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      ^ TQB&SHX&E SU MIfcEB ASSIZES ( Continued from our last . )

      _ ¦ * CROWN COURT , Fbidat , Jcit 13 . The Learned Judge Williams took his seat about the usual time . Isaac Foster , 23 , Charles Cawtkery , 20 , and John JFade , 22 , were charged wi : h having , on the 9 ch of September last , at Hors ' orth , stolen from the person of William John Jack , of Leeds land-surveyor , twenty-five sovereigns , eighteen shilling * , a pocketknife , a hat , and a lantern , the "property of Joseph Colohoun . Mr . Cottixgham and Mr . Wasset were for the prosecution ; Sir Gbegoky Lewis defended the prisoners .

      The pro > ecutor is a land-surveyor at Leeds , and the three prisoners are labourers : Poster and Wade living at Pntbey , in the neighbourhood of Lneds , and the prisoner Cawthery at Tone , an adjoining township . On the -day before the robbrry , lie pnsst-cntor and bis assistanthad to go from Leeds on business , to Yeadon , nearEshblt Hall , -which latter place ibey also visited . Owing to the absence of a . -witaess at the last assizes , the trial ,-upon the application ot Mf . CoTTKiGHAM , ^ as l > ostpoiied t ill the present Mine , and they had been oui on bail . The prosecutor hating transacted hi 1 business at Esbolt Hall , they left that place to return to Leeds , about deven o ' clock in the evening . Being a dark night , the assistant carried a lantern . They had zot abont a

      mile on the road to Leeds , when they overtook four men , asd they all joined company . The party ¦ w alked about amiie further on , when onn of the men seized the prosecutor by the arm , . another pot his hand over has month , and anorVer seized him by the throat . The prosecutor , after considerable exertion , and afterh&ving been thrown on the ground , managed to k ^ ep the third man at bay , but on the fourth man coming up , he was robbed of the articles meutioned , They then threw him on the ground and made their escape . At the time pro > ecntor was seized , one of the lour men knocked the assistant , Colohouu , down , and another man got upon . Lim . A rabbit or hare skin ,-was then-ptit over bis mouth , "but he took out his knife and cnt the man -who put ill * skin upon his

      mouth over the left hand , when they left Lim . On the prosecutor xec-ivering himself , havinglost iiishar , lie went to the first hon . » e lie came to , and lold tue inmates what hud happened . The way in which the prisoners were identified with , this transaction -was as follows : —Cawthery had a pipe with him anj ne Hiked Coluhoun to let him hare a Lght . He accoriJuglvgranted permission , anJ it wa » rheij < fecoVere-i ihar the prisoner had l « sr a tooth from tije front of his mouth . When Fo > trr was apprehendej it was noticed that he had a cat acros > has left hann , "wMrh appeared t >> have been recently given . The efideuce against Warie was that the prosecutor had an opportunity of seeing hiinandkn >>« -ii ) ghim . The three prisoners were seen together the > aiue afternoon in Otiey , abont three or lour inilt-s from thplace where the robbery was comminej . Foster was observed putting a bare or , rabbit skin into his

      pocket , bv s . witness named IViiiiani Clarkson , who aslel him if he had been boying rabbits ; he sii-J , no lad . its too $ oon yet . " T ; ie voluntary ex ' -tinination of Foster was put in aud read by the * Clerk of the Conrt . It staieu that betwr-m ejsht and mue o ' clock ontlie nisht of the robbery , fie vras at Mr . Tsrraf * public-hocse ( iriukiug giu . aud that he whs HOtontof his mother ' s house any longer than this tbar night . iJesaid that Le had got lli ^ . catnu t :. e WediiesJay in chopping wooi . Mr . Farrar was called , who stated vbit the pr isoner had not been in his house for a krtnight previous to the robbery . Sir Gregory Lrwix addressed the Jury lor the defence . He contended tLnt the identity was one of extreme d > " > ubt and difficulty , anU he left it with them to give tbe case a mil , inir . anJ canaid consideration , and say -whether or not the prisoners wrr * guilty of this oit ^ nce . The'JtrDiiE stuamed up . -when the Jury found the prisoners Guilty . Sentence deferred .

      Jl ' iliium JVates * 35 . was charged with having , on fhe 2 yth of June last , at Ossodby , in the East Ricmg , ^ mof 7 . zltTl £ 11 . with an intent to defraud Mr . henry-Charles Kilbv , of York . Air . - Bliss was for the prosecution , and Mr . Drxnis for the prisoner . Tfie prosecutor , Hr . Henry Charles K ^ -lby , is a dealer in manure , residing in Hope-stivet . in this city , and he rents a yard of ilr . Pickersgill , near CasJe Mills Bridge , in which he keeps the manure , and he novels about for custom . The prisoner vras originally a flaxidresser . in Skeldergate , and about twelve or thirteen months aeo , went throngh the Insolvent Debtors ' Coart . About seven or eight weeks agr > , the p risoner was taken into prosecutor ' s service , and whin in that capacity , he embezzled the money in question . Guilty : —Six months hard labour in . the House of Correction .

      Henry fl ' ood and John fT ' oldron , who had been out on bail , were charged with "perjury , but no evidence being offered against them , they were discharged . Joseph Jeffries . Daniel Maurice ffejis , and John Berry , all youiig ui ^ n ^ were charged ^ ritb stealing two horses . . ' Mr . Baizes and Mr . Walmb were for the prosecution . The-prisoners were unde . ended .. The two former prisoners were charged with stt-aiiug the horses ,-the latter with receiviu ? them well knowing them to "be stolen . The horses -were taken from Stamford , in Northamptonshire . Gailty : —The two formtr tj be transported 15 years , an i the latter 14 yeare . Mark Rayner was charged with the Manslaughter of Thomas Hudson , at Wakefield , on Monday erenin ? lasL

      The case had not proceeded farj wl en , * under the direction of his LoansHiP , the prisoner was Acquitted . The Court then rose .

      SATCKDAY , July , 14 th . The court , fhij morning , -was crowded in every part . CHILD MUP . DEB AT LEEDS . Margaret Maynes * 23 , wrs inducted ou the coroner s luquest , for the wilful mnraer of William Barke , her xUegiiimate child , at the township of Leeds , on the 15 u of April , by poisoning iu Mr . Dcsdas , with whom was Mr . " -OvERExn , brieSy stated the . case to the . Jnry , and then called the loilowing witnesses , by whom the case was snpnorted .

