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TOESSEISB SPEING ASSIZES . Tl : ekTi « incssat these Abj-z 3 commenced on Monday "WeeK , brfoia Mr . Baivn Parkc ar <\ Mi . Justice Coltman . Trie latter Jnr . ge ptrsrded in the Oowb Cmrt Tae fcllf > wia 5 js a tmnataj of the criminal bssizies . * - of the -wttk : — " Josses Sarpfr 19 . T » -a 5 chaired -srith ha ^ iES stslen a Hare , the i < rut ? ar : y cf Ssmsrl Farrer . Toe prosecutor is a farrier , residing "•'¦ Harrojjate , and he to -ka cattltgste on the common near that piac * . He turned his hunt on tbst common en Sunday , lint 28 ih of An : » ust last- sac ate ui neon on that day the marc ¦ was grazing th ^ re . TLr r-ame afternoon tht prisoner , who hvec a : ¦ Xi « Graiiby Hotel , near the common , iff-red Ihe animal foi saie fcs 31 r . Samuel Wiikins'a , af Pannal , Btatiii ? that he bad bought it ot Rvplej fail ; of WiLisan locge , hut not having any use fvr the annual , he was di » p-: » ed to psrt -will " , her foi 193 . Guilty ; to be imprisoned two yeys . _
John Beeror , 17 . """ ras chsrzed -with having , on the 17 th of Ji > rr , is the parish of R-: " 5 « narsh , broken into the dwells ^ bocib of JosepliAbsc iL Toe prisoner t ? -as found Guilty . —To be imprisoned 12 calendar months to bar- ? : abonr . Robert Jasksoa , 25 , was charged ¦ w ith having , op the 22-d or 23 ^ d of September last , at Bridiington , killed a rat sh ^ ep , the property of Mr . George Simpson , and Tmb having stolen part of the carcase . —Not GnUty . Joseph Thorpe . 33 , "was charged -with having , on the 21 t of August last , at Sheffield , in the West Riding , luTSUTioiisly broken and entered the dwelling house of lU-bt-rt E ' -u-tt , and stolen therefrom three p ; ouiis 8 i-ry uotti of Uie Rtiiire-wshire Ba , n * k , "salue of , £ 1 each , aurt trr-T vjixil ; r ^ s in silver , bis property . Guilty- —To b »* cosS ^ e ^ in the Hocse of Correction at hard labour for t ^ o yea rs .
Charles Onies , 2 b , -was charj : ed -with hiving , on this * ef Stiuember last , at HootOD R- belts , in the West R :-iing . stolen seven sheep , the property of Win . Fiith —Guilty—Sentence deferred . Abraham . Pick' es , 23 . was charged with a burglary in lie bmso ! Jcjm Crabtree , and "with using "rfleece to the is * sn £ es thereof . It appeared tram the e ^^ Vnce cf tfce r-r-steutor , that be TeaidfB at a pV-jft call *'* " y ^ T Lira Znvls , in StEr ^ neld . t » ar ILJ > ftx" and tht pr »> uer aKo lire- - in thaJ nei ^ isbouj-hpoc at the tinm in q' > . t » : « on . On xh .. it _ b cf Septenihfr . the prisoner \ vj-s in il . t prosecutor ' s house , and stopped there for some time , nruotisting with the prnst-eoti-r abonl some ajint- On tbe ioll-ivmg evening about ttn o ' cicck the prosecutor and hi .- fai / . iiy retire * - to rest , ths house hfrvms been prevjrnsjy made tecnr ? . After they had bern in bed abont two hours they -were aroused by a noise do """ rn stairs . h « - bw a esd in the shon "whom he ksew to be the
prtsoner . Od ths yrusecuior adTrnr * ii 2 tovards him th- prisoner strnck hrm "srith a hlncieon , and swore that he -wtmid take his ] -Je if be < iid not Snd him brats . He th . ETi beat tixe prosecntor severely , aud afterw ^ ras niide cS with another man -Ktn > had been employed in rar ? sckiii £ the house . On the fcllo's ra !^ day infvrmsrioa v ; i oven io the cosstible of Stansfield , who arpr--htndes thr prisoner ; The prosfecutor -was conoborjtt-d in bis evidcrce by the other members of hisfamDy , Tsio did bo ! seethe prisoner , bnt ¦ who lieard his Toic-. to ^ rhich they swore , hayirg been acquainted with hiai . S 3 > il ii £ h . ivir a a p ^ cn )» ar impediment : n h's speech . The prisoner vasfuimd Guil ? y ; and ja ? Hient of death ws-i ent-irw 5 « b record against bin : John Swan . 20 , was charges « iih bavins en the 6 th cf September lait , at Halilax , stoltoi two gesdings , the proprrty of IAfu * . ManfeelL Gniltr—Tobt ; transported for ten jtars .
FrancisFarrar . £ 3 . ws charjjB ^ -with kaTing on the 18 . u of September last , a ; Warlty . in . bt Wwt Riding , Imrglariously broken and entered lie dwelunc-honit : of Samittl Slftddeu , and stokn thtrefrc-m a woolJcn sha 5 fl and other articles . Guiity . —To be transported I tenyesTB . ] Charles Clarie , 21 , acd Charles Frogjail , 23 . were ebara « a vrith h-iving on tbe Slat of September last , a *' Sitffi = Id , eoniffiittfcd a burglary in the d- ^ tllin if-h' -u ^ f of William Blakely , and sloltn therefrom thirty yardB of wcolj ? -i clolh , and six wooiien and siik waidtcoat i pitcps . If n Guilty . Joseph Fitetwood , 36 "Web charged with having , on i thr 21 st of September last , at HenAnEfif » d . tt ) o :. ionsiy si .-ien ttfo saeep , tbe proprrry uf J-hn ' iVrrateT . &ciity . —T& be imprisoned and kept to hard lab-jui fox , fru Tears .
Bachsd Beaton , 21 . sad Joseph Carter , £ -fi . werr charged wnt having , en tht 14 m < -f Septtaibcr last ,, at Dswsbury , assaulted Abranaci 3-JUrdall , and atultn ftoai his person a watch , a half-iOTcrc ' . gn , at . i 7 a 6 d- : n siiiFer , his property . Tbe icmaie prisontr at first pleaded GaOty , but w ^ didrc-w h ? i pits- anJ ttok the chine * ef a trial . The Jury retired to consider thei Ttniict , and after » E abstcee t > f abont rhrce qcirtcra of aniour . thsy foBTid the prisoners Nul Gailty . George XsVey , 27 , was charged vritb having , od tbv 7 ih of Oaober last , at Skcmtje , in the Ea * i Ridina . Cummitted a burglary in the dwrliicg-hottse t-f John Tniclove , ard stolen theicfrum s s-jvereija , afii . 7 « snuff-box , a qaanrity of Sannel . and other arncles , the properly of iae said John Truel-ve . GnQty—S ? atenci-AtUTTtA .
Thomas Hall . 55 , "was cfcar ^ td c-ith having , as the S-b NovtiuiLcr last , at Picktrxnt , stolen oadtw ^ ahtep , tht prc-prTty of Gaorge Cslveri . Guilty . —Tu be transp jr ' fcd sf ' f- ^ n y ^ rars . John Eo de » y tie tiler , 73 , Zsdiariah Ho-dm , 37 , Jdiat HoUieji . the younsfer , 40 , James Ho den ' 2 ' . Thos . Eolden , Z 6 . aac Btuiy Eolden . 32 , wtre thiiigea v . itb hiV ^ Jg hat-, cd tiie sth day vl Deccinbtr last , at Halifax . kns > = niiijiy and antjwfnHy in tbtir posst-ssion two lal ^ z , loiged , snd conatfcrftii dies , nsciubiLDg , or intei . dfcC to restiablt ; , ibe aifcs ot instrua > t 2 ts n 4 ade r-r nscd by the C"BJmi 5 iioE « -rs of StAinps , for the purp- ^ se of expresairg ami ^ feaoting the staxnp-duty uf ont sii .-Vza and Uu-eepcnca . Jr . Ksowi . es snd Mr . CbomptoS trare for tie pro-« erar . 7 n ; ilr . W ^ Ja ^ s and > lx . PiCKiKiXG tMtnd-. d the prisonsrs .
