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      8 The Northern Star. May ^ 1845

      8 THE NORTHERN STAR . May _^ 1845

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      JIASS 10 S HOUSE . ¦ _ButtereU , _*« to ™** " before tie Lord Mayor , for _finpl _e-tamtaarion , upon the charge of having robbed his _em-ZT _JtesrTBoyd and Co ., of Friday-street , ware ioosemeu- The brother of the principal witness for the orosecution , it appeared , was the discoverer of a system of plunder carried on by smother servant of the prosecutors against the house of Cooke and Co ., of St . Pauls Churchyard , as well as against theprosecutors themselves , and the individual so charged had been committed for trial for the present session by the Lord "Mayor . "Mr

      Walker , of the firm of Boyd and Co ., stated that when the prisoner was taken he made a confession , upon bang told that he should be confronted with the pawnbroker l » _-iAomhe _* tBdi-arted » iththegoo * ls . Atfhesametime no promise whatever had been made to him . Theprisoner said he had taken altogether seventeen pieces of lawn and two dozen of handkerchiefs , to Newman , the pawnbroker , in _Drory-lane , and tbat he had also taken to the same place twenty or thirty yards of vesting satin , end a quantity of satin scarfs , "but he had had the vesting satin and satin scarfs from a friend in Lancashire , who had sent them to him in payment of a debt of honour . The prisoner was full v committed for trial .

      A Cowahdly Rascal . —A young woman of engaging appearance -was put to the bar ! A policeman stated that a captain wh > had followed fhe prisoner from "Norwich , and charged her in the ( Sty -with being in possession of a trunk containing his property , had thought proper not to appear to support the charge . It appeared from the reluctant statement made by the young woman , that Captain P had been paying marked attention to her in Korwich , and had promised to marry her , but that , finding lisiuUntions were not honourable , she had suddenly left "file town and come toLondon toavoidhnportnni * aes which were insulting and degrading to her ; that the captain followed her to town , and perceiving that she was determined to shun him , charged her with hating robbed Mm of his trunk just as she was getting into an omnibus . The captain sent a certificate- to the Mansion House , stating that he had no intention to appear against the young woman , and the Lord Mayor discharged her .

      GUILDHALL . TncRSOAY . —Brctaj , Assault . —Joseph Coombes , of "So . S , and William Coombes , of Xo . ' J , Three _Tun-court , ¦ were brought np "before Alderman Wood , chaiged with committing a violent assault on William Parrot , of _Halfmoo-i-aUey _, and Frederick Jennings , of 7 * 5 , Milton-street , _CSty . It appeared from the evidence of the complainants , that as they were proceeding down Half-moon-aUey , "Moor-lane , they observed thc prisoners and some other parties obstructing the pathway . A woman wished to pass them , when she received a severe blow from the elder Coombes . A man passing said to them , that it was a cowardly * tiling for them to strike her , upon -which thev began to abuse him . Jennings went up

      and told the man he had better come away and leave them , but he had no sooner done so than he was "knocked down . He received a severe Mow on the head , and one in the face , besides being kicked in the abdomen and other parts of the body , so much so , that he was obliged to go to a surgeon , who examined his body , and , baring dressed his wounds , said tliey were very severe , and that he must rest quiet for some days to come . The -woman who received the blow happened to be in the _-Bunily way , and in consequence of the injury sustained , she was at that present moment in the pains of labour . Alderman Wood said tliat he should bind them both over in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 20 each , to answer the charge at the session , and should instruct the City solicitor to

      prosecute . BOW STREET . JIo . ND . ir . —Stabbi . vs . —A pauper , named Mary Baton , was brought before Mr . Hall , charged with cutting and wounding Charlotte Refaute , another inmate of St Giles ' s -workhouse . Thc prosecutris stated , that about eleven o ' clock ou Saturday morning , as she was walking about the yard with another female , she observed a portion of the oakum the prisoner had been picking adhering to her nose , and on telling her that she looked like a fool with such a mark on her face , she flew at her in the most violent manner , tearing off her bonnet and using very foul expressions , and happening at the moment to hare a "knife in her hand , she stabbed witness with it in both her fiands and arms . —Theprisoner was fully committed for trial .

      _ILARYLEBOSE . Mondat . — The late Extensive Robbebt of "Plate , & c , at Captais Cabsac _' s . —George Bracey , James "Fisher , and William Toiulin were placed at the bar before "Jlr . Rawlinson , for final examination . The first two , charged witli having plundered the house of Captain Carnac , R . X ., 4 tf , Devonshire-street , Portland-place , and the third nith receiringa portion of the property , knoiring the same to have been stolen . It will be remembered that Bracy , who was footman to Captain Carnac , absconded on the morniugof the 17 th nit . Soon after he was gone it was discovered that a lai _* ge quantity of plate , wearing apparel , cash , jewellery , chimney ornaments , Arc , had "been carried off ; and that information of the robbery was communicated tothe police , when hand-bills werc speedUy issned , offering a reward for his ( Bracey ' s ) apprehension . Through the exertions of the police of the D and N

      divisions , the whole of the prisoners , three of whom were dearly proved to have been concerned in thc nefarious transaction , were captured , and the property , most of -which was found at Bracey ' s lodgings , in Short-street , Hoxton , vras produced , and identified by the captain as liis ; thc value of all that was taken away was about £ 400 , nearly all of which , with the exception of £ ! Giu notes and cash , had fortunately been recovered . It will also he recollected that a woman , who gave her name Eliza Jones , and who for some time past liad been living with Fisher , was upon tiie first examination charged with being a participator iu the robbery ; and it was imagined , from what transpired , that she would be admitted as evidenre against the other prisoners . This course , however , it was not considered necessary to adopt , and she was discharged . Bracey , Fisher , and Tomlin were fully committed to Xewgate for trial .

      _Tvlsdav . —A Torse Woman _KillO ) . —George Henry Green , in ilie employ of Mr . Davies , a carman in _Black--Briars-road , was placed at the bar , before Jlr . Rawlinson , changed with baring caused the death of Lucy Bradley , aged 15 , servant to Jlr . Rice , dairyman , Paddingtou street . John Dunn , potman at the Shepherd and Flock , "High-street , near this court , deposed that on the previous _arening , about eight o ' clock , he observed the deceased crossing tiie road from Paradise-street towards his master ' s house , when , just as she was in the centre , she turned round to look for her sister , who was following -her , and at the same instant she fell violently to the _srjund , in consequence of one of her feet becoming

      somehow or other entangled in her dress . The prisoner was coming along witli his horseand _carttowards Ihayer street at the time , at by no means a quick pace , and before he could possibly have an opportunity of pulling -up , onc ofthe wheels ofthe vehicle passed over fhe head cf deceased . Witness picked her np , and assisted in conveying her to the residence of Jlr . Watkins , a surgeon , adjacent to the spot . In his ( witness ' s ) opinion _jjo blame could properly be attached to the prisoner . The -prisoner , on being asked what he had to say . expressed his extreme regret at what had happened , and attributed the melanchol y affair entirely to accident . Mr . Davies entered into security in fhe sum of £ 50 , for the attendance ofthe prisoner next Saturday .

