebort of that defined in-the Charter . ( Cheers . ) I know that strenuous efforts have been made , and will be made yet , to make tho people believe that thfty might , with propriety and a < lvantage , bogiu an agitation for something else . ( Cries ot ' we never wil ! . " r 1 hope not . ( Cheers . ) Nothing but the Oartar . The Wain's are just giving their iast kick , ( Liughter . ) They are just about to kick the bucket—( cheers );—and I " am quite certain , when they ilie , the Cliartists will shed very ' few tears at tb ^ ir funeral . ( Laughter . ) I said long ago that no good would be dono till the Whigs were out . I for one will never opan my mouth for anything else than Uoivei al
Suffragu ; because , to consult the people reyardiug anything else , ia but fooling them , and I will never be a party to such a course . We must never truckle to those who have persecuted and abused us . You will all recollect that OConnell thanked his couuttymen for refusing to givo Lowerya bearing ; ami now the iiiipudi-nt , unblushing , barefaced scoundrel talks about addessing the people ef England and Scotland about Lor . 1 Morpeth ' s Five Pound Fourteen Year Lease Suffrage Bill . But we will be . as deaf to his call as the Irish ar « ou the question of Universal Snffi-ago . There was a fellow nam ^ d Barrett roaring through Ireland , and declaring that if Stanley ' s Bill was passed , the cry would be raised for France and the people of Ik ^ O ; Had any person , unsupported by Dan and his tail , tittered such a sentiment , the Attorney-Gentiral would soon have laid hold of him . "
Let all tomporisers read that and blush , and let it be borne in mind , that this dignified and uneompromisir . g Chartist has ten times more Btake and interest in the wdl-being and good regulation of society , than one half of the middlo-class-operatiTe yelpers for concession . And yet he has no objection to venture his capital and lifo upon the issue of the Charter . He is , in truth , an honour tojns . Bold and consistent as a delegate to the late Convention , straightforward and unyielding in his adhesion to the cause ever since , he is what we call a Chartist o the right soit .
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Fhe Northern Star. Saturday, March 13, 1841.
fHE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 13 , 1841 .
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ttiOHWAY R OBBERY NEAR HALIFAX . tvVnu ' * i ?> 2 l > J ? a 9 cbar £ ed with having on the 3 , h of July , at Skircoat , feloniously assaulted William Riwson , and stolen from his person a silver pencil case , a knife , a umbrella , and other articles , his property . . J ^ f' Raiwes conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . rtn T p u T to / r wa ? retun » ng from HuddersBeld on the 13 th July , about eleven o'clock at night ; when he armed at Shaw Hill , near Halifax , he wai assaulted five
by men , ono of whom held a pistol to him , called upon him to deliver , and finally robbed him of an umbrella , a knife , and the other articles mentioned in the mdictm&nt . Q the following day , search was made at the prisoner's house , and there an umbrella , knife , and key were found , which were idennned by the prosecutor as having been stolen from him on the night of the robbery . This recent possession of the stolen property was urged as evidence that he was ono of the five men concerned in the robbery of tho previous night . Guilty—lo bs imprisoned six months . ruho
T n ^ T ? "* <*« rKed with having , on tha 29 th of June , at Halifax , feloniously assaulted inomas bpancer , aad stolen from his person & silver watch and other articles , his property . In this case , it wa ? proved that tho prisoner presented a pistol to the prosecutor , and also beat him over the head with it . He was found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years transportation . The Cuurt rose about soven o ' clock .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct846/page/3/
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