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      \Y. It., Oldham,—We Are Sorry That We Ca...

      T acobs , Bristol , demurs to our position and deter- : ,-jBanon in relation to a request of his to publish a fjjm of Trades Organisation . His reasoning is for ^ in convincing us that our ground is untenable . Kay , Ljias confirmed us in the opinion of the wisdom and . prtmriety ot our former refusal . He holds that a ^ tionai Conference of Trades delegates is not the {^ v hcs t adapted to form a plan to meet general ^ ants sngsests that there should he Conferences of ablegates in each town , who should each draw up a pUn of th « r own 5 circulate them ; and then out of the he terogeneous mess adopt some one without the expen ^ of National Conference at all . Of course such jjoggesrion is practicable ; and would he sure to end & csasimiti 1 For ourselves , we thinkft Conference ,

      jj , which all may be represented , can best attend to the in terests of au \ and devise a scheme of organisation -Jieiaos t likely to include the wants of all . Sot that j-jjeusaon on the points to he embraced in a general and comprehensive scheme should be decried . On the con trary , "we -would have every trade to bend inimeigatt attention to the matter , that proper instructions assy be given to the delegate or delegates they may appoint . And to this end -we shall he glad to publish any jagjc -slions that may he offered , and to aid -with hints anfl advice of our own . But we cannot , and mil not , publfeh ready "cut and dried" plans emanating from any one person , or any one trade , or any one jjstrici . Were ive to do so , we should soon have a pratty mess of confusion . Leeds may have its plan as

      a-JI as Bristol ; ilanehester as well as both places : £ Ed if one is given , all ought to be given . Thus aiientinn and consideration would be distracted hy anjDiporsint details , instead of being concentrated 0 n the leaning rBisciPLES which a general plan of Trades' organisation ought to embrace . It is right -Jiat all these places should have their plans , if they think proper ; and as right that they should lay them , isith all deference , hiifore the assembled delegates , to aid in their deliberations and labours . This our Bristol friends can do . The Conference will beheld , steps for that purpose are being taken aU over tlie country . Of course the Bristol Trades-will be represented in it . Their delegates can be entrusted with the plan Mr . Jacobs has prepared . They can bring it

      ¦ before the Conference . It will there stand on its own 3 Berit 5 =, and on equal ground with an other plans . It Ail ! not possess an undue prestige from former publication or public attention . It can be considered by ihe delegates , and its good points embodied in their own plan , along with the good points from any other plan -er plans that may lje submitted to tliem . This course we are permiadedwill best accomplish the end in view— General Uxio \ and energetic action . Be-BevhiS so , vve must act on that belief , leaving others to do as to them seenieth right . We shaD , therefore , decline the insertion of all proposed plans on schemes of General Trades' Organisation , previous to the holding 01 lie General Conference ; befc-g determined , that as jar as we are concerned , the work done by the

      delegates shall le their own tcork . At tlie same time we are aree . as before intimated , to publish suggestions , and offer opinions and advice . The prudence of this course mR , wc are sure , be admitted by the Trades in general , and we trust wiU be properly appreciated . 3 . H . —We fear the law is with the husband . Xet the wife , however , insist on the trustees paying her , as it is to her tlie small annuity is left . Ihomas Lncn , BoiTON .- ^ OUake the party an invoice of the good ; they retain possession of , and sue them for the amount . "

      wa-e valued hy an appraiser . J & CoSsTAST Sl-BSCHIBEH , BlEMISCHAM . —If the widow havt'TMor fliat the lodge promised 1 o pay her ihe £ i > , Jtiht-r institute proceedings against the party or parties who promised . The promise will render them liable . k CoxsTAXThTiDEB , $ PiTALFi £ n ) s . —VTe should say not . He is not bound v > maintain the wife , she having lived in adultery : and it would be indeed hard if he could be ComjteUed to maintain the offspring of her adulterous connection . Shocking State of the SrnxhTlZtos WriltR * . —We have received the following appalling statement of the condition of this class of producers from Mr . i . Shtrrard , secretary to the Society of Broad Silk

      Weavers , £ pitahields : —Therehaving appeared in various newspapers a report of a very melancholy and distressinE circumstance which has happened to a ¦ Wea ver of the name of Xey , he having six out of eight of his children die with scarletina , the Weavers , at their weekly meeting on Saturday , February 1 st , directed sac to thoroughly investigate tliecase , and after ~ o doing-, to transmit the tacts to the press for publication . Thefacts of the casearcasfollows : —Mr . Jfey , who isavery industriousandsohernian . hadoneof his children taken 3 H with the scarletina the beginning of list month ; and about two days after two more were taken OTtnthe same disorder . On the 7 tb , two of them died . The others having caught the infection , on tlie 12 th two two more died ; and on tlie 17 th two more : sis out of

      « gh % and leaving the other two dangerously ill . > ey ah J is a man of a very independent and persevering spirit , iinding he could not get sufficient relief from tlie parish , applied , through tlie help of a 3 Hr . llarvey , who resides in Hcilmal-green , to the magistrate of Worship-street . The result of this application was , that -rat of the officers was sent to inouire into Ins case , and upon the K-stimony of the officer , the worthy magistrate grderrd a « jvercign to be given to Xey out of the poorbox . The publicity thus given to the case caused s ^ freal other benevolent individuals to send him assistance , for which he is very grateful , and being a very careful man , tlie money thus bestowed will not be bestoin . il in vain . But what the Weavers wish the ncblie particularly to notice is , that this man ,

      though he lias always been so very industrious ind iinseveihig , and was upen tlie whole betttr off than hundreds of Weavers , yet he was adirtly without the means of meeting this dreadful calamity , and must , to use his own words , "lave sunk eompletdy overwhelmed , " had it not beenfor the timely aty ; Um < v- rendered him by those excellent individuals , whose hearts were moved to compassion by his sufferings . Having made tlie strictest inquiries into his raw , I Cud that his earnings , together with his wife and daughter , a girl of about fourteen years of age , and * Ao was one of those who died , taking the year through , Aid not amount to more than one pound per week . Tfcis I have heard some people say is " good wages . " But let us deduct the expenses to which a Weaver is liable , and we shall find that they had scarcely sufficient , * xiih so large a family , to keep body and soul together . When we deduct 4 s . Cd . for rent , Is . 6 d . for light to

