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XEicssTSBSHras . —Mr . Balrstow visited and adj jeesea the friends at Wigrtoii and Gonntetthojpe , n ^ TFe el ; , and preached in the Sbaksperean 'Room , ; Xdcester , last Sunday . The Shakspereana bare hid £ * jjYe dances , fcc . three evenings of the present -week . } OrT Tneadsy test , Mr . Bsirrtew -visited Hinckley , . and covered " W > addresmto the friends there j on Wedjjesaay night , be re-visited Wlgston . eijTHSBOB . —Mr . Marsden , of Preston , lectured ^^
vgje en Priday to an attentive oat-door audience . He -ay strikingly ponrtrayed the workings of the present -ygtem , npon th » eolleetiva industry and tail of the i Soiiing classes , and also the rapid march ofjnachinery , i and concluded an excellent lectors by exhorting them j ? 01 » united and become enAlled , and take an active , and eeergetie part in the T ? a £ ional Charter Association , ; jj jt « s by every man doing bis cam -work feat -would gecnre to adoption of the People ' s . Charter . A vote of -tfrtafa vru passeed to him for his excellent lecture .
saTPXET , irEJta clithebob . —Mr . Rd . ilarsden whored here on Sunday forenoon , in the Chartist Soom , Thieh "was crowded to suffocation . At the close « f the lecture , the folio-wing resolutions -were earried nnBiiimonsly : —" That in the opinion of thw meeting the agitation for the Charter is just and reasonable , therefore vre pledge ourselves not to ceaae in onr exertions tai U shsll become enrolled in the statute book of these realms . " " That seeing the great , praiseworthy , -sad patriotic disinterestedness of Peaigos O'Connor , l ^ L and tie osfiinchuig perseverance which bB has fl isSajea ; that the best and most nnleigned . thanks of j 2 ua meeting are given to him ; also to his brother "coaspfrators" for their defence and maintenance of our yW&teooa iiomutable prJndplea in the Court House , at IaoeasteE *
A Discrssios took place in the evening on the comparative merits of getting on the land by a system of ^ opsr&aon , and the agitation for tile Charter under grigSag eircn mstanea . Both sides -frers very ably jjaSatained by Messrs . Marsden Driver , Smaliey and others , tbd eonSned unta a late hour . 2 f o division tookplaes npon aesubjeci .
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STJKCEEIiAin ) . —On Monday evening the members and friends of the Mechanic ' s Institute , - held a public tea party in the Catholic School Room , Bridee-sSreat . The attendance was large and the eBiertsunment 3 of the evening such ae to ^ ive the highest satisfaction to all present . The splendid Coxaetto Bzadt or iginated by the Mechanic ' s Institute , performed several fine pieces of musio in fine gtrle . SeTEral excellent songs and recitations were aJso ^ iven by Messrs . Qiapple , Gray , Dobam , Thompson . Cooper , € airns , Potts , and others . Mr . Williams delrrered an address in explanation of the object and tonstirouon of th » Mechanics Institute , which was ¦ ffirmlj received .
Os Tekdat , a Leagne meeting was called , over which the Mayor presided , and at which the usual 5 toek speeches were delivered by a variety of gentlemen , amongst whom was Mr . James Williams . In iht coarse of 'the evening , Mr-Bidd ascended the ' platform amidst mingled cheers and hisses from the congregated parlies friendly and nn / rJendly to the ieagne . The Major objected to him ( Mr . Kidd ) on the ground of Ms not being an inhabita&i of the town . Mncb altercation ensued , resulting in a challenge from Mr , Kidd to Mr . Williams to discuss the question publicly . The challenge was accepted ; but on meeting So arrange preliminaries the parties it seems could not agree on terms . 2 dr . Kidd subseonentlv delivered a lecture in the long room of the
Arcade , under taking to prove thai a repeal of the Corn Laws eonld not benefit the working classes without accompanying measures , and challenging Idr . Williams or any other gentleman to disnsdon on that point . A correspondent sends us the following account of the meeting : — Tbe large room was crowded toaaffoeafion , and I think there conid not be less than a thousand people present , and many eoold not gain admittance . A working man was called to the chair , and opened the proceedings of the meeting by reading the bill , and josfc when the same had been read , and the chairman was about to introduce Mr . Edd , a voice from the body of the meeting was heard , saying " read . Mi . Williams ' s also . " The Chairman did so , and introduced Mr .
33 ud io the meeting , who was received with thunders of applause . Mr . Edd began by referring to the placard published by Mr . Williams or his friends ia which he was taxed with being ignorant and impradent , and a common disturber , fie said I plead guilty « f the charge of being ignorant , but this does by no means prove James WOliama to be more intelligent on the question of the Corn Laws , and if he or any other gentleman be in this room holding similar opinions , let him come forward to the platform , and this meeting shall judge of the merits of the question , « ad the intelligence of th « disputants . Ho one coming forward , Mr * 3 L proceeded and delivered one of tke most logical , eloqaent , and masterly lecinrea we ever heard . He reviewed the trade or England from the time of Queen EEabetk up to Ae present time 5 and noticed the many -advantages the foreigner had over us , and shewed , in the most irrefragable manner , the
impossibility of us competing with the foreigner under the present amount of taxation , and shewed also thai tie only remedy for * the eonntry was to fall back on the waste land , and to cultivate it for the benefit of "the community , and not for the aggrandizement of afew ; and concinded by along comment ontheNottiwjr > nnq election * in . which he proved that Mr . <} 'Connor wa 3 no friend of Whyjgery or Toryism eiflier , but was a pure lover of mankind , and was not the hireling of any party as it had been said , kit that Ms benerolenee had made him the servant of aD , in order to l > enefit all and produce general prosperity j and Mr . Eidd again challenged disensaon , and sat down amidst loud and long-continued cheers f after which a resolution strongly condeajnatorj of Mr . Williams ' s conduct , was moved by Mr . Hesketh Biley , and seconded by Mr . Andrew Wilkie , and carried with abost ten or twelve tfisBentients .
LEEDS . —Sheeikp ' s Coitrt . —On Monday last , J . ¥ L Hill , Esq ., sheriff ' s assessor , held a court at tiie Court House , Leeds . There were only four esases entered for trial , and none of them were of My public importance , and only one of them was defended . In Proctor » . Appleyard , a verdict was taken for the plaintiff by consent , for £ 2 Bs . 7 d ., the sum claimed . In Cutler v . Bead and another , an action for wages from Cleckheaton , a verdict was returned for the defendant . In Dixon and toother c Ham , which was undefended , a verdict was taken for the sum claimed , £ 2 , 163 . The fourth <* se , that of Horsfield and another v . Garaett and another , was withdrawn .