      _wbmi-esdat . _—Stadbikg . —MarySullivan , a masculine looking woman , was placed at the bar charged with the serious offence of stabbing a man named William Sheehan , living at Xo . 40 , Horace-street , _John-street , Edgeware-• road . The prosecutor , whose shirt , jacket , and trousers were covered with blood , and -who had on his forehead a < 5 uantity of adhesive _plaijter _, deposed , tha * * v * the previous girtWs tart- * -, _^ ae prisoner , _~{ and were figW _^ ug ; he ( prosecutor ) interfered , when Sullivan directly "knocked hhn down , and the prisoner then rushed at him

      with a knife , fhe point of which entered into theapper part of his face * , the _wo-owd -was dressed , sad he swm afterwards gave the prisoner into the custody of Compton , * 57 D . The constable , in reply to Mr . Rawlinson , said , ihat fhe knife with wliich the wound was inflicted had not been fonnd : it -was no doubt picked up by one of the mob of persons who had assembled . It further appeared , irom the evidence of the prosecutor , that as soon as the prisoner had stabbed him , she ran off and threw fhe knife away . -Numerous other witnesses pro _andcon were examined , and the prisoner , who denied her guilt , was committed for trial .

      WORSHIP STREET . *** JfONDAT . —Ccbious Case of Bigamt . —Mary Anne Wire , a very respectable looking middle-aged woman , was -brought np for final examination before Mr . Bingham , Charged with having feloniously intermarried with George _^ end-a * , tteJ _& sthnsband _, Ro _* _tertWire , beingthenandstill living . Theprisoner was given into custody at the ingtigation ofthe first husband , to whom she was married on the 13 th of June , 1 S 19 , bnt who had lived separate from her for many years past , and who declared most positively that he was entirely ignorant of the second marriage until about a twelvemonth ago , since when he bad been using every effort to substantiate the fact , and "bring the prisoner to justice . The second husband , George Allender , a master carpenter , stated that about

      twelve years ago he went to lodge in a house occupied by the prisoner , in Albany-street , Commercial-road Bast , shortly after which he paid her his addresses and made her an offer of marriage . The prisoner rejected hi 6 offer , and stated that she was already married to a man named Robert Wire , whowas at that vary timelodgingin the same house in an adjoinimg room to the witness's , and cohabited-with another woman , who passed under iis name . Her statement appeared so improbable that le _considered it a mere subterfuge to get rid of him , and On Ins threatening to * quit } the house altogether , unless she consented to accept him , the prisoner at length acceded to his proposal , and they were accordingly ¦ married in the month of June , about twelve years _ago ;

      trathehad no recollection at what church the ceremony took place , or in what parish it was situated , The first husband continued to reside in the same house for a long time afterthe witness ' s marriage with fhe prisoner , and was weU acquainted with the fact , although he now professed himself to have been wholly ignorant of it . The -witness spoke in the highest terms of the prisoner , and said they had lived together in uninterrupted harmony anahapplness ever since their marriage . Mr . Heritage , onbehaff _tffhe prisoner , whose family was stated to be of _«*«"•« _-WTectability _, _su-bmitted that the legal evidence of _JiM secouamarria _^ _-was-a _^ _^ _tacli _^ _ftcon _^ ttal _^ tshouldttemagistrate be ofa ¦ mtxaiy opmion _. _iieshoiildbein-A condition to prove at

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      the trial that the first husband was not only aware of the fhet at tbe time , hnt that tbe woman with whom he cohabited was actually in the habit of waiting -upon the newly-married couple with his entire knowledge and sanction . Mr . Bingham said that he felt bound to send the case before a jury ; but under the peculiar circumstances attending the second marriage he should accept bail for the prisoner ' s appearance at the Central Criminal Court The bail was immediately produced , and tbe prisoner left the court with her friends . Wednesoay . —Death fkom as Omnibus . —James Higgs , fhe driver of WiUan ' s Stoke Xewington omnibus , Xo . 1 , 257 , was brought before Jlr . Broug hton for final examination , charged with having caused the death of Thomas Roberts , a retired publican , then residing at

      Kingsland . It appeared from the evidence that , about nine o'clock on the night of the 1 th inst ., the deceased , a very infirm and elderly person , was crossing the _Kingsland-road , supporting himself upon crutches , when an omnibus , which was driven by thc defendant , came so suddenly upon him , that , before he had time to get out of the _wayjhe was knocked down by the horses , and the off fore wheel of the vehicle passed over his body . The omnibus was then stopped , and the deceased having been extricated froni between the wheels , was carric' _*' nto the shop of an adjoining surgeon , who ascertained his injuries to be of such a serious nature that he directed his instant removal to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital . The circumstance was considered to be accidental at the time of its occurrence , and the defendaut allowed to proceed on his journey ; but it being subsequently found that the deceased was in an extremely dangerous state , Serjeant

      Coward gave orders for the defendant ' s apprehension . The deceased meanwhile gradually sank , and ultimately died in the hospital of the injuries he bad sustained _. Several witnesses , passengers of the defendantat the time in question , proved that the omnibus was proceeding at an extremely moderate pace , and that from the position of the nearest gaslights it was impossible the defendant could have observed the deceased in sufficient time to avoid the calamity , whieh they all concurred in describing as purely accidental , and were of opinion the defendant was not in the slightest to blame . Serjeant Coward having informed the magistrate that an inquest had been held upon _the-body of the deceased , and that the verdict returned was one of "accidental death , " Mr . Broughton said , as the evidence now adduced went to completely exonerate the defendant , he saw no grounds for differing from the verdict tl ( jury had come to , and he should , therefore , order the- , .,: cantto he discharged .

      31 ARLB 0 R 0 UGH STREET . _Mosoat . —The Law ' s Justice !—James Magnay , the poor labouring man who was knocked down by a Wow with the _butt-end of a riding-whip by an officer who gave tiie name of Walter Murray , for placing his hand on the gentleman ' s horse to prevent himself and child from being ridden over , came to-day , with his foreman , to this court to beg for a small portion of the £ 5 penalty inflicted by the magistrate on the perpetrator of the outrage . —The foreman said the poor man had been unable to go to his work owing to the injury he had sustained from the blow on his head , and as the man had a large family wholly dependent on him for tlieir bread , he hoped his worship would assign him a part of the fine , by way of compensation for his loss of time . —Mr . Maltby said he had no power to award any part of the penalty to the poor man . He would , however , assist him as far as was in his power , and he would therefore order him to he paid half a sove . reign from the poor-box . —The money was handed to the poor man , who received it most thankfully .

