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      A * Exgush Noblmuh being at Aix-la-Cbapelle , tod wishing to be tncoomto ordered his black servant to say that he vns a Frenchman , Mango , therefore , whenever any inquiries wr made M to WB mut « r , nade answer , •* He a » Frenchman ; " adding , ( by way of making the tale more colourable ) , " and so as L " A m a * at i Faib w * 8 asked if his bone was a timid one . ** Not at aft , " said he ; " he frequently peods the whole night by htmtelf in his own stable . " NotMiscihgthkMutkr . —TheRer . Mr . Bobertboo , Ktlmarnoek , was often annoyed by ene of those

      busy bodies , who take charge of every one s business bat their own ; One day , when preaching upon the begetting sins of different men , he remarked , win * a well-knswn Scotch saying , " Every ane , my tcitn % has their draff-pock . Some hae their draffpock hinging afore them ; ithers , again , hae their draff-pock hinging ahint them ; bat I ken a man that sis in my am kirk , that has draff-pocks hinging V aroun' aim . An' what doyouthink that isi A * body ians wha I mean—oao ither than Andro OJiphant . Laird of Logan .

      March of Osthogba ^ ht . —In a Tillage , not a hundred miles from Axminaier , a sign-board , displaying the following unique composition verbatim at-txUrratim , tangs over the door of the principal jnefrcantile esUhlishmeni . — " Nicholas A , licensed to eel , bear , ale . cyder , tee . coffy . baccy . And Snuff , to be drank , on the . premises . "— Western Luminary . If Msk wotrLr > only be determined to overcome a difficulty , they would Sad it bnt half performed , beiore they thought they bad commenced : ii is the want « f exertion , and not ability , that make so many men cusnccessfnL

      Thk cosrsssiXimt of a company was interrupted by a man , who asked impertinently whether there liad lexer been a stronger man in the world tban Hercules . " You yourself , " said one , " for you h » Te brought in Hercules by the head asd shoulders . ' The Cocstsssop Scthkrla >» w » s a very beautiful wonsa-, and celebrated by Waller under the name of 'Sneh&rissa . Wken ahe w& 3 advanced in years , she « eked him in ' jrfiBlery when he would write such fint Terse 3 on h « ijja $ L "When your ladyship and I are youcg again , " said he . A Clkkgthas in the nerii ., very homely in his Address , chose for his text a > passage in the Psalms —^ 1 said in my haste , ail men are liars . " " Ay , " " premised his reTerence , bj way of introduction , " ye said it in yonr haste , JUvid , did ye !—gin ye had been here , ye might have said it in your leisure , my mac

      Pbi . sck Albest subscribes to the Blind Asylum , and al-= o to ine Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb , his iloyal Highness very feelingly expressing himself a 3 to a proper provision being made for the English people : all of whom , fee has the most convincing proofs are deaf or fcfind , and very often both 3 Wellisgtos has beea to India and back , and therefore is excellently well qualified to be at the head of the Trinity-house—that hoose being essentially of a nautical character , and having within its jurisdiction many important naval matters . Prinoe

      Albert-has cioacd frua-Cifoas tor Dover , two or thre ^ iHttts , and therefore is qualified in a supreme degree io take precedence of some down or two old naval officers ; who , having the misfortune to be ¦ - ¦ bom in England , are not at all qualified to know the ttem from the stern of a ship , and require , of course , . to haye & German young gentleman to teacu them the an . of navigation , and to distmguisi between tie English Channel and the Red Sea . What a &ree-foving dog is John BulL

      Lokd Sxajixbt made , it is reported , a complaint the other day , to the Committee of the Cvlton Club , of the indecorous conduct of one of the waiter * , who in naorme the choete after dinner , observed in a tone Trhich the rat nobleman conceived to be ironical , ** Your Lordship is , I perceive , very fond of ekeese . ' It % as a matter in dispute the other day between Prinee Albert's German riding master , Hen Meyer , and an English groom attached to the Royal a tables , whether tie Prince placed his feet in riding m&ewntly far in the stirrupe . After an angry distraBsion of some minutes , the Englishman clenched the argu-Beat by a request that the German wotild by all mean * , recommend his master to ride home !

      &JFFEBT Wit . —A tt »« . ti " a little the better for liquor , " aa poor Munden nsed to have it , was gliding his way along Gower-street , on Monday morning , the pan-meat being like a piece ot glase > . At length hfr-feli down just as a poiiceman was approaohing the spot , who said to him , goodhnmouredly , ** I say , « W fetiow , I . must take you up for t !\ dmg npon the pavement . " To which he that was floored said , wiih _ the greatest saa § / raid , " I visa you rould , for Xrcamaos get up bymyself . " Aw Ltsocbrt Wrrsm—Maxwell , &witness exa « mined on the trial of the Wallaces at the Old Bailey , recently was cross-examined by Mr .

      Phillips—I did not sleep any last night . I passed fee nigh : in a room in a house . I did Dot inquire if & was the station house . I rather doubt that it was . 1 think it was , but 1 did not inquire . 1 had no cariosity tboat it . It was an unusual thing for me totid myself in a strange room . There were men and women there . The men had coats and trousers . Some » f them had bine coats with figures « i tjrejn . —Mr . _ PhUlip 3 : Were they policemen I I w . not ask them . —Mr . Phillips : Do you know who the genilem * B was who came into the pass&ge yesterday touting as loud as could be f 1 hare been toid it wu lay&elt I had drank a little . ^ ;

      SOM £ AlS . —A eollisf Krinfe at Craae-moor , find ing thst several of hi ^ nei ^ hbourB around him were m ^ the habit of brewing their own ale , mentioned the circumstance to his wife , who at once said they might as well do the same , and hvre a drop a drink it house as well as them . This being agreed upon , a stroke of malt was forthwith purchased . The collier , ongoing to his work in the tooraing , left his wife bnsy making preparations for brewing—a job ,

      mind you , which she never before had been pot to . At mgfcx home comes Johnny , big -with the idea of being master of some strong ale , and- direct to the brewing-tub hs mudvea . Fmdias ft full , and nothing short of eighteen gallons , Johnny , with a -eouateo&nee marked with disappointment , still quite in good humour , turned to his fatigued wife and said , Al tell the wot , lass , ah think th&Aze made te mnca on't f " "W « 1 L ah beea thiukin soa me Men , an av thrawn a kit fall aght . "—Barnsley OorrespoTtdent ,

      Thb Bishop OP Lokdojt has been preaching sfainst iyjcw&sm and duelling . The Reverend ^ fieurisi tnta rerj eerere in his comments on the -one , and adduced numerous killing proofs of the enormity of the other . Why does he not faTour U 3 with a 6 ermon on the abuses of the Church ! Cogent . —A country editor in the State of New York complains that ladies' bonnets now are so small that they will hold but one face at a time . Pawkbbokeb , the new hunter purchased by PWnce Albert , is said to be intended as a present for his uncle .

