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"YPTtKJfRTRT ? STTaxXScEES , &SSTZE 3 , CROWN COURT , Satobdat , Jell 15 . - { Before Mr . Justice GresstcelLj 3 UB . GLAXY AT BOIHTTELI . Charla TFriggltsavrih ) 40 , Tfas indicted for haviEft on tt-e 6 iii of Jan . list , at MiddletoD , is the parish of B'Jlh » eH , ccinmifcted a burglary in toe house of ilr . Joshua Bowei , si ai&xm occupied by bis hind , William Wood . 3 ljwHiXi Tfas for the prosecution . The prisoner Iras defended by Mr . Buss . 2 dz . Brrtrer resides si Hnnslet , near Xeeds , and has a farm a * Miaaieton ,-on which Ms manager , Mi . ~ Wm "Wood , resides . At ChrMmM last 2 lr . Wood 2 nd teHed a pig , abouV frsreniy-one stone iw>it , which ie had cat np himself ; and en the flight of toe 5 th cf January , the ^ g iru left aafe Ja pickle in tile daily . On Wood getting Tip "tke next morning , a % half-past
four o'clock , he found that his honae had hsen broken apen , and inat ^ he pig ,-: w 5 Bia vinety of other property , had been stolen .: Suspicion fell npon the prisoner , and iis house-was searched at the time ; but nothing was then found , hot did anything occur to fix him -with the jobbery until the £ 4 th of January , tchen it tame to the faio-wledgejof tbe police that a man named liiTBrsedge , residing at Hnnslet , bad bonght some bacon of 'Wxigglea-srortbj-which on being submitted to the inspection of Wood , -5 Faa Identified by Wtti zm that which had l > esn stolen from Ms honse . The prisenei -waB apprehended by a police officer of Leeds , on the . 27 th of February , hBhivjjg been absent from his own house . ¦ Wnen he-was apprehended , he was chained -with tbe xoobery , and lie admitted iaving sold tbe kacon to XoreEbefige , bat Bald he had found it in a plantation a few dsya before he had sold it 2 Ji . Bliss addressed Ihe -Jnry at some length for th * e prisoner . Crnilty . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labonr for tmtw f » a 3 A-nrlgfr-TTW \ T » t ^ i »
HOESB STRM . ISG AT IfEWSHAM . George Robson , 54 , tras indicted for havisg , on the S 2 d el October . 1 S 38 , stolen a grey mare at If ewsham , In the 2 Jori& Xldlng .-tke property ef Ralph GIotm . 2 Jr . WrtKiss -was for the ' prisoner , _ under trhese advice ^ -withdrew hiB-plea of Kot Sidity . and pleaded Guilty . The prisoner received a goed character iince the transaction . To te imprisentd sod kept vo hard labour for rsrelre « raianri »> months .
BTTRGLXRY A 3 H 05 TDBS . Edward Ward . 21 , -was indicted for a burglaryin the dwelling-bouse of iir , John Peck , at Hsirden , & the East S&mg . iSi . Bi . rs and Mr . Ha 3 Cesto 21 -were for the prcse cation ; the prisoner -was undefended . The prosecutor is a farmer residing at Kevland Gate , in the parish of Sowdan . On the night of the IS ' -h of April last he and hiB family retired to rest , leaving the premises safely locked np , and on { he following morning it -was found that by breaking a square in % front "window , entrance had been gained to a room on ihe ground floor , in -which was a desk and drawers , " » hich -were broken open , and a variety of articles of "Wearing apparel , some money , and other articles stolen . About half-past five o ' clock on that morning , the prisoner called at the house of a labouring man at Sowdea I >/ fce , into s large trundle in Ms possession ^
¦ which is stied io leave there / or a short time . He left bisimndle , and soon after retnmed with a basket , in wbicb he tad some other things . Information of *>>*¦ Vas srven to the prosecutor j and when the prisoner called again for bis bundle lie tras detained , and a constable-was sent for . Thb hat-which he was wearinj at the time teas identified by the prosecuter * B Bon as Ins , and as haling been stolen along -with the other property which "was produced and identified . The prisoner made no defence , and was found ( xnilty . To be transported forlhe tfcrm of his natural life . The prisoner -was confided of felony at Bavtrley Sessions , on Site 18 th of October , 18 * 2 , and was sentenced to mx mentb ** imprisonment , which term ooly expired on the morning of the day oa "Which hs committed this cffeBce . On receiving Ms sentercej hs coolly remarked , " Th ^ Tii ; yon my lord , -that is jnst -what I wanted . " He Itfi the dock in great xlee .
AlLECED COSSPiaACT AT 1 XEDS . WS&m Gaxafrrih , 30 , and Robert Thomson ^ 32 , ¦ Were indicted for a conspiracy to defr&ad . several parties at Leeds , and also "with hairing obtained a quantity of goods from Sirs . Elizabeth Pletcher by false pretences . * 2 dx . Hail , 2 C& Hiii , and Mt Haxdt were ooonsel for the prosecution ; Mr , WUXXKS defended tha prisonexs . Thecircnmstr . Tiees "werethase : —The two prisoners , ; at the early pirt of the menth of March last , took a I house in ieighton-lane , Patk-lane , Xeeds , ttie property \ tt Miss Oates , which they fitted up aaa small ware- j bouse . As soon as they iad got possession , fSej went ; to ilr . George Shepherdson , a joiner and cibinet
makfcr , and gaTe him orders to put them np a -wooden , jXttB&m in thshouse which they had taken , and to-, jriI fhpTpTTi tiro large tables y n ^ * teiDjwrary desk . I 32 ib prisoners sad tbe tiuDgBware lor themselves , or j ¦ f at " ThpmBen and Co ^ * { ilr . S . could not say which ) , sod thej promised to pay for them as soon as the business ttbs completed . The work "was duly finished , the bill for -which was £ 310 s . 6 d . ; bnt the money was . aeTer ' pud , although iX -was asked for several times . After , hatiBS taken the house , they obtained from 31 r . < 'WifihxBl Andrew a iarje gaaaiiiy of . canTass , ' . ^ rbitk he deHTered at the -watrehosse in Iftdghton- : lane j and it the time he tendered his bin , ha-ring been \ promaed xe&dy money . Gjiafoith "was the onlyjBerson ' in t £ &itaxehOQS 8 when the goods-were delivered , and he
said he could not pay the money , as Mr . Thomson j TJasnotthEnio . Gainforth , after lie baa -waited some \ lime , aaidhehad to goto CBrver ' j wareboase to seeabont \ ¦ ome goods , and he must lock the -warehoase up , but . beprcmisedto take Mz . Andrew a sovereign that nighU if hfi did not see Thompson . This seTcreign he got , bnt ' could not obtain Ihe remainder of his bill , which > « &Dmted to £ 2 8 s . 7 id . On Saturday , the 11 th of \ liarch , TbomBon called at the warehouse of Mr . Jere-^ ^^ dah ^ Gates , atationer , in Xands-lans , and ordered asren \ Teami of paper for Thomson and Co . in Leighton-Iane ; * boll Mri Gates did not send the paper to the place , and « ioat three oTkwk in tha afterDoon of tie * 3 me day , - ^ Kunfflrth went and asked why it had not been sent , fio-wn , ini 8 aia they "wanted it , as ihe ; bad a laige
