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SONITET . In Baiterua Church fhtre is a monumerd by the famed jlotibiliac erected to the memory qf Lord and Lady Bdi ngbrokt . Awaie , St John ! arise . ' vre need thee now , Come forth ! thy country calls thee ! lead us on , 0 tbou whose Toice chnrm'd the loua'd sen&te ; thou . Whose deed-like words still stir us with the tone Of Liberty ! Bat thoa hast long been gone , 0 B oliEgbroke ! laid like thy country low . Alas I tis so—Pope ' s " all accomplish ^ friend "
Sleeps here ; so says Bonblliac ' fl scnlptur'd itone , Ann ' s lord of -war and state ; but , ere Ms end , «• Somttking more and better . " Tea , he did spend His age in peace . Tile faction ' s noble foe ; Pro scribed by power that virtue " s self would rend , He . lite the Roman , exil'd to his farm , Lived frith his loTed Tilette and felt each roral pfoftrrn . j . w . Batteries , Sorry .
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WHAT IS A PEER ? What is a peer ? A useless thing ; A costly t « y , to please a lacg ; A bsuble near a throne ; A lump of animated clay ; A gaudy pageant of a day ; An incubus ; a dron «! What is a peer ? A nation's curse—A pauper on the public purse ; Corruption's own jicksl : A haughty , domineering blade ; A cuckold at a masquerade ; A dandy at a ball Te butterflies , whom kings create ; Ye caterpillars of the state ; Knave that your iime is near > This meral learn from nature ' s plan , Tist in creation Grod made man ; Bat never made a peer .
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IjEEBS . —Discovery op a Dead Bodt . —On Pr ^ ay evening an inquest was hel d at the house of Mr- Grant , the Wellington Inn , Wellington-road , bt fort John Blackburn , Esq ., on the remains of a body which had been taken oui of ihe waier at Bean Insfmill , oa the previous day . The remains were d' ^ io vexed by some men in the employ of Messrs . B Gott and Sons , whilst cleaning out the mill go ; t , and though greatly decomposed , and ent : rely disjointed , " ? r ; re recognised , by the boots which u ere en the feet , to be those of Samuel Buckirout of Arm . l = y , who , on ihe ll ' . h of August last , was dr-jrraed along with a youug maa named W . lliam Boady . We gave the particulars of the accident at tha iime . The accident arose from a boat in which the zvro , deceased and anther man were crossing thr- river from Sir . Green ' s mill to Armiey , being trashed away by the tremendous flood then in ihe riT-r . Boddy wa 3 found soon alter at Thwaiv ' s m ; I ' 3 . Yerd- ' ct— " Acciaental dea , h . "
Hoslet Ploral Society . —The first menicg of the members of thi 3 society ; or the present year , was beid on Wednesday vf ^ ' s ., in the large ropm of the Punch Bowl Inn , for the show of auriculas and polyanthuses . The di ? play of flowers was very 5001 I , and the judges , Mr . Bairstow , of Leeds , and ilr . Hodgson , of Hnnsiet , awarded the principal pnz- « to 31 r . Wm . Chad wick Mr . B . Eiy , of Rothffeii Biiigh , and Mr . John . Kearsley , ot Woodhonse Hi 1—the lait-er gentleman &ent an excellent assonnseut of gieenhonse plants , which were greatly admixed . Bad Meat . —On Friday last , the carcase of a iea-t , in a state approaching to putrefaction , and which had been brought into Leeds by a man named Jonn Crossfield , a tallow chandler , at Clifford , for sa ? eto the low priced butehtrs , was seiz-. d and destroyed . We are glad to see the efficera on tie alert ob mis su ' cj&ct .
Horss of Recotkrt . —On 31 onday last , the office of onysician to this insulation , vacant by theTesig-D&t on of Dr . Hunter , owing to ill-health ,-was filled Dp by the UDasimous election of Dr . - WiL-on ^ -who was proposed by iir . T . T . Dibb , and seconded by Mr . J . M . Tennant . Thanks of the trustees , on the motion of Mr . M . Cawood , seconded by Mr . John Svk-s , were unanimously parsed to Dr . Hunter , for his ^ errices to the institution for nearly twenty-four years . Dr . Wilson was the only candidate . Stealing Spirits . —On Monday last a man named Wm Walm ? lejj who for the last four years has been
in * ne eapi ^ y of Mr . Beajamm Gale , wine and spirit mstchantj Kirkg&te , was brought up at the Cour ; Hoase , on a eaarge of having stolen a gallon £ >¦ gin and another of rum , the property of his employer . It haying come to the ears of the police that Walmsley had been offering to sell a quantity o' ? piriia to the keeper of the ixp room at the Qct-en ' s Arms , and wh ' ch is opposite to Mr . Gale ' s psvoiises , the purchase was recommended and a watch wa 3 kept . The spirits were conveyed away in bladders , by the prisoner , on Tuesday morning while carrying water from the yard in which the warehonse is situated . He was committed for trial at the sessions .
- Fighting is the Street , a > t > Assaxtlt os thb Police . —Ob Monday Ian , seven young men were placed before Henry Hall and J- R . Atkinson , E-qs ., &t ihe Court-Honse , on a charge of fighting in the street on Sunday inorniDg , at near three o clock , and wi ; h having assaulted the police . Their names are Andrew Wood , Thomas Bjder , John Parker . John Aiha ^ Pwichard Fre em an , John Wilshire , and John Ba - . ley , along with others . They had been drinking till that hour at the honse of Mr . Cross , Pack Horse Inn , Briggate , and on turning into the sireet , & qyarrel arose , a Sght ensued , and the police , who interfered , were assaulted . Mr . Jame ? , who was oil the spot , unknown to the parties , witnessed the transaction . Wood , Rider , and Parker , who had corcmenced the fight , were ordered to find sureties for their futnre good behaviour ; the others were fined 205 . each , and costs , for assauiiizsg the police .
Duplat of Fibewoeks . —On Monday evening , ihe be ^ t d ^ p ] ay of fireworks which h 35 been for some'time witnessed in Leeds , v ? as given in the Wnite Cio ; h Hail Yard , by Mr . Bates , assisted by 3 tl ^ -5 ifrr . Johnson and Knowies . The evening was Cel . ghtmiiy fine , and the yard being ber-uiifuiJy illainnat ' -d by variegated lamps , presumed an appearance al-. o ^ e ; hfcr c-ff ^ rent ircni what we have been in the haok of wnneciing at these displays . The piece wxiica attracted the mvsi attention was the statue of Napoleon , which was of colossal siz <* , and enrpasitd in sp ' enJour and variety anyihiug we had before seen in the science of pyrotechnic ? . Tne a'tcfndaace , we are sorry to = ay , was bu - maifftrt-nt ; but as we hear the fpirted artift intends to Jim another display , we tru-t this notice of his merits trill have the effect of caasitg him to be more exiensiveiv patronised .
