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      in the Borough of Leeds , contributing to the Highway Rate , authorised to be raised and collected under the Powers and Provisions of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Sixth Year of tha Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth , entituled "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called England , " will be held in the Vestry of tha Parish Church , at Leeds aforesaid , on Saturday , the Twenty Fifth Day of March Instant , at Twelve o'clock at Noon , to nominate and elect for the Year ensuing , a Board of Surveyors for th © Superintendence of the Highways of the said Township of Leeds , for the purpose of carrying the Provisions of the said Act into Effect , and in such manner and form as in and by the said Act is authorised and required . JOHN WALES SMITH , 1

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      A CURE ! FOR ALL !! hoj-liway ' s ointmekt . hollow ay ' s pills . EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A CASE ABANDONED BY GUY'S , THE METROPOLITAN , KING'S COLLEGE , & CHARING CROSS HOSPITALS . This fact was sworn to this 8 , h day of March , 1842 , Before the Lord Mayor , at the Mansion-houde .

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      " 3 TOKKSH 13 E SPSIWG ASSIZES . ( Cimthmcd fxom our fifth page ) TBTJB 5 DAT , MaBCH 16 . Before Mr . Justice Collman . EJi Harpin , 25 , pleaded ^ nilry to a charge of ha nag stolen a heifer , s : TfcornhTll . the property of Richard Card well . He was sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen months to hard J&bonr .

      INTENT TO mJEDtS . James CraVree , 26 , was indicted for bavine , on ibr , 11 th of February , last , committed an aggravated as-ault on Elizabeth Copley , in an indecent and brtiial manner with a hedge stake , with intent to kill acd mnrder her . Mr . "Wilkjss ami Mr . Pashi , ey were for the pro-BecntJon ; Mi . iJYfcK'R > D defended the prisoner . The vrosecatrix stated th&t on the day named in the indictment she had gone oat of the house for some milk , and on her return home she was accosted by two men , who , after using some brnial expn s Buns threw her on ihe ground , thrust a hedge stake ur hkT person and left her there . She was greatlv hgured but contrived to walk home with the Btake sf . i sacking in her body . The entire details of the case are totally unfk for publication .

      Mr . Oterexd addressed the jury for the defence , arjn ; ng that there was some uncertaintj as to the iomityof the prisoner . The Jury retired for a short time , and afterwards r * isrned a Terdict of Guiltj on -the second count , namely of attempting to do some griavLus bodily harm . Hubert A'ldnson-, 24 , was next charged whh having on ihe 21 st of November , stabbed and wounded George Woodcock , at Hipperholme-cum-Bnjjhouse , near Haiifn-Tj with iment to maim and du > a&le him . Mr . Roebuck prosecuted , and Mr . Buss defended the prisoner .

      George Woodcock deposed , that ' on the day in question he was driving his waggon from Bradford to Brisihouse , at eighteen minntes past eleven o ' clock at iiight , and having called at Wilson ' * pnbhc-house , and gone through the toll-bar , somebody whom he li 30 known as working on lhe road passed him , and he went on . About 400 yards from the toll-bar , the man that had "passed him turned to t"be horses , and cried , *• whoa "—witness , in ihe mean time , sitting ob tbe waggon phufts . The horses plunged forward ,

      when the man struck &t witness wivh a draws fajife , and said , "Do ' st ihonsee this I" Wham repbed , ** Get off ; 1 want to haTe nothing V . do with th e . " Prisoner sjid , "Come up , or else I'll put it inio thee f and he then stabbed him in ibe left side ; af'tj that he threw him down ; bnt be got np , and a -trasgle took place , ihe prisoner saying , " if thou does not deliver np , I'll run it into thee . " They Wt re then against a wall ; and witness received allojjes-h-r four cuts—the last only penetrating through the clothes , but he distinctly felt the knife cut him .

      bowe witnesses were called , who bore bnt , in its Bisn particulars , the statement of the pro ^ ecntor ; bn . some discrepances were brought out in crossexamination . Mr . Bliss addressed the Jnry for the prisoner , an- contented inst there wa 3 not that certainty m ihe loennsy which would warrant them in finding ih- fri-oner guiity . He also called a witness who gav- the prisoner a good character , and wlio denied that "within the last fonr years he had ever been wurkujg on the highway . Tha Jury retired , and after an absence of some time returned with a Terdict of Guihy . Sentence dti-rrtd .

      Joseph Masort , 25 , was indieted for La-ring , on the 22 » d of January last , * £ Skelton , in tne North Hiding , bnrglariouslv and felonionsly broken into the dwelling bouse of Thomas Carr , wiib intent to st « -al tbexein . The indictment further charged the prt .-oaer with having find a gun at the prosecutor , wrh intent to murder him ; and al = *> with having endeavoured to extort money from mm . ZIt . Bla > cba&i > was for the prosecution . Tae prisoner was undefended . The charge was in a great m ^ a ^ nre supported by the -Tidenee of a man named Turner , a prisoner in ih * Castle , to whom the prisoner , after his committal , hid made a viva vece statement of the circumstances under which he had been appr e hended ; and v * hom ie also told that it was himself ( the prisoner ) who hza actaitllj fired the gnu on the "nigm in question . Ti . t prosecnioPiit his evidence stair d tim the gun ¦ w a- fired by another man , not in custody . ¦

      Tae Jnry retired to consider their verdict . The prisoner was fonnd Gnilry oft-hooting with intent to do -ome grievous bodsly harm . Sentence deferred . H'Mrt Budge , 32 . Juhn Hancock , 30 , Wtlham Hall , 22 and George Storty , 21 , were indicted for having , oil ihe 8 : h of February last , bnrgiariously entered the Joil-bar house at Broom Bar , near Rotherham . from whence they stole the sum * -f three pounds in silver , the property of Pickles Roberts . William Pr&ssley , charged with the same offence , was admitted evidence . Mr- Wilei-vs and Mr . Pashlt were for the pro-Bcrnnoc ; Sir Gregoxt Lrwis defended the prisoner Hndge ; Mr . . Heatoh appeared for Hancock ana Hail : and Store ? wa * undefended .

