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CROWS COURT , Saxjjbdat , Jcu 15 . - ( Before Mr . Jxistitt GressuzHj mRGLAXY AT BOIHTTELI . Charles Wrigplesworib , 40 , vai indicted for fcaviEg , on tbe 6 ih ol Jan . last , at Middleton , in the parish of B-jth well , committed a burglary io tie house of Mr . Joshua Bower , at a farm occupied by his hind , William Wood , 2 ir . HiXL T » aB for the prosecution . The prisons was defended by Mr . Buss . Me . Bswer resides at Hnnslet , Bear Leeds , and has a farm at Middletoii ,-on which Ms manager , 3 Iz . Wm . "Wood , resides . At Christmas last lit . Wood had killed a pig , ibouS twenty-one stone iweight , ' which iehad ^ al npBmself j and en the flight of the € th cf January , the pigiru left safe ia pickle 5 n the dairy . Oa Wood getting up the next morning , at half-past four o ' clockbe Joimd that bis house had been broken
, apen , and that the pig ,-wiih 3 Yaiiely of other property , had been stolen-: Snspiden fell upon the prisoner , and his house-was searched at the time ; bat nothing was then foandj dot did anything occur to fix Mm -with the jobbery until the £ 4 th of January , -when it came to the faio-wiedgejof the police that a man named JLiTeraedge , residing at Hnnslet , had bonght some bacon of Wrigglea- » orth ,-which on being submitted to the inspection of Wood , -sfss Identified by h *™ ^ that-which had l ) een stolen from Ms house , The prisoner -was apprehended by a police officer of Leeds , on the . 27 th of lebrnary , heiiviig been absent from his own house . Wfcen he waa apprehended , ha -was charged -with the zofebery , and he admitted haying sold the bacon to ir ? er&eage , but said he had found it in a plantation & few days before he had sold it .
2 Jr . Ttr . iss addressed the Jnry at some length for the prisoner . Gnilty . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labonr frrr lii-nr * « QendBI-TBQIJtJlB .
3 XOBSE STKAT . P » G AT ICEW 5 HA 11 . George Robson , 34 , -was indicted for havisg , on the 22 d ef October . 1 S 38 , stolen a grey mare at Newsbanj , In the Soith Riaing ,-the property ef Ralph Glorer . 2 dr . Wilkiss -waff for the prisoner , _ under -whe&e advice he -withdrew hiB plea of If ot Guilty , and pleaded Guilty . The prisoner received a goed character since the transaction . To > e imprisoned and kept i > o hard labonr for twelve calendar months .
BTB . GLAB . T A 3 B 03 O > B 5 . Edward Ward . 21 , "was indicted far a burglary in the * rweHing-2 u > uEe of Six . John Peck , at H * wden , fa the East Siimg . ilr . Bats and Mi . Hajiestok were for the prose caSon ; the prisoner -was undefended . The prosecutor is a farmer residing at Newiand Gate , in . the parish of Bowdan . On the night of the ISih of April last lie and Mb family retired to rest , leaving the premises safely locked np , and on the following morning it -was found that by breaking a square in a front -window , entrance had been gained to a 70 pm on -the ground floor , in -which -was a desk and drawers , "which were broken open , and a variety of articles of "wearing apparel , some money , and other articles stolen . About half-past five o ' clock on that morning , the prisoner called at the fconse of a labouring man at Howaea I >/ ke , tsitb a large bundle in Ms possession ,
» hich he atked to ieaT © there for a short time . He left Msi > nndle , and soon after returned -with a basket , in Trhidi he had some-other things . Information of tfrs » - " was jiven to the prosecutor ; and -when the prisoner called again for his bundle ie -was detained , and & constable "was sent fat . Th& hat "Which he -was -wearing at the time -was identified by the proaecu . ter * B Bon as las , and as having been stolen along -with tbe other property "which "was produced and identified . Tbe priloner made no defence , and -was found guilty . To be transported forlhe term of his natural life . The prisoner -was convicted of felony at Ba-Jtrley Sessions , oa She 18 tb of October , 18 * 2 , and was sentenced to six msTitha * imprisonment , which term only expired on the morning of the day oa "which lie committed tMs effence On receiving Ms sentence , he coolly remarked , " Thanfr yon my lord , -that is just "what I -wanted . ** He Itf 1 the dock in great
glee-AXLECED CO 5 SPIBACT AT XEEDS . WlBiam Gtdnfonh . , and Bobert Thomson , 32 , Trere indicted far a conspiracy to defraud several parties at Leeds , and also -with hating obtained a quantity of goods from yi-r * . Elizabeth Pletehez by false pretences . * . Mr . Hail , Jit Hjxl , and Mr . Haeut wer e TOunoel fox the prosecution ; Hr . WlLKXKS defended tbe prisoners . The ciraitn ? teTiffps irere these : —The two prisoners , at the early part of the month of March last , took a bouse in leighton-lane , Park-lane , Xeeds , Hie property tl Jdlas Oates , which they fitted np as a small < warehousa . As Boon as theyiad got poaeessiQn , th " ey < went to Mr . ( xeorge Shepherdson , a Joiner and cdbinet
maker , and gave him orders to put them irp a wooden partition in thalumse which they had taken , and to-¦ pal thErein two large table * and a tempocraiy desk . 2 ho priBoners sad the things-were lot themselves , or * or " Thomwa saft Co , " | Mr .. S . eonld not ay -which ) , and they promised to pay for them as soon as the busi-3 i £ ss-was completed . The "work-was duly finiahed , the bill for -which -was £ 3 20 a . 6 d . ; but thexoonsy -w ^ s . seTer paid , although it -was asked for several times . lAitu lia-ri . Bg tatyn the iocse , they obtained from -Mr . S&uha&l Andrew a large ^ na&iity of . cairrass , Vblcb he deHyered at the -warehouse in itsghUm-Isiie - zed it the time lie tendered his bin , haring been promi 3 ed ready money . Gjiaforth "was the only ^ person in tSe-warehouse when the goods-were deliTered , andhe
said he could not pay the money , as Mr . Thomson T ? as not then in . Sainfortb , after he had -waited some time , said he had to goto Csrrer ' . s ware ^ jonse to seeabont some goods , and he must lock the "warehouse up , but be premised to take Mz . Andrew a sovereign that night if he did not sea Thompson . TMs 8 * Tereign he got , but eonld not obtain the remainder of his bill , -which « aoanted to 52 -8 s . 71 & . On Saturday , the 11 th of Jiarch , Thomson called at the warehoase of Mr . Jeren ^ ij ^ ^** j . * ^ pT t TipT . T nT ^' ' » T > ' , and ordered seven TBamiof paper for Thomson and Co . in lifcighton-Jane ; imtMrV Gates did not send the paper to the place , and » i * vut three © lock in tl » afteniocm of tie rameday , ^ Kunforth weni and asked "why it had not been sent So-sni , aiidBaM they / wanted it , as they had a large
quantityof goods to make np to send away that sight . 2 Sj .. fiataKpliee . aatjhe ^ idLnofc feel stlibcrty to « ecd fcepsper > iihbnV »; xeteenee , as he did not know Thompson and CkLj ^ pon . Gates saying this , G&inforth said , ~ Whatvreference : jdptyou 1 -want ? I have-lived tWEiity-five year * in . leeda ,-and have a brother in tbe ? ost-G&eei my faiher is an independent gentleman , and 1 myself JStb iaPark-square . ^ &aies then said , ** J was » boni to send down an invoiee Jof ; the goods , " upon ¦ which ( Jainforaiieplied , *•! ittppdw yon -want tho mtaig before the goals are aeliy « ed . ' States told him 1 b aid ; upon -which Gainforai said , >• I could have 100 leamsof paper if I thought proper elsewhere . " Gates told him he was quite at liberty to do so , and he then -srentzsay . On the same day tMarch llth"V both the
