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KEyiTAL OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
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GA 1 TAKISM ASA . CXTRATITE 1 GEST . The healing art has already betn much enriched by jnaidoos applications ef galvanism , much more so , indeed , Bam by the employment of the electrical machine , jad _ this sti __ ns $ appe _ s to ha capable of rousing the debilitated vital powers witb ., greater promptitnde and energy than any other known , there are yet ample opportunities afforded forthemedicalsslvanistto extend its sphere of usefulness much beyond tha ; to which" 3 t has hitherto attained . The eighth pair of nerves , vr _ sTj hare radian immense command oTei Jhe functions of the respiratory and digestive organs , an € bilary system are necessarily important objects for pathological mediation , prior to the galvanic _ fiuenee being applied Itisprobable that any defect in the performance of the fnnc&ms of the two former , might , in many cases be supplied by an electric current traTersing the eighth
pair from the neck , downwards to opposite the organ d ' seased , better thin by any other ronte : bnt a disrsed liTer , arising from an accnmnlatioa of coagulated Kle , wo _ d bs most likely to be relieYed by transm'tiing the current directly through the organ , from one ade of the body to tie other . By ibis mode of attack , the obstinate consistency of the bile -would soon yield to theitfiuencecf the current , and become reduced to S compax&trrely thin liquid , susceptible ol free motion ri the ducts , and a final and easy discharge . Any-ob-Btrnction to secretion which the liver might experience from the snrcharge of bile , would tkus be xemoTed ; and were tone wanting lor the due performance of this function , assistance might probably be obtained from a fc bWb corrent , er from a series of feeble galvanic discharges in the direction of the eighth pair from the neck , to the organ affected .
Dr . Wilson Philip has frequently employed galvanism li cases of indigestion and biliary complaints . -.- *• 1 baTe employed galvanism , says this eminent phy-HologisV in many cases of habitual asthma , and almost uniformly with , relief . The time during which the galvanism was applied being from five minutes to a quarter of an hour . The cough nnder its use' generally tKomes Ibss frequent in proporiion as the accnumla-Son of phlegm in the lungs is prevented . It is remaikable , that in several who cad laboured nnder asthmatics ! breathing for ten or twenty years , it gave jelifcf goite m readily as in more recent cases . In some labouring under the most chronic forms of phthisis , in Whom the symptoms had lasted several years , the relief obtained from galvanism was very great , note
withstanding the mixture of some pus-like substance in "What was expectorated . The permanency of the good effects of galvanism in the diseases before us "has appeared very remarkable . " When speaking of Bangoineoos apoplexy , _ r . Philip remarks , •¦ after the rattling breathing had come on , and the patient seemed about to be stffxated , he was at least a dczsn times made to breathe with ease , the accumulation of phlegm k-ado&lly disappearing on the application of galvanism . " The same philosopher observes , that in cases " where tbfire was a failure in the secreting pemer of the liver , ora defective action of the gall tubes , I haTe repeatedly seen from it the same effect on the biliary system which arises from calomel—a copious discbarge from the towels , conrira on a few honra after the employment of galvanism . "
The beneficial effects of galvanism in asthmatic and bilious complaints , have several times come under my own notice- Costiveness in the bowels , however obstilatsly it may resist tha usual remedies , very soon yields to this mode of attack ; and , by a similar process , conitfpstions generally may readily be vanqnished . Rheumatic affections frequently yield more or less to the galvanic influence , and in many eases of rheumatism the patients iave been -completely cured in a very short time , i / ocal pains in the limbs , arising from recent cold , are often removed by the first application of galvanism ; and although those of longer standing may require a few repetitions of the process , their violence tseomes gradually diminished , and they eventually disappear .
Galvanism has also been successful in spasmodic affections , in rigidity of the muscles , in indolent tumours , or scrofulous sweUinps , in scbirreus induration ! cf the breast , in gout , _ c in defective hearing , and in some affections of the eye . A singular , result once exurred under my own ebservatioa whilst , galvanising a palsied arm of an elderly gentleman labouring under the effects of hemiphlegia . This limb was totally deprived both of . motion and sensation , from the point of the shoulders to the ends of the fingers . In the first put of the galvanic process the whole of the arm ires brought into the galvanic circuit , by connecting one pole of a battery , of an hundred pain of plates , - » Ith the shoulder , and the other pole with fhe hand , which , for convenience of
connecon , was immersed in a basin of salt water . By ibis mode of treatment no good was done , nor did the patient experience any sensation whatever , although many volleys of-discharges were transmitted . Whilst tw ^ in-rig on this nqpativ * result , it occurred to me that there might he a possibility of restoring sensation by operating only on a « rn » ii portion of the limb at a time ; and , in order to ascertain bow far this view might be correct , the line of demarcation between the sensitive and insensitive part of the limb wm ascertained by pinching the skin about _ e shoulder and upper part of the arm . This being tscomplished , one ol the polar wires was brought into contact with the skin of the shoulder , on the sensitive idrte , and the other polar wire was brought to a little
fcslow it , on the insensitive side . The sensation was immediately restored as far es the lower wire , rod , consequently , the line of demarcation was so far removed . By keeping the first wire permanently on the flhoulder , and removing the other slowly downwards , ¦ mn tmg frequent inquiries of the patient if he experienced any sensation at the lower point , which was uniformly answered in the affirmative , we succeeded in restoring the sensation of the whole limb . This fact is one of those that is most deserving the attention of the physiologist and medical practitioner . It ahowt , that the activity of & portion of a dormant serve may be restored , without disturbing the slumber
of the other portion of it ; and also , that , although we might tall in restoring sensation to a limb by operating npos the whole of it at once , there might stffl be hopes of attaining the object by arousing the sensation ixeranexiaUjf , by an declrv-jkutdumal process , such r-- that employed in the present case . There are , bowever , strong reasons to suppose , that success would not have attended the Experiment , had the galvanic process commenced at the hand , as there would have been a great portion of the dormant limb intervening between the sensitive part on the shoulder , and the polar wire nearest to at . Nevertheless , it is an experiment well worthy of trial , as it might probably lead to interesting physiological results .
The practice of medical galvanism requires neither Extensive ner costly apparatus . Two of Cruikshask ' s batteries , of fifty-three inch plates each , are sufficient for almost every purpose , and one of these alone will answer for the generality of cases . But as the power of every galvanic battery depends upon the character of the liquid upon which it is ckarged , as well as on *~<_ e number and size of its plates , the medical galvanist should TTn » Vf > >^ ina&jf well acquainted , as early as possible , with all the circumstances connected with the management of his batteries . Whilst a battery has its plates dean , and the surface of the slue smooth , a solution of common salt answers very well for its
charge ; but when the zinc plates have become rough by long use , a weak solution of nitric acid will be necessary to bring the battery to the requisite . state of activity , especially for rheumatic affections . But the only general rule that can be given is simply this , never begin as operation with a high galvanic pewes . The fluids of every part of the system are decomposable ty galvanic _ fiuence , and a powerful current traversing the head , or any part of the body , might be attended with serious consequences . Galvanic operations on the head havs ^ however , been frequently resorted to in cases ef ear-ache , rbenmatie affections , _ c . &c— W . Sturgeons Elementary Le&ures on Galvanism .