      __ Pnkles Roberta deposed that abont one o ' clock in the morning in question , he was disturbed by a horse-arriving at his gate ; he got up and went out to open the gate , and whilst doing »> , on turning round ne saw lour men en foot , and lhe prkone * . Cborse Storey , on horseback . The fonr men on foot came from the cornet " of tbe honse by the garden door , and one of them went np and struck him on the head . That was the prisoner Hall , who then Ehonted ** Go at him . lads . " Tbe man then got off the horse , and the whole panj attacked him . Tn-y struck him several blow .-, and three of the ttcn iben went into the house , the other two being lett to guard him . He gat away from these , and on geniDg into the house , saw a tall man searching the ions / -. There was a fire burning , ~ an < l the man had

      a latt ^ rn . B-udge , he believed , was the maD wb «> was searching the drawer . He received several -other blows in the house ; and eaw there Hall and Storey . Jn ransacking the house they ob . ained £ 3 5 s 7 d . The men Lad all velveteen and fn » 'isui jackets on , and -caps tied under the chin . — The wife of Roberts com > bora : ed his statement , and identified Pressley and Roberts as two of lhe men m tiie house , and described the third as having a hatchet on hi « shoulder . She as&ed them not to Inn her husband , and Radge said " they wonld not if she wonld corno ont and tell them where the moaey was . She then got the lantern which he held in his hand and held it np to his face , in order to know him again . Could not speak to auy of the men except Press-ley and Radge .

      Pressley was the next evidence called , and * he detailed ihe whole circumstances of the attack and robbery , corroborating in every particular , the statement of Roberts and hi 3 wife . In croi-s-examina tion ha said he might have been engaged in ten or a doz n robberies , but could not tell » how many pigcuns he had stolen . He admitted taat he expected to receive one half « f tbe lewaid ^ £ 150 ) , which bad been offered . Evidence was then gone into on another indictment , in which the prisoners were charged with a similar attack and robbery at Aldwick Bar , on the Eame morning , and within about three quarters of an heur of tae robbery at ** Broom" Bar .

      The barman and his wife detailed the circumstances of the robherj , and the coiistable ( Mr . Blaj . d , of Rytherham ) wno had apprehended the panic * , described tte property found , which , consisted of skeleton k » y .-, picklocks , caps to tie under the chin , Slz . He ai ? o spoke to the statement made bj Pi *» s ?] eT - Tbe ra « e / or the prosecution bein > . clo&ea . Sir Gregobt Lewis and Mr . Heatos addressed the Court on beha . f of their respective clients . The prisoners were all found Guilty . Rudge was sentenced to be transported for tw £ n * y years ; and the three other prisoners for fifteen years each . Joseph Mason , who had been found guilty of shouting at , with intent to do grievous bodily harm , to Thomas Carr , was sentenced to be tii-sported for twenty years . ¦

      CROWN COURT-Fbidat . Juhn Whiltaker , jun-j was charged with having ttaiicioasly killed and maimed certain sheep , tha propt-jiy of Thomas Smith , of Comsbrongb ., Bear DwicBS 5 er . &ir J . Ltwni and Mr . Wh . bjj « s were for the pro-Becu'inn ; the prisoner were defended by the Hon . 3 . S Wobtlet and Mr . Walkeb . The prisoner was inducted undcT the provisions oi the 7 th and 8 th Geo . IV . cap . 30 , which enacted thut any ptrson who shall kill , maim , or wound , ai . y caivle , sheep , or other beast , Ehall be deem&d guil ; y of felony . The prisoner is a bnicher at Contsnronsh 5 and the prosecutor is a farmer at the

      same place . Daring a period , extending from XiV ^ uVte" * " the F ^ ruary fofiowing , Mr . bmitn fieff .-red serious losses in his sheep , sixteen or seventeen having been found in his field , dead or oymg at different time * , from the effects of BtrangulatiDn , which had no doubt been done wilfully The principal witness against the prisoner was a *** ^¦ w ea aiMter , who kad been in his employ and who deposed to facts and admissions by the P ^ an ^ »!^ - weat . T &r » establish hlE gnilt—bnt the position ofihis-mtneBBas a discharged BervHit , of course raised a certain degree of suspicion on biB testimony . He was , however , corroborated in some points by other witnesses .

      There were twenty-two witnesses fox the prosecution , and thirty-five forj the defence . The trial was proceeding at halT-past six last night , when Mr . Wortlej was commencing the defence . - SUBSIDIARY COURT—Thtjbsdat . Bejore Mr . Knowles , Q . CJohn Benllejf , 22 ^ pleaded Guilty to having stoleB a saddle and oriole &t Leeds . William Blokebrough and Samuel Wilson , who had been out on bail , were charged with a conspiracy and not . Mr . Har ^ y was foi the prosecution j the rnsimers ¦ were undefended .

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      This ca ? e arose out of the Berious disturbances that took place last summer . On the evening of the loia of Augnst , Thomas Horner , the engine tender to Mr . Simeon Tow usend , of Thornton , was in the yard of his master ' s factory , when the prisoners came into the yard with a large crowd , Blakebrough asked Horner if he would allow him to draw the plugs , and he told them he would not . Horner went to see his master on the subject , and when he returned he said they mnst l ^ t the pings alone , and he would let tbe ste&m off . Blakebrough , in the presence of Wilson , eaid they would draw the pings that night , or else they would bring 10 , 000 people the day after . Blafeebrough then knocked out one of the plugs and Wilson followed his example . The last named prisoner attempted to knock a third piug out , but he could not do so , and he scalded his foot .

