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    • REVIVAL OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
    • YORKSHIRE WINTER GAOL DELIVERY. (Continued from our lost week's paper.)
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      GAX 7 A 2 IISM JS J . CTTHXHTEA 6 BKT . She healing art has already been much enriched by judicious applications ^ galvanism , much , more so , indeed , than by the employment oF the electrical machine , and aa Mas stimnlus | appears to be capable of Tousing the debflitated vital powers Trith greater promptitude and ener gy than any other known , there are jet ample opportunities afforded for the medical galYtinisttp extend its sphere of usefulness much beyond thai to ¦ which it ias hitherto attained- The eighth pair of nerves , which have such an immenae command over the functions of Bie respiratory and digestive organs , anS bilary system , are neeewgwrily important objects for pathological meditation , prior to the galvanle influence being applied It is probable that any defect in the performance of the ftmc&Jia of the two former , might , in many cases , be supplied by an electric cnrrenfc traTersing the eighth

      pairfrom the neck , downwards to opposite the organ diseased , better than by any other routes bnt a diseased liver , arising from an accumulation of coagulated Me , would be most likely to be relieved by transmitting the current direcUy through the . organ , from one ade of the body to the other . By this mode or attack , ths obitinaie consistency of the bile would soon yield to the influence of the current , and become reduced to a comparatively thin liquid , susceptible of free motion in the duets , and a final ana easy discharge . Any obstruction to secretion which the liver might experience from the surcharge of bile , would thus be removed ; and Were tone -wanting for the due performance of this function , assistance might probably be obtained from a feeble current , erfrotn aserifcs of feeble galvanic aiaeharges in the direction of the eighth pair irom the neck , to the organ affected .

      J > i . Wilson Philip has freqnantly employed galvanism in cases of indigestion and iiliary complaints . I bare employed galvanism , " says this eminent physiologist , " in many cases of habitnal asthma , and almost uniformly with relief . The time during which the galvanism was applied being from five minntes to a quarter of an hour . The cough under its nse generally becomes lass freemen * in proportion as the accumulation of phlegm in the lungs is prevented . It is remarkable , that in several who bad laboured under asthmatics ! breathing for ten or twenty yearsit gave

      , relief quite as readily as in more recent-cases . la some labouring under the most chronic forms of phthisis , in ¦ whom the symptoms had lasted several year » , the relief obtained from galvanism was very great , notwithstanding the mixture of some pus-lite substance in what was expectorated . The permanency of the good effects of gal-nuusm in the diseases before us haB appeared -very remarkable . " When speaking of sanguineous apoplexy , Dt Philip remarks , after the rattling breathing had come on , and the patient seemed About to be suffocated , he was at least a dczsn times

      made to breathe frith ease , the accumulation of phlegm gradually disappearing on the application of galvanism . " The same philosopher observes , that in cases " wkere there was a failure in the secreting power of the liver , or a defective action of the gall tubes , I have repeatedly Been train , it tbe same effect on the biliary system which arises irem calomel—a copious discharge from the bowels , coming on a few hours after the employment of galvanism . ' * The beneficial effects of galvanism in asthmatic and bilious complaints , have several times come under my own notice . Costiveness in the bowels , however

      obstinately it may resist the usual remedies , very soon yields to this mode of attack ; and , by a similar process , constipations generally may readily be Vanquished . Bneumatic affections frequently yield more or less to the galvanic influence , and in many cases of rheumatism the patients have been completely cured in a very short time , local pains in the limbs , arising from recent cold , are often removed by the first application of galvanism ; and although those of longer standing may require a lew repetitions of the process , their violence becomes gradually diminished , and they eventually disappear .

      Galvanism has also been successful in spasmodic affections , in rigidity of the muscles , in indolent tujnoura , or . scrofulous swellings , in schirreus indurations of the breast , in gent , ice , in defective hearing , and in some affections of the eye . A -singular result once occurred under my own observation whilst galvanising a paMed arm of an elderly gentleman labouring under the effects of hemiphlegia . This limb was totally deprived both of motion and sensation , from the point of the shoulders to the ends of the finders . In the" first part of the galvanic process the whvle of the arm was brought into the galvanic circuit , by connecting one pole of a battery , of an hundred pairs of plates , with the shoulder , and the other pole with the hand , which , for convenience of

      eonnec-Hon , -was immersed in a basin of salt water . By this mode of treatment no good was done , nor did the patient experience any sensation whatever , although many volleys of discharges were transmitted . Whilst thinking on this -negative result , it occurred to me that there might be a possibility o ! restoring sensation by operating only on a small portion of the limb at a time ; and , in order to ascertain how far this view might be correct , the line of demarcation between the sensitive and insensitive part of the limb was ascertained by pinching the skin about the shoulder and upper part of the am . This being accomplished , one of the polar wire * was brought into contact with the akin ot the shoulder , on the sensitive . side , and the other polar -wire tr&s bronxhi to a . little

      below it , on the insensitive side . The sensation was immediately restored aa far as the lower wire , and , consequently , the line of demarcation was so far removed . -JBy keeping the flat wire permanently on the shoulder , 2 nd removing the other aloirtx doinnrsrda , mating frequent inquiries of the patient if he experienced any sensation at the lower point , which was uniformly answered in the affirmative , we succeeded ia restoring the sensation of the whole limb . This fact it one of those that is most deserting the attention of the physiologist and medical practitioner . It shows , that the activity of a portion ot a dormant serve may be restored , without disturbing the slumber

      of the other portion of it ; and also , that , although ire might fail in restoring sensation to a limb by operating upon the whole of it at once , there might still he hopes of attaining the object by zrucsing the sensation uterenuxiaUp , fey an e ! edrthjkn , ctionaL process , inch a that employed in the present case . There are , bowever , strong reasons to suppose , that success would not baTe nttPT" 1 *^ Use . experiment , h ^ ri the galvanic process commenced at the hand , as there would have been a great portion of the dormant limb intervening between the sensitive part on the shoulder , and the polar wire nearest to it Nevertheless , it is an experiment well Worthy of trial , as it might probably lead to interesting physiological results .

      The practice of medical galvanism requires neither attentive ner costly apparatus . Two of Cruikshank ' s batteries , of fifty-three inch plates each , are sufficient for almost erery purpose , and one of these alone will answer for the generality of cases . But aa the power of every galvanic battery depends upon ihB character of the liquid upon which it is ckarced , as we ll as on fee number and size of its plates , the medical galvanist should make himself veil acquainted , as early as possible , Trith all the circumstances connected with the management of his batteries . Whilst a battery has its plates dean , and the surface of the line smooth , a solution of common salt answers tery welK for its charge ; but when the zinc plates lave become Kragh by long nse , a weak solution of nitric acid -will be

      necessary to bring the battery to tbe lequifiite sta e ^ f activity , especially for rheumatic affections . But tb ' e only general rule that can be given is simply this , never begin an operation with a high galvanic pewen Tht : fluids of every part of the system are decomposable by galvanic iifiuence , and a powerful current traversing ^ ke * d , or any part of the body , might be attended with serious consequences . Galvanic operations en tbe head have , however , been frequently resorted to in cases of ear-ache , ifcenmstie afi-ctjona , &c . &C- — V Sturgeon ' s Eianadary Lectures en GulTxuAtm .

