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      I Cons, Nuistol, Demurs To Out Position ...

      I cons , _nuisTOL , demurs to out position and _oeter-- inati <> n , n rdat'on to a request of liis to publish a _^ of Trades Organisation . His reasoning is far ? _T ,, conv incing ns that our ground is untenable . Xay , has confirmed us in the opinion of the wisdom anil _rfOi « rie * y 0 l ? onr _f OTmeI _refisa' - He holds that a _ootjoiiai Conference of Trades delegates is not the Wlv best adapted to form a plan to meet general _aa-us , Dnt sn 55 ests that _rtlere s _' 10 ula _ne Conferences of , _j _^ tes in each town , who should each draw up a _" _ibnof their own ; circulate them ; and then out of the _Lterosraeoii-- mess adopt sojie one witliout the _exr _« n- c ° i a _Sa _** _* Conference at alL Of course such ; _suggestion is practicable ; andvvonld be sure to end _^" _rSAjosiTT I For ourselves we think a Conference ,

      _ which all may be represented , can best attend to the _jEia-er -ti- of oV , and devise a scheme of organisation -Si-roost likely t « include the wants of all . _3 ot that -Session on the points to be embraced in a general _^ d comprehen sive scheme should be decried . On the _-taiTxar _v , we would have every trade- to ber . il _inunegji ..- attention to ihe matter , tliat propel * instructions _atfv be * nve » to tiie delegate or delegates they may ap-- . _Jiiit . And to this end we shall be glad to publish any _t _^ _estions that may be offered , and to aid with hints i- _'iadriee of our own . Bnt vve _cana-.-t , and will not , i _. _Tjlui ! - _!* ready " cut and dried" plans emanating ji _.-n a ny 0 ,, c P _^ _-son , or any one trade , or any one vL-nirt- Were we to do so , we should soon have a _-reflv a" " ° f confusion . Leeds may have its plan as

      a . *] a ? Bristol ; _Jlanchester as -well as both places : _ _-id if one is given , Jill ought to be given . Thus r . j € ntion and consideration would be distracted by _^ important details , instead of being concentrated _., a die leading rwxciri . ES which a general plan of Trades' organisation ought to embrace . It is right -ist all these _jihiees should have _tlieir-plans , if they —ink proper 5 and as right that they should lay them , _* itb -dl deference , before the assembled delegates , to - j _$ in their deliberations . and labours . This our Bri _^ ol friends can do . The Conference wiU be held . _> :, _ps for that purpose are _lieing taken all over the _cwiaitry- Of course the IJristol Trades will be repreira : _,-d in it . Their delegates cau be entrusted with -J ! _Vj . lan 3 Jr . Jacobs has prepared . They can bring it _trf' / re the Conference It will there stand on its own «! _eri's aud on equal ground with all other plans . It _* i !! uot possess an undue prestige from former publiaxivn or public attention . It can be considered bv

      ; ii ? delegates , and its good points embodied in their _.. _naj j . in , along with tiie good points from any other _ilanor plans that may be submitted to them . This aura we are persuaded will best accomplish the end ji _view—OrsEitAi . Uxiox and energetic action . _Bei-ning so , we must act on that belief , leaving others to ii . as w them seemeth right . We shall , _tliei-cibre , dedmc the insertion of aU _jiroposed plans on schemes of General Trades Organisation , previous to the holding _. . . f die _General _C-juference ; being _determined , iliat as * ir as we arc concerned , the work done by the _deleiSies _i-liall be _Uttir own work : At Hie same rime we are i-re , as 1 n * fure intimated , to publish _suggestions , and _i-air _ojiinions aud advice . The prudence of this course sill . v . e arc sure , be admitted by the Trades in general , :-.: i < l wr _tinst -frill be properly appreciated _, j ; . We feai- tiie law is with the _husband , let die _r _. iiV , liw v . ever , insist on tlic trustees paying ha ; as if is -.. her ihe small annuity is left .

      • .-us I . rrfii , _IJoltox . —Make tiie party an invoice of ' ..- _« nu &\ thw retain no-session of . and sue them for

      tat- amount . ' . > . L _iviuxr . —Host likely ihe party seized on had _fjiTeiw ! _jrolsment to go by default . If so , the seizure =-h legal . The goods "being taken in esecution , conld >¦ sjiM _HKit 'lav , and by private conn-act too , after they ¦*•« ¥ wined hy an appraiser . ' _¦• . _nstant SciifmiBEii , I ' liDnXGiiAM . —If the widow lavs wtunr that _tlielvdgcf ,. - ' 3 ri < isc < ' to pay her the £ 3 , j * !« _-r institute iirocc-cdings against tiie party or _parzi- _^ _. who _promist-d . The promise will reader them 3 . - _-. H- ; . _i'ossTjST Kr . ABEii , Si > iTAtritLi » . _—VT « should say not . He is not bound to maintain the wile , she having lived ia adulter ? : and it would be indeed hard if he could be _tuiiiiieUed to maintain ike _offsprine of her adulterous

      conntclwn . hocking . Statu « r _Tnt SpiTAi . nEi . Ds Weavers . —We save received Hie following appalling statement of the _tOiulition of this class of producers from Mr . 3 . rherrard , secretary to the _Society vf ISroau Silk Weavers , . _*? pi :: ilnelds : —Thereharing _appiared in _various newspapers a leport « f a xery melancholy and distressing circumstance which has happened to a Weaver of _tlit- name of Key , he having six out of eight if Ms children die wilh _scarMina , thc Weavers , at -Ji _. ir weekly meeting on Saturday , February 1 st , . Jirected mcto thoroughly investigate thecase , and after ? o doiag , to tvansmit the facts to the press ior publica--jo 3 . _Thefactsofthecasearcasf-jUows : —Mr . Sey _, who i = a very industrious and sober man , had one of liis

      _cliil-^ ren taken with tlic scarlctuia if . e beginning last Bonth ; and about two days after two more were taken - . othlhe same disorder . On the Till , two of tliem died . The otbtrshaviiig caught tl _; cinfection , outlifciatli two : _« o more died ; aud on the 17 th two more ; six out of tight , and leaving the other two dangerously ill . 2 \ ey , ¦ _-vhoisa man of a very independent and persevering spirit , finding he could not get sufficient relief from the parish , applied , through the help of a Afr . Harvey , who ¦ v ? 3 des _i « Bethnal-green _, to the magistrate of _Woriliip-sfreet . The result of tlus application was , that _« , teof iheofliccrs was sent _tointjtiire into his case , and _Ynwn the testimony of the officer , the _wortliy magistrate ordered a sovereign to be given t ( i 5 _eyoutofthepoort-ox . The publicity thus given to the case caused sevtral oihcr benevolent individuals to send Mm