      The prisoners in defence denied the charge , and called witnesses as to character-Gnilty of tbe conspiracy . —To be imprisoned two months to hard labour . William Collins , 66 , who had been out on bail , was charned with having , on the 5 th or 6 th of October last , at Bradford , stolen a mare pony , the property of James Waddington . Mr . Moxtkith was for the prosecution , and Mr . Wilkins for tbe defence . The prosecutor is a dealer in milk at Bradford , and the prisoner is a boat hauler , at West Haddlesey , near Selby . The prosecutor two or three weeks b < i ? bre the 5 th of October last , bought the mare , and about nine o ' clock in the evening of that day he put

      ii into a field near hisliouse . He fastened the gate , and next morning , abou ? six o ' clock , on going to take the mare out of the fi-ld to work , he found she was gone , and for several weeks afterwards he heard nothing of her . He made search for the mare and on the 11 th of October she was taken to Selby fair , and there sold by the son of the prisoner , he having sent him to do so . After the prisoner was taken into custody he made a statement in which he said he bought the mare on tbe Wednesday before Selby Michaelmas fair . He could not , however , have done so , as the prosecutor aad the animal at work on that day . When she was taken away the mare had a long tail , but when the prosecutor found her the tail was eut .

      Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury for the prisoner , and called several witnesses to prove that the prisoner had purchased the mare of a man named John Smith , who said he lived at 2 io . 3 , Marsh-lane , White-strest , Leeds , The Jury retired for a few minutes , and then found the prisoner Not Guilty . Samuel Murgalroyd , alias Waierhouse , 22 . _ 5 wa 9 chargec with having on the 13 th of September , 1841 , at Bradford , unlawfully married Hannah Cotson , Mary Murgatroyd , his former wife , being then alive . Mr , Pickkkij » g appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Walkeb defended the prisoner .

      The prisoner ia a person in humble life , and in J 838 hved at Brad / ord . On Christmas Day in that year he was married in that town by the Rev . John iSutterneld to Mary Firth , but for somo reason or other th « y did not live together . On the 13 th of September , 1841 , the prisoner "was married by the name of Samuel W&terhouse to Hannah Cotson , and when they presented themselves before Mr . Buttcrfi-jld , he asked tbe prisoner where his former wife was , and he replied she was dead . It was , however , proved that she was now alive . When Mr . Young , the constable of Harrogaie , apprehended the prisoner , he admitted that he had married the two females- —Guilty . To be imprisoned and kept to . hard labour m Wakefidd House of Correction for six CaJtudar months .

      TheophiliLs Bachelor , 22 , and William Brown , 37 , wt-re charged with having on the 19 . h ol December last , at > ryton , broken into the dwelling-house of George Bickers , ano stolen therefrom two silver table spoons , one desert spoon , and two silver teaopoons , Mr . Baknes was for the prosecution ; Mr . Bius defended the prisoners . The prosecutor is a farmer living at Fryton , near Hormgham . and on the U ^ h of December left home to go to York iair . At night , about eleven o ' clock , Mrs . Backers and the rest of the family retired to rest , leaving all the deors and windows fastened . About half-past five o ' clock next morning , Jane Whddon , servant to Mrs . Bickers , who had slept with her mistress on tbe night Of the robbery , W& 3

      e&il&d up , when , from somo information eh ' e recelYeu irom the other servant , she found that the dairy had been entered through a wire window , that three sianchions were broken off , and that a great quantity of provisions had been taken out of the dairy . Upon making a further search , ii was discovered that some silver plate had been * carried off , that the wearing apparel had been disturbed , and a pair of stockings stolen . Two days afterwards the prisoners were apprehended by Mr . Atkinson , the constable in the streets of Stockton , and in Bachelor ' s pocket were found several articles of plate belonging to the prosecutor . He had previously sold the pair of stockings to Elizabeth Waine , a shopkeeper at S ockion . Bachelor stated in the police-office that they found the plate on the York Road , about six miles from Thirsk . He was asktd if Brown

      was with him , and he said yes , which Brown did not deny . They made a smilar statement before the magistrates , and Brown a : so said he had met with Bachelor at BeJper , in Derbyshire , about a week previous ; In addition to these facts , iv seems that tbe day before the robbery , Mr . Bickers saw Bachelor and another man at Fryton , and on the following day both the prisoners were observed on Wass moor . On the 26 ih of December , whilst the prisoners were confined in separate cells in Stockton ,

      about an hour and a half after Mrs . Atkinson , the wife of the polio © officer , had served them with their breakfasts , she heard Batchelor say to Brown , "We shall be liberated to-day if no person comes to appear against us . "—Brown asked Bachelor how he koew that . Batchelor said the mistress had been telling him so . He also added , " We must stick to the same as we said before the magistrates the other day . We came through Y&rm between three and four o ' clock on Wednesday , but we must know nothing about the otfeer concern . "

      Mr . Bliss in addressing the Jury for > he prisoners submitted that the evidence was not such as to warrant a conviction . The Jnry found Bachelor Guilty and Brown Not Gnilty . The prisoners -were further charged with having , on the 30 th of December last , at Coxwold , broken into tne dwelling-house of Joseph Spenceley , and stolen therefrom five silver tea-spoons , two silver salt-spoons , and other articles . Mr . Blanshabd and Mr . Whabton were for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoners . Tae prosecutor resides at Shandy Hall , near Coxwold . Un the night of the 20 th Dec ., Mrs . Spensley was the last person up , and she retired to rest between ten and

      eleven o clock , having previously gone round the house and ascertained that the doors and windows were all fast . On the following morning , about seven o ' clock , Ann Easton , the prosecutor ' s Bervant , informed her mistress that the house had been broken into , and it tuned ont that an entrance had been tffected through the scullery window . A quantity of piate , linen , and provisions was discovered to have been stolen . On the day in question the prisoners were seen within two miles of Coxwold . The other evidence against the prisoners was similar to that in the last case . Some of the prosecutor ' s property -was found in Bachelor ' s possession the uaj after the robbery . The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty .

      Bachelor was sentenced to be imprisoned in Northallerton House of Correction for twelve months , and Brown for nine months . The Court rose about half-past seven o ' clock .