prisoners -were at thB Dnie of York public honse , from ¦ which place they ssnt a message to iLr . John Knovlea Heaps , rtqaesting hiaattendance there , Sir-went , and Gainforth "was the principal spokesman , and said "they ** had opened a warehouse in leeds , and -wanted to purchase a particular description cf elcih f or Manchesier-CEe . He said the firci frzs " B . Thompson asd Co ., ** &sd he pointed out Mr . T . as the prtndpsl , and Hid ihat he ( Gaisforth ) "was their assistant , and feat Thompson , and "Co . -wonld pay ier the goods when they "Were delivered . In consequtcce of this be -was not so particnlar wiai them st > he should have been ; but ha Stticed that Gainforth , in eouree of the conversation , invariably used the pronoun "Wi * He told tfeem he tad Borne tanvaa of a particular kind , -which -would
wit-them , and -which be could put than in at a low jaJce . Tbey l » rg « iied for twelve pieces of this , two of -which "were to be that day sent to Xeighton lane , -when part payment -was to be letumed By the messenier , and the other ten pieces -were to be delivered on the "Monday following , at "which time Ihe remainder of tl > 9 c&ah -was to be paid . Oa Moadsy , 31 i . Heaps -weni ^ toilhe "warebpuBein 2 * 3 ghton-iane himsalf , and-thtiTuAj ^ ftV-Gsinforth and another man ,-who be andgrstoojKn » anwaelKmseHian . 6 ainforth said that Thomson Kxsjsot ^ hen in ^ but if hs » ould oil again -when the other piece * Trere delivered , ifae gopds-wonia be paid for alh ^^ jet He -waa ono& again , suhsEquEnUy , at the-warehouse , but the remainder of las goods -were notficfivexed , on account of the
-caab . aot l ? efaig paid according to agreement In © "Whole amount of his i ) Dl -was dCll 12 $ ld- 2 . aao mamed Jeim Smith Tras ueii examined , fie had lived W » aort * jf servant * i the . Bee Hive Ina , on W ^ IHbctrawtia . ileecB , and was engaged by the prlioiHSS foi ! « a » -wei as s-warehpmseman . Be deposed to ^^ fefrrt I lhat goods of varions duscriptaons -were sent in , ^ bst ofwhich were immediately resold at a less than cost 3 ^ ce by Mr . Thomsan , under . Ihe plea that he -wantSC anoney . He admitted that Gainforth always acted in ShaJttoracter ^ bf servant to Thomson . Mr . Ambrosa Smith , a Garmaa « Joctmaier , lad delivered them a ! sk > & fc » r tha-warebonse , for whieh ha dM not get ' -paid , " bat . which was aTterwards Tetamed to h £ n '
aiisa . Margaret Hetcher , daughter ef Mr . Ketcha I fcrdfar , Blikgate , Leeds , deposed that Gainforth went ' to their shop on Tuasdsj the lith March , and ordered > T » OBsar ^ es of furniture , amounting in thB whole fo ' jS 6 ~ 7 * 3 the agreement being that when fiie goods were ' sent * down the money was to feiretamed , Gainforth at i the tima miking out a . list of the article , with their ' " ^ iee , and noting at the foot of the paper , "Cash to be - laid . " . The goods were described a » being wanted by ~ B . Thomson and Co ., to furnisa a ^ ioom in their ware- ' house in wMch fije young men were to sleep . Thomas j € ny » 0 D / a inBj 5 t ertaDoT , jftate 6 r that Gainforth went to i to Iwuse , on : the I 5 th" <> f March , and presentiisj ? to Isim a card , with the address , ' "B-Ttomson and Co ., " : kmit said . "I ^ wautvoa . Mr . Gjar * on ,-to _ maTceeach
tif bb > saa of Wwkeloajaj one of onr best cu > tLnn gf i fT" < i y ' glit fc n r-T ^ wTitfadj » ng we want the ' clothes VShoat disappointment . " He { Grayson ) then went along with Gainforth to tte place in leighton-lEne , » i ^ there iMBsnred-b oth the prisoners ; " Thompson agreeing topay one half of &e money atnoon on tbe day on which Hiej were toWfliiflhedtSiturdayafter , ) and the » BHaif » Q « 3 ntto eoorBBfxrf the Allowing weak . BuJ feayson nofcTikii ^ the ^ pfirSeB jaever made ae clothes He worBil ! 0 W 8 Terj ^ fl »*^ ^ Gsin | ora » , wien lie first spoke to inn , caO # d 3 Cfeea « GD ii » parBiec . 2 Ce > Thomaa W 2-
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and vbat a large quantity of Ma own and his son ' s clotheB , "which they had worn on the day previous , and which had been left down stairs had been taken away . The two prisoners were apprehended at Halifax , on Monday morning , with the clothes in their possession , and which they said they had found at Prospect Hill , which is only a short distance from the prosecutor ' s house ; tbey had also been seen at Armley , one on Sunday and the other on Saturday , previons to the robbery The Jury found both the prisoners guilty . Sentence deferred .
SHEEP STEALING AT GRINDLKTON . John Hanson * , was charged with having stolen two ewes and two lambs , the property of Wm . Heap , of Stans&eld , near Halifax . Mr . Pashlet and Mr . Thompson were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner The prosecutor is a cattle-dealer , residing at Stansfleld , and in the month of April he sent , a number of sheep to agist at Waddington , and on going for them in the m » ntb of May , be found three of them missing , and two of these he afterwords discovered on a farm at Grmdleton , near CUtheroe . The sheep had been advertised as stray sheep , and the prosecutor gave the
prisoner an excellent character , he having known him lot some time . Proof of the sheep in question having been in tbe prisoner ' s possession , was that he bad been seen driving them from a ploughed field into a pasture , on the farm of a Mr . Brigga , and that he had agreed with a person named Holgate to graza two ewes and two lambs for a week or two , ( the ewes having lambed after they had strayed , } to whom he had promiaad to sail the lambs when they were fat , and on whose farm tbey were found by the prosecutor , on the 17 th of May . The prisoner , after his apprehension , said he might -have taken the sheep , but who was to prove It ; and when before the magistrates , he denied any knowledge of them . Tbe Jury retired for about half an hour , and found the prisoner Guilty .
HIGHWAY ROBBEUT AT NOBTHOWRAM . Valentine Allroyd , 24 , and Henry Jaffger , 30 , were indicted for a highway robbery st Northowram , en tbe 18 th of April last . 1 Mr . Ovebend and Mr . Phillips were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoners . The prosecutor , Mr . John Sturziker , is a saddler , residing at Northowram . On the sight of the 18 th ot April , being Easter Monday , he was returning home from Halifax , In company with a young woman named
Elizabeth Anderson , and when they had got near Stamp Cross , on the old road , they were met by three men , tbe prisoners . and a man named Tetley , by whom they "were both seized , and robbed of two pair of shjea , a hat , and an umbrella , tbe property ef Sturzaker . Tetley was seized at tbe time by a party who came up but he escaped , and in running away , jumped over a bridge which led across another road , and broke both bis legs . He has since remained in Halifax Infirmary . The Jury found both prisoners Guilty . Sentence was deferred .