quantity of goods tomake up to aendaway thatnight . 3 Sx .. © ataKplieg fljatie [ ildLnpt feel at liberty to * aid ttepsper Twiawut ^ 5 ^^ 1 ^ as he did not know Thompson and Ca : Upon Gates saying this ^ Gdnf orth said , " Whatyreference dp . ^ on -w-nt ? I have- lived twenty-ive yearr in Xeeds , and have a brother in the ? ost-cffice ; my father isan independent gentleman , and I myself Jire inPark ^ fquare . ' ^ Gaies then said , ** I was alwni to send down an inrcace of : the goods , " upon -which Gainforavieplied , "I anppo 88 you want lho money before the goods are ' deli yo ^ . **^ states told him "he aid ; upon which Gamfortii said , >• I could have 100 leamsofpaper ^ r ^ o ^ t propa -tJaewhere ^* Gates "told hJHi he was quite , at liberty to do so , and he . then "wtntrwsy . On tie same day ( March 11 th ) both the
prisoners were at the Duke of York public house , from which place they sect a message to iLr . John Enowles Seaps , rtqaetting hisattendaace then . Hffwent , and 8 amforth "was the principal spokesman , and ssid * ' they" had opened a "warehouse in Leeda , and -wanted jo purchase a particular description cf eleth for Man . ebesiertiEe . He said thefirciTras "B . Thompson asd Co ., snd he pointed out Mr . T . as the prindpal , and Bid that be ( Gaisforth ) "was their assistant , and feat Sbompson , and Oa -wonld psy tor the goods when they Vere delivered . In consequtcce of this be -was not so particular with them st > he should have been ; bat he stticed that Gamf arth , in eouree of tbe conversation , irvariably xtsed the pronoun "sre . " fie told tkcm he iad Boms tanvaa cf a particular kind ,-which would
Kutiiem , and -which be could put thtm in at a low ia 3 ce . ; They bsrgaiied for twelve pieces of this , two of ^ wlocn "were to bo that day sent to leighton lane , -when part payment -was to be returned By the messenger , and the other ten pieces -were to be "delivercd on tire 'Monday following , at "Which time the * emalnder of the csab trss to be psiO . On ^ ioadsy , 2 > lr . Heaps -wait * . W : ihe "warehOttBein Xelghton-lanehimsalf , sadlhtJBjfe j ^ My-Gainforthand another man ,-who he imderitoo « Kra » aTwebonseaan . eainforth add tbatThomsod \ tf 6 » lles in , 'but if he ¦ Would can again Tihen the oaar piecet irere delivered , « ie goods-would be paid for ato ^ BQiBt He -was onoe agaiu , EubsequEnUy , at tbe-sriiiebouse , but the remainder of bis g- _ H > dB were not delivered , on account of the
« ash 3 K * being pa \ a Meoroing > © agTeemenfc Ihe ¦ whole amount of his bDl was ill 12 ^ J 6 U A sun earned J * im ^ w »^ t >< - ^ s i » Tt examined . -He jtsd Jived SB » Bort ^ Bexrant at thi Bee Hive Ina , on W ^ He& tca « t ^ a , 3 « cB , and'waseBgagsa by the priionBnfoj « oe -week as a-warehomseman . Be deposed to tSjtfcct that goods of various descriptions -were sent in ^ oit cf-wbich 3 rereimiaediate 3 y resold at a less than eoft price by 3 ? r . ThmEson , under , ihe plea that he wanted aaoney . He admilted that Gainforth always acted i £ JbBJBharacter ^ of serrani to Thomson . Mx . Ambrasa Smith , a : Gsnaaa < aoekmaiEai lad delivered tirem a iSock . for tba irsraboMe , for-wiien ha did not get -paid , bai . -Which was aTterwards returned to Mm . 3 Esa -Joargaret Belcoer , ^ augnter © f Jit Retcher Inokai Eikgate , leeds , deposed ttat Gainforth went to tb ^ ahop on Taesday thelithMarch , and ordered ¦ tariousarScles of furniture , amoanting in thB whole fo j £ 6- 7 a , the agresnent being that when the goods were aent'down the money was to faiTeturned , Gainforth at
the einsnuiing oat a . list of ttie articles , with their I « iee , anfl iwHng at the foot of ^ tte ^ paper , 'Ossh to be paid . " The goods ^ er& de « r » bed a » being wanted by S , Thomson ana Ca , to fnrnish a ioom in their -ware house m-which the yonngmen » ere to sleep . Thomas < hay » cava maBtertaSor , stated a ^ Gainfcuth -went to Id * bimse , on ! the isthof March , and preflentiEj ? to Jto a » rd , -wia the address / "B . "Thomson and Oo .,-iBLJk , - ai ^ -Wi ^ SBtjooiiMi . Gayson , to _ inai 6 each tif i 3 B > salt of Wack ; eloawaj one of onr best cmv tomsrtdaa ^ itert Taa died , and -we "want tbeciolhes ^ rlttoat diaappointnient" He { Grayson ) then -went akmg"witt GammrUi to the place in Irfiighton-lHiie , » nd there measured-boa the prisoners ; TThompson agreeing topayose half of awmoneyatnoon on tbe day en-wMeh a ^ we iB toW finished ( Siturd » yafter , ) ana tie reHiahida-into eonrBSTrf tte frUowing-week . But feayson nofcliking to ^ arfifiS ^ ne-Ter made ae clothes Ha swore , l ^ were * , im Qthi ^ rQit ^ fbBU he first spoke to fc ^ c » B # d 3 * 0 BB « m hi » partner . 2 to Thomas Wfl .
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son , huj-it-nicicBani , pro « d Oxai tfiinlorto , on tDo lath of March , ordered of him half » dozen bottles of -port and half a dozen of sherry -wine , for R- Thomson and Ce . ; tbs wine was to be delivered in Lelghton-lane thesame eveninu , » nd an acconnt with It The wine amounted to £ 2 23 . ; the money was to be paid on tbe next or following market-day , but it had never been paid yet Mr . Wilsoa saW he had Known Gainforth before ; and he understood that be was acting at ihe time as an assistant to K . Thomson and Co . Witnesses -were ntxt called who proved that Gainforth , on the 16 th of March , ordered a quantity of -writing paper of Sir . Town , stationer , amounting in valne to £ 114 s . oU for B . Thomson and Ck > ., at "whose -warehouse it was
delivered . Gainforth at this place represented that Mr . Thomson paid every Saturday ; bat he would probably call and pa ; during the-week . The njoney had never been paid . Mx . Thomas Robinson , batter-factor , Upperhtad-row , Leeds , proved tfest Gainforth , on the same 16 th of Mwch , ordered of him two hams for Thomson and Co ., promising that they "would bd paid for on delivery . They were delivered , bnt payment was not made Mr . W . Wilson , or Trinity-street , had printed 200 cards of address for Thompson and Co . on the 15 th of March , containing the words " R . Thomson and \> 89 , Leighton-lsne , Park-lane , Leeds . " John Pitfersori , iantiture broker , proved baviflg been sent
for to tbe Be&Hive beerhouse , sear "Wellington-road , ontne 20 th of March , to look at Borne fnrnltnre ; that when be got there he found Thomson , who offered to sell him a bedstead , a card table , and a wash-hand stand , for £ 2 ; but in looking in one of the drawers of the table , he found tbe name of Mrs . Fletcher , and he : gave information of that fact , and tbe furniture was removed to another beerhouse , to which Thomson also went Whilst there it was announced that Mrs . Fletcher and apollct £ ?< an were coming , and npon hearingthJsTbomsDn took to bis heels and ran away . Both prisoners were soon afterwards apprehended , and on the place in Leightoc-isr . e being searched , it was found to be devoid of either goods-or furniture .
