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      I James Parkes Stated That He Is A Plane...

      THE NORTHERN STAR . _^______ December 20 , I 3 ;* _2 _* I «— _^ I _^ ~ t I 1 1 I

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      —- ^__Chaboe Mt-.De,. „T Poisoning. Y °*...

      — - _^__ CHABOE Mt-. DE ,. „ T POISONING . y l _„? Z _« . (» fi ) the wife ofBichard Windsor , was ""*"_ ' _% _*» _wflfol murder of Joseph Windsor , her _d _^_ _ _SswoSin _theXorth Biding , on _thelTth M _* _-L _^ variously stated , in the indictment , as ad-S _^ _dLirin _-iclc _and _in _bread . _^ r . _Blhsln _^^ 7 flw p _ _sc stated that the prisoner and her _? Ta _™__ _ Su £ g P _^ p le , and employed in the _^ It wVSSealleged offence was committed _, _^ _g hhonrhooa _whwcine fe fte prisoner , and at _r _^ T ht _^ wJ aho _^ t _seven yearSofa S e The _£ _^ £ 5 __ _S « theprisoner hadbeen marriedin theyear _%£ _* _££ » was of a kind commonly knowii as _SSf _pSraJ- _^ _d it was _supp-ed that the chdd _had wn Sd by thc administering of a substance of that S , _iome of which had , inst before his death , been used _Sthehousei ohahitedhy theprisoner _' _sfamily . The _gSSS the attention of the court for twelve hours , and terminated in _theacquittal ofthe prisoner .

      _Dece-BE * 15 th . — Chaboe of Masslaugieb . —Thomas _TVheatler a jonng man of about 25 years of age , who _S _heenaneng inidriver npon the North Midland Railwav wasindictedfor the crime cf manslaughter in havin" on the 28 th of October last , at Keystone , felomonsly _ca _^ ed the d eath of Wi lliam Fuller Botel er , Esq ., by neglecting and unskilfully driving a pilot engine , of which theprisoner then had the management . The circumstances attending the lamentable event will he in the recollection of everybody , -from the great interest which was excited at tlie time of its occurrence . The trial lasted the whole ofthe day , and terminated in thejury finding ihe prisoner not guilty . A verdict of acquittal was then entered upon a second indictment , in which theprisoner was charged with the manslaughter of John Stubbs , the police-officer , who died in consequence of injuries received upon the same occasion .

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      The December Sessions At This Court Comm...

      The December sessions at this court commenced on Monday at the usual hour , before the Lord ilayor , the Recorder . Aldermen Wilson , Si jney , the Sheriffs , Under-Sherrifis , _ c . Robbery of _Bask-nstes . —William Harding ivas indicted for steaUng from the person of Bobert Vaugham "Williams , a pocket-booh containing money in bank notes , tothe amount of £ 2 , 750 . The prisoner , who _wasvsry ias-lily dressed , pleaded not guilty , ilr . Clarkson conducted the prosecution . From the learned counsel's epeninig , and from tbe statement of the witness , it appeared that the prosecutor , - who is a solicitor , was going from the city to the west-end , and as he was

      passing through St . Paul' s-churchyard , he felt Ms pocket touched . He turned round and felt his pocket , and suspecting nothing , as he did not perceive the loss of _MtpQcket book , he proceeded , but on arriving at his _destination , he found theproperty mentioned in the indictment gone . About the same time the prisoner was observed hy a policeman , named John Coram , in St . Paul ' s-churchyard , running away as hard as he could . This induced him to follow , and whilst in pursuithe saw the prisoner take the pocket-book out of his pocket . He was taken into custody , and the pocket-hook , with bank notes , was picked up by a little hoy of the name of Bell , who proved seeing the prisoner throw it away from his person . Theprisoner being found guilty , the Recorder sentenced him to be transported for the term of ten

      ars . Assa „ t os the Hioh Seas . — Captain Alexander Gordon , the commander of the barque Matthesis , apparently abont 33 years of age , and John Cummins , his chief mate , were indicted for that they , on the 20 th day Of June last , onthe high sea , within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England , did unlawfully make an assault npon one William Scott an apprentice boy . After a lengthy investigation the case terminated in the acquittal of both prisoners . Another indictment was then preferred . After some discussion Captain Gordon renewed his recognizances , and departed the court in company ofhis friends .

      Tuesday—Burgmrt . —John White , aged 28 , and do . scribed as abrewer , was found guilty of a burglary in the dwelling-house of Frederick White , his brother , and steal . 5 ng therefrom twenty-four cigars , valne two shillings , and ax shillings and seven pence halfpenny in copper money , his property . The Becorder sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for six calendar months , and to be kept to hard labour . _Misebx and Cbisie . —William Yeoman was charged with having stolen a coat , value 8 s ., the property of John Moore . The case was quite clear against the prisoner . He was seen to tako the coat from outside the prosecutor ' s shop , where it was hung up exposed for sale . Upon heing apprehended , he pleaded want as bis excuse for having committed the offence . In reply to the cliarge ,

      the prisoner stated that for a considerable time p ist he had been in a state ofthe _greatest destitution . He had applied to the Greenwich Union for relief ; hut , instead of getting food , he was sent to break stones of one hundred weight each , and for breaking one hundred of these stones he . Deceived bnt three halfpence . By dint of great labour he was enabled to earn CJtl . the evening before committing the robbery , and with that he was obliged to provide himself with lodging for the night and foot ] _. Sir Peter Laurie remarked that it was no wonder there were so many thieves when the workhouses meted out sneh a starving allowance as that described hy the pri soner . The 3—ry returned a verdict of gmltv , coupled With a strong recommendation to mercy . The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned in Newgate for th space of seven days .

      _Isdecext Pbists , —William Ifunn surrendered in court , and pleaded guilty to a charge of selling indecent prints . The Becorder sentenced him to be imprisoned iu ihe Westminster Bridewell fjr the space of six calendar months- also tbat he should enter into his own recognisances in the amount of £ -50 , and also obtain two sureties 3 n the amount of JE 25 each , to answer for his good conduct for the next three years , and to be further imprisoned sniil such sureties should be iouml . An Iscobbigible Gisl . —Eliza White , aged 17 _^ was indicted for stealing on the 2 nd inst ., two dustpans , the property of P . Keeble . A verdict of guilty having been recorded , the prisoner was again indicted , for that she , in August last , was convicted of felony at the Surrey sessions , and sentenced to solitary confinement at Brixton forfourteen days . Guilty , Common Sergeant : You art quite incorrigible . Tou were here only last session , and had then lately come out of prison . Government must take you in hand ; the sentence , therefore , is seven years transportation _.

      John Bichards was , for the third time , convicted of felony in this court , and sentenced to he banished beyond the seas for seven years .

      The Murder At Westminster. "Wedsesdat.—M...