      FBIDAT . Before M . T . Baines , Q . C . Joseph Sutcliffe , 30 , William Sharp , 22 , were indicted for having , on the 7 th of February last , at Northowram , burglariously entered the dwellinghousc of Mre . Mary Anderton , and for having stolen therefrom 13 s . 6 d . in money , some silver spoons , and a pair of sugar tongs , her property . Mr . Isgham was for the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended . The prosecuirix 1 b Tery infim , and has a granddaughter residing with her . During the night in question , while they werein bed in a room on tho ground floor of the house , they were disturbed by a noise

      in the room abo 7 e , and shortly afterwards three men entered the bed-room in which the two femaleB were , two of whom held them down in bed until the other rifled the drawers . The prisoners had a light with them , and one of them had a horse pistol , with which he threatened to shoot them if they made any noise . They were in the bouse about tea minutes ; the prisoner Sharp had his face partially blacked , but the prosecutor knew him and could identify him as the man who had the pistoL Sutcliffe was identified by Miss Anderton , the . grandaughter of the prosecutrix . The principal po-nt raised waB that of identity ; the Jury , however , considered this sufBciently proved , and found both the prisoners Guilty . They were sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .

      Robert Breninall , 22 , was charged with felouiously stealing a horse , the property of Thomas Aldam . Mr . A spin all was for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoner . ' The prosecutor resides in Hall-gate , Doncaster , and is a livery stable keeper . On the 21 st of Oct . last the prisoner hired the horse in question to go to Pontefract , but instead of going there it appeared that ha ioae in another direction , and

      afterwards sold the horse at a place near Swanwick , in Derbyshire . In consequence of not returniag it &t ' . the time be ought to have done , he was taken into custody . The parties had been for some time acquainted , and had had transactions together in horse-dealing , there being , at the time of this hiring an alleged balance between them of £ 2 10 s . The prisoner , when before the magistrates , made a voluntary statement to ihe effect that he had borrowed tha horse ; that he w ; ut to Pontefract , from thereto Wakefidd , and theace to Chesterfield ,

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      to see his wife ; that the horse fell with him aft © r riding him six miles from Cnesterfield , and severely cut bis knees , in consequence of which he sold him , and sent the saddle and bridle , with a letter to the prosecutor , informing him thereof , and telling him that he would provide him with another horse , for that the one he had engaged was bo injured that t » 6 could not get him home , and he had sold him only for a 9 much money as the balance was between them . Mr . Bliss succeeded in establishing these facts , and the Jury witbont retiring , found a verdict of Not Guilty . Job Cqllin , alias Wood , 22 , was indicted for that he , on the 1 st or 2 nd . of November last , at Hatton , did feloniously steal a black horse , the property of Thos . Heesom . J

      Mr . Hall and Mr . Wharton were for the prOBecution ; Mr . Roebuck defended the prisoner . The prisoLor was found . Guilty , and sentenced to be transported ten years .

      H 6 KSE STEALING AT LEED 3 . John Bent ley , Thomas Tat / lor , and John Carr were charged with having on the 5 th December last , at the borough of Leeds , feloniously stolen one mare and one horse , the property of Robert Ripley . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hill conducted the prosecution . Toe prisoners were undefended . Tne prosecutor is a livery-stable keeper at Leeds , and on the 4 th December last , the prisoners , Bentley and Taylor went to engage two horstB for the following day . Prosecutor was not in , but . his son said that if they would call again , he would ask his father if they could have them . They called in about an hour afterwards and the prosecutor ' s son informed

      them that they could be accommodated . He asked then their names , and Bentley said they called him Buckton ; that be was a reporter at the Leeds Intelligencer ; and was going to Huddersfield to a meeting . Taylor gave his proper name . The two prisoners went for the horses next morning , and the proseoutor asked Bentley and Taylor their names , and the same tale was told him as on the night previous to his son . The same morning the two first-named prisoaers were seen in Pontefract ; Carr was with them . Bentley exchanged the mare

      with a person named Tankard for a grey horse . In the afternoon , they loft Pontefract and went to Dancaster ; and from information which Mr . Etohes , police-officer , received he went to tbe public house were the horsea were and saw Bentley and Carr . He asked them where they had got them , and Bentley jaid they were his ; and that Carr was his man . Motley afterwards , however , told him where they had got the horses . The caa « was very clear againstBontley and Taylor , and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . Carr was acquitted .

      Bentley was sentenced to be transported fifteen years , and Taylor to nine months imprisonment to hard labour . The prisoner Bertley had previously been convicted of felony at Leeds , in Ol 39 . George Rred , 21 , Thermos Crownshaw , 18 , and Hinry Smith , 16 , were oharged with a burglary in the house of Sarah Hawkesley , at Ecclesfield . — Gailty . One year ' s imprisonment each .

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      WORKHOUSE DISCIPLINE . The conflict on Monday night between Ferrand and Sir James Graham wjls curious in its character , and not a little disgusting in its details . On that evening Sir Jame 3 Graham—who obscurely intimated that the erection of a treadmill or treadwheel in an union workhouse as a test of the sincerity of the pauper applicants for relief was not alltogether defensible on the principles of humanitysaw no objection to the erection of a mill worked by hand-power for the same purpose , no matter whether it were to be worked by a winoh or by hand , or whether it were intended for the tearing of rags or for the grinding of corn . As another Hou . Member , from whoso position as a county member and a country gentleman we should have expected belter things , Beemed to

      entertain a similar opinion , and even emogizd the handmill as " the least severe and the best mode" of providing labour for paupers , we are induced to furnish the public with certain evidence , which we have collected from the reports of the Inspectors of Prisons , for the double purpose of showing that the handmill is at once an unrqoa ) , an inhuman , and a dangerous punishment , and oi inducing the boards of guardians in different parts of the country to abstain frem following the pernicious example which has been already set them in the parish of Lambeth , and which would have been Bet them in the Union of Halifax also , had not the remarks of Mr . Ferrand worked a marvellous conversion in tbe opinions of the Right Hon . Baronet , who is either the master or the puppet of the Poor Law Commissioners .

      We do not expect to be contradicted when we advance our first proposition—that it is impolitic to leave it in the power of the subordinate officers either of a prison or of a workhouse to increase or diminish the amount of labour imposed upon the unhappy wretches placed under their superiutendanre , without either the consent or the privity of their superiors ; and yet it is made evident that this power can easily be exercited by any person who has the management of a handmill , by the following extract from the testimony given by Mr . George Smith , governor of Huntingdon Gaol , before the Lords Committee on Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales : —

      I have a small hand-machine I constructed , which I have occasionally placed men at , as an employment , who are unable to tread the wheel , and who , from some bodily infirmity , appear to be unfit to tread tbe wheel . Invariably , after they have been at it for a few hours , they have made application to be allowed to tread the wheel , notwithstanding their injirmiiy , and with society , rather than in a Bt&te of separation . 11 Of what description is the machine ?—// is a ktnall hand-crank engine turned with a winch . " What power does it require to work it 1—One man . " What weight I— We can alter the pressure from the power of a child to the power of a giant by ALTERING THE CEKTKE SCHEW of the tWO Wheel 8 that come in contact with each other .