      . Margaret Jlayces deposed , that she was the mother of the prL ^ on ^ r , who lived with her at the time of the druithol" h .-r child , getting her living by working in a flax-mill . She knew the child , who was a bastard . Iti moutlis old . On the 9 th of April , she s ? nt for the prisoner about 10 o ' clock iu the morning ; -. aid she stayed till night , because witness acd her own cJid was poorly .- On the night previous it was unwell , and she gave it some nitre . On the 10 m of ^ - \ pril , the child was better , and he wa > siven to a woman named Gorman , in Harper-yard , about uo ^ n , with whom it remained until six that night . The next d ;; y she took it to the pVisoner , at Mr * . VTSdings , Crispin-street , Bank ; prisoner was in ; witness asked her for an apron , and -as she did

      not save her one , she put down the child , saying , ** Here ' s your child—he is poorly—y .-u may mind it your . -c-lf / ' The ch Id was poorly in its teeth , and tLft prisoner held the child on her knee , crying all ihetnne . Between 10 and 11 o ' clock of \ Vednesday , she saw prisoner in Kirk ? ate , bur they did not speak ; next day she came to witness ' s bouse , with the child : it looked very poorly ; she asked what ¦ was rue matter with the child , and prisoner replied , that it had taken a fit that morning . She had been at Dr . "VWriFs wnb . it . and he had lanced its gums , as he said its illness was caused by its teeth ; and he had ^ iven her a boide of medicine , but Williamiad not then taken it .. Witness said that the child looked Tery mneh stnpified , and asked the prisoner if sue

      given it any thing ; . she answered that she had not . Two or three hours afterwards , she saw the prisoner , and at witness ' s request , they went together to Dr . Ward's . Witnos asked the doctur to gire the child an emetic ; he said he wan going , and immediately prepared one . He sai-1 it had got some laudanum , which prisoner denieJ . About five o'clock , the emetic was administered , and the prisoner and child sent into the kitchen . Witness went away for a few minutes ; and on her return , she found the prisoner crying , with the child on her knee . It was then very ill . and witness staid until about twelve o ' clock , when it expired . Just before this , -witness a > ked the prisoner if she had given her child anything ; as , if so , she had better

      tell . She said , * must she / ' and on being begged , in the name of God , to do so . she said to Mrs , Ward , ^ rJ . tell you the truth , I bought a pennyworth of laudanum at Mrs . Raistrick ' s , and I gave William a part of it in warm tea ; bnt I do not mind what they do , because J never intended to hart the child . " The . laudanum I got from Mrs . Gorman 1 gave to I > r . Ward the next evening . . Cross-examined . —The deceased was prisoner's first aud only child , and she was always very fond of it . She behared very kindly to it , and was proud of it . Teething is a bad time for children—they are restless and troublesome , and people gire them meoicine to quiet them . Prisoner was drunk when I did not speak to her on Wednesday . She had been so sometimes during the last tewmonths .

      Sarah Wilding , stated that she lived in Crispinlane , and at the time in question had the prisoner lodgiDg with her . The child was with her mother . The prisoner brought her child one Tuesday , when ¦ wita-ss told her , she could not do with her , if she i » onght a c : J ! d . She observed that she- wonld go away on Friday , and pledge the cap the child then had on its head to buy her breakfast . Witness 3 > egg--d she would not do that , to which the prisoner replied , ** Ob . he'll never need it" She went and . pairnadjthe cap . Next morning she went oulto buj . gome things , and came back having bad some liquor , but she was not . « o di unk as not to know what she did . ; A woman named Bridget Gorman was with her ; pri-

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      soner threatened she would kill the 1 id , and all of its breed . The child was then on the floor it slept vdth witness / ebat night , and nothing ailed it . It got some breakfast next moruinfr ; she went ont after breakfast , and left the prisoner and deceased in the bouse . Sbeston afterrelurned _ and then went out again ; in the afternoon she saw prisoner walking across the street , wittiont ihe child . She came up to her , and said Bridget ha-1 came , because she bad had a dream that William was killed , by her having given it something . Witness asked if it was true then , and ^ he said it was not . They then Went to the house , and Mrs . Gorman asked prisoner to take tier child to the docter as it was i ; l . She said she had no money , on which the woman offered to pay ;

      prisoner went and came back again wituout going to the doctor with tbe chid . Witness insisted on ; er doing so , and went along nith her , telling Air . Ward to look after the child strietly , which he promised to do . In answer to him , she said she had not given the child laudanum or anything else . Cro .- ^ exainnied . —Mitnvss never saw the prisoner behave ba-ily to the child , aud she told the Coroner that . She knew nobody in Leeds , and came from Manchester . She was not a fortuneteller she said , bnt it appeared she had a curious ov . tl glass through which she persuaded foolish peopie to look , and she-said " thatit f > lks had a miud u > give her anything , what Wits tbat to anybo ly . " ( Laughter . ) The prisoner promised her 2 s . 6 d . a

      week for her lodgings , out she had not got a penny . Bridget Gorman , deposed that sue lived in H nrperyard with the first witness . On the Wednesday morning mentioned , she saw prisouer standing at the yard end , talking to her husband Gorman . She joined them , and at prisoner !* request they went to a public-house , tlie sign of the YV elliugton , and had two pennyworth of ram . When they went ont , before they had proceeded far , the prisoner asked them to stop , sayiug she was going alittle way , but would be back iu a iiduate . She went on , aud then into a shop in Kirkgate , near a tin-shop ; wheu she came np , sae asked tueni to go into tiie Royal Oak , and tuey there had some ale . They left two men at ¦ > he pubilC-honse , and went to prisoner ' s lodgiugx The child w « ii > , n in b ^ d ; it awoke and cried , when pnsouer saicl—^ Grt oui—t * uuither like thee , nor

      any of thy breed . " She always talked in . that sort of way to the child . It had been poorly so ; ne time before . On Thursday witness saw it lying in bed —it was then very pale and blue about the mouth . Witness inquired about it , and prisoner s-iid he had been very poorly during the night—lie was tes . idug . JCeXt day , aoout four o ' clock , she again cailea , aud decea-ed was very ill ; prisoner s-j . iu . she had oeen just giving it some meat . AVitue » s wanted her to go to a doctor , which she ultimately oid to Dr . Waru . [ The remainder of this vitiiess ' s evidence Wis cou K . ruiat > > ry of the conversation .-jjoken to by tLeltst . ] Oil bring ,. rested about giving it something , this witne s dt-po ? ed that prisoner said— " 1 bougj . t a pennywort . of laudanum , ¦ ¦¦ ut llo ; tihat , and l » ouj . ht some inur ; the cLil-j bad been very piK > r ]_ v tuat ni >; ht and uneasy , and 1 paw it halt o " f it in some tea . "

      Mrs . Sarah tur / ius . ? aiJ she was Wife of Mr . Furnish , a . uratgi ^ i , jh Kirkg ; ite , and ou the foreiii > ou ol t : ; e lltb Apnl , shz sold a pennyworth oi lauaanuui so a woman , who hauue ' a suii-iling Lotili-to put it in . She * au > he wanted it lor a woman wno had beeu cuntiued . Wuuess a ^ ked if tl . e woman had be ^ -n used to taking ij , aud she said "No—only when c ainue-i . " She iisked how mucli s . ie ? houl . vgi \ e it ; witiie .-s reeled ten or arrive ar <« ps . A peunT ^ virth contains 1 * 0 drops . liy the Jvdue—Cuuiu not identify the prisoner a * the woman . Mr . Gorman , who was ar the royal public-house , found a smv-lhug butiie und--r the ch ; dr on which the pr isoner had b ^ enntiinj . , which corresponded loihai coiitiiinin-r the liiudiinuui .

      Mrs . llnistrick , w ^ fe Mr . Rnistrick , druegl-t . Marsh-lane , gave tie prisoner a pKUiivw * ortu ol laudanum , ( three drachms , ) between eievi-n ano twelve o ' clock ot Thursday , the 12 th of Apr il , which she pnt in a tea-cap . The pnsouer s . id she warned it lor harmoilier , w ^ o wu » ailliotea with rheumatism . ^ Vituess told lii ^ r tnat sixteen drop s would be sufiicienilor her . Mr . Ward , surgeon , stated that he remembered the prisoner coming to his shop with the child , on Thursday , Apnl 1 ^ . Sue stated the child luid had a fit ; the gums were much swollen , and the face flushed ; ne lanced the sum > - , and the chiU did not crw About . au " hour afterwards , he saw the wu . iinn

      in the surgery , when the ch . ld was breathing short , dec , aud he asked her what sue had given ir . Prisoner said ncim . g , and positively denied having given it laudanum , ll itnt ^ s having suspicions , introduced the catheter into the stomach , and t-jected wine and water , which- was impregnated with laudanum . Notwithstanding every attempt to preserve life , the child died that night . He observed uo laudanum on the coat of the stomach at the postmortem examination ; but he had no doubt that ibn laudanum aumini > tered was the cau > e of death . In th « evnniug , prisoner ' s mother was there ; and , a hen pressed about tiring her poison , she said , " What was ] to give Inin itior ?"

