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GAITA 2 WSM AS A CTTBATITE A 6 KKT . 5 Ehe healing art has already been much enriched by judicious applic&tionB ^ f galvanism , much more so , indeed , than by the employment of the electrical machine , and as this Etamnlus | Bppeara to be capable of Tooting the debilitated vital powers -with greater promptitude and energy Qs&a any other known , there are yet ample opportunities afforded for tie medical galvahiBtto extend Its sphere of osefulness much beyond thaj to wbidi it ias hitherto attained . The eighth pair of nerves , which have such an immense command over the functions of the respiratory and digestive organs , anS bilary . system are necessarily important objects for pathological meditation , prior to tl » galvanic iiiflaence being applied . Itisprob&ble that any defect in the performance of the fanc&fia of the two former , might , in many cases , be supplied by an electric cnrrent traversing the eighth
pairfrom the neck , downwards to opposite the organ diseas ^ , better Than by any other renter bat a diseased liver , arising from an accumulation of coagulated bUe , would be mart likely to be relieved by transmitting the cnrrent directly through the . organ , from one side of the body to the other . By this mode of atttek thB obstinate consistency of the bile would soon yield to the influence of the current , and become reduced to a comparatively thin liquid , susceptible of free motion in ttwdncts , and a final and easy discharge . Any obstruction to secretion which the liver might experience Irom the surcharge of bile , would thus be removed ; and were tone -wanting for the due performance of this function , assistance might probably be obtained from a feeble current , er from a series of feeble galvanic discharges in the direction of the eighth pair from the neck , to the organ affected .
Dr . Wilson Philip has frequently employed galvanism in eases of indigestion and . biliary complaints . I hare employed galvanism , " says this eminent physiologist , " in many cases of habitual asthma and almost uniformly with relief . The time during -which $ be galvanism was applied jbeing from five minutes to a quarter of aahouiv The cough under its use generally ]> ecomes buss frequent in proportion as the accumula tion of phlegm in the lungs is prevented . It is rejnarkable , that in several who had laboured under asthmatics ! breathing for ten or twenty yearsit gave
, relief quite as readily as in more recent -cases . la some labouring under the most chronic forms of phthisis , in ¦ whom ths symptoms had lasted . several yean , the relief obtained from galvanism was very great , notwithstanding the mixture of some pus-like * ntwtanee in what was expectorated . The permanency of ths good effects of galTzmsm in the diseases before us has appeared -very remarkable . ** When speaking of sanguineous apoplexy , Dr . Philip remarks , " after the rattling breathing had come on , and the patient seemed About to be sc £ xated , he was at least a dozen tines
made to breaths with ease , the accumulation of phlegm gradually disappearing on the application of galvanism . " Tile same philosopher observes , that in cases " where there was a failure in the secreting power of the liver , era defective action of the gall tubes , I have repeatedly seen from it the same effect on the biliary system which vises frem calomel—a copious discharge from the bowels , coming on & few hours after the employment of galvanism . " The beneficial effects of galvanism in ssthmatio and bilious complaints , have leveral times come under my own notice . Costiveness in the bowels , however
obstizsaMy it may resist the usual remedies , very soon yields to this mode of attack ; and , by a similar process , constipations generally may readily be Vanquished . Bhenmstic affections frequently yield more or less to the galvanic influence , and in many cases of rheumatism the patients have been completely cured in a very short time . Local pains in the limbs , arising from recent cold , are often jexmrred by the first application of gal-Tanism ; and although those of longer standing may require a few repetitions of the process , their violence becomes gradually diminished , and they eventually disappear .
Galvanism has also been successful in spasmodic affections , in rigidity of the muscles , in indolent tuznours , or JBcrofulous swellings , in schirreua indurations of the breast , in gent , * a , in defective hearing , and in some affections of the eye . A "TwnUr result once occurred under my own observation whilst galvanising a paMed arm of an elderly gentleman labouring under the effects of hemiphlegia . This limb was totally deprived both of motion and sensation , from the point of the shoulders to the ends of the finders . In the" first part of the galvanic process the wh » le of the arm was brought into the galvanic circuit , by connecting one pole of a battery , of an hundred pairs of plates , with the shoulder , and the other pole with the band , which , for convenience of connec
tion , ~ wsb immersed in a basin of salt water . By this mode of treatment no good was dose , nor did the patient experience any sensation ¦ whatever , although many volleys of discharges were bansmitted . Whilst fhtnVrn g on Oils negative result , It occurred to me that there might be a possibility of restoring a g nation by operating only on a small portion of the limb at a time ; and , in order to ascertain tow ixt 1 hia -view might be correct , the line of demarcation between U » sensxtrre and insensitive part of the limb was ascertained by pinching the skin about the shoulder and upper part of the ana . This being accomplished , one of the polar wires was brought into contact with the skin of the shoulder , on the sensitive aide , and the other polar -wire trzs bronchi to a little
below it , on the Insensitive side . The sensation was immediately restored as far as the lower wire , and , consequently , the line of demarcation was so far removed . -JBy keeping the first wire permanently on the shoulder , and removixg the other slowly doirnirards , making frequent inquiries of the patient if he experienesd any sensation at the lower point , which was uniformly answered in the affirmative , we suoceeied ia restoring the sensation of the whole limb . This fact is one of those that is most deserving the attention of the physiologist and medical practitioner . It shows , that the activity of a portion of * clamant serve may be restored , without disturbing the slumber
of the other portion of it ; and also , that , although we might fail in restoring sensation to a limb by operating upon the whole of it at once , there might still be hopes of attaining ths object by amusing the sensation ixcraaadallp , fey an ele&rv-fiwbctional process , inch as that employed in the present case . There are , however , strong reasons to suppose , Malt success would not have attended the experiment , bad the galvanic process commenced at the hand , as there would nave been a great portion of the dormant limb intervening between the sensitive part on the shoulder , and the polar wire nearest to it . Nevertheless , it is an experiment well worthy of trial , as it might probably lead to interesting physiological results .
The practice of medical galvanism requires neither extensive ner costly apparatus . Two of Cruikshask ' s batteries , of fifty-three inch plates each , are sufficient for almost ererj purpose , and one of these alone will answer for the generality of cases . But as the power of every galvanic battery depends span thB character of the liquid upon which it is cksxeed , as well as on the number and lize of its plates , the medical galvanist should make himself veil acquainted , as early as possible , Trzlh all the circumstances connected ¦ with the management of his batteries . Whilst a batiery has its plates clean , and the surface of the jiac smooth , a solution of common salt answers very well * for its
charge ; but wfc . es the zinc plates "have become rough by long use , a freak solution of nitric acid will be necessary to bring the battery to tbe requisite staeof activity , especially for rheumatic affections . But th ' e only general rule that can be given is simply this , never begin an operation with a high galvanic pewez . Tht fluids rf every part of the system are decomposable by galvanic iiflue&ce , and a powerful current traversing B& head , or any part of tlie body , might be attended with serious consequences . Galvanic operations en the bead have , however , been frequently resorted to in cases of ear-ache , rhenmatie aflVcSoas , &c . &C . — W . Sturgeon ' s Eiemodarv Lectures on Gulvwrdtm .