      THE MURDER AT WESTMINSTER . _"Wedsesdat . —Martha Browning was Indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Mundell , on the 1 st of _December last . Mary Gaze , who stated that she was the wife of Edward Caze , and the daughter ofthe deceased . She resides in little Bochester-street , _ RochD _ . ter-N . ad , Westminster . She knew theprisoner at the bar , and has known her for abont six months . She had lately lodged with her mother . She had lodged with her for three weeks , and they lived in the same room , and slept in the samebed . Her mother lived at No . 1 , Providence-place , Brewergreen , Westminster . On Monday , the 1 st of December , the prisoner called at witness ' s house at abont a quarter to eight o ' clock in the morning , and said that Mrs . Mundell was very ill , and had had a fit about seven o ' clock . She

      also said that witness was required to go there directly . She also said that Mrs . Mundell had calleed out" Murder , murder ! What are you doing to me « ' * On the way to lhe deceased's lodgings witness asked her why she did not _admtt the person who had knocked at her door , and the prisoner said that she was holding the deceased ' s hands at 4 he time . On arriving at the room witness looked towards the bed . There were three chairs on the bed . Witness was turning to go out of theroom when she saw her mother lying on her back on a box . She was in her night clothes . There was a cord round her neck ; it was - _abeni as thick as her little finger . ( The rope was pro-• duced . ) it was twisted twice round her neck , and knotted at the side . The knot was the same as it is now . Witness called out , and some other persons came into ihe room . A baker ' s boy cut the string . Witness went

      ibr a surgeon , hut he could not come himself , and sent his assistant . There was an inquest held on thebody ofthe _deceased the same night . The prisoner was tli « first -witness called . After the inquest was over , the prisoner went with witness to the house of the deceased . After they got home from the inquest , witness ' s husband said that he did not _hke the appearance of the bed , as = it was wet . The prisoner remained constantly with witness & om Monday night to Wednesday morning . When wit . ness sat up she sat up , and when she lay down the prisoner lay down beside her . In consequence of something that she said on the Tuesday afternoon , witness Went With her to Bedford-street . The prisoner said thai £ 15 ivhieh she had saved in service was there , and shi-• offered to lend witness a sovereign . Witness did not g _.-ferther than the corner of the street , as the prisoner requested her to wait there . She was about ten minutes

      gone . -When she _cameliack she said that she had a £ D _3 iote _ and that if witness had enough money for the present , she wonld not change it until the next day . She said that her master had recommended her to place tht money With the person in Bedford-street . They then Went to witness ' s house . On the morning of Wednesday , theprisoner hissed the body of the deceased , and , turnang ronnd to witness , said , "Oh , do you think she AS happy 1 " They then came out ofthe room . Her _husband asked her if she had any money , and she replied _fhatshehadnot . Thatwasinthepresenceoftheprisoner . witness then told the prisoner to get the note changed .

      _^ _r . Gaze offered to go , butshe wonld not allow him to do so . She went into the Blue-coatBoy public-house . On her coming ont she said , " Oh , they have played a trick on me ; they have given me a Bank of Elegance , instead of ? _£ ] t _ofBng _J- "l -ote . She said thatit was the person i . _Bedferd-strat who had cheated her . My husband « ir ' If _£ _T * ° * mm looIt at tt - SbB hesitated , and I saa fOi , Martha , let us look at it . " She then - tc my husband the note to look at . He called a _^ _T ateIy on one side and _& ° _™* me the note . _St _eSTT _? * to her * He then *** hel _& Ssin - _^ ntnowwhere you got the note from , M ymother

      The Murder At Westminster. "Wedsesdat.—M...

      had two . " "Oh , yes , " she answered , " Bbe had , Mr . Gaze . " A second time he returned the note . I had noticed it , however , and we went in doors . In knew the note had belonged to my mother , by its havingtwo grease spots upon it . At home I asked thep risoner to let me look at the note . She hesitated very much , but gave it me , and whilst I was looking at it she made a snatch at it ; I succeeded in keeping hold ofit , however , and said to her , "Martha , I shall not let you have the note till I know where this has come from . " She wen t down stairs into the yard , saying she was going into the water-closet , and she almost immediately came out into the passage . My mother used to keep the note in a housewife she had in her possession , and whieh was subsequently found in the bed of deceased . ~\ * « _. _« .. _< . _ _.. ) « ...

      The evidence of the other witnesses , Mary Cheshire , Edward Gaze , Mary Judkins , Inspector Partridge , and Mr . Atkinson , surgeon , was but a repetition ofthe statements given in this paper of Saturday last . The evidence of the several witnesses left no doubt that the wretched woman had strangled the deceased for the purpose of depriving her of the two sham five pound notes , which she supposed to bc genuine . Mr . Clarkson addressed the jury in a lengthy and forcible speech for theprisoner . Mr . Justice Patteson summed up the evidence and—The jury , after twenty minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty . Mr : Justice Patteson proceeded to pass sentence of death upon tlie prisoner in the following terms : —His

      lordship said that , after a very long , painful , and patient inquiry , the jury had come to thecenclusion that she was guilty of the cliarge of murder lor which she was accused . She had had the advantage of a learned counsel , who had urged every topic in her behalf that was likely either to induce tlie jury to believe that she was innocent , or that tlie evidence for the prosecution wis insufficient , and thejury , after a full inquiry , had felt tliat the facts which had been disclosed were quite incompatible with her innocence . He , the learned Judge , entirely concurred in the verdict , and did not entertain the slightest doubt but that she was in fact gnilty of this foul murder . It would appear that , while residing with the deceased , she became impressed with tlie idea that she was possessed of money , aud it was veey probable that , in the first instance , her only intention

      was to possess herself of that money , and this had ultimately led to killing the decensed in a most cruel and deliberate manner , ne was induced to believe from her own statements that the weight of the crime had laid heavily upon her mind , and that she had already probably turned to the Almighty and sought forgiveness ; but if she had not done so , he entreated her to make the best use of the short time that remained to her on this earth for thatpurpose . Her life , by the law of the land , was forfeited , and the crime was of such a nature , and was committed under such circumstances , as percludcd hiin from holding out to her the slightest hope thatthe law would not be allowed to take its course . He , therefore , entreated her to make her peace with God , and obtain that mercy from him which would not be granted by Sin earthly tribunal . His Lordship concluded by passing sentence in the usual form .

      The prisoner was then asked formally whether she had anything to urge in arrest of judgment , the object being for her to state whether she was in the family way or not . Upon this being explained to her , she said , "I am not guilty . " One of the female turnkeys then explained the matter to her , and as it appeared that there was no ground forau arrest of judgment , the sentence was recorded , and the prisoner was removed from the bar .

      The Murder At Newington. Thursday.—Samue...

      THE MURDER AT _NEWINGTON . Thursday . —Samuel Quennell , aged 22 , was indicted for the wilful murder of Daniel Fitzgerald . Mr . Bodkin , with whom was Mr . Clarke , conducted the prosecution ; and Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Iluddlestone conducted the defence . Mr . Bodkin stated the case to the jury , briefly , set . ting forth the leading points of the evidence . He then called Owen M'Carthy , who stated that he resided at No . 6 , Queen-street , Walworth . Has been in the employment of Mr . Wm . _Quenuell , a builder , in Lower _Kennington--lane _. Was in his employment on Thursday , the 27 th of November . Had known the deceased ritzgerald . He was also in Mr . Quennell's employment , and was there on that day . He left work at about five o ' clock in the

      afternoon , and proceeded towards Kennington-lane . _Deceased was in his ( witness's ) company . They crossed the _Uen-ington High-road , and then went into Peacock-Street . When they got there witness saw the prisoner coining towards them . Had known the prisoner about ten or eleven weeks before that time . He had been in the employment of Mr . Quennell , but had been dismissed . There is no carriage-way in Peacock-street , itis quite a narrow lane . The prisoner came close to them , and immediately afterwards his ( witness ' s ) sight was taken away by a sudden flash ; he at tho same time heard a report . As soon as he could see he saw deceased lying down , who said , "lam a dead man . " Theprisoner then walked quietly away towards Newington . Witness followed him , and cried out after him . Witness saw him stopped .