SHOP . ROSBERY AT LEEDS . Charles Rawson was indicted for having , en the 31 st of March last , broken into the shop of John Turner , butcher , of Leeds , l and stolen therefrom a quantity of beer and mutton , and two knives . S- 'r . Ellis and Mr . Hill were counsel far the prosecution . The prisoner was undefended . Thb shop of the prosecutor , in Wortley-lane , Leeds , was Broken into on tbe night of the 31 st of March , and the carcau of a sheep , a large piece of beef , aud two knives , were stolen therefrom . On the evening of the &th of ApsQ , two of tbe Leeds police found a shoulder of mattes at the house of Wm . . Booth , at Hunslet , which was identified by the prosecutor as part of that stolen out of his shop , and which it turned out had been given to Mrs . Booth by tbe prisoner . Ob searching the house of the prisoner one . of the stolen knives was found stuck in the roef underneath th « slates . Guilty . Sentence deferred .
B 1 SBWAI B . OBBERY XT LEEDS . Andrew Murray , 23 , was charged with having , on the 1-tth of March last , in the borough of Leeds , feloniously assaulted , Jonathan Hague , and stolen from his person one sovereign and ten shillings . Mr . H was counsel for the prosecutor ; the prisoner was undefended . The prosecutor , Mr . Jonathan Hague , is a paper manufacturer , residing at Horeforth , Bear Leeds . As be was returning home from Leeds mavket , en Taesd&x , the 14 th of March last , be waa attacked by three men , absnt one hundred yards on the
lane leading front the Leeds and Olley turnpike-road to Honforth ; and ! about three miles from Leeds , and after being knocked down , v . u robbed of a sovereign in gold , tea shillings and sixpence in silver , and some copper . It was between nine and ten o'clock at night when the robbery ! was committed . There was a good moon , and this afforded him a good opportunity ot seeing tbe faces and persons of two of the men who robbed 1 dm ; one of whom he waa quite sure was the prisoner . Besides' the money , the robbers took from him a paULof ^ children's shoes , but they afterwards returned taRf , observing , that tbey were of no use to them . * r" ; I Mr . Williams \ cross-examined the prosecutor , and addressed the Jury at some length , in order to show , if possible , that be . was mistaken as to the Identity . The Jury found the prisoner guilty .
BILLS IGNORED . The Grand Jury ignored the bills against Georgt Mason and Samuel Kay , who were charged with committing a burglary in the dwelling honse of William Everett , at Ecciesfleld ; also , against Marmaduke Scott , charged with maliciously assaulting , with intent to kill , or da some grievous bedily harm to John Bentley , at Bsdeness ; and against Hayter , scrivener , charged with perjury .
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NISI PRIDS—MONDAY , JULT 17 . FALSE 1 HF-RIS 0 NMEKT AT SHEFFIELD . GILL V . HIBBERD . Mr . Wortlet and Mr . Hugh Hill were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Wjlkins for the defendant . Mr . Hill opened the pleadings , and Mr . Wortlet stated the case . The plaintiff Benjamin ( Jill , w&a a scissor smith , at Sheffield , and now sought at the handi of the Jury compensation for a very gross injury and Insult received from the defendant , who had catued him to be falsely imprisoned on a charge of felony . ' It appeared that the' plaintiff and the defendant were neighbours , the latter keeping a pnblio- house in Sheffield . On tbe afternoon of Wednesday , the 10 th of
April , they went out together to witness the entry of Prince George a * , the head of his regiment into Sheffield , and afteiw&rdB they went together to the house of the defendant where they spent a considerable part of the night in company . As the plaintiff was leaving the home , the defendant ohose to fancy that some robbery : had been committed in his house , and , strange to say ; that tbe plaintiff in whose company he had passed the afternooB and night , was concerned in the perpetration of ife . He caused hira to be taken into cuafody , and conveyed to tbe lock-up at Sheffield , when he remained for twelve hours , when Mr . Bayner , the bead of the police in that town , learning the
circumstances under which he had been apprehended , caused him to be set et liberty . The reason given by tbe defendant for suspecting the plaintiff of the robbery was most extraordinary : it was that the plaintiff bad said toblm , "I would advise yon to take care of your house , far I have seen some very suspicious characters about , and if you do not take care something will happen . " In reality , no felony whatever was committed at the bouse of the defendant Under these circumstances the plaintiff sought from tbe jury compensation for the injury be had sustained at tbe hands of tbe defendant . Several witnesses werw examined in support of the Learned Counsel's statement , after which ,
Mr . VTiLKiKS addressee the Jury for the defence , and contended that the defendant had hail some reasonable grounds for suspecting that the plaintaiff knew something about the robbery . It was a trumpery case , which ought to have been settled without coming into Court . ; The Jury found a Verdict for the Plaintiff . Damages—Five Shillings .
BREACH 07 PROMISE 0 ? MARRIAGE . BEDSHAW V . WILMAN . Mr . Baines and Mr . PaShlky were counsel foi the plaintiff , and Mr . Wilxius and Mr . Monteith for the defendant . - Mr . Pashlst opened the pleadings . Mary Ann Redtbaw was tbe plaintiff dud Stephen Wilman , the defendant . This ytaa an action on promises . Tns declaration £ tated { th&t the defendant had promised marriage to the plaintiff , but would not perform bin premise , to which tbe defendant pleaded that he had not made any such promise .
