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      BASFORD UNION POOR-HOUSE .

      INQUIRY INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDIN& THE DBATH OP JOHN PARKES . CorKTT Hall , Nottincham , Satubdat , Feb . 13 . Btfort CoUmA JioOeston , M . P ., a * d T . Nixm , W . B . Marti * . m » d F . Wright , Esqrs . In opening the cue , we most state , that on Tuesday , the 9 xh instant , Colonel Rolleaton ,, M . P ., and Thomas KiiOE . Esq . ( eosnty magistrate *) , attended , as a * qficio GnanV . ans . the Board of the Basford Union , for the purpose of investigating the particulars of the melancholy death cf John Pafkes , whose sad rase was noticed is oar

      reports of coroners' inquests , on Friday , the 5 th instantand that , after some strong comments on this distressing occBrrence , it was TmaaimoMly agreed , on the motion of Colonel Rrileston . seconded by Mr . Thomas Bailey , that m inquiry should take place , before the Board , on Thursday , the 11 th instant ; and also that it was the intention of the magistrates to institute an examination into all the circumstances at their sitting , at the Shire Hall , on the following Saturday . Agreeably to this notification , we attended the County Hall , and heard the case as far as proceeded with ,

      Colonel Rollfston , addressing a Swann , Esq ., ¦ t&ted that the magistrates , feeling it their duty to inquire into the drenmstaocet attending the death of John Parkes . in order to ascertain whether certain paxtfea were liable to an indictment for neglect ot duty , they should be glad to hear the evidence taken before him « Coroner of the county . Mr . Sw ann read the evidence at length . Colonel Rollbsxon said the magistrates were much obliged ; an inquiry had already taken place at the worthoose , and evidence had been giren confirmatory of , and in addition to that read . There were opinions upon case * , given by the Judges , which he would , in the aourse of the proceedings , rwi . There was evidently neglect somewhere , and it appeared . that the overseer ( Gill / had tried to shift the bUme upon the surgeon i Mr . Davison ! , and the surgeon upon the overseer . There masi , however , be further inquiry .

      Mr . Swakn then read the verdict of the coroner ' s Jury— " That the deceased died from exhaustion , and exposure to cold , having inflammatory erysipelas upon frmi ; and the jury is of opinion , that Sandford Tatham Davisen , the surgeon , and William GUI , the overseer , were guilty of & neglect of- their respective 4 s . ttes tomidt the deceased , and are highly censurable ; * ad that it also appears to tbe jury that the deceased did sot receive that care , diet , and attention , after be was brought into the workhouse , which bis case so srgently required . *

      Colonel Rolleston was decidedly of opinion that the verdict was correct as respected the verseer and argeon , but upon inquiry he found the officers of the "Workhouse were not so mueh to blame as supposed : as there was an order of the board , which prevented the medical man attending the house giving anything atronger than warm tea and gruel , however exhausted the patient might be , and however mach he might require stimulants beyond the ordinary diet of the bouse . He had since told Mr . Morley that it was his

      duty to order anything he pleased . Mr . Morley replied that be should bvre ordered Parkes port wine and other things if be had had the power , but he had sot , a * if wine were wanted , it could not be obtained till IB order was given by the Guardians at their weekly meeting on Tuesday . In explanation , he ( Colonel Bolleston ) was clearly given to understand , that supposing a pa&per was taken ill on the Tuesday night , after tbe meetiDg of the Guardians was orei , and wanted wine , it could not be had till the following Tuesday , when the Guardians met again .

      W . B . Mabtin , Baq . —Then poor Patkes must have Waited till the following Tuesday , before be could have ft gl » is of port wine . Mr . Nixon—Undoubtedly , if the- rales- were followed up . Colonel Rolleston remarked that he must , and as there was no wine ia the house owing to an order of the board , if he had died for want of wine , the board would have been liable to be proceeded against W . B . Martin , Esq . —The board would be liable « poB their own rule . Colonel Rollestoj * was glai to say that Mr . Senior , the Assistant-Commissioner , disapproved of the nUe made by the board , and that it was not sanctioned by the Poor Law Commissioners . W B . Martin , Esq . —It it like tying , a surgeon's hands behind him . I could cot have believed it possible that such a rule ' m is existfmr * , had I not proof or it

      Colonel Rolleson ssid , he had told Mr . Morley tbit he should order what was necessary , and if the Board hose to refuse , let them take the consequences . Mr . Nixon the * read tbe following depositions , taken at the Basford Board , on Thursday , the llth instant , and which contain many strong facts in addition to tho&e taken before the Coroner : — " Mr . Morley , surgeon to the Basford Union , said , I found Paries in a very dangerous state , labouring ander phlegmonous erysipelas of the leg and arm , the -was separated from the integuments in front of the leg ; there was a copious discharge , which went through the wrappings to the floor . I ha * no hopes , aa the Tnyn was in ariiculo mortis when 1 saw him . I have no doubt the journey in so cold a day hastened

      his death . 1 should have given him spiced port win « , bat I have no power to do so , because there is an order from the Board to preclude me . If a man is taken -ill on Tuesday evening , I have no authority to order him wine , or beer , or stimulants , till the Board . authorise it on the following Tuesday . I have bean to ttie Board five or six weeks successively to complain of -this restriction . I sent my apprentice the next morning , who has been with me two years and a half , and is about seventeen , years of age , because I was obliged -to go to Bramcote to a dangerous case of inflamed -fai&gs -, the patient is now dead . I have on the average ir » m fifteen to twenty . My salary is £ S 5 a year for Vie house . I find all medicines and applications , except linseed meal for poultices , and trusses . " "

      Mr . "N ' lxon here observed , that Mr . Morley had pnt the following question to Mr . Smith , chairman of the Board of Guardians : — *• Did I not , five or six times , apply to you , Sir , as -Chairman , to get this order reversed , and was it not overruled ? " Answer—Yes , you did , and it was overruled . " On reference to the Guardian's minnte-book , the order was found , in which wine was precluded being given , without an especial order from the Board at their meeting , and several cases in point were stated , whers wine bad been allowed or refused . Mr . Nixos—The apprentice gave his evidence with - great propriety . He has , it seems , been assistant to the surgeon a year and a "half . The following was the sub-¦ tence of his evidence : —

      » Mi . Robinson , apprentice to Mr . Morley , said , I saw Parkes at six on Monday , and again on Tuesday , and ordered him medicine . He was in a dying state . I began to practice about a year after I had been with Mr . Morley . 1 have visited and prescribed for patients in the house for a year and a half . Sometimes Mr . Morley signs his name at the end of the week , and sometimes I mgn it for him . " Mr . Nixon—This young man deserves credit , and give it him for the manner in which he answered questions , and for Mb general conduct ; but for a youth of seventeen to sign his name as surgeon to the Union , and to order medicine for patienta , without scarcely any medical experience , is a complete farce .