Mr . Ksowles stated the case . TLia was a pr .-swrufion which r *^ been instilu . ' . e » i by tit Board of Staops ag ^ insi tlie stx prisoners at Uie tar , and it was for an trff-iice -which tms created t > y ~ an Ac ; of Parliament , vhicb was pasaed a few years ago , and which made it & iciony ior any peraon to have in his poase&siou tinjwinsly and vcubout lawful excuse any instrument intended to rtsembie the die used by the Commission- u © f Stamps to demote aty particoisr duty . And by an Act of Parliament which was passed in the 5 oih y-ti of ~ fr « reisa irf G-= trise ibo Tiiiri , & doty -waa grai- -lea to "ha Cr-j-JTi of one shillisg aud threfp ^ nce upoo every pro .-nii- « ory tute m » . 1 e pajaWe to the bearer on demand for any sum not less Vban \** x > ; uintAfi and no ; ex < feedisg 5 ve rninesa . Tiia * dnry for rn ^ ijy ye ^ rs ha-1
onl ; btsn payable Tipon country >> ar-k notes , brcause notes of the deKription to which he < the Learned 0-. ! Ui » ti Teferrsd had only h ^ sn sassuea by country ba ; : ks . Tbe stamps , as the Jnry were vwzxo , on tfce rtver ^ s sirte of the conntry bask uo : ea , deii ^ ted the dnty payaolc on &em . Th- prisoners were chirsfed wiib ijarra ? tra . l iu thiir po- ^ esEion rs » o parturular oie # . Tne di ^ pr « Jucinj ; ifc » s pm . icnlnr imprsiflion nj ^ on ba . uk notes , aa < 1 t ^» Wi"eh be n * d imfcrrcd , was kept , of tomse , in tbe cnrLt- > iy uf the C-jiumisaioBcx x > i Stamps Aiid th * - ¦ prt ' -casrs -were chsrsed witb baying in their po ^ -a-non an inotruxceut inteD 3 cd to rcaembia thai ow . TJ-e &J . priaoutx * at the bar weTe all reiz - iuu , iae elder pr ^ jnrr . John HoWei , btifls ? the tith .-r of tbe other Svc , anil they lived tostther in Dacembtr last , and for some time
before , « a farm non «« at a place called atrsightnty , in the parish of H&lifax , and bon : e of them -were engage ** in the business of weaving . In constqnence if somt inforxsataoB wnich bad been given to . Mr . Jimts . a « pcrinUtuusEt c-f ' -he Leevit police , be , accompanifA by oUitn . proc- ^ edea io ifce b < use inhabited by tDe prisoners on the morning of ibe 8 -h December laet . . Ha went at at earJy hmx . a . s eiriy perhaps as hau-pao" . six in thb inorams . Tae offlvtra aeartQed the house , bu » fooca B ^ thi ' -g in it 3 "hich tzsilfcd Lhfeir BUirpicion . Ijs a ^ -swtr to a qu- _ iUoa by ilr . James . Joto Holdcn the youutrer said . li I have tak > -n ths house , and ve are a )) in p ^ rrnc ^ hip together . " Tnat was saiu in tlie prtsence of all the p isonera , except the elder Joon Holdcu . The offitcTs then proceeded to the barn wnich coiuiauiiicated
with tee hensfc—in fact , it was part of the bom *—and In ihe km ~ wen found the articlss upon ¦ Trhicli t » 36 foMl . -ied ihe pieseni tbarga The ufficera Erst starched thi- Kirn bnt there "they found nothing bat some ashes on t&c ground . Thb snpenutendeiit of the poiiso then directed Boms tJ the men to'take dow > the hay titn »* ed on the platfown over the mistai . They did so , and wh ; a &ty had removed a gr--iit quantify of hay one of the parties came to a parcel , v / bich -was wrapped np in a piece of dam-iak , and in this paict-l were found die two dies , restmblin-t the Is- 3-L . s , taap of the Ccminissic-ners of Stamps .
Thrre w&s J . I 30 ic tbe parcel a copper-plate , which had been male foT Ahfi ptu-jKjse of prr > i 3 ncing-a ba-k-note . Sdod after , the se ^ ica being eouti * m-d , tbe officers eam 9 to a tin-box , and in it wcr *> discovered twentyone forced n ^ , of the Wukiwoi « h and Aobburre Bori . a D .-Tbf ** && } bank , togs-btr wiib ten notes of tne HndJer ? fl , M a ^ m Halifax Bai-a . The notes pur yor ^ to V ^ tho ^^ tLe Wiit ^ -oria a .-, d A 8 bfeournr-3 Jan * bore the . ^^ . sioa of the o . pcr-nlate founo i :: tte pwd TRI-- the ir stnunent t . wndfcd to r ^ se ^ bi . the die , and each of ths Wukswonh aad Asa * oumnotea fcav . a f-. vz ^ impression of the one sbil'in « u ' thrsepen-y ^ i-ep , ^ d -= iich was product by ibinfitnoitai int * 3 t 5 ed to rtBemb ^ the die found ia the bnnai = to which ha 2 nd reftrrwJ . The Prisoners r& » n taken away , except the female and the dd = r John Boldbn , and I 3 e search was at that time discontinued Ontheiiway to Halifsx John Holden , theyoui ^ er made ties of a vtry remarkable expression . He raid to one of the offi = « s , Well , yon have broken our bank at last . " Tne eoniUble aaid , y ^ s ,- and John Holden replied , "AhJ yon did not think that there
¦ was any bank in this part of the conntry . " These expressions -were made Tisa of in the presence of all the prisoner * who were then in custody . In the result the five prisoners were committed to York Castle . Betty ¦ was not taien into custody until a circumstance ocenrxed which was worthy of the attention of the jury , and which teemed to implicate her directly ia th * offence . Oa the same day on tbe morning of which the search took place , od © of the oSsers , accompinied by a cuTk in ibe Halifax Bank , as ^ an weut tu the pr smisa , and made a more complex search or the hoase tti ^ n was roa ^ e before ; and in a secret drawer in tie hotise ^ v-as diy- -vsT ^ d a fmall pnr . v ^ ¦ wVc " -. "oraa afterwards declared by Betty Holden to be hers . In
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this pnrse certain metal letters were discovered , and j npon some of the notes of the Hudders&ed and Halifax , hank , mot bearing the forged impression ' of the die , but f ' innd in the same box as that in which the notes that ! iiid bear it wye f » nnd ) , were discovered certain im-1 prsssions of certain letters , which unquestionably had ! been prodnced by those metal letters . One of the letters was not perfect , bo that an impression of it was muro readilj detected . The eidei Holden was absent on iht 8 th of Di-cember , and did not return home until two or three wet-ks after . And it was a circumsUnce in his favour , that when he did return , he seemed to j have pnt himself in the Way of being apprehended . A number of witnesses having been examined , whose I evidence bore out Vtry closely the statement of the case by the Learned Counsel ,
mi . H jlkiks addressed the Jury at considerable length on behait of the prisoner * . The Learned Counsel commented in ver / strong language on the fact that a i man named Smith , from whom Air . James had obtainod the principal portion of the information which led to I the apprehension of the prisoners and the indictment against thtm , had not been called to the witness-box , on the part ef the prosecution . i His Lordship having summed np , the Jury retired , and after an absence of a quarter of an hour , returned into tne Court "with a verdict , finding John Holden ,, the elder , { Juilty ; John Holdea , the younger , Guilty ; i aud the other pri&oneis , Z ^ chariah Holden , James j Holden , Thomas Holden , and Betty Holden—Noi j &uiiiy . i
John Holden , sen , Zocliariah Holden . William Barreil ^ 19 , and Thomas Holden were charged with having , on the 8 th of December last , at Halifax , forged a five pound promissory note , pa * porting to be a note tf the Wirksworth and Asbbonrue bank . Another count in the indictment charged them with having uttered tbe same . The Jury found John Holden , sen ., Guilty , and Aeqniued all the other prisoners . Tiere were several other indictmen s against the prisoners , but it was thought that the evidence was insufficient to establish their guiit , and thay were not gone into . George Kuli ' ey . convicted of burglary at Sledmere , ¦ was sentence io be transported for ten yrars . George TFriggiesworth , convicted of cst » 2 e St ' siing , was Brnteuc « d to be imprisoned 18 calendar months to hnrd labour .
