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-fl ROYAL FUNERAL AND THE ROYAL JtX BIRTH . 0 ^ 5 roy al scion has gone and another has come J OBe ' hai ' iefi us , and left £ 21 , 000 a-jearJ . ' and ^ jl , er h as com e to fill up the niche . There can r ~ Jdcab : bat that it will also require " ds monish" ! Poor 2 o " t . u Bull 1 The cfraic is never done ! as t- jg one drops off , another drops on . No rest ; ^ resp ite ; no cessation I Poll , pull , pull . ' Sack , et . sack . ' No wonder he is nearly dried np . ' - ^ i ^ is cost us a pretty peony since he first ^
hoBom * "& = vitfl * " * P reseHCe - We near much fr Uomeae ? 5 ) aboat his " virtues" and his " patriot-•^ > "ene of them ever taught him that it was vij dmj to earn his own living ! He was an incumbranch from the first moment he drew breath I Ifozy a beliy has had to go supperles 3 to bed , and -my a back has been shirtless , to provide him with £ e ie&ns of living in luxury without labour . Talk * w ^ s of " virtues" under such circumstances as ivgse . If he could not a ford to be u virtuous" out . £ 2 L& $ a-year , ^ would h ave been but a sorry e-ou-. ; Man 5 & mvi has to be " virtuous" on
jusci ; es j . ^ , rje that he was not quite so bad as his eldest . v * t—ihe ** most finished genilemmn" of the agev o 5 ££ ; V ^ T : mj > eiionisnew 3 ymamedwifeadorn « d ^ riii her ott 3 jewelry ; and who drove that w ; Fgfro m j ^ s b etrtb , wiih an infaat baby in her arms , teil-. jjeri vat " our inclinations are not in our pow-„ " It is true that he did not surround his turned-off reswuh spie = and perjurers , who sirore to the f act ef pregaan ; y and dslivkrt , when there had been tenner & all , as was proved to \ ih ^ satisfaction rfihe " Esiraordin&ry Tribunal . " It is true that
c did not drive her from the shores of England , to geek comfon in traTei ; and then when she returned -resent against her a " Bill of Pains and Penalties , " gapport « d by the evidenoe of Italian cut-throatsjjid Son-mr-Bicordo ' s . It is true that Scssrx did not ia &ese things ; nor did he do a 3 hi 3 brother Willu * did , beget seven bastabd bjjsss" on one "Motha . when not possessed of even the means of keep&Z himself by his own earnings , much less to ieep oiitrs ' . It is true that he did not afternrdi desan such Mother , and leave her to die in ifHis and penury , while he was revelling in the proceeii of other people ' s industry . It is true that
ie did io ; saddle the eipence of bis bastakds upon Hoi people who nad already paid much too dearly far his own keep ; nor did he afterwards sign the execrable P-Jor L * ^^> to tDTftw tDe harden of maintaining bastard children upon the poor seduced » d deluded Mother I It is true that Sussex has not played such freaks as these ; and their absence nay b ? . accounted " virtue , "— " virtue" by contrast . But even Swttx > ° Tirtuous" as he has been , had bid some pecea&Uoc s , which wiQ not bear " pearking" ! He has had two wives alive at one and the ame time ! He has been the means of giving « xia « nee so several children , who are far from being in thsir natural position ; they being born in wedlock , thoagh treated as illegitimates .
Be is gone , however 1 His remains are to be interrtd this day , ( Thursday , ) in Rensal Gbeks Cixhest . There let them rest , alongside of the bessr man , because more useful to his kind , Eicsi&D Caslile - , and while their du 3 ts co-mingle togeshsr , let the world draw the moral that it is not iak or ? a :: on , or advantages that wealth can impart , that will prove the passport to the temple of funs , hi : usefulness and moral worth .
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F . M . Y . —Kext * ceek , if possible . W . Damsls . — We think his notice of the second leetvrc ofAcland would onh / be conferring upon the isiier a greater honour than he is entitled to . J . HIGHWAY informs us of a piece of shameful cortduct on the part of a Dr . MannLr , a map isirate of Wolverhampton , who , because his son , a ywng lad of thirteen or fourteen years of-age , had signed a petition apainst the Factories' BiU , Tint to the shop where it teas laid , and . after tearing the petition into ivo , carried it offtrith Aim . —We do not think it necessary to publish i \ t lone account sent to us . W . H . C . has been received . It is for the present
laid aside . J . 5 _ , New ask .. —Xo . WsJter ? received a communication signed ° A . A . Woolfenden , " but urithout any place being mentioned in it . Of course tee do not know to tchat dhtnet of the country it refer r . < jE 02 GE Williams , of Glasgow , writes to say that Da . Gbeke , &f Glasgow , " is a stern , bold , and consistent patiiot ; " and that he is astonished that the Dr . is not represented tn our columns . " We hardly know what this means . The Doctor , we ieiieve , has some pills to sell ; and we have advertised them for him when he has chosen to w order" us to do se , and paid for it . What more is iranied ?
Curnox . —We deem it necessary to cautisn Ihe public cpaitsj a person named Thomas Montgomery , who is now , through false and lying pretences , ievyaig contributions , and otherwise imposing upon the friends of the poor man , and also upon the poor man himself . He was examined before ( he Track Committee of the House of Commons , tcftere he gave evidence that has been contradicted in many essential points . Since then he hoi represented himself as being employed by Mr . Ferrauo , MJ -, ie get up petitions against the 7 mck Syiiem ; and in that assumed capacity he -iia-i contrived to fieece prtiiy considerably . Pdor Dodd , the factory cripple is a sufferer from him , to the txtmt of £ 11 . We have heard also of
his doings at Bingley , Oldham , and Hudderffield Hating had these facts brought under our cognizzTxe , vt deem it proper to give this public caii'i > m . We have seen letters both from Mr . 0-iSno , of the Queen ' s Prison , and Mb TsriA-TD , addresied to private parties , desiring them io he on their guard against Turn . Ms . Ferba . > "D mm " that he has never received a petition from him ; and thai he has no anthoriiy from him ( Mr . F . j to act as he is doing . " The pretence , therefore , that he is employed by Mb . Febbaitd " « fraud . We have also seen a letter from himself . ' o Mr . Pitkethly , of H ± ddersfield , which , of iLelf , shows the man to be a thorough knave . Jakes Si 5 claib has received 4 j . 9 d . for Mr .