Oetstchsg thb Pouce . —On Monday last , a maa named John 3 Iatteer was fined 2 fe . and co ^ ts , foi interfering with the police , whilst taking inio custody a disorderlv character named Edirin Bollidaj ; the latter was fined 5 s . and costs , for whig drunk . ^ gcshsg C 05 DUC 1 . —On Monday last , a man Bamed Peter Scruion , residing in Copenbagen-Sreet , and Harriet , Ms wife , were brought np before the Leeds magistrates , at the Court House , the former for an assault , with a felonious intent , on two little girls , of the respective ages of seven and mire ytar 3 of age ; and the latter with aiding an . d abetting Mm in ins beastly conduct . The details tte nnii for publication . The woman was discsrged , Qie magistrates seeing thai she was aoiing tmcer the influence of her husband . He was fined & > , includiiig costs , and , in default of payment , sent to Waiefieid for two months .
SiEimiG Shoes . —On Monday last a man named ^ fie Sykes was charged at the Court Honse , ** fore . Messrs Bainesand Mnsgrave , with having Soiea a pair of men ' s shoes from a stall in Briggate , occupied by iir . W . Browa , of . New Wortley . The ^ fKiawasieen to take theshoes , on Saturday night , < the temporary absence of the prosecutor from ¦ we stall , and when apprehended they were fcund in ^ s pocket . He pleaded intoxication , which he said ¦ " « depmed him of all recollection of the affair , ice bench committed him for trial at the jrext Kssons .
• A Disgehocs Tesjlst . —On Monday last , a young ^^ BiWho ^ ave bis Mine John Kobmson , residing ** Toiaeistood , in Kew Town , was bronght before ^ ters . Baines andMusgrave , at the Conrt-Hoase , ^ Ma the following circumstances . On the first oJ « e present month , he obtained from Mr . Craister , f ^ Mier , tommercialstreet , the key of a honse ¦ J ^ SiBg to him , on -Boundhay-road , which he ™^ Ped of all the locks and bells which he could *?*• He took-ihe bouse of Mr . Craister in tie name « it obinson , and said he worked at Messrs . Lawr ? *; but notesUinff asain . as he had promised , on
"a' wraisier , that geotleman became suspicious , and * » PPJjii ! g to lhe Messrs . Lawson , he found that aor ach person worked at their £ Btablishment , but "« informed that inquiry had been made there only snort time before , whether there was a man of «* = atteof Thompson , who had taken a house of P ''"" "" person amongst their workmen , which there «* Bnot . Information of the affiurwas then com-^ "tated to the police , and it was found that a P ^ sonanswering to the sasje description * s tile one IPy *^ , defrauded Mr . Craister , bad taken % house « . *« 3 . Hjeharfwm : "Pm-riiiPTinft "Rnfldmpa . Stamford
* ° * sander the naais of John Thompson , on Friday ulJi mBfant , and had stripped it of the brass . ?^ es and locks in the same way . Search was ^ Bted by the police , for the missing articles , and ^ iockBtoa three bells , which were identified by ^•« u £ ter , and a number of doorhandles , which f « re identified by Mb . Richardson , were found at « ro Odds-and-ends stasis iu the Ticax ' s Croft , and , g ^ peared , had been also sold to the keepers of S ^? * J a man answeriDg exactly the descri ption hm * £ P ae wio » il w proved , had taken the ce ^* - ""*• *« P « 3 oT these stalls gave such a ^ npaon of iha ss led to his apprehension . The coffi ^ - ' fj ie ? l 5 ES ^ tne cirenmstanoes , fnBy S ^ tted tae . pri £ oaer for trial * t the next Borough
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Hegmetcal Necbssabies . —On Saturday last , a man named Geoi-ge Amin was charged , at the Court House , before Messrs . Baines and Musgrave , with having pnrchased two Bfiirts from a private in the 3-2 nd mfautry , named Thompson . The latter person had deserted , taking with him part of hie regimental necessaries ; the shirts sold were regniarly stamped with the regimental mark , and the man was in undress uniform when they were sold . The prisoner could offer no excuse , and was fined ? n " 6 < 3 m j tliree times fte Taine of thft SQirt 8 i and 103 . and costs , or in default of payment to be committed to Wakefield House of Correction for one month .
A Disordshlt Patjpbk . —On Monday , a woman named Charlotte Scarf was bronght beforeihe magistrates at the Court-House , charged with being drunk and disorderly , and with begging on Sunday afternoon . The prisoner , it appears , is an out-pauper belonging thB township of Hutislet , from whence she lias received an allowance of 2 a . 6 d . per week ; this besides her earnings , was sufficient to have kept her from begging , but her habits being shown to be very intemperate , and her conduct altogether very bad , she was committed to Wakefield House of Correction for one month .
A Drdxken Spbeb . —On Monday last , Thomas Fearnley , a horse breaker , from Ossett , was bronght before the Leeds Magistrates , at the Court House , on a charge of disorderly conduct in the streets , and furious driving , on Saturday evening last . Fearnley had come to Leeds on a young horse , which he was engaged to break in , and whikt here had indulged rather too freely in the juice of John Barleycorn . He bo mismanaged his horse in riding ihrongh the streete that he was thrown off , and great fears were entertained by the market people from bis conduct ; some , indeed , bad very narrow escapes . The police ultimately lecked him up . He was fined 20 s . and costs .
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The Watch Committee . —At the usual weekly meeting of this body , on Thursday , it was resolved , on what authority we know not , but we think the rate-payers have a right to know , to pay the expences of Messrs . James and Hepworth , which they had incurred by the late trials against them aS York . The money , it ib said , is to come out of the reward fund , Query—Where tloeB the reward fund come from % Horse Stolen . —During the night of Thursday last , a brown ma . re was stolen from the Btable of Mr . Samuel Petty , in Holbeck-lane . The mare has a white star on her forehead , and stands about fifteen hands high . Pleasure Trip . —Yesterday , being Good Friday , some extra trains left the railway station in Hunsletlane , for Hull , York , Derby , &c , at reduced fares , to favour the holiday people . A numerous company availed themselves of the opportunity .
Bcrglart . —During th « night of Taesday last , the dwelling-house of Mr . John Atkinson , joiner , in Lady Pit Lane , Hunslefc HalJ , was broken into by thieves , who obtained admittance by forcing a cellar grate at the rear of the premises . Whilst they were engaged in ransacking the houBe , Mrs Atkinson overheard them , and got up , which caused a sudden flight , and some property , whioh had been packed up for removal was left behind . The thieves obtained several articles of silver plate , principally spoons , most of which were marked with the letters A . 1 . R ., and some satin and silk dresses , handkerchiefs , linen shirts , &c . The amount in value is pretty considerable . On Wednesday , the Leeds Police officers received information that a satin dress had been offered for Bale at Wakefield , and on proceeding there it was found to be one of those stolen which had been detained , but a woman who offered it made her escape , and hitherto no further trace has been heard of her .