Mr . Saines stated the case . The plaintiff whom he represented before them had to complain of a most serious injury that she batl sustained at tbe hands of the defendant . The plaintiff was now barely twentyone years of age . " When she was between sixteen and seventeen years of age , in the year 1838 , she was engaged by the defendant ' s mother , who was at that time in a very bad state of health , for the purpose of nursing her . The defendant was at that time some forty years of age . He was a joiner and builder , in good business , in the town of Settle , and was ; the owntr of considerable property . His mother lived with him , and the plalnitff had not been in the house a very long time befon * the defendant , this man of forty years of age , twice or thrice the age of the nnfortucale girl , triumphed over her chastity , and > regnaney took place . She went back
to her father's heuae ; and the defendant , apparently anxious to make her some reparation for the grievous wrong he had done the unhappy girl , went to her there , and asked : the consent of her parents ,, who at . the time wen nut awaru of tbe pregnancy of their daughter , to make her his wife . The parents were In humble clreumsknces , and looking , no doubt , npon this offer ! of the defendant as an advantageous one , ; 3 bey gave their consent . Byeand-bye the pregnarcy of the plaintiff became known to her parents ; but still the defendant continued his visits at their house , and expressed the utmost anxiety that the marriage should take placa before the birth of theehild , so that it might not , as-hS expressed himself , be born a bastard , fie actually required that the Christ mas-day following ; rfiooid be flstd as the day of ( he Wedding . Every preparation was made for tbe Wed-
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ding ; thejdressba were gotreadyvaniiit was underatood on all hands that tbe marriage wan totaka pmceon that day . ' When Christmas-day , hojwever , aniveil , the defendant stated that hia mother was so ^ , ill , that she might dieany day , and as he should be much shocked if she died on the day of hia wedding he tfeought the marriage had better be postponed . He contiuued to pay his addresses till the first of April , 1839 , when the nnhappy [ girl waa delivered j of a . child . That ijBild was now living , and , as the law then stood , she would ] be compelled to support it till it attained the age of 1 sixteen years , the defendant expressed his regret that it should have been bora before his marriage with the plaintiff , and again distinctly avowed bis intention to marry her . In the summer of Autumn
of the same year , the defendant ' s mother died ; and then his excuse for a further postponement of the marriage , was because it would take twelve months to settle her affairs . The defendant again reiterated his promises of marriage , and another year elapsed without their fulfilment . At the end of twelve months his mother ' s affairs were not settled , and the defendant , in fact , appeared to have changed his mind . On the 22 nd of April , 1841 , a letter was written by the plaintiffs father tu the defendant , offering to come to aoma arrangement with biui , and in tbe event of his refusal , threatening to place the affair in the hands of an attorney . This letter was put Into the defendant ' s bands , but he showed himself quite unwilling to do any thing like ] justice to the unhappy girl . Several interviews took place subsequently between the defendant , the father jof the girl , and Mr . j Pearson , attorney , of Kirk by Lonsdale , who had been ; consulted by the girl's
father ; and tbe result of these interviews was , that the defendant ' made an agreement that he would pay £ 20 down , and also three shillings a-week for the support of theehild so long as it should remain a burden to its mother . This agreement he afterwards refused to fulfil . Now he ( Mr . Balnea ; had told them that , as the law then stood the plaintiff would have bad to keep her child until it was sixteen years of age , being fourteen years from' that time ; so that , ifthej took what the defendant himself is said to have offered as compensation , the woman wonld be entitled to have j £ 20 , which the defendant [ had agreed to pay ,: added to £ 87 , which the maintenance of the child for fourteen years , at 3 d . a week , would come to , making together a sum of more then £ 100 , which he ought to pay to this woman by way of compensation ; and be wkssure that when they considered the case , they would : deem it one , on every account , calling for exemplary damages .
Witnesses were then called in support of the Learned Counsel's statement , and the agreement by -which the defendant ] bound himself to pay to the plaintiff £ 20 and 3 s . per week , was put In . Mr . WiLKiNS then addressed the Jury at great length for the defendant , and described the action as an Infamous attempt on tbe part of an unprincipled father to make aj market of tbe person of his child , and contended that there was nothing in the case to distinguish it from the ordinary bastardy cases that were brought before the magistrates in petty sessions .
The Learned Judge then summed tip rather fully , and the Jury , after a short absence from tbe Court , returned with a Verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages £ 150 . ' ' ¦ : "
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-FBIDAY , July 14 . On the motion of Lord Brougham , the report on the Slave Trade Suppression Bill was brought up . with an intimation from the Noble Lord that on the third reading he would propose considerable alterations . The Bill wat reported , and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday next . STATE < JjP < tREIiA . ND . IMPORTANT DEBATE . The Marquis of Clanuicaude brought forward the motion of "Which be had given notice last week , relative to the state of Ireland , and , after a long speech , concluded by moving that to dismiss magistrates from the Commission of the Peace under such circumstances as those in which Irish Magistrates' bad been dismissed by Sir Edward Sugden , was unconstitutional , unjust , and inexpedient ' < c
Tbe Duke of Wellington , followed , and made a characteristic speech , which was delivered with considerable animation and vigour . He unquestionably made the best defence of the Government which has yet been given in eltber House of Parliament . DiamfSatag at ones tile question of legality , ; be marched up to hia position , which was that the mode in which the Repeal agitation is carried on in Ireland is calculated to inspire terror in the peaceful and well disposed , and to endanger the public peace ; and , therefore , to call for the precautions of a Government who , are entrusted with the protection' of life , individual -safety , and property . He admitted that the peace of Ireland was in the
hands of one man ; and quoted in bis blunt unconscious manner the remarks of Mr . O'Connell , about his having st bis command and control a finer array thin Napoleon led into Russia , or the Date of ! Wellington bad at Waterloo . "Very possibly , ' ! exclaimed his grace ; and thereupon drew the inference that the Government should be prepared for any outbreak , and could not safely leave the ] commission of the peace in the hands of men who might be called upon to put down what they had aided in bringing about . But what a state of society must it be , when the ; Doke of Wellington admits tbpt be is now watching Mr . O'Connell , as ha once watched his Peninsular foes f and that the whole
. policy of the Government consists in simply entrenching themselves within their lines of Torres Vedras , acting on ) the defensive , and waiting' -to see who is to strike the [ first blow ! The Duke expressed himself as very sonryl to learn that there w # re two millions of the people of Ireland in a state of extreme poverty ; and he very rudely added that thai jpGverty would not be cured by withdrawing men from their industrial employments , sad sending them twenty or thirty miles a day , to attend Repeal Mtetinjs . Sat he forgot to add , that it was the want of industrial employment which was at the bottom of all this cgitition ; and having forgotten that important circumstance , he had no other consolation for Irith poverty than , the reflection , tb&ttbete was poverty in other parts of the empire as well .
Lord Mount EDGECUMBE and Lord GLENGALL concurred ' generally in the expression of a wish that the agitation ihad been more efficiently repressed , and stated their own views as to the means by which they hoped that a return to a better state of things might be effected ; but Lord WlCKdoW , although condemning the conduct of Sir E . Sugden , approved of the Ministerial policy of jabs ' tainipg from any measures of coercion , and strenuously opposed the motion . Lord Wharncliffe followed in justification of the Irish Chancellor , and vindicated the apparent inaction of the Government . ' The Marquis of Downshike expressed his satisfaction at this defence of the system of non-interference ; but Lord Charlevilie warmly condemned a forbearance which had tolerated the growth of so formidable a conspiracy . < Tbe Marquis ofi Lansdowne spoke at considerable length in Rupport of the resolution .
