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      "I WILL HATE MERCY AXD XOT SACRIFICE . " Il > "ES for the consideration of those \ rho pay tithe of mint and annise , attend to ouHrard religions obstr-Tances , —but neglect to do justice and lore mercy , the -wtiglitier matter * of the la-w . Ye call me great , and good , and just . The ceedy ' s stay and the orphan ' s trust ; Te came my mjne in your place of prayer , And speak of my loving-kindness there ; Tonr hands are spread to my holy throne , Your lips make Biusic to me alone , And your aon ^ s below are like thosa above , And their mutual theme is , the God of loye .

      Bat my ear is filled vrith another strain—* Tis the piercing plaint of nnheeded pain , The deep , dread tones of a nation ' s wail , As the hearts of her strong men faint and fail ; It hassnUM the raptured seraph ' s lyre , It is lender far than your loftiest choir , It has rissn first to the golden gate , And pleads like a claimant that -will not wait ; And shall I not in my strength arise , And &Tscge me on all who the claim jLespiae ?

      Ye hear it not or ye pTe no heed ; In Tain with yon do the people p ' ead ; As year hicb heart ' s spurn their lowly suit , A 3 your ears are deaf , let your lips be mute ; Far your chorus of pruse I cannot bear , Aci my spirit contemns your Bolemn prayer . Your homage is hollow , your Wurship naught , Tae incense with odour is all uii r . ; ught ; TJnleaven'd by love such gifts 1 s& rn—Ye heed not your brethren ' s case forlorn !

      ODce , in the lipse of ages rast , My people were held in fetters fast , In a land of drought and the shadow of death , Where th-y spent for others their sweat and breath Bnt thry prayed to me in thtir stirlesa night , And I heard End pitied their dismal plight ; Sly hasd their tyrant-troubler shk te , And for them a great deliverance vrroueht ; "Till the people ' s rightful canse prevailed , And I was the Lord of tieir freedom hailed . * Ye read ai : d admire my grace dipplay'd , "When I gave these trampled bondsaitn aid ; Their deeds your sabbath-soncs employ , ArA yen shire in their jubilee of j -y , It-, "hinks for freedom ' s fi ^ ht at ¦ ' . ca ' n .- } - Whi . ' si s arxry i jirdtes j-oar oicn domain . Asa Lr 2 . : - -.: s -wiinits j > y-diapeliini { shade

      Your ftllow-i : icn in my image made ; Ihuu ^ b its -withsria g biigst on thousands fall , Though its banner of dread is their \ ur : al-pall , Though its cards ard crastPEs my children dear Till life is stayed in its yvuna career , Anil ibe claisome lani which iny sweet showers lave Yi ^ -ldi little to them save a birth and a grave . > "ow th-y are fallen from their high estate , Kow uo then- tyrants exult in ibe sate , Now is the bUzj cf their jjlory dimmed , Jf jw is the cap of their brtterneis brimmed ; Biastec an-i dry are thsir cfear .-r . vls of Miss Bat ye hftdle .-3 pa&j by zua think nothing of this . Enough