      The Thuntet oT the Marquis of Bristol have recently presented him with ailrer candelabrnm ; as a him , perhaps , that the undersvauding of tbe noble Marquii needs "lighting up" on matters in general . Thocgh Albeei was never in cold water nntil he fell in the other day , in the gardens of Backingham Palace , he managed , when in his own country , u > get into hot water Yery frequently . SlJTCPLiB TXSIISCS OF Asnux SaGaCitt . — Learned pigs , sod calculating dogs , and fortunetelling ponies , are familiar objects to the mind of erBry one , for there are none who hare not in their

      yonnger days witnessed with delight the exhibitions « f such wonderful wonders . But that a goose could be made amiable , intelligent ., and tractable was never dream ; of " in the days when we went gipsying , " and will , perhaps , be donbud now , though it has been dene , and may be witnessed every day in our itreets . Thomas Turner has a fine goose which follows him like a well trained do ^ , to any part of ihiB or the neighbouring towns . It is curious to see the goose waddling along with a large bull-dog after its master , two or three miles from home , and to hear it " give mouth" if for a moment its master be

      Axauci * Sattss . —An American journal of a late date has the following : — " We learn from an English newspaper that , on the occasion of the Queen entering Brighton , a gentleman was thrown from his horse with great violence , through coming in contact with a Jly , and Yery seriously injured . Thank Heaven I we have no such terrible fi \ et in our eountry l "

      A ? ALACB TOAST . Here's Bull andiiispurse ; we'll next toast Mb eart ; May they increase in length with his increase of yeanl - . AH A ygarri ir * « Ofikiok OP mS Couktrytcks . — ^ We afs ¥ he mow excitable people on Ihe faee of the globe ; onrfeathers are rumpled quicker than a turkey 1- W « cannot , it seem * , debate a debateable question , comprising a single point of national importance , withoht forthwith talking of war , and placing ounelTe * , like Tom Cribb , in an attitude for a fight . —New York M ' vnr , Feb . I .

      Trrxxs . —Ifaes wer » io consider their « wn digxity as men , they would spurn at titles , and look . o * them as " nkk-oa » e » . " Titlee and orders , it i s trme . are Yery harmless things , but they produce a kiad of foppery in the human character , that degrades it , ' iattoog about its blue riband , like a little girl , and showing its new garter like a child . Thebs ass more killed by intemperance' &an by fite sword : j ? ro > f-shoi ib effective ammunition . Why asb the Post-office stamps like buy Bchool boys ! Because you are obliged to lick their backs to make them rtick to their letters .

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      THB TRADES' UNIONIST HTJBDERS AT ASHTCttL -- - _ , ___ APPKXHB 5 SI 0 H Of AKOTHBJl OV THK MDBDBB « B 5 . 4 .- - - - Uxa&mkta , S » tuid * y . The two Atpoeioa * mnraen } ' which V « r » perpetn *« by nwmben of the Sawyer ** T / nlon , atAthtoo-iinder Lyne , —one o » the 31 rt tit October , kni . the otb « r on tha 6 th of September la » t , —baire ( Jed to the moat defannlnwl and peaeverlng efforts on behalf of Um > pollee ofthj ^ 'towBablp ' asd M » ncbe «* ar , for th # appreh « nilos r f ^ p » rtJ « implicated , and , no lest than ten of the umiOQttta ' baTe . at diflfereni time * been brought tefon tlie magistrate ! and comniiiiiA to the AMiiei ' for tbi part they had taken Jn ti » , oommia « on of tbe lattnamed mimj * . but the priadraU einndtt U » ftnt

      murder , that of Garland , rapoeeded in « I « iihg the bands of justice till this week , " when one of them waa captured In Dublin . For four jhontba thli man , whose name ia Thomat Hciland , suooe » iful ) y baffled the effort * of the police to bake him , though they repeatedly obtained information conoeatlnjr . him , aaH SaporinfcaDdenta Al « ock and Green , of the Manchertw > olic « , , under toe initructioua of SirCtiarlM Shaw , have tzaitoed no lea Qiao sixteen Engli&n eeunttM la nearch of Wm , , beaide » part of South Wale * and Ireland . He mi brought op for examination before two of the county magistrates at Athlon , thia day , when the following particulars relative to the murder , and the part the prisoner h&d trirrri in it » perpetration , wcr « elicited >— "' .

      8 up « rint « ident Aleoek staled that on the 31 st of Octobev about five o'clock , five sawyers , who were called "knobsticks , " or " r * U , " were on their way from work at Manchester , when they were attacked by & body ' of twelve or fifteen unionist * , and dreadfully be&tezL One « f them , whose name wai Tbos . Garland , wa * heaten and wounded with tome sharp instrument in such a manner as to ocouyion hi » death , and an inquest was afterwards held on view « f the body at the ManoheEter Infirmtrj , when a YeitMct % ^ s » ' % ^ E | U ^ Murder" was retnw pd against Thomas Qriines , TboW Roberts , and others ! Repeated effocte were made , lander the direction of Sir Charles Shaw , to trace the murderers , between that tioie ' juad the 6 th of December , wte « the murder oT , Be ^ aniia TJosper " , * » Biwyer ,. who wu sh * t whilst at work ' , led to more determined efforts , and the disclosures made by some of the witnesses against . th » BBioslsts engaged is this second murder lei to thf tkaowledge that the prisoner Holland was

      concerned in the murder of Garland , and after following him into Yorkshire , and from theoco to some ef the iroa mines in South Wales , where be eJaded their Search , thAyloct slghk ~ ol him foraome time , till at length be was a ^ aln trsoed into Yorkshire , and from tbepce to Pablin , wtereJ 4 e mu ( ]§ Bgtb apprehended it ose of the quays . He also ol (| ed to state that int his enquiries after the prisoner'be had seen a grea number of master sawyers , from whom he learnt that the trades' unions were Yery generally Spread ovtt England , Wales , and Ireland , and the combination of these unions with each other was such as to cause a general dread amongst employers , both for their lives &n& properry , if they did not accede to aTi the demands 0 ? their workmen , threats being constantly held out to them th » t unieea they complied men would be brought from a distance to inflict vengeance upon them , and those who might accept work at reduced wages , as hid been the « &ae ia this neighbourhood .

      Michael Hemp , a sawyer , was then called and stated tn&t he formerly belonged to the Sawyers'Union , and that he c&ma over from Salfotd to Ashton oa the 31 st of October last , to look for wotk . He was met by a man who called himself an operative sawyer as he came out of HeginbotUm ' s Yard that day , where he had been for work , and asked his business . The man was very angry with him , and told him he had no right to go for work there without seeing the men belonging to the Union . Witness afterwards accompanied this man to the ¥ nion club-house , the King ' s Head , where he saw a great number of sawyers , and among them he saw the prisoner , Thomas Holland . Thay Baid they expected * ome delegatesJroniManchester and Oldham , ¦ vrbo were coming over-to induce the knobsticks to leave the Vown . The sawyers whom witness met there were Yery cross with him at first , and said he had better go back to Manchester , for there was no work there , and " some of those who were working

      there should sot do it long . " Two men came to thu clnb-hous * while be was there , from Mjuxahester ; this was about soon . Witness went there again about four in the afternoon , and the prisoner Holland was there then . Witness did hear something said about a number of nnjonists going to way-lay . £ b # knobsticks on their way from work along the Manchester road . It was talked about and generally understood amongst the sawyers at the dub-bouse . The prisoner was among thcoe talking about it , and seemed to be acting with them : There -sras s great deal said in whispers . A person named Grimes was there , and another named Roberts . Grime * brought something like a table leg with him under his coat , and witness heard him say " be would make some of the "b r « dance a Doanybrooi ; jig with that before morning . " - One of the unionists blamed him for shewing it , and said he had no business to produce soch * thins in a public room . Witness aw Grimes next day , and was then told by nim— " We c * Ye dome some of them their job last

      uighf Patrick Keoogb . said be waaja sawysg . % n ^ Htad in Ashton now . On the 31 st October be was living in Manchester , and about a < Ju » rb * E . HtCote five o ' clock , when it was getting dusk , left lilt ! ¦ Aahton , along with his son , J&mes Keotigb , and- John jHarney , the deceased , Thomas Garland , aad ^ Rgct Keougb , When the ; had proceeded a little way * n tj » road , a number of men sprung from beb . i 4 d- * caftT ^ hicii was coming the opposite way , and witness was "kno « ked dawn , and severely beaten with sticks . , Thero were about twelvs or fifteen men of the party that attacked them . When witness got up , he found Gaiiuid '' asd his other oomp&niona lying in the road , and tttUrajkaQanfTEiad nui