Lord Bhocoham defended the conduct of the ? Irish Chancellor ! in dismissing the Repeal Magistrates , and averred that tne worst his fault-finders could say was , that he had assigned a bad reason for a good act . la speaking of the Repeal Agitation , he obatrved : — " it was a singular thing that not only were there those crowds collected whiih , making every allowance for exaggeration , eonld not be denied to be moat numerous ; but there was to be observed , accompanying this progress of agitation , another operation with which he could not help thinking the whole of this system had , from beginning to end , an intimate connection ; he alluded to the financial part of the proceedings . If he disbelieved the exaggerated account of the numbers , he was disposed also to abate very much bis estimate of
the amouns of , the sums collected . He knew some thought differently , and a NobU Friend of mine who addressed the House on the subject a little while ago , intimated that he was one of thpse who thought otherwise , and who did give credit to the great financial boasts of the party . Then his Noble Friend must bblieie that in one week £ 3 i 9 U 0 bad been received . Hti ( Lord Brougham ) did not quite think they were collecting at the rate of dtlbOfiOO a-year , but still he believed the sums they received were considerable . In the first place , one naturally asked what ait this collecting was destined for T This was a source of suspicion . This ought to excite , in the wordsj of Lord Eukine , tfee vigilant attention of those in the han « is of whom the government was placed —because , ilf peraonn collected Urge sums for no visible
purpose—if yon could not discover any object to which the moneyj-was to be applied , you began to think it was spent . in a way in wkich it ought not to be spent . There was a peculiarity of another description to be noticed in i the proceedings of tho agitators , and he wonld venture to say it was strictly a peculiarity . No account was ever rendered of the sums which wen gathered together . Now , in this country there were hundreds of Institutions supported by voluntary sub scriptionsJ from the Bible Society downwurda to those which c » lleoted no more than ' £ 500 , £ 600 01 £ 900 a year-, and he thought fee might venture to say that among the whole of these there was not one solitary instance to be fi * uu « l in which a strict account was not yearly or half-yearly rendered
of the money subscribed . Regular balance-sheets were furnished to the subscribers , so that all who gave , from a shilling up to f 100 , had a precise , exact , and honest account of what was done with their money . The case was very different in Ireland . Men of small means were prevailed , on , to Bubscribe anms which were to them considerable , and not one word of a statement waa ever pretended to be given how the money was expended . ( It might be that the money was all honeatlv and innocently expended—that | lt was all laid out in adyeittstments—though it ¦ was | hard to see bow so much could be required for that ; purpose alone—or in
agencies , in WDlob no doubt a good deal was disbursed , In paying local expenses , and eoconraging the Z ^ ai ut the collectors ; yet it must be recollected that in one week only the large sum . of £ 3 © 00 had been collected and delivered into the treasury . Tbe money it was clear eonld not be laid out in the . pnreho&e of arms ; it could not be expended in prftotiMsof corruption- —that was out of ! tho question ; it could not be to pay eff the debts of the body , becanse it bad none . Then , what became of the money , was the question which constantly recurred , andosconstantlyremained unanswered . " In refttWce to tbe policy of Government he said : — " it was the duty of the Government and the Parliament
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n . tto wait for events ; not to wait for the improvement of public opinion , j but to outstrip it , and lead it into a better channel . He was happy to hear that there was toba no coercion ; be would advise strongly that the Government ought not even to proclaim the meetings . Noble Lords must see to what that coarse woald lead . They might commit the solecism , but they would get into this insuperable difficulty , from which they eonld not extricate themselves—they most indict , prosecute , but they must dojmore ; they must disperse the meetings which were proclaimed , and woe be upon those who began the conflict—( hear ) . He ( LordB . )
knew to whose bosom the first gun fired would bring hope , and joy , and comfort —( cheers ); it would put new fuel within his reach to again revive the now slumbering agitation—( cheers ); A proclamation , but , above all , the' first inarch of troops to carry It Into effect , while it would dispirit tbe loyal , and dishearten tbe wise , it would bring ; comfort , and joy , and exultation to those whose heads were foil of sordid interest ; he eonld not dignify it even by the name of bad ambition—( cheers ) , ] whose whole soul was bent upon gratifying the meanest propensities of the human mind—avarice and vanity . " ( Loud cheering . )
Lord Campbell took the opposite view of Sir E . Sugden ' s acta , and was proceeding to argue , that " tbe magistrate stood in the position of a judge , and be utterly denied that a judge eonld be dismissed until he had committed an offence , " when Lord Brougham ( from the woolsack ) : exclaimed , " You ore wrong—wrong—quite wrong . ' * Lord Campbell— "My Noble and Learned friend need not interrupt me . j You know" ( addressing Lord Brougham ) " you ' re quite out of the House whilst you're there . " j Lord Brougham ( rising and advancing up tbe House )— " I spoke to my Noble and Learned friend in kindness . I wanted to ) prevent him from pursuing a mare ' s nest—that's all—( a laugh . ) I tell him he's wrong . It waa decided otherwise in O'Hallorau ' s case . " [ Here the Noble Lord retired and resumed his seat by the aide of the Lord Chancellor . ] j
Lord Campbell— " Well , now the Noble Lord a out of tbe House again , I suppose I may # 0 on . It's carious what a hankering be hasjafter thals * at —(\ ou& laughter . ) He ' s alwaja wanting to be upon the woolsack—( renewed laughter ) , and I suppose by-and-bye he'll get the government to put htm there , J and then we shall have him defending them with more zeal than ever *'—( repeated laughter ) . I - ^ The Lord Chancellor ( Lyndhurst ) would beg to direct their Lordships' attention to what was the state of things in Ireland at the present moment , and which materially affected the nature of the core before them . In the first instance , he called their atte . tien to tbe proceedings of the Repeal Association , which was
founded nominally for tbe purpose of obtaining a Repeal of tbe Union , but actually , as had been admitted by a Noble Lord this evening , snd must be admitted by every reflecting mindj for the dismemberment of this great empire—( hear , hear , hear ) . No person e « o 4 $ doubt but the Repeal of the Union would be follow ^ by the dismemberment j of this great empire—( hear& He regretted to observe that this Association numbered in its ranks ail the Catholic priesthood of Ireland . He regretted also to observe , that its objects were supported by almost all the Catholic hieracby of Ireland . Knowing the influence and power of these individuals over the minds of the people of Ireland , their co-operation gave the Association a force almost unlimited . He would now call attention to the
machinery which was used for the purpose of accomplishing the objects of the Association . In the first place there were officers called the repeal wardens , appointed throughout the country , whose business , it appeared , was to drill tho whole population of Ireland , which they did so effectually as , he bel ' eved , to enable tbe association to move the whole or any part of the population to the accomplishment of any public object at twenty-hours' notice . iBut this was not all . Tkera was a contrivance of great ingenuity combined with these means of power . ) Passes were granted , for the payment of one shilling , ' without which no man of the lower class would be safe in going about from one part of tho country to another . The whole of these persons , in fact , because by this machinery as absolutely in the
service , and under tbe command of the leaders of the association , as onr soldiers were of their commander . Then tttey bad a system ' by which they raised , by voluntary contributions , or rather , if be might use an Irish expression , of " forced jvoluntary contributions , " large sums of money applicable for any objects the society might propose to undertake . By this society so constituted their meetings were assembled In different parts of the country , and be' would ask whether any conspiracy more dangerous jto the state had ever existed in any civilised country ? [ And what were the objects to the accomplishment of which this dangerous organisa tion , this most foul conspiracy , was directed ? In the first place the object was the Repeal of tbe Union , the establishment of a House of Commons elected by annual
suffrage , aud a Peerage [ composed according to certain rules prescribed by J the Association . On thispoint he was only stating what had been avowed as ' their object by tbe leaders of the association . Their next object was tbe destruction of the church in Ireland , and the confiscation oflits property to such objects as tbey might think proper to apply it to . The third object was the attainment of what was termed "fixity of tenure , " but which in reality meant the transfer of the whole property in the land from the landlords to the tenants . These facia could not be denied . Tbey had been stated in broad ! daylight by the leaders of this association themselves ; and they had been published under their hands in the newspapers and elsewhere . It was . in the words of a Noble Duke , " a treason which
