On this page
- Departments (4)
-
Text (19)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
fUfal atff &tnttol 3Enten%^n«*
-
^ortfKomtng Ctjarttet $&tttm%&
-
DEATHS.- XMSmM.*
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
« Besikx's Address is at Mr . Sinclair ' s , Charti&t 3 et > oU 25 » -2 * ff ^ Bridge , Newcastle . - ^ J ^^ BUS GHiBTisrs . —Mr . EiU has received ^ tfitir tend solicitation . He viB have great pleatare in visiting them at the first opportunity . Be ggnnoi now fix a time until he hears what my rods tie Queen's Justices" stty , iulwill commitjjjgok tcith them hereafter . He takes this mode o answerviff them . rigJjg 5 BJ& ' —The Members of the Charier Assort ^^ jfon are earnestly requested to pay up their Subcrip tions , as the Council is about to take a Room , and will want the means . rejigs- Shtth . —Sis letter is received . We thank J » b » f ° e W essien ° f his good opinion . Sis Jtiier is a great deal too long for insertion . __ __
Untitled Article
yOB T HAHOSiX DZPZ 5 CB FCXB . £ b . d . n BamBbottoin « . ¦ — . — -. 026 iftfend , Clayton West -. - — ~ . 0 1 0 iLL the © artists of Croyden , Surrey -. 650 ^ Ezreaont , Cumberland-- .. . „ . 0 5 0 ^^ end ^ perJ . STKet , Wottingham ... 0 16 JOB . THE TICTTH TtTSD . jjen &a Chart ists of Crofden , Surrey ,.. 6 5 0 FOB XB 3 . ELLIS .. -jdjji Hjb ( 5 ax ^^ 3 oT CroxSen ^ Snrrey ,.. 0 5 $
Untitled Article
Tf ngQ S . — P- > 3 UA 3 cgyr 5 of Esglasd . —Mr . H . c ^ sndii , of Leeds , has already distinguished him * ttf "br a work " » Parliamentary Contested Elec-£ « , Be is now bringing oat a work on the same Iv « -L tik on an enlarged scale . His present -plan - £ Jfrt * record of all the Parliaments which hare kmiolaen from the time of George theFirsi , in vtI to the jr ^ ent penod . What amount of ilianr Hr . Smith must hare had to undergo in the Swioa of materials for this work , can hardly be ^^ ated by the leader who sees theneat , methojtojBsjuneriii which these materials are arranged . T ^ -ajj « ii £ hcd author has said , easy writing is f Jjj ^ iag / ' The converse is equally true ; hard fzL ja -writing ^ requisite for easy reading . This -St-Biube a desderatuin to all those who fed an fc JglU jb the constitution of oar country , as an of what
r ^ -rtOB P «* ence ? aa perseverance can !* £ * flii rescuing from oblivion the progress of oar ^^ DEUarj coBsdtaeBcy . p ^^ zzt rJB 5 T .- ^ 0 n-Tnesday last , a man named VsrtiB Cawood , who had been in the service of Mr . ^ i ^ Dawson , of Holbeek , was brought np at the Cbarf Honse under the following circnmstances : — nJrwss seat by b * mast ^ ' seven months ago , to Vjofihester with a load of herrings to dispose of , Swiss sold the herrings , instead of returning home hTtafcihs horse and cart to Liverpool , and nlti-Haferr to Wales , where he left them both in pledge Jkr aieoreai » priblie-bonse . The horse and cart were traced and recoYeredabont a month afterwards , tot the prisoner had not been seen sinoe until Mon-$% i last , when he was apprehended at a beer-house , ia Meadow-lane . He was eommUted to Wakefield Honse of Correction for three months .
IfeufijT . —On Tuesday last , a lad noi above fourteen jears of age , Tamed ¥ m . Shaw , was charged with having stolen a piece of bacon and a piece of cheese &om * shop kept by Mrs . Alexander , in Memon-street . The prisoner haa been several gaesin custody , and ha 3 been once convicted of felony . Be was sent to Wakefield , as a reputed fluef , for three months . Assaelhsb rss Pond . —On Tuesday last , a TP *! , named Tbcrnsis Krtb , was fined 20 s And costs , cr one month to Waiefield , for having , whilst in a Bate of intoxication , knocked down a policeman , who was endeavouring to get him home . ^ TfittT . —On Wednesday last , the head-quar-\ at of the 12 a Bnssars , under ihe command of the * K *^ Bottle Colonel / 1 arrived at Leeds from Jjori t ensotde to Doblin . Tl ? eyleft Leeds on ThursdsjJnonuDg . _ . . .
LtftdST . —On Monday last , an inquest was held fcitbe € onr t Honse , before Mr . Hopps , thedepntr toma , to inquire eoneerning the death of Mr . "W . MoAj , a master mariner , residing at ihe Canal Sa ^ m Leeds . On Sunday forenoon , the deseised vent up stairs to dress bimself , when he ssMsHj fell down and instantly expired . He was fiaty-nro years of age , and had sot had any provisos iQness . Yerdict— "IHed by the "natation of GwL " Dnis bt Deottms » : —Test » day morning an isasesiwas held at the Clarendon Hotel , Yietoria Bad , before John Blackburn , Esq ^ onthe body of Wo . Hirst , a waterman , from Burnley , in Lanca &n . The deceased was assiBting to get a canal bat rai of the Union Company ' s warehoaEe , about txotftkxk . on Thursday morning , and being at the feaiaistxie of intoxication , he fell overboard , and id ' oreLecoaldbegot out he . was qoite dead . He Bssferty years of age , ' and has lefts wife and seven da&im-wim -reade at BnraleTTerdict ** AcdfMi PJf £ LVVi
. . ^"'«^ TTgT j * TinJ XCZXLUD 1 * 9 J ~ . n * » « AUAVV ~ feaiaTly drowned . * ' ' ¦ Buigubt . —On Monday last , three men and a Turns , named Wn . Ward , James Linley , John Bciterfisld , and Hannah Greenftarth , were brought heim-Utehrs . Mnsgrare and Baines , at the Court Bouse charged with having been concerned in the hxgsrj in the dw&llinghonse of Mr . John Atkinson a LmIj Pit Lane , on the 12 th instant . Thepartiealas of the burglary have already appeared in this piper . The prisoners were te&oed in company with tn . others net jet apprehended , to Ferrybridge , Doneaser , Bansley , and Sheffield ; one of them * m * tai « n at Boncaster , another at Barssley , and fe others in Leeds . Linley was taken at his own kmsftjin St . James ' s-street , and a shirt and a pair of itotimzgjidmtifiedas part of the proceeds of the
Rooery were found on him j and another shirt and par of stockings were found on Butterfield . Ward vuprcnrea to be with them at all the places where QttjiadoSered goods for sale ^ and the female was SaniiSed as having offered for sale a" black satin oess , some handkerchiefs , shawls , &c at Wakefield , aaiiiole of which were identified as part of the * d 8 a ^ property . The thieves obtained altogether » 5 » Bt £ 30 worth of goodBfroia Mr . Atkinson ' s , and * &tax part of this has been recovered . In the ^» cf obtaming the other parties engaged in the "woy , fee prisoners were remanded j the others , i * Wsier , have hitherto xoasaged to keep ont of the ¦**!» and yesterday ( Friday" ) the above four prisaoBirere fully « ommirted to York CastlB for trial w the next ^ ffiizes .