      Mr . Davison , surgeon , being examined , said , on tbe Friday previous to deceased's removal , 1 saw him at Cupit ' s , in consepuence of receiving information that a man was ill there . I considered it as a private patient , not having received any order from the parish officer . Found Tym very IB , with an abscess forming on the upper part of bis f tot I directed that his parish should be informed that it to necessary be should have medical advice . On Monday , Salvin , Mr . Giles ' s ssrvant cause to me to ask about tbe propriety of removing him . I asked how he was ? The man siid he was better :

      and I understood that the abscess was broken , and I recommended that his own feeelings should be consulted , and that he should have something warm . I said , I think you have a covered cart , and you should pot a bed in it , and let him have plenty ot blankets . I thought his death probable ; but did not apprehend any immediate danger , although I thought him in an unfit state to be removed on Friday , and 1 did not eae him again . I saw no impropriety in his being removed under the cautions I gave them . I never had any order , written or verbal , to attend Parkes .

      Richard Salvin , on being examined , said , on Monday momiDg I went to Mr . Dvrison , with Mr . Gill'a compliments , and he wished him to go down and see John Parkes , and give his opinion as to his fitness t « be removed . I gave the message , and Mr . Davison atxed me if I knew how the man was ? I said , I have neither seen or hevrd of him . Tbe doctor said , he was going to attend a ease , and could not go ; he told me if he was no worse than when be saw him , he might be removed , if they wrapt hi » up warm , snd rive him something warm to drink . When I went

      back , I asked Parkes how he was ? He said , he was better . I then asked him if be was able to go to the poor-house is a light cart , well wrapt up ? He a&-¦ wered be thought he should , and would rather go there th » n be removed any where else ; he thought he ¦ bonld be better done to . He said he had been well dose to at Cnpifs . He looked very ill . I told Mr . Davison we could not get a covered cart , but that we >»«^ » light spring cart ; he said that would do very ¦ well . Parkes had two large blankets , two bed rugs , aad a hot brick to his feet .

      Mr Jerram , guardian , of Stoke , said , on Monday , tbe SJth nit , I saw Mr . Grill , overt- er , at Cnpii ' s house , w&ere Parkes lived , and I advised Gill to get on his home , and go to Mr . Dariacra , the union surgeon , at Carlton , and ask if be was fit to be removed to Bas ford ? Gill said he was going from heme , but would Hod his servant , Salvin . Saw tbe deceased again at ate o ' clock ; they were getting him into a cart , to remrre him to Basford , from which he concluded that JCr . Davison had permitted him to go . Mr Johason , governor of the Basford workhouse , vat then called by the Magistrates , and deposed , that the Board of Guardians had made an order . that no vise , alo , beer , or stimulants should be given withovt the sanction of tbe Board .

      Mr . W . B . Mabtin—Tfeea tbe Magistrates were given to understand , hat nothing extra was allowed without the sanction of the Board t

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      Mr . Johnson tsid he could not give anything not expressed in the diet table (» cop * of which he produced ) without the sanction of the Board . Colonel R 0 LLE 8 T 0 K then read tiie following opinions of the Judges on ewes before them : — " When aa officer is bound by virtue of his office to perform an act , the neglect to perform that act is an indictable offence . Thus , a Coroner , a Constable , a Sheriff , and an Overseer of tbe Poor , are indictable for not performing their several duties . The mr jority of the Judges were of opinion that an Overseer rranot be indicted for not relieving a pauper , unlcta there has been an order of Justices for such relief , or unless in

      a ease of immediate and urgent necessity . But where the indictment stated that the defendant (» n Overseer had under his care a poor womia belonging to hia township , but neglected to provide for her necessary meat , &c , whereby she was reduced to a state ot extreme weakness , and afiarwards , through want , * & , died , the defendant was convicted , and sentenced to a year ' s Imprisonment And in a case where an Overseer was indicted foi neglecting , when required , to supply medical assistance to a pauper labouring under dangerous illness , it was held that the offence was sufficiently charged and proved , though the pauper was sot in the parish warkhoase , nor bad previously to bis ) a £ t illness received or stood in need of pariah relief . "

      The Basford Board of Guardians having heard evipenoa on this , adopted the following resolution : —It is "the opinion of this Board * that Mr . Davison having given an opinion that John Parkes was not in a state to be removed , is highly censurable for having sanctioned his removal on the 25 th of January , without having gone to visit him . " Colonel Rolleston , in conclusion , said , alter what the Magistrates had heard , steps should be teVen to collect evidence , and afterwards to consider what proceedings should be adopted against the parties implicated ; at present that was the course the magistrates felt called upon to take . As to the expenee of the proseeaUon , it might , perhrps , fall upon the officers of the union , or the Poor Law Commissioners would order the payment of them ; be that as it might , he ( Colonel Rolleston ) would take care that it did not fall for want of prosecuting .

      Mr . W . B . Makti * said , as a Magistrate , he entirely concurred with what Colonel Rollaston had said . Mr . >* rxo . > also concurred . Mr . Johnson was again questioned as to the extra diet , and said , he had directions left by Mr . George F&xrands not to allow extra diet . Colonel Rollestoa said , that Mr . Henry Smith , tbe chairman , expressed himself quite shocked at the order being rescinded . The further inquiry was then adjourned .

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      STOCKPORT . WELCOME TO TBE DUNGEON-PROVED PATRIOTS , MITCHELL , DA VIES , AND WRIGHT . On Saturday last , the restoration of Mitchell and Davies , tbe Chartists , to their wives and families , took place , after an incarceration of twelve months in the Whig dunge « ns , at Chester Castle , Wright having been discharged from his confinement there six months ago . This wss felt to be a proud day for the Chartists of Stockport , and prouder fpr the cause in which many of their townsmen had suffered—arbitrarily punished . The committee , therefore , made ftrraogements to signalise the entry of the patriots in a manner commensurate with their deserts , and with a perseverance suitable to tbe indomitable spirit with which they had borne the merciless fangs of their Whig oppressors and calumniators , and who had vainly affected , by persecuting the leaders of the Chartist agitation , to exterminate the fervour of the principles on which that dsathless agitation was based . But

      " Vain the effort—as well seek to bind The surges of ocean , or limit the mind . " No ; the events of this day have proved that the threats of gaols and gibbet * can never put down that which the people of this country are thoroughly convinced is just In spite of these proceedings of the busy factions , tbe people " still groan with the strong conception of their own wrongs , " and , knowing them , will have them righted . Tke placards which were issued for the " demonstration , " by the secretary of the association , announced that , at six •' clock . the patriots would arrive at the Ash

      Inn , HeaUa Norris , whieh just borders the Borough of Stockport , < m the Taiwu >^ jto g ^ ^ where they would be met by a procession of " good men and true * f tittix own order , aad their own town , and in this manner be conducted to the Chartist room , at which place they were expected to address a publis meeting . The patriote , accompanied by Mr Bairstow , of Manchester , arrived at the Inn , via Railway , about the hour expected , and were welcomed by tbe embraces of their affectionate and joyous wives and lisping families , and likewise welcomed by the almost importunate gratalations and greetings of their Chartist friends .