      As America ; . - Scciptob . —Ten years ago I became acquainted at Gincmnsti , in Ohio , with a young man of the name of Powers ; he was an ass i stant to a ilons . DorfeniUe , thB ingenious proprietor of a -whimsical museum , in which curious objects of natural history , North American antiquities , and historical groups of * ax figures , were blended , and daily exhibited ,. for the amusement and edification of the beau monie of the Western metropolis . Tha vax figures -were moulded , or si any rate finished , by this yonng Mx . Powers ; and tbfcM w as a degree of talent In this , which struck us all "ftry forcibly aa being something greatly out of tbe common way . Sneonraged perhaps by tbe © pinions expressed by the European party of hisildll in modelling , he undertook a bust in such day as he could E * " * * and ptounced what struck us all as the » ost wonaerfulljr . perfeci likeness -wo had ever seen . But

      • we movrd on and heard no mor # of him . A few days aiterwb arrived in Flareae * . we were iavited t » visit the studio or some of the most distinguished artiste at present dorian , ftere > A yonng ± Sk&liaia ^ Ued powers wm among the Barnes first mentioned ; s » d av ^ V ? * hear d the name I felt not the slightest ciou t * « & * "b y going to hia studio I should certainly meet my o > d acquaintance . 2 for was I disappointed - »^ er V ™ * f 0 HB ( i H » highly-gifted Biram ? ° ™? - 'f * faerged from the boyish chrysalis state , 2 £ S ? 7 £ -erf « " ^^ wedSi patrons of all 2 SSi . wf **«» " * ** : his rooms filled with admuabls basts , all <* « ,= „ , « -. » . mnrB rf ^ it marical

      ZL ^ *** *** , » Mch w 7 * k and fed , in the » Swt m aDdeilfc "d p ta * ttan jmy eolleeaon rf 5 ^ f ? J ?" tbat I ^ eever visited . * afbSw ^ ^ * ^ TtiU made me look £ SrSrS l , «>^ £ t him t * Cincinnati SsSffSSSffiSS 1 £ n £ Sgh £ ? ™ > seniM cannot exM , ootf d toSfw S *^ ^ a * e » mined allth&t he had SSt JS'S r =--"ForbnsteTW ; " ** h * w two chiW » n , " he aid . -it -y attSJffsst i

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      order to indulge myself in -works of imagination . If my success continue , I may perhapB in time , venture to attempt something of the kind . But I cannot afford it yet . " " But do" you not sometimes imagine compositions r * said L "Do yon not fancy things that you ~ would like to execute ? " " Why , yes , " he replied , smiling , "i- certainly hav * fencied things that 1 should like to execute . And I will show yon one of them . " He then led the way to another room , and there , behind a screen , was a figure mounted large as life , theugh it was veiled from head to foot with a doth . " Here / ' said he , pausing before he uncovered it , "is a figure in clay , on which I have bestowed some lalMur , and more thought . Bnt I dare not do it in marble . I dare not try my chisel upon it—unless I could get an order for the statue—and I cannot hope for

      that as yeU I mean it as a representation of Eve , " He then withdrew the drapery that concealed it , and displayed an undraped female figure , that I gazad upon with unfeigned astonishment I have no words of art at my command which might enable you to conceive ull the blended dignity and simplicity of this beautiful figure . Powers wat « hed almost wholly in silence the impression that bis work made upon us ; and when at length we turned away from it , he threw tbe veil again over it , saying , with something like a sigh , " I shonld like to do it . " Most heartily do I wish that some one may ere long look upon that £ v » of day with as sincere admiration as 1 did , aud with money enough to boot , to command that she should immediately receive the immortality of marble , for well does she deserve it—Mrs Trollope ' s Visit to Italy .

      11 THOGBA ? HIC POBTKAITS . —An artist of very considerable talent has lately been introduced into this country under the patronage of King Xeopold . His name is Banqniet , and the novelty of his mode of taking portraits is this : —He draws them at once en a stone prepared for lithographic printing , and the impressions are at once made from the original drawing on paper . By this means any person who has his portrait taken by M . Bauquiet can have 500 or more , impressiens taken of the original , and merely for the Expence of the paper and printing multiply the picture ,-and oblige hia friends and acquaintance with a likeness . Tbe artist has already taken the portraits of many of the Coburg family , all which are excellent likenesses , and remarkable for correctness of drawing , spirit of outline , and preservation of intellectual character . Ee has also taken a likeness of Prince Albeit , which is entitled to high encomium .

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      TO THB EDITOB OT THB KOBTHKBJf ETAR . Six , —I beg to acquaint yon with further proceedings by the functionaries of this city , against persona whom they charge with the alleged crime of blasphemy ; a pretence fer prosecution , which y » u have rightly denounced as a disgrace to the present age . Since the imprisonment of Thohas Patebsos and Henbt B . 08 ISSGH , another inmate , Thos . FinlaT , has been supplied to the Edinbugh Gaol , for the « ame qfenoe , so called . He is an aged , honest , and industrious workingman , - whose family is dependant upon him for support , and who kept a small circulating library , containing some of the writings of sceptical philosophers ; he has been sentenced to sixty days imprisonmeiit , to be treated as a common felon .

      Proceedings cave also been commenced against Miss Matilda Roalfe , a bookseller , in Nicolson-street . Last Monday , the Procurator Fiscal , with a number of officers , entered her shop , rndely turned over every article in her private dwelling , carried » way a considerable pertion of her stock , and conveyed the young TToman to the Sheriff ' s Office for examination . In the evening she was taken to Calton Gaol , and shown into a filthy cell , scarely fit for a dog kennel , for her night's lodging place . Miss Roalfe remonstrated with the m&txon , and eventually she was indulged with tbe privilege of removing to a cell where thera was no vermin ! Sir , these things actually occurred in Christan Britain , in Protestant Scotland , in pious Edinburgh . ' On the follo'wiDg night she -was liberated , upon bail being given by two householders for her appearance to take her trial when summoned .

      In this case the ordinary paltry attempt to justify persecution will not apply . She issued no offensive placards , she did nothing that could shock the feelings of any person with any particle of a claim to rationality j and while she did not conceal her sale of heterodox publications she did not thrust them obtrusively upon public attention . Surely , under these circumstances , every liberal Christian must blush at finding those who profess a religion of charity , and who advocate the right of private judgment , incarcerating a virtuous young women and prosecuting her that she may be dealt with as a common felon . These acts approach at no great distance , the doings of an institution , at the mat mention * of which we shudder , the Spanish Inquisition . If intolerance most have its victims , let them be taken from the hardier sex , and let its fangs be averted from defenceless woman , whose social position renders her comparatively weak , and to crush whom is to gain a victory without honour , to achieve a triumph that brings disgrace .

