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      THB CHBISTIAJTITT (?) OF A PARSON MAGISTRATE . A POOT l&toniiiig man , residing st TWkut ; , baa sent VI IODf aeeonnt of hii privAtions , anet al * o of the peraeration and kamlt ha ku received from a Rmertnd dkpezuer of /« # « . It appears the poor bud ( Alfred Finch ) mi stunssoaed before their teonkips , the R * t . John Boaeowen iPrebsftdarv <>* Canterbury , and Rector of the pariah of "Wonting , aad brother to tbe Bart of Falaouth , ) and Edward Kwrigfc , Esq ., for the payxnemi of tea shillings daa for poo . ratai , whea the folio wi * g conversation took plies . Kerrich—Well , "what is the reason that thii hai not been paid ?

      Fiach—I have not been aMa . I h » Te had great dimtaltT t « procure a aubriatence for myself and family . I \ n <\ my Easily haTe , during the late inclement ¦ weather , been compelled for day * to subsist oa bread and-rater . Boseowan—Wh » t is your occupation ? Jinck—A ihtwniaVPT , your Worship . Boscowen—To what parish do you belong ? Fineh— To Nerxeigate . Botonres— "Wh » t rent do yon pay ? Finch—Two « hi ] Hng » and Ebcpeoee per "week . Boscow«—0 , li yon ocure to Porting to lira , and pay a rent of two shilling * and sixpence a week , you must expect to pay ratea . There are none excused from paying rates v » o do not belong to the pariah . Finch—I beg you -woMsUp ' s pardon , but 1 can assure yom that I know several whom the authorities have exensed who do not belong to the pariah , and whom I believe to be in better circum stances than I am .

      Kcmch—i es ; there is no distinction between persons belonging to the parish , rad these who do not There are som& agricultural Uboorers and others , whom the tverseen deem unable to pay , excused , but , as they have not excused you , it appears they consider you lble to pay , and we have no power to excuse yew . Finch—It seeics a rery bard case that I should be oompelled to contribute towards the relief of the poor , when ny circumstance * are manifestly worse than some of tfeo » e -who are reoerrtBj relief . SaaooYeS—There are others yrvn . fi off than JOU VTQO an compelled to contribute , and if yon dont choose to pay Wb shall issue a warrant of distress . Kenleh—We had better allow him time to pay it B < jscoweo—What time can you pay it in ? Finch—I think it impossible to pay in less than a month or six weeks .

      Boscowen—That will not do ; the collector his to cifcK up his books at the eipirstionof a fortnight ; consequently , we cannot allow any longer tjsie . Finch—I shall be Enable to pay within so &hoii a period ; but , if yon allow a month or eo , I . will , if possible , endeaTour to pay . Boscowen—If you are unable to pay we shall issue a warrant of distress immediatsly ; ( tben tKrowjug the summons to the clerk , he continued );—Ma \ e out a warrant of distress to that . FLoch , after a few moment ' s consideration , thought of a friend irho might adTancehim the money on lean , and told the Re * , that he -would , if possible , borrow the EuSfT sail pay inuztediat-ely , and was leafing the room for that purpose , wh « n Bosscoing bawled out : —You mr&t p » y two ih ^ nip gr ior the expence of the summons too . Finch—I cannot pay for the summons . Boscowen—O , eantyou ? we will bcc whether you ean or not .

      Fineh then left the room and seon returned with the ten shillings , which he laid upon the table saying , " This is the mouey for the rate , butl cannot pay two shillings for the sum mons . " This exasperated Mb reverance and he , in his fury , ordered the money to be thrown after Finch , which was accordingly done , and still farther to gratify his malteioua revenge , he ordered & warrant of distress to be issued against Finch immediately . It appears that this divine who prays nine or ten times a week , that we may be forgiven oar debts as

      we forgrre our debtors , could not repose upon his bed until he had c&used a poor distressed mechanic t * be robbed of his straw mattress and other bits of furniture , for in less than so hour after the proceedings we haTe referred to , a constable and broker entered tee house of Finch , t<hougb a mile and a quarter from the justice room , ; and were about to 3 eize upon his bite of " goods and chatties , " aavil ke was induced through the solicitations and tears af his wife to take £ re shillings he had laid by fur his rent , to pay what he thought an U ' egal charge , a : least , so far as regarded the summons .

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      KOTICES OF THE MOXTH . fFrm the Satirist . J March 24 , 1819 . —Queen Victoria bom . A great many Royal gifts are presented on this day , in consequence of her Majesty having been so successful in adding to tl . e illustrious Bouse of Gueiph . Thi Princess Royal recerres a new cradle , coral , and belli The Duchess of Sutherland , as Mistress of the Robes , is presented -s =-ith all the old flannels and napkins . TLe Duchess of Inremess receires a pap-boat , Which she takes home for the Duke of Sussex . Xur 3 « Lilly is presented with the wooden bowl in which the Koyal infant was immersed at her birth , under the superintendence of Sir James Clark and Dr . Loeock . Suise Packer receives all the worn-out swaddling clothes , a cracked candle-cnp , and a child ' s chair .

      The Baroness Letzen is given a drawing of a sledge , snd Albert guiding and pushing the Queen . The Queen Dowager recerres the Royal lemonsqueezer , and a pair of nut-crackers , surmounted with her Ticeg&r countenance . AH the pap-spoons , which are composed of the finest Britasxiu sidal , are equally divided among the Maids of Honour , while the dribbling bibs and pinafores are town lota for by the L&difa in Waiting . Oa this proud and exhilarating Royal birthday Prince Albert is allowed to choose his own dinner ! 28 , 1758 . —William Pitt— "the heaven-bom statesman , " & * be was termed by his Tory admirers , ' bora .

      That the lasting and extensive benefits his wisdom * nd policy conferred on this country may be duly appreciated , we present our readers with the following gratifying fact * connected with hia Administration , which cannot fail to eonrince erery unprejudiced mind of the very economical way In which he managed the public affairs . When William Pitt came into office he found the British nation atpeac * with all tfee world , and when he went out of office he left the British nation at war with all the world . When he came in the public debt was only two hundred and forty milliont , and when he went out he bad increased it to Jive hundred millions . When he came in the taxes wtrs less tkan' sixteen mtilions , but before he went o « t he raided the annual tow to forty miUitni .