      M Do you attribute the wish of the prisoners to return to the treadwheel to the desire of sooiety , or to the greater irksomeness of the labour of the hand-machine J—1 endeavour to set the machine bo that it is not more laborious than the treadwheel . If a person who is employed at tbe band-machine Can work that from moruing to sight without taking hib jacket off , and if a man at the treadmill cannot work at that without perspiring with his jacket off , I conceive that the machine is the lighter labour ot the two . "— ( . FirBt Report of the Lords' Committee , pp . 1 * 5-166 )

      But will the hand-mill be the lighter labour of the two , if •* the centre screw of the two wheels" be altered by a severe and Bavage task-master ] Considering how tightly the screw has been driven into the poor for many years past by the Poor Law Commissioners and their familiars , we have an invincible repugnance to confiding the control of this crank to any person who has been brought up in their crutl and unfeeling school . We are not inclined to accuse those who are intrusted with the care of the convicted felons in the General Penitentiary at Millbank , of any disregard of their sufferings . They have , however , erected a handmill for the purpose of grinding corn and drawing water in that huge and ungainly prison ; and what is the evidence as to its operation and effects furnished us by the Inspectors of Prisons for the Home District in their Fourth Report , p . 21

      \—" The taskmasters and wardens remarked that the hands of the prisoners trembled for some time after they had been working tbe crank of the machine , which unfitted them for a time for their ¦ work , as tailor ? , shoemakers , &c . on their return to their cells . " ThiB is some slight proof of the effect produced by the handmill on the nervous system ; but there is another passage in the same report , but on another prison—to which we cannot at the moment refer , but which is firmly fixed in our memory—distinctly stating , that all spinners and weavers are excused from this punishment , because it destroys their

      feelings of touch , and so disqualifies them from pursuing their usual occupations on their discharge from gaol . And yet it was in the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire that it was recently proposed to establish the handmill , not as a punishment for convicted felons , but as a test for such unfortunate spinners and weavers as the distress of the times may have thrown out of employment ; and to that proposition Sir James Graham not only offered no objection , but positively gave his sanction and support , until he was awakened to a senBe of his inhumanity - by the pointed and startling attacks of Mr . Ferranfl .

      The evidence which we have already quoted is pretty strong as to the cruelty and the impolicy of this punishment ; but it shrinks into positive insignificance when compared with that which we next feel it our duty to submit to our readers . This mode of punishment was tried for some years in the County Gaol and House of > Correction at Bodmin , in Cornwall . Oa tbe 3 d of April , 1838 , tbe keeper of that , prison addressed the following report on the aubjeot to the Chairman and other Magistrates assembled at tbe General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , holden for that county at Truro . The document is rather long , but will repay well the trouble ot a perusal : —

      " In making this , my quarterly report , I regret to state that during the past quarter there have been more cases of sickneBS among the prisoners than tor

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      a very considerable time . It has been confined almost exclusively to the male prisoners convicted of felony , particularly those who have laboured constantly at the handmill , which has evidentlp produced much debility , and consequent illness . ' * * " / have ever considered the hmndmill as a severe , as well as an unequal , kind of labour , but 1 have certainly never observed till the past winter its effects so manifest , and this I think may be attributed to one or two canses—namely , either the length and severity of the winter may have induced colds , and thus have rendered the men unequal to the labour , or they may have been kept more constantly employed at the handnnU than heretofore , although I am not prepared to say that such has

      been the case . I feel it , however , necessary to state to your worships , that haying for many months had a large number of prisoners of this olass , I have , with a view of conforming as nearly as possible with the provisions of the Gaol Act , kept the felons more exclusively employed at the handmill , rather than mix them with other classes of prisoners ; but there has not been more corn ground , nor has the mill been kept longer at work , than heretofore ; unless , therefore , the weakness and illness has been brought on in the way I have mentioned , I am quite unable to account for it ; but it may be satisfactory to your worships to be informed , that the surgeon concurs in the opinion I have expressed . Before closing this part of my

      report , I respectfully beg leave to explain my objection to the use of the handmill as a prison labour . In the first place , the position of the body when bo employed is unnatural , and likely to produce determination of blood to the head . In the second place it frequently produces taintness and giddiness , and instances have occurred of the prisoners having been thrown over ihe handles ; and although no fatal consequences have en » ued , yet they have sustained serious wounds and bruises : this is particularly liuble to happen to the prisoners when first employed at it . And , finally , it is a decidedly unequal kind of labour , inasmuch , a 3 it is impossible to tell accurately whether every prisoner does his part ; I have repeatedly watched them when at work , with a view to detect the

      skulkers , but I confess I have never succeeded satis ' factorily , and tbe prisoners themselves know they cannot be detected , and thus the willing man is worked o ff his Iegs , wh \ tst 1 heidler and skulker goes unpunished 1 have made several alterations in the handmill within the last year or two , so as to regulate tho motion , and render it less irksome to the prisoners , and I am satisfied that it never worked better than at present ; but worked as it now is , I am quite convinced it is objectionable , for the reasons 1 have assigned . I therefore respectfully submit the subject to your worship ' s consideration , either as regards tho continuance or abolition of this kind of labour . " We have great pleasure in informing the public that this appeal to tho humanity of the justices of Cornwall was not made in vaiu ; for it is stated iu the 6 th Report of the . lnspeotors of Prisons ( p . 17 C )

      that they ( the Justices ) came to the resolution of putting . an entire stop to handmill labour in the House of Correction at Bodmin ; and with this evidence before it , we now ask tho House , unwilling as it wus to listen to the juat complaints of Mr . Ferrand , whether it will again allow the penniless , friendless , hopeless , houseless , and it may be guiltless paupers of this country to be the victims of a punishment which the magistrates of Cornwall , after mature examination and r < flection , have abolished as too severe and too pernicious even for the convicted criminal ? We pause fur a reply . Even as a labour test this handmill has no value ; for , according to the testimony of the humane gaoler tX Bodmin , the willing man is worked off his legs . " whilst the idler and ak inker goes unpunished . "— Times .