Ax Axericax Sculptor . —Ten years ago I became acquainted at Cuicinnsti , in Ohio , with a young man o £ thepame of Powers ; he was an ass i stant to a JHons . Dorfeniile , the ingenious proprietor of a whimsical museum , in -which curious objects of natural history , North Amtricsn antiquities , acd historical groups of wax figures , -were blended , and daily exhibited , Jot the amusement and edification of the beau mondt of the Western , metropolis . Tha trax figures -were moulded , or at any rate finished , by this young Mr . Powers ; and tha # iras i degree of talent In this , which stroek bs an Tory forcibly m b » ing something greatly out of the common ^ ay . Sncouraged perhaps by the © pinions expressed by the- . European party of his skill in
modelling , he underwKfc . a bust in such clay as he could 2 nd . and produoBd what struck us all as the » ost wonderfnlly-perffeci likeness we had ever seen . But we moved on and heard no morf of him . A few days afterwb arrived in FioKsea , ve were invited to visit the studio or » me of the most distinguished artiste at present -working there . A joung American « lled powers -raj among ^ aames Qj ^ mentioned ; and •? J ?* f * heard the name I felt not the slightest aouw thst by going ^ ^ Jtudio 2 ^ Qvli certainly meet my 0 > d scqeaintance . Nor was I iifiappointed . There mde * d I found &e highly-gifted Hiram f ° ™ tfVi , IV ^^ tor n the boyiih chrysalis state , . *™« T j ^ !« t seen Mm , into a fnll-flsdged and acknowledged mm of serins , is hirti fashion ,
over-Z £ g ? * ita orders from Sredthy patrons of all Sifw *' " »* ^ Wb rooms filled with "IhrfiSf'iES' ^ ^ them with more at that magical iL £ ? 2 S ™* ^ wMdi ™ *•* «« a feelTto the . Stnl ^ T " ^ walPtoH , aanany collection of ZPH ^ J ?*® ** ^^ I have cve > visited . * * Jl ^^ ^ nke to deJeTSaTaade me look £ wT 2 i 7 ° ^ l ***«¦; t oft Mmat CSndnnftti , art ^ ivh ^ S ° & *** nethin « ^ W « t but the arrnmd ^ , ^ laA formea tt 6 HVing BMhw Sto hmS ^ iiT ^^^ S 0 " eannot exirt , ooald SSSi ^ ttB ^^ J » » ow holds toSfw 2 "S ? - ^^ ngexaminedallthatiehad & £ ^ * - £ ^ £% Sl- *«? — iiu i
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order to indulge myself in -works of imagination . If my success continue , I may perbapa in time , ¦ venture to attempt something of the kind . But I cannot afford it yet . " "But do" you not sometimes imagine compositions f said L "Do you not fancy things that yoirwould like to execute ? " " Why , yes , " he replied , smiling , "I- certainly have fancied ftlnga that 1 should like to execnte . And I will show yon one of them . " He then led the way to another room , and there , behind a screen , was a figure mounted large as life , theugh it was veiled from head to foot with a doth . " Here / ' Bsid he , pausing before he tmcovered it , "is a figure in clay , on which I have bestowed some labour , and more thought But I dare not do it in marble . I -dare not try my chisel upon it—unless I could get an order for the Btatue—and I cannot hope for
that as yet I mean it as a representation of Eve . " He then withdrew the drapery that concealed it , and displayed an undraped female figure , that I gazad upon with unfeigned astonishment I have no words of art at my command which might enable you to conceive all the blended dignity and simplicity of this beautiful figure . Powers watched almost wholly in silence the impression that his wozk made upon ub ; and when at length we turned away from it , he threw the veil again over it , fisying , with something like a « 1 gb , "I should like to do it . " Most heartily do I wish that some one may ere long look upon that Eve of clay with as sincere admiration as I did , and with money enough to boot , to cemmaud that she should immediately receive the immortality of marble , for well does she deserve it—Mrs TroUope ' s Visit io Italy .
LlTHOGB . Ar'HlC POBTEAITS . —An artist of very considerable talent has lately been introduced into this country under the patronage of King Leopold . His mme is Bauq&iet , and the novelty of his mode of taking portraits is this : —He draws them at once * n a stone prepared for lithographic pmiting , and the impressions are at once made from the original drawing on paper . By this means any person who has Mb portrait taken by M . Sauquiet can have 500 or more , impressiens taken of the original , and merely for the expence of the paper and printing multiply the picture , and oblige bis friends and acquaintance with a likeness . The artist has already taken the portraits of many of the Coburg family , all which are excellent likenesses , and remarkable for correctness of drawing , spirit of outline , and preservation of intellectual character . He has also taken a likeneBs of Prince Albeit , which is entitled to high encomium .
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TO THB EDITOK OF THE KORTHSES ETAB , Sib , —I beg to acquaint you with further proceedings by the functionaries of this city , against persons whom they charge with the alleged crime of blasphemy ; a pretence fer prosecution , which yen have rightly denounced as a disgrace to the present age . Since the imprisonment of Thomas Patebsos and Henbt Robiksos , another inmate , Thos . FiNLAT . has been supplied to the Edinbugh Gaol , for the same offence , so called . He is an aged , honest , and industrious workingman , - whose family ia dependant npon him for support , and who kept a small circulating library , containing some of the writings of sceptical philosophers ; he has been sentenced to si&y days imprisonmn , i , io be treated as a common felon .
Proceedings save also been commenced against Hiss Matilda Roalfe , a bookseller , in Nicolson-street . Last Monday , the Procurator Fiscal , with a number of officers , entered ner shop , rnaely turned over every article in her private dwelling , carried away a considerable pertion of her stock , and conveyed the young woman to the Sheriff ' s Office for examination . In the evening she was taken to Calton Gaol , and shown into a filthy cell , scarely fit for a dog kennel , for her night's lodging place . Miss Roaife remonstrated -with the matron , and eventually she was indulged with the privilege of removing to a cell where there was no vermin ! Sir , these things actually occurred in Christen Britain , in Protestant Scotland , in pious Edinburgh ! On the following night she -was liberated , upon bail being given by two householdera for her appearance to take her trial when summoned .
In this case the ordinary paltry attempt te justify persecution will not apply . She issued no offensive placards , she did nothing that could shock the feelings of any person with any particle of a claim to rationality ; and while she did not conceal her sale of heterodox publications she did not thrust them obtrusively upon public attention . Surely , under these circumstances , every liberal Christian must blush at finding those who profess a religion of charity , and who advocate the right of private judgment , incarcerating a virtuous young women and prosecuting her that she may be dealt with as a common felon . These acts approach at no great distance , the doings of an institution , at the mere mention" of which we shudder , the Spanish Inquisition . If intolerance most have its yictxms , let them be taken from the hardier sex , and let its fangs be averted from defenceless woman , -whose social position renders her comparatively weak , and to crush whom is to gain a victory without honour , to achieve a triumph that brings disgrace .