EErry feiSGB or Thefx—On Thnrsday week , * MJ , foariejai years of age , named Henry Marston , « s bton ^ itbefore Edward Baines , Esq ., and Ja ? . -Mssgrwe , Esq ^ » t the Court House , Leeds , enarged -si&laTing plneked a jcmquil , ont of the ^ md m frcat of the house of Darnton Lupton , ¦** 5-, Potternewton- After . hearing the charge * P « sUbB prisoner , the Magistrates remanded him ™ i toe foDowing day , in order thai they might T ' «» boy ' s father present , and hear from him waatwas the general character and conduct of his » a- Aewrdbjgly , on Fr iday , the youthful flewer-*™« p ; who had been in prison forty hours , was ^* ea in the dock in froct of the two Magistrates
*™ JHfcsiied -on the previous day . Mr . BaineB , *^® ag the boy , told him he was , eharge £ with wMrtoiQy plncking a flower in front of the «** Of Mi . Daroton Lupton and said that family he had pnHed the flower for the mere ** uaeaiion of his pasaoh for mischief . The boy *** Mtbat he went into the grounds of Mr . Lupton " Pttssaneyomyj nettles , and , seeing the flowers , athraght he would like to have" one . Mr . Mns-FWejajtt J » was like to know that the flowers were ** £ a property , and tha' he had no business to "oiiem . - The boy said he did not know that he * u fojBg ajjy 5 , 3 ^^ ^_ jj ^ jng a angle flower for gradf . The father of the boy having been called ?* £ » W , Mr . Bainea asked him what sort of a " »» M boy his son was . The fatter replied tvr ~~ " ! mo ouu was . aoe aauaer xepucu *
^ tT ^ 8 ws a very good lad , and he had never g ° * n him charged with an ofience before ; S . ^! aot ln w <» k just then , bnt he bad been np ?** & aweek or two back . Mr . Lupton here ininiaT m * Ae saj [ istratBS , and it Beemed as if he 2 * O eterndasd to haVe him pnnished . 2 Sx . Baines , *»«« mvcraBg with Mr . Mn ^ ravej . said that un-^ J ^ oi artunistance ^ the Bench wonld not like to gj ihe bov to Wakefield Honse of Correction , for Vjf ^ owbe a great stain upon his character , and "" wooia , ] a » 11 probability , come from the place Si * - ^ eat ^ ^^^ &d B 0 t iato ' w what ^ waoggjng might have upon his futnre character teivro ^ d that ^ 8 would not like Mm to be S ^ Wikefield ; *** «» an ^ er to Mr . Baines , be * tertr £ fonidnot grre an answer as to the effect * l " * " > aogpng might have upon the boy . Mr . 2 P ? "" « skod the father if he wonld itfve his con-S 5 iSLi 5 ^ fio ^ - The father , with eonseni jjapson
HkT « i . vw * > «» Te jus . jot . , ^ ™ at oti ^ , beach , though at Borne distance , " « £ *» two Sitting MagiBtrates , said that a great iu ?** . or garden depreoationa bad been com-StoSiP ^ neighbourhood by boys , but , of ^^ , fle could not say that the prisoner was one £ ™ £ id oomnmted them . Mr . Banes , who evi-Svv toef !! 1 two opinions "— whether to gg ) 4 e boy to be discharged with or without * gs » & was reminded that the father had given StoB ^ f 11 ^ * " » the J ° n * flogged X fcae Bench fcSS ^* ' ^^ * ° tbis xemindlmg Mr . Baines *» S ^ w t * has consented to the least of two * e » t » - ^ , P * then rose from from his Beat , Sre ^ T 1 ^ "t ^ Mr . Barnes andMr . Mus-^ nrTJL- * bispering conversation of the dnra-SqL" * 3 ???^ « two passed amongst them , at the &W Mr- Baines said the Bench had deter-SSm ¦»!? J ° J ^ onld ^ flogged and then ois-W 7 m \ v- do i «> t like to trust oursdves to com-^« on this case ; ii is one so utterly heartless that o * oj > eji eTertt > seeits 2 ikeagaini WHIG COXSISIEKCY . ' 4 ^ eTin g soldier" if they flog , ^? f ^ 7 ~ Jou treat Mm like adog !"
Untitled Article
Obstbtcotg the Poi . ics .--OaTuesday , ayonng Y f *™* J * g * & Cameron , was charged it the Leeds Crrart Houce , before Me 3 srs . Musgrave and Boot and Shoe Yard , Kirkgate , to rescued prisoner from tbeiandB of the r ^ lice , whom they had appro , iended by . warrant . The charge was made out , bnt the pmoner londly protested his entire innocence ° l thecharge , and attempted to convince the Bench that- ce wa 3 an uncommonly well-behaved
young ¥ i *??? dld Dot > how « Ter , credit his statement , and fined him 20 s . ~ and costs , or one month to Wakefidd . He then said , » WelL ril go for a month } that will soon be over , " at the same time shaking his head m a threatening manner at the police . Legal Appoiktkent . —Mr . Henry Boulton Harle , of this town , solicitor , was on Thnrsday last , appointed an attorney , to practice in her Majesty's Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors , on behalf of prisoners confined for" debt in the gaol of Rothwell , in the county of York .
LIXES EEPOSTED TO HAVE BEEN ADDKISSED TO A REVEREND gentleman , vebt kbchhtlt . i * t 8 ssad toub skhm 0 n on tottb wije , a 2 td p 1 xd tod xed a happt lipb ; "But , if aqaih tod aim to wed , Tjj . mot bb pabtjveb op toub bkd , "Uhlbss tou solemslt agree — no seem 0 h shall be pekach > i>—os me ' .
c ^ , o IGNOTA . St . Geobgb ' s Stbeet , Apsh 12 , 1843 . A Fehals Chdbchwaeden . —A notice was attached to the door of Birstal Church , on Sunday week , calling a vestry meeting in the usual way , to elect a churchwardenfoT"tne ensuing year . At the time appointed , the wife of the assistant overseer entered the Vestry with the parish book in which the usual entry is made on £ uch an occasionand after
, waiting nearly an hour and no person making his appearance , either lay or clerical , the good dame took her departure and budged home with the book under her arm . On entering her dwelling , her husband eagerly enquired who was appointed warden , to which she replied , why me to be sure—tfee , ejaculated the astonished official , yes , me , reiterated the wife , for there haB not been another living soul at the meeting , therefore , I suppose , I muBt be churchwarden .