Joseph Carr , 18 , was charged with having on the 23 d of December last , at tbe boroajjb of Leeds , feloniously and violently asxauted one Eiizbtth Myers , aad committed a rape en her person . Tht prosccutnx is osly e-even yiars of age , and resides with her motb ^ r . a widow , at Busiingthorpe , near Lewis ; and tbe prisoner lived with his mother , who was also a v . dow . in the honse adjoining that of the prosecntrix ' s mulhtr . After thu case had occupied some time , his Lordship recommended a verdict of Acquittal , and that an indictment chandr-a the prisoner with committing an assault with inies-t , &c ., should bt ) pr « fernd . The Jury accorrtinsly rt-tunied a verdict of Nut Guilty .
! Joseph Hardirick 19 . wm charged with having on the 12 tt of Dcc « -mber last , at the Borough of Leeds . , ft-ii-nienaJy as ^ &ulu-d Mary Jan e Lucas , a chiid ondtr | the aae of ten years , and conunilted a rap « on her per' son . The prosecutrix is only eight years of age , and | livrs with her paxentt , who are neighbours of tee prisoner ' s parents ihe case , like the formtr one , " * as , stoppt ^ l by the Judge , and a verdict of N . » t Gui- 'ty returned , bnt the prisoner was ordered to be inuicttod . for a minor offence . i James Burn , 29 , was charged with having unlawfully engraved and made upon a certain copperplate a certain , promissory note for the payment of monty . purporting to he a no ' . efor the payment of £ 5 , of the Wirksworth and A . ^ hourne Bick . Not Guilty . j John Dimberline , 33 , was charged with bavini ? , on [ the oth o September isut . at Sutton , In the East Riding , i ftioniausly assaulted Ann Yeoman , a girl under ten ! ytars of age , and committed a rspe upon her person . — To be ¦ ransported for life . Mary Patierson , 2 b . was charged with having , on the 23 rd of February , at D ^ ighton , in the East R . ding , unJawfuJly endeavoured to conceal t ?; e birth of her child —To be imprisoned for s x months .
Edward Jenkins , 24 , was cbarged with the tnanslaiujbtcr of RobtTt Haivej , on the Ni-rtb Midland Raii-wTiy , at Barnsley , on the I 2 : a of January last . — Not Guilty . Josei > h Carr , 15 . was charged with having , on the 23 ni or Dt isember last , at Bu- 'linetb"rpe , Leeds , committed an indecent a * . sr : ult on E zabeth Mytra—To be inj )> ri » onw 1 for t ^ ro yt-ars . 7 homos Dixov 29 tr ^ charf » -d with having , on the 22 nd of Xtrtr-in ^ eT . ast at Tbirsk , ftlonious'ly stabbed and wonided Thomas Biacklock- —Guilty—sentence deferrtd . EHshu Tink ' er . 35 , was charged with having returned from transpoTtotion . having been transposUd f « r life at the Yorkshire Spring Afs . z ? 9 in 1833 . He was sentensed to be imprisoned for a month , and then transportpd for life .
Josejh Hardirick 19 , pleaded Gnflty to a charge of misdemesDour , in having criminally assaulted Mary J = ne Luc 3 a a child under ten years of age . To be imprisoned for two years . Thovtiis Farrar was cbaw : ed Trltb the m » ns ) aughter of Wm . O-. niu-li . » t R < nhwell Ha ' , on the 22 nd of O- iobsr last . He pi * aded Guihy . — Sentence deferred . Thomas Twi ' jo , 38 . was ch-r ^ ed with the manslnughtsr of Joseph Covke , at EjcltsSeld , on the 13 : h of DcCfmlicr last Not Guilty . Thomas Brigjs , 26 . and James Briggs , 20 , were charged with ibo manslaughter of J > hn Myers , at Bramley , near Leeds , « n th * 3 d of September last . To be impri-onp ^ f . > r one m- » nth . Editard FtU York Hai ' jh . , was charged with the manslaughter of Wm . Taj ior , at Almondbury . To be imprisoned for two months .
Richird Thornton . 19 . was charged with themanskngater of G < sorge Smith , at DtWBfeury . Not Guilty . Bernard iPCHve , 49 , and James il'C'ive . 19 , were charged with the nmnil-Uihttr of El ' zi Rooney , at Sheffield , on the 27 th of December last The eldvr prisoner wia aeotcroced to be imprisoned nine monUls , and the nth ** six mnntlia-John Pepper alias Peiers , 38 , pleaded to havin g stolen a sum of money and feotue gold rings , the property vf the Hon . and Rev . Augus' . n 3 Doncombe . To be transported fourteen years . George Taylor , pleaded guilty to a churge of having obtained a quantny of goods , under false pretences , from SIt . Jotm King , of Hull- To be imprisoned twelve month * .
Alary Ann Boothroyd , pleaded guilty to having committed a misdemeanour , at Leeds , by conct a' . ing the birth o ! her illegitimate child . To be imprisoned two years . : "W ;* r rT 3 p Hen .-g Lineham , 28 , pleaded ffnilty to two indictments chnrginir bim with robbing his employers , Mestrs Wm . "War « l and Win . Sykes Ward , attomies , of L . eds ; and also to an indictment charging him with having been previously convicted . —Sentence deferred . WiUiam Haigh . 34 , was charged with having feloniously suubci William Robinson , at Selby , with iiitcni io do him erie ^ ous bodily hirm . The Jury fcnn-J trte prisoner Guiity of an assault . To be imprisoned and krpt to hard labour four calendar months , Ellen Howard 27 , was charged with having malidoualy cut , st&febwl , and wounded Fanny Andrews , at ShBfficld , w ' . th intent to do her some grievous bodily harm . Thr Jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault ; and she Tas sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment in the C&stia .
Patrick Kenney , 33 . a deserter from the 58 th Regimen ; of Foot , was charged with having , on the lOthof December last , at Hu . l , feioniouBly stabbed David P . ercy , with intent to do him grieyouB bodily harm . — Both tbe prosecutor and prisoner were a . t tbe time in quaation under confinement in the station-house in Hull , and whilst the foratT was engaged in walking about ¦ he room , he was seized by Kenney , who inflicted several wounds on his body , neck , upper Up , and knee , withont the slightest provocation . The prisoner , in defence , said that P . ercy gave the first offeuee by ttirowing him on the floor , when the back part of bis head came in contact with the wall , and he did not know what occurred afterwards . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of tbe intent of doing Bome grievous bodily harm- To be imprisoned two years to hard labour .
Nicholas Bath , 20 was charged with having , on ihe 1 st of November , feloniously s . abbed Thomas Harrison , at Bradford , with intent to do him some grievous bodily faftTTn-The prisoner was a private in the 32 nd regiment of foot , and in Nov . last , they were stationed in Braafori-i . Since the Hte riots , it appeared , that some ill-feeimg had existed between the military and the people , whicti very frequently ltd them into hostility . On the Bi # ht cf the 1 st of November , the prosecutor was n ? ar to the Bowling Green Inn , when the prisoner , in company with another soldier , went up to dim , and after some little altercation , in the course of which a number of people assembled , the prisoner and his comrade drew their bayonets , and cnt away right acd kfs , u-fl-cti-g injury upon svveral individuals , amongst whom was the prosecutor , who was cut on the temple and body by the prisoner .
Tbe p' -liseman who took the prisoner into custody , in answer to the Court , said that the soldiers were the worst Sit tbat ever stepped into Bradford . After be had locked the prisoner up , he himself was forced at th 8 point of the bayonet , by six soldiers of the same companj into the prison , where he was kept until released by the officer . Guilty of an assault Six months ' imprisonment to hard labour . Gorge Jenkins , 33 , was charged with having embezzled -various sums of meney , the property of his employers . Mr . Hall and Mr . Ovbhxhd were council for the prosecution , and Sir <} hegory Lewin for the defence .
