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JOHN FROM . TUKS— ** fl « lfcmt HUBSat " He is gone , It i « tone , he it goneI To lire with the sinner and slave ; From kia borne sod Ms country be *» gout , The truest and best of the bare . BeUgooe , tti * troe , betogone ! Bocne over ifeephileat wave ; To a chain-gnawing slavery gone , More hated by fax than a grave . Be is goae & * m aland that he lofd ; A Charter he atraggled to aee , like aa ark on the waves of a flood , Float safely , and proudly , and free . B e is gone , It is brae , he i * gone ! Bat perish the slaves of despair ! Aad so perJan that hard-hearted toe , Who laagha as and modes at oar prayer . And in rsin are your tears , though they roU like rain from tbe clouds of a storm ; For bis lore is like ioe at the pole ; It mafta cot—it never is wsrb-Be is gone * but ere Britain larre reft , Ere her thundea of discord are done , Let the cry , " he is gone , " be reTerae * To lo ! he is come ! be is come ! Geo&ge Bmits . —™ - __ ,
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UOCB& OK JiULQRAYE CASTLE , THE SEAT . OP TH £ HABQUIS OF NORMANBY . Unlgrava ! I b * v « tfcse bow within my ken ; Cattle emboaom'd in the leaf y trees ! Oft hare I roam'd thy -wild , romantic glen , When thousand varied charms combine te please . Tbe park , the rivulet , the precipice ; The tunnel , rustic bridge , and hermitage ; Tbe roias of Oe Maaiey ^ fortaliee ; The winding walks that lovers' thoughts engage ; tv ASk these , —sad more than all , —the happy things Tint hen ma&e life one innocent -delight—-WHd creatures tamed by Iots—the dove whose -wings } Have sped her hither from the farthest flight ; JVoods where the muses and the graces strayd . ? Where Cohnan ' s pen , and Jackson ' s pencil Tied Yb » lovely lady , free in your sweet shade , Forgets the eosrt and all its slavish pride . £ ¦» where is be , the &voar \ l lord of all ?
Look a be with tfcaakful joy o ' er larid and sea ? Ah bo ; deserted is his castle tall , —< -. Nature and art in Tain in rite hiin ; he Lores not his home , his country ,, nor bis kind . Base politician—fop most Tils—be -wears Tits chains of lolly * ape , and mocks and binds The poor oppreas'd : laughs at tbe patriots' tears , And , deep in dungeon glooms , immures the brave , ' Whom pity made indignant Tyrant pride May bow their heads , but not their hearts enslave . Would all woe free to roam on Mnlgrave side ! Jtalgraee , much grate , such was this Eden ' s name , "A garden and a grave , " so will'd its lord : Tbe first and last oppressor is tbe same , *—" Aye latft l—if freedom giro the wisbed-for word .
J . W . AMaby , July 1 , 1840 . De Manley , the first Lord Mnlgrave [ not lineally so ) -was rewarded with the estate by King John , for MminiTtiitiitf bis nephew Arthur , It was called Mulgrace ( mod beauty ) , but his tyranny caused its name to be changed to Slulgrave ( much oppression ) . — -See Csmdai ' $ Britamia .
Sonets Deyoted To Chartism.
SONETS DEYOTED TO CHARTISM .
IIL Whit fary maddened yonder mountain rase , And unto desperation droTe their chiefs ? Was it their own severe heart-rending griefs , Because lh' oppressor ground the poor man ' s face , And want vac likely , from the earth , to chase Them and tteir offspring ? Was wanton mischief * s power Sufficient all their soui' s V inspire With fearful resoluiion to destroy The guilty and the innocent by fire . Or sword , or musket abot ? Was it the joy They hoped to realize by rapine ' s gains That urged them on with too industrious speed To dare fhe execution of a deed Which , failing , must result in death or chains ?
IV . Think not the patriot formed so wi ! d a plan ; Or that his mind had grown so desperate ; Whatever natural cause he had to bats { And cause he had enough ) his fellow man ; Be loved his wife too well to step one span Aside from virtue ' s path , to contemplats Herder , oalA-bkaded asd ftptiWirait . Of victims innocent But tMu i ea * ~ Herself eooeerve , determine , execute . The ridding of the world of tyranny , Whatever form the monster may assume , To mininise the sum of misery Endured by man . Bnt who win dare impute Foal murder to the tyrant slayer ? No one will presume Y . But e'en tbe brutal tyrant to destroy The patriot ne ' er contemplated : not be . > He would have let him Ere—but sot enjoy Bis power to exercise bis tyranny . Yet e'en in justice , truth , and virtue ' s cause Some one amongst tbe mass may do amiss , And thus , by disregarding wisdom ' s laws , Bring to tbe virtuous woe instead of bliss . That fatal firing , - thus tbe patriot said , " That mad , rash firing , unexpected all By me , has ruined that which might have led To Uoodlesi freedom from despotic thraU . " Bat he . though ianoaeat , was doomed to be The victim of another ' s drunk t » y «« . iii tjn . " 8 baH tyranny have rest whilst patriots roam
Is foreign lands far from their native climes 1 8 baH those who toon them ran their cherished home , HaTe peace , prosperity , aad happy times t Shall ao disaster o ' er them spread its gloom ; And pierce their hearts with well-deserved woe ? Sail tyrants still inflict , but never know , Skft pangs that hasten human beings to the tomb ? Justice is retributive ; soon or late . Beward will follow tbe oppressor ' s wrong . The king , the peer , the proud man , and the strong Must bow to their inevitable fate . Th' eternal principles of truth and right ; And equity shall overcome the tyrant ' s might . Iota . Vewport , Monmouthshire . fTobeumti amLJ
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IPh * Iwiraraoa . —Every branch of Bteratare was ** 9 eeted to the most rigoro&s supervision . In the Ttar 1543 , Caraffa ( one of the first commissaries of ¦* noly see for the business of the Inquisition ) ordered that in future no book , of what contents so-* W , whether oH or new , should be printed witbom ¦* PemissioB of tbe Isquistion ; tost booksellers wild sead to it catalogues of aH their articles , and ¦ auld sell nothing more without its permission . Tbe officers of the customs received an order to . dearer no packages of manuscript or printed books to weir address , without first laying then , before the l * fnisiU 8 a . Thus gradually arose the index of pro-¦ fate d books . The first examples of the Bad were | ma ia Louvaine and Paris . la Italv . Giovanni
« B » Cassa , wbo lived on terms of the strictest intistter with the House of Ciraffa , printed the first tataUgue , eoatainmg about seventy books , at Venice . More elaborate and complete ones appeared in 1552 at Florence , and 1554 as Milan ; the first , in the form tfterwards employed , wad published at Rome in « W . It eestained writings of cardinals , and the Mas of Cua huaself . Not only printers and book ¦ jflers were subjected to these laws : even on pri" 5 * 6 persona it was imposed as a fluty of conscience ypTe information of the existence of forbidden " * fe , and to contribute to their annihilation . These $ *• were executed with inconceivable severity . 2 *«« fa thoaaaads of the books , " On tbe Beaefita Tl wBeatb of Christ . " were dispersed , it has utterly
appeared , and is no where v » be found . Whole gja of seized copies were burnt in Rome , And r *» * U the life and motion of varying opinions in « Wy ware forcibly stifled and annihilated . Almost 2 * Whole Franciscan order was eonpeUed to retract . f * greater part of the folio wereof Vaidez ssbmitted ?*»« reeanUtion . In Venice a certain liberty J ?»« K > w « i to thefwagnerg , mosdj Germans , who jF ** mw tot parpoacs of trade or of study j bnt JT ^ JWeB -west * forbad to abjure tbeir opinions , aad ^ aee ^ ngg wKe asterropW , Many fled ; every *> & of Germany aad of Switzerland afforded refuse ?*¦* fugitives ; while thoee who would not submit r *»« Utt at * escape , feU vietims to thiB terrific per" r ^ T ? ' ^ Yenieetbey were sent from tbe Jagoons " ?* tt two boats , between whieh a nlank was laid
2 LJ * f eondemtted placed upon it ; at the same to T ? 6 * the rowers potted different ways—the plank S ^ e tbe wa * er- « Bee mere did the misenbls rTp » U upon the name of Christ , and then sank ^* bo more . In Bomeantos daft were solemnly gg _ ia front of the church of Sanfa Maria alia S ?*'»« Many fle < l from place to place with their M £ * ** " * cbadreo ; we trace their footsteps for a J ?* . then thej disappear ; probably they had fallen Z 2 " * . toils of the merciless hnnters . Others sooght ^ J m silence and obsenrity . The Duchess of fc ^ f-V who , if the eaRc law had not existed , would fcw . i 88 " beirees of France , foand no protection j ^ jMr biryi and exalted rank . Her husband was » i J ** « ' "She sees ao one , " says Marot , to ^^^ na eomplain ; the mountains are between k ^** her friends ; she mingle * her wine with ¦** VSafery tfthl Pope * .