Dr . Candlish well observed , at a meeting in the W&tezloo Rooms , called to sympathise with Dr . Kalley , that , *¦ Persecutors are always anxious to hide their r * al intentions , and wish to make it appear that they punish for any reason bat for opinion's sake . " This remark seems to be borne out in the present instance . A young man , who had frequently purchased some of tfae newspapers at Miss Roulfe ' s shop , offered for sale , two dsys before the seizure , a number of engravings , some of which were of an indecent character . Of course they were indignantly rejected . But tile fellow persevered , said he would take books in exchange , and offered to leave them to see if Miss R . could dispose of them . He was then ordered to quit the shop . This carrips with it the appearance of conspiracy . Had the engravings been found in the shop , a charge of obscenity would have been trumped up , to disguise the real objects of the persecutors .
The parties prosecuted are accused of briBging religion into contempt ; but those who connect Christianity with cruelty an £ persecution are the individuals who bring dishonour upon the religion which they profess . They have little confidence in the reasonableness of their creed , who endeavour to support it by physical force , and silence its opponents by placing them in prison dnngeons . In consequence ef these prosecutions , an "Anti-Persecution Union" has been formed , the object of which is to support and protect all who may be persecuted for opinion's sake . The " Union" identifies
itself with no sect , nor with any system of doctrine . It gives its aid to the " infidel" Paterson , and to the " Protestant" J > z . ILiXlej , giaplj because they are punished for nttering their sincere convictions . It has corresponded with Dr . Kalley , of Madeira , who is imprisoned ( though not treated as a felon ) on the accusation gf blasphemy for preaching Protestant principles ; and remittances of money have been forwarded to him by the " Union . " Let every lover of liberty lend a briplcg hand to establish that " civil and religious liberty , " of whick we often boast , but which facts of this descriptien every day prove we do not yet
possess . To oppose intolerance , and advocate freedom of expression , by no means signifies on approval of the opinioEB or sentiments entertained by the individuals who ore now proBecnted in Scotland , I tbtrefore respectfully request the insertion of this letter in the columns of your liberal journal . I am , Sir , Tour obedient Servant , Henry Jeffert . Secretary of the Scottish Anti-Persecution ¦ Unio n . 11 , GreenBide-Btreet , Edinburgh , D ± c IS , 1843 .
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^ THE TYPE FOUNDERS . We have had the foHewing address in our possession for f * o weeks paBt , bnt though most desirouB of giving it publicity , -we have been compelled to withhold it till this week . From a letter accompanying the address ¦ we learn that •* the firm of Miller , Richards , 4 Co ., Edinburgh , nave attempted to impose a crnel reduction on their -workmen , ¦ which resulted in a general turn-out of -he operatives . " Also that the efforts of Wilson ( ef London , we believe , ) to break up the Union , has occasioned the tarn-out of the men in his employ . We learn also that vigorous attempts are about to be made to form a general Type-founders' Union , with every prospect of success . We can only say to tile operatives , God speed them ; any assistance we can render them shall be heartily given . THE TTPE FOO'DEBS OF LONPOS AND EDIJTBUBGH ,
TO THE -W 0 RK 4 KG CLASSES . F £ i . i . o"K--woBKJtEN , Several delegate meetings having been held composed ef delegates from the Trades cf London , and at their adjourned meeting , held on Thursday , the 7 th of Pscereber , at Mr . Wheelers , Grapes Tavern , Primrose Hill , Salisbury Square , Fleet Street , the present difficulties and position of the Journeymen Type Founders in resisting the most oppressive and severe reductions ever proposed to any class of workmen , were fully entered into , and fairly discussed . Tee following resolution * were ¦ nanimonsly agreed to , and earnestly recommeaded to the consideration and Btpport of the Working Classes .
Besolved , lsj—That we , the delegates of various trades is delegate meeting assembled , have heard with regret the statements of the distressed condition of the Journeymen Type Founders , and that we deem it a dHty we owe to those distressed men and 4 be working classes , to assist ^ all in our power , in alleviating their wretched condition . Besolved , 2 nd—That in erder to earry out the foregoing resolution , this meeting of delegates undertake to call or attend all meetings or societies of the working classes , -wherever they may be enabled to ascertain their existence , to urge upon them the necessity of subscribing to the funds for the relief of the distressed Type Founders . „ ¦ A committee of six , with power to add to their number , was appointed from tbe delegates present to carry out the oHects bt the above resolutions .
Having Issued MTeral circulars and addresses during the protracted struggle we have been engaged in with our late employers , and those dosnments containing the principal part of our grievances , we deem ^ unnecessary toiepest or xef « to them . Still ft is reqinalte that
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tbe public should become acquainted with the progress we have made , and tbe probable consequences of that dispute ; not only as regards us , but as it may hereafter form a very important feature in the history of tbe working classes , and may also serve to show that all thb affected pomp , pride , and power , of those mas t ers who would reduce our labour from , twenty-three to seventy-five percent , most snecumb to a well-organised unity of action among the working classes . This ia dearly illustrated by the close of the strike in Sheffield in favour of the men , who ; after a resistance of twelve weekB npon the most soanty resources , have compelled the reluctant capitalist to render justice to those men by Whose labour he has been enabled to hold that position in esociety—to which we usually look up to aa the protectors , of tbe oppressed , rather than the opppressoTB of ths weak . '
However , as it Is over , we have done with that part of our subject , and would not have alluded to it , but for the purpose of supporting our previous assertions . Now , with reference to the men of London , it will be necessary to Btate that onr employers have pertinatioaaly resisted , from first to last , all that could be advanced for the purpose of obtaining justice for their injured and ill-paid workmen , and have endeavoured to affect a total disregard of consequences . What has been the result to them as employers 7 Hear it ye capitalists . ' It has had the effect of reducing the value of stock on band at least 25 per cent ! 1 Has it made them stand in higher estimation with their customers ? Ask the printers . They will tell you that tbe reduction was as unjust , ( Bit Was uncalled for ; that it was in fact , one
of the most shameless efforts at monopoly ever attempted . Has it made any progress to facilitate tbe diffusion of cheap reading ? Ask the reading portion of tbe public , and they-will answer—ne ; do we not pay as much for our daily papers , monthly periodicals , and standard works aa before ? Then , if it has depreciated their stock , got them into odium with the printers , and not benefited the jublic , for what was it done ? We will tell you in a few words , —for the purpose of putting an extinguisher upon the small flrm 8 ; driviBg all competitors from the market , and then resuming their old and exhoribant prices to the printers , and leaving their
white slaves to toil at reductions , varying from twentythree to seventy-five per cent That was the intention ; the above Is the consequences to them at present Let us consider the probable results to them , to ub , and the public ; It has been said that "those whom God Intends to destroy he first makes mad . ' Never was this truth more clearly verified than in the case of the master type founders . They have , by repeated acts of oppression , goaded their workmen into resistance , which first exhibited Itself in tbe shape of & strike ; and although our Sheffield brethren have gained their point by it , yet from this period we adopt a more formidable and successful opposition to our late taskmasters .