Cockburn . from some friends in Cexhoe , who have not pten their names . Mr . C . returns them his tincere thanks . Tee Pokibaits . —In the Sheffield parcel frtm our Correapyndent there , this week , was the following note . — A Subscriber at Copenhagen , Denmark , tfis-V * to know the cost of all the Portraits pub-Turned with the Northern Star , except the renegoda . " Xow this question is a puzzler . He wiikts us io except the ** renegades" ¦ ' Were we to do so , we fear that we should bring * hornet ' s ne ^ F about our ears . Perhaps the " Subscriber " kimelfirovld be the very first to complain , and hoid that those we singled out as " renegades " u-fre oil " good men arid true ; " and that those ws held io be " good men and true" were the greatest * renegades" of all ! Seeing then the
Hifci attending such a proceeding , we shall leave the task of u excepting the renegades" to the S-iJjicriber hims ? 2 f ; while we barely inform him that he can have copies of all the small Porlrais ot id . each ; and of the large ones , after subsniliTtg six weeks for the Star , for is . each . ^ 2 E !> Smaht , Aberdeen . — We have fiosis of letters on $ ¦* svi > kd vrhich forms the ihe ihrme of his . We deem * H iA : to viihhj'd them urdii iJu : scheme is fully &tzioped , and ihe public in a position tojudpe of _ # •* mul ' er . JiXts Bb . o > -to ?; , Mancbesteb , must app'y the abort ** ixlohi . ^ c ' f . ^¦ i ? of Libestt , Bbightox . — The letter from this pte& , si ^ Titd by ihe Coiniti ! . ojrecling Mr . John C ' eace , has been handed to thai oemleman , along with *« one from VfiLLi am FloWek , in which U was
Wosed . ^ Mr . Cleaves attention to them is hereby r&pxifid ' y rtfaesUd . Joseph Gkeexsmith , Noxti > gham . —His letter has oi » been handed to the ssme qaarier . "• S . desires to know the estimated amount of producing p- . wer in England about the year 1798 . We answer with an extract from the Northern S » r of July 30 , 1842 . — !• - 17 S 2 we are stated to have had a population oi la t' 00 * 6 o . Bj far the greater proportion of that popmat . on - « a » octapied in agricultural pnrBnits . Manufac
«?<» » ere with them a secondary consideration . They ¦* ek 3 totr , Lccordiiig to the dictates ol nature : food ~^ i t- thing the Bcxt . Ta * inventions of Watt and A £ e * ' 2 .: ght -were then new . Ibtir introducuo : s into 5 * ¦»»» b » jt slow ; yet the 7 Were being introduced . *** Poj ^ ition , too , possessed at that tiaie other mer *?^ ^ od KkatiSc power . According to ths Sui-^» « ais of ^ foj ^ ^ v ^ j , * one-foarth of tha population *«* * : ga ^ ed ^ nmru a labour . At that time , how-* » iaujiaa hboains WiK men ; u ^ t wem ^ n or
chilr w Jr : ^ - S power of Ec ^ aod , a * , the period we w ^ v ^ ' "" " * l -- ^ cc-aipmta by tie ? -uo »; u-STereant
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Manual labour 3 j 750 009 -Mechinlcal and scientific power e ( l Dalt 0 ll , 250 , « 00 ToW 15 , 000 , 000 The population wm also 15 , 000 , 000 . Thus the aggregate productive power and the population in 1792 wers a b o u t eq u al , or as one to one . The condition of tfee population then was that which it haa . never aiDce been . Indeed they experienced a degree of substantial prosperity equal , if net superior , to that of the inhabitants ef any other part of the world . Pauperism wm comparatively unknown . The poor rates amounted only to £ 2 , 000 , 600 ; and out of them were paid , as now , the county rates , Balaries , and law erpeDees . 2 Vow . we are told , the poor rates amount to £ 8 , 000 , 000 . ' . ' TkiB can be accounted for . Themanufacturing system had t hen attained that point whioh gave the highest value to manual labour , compared with the price of the necessaries and comforts of life , which it was calculated to afford ; and it had not then introduced the demoralizing effects which soon afterwards began to emanate from it
Such was the amount of producing pawer in the year 1792 ; and such was the state of the population . Let us now see how both these matters stand at the present Manual , or rather human , labour has been increased The labour of women and even children has been called into long , unceasing gaily action . To such an extent has this been the ease that Statiseians now estimate that one-third of the population are engaged in hand labour , instead ot one-fourth , &a computed in 1792 . But if the producing power of England has been incrisased by adding to her wan-nal labourers the wives and daughters , and the infant boys and girls , of working men , what , O ! what has been the increase in her mechanical and scientific power ?!
In the year 1817 , when the population was estimated to be 18 , 000 , 000 , it was found that there had been a real increase in our mechanical and scientific power to produce wealth equal to that of much more than two hundred millions of stout , active , well-trained labourers ! an increase equal to more than ten times tha then population . ' an increase equal to more than thirty times the manual labour England could then supply for the production of wealth !! In 1817 , then , the producing power of England Blood thui : — Manual labour ( one-third of the population , 18 , 000 , 000 | ... 6 , 000 , 000 Newly-created scientific power from 1792 to 1817 , understated 200 , » 00 , 000 Scientific power in 17 S 2 ... ... ll , 25 u , 000
Total producing power ... 217 , 259 , 000 ! ! ! The" population at this period , as we have before seen , was 18 , 000 , 000 . The proportion which the producing power now bore to the population was as t we l ve and a fraction to one . In 1792 the proportion was , as we have before seen , just equil—as one to one . * * * * The population at present , as appears from the last census' ; is , in round numbers , 27 , 000 , 000 . As the employment of females and children since 1817 has not decreased , but , on the contrary , greatly increased , we adopt the last estimate—that one-third of our population is employed in hand-labour . ( We are sow arguing- generally , and not with reference to the present " depressed state of trade" as it is called , and consequent want of employment ) Those most conversant with the question aver that we have now a mechanical and scientific productive power equal to the labour of mow than six hundred millions of " hands" J
This is no random guess . It is tbe result of deep and searching inquiry and extensive practical knowledge . One of the means to ascertain tha amount may be here stated . It will give an idea of the kind of data on which tbe conclusion just named is founded . Some time ago three of the principal British manufacturers of cotton yarn in different parts of the kingdom made separate estimates of the quantity each workman in their respective establishments produced , compared with the average production of one person on the plan formerly pursued , that is , with hand-cards and single spinning-wheel . They found , on examination , that they agreed in tbe conclusion that the proportion between the quantity produced by one p&rson with
the then machinery , and one man on the former plan , ¦ sra * as one hundred and twenty to one ! Subsequent improvements have raised the proportion to that of more than two hundred to one . It ie computed thst there are above 300 , 000 persons employed in cotton-spinning in Great Britain . It would therefore require 69 , 000 , 000 of workpeople to produce , on tbe old method and unaided -by tbe late mechanical and chemical inventions and improvements , as much cotton yarn as is now produced by the 300 , 000 ! Now 60 , 000 , 000 is just ONETE > -7 fi of 600 , 000 , 600 . —the estimated present amount of mechanical and scientific producing power : and yet cotton-spinning is only one branch of or * manufacture ! The present amount of producing power possessed by us , then , would sppear to bs—Manual labour ( one-third of the population , 27 , 000 , 000 ) ... 9 000 , 000 Mechaoic&l power 600 , 600 , 000 Total producing power — 609 , 000 , 000 . ' ! ! Showing an increase since 1817 of power equal to the labour of 371 , 756 0 C 0 ' hands" !!! The proportion which out present producing power bears to the population is more than twenty-two to one ! . ' !