The -witnesses wera cross-examined by Mr . WILKIUS to show , if possible , that in ail cases Gainforth bad acted only as a servant , and not at all in concert or partnership with Thompson . In the course of a long address to the Jury , the Learned Gentleman endeavoured to establish the same facts , and pointed oat th « improbability of men conspiring to defraud for so small amount as tbe prisoners had done . j His LOEDSHIP then summed up , and the Jury , without leaving then * box . found the prisoners Guilty of Conspiiacy . Sentence deferred .
SIT&GIJLR ? AT HABHAU . JSircan Foster , lg , wss indicted for a burglary in ihe house ox James Graham at Mashum , in the North Biding , asd with having stolen one half-sovereign and eighteen shilling ! , tbe property ef the said James Graham . Mr . Bliss defended the prisoner , who was found Guilty . Sentence deferred . The Court broke np about six o ' clock . f Before Mr . Justice Wighiman . ) In the Nisi Prius Court , after one or two causes of so great interest had been disposed of , : George Sa / 1 . 46 , wss indicted for having on the 21 st of May lsst , at Cawood , near Selby , stolen a lamb , the property of John Savage . Verdict—Not Guilty .
OFFE 3 . CE CKDEK THE BKGISB . AXIOW ACT . Samuel Brooke was placed at the Bar , charged in the indictment that he , being the father of a child , did , on the 6 ib of May , 1843 , at Birstal , near Leeds , refuse to give the information rtquirad by the Act for the Registration of Births and DeathB , relative to'the birth of the said child , within forty-two days fromftbe birth thereof , having being required by the Registrar so to do . The prisoner pleaded Guilty . Mr . Croiifto >" , who appeared for the prosecution
said that considerable doubt existed at one time whether the offence with which the prisoner was charged was an indictable one or not . bat tbe Court ot Queen's 2 sceh had decided that it was so . In this case the prisoner had given a good many of the particulars required , but sbstinately refused to give others , -which ¦ were equally required itj the Act of Parliament ; but as ha had since become sensible of the impropriety of his conduct , he ( the Learned Counsel ) did sot wish to press for punishment , bnt he wished it to be understood that it "would not be overlooked in future . !
The Learned Judge said it certainly ought to be known that persons could not refuse to give the information required by the Act , "without subjecting themselves to the same process of indictment as the prisoner at tbe bar had done . It was an indictable offence ; there could be no donbt abont it Id the present case no punishment was pressed for , and the prisoner might be discharged on payment of sue shilling . \
BIOH-BMY BOJBBEBT AT SMIPTOlt . Mark Noble , 26 , was « harged -with having , on the 6 th of June last , at Skipton , feloniously assaulted John Wfcatky Shepherd , and stolen from his persom one shilling and three sixpences . ' Mr- Wasset was for the prosecution ,- the prisoner Tas xmdfcfended . i On the night of the 5 lh of Jane , the prosecutor , who ib a hostler at tbe Ship Inn , while proceeding to a field in the neighbourhood to catch a horse , was
attacked and knocked down by a man , whom , according to his isceonnt , he recognized to be the prisoner , who rifled bis pocket of the money stated in the indictment . After the rebbeiy , the prosecutor , -without giving anj alarm , remained for neariy an hour endesvaariDg" to cstch the horse , and did not return until hia employer sent a person to see what he was about , when , in answer to inquiries , he said that he had been robbed by thaprisoner , and "that h *> would let him know it in the morning . " The prisoner -was apprehended the foBo-wing day .
Tbe Jury , without hesitation , found a verdict of Not Guilty . The Court broke op at four o ' clock . MONDAY , JULT 17 . Be / ore Mr . Justice CrtstweU . His Lokdhip took his seat on the Bench this morning at nine o ' clock . SENTBHCES . Wuu Monde * , who h » d pleaded guilty to having « ommitted a burglary Jn the house of Mr j Joshua Tntia , at Sbtmeld , wa » sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months to hard labour . ' George Farxixs , who had pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing from a dwelling-house , at Leeds , in the occupation of Mr . Charles Sharp , was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labonr for twelve calendar months . { Wm . Messam , convicted of a burglary at Doncaster , in the dwelling house of John BavenhiQ , -was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar modths . ~ I
Samuel Longbottom , who had been found guilty of having robbed William Hu » t , on the highway at Hunslet , near Leeds , was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . ' Robert Smith , who had pleaded guilty to a charge of night poaching , at Shipley , in the West Riding , was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for six calender months . William Gaixforih and Bobert Thompson , convicted of an xtnlawfnl conspiracy at Leeds , -with latent to defraud divers persons of their goods , were severally sentenced to be Imprisoned in York Castle for twelve calendar months .
HIGH WAT BOBBEHT AT LEEDS . Cornditu Whaling , 25 , and William Daere , is , were indicted , for having , on tbe 14 th of May last , on the highway at Leeds , feloniously assaulted John Bobottozn , and stolen from bis person , eight shillings , his property . ; Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hall ware counsel for the prosecution ; III . WILKIK 8 defended the prisoners . The prosecutor ,. John Robottom . is a warehouseman , in the employment of Messrs . Reinbardt , druggists , Leeds ; be bad been engaged at his duties until abont eleven o'clock on tbe the night of Saturday the 13 th of Hay , and after leaving the * e h » = went to tbe Black Boy Inn , in Kirkgate , where he bad two glasses of ale . and left there to go to iis bouse , in Lemon-street , between twelve and one o ' clock . On his road down Georrete-Btreet , he stood to see a " row , " and did not
get into Ysrk-street until about ; two o'clock , f when he met the -prisoner Dicre , -who directly stood in front of him in a fighting attitude , and after sparring for a short tine , they both fell on the ground ; on getting up again the prisoner Whaling came and selling the prosecutor by the waist , said , " I'D be jonr . ^ dendi ; after which they all -were all three on the groniid together , and on the prosecutor recovering himself J ^ fcaBdnla ^ trowseTs 1 pocket turned oat , and r aw the two prisoners picking I some silver from the ground . Hfi gate an alarm , land several-women and-a watchman , came np ; the men then got away , bat -were apprehended soon after-• -wards . They were both distinctly Epokento / both by 1 prosecutor and other wltn ? fises , who were all . cross-Stemined by Mr . WiiKiss , with , a viewjtn abike | tifefa- ttstimeDy , tnt in this he compleielj failed . The i prosecutor lost abont 8 s ., and hispereen atthe time > bore marks of considerable violence . I
Mr . Wilkihs then addressed the jnry for the prisoners , aad the Learned J&dge having summed np tbe evidence , and explained the law as bearing on the case , the Jury without hesitation found both the prisoners gnilty of the main icffdnce . _ ! Sentence was deferred .