Untitled Article
BBADPOBD—Extensive and Dabimo Bcb-BEBr . —On Jriday- morning about four o ' clock , the watchman on duty in Exchange « Btreet , discovered u » aUne doorheading from the inclosed yard of Mr . W . CrHaigha wool warehouse , into the street , had been broken open since going on his previous round . Oni entering the yard he found that the warehouse had been broken into , and that a robbery had been committad . The watchman immediately hastened to the readence of Mr . Haigh , at Little Hortpn , and communicated the intelligence , and at five o ' clock he waa at the scene of the robbery . The mode and extent of the robbery w&i now ascertained . It was found that the door leading to the street had bran forced open from the inside , and the warehouse door had been forced from the : outside , and the natural inference arising therefrom was , that ihe robbers had
been secreted ia the Btable hay-loft , or other outoffice situated In the enclosed yard , from whence , as the doowof the ont-offices were not locked , they could issue forth at pleasure and proceed to business . Having obtained ingress to the warehouse , by forcing away the portion of the door cheek to which was affixed the staple for receiving the lock there was np obstacle in the way to thecounting house , the door of wMoh was left open for the convenience of cleaning out in ihe morning . Here the first object of the attack appears to have been a strong Iron safe built into the wall , the door of which , secured by a patent lock , seems to have bid defiance to all their implements . Gunpowder iad therefore been introduced by the key-hole into the lock , and by that means the door of the Bafe was shattered to pieces . Here another difficulty presented itself to ihe robbers . la addi « tion to various receptables for books , the safe
contained two drawers , each locked with a different key , bnt both locks shutting into tb " 3 solid iron , and thus affording no leverage for the exercise of forcing instruments . Where the keys of these two drawers ^ were deposited was known only to Mr . Haigh himself , yet by strange accident the robbers went to the identical drawer in which they were deposited ) and by the use of brace , bit , and saw , they get the keys , opened the drawers , and abstracted upwards of £ 80 in cash , leaving behind them nearly £ 2000 in bills , from this place they appear to have proceeded to the desk m the warehouseman's counting-house , and there again , by brace , bit , and saw , effected an entrance , and therefrom abstracted between £ 5 and £ 6 in cash . Money , it would appear , has been their sole object , as nothing bnt one bottle of wine besides has been missed . The police are in active seach , but up to the time of writing no discovery has been made .
Anotheb Daring Robbery . —In the night © f Tuesday last , or early on Wednesday morning , a most daring burglary was committed at Shipley , in the house of Mr . Lambert , and twenty dozen of wine and some other property stolen . On examining the premises , it appeared that the house had been broken into by m < ans of a crowbar and a large wooden beam , with which the thieves bent the iron Btanchions of the window , and having effected an entrance they broke open the door of the wine cellar , wherein they committed depredations as above described . Soon after the robbery was discovered ,
information of it was given at the Court Houbb , Bradford , by Mr . Lambert , when Mr . Ingham aud another police officer were dispatched to Shipley with warrants to search the dwelling-houses of suspected parties residing there and in that neighbourhood . This is the second robbery which has been committed on Mr . Lambert ' s premises , in little more than a month . On the first occasion , the villains took away a auantity of wise and provisions . Parties residing in country districts , will do well to secure thetgratings of their cellars ; this Beems an easy and favoaxite way of access , just now .
Chabgb xtndeb the Rkgistbation Act . —On Monday last , at the Court House , a man named Brook , from Tong , was charged by Mr . Barraclbugh the registrar of that district , with having refused to S ' ve proper and necessary information respecting e birth of his child . The facts of case were not stated , though from the conversation which passed batween Mr . Wagstaff , the magistrate , and the defendant , it would appear that the dispute was one of long standing , and that the prosecution was com * meuced by order of the Home Secretary ; Sir James Graham . Both parties were bound over to appear at the next York assizes , the one to prosecute and the other to answer the charge . Highway Robpebt . —Oa Monday night , about
the hour of nine o ' clock , as Mr . John Collins , manager for Messrs . Hard castle , Aked , and Co ., coalmerchants , Four Lane Ends , Mannincham , was on his way from the counting-house , to Mr / HardGastle ' B in Whitley-lane , ha was suddenly seized and thrown on his bacfc by a highwayman . The person making the attack was instantly assisted by several others , who acting in concert , succeeded in robbing Mr . Collins of a large sum in cash , the proceeds of the day . During the last winter , Messrs . Hardcastle andCo . 's counting-house has been four times broken into and robbed ; bat after the first robbery , the cash has" been removed every night , and the subsequent robbery had consequently been confined to the candles , &c , deposited therein for the use of the coal miners . i
DiscovEBT op Human Bones . —On Thnrsday last , as Mr . Isaac Wood's mas , of Kipping . Thornton , was ploughing at the Pikeley Farm , in the township of Auerton , the plough went so deep as to break the top of a large pot jar , into which the man put his hand , and to his astonishment found it contained the remains of a human being . From what has transpired since the discovery there seems little doubt but the remains in question are those of a little boy about eleven years old , who was
apprenticed to a coal miner abont Dent ' s Head , and who mysteriously and suddenly disappeared forty-three years ago . The boy had been cruelly used by his master on the night previous to his disappearance , and the probability is that one of his blows proving fata ] , he put him into the large pot jar , capable of holding half a pack of flour , so as to escape the justice which hiB crime deserved . The coal miner always said that the boy had run away , and nothing has been heard of him up to this time . The supposed murderer died nearly twenty years sincB .