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UUDUatHJUflUs ) . , B < u » d Roiw . —The njaal routine of readinE Y « i A 3 Li ei > aty V COntm 7 tel » w 2 Floydbefig at I ork Asszes making money , ana leaving the duty p f his salaried office to be m » iia « edaflS aSht 2 ** $ !*? "& ^ Chairma ^ nt a n nmKr of S ^ t % ^ Ni * ok »» the reUeving ? Sif' ! S , K ^ P erf ?»«>« e of hi . ' official duties « . d by ^ wiuch ii w » s shown that this stickler for tt £ Nevr Poor Law had set it on one Bide , and acted on £ !* 2 J llctlI 1 ? f'ftl > which he had * sound locture read to him . Amongst the items paid for bastardy wm the remarkable one of 6 s . for a bastard child of William Dean ' s , the master of the workhouse at Almondbury . In the early Dart of th « nTtx ** Ai n * 880 . ; HOa » U »«» ri « 0 . Boa * d Roo « .-The nsaal reutin « ef ~ , dini ,
f *^ *" , " ?^ , th 6 B * * eolicittSe attendance of the chairman . He waited upon the JvR !?? I ^ tar ? tt After tbe harrowingscenes exhibited during the partial examinations ( for they ™^ Z ^ f * tbe . » PP 1 »«» at 8 » matters of finance r ^^? ^^ " ? * * * * Mr . Littlewood said he Mderstood that the board stood indebted to the : £ kLf ° v * ¦ 7 ? r I h « - » TMiooni tm fact to Borne eighteen hundred pounds . That the thinar was most uuplea 8 an ^ fo , tQ the «« SsSS ^ JSd S 5 allow interest to be paid oa monfij advanced Of aST *^ * J ? * Wt 5 < i D 0 * to "P ^ ^ allow them to overdraw to bo great an amount without interest , and that therefore it must be naid ihim th and
inev ^ -TO ThiB ke 6 U adb 6 rent * « ^ Sf ^ L ^* of acrewgu t starvation , repeated SLT I ^ Unde ^ * $ * r <) se ' meMin 8 ** t he would SSi ™ oommiBSioners , whom he professes so S » » bjecUy , and so devotedly to serve , thus gmag us * very fair specimen of Whig baueness and treachery . Mr . " Wood , one of the relieving ofiieera , complained he had sent a quantity of important papers to the finance committee " , and that they could not be found anywhere ; in fact , that ST ^ ^ 1 % k wMent & *» the crew desponds , and begin to look out for jobs in other quarters , conscious that their pinohgat Bystem is near a close , and in terror that they themselves become the victims , as did a certain Noble Lord , woo earned to ScoUaad a new instrument of death ^ a ^ & fi" * ^**<» "i * d hiB head severed from his body by that which he intended for others . Both
had better have let it alone . —The Chairman said be had been sent for to the bank , and that they had informed him there that the account was very heavy , approximating to £ 2 , 000 ; and that before any more cheques were paid , they would expect the personal security of some of the Guardians . He said the subject had occupied his mind a good deal that morning , and he had come to the conclusion that , as the « x ojjicio GuardianB took very little interest , or , at least , trouble in the general management , and that as they ( the Guardians ) had all work to do , it would be bnt fair that they shonld give the required security . No Booner was the objection made , than it was carried unanimously , and the Chairman was appointed to make application , and to have the security bo early , to put in on next Friday , which he promised the bank he should
be prepared by next day , with the required securities . —Joseph Bailey said , that if the e * qfficiot would not serve them , that they mnst take steps to raise the money . —Littlewood said , that it was an awkward affair ; for if they stopped the money at the bank they would be at a standstill . The Malthusians were dreadfully chopfallen , aad wished they had- taken the advice of their real friends , who advised them to economise , instead of tyrannise—that thoy . had taken men who offered to do the duties of the paid officera for half , and in some instances for one-third , of what the tools^—the cringing , bowing , double-dealing lot were doing . Many complaints were made about the want of dinner to so late an hour . —Mr . Pitkethly said , he hoped they Bhould never have another dinner until the whole system was blown in the air , and the old law re-established .
Question . —Would any of the kind readers of the Star , who are conversant with the facts , be pleased to inform the numerous readers whether the report is correct , which is gone abroad , namely , that the Guardians of Halifax dine together at their new bastile every Wednesday ; and if it is true , also , that those Guardians do so with the knowledge that the quantity they devour ( but in a worse quality ) is taken from the starvation allowance for ihe prisoners in tbe battUe ? it is understood that those dinners are eaten at the expense of ratepayers , and contrary w tee Commissioners' commands .