      By trie JiDUE—Poor peouiti ofu ? n report to landanuui when they are ill , though scu-nritic mm consiuer it danceruus . Teething causes >« vJjine and irntHtion of the gnms—for which laudanum ^ poor people say , is a sjjeciiic . It was a fat and heafihykke child . - Mrs . \ iard , wife of the above witness , corroborated the admission uiade by tbe prisoner of her having given tiie child laudanum . There were several women in the kitchen at the time , —it was abont ten o ' clock . Cross-examined . —The prisoner appeared very kind aud feeliug towards her child ; sue seemed to be- in much distress when it was ill . Charles Thompson , a police-officer , produced the smelling-bottle , m which a drain of laudanum remained .

      J . Blackburn , Esq .. coroner , produi ed the examination , in which ti > e prisoner ' s admission appeared . Mr . Baixxs then addressed the jnry on behalf of theprisouer . Afrer imprei . < iug on their minds the solemn importance of the case they were investigating , and the awful results that miuht follow , lie appealed to the jury wuriher they could convict a girl , who had aomiiiistered laudanum to a child at the penod of its illness , who bad evinced the interest and coinpas > io : i sorils pain and wretchedness wht-n it wjs found to be worse , and who made no secret ol what she had done—of the heinous crime oi murder . To Hiid » uch a verdict , they must be satisfied tt . at she kiiled tiie child wilfully , deliberately , and with

      malicious motives . Could they find any proof of this in the testimony adduced ? There was not a tittle of evidence to show that the prisoner had bef . actuated by any unworthy motives ; but if she had aduiiui > tere 1 the laudanum carelessly , negligently , or unskilfully , then they would find a verdict <> f manslaughter . He submitted , however , that this was a m-sf ' ortnne { . rising from the benevolent intentions of a mother , impressing it on their recolieclioil that if LheV had any d « ubi in the case , that doubt ought to be given in favour of the prisoner The Learned Judge wry carefully summed op the evidence , and the jary , after consulting together about a quarter of an hour , returned a verdict ol " Guiliy of Manslaughter . " The prisoner was ordered to stand down .

      . e . William Seller , 47 , was indicted for the wilful murder of Francis Seller , on the 7 th June , at Old Malton . Messrs . Dcxpas and Bliss were for the prosecu - tion ; Mr . TEMFL ^ for the prisoner . The tacts of the case were these : —On the day in question , the prisoner , who lived with his grandmother and aunt , at a place called Rainbow House , wanted a razor to shave hims .-lf . His grandmother refuses' to let him have one ,, thinking he was not qualified to use it properijt The prisoner insisted upon having it , and Decame very violent . His grandmothersrill resisted , knowing that he was ont of his mind ; but he got it and commenced shaving .

      He then tnrned ont his nieee , who left her grandaother near him , struggling to obtain the razor ; wieu she returned , her grandmother was sitting in a chair , with , her clothes burning . Prisoner was then strolling about the lanes , near the house , saying ue should be cursed and d d for . ever . Air . Davy , a surgeon , was immediately sent for , who found the unfortunate woman burnt about tbe head and upper pan of the back , and severely bruised on the breast and left side . In a few hours she died from the treatment she Tiad received . When the surgeon was there , he was roaring out lustily , " Lord hel p me , " and seemed greatly distressed . Until within a few weeks of this time , the prisoner had shown the greatest affection and attention to Mb grandmother .

      Mr . Davy gave it as his decided opinion that the prisoner was insane . The Learned _ Jcdge then stopped the case , observing to the jnry that there conld be no doubt the man was at that time a maniac , and not responsible lor his actions . The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of "Hot Guilty , " on the ground of his insanity , and the prisoner will be confined for life . He wept bitterly daring the time he was at the bar .

      MONDAY , July 16 . H 0 RS £ STEAUSS AT PUnSEY . John Bright , 20 , out on bail , was charged with having , on the 6 th November , stolen a bay mare , the property of Mr . George Hainsworth , of Pudsey . Mr . Duxdas and Sir G . Lewis , were for the prosecution ; Mr . Cottingham and Mr . Bai . ves defended the prisoner . The prosecutor , who was formerly a clothier , is now dead ; and on the day In question , he sent one of his sons to Adwalton fair , with a mare to selL While he was at the fair , the prisoner and another came up , and asked him to show the mare , and what was the lowest price . Benjamin said she was cheap ' at £ 14 ; having seen the mare trot , the p risoner said a poor man in the neighbourhood had lost his horse , and they had received a £ 11 for him

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      would he take that . He declined , and prisoner then asked if W thought ofswapping ; the man replied if he swapped at nil , it would be for jnoney He then asked to be allowed to trot the mare , which he did through the fa r , leaving a pony which belonged to him . He did not return > a fronstnble was then sent in search of him- He was fonhd at ' a public-house , kept by a man named Ward , with the other man , both of whom had taken off their 4 Thcick frocks ; and they then alleged that it was a

      swap at the reqnest of Hainsworth . He escaped tiirongb the wall of the stable while in custody there , and was not seen again until April , wh « r i l . e surrendered himself , and was admitted to bail Several witnesses , Messrs . Lockwoofl , J . Fox , J . Newhill , G . Renton , C . Ward , . Jonas , WUittaker , and Henry Wright were called to prove that the prisoner aud Hemsworth were busy trying ° ne another ' s saddles , and attempting to swap , and that prosecutor ' s mother charged him with it—also that the prisoner had always borne an excellent

      character . •¦ - The Jury retired , and after a short time , returned a verdict of " Acquittal . "

      rORGERY AT HULL . Benjamin Burrell , ( out on bail , ) was indicted for having , on the 7 th July , forged a promissory note , and uttered the same , with inteut to deceive and , defraud Mr . Francis Stamp , of Hull . Mr . BAisEsand v . r . Maiitin for theprosecntion ; Mr . Dun das and the Hon . Mr . Wobtley defended the prisoner . Alter a short investigation , which presented nothing of . interest , the Jury returned a verdict of"Not Guilty . " i . The Court then rose at seven o'clock .

      TUESDAY .-July 17 . This morning , the Court was fuller than usual , in consequence of an expectatiou that the prosecution instituted by Mr . Armitage , a West-Hidingmagietraie , against Air . Starkey , a surgeon of Wukeh ' eld , for having horsewhipped him iu the public streets ot Huuderstield , would be proceeded with . It was delayed until his Lordship passed sentence on the following prisoners : —

      CHILD MURDER AT LEEDS . Margaret Alayues was placed at the bar . The Ju . ; ge addressvd her iu a very path-do address , llij slid that althoughinuicted for murder , the Jury-had found her guilty ol manslaughter . Ho had no doubt the \ erdict had " been founded on a merciful consideration of iier case , and he . was . liot in the least ui-satish ' ed with the verdict . The Jury had alsu recommended her to mercy , aud he was always anxious most carefully anil scrupulously to attend to

      sueli a recouiinendation , but ailer a ru-pi-rusul of hti notes , and deep consideration , he fouiid the case so strong ngaiusi the prisoner , that be cunld not consistent withkis oivu most responsible duty , do other wife tuau pa > s the fi-nunce he was ^ buut to do . It was always to him a most unwelcome duty , and particularly , so whuu he had to neglect a Jury ' s recouimendaiii > u , but her irinie was so great Cuat lie could ^ not allow it to pass by without severe punishment . Tli * sentence ol the Court , thi-reluiv , was , that , she bii transported bi * yuiid ihe se ; is lor life .

