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TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS ,. OF THE WEST RIWNG . PEL-LO ^ w-CorsTBTMBS , —Another of tho » e important times -which gives the "wealth and intelligence of this great but distracted country an opportunity of choosing those men who ire to make the la-ws by ¦ which ¦ we are to be governed appears to be opon the eve of taking place . It cannot be necessary , in an address like the present , to impress upon the electors , asd nonelectors , the Tast importance of the steps "which those ¦ who hare the franchise will be called upon to take in the -srent of a dissolution of Parliament taking place at tbe present crisis ; for , we are informed , upoa-tbe antbority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , that the revenue of the country is deficient in this last two or three years to Uxe amount of seren or eight millions ; that the taxs = s arising from all articles of consumption use ; >> y the working classes are fearfuliy decreasing ;* that uu' . ess same mode of indirectly augmenting the
revenue Cin be resorted to , he will be compelled to lay a direct tax upon property , or else , notwithstanding the g ' . nt of onr Trarehouses for want of a market ; notwithstanding th * fierce competition ¦ which is arising in every coixrr of the ¦ world to onr manufactures ; notwithstac ; k . g our hr . ving to labour under tbe burden of an -eEonr . 'Us taxation , rendered more onerous by the gross a ^ d L-r-mpiicated monopolies "which have arisen out of this iixatijn ; that , notwithstanding all these complicated difScuhles and disadvantages , he will be compel ; eri to lay o tax upon that " new power" which has beec she foundation of all our commercial greatness , and Thich only , can give us a chance of maintaining tha : gr ? ainess ; that , notwithstanding all these things , ¦ we ar * informed , by the Chancellor of tha Exchequer , in h ; s place in Parliament , that vrithout some indirect niDdfc tin be resorted to of augmenting the revenue , he will be compelled to lay a direct tax upon property , or < - lse to tax that " new power" the steam engine J
Jr sedition to thin , we are told by a first Secretary o / Stal * , that we haTearriTed at a " commercial crisis ;" that nr merchants and manufacturers are in the Tery " p :. ; of bankruptcy ; " that our men of property are unal = to get any " rents" for that property ; that our ahorkeepers are " ruined ; " that our ' labourers are living "eventeen ia £ v « yards square ; " that " the pawnbr-. ktis shops are filled witfi the furniture * r-A clothes of oar art ' rans ; " that " our manufacturing Libouxsra have fcUen those beds" upon "which they ought to stretch those weary limbs which want renewing for the Veils of a future day . Merciful heaven ! have we lived to st- the day when a first Minister of State ahall prove thi » i be the condition , of the lBkcrarera of the " envy of ; urroandkig nations , and the admiration of the ¦ world ?"
S ^ ch being proved the condition this country , the question naniraHy arises wha : can be the cause of all i js" ? Whst can it be that has reduced us to this 2 "Whs : can i ; b ? that has brought the " tavy of surrouL . iiag rations " to the " gulf tf hantraptcy ? " TViist Ciusa has been at work to have compelled the " a ^ . mira tk n of the world" to liTe " s « vtuteen in fiv » yards square ? " * What can have compelled them to have " vzv -ej their clothes , " and eaten their beds ? " The aciw ^ r to this andoubtediy is to be found in the fact of V- = nrist ^ enicy having had possession entirely of the ¦ s 'h- le legislative power of the ccentrj ; by their ; tuiT-.: - had the poorer to fill the House of Commons witk ' . heir o ^ ns nominees .
Ttea . electors of the West Riding , will you no ; pause before you ekct two sdons of that aristt-cracy , whiiii has canred the labourers to " eat their beds" to fill tl . - House of Commons ? Will you not pause before you do that fsr them which you heaved heaven and earth to prevent them In . a doing for themselves ? Will yon send men to the E .. use of Commons , -who are imrueiijLdy interested in maintaining the ascendascj : of that sriitocrajy which has brought our " merchants to the Eiif cf bankruptcy , " and our labourers ' to eat their brds ' : " If y . u do , you richly merit all that their syst-tm has breath ! you to ; tut which will bring you fnnb < -r than " the gulf of bankruptcy , " yea , which will yet n : ake you like the labourers , glad to " eat your beds "
. A /^^^ A i I shall , perhaps , be told that these are exceptions , thst ' their bowels yearn with compassion for the > po Jr , '" that their breasts are filled with tbe milk of j fcuiBM-. kindnass , and that they win do more for you I than yon could do for yourselves , and much more of ; the same kind . No doubt whatever they will pro- j jnise "TK-nali , but as it chxnces 'we have the career of i one cf tiara before us . The maa . who is a " lord hj j the a » -ci < Jent of his birth" has been before the public { for fh e last half score years , and can you , after the i most ui-vtare consideration , lay your finger upon one ! mingle act , whieh had the least tendency to benefit ? the . r : tj . t rr : 5 i 53 of the p pu ' ation of this country- ? In faei , iii * ~ i » ule career itis been one of derided hostility
to ctt ; ihir ^ g lik = liberality of principle It is true he twa V- .-i in " lady-likd soft b&stard latin" about the " r . jL- -i cf humanity , " but trhat have been his actions ? Wl .: -sras his vote upon the infamous ? Tew Poor Law Bii ' i : Why , in the bounty of his heart , to throw upon h ; _ - < j-ira resources the man wham their accursed sy > tr : bad reJuce-d to " pawn bis cluthes , " and " hi- I-.- ! . " Ee voteu for the Iriih Cotruoa Bill ; hs Tute . ! f'jr thj Biil Trhich gives the bodies of the houseless p-oor to be dissected for the benefit of the rich . " F-udi ! the thing is rack ; it smells to Heaven : ~ Well , but about the other , my Lard Milton ; at all events , ycu eannot have any objection ; Le has never yet been tried ; be is yet bat a young man , but of great pr-jjii ^ - from the House from which he has descended . " A i ' utue on boih . your houses ! " But then , seriously ,
is t . . ¦ > uug , inexperienctd man a proper person to entni ?" - vtith ; he destinies of a great , but falling nation ? Wistr- - - im his talent and experience to come from , to enablr Lim to grapple with our monstrous debt , and conic -v ^ nt toxitloQ ? In what school has b . e l « mt t . Yi tie conrpiicatfcd interests of out commercial system ? Whir = is tLat knowledge to spring fiom which is to enable hira to follow , in all its slau 3 sitifes , our horrible system of paper money ; that thing-which is srrrntth in the beginning and weakness in the end ;" tha : i / sttan , which , along with its twin brother , debt and ¦ . oi ^ tion , ia grinding the energiesof the most industrioii .- people on the face of the earth to atoms ; and which his ^ ught our " merchants to the gulf of barirnp-cr ; ¦¦ filled our pawnbroker ' s Ehopswith tha cloths of t-r aitizan ?; and causfed our " manufacturing labourers Jo eat their beds . "
Bi . it . howevex , we are gravely told that he has no fcst ^ riense ; and though he has no experience , there ish ^ s iiiher the ' ¦ gr > at stateaman , " not like Pitt ' n-w no more , " but now ia " tht House of Lords" to render bim assistance . And , are we to be made to beli-T- : 1 - a * that house of aristocracy will either pn ^ pose itt-lf . ot send men to the House of Commons to propose , anything inimical to the interests of that « i 5 t .-cr&cy ? Will the heir cf Earl Fitrwilliam propose in u .= House cf Commons , as Lord Milton , measures ¦ wbi-. h ¦« iil be inimical to himself as the future Ear ] Fi'z-viliain ? Or , will the present Earl Fitzwilliam inKrut : bim to do so ? The thing is too ridiculous tt be < r 2 '< : ruined for a moment .