- . HOBSS STEALIN 8 AT LEEDS , i . George ZetOhUy , 21 , gleaded guilty to baring , on the ! night fcf the 14 th of April last , stolen a i&jwwgfinare , the property of Mr . Samuel Petty , of Bemas / h&xr \ Leeds . Sentwiee -was . drferred . Tbe Gijtao Jjay j ignored lie bDl against Charles Rawson , who was in-} dieted along THth Lesthley . j Bira « JI ^ B . T AT AB . MLET . JfiBto f Siephewn , n , aud John Jackson ; 20 , -were indicted for Bbargiaiy ^ ttB ^^ og bouse of Mr . John Watowright , at Armley , Bear Leeds . Sir . Bliss and ^ HilpniETOM were counsel for tbe pri ecution ; Mr . WiLJUKs defended the prisoner . { The prosecutor is a doth maker residing at Armley , nar Iseds . X > n Sunday night , the 14 th of ( May , he , along wub his family raited toiest , leaVing all tt ^ doors and-windows safe . OagemngnpUjenixt morning , he fotmd that the boase had been entered dnriDE the n'ght , through an iron grate leading into the eellJ $
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and itat a large ; : quantity of iris own and bis son ' s clotheB , "which they had worn on the day previous , and which had been left down stairs had been taken away . The two prisoners were apprehended at Halifax , on Monday morning , -with the clothes in their possession , and which they said they had found at Prospect Hill , which is only a short distance from the prosecutors house ; they had also been seen at Armley , one on Sunday and the other on Saturday , previous to tbe robbery . The Jury found both the prisoners guilty . Sentence deferred .
SHEEP STEALING AT GRINPLETON . John Hanson * , was charged with having stolen two ewes and two lambs , the property of Wm . Heap , Df Stansfield , near Halifax . Mr . Pashley and Mr . Thompson were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner The prosecutor is a cattle-dealer , residing at Stansfield , and in tbe month of April he sent , a number of sheep to agist at . Waddington , and on going for them in the m » nth of May , be found three of them missing , and two of these he afterwards discovered on a 'arm at Grindleton , near Clitheroe . The sheep had been advertised as stray sheep , and the prosecutor gave the
prisoner an excellent character , he having known him lot some time . Proof of the sheep in question having been in tbe prisoner ' s possession , was that he had been seen driving them from a ploughed field into a pasture , on the farm of a Mr . Briggs , and that he had agreed with a person named Holgate to graze two ewes and two lambs for a week or two , ( the ewes having lambed after they had strayed , } to whom he had promised to wU the lambs when they were fat , and on whose farm they were found by tbe prosecutor , on tbe 17 th of May . The prisoner , after his apprehension , said he might -have taken the sheep , but who was to prove it ; and when before the magistrates , he denied any knowledge of them . Tbe Jury retired for about half an hoar , and found the prisoner Gailty .
HIGHWAY ROBBEBT AT NOBTHOWBAM . Valentine Allroydj 24 , and Henri / Jogger , 30 , were indicted for a highway robbery at Northowram , en the 18 th of April last . } Mr . Oyerend and Mr . Phillips were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoners . The prosecutor , Mr . John Stumker , is a saddler , re-Biding at NorthDwram . On the night of the 18 tb ot April , being Easter Monday , he was returning home from Halifax , in company with a young woman named
Elizabeth Anderson , and when they had got near Stamp Cross , on the old road , they were met by three men , the prisoners and a man named Tetley , by whom they were both seized , and robbed of two pair of ahjea , a hat , and an nmbrrfJa , the property ef Stnreaker . Tetley "was seized at the time by a party who came tip bat he escaped , and in running away , jumped over a bridge which led across another road , and broke both hi * legs . He has since remained in Halifax Infirmary . The Jury found both prisoners Guilty . Sentence was deferred .
SHOP . EOBBERT AT LEEDS . Charles Ratvson was indieted for having , en the 31 st of March last , broken into the shop of John Turner , bntcher , of Leeds , and stolen therefrom a quantity of beef and mutton , and two knives . J- ' r . Ellis and Mr . Bill were counsel for the prosecution . The prisoner was undefended . The shop of the prosecutor , in Wartley-lane , Leeds , was srtiken into on tbe night of the 31 at of March , and the carcats of a sheep , a large piece of beef , and two knives , were stolen therefrom . On the evening of the 5 th of ApMl , two of tbe Leeds police found a shoulder of mattes at the house of Wm . JJooth , at Hunslet , which was identified by the prosecutor as part of that stolen oat of his shop , and which it turned out had been given to Mrs . Booth by tbe prisoner . Oc searching the house of the prisoner one- of the stolen knives was found stack in the roef underneath th * elates . Guilty . Sentence d « fened . B 16 BWAI B . OBBERY AT LEEDS . Andrew Murray , 23 , was charged with having , on tbe 11 th of March last , in the borough of Leeds , feloniously assaulted Jonathan Hague , and stolen from bis person one sovereign and tan shillings . Mr . Hill was counsel for tbe prosecutor ; the prisoner waa undefended . The prosecutor , Mr . Jonathan Hague , is a paper manufacturer , residing at Horsforth , Bear Leeds . As he was returning home from Leeds mavket , en Tuesday , tbe 14 th of March last , he was attacked by three men , absnt on * hundred yards on the
line leading front the Leeds and Olley turnpike-road to Honforth ; and ! about three miles from Leeds , and after being knocked down , s . as robbed of a sovereign in gold , ten shillings and sixpence in silver , and some copper . It-was between nine and ten o ' clock at night when tbe robbery ! was committed . There was a good moon , and this afforded him a good opportunity of seeing tbe faces and persons of two of the men who robbed him ; one of whom he was quite sure was the prisoo « r . Besides ; the money , the robbers took from him a p&jfitj 3 > f ' children ' s shoes , bat they afterwards returned i 9 tti , observing , that they were of no use to
Mr . WILLIAMS cross-examined the prosecutor , and addressed the Jury at some length , in order to show , if possible , that he was mistaken as to the identity . The Jnry found tbe prisoner guilty .
BILLS IGNORED . The Grand Jury ignored the bills against George Mason and Samuel Kay , who were charged with committing » burglary in tbe dwelling house of William Everett , at Ecciesrleld ; also , against Harmaduke Scolt , charged with maliciously assaulting , with intent to kill , or da some grievous bedily harm to John Bentley , at Redeness ; and against Hayter , scrivener , charged with perjury .
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NISI PRIDS—MONDAY , JtJLl 17 . FALSE IMPRISONMENT AT SHEFFIELD GILL V . HIBBERD . Mr . Wobtlet and Mr . Hugh Bill were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Wilkins for tbe defendant : Mr . Hill opened the pleadings , and Mr . Wortlbt stated the case . The plaintiff Benjamin GUI , was a scissor smith , at Sheffield , and now sought at tbe hands of the Jury comptnEBtion for a very groBB injury and insult received from the defendant , who had earned him to be falsely imprisoned on a charge of felony . ' It appeared that the' plaintiff and the defendant were neighbours , the latter keeping a public- house in Sheffield . On tbe afternoon of Wednesday , the 16 th of
April , they went out together to witness the entry of Prince George a * , the head of his regiment into Sheffield , and afterwards they went together to the house of the defendant where they spent a considerable part of the night in compiny . As ihe plaintiff was leaving the house , the defendant chose to fancy that some robbery ; had been committed in his house , and , strange to say , that the plaintiff in whose company he had passed the afternooD and night , was concerned in the perpetration of if- He caused him to be taken into cuafody , and conveyed to the lock-up at Sheffield , when he remained for twelve hours , when Mr . Bayner , tbe head of the police in that town , learning the
circumstances under which he had been apprehended , caused him to be set st liberty . The reason given by tbe defendant for suspecting the plaintiff of the robbery was most extraordinary : it waB that the plaintiff bad mid to him , " I would advise you to take care of your house , for I have seen some very suspicious characters about , and if you do not take care something will happen . " In reality , no felony whatever was committed at the bouse of the defendant Under these circumstances the plaintiff sought from tbe jury compensation for the injury be had sustained at tbe hands of the defendant Several witnesses were examined in support of tbe Learned Counsel's statement , after which ,
Mr . VTiLKiKS addressou the Jury for the defence , and contended that the defendant had bail some reasonable grounds for suspecting that the plaintaiff knew something about the robbery . It was a trumpery case , which ought to have been settled without coming into Conrt . The Jury found a Verdict for the Plaintiff . Damages—Five Shillings .