      Mr . Henry Cutting was then examined by Mr . Bodkin . On Thursday , Nov . 27 th , was near the corner of Peacockstreet . He _turntd down Kennington-lane , which almost faces the end of Peacock-street . When he got near the corner he heard the report of a pistol , and saw a man running down Kennington-lane . He was _foUowed by some others , who were caUing out to stop him . Witness stepped aside until the man who was pursued came up to him , and he then seized him by the collar . That man was the prisoner . Some of the pursuers came up , and one of them attempted to seize his collar roughly . The prisoner said , "One is _euough , " and then •' Take me to the station-house . " Witness went with him to the station-house . He was then asked whether he had any knife or pistol with him . He said no ; bat as they were about to search him he put his hand into his trousers pocket , when the constable seized his hand and took . a pistol from it . The cock of thc pistol was down , and a portion of an exploded cap upon it .

      Harriet Denycr stated she was in Peacock . street at five o ' clock on Thursday , the 27 th of November . She was in the narrow part ofthe street . She heard the report of a pistol , and saw a man fall . She afterwards went to the spot , and when a light was brought she saw that it was Fitzgerald . She had known him by sight . On hearing the report a man passed rapidly by her , and almost knocked her down . That man wont towards Newington-butts . Had seen the man before , and knew him by sight . Thc prisoner is the man .

      Mr . Wm . Hope Popham stated that he is a surgeon , residing at Queen _' s-row , Newington . He was near tlio Peacock public-house at ahout five in the afternoon on the 27 th of November . He heard an explosion of firearms . In consequence of Information he received he went into the Peacock _tap-rooai , He there saw the deceased supported by two men . There was a wound on the left breast . He was very much exhausted , and died in less than a minute . Afterward 4 made a post mortem examination . Found that the wound passed through the heart and lungs .

      Thomas William Carter , inspector of police stated that on the 27 th of November , he was on duty at the policestation in Kennington-lane , The prisoner was brought in by Mr . Cutting . The remainder of this witness ' s evidence was merely a confirmation of that given by Mr . Catting . William Quennell was then sworn—He stated that he knew the deceased . He worked for witness , and had been in liis employment seven or eight years . The prisoner is a half-brother of his . His age is about 22 . He had been employed by witness for about five months . He made himself generally useful . He had been to sea before coming to work with witness . He had told him to look out for work elsewhere as business would be slack ; tbat was tbreeorfour weeks before the commission of the act . The last day that he worked for witness was Wednesday , the 10 th . He came to witness on the Saturday before the murder and received 8 s . The

      prisoner had a conversation with witness ' s wife about his leaving off work . His wife said , " How came you to speak so unkindly against William after he has been so kind to you . " The prisoner appeared surprised , and wanted to know what it was that he had been saying . She told him that Daniel Fitzgerald had told her that he ( the prisoner ) intended to give William a knock on the h ad , and also that the prisoner had said that if he got money he would set uy an opposition business next door . Ilis wife also remarked that she had not said all that Fitzgerald had told her . The prisoner said that Fitz--erald had urged him on to speak against witness , and that it was all Fitzgerald ' s fault . A gentleman then came in to pay a bill , and that put an end to the conversation . Could not say whether the conversation took place- before or after the payment of tlie 8 s . Witness told him that evening to look for work elsewhere . Fitzgerald and the prisoner appeared to live on good

      terms . .- * . '• ' * * *• _'•' By Mr . -Clarkson : The prisoner ' s father had been subject to fits of insanity . The prisoner had a brother that died about two years since . Had a sister named Sarah , and saw her np to the time of her death , which occurred about twelve years since . She used to complain of her head , and used at times * to he quite unconscious . Was present when his father imagined that there were devils in the drawers of his room . Ko representation made by Fitzgerald was the cause of his telling the prisoner to seek for work . No such statement was made to the _prisoner . Has heard that the prisoner had set the bed on which he was lying on fire .

      Julia Quennell stated that she is the wife of the last witness . Remembers the prisoner coming on the night of Saturday , the 22 nd of September , to be paid his wages . Had a conversation with the prisoner about something that he said . That was in the presence of her husband . On telling him something that Fitzgerald had said of him , he appeared veiy much _^ dejected and hurt . Fitzgerald had made a statement to her the day before . By Mr . Clarkson . —The prisoner had appeared very

      much dejected for six months before the murder , but for threo weeks before it , witness could not get a proper answer . Has noticed the prisoner to sit by himself with his eyes fixed on the ground apparently quite lost to himself . For the last three weeks before the murder , he could not give a proper answer . Her husband was always very attentive to him . There had heen no cause for his apparent dejection . Witness could not teU what to make of it , and spoke of it to her husband , Has heard her husband talk of his father , who . was deranged during his lifetime _.

      The Murder At Newington. Thursday.—Samue...

      James Parkes stated that he is a plane-maker , residing In Timothy-street , _Newington . On Saturday , 22 nd of November , he was at the shop of a Mrs . Tubbs , in the New-cut , Lambeth . It was about ei ght o ' clock ; The prisoner was there : He came up to the shop , and took a pistol which was hanging at the door , and examined it , He pulled the trigger , and the cock broke . Witness heard that as . 6 d . was lhe price of the pistol . The prisoner paid 2 s . for the damage done . He came into the shop alter breaking the pistol , and purchased another , for which he paid 5 s . The pistol produced is like the one that he purchased . William Welling stated that he is an oilman , residing at _\' o . 1 , Amelia-place , Walworth . Knows the prisoner , who has dealt with him for some time . On Thursday , the 27 th of November , at about four in the afternoon , the prisoner came to his shop . He purchased a pennyworth of gunpowder . . T » mes P ___ _rkQs stated that he is _anlane-m-tVox r » ai _ iiTi < T

      John Marnc , a guinnaker , residing in the Walworthroad—On Wednesday , the 2 Gth of Novomber , he sold a quarter of a pound of bullets to a person . Can't say whether the prisoner was the person . The person was dressed in a different manner to the prisoner . Saw him before the magistrate , and his dress was then like tbat of the man who bought the bullets . They were to fit a pistol exactly like the one produced , Itwas dusk when he came into the shop . The evidence of this witness closed the case for the prosecution .

      Mr . Clarkson then rose , and said that in the observations he was about to make he would not attempt to deny that the prisoner was the person who fired the shot . Although the law left it upon the prisoner to show that he was not fit to judge ofhis own actions , he ( Mr . Clarkson ) hoped that he would be able to show them , on his bchaltj that such was actually the case . The Learned Counsel then proceeded te comment at some length on the evidence , which tended to raise a question as to the _prisoners sanity . At the conclusion of his address , The Lord Chief Justice Tindal proceeded to recapitulate the evidence in a general manner , commenting on the various facts as tending to prove the prisoner ' s insanity . Thejury then consulted for a short time in thc box , and then requested to be allowed to retire _.