Leeds Poos Belief Fu . vd . —On Monday last , a aeiiioj : of tLi ; Commiites -was held at the Court H&use , John Cawood , Esq . iu the chair , at wlrch a report was resd from ihe Provision Cv-mmiute , signed > iy Mr . Edwcrd Jackson , as Chainnan . This report aaireauced - the closing of tbe depot on Saturday evening , and also th « face tha ; at that time , in cos ? -quenee of a greatly decreased df-mana duric ^ iha week , there were about 500 loaves of bif-ad Kmainiug . The report concluded as follows
— " I : appears ur : ni . ces ? ary , after the lorg ami circnnosiaEtial accocnt wh : rh has appeared in the public prints , to enit-r into any details respecting the series ? and painful fraud which has beenperpe'rated on ihe funds of this charity , and the discovery of "HT . ica ms made by this Cvmmktee . The Provision Coaniraee , however , would strongiy recommend thai in the ca .-e of any future distribution of r > liel m tLi = waj , the tickets "be regularly compared with the bock . ? from vriichthey are cut , at Ita .-t o :: c * a we-k . perhaps : t -wuuld be belter ever y d » v . Tiiis w .-u ! o
eueciuaJ y prevent anyihmg of tbe kiLd : aki : ;^ places or er ^ iire its immediate detection . Tha : no such preciuiica has been taken heretofure . i = tot to be . % 7 OLdcrcd at , as ihe fact of a meu-btr c ? : he Ccmmittee ap- jMLled to manage a pubiic c ) aiuy . limielf ; conjLiti ; rii fraeds upon its fuuus , ^ a ^ cot to be ex- 1 pec . eci ul : 1 I such an occurrence had tiken place . ' " ' 'Ine r ^ ort having been received , the Chair £ asn pro- ; ccfed the books containing jb ^ accuUDts , TyhJchhe ; E 3 i < i u Trouid bs necessary sTiou ' . d be awaited . He ^ could M-A srptik exactly , but the haia-ace in hand , ; , Lt ^ I- ' a in ^ arrears , would , he thought , be about ' i 575 . li was then re * o 3 red , " Tha : tbe clerks oe ; turecte-I to write out 250 ticket , at one shilling value ; each , to be given in bread , ^ nd thai these-tickets be j divk ^ d among the viEiiors cow presem . to be dis- j pecsea by them aaoug iha poor in their districts ;!
sucq tickets to be precepted at tee deptt be ore noon } on Tuesday . " On the n , otion of Mr . J-jwttt . James Brown , Esq ., Wm . Gott , Esq ., and Robert Walker , j Es ^ - were appointed an dnors . Som e conver- ] HLtion ensued as to the time for holding ] & general meeting of the subscribers , and it was determined that it should be held i en Slonday , the 23 rd instant , at twelve o ' clock U noon , to receive the report of the commute-:-, and vpportion the remaining funds , upon -which it was resolve- ^ , '' Thai it be a recommendation to tbe general meet ^ rg of the subscribers to appropriate so Etseh of the balance in hand as Eiay beBt cp ^ sary , te the establishment of a psrmaceni soup kit ; heu , « r ihc Veuefit oft > . e poor of the town ; " an ; l Messrs . ^ Barchail , R . Pystt , J . Simpson , S . Maud , ard "Oaa J-jTTctt , Jan ., rrere appointed a sub-corntnittee , t-o inquire into : he siie , the be ; : mode of fi tirg arid c ° sii : c : iiig , & . C ., and to repeat tberccE t-o t > e . " j ; ta » jiJ coaiur . tee . The meeting then broke up .
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Shekp Shughkred . —During the night of Saturday last , some villains slaughtered a valuable tap Bheep , in a field on Rothwefi Haigh , ths carcase of which they carried off , leaving the skin and entrails wrapped together , and thrown into a beck at some distance . The sheep was the property of Mr . Parnaby , of Bothwell , steward to Kirkby Fenton , Esq , and would \ teigh about thirty pounds per quarter . RoBBEBiKk—On Friday morning last , a drab mixture T&glioni coat , and a black and white house coat , were stolen from the house of Mr . Edward Mallett , No . 21 , Grove Terrace . —On Tuesday last , a dark-coloured shawl was stolen from the passage in the house of Mr . Askey , in Merrion street .
Leeds Old Fxobai . Society —This Society held its annual show of auriculas and polyanthases in Mr . Rogers ' s Floral Exhibition Room , Wydham Gardens ,- Roundhay Road , on Monday last . The display of auriculas and polyanthuses was numerous and of the first rate order . The room was beautifully decorated with plants and evergreens , by Mr . Rogers , Mr . Birkby , and Mr . Bradley . There was an efficient band engaged for the purpose The judges were" Mr . Dobing ? , Mr . Chadwick , and Mr . Bastow , by whom the prizes were awarded to the various competitors , Mr . Ratcliffe , Mr . Edward Mitchell , Mr . Thomas Walker , and Mr . Joseph Jackson r carrying off the principal prizes .
m Chasge Ringing . —On Sunday morning last , at six o ' clock , the Leeds St . Peter ' s company of change ringers ascended the noble te ^ er of the parish church , and runs a true and complete peal of grand sire cinques in the fittams , consisting of 5148 changes , which was brought round in a masterly and beautiful style , in three hours , forty three minutes , and nine second ? , by the following persons , viz : —Samuel Smallpa ^ e-, treble , ( composer and conductor of the peal ;) John Robinson , second ; John Groves , third ; John Hudson , fourth ; James Gill , fifih ; Christopher lies , sixth ; Jonas Baldwin , seveuth ; John Mortimer , eighth ; Benjamin Ely , . ninth ; WiUwm Gawkroger , ten' . h ; William Groves , eleventh ; and William PuIIein , tenor . Weisht of the tenor 36 cwt . This herculean ts * k was performed by twelve men only , and is tbe first p « "al of grandsire cinques ever rung in Yorkshire . It was rung in honour of the birthday of his Grace the Duke of Wellington .
Assault and Robbert . —On Monday last a man named Edward Emmett , was brought np at the Court House , on a charge of having assaolted a person named Glover , and stolen from him & basket containing a pitce of mutton &Dd other articles . Glover was going hoaie about ' half-past 12 on Saturday night , when he met the prisoner anrt two others in Calverly-street . they attackpri him . anil after SnockiD ? him down ran off with his Sunday's dinner . Tbe prisoner -was pursued and apprehended by the "watchman . He was committed for trial .
HUDDEBSFIEIiD . —On Thursday night a fire wa 5 oi > coverbd in the Farm Yard belonging to Godfrey Berry , situated on the bank * of the river Colne , Bradley Mills , near Huddersfield . Two engines were immediately on the spot , four corn s'acks were eonsnmed and two others were very much injured . It is supposed to have originated from th' firing of a gun , as ODe of Mr . Berry ' s sons tte 3 shooting rats . We understand the property wa 3 insured . IiASSWADE . —Mr . William Daniells has taken some pains of late in spreading the principles of the Ancient Order of Foresters m this place , and has been so far successful that a Court in compliance will be opened here on June 17 th , to be called the Wallace .
LEICESTER . —The cavalry have quitted tho town , and all is quiet , once more . T ^ e slavery at the bastile , howevsr , continues ; and a-recurrence of the discontent is not unlikely if tbe hand-corn-mill be not abolished by the guardians . To talk of reconciliation between the middle and working classes in Leicester , - will , henceforth , be a farce . The coldhearted manner in which even the Sturgites could look on the plaints of the poor bastile sufferers , and the zealwith which they accepted tho office of petty constables to put down the discontent , —has created a gulf between the poor and the respectables that will long "be . impassable .