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      counties of JWexPord and Kilkenny . Up to this date they have conducted themselves peaceably . Rumour has it that they are about proceeding to iaki * possession of the poor-house and turn out the inmates . Tae Mayor and j authorities are on the alert , but as yet we see no grounds for apprehension that any outrage will be perpetrated . Tne military , we are just informed , have got directions to hold themselves in readiness to repel the threatened attack on the poor-house . "—Morning Chronicle .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAr . The Bishop of Hereford presented a petition from the clergy of a rural deanery in Salop , against the union of the sees of St . Asaph and Bangor . The Right Reverend Prelate also presented a petition from the diocese of Worcester , in favour of church extension . The Marquis of Clanricabdb presented a petition from Leeds , complaining of the Somnauth proclamation . I Lord Dacre presented a petition complaining of the tenth article of the Washington treaty . Lord Lvndhurst presented a petition from the Law Institution , complaining of the inconvenience of holiing the law courts at Westminster .

      Lord Brougham observed that this was a subject that of late ihad attracted much attention amongst the members of the legal profession . Although he did not deny some of the inconveniences that were insisted Upon , he Still confessed that he had a very s'rong prejudice in favour of keeping the courts at Westminster Hall , where they had sat for time out ot mind . He would remark , also , that there was one great advantage in their remaining where they were , namely , their contiguity to the Houses of Parliament , i Lord Langdale thought that his Noble and Learned Friend would not deny that the subject was one that might be very properly inquired into . Lord Buovquau had no objection to inquiry , —on the contrary , he courted it , and did not fear the result of it . i

      Lord Lynchurst pointed out tbe advantage which resulted from the members of the bar being kept constantly in ttie courts in which they practised , watching the proceedings in cases in which they were not immediately engaged , and gathering experience from all that passed before them . He knew from his experience that Counsel would not attend the courts except ia cases in which they were immediately concerned if the courts were brought into the vicinity of their own chambers . A proof of this was

      afforded by the praottoe of the Bar when the Court sat at Lincoln ' s Inn . There were then few Counsel in court beyond those engaged in the case actually under hearing—all the test were occupied in their chambers , whence they could easily be summoned to the court w ; eu their services were actually required . He ! thought that this was a decided disadvantage . He concurred , therefore , with his Noble and Learned Friend ( Lord Brougham ) in deprecating a removal of the courts of la , w from Westminster Hall ,

      Lord Campbell perfectly coincided , with tbe Noble and Learned Lord upon the woolsack , as to the advantage derived from compelling counsel to attend in court . To the working barrister attendance in court afforded at once a means of increasing his experience aud ef relaxing his mind fiorn the severer stupes and labour of chambers . " All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy . " It was highly desirable that the barrister should be drawn irom his chambers to the court , where . If be only criticised the Judge , or cracked a joke with his fellows at the bar , he waa still in a field to add to his practical knowledge and experience , without any severe or irksome labour of the mind . He ( Lord Campbell ) watt therefore strongly opposed to the

      proposition for removing the Courts of Law . There waa a prestige tn the vtry name of Westminster Hall , and tie sincerely hoped that nothing would be done to remove the law courts from within the walls of that venerable edifice . Under any circumstances * , he should decidedly object to their being removed to Lincoln ' s Inn-Fields . That noble square was one of the lungs of the metropolis , and was as useful as it was ornamental . He should deprecate any proposition tnat would cover it with bricks and mortar . If the proposition were to carry the courts to Als-atia , and so to sweep away tbe impurities of jWhitefriars , he should not so strongly object to it ; but he hoped never to seo . the admistration of justice removed from Westminster Hall . Tbe petition was then laid upon the table .

      The Marquis of Lansdowne gave notice that he would to-morrow ( this da >) move that there-be laid before the House copies ot the communications that had taken place between her Majesty's plenipotentiary in Chiua , and the merchants and other persons coiierned in the trade with that country . He presumed that thore would be no objocttoa to the production of this correspondence , or at least so much of it as had { already become public at Canton and in this country . The Earl of Rosebeby gave notice that he should to-morrow ( this day ) call their Lordships' attention fora ftw moments to the commission which her Majesty had issued to inquire into the Poor Laws in Scotland .

      lhe Marquis of ClanricaRde observed that the paper , for which he had some time since moved , with respect to the operation of the Poor Law iu Ireland , had not yet been returned . Ha wished that it should , if possible , bo presented to tne House before Eastfer . Tueir Lordships then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . This was the night when Mr . Sharman Crawford should have brought in his bill for Complete Suffrage Parliament , ( and it was generally understood that the House was counted out to get rid of it . .

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      LEEDS . —Child Burnt . —On Wednesday evening an inquest was held at the court house , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of a little girl named Mary Ann Lockwood . The parents of tbe deceased , who are very poor , reside in Vine street , Hunslet-lane , and on Monday afternoon , tbe deceased , in company with her sister , and a younger brother , waal Bent to gather the refuse sticks at the glass works of Mr . Joshua Bower . Whilst there she took her brother to a cinder heap to warm him , and when there a gust of wind blew the flames towards her , and set her clothes on fire . She was very much burnt , and died in the Infirmary on Tuesday . Verdict" Accidental death . *'

      Sudden Death . —On Wednesday morning an inquest was held at the Golden Cross Inn , Sheepscar , before John Blackburn . C / sq ., on the body of Miss Sarah Stayrier , a governess in the family of B . Holroyd , Esq . MiBS Stayner , on Monday ,- was tatting tea -frith Mis .- > Holroyd , when she was suddenly seized with an attack of appoplexy . Mr . Marsden , surgeon , was instantly sent for , but she died in about two hours from the first attack . She was about forty-six years of age . Verdict— " Died by the visitation of God . " Highway ! Robbery . —On Tuesday night last , about nine o ' clock , Mr . Jonathan tiaigh , papermaker , of P orsforth , was stopped on the Oilej turnpike road , while on his way borne , by three men , who robbed him of a sovereign and about ten shillings in 6 ilver .