      29 : 1660 . —Restoration of Bang Charles II . This eTeniag the ghost of Charles the Second sups with his descendant , the Duke of St . Albaa ' s , and < lrinks the memory of Nell Gwynne and Harriet Mellon in the following vivacious versea : — Come , Dukey , my boy , the wine now enjoy , I'll give you a toast which to drink is no sin ; Fill , fill up your glass to a right waggish lass , Here ' s the mother of all the St Alban ' s , Nell Gwynna . What need you care for the high-mindei Belle , VTco points at your origin springing from Nell , Tour elderly Xhtdtesi Debarred like a true one , In leaving you wealth to procure you a new on * .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesdit , Mabch 24 . The first publie business on the list was a motion of lord Maho * , who proposed it to the House to resolTe that the preeent extensire system of commuting traasportaJaoB for confinement in the halts is highly inexpeduaut The Crown , he said , kad doubtless the prerogavfre of substituting that eonlnement for this transportation , bnt it was a prerogative giTen , not in order to warrant such substitution as * general measure , but to authorise it undei particular circumstance * , such as old age or Dl faeaitb . The present system rested » pon a minute of Lord Join Russell , in which that Voble Lord bad strangely disregarded the evidence taken before the Lords" Committee o » t ? ii ^ subject . From that evidence it w » uld appeal that the hulks were much less dreaded than transportation . Nor were they equally available with transportatio * for that other uaportant object—the reform of offendera . The hulks , too , had this disadvantage—that they did not admit the application of the medem improvements in prison

      discipline . Such was the inemcacy of the bulls in ihesaelres , tbat it became necessary to exercise there a rigour not required ii other places of punishment In a matter of so much importance , economy was not a primary object , fart it deserved some consideration ; aad such consideration was unfavourable to the hulks . Sat the great aad paxamovnt objection to this puni&hjagat at home of « rrym < Ti » 3 « sentenced to transportation , waa the impossibility of their procuring employment on then- discharge , and Qie consequent danger of their nlftpsiBg into crime from mere necessity . Lord Mahon went on to cite , rerj largely , the testimony of various persons , in sflrmsuce of the utility of transportation ; sad then diseuoed the merita of the oouvict assignment system , in the abolition whereof , as effected by Lord John RosselL he declared his acquiescence . He adTocftted tits recommendation * of Sir Kicnard Bowie Ofi tht subject of convict labour , and pleaded the importance of the subject as his justification for the great length of his speech , which lasted almost two hours .

      Lord John Rtjssslx admitted the force of some of the objections to the punishment of the hulks ; but the difficulty of findicg other adequate penalties forbade t 3 ae adoption of such a resolution as Lord Mahon had pro-

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      posed . If the hulks were too sevare om the one hand , yet , on the other , tran » portafcion had nut tbe terrors ¦ which punishment ought to carry with It in <* de * to be effectual . The question between himself and the nebta mover was one » ti » r of degree than of principle . But what he had chiffly aimed a « was , to prevent the Aus tralian colonies from being overrun by the refaw of tbe English gaols . He did not think it necessary that the House should now come to any decision upon the « ub }« ct , and would , therefore , more the prerriona question . Lord Mahok declined to withdraw his notion ; and the House on a division affirmed it .

      Mr . Scholpield then brought-for ward a motion , recommending the substitution of a property tax for such of the taxes of excise and cmstoms as press most heavily on tbe middle and working classes . He said that in 184 * there were 1 , 500 bankrupts , and probably ten timeras many insolvents . A tort of civil war was going on between debtors and creditors , profitable only to the lawyers . The masters and the men were constantly at variance . One effect of all this was the increase of crimes , particularly forgeries and fravds . Tbe pressure of poverty had a detnoralfi < og effect on the minds of men- Gin-palaces flourished , and ¦ elf-murder W « become frequent . The H * n- Member lastly read a few extracts from different writers to show the reasonableness of a tax on property .

      Mr . Mtotz seconded the Motion . He belie red that in this country , more than in any other , the poor bore too large a proportion of the taxes . Taxation and representation ought to go hand in hand . He doubted whether , in the present state of education , Universal Suffrage was desirable ; but certainly the suffrage Bnould be extended . The trade ef our towns had now no remunerating profit , and no prospect of any . Seeing no chance of a repeal either of the Corn Laws or tbe money lawB , he must stroDgly support his colleague ' s motion . Mr . Tu&NEB lamented thttthe House , so full when party questions were to be discussed , was 60 thinly attended on a question of taxation . Mr . Williams enumerated the chief articles consumed by the poor , and showed how large a propor-Hom of the taxes these articles bear . " There would Soon , " he said , "be a pressure from -without which would oblige the House to atteni to these considerations . "

      Mr . FiELDEN concurred in the motion , and censured the non-attendance of members . Mr . Baking said that the reason of the absence of Members was probably tbe conviction of all men of business that such a resolution as the present could not possibly bo put upon the journals of tha Home . An announcement of a property tax , and that , too , an indefinite one on its amount , would throw the whole of this country into confusion . When a property tax existed there was no language which was thonght too strong for the condemnation of it , especially with reference to its inquisitorial character . He could not think that his Hon . Friend meant seriously to press hia motion to a division , but if a division were pressed , he should move the previous question .

      ILr . HCME repeated the argument that tbe heafiest taxes are borne by the poor . The rich said that property was the fitting qualification for franch'se , but they took care to exempt property from taxation . Again , personal property paid legacy duty to the amount of £ 2 , 000 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 , 000 a-year , butIand 9 d property paid no legacy dnty at alL For fifty tr sixty years there had not been so much misery as at present among the working classes . But the Government would never move unless there wai a pressure upon , it either from this House or from without Mr . GocLBURN exposed the absurdity , in an artificial society like ours , of attempting to make a sudden change in its whole system of taxation , and , still mote , of passing an abstract resolution on sncii a subject . Much difference of opinion had existed heretofore , whether it were better to take the taxes of a country in the first instance from capital , or to take them from the produce of that capital in an ulterior sta ^ a The latter system had now been prs ' -ty generally adopted as the preferable one .

      Mr . WiKLBT commented upon the absence of tbe leauing men of both parties . After a little pleasantry from Colonel SIBTHORP , Mr . Mabk Philips atiTised Mr . Scholflcld to withdraw his motion for the present , and renew it in a full House , -when tbe Chancellor ot the Exchequer should be going into a Committee of Ways and Means . Geteral Johnson thought that when Gentlemen fcronght forward motions , it became almost a duty that they should take tbe sense of the House upon them . Mr . scholtikld shortly replied , And the House dividing , rejected his motion .