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J . Mitchell , —lid-, and Is . 6 d- postage—total 1 b . 5 d . FOB THE XATIo > AL DEFENCE FUND . ' £ s . d . From Sandbach , per R . S 0 2 6 ^ J . Longbottom , Leeds 0 8 6 . Wm . P / bus , Leeds 0 0 6 „ Friends at Middleton , near Manchester , per J . P 0 11 6 .. Smiddles L * ne , Bowling , per Wm . T hornton 0 2 8 ,. the Chartists of Moriey 0 5 6 ,. the Chartists of Honley , per J . Hobson ( fourth suBScriptionj 0 10 0 „ J > ookei , Knaresborough 0 0 2 ^ J . B . and a friend , Manchester ... .. 020 „ a few Chartists from Bury and
Heyw ood , per A . Smith 7 6 _ a few friends at Prescot , per J . W . ... 0 12 2 ^ a few poor men at Longholme 0 3 ^ 0 J Skegbury , per Q . D 0 5 0 J the New Town Class at Bishop Wearmouth 0 10 0 .. a few Chartists at Balgonia Bleachfleld , Fifeshire 0 2 0 .. a few friends at Holbeck , per C Cluderay 0 5 9 „ Is * . B ., Nottingham , per F . W . Simeon 0 0 6 .. J . Newman , ditto 0 10 _ three friends , Nottingham , per J . Sweet 0 11 .. T . Queen Caroline , ditto , ditt » 0 12 „ J . K ., Nottingham , ditto , ditto ... 0 15 0 .. W . Mortimer , Mill Bridge , or Newark 10 0 J . R . Watson , Boston : an old Chartist ,
eighty years of age 0 2 6 _ Northa ' . lerton , collected by T . Smith ... 0 4 6 „ Rev . J- Scholefield , Manchester ... 1 0 0 Z W » . Scholefield , ditto 0 10 _ Lower Warley , near Halifax 0 5 1 }
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BOLTOJT—FrfiE at Horrobix Bleach Wobks . —On Friday evening last , a fire broke out in the upper story of tne bleach works of Messrs . Cartwright and Co ., situate at Horrobin Mills , in Turton , about four miles from Bolton , which spread with such extraordinary rapidity , as to bid defiance to the exertions of the workpeople to subdue it . On being-discovered , tbe person who first ran up stairs , foundjwo children asleep on the top landing , where they had laid down , and would have lost their lives if they Bad not been thus rescued from impending destruction . The fire was observed » t the works of Messrs . Ash worth , and also at those of Mr . Hardcastle , and horses were immediately pnt to their £ re engines : but they have been bo repeatedly
deceived by the appearances of fire , arising from the shameful practice of what is called swealing , " at night time , ( ciearing the land by burning the long grass , Sec ., ) by the farmers in the neighbourhood , that a aeiay of at least twenty minutes took place before it could be ascertained from whence the fire arose . When Messrs . Ashworth's engine arrived , therefore , the building was one mass of flame , and it was evidently impossible to save n from destruction , Mr . HardcaPtle ' s engine followed soon after , and subsequently two from Bolton ; and there being an abundant supply of water , the fire was fortunately prevented from spreading to the adjoining premises The Bremen connected with the eDgjnes (* nd espe cially those of Mr . Hardoastle ) conducted themselves
admirably , and by their well-directed energies a great amount of property was saved . The building in which the fire originated is completely gutted , and most of the roof destroyed ; but the cloth consumed being of a common description , and no machinery in jured , the damage will not be so great as might have been expeeted ; and , in a few day 8 , the works will be again in fall operation . Messrs . Cartwright and Co ., we are happy to say , are fully insured in the Royal Exchange fire office . Tbe practice of " swealing" in tbe night time hae been long complained of in the neighborhood , and the engines have often been called out in cons # quence of it j and we trust that some steps will be taken to put a stop to a custom so dangerous in a manufacturing district .
WIGAN . —Dabi > g Bueglabt asd Robbeet at Sta > "l > ish . —About one o ' clock on Saturday moruin s i&si , tbe inmates of the house of Mr . Jv > hn Bokon , farmer , of Standish-with-Lang-tree , near Wigan , were alarmed by the noise of some persons &tieinp ; j 3 g to breafc into his dwelling-
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house . Mr . Bolton , whose family consists of himself , hi 3 housekeeper , and a servant boy and girl , on being alarmed , proceeded down etairs from his bedroom , and on reaching half-way down , he beard the door of the back kitchen being smashed in ; and on gaining the floor of the house part , found there six rnffi&na , wearing masks , their coats turned insidt ) out , and armed with iron crows , bludgeons , and a pistol . Two of the villains proceeded up stairs , causing Mr . Bolton to follow them , whilst the other four followed him in the rear . On reaching his bedroom , they rifled tbe pockets of his clothes , and demanded frem him his keys , which were hung up in a cupboard in the house part , and which the thieves eventually found . Tney laid Mr . Bolton on his bed , threatening that if he did not deliver
up all his money , they would shoot him . Tney then bound him to the bed , two of the party remaining with him whilst the other four proceeded to the adjoining room , wherein were the housekeeper and servant girl . Air . Bolton having by some means liberated his hands from the bandages with which he was bound , made an attempt to reach the window of his bedroom , with the intention of making his escape that way and giving an alarm . On reaching the window he was laid hold of by one of hia guards , whilst , from the outside , he was assailed by stone 3 from two of the party , who , it appears , had been stationed there previous to breaking into the house , for the purpose of giving an alarm in case ot surprise . Mr . Bolton was then most cruelly beaten with bludgeon ? ,
kicked , and otherwise much abused , and tied to his bed a second time , and a guard placed over him . In the meantime the other depredators were in the housekeeper ' s bedroom , from which ehe had made her escape to the cheese-room adjoining , and from thence through the window of the room to the ground outside , where she had no sooner reached than she was seized by one of the party stationed on the watch , and carried back into the house . She was nearly in a state of nudity . Her hands were then lied , and she was carried up stairs and thrown on the bed where Mr . Bolton lay , also bound . The servant girl having been threatened to be quiet , had hid herself among some provender sacks . The servant boy had a handkerchief tied over his head so
as to blindfold him ; and so the depredators proceeded to break open the various articles of furniture in the house on which there were locks . From Mr . Bolton ' s bedroom they took bank cheques , a savings' bank book , his watch , his father's will , and money , all of which , excepting th « money , they o ff ered to return , providing he would discover where other money , which they said he had , was secreted ; threatening that if he did not comply with their demands , they would only allow him five minutes longer to live . On Mr . Bolton declaring that he had no other money in the house but what they had got , they left , his room and went down stairs , having four candles lighted . They plundered the house of bacon , butter , cheese , preserved fruits , women's wearing apparel , &c . and then left the premises , having been there an hour . Mr . Bolton then
contrived to untie the bandage 3 from the hands of his housekeeper , by usiug his teeth . She then set him at liberty ; when be proceeded to give an alanm Some implements which had been used for breaking open the door of the house , where left behind ; and which , it is supposed , from the clue that haa been obtained , will materially assist in leading to the apprehension of the villains . Notwithstanding the length of time which was occupied by the depredators in ransacking the premises , and though there are a large number of inhabited cottages , within a distance of two hundred yards from where the depreditions were committed , yet , strange to say , not one of neighbouring population heard the slightest sound of what was going on . The prisoners left the premises with their booty a little after two oVkek .