WlCrAxT . ^ -The distress prevailing present in this town is truly alarming—four-fifths of the handloom weavers are out of employment , and those that are in employment half not have work ; and from the recent reductions that " have taken place , they are actually starving . Improvements in machinery are day by day throwing numbers into tho street destitute . A general reduction of wages has taken place in every department within the last few weeks . The following is only an outline . —Persons hariDg seven shillings per week are reduced to five ; and those having five shillings and sispence per week are reduced to four shillings per week . The throstle spinners , taking care of three and a-half frames ,
having eight shillings and sixpence per week , by the recent alteration are compelled to take care of four frames , and receive for it seven shillings and sixpence . The overlookers and machinists . are reduced two / hillings per week . The masters ' - plea for thus reducing the wages of their workpeople , is that they have no profit for the oatlay of their capial ; but thisexense is without foundation . How is it that there is in ihe _ town masters of smalL capital , who have to enme into the market with them , and are paying a great' deal more for their work , and appear to be getting a comfortable livelihood ? The small masters with their old machinery are paying 12 =. 6 J . for spinning one hundred pounds of tens weft . The
large - manufacturers with their improvements , by which they can produce goods with greater facility , only pay three shillings and threepence per hundred pounds weight , of eleven and twelve weft , therefore the plea of no profit will not stand the test of public examination . One of these pretended friends of the people declared tbe other day that four shillings per week was sufficient for a young man or woman , and that twelve shillings was enough for male spinners . Another"of the same stamp eaid that before long he would make the spinners glad to spin fourteen weft at one shilling for one hundred pounds weight , and thi 3 i . 3 the party who call so loudly to the working men to join them . On Thursday
week the nncmployed went to the Board c / Gnardians to ask for relief , and tbe police were brought to drive them home The conduct of one of the Guardians was calculated to arouse the passions of the starving people , who after insulting them sent for the military to give them steel instead of bread- But firelocks and bayonets have no terrors for starving men , at least it proved so upon this occason . They told the soldiery to do their worst , for they would rather meet dcaih than return home to thevr families without relief . They did not injure either psrsois or property , and had the Guardians received them as they onght to have done , the peace would not have been brcken .
Coal-pit Accidents . — On Satnrday morning , one of ifcoi-e melancholy occurrences so ommcn in this neighbourhood took plsce at Jnce Hail colliery , ibe property of Messrs . Wheatiey , Gt-rreci , and Co . whereby a woman , whose nnme we understand is Ann Wa 2 ? h , met with her death by the following circcm-fances : —It appears that in attaching the tub to the rope , the unfortunate woman pui one of the hofck ? , tf rough one of the rois of which the tubs are made , instead of the iron ear of the tub , rbereforff when her weight came upon it the rod broke aud she fell to the bottom of the Fhaft , a dn-Jance ot upwards of 300 feet ; she was literally smashed » o " piece 5 . —The i-atno morn : ng , two men , employed in a coal pit the property of ilr . Ash ail , of Piat :- ] 3 De , were killed ; they have left iamiiie 3 to lament thi-ir loss .
BOWXING . —Total Accident FnoM Fire-D . . mp . — On Twursday monnuj ; w » ek , about six o ' clvck , &n explosion of fire-damp took place in one oi the pus belonging to the Bowling Iron Works company , si-mated at Dualey-Hiil , "wntn John Bywstvr , Mark Pitts , and David Hy ! mfs , a boy about twelve years of age , were dreadfully burnt . Bywater had all-the skin burnt off his whole boi ; y . face , and hand ?; the oiily part on which he had an ; Fkin , was under his heel and great toe ; erery othnr p ^ rt was completely raw . He ; iiig . red till Friday evi niEg at six o ' clock , when death put an end to his sufferings . The other two are inaiair way of reccTi ry . The accident is s-aid io Imve occurred frfin * . be boy , Holmes , comiug br * -k y to vrhire the m < n were at work , wiih an emp' . v curve , and dr . vusg the fcul air bei ' ore it , to onq oi their naKed lamps . Bywaur has- Ieit « a wife and cfu ; d to lament his uutiffifly eijd .
Impcdent Highway Rcbb ^ by . — On Monday , between the hours of twelve ami oi . e , a re .-pectable ¦^• or aau . from Piidsey , of ihe nams of Wbarron , a thopk ^ eper , being on h > rr vvay to Bradford to Isy cut money for her ta <> p , was stopped by five or fix men within tny hundred yards of the latter pi ice , on the Leeds load , ana her purse con ^ ainmg between eight and nine pounds was abs : r 3 c : ed from her pocket .
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Deeadfcl Depravity . —Edward Ellis , a woolsorter , at Leicester , was finally cmomitied to gaol on a chargeof having been guilty of a rape on two of his daughters , one thirteen y . ars of age and the other ten . He has been carrying on his bmtal practices with the eldest for a period of three years . Fatajl- Thuxdeb Storm . —Monday , a terrific storm of thundeT and lifjttning broke over the towns of Banwell , Work , Wnngton , and places ac'jacPDt . The . continuous flashes of the iorktd
ligtitiiifig were awful , and , we regret say , not una'tendid with , fatal conHequ-nces . Between one and twj o ' clock , a your . g rr . an named Williams , and two f ' - ' -rses , tEgaaed in ploiit'kiiig on the farm of Mr . Young , ' at Banwtil Moor , were struck with lvthtahigyand in--tan : ly killed . Poor Wilima ? on iLe oay of . his cieaita had jast coiapletea his 20 ; n year . The li ghtning ren ; his cloiliebin pieces , and e ? cn his shoes upon ins feet . Se-iiured ponionn oJ his ck-tees vrere found ten or tvferve v ards from th { s-pot . —Briilol -Paper .
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MURDER OF A MOTHER BY HER SON . Mkbthyb , Saturday . —A case of murder , attended with circumstances of unusual atrocity , inasmuch &s some suspicion iB entertained that the murderer is the son of the aged woman who has been so foully assassinated , was discovered in this town to-day , and has produced much excitement . The name of the unfortunate victim is Tamar Edwards . She was an old and infirm woman , aged upwards of seventy years , a widow , who resided with her son , Riehara Edw&rdB ( the supposed murderer ) and hhs wife iu a small house , situated on the Bide of tbe tramroad , in Plymouth-street . The circumstances under which the discovery of this horrible crime was made , are in themselves somewhat curious . The old woman
had been missed by the neighbours , with whom she was in the habit of conversing frequently , for several days past , and numerous inquiries were made of her son and his wife concerning her . These inquiries were evaded by the former as much as possible , but whenever be was so closely interrogated as to render a reply inevitable , his answer was , " O , she is only gone from home for a little time ; she is a few miles off in the country ; " and it would seem that this Rtatement had satisfied the neighbour-, as no further investigation of the matter took place until this morning , when Richard Edwards left his housb for the purpose , as he stated to his wife , of going to Dowlais , where he worked , to receive payment of his wages . According to the statement of the
woman , as given by the neighbours , he told her , before he left , that there were reasons why he wished her particularly not to look under the bed . This request was ol so singular a nature that it naturally created surprise in the mina of the wifo ; and , very shortly after his departure , she went ) nro the house of a neighbour , to whom she communicated me injunction . Tho neighbour immediately suspected that there was something the matter , auu she advised the wife to go and see if there was any th ng concealed there , which ought not to be there . Tne wife took their advice , and , followed by two or three women , she returned home , and , on raising the under-curtains , at the foot of the bed , they were horrified at beholding a dead body , which proved to be that of
the aged mother of tdwards . A bmail sheet was wrapped round the body . The women , en making this discovery , immed'a ' . ely raised an alarm ; aud information of the circumstances having been sent off to the police office , Superintendent Davis , w . th some other constables , were promptly in attendance . A notice of the discovery was then forwarded to the coroner of the borough , T . Davis , E-q ., -vho at once issued his warrant for holoing an tnq eet on the body . A jury was then impaunellnd , who , having inspected the body and viewed the position in which it wa-3 found , adjourned their inquiry ui . til six o ' clock , Monday ereniisg , fur the purpose of giving
time to the police to collect evidence , aud , if possible , secure the apprehensiou of tho tuspeoted party . It is difficult , from the facts which have as yet tmnpired , to imagine what motive could have prompted the son to imbrue his hands iu the blood of his own mother ; and it is to be hoped that the result of the inquiry will be to bhow that tbe death of the unfortunate womau is to be ascribed to some other hand . Edwards is said to be a man of an exceedingly violent disposiiion . Ab ^ ut two years ago , he waB apprehended on a charge of killing an Irish fill in the town ; and the suspicion , against him was so strong , that he was committed for trial at the assizes , where he was acquitted .