      Wednesday , March 24 . Lord Jors Rcsskul stated that he intended to propose some alterations in the Poor Law Amendment Bill , and also enumerated tbe amendments proposed by other Hon . Members , which it waa his int ntioD , either partially or wholly , to adopt . Mr . E . tejixent moved the further consideration o the n port on the Designs Copyright BilL Mr . Labouchebe suggested to the Hon . Member to have his Bi : I re-printed with the amendments , and to postpone its recommittal until tbe House should h ; v ; time to consider the numerous amendments which it was proposed to introduce .

      Mr . E . Tkknent was unwilling to accede to tbe suggestion ; and a discussion followed on the propriety of postponement , in the course of which it appeared that the copyright of designs in glass snd some other articles formed no part of thu original resolution of the Committee of the whole House , upon which resolution the Bill was , according to the forms of tba House , necessarily foamed . Those articles were supt-radded to the Bill without baring recourse to a new resolution of the whole House . A suggestion offered by Mr . Huhb was , after some eonverBsAwu between Six R . PEEL , Mi . LAB 0 \ 3 CUEat , and Mr . Tersest , eventually adopted—namely , that the present Bill should be withdrawn altogether—that the House should resolve into Committee of the whole Heuse on Thursday , to agree to a resolution including glais . &c , and that the new Bill shonld be allowed to proceed unopposed to the stage at trhich tLe BUI -withdrawn had arrived . The Bill was accordingly withdrawn , and Mr . Tennent gave tbe requisite notice for Thursday .

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      The following Addition to the Advertisement of the Weit-Riding of Yorkshire Spring Sessions , to be holden at Ponlefract , on the oth day of Api-U , came too late to be inserted in its proper place : — KLECTIOH OP AIDING SOLICITOR . And Notice is also hereby Given , Thai the Election of the Solicitor for tbe West-Riding , ( the Office of Solicitor being now vacant bv the death of Mr . Rodgers , ) will take place on Wednesday , the 7 ih Day of April next , at T waive O'Clock at Noon .

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      FED * OUB LONDON C 0 RBE 5 P 0 KDENT . London , Thursday Evening , March 25 , Quarter to Seven . City . News , axd Cohmebcial Review . —The arrival , this morning , of the new President ' s inaugural address to the Chambers , has greariy relieved the public anxiety , as the hostile tone of the American statesmen had been succeeded by a more friendly bearing towards this country . It is now generally believed that Mr . M . ' . Leod will be feivtn up by the State j > i New York , anil thus the danger of an immediate rapture will be avoided . The news is looked upon as very favourable in the City ; and Consols have risen nearly $ per cent on it ; but the market is very sensitive , being influenced by some large accounts in options , wcich hand over the

      jobbers , and compel them to bay or sell rashly on every change of circumstance , to defend themselves from the risk of any large fluctuation in prices . Yesterday they cold btock upon this ground , and to-day they are all anxious to buy it back again ; bat money is quite ** easy" to-day , and gold arrives largely Irom the Continent . In the commercial markets there has been very little business cone ; the public sales yesterday having gone off heavily , and those ol to-day having manifested but a very slight improvement : on each occasion , a part only of the goods pat up "were disposed of ; the deliveries of tea , both fur home u ^ e and exports , are , however , very . large , and the stock is fast reducing . Tha following are the closing pricei of the Funds : — Consols , 88 ^; ditto ior account , 88 |; New Three and a Half per Cents , 97 i ; Exchequer Bills , 4 s . to 6 s , prea .

      Bubglabies , fcc , i ? f thk City . Yesterday morning , about one o ' clock , a man , answering the description of the mate of a vessel , entered the Cogers ' -hall Tavern , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , and having engaged & bed , retired to rest . Two hours after He was observed by the landlord ( Mx . Ashton ) to enter his bed-room , when , on speaking to him , he stammered ont in reply , that " he waa anxious to find his vray down stairs . " On rising , Mr . Ashton discovered that abont £ 5 , in gold and silver , together with a box belonging to the " Sons of the Thames , " which contained cash , the asaoant of which is not at present known , had been stolea from his room daring tbe night ; and on further inquiry little donbt remained , u to the above individual being the perpetrator of tbe robbery , as he had absconded . Ihiring the night , the Crown Tavern , Fleet-street , kept by Mr . Ferreli , was also broken open , and cash to the amount of £ 25 stolen ; bnt no due whatever has been gained as to tbe perp ; trators .

      FtssBirsT Wobkiwo Mbjts Asso « iA . riojf . —This association held its weekly meeting last night ; whun the report of the committee was read , from which it appeared that the receipts for the quarter amounted to £ 6 3 s . 8 d ^ and the expenditure to £ 5 133 . 7 ^ d . The society had also purchased a quantity of furniture for their use ; an excellent library had also been formed , and a reading and meeting room kept constantly open during the quarter . The report having been r e reived , it wae

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      resoWed that the subscription should henceforth be reduced to threepence per week , and that & room should be engaged at the Magnet Coffee House 48 , Drnry Lane , for tbe future weekly meetings of the society . Mr . James Hoppey was re-elected secretary ; Mr . Durant , treasurer ; and Messrs . Moore , Norman , Gi ' obs , and Baldwin , committee men . Collecting books for the Easter Monday Victim Fund were ordered to be Issued by tbe eeeVetary .

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      TJnjT £ x > States , —The news from the United States , brought by the Patrick Henry , is exceedingly pacific . The Patrick Henry sailed on the 8 tb , and on the 3 d , the steam ship President arrived with despatches from Lord Palmereton to Mr . Fox , British Minister at Washington , the contents of which were the subject of general speculation throughout the Union . The report abroad was , that the British Government had authorised Mr , Fox to demand the immediate release of Mr . M'Leod , and- in tbe event of a refusal , to demand hia passports and quit the country . ThU report , however , does not seem to rost on any sore foundation . It is one Of tha countless conjectures of many-tongued rumour . Mf . M'Leod was still a prisoner at Lockport , but the Government were about to order hia removal

      to Albany , the capital of the State of New York , where less excitement prevailed , and where , if tried , there would be , at least , a chance of his finding an impartial Jury . On the first instant , Mr . Buchanan , the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations , brought the question or' the relations between Great Britain and the United States under the notice of the Senate . The speeches of the Hon . Senators , and of Mr . Clay , who took part in the discussion , form a gratifying contrast to tbe intemperate report of Mr . Piekens to the House of Assembly . We quote from the report of the proceedings , contained in the New York Courier and Inquirer , the following brief extracts , which shew beyond