OLDHAM . —On Monday , the 17 th , the members belonging to the Gomer Lodge , No . 81 , of the Order of Modern Druids , met at the house of Mr . Peter M'Donald , sign of the Rights of Man Inn , Oldbam , to celebrate their first anniversary at the above house , when eighty and upwards sat down to an exoellent dinner . BTTDDEBSFIELP . —The Militabt . —For some time this town has been troubled with a detachment or the 32 nd regiment of foot ; they are stationed in a large new warehouse , situate at the bottom efthe New North Road . Captain Gardiner is their governor { but , from some canse unknown , the men regard him not . Disturbances of -various kinds have been of nightly occurrence since their
arrival , antil Monday , the 17 th mst ., when , it appears , a number of them attended a race at Marsh . This being over , they , along with many others , entered a beerhouse , which was well filled . An altercation took place between the soldiers and the company , in consequence of some penon calling ont *' swaddy / ' The soldiers beat every one out of the house , fastened the door , and remained inside . A report was taken to the Captain , who'immediately sent a piquet to fetch them . On their return , and in West Parade , opposite to the beerhonse called the "Old Hat , " the men left the piquet , and went into the above house . The word " swaddy" was again used ; another row commenced ; the company were turned out , and severely beaten . They then
destroyed a great deal of property inside , broke the windows , and the piquet returned , and took parf with their fellow soldiers in the destruction of property . One of the soldiers , named Davies , was severely beaten , and was taken to bed . On Tuesday , the 18 th inst ., the cases were taken before the magistrates , when two of them , named Fox and Russell , were convicted . Davies ' s case was adjomrned until Tuesday , the 25 th . On the Bench was Sir G . Armitage , W . W . Battye , T . Slarkey , and T . Sutcliffe , Esqrs . Fox , who was convicted last week , was again brought up , and charged with assaulting Edward Oxley . The examination was long and tedious ; many attempts were made to prove he was at eome other place at the time stated ,
bnt they failed . The magistrates ordered Fox to pay twenty shillings , which « houldinclude costs . Daviea was next called , and was examined before Sir 6 . Armitage and T . Sutcliffe . The charge was fully proved , when one magistrate , Si * George , was for an acquittal , the other for conviction , and , without further ceremony , adjourned the cases . Whether he will again appear is not known . These charges have excited considerable interest in the town , and universal disgust is now manifested towards the soldiers . Something must be done for their removal The public peace is broken ; the revenge sought for by many may be attended with evil consequences , so that the Booner the inhabitants determine on calling a public meeting , for the purpose of ex
pressing their abhorrence , and for taking steps for their speedy and immediate removal , the better . On Mowdat last , as a person named Hatcbinson was rising Oatcote Bank , he was called to by another man , whom he did not know , and asked if he would call at Mr . Ebeneser Thornton's , New-street , and request him to send on a kettle . HatchinBon called , and as he thought the man lived in the house to which he stood opposite , gave the name of Mr . Hirst , dogger . In a short time a boy was sent with a kettle , when he was met by the man who wished to have one , and was told it was too small , he must go back for one a size larger , and bring also a Bmall
saucepan , and whatever the price might be , he was to bring the difference in silver , aa he would receive a sovereign . The lad soon returned , when he was again met by the man , but without coat this time . He told him they would do very well , and inquired what was the price , when he was told 5 s . The man then said , " tfeou most give me the 15 s ., as I have to goon to the oo-operative Bhop to buy some things , and thou may take the kettle on to the honse , and Mrs . will give thee a sovereign . The lad went to Mr . Hirst , who , to bis surprise , knew nothing of the matter , and the lad was obliged to return lighter by his change . The trickster has noi bees seen since ,
Untitled Article
HoAX—Tfaelnhabitants of Wakefield had a hoax played upon them on Wednesday week by band bills being posted in the town the previous evening , requesting saLoon 8 table 3 , boroughreevc % bailiffs , bye-Jaw-men , and other officers in authority , to attend in their appropriate and Customary and seemly costume , as on chartered and other royal oocasions , to keep order and peace in the streets , from half-past nine to eleven o ' clock on the morning of Wenesday ; iwhilst the last two troops ofthe 17 th Lancers , headed by his Hidmess
ranee <* eorge of Cambridge , passed through the » w . - On ^ e previous day ( Tuesday ) a troop of the ma Lancers passed through Wakefield en route to Nottingham , and ; great doubt prevailed as to whether Hia Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge was with the troop ; this no doubt led the hoaxers to issue the plaoard in question , which induced hundreds to leave their homes to see "the sight ; ' but , alas ! they found out the trick , and had the mortification to be laughed at by those who had been wiser than themselves .
Chdbch-rate Sale . —A sal b of a large variety of articles which had been seized by the Church from the Dissenters of Leicester , was attempted last week , but not a single bidder could be found ! The Leicester Mercury Bays the goods have since been sold privately , and remarks— " We have not been able to ascertain the names of the buyers , lhat they have been sold we are not at all surprised . Men destitute of honesty abound in large towns : and we do not hesitate to say that the purchasers of these goods would not hesitate to pick a pocket , or rob a hen-roost , if sure ofreneaining undetected . The sufferers from this infamous transaction need to be reminded that it is but the natural result of the predominance of a sect ; and that the effect upon their mmdB should be a determination to redouble their efforts for the abrogation of the system from which such evils flow . "
DBBIDIDL MdBDEKS AT SUNDBBIAND By A Maniac—Sundebland , Apbii . 25 . —This morning intense excitement was oaused in . tho town by a report that two murders had been committed during the night by a person who had escaped from a lunatic asylum near Gtteshead . The report , on inquiry , proved too true . It appears from the hasty particulars we have been able to gather , that Win . Ferry , a man who has been confined in a lunatic asylum during tho last two years , contrived to make his escape on Saturday : last , and to elude the vigilance of his keepers he kept out of the way by going round the country . On arriving at his house , in Monk * wearmouth , he found that the keepers had arrived before him , and to escape them he concealed
himself in a boat , which was lying near the house , and adjoining the harbour . After the keepers had gone he went home , and remained there with his family until the perpetration of the awful deed , which took place during one of his frantic fits of madness , shortly after midnight . The alarm was first given by a boy , who lived in a part of the house , running into the street and shouting , that Ferry was murdering his daughter ; but before any person could reach his room the wretched maniac had sacri . ficed his unhappy wife and daughter . H ? killed the latter by beating her over the head , ia a horrible manner , with a wooden vessel called a skeel , used for carrying water , and he next billed his wifeby
, beating her with a poker and bruising her in such a manner as no person but a maniac could have done . Ho was soon taken into custody to await the result of the Coronet ' s inquest . In the evening , at six o'clock , an inquest was held before J . M . Fa veil , Esq ., Coroner . The principal witness against the father was a little boy , a son of the murderer , only about five years of age , who providentially escaped the bloody hands of his parent , and witnessed the . premature and horrible deaths of his mother and sister . The jury , after hearing the whole of the evidence , returned a verdiot of" Wilful murder against William Ferry . " He has since bean committed to take his trial at the next Durham assizes .
Diabolical Attempt at Mubdbb . —On Monday last , a young woman , named Mary Francis , was lodged in the Worcester county gaol , by Henry Churohley , oonstablo of Shipston-upon-Stour , to take her trial at the next assizes , for attempting to murder Mary Jefis , an old woman between sixty and seventy years of age , residing with her husband ( who is carter to Mr . Bailey ) at Goldicote , in the parish of Alderminster , which is nearly midway between Stratford-upon-Avon and Shipston-upon-Stour . It seems that the girl is endente by the old woman ' s son , John Jeffs ( a labourer in the service of
Mr . Smith , a gentleman residing at Goldicote ) , who had expressed his willingness to marry her , but his mother was strongly opposed to the match on accoant of Francis * character , she having been delivered of an illegitimate child some time ago , and it was rumoured that this was not the only child she had had . It is supposed she entertained the purpose of ridding herself of the old woman , and to effect it purchased a quantity of arsenic , mixed it with a cake , and sant it to the house where Mrs . Jeffs lives by a carrier . No one , fortunately , partook of it , but the attempt having been proved , the prisoner was committed .