Mr . Vixcest . —Mr . John Leech , of Huddersfield , has ^ forwatded to Mr . Vincent £ 1 , being 5 s . each from Lepton , Honley , the Huddersfield Block Priuters , and a few female friends by ^ Itb . J . Leech . Mr . Vincent , in acknowledging the receipt of the above , wishes to be particularly remembered to all his friends who have had the kindness to think of him while in durance vile . " He says , *• I wear my own ciothes , correspond with my friends , im allowed free use of booksand am permitted to
pur-, chase my own food , though it is one thing to give permission to purc&aae- and another to find the means . I wiu not trouble you with a long detail of tbe dreary past ; suffice it to say , that my excellent spirits have never left me , bat spite of all difficulties , deprivations , and degradations , time has flown on , and left me the same nappy man as I was when last I had the pleasure of passing an hour in your company . It was fortunate I left the pestilential locality of the Penitentiary ; this place is much more
healthy . " Glasgow Cottok SpiNKsas . —The Glasgow cotton spinners arrived here on Saturday afternoon , and were received by numerous friends with hearty congratulations . The meeting , called by placard , to hear the cruelties which they had endured , -was numerously attended , and the different speake s -were listened to with great attention . Air . L . Pitkethiy occupied the chair . Resolutions , applauding their efforts , and deprecating those of their moneymongering oppressors , were unanimous ] V agreed to . A . committee -was appointed to collect fubscriptions , and to correspond with the London General Committee for the Cotton Spinners . A petition for the liberation of all political offenders was also adopted by the meeting .
Rjldicai Umax . —The Radical Union membera met on Tuesday evening , to form themselves into a new body , and endeavour to carry out the plan laid down by tbe delegates at Manchester . HALIFAX . Thb Halifax Radicals and the QtrKEf . —The Halifax Radicals have received the following answer to their adores ? to the Queen : — Whitehall , July 26 , 1840 . Sir , —I have had the honour to lay before the Queen tbe loyal and dutiful address from the Radicals of Halfax and its vicinity . And I have it in command to assure you , that her Majesty is deeply sensible of the loyalty and affection of her faituful subjects . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient servant , Noikaxbt . T . Thompson , Esq ., Thompson Brothers , H « -i » fivT .
HULL . * Independent Societt op thb Daughters of Rechab . —This important Society , we are happy to learn , is is a prosperous and nourishing condition , and such is the excellence of its internal organisation ( which , of course , we are sot at liberty to publish ) , that it cannot fail , if properly carried out in deiaii , to become the most efficient and finnlyibunded Benefit Society in the kingdom . The mem" *? m " 1 friend * of tne parent , and at present the only Tent , took tea together on Monday week . The feast was plain but excellent , and appeared to give entire ¦ satisfaction . Mr . R , Firth , the worthy Secretary of the Hull Temperance Society , having granted the free use of the Masonic Halla meeting
, was held there in the evening , for tbe purpose of explaining to the public the objects of the Society . Brother Thomas Levees was called to the chair ; and in opening the business of the evening , remarked that he was proud of the honour they had done him : he had presided at the first public meeting at Hnll of the Independent Order of Rechabites , and he was glad to fill the same station at the first public meeUBg of the Daughters of Rechab . Mr . T . B . Smith explained the objects of the Order , in a warm and animated address : he stated that , in addition to the objects already made public , plans would speedily be in operation by which , without any additional Daymen L the seed members would be secured
from the necessity of seeking parochial relief in their old age . This announcement called forth the loudest expressions of approbation . Mr . Smith also said it was in contemplation to establish a Children ' s Funeral Fund . Mr . 1 L Firth addressed the meeting in an able and efficient speech , after which Mr . Leigh , from London , gave an eloquent and able lecture , which was listened to with profound attentioD , and appeared to make a deep impression on the audience . We cordiall y wish this society complete success . This Order is by some considered the same as the United Order of Female Rechabites . This is a mistake . The Daughters of Rechab are a perfectly distinct body , with objects of much greater magnitude , and vossessinK , in our opinion , a much
more efficient system of organisation . Every requisite information we have no doubt will be furnished by the Tent at Hull , and it is no mean recommendation that , while the parent Tent " claims a right to direct . all matters relative to general laws , and the formation of Tents , she leaves all the money affairs to the sole management of ( hose who subscribe the cash , and will not at all interfere with the internal arrangements except by the offer of such sound advice ana counsel as may appear necessary and advisable to secure the efficient working of the BTstem . We trust in a few years to see the order become a grand national institution , diffusing multiplied and increasing blessings is every direction . —From a CorretvwinL
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¦ i aim . — ^ ^ mmmmmw ^^ m ^ v Tan N 0 BTHKE 5 Uwoi * held Us weekly raeetine as asual ; there was a large uumbe * assembled / who were generall y expecting a . dissolution of the old association , and the formation of a new one , on the principles laid down by the Manchester DetegateB . However , after the consideration of the question , it was finally agreed it should remain as it was , until the rules laid down by the Delegates were confirmed . After this matter was dispoBod of , the next question discussed was the propriety of inviting Mr . W'Douall to lecture at the Odd Fellows' Hall j tn : s motjon was carried unanimously , and a subscription entered into on the spot , to defray the expenses ; this done , there were eeven chosen as a committee to arrange all matters connected with said lecture . There were then read to the meeting letters from T . Duncombe , Esq ., MJP ., and also from General Johnson , respecting Crabtree , Ashton , and Hoey s petition , for a mitigation of punishment . A copy of each we send you for publication . fliumjujn Tm . Nnnrx ^ - u _ , J «_„ ...,. _ ,,
^ „ Jw 23 . Dear Sib , —I beg to inform you that I yesterday presented to the House of Commons the petition which you did me the honour to send to me , for that purpose , from Barnsley , and I sincerely hope th&t something , if not already done , will be effected , to ameliorate the condition of Messrs . Asbton , Hoey , and Crabtree ; their treatment I think most eruel and unjust With best wishes , believe me Yours , very faithfully , Thos . Duncombe , 18 , Pall MalL To D . POmore , Chairman , fcc ... . . July 23 rd , 1840 . Sir
, —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17 th instant Mr . Duncombe yesterday presented the petition yon mention , the prayer of which . I hope , will be attended to ; but , I am afraid , there is ltttie good to be expected from the present House of Commens . I am , dec . Mr . D . Pilmore . Thb Dodswobth Union , which has been broken upaince Anjrart last , is ^ oingjto be opened again . Tbe ^ mt , Tfhwh only sleepeih fofa thne . is ^ ow awaking with fresh rigour . TKETOTALisM .-On Sunday evening last , between ^ l . *«* £ nenbew took Father Mathew ' s pledge , atthe Catholic School-room , from th © Rev Mr . Rigby ; they were , with few exceptions ,
The Incabcbrated Chartists . —The petition for a mitigation of punishment for our patriotic townsmen , was hailed with alacrity by our neighbours in general , insomuch that the people generally expressed tbeir abhorrence of the persecution inflicted onAshton , Crabtree , and Hoey . The number of signatorea were three thousand and sixty-nine , without solicitation . The petition was aa echo of Crabtrees . We onlv regret that it was not adopted without mutilation , it would have a better effeot , lor the sufferings , as they are described by Crabtree are without parallel . The petition waB entrusted to l . LJuncombe , Esa . M . P ., and severaiietters were sent to other gentlemen of the House of Commons requesting them to rapport the prayer of the petition .