      question the pacific disposition of the American senators , in a debate on tbe 1 st of this month . Mr . Buchanan eaid , he vras instructed by the Committee OD r > > reign Relations , to move to be discharged from iho c juiidcratiou of the resolution which bad been tJ > rred to that Committee , " requesting the President to communicate to the Senate , if not incompatible with the public interest , any correspondence wl . ich may have taken place between this Government and that of Great Britain , relative to the north-eastern boundary , not heretofore communicated to the Senate . " He stated that , as a Convention had been agreed upon between the two countries , for the settlement of the loag-disputed boundary question , and as thire was a high Btate

      of mutual irritation along the borders , and there was danger of imminent collision , the interests of both parties demanded the adoption of such treaty stipulations as would make an ond of the question . Although he would not pretend to say that , there wero no omens of war in the conduct of the British Government on our northern frontier , yet this he should assert , with much confidence , that in the negotiation itself relative to our north-eastern boundary , nothing had occurred , iaoonsistent with the sincere and anxious desire which had always been professed by that Govnrnment to preserve the peace which now so happily subsisted between the two comntries , and to bring the question to a final and satisfactory conclusion . Mr . Clay gave it as his decided opinion that the state of the difference between the two countries was not such as to require a special minister . The Minister resident there would be able to do all that was necessary in the

      premises w ithout difficulty , and he thought without delay . After all ( said Air . Clay ) I have not yet-begun to think of the possibility of any immediate war with Great Britain } that time has not arrived yet . But however distant it may be , I would relax no effort to place the country in a proper state of defence . He looked to the absence of all means of floating defence , steam batteries , &c , with the deepest concern . He thought the Government should appiy all its energies to place tbe country in such a state of defence as world prepare it to meet any possible exigency that might arise . Mr . Clay expressed his belief that both Governments desirod peace ; that it was essential to the interests of each ; and that if war did come , it would not be from the will of the Government , but from collateral causes , over which they would have no oontroul . The Committee was then discharged , according to the motion of Mr . Buchanan . -

      Triai of Josiah Misters fob Attempt to Mukdiuu—Our readers will recollect the circum-* tancc 4 attending the attempt , by a young man named Misters , to murder Mr . Mackreth , a commercial traveller , at the Angel Inn , Ludlow , in Au ^ dst last . The trial of MiBters took place at Shrews-bury Assizes , on Tuesday last , before Mr . Baron Gurney , when , after the examination of a great number of witnesses for the prosecution , he was found guilty , and sentenced to death . The trial lasted Irons nine o ' clock in the morning until ei ^ ht m the tvenuig . Tho prisoner is described as a young man of intelligent , prepossessing , gentlemanlike appearance . The prisoner evinced much emouou upon hearing the verdict , which he seemed hardly to have expected . He covered his face with li ' is hands , and shed tears . Upon being called upon in the usual form , he said , in a low , determined toae , " 1 am not guilty . "

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      TO THB BD 1 TO » O ? THE KORTHERN STAR . Sib , —Having viewed with satisfaction the columns of your truly praiseworthy publication , and Bering how tho flame of Chartism is shooting forth her sparks throughout the length and breadth of your land , I cannot but Btate my surprise at the indifference with which my countrymen ( who profess to love liberty ) look upon the eudeavours of their sister countrymen without lending a hand in this glorious struggle for the rights and liberties of British subjects , and more glorious , because it is by moral force that the object will be achieved ; for I am certain that the legislature will not refuse to r edress the grievances of tho working classes ; they must not , ( or importunity will weary the most obdurate heart .

      I , as an Irishman , love liberty in my souL and wi ; h the same to all mankind , and long to see my beloved country free from every manacle of oppression . I expect to seo the green fields of Erin smiling with beauty , when the hearts of her sons shall be freed lroin eyery link of tyranny , and see her what she ought to be" Gmt ., glorious , and free , First flower of the eanh , First gem of the sea . " In my opinion the Charter is the means which shall bring about this wished for reformation ; then

      let Irishmen and Englishmen join hand in hand in this noble scheme . Lot your missionaries come ever and r ^ use the spirit of liberty , which is nearly hushed asleep for want of energetic means , or for want of true patriotism in tho leaders of the people . Why should Ireland lia dormant , when such numbers are adding to your ranks in Britain in general ? If you depute a speaker to this corner of our Island , yon will find some who would enrol their names in your list , and get organised ; and perhaps the Hame may spread orer our beloved country , and then , ere long , she shall be free . Universal Suffrage , and no surrender '

      Why should the two-thirda and upwards of our fellow-countrymen be deprived of their elective franchise 1 Because they are poor . Why should the two-thirds of the working classes , I may say the seven -eighths of the working classes in our boroughs , be deprived likewise ? Because they don ' t occupy ten pound houses , or because they are poor . Why is there so much corruption at elections ? Because the people in general are poor , and are glad to catoh a few pounds from -the men who catch it all from them . Became our country is poor , all sorts of degradation must come upon u % But who makes it pour 1 It is the Squire , the liord , the Marqui 0 , the Earl , the Duke , the Baron , the Peer , the Rector , the Bishop , &c , Sec . If I ' m designed your lordling ' s slave , by nature '! law designed , Why was an indepedent with e'er planted in my mind ; It not , -why am I subject to his cruelty or scorn , Or why Lips man the will and power , to make bis fellow

      mourn . If you would bo pleased to insert this letter in your colamtt 8 , you will oblige , Yours truly , Am Iwsh Chartist .

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      JrEWBTT , ( Ibblamd . )—At a meeting of the tradesmen of jNcwry , held on Monday , 22 nd , for the purpose of adopting measures to establish a body of Chartists m ttiis town , the following resolution ! were unanimously agreed to , Mr . Joseph M'Donald , journeyman cordwainer , in tho chair : — "That we do fully receive the Chartist principles ag-published in the Northern Star , vij . Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , No Qualification , for Membership , Payment for Members , and Annual Elections . " r That there be a body of Chartists formed in this town , aad that we reqnest further information respecting the rules and regulations for conducting the said body from the Committee cf the body established in Leeds , England . " A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and tha meeting broke up , after giving three cheers for the Charter , three for Feargus O'Connor , aad three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Joaee .

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      woi . VKHHAiffPTpK .-The Chartists met at Mogg ¦ Temperauoe Coffee House , Snow Hill , and after a fVw remarks from Mr . Luney , of Manchester , the petition in last week ' s Star was unanimously adopted . The following gentlemen were nominated as delegates to the Convention about to be held in London : —Mr . Moir , Glasgow , Mr . Morgan WilliamB , Mr . Pitkethly , Mr . Arthur , Carlisle , Mr . Leech , Mr . Arran , Mr . Marsden , Mr . Martin , Mr . Smart , Leicester , Mr . SkevingUm , Loughborougb .