LEifESTBB Bank . —On Saturday morning , the bank of Messrs . Clarke , Mitchell , Phillips , and Smith , of Leicester , stopped payment . The fact was communicated to the public in the following announcement : —* ' Suspension of Payment . —In oonsequenceof a sudden pressure , caused by the malicious rumours which have been so industriously circulated , it has become necessary that a temporary suspension of the business of this bank should take place . The public may rest satisfied , * that no individual can sustain any loss , and that arrangements will be made for rendering the inconvenience resulting from the present step of as short duration as posBibie . —Saturday , April 22 , 1843 . "
Untitled Article
HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wednesdav , A pbil 26 . Petitions in abundance were presented against the Education clauses of the Factory Bill . Mr . M . Gibson put two questions to Sir Robert Peel relative to the interruptions of the negotiations with Brazil and Portugal , for establishing commercial treaties with these countries and England , but the Right Hon . Baronet evidently was not inclined to make any disclosures about the Brazilian affair ; he would say nothing , but he intimated that if the negotiations with Portugal had been successful , and tho duties on Portuguese wine had been reduced , a similar reduction would have been made on French and Spanish wines . The terms , however , which had been offered to the Portuguese Government had not been accepted , and therefore , so far , there was an end of the negotiation . The order of the day for going into Committee on the Dramatic Performances Bill was postponed for a fortnight .
In answer to a question from Sir Robert Peel , Lord John Russell said he should offer no opposition to the Factories Education Bill going into Committee pro forma . He at the same time intimated his intention to postpone his resolutions on the subject until Tuesday next , as Sir James Graham intended to make certain amendments of importance to his Factories Bill . On the order of the day for the second reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill , Lord John Russell stated that the objects he had in view in introducing the measure , when Mr . Williams expressed his regret that the Noble Lord had omitted the
Corporation of London in his catalogue . Every article , he said , imported into London paid a tax to the Corporation , which they spent in profligacy and revelry . From the articles of corn , coal * , salt , and potatoes they received a revenue of £ 100 , 000 a-year . This statement excited much laughter . , Sir Jahes Graham opposed the Bill , cHitfly on the ground that it would put an end to representation , &iv& rate-payers a power over vestries , and pervert the application of ancient trusts for education and other matters . He therefore moved its rejection , and on a division the amendment was carried by a majority of 99 to 46 . After some routine business the House adjourned at half-past seven ,
Untitled Article
EXPRESS FROM MADRID . Mabrid , Apbil 19 . —The Gazette of this day publishes two official documents , emanating from the Ministry of Finance . The first is a formal order of M . Calatrava to the Director-General of the Sinking Fund , desiring him to prepare for the payment of the half year ' s interest on the new three per cents ., due on tho 30 th of June next , " applying to that purpose the 10 , 009 , 000 reals which the houses of Rothschild are to deliver in the month of May and June on account of the quicksilver contract , taking care to remit to the foreign creditors at the proper time , the sums necessary to complete the dividend , taking into accoant the £ 39 , 360 sterling of bills upon London already delivered te the office of the Sinking Fund for that purpose on the 22 d of March last . "
The second document contains an exposition of the reasons which induced M . Calatrava to recommend the Regent to permit the establishment of depots for goods in transit to and from the colonies { generos prohibidot ) in the ports of the Peninsula . Matters were beginning to assume a more settled appearance in the Congress . Three per Cents ., 28 for cash 21 $ at 60 days , for 38 , 400 , 000 reals . Five per Cents ., 27 £ i for cash , 27 $ at 60 days tor 8 , 400 , 000 . The German Universal Gazette announces , under date Belgrade , 12 th inst ., that Prince Alexander , accompanied by the Metropolitan and Primate of Servla , had repaired to Shabacz , where an insurrection had taken place .
Several districts were in open revolt , and it was feared that the troops were disaffected . Paris , 26 th , Fives , 120 f . 76 c . | The : fall is owing to the position de la place , and not to a political cause . Spanish Actives , 29 * ; Passive , 5 . Nothing was done in the Three per Cents ., but they would have sold for 34 ; Rouen , 680 ; Havre , 540 . I am told the Three per Cents , were donetat Madrid after Bourse at 28 f cash , aod 99 at 60 days . —Times *
Untitled Article
XO THE CHARTrSTS Olf 8 C&BLANIK Bbothebs , —In the Star ot last week we published a short report-stating onr intention of visiting a nombsr of towns to represent the trltl of Bo tart Emmet for the double purpose of calling attention to the legal murder of that brave patriot , and , ) - if poritbi * - , wise n much money e * will pay off the debt owing by you-ascl us to Mr . Gsorge Row , late general treasurer for Scotland , under the Centra ? Committee . But to auch an extent is political peddling aad Jobbing carried now a-day 8 by men ' professing Chartism , that a knot of four or five individuals bave actually taken advantage of this speculation to fill their own coffers , and that too under the guise of Chartism ? we have therefore to caution you against their false statements , from which we select the following bb a sample . They represent themselves as the Greenock Chartist
Committee , and that the object of their perambulating tha co&ntry wa * to liquidate some debt of that association . We have enquired and find this to be a fabrication , for out of several p ! icss they ibave visited , one of which Was Paisley , where they got £ 11 ; not one farthing have they given to the cause . At other times they pretend to be collecting money for an emigation committee . The Chartists of Greenoek have not authorised them , nor do they know anything about the etih they are drawing . Their emigration scheme is that of some of their own number , who lately excited public sympathy by subscriptions and otherwise , that they might get to America , bnt on receipt of the money , for the better security and pleasure j « f their corporeal bodies , and to guard against shipwreck en the shores of Columbia , they took a passage on board the free and easy lugger , commanded by John Barlycorn .
There is another feature in this affair equally as bad as what we have heie alluded to ; these parties are a mere mockery on the characters ; the attempt to sustain any town they come to is completely destroyed tot a repetition by others , whose ; object is a public baneftt ; the people being once jewed ent of their money bscome disgusted , and , as a matter of course , will measure the future by the past This representation is of such a ; nature , that theee gentry can do no harm , unless supported by the Chartists in the various localities . All we ask of you , friends and brothers , is to assist our company in your respective towns , and hi the meantime to
transmit the address of your secretary to Mr . W . ta . Brown , SO , John-street , Sridgeton , GJasgow . The cause is yours as well as ours ; the debt which we seek to pay off was contracted by your representatives , for the purpose of carrying on Scotland ' s agitation . This mode of paying it does not take a farthing out of your pockets , for Emmetfa trial , when well represented with a qualified individual to personate the noble youth , is a treat seldom to be met with . By order of the Glasgow Representation Committee , Thomas Ancott , Chairman . William Bbown , Secretary .