      _asristajce , for whidi he is very grateful , and being a very careful man , the money thus bestowed will not be « 5 tt _* wed in vain . But what the Weavers wish the public _jiarfirnlarl y io notice 1 % that this man , ih < m ~ h in has always been so very industrious sad | Ki * sevt-iiiig , aiid was upon the whole betier off than hundreds of Weavers , yet he was tBtirelj williont the means of _meeUng Hils _-Irea-JAil _calamity , and must , to use his own words , "have sunk completely _ovorivhdmed , * had it not been fbr the timely _aastance rendered him by those _esccUent individuals , whose hearis were moved to c < J _* f npa 5 aon hy _hlSSuffcraigi jiaring _piad § the strictest inquiries into his raw , I find that his earnings , together with his wife and daughter , a girl of about fourteen years of age , and

      " ii * _wasoneof those who died , taking the year through , M not amount to more than one pouud per week . This I nave heard some people say is " good wages . Bat let us deduct the expenses to whicli a Weaver is Sable , and ne shall find that they had scarcely _sufficient « feJi so large a -thirdly , to keep body and soul together . _WlOl lie deduct 4 s . fid . for rent , ls . Cd . for light to * 6 ri In-, and ls . for firing , there wiU be only 13 s . pcriretk remaining , and that , to keep a man , his wife , aid ei ght children upon—winch wHl amount to a 3-avtion more than Is . 3 | d . per head per wed ; to find Sinn in clothe ? and food—Hie poor man might well say "Irat his children were too weak to resist tiie attacks of die _disorder . And as lie is a man that never spends a _** inliin !; in _nasfe , nor ever goes out for a day ' s pleasure ,

      - ** row safeiy calculate that every penny was turned _^ _'Jhe I * . ** aeeount , and yet be could not prOCUre a _snicit-ney .. flood to maintain bis family . What then _"fitst b e thc condition of those who are out of work , anil -alien in work , earn far less than he did ? I know lUv bc a fact that there are hundreds so situated _^ e n _? flie _Wran-rs . I am acquainted with several _saa-mres a ; the present time , equally as distressing as _-Ja ? poor _jnan _Xeys , except that they bave not had _laitesuniany deaths in tlieir families * , There is one _» _lorticnlar . which I will beg leave to quote , - - i ! ivill serve to illustrate tbe manner in . _ynicli the poor are treated under the _alwminahle - * - •< _i-oor u _, w system . The particulars of the ease _^ r « these _;—A _iwor man , a Weaver , of the name Of _y ' lbrey , r _.-sidim ; at >* o . 15 , Green-stieet , Globe-- _^ _ds , and who has seven children , and has been _J-at of work ever since one month before Christmas , ¦ - " *•<• a child die ab out a _montli ago : bv some means or

      _^ '• _htriie endeavoured to procures cofi ' m ; he then applied - ¦ die parish _togivu liim the ground to bury it in , when _*^ was told by Mr . Bestow , one of the -relieving officers _•» * Ueiliii a j _ r 4 ; ei , io i _aze the cliild out of the coffin it was ' _•' _i ffiid Ii /) , they wsmhl bury it . ' Hie poor man refused , a Ci ,-... _v . - , uenee lite ground was refused him . I shnd-, _wMc j n-ritc , to think that in a Christian couutry J" * ours _ijAe holiest feelings of-human _nature should f _^ thus outraged , thus insulted by the veiy men who Jan ™ _oj _, ll ! e JM ) or inan . tol ! ' .. ' ' > A . Host . —We really cannot see that the _fc « of honour , the sentiments of candour , or the _J _^ _Bc-pies ; of justice , " have any demand on us to do V j _lucli _-ivtiuoia xa be improper . They must excuse that _""[ _'" aa _' ? of fhe "freedom of-the press" is , - ' .-ii _*' ~ i V 3 ri _?' * ° C 0 D , nlent on a printed _publica-^'" ,,, ' l «» g subjected to a " call '' to print the - _» t « i » _o " UJnent , vc comment on . We may be * - ' S ; hut sa _.--li Ls onr nouon : nna entertaining it , _^ mua arlonif

      ' _t-nr KiUf j ' ' - i , v , tJ ! —Whoever has handed the band-- ~ _,. _"ine « ion i < . a friend , could be prosecuted , if the -A _^ t _?^ - ' 5 lt 0 ** a L _* bel thought proper , and if ; . V i "' - d would give evidence that he had received _^ -J- om _-o , e parry complained of . Publishing does not _kLT _" _, _fiSlia e- To publisli is to circulate ; to extend a ¦ _^ rri _^ ' _^ ' acis w opinions published - , and _whoi-iiba - _*** ' au - _** - thousand ways in which _^¦ _ea ti , _^ .., , , _ix-tiiectea , can be made answerable for _I _4 i _^ ' 1 - ls * _-ieose in question , any one of the Wfl _* _^ _^ _l'r <> cec « 1 e «! against separatdy , or _con"ik » * ' _? cja _- « s _-, it is not at all unusual to get the Willi —— - , « » nut at an uiiiuu _^ _i-u t , " - - •¦

      -» » ? _iv _*« _M ous _^ _csrd , _orotlier publication , to - _^ _iilovv- asainsttlle writer and against those who irt ni - ' aa < 1 wlleuever this is the case , proceedings _^ W _Uistituted against himself- —or if instituted , are ¦ S _vmT * T 3 , ° Jaw of libel now is , in case of _indictsa . _^^ _" *** dcfiaiuant eon plead _iue _-rarTn of bis le c _^* _! ' such nlea - _^ admitted as an answer to - *•> j / " 1 ' - 01 " « _ie plaintiff , if it hsprored , and if it _•^ i-a _kt _^' _" * 1 M _* e publication of such troth was _j uattd lo _oe of bene-5 t to the _pubUc . - _<^ ir _^ _'^ ° ETn-iMPT 0 'f - — _^ _*** ° °° _^^ _^ aj _^* -7 ac _« edinsr to his request . There has been it ? - ' . * * ° ngh on that matter—as much we are

      , J- ' ( . " 1 ** _TvaAiI _5 ofthe Star wiU like to see . -- 5 _*^? _? V 0 HilM ' _—Wne makes a bona fide sale of bo : j _^"' - _'J cannot be followed with an execution ; - _3 nai- _^ * al > 1- - _^ _^ imprisoned for the disposal

      I Cons, Nuistol, Demurs To Out Position ...