Bji whit has been the career of the present Ea Fitz-ril ' . iam who is to be the Bientor to his son 7 " Wh are : h ; exaiapjes the idii is to follow ? Come up shadi of those who have been skillied to deati in the bastili and then dissecied for t ' Le beneBs of science , and "wi ! your le ^ p sepulchral t . r . es , tell the electors of tl Wesi Riding , that this mtntor of youth , declared th thai ix . w , -which throws on his own resources the mi wb-j has " eat his bed ; " that law which tears the sue ing t < aW from tlas bTeast of ita mother ; that law -whii tear * the -wife from the arms of her husband ; that la whitb has sent you prematurely to that " bourne fro whence no traveller returns ; " teU them that this Me tor'f yocih , declared that that law -which dots i thes * uiings , ( and hundreds beside too horrid for t catal :. ;; was but the mild prelndeof the abolition all ii . 'A for the relief of the poor '
A : ^ J w ? alii , is it , not acknowledged on all hand that if erer we have any relief to the miseries of o social s > stem , it must be through the extension of t snffr&r ?; aad what has this mentor said or dune up this q-ae- ^ tion ? What are the " sace advices" which w haTe ij , oTera him ( the youth > in hi * future caree Has Lt noi recently declared that the Reform Bill h gone qiize fer enough ; that it was a complete revoi tion : and thst we could not aff .-rd to have a revoj tion erery ten years ? There ' s for you , now ! Her a literal Lora ! Quite willing and competent to c stroy : aat system which has brought our " merchants the rajf of bankruptcy" aad our labourers to '"« their r-.-l" But what need of argument ; wi ) l t presrst Earl Fitzwilliam , in the House of Lords , a . tbe future one in the House of Commons , ever pj post i Trying to destroy their own power ? of
Bur rie Chi ^ . celleT tbe Exchequer has declaret that * ithost some indirect mode of augmenting ti revtiiut can be resorted to , he will be obliged to Is on » . property tax ., or tax that new power , the " steal engine . " Now , electors , stop and a * k yoarselvi Beri ' . 'us ' y -a-hether these Lordlings "will vote for a ta npot XL- 'ir property , or for a tax upon tie steam en » in < The >> £ - - iskin ? of the question conveys the " answer ; 2 nd ttlls yon in toaes not to be misunderatoos ths : H is your duly to seek ont from your omi orcie mfeB ai <> & * & to r&prc £ ^ ai yoar interests . Caa th great TDMiuiactUTiBg district afford no one -who competent to represent the cemmercial interests ef tl great county , without being compelled to seek f them ia the ranks of the aristocracy . ' If it camK representation is a farce . Let us down on to c knees at once , and acknowledge onr masters ; let reiun ; at once to feudalism , and no more be led astr by the raockery of representation- A FBEEHOLDES .
Just 2-td , 1811 . J-ij-ur J jj - I ii ^^^» - xj-i i- l - ' I i-j w ^ N-T ?! L Atteiutat Suicidk . —On Monday mo img , * i > o : t half-pis ; five o ' clock , & very well dres fenjfic , iboui thirty years of age , was observed rush burr rdly dovrn the western step 3 a ; the ' son end m Blackfriar 3 Bridge ; having reached the I Jons . sh- _ iL-iiberately threwther shawl into the rh it w j of o ' . nrse immediately carried away ; a rat ! exptrisivs I ' -onnet followed , rrhich also floated do the ride . She then walke d iBto the water aahigh as he ? slices , "when suddenly changing her mi shev . ilkeu oat again , and t > assing ntfer the ( axch . l-tccreiy . walked cp -the- ^ eps on the ot ! Bide , : o lie u-j finall aausement oi alar ^ e parts eo&ihrsvrs and uckel porters . The uufortuu , yror- i . n Jid not appear to be intoxicated , aD < 5 pas on v .-rx joi > urelv aad qnietly aloug Great Snrr Btreev .
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SUPPOSED MURDER AT ARMLEY , NEAI LEEDS . On the night of Friday last , a little before twelv o ' clock , the body of a poor maa was found exteade < on the turnpike hear Cockshott Lane Bar , ou th Leeds and otanningley new road , quite dead , am with snob marks of extreme violence upon his persoi gave rise to great suspicion that he had been mar dered . The persons who first made the discovery , Rd Grayshon and Joseph Gauat , dothiera , of Pudsey lost no time in conveying information to Mr . Good
son , constable , of Bramley , and by their exertions the body was removed to the Barley Mow Inn , Bramley , to await the result of the Coroner ' * inquisition . - In reviewing the whole case , as presented in the following detail of the evidence at the inquest , we are struck with the entire absence of aay thing like a motiTo by which to account for the commission of so senon 3 a crime as murder—for that the poor fellow was murdered there exists we think no doubt , and murdered too in a manner as barbarous as it is rare in this neighbourhood .
I The name of the unfortunate decaasedis Christo-1 pher Winder ; his place of residence was at Armley ; and we believe that for two or three years back he has been out of employ mont . The man accused of the murder is an Irishman , resident , as we understand , at Bradford , aad has been known in the neighbourhood for two years back as an itinerant dealer in salt , though we imagine not on his own account ; he is 28 years of age—the unfortunate deceased 53 . The event has caused quite an excitement as may be reaoily conceived both in Bramley and Armley , where the deceased was well known . The inqu ^ s : was held on Monday last , before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the house of Mr . Isaac Morley , the Barley Mow Inn , Bramley , before a "highly respectable jury , whoafterhavingheensworn , proceeded to view the body , which presented a shocking spectacle .