      off , laavug them , ks Witness vappotfed / for £ e » d . Tttej went across the moor . All Mm party were moA . Wt , and bled profusely , but Garl&nd was the wotst , and they supported him to ' a cottage v uar , to crave aone water , but could not get any , and they afterwards took him to a public-house , and gave him come beer . The blood teemed from him as be went along . They afterwards took him to the Manchester Infirmary the same night Gattead bad wfth Mm , when he left Ashton , a rod of ten , sharp at both ends , called a pricker , it was aeazif a yard long , and mi in a b&g . He had neither the bag nor the pricker after they were left by their assailants . The prisoner and Grimes were among the roen who attacked them . Witness never saw Garland sites that night till bis d «

      ath-Patrick Keougb , son of the last witness , was with Garland and his father on the night of the 31 st of October , whan they were attaek « d by a number of men on the road to Manchester . He was knocked down , and beaten severely . He saw the prisoner among those who attacked them . Be assisted Garland afterwards , though Yery weak himself . Garland was in a very shocking state—he " was quite mashed up . " JohnHamey , of Manchester , sawyer , said he Wa ! one of ihe party * tt » ckecl on ttn way to Manchester , by the Unionists . He saw them spring from behind

      the eart , and said to his companion , " Here they are , boys—now we ' re in for it * He was struck down on his bands and knees in the ditch . Witness saw the prisoner Holland there , and saw him strike Garland { the murdered man ) with an iron instrument like that produced . He struck at Garland ' s head with it , and witness saw Garland , who was on the ground , put op his bands to ward off the blows . Garland eriftd " Murder . " Witness did not see Garland after , because he did not go on to Manchester , but ran back to Ashton .

      Thomas Radney , a labourer , living at Ashton , stated that on the evening of Saturday , th # 31 st of October , he had been working on Ashton Moor , and was returning home aloag the Manchester road , abont five o ' clock , when he heard & cry of " murder" behind him . It appeared to proceed from . aome one about fifteen yards from him . He turned round , and saw one man on bis hands and knees in the ditch , and another was down in the middle of the road . A great number of men , he thought at least adoaan , were striking at those who were down . Tae man who wa * down in the middle of

      the road rose up , and ran to the side of the road , when one of bis assailants gathered up a stone and threw & him . Could not -say whether the stone hit him , but he fell . The men who appeared to have been the assailants then ran off In bodies of three or four , in different directions , bnt chiefly across the moor towards Droylsden , There were two or three carters passing with their carts during the attack , and one of thtsn picked up an iron instrument like a sawyer ' s pricker , and earned it off with him . Witness also picked up a pricker oat of the channel afterwards , and the iron instrumeat now produced was the same .

      Mr . w . Fumival , bouse surgeon to the MaoahesUi Royal Infirmary , examined—Recollected the deceased , Thomas Garland , being brought to the Manchester Infirmary , on the 31 st of October , and admitUd . a patient Made an examination of his wounds that evening . He had several severe bruises and lacerations of the scalp . The upper part of his nose was fractured in several places , aad he had also suffered a compound fracture of the fore finger of his right hand . The right hand and several part * of hi * bod / were much bruised . The lacerations sad bruises might , all have been caused by the iron instrument produced . Witness advised immediate amputation of the finger , but Garland weald net consent . Mortification ensued , which brought on lock-jaw , aad ultimately caused death . TVftoes * had made U examination of < leceaaed- » body after deatb , and could trace the cause of death to nothing else but the wound * on hi * body inflicted on the Slat of October .

      Richard Greea , superintendent In the Manchester police , stated that , in conseqasnoe of repeated directions from Sir Charles Shaw , he had gone In search of the prisoner , aad had traced him at distant time * to Yorkshire , Shropshire , Wales , Fieetwoodwon-Wyre , and ultimately took him in Dublin . ' This eonclided the examination , aad the prisoaer , declining to say anything in his defence , was committed for trial , a » the Liverpool Assixe * , for the murder of Thomas Garlamd . Another prisoner was then placed at the bar named Thomas HassaL There wa * no evidence to shew that be was engaged in the actaal murder , but it was shewn that he was one of the nnioaists engaged in plotting the attack , and be was committed to the imtinrw on the charge of conspiracy .

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      Robert Holland , father ' of Thomas Holland , who had been apprehended oa a warrant for censpiracr wa * also committed . The n « t prisoner placed a * the bar was Edward Manhall , » sawyer , against wbom Sir Cbarlea Shaw said there would be no evidence offered . HiB appre > beotion was entirely his own fault , and bad Item brought on through W * attempt * to defeat the aria of justice . Green had been aenVto Reetwood-on-Wyre to 86 * who would obtaln > letter" sentthere for one of the murderer * , aad while Green was there , Marshall , - who wai » unionist , went to the Post-offlee , and representing Tilmaelf Io be the party for wbom the letter Was address * wJ , obtained possession of it XJreen supposed that be -writ the party and took him into custody . ¦ The nagistrage * told Manhall be Was discharged at connected-with this oflfenee , but it would be for the Post-office authorities to oonsWer whether he ougbtnot to' be prosecuted for obtaining a letter by means of false representations . * . .

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      NEW POOR LAW A ? O ) THJE RURAL POLICE . A public meeting of the Inhabitants of Rochdale was held in tae Butta , a vacant plot of ground near the centre of the town , on Saturday week , at fire o ' clock in the evening , to petitioa Parliament against the Poer Law Continuance BUI , and for a total repeal of the Poor I * w Amendment Act ^ and also to petition the magistrate * assembled in General Qn&rtei Session * , to be holden at Preston , on the 10 th day of April next , t # rescind the order for introducing the constabulary fbw » intothU county . Large placards , announcing the meeting , made their appearanoe on the wall * of the town early } n £ be week . , ,

      At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists , the subject was brought under consideration , the parties getting up the meeting having" fdiiy ascertained that it wai the wish of a portion of the members present that a-resolution for the Charter should be proposed at tfie ' meeting ; but ' a resolution to the contrary was ultimately agreea to , advising them , however , to attend , and put one ^ f their own friends in th « oasi * . The orlgtnrtfcrrft the meeting were the middle-class tradesmen and shopkeepers , Whig , Tory ; and Radical , composing the select Yestries ef the various township * . The poors' rates have become ao excessively heavy , in conse qucnoe of the introduction of a u&eless , a&ngeroua , and expensive police force into our peacefn distrlqt , that it is become exceedingly difficult to coHee ^ ffom an impoverished people the exorbitant rate required to tupport theto . ,

      At the appointed time , to taker the chaJr , from twelve to fifteen hundred were present , chttfly if the working classes , and consequently Chartista The persons ia . tending to take part in the proceedings ascended the waggon , the place appropriated to the speakers ; amongst whom were Mr . T . Holden , Mr . T . Wilkinson , and a few of their Tory friends ; John Bright , Esq ., Mr . W . W . Barton , and otherXlberals ; and Mr . James Taylor , late M . C , Mr . Thomas Livesey , Mr 7 James Sharp , and a few working men , Charttsts ; .. . Mr . Bakton carae forward t « propose that John Roby , Esq ., take , the chair . It m&y here be well to remind our readers that this is the Mr . Roby who has acquired so much unenviable notoriety by his treasonable speech delivered at the Ashton Cdnaervative dinner , which , if hod been uttered by & poor Chartist , instead of a wealtky banker , he would doubtless have been safely located on the felons ' side of one of our county gaols .

