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      LEICESTER . — -Mr . Cooper delivered two andr es ^ es in the Skaksperean-room , last Sunday , jie brigade received their ** general / ' on his return from the - gallant fight at Stafford , with unbounded giih usiaan . Mr , Cooper assured his audience tha » ^ ten days trial had onlj made him eager to be jjjed again , and gave oni a meetiBgibr two o'clock PB the following day , in the Market-place . On Jloadsy afternoon , the Superintendantpf Police paid the •* general" a courteous visit , and informed him gat the Borough Magistrates could not permit the juiendea meeting . "My dear sir , " said Mr . C . in reply , tell the Mayor asd Magistrates that their mast er , Judge JErskiiie , told my Special Jury a Tew

      Aijs ' iSO , what Jndge Tindal told the Stafford { jraad Jury at the preceding &ssize 3 . —that the peo- ' pie of ibis country have a right i » meet when they like , and where they Kke , for the discussion of the Ch arter—tell the ; magistrates this , aha assure them iiat I shall hold the meeting . Let them arrest me , jf they dare , for 1 have not the slightest objection jo be tried agaia to-morrow . * Two o ' clock came , jadi . 000 people were assembled inLeicester Market-place . Mr . Cooper addressed them , and spoke OTt as boldly in defiance of sneaks and tyrant * as eTe r—bnt the Magistrates did not dare to arrest him . Mr . Cooper delivered another address in the Shaksperean room at night , hut was

      obliged to desist , from weakness and over exertion , Ihe Sh&ksperesn * nd All-Saints CaaTtiStS are Eiiitedlj pnrpodig to get up a public meeting in the M trfcet-place , next Monday , for petitioning Pariiajnent relative to the unjust treatment and unconstitutional trial of poor Jones , who 13 in our Borough Gaol Mr . William Biggs , author of the ephemeral » Midland Counties' Charter , " who is mayor this r ear ssys fc * disapproves of the intended meeting , and will see Sir James Graham about it J Good lack ! Tfiai singular notions of liberty this poor gentleman most hare 5 and Btillmore what awful notions of his own authority he must hare if he imagine he can alright Chartists from the assertion of their constitutional right to meet and petition

      Parliament 1 1 , ON 3 > ON . —Thb Mstsopbuta ?! Bekegaib Meeting was held on Sunday afternoon . Two shillings was recerred from Camberwell . Mr . Simpson re--por * fd from the Observation ana Tidlm Committees . Credentials were received from Mr . Ritchie , for Somerstown . Mr . Wheeler reported from the committee for gettbg np a meeting m honour of Mr . Buncombe ; and Messrs . Mills , Knight , Rachie , Pic&ersgul , and Salmon were added to the committee . After the transaction of other business the meeting adjourned , reports having been received from rarioas localities appro-ring of ibe new arrangements for orgam ' 2 ingthe metropolis .

      ScrEsnric xxn PouticaI Lrsimmos , 1 , Tussagais-Laxe . —Tae directors were occupied the whole of Sunday in making arrangements for the furtherance of the objects of the institution , Messrs . Wheeler , T > Km , JBortb . wick , Salmon , D 3 Vis , Browett , and "Walker were appointed a committee of management for the ensuing month , Messrs . Browett , Wsrtnaby , Dren , Parker , and Wyati were appointed a committee to report upon any alterations or improrements which might be effected id decorating the hall . Messra . "Wyatt , Flnde , and B 3 iijboaB were appointed to report relative to the esiiblisiiment of sinking , and oihfr classes . Arrangements were made for lectnm , aad the meeting acjourned nntil Thursday evening .

      Mxetlesoss . —On Sunday last a lecture was de-Irrered by Mr . W . Balls , after which he gave a bulling to the defence fnnd . WiiwoBiH . —At the weekly meeting here , after ihe usual business two members were enrolled . The Rotcxda . —The members of the Council resding in S ^ rry and Kent , met on Sunday , at the HolBBda . Arrangements were made for a meeting on the 5 th , aad one or two notices of motion were gran . Mr . Be > -bow lectured at the School room , late Zon Chapel , Ropemakers ' -FieldB , Limehouse , on Tuesday last . Mr . "Wheeeks lectured on Monday evening , at EDman ' s Coffee-house , Tottenham-Court-road . Mr . Farrer also addressed the meeting .

      Lasbets , 1 , Cheu .- Wxlk . —On Monday eTening 1 lecture was delivered here hy Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , to whom was passed an unanimous vote of thanks . South , Loxdok Locim * . —The members ef this locality met on Monday night last . Mr . Fnssell g&Te an excellent lecture to a numerous audience . Mr . Martin also addressed the meeting , eliciting much applause . 5 HS&EI . —A general meeting © f the Chartists readeni in Surrey and Kent , was held at the Hall of Science , Biackfriars-road , on Wednesday , to take into consideration the propriety of forming General Meetings of the whole of the members at

      periodB to be hereafter named . Also to elect a committee to prepare a petition to be presented to Parliament , praying that an inquiry may be instituted -with respect to the conduct of ibe police towards the people at a meeting held at 3 fr ? nnington Common , in Angnst last , Mr . Rainsley was called to the chair . Mr . Maynard moyed the first resolnibn , to die effect , Tn&t the Metropolis be divided into Borongh Districts , and that one general meeting be held in each , once a week , in order to obyiate the dificuMes which frequently arise , from the want of a concert of action . " A second resolution was proposed by Mr . Brown , seconded hy Mr . Thorpe , and supported Dy Mr . G&mmage , That the

      subject of the land , and the best means of obtaining it , be the Sr = t » qruestion taken into consideration at the meeting to be hereafter announced . ' A third resohitkm was proposed by Mr . Moy , and seconded by iir . Eeen , to the effect that Registration committees be . appointed in each borongh , in order to place all persons faTourable to our objects on the registration lists , as the best means of aiding the before-menfemed objects . A fourth resolution was proposed bj Mr . llofs , and seconded by Mr . Anderson , to the dfect that a petition be drawn np , and signed by

      the chairman on behalf of the meeting , to be presented to Parliament , praying an enquiry into the conduct of the police at the KrnniBgton Common meeting in Asgust last . All the resolutions -were carried . ATote of thanks was given to the ehair maB j When the meeting adjourned till W « dnesdayj April 12 & , to he holden at the same place , at seren o ' clock in the eyening . Two shillings and sixpence was subscribed to the Victim Fund , and a collection was made io defray the expenses ol the meet * ing KQ'innting to 103 .