BREACH Or PROMISE OP MARRIAGE . BEDSHAW V . WILKAN . Mr . Daises and Mr . PaSHLKy were counsel for the plaintiff , and Mr . WILKINS and Mr . Monteith for tbe defendant . - Mr . Pashlst opened the pleadings . Mary Ann Redtbaw was tbe plaintiff dud Stephen Wilman , the defendant . This ytaa an action on promises . Tne oeclaration stated ] that the defendant had promised marriage to the plaintiff , but would not perform hiB promise , to which the defendant pleaded that he bad net made any such promise .
Mr . Baines stated the case . The plaintiff whom he represented before them had to complain of a most serious injury that she bad sustained at the hands of the defendant The plaintiff was now barely twentyone years of age . When she was between sixteen and seventeen jbsxb of age , in the year 1838 , Bhe -was engaged by the defendant ' s mother , who was at that time in a very bad state of healtti , for the purpose of nursing her . The defendant -was at that time some forty years of age . He was a joiner and builder , in good business , in the town of Settle , and was the owntr of considerable property . His mother lived with him , and the plalnitff had not been in the house a very long time beforxthe defendant , this man of forty years of age , twice or thrice the &ge of the unfortunate girl , triumphed over her chastity , and vregnaney took place . She went back
to her fathers house ; and the defendant , apparently anxious to mike her some reparation for the grievous wiong he bad "done the unhappy girl , went to her there , and asked the consent of her partnto , who at the time mis-nut aware . of the pregnancy of their daughter , to make her his wife . The parents were in humble clr&umstances , and looking , no doubt , npon this offer' of the defendant as an advantageous one , rthey gave their consent Byfiand-bye the pregnaccy of the plaintiff became known to her parents ; but still the defendant continued his visits at their house , and expressed the utmost anxiety that the marriage should take place before the birth of the child , so that it might not , as he expressed himself , be born a bastard . ~ Ke actually required that the Chriat mas-day foliowiDg , tlioold be fixtd as the day of the Wedding . Itrerr preparation was made for the wed-
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ding ; the j dressta Were got read / , and it wits understood on all hands that the marriage was to take piuceon that day . ' Wh | en Christmas-day , however , anivtsd , the defendant stated that ; his mother was so > ill , that she migUt die any day , and as he should be much shocked if she died on the day of his wedding he thought the marriage bad batter be postponed . He contiuued to pay his addresses till the first of April , 1839 , when the nnbappy fglrl was delivered | of a child . That iJHild was now living , and , as the law then stood ,
shewouldjbe compelled to snpport it till it attained the age of 1 sixteen years . The defendant expressed his regret that it should have been [ bom before his marriage with the plaintiff , and again distinctly avowed his intention to marry her . In the summer of Autumn of the same year , the defendant ' s mother died ; and then his excuse for a further postponement of the marriage , was' because it would take twelve months to settle her affairs . The defendant again reiterated his promises of marriage , and another year elapsed without their fulfilment . At the end of twelve months his
mothers affairs were not settled , and the defendant , in fact , appeared to have changed his mind . On the 22 nd of April , 1841 , a letter was written by the plaintiffs father tu the defendant , offering to come to some arrangement with biui , and in tbe event of bis refusal , threatening to place the affair in the hands of an attorney . This letter was put into the defendants bands , but he showed himself quite unwilling to do any thing like ] justice to the unhappy girl . Several inter , views took place subsequently between the defendant , the father [ of the girl , and Mrv Pearson , attorney , of Kirkby Lonsdale , who had been ! consulted by theglrl ' a father ; and tbe result of these interviews waa , that the defendant ' made an agreement that he would pay £ 20 down , and also three shillings a-week for the support ot
the child so long asitsheuld remains burden to its mother . This agreement he afterwards refused to fulfil . Now he ( Mr . Balnea ; had told them that , as the law then stood the plaintiff would have bad to keep her child until it was sixteen years of age , being fourteen years from that time ; so that , if they took what the defendant himself is said to have offered as compensation , the woman wonld be entitled to have £ 20 . which the defendant [ had agreed to pay , j added to £ 87 , which the maintenance of the child for fourteen years , at 3 d . a week , wouW come to , making together a sum of more than £ 100 , which he ought to pay to this woman by way of compensation ; and be was sure that when they considered the case , they would deem it one , on every account , calling for exemplary damages .
Witnesses wer « then called in support of the Learned Counsel's statement , and the agreement by wbich the defendant ) bound himself to pity to tbe plaintiff £ 20 and 3 a . per week , was put in . Mr . Wilkins then addressed tbe Jury at great length forIthe defendant , and described the action as an infamous attempt on the part off an unprincipled father to make aj market of the person of his child , and contended that there was nothing in the case to distinguish it from the ordinary bastardy cases that were brought before the magistrates in petty sessions .
The Learned Jndge then summed up rather fully , and tbe Jury , after a short absence from tbe Court , returned with a Verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages £ 150 . : ¦ ¦ ; ¦
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , July 14 . On the motion of Lord Brougham , the report on the Slave Trade Suppression Bill was brought up , with an intimation from the Noble Lord that on the third reading he would propose considertble alterations . The Bill was reported , and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday next . STATE ^ IRELAND . IMPORTANT DEBATE . The Marqnis of Clanhicaude brought forward the motion of which he had given notice last week , relative to the state of Ireland , and , after a long speech , concluded by ' moving that to dismiss magistrates from the Commission of the Peace under such circumstances as those in which Irish Magistrates' had been dismissed by Sir Edward Sugden , was unconstitutional , unjust , and inexpedient ; c
Tbe Duke of Wellington .. followed , and made a characteristic speech , which was delivered with considerable animation and vigour . He unquestionably made the best defence of the Government which has yet been given in either House of Parliament . DiamlBslng at once the question of legality , be marched up to hia position , which was that tbe mode in which the Repeal agitation is carried on in Ireland is calculated to inspire terror in tbe peaceful and well disposed , and to endanger tbe public peace ; and , therefore , to call for the precautions of a Government who , are entrusted with the protection' of life , individual safety , and property . He admitted that the peace of Ireland was in the
bands of one man ; and quoted in his blunt unconscious manner the remarks of Mr . O'Connell , about his having at bis command and control a finer army than Napoleon led Into Russia , or the J > ake of j Wellington bad at Waterloo . " Very possibly , ' ; exclaimed his grace ; and thereupon drew the inference that the Government should be prepared for any outbreak , and could not safely leave the i commission of the : peace in the hands of men who might be called upon to pnt down what they had aided in bringing about . But what a state of society mast it be , when the Duke of Wellington admits tbot be is now watching Mr . O'Connell , as he once watched his Peninsular foes I and that tne whole
policy of the Government consists in simply entrenching themselves within their lines of Torres Vedras , acting on the defensive , and waiting to see who is to strike thejfirst blow ! The Duke expressed himself as very sorryfto learn that there w 6 re two millions of the people of Ireland in a state of wttreme poverty ; and he very rudely added that that poVerty would not be cured by withdrawing men from their industrial employments , aad sending them twenty or thirty miles a day , to attend Repeal Mtetings . But beforgot to add , that it was the uxmt of indnstrlal employment which was at the bottom of all this egitition ; and having forgotten that important circumstance , he had no other consolation for Irish poverty than the reflection , that there was poverty in other parts of the empire as well .