As A—ericas Sctjlptob . —Ten years ago I became r- ; quainted at C _ dr _ sti , in Ohio , with a young man of the same of Powers ; he was an assistant to a Mons . —orfeuille , ihe ingenious proprietor of a whimsical museum , in which carious objects of natural history , Xorfh American antiquities , And historical * groups of wax figures , were blended , and daily exhibited , for the amusement and edification of the beau monde of the -western metropolis . Tbo wax figures were -moulded , or at any rate finished , bj ibis young Mr . Powers ; and there was a degree of talent In this , which struck us all very forcibly as being something greatly out of the
common way . Sncouraged perhaps by the opinions expressed by the ^ European party of his skill in modelling , he undertook a bust in such clay as he could find , and produced what struck us all as the most Wonderfully-perfect ii frf < T »—* we had ever seen . Bat we moved on and heard bo more of him . A few days after w » arrived in Florence , we were invited to TMt ihe studio of some of the most distinguished artists at present working there . A young American called Powers : was among the names first mentioned ; and the instant I beard the name I felt not the slightest doubt that by going to his Jtudio 1 should certainly meet my oM . acquaintance . Nor -was I disappointed
There indeed I found the hlghly-gifUd -Hiram lowers , fully emerged from the boyish chrysalis state , inwhichlhad last seen him , into > full-fledged and acknowledged nan of genius , in high fa&hion , 0 Ter » whelmed with orders from wealthy patrons of all ^ Barters of tbislobe , and with his jooms filled wittf admnabla busts , all of them with moxeof that magical v ^ ***** them > '"fcich we we , and feel , in the ¦ w orks of the anrieni ; -sculptors , than any conectton of Bodan auMemutI ismeTer rated . ? * HIsbusfa irelifejifa , degree that BiaSe me looV J *™ . " ^^ ^ "When * eleft him * t Gndnnati , fi ^? i *^ ° fc * « een setting of any art knt the 6 the
SLS ^ * ' ^^ * formed , Bring creatures S vV " dotting bat that intuitive faculty , ^ ° . i i / 1 presume , genins « Bnot exist , could * E 1 S 3 ? ^ nrarf * ° tb « - place he now holus amoBg living a *^ . -Having examLd all that he bad-^ Saaffsaiffi must so * nsktte Jmb of tMs lucrative business , in
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order to indulge mysrif in -woris of imagination , If my fcuccess coutinne , I may perhaps in timei venture to attempt something of the kind . But I csnnot afford it yet" "Bnt do yon not sometimes imagine compositions f » said I . "Ito you not fancy thingB that yon would like to execute ? ° "Why , yes , " he replied , smiling , " I certainly have fancied thing ! that I ehonld like to execute . And I will snow yon one of them . " He then led the way to another room , and there , behind a screen , was a figure mounted large as life , thaugh it was veiled from , head to foot with a cloth . " Here , " said he , pausing before he uncovered it , »* ia a figure in « iay , on which I have bestowed some latonr , and more thought But I dare not do it in marble . I dare not try my chisel npon it unless I could get an order for the statue— -and I cannot hope for that as yet I mean it as a representation of Eve . " Ha then withdrew the drapery that concealed it , and displayed an nndraped female figure , that I gazed upon with unfeigned astonishment I have no words of
art at my command which might enable you to concsive all the blended dignity and simplicity of this beautiful figure . Powers watched almost wholly In silence the impression that bis work made upon us ; and when at length we turned away from it , he threw the veil again over it , saying , with something like a sigh , " I should like to do it . " Most heartily do I wish that some one may ere long look upon that Eve of day with as sincere admiration s « I did , and with money enough to boot , to command that she should immediately receive the immortality of marble , for well does she deserve it—Mrs . ZroJfope ' s Visit io Ilalv .
' Lithographic Pobtbaits . —An artist of very considerable talent has lately been introduced into this country under the patronage of King Leopold . His nune is Bmquiet , and the novelty of his mode of taking portraits is thia .- —He draws them at once en a stone prepared for lithographic piniting , and the impressions are at once made from the original drawing on paper . By this means any pex « on who has his portrait taken by M . Bauquiet can have 500 or more , impressiens taken of the original , and merely for the expence of the paper and printing multiply the picture , and oblige his frisnds and acquaintance with a likeness . The artist has already taken the portraits of many of the Coburg family , all which are excellent likenesses , and remarkable for correctness of drawing , spirit of outline , and preservation of intellectual character . He has also taken a likeness of Prince Albeit , which is entitled to high encomium .
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TO TH £ EDITOB OF THB NOBTHEai * £ TAB . Sib , —1 beg to acquaint you with further proceedings by the functionaries of this city , against persons 'whom they charge with the alleged crime of blasphemy ; a pretence fer prosecution , which yen have rightly denounced as a disgrace to the present age . Since the imprisonment of Thomas Patebson and Henbt Rosinson , another inmate , Thos . Finlat , has been supplied to the Edinbngh Gaol , for the same q / ence , so called . He is an aged , honest , and industrious working , man , whose family is dependant upon him for support , and who kept a small circulating library , containing some of the writings of sceptical philosophers ; he has been sentenced to sk % days imprisonma . % , to be treated as a common felon .
Proceedings have also been commenced against Miss Matilda Roalfe , a bookseller , in Nicolson-street . Lart Monday , the Procurator Fiscal , with a number of officers , entered her shop , rudely turned over every article in her private dwelling , carried away a considerable pertion of her stock , and conveyed the young woman to the Sheriff ' s Office for examination . In the evening she was taken to Calton Gaol , and shown into a filthy cell , scarely fit for a dog kennel , for her night ' s lodging place . Miss Roalfe remonstrated with the matron , and eventually she ws * indulged with the prfvilege of removing to a cell where there was no vermin ! Sir , these things actually occurred in Christan Britain , in Protestant Scotland , in pious Edinburgh . ' On the following night she was liberated , upon bail being given by two householders for her appearance to take her trial -when summoned .
In this case the ordinary palh / attempt to justify persecution will not apply . She issued no offensive placards , she did nothing that could shock the feelings of any person with any particle of a claim to rationality ; and while she did not coneeal her sale of heterodox publications she did not thrust them obtrusively upon public attention . Surely , under these : circumstances , every liberal Christian must blush at finding those who profess a religion of charity , and who advocate the right of private judgment , incarcerating a virtuous young -women and prosecnting her that she may be dealt with as a common felon . These acts approach at no great distance , the doings of an institution , at the mere mention of which we shudder , the Spanish Inquisition . If intolerance must have its victims , let them be taken from the hardier sex , and let its fangs be averted from defenceless -woman , -whose social position renders her comparatively weak , end to crush whom is to gain a victory without honour , to achieve a triumph that brings disgrace .