LEEDS . —Parliaments of England . —Mr . H . S . Smith , of Leeds , has already distinguished himself by a work on Parliamentary Contested ElectioDS . He is now bringing out a work on the same subject , but on an enlarged scale . His present plan is to give a record of all tbe Parliaments which have been holden from the timo of George the f irst , in 1714 , to the rresent period . What amount of labour Mr . Smith must have had to undergo in the collection of materials for this work , can hardly be appreciated by the reader who sees the neat , methodical manner in which these materials are arranged . A distinguished author has said , " easy writing is bard reading . " The converge is eoually true : hard study in writing is requisite for easy reading . This work will be a desideratum to all those who feel an interest in the constitution of our country , aa an example of what patience and perseverance can efiect , in rescuing from oblivion the progress of our parliamentary constituency .
Embezzlemext . —On Tuesday week , a man named Martin Cawood , who had been in the service of Mr . Thomas Dawson , of Holbeck , was brought up at the Court House uuder the following circumstances : — He was sent by his master , seven months ago , to Manchester with a load of herrings to dispose of , Having sold the herrings , instead of returning home he took the horse and cart to Liverpool , and ultimately to Wales , where he left them both in pledge for a score at a public-house . The horse and cart were traced and recovered about a month afterwards , but the prisoner had not been seen since until Monday last , when he was apprehended at a beer-house , in Meadow-lane . He waa committed to Wakefield House of Correction for three months .
Assaulting the Police . —On Tuesday week , a man named Thomas Firtb , was fined 20 s and costs , or one month to Wakefield , for having , whilst in a state of intoxication , knocked down a policeman , who was endeavouring to get him home . Lnqcest . —On Monday week , an inquest was held at the Court House , before Mr . Hoyps , the deputy coroner , to inquire concerning the death of Mr . W . Morby , a master mariner , residing at the Canal Basin , in Leeds . On Sunday forenoon , the deceased went up stairs to dress himself , when he suddenly fell down and instantly expired . He was forty-two years of age , and had Hot had any previous illness . Verdict— Died by the visitation of God . "
Petty Charge of Theft . —On Thursday week , a boy , fourteen years of age , named Henry Mar at on , was brought before Edward Baines , Esq ., and Ja-. Musgrave , E q ., at ihe Court House , Leeds , charged with havii / g plucked a jorquiJ , out of the ground in front of the house of Darn ton Lupton , Esq ., Potternewton . After hearing the charge against the prisoner , the Magistrates remanded him until the following day , in order that they might have the boy ' s father present , and hear from him what was the general character and conduct of his son . Accordingly , on Friday , the youthful flowerplucker , who had been in prison forty hours , was placed in the dock in front of the two Magistrates who presided on the previous day . Mr . Baines ,
addressing the boy , told him he was charged with wantonly plucking a flower in front of the house of Mr . Darnton Lupton and said that seemingly he had palled tbe Rower for the mere gratification . of hiB pas 9 ; on for misohief . The boy stated that he went into the grounds of Mr . Lupton to pick some young nettles , and , seeing the flowers , he thought he would like to have one . Mr . Musgrave said he was iike to know that the flowers were not his property , and tha he had no business to take them . The boy said he did not know that he vf * s doing any harm by taking a single flower for himself . The father of the boy having been called forward , Mr . Baines asked him what sort of a behaved boy his son was . The father replied
that he was a very good lad , and he had never known him charged with an offence before ; he was not in work juBt then , bat he had been np to about a week or two back , Mr . Lupton here interfered with the mapiatratis , and it seemed as if he was determined to have him punished . Mr . Baines , after conversing with Mr . Musgrave , said that under £ uch circumstances tbe Bench would not like to 6 end the boy to Wakefield House of Correction , for that would be a great stain upon his character , and he would , in all probability , come from the place worse than he went ; and he did not know what effect flogging might have upon his future character . The father said that he would not like him to be sent to Wakefield ; and in answer to Mr . Baines , he
said that he could not give an answer as to tbe effect which flogging might have upon the boy . Mr . Musgrave asked the father if he would give his consent to the boy being flogged . The father , with much reluctance , gave his consent . Mr . Lupton , who sat on the bench , though at some distance from the two Sitting Magistrates , said that a great number of garden depredations bad been committed in his neighbourhood by boys , but , of course , he could not say that the prisoner was one who had committed them . Mr . Baines , who evidently " baited between two opinions "—whether to order the boy to be discharged with or without a
flogging , was reminded that the father had given his consent to have the youth flogged if the Bench thought well ; but to this reminding Mr . Baines replied , Yes , he has consented to tbe least of two evils . " Mr . Lnpton then rose from from his seat , went to the plaoe where Mr . Baines and Mr . Musgrave sat , and & whispering conversation of the duration of a minute or two passed amongst them , at the close of which Mr . Baines said the Bench had determined th&t the boy should be Hogged and then discharged . We do not like to trust ourselves to comment on this case ; it is one so utterly heartless that we hope never to see its like again .
WHIG CONSISTENCY . A thieving " soldier" if they flog , Whigs cry— " you treat him like a dog !" But Whjgs apply this flogging" pill , " If luckless lad steal their 11 John Qvill ' . " North-street , April 21 , 1843 . Military . —On Wednesday week , the head-quarters of the 11 th Hussar 3 , under the command o f the ' Black Bottle Colonel , " arrived at Leeds from York , n route to Dub . 'jn , Tbeyleft Lceos on Thurs * day morning .