      EocHDiiB . —Mt . Dixon lectnred in the Association room , Yorkshire-street , on Tuesday eTening ast , to a large and respectable audience . After the lecture , a collection was made in aid of the General Defence Pund . B ^ y oM- —On Sunoaj the , members of the Council held their usual weekly meeting , in the large loom , Bntterwonh ^ bnflding 3 , when it was resolyed That aznnsemea $ 3 of yariou 3 descriptions be held CTer ? Saturday and Monday eyening ; to commence at seven o ' clock . " The meeting adjourned to Sunday next , at tw » o ' clock in the afternoon ,

      Mr . Huelet lectured in the council room , Butterwortn s-bmldings , on Suaday eyening . After the le ^» ,-a discussion took place between Mr . Horley M . Beroai of the Sepeal Association . The disc ^ ra was adjoHrned to Sunday next , at seren CTered bj Mr . Smjth . u 2 SS ? 5 r ' ^ o ^^^ ickinwn lectured in Z ®* K * msi , Goat Inn , doth Market , on Sunday to ^ n ^ , *" - " 11 ^^^ y <* H » 1 »» * t Primogeni - STt ^^ 7 eTeninS . aeoording to announcement , 2 ^!«^ g * p a splendid lecture on the capabilities £ ™ £ M , nd tie rights of the people to the land , ^¦ gl e ^ s v endued after the meeting . The mmiLrfS ^ ^ ¦**» then commenced . The conS-r ^ Ji ° * 2 ! Ten °° * meeting fcarag been read and ^^" 4 ^ ? ^ 0 Iltribations ^ - Mi - Bea ^ r . > I *** " YoaDg seconded , " That our outaet

      ^ meeting * f delegates from aD psrta in PwTrf » S' w S *^^? , ISili April , fqr the pur-^^_ w mssmg anangementa for ttis soppoit Of Ml . jj ^ - ^ « lecsa-a for the counties of Nortlmmbefland ¦ a fcsBD ™ *^! h 0 UI ^ ffieetilI « to be tvo *> «» ^* S wl ^ ? J S ton ' C «« Ten , Cramlington , Sona kmI ?); Siaton 3 > da-ral , Seghlll , North and X i *^ ' ^ d ^ iaaa , Darnm , Honghton-le-^ hrm ^? ^ < Eart > West » Ididdlej ; ^ Bgt 7 « vi gate Stociton . Darlington , Bbfcop and BrSr ^^ S ^ drop , Barnard Castle , ShotleyfiBrSHfflT Sj B&yaon , Winlaton , SwallweU , feft , ^ ^^ Jlon , Tswdon , and eye ^ other locality oflte h , a ^ Jtm tles will see the propriety of attending » 2 Sn , ^^^* te ° * Utte * ' * tata ° S -the part ttiejr-ar ^ te 1 ^^ rf tilit laiiaa ; ble ob J - Aflylettas may ii ^ Tr ' r ! »• tHe Secretary , James Sinclair , uetn-^ T ' B ^ -briage , Kewostla

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      rS ^ eSf ?^ " ~ ¥ "'^ Bequence of the rapid and Sodetf ^ 13011 of ^ Co * 1 MioeiB' PhiLuithropical * & . too * J ^ * de % « e meeting tHU be held at WfiSaS ** ' 8 * » e Kobb and Crown , Shields of M » 7 T ? V ' Wei [ r < * 8 de - ^ P <> n-Tyaej on the first day ^ tni 5 ^ I ? 01 ****« or improTB the present Ex-^ tteS * ° * f swsa raise , or rescind others , " as ^ tS ? - ^?* P «» Per- Delegates from all ft ga ^^ m ^ gland , Scotland , and WaleB , » ^^ S" ~^ * * * » » » f ^* rlock 1 wiU lecture I ^ aJSrt § iS eiliB& at tteH&U of ^ Yeotil H » d a ^ T" ^ - ^ ^* ""M lecture at ihe Crown WvWf ^ ^^ ire-street , Waterloo Town , on *» J « Tenmg next , at eight o ' clock . sSSKf *^ Smda y Bext m - Gamm ^ e . ^ % C 5 i ? n 31 liU lecture at tk » Mechanics' Institu-^ tcus-street , at baU-pwst Beren .

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      London . —Mb . Gamjuge wDl lecture on Monday eyening , at 59 , Tottenham Court-road . A Cosceht for the benefit of Mrs . M'Donall will be held on Monday eyening , at the Feather ' s Tayern , Warren-street , Tottenham Court-road . Admission two-pence . - Mr Faskeb win lecture on Sunday evening , at the Goldbeaxera' Arms , Old St . Paucraa-ioad . Mr . Whekleb will lecture on Sunday eyening , at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Taroagainlane . A Ball will take place on Easter Monday at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagainlane . Single tickets , one shilling—double , one and sixpence .

      1 , Chbja Wii . fi ., Lakbeth— A ' general district meeting will take place in this locality next Tuesday eyening , for discusssion—the subject , the Land , and how to obtain it . LlKSHOUSB . —Mr . Frazsr will lecture on Tuesday evening next , at the School Room , at half-past geyez ? o ' clock . ChahtiS 3 S Attend !—A pnblie meeting will be held on Monday eyening , at the Political and Scientific Institution , Turnagain-lane , to present an address to Thomas Duncombe , Esq .. thanking him for his conduct in exposing that political Judge , Lord Abinger . Mr . Duneombe , FearRus O'Connor , and others will attend . Chair to be taken &i eight o'clock .

      Mr . Wheeler will lecture on Sunday evening at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lane . A lecture will also be delivered here on Good Friday . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . Ashto . v-IWDEB-Ltne . —Mr . Clarke , of Stockport , wm lecture in ihe Chartist room , Charles Town , on Sunday . Siddaia . —On Monday evening Mr . Butterly will lecture in the Association room , Cinder-hills , at eight o ' clock .

      Mr . Buopbt will lecture at Eelloe on this day { Saturday ) At Coxhoe , Monday , Shincliffe , Taeiday ; Hoffall , Wednesday ; Framwellgate Moor , Thursday ; New Durham , Friday . Mr . DAyjES will lecture on Monday , at West Aukiand ; Tuesday , Souibchurch ; Wednesday , Copycrooks j Thursday , Leasingthonu A DisTsicT Delegate meetis « wiU be held at Shincliffe Bank Top , on Saturday next . Bolton . —Mr . Peter Rigby will lecture here , on Sunday nexi , at six o ' clock in the evening . Sheffield . —Mr . G . J . Haraey will address the Chartists of Fig-tree-lane , on Sunday evening , ( to-morrow , ) at half-past seven . On Mosdat Evening , in the same room , there wiil be a public discussion on * ' the land f to commence at eight o'clock precisely .