      Dr . Candliah well observed , at a meeting in the Waterloo Booms , called to sympathise with J > r . Kalley , that , " Persecutors are always anxious to hide their r « a l intentions , and wish to make it appear that they punish for any reason but for opinion's sake . " This remark seems to be borne out in tbe present instance . A young man , who had frequently purchased some of the neirspapers at Hiss Koulfe ' s shop , offered for sale , two dsys before tbe seizure , a number of engravings , some of which were of an indecent character . Of course they were indignantly rejected . But the fellow persevered , said he would take books is exchange , and offered to leave them to see if Miss R . could dispose of them . He was then ordered to quit the shop . This carries with it the appearance of conspiracy . Had the engravings been found in the shop , a charge of obscenity would have been trumped up , to disguise the real objects of the persecutors .

      The parties prosecuted are accused- of bringing religion into contempt ; but those who connect Christianity witb cruelty and persecution are the individuals who bring dishonour upon the religion which they profess . They have little confidence in the reasenableness of their creed , who endeavour to support it by physical force , and silenee its oppenents by placing them in prison dungeons . In consequence ef these prosecutions , an " Anti-Persecution Union" has been formed , the object of which is to support and protect all who may be persecuted for opinion's sake . The " Union" identifies

      itoelf with no sect , nor with any system of doctrine . It gives its aid to tbe " infidel" Paterson , and to the Protestant" Dr . KaJley , simply because they are punished for uttering their sincere convictions . It has corresponded witb Dr . Kalley , of Madeira , who is imprisoned ( though not treated as a felon ) on the accusation 9 f blasphemy for preaching Protestant principles ; and . remittances of money have been forwarded to him "bj tbe " Union . " Let every lover of liberty lend a helping hand to establish that " civil and religions liberty , " of whick we often boast , but which facts of this descriptien every day prove we do not yet

      possess . To oppose intolerance , and advocate freedom of expression , bj no means signifies an approval of the opinions or sentiments entertained by the individuals who are now prosecuted in Scotland , I thtrefore respectfully rtqnert the insertion of this letter in the column * of your liberal journal . I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant .

      Heury . Secretary of the Scottish Anti-Persecution Union . 11 , Greenside-street , Edinburgh , Dit 18 , 1843 .

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      THE TYPE FOUNDERS . We have had tbe foEewing address in out possession for two weeks past , bnt though most desirous of giving it pnblicity , we have been compelled to withhold it till this week . From a letter accompanying tbe address ¦ we learn that ** the firm of Miller , Richards , 4 Co ., Edintrargh , nave attempted to impose a crnel reduction oa their workmen , ¦ which resulted in a general turn-out 0 ? -be operatives . " Also that the efforts of Wilson lef London , we believe , ) to break up the Union , has occasions *! tha tnrn-ont ef the men in his employ . We learn also that vigorous attempts are about to be made to form a general Type-founders' Union , with every prospect of success . We can only say to the operatives , God speed them ; any assistance we can render them shall be heartily given . TUB TTPE POODEB 9 OF LOTfDOS AKD ED ^* BUKGH

      TO THE \ TOBKJtSG CLASSES . FELi . o-w--wo : BKJi £ J'i , Several delegate meetings having been held composed ef delegates from tbe Trades cf London , and at their adjourned meeting , held on Thursday , the 7 th of December , at Mr . Wheelers , Grapes Tavern , Primrose Hill , Salisbury Square , Fleet 6 tr « et , the present difficulties and position of the Journeymen Type Founders in resisting the most oppressive and severe redactions ever proposed to any class of workmen , were fully entered into , » nd fairly discussed . The following resolutions were « nanimously agreed to , and earnestly recommended to tbe consideration and B » pport of the Working Classes .

      Resolved , lsfr—That we , tbe delegates of T&iions trades in delegate meeting assembled , have beard with regret tbe statements of the distressed condition of the Journeymen Type Founders , and that we deem it a dHtywe owe to those distressed men and % fae working classes , to assist _ all in our power , in alleviating their wretched condition . , Resolved , 2 nd—That in erder to carry out the foregoing resolution , this meeting of delegates undertake io call or attend all meetings or sodetieBci the working dasse * . where-rer they may bo enabled to ascertain their existence , to urge upon them the necessity of subscribiflg to the funds for the relief of tbe distressed Type Founders . A committee of six , witb power to add to their number , * as appointed from the delegates present to carry out the objects " of the above resolution ! .

      Having issued seteral circulars and addresses during the protracted struggle we have been engaged in with our late Employers , and those dosnments containing the principal part of our grievances , we deem it unnecessary toiepeat or refer to them . Still it ia re ^ ttfalte that

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      the public should become acquainted with the progress we have made , and the probable consequences of that dispute ; not only as regards us , but as it may hereafter form a very important feature in the history of the working classes , and may also serve to show that all thu affected pomp , pride , and power , of those mas ^ rs who would reduce bur labour from twenty-three to seventy-five per cent . must succumb to a well-organised unity of action among the working classes . This ia clearly illustrated by the close of the strike in Sheffield in favour of the men , who ; after a resistance of twelve weeks upon the most scanty resources , have compelled the reluctant capitalist to render justice to those men by whose labour he has been enabled to hold that position in esociety—to which we usually look op to aa tile protectors , of tbe oppressed , rather than the opppressors of the weak . '

      However , as it is over , we bave done with that part of our subject , and would not have alluded to it , but for the purpose of supporting our previous assertions . Now , with reference to the men of London , it will be necessary to state that onr employers have pertinatioualy resisted , from first to last , all that could be advanced for tbe purpose of obtaining justice for their injured and ill-paid workmen , and have endeavoured to affect a total disregard of consequences . What has been the result to them as employers ? Hear it ye capitalists I It has had the effect of reducing the value of stock on hand at least 25 per cent !! Has it made them stand in higher estimation with their customers ? Ask the printers . They will tell you that tbe reduction was as unjust , rs it was uncalled for ; that it was in fact , one

      of the most shameless efforts at monopoly ever attempted . Has it made any progress to facilitate the diffusion of cheap reading ? Ask the reading portion of the public , and they will answer—ne ; do we not pay as much for our daily papers , monthly periodicals , and standard works as before ? Then , if it has depreciated their stock , got them into odium with the printers , and not benefited the > ublic , for what was it done ? We will tell yon in a few words , —for the purpose of patting an extinguisher upon the small firms ; driviag all competitors from the market , and then resuming their old and exhoribant prices to the printers , and leaving their

      whiteslaves to toil at reductions , varying from twentythree to seventy-five per cent That was the intention ; the above is the consequences to them at present Let us consider the probable results to them , to ns , and the public . ; It has been said that "those whom God intends to destroy he first makes mad . '" Never was this truth more clearly verified than in the case of the master type founders . They have , by repeated acts o ! oppression , goaded their workmen into resistance , which first exhibited itself in the shape of a strike ; and although our Sheffield brethren have gained their point by it , yet from this period we adopt a more formidable and successful opposition to our late taskmasters .