Dr . Candlish well observed , at a meeting in the Waterloo Rooms , called to sympathise with Dr . KaJley , that , " Persecutors are always anxious to bide their real intentions , and wish to make it appear that they punish lor any reason but for opinion's sake . " This remark seems to be borne ont in the present instance . A young man , who bad frequently purchased some of the newspapers at Miss Ronlfe ' s shop , offered for sale , two days before the seizure , a number of engravings some of which were of an indecent character . Of course they were indignantly rejected . But the fellow persevered , said he would take books in exchange , and offered to leave them to see if Mias R . could dispose of them . He was then ordered to quit the shop . This carries with it the appearance of conspiracy . Had the engravings been found in the shop , a charge of obscenity would have been trumped up , to disguise the real objects of thfi persecutors .
The parties prosecuted are accused of bringing religion into contempt ; but those who connect Christianity with cruelty and persecution are the individuals who bring dishonour upon the religion which they profess . They have little « onfidence in the reasonableness of their creed , who endeavour to support it by physical force , and silence its opponents by placing them in prison dungeons . In consequence ef these prosecutions , an " Anti-Persecntion Union" has been formed , the object of ¦ which is to support and protect all who may be persecuted for opinion ' s sake . The " Union" Identifies
Itself with no sect , nor with any system of doctrine . It gives its aid to the " infidel" Patsrson , and to the " Protestant" Dr . Killey , simply ; because they are punished for uttering their sincere convictions . It has corresponded with Dr . Kalley , of Madeira , who is imprisoned ( though not treated as a felon ) on the acensarion ef blasphemy for preaching Protestant principles ; and remittances of money have been forwardei to him by the " Union . " Let every lover of liberty lend a help ing hand to establish that " civil and religious liberty , " of whict we often boast , but which facts of this deicriptien every day prove we do not yet
possess . To oppose intolerance , and advocate freedom of expression , by ro means signifies an approval of the opinions or sentiments entertained by the individuah who are now prosecuted in Scotland , I therefore respectfully request the insertion of this letter in the columns of your liberal journal . I am , Sir , Tour obedient Servant , Henby Jetfebt . Secretary of the Scottish Anti-Persecution Union . 11 , Crreenslde-street , Edinburgh , Dec 18 , 1843 .
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THE TYPE FOUNDERS . We have had the following address in our possession for two weeks past , but though most desirous of giving it publicity , we have been compelled to withhold it till this week . From a letter accompanying the address we learn that " the firm of Miller , Richards , & Co ., Edinburgh , Have attempted to impose a cruel redaction on their workmen , which resulted in a general turn-out of -he operatives . " Also that the efforts of Wilson ( ef JLocdon , we believe , ) to break sp the Vnion , has occasioned the turn-out of the sen in his employ . We learn also that vigorous attempts are about to be mode to form a general I ^ pe-founders * Union , with every prospect of success . W « can only say to the operatives , God speed them ; any assistance we can render them shall be heartily given .
TH * TTFE FOUJiDBBS OF L 0 KD 05 A > D EDIIiBUBGH , TO THE WOBKIJIG CLASSES . FELiow-vfOBXMZK , Several delegate meetings having been held composed ef delegates from the Trades of London , and at their adjourned meeting , held on Thursday , the 7 tb of -December , at Mr . Wheelers , Grapes Tavern , Primrose Hill , Salisbury Square , Fleet Street , the present difficulties and position of the Journeymen Type Founders in resisting the most opprtsaive and severe reductions ever proposed to sny class of workmen , were fully entered into , and fairly discussed . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to , and" earnestly recommended to the consideration and support of the WorkiDg Classes . i
Resolved , 1 st—That we , the delegates of TOious trades in delegate meeting assembled , have heard with refret tie statements of the distressed condition of the Journeymen Type Founders , and ^ hat we deem it a dity we owe to those distressed men and the working dasses , to assist all in our powei , in alleviating their ¦ wretched condition . Beaolred , find—That la erder to carry out the foregoing resolution , this meeting of delegates undertake to call or attend all meeting ! or lodeties of the working classes , wherever they may be enabled to ascertain their existence , to urge npon them tha necessity of subscr ibing to the funds fox the relict ol tbe dirtrewedType Founders . ,, ^ . .. A committee of six , with power to add to Ujeir number , was appointed from the delegates present to carry Olit the oHectt of the above resolution *
paving issued several circulars and addresses during fhe protracted strngfle we hare been engaged hi with our Me employers , and these dosnmenta containing the prindjal part of our grievances , we deem it unnecessary toiei- ^ at or refer to them . Still it ia requisite that
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the public sfcould become acquainted with the progress we have made , and the probable conseq'iencea of that dispute ; not only as regards us , but as it . may hereafter form a very important feature in the history of the working classes , aud may also serve to show that all the affected pomp , pride , and power , of those masrei * who would reduce our labour from twenty-three to seventy-flveper cent , must succumb to a well-orgsnised unity of action among tbe working classes . Thia is clearly illustrated by the close of tbe strike in Sheffield in favour of the men , who ; after a resistance of twelve Weeks upon the most scanty resources , have compelled the reluctant capitalist to render justice to those men by whose labour be has been enabled to hold that position in esociety—to which we usually look up to as the protectors of the oppressed , rather than tbe opppressors of tha weak .
However , a lit is over , we have done with that part of our subject , and would not have alluded to it , but for the purpose of supporting our previous assertions . Now , with reference to the men of London , it will be necessary to state that our employers have pertinatiouBly resisted , from first to last , all that could be advanced for the purpose of obtaining justice for their injured and ill-paid workmen , and have endeavoured to affect a total disregard of consequences . What has been tbe result to them as employers ? Hear it ye capitalists ! It has had the effect of reducing tbe value of stock on hand at lerit 26 per cent ! 1 Has it made them stand in higher estimation with tbeir customers ? Ask the printers . They will tell you that tbe reduction was as unjnst , f s it was uncalled for ; that it was in fact , one
of the most shameless efforts at monopoly ever attempted . Has it made any progress to facilitate the diffusion of cheap reading 1 Ask the reading portion of the public , and they will answer—us ; do we not pay as much for our dally papers , monthly periodicals , and standard works a « before ? Then , if it has depreciated their stock , got them into odium with the printers , and not benefited the jublic , ror what was it done ? We will tell you in a few words , —for the purpose of putting an extinguisher upon the small firms ; driving all competitors from the market , and then resuming tbeir old and exhoribaut prices to tbe printers , and leaving tbeir
white slaves to toil at redactions , varying from twentythree to seventy-five per cent . That was tha intention ; the above is the consequences to them at present-Let us consider the probable results to them , to ub , and the public . It has been Bald that " those whom God intends to destroy he first makes mad . ' Never was thia truth more clearly verified than in the caBe of the master type founders . They have , by repeated acts of oppression , goaded their workmen into resistance , which first exhibited itself in tbe shape of a strike ; and although our Sheffield brethren have gained their point by it , yet from this period we adopt a more formidable and successful opposition to our late taskmasters .