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Felont . —On Tuesday week , a lad not above fourteen years of age , named Wm . Shaw , was charged with caving stolen a piece of bacon and a piece of cheese from a shop kept by Mrs . Alexander , in Memon-street . , The prisoner haa been several times m custod y ; , and haa been once convicted of S- ° 5 ; v was scnfc t 0 Wakefield , as a reputed thief , for three months . Death by Drowning . —On Friday week , an inquest was held at the Clarendon Hotel , Victoria " Koad , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of w - ;* » a "waterman , from Burnley , in Lancashire . The deceased waa assisting to get a canal boat out of the Union Company's warehouse , about two o clock on Thursday morning , and being at the time in a state of intoxication , he fell overboard , and be ; ore he could be got out he was quite dead . He was forty years of age , and has left a wife and seven children , who reside at Buraley . Verdict " Accidentally drowned . "
Burglaby . —On Monday week , three men and a woman , named Wno . Ward , James Linley , John Butterneld , and Hannah Greenearth , were brought before Messrs . Musgrave and Baioes , at the Court Hou 9 e charged with having been concerned in the burglary in the dwelling house of Mr . John Atkinson m Lady Pit Lane , on the 12 th instant . The particulars of tha burglary have already appeared in this paper . 1 he prisoners were traced in company with two others not yet apprehended , to Ferrybridge , JJoncaster , Barnsley , and Shefiield ; one of them being taken at Doncaster , another at Barnsley , and the others in Leeds . Linley was taken at his own bouse , in St . James ' s-street , and a shirt and a pair of stockings , identified as part of the proceeds of the
robbery were found on him ; and another shirt and pair of stockings were found on Butterfield . Ward was proved to bo with them at all the places where they had offered goods for sale ; and the female was identified as having offered for sale a black satin dress , some handkerchiefs , shawls , &c . at Wakefield . the whole of which were identified as part of the stolen property . The thieved obtained altogether about £ 30 worth of goods from Mr . Atkinson ' s , and a great part of th v ? has been recovered . In the bope of obtaini ng tfie other parties engaged in the robbery , the prisoners were remanded ; the others , however , have hitherto managed to keep out of the way , and yesterday ( Friday ) the above four prisoners were fully committed to York Castle for trial at the next assizes .
Obstructing the Police . —On Tuesday , a young lad named Michael Cameron , was charged at the Leeds Court House , before Messrs . Musgrave and Baines , with having incited a mob of persons in Boot and Shoe Yard , Kirkgate , to rescue a prisoner from the hands of the police , whom they had apprehended by warrant . The charge was made out , but the prisoner loudly protected his entire innocence of the charge , and attempted to convince the Bench that he was an uncommonly well-behaved young man . They did not , however , credit his statement , and fined him 20 s . and costs , or one month to Wakefield . He then said , "Well , I'll go for a month ; that will soon be over , " at the same time shaking his head iu a threatening manner at the police .
Legal Appointment . —Mr . Henry Boulton Harle , of this town , solicitor , was ou Thursday last , appointed an attorney , to practice in her Majesty's Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors , on behalf of prisoners confined for debt in the gaol of Rothwell , in the county of York .
LINES REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO A REVEREND gentleman , very recently . I've bead tour sermon on your wifb , And find you led a happy life ; But , if again you aim to wed , I ' ll nut iik p artner of your bed , Unless you solemnly aguee—NO SERMON SHALL BE PHEACH ' d—ON ME !
IGNOTA . St . George's Street , April 12 , 1843 . A Female Churchwarden . —A notice wa 3 attached to the door of Birstal Church , on Sunday week , calling a vestry meeting in the usual way , to elect a churchwarden for the ensuing year . At the time appointed , the wife of the assistant overaeer entered the Vestry with the parish book in which the usual entry is made on such an occasion , and after waiting nearly an hour and no person making his appearance , either lay or clerical , the good dame took her departure and budged home with the book under her arm . , On entering her dwelling , her husband eagerly enquired who was appointed war den , to which she replied , why me to be sure—thee , ejaculated the astonished official , yes , me , reiterated the wife , for there has not been another living soul at the meeting , therefore , I suppose , I must be churchwarden .
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The motion was seconded and agreed to withou a word of opposition .
THE MABKET COMMITTEES . Mr . Newsam , in pursuance of the 6 th notice , proposed that Mr . Councillor Howard be appointed a member of the market Committee in place of Mr . Councillor Cawood , who had resigned his office aa a member of that Committee . Mr . HowARD begged to decline the appointment , as he was a member of another Committee which frequently occupied him for many hours a day . Alderman Gaphf proposed as an amendment that Mr . John Cawood be requested to permit his name to be reinstated as a member of the Market Committee . Mr . Howard bad great pleasure in seconding the motion . Mr . Newsam said he would gladly withdraw tbe proposal he had made in favour of the amendment , as Mr . Cawood had been a most efficient member of the Committee .
After a lew words from Mr . Martin Cawood , who thought his father woald not have resigned unless he had meant to adhere to it , the amendment was unanimously adopted .
FREE MARKET TOLLS , &C . According to the seventh notice , given by Mr . Newsam , certain alterations in the Rules and Regulations of the Kirkgate Market , recommended by the Market Committee , were adopted ; and the Market Committee were empowered to let the Tolls of the said Market for the ensuing year , on the understanding that the Council will defray the rates chargeable thereon . The Council broke up about half-past two o ' clock .
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The Queen . —Her Majesty , on Tuesday morning last , at four o ' clock , brought forth another branch of the Honse of Brunswick , in the shape of a l ittle princess . Thus the niche vacated by Sussex [ S soon supplied . BRADFORD—Extensive and Daring Robbery . — On , Friday morning about four o'clock , the watchman on duty in Exchange-street , discovered that the door leading from the inclosed yard of Mr . W . C . Haigh ' s wool warehouse , into the street , had been broken open since going on his previous round . On entering the yard he found that the warehouse had been broken into , and that a robber ; had been committed . The watchman immediately hastened to the residence of Mr . Haigh , at Little Horton , and
communicated the intelligence , and at five o clock he was at the scene of the robbery . The mode and extent of the robbery waa now ascertained . It was found that tho door leading to the street had been forced open from the inside , and the warehouse door had been forced from the outside , and the natural inference arising therefrom was , that the robbers had been secreted in the etable hay-loft , or other outoffice situated in the enclosed yard , from whence , as the doors of tho out-offices were not locked , they could issue forth at pleasure and proceed to business . Having obtained ingress to the warehouse , by forcing away the portion of the door cheek to which was affixed the staple for receiving the lock there wasno obstacle in the way to the counting house , the door of which
was left open for the convenience of cleaning out in the morning . Here the first object of the attack appears to have been a strong iron safe built into the wall ) the door of which , secured by a patent lock , seems to have bid defiance to all their implements . Gunpowder had therefore been introduced by the key-hole into the lock , and by that means the door of the safe was shattered to pieces . Here another difficulty presented itself to the robbers . In addition to various receptables for books , the safe contained two drawers , each locked with a different key , but both Jocks shutting into the solid iron , and thus nffarding no leverage for the exercise of forcing instruments . Where the keys of these two
drawers were deposited was known only to Mr . Hai ^ h himself , yet by strange accident the robbers went to tho identical drawer in which they were deposited , and by the use of brace , bit , and saw , they got the keys , opened the drawers , and abstracted upwards of £ 80 in cash , leaving behind them nearly £ 2000 in bills . From this place they appear to have proceeded to the desk in the warehouseman ' s counting-house , and there again , by brace , bit , and saw , effected an entrance , and therefrom abstracted between £ 5 and £ 6 in cash . Money , it would appear , has been their sole object , as nothing but one bottle of wine besides has been missed . The police are in active seach , but up to tbe time of writing no discovery has been made .