> orthern Union . —The members ' of this Union are increasing , and their ardour augments . Nothing will be wanted on the part of the Barnsley Chartists to render them worthy of the name they have hitherto borne . Mr . O'Connor ' s new plan of agitation , by the agencv of a daily press , has been on the tapiB , and has been canvassed over in private parties . They all admit that it would be of the utmost importance , but are afraid of its success We wish they would clap their shoulders to the
wheel , and do their own work without temerity . Those who help themselves God helps . We think one or more reading rooms established in each town , where the "Morning Star" might be read to the persons assembled there , and those persons to communicate tbe news to their friends and fellow-workmen the following day , that no power on earth could keep the people bound down to slavery . We know one Radical who declared to us he would take twenty shares . We say to all other Radicals " Go and do lkewise , " and your object is accomplished .
Teetotallers and Publicans . —On Sunday week , two respectable and influential men of this town took a country excursion , and when near Holmfirth , called at a conntry inn and requested that they might get breakfast . After waiting a considerable time , the gaze of the rustics , who occasionally peeped into the room , the boor of a landlord informed them that his house was no temperance shop , so that they were forced to depart without any refreshment , merely because they were members of the teetotal society , and have been inculcating , both by word and example , abstemious habits among the poorer classes of society . We suppose this publican has borrowed his lesson from the Irish Executive , who wants to put down those nseful societies that the Irish may drink whiskey—increase the revenue—break the peace and « ach other ' s heada , awi give more wmfc m-Tw ^
to the blue-bottle thieves ; Englishmen , dayoir ^ a * Irishmen are doing , abstain from all kmdtf of liquors ; yon will then lessen useless expenditure : and if you do , we pledge ourselves that the Charter will be the law of the land in twelve months . Dbiadpul Accident , with Loss of Life . —On Wednesday , at one o ' clock , as the waggons which convey the coals through Wilson-Piece from Mr . Porter ' s pit to the canal , were returning , two boys , the one named Cavanagh , the other Birkinahaw , mounted one of the corfs , and when near the pit , Cavanagh jumped out , and was in the act of assisting Birkinshaw , when he fell under the waggons on the railing , and was literally crushed to pieces ; hia jawbone protruded through his mouth , and was disfigured otherwise in a most awful form . He was ten years of age . The other boy is seriously injured , but it is to be noped he will recover .
MANCHESTER . Glasgow Cotton Spinners . —At a meeting of delegates of the trades , on Thursday evening / July 30 th , it was unanimously resolved , that one of the Manchester theatres , and a company of the most talented performers be engaged for Thursday evening next ( if possible ) for the benefit of our persecuted friends the Glasgow Cotton Spinners .
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CROWN COURT . —Satubdat , July 25 . ( Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . ) Having delivered tbe gaol , his Lordship proceeded this morning with the following Special Jury cause : — BELL V . THE HULL AND SELBY BAILWAY COMPANY . Jtr . CaESSWELL , Mr . Alexander , and Mr . Mar-UK appeared lor the plaintiff , who is owner and occupier of an extensive pottery on the banks of the Humber , near Hull ; Mr . Stabkib , Mr . Bainbs , and Mr . Hildyabd appeared- for the defendants . The cause had proceeded from the Court of Chancery , and was directed by the Lord Chancellor to be brougbt to try whether the Hull and Selby Railway Company had offered to provide for Mr . Bell a wharf along the foreshore of the river equally convenient to that whieh
they had cut off from the river , for the purpose of landing , shipping , and depositing goods , whioh they were required to do under the 69 th clause of their Act of Parliament . It appears that Mr . Bell landed coals , day , and flints , for tbe purposes of his manufactory at the wharf , and shipped earthenware principally for Hamburgh . The Company , under tbe powers of their Act , had formed an embankment oh tbe foreshore in front of Mr . Bell ' s wharf , by which they had prevented him from having a direct communication with the river ; as a substitution for this , they proposed to form Mr . Bell a new -wharf , of the area of 470 yards on tbe river side of the railway , giving him a right of road across the railway , in addition to his keeping his old wharf untouched . Some tiintfago , Mr . Btll went before a Jury in the Sheriff ' s Court , for damage done to him
by breakage , additional distance of carriage . Sec , aad the Jury had awarded him compensation to the amount of £ 438 ; but he also claimed that the Company should provide for him a new wharf equal . in sixe to that which they had out off the river . The question raised by the Chancellor to be determined by the Jury was , whether the old and new wharf taken together ; with the severance caused by the railway , formed an equivalent to the old wharf before the railway was constructed . As might be expected the evidence on this point was reey contradictory , the witnesses being chiefly wharfingers and engineers ; and tbe details were uninteresting . Tbe case has already been in tbe Court of Exchequer and the Court of Chancery , and has now been twice tried at tbe Yorkshire Assiaes . On thU occasion tb » trial ended in a verdict being returned for th « defendants .
It was half-pa ** nine before the trial was over , and the Jury' were locked up nearly two hours . They then proceeded to the-Judge ' s lodgings to deliver their verdict
. NISI PWUS COURT . —FaiDAY , JOLTH . HABLAND P . HABLAND . ; ; .. . ; A Special Jury was summoned in this eaae , and this morning was fixed upon for its being taken . When called , however , the attorney for the plaintiff stated that he had withdrawn the record , and accordingly the Jury were discharged . .
COWABD « . SINGLETON . . . Mr . Ceesswell and Mr . Knowlbs were for the plaintiff' ; Mr . Alkxandeb , Mr . HOGGIKS , and Mr . BLANCHARD for the defendant ' ' : Toil TOID action brought by the . plaintiff , Mr . Jaatea Coward , to receive £ 89 , the valuation of an off-going crop , N » inPfipy to him , is tenant t /> the defendant , Mr . Singleton , of Givendale . The plaintiff entered on the Woodhouse Grange Farm in 1 £ 33 . and in the autumn of 18 S » he was aerved with at / , months * notice to quit . According to the agreement 'Altered into between the parties when the farm was taken , valuers went to look at the fields ; one field they estimated at thirty bushels of wheat , aad others at ar * nt half that amount . They then waited till the sprir * of the following year to take the avenge and fix the price ; they did so , at seventyfive acres , at 50 f > par a parter . In January and April ,
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W 40 , Mr . White , si vainer for Mr . Singleton , and Mr . Hornsey for Mr . Coward , finally fixed the average and pice as they had before ascertained . This left the sum !? i £ ^ d ¥° ? J £ l 08 1 < ia - " """ * *»¦ « the spot ; nm ? L ¦}* $ ¦ '¦ *!* P * * " *» - * Wca W * £ 89 Klw * Su 5 * * v fa mm to « P « aent action was brought The arm had been taken at £ 350 a year . « An « Sa J * 0 witae ! f e 8 had been ° a"ed , Mr . Alexander iT ?^ * verdict being returned for the plaintiff , jWeh ^ was accordingly given , with the damages BNGLAKD t . CB 0 WTHEB . Mr . Alexandeb and Mr . Watson for the plaintiff ; SJJJJt ** " "¦ ¦ " * To » "nsok were for the TOS _ . „ _ [ £ Z ^ . ™^ Jr-V' ** ** -lto . Sgleton , and Mr .