We were advised , some weeks ago , to turn onr attention to the best means of becoming oar own employers . We considered the Bubject calmly , dispassionately , and , as far as human nature was capable , endeavoured to divest ourselves of all prejudice either in favour of our project or against those we knew to be the cause of our deliberating on such a theme ; and our conclusions were decided and unanimous for making a public appeal , and testing the feelings generally entertained upon it . The result was more than the most sanguine could have anticipated , and would have silenced the fears of tbe most scrupulous . A delegate meeting was called , a prospectus was drawn up , and before that appeared in print we had promise of more than three hundred shareholders : nor is this all , tbe printers in many i nstances , and the provincial press in particular ^ have
given us encouragement to proceed In our undertaking , which of itself , will be sufficient to ensure our sue * cess ; bo that instead of resuming work under « ur late oppressors , we shall begin for the benefit ef ourselves and fellow operatives , and open a new and brighter era in the social , moral , and physical conditien of the working classes . Snch is the result of our proceedings up to the present time ; and these are the consequences to our late employers , they must either admit as into the market npon fair and equitable terms , or leave it to us—who arejquite as competent , and we believe far more deserving than those who have ( no thanks to them ) inadvertently placed us in our present position . To prove clearly that we are certain of success in oar present undertaking we would call attention to the following facts : —
1 st That the masters cannot reduce the price of materials used for Type Casting , nor procure them Cheaper , as there is a settled price tor every article which wo use . 2 . Lead , Coals , Gas , Rent , and management , form items in the expences of an establishment that must be borne equally by an Operative or Monopolist foundry . 3 . The only thing that tbe masters could reduce would be wages . Now it must be evident that tbe monopolist cannot compete with us on this , as self interest and the determination to maintain every point would prompt us to make greater aacriflces than any that the
monopolist could induce their men to snbmit to . Thus we think it is evident that any attempt at factious opposition to oar firm will only involve them deeper in the dilemma which their own cupidity has brought them into . It Is evident that they will not continue to manufacture type any length of time , at s serious loss , which they must do if they continue to support what they deem their vested rights , through the same medium as they have endeavoured to drive competition from the market , and entrench themselves in the stronghold of monopoly . They will find that tbe determined spirit of the workmea to obtain justice and a fair price for labour : aided by the working classes , will ensure success in the present enterprise .
With oar sincere thanks to those who have already assisteit us , and solicitation to those who have net , We very respectfully subscribe ourselves , Tbe Committee of the Journeymen Typefonders . Thomas Webs , Chairman . Tbe Committee sit daily from eleven in the morning till nine in theevenfng , at Mr . Williams ' s Ship Tavern , Glass House Yard , Alderagate-street , where the prospectus may be seen , and every information obtained respecting the Operative Letter Foundry , and any communications will be thankfully received and carefully attended to . December 7 th , 1843 .
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BALANCE SHKBT OV THE " > AT 1 O : « A 1 , VICTIM COMMITTEE . " 1843 . Ineome . £ s . d . Oct 16 th . In Treasurer's hand from last balance sheet 9 1 « 0 $ Oct . Selh . Mr . Grocotfa Boob—From Mr . Saxon ... ... 0 5 0 Mr . Lloyd e 8 Oct 20 th . Mr . T . Roberts , Carpenters' Hall Collecting Book 0 7 0 $ Oct 27 tk . Mr . T , Hanlon 0 C i
Carpenters * Hall Collecting Book 0 4 8 j Mr . B . Booth 0 3 Kov . 3 rd . Carpenters' Hall Collecting Books 0 13 Mr . B Booth ... 0 3 Mr . Grocott ' s Book , for John Johnson ... 0 10 Nov . 10 th . Carpenters' Hall Collection ... 0 1 0 Mr . B . Booth ' ... 0 3 Mr . J . Kelghley , 0 0 6 17 th . Carpenters' Hall Collecting
Book ... ... ... 0 5 8 £ Mr John Leigh 0 10 19 th . Mr . Bennett ... ... ... 0 0 3 Sitb . Carpenters' Hall Collecting Book ... 0 12 4 j Dec . 1 st Mr . John WMteley 0 0 6 Carpenters' Hall Collection 6 7 11 Dec . 3 rd . Mr . Roach ' s Book ... ... 0 1 10 Cirpentens Hall Collection Book 0 2 7 Samuel Mine ... ... ... John Holt ... 0 0 2 From Fearges O'Connor , General Treasurer ... 10 0 0 [ £ 22 11 10 £
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Expenditure . 1843 . ; . £ g d Oot 20 . Win . Williams , of Oldham ... l o o 20 . Mm . Cooper ¦ , of Leicester 0 15 0 Nov . 1 . Secretary going to Kautaford with ; . flannels for prisoners ... ... 0 11 0 1 . Mm , Mooiehouse , Hyde 1 0 0 5 . To coals and candles ... ... 0 2 0 10 . Minute book ... 0 16 17 . Thomas Bereaford'family , Congletou 10 0 17 . John Surgesa ' s family , Congleton ... 10 0 17 . Mrs . Lees , of Mottram ... ... 3 15 6 lsV Mra . Capper , of Strenstall 2 0 0 19 . Mrs . Ellis , Burslem ... ( 10 0 24 . Jameg Williams , Kirkdale priBon ... 0 15 0 24 . Henry Morgison , Kirkdale , both of Preston ... ... o 15 0 24 . John Hlodes , | of Shoreham , to buy
nets with , who had his pension taken from him in 1838 3 0 0 26 . Poatage , pens , inks , and paper ... 0 7 0 Dec . 1 . Mrs . Wild , W&thujpon-Daarn * ... 1 0 0 l . Mrs . Elite , Buralem . 0 10 0 8 . Mrs . Cunllff 0 10 0 Mrs . E , Oldham 0 15 0 Mrs . HemmingB 1 0 0 Mrs . Richards 0 it 0 Mm . Nixon 0 15 0 Mr . J . Yates 0 15 0 Mra . Oarratt 0 10 0 * All from Staffordshire . £ 19 16 7 Income ... £ 22 11 io £ Expenditure £ 19 16 7 Balance in Treasurer ' s hands £ 2 15 3 i Auditor 8 , H MURRAY , ' J ClIAS . TATLOE . Edward Clarke , Secretary , 37 , Henry-street , Oldham-road .