      HULL — Strike for Wages ;—The ship-owners of Huil having made an attempt to reduce the wages of their men , the men determined to resist the attempt , and also to demand an advance . The sailors felt that any reduotion would be an equal injury to themselves and to all whose customers they were in ] this town , and therefore resolved upon the above course of action . Several public meetings were held in pursuance of this just object ; and on Thursday evening , March 9 ch . a publio meeting was held in the j Large Room of the Mason ' s Arms , Chapel-lane . } Mr . Lundy was unanimously called to the chair , and opened the meeting in a few appropriate remairka . The following resolutions were adopted unanimously by the hardy tars assembled ,

      who amounted to about 400 persons : — " That this meeting deeply laments the fact of an unnatural war between ' capital and . labour ; but feeling impressed with the conviction that the capitalists must ever be too strong for the labourers when disorganized , resolves , therefore , that a union of the sailors of Hull , be formed forthwith ; the object of which j union shall be the protection of labour by all legal means . " This resolution was supported by Mr . Arran , who showed that this question of- wage was one of vital importance to all classes of society—to the Queen , the premier ] and his colleagues , the Parliament , the aristocracy , the capitalists , the shopkeepers , as well as to the operatives and labourers themselves .

      Philosophy had taught in England " that in order that capital might receive a sufficient remuneration the wages of labour must be kept down . " Tho capitalists had sought to carry out this doctrine to the utmost . This was wickedness and folly is the extreme ; and if this course was persisted in it would only end ia a complete breaking up of our social system . There was distress in this country , such as had never been known before—distress admitted by all parties . The causes of this distress were many- ^ our enormous national expenditureour burdensome state church—our extravagant

      system of rental ; but perhaps the principal cause of suffering to the poor was the system of endless reductions in the wages of labour . He called upon the men to ba firm—to be men—and no longer submit to be slaves— ( loud applause ) . There were two parties to a system of tyranny—the tyrant who imposes , and the slave who submits to tbe imposition . He hoped , therefore , that they would resolve to be slaves no longer . He Bat down amidst loud cheers . 2 . "That this meeting feels further impressed with a sense of the hardships of those unfortunate sailors and their families , whose lot happens to be involved ia tho ire Hueut laoum ' . J ) la case * of bhipwreck , re-

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      / solves , therefore , that the funds of the proposed union shall be likt wise availabable for the relief of such unfortunate persons . " Mr . Lundy , though in the chair , was requested to support this resolution , which he did iu a speech at once instructive , hum ourous , and stirring . 3 . " That this meeting begs to express a hope that the sailors of of Hall , will make such a demand as will be likely to meet the justness of the case arising out of the present emergency , " Wg understand that on the day following the aboya meeting the shipowners intimated their willingness to pay their men £ 3 per month , which is an ad vance of 5 j . upon the sum previously offered ; and thus is the struggle brought to a speedy and amicable

      termination . CLUCKHEATON .-The "pious" Leaqdb Mem . —Some time ago the Independents of Cleckheaton , who are all , or nearly all , Corn Law Re pealers , and members of the Anti-Corn Law League frequently abused the wicked Chartists , for holding their meeting on the . Lord ' s-day instead of going to somo place of worship . These same holy and pious men got up a petition to Parliament for a total repeal of the Corn Laws , and the said petition was announced as lying for signature in the Vestryroom , Red Chapel , Cleckheaton , by the Rev . Gentleman from the pulpit , on Sunday last , and he called upon his hearers to &o and sign it .

      BICHMONjD . —Police Office , Mabch I 3 . _ Hemy Morgan , of Richmond , was brought before the Bitting Magistrates , charged by Mr . R . Dor . Chester , one of the police constables , with having assaulted him when on duty . Fined 40 s . and costs or one mouth to hard labour at Nortnaliertou . '

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      Earthquake in Lancashire . —We learn that a slight shock of earthquake was experienced about twenty minutes past , eijjht o ' clock , on Friday morn , ing last , through a considerable part of * the district to the north-eastward of Manchester . This convulsion was indicated by a rambling sound and a rather sudden shook , which induced many persons to think that some very heavy body had beea suddenly thrown down in their houses . Its centre appears to have been in tho chain of hills that separate Yorkshire and Lancashire , and it was more particularly felt about Rochdale and in the

      Todmordeo valley , where m some cases it caused considerable alarm . We have not heard of ite having been perceived in the town of Manchester ; bat it was felt by several familits living in the immediate neighbourhood , and more particularly at Cbeethamhill . This shock forms the third that has been experienced duriug a few years past , apparently having about the same range ; but the two former ( one of which took place on the 29 ih of August , 1835 , and the other on the 11 th of June , 1839 ) were considerably more violent than the one on Friday morning . —Manchester Guardian .

      Melancholy Fate of a Bride . —The Province , a Lyons journal , relates that about four o ' clock ia the morning of the 26 th ult ., as a wedding party were returning to Ainay from Etroits , where the marriage-feast had been celebrated , the bride , a pretty young village dam 3 el , stopped behind the rest for some purpose unexplained . Having waited for some time without her rejoining them , hex friends went back to seek her ; bat , although they spread in every direction , and r&'sed the whole of tbe day in exploring the country round , they could gain no tidings of her . At length , on the following morning , news was

      brought that she had been found in the night by % stranger , bound to a tree , with her hands behind her , and with her mouth filled with sand , in a wood called Te * e d'Or . She was still alive , and medical aid was called to her relief , but she was irrecoverable , and died in the afternoon of that day . No cries of distress were h ^ ard at the time she was first missing , and , when taken down from the tree , the nuptial wreath of orange flmers was still on her head , and all her bridal ornaments were on her person . Upon a post-mortem examination not the 'lightest trace of any other act of violence upon her could be discovered except that which caused her death .