'The following evidence was then gone into : — Samuel Winder—I live at Armley , and keep the R « S 3 and Crown Inn . I knew the deceased ; he was a slubber ; he lived in Armley and was fifty-three years -of age ; he was my uncle ; om Friday last he was at my house ; he caino about two in tbe afternoon , and left sooa after seven . The prisoner , Thomas Milett , was there during part of the time ; it might be about five o ' clock when he was there ; he had a cart and horse with bim ¦ , he , rcn&uied xoi about four boon ; be was in- the tap-room , and stayed there till about ten o'clock ; his bors « and eart were in aa adjoining abed ; the deceased was in the same room with Lim -while he stayed . There were several other people in the room ; the conversation was general , —there was no quarrel . The
prisoner had four pints of ale ; he had a drab-coloured purse , and appeared to have about ltia . in it ; that is aa near as I can telL Tbe deceased was rather the worse for beer , but walked away by himself . The prisoner was also the worse for liquor , when he went ; he had purtaken of some besides the four pints he had himself . Some boys -were about his cart , and I desired two men who were there to see him out cf the town ; the names of these men are James Chaffers , and James Bucks ; they returned in about a quarter of an honr . Milett came to our hou- ^ e again about ten minutes to one o ' clock on Situr . lay morning ; I -was in the bar at the time along with my wife and her father ; he kicked at the door , and after some time I went and asked who was there ? He said " D—n , you it is the salt man : don't
you know . " He wanted to stay all night , but I refused to let him ia , and told him to go back to his horse and cart . I then returned to the bar , and tbe prisoner shortly afterwards came in at the kitchen door , -which was open ; he went iuto the top-room , put his bat on the table , and said he should stay all night ; he threw down sixpence to pay for his lodgings , and afterwards sud if thst was not enough , he would give 2 s ., or any . thing else we liked ; I told him we could not permit him to stop , as his horse and cart were on the road , and might do mischief ; he said he must stop , as he dua not go on the road , for fear ot being murdered . He then showed his right arm . which seemed scratched ,
and said he had had a scuffle with a man on the road ; he said he did not know the man that he had had a scuffle with ; he did not say then he had been robbed ; when he came at five o'clock and went away at ten be had a cap On ; and when be came back at one , tie ba'l on an old ha . t wllhoat * liaiag ; tl »* h » l now produced bj Mr . Jamaf is tha same ; tbe blue eap sow prodceed by Goodson , the constable , i * tbe ooe that Milett bad 6 a the Erst time Lsaw him ; when he returned he bad his purse with him , and I saw money in it , when'he offered to pay for ftayinf at my house all night ; it was the same purse I had before seen . I turned him out of our boose in about tea minutes . The deceased wore a hat like the one which Milett had on when he
ca . me the second time to my house ; I have no doubt . this is the same hat : it is" the same . Milett had a ; good deal of salt in his cart at tea o ' clock ; I had not ! known him previously . My uncle had no money about : him when he left my bouse . 1 did" not observe tbe state of MiletVs dress the last time he was at my house ; he was then quite sober ; and seemed agitated . If he was going to Bradford , he would pass through Cockshottiane Bar . The prisoner had been tossing for ale , whtn he was first in my house , and lost altogether 7 s . ; the deceased did not partake of any part of this .
ffa Binns—I keep Gockshott-lane Toll-b . ir ; it is . ii the township of Brainley . I know the prisoner ; he ; haa frequently passed through my gate during the last i iwo years . He passed my gate at twenty minutes past ten o ' clock on Friday nicht last ; he had his horse and j cart with him ; he asktd if we wanted any salt ; we did ; not get any , and he paid me 4 jd . for toll , and went I away ; he was going towards Bramley ; the body of deceased was found about two hundred yards from ray I house . I went to bed In about a quarter of an honr i after the prisoner had passed through ; I was not out i of . the door after be had gone ; I did not see any more of Milett that night . No other vehicle passed through : the g * te till between twelve and one o ' clock , when j Mr . Lumiey , of Bramley , passed through on his load
, from Leeds . I htara no quarreiling ; if anybody had : knocked at my door I shoula hare heard them . Milett i was rather intoxicated when I saw him ; and -when I I refused to buy his salt , he made use of some abusive I language , and showed fight , but walked cleverly away , i the cart going on a little before him . Thomas Spiers . —I am a policeman at Leeds . I have f measured t he distance from Cockshott-lane Bar to tbe i place -where tbe body of tbe deceased was found , and 1 it is 24 G yards . The width of the road where the body i was found , between the stone heaps , is eleven feet four I inches . The distance between the Rose and Crown in i Arnilej and the place where the body was found is ' : about a mile , and the distance from the place where tbe ' bo . 1 y was found to the Fleece Inn at Bramley , en the
! same road , is 1044 yards . It is 66 yards from the piace where tbe body was found to Holmes ' s-lane-end , . and 180 yards from Holmes ' s-lane-end to Cockshott-; lane Bar . j Francis Stott . —I am a publican , and keep the Fleece , inn , on the tarnpike-road side leading from Leeds to ; Stancingley . I Inew the deceased ; he was at my house , at near nine o ' clock on Friday night last ; he was sober ; 1 he came up -with a maa -who had & horse ; they bad a I pint of ale a-piece , and the man -with the hone then ' went away to Pudaey ; that would bo about half-past nine ; Winder stayed nearly half an hour longer , a man ; who was in ihe house having paid for another gill of ' ale for him ; he did not seem to ail anything for liquor . \ Deceased , when he left my house , turned on the road to
j Armley ; I saw him at the distance of nearly 100 yar > ts I on the read ; he had a hat on and a blue smock . It | w& 3 then about ten o ' clock , and I saw no other person i on the road . j Richard Grayshon . —I live at Purtsey ; I am a j clothier . I did not know the deceased . On Friday \ night last , 1 had been at Leeds , in company with , Joseph Gaunt , which place we left at about nine \ o'clock ; we had a horse and cart ; we came by YY \> rt-\ ley Moor , over Armley Hill Top , and down Misa . Holmes's Lane , on to the new road ; we came that ! road to miss the two bars ; I was driving , and when j . we got about thirty yards past the place where the ; deceased was laid , Giunt said there was a man laid on
j the road . We pulled up , got out of the cart , and went i back ; I found the man was dead ; the cart weighs bh I cwt . ; I felt no shock as if we had run over anything " ; ' the head of the man was near the rut , on tbe north side ; of the road , with his fevt in a slanting direction across , the road . He had no hat on ; he was laid on his back ; ! be did not move ; he appeared to be quite dead ; his chin appeared to be injured ; I did not observe that he I was bleeding . There were several stones absut his | bead and shoulders . We did cot stop above a [ minute ; but went to Goodson , the constable , who : directly went back with us to the body . It might \ be between half-past eleven and twelve o'clock ; [ : on returning to the body , it was in the same position
r in which we left it . I took hold of his right I \ hand ; it was quite cold ; blood was running out I : of the ears . We should be about a quarter of an 1 hour between leaving tbe body and returning to it . ' j There -were several stones that -were bloody laid around ^ 1 t ha body ; one at them might be about four pounds 3 -, Weight , and had a sharp edge . ^ Several stones were s 1 prodnced , clotted with blood and hair . ] One of these r j ( pointing it out ) is like the one laid next to his ear . 1 ; did not notice that there was a stone underneath his * | head . There were other stones on both sides of tbe s i road ; we then removed the body to the Barley Mow I Inn . I cannot sny whether we went over the body or ' ! not with our cart ; if we did , it must have been the \ ' lower part of the body ; I feft no motion of having J gone over anything . If we had gone over bis head , i we most , of necessity have cone over some of these
large stones . I think it would not be possible foi us to -1 hare gone over hi * iead and the stones without oar 1 knowing it , and I am quite sure I felt no such motion . > The head of ihe deoeaied , which waa laid on our right . hand side , waa a little distance from the rut—probably - j a foot , and his lap were acrou the other rut I did , jnot sea any blood in the rat on the right hand side ; r our horse neither stumbled nor shied at any thing . I i dp not think it possible that we could haTe passed > | him without firing over some part of his body , bat I , | cannot think we touched bis bead . We could not r j have gone over his head , and the stones , and all , r | without knowing it ; the stones were laid on both sides f ; of hia bead . 3 Joseph Gaunt , a clothier at Pndsey , who was with 1 the last witness in the cart , gave nearly the same ver-- sion of the story as the above—there was no material difference id their statements .