      After an absence of twenty minute * , thejury returned into thr court . On their names being called over , The foremau of the jury delivered a verdict of Guilty . The usual proclamation of silence having been made , thc Learned Judges put oh their black caps . Thu Lord Chief Justice Tindal then addressed the prisoner as follows : — " Samuel Quennell , you have been found guilty , by tho verdict of a jury of your countrymen , of the crime of murder—a crime which has always been , with the exception of the crime of treason , regarded as one of the very deepest dye by tlie laws of England , and against which the punishment of deaih has always been eniorced . It is my duty to say that the jury have come to a proper conclusion on this question . There are circumstances in this case

      of great aggravation—as the crime was not committed under tho influence of sudden anger , or circumstances of provocation ; and unknown almost to the unfortunate victim of your crime , you reserved to yourself thu preparation of the instruments of death , against which tho deceased felt quite secure . Under these circumstances , it is my dnty to impress upon your mind the sentence of the law , which will assuredly be carried into effect . Exert yourself therefore to employ the little time allowed you to prepare for that great change which you assuredly will shortly undergo . It only remains for me to pass upon you the sentence of the law . " His Lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form ; and ordered the prisoner into the custody of the sheriff of the county of Surrey . The prisoner , who seemed quite unmoved during the passing ofthe sentence , was then removed .

      Infanticide.—Eliza Huntsman Was Next Ind...

      Infanticide . —Eliza Huntsman was next indicted for the murder of Emily Huntsman , her own child , aged five months . The particulars of the charge against the prisoner will be found fully detailed in our second page . Inthe course ofthe trial , Mr . Samuel Hammond , surgeon , deposed that he had attended the prisoner about a year since . She was then in a state of great physical debility . He had then ordered her head to be shaved . From the state of her health at tbat time suuh symptoms presented themselves as might result in partial insanity . Thc prisoner had , since the birth of her last child , lost her milk . In hi 3 opinion that fact would have the effect of

      producing insanity , more particularly from the bad state of health in which theprisoner has been for some time past . Mr . M'Murdoe , the surgeon of the gaol of Newgate quite concurred in this opinion . The drying up of a woman ' s milk usually produced the direst consequences , and often resulted in a fit of insanity . Mr . Clarkson addressed the jury for the defence , and urged that there was ample evidence to show that the prisoner at the bar had been labouring under insanity when she had committed the rash act with which she now stood charged , The jury returned a verdict of not guilty , on the ground of insanity .

      Fbidat . _—FonQEnx . —Peter Schmidt and Knut Boll , were indicted for feloniously and knowingly having in tlieir possession a plate engraved with a foreign note for the payment of money , to wit , the Kingdom of Norway . The jury found the prisoners Guilty , and the learned judge then sentenced both the prisoners , severally , to be transported for the term of fourteen years .

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      GUILDHALL . _Tuesuat . —Charge of Arson . —Mr . Ford , the printer , of Braim ' s-buildings , Beech-street , Barbican , was brought before Mr . Alderman Hunter , ibr final examination , charged with wilfully setting fire to his printiiig-ofiice , on the night of Sunday , the 7 th instant . The witnesses were again the same who had been examined before the coroner of London . - Mr . Alderman Hunter said , in a charge of this nature it was almost impossible to get direct evidence against a prisoner , but the magistrate had to see with what certainty he was implicated by circuinstantial evidence . In the present case he thought there was strong circumstantial evidence . The mere

      circumstance of a person talking about the insurance he had effected , or his advising others to tako that means of protecting themselves would not of themselves make much impression on his mind ; but when he coupled such observations with the finding of the tarred shavings , and sack and books steeped in turpentine , all collected in a corner , and that the corner where the fire began , he felt it to be his duty , for the protection of the public , to send the case for inquiry before a jury . No one would be more pleased than himself to find the prisoner able to clear himself before a jury ; but patting together all the suspicious circumstances elicited in tbis inquiry , he could not help sending the prisoner to trial .

      BOW-STREET . ThbhsdAt Robbehy _& t the Tbafalgab _HoxEii , SrBiNo Gabdens . —Charles 3 owen , George Lake , John Dancock , and George _'lates we ' re placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , for _re-examination , charged , the two lormer with stealing the sum of £ 150 in bank notes , _ _oin the Trafalgar Hotel , the property of the Reverend William Price Lewis , of Cardiff , and the others with receiving the same , well knowing them to have been stolen . After a somewhat lengthy examination , the prisoners were again remanded till Wednesday next .

      MARYLEBONE . _Monday , — -The Late Case ou Stabbing with a Batonet bi a Soldieb . —William M'Carthy , a corporal in the Royal Marines , doing duty atDeptford , was brought up and placed at the bar for re-examination on the charge of having wilfully stabbed with his bayonet a young man named John Muggcridge , who , in consequence of the injury inflicted upon him , has been under surgical treatment , and in all probability wiU be deprived ofthe sight of one ofhis eyes . The prisoner was fully committed for trial .

      CLERKENWELL . _Mondat . —A Ruffianly Policeman . —Mb . Geeenwood _' s "Jostice . "—Mr . John Seawood Griffiths , of U , King ' s-road , who described himself as a constable of her Majesty's household , was charged with assaulting Policeconstable Nott , 99 G , in the execution of his _duty , and attempting to rescue a prisoner from his custody . In the course of the proceedings Mr . Griffiths charged Nott , as will be seen , with brutally ill-treating his former prisoner . The case occupied a great part of the day . —Nott deposed that on Saturday night he took a woman named Jenkins into custody , in Laystall-street , and was about removing her to the station , when the prisoner came over , collared him , and flourished a baton , surmounted by a crown , which he took from his pocket . A mob of

      eighty persons assembled , and the woman got away . The prisoner said , "You vagabond , ' d p you dai'e'take ' that woman ? wliat _ddyou wdht with- ' 'her , you shan't take her , " " and added , ' . 'I ami . a -constable . of the _^ Queen ' s household . " Witness gave the prisofeer'irtto the' _'feustbdy of another constable . * : The' prisoner !' wds sobeif _. ' -He shook witness , and flourished tbe staff . 0 Ver his h ' dad . 'Mr . Greenwood inquired if Nott was drunk ; a \ the time , which the prisoner alleged , and still persevered in stating , Inspector Penny and half a dozen of constables swore that Nott was perfectly sober at the time , and that he was a man of sober habits , who had been fourteen years in the force . The prisoner in defence said that Nott , who had taken a woman into custody , was 511-usingherin a shameful manner , dragging her along the pavement . She was screaming and crying out that the constable would break her arm by which he was dragging her . Witness compassionating her , went up to the constable , who appeared to be tipsy , and said , " Don't ill-use this woman , she will

      go te prison quietly . " The constable immediately released the woman , and seized him by the _coUar of thc shirt , and squeezed and dragged him with so mueh force , that had not his Shirt collar given way , he would certainly have been strangled ; the mob was by this time very large , and in the struggle and bustle , both fell . Mrs , Smith , the wife of a tradesman residing in Portpool-lane , deposed that she saw the constable , Nott < on duty , in Leather-lane , at seven o'clock on the same evening . He was then evidently in liquor . ' He was talking to a young woman , and she , too , said he was tipsy . Nott said at the time he would take the girl into custody . Between eight and nine o ' clock she was going to market , when She saw the constable go up to a boy , who had a little muffin stall , and tell him to remove it . The policeman kicked the stall with his foot , and it feB , whereupon he said it had fallen on his feet , and it must be removed . Mrs . Jenkins who was passing at the time , said that could not have been the case , for he was not near enough to it . Thereupon , he seized her , and dragged her along in a most