      We were advised , some weeks ago , to turn our attention to tbe best means of becoming our own employers . We considered the subject calmly , dispassionately , and , as far as hnman nature was capable , endeavoured to divest ourselves of all prejudice either in favour of our project or against those we knew to be the cause of our deliberating on such a theme ; and our conclusions were decided and unanimous for making a public appeal , and testing the feelings generally entertained upon it . The result was more than tbe most sanguine could have anticipated , and would have silenced the fears of the most scrupulous . A delegate meeting was called , a prospectus was drawn up , and before that appeared in print we had promise of more than three hundred shareholders : nor is this all , the printers in many instances , and the provincial press in particular ; have

      given us encouragement to proceed in our undertaking , which of itself : will be &ufikient to ensure our success ; bo that instead of resuming work under eur late oppressors , we shall begin for the benefit ef ourselves and fellow operatives , and open a new and brighter era in tte social , moral , and physical condition of ths working classes . Such is the reBult of our proceedings up to the present time ; and these ate the consequences to our late employers , they must either admit us into the market upon fair and equitable terms , or leave it to us—who areftuite as competent , and we believe far more deserving than those who have ( no thanks to them ) inadvertently placed us in our present position . To prove clearly that we are certain of success in our present undertaking we would call attention to the following

      facts;j 1 st That the masters cannot reduce the price of materials used for Type Casting , nor procure them ' cheaper , as there is a settled price for every article ! which ws use . ; 2 . Lead , Coals , Gas , Bent , and management , form , items in the expences of an establishment that must ; be borne equally by an Operative or Monopolist ; foundry . ! 3 . The only thing that the masters could reduce Would \ be wages . Now it must be evident that tbe monopolist 1 cannot compete with us on this , as self interest and the , determination to maintain every point would prompt jus to make greater sacrifices than any that the monopolist could induce their to submit toThus

      ; men . , we think it is evident taatsny attempt at factions oppe-; aitlon to oar firm will only involve them deeper in the , dilemma which their own cupidity has brought them I into . It is evident that they will not continue to mai nufacture type any length of time , at a serious loss , which they must do if they continue to support what j they deem their vested rights , through the same mej dium as they ] have endeavoured to drive competition I from the market , and entrench themselves In the strong-I hold of monopoly . They will find that the determined I spirit of tbe workmen to obtain justice and a fair price : for labour : aided by the working classes , will ensure ' success in tbe present enterprise .

      With oar sincere thanes to those who have already assisted us , and solicitation to those who have net , We very respectfully subscribe ourselves , Tbe Committee of the Journeymen Typefoud « TS . Thomas Wibb , Chairman . The Committee Bit daily from eleven in the morning till nine in the evening , at Mr . Williams ' s Ship Tavern , Glass House Yard , Alderagate-street , where tbe prospectus may be seen , and every information obtained respecting the Operative Letter Foundry , and any communications will be thankfully receiv « d and carefully attended to . December 7 tb , 1843 . ¦

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      BALANCE SHEET O » THE " NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE . " 1843 . Jneome . £ 8 . d , Oct 16 th . In Treasurer's band from last balance sheet ... ... 9 It 0 $ Oct . Selh . Mr . Grocotfs Book—From Mr . Saxon 0 5 0 Mr . Lloyd 6 8

      Oct 20 th . Mr . T . Roberts , Carpenters' Hall Collecting Book 0 7 Oj Get 27 th . Mr . T , Hanlon 0 6 $ Carpenters * Hall Collecting Book 0 4 0 ^ Mr . R . Booth 0 9 3 Nov . Sid . SarpenUxa * HaU Collecting Boots 9 1 3 Mr . S Booth ... 0 8 Mr . Grocott' 8 Book , for John Johnson ... 0 10 Nov . lOfck . Carpenters' Hall Collection .., 0 10 Mr . K . Booth ... 0 3 Mr . J . Kelghley 0 0 6 17 th , Carpenters' Hall Collecting

      Book 0 5 8 j Mr John Leigh 0 10 19 th . Mr . Bennett ... ... ... 0 0 3 Sitb . Carpenters' Hall Collecting Book ... 0 12 4 ^ Dae . 1 st Mr . John Wbiteley 0 0 6 Carpenters' Hall Collection 6 7 11 Dec . 3 rd , Mr . Roach ' s Book ... ... 0 1 10 Carpenters - Hall Collection Book 0 2 7 Samuel Mine ... ... ... 0 0 6 John Holt ... 0 0 2 From Fearges O'Connor , General Treasurer ... 10 0 0 f £ 22 11 10 A

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      Expenditure . 184 S- £ . b d . Oot 20 . Wm , Williams , of Oldham ... 100 20 . Mrs . Cooper * of Leicester 0 15 0 Nov . 1 . Secretary going to Kuutsford with ; flannels for prisoners ... ... 0 11 0 1 . Mrs . Moorehouse , Hyde ... ... 1 0 0 5 . To coals and candles ... ... 020 10 . Minute book ... ... 0 1 6 17 . Thbmaa Beresford' family , Congletou 1 0 0 17 . John eurgeas ' s family , Congleton ... 10 0 17 . Mrs . Lees , of Mottram ... ... 3 15 6 19 . Mrs . Capptr , of Strenstall 2 0 0 19 . Mrs . EIUb , Burslem ... e 10 0 24 . James Williams , Kirkdale prison ... 0 15 0 24 . Henry Morgison , Kirkdale , both of Preston ... w . 0 15 0 24 . John Hindes , fof Sboreham , to boy nets with , who had his pension taken from him in 1838 3 0 0 26 . Postage , pens , inks , and paper ... 0 7 0 Dec . 1 . Mrs . Wild , Wath-upon-Daaro * ... 1 0 0 1 . Mrs . Ellis , Burslem . 0 10 0 8 . Mrs . Cunljff 0 10 0 Mrs . E . Oldham 0 15 0 Mrs . Hemmings ] 0 0 Mrs . Richards 0 !• 0 Mrs . Nixon 0 15 0 Mr . J . Yatea 0 15 0 Mrs . G-arratt 0 10 0 * All from Staffordshire . £ 19 16 7 Income ... £ 22 11 io £ Expenditure £ 19 16 7 Balance in Treasurer ' s hands £ 2 15 3 £ Auditors , H C 1 IN M ^ kay , ' J Ciias . Taylor . Edward Clarke , Secretary , 37 , Henry-street , Oldham-road .