      The Chartists , however , were not the men to suffer Mr . Roby to preside over a meeting of their own order , after the unmerited abuse and slanderous attacks bo repeatedly made by that gentleman npon them . A working man moved an amendment , which was seconded by a number of voices , that Charles Howarth , a working man , take the chair . Mr . Barton put the amendment , as usual , first , when a forest of blistered hand * were held up in the sir . The motion followed , and exactly two were wishful for Mr . Roby to preside .

      Mr . How arts was banded forward into tk-e waggon , and opened the proceedings by reading the placard calling the meeting , and observed , he was proud to witness them assembled together once more , to assert their detestation and abhorrence ot the New Poor Caw , and the rural police . He congratulated them upon having obtained the co-operation of a portion of the higher order , and regretted that they bad not come fofrard at a time when their efforts might really have been effectual . It was not the first

      time they ( the workiDg classes ) had met to petition for the repeal of the New Poor JLaw . Those petitions had been bwghed at and disregarded . It was a disgrace . t « the leading uxeh ' of the nation to allow the necessity of a poor law at all , whilst fifteen million * of acres of land remained . uncultivated . He should not detain them further with any remarks of bis own , and hoped , as they had . elocted'bim to the chair , they would Be attentive , and give to every gentleman , a jast and impartial bearing . Mr . HOLDK 5 rose to propose the first resolution : —

      " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Poor Law Amendment Act is based upon wrong principles ; that it is highly unconstitutional , injurious , &nd oppressive , both to the rate-pftyera who are compelled from want to apply to the parish for relief , more particularly as regards the « rtraordlnsry and unpre < cedented powers given to the Commissioners , to carry the abeve obnoxious law into effect ; and this meeting pledges itself to use every legal and constitutional means to oppose such Act . " - He hoped U * meeting would give him credit for . sincerity , when be told th « m hehadeome twelve mlllu that day , to the neglect of bis business ^ to b % presem upon the eecaaion . He regretted the wealthy a&d Influential should absent themjfclvei upo » -so important

      • qnedioa- a *~ thr ~ Dfle now before them ; it was wbAJ ther or not the aged and defenceless poor bad * right to a subsistence In the land of their nativity . It hai been said by the advocates of this Bill , that it worked well in the s ^ cultural districts ; b » had been informed by the best and most competent authority , no less than the Lord of the Manor himself , who had recently been in Kent , that he bad found , on inquiry , this law bad been the means of reducing the wages of the labourer . Notwithstanding the palpable misrepresentations of certain parties in high quarters , heart-burning * and discontent prevailed , and its entire abolition wa * sought for ; he concluded a short and energetic address with protesting against the unprecedented power * of the Commissioners .

      Mr . F . WILKINSON seconded the resolution , which being put , was carried unanimously . Mr . Bakton proposed the second resolution : " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the county constabulary force is useless , expensive , and dangerous , and is more calculated to disturb the peace of the country , than protect its inhabitants—that the expence of supporting such an establishment is so enormous , tkat it must eventually fall back upon the property in land * juid bouses , and very ¦ much depredate their Talus—that It i * foreign to tko feelinga of Englishmen , and threatens to annihilate every vestige of civil liberty by introducing a power over which they have no controul , and which , if persevered in , will lead to consequences dangerous to the welfare of this kingdom . "

      John Bright , Esq . rose to second the resolution . He believed a police force to be necessary both uuder this and every other kind of government . There were times of political excitement , which required stringent measures to allay the tempsrary disquietude of the country ; but he believed a , force , Bimilar to the one established at present , was , above all others , calculated to ferment disturbances and create discontentment amongst the people . He could well imagine the feelings that would animate the bosoms of the starving operative , when viewiDg these conservators of the peace , perambulating our peaceful towns and villages , to support whom , additional taxes had to be imposed . Already had they cost the township of Spotland £ 30 S

      is . iod . ; Cistleton , £ 213 IBs . 60 . j Blatchworth and Caulderbroofe , £ 138 11 b . lOd . - , Wardleworth , £ 8115 s . ; Wuerdle and Wardle , £ 206 10 s . ; and Butterworth , £ 250 . What services had they rendered the parish for this enormous expenditure of the public money ? Why , none at all . Indeed , there was nothing for them to . do ; he had seen tham-during the , lait wittier , in . the various inns , comfortably , and be would add * , wisely enjoying themselves ; but a » there were countless masses ot our Industrious population unable to acquire the means to supply their physical wants , and the poor rate-payers were crushed beneath the weight of taxation , to support a body of men unnoessary , useless , and uncalled for , he moat cordially seconded the nulu-Bod , which was carried as before . ¦ -. - . ¦

      Mr . James Tat lob next addressed the meeting in a speech of sarcastic eloquence , iaabing the middle class for their seHUh treachery , and charging them with being the cause of the establishment ef the police . It was moved and carried . " That the petition to the Lords , be presented by Earl Stanhope , and to the Commons by John Fielding . " After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , a show of hands was taken for the restoration of Frost , Wil liams , and Jones ; three cheers were given for the Charter , and tkree for the people ' s B&vanqulshed advocate , Feargus O'Connor .

      Mr . Holden proposed three cheers for the Duke of Wellington , which were responded to with tremendous groaning . Mr . H . observed that these Chartists were am extraordinary lot to make friends ot

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      TOBKSHXBB flPKIKCr A 8 BSXBB . CROWN COURT , Saxw > AT , Mabch 20 . THB LATE QHABTIST PEOCEKDINOa AT SHEPPIELD . i PiUrFod ** mto this morning plaoed at the bar , charged with sedition , conspiracy , and riot , at Sheffield . Tb ^ indictment also stated that a true bill was found against the prisoner fbr this offence attbe Spring Assizes , 1840 , and that be did not appear and answer the charge at thw * Assises . a Oa the prisoner being arraigned , he pleaded GroHty . Mr . 'WiLKiNs , who appeared as counsel for the pri . sonar , said—My Lord , I beg to state to your Lordship

      that the prisoner is sincerely penitent , and has seen the error and folly' of bis ways . I believe this man , along with others , was led into these proceedings by a Frenobman * fbo went amongstl them , distributed money , assisted them In toe manufacture of arms ; and exeited them to a » alarming extent I am happy to say the feeling with , regard to Chartism la nearly sub ; sided , ana $ ** »» punl * hmenU which haT « already been inflicted , have bad a moat salutary effect Under these circumstances , 1 hope your Lordship will not think it necessary for the ends ef justice that a severe sentence should be passed . ,

      BaronROLFB—Thi * man was , I think , indicted with others . .. - " ¦ '¦ - >¦ ..: ¦ ¦>" . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ' :. ¦ - . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ' ' ¦ - . ' The Hon . J . S . WoETLEr , who appeared for the proaeeution , Uld—If y » Uf Lordship wishes I will state the general nature of the case . . Mr . Wn-KIN 8—Ihadrather his Lordship would read the depositions himself . The Olerk of Arraigns said—The depositions are in my cfiioe ; 1 will send for them , if your Lordship pleases . -j The Learned Judge said—I should like to have them , ¦ ¦ , ¦;'¦¦ ¦ . ¦ : . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ - .. ; ' - . .- - . The depositions were accordingly sent for .