Phreno Mesmerism —We intimated in our last , that a number of experiments in this new science , as it is called , were announced to be performed in the large room of the Commercial Buildings , on the evenings of Tuesday , Thursday , and Saturday , of the present week . Two of the exhibitions have already come off ; the third is to-night . On Tuesday evening , after the chief operator , Mr . Sladan , had briefly detailed the leading " pr inciples" of the theories of Mesmerism , Animal Magnetism , and Phreno-Mesmerism , or Phreno-Magnetism , he proceeded to operate upon two young men , of the re * spective names of Briggs and Walls , the same two who were operated upon in a series of experiments which we detailed on the authority of an eye
witness a fortnight ago . The youths were seated in chairs , with their backs towards each other , and a metallic chain having been attached to the wrist of « ach , so as to form a aonnection between them , Mr . Sladcn commenced to look one of them stedfastly in the face . In a few seconds the youth he was directly operating upon went off into what is called the magnetic sleep ; and within one second the other was asleep alsc . That all idea of collusion might be removed from the minds of the audience , he requested that parties would step upon the platform , and examine for theiro ' wn satisfaction . This request was complied with by several gentlemen present , who expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the fact . One of them pinched the back of
the hand of the youth Walls , so as to have hurt him severely , had he been in a state of consciousness , or in the usual state of feeling . Be also plucked several hairs from his head ; and this too without any , the slightest manifestation of pain , or even feeling . These tests were used assfyfy as it was possible . The patient oould have , apparently , no means of knowing that they were to be applied ; the gentleman approaching cautiously from behind , sad plucking the hair out quite suddenly , and without any , the slightest , warning . While the youths were in vhe mesmeric Bleep , the operator excited at the wish of the audience , many of the Phrenological organs . To remove all suspicion as to collusion , a number of slips of paper had been prepared , in which were
set down id consecutive order , the names of the several organs- These were banded to gentlemen in different parts of the room , who were requested to number the organs in the order in which they wished to see them excited . When so numbered , they were handed to a gentleman who stood at the end of the raised platform , and who wrote the name of the organ upon a black board , so that the audienoe might be aware which of the organs were next to be operated on , without it having to be named ; and thus rendering it impossible for the patients to beau , precluding a knowledge of what was required by that mean ? . The numbering of the organs by parties in the audience , was to remove all notion of previous arrangement between the operator and
the operated-on , in the way of consecution . The manifestations were such as have before been detailed . When veneration" and " tune" were excited , the patient whistled the " Old Hundred Psalm . " When ** wit" and " tune" were excited , be « ung & enatcb of comic song about " Old Roundlegs . " When " benevolence" was excited , alma-giving was the order of the day , even to the coat and waistcoat from off the back ; but when * ' acqniBitiveness" was called into play tbo whole were speedily takea back , and even more than belonged the party . " Conscientiouneas , " however , soon brought the wrongly-taken property back , with evident 9 i * ns of contrition and sorrow . One peculiarity attending these manifestations was , they took place in both youths at the same time ,
although the direct excitement was only made upon one . In almost all cases was this phenomenon manifest while the two were connected together with the metallic chain . The operator , however , wished to make the human body a medium of communication between them ; and for this purpose invited two gentlemen to step upon the platform . The wish was complied with , and the strangers Were placed between the two youths , holdinga ^ hand of each , and joining their own hands in the middle . In a few moments , however , Walls , shewed signs of irritation . He hastily withdrew his hand , and commenced crying as though he was grievously offended . The operator tried to sooth him , and partially succeeded . After the hands
had been again joined , he retained hold for a moment or two , and then a similar manifestation of uneasiness and grief was made . Several parties iu the audience hereupon requested the operator to demesmerise them both , they having been in the magnetic sleep for a considerable time . The next person operated upon , was Mr . Longstaff , a tailor in thiB town ; one who is well known to hundreds , and deservedly respected for honour , integrity , and uprightness . Every one who knows him at all , would at once dismiss from the mind all idea that he was capable of practising simulation . He was soon placed in the magnetic sleep , as it is called ; his passagefrom consciousness into it , however seemed to be a painful ore . The chest heaved and swelled ;
and the features were slightly convulsed . A few passes from the operator seemed to remove these unpleasant symptoms . The phrenological manifesto ' tionB were most marked in this subject . He is a gentleman of some attainments ; and the difference in manner and matter ( when language was employed ) between the uneducated yonths and Mr . Longstaff was manifest and striking . With this subject a new experiment was performed . A few passes were made about the head with an artificial magnet ; and then he followed it all round the stage , though passed from hand to hand , in the most crosswise manner . It was like "hunting the slipper ; " with this difference however , that the patient seemed always to know where the magnet was ; for he
invariably went to it . When it was laid down upon a chair , he instantly fell down on his knees , and laid bis temple close to the magnet . He staid there until it was removed , and its influence broken by the operator making a few personal passes . He was next laid down with his back upon the platform , and when the magnet was presented to his arm or foot , it slowly raised from the floor , as if following its influence . When the magnet was rendered inoperative by applying to it " the keep , " the limb Blowly fell to its original position . Daring a portion of the time the subject was laid on the floor , he was in a cateleptio state ; and demagnetizing passes had
to be made before the limbs eonld moTe- When raised from the floor to his feet , the usual means of restoring the patient from the mesmeric sleep were reeorted to . He appeared to have Buffered very much from its effects , complaining of head-ache , and of general exhaustion . The experiments with Mr . LongEtaff were , with us , the most conclusive . We know him . We know him to be above deceit . We are therefore bound to receive the evidence of phrenological manifestatione , produced by excitation while the patient is asleep , or in the magnetic stupor , as given in his person , as beal . We know him to be incapable of
simulation . The proceedings of Thursday evening were of a similar nature to those above sketched . Mr Sladen operated on the two youths , producing the usual manifestations , when the different phrenological organs were excited . It had been announced , that one of them , who has been often operated on , had exhibited some little susceptibility of the clairvoyant state ; aud that he bad played a game or two of " dominoes " -when in the magnetic Bleep . It was also announced that this experiment would be attempted on this ( Thursday ) evening . The consequence was a very crowded room , and great expectation . During the evening , when the youth Briggs was , apparently , in the mesmeric Bleep , a box of dominoes" was produced , and s reonest made that a gentleman