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'O- THE SYSTEM WORKS WELL . TO THE EDITOB OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the Brighton Herald of Dec . 15 th , appeared the account of a meeting of farmers and agricultural gentlemen at Rye . One of the speakers , a Mr . Beacbam , Baid that " as regarded leases , if a man was taking a farm of one of our old squires , I should not be particular in advising him to stand for a lease , for there the tenants are generally in eafe hands , and would be in most instances dealt with liberally ; but out of ten estates which I now sell , nine of them go into tbe hands of London Merchants or Capitalists , whose first consideration is to get four per cent , for their money without caring what becomes ot tbe tenant , or whether tbe land will bear it ot not They are not to be blamed for this , fer they do it in ignorance , knowing nothing of agriculture , nor the relative position of farmers and their landlords . Therefore I should say , if you take of tbe Squire trust him , but if you hire of the Capitalist bind him . "
Mr . Beacham here introduces incidentally a very serious matter . " Out of ten estates which I now sell wine of them go info the hatds of London capitalists . " Aye , what then are the old Squires breaking up ? Are the Jews and money-lenders , the shark-Capitalists , really getting possession of the estates of our old gentry —our old Squires ? It is so . Indeed we have long known it , and often repeated it in this Journal ; and If things continue as they have been proceediEg in a short time / there will be Very few Squires to grant leases . Whilst our old landed gentry have been squabbling about Cora Laws and : Game Laws , blustering against Reformers , and praising Church and State men as " heaven-born ministers , * their estates have slipped out of their fingers , and nine out of ten estates now
sold go into the hands of the new men of the city . The old landlords have been dropping off for years , one by one , and in thousands of localities . If you see a grand mansion erected , you find , on enquiry that it belongs to a new man who has bought out the old Squire . It may be fairly doubted whether the new man , the Capitalist , is a better landlord than the old Squire used to be ; but this ia the state to whioh a long reign of misrule has brought the country in spite of all the warnings of the EefarmetB ; and yet the infatuation continues , though it is cot so strong nor so confident as it nsed to be . I am , Sir , jours , < fea Joseph Saujvdeiis . Carrington , neat Nottingham , Dec . 20 th . 1843 .
P . S . A few days since I called open an old man , aged 74 , who works in a stocking frame , in the parish of Basford . He had worked for the last three weeks , when he took in his work and received 7 s 6 d . Out of it he bad to pay 3 s 9 & tor frame rent to his employer ; ! a 3 d for seaming bis work ; 3 d for needles ; and half a pound of candles per week to work by at night 9 d ; which makes 7 a ; so that be has twopence a week clear for alB three weeks labour . The parish to which he belongs allow him 2 s and 41 b . of bread . He lives in a small hbuse and pays rent , ice . His name is Richard Greaves , Dob-park . Basford .
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( Continued from our last week's paper . ) ROBBERY AT ATSGARTH . John Blaltey , 52 , was indicted for haying feloniously stolen from the dwelling house of Richard Blakey , of Wood End Lodge , in the parish of Aysgarth , in the North RidiDg , a quantity ot silver plate , title deeds , wearing apparel , and other artioles . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Topham were counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended .
The demeanour of the prisoner and several obser-T&tions made by him in tbe course of the trial , caused some doubt as to his being in a perfectly sound state of mind , wbioh was rather strengthened by the contents of a document which he handed in as his defence . He admitted again , as he had done before , that he had taken the articles charged in the indictment , from the prosecutor ' s house ,, but denied that he had committed a felony , as all the things were his own . He entered at great length into family affairs , and alleged that Richard Blakey , one of the prosecutors , had forged some title deeds , and he also imputed to him something criminal besides , which was not
explained . He designed the prosecutors in different parts as " misers , " '' earthworms , " " consummate hypocrites , " &c . Thomas Blakey , one of the prosecutors , was examined at considerable length on the matter , contained in this defence , which , he said , was a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end . He stated that he considered the prisoner to be perfectly sane and that he was a very shrewd man . His LoBDiHir having summed up , the Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years , npon which he said " Will they behave worse to me there than they have done here think you ?"
: JHLLS IGNOKED . The Grand Jury ignored the bills against Isabella Hodgson , charged with endeavouring to conceal the birth of her child ftt Aislaby , on tho 12 th of July last ; Matthew Dilworth and George Smith , for attempt at murder , at Slaidburn , on the 18 th of September last . The Court rose at half-past six o ' clock .
Saiuiday , Deb . 23 rd . 1 CONCEALING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD . Mary Carr , 18 , pleaded Guilty to having on the 19 th of Nov . last , at Waabrougu , endeavoured to conceal the birth of a female child , by throwing it into a well . — Sentence deferred . MANSLAUGHTER AT K 11 . HAM . George Lawson , 33 , was indicted for the manslaughter of William Tburlow , at Kilham , in the East-Riding , on tbe 2 l 8 t of August last . Mr . Buss and Mr . Ltddell were for the prosecution , and Mr . Wilkins for the defence .
Mr . Buss stated the case . The prosecutor is a policeofficer at K ' tham , the village in which this death took place . The prisoner bad been employed in the same place as a farmer ' s labourer . On the 21 st of August last it was Kilham fair , and the prisoner and the deceased , who waa a labourer , were there , together with a number of other peisons , and were drinking at the Star Inn , wb . f'Te they remained until one o ' clock in the morning . They all left it about tha a time , and weat into tbe public street , When they reached a distance of about fifty yarda from Diiffleld-lane-end , a quarrel arose amongst them . The deceased , whose name was Thutlow , pulled off his coat , and began ftghtingwith a person named Redshaw . A man named Nicholson ,
one of a company of strolling players , then took Redshaw ia band , and knocked him down . Here the . prisoner ( Gaorge Lawson ) interfered , and Redshaw , who was a stout-made man , knocked him down , and then kicked him . Laweou got up egiin and charged tbe deceased , Thurlow , with being the man who had knocked him down , in answer to -which tbe deceased rather coarsely replied , "Thou art a liar . " Lawson then said , " If I lie I'll 2 fe then , " which was to be taken aa being a challenge to fight , and the prisoner said , " Come on , I am M&dy for thse . " They then -went into the middle of the street , the crowd remaining on the side , and the deeeaied stripped off his coat to fight . Lawson went to work without making any alteration in bis dress . The deceased struck Lawsou a blow , and he fell backwards . At tbe second meeting , and this was the important part of tba case , the prisoner was seen t » fall
forwards on Thurlow , and appeared , In the opinion of a witness who was present , to be entangled In bis dress . Tbnrlow then tamed round , caught hold of a person who waa present , and said , ' ? 6 , George , the b r has stabbed me . " The deceased continued falling gradually to the ground , whilst tbe prisoner crept to the opposite side of the road , and laid on the step of an adjoining house . The deceased , Thurlow , sank down into tha gatter , and cried out , " I am dying , I am dying . " A cry of murder was then raised , and the police-officer made his appearance . The deceased waa then taken to the Star Inn , in almost a dying state , and breathed his last soon after . Seatcb was made upon the prisoner but no Instrument v ? aa found upon him . Some of the parties went to the spot where the encounter had taken place , and there found a clasp knife covered with blood . It bad npon it some scales of fish , and in order to identify the knife as the prisoner's it
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would be proved that ahertly before he had besn ch-aning some herrings for the woman with whom he lodged-. Mr . Atkinson , the surgeon , would also prove the extent of the wounds which the deceased had received . There waa a superficial wound near the naval , but the fatal one was inflicted near tba ribs and reached the heart It wonld be stated ! also that the incision was such as might have been made with the clasp knife which had been found . j The witnesses said the prisoner had hitherto possessed a good character .