Wednesday Night . —The coroner s ir . queat on the body of the unfortunate woman Tamar Kawards , of whose murder by her own son I seut you borne particulars on Monday Jas ' , has brought its inquiry to a close by returning a verdict of "Wilful Murder against Richard Edwards , alias Tamar Dick , '' the villain upon wftom suspicion first fell , and who lias as vet managed to elude tha vigilance of the officers . —The jury having as . « embleu at the Angel Inn , a number of witnesses were examined . The first C 3 hed was Mary Treharne , who deposed that , on Saturday last , Margaret Edwanls , wire of Richard Edwaras , better known as Dick Taniar , came te her and said she could not think where her mother-inlaw was so lont . She said sho wn vexing very
much about it . Witness hud previously heard Edwaids say that hiB mother was gone to Llant ^ bor ( about two day 3 ' journey ) , where she occasionally Winv to get parochial rebel . Margaret Edwirds , when she said to thip wune 33 , added that she had cleaned the house all over except under tbe be-J . She said there was something under ihe bed , and she should not touch it . Witness told hor to look under the bed , but she said she was afraid to do po , and asked witness to look , which ske ( witness ) refused to do , unless another neighbour , Marina Waters , went in also . They then went , all three of ih > : in , into tho house , and Martha Waters , looked under t' ebed , and said , "Oh , Goa ! the old womau ' s dead—and long dt ad , too . " They then all three left the house . The
witness further deposed , that on tbeiMonday previous , at about eleven o ' clock in tbe morning , she saw Richard Edwards near his own door , and he asked her when she had Jast sien his mother ? Witness replied that she dii not know when it was , and added that she dared to fay that she was down where she used to go . He said , "Down she is , I daro to say . " When witness . vent to the house on Saturday she observed that the fljor had been recently washed and sanded . There were curtains about the bed . — Martha Waters having detailed tbe particulars connected with the discovery of the body , deposed that the body appeared t'j have been dead for sonio time . Witness told the others that she had been dead a long time , and told Margaret Edwards ( tho
wife ) that she must hav- lain upon her , and that 8 he was no better than Dick was . —Mary Jenkins deposed that she knew the deceased Tamar Edwards , and saw her alive at about three o ' clock on Thursday , the 14 h ult . She appeared to be in her usual health , and was fetching water from a spout in the neighbourhood . Witness had been in the habit of seeiDg her almost daily . She U 3 ed to go out and fetch water aud coal . — David Lloyd , a train conductor , examined—; Saw the son of the deceased ( Richard Edwards ) on Saturday morning last , at about nine o ' clock . He was at Ins bouse , and his wife was with him . Witneps spoko to him , and said , "Where is the old woman t' ( meaning the deceased ) , I have not seen her for there days past ?"
Edwards replied , " Oh , she is gone down to Llanfabor ; I expect her up to-day by the triins . " Witness did not stay there above two or three minutes . The wife , Margaret Edwards , was washing the floor of the room by the bedside . The husband was sitting by ' -he fire-place distant fn ; m tho bedside . — Jane Phiiiips deposed that Margaret Edwards ( the wife of Tamar Dick ) was her niece . On Monday , the 18 th ul ., she was at witness ' s house , and at about six o ' clock on the evening oi that day Richard Edwards came there , and aiked his wife what she wanted there . The wire said to inm , " I must go somewj ere . for my father has throvvn me out oi doors . " Edwards replied , "Wi-. y did ho not throw you out ol doors when lwas there ? "' fahe replied ,
Becau-e ne wshed to keep me iili it was da \ l' . ght . Edwards then asked her if sli > j would go with him ( they-bad been separated , ami living apart for thr > . e mondis ) . She said , " VVJi ^ re to ?—whirs can you take me to , Dick 1 " He su : d he ^ vould take her to his mother ' s house , to which tli-j wife replied , " What for ? for her to throw mo out of doors , as fhe used to do V He said , "Never mind , you leave that between me ani my moiher . " She aslccd him where he iiueiided for her to sleep , an . ; ha said , " in his bed to be sure , and if .-be dm not like to go to the old woman ' s , he would take her t'j nis lodgings ht Dowjais . " Witness then a ? kcd him , as his wife uid also , whether he had firing and victuals iu the liouse ? He answered , "Oh , yc ~ ; " and said hits
mother left enough of bread i ' . T him when ehe > vei t to LiwiiabiT . Edwards and his wife afterwards left the houi-o t ' .-goihf-r , at sbout seven o'clock in the ev ; r . n . g . —; homns R-charcs— . Having heard of the EiurJer of Tamar Edwards , wens to the hotiso ir- company with a ruan named RU-bardi * . Tm-y found the body under the bed . — James Hume , po ; : ce servant , wa « ordered by the superiutendent to t ike po ? s * -ssion of the house where the body was . 1 : was lying on th ^ left side , with the left aim laifced as tiiongh lifted to the head , the mlit arm was letting across her chrst , her r'gbs leg lying over ihe hjft . Tr . e arms , teg ? . and boily were quite supple . There was some coagulated blood about li . e right nostril , ui : d a »>
iscolourut \ on on both s = id ; . s xhc nrck anu tiiront . — Rees 'Ihoruas deposed ih ^ t he % vaa a poire- constable . Ha took Marja . r ¦ ¦ ¦ E'iwar ?^ , w ; c of Rich . Edwards , irt ) custody . . Whi !< j tekng hr-r down by the h ' . use ot the deceap- ^ , tb-j > prisoner cabled out to a ' . voiluu i . &nn'd Pe f-uy ^ a ' , said iu Welsh , " L'ick has cone it at la .-t . ' On beL-jj r ; ikt-d by ihe womuu win ; tie had < ioiw ? the r - ; Jed-hat he had murviered his mother , and eoriCv ; ,. ' .. u ist-T nudt-r the bed . tshe af . erwards mace a '^ f-utejrciit to witness , which he hud reduced to writi . nr ; . - ( Ther <* porterR were not allowed to U 8 f it , as it , wassl !< -geil itnrgfci trur-trate the ends of juaiice . )—Mr . Eiward Divis ,
surgeon , deposed to the injuries -which had been inflicted on de-ceased . The Coror . er summed up the evidence . —Tho Jury retired , and after a short consultation returned a verdict of " Wilf- ' . l murder against Richard Edwards , to ? the mur-ler of his jiother , Tamar Edwards . "—Stiperi . 'irenaVnt Davis and the police officers in tbe nei ghbourhood are using every exertion to spcum the person of the villain , bui up to this he has managed to elude them altogether ; as he has beta traced 'to one or two places there is every reason to su ^ ppse that he will before Jong be captured . The motive which could have led tho wretch toper ^ ctro ' -o the unnatural and awful crime it is not easy to ronjeciura .
Committal of the Pr . isoni . r- — Merthyr , Friday isjGHT . —Ac au early hcur this morning , the lock-up house was suno ' . uided by a crowd of people , anxious to catch a gLm ^ seoi' Kiciaxd Edwards , ahas Dick Tamar , an i > was kuow . i lie would be brought up before ' . h « couitty m 3 K'S-i' 3 J 6 S for examination . As he was brought thrui . ^ h tli o streets , the immense crowd testified their saiiblaction . ai his apprrhension , aud vetted their execrations oa the unuappy wretrh . Tx . e migistrates assembled about twelvp o'ciock , at the Idr&v to-axi of the Aiigcl Inn . On being , brought into ti ; o rro :-u be displayed a firm aud undiuuted demtauour , The firsi person
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who met his gs ze was bis wife , who was ipreatly agitated , but the sight of her did uot appear to affect the prisoner in the least . The room was crowded almost to suffocation . The prisoner having been placed at the bar , a great many witnesses were examined , including those who gaye their evidence at the coroner ' s inquebt , He wan fully committed on the charge o ; f wilioi , murder . Oa being reeonveyad ti > the lock-up , he was accompanied by immense crowds of people , as before . - V ¦• ¦ ¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ — - ¦ ' ¦ .