from the , audience would Btep upon the platform to play with the patient ; ,. Several responded to therequest , amoxigst them Mr . John Ayrey , of the Old George Inn . A board was placed upon two chairs , and Mr . Ayrey and the sleepmgyoath assayed to play . They played , sure enough , two games : and at the end the youth was examined to ascertain whether he was still aBleep or not . He was certainly , to all appearance , in a ^ leeping condition . The pupils were distended ; and the eyes themselves turned upwards , ( but each inclined towards the nose ) in the socket . After some further experiments , with the magnet , the youth was demesmerised . It ought to be stated , that white the " games" were being played Eeveral of the audience called out for his eyes to be bandaged np . This , however , was
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not done ; it being stated that the patient always resisted an attempt to do this , complaining when he ' was restored to consciousness of great pain . At a subsequent part of the evening , when undergoing opreations with the magnet , ah attempt was made to blind his eyes with a silk handkerchief , as he laid on the platform ; but the moment it was placed there , he rtruok out at the person applying it , and threw it off . In consequence of these things great dissatisfaotioa was manifested by the assembly ; and an almost general feeling that triokery was praofcised was apparent . This feeling Mr . Joshua Hobson gave expression to . He stated that ho had come there to witness tho experiments and to judge of the facts brought before him . He
was not & believer iu all he heard about what was called " Mesmeric Science . " Far be it from him , however , to deny ttiat effects aud effects , too , of an astounding nature could not be produced by pursuing the methods pointed out by mesmerisers . It would be the height of folly to do so ; for that very eventing they bad witnessed things , which it was impossible , in the present etate of knowledge with respect to them , to account for . He must believe that persona of a peculiar temperament could be placed in a state of apparent Bleep , and indeed catalepsy produced , by personal contact , each as holding the thumbs , and looking steadfastly into the eye . But whether these effects were produced by a magnetic essence , or fluid , given off by the operatoror the
, operated-on , as some alledged , did not very plainly appear ; for analogous , indeed , similiar , effects could be produced without personal contact at all . Mr . Baird , of Manchester , had a system , bv which persons were sent to sleep , and catalepsy produced , by merely looking continually and steadfastly upon any object , and concentrating the mind upon one idea ; while ^ Mr- , Callow , of Manchester , had discovered that similar effects oould be produoed by acting continuously on anyone of the senses ; or indeed by aoiing upon them all together . But while be I Mr . H . ) did not deny that certain effects could be produoed by perhaps these and other means , he must confess that he was soeptioal as to most of what he had heard respecting the clairvoyant stageB of the
mesmeric trance . That scepticism could only be removed by the evidence of foots , and it wonld take stronger roots than those bo bad witnessed in that room that night to convince him that his scepticism was wrong . He had paid great attention to the appearances and movements of the patient during the time he was playing the game of " dominoes ;" and he felt constrained to say that his judgment was that the youth was simulating . He had placed himself on the floor just ia front of the platform , a position from whioh he could observe the eyes and features of the " maguetised" player . His firm conviction was that the youth was not uuconscious . He believed that he was able to see
what it was that he was doing , He distinctly saw the eye open and close , in accordance with the requirment 8 of his playing . This the audienoe could not observe ; for the player leaned down over the board . Let him , however , not be misunderstood . He did not aver that simulation had been practised . He only gave it a 8 his opinion ; as his conviction . All might have been right and fair ; but such w % s not his impression from witnessing the movements of the party * Mr . Sladen begged most distinctly to say that if simulation had been practised , he was no party to it . He w » s aoiing in perfeot good faith ; and if any deception had been resorted to , he was one of the deceived .
Mr . Hobson instantly acquitted Mr . Sladen of all such attempts . He would not for one moment even impute suoh thing as simulation to bim . He believed he was acting in good faith . The audience hereupon rose , haying very generally manifested their accordance with Mr . Hobson ' s objections : at this moment it was intimated to Mr . Sladen that the boy Walls had several times played the game of "Dominoes" in private with his friends , with his eyes bandaged up eo as to preclude all possibility of Beeing by the usual method ; and that he expressed a willingness to try the same feat before the audience . On this being announced from the platform , the seats were instantly resumed , and a general buzz of satisfaction was heard , Walls was brought forward , and was magnetised . He was
examiued by several gentlemen on the platform to satibfy themselves that he was really and truly asleep . They were satisfied . A silk-nandkerchief was folded up for a bandage . It was applied by Mr . Ayrey . It covered the eyes completely , and a portion of the face to the tip of the nose . Every one was sure that he could not see . The * dominoes" were produced , aud thrown out of the box . Walls instantly eet to work , and turned over all that bad their faces uppermost . Seven each were counted . Mr . Ayrey was Wall ' s competitor . They turned up for the " go in . " Mr . Ayrey played . Walls pointed bis finger towards the " dominou played , ( he did not touch it , to feel the number of pips , ) and he then instantly played to it . I This continued through two games . He played rightly . Not a single mis * take did he make . It was impossible for him to see with his eyes the play of Mr . A yrey . Whether he eaw them with his fingers or not we cannot say .
At all events pointing with his finger was the apparent means adopted te ascertain what had been played , and what he had in his hand to play again with . The experiment was indeed astounding , but satisfactory , as far as it precludes all idea of simulation' When the bandage was removed , he was again exarr ined ; and the parties examining declared that they were satisfied he was asleep ! Mr . Hobaon was glad that they had witnessed what had just taken place . Every one would now go away with quite a different feeling from that which would have possessed them , bad the last experiment not been witnessed . He was perfectly satisfied that in this case no simulation had been practised . He feh persuaded that the boy ' s eyes were so covered up , that it was impossible for him to see with them : and he would advise those who thought otherwise to take the chair , have a bandage affixed in the same manner , and try to accomplish the same things —( loud cheers . )
Mr . Ayeey was also satisfied . Indeed , he was satisfied before . He had watched as closely as he could ; and he was not impressed with the idea that simulation bad been practised . The company then departed , wondering at the things they bad seen . To night is the last night the experiments are to be given in the Commercial Buildings . We understand that the clairvoyant experiment is to be repeated ; and we would advise the visitors to watch closely for themselves . If there is deception it ought to be exposed . If there is not , of a verity " there are more strange things Than are dreamt of in our Philosophy . "
The Illegal Oath , —we are requested to state that the Solicitors who administered Alderman Bateson ' s illegal Oath of security to the youth Thompson , as related in our report of a trial at York three weekB ago , was not Mr . Preston , of the firm of Messrs . Snowdon and Preston . We regret exceedingly that such a report nhould have gone forth to the prejudice of a highly respectable gentleman , who rea )) y bad no personal partnership in the disgraceful transaction . We understand that proceedings are iu progress to remove ths stain which the profession has received from it .