toSZf ^ FS ^ introTeir « « nd charged tbe defendant with having converted tbe goods of the plaintiff to his own use . The defendant pleaded , first , the general issue ; and , secondly , that tbe goods were not tlw property of the plaintiff . Mr . England is a cornmiller , residing at Bingley ; -and Mr . Crowther is an auctioneer ana Sheriff ' s officer in that town . Verdict for the defendant , 8 HITHSON » . ABKITAGE . i ? ; sJ ' AT 8 OI < and Mr . LI 8 IEE appeared tot tbe plaintiff } Mr . Dpndas and Mr . AXH £ RT 0 N for the defendant
^ Tfae action was Draught to recover £ 100 on two bills of exchange , for which the defendant had rendered himself liable by , indorsing and accepting . The bills were payable , one at one month , and the other ot two months' date . The-question to be decided by the Jury vas not as to the defendant ' s liability on the bills , ii Wh , etber or i" 0 * Payment had been made . The plaintiff is a corn-factor at Mirfleld , and the defendants are Sarah Armitsge and Son , manufacturers , * Huddersfield and Mirfiold . The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages , £ 80 . COCKELL c . TEMPEST , ESQ ^ *• J'y ^* * - Mr > ATHEaT 0 N were for the plaintiff , Mr . CaasswEiL and Mr . Hoggins for the defendant .
Mr . Watson , in opening the case , said the action waa brought by the assignee of John Prescott , to recover upwarda at £ 80 , the amount of the Sheriff ' s levy on , the « oods of Prescott before the time a flat of Bankruptcy wa * issued . Tbe real question in the case was , whether the assignee was entitled to recover the money levied by the Sheriff , on Messrs . Greenwood , who were execution creditors . Mr . Prescott carried on the business of a shoemaaker , . near Leeds , and a fiat in bankruptcy was issued against him on the 6 th of November last Tbe plaintiff was appointed his assignee under that fiat in bankruptcy . Messrs . Greenwood ha * been creditors of Mr . Prescott ,. and in July , 1839 , they obtalned ^ from him a warrant otattorney to confess judgment for the amount of their debt j and under that
warrant judgment was entered on the the 30 th of October , and a sale of the goods took place on the day before tbe fiat in bankruptcy was issued . By a recent statute all levies under warrants of attorney were held good , notwithstanding a fiat in bankruptcy was afterwards issued , unless they were given for fraudulent preference , but then such warrant most bo filed within twenty-one days , in the Warrant Office , London , or judgment entered on it , otherwise it should be deemed fraudulent and void as against the assignee of a bankrupt This was just the case in the present action . He should show them a good petitioning creditor ' s debt , tbe commission of an act of bankruptcy , executed under the warrant of attorney , and that it had not been filed within twenty-one days , as provided by tbe statute then he should be clearly entitled to their verdict
The defence was that the warrant of attorney was given bonafide for a just debt Verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 80 .
BREACH OP PROMISE OF MARRIAGE . WOBMELL ? . EDMONDSON . Mr . Alexander and Mr . Athebton were for the plaintiff ; Mr . Cbesswell and Mr . Knowles for the defendant The plaintiff , Miss Wormell , has resided with her mother , who was a farmer at Calbrook , near Skipton ; the defendant is a farmer in tbe neighbourhood , renting a farm of £ 100 a year . The action was brought to recover damages for a breach of promisa of marriage . We shall ,, give , the facta very shortly , as another case , which ^ ire ' ^ ave giv en below , arose out of the same matter / TJ appears that the parties kept company together for a considerable number of years , and the result of tlieir intercourse was that in February , 1 ? 38 , she ^ as delivered of a child . Previous to this . time ho had talked of marrying her , and he applied to tenon to be the father
a { and give her away . On one occasion a conversation took place between the plaintiff and the defendant on tiwir way from a country feast , between ten and eleven o '« lock at night , He was not much in liquor , though be had had a small quantity . The young woman said to him , What are you for nowwe have had courting long enough ? He said "Are you wilting to marry then ? " The reply was , that she was willing , if he was . After this he made application for a license , but in consequence of the opposition of hia siste * , the marriage T » a » postponed for some time . Prom the time of tha birth of the child , he allowed her two shillings per week . The defendant married a Miss HJr > y , in Nov #$ ber last , and then a writ was served If 8 h him atfft legal proceedings were commenced A # er bearing all the circunutanoea of the case , the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 30 .
CASE OF SEDUCTION . WOBIttLL « . EDMONDSOX . The plaintiff , ttjls Agnes Wonnell ; the defendant wag Thomas Edmottason . The declaration stated that the defendant det ^ uehed and carnally knew Jane Wormell , the plaintiffs daughter and servant , in consequence of which she was delivered of a child ; and that by reason of this the plaintiff lost her services , and was put to expense . Mr . Alexandeb then called Jane Wormell , an interesting young woman , who deposed—I am twenty-five years of age . My father has been dead many years ; he was a dealer in groceries and a cotton-spinner . Vp to February . 1838 , I was
residing with ray mother . Her circumstances were very good until two years ago . Latterly ebe h&a become reduced . She had seven children besides myself . They were all living in 1837 and 1838 . A brother and sister lived with my mother . I know the defendant , and have know * him ever since I-was a child . For a few years previous to 1837 I saw him frequently at my mother's house ; he came to see me . In February , 1838 , 1 had a child ; Thomas Edmondson was its father . At that time I was living with my mother , and assisted her in the house . In consequence of my pregnancy , I was ill three months ; I was attended by a medical man . My mother paid about £ 20 for his attendance .
Cross-examined—To whom did your mother Day anvthing like £ 20 ? * xVt * uj Witne *—My mother waited upon me . She provided tbe baby linen ; I don ' t know the expense of it Thomas Edmondson paid me £ 5 towards my lying . in he Bent me £ 3 and gave me £ 3 . Re-examined—Is not the general allowance of the magistrates to girls £ 3 ? Witness-I don't know ; they get what they csn . I received 2 s . a-week from the defendant until we sent a writ It was sent in December ; I was then residing about fourteen miles from home . The attorney sent it , by my mother ' s orders and mine . I ordered him to send a writ in one casemy mother ordered another for herself . She told "me she ordered one at the same time . Tbe attorney recommended they should have two writs . I went and told my mother that ; and then she went
and told him he might order two . The defendant used to come , and Bee me in the evenings ; he went home semetimes towards morning . Neither my mother brother , nor sister , used to sit up with us ; they went to bed . We were left together in this -way once or twice a week . On some chance evenings he used to come after I had gene to bed ; I sometimes got up and let him in . We sometimes ivent te feasts ; I was not 80 Very fond of dancing with him . I did not often danoo with Other * young men ; I never allowed any other maa to waUrfeome with me . My mother has sometimes made objections to one being out so late—she was not satisfled with it Re-examined—My mother allowed him because he was so determined to come . He was intending to make me his wife , and I trusted in him My mother was aware what he had said torn * There was a medical man , and a nurse attended me ; and my mother had to obtain assistance . It is the usual custom at Calbrook for sweethearts to sit up together .