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, Mr . T . P . Teale—I am a surgeon in Leeds ; I first saw the body of the deceased on Saturday morning ; I then examined it externally ; I saw a largo wound . neat the chin ; the face and bands were' bloody . I madei a post mortem examination on Sunday . I found marks of con tusion on tbe front and bade part of both , arms , on the back of the right shoulder , and . the back of the left thigh . In front of the throat yere eight or ten bruises of small size ; one contusion was extensive over the upper part of the chest ; the left eye was violently contused , and along the lower edge of the lower jaw , was a contused wound four inches long , exposing the lower jaw-bone , which was , shattered into numerous small fragments ; the muscles beneath tbe jaw were ; extensively torn and much discoloured by exiravasated blood
tbe whole ot the scalp at tbe back part of the head , from one ear to the other , and the skin of the neck , exhibited one m&sa ot contusion , and there was much coagulated black blood beneath the skin of these parts . Across the "back ot the head , in the contused port , there was a wound , or two wounds nearly united , four inches in extent , exposing the skull , which was rough at this part Along the line of this wtund , the hair was partially destroyed . There was a smaller wound behind the left ear , and an extensive abrasion behind the right ear . Both ears were extensively lacerated . On removing the skin at the back part cf the neck , the muscles were found loaded with black coagulated blood j on opening the skull bLick blood was seen effused within the membranes of the brain ; the vessels of the
brain were intensely loaded with blood j and the brain h self was lacerated , and blood extravasated in its substance ; the baso of the skul' presented an extensive fracture ; the skull was thin , below the average in that respect . There wtre some marks of the disease , but not to bear on the present ca 3 e . I have examined three stones , partially covered with blood , and hair , about an inch long , was found adhering \ v them ; this resembled the hair of the deceased . I examined tha road , ou Saturday morning , and saw a dark place , which appeared to present a copious effusion of blood ; this was in the north wheel-mirk , or rut ; the immediate cause of death has been the fracture of tho stall , and accompanying injury to the brain ; it must have required great violence to have produced these
injuries . I do not think that stones thrown , or a man beinr beat with such stones aa those now produced would cause the extensive I jury . I do not deny tie possibility , but ; doubt it tx :- ; Singly . Such injuries 1 should siy , have been pru iuoed by some powerfully compressing cause . A cart running over it would be likely to produce these Injuries . They are in a direct continuous line from front to back , and must have been produced at one and the same time . The violence must have been applied to the j » w , antl the same violence had produced the" injury co the base of tiie Bkull , and the back of the head . The more extensive injuries , which hive caused death , I do not think Jme been produced by personal violence ,- I do not deny the possibility , but I think it improbable that they could have been bo produced . Tbe left eye appeared to have had severe blows ; as well as the anus anii chest ; under tho blow on the chest was a gftat dual ot extravasattd blood ; there were numerous small
contusions on the throat , indicative of personal violence by the han ^ i . There were severe contusions ou thq back of the left thigh , but no marks of violence on the legs . All these injuries must have required considerable personal violence , and would have been sufficient to produce insensibility , and from the concussion thus produced the man might have died , and probably al&o might have recovered ; the fact of his being left out all night , exposed to the cold , would have a ttn
Joseph G wdson—I am constable of Bramlay . I was called up on the night of Friday last , about a quarter to twelve o ' clock , by two men who said they had found a horse and cart , in front of my house ; I got up and took charge of them ; tbe horse and cart were taken into my back yard ; tbe eart contained a quantity of salt and some scales and weights . The name on the cart wm " Owen Cofleld , salt dealer , Bradford . " Whilst I was busy with the horse , two men , Orayshon and Gaunt , came and said they bed found a man dead in tbe road , and wished me to go with them . I went , and found the deceased , Christopher Winder , laid about 200 yards from Cockshott-lane B ^ r . Deceased was laid on his back , with his he ; i
the other side of th-j road ; ho had neither hat nor cap on ; the face was very bloody ; I felt at both the hands and face ; they -were quite cold . I noticed a great c \ any stones about ; they were laid about his head and shouWera ; the stones I now produce ; there are 20 of them ; many of them were spotted with blood ; the weight of the stones together is lOalbs ., the heaviest bein ^ 11 Jibs ., and the lightest lilbs . I removed the body " and stor . es in a cart to the Barley Mow . At three o ' clock in the morning , I went to the place again , :-ud fund the enp now produced laid on the j - ' . onos opposite where tha body was laid ; a small k ^ -y and a pencil I found where the body bid breii . I thru weut to the bar , and called the barman np ; he said be had heard nothing ; we went together to the place ; and as - we Were going , we found on one side of the road a bundle containing some
br ^ ad and tw »» handkerchiefs ; a little further on anil near tbe bundle I found a note of which the following is a copy : — " Kubing Harrison states that kit Winder never paid my w . ige ^ . nor never defroaded im of any thing to tb- * best of my uolege . Ruben Harrison , June 3 , 1 S 41 . " I t-xa ; niued tbe dress of the deceased : hU > right * -ido waistcoat pocket was turned inside out ; his p niock was slightly torn ; he had no h&nokerchief on that 1 noticed . Some parts of his cloibes were bloody , and covered with dust , as if he had struggled violently . The bundle and note were about 130 yards from where the body was laid . I have fitted the key to a b- > x , belonging to the deceased , at the house of his sister ; it fits easily . Many of the stones touched the becly of the deceased , —none were more than i . alf a yard from him . Grayshon and Gaunt were quite sober .
Samuel Winder recalled—Identified the handkerchiefs and pencil produced as the property of his uucle , the deceased . Mr . Benjamin Wilson , wine merchant , Bramley , deposed to finding the horse and cart , on Friday night , in a lane between tbe new road and Bramljy town street The curt contained salt The hoise and cart were delivered U > Gisodson . There was no person with the horse and cart . The hnrse acrt cart were identified as those which Milett had in bis possession on Friday .
George Aveyard—1 am a tollbar keeper at StanniDgley ; the prisoner , Milett , was at my gate on Saturday morning , at a quarter past three o ' clock ; I was standing on the Toaa and saw him come on the new road in the direction from Bramley . He aaked if I had seen anything of his horse and cart , as he bad lest them . 1 said " how , where , and when have you lost them ?"' Ho said " I put up ray horse at a public houEa by the roadside in Bramley last night , whilst 1 got something to eat ; but in setting out about dii 3 k , some fellows followed and attempted to rob me , when I lost my horse and cart" 1 asked him if Le had been druDk , and he said he was rather fresh . He went into the house to light his pipe , aud there said he had been robbed of all his money except sixpence ; he said they had got five and twenty shillings from him . He said if I saw his horse and cart 1 was to take care of it . He looked dirty , as if he had been out all night The prisoner had a hat on .