walked the streets , " and was seen and acknowledged by all ; a bold treason , which Bought to attain all these unjust and extravagant demands by the actual terror of the rest of the conunuaity .. He would not describe the martfof sir ^ . jbhe military insignia , and banners which characterise ^ all these meetings—a point which had been so ably dila ^ d upon by his friend , the Noble Duke ; but he would refer , to the speeches made at those nieatingg , which comprised ,, ever ; topic and statement which was calculated to eimtp hatred , to stimulate ambition or I cupidity . And the ' moat remarkable feature , perhaps , about the whole of * theae proceedings was . that though these speeches were addressed to tbe most excitable people on earth , they did not 1 lead them to indulge in
any acts of violence—leaving it to be implied that they abstained from violence npon principle , awaiting only a time when they ] could burst forth with some chance of success . These Bien suppressed their feelings , in order that , upon } a future occasion , they might indulge them freely and without restraint . Could there be , be would askj in any civilised country , a system oMaw which would admit ot the legality of such meetings ? He was euro that no lawyer would say that such meetings as he bad described came within tbe scope of legality—( dear , bear ) . It was said that they did not excite fear ; but , upon several occasions , particularly at the meeting at Mallow , Protestants did not dare to show themselves . What did this conduct proceeded from ? It proceeded from terror If any
man could say that these meetings could bu considered legal , there waa no position , however absurd and ex . travagant , in which be would not indulge . They were told that these meetings jwere held for the purpose of exercising tbe right of petition . He believed that this was a hypocritical pretence—that this was a hypocritical character held out in order to colour the real object of thd meetings- - ( hoar , bear , and cheers ) . Allusions were constantly made at them to cases in which a united and determined people had Worsted regular troops . Allusions had been made to the discomfiture of the Dutch troops in Brusselsto the " three glorious days , " aud to the late affairs of Afghanistan and Cabul . When such topics were made the subject of uiscus&ion , did it not show that the real object of tbe meetings were not to petition Parliament for the Repeal of the Union , but that they Were the first stepa in the march towards rebellion , and
intended to encourage the ) parties for such a contest , and for such a result ? ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Allusion had been made to obtaining assistance from France . Assistance for what 1 Assistance for the jnirpetes of petition ing ti ( Hear , hear . ) Wo , j but io the event of a struggle , assistance to drive out those who attempted to impose a yoke Upon them . ( Hear , hear . ) Of a similar nature were the allusions made jto America ; and all these circumstances led to this conclusion , and this conclusion only , that ( he plea ol meetiag in order to petition , was a mere pretence , and that , in pact , these meetings WERE PREPARATIONS R 0 K REBELLION . When that rebellion would break out it was impossible to foresee . Lord Cottenuam thought the conduce of tbe Irish Government , though notjamounting to high treason , as bad been stated , had been perfectly unconstitutional , and this was shown by tbe atateintnta contained iu the letters of Sir E . Sugden tumself . His interference was not santioiied by law , and was most unconstitutional in its character . I On a division the numbers
were—For the motion ... ... ... 29 Against it 91 Majority 62 The House then adjourned . Mondat , July 17 . Lord Brougham gave notice that on Monday next ho would move that the printer and publisher of the Kendal Gazette be called to the bar or their Lordahips ' s House for a libel against him , implying that he bad introduced } a Declaratory Bill into the House for sel&h purposes . ^ The Earl of Aberdeen moved the third reading of the Scotch Cburob . Bill , when Lord CotTSNHAJt moved that all the declaratory words should be omitted . The motion vfas negatived without'a division , and ( he Bill was passed . The H 0080 then adjourned . Tossdat , ' . Jtji . t 18 .
The Definition of Libels Bill waa considered in Committee . , , _ Gu the seventh clause being read , Lord Cam » bell dwelt upon its importance , and upon the necessity of aiviuK protection to the publication of dona ftde reports of proceedings i ^ the Courts of Law and Police , and of the two } Houses of Parliament . It could not be denied that it was a great public good to have the debates whioh tofk place in the two Houses of Parliament faithfully reported . It was therefore prov ded by thi 8 . clause , that no legal proceedinga should be maintainable against any party
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for the publication of a report of any proceedings in Courts of Law , Police Offices , or Houses of Parliament . He wished to insert , by way of amendment the words" for publishing , without actual malice . " Lord Brougham considered that there was no necessity for th& amendment . He was of the strongest opinion that , in proportion as there should be an absolute privilege within the walls of Parliament for saying whatever any Member might think proper to say , restrained only by his sense of duty , so in the same proportion was the absolute necessity that there should hot be given an unrestrained power to the press to publish everything that wua said in Parliament . There was no fear of the proceedings of Parliament not being published , and in . the course of all his experience at the bar , he did dot . remember a single prosecution or action for the pnblication of a speech delivered in Parliament .
After some further discussion , the amendment was put to the vote , and lost by a majority of 11 to 5 . The remaining clauses were severally agreed to . and the report was ordered to be received on Friday
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fwdat . Jtjly 14 . Lord Ashley , as chairman , reported that the Com * mittee on the Durham Election had unseated Lord Dnngannon on the ground of bribery , although they acquitted the Noble Lord of any cognizance of It . After some conversation , the motion for the issue of the new writ was postponed till Monday . The order of the day for resuming the Committee en the Arms Bill having been put , Sir Andrew Armstrong shortly expressed his strong opposition to the measure ; after which Mr . Smith O'Brien moved , as an amendment , that all further proceedings en the bill be suspended until the other measures relative to Ireland were taken into consideration . After some remarks from Mr . Hume and Mr . Wallace ,
Sir Robert Peel said he had understood that the Irish members disclaimed all intention ot obstruction and it would , therefore , be for the country to Judge whether or not such an nercise of privilege amounted to a suspension and defeat of the functions of Parlia ment This was marked by loud cheers from tbe ministerial benches . Mr . Morgan J . O'Connell replied that the great majority of tbe Irish members did disclaim all intention of offering factious opposition ; but when it was determined to proceed with a measure the effect of which was to suspend the constitution in Ireland , they felt justified , in self-defence , to give it a pertinacious resistance .
Sir R . Peel added , that if any understanding could be come to as to getting through the remaining clauses of the BUI , he would then be prepared to give attention to the other measures relative to Ireland . After a somewhat animated discussion , Mr , Smith O'Brien withdrew his Amendment , and the House weak into committee , which gradually got into better bwsAur , and actually reached the 24 th clause of the Bill by about twelve o ' clock . This was mainly attributable to the Government giving way , and adopting amendments calculated to improve the bill .
Monoav , July 17 . After some petitions had been presented , an Hon . Member gave notice that next Session he would move for a Committee to inquire into the crime of dog stealing . , Lord John Russell , gave notice that he would , on Tuesday ( next day ) , move an address to her Majesty praying that her attention might be directed to measures for the improvement of eJupatioH in Great Britain , and at the same 7 ijme Parliament would heartily concur in any measures to that effect which did not interfere with the rfy $$£ of conscience . Mr . Hinde moved that a aw ., writ be issued for the city of Durham . The motion was opposed by ocvcii irioiuutfa
» , » uu vu pyiipsivu yucnj were , iqt issuing the writ 145 , aod agpuisi it If . Taeivrit was ordered to be issued . r ' ^ :: £ " ¦ In answer to a question &om Lord Jelm Russell , Sir Robert Peel Baid' ^ n ^ wctioas had beea sent to the Governor-General or India , explanatory of &e views of the Government with respect to Sffi&de . These instroetioas , of course , would be contangett upon the piat ^ Jtf afiiirs in that country , but he-cauld not lay them before the House . The Sergeant- » t-Arms announced that he had oa Saturday evening beeu served ;*^* no tice of action , for trespass by Thomas Barton Pearce , clerk to Burtoit * Howard , for taking him into custody in ¦
1840 . ' - ¦ - . The Attornet General said he should move this day that the Sergeant'at-Arms do appear and defend the suit . On the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Irish Anas Bill , Mr . Wallace asked Sir Robert Peel what were his intentions with regard to the Church of Scotland , and especially as to the Bill before the othsr House . 6 ir Robert Pekl said it was the intention of her Majesty ' s Ministers to use all their influence to carry that measure .