      K-ori by , and Js . for firing , there will be only 13 s . par week remaining , and that , to keep a man , his wife , and eight children upon—which will amount to a fraction more lhan Is . ^ d . per head per iceel ; to jiud % m i . 1 rlofj / es and food—the poor man wight well say that his diildrcn were too weak to resist the attacks of tie disorder . And as he is a man that never spends a larthingin waste , nor ever goes outfora day ' s pleasure , * re may safely calculate that every penny was turned to the best account , and yet he could not procure a soSciency of food to maintain his family . What then nrast be the condition of those who are out of work , and when in work , earn far less than he did * I know it to be a fact that there are hundreds so situated among the Weavers . I am acquainted with several instances at tlie present tune , equally as distressing as this poor man Xey's , except that they have not had quite so manv deaths in their families . There is one

      m particular , which 1 wfll beg leave to quote , as it will serve to illustrate tlie manner in which jiie 1 W 0 r are treated under the abominable XewlW Law system . The particulars of the case arc ihese : —A poor man , a Weaver , of the name of Olibrey , residing at Xo . 15 , Green-street , Globefidds , and . who has seven children , and has been <«««* work ever since one month before Christmas , had a child die about a month ago ; hy some means or OJherhe endeavoured to procureacofiin ; he then applied 1 * the parish to give him the ground to bury it in , when Et ivas told by Mr . Bestow , one of the relieving officers * f b ' itteal-grt-en , to take the cltUd out of ihe coffin it teas -s exdthai they would bury it . Tlie y < oor man refused , ° * 4 iii eovsioufnee Vie around uxts refused him . 1

      shud-* t while I write , to think that in a Christian country IB * ours tlie holiest feelings of human nature should c-e thus outraged , thus insulted by tlie very men who fe-K-n <» the poor man ' s toil . I * " w "ti l - A " IIcRSX - *~~ We really cannot see that tlie ¦ -5 .. " ^ ho nour , the sentiments of candour , or the pnowiJes of jnstJcej » j , aTe air j . demand on us to do ir Tl " * WoLold * ° ^ improper . They must excuse * .. Mr rn , 4 i , j 0 f fjj e "fregjianj of the press" is , . ' T-t " e a right to comment on a printed publica-™^ thon : l >* ang subjected to a "call ** to print the ork o document we comment on . We may be ¦ J *™?; bat siii-h is our n 0 tion : and entertaining it , ^ Wffiu 3 t art raiii tor * * - ' frswicn . —Whoever has handed the band-* w questi ,.,, a faonA , could he prosecuted , if the - ^ 3 esak \* £ I . „ jtto jjg aubel thought proper , and if I * 1 * sud friend would give evidence that he had received lf

      « n « : e party complained of . Publishing docs not " ¦ an seu ; , ^ T ) j puulis ; li fe t 0 gjjenjate . exte nd a " •• Med . wofthe facts or opinions published ; and who-- ^ j- * "' -- ¦ •• s , ja any of the thousand ways in which v ca ^ 'J" w- ' he effected , can be made answerable for ^ Mmiiuet . j „ pas ,. question , any one of the j ,- ese 31 J be proceededagahist separatelv , or con-VT with others . It is not at all unusual to get the ^ ^* J : t 'dlo-. is placard , or other publication , to anplo V ° afiains -tJle writer and against those who aren - ' aa < 1 wheuever d " is tlie case , proceedings « ics ! it a : ea against himself—or if instituted , arc ma- a L The law 15 bd novr & m case of inaict " ^ taimi fce defendant can plead the TBirrH of his { j , e 3 | * and such plea is admitted as an answer to also Z ^ f " 11 ' lhe Plaintiff , if itheproeed , and if it Cfilcut S i J -aat the publication of such truth was G . ^^ tolw of benefit to the public i . Lt-l f » x-J * 'nuspTos . —w « cee no sood end to be

      ^ M-iurf r aec *< 35 aS to his request . There has been SBrt * *» ough on that matter—as much , we are D c 0 - wafers of the Star wiU like to see . ti « r ?' VGH * M - —If « e makes a bona fide sale of - "Mici ^^* y « a » no t be followed with an esecution ; of th ^ c , ^ li -- ' - * e imprisoned for the disposal

      \Y. It., Oldham,—We Are Sorry That We Ca...

      A Subsckibeb , Ashton . —If his friend lives a certain distance from the Post-office , the charge of one penny for delivering a letter is legal . JAMES HELLIWELL , Heponstaix . —^ By the Parish Constables Act , the magistrates issue a precept to the overseers of the poor , requiring them within fourteen days to convene a meeting of the inhabitants in vestry , to make out a list of so many names ( the precept in each case specifying the number ) of persons qualified and liable to serve as constables . The overseers' duty is to comply with such precept , and call such meeting . In calling it they are bound to follow the words of the Act itself , and convene it of the vdiabitants of the parish or place for which they act . The words of the Act constituting the vestry distinctly say , that tlie vestry for

      the purpose of that Act consists of- the inlialHants of the place ; and any other convening of the meeting , other than of "the hdiab ' dmU in vestry" is illegal , and all proceedings done at it will be void and of non-effect Whenever the overseers do not call the meeting aright , we advise the parties assembled to dissolve the meeting , and call on the overseers to convene it afresh , on the ground that what the vestry does ought to be done legally , ' and in due form . The business of the " inhabitants in vestry , " when duly convened , is to obey the precept of the justices ; to return a list of persons qualified to serve as constables . The qualification is afo'ir-pound rating to the relief of the poor ; but tlie vestry can also include ill the list parties who are not rated at all , if it choose to specially recommend them forthe office . The vestry can also say whether it will have paid constables or not , and what number , and what then salaries shall be , to he paid out of the poor-rates . The list when SO

      prepared is to be returned by the overseers to the justices , who cause it to be printed and published , and appoint a special petty session to hear and determine on all objections urged against the list , or any portion of it . Then in the month of March they select out of ( hat list tlie parties to be sworn in as constables for tlie year , and give them notice to attend a special petty session , to take upon them then * duties . The appointing , therefore , of constables is in the hands of the people if they will only look to it ; for they can put in the list all those they deem fitting , and keep out all those they deem unfit . They should , therefore , look well to it . Cobs-Law Repeat .. —The report of the discussion at Liverpool is so badly written as to render its publication impossible . J . S . Fildes . —We had fully intended to have this week made use of the documents sent , but are compelled to defer them for another week . A glance at this day ' s Star will satisfj Mr . Tildes how much we have been overcrowded with matters that could not be postponed .

      Pkbbuakt 15, 1845. Yjjg Northern Star. 5

      Pkbbuakt 15 , 1845 . yjjg NORTHERN STAR . 5

      -Monies Beceived By 3lh. O'C0.V.\*0k. Kx...

      -MONIES BECEIVED BY 3 LH . O'C 0 . V . \* 0 K . KXECCTIVE . £ R . d . From Manchester , per John Whiteley .. .. 010 SUBSCRIPTION'S . From Elderslie , per James Wood 0 4 0 From Coalsnauijhton , per John Dawson .. .. 0 2 C From Arnold . .. .. 0 1 3 FromBasford 0 12 From Caitrington : .. 022 victim TUSD . From Manchester , per John Whiteley .. .. 0 0 C Froin Carrington 0 2 2 MSCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . From ZdLsbury , Walsall 0 2 » i From Carrington 0 18

      RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . scBscarpTioss . s . d . s . d . Brighton * 3 0 Ilebden-biidge .. .. 7 a Klton -5 0 Tiewsbury .. .. 18 l'lvmouth .. .. 0 0 Littletown .. .. 1 ( i XoVthampion ( NewLo- Bh-staU 0 7 ealej 9 0 loekwood .. .. 1 ¦> MerthyrTjdvil .. .. 5 0 Bradford 6 3 HrJifax .. .. .. 7 0 DONATIONS . 3 Ir . Thirkettle , London 1 Plymouth , account-book 4 r SDBSCB 1 PT 10 N FOB MBS . ELLIS fl Ahnondbury , proceeds of a ball 10 0 Bradford . » - 7 2

      Ekratum . —The two shillings acknowledged lastweek from Wootteii-undcr-Tidfje , should have been five shillings ; THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER .

      ' Lite Executive Committee To Tfie Chart...

      ' Lite Executive Committee to tfie Chartist Body . Fbieshs , —The majority of tlie members of the Association having decided in favour of « jfhc election of tlie Executive Committee by the whole body , in preference to election by the annual Convention , and also in favour of calling a Convention to sit in London , the duty of preparing to cany that decision into effect devolves upon us : we , therefore , call upon each locality in the hingdom to take immediate steps to carry the 3 rd rule of the Association into operation . Election of Cosvestioj * . —A Convention of Delegates shall assemble on the third Monday of April , in each year ; such delegates to be chosen at public meetings , ' of which legal notive shall be given , and at which all persons resident in the locality have a right to speak and vote .

      Each locality shall have ihe power of electing one delegate ; towns with a population above 5 , 000 two delegates ; Manchester and Glasgow , four delegates each ; and one delegete from each of the 3 Ietropolitan boroughs . The Executive Committee will sit as delegates ex officio , but should any locality desire their services as representatives , they will be expected to remunerate them for tlie loss of falarj thus occasioned . All elections must take place between Saturday the 29 th of March , and Wednesday the loth of April ; and notice of the election , signed by the chairman of the meeting , must he transmitted to the secretary of the Executive . Each delegate will he expected to bring the sum of 10 s . towards defraying the expenses of holding the Convention . The Convention will commence its sittings on Monday , April 21 st .

      Elxctios of Executive . —The next important duty which devolves upon you is tlie nomination and election of an FiXecutivc Committee , which inusf be proceeded with in the following manner . According to rule 4 , each locality has the power of nominating candidates . Every candidate must be at the time of nomination , and must have been for six mouths previous , hy a oaiia ^ irfc member Of tho National Charter Association . All nominations must take place between the 17 th of February and the 11 th £ f March , and must be sent to the general secretary , 2431 , Temple-bar ; who will cause the same to be published in the Northern Star , and will also transmit to each

      sub-secretary a list containing tlie names of the candidates . An election by ballot must then take place in each locality ; each member ( not being more than three months in arrears with his payments ) being eligible to vote for five persons to act as an Executive Committee . The returns , properly attested , must be sent to the general secretary previous to the 16 th of April . The secretary wiU then arrange the votes , and lay the returns before the annual Convention ; and before the country , through the medium of tlie A ' orfliern Star . The sub-secretaries and other officers of the Association are particularly desired to see these regulations carried into effect . PniLir M-Gkath .

      Christopher Dotle . Thomas Clabk . Feaugcs O'Cossob . Thos . M . Wheeleb , Secretary . P . S . A printed circular will speedily be in the hands of the sub-secretaries , containing the rotes of the members on the late propositions of the Executive . We need here only to observe , that there isa majority of six to one in favour of the members electing the Executive , and upwards of two to one in favour of a Convention being called , and its sittings held in London . Next week we shall address a few words to the Chartist body on the position which we , as an Executive Committee , occupy at the present time .

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      Sixgulab Accroext.—On Sunday Night, Betw...

      Sixgulab AccroEXT . —On Sunday night , between eleven and twelve o'clock , a man named Ford , living at Clapham , came to the stationhouse on the common , and stated that there was a man lying dead , or dying , on tlie common , near the Windmillpublie house . The police instantly started off with a stretcher , and at the spot indicated bv Ford , they found a man lying bvtlie side of some posts . He was motionless and apparently dead , the snow had drifted round him , and he h . od become as stiffas a corpse from the action of tlie frost . Tlie poor fellow upon being raised snowed some signs of life , but was quite senseless . , He wis promptly conveyed to the police station , and Mr . M'Bonongli , the parish surgeon , was sent for . Ibis the

      gentleman paid the most assiduous attention to man as did the police , and after administering sonic simulants , lie was restored toconsciousness . The man complained of pains in bis right thigh and ribs , and upon the surgeon examining him , lie observed that the neck of the thigh bone was broken , and several of the ribs were injured . The man , whose name is George Gassie , and who resides at Tootinggrorc , stated that lie had been to sec some relatives at Clapham , and was running down the common towards home , when lie came in yiolent collision with some nosts . The shock was so great that he dropped instantlv , and recollected nothing afterwards until he found himself in the station . In the course of Monday morning the poor fellow was conveyed home .

      Fire at WALHAM-GREEX . —Just before eleven 0 clock on Tuesday night a fire broke out 111 the basketwarehonsc of Mr . Valden , at ^ alham-groDn . lhe premises were soon enveloped in flame , the glare p i which was seen many miles oft ; and , contrasted with tlicsnowonthcground , produced aniagmficent effect . A body of police of the V division promptly arrived , but coiild render but little assistance , as no fire-engine was at hand . The fire continued to rage with tiny , so that before the arrival of any engine the root hai fallen in ; and when the one stationed at I ulham dirt arrive , it was ineffectual lor -a considerable tunc , owingtoawant ofwater . Two other engines soon after arrived , but were not brought into play , ijie result was the destruction of the building and the stock , value about £ 2000 . We believe the w hole was insured .

      Fatal Colliery AcciDEST .-Asthe wokci-sofone of the pits at the Kosehall colliery , near Coattenttft were descending the shaft totheiremp oyment , ontfle 31 st ult ., the rope broke when those descendmg were supposed to be half way down the shaft , and they unfortunately felltothe bottom and were killed . — Glesqow Herald .

      Sixgulab Accroext.—On Sunday Night, Betw...

      Pahricioe xear SnEFFiKLD . —A most frightful in stance of the fatal effects of passion and family dissension occurred on Tuesday , in the village of Greno-Slde , Heat this town . It appears that Thomas Marples and his son , of the same name , lived and worked together , and were garden tool-makers . They lived , it is stated , without any female in the family in a miserabl y dirty house , where the cooking and other domestic operations were attended to by the old man . About ten days ago , the old man made a shovel for a woman named Naylor . The price of it was 4 d . ; and on Tuesday last he went to receive the money . The woman tlien paid him only 2 d ., alleging that his son owed her 2 d . The father grumbled at having to pay his son ' s debt , and he went to

      the shop where his son was working , and reproached him with it . What passed there is not stated ; and , so far as we can learn , no other parties were present . The son however , took from the fire a piece of red-hot iron , of which he was forming a rake , and thrust it at the old man ' s abdomen , which it entered to a considerable depth . The wounded man went to the house , which was adjoining , and went to bed . -Medical aid was obtained ; and information of the fact being conveyed to the police , Wilson Overend , Esq ., went to Ecclesfield that evening , to take the man ' s deposition . Ills injury , at that time , however , did not appoar so certainly to be fatal as to induce Mr . Overend to take the deposition . The next morning he

      was removed to the Infirmary , where he grew rapidly worse ; and when All-. Overend attended 011 Wednesday , and his deposition as a dying man was taken , he stated that he and his son had been on bad terms , and that when his son had thrust the iron into him , he again put it into the fire . The same night he died . The bowels protruded to some extent from the wound ; and on npost mortem examination , Thursday , it was found that , in at least one place , the bowels were burned through by the hot iron . The son is in the custody of the police , and , wc understand , expresses great contrition for the crime into

      wluch . his passion hwmed lum . —Sheffield independent . McR » r . R ix the Cocstt Cork . —A correspondent at Dunmanway gives the following account of a murder near that town : — "On the night of the 2 'Jtll ultimo , about nine o ' clock , a man named William Dacey was returning , in company with his brother and others , to their homes , near Ballygurteen , when they were waylaid by a party of men who stationed themselves behind a wall , and assailed Dacey ' s party with stones as tlioy passed , one of which struck poor Dacey on the temple , from the effects of which he died hi two days after , leaving a widow and three orphans to deplore liis untimely fate . "