      U ? PEB Waslet . —Two lectures will be delivered in the Association Boom , on Sunday next , by Mr . Richard Wheelwright , in the afternoon at hall-past two , and in the evening at half-past six . Cotentkt . —A tea and dancing party will be held in the Chartist Room , Well-street , on Easter Mon day ; ticket ? , ladies 3 d each , gentlemen Is each . — On Easver Tuesday , a dancing party will be held j admission fid each . Halifax —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) there will be a meeting of the members of this locality , at ten o ' clock in ihe forenoon , for the purpose of appointing teachers for the Sunday school about to be established . Mr . Abraham Ha > so ? j will lecture in the s ^ me place tSwan Coppice ) , at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Bibmisgrui . —A Delegate Meeting will be-beld at the Association Room , Ashton-street , on Easter Sunday , -when Delegates from the following places are re-qnssted to attend : —Birmingham , Worcester , Warwick , Stafford , Wolverbamton . Bilston , Coventry , Leamington , Stowbridge , Bromsgrove , Reddiich , Walsall , Wednesbury , and Darlaston . Hcddebsfifld . —The next district meeting will be held at Kirkheaion , in the usual room , on Sun day next ( to-morrow ) , at one o ' clock , when it is hoped that all the delegates appointed will attend .

      Mb . B . Rcshtos , from Halifax , will deliver two lectures , in the Association Room , Upperhead Row , on Sunday next , in the afternoon , at half-past two , and in the evening , at six e ' clock , for the benefit of two poor families , whose husbands have been taken from them . The Chabtist Youths of Manchester intend h . a . Ting a tea party and ball , in Brown-Btreet Room , on Eister Tuesday , for the benefit of the imprisoned Chartists' wives and families . Srmus-js-AsHTiELD . —Oa Easier Monday night , a concert will take place at Mr . James Turner ' s , the Robin Hood Inn . On Ea 3 ter Tuesday night , a concert will be held at Mr . George Marriott's , the Old Trooper . On Easter Wednesday » ignt , a concert frill be held at Mr . William Kirk's , the OJd Wool Pack Inn—all for the benefit of the Defence Fund .

      Oldhah . —On Sunday , ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the Chartist room , Greaves-fitreet , by Mr . James Pontifract , of Saddlewonh , at six o ' clock in the eyening . "Homb Coloxjzatioh . —In consequence of Mr . Ferrand haying leave granted to bring in a hill on the principle of Home Colonization , with a view to give employment to the unemployed poor , a meeting will be held in the above room , on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening , to consider the propriety , and to discuss the merits of Buch bill . As the subject is of great importance , a good attendance is requested .

      On Easter Tuesday , the 18 th instant , a Chartist teS party and ball will take place in the Town Hall , in honour of the liberation from Kirkdale Gaol , of Messrs . Yardley , Hnrst , Bell , Jon&s , and Warwick , when Mr . Leach , of Manchester , and the above individuals are expected to be present . A meetisg will be held at No . 1 , China Walk , Lambeth , on Tuesday next , to enier on the discussion of the subject of the Land . Towkr Hamlets—The adjonrned meetiHg of the Chartists who are about forming a locality in the Hamlets , will be held on Tuesday evening next , in the Working Men ' s Hall , 29 } , Mile End-road , at eight o ' clock . Sau » obd—On Sunday next a lecture will be delivered in the Association Boom , by Mrs . M'farline , at half-past six .

      Stockport . —Two lectures will be delivered in the Association Room , on Snnday ( to-morrow ) at halfpast two o ' clock , and half-past six in the evening , by Mx . D . Boas , from Manchester . The South Ioscashtrs delegate meeting will take place on Sunday ( to-morrow ) in the Chartist room , Brown-street , Manchester . Cabpestkb ' s Hall- —Two lectures will be delivered & the above Hall , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) by Mr . John West . The lectures to commence at halfpast two o ' clock in the afternoon , and half-past six in the eyening . Bhaotokd . —The Chartisls of Park-lane will meet in their room on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . A lectnre will be delivered on the Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland . Frea admission . Discussion invited .

      Thb Chabtists meeting in the Council Room are requested to attend on Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock . The Chabtists of Shear Bridge are requested to meet , as usual , at their room , on Saturday evening , at serea o ' clock . Thb Chabtists of New Leeds will meet en Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . Thb Chabtists of Bowling Back Laae will meet in their room , at ten o clock on Sunday morning . The Chaktjsts of Manningham will meet on Sunday , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Mr , J . B . Alderaon will lecture .

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      NOMINATION—Wednesda y , Atbxl Sth . The doors of the Exchange were thrown open by about a quarter to ten o'clock this morning , and every part of the room soon became densely crowded . Shortly after ten o ' clock , commenced the legal forms , the reading of the writ and the proclamation against buberjt daring which there were repeated calls of " What do yon think of that John 1 " after these were concluded , Lord RA ^ CLtrFBrnade his appearance amidst lond cheering , and said brother electors and non-electors , he had the pleasure of proposing to them a candidate worthy of their support ; but previous to doing so he wished to assure the gentleman on his right that he would avoid any personalities ; he wished to per * sue a straightforward , fair , and honest eonrsej be was there to advocate principles and BOt to serve

      ihe cause of either Whig or Tory ; he would ask what had the Whigs done for the people—( nothing ) 1 —nor had they anything to expect from them ; and he would ask what had the Tories done ! . Why , Peel had told them that he would prescribe when he had got uoseBsion of the fee—but he was like tke Doctor vrhof !* ve no xeKef , bat said , "I physics , I bleedgj and I swaats J ma . He stood " before them BOW as he did in 1812—they might say that he irasuqt mnoh improved—but he Eeld bow the same principles which he held then . He was the firm advocate of Annual Parliaments—( lond cheers )—of Tote . by Ballot , and Universal Suffrage—( continued and prolonged cheers ^ in fact , he agreed with and supported every principle of the Charter ; but it appeared that the Tories thought that instead of the ; principles of tbe Charter being carried ont , that the pudule of Nottingham were to be handed from father

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      to 6 on . ( Laughter . ) Now he held this to be the greatest absurdity . It wa 3 hereditary legislation . Mr . Walter , Juri ., had not told them hia political opinions—and he was ignorant of them . He could not discover what ie was iboufc ; but Mr . Gisborne was the tried advocate of the working man's rights , and agreed with him ( Lord R . ) that the people were the source of all power and wealth ; it remained for them to judge like mon , and Bay whether they would have a tried friend of their cause , or one who seemed afraid to state his political opinions . He would also add , that by returning Mr . Gisborne they would wipe away the stain from their characters ; and he was not only an advocate for the People ' s Charter , but was opposed to the Corn Laws . He concluded by proposing Thomas Gisborne , Jun ., as a fit and proper person to represent the town of Nottingham in Parliament .