      In a short time , the distant sounds of music were ushered on the breeae ; and the procession which had been assembling and forming on the Waterloo-road , Church-gate , from five o ' clock , was in motion . The policemen were disposed in pairs at different points ; but in spite of this threatened sedative to their enthusiasm , thousands were found to have contributed their hearts and souls to tbe cause . It was nearly seven o ' clock before the procession came up to tbe Ash , It was a tremendous sight for the Stockportonians— a practical lesson to the middleclasses—and an awful warning to oppressors , it being nearly a third of a mile long , and numbering from 4 , 090 to 5 , 000 people , who gave an admirable specimen of what was meant by " peace , law , and order . " On the patriots presenting , themselves in front of the Inn ,

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      they wen received with tremendous ahratiag , hurraing , end other tokertof a hearty reception . The prooeaalen having rccaiv ; 1 Mitchell , Davies . and Wright , they wheeled round , and proceeded into the town in the following order : — TWO Mitr « h % li ) on horseback , tearing white wands , and wearing green and white rosettes , scarfs , fca The Association Banner . Band of Music . The Commit * ¦ ? of tbe Awociation , with tcarfo and rosettes . Six Females , neatly dressed in white , with green scarfs and rosettes , and bearing beautiful tri-celonred garlands . Banner—" Welcome the Patriots . " Open carriage , with postillion , containing Mitchell ,

      Davis , and Wright Several coaches , with their friends . L ? rge Banner— " 1 ? e » rgu « O'Connor . " " Part of the Procession . Banner—Britannia . Part of the Procession . Band of Music . && , &c , It was now neatly dark ; and we regret that , conrequently , we were naable U gather the whole of tbe mottos , or the way in which they were arranged in the procession . There were a great number of them , all of them of the democratic school . They marohed down Lancashire HU 1 ( the bands still playing lively airs ) , through Skaton-lane , up the Wellington Road , south as far as the Post-ofiice , down Rock-row , Chestergate , Little Underbank , and Hillgate , to the room , where they arrived soon after ejght o ' clock . Tae route fixed originally was a much larger one , as it took in . other parts of the borough ; but the lateness of the hour , prompted the conductors to curtail it considerably- .,:

      The Association-room was neatly decorated with tricoloured devices ; and a platform was « ce $ ted at one end for the speakers , females , and others , who had taken an active part in the proceedings . Parties wqep admitted to the meeting on payment ; of tw ^ penAe eaeh towards defraying tbe ex peaces necessarily incurred on the occasion . The patriots were loudly cheered on entering the room . Mr . Joseph Carter having been called to the chair , congratulated his brother Democrats of Stockport , for the noble manner in which they bad got up the demonstration ; and called upon Mr . Edward Clarke , Secretary , to read tbe congratulatory address to Messrs Mitchell , Davies , and Wright , from the people of Stockport Mr . Clarke accordingly came forward , and having said a few words in favour of tbe Charter , read the address alluded to . A copy has been sent to us , bnt onr limits compel us to omit it

      Tbe Chaibman next introduced Mr . James Mitchell , one of the dungeon-proved patriots , who was received with much cheering . Addressing the meeting as friends and fellow-townsmen , he said he was sure they would not—they could not—expect that after so long a confinement , after a seclusion from tbe w » rid , from society , and from his friends , of eighteen months , within the walls of a prison , —he said he was . sure , it could not be expected that he could address them in that language which the nature of bis case at present required . But he was equally sure that were it in his power to address with the words and in the language of a Demosthenes or a Cicero , it would be impossible for him to express to them the gratification be had felt at the reception he bad met with that night from those in whose cause , and in whose behalf , it had been his lot to suffer . ( Hear . ) The eighteen months' confinement which he and his friend Davies had suffered

      in Chester Castle had , doubtless , caused much conversation amongst their ) feUow-town's-people ; and he doubted not that many , very many , who formerly respected both their persons and principles , bad blamed them for the part he and his friend Da vies had taken on this subject As it regarded himself , be would only say , that which he bad said before be became aa lamate ef Chester Castle , what he had said when be was an inmate , and would continue to say , whether as a servant or a serf , within the grasp of the wicked rulers of this once happy but now miserable and oppressed country—that the people suffered under unjust laws aud bad Government ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) His liberty had suddenly come upon him ; he could not be aware of the expiration of tbe term of hi * imprisonment in consequence of the enormous

      amount of bail required . ( Hear . ) Whilst in confinement he made up his mind to form as few acquaintance as possi ble , to have few friends , and to hold as little correspondence with those in Stockport as possible . Some people might consider that determination to be an unwise one . He knew miny had asked the question , " why does not Mitchell write oftener , and come out as boldly and as fearlessly , and with as little care as other prisoners had done in different part of the country ? " Nevertheless , he had made up his mind , not only to do this , but to ask no favour , nor to make more frienda than were absolutely requisite to ascertain the state of his domestic affairs at home . Acting ; under this determination , be begged leave to say , that during the eighteen months he had not asked a single favour from any party , nor sought a ingle boon from any

      person—not soliciting one farthing from any individual—( hear ,- )—but had borne that which he was compelled to bear with that free and deliberate fortitude and manliness , which he hoped the cause , for which be had bad the honour to suffer , required . ( Applause . ) He had another subject to mention ; and if he adverted to it , he believed the Committee would not now contradict him , neither would they blame him . He begged leave to say that , until be understood the real nature of the affair , touching his libaration and the bail , and the circumstances under which he had been received , he would not say one single word disrespectful of them . As far a « he was concerned , he bad not promised a single hair's-breadth t « any party who had been applied

      to for the purpose of obtaining his liberty . ( Hear and tremendous applause . ) As he had said before , when he was in the Castle , he made up his mind to take what came , sot seeking any favours ; if anything w ? i sent towards his snpport , he thankfully " received it , and ss thankfully acknowledged it to the person or persons who had sent it He also wished it to be understood that he had left the " house of bondage , " the dungeon , as clear , and with as clean hands , as when he had the honour to enter it in 1839 . ( Hear and laughter . ) He felt it necessary to say , considering the length of imprisonment to which he had been subjected , that he did not feel capable of addressing to them any flowery speech : and therefore hoped they would d reuse all errors . Mr . Mitchell next went on

      to describe the particulars of his arrest—the illegal manner in which his house was searcne i and robbedthe brutal conduct of the parties concerned—the indecent behaviour towards bis wife and family—and the false and malignant statements made at tae time . He still entertained the same political sentiments which he imbibed before his incarceration . ( Applause . ) But be hoped to have frequent opportunities of addressing them on thii and other points , when he was better qualified . Universal Suffrage and equality of rights were his claims ; and for those principles he was ready and willing to sacrifice his life . ( Loud cheers . ) The system adopted in Chester Castle was indeed a cruel one . There were several persons who were confined not for felony , but for mere breaches of the peacemisdemeanants—who are punished in the grossest

      manner ; because the discipline of the gaol is not adhered to , and he ( Mitchell ) told the gaolers that when he got his liberty he would expos * the system , as being unjust , and cruel , and contrary to their own printed rules and regulations which were hung up . Many a man who had been into the castle had been . reduced to nearly a skeleton , not by hard , labour , but by absolute starvation . ( Hear . ) We had beef twice a week—and such beef . ' He had brought home a specimen of that given to thess misdemeanants especially—it was not fit for human consumption ; it was only fit for dogs or other dumb animals . Where were the reformers of Stockport—here was a case for them ; and he hoped the reporters would let this subject go forth to the world . He would not let it rest ; and -would con $ » nd for tfiforra wherever it was required . ( Hear . ) ¦