John Ward—I keep Calverley-Moor toll-bar ; I know tho prisoner , and Lave done so for abcut nine months ; he passed through my bar on Friday morning ; I saw him again on Saturday uiomiag , abeut half-past four . He came up and asked if his horse and cart had gone through . I told him it had not ; and he said if it came I was to let it pass , and he would pay when he came again . He said he bail being getting drunk , and some persons wanted to rob him , as they saw that he had money . He said he had been in a scrimmage last night , but he had got the better of them ; aud after the fray he had gallopped back to the public-house , where he had been before , he said they had got his money . He then went towards Bradford . He had a hat on at that time , and a cap when he passed through on Friday morning ; his clothes were dusty .
Ann Winder , daughter of the deceased , identified the small key found ou the road , as having belonged to her father ; she a ' . S 9 identified one of thu handkerchiefs found in the bundle . Richard Robinson—I live in Bramley Back-lane ; I was returning from Leeds about half-past ten on Friday night last I saw two nun on the road , about twenty yards from Holmes's lime-top ; one man was laid on his back and the other appeared to be kneeling on him . I did not speak to thsm . One of them , I think the man -who -was on his knees said , " CNntleraen , -will yon help me to make this man be quiet ? " I did not know either of them , and did not stop ; after I had passed on , I heard one say , " I will lift you up now , " and then I heard either a blow or a falL I saw no
more . Wm . James . —I am superintendent of police , at Leeds . On Saturday morning I was sent up to Bramley to make inquiries as to Winder ' s death ; in consequence of information , I went to Bradford , and when I got to Bradford-moor , I overtook James Winder and David Roberts , constables , and Milett ' * wife ; we then went towards Bradford , i&d shortly fterwaxdsl appre hended Thomas Milett , the person bow in custody . I charged , him with killing a man th * night before at Bramley . He said he knew nothing at ail about it I saw hu right trousers' kne * was stained with blood .
and I asked him how it came to be so ; he said he had been fighting , and cut his kne * . I examined his trousers inside , and also bis kn * e , ud found that tbe blood was on tbe outside only , his knee not being cut , but slightly graaed , which had not bled . I found his waistcoat aad one of the wristbands of his shirt stained with blood ; the other wristband appeared to have been torn off . He said these stains bad bees caused by a man who stopped him on the road , and robbed him of two and twenty shillings , and who was going to murder him , so be did the best he could for himself , as be saw he must either kill or bo killed ; and when he got the man down be ran away s ^
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f&t as be could , ' and left the man laid on the ground . He stated that then he went to the public-house , and told tbe landlord h , e had been robbed . The man , he said , was not going the . same way that be was , for he met him , and the man seizad hold of him first by the back of the neck ; knocked bis heels np , and robbed bim of his money . Prisoner was then taken into tbe stable , where Winder ' s body was laid ,. where I asked him " if that was ' the man who had robbed him ?" He said it was ; and also in reply to another question , said the doth cap laid by the body of deceased was bis ; tbe bat he bad on he said he bad got at home . He stated that after the affair was over , he went back to the public-bonse , and told the landlord he had been
robbed ; be afterwards went under the ebeti , and slept till daylight , after which he went home , and eenfc hla wife to look for hia cart The prisoner told me the cart belonged to Owen Ooflald , salt-dealer , Bradford . After telling bim that the bat he wore was owned by Winder's friends , he again repeated that he had got it at home . James Winder , ia iny presence , asked bim ho w he accounted for so many stones being laid so near the head of the deceased . Milett said he threw them at him after be was down , for he knew he could only die once , and he might as well die for that , as be killed on the road . I warned Milett repeatedly that what he said might be given against him , but he persisted in talking .
This being the whole of the evidence , Milett -was asked , after being cautioned by the Coroner , if be wished to make any statement . All he said was , that he went back to the pnblic-house , "where the landlord would not let him stop , and he then went into tbe shed , and fell asleep . Ho said he knew nothing of what those men had been talking about It being now near ten o ' clock , the further proceedings were adjourned till next day . '
ADJOURNED INQVESf . The inquest on . the body of the unfortunate man waa resumed on Tuesday evening , at five o ' clock , at the Barley Mow Inn . The concourse of persons assembled was immense , all eager to gaia a glimpse of the prisoner , as he was driven up from Leeds ! The names of the jury having been called over , the Coroner enquired if any additional evidence would be offered . , A man , named John Harrison , of Bramley , was called ; his statement went merely to show that be bad had a conversation with the prisoner after bis apprehension , in which be made some admissions as to tbe time which the affray with the deceased occupied .
A woman , named Ann Stead , also of Bramley , offered some statements , to the effect that , on the night of the murder , sbe was on the road , near Holmes ' s Lone End , at near eleven o'clock , when she heard a noise as of two men quarrelling proceeding from the place where tbe body of the deceased was found . She saw nobody , consequently could . not say whether the prisoner was ono of tho men or not Neither of these statements were taken down , tbe jury not thinking them ' at all important The Coroner then proceeded to sum up tbe evidence , and directed the attention of the Jury to the two points for their consideration—whether death had ensued from violenca or from accident ; and if from violence , whether offered liy the prisoner or some other
person . He want carefully through the evidence , dwelling upon such parts as bore most strongly upon the case , whether for or against the prisoner ; remarking more particularly upon the statements of Mr . Teale , the surgeon , witu whose evidenee be did not coincide in every particular . With regard to the law , . "is bearing upon the case , he observed , that if a man assault another with intent to do him bodily harm ( and the intent must be gathered from the extent of tbe violence ) , and death ensued , that would be . murder , provided the act were of such a nature as plainly , and in the ordinary course of events , must put the life of the party in danger . After describing the violeucu which in this case bud been used , he said be could not help thinking that it was of such a nature as plainly , and in the ordinary course of events , to put tbe life of the deceased in danger . The injuries were sufficient to produce insensibility ; and therefore if a cart wheel went over the deceased , when in a
state of exhaustion , debility , or insensibility , arising from tbe personal violence , and if tho injuries thereby received were the immediate cause of death , yet tbe personal violence which produced the exhaustion , debility , or insensibility , was of Kucha natuta & * to put tbe life of the deceased in imminent danger , —in tbe language of the surgeon , if be had been left in that Btate without farther injury , death might have ensued ; and therefore if the deceased was left in a state of exhaustion , debility , or insensibility , by reason of the personal violence pffm-ed to him by tile prisoner , or any' other person , -which tendered him unable to walk , or to remove himself from the road to a place of greater safety , the party committing the violence and leiivingithe deceased thus txpoeed , would betray such absolute recklessness and utter indifference about tbe life of tne deceased , as to teudei him guilty of murder , for the law knew n » difference batweeii the guilt of huch a case and that of an intention to destroy .
The jury then retired , and after consulting together for two hours , returned a verdict of WILFUL MURDER against Thomas Milett The prisoner was then commuted by the Coroner to York Castle , to take bis trial for the offence at the ensuing asu : its .