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SHEFFIEliD . { From our own Corresp&ndent . J The National PETiTiON .- ^ -The number of signathres sent from Sheffield amount to 26 , 000 ; of these about 1 , 000 hare been obtained in the villages adjacent , and 25 , 000 in the town of Sheffield . Gonvention FuND .- ^ The following ia a statement of monies received for and sent to the Convention by Mr . G . J . iiaraey . Treasurer for Sheffield : —
ILECEIPTS . 1842 . £ e . d . Jan . 22 From Stannington ... ... 0 0 6 " 31 Collected in Fig-tree Lane Roem ... ... ... 0 2 3 Feb . 5 William Wrags ... ... 0 0 6 7 Gol . ' ected in Fig-tree Lane Room ... ... ... 0 5 1 Mr . Richmond ... ... 0 1 0 10 J Greaves , Ecclesfield ... 0 1 9 12 William Wragg 0 10 28 Collected in the Fig-tree Lane Room ... ... ... 0 12 March 13 G . C . ... ... 0 10 21 Collected in the Fig-tree Lane Room ... 0 6 7 ^ Mr . Abbott ,. 0 ¦ 1 0 22 Geo . Wright , collected among
the shoemakers 0 4 2 . George Wright ... ... 0 0 4 28 Collected in the Fig-tree Lane Room , ... 0 10 11 April 2 Beiij . Spooner , Stannington ... 0 0 6 3 Collected by Morton Aoy ^ ton—Morton Royston ... 1 0 John Linaker ... 1 0 Elizabeth Hartley 1 0 George Walker ... 0 6 JohnJones ... ... 0 4 George Huntington 0 4 Wm . Jones ... ... 0 4
0 4 6 5 Collected in Intake , by John Rogursjun . ... ... ... 0 4 I 9 William Hammond ... ... 0 O 4 Benjamin Spooner ... ... 0 0 6 Jamea Evans ... ... ... 0 1 0 10 Collected at Handsworth , Woodhouse , by Thos . Da . ' e 0 3 6 George Julian Harney's subscription ( profit on Finder ' s blacking ) ... ... ... 0 4 0 A friend , 0 0 6 15 A-friend ... ... 0 0 4 17 A friend 0 1 0 23 William Ward , Woodhouse ... 0 0 6 A friend to freedom 0 10 Wm . Hammond ... ... 0 0 4 24 Collected at Woodhouse , by T . Dale " ... 0 2 3 Mr . Greeu 0 0 2 26 A friend ... 0 0 4 30 Wm . Tarry ... ... ... 0 0 2 May 2 John Carr ... ... ... 0 0 3 £ 3 2 7 DISBURSEMENTS . April 11 Remif ted to Mr . John Cleave 2 0 0 Po-4 order and postage ... 0 0 4 29 Carnage of petiiioa sheets to London * .. 0 1 8 May 2 Remi : t d ' to Mr . John Cleave 10 0 Post order and postage ... 0 0 4 £ 3 2 4 Letter to T . S . Duncombe , E * q-, M . P . ... 0 0 1 £ 3 2 5 Balance in hand 0 0 2 Geokge Julian Haknex , _ ¦ ¦ ¦ Treaeureri She fflold . May 2 d , 1842 . Mr Julian Harney delivered an address to the Sdeffiold Ghartibt 8 , in their room , Fig-tree-lane , on Sunday .. evening last , on the alarming Btate of the country . Mr . Royston read tho Conventions' addresses and Mr . O'Connor ' s letters from the Northern
Star * They were listened to with deep interest . Lecture . —Mr . Samuel Parkes delivered a lecture in the abave room , on Monday evening , on the righta aud duties of womi-n . The lecturer delivered an argumentative , eloquent , and soul-inspiring discourse , and was warmly applauded by hi 3 auditors , particularly his fair hearers , who mustered in considerable strength . Mrs . Harrison presided and well filled tht * post of honour assigned her . Thanks were voted to the Lecturer aud the Chairwoman , and the meeting adjourned .
State op Sheffihld . —Bankruptcy , crime , and misery , are rapidly on the inorease iu Sheffield ; the inmates of the Shirfficld poor house number nearly 600 ; th « Bum paid to the out-poor being regular recipients of parish relief for the week ending April 23 rd , amounted ( in money , bread , &c . ) to £ 92 I 0 . a ; but this does not include the casual poor j the amount paid to the latter in money , bread , &c , in weekly payments , for the five weeks ending Saturday , April 23 ! , is as follows : —March 25 th , £ 201 ; April , 2 J , £ 229 ; April 9 th , £ 248 { April 16 f . h , £ 274 ; aud April 23 d , £ 298 03 . 6 d . The number of new applications for relief , for the last five weeks have averaged 200 weekly I When will the end come I
Rattening—pn Wednesday night , April 27 th , Messrs . Newbold ' s ( Brooinhall ) wheel was entered , and stones were broken , and machinery destroyed , to the value of abovit fifty pounds . On the same ni « ht , Mr , Rowland ' s wheel , " at the Surrey Works , Granville-8 treot , was also rattened , -some , machinery destroyed , and a buffer taken away . The following night tho workshops of James HoJgson , Lead Mill Road , were broken into , and the bellows cut to pieces , and tools taken away . The Queen ' s Bays . —This regimentleffc Sheffield on Wednesday for Nottingham , . they are replaced by agqu&dronof tbe 11 th Hussars ; the inefficient state of the Sheffield barracks rendering them unfit for head quarters , they are now removed to York .
Mb , Duncombk ' s Motion . —In reply to applications made to the members for the Borough and RidinK to support Mr . Dun com he ' s motion , for the people ' s delegates to be heard at the Bar of the House of Commons , in support of the National Petition , the following answers have been received : — 'Cwzon-street , April 2 ^ , 1842 . " Sir , —I have the hououv to acknowledge the receipt of your letter , which has reached me this morning , requesting my supp-ort to Mr . Duucombe ' s motion on Tuesday , the 3 rd of May ; that a deputation from the working classes ba heard at the Bar of fae House in support of a p « tition to be presented by him .
" I regret much that I must , with all possible respect to those in whose name you write , reply , that it-does not appear to b *> compatible with my duty to support a motion , the objects of wldcti I do not b ' . lieve to be coEBiatent with the true ii . tereata o £ any oue class in tha community . "I . remain-, "Sir , Your obedient servant , "JOUN SlDART WORTLEV . " Mr . Q . J . Harney , Sheffield . "
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CARLISLE . AWFUL ANP ALARMING DESTITUTION OF THE BAND-LOOX WEAVERS . PUBLIC MEETlNff JN THE TOWN" HALL . On Friday last j a deputation from a preliminary ; meeting of this body , waited upon the Mayor , 6 . G . Moun 8 ey , Esq ., and presented to ¦ him a reqnisiHoni signed by about two hundred inhabitant householders , requesting ; his worship to call a public meeting , in the Town Hall , on Monday evening , May 2 nd , to take into consideration the : propriety of memorialising her Majesty ' s Government , on the distressed and destitute condition of this numerous body of men . The Alayor , with that frankness and arbanity which are the leading features of his character , promptly responded to the call , at the same t ms
deeply deploring the wretched condition of this patient and industrious body of his fellow citizens . The memorial will speak for itself , without any comment of ours , further than out bearing testimony 10 the accaracy of the various statements therein set forth . We attended the inquiry , which took place m 1838 , before . Mr . Mugsjeridge , and heard that geutleman declare , at ; the close of the inquiry , which had lasted for thri'e days , that the working men hud conducted the inquiry most ably , and that in no other : place he had vjgitod , had he observed a greater degree of talerit ^ and good behaviour displayed by a number of working men than he had there done . The following memorial wa 3 unanimously adopted by the meeting , which was very unanimously attended . ¦
TO THE RIGHT HON . SIR ROBERT PEEV , FXKST LORD OF HER MAJESTY ' S TREASURY . The respectful -Wenidrial of the hand-loom weavers of she City of Carlisle and neighbourhood , in pub ^ lie meeting assembled , May 2 nd ; 1842 , Sheweth , —that your memorialists are at present suffering most unparalleled distress ' , - destitution , and misery , in consequence of the unprecedented low rate of wages and the present high price of provisions . That such was the suffering , poverty , and wretchedness of the hand-loom weavers throughout the country , in the year 1838 , thai ; her Majesty was pleased to appoint a Special Commission to inquire into their destitute condition .