Wm . Simpson deposed—I am a share-broker , In Brunswlck-Btreet , Leeds . 1 knew the prisoner . I have very frequently paid him money on account of hia em « ployers , Means . Payne , Eddison , and Ford , solicitors ; they are attomies to the Jjteia and Yorkshire Assurance Company , and they receive monty for transfer of shares . Jenkins called on me at my office on the 26 th October last , when I paid him 18 a 6 d on account of a transfer between Henry Nelsoii and Thomas Harrison ; the transfer had been effected by Messrs . Payne , E 4 di-« " » a . and Ford ; 1 roceived a receipt from the prisoner for the amount , which he signed :
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Joseph Jowett—I livo at Potternewton , near Leeds ; I know Messrs . Payne , Eddison , and Ford , who transacted business for me as attomies . On the 26 th January last , I paid them through the prisoner , £ i 0 s . lid ., for p ofessional business ; I paid the money in their office . I received a receipt from the prisoner , which I saw him write . Cross-examined—I have known the prisoner ten years , and have never heard anything against his character . Thomas Rosa deposed—I am < sne of the tenants of Crampton ' s estate , Woodhouse , for which Payne > Eldison , and Ford , receive the rents . On the 10 th of November , I paid £ 1 10 s . U Jenkins , for which he guvs me a receipt , which I knovr produce .
Mr . Edwin Eddison deposed . —I am one of the firm of Payne , Eddison , and Ford , solicitors , of Leeds ; I went into partnership with Mr . Payne in 1828 , and Ford joined us iu 1838 ; the prisoner was our clerk up te the 3 rd Feb laBt ; his duty was a general clerk in the office ; he at one time kept the books , but had not done bo *<* several years . I saw him at the office on the 2 ai of February , but on the following morning he was not there . I founrl a letter in his hand writing , which he had left in the office ; the tetter stated that he had gons to Barm-ley on some business of his own , and it was doubtful whether he could get back by four o ' clock tbut day . The next morning , we received a letter hom tbe prisoner , dated Liverpool , 3 rd Feb .,
and was addressed to the firm . We are solicitors to the Leeds and Yorkshire As .-urance Company ; the prisoner had the care of the books relating to the transfers ; it was his duty to receive money on account of those transfers , and immediately to J ^ and it to Mr . Ford , or , in his absence , to either of the partners . 1 have seen the recrpt for 18 s . 6 d . ; there is no entry in the books of this item ; I have not received it Mr . Jowett is a client of ours , and I have seen his receipt for business done ; there is no entry in our books of Mr . Jowett'a accouut being paid , nc . r have we received it The prisoner had the management cf the Crampton estate , Woodhouse ; Ruse is on « of the tenants . Nether of the * ums alluded to have been received by the firm .
Mr . Richard A . Payne and Mr . Ford were called in corroboration of the ttstiaiony of tbuir parcner ; and the prisoner received au excellent Character from bJ 8 empioytrs , up to the present transaction . Guilty , b'it strongly recommenced to mercy , on account of his former good character . There were several other indictments against tbe prisoDer , for similar oSVuces , to which he pleaded guilty . —Sentence deferred . Pulnck Murray , 27 , was charged with having at Bradt ' urd fulumouely stubbed and wounded John Priestly , with intent to kill and murder him .
The . parties reside at Biuuford , and about twelve o ' clock on tbe night ef the 16 ia of J . muary last , prosecutor and a man nr . tntd Wuite were on their way bome from Lha Beehive public-bouse , when they were violently attacked by tbe prisoner , who was armed ) with a fire-puker and a knife , with Which he knocked both the men down , una iraicwd a wouud on the forehead of tbe prosecutor . Guilty of on assaulL To be iropriaoiit-d ei ^ htei-n months to hard labour . Thomas Farrar , who > t *>? eriiay pleadtd Guilty to tbe mansmufchuii of Wiiliura CouEall , nt Rothwdl Hui *< h . was brought up to reciivH jenteiice . when the Learned Judge obBtrvcil that Uikii'g into consideration that ttie dtceased was engaged iu uu uct of felony at the timo this occurrence took psacc , an «> also that th « defendant had made Boxne reparation by providing a sum of money for " . he bemtit of ibe decei > eu ' s family , he should pass a slight punishment upon him , wjj ch was that he be imprisoned iu tho Castib one fortuuht . Mary Ann Cooper . 21 . was charged with having , on the 30 th D <; c . last , at hul ) , feloniously stabbed , cut , and wounded Joseph Pascue , with intent to do him grtevuus botiily harm . The Learned Judge said thnt the prosecutor had forfeited his recov > - zidc « by not appearing to prosecute , and ordered the pr ; Bun » -r to be discharged .
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NISI PR 1 TJS COURT . —Saturday , MaBCU 11 . f Before Mr . Baron Parke . J CRIM CON . —MOODY Ar . MCK . OLS . Mr . BAiMts and Mr . H H ill , appeared fur the olalntiff ; Mr . DUJ . DAS , Mr . Addison , and Mr . Ingham , for the defendant Mr . BaINES stated the case , from which it appeared that the plaintiff and tbe defendant occupied adjoining houses at a village near L e « 1 s . Mr . Moody waB a prin-, ter , ^ nd Mi . Nickola ¦» a « the proprie tor of an exttiiuivo tan-yard . Mr . Nsctols was a married man , and from the contiguity of rt « i » 1 rrce an acquaintance sprung up between the families . It would appear from the testimouy of a young -woman naimd Lydia Proctor , who . had been in the ser 7 ice of Mr . Moody , th : it at any rate
from the Clinch of August , 1841 , Mr . Nickols had , it would appear , been in the habit of visiting at Mr . Moody a . Some time afur that , it would tetra , hia vimU became more frequent , a d the time often chosen U > pay them was « : urin ( i the Uny . -while Mr . Moody was eEjjagtd , at his place of bui-iDeta in Leeds . In these cast-s it very rarely indeed hnpptnid that the testimony of tye-witnessefl omlil bi- « ivm to the fact of criminal conversation between tfiv parties . They Were obliged to depend in a great measure on cin-umstanti . il evidence ; bnt he thought that in the present case he thould be able to lay * btf > re th » ni the most convincing pToof shvrt of ocular testimony to the fact that an impioper iEttrcouriie had tskeu phice OHwien these parties . 1 c would appear from the
teaurn , ny i-f the servant . L >« ia Proctor , that on these oc-Cisiona , whtn Mr . Nick"in culled , she had directions not to permit any cf tbe children to go into the room iirs . Muody , too , used frequently to direct her to take the children out for a walk . Shu w « uld in this way hf absent from the house 8 ora > times for several hours , and on her Teturn ths blinds , which she bad left up in the fiLtOr . g-room , she hail found pulKd down , and the front do « r locked . On obtaining admission , she fre qnentiy on ^ hc-se occasions f"und Mr . Nickols in the bouse . Thebed , too ^ in the best bedroom , which she had left made she had found unmade on ha return . At one period it would appear Mrs . Nickols was absent iu London , and it so happmed that at the same time Mr . Moody was under the necessity of going to Hull on
business . During the interval that Mr . Moody and Mrs . Nickols were both absent , the servant several times hoard the front door open during the night , and in the morning , on going to make ber mistress's bed , she found that , contrary to usual custom , Mrs . Moody had herself tak .-n < ff the bed-clothes , and thrown them over some chairs in the rovtn . Mrs . Moody usually too slept with one of her chilUren , but during this absence of Mr . Moody they were all sent to sleep with the servant . These circumstances of themselves were sufficient to show that an improper intimacy subsisted between the defendant and tbe wife of the plaintiff , but the evidence did rot stop there . On one particular evening , the last Tuesday in August of last year , the servant bad occasion to eo into the yard , between
nine and ten o ' clock , and she there saw Mrs . Moody getting over the palings which separated Mr . NJchol ' s garden from Mr . Moody " a . Mr . Moody bad not at that time returned Irom his office in Leeds On seeing this witness , Mrs . Moody asked anxiously whether Mr . Moody had conie home , und beirg told he had not , ehv cautioned the servant not to thll any one that she had been over i > tbe other tai-den . But there was another witness to the occurrences which took place that night . A Mr . Topham . a friend of Mr . Mooily since bis boyhood , had been employed <> n Mr . Moady ' s recommendation in painting & Aog for Mr Nickols , and on the gronnd of old acquaintance had stopped in Mr . Moody ' s bouse until the commission was finished . lie had usually been invited , Mr . Moody's boUBe being situated
s ^ iiie distance from l , ? eds , to st » p all Dight . On thia Tuesday evening in question , Mr . Moody , as already stated , had not returned from bis place of business , when Mr . Nichols called in and joined Mrs . Moody and Mr . Topbam at tea . Some glances which Mr . Tophaiu imagined he saw pass between them excited his auspiciona , and be was rathbr su prised that Mrs , Moody did not , as usual , repeat her invitation to him to stop all night . He finally took his leave , and went out by . tbe frost door , as if going to Leeds , where his own residence was . Ho went , however , round into the garden , at the back of the house , and concealed himself Shortly after , he beard the voice of Mrs . Moody singing in tba garden , and could also distinguish the vwico of a man , which seemed to be that of Mr Nickols , addressing
htr . The voices went in the directiou of Mr . N . ' sgarden . ; When all was quiet , Mr . Topbam came out of his retreat ,, and went round to the fronl of Mr . Nickol ' s house . He found the door unlatched , und tutoring the bail , which was matted , advanced to thn parlour door , through which being partly open , he could see Mrs . Moody sitting on the heartb-rug , and the defendant beside her with his arm round her waist . He then retired from the house as he had entered , without apprising them of his having sean them . He did not immediately inform Mr . Moody of what ho bad seen , but tbe suspicions of that gentleman having been excited by Bome other matters which hod coine to his kno-svle ge , and which were confirmed : by the statements of Lydia Proctor , Mr . Topham at last took upon himself tbe ungracious task of stating to Mr .