      Mr . Wjlkins—I hope your Lordship will not feel yourself bound by the decision in former cases . If I may be allowed to suggest to jflwt Lordship , there does not now exist the same necessity for signal punishment that there did then . ' : ;;¦ Batoix HoiFE ^ That it true : but it would . * e a rather dangerous dtfotrine to be allewed to prevail that if several fenoaa jointly commit the same offence , if one get * away tox * time from justice , that the others should be punished , and he should escape scot free-On reference to the indictment , it was found that Poden was indicted alone . Mr . WlIiKINS--I am mum , my Lori , it I mm well Informed in this ease , on the past , ef the protecutiori there is no desire to pre « for a strong punishment against this man . ¦ Mr . Woktley—The authorities consider that having - proceeded against others for the same offence , they ought also to proceed against him . -

      Mr . Wiliuns—Knowing vengeance cannot be the object of the law , but merely the benefit of society , fr do trust that your Lordship will be as lenient as possible . ? ir * n RoLFE-At present I do not understand the fiUe . It would be a great ccandat ou " n ( etj ~ j [ Was t % give an opinion without knowing soniething about the facts , of which I am utterly ignorant . I kaosr nothing more than appears in the calendar . ' ¦ , . Mr . WiLKiNs—I would also mention toyour Lordship that the prisoner has been already three months in the Castle , and a month In custody on a previous occaalon . , v Bis Lordship then retired to peruse the depositions . ¦ '"¦ ., ' , On his return , about half an hour afterwards ,

      Mr . Wilkins said—Before your Lordship proceeds to pass sentence , allow me to state that , I understand from Mr . Noble , the Governor of the Castle , that the prisoner has behaved exceedingly well since he has beau in gaol , and made himself useful as an assistant- ' schoolmaster amongst the prisoners . The prisoner has also instructed me to state that , having been a baker nearly the whole of hi * life-time , be Is extremely susceptible of cold , and daring the term' of bis imprisonment ; , he la aoiloat jour Lordeoip should permit nim to remain In this gaol . . ' . The Clbrk of Abkaions then saU—Prisoner at the bar , you stand convicted of a misdemeanour , what bjrve you say why the Court should not give you judgment for that offence ? Foden—Ho , I do not think I have anything to say more than the Learned Gentleman has said .

      Baron Rolfe—Well , what your counsel has said for you is , that you are penitent , and exceedingly regret the coarse into which you have been betrayed , but I cannot pay any attention to such observations . You were indicted with , a gretkt nainber ef others a year ago , for a moat violent sort of seditious proceeding , and for which , after reading the depositions carefully through twice , I cannot find the shadow of a justiflcav tion . The objects you had in view were so desperate , and strike so entirely at the root of society , that I do not wonder at flndiog very severe sentences passed on the other persons convicted . Tea , for a time , escaped the vigilance of justice , but , although now the excitement on thU subject may have in some degree Subsided , I eaanot think of more mercifully dealing with you because you evaded justice , an * are tried a year or two afterwards , than ifyou had been here on

      that occasion . Ton bare alreadjabeen . tiiree ^ niQUths in gaol ; and the , sentence of the Court is ? that you be lmprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year and nine calendar months .

      HORSE STEALING AT SHEFFIELD . Robert Henderson and Jeremiah . fiartotcv who wer « tried a few day * ago ,- '' and acquitted of horse stealing , were indicted for having , under false pretences , obtalneda mare from , Francis Pa wson . A demurrer was put in to the indictment to the effect that the prisoners having been clearly acquitted of a felony , they could not be tried for a misdemeanour rising otlt of the some facts . Mr . Pashlet supported the demnrrer ; and Mr . Wort ley argued against it Numerous precedents and authorities were cited , and a rather laughable cirenmstanoa occurred during the argument t ) ne of the prisoners leaned over the reporters' box and , evidently tearing the ease wa * against Mm , said , " Tell Mr . Pashlay to call my witnesses to character . "

      After the argument , the Learned Judos was anxious tor . time to consider the point ; , and an arrangement was come to that the prisoners were to be discharged on their recognizances to appear at the next Asskes . Of course they were " content to be so bound ; " but the poor fellowa knew so much of the proceeding , that When they went down into the dock they expected to go back again to the Castle I > ¦ This concluded the criminal business .

      NISI PRIUS . —Saturday , March 20 . ABBEY V . PETCH . Mr . Alexander and Mr . Addison appeared for the plaintifl" ; Mr . Cbesswell and Mr . Watson for the defendant The plaintiff is a farmer residing in the neighbourhood of Pickering , and the defendant iB the widow and executrix of an attorney at Kirbymoorslde . The action was brongbt to recover damages for an illegal and excessive distress . The defence was that £ 1 , 089 12 s . 6 d . waa owing on a balance of an aocount for rent , and that the property seized only realised £ 900 . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant

      DOE DEM . METCALFE e . METCALFE . Mr , Cb . £ Ssweix and Mr . Watson were for the lessor of the plaintiff ; Mr . Alexander was for the defendant . Teds was an action of ejectment , to recover possession of an acre and a half of ground in the township of Thwaite , In the North Riding . The question entirely turned upon the words " and appurtenances " in a deed , and , accordingly , the plaintiff was nonsuited , with l eave to move , by which the case will be taken into one of the Superior Courts of Westminster . SCARBOROUGH V . PICKERING . An undefended action . —Verdict for the plaintiff ; damages £ 50 .

      BR . A . DWELL V . T 0 UNGHUSBAND . An undefended action . The plaintiff is an iron founder at York ; the defendant a mlll-wright at Richmond . —Verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 30 8 s . 3 d . Two or three other trifling eases were disposed of , which occupied the Judge and jury until ten o ' clock , when the Assizes closed . About half-a-dosen causes were withdrawn , and made remanett .

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      A Bhctb . —A man named Whitehouee was fined 40 s . at Queen ' a-equare Police-office , London , on Saturday , for having kicked and beaten a poor lad in the street . At Maidstone Assizes , Mr . Sewaxd , a man of some opulence , refliding at Sittinxbourne , who was indicted for forgery , did not appear . His bail was estreated . Female Bwbolabs . —Two females , sisters named Hampeon , ( one 15 , the other 20 years of age ) were committed to Newgateon Tuesday week , on a oharge of burglary . , . The High Shebifp of the county of Derby has appointed the Rev . Thomaa Sing , Catholic priest of Derby , to be his chaplain during bis year of office . — Derby Mercury . ¦ ; i > . .:.

      Hbb Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir James Dowling j Chief Justice of NewSo ^ ttti Wales , to the office of judge of the vice admiralty court of that oolony . . ; . ' ; . ¦ . ' :. •' ¦ . ' . " . ' . ' , ¦' .: " ¦ ¦ - '" ¦ . '' ¦ : " ' . ' Soap mass of Fliwt , —The manuJTacture of silex soap , which wm put a f top to by the Excise a year or tiro ago in Eugland .. has sprung up ,, and is flouriflhing in , Ireland .: There ia an extenaive manufactory at Gork , under . the management of the pjthtentOeS * ; :.. ¦ - ; . v . ; J - ; 3 ' - : ¦ - . ~ -, \ i :-. ¦ ;^ ' c _ •¦(¦• o ,, ;; . ' .- - ¦ ' ' .. - ,. Tobacco . —Th « amount of do * y . paidla « t year on

      tbJs article amounted to n «* rty £ 3 ^ 59 ^ 00 ; , Of the throe kJngdosis , the reepecttve . proportions of duty are—EnRtand , £ l , S 78 fi 00 i Ireland , £ 913 , 000 f > $ oot laad , je 27 S ^ 00 . - - ' - ' ' • : ¦ - ¦ ; ¦ - ¦ ., ; o ^ . * ; ,: ¦; . ¦ - - A Hap ^ y Rbtobt . —A oertain Whig Radical magistrate of Shropshire recently pressed a Tory ifentleman of his acquaintance to define the term " Whir . " The brief and pointed reply was , " A Whig u a tyrant in office , and a rebel out of it . " The' querist very speedily left the company , stomaching the definition- as he beat could .- ^ Sa / opum Journal .