That in June , 1838 , a Commission was held in Car-Hslej over which Wr . Muggeridge , ono of her iVlajesty ' a Commissioners , presided . It was then ascertained ; on tho most searching and carvfu ! investigation ^ oa exatmination of the ' niaxter manufacturers' books , and the evidence given'both by masters and workmen , that there were ia Carlisle 1 , 963 looms , and counting every one who manages his own affairs , as the head of a family that there were 994 ' families engaged in weaving , and that the number of persons in those families was 3 . 814 , being about one-fourth of the entire population ; and that the average weekly earnings of the very best workmen was oniys / x shillings ! a sum totally inadequate to the maintenance of a Biligle mae , much less a man with a ytUTig ana helpless family ,
The inquiry lasted three days , durin ? which time your memyriiiHsfcs recommended to the notice of . tfie Commissioner several remedies ,, one of which was , that a protection to industry from home competition , which is cousiiler ^ draore detrimental than even foreign , would Srtcure us from the consequences of . ^ unprincipled speculation in manufactures . ' That Boards of Trac ' e , somethini ? like that proposed in SSeotland , ¦ would . have some '' effect thereto , and that neither a roduccipn of taxation , nor a repeal of the Corn Laws , would have any permanent effects without this protection ; which , if sanctioned by the Legislature , would . hardSy fail of producing thei most beneficial tffects . It would give confidence to the m anufacturers j it would gradually better the condition of the workmen ; and the increased circulation of moneyfroni such a Vast
body of workmen , Would give an additional sp ing t » every other branch of trade . It would enable them to raise funds for the support of their idle workmen , and do away with that disagreeable provision , which the local authorities are periodically under ihe Ti « cessity of making , for theidle and famished operatives in almost every manufneturing riistricc . But that is notallj the whole empire woulM feel it "; and , if . the same law were extended to every other occupation , and they again made answerable for the ' support of their ¦ idla hands ; it would have the direct effect of the doing away with the one hu ' . f the poor rates in England . Notwithstandiug this , no notice whatever was taken of their suggestions by the Central Board of Commissioners iu their report , which simply gave a statement of the rate of wages , and suppressed the most important portions of the inquiry .
Your Memorialists had expected , that after their sufftiring condition was fully and satisfactorily ascertained and made known , as it ought to have been in the proper quartet .- ^ -that some remedy would KaTe been applied , with a view to protect so numerous a body of her Majesty ' s subjects , against further reductions in their wages . But ,- to tbeir great grief and disappointment , no such remedy or protection has been afforded to them . The consequence has been that , from the period of the inquiry , to which ' they have alluded , up to October , 1841 , si most sweeping and uncalled-for reduction has taken ;" place " , amounting to no leas than forty per cent ; and since that period up to the present time , a still further reduction has been made of about ten per cent . ; ao ' that the average weekly earnings of a handloom weaver at the present time is only three shUlinga ; being only one half of the . miserable pittance which he earned at the time of the inquiry in 1838 .
These being the facts , your Memorialists leave you to judge of the absolute necessity . - - of some protection—for they are . fully persuaded that whatever measures yoa may ba pleased to bring forward for improving the state of trade , and increasing the comforts of the wprking men , that no beneficial effects will be felt by yeuir Memorialists ; for such is the reckless , grasping , and unfeeling dispositions of the master manufacturers generally , that they would so reduce wages , as to render nugatory the great tffects intended . The prospects of your Memorialists are now .-- . ieom > pletely blighted ; a long vista of gloom and desolation is before them ; their once happy homes are now become blank , cold and . cheerless , their affectionate wives and innocent children-are clad in rags and pining away for want of even the common necessaries of life , while your Memorialists are fast sinking into premature graves . . ¦ . - ¦ : ' .. ' '¦' ¦ ¦• . .. ¦ ¦ ¦''¦ . "
Under theBe distressing circumstances your Memorialists most solemnly implore you to take their case into your immediate and earnest consideration , with a view to relieve them from their present degraded and suffering condition , either by affording them protection from the iron hand and callous heart of the spoiler , or by removinc : your Memorialists from their present employment altogether , by adopting a system of home colonization , or by such other means as you , in your wisdom , may deem expedient , And your Memorialists ^ will ever pray , &c .
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Leeds Corn ; Market , May the 3 rd , 1842 . —The supplies pf Wheat , Oata , and Beans to this day ' s market are larger than last week ; Barley smaller . There has been a fair demand for all fresh qualities of Wheat , and such have fully supported last week's prices ; and other descriptions in very limited demand . Barley has been very dull sale , and Is . per quarter lower . Oats and Beans in better demand , and full as well sold . Lkeds Woollen Markkts . — There has been a slightly improved demand for ' goods , at the Cloth Halls during the week , although by no means that activity which should have been manifested in order to render the market ' s ' even ' tolerable . Our -merchants purchase sparing y- ^ -merely to moet urgent demands . Shocks , consequently , are accunvalating , apd a very large amount of goods must be taken out of the Halls before any material reduction will be perceptible .
Rictjmowp , Apbii . . 30 . —We had a fair supply of Wheat in our market to dhy ^ but only a moderate one of Oats . Wheat sold tram 6 s . 6 d . to 93 . 3 d . ; ( Jats , 23 . 6 d . to 3 s . 6 d . ; Barl ey ^ -4 s , to 4 ? . 6 d . ; Beans , 43 . 9 d . to- 5 a . 3 Jvper bushel . LlYEBPOOL CpUN MARKETi , MONDAY , MaY 2 . —We have had moderate imports of British Grain , Flo _ ur , and Oatmeal ¦ -since this day . Re ' nnight . and the imports from abroad , ' -consisting of' 11 . 175 quarters of Wheat , 400 quarters of Beans , 160 quartezs of Peasj and 2 , 498 barrels of Fioar , arc , ot" course , placed imder bond . The trada- has continued to be void of anytbiDg like activity , the purchases in any article been
hav * been , to ihe extc-ivt only of what has reouired tor iKmVdiut *> ise , and prices generally have S 4 iv ' eu way . Free -Wheat must be quoted fully 2 d ., " Oats , Id . per biunheu Flour 6 d . to Is . per barrel , and 'Oatmeal-Ud . par load cheaper than at the close of last week . No change as regards Barley , Beans , or Feas . The eale of / a small parcel of itneona Wheat ai 6 s . lid . pfr" foibs ., and that of a few hundred barrels of Western Canal Floar at 283 . per barrel , form the only transactions uud&r bond . The new Impoi'tfuioh Bill has received the Royal Assent , and will , in all likelihood , come into operation here next Friday . ; ..- . ¦ ; ¦ ¦ '
_ _ Liveepool Cattle Market—Monday , May , 2 . —There uas been a small supply of cattle at Market to-day , and prices were about the same as last jveek . Hest Beef from 6 d . to 6 ^ -Mutton 7 A . ¦ to 7 ' 4 'd ; per lb . Number of Cattle -. —Beasts 672 , Sheep 2792 . . "' . ¦ . - . ¦"¦¦ ¦ . ; •;¦ - ¦ .. ; . . . ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ W . ¦ ; - ., ' ;\ : Manchester Cobn Market , SAiuaDAY , Aprii . 30 . —Great langour fcaa prevailed throughout the trade in all articles during the week , which may , in some measure , be ' . ' attrib'iitad to the mnaenco fine weather has at all times ; the stocks of Flour are . howaverin a moderate compass with factors , as
, well as in the hands of consumers , and , the recent arrivals have t ; ot " caused any accumulation at the wl . artF . From abroad the imports / of Wheat consist of 9 . 675 quarters aud 1 , 496 barrels of Fidur ; those from Ireland comprise 1 J& 28 quavtors of Wheat , 3 , 486 quarters of Gat s , 2 . J 03 suck 3 of Flour , and 5 , 936 loads of Oaimeal . The transactions in Wheat and Oats , at the market this . iiiorning , were unimportant at the nominal rates of , this day se ' nnight , and those of Fibur and Oatmeal were con-fined to the purchases of bakers and dealers for present demand , without material obange iuprioes .