      QJJEES SQUARE . Tuesday . —Daring Robbekv . —Edward Kitchen , a boy only nine years of age , was charged with thc following daring robbery : —The Rev . James Gibson , of No . 4 , Westbourne-place , Pimlico , minister at the Episcopal Chapel , Halkm-street West , Belgrave square , stated thatthe prisoner used to attend a Sunday school hc had there , but in consequence of impropriety of behaviour was virtually dismissed about three months ago . He was , however , on Sunday re-admitted . A few minutes after two on that day , as prosecutor was leaving fhe chapel , he saw the prisoner outside , and told him he was a great deal beforehis time . On his return at three in the afternoon he fouud the prisoner amongst the boys , but missed him at prayers , and inquired for him ; but he was nowhere to be found ,

      and the service having concluded , prosecutor locked up the chapel , and went home . After the evening service the pew-opener called his attention to a box which had for some time been placed in the lobby of the chapel , fastened to the wall by a staple , and wliich he had just discovered to have been forced away and broken open . The box had been placed there to receive subscriptions towards tlic erection of St . Michael ' s Church , Chester-square , and prosecutor , who kept the key , was in the habit of opening it periodically and paying the money it contained into Coutts _' s to the account of the building fund , which generally amounted to £ 4 or £ 5 , and as it had been unopened rather a longer time than usual , the presumption was that about that sum or more had been purloined . Prosecutor suspected the prisoner from the circumstances above

      stated , and went to his parents , who having on the return ofthe boy shortly afterwards taxed him ivith the robbery , he admitted it . On prosecutor's observing "thathemust be a very wicked boy to do such a thing , " he repeated the admission , and said he had taken £ 18 s . from fhe box , and had spent half a guinea that evening in riding about in steam-boats and buying oranges and biscuits ; he subsequently gave another version of the matter , declaring that he had gone by a steam boat to London Bridge , and from thence had a cab to Wandsworth , wherehe again took the steamer ; and it would appeal * , by the statement he had made , that lie must have found more money in the box than he allowed . Hc also made the following confession of the means by which he had effected the robbery : —He had been let into tiie chapel by the vestry-wo

      man , and having placed a basket before mm at a retired part of thebuilding threw thejpulpitcloth over him _. ' and remained concealed during the prayers , aud until the school was over and all were left , and he then opened thc box with a poker and a knife . Prosecutor observed that it was evident that prisoner had endeavoured to force the chapel door open with a poker , or some such instrument , but failing in doing so he must have left the chapel , he presumed , by the window , which was found open . Prosecutor did not press the charge against the boy in the first instance , as he wished to make some inquiries , which turned out unfavourable to the prisoner , who appeared callous , aud boasted of his exploit to the police . Prosecutor strongly suspected that prisoner was connected with others . He was committed for trial atthe Central Criminal Court .

      SOUTHWARK . Wedxesdat . — Savage Assadlt . — Three powerfullooking men , named John , Patrick , and Michael Carney , were placed at the bar before Mr . Cottingham , charged with committing a most violent assault on John Hayes , a middle-aged man , whose head was covered with adhesive plaster , and his left arm in a sling , from the brutal treatment he had received . It appeared thatthe prisoner John Carney , was married to the complainant ' s sister , and had neglected to support her . They all resided in BuU _' s-head-court , Tooley-street , and on Sunday night the wife of John met her husband in the court , and asked him for some money ; the other prisoners were with him ,

      and Michael knocked her down and began to ill-use her . The complainant being near the spot at the time , interfered , and endeavoured to protecthis sister , when Michael Carney came up and knocked him down . The other prisoners kicked him and beat him until he became insensible . His left shoulder-bone was broken , and he had lost fhe sight of his left eye from repeated kicks from one of the prisoners . Mr . Cottingham said it was a most brutal assault , and it was fortunate for them that murder had not been committed . The punishment which the law empowered him to inflict would not be sufficient for such a brutal and cowardly assault ; he should , therefore , commit them for trial atthe next sessions , when the judge _wo-idinfettiiepnnishmeilt tboydesened .

      THAMES POLICE . W £ B 3 JES » Ar . — _VSMAOtLY AXD _ijKCTAL ASSAt _* LT . — James Baker , an engineer in the employ of Messrs . Seaward and Co ., the engineers , at MiH-waU , Poplar , was brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with committing a most savage assault on his wife . The complainant , Mary Ann Baker , appeared in a most deplorable condition _. Her face was a mass of braises , and her eyes were swollen and discoloured . She stated that she lived at No . 6 , Oaklane , Limehouse _, and that she went npon an excursion to Gravesend with her husband and family on Tuesday , in the Pearl steamer , with the workmen in the employ of Messrs . Seaward , and their wires and families . During the excursion a quarrel took place between her and hei * husband , in consequence of her having corrected one of

      tiie children , and her sister-in-law ( the pr isoner ' s sister ) advised liim to mark her when he reached home , and he too faithfully attended to the suggestion . After landing at the Limhouse-hole pier , she went into a gin-palace with her husband to obtain some refreshment , and he struck her twice with his fists , and after dragging her out of the house he kicked her and knocked her down . When she reached home , he beat her in the most savage manner , forced her into a yard , and held her head down while he struck her with his clinched fists , and reduced her to a state of insensibility . John Green and his wife , who said they lived in the adjoining house , stated tliat they heard cries of murder and the screams of the woman , and upon looking out of the window they saw the prisoner inflicting great brutality on lus wife . He beat her

      with his clinched fists , and the blood flowed profusely from her eyes , nose , and mouth . Charles Buslmell , a policeman , No . 263 K , stated that the poor woman suffered much from her husband ' s ill-treatment , and when he was called to the house her face was a mass of bruises . Tbe prisoner , on being called on for his defence , made a long harangue in a very impassioned manner , and said lus wife neglected her home and her family , and that she was in the habit of pawning his children's c ! othes . He concluded by saying that he struck his wife , aud was sorry for it . Mr . Broderip said , that the prisoner ' s sorrow came a little too late and that he had committed a most savage and unmanly assault . It was fortunate for the

      prisoner bis violence had not been attended with fatal consequences . He would not dispose of tliis case _summarily , and he would state his reasons;—in the course of a long experience as a magistrate he had found that the infliction of money fines was of very little utility , and he heartily wished the system were altered . Ifthe police magistrates were to retain their summary jurisdiction , it would be much better that they should not be enabled to fine any persons at aU , and then the poor man and tbe rich man wonld fare alike . The rich man would no longer have it in his power to throw down £ 5 and lay , "I have gratified my brutality for a sum of money—it ' s nothing to me . " The penalty he was enabled to inflict would not "be adequate to such an outrage as this , and he should

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      call upon the prisoner to find bail , himself iu £ 30 and two sureties of £ 15 each , to appear at the sessions and take his trial . The prisoner was not provided with bail , and was committed to Clerkenwell gaol .