      F 0 RGKKY NEAU YOKK . Jo . ' in lived was sentenced to be transported , for filieen years . Tlie leuriied Judge said that Baron Al crso ' n ( who tried his casi- ) bau directed him to say tUiit some douln existed a * w whether the instrument « hich he forge . 1—a not > _ us surety to the iiiffii Slienll—came within ihf terms of the statute . 1 hat objection would hereafter be discussed before ihe Judges , hui there could La no doubt this tt'iis a lorj : ei y , and tliat he w ; is guilty of n mis k-ameanor ac ciinninu law . iJut lie Imd Itc-en umcted tn-s uteuce liim for the leluny , subject to consideration of his c'ase altt * rward-s .

      rOR « iEKY AT LKCDS . Erwdbeni Mason , who pleaded Guilty of having uiured a pruinissory note , the signature , to wiiicli ill , forged , at Leeds , on June 15 , was then placed ut die bar- His Loro ^ uips- ; id thai he had been rvcoinliirnueii tu-mercy ¦ by tliu counstjilor tilt- prosecutiuti , iiud usi account ou his previous {; ood ci . aractur lor h .-iu-s . y , he sn .. iild st-nteiue Uui to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House-of Correction for t > vo years ..

      EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BASKIlUI'l . .. Joseplt Jiadclijfe , was then called . He had been found guilty ol liming when examined be-luie the Commissioners of Bankruptcy , wilfully concealed souk- paiiol iiis personal estate , consisting ol money and wrianys , with intent to dtlraud his creditors . This v . as an offence which required a severe piniishnj . 'iit , in order to deter others iroin following such a bail exauip l * ; and he therefore sentenced him to be iran .-uoru .-d fur seven years .

      SHEEP STEALING . John Slater , found Guilty of stealing moor sheep at Heimsiey , was seutehceu to two yeais hardlaboui ni the iionscol Coriuction .

      REiilXA V . STARKEY . Mr . Dr . wDAS and the lion . Mr . Woutlev wore counsel tor the prosecutor ; Mr . Alex . ixdku and Mr . Cottiauham Jor the delenuunt ; the loruier with a fee oi 32 guineas . Mr . Dux das said he had a painful duty to discharge in presenting to them the tacts of this unfortunate transaction . He appeared mi the . part o !' 2 vir . Armit-ge to snjiport an indictment preferred again ? t a gentleman niuued Starkey ; and he rose witn unfeigned regret , in wbichlie w ; us sure the Jury would participate , when Le iuforiued them that the parties were connected by marriage , moved in the

      same rank of society , and that he should be compelled to introduce topics most painful to several moiviiiuals from their uge , sex , and rank of lifetopics which were-calculated to wound the feelings ol the parties . Mr . Alexander interrupted the learned counsel by observing , that h : < entirely reciprocated with the seniiuents expressed by his friend , and -should be most happy , if aiiy means could bo adopted , to prevent the Cctse from beilig laid belure the Court . Alter some couversat . on with those sitting near him , Mr . A . remarked , that he was happy to see his clients accede to his suggestion .

      The indictment charged Mv . Starkly with having assaulted Mr . Armitiige , by striking him with a hoise-whip , in the streets ot Huddejsneld . For that conduct , ue was willing to offer the luilest and inpat unreserved apology . Uu the other hand it was known , that , Mr , Starkey having received a letter containing oileiisive expre ' ssions , wrote for an explaiiutioii ; instead of wnich , tiie letter was returned . This had lead to the . as-> anlt ; and he trusled , that , under these circumsiauctis , his Irieud would not reluse to give as sjitisf . ictory an apology as he was authorized to give'in the other case ; so that the honour of both geiiUemen iniuhl remain inviolate .

      The letter respecting Mrs . Armitage was , no doubt , calculated to give pain , Jiowevur right the motives might bo whick dictated it , and therefor * * he begged to retract it . Mr . Dun das had full authority to accept the apology offered' by his learned lrit'iid . lie was glud to know that his client was , in ewry sense , a gentleman and aman of honour ; aud lor whatever pain t . ie letter he sent might caus ^ -, arising .-from the irritation of thf moment , he begged to express his sincere n-gret ; and upologised lor having returned the letter in such an olfeiisive manner . Buth parties then expressed themselves satisfied at this amicable arrangement , and the indictment was withdrawn .

      GAMBLE V . DANKARD . Mr . Baines was for the plaintiff ; Mr . Staukjk for the defendant . The former was a worsted manulacturer at Bradford , ana the latter at BowJey . The action was to recover £ 25 . 19 ^ . the balance of an account for goods sold , aud delivered . The pl&id were liTst , the general issue , and next the statute ot limitation . A promise to pay was inade in October , 1830 , to the brother of the plaintiti '; repeated promises were afterwards given , until lS'd » , when the plaintiff was compelled to bring this action to obtain hi . s money . At the beginuing of > his yv ; vr , TaukviTti ofiered five shillings in the ^ pound , which was rcfu .-ed ; and a * Mr . Lindle was then employed to settle the account , which , however , was not done , owing to some disputes , between the parties .- The Jury returned a verdict for the plaiutitf . Damages as stated in the declaration .

      MISDEMEANOR . Robert Newton , John Stobert , and Henry Marie ;/ were charged with having , on the 8 th December , r iotously and tnmultuously broken and entered two closes , belonging to Mrs . Sarah Arrow .-mith , and also assaulted her . Mr . Bliss was for the prosecution ; Mr . Temple for the defendants . The p . otecutrix occupied a farm called Low Moor , at Leal-, holm Bridge , near Wbitby ; in 1825 , this farm , together with , some small adjoining cottages , were bequeathed to her sou , by Mr . Thomas Stobert , a brother of one of the defendants , subject to a mortgage of £ 700 , the life interest being in herself . Stobert and his brother had quarrelled , and although Mrs . Arrowsmith endeavoured to effect a reconcili ition between them , it was of no avail ; and he only left him £ 10 . TLe defendant was , however , taken

      into the house of Mm . Arrowsmith , aud provided with the necessaries and comforts of life ; in March , 1830 , her son died , and he being an ,, illegitimate child , fhe reversion ef the property-went to the national fund . About a year ago , however , the defendant , who had all along been comfortably lodged with the plaintiff , fancying he had a right to the farm , laid a pJdt for ejecting his benefactor ; and on the 8 th of November he brought a large number ot persons , from 50 id M 00 ,- who had banners witli them , and , amidst the firing of guns , threw the farnitore oat of the house , destroyed the hay-stack s , injured some of the out-buildings , and Went so fur as to cany-ofiF the pigs . Arrowsmith resisted them , and a « erious riot was the result , which continued eight or ten honrs . Soon afterward ? , the parties were apprehended , a true bUl found aiYork Assizes

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      ^^ . ^^^ B ^" - ^¦^¦^¦¦¦¦¦^¦¦¦^ ^ M ^^ BHH ^^ ^^^^^^ J ^^^^^^^ ' , wWW ^ Wi ^^^^^^^ iW ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . ¦ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^* ¦ 1 " - ¦ . ^ r . _ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ m arid tney were held to biil ^ After the trial had proceeded a little way , his Lordshi p intimated , tbat as ibifg Was a dispute as to . the ownership of propertyi and there were tw 0 actions depending ou it , it perhaps would be advisable to proceed with them , as all he could do was to bind the defendants over to keep the peace . . -.. ¦ .. .--Ah action of trover was then tried , arising oat o the same transaction , brotigut by Mrs . Arrowsmith against John Stobert ; and a verdict given for the plaintiff—damages £ 15 . The Court the ~ n rose .