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Fite Houses Burnt , at Colchester . —An alarming nre brose put , at -a quar » -r paa ' . twelve o ' clock on Sunday morinnj ( , at Mn WcHlace's , ironmonger , in the High-street , Colchester , withift one house of iheCoru ^ change . The fire originated at the back of the house ; the wind blowing fresh from the eastward , m lets ihan half an hour Mr . Wallace ' s house was m one complete blazu . The flimes made such progress that the inmates were obliged to be carried put by-a ladder , boing placed on the balconv . The ladies were with grear difficulty removed . Mr . Henry H « rtia «* , of Friday street , Cheap ^ ide , forced his way into ihe next bouse , belonging to the Rev . S . Carr , which was also on fire , and was seen carrying the ohii ren across the stree ' . to a plann of ea ety . less than hour
In au , the houses of Mr . Wallace , the Rev . S . Carr , and Mr . Kmght , seedMnaw . adjoining Mr . Carr s , were in one coaiplt-ie blaze , and thres tened destructiun ' to the houses . opposite , the Corn Exchange , and Sr . Peter » ( Jhnrch . Iu lesa titan ten minute 3 Mr . Shuttlesw .. rth ' s , a . private house , was also on fire ; cbut beinc strongly built with brick , and ( he engines cunstai , n > piayin « on- it , they were enabled t ' . » cheek the fire , but n » t before it was thought necessary to cumuvevice puUVnR down the great pan-of the adjoining ' hotti-e . ' his operation wan p-rtormed b y the navu / at . rs . fmpluy ' ed' on the Eas ^ rn Cuunti . s Railw ay , with great txpftdition . At halt-past three all further oang « r was at an end , but it was necesssary to continue playing the engines till five or six o ' clock . All the houses arc iusured . Taking the Veil . —On Monday morning a sDectacle ot very uhfrequ . c . nt ocenrr-nce in this country
took place at the convent of " The Sisters of Mercy /' situace near Hickman ' s Folly , Be ' rmondsey . The oeremony was for the initiation of two young ladies , one of whom had to receive ihe white veil , and the othtr the religious ( or black ) habit of the community . The two novices , Miss Baxter and Mias K « llett , who are both young ladies olf considerable fortunes , entered the chapel , led by tho superioress ,. as . sr .-ted by two of the Kiburs , one of whom was Mi-s AKiievy , niece of Sir A . Agnewi Bart . ; ami ihe other Lady Barbara Eyre , daughter -of the Eirl of Newbur ^ h . The religious names thelaner ladies bear are Sistern Mary and Clara . Th « novices . Miss Baxter and Miss Kellect , were both elekanfty d ' tr-s ^ d- in white embioiaered muslin , wearing chapleta of white roues as head dress , and eiich held a lighted wax taper in her . right hand . During the delivery of a very affecting dincuurse by ' thr t tular Bishop ou their retirement from the wond , the novices shewed no
signs ot agnation , ror aid their countenances betray any nympiomu of reluctance , but , on iho contrary , appeared to be lightened up with an expression of enthusiastic feeliug . A JujiPFi . oM a Railway Train . —While a tram on the Glasgow ano Ayr Railway was coming towards the latter place one d » y last week ; and ' when on the highest pait of the enibauKm « ni , between Kilwinning and Irvine a ma / i Who was a paBsevg- ^ r in one of tne third-class carnages asked a f How travller when it was Jik ») y ihe irai » w . mla arrive at Knwinnwg . He was tolu that he hau just passed it . " Whai ! past Kiiwininns . ' am 1 ! Gude faith , it that be ihe cast , I ' m lang unetigh hero . " So sayr ing , he fastened his skall-cap firm on'hiscruuiutn , buttoned his ooat , and , in spite of every
remon-8 tranoH , leaped over the side of the carnage , at the steepest pan of ihe embankment , nearly forty feet , down which he rolled Iiko a baJJ , canting a si . ries of not the most graceful suniniATfets , whiJcthe pasdengers in ihe tram were in great terror lest ho had killed himself by his rasnue .- » . He , . however , found his level , where he was arcosted by a labourer in the aiijoiumg field , who inquired if he wan hurt , "Hart 1 no an inch o me atwccl , " and giving his jacket a shiikis or two to deprive it of the < lust which it hid collected aurmg his descent , he stepped off ; tcros « tho fit-Id , exclaiming as he wnv— wtludiug to the train now in the diaance—*' Thai , wad be a go indeed ! You haulin' mo on to Irviuo , and mo iirt > sed and a * for our Mall ' s , weddiu' at Kilwinijin . " - ^ - ^ yr Advertiser .
DiSASTnous Fire at Lewes—Destruction of The ou .-skx Advertiser Dfkicb . ' — Ltwis , Monda y — Abu'&i half paai two ihw -m ruing , an alarmiiii ; fire broke out at the priu ing "¦ ¦ . ifice of the Sussex Advertiser , situate iu Waterga- 'e-liidc . Lvwes . The Sus&ex Advertiser is onb oi iiic oldts' ^ usi-ex papers , haviug beeu established in the year 1745 , since wuich time it has rerakiued in the t-ame ; taunly— ¦* th . Lee ' s . " Trie fire was first discovered by otte of the Ea 9 t Sussex cousiabuiary , named Brii-Ww , and the engines were bpeeaily on ihu .-apot ; bui uufortuiiately upwards of an hour elapsed before auy water could ba obiantr-d , during which time ' . thn . flimes were raging vvnh ^ rtat ' lury At tins time considerable fears were entertained for 'the safe . y oi the adj-oin ' -
m- pr-.-misesi , belonging to Mr . Brownijig , a spirit merchant , wlio had a very valuable stock , part of wtiich were deposited iu vaults ui-. der tho printing ofip . ee . The engines eventually got to work ^ and , through the exertions of the coustahularyj the fire was got under iibout five o ' clock in the morning . No cause can bo assigned for the fire . Mr . Frederick Lee was the last person in the office , and put out his candlo ; but having forgotten hn spectacles , he returned in the dark to obtain them , when all appeared quire safe , although it ie clearly proved that the fire commenced at t ' nis spot . The wholo of tho type , printing presses , stamps , paper , &c , are destroyed ; in fact , not a vestige was tsaved , an . i t . 'ie damage is estimated at nearly £ 2 fi ( lQ . Mr . Browjiing , the spirit merchant , has also
sustained a lo < s to the ext nt of £ 2 , 000 ; Mr , Baxter , the proprietor of the Sussex Express , came forward in the most handsome manner , and rendered every assistance to Mr . Lee , which will enable him to bring out the Sussex Advertiser a « usual this evening . Great-praise is also due to the inhabitants of Lewes for tho ^ n ^ at exertions made by them to suppress the fire ; but we cannot say much for the Lewes Waiei Company , for although so great damage occurred j hrough their negligence in thi : fir .-t instance , they absolutely turned tho water off before is was put out , and some of the men wore obiigid to obtain-water from the weils . We have been informed that Mr . Lee is not insured , as , in the wjttleroent of the p ^ rtn-jirnhip affairs- * . he neglected to renew the insurance in tpe suii-offiae , wtiere tho , concem had beeti insured upivards ot fii ' tv
years-I-xtensive Fire at Liverpool . —On Mpmiay moruiii ^; . at two o ' clock , ihe exu nsive premises of vleeirs . Wuikcv , lart ; e builders and shipwrights at Woodside , near Liverpool , were dbcovtrt'o : to boon fire , aud nearly all are consumed . Tho fire raged for some time with unabated fury , and it is noi yet entirely extinguished ; but as there is little left to consume ,-it . wiil thus expend itself . The property destroyed is imnierjao , and no doubt remains but it was the work of incendiaries , Bom « trace uf whom has been already obtained , and little doubt remains of their beiii ^ brought to 'justice , li is supposed the lar ^ e saw mills have > tvon rise to the malico which has thus ' en-led in U ; e debtruction of so large an amount of property . So intense was the heat that tho iron > at ' e was meIk *< J , the books destroyed , aud tho cash reduced to oue tnoltcti miss .