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      A Habb Roasted Aliys % —On Wednesday week , u one of the down tralni was pasaing between . Clay-cross and Chesterfield * » hare flprang into the a « ho * -p » n oftheengine , » nd ma oompleteij rotated r- SheffieldMerctirg . "'" Tug Gbmrral Kyd , Iwdiaman , sailed , on Wednesday morning , the 17 th inst ., from Gravesend , with four hundred troops , for India . The soldiers went on board on Tuesday , in high Bpirjto .: The General Kyd ia a fine ship , and has every accommodation : for the troops . : '

      DaUtH raOM FlOHHWG IM A WO » KHO 0 SK-- ^ Qll Wednesday , two of the panpeis in the Mile-end Workhouse , belonginK U the Stepney Union , had engsged in a pugjATtUe rencontre , and one of them inflicted such seven injuries on the other , -that he died a few hours afterwards . : . Loss of Four liprsa . —Oa Friday nfght , s vessel belonging to owner Thomas Pumfrey , on her return from Bristol to ' Upton-npon-Severn , laden with Stone , W&sloit , and the crew three men and a boy , all perished . Thej latter was the son of the owner . — Cambrian .

      Stbhi , Ork . —1 . New Piscoybbt . —The National Intelligencer » ys , that , in the town of Daane . in Franklin cou » ty , a vein of magnetic oxide haa been discovered , which , on smelting , yields Sk substance possesifpg alltheoheniicalpropertiea oftoanufaotured steel , , JiJvekilb Tbievbs . —Two very small boys , named Thomas . and Stouea , were sentenced to three months imprisopmfiht at ' Guildhall , London , on Saturday , for having stolen a piece of lmutton from a butchers shop in Barbican . On ' being searched the epionrean youn / jprjgs were found to have ajar of the best desenptjon of pickles in their possession . BoBOWiiy . —Two notorious burglars were committed for trial at Union Hall Police-office , London , on Saturday , charged with having broken into a

      house in LHtle Surrey-place , Blaekfnars , and stolen eomesibrer spoons ^ and oth er articles . They were apprehended at a house which the ; inhabited along with two prostitutes . ' ¦ ,. ¦ . ; ¦ ' Sixteen war-steamers are ordered to be built , six of the first class and ten of the second , all to be armed with guns of ten-inch calibre . Several of these will belaid down immediately , and the frames of the whole converted without delay , so as to be ready against the engines are prepared , —Naval arid Military Gaxetie . " Singular Death . —A child was killed ia a Yery singular manner on Wednesday week . A man was walking out of Vine-street into Recent-street , London , earning a large cheese upon his head , when three / little Children ran against him : one of them tumbled ; the matv ' endeavoured , . to '' step * over her ; the cheese fell from his head up&n the child , and

      killed her on the spot . Au inquest was held on Thursday . The Jury returned a verdict of " -Accidental deatb , " with a deodand of la . on the eheese . . ' . ' . ' ;; ¦"'" , Attempt at Muedeb . —A most extraordinary attempt at murder was made upon an unfortunate female named Caroline Smith , on Thursday week . She was walking in Tooley street with a young man , a sailor , on the evening of the day just named , when a person , having the appearance of a master of a trading vessel , came upon them suddenly and knocked the young woman down , and attempted to out the womans throat with what appeared tobe-apenknife . He was driven away by the sonnd of approaohing footsteps , and ran down a lane towards the water side . At present the affair is wrapped up in some mystery .

      . Ar-Staffordshire Assizes , George Nixon was indicted for the murder of Joseph Ball , at Burslem , in August last . Ball was an engine-tenter , and his duty was to watch the engine-house of the Jackfield colliery atmi ^ ht . One evening his body was found , horribly mangled , in a cavity in which revolved a Jargs wheel used for working off the water from the coal-pit . It was proved that the prisoner had marks of violence about his face , on the evening when Ball was last seen alive ; that he complained of having been beaten at Burslem ; that he had mentioned some quarrel which he had had with Ball ; and that he said at & public-house , to one Tunstall , that he was convinced that he had . pushed " one of the Balls "

      into the fly-wheel race . Tunstall said , " Then you must have killed him J" To which he replied , " No , I ihiuk not , for I only pushed him into the water , ( in which the wheel revolved , ) and then ; ran off . " As he accompanied this remark with a . laugh , and appeared intoxicated—which most of the party seem to have been—Tunstall thought he could not be in earnest , and no attempt , therefore , was made to assist Ball . The prisoner stated before the Coroner who held an inquest on the body , that he had seed Ball as he passed the engine house , and that Ball had threatened to kick him if he did not go off , but that they bad parted without any blows . . He was sentenced to transportation for life .

      Rats of Paupers in Counties . —In a return just made in the House of Commons , the counties are arranged according to their highest rate per cent , of paupets relieved to the population , and the agricultural county of Wilts has the honour of being &t the head of the list , thus surpassing every other county in England and Wales in the number of paupers as compared with the population . The proportion in many of the Welsh counties is also very hjgh | in the manufacturing and northern counties it is the lowest . The following list denotes the proportions : —Wilts , 14 per cent , on the population . Dorset ,

      Sussex , Merioneth , Radnor , 13 per cent . Bucks , Essex , Anglesey , Montgomery , 12 . Bedford , Oxford , Hampshire , Suffolk * Carnarvon , Denbigh , Flint , 11 . Cambridge , Devon , Huntingdon , Leicester , Norfolk , Somerset , 10 . Berks , Hereford . Hertford , Kent , Northampton , Westmoreland , Cardigan , Carmarthen . 9 . Gloucester , Lancaster , Surrey , Warwick , York , ( E . R . and W . R . ) Brecknook , Pembroke , 8 . Chester , Cornwall , Cumberland , Durham , Middlesex , Northumberland , Nottingham , Rutland , ' ¦ York ( N . RJ , 7 . Liacoln , Monmouth , Salop . Worcester , Glamorgan , 6 . Derby and Stafferd , 5 .

      Explosion in a Coal Mine . —The town of Hamilton and its neighbourhood were thrown into great consternation oa Tuesday w « ek , pn hearing of an extensive explosion of fire-damp in the coal-mine near Quarter , accompanied with the loss of eleven lives . It appears that about eight o ' olock that morning , the breakfast-hour , there were six men and a boy in the mine , all of whom must have perished instantly by the explosion . On the alarm being given , the overseer of the mine not being at hand , seven men , who were outside of the mouth , rushed thoughtlessly into the pestiferous atmosphere

      of the newly-exploded mine . Three of them were dragged out alive , and four dead . Unceasing exertions were made to relieve the mine of the noxious vapour ; but it was not till Wednesday morning that the bodies of the licit seven sufferers were recovered . Some of them were shoekingly mangled by tho explosion , in a way that shewed that the death of the whole must have been instantaneous . Of the eleven who died , nine were married , and have left widows and families behind them . The proprietor of the mine , the Duke of Hamilton , on hearing of the event , immediately sent pecuniary assistance to the families of the sufferers .