      D . Bean , Esq ., in seconding bis nomination , said that it was well known that be was an Anti Cora Law man . He also wished to see the rich paupers done away with , to prevent the polished scamp from putting his hands into the pockets of the people and robbing them by Act of Parliament . He had much pleasure in seconding the nomination of Thos . Gisbone , jun . —( cheers . ) Mr . Chabltojj , who waa received with much dissatisfaction , said that lie claimed at their hands fair play which open-hearted Englishmen should grant to each other —( hear , hear , from Mr . O'Connor)—they would also , perhaps , be more patient when he told them that he should not detain them long—\ hear , hear)—the recent events which were well known to them' had caused a vacancy for &

      member for Nottingham , and he had a candidate to propose lo . them . The Noble Lord who proposed Mr . Gisborne bad said that he bad been a member for twelve years , and be agreed with him that he had been the friend of the working man ' s tights—( here the speaker who was much confused , said that he had forgot , which was met with cries of " Your fast" )—he was now about to name a candidate to them , Mr . J . Walter , jun ., whom they had never seen before —( cries of ** We don't want to see him again ")—and tbough _ he was young , he was not younger than the Noble Lord when fee first represented Nottingham ; he would remark that the committee had absolved Mr . Walter personally from being a party to bribery , and he fought their battles well and often . It had been asked what were

      the political opinions of Mr . J . Walter , jun ., but he said that was not to the question—( Oh . ) It was immaterial for this election . Their part was apart from all political motives —( laughter ) . And as to Mr . Gisborne , it appeared doubtful 10 which part of the liberals be belonged . Was it their intention to forget Whiggery ? ( Yes ) . Would Mr . Gisborne go the whole length of the Charier ? ( Yes . ) But he would tell them that the Whigs were more their enemies than the Tories . Ei ^ hc months ago Mr . Walter bad to cosund against secret enemies ; now all would be fair and above board . He accused the parties who had entered into the compromise of having opposed Mr . Walter . ( Loud cheers from Mr . Walter ' s friends , and counter cheers from Mr- Gisborne ' s ) He would sit down by propising John Walter , the unflinching advocate of your rights . Mr . J . Bakkeb seconded him .

      Mr . J . Sweet , who was loudly cheered on coming forward , said that he should propose a man who would advocate the rights of all men . Thny had heard something about the New Poor Law , but he could not look apon those men as sincere who deprived the people of that power by which alone they could ges it repealed . He proposed F . O'Connor , Esq . as a fit and proper person . Mr . C . Robebts said that he had again the honor of seconding the nomination of F . O'Connor , Esq . Mr . Gisborws then rose , but gave way to Mr . Melville who proposed Mr . Tyas .

      Mr . Chas . Wiloockson seconded him , when Mr . Gisbobnk again came forward , and was received with loud applause , and said—Electors and Inhabitants of Nottingham , as he had the honour of standing before them as a candidate , he thought that it was a privilege to which he was entitled , to know who were his opponents—for as to the last candidate he knew nothing , and he believed from what he saw , that they were all equally ignorant as to who he was , what was his occupation , or where he came from—and under these circumstances he must ask the Sheriff to again repeat his name , and inform them of his residence .

      This was complied with amidst considerable laughter , Mr . Gisborne observed that they did not appear to be much wiser . Now he ( Nlr . Gisborne ) wished for a fair stand-up English fight , and he believed that it was usual for them to shake hands before engaging , and he tendered his hand to Mr . Walter ( this Mr . W . refused . ) Well , he had offered it to him in good faith , for he could assure them that he had no personal animosity , but he stood there to assert principles whioh he had advocated for twelve years , and during that time no one had accused him of inconsistency ; and be hoped that they would give to his opponents as patient an hearing as they had given him , for he wished te give them every

      opportunity of pulling his character to pieces—he bad sat with Mr . Walter on his side of the House , until Mr . Walter was ashamed of it , by Mr . O'Connell calling him " The last Rose of Summer , " and Mr . Walter then kept biB proper situation on the Tory side of the House . Mr . J . Walter , jun ., in bia address , had stated that be did not think it B&fe to come amongst them sooner . This w&s the first time wo had set eyes upon him , because of the danger he would have been in , if he had been amongst us sooner . Now , he ( Mr . Gisborne ) said that where there was no roguery , there was no danger ; bat he should say that the danger was in him stopping away , for it was certain that he knew of this addres 3 . and that he approved of it ,

      and that of itself was printa facia evidence that he only stopped away , in order that the bribery might not be traced to him , though in reality it was evidenoed that he sanctioned it—for if there were no intentions to commit bribery there was no need to stop away . He ( Mr . Gisborne ) did not keep away ; but as his remarkB appeared to make his opponents uncomfortable , he would go to more general principles , after he had adverted to another circumstance . They had been told that ihe Whigs could not consistently support him ( Mr . Gisborae )—( hear , hear , hear . ) Now , he contended that they could n » t consistently do otherwise . He ( Mr . G ) did not differ from them on principle , and the only difference wag , that they set limitations

      to their principles , and he did not agree with the limitations ; and he had , as he had stated , supported the Whigs to keep out the Tories , for since Toryism had again commenced , tyranny had raised its head in every form ; in the courts of law , by magistrates on the bench , and in ecclesiastical courts . ( Hear , hear . ) The Lord Chief Justice has carried political partizanahip and intolerance to the bench , —( hear , ) —and not only made use of his situation to browbeat witnesses , but defendants . ( Cheers . ) He then exposed the conduct of the magistrates—the recent decision with respect to church rates—and the sending OHt of bishops—and it was singular that the Lord of the Admiralty should select the steam-ship Devastation to send out that minister of peace the

      Bishop of Jerusalem ; h « also alluded to several of the Clauses in the proposed Education Bill ; be thanked Mr . Cbarlton for saying that he had always been the friend of the working classes . [ Mr . < harltoh —I did not say bo . ] ( Cries of yon did . ) [ Mr . Charlton , then it waBa slip . J He ( Mr . Gisborue ) challenged them to show to the contrary ; he was glad to see the liberals united , for cold aristrocratio Whiggery could not put down Toryism- He was an advocate for the extension of the Suffrage ; he had always held that the safest place to deposit the Suffrage , was with the whole people , and without any otter limitation than such as is neoessary to have a registration . He had looked at all classes and he had not

      discovered one that would produce good Government ; there was not one clas ? but what would abuse that power—the class who now possessed it had abased it , and they were more ignorant than the body of the people , and were always behind them . And what little good tluy did get , was caused by the pressure from without ; and if they wished for tyranny to be curbed , mag isterial authority to be properly restrained , and the people to enjoy their rights , they would not Bend & boy . ( A voice , " but is there nothing else than Universal Suffrage I ) Mr . Gisborne thought that he had fully explained his viewa on that Bubject . He would say , in conclusion , that if he was elected and they should at any time call upon him to resign , he would do bo .