      Destruction of a Ship by Fire , off East Greenwich . —Shortly after three o ' cloek on Monday , a fire was discovered on board the ship Henry , of 500 tons , the property of Air . Fletcher , of Limehouse . She was taking in a cargo of coals , at the West India Dock Buoy , from a collier alongside . With respect to the origin nothing precisely is known ; but one of the shipwrights stated to the reporter , that a can containing turpentine , standing on the after-deck , had leaked , and running through the crevices of the deck had fallen upon some shavings , the spirit from which , from its volatile character , bad caught the light of a lamp , and instantaneously the whole vessel was in a blaze . In this dilemma , Pierce , a chain-lighterman , rendered assistance by casting the ship oft" the West

      India Dock Buoy , and in a short tune alter the unity and Pilot , steam-tugs , arrived and rendered assistance by towing the Henry higher up the river . During this movement the vessel was scuttled in four or five places , and she was towed clear of tlie shipping to above the Folly House , in Blaekwall Reach , where she might be sunk in deep watei- , on the west side , next the Isle of Dogs . At this moment the ship was in one entire blaze , masts , rigging , and all . It was deemed necessary to attempt a further , scuttling , but the danger of doing so was so great that it was abandoned . After high water she was run on shore at the west side of Blaekwall Reach , near the point , off Greenwich . As the warps were burnt , it was found impossible to hold her in deep water after the fall of

      the tide , and it was thcrelore necessary to run her on shore to prevent her driving amongst the shipping at Blaekwall . By seven o ' clock , the main and mizen masts , riggings fore rigging , and foretopmast were consumed . So great was the lire at one time , that it illumined both sides of the river , Blaekwall , Greenwich , and the Isle of Dogs , the flames extending from the hull to the maintopmast head . At nine o ' clock the hull of the vessel was still burning . The amount of damage it is impossible accurately to ascertain ; but from the fact that within the last few days she lias been taken out of dry dock after having had £ 1 , 000 , expended on her in new coppering and repairing her , there can be no doubt but the loss at the lowest estimate will exceed £ 10 , 000 .

      Suicibe by a Boy . —On Monday Mr . Wnkley , M . P . , held an inquest at the Lion and Lamb , Drunimondcrcsccnt , Euston-srpiare , on the body of Thomas Press , a boy aged 13 , the son of a eowkeeper , who committed suicide . James Press , the brother of deceased , said he resided with his parents at 43 , Dmmmondcrescent . The deceased went to school , and occasionally assisted in earning out milk . On . Friday last at dinner time , it was discovered that he had been playing truant , and had appropriated some money belonging to his parents to his own use , and spent it amongst some other boys . This coming to his father's knowledge he boxed his ears , declared he

      should have no dinner , and threatened to beat him . Shortly before two o ' clock deceased ' s mother gave him some dinner , and then told him to wash himself , wluch he did . About half-past three the same afternoon witness went into the yard , and observed the eow-slied open , and on entering he discovered the deceased hanging by his neck handkerchief from a beam . Witness gave an alarm , and Mr . Lambert , a neighbour , and his mother , came and cut deceased down . He was quite dead , and in order to eftcct his object must have got on one of the rails placed to divide the cows , and then jumped off . The jury returned a verdict—That deceased destroyed himself by hanging , but in what state of mind he was in atthe time there was no evidence to show .

      Destructive Fire at the Royal Dockyard , Chatham . —About two o ' clock on Tuesday morning an alarming lire broke out in her Majesty ' s dockyard , Chatham , which threatened the most serious consequences to the whole establishment ; but owing to the heavy fall of snow , the absence of wind , the presence orassistance immediately on the spot , a plentiful supply of water , and the praiseworthy exertions of officers and men , the damage sustained , although extensive , is comparatively little to what might have been anticipated from the inflammable materials and their contiguity . The fnrc was first seen in a place called the Joiners- Pound , which was full of seasoned mahogany and other materials for ships' cabins , < fcc . ; and very soon it had extended on one side to the

      joiners' shop , and afterwards on the other to the treenail-house , over which is the school for the apprentices , forming a range of buildings on the east side . The roof of the joiners' shop was destroyed , and the building itself was entirely gutted ; and all the bulkheads , & c ., prepared for ships building , with great numbers of joiners ' . chests of tools and fittings , were consumed . The treenail-house was also gutted , and the rW of the building , with a great portion of the books , instruments , « L * c ., belonging to the school , were completely destroyed . The schoolmaster ' s house , which is at the cast end of the building , is also ruined . The schoolmaster and his family happily escaped without personal injury , and a large quantity of Jus property was saved , but of the wholerangeof buildings onlircscarcelyanytln ' ngbutthetotteringwallsremain . As soon as the alarm was given the workmen flocked

      to the vard in great numbers . The officers and men from the various ships in the Medway were also very promptly on shore , and the troops of the garrison , to the amount of 700 , turned out on hearing the alarm bells , and with their engines , and headed by their officers , were also at the scene of conflargation 111 the shortest possible time . The engines belonging to the towns likewise proceeded to the dockyard as soon as they could be got ready , and all steaddy working together in good order and discipline , they succeeded 111 < -ettino' the fire pretty well under between five and six o ' clock ' . The origin of the fire appears at present to be involved , as usual , somewhat m mystery , for , as far as can be understood , it was first seen in a part ot the range of buildings near wluch there is no fireplace ; but most likely , when the present excitement subsides , and an investigation takes place , the cause of such calamitous effects will lie clearly traced .

      Attempt to set Fire to the Qcees s 1 heatue , Manchester . —On Sunday morning , ab | utsixo clock , flames were discovered issuing from underneath tie large stage door at the back of the Queen ' s Theatre . An alarm was immediately given , and by the prompt assistance of the persons present it was spee uiij extinguished , when it was found that some combustible materials had been thrust under the door , and could onlv have been recently ignite d , -i m , damage done is ' very trifling . A reward of £ 50 has been offered by the police for the discovery ot the offender or offenders . It Is only nine months ago that the Theatre Royal of this iown wasburnt down , and strong susp icion now exists that that also was the aet of mi incendiary .