      Extraordinary Charge or Mob . der , —Harriet Longley , a fine-featured yonng woman , twenty-one years of age , was charged at Hatton Garden policeoffice , on Saturday , with the wilful murder of her infant , " under circumstances of the mos ^ heartrending nature : Sergeant King , of the N division f the police , stated that , on Friday evening , about the hour of eight , the prisoner called at the stationhouse , and delivered herself into his custody on the charge of having murdered her offspring , at the same time expressing a desire for witness to walk with her a short distance , and she would point out the spot where the body would be found . She appeared ao distressed in mind , that witness bad not the . slightest doubt of tho correctness of her a wt ' ul

      admission , and he accompanied her to th ^ e New River , in front of Owen-row , Clerkenwell ; arid she then said if search were made there , the lifeless remaius of her babe would be discovered . Witness caused the water to be dragged , ,-s . nd , in the course of two hours , the body was taken out . The unfortunate prisoner afterwards informed witness that the child was born three weeks ago at Maidstone gaol , where she ( the mother ) was imprisoned for vagrancy ; and that when ie waa a fortnight old she was liberated , but had no home to go to . She had applied to various parishes , but at none could she » btain relief . On the day she committed the act , for which hex life , she said , might pay the forfeiture , she went to the overseer of Samt

      Marylebone , and . was toldthat nothing would be done for her , as she did not belong to them .: Hungry and tired , she afterwards wandered about , scarcely knowing whither she ! waa going , her Sole attention being turned to her ' poor babe , whose cries for food were working heri up . to . a pitoh of madness—her breast having that day ceased t * afford toe little creature her wquted nourishment . She * at lepvth , found herself in Owen ' s-row , « id , sitting herself on the stpp of » door , she again and again put' her inftnt toiler bosom—it sucked in vain , tba springs of nature had dried up ; and being , no longer able to witness its sufferings , she , in despair , 'flung it int * the stream , and saw no more of it until it : was hrouaht outi by witness . Mr . Comb * said it was a

      most awful' and ; distressing case , and < he asked the aeeased if she was anxious to say anything I She saidahe was not ; adding , that what Sergeant Krag had' said lw . tU : sferietly oorreot * ¦ Distress « f ¦ the w © rst 4 eseript » a had driven her to-the commission of theberime . Had shebeen able to have procured svmorstl- of bread to have satisfied the eravings of nerehild , it would now hs > Ye < been : alive . She ehdeavoared ^ but was not able , to-proeuroheves : that- ; and a mistaken notion of humanity prompted her'to pat in ead to its misery . In answer to the worthy Magistrate , Sergeant King said that the uaaalmfeaas were used by Mr ^ Edmondsos , surgeon , of -Clerkenwellitoieetore animation , but without tfieot . Mr . Combe ssjd he should remand the prisoner until next Saturday , when she would be committed *

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      Utimtt of Spade CuLtrriTioif , —On a snot' ^ emM ^ wAjaaes ^ Dg . » quarter of [ aaM ^ lajS Mr . Fnaeu Champ , w « r « Hp «< iw ^ dBri » riB « ? s 2 geason , tw « nty ^ bttBhel « of firosAibef ^;^^^ of Swede iutniiw , one sack of potatow , g fciTS ve « etabk , marrow of the gourd ki ^ nMeldm ^ , J wards of 20 * In number , which weighed froity fo » to eiRh » poandaeaehv On the same *^ ds ** io 2 gwwliig ^ hirty ^ ght -apple trees , « n < L toHjiZ currant bushes , many of the tree * bein * fttmi ^

      • ightfetesf gfowtb j and also iheriis at prewat 7 loxurftws erop - of clove * on that psr t of tb ^ » wmi 3 which WM ^ npied by the oean » . Here we tVv ? striking exemplification of th * value « T iteA- whea properly ooltir » ted ; nor is tbironly * stiaSalHs S indastrioos men who hive allotnientsgranted tatheZ by kind landowners , but it is atoo ^ p ^ tha ? S aflotment syrtemj tf carriod into effeet , wetrtd te highly beneficial to the countr y at large ; tendiiw to encourage indortty . deB ^ oy idfoanddissolB tebiAits and render ttie peasantry cheerful aad eontentadZ ! Sherknne Journal . ««« ent « u-

      Povesty the Pahekt op Cants . —At the Man Bion boose , on Friday , a young man sained Richard Wjnton was charged . with hVing ttoleiiSi < & « ,, pairs of stockings from the shop of * hsJbet «* ash * r in the Poultry . The prisoner was Been to waftiinU the shop , take the bundle of stockings openly / JS walk oat deliberately , without a ttempting ^^ observation or to hasten ' away with his piwder The policeman into whose custody he was give » 6 aM that the unfortunate lad evidently o * mmitte «» the robbery for the purpose of being prosecuted , ( -foocir the turnkey of the Giltspur-street Coapter . oaeof those good inclintd fellows . who soinetimes ate ia fo found in situations ot the kind , said that he gtuUr nitied the noor lad . wh » . h « beliAVAt ) t >*^^ *

      . friend m the world , and , having lost his character could obtain no sort « f employment . The turnkev added that nobody could , have behaved better ii confinement than the prisoiier , who &cknow } w « ed hisnecesaities were so gr ^/ thai hewi * fa 4 Kh « aav « d from perishing by tranBBorUtion . , X { tffi » wu no sort of deception or humfeqjt « bouttl » p »» fillow ata , lL , Sir Peter Laurie—^ I perceiv « ti » tJirnaa beenapriiOflerbefore . ' Goooh— He haslSdn the Compter before . It was there I had ( h » # mo » - tunity of judging of him r . and I have the greatest oomp »«> sion for him . " Sfr' Peter Laurie— What were foi l' in prison for , prleouerV FriBoner— " For housebreakjng . Sir , " S % Peter Laurb ^ lWew tried ?

      you " Prisoner- ^' I was , and c < mvwted , an 4 ^ sentenced to twelve months' imprisouiaeat - Six Peter Laurie —• " You w ^ jne guil ty ! " Prisoner— "I was ; r deserved what IreMived . " Ut . Hohler-What sort of housebreakbg was it , for them are several sorts ! ' P ^ ' ispner , - ^ ** It was houaebnSkiM at night in a house in Moorfields . There was iS excuse for it . " Sir Peter Laurifrr- * We «» yon ia want at the time P * Prisoner— " By no saeaiA ^ g ^ Peter Laurie—^ ' Yon had acconjnliceg » ' I guJMOi » t '> - ' t-Prisoiier—H . I bad , bn 11 was the onIy ^ neT ) " uo » II 24 * Sir Peter Laurie— ° They escaped , and I dare says persuaded you to join m the afair r Prj « Mier- ~ fl They escaped . I would rather aaj np ' more ' onthal subject . I have suffered the penalty of the lawiand I came out on the 1 st fof Majroh , a ' ni have been walking about ever Bincei for nohdiY will emnloT' $

      me . " Sir . P . . L . —Poor boy [ there are thousM ^ s in the same condition , , What is _ an unfortunate fellow who repents the first act of detected dl * honesty to dol Every one is afraid to employ him , and he cannot lie down and starve , I belieTe the evidence given by the Chaplain to Coldbadi-flelda prison , who said before a Parliamentary Committee , that he never lost sight of a prisoner after : the first introduction to prison until death or trantporiatiiB interfered . " Prisoner— " I am desirous of going eat of the country , my Lord , and I know of no other way of getting out , and I trust you will kindly assist me . Sir Peter Laurie— "I shall commit yon for trial , and represent your case , and I hope that you may be treated mercifully . " Gooch— " Hil conduct in prison has been quite a pattern to others . " Sir Peter Laurie ^— " He is committed for trial . " Let him be treated kindly . " '

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      From the London Gazette of ' Friday , March 19 . .. ¦ .- . > . ^ ANKBBPT 8 . v Squires , J . and Q . F ., Emmett-stoset , Popb * , plumbers , Mareh ^ 96 , at half-past one , April 80 , tt twelve . Solicitors , Bum , Great Carter-lane , Sottonr Commons . Turney , N ., Millbank-street , Westminster , baker , March 26 , April 30 , at two . Solicitors , Templar and Co ., Great Tower-street . Borkett , J ., Noble-street , Goswell-street , April 1 , at twelve , April 3 * , at one . Solicitor , Boutton , KortbaBipton-square . ; ; Riley , T G . C , Bouverle-street , Fleet-Street , billbroker , April 1 , ateleven , Afril 30 , at one . Solldton , Arden , Red Lion-square : ' , Barber , J ., Walworth-read , Newington , pawnbroker , March 25 . April 30 , at eleven . Solicitors , Kiss and Son , Fenchtrteh-street ; •• : ' - ' : ¦