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      ™* m ^ " " ^ THE SYSTEM ^ ORKS WELL . TO THK EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the Brighton Herald of Dec 15 th , appeared the account of a meeting of farmers and agricultural gentlemen at Rye . One of the speakers , a Mr . Beacham , said that " as regarded leases , if a man was taking a farm of one of our old squirea , I should not be particular in advising him to stand for a lease , for there the tenants are generally in safe hands , and would be in most instances dealt with liberally ; bnt out of ten estates which I now sell , nine of them go into tbe bands of London Merchants or Capitalists , whoso first consideration is to get four per cent , for their money without caring what becomes of tbe tenant , or whether tbe land vrlll beat it or not They are not to be blamed for this , fer they do it in ignorance , knowing nothing of agriculture , nor the relative position of farmers and their landlords . Therefore 1 should say , if you take of the Squire trust him , but if you hire of the Capitalist bind Mm . "

      Mr . Beacham here introduces incidentally a very serious matter . " Out of ( en estates which I now sell nine of them go into the hands of London capitalists . " Aye , what then are the old Squires breaking up ? Are the Jews and money-lenders , the shark-Capitalists , really getting possession of the estates of our old gentry —our old Squires ? It la so . Indeed we have long known it , and often repeated It in this Journal ; and if thin g * continue as they have been proceeding in a short time , there will be Very few Squires to grant leases . Whilst our old landed gentry have been squabbling about Cora Laws and Game Laws , blustering against Reformers , and praising Church and State men as "heaven-born ministers , " their estates have slipped out of their fingers , and nine out of ten estates now

      sold go into the hands of the new men of the city . The old landlords have been dropping off for years , one by one , and in thousands of localities . If you see a grand mansion erected , you find , on enquiry that it belongs to a new man who has bought out the old Squire . It may be fairly doubted whether the new man , the Capitalist , ia a better landlord than the old Squire used to be ; but this is the state to which a long reign of misrule has brought the country in spite of all the warnings of the Reformers ; and yet the infatuation continues , though it is not so strong nor so confident as it need to be . I am , Sir , yours , Arc JOSEPH SAUKDEIIS . Carrington , near Nottingham , Dec . 20 th . 1843 .

      P . S . A few days since I called open an old man , aged 74 , who works in a stocking frame , in the parish of Basford . He had worked for the last three weeks , when he took in his work and received 7 s 6 d . Out of it he had to pay 33 9 d for frame rent to his employer ; Ss 3 d for seaming his work ; 3 d for needles ; and half a pound of candles per week to work by at night 9 d ; which makes 7 a ; so that he has twopence a week clear for tie three weeks labour . The parish to which he belongs allow him 2 s and 41 b . of bread . He lives in a small hbuse and pays rent , &s . Bis name is Richard Greaves . Dob-bark , Basford .

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      ROBDERY AT AYSGARTH . John Blake ;/ , 52 , was indicted for haying feloniously stolen from the dwelling house of Richard Blakey , of Wood' End Lodge , in the parish of Aysgarth , in the North Riding , a quantity of silver plate , title deeds , wearing apparel , and other artioleB . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Torn am were counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoner waa undefended . ^^ W V 1 4 f e 1 ft " b ' m

      * The demeanour of the prisoner and several obser-Taitions made by him in the course of the trial , caused some doubt as to bis being in a perfectly sound state of mind , wbioh was rather strengthened by tbe contents of a document which he handed in as his defence . Ho admitted again , as he had done before , that he had taken the articles charged in the indictment , from the prosecutor ' s house , bat denied that he had committed a felony , aa all the things were hia own . He entered at great length into family affairs , and

      alleged that Richard Blakey , one of the prosecutors , had forged some title deeds , and he also imputed to him something criminal besides , which was not explained . He designed the prosecutors indifferent Kr is as " misers , " * ' earthworms , " " consummate . poorites , " &o . Thomas Blakey , one of the prosecutors , was examined at considerable length on the matter , contained in this defence , which , he said , was a tissue of falsehoods from begiauing to end . He stated that he considered the prisoner to be perfectly sane and that he was a very shrewd man .

      His LoBDsmr having summed up , the Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years , npon which he said " Will they behave worse to me there than they have done here think you ?"

      ' : S 8 LLS IGNORED . The Grand Jury ignored the bills against Isabella Hodgson , charged with endeavouring to conceal the birth of her child at Aislab y , on the 12 th of July last ; Matthew Dilworlh and George Smith , for attempt at murder , at Slaidburn , on the 18 th of September last . The Court rose at half-past six o ' clock . Saturday , Dec . 23 rd . ' CONCEALING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD . Mary Carr , 18 , pleaded Guilty to having on the 19 th of Nov . last , at Waabrough , endeavoured to conceal the biithof a female child , by throwing it into a well . — Sentence deferred .

      MANSLAUGHTER AT KILHAM . George Lawsm , 33 , was indicted for the manslaughter of William Thurlow , nt Kilham , in the East-Riding , on the 2 Iat at August last . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Liddell were for the prosecution , and Mr . Wixkins for the defence . Mr- Buss stated the case . The prosecutor is a policeofficer at K ' lham , the village in which this death took place . The prisoner had been employed in the same place as a farmer ' s labourer . On the 21 st of August last it was Kilham fair , and the prisoner and tbe deceased , who waa a labourer , were there , together with a number of other persons , and were drinking at the Star Inn , whTe they remained until one o ' clock in the

      morning . They all left it about thai time , and west into the public street When they reached a distance of about fifty yarda from Diimeld-lane-end , a quarrel arose amongst them . Tbe deceased , whose name was Thurlow , pulled off hi . s coat , and began Ighting with a person named Redsbaw . A man named Nicholson , one of a company of strolling players , then took Redshaw in hand , and tnocfeett him down . Here the . prisoner iOaorge Lawson ) interfered , and Redshaw , who was a stout-made man , knocked him down , and then kicked him . Lavson got up again and charged the deceased , Thurlow , with being the man who had knocked him down , in answer to -which the deceased rather coarsely replied , Thou art a liar / ' lawson then said , " If I lie

      I'll lie then ., " which was to be taken as being a challenge to fight , and tbe prisoner said , " Come on , I am wady for thee . " They then went into the middle of ths street , the crowd remaining on the aide , and the deeeaied stripped off his coat to fight . Lawson went to ¦ work without making any alteration in his dress . The deceased struck Lawson a blow , and he fell backwards . At the second meeting , aud this was the important part of tha case , the prisoner was seen t » fall forwards on Thurlow , and appeared , in the opinion of a witaewwho was present , to be entangled In his dress . Thurlow then turned round , caught hold of a person who was present , and said , " 6 , George , the b r

      has stabbed me . " The deceased continued falling gradually to the ground , whilst the pr isoner crept to tbe oppoBite sldo of the road , and laid on the step of an adjoining house . The deceased , Thnrlow , sank down into tha gutter , and cried out , " I am dying , I am dying . " A cry of murder was then raised , and the police-officer made his appearance . Tbe deceased was then taken to the Star Inn , in almost a dying state , and breathed bis last Boon after . Search was made upon the prisoner but no Instrument was found upon him . Some of tbe parties went to the spot where the encounter had taken place , and there found a clasp knife covered with blood . It bad npon it some scales offish , and in order to identify the knife as the prisoner ' s it

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      would be proved that shortly before he bad besn cleaning some herrings for the woman with whom he lodged-. Mr . Atkinson , the surgeon , would also prove the extent of the wounds which the deceased had received . There was a superficial wound near the naval , but the fatal one was inflicted near tha ribs and reached the heart It would be stated ! also that the incision was such as might have been made witb the clasp knife which had been found . j The witnesses said the prisoner had hitherto possessed a good character .