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      Basim ' 8 Widow . —We have great pleasure in being able to state that Sir R . Peel has granted to the widow ofthe late John Banim £ 50 from the Royal Bounty Fund , and has further engaged to place her name on the pension list when a vacancy occurs . This relief has been granted on the application of a body of Irish members of Parliament , at thc head of whom was Mr . R . B . Roche , the member for Cork . — Kilkenny Journal . Representation of South Lancashire . —A letter has appeared in the papers from Lord F . Egerton , one ofthe members for South Lancashire , in which he intimates his intention of resigning his seat , partly on account of ill health , but principally on the ground that a great number of his constituents have intimated to him that he has forfeited their confidence by his votes on the Maynooth Bill , and must not expect their votes at another election . The contest for a new member will no doubt ba a severe one .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS , Friday , May IC . Lord _BfioucHAM gave notice that , on Monday next , he would lay upon the table bills for the purpose of remedying certain defects in the civil and criminal jurisprudence of the country . Some bills on the table were forwarded a stage , after which tlieir lordships adjourned .

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      110 _\] SE OP _COMMONS , Thursday , May 15 . The Speaker took the Chair for the first time after thc "Whitsuntide recess , at four o ' clock . Mr . Wakley rose to move , " That a Select Committee be appointed , to inquire into the management of the _RoyaVcollege of Surgeons of England;—also , to investigate the circumstances which led to the grant of an additional Charter to the Council in 1848 , and into the effects produced by the operation of that charter upon the interests and professional rank of the great body of

      the members of the college . " And should that resolution be negatived , then to move the following : —* ' That in any charter which the Crown may be advised to grant for the incorporation of the general practitioners , those gentlemen are fully entitled to enjoy an equality of professional station with the newly-created Fellows -, that a deep and lasting injury would be inflicted on many thousands of scientific men if a College of General Practitioners were to be founded as an institution inferior to the College of Surgeons . " The honourable member spoke at great length in support of his resolution .

      Atthe conclusion of Mr . wakley's speech , "** ir James Graham rose to address the house , when an hon . member observed that there were not fortymembers present , and the house adjourned at a quarter to seven o ' clock .

      Friday , May 16 . On the motion for the house resolving itself into a committee of supply , Captain Berkeley called attention to the present system of manning her Majesty ' s navy , and the difficulty that arises in procuring able seamen for her service , The gallant officer contended that , under the present system , tliere was no opportunity for training able seamen , and that , consequently , the navy was gradually losing its characteristics as the main defence and power of the country . Sir G . Cockbdrn defended the existing system as quite adequate for the necessities of a peace establishment . The character of the navy was rapidly rising in estimation ; the seamen were protected from the plunder of crimps , and the supply through the medium of the merchant service would be found adequate to any emergency that might arise .

      A discussion ensued , m which Mr . Somes , Mr , Lambton , Captain Rous , Captain Pechell , Lord Ingestre , Sir C , Jfapicr , and Mr . Williams took part ; after which Lord _Palsierston drew attention to the state of the slave trade , contending at some length that the late Government had exerted itself strenuously to effect treaties with a view to its suppression , and had in effect concluded no less than thirty such treaties with various countries in all parts ofthe world , while the present government since it came into power had not concluded a single treaty on the subject He hoped that Ministers would taken more lively interest in tills matter than they had hitherto done , in which case they would , if they did not extinguish the slave trade , at all events bring it within much narrower limits than it now occupied .

      Sir R . Peel replied at some length . He denied that the present government had undone anything which had been done by their predecessors , or that they were at all indifferent to the great object of suppressing this monstrous evil , wliich was a disgrace to the civilised nations of the world . After some observations from Mr . V . Howar i , the house went into committee of supply , and the remainder of the evening was occupied in the discussion ofthe estimates .

      Treatment Of Insane Patients In Private ...

      TREATMENT OF INSANE PATIENTS IN PRIVATE PAUPER LUNATIC _ASTLUMS .

      IMPOBTA . VT _INVESTIGATION . On Wednesday forenoon at ten o ' clock an important investigation , adjourned from Wednesday the 30 th ult ., and which occupied several hours , was resumed before Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., aud a jury of seventeen householders of St . Pancras , at the Earl Cathcart , Munsterstrcet , Regent ' s Park , with respect to the circumstances involving the death of William Holden , aged sixteen and a half years , lately an inmate of Peckham House Lunatic Asylum , wliere he had been placed by the authorities of the parish of St . Mary , Newington , to which parish he belonged . The inquiry was adjourned in order to obtain

      evidence , the authorities of the asylum having been charged with tho death of the deceased through neglect or iU-treatment , and those statements being to all appearance corroborated by the condition of the body when viewed by the jury , at the residence of the- deceased ' s mother , No . 32 , Munster-square . lt was covered with sores , through which the bones protruded , and its emaciated condition was such that not only the Coroner , but every other medical man who saw it , declared they had never witnessed such a h ( # rrible sight before . The proceedings excited intense interest , and some of the clergy and local authorities of Newington , as also from the lunatic asylum , were present during the inquiry .

      Sarah Holden , the mother ofthe deceased , was the first witness called . She said—I am a widow , and reside at No . 32 , Munster-square . The deceased was my son . He hadbeen ill for some months before his death , which took place on the 18 th of April , at seven o ' clock in the evening , at my house , and in my presence . He had been an inmate of Mr . Armstrong's Peckham House Lunatic Asylum , from which I had fetched him about three weeks before . He was in the lunatic asylum about five weeks , but a week before had been in the workhouse of St . Mary , Xewington , to which I took hint . A few days before I took him to the workhouse he became insane , and so violent I could do nothing with him . I saw him once or twice during the time he was in the workhouse , and I have nothing to complain of with respect to his treatment

      there , except that I thought they had tied him down to tlic bed too tightly . The last day I saw deceased at the workhouse was on a Friday , and I was told he was going to be moved that day to Armstrong ' s asylum . There were no sores or bruises on his person whatever when he went from home to the workhouse . For two months be . fore he went to the workhouse , Mr . Stuart , a medical gentleman , attended deceased for ill health , I did not see any wounds or sores upon his person the day he left th ? _Y- ' or ' khOuse foi the lunatic asylum . After his removal to the asylum on the Friday , I think I went there to see him on the following Monday . He was then in what tliey called the " first building " and whenhe saw me he knew me , for he called me " mother . ' - He was then lying on what I was told was a water bed . I was not allowed to see him alone , and I had not been there more than five minutes when the keeper said , " There , that ' s enough , bid your mother good-bye ; " and I then left . There were

      some other patients in bed in the ward at the time . I went on another occasion to see deceased , on a Thursday , but that not being thc regular day , I was not allowed to do so . I did not see him again in the asylum , but my sister did , and I stayed down stairs . I caused him to be removed from the asylum , as I thought he was ill-treated . It was on a Wednesday when he came away . He seemed in great agony , for they had pulled his trousers on over his sores on his hips and back , and when he got home they were completely saturated with the discharge from the wounds , and I was forced to cut his trousers from his body to get them off . His legs were quite contracted , so that he could not stand or sit , and he was too insensible to make any statement as to his treatment . Dr . Stuart attended him after he came from the asylum , but he was first seen by two other medical gentlemen , by one on the day he came home . They both said hc had been neglected .