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      FROM THE LONDON PAPERS OF FRIDAY . NORTHERN CIRCUIT . LANCASTER , Wednesday , March 24 . CROWN SIDE . ( Before Mr . Justice Maule . J Richard Boethman , James Wilkinson , Tlwmas Riley , and Henry Ridehalgh , were put to the bar to take their trial upon au indictment , which charged them , in the first count , with the wilful murder of Joseph Halatead , at Colne , in this county , on the 12 th of August last . A second count charged Boothm&n with the morder , and | iw other prisoners with aiding and abetting him . Dr . Brown , Mr . riiiLTOR . and Hlf . Stasbfeld , conducted tho proeecution ; Mr . -Wileins appeared for Boothman aad Wilkinson ; and Mr . Atherton for the other two prisoners . ¦ : ¦

      Dr . Brown , m stating the ease to the Jury , said $ heir attention would be directed to three material points—1 . Whether the deceased camo to his death in the manner alleged . 2 . Whether the circumstances of the case were such as to amount to murder . 3 . Whether the prisoners or any of them were the parties . About a weeic before the occurrence serious disturbances had taken place in the town of Colne , and the magistrates thought it necessary to send for the military , who remained from Friday the 9 th to Sunday the 11 th of August . On the evening of Monday , the 12 th , the magistrates reoeived information which induced them to swear in seventy special constables , among whom wa 3 the deceased , a respectable tradesman of the town . In the

      eveniug a mob paraded the streets . The Riot Act was read several times at different places , and the magistrates and constables , with a few police , proceeded along the streets . When they got to Cros 3-streot , they separated into parties , and went different ways . Soon after , a great noise was heard iu Cross-street , and a report of fire-arms . A rattle was sprung , and the police went in that direction , when it was discovered that a man had been killed , who proved to be the deceased . The Learned Counsel then stated the nature of the evidence by Which he proposed to briug home the » chargo to the prisoners , saying tint only one ot them could be proved to have struck the deceased , but that the others would be shown to be there with

      such a common purpose as would render them amenable to the law ior the oease ^ ueaces which had happened . • - -. V I Air . Wood , a magistrate , feeding near Colne , said , that for a week pr « yi < ki $ nf » the event under investigation , the town h « 4 b ^ en in a very exoited state . On Monday , the ifMi < of August , the town was full of people , and ; the magistrates thought it advisable to swear in seventy epecial constables , of whom the deceased was one ; trancheons were delivered to them , and they virent oa duty about halfpast nine ©' clock , ^ here w ere also twenty-seven of the county police . The whole body went to the toll-bar at the east end of the town , where witness read the Riot , Aot . About two hundred

      persons were present . He also read the Riot Act in the , market at Windebank and another place . They ihen proceeded down various streets . At the top of Clayton-street , they heard a rattle sprung in the direction of Cross-street . They went there . Witness saw a mob , and heard a noise as if iron instruments were dashed '' against each other . There was a discharge of fire-arms . He heard the expressions " Be firm . Come on . Dash at them !" A shower Of Stones come , and drove the magistrates and constables from their position into the main-Btreet , where they were followed by the mob , shouldering bludgeons , and walking four a-breast . The military were then sent for .

      Cross-examined—When the Riot Act was read , the special constables set up a shout . They had no refreshment before starting . The night was dark . The deceased was a resolute courageous man , and occasionally took his cups in an evening . Henry Se ^ ar , landlord of the King ' s Head inn , deposed that on the morniug after the riot he found tha New Church had been broken open , and many of the iron rails wero gone ; fourteen or fifteen were found about 180 yards from the house of Jacob Hawksworth , in Cross-street . They were about a yard and a half long , an inch in diameter , and had spearheads . James Wild , one . of the special constables , accompanied the deceased till they got to the house of Jacob Hawksworth , in Cross-street . The mob had spiked iron rails . Witness was struck at with an iron bar , but was not hit . He ran away , and went home . The deceased was then standing on Hawksworth ' s door step .

      Jacob Hawksworth lives in Cross-Btreet . About ten o ' clock that night he heard a noise , and he and his wife got oat of bed and went to the window . There was fighting with weapons opposite his house . He saw two swords and some hand-bludgeons . They , fought with the police and special constables as hard as they could for about three minutes . Four or five struck at a man who was down at his dolor steps . One said , "D—n him , kill him ;" another said , "No , don't kill him ;> ' another said . " Yes , we'll kill him . " After this , they went towards Clay ton-street , when a boy called " Lads lads , come back , hero ' s the pd ce 5 " The mob camo *

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      back , asd there was another very Berero engagement neat the top of Clayton-street . The moo got the better . On croas-examination , this witness said he had stated that they had not got a man there who they oould prow to be " * kM . " Joseph Snowden saw the body lying after the first fight , and he and a Mr . Holdroyd tried to remove it , but could not . The face was covered with blood , and part of- the brains were out . Job Harrison was one of the constabulary force . He saw a man standing bare-headed at Jacob Hawksworth ' s * steps . One stepped out of the crowd and struck the man on the top of the head with a sqaure iron bar . Witness then retreated , and

      was followed by the man who struck the blow . They soon met fifteen or twenty of tha police , when the man ran back and joined in the fight . Witness afterwards saw him in the custody of Sergeant John M'Donald . The prisoner Boothman was the man . William Henderson , a policeman , also spoke to the identity of the prisoner Boothman . He admitted that they had orders to charge the mob . _ -: . John M'Donald , sergeant of police , noticed the prisoner Boothman in the mob , endeavouring to escape , and apprehended him . Witness did not see him strike the blow , or see any part of the fight . The cap which Boothman was said to have worn was then produced . This closed the evidence as against Boothman in particular . The evidence against Wilkinson was , that he was

      seen by a man named Fowles , m Cross-street , running away , when a polip eman struck him on the neck , but did not capture him ; and , in consequence of this information , John Asguitb , constable of Colne , went to the house of Wilkinson ' s father , at Windebank , between three and four o ' clock on the Tuesday morning , where he and two others were found in bed . He had a clean shirt on . On searching the house , a wet jacket and shoes , and a waistcoat stained with blood , were found , and on the roof of the house outside was a shirt , the bosom of which was bloody . He was taken into custody by a policeman named Wood , to whom , on the way to the House of Correction , he said he should not have done it if the man had not sent him to prison for two months for playing at football .