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PUBLIC MEETING IN THE SQUARE ,
SHEFFIELD . ( Abridgedfrom theShe £ ie ! d Mercury . ) During tbe latter part of last week , a number of bills were posted in the town , stating that the treacherous laotion—the pretended auti-Monopolists and Corn Law repealers—having held a meeting of their own menial dependents , and falsely called it a public meeting , the inhabitant of Sheffield were respectfully invited to aitond a public moeiing to take into consideration this proposition ; whether the proposed alteration in the Corn Laws and sugar duties would improve the condition of the working classes , or whether they should not go for their natural and indisputable right , Universal Suffrage . The placard further announced , that the Master
Cutler having been waited upon , and he having declined to call such meeting , the requnitionists thereby convened one themselves , to be holclen in Paradise-square , on the forenoon of Whit-Monday , at half-past ten o ' clock . This announcement caused some consternatiou among the Whigs ; for those wise men of Gotham , after divers grave and profound deliberations , issued the following very magniloquent address , the italics in which , however , we should premise are our own : — "No Monopofyt Men of Sheffield , last wetkyou made an emphatic declaration against the monopolies which tax your food and ruin your trade . You petitioned our young and lovely Queen to stand by you against the monopolists ; and she has heard your prayer .. You are
called upon by the treacherous men who hand over the people of Nottingham to the monopolists , to let them play the same game with you . Men of Sheffield 1 mu 3 > er in Paradise-squaTe , at half-past ten o ' clock , on Monday morning , and show the monopolists that , neither by thorn nor their tools , will you be deluded . Attend , and maintain your consistency as honest and thinking men ! Sliuwyour country , —show your wives , —show your children , — without compromising any right to which yon deem yourselves entitled , —that you will have food , —that you will not be diverted from the mighty contest , in which you are sure to succeed , against the plundering and fainine-creating monopolies I "—The above choice morceavx of Whiggery baying made its appearance , the Chartists retorted in no very gentle terms , by issuing another placard , in which
they asked the men of Sheffield if they were prepared to place any reliance upon th « " base and treacherous Whigs , " with their new-born cry of " No Nonopoly , " the offspring of despair . and brought forward to support in office a base Ministry , who hive never attempted any measure for the good of the people , but whoso cole object had been to enrich their hungry tools , by robbing the poor wan of his hard earned wages . By the hour of meeting , on Monday morning , a very large concourse of persons had assembled in the square . Upon the steps of the Freemason ' s Lodge were stationed the leaders of the Chartists , and also a number of the leading Whigs . As , however , it was found that the steps were inconveniently crowded , the Whig party quitted the steps and took up a position upon a waggon which immediately adjoined the steps upon the left .
Mr . Otley proposed , that Mr . Parkes , a working man , should take the chair , on which , Mr . Bbamley proposed Mr . "William Fisher as chairman , and a scene of uproar and confusion then ensued , which it is altogether out of the power ot words to describe , cheers and hisses , and hootings , being harmoniously blended . Mr . Bbamley . and Mr . Otley attempted to speak , on which they were both assailed by the hooting of their respective opponents , which were endeavoured to be drowned by the cheers of their friends . Tranquillity having in some degree been restored , the question was put to the meeting , and the shew of hands was declared by Mr . Otley to be in favour of Mr . Parkes ; the Whigs maintaining tho contrary very stoutly . After a good deal of disputing , the question was put afresh , and Mr . Otley again asserted that tho show of hands was in favour of the chairman whom he had nominated . The
disturbance then recommenced and continued fora considerable time , the Whigs and the Chartists alternately hooting , groaning , and cheering , aa the friends of either party attempted to address the assembly * In the midst of the turmoil Mr . Parkes and his friend * strenuously asserted hid right to the obair , and the other party as strenuously resisted it . About twelve o ' clock as it was found impossible to proceed with the business of the day , some attempts to bring about a compromise were made , tbe Whigs , as we understand , proposing that there should be two chairmen , » nd that an umpire should be appointed to settle any dispute that might arise between them . This proposition however fell to the ground , and the noisy strife before described was kept up for some time longer . Towards halfpast twelve o'clock , Mr . Gill came forward to move the first resolution , aud ho had not uttered more than a few sentences , when he wnsasaailed by the hootings of the Whig party , which his friends
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endeavoured to overcome by their hearty cheers . The uproar thus created prevented the , epeaker from being heard . He made several attempls to proceed , but without succesF , and be at last , seeing the-hopelessness of aU attempts to gain a deliberate hearing , brought his remarks to an abrupt conclusion * by proposing the following resolution : — " That the present measure of relief proposed , by the Whigs is an insult to the toilworo and suffering millions of this country , and proves that they have no desire to do' justice , to the people . They have also proved , by eight yeara * heartless profligacy , and misrule that tboir most solemn promises and professions are not to , ba regard *] , and * that th « r are unvforthy of thei people ' s confidence ., , That although the Corn Laws" are junust anl oppressive , yet the present House of Commons being inimical to the people ' s rights , will not repeal the Same except through an agitation bordering on revolution . " ;
Mr , Mabsh having seconded the resolution , . Mr . Pauses asked if the party on the waggon had any amendment to propose , and he was answered by beiug told that they did not recognise him as chairman . He proceeded to put the resolution to the meeting , when the uproar , which had been some what allayed , was renewed , and kept up for some time . -. Mr . Fisher then got up , and , as he said , he merely wished to speak to a point of order , a hearing was obtained for him , throagh the exertions of the party on the steps , and those in the waggon . Silence having been restored , Mr . Fisher said , that though he retired peaceably from that meeting , yet , he did not do so from any cowardly motive , for he did not fear ,
one party or another , having never inflicted an injury upon any man . He came there with his friends , at the request of a number of working classes , to advocate their interests . He thought that what was the interest of the workmen was the interest of the master , and that the interests of the two were inseparably connected . . He had been a workman himself , and as poor as any man . in . that meeting , and therefore he could sympathise With the working classes . After exhorting both partieWo lay aside all party feeling , and to endeavour to promote the common welfare , Mr . FiBher left the waggon amid the loud cheers of his friends , Mr . F . having been heard with the greatest attention , the Chairman eaid a specimen had been given of the manner in which he and his friends would treat their opponents . He hoped from that time forward , they would be able to conduct their future proceedings in peace and harmony , and that they should
endeavour to coma to a calm and dispassionate conclusion upon the question before them . . Mr . lBBoxsoN said he had guessed some such resolution would be brought forward i and , therefore , he had come prepared with an amendment upon it . Ho then went on to laud himself as an advocate of free trade , and all other good things , for a long time . After he told the meeting that ho had been shown , by somo Tories , some letters from the Chartist leaders , acknowledging the receipt of money week afcer week —( cheers , confusion , and cries of" Its a lie , " "Names . ") He was sure the majority of the meeting who knew him would give him credit when he affirmed that what he stated was the truth . ( No , no , and yes . y He would not state names ; but ho was ready to make oath that he read the letters . He would do this , and leave any explanation to the Tories . Mr . lbbotson concluded by moving the following amendment to tho resolution : —
** That it is clearly shown that the abolition of the monopolies , especially in corn and sugar , and a revision of the import duties generally , would greatly improve the circumstances of the people ; that without opposing the extension of the franchise , or the advocacy of their political claims by any portion © f our countrymen , we are of opinion that the men who would weaken . our efforts to abolish monopolies are the abettors of the monopolists , and are not tho real friends of the extension political rights and of the welfare and happiness of tho people . "
Mr . Benson seconded the amendment ^ observing that he would not adopt the course followed by Mr . Gill , but would state at length tha reasons why he seconded the proposition . Mr . Gut bere indignantly observed ttiat'lj ^ waa the party with whom Mr . Benson was connected who bad prevented him from going into the question at length . He was perfectly ready to state fully his reasons for supporting the resolution , and to disprove the Blander of-Mr . Ibbotson . He had never received a penny from either the accursed Whig or Tory factions , and never would do . Mr . Benson said , that as Mr . Gill , and some of the supporters would have to address the meeting , in support of the original motion , he would simply then second the resolution , and reserve what he had got to say to . a . later period of the meeting .