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      NISI PEIUS COiptT . —Friday , July 13

      ( Special Jury . ) CHOLJILEY V , JTARSYDE . Mr . Cresswell , Mr . ADnisoN , and Mr . Hoggins , appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Alexander and Mr . Watson for the defendant . The action was one of trespass ^ to try the right of taking the rock stoiie and sea-weed fouutl on the sea-shore at Rolbih Hood ' s liay , near Whitb y . The pWadings were very voluminous , and involved the question of the plniiltiff ' s title , as Lord of the Manor of FyUngdales » and

      Whitby . v Gol . Cholmley , the plaintiff , resides atHowsham , near York ; Mr . Farsyde , a barrister , is the owner of an estate at Robin Hood ' s Bay . About sixty witnesses were brought on both sides ; but when Mr . Cresswell had opened the case it went off , Colonel Cholmley pronmmg to graut Mr . Farsyde the stone for the feiices of his farms , and the seaweed for manure , the defendant stating that he did not dispute the ri ghts of Col . CUolmley as Lord of the . Manor ;

      COPELAND V . HORSFIELD , Counsel for the plaintiff—Messrs . Baimes and Ovbrend ; for the defendant—Messrs . Alexander and VVortley . The action was on two promissory notes , dated Sept . 1835 , and February , 1 * 836 , tor ihe payment ofi 2 l 03 and £ 2000 with in wrests . There v-as uo substautial defence . Verdict for the Plaintitf , Damageg , . £ 4745 .

      WALKER V . MJfCELETHVVAITE . Messrs . AxEXAKMER and Baixes were for the plaintiff ' j Messrs . Ckesswell and Ki \ qwles for the defendant . The action was brought by the -plaintiff , a stone-mason at Barnsley , to recover from MrJ Micklethwaite £ 140 or £ 150 tor repairs done to a mill in' 4-832 . The defence raised was , that the defendant entered into contract with the plaiutitl ior certain work at the price of £ 40 which wus paid , and that tlie remi-iiider was on the credit of tut ! occupier of the mill , who afterwards became insolvent . No demand was made of the present sum until last year . Verdict for the defendant .

      BRIGliS V . ASKHAM . Mr . Cuesswell mid Mr . Hougins for the plaiutitl ; Mi \ Alex an DKK . and Mr . - \\ ioh ' tm an ior tiie di-il-ndiiiit . Tiie action was one of trespasa to try i-h « right , to a piece oi roa ' l , between two iam ^ in rhe township of ScaniungJey . Several oil witnesses wi-re ejiiiinined as to usage , interruption , * V ; c ,, and ili « case occupied some hours . It wax of no public or even locttl iii . U'rest , A verdict was ultimately f ( ivun for the pUiiutitlV The Court then adjouruud . SATURDAY , J vly 14 . THK QVKKN , OJi THE PUOSECU'riO . N OF THE SC 0 RT 0 X AM ) IIAULI . NUTON NUNNKH 1 LS , V . GATUEllCOLE .

      Mr . liarou Alueuson took his seut ou the bench at . iiiii ' u o ' clock precisely . ' 11 k * court was densely crowded in the . passages and every other part . An hour beloie this tiiiie a greut number of geJitlcincn «\ -re itdinittfd by priyare doors , including magiKimier ; , banister .- - , ullonrii's , and repDrteis to liie publ . c p . i \; .- < s . We observed l ) r . Bri »; « . » , the Catholic jJi . ^ hop Ivir ilie northern district , in the magistrates ' box . immediately on his Lordship taking lus seat , the lollo . viiig geullemeii were sworn on

      THE SPECIAL JURY . Win . Collins , of - —— , Esq ., Foreman . Thomas Carter , of Kensuli , Esq . Benjamin Crosland , of South Milford , Esq . Henry vyiikinson , of Flaskby , Esq . Sieoheu iVlitchell , of Leeds , Ivsq . Henry Atkinson , ot Maliam , Esq . Jo . sepU LjUinbert , of Leeds , Esq . \\ in . Stci ton , ot Eccleshiil , E » q . James Foster , of Staiiitorth , Esq . Adam Henderson , of Huddersfield , Esq . Thomas Johnson , ot Eshton ,. Esq . Richard Win . IViirce , of iSorthallertou , Esq . The first indictment called was on the information of the bcorton Nunnery .

      Mr . lOHTMAN opened the pleadings . The declaration stated that the Uefeuiiaut , the Rev . Ml . Aug . Gatliercple , published a certain scandalous libel on a certain religious order and community , at Scorton , in this county . Tlie defendaiit pleaded Not guilty .-• Mi . CiiEaswr-uii optsued ike case . He said , il this w-ere a . ca . se iii which cue rev-deteudaiit or his counsel could enter int . * any palliation of his offence , I sliould not be surprised at the great audience asst ' mbled to hear this discussion ; because undoubtedly it inupt be a niattcr of much curiosity to know by what statements , or by wiiat arguments , a clergyman ot the Church of England can palliaie or excuse his having put forth to the world such a

      foul and abominable publication as that to which 1 am about to draw your attentiou ; but as that is not the c ; ise—as this is not the p lace for any discussion of this nature—I certainly shall abstain wholly from any thing but tbat which is strictly withiu the province of my duty , presenting this case to you " aye or no "—is the publication in que > tiou libellous or not ? The prosecutors in this case , those who have instituted proceedings in the name of her Majesty , are the Lady Abbess and nun * of the religious establishment at Scorton , in th « county ol Vork . 1 'hey were origiually estabiishea in France , and during the time of the revolutionary troubles in ' ] yO J-tlf « y came over to England , and lor a considerable period took up c-httir abode at the castle oi' Sir

      C liiiggerstone . In laiV , they removed to bcortou . In 1 S 3 /" , the puulica . tion iu question was put forth . To ladies so attacked , three courses Were open-to viuiiiciue their character , and protect themselv « s against thw mpetitiou oi such charges . The one was by civil action , but it would have been a strange thing indeed to find the Lady Abbe ** and nuns cuifling to , seek foi pecuniary compensation for an attack of this nature . Undoubtedly . in that case , the Rev . defendant might Jiave put a ju . stifieatiun on the record , and might have been allowed , if he had aiiy evidence to justify the cluxrge , to bring it forward . Another course opeii

      was to prefer an indictment before a Grand Jury ; in that case the question would have been , whether the publication was libellous or not ; and it tlie Grand Jury was of opinion ti-. at it was , then ho questi ( ju could have been raised as to the guilt or innocence of those ladies , and no opportunity for Mr . ( jathercule to justify what he had done . " The third course , was one by which Mr . Gathercole vouid be furnished with the opporiunity , uot merely of proving the truth of whathu osserted ^ but of proving if there was any conduct on the part of those ladies , which would naturally U « ad to the supposition that some such crimes as those imputed to them had been coinntituul . At the sivme time that course relieved those