We were advised , some weeks ago , to turn our attention to the best means of becoming our own employers . We considered the subject calmly , dispassionately , and , as far as human nature was capable , endeavoured to divest ourselves of all prejudice either in favour of our project or against those we knew to be the cause of our deliberating on such a theme ; and our conclusions were decided and unanimous for making a public appeal , and testing the feelings generally entertained upou it . The result was more than tbe most sanguine could have anticipated , an A would have silenced the fears of the most scrupulous . A delegate meeting was called , a prospectus was drawn up , and before that appeared in print we had promise of more than three hundred shareholders : nor is this all , tbe printers in many instances , and the provincial press in particular , have
given us encouragement to proceed in our undertaking , which of itself will be sufficient to ensure our bug-Ciss ; so that instead of resuming work under eur late oppressors , we shall begin for the benefit of ourselves and fellow operatives , and open a new and brighter era in the social , moral , and physical condition of the working classes . Such is the result of our proceedings np to tbe present time ; and these are the consequences to our late employers , they must either admit us into tbe market upon fair and equitable terms , or leave it to us—who are quite as competent , and we believe far more deserving than those who have ( no thanks to them ) inadvertently placed us in our present position . To prove clearly that we are certain of success in our present undertaking we would call attention to the following facts : —
1 st . That tbe maoters cannot reduce the price of materials naed for Type Casting , nor procure them cheaper , as there is a settled price for every article which we use . 2 . Lead , Coals , Gas , Rent , and management , form items in tbe expences of an establishment that must be borne equally- by an Operative or Monopolist foundry . 3 . The only thing that tbe masters could reduce would be wages . Now it must be evident that the monopolist cannot compete with us on this , as self interest and the determination to maintain every point would prompt us to make greater sacrifices than any that the
monopolist could induce their men to submit to . Thus we think it ii evident that any attempt at factions opposition to our firm will only involve them deeper in the dilemma which their own cupidity has brought them into . It Is evident that they will not continue to mannfactore type any length of time , at a serious loss , which they must do if they continue to support what they deem their vested rights , through the same medium as they save endeavoured to drive competition from the market , and entrench themselves in the strongbold of monopoly . They will find that the determined spirit of the workmea to obtain justice and a fair price for labour : aided by the working classes , will ensure success in the present enterprise .
With out sincere thanks to those who have already assisted us , and solicitation to those who have not . We very respectfully subscribe ourselves , The Committee of tbe Journeymen Typefonders . Thomas Webb , Chairman . The Committee sit dally from eleven in the morning till nine in the evening , at Mr . Williams ' a Ship Tavern , Glass House Yard , AJdersgate-street , where the prospectus may be seen , and every information obtained respecting the Operative Letter Foundry , and any communications will be thankfully received and carefully attended to . December 7 th . 1843 .
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NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AHD IRELAND . Brother Chartists , —We now present you with another Balance Sheet of our bumble labours , shewing that we have been enabled to alleviate tbe wants of our brethren in affl ction , and their wives and families , to a small extent , but not to tae extent that nearly tbe whole of their eases require . There is one ease that we must mention , in order to
explain i * It is that of John Hindea , of Shoreham , who bad his pension taken from him in 1838 , for presiding over a meeting for Chartist purposes , in Shorebam . His pension , up to the present period , from the time it was taken from him , would amount to nearly seventy pounds . He is a fisherman ; has a small boat of his own , but had to borrow a net , for the use of which he had to give tbe half of the fish he caught . Your Committee have enabled him to buy a net , and ttua to keep his head above water .
Fellow Countrymen : this one case we anticipate will be sufficient to show tbat our appointment baa not been in vain ; at the same time we must tell you , that the Victim Fund does not receive tbat support to which it ought . The funds are nearly exhausted , and we appeal to you to strengthen oar hands . Applications are being constantly made to us , but how are we to meet them unless you find us the meam 7 ChatHsts ! remember the Victims ! May the sympathetic feeling for these our brethren ran through oar ranks like wildfire , each endeavouring to urge on tbe great work of pbilantbropby .
By pouring in your subscriptions towards supporting the Victims into the bands of the treasurer , Feargos O'Cannot , Esq ., you will prevent your enemies from calumniating , your brethren from repining , and your persecutors from enjoying the hellish satisfaction of sending their families to a Union Bastile . Hoping that this short and imperfect address may be responded to heartily and at once , we remain yours , On behalf of tbe Cbartist Victims ,
Robert Boatb , James Holden , Chairman , Thomas Riberts , John Hodson , sub-Treasurer , William Grocott , Edward Clark , Secretary , 37 , Henry-street , OlSham-road ,
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lg 43 ExpeniUure . ° » n" ^ ' WlUi <»™ . of Oldbam ... f o * o 20 . Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester 0 15 0 JNOV . 1 . Secretary going to KuuUford with flannela for prisoners ... ... o n o l . Mrs . Moorehouse , Hyde ... ... l o o _ »¦ Tocpalsand candies ... — ... o 2 0 10 . Mrout 3 book ... ... 0 16 17 . Tnomas Beresford' family , Congleton 1 0 0 I' « ° « es 8 - » Anally , Congleton ... 10 0 17 . Mw . Lees , of Mottram ... ... 3 15 0 w -M ™ . Capper , of strenatall 2 0 0 19 . MrB . EUis , Burslem « 10 0 24 . James Williams , Kirkdale prison ... 0 15 0 24 . Henry MorgiBon , Kirkdale , both of Preston ... ... . 0 16 0 24 . John Htodes , { of Shoreham ' , " to buy
nets with , who had his pension taken from him in 1838 ... . 3 0 0 _ 2 ? Posto & Pens , inks . and papr . ' J . 0 7 0 Dec 1 . Mrs . Wild , Wath-upon-Daarn * 10 0 1 . Mrs . EMfl , BuTBlem , \ o 10 0 8 'S r 8 *^ - - - oio o Mrs . E . 01 dham o 15 0 MraHemmings 1 0 0 MrftBicbsrds 0 1 « 0 Mrs . N « on 0 1 B „ Mr . JYatas . 0 15 0 Mrs . Garratt « 10 0 * All from Staffordshire . £ 19 IS 7 Income ... £ 22 11 ioj Expenditure £ 19 16 7 Balanoein Trennrer's hands £ 2 is 3 ^ Auditor * , H ™ MURRAY , 'JCiias . Taylor . Edward Clarke , Secrefiry , 37 , Henry-street , Oldbam-roed .