Untitled Article
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEB . N STAR . Mr Dear Hill , —The " summons to judgment " by the Judges of the Queen ' s \ Bench , for next Thursday , May 4 th , has just reached me . Strangely enough , —although Judge Erskine told me I had noi been tried at Lancaster , —yet a double notice was served on me , —one for the Lancaster and the other for the Stafford conviction ! ¦ I address my Shakspereass here , next Sunday morning and night , —and Bairstow addresses them on Sunday afternoon and Monday night , prior to our departure . On Monday night , I purposed lecturing at Northampton , pursuant to invitation , and will place myself at the disposal of the Marylebone Chartists , ( by whom 1 have also been honoured with an invitation ) , on Tuesday night , May 2 nd , as I intend to be in town that day , in order to see Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Roberts , relative to our preparation , ko .
Permit me to assure my brother Chartists , through your coJumna , that I go up to judgment with the calmest satisfaction , aud with the feeling that I shall be honoured , indeed , by suffering in the pause of truth . I have but one sorrowful thought ; it is that I leave my beloved wife in so prostrate a condition that I cannot expect to see her again in this world . j I am happy to learn that my excellent Wednesbury friends purpose committing the care of their Girls' School ( when their new hall is finished ) to dear Mrs . Ellis ; with the subscripti on at present foing on for her , I have no doubt ] that the Messrs . tanks , Mr . Lowe , Mr . Pairburn ^ and the rest of the hearty Wednesbury friends , will see her well fixed , either as agent for the Star , ] or in some other additional post of profit , so as to render her and her poor fatherless babes in some degree comfortable .
I shall impress poor Ellis ' s case , once more , on Mr . Duncombe ' s mind , when I reach town ; and shall also hand over to Mr . Cleave ! the brief memoir of Ellis : it would have been finished long ago , had I been furnished with complete material * : after all , it will ba very meagre , as a memoir , compared with what I could wish it to bo . j I am , dear Hill , _ Yoar * s , truly , Thomas Cooper . 11 , Church Gate , Leicester , April 26 th , 1843 .
Untitled Article
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . ' POLITICAL VICTIMS * DEFENCE AND SUPPORT PUND ; £ b d Previously acknowledged ... 424 4 114 Mr . Cameron , Clerkenwell ... 0 2 6 Crown and Anchor , Waterloo-town * East London ... 0 10 0 NewRadford ... 0 10 0 Mr . J . Whiddon ... 0 10 Anderston , Glasgow ... .... ... 0 2 9 Shoe Makers' Locality , London , ( for
Cirtulars ) ... 1 0 8 Chorley ... 1 13 0 Manchester ... 0 17 0 Profit on sale of Handkerchiefs ( at Birmingham ) made by Peter Hoey , Stoekport ... ... 0 14 6 Proceeds of Lottery , Marylebone ... ... 5 0 0 Harmonic Meeting , do ' ... 0 12 2 Messrs . Chippendale and Nash ... ... 0 0 6 Messrs . Sidaway , Smith , and Sparrey , Gaillon , France : ... 0 15 0 Nai ! sworth ... 0 3 6 Poeklington ( for Jones ) ... 0 6 6 Temperance Hotel . Bolton ... 0 10 0
£ 437 4 0 FOB B ' DOUALL . * Previously acknowledged ... « ... ; ... 27 15 10 $ Harmonic Meeting , Feathers , Warrenstreet , St . Pancrag ... 10 0 £ 28 15 10 . J FOR HBS . ELLIS . ; Previously acknowledged ... 25 8 6 H . S ., a member of the locality of Friends Birmingham ... 6 15 0 Priendsof H . S ... 0 2 2
; £ 2 S 5 8 ? The friends of the exiled are earnestly entreated to forward any subscriptions they may bave in hand or can procure , as support was never ! more needed . — All letters , parcels , or monies , to be sent free to J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane .
Untitled Article
London . —Mr . Brown will lectare ou Sunday evening , at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-Iane , and give an account of his country tour . \ Ms . Fussell will lecture on Sunday evening , at the Flora Tavern , Barnsbury Park , j A Concert will be held on Monday evening , May 8 th , at the Political and Scientific Institute , I , Turnagain-lane , for the benefit of the Victim Fund ; tickets . 6 d . each . : An Adjourned Meeting of the General Council of the National Charter Association resident in London , will be held on Sunday afternoon , at three o ' clock , at the Political Institute , No . 1 , Turnagainlane . !
A Public Meeting of the Shareholders of the City of London Political Institution , ! will be held on Monday evening , at the Hall , 1 * Turnagain-lane , to elect a Secretary to the Institution , aad decide upon the double return for directors ; Mr . Munis wittleotareon Sunday evening , at the Mechanic ' 9 Institution , Cirous-street , Marylebone . Marylbbone , —Mr . George White , from Birmingham , will lecture on Sunday evening next , at the Mechanic ' s Institution , Cirous-street , at halfpast seven o ' clock .
A Meeting of the members of the Marylebone Locality , will be held on Wednesday evening next , ta discuss Mr . O'Connor ' s plan of organisation , when it is expected that every member will be present . Paddington . —This locality gets on well ; there are new members joining every week . It is requested that all the members will ' attend on next Monday night , as the new plan of organization will be discussed , and other business of importance wjl ] be brought forward .
Untitled Article
SIThe Chaetists of Bloomsbury are requested to meet on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , at Mr Kithen's , Colonade , Brunswick-square . Towbb Hamlets . —A lecture will be given on Sunday evening next , at the Chartist Hall , 29 | , Mile End-road . Mr . Fbazbb will deliver a lecture on the superior benefits of co-operation , on Sunday evening next ; at the Chartist Hall , 294 , Mile End-road . A Public Mebting will be held at the large lecture roctm ( late the Royal Union Saloon ) , 153 , Highstreet , Shoreditcb , at which several talented friends from the country , advocates of oar great cause , will attend and address the meeting . The general council , of the hamlet , will meet at the Working Men ' s Hall , Mile End-road , on Sunday evening , at six o ' cloek precisely , on business of the very greatest importance .
Mb . R . G . 6 < tHBA 6 B will lecture at the following p laces daring next week : —Derby , Sunday j Nottingham , Monday ; Aruold , Tuesday ; Mansfield , Wednesday , Sutton-in-Asnfield , Thursday . DERWr . —A Delegate Meeting will be held at Mr . Samuel Peodal ' a , Hope-street , on Sunday , May 7 tb , at one o'clock , for the purpose of balancing the accounts connected with Mr . West ' s defence , &nd likewise to make enquiry into the state of Chartism throughout the country , and to consider the line of agitation it will be necessary to adopt . Delegates will' be expected from Belper , Heanor , Ilkstoiie * Burton , Swadlincote , Greatly , and all other pLacss that can make it convenient to send them .