      ladies iroru any imputation as to seeking to obtain pecuniary coinpensation . Th ; it course they adopted . They applied lo the Queen ' s Bench lor leave to rile a criminal information agaiiist Mr . Gathercols lor publishing these libt'ls . The course of proceeding in this court on such occasions is this , —the parties who-complain are obliged to make affidavit , to pledge their oaihs that they are petfecUy innocent ot every thing imputed to thein ; auii the defendant , on the other hand , is at liberty , if he can , to bring forward evidence , on which , if possible , to substantiate and justify the charges lie has made . Ther « lore , before a record of this nature can be brought dowii to jury it is necessary to satisfy the Juclaes that the charges are libellous , and that they have been published

      without any , the slightest foundation . When , theretore , you find a record' seat down , from tue very coarse ol proceeding , you must toke it for granted that there was no truth whatever in the charges ; that Mr , Gathercole , when challenged to produce uvideuce , it he had any , failed to do so ; and that in the opinion of the learned Judges , the charges are libellous . But by the law of this country , the question is submitted to you , as the ultimate : authority ; aud what you have to decide is siuiply this , has the detendant published a libel or not . 1 will begin by proTing that Mr . Gathercole sent the

      iniinuscript , which was in his hand-writing . It would ap pear , that in Ifc 33 , Mr . Gathercole became e . jitor ol a proviticial work , " The Churchman , " and ehipioyed Mr . Bellerby as printer . At the ^ ^ close of 18 ^ 5 , Ue removed it iirom the hands of Mr . Bsllerby , aud took it to Mr . Iukarnley , otv Bradford . Mr . Iiifcer . fley could not attend from severe illness , bat he should call Mr . Bellerby , who would prove thai when Air . Gathercole removed if * he said he was going to engage Mr . Infcersley . The first libel appeawd in the number for February , 1837 , and tiit passage set out on the record was part of an article neaded " Petitions to Parliament . The libel was

      as follows : — - " We most earnestly call upon the clergy and friend * of the Church to let nothing prevent them imiuedi . itely setting themwlves to work tor getting op petitions to Parliament un thelollovving HiibjecU : —Iii favour ot Cliurch Rutea , either in their preient ( utia oir some other equally bniiefitial to tile Church , whose Uhdpubted property they are ; against the aboiuinaUoflsaud cnwltiea of the Whig Poor Law ; aguinat thai den of immorality and tilth , the British College of M » yuooih ; agiilDSt the' lruh National liducation achenie ; agunui the Iriitu C'Uurch Kobbery Bill ; against the Uillfor consigning over to the i ' apists to the Coruoratioim of treliind . T h « re ought also to be petitiunssi-nt for ihe Repeal of the Popish Himincipiition BiU , and the conuequeiit banishin'nt of tne iyui |< , oiita-breakinK , O'Connell , and the crew of Popi » h iKTjurrrs who lorm bin tail . Petition * also sh , ntd ha sent tor inquiring into the number aud itate of those brotbe ' s for the j , ri .-xw , « be Fopwli Nunneries in the United Kingdom . That dtich h « iMf a ol prostitution should he allowed to erect their impudent and lilthy fronts in this land , U a diagrace to its

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      professiid Christianity uhdiu'iialityv . AH aucb . Popish , stews oognt to be burnt ta the ground , only taking eare to let iheir poor deluded und prostitute inuabitanU be preserved and set tree . Weahould be glad to know how imtnypopiat : Priests enter . the Niinneiiea ol' Scorton ^ and OarhngtoH each week ? and how many infants a-e . born in them every year ? and what b ^ am « s of them ? whether che holy fathersbnngthein . tip or hot , or whether the innocents are murdered put of hand or not ? " ' : '¦ ¦¦ -. . ' -.- ' - ,. . . - ' . - .. ; ., , ' ¦ , . .. .. The Learned Connsel continped . — -If there is a man among you , seeing this written of a " sister or a daughter , would say , it is no libel , then this prosecutiou ought net to have been inritirnted :- for il there can beri man found to > it on a ^^ jury in tbiscoantry , who will say this is not a libel—that it has hot a tendency to degrade , \ ilify . and ^ bring into hatred ( if believed ) thos \ of whom it is written , —then it is time for prosebutiona for libel to he abandoned , and nd snch questiitn for the future be brought before a jury .

      The next publication is siiniiarly characterised . It is headed " Romish Fox Unkeunelled . " Itappears that Mr . Gathercole imagined some Roman Catholic had ventured to appear as a defender of those whom he attacked , and ¦ theretore he abuses him . In the course of that article will be found some allusion to the Scortbn and Darlington Nunneries : i I will not go through the difgusting ta . sk of reading the abominable publications one after another . I naye given you a sample—theyshall be read by the ofiicer of the Court , and as this is a question whether the publications are libellous or not—not for the discussion of the general conduct of the defendant , or meeting out punishment to him—1 will not offer one single observation further on the subject . 'I feel that I should ofter an insult to your uriderstandirig , if I did notleare theproof of libellops matter entirely on theiface of the publication itself . ' ¦ ' ¦ - . The Learned Counsel then called the following

      witnesses : — Rev . Richard Kellit . —I am a priest of the Roman Catholic Church ;/! - am chaplain to the members of the community at Scorton . Mr . Alexander . —We will admit the record is properly statpd . By the Judge . —They are bound by religious vows ; there is anolher chaplain ; I re .-tide in the Nunnery , and Mr . Hogarth comes occasionally . . Cros . s-examined . - ^ l urn icquainled with thebooks in uj- 'e by the Ilotnau Catiiolic Cnurch ; I know the work fey Peter Dmis ; it i »> a coirifj « iidium of a wpfk on divinity iu l ^ otin . It is one of the acknowledged manuals of the Roman Catholic priesthood . The Judge . —What hus that to d : > with the question ? Mr . AtEXANDKn . —Your Lordship will find an allnsion co itin one of the libt-ls .

      Cro ^ . s-exatniuatutn resumed . —It is not * . a book of auihorify ; I cannot . « pe ? tk as to vrhether . it is ' sanctioned by the Roman Cat ; olic JJisbops of Ireland ; I do not approve of the whole of it ; it is a work I have beard butlittle >|) okt'ii of ; we do notread it in our college ; i . ur college is Ushaw Colleg . e ; it is not read as a class-bdok ; we are not bound by its doctrines ; I believe that is a general sentiment among tiie c ] er # y with whom I am acquainted ; there is no direction that we should obry that book . Mr . Ckesswell objected to this course of examination . , By the JunfiE . —With respect to this book wehave tin * right-of private judgmen ,

      Cro * s-examinnfiuii continued . —It is in the library of cur college . We have a book called the Garden of the Soul . That contains a manual for the penitc-nt ; one part oi it retrrs to self-exsuinnation . Dens ' work . it > for ihe priest . J ) us was n modem divine of the Catholic CUuvcli , within the last one hundred ycMrs . By the Judge . —If you have a good defence go to it . Writing . such unifies is not the way to conciliate or convert . Mr . John R . Trout stateri that tho Churchman whs printed l > y Mr ... l . nki « r .- * h * y , in 183 b" and 1837 . Th . " editor wus Mr . Gittliercole . Mr . Fisher produced M . S . from . the Crown Office , London , which is part of what he set up for the Lhurchmiin .