      Evidence was then pnt in to shew that in the Jauary previously he had been oonvicted and imprisoned for two calendar months , under the malicious trespass act , on the complaint of the deceased . The evidence against - the other two prisoners , Riley and RidVAalgh , went to show they were present in the fray , but did not fix them with any specific apt immediately connected with the deceased . The iron rails found were all round , not square . At the close of the case for the prosecution , Mr . Atherton submit tod to the Court that thete was no case to go to the jury against Riley and Ridehalgh , and his Lordship being of that opinion , they were acquitted without being called upon for their defence .

      Mr . Wilkins then addressed the Jury on behalf of Boothman and Wilkinson , and his Lordship having summed up the evidence , the Jury , after a considerable retirement , returned a verdict of Guilty against Boothman , and acquitted Wilkinson . The awful sentence of the law waa then passed upon the former . Wilkinson , Riley , and Ridehalgh were then arraigned upon , and pleaded Guilty to , an indictment charging them with a riot , and were sentenced , Wilkinson to eighteen months ' , and the other two to twelve calendar months ' , imprisonment and hard labour .

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      Mucder at Norwood . —On Wednesday morning , a very extraordinary and painful sensation was felt at Norwood , in consequence of the discovery of the murder of a female , who it appears was . a married woman , about 36 years of age , and of very creditable connexions . From inquiries made respecting the shocking occurrence , the following particulars have been collected , which may be relied on as authentic : —Tbe name of the unfortunate deceased is Elizabeth Winks . She was housekeeper to Mr . Roupell , a merchant residing in Blackfriars-road , who has also a country house in the vicinity of Brixton . The husband of the deceased was also in the same gentleman ' s service . On Tuesday the deceased left her master ' s residence in town to visit her father and other relations ,

      who reside at Brixton . She was accompanied by her daughter . They left , it appears , about nine o ' clock in th « evening to . return home . On the following morning ( Wednesday ) about six o ' clock , as Sergeant Taylor , of the P division of police , was going his rounds between Streatham and Norwood , he discovered the body of a female lying on the grass at the end of one ef the lanes , within a few yards of a pond . She was not dead , but in an expiring state . It was evident that the unfortunate woman had been brutally maltreated , as her clothes were dragged nearly over her head . There . were appearances of severe bruises about her person , fully proviog that she had been straggling with one or more parties . The grass where she lay also fully demonstrated that a violent struggle had

      taken place , as if the poor woman had contended with her brutal aggressor to prevent being thrown into the pond , which was only distant a few yards from where she was discovered by the Serjeant of police . The situation she was found in is very lonely , and the Only alternative Taylor , the police Serjeant , had waa to run for additional assistance , which he did without loss of time , returning to the spot with several of his brother constables , at which time the deceased still continued to breathe . She was conveyed to the Horns , at Norwood , where a surgeon was promptly in attendance , but the unfortunate woman expired on her way to the house . The father of the deceased states that she left his house on Tuesday night , perfectly sober and comfortable . He cannot account for her being found at Norwood

      , which was nearly two miles from his house ; nor was he at all able to give information respecting the murder of his unfortunate child . What is most extraordinary is , that the deceased ' s daughter has not yet been discovered . Yesterday several hundreds of persons visited the Bpoi where theunfortnnate woman was discovered . Information of the circumstance was forwarded to Mr . Elyard , the magistrate , residing at Streatham , who has been viry active in his exertions to trace the perpetrator of the murder . The surgeon who has examined the body of the deceased has given his opinion that her death was the result of violence . Great suspicion is attached to the husband of the deceased , and a warrant has been issued for his apprehension . The

      police are also actively engaged in obtaining all the information they can respecting the mysterious and dreadful occurrence . The deceased has been five years in Mr . RoupelPs service , aad was much respected . The body liesat the Homo , Norwpod . Information of the circumstance has been forwarded to Mr . Carter , Coroner for Surrey , who has appointed the inquest to take place to-morrow ( Saturdaj ) . When the deceased was discovered , 17 s . were found on her person , and other trifling property . It is expected that the whole of the circumstances connected with the horrid affair will be developed in the course of the inquest . Up to last evening , the excitement at Norwood , and the surrounding districts , was very great , anxiety being manifested by all classes of persons to discover the author of the atrocious act .

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      XiEEDS . —Death by Drowning . —Yesterday morning , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., coroner , at the Robin Hood Inn , Bank , on view of the body of James Thewlis , who was taken out of the river Aire on the previous night . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that the deceased was twelve years old , and was employed at the coal-landing below Knostrop , to pump water from the coal vessels previous to their being laden . His father is in the service of Kirkby Fenton , Esq . Oh Thursday afternoon , at three o ' clock , the lad was last seen by a woman , and he was at that time on hoard a vessel , from whence it is supposed he had fallen into the river . He was not missed till about an hour afterwards , when , on an outcry being " made for him , his cap was found floating iu the water . Drags were instantly procured , but the body was not recovered till some time afterwards , when means were used to restore animation , but without effect . The Jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned . "

      Unwholesokb Meat . —On Saturday evening last , four quarters of stuff , called beef , was seized in this town by the Leet Jury . It was brought into the town by a country butcher named Joseph Sawyer { who has before played a similar game ) , and was intended to have been sold to the poor at a low price . It wastaken , in the first instance , to Leadenhall Market , from whence it was intended to have been transferred to two adjoining butchers' shops ; but the occupiers of these having quarrelled , the sale could not be effected , and the secret g ot to the ears of one of the inspectors , auother

      proof of the truth of the old adage— "When a certain olass of persona fall out , honest men g et their own . " Two quarters of the beast were seized in Leadenhall Market , but the owner , bavins previously been made aware it had become known , had removed the other two . Police Sergeant Wade i however , by dint of a little inquiry , discovered that these had been deposited in a stable at the Harrison ' s Arms , and there they were found . It iB due to .. Mc 88 " - Dyson and Crossley to say that their OBtler had permitted Sawyer to take his load there W 1 *??« www knowledge . The four quarters were pubhely burnt in the Vicar ' s Croft yesterday .