Ma €€ lesfield . —Mr . Thomas Clark , from Stock port ,, will deliver two lectures on Sunday and Monday evenings , to commence on Sunday , at half-past : six o ' clock * and Monday , at half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . Sbiston . —M * . Pepper will preach on Hollia Hrll , Selston , at half-past five o'clock on Sunday evening . Holmfirth . —Mr . Joshua Hobson , publisher oP the Northern Star , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist Room , New Road Side , on Monday , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Hebden » ribse . —Two sermons will be preached in the Democratic Chapel , Hebdenbridge Lanes , on , Sunday ( to-morrow ) , by Mr . G . Brearley , from Queenshead , near Bradford . Service to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at six in the evening .
Halifax . —Mr . B . Rushton , of Ovenden , will preach two sermons in the Chartist Association Room , Swan Coppice , on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , afc half-past six in the evening . Collections will ba made for the support of the cause . Upper Warlet . —Mr . Hanson , of Elland , will lecture at this place , oa Sunday , May 7 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Bibmingeum . —The committee for conducting Mr G . White ' s defence will meet next Sunday , at the Aston-stleot Room , at four o ' clock , when all the collectors are requested to bring in their books , to have them audited , and to bring forth a balance Bheet .
Tbk Monthlt Conference of the Chartiats of Birmingham will be held at the Association Boom , Aaton-street , on Monday , at seven o ' clock in the evening . \ The fiest meeting of the General Coonoil of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Charter Asso * ciation will take place on Sunday , at the New Inn , Bromsgrove-atreet , when all those elected are expected to attend . Tailors . —A public meeting of the above body will be held in the large room of the Royal Oak , Little Charles-street , on Monday evening next , for
the purpose of enrolling themselves as members of the National Charter Association , when every individual favourable to the principles contained in the People ' s Charter are requested to attend . The chair to be taken precisely at eight o ' clock . Manchester . —Cabpjjntebs' Hall . —Oa Sunday ( to-morrow ) two lectures will be delivered in the above hall by Mr . Christopher Doyle , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at half-past six in the evening . Mr . Doyle will deliver his farewell address to the Chartists of Manchester , previous to his going to London to receive judgment ia the Court of Queen's Bench on Thursday next .
The South Lancashire Delegate Meeting . — This meeting will be heid in the Browo-street Room , on Sunday ( to-morrow . ) The lecturers on the plan are expected to meet the delegates , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . These localities that stand indebted to the South Lancashire Lecturer ** Fund , ate to send their respective accounts to the delegate meeting as it is desirable to get out a lecturer in the county as soon as possible . Those places that intend to be put on the next plan must give notice of the same on Sunday next . Also the number of plans wanted by each locality , in order that the delegates may know what number of plans they must gat printed . Sheffield . —Fjg Tree-lank . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Harney will deliver an address on tho death of the Duke of Sussex . On Monday evening a discussion will take place on the Land Allotment System , to commence at eight o ' clock .
Stockport . —Mr . Donovan , of Manchester , will lecture twice on Sunday next . Midglet . —Mr . Benjamin Rushton of Ovenden , will preach two sermons in Midgley , on Sunday , May 7 th , Service to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at six o ' clock ia the evening . Rochdale-. —Mr . James Mills , from Whit worth , will delivered two lectures in the Chartist Association room , . Yorkshire-street , on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , in the afternoon , at half-past two vandintha evening at six o ' clock . Bradford . —A lecture will be delivered on Sunday morning at ten o ' clock to the Chartists of Little Horton in the School room , Park-place .
A Lecture will be delivered in the Council room , Butlerworth ' s-buUdings , at seven o ' clock in tho evening , on the evils of Free Trade without an Extension of the Suffrage , and the other measures contained in the Charter . Free admission . Discussion invited . The Chartists of New Leeds will meet on Sunday morning at ten o'clock . The Chartists of Wapping will meet on Son * day morning at ten o ' clock , at the house of Wm Wood . The Chartist 3 of Bowling Back-lane will meet in their room on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . Mr . O'Connor's plan for obtaining the land wil be discussed .
The Chartists of Daisy Hill will meet on Saturday evening at seven o'clock , in the Association room , when Mr . O'Connor ' s plan for getting the land will be taken into consideration . The Chartists of Good-nansend will meet on Saturday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the house of Mr . Goldsborough ; the financial affairs of the quarter will be laid before the members . The Chartists of White Abbey will meet in their room at eight o ' clock on Monday evening , when a lecture will be delivered on the Corn and Provision Laws .
Leeds . —A lecture will be delivered in the Chartist Room , Cheapside , to-morrow evening , at six o ' clock . On Monday evening the members are earnestly requested to attend at eight o ' clock , for the election of Councillors .
Untitled Article
- ^ There were on Wednesday evening , no fewer than four bodies of children in the dead house belonging to the London Hospital , ail of whom had died in that insitution from the effects of injuries received by their clothes having accidentally caught fire , and at present await a coroner ' s inquest .