Mr . James Harland—I know the defendant He is a farmer ^ and rents a large farm of the rental of £ 100 Tbe farm is fairly stocked . , Cross examined—I do not know whether he borrowed the moiiey to stock the farm with or not The Jury shortly conferred together , and then returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £ 20 ! TOe Court rose at eight o ' clock . SATURDAY , JULY 25 . ( Before Mr . Justice Coltman . ) Mr . Newton applied that the tojal of Robert Herritv and Robert tFeatheraU , against whom indictments hadbeen preferred for perjury , and whose trial was fixed for that day , might be postponed in consequence ^ of t he absence , of a matrrial witness . The Court . granted the application , and the defendants were discharged on entering inte their own recognisances of £ 40 each to appear at the next asaixes . :.
' ' -. . FO 8 TEB V . DID 8 BUBT . ¦ : Mr . Watson appeared for the plaintiff- Mr Knowles and the Hon . J . 8 . Wobtley for the defendant The plaintiff is a grocer at Sheffield , and the defendant resides at Dalton , near Rotberham . the action was brought to recover £ 20 17 a . 100 . for goods sold and delivered , and for money lent ; and of this rtwnanrt £ 18 17 s . Sd . was proved . The defence , which was of a singular natnre , was that the parties baa agreed to each advance £ 25 to an innkeeper , named Brooke , fo assist him out of difficulties , and that the defendant having drawn a cheque for £ 25 on the Sheffield and Rotterdam Bank / had sent It to the plaintiff , but he did not appropriate it to the purpose for which it was designed . . The Jury were absent about two hours , and then returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ 1817 s . 8 d .
JENMKGS V . ASKKX . Mr . KNOWltts appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Dundas for the defendant The plaintiff , Mr . John Jennings , la a batcher , at Thome , and the defendant , Mrs .
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Jane Askem , Isa widow lady , and occupies a farm in the same neighbourhood . The action was brought to recover damages for an accident which occurred , owing to the carelessness and negligence of the defendant ' s servant - ¦ . ¦;¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' . . ¦ - . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ .. ¦¦ . .: ¦ :. . / It appeared that on the 17 th of March , 1838 . the plaintiff was returning from Doncaster market , when a waggon , the horses of which were driven rapidly by the defendant ' s servant , was run against the pony on which the p l aintiff was riding , by which he was thrown down and his thigh Was broken , the pony being also seriously injured . Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ 85 . Jane Askm , isawidow lady , and oeeuBiesafermin
HICK V . HAWKSWOBTH . Mr . Blanshabd appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Dun das for the defendant Both the parties are livery stable keepers in York . The action was brought to recover the value of a horse killed by over-riding ; and the question in the case was whether the defendant or Captain Chambers , the rider of the horse on the occasion ( the defendant having borrowed It for him of the plaintiff ) was liable . Th © Jury returned a verdict for the defendant
WILSON AND OTHERS c . APPLET ART ) . Mr . Cleasbt was for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Hoggins was for the defendant The plaintiffs were the assignees of Messrs . Tolson , bankrupts , who carried on business as fancy cloih manufacturers at Huddersfield ; the defendant is a worsted spinner at Halifax . The action was brought to recover £ 67 8 s . 4 d ., the balance of an account for fancy cloth , sold to the defendant It appeared that Mr . Appleyard was a creditor of the bankrupt ' s to a considerable amount , and had taken these goods as a set off to his debt The Jury found a verdict for the defendant DOE . DEM . RAYNER v . THOMPSON . Mr . Hoggins appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Watson for . the defendant This was an action of ejectment brought to recover possession of an estate at Church Fenton . The plaintiff failing to prove his case , be was nonsuited .
ROBINSON « . CASSOTf , Mr . Addibon was for tbe plaintiff ; Mr . WATSOM for the defendant The plaintiff , Mr . Thomas Robinson , isasolicitor at Leeds ; and Mr . David Casson , tbe defendant , resides in the same town . The action was brought to recover the amount of a bill for professional business , extending over a period of seven years . A great portion of the debt was levied by the statute of limitations ; and the Jury accordingly returned a verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 8 13 s . 4 d ., the whole amount proved .
CRAW FORD V . WRIGH 1 . Mr . Alexandeb and Mr . Hoooins appeared for tbe plaintiff ; Mr . Cbesswell and Mr . Watson for the defendant The declaration stated that the plaintiff was possessed of a horse , which he was desirous of selling , that he gave it to a person named Steel , with instructions to keep until he could favourably dispose of it , and that the defendant falsely represented to Steel that he had received a letter from the plaintiff , in order to obtain potsession of the horae , whioh he sold for £ 5 . The defendant pleaded the general issue . The plaintiff , Mr . Crawford , is a doth" merchant , at Holbeck , near Leeds . The defendant is a farmer , at Woodhouse , near Tadcastcr . The plaintiff ' s case was , that on the 28 th of December , tbe defendant called upon the father of the plaintiff , and told him that he had received a letter from his son , requesting him to take the mare . Upon this it was given up , and the defendant sold it to bis brother-in-law .
For the defence , witnesses were called to show that Mr . Wright had authority from the plaintiff to sell the mare for the best price he could obtain for her . The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant This concluded the business of the Assizes , and the Judge and Jury left the Court , it being then "tha witching hour of midnight "
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Williams and Binns . —Mr . Robinson , of Sunderland , has received subscriptions for Messru . Williams and Binns , from various parties , to the amount of £ 5 7 s . West London Radical Association . —The Committee of thiB Association met by desire of the members , at their Rooms , Cosmopolite Coffee House . Crown-street , Soho , on Monday , July 20 tb , for the purpose of closing the books and affairs of the Association , prior to its incorporation with the Metropolitan Charter Union . The Committee placed in the bands-of the Treasurer of the Metropolitan Charter Union 6 s . 6 d ., being the residue of the funds of the defunct Association .