Ovkhseebs' Accounts . —On Thursday , a special sessions was held at the Court House , for the purpose of passing the accounts of the overseers of the poor for the past year . The Mayor presided , and there were present Messrs . Marklaud , Nell , Baines , and Titley . After some discussion on the Bubjeot of the watch rate , whioh was ordered to be brought before the Town Council , the accounts of the Leeds * Headingley , Beeston , Chapel AUerton , and Hmislet overseers were examined and passed ; and the sessions were adjourned for a fortnight , that is , to the 27 th instant .
Committal , —On Thursday , a notorious thief , named Francis Daniel , was committed for trial » t the next Sessions , for having stolen a silk gown skirt , from a house in York-street , where he had gone under pretence of purchasing some acid drops . Caution to Landlords , —A practice is very prevalent ia Leeds at present , of robbing unoccupied houses . The plan of the parties is to procure the key , under pretence of looking at the house , or of being in immediate want of the house , and then to take the opportunity of stealing all looks , bolts , brass work , bells , &o ., that can be conveniently carried off . Parties will do well to be on their guard against this system . A variety of property of this description is at present in the hands of the police .
Embezzlement . —A journeyman bread baker , of the name of Cnarles Stead , was on Monday com * mitted to prison for two months , for having embezzled money , the property of his employer , Mrs . Penny , of Beeston . He had gone out with bread to sell , and appropriated the proceeds to his own use , having spent them at a public-house , and sent home the horse and oart by another person . Inquest . —On Thursday evening , an inqnest was held at the Court House , before Mr . Happs , deputy coroner , to enquire concerning the death of Margaret Walsh , an infant seven weeks old , who was found dead ) iu bed on the day previous . Tbe father of the child ia a sergeant in the 59 th Regiment and is in Leeds on the recruiting service , residing in a house in the Marquis of Granby Yard . There were no marks of violence , and the probability was that the child had died in a fit . Verdict Accordingly ,
BRADFORD . —Tithes . —Sixty-nine processes were obtained by the lessee of the tithes of the parish of Bradford , Mr . Scholey , of Wakefield , at the Court House , against parties refusing or neglecting to pay tithe . The Court House was crowded on Wednesday by the defendants , who were , many of them , defended by Mr . G . Hi # bam , of Brighouse , solicitor . No hearing of the cases took place , as by an agreement the matter was adjourned to the 21 st of June , iu order to allow time to hold a meeting of the parties intered to see if the matter cannot be amicably settled .
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Bradford Market , Thorspat . — Wool . —There has been rather more doing ia this article during the week , and the stock of combing sorts is scarcely so abundant as for some time past , which is to be attributed to the indifference of the 'Staplers to purchase fresh stock , } seeing no chance of reahz ing a profit by his transactions . In prices no alteration , but a greater firmness is manifested . Yarn . —The demand for Yarn coutinues steady , bat no alteration in prioes .-r-i <« r 0 . —There has acarooly been so good an attendance of merohantsto day , or has the business done been equal to last week , yet a fair quantity of goods has changed hands , aud the prices very firm . !
Reported Death fuom Starvation . —During this week , a report hds been very generally circulated that a man had died from starvation , somewhere in White Abbey , Bradford . Inquiries into the matter have disolosed the , following circumstances . The deceased person alluded to , was named James Greenwood , he was a wool-comber , aged fony years , and belonged to the township of Heatou . He had lodged lor near two years with a comber named Heywor-h , who resided ! in Boyes' Buildings , Bricklane , aad had been afflicted with a cough and excessive expectoration during the winter , though he had not given up his wotk , but * a 3 employed till abont three weeks ago . He had never sought for medical aid , notwithstanding the repeated warnings of his
landlady and others that the symptoms of disease he exhibited were suoh as ! indicated consumption On the 24 th ult ., having been obliged to give up working , not having any money , and not being in any benefit society , he applied to Sykes , the relieving officer for Heaton , at the board of guardians , for relief , and was told by him that be could not be relieved there , but must ! apply at the pay-room in Heaton , on the following Tuesday . He did so , and then Sykes told him that he could uot relieve him , as he was resident in Bradford , and therefore he mu 9 t apply to Mr . Reaney at the Court-house . On Wednesday he went to the Court-house , aud made application to Mr . Reaney , who said he could not relieve him then , he must wait until Friday ,
when he would have to appear before the board Of guardians . On Thursday , Mrs . Heyworth went to Mr . Reaney , ' who at firat refused to relieve until Friday , but on hearing her statement of the case , he gave her Is . to get over the day , aud bid her tell him to attend at the boardroom next day . Ho was too ill to comply with thie direction , and in consequence , Mrs . Heyworth became his deputy a second time , and attended the board on his bf half . She stated the case , and an order was made for 2 a SJ per week , which was paid on Saturday , and a note for the surgeon was also j < iveH . ftir . Robinson , in whose district White Abbev stands , received the note near noon and about one o ' clock heattendedjon Greenwood , whom he found ia the very last stage of
consumption , and apparently past all hopes of recovery . He attended him on the Saturday and Monday , and called on the Tuesday , but at that time he was dead , having expired on Monday night while eating part of an orange . His death ! was very sudden , for but a minute before he filled a pipe of tobacco and sat up in bed smoking it , aad appeared very cheerful . The assertion a 3 to his having died from want , appears to be unfounded , inasmuch as previous 10 his ceasing to work he had what he ohoose as sustenance , and afterwards he was { fed with toast , coffco , and other foad of a similar description , and on the Monday before bis death , he took part of a beef steak which Mrs . Heyworth purchased and cooked for him . i
Danger op Playing with Edged Tools . —About half-past eight , last Saturday morning , an ostler , named Sellers , employed at the Roe Buck Hotel , in Bradford , put his own existence in imminent jeopardy , under the following singular circumstances : —While talking with a party , with whom he was drinking , on the melancholy death of his master , he very imprudently took upja knife , to shew them how the unhappy mas inflicted his own death-wound , and in so doing he made a deep gash across bis owu throat about two inches long , and just over the carotid artery . Mr . M'Michan , surgeon , was immediately called in , aud fatal couaequenced happily prevented . The man is gradually recovering .