      Mr . Chas . Daviks , on being introduced by the Chairman , was received with clapping of . hands , and ahouting . He said he took that opportunity of premising to his friends that it would ba inconsistent ip them to expect anything from him , after the lengthy and animated address of bis friend Mitchell , who , although he appealed to his friend Davies to enlarge upon one subject in his speech , had absolutely left him nethlng to s » y . ( Hear , and laughter . ) However , he returned them his best thanks for the respect they had that day shown hfm aud his friend Mitchell ; yet he never would flatter himself—he could not be deluded into the belief that that manifestation was intended directly or indirectly either to himself or his colleague . It was not a respect—it was more—it was a duty they had discharged in the noble cause for whieh they were then fighting .

      ( Hear . ) They had once more told their oppressors , thr . j the Chartists still possessed their own feelings , whatever became of Mitchell and Davies—they had given most unequivocal preof that men are still men , and that women are still women , with e&ergy to think and sense to feel their own wrongs . ( Hear , hear . ) Since he had been taken from home he had learnt that the Reformers of this borough had made some very great reforms . It was said that Mitchell , Davies , and others , were the only obstacles , and having got them comfortably out of the way , these Reformers proceeded to improve the condition ef the people . ( Hear . ) He returned them his sincere thanks ; and he was rigkt happy to believe that the people were now receiving good wages—that they were all well employed —comfortably housed—had plenty of good beef—and

      were in perfect health , ( No , no . ) What ? why he found that none of these reforms had taken place . ( Laughter . ) Why , they said they could not get on with these reforms , because those ignorant fellows , Mitchell , Davies , fcc , stood in the way . Well , well ; they removed these fellows , and , instead of peace and plenty , there were still poverty , misery , and wretch « dne « 3 amongst them , together with persecution and d—n—n bypocricy . ( Hear . ) What had they done for the people !—reduced their cemforU ! He intended , however , to see what they could do for him ; and if they had got work for him , he would go on Monday , with that man who sat on the bench listening to bis examination , and be pledged himself to labour as hard as him—he meant the Rector . ( Hear , and laughter . ) He wanted no more . The people bad the right to a fair remuneration fox their labour ; and if they would

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      do their duty m men , to their wive * and families , they h « d the power to accomplish it , if they could only find the will He was , however , sorry to tee th *« they had men , even of tbslr own sphere , who were willing to take the whip from the odious and vindictive oppressor ' s hand , and scourge and punish all about them , so that they escaped ( hear ); and with this state of things , it was plain that the £ 1 man will be reduced to the Ita . man . He had heard that the people of Stookpert had been grossly humbugged bj come fellow * calling themselves Anti-C « m Law lecturers . However they may talk about the beautiful system of taking away our goods to other parts of the globe , and baying in return Teasels * laden with exotics , and your having bread cheap ; the thing is a whole money-getting , wages-lowering , starving system , in which nobody but the millownera will ba benentted , whilst the slaves will become more enslaved by them . ¦ ¦¦¦ .... . . ¦¦ „ ....

      The truth was , that the repeal of the Com Laws would never be of any servic 3 to the labouring classes , until the revenue of the country was reduced . ( Hear , and applause . ) Only think of the idea of these millownera sending goods to distant climes , when there are millions who have not the wherewith to cover their own nakedness . ( Hear . ) This fact is a damnable argument against the position of the leaguers . Let m make our own people comfortable , and then export what you like to Johnny Crapair . ( Hear , ) He exhorted them to inquire diligently into their ewn condition—look what they received , and what they paid towards the enormous taxes—to manifest the feelings of men and women , ai fathers , as mothers , as brothers , or as sisters ; and they would not be long in placing themselves in advantageous array against the tyrant , and then would they deprive him at once of his sting to wound or injure the toiling millions . ( Cheers , and hear , hear . )

      Mr . John Wright , the third victim , addressed the meeting briefly . He said that the Chartists had been grossly deceived by persons stating their object to be destruction and equalisation of property . All that they ever contended for on this point was an equalisation of political rights ; and , by the help of God , the people would yet achieve it . Ha wduld still contend for those privileges r and were h « in York , or Chester , or Northallertoa Gaol , if he could only get his head out , he would cry " Hurrah for the Charter 1 " ( Cheers . ) He feared the horrid bastiles which the faction were « reatlng in different parts of the country , and the poor oppressed people had great reason to complain of their Oppressors . He loved liberty ; « ud would to tbe last day of his life tue his utmost to destroy tyranny , whence or in whatever shape it might come . ( Hear , and loud cheers . )

      Mr . Bairstow followed on the principles of the Charter . He dwelt on the right of the people to a voice in the making of those laws by which they were expected to be governed ; and concluded a short address by complimenting the Chartists of Stockport for the pre-eminently peaceable way in which they had welcomed tbe release of the advocates of their rights . It was tben moved by Mr . 8 . Lee , seconded by Mr . Edward Clarke" That a vote of thanks be presented to Mr . Bairstow , for the able manner in which he had now and had at all times advocated the rights of freedom . " Carried by acclamation .

      A vote of thanks haying been passed U the Cba rman , the meeting then separated about half-past k n o ' clock .

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      DURHAM . —Mr . BiNNSwill lecture aa follows : —West Auckland , this evening ( Saturday , Feb . 27 , ); Evenwood , Sunday morning , 28 th ; Siaindrop , in the afternoon ; South Church , Tuesday evening , March 1 st ; Chapel Row , Wednesday evening , March 2 nd ; Durham , Thursday evening , March 3 rd . Mr . Oee « an will lecture at the following places : — Downs , this evening , Feb . 27 th : Easin « ton-lane , Sunday Morning , Feb . 28 tb ; Durham , Monday evening , March 1 st ; ' South Shields , Tuesday evening , March 2 nd ; Gateshead , Wednesday evening , March 3 rd ; Winlaton , Thursday evening , March 4 th ; Blaydon , Friday evening , March 5 th . Mr . Williams will lecture at Sunderland , on Sunday evening , Feb . 28 th .