      Mr . J . Walter , jun , then came forward and said , that Mr . Gisborne had Baid that the working people were before the constituency and the legislature , and therefore , Mr . Gisborne could not be possessed of much knowledge , as he aspired to belong to the inferior classes . In the observation" he should make he should be guarded to : put a proper construction npon what had been said j and he claimed their regards for the unequivocal attachment they had shewn to his father . He did not come there from ambitious feelings , and therefore , if he was returned it would enhance the value of it both to himself and his father . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Gisborne certainly had one advantage over him , as he ( Mr . J . Walter ) had not any past conduct to refer to , but he advocate * the same principles as his father ; and his father had given proofs or his conduct . ( Long-COnrinned laughter . ) Bat if he was to come here

      on different principles—( here the speaker came to a pause , and there was a cry that " he wanted a fresh book . " ) Young as be was , he was old enough to remember when Mr . Gisborne endeavoured aa far as possible , to deprive the poor of their rights j by supporting the J&ngelair Enclosure Bill , and hia father , to his immortal honour , succeeded in throwing it out . Now , aa his enemies had nt other charge to bnng against him ( Mr . Walter ) they had brought forward one of a very heineus nature—a charge of being young , and to that he must plead guilty ; bat let the despisers of youth tell them what intrinsic value there lain age . He considered youth was the time when they were most free from age , and as he was young that was a fault which he should mend of in lime—he hoped that he : should impreve—( bear , hear ) , —and should they think him worthy of being their representative—( no , uoj , —he hoped

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      they would find tbat he should improve , and that he should be always found to serve them to their satisfaction . , After some other remarks ihe Hon . Candidate sat down . Mr . O'Connqb said , that the gentleman who proposed Mr . Walter alluded to the untoward event by which that gentleman had been unseated , and believed that that event had been brought about by the most puerile and insufficient evidence , as indeed he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had told Mr . Walter . He , however , could not complain , as he had been ousted by the casting-vote of a ' whole-hog" ( Hogg ) Tory , bristles and all —( laughter ) - He ( Mr . O'Connor ) supposed Miat although the charges were futile , and the evidence insufficient—he supposed that

      casting vote had been given from the feeling that he ( Mr . Walter ) deserved unseating for 20 a . bribery , while Hogg had at his own election given £ 26 per head to his voters —( cheers and laughter ) . The Chartist ? had been taunted with having formed an anomalous coalition with the Whigs , but he ( Mr . O'Connor ) never heard of an individual who refused aid when , he needed it ; and in this case the Chartists were the mountain , and the Whigs Mahomet , for they came to the Chartists —( hear , hear ) . It had been balm to his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) soul to hear the speech of the Noble Lord who had proposed Mr . Gisborne in advocacy of those opinions for whioh he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had suffered persecution , as that Noble Lord was one who had a stake

      in the country , and a character to lose—(" hear , hpar , " and a voice— "Has he really ?") He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had said last week , in his speech in thB Market-place , that unless they could get a man worthy of their support , he himself would go to the poll , and he now begged to tell Mr . Gisborne that he must give them a bettor account of the Charter—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . These were trying times , but Mr . Gisborne had given them nothing but a hodge-podge detail of Bishops of Jerusahm and Ecclesiastical Courts , while they wanted the Charter as the leverage hy which the corruption of State might be overthrown —( cheers ) . He supposed Mr . Gisborne had given the assurance he required on behalf of the Chartists to the leaders of their party ;

      but was he now ashamed to publicly acknowledge his promise to support the Charter I— ( hear ) . Mr . O'Connor then charged both Whigs and Tories with oppression and self-seeking , and went on to say that the Chartists ought not to take up the cudgels for any adherent to either party , but only for such a candidate as was a confirmed friend of Annual Parliaments , Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot . Eleotoial Districts ; No Property Qualification , and Pay ^ ment of Members . Some allusion had been made to the Poor Law , and to give honour where honour was due , he gave praise to Mr . Walter for his opposition to that measnre , and acknowledged that Mi . Walter had likewise done something to set his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) house in order—the prison —( laughter ) . But

      supposing he had done this and more , it was all of no value taken sectionally ; the people must have the power of making the laws , and then no poor laws could exist —( cheers ) . The burdens which now crushed the people to the earth would be removed , and happiness would be restored to the land . He thought , when he heard Mr . Walter ' s speeoh , that there was more than one vacancy ; he certainly seemed 1 speaking for himself and his father too . In the anxiety of the son to make his youth of no disadvantage he appeared to be at the same time making out the walking ticket for his father . — ( laughter ) . Mr . Walter was connected with the Times newspaper , and he also connected the individual with the journalist . In that paper , when it

      was some time ago giving accounts of the arrest of Chartist leaders for advocating the rights of the people , it daily added a postscript , " They have not caught the right man yet . " Now , he ( Mr , O'Connor ) found no fault with the judges , and less with jurors ; but he did find fault that the Times newspaper , with the gigantic power that it possessed , should descend to tho task of ferreting out the game for the Government ; and from the moment of his ( O'Connor ' s ) victory over Sir James Graham , the Times was constant in its recommendations to Government to get him ( O'Connor ) transported —sent oab of the country—( ' * hear , " and " shame" ) . God forbid that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) should let his political objects merge into personal feelings ,

      but he had plenty of such opportunities as the present of taking ample revenge . Mr . O'Connor then / in allusion to tho Bishop of Jerusalem , abused the Church at some length , saying that its dignitaries never set foot even upon the most remote island but they caused confusion , war , and destitution . Whig corruption was next attacked under the image of a rotten tree , which made the air putrid , and , like the Upas of the desert , was fatal to everything , both auimal and vegetable , within its baneful influence . He then alluded to the free trade party , who were anxious that the Chartists , if they could not go all the way with them , should at least go as far aa they could ; but , when they had got everything they wanted , it would be , " Good night , Mr .

      Chartist , we are at home , and you may go back or not as you can I" They wanted to make mere machines of the working classes—to lead them out in the morning to work , and into their stalls at night when their labour was over . But when the labour of the working mau was protected in the game ratio as the capital of his employer , then there would be a return of those halcyon days when the children of the poor man might be gambolling and playing , with vigour in their limbs , and health pair . ted on their cheeks , instead of being carried to work on the backs of worn-out and wo-begone mothers . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor concluded a very long speech , by an attack upon Mr . Walter for changing his politics , and said , that if he ( Mr . O'Connor )

      had disposed of the organ which represented the Chartists ( meaning the Northern Star ) as Mr . Walter had disposed of The Times , he should blush to show his face in public again . He could not say anything about the compromise , as he was not in possession of the facts of the case , but he could tell them something about the sale of the Times , because he was acquainted with the whole of the transaction . Alexander Baring , now Lord Ashburton , and Lord Wharuoliffa , wore the Tories who bought it , and £ 187 , 000 was the sum paid .,. They then said to Mr . Walter , " We shall want a new editor , " Mr . Walter said , " Oh , no , I'll see Barnes . " Mr Walter then went to Barnes and said , "We must come out Tory to-morrow . " ( A laugh . ) He then told Barnes that they wanted to haye a new editor , to which Barnes replied , " What fools they must be to think I can write only

      on one side t" ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Gisborne had given the Chartists the best possible proof of his sincerity in promising to resign bis seat when called on , and if he answered the questions whioh he intended shortly to put he should recommend them to support him . Mr . Waltee . —I beg to claim the indulgence of the meeting , for a sipgle moment , while I notice an allegation which has just been made by the individual who last addressed you . Upon my honour , I have not spoken to any public man on the subject of the press for the laat twenty years . With respect to what he says as to the sale of a property with whioh I was then connected , I tell you , upon my honour , there is not the shadow of a foundation for it , and I believe that he knows what he says to be utterly false . Mr . Tyas then addressed the electors , but was much interrupted .