      BmEFonv . —C 0 . 1 BHITAL of a Wife . ot Servaxt , FOR SETT 1 XG FlRE TO HER HcSBAXD ' S HOUSE . — Mary Lashbvook , and her servant , Mary HaJ *^ underwent a long examination on Saturday last ( it havins lasted nearly the whole of the day ) , before James Gould , Esq ., and Major Wren , county magistrates , on suspicion of wilfully setting tire to tne premises occupied by iheLashbrooka , the property 01 Captain Yvko , in the parish of Northam . The girl made a full confession , stating that she was instigated bv her mistress to commit the act of incendiarism during the absence of her master at Appledovc , and it was clearly discovered that the house and outbuildings had been fired in four different p laces , considerably detached from each other . Both prisoners were committed for trial ; but tho mistress was admitted to bail , in two sureties of £ B 0 each ana her husband in £ 100 . The prosecution was instituted by Mr . John Hamlyn , the Bidcford agent to the West of England Insurance Office , in which tne property was insured . — North Devon Journal

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      Shocking Occurrence at Camberwell . —Three Persons Poisoned . —The danger of the mode of keeping poisonous sttJ )» t ( ttlCC 8 in contiguity with articles to which they bear a resemblance , has seldom received a more fearful demonstration than by the catastrophe of which we are about to give some particulars . At the corner of an avenue leading from Grove-lane- to the Grove , Camberwell ( the Canning ' s Head public-house forming the opposite corner ) , and towards the summit of the hill , there lived for many years a tradesman named Montague . His shop was a kind of village depot , where might be obtained almost every article of food , and most of the smaller waves required for domestic purposes . Tlie excellent quality of his goods , and punctuality and probity in his dealings , had acquired for him general

      respect in Ins neighbourhood , and this was followed by an increase of business , and , of course an addition to his gains . Most of the families of the neighbourhood had recourse to his shop ; and , to provide sufficient space for his goods and accommodation for his custodiers , he had recently made considerable additions to his house and premises . His family consisted of himself , aged about 60 ; his wife , somewhat younger ; his mother , about 80 ; and a shopman , related to him , about 20 . _ On Tuesday morning , the family , with the exception of the old lady , whom the severe cold kept in bed , rose at their usual time . The ordinary- before-brcakfhst avocations were attended to by each . The breakfast was prepared shortly after eight o ' clock , by Mrs . Montague , of which Mr . and Mrs . Montague and the shopman partook , without

      perceiving anything peculiar in the flavour of the beverage , which was tea . Shortly after breakfast , Mr . and Mrs . Montague and the young man were all seized with severe pains in the stomach , accompanied by violent retchings , and other symptoms of an alarming kind . A medical gentleman of the neighbourhood was sent for , who at once perceived that the unfortunate persons were labouring under the effects of some powerful poison ; that oxalic ^ acid was probably the deleterious substance , which in some way or other had been taken in a ceasiderablc quantity into their stomachs , and doubtless in some of the food ot which they had in common partaken at their breakfast . An alarm was spread ; and one or two more medical gentlemen arrived at the house . An examination ' of the contents of the teapot was made , and

      the source of the mischief was therein discovered . Oxalic acid in a considerable quantity was found among the tea leaves ; and this discovered , the way by which it came there was soon accounted for . To soften the water , Mrs . Montague had been in the habit of using a portion of carbonate of soda , and had as she supposed put the usual quantity of that article into the teapot that morning . By what means oxalic acid was substituted by her for carbonate of soda—to which , however , it bears a resemblance sufficiently close to be mistaken by a person ignorant of the peculiarities of form and colour by which they are distinguished from one another—has not been ascertained . One account states that Mrs . Montague had herself taken it from the shop , in mistake for carbonate of soda . Another statement is , that the

      young man unwittingl y supplied his mistress with oxalic acid on her application to him for carbonate of soda . The latter account is not , however , believed . Tho operation of the poison was so speedy , and the agonies which preceded death so excruciating , that nothing in the shape of lengthened ex 2 > lanation could be obtained from Mrs . Montague . Tho unfortunate woman died shortly after eleven in the forenoon , and within three hours after partaking of the fatal infusion . No hope of arresting the progress of the poison was from the first entertained in her ease . Although the usual antidotes were promptly administered , and every means which science has prescribed were diligently employed by the medical gentlemen in attendance , ' she rapidly sank , until death put a period to her learful sufferings . Mr . Montague was howe

      most violently anected . It was , ver , hoped that his superior strength of constitution , sustained by the medic-hies , which were pcrscveringly administered by his medical attendants , would afford time for the antidotes to neutralise the action of the poison . The hope was delusive . The unfortunate husband also died about four o ' clock in the afternoon . The shopman , whose portion of the fatal mixture was , probably , less strong than that of which his master aud ' mistress partook , and the youthful vigour of whose constitution resisted the operation of the poison more powerfully than the feebler frames of his master and mistress—was alive at a late hour on Tuesday night . In his case , also , there is scarcely a gleam of hope . So powerfully has the poison acted upon bis system , and such are the injuries which , it

      is feared , the coatings of the stomach and viscera have received , that his death also appears inevitable . The aged woman , thus suddenly bereaved of her cluldren , the stay of her declining years , and the source of her sustenance , is an object of the deepest commiseration . Hor mental anguish is extreme . Had not her infirmities prevented her from rising to breakfast , she also would have partaken of the deadly mixture ; and , indeed , as it was , she was on the verge of doing so , as Mrs . Montague appears to have been in the act of adding fresh tea to that in the teapot , for the purpose of sending her mother-in-law her breakfast , when she was interrupted by the sensations-p- 'Oduced by tho poison of which she had taken . The excitement produced in the neighbourhood is extreme . The respect hi which Mr . and Mrs .

      Montague were held , and the shocking circumstances under which they came to their deaths , combine to invest the calamity with peculiar claims on the sympathy of the neighbourhood , and which is manifested in every way by which it can he shown . Further Particulars . —Upon inquiries made on Thursday it was ascertained that the young man , George May , who partook of the poisoned tea offered him b y his unfortunate master , was so far better as to be considered out of danger . He was , on Wednesday morning , pronounced by the medical gentlemen , who have been almost constantly in attendance upon him , to be much improved , but towards evening ho again became much norso , and for several hours his lite was despaired of . Nothing has as yet transpired to throw any light upon this unfortunate

      transaction . How the poisonous drug got into the teapot at present remains a mystery . It was reported in the neighbourhood that the water from which the tea was made had been poisoned prior to the water beingboiled . This , however , appears not to be the truth , for the poison was only found mixed with the contents of the teapot . There is also an impression abroad that the fatal occurrence was not altogether the result of accident . This opinion seems to have gained ground by the statement of the unfortunate Mrs . Montague's mother , who lived in the same house , to the effect that her daughter was never known to use carbonate of soda for the purpose of softening the water with which she made tea ; and , further , that the poison " ous drug ( oxalid acid ) was never sold in the shop , therefore the pm-pose for which it was brought into

      the house is supposed to be explained in the result . Much anxiety appears to be evinced relative to the investigation before the coroner , when it is expected that the mystery in which the affair is at present involved will be cleared up . Wholesale Attempted Assassination in tur Queen ' s County . —A correspondent of the Dublin Evening Packet says—On Friday night last , within gun-shot of the town of Monntmelick , an armed party attacked tho house of a man named Oonroy , caretaker or bailiff over the lands of Clonahecn , and one of the assassins discharged his gun , lodging the contents ( slugs ) in the , body of Convoy , who instantly fell . Another assassin being about to discharge his gun , Conroy ' s wife threw herself over him , clasping Ins body in her amis , when the monster discharged