Untitled Article
Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Aphil 25 . —The arri vals of grain to this day ' s market are larger than last week . The London accounts coming lower has had its effects on our Market , and Wheat haa been Is per quarter lower . Barley has been Is per quar « ter lower . Oats and Beans , very little alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES OS WHEAT , TOR THB WEHC ENDING APEli 25 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pen Qra . Ore . Qrs . Qrs . Qja . Qr * 2718 386 Z 30 A 3 S 1 3 £ 8 . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ a . d . 2 6 5 | 1 13 Oi 0 IT SH 13 1 $ 1 7 33 1 10 2
Leeds Woollen . Mahkets , Tuesdat , April 26 . —There was much ; more business doing on Saturday last , at both Clo& Halls than has been the case for some time , and ihe demand was kept on Tuesday . The dressers ax » now fully occupied , and we believe a better feeling- is manifest through every department of our staple trade . We shall rejoice exceedingly in a gradual revival , and hope soon to have to record thai the working olasses generally , and noi isolated branches , are in full work .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Fehuy , April 28 . —This day ' s market is well supplied with samples of Wheat ; there is alBO * fair arrival of Barley , amongst which several paroela of Foreign have arrived of good quality uponwhica the duty of 9 s . per qr . has been paid . Wheat 14 slow sale , but supports as good prices aslas ^ Mfcj , and Barley meets a limited demand atJBWWWrajTgv In other articles no material alterationlm ^^^ fe ^ A — -ft-ffmTrn' . rii ^ r \
Fufal Atff &Tnttol 3enten%^N«*
fUfal atff &tnttol 3 Enten % ^ n «*
^Ortfkomtng Ctjarttet $&Tttm%&
^ ortfKomtng Ctjarttet $ &tttm % &
Deaths.- Xmsmm.*
DEATHS .- XMSmM . *
On Tuesday last , in her 68 th yearfiMtekl ^ mrKf ^ ~ 5 ? ofHolbeck . t ^^^ MllS ^ S On Tuesday week , much regpeffM / tag' fpaxtoir * ? , » fr . J ? circle of friends , aged 37 , Mr . tmfffim $ mi , jg >» M Woedhoase . ^ W ^^ S ^^? B
Untitled Article
MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL . A special meeting of the Council of the Borough of Leeds , was held on Wednesday last , for the transaction of business . Henry Cooper MftwfrftHj Esq ., the Mayor , presided . Alderman Ltjptoh moved , and Mr . Jose > h Cxikf seconded—** That it be referred to the "Valuation Committee to inquire , and without delay report to the Council whether any and what part of the Town-Khip or Hamlet of Cookridge is within the borough of Leeds ; and to examine the boundary stones of the
Borough . and place or cause to be placed such additional boundary stones or pillars as may be deemed necessary- *' The motion was opposed by Aid . Gaunt , Mr . Hol-B . OTD , and other Members of the Council , on the ground that to carry th « motion into effect would be an . interference with the duties of the Lord of the Manor . The motion was negatived . On ihe motion of " Aid . Oates , Mr . Maclea was added to the Gaol Committee ,
BOBOFGH SUB . YBYO& . The notice on this subject was as follows : — It will be proposed , that in pursuance of the provisions of the Improvement Act , the Council do elect a Borough Surveyor in the place of Mr . John Child , who hath resigned that office . " On the motion of Aid . Maclsa , seconded by Mr . Craven , it was resolved that the resignation ot Mr . John Child , the Borough Surveyor , be accepted . The Mator stated that the General Committee of the Council had examined the testimonials of the different candidates for the office , and had selected
four , out ofthe eighteen candidates , whom they recommend to the Council to select the Surveyor from . Those fonr were Mr . James Baylis , civil engineer , Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Office , Birmingham ; Mr . John Grant , ( of Glasgow J civil engineer , Exeter ; Mr . George Heald , civil engineer on the North Midland Railway , between Bamsley and Leeds ; and Mr . Thomas Walker , a&sistant engineer ta the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company , Manchester . The testimonials ofthe different candidates having been read , the candidates were proposed , and the Council divided—the votes being
recorded—For Mr , Walker 25 Mr . Guam ... „ ? Mr . Batus 3 Mr . Heaxd ... ... ... 2 The second notice under the Improvement Act was— That application be made to the Board of Ordnance to famish the Council as early as conveniently can be done , with a copy of the Ordnance Flan of the Borough on the scale of five feet to the mile , together wiih particulars of the levels which have been taken , and all necessary references to the Bench marks by which such levels are marked ; and that the council do grant the requisite sum for that purpose . *' The resolution was adopted , with a verbal alteration , inquiring the cost of a plan for the whole borough .
The next ( 3 rd ) notice was that a memorial be sent to the Lords of the Treasury , requesting that the Master General of the Ordnance , or other pro per authorities , may be directed , in making the Ordnance Survey and Maps for the Northern Counties which are yet incomplete , to publish engraved plans of all towns and populous districts where the population exceeds 5 , 000 souls , on a scale of five feet to the mile . Alderman Luccock proposed a memorial to the Treasury Board , in accordance with Hub notice , which , was seconded and adopted . Mr . M . Cawood , who had put the next notice on the paper , to call the attention of the Council to the clauses in the Leeds Improvement Act which relate
to Hackney Coaches , explained to the Council that considerable inconvenience ^ had arisen from the non-« onfiraation of the new Bye Laws for the regulation of the Hackney Coaches . Complaints of overcharges were constantly arising , which the magistrates had decided that they coold not control or correct as the Bye laws under the late act , upoa this subject , had been repealed by the repeal of the Act under which they were made . Aid . LtfPxoH adverted to the difficulty which was likely to arise from the enactment which required all the Bje Laws to be painted on boards and put np in the . Court 'Bouse or other public buildings . After a short discussion , the Council passed to the next order of the day , Mr . Cawood offering no specific motion on the subject .
Mr . Nkwsak brought before the Council the next notice which had been given by him . He enforced the necessity of providing a proper Bet of standard weights and measures for the purpose of testing the weights and measures used in the markets of the Borough : and conclnded by proposing— That the Market Committee be authorised to employ a competent person , according to the provisions ot the Act of Parliament , sections 287 , 288 , for the purpose of weighing or measuring any meat , provisions , or other articles which shall be sold by weight or measure j with power to provide such weights and measures , and other conveniences , as may be neces sary , * ndto take or receive such tolls as the Committee may think fit , not exceeding the tolls fixed in Scheduled ofthe Act . " The motion was seconded and agreed to withont
a word of opposition . THB MMSMSX COXtHTTBSS . » Mr . Newsam , in pursuance of the 6 th notice , proposed that Mr . Councillor Howard be appointed a member of the market Committee in place of Mr . Councillor Cawood , who had resigned Mb office a »» member T > f that Committee . Mt . Howabd begged to decline the appointment , as he was a member of another Committee which frequently occupied him for many hours a day . Alderman Gaunt proposed as an amendment that Mr . John Cawood be requested to permit his name to be reinstated as a member of the Market Committee . Mr . Howard had great pleasure in seconding the motion . . . .
Mt . Niwsa » said he would gladly withdraw the proposal he had made in favour of the amendment , as Mr . Cawood had been a most efficient member of the Committee . Afier »" few words from Mr . Mxrun CaWOOD , who thought his father would not have resigned unless he had meant io adhere to it , the amendment was unanimously adopted .
HUE Vk -KK-KT TOLLS , &C . According to the seventh notice , given by Mr . Newsam , certain alterations in the Rules and Regulations of the Kirkgate Market , recommended by the Market Committee , were adopted ; and the Market Committee were empowered to let the Tolls of the said Market for the ensuing year , on the understandiae that the Council will defray the rates chargeable thereon . The Conncil broke np about half-past two o ' clock
Untitled Article
Thb Ddke or Sussex . —This Royal Duke expired at Kensington Pa l ace , on Friday last , in the 73 rd year of his age . He is to be interred on Wednesday next , with much pomp and circumstance , in Kensall Green Cemetery , where his mortal remains will rest in juxta-position with those of tho lato Richard Carlile . The Qbbes—Her Majesty , on Tuesday morning last , at fonr o ' clock , brought forth another branch of the Honse of Brunswick , in the shape of a little princess . Thus the niche vacated by Sassex is soon supplied ,
Market Intelligence.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
Untitled Article
NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . ABHTON- UNDER- LTN ? . Mr . P « ter Harrison , Oldham-road . Mr . Richard rilling , Henry-square . Mr . Thomas Ashton , Mill-lane . ; Mr . Irwin Platt , Charlestown . Mr . James Johnson , Cotton street . Mr . Abel Duke , Old-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Hart , Duokenfield , sub-Secretary .
Untitled Article
^ THE NORTHEKN STAR *
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1210/page/5/
-