      Mr . O'CosNORsaid he bad not yet resigned , aa , before he did ( hat , he must have from Mr . Gisborne , who had spoken in favour of the six points , an unequivocal answer to a straightforward question . Did Mr . Gisborne , whea the People ' s Charter was brought under the consideration of the House of Commons , intend to support that measure t Mr . Gisborne . —I think I have given an explanation . Mr . O'Connor . —Say Yes" or " No . " ( Cries of " Order , order . ") Mr . Gisborne . —I h&ye spoken as an independent mau ; I have declared my principles in such a way that no man can misunderstand them . I oannot be misunderstood ; I do not think it fair . Mr . O'Connor . —If 1 understand Mr . Gisborne aright , I am satisfied .

      Mr . Charlton—I am not , and I request a plain answer . Will you , or will you not support the Charter ! I ask for a plain " yes , " or " no . " No answer being given , Mr . Charlton said , Mr . Gisborne wiJl not answer ; I , therefore , put it to your ( the electors , ) common sense , if you have not a right to infer , that he will not support the Charter ! Mr . O'Connor—I put a question to young Mr . Walter , will you support the six points in the Charter ! Mr . Walter , jun . —I will give an explicit answer , if that will elicit an equally explicit answer from Mr . Gisborae ;^ I will not— ( confusion and cheers ) . "H '

      Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Tyas having retired from the contest , the Sheriff called for a show of hands •¦ for Mr . Gisborne , when almost every haiid was held up in the body of the Hall—( cheers ) . A very few only appeared for Mr . Walter , jun ., with the exception of those on the hustings . Mr . Gisborne haying been declared to have the show of hands in bis favour , Mr . Charlton demanded a poll for Mr . Walter , jun ., whioh was appointed to take place in the Market-place , at eight o ' clock the next morning , to which time an adjournment took place . : The Hall was oleared about twenty minutes before two o ' clock , the proceedings having occupied nearly four hours .

      THE : POLL—Thoksdat . The canvassers , election agents , and district managers , set to work in good earnest , at a very early hour . It was understood- that many of the Tories had breakfasts provided , and then the voters were broaght up to the polling booths , so as to have the first ohance . Great were their rejoicings at nine o ' clock , the conclusion of the first hour , when the numbers were announced as follow : — at nike o ' clock—Walter 455 Gisborne 391 Majority ...... 64

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      The poll booths were constructed this time , on a different plan to what they had been heretofore , being a / i in a straightline , with the entrances fronting the Long-row . Within a common enclosure at the back the sheriff ' a booth was placed , with egress on botk sides for the voters . i at ten o ' clock—Walter L 810 Gisborne 849 Majority 3 S at eleven o ' clock—Gisbome ........... 1291 Waher 1179 1 Majority 112 at twelve o ' clock—Gisborne ..- 146 ? Walter 1372 { Majority 91 The excitement wag now very great . Much rain had fallen , but round the booths there was a forest of umbrellas . at one o ' clock—Gisborne 1714 Walter ; 1587 Majority 127 at two o ' clock—Gisborrie 1751 Walter .. ; 1634 Majority 4 117 HALF-PAST TWO . —Gisbornb 1786 Walter ! . 1672 Majority 114 AT A QUARTER TO THREE—Giibome 1802 Walter 1681 Majority 121 thbee o ' clock . —Gisborne . 1814 Walter \ 17 U 5 Majority 109 half past three . —Gisborne 1847 Walter 1721 Majority 128 FIKAL CLOSE OF * THE POLL . GTSBORNE 1 1854 WALTER i ' . 1736 Majority for Mr . Gisborne . 118 Mr . Gisborne , attended by Lord Ranoliffe , Mr . Duncombe , Mr . Alderman Rogers , the chairman of the committee , and many other friends , amidst the shouts of the people , went from the booth to the balcony of Mr . Dunn ' s house , in the Market-place , where animating addressss were given by Lord Rancliffe , Mr . Gisborne , and others . Mr . Duncombe weut off to London by the five o'clock train , intending to announce the result of the election in the House of Commons , and to vote upon an important motion , j The following is the Sheriff ' s statement : — GISBORNE ,...= .. 1839 WALTERS 1728 Majority for Mr . Gisborne Ill

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      soner bad been in the habit of dealing at Mr . Moss crop ' s shop for several months previous to thi 3 occurrence , and that five or six weeks before she had come and asked for a pennyworth of arsenic to kill mice . It was refused unlcHS she would bring a witness with her . She went away , and in the coarse of half an hour came back with another woman , and finally was allowed to bu ? an ounce of arseuio , whioh was put up in paper marked " Poison . " Dr . Brown addrpssed the Jury for the defence , contending that all the circumstances of tho case were consistent with the supposition that tho deceased bad got the poison somewhere else , in the interval between his leaving home and his appearance at Messrs . Eden and Th waites ' s , or that it had by some accident found its way into his food . He submitted the case was altogether too doubtful to

      found a verdict of gu « Hy against the prisoner . His Lordship having summed up , the Jury retired for about an hour , and finally returned into court with a verdict of Guilty . There were two other indictments against the prisoner for the murder of Alioe Haslam and Nancy Haslam by the same means . Alice had died on the Jkh of September , and Nancy some time before , when the prisoner was a widow . On the bodies being disinterred , arsenic in large quantities was disco vered'in the stomachs . In these cases , a verdict of " Wilful Murder" had been returned by the coroner's inquest , but these indictment 3 were not now proceeded with . His Lordship in a most impressive address sentenced the prisoner to death .

      The prisoner was rery passive until the sentence was passed , when , oa the gaoler proceeding to remove her from the bar , she clasped her bands together , and moaned out , "Oh , mercy , my Lord and Gentlemen I Hare meroy on me for this time !"