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      brutal way . In the dragging her cloak and bonnet wen torn off . The prisoner went up , and said it was a shame to see a lady used as she was . She could not say what farther occurred , as the mob was very great and surrounded them , —John _Staine , liviHg at 29 . Union . strect , confirmed the last witness ' s account , as regarded the interference of the constable with the poor muffin-boy , in the first instance . The constable dragged the " woman along in a shameful manner . She was crjing out and screaming . She exclaimed that the constable was breaking her arm . The prisoner interfered in the manner described by the last witness . The constable seized him by the neck , although at the time the prisoner had done nothing whatever to the officer . Could not say what further occurred . —Eliza Sims described the treatment of Mrs . Jenkins , the woman apprev _, rnt . __ lwav . In ttie _ _i «_!» . riTii _» her _nlnnk and bonnet _wr-r _*

      hended in the first instance , as very cruel . Hci cloak , bonnet , and shawl were torn off by the con . stable . The woman was crying , and exclaimed , "lama decent married woman—I have done nothing . " She begged of the constable , who held her by the arm , to release her . When the prisoner came up he gave the woman a push , and told her to go about her business . Several persons present told the woman not to do so , but to make the constable go before a magistrate , and say why he had so treated her . Mr . Greenwood decided upon sending the case for trial , The prisoner said he was very glad of it , as he was determined to have the matter sift « d to the bottom , and have an example made of the constable . The prisoner was admitted to bail , in two sureties of £ 30 each . Mrs . Jenkins , the woman alluded to in this case , wns charged with obstructing the footway , but discharged .

      Tuesday . —TnE Sedocer and his "Victim . " —The Law ' s " Justice . "—Jane Gough , a young woman , with a child in her arms , was charged with annoying Mr . John Atherly , a jeweller , residing at No . 3 , Lloyd . street , by ringing at his door bell . A solicitor , whose name did not transpire , appeared for . the complainant , who deposed , that on the previous night , at a quarter past ten o ' clock , the prisoner came tohis door , and rung his bell . Witness went tothe door , and seeing her , said , "' If you do not leave my premises , I will give you in charge . " He then shut the door , but she rung the door-bell again nine or ten times . Witness ' s wife was-ill , and was alarmed at the noise . He gave her in charge . At the station liouse she said she would break every window in bis

      house . She had rung his bell on last Thursday night , when he gave her in charge , but she was then discharged . Mr . Combe ( to the prisoner ) : What have you to say to the charge ? Theprisoner said that herself and her infant in her arms ( of which complainant was tho father ) were starving :, and she went to get a little money from him . She had made an application to a magistrate concerning the support of her child , and was told that she might summon him , but she had not the price < . f a summons , which she could not get without it , Mr , Combe ( to the prisoner ) : You must pay a fine of £ 1 , or go to the House of Correction for fourteen days . The woman said she liad no money , and was committed accordingly .

      Wednesday . — " Vampebs" and "Plats . " —John Harold was charged with being an accomplice in robbing and assaulting Mr . John Webb , a gentleman residing at 18 , Goswcll street . The prisoner , who is a thick-set able fellow , was at once recognised by Inspector Thatcher as a distinguished member of a class of vagabonds called " vampcrs , " fellows who go about from one public-house to another inciting or challenging " flats" to fight , and when they fig ht robbing them , Mr , Webb had received a sum of money from the Treasury , and was at nine o ' clock on that morning driven to the Biue Coat Boy tavern , in the City-road , by a cabman named Dame . He was standing at the bar there taking some refreshment , when the prisoner came in ; the prosecutor , in a jocular mood , asked several present to toss with

      him , and did gamble a little . The prisoner perceiving Mr , Webb to be in a generous humour , made a very distressing statement , assuring him that his wife and two children were in groat misery , that he lived by selling fowls , but had not now a penny to go to market with , The prosecutor compassionated his end condition , and gave him 5 s . Soon after , thu prisoner , perceiviug Mr . Webb to be very merry , proposed that they should adjourn to the tap-room and toss . The prosecutor went accordingl y , and soon after a crowd ot the prisoner ' s associates , to the number of about twenty , collected . It was then proposed by one of them that Mr . Webb should fight the best man in the room for halfn sovereign . Mr . Webb agreed , and a man numed Mason accepted the challenge . The prosecutor had in his rig ht _, hand pocket £ 28 in gold , of which fact the prisoner was aware , for Mr , Webb had pulled it out in paying the cabman , and in staking the bet , which was deposited in the hands ol one of the party , the prisoner , who seemed

      so ready a few minutes before , staking the halfsovereign for Mason . The pugilists " set too , " and were spurring , when one of the party ( Mr . Webb could not say that it was the prisoner ) eame behind him and dealt him such a blow sis felled him . He was no sooner down than the prisoner rushed upon him , and thrust his left hand into the prosecutor ' s pocket ; the prosecutor seized his hand ; one of the party told the prisoner to " mug" him—beat him on the head ; and the prisoner pummelled him accordingly . Mr . Webb's right eye was invisible , and the parts about it greatly inflamed . Mr , Webb cried out , "Will you see a man robbed ? " but no help came . A poor painter , named Massey , who was at the bar , hearing the prosecutor ' s cries , peeped in , saw what was going on , and ran for a constable . When the constable eame , the door of the tap-room was fastened on the inside ; but having at length obtained admission , captured the prisoner , who exclaimed , " that it was all over , " Mr , Webb had been robbed of

      thi ee sovereigns , and was suffering great pam from the contusion on the upper part of his head . —The prisoner cross-examined some of the witnesses with great coolness and adroitness . — Mr . Combe commended the poor painter highly for his conduct ; and , after giving the usual caution to the prisoner , said he would send him for trial . — Tho prisoner thereupon beeame very indecorous in his conduct , lolling about tho dock and jeering the spectators in the body of the court . He was fully committed for trial .

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      LONDON . The Crisis . —A public meeting was held at the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road , ou Wednesday evening , December the 17 th inst ., to nominate and elect a delegate to sit on the Chartist convention , at Manchester , on Monday next , to consider what steps the Chartist body shall take at the present crisis . Mr . J . G . Dron was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Stallwood was also unanimously elected secretary to the meeting _. The chairman briefly opened the proceedings by requesting attention for all that might present themselves , and called on Mr . Stallwood to state the purpose for which they were assembled , and tho reason they were called together . Mr . Stallwood then submitted the correspondence he had had with Mr . T . M . Wheeler on the

      subject , and the steps . he had taken in consequence . Mr , Stallwood concluded by moving , that one delegate be ap . pointed to represent the metropolis in the convention . After some discussion , the motion Was enrried . Messrs . Shaw , Knight , Cuffay , and Pearcey were then severally nominated . Alter several divisions , by show of hands and ballot , the chaii man decided that the election had fallen on Mr . Shaw , and wrote that gentleman's credentials accordingly . On the motion of Messrs . Sowter and Glover , jun ., it was resolved , * ' That the metropolitan localities be hereby requested to collect , or raise by means most suitable to the members , such sums of money as shall be necessary to defray the expense of sending the delegate and that such monies , when collected , be forwarded to Mr . T . M . Wheeler , 7 , Crown-court , Dean _, street , Oxford-street .