      By the Coroner . —The deceased when at home used to sleepinabed . He usually laid on his side , I think Mr . Stuart saw deceased three days after he came home from the asylum . Mr . Alexander Patrick Stuart , examined . —I am a graduate in medicine , and reside at 130 , Hill-street , Berkeleysquare . I first attended deceased as a patient of the St . Pancras General Dispensary , with which institution I am connected . Mr . Hardwicke , the surgeon ofthe dispensary , had attended him before me . I found him labouring under mental excitement , but not to a great extent . In two or three days after his excitement increased considerbly , and I ordered cupping between the shoulders , which afforded great relief . This was a few days before he went to Newington Workhouse . Whenhe left my care

      to go there , deceased was not much emaciated . His body was perfectly sound , and there were no sores whatever upon it . I again saw deceased on the 1 st of April , after his return from the asylum , and understood he had returned three days before . His condition then was such that I nev * rsaw in all my medical experience anything approaching to it . He was in a state of the most extreme emaciation , had no sense , was pulseless , and his skin quite cold . There were wounds covering the whole of both hips and haunch bones , which presented themselves quite bare , and there was a large sloughing sore at the bottom of the spine . The sores were in the most unhealthy condition . I ordered them to be washed with chloride of soda , wliich greatly improved them . The bones of the lower part of the back were also entirely bare . The parts were in a state of mortification ,

      Treatment Of Insane Patients In Private ...

      The Coroner . —What do you believe to have been the cause of those wounds you have described ? Witness . —I am not aware that they would be likely to be caused by anything else than the pressure arising from the continual lying on those parts . They are what is termed bed sores , which I have had considerable opportunities of seeing in all their stages , having been for seven years in the Fever Infirmary at Glasgow . I may say , I have seen thousands of cases ; but in all my life , never one in the least approaching this . In reply to inquiries from the Coroner , Jlr . Stuart declared his belief that the deceased had died from the bedsores ; aud had his death occurred" a fortnight sooner , he would have had no hesitation in stating that it had been caused by want of proper treatment hi the lunatic asylum .

      Jfr . Robert Liston examined . —I am surgeon to University College Hospital , and reside in _Cliilbrd-strcet , _Bond-sfreet . I examined the body of the deceased with Mr . Stuart after death , and concur in the opinion he has given . The extensive sores on the body were quite sufficient to account for death . I never , in all my experience before , saw such extensive bed sores , There was also sufficient disease in the head to account for death . It was subsequently shown by the evidence of Mr . Lowndes , surgeon to the Newington union workhouse , Edward Coppiu , and Mrs . Rhodes , ono ofthe nurses , and a pauper who had slept in the next bed to him , that there were bruises or sores on his body before he was sent te the asylum . The object of sending him to the asylum was that he might have closer attendance than he could have in the workhouse .

      Robert Birkbeck , a keeper in the asylum , admitted that he was placed for the first four days on a straw bed , but he acted on the arrangements of the establishment . The Coroner remarked that it might be a very nice place , but that he , for one , should like to keep out of it as long as he could . Jfr . W . J . Hill , surgeon to the asylum , deposed , that the deceased had sores on his body when admitted , and that every attention had been paid to him . Coroner . —Criminals ave better off than lunatics , but a new bill is about to be introduced that will remedy the evil . Sir . Hill stated that no violence had been used , and that the wounds were no worse when deceased left than they were when he arrived . The Coroner here said that this admission was a severe reflection on his own evidence , and was totally at variance with that of the other witnesses .

      Mrs . Hill , aunt ofthe deceased , corroborated the statements ofthe other witnesses , that he was free from sores when taken to the hospital . She had remonstrated witli the people of the asylum ou his treatment . Several of the witnesses were recalled , but nothing further of importance ivas elicited ; after wliich thc inquest was , at the request of the jurors themselves , adjourned , for the purpose of obtaining further evidence .

      Soiree In Honour Of Mr. Holyoake. On Sun...

      SOIREE IN HONOUR OF MR . HOLYOAKE . On Sunday evening , May llth , a numerous party of friends _belonging to all sections of the movement _narty assembled at the Hall of Science , City-road , for the purpose of demonstrating their esteem for Mr . G . J . Holyoake , and taking leave of that gentleman previous to his departure from the metropolis for Glasgow . Among the company were many wellknown and long-tried friends of freedom . At the conclusion ofthe tea , Mr . Julian Harney was called to the chair .

      The Chairman said that the meeting hc addressed represented the democratic and anti-theological parties of the metropolis . Such re-unions as the present were very desirable , they brought together persons , who , differing on many points , nevertheless could agree to meet upon a common ground in defence ot truth , freedom , and right . Such meetings , more frequently held , would not only advance rig ht principles , but also cause a better understanding between all true reformers . All could agree upon some points . All true patriots gave their adherence to the great principle— " The people , the source of power . " He understood and declared that principle to its fullest extent . He desired that thc people should possess their undoubted rights , but lie

      also desired that the people should be free in mind , as well as free by law . Ignorance and superstition should be no disqualifications , but it must be confessed they were serious impediments to the proper exercise of even the most democratic powers ; the state of _Switzerland , the United States , and other countries proved this . If a people were priestridden there could be no real freedom ; no matter how theoreticall _y just tlieir institutions , the minority , not the majority—the nriests , not the people , would be the real rulers ot the State . His acquaintance with Mr . Holyoake commenced in Sheffield , and he could bear testimony to the important services that gentleman rendered to the cause of democracy there — services by which he sacrificed his interests with the party to whom he waa allied . If the most friendly feeling did not

      exist long ago between the political and social reformers of this country , it was not the fault of Mr . Holyoake . The chairman then alluded , in very complimentary terms , to Mr . Holyoake ' s defence on liis trial for blasphemy , and his conduct during his unjust imprisonment . —He next spoke of Mr . Holyoake ' s writings , the . tone and temper of which were raost exemplary , lie ( the chairman ) thought that creeds and systems might be exposed and confuted without descending to ribaldry and abuse ; this had not always been attended to , but this error could not be laid to the account of Mr , Holyoake . That gentleman never hesitated to use strong language , never blinked what he believed to be the truth , hut at the same time his language , both as a writer and a speaker , was worthy of universal imitation . In short , he ( the chairman ) had found Mr . Holyoake to be , in the language of Shelly ,