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      A MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the Township of HUNSLET , in the Borough of LEEDS , was held on Mosdat Evening , April 3 rd , 1843 , in the large Room at the Punch Bowl Inn , in Hunslet , in pursuance of a numerously signed Resolution , " to con Rider certain clauses in a Bill ( now going through Parliament ) which , if it pass into law , will throw all the Turnpike Roads , in the Borough of Leeds , upon the Townships , caasing an increase of Highway Rates in the Borough to the amqunt-of £ 8 000 per annum . " CHARLfcS GaSGOIGNE MACLEA , Esq ., the Alderman of the Ward , in the Chair ; when it was resolved—On the motion of Mr . Thos . Jones , seconded by Mr . Benjamin Gib-on ,

      1 st . That this Meoting Btrengly disapprove and deprecate the 19 th clause of the Turnpike Bill now before Parliament , the operation of which will be , ( if it become law ) , to remove all the Toll-gates now standing on the Leeds and Wakefield Tarnpike Road , within the Township of Hunslet , and all the other Toll-gates amounting to 30 , and also all the Sidaeates amoantiDg to 30 , now standing on all the 18 Turnpike Trusts , being a total length ef 46 Miles of Turnpike Roads within the 12 different Townships in the Borough of Leeds , and also throw up all the Turnpike Roads to be repaired by the different Townships in which they pass , and thus increase the Highway Rates ,

      at least £ 8 000 per year for the whole Borough , and for the Township ef Hunslet an increase of from £ 700 to £ 1 000 per year will be required—thus doubling the present Highway Rate of tbat place , and thus throwing the whole expences incurred in improving , maintaining , and keeping in repair such Roads , with indiscriminate injustice , upon the Ratepayers : while numbers who do not reside within the Borough , but who traffic on and damage the Roads , will never be called npon to contribute a farthing towards their repairs ; and the greatest portion of the poor , who are neither sufficiently fed , clothed , lodged , nor educated , and who have neither horse , nor ass , nor vehicles of trafiic , or of pleasure , will be still -more heavily taxed to improve , maintain , and repair the Highways .

      On the mo ' ion of Mr . Samuel Beaumont , seconded by Mr . Robert Foster What , 2 fldly . Tnat the following Memorial be Signed by the Chairman on behalf of this Meeting , and sent to the Borough Members for presentation in the House of Commons , and to Ear } Stanhope in the House of Lords , and , together with the Resolutions , be printed in the four Leeds Papers , and that Mr . Thomas Jones and Mr . Richard Bayldon form the Committee to carry out the same . The Chairman having left the Chair , it was taken by Joshua Bowcrr Esq ., and on the motion of Joseph Beckett , Esq ., seconded by Mr . Thomas Jones , it was unanimously resolved , that the best Thanks of the Meeting were due to Charles G . Maclea , E ? q-, for his conduct in the Chair .

      TO THE BIGHT HONOURABLE THE LOKHS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The Petition of the Ratepayers resident in the Toww ship of Hunslet , in the Borough of Leeds , in Publie Meeting assembled . Humbly Sheweth , —That your Petitioners have learnt that a Bill is now passing through yoor Honourable House , entitled "A Bill to continue Local Turnpike Acts , and to amend the Laws relating to Turnpik- Roads in England and Wales , " the ! 9 th clause of which enactB " that from and after the time when any local Act for regulating Turnpike Roads would , bnt for this Act , have expired ^ no Toll shall be taken and no Monev shall be laid out on any Road , or part of any Road , comprised in suoh Act , which shall be within the limits of any Aot for tho Improvement of any Town or part or parts of a Town . "

      Your Petitioners , fully aware of the immense injury which this clause will produce on the labouring portion of society , and those who Lxave not any auimal or vehicle to damage the aforesaid Roads , would respectfully request your honourable House to take the subject iuto your serious consideration , that you may become fully acquainted with the gross injustice which the enactment of such a clause will naturally produce on the poor Inhabitants of this Township , whose appalling condition is now almost without parallel , in consequence of the present depressed state of Trade , and the already enormous taxes they are called upon to pay .

      Your Petitioners wonld beg to remind you of tie-Tact that by far the greater proportion of damages caused to the Turnpike Roads in this Township are caused , by parties who do not live in the Township , but who pass through from Leeds to the different Colliers , &c , in the adjacent Townships , which Collieries , as well as the parties who damage the Roads , do not contribute one farthing towards the payment of Highway Rates , in this Township , and consequently , if this clause be enacted , will be altogether exempted from paying any remuneration for the damages they cause on the Turnpike Roads situated in this township .

      Yoor Petitioners would therefore beg that your Honourable House would strike out the aforesaid clause , and allow the Tarnpike Trustees to collect the Money for the Repairs of the Roads in the manner they have hitherto done , as they are fully convinced that it is the strictest prinoiple of justice for those who damage the Roads to contribute towards keeping them in repair ; and your Petitioners are convinced that Toll-Bars are the best means of carrying out that object . And your Petititmers will ever pray , &o . Signed on behalf of the Meeting , Chas . G . Maclea , Chairman .

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      THE Proprietor of DR . HAMILTON'S VITAL pills , feeling convinced that the innate good properties of this Medicine , must by the recommendations of those who experience its benign efficacy , ( in many instances after all other means bad failedh do more to bring it into notice , than anything eteey has abstained from publishing oases of cure , and the more so , as he well knows the frauds that are constantly practised upon the public by fictitious or manufactured cases , which causes little faith to be attached io such statements . But how different is it with those persona who are eye witnesses of the curative powers of a Medicine in their own immediate neighbourhood ; these , indeed , strike home tOf the convictions of every one under whose notice they happen to fall . The entire columns of a n < -, WRnnn « r

      would be totally inadequate to contain a fiftieth part of the details of previous suffering , and the joyous expression of giatitude in the numerous letters he ha 9 received . But he disdains to agitate the public mind with them , knowing fuli well , thae the Madiciae having gained a footing , alike in the mansions of the peer and the cottages of the peasant , nothing can stay its course , nor is there a civilized portion of the globe where it will not ultimately be known and prized as the great restorer of health . Solo , in boxes a lS . Jd , 2 s . 9 d \ , and 11 s . —In Leeds by Hob 8 on , Ar < w ^ em S / ar office ; at the offices of the Mercury and Times ; by Reinhardt and Son , 76 , tfnggate , and by most respectable Vendors of Proprietary Medicines . In London , by Simpson and Lo ., the Proprietor ' s Aganta , 20 r Mile End Road : Barclay and Soiib , Farringdon-atreet , and Edwards , 67 , St . Pauls .

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      Fbiday A ?» . 7 i—There is a good steady business pawing in Wheat to-day ; the beat samples of New command an advance of Is . per qr ., sundry qualities and old are free sale at last weeVa rates . Bariey is ready sale upon fully as good terms , but Oats , Shel-Ung , and Beana are dull , with a declining tendency . Malt ib in good request at an advance of Is . per load .