      A Sdbscmbeii , Ashtos . —If Ms friend lives a certain distance from the Post-office , the charge of one pennv for delivering a letter is legaL James hou well , _Hl-rossTALL . —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 j H 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 thc A ct itself , and convene it of tbe inhabitants of th e parish or place for which they act . The words of the Act constituting the vestry distinctly say , that the vestry for

      the purpose of that Act consists of the inhabitants of the place ; and any other convening of the meeting , other than of " the _mMr'taiils ia vestry" is illegal , and all proceedings done at it will be void and of non-efiect Whenever the overseers do not call the meeting aright , wc 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 busiuess 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 a four-pound rating to the relief ofthe poor ; bnt the vestry can also include in the b _' st parties who are not rated at all , if it choose to specially recommend tliem for the office . The vestrv can also say whether it will havepaid constables or not , and what number , and what their salaries shall be , to be 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 _puMished , and appoint a special petty . cession to hear and determine on all Objections urged against the list , or any portion of it . Then in the month of Alarch they select out of that list the parties to be sworn in as constables for the year , and give them notice to attend a special petty session , to take upon them their duties . The appointing , therefore , of constables is in the hands of _thepeopTe if they will onl y look to it : for they can put in the list aU those they deem fitting , and keep out all those they deem unfit . They should , therefore , look well to it . Cokx-Law _Hepj-jh .. —The report of the discussion at Liverpool is so badl y 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 satisfy Mr . fildes how much we have been ovevrTowdeil with matters that could not be postponed .

      Monies Received By Mr. O'Cosson. Ej-Ecct...

      MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'COSSOn . _ej-ecctiVe . £ s . d . Prom Manchester , per John _Whiteley ., .. 010 _snnSCBlPIlOSS . From Elderslie , per James _IVood 0 4 0 From Coalsnaughttm . j >« - John Dawson .. .. 0 2 C From Arnold .. .. ' 0 13 From _ttasford .. 012 From Carrington 0 2 2 victim fcnd . From Manchester , per Johti Whiieley- .. .. O 0 C From Carrington 0 2 2 _OUSCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . From Edisbury , Yi _' _alsall 0 2 0 From Carrington 0 18 RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . _SCBSCRIPTJGXS . =. d . s . d . Brighton -I 0 _llebden-bridge .. .. 7 0 Pilton 5 0 Dewsbury - -IS Plymouth .. .. 0 0 JLittletowii .. .. 10 _Northampton ( Xew lo- _BlrstaU o 7 cale ) i ) 0 Lockwood .. .. i _¦> _MerthvrTvdvil .. .. 5 0 Bradford C a Halifax . * .. .. TO DOSATIOXS . Mr . Thirkelile , London 1 Plymouth , - n-comit-hoon 4 o svbscriptioS son uns . _eiiis a Almondburv , proceeds of a ball 10 0 Bradford * ' -

      Erkatcm.—The Two Shillings Acknowledged ...

      Erkatcm . —The two shillings acknowledged last week from Wootten-under-Edce , should have been five shillings . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER .

      The Executive Cmmutceiofhc Clarhstbody. ...

      The Executive _Cmmutceiofhc ClarhstBody . _Friexps , —The majority of the members of the Association having decided in favour of the election of the Executive Committee by tbe whole body , in preference io election hy the annual Convention , and also iu favour of calling a Convention to sit iii London , the duty of preparing to carry that decision into effect devolves upon -us : we , therefore , call upon each locality in the kingdom to take immediate steps to carry the Srd rule of the Association into operation . Ei / ection of Contention . —A Convention of Delegates shall assemble on the tliivd Monday of April , in each year ; such delegates to be chosen at public meetings , of wliich legal notice shall be given , anO at whieh all persons resident in the loealitv have a right to speak and vote .

      Each locality shall have tne power of electing one delegate ; towns with a population above 5 , 000 two delegates ; Manchester and Glasgow , four delegates each ; and one delegate from each of the Metropolitan 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 the loss of _salaiy thus occasioned . .-Ml elections must take place between Saturday the : » th of March , and Wednesday " the loth of April ; and notice of the election , signed hy the chairman of the meeting , must he transmitted to the secretary of the Executive . Each delegate will be 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 .

      _El-ectios of Executive . —The next important duty which devolves upon you is the nomination and election of an Executive Committee , whieh must be proceeded with in the foUowing manner . According to rule 4 , each locality has the power of nominating eandidjites . Every eam li ( i _* ite must he at the time of nomination , and must have been for six months previous , hy a l »« _ajio !< member ofthe National Charter Association . All nominations must take p lace between the 17 th of February and the llth of March , and must be sent to the general secretary , 2431 , Temple-bar ; who ivill cause the same to be pub . listfedin the Northern Star , and will also transmit to each _sub-secreta-cy a list containing the names of the candidates . An election by ballot must then take place in eaeh

      locality : each member ( _notbeingmore 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 thc general Secretary previous to the lfith of April . The secretary will then arrange the votes , and lay the returns before the annual Convention ; and before the country , ttoough the medium of the Northern Star . The sub-secretaries aud other officers of the Association are particularly desired to see these regulations carried into effect . _Phuip _M'Giutb . _CuEisTornER Dotk . _TnOMiS CtAEK . FEARGUS O'COSSOK .

      Thos . Jf . _Whekm : ** ., Secretary . l ' . S . A printed circular will speedily be in tbe hands ofthe sub-secretaries , containing the votes ofthe members on the late propositions ofthe Executive . We need here onlv to ohserve . that there is a 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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      Sixerlar Accident.—On Sunday Night, Liet...

      SixerLAR Accident . —On Sunday night , _lietween eleven and twelve _oVloelv , a man named Ford , living at _Clapliam , came to the station house on the common , and stated that there was a man lying dead , or dying , on the common , near , the Windmillpublie house . The police instantly started off with a stretcher , and at tlio spot indicated hy Ford , they found a man lying hvtlie side of some posts . lie was motionless and apparently dead , 'ihe snow had drifted round liim , and lie had become as stiffas a _coj-pse from the action ofthe frost . The poor fellow upon being raised snowed some _siens of lite , but was quite senseless , lie was promptly conveyed tothe police station , and Mr . M'Donong ]] , the parish surgeon , was sent for . Tliis

      _"entleman paid the most _assiduous attention tothe man , as did the police , and after administering some stimulants , lie was restored to consciousness , flic man complained of pains in liis right thigh and ribs , and upon the surgeon examining him , he observed that the neck of the thigh bone was broken , and several of tiie ribs were injured . The man , whose name is George Cassie , and who resides at _TootmgtrroTe , stated that he had been to see some relatives at Clapliam , and was liinnuig down the common towards home , when lie came in violent collision with some posts . The shock was so great that he dropped instantly , and recollected notln ' ng afterwards until he found himself in the station . Li the course of Monday morning the poor fellow was conveyed home .