      Mr . Bellerby stated that be printed the work ill 1 R 35 * Mr . ( jadiercole was editor of it . During that time , lie fn-quently saw him . M . S . produced , which Ik * said he believed was tuodefendant ' s hand-writing . I ceased to print . —Cross-examined : Mr . Gathercole was then curate at ftarefsley ; in Craven . ( A letter was received , written by Mr . Gathercole , which stated that Mr . Inkersley , ol Bradford , was going to be the future printer ot the Churchman . ) It was dated Die . 5 , 1835 . . - ' Mr . John Wilson *—I am a printer at Darlington . In Feb . last year , ] printed the publication called " A Romish Fox Unkennelled . " Mr . Gathercole gave me the M . S ., which I returned , with proofs , to himself , I printed 500 copies ; about fifty of which I sent to him . The rest were circulated . The Clerk of the Court then read the other libels , which will be found contained in the following article : —

      A ROMISH FOX UNKENNELLED . " Let the gall'd jade wince , " It shuws that the " saddle is on the right horse " Fellow Britons ! Only think ! Maria Monk in England , " Yfs" Maria Monk in England ! " so says a Papist , who miscalls himself "A Catholic- ' He heads his paper with the ominous words "Maria Monk in England !! ! " And perhaps he does so from his o \ v personal knowledge and experience in such matters . For no doubt there aru many poor

      Br itons , and induce them to have the doors , of those dens of female grief and wretchedness burst wide open , and the once lovely captives net quite free . But they are " unoffending females ! " No doubt poor sorrow-beaten creatures , they are ¦ " more sinned against than sinning . " If they have never offended , and are " unoffending , " why are they thus impri .-oned in those prison houses of Popish seclusion ? Where is the authority of their abandonment to such a state of hopeless misery ? Does the word of God or the religion of Jesus " Christ , or the dictates of reason , or"human nature , or common sense , require such cruelty , or afford the slightest countenance to such worse than brutnl treatment ? Oh , but says a papist , " Appeal to the magistracy—call for an investigation . " Aye , aye , fellow Britons , but who are to be investigated ? ifaii criminals accuse themselves ? Did you ever kiKJW of sucb a thiutr ? What is this Romish fox

      driving at ? and what does he menh ? Is not " Invest : gation" the very thing the Churchman calls , for ? it says , let the . e be sent to Parlianient" Petitions for inquiring iuto the nntubers and state of those brotliHls for the priests , the popish nunneries in the United Kingdom . " What is this but '' a call' for investigation ? " But th . it is the very thing this Romish fox does not want . An kk investigation , " indeed ! In tlie presence of their old procuresses or superiors and priests I suppose ! A pretty " investigation , " forsootli !! What tlriljiug and preparation there would be just before such a mockery , for such an " investigation" as would suit the crafty priests . I say , fellow Britons , let the poor things enjoy the exercise of their limbs in the open air

      and admire the beauties of nature and the handyr works . their Creator . But no ; that would never do ; for how many would return if they once got clean out the reach and influence of the holy fathers ! The old "Mother of harlots and tlu * abominations of the earth "— "the « omnn drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus " ( Rev . xvii . 5 , ) knows her cralt too well . Smieiinie ago , a nun hud the good fortune to escape from that precious house of virtue and purity at Scorton ; and what scheming there was to gel her back again ' . ' . And what has become of her ? It is said that when she left the house ot her protector , she promised to write to him immediately alter . Did she ever write , or was she put out of the way somehow or other

      ior fear of an exposure ? Ah ! uierebyhangs a tale . Head the awful disclosures of Rebecca Reed and Maria Monk , which are substantiated beyonddoubt , and to the mortih ' catio n of -alj the holy fathers in America ; you will then have some idea of the proceedings of the ghostly fathers in their sefaguos . Recollect while you read them that the Romish church is iHlallible ; that her motto is yemper eadem , always the same or unchangeable , so that she has never erred in any of her cruelties , and , that what she does in one plitce she will do in another if convenient . Read Peter Dens' blessie'd theology . I have it at my elbow with the dedication to Dr . Murray , tue popish sham bishop ef Dublin , and witirhis approbation . It breathes

      immorality , filthiness , persecution , and Wood . Read tUitt uiuk of popish piety " The Garden of the Soul . " A real siuk of iniquity , pollution , and filth . But take care that your wives and children do not read such books . The questions put to females at : ontession are truly horrible , and so polluting and disgusting , that it is impossible for a popish female to liave a virtu * , us mind , after she has beenContaminated at a popisu cv ) nfessioral . And this the writer of " Maria Monk in England" knows perfectly ^ ell if he be a priestly father . He knows also if uny ladies have ever left their priests for others v account of their indecent questions and conduct at coniession , solieitatiune mulieris in tribulatii f He

      had no occasion tobe so angry with The Churchman ^ for it merely / said that it would "be glad to know how muny popish priests entered the nunneries at Scortou ana Darlington in each week , and also now many iufauts are born in them every year j and what becomes of them ? Whether the ho / y fathers bnng them up or not , or whether the innocents are murd .-red out of hand or not ? These ^ uesUons are asked civilly enough , and certainly . demanded -civil answers , and answers they inuxt have r or people will guess why not . And as the editor of Ihe Churchman ' s name i » known , let the answerer -give his name , and not tight under a ma » k , Let m haye all above-board and none of your nunnery work . Skulking may do tor popery and for popish pnests

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      and their seraglios , for some men ^ "love d a ^ biei rather than light , because their deeds are evil ; " w Britons love broad daylight ; and as the writer of MariaMonk , in England , accuses T / ie Churchman , of falsehpodj I here demand in its behalf , theoah its editor can ^^ pndoubtedly tudswer for bimselt proof of rite containing one single falsehood trom its commencement ; and this I will have or the accuser shall be denounced in hia owa langnage as a " inean and base calumniator , " and a "dastardlyslanderer , '' although hebelonga to th » infallible church . Oh the parity and infallibility of this churchll Here is . a- httje of it . ¦ Pope Hildebrand , who first prbhibited the marriages of the clergy , kept aharlotiQamedMatUda , who left her

      husband to live with , the eld ; wretch , rope Sergiua the third , had . a harlot named Marozin , who Bid great power in governing the chnroh . She brought the old pope a soil , r and afterw ards got him to be pope , as John the Eleventh . John the Twelfth wag accused beforea synod of wickedness ^ with the : widow of Rainedus , and with Stephana , his father ' s concubine , and with a widow named Anna , and her Biece . Pope Benedict the Twelfth bptjght a beatttiful young woman'for a large sum of money . Pope Sixtus the Fourth built a brothel ( query Kuhnery ) at Rome , and provided shoes covered with pearls for his concubine Tyresia . Pope Innocent the Eighth innocently enough became the father of eight 8 bm ' and as many daughters . Pope Alexander the SixtL

      who is said to have sold hiinseU" to the devil , had a " son and a daughter . who . Mere ' ., afterwards married to each other . Paul the third iave his sister to this Alexander , to be made a Cardinal .- , From the holiness of this Paul came the schismatical Council « f Trent , when the Church of Rome separated from the Catholic Church .- There was also in 853 a woman Pope , who called herself John she Eighth , and by one of her servants she had a child , which wa « born in the street while she was walking " : in procession . She died on the spot , haying heia the popedom of the pure and infallible church two years one month and four days . Sorely , she at least was . the " Whore of Babylon , ' ? - A mnltitnde more of the tricks of these infallible gentry are given in the lives of the