      " A virtuous man , Great in his humility , As kings are little in tlieir grandeur . But whilst doing honour to Mr . Holyoake , they should not forget others , particularly the defenders of free thought in past and more dangerous times . He need not enumerate their names—Thomas Paine stood forth the type of all . Paine was the first Englishman who caused his countrymen to think upon subjects bound up with their vital interests . He taught the millions " Common Sense "—proclaimed the " Rights of Man" —and heralded the " Ago of Reason , " at a time when dungeons , chains , and gibbets werc the safeguards of despotism ; and when often ruin and death , and always calumny and persecution , were the rewards of those who sought

      to elevate their fellow creatures . He ( the chairman ) believed that the time was at hand when the freethinkers of this country would have to do more than of late vears they had done to arrest the march of priestly fraud , and prevent the triumph of priestly domination . On the Maynooth question Protestant bigotry was arrayed against Popish bigotry , whilst the ' men who * had thrown off the trammels of both parties for the most part looked quietly on , and allowed human reason to » e crucified between the two thieves of priestcraft . Neither political liberty , nor social equality was attainable but through the enlightenment of the masses , therefore he rejoiced at this meeting ; the freedom ofthe mind was the only sure safeguard of all freedom and right : —

      The falchion ' s blade may shiver , Stone walls with time may sever , 'Tis mind ! alone , Worth steel and stone , That makes men free for ever 1 " After a few more observations the chairman concluded his address , of which the above is but an outline , in the course of which he had been repeatedly and warmly applauded . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Skeltox to speak to the sentiment— " The people , the chief source of power , and may they soon chiefly wield it , witliout partiality in politics ov bigotry in religion "who , in the course of his remarks , took occasion to characterise in rather desponding terms the slow

      progress of popular principles . Mr . Marshall next spoke . He eulogised the great endurance of Carlile , and thought that Robert Owen would have been less bold if Carlile had not paved thc way . Mr . Hetherixoton next proposed " The Anti-Persecution Union , and its indefatigable and energetic Secretary , G , Jacob Holyoake : may the prosperity of both be commensurate with their services to the cause of general freedom . " Mr . Hetherington said , this sentiment , in awarding prosperity to the Union and Mr . Holyoake , in the proportion of tlieir services , really implied superlative praise , as the services of both had been great . Of Mr . Holyoake hc could say , from intimate acquaintance , that , like the poet Nichol , he was always prepared to subsist on small

      means , when necessary to preserve lus independence . It was rarely that persons could be found possessing the perspicacity of intellect and varied ability of Mr . Holyoake , to devote themselves to such humble , but important objects as those of the Anti-Persecution Union . Mr . Hetherington next spoke of the Union generally , and concluded by hoping that the breezes of Scotland would se invigorate and restore the health of Mv . Holyoake , that when he returned to the metropolis a _^ ain he would be as stron g in body as he was in mind , and be still more capable than ever of battling for freedom , mental and political . ( Applause . ) Mr . Watson said he dissented from the gloomy view of progression taken by a previous speaker .

      The possession ol that very hall m which they were met was a proof of advancement . Why , men were there who could remember when Daniel Isaac Eaton was pilloried m that city for publishing Paine ' s Aqe of Reason , which he ( Mr . Watson ) daily sold in the very centre of godliness , aud under the walls of St . Paul ' s cathedral , and no man made hun afraid . Only last Friday night Sir R . Peel had moved a bill respecting colleges m Ireland from which religion was to be excluded . Was that no sign of progress ? Of Mr . Holvoake it was not necessary to say more than that his knowledge of him enabled him to bear out all that had been said of him by other speakers . Mr . Watson's _addresB was much cheered .

      Mr . Holyoake , who was warmly received , m responding to thc sentiment , said , that three years ago he entered London alone and unknown , and when he contrasted the anticipations of tliat time with the kind intentions which had brought his friends together that night , and the pleasing anticipations of that hour , he need not further express to them the pleasure he felt . To Mr . Powell and his coadjutors , to his enthusiastic friend Mr . Harney , to his kind friend Mr . Hetherington , to his valued friend Mr . Watson , and numerous others , he owed particular acknowledgments ; but as they had so kindly spoken of him , he would forbear further allusions to them , lest his compliments might not'have that air of sinceritv which compliments ever should wear . But he

      still desired to distinguwh his colleague during his ( Mr . H . ' s ) days of journalism , Mr . Ryall , to whom the consistency of tone which pervaded the Movement was so much owing . Mr . II . commented ou that marked feature of the Union—the never encouraging the provocation of persecution—only the manly resistance of it , whenever , or hy whomever instituted . Mr , II . thought that thc Maynooth _agitation would further the Union's object , whether it was insisted that no party should be , or remain endowed , or that all should be placed on the same footing . To increase endowed sects was to extend the means of persecution . The new-made state Driest could operate with

      more decency than before , and hence it was thought thathe was less industrious . Fatal mistake ! Hc was the same enemy of reason , only with more power . Mr . II . then descanted on the advance of mankind , both at home and abroad . Intelligence and independence of mind had undoubtedly ; of late years made rapid strides in this countiy , while emigration had taken to other and distant lands intrepid men , who bore with tliem the seeds of civilisation and fraternity . It would soon be seen that society , alike in its cities and wilds , would become one vast and brilliant brotherhood . There was every hope of the humblest effort . Their own endeavours were at that hour

      gratefully appreciated where they little expected it . lie could not better take leave of them , for his new field of exertion , than by wishing that thc future of all his friends might be as pleasant as they had made that hour to him . Mr . Holyoake resumed his scat amidst universal marks of kindly approbation . Mi * . Ryall next , in an interesting speech , proposed "Tiie intrepid band , who , emancipated from the thraldom of religion , labour , in the face of persecution , for the enlightenment of mankind : may their sacrifices meet with reward in their own day , and find appreciation through all times . " Mr . Rvffey Ridley followed with a few remarks , expressing his approbation ofthe sentiment . Mr . Powell then moved a vote of thanks to thc chairman , whieh was seconded by Mr . Holyoake , and awarded unanimously . Mr . Harxey responded to the compliment , and the meeting separated at eleven o ' clock .

      Fatal Omnibus Accident,—On Thursday, Abo...

      Fatal Omnibus Accident , —On Thursday , about twelve o ' clock , a fatal accident occurred to a boy named Humphreys , about twelve years of age , who resided at 14 , Charterhouse-lane , Charterhouse-square . He , with some other boys , was at play in Aldersgatestrcet , and just as ono of the Hoxton and Chelsea omnibuses ( which was not going at a rate exceeding between four and five miles an hour ) was being driven past , he ran from his companions into the middle of the street , and slipped down under one of the wheels , which passed over his chest . He was instantly taken to the General Dispensary , opposite which the unfortunate occurrence took place , and every effort rendered to ease his sufferings , but the injuries -were found to be of so serious a nature that it was impossible to save his life . No time was lost in conveying him home , where , shortly after his arrival , he died .

      iiuE at Barking , sear Needham Market . —On Saturday evening last a five broke out upon the farming premises belonging to Mr . Brown , of Barking-, in the occupation of Mr . Joseph Elliott . It raged with considerable fury for some time , consuming a barn , outbuildings , two stacks , partof a cloverstack , and a few implements . The loss is covered by insurance in the Suffolk Five-office . Death of thk Rev . Dr , Cook . —We regret to leam that intelligence reached town last night ofthe death ofthe Rev . Dr . George Cook , which took place at St , Andvew ' sycsterday morning . Dr . Cook was for a long period the acknowledged leader of the moderate pai'ty in the Established Church of Scotland . The rev , doctor had reached an advanced age , being , we believe , upwards of seventy , _—Edixxburgh Witness , May 14 .