      his gun at both , lacerating and breaking the woman ' s arm in several places . Some of the slugs also entered the man ' s side and belly . Thinking they had done for them , the assassins departed and went to the house of a man named Manly , on the same lands , at whom they discharged a gun , taking such precise aim that the slugs did not touch a hoy that was sitting close by Manly—the contents having all lodged about his ( Slanly ' s " ) neck , lacerating him in a dreadful manner . Thinking they had also done his job , they went from thence to another house on the same lands , and having got in , inquired for the owner—a woman answered them by saying he was from home , and that his wife was that moment being confined . She begged of them , as the husband was not there , "for

      the love ot bod togo away and make no noise , as if the poor woman heard them , two lives might be lost . The assassins then went away , desiring her to tell the man . of the house when he returned to pay attention to the notice they had served upon him some time ago , and give up the land , or that they would h ave him as they did Conroy and Manly , " whose "job , " they said , they were after doing . ' They attacked several other houses the same night , but without doing further harm than cautioning them all to give up the possession , or thev would surely take their lives on their next visit . The tenants on the lands of Clonahccn , it appears , were ejected for nonpayment of rent about two years aco . Portions of

      the land were sot to these parties , the bailiff or caretaker , Conroy , and Manly , a Scotchman , in Mr . ltealc ' s employment . Manly is able to be up , but Conroy is in a precarious state . His wife ' s ami , it is said , must be amputated . This Is the second attack made on Convoy , and tlie second time he has been shot at and wounded . An armed party attacked the dwelling-house of Michael ltcnchan , of Clomagh , in the lung ' s County , on the ni ght of the 30 th ult ., and , having placed Kenehan onhis knees , presented a gun at him , and made him swear he would surrendcr 1 pn the next morning half an acre ol land he purchased from his sister in Mav last .

      Attempted Assassination . —County of Tyrone . — " On Friday evening last , at an early hour as Mr . James Perry , agriculturist on the Dungannon School lauds , was returning from Moy Fair to his residence , at Aughamullan , near Coalisland , he was , within 100 yards of his own door , suddenly encountered by two ruffians , who fired each a pistol at his person , and then as suddenly disappeared . Providentially the shots had not the effect intended by his sanguinary assailants . Mr . Perry rode on and reached his home in safety . On examination afterwards it appeared that each pistol h ad been charged with a couple of bullets : two of those had perforated his hat , and two others slightly grazed his left arm . "—NewryTele graph .

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      Railway Collision . — Newcastle - o . v - Tv . ve , Wf . iwt . sday . —A collision of trains took place hist night oh the Brandlln Junction Railway , the report of which excited considerable alarm intliis town , until it was satisfactorily ascertained that no lives were lost . It appears that the eight o ' clock train from Gateshead to Sunderland was approaching Felling station , when the speed of the train was slackened to stop at the station ; but before tlie train reached the station , a smart shock was felt by the passengers , who were thrown from their scats , and a general rush was made to get out of the carriages , the women screaming , and the men in a stale of bewilderment . The line , it seems , is undergoing repair at this part , so that there is only one line in operation for a short di ^ Di nce . A long luggage train was coming in the opposite

      direction from ltocklpy Whins , and was in the act of leaving the one line and crossing on to the other line , where the repairs are finished . The engine of the luggage train had just got on the other line , when the passenger train ran plump into the wngiiOHS next it , which were thrown off the line , piled oiie above another , and scattered on all sides by the shock . The engine of the passenger train was much broken , there being a large rent through which the fire tumbled on to tlie ground , and a general cry arose that the engine would burst , which added greatly to the prevailing consternation , every one endeavouring to get as far from it as possible . Had the Sunderland from Gateshead train been half a minute earlier , the two engines would have met , and frightful . would have been the consequences .

      -Eato Jntclu' Gnue.

      -Eato JntclU ' gnue .

      A Monkey Tale.—Bail Court, Monday.—May A...

      A Monkey Tale . —Bail Court , Monday . —May and Wive v . Burdett . —Mr . Watson , Q . C ., and Mr . Couch appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Coekburn , Q ,. C , and Mr . Pickering for the defendant . The declaration alleged that the defendant wilfully and knowingly kept a certain mischievous and ferocious monkey ; that he allowed him to be at large , and that thc monkey did , on the 2 d of September , lsll , bite , bruise , lacerate , and injure the female plaintiff , thereby causing her much suffering , Ac ., which was the gist of tho present action . The facts of the case appeared to be these : —On the 2 d of September , las < t yoal' the plaintiff's wife , who assisted her husband

      in cavrying on the business oi' a market gardener and eowkeeper at Ilounslow , went into her bed-chamber to get a hairnet , which , however , she found was torn and seriously damaged . On her return to the kitchen she mentioned tlus circumstance to a female friend named Brawn , who was present , and they consequently immediately proceeded together to the upper room , where Mrs . Brown , who accompanied the plaintiffs wife , discovered the monkey belonging to the defendant ( who was a captain in her Majesty ' s 17 th Light Dragoons , quartered at Ilounslow ) , seated in a corner of the room . The plaintiff , in her agitation ( as was stated ) , " heaved " a half sieve at the monkey , which immediately took to its liecls , and endeavoured to escape , and in its attempt so to do

      sprung upon the woman ' s neck and bosom , and then lied . Mrs . May , however , followed it to the garden , where something occurred which there was no evidence to explain , except that she almost instantly after returned , and was seized by strong fits of hysterics , which had the effect of producing a recurrence of a disorder to which Mrs . May had previously , fov some years , been subject . She was immediately put to bed , where she remained for three weeks ' in a very precarious state , and was , at the present hour , still suffering from the effect of the alarm she had experienced on that occasion . Her hand , it w : is stated , still shook so much as to disable her from attending to her business . One part of the plaintiffs case was , that upon the occasion of the

      second alarm the monkey had committed an assault , the nature of which cannot be described in a public journal ; but the evidence did not sustain the allegation . Eight or ten witnesses were called , on the part of the plaintiff , to prove the circumstances of the assault of the monkey , the effect produced upon the female plaintiff , and the character of the animal . May , the sun of the plaintiff , stated , that on one occasion the monkey approached within six or seven yards of him ( witness ) , and was preparing to fly at him , until he said to the monkey , that " he lmd a stick ready for him , " upon which the brute immediately decamped . Another witness stated , that on one occasion lie passed the monkey , ffllO would have flown at him j'i ' he ( witness ) had not turned tlie

      corner and so escaped . This witness being asked , on cross-examination , whether the monkey had said he intended to spring at him , replied he had . Other witnesses stated that on one occasion the monkey tore off the cap of a Mrs . Kemp , as she passed near a stable where he was confined . It appeared in . the course of tlie inquiry that the monkey had been put to death by the mob which assembled on the report of the plaintiffs injury , _ and ono fellow acknowledged to having stabbed it with a pitchfork . Mr . Justice Wightman , after going over the evidence in detail , left it to the jury to say—first , Avhethcr the monkey was vicious ; secondly , that being so , whether the defendant was aware of it ; thirdly , did the monkey indict tlie injuries imputed to it " ; and lastl y , what

      ought to be the amount ot damages , if they found for the plaintiff on the other points . The jury immediately gave a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages £ 50 . Morality op the Rich ' . —Arches Court , Moxday . —Kixg v . King . — This was a question as to the admissibility of a further plea in this cause . The parties were married in the month of September , 18 H , and they separated in the month of November . The proceedings in the first instance were commenced by Mrs . Hannah King , for a restitution of conjugal rights , against her husband , Mr . John King . This pica was met by an allegation of adultery in bar by the lady . A plea was now offered for admission , on tho part of the wife , denying the charge of adnltciy , and charging Mr . King with the commission of the crime . After hearing Dr . Addams and Dr . El

      phinstone 111 support of the responsive pica , and her Majesty ' s advocate and Dr . Curtcis contra , the court directed the plea to be reformed . It appeared that the husband was most anxious to obtain a divorce , in order to marry again , while the wife was anxious to obtain an increase of alimony . Those were facts which must make the court most cautions , the more so as an agent of Mr . King had said to the wife , that if she would admit having committed adultery , a few thousands would not be in the way , which the wife indignantly refused to do . The court referred at length to the articles of tho responsive allegation , rejecting some , and directing the remainder to he reformed . —The evidence is at present ex parte , and cannot be further alluded to .