      Mr . WlLKlNS , in addressing the jury for the defence , said they would be of opinion tbat the catastrophe was more attributable to the man Redfchaw than to- the prisoner , and it woutd be for them , after reviewing- the evidence , to say whether what the prisoner had done bad not been in defence of his own life 01 not . A great part of the case for the prosecution depended upon the identity of the knife , but that most be very uncertain , for the weapon was of that description which was used by all working men . He argued strongly tbat the knife must ; have belonged to tbe deceased .

      No one could at any , rate deny tha * i the prisoner had been provoked , and ! the laws of nature , as well as the laws of the land , justified him in defending himself . He bad been goaded , insulted , and humiliated even beyond endurance ; and the treatment he had received was sufficient so to { have excited him as to possess no power of resistance . ] He ( Mr . Wllkins ) felt strongly in this case . The prisoner had hitherto borne a spotless character , and wonlil not the duty of a . Jury be sufficiently discharged , if not by a verdict of acquittal , at least by a suggestion to the Court that a reasonable punishment would meet the merits of his offence .

      His Lordship , after explaining the bearing updn cases of manslaughter , recapitulated the evidence to the jury . I The verdict was Guilty . Mr . Henry Beck with , a pupil of the surgeon to the gaol , said when the prisoner arrived at the Castle , lie Was treated for a wound on his head . His Lordship , in passing sentence , admonished the prisoner on the serious consequences of intemperate passion , in which the ; life of a fellow-being was taken , and said he did not ) know whether he was not bpund to transport him for life ; but feeling anxious , as he always was , to lay hold upon some mitigatory circumstances , be could discern that be had been shamefully aud disgracefully used , and perhaps that having been more than ordinary provocation . This circumstance , combined with his general conduct , influenced him in passing sentence only of fifteen years' transportation . , I ROBBERY .

      Abraham Whitaker ( 24 ) and Abraham Northrop , ( 34 ) , were charged with having , on the 23 d of September last , at Bradford , robbed Sarah Feather , of five shillings , twelve pennies , and twelve halfpennies . Mr . © ranger andj Mr Overend were for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended Whitaker ; and Mr . Wasnet appeared for Northrop . The prosecutrfat is the wife of a butcher and farmer , residing at the Isle , near Bradford . He also had a shop at Cullingworth , and was in the habit of attending Halifax market every ! Saturday . The shop at Callingworth was attended by his wife on the Saturdays , who was in the habit of proceeding there with an ass , on which the meat for the shop was carried . Ou the night of the 23 d of September , about ten o ' clock , she left

      Cullingworth , which is about three miles from the Isle , for the purpose of going home . When she had arrived at a place called the { Sand Beds , which is about 300 yards from Cuilingwdrth , she saw three men approaching her—two of whom , it afterwards appeared , were the prisoners . They attempted to conceal their faces , and thi 8 * cau 8 ed her to take particular notice of them . Aa they were passing each other , the prosecutrix said , " It's a fine night ; " but the men maile no reply . She watched tbe men , and when they had got about ten yards past her , they turned round and followed her . She drove her ass before her as quickly as possible , and observing two men on horseback , she said , "Ob , dear me , ithese men are going to do something to me ! " The horsemen , however , passed on , and the presecutrix bad not proceeded far when

      Whitaker came up to her , and she screamed out Murder , good men don't kill me 1 " She said that Whitaker put hid hand over her face and held her until the other man tore off her pocket , which contained twenty or thirty shillings . The robbers then took flight , and Went over some fields towards Mennywell . One af the men on horseback , named Nicholas Jeffrey , heard the prosecutrix scream , but he said he did not like to return , as he had a considerable sum of money upen his person . He , however , went to a public house at Cullingworth Gate , and gave alarm . . A man named Jeaae Rhodes also heard the prosecutrix scream , and went up to the place where the robbery had been committed . He afterwards accompanied her part of her way home , and other two young men afterwards conducted her to her residence .

      Mr . Wasnet and | Mr . Wilkins respectively addressed the Jury for the defence , contending tbat tbe case was beset with so many difficulties—the identity of the prisoners not being satisfactorily made out , they being uncertain whether the woman bad been robbed at all or not , or Whether the whole transaction had been a joke , and the woman had lost her money , or , if the robbery had been committed , there was no evidence that the two prisoners had acted in concert , nor which of them had actually been the robber—tbat the Jury could not safely convict the prisoners , or either of them , and therefore they must acquit them . The Jury retired , and , after being absent a quarter of an hour , returned » verdict of Guilty .

      His Lordship sentenced the prisoners to be each transported for fifteen years . In passing sentence , his Lordship observed that he would state , for the information of the bystanders , tbat in cases of highway robbery the amount of punishment to which parties were subject on conviction , depended on certain circatnstances . If two or more parties in company , assaulted and robbed a person , { or if one person committed such a robbery , using violence or being armed with a deadly weapon , then the maximum of punishment was transportation for life ; but if a person went out alone and committed a robbery , without using violence , then he was not subject to more than fifteen years transportation . '

      FORCERI AT LEEDS . William Dunn Crovi ) , 38 , was charged with having , at Leeds , ou tbe 30 th of September last , uttered a forged bill of exchange ) for £ 30 , for the purpose of defrauding Joseph Longbottom and William Butterworth Hindle . 1 Mr . Ellis and Mr . JHALL were for the prosecution , and Mr . Bliss defended the prisoner . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . !

      BILLS IGNORED . The Grand Jury ignored the following bills : —Agninst George Rusbforth , 38 , [ charged with robbing William Saeard , at Leeds , on the 21 st of July last Against Robert Williamson , charged with uttering a forged acceptance of a bill of exchange , at Quick , in the West Riding , with intent to defraud John Brown and Josiah Burrows . Against Walter Clarke , 21 , charged with the manslaughter of Win . Naylor , at Sheffield . DISCHARGING iOF IHE GRAMD JURY . The Grand Jury , having got through all the bills that were ready for them , were discharged about one o'clock in the afternoon , the learned Judge tendering to them the thanks of tbe county for their services The Grand Jury left in the ] bands of the Governor of the Castle the sum of £ U 4 a . 3 d . for the relief of poor debtors . !