Mr . WlLKlNS , in addressing the jury for the defence , said they would be of opinion that the catastrophe waa more attributable to the man Redahaw than to tbe prisoner , and it would be for them , after reviewing-the evidence , to say whether what the prisoner had done had not been ia defence of his own life or not . A great part of the case for the prosecution depended upon the Identity of the knife , but that must be very uncertain , for tbe weapon waa of that description which was used by all working men . He argued strongly that the fenife must have belonged to the deceased .
No one could at any , rate deny that the prisoner had been provoked , and ! the laws of nature , as well as the laws of the land , justified him in defending himself . He had been goaded , insulted , and humiliated even beyond endurance ; and the treatment he bad received was Buffloient so to { have excited him as to possess no power of resistance . ! He ( Mr . Wilkins ) felt strongly in this case . The prisoner bad hitherto borne a spotless character , and would not the duty of a Jury be sufficiently discharged , if not by a verdict of acquittal , at least by a suggestion to the Court that a reasonable punishment would meet the merits of his offence .
His Lordship , after explaining the bearing up 6 n cases of manslaughter , recapitulated the evidence to the jury . ] The verdict was Guilty . Mr . Henry Beckwitn , a pupil of the surgeon to the gaol , said when the prisoner arrived at the Castle , he Was treated for a wound on his head . His Lordship , in passing sentence , admonished tbe prisoner on the serious consequences of intemperate passion , in which the ; life of a fellow-being was taken , and Baid he did not ) know whether he was not bpund to transport him for life ; but feeling anxious , as he always was , to lay bold upon Borne mitigatory circumstances , he could discern that he had been shamefully and disgracefully used , and perhaps that having been more than ordinary j provocation . Tbis circumstance , combined with his general , conduct , influenced him in passing sentence only of fifteen yeaia' transportation .
I ROBBERY . Abraham Whitaker ( 24 ) and Abraham Northrop , ( 34 ) , were charged with having , on the 23 d of September last , at Bradford , robbed Sarah Feather , of five shillings , twelve pennies , and twelve halfpennies . Mr . © ranger and ] Mr . Ovehend were for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended Whitaker ; and lit . Wasnet appeared for Northrop . The prosecutrix is the wife of a butcher and farmer , residing at the Isle , near Bradford . He also had a shop at Culllngworth , and was in the habit of attending Halifax market every Saturday . The shop at Cullingworth waa attended by hto wife on the Saturdays , who was in the habit of proceeding there with an ass , on which the meat for the shop waa carried . Ob the night
of the 23 d of September , about ten o'clock , she left Cullingworth , which ia about three miles from the Isle , for the purpose of going home . When she had arrived at a place called the { Sand Beds , which is about 300 yards from Cullingworth , she saw three men approaching her—two of whom , it afterwards appeared , were the prisoners . They attempted to conceal their faces , and thia * cau 8 ed her to take particular notice of them . As they were passing each other , the prosecutrix said , " It ' a a fine night ; " but tbe men made no reply . , She watched the men , and when they had got about ten yards past her , they turned round and followed her . She drove her ass before her as quickly as possible , and observing two men on horseback , she said , " Ob , dear me , ! these men are going to do something to me ! " The horsemen , however , passed on ,
and the presecntrix bad not proceeded far when Whitaker came up to her , and she screamed out " Murder , good men don't kill me 1 '' She said that Whitaker put hia hand over bet face and held her until the other man tore off her pocket , which contained twenty or thirty shillings . The robbers then took flight , and Went over some fields towards Mennywell . One of the men on horseback , named Nicholas Jeffrey , heard the proaecutrix scream , but he said he did not like to return , as he had a considerable Bum of money upsn bis persen . He , however , went to a public bouse at Cullingworth Grate , and gave alaraa .- A man named Jesse Rhodes also heard tbe prosecutrix scream , and went up to the place where the robbery had been committed . He afterwards accompanied her part of her way home , and other two young men afterwards conducted her to her residence .
Mr . Wasney and ) Mr . Wilkins respectively addressed the Jury for the defence , contending that tbe case waa beset with so many difficulties—tbe identity of the prisoners not being satisfactorily made out , they being uncertain whether the woman had been robbed at all or not , or whether the whole transaction had been a joke , and the woman had lost net money , or , \ t the robbery had been committed , there was no evidence , that the two prisoners had acted in concert , nor which of them had actually been the xobbar—that the Jury could not safely convict the prisoners , or either of them , and therefore they muafc acqait them . The Jury retired , and , after being absent a quarter of an hour , returned & verdict of Guilty .
His Lordship sentenced the prisoners to be each transported for fifteen years . In passing sentence , his Lordship observed that he would state , for the information of the bystanders , that in cases of highway robbery the amount bf punishment to which parties were subject on conviction , depended on certain circam-Btances . If two or more parties in company , assaulted and robbed a person , or if one person committed such a robbery , using violence or being armed with a deadly weapon , then the maximum of punishment was transportation for life ; but if a person went out alone and committed a robbery , without using violence , then he was not subject to more than fifteen yeara transportation , i
FORCER ? AT LEEDS . William Dunn Crow , 38 , was charged with having , at Leeds , on tbe 30 th of September last , uttered a forged bill of exchange ^ for £ 30 , for the purpose of defrauding Joseph Longbottom and William Butterworth Hindle . I Mr . Ellis and Mr . JHALt were for the prosecution * , and Mr . Bliss defended tbe prisoner . Tbe jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . i
BILLS IGNORED . The Grand Jury ignored the following bills : —Against George RuabfoTth , 38 , charged with robbing William Sheard , at Leeds , on the 21 st of July last Against Robert Williamson , charged with uttering a forged acceptance of a bill of exchange , at Quick , in the West Kidlng , with intent to defraud John Brown and Josian Burrows . Against Walter Clarke , 21 , charged with the manslaughter of Win . Naylor , at Sheffield . DISCHARGING JOF IHE GRAND JURT . The Grand Jury , having got through all the bills that were ready for them , were discharged about one o ' clock in the afternoon , the learned Judge tendering to them the thanks of the county for their services . Tbe Grand Jury left in the ] bands of the Governor of the Castle the sum of £ U 4 s . 3 d . for the relief of poor debtors . !