      Fletcher , H ., sen ., and Fletcher , H . Jan ., Esstugton , Oloucestersbire , clothiers , March 26 , atUetve ;; A . pril 30 , at eleven . Solicitors , Crowder and Mayuaro , Mansion-house-place , i : Firth , J ., Webber-street , Lambeth , licensed viefaallev April 2 , at twelve , 30 , at eleven . Solicitor , Dudaiock , Sise-Iane . ' : i Orchard , G . B ., Bath , upholsterer , April 5 , afrthree , 30 , at one , at the Castle and Ball Inn , Bath . Sojitftort Oilhird and Flook , Briatol ; and Co <* anfl gsonden , Newlnn . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦•' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - . v- ' - ¦ - 1 - "'" ' ¦ ¦ ' WiUiams , D . Manelly , Carmterthenshire , shopkeeper , April 6 , 30 , at ten , at the Cameron km \ Swansea . Solietters , Bigg , Bristol ; and Bigg and Goldaflob , Soutbiunpton 4 > uildinga . ;

      Wheeler , Ann Elizs , Clifton , Bristol , milliner , March 26 , April 30 , at twelve , at the Commercial Rosmt , Bristol . Solldtors , Hartley , Bristol ; and White sad Wbitmore , Bedford-row . Bryan , S ., Northampton , HardinfBtoM , sboe-mann faetorer , March 26 , April 30 , at eleven , at the DoV phin Inn , Northampton . Solicitors , Britten , Northampton ; and Blower and Vizard , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . „ Blakey , G . F ., Holmflrtb , Yorkshire , dmpsr , 4 AprH 2 , at one , April 30 , at ten , at the George Inn , Haddersfleld . SoHcitors , Wbitebead and Robinson , 'Hoddersfield ; and Clarke and Metcalf , Llneotoi Inn FieldB . ' ¦ •;' Crompton , P ., Liverpool , ironmonger , March 31 , April 30 , at one , at the Clarendon Booms , Liverpool Solicitors , Robinson , tiierpool ; and Vinc « nt andBherwood . Temple . ' -

      Sell , W . H ., Klngston-npon-Hnll , : seed-crasher , March 30 , April 30 , at eleven , at the George Inn , KingBton-upon-HulJ . Solicitors , Holden , Hull - , snd Hicks and Harris , Gray's Inn-square . : : Coulter , T ., Doncaster , Apr il 7 , at eleven , April 3 » , at two , at the Town-ball , Boncaster . Solicitors , Smithson , York ; Mason and Collinsoa , Doncaater ? and Wigleswortb and Co . Gray's Inn-square . ' _ Smith , Q . T ., and C . P ., CheUeniuun . taliorsi Manai 30 , April 30 , at one , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham , Solicitors , Prideaux and Son , Bristol ; and Holme and Co ., New Inn . ¦

      DISSOLUTIONS O ? PABTNKB 8 HIP . , . J . R . Lyon and R . G . Holland , SbeflSeld , surgeons . — W ., J ., and P . Clarke , and J . Robinson , Manchester , machine-makers— J . Labron and G . R . Ives , Leeds . — H . and W . Muir , Manchester , tea-dealers . —T . R . Norbury and B . Smith , Manchester , tobawo-manufacturers . _ A . Windle and W . Hadfieldj Worsbro * Bridge , Yorkshire , working-chemists . —J . Cronkshaw and J . Omerod , Haslingden . Lancashire , cotton-manufacturers . — ? -.-.. ' .

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      CHAE 6 B op Bap * AOAipiASyaoioir . —Mr . Josh . Clarke , a surgeon of good practice , residing in Park-street , Camden Town , basbeeuneW to bail at Marylebone Police Office , < m a charge of having committed a rape upon the person of Mrs . Half , win of a compositor , whom he had been attending profotaionally . The prisoner wassailed « mh > i » give ¦ Uai , Mssself in £ 500 aad tw * sarettM ^ Df £ 2 * 4 es 5 eh .- - ¦ - ' - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ; rr , 'i .: - . ¦ . - .. . ,.,. ¦¦; .., Sa « acity op Two M 0 LB ^ . ^ -iAK 6 ut two mQe ^ from the town of Ballymabon , iff the oonnty of Longford , Ireland , resides % gentleman , whp > has in hit pos ^ assnon two mules of the Spanish breed . They both regularly go to a pamp placeif in ' the yard , and while one applies bis mouth to . the spout , the other works the handle byalternately raising and depress ing his shoulder , when , one has satisfied bis thirst , he exchanges with his companion , and returns the Bervice he has received . —Not aJonathan , bulgenvins Irith .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Mardt 23 . ¦ ¦ ¦ BANKRUPTS . Sanders , Frederick , licensed victualler , Horton Old Town / Middlesex , to anneoder March 30 , and M ay 4 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Abbott , off ldu assignee ; Ware , Blackman-street . Southwarfc Lamb , Henry , grocer , Manchester , April \* aa * J * ' * i . at two , at the Commi 8 sipners ' -roouis , Mancneswr , Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and ; Follett , London t Claye and Thompson , Manchester . Bradahaw , John , dn 4 * Jf ;' O 3 we . H 3 r , &d £ P . A « fll and May 4 , at eleven , at the Shira-haU , Shrewsbury Baiter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London ; Sale mW thington , Fountam-street , Manehester ; flftywaro . Oswestry . ., . « ««* Bloodworth , Edward , miller , Loug hborough , Mareii 30 nnd May 4 , at twelve , at the King ' s Head ton , Loughborongh . Emmett and Allen , B loomsbury-sojuate , Hucknall , Loughborough . ., Hunt , Henry , Yictualler , Blrmingnam . ""^ "" and May 2 , at twO i at Bee ' s Royal Hotel , Birmto « - ham . Chaplin , GrayH lnn-square , London ; HarttsoB ,

      Wjl - , ' m . tmm J flSJ _ ff » 1 - ' . ' ' " ¦ ¦ " - " Speneer , William , twner , C ^ WDrongh , » otlu ^ isfflsbireTAprU 2 , and May 4 , at eleven o ^ odb » MM White Hart Inn , East Betfordr ^« , ^ ^ ' ^ H ringham ; Mm and Bigsby , East Betlord ; Campbell and Witty , a «« ex-street , Strand , London . _ _ ¦ Hargreaves ; James , worsted spinner , ^ rnbiU-ba ^ ToAsfeiw . April 1 , and May ., at oie , at . tt * JHs « Horse Inn , Skipt < m , Yorlsbln * . , Cragg . Harpnt •«»* Red Lion-square , lllddlesw j j Aleoek . Sklptpn ^ . . Robinson , P « ter , breww , Wjurrinfton , ******* April e . and May « at twelve , at **»<* " ¦? £ , t £ ™ , ' LiYetpooi ; Nwris . Allen , wd . Sta . PJJ ; BtxtleVti-buildings , Holbom * London ; , Baywy » «• - - ^ S ^ eneer . Wmm . bmsb ttM ^^ ^^ ffiof ApWoVat ow , and Mar * , at ekven , •** ? < 2 ££ Bantruptey , Basinghail-street ; Giaham , offlclal assigns Basingball-street jiBaytts , Devonshto ^ square . _ ' Lea , James , butcner , ftloncestw , April ^ » j ^ * 2 fll t eleven , atttAKing - * BeadHotel , . gWjjJJJ and Son , Serjeant's Inn , Meet-street , London , nowiuv

      wi £ jienry . ^ ibM ^ ' $ * £ & at twelve , at the Swan ^' Stafford , a ^^ Wedlake , KingH Bencfc-iralk , Temple , London , w Stafford .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct542/page/6/