Fire at Eccleshill . —jEarly on Sunday morning last , a . fire was discovered in the boiler-hou ^ e attached to Messrs . Johnson and Co ' s scribbling mill , Apperley-lane , Eccleshill . Information was conveyed to the Bradford engine-house , the alarm bell was rung , and in a v ; ery short time after both the town ' s engines and also that belonging to the Leeds and Yorkshire Assurance Company arrived at the mill aud commenced playing upon the are , which was partly subdued , the roof of the building having fallen in . The damage was confined entirely to the boiler-house , which will 1 require , perhaps £ 40 to put it in repair again . The origin of the fire is as yet unexplained , but nothing has transpired to favour the supposition than it was other than accidental . ;
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MOST EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE . COURT OF REQUESTS , CASTLE STREET , ApbiL ] 11 th . shabuan v . lord honteaglb . Much surprise was created in this Court to-day by the presence of Lord Monteagle , accompanied by several friends and gentJeinen connected with tbe Treasury and other Government offices . The plaintiff , William Sharman , who , it appears , was formerly a constable in the city police , s ' atcd that he claimed the sum of £ 5 , which he had put into the hands of Lord Monteagle for the purpose of procuring him a situation under Government , A Commissioner . —Are you sure that Lord Monteagle received the money 1 Plaintiff—Yes ; I saw the money in the hands of Lord Monteagle . j The Commissioner then called on Lord Monteagle for his answer , when
His Lordship stated , that one afternoon in the month of May , 1840 , when about entering the House of Peers , the plaiutiff put a letter into his hande which he did not then stay ) to open , but broke the seal and examined after entering the House when he found that it contained an jeuolosure , which proved to be a Bank of England note for £ 5 . with a request that he would procure for the writer a situation under Government either as a Custom-house officer , or as a letter-carrier in the Post-office . Immediately after he ( Lord Monteagle ) returned to the entrance of the House and inquired of the police-constable on duty whether he had seen a person give him a letter ? The officer replied in the affimative , upon which he directed tbe policeman to endeavour to find the individual and briag him j back . The policeman tried for some time , but was unsuccessful in his search . He " ( Lord Monteagle ) consequently retained possession of the note and the letter
till the plaintiff applfed for an anBWer . Being tbeii desirous to ascertain whether the writer had offended against the law in ignorance , he granted him an interview , when , finding that his knowledge of sueh matters was much superior to that of tbe lower orders in general , he referred the plaintiff to the Lords of the Treasury , and jsent his letter and the enclosure to their Lordships , who after some con sideration determined , although a very bad case , that they would uot indict the ! writer , bat resolved on paying the £ 5 note into the Bank of England , to the oredit of the Exchequer , as conscience money , which was accordingly done on rhe ] 21 s > t of December , 1840 . The plaintiff after applying j several times to official parties to ascertain the Tesult , was referred to him ( Lord Monteagle ) , who referred him back to the Lords of the Treasury , aad jafter some time , as tha plaintiff fouud he oould not obtain either restitution of his money or the appointment he sought , he took out the present summon ? . ¦¦
His Lordship , in confirmation of the sta ' ement , produced the Treasury minutes , and various official letters and documents , including the bank receipt for the £ 5 note , aud was about to produce Mr . Bulloy , o * the Treasury , and other witnesses , when The Commissioners intimated that they were satisfied that the plaintiff bad no claim on his Lordship , and dismissed the case . ¦ His Lordship then called the attention of the Court to a clause in the Act of Parliament under whioh the court was constituted , wherein it was expressly stated , that "no Government officer shall be amenable to that court for ! any act penormed in his official capacity , " and the reassn why ha did not claim exemption in this ! case on the ground of the non-jurisdicciou of the court was , that he considered it better to go into the merits , as a full explanation was due to ihe country as well as to himself . ¦
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OLD BAM , —On Tuesday evening last , a discussion took place in the Chartist Room , Greave-ptreet , on Mr . Ferrand's Allotment Bill . The speakers gave it as their opinion that ] the land was the only channel for the labourer to [ fall back upon whose labour was being superseded by the improvement of machinery . In the course of the evening it wat suggested that , before going further into the subject , a copy of the bill should be procured . The diBOUssion was ultimately adjourned- until such bill could be obtained . !
BBTWOOD . —Saturday last being the expiration of the term of William Bell ' s incarceration , the Chartists of Heywood determined to honour him with a public dinner on the occasion , aud although but a few days notice was given , upwards of fifty sterling Cnartista eat dovm at the house of Mr . John Whithead , Wrigley Brook , Heywood . After the good things of this life had been discussed , and the cloth withdrawn , Mr . John Hampson wag called to tbe ohair , and opened the business of the evening by introducing our liberated friend , who was enthusiastically cheered . He . gave b long outline of his sufferings while in Kirkdale } 6 oal , and delivered an excellent Chartist lecture . ! The veteran James Read also addressed the meeting .
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CHARTISM . LEGAL AND OTHER OPINIONS OF CHABTISM . I publicly pledge my professional character to the fact , that it is a transportable offence to bo a Chartist in Ireland . —Daniel O'Connell , August ^ 1841 . It is not a crime against either the laws of God or man to be a Chartist anywhere , or to advocate Chartist principles—I am a Charnst—Patrick O'Hiffffins , August * 1841 . ,,, _ ,, The advocates of th « People ' s Charter have a Jegal right to endeavour , by all peaceable means , to induce others to join them , in order to make the Charter become the law of the laDd . —Baron Rolfe , February ^ 1843 . A man cauuot be tried for Chartism . It is perf' « ctly legal to be a Chartist , and to advocate Chartist principles . —Baron Rolfe , March , 1843 .
Let it not be said that a man can bo tried for being a Chartist ; it is absurd . —Justice Erskine , March , 1843 . Any man , or body of men , hare as good a right to be Chartists as other men have to be Whigs or Tories . —Baron Alderson , March . 1843 . i do not say that Chartism is unlawful ; on the contrary , I beg of you to dismiss from your minds all idea of Chartism being un ' awful . When the people demand it , the Charter must become the law of the land . —Sir Frederick Pollock . Aitorney-Getteraly Trials at Lancaster , March , 1843 . The people have a right to meet wher they like and where they like , for the discussion of the Charter —Judye Tindal , March , 1843 .
The people of this empire have a right to meet whenever they please , to promote , by fair discussion , the ieople ' a Charter . —JudyeEnkine % Maroh t 1843 . Electors of Nottingham , I stand before you now , in April , 1843 , as I did in 1812 , the firm supporter of every prinejplc contained in the Charter . I aaa a thorough Chartist . —Lord Rancljffe . Chartism is based upon the immutable principles of Christianity . Equal rights and privileges to all excep i evil-doers . It follows therefore that the man who opposes Chartism cannot be a true Christian . — Patrick O'Higgins . He who is not a Chartist is either a knave who profits by the evils of misrule , or a fool upon whom facts and reason make no impression . —Daniel O'Connell .
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Baptized in the anti-room of the Carpenters' HaU , Manchester , on Sunday last , by the Rev- Wm . Hill , Margaret Ann O'Connor Raokm , infant daughter of Thomas and Mary Rankin . Mary Ann Frost Gill , infant daughter of George and Mary Gill . John Feargus Jones , infant son of Robert and Elizabeth Joues . Emma Jones , Jane Jones , and Elisabeth Jones , daughters of Win . and Martha Jones . James Jones , son of James and Sarah Jones . After the sacred ordination of baptism had been administered to all these , a young married female , about nineteen years of age , the wife of Samuel GrLL , of Manchester , havicg never received the Sacrament of Baptism , made application for it . Mr . Hij . l entered into dome conversation with her
as to her reasons and motives , and also questioned her husband , laying before both of them the weighty obligations of the Sacrament , and entreating them not by any rueins to trifle with it , still stating , . hat if on religious grounds he were required to administer , he must do so . The requisition was persisted in by thj husband on behalf of hi 3 wife , and she wa 3 , therefore , solemnly baptized by the name of Matilda O'Connor .