Mr . Baihstow , thu Chartist lecturer said , he appeared before the assembly to support not only the rights of those pre 3 eut , but the rights of the working millions throughout the country . A statement had been made with the view of prejudicing the minds ef tho meeeting , against the Chartist leaders on that occasion . He declared that he had never received anything either from the Tories or any other party . He was employed by the working men , and by them he was paid . The question with them then was , whether the abolition of the Corn Law or Universal Suffrage should be the grand object of the working classes to attain . He complainud that those who now opposed monopoly had a monopoly of tbe suffrage . Who was it who passed
the Corn Laws ? ( " Tories . ") But how was this ? The Tories passed that law assisted by the Whigs , at tho point of the bayouec . Tho Whigs , he contended , would never repeal that law . The Sun newspaper had declared that the Wuigs would never repeal that law , and he considered that a sufficient authority . Lord John Russell hai proposed a fixed duty of 8 s . per quarter on Corn , and to shew the effect of that proposition he would refer to tho last three years . ( Hear , hear . ) The importation of corn during that period had amounted to 9 4 G 0 , € G 0 quarters , and tho duty paid upon it was £ 1 , 6000 , 000 ; but if Lord John Russell ' s fixed duty of 8 s . had been levied upon every quarter of grain imported iuto this country , thai duty would bave amounted
to £ 2 , 400 , 009 . This was shown by the returns . supplied to tho House of Commous . What ( he asked ) had induced the Whig Ministry to come forward at the present time , now that they were struggling in the agonies of political death . The answer was this : they felt confident that they had abused the trust , reposed in them—they felt confident that they had not performed their promises to the peoplethat they had made the agitation on the question of the Reform Bill subservient to their own interests—they were fully conscious that up to the present time they had resisted any repeal of the Corn Laws—for when the Anti-Corn Law deputation waited upon Lord Melbourne , at the commencement of the last session , he then stated that
he deemed the repeal of the Cora Laws one of the maddest projects that ever entered into the imagination of man . What a chamelion , then , must Lord Melbourne be , to advocate the repeal of the Corn Laws at the present moment . He contended that the Whigs would never repeal the present Corn Laws , and that pledges and promises were the staple material in which the Whigs always deal . Cheap bread and free trade were the arguments of those who wished to lower wages . Who bat the Whigs had been the means of establishing rival manufactories throagh the whole of Continental Europe ! They _ it was who had allowed the exports of machinery . Mr . Gregg , the Member for Manchester , had established manufactories in
Belgium , and on other parts of the Coutinent , for the purpose of beating down English labour at home . Yet these were the men who were bawling to the people to come forward and stick by the Whigs , and keep the Ministerial traitors in office for another session . If the Whips were ( as they professed to be ) the friends of cheap bread and high wages , why did they keep the working classes from being represented in the House of Commons , and thereby giving them the means of protecting their labour ! Every interest except that of labour was represented in the House of Commons ; and he contended , therefore , that the Charter was the only means of remedying the evils under which the working classes at present suffer ( Cries of " What did
you do at Nottingham V ) lie would answer that question . The Chartists possessed the balance of power between the Whig and Tory factions . They were on the eve of a general election , and it was noi the intention of his friends to bring forward Chartist candidates . He detested both the Whigs and Tory factions as heartily as any man then present did ; but at Nottingham he acted on the principle of Judas Iscariot , who was by the Creator made the means of crucifying Jesns Christ , that the world might ) be saved . Both tha Whig and Tory parties beiug now so nearly balanced , neither party could succeed vrithout Chartist coperation . At Nottingham they asked the Whigs if they would support the Chartists —( hear , hear)—and on their
replying in the negative , the Chartists wont over to the Tories , and they did so on this principle . At present the Chartists had two parties of obstructives to contend with in obtaining thu Charter ; and if they gave their balance of power in favour of the Tories at a general election , the Whigs must walk out , and the Tories must walk in . They would then have only one party to contend with instead of two . Consequently , his advice to the Chartists in Sheffield was , in the event of a general election , to rapport the Tories . He contended that Lord John RusmII was as much of a Tory as the Duke of Wellington , and ought to range himself on the same side . Bid
not Lord John Russell state that the Reform Bill was a final measure ! When tbe Whigs were but of office they were rebels , and when they were in office they were tyrants . What did they give to the people of Ireland I The Coercion Bill , whieh led O'Connell to style them a M base , brutal , and bloody faction . " Another of their measures was the New Poor Law . It was true the measure was supported by some of the Tories , but it was brought forward and carried by the Whigs . He recommended the working men of England to stand by their order , as Earl Grey declared he would stand fey his . The Whigs had stuck by their order , and he recommended
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the working classes to stand by their order , and swamp the Whigs , who were base , rascally , and treacherous . ' - j »« m » u The Rev . R . S . Bayley , who was received with mingled cheers and hisses , spoke at some length In favour of the amendment .: , . . . On the conclusion of Mr . Bayley ' g , address The ChaihmaN Batd he Buould proceed to ' put th « question . ¦ - - •' - F »» ine ,, ^ ° J ^ ° W had he made this ¦ announcement than Mr . Benson came forward , and the Whi « a cflml nifenced hie ^ in | the Chairman ; and . oneiSemat whose name we- do not care to- iriention . % nd xr& **?"? sWp * *•¦•*? & ' i >» KiS with tree ytinzfairnessipn Mr ., Benson being heard before the motjpn was put . su «« a The Chairman Baidthat Mr . Benson had beforA spoW or might have done , and therefore he had no 5 J ^ L ^ JlPSfc- l would , howeverpat it £
; , the meeting . whether or not Mr . Benson shonU speak . * "" _ The question v ? as then put , and negatived and Mr . Benson , after somo grumbling at the decision of the meeting , desisted . »»«« oi Mr . EBENEZEB Eixiorr , " the Corn Law Rhymer " then proceeded to . address the assembl y in his usual " calm" an , d " dispassionate" manner , ia doingwhich he was assailed with hootings and hissings vlI said that some mention had been made of the rnia conduct of the proprietors of machinery ; heaskni them where they , would be at the end of a vear without machinery J Nothing had b ^ en said of th « injustice of the landowners , and he would , therefore endeavour to supply the deficiency . The land owners starved ; Napoleon Buonaparte to death at St . Helena ; . they would not euffer him to toddle to the grave ' dry-shod , " but only allowed him a pair of boots through which his toes protruded .