^ Reduction op Wages . —MeSBra . Leech and Brayshaw , contractors for the new church now erecting at Manninghani , near Bradford , have given notice to the stone masons employed by them , that they would from that time pay them at a reduction of 4 s . per week each man . Bradford Chabtist Co-operative Societt . —At a recent meeting of thi » i »« i » ty , ilveahiUingg ^ wew voted from the funds for the assistance of a suffering Chartist and a subscription of 5 s . lid . made by the persons present for the Bame object . The eamo society have a subscription open for M'DoualL which is progressing steadily . Thk Spinners' Tubs-opt at Wigan . —The disagreement between the manufacturers and their
spmuers respecting wages still exists ; and at present we hear of no likelihood of their coming to torms . On the contrary , it is rumoured that the hands at one or two mills are going soon to make a similar strike , aud the number of persons then out of employment will be deplorable . — Wigan Gazette . Npvai . Tr in a Rose Trse . —IuiIw garden of Mr . Kichard Meehan , of Fartown Green , near Huddersfield , there is at present a rose tree , of the cabbage speaiea , bearing from one bud or envelope , a couple of perfect roses of the ordinary size ; the heads of both are from the pressure againBt each other bent
a little , and one faces due east , the other due west ; the rose facing due -west possesses two hearts or mosses of different forms and size—on the tree is an average quantity of roses . Thb Victims . —The subscribers for ten papers weekly , in Honty , near Haddersfield , have contributed five shillings towards the relief of the wives and families of the Chartists who are now incarcerated in prisons , out of the profits arising from the Vending of the Northern Star . They hope that all agents of Liberal papers will go and do likewise ; shewing some gratitude and respect to their persecuted brethren .
Dbuid ' s Lodob . —The Lodge 71 , of the United Order ot Anoient Druids , held their anniversary on Tuesday , the 21 st ult , at Mr . Wm . Lord ' s , the Lamb and Fleece Inn , Bloom-street , Manchester , when about seventy of the brethren sat down to a splendid repast : evory delicaoy of the season was provided , and the viands gate the greatest satisfaction . Effects of Angbb when accompanied bt Intoxicating Dbinks . —On Sunday week , a number of railway men , engaged in drinking at Hebdenbndge , near Halifax , a quarrel ensued in the
house they were then in , whieh terminated in the loss of life to one individual of the party . A dispute arose respecting a club which the deceased man was Baid to belong , or that he aoaght to enter , and from words they got to blows , and when out of the bouse his antagonist knocked him down , and afterwards jumped upon him . The man got up and walked to his lodgings , about one hundred yards , and shortly afterwards expired . The whole . of the party are said to have been Irishmen , who took part in the fray . x
Anti-Cobs Law Movement at Lbicesteb . —The Anti-Cora Law Association of Leicester are in the habit of sending out missionaries into the principal villages of Leicestershire , to instil into the six shillings a-w « ek artizans , that their low wages and scanty fare is entirely owing , to the existence of the Corn Laws , and they have only , to join the Whigs in tbeir agitation for the repeal of those obnoxious laws , to ensure for themselves plenty of work , high wages and their tables loaded with beef and pudding , but not one , word about the excessive taxation of this country and its increase b y the Whigs , nor the screwing down of wages by the factory lords , and there is one of our local papers always
blazoning forth the immense success attending these missionaries at every village they visit . Being informed thatsome of these gentlemen intended to visit the populous villago of Ansty , about three miles from Leicester , on Monday evening , July 20 th , Mr . John Sea } and a friend took a walk over and moved the following amendment to their resolution , which was carried almost unanimously : — " This meeting is of opinion that the Corn Laws will not be repealed until every man at the age of twenty-one years , and of sound miud , has a vote for the ejection of Members to serve in Parliament ; and the meeting is farther of opinion that the repeal of the Corn Laws would be of out little , if any , advantage ' to the working classes of Great Britain , neither is it intended that it should be . "
Poob Law Chime . —Mary Taylor , a woman whose husband left her some time ago with three children , has been for a month enduring the test of the bastile in the Almondbury workhouse , at an expense of fifteen shillings per week to the township of Meltham , while ahe with her family cost out of the bOHSO ODi J seven shillings and foorpenco , committed the heinous crime , on Sunday last , by answering the call of two wedding parties who were passing from the church , and having told them to send some eye water from her father for the children . She was not two minutes out of the house , and not outside the gate , and she was told by Dean , the keeper , on her return , that he would not allow her to speak to wedding nor any other party or person , and for the offence her dinner waa stopped , so she thought it time to go somewhere else , and slipped out with some of the inmates . It i « not improbable that the end of this afiair will be trancaL The eoastablea are hunting this woman ai if she had oomnftted , mow heiaous crime .
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S ^ SV 3 ?™ * W *»» M « I » KjMKKQIUir CHABt » £ -Mr . Walker , of Gl »«« ow , fiv-a received a m 5 S " *? * PP «** w * BletterttvOBrown , relatiW Tw e # ^ * Bent ftw *« NpWr to bis SJ * The followm ^ extraot'fiespeakTafetworthy U tome when stretcWupota * && of a ^ 4 g of the church bells , bearing the joyous ehout oTttt children . as they play without , ana longing tobear the prattle and joyous shout of my OwTdear SBk ? iT ^ w' , S » "">»!»*» * consolation to m « to think that , although m jr family is for the pnaeaft depmedof my protection , my fellow-coumnwe * sympathise with , and protect them dnrina my incarceration . That fact reaching me in mydanKeo * cheers my spirits that would otherwise sometusMii droop ; . makes my punishment light , andimperativeir calls upon me to deserve , by my own conduct , tb » approbation of the working men . " \ «_ . _____ : . _ , ,
A Nest of Gahblebs at Windsob . —Siace tbe arrival of the 1 st Regiment of Life Guards at Windw > r , about threo weeks Bince , a party of gamblers have located themselves at a respectable notae m Augusta-place , close to tbe Cavalry Barracks , which they have furnished with all the paraphernalia of gambling , and where they carry on their mysteriw nightly . Colonel Brown of the 2 d battalion oftiw Rifle Brigade ( also stationed at Windsor ) has applied to the Local Magistracy on the subject , with a view to their suppression , and the police hat » received strict orders to keep a watchful eye over the concern . Several oflicers in the Life Guards are ) young men abounding in loose cash to no smaS extent ; and this den has been opened as " aplas *" to fleece those who are fools enough to be duped .
At Wwchesteb Assizes , Friday , Alice Glasspoal was acquitted of the charge of murdering h « r illegitimate child , but was convioted of concealing toe birth , and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment . A case of polygamy was tried at these aasizea . George Whiley was found . guilty of having married JaneWebber , his first wife , Mary Walch , being ( has lmng—a point being reserved for the considerarfoB of the judgea . The same course was adopted » another indictment against the prisoner for nutrryfaue Mary Arnold , at Coventry , on the 26 th of September , 1831 . Three other indictments agaiust the prisoner for similar offences were ignored . Inuthe coarse ef the day , Mr . Sergeant Mauuing caused the prisoner to ba brought up , when he told him that , in point 6 t moral guilt , he had committed a rape , for which hia life would have been forfeited , and he therefore sentenced him to Beven years' transportation for each offence .