      Nottingham Election.

      NOTTINGHAM ELECTION .

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      TRIAL OP BETTY EGCLES , FOR TdE MURDER OF HER CHILDREN . LIVERPOOL , Tuesday , April 4 . Cbown Side . —( Before Afr . Baron . Parke . J Betty Eocles , aged 38 , was indioted for the wilful murder of William Eccles , at Bolton , on the 26 th of September last , by admistering to him a quantity of arsenic ! Mr . Armstrong and Mr . Brandt conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Dr . Brown , assigned as counsel . ; The prisoner was , it appeared , the wife of a person residing in Little Bolton , but who at the time of this occurrence was employed in a mill at Manchester , and in consequence was during the week away from home , returning to his family on the

      Saturday evening , and leaving them in time for his work on the Monday . The prisoner , previous to her marriage to her present husband , was a widow , and had a family of ) several children , nil of whom , however , were now dead . jThe deceased waa a atep-soH , a child of about Id years of age , and the other members of the family were a younger boy and a little girl of about 10 years old , both step-child iyii . The deceased was employed in the mill of Messrs . Eden and Thwaites , at Bolton , at three shillings per week ; his brother was in the same employ at a salary of nalf-a-crdwn per week . This money they always paid over to their step-mother on the Saturday , On the 2 fi : h of September Jast , the deceased went

      to his work at Messrs . Eden and Thwaites ' s as usual . He then seemed in his usual health . He left his work to go to dinner about half-past eleven o ' clock , being somewhat earlier than usual , he having some errands to discharge for his employers . About half-past twelve , his brother , Richard Eccles , met him as he was coming out of the bouse , apparently after having got his dinner . He then seemed as well as usual . Richard , on going into the House , found ail the plate s washed up , and put away , but he himself had his dinner off some potato bash , as it was called , from which the prisoner said she herself h&d dined . The deceased , it appeared , after leaving the house , had some further

      errands to attend to before returning to Messrs . Eden and Thwaites ' s , and did not get back there until nearly two o ' clock . Ho ; then seemed rery ill , was troubled with a continual retching , and complained of a dreadful pain in his stomach . At three o ' clock , hv ) was finally obliged to leave his work , and go home . His mother ' s ! house was about a mile off . One of the witnesses , about four o ' clock , was in the direotion leading to his mother ' s house , and found him lying in a ditch in great agony . He asked what he was doing there , and the boy replied he was not able to get any further . The witness assisted him home , and about a quarter of a mile off the prisoner ' s houso they met her .

      Before anything had been said by either of them she remarked , " You ' ve brought him home , have you ? " The witness replied , f Yes ; get him home as soon as you can , and get him some hot tea . " She replied , - " Ay , I've some tea ready for him . " The deceased , however , was not in the habit of going home to his tea , and there did not appear any reason why she should on that occasion have made any preparation for that purpose . Tae deceased continued very ill during that evening , but no medical assistance was sent for , and in the course of the afternoon he died . In the course of the next day one of the neighbours called in upon the prisoner , and inquired whether it was Richard

      EcoleB who had died 1 She , said , " No , it was William . " The witness asked if she knew what was the cause of his death ? She replied , " Inflammation . " It was then \ suggested that she should have the body opened , for fear it might be some infectious disease , but she was very angry at the suggestion , and said ehe had trouble enough on her mind without having morel In the course of the same day she went to the works of Messrs . Eden and Thwaites , to demand 50 s ., the usual allowance for the burial of persons of the age of the deceased when in the employment of those gentlemen . It appeared that on the 10 th ot the same montfl she had made a similar application on the occasion of the

      death of one of her own children , Alioe Haslam , but it was then refused her , and it was explained that burial money was paid only on the occasion of the death of a child belonging to a person employed in the works , or of a child himself in the service of Messrs . Eden and Thwaites . On this seeond application the suspicions of the bookkeeper were excited , especially as he himself had | secn the child apparently in perfect health the morning before , and she was put off with an intimation that she must call again on the following day . On that day , however , a medical man was sent to examine the body . On opening it , he found the stomach in a highly inflamed

      state , with a white powder embedded in mucus adhering to its ooats , and presenting such appearances as induced him to believe that the child had died iii consequence of some irritant poison . The stomach , the duodenum , and the fluid they contained were handed over to Mr . Watson , chemist , by whom they were analysed , and who appfied all the various tests which science has suggested for the purpose of detecting the presence of ; arsenic . All these showed that the poison was present in large quantities . He finally reduced ; the greater part of it to the metallic state , and it was apparent that at least from thirty-five to -forty grains of the mineral had been in the stomach and its contents .

      It appeared from the statement I of Mary Eccles , the sister of the deceased , a young child of about ten years of age , that on that day William and her mother had promised her a damson pudding for her dinner . The witness was at sehool in the forenoon , and on her return home she dined off the potato hash , of which her step-mother said she herself had made her dinner already , She asked for the damson pud ding , and the prisoner said she ] had not had time to make it , but wonld do so on the : following day . To another party the prisoner stated tbat the deceased had dined off a damson pudding on the day in question . It appeared also , from the statement of a carrier travelling between Bolton and Manchester ,

      and who was acquainted with the prisoner , that on the day after the death of William Eccles the prisoner called to him as he was passing the door and told him to tell Henry , her husband , who was then at Manchester , that William was dead . She said she thought of burying him on the Friday . On the Thursday the witness saw her again , and brought a message back from the husband I that there was no use in his coming before Friday . ] The prisoner then told him tbat the policemen had como and Searched the house , » nd two doctors had opened the body ,

      but it was all right , they found nothing . She said she wanted Henry home , as she had been for the club money of the deceased and they would not give it to hei . The prisoner was taken into oustody on Thursday , the 29 ( 11 . To the constable she stated the deceased had come home very ill on the Monday , and fthat she had sent for Dr . Mallett , but he was not at home . She said she had never had any poison in her life , and had never bought any from Mr . Mosacrop , druggist , at Little Bolton . It was proved by the evidence of Mr . Barlow , assistant to Mr . Mossprop , that the pri-

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      MM gsmM&s . SP * fe ioog £ ?¦ . y ' -n ^ M ^ m W ^ 0 f ( fe : 1 § lM Halifax ? Moo ^ S , all tS ^ r £ ?

      On Thursday last , at the parish church , Mr . Michael Stocks , manufacturer , to Miss daughter of Mr . Moses Mooro , manufacturer , i Nonhowram .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR , b

      The New Turnpike Bill.

      THE NEW TURNPIKE BILL .

      Important To Invalids.

      IMPORTANT TO INVALIDS .

      ^ S—4 Marriages. '¦*

      ^ s—4 MARRIAGES . '¦*

      Wakefield Corn Market.

      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct476/page/5/