This Sapient reasoning was received , as it deserved to be , with shouts of derision . « - When Mr . Elliqttt had spoken , The Chaibman \ put the amendment , which was lost'by a very great majority ; and three cheers were then given for the Charter . A vote of thanks was then voted to the Chairman on the motion of Mr . Otley , seconded by Mr Duffy , and supported by Mr . Pitkctfely , of Hudders- ' field , and the meeting broke up about half-past two o ' clock .
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An ikqujest was held on Saturday , at the Salutation Tavern , Woolwich , on the bodies of six convicts namely ^ Joseph Clarke , aged 57 , convicted at Leeds ' Wm Sjakhouse , aged 31 , convicted at Glasgow Frederick . Bolt wood , aged 26 . convicted at Chelms- ' ford . ; James Hosie , aged , 34 , convicted at Edinburgh ; John Clarke , aged 32 , ( convicted at Chelmaford : and Joseph Itenmkn , aged 27 , convicted at Kirton-Lindsay . Dr . Hope said that every possible attention had been paid to them ; and that their deatfes resulted from affections of the ohest . The Jury returned a verdict of Natural Death .
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CONTINUATION OF THE NOMINATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL . IPSWICH . Donald M'Pherson , tea-dealer William Halriimand Giles , printer George Terry , coach-trimmer William Garrard , carpenter , sub-Secretary William Lyon , ditto , aub-Treasurer . ¦ . . MACCLESFIELD . William Lowe , bookseller , George street Henry Swindells , labourer , Cross-street Lake Riley , weaver , Nixons Yard Peter Bowles , ditto , King Edward-street Emanuel . Robinson , ditto , Green-3 treet John West , ditto , Union-street , sub-Secretary William Frost , ditto , Newgate , sub-Treasurer .
. STOCKKPOBT , BAUEORD'ST&B&t . Thomas Webb , Heaton-lane Daniel Rodgers , Dukenfleld-placs Peter Jones , Heaton-Iane Thomas Clarke , Temperance Yard , Hill-gate J » mt > 9 Torkiugton ,. ' . '" ¦ ¦ ¦ * . William'Qwene , pub Secretary Jamea Bariow . ' John-street , sub-Treasurer .
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-FB 1 DAY , Juju : 4 . Their Lordships were occupied with the presentation of petitions , chitfly on the subject of the Corn Laws .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fbidat ., June 4 . Several private Bills were advanced a stage . Tbe House was occupied till half-past five o ' clock with the presentation of petitiens for and against an alteration in the Corn Laws , and on tbe proposed alteration of the duties on sugar and timber . : Mr . Scholekield renewed his motion on the subject of the distress existing among the industrious classes for the 15 th June . In answer to Lord Teignmouth , Lord Palmeeston said the government b < d despatched instructions to their minister at Constantinople to induce the Turkish government to make such arrangements with regard to the revolted Candians as would rescue person and property .. The " Want of Confidence" debate was resumed by Mr . Sueil , -who , along with Mr . C , Boller , Sir H , Ver ^ EY , ana Mr . Hawes , spoke in favour of Ministers . . ¦ " ' '
Lord John Russell also expressed In 3 confidence in himself , or the Ministry , which is the same thing . Sir S . Canning , Lord Ddncannon , and CoL SiBthorp -who observed that the Government had promised a diminution of the public burdens , and had involved the country in an enormous debt . They had , retained office by shuffling which would have disgraced the devil himself , as he would bave no objection to give them a quarter's salsryy provided they went out of office at once—( much laughter;—Lord Stanley , and Sir R . Peel spoke on the other skie . The Whiga got a severe flagging from the other faction . The House divided , when there appeared—Forthe motion . . 312 Agajnstit . 311 Majority against Ministers——I Tbe announcement of the numbers was received with loud and protracted cheers by the opposition members .
Lord John Russell stated , that on Monday be should take the estimates necessary for the public service , and he should then state what course be would pursue with regard to tbe Corn Laws . Adjourned at half-past three o ' clock .
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On Friday morning , the 7 th ult ., a daughter was born to John and Mary Jane Dodd , of Plymouth , Devonshire ; aud on Saturday she was registered by the name of Mary Jane Frost O'Connor , after Cambria ' s exiled patriot , and Hibernia ' s noble gift to Britannia . The wife of Mr . T . Storkey , High-street , Stokeupon-Trent , was safely delivered of a son , which baa been duly registered aud christened in honour of the " cagedlion * and the exiled patriot , Feargus Frost Storkey , The wife of Mr . Samuel Lees , of Hadfield , wa 3 safely delivered of a son on the 28 th ult ., who has been duly registered by the name of John Frost Lees .
Christened lately , at Bradbury , near Stockport , Feargus O'Connor , the son of Charles Bardsley and his wife , of that place . Born on the 12 th of April , Zephaniah Hunt Feargus Frost , the son of Thomas and Ruth Abbott Maria Feargus O'Connor Frost , daughter or Thomas and Mary Hughes , of Ardwick , was baptised by the Rev . James Scholefleld , at Christ Cuurcn , Manchester , on Sunday , Feb . 13 th . „ , Christened at Trinity Church , Carlisle , on the lltn of April , Feargu 3 O'Connor , son of Joseph m Margaret Pattison . Mary O'Connor White , daughter of Mr . William White , was duly registered at the registrar ' s office , Manchester , March 16 th .
Feargus O'Connor , the infant son of Mr . James M'Lanen , of Leith , was duly registered andbaptised by John Duncan , pastor of the Christian Chartist Church of Dundee . The wife of Mr . John Sidaway , sub-Secretary w the Gloucester National Charter Association , was safely delivered of a female child , which was duly registered , on the 26 th of April , by the name Of Catherine Vincent Sidaway . Robert Feargus O'Connor Brearley , son of Rober t and Betty Brearley , of Slithero Mill , Ripponden , was duly christened by the Rev . Thomas Mellor , tbe Baptist Minister of Rishworth , on the 20 th or May ; . . . t At Edinburgh , on the 20 th of April , tbe wife or James Dingwallconfectioner , Stirling , of a 8 on , ana
, on the 2 Jthj was registered and christened Feargus O'Connor Dingwall . . .. ¦ Recently at Christ Church , Manchester , by u »« Rev . J ; Scbofield , Maria Feargus O'Connor Frost Hughes , daughter of Thomas and Mary Hughes , of . No . 7 , Blind-lane , Higher Ardwick , near M * nobeeter . Jennet , tbe wife of Wm . Mossman , stonemaso n . Juniper Green , had » daughter baptised-Jennet O'Connor Mossman , by the Rev . Lewis Balfbar , parish minister of Collington , on the 24 th day « February . Lately » t Shelton Potteries , Mary Frost O'Connor Matthew Yates , daughter of Jeremiah and Ann Yates ¦ : ¦ : -: ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦
. . . . . ,. _ _ . Also , Feargus O'Connor Corns , son of James and Martha Corns , Hanley-bath t in the parish of StoKOupon-Trent , Staffordshire . ' . L . On the-25 th of February , by the Rev . Mr . Bruce , Robert Feargus O'Connor Yeates , son of Robert Yeates and Margaret Shillinglaw , Leith .
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6 THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct710/page/6/
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