      Connor since his Sentence . —During the period that the jury were deliberating , Connor complained of fatigue , and , considering tho length of the trial , it was not to be wondered at . Prior to the jury returning he ate two oranges ; there was considerable restlessness in his manner , and when the jury returned , as he was moved towards the front of the dock , his whole frame was violently agitated . After the sentence was passed , and his vain attempt to speak , he staggered rather than walked to the staircase of the dock , and those who were beside him when he descended describe him to have borne all the appearance ofa man stupid from the effects of liquor _, lie stood for a few minutes in the passage , his arms hung listlessly by his side , and he appeared perfectly unconscious of all that was passing around him .

      Indeed it is many sessions , wc ave niiormeu , since a culprit has exhibited so much emotion after the passing of a senteuce , aud every onc who stood near him anticipated he would have fainted . Shortly after partaking of some refreshment hc retired to rest ; he was accompanied thither by those appointed to be with him ; he slept but little . From thc first moment oi" his incarceration he has incessantly expressed his anxiety for the appearance of the witness Cochrane , averring that he was the man who could save him . Sonic of his remarks last evening were of thc most bitter description towards him , declaring him to have foresworn himself . It is fully anticipated that hc will make some confession . He regretted yesterday that he could not sec his father ( it not being visiting day ); he will , however , see him this day , for which hc is very anxious .

      The late _I-atai . Steam-boat Accident off Limehouse . —On Thursday evening an inquest was held at the Eight Bells , Church-street , Greenwich , before Mr . C . J . Carttar , on view of the body of John Williams , who met his death , in thc steamer Waterman 5 , under the following lamentable circumstances * . — David Brown , waterman and lighterman of Greenwich , deposed that lie was engaged as an extra hand on board Waterman 5 , during thc holidays . When the accident happened he was standing forward on the look-out dose to the wi ndlass . The steamer was going into Limchousc-hole Pier for passengers , from which they were about 300 yards distant . The sloop , or as it is more familiarly called a " billyboy , '' came into collision with tho steamer . Waterman 5 was

      going down on the flood-tide , nearly mid channel . The oillyboy from Goolc , Yorkshire , was standing over to the north shore , on the starboard tack , with the wind blowing fresh from thc north-west . Witness sang out to the people oil board thc billyboy to lower her foresail and jib-topsail , but in consequence of her having but two hands on board they were unable to do so . The collision took place about sh _* . feet ahaft -the Vmulass . lie saw the accident must ensue , unless they lowered their head-sails . Thc bowsprit of thc sloop reached over the steamer about three feet . He told them they ought to be ashamed , when they greatly abused him . The captain of the steamer gave orders to ease and stop her . The steamer had headway on when the engines had been stopped . Witness , on seeing the collision inevitable _, called to the people on deck to lie down flat :

      some did so , but others from fright kept running about . There were about three hundred passengers on board . Thc deceased was crushed between the bowsprit of the sloop and the taffrail of the steamer ( which was broken ) . In witness's opinion , the steamer should have backed astern sooner . Had the billyboy eased off her liead-slieets the accident could not have occurred . It could have been done in less than a minute , but the men on board would not . There ought to have been a waterman on board the billyboy . The sloop let go her anchor after the blow , and lowered all her sails . The billyboy had no business to bo under canvas at all , but driving up with the tide , according to the laws of navigation . — Mr . Dodson _, of Greenwich , surveyor , deposed thathe was standing between the companion and the engineroom of "No . 5 Waterman when thc accident took

      place . Ihe captain of the steamer gave orders just before to ease and stop her . There was headway on the steamer , but she had nearly stopped . Had the sloop kept her course the accident would not have occurred . She must have gone astern . No . 5 had stopped her engines to allow No . C to come out of Limehouse pier—The room was then cleared , and after a consultation of nearly an hour thejury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , accompanied with a suggestion that captains of steam-boats should to the utmost give way to all vessels under canvas or otherwise ; although , in the present instance , the captain of Waterman 5 , perhaps , did all he could do , under the circumstances , and they only wished the directors ol" the Steam Packet Company to communicate such observations to thc captain of No . 5 Waterman without imputations of the slightest nature .

      Frightful Accident . —On Thursday evening , as John Gooch , in the service of Messrs , Marsden and Nichols , brewers , Lewisham , was driving a team down Loampit-hill _, Lewisham , hewas * knocked down by the fore horse , and , before he could recover himself , the near wheel passed over his head , crushing it nearly flat , by which hia brains were forced out nearly en masse , producing immediate death . The poor fellow had been long in the service of Messrs . Marsden and Co ., by whom he was very highly re _^ _spected .

      Fire at Deptford , —A destructive five broke out shortly before one o ' clock this morning , Saturday , at Deptford , which within the short space of half an hour completely destroyed the extensive premises known as the Royal Standard public-house , situate in lanncr-street , leading out ofthe Deptford Broadway . The dock-yard engines were present , which were worked with great energy , and prevented the flames from extending to the surrounding property .

      Fatal Omnibus Accident,—On Thursday, Abo...

      A Certain- Remedy for Ill-health , ut Hollo way ' s Pills .- —Mi's . Long , residing in Merrow-street " Walworth , had been for three years in a very 0 e ' dining state of health , owing to her ha ving arrived at that period termed '' the turn of life . " l ] er eo stitution appeared to be almost broken up , and was considered by many as fast approaching to a con suniptive state . She is now restored to a vorv luV _* h state of health by theseinvaluable Pills . All females who by their age may be near to that critical period ' would find these Pills the onl y effectual remedy that such a dangerous time requires . This medicine i _« likewise invaluable to all young persons _approaching the term of womanhood . . *»

      Neckssitt or Freewill has in former times a- _* i tated the public mind more than in the present dav Boerhave says , " It has been either by chance or nl ' cessity that all thc great discoveries in medicine haw been made ; " but still he hits left the question fif necessity versus freewill undecided . And altlimi- _^ Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills are manifestly If of the greatest discoveries with which the world _\ n been blessed , it certainly has not brought us _neixv to the decision bf the important question .

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      London. — Chartist Hall, 1, Tors Acai.V-...

      London . — Chartist Hall , 1 , Tors acai _. _v-wxe Tlic public discussion will be resumed on Sumlav morning next , May 18 th , at half-past ten precisely subject— " Is it wise and politic to increase the "Tan * to Maynooth V In the afternoon , at three , the _fewv politan District Council will meet for the dispatch of business . Themeeting of the National Victim Com mittee is unavoidablv postponed until Sundav * _u-i _~ 24 th . * ' J The Land ! the Land!—Mr . P . M'Gratii , prosi dent . of the Executive , will lecture on the above _smV ject at the Sun and Thirteen Cantons ( Clock 1 Foiisc ) Castle-street , Leicester-square , on Sunday evenin _„ next , May 18 th , at half-past sefen precisely . The secretary will be prepared with tickets of the L , _-mrf Societv .