THE THIRD ASSIZE WEEK . Tbe jurymen summoned on the first panel , and whose duties were expected to ; be terminated at the rising of the court at the end of ithe first week , were ordered to be in attendance again at the Castle on the morning of Wednesday week , the 3 rd of January , 1844 . The trial of Wm , Duncan Crow having finished at six o ' clock , tbe court adjourned until nine o'clock on Tuesday morning . i TUESDAT , DECEMBER 20 . ( Before Mr . Justice Maule . ) HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT LBEDS . George , Rushforth , 38 , was charged with haying , on the 21 st of July , at Leeds , assaulted WflUam Siieard , and stolen from his person seven shillings and two sixpences , and a jacket , his property . Mr . Ellis was for tbe prosecution .
This was a very short ; case , the only question being that of identity . The prosecutor is a shoemaker , and resides at Woodbouse Cair , near Leeds . On the day in question he wat at [ Leeds , and be was returning home in the evening about eleven o ' clock . As he was crossing some fields neat to Nether Green , he observed two men before him . He came up to them , and had passed them thirty or forty yards , when they rushed upon him , knocked him ] down , and took from him the property charged In the indictment . The prosecutor
positively identified one of tbe men iRosbforta ) but he did not know the other jman , who has escaped detection . Ruahfortu was apprehended on the following night , when he bad two crow bars in bis possession , and offered to t « ll the offieers who took him i&to custody of a party who , he isaid , were about to commit a burglary at the back of Woodhouse Our that night , if they would let him at liberty- The prisoner waa seea on the evening of the 21 st of July , coming ia a direction from Nether Green , shortly after the robbery bad been committed—Guilty . j
A ( previous conviction for felony at Leeds , in July 1842 , was pat jin and admitted , and the prisoner waa sentenced to be transported fer ten years .
HIGHWAY ROBBERT AT HALlf AX . John Ferity and Samuel Ramsden , who were convicted lost week of a highway robbery at Halifax , were brought up this morning ; for judgment . These prisoners were tried upon an indictment found by the Grand Jury at the Leeds Borough Sessions in October last , and a quf-ition was raised by- his Lordship on behalf of the pri . , uers , as to the jurisdiction of Quarter Sessions to fLid a bill not having the power to try . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Overend , Counsel for the proseution , in consequence of the doubt { raised by his Lordship , had caused a fresh indictment to be prepared , but his LordBhip declining to throw out any suggestion as to the courBe they Bhould pursue , they left the prisoners to be brought up for judgment on the indictment on which they had been already convicted . The prisoners were not charged with . Laving committed the robbery "to-
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gether . " If that had beeu the case , hia Lordship intituafed ihat his impreast .-n was that the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions to fiad the bills would have been excluded . A ptevious conviction was proved against the P « j soner Kimsden , and he waa sentenced to fifteen yearr transportation . Verity , who had been several times in prison , was sentenced to ten years ' - transportation . PERJURY AT SELBY . Wm . Afass , 34 , was charged with having on the 12 th of October last , committed perjury at the Barfcston Ash and Skyrack Court of Requests held at Sslby . Mr . Hall and Mr . Over-end appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Dearsley defended the prisoner . At the conclusion of the evidence Mr . Dearaley delivered a speeob on behalf of the prisoner , and called a witness wfeo save the prisoner a good character .
The Jury retired , and after being absent a quarter of an hour , found the prisoner Not Guilty . BURGLARY AT SHEFFIELD . Charles Ramsden , 40 , and Joshua Straff ord , 33 , were charged with having , on the 19 . a of October last , at Sheffield , committed a burglary in tfae dwelling-house of Henry Dodds , and stolen tbertfrom twenty pounds weight of candles , ten pounds weight of soap , twenty pounds weight of bacon , and a great quantity of wearing apparel . The prisoner Straffcid pleaded Guilty .
Mr . Overend and Mr . Skith were for the prosecution . The prosecutor is a grocer , and resides at Crooksmoor , about two miles from Sheffield . Oq the night in question be and his wife retired to rest about twelve o ' clock , having previously seen that all the doors , &c , were safe . On the following morning the prosecutor had got up about six o ' clock , and he founsi that the cellar grate had been removed and that the kitchen door was standing wide open . He proceeded into the kitchen and afterwards into tbe shop , and ha then saw that the house had been robbed . A large quantity of clothes had been taken out of the kitchen and a variety of articles from the ahop . In fact the whole of the lower part of tbe house had been stripped .
On tbe 24 th of October , the prisoner Ramsden went to the shop of Mrs . D jnelly , and said that he had been keeping a shop , but he thought of giving up shopkeeping and going in search of employment . He offered to sell her a quantity of groceries , and she eventually purchased some of him . Information respecting tbis matter having reached the police , aa officer went to Mrs . Donelly ' s , and the prosecutor , who accompanied the officer , at once identified the artislea which Ramsden had sold her as part of the property taken from his shop on the night of the robbery . Next
day , the 25 th , Ramsden and Stratford went to Mra . Green ' s , the Ship Inn , at Barnsley , ami after they had been there a short time , tbe former ? ave Mrs . Green a bundle and a telescope . The bundle was afterwards delivered up to tbe police , and it wbs found to contain , among other things , a plaid shawl , which was also identified . On the 30 th of October , Ramsden having been then apprehended , his house was searched , and a largo quantity ot wearing apparel and grocery were discovered . A considerable quantity of tobacco was positively identified by the prosecutor , who had wrapped it up himseU in a particular manner . Guilty .
Mr . Edward Shepherd , governor of the House of Correction at Wakefield , proved that Ramsden was convicted of felony at tfce West-Riding adjourned sessions , held at Sheffield on the 21 st of October , 1839 , and sentenced to seven years' transportation . Sentence deferred .
BURGLARY AT WILSDEN . John Ha' field , 13 , waa charged with having , on the 2 nd instant , at Wilsden , broken and entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Murgatroyd , and stolen therein a sovereign , a sixpence , two halfpennies , and other property . The prisoner pleaded Guilty . Mr . Wilkins , who appeared on the part of tbe prosecution , stated that the prisoner had lost Mb parents at a very early age , and that he had consequently been very much neglected . The prosecutor , under these oircumatances , and considering his extreme youth , was very anxious to recommend him to mercy . In addition to this bo bad a relation in court who was ready now to take him under his care , and to do all In hia power to reclaim him , if he were , set at liberty ,
Hia LorpshiP having examined the party alluded to on oath , sentenced the prisoner to ten days' imprisonment , which term of course waa now expired , all sentences taking effect from the date of the opening of tbe commission , and the boy was immediately banded over to the care of his relation . HI 6 HWAT ROBBEB . T AT KIT . NW 1 CK FERCT . John Williams 21 , and George Wood 25 , ware charged with having , on the 26 th of November last , ftt Kilnwick Percy , assaulted James Winter , and stolen from his person one pair of half boots . Tbe prisoners pleaded guilty . Sentence deferred .
SHEEP STEALING AT HUDDEHSFIELD . John Crabtree , 29 , and James Balmforth , 35 , we » charged with having , on the 19 th of Novemberjast , at Huddersflald , stolen two lambs , the property of John Hirst The prisoners pleaded Guilty . Sentence deferred .