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THE SYSTEM WORKS WELL . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —In the Brighton Herald of Dec . 15 th , appeared the account ; of a meeting of farmers end agricultural gentlemen at Rye . One Of the speakers , a Mr . Beacham , said that" regarded leases , If a man wr ? taking a farm of one of our old squires , I should not be particular in advising him to stand for a lease , for there the tenants are generally in safe bands , and would be in most instances dealt with liberally ; but out of ten estates which I now sell , nine of them go into the hands of London Merchants ot Capitalists , whoso first consideration is to get four per cent , for their money without caring what baoomos of the tenant , or whether the land will bear it or not They are not to be blamed for this , fer they do it in ignorance , knowing nothing of agricultnre , nor the relative position of farmers nud their landlords . Therefore I should say , if you take of the Squire trust him , but if you hire of tbe Capitalist bind Aim . "
Mr . Beacham here introduces incidentally a very serious matter . " Out of ten estates which I now sell sine of them go into the hands of London capitalists , " Aye , what then are the old Squires breaking up ? Are the Jews and money-lenders , the shark-Capitalists , really getting possession of tbe estates of our old gentry —our old Squires ? It } s so . Indeed we have long knoifn it , and often repeated it in this Journal ; and if things continue as they have been proceeding in a short time , ; there will be very few Squires to grant leases . Whilst our old landed gentry have been squabbling about Corn Laws and Game Laws , blustering against Reformers , and praising Church and State men
as "heaven-born ministers . " their estates have slipped out of their , fingers , and nine out of ten estates now sold go into tbe bands of the new men of tbe city . The old landlords have been dropping off for years , one by one , and in thousands of localities . If you see a grand mansion erected , you find , on enquiry that it belongs to a new man who has bought out tbe old Squire . It may be fairly doubted whether the new man , tbe Capitalist , is a better landlord than the old S , quire used to be ; but this is the state to which along reign of misrule has brought the country in spite of all the warnings of the Reformers ; and yet the infatuation continues , though it is not ao strong nor so confident n it nsed to be . I am , Sir , yours , &c .
Joshph Saundeks . Carrington , near Nottingham , Dec . 20 tb , 1843 . P . S . A few day * since I called upen an old man , aged 74 , who works ia a stocking frame , in the parish of B ~ tford . He had worked for the last three weeks , when he took In bis work and received 7 s 6 d . Out of it he bad to pay 3 s 9 d for frame rent to bia employer ; 2 s 3 d for seaming bis work ; 3 d for needles ; and half a pound ; of candles per week to work by at night 9 d ; which makes 7 s ; so that be has twopence a week clear for his three weeks labour . The parish to which he belongs allow him 2 a and 41 b . of bread . He lives in a small house and pays rent , &e . His name is Richard Greaves , Dob-tark , Basford .
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( Continued from our last week ' s paper . ) HOBBEIIY AT AYSQARTH . John Blakey % 52 , was indicted for haying feloniously stolen from the dwelling bouse of Richard Blabey , of Wood End Lodge , in the parish of Aysgarth , in the North Riding , a quantity of silver plate , title deeds , wearing apparel , and other articles . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Tofham were counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The demeanour of the prisoner and several observations made by him ia tbe course of the trial , caused some doubt as to his being in a perfectly sound state of mind , which was rather strengthened by the contents of a document which he handed in as his defence .
He admitted again , as he had done before , that he had taken , the articles charged in the indictment , from the prosecutor ' s house , but denied that he had committed a felony , as all the things were his own . He entered at great length into family affairs , and alleged that Richard Blakey , one of the prosecutors , had forged some title deeds , and he also imputed to him something criminal besides , which was not explained . He designed the prosecutors ia different parts as " misers , " < a earthworms , " " consummate hypocrites , " &c . Thomas Blakey , one of the prosecutors , was examined at considerable length on the matter , contained in this defence , which , he said , was a tissue of falsehoods from beginuing to end . He stated that he considered the prisoner to be perfectly sane and that he was a very shrewd man .
His Lordship having summed up , the Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years , npon which he said " Will they behave worse to me there than they have done here think you ?"
: JBLLS IGNORED . The Grand Jury ignored the bills against Isabella Hodgson , charged with endeavouring to conceal the birth of her child at Aislaby , on the 12 th of July last ; Matthew Dilworth and George Smith , for attempt at murder , at Slaidburn , on the 18 th of September last . The Court rose at half-past sis o ' clock .
Saturday , Dec . 23 rd . CONCEALING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD . Mary Carr , 18 , pleaded Guilty to having on the I 9 th of Nov . last , at Wrsbrough , endeavoured to conceal the birth of a female child , by throwing it into a well . — Sentence deferred . . : MAKSLAUCJHTER AT KILHABI . George Lawson , S 3 , was indicted for the manslaughter of William Tburlow , at Kilbam , in the East-Riding , on the 21 st of August last . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Liddell were for the prosecut ion , and Mr . Wilkins for tbe
defence-Mr . Bliss stated the case . The prosecutor is a police * officer at K'lharn , the village in which this death took place . The prisoner had been employed in th ' e same place as a farmer ' s labourer . On the 21 st of August last it was Kilbam fair , and the prisoner and tbe deceased , who was a labourer , were there , together with a number of other persons , and . were drinking at tbe Star Inn , where they remained until one o ' clock in the morning . They all left it about thai time , and went io to the public street When they reached a distance of about fifty yards from Dtiffield-laneend , a quarrel arose amongst them . The deceased , whose name was Tburlow , pulled off hlacoat , and began Sghtingwith a person named Redsbaw . A man named Nicholson ,
one of a company of strolling players , then took Raduhaw in band , and knocked him down . Here tbe prisoner ( Oaorge Lawson ) interfered , and Redsbaw , wbo was a stout-made man , knocked him down , and then kicked him . Lawson got up again and charged the deceased , Thurlow , With being the man who had knocked him down , in answer to which the deceived rather coarsely replied , "Thou art a liar . " Lawson then said , ¦ " If I lie I'll lie then , " which was to be taken aa being a challenge to fight , and the prisoner said , " Come on , I am ready ; f or thee . " They then went into the middle of th « street , the crowd remaining on the side , and tbe deceased stripped off his coat to fight . Lawson went to work without making any alteration in his dress . The deceased struck Lawson a blow , and he fell backwards . At tbe second meeting , and tbia was the important part of the case , the prisoner wes seen to fall
forwards on Thurlow , and appeared , in the opinion of a witness who was present , to be entangled in his dress . Thurlow then tamed round , caught hold of a person who was present , and said , " O , George , the b- —t baa stabbed me . " Tbe deceased continued falling gradually to the ground , whilst the prisoner crept to the opposite side of the road , and laid on the step of an adjoining house . The deceased , Tburlow , sank down into ths gutter , and cried out , " I am dying , I am dying . " A cry of murder was then raised , and the police-officer made his appearance . Tbe deceased Jwas then taken to the Star Iun , in almost a dying state , and breathed his last soon after . Search wei made npon the prisoner but no instrument was found upon him . Some of the parties went to the spot where the encounter bad taken place , and there found a clasp knife covered with blood . It had upon it some scales of fish , and in order to identify the knife as the prisoner ' s it
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would be proved tbat oberlly before be hod been cleaning some herrings for the woman with whom be lotted . Mr . Atkinson , the surgeon , would also prove the extent of the wounds which tbe deceased had received . There was a superficial wound near tbe naval , but the fatal one was inflicted near the ribs and reached the heart . It would be stated also ' that tbe incision was such as might have been made with the clasp knife which had been found . ! The witnesses said the prisoner had hitherto possessed a good cbaraster .