      NORTHAMPTON . — -The Northampton Chartists intend Molding a meeting at Mr . Jones ' s , Horse Market , on Tuesday night , March 2 nd , for the purpose of establishing a Chartist Temperance Society . OTJSEBURN .-Mr . Mason will deliver his second lecture at the School Room , to-morrow ( Sunday ) morning , to commence at half-past ten precisely . SOUTH liAKCASHUUB . — Forthcoming Chaktist Meetings . —Mr . Leech will lecture at the following places daringthenext week : —Sunday , the 28 th , at Newton Heath ; Menday , at Shaw ; Tuesday , at Den ton ; Wednesday , at Chorlton ; Thursday , at Openshaw ; Friday , at Heywood .

      BRADFORD . —The Chartists here are to have a tea party and ball at the Social Institution , Hall Ings , on Monday the 15 th , on honour of William Martin and Paul Holdsworth , in which occasion a public meeting will also be held , to memorialise the Queen and to petition Parliament , on behalf of Feargus O'Connor , Robert Peddie , Wm . Brook , and Samuel Holberry . Tickets for the tea may be had of Mr . Ellis , Temperance House , Goodmau ' send , and of various other parties .

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      LEEDS . —Paying fob a Whistle . —On Monday last , Mr . Thomas Collister , landlord of the Old Queen Ann publio-house , at Holbeck , was brought up at the Court House , to answer U a charge of assault preferred against him by a man named Wm . Broadbent . From the statement of the complainant , it appeared that he bad been drinking at the Queen Ann , on Saturday night week , at which place be stayed till near two o ' clock on Sunday morning , when he went horn , his cottage not being far o& . The defendent followed him home , and when they got there , he gave him sixpence to fetch a quart of ale with . Broadbent demurred , on account of the hour , but Collister said he must go to his house , where he would get it . Upon this he set off and had not proceeded far before he heard a scream , when he turned back , and found his door locked . He knocked , but could not get in , upon which be tore down the window shutters , when he saw Collister upon the

      bed with his wife . They had only one room , ant ! she had gone to bed previous to his coming home . His wife , as soon as she could , got out of bed , and opened the door ; and the complainant , on going into the house , was knocked down , and Collister made his escape , leaving his cap on the floor , and which was produced in evidence against him . Broadbent ' s wife and his brother , corroborated this statement . Mr . Collister , in his defence , accused the plaintiff of having robbed him , and said he had gone to Broad * bent's house , at his own request , to make the matter up , when the latter , as if by previous concert , gave a whistle , which he expected was to summon a party to his assistance , arid ht received a black eye . He called two witnesses , but they proved nothing , and the magistrates , after telling him it was a most disgraceful transactiou , fined him £ 5 for each assault , and he had the satisfaction of paying £ 10 for his frolic .

      A Mill . —On Monday , two young men named John Allerton and Thomas Waggitt , the former a tailor and the latter an engine man , were charged before the magistrates at the Court House , with a breach of the peace , having been found fighting a pitched battle on Sunday morning , in a field behind the Catholic Chapel , on York-road . A policeman stated that he was on duty , when he saw the two prisoners in the field , stripped into buff , surrounded by their friends . He took them into custody . The prisoners did not deny the charge , but were each anxious to lay the blame on the other . It appeared that they had had a little difference , on Saturday night , which not being then able to settle satisfactorily , they had made a deposit to meet for a fair stand-up fight , at ten o ' clock on Sunday morning . They were ordered to find sureties to keep the p eace for six ' months .

      Stealing Sheep Nets . —On Saturday last , two Irishmen , named Matthew Murphy and Luke M'Grath , were committed for trial at the next Pontefract Sessions , by the West-Riding magistrates , at Leeds , on a charge of having stolen a quantity of sbeep netting , the property of Mr . Jeremiah Johnson , of Alwoodley . They had sold the property at a rag and bone shop , and were apprehended from the description given of them by the shopkeeper . Stealing Sugar . —On Saturday night , a watchman apprehended a young man , named Thomas Wormald , in the act of stealing sugar from a warehouse in Commercial Conrt , Briggate , in the occupation of Messrs . Wilson and Co ., grocers . He had taken a wooden square out of the warehouse window , and was reaching the Sugar out with his hand . The quantity missing was about eleven pounds . He was committed for trial .

      Effects of DisTRESS .--On Monday last , a wretched-looking woman , with a miserably-clad infant at her breast , was placed before the sitting magistrates , at the Court House , on a charge of illegally pawning . James Martin , a young Irishman , stated that he had lodged -with the prisoner for two years , in a house m Goolden ' s Building , York-street . He paid her for bis lodgings on Saturday night , and , on Sunday , when ha wanted to dress himself , he missed his beat coat , which he ascertained she had pledged , and he gave her into custody . The poor woman aid not deny the charge , but produced the ticket , and said she had been

      driven to it by distress , and would have released the coat on Saturday night , but she did not get her husband's wages in time ; she said that Martin knew she had been in the habit of pledging his coat weekly , and this was the first time he had ever been disappointed of it . In answer to a question from the magistrates , Martin said he had no desire to press the charge , and the prisoner was therefore dismissed . It ia not true that either of the magis trates relieved the half-sttrred woman on setting her at liberty .

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      A Filthy B » OTB . —On Taesday last , Wm . Midg-Iey , » plumber , residing in Church-street , Quairy Hill , was ohargsd before the sitiing magistrate- ) at the Com t House , with having , on the previous evening , in Wood-street , indecently exposed h \ a person with intent to insnlt two females . The offence being proved . howas sent to live on skilly , and rusticate oa the treadmill for three months . CAonow to Bbkkhocsb KsEPBaa . —On Tnesday last , Mr . Samuel Stott , of the Dolphin beerhouse , in Purday-Btreet , York-road , Leeds , was fined l » s . and costs , for having , on the previous dav suffered four men to play at cards in his house . Tae information was laid by the ** Bine Bottles . " _______ i c . n . n .. _ n . Tou ^ u lut Wm . Midi .

      FiBK . — On Mosday morning , at about halfpast two o ' clock , a fire Droke out in the flax-spinning mill of Mr . Luoton , situate in BowmanVyara , Bowman-lane , it appears that some repairs were required to be done to the machinery of the steamengine , and for this purpose two wheelwrights went to work at one o ' clock in the morning , in order that the hands might not be delayed ; they were provided with lamps in glass lanterns , and whether either of them took his lamp out or not is not known , nor were they , according to their own account , aware of anv fire until they saw it blazing around them .