After some discussion relative to the arrear of public business , the House went into Committee on the Irish Arms Bill , when several clauses Wera agreed to , and the Chairman reported progmes . Tha Committee to sit agsin on Thursday . Mr . C . Wood then moved for a Committee of the whole House , to take into consideration the expediency of reducing the duty on Wool , and entered fully into the statistics of the trade in that article . He was opposed by the Chancellor or the Exchequer and Sir R . Peel . . On a division , the motion was rejected by ft majority of 70 . , The Coalwhippers Bill was read a second time , tbe other Orders Were disposed of , and Tbe House adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock .
Tuesday , July 18 . In the Commons , there being only 18 members present at four o ' clock , the House stood adjourned .
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Singular . Accident . —On Saturday an accident of a novel character occurred at the Royal Exchange . One of the stone trucks belonging to the contractor , drawn by six horses , arrived at the Exchange between four and five o ' clock with a load of iron girders . The horses were detached while the unloading took place ; one of them , a fine grey , got loose front the rest , and strayed unseen to that part of the building opposite a chemist ' s in Cornhill , and fell backwards into a cellar , more than twenty feet deep , and only of sufficient size to contain him ; do possible means could be deuised to get the tackle under it , and he died in less than twenty minutes from the injuries received . Chains of the railroad crane , at the topof thebuilding , wore passed through one of the upper openings of the intended shops , and ultimately the carcass was drawn out by the neck through the opening .
A singular duel was fought at Marseilles , on the 10 th inst ., between two Spaniards . One was a barber and the oiher , though a dealer in cigarettes , consented to fight his odponent with his own weapon . —a razor . Tbie cigarette-man received the first wound , so deeply Slashing his face thut he was unable to continue the combat , and was obliged to be carried to the hospital , while the barber was taken to prison . The Liverpool Fires . —Important Discovery . —It will be recollected that the number of tbe constabulary force who 3 e especial duty" it is to watch tbe warehouses of Liverpool daring the night time was considerably increased about three weeks since , fires at that pore haying become of a most extensive and alarming nature , and the conclusion to which the borough magistrates had arrived with
regard to one , if not more cf the conflagrations , being the work of incendiaries . It is worthy of remark that since the enlargement of the night force there has not been a single fire in the town but we regret 'O state , that owing to a discovery made on the evening on Tussday last , there is too much reason to apprehend that , the gang of incendiaries with which the borough appears to be infested are desirous of perpetrating additional mischief . It seems that as one of the police was going hia rounds about eight o ' clock on tbe evening in question , he found a large heavy piece of pitch intermixed with fresh cotton , lying under the weatherboard of a cellar in ( ireenock-street . The cellar is situate underneath an immense pile of warehouses , known as Tobin ' a ,
which pile is extensively filled at the present time with cotton and other valuable property , tbe prodnoe of our colonial possessiensi The piece of pitch and cotton was immediatly removed to the office of tbe Commissioner of Police , where it has been inspected and found to be in a Highly combustible state , only requiring the slightest application of a lighted match to sot it in a blaze . It waa most fortunate that tho discovery was made at so early a period of the night , else the consequences might have been dreadful . This is the third discovery of a similar kind which has been made within a very shorttimein Liverpool ; and , although it is aniversally admitted that such combustible substances could not have accidentally been placed in the dangerous positions in which they Have been found , yet by some it issupposed , or rather hoped , that the substances have been so placed by idle and vicious persons , not with the view of setting the property of the pnblio on fire , but merely of
adding to that excitement and alarm on the subject ot \ incendiarism Which generally prevails at the port . Of course , in the absence of proof one way or the other , the difficulty of either establishing or refuting such a supposition must be obvious ; bat if the parties whe indulge in practices so pregaant with danger to the community at large should happen to be arrested in the act , we imagine that they trill find it a somewhat onerous task to persuade a jury that their object was other than that of incendiarism . The pitch and cotton found upon the present occasion are between 41 b and 51 b in weight , and the cotton appears to have been carefully mixed , together with the pitch . The substance has a flat and hardened appearance , about the size of a man ' s hand in length and breadth , and about three inohes in thickness . Every effort is being made to discover the party or parties who placed it in the position in Which it was found ; but , unhappily , as in the former cases , without effect hitherto .
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son , ^^ t-nicicMDi , prowrd Ux »» <** wt ort& , on Uio 15 th of March , ordered of him half a dozen bottles of port snd naif a desen of sherry -wine , for H- JToonwon and Co . ; the wine was to be delivered in Lelghton-lane theiame evening , and an account with it The Wine amounted to £ 2 23 . ; the money was to he jaid on the next or following market-day , but it had never been paid yet . Mr . Wilson said he had Known Gainfortb before ; and lie understood that he waa acting at ihe time as an assistant to R . Thomson and Co . Witnesses were nut called trbo proved that Gainforth , on tbe 16 th of March , ordered a quantity of wzlfin ^ paper of Mr . Town , stationer , amounting in value to £ l 14 s . 6 d . for R . Thonuon and Co ., at whose -warehouse it waa delivered . Gainforth at this place represented that
Jdx . Thonuon paid every Saturday ; but he vrould probably rail and pay during the-ireek . The money had sever teen paid . £ Ir . Thomas Robinson , batter-factor , Upperhtad-row , Leeds , proved tkat Gainforth , on the same 16 th of 3 fsrch , ordered of him two hams for Thorn * son and Co ., promising that they would bb paid for on delivery . They were delivered , but payment was not made Mr . W . Wilson , or Mntty-Jrtreet , had printed 200 cards of address for Thompson and Co . on the 15 th of March , containing tbe words " B . Thomson and Oe 89 , Leighton-lsne , Paik-lane , Leeds . " John Patterson , ramitore broker , proved having been sent for to the Befr Hive beerhouse , near Wellington-road ,
on tne 20 th of Marcb , to look at Borne furniture ; that when he got there he fonnd Thomson , who offered to sell him a bedstead , a card table , and a -wash-hand stand , for £ 2 ; but in looking in one of the drawers of the table , he fonnd the name of Mrs . Fletcher , and he ! gave information of that fact , and the furniture traa removed to another beerhouse , to which Thomson also went Whilst tnereU was announced ( hat Mrs . Fletcher and apollcen < an were coming , and npon hearingthiaTbomson took to his heels and ran away . Both prisoners were soon afterwards apprehended , and on the place in Leightoc- ; ar . e being searched , it was found to be devoid of either goods or furniture . ¦
The -witnesses -wera cross-examined by Mr . WlLKIUS to Bho-w , if possible , that in all cases Gainforth bad acted only as a servant , and not at all in concert or partnership with Thompson . In the course of a long address to the Jury , the Learned Gentleman endeavoured to establish the same facts , and pointed ont thi improbability of men conspiring to defraud for so small amount as tbe prisonershsd done . > His LoBDSHir then summed up , and the Jury , "without leaving their box . found the prisoners Guilty of Conspiracy . Sentence deferred .