M oody the scenp which he had witnessed . Mr . Moody immediately took the step which waa incumbent on him iu tbese circum&tances , and provided Mrs . Moody with another residence . A small houBe was taken f er her some miles from Leeds , whither she removed , but from somt motive or other Blie returned the same day to the house of Mr . Moody , who had himself by that time taken a residence in Wesley-street , in the town of Leeds . Mr . Moody could not , even in her fallen and degraded state , turn her out into tbe streets to starve , or adopt the other dreadful alternative , and ahe remained for some time at the bouse in Wesley-street , under the guardianship ei her mother . M r . Moody , however , took
np his residence with Mr . Topham . Again he took a small residence for his . wife , aud there she remained some time , but again ceming tack to his house he adopted the same course as he had dene before , and on one or two occasions , when necessity compelled him to sleep under the same roof with his wife , Mr . Topham accompanied him . This kindness to this fallen worn in , this patient endeavour to maintain her in some degree of external comfort , -would not gurely be made a charge against him . It showed rathbr what a kind heart the defendant had wounded , and wha : an unbounded affection he had abused . These would be the chief facts in the case . As to the amount of damages , it was to be regroiitni Uiai Uioid was no me da ol * P * a :-.: gfai )** s ciimi-
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» IN B 1 AU . nally such offences as that of which the defendant had been guilty . O ie half of those tried on the other side were not to be charged with tbe same amount of criminality . But the law gave no remedy of this kind . It was only by the damages which juries would give that public justice and private juhtice too were to be satisfied . Ttw defendant bad destroyed the plaintiff ' s domestio peace—a treasure of more value , probably , to persons in the station of the plaintiff than to those of any other rank . To him home was all in all , and he was confident tbe jury would award ample damages for an injury so atrocious in itself and so irreparable in its consequences . Tbe following witnesses were then called . STAR .
Mr . Hughes proved that Mr . and Mrs . Moody were married at tbe Leeds parish church , on the 18 th of February 1832 , and he had been on visiting term a with them « ver since the period of their marriage . He understood that Mr . Mood - was about thirty years old ; Mrs . Moody would be about twenty-seven . They lived most affectionately together , and he never saw anything to counteract that opinion till lately . The plaintiff behaved well to his wife as a busband . Cross-examined—Witness had not visited the plaintiff at Bramley ; it was about three years since he had done so . Mr . RUhard Henry Co-well , paper dealer , Leeds , and Mr . Augustus Juhn Halcro , woollen stuff salesman , Leeds , wure also called to prove that the plaintiff and his wife lived happily together previous to her becoming acquainted with the defendant .
Lydia Piocter deposed that she would be seventeen on the 26 th of August . She lived servant with Mr . and Mrs . Moody , at Hill Top , Bramley , for a year and three weeks . She went there on tbe 1 st August , 1841 They bad three children at that time , which were uf the ages as stated by Mr . Baines . Mr . Nickols lived next door to the plaintiff , and thero was a garden belonging to each house , Mr . Nickols visited at Mr . Moody ' s house . Witness had seeu him there when Mr . Moody himself had been at home . She also Lad seen him there when Mrs . Moody was the only person iu the house ; that happened often . Witness took care of tbe children , and when Mr . Woody was not at bome , Mrs . Moody bad told her to take the children and go out a walking . She bad done so , and remained to
tu . about three h > uts . Mi . Moody " us ^ d go out about eight o ' clock in the morning to bis business at Leeds , and be generally used to return between nine and ten o ' clock at night He BcmeUmes was away kr two or three day-B together on business . When she returned with the children sho found the blinds pulled down . They were not so when ahe went out . The front dot > r witness found locked when she came back She had tben occasion to go inta tbo bed room , and f ^ und the besl bed unmade , wUich wus not in the same s atti an when sho went out , it being then made . When the door was opened and she got into the hou 3 u she had found Mr . Nickols there . This happened very often . When Mr . N . ckols was thero , witness was requested nev « r to latthe children go into the room when
any one was th > -re . Mrs . Nickols was away about a month . Soon after she went away , Mr . Moody had occasion to go on business to Hull for a few days . Before that time one of the children slept with Mrs . Moody . One of tUm slept with Mr , Moody , and tLe other with witness Th » y had three beds : Mr . " * vJoo < 1 y sl"pt in ono , Mrs . Moody in ar . otht-r , and the witness in another . They blept together when witness first went , but about three or four months after she went they ili'l not . Mr . Nichols visited the house from the first . Wh » n Mrs . Nichols was in Landou all t ' ie three children were to sUop in witness's room . That continued only whilst Mr . Moody was nwny . She believes Mr . Moody went away flr . t She bad found when Mr . Moody was away , that alt t e bed clothes in a morning Wfre taken off and thrown over a chair : witness did not do that . Whilst Mrs . Nickola and Mr . Moody was away , witness bad beiml the front door open at night . She remembered Mr . Topbam being at Brauiley to paint
a ilog for Mr . Nicki > ln . and one evening when shu saw Mr . Topham at Mr . Moody ' a Mr . Topbam whtn he •*•*» paiutirvR the dog generally slept at Mr . Moody ' s . Witness remembers bis going away , and afterwards going Into the garden . This wbb between nine and ten at night When witness was in the garden , she sa v Mrs . Moody coining over tbe raiting that parted the garden from Mr . Nichols ' s ; she vim coming from Mre . Nickols's garden ; thia was during the time Mrs . Nichols wasfroui home . Mrs . Moody uaked witiriss if Mr . Moody had got home , and she said no . She suid witness was to bo sure not to suy anything te Mr . Moody that ahe bad beeu in the garden , nor to at y one else . Patrick Becvans , th « fureuian to the difentiont , and another man , came to witness when she was at her mother ' s house in Ii"ecK They a ' kod her f > ir an account of what sho had seen . Slit ) to'd them a pnrt , and they took it < nwn in writing ; witness was asked to sign it , find sbo dit * .