Muhderat Liverpool . —A young woman , named Eliza M-iy . alooe character , livVn ^ in » couit in Fiebti'ii-. street , Liverpool , on Friday had sonio words wiih hf r iaiuliady , a brdthei keeper . ( Jn leaving iho house , ihe bivthel kt-ept ^ r's son , William Smith , a 30 U 1 I 1 jioimoro tnanfouruun yearsof age , followed her and deliberately r tabbed h « -r in the iteek . She was taken inio a druggist ' s t-hop and thence to tho Infirmary , bur ( ik-d on the . road . The murderer at present dudes jus-fee . A Dear Salute . —A son of ^ E-iculapius , located near Wikefield-, noted for his attaenment to the fair
sl-x ,-was waited upon the other morning by a lady who . biMerly complained of a tooth which gave her groat pain . Tne beauy of the . fair patient , made ' . no b'uall impression on the doetor ' B heart , and he flattered hiBi ^ elf that at the least he might ste'sl a kiss fvjth impunity ; - Accordingly when the to ( . th was ex ' . racted , imable any longer to restrain the ardour oi liis p-iSfion , he wound his arm round the fair one ' s neck and ? ave her a twanging salute . It would appc-ar that she did not relish this excess of gallantry , lor she in ^ tan'ly procoed * -d ' against , him for an assault , and the iEjCulapian hid to p . a , y dani uges £ 15 . I
. Changes in the Judges' Circuits —Tho judges ¦ decided . ou last wr-ek to separate the County of York from the Northern Circut , and a ' tach it to the Midland Circuit . In addition , the judges . -determined to take Warwickshire from the Midland Circuit , and attach it to the Oxford C ircuit ; and to take Shropshire , Herefordshire , --and Mo » unuu ; hshire from the Oxford Circuit , and attach them to one of the Welsh Circuits . Hydrophobia . —Epidemy . —The neighbourhood of Sauuderstourt , Newcastle , and all . that part of the - country along the side of the Silaney donrn to the I bridge of Deeps , have been in the greatest and most alarming siate of exoitement for the last ten days , in ! coiisequence of ilio number of mad dogs now
prowling about ai ; d attacking every animal in theiroo ' urn& The tirtit appcaiaiice of tho kind took place in the eariy part of this nioaih , when a dog from the Deep ^ s ran ibrough the neighbourhood of Killown , where ! he attacked two or three dogs and a calf belonging to Mr . Paul Walker ; three cogs and two heifers of 1 Mr . Tliacktr's ; and two dogs of Mr . Richard ; Benn <_ t ' a , Newcaftlo ; also a lamb of Mr . Paul j M'L c : ; ue } l ' s , Fen-yearn '* :, most , of which have since ; betn destroyed . Two favourite greyhounds of Mi . i TiiuCKtr ' s hdvebeen sbct since Saturday ' ;; . and there ! aris Ui ^ iiy of those iurious and rabid animals ttiY \ going about . In fast , such in the state . of this pa r j ; of the country that the famili . s resid ' ng in t ; , iieighbt . urhood aro absolutely afraid to -Tent . uxf _ , Out , oi' doors .
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" No . 16 , Noilorlk-sbreet , Pail Mall , Api-il 30 , 1842 . "SiB—I have received your Jettcir of the 27 th inst , with its iiieloaure .
¦ "If a vole for Mr . DuEcomba ' ii motion , indicated only that respectful attention wiiicli a petition signeci \> y so large a body of Eagiisbnieu , deserves from every member of Parliament , and which . one signed by , 25 , 000 inliubitantsof Shviffie ' ul . niu ' -it necessarily command from tha members for that borough . I should bo diBposed to take the coursei . you request , and to awjlst the petitioners in tlie very unusual course of hu . yii . ig a lifcariiig at the bar of the House of Commons ; but . it ia so liifflcult to separate such an act o £ coui'tesy from a presumption of confidence in the general oijects of tbe petition , that I consider it by far the most straightforward aiirt honest course at onct to express my regret that I cannot do ao without a separation fvoua tuosti
principles of moderate jnvjjfuasuvtt -woich uppeas to uic most calculated to benefit aU-cia- ^ ata of-tab people of these realms . « ' I am far from win ' iins ; to keep tbo uoor of the ' . soa <> ti--tution closed against many . iudividuais of tko working cJasses , who , by talenta . auri intf . 'livt'iice are euiinciitly desorviug of ' the fraucliise 5 but I Ciunct assist iu obj ^ cta so general and undefiued -s . n thjse aimed at by the parties who are entrusted vita the yiesoatalioa of the National Petition . ' " I have the honour to be , * " Your o ' eedient aeryant , 11 &c . &c . &c ¦•• J , Parker . " To Mr , Qaoiga Julian Harney , Sht-ffiald . " Up ta the time ¦ f eenuing fcia report from Sheffield , ( Tuesday evening , no answer had been received from Mr . Dennisou ot Mr . -Ward ,
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i ; Stoppage of Iron Wobks . — We regret to lcam that a large numbef o £ forges in this neighbourhood have cease' J work , whereby a great number of hands are throV / n suddenly out of employment . W « are informf ;< ' t that lack of orders , eycu at unremuherating pripes , ' ,, as compelled many of the masters to stop their r iilis ani discharge thoir men , and that it is
very : uncertain when they will recommence . Among the extensive forges closed are those of E . and G . Tb ornevcroft ( Wednesbury , ) Russell , Brothers , G eorge Jellicoe , and G . 13 , Thornoycroft ( Shrubbery 7 iron works ) Sevcra 1 other extensive works are daily expected to cease operations ; indeed , we believe there is not a single forge-6 ' wher who does not contemplate the b ' eces = ity of stopping . Tho most fiaurshing of them freely admit thai if they could ensure the return of their customers and . workmen when it suited them to reciihuience , they woultlforthwith discon " tinue their Worksi—Staffordshire Examiner ,
Local Markets.
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THE NORTHERN STAR . . - ¦ . : . ; .. / - ¦>; V ¦ ' i ::- - - ^'; » ' "" ' ' . r- ^ -- ^ . '¦ - - ¦ -r > - ' - »> -. i . ^ - „ .. - . . - . , - ¦ | , I Ml III ' l ' ||| l . lt ill I l ' ' r | - " "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 7, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct889/page/3/
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