      THE THIRD ASSIZE WEEK . Tbe jurymen summoned on the first panel , and whoso duties were expected to ; be terminated at the rising of the court at the end of the first week , were ordered to be in attendance again at tbe Castle on the morning of Wednesday week , the 3 rd of January , 1844 . The trial of Wm . Duncan Crow having finished at six o ' clock , the court adjourned until nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning . : TUESDAY ^ DECEMBER 25 . ( Before Mr . Justice Maule . J

      HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT LBEDS . George Bushforth , 38 , waa charged with having , on the 21 st of July , at Leeds , asaaulted William Siieard , and stolen from his person seven shillings and two sixpences , and a jacket , hia property . Mr . Ellis was for the prosecution . This was a very shortf case , the only question being that of identity . The prosecutor is a shoemaker , and resides at Woodhouse Carr , near Leeds . On the day in question he was at [ Leeds , and he was returning , home in the evening about eleven o'clock . As he was crossing some fields near to Nether Green , he observed two men before him . He came ap to them , and hod '

      passed them thirty or forty yards , when they rushed upon him , knocked him ! down , and took from him the property charged in the indictment The prosecutor positively identified one ; of the men ( Rusbforth ) but he did not know tbe other man , who has escaped detection . Ruahforta was apprehended on the following night , wnen he had two crow bars in his possession , and offered to tell tbe offieers whs took him iato custody of a party who , he isaid , were about to commit a burglary at tbe back or Woodhonse Can that night , if they would let hia at liberty . The prisoner was seen on the evening of the 21 st of July , coming in a direction from Nether Green , shortly after the robbery had been committed—Guilty . ]

      A ( previous conviction for felony at Leeds , in July 1842 , was put tin and admitted , and theprisoner was sentenced to be transported fer ten years .

      H 1 GHWA ! ROBBERY AT HALIFAX . John Ferity and Samuel Ramsdea , who were convicted lost week of a highway robbery at Halifax , were brought up this morning [ for judgment These prisoners were tried upon an indictment found by the Grand Jury at the Leeds Borough Sessions in October last , and a qutMtion was raised by- his Lordship on behalf of the pri . uers , as to the jurisdiction of Quarter Sessions to fLid a bill not having the power to try . Mr . Wilkihs and Mr . Overend , Counsel for the proecution , in consequence of the doubt ( raised by his Lordship , bad caused a fresh indictment to be prepared , but his Lordship declining to throw out any suggestion as to the course they Bhould pursue , they left the prisoners to be brought up for judgment on the indictment on which they bad been already convicted . The prisoners wexe not charged Witb bavins : ! committed the robber ; " to-

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      gether . " If that had beeu the cane , his Lordship intituat « d that his impression was that the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions to fiad the bills would have been excluded . A previous conviction was proved against the prtj soner Bamaden , and he was sentenced to fifteen yearr transportation . Verity , -who had been several times in prison , was sentenced to ten years ' - transportation .

      PERJURT AT SELBT . Wm . A ass , 34 , was charged with having on the 12 th of October last , committed perjury at the Barkston Ash and Skyrack Court of Requests held at Selby . Mr . Hall and Mr . Overend appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Dearslev defended the prisoner . At the conclusion of the evidence Mr . B-earaley delivered a speeob on behalf of the prisoner , and called a witness wfeo gave the prisoner a good character . The Jury retired , and after being absent a quarter of an hour , found the prisoner Not Guilty .

      BURGLARY AT SHEFFIELD . Charles Bamsden , 40 , and Joshua Strofford , 33 , were charged with having , on tbe 19 : h of October last , at Sheffield , committed a burglary in the dwelling-house of Henry Djdds , and stolen thertfrom twenty pounds weight of candles , ton pounds weight of soap , twenty pounds weight of bacon , and a great quantity of wearing apparel . The prisoner Strafford pleaded Guilty . Mr . OVERElfD and Mr . Smith were for the prosecution . Tbe prosecutor is a grocer , and resides at Crooksmoor , about two miles from Sheffield . On the night in question he and bis wife retired to rest abont twelve o ' clock , having previously seen tbat all the doors , &c ,

      were safe . On the following morning the prosecutor had got up about six o ' clock , and he found tbat tbe cellar grate had been removed and that the kitchen door was standing wide open . Heproceeded into the kitchen and afterwards into the shop , and be then saw that the house bad been robbed . A large quantity of clothes had been taken out of the kitchen and a variety of articles from the shop . In fact the whole of the lower part of tbe house bad been stripped . On the 24 th of October , the prisoner Ramsden went to the shop of Mrs . Donelly , and said that he had been keeping a shop , but he thought of giving up Bhopkeeping and going in search of employment He offered to sell her a quantity of groceries , and she eventually purchased some of him . Information respecting this matter having reached the police , ao

      officer went to Mrs . Donelly ' s , and tbe prosecutor , who accompanied the officer , at once identified the articles which Ramsden had sold her as part of the property taken from his shop on the nighi of the robbery . Next day , the 25 th , Ramsden and Stratford went to Mrs . Green ' s , the Ship Inn , at Barnaley , and after they had been there a short time , tbe former gave Mrs . Green a bundle and a telescope . The bundle waa afterwards delivered up to the police , and It was fouud to contain , among other things , a plaid shawl , which was also identified . On the 30 th of October , Ramsden having been then apprehended , his house was searched , and a largo quantity of wearing apparel and grocery were discovered . A considerable quantity of tobacco was positively identified by the prosecutor , who had wrapped it up himself in a particular manner . Guilty .

      Mr . Edward Shepherd , governor of the House of Correction at Wakefleld , proved that Kamsden was convicted of felony at tbe West-Biding adjourned sessions , held at Sheffield on the 21 st of October , 1839 , and sentenced to seven years' transportation . Sentence deferred .

      BCRGLARY AT WILSDEN . John Ha'field , 13 , wa 8 charged with having , on the 2 nd instant , at Wilsden , broken and entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Murgatroyd , and stolen therein a sovereign , a sixpence , two halfpennies , and other property . The prisoner pleaded Guilty . Mr . Wilkins , who appeared on the part of the prosecution , stated that the prisoner had lost his parents at a very early age , and that he had consequently been very much neglected . The prosecutor , under these circumstances , and considering his extreme youth , was very anxious to recommend him to mercy . lit addition to this ho had a relation in court who waa ready now to take him under his care , and to do all in hia power to reclaim him , if he W 6 re set at liberty .

      His Lordship having examined the party alluded to on oath , sentenced the prisoner to ten days' imprisonment , which term of course was now expired , all sentences taking effect from the date of the opening of the commission , and the boy was immediately handed over to the care of his relation . HISHWAT ROBBERY AT XH . NWICK PEBCT . John Williams 21 , and George Wood 25 , ware charged with having , on the 26 th of November last , at Kilnwick Percy , assaulted James Winter , and stolen from hia person one pair of half boots . The piiaonerfl pleaded guilty . Sentence deferred . SHEEP STEALING AT HUDDERSFrELD .

      John Crabtree , 29 , and James Balmforlh , 35 , were charged with having , on the 19 th of Novemberlast , at Huddersfield , stolen two lambs , the property ot John Hirst The prisoners pleaded Guilty . Sentence deferred .