      Citv Locality . —Mr . Thomas Cooper , author of the " Purgatory of Suicides , " delivered his promised lecture on the lives and genius of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott , last Sunday evening . Mr . Walter Cooper , the instructive lecturer on Burns , ofthe preceding Sunday , was in the chair , —a circumstance that added mueh to the interest felt by the audience . The Chartist poet , after narrating some passages of the life of Burns , left untold by the chairman , and after relating the singular and striking manner of the earl y death of Burns , recited his great masterpiece "Tam O' Shanter . " The recitation was received with enthusiastic and prolonged plaudits . Scott ' s life , evolving , as it does , so much of lamentable sordidness ( in his desire to possess a large landed estate ) on the one hand , and of _nobk independence . in his resolve

      to pay his creditors after his insolvency ) on the other , — afforded room for Eome highly useful remark . Mr . T , C . also briefly , but pointedly , characterised several of the novel-, placing " Old Mortality" as the first , and " W . tverly as the second : "Ivanhoe" as the first of the romances * and " Reriilworth" . as the second . In conclusion , ' the ; lecturer alluded'to' the progress of knowlc S »; , J . . the ¦ _j ) e _SV ! b > r' P _* t _t ° which wo were nr . rived . , He said he ' could not conclude ' the lecture without some pointed _sfatiment ofhis own views as to the proper course to be pursued by Chartists , at the present juncture of affairs . The agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws—gigantic as It had become , under the energetic and politic conduct of Richard Cobden , its leader—had boen rendered trebl y powerful by a blight in

      tne corn-harvest and _potatoe-crop . Lord Finality had declared for free trade ; Sir Robert Peel hnil broken up his Ministry bocausehis colleagues refused their consent to his proposal to carry out free trade . Whether Lord John Russell , or Sir Robert , or whoever might be the future premier , he would be compelled to propose free trade In oorn . No one could deny that . Now , it appeared to him ( the lecturer ) that the carrying of this question resembled a slone on the edge of a precipice , it was about to fall , perhaps next February , perhaps after a dissolu . tion of Parliament , and a general election ; but thc stone was on the edge . He had often proposed amendments at Leicester , at Anti-Corn Law meetings—once at the _i'f _^ l 11 _! 3 . !!! _- . J e h had alwa been for a repeal of he the Leices

      Corn Laws ; ter _stockingers eould test y to that . Itwas always the custom , at Leicester , to J - " the Corn Laws are a curse . but they are net the onW bad law _; and the great euro for all bad laws Is the repeal of il _« s legislation , and the enactment ofthe People ' s m _» a _rL i f ° / amine _™» threatening his _fellow-Sw _Inrl H ) C ° m thinIt _^ "ending any meeting to propose amendments ofthe old stamp , even if hei were \ ikt \ y to meet support ; above all , now the _riM . _t COra Iaw re P fcal _™<> evident _^ about to be carried by the popular voice , he would not consent to make his own party ridiculous by recommending steps that would place them in a contemptible minority . Still more did he ( the lecturer ) look to what was to follow the

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      carrying of this question : first , it would open the people ' s eyes , generally ; they would see , when Corn Law repeal took place , they needed the Charter to acquire what would render them happy ; there would , therefore , be an overwhelming addition of force from the working classes , who were , at present , so apathetic . Secondly , a considerable portion of the middle class would feel the want of a further reform as soon as this repeal took place , but it was vain to call on them before . Thirdly , and , abovo all , he looked to the conflict that would be entered into by all classes as soon as this question was decided . Aristocrats , landlords , tenants , parsons , tradesmen , working men , all would be placed in antagonism more or less ; and , from carrvintr of this question : first , it would open the _neonle _' s

      that state of change and general dissolution of old laterests , he augured good . What , then , did he recommend . He wished to leave every man as free as he was resolved ever to be himself . For his own part he could only say , he would never lift a finger to help the manufacturers ; he had witnessed too much of their unfeeling oppressions in Leicester ( where he knew but one firm that was exempt from the cliarge ); but he could not consent to oppose Corn Law repeal under existing circumstances ; and if he were an elector , and an election were come , he would vote for a repealer in preference to a protectionist ; yet , if a general election arrived , he hoped to stand on the hustings in Leicester Market-place , and again champion Universal Suffrage , and the ri g hts of labour .

      Veteran Patriots' and Exiles' Widows' akd Childben's Funds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 7 s . from the Marylebone locality ( being a collection made for me while in Stafford gaol , but which I apply to the above purposes with leave of the donors ) , of 4 s . from Hamilton , in Scotland , and of ls . from my valued and incorruptible friend , George White , of Bradford , —Tuos . Cooper , 134 , Elackfriar ' s-rpad . Somebs Town . —At a meeting of this locality held on Sunday evening last at Mr . Duddridge ' s , Tonbridgestreet . Mr . George Humphries in the Chair . The following resolution was moved by Mr . John Arnott , seconded by Mr . Thomas Laurie , and unanimously agreed to : — " That we , the members of this locality , having for a long period seen with deep regret the mean , paltry , and inadequate amount forwarded by our brother members to tho Executive , most earnestly call on those that were instrumental to their appointment to come forward and render them that support they arejustly entitled to . "

      BARNSLEY . At the Land Society meeting on Monday last , Mr . John Vallance explained to the members the alterations and amendments in the rules , which gave great satisfaction to the shareholders , as demonstrated by the following resolution , moved by Mr . Peter Hoey , and seconded by Mr . George _Hargh : — "Thatthe _llarnsley branch ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society return their best thanks to John Vallance , representative of Barnsley , Sheffield , and ltottievham , and to the whole conference , believing their deliberations have had for their object the best interests of the society . And that we most cordially sanction their every decision . " *

      BURNLEY . Meeting to Petition _Parliament por the Release oe Fiiost _, Williams , Jones , and Ellis , —A very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Burnley and Hahergham-eaves , was held in the Temperance ILill , Hominorton-strcet , on tho evening of Monday , December 15 th . At eight o'clock , the time for commencing business , the hall was densely crowded hi * an audience desirous of manifesting their sympathy for the unfortunate patriots . On the motion of Mr . Williams , seconded by Mr . Webster , Mr . John Gray was unanimously called to the chair . The chairman opened the meeting by a few introductory remarks , and by reading the placard announcing the meeting . Mr . Webster read and moved the petition for the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , which was seconded by Mr . Taylor . Mr . Ambrose Hirst , of Oldham , supported _j the petition in a most able and eloquent speech , in the course of which he was repeatedly

      and enthusiastically applauded . The petition was then read by Mr . Holland , and unanimously adopted by the meeting . Mr . B . Soutbwort next rose to move the adoption of a . petition to the House of Commons for the release of Wiiliam Ellis . Mr . S . then road the petition and moved its adoption , which was seconded by Mr . W . Williams , aud supported by Mr . T . Tatter all , who made a touching appeal . The petition was unanimously adopted by the meeting . It was then moved by Mr . Holland , and seconded Mr . Ridebalgh , and unanimously carried , " That the petitions , now adopted at this meeting , be entrusted to Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . for _Tinsbury _, for presentation to the House of Commons ; and that the members for North Lancashire , J . Talbot Clifton , and Wilson Patten , Esqrs ., bc requested to suppoit the prayer thereof . " A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and to Messrs . Taylor , Hirst , and Tattersall , and the meeting dissolved .