      At I-Mebtino held on Thursday evening , to consider what steps should be taken at the anti-Corn i-aw meeting , on Tuesday next , all seemed to be unanimous tor giving them battle in their own camp . The following resolution was adopted : ^~ That we consider it . to . be the duty of the Chartists , whenever opportunity presents itself , to expose evwry kind of hypocrisy , and in order to do this effectually , call upon every Chartist in Leeds to attend the meeting on Tuesday next . "

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      Impobtuwatb BEGGARS . —Go in . what direction yoa will , you cannot traverse tie streets at anvhttS of the day without being solicited at every i £ M * alms ; and this , too notfy tbe aged and bftrmatoS but by ohadren , of both sexes , whose imporfauS soarcely leave a chance for the refusaTofS ? however much your own mind may plead igaoS of the habits of tbe objects whom you thnsreliOT ? and a tot ^ I incapacity to Jodie whether your boanhf may not have been expended on unworthy dbjectt . It is . a fact , wbeb . cannot be denied , that m this town , at least , mendicity hts laS y f' ? . ««» % wowMed . to whatever cause it may i * attributed . It is a melancholy thing to see chUdrm who appear as if they were trained to the pursuit following every passenger with the greatest iSi ?

      city , and with the most importunate solicitation in hope of gaining a chance half-penny , or of receiniS from some good-natured housekeeper a morselTf bread . And to what are we to attribute this ! W . maybe told that trade in bad beyond prscedent ¦ we admit this ; we know that it ia eo . ¦ ¦¦ b 2 still Aero must be some other operating cium * We have workhouses and vagrant offices" ^ for the support of theso no small sum of monevk annually collected ; but the latter only afford shelter for the night to the houseless wanderer , and at the former , charity , if charity it can be called , is dig . pensed with a niggard hand , whilst the poor , who have nothing , are made to fcelthat , however low they may be plunged in the depths of poverty , there is , for them , Jl ™

      Beneath the lowest deep , a lower still . " And in order to eke out the scanty pittance affords parents , to prevent their offspring from actual want , are , . in far too many instances , com . pelled to have recourse to means which in other circumstances , their nature would instihS tively shrink from . It is melancholy to reflecton these things ; but they are daily—nay , hourly , toteei on the observation , and to sensitive minds ^ snmw st an inquiry as to the remedy . Scarcely a day naweB but the police clear the streets of some of these

      ohjeotB , by taking them to prison . But what end does tins answer ! The magistrates be . fore whom they may be brought , can only eitha send them to the gaol , or discharge them Th « v are thus , therefore , either removed to a scene wharS they are instructed in all the arts of yiUany or turned loose again on society , to renew , with increased vigour , their solicitations on the charitable If to olass-legiBlation this crying evil ean alone ba attributed , the sooner class-legisiatios is abolighli the better . **

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BT EXPfiBSS . ) Friday , March 26 . —The arrivals of Grain ar moderate this week . Holders of Wheat will not Bubmit to lower rates , which checks business / and prices must be quoted as on this day se ' nnight . Barley is equally dull , and very limited sales made . Oat 3 and Shelling rather dearer . Beans as before . Leeds Corn Market , March 23 . —The arrival of all kinds of Grain are rather smaller than last week . Wheat has been slow sale at last week ' s pr ices . Barley has been dull sale , at Is . per quarter lower . Oats and Beans heavy sale . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENDING March 23 , 1841 .

      Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beam . Peat Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrg 3816 1586 420 0 164 17 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 5 8 113 •)! 158 J 00 0 21 l | 2 1 11 Leeds Cloth Markets . —The demand for manufactured goods has been more limited daring the past week than it had been for some time previously . The manufacturers complain bitterly , both of the want of trade and money , and are of opinion that let a change come when it may , it must be for the better , it being utterly impossible that they can be much worse off than they are .

      Leeds Fortnight Fair , March 24 . —There was only about au average supply of Beasts &t market to-day ; but of Sheep there wai a rather extraordinary number . The market for Mutton wa 3 heavy at a decline of fully one halfpenny per lb ., but we notice no alteration in Beef , which may be quoted at 7 c to 78 . 6 d . per stone ; Mutton , 6 Jd . to 7 d . per lb . Number of Beasts , 240 ; Sheep , 4 , 000 . Hm > DERs * ra . D Cloth Market , March 23 rd . — There was another dull market to-day , nothing being inquired for but light fancies , such as plaids ana

      ' checks for summer wear or any new pattern . The merchants are very cautious in their purchases , although it is usual , at this eeasan of the year , to do a large business for exportation . All ate anxiously waiting for news from America by the next steamer , which is just due , expecting itto be more favourable . Several of the large manufacturers are turning off hands , and many only partially employed . Prices remain much the same , co alteration being perceptible . The Wool Market continues fiat , and prices may be quoted a shade lower . \

      Salford Cattle Mahkbt , Wedne 3 Pay , March 24 . —There was only a small show of cattle at mart t . but of sheep the supply was good . The demand for beef being more than equal to the stock offering caused the whole to be sold at prices rather exceeding those of this day week , and all sold The best wether mutton brought 8 d to 8 £ d , and ewes 7 £ d to 8 d per lb . A number of sheep unsold . Be 8 tbeef , Cid to 7 £ d per lb ; inferior , 6 d to 6 j , d . Richmond Corn Market , Mabch 26 th . —We hid a plentiful supply of all kinds of grain in ou market to-day , except Wheat , which was very tbin , and Boon bought up at an advance of 6 d . per bushel on last week ' s prices . Wheat sold from 7 s . 6 d , to 9 s . 3 d ; Oats , 3 s . lOd . to 4 s . ; Barley , 3 s . 9 d . to 4 s . 61 ; Beans , 5 s . 6 d . to 6 s . per bushel .

      York Corn Market , Mabch 2 « . —There is a fair quantity of Oats and Beans at market , and a few samples of Barley , but of Wheat scarcely a sample appears . Our millers are necessitated to give fall prices for Wheat , and for Seed Beans the demand i ? good ; but Oats and Barley are only dull sale , and the latter is full Is . per qr . lower . Mawon Corn Market , March 20 . —We have merely to report a limited supply of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market , without any alteration in prices . White Wheat from 68 » . to 78 s . ; Bed Wheat from 58 s . to 76 a . per quarter of 40 st . B « - l ey ^ from 26 s . to 32 s . per qr . of 32 st . Oats , from lOAd . to lid . per atone .

      Newcastle Corn Market , Saturday , Mabch 20 . —The farmers' deliveries at present continue small here , but the arrivals from the coast this week of Wheat and Flour are large . The millers to-day bought with great caution , and sales could only be made to any extent by submitting to a decline of la . per qr . on the prices of this day week . Supplies of Barley continue small , and prices are fully maintained . Rye , except of the finest quality , is in little request . Beans are in very limited demaud . Mnapw Peas still in fair request for seed . No improvement in the demand for Malt to note . Oats are m moderate supply , and prices are fully eupportea . The supply of Flour is again large , and the sale a dull , but prices are without change .