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On Wednesday last , at Westow church , by the Rev . T . W . Wild , M . A ., vicar , Mr . Robert Potter , farmer , of Jenny Milner Grange , to Miss Sarah Laycock . of fiddlethorpe , both m that parish . On Tuesday , the 18 th inst , at the parish church . Otley , Mr . Webb , of the firm of Messrs . Webb and MilliugtoB , booksellers , Leeds , to Harriot , youngest daughter of Mr . Thomas Freeman , Gfay-lane , Otley . On Monday , the 17 th iast ., at the Registrar ' s office , before Mr . Henry Hillerby , deputy superintendent registrar of the district of York , Mr . Aaron Marshall , bricklayer , to Miss Hannah Foster . Same day , at Ferry Fryston , Mr . James Dealtry , jun ., of Kaottingley , to Miss H . J . Hamilton , of Newtovm Limavady , maid to the Hon . Mrs . Mills . Fryston Hall , Yorkshire .
Same day , at St . Mary ' a church , Scarbro ' , Mr . Charles Keld , to Mrs . Elizabeth Turner , of the 0 , 'ieen ' s Head Inn . Soarbro * . On Saturday , the 15 th inst ., in London , Mr . James Butler , of Walworth , to Harriet , only daughter of R Williamson , Esq ., of Finsbury Terrace , City Road , and niece to Mr . Williamson , Layerthorpe , York . *^
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DEATHS . On Sunday last , at Shinoliffe . prematurely , Elizabeth , wife of Mr . John Hall , in her 22 nd year . On Thursday week , after a severe illness , Mary Enunett 1 Murray , aged oheyear and eix months , the only child of Con and Jane Murray . On Tuesday , the 18 fch inst ., much ; respected , aged 77 , Mr . Hope , late treasurer of the Theatres Royal , York and Hull .
On Sunday , the 16 th inst ,, at his residence , Chapter Houae-straet , aged 59 , Mr . Matthew Creaser , of the fitm of Wade and Creaser , buildera * of York . On Friday , the 14 th inst ., in his 90 th year , Mr John Halliday , of the Waggon and Horses ^ Apperley-lane , Ha , wden . On Thursday , the 13 th inst M at his house , in Parkstreet , London , after a few days illness , the Rev . George Beckett , rector of Bpwprth , and vicar of Gainsborough , and brother of Sir John Beckett . Bart ., and William Beckett , Esq ., M . P . for tbjB town . " . Same , day , aged 60 , Hannah , relict of Fairfax Rhodes , Esq ., ot Queen-square , Leeds ,
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PUBLIC MEETING ON THE FACTORY BILL . Ob Tuesday last , at noon , a public meeting was held a ; the Court Honse in Leeds , called by the Mayor , on the requisition of a number of the inhabitants , to take into consideration the education olauses in the new factory bill . The Conn House was not crowded , when the Mayor took the chair . He took it as a matter of coarse—no opposition being made thereto . Having read the requisition , and announced the purport of the meeting , he proceeded to make some remarks on the bill at present in operation , and was about to explain the nature of the provisions in the bill of Sir JameB Graham , when he was interrupted by
Mr . Benjamin Ksowxes , who advanced to the front of the spectator ' s gallery , immediately over the Mayor ' s seat , and said , —Is this not a publie meetiDg , Mr . Mayor ?—( cries of M ye 3 . ") I want to know why I have been denied admittance : to the platform —( hear . ) I am a working man , and 1 suppose becanse I have got a fustian jacket on , I am thrust into the gallery ; while another man who has got a broad cloth coat on , is permitted to go on to the bench—( cheers from the body of the Han . ) If this be a public meeting , 1 hope the Mayor will remove the police officer ? from the door—( hear , hear . ) The Ma-sor—When the person who hM just spoken , says he was denied admission to the meeting , he seems to me at the same time rather to contradict his own words—( hear , hear ) .
Mr . B . Knottlks—Mr . Mayor , don't let me be misunderstood . When 1 said I was denied admission I meant it . 7 was only allowed to go into such part of the meeting , as the policemen chose to let me . I contend that I have a Tight to go into any part of the meeting , as long as I conduct myself properly—( hear , hear ) . I appeal to the Rev . Mr . Giles , whether I was not refused admission by a policeman . The Rev . J , E . Giles—As I have been appealed to by the speaker , I must say I think there is some gronnd for complaint . I certainly saw the individual prevented from coming into this part of tha meeting , and I don't think it fair—( hear , hear ) .
The AJatob—Nothing could be further from the wish of myself , or those who haye been instrumental in getting np this meeting , that any person should be in any manner excluded —( hear , hear ) . What is said to have been done by the police officers , was entirely without our cognizance ; aad h&ving made this disclaimer , I think the meeting cannot allow its proceedings to be interrnpted any further—( hear , hear ) . The party has a seat j—he is here , and mere than that we cannot provide for him . Kkowxes—I must have these policemen removed -from the door —( hear , hear , and order , order . ) I don ' t want to interrupt the meeting , but I wish to have the policemen removed , and I will not be satis-£ ed til ] they are removed—( cheers and shouts of " stick to 'an . " ) I will stick to ' rm . I pay far the support of the police , and I won t be insulted by them —( cnes of order . )
i TheMiToK—I hope and trnst this meeting will I support me in the discharge of my duties —( loud cries of hear , hear . ) I should -wish that person who has interrnpted our proceedings , to state what he wiphes—( shouts of " adjourn / ' ) The shouts for an adjournment here became urgent , 1 it being stated that there were numbers of persons I" who could not gain admittance . I Mr . Edwabd Baines , jnn M moved the adjournment of the meeting to the Cloth Hall Yard , which was at once agreed to , and to the Cloth-Hall Yard the meeting proceeded .