      SACRILEGE AT EGTON . George Smith , 25 , and Thomas WeighiU , 19 , were charged with having , on tha 13 ta inst , at E ^ ton , broken and entered tbe parish ckurcb , and stolen therefrem a half-crown , a cork-screw , an 'ren chest , and two bottles of wine , the property ot the parishioners . A 1 b !> further charged with having , on the same day , at Glaizdale , stolen a brass candlestick and a chisel , the property of William Hcdgaon . The prisoners pleaded GuUty to both indictments . S . ntence deferred . The Court rose between five and six o ' clock . Wednesday , dec 27 . ( Be / ore Mr . Justice Maide ) BURGLARY NEAR SHEFFIELD .

      Charles Siaford and Joshua Straford , convicted of a burglary yesterday , at Crooks Moor , near Sheffield , were placed at tbe bar . Mr . Kaynor , the superintendent of the Sheffield police , stated that Stratford had been formerly employed in the Sheffield Court of Requests , and also in the police of that town . He had latterly fallen into habits of intoxication , but previous to this offence being committed Mr . Baynor had never known the prisoner to be guilty of any act of dishonesty ^ Both the prisoners were sentenced to be transported foe fifteen years .

      EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT LEEDS . George Hinley tbe younger , 22 , was charged with having on the 2 nd of October last , at Leeds ( being a servant in the employ of Edmnnd Stead and others ) stolen £ 88 ; 3 a 64 , in gold and silver , thirty yards of lasting , six pairs of slippers , eight dozen of shoe hemp , tores pieces of silken galloon , three gross of hom buttons , 2 lbs of silk twiBt , ten pain of Clarence boots , twenty pairs of Wellington boots , and various other articles . George Hinley the Elder , 63 , was charged with having received part of the above property , well knowing it to have been stolen . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hill appeared for the . prosecution . Mr . Bliss defended the elder . p risoner , and Mr . Wilkins the younger one .

      The facts of the case are as follow;—The younger prisoner had for some time been in the employ of Mesara Stead and Simpson , who are curriers , and who keep a wholesale 8 b . ee warehouse in Kirkgate , ^ Leeds , He received 10 a . pet week , and lodged with Mrs . Midgley , his sister , at KirkstalL On the 20 th . of Nov . last , in consequence of something that had occurred , Mr ; Stead obtained a search warrant , and with Stnbbs and Best , the police officers , went to the younger prisoner ' s lodgings . They found two boxes and a hamper near to the bed where be slept , which were broken open . In one of the boxes they found a quantity of letters , and three purse 3 containing £ 77 in gold , and £ 11 3 s . 6 i . in silver . On breaking open the hamper

      they found twenty-four seal skins , a lasting piece , marked with Messrs . Stead ' s initials , and al 8 o with a private mark , a quantity of shoe temp , seven ot eight pa&s of stuff channel slippers , three er four pieces of galloen , three or fonr gross of buttons , and some steel tacks . In a bookcase they found a pair of children ' s boots . On the same nig ht Mr . Stead and the officers went to Preston , in Lancashire , where the father resided . Mr . Stead went into his shop , which was situated in Church Street , and after some conversation , told the prisoner that he suspected he had a quantity of goods in his possession . He asked the prisoner where he had got the goods be had in his

      shop . The prisoner said he bad got them from his son , Mr . Stead replied that they belonged to himsel f and his partner . The shop and the lower part of the bouse were searched , and in them were found a great quantity of goods which Mr . Stead swore to . He then asked tbe prisoner if be bad any more goods . He said no , that was his stock . The search up stairs was continued , and there was found a greater quantity of stock than in the shop , consisting of a very large quantity of Wellington hoot * Clarence baots , and female's boots and shoes . Underneath were two lasting pieces , marked with the prosecntor ' s initials , and a private mark . Ia

      another box , in the same room , some leather was found marked with the prosecutor ' s private mark . In another room were discovered a quantity of blocked Clarence fronts , used for making short boots for gentlemea , a quantity of Wellington boot fronts , and some buckskin frontf . In a room having the appearance of hayloft , which was situated above the back kitchen , waa found a quantity of blocked fronts and some leather , which was underneath ionie old sacks and r » bbfsb . The whole of the property found in toe house of the elder prisoner , and belonging to the prosecutow , waa worth , at the wholesale price , asancbas £ 165 . In the house were also found some invoices Beof letters

      longing to the prosecutors , and a quantity beating the Leeds port mark . In one of ^ l ^ ta , dated June 21 st , from the father to the son , thefathe * r i *^ te * i ^ to- -kwrii ^ ih * ^ toim had sentwere paid for . In the letter of the 28 th of Jnne , tha father complained that bisson had sent no invoice wSttffijoods ! in the letters ofthe 6 thof July and the ISthof Sept ., the son hoped that the father would not sell without a profit , and that he would not dispose of the goods as a loss . Mr . Ellts , in stating the caw , observed that these letters so far were in favour of the prisoners ; but be would now direct the attention of .. *¦*» the Jury to those clrdumfltancea which W 6 reoIacon « _^ VfV ^ . ^ " " " "" ^ Bfe Xf y ^ pjHpfaw ^^ JSk ^

      Revival Of Religious Persecution.

      REVIVAL OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION .

      Yorkshire Winter Gaol Delivery. (Continued From Our Lost Week's Paper.)

      YORKSHIRE WINTER GAOL DELIVERY . ( Continued from our lost week ' s paper . )

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      NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . TO THE CHAETISTS OF GEEAT BRITAIN AND IRELAHD . Brother Chaetists , —We now present yon with another Balance Sheet of our humble labours , shewing that we bave been enabled to alleviate the wants of our brethren in efllction , and their wives and families , to a small extent , but not to the extent that nearly the whole of their eases require . There is one ease that we must mention , in order to

      explain it It is that of John Hindes , of Shoreham , who had his pension taken from him in 1838 , for presiding over a meeting for Chartist purposes , in Shoreham . His pension , op to the present period , from the time it was taken from him , would amount to nearly seventy pounds . He is a fisherman ; has a small boat of bis own , but bad to borrow a net , for the use of which he had to give tbe half of the fish he caught . Your Committee have enabled him to buy a net , and thus to keep his bead above water .

      Fellow Countrymen ; this one case we anticipate will be sufficient to show that our appointment has not beeu in vain ; at the same time we must tell yon , that the Victim Fund does not receive tbat support to which it ought The funds are nearly exhausted , and we appeal to you to strengthen our hands . Applications are being constantly made to us , but how are we to meet them unless you find us the meant T Chartists ! remember the Ficlims ! May the sympathetic feeling for these our brethren run through our ranks like -wildfire , each endeavouring to urge on tbe great work of philanthropby .

      By pouring in your subscriptions towards supporting the Victims into the bands of the treasurer , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., you will prevent your enemies from calumniating , your brethren from repining , and your persecutors from enjoying the hellish satisfaction of sending their families to a Union Bastile . Hoping tbat this short and imperfect addreBs may be responded to heartily and at once , we remain yours , On behalf of the Chartist Victims ,

      Robert Bootb , Jimes Holdea , Chairman , Tbomas S -berts , John Hodson , sub-Treasurer , Wil li am Grocott , Edward Clark , Secretary , 37 , Henry-street , OWham-road .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct514/page/7/