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      O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith , CowU Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hia Pril * ing Offices , Nob . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Bri « gate » and Published by the aaid Joshba HOB 805 , | for the said Feabsus O'Connor ) at hia Dwdling-hoaae , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggate ; internal Communication existing between the «» No . 5 , Market-atreet , and the Baid Nob . 12 a * 4 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting V * whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offi * one Premises . All Communications must b » addressed , Po » t-pai 4 . *> Mr . Hobsoh , Northern Star Office , X « ed « . iSatuid&y , Match . 18 . 1813 . )

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      mm NISI PRIUS COURT-FRIDAY . CLOUGH V . JAMES . This was an action to recover compensation in damages for fake imprisonment . The oase was going on when our reporter left .

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      LOSS OF THE CLIFFORD , SHaRPE . IN TORRES STRAITS . The following two extracts of letters have been received at Llovd ' a : — ** August 16 , 1842 . —On the 16 ih instant , we were within the Barrier Reof , in Torres Straits , in company with the Clifford , bound to India . The Isabella was the leading ship , as hor commander had previously been three times through the Straits , by the outer pa .-saue , while the other commanders were KOiug tor the first time . The Isabella having slipped hor chain , we made sail for the anchorage under tho Bird Islands , and at sunset , finding ourselves iu from six to seven fathoms water , we deemed it advisable to anchor immediately . In coming to anohor , all the ship- ; , except tbo Gipsey ,

      rounded within a cables-length of tho Isabella ' s stern , the Somersetshire first , the Tornatin second , and the Clifford third , tho Gipsey ahead , and the whole aa near each other as prudence would admit . The Isabella anchored in six fathoms , the Tomatin ia biz and a-half , on the Isabella ' s bows ; the Somersetshire in bis and a half , on the Tomatin ' s starboard quarter ; and the Gipsy ahead of the Isabella , in tweuty-three fathoms . Tne Clifford , on letting go iicr anchor in six fathoms , on the starboard quarter of the Isabella , distant about a cable ' s length , and tending to her anchor with sixty fathoms' cable , unfortunately full on a small patch of coral , not marked on the charts , bearing by compass southby-west-lialf-west from the westermost of Sir Charles Hardy's Islands , distant about three miles and a half , and nor . th-eastthree quarters-east from

      HaggeTstouo ' B Island , distant about nine miles , livery exertion was made to get her off , but in vain , as tho sea was washing over her weatherbeam , fercing her on the bank , aud she at the same time striking heavily . At daylight , on the following morning , the sea having run high during the night , we found that she had made a bed for herself on the coral bank , and , under all the circumstances , we considered it utterly impracticable to get her off , and we therefore advised Captain Sharpe , her commander , to abandon her as a total loss , which advice he deemed necessary to adopt , but with the utmost regret . In our opinion , no blame whatever can be attributed to Captain Sharpe ; on the contrary , we think he has acted throughout with great caution , and done everything in his powor for tbe safety of hia ship . "

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      IRELAND . ( FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT . ) Dublin , Makch 15 . resistance to the poor rate . —alarmin g incursion of the peasantry . A numerous meeting of magistrates of the county of Waterford , was held in the Poor-house of Waterford , on Saturday , upon the requisition of Mr . Fleming , the collector of poor-rate in Gaukier district , to consider the measures most expedient to be pursued for the levy of the rate , in consequence of the general system of resistance amongst ihe peasantry , and the extreme excitement prevailing in that part of the country . A very Urge police tbroe had been employed : but although no open resistance

      had been offered , very few seizures could be effected , as the cattle had been drawn off to the sea side before the arrival of the police . Amongst the magistrates present , were tbe Earl of Huntingdon and Mr . Meagher , Mayor of Waterford , who acted as chairman . The meeting wa 8 private ; but the Waterford Chronicle states that the Magistrates decided against the expediency of calling out tbe military under present circumstances . From the sime journal I take the following passage , which gives a very alarming , if it be not a greatly exaggerated , description of the state of the distriot : — " An impression had gone abroad that the cattle Beized would be exported for sale , in order to obviate the difficulty of procuring

      purohasera ac a poor-rate auction in this country . The knowledge of this fact added tenfold determination to tbe spirit of resistance by which the people were animated . * Were we to leap upon the tops of the bayonets , we will die before we let our cattle go , ' was a baying we heard amongst a party of Gaultier men . At the very fiercest stage of the antitithe warfare , we never witnessed such a spirit of deadly hate to the law , and fixed resolve to resist it , through fire and smoke and steel—an actual thirst for war , even to the death , rather than submit to the system of legislation adopted by the collective wisdom of the poor law authorities upon this occasion . Nor would it have ended in a mero temporary riot . The first shot fired , we have no doubt ,

      would be a signal for a general rising—an' insurrection' throughout a great portion of the county of Waterford . Notices were posted extensively throughout the country on Sunday morning , calling upon the people to meet at the scene of action on Monday , and to bring their hurleys with them . Mounted men were posting express to distant quarters at all hours fop the last two or three eventful days . Plans of attack and defence were discussed and deliberated upon , with a seriousness that bespoke a deadly resolve—men , women , and children , were resolved to die upon their thresholds rather than surrender ; and , therefore , under these oircrmstances , we consider the magistrates

      have well aud truly acquitted themselves of the fearful responsibility thrown upon them ia the vain endeavour to uphold this most unpopular and universally detested law . There is one very unusual nature connected with this revolt , that the landlords in G aultier are principally of the Conservative class —we do not mean to say that this circumstance is at all connected with the recent occurrences , and we mer ely point it out as the first instance that has ever occurred within our recollection , where the population and landlords even of different creeds and politics were alike hostile to the operation of law . From a second edition of the Waterford Chronicle I have taken the following , which goes far to corroborate the representation made in the preceding

      extract : — " Four o clock . —An immense body of men , amounting to some thousands , armed with sticks and clubs , have just paraded the city , rending the air with their shouts . They are principally Gaultier men . reinforoea by numbers from tho adjoining

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      8 ¦ THE NORTHERN STAR .

      Notice Is Hereby Given, That A Meeting Of Tbe Inhabitants Of The Township Of Leeds,

      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that a Meeting of tbe Inhabitants of the Township of Leeds ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct473/page/8/