      These man were at work i * hcskling-rooni , where was deposited a very large quantity of flax , which burnt with fearful rapidity . An alarm was giver , and four fire-engines were speedily on the spot , which , aided by a plentiful supply of water , kept the names under , and confined them to the building in which they originated . The flooring and roof of the mill are almost totally destroyed , and , in addition to the heckling machines , which are consumed , the carding and other machines are greatly injured by the water . The damage , however , is amply covered by insurance . . ¦

      HALIFAX . - On ' Shrove Tuesday , the Ancient Noble Order of Odd Fellows , Bolton Unity , opened a new lodge , at the house of Mrs . Pulman , New Inn , Booth Town , near Halifax , entitled the Mulberry Tree . BRADFORD . —The New Poob Law . —The inhabitants of Bradford and its neighbourhood , opposed to the New Poor Law are getting up petitions to both Houses of Parliament , praying them not ' : > piLS the Bill brought into the House by Lord Ilorpoth . The rate-payers of Bradford having found that since the introduction of that obnoxious law into this town , the poor rate has increased at least fifty per cent , without any corresponding benefit to the poor , which is the

      cause of just and general discontent , retition sheets are lying in different parts of the town to whieh » large number of signatures have already been attached . HOBTOM . —At a meeting held in the schoolroom of the Episcopal Chapel , Great Horton , on Wednesday evening last , the Rev . J . C . Boddington , incumbent , in the chair , resolutions were unanimously adopted , strongly deprecating the continuance of the arbitrary powers ot the Poor Law Commissioners , and the New Poor Law , and denouncing the Bill of Lord John Russell for hanging this mountain of iniquity round the people ' s neck for another ten yeara , in «• good set terms . "

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      John Mason has sent us a long letter addressed to Feargus O'Connor , disputing the veracity of a coirespondent referred to in Mr . O'Connor ' s lettor of last week ; but confirming all the facts of the statement which he impugns . Mr . Mason professes much esteem ( or . the Star aud its proprleto-. speaks largely ef their " servicesto the cause ;' but is yet indignant with the Star for takins mea . to preserve its own existence , and its proprietor from ruin . He is ¦ ' inclined to think that

      shielding the fault * of men ia more likely to injure them , than correcting them at the proper time ; " and is angry with the Star for acting on his own nnft-gimn He avows himself to have been the person referred to by Mr . O'Connor's Newcsstle correspondent , as having called on the Newcastle Council for a veto ot censure en the Star , to which call that body did not choose to respond . We have no room for Mr . Mason's letter ; and we really think we do him a kindness in withholding it .

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      FSOM OUB . LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , February 25 / A , Half-past Si * . The Citt " News . —The Money Market thia week has been very much straitened , and considerable temporary pressure is experienced . Bankers and capitalists are so reluctant to " co a bit of stiff , " that 'he presenters of "flimsy" are for ' lemost part entirely dependent on the " old lady" herself , even for the ordinary accommodations . Great hopes are entertained that this scarcity of money has arisen from the increased demand for capital , for employment in business undertakings , as in that case it is a favourable symptom . While the rate of discount is

      upwards of five per cent ., the value of money on change has not exceeded three and a half or four per cent , for loans upon stock or Exchequer Bills , thus affording a curious contrast between the two markets . There is very little stock at present in the hands of jobbers , so that speculators can produce but a momentary effeot upon quotations . The following are the closing prices of to day : —Thrreper Cent . Reduced , 83 | ; Three wer Cent . Consols , 8 l |; New Three-and-a-half per Cent , 97 ; Reduced Three-and-a-half per Cent , 9 CJ ; Bank Stock , 166 . ' .-Consols for Account , 88 A ; Exchequer Bills 4 ; Ind 5 r Bonds , 10 . Consols at one time had receded f per cent . ; but are again advancing to last week ' s position .

      Finsburt Working Men ' s Association . —This Society held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday , Mr . Norman in the chair ; and , among other business of minor importance , unanimously adopted the following resolution : — " That this meeting views , with feelings of indignation , the vindictive persecution of Mr . Henry Hetherington , by the renegade Whigs ; and tender him their sincere thanks for his manly defence of free inquiry , as well as for hia general exertions in the cause of liberty . " Court Gossip . —The Princess Royal" has been " Bitting" for her miniature ! ( Query , sitting ?) The Queen takes the greatest interest in the picture ; and Mr . Ross ( the artist ) is under no apprehension that he will be unsuccessful , knowing that in a . month or two the original will have altered so much , that its own mother will not be able to dis

      pute the accuracy of his version . — - Mrs . Southey , widow of Captain Southey , and sister-inlaw of the renegade laureate , is about to be appointed superintendent of the royal nursery . Windsor Castle is about to be repainted outside , and redecorated within . The expenee ia expected rather to exceed twopence halfpenny I ——— Shortly before the christening , the Duke of Sussex wrote to the Queen , his niece , to apprise her that there was a font among the crown plate , which had been used for the christening of all the family of George the Third , and which , no doubt , she would prefer for the baptism of the Princess Royal ; to which the Qneen replied , that she had ordered a new font to her own taste for that occasion , preferring to have one exclusively for her own ( the Cobourg ) family .

      Poor Law Realities . —Mr . D . W . Harvey , the City Police Commissioner , appeared before the Lord Mayor , yesterday , accompanied by some of hia officers , to Jay complaints against the authorities of the West London Union , for refusing to shelter several unfortunate and destitute persons , who bad been found , a night or two ago , exposed to the inclement weather which has lately prevailed . The authorities at the " Union" told the officers to take the poor sufferers to the " straw-yard , " a place unknown to the law , and one to which Mr . Harvoy has resolved no policeman shall ever

      conduct tae houseless poor under his management ; Theoflioers of this union actually muffled the bell , to prevent the poor creatures who sought rel'et from annoying them , during the late severe weather * the cace was far different in the East London Union , the relieving officer of which ( Roberts ) is justly entitled to great credit for the humane and indefatigable manner in which he has administered to the necessities of all who have come under his cognizance . It is a remarkable fact , that only one cace of disputed relief has ever occurred in the East London Union—the mott populous in the kingdom .

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      Thb Poor Law Commission Continpakce Bill . —Scarcely an independent provincial journal of the past week an be found that has not one , two , or more reports of meetings against the above Bill . With the denunciation of its unconstitutional , arbitrary , and cruel character , there is almost invariably coupled a fervent hope that the unprincipled Ministry by whom it was thrust upon the country may speedily be kicked out of the station which they so unworthily occupy . " Thb brsult of the debate on Lord Morpeth ' s Bill was , we understand , looked anxiously for at Paris , as it involves , according to the French politicians , not only the dissolution of our House of Commons but the resignation of the Melbourne Cabinet . The French Government , we are told , ordered a courier to be sent off with the division , and bis despatches to be telegraphed from Calais .

      Opposition '" 'ip ' . ' thb New Poor Law Amendment Bill . —The unpopularity of thia measura becomes every day more apparent . Within the last few days several influential meetings have been held in the metropolis to petition Parliament against the Bill . In the parishes of St . George-the-Martyr Southwark , and St . Mary , Lambeth , the meetings were very numerously attended , and the sentiments of the opponents of the bill expressed with equal energy and truth .