      _Camrerwell and Walworth . —A meeting wjj ] _^ held at the Montpener Tavern , Walworth , on M 0 a . day evening next , May the 19 th , at eight o ' clock . Lamiietii . —The members of thc Lambeth locality are requested to meet in the South London _Chartijt Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening . Tower Hamlets . —A general meeting of tbe members of the National Charter Association , residing in the Tower Hamlets , will be held at fhe Whittington and Cat , Church Row , Iicthnal Green on Sunday afternoon , at five o ' clock . '

      The Members of the Executive Committee will meet the DelegatesoftlieMetropoJitanDdegate Conncil on Sunday afternoon , at three o ' clock , at Turnagain-lane , in order to make arrangements for holdinij meetings to elect the registration committee . Del <* - gates from the various localities are requested to attend . —T . M . Wheeler . Marylebone Locality . —A members' meeting win take place on Monday evening , May 19 th , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , New-road , at half-past seven o ' clock .

      Somers Town . — On Sunday evening next , the adjourned discussion on the Land Society will be resumed at Mr . Duddridge ' s Rooms , 18 , _Tonbridsestreet , New-road . Mr . Wheeler will attend and address the meeting . Mrs . Ellis . —The Committee appointed by the Metropolitan localities to assist Mrs . Ellis , will meet on Wednesday evening next , at Mr . Wheeler ' s , 243 { , Temple Bar , to wind up their accounts , at eight o ' clock . Cm- op Londo . y . —The members of this locality are requested to attend at the Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening next , at half-past six o ' clock . Hammersmith . —A meeting will be held on Tuesday evening next , May 20 th , at the Dun Cow , Ur aokgveen-lanc , at eight o'clock precisely . Marylebone . —Mr . Dolwcll , of Bath , will lecture on * ' The Events of the Present Times , " at the Coach Painters' Anns , Circus-strcct , ou Sunday evening , May 18 th , at eight o ' clock .

      Chartist Water Trip . —The _Marylcbenc locality and the Emmett Brigade intend taking a trip by water to Greenford Green , on Sunday , June ist , in aid of the Chartist funds , and respcctfullv solicit the company of their friends . Tickets may be obtained of the sub-secretaries , V . Pakes and J . Rouse , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , and the Rock Tavern , Lisson Grove . Mn . M'Gratii will deliver a lecture on thc subject of Co-operative Societies , on Sunday evening ( May 18 th ) , at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-Iaue , at eight o ' clock . Mr . Doyle will lecture on Sunday evenins _* , at the White Horse , St . Mary's-street , Whitechapel .

      Liverpool . —* A meeting will be held in the Temperance Hall , Rose-place , on Tuesday evening . May 20 lh , to take into consideration thc forming a branch of the National Charter Co-operative Land Association . _Dewsiiury . —The next Dewsbury district meeting will bo held on Sunday , the 18 th inst ., in the Chartist room , Dewsbury , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Halifax . —Mr . B . Rushton will deliver a lecture in the large room , Bull Close-lane —[ 1 _^ 'en , the writer of the notice has not stated . —Ed . N . S . ) The Land . —The members of thc Association held a public meeting on Wednesday last , to take into consideration the National Land scheme . Sovcra enrolled their names , and will meet everv Wednesday evening , at eight o'clock .

      Birmingham . —Mr . Thomas Clark will lecture in the Democratic Chapel , Thorp-street , ou Sunday evening next , at half-past six o ' clock . Delegate Meeting . —A district delegate meeting will be held at the Lamp Tavern , Walsall , at two o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , May 25 th . Delegates arc expected from Dudley , Bilston , Ncthorton , Wolverhampton , Redditch , Bromsgrovc , Birmingham , and Lye Waste . Mr . Clark will be present , and lay the proceedings of thc late Convention before the _dclc'ratcs , with a view to tho re-organisation of the district . —Francis Mottram , District Secretary . Stockport . —Mr . J . Leach , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist room , Bombcr ' s-bvow , on Sunday evening next , at half-past six o ' clock .

      Heywood . —The members ofthe National _Ciiarfer Association residing in this locality are requested to meet in their room , Hartley-street * on Sunday next , at six o ' cloek in the evening .

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      PERSCIXS desirous of joining the Land Co-operative ; Society propounded by the late Chartist Convention , , are informed that a Public Meeting of the Subscribers , : , and of persons wiling to become subscribers , will be held 1 on Wednesday evening , at the South London Chartist t Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , to form a Metro- > - politan Branch ; pay a first instalment on their shares ; . ; elect a Sub-Treasurer , _Sub-Secretary , and other officers , s . Chair to be taken at Eight o'CIock precisely . Shares £ 2 10 s . each , which may be paid in instalments ts of 3 d ., fid ., Is ., or upwards per week . Any person , whether a Member or not a Member of of the National Charter Association , is eligible to become a > , a Shareholder in the above Society , The Directors will attend and give any _inf'jmiritiou ou which may be required . _lly order ofthe Board of Directors , THOMAS MARTIN "WHEELER , Secretin ' . .

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      WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . ADJOURNMENT OF TIIE SPRING SESSIONS FOIt'OM THE TftUL 0 "F _YELOflS , Sic NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Sniinc Gi Gil neral Quarter Sessions of tho Peace , for tlir tin AVcst Riding ofthe County of York , will be holden by aoy an jourmnent , at _Bradford on -Monday , thc 2 d day of Ju > Ju » next , at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon , and by further a era jonrnment from thence will be holden at Sheffield , cd , c Wednesday , the 4 th day of the same month of Ju . ' _Juii next , at half-past Ten o ' cloek in the Forenoon , FOR Till Till TRIAL OF FELONS AND PERSONS INDICTED FO Ft MISDEMEANOURS , when all Jurors , Suitors , _Perso'ersoi who stand upon Recognisance , and others having _buijbui ness at the said Sessions , are _rec-iured to attend Uid t . Court . Prosecutors and Witnesses in cases of Felony and Mud M ! demeanour from the Wapontakc 3 of Staincliffe ale a . Ewcross , Claro , A ' msty , Agbrigg and Morley , Skyraob _* el * _s > Barkstonash _, must attend thc Sessions at _IhuDrouDrom and those from the Wapontakes of Strafforth and Tiid Ti * hill , Osgoldcross and Staincross , being the _remaiiideiiuden the West Riding , must attend the sessions at . _Siieffili _> fili : C . II . ELSLEY , Clerk of the _IV-arti ' _i-aco Clerk ofthe Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , 12 th May , 1845 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17051845/page/8/