      STOCKPORT . The Cnisis •—Important Meeting . —On Sunday evening last a meeting of the Chartists of this town was held in the Chartist Institute , Bomber ' _s-brow , to hear a lecture from Mr . Thomas Clarke , of the Executive committee , who was accompanied by Mr . Cuffay , of London ; Mr . Poole , of Collumpton ; and Mr . Hewitt , private secretary to Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Thomas Webb was unanimously chosen to preside , who introduced Mr . Clark to the meeting . Mr . C . briefly reviewed the state of the country , and pointed out , in a forcible manner , the absolute necessity for immediate action on the part ofthe Chartists , who bad at lenath an opportunity of forcing the factions to yield something . He stated that the Executive had

      that day agreed to convene a convention , to beheld in Manchester , on Monday , Dec . 22 nd , in order to decide upon the course of policy to he pursued by the democratic party , when the Executive would be prepared at all hazards to carry out whatever decision that body might arrive at . This announcement was received with great enthusiasm . Mr . Clark concluded , by calling upon the meeting to raise the means to send a delegate to represent Stockport . Mr . Cuffay was next introduced , and commenced by complimenting the men of Stockport for the handsome manner in which they had always sustained tlic movement , and added , that if that meeting was to be taken as a specimen of what they were in the

      habit of doing , then inderd were they entitled to the best thanks of the Chartists of tiie whole country , Mr . Cufiay continued at length to urge the necessity of union and perseverance on the part of the Chartists , and wound up an effective speech by recommending the meeting to take earn that in the coming contest their glorious Charter should not be sullied by any acts of folly or indiscretion . Mr . Poole also addressed the meeting , after which the sum of seven shillings and fivepence was collected for the Victim Fund , and a resolution carried , pledging the meeting to send a delegate to the Convention . Fifteen shillings was immediately subscribed to defray the delegate ' s expenses .

      LEEDS . Great Meeting . —On Sunday evening last , the Bazaar , Briggate , was densely crowded to hear an address from Mr . Christopher Doyle , member of the Executive Committee ofthe National Charter Association ' , oh the best mode to be adopted by the democratic party in'the present eventful crisis , to secure to the neople such measures as would render the repeal of the Corn Laws ( should such an event take place ) serviceable to them . Mr . Farren occupied the chair , and after a few preparatory observations , jailed upon Mr . Doyle , who spoke for an hour and a half , in an eloquent and argumentative strain , pointing out what would be the effect if the working classes remained firm and united as a distinct and separate party , through the approaching struggle . Mr . Doyle ' s address was enthusiastically received , and gave universal satisfaction .

      OLDIIAM . On Sunday last Mr . W . Dixon delivered a very energetic address on the present crisis of public affairs , in the course of which he gave a very interesting account of the proceedingg of the Land Conf erence , which gave great satisfaction . After the lecture a members' meeting took place , when Mr . A . F . Taylor and Mr . S . Yardley were nominated as fat and proper persons to represent this locality in the forthcoming conference , to be held on Monday _, the 29 th instant . A public meeting will take place on Sunday , the 21 st inst ., to elect a delegate to the abovo conference .

      MANCHESTER . On Sunday evening the news was read to the audience ofthe defeat of the magistrates by Mr . Roberts , after which Mr . John Shaw , of Leeds , commenced his lecture , which lasted one hour and a-half . When about finishing Mr . O'Connor arrived , "taking the audience by surprise , and spoke for an hour . Mr . Roberts , the miners' Attorney-General , next made ins appearance , and spoke for half an hour . We had a treat not looked for , not expecting either of the above gentlemen .

      _ , WIGAN . iho members of the Land Society belonging tothe v \ igan branch held their meeting at the liouse of Mr . _Silvester Booth , Burns-yard , Seholes , on Sunday evening last , at six o ' clock . Mr . Nicholas Canning , the _debate for the Wigan district to the Manchester Land Conference , gave an account of his stewardship , and a full report of the proceedings of that w i' _^' licl 1 gave S eneral satisfaction . Mr . Will iam VValmslej * proposed , and Mr . Michael Segrave seconded , — _' « That tlie best thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Canning for tlie able manner in which he represented us . " Carried unanimously . We enrolled five new members on last Sunday night , whicli makes in all eighty-five members in Wigan .

      PRESTON . At a meeting of the members of the Preston Branch ofthe Land Society , held on Sunday evening last , at Howavth's Temperance Hotel , to hear the report of Mr . J . Brown , delegate to the Manchester Land Conference , after Mr , Brown had given an account of the proceedings , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That we highly approve ofthe plans and resolutions come to by the Land Conference , and heveb y beg to tender tothe delegates our sincere thanks . " "That the thanks of this meeting be given to W . P . Roberts , Esq . for his kindness in acting as treasurer to the Land Society , and hope he mil continue as treasurer . " After the business of the Land Society had heen concluded , the case of the Welsh martyrs was taken into _coneideration , when a subscription was entered into , and

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      a committee appointed to get UD a _r _. _nKr _^ _' _* behalf of Frost , Williams , J _£ j S _^ _i _^ WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEFTlVr _ . This meeting was held at _Halifax i „ th *| _G . Man ' s Ilall , on thc IM inst ., _/ S _^ S W ° _V peared from the following place _; _Tj _^ _ka J town , Bradford , _HriataJ _^ _Ti _^ _Sl _.-UtJ : _RichariUawson was appointed to p ' i _^' ' A the monies had been paid i „ , the _fflj ? - _K tions were adopted -. —Moved bv T r _« i n " 1-e soln W F . _Sucksmith , « That i _pJ _^ * _f _* fcd S delegate to the West Ridimr _ELW'eii I a cnmmitfoA annnin + n / l _*_ . _ . _ .. _ _^^ " _^__

      is not delegated by the National Charter : A « n _"* * 5 and having credentials to that effect from t , „ ? lati < - _« . he represents . " Moved by Mr _CoIp 0 „ _'P _^ itv Mr , _Lkaon . "That Mr . ' * £ _&?* _£ «** & drawn from the list of local _lectuns » 3 r * _*'•& becomes a member of the National cS _8 « bi tion . " Moved by Mr . Sucksmith second m ° _« _- Cole , "That a special delegate _mefitt _* * « r Halifax the first Sunday in _JanSyl _^*^ i consideration what steps ought to be t _*\ _-l , , * _-o Chartists of the West Riding in case « r _? by k election . " "That this meeting bo adioumi ! _^ second Sunday in February . " Journc ( l to the

      ROCHDALE . A glorious meeting wa 9 held here on Snnrf 14 th inst ., which was addressed by Jj r j'" *? 'Y * _^ e London , who took a review of the a gitation *¦ ' ° _* commencement tothe present time . _AftL _?*> 3 Mr . G . W . Wheeler , the delegate _Ihra _fcH Reading , gave his testimony , as cominir frnm 1 _* agricultural district , of the utility and _nraeti _^ i -i ?" of the Land Society . Mr . _M'Gi-atli _£ _??' _' !»' and fully entered into the details of the Laudseh f proving to the entire satisfaction of his auditni _!" _* ' safety and the manifold advantages to be 5 . from its adoption . Mr . T . M . _WlTeeler , our 2 l 1 secretary , then commented on the political asW _* . affairs at the present momentous crisis . JaV policy it behoved the Chartist body to pursue ! 88

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      CHARTIST CO-OPERATIV E LANdIoCIETY Meetings for the purpose of enrolling _membere im . transacting other business connected therewith _» held every week on the following davs and places * . ! _.

      _EUNnAY _EVEJJIKC . South London Clianist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road at halt-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turn again-lane , at six o ' clock . — ] Vestminster . * at the K thenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' _s-lanc , at hilf past _ wvon .- _& BMM Town : at Mr . Duddrcge _' s , Brt * layers' Avms _. Tonbridge-street , _New-road , at half . ™ seven—Tower Hamlets : at tlie Whittington and Cat Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o clock prccisclv —Emmett ' * Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lissoii * grove , at eight o ' clock precisely—Maruleboue : nut _. Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-strcct , at _half-n-w seven . '

      MONDAY EVEXIXO . Camberwell : atthe Montpelier Tavern , Walworth at eight o ' clock precisely . ' Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chavth ' Co-operative Land Society meet in the _housa o Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday eve _ _ . ua ' from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of « ceiving subscriptions and enrolling members .