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET , ( BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , February 26 . —The reported arri « i , Grain is large . Wheat goes off steadily » t . TJ ? vanceof Is . per quarter . Barley does ntf { £ > , !?* in value , bnt there is a free salei at last we * k » , £ ' Oats are | d . per stone , and Shelling U , Jfflr ; higher . Beans steady . J ^ iowJ Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday ^ Fbb . 23 ^ tiarrivals of grain to this day ' s market are W * Wheat of all descriptions has been in fair denii ? and Is . per qr . higher . There has also betaa ^? demand for Barley at last week ' s prices . Oat » V * been id . to id . per atone , and Shelling Is . £ 1 **? higher . Beans little alteration . svu *

      THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THB to * . ENDING February 23 , 1841 . ^* Wheat . Barley . Oats , Rye . Bean $ , p ^ Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . £ 3523 2156 1043 0 197 ^ £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . < Lj » . i 3 4 11 1 13 8 J 1 5 If . . . 0 . 0 0 2 2 U ]* f j Leeds Fortnight Faib , F « b . 24- —There wi *» heavy show of sheep , and only a moderate »» . 2 beasts at market this morning . There wu » £ or 3 attendance of buyers , and a brisk demand , jg 7 ^ sequence of which all was well sold up jw 7 s . to 7 s . 6 d . per stone ; Mutton , 7 d . to 7 J 1 W lb . Number of Beasts , 240 ; Sheep , 3 , 60 » . w HoDDBRSFiBLD Mabket , Fbb . 23 . —Oar BUtkd has again preented a lively and animated appeu ! anoe to-day , and a considerable quantity of nWj . has changed hands . The demand was prisanlh for the middling and lower qualities of both PWnS Fancy Woollens , and the whole of choice am ] m , patterns were speedily bonght up . Stocki reteS

      comparatively row , tne operatives are tally eaploted and the grand desideratum of an impro TenMtiB prices begins to be partially realized . Thevtre houses , whose trade is not dependent oa aurket days , are also more actively engaged , espeeallv in the foreign department ; vast quantities of Mods have lately been sent off , and the packers m now actively employed . The Wool market wtBuiTer . fcge one , and prices remain firm . Bradford Markets , ^ Thursday . —Wool Markeit We do not perceive any alteration this week , either in demand or prices . There is an active bosinesi in the lower sorts of Wether Combing Wool witi an adequate supply . Yarn Market . —Then isnt alteration perceptible in the demand for Yarns , Prices stationary . Piece Market . —Althoogk thi attendance of merchants has been numerous , jet wt do not learn that their purchases are more extensive than for several weeks past . Prices without

      alteration . Hull Corn Market , Feb . 52 . —During the pad week there has been a good deal of inquiry fir old foreign Wheat , but tbe holders demanding hijiiH prices , the transactions were not extensile ; h advance , however , of Is . per quarter over the r » ta of Tuesday last was obtained . In other articles o the trade there has been bnt little doing , without any alteration in value . At this day's market then was a short supply of Wheat from tlje firaen , who were asking considerably higher prices ., Th » holders of free Foreign Wheat were also detutadj&f much higher rates , and although there wen ttrenu buyers from the country , yet , in conseqneneeof ti » advanced prices , but little business was dose , and the trade cannot be noted more than Is , to 2 i pa quarter dearer than this day se ' unight . Bulej maintains its price . Peas Is . per qnarter higher , In Beans no alteration . Oats firm , at k pet quarter advance . In Linseed and RapeweJ m variation .

      Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Fnift —With the opening of the inland navigation ^ applies from the interior have been liberal ; bat is tit bakers and dealers had become bare of stoek , titea was a lively demand for English Flour dura * A * week , and all the fresh arrivals have beenponhutl by consumers at very full prices , consegneniij bs 4 little of choice quality remains in first nuds . For Oatmeal we have also had a better inquiry * t improving rates , and a moderate amount of bonnes aone in the article . There was a steady inquiry for Wheat at our market this morning , and &n advance of Id . per 701 bs . was paid . Floor ins likewise in fair request , and an improvement of It per sack realised . Oats were also more readily ioU , ud Oatmeal may bo noted Cd . per load dearer , h other articles the transactions were not of aa extensive nature , and prices unvaried .

      Liverpool Coem Market , Monday , Fbb . 22 .-During the last seven days we have had a tuxsappil of Wheat , Barley , and Malt coastwise , andnmri of . 11 , 000 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland . The arrivals of other descriptions of free Graia , uwilu those of Flour , have been moderate . The mek '« imports from abroad comprise 700 quarters of Bum and 12 , 900 barrels of Flour , the latter fromtha United States . Without anything like an extend " vend for Wheat , but under a fair steady demand foi consumption , holders have been very firm , and have been enabled to establish an advance , gererallju 2 d . per 701 bs . on our last quotations . Free Flonrhu met a moderate sale at previons rates . Oatshan

      continued in small supply ; the demand , however , has not stepped beyond the-wants ' of neoessUpos buyers , and no material alteration has oceamdu their value t 33 . 2 d . to 3 s . 2 £ d . per 4511 ) 3 . has been paid for a few fine mealing . Oatmeal has latterly » U rather more freely , at 27 s . to 27 s . 6 d . per WOlbs . Most of the roundland Malting Barley hat been cleared off at 37 s . to 39 s . per quarter ; puidinj qualties , Irish and Foreign , have met little incpuTi and are rather cheaper . No charge as »««<" Beans or Peas . Up to Friday , about 8 , 000 barrels of United States Flonr changed hands , in bond , at 24 s . 6 d ., and on Saturday , 2 , 000 barrels were sold at 25 i '

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Feb . 22 . —Thjs day we had a tolerable good supply of Beef and Matton , which met with a good demand at our last quo * tious , except prime Sheep , which were folly id- . F * lb . dearer . Prime Beef , « id . to 7 d ., inferior «« o . 5 ^ d . to 6 d . ; prime wethers , 81 , middling . inferior Sheep , 7 d . to 7 ^ d . Beasts , 1 , 202 ; Sheep , 4 , 135 . London Corn Exchange , Monday , Feb . ^^ There was a moderate quantity of Wheat from K » e *« Kent , and Suffolk , for thiB day ' s market , with *; « f supply of Barley , Beans , and Peas , fronv » e « counties , and fair fresh arrivals of Irish 0 »«» m few in from Scotland or from distant counties of onr ™ ^ - »«* * vk nw ^ 4 ^ v »« w ^ # ^^ 4 « m ^ r HI viv . w— — — — — t