Mr . WltKiNs , in addressing the jury for the defence , said they would be of opinion that the catastrophe was more attributable to the man Redohaw than to tho prisoner , and it would be for them , after reviewing the evidence , to say whether { what the prisoner had done had not been in defence of his own life or not A great part of the case for the prosecution depended upon the Identity of the knife , but that mast be very uncartain , for the weapon was of tbat description which was used by all working ! men . He argued strongly tbat tbe knife must have belonged to the deceased .
No one could at any rate deny that tbe prisoner had been provoked , and the laws of nature , as well as the laws of tbe land , justified him in defending himself . He had been goaded , insulted , and humiliated even beyond endurance ; and the treatment he had received was sufficient so U > have excited him as to possess no power of resistance . He ( Mr . WilkinB ) felt strongly in this case . The prisoner had hitherto borne a spotless character , and would not ] the duty of a Jury be sufficiently discharged , if not by a verdict of acquittal , al least by a suggestion to the Court that a " reasonable punishment would meet the merits of bis offence .
His Lordship , after explaining tbe bearing upon cases of manslaughter , reeipitulated the evidence to the jury . ; The verdict was Guilty , i Mr . Henry Beckwitb , a pupil of the surgeon to the gaol , said when tbe prisoner arrived at the Castle , he was treated for a wound on his head . His Lordship , in passing sentence , admonished the prisoner on the serious consequences of intemperate passion , in which the life of a fellow-being was taken , and said he did not know whether he was cot bound to transport him for life ;• but feeling anxious , as he always was , to lay hold upon some mitigatory circumstances , be could discern that he bad been shamefully and disgracefully used , and perhaps tbat having been more than ordinary provocation . This circumstance , combined with his general conduct , influenced him in passing sentence only of fifteen years' transportation .
KOBISERY . Abraham Whitaker ( 2 i ) and Abraham Northrop , ( 34 ) , wore charged with having , on the 23 d of September kit , at Bradford , robbed Sarah Feather , of five Bhilllnga , twelve pennies , and twelve halfpennies . Mr . Gkanger and Mr . Overend were for tbe prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended Whitaker ; and Mr . Wasnet appeared for Northrop . The prosecutrix is the wife of a butcher and farmer , residing at the Isle , near Bradford . He also had a shop at Cullingworth , and was in the habit of attending Halifax market every Saturday . Tbe shop at Callingworth was attended by his wife on the Saturdays , who was in tbe habit of proceeding there with an ass , on which the meat for the thop was carried . On the night
of tbe 23 d of Snptembar , about ten o ' clock , she left Cullingwotth , which ia about three miles from the Isle , for the purpose of going home . When she had arrived at a place called the Sand Beds , which is about 300 yards from Cullingworth , she saw three men approaching her—two of whom , it afterwards appeared , were the prisoners . They attempted to conceal tbeir faces , and this caused her to take particular notice of them . As they were passing each other , the prosecutrix said , " It ' s a fine night ; " but the men made no reply . She watched the men , and when they had got about ten yards past her , they turned round and followed her . She drove her na before her as quickly a-j possible , and observing two men on horseback , ahe said , "Ob , dear me , these men are going to do something to me ! " The horsemen , however , pissed on ,
and the presecutrix had not proceeded far when Whitaker came up to her , and she screamed out " Murder , good men don't kill me j" She said that Whitaker put hh hand over her face and held her until the other man tore off her pocket , which contained twenty or thirty shillings . The robbers then took flight , and went over some fields towards Menny well . One ef the men on horseback , named Nicholas Jeffrey , heard the proaecutrix scrsam , but he said he did not like to return , as he had a considerable sum of money up » n his persen . He , however , went to a public house at Collingworth Gate , and gave alarm . A man named Jesse Rhodes also heard the prosecntrix scream , and went up to the place where the robbery had been committed . He afterwards accompanied her part of her way home , and other two young men afterwards conducted her to her residence .
Mr . WaSNBY and Mr , Wilkins respectively addressed the Jury for the defence , contending that the case was beset with so m any difficulties—the identity of the prisoners not being satisfactorily made out , they laing uncertain whether ! the woman bad been robbed at all or not , or whether the whole transaction bad been a joke , and tbe woman had lost her money , or , if the robbery had been committed , there was no evidence that the two prisoners had acted in concert , nor which of them bad actually been the robber—that the Jury could not safely convict the prisoners , or either of them , and therefore they most acquit them . The Jury retired , and ] after being absent a quarter of an hour , returned a verdict of GuUty .
His Lordship sentenced the prisoners to be each transported for fifteen years . In passing sentence , his Lordship observed that he would state , for the Information of the bystanders , that in eases of highway r « bl ; ry the amount of punishment to which parties were aubjeof , on conviction , depended on certain circamstances . If two or more parties in company , assaulted and robbed a person , or if one person committed such a robbery , using violence or being armed with a deadly weapon , then the maximum of punishment was transportation for life ; bnt if a person went out alone and committed arobt ^ ry , without rsing violence , then he wai not subject to- more than fifteen years transportation .
FORGER r AT LEEDS . William Dunn Crow , 38 , was charged with having , at Leeds , on the 30 th | of September last , uttered a forged bill of exchange for £ 30 , for the purpose of defrauding Joseph Longbottom and William Butterworth Hindle . ' Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hall were for the prosecution , and Mr . BLISS defended the prisoner . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner wn sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . !
BILLS IGNORED . The Grand Jury ignored tbe following bills : —Against George Rushforth , 38 , charged with robbing Wiiliam Sbeard , at Leeds , on the 21 st of July last . Against Robert Williamson , charged with uttering a forged acceptance of a bill of exchange , at Quick , in the West Riding , with intent to defraud John Brown and Josiah Burrows . Against Walter Clarke , 21 , charged with tbe manslaughter of Win . Naylor , at Sheffield . DISCHARGING 0 ; F THE GRAHD JURY . The Grand Jury , having got through all the bills that were ready for them , were discharged about one e ' clock in the afternoon , the learned Judge tendering to them tbe thanks of the county for their services . The Grand Jury left in the hands of the Governor of the Castle the sum of £ 14 4 s . 3 d . for tbe relief of poor debtors . i
THE THIBD ASSJZE WEEK . Tbe jurymen summoned on the first panel , and whose duties were expected to be terminated at the rising of the court at the end of the first week , were ordered to be in attendance again at the Castle on the morniog of Wednesday week , the 3 rli of January , 1844 . The trial of Wm . Duncan Crow having finished at six o ' clock , the court adjourned until nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning .
TUESDAY , DECEMBER 26 , ( Before Mr . Justice Maule . J HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT LEEDS . George Bushforth , 38 , 1 was charged with having , on tbe 21 st of July , at Leeds , assaulted William Sheard , and stolen from his person seven shillings and two sixpences , and a jacket , his property . Mr . Ellis was for theprosecution . Thia was a tery short [ case , the only question being tbat of identity . The prosecutor is a shoemaker , and resides at Woodhouse Can , near Leeds . On the day in question he was at Leeds , and be was returning home in the evening about eleven o ' clock . As he was crossing some fields near to Nether Green , he observed
two men before him . He came up to them , and bad passed them thirty or forty yards , when they rushed upon him , knocked him { down , and took from him the property charged in the indictment The prosecutor positively identified one of tbe men ( Rushforth ) but he did not know the other jman , who has escaped detection . Rusbforth was apprehended on the following night , when be bad two crow bars in bis possession , " and offered to tell the officers whe took him into custody of a party who , he said , were about to commit a burglary at the back of Woodhouse Can tbat night , if they would let him at liberty . The prisoner Was seen on the evening of the 21 at of July , coming in a direction from Nether Green , shortly after the robbery had been committed- ^ Guilty . j
A ( previous conviction for felony at Leeds , in July 1842 , was put ( in and admitted , and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported fer ten year * .
HIGHWAY ROBBERY IT HALIFAX . John Verily and Samuel Rauuden , who were eon « victed hit week of a highway robbery at Halifax , were brought up this morning for judgment . These prisoners were tried upon an indictment found by the Grand Jury at the Leeds Borongh Sessions in October last , and a question was raised by his Lordship on behalf of the pris . .. era , as to the jurisdiction ot Quarter Sessions to fieU a bill not having the power to try . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Overend , Counsel for the proseution , in consequence of the doubt j raised by his Lordship , bad caused a fresh indictment to be prepared , but his Lordship declining to throw ont any suggestion aa to the course they should pursue , they left the prisoners to be brought np for judgment on the indictment on which they had been already convicted . The prisoners wera not charged with having committed the robbery " to-
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g-ihir . " If tha ' , had been the ca- » -, bis LorJitup intiiuatW' 1 ttot his irnprtwaimi whs that the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions to fled the bills would have been excluded . A previous conviction was proved against the prisoner Rarnsden , and he was sentenced to fifteen yeart * transportation . Verity , who had been several times Ja prison , yrrt sentenced to ten years' transportation .
PERJURY AT SELBY . Wm . At ' ass , 34 , was charged with bavin ? on the 12 th of October last , committed perjury at the Barkston Ash and Skyrack Court of Request held at Sslby . Mr . Hall and Mr . Overend appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Dearsley defended tho prisoner . At the conclusion of the evidenca Mr . Dearsley delivered a speech on behalf of the prisoner , and called a witness who gave the prisoner a good character . The Jury retired , and after being absent a quarter of an hour , found the prisoner Not Guilty . BURGLARY AT SHEFFIELD .
Charles Ramsden , 40 , and Joshua Slrafford , 33 , were charged with having , on the 19 th of October last , at Sheffield , committed a burglary In the dwelling-house ot Henry Dzdda , and stolen therefrom twenty ponnda weight of candles , ten pounds weight of soap , twenty pounds weight of bacon , and a great quantity of wearing apparel . The prisoner Stratford pleaded Guilty . ' Mr . Gverend and Mr . SuiiH' Were for the prosecution . The prosecutor is a grocer , and resides at Crooksmoor , about two miles from Sheffield . On the night in . question he and his wife retired to rest about twelve o ' clock , having previously seen that all the doors , &r a were safe . On the following morning tbe prosecutor
had got up about six o'clock , and he found that the cellar grate had been removed and that the kitchen door was standing wide open . He proceeded into tbe kitchen and afterwards into the shop , and he then saw that the house had been robbed . A . large quantity of clothes bad been taken out of the kitchen and a variety of articles from the shop . In fact the whole of the lower part of the house had been stripped . On the 24 th of October , the prisoner Bamsden went to the shop of Mrs . Ponelly , and said tbat he bad been keeping a shop , but he thought of giving up shopkeeping and going in search of employment . He offered to sell her a quantity of groceries , and she eventually purchased some of him . Information respecting this matter having reached tbe police , WJ
officer went to Mta . DoneUy'a , and the prosecutor , who accompanied the officer , at once identified the articles which Ramsden bad sold her as part of the property taken from his shop on the night of tbe robbery . Next day , the 25 th , Bamsden asd Strafford went to Mrs . Green ' s , tbe Ship Ion , at Barnsley , and after they had been there a short time , the former gave Mrs . Green a bundle and a telescope . The bundle was afterwards delivered up to the police , and it was found to contain , among other things , a plaid shawl , which was also identified . On the 30 th of October , Ramadan having been then apprehended , his house was searched , and a large quantity of wearing apparel and grocery were discovered . A considerable quantity of tobacco was positively identified by the prosecutor , who had wrapped it up himself in a particular manner . Guilty .
Mr . Edward Shepherd , governor of the House of Correction at Wakefield , proved that Bamsden we * convicted of felony at the West-Riding adjourned sessions , held at Sheffield on the 21 st of October , 1839 , and sentenced to seven years' transportation . Sentence deferred . BBROLABY AT WILSDEN . John Ha'Jield , 13 , was charged with having , on the 2 nd instant , at Wilsden , broken and entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Murgatroyd , and stolen therein a sovereign , a sixpence , two halfpennies , and other property . The prisoner pleaded Guilty .
Mr . WILKINS , who appeared on the park of tbe prosecution , stated that the prisoner had lost his parents at a very early age , and that he had consequently been very much neglected . The prosecutor , under these oil * cumBtances , and considering his extreme youth , was ; very anxious to recommend him to merey . In addition to this bo had a relation In court wbo was read ; now to take him under hia care , and to do all in his power to reclaim him , if he were set at liberty . His Lobdship having examined the party alluded to on oath , sentenced the prisoner to ten days' imprisonment , which term of course was now expired , all sentences taking effect from the date of the opening of the commission , and the boy was immediately banded over to ihe care of his relation . H 19 HWAT ROBBERY AX KILNW 1 CK PERCY .
John Williams 21 , and George Wood 25 , w « re charged with having , on the 26 th of November last , at Kilnwick Percy , assaulted James Winter , and stolen from bia person one pair of half boots . The prisoners pleaded guilty . Sentence deferred . SHEEP STEALING AT HUDDERSPIELD . John Crabtree , 29 , and James Balmforth , were charged with having , on the 19 th of November lost , at Huddersfleld , stolen two lambs , the property of Jobn Hirst The prisoners pleaded Guilty . Sentence d ^ ferred . SACRILEGE AT EGTON .