Cross-examined— Witness had then left xMr . Moody ' s service , and she toltl him all the truth ai faT as she told him . She said she would tell him all the truth , but thero had been a deal m < re things that hnd occurred to her mind since . There was no other st-rv ., nt but witiifeas in Mr . Mociy'a ( Vjusm , and 8 he rt ' ii tho -work in the houso with tho hilp of Mrs . "M-. ^ xJy . Mr . Topham used to visit the plaintiff at Hill Top and a deal more gentlemen , but she did n » t know their nnines . . > liss Topham and Mr . Nickols used to visit the house . Mr . Mooriy ' plico of business was iu L *; eils . He used sometimes to come borne at eleven o ' c ' . ock nt night , he was a very sober
mnn , und Mrs . Moody always sat up for him . Witness used to see her walk about at night in the gwlta singing ; she sang to amuse her own fancy . At those times witness nevpr saw any other person . She bid a nice temper , and she had "' blown up" both witness and the plaintiff . The boys were very nice active little boys , and of course would ike to get into the room to their mother . Mr . Moody , upon a particular occasion , has come homo in th' ; middle of tbe day . Mrs . Moody helped witness to make tbe beds . Mrs . Moody . "ometinies made her own bed , and sometimes witness bad made it for b <> r . Witness hnd never se ^ n anything improper between Mr . Nichols and Mrs . Moody .
Mr . Topbam deposed that he was an artiflt at Leeds , and he had known the plaintiff , Mr . Moody , since they weru bojs together at school , and they had been on very friendly and intimate terms ever since . Witness had visiUd him at Alfred Placn , and afterwards at Bramley , and he thought he aud his wife lived most affectionately together . About midsummer last year be became acquainted with Mr . Nickols . In August last , he waa employed to paint a portrait of a clou for Mr . Nickols . He painted it at Mr . Moody ' s . Ou that occasion he stayed aud slept at Mr . Moody ' o house all the time with one exception , which was on a Tuesday evening . That evening witness was at Mt . Moody ' s house , and it was the last week ia the month of August . Mr . Nickols and MrB Moody were in the room with him- Mrs . Nickols had not then returned home . He was there when Mr . Nickols came in between seven and eiqht . He left Mr . Nickola in the house when he left at nine . On one
occasion , he believed the Sunday week before this , Mr . Moody had come down to his house to see him . Witness bad a ^ o gone to Mr . Moody ' s , and they bad missed one another on the road . He remained in the house and took tea with Mrs . Moody . Mr . Nickols came in and sat with them during the eveniug . Mr , Moody returned from LeedB , when he jocular y remarked to witness thnt he was a pretty fallow * . n come to hia house during his absence . Witness observed that Mr . Nickols appeared to laugh at that as if he would have enjoyed it . Ho opened his mouth , but certainly no laugh proceeded from it . ( Loud laughter . ) Witness observed that Mrs .
Moody appeared greatly cnnfiiBed and reddened up exceedingly , and looked at Mr . Nickols . Witness ' s attention waB alao directed to souio glances which were directed by Mr . Nickols to Mrs . Moody . Witness then deposed to going into the builtliug in tbe garden of the plaintiff , on tho Tuesday night already referred to . to . VI rs . Mo » dy going singing into the garden , to hearing what he thought was Mr . Nichols ' s voice , and to following them into defendant ' s honss , where he saw Mrs . Moody and Mr . N ' ckols in an indelicate situation . Witness did not mention the circumstance to the plaintiff till after the action was brought Witness deposed to some of the facts previously stated .
Mr . Joseph Hargreavua was called to show that defendant was possessed of considerable property . Mr . DONDAS . for tbe defendant , contended that not only was there not such a case made out as bad been opened—not only was it not a stunning and overwhelming less to the plaintiff , but he trusted they would , by their verdict , establish something like an example to the publio out of thia case , whereby other persons like Mr . Moody would not brirg actions to be tried to the disparagement of his own honour , and to put in jeopardy hiB wife ' s reputation . He meant to argue that upon the evidence the husband was a very silly person to indulge auy jealousy , or to listen to any tittle tattle , and then to bring the case before a Jury to gat a verdict in bis favour . The plaintiff would have the satisfaction of
thinking ovtr the matter again , and reflect th . it it would have been much better to have put up with what he had heard and not te have brought it into this Court . He would take the case as it stood , and though he might have fifty *^ itne . > ses , be would not call one of them . He repeated that he was content to take the matter as it now stood . The defendant bad put on the record tbat he was not guilty ; he was not guilty of having any thing to do wiih that woman in tbe manner described , and of debauching that peraon at the expence of her husband ' s honour . It was very true what his learned friend said respecting these cases . They had ia coses of crim . con . not the direct proof they had in other matters ; and in those cases ocular demonstration very seldom appeared , but etill there was a limit to proof that was not direct , and
it was for them to say whether there was any evidence at all on which they could fairly rely . The plaintiff might bring cases and raise suspicions , but the Jury must have a reasonable amount of evidence from which they might draw the conclusion that there was honest proof of guilt , a * id they must have something more to be brought before them than a woman ' s folly and a man ' s temptations , and they must have something by which they could come to tbe conclusion that the defendant had debauched the wife of the piaintiff , and tbat tie was answerable for hit * couduct iu a court of justice . The Learned Counsel , in a speech of great eloquence , contended that tbe case had not been made out against the defendant This was ona of those actions wherein the husband not living happily at home , but having some rouaoa eitbei to be doubted of or to doubt in tUe . ' c dearest
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of all social relations , the marriage state , was , by suspicions and jealousies , and plots and plans suggested by his own green eyes , or the miserable understandings of hia friends , tempted to come into a court * of justice , and , upon any sort of evidence , whether it be by friend or relative , "to bring his case before a jury to get damages and so to get rid of his wife who had been disturbing hiB peace bo long . The plaintiff brought this action on the 28 th of September last . Upon what evidence did he do so ? Now , he was putting the case of a Jealons , suspicious husband , reckless of his wife ' s reputation , and anxious to find a fault with tier which should either get ri < l of her or bring her on her knees to beg pardon of him . Was any
man prepared to say upon what testimony he brought this action ?) Until after the action was brought against the defendant he defied any man to say tbat there was any testimony that would touch a hair . He urged the Jury not to receive the evidence of Mr . Topham , upon whose testimony he commented in a humourous manner . He asked them to give a verdict against Mr . Moody , and that would not put him to any pecuniary loss , and he asked them to save Mrs . Moody from losing jtbat reputation and character , which the folly and suspicion of her husband bad put into jeopardy . His Lordship having summed up , The Jury retired for some time , and finally returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ 500 . TUESDA . Y , March 14 . JOHNSON V . EPW 0 B . TH AND OTHERS . Mr . Wilkiks and Mr . Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff , and Mr . ISGuam tor the defendants- Mr . Wilkiks iii stating the case observed that-Gregory Johnson was ! the p ' aintiff , and the three defendants Joseph Epwprth , George Cordeux , and James Rodwell , were officers in the Leeds police . Epworth was the serjeant and the other two were what are called privates . The plaintiff is a tailor carrying on business in Leeds , in I which town he has a shop called the Bazaar . and also onmarketdaya he held a stall in Vicars Croft . That ; stall was ordinarily attended by his wife and a boy ^ , his servant , aud on the morning of Saturday , 14 th Jan , they were engaged in
fitting up Itne stall Whilst they were doing ao , some boys passed them , and immediately afterwards an old woman came up ami told Mrs . Johnson that she had had htT pocket picked , and the servant happened to | say he knew hiiu . Ths declaration of the servant had reached the ears ef the police , and R *» iwell camo up and insisted on the boy going to the police office . Mrs . ! Johnson said she couM not « pare him now as they w * re setting up the stall , and as that v ? as a day of gr « at consequence to thura she particularly wanted the boy . She also gave her name and that of "her husband , and a'ated tint if they summoned the boy he should appear anil give such evidence as was necessary in thu case I Rodwell , however , thought ' proper to seizi the boy by the collar , would listen to n « remonstrance , and j insisted that he should go along with him . Mrs . Johnson also seiz-d hold of the boy ami said he
should not go . Whilu they were engaged in this way , one pulling one way , and the other the other , and wi : h the assistances of the other defen < ia . uts . the female aud the boy , " were taken to the police office . It appeared that she wa 9 detained there about two hours and a Ivilf , and was ttleased by Mr . R * ad , the chief constable , who knew her . The conduct of the defemlsnts towards Mis . Johnson was represented as having been violent on tlie occasion , but it was also al ' eged that she harl assaulted one of tbe officers . Only ona witness was examined , viz ., the b ^ y above mentioned , aft > -r which it was put to the Jury , without any defence In-ing gone into , to consider what damages . the plaintiff w : i 8 entitled to . After a few minutes conakler . itkm they found a verdict for the plaintiff— damages 20 a . — The Judge certifl A . The Court roao shortly before seven o ' clock .