      ^* w own coast . There have been no imports ofwreis * grain during the past week , but 3 , 205 barrels a flour have arrived from New York . The wa tner has been mild and open , wilh slight rain since Monday se nnight , which has enabled the fan * ™ 7 commence field work in good earnest , throug hout »" the early districts . Our millers were eager Mjew of English Wheat this morning , aiidau adYsn « « 2 a per qr waa obtained on all tine qualities , w& * similar improvement in the value of the be « » y scriptions of foreign , particularly choice U »»» white Wheat . The top price of town-made * " >* may be considered as firmly established at W-V * sack , being an advance of 33 per sack thereon , an good marks ex ship havo improved agam fttU . " generally , and in some instances for a really J > r ™» murk 9 a nor aan \ r nrifVi Itmif / wl afn / iVfl DOih-IB "

      hands of the bakers , and on the whsrfs . J ** " ™! Barley met a good sale , at full as much mon « 7 « " , all other sorts were quite as dear . Malt raai ^ last week ' s currency , with only a moderate oenunj for even the best chevalier . Beans were in K 6 *^ request , at last week ' s prices . Peas commw » nearly the rates of this day se ' nnight , with » «»" sale . Tares were inquired for , and quite * . " . '»! : There was only a moderate business tr * 5 i Oats , mostly confined to the consumers , who p , quite as much money for all prime Corti " inferior sorts were not offered on lower w ™*" There was nothing of moment passing inj " *" Linseed or Rapeseed ; both articles must K sidered quite as dear . Fair deliveries « f J *»}^ r Cloverseed have taken place since last ¦ wJEj ' mostly of secondary and inferior qualities ^ i »" . are ranch the same in price as on this day » WF * whilst really choice samples oommand high P "" and quick sales . --

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      WAKEEIELD ADJOURNED SESsiotoT NOTI CE IS HEREBY GIVEN , tbxVj . Christmas General Quarter Se&aiongrf-9 Peace , for the West-Riding of the Countrrfv H will be held by AdjoornmePt in the ( ffi $ Room , » t the House of Correction , at WakesSj ** Wednesday , the Tenth Day of March nexTai B' *» o'Clock in the Forenoon , for the Pnrpo ? e if inW ing the Riding Prison , ( the said House of iv *** tion , ) and for examining the Accounts Of theirS * of the said House- ; « f Correction , makinc o " into the Conduct of the Officers and SerVinE i ? longing the same ; and also into the Beha » £ LT the Prisoner 8 , and their Earnings . ""^ ff C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of thftP Clerk of the Peace ' s Oflice , Wakefield , re > 25 th February , 1841 . WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED * snoot aJ" ^ I

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      O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , **¦*» Middlesex / by JOSHUA HOBSON , » th 1 ^^ . In * Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Marketrrtreet , »* gate ; and Published by the said Joshua ho *^ 7 ( forthe said Feargds O'Connor , ) •' * L ling-house , No , 5 , Market-street , Brigg »»" internal Communication exiting between W * No . fi , Market-street , and the said *<* * ^ ¦ 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus « nstftutfi »_ whele of the said Printing and PuWi * hWf •» " " one Premise * _» u ) W All Communications must be addressed , ( Port-P" * J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Lee < J * ( Saturday , Febraary , S 7 , 18 «

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      County Hall , Wednesday , Feb . 17 . ( Before Col . Rolleston and Thomas Nixon , Esq . J Mr . Gill and Mr . DAVisoJf , in pnrmance ot the steps previotulj taken , appeared at tbe County Hall , on Wednesday , when evidence fraa taken , and they were informed that boil might be tendered for their appearance at the next assizes , to ans-srer a bill of indictment for a misdemeanour . Wm . Aahton , clerk ot the Basford Union , proved the appointment of Mr . Davison , as surgeon to tbe Union , at £ 30 a-year . Mr . Johnson deposed to the fact of Parkea being brought to the 'worfchotue , on the 25 th of Jan ., with an order from Wm . Gill , overseer of Stoke , and the sad state in which Pukes appeared . Cross-examined by Mr . Coupe , on behalf of Mr . GiLL—Bid n « t see deceased from six o ' clock on the Monday evenine till twelve the next day .

      Wm . Maltby , a pauper , in the Basford Union Workhouse , described the dreadful state of the deceased , hia bad lez , having so rest during the night , and that he considered him in a dying state . Wm . M « ley , surgeon to the Basford Union Workhouse , saw John Parkes at five in the afternoon , and raid it was cruel , dangerous , and improper to send him from Stoke , in such severe weather . He described the orders be gave , and should have ordered spiced wine and other stimulants , but could not on account of the role of the Board of Guardians . Cross-eximined by Mr . Coupe . —Did not order any wine , or stimulants ; they wonld have added to his comfort , but could not have caved Parkes' life . Wm . Maltby ( recalled by Mr . Daviaon , ) said , deceased , in answer to his question , replied that be was starved , he was perished .

      CoL Rollkston informed Mr . Davisos that he could bring forward any evidence be might have , upon the trial , to contradict tbe witnesses for the prosecution , Wm . Robinson , apprentice to Mr . M « rley , surgeon , ordered a reviving mixture , calculated to afford comfort to the deceased . Samuel Pukes deposed to the deceased being at Stoke on the 22 nd of January , bis bad state , and to sending his nephew to Mr . Davison for a blister and medicine , and to communicating to Mr . Gill bis brother ' s unfit state to be removed , « ind that the Overseer of Woodborough refused to receive him . Witness lifted him into the cart , and deceased sal * he was warm ; he appeared dangerously ill , and not in a fit state to be removed . Thos . Cleaver , nephew to the deceased , told Mr . Jerram that he ( deceased ) was unfit to be removed .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Cooke—Saw deceased drink something , and believed it was hot brandy and water . John Mam-man also deposed to the dangerous state in which Parkes appeared on Sunday , Jan . 24 . James Parkes went for a blister on Sunday , and Mr . Davison said he could not sand one without an order from the Overseer ; be added , they must send a medical man from Woodborough to visit Patkes . Robert Jerram , a Guardian , advised fiill to go to Mr . Davison , to see whether Parkes waa fit to be removed . A hot brick was put to tbe deceased's feet , and believed he had something warm to drink prior to starting . Richard Salvin , servant to Mr . Gill , went to Mr . Davison , and tbe latter said he could not come , as he bad a labour to attend . Mr . Davison said he must have something warm , and be well wrapped up . Cross-examined—The deceased said on the road , that be was warm and comfortable .

      Thos- Nixon , Esq . deposed to the evidence given on Thursday , the Uthinst ., by Mr . Divisou , at the meeting of the Board of Guardians . Colonel Rolleston said it was the magistrates ' opinion that there was sufficient evidence to require Mr . Gill and Mr . Davison to find bail to appear at the next Assizes , and answer tbe bill of indictment that would be preferred tor a misdemeanor . The evidence went to shew that Parkes died for want of attention . It was the opinion of tbe Commissioners of the Poor Law , and in accordance with that law itself , that it ia the duty of an overseer to immediately relieve a person in want , and then to report to the Bosird ; &&d m case a mpcttca" man is wanted , instant attention must be paid , and tben tbe case reported . Mr . Coupe submitted that other parties , made witnesses of , ought to have been proceeded against as much as his client

      Mr . Davison said he did not consider Parkes his patient Samuel Parkes , brother of tbe deceased , entered into recognizances of £ 100 to prosecute at the next Assizes , and all the other witnesses were also bound to appear and give evidence . Bail was put in , and the two defendants left the HalL—Nottingham Retsievt .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct368/page/8/