Another Daring Robbbry . —In the night of Tuesday last , or early ou Wednesday morning , a most daring burglary was committed at Shipley , in tho house of Mr . Lambert , and twenty dozon of wine and some other property stolen . On examining the premises , it appeared that the house bad been broken into by me ana of a crowbar and a large wooden beam , with which the thieves bent tha iron stanchions of the window , and having effected an eutrance they broke open the door of the wine cellar , wherein they committed depredations as above described . Soon after the robbery was discovered .
information of it was given at the Court House , Bradford , by Mr . Lambert , when Mr . Ingham and another police officer were dispatched to Shipley with warrants to search the dwelling-houses of suspected parties residing there and in that neigbourhood . This is the second robbery which has been committed on Mr . Lambert ' s premises , in little more than a month . On the first occasion , the villains took away a quantity of wine and provisions . Parties residing in country districts , will do well to secure the ( gratings of their cellars ; this seems an easy and favourite way of access , just now .
Charge under the Registration Act . —On Monday last , at the Court Houfc , a man named Brook , from Tong , was charged by Mr . Barraclough the registrar of that district , with having refused to give proper and necessary information respecting the birth of his child . The facts of case were not stated , though from the conversation which passed batween Mr . Wagstaff , the magistrate , and the defendant , it would appear that the dispute was one of long standing , and that the prosecution was commenced by order of the Home Secretary , Sir James Graham . Both parties were bound over to appear at the next York assizes , the one to prosecute and the other to answer the charge .
Highway Robbery . —On Monday night , about the hour of nine o ' clock , as Mr . John Collins , manager for Messrs . Hardcastle , Aked , and Co ., coalmerchants , Four Lane Ends , Manningham , was on his way from the counting-house , to Mr . Hardcastle ' s in Whitley-lane , he was suddenly seized and thrown on his back by a highwayman . The person making the attack was instantly assisted by several other ? , who acting in concert , succeeded in robbing Mr . Collins of a large sum in cash , the proceeds of the day . During the last winter , Messrs . Hardcastle and Co . ' s counting-house has been four times broken into and robbed ; but after the first robbery * the cash has been removed every night , and the subsequent robbery had consequently been confined to the candles , &c , deposited therein for the use » f the coal minors .
Discovery of Human Bones . —On Thursday l&sfc , as Mr . Isaac Wood ' s man , of Kipping , Thornton , was ploughing at the Pikeley Farm , in the towoahip of Allerton , the plough went so deep as to break the top of a large pot jar , into which the man put his hand , and to his astonishment found it contained tho remains of a human being . From what has transpired since the discovery there seems little doubt but the remains in question are these of a little boy about eleven years old , who waa
apprenticed to a coal miner about Dent s Head * , and who myfteriously and suddenly disappeared , fe-rty-three years ago . Tho boy had been cruelly , used by his master on the night previous to his disappearance , and the probability is that one of bis blaws proving fatal , he put him into the large pot ja * , capable of holding half a pack of flour , so as . to > escape the justice which his crime deserved . The coal miner always said that the boy had run awaj , and nothing has been heard of him up to this tsaie . The supposed murderer died nearly twenty ye& » & \ nce .
OLDHAM . —On Monday , tha- lT » n , the members belonging to the Gomer Lodge * $ o * 81 , of the Order of Modem jBprfds , met ai tks- ' iwuseof Mr . Peter WDonald , a £ n of the Rights & # Man Inn , Oldham , to celebrate their first anniv 6 ? sary at the above house , when eighty and upwards 6 at down to an excellent dinner . HUDDERSFIELD . - The Military . —For some time this town has baaa troubled with a detachment of the 32 nd regijaent of foot ; tbey are stationed in a large new ¦ warehouse , aitoate at the bottom ef the New North Road . Captain Gardiner is their governor ; but ^ from some eaase unknown , the men regard him aot . Disturbaaoes of various kinds have been of aiehtly occurseace since their
arrival , until Monday , the 17 ih iast ., when , it aptpears , a number of them attended a , race at Marsh . This being over , tiaey , along with many others , eatered a beerhouses , which was woll filled . An alter- , cation took plaoe between the 3 oldiers and the ooiapany , in consequence of s&j&o person calling out " swaddy . " The soldiers b * at every one out of the house , fastened the door , . " . ad remained inside . A report was taken to the Optain , who immediately sent a piquet to fetch them . On their return , and in West Parade , opposite to the beerhouse called the " Old Hat , " the mea left the piquet , and went into the above house . The word swaddy" was again used ; another row commenced : the company
were turned out , and severely beaten . They then destroyed a great deal of property inside , broke the windows , and the piquet returned , and took parr with their fellow soldiers in the destruction of pro- : perty . One of the soldiers , named Davies , was severely beaten , and was taken to bed . On Tues- day , the 18 th inst ., the cases were takfn before the magistrates , when two of them , named Fox andj Russell , were convicted . Daviea ' s case waa ad-: journed until Tuesday , the 25 th . On the Bench was Sir G . Armiiagc , W . W .-Battye , T . Sfarkey , and T . Sutcliffe , Esqrs . Fox , who was convicted ; last week , was again brought up , and charged with assaulting Edward Oxley . Tho examination was long and tedious j many attempts were made to .