SACRILEGE AT EGTON . George Smith , 25 , and Thomas WeighiU , 19 , were charged with having , on tbe 13 th inst , at E ^ -ton , broken and entered tbe parish ckurob , and stolen tberefram a half-crown , a cork-screw , an iren chest , and two bottles of wine , the property of the parishioners . Alas further charged with having , on the same day , at Glaiadale , stolen a brass candlestick and a chisel , the property of William Hodgson . The prisoners pleaded Guilty to both indictments . 8 . ntence deferred . The Court rose between five and six o ' clock . Wednesday , Dec . 27 . ( Before Mr . Justice Maude ) BURGLARY NEAR SHEFFIELD
Charles Stafford and Joshua Straford , convicted of a burglary yesterday , at Crooks Moor , near Sheffield , were placed at the bar . Mr . Baynor , the superintendent of the Sheffield police , stated that Straffdrd had been formerly employed in the Sheffield Court of Requests , and also in the police of that town . He had latterly fallen into habits of intoxication , bat previous to this offence being committed Mr . Baynor bad never known the prisoner to be guilty of any act of dishonesty ^ Both the prisoners were sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT LEEDS . George Hinley the younger , 22 , was charged with haying on the 2 nd of October last , at Leeds ( being a servant in the employ of Edmund Stead and others ) stolen £ 88 ; 3 a 64 , in gold and silver , thirty yards of lasting , six pairs of slippers , eight dozen of shoe hemp , thre « pieces of silken galloon , three gross of horn buttons , 2 lbs of silk twist , ten pairs of Clarence boots , twenty pairs of Wellington boots , and various other articles . George Hinley the Elder , 63 , waa charged with having received part of the above property , well knowing it to have been stolen . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hill appeared for the . prosecution . Mr . Bliss defended the elder . prisoner , and Mr . Wilkins the younger one .
The facts of the case are aa follow;—The younger prisoner bad for some time been in the employ of Blesare Stead and Simpson , who are curriers , and who keep a wholesale shoe warehouse in Kirkgate , Leeds , He received 10 a . per week , and lodged with Mrs . Midgley , hia sister , at KirkatalL On the 20 th . of Nov . last , in consequence of something that had occurred , Mr . Stead obtained a search warrant , and with Stnbfas and Best , the police officers , went to the younger prisoner'a lodgings . They found two boxes and a hamper near to the bed where he slept , which were broken open . In one of the boxes they fonnd a quantity of letters , and three puree 3 containing £ 77 iu gold , and , £ 11 3 s . 6 J . in silver . On breaking open the hamper
they found twenty-four seal skins , a lasting piece , marked with Messrs . Stead ' s initials , and also with a private mark , a quantity of shoe bemp , seven or eight pairs of stuff channel alippera , three er four pieces of galloon , three or four grosa of buttons , and some steel tacks . In a bookcase they faund a pair of children ' s boots . On the same night Mr , Stead and tbe officers went to Preaton , in Lancashire , where the father resided . Mr . Stead went into hia Bbop , which was situated in Church Street , and after some conversation , told the prisoner that he suspected be bad a quantity of goods in bis possession . He asked the prisoner where he had got the goods he had in his shop . The prisoner said he had got them from hia son ,
Mr . Stead replied that they belonged to himself and hie partner . The stop and the lower part of the bouse were searched , and in them were found a great quantity of goods which Mr . Stead swore fco . He then asked tbe prisoner if be had auy more goods . He said no , that was hia stock . The search up Btairs waa continued , and there waa found a greater quantity of stock than in the shop , cobaisting of a very large quantity of Wellington boot * . Clarence baots , and female ' s boots and shoes . Underneath were two lasting pieces , marked with tbe prosecutor ' s initials , and a private mark . Ia another box , in the same room , some leather was found marked with tbe prosecutor ' s private nark .
In another room were discovered a quantity of blocked Clarence fronts , used for making abort boots for gentlemea , a quantity of Wellington boot fronts , and some buckskin front ? . In a room having the appearance of hayloft which waa situated above the back kitchen , waa found a quantity of blocked fronts and some leather , which was underneath some old Backs and r » bbisb . The whole of the property found In the house of the elder prisoner , and belonging to the prosecutors , waa worth , at the wholesale price , aaauehins £ 165 . In the bouse were also found some invoices belonging to the prosecutors , _ a quantity of letters of the letters
bearing the Leeds port mark . In one , dated June 21 st , from the father to tbe boti , thefatiiex said tltot he wished to know whether the gooda the son had aent were paid for . In the letter of the 28 th of Jnne , the father complained that hisson had sent no Invoice Xtt tKoods . In the letters of the 6 th of July aud the l « th of Sept ., the son bop « d that the father -would not sell without a profit , and that ho would not dispose , of the goods ai a losa . Mr . Ellis , in stating the caw , observed that these letters so far were in favour of the prisoners ; but he would bow direct the attention of ^ * Jf » the Jury to tbose circumstances which w 6 reoiaconv _ £ ^ ¥ PL ( Continuid in our Eighth pagej ^^^ J ^^^^^ Wm
Revival Of Religious Persecution.
REVIVAL OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION .
Yorkshire Winter Gaol Delivery.
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NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Brother Chartists , —We now present you with another Balance Sheet of our humble labours , shewing that we have been enabled to alleviate the wants of our brethren in afflction , and their wives and families , to a small extent , but not to tbe extent that nearly the whole of their eases require . There is one ease that -we must mention , in order to
explain it It is that of John Hindes , of Sboreham , who had his pension taken from him in 1838 , for presiding over a meeting for Chartist purposes , in Sboreham . His pension , up to tbe present period , from the time it was taken from him , would amount to nearly seventy pounds . He is a fisherman ; has a small boat of hia own , but had to borrow a net , for the use of which be had to give the half of the fish be caught . Your Committee have enabled him to bay a net , and tkus to keep his head above water .
Fellow Countrymen : this one case we anticipate will be sufficient to show that our appointment has not been in vain ; at tbe same time we must tell you , that the Victim Fund ( Joes not receive that support to which it ought . The funds are nearly exhausted , and we appeal to you to strengthen our hands . Applications are being constantly made to us , but bow are we to meet them unless you find us the mean ? ? Chartists . ' remember the Victim ? ! May the sympathetic feeling for these our brethren run through our ranks like -wildfire , each endeavouring to urge on tbe great work of phUantbropby .
By pouring in your subscriptions towards supporting the Victims into the bands of the treasurer , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., you will prevent your enemies from calumniating , your brethren from repining , and your persecutors from enjoying the hellish satisfaction of sending their families to a Union Bastile . Hoping that tbis short and imperfect address may ke responded to heartily and at once , we remain yours , On behalf of tbe Chartist Tictiras ,
Robert Bootb , Jimea HoldeB , Chairman , Thomas S -belts , John Hodson , sub-Treasurer , William Grrocott , Edward Clark , Secretary , 37 , Henry-street , OWham-road
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