      CEMTIAL CRIMINAL COURT . t Monday . —Charge op Perjury . —William Alick Kcnnett , a person of respectable appearance , surrendered in discharge of his bail to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury . In the course of tho trial the following scene occurred between one of the witnesses for the prosecution and the prisoner ' s counsel , Mr . Clarkson : — Mr . Clarkson , in his address to the jury , in reply upon the additional evidence , denounced the witness White as a man who had by his conduct to-day shown himself to be utterly unworthy of belief upon his oath . [ Here the learned counsel was interrupted by the man White in a very unbecoming manner . ] Mr . Clarkson : I repeat what I have said , and lam convinced

      that , with the exception of this abandoned man , there is not a person who hears mc that does not concur in that opinion . —White : That ' s a lie—The Recorder : If you repeat your conduct I shall commit von to Newgate . 'J'he learned counsel is entitled to address the jury as to your credibility , and you must not interrupt him . —AVhitc made some silly observation that his feelings were hurt . —Mr . Clarkson continued to pass his just condemnation on the evidence of AVhitc , during which ho ( White ) kept flourishing a stick of no inconsiderable , size , no doubt for the purpose of threatening the learned counsel , who , after bearing with repeated vulgar insults from the man White .

      said that it was reall y a waste of time to deal with the evidence of such a man . —The Recorder summed up , and the jury returned an immediate verdict of Not Guilty , and added , "We are of opinion that the defendant leaves this court with his character , honour , and integrity unimpeached . "—The Recorder ' : Gentlemen 1 vlll ask you , do you believe the two witnesses ( White and Potter ) called foi < the prosecution ?—The Foreman of tluf JuVy . No , mv lord , we do not . —lhe Recorder : And that is your unanimous opinion' ?—The Foreman : It is so , my lord . —The defendant then retired from the court surrounded bv a host of mentis .

      Proofs of Excuxn ' s Civilisatiox . —New Court , Moxday . —William Stannard , aged 10 , was indicted for criminally assaulting Elizabeth Appleton , a child under . 12 years of age .. A second count charged him with a common assault . The prisoner pleaded not guilty . The facts of the case disclosed an amount of profligacy rarely heard of in a court of justice . The brother of the child , the child herself , and the prisoner , all slept and used in common one room in a street in Seven-dials . The child swore that the prisoner had twice committed the offence charged against him . The disclosure of these facts excited much disgust and astonishment amongst all present . After much deliberation , the jury nvtuvned a verdict of Not Guilty . ' ^ Wilso . v v . WiLSox . —Vice Chancellor ' s Court , Tuesday . —The Vice Chancellor delivered judgment this morniii" : in this case . His Honour said this

      case came on under these circumstances .- —Mrs . Wright ilenekcr Wilson , , the plaintiff , under the will of Sir Henry Wilson and Lady Frances Wilson , was entitled to her separate use to an estate called Drayton Lodge , Hampshire , and also to lands in Yorkshire and Essex for life , with remainder over , of the value of £ 3 , 000 a year . Besides this , she was entitled to a certain leasehold tenement called Chelsea Park , Middlcssex , under various leases . She had a freehold housein Grosvenor-pJace , London , moneyin the funds and a mortgage . In April , 1839 , she married Mr ! Wilson , the defendant ; and it appeared that on the occasion of the marriage a settlement was mado by which the Drayton Lodge estate was settled to the

      A Monkey Tale.—Bail Court, Monday.—May A...

      same uses as directed by the will of the donor : ' but as his Honour vmdcvstewl it Mr , Wilson tookwa estate during the life of his wife in the Yorkshire and Essex estates , and as to the Chelsea Pwk estate , it was settled on Mr . "Wilson for life , then to Mrs . Wilson , if she survived him , and on her death to the children of the marriage . All the other personal property of Mrs Wilson was eiven to Mr . Wilson , with the exception of £ 3 , 000 Cnsols . In the beginning of 1843 , unhappy differences arose between Mr . and Mrs . Wilson , and the result was that on the 8 th of Mav , 1 S 43 , a suit was commenced by Mrs . Wilson asainst her husband in the Ecclesiastical Court , and on the nth of Mav , Mr . Wilson was served with a citation in that suit . Then various proceedings took

      place between the parties , and the result was that articles of agreement for a separation were agreed to and executed . Upon tho original bill being filed in this case by Mrs . Wilson , a motion for a receiver was made , and also for an injunction , upon a supplemental bill filed by her , and those motions were disposed of without any attempt on tho part of the Court to approach the decision of the veal question between tlie parties . A cross bill had been filed by Mr . Wilson to have the articles of agreement delivered up to be cancelled , and evidence was taken in both causes , and tho case now came before the Court upon Its general circumstances . His Honour , after recapitulating the circumstances of the case , and going fully into'the legal points of the question , concluded by observing that the conduct of the defendant had been " most

      harsh and cruel towards his wife . His Honour ' s opinion was - that , upon the law and the whole of the facts of the case , Mrs . Wilson was entitled to a specific performance of the articles . of agreement , but with this exception , that the articles should be taken as they stood , ami further , taking care to insert in the articles a covenant to indemnify the husband against the debts of the wife ; His Honour , in conclusion , said that he was of opinion that relief could only be upon the original bill ; and as the cross bill only asked to have the articles delivered up to he cancelled , and as it was founded upon a charge that the articles were obtained from him by fraud , " which had not been proved , the cross bill should be dismissed with costs , and the plaintiff to have her costs in the original bill up to the hearing . Judgment for the plaintiff .