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prove he was at gome other place at the time stated , but they failed . The magistrates ordered Fox to pay tweuty shillings , which should include costs . Davies w& 9 next , called , and was examined before Sir G . Armitage and T . Sutchffe . The charge was fully proved , when one magistrate , Sir George , was for an acquittal , the other for conviction , and , without further ceremony , adjourned the cases . Whether he will again appear is not kuown . These charges hav& excited considerable interest in the town , and universal disgust is now manifested towards the soldiers . Something must be done for their removal . The public peace is broken ; the revenge nought for by many may be attended with evil con .-pquences , so thaj tho sooner the inhabitants determine on . calling a public meeting , for the purposo of expressing their abhorrence , and for taking steps for their speedy and immediate removal ^ tbe better .
On Monday last , as a person named Hutchinson was rising Outcote Bank , he was called to by another man , whom he did not know , and asked if he would call at Mr . Ebenezar Thornton's , New-street , and request him to send on a ktttle . Hutchinson called , and as he thought the man lived iri the honse to which he stood opposite , gave , tho name of Mr . Hirst , clogger . In a shorfr time a boy was srnt with a kettle , when he was met by the man who wished to have one , and was told it was too small , he must gr > back for one a sizo larger , and bring also a small saurepan , and whatever tho price nii ^ ht be , he was
to brrng the difference in silver , as hti would receive a sovereign . The lad soon returned , nhen he was again met by the man , but without coat tiiis time . He told him they would do very well , and inquired what was the price , when ho was told 5 s . The man then aaid , " thou most # ivo me tho 15 * ., as I have to go on to the co-operative shop to buy yocao things , and thoumay take the kettle on to iho house , and Mta . will give thee a sovereign . Tno lad went to Mr . Hirst , who , to his surprise , know nothing of the matter , and the lad was obliged to return lighter by his change . The trickster has not been seen
. Hoax . —Thelnhabitants of Wakefield had a hoax played upon them on Wednesday week by hand bills being posted in the town tho previous evening , requesting all constables , boroughreeves , bailiffs , byelaw-men , and other officers in authority , to attend ia their ^ appropriate and customary and seemly costume , - as on chartered and other royal occasions , td keep order and peace in the streets , from half past nine to eleven o'clock on the morning of Wenesday ; whilst the last two
troops of the 17 th Lancers , headed by his Highness Prince George of Cambridge , passed through the town . Oa the previous day ( Tuesday ) a troop of the 17 th Lancers passed through Wakefield en route to Nottingham , and great doubt prevailed as" to whether His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge was with the troop ; this no doubt led the hoaxers to issue the placard in qnestioa , which induced hundreds to leave their homes to see "tha sight ; " but , alas ! they found out the trick , and had the mortification to be laughed at by those who had been wiser than themselves .
Church-rate Sale . —A sale of a large variety of articles which had been seized by the Church from the Dissenters of Leicester , was attempted last week , but not a single bidder could be found ! The Leicester Mercury says the goods have since been sold privately , and remarks— " We have not been able to ascertain the names of the buyers . That they have been sold we are not at all surprised . Men destitute of honesty abound in large towns ; and we do not hesitate to say . that the purchasers of these goods would not hesitate to pick a pocket , or rob a heo-roost , iFsure of remaining undetected . The sufferers from this infamous transaction need to be reminded that it is bat the natural result of the predominance of a sect ; and that the effect upon their minds should be a determination to redouble their efforts for the abrogation of the system irom which such evils flow . "
Dreadfui . Murders at Sunderland by a Maniac—Sunderlanb , April 25— This morning intense excitement was caused in tho town b y a report that two murders had been committed during the night by a person who had escaped from a lunatic asylum near Gateshead . The report , on inquiry , proved too true . It appears from the hasty particulars we have been aWe to gather , that Wm . Ferry , a man who has been confined in a lunatic asylum during the last two years , contrived to make hia escape on Saturday last , and to elude the vigilance of his keepers he kept out of the way by going round the country . On arriving at his tiouso , iu Monkwearmouth , he found that the keepers had arrived before him , and to escapfr them he concealed
himself in a boat , which was lying near the house , and adjoining the harbour . After the keepers had gone he went home , and remained there with his family until the perpetration of the awful deed , which took place during one of his frantic fits of madness , shortly after midnight . The alarm was first given by a boy , who lived in a part ot the house , running into the street and shouting , that Ferry was murdering his daughter ; but before any p ' ersoa could reach his room the wretched maniac had sacri . ficed his unhappy wife and daughter . Hs killed the latter by beating her over the head , in a horriblo manner , with a wooden vessel called a skeel , used for carrying water , and he next killed his wife , by
beating her with a poker and bruising her in such a manner as no person but a maniac could have done . He was soon taken into custody to await the result of the Coroner's inquest . In the evening , at six o'clock , an inquest was held before J . M . Favell , Esq ., Coroner . The principal witness against the father waa a little boy , & son of the murderer , only about five years of age , who providentially escaped the bloody hands of his parent , and witnessed tha premature and horrible-deaths of his mother and sister . The jury , aftefflgftring the whole of the evidence , returned a verdidTof ** Wilful murder against William Ferry . " He has since been committed to take his trial at the next Durham assizes .
DiAF . otiCAL Attempt at Murobr . —On Monday Ia 3 t , a young woman , named Mary Francis , was lodged in the Worcester county gaol , by Henry Churchley , coustablo of Shipstonupon-Stour , to take her trial at the next as&izes , for attempting to murder Mary Jeffs , an old woman between sixty and seventy years of age , residing with her husband ( who is carter to Mr . Bailey ) at Goldicote , in the parish of Alderminster , whicb is nearly midway between Stratford-upon-Avon and Ship ? ton-upon-Stoar . It seems that the girl is enciente by the old woman ' s son , John Jeffs ( a labourer in the service of
Mr . Smith , a gentleman residing at Goldicote ) , who had expressed his willingness-to marry her , but his mother was strongly opposed fc&the match on accoant of Francis' character , she having been delivered of an illegitimate child some- time ago , and it was rumoured that this was not- ihe only child she had had . It is supposed she entertained the purpose of ridding . herself of the old woman , and to effect it purchased a quantity of arsenic , mixed it with a cake , and sant it to the house where Mrs . Jeffs lives by a carrier . No one , fo ? tunately , partook of it , but the attempt having beea proved , the prisoner was committed .