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ENGLISH RADICALS AND IRISH INTERESTS . To the Editor of the Dublin F / eeman ' s Journal . Sir . —I trust that for the sake of justice you will allow me thU use of your columns to correct an error into which you have fallen , upon the conduci aiid feelings of tbe English Ruiicals with regard to Irish interests . The error into which you have fallen ia common to the ; who ' e of that portion of tbe . Irish press cilled Liberal . Y . u one and all confound English sham Radicals with English real Radicals . Tho Spectator , from which you quute , and upon which you ground your
sweep'ns ; ami unjust sttnek upon all Eiiijlisli Radices , was nercr recognised in Eugland as an organ of the Radicals . Yau H * y in this day's Freenitn thU " there are no enemies of Ireland moie bitter , more contemptuous more iminiliyub'e Hum the Radicals of England We liHte never had in our days any measure of coercion propused against us oj which they were not the most thoroughgoing advocates . Thei e never was a beneji' offered to us which they did not help to counteract . There never was an injustice iujtic ' cd on us against which they struggled — few even against xchkh they protested . "
Sir , tbeiwcm ' . \> % by possibility bean ) thing m > re unjust or more unf < , uii <( ecl in fact tban tbese accusations . I bid , as anljribliman , ashamed of thtm ; thay are unt : m in every particular . I kuowthe English Ra 1 ica ! s ; I known "heir hatred of oppression ; I know their ! ove of liberty , and their anxious dtsire to see justicts , ample justice , iiono to Irtrhnd ; 1 know their hatred ef English sham Riidica * ^ anil lri .-h traitors , I- know their contempt for the Speclutor , and every other professing Riilicui . but disguised Whig journal ; ami , knowing these \ hiugs , and haviDg been from time to time cotjnected with real English Ri'iical a 3 sociat Urns . since September , 1825 , I should lo > k upon myself rvs the veriest cheat and poltroon in society were I not to protest aeaiiist this foul calumny on the Radicals of England .
Sir , whan tbe Irish coercion bill h- ; w brought * into the House of Commons there were petitions from two hundred places in England , and signed by six hundred thousand petitioners , against tbut act , before there was one solitary petition sent from Ireland . Was that protesting , and struggling too , against Irish coercion ? When the treacherous and deceitful VVbigs and sham Ridicals , such as the Spectator and th . ; Burdetts , the Cobdens , tbclRussells , the Myrpotba , tho Howards , and such like , jciined the Tories to destroy Mr . O'Connell immediately after the passing of the Irish coercion act ,
the E'iglish Radicals came out , in all their power , and { cave him a reception through every part of England and Scotland , the like of which never was given to man ' before . They sent him back to Ireland crowned with ; honour and glory , thus crushing Whig , Tory , and , as they believed , sham-Radical treachery . Did this look , like immitigable hatred of Ireland and the-Irish ? j Shame upon the Irishman who does not acknowledge , with gratitude such noble conduct at this . The writer in the Spectator ia not an Englishman but an Irish renegade , bko meat of the other skam-Hxdical writera in the English Whig press .
Sir , when Sir Robert Peel made his memorable declaration against Catholic emancipation—namtly , that " so obnoxious was the measure to the people of E igland tbat no' minister of the crown would have the temerity to make it a cabinet measure "—tbe English Radicals came forth in their strength anil took away that o ^ ectioh from the wily Premier , by petitioning in favour of emancipation , to ike number of nearly five to one against its opponents , thus forcing the minister to declare that , ] as the great majority of the people-of England were in favour uf it , it would not be sate to withhold it any longer . DA this look like Eogliah Radical hostility to tjbe Irish people ? Recollect tbat there are nests of hornets about all the Protestant churches in Eualand , same as we have them in Ireland , and that
the inhabitants of thosa nests , parish clerks , vestry cleikB , beadles , Bidesmen , churchwardens , parsons , curates , and : all , were well trained in tho act of goUiug up petitions against catholic eraauoipatton , and that , notwit ( . standing all theart and practicesofthoso well-trained bigots , who -assumed , iu thbir petitions against emancipation , that they were the people of England , the English Radicals , those very men whom you . huve villifiod and traduced , outnumbered , by hundreds of thousands , those trained opponents of Catholic emancipation and defeated them everywhere . The city ol Dublin , in 1828 , sent a petition to Parliament in favour
of Catholic emancipation signed by 10 000 petitioners—Manchester , upon the same occasion , sent a petition for the er . nifj purpose signed by 60 UOU inhabitants of that towu . Those facts are on record on the books of the Catholic Association , and a unanimous vote of thanks was sent , beautifully framed , from the Catholics of Ireland to the English Radicals for their conduct on that occasion . This vote was signed by Sir Thoa . Eamonde , the chiirm ; in of the meeting . The English Radicals compelled the then Bishop of Cheater , now of Exster , te apologise in the House of Lords for having sai . l that Uie signatures to those petitions were not genuine , wbich fact is also recorded on the books of the Catholic
Association . ; Permit me to tell you that you and many others at the Irish press assume that certain inrtivutuala aud certain papers are R . ulical -which the English Radicals , who know them better than you do , repudiate ; and then , when you discover your mistake , you attribute ysur own e ^ ror to the English Radicals . You have assumed , and do still assume , that Richard C > bden end others of hia stamp are Radicals . Xhe English Radicals disown both him and them . They know
that Richard ! C > bden is the author of the filthy , lying , disgusting pamphlet against the Irish , and particularly against the Irish priests and nuns , whom he calumniates in tei-ma with which I shall not pollute your columns . Yet this vile slanderer of the Irish clergy and the unoffending nuns is one of those whom you foist upon us as a Radical of the first water , and byand-by , when you find him out , which you soon shall , you will cry bnt , "Oh . ' { here is English Radicalism ; there is a proof of the immitigable enmity of the English Radicals to Ireland and the Irish . "
Let me ask you had tbe English Radicals any interest , pro or con ., in petitioning Parliament for the total abolition of tithes in Ireland ? Have they not petitioned in greater numbers for the total abolition of that anti-Christian impost than the Irish themselves ? When it was ; stated tbat the Bepeal of the Union could be carried if . three millions of people petitioned Parliament for it , did not three millions fire , hundred thousand Eugliab . Radicals respond to the call by petitioning Parliament in tho very last session for the Repeal of the ; Union ? With what degree of truth or omn . on justice , th € n , do you publish to the world , •« that tb-. re are no enemies of Ireland more bitter ,
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" ** —¦ . _ i m m more contemptuous , more immitigable tban the Radi cals of England ? " I answer , Sir , tbat the man who endeavours to excite hostility and bad feeling , by misreuTesentations and unfounded calumny , between the Radical Reformers of England and the Irish people , ia the bitter enemy of the people of both countries and the foe of public liberty . Hopin that the facts which I have stated may in . duce you hereafter to make a distinction between tbe Radicals of England and their and your enemies , the sham-Radicals , I am your obedient servant , Patrick O'Higgins . No- 14 North Ann-street , Feb . 28 , 1843
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CARLISLE . —THE DEFENCE Fund . —During tha last three weeks upwards of £$ bas been subscribed for the above purpose , which , with £ 3 that was sent on a former occasion , and 15 s . which waa given to Mr . J&s . Arthur , to pay his expences to Lancaster , make up the sum of nearly £ 10 . The collections are still going on , and we trust other places will follow the example thus set by the Chartists of Carlisle ; if so , a sufficient sum will be speedily obtained to meet all deficiencies which have lately arisen from the heavy expences necessarily
incurred by the late trials at Lancaster . Mr . James Arthur returned home from Lancaster on Saturday last , and was feiadly received by his friends , who mat him the same evening , and were delighted to hear from him of the great exertions of Mr . O Connor , Mr . Roberts and others , who were at Lancaster to take their trials , and whose beid and uncompromising addresses to the Ju * 7 i have gained them imperishable laurels . The Cbartists here were not more delighted at the result of the late trials , than that the Anti-Corn Law party have been disappoisted and chagrined .