      Fibe at Wauiam-oheex . —Just before elevenp clock on Tuesday night a fire broke out in the basketwarehouse of Mr . Walden , at _Walham-green . The premises werc soon enveloped in flame , the glare oi which was seen manymiles off , and , contrasted with _fliesnowonfliegi'onnd _. producedamagmneent otteet . \ body of police of the V division _promptly arrived , but could render but little assistance , as no hre-enginc -was at hand . The fire continued to rage wifli f my , so that before the arrival of any engine the root had fallen in ; and when the one stationed at r uiham _oiu arrive , it was ineffectual for a considerable time , owing to a want of water . Two other engines soon after arrived , but were not brought into play , ine result was the destruction ofthe _taiMing f _™^? stock , value about . £ 2000 . We believe the whole was insured .

      Fatal Coujerv _AcaDEST .-Asthe _wokere ofonc of the pits at the Eoschall colliery , near Coatbridge , -were descending the shaft to their employment , on tne 31 st nit ., -the rone broke * lien those descendin g were supposed to behalf way down the shaft , and they unfortunately fell to the bottom and were killed . — Glasqaw Herald .

      Sixerlar Accident.—On Sunday Night, Liet...

      P _^ KRICinE XEAR SHE FFIELn . —A _TOOSt frightful ill stance ot the faiai effects of passion and family dissension occurred on Tuesday , in thc village of _Grcnosidc , near this town . It appears that Thomas Marples and his son , of the same name , lived and worked together , and were garden tool-makers liwjy lived , it is stated , without auy female in the tan-ply , m a miserably 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 lor a woman named Navlor . The price of it was -id . ; and on Tuesday last lie went to receive the money . The woman then paid him onlv 2 d ., alleging that his son owed her 2 d . The father grumbled at having to pay his son's debtand he went to

      , the shop where his son was working , and reproached Iran with it . What passed there is not stated ; aud , so far as we can learn , no other parties were present . The son , however , took from the fire a piece of red-hut iron , of whieh he was forming a rake , and thrust it at tho old man ' s abdomen , whieh it entered to a considerable depth . lhe wounded man went to thc 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 _t-celesheld that evening , to take the man ' s deposition . His injury , at that time , however , did not

      appear so certainly to lie fatal as to induce Mr . Overend to take the deposition . The nest _lllOl'llill _? lie was removed to the Infirmary , where he grew rapidly worse ; and when Mr . Overend " attended on Wednesday , and his deposition as a dving man was taken , he stated thai he and his son had been on bad terms , and that when his son had thrust the iron into him , he again put ii into the lire . Tho same night he died . The bowels protruded to some extent from the wound ; and on a post 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 , we understand , expresses great contrition for the crime into which hk passion _hnmedhim . —Sheffield Independent

      Murder is the Couxtt Cork . — A correspondent at Dumnanway gives the following account of a murder near that town : — "On the night of the 2 !) th ultimo , about nine o'clock , a man named William Bacey was returning , in company with his brother and others , to their homes , near BaUygurtcen , when they were waylaid by a party of men who stationed themselves behind a wall , and assailed Dacey ' s party with stones as they passed , one of wliich struck poor _Daccy on the temple , from the eftecte of whicli he died in two days after , leaving a widow and three orphans to deplore his untimely fate . "

      DEnlRtCIIO : _** OF A SniP _UV Finr ., Ol F East Gjieeswich . —Shortly after three o ' clock on Monday , a lire was discovered on board the ship Henry , of 500 tons , the property of Mr . Fletcher , of Limehouse . She was taking * in a cai _^ o of coals , at the West India Dock Buoy , from a collier alongside . With respect to the origin nothing prrcisely isknown ; but one of the shipwrights stated tothe 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 whicli , from its volatile character , had caught the light of a lamp , and instantaneously the whole vessel was in a blaze . _Jn this dilemma , Pierce , a chain-lighterman , rendered assistance by casting the ship off the West

      India Dock Luoy , aud in a short time after the Lmty and Pilot , steam-tugs , arrived and rendered assistance by { owing the Henry higher up the river . During this movement the vessel was scuttled in four or five places , and she was towed clear of the shipping to above thc Folly Douse , in Blackwall Reach , where she might be sunk hi deep water , on the west side , next the Jsle 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 Blackwall Beach , near thc point , oft Greenwich . As the warps were burnt , it was found

      impossible to hold her in deep water alter thc fall of the tide , and it was therefore necessary to run her on shore to prevent her driving amongst the shipping at Blackwai ) . __ By seven o ' clock , the main and mizcn _nia . _' _its , rigging , fore rigging , and foretopmast were consumed . So great was the fire at one time , that it illumined both sides of the river , Blackwall , Greenwich , and the Jsle of Dogs , fhe flames extending from the hull io the maintopniast head . At nine o ' clock thc hull ofthe vessel was still burning . The amount of damage itis impossible accurately to ascertain ; but from the fact that within the last few days she has 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 _rjie loss at the lowest estimate will exceed £ 10 , 000 .

      Destructive I irf _. at the _Rotai , Dockyard , Chatham . —About two o clock on Tuesday morning an alarming fire broke out in her Majesty's dockyard , Chatham , which threatened the most serious consequences to the whole establishment ; but owing to thc heavy fall of snow , the absence of wind , the presence of / assistance immediately on the spot , a plentiful supply of water , and the praiseworthy exertions of officers and men , the damage sustained , although axtensive , is comparativel y little to what mi ght have been anticipated from the inflammable materials and tlieir contiguity . The fiire was first seen in a place called the Joiners' Pound , which was full of seasoned mahogany and other materials for ships' cabins , & c ; and verv soon it had extended on one side to the

      joiners' shop , and afterwards on the other to the treenail-house , over whicli is the school for the apprentices , _fomiin-j a range of buildings on the east side . The roof ot the joiners' shop was destroyed , and the building itself was entirely gutted ; and all the bulkheads , « fce ., prepared for ships building , with great numbers of _^ itai _« H cheats of tools and fittings , were con _^ _-umed . The treenail-house was also gutted , and the foot' of the building , with a great portion of the books , instruments , & c , belonging to the school , were completely destroyed . The schoolmaster ' s house , which Is at the cast end ofthe building , is also ruined . The schoolmaster and his family happily escaped witliout personal injury , and a large quantity of his property was saved , but of the whole range of buildings on fire scarcely anythingbut the tottcringwallsremain . As soon as the alarm was given the workmen flocked

      to the yard in great numbers . The officers and men from the various ships in the Medway were also veiy promptly on shore , and the troops ofthe 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 in 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 steadily working together in _goodovdev and discipline , they succeeded in getting the fire pretty well under between live 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 of 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 be clearly traced ,

      Attempt to set Fire to the Queen ' s _Tni-Ainu , Manchester .--On Sunday morning , about sis o ' clock , flames were discovered issuing from underneath the large stage door at the back of the Queen ' s Theatre . An alarm was immediately given , and by thc prompt assistance of the persons present it was speedily extinguished , when it was found that some combustible materials had ken thrust under the door , and could only have been recently ignited . 'J he damage done is very trifling . A reward of £ 50 has been offered by thc police for the discovery of the offender or offenders . It is only nine momns ago that the Theatre Royal of this town wasbnrnt down , and strong suspicion now exists that that also was the act of an _inccndiaiT .