      TUESDAY EVENING . _ Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Bladdi eath hill , at eight o ' clock .

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      A Democratic Supi _ b , in honour of the birtt l-dav of Thomas Paine , will be held at the George an . Dragon Inn , Blackheath-hill , on Monday , January 26 th , 1846 . Tickets to be had of the folfowin _< r pe / sons—Mr . Wheeler , 1 , Crown-court , _Dean-street Oxford-street : Mr . Julian Harney , Northern Slur office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket ; Mr Morgan , 39 , Butcher-row , Deptford ; and a . tli > George and Dragon , Blackheath-hill . South . London Chartist _Hai . __ _, 115 , _-LACKFiUARj . road . —On Sunday morning next , December 21 st , a { half-past ten _precisely _. theAgricultural Mutual bistro * _, tion Society will meet . In the evening , at six o ' clock precisely , Mr . James Knight will render an account of his stewardship as a member of the recent Land Conference at Manchester . A meeting of the share . holders of the above hall will be hold on Weilncsia . evening , December 31 st , at eight o ' clock precisek '

      A Discussion will be held in the City Charfi .. Hall , on Sunday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , Subject : " Would a repeal of tbe Corn Laws , under existing circumstances , benefit the whole people oi England ?" St . _Pancras . —An harmonic meeting will be lield at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenhamcourt-road , on Monday evening , Dec . 29 th , 1845 , ai eight o clock , for the benefit of the widow of pout Booker , of Sheffield , who fell a victim to illness , occasioned by an imprisonment , suffered in the cause of truth and justice . AH tickets issued for the Sth inst . will be admissible on the above evening . Westminster . —All persons whose names are oa the books of this locality , are requested to attend at the Partheninni Rooms , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Sunday evening , Dec . 21 st .

      MAitYLEnoxE . —Mr . John Skelton will deliver a public lecture , subject , — " _TVImG advantages woult the working classes derive from the repeal of _tli . Corn Laws ? " atthe . Coach Painters' Arms , Giw . u _ . street , on Sunday evening next ; December 21 st , to commence at seven o ' clock precisely . _Southwahk and Lambeth . — -A public discussion will be held in the South London Chartist Ilall , 11-5 , Blackfriars-road , on Sunday evening next , December 21 st _; subject , — " Will a repeal of tho Corn Un benefit the producing classes ? " To commence ai half-past seven precisely . Tower Hamlets , —A public meeting will be hell On Monday evening next , December 22 nd , on bciia ! i '

      of Frost , Williams , Jones , Ellis , and other politics exiles , at the Social HaIl , Osborne-strcet , Whitccliape . Thomas Cooper , author of the Purgatory of _SuieMs , and other advocates , will be present and _ailoreatt * meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Camberwell asd Walworih , —A meeting will V held at the Montpelier Tavern , on Monday evening next , December 22 nd , to commence at eight o ' _clock precisely . Hammersmith . —A public discussion will beheld "• the Dun Cow , Brook-grecn-laue , between sobs friends of tho Anti-Corn-Law League and the Chutists of that locality , on Tuesday evening _neiit ,. December 23 rd , to commence at eight o clock precisely . _Cuartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , _Farmnghos _* street . —The public discussion will be resumed at

      halt-past ten precisel _y , on Sunday morning next , Dec . 21 st . In the evening , at seven o ' clock prec » Mr . T . Cooper will deliver the eighth of Ins sew course of lectures , subject , " Life and genius * Handel ; music nn essential instrument In real ow _* sation . " City Lo ' cality . —The members of the city low ofthe National Charter Association , are urgently requested to assemble to-morrow evening week , ( Sunday , December 28 th ) , in the Hall , Tui'iiagaia to take into consideration the most _efficienti _DMSB to be adopted to ensure the return of Frost , Willi * Jones , Ellis , and other exiled patriots . Also to a * termine on the holding of an aggregate niceta _?? the metropolitan Chartists , in furtherance ot ta » said object . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock precisely .

      _MAUYLP . nosE Locality . —A lecture will be _^ \ f . by Mr . Skelton on Sunday evening ncxt at _W Coachmakcrs' Arms , Circus-street , New-roao . _- ; ject , " What advantages would the _workingi _cla _*** derive from the repeal of the corn-laws ? " _w _" * mence at half-past seven o ' clock . ... _^ Hebden Bridge . —A tea-party and ball w " . held in thc Democratic Chapel on tlie 25 th inswi _** _- Tea on the table at four o ' clock precisely * _ <( Oloiiam . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) an * . <\ _£ ' ,: ; , ior will lecture in the school-room of the Yi oi _^ Mali ' s Hall . Subject , "The Agrarian -J ustice . . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock in tlie evening . _HiUFAX .-A . _pttWtatBarp _^ . _andotor _enWO ' ments , will take place inthe Working : Mnn sl | a » Thursday next . Tea on table at five o ' clock , i <* may be had on application at the room on _"*'•• evening next . _ _ „ _ •„ . evening nexB . -n jft -.

      _Manchester . —Feargus O'Connor , _EsQ- "' ,, ture in the Carpenter ' s Ilall , Maiichester , ? _' _^** _" _^ ( to-morrow ) , at half-past six in the evening , -- i jeet , " The Charter , the Land , and the _fe _» "J _^ Bill . " A special members' meeting will _bei _n » ft Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at two o ' clock in the _m" , in the large ante-room of Carpenter ' s _Ual _) : . _totJ purpose of electing delegates to the Convcnt : io . ., held oil Monday , Dec . 22 . Thc 5 harchoW «« '" V , of thc Land Association will be held on - _> -j Dec . 28 , in the large ante-room of the _t-arft ' Hall , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . p _^ J _, The next meetikc for tho Miner ' s V _ictiitt 1 _^ will be held at Mr . Mason ' s , ' sign of the b , ul . _^ Wednesfield-heath , on Sunday , the 21 st inst .. •»¦ o ' clock in the afternoon . . .. . . „ is RocnDALE .-Mr . Thomas Clark will * _eegn . _^ the Chartist room , MUl-street , on Snndaj , | _^ inst ., at six o ' clock in the evening . —A puo » _^ ing will take place in the Public-hall , _»» " *• , _; . „ i on Monday the 22 nd inst ., for the _r « 3 tor f | () fl _* in ( Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . The wj _ft persons will attendF . O'Connor , Esq ., 1 1 > J

      , T . Clark , C . Doyle , and T . M . Wheeler . b |( Mr . John Vallance , of Barnsley , mil m or _^ constituents at Sheffield and Rotherhami t a _„ i evenings of Sunday and Monday next , ine '" j 22 nd , on the amended laws of the Chartist to _t , tive Land Society . ___^ .

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      _Btreet , Haymarket , in the Otty _WfrtBg _, % B _£ Office in the same Street imd Parish . _t _^ h _^ W prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq-. _*™ S _^? _" VriuiAM Hewitt , of No . 18 , _Charles-stree _^^ . street , Walworth , in the Parish ot W . _»** go . _** ton , In the County of Surrey , at the _> O _*^ . ft » Strand , in the Parish of St . Mary JcS _tri City of Westminster . j _SatuxuV } December 20 , 1845 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20121845/page/8/