      Liverpool Cor . N Market , Monday , Mabch 22 . —The imports of Grain , &c , from Ireland since tms day se'nnight have continued light , but irom toe English coast there are reported 245 500 quarters of Wheat , 4 , 200 quarters of Barley , 2 , 090 quarters of Beans , and 5 , 850 quarters of Malt . The foreiga-Vrivals include 2 , 400 quarters of Wheat , 740 quarters of Oats , 8 , 1 * 0 quarters of Beans , and 500 barrels of Fiour . allof which , under the present state of we duties , will doubtless be placed in bond , trom British North America we have received 3 , 000 boxrels of Flour . Throughout the week , the traae generally has ruled dull ; at Friday's m » rk , et ^ had scarcely any country buyers in attendance , and the large supplies of Wheat already noticed { consisting chiefly of free foreign brought rouna min

      from London ) inducing our towns ers . w confine their purchases within the narrower limits their necessities would permit , few eaies ^ occurred , though holders generally were offering ^* eir samples at a decline of 2 d . per 701 bs . J ™ ^?? undergone no change in value , but has latterly sow less freely than at the beginning of last Jrfr'r remark that may be equally well applied to M **; Oats have not met aiiy extension of demand , du » hava still been in so small supply thai . tbey hare maintained full prices . English malting Barley mj * be noted Is . per quarter cheaper . Beans **™™™ L sustained their previous value . Pea £ i as-Ja « . b » h £ One thousand quarters of Bannato Wheat , of m \ a dling quality , have changed bands in bond , at ^^ per 701 bs . ; and 2 , 000 barrels of Umted Ste «* Flour have been solo \ to arrive , at 24 a . 3 d . to 24 s , to per barrel .

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      • lag Office . No .. H aad 13 , *« ket-rf «" , «* gate ; aadPubliihod by the » id J « SH 0 i H 0 M 0 B , ( forth , said F « AK « ca O-COJUfOn , ) » t W »™~ li «» -bous « , No , « , Mark . t- » treet , Biigg » W } latwnalCoimnMudcation existing betwe « UJ JJ No . « , Market-street , and the said No * . W « £ IS , Matkrt-rtreet , Briggate , thus «*««»«*] whole of the said Printing and PnbUabing O »* one Premises . ., ^ All Communications must be adSressed , ( Fo « t-pai J . Hobsow , Nortnern Star OSice , Leeds . Saturday , March 27 , 18 < i .

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      Northern Star Office , Friday night , Qo * elock INQUEST JUST CLOSED . Horrible Cask of Suicide from Extreme Dbstitotion . —On Friday ( yesterday ) evening , an inquest was held at the house of Mr . Jjeugjhorn , the B : ack Bear Inn , Kirkgate , before John Blackburn , Emi , on viow of the body ot George Tighe , a stranger in Leeds , who , from all that can be gathered concerning him , comes from Sunderlaud , or that neighbourhood . He was a tailor by trade , and to all appearance from fifty-five to sixty j ears of age . He had with him a little girl , five years of age , and it would appear that he and his wife had lived for some time separate—she working at Ripon , and he tramping about the country . Why he Bhould have a child so vounff with him is a mystery . His

      appearance exhi bits traces of excessive destitution . The following evidence was given : — ¦ . . . ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦[ Bobert Whitehead , of Little Woodhouse—Met deceased last night near the Beofcett'a Arma . on Wellington-road , There were three or four others standing with him , and I stopped from curiosity ; he had a little girl with him ; this was after eleven o ' clock . I offered to go to th » Vagrant ' . Office / with him , but a watchman said it was too late ; I then offered to pay for lodgings for him ; we camo into Kiikgate ; and a youug mau took us to the Old Infirmary Yard , where I left him , after paying for liiB bed . I aaked him several questions , but he gave me no auswer ; I could not get anything from him at all . The little girl told me that her . mother lived

      at Ripon , and eaid they had been out all the previous night . My impression was that he was in liquor . The litue girl said her father cared nothing about her , and be often " wished she was dead . " His answers to me appeared perfcotly rational . I have not seen him since I left him at the lodging hous « , about a quarter to twelve o'clock last nigbt . George Crosslaod , 33 , Old Infirmary-yard , deposed mat he kept a lodging house , and that deceased slept there last night ; the little girl told him that her mother worked in a linen factory at Ripon ; he appeared to be sober , and slept in a room by himself ; he got up between seven and eight this morning . Deceased said he was making his way to Ripon . Kichard Morgan , hair-dresser , Kirkgate—The

      deceased came to my Bh op tnis morning , ai a little after half-past seven : he asked if he could bo shaved ; and on being answered in the affirmative , he eaid he had been in the army , and would rather shave himself if I would allow him . 1 said he might if he chose , and gave him a razor . I then went down into the cellar-kitchen , and oh iny return up stairs , I heard a noise as of water rattling . On looking , 1 saw it was blood , and that the man was cutting his throat right across with the razor . He throw out his arms . I opened the door , and gave an aLrnt , and instantly laid hold of the deceased , and sat him on the floor ; I sent for Mr . Ward , surgeon , immediately ; but the man died almost direotly . I saw nothing about him to raise

      any suspicion in my mind , or I should not hare lent him a razor . ( The little girl was here brought into the room . Her intelligent appearance excited surprise amoncst all present . She said she had been with her father , and that her mother had leftthem . She ( tho mother ) waa working at Ripon , and had with her two children , boys . Some of her sisters lived at Stockport ; and her and her father had been there . Her mother was youuger than her father . ] Samuel Wade , police serjeant—I mot the deceased on Monday morning last , about half-past six o'clock , in Kirkgate . I had some conversation with him ; he had the child on his back , and said he had been walking all night . He said he was a native of Stockpurt , and his wife was at Ripon . He said he

      had had nothing to eat sinco the previous morning , neither had ho any money to get anything with . I took him to a coffee-shop , and gave him 6 J . to get his breakfast with . From the conversation I had with him , I thought he was very low-spirited . He refused to tell his age , or to say why he had left his wife This being the only evidence that could be adduced , the Coroner briefly summed up , and left it to the Jury to say whether or no they thought the deceased was of sound or unsound mind . On the foreman taking the sense of his brother Jurors on the subject , one sapiently remarked he had no doubt of his insanity , but he thought they ought to ascertain whether or not his poverty was the cause of his being insane ; and so determined was he on this point , that the Jury thought it

      necessary . On the < r return , in a few minutes , a verdict was returned " That the deceased destroyed himself during a fit of temporary insanity . "

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      HOUSE OP LORDS . —TnsDiT , Maxch 24 . The Bast India Ram BUI , to assimilate the duties upon Ea » j Ifidia spirit with those npon that of the gcow . k of the West Indian colonies , was read a second time withoHt opposition . Their Lordships tiea adjourned until Thursday . The House of Lords did not at on Wednesday .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct848/page/8/