      Grim Cos . —Absalon . v . Busuury . —Court of Ex . chequer , Wednesday . —Tin ' s was an action to recover compensation in damages for a criminal connection with the plaintiff ' s wife . Tlie defendant pleaded first , not guilty ; secondly , that the female named in the declaration was not the wife of the plaintiff ; and lastly , a plea of leave an < l licence . Mr . Serjeant Jones ( with whom was Mr . PctCrdsdorn ' J stated the plaintiff ' s case . The defendant had availed himself of the opportunitiesafibrded by wealth and station to deprive the plaintiff of the wife of his affections , and the mother of his children . The plaintiff was a person in a humble station ol'life , and had gone through

      many vicissitudes . The defendant was the son of Sir Henry Banbury , of Barton ; and at Bury St . Edmund ' s , near Barton , the plaintiff tor some time resided , and carried on the business of a tailor . The plaintiff came to London in 1881 , and was married in that year , in the church of St . Mark , Jtennington , to his present wife-. In the year 1840 the plaintiff was living in tho Bull Inn-court , in tlie Strand , and in endeavouring to rescuea child from the flames suffered a serious injury , which compelled him to go into the hospital . At this time the plaintiff ' s Wife , unfortunately , became acquainted with the defendant , who being a native of Bury , promised to assist the plain , tiff in the unfortunate circumstances in which he w . 13

      placed . The plaintiff ' s wif « , in the company of a female triend , nfturn-ardsinet the defendant , and upon his ftidiing her where he could address a letter to her unknown to her husband , suggested to him that he might address her under the name of Miss Francis . It would seem , that , from a very short period after this meeting , the ruin of the pinhuuTs wife was completed , However , these facts were wholly unknown to tho plaintiff up to the , month , of March lust , when the plaintiff ' s wife was delivered of a child , which there was good reason to suppose was the defendant ' s . The learned counsel then adverted to the correspondence between the defendant and Mrs . Absalon , which , lie contended , proved beyond all doubt the , nature of the connection between them . In one letter tlie defendant addressing ihe plaintiff ' s wife , as " dearest girl , "

      trom Bangor , states that lie often wished " to eateh a smile from , her eye , w a kiss from her lip , " and assured her that he ' was quito faithful to her . " In another epistle the defendant said that lie " did not think it right to do anything wrong on Good Friday or Easter Sunday , but would meet the plaintiff ' s wife on Monday . " In addition to these letters , it would appear , beyond doubt , that the dcfemlnnt anil Mrs Absnlon slept together on one occasion at the plaintiff ' s house , and left behind him a gold eyeglass , which would be identified . The fact of marriage and tho adultery being proved , there was still a third re . maining , the plea of leave and licence . The burden of proving that plea lay upon defendant ; but , as he ( the learned counsel ) was instructed , there was not the slightest foundation for such a plea . The inaintiff ' s business

      necessarily called him much from home , and the defendant had taken an unjust advantage of his absence , As to the amount of damages , that was altogether fov the jury . The plaintiff was injured to an extent which no damages could compensate . Witnesses were then called who proved the adultery . A clerk from the house of Drummond and Co . proved that the defendant kept an account at that bank . He was the eldest son of Sir 0 . H . liunbury , and about twenty-eight or thirty years of age . The letters from the defendant to the plaintiff ' s wife were then put in and read . Mr . Coekburn , on the part of tlie defendant , admitted that the fact of marriage and the adultery had been proved . He undertook , however , to satisfy the jury that the intercourse took place with tlie knowledge and assent of the plaintiff , which would entitle the defendant

      to a verdict . The evidence for the plaintiff suggested grave suspicions , but he could prove that the plaintiff actually lent himself to his wife ' s dishonour , and had lived on the wages of her prostitution . After this he had the boldness to come into a court of justice and ask for damages . It had hecn studiously concealed that in May last the defendant had been united to nil amiable and accompHshcd lady of his own rank in life . Shortly after , the plaintiff ' s wife , accompanied by a woman named Taylor , and . 1 child in her arms , presented herself at the house of defendant ' s father-in-law . Tlie defendant felt himself compelled to give her money to get rid of her . The plaintiff actually acknowledged that he had passed off his wife as Eliza Francis . All the plaintiff asked or wished was , that the defendant should make an allowance to Miss Francis . Afterwards the plaintiff addressed a letter to the defendant , complaining that he had " used the plaintiff ' s wife as he would a pair of hoots—wore * them

      for five years , and then cast them off . " Infamy could not go beyond the contents of this letter , which was followed by another from the plaintiff ' to the defendant , demanding money for Miss Francis . In fact , his conduct evinced his total destitution of all moral and manly feeling . The learned counsel was then abmit to advi-rt to the evidence on the part of the plaintiff , andthe discrepancics and contradictions involved in it ; but before he had proceeded very far , a communication was made to him , upon which he ( Mr . Coekburn ) stated , that he understood his learned friend ( Serjeant Jones ) had resolved to abandon tlie plaintiff ' s case , This was no move than he ( Mr . Coekburn ) anticipated must take place , when he proved the plaintiff ' s letters . Under those circumstances he was spared from the painful duty of proving what he certainly was about to do , that the plaintiff was the pander to his own wife ' s dishonour . A verdict was then taken fov the defendant .

      Mmm . ESKX Sessions , Fen . \ 3 . —A Sin ; Bruit . —Ann Marks , a woman of repulsive aspect , about 40 , was indicted for a brutal assault upon Jemima -Marks , her stepdaughter , aged . 10 . The prosecution was instituted by St . Luke's parish , in consequence of the complaints of several neighbours . It appeared from the evidence that since the prisoner married the child's father , she had treated her with the greatest cruelty , not . giving her sufficient food to sustain life , and not as much clothing as would defend her from the weather . On the 27 th of January , the unfortunate child was sent for a kettle of water , and upon her return the prisoner seized her by the hair of the head , and after beating , kicking , and trampling upon her in a most savage manner , threw the kettle of water over her , and pitched her out into the street , where she was found almost in a dying state by some of the neighbours , who took her to the workhouse . The jury , without a moment ' s hesitation , found her Ouilty , and tho court sentenced her to six months imprisonment , with hard labour .

      Resumed His Scat Amid Repeated Rounds Of...

      resumed his scat amid repeated rounds of applause . Mr . W . Dixon . moved the following resolution : — " That we , the . Chartists of Manchester , in public meeting assembled , do hereby record our Ulishakeil confidence m Pcargus O'Connor , Esq ., and 'Mi-, James Leach , and Further , that we tender them our heartfelt thanks for their past services in the people ' s cause , and likewise for the instructive addresses . thev have delivered on the present occasion . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Renshaw , and on wi-vput from the chair was carried unanimonriv . acton " panicd with loud and long continued cheers . The thanks of the audience were then -riven to tie ' i-hairman and the meeting unsolved '

      MANCHESTER , Lkctuhe . —A public meeting of the Chartists of this town was held on the evening of Sundav last , to hear a lecture on " Trades' Unions" livMr . J . I-each . The lecture was well attended , notwithstanding the severe Inclemency of the weather . Mr . O'Connor was present . Mr . Leach was introduced to the meeting , and in his usual eloquent manner addressed the audience upon the all important subject of Trades '; Unions . At the conclusion of Mr . Leach ' s lecture , the chairman iutvaduccu Mr . O'Connor to the meet-i ing , who was greeted with rapturous applause , which having subsided , Jie addressed tho meeting' upon various topics for upwards of an hour and a half , and

      . LAMBKiHiiEAD-onr . Ex . -Mr . Dixon has been ' .- >" ,-m | here on Chartisip . Several new' SS ^

      T BRADFORD . Lectube . — . Qn Sundsiy . cVenin « ' Mr .-Josopl ' . -i ; , l ,-. r son lectured in lhe laiferoomron . thc ^^ S ( US . ct ^ m ^ ^ "Ciplcsof-thlpBOpE Charter On Friday last the working " men ' s anticorporation committee met in their ro ! nf wheni it was unanrnioasly resolved , that the committee usec \ ery exertion in opposing the ineorporatior of Brad-. lord , as a municipal borough .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15021845/page/5/