AMBBiCA .-Extract of a letter from Mr . Willuw Thornton , late of Bradford , but now of New York mthe United States of America : — "I tell you that though the opponents of liberty in Britaia 8 ay , tHaVtb » Americans are in distress , and that liberty j * not calculated to secure all these blessings whkhits advocates assert it will , yet the Americana , ftlihoagk in the midst of a pauio , have plenty to eat and to wear . They live . well , and thoy can afford to do so Were they to live aa the working men of England do there would be a revolution every meal time
. Flour is one shilling and sixpence per 6 toue ; beef threepchcexhalfpeuny per lb . ; butter sevenpeiie * - half penny ; sugar twopence-halfpenny to fourpenceay lb . ; and wages here are much better than in England , but there is such an influx of emigrants , that in the neighbourhood of New York , there , is a difiK cully of getting employment , but there is plenty of work up the country , and wages are good . I may mention one instance ; the street sweepers of this city have twenty-five shillings per week , and three or four in Halifax will be made to do as much work as twelve do'here . "
Neesom and Boggis . —The adjourned meeting ai the Reform Temperance Coffee House , Churefcstreet , Spitalfields , was very numerously attended * Mr . Nee 8 om detailed additional particulars relative ) to his arrest , &c , aud the observations of GouldW ,. the implicated ex-policeman , when he found tW accused parties had traversed , on being called up t » plead at the Old Bailey . " JSeeBom , " said he , " you have made a pretiy job of this . I know four Jurymen that woaiJ hay « given a verdict in your favour . " " Pretty Jurymen thoy must be , " replied Neesom , ' to tell you-what they would do before thoy heard the evidence . " In short , Gouldirtj ? , aa well . as the
police , could ill conceal their rage and disappoint vaout at the parties not allowing themseivejfl © be thus taken by surprise . 1 am happy to state that my remarks in a lite number of the Star have bees productive of good effect . I'therein * expressed my conviction that "if there were any onehoaest Member of Parliament to take the subject up , and gothrough with it industriously , the Bethnal Greea police 6 pj plot would be found infinitel y worse thaa the Pojpay affair . " On * M . P . has accepted tbe general challenge , and has been furnished with some of the particulars , enough to justify him in moving for a Committee ; and then let the Whigs and the ? armed police spies and ruffians look out .
Indian Spobt . —Soon after the ratification of the treaty betweeu Tippoo Saib ari ' cT the British as Seringapatate , two vtoget , one ao . ofiljer ' a servaaa named Darrington , and the other a foot soldier , named Duffy , a tall athletic Irishman , agreed , while quartered at Madras , to obtain permission of absence , in order to have a day ' s aport in the neighbouring country . Their Colonel , in granting them leave ,- strictly charged them not to go in their ramble 3 near Dindygall rocks , a locality much infested with tigers , about six miles from Madras . As a matter of course the men promised to obey his injunctions , and they accordingly set out with shouldered muskets in quest of game . Having wandered a few miles in a direction fixed uponbr
Duffy , his companion being unacquainted with the country , Duffy informed him that they were in the vicinity of the very place they had engaged to avoid . Darrington immediately interrogated his comrade with the why and the wherefore , reminding him of his promise , he had chosen such a direction , knowing the country so well as he did . " Och , powder aad smoke ! " exclaimed Puffy , " never mind the promise * , you spalpeen , we'll see something worth a shot presently ; ' come on , hia Honour won ' t know nothing about it , at all , at all . " Darrington , however , urged the propriety of turning" off in ano $ or course , bg Paddy was not to be bothered . Darrlngtofl wa * obliged to yield , though with reluotancej not for want of courage , but from a sense of honour . They had not far
proceeded before they espied game indeed , aud nd mistake ; a huge royal tiger suddenly made his appearance , about fifty yards before them , and fixing his eyes upon them with a fearful glare , expressed a strong inclination to make a meal of them , saluting them , at the same , time , with a terrific roar . Duffy , looking at his companion With a significant squint , exclaimed , " Oob , by St . Patrick , if that isn ' t my grandfather . " " Well , " « Sd Darrington , " grandfather or grandmother , " leveling his musket , "heregoes . " His shot took effect , hitting the tiger on the head ; Duffy directly administered , with his beautiful Betsy , another Bota * , which gave hint bis quietus . The intrepid fellows then reloaded their pieces , and cautiously approached the beast , and found him , to use Duffy ' s own worda . " till- as Hoail no a % >{» » U / U » w U- # « F | » 1 — 1 - » i 1 «__' \ i 4 uiv ii
»«»« mo vm * ma « . uwgjioicu Miej 4 tHK JU ^^ . not having time to bring away his skin , and returned " to their quarters . The Colonel , on their presenting themselves to him , inquired what Bport they had met with . When they informed him that they had killed a tiger , he immediately suspected they had made a breach of faith , which they oandidly acknowledged . He ordered them to appear next day before General Stewart , which they feared was with a view of getting them punished . However , it turned out otherwise , for . the General commeadjed them for their courage , and rewarded them each with four gauldmoorsv and ordered some bullocks to he Bent to Dindygall Rocks , to fetch the tiger , which was found to measure near seven feet in length . Darrijutoa ia now an aged inmate of Waltbamstow Workhouse and has seen eome rough work in the wars with Tippoo Saib . '
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Wahtoh Optbagb ow Hbe Majhstt ' s HkabIIt is becoming quite a fashion , —Bet , we understand , by a lady of rank who hasmuch reasonto be offenaed , "ior ever-and-a-day , * ' with the conduct of a certa » illustriou 3 lady towards a deceased spinster .-Hto p lace the sticking-plaster stamp , bearing Jmt Majesty ' s profilo , upside down on letters . Tbamm rather more expreasive than delicate , one woaM suppose . ' . •' ¦ ¦' , " ¦ ¦ . - ' .. ¦ ; ' ' . " v- ' ., : . ; . , CABBBBA . has been finally committed to Bam Casde-a spot considered perhaps in good ^^ pmg with one who has failed to save his © wndSiS He has , at all events , brooghthia pigs ^ toafc » market at last . ¦ .- ¦ - ¦ .. ' ' ¦ . ¦ - - - ¦ -n . ^ ,. >
Captain Heatiside , it seems , was warned againsl bis friead Dr . Laxdner as a person verj likely t » seduce the affecttons of his wife , if he eonld tte-CaptairiV monitor significantly adding that , if th * waraing irar neglected , the misfortane would be " on his own head . " The prediction proved , toe true ; Dionysius turned out quite as daa ^ roB » ¦» was anticipated , and the a misfortund '' u on ihL Captain ' a ^ ead' ^ accordlngly . «•»»» . Cubious Epitaph . —In-a Church-yard in tit * Liyerpool suburbs may beseea theJoiJdwinfi ' DithT inscription on a tombstone , from » wife t » hihusband : — . , _ - < "Ah ! croil deth , how conld you be so usktnd As to take him bifore and lave me , Whlndi Why didn ' t yon take both if either ! Which would have been nrachbetter fortheBurviror . *
Thb Poob Man ' s Church . —One day last week * poor woman was "churched , " and on the derk asking for the fee . ahe tendered sixpence . HeiSS tl » at was not enough , for the fee was a shilliu / r . O » said , « WelL then , I suppose I must forgive jooW Aare , for the parson must have hiir-A ^* C #
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 1, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2695/page/3/
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