Lord mountEdgecombe and Lord GlenoaLL concurred generally in the expression of a wish tbat tbe agitation ] had been more efficiently repressed , and stated their own views as to the means by which they hoped that a return to a better state of things might be effected ; bat Lord WlCKLOW , although condemning the conduct of Sir E . Sugden , approved of the Ministerial policy of { abstaining from any measures of coercion , and strenuously opposed the motion . Lord Wharncliffe followed in Justification of the Irish Chancellor , and vindicated the apparent inaction of the Government . ' The Marquis of Downshire expressed his satisfaction at this defence of the system of non-interference ; bnt Lord Charleville warmly condemned a forbearance which bad ! tolerated the growth of so formidable a conspiracy , j Tbe Matquis ofi Lansdowne spoke at considerable length in support of the resolution .
Lord Bhoogham defended the conduct of the ? Irish Chancellor ! in dismissing the Kepeal Magistrates , and averred that the worst his fault-finders could say was , that he had assigned a bad reason for a good act . In speaking of the Repeal Agitation , he observed : — "it was a singular thing that not'only were there those crowds collected whtoh , making every allowance for exaggeration , could not be denied to be most j . nmerous ; but there was to be observed , accompanying this progress of agitation , another operation with which he could not help thinking the whole of this system had , from beginning to end , an intimate connection ; he alluded to the financial part of the proceedings ; if he disbelieved the exaggerated account of the numbers , be was disposed also to abate very much his estimate of the amount of , the sums collected . He knew some thought differently , and a Noble Friend cf mine who addressed the House on the subject a little while ago ,
intimated ibat he was one of those who thought otherwise , and who did give credit to the great fioancial boasts of the party . Then his Noble Friend must bblieTe that in one week £ 3 , © uo bad been received . He ( Lord Brougham ) did not quite think they were collecting at the rate of iCliO . OOO o-year , but still he believed the sums they received were considerable . In the first place , one naturally asked what alt this collecting was destined for T This was asource of suspicion . Tats ought to excite , in the -words ] of Lord Erskine , tbe vigilant attention of those in the hands of whom the government was placed —because , [ if persona collected Urge sums for no visible purpose—if yon could not discover any object to which the money { waa to be applied , you began to think it was spent . in a way in . wbich it oagat not to be spent . There irasj a peculiarity of another description to be noticed in j the proceedings of tho agitators , and he would venture to say it was strictly a peculiarity . No account was ever rendered of the sums which were
gathered together . Now , in this country there were hundreds of Institutions supported by voluntary sab soriptionsJfrom the Bible Society downwards to those which collected no more than £ 500 , £ 600 or £ 900 a year-, and he thought be might venture to say that among the whole of these there was not one solitary instance to be timnA in which a strict account wail not yearly or half-yearly rendered of the money subscribed . Regular balance-sheets were furnished to the subscribers , so that all who gave , from a shilling up to f 100 , bad a precise , exact , and honest account of what was done with their money . The case was v « ry different in Ireland . Men of small means were prevailed on to subscribe auma which were to them considerable , and not one word of a statement was ever pretended to be given how the money was
expended , f It migbt be that tbe money was all honestly antt innocently expended—tb&t it vias all laid out in ¦ dyeittstmenU—though it was Jbard to see how so muqheoald be required for that ; purpose alone—or in agencies , in wblohno doubt a good deal was disbursed , In paying local expenses , and encouraging the zeal uf the collectors ; yet it must be recollected that in one week only the largo sam of £ 3 000 had been collected and delivered into the treasury . Tbe money it waa clear could not be laid out ia the . f urehase of arms ; it could not be expended in practices of corruption—that was out of ] the question ; it could not be to pay eff the debts of the body , because it bad none . Then , what became of the money , was the . question which constantly rec « i * ted , andaaconstantiy | r ^ mainedunanswered . " In Teference to the policy of Government he said : — " it was the duty of the Government and the Parliament
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n . t to wait for events ; not to wait for the improvement of public opinion , but to outstrip it , and lead it into a better channel , fie was happy to hear that there was to be no coercion ; be would advise strongly that the Government ought not even to proclaim the meet- ' ings . Noble Lords must see to what that course would lead . They might commit the solecism , but they would get into this insuperable difficulty , from which they could not extricate themselves—they must indlot , prosecute , bnt they must dojmore ; they must disperse the meetings which were proclaimed , and woe be upon those who began the conflict—( hear ) . He ( LordB . )
knew to whose bosom the first gun fired would bring hope , and joy , and comfort —( cheers ); it would put new fnel within his reach to again revive the now slumbering agitation—( cheers ) j A proclamation , but , above all , the' first march of troops to carry it into effect , while it would dispirit the loyal , and dishearten tbe wise , it would bring ; comfort , and joy , and exultation to those whose Deads were fall of sordid interest ; he could not dignify it even by the same of bad ambition—( cheers ) , ) whose whole aoul ; was bent upon gratifying the meanest propensities of the human mind—avarice and vanity . " ( Loud cheering . )
Lord Campbell took ; the opposite view of Sir E , Sugden ' B acta , and was proceeding to argue , that" the magistrate stood in the position of a jndge , and he utterly denied that a judge could be dismissed until he had committed an offence , " when Lord Brougham ( from the woolsack ) ; exclaimed , " You axe wrong—wrong—quite wrong . ' * Lord Campbell— "My Noble and Learned friend need not interrupt me . ( You know" ( addressing Lord Brougham ) " you ' re quite out of the House whilst you ' re there . " j Lord Brougham ( rblng and advancing up the House )— " I spoke to my Noble and Learned friend in kindness . I wanted to ] prevent him from punning a mare ' s nest—that ' s all —( a laugh . ) I tell him he's wrong . It was decided otherwise in O'Balloran ' 0 case . " [ Here the Noble Lord retired and resumed his seat by the side of the Lord Chancellor . ] j
Lord Campbell— " Well , now the Noble Lord ' s out of the House again , I suppose I may # o on . It's curious what a hankering he hasjafter that s $ at—( loud laughter . ) He s always wanting to be upon the woolsack—( renewed laughter ) , and I suppose by-and-bye he'll get the government to put him there , j and then we shall have him defending them with more zeal than ever *'—( repeated laughter ) . | - ^ The Lord Chancellor ( Lyndhurst ) would beg to direct their Lorasbips' attention to what waa the state of things in Ireland at tbe present moment , and which materially affected the nature of tbe care before them . In the first instance , hp called their atte . tien to the proceedings of the Repeal Association , which was
founded nominally for tbe purpose of obtaining a Repeal of the Union , but actually , as had been admitted by a Noble Lord this evening , snd must be admitted by every reflecting mindi for the dismemberment of this great empire—( hear , bear , bear ) . No person e » u& doubt but tbe Repeal of the Union weuld be follow ^ by tbe dismemberment ] of this great empire —( hear j ^ He regretted to observe that this Association numbered in its ranks all tbe Catholic priesthood of Ireland . He regretted also to observe , that its objects were supported by almost all the Catholic hlerachy of Ireland . Knowing the influence and power of these individuals over the minds of the people of Ireland , their co-operation gave tbe Association a force almost unlimited . He would now call attention to the
machinery which was used for the purpose of accomplishing tha objects of the Association . In the firat place there were officers called the repeal wardens , appointed throughout tha country , whose business , it appeared , was to drill tho whole population of Ireland , which they did so effectually aa , ho bel ' eved , to enable tbe association to move the whole or any part of the population to the accomplishment of any public object at twenty-hours' notice . JBut this waa not all . There was a contrivance of great ingenuity combined with these means of power , j Posses were granted , for the payment of one shilling , ' without which no man of the lower class would be safe in going about from one part of tho country to another . The whole of these persons , in fact , became by this j machinery as absolutely in the