Uotbing particular took place here ; the v&nouB resolutions were passed , after a &ood deal of talk by various persons , including the Rev . Mr . Hamilton , Mr . Alderman Goodman , Rev . Mr . Giles , Mr . James Holdfortb , Kev . Mr . Harris , Mr . Thomas Frazer , Mr . Alderman Stansfeld , and Mr . J . A . Payne , a churchman who , in a brief allusion to the differences which at present exist among chnrehmen , said he deeply deplored having to state that there were two parties in the church , in Leeds , whom he knew to be as irreconcilable &s was light to darkness , as troth was to error , as God was to Satan 1
The resolutions and petitions , which were all ready ent and dried , having been drawn up and passed at & private meeting on the 23 d of March , were agreed to ; many of the parties who attended , however , not voting at all ; having evidently gone to see the" fnn , * and hear •* old mother" well abused by her illegitimate offshoots ! At the close of the proceedings the thanks of the meeting were accorded to the Mayor , who in replying thereto candidly told the meeting he had been somewhat deceived by tbe promoters of it , as he had understood they intended
to propose some amendment to the Bill , instead of opposing its passing altogether . In this be differed from them , and could not go eo -far as the meeting by tbe advice of the speakers had agreed to do . This remark rather pot the cat among the pigeons ; there was a regular hubbub in the camp , and Mr . Edward Baines came forward to allay the fears of the Mayor , who alter some explanations , consented to be pacified , and the meeting terminated peaceably at last , at very near three o ' clock .
Fihdisg Mokei . —On Thursday last , a young man named Charles Kay , Bon of Mrs . Kay , confectioner , Duncan-street , appeared before Griffith Wright and A . Titley , E 3 qra . at the Court HonBe , nnder the following circumstances : —On Tuesday last , Mrs . Battye , of Headingley , whilst at Leeds , h » d the misfortune to lose her purse , containing a £ 20 Bank of England Note and three sovcrei | jns . She made known her loss by means of handbills the same day ; and the police having heard that a puree containing money had been found in Mrs . Kay ' s shop . Inspector Hainsworth went there , but both Mrs . Kay and her daughter denied all knowledge of such a circumstance . On Wednesday , however , a female from Moriey , named Charlotte Smith ,
being acquainted with Hainsworth , went to hhn and told him that she had , on Tuesday , picked np a parse in Mrs . Kay ' s shop , which contained three sovereigns and what she thought was a note , but that it bad been taken from her by Mrs . Kay ' s son , who told her . she had nothing to do with it . She added that she had called at Mrs . Kay's on Tuesday evening before going home , to see if any owner had been foniid for the parse , when she was answered in the negsiife . Acting upon this information , Hainsworth again went to Mrs . Kay ' s on Wednesday , taking Mrs . Smith along with him ; bat she , being in the background , -was not seen until Mrs . Kay and her daughter had again denied all knowledge of the purse . Bat when they saw Mrs . Smith Mrs . Kay turned round and acknowledged that her son had taken the puree from her . Search was then made
; for young Kay , and he was fbnnd at a pnblic-honse in a state of intoxication . On being asked he said that stout lady had called upon him that morning , ; and to her he had given the purse and money . He ; was taken to ihe police office , where bail was taken ; for his appearance before the Bench on Thursday . | When he came , however , lie was nearly drunk ; and , ; in reply to qnesfcions from the magistrates , he ac-I knowiedged having had the £ 20 note and the three j sovereign * , but said he did not know what had bej come of them , except that they had passed through his hands . The Bench , considering his conduct most unsatisfactory , ordered him to be locked op till next morning , when he would probably be more sober . Subsequently the hearing of the ease was put I off till Monday , to rait the convenience of all pari ties . The sum of- £ 20 was deposited at the police ! office for the appearance of Kay .
. Discharge of a Bebtok fhom YobkCasilb . —On the 5 th inst ., Miss Moss , who has been in custody as a debtor in York Castle , twenty-four years and six daysjwas discharged . $ 0 show * he injurious tendency ofsuehlen £ thenedimpris 0 nment 8 , wemayremarktnat during that time she had been allowed 11 , 2321 b . of the touEty bread , which at the average of 2 b . 6 d . per stone , amounts to the sum of £ 100 5 a . We understand that the legislature is about to interfere to procure the liberation of those debtors whose confinement has been pf long standing . There is another person who has been in the casile upwards ef twenty sever , years .
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Brutal Murdbb at MERTHra . —Between two and three o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , the inhabitants of Caedraw , in tbia town , were thrown into the greatest consternation , it being reported that a man had murdered his wife . Upon inquiry U was found that a tinker , named John tlaueelf , aged 23 , a married man , but having deserted his wife , was cohabiting with a single woman , of the name of Mary Thomas , aged 23 . It appeared that they spent tne morning in drinking ., aud , having . some words between them , a quarrel ensued ; bo struck her with his fist until she fell to the . ground , and then kicked her several times . Sbe groaned twice , and expired almost immediately . Ho vary
coolly ordered one ot the bystanders to go for a doctor , and then absconded through the river Taff . No time being lost in giving information of the bloody doed at the police station , Serjeant Hume , with four coastabtes , ran to the epot , and ordered a person to go at ouce for the parish surgeon , Mr . Job Jaujoa , but it was unfortunately tco late to render her any assistance . Three of the constables set off immediately after the murderer , aad apprehended him on the other side of the river , near Ynyrfach , not very tar from the hiding-place of the matricide , Diok Tamar . Information was given to the Coroucr , Mr . William Davis , and a jury was summoned , who viewed the . body , and adjourned to the aexc day . — Welchman .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The trials at Lancaster being now over , and thirty good men having been found guilty of being Chartists , it is the duty of every one who values his home and his country , to comb forward and assist in carrying out these glorious principles of Chartism , which appears to me to be the only remedy for all our national grievances . The Corn Law League having set a good example by placing a packet of tracts in the hands of every elector throughout the kingdom , in order , aa they say , to enlighten the electoral body . I now propose that where ever there are two or three Chartists , they may form themselves into a committee , provide themselves with a list of the electors , which they msy do , by applying to the overseer , and then collect as much money as they can weekly , and send for Stars to supply the electors with , omitting the patties that get the first week until all be supplied .
Perhaps some of our friends will say we are too poor . Where this is the case , they may apply to other parties tor old Stars , and distribute them as before mentioned , until every elector throughout the kingdom be supplied with Stor-light By this mode of proceeding , the electoral body will be enlightened , and I have no doubt but many would come over and join us , in our moral warfare of right against might . We have many instances of men being opposed to our principles , who by reading tbe Star , have become most zealous supporters of tbe cause . I am , yours , in the canse , Wm . Nichoison . Ulverstone , 23 d March . 1843 .
P . S . There is about 500 hands at the Copper Wosks , In Conision , without Stor-light . If some ef out fiienda would be pleased to send a few old Stars directed to Mr . John Addison , they may be the means of doing good . If you should think the above wovta notice , you are at liberty to wake what oso of it you think proper . W . N .
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served part of bis Time to a Grocer or Tea Dealer . Salary Low . Employment partly at a Retail Counter aud partly to wait upon Country Shopkeepers . Applications , paid , addressed , Ottlet & Co Halifax .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct930/page/5/
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