Leicester Bank . —On- Saturday morning , the bank of Messrs . Clarke ,, Mitchell , Phillips , and Smith , of Leicester , stopped p&vnunt . The fact was communicated to * th « public in the following announcement : — •¦ Suspension of Payment —In consequence of a sudden pressure , caused by the malicious rumours which haTe been so industriously circulated , it has became necessary tiiat a temporary suspension of the business of this bank should take place . The pubKo may rest satisfied , that no individual can sustaia any loss , and that arrangements will be made for rendering the inconvenience resulting from the present step of as short duration as possible—Satnwiay , A pril 22 , 1843 . "
Unjust Weishins Machine . —At tio borough Court , Balton , on Monday last , Agnes Rathbone , keeper of a ; public weighing machine , in ^ Jlack Horsestreet , was fined 3 d and expenses , on the information of Mr . Fogg , inspector . The machine , at tea hundred-weight , wa 3 deficient a qiasier of a hundred- weighi ,. and akthirty hundred-n-sight , one hundred-wei ^ bX ,
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^ EXPRESS FROM MADRID . Mabkzp , April 19 . —The Gaze' Js of this day publishes two official documents , eaanating from the Ministry of Finance . The first is a formal order of M . Calatrava , to the Director-General of the Sinking Ynnd , desiring him to prepare for the payment of the half year's interest on the aew three per cents ., du& on tho 30 th ot June next ,. " - applying to that purpose the 16 , 000 , 000 reals which the houses of Roths * ohlfd are io deliver in the aaonth of May avd Juno on account of tbe quicksilver contract , taking care to remit to tho foreign creditors at the proper time , the sums necessary , io complete the dividend , taking into account t \ i > £ 39 , 260 sterling of bills upon London already dilivered t » the office of the Staking Fund for thai purpose on the 22 tf of March last . "
The 6 econd dociistent contains an exposition of the reasons which iaduced M . Calatsa-va to recommend the Regent to permit the establishment of depots for goods ia transit to and from the colonies ( generos prohibitt&s ) in the ports of the Peninsula . Matters were- beginning to assume a more settled appearance in the Congress . Three per Cents ., 28 for cash 2 l £ ftt 60 days , for 3 ^ , 400 , 000 reals . Five per Cents ^ 27 i i for cash , 272 at 60 days for
| 8 , 400 , 000 . ' The German Universal Gazette announces , under date Belgrade , 12 th u \ 3 t ., that Princo Alexander , accompanied by the Metropolitan and P . \ m-to of Servia , had repaired to Shabacz , where an insurrection had taken place . Several districts were in open revolt , and it was fearod that the troops were dii : > ifcVcted . Paris , 26 th , Fives , 120 F . 75 c . The fall ia owinj ; to the position de la place , and not to a political caus >? . Spanish Actives , 2 S | ; Passive , 5 . Nothing wu . s A > ub iu the Three per Cents-, but they would havn sold for 34 ; Rouen , G 80 ; Havre , 540 . I am told t ' auThreo per Conts . were douo at Mads-id after Bourse $ t 28 | cash , . ftiid 29 at 60 day a , —Times .
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MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL . A special meetiug of the Council of the Borough of Leeds , was held on Wednesday last , for the transaction of business . ' Henry Cooper Marshall , Esq ., the Mayor , presided . Alderman Lupton moved , and Mr . Joseph Cliff seconded— " That it be referred to the Valuation Committee to inquire , and without delay report to the Council whether any and what part of the Township or Hamlet of Cookridge is withiu the borough of Leeds ; and to examine the boundary stones of the Borough , and place or cause to be placed such additional boundary stones or pillars as may be deemed uecefsary . "
The motion was opposed by Aid . Gaunt , Mr . Holroyd , and other Members of the Council , on the ground that to carry the motion into effect would be an interference with the duties of the Lord of the Manor . The motion was negatived . On the motion of Aid . Qates , Mr . Maclea was added to the Gaol Committee .
BOKOUGH SURVEYOR . The notice on this subject waa as follows : — " It will be proposed , that in pursuance of the provisions of the Improvement Act , the Council do elect a Boroagh Surveyor- in the place of Mr . John Child , who hath resigned that effioe . " On the motion of Aid . Maclea , seconded by Mr . Craven , it was resolved that the resignation of Mr . John Child , the Borough Surveyor , be accepted . The Mayor stated that the General Committee of the Council had examined the testimonials of the
different candidates for the office , and had selected four , out of the eighteen candidates , whom they recommend to the Council to select the Surveyor from . Those four were Mr . James Baylis , civil engineer , Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Office , Birmingham ; Mr . John Grant , ( of Glasgow , ) civil engineer , Exeter ; Mr . George Heald , civil engineer on the North Midland Railway , between Barnsley and Leeds ; and Mr . Thomas Walker , aasistant engineer to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company , Manchester .
The testimonials of the different candidates having been read , the candidates were proposed , and the Council divided—the votes being
recorded—For Mr , Walker 25 Mr . Grant 7 Mr . Kaylis 3 Mr . Heald 2 , The second notice under the Improvement Act , was— " That application be made to the Board of ; Ordnance to furnish the Council as early as conve- ' niently can be done , with a copy of tbe Ordnance Plan of the Borough , on the bc&Io of five feet to the 1 mile , together with particulars of tbe levels which have been taken , asd all necessary references to tho Bench marka by which such levels are marked ; and that the council do grant the requisite sum for that purpose . " I The resolution was adopted , with a verbal alteration , inquiring the cost of a plan for the whole borough .
The next ( Srd ) notice was that a memorial be sent to the Lords oi the Treasury , nqucstiug that the Master General of the Ordnance , or other pro- per authorities , may be directed , in making the 1 Ordnance Survey and Maps for the Northern Counties which are yet incomplete , to publish engraved plans of all towns and populous districts where the population exceeds 5 , 000 souls , on a scale of five feet t © the mile . Alderman Lvccocx proposed s memorial to tha Treasury Board , in accordance with this notice , which was seconded and adopted .
Mr . M . Cawoos > , who had put th nexi notice on the paptr , to call the attention of the Council to the clauses in the Leeds Improvement Act which rebate to Hackney Coaches , explained to th ' e Council that { considerable inconvenience bad arisen from the nonconfirmatioB of the new Bge Laws for the regulation of the Hackney Coaches . Complaints of overcharges were constantly arising ,, which the magistrates had decided ihat they could « ot controi or oorreot aa tbe Bye Laws under the late act , upon this subject , had been repealed by the repeal of the Aot under which they were made . Aid . Loptok adverted to the difficulty which was likely to arise from the enactment which required all the Bye Laws to be painted on boards and put up in the Court House or other public buildings . After a short discussion , the Council passed to the n « xt order of the day , Mr . Cawood offering no specific motion on ike subject .
Mr . Newsam brought before the Council the next notice which had been given bj him . He enforced the necessity of providing a proper set of standard weights and measures tor tho purpose of testing the weights and measures used in the markets of the Borouth : and concluded by proposing— " That the Market Committee be authorised to employ a competent person , according to the provisions of the Act of Parliament , sections 287 , 288 , for the purpose of weighing or measuring any meat , provisions , or other auicles which shall be sold by weight or measure ; with power to provide such weights and measures , aud other conveniences , as may be necessary , and to take or receive such tolls as the Committee nay think fit , not excocdiflg the tolls fixtni in Schedule K of tho Act , "
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