service , and under tbe " command of the leaders of the association , as our soldiers were of their commander . Then tttey bad a system ( by wbich they raised , by voluntary contributions , or rather , if he might use an Irish expression , of forced | voluntary contributions , " large tarns of money applicable for any objects the society might propose to undertake . By this society so constituted their meetings were assembled in different parts of the country , and bej would ask whether any conspiracy more dangerous jto the state had ever existed in any civilised country ? And what were the objects to the accomplishment of which this dangerous organisa tion , this most foul conspiracy , was directed ! In the first place the object was the Repeal of the Union , the establishment of a House of Commons elected by annual
suffrage , and a Peerage ! composed according to certain rules prescribed by j the Association . On thispoint he was only stating what had been avowed as ' their object by tbe leaders of the association . Their next object waa the destruction of the church , In Ireland , snd Ihe confiscation of jits property to such objects as they might think proper to apply it to . The third object was the attainment of what was termed "fixity of tenure , " but which in reality meant the transfer of the whole property in the land from the landlords to the tenants . These fact * could not be denied . They bad been stated in broadj daylight by the leaders ot this association themselves ; and they had been published under their hands in the newspapers and elsewhere- It was , in tbe words of a Noble Duke , " a treason which
walked the streets , " and was seen and acknowledged by all ; a bold treason , which Bought to attain all these unjust and extravagant demands by the actual terror of the rest of tbe community . He would not describe the martial air ^ the military insignia , and banners which characterised , all these meetings—a point which had been so ably dilated upon by bis friend , tbe Noble Duke ; but he would refer , to the speeches made at those meetings , which comprised . ^ yery topic and statement which was calculated to excite hatred , to stimulate ambition or j cupidity . And the moat remarkable feature , perhaps , about the whole or'theae proceedings was , that though these speeches were addressed to tbe most excitable people on earth , they did not J lead them to indulge in any acts of violence—leaving it to be implied that they abstained from violence npon principle , awaiting only a time when they ! could burst forth with some
chance of success . These hi en suppressed their feelings , in order that , upon } a future occasion , they might indulge them freely and without restraint . Could there be , be would oak } in any civilised country , a system ot tew which would admit of tbe legality of such meetings ? He was sure that no lawyer would say that such meetings as he had described came within the ssope of legality—( hear , hear ) . It was said that they did not excite fear ; but , upon several occasions , particularly atthe meeting at Mallow , Protestants did not dare to show themselves . What did this conduct proceeded from ? It proceeded from terror It any man could Bay that these' meetings could bu considered legal , there was no position , however absurd and extravagant , in which be would not indulge . They were told that these meetings jwero held for the purpose of exercising tbe right of petition . He believed that this was a hypocritical pretence—that this was a hypocritical character held out in order to colour the
Tfcal object of the meetings- - ( hear , hear , and cheers ) . Allusions were constantly made at them to cases in which a united and determined people had Worsted regular troops . Allusions had been made to the discomfiture of the Dutch troops in Brusselsto tbe •' three glorious days , " and to the late affairs of Afghanistan and Cabul . When such topics were made the subject of tiiscusuion , did it not show that the real object of tbe meetings were not to petition Parliament for tbe Repeal of ihe Union , but that they were tbe firat stepa in the march towards rebellion , and intended to encourage the parties for such a Contest , and for such a result ? ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Allusion had been made to obtaining assistance from France . Assistance for what ! Astistariee for the purmies of petition
ing ti ( Hear , bear . ) No , ( but in the event of a straggle , assistance to drive out those who attempted to impose a yoke upon them . ( Hear , hear . ) Of a similar nature were the allusions made jto America ; and all these circumstances led to this conclusion , and this conclusion only , that ( he plea ot meeting in order to petition , was a mere pretence , and that , in pact , these meetings WERE PREPARATIONS fjOE REBELLION . When that rebellion would break out it was impossible to foresee . Lord Cottenuam thought the conduct of the Irish Government , though notjamounting to high treason , as bad been stated , bad txieu perfectly unconstitutional , and this was shown by tbe atatemtnts contained in tbe letters of Sir E , Sugden blimself . His interference was not fiantioued by law , and was most unconstitutional in its character . On a division the numbers
were—For the motion ... ... ... 29 Against it 91 Majority 62 The House then adjourned . Mondat , July 17 . Lord Brougham gave notice that on Monday nexi he would move thfu the printer and publisher of the Kendal Gazette be called to tbe bar of their Lordships '*; House for i libel against him , implying that he had introduced ] a Declaratory BUI into the House for selfish purposes . t The Earl of Aberdeen moved the third reading of the Scotch Cburon Bill , when Lord CorrsNHAM moved that all the declaratory words Should be omitted . The motion w ^ asnegatived vritnout-ia division , and ( he Bill was passed . The H 0080 then adjourned . Twsdat , ' . Jui . t 18 . Tim Definition of Libels Bill waa considered in
Committee . - ,,, On the seventh clause being read , Lord Camkjell dwelt upon ita importance , and upon the necessity of aiviutt protection to the publication of bona fide reports of proceedings i ^ the Courts of Law and Police and of the two Houses of Parliament . It could not be denied that it was a great public good to have the debates whloh took place in the two Houses of Parliament faithfully reported . It was therefore prov ded by this , clause , that no le ^ al proceedinga should be mamtaAnabie against any party
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for the publication of a report of any proceedings in Courts of Law , Police Offices , or Houses of Parliament . He wished to insert , by way of amendment the words" for publishing , without actual malice . " Lord Brougham considered that there was no necessity for the amendment . He was of tha strongest opinion that , in proportion as there should be an absolute privilege within the walls of Parliament for saying whatever any Member might think proper to say , restrained only by his sense of duty , so in the same proportion was the absolute necessitv
that there should not be given an unrestrained power to the press to publish everything that was said in Parliament . There was no fear of the proceedings of Parliament not being published , and in the course of all his experience at the bar , he did not . remember a single prosecution or action for the ' publication of a speech delivered in Parliament . After some farther discussion , the amendment was put to the vote , and lost by a majority of 11 to 5 . The remaining clauses were severally agreed to ! and the report was ordered to be received on Friday
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fbidat , Jvly 14 . Lord Ashley , as chairman , reported that the Committee on tbe Durham Election bad unseated Lord Dungannon on the ground of bribery , although they acquitted the Noble Lord of any cognizance of it . After some conversation , the motion for the issue of tbe new writ was postponed till Monday . The order of the day for resuming tbe Committee on the Arms Bill having been put . Sir Andrew Armstrong shortly expressed hia strong opposition to the measure ; after which Mr . Smith O'Brien moved , as an amendment , that all further proceedings en the bill be suspended until the other measures relative to Ireland were taken into consideration . After some remarks from Mr . Hume and Mr . Wallace ,
Sir Robert Peel eaid he had understood tfaat the Irish members disclaimed all intention of obstruction : and it would , therefore , be for the country to judge whether or not such an txercise of privilege amounted to a suspension and defeat of tbe functions of Parliament This was marked by loud cheers from tbe ministerial benches . Mr . Morgan J . O'Connell replied that the great majority of tbe Irish members did disclaim all intention of offering factious opposition ; but when it Was determined to proceed with a measure the effect of which was to suspend tho constitution in Ireland , they felt jnstifled , ia self-defence , to give it a pertinacious resistance . Sir R . Peel added , that if any understanding could be come to as to getting through tbe remaining clauses of the Bill , he would then be prepared to give attention to the other measures relative to Ireland .