BTT&GLAJa XT MA 8 HAM . Mirojn Foster , 18 , was indicted for a burglary in ihe house 01 J&aies Graham at Masham , in the North Biding , and -with having stolen one half-sovereign and eighteen shilling ! , the property ef the said James Graham . iii . Buss defended the prisoner , who was found Guilty . Sentence deferred . The Court broke up about six o ' clock . { Before Mr . Justice Wightman . ) In the Nisi Prius Court , after one or two causes of no great interest had been disposed of , : George HalL 46 , -was indicted for having on the Slst of May l = st , at Cawood , near Selby , stolen a lamb , tbe property of John Savage . Verdict—Not Gnilty .
OFFENCE tJXl > E £ THE BKGISB . ATJOW Ml . Samuel Brooke was placed at the Bar , charged in the indictment that be , beiug the father of a child , did , on the 6 ih of May , 1843 . at Birstal , near Leeds , rBfnse to give the information rcquirad by the Act for the Re ? istraUon of Births and Deaths , relative to the birth of the said child , -within forty-two days fromjthe birth thereof , having being required by the Registrar so to do . The prisoner pleaded Guilty . Mr . Ceomptos , who appeared for th . 6 prosecution ,
ill said that considerable doubt existed at one time whether the offence with which the pruoner was charged was an indictable one or sot . but the Court of Queen's Ssceh had decided that it was so . In »>»>« case the prisoner had given a good many of tbe particulars required , but obstinately refused to give others , whick were equally required by the Act of Parliament ; but as he had since become sensible of the impropriety of his conduct , he ( theLearned Counsel ) did not wish to press for punishment , but he wished it to be understood that it would not be overlooked in future . i
The Learned Judge said it certainly ought io be known that persons could not refuse to give the information required bj the Act , without subjecting themselves to the same process of indictment as the prisoner st the bar had done . It was an indictable oSence ; there could be no doubt about it In the present ease , no punishment was pressed for , and the prisoner might be discharged on payment of one » f ? niin g ;
HI 6 HW 1 T BOBBEBT AT SKIPTOJt . Mark Noble , 26 , was charged with having , on the 6 to of June last , at Skipton , feloniously assaulted John Wfcaiky Shepherd , and stolen from his persom one shilling and three sixpences . ' Mr- Wasset was for the prosecution ; the prisoner ¦ was tmdtfended- "' On the Bight of tbe 51 h of Jnne , the prosecutor , who is a hostler at the Ship Inn , while proceeding to a &ela in the neighbourhood to catch a horse , was
attacked asd knocked down by a man , whom , according to his sceonnt , he recognized to be the prisoner , whe rifled his pocket of tbe money stated in the indictment . After tt » e reobery , the prosecutor , without giving any alarm , remained for nearly an hour endeavouring to cstch the horse , snd did not return until hia employer sent a person to see what he was about , when , in answer to inquiries , he said that he had been robbed by the prisoner , and "that hb would let him know it in the morning . " The prisoner was apprehended the following day .
The Jnry , without headtansn , found a verdict of Not Guilty . The Court broke np at four o ' clock .
MONDAY , JtTLT 17 . Before Mr . Justice Crtstwdl . His Lokdhip t » ok his seat on the Bench this morn ing st nine o ' clock .
SENTENCES . Wm . Martden , who had pleaded guilty to having committed a burglary in the house of Mri Joshua Tntis , at Shtffield , mi sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months to hard labour . ¦ George Fttmiss , who had pleaded guilty to a shtrje of stealing from a dwelling-house , at Leeds , in the occupation of Mr . Charles Sharp , was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months . } Wm . Messam , convicted of % burglary at Doncaster , in the dwelling honse of John Ravenhill , was sentenced to " be imprisoned , and kept to sard labour for twelve calendar modths . j Samuel Lonffbottom , who had been found guilty of having robbed William Hurtt , on the highway at Hunslet , near Leeds , was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . '
Robert Smith , who had pleaded gnilty to a charge of night poaching , at Shipley , in the West Riding , was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for six calender months , William Gaxxfbrth and Robert Thompson , convicted of an unlawful conspiracy at Lseds , with latent to debaua divers persons of their goods , wera severally sentenced to be Imprisoned in York Castle for twelve calendar months .
HIGH"WAT BOBBEET AT LEEDS . ComSuj Whaling , 25 , and William Hacre , li , were indicted , for having , on the 14 th of May last , on ihe highway at Leeds , feloniously assaulted John Bobottom , and stolen from his parson , eight shillings , his property . j Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hall ware counsel for the prosecution ; 3 Ir . WlLKiss defended the prisoners . The prosecutor , John Robottom . is a ¦ warehouseman , in the employment of Messrs . Reinhardt , druggist * , Leeds ; be . had been * engaged at his duties until about eleven o ' clock : on tbe fbeiti ght of Saturday the 2 Stb of May , snd after leaving there h » went to the Black Boy Inn , in Kirtgate , where he had two glasses of ale . and left there to go to Ids house , in Lemon-street , between twelve and one o ' clock . On his road down Georrete-Btreet , he stood to see a " row , " and did not
get mto Ysrk-street nnal about two o ' clock , \ when he met the prisoner 3 > Acre , who directly stood in front of Mm in a fighting attitude , and aTter sparring for a short time , they both fell on the ground ; on getting up again the prisoner Whaling came and seizing the prosecntor by the waist , said , " I'D be vonr ^ dendi" after which they &U -were all three on tlie ground together , and on the prdsecntor recovering himself ha fonnd hia . ^ trowsers pocket turned out , and r aw the two prisoners picking some silver . from th * ^ ground . He gave an alarm , and several women and , a watchman , came fup ; the men then got away , but were apprehended . soon after-¦ warda . They were b <» lh aistincfly > pbkenj »| jboth . ^^ by toe prosecutor and other witnesses ; who were all cross-Vtunined by Mr . Wiisiss , with a view to shake tHSr testimtny , hat in this he compleiely failed .: The prosecutor lost about 8 s ., and his perssn at the time bore markM of considerable violence . ?
Mr . Wilkihs then addressed the jury for the prisoners , aad the Learned Judge having summed np the evidence , and explained the law as bearing on the ease , the Jnry without hesitation found both the-prisoners guilty of the main TofFenoe . : Sentence was deferred .
¦ EOBSS STEALIN 8 AT LEEDS . i __ George LeatMey , 21 , gleaded guilty te havin * , <» the night fcl the 14 th of April last , stolen a ifcpSwgTBare , the -pwpetty of Mt Samuel Petty , of Be « ofl /^ sar I Leeds . Senteno * was . deferred . Tbe $ r 3 nd Jjuy j ignored Hx bOl against Charles Bawaon , who was in-I dieted alon ^ with Leathley . j BXEB « a . xB . T AT ARMLET . i Y ^ f £ * & **** , 27 , ana John Jackson * 20 , -were atodk . ta ^ y in tie dwelling house of Mr . r ^ * y ** nwri « ht , at Armley , near Leeds . Mr . Bliss and Mr MipniBlos wera counsel for tbe pri-ecution ; Mr . Wilkihs defended the prisoner . \ \ The prosecutor is a doth maker residing at Armley , T ^? t £ ^ ^ « hr » ae 14 th of ( May , he , along wdh Ids Jamfly reUred toie » t , leavingril the doors and windows safe . Oa getang np the nixt moming , be found that the house fc * d " been entewd dnring the n'gQt , tflrougb . an iron jme lading into the cellar
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 22, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1222/page/6/
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