THE WORKING MEITS MENTAL IMPROVEMEKI Society—Tbe members of this Society held their usual weekly meeting at their room , N , o , 6 , John-street Caldew-gate , on Sunday evening . Mr . Thomas 3 ellio the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read over and confirmed ; after whxb . the following resolutions were unanimously carried—Moved by Mr . H . Bjwman , and seconded by Mr . JohnForster : —" Seeing the great exertions which have been made by Mr . O Connor , Mr . Roberts , and others , who assembled at Lancaster , for their and the general defence of all prisoners , included in the nio : ister indictment , and tfce bold and uncompromising addresses , which Mr . O'Caunor and others made to the Jury in theirownand others bdhalf ; this meeting tender their most
ein-C 8 re thanks to those persons , bi > lie 7 ing that the * 1 btraightforvrard conduct on this occasim , has greasy forwarded the causa of Charcisrn . " Mr . H . Bowffl 3 iii after warmly eulogisir . g the character of Mr . T . S . Duncombe , M . P . for FinaWry , proposed the following resolution , which being seconded by -Mr . B . Hanson , waa carried unanimously : — " That the most heartwlt and cordial thanks of this meeting , are due , and are hereby given , to Thomas Stagsby Dattcombe , Es < l-t M . P . for Finsbury , for tha manly and patriotic spirit he has unflinchingly displayed , on all occasions . during the whole course of hia Parliamentary career , who , though nursed and reared in the lap of aristocracy
has bad the good sense and honesty to despise iJsfome- "! and become tbe able and praiseworthy advocate of tua rights of the poor , the unsparing exposer of taa vices and folliea © f the rich , and the starliDg and uncompromising , champion of civil and religious liberty ! and who , en a recm : occasion , had tbe manly resola tion to bring , forward a motion before the notico « Parliament , tethe effect , tbat an inquiry be instituted into the unconstitutional and brutal conduct of i ° ™ Chief Baron Abinger , at the Special CommiffltoMU * Cheater and Liveipool , in the month of October , 1842 . " A vote of tfaanka was then proposed and carried to tbe Chairman , alter which the meetws dissolved .
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WAR !!! TO THE MINISTtBS OP RELIGION . When the awfnl loss of human life , and the enormous expense of War is taken into consideration and when it is well known that three-fourths ofalj the taxes raised from an industrious people , go directly or indirectly to the support of War or its eonsequences , whilst one fourth only is sufficient to maintain the splendow of the Throne ; and to provide for the necessary expenses of the Government , is \ % not wonderful that this Country should still reckle&sly pursue such a wicked and destructive course ? Is it not time for the friends of the people to opea their eyes on this sabjecs , and by every
constitutional means endeavour to check this mighty ev 3 which is consuming the v ? ry vitals of the nation , aud * de ^ roying all her best energies ! What belief in the precepts and examples of our Saviour and his fol . lowers as recorded in the New Testament , can those persons have who support War \ When comparing their profession of rel ^ ion with their actions aa regard this evil , there is something so paradoxical that it seems to confound all reason , and to remove any surprise why disbelievers scoff at all that is great and good . Consider , but for a moment , the monstrous absurdity of propagating the priciples of peace with the swerd in one haud , and the New Testament ia the other .
Oh England ! my native land ! what must even heathen nations ( whose knowledge of Christianity is rapidly progressing ) , think of such a cloven footed system practised by a highly professing people , and looking on as they must do , and comparing things what or how can they conclude ? Here , they observe Universities , in which young men are instructed to preach and propagate the Gospel of peace ; and here also , they see Military Colleges erected for the training of the brothers of these very young men to the arts of War , and all this in what is called a Christian country . Now my friends , what is meant by a Christian country ? Is it not that the i nhabitants believe in Christianity , believe in the precept " as ye would thnt men should do unto vou , do ye also
unto them likewise " . —Xuke vi . 31 . it so , what is the ca use of this incongruity of action ? In England this nation of Christian believers , where churches ( as they are tertaed ) and chapels are continually rising up before us , ihac the Inhabitants may assemblo together to worship tho God of love and peace , that God who has commanded as that wo should loTe our enemies , that we should return sood for evil , coaqunring them fay acts of love , all which we profess to believe in , and though many are educated at a great expense to dissetnmate these truths , we find this spirit of War gt'll prevails , which mighty evil ia allowed silently to sap the foundation of all that is good , and it is indeed a melancholy picture . Then , O ! ye Shepherds , where are ye ? How is it that vou .
as a body , in a treat measure stand aToof ? you , who ought by every moans in your power to endeavour to enlighten t he public mind oa a subject of such importance ; it ia your office , and peace above all thing 3 should be engraven on your banners ; you , who profess to be the Messengers of peace to your flocks , how is it I say , that you are thus silent on so momentous a matter I there must be some cause for this ; otherwise surely you would be up and doing , strenuously endeavouring in your respective parishes to implant in the minds of your parishioners the awiulness aud ill effects of War ; how incompatible it is with the life of a Christian , and how opposed to the universal acceptance of the Christian dispensation ; for though perhaps it is not your place to in *
terfere with the Recruiting Officer when in your districts , yet jt is yr-ur boun-eu duty to warn your hearers of this evil , especially those who are most likely to be lemptod by the parade of a military life te enlist . Will you not be accountable to Him under whom you profess to be the Teachers of the people for ' . he untimely end of many of your parishioners , whose lives have been thus sacrificed ? surely , then , if from apathy or other causes you have been too long silent in these matters , let the past suffice , and in future . Jet noi tho a'lurmg fife and drum parade your Towns and Villages unheeded by you ; arouse yourselves for yourselves , as well as for your fellow men ; snfivr not another soul iu your care to bs snatched away , and sent headlong into eternity by
that entrapping music . Be serioua in a serious cause , while time and talent are granted you ; shake yourselves from your lethargy , and proclaim byjprecepfc and example , by every means in your power , tbat you really believe in Christianity , that you believe that the day will come when the SWORD shall become a PLOUGMSKA . RE , and tho SPEA . R a PRUNING HOOK , and peace shall cover the earth as the waters cover the spa ; a state which all must or ought to covet , and all must endeavour under the divine propelling hand to assist in accomplishing ; for though God alone can gi * e the increase , yet we are commanded to plnnt and water , trusting to Him whose promises are Yea and Amen for ever ; therefore , how great is tho respoasibility of every believer , and especially of every Pastor , for we must
remember each .= oul that is lost by this fiendish display will be required at some band or other . Oh I then arm yourselves with love to your neighbour , and rally under that standard you profess to carjy before the world ; let it be distinctly seen OU whose side jrou are , let your actions so comport with yOUT profession , that others seeing your good works may follow your example ; and that the principles of peace may be the theme of evtry tongue , then may you and we expect that our exertions will be blessed , and -hat that day will quickly come when nations shall learn war no more ; when ths spirit of peace shall bind the people of tha earth iu one common bond of brotherhood , mingling as one family , directed by the Almighty parent of the Universe ; man will then really love his fellow man from pole to pole .
1843 . Cosmopolite . N . B . It is said that a peace Convention of persons from different nations , to deliberate upon the best means , under the divine blessing , to shew to the world the evil and inexpediency of the spirit and praciiee of WA . R , and to promote pernianent and universal peace , will be held in London , about tha 22 ad of June , 1843 .
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Loss by Light Sovereigns , — In the nal ^?^ y statement of the revenue account of the North Miu * laud Railway Company , is the following UtJB "¦ — j ^ oss on li f tht gold , £ 102 19 s . 6 d .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1204/page/6/
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