After r . somewhat animated discussion , Mr . Smith O'Brien withdrew his amendment , and the House w ^ av into committee , which gradually got into better boawwr , and actually reached the 24 th clause of tho BUI by abont twelve o ' clock . This was mainly attribn . table to the Government giving way , and adopting amendments calculated to improve the bill .
Monda y * Jew 17 . After some petitions had been presented , an Hon . Member gave notice that next Session he would move for a Committee to inquire into tie crime ot doe stealing . Lord John Russell , gave notice that he would , on Tuesday ( next day ) , move an address to her Majesty praying that her attention mig ^ t be directed to measures for the improvement ^? eJupatioH in Great Britain , and at the same 7 tjme Parliament would heartily concur in any measuries to that effect which did not interfere with the rfffW ^ of conscience . Mr . Hinde moved that a nw . writ be issued for the city of Durham . The motion was opnesed bv
several Members , and on a division there were , for issuing tho writ 145 , and ajgjlhsi it 17 . The-writ was ordered to be issued . r ' v > In answer to a question from Lord John Russell Sir Robert Peel said' ^ nsfj ^ ions had fceea sent to the Governor-General ofindia , explanatory of £ m views of tbe Government with respect to Scaada . These iostruetipos , of course , would be contingeB upon the stated affairs in that country , bat he-osald notlay them" before the House . The Sergeant-at-Arms announced that he had on Saturday evening beeu serveifotfr * notice of action for trespass by Thomas Barton Pearce , clerk to Buttonr Howard , for taking him into custody in
1840 . The Attohnet Gensbal said he should more this day that the Sergeanfcai-Arms do appear and defend the suit . On the Order of the Day for going into Committee on tbe Irish Arms Bill , Mr . Wallace asked Sir Robert Peel what were his intentions with regard to the Church of Scotland , and especially as to the Bill before the othar House . Sir Robert Peel said it was the intention of her Majesty ' s Ministers to use all their influence to carry that measure . After some discussion relative to the arrear of public business , the House went into Committee on the Irish Arms Bill , when several clauses wera agreed to , and the Chairman reported progaes . Tha Committee to sit agein on Thursday .
Mr . C . Wood then moved for a Committee of the whole House , to take into consideration the expediency of reducing the duty on Wool , and entered fully into the statistics of the trade in that article . He was opposed by the Chancellor o » the Exchequer and Sir R . Peel . . On a division , the motion was rejected by a majority of 70 . , The Coalwhipperg BUI was read a second time , the other Orders were disposed of , and Tbe House adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock .
Tuesday , July 18 . In the Commons , there being only 18 members present at four o ' clock , the House stood adjourned .
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Singular . Accident . —On Saturday an accident of a novel character occurred at the Royal Exchange . One of the stone trucks belonging to the contractor , drawn by six horses , arrived at the Exchange 'between four and five o ' clock with a load of iron girders . The horses were detached while the unloading took place ; one of diem , a fine grey , got loose front the rest , and strayed unseen to that part of the building opposite a chemist ' s in Cornhill , and fell backwards into a cellar , more than twenty feet deep , and only of sufficient size to contain him ; no possible means could be deuiaed to get the tackle under it , and he died in less than twenty minutes from the injuries received . Chains of the railroad crane , at the topof the building , Were passed through one of the upper openings of the intended shops , and ultimately the carcass was drawn out by the neck through the opening .
• A singular duel was fought at Marseilles , on the 10 th inst ., between two Spaniards . One was a barber and the oiher , though a dealer in cigarettes , consented to fight his odponent with his own weapon . —a razor . Tbe cigarette-man received the first wound , bo deeply slashing his face that he was unable to continue the combat , and was obliged to be carried to the hospital , while the barber was taken to prison . The Livebpool Fikes . —Impobtaht Discovert . —It will be recollected that the number of the constabulary force who 3 e especial duty'i t is to watch the warehouses of Liverpool during the night time was considerably increased about three weeks since , fires at that port haying become of a most extensive and alarming nature , and the conclusion to which the borough magistrates had arrived with
regard to one , if not more cf the conflagrations , being the work of incendiaries . It is worthy of remark that since the enlargement of the night force there has not been a single fire in the town but we regret 'O state , that owing to a discovery made on the evening on Tuesday last , there is too much reason to apprehend that-the gang of incendiaries with which the borough appears to be infested are desirous of perpetrating additional mischief . It seems that as one of the police was going his rounds about eight o ' clock on the evening in question , he found a large heavy piece of pitch intermixed with fresh cotton , lying under the weatherboard of & cellar in ( ireenock-Blreet . The cellar is situate underneath an immease pile of warehouses , known as Tobin ' s ,
which pile iff extensively filled at the present time with cotton and other valuable property , the prodnes of our colonial possessiens . The piece of pitch and cotton was immediatly . removed to the office of tbe Commissioner of Police , where it has been inspected and found to be in a highly combustible state , only requiring the sUghtest application of a lighted match to sot it in a blaze . Jt was most fortunate that the discovery was made at so early a period of the night , else the consequences might have been dreadful . This is the third discovery of a similar kind which has been made within a very short time in Liverpool ; and , although it is aniversally admitted that such combustible substances coold not have accidentally been placed ia the dangerous positions in which they have been found , yet by some it is supposed , orrather hoped , that the substances have been so placed by idle and vicious persons , not with the view of setting the property of the public on fire , but merely of
adding to that excitement and alarm on the subject of incendiarism which generally prevails at the port . Of course , in the absence of proof one way or the other , the difficulty of either establishing or refuting such , a supposition must be obvious ; but if the parties whe indulge in practices so pregaant with danger to the community at large should happen to be arrested in the act , we imagine that they will find it a somewhat onerous task to persuade a jury that their object was other than that of incendiarism . The pitch and cotton found upon the present occasion are between 41 b and 51 b in weight , and the cotton appears to have been carefully mixed , together with the pitch . Tho substance has a fiat and hardened appearance , about the size of a man ' s hand in length and breadth , and about three inches ia thickness . Every effort is being made to discover the party or parties who placed it in the position in which it was found ; but , unhappily , as in the former cases , without effect hitherto .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 22, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct660/page/6/
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