George Smith , 25 , and Thomas Weighill , 19 , were charged with haying , on the 13 th inst , at Egton , broken and entered tbe parish ckuroh , and stolen therefrom a half-crown , a cork-screw , an 'ren chest , and two bottles of wine , the property of the parishioners . Also farther charged with having , on the same day , at Glaiidale , stolen a brass candlestick and a chisel , the property of William Hodgson . The prisoners pleaded Guilty to . both indictments . Sentence deferred . The Court rose between five and six o ' clock . Wednesday , Dec . 27 . ( Before Mr . Justice SfauleJ BUB . GLAB . Y NEAR SHEFFIELD .
Charles Slofbrd and Joshua Straferd , convicted of a burglary yesterday , at Crooks Moor , near Sheffield , were placed at the bar . Mr . Raynor , the superintendent of tbe Sheffield police , stated that Strafferd had been formerly employed in the Sheffield Court of Requests , and also in the police of that town . He had latterly fallen into habits of intoxication , but previous to this offence being ' committed Mr . Raynor bad never known the prisoner to be guilty of any act of dishonesty , ' Both the prisoners were sentenced to be transported tot fifteen years .
EXTENSIVE BOBBERY AT LEEDS . George Hinley the younger , 22 , was charged with having on tbe 2 nd of October last , at Leeds ( being a servant in the employ of Edmnnd Stead and others ) stolen £ 88 ' 3 a 64 , in gold and silver , thirty yards of lasting , six pairs of slippers , eight dozen of shoe hemp , three pieces of silken galloon , three gross of horn buttons , 21 ba of silk twist , ten pairs of Clarence boots , twenty pairs ot Wellington boots , and various other articles . George Hinley the Elder , 63 , was charged with having received part of the above property , well knowing it to have been stolen . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hill appeared for the prosecution . Mr . Bliss defended the clder . priBoner , and Mr . Wilkins tbe younger one .
The facts of the case are as follow ;—The younger prisoner had for some time been in tbe employ of Messrs Stead and Simpson , who are curriers , and who keep a wholesale shoe warehouse in Kirkgate , Leeds , He received 10 s . per week , and lodged with Mrs . Midgley , his sister , at Klrkstall . On the 20 th . of Not . last , in consequence of something that had occurred , Mr . Stead obtained a search warrant , and with Stubbs and Best , tbe police officers , went to the younger prisoner ' s lodgings . They found two boxes and a hamper near to the bed where he slept , which , were broken open . In one of the boxes they found a quantity of letters , and three purses ^ sontaining £ 77 in gold , and £ 11 3 s . 6 d . in silver . On breaking open the hamper
they found twenty-four seal skins , a lasting piece , marked with Messrs . Stead ' s initials , and also with a private mark , a quantity of shoe hemp , seven or eight pairs of utuff channel Blippers , three ex lour pieces of galloon , three or four gross of buttons , and some steel tacka In a bookcase they found a pair of children ' s boots . On the same night Mr . Stead and the officers went to Preston , in Lancashire , where the father resided . Mr . Stead went into his abop , which was situated in Church Street , and after some conversation , told the prisoner tbat be suspected be had a quantity of goods in his possession . He asked the prisoner where he bad got the goods he had in bis shop . The prisoner said he had got them from bis son .
Mr . Stead replied that they belonged to himself and his partner . The shop and the lower part ot tha house were searched , and in them were found a great quantity of goods which Mr . Stead swore to . He then asked the prisoner if he had any more goods . He said no , that was his stock . The search up stairs waa continued , and there was found a greater quantity of stock than in the shop , consisting of a very large quantity of Wellington booti Clarence boots , and female ' s boots and shoes . Underneath were two lasting pieces , marked with the prosecutor ' s initisls , and a privata mark . In another box . In the same room , some leather was found marked with the prosecutor ' s private mark .
Is another room -were discovered a quantity of blocked Clarence fronts , nsed for making short boots for gentlemen , a quantity of Wellington boot fronts , and some buckskin front * . In a room having the appearance of a hayloft , Which was situated above the back kitchen , was found a quantity of blocked fronts an d ; som * leather , which was underneath some old sacks and rubbish . The whole of the property found ifi tbe ht / ise of the elder prisoner , and belonging to the prosecutors , was worth , at the wholesale price , an moelrai ¦ £ 18 B :. ' In the house werealsofonnd Boma . Involce * belonging to the prosecutors , and a quantity of . letter , bearingthe Leeds post mark . In on ^^ - . thefctt «« . father tothe thefatte
dated June 2 Ut . from the ^ son * said that he wished to know whether the goods ttie son bad sent were paid for . Intheletteroftte 28 tnof Jane , the father complained that bisson hadsent nointoice with thegoods . In the tetten bfthe 0 thof JtJy and the 18 thofSept , the son hopedthat thft father would not sell without a profit , and ; that he would not dispose of , the goods ax a loss . Mr . Ellis , in stating the cai » , observed that these letters ao far Were in favour of the prisoners ; but he would now direct the ^^ attenti puaM ^ the Jury to those circumstances whicb . ^ ggj ^ j ^ fVI ^^ S ^ ( Continmd in our Eighti ^^ gt ^^ i ^^^^^^ . ;^ M ... . . ¦ ¦ . - . V- ' -iit , f ' * - ^ : ' . ^* . !^ . - ; -J *^«
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Keyital Of Religious Persecution.
KEyiTAL OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION .
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE "NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE . " 1843 . Income . £ s . d . Oct . 16 th . In Treasurer ' s hand from last balance sheet 9 16 o £ Oct . 28 th . Mr . Grecott's Book—From Mr . Saxon ... ... 0 5 0 Mr . Lloyd 0 0 8 Oct 20 th . Mr . T . Roberto , Carpenters' Hall
Collecting Book 0 7 0 £ Oct . 27 th . Mr . T . Hanlon 0 0 is Carpenters'Hall Collecting Book 0 4 9 \ Mr . R . Booth 0 6 3 Not . 3 rd , Carpenters' Hall Collecting Books 6 13 Mr . B . Booth ... ... ... 0 0 3 Me . Grocott ' s Book , for John Johnson 0 10 Nov . lOtb . Carpenters' Hall Collection ... 0 1 0 Mr . R . Booth 0 0 * 3 Mr . J . Keighley ... 0 0 6 17 th . Carpenters' Hall Collecting Book ... ... ... 0 6 8 *
Mr John Leigh 0 10 19 th . Mr . Bennett ... 0 0 3 Stth . Carpenters' Hall Collecting Book ... 0 12 4 j Dec . lit Mr . John WMteley 0 0 6 Carpenters' Hall Collection d 7 11 Dec . 3 rd . Mr . Roach's Book 0 1 10 Carpenters'Hall Collection Book 0 2 7 Samuel Mine ... 0 0 6 John Holt 0 0 2 From Fearges O'Connor , General Treasurer 10 0 0 f £ 22 11 101
Yorkshire Winter Gaol Delivery.
YORKSHIRE WINTER GAOL DELIVERY .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct683/page/7/
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