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      - 4 * E f . ra-nH Nobleman being at Aix-la-Cir »» elle ; i ^ L ^ fw A ** ""^^ o . ordered his servant ™ C 7 " ^ t ' renchman . : aIung 0 , thcMfi * e , 2 K-F ?» ^ *» * Frebclimanf adding , ( by *** £ « A&kiBg ike tale more © olouxaWe ) , " and ro ¦ Ci L . • "'¦ "' " . A lus at i . Faix wu asked if Mb horse was % timid one . "Not at all , " said he ; he frequently » pead 3 the whole night by himself in-ha own stable . " : .

      _ KoTMiwa » STHBMATTKa . —The Rev . Mr . Roberi-Wa ,- K »)»»» y ™* jf i was of tea annoyed by « de of those busy bodies , who take charge or erery one's basi-Bess iot th « ir own . One day , whe * preaching opoa tftrfcesettnlg tfns of different men , Tie remarked , "Ssisjj a well-kn » wn Scotch « ajiBfcV Every ane , my irien ' s , h&a their draff-pock . Some haa their draff-* ock hinging afore them ; ithers , again , bae their iraff-pock hinging abint them ; oat I ken a man that cite- in my _ ain kirk , that has draff-pocks hinging » ' aronn'him . An' what doyouihiftk that is ! A' Body kens wha I mean—nae iiher than Andro Oiiphant . " Lairdof Logan . - . - " ¦'

      Masch of Obihdgrapht . —In a Tillage , sot a hundred miles from Axmiasser , a sign-board , displaying the following unique composition verbatim et literatim , hangs over the door of tho principal mercantile establishment : — "Nicholas A—¦ -, licensed to sel , bear . ale . cyder , tee . eoffy . bacfy . And Snuff , to be drank , on the . premises . "—Western lAtainargr If Me . v would only be determined to overcome s difficulty , they-would find it but "h alf parformed before they thought they had commenced : it is the want ef exertion , and not ability , that make so many jnen unsuccessful . The coxtkbsatioh ef a company was interrupted toy a mm , who asked impertinently ¦ whether there had ever been a stronger man in the werld ifcaa Hercules . " You yourself , " said one , "for you hare brought in Hercules by the head and Bhoulders . '

      Ths CourtBss of ScTHEKLA . SBwas a very beantifu womaa , and celebrated by Waller under the name o ' Sscharissa . When she was advanced in years , she asked him ia raillery when ha vroaLd . write each fine Terses an , b % T again . " When jour ladyship ana I * re young again / ' said he , A Clkbgtius in the norih , very homely in his address , chose for his text a passage in the Psalms — " I Baid in my haste , all men are liars . " " Ay , " premi&fed his reverence , by way of introduction , * ye said it in your haste , Da-rid , did ye!—gin ye had been here , ye might hard said it in your leisure , my man . ' Pai . vcE Albert snb « crjbe 3 to the Blind Asylum , and also to the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb , hia Royal Highness very feelingly expressing himself as to a proper proTision being made for the English people ; ill of whom , he has the most convincing proofs , are dea f or blind , and very often both 1

      Weluxgtos has been to India and back , and therefore u excellently well qualified to be at the head of the Trinity-house—that house being essentially -of a nautical character ,-and having within its juri * - dictioa many important naval matters . Prince Albert has crossed from Calais to Dover , two or three times , and therefore is qualified in a supreme degree to take precedence of some dozen or two old naval officers ; who , having the misfortune to be born in England , are not at all qualified to know the stem from the Btern of a ship , and require , of course , to have a German" young gentleman to teactt them the art of navigation , and to distinguish between i-e F . ngftsfr Channel and the Red Sea . What a farce-IoviDg dog is John Bull .

      Losd Staxlev made , h is reported , a complaint tbe other day , to the Committee of tbe Cirl : on Ciub , of the indecorous conduct of one of tbe waiters , wbo in removing the cheeae after dinner , observed in a tone which the rat nobleman conceived to be ironical " Your Lordship is , I perceive , very fond of etewr It was a matter in dispute the other day between Prinee Albert ' s German ridiug master , Herr Meyer , and an English groom attached to the R-jyal stables , Trbether the Prince placed his feet in riding sufficiently far in the stirrups . After an angry discu-sion of some minutes , the Engliskman clenched the argument by a request that the German would by all means , recommend his mastar to ride home !

      Slippery Wi r . —A mr-n " a li : tle the better for li quor , " as poor Munden used to have it , was gliding his ' Way along Gower-streei , on Monday morning , the pavement biing like a piece of glis ? . At length be-fell down just as a poiicesian . was approaching the ? pot , who said to him goodhumonredlv , ** 1 say , old fellow , I must take you up for siiding upon the pavement . " To which he that was floored said , with the greatest sang froid , * ' 1 visa you vould , for I cannot set up by myself . " As Is . socE . vr Wietess- —Maxwell , a witness examined on ihc irial of the Wallaces at the Old Bailev , reeentlv -vras cross-examined by Mr .

      PhiLips—I did not sleep anj last night . 1 passed the ni ^ ht in a room in a house . I did not inquire if it was the staiion hon 3 e . I rather doubt tuat it was . I think it was , but 1 did not inquire . 1 had do curiosiiy aborit it . It was an unusual thing tor me to find myself in a strange room . There were men and women there . The men had coats and trousers . Some of them had blue coats with Satires on them . —Mr . Paiilips : Were they poiiceiuen ! I did not ask them . —Mr , Phillips : Do you know who the gentleman was who came into the passage yesterday shouting as loud aa could be ! I h&Ye been told n w&s mjselL I had drank , a liule .

      Sober Ale . —A collier living at Crane-moor , find ing that several of his neighbours around him were in the habit of brewing their own ale , mentioned the circumstance to hi 3 wife , who at once said they might as well do tbe same , and have a drop a drink i ' t house as well as them . Tsi 3 being agreed upon , a stroke of malt -was forthwith purchased . The collier , on going to his work in the morning , left his wile busy making preparations for brewing—a j"Db , mind you , which sne never before bad been put to . At night home comes Johnny , big with tha idea of being master of some strong ale , and direct to tbe brewing-tub be marches . Finding it full , and nothing short cf eighteen gallons , johnny , with a countenance marked with disappointment , s : ill quite in good humour , turned _ to his faiigued wife and said , " Al t * "ll ih . c trot , lass , ah thitik thiaza made ia much on ' t 1 " " Wull , ah been thiukin soa me sen , an' av thrawn a ki ; full aght . " —Barns' . ey Correspondent .