      Popes , by Platina , an old Popish writer / And if you would like an infallible ^ story . Sir Henry Colt , of Nether Hall , Essex , a great favorite with the Popish Henry VIII ., played some old Popish priests or monks a clever trick . Having been : iuformed that the holy fathers of Wai tham Abbey were going to return that iiight from Cheshuhl Nunnery , he suddenly left the King , promising to return early iiext morning . Off he started for Waltham Abbey , and pitched in the narrowest part of the marsh , which the monks had to pass , over a kind of stall or trap with which he used to catch deer , and left some sharp fellows to manage it . After the holy fathers had _ got clean out of the Nunnery , a noise was made behind them , and suspecting that they were disco .

      vered , put but their light , and making more haste than good speedy they all ran right clean into the net that had been set to catch them . Next morning Sir Henry presented them to the King , who had often sweeter , but never fatter , venison . What nice illustrations these are of the celibacy of thepriestg and priestly nunnery purity , and what striking proofs of infallibility . But to come nearer home , let me just ask 'whether all popish nunneries are not in this couutry , contrary to the existing laws of the land ? And if riot , whether those which imprison poor helpless females at Darlington andScof-ton beregitteredaccording to lawor not ? lyiese matters must be looked into . Moreover ^ 1 cannot lid think that one priest is surely svjjicient for the Spiritual duties of

      each nunnery ; andw / iy then do so many priests go cveryweek to these places , and in open daylight too ! — Answer this Mr . ^ innocent" Papist , and when you are doing , tell us to what other ^ denomination of professiug Christians but to the Papists will the language of St . Paul apply , when he thus gives one feature of the apostacy of " the latter times , " " forbiddiug to marry r" ( 1 Tim . iv , 3 ) . Fellow Britons , keep yo'ir daughters from these Popish schools , for they are nurseries out of which the handsomest may be selected for the seraglios of the Pop ish priesti . Petition Parliament for the freedom of every soul oa British ground . Demand that helpless-and betrayed females be set free , and allowed to enjoy their freedom . Demand that the doors of all the Popish harems be thrown wide open every quarter , and that

      every nun be protected therefrom , beyond the reach and influence of the Popish , superiors and priests , to return or not as she may please ; Freedom is the Briton's noble birthright , rescued from Popish tyranny , at the expence of the" heart ' s blood of our valiant Christian forefathers , bravely shed amidst the racks , tortures , and fires , of the bloody Popish inquisition . And shall any of our lovely fellow country-women be confined , in nunnery prisonhouses , tol ) e the victims of licentious priests , and without one hope of escape , but through the gloomy portals of death ? Forbidit , noble Biitbns . ' Jjrara defenders of the oppressed ! Generous protectors of the helpless , where h your ancient British blood ? Rally round the endangered standard of British freedom ; and in the teeth of all your Popish enemies ,

      whetner they present themselves as wolves or foxes , hurl the defying shout of no surrender ' . And every British heart , shall beat no popery iu loud response . "Britons nerer 3 hall be slaves , " so says the oaken heart of a true Catholic . Darlington , February 7 th , 1837 ; ' . ; . ¦ ¦ - , - ¦ - ¦ ¦'• v ¦ : ¦¦ - ' I' "¦'¦ '¦¦ :.. Mr . Alexakber then addressed the Jury ; for the defence , as foUows : —May it please your Lordship , and Gentlemen of the Jury , it was with the most un feigned sincerity that I observed to the first witness , that bothhe and myself were placed in a position of peculiar anxiety and inconvenience . He , because he stood there , liable to whatever cross-examination which the law allowed , and if I had chosen to extend it to a greater length than I did , the law

      allowed that on a subject dear and venerable to him ; and I , because the duty 1 . had to discharge was one which my profession throws upon me , and which it is not nnlikely I may find it inconvenient persohallr to discharge ; but , nevertheless , it is my duty , and I will perform . it . It'is a fortunate thing for -public justice that advocates have no choice as to whether or not they will advocate the case that comes before a jury ; because at the same time that it absolves them from being mixed up with the feelings and views of their clients , it entitles every suitor , who seeks or is driven , into a court of justice , to avail himself of whatever the Enghsh bar can afford . The duty thrown upon me I sh ^ l discharge , whether to the satisfaction of my client or not , I know not ; but

      I will discharge it as I think best for his interests , During the short address I shall think it necessary to make , you must understand me as representiDe that reverend gentleman whose cause I nave to atfvocate ^ as uttering his sentiments , as laying before you his views , as explaining to you his motives , and on his part asking for protection , either general or limited , such 8 » the case will permit . My ' learned friend , in the brief and judicious address with which heppehed this inquiry , gave * as a reason for u « t entering fully into the ¦ statement of circumstances , that the nature of the case forbade it—that the mode in which the investigation had arisen * excluded the defendant from entering into the general truth of what he wrote . It has never occurred t » me to have to discharge a duty , more important in

      itself as it regards the subject matter inquired into , or the individual author of these publications ; because the topics that should press themselves on your consideration , I have to propose to you in M favourable a light as possible , thathe mayhot lose the benefit of an advocate ^ -they are tepics of a high , important , and deeply-serious character ; and trusting to your knowledge of what has happened within the last eight or ten years on subjects intimately mixed up with the libels in question , I will refrrto that knowledge of facts and public impressionii rather than offend your ears , and outrage the wjellregulated feelings of all in Court , by descending into the particulars . . ' . But I ask , when ; yon retire from the Conrt to consider your verdict , to take alonf

      with you the libels you have heard read , to obsew the suggestions 1 shall make , aiid to most anxiowij consider the question in all its beanngs . Theicfotr matioh against the defendant consists of four count * containing three libels "; the ^ irst count ol the first libel cha ' rge 3 the defendant mtf having published a false and scandalous libel , vntn intent to vilify certain ladies—the individual name * being given . The second and third counts on the second libel are the same , but the fourth conf > charges him ( with much more justice as I submit ; with the general intention of libelling the ScortoB Nunnery . ; - - - . -- . - ¦ :- ;'¦ ¦ - / . " . . ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ - ' - ' - . - ' - . :. ; . ' ['"' ' ^ Baron ALDEBSQN . r-The great point is , whetn « this was a libel on the Roman Catholic Churcft eenerallv . or the Scorton Nunnery ? If solely on

      the Church , then this indictment fads . , Mr . Ai-exanpeb continued- -You would gues ^ from the peculiarity with which I read byer ^ e counts , that my next observation would . bf V ^ which his Lordship hassuggestedin ^ amuch stonigef point of view . Now I cannot hel p thinkmg that « e L will come when it will be otHiiportance £ jfc * defendant whether the verdict w found on the nrstor last count . I will illustrate this in a moment-indi vidual malice and anxiety to mjure , by selecMi persons who might y have , theu proapecto in Me blasted and destroyed by hbehi v would deseryai and receive much , less consideration at the hand ol * jury , than some matter applied io a general way » atith nn « nr * h intention . bnt : ah enhemeral production

      of the day , when its day has past by to be forgotten like the teat . To attack wa . individual , directing the attention of the world to him , or attacking J particnlar body ; and taking a more extended new , merely attacking the weakness of human nature are very different things . You will find the complaints of the defendant less against mdividuals tii »» a system , which , by a particular code of lawswj u regulations of faith , not merely lays persons open ^ temptation , but is an incentive to a deviation am » thepaths of virtue . It was wWi . this . " ©* . - ^ 1 ^ exercise of ray judgment , that 1 thought it n&y £ ascertain the existence of a mannal caDed JJe *» Theology , and a work entitled the Garden of ^ Soul . I did it because those books are parOcul ^ J alluded to in one of the libels , and when you rW ( Continued in our Ilh Page . )

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct352/page/6/