      BlDEFOnD . —COMJIITTAt OF A WlFE ANU SERVANT , roit settixo Fire io iiEii _Husbaxd ' s * Hocse . — Mary LashbrooJc , and her servant , Mary Hayes , underwent a long examination 011 Saturday last _\\ t _fiavin" lasted nearlv the whole of the day ) , before James Gould , Esq ., and Major Wren , county magistrates , on suspicion of wilfully setting hre to the premises occupied by the Lashbrooks , the property oi Captain Pvke , in . the parish of Northam . the gir made a full confession , stating that she was instigated oi liuiiauom

      by her mistress to commit tne act _-eudurinff thc absence of her master at Appledore , and it was clearly discovered that the house and outbuildings had been fired in four different places , considerablv detached from each other . Both prisoners were committed for trial ; but the mistress was admitted to bail , in two sureties of £ 50 each , and her husband in £ 100 . The prosecution was instituted by Mr . John JJaniiyn , Vie Bideford agent to the West of England Insurance Office , in which tue propertv was insured . — North Devon Journal .

      Shocking Occurrence at Camberwell . _—Iiibee Persons Poisosed . —The danger of the mode oi _keeping poisonous _substances in contiguity with articles to which they boar a resemblance , has seldom received a more fearful demonstration than by thc catastrophe of whicli wc arc about to give some particulars .- -At thc comer of an avenue leading from Grove-lane to the . Grove ,. Camberwell ( the Canning ' s Head puhlic-libuse forming the opposite comer ) , 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 wares required fbr domestic nurnoses . The

      excellent quality of his goods , and punctuality and probity in his dealings , had acquired for him general respect in his neighbourhood , and this was followed by an increase of business , and , of course , au addition io his gains . . Most ofthe families ofthe neighbourhood had recourse to Mb shop , and , to provide sufficient space for his goods and . accommodation for _hiscusr tamers , 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 toliim , about 20 . On Tuesday morning , the family , with the exception of the old lady , whom thc severe cold ke pt in bed , rose at their usual time . The . ordi-

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      nary lMlore-breaktast avocations were attended to by each . The breakfast was prepared shortly after eight o clock , by Mrs . Montague , of which Mv . 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 retellings , and other symptoms of an alarming kind . A" medical ' gentleman of the neighbourhood was sent for , who at once perceived that thc unfortunate persons were labouring under the effects of some powerful poison ; that oxalic acid was probably the deleterious substance , wliich in some way or other had been taken in a considerable , quantity Into

      their stomachs , aud doubtless in some of the food of which they had in common partaken at tlieir _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 quantify was found among the tea leaves ; and this discovered , the way by which it came thc _** e was soon accounted for . ' 'i'b soften the water , Mrs . Montague had been in the habit of using a portion of carbonate of soil : * , and had as she supposed put the usual quantity of that article into thc teapot that morning . By what means oxalic acid was substituted by her for carbonate of soda—to which , however , it bears a resemblance _siillielently

      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 tahen it from tho shop , in mistake loi * carbonate of soda . Another statement is , that tlic young man unwittingly supplied his mistress with oxalic acid on her application to him for carbonate of soda . The latter account is not , however , believed . The operation of the poison was so speedy , and tlic agonies whieh preceded death so excruciating , that nothing in the shape of lengthened explanation could be obtained from Mrs . Montague . Thc 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 ot the poison was from the first entertained in her case . 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 fearful sufferings , Mr . Montague was most violently affected . It was , however , hoped that his superior strength of constitution , sustained by the medicines , which were p _' ersevcringly 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 thc afternoon . The shopman , whose portion of the fatal mixture was ,

      probably , less strong than that of which his master and mistress partook , and the youthful vigour of whose constitution resisted the operation of the poison more powerfully than thc feebler tramps 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 thc poison acted upon his 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 suddenl y bereaved of her children , the stay of her declining years , and the source of her sustenance , is an object of tlic deepest commiseration . Her mental nnjruish is extreme .

      Had not her infirmities prevented her from rising to breakfast , she also would have partaken of tbe deadly mixture ; ' and , indeed , as it was , she was on the verge of doing so , as Mrs . Montague appeal's to have been in the act of adding fresh tea to that in thc teapot , fill' tllO purpose of Sending her mothci-in-law hcr breakfast , when she was interrupted by the _scnsationg-pvodnccd by the poison of which she had taken . Thc excitement produced in the neighbourhood is extreme . The respect in which Mr . and Mrs . Montague were hold , and tho shocking circumstances under whicli 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 be shown .

      _Iurtuer Particulars . —Upon inquiries made on Thursday it was ascertained that the young man , George May , who partook ofthe poisoned tea offered him by his unfortunate master , was so far better ns 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 he again became much worse , and for several hours his life was despaired of . Nothing has as yet transpired to throw any light upon this unfortunate transaction _, flow the poisonous drug got into the teapot at present remains a mystery . It wag reported in the neighbourhood that the water from which the tea was made had been poisoned prior to the water being boiled . 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 ofthe 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 poisonous drug ( ox . ilid acid ) was never sold in thc shop , therefore the purpose for which it was brought into the house Ls supposed to be explained in the result . Much anxiety appears to be evinced relative to tbe investigation ' before the coroner , when it is expected that the mystery in which the ' anhtr is at present involved will be cleared up ;

      The Inqwvst . —On Thursday forenoon Mr . Carter , coroner , held an inquest at the George Canning public-house , Grove-lane , Camberwell , on view of the bodies ofMathew Montague , and Sarah , his wife ; who died under the mysterious _eireimfstauces detailed Mr . Massy , surgeon , deposed to the symptoms which presentedf themselves on first being called in to attend thc deceased persons . All his remedies proved of no avail , the female having expired half an hour subsequent to his attendance , but the other lingered for upwards of five hours . Witness made a post mortem examination of the bodies , in the presence of other

      medical gentlemen . Witness then described the disordered state ofthe stomachs , consequent on the taking of poison . He proceeded to state that , although himself and agentleman connected with Apothecaries ' Ilall , had examined the stomachs , they could not arrive at any conclusion as to the nature ofthe poison , and consequently he ( witness ) could not state positively what had occasioned death . The boy , George May , whose state had at first caused much alarm , was getting better , but not so much as to be immediately put under examination . Under those circumstances the comer ordered thc adjournment of the inquiiT to Wednesday next .

      Wholesale Attempted Assassination in the ( Jukex ' s County . —A . .. correspondent of the Dublin _Eveimvi Packet says—On Friday night last , within gun-shot of the town of Mountmelick , an armed party attacked the bouse of a man named Conroy , caretaker or bailiff over the lands of Cloiiahceii , and one of the assassins discharged his gun , lodging the conteuts ( slugs ) in the body of Conroy , who instantly fell . Another assassin being about to discharge his gun , Conwy ' s wife threw herself over him , clasping his body in her arms , when the monster discharged his gun at both , lacerating and breaking the woman ' s arm in several places . Some of thc slugs also entered thc man ' s side and belly . Thinking they bad done fbr them , the assassins departed and went to the house

      of amsu \ najricd Manly , on thc same lands , at whom they discharged a gun , taking such precise aim that tiie slues did not touch a boy that was sitting close by Maniy- —the contents having all lodged about his ( Manly '?) neck , lacerating him in adrcsiiilful manner . Thinking ihey . hail-also done his job , thoy went from thence to another house- on the same- lands , and having got in , . _inquired for the owner—a woman answered them by saying ho was from home , and that his wife was that -moment boing confined . She begged of thom , as the husband wasnm . there , "for thc love of God" to go away and make no - •¦• isc _, as if the poor woman heard them , two lives might be lost . The assassins then went away , desiring her to tej . the man ofthe 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 Manlv , whose "job , " they said , they werc after doing . ' Thev

      attacked several other houses the same night , but without doing further harm than cautioning them all to g ive up tho possession , or they would surely take their lives on their next visit . The tenants on the lands of Clonaheen , it appears , were ejected for nonpayment of rent about two years ago . Portions of the land were set to these parties , the bailiff or cavetaker , Conroy , and Manly , a Scotchman , in Mr . Bcalc ' s employment . Manly is able to be up , but Conroy is in a precarious state . Itis wife ' s arm , it Ls said , must be amputated . This is the second attack made on Conroy , and tbe second time he has been shot at and wounded . An armed party attacked thc dwelling-house of Michael Renchan , of Cloniagli , in the King's County , on the night of the 30 th ult ., and , having placed 11 enehan on his knees , presented a gun at him , and made hini swear he would _suiTcndcr _. ' on the next morning half an acre of land he purchased iVom his sister in Mav last .

      Attempted Assassination . —County oy _Tvh ' one . — " On Friday evening last , at an early hour , as Mr . James Perry , agriculturist onthe Duhgannon School lands , was returning from Moy Fair to his residence , at Aughamullan , near Coalislaud , he was , within 100 yards of-liis own door , suddenly encountered by two vutmms , who fired each a pistol at his person , and then as suddenly disappeared . Providentially the _shotshadnotthe effect intended by his sanguinary assailants . Mr . Perry rode on and reached lus home in safety . On examination . afterwards it appeared that each pistol had been charged with a couple of bullets : two of these had perforated his hat , and two others slightly grazed his left arm . " —NewryTeleqraph .

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      Railway Collision . — Newcastle » o . v-Tvnk , Wednesday . —A collision of trains took place last night on the Brandlin Junction Railway , the report of which excited considerable alarm in this 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 the train reached the station , a smart shock was felt by the passengers , who were thrown from their seats , and a general rush was made to get out of tlic carriages , the women screaming , and the men in a state ofbewildcrmcnt . The line , it seems , is undergoing repair at this part , so that there is only one line in operation for a short dfcft-incc . A ' long _lug

      gage train was coming in thc opposite direction from Rockley 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 waggons next it , which were thrown off the line , piled one above another , and scattered on all sides by the shook . The engine of the passenger train was much broken , there being a large rent through which the fire tumbled on to the ground , and a general cry arose that tlio engine would burst , which added greatly to the prevailing consternation , every ono endeavouring to jet as far from it as possible . ' Had the Sunderland from Gateshead train been half a minute earlier , thc two engines would have met , and frightful would have been thc consequences .

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      ¦ A Monkey Tale . —Bail Court , JIoxd . it . —Mav and Wife v . _Buhdf . tt . —Mr . Watson , Q ,. C , and Mr . Couch appeared for thc plaintiff ; Mr . Cock burn , 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 ldm to be at large , and that the monkey did , on the 2 d of September , 1844 , bite , bruise ,, lacerate , and injure the female plaintiff , thereby causing her much suffering , & c , which was the gist of tho present action . The facts of the case appeared to be these : —On the 2 ( 1 of September , last year , the plaintiffs wife , who assisted her husband in carrying on thc business of a market gardener and cowkeeper at Hounslow , went into her bed-chamber

      < o get a bonnet , which , however , she found was torn and seriousl y damaged , On _Iiei * return to the kitchen she mentioned this circumstance to a female friend named-Brown , who was present , and they consequently immediately proceeded together to thc upper room , where Mrs . _Broivn , who accompanied the plaintiff ' s wife , discovered thc monkey belonging to the defendant ( who was a captain in her Majesty ' s 17 th Light Dragoons , quartered at _ITounslow ) , seated in a comer of the room . The plaintiff , in her agitation ( as was stated ) , "heaved" a half sieve at the monkey , which immediately took to its heels , and endeavoured to escape , and in its attempt so . to do sprung upon the woman's neck and bosom , and then Hed . 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 ( its of hysterics , which had thc effect of producing a recurrence of a disorder to wliich Mrs . May had previously , for some years , been subject . She was immediately put to bod , 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 sho had experienced on that occasion . Her hand , it was stated , still shook so much as to disable her Worn attending to her business . One part of the plaintiffs case was , that upon the occasion of the second alarm tho monkey hnd committed an assault , thc nature of which cannot bo described in a public

      journal ; but the evidence did not sustain the allegation . Might or ten witnesses wore called , on tlic part of the plaintiff , to prove thc circumstaiio . es of the assault of the monkey , thc effect produced upon the female plaintiff , and thc character of the animal . May , the son 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 tothe monkey , that "he had a stick ready for him , " upon which the brute immediately decamped . Another witness stated , that on one occasion he passed the monkey , who would have down at him if he ( witness ) hud not turned the corner ami so escaped . This witness being asked , on crass-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 Jn the course ofthe inquiry that the monkey had been pur to death by the mob which assembled on thc report ofthe plaintiffs injury , and one fellow _acknowledged to having stabbed it with a pitchfork . Mr . Justice Wightman , after going over the evidence in detail , left it to thejury to say—first , whether thc monkey was vicious ; secondly , that being so , whether the defendant was aware of it ; thirdly , did the monkey inflict the' injuries imputed to it ; and lastl y , what ought to he the amount ot damages , if they found for the plaintiff on the other points . The jury immediately gave a Ycvdict for thc plaintiff , damages - £ 50 .

      Morality op the Rich !—Arches Cocirr , Mo . v _thy . —Kingi _* . 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 , 1841 , and they separated in the month of November . The proceedings in the first instance were commenced by Mi _* s . Hannah King , fbr a restitution of conjugal rights , Against her husband , Mr . John King . This plea was met by an allegation of adultery in bar by the lady . A plea was now offered for admission , oil the part of the wife , denying the charge of adultery , and charging Mr , King with the commission of the crime . After hearing Dr . Addams and Dr . Elph ' mstone in support ofthe responsive plea , and her

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

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Mo . vdav . _—Chahgi- of _ri-iwiniy . —William A lick Kennott , a person of respectable appearance , surrendered in discharge of bis bail to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with -wilful and corrupt perjury . In the course of the trial the following scene occurred between one of the witnesses for tho prosecution and the . prisoner's counsel , Ml * . Glurkson " . — Mi * . _Clarkson _, iii liis 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 bis oath . [ Here tbe learned counsel was interrupted by the man White in a very unbecoming maimer . ] Mr . Clarkson : 1 repeat what I have said , and I am 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 1 shall commit you to Newgate . The learned counsel is entitled to address

      the jury as to your credibility , and you must not Interrupt him . —White made some silly observation that his feelings were hurt . —Mr . Clarkson continued to pass Ids just condemnation on tbe evidence of White , during which he ( White ) kept flourishing a stick of no inconsiderable size , no doubt for thc purpose of threatening the learned counsel , who , after bearing with repeated vulgar insults from the man _Whlie , said that it was really 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 ave of opinion that the defendant leaves this court with his character , honour , and integrity unimpeached . "—The Recorder : ( _ieritlemcn , I rill ask you , do you believe the two witiics - . es ( White and Potter ) called for the prosecution ?—Tbe Foreman ofthe Jury : No , my lord , we do not . —The Recorder : And that is your unanimous opinion ?—The Foreman : It Is so , " my lord , —The defendant then retired from the court surrounded by a host of friends .

      _Piioofs of England's _Civilisatio-v . — New Court , Mo . vdav . —William _Staii-iard , _aged IU , was indicted for criminally assaulting Elizabeth Applcton , 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 iu a court of justice , The brother of thc child , thc cluld 1101 * 8011 ' , and the prisoner , all slept and used in common one room iu 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 returned a verdict ol Not Guilty .

      Wilson * v . Wilson-. —Vice Cha . vcp . u . or ' s Court , Tuesday . —The Vice Chancellor delivered judgment this morning in this ease . His Honour said tin ' s ease came ' . on under these circumstances * . —Mrs . Wright Heneker Wilson , the plaintiff , under the will of Sir Henry Wilson and Lady Frances Wilson , was entitled to her separate Use to an estate call . « 1 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 , Middlessex , under various leases . She bad a freehold nous cm _Grosvenor-place , London , money m the funds , and a ' mortgage . In April , 1839 , she married Mr . Wilson , the defendant ; and it appeared that on thc occasion ofthe marriage a settlement was made by which the Drayton Lodge estate was settled tothe

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      same uses as directed by the will ot the donor : but as his 1 Ionoiir understood it Mr . Wilson took an estate during the iifcofhis wifein the Yorkshire arid Essex estates , and as to the Chelsea ltyk estate , itn'aa settled on Sir . 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 g iven to Mr . Wilson , with the exception of £ 3 , 000 Cnsols . In the beginning of 1 _S-13 , unhappv differences arose between Mr . and Mrs . ' Wilson , and the result was that on thc 8 th of May , 1 S _43 , a suit was commenced by Mrs . Wilson _acaiiist her husband in thc Ecclesiastical Court j and on the 9 th of Mav , Mr . Wilson was served with a citation in that suit . Then various proceedings took placo between the parties , and ihe result was that

      articles of agreement for a separation were agreed to and executed . "Upon the original bill being _^ filed in this case by Mrs . _jiVilson , a motion for a receiver was made , and also for an injunction , upon a supplemental bill filed by her , aud those motions were disposed of without any attempt on tho part of the Court to approach flic decision of the real question between the parties . A cross bill bad been filed by Mi * . Wilson to have the articles of _agrceim-nt delivered up to be cancelled , and evidence was taken in both causes , and the case now came before the Court upon its general circumstances . His Honour , after vecani _« filiating the circumstances of ihecasc , and going ; fully intothe legal points of the •• ucstimi , concluded by observing that the conduct of the defendant had been most

      harsh and cruel towards his wife . I us Honour ' s opinion was that , upon the law and the whole ofthe facts of the ease , 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 , and further , taking care to insert in the articles a covenant to indemnify the husband against tbe debts of the wife . His Honbm ; , 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 bo cancelled , and as it was founded upon a charge that tlm articles wove obtained from hini by fraud , " which had not been proved , the cvoss 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 .

      Cium Con , —Absalom » . _llc . _vuuitv . —Court _oj Ex . cheque ** , Wednesday . — -This was an action to recover compensation in damages for a _cmniii-il connection with the plaintiffs wife The defendant , pleaded first , not guilty - , secondly , that the female named in the declaration was not the wife of the plaintiff ; and lastly , a plea ef leave and licence . Mr . Serjeant Jones ( wiili whom was Mr , Petei'dsdoiff ) stated the plaintiff ' s _-.-.-istf . The defendant had availed himself of the _opportunities afforded by wealth and Station to deprive the phtintilf of the wife of his affection . * , and the mother of bis _cliildi-en . The plaintiff was a person in a humble station of life , and had gone throug h _, many vicissitudes . The _dcfcndiiiil . was the son of Sir Henry Kunbuvy , of Barton * , ami at lSury St . Edmund's , near Jiaitnn , the plaintiff for some lime resided , and

      carried on the business of a tailor , Tlic _plnintifl came to London in 1881 , and was married in that year , m the church of St , _llarlc , Kcnnington , to his present wife . In the year 1840 the plaintiff was living in the Bull Inn-couvt , in ilie Strand , and in endeavouring ; to rescue a child from tlio fia * nes suffered a serious injury , which compelled him to go into the lio _** piiaI , At this time the plaintiff ' s wife , unfortunately , became acquainted with the defendant , who _htiiug a native of Buvy , promised lo assist the plaintiffin the iiiifortuiiale ci'V . _' _m'isto-iec-s in which he was placed . The plaintiffs wife , in the company of u female friend , afterwards met the defendant , r . iul upon his asking her where fie could address a letter to her unknown to tier husband , suggested * o him that lie might address her under the name oi . Miss Francis , ft would seem that ,

      irom a very short period aitcrllns iiit'utmg , the ruin of r ite plaintiff ' s wife was completed . lU . _v-evev , these facts were wholly unknown to the plaintiff up to the month of March last , when the plaintiff ' s wife was delivered of a _t-WJel , ivi . ' ieh there was good reason to suppose . was the defendant ' s . Thc learned counsel then adverted to the correspondence between the defendant and Mrs . _Absalon , which , ! io contended , proved _beyoisd . 'ill doubt the nature Of the connection between them . In one letter the defendant addressing the plaintiffs wifi _* _, us " dearest girl , " Worn Bangor , states that he ¦• ftrn wished " to catch a smile from her eye , or a kiss from iw . v Up , " and assured her that he ' * was quite faithful to her . " In another epistle the defendant said that he " did not thinlc it right to do anything wrong on Good Friday or Kaster Sunday , but

      wouUi meet the plaintiffs wife ou Monday . " In addition to these letters it would appear , beyond doubt , that the defendant and ill's . _Absalon slept tu _^ uther on one occasion at the plaintiffs house , and loft behind liim , 1 gold eyeglass , whicli would be identified . The fact of marriage and the adultery _bein-j-proved , there _uas still a third remaining _, the plea of leave and licence . The burden of proving that plea lay upon defendant ; but , ns he ( the learned counsel ) was instructed , _ihiai' was not tho slightest foundation for such a plea , The plaintiff ' s _bushies"' necessarily called him much from home , and the defendant had taken au unjust advantage of his absence . As to the amount of damages , that was altogether for the jut } ' . The pln _' miin' was injured to an extent which no damages could compensate . Witnesses wove then called who proved the

      adultery . A clerk from the house of Drummoiid and Co . proved that the defendant kept an account at that batik _, lie was thc eldest son of Sir f ) . II . _Kmibury , acd about _twenty-cight or thirty years of age . The letters from ihe defendant to thc plaintiffs wife wcio then put in and read . Mr . Cockburn , on the part of the defendant , admitted that tbe fact of marriage and the adultery had been proved , He undertook , however , lo satisfy the jury that the intercourse took plaee with the knowledge and assent ofthe plaiutiff , whieh 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 ho had the boldness to come- into a eonvl of justice and ask for

      _damages . It had been studiously concealed that in May last the defendant had been united to an amiable and accomplished lady of his own rank in life . Shortly after , tllC plaintiff ' s Wife , accompanied by a woman named Taylor , and a child in her arms , presented herself at the house of defendant ' s father-in-law . Thc 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 thc defendant , complaining that he had " used the plaintiff's wife as he would a pair of boots—wore them for five years , and then cast them off . " Infamy could not "O bevoml the contents of tliis 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' . Tho learned counsel was then about to advert to the evidence on the part of the plaintiff , and the discrepancies and contradictions involved in it ; but before he had proceeded very far , a _commiinic-itioii was made to him , upon which he ( Mr . Goekburu ) Kintal , that he un » derswod his learned friend ( _Perjeant Jones ) had resolved to abandon the plaintiff's case , Tliis was no more than he ( Mr . Cockburn ) anticipated must take place , when he proved the plaintiff ' s letters . Under those circumstance . *! _llO _Wty * _Spai'Cll ftOm the painful duty of proving what he certainly was about to do , that the plaintiff was the pawder to his own wife ' s dishonour . A vrdictwas then taken for the defendant .

      MIDDUSKX Sessions , Feb . 13 . —A Sue J ! i : i-te . —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 . _. nl' 6 ' _s parish , in consequence ofthe complaints of several neighbours . It appeared from the evidence that since the prisoner married thc child ' s father , she had treated lies witlt tbe greatest _crnelty , not giving her sufficient food to sustain HIV , and not as much clothing as would defend her from the weather . On the l' 7 th of January , the unfortunate child was sent for u kettle of water , and upon her return thc prisoner seized her hy 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 hy some of the _m-is *; hl «) ViVS , who took her to tiie _wovMwmse . Thejury , witliout a moment ' s hesitation , found h' _.-v Guilty , and the court sentenced her to six months' imprisonment , with hard labour .

      Manchester. I.T-Ctij.-Te.—A Public Mooti...

      MANCHESTER . I _. _T-CTiJ _.-tE . —A public mooting of the Chart-iaia of this town was held on thc evening of Sunday last , to hear a lecture on " Trade * -. ' Unions" % Mr . S . Leach Tho lecture was well attended , notwithstanding the severe inclemency of the weather . Ml * . O'Connor was present . __ Mr . Leach was introduced _fo-the meeting , anil 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 introduced Mr . O'Connor to the meeting , who was greeted with rapturous _anyilauK , wluch bavins subsided , he addressed the meeting upon ¦ ¦

      . arums i /> _r- <* s tor upwards ot an hour and a half , and _resum- * _- ! Ji : s nc-it amid repeated rounds of applause . Mr . W . I > _L-: _im _uv-ved _Uie following resolution : — "That we , the _ChartmU „ f . \ T . r , _--mcsW , in public meeting assembled , do hereby ivV 0 J . ( j 0 l „ . unshaken confidence in 1 ' _oa . vgus O'Connor , i ' . _^ _i ., and ' Mr . James Leach , and further , that we fender _ibr-m _<* ur _heffl'tfolt thanks for their past services in _thepeopis _' s ' cause , and likewise for tlm instructive addresses they have delivered on the present occasion . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Himshaw , and on being put from the chair was carried unanimously , ' accompanied with loud and long continued cheers , Tiie thanks of the audience were then given * to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      LiMBETiniKAn-GijEEs . — -Mr . Dixon , has been ieeim _* - ! tig here on Chartism . Several new _neinuero _' Vere enrolled .

      BRADFORD . _LEcn-nE . —On Sunday evening Mr ; Joseph Aiderson lectured m the largo room , on the _organisation ' _riinrto , _£ _» % 'T 3 *? e * P « _« plc 8 of the people ' s _( _jliartoiv On _inday . ltwt tlio workingihc ' nV _anticorporation committee met in their room , _-wKeii it was _vinaunnouBiy resolved , that thc ' committee use every exertion in opposing the incorporation ' ofBracL 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/ns3_15021845/page/5/