      The Bishop op Losdos has been preaching against Socialism and duelling . The Reverend sinecurist was vtry severe in his comments on the one , and adduced numerous killing proofs of the enormity of the other . Why does be not favour U 3 with a sermon on the abuses of the Church \ Cogett- —A country editor in the State of New York complains that ladies' bonn . et 3 now are bo small tha : they will bold but one face at a time . Pawnbroker , the new hunter purchased by Prince Albert , i 3 said to be intended as a present for bis uncle . Taa Tzsa > tet of the Marquis of Bristol have recently presented him wiib silver candelabrum ; as a hint , perhaps , ihaj the nnderaiaading of the noble Marquis needs " lighting up" on matters in general .

      Though Albskt was never in cold water nntil b . e fell in lbs oiiiar day , in tbe gardens of Buckingham Palace , he managed , when in his own country , to get into hot water very frequently . Singular Ixstahcb op Ammal Sagacity . — Xiearaed piga , and calculating dogs , and fortunetelling p&sifea , A 5 ? e familiar objects to the mind of everyone , for there are none who have not in their younger days wimessed with delight the exhibitions of % ecb wonderful wonders . But that a goose could be « nde amiable , intelligent , and tractable was never dreamt of " in the days when we went gip = 7 ing " and will , perhaps , be doubted now , though it has been d « ne , and may be witnessed every day in our staeea . Thomas Turner has a fine goose which follows him like & well trained do £ , to any part of this or the Beigabouring towns . It is curious to see tne gooee waddling along with a large bull-dog after its-master , two or three miles from home , and to bear it " give mouib" if for a moment its master be

      Akericas Satire . —An American journal of a late date has tae following : — " We learn from an English newspaper that , on the occasion of the Qaeen entering Brighton , a gentleman w&t -thrown from his horse with great violence , through . coming in contact with a jfy , and Tery fierionsij iQJured-Thank Herren i we oave no such terrible fiiet ia our eoantrj I "

      A PALACE TOJdSt . Here ' s Ball and hia purse ; we'll next toast hia sars Hay they increase in length with his increase of years ! Ah Axericajt ' s Qfuion of hi * Copntrtkex . — We are the mr-st excitable people on the face ef the globe ; our feathers aie rumpled -quicker than a tmkej ' s . We cannot , it seems , debate a debateable question , comprising a single point of national importance , witooot forthwub talking of war , and p lacing ourselves , like Toa Cribb , ia an attitude sot a fight . —New York Mirrtr , Feb . 6 . Titles , —If men were to consider their own dignity as men , they would spurn at titles , and look on ( hem as nick-name * . " Titles and orders , it is true , are very harmless things , bat they produce a kind of foppery in the human character , -that degrades it ; tilting about its blue riband , like a little £ irl , and showing its new gartez like a child . Texas abs more killed by iHteinperance than , by the aword : grape-shot is effective ammunition . Wht abb the Post-office stamps like lazy school boys 1 Because you are obliged to lick their backs lo make them stick to their letters .

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      Robert Holland , fattier of Thomai Holland , who ksd bees apprehended on a warrant for cwupiracy wai also committed . . , ., . . The next prisoner placed at tha bar waa Edward Marshall , a uwyer , against whom 8 ( x Charles Shaw ¦ aid there would be no evidence offered . His apprehension was entirely bis own fault , and had seen bronghi on through his attempt * to defeat tbe ends of joetloe . Green had been sent to Fleet wood-on-WjTe to seo who would obtain a letter sent there for one of the murderers , sod while Green was there , Marshall , wno -was a unionist , went to the Post-office , and representing himself to be the party for whom the letter was addressed , obtained possession of it Green rtppesed that he was the party and took him into custody . ' . The si&gistragei-told Marshall be was discharged as connected with this offence , but It would be for the Post-office aBthorities to consider whether he ought not to be proseetttedior obtaining aletter by means of ftbe wprsseotatldni . - ; . . ' ; , : '

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      NEW POOR LAW AND THE RURAL POLICE . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Rochdale was held in tae Butts , a vacant plot of ground near the © entre of the town , on Saturday -week , at five o ' clock in tbe eTeniBg , to petition Parliament against the Po » r Law Continuance Bill , and for a total repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and also to petition the magistrates assembled in General Quarter Sessions , to be holden at Prerton , « m the 10 th day of April next , to rescind the order for introducing the constabnl&ry force into this connty . Large placards , annenncing the meeting , made-their appearance on the walls of the town earl ; in tbe week .

      At the usual weekly meeting of the Ch&rttBts , tbe subject was brought under consideration , the parties getting up the meeting having fully ascertained that it was the wish of a portion of the members present that a resolution for the Charter should be proposed at the meeting ; but a resolution to the contrary was ultimately agreed to , advising them , however , to attend , and put one of their own friends in the chair . The originators of the meeting were the middle-class tradesmen and shopkeepers , Whig , Tory , and Radical , composing the select vestries ef the various townships . The poors' rates have become so excessively heavy , in conse quence of the introduction of a useless , dangerous , and expensiTe police force into our peaceful district , that It is become exceedingly difficult to collect from an impoverished people the exorbitant rate required to support them .

      At the appointed time to take the chair , from twelve to fifteen hundred were present , cbufly of the working classes , and consequently Chartists . The persons intending to take part in the proceedings ascended the waggon , the place appropriated to the speakers ; amongst whom were Mr . T . Holden , Mr . T . Wilkinson , and a few of their Tory friends ; John Bright , Esq ., Mr . W . W . Barton , and other Liberals ; and Mr . James Taylor , late M . C ., Mr . Themas Live 9 ay , Mr . James Sharp , and a few working men , Chartists . Mr . Bahton wane forward t * propose that John Roby , Esq , take the chair . It may here be well to remind our readers that this is the Mr . Roby who has acquired so much unenviable notoriety bj his treasonable speech delivered at the Ashton Conservative dinner , which , if had been uttered by a poor Chartist , instead of a wealthy banker , he would doubtless have been safely located on the felons ' side of one of our county gaols .

      The Chartists , however , were not the men to suffer Mr . Roby to preside over a meeting of their own order , after the unmerited abuse and slanderous attacks bo repeatedly made by that gentleman upon them . A working man moved an . amendment , which was seconded by a number of voices , that Charles Howarth , a working man , take the chair . Mr . Barton put the amendment , as usual , first , when s forest of blistered hands were held up in the air . The motion followed , and exactly two were wishful for Mr . Roby to preside . Mr . HowaBTH was handed forward into the waggon , and opened the proceedings by reading the placard calling the meeting , and observed , he was proud to witness them assembled together once more , to assert their detestation and abhorrence of tbe New Poor Law ,

      and the rural police . He congratulated them upon having obtained the co-operation of a portion of the higher order , and regretted that they had not come forward at a time when their efforts might really have been effectual . It was not the first time they ( the working Classen ) had Diet to petition for the repeal of the New Poor Law . Those petitions had been laughed at and disregarded . It was a disgrace t * the leading men of the nation to allow the necessity of a poor law at all , whilst fifteen millions of seres of land remained uncultivated . He should not de-. nln them farther with any remarks of bis own , and hoped , as they had elected him to the chair , they would be attentive , and give to every gentleman , a just and impartial hearing . Jlr . Holden rose to propose the first resolution : —

      "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Pooi Law Amendment Act is based upon wrong principles ; that it ia highly unconstitutional , injurious , and oppressive , both to the rate-j . nyers who aro compelled from want to appiy to the parish for relief , more particularly as regards the extraordinary and unprecedented powers given to the Conimiasiuners , to carry the ab » ve obnoxious law into t fleet ; and this meeting pledges itself to use every legal and constitutional mea'is to oppose such Act . " He hoped tho meeting would give him credit for sincerity , when he told thtm he had come twelve miles that day , to the neglect of his business , to be present upon the eecasion . He regretted tbe wealthy and influential should absent themselves upon so impertant

      a question &b the one now before them ; it wjui whether or not tbe aged and defenceless poor had a right to a subsistence in the land of their nativity . It had been said by the advocates of this Bill , that it worked well in the agricultural districts ; he had been informed by the best and must competent authority , no less than the Lord of the Manor himself , who had recently been in Kent , that be had found , on inquiry , thia law had been tbe mean . ; of reducing the wages of the labourer . Notwithstanding the palpable misrepresentations of certain parties in high quarters , beart-burnings and discontent prevailed , and its entire abolition was sought for ; he concluded a short and energetic address with protesting against the unprecedented powers of the Commissioners .

      My . F . Wilkinson seconded the resolution , which being put , was carried unanimously . Mr . Barton proposed the seco : id resolution : " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the county constabulary force is useless , expensive , and dangerous , and is more calculated to disturb tbe peaco of the country , than protect its inhabitants—that the expence of supporting such an establishment is so enormous , tkat it most eventually fall back upon the property in iam . s and houses , and vtry much depreciate their value—that it , is foreign to the feelings of Englishmen , and threatens to annihilate every vestige of civi liberty by introducing a power over which they have no controul , and which , if persevered in , will lead to consequences dangerous to the welfare of this kingdom . "

      John Bright , Esq . rose to second the resolution . He believei a police force to be necessary both under this and every oihtr kind of government . There were times of political excitement , which required stringent measures to allay the temporary disquietude of the country ; but he believed a force , similar to the one established at present , was , above all others , calculated to ferment disturbances and create discontentment amongst tho people . He cou ' . u well imagine the feelings that would animate the bosoms of the starving operative , when viewing these conservators of the peace , perambulating our peaceful towns and Tillages , to support whom , additional taxes had to be imposed . Already had they cost tho township of Spotland £ 308

      Is . lOd . j C ; istleton , £ 2 » 3 15 s . 50 . ; Blatchworth and Caulderbrook , £ 136 lls . lOd . ; Wardleworth , £ 8115 s . ; Wuerdle and Wardle , £ 2 n » los . ; and Butterworth , £ 250 . What scrric « s had they rendered the p&riga for this _ enormous expenditure of the public money ? Why , none at alL Indeed , there was nothing for them to do ; he had seen them during the last winter , in the various inns , comfortably , and he would add , wisely , enjoying themselves ; but as there were countless masses of oar industrious population unable to acquire the means to supply their physical wants , and the poor rate-payers were crashed beneath the weight Of taxation , to support a body of men unnce 3 sary , useless , aud uncalled for , he most cordially seconded the resolution , which was carried as before .

      Mr . James Taylob next addressed the meeting in a speech of sarcastic eloquence , lashing the middle class for their salfiah treachery , and charging them with being the cause of the establishment of the police . It was moved and earned . » Tuat the petition to the Lords , be presented by Ewl Stanhope , and to the Commons by John Fielding . " After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , a . show of hands was taken for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jonos ; three cheers were given for the Charter , and three for the people ' s u » vanquished advocate , Peargus 0 Connor .

      Mr . Holden proposed three cheers for the Duke of Wellington , which were responded to with tremendous groaning . Mr . H . observed that these Chartiata were an extraordinary lot to m&ke friends of .

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      VOBS 8 HXXU 3 J 5 PRINO AflBIZES . CROWN COURT , Satdbdat , Maech 20 . THK tATE CBARTIS * PROCEEDINGS AT SHEFFIELD . Pdtr Fodtnr was this morning placed at the bar , charged with sedition , conspiracy , and riot , at Sheffield . The indictment also stated that » true bill waa found against tae prisoner for this offence at tbe Spring Assizes , 1840 , and that be did not appear and answer the charge at those Assizes . On the prisoner being arraigned , he pleaded Guilty . Mr . Wilkibs , who appeared as counsel for the

      prisoner , said—My Lord , I beg to state to . your Lordship that tbe prisoner is sincerely penitent , and baa seen the error and Folly ;<* bis' ways , 'i believe this man , along with others , waa led into these proceedings by a Frenchman , who went amongst them , distributed money , ^ assisted ; them In the manufacture of arms , and excited them to an alarming extent I am happj to say the feeling with regard tb Chartism is nearly subsided , and that , tbe punishments which have already been inflicted , have had a most salutary effect . Under these circumstances , I hope your Lordship will not think it necessary for the ends » f justice that a severe sentence should be pawed .

      Baron Bolfk—Tbiaman was , I think , indieted with other * . . ; . ' - ¦> ¦ ' . ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ :-. ; ' ¦¦ The Hob . J- S . Wortley , who appeared for the prosecution , said—If year Lordship wishes I will state the general nature of the case . Mr . Wilkins—1 bad rather his Lordship would read ihe depositions himself . The Cleric of Arraigns said—The depositions are in my office ; I will send for them , if your Lordship pleases . The L « arned Judge said—I Should like to have them . The depositions were accordingly sent for . t : Mr . Wilkins—I hope your Lordship will not feel yourself bound by the decision in former cases . If I may be allowed to suggest to your Lordship , there does not now exist the same necessity for signal punisnment that there did then .

      Baron Rolfe—That ia true : but it would be a rather dangerous doctrine to be alUwed to prevail that if several persons jointly commit the same offence , it ' one gets away for a time from justice , that the others should be punished , and he should escape scot free . On reference to tie indictment , it waa found that Foden waa indicted alone . Mr . Wilkins—I am sore , my Lord , if . I am well informed in thlB case , on the part ef the prosecution there is no desire to press for a strong punishment against this man . ¦ Mr . Wortley—The authorities consider that having proceeded against others for the same offence , they ought also to proceed against him . Mr . Wilkins—Kuowing vengeance cannot be the object of the law , but merely the benefit of society , I do trust that your Lordship will » a as lenient as possible .

      Baron Rolfe—At present I do not understand tbe case . It would be a great scandal on me if I was U give an opinion without knowing something about the facts , of which I am utterly ignorant . I know nothing more than appears in the calendar . Mr . Wilkins—I would also mention to your Lordship that the prisoner has been already three months in tbe Castle , aud a month in custody on a previous occasion . Hia Lordship then retired to peruse tbe depositions . , On his return , about half an bour afterwards .

      Mr . WiLKms said—Bofbre your Lordship proceeds to pass sentence , allow me to state that , I understand from Mr . Neble , the Governor of the Castle , that the prisoner has behaved exceedingly well since he has been in gaol , and made himself useful as an assistant schoolmaster amongst the prisoners . The prisoner has also instructed me to state that , having been , a baker nearly the whole of bis life-time , be is extremely ausce » tib ! e ot cold , and during the term of bis imprisonment , he is anxious your Lordship should permit him to remain in this gaol . The Clerk of Arraigns then said—Prisoner at the bar , you stand convicted ot a , : niadeiuea « our , what have you say why tbe Court should not give you judg . ment for that offence ? Foden—No , I do not think I have anything to soy more than the Learned Gentleman has said .

      Baron Rolfe—Well , what your counsel has said for you is , that you are penitent , aad exceedingly regret the course into which you have been betrayed , but I cannot pay any attention to such observations . You were indicted "with a great number of others a year ago , for a most violent sort of seditious proceeding , and for which , after reading the depositions carefully through twice , I cannot find the shadow of a justification . The objects you had in view were so desperate , and strike so entirely at the root of society , that I do

      not wonder at finding very severe sentences passed on the other persons convicted . You , for a time , escaped the vigilance of justice , but , although now tho excitement on this subject may have in some degree subsided , I cannot think of more mercifully dealing with you because you evaded justice , and are tried a year or two afterwards , than if you bad been here on that occasion . You have already been three months in gaol ; and the sentence of the Court is , that you be irnprisunud and kept to hard labour for one year and nine calendar months .

      HORSE STEALING AT SHEFFIELD . Robert Henderson and Jeremiah Barlow , who were triud a few da > s ago , and acquitted of horse stealing , were Indicted for having , under false pretences , obtained a mare from Francis Pa wson . A demurrer was put in to the indictment to the effect that the prisoners having been clearly acquitted of a felony , they could not be tried for a misdemeanour arising out of the same facts . Mr . Pasiilet supported the demurrer ; and Mr . Wortley argued against it . Numerous precedents and authorities were cited , and a rather laughable circumstance occurred during the argument . One of the prisoners leaned over the reporters' box and , evidently fearing the cose was against him , said , "Tell Mr . Psshley to call my witnu&ses to character . "

      After tbe argument , the Learned Judge was anxious for time to consider the point-, aud an arrangement was come to that the priiioiers were to be discharged on their recognizances to appear at the next Assizes . Of course they were " content to be so bound ; " but the poor fellows knew so much of tho proceeding , that when they wont down into the dock they expected to go back again to the Castle ! Tlik concluded . 'be criminal business .

      NISI PRIUS . —Saturday , March 20 . ABEKV V . FETCH , Mr . Alexander and Mr . Addison appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Cresswell and Mr . Watson for the defendant . The plaintiff is a former residing in the neighbourhood of Pickoriug , and the defendant 1 b the widow and executrix of an attorney at Kirbymoorside . The action was brought to recover damages for an illegal and excessive distress . The defence was that £ l , 08 U 12 s . 6 d . was owing on a balance of an account for rent , and that tbe property seized only realised £ 900 . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant .

      DOE DEM . METCALFE V . METCALFE . Mr . Cresswell and Mr . Watson were for the lessor of the plaintiff ; Mr . Alexander was for the defendant . This was an action of ejectment , to recover possession of an acre and a half of ground in the township of Thwaite , in the North Riding . The question entirely turned upon the words " and appurtenances " in a deed , and , accordingly , the plaintiff was nonsuited , with leave to move , by which the case will betaken into one of the Superior Courts of Westminster .

      SCARBOROUGH « . PICKERING . An undefended action . —Verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 50 . BBADWELL V . TOUNGHUSBAND . An undefended action . The plaintiff is an iron founder at York ; tne defendant a mill-wright at Richmond . —Verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 30 8 s . 3 d . Two or three other trifling cases were disposed of , which occupied the Judge and jury until ten o ' clock , when the Assizes closed . About half-a-dozen causes were withdrawn , and made remancU .

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      A Brute . —A man named WhitehouBe was fined 40 s . at Queen ' s-square Police-office , London , on Saturday , for having kicked and beaten a poor lad in the street . At Maidstone Assizes , Mr . Seward , a man of some opufence , rzs \ am % at Sittingbourne , who was indicted for forgery , did not appear . His bail was estreated . Female Burglars . —Two females , sisters named Hampson , ( one 15 , the other 20 years of age ) were committed to Newgate on Tuesday week , on a charge of burglary . The Hwh Sheriff of the county of Derby has appointed the Kev . Thomas Sing , Catholic priest of Derby , to be his chaplain during his year of office . — Derby Mercury .

      Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir James Dowling , Chief Justice of New South Wales , to the office of judge of the vice-admiralty court of that colony . Soap h * d « of Flint . —The manufacture of silex soap , which was put a atop to by the Excise a year or two ago in England , ha * sprung up , and is flourishing in Ireland . There is an extensive manufactory at Cork , under the management of the patentees . „ , Tobacco . —The amount of duty paid last year on thia article amounted to nearly £ 2 , 839 , 000 . Of the three kingdoms , the respective proportions of duty are—England , £ 1 , 973 , 000 ; Ireland , £ 613 , 000 ; Scotland , £ 273 , 000 . . . . . ¦¦ .- ¦

      „ , A Happt Retort . —A certain Whig Radical magistrate of Shropshire recently pressed a Tory f nileman of his acquaintance to define the term Whig . " The brier" and pointed reply was , " A Whig is a tyrant in office , and a rebel out of it . " The querist very speedily left the company , stomaching the definition as he best could .-Salopian Jsnurnal .

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      A Hark Roasted Alivb . —On Wednesday week , as one of the down trains was passing between Clay-crosa and Chesterfield , a hare sprung into the ashes-pan of the engine , and was completely roasted . —Sheffield Mercury . The General Ktd , Indiahan , sailed , on Wed ' nesday morning , the 17 th inst ., from Gravesend , with four hundred troops , for India . The goldiers went on board on Tuesday , in high spirits . The General Kyd is a fine ship , and has every accommodation for the troops . Death froh FiQHifKQ w : a Workhousb . —On Wednesday , two of the paupers in the Mile-end Workhouse , belonging t * the Stepney Union , had engaged in * pugilistic rencontre , and one of them inflicted such severe injuries on the other , that he died a few hours afterwards .

      Lps 3 of Four Lives . —On Friday night , a yessel belonging to owner Thomas Pumfrej . on her ; return from Bristol to TJptonrupou-Severn , 'laden iwitb stone , was lost , and the crew three men and a boy , all perished . The Utter was the son of the owner . — Cambrian . " ' : ' . ' ]¦ Steel Ore . —A New piscoTERY .- ^ The National Intelligencer saya , that , in the town of Duane , in Franklin county , a vein of magnetic oxide has been discovered , which , on smelting , yields a substance possessing all the chemical properties of manufacturedsteel , Juvenile Thieves . —Two very small boys , named Thomas and Stones , were sentenced to three months

      imprisonment at Guildhall , London , on Saturday , for having stolen a piece of mutton from a butcher ' s shop in Barbican . On . being searched the epicurean young prigs were found to have ajar of tbe best description of pickles in their possession . BurglaRV . —Two notorious burglars were committed for trial at Union Hall Police-office , London , on Saturday , charged with having broken inti a house in Little Surrey-place , Btackfriars , and stolen some silver spoons , and other articles . They were apprehended at a house which they inhabited along with two prostitutes .

      Sixteen war-steamers . are ordered to be built , six of the first class and ten of the second , all to be armed with guns of ten-inoh calibre . Several of these will be laid down , immediately , and the frames of the whole converted without delay , so as to be ready against tho engines are prepared . —JVaua / and Military Gazette . Singular Death . —A child was killed in a very singular manner on Wednesday week . A man was walking out of Vine-street into Regent-street , London , carrying a large oheese upon his head , when three little children ran against him : one of them tumbled ; the man endeavoured to step over her ; the cheese fell from his head upon the child , and killed her on the spot . An inquest was held on Thursday . The Jury returned a verdiot . of " Accidental death , " with a deodaud of Is . on the cheese .

      Attempt at Murder . —A most extraordinary attempt at murder was made upon an unfortunate female named Caroline Smith , on Thursday week . She was walking in Tooley street with a young man , a sailor , on the evening of the day just named , when a person , having the appearance of a master of a trading vessel , came upon them suddenly and knocked the young woman down , and attempted to cut the woman ' s throat with what appeared to be a penknife . He was driven away by the sound of approaching footsteps , and ran down a lape towards the water side . At present the affair is wrapped up in some mystery . ¦

      . At Staffordshire Assizes , George Nixon was indicted for the murder of Joseph Ball , at Burslem , in Angu ^ t last . Ball was an engine-teriter , and his duty was to watch the engine-house of the Jackfield colliery at night . One evening his body was found , horribly mangled , in a cavity in which revolved a large wheel used for working off the water from the coal-pit . It was proved that the prisoner had marks of violonce about his fact , on the evening when Ball was last aeon alive ; that he complained of having been beaten at Buralem ; that ho had mentioned some quarrel which he had had with Ball ; and that he said at a public-house , to one Tunstall , that he was convinced that he had pushed " one of the » B » lls "

      into the fly-wheel race . Tunstall said . Then you must have killed him 1 " To which he replied , " Js o , I think not , for I only pushed him into the water , ( in which the wheel revolved , ) and then ran off . " As he accompanied this remark with a laugh , and appeared intoxicated—which . most of the party seem to have been—Tunstall thought he could not ba in earnest , and no attempt , therefore , was made to assist Ball . The prisoner stated before the Coroner who held an inquest on the body , that he had Been Ball as he passed the engine house , and that Ball had threatened to kick him if he did not go off , bat that they had parted without any blows . He was sentenced to transportation for life .

      Rate of Paupers in CouNTiEs .-rln a return just made in tha House of Commons , the counties are arranged according to their highest rate per cent , of paupers relieved to the population , and the agricultural county of Wilts has the honour of being at the head of the list , thus surpassing every other county in England and Wales in the number of paupers as compared with tho population . The proportion in many of the Welsh counties is al ? o very high ; in the manufacturing and northern counties it is the lowest . The following list deuotes the proportions :

      —Wilts , 14 per oent . on tbe population . Dorset , Sussex , Merioneth , Radnor , 13 per cent . Bucks , Essex , Anglesey , Montgomery , 12 . Bedford , Oxford , Hampshire , Suffolk , Carnarvon , Denbigh , Flint , 11 . Cambridge , Dovon , Huntingdon , Leicester , Norfolk , Somerset , 10 . Berks , Hereford , Hertford , Kent , Northampton , Westmoreland , Cardigan , Carmarthen , 9 . Glonce 3 tor , Lancaster , Surrey , Warwick , York , ( E . R . and W . R . ) Brecknock , Pembroke , 8 . Chester , Cornwall , Cumberland , Durham , Middlesex , Northumberland , Nottingham , Rutland , York ( N . R ,. ) , 7 . Lincoln , Monmouth , Salop . Worcester , Glamorgan , 6 . Derby and StaFf » rd , 5 .

      Explosion in a Coal Mine . —The town of Hamilton and its neighbourhood were thrown into great consternation on Tuesday week , on hearing of an extensive explosion of fire-damp in the coal-mine near Quarter , accompanied with the loss of eleven lives . It appears that about eight o ' clook that morning , the breakfast-hour , there were six men and a Doy in the mine , all of whom must have perished instantly by the explosion . On the alarm being given , the overseer of the mine not being at hand , seven men * who were outside of the mouth , rushed thoughtlessly into the pestiferous atmosphere

      of the newly-exploded mine . Three of them were dragged out alive , and four dead . Unceasing exertions were made to relieve the mine of the noxiohs vapour ; but it was not tilL Wednesday morning that the bodies of the first seven sufferers were recovered . Some of them were shockingly mangled by tho explosion , in a way that shewed that the death of the whole must have been instantaneous . Of the eleven who died , nine were married , and have left widows aud families behind them . The proprietor of the mine , the Duke of Hamilton , on hearing of the event , immediately sent pecuniary assistance to the families of the sufferers .

      Extraordinary Charge of Murder . —Harriet Longley , a fine-featured young woman , twenty-one years of age , was charged at Hattou Garden policeoffice , on Saturday , with ' the wilful murder of her infant , under circumstances of the most heartrending nature . Sergeant King , of the N division ef the police , stated that , on Friday evening , about the hour of eight , tho prisoner called at the stationhouse , and delivered herself into his custody on the charge of having murdered her' offspring , at the same time expressing a desire for witness to walk with her a short distance , and sho would point out the spot where the body would be found . She appeared so distressed in mind , that witness had not the slightest doubt of the correctness of her awful

      admission , and he accompanied her to the r * ew River , in front of Owen-row , Clerkenwell ; and she then said if search were made there , the lifeless remains of her babe would be discovered . Witness caused the water to bo dragged , and , in the course of two hours , the body was taken out . The unfortunato prisoner afterwards informed witness that the child was born three weeks ago at Maidstone gaol , where she ( the mother ) was imprisoned for vagrancy ; and that when it was a fortnight , old she was liberated , but bad no home to go to . She had applied to Various parishes , but at none could she obtain relief . On the day she eemmitted the act , for which her life , she said , might pay the forfeiture , she went to the overseer of Saint

      Marylebone , and was told that nothing would be done lor her . as she did not balong to them . Hungry and tired , Bhe afterwards wandered about , scarcely knowing whither she was going , her sole attention being turned to her poor babe , whose cries for food were working her up to a pitch of madness—her breast having that day ceased t * afford the little creature her wonted nourishment . She , at length , found herself in Owen ' s row , and , sitting herself oh the step of * door , she again and again put her infant to her bosom—it sucked in vain , the springs of nature had dried up ; and being no longer able to witness its * uffsring 9 , she , in despair , iiang it int » the stream , and b * w no "taore of it until it was brought out by witness . Mr . Combe said it was a

      most awful and distressing case , and he asked the accused if she was anxious to say anything ! She said ihe was not ; adding , that what Sergeant King had Baid was strictly correct . Distress of the worst description had driven her to the commission of tho crime . Had she been able to hare procured a morsel of bread to have satisfied the cravings of her child , H would now have been alive . She endeavoured , but was not able , to procure it eveathat ; and a mistaken notion of humanity prompted her to putanend to Us misery . In answer to the worthy Magistrate , Sergeant King said that tbe usual means were used by Sir . Edmondeon , surgeoti , of Clerkeiwell , to restore animation , but without effect . Mr . Combe said he should remand the-prisoner until next Saturday , when she would be committed .

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      Uranr op Spade CmxiTAtiOH . —On a spot of ground , not exe « 6 diS 2 A quarter of aC acre , in tho p arish of East Lulworth , Dorset , belonging t ? Mr . Francis Champ , were produced , during the last season , twenty bushels of broad beans , threa sacks of Swede turnips , one sack of potatoes , a bed of vegetable marrow of the gourd kind , yielding upwards of 201 in number , which weighBol . from foar to eight pounds' each . On the same grpnnd are also growing thirty-eight apple trees , and forty-two currant bushes , many of the treea being from six to ight years' growth j and also there , is at present a hxunqiE cr $ p of clover on th % t , p | it of the ground which was occupied by the beans . Here we nave » striking exemplification of tho value of land when properly culu Fated ; nor la ihU only a . stimulus to indnatrious men who have ABptmentsgranted to them by kind landowners , but it is also a / proof that the allotment' bystem * 4 f earned into effeitt , ¦ would be highly ben , efioial tp the connjtry at large ; tending to encourage industry , destroy idle and dissolute habits , and render the peasantry cheerful ^ md con tentedlr—Sherbmne Journal . ' \ "

      Povjeett ihb riRKiiT op CajMK , T-At the Mansion hoase , on Friday , a young man named Richard Winton was charted with having jtole >» a dozen pain of stockings fromtheshop of a haberdasher in the Poultry . Tne prisoner was Been to waljk ; into the Bhop , take tbe bundle of stockings openly , and . walk out deliberately ^ without attempting to avoid observation or to hasten away with his , plunder The policeman into whose custody he was given said that the unfortunate lad evidently eemmitted the robbery for the purpose of being prosecuted . Goooh . the turnkey of the Giltspur-street Compter , one oi those § ood inclined fellows who sometimes are to be found in situations of the kind , said that he greatly pitied the poor lad , who . he believed , had not a

      friend ra the world , and , having lost his character , could obtain no sort of employment . The turnkey added that nobody could have behaved better in confinement than tbe prisoner , who acknowledged his necessities were so great that he wished to be saved from perishing by transportation . There wai no sort of deception or humbug about' the poor fellow at all . Sir Peter Laurie— -1 perceive that he has been a prisoner before . " Gooch— He has , been hi the Compter before . It was there I had the opportunity of judging of him , and I h&ye th « : greatest compassion for him . " Sir Peter Laurie- ^* What were you in prison for , prisonerV Prisoner— For h « u 8 ebreaking , Sir . " Sir Peter * Laurie ^ - " Wero you tried 1 " Prisoner— " I was , and convicted , and

      sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . " Sir Peter Laurk— "You were guilty ? " Prisoner— "I was ; I deserved what I received . ' * Mr . Hobler—What ' sort of housebreaking was it , for-there are several , sorts 1 " Prisoner— " It was honsebreaking at night in a house in Moorfields . There was no excuse for it . " Sir Peter Laurie— * Were'you in want at the time V Prisoner— " By no Means . " Sir Peter Laurie— " You had accomplices , I suppose f " Prisoner— " I had , but I was the only one punished . *' Sir Peter Laurie— " They escaped , and I daresay persuaded you to join in the affair V Prisoner" Th ey : escaped . I would rather $ ay no more on that subject . I have suffered the penalty of the law , and I came out on the let of Maroh , and have been walking about ever since , for nobody will employ me . " , Sir P . L . —Poor boy ! there are thousands in

      the same condition . What is an unfortunate fellow wno repents the first act of detected dishonesty to do ? Every one is afraid to employ him , and he cannot lie down and starve . I believe the evidence given by the Chaplain to Coldbath-fielda prison , who said before a Parliamentary Committee , that he never lost sight of a prisoner alter the first introduction to prison until death or transportation interfered . " Prisoner—* I am desirous of going out of the country , my Lord , and I know of no other way of getting out-, and I trust you will kindly a * sistme . Sir Peter Laurie— "I shall commit job £ r trial , and represent your case , and I hope thai you may be treated mercifully . " Gooeh—" -Hb conduct in prison has been quite a pattern toothers . * Sir Peter . Laurie ;— " He is committed for trial . Lot him be treated kindly . "

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , March 19 . BANKRUPTS . Squires , Jt and G . F ., Emmett-Btreet , Popla » , plumbers , March 26 , at half-past one , April 30 , at twelve . Solicitors , Burn , Great Carter-lane , Doctors ' Commons . ¦ Turney , N ., Millbank-Btreet , Westminster , baker * March 26 , April 30 , at two . Solicitors , Tempter « 4 Co ., Great Tower-street . Burkett , J ., Noble-street , Goswell-Btreet , April 1 , at twelve , April 30 , at one . Solicitor , Boulton , North * aaipton-equare . Riley , T Q . C , Bouverie-street , Fleet-street , bill * broker , April 1 , at eleven , April 30 , at one . Solicitors , Arden , Red Lion-squire . Barber , J ., Wjlworth-read , Newington , pawnbroker , March 25 . April 30 , at eleven . Solicitors , Kiss and Son , Fenchurch-street .

      Fletelier , ' H ., een ., and Fletcher , H . jxm , Eaatington , Gloucestershire , clothiers , March 26 , at twelve , April 30 , at eleven . Solicitors , Crowdor and Maynard , Maasion-house-place . , Firth , J . y Webber-street , Lambeth , licensed victualler , April 2 , at twelve , 30 , at eleven . Solicitor , Diuimock Sise-lftne . Orchard , G . B ., Bath , upholsterer , April 5 , at three , 30 , at one , at tho Castle and Ball Inn , Bath . Solicitors GUlard and Flook , Bristol ; and Cook and Saunders , New Inn . . Williams , D ., Llanelly , Caimaerthenshire , 8 hop « keeper , April 6 , 30 , at ten , at the Cameron Arm ^ Swansea . Solicitors , Bigg , Bristol ; and Bigg and Goldfinch , Southampton-buildings .

      Wheeler , Ann Eliza , Clifton , Bristol , millinerrMarch 26 , April 30 , at twelve , at the Commercial Rowni , Bristol . Solicitors , Hartley , Bristol ; and White and Whitmore , Bedford-row . Bryan , S ., Nortuanxpton , Havdlngstojie , shoe-manufacturer , March 26 , April 30 , at eleven , at the Dolphin Inn , Northampton . Solicitors , Britten , Northampton ; and Blower and Vizard , Lincoln ' s Ins Field * . . _„ Blakey , G . F ., Holmfirth , Yorkshire , draper , April 2 , at one , April 30 , at ten , at the George Inn , Huddersfleld . Solicitors , Whitehead and Robinson , Hud . detsfleld j and Clarke and MetcaU , Lincoln ' a Ina Fields . Crompton , P ., Liverpool , ironmonger ^ March 31 , April 30 , atone , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Robinson , Liverpool ; and Vincsnt and Snerwood , Temple .

      Bell , W . H ., Kingston-upon-Hull , aeed-crnsher , March 30 , April 30 , at eleven , at the George Inn , Klngaton-upou-Hull . Solicitora , Holden , Hull ; and Hicks and Harris , Gray's Inn-square . Coulter , T ., Boncaster , April 7 , at eleven , April 39 , at two , at the Town-hall , I > oncast « r . Solieitors , Smlthson , York ; Mason and Collihson , Dencaster ; and Wiglesworth and Co . Gray ' s Inn-square . Smith , G . T ., and C . F ., Cheltenham , tailors , March 30 , AprU 30 , at one , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham . Solicitors , Prideaux and Son , Briatol ; and Holme and Co .. New Inn .

      DISSOLUTIONS OP PARTNERSHIP . ^ . R . Lyonand R . G . Holland , Sheffield , surgeon * - \ V " ., J ., and P . Clarke , and J . Robinson , Manchester , machine-iriakers —J . Labron and G- R Ives , Leeds . — H : and , W ; . Muir , Manchester , tea-dealers . —T . R . Nobbury and B , Smith , Manchester , tobacco-nianufactDrerg —A . Windle and W . Hadfield , Worsbro' Bridge , Yorkshire , working-chemists . —J . Cronkshaw and J . Omeiod , Haslingden . Lancashire , cotton-manufaoturera .

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      THE TRADES' TJNIONIST'MURDE '^ S AT ASHTON . APPREHENSION OP ANOTHER OP THE ' MURDCRBRS . Manchest- » , Satarday . The two atrocioui mnrders which « ^ re perpetrated by members of the Sawyera' Union , at Aahton-nnder Lyne , —one on the " 31 st of October , " * nd the Other on Uie 6 th of September last , —b&ve If ^ i to the most determined and persevering efforts on . behalf of the police of that township and Manchester , for the apprehension of tbe parttM implicated , and so less than ten of the unionists bare at different time * , been brought before tbe magistrates and committed to the Assiisi for the part they had taken in the © ommluion of the

      lastnamed murder , but the prnttipala engaged in tho first murder , that of Garland , -succeeded in eluding the hasds of Jastfee till this- / reek , when one of them waa captured in I > ubUn . For-Tonr montha this man , whose sam « is Thomas Batlami , mcce&stallj b £ f 8 « d the efforts of Vh * police to taks nhn , though tkey repeatedly obtained ¦ information toncerning him , and Superintendents Alcoek aad Green , of the Manchester police , under the instructioiiB of Sir Charles Shaw , have traversed no leas than sixteen English counties in search of him , besides part of 8 outh Walee&nd Ireland . He waa brought np for examination before two of tbe county magistrate * at Ashton , this day . when the following particulars relative to tbe murder , Mid the part the prisoner had taken in its perpetration , ware elicited : —

      Superintendent Alcock stated that on the 31 st of October , about five o ' clock , five sawyers , who were called " knohsticis , " or " rats , " were on their way from work at Manchester , when they were attacked by a body of twelve or fifteen unionists , and dreadfully beaten . One « f them , whose name was Tbos . Garland , was "beaten , and wounded . with some Bh&rp instrument in such a manner as to occasion his death , and an inquest was afterwards held on view ef the body at the Manchester Infirmary , when a verdict of "Wilful MnnieT' was returned ag&lnst Thomas Grimes , Thomas Roberts , and others . Repeated efforts were made , under the direction of Sir Chirles Shavr , to trace the murderers , between that time and the 6 th of December , when the murder of Benjamin Coeper , a sawyer , who ¦ wzs * h » t whilst at work , led to more determined efforts , and the disclosures made by some of the witnesses against the unionists enraged in this second murder led to the knowledge th * t tha prisoner Holland was

      concerned in the murder of Garland , and after following him into Yorkshire , and from thence te some * f the iron mines in South Wales , where he eluded their search , they lost sight of him for some tiae , till at length he was agaia traced into Yorkshire , and from thence to Dublin , where he was at length spprehended at one of the qnaja . He also begged to state that int his enquiries after the pristmi-r he had seen a grea number of master sawyers , from whom he learnt that the trades * union 3 were very generally spread over England , Wales , and Ireland , and the combination of these unions with each other was such as to cause a general dread amongst employers , both far their lives and property , if they did not accede to all the demands of their workmen , threats being constantly h-,-ld ont to them that unless thry complied men would be brought from a distance to inflict vengeance upon them , and those who might accept work at reduced wages , as had been tie case in this neighbourhood .

      Michael Hemp , a sawyer , wa ^ then called an d stated that he formerly belonged to the Sawyers' Union , and that he came over from 9 aKord to Ashtcn on the 31 st of October last , to look > for work . He waa met by a man who called himself an operative sawyer as he came out of Heginbottam ' s Yard that day , where he had been for work , and atked his business . The man was very angry with him , and told him he had no right to go fur work there wilhont seeing tho men belonging to the Union . Witness afUr-K-aros accompanied this man to the ¥ nion clHb-house , the KiDg ' s Head , whore ha saw a great number of sawyers , . and among them he saw the prisoner , Thomas Holland . They said tiiey expected s ^ roe delegates from Manchester and O'dhaia , who were coming over to indued tbe knobsticks to

      leave the town . The sawyers whom witness met there wsre very cress with him at first , and said he had better go back to Manchester , for there waa no ¦ work there , and "some uf those who were working there should not do it long . " Two men came to the club-house while he was there , from Macoheater ; thiB was about noon . "Witness ¦ went there again about four in the afternoon , and the prisoner Holland was there then . Witness did hear something slid about a number of unionists going t 3 way-lay tbe knobsticks on their way from work along the Manchester road . It was talked about and generally understood amoagst the

      sawyers at the dub-bouse . Tha prisoner waa aiuiong thuse talking about it , and seemed to be acting witu them . There was a great deal said In whispers . A jx-r » jn named Grimes was there , and another named Roberts . Grimes brought something like a table leg with him under bis coat , and witneb 3 heard him say •• be would make some of the b——rs dance a Donnybrook jig with that before morning . " One of tho unionists blamed him for shewing it , aad said he had co business to produce such a thin ? in a public room . Witcess saw Grimes next day , aad was then told by him— " We have done sume cf them their job last nieLt . "

      Patrick Keough said he was a sawyer , and lived in Ashton now . On the 31 st Octoher ho was liTing in Manchester , and about a quarter btforc five o ' cicck , wnen it was getling fiuslc , left work in Asbton , along with his son , Jam ^ s Keough , and John Harney , the deceased , Thomas Garland , and Patrick Keough . When they had proceeded a little way on the road , a number of men sprang from behind a cart , which was coming the opposite way , aad witness was kuocktd down , and severely beaten with sticks . There were about twelve or fifteen men of the party that attacked them . When witness got up , he found Garland and hia other companions lying in the road , and their assailants hsd run off , leaving them , as witness supposed , for dead . They

      went across the moor . All th « party were much hurt , and bled profusely , but Garland was the worst , and they supported him to a cottage near , to crave some water , but could not get any , and they afterwards took him to a pnbl : c-honse , and gave him some beer . The biood teemed from him as he went alone . Tkey after wards took him to tha Manchester Infirmary the same night Garland had with him , when he left Ashton , a rod of iron , sharp tA both ends , called a pricker . It was nearly a yard long , arid was in a bag . He had neither the bag nor the prick = r after they were left by their assailants . The prisoner and Grimos were among the men who attacked them . Witness never saw Garland after that night till his death .

      Patrick Keough , son of the last witness , was with Garland and his father on the night of the 31 st of October , wh 6 n they were attacked by a number of men on the road to Manchester . He was knocked down , and beaten severely . He saw the prisoner among those who attacked them . He assisted Garland afterwards , though very weak himself . Garland was in a very shocking state^—he " was quite mashed up . " John Harney , of Manchester , sawyer , said he was one of the party attacked on the way to Manchester , by the Unionists . He saw them spring from behind

      the cart , and said to his companion , " Here they are , boys—now we're in for it . ¦ He was struck down on his bands and knees in the liitcb Witness saw the prisoner Holland there , and saw him strike Garland ( the murdered man ) with an iron instrument like that produced . He strnck at Garland ' s head with it , and witness saw Garland , who was on tha graund , put up his hands to - * raid off the blows . Garland cried ' Murder . " Witness did not sea Garland after , because he did not go oa to Manchester , bnt ran back to Ashton .

      Thomas Radney , a labcur . r , living at Ashton , stated that on the evening of Saturday , the 31 st of October , he had been working on AsLton Moor , and was returning home along the Manchester road , about five o ' clock , when he heard a cry of " murder" behind him . It appeared to proceed from some one about fifteen yards from him . He turned round , and saw one man on his hands and knees in the ditch , and another was down in the middle of the road . A great number of men , be thought it least % doien , WeK striking at those who wtre down . The man who was down in the middle of

      the road rose up , and ran to tbe side at the road , when one of his assailants gathered up & stone and threw at him . Could not say whether tbe stone hit him , but he felL The men who appeared to have been the assailants then ran off in bodies of three or four , in different directions , bat chiefly across the moor towards Irroyladen . There were two or three carters passing With their carts- during the attaek , and one of thrm picked up an iron instrument like a sawyer ' s pricker , and carried it off with him . Witness also picked up a pricker out of the channel afterwards , and the iron instrument now produced was the same .

      Mr . W . FumiT&l , house surgeen to the Manchester Royal Infirmary , examined—Recollected the deceased , Thomas Garland , being brought to the Manchester Infirmary , on the 31 st of October , and admitted a patient Made an examination of his wounds that evening . He had several severe bruises and lacerations of the scalp . The upper part of bis nose was fractured in sareial pi&aes , aad fce had also suffered a corapottnd fractare of tha fo *» finger of his right hand . Tne right hand aad « ev « ral parts of his body were much bruised . The lacerations and bruises might all have \ ma c&nsed by the iron instrument produced . Witness advised immediate amputation of the finger , but Garland wsuld not consent Mortification ensued which brought on lock-jaw , and ultimately caused death . Witnew h * d madean examination of deceased ^ body after death , and could tra ce tbe cause of death t o nothing else bnt the wound * oahia body inflicted on the Slit ot October .

      Richard Qree » , « rperinteadeat la the Manchester police , stated that , in consequence of repeated directioni from Sir Charia Shaw , he had gone in March of the prisoner , aad had traced him at different times to Yorkshire , Shropshire , Wales , Heetwaod-on-Wyre , and ultimately took him in Dublin . - This concluded the examination , and the prisoner , declining to say anything in his defence , was committed for trial , at the Iaverpool Arizes , for the murder Of Thomas Gari&H ( L Another prisoner was then placed at the bar named Thomas HaoaL There was no evidence to shew that he was engaged In tbe actual zq order , bat it was shewn that he was one of the unionists engaged in plotting the attack , aad he was committed to tho assizes on the charge of conspiracy .

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      ^ — . .. CEi& 6 B OP RlPB AQA 1 KST A SUEQKOH . —Mr . Josh . Clarke , a surgeon of good practice , residing in Park-street , Camden Town , has been held to bail at Marylebone Police Offi . se , on » charge of having committfcd * rape upon , tho person of Mra . HaiU wife of » compositor , whom he had been attending professionally . The prisoner was called upon to give bail , hiaaelf in £ 500 and two sureties of £ 2 M each . Sasacitt op Two Mclbs . —About two miles from the town of Bailymahon , in the county of Longford , Ireland , resides a gentleman who has in his possession two males of the Spanish breed . They both . regularly goto » ^ Knap placed in the jaid , aad \ vhile one applies his mouth to the spout , the other w orks tbe handle by alternately raising and depressing ' bis shoulder . When one has satisfied his thirst , hoi ^ xohangeB with his companion , and returns the serv , ' ee he has recei veil . —iVb / aJonothan . butgetuuM Irith .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , March 23 . BANKRUPTS . Sanders , Frederick , licensed victualler , Hoxton Old Town , Middlesex , to surrender March 30 , BndMay * , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Abbott , official assignee ; Ware , Blackman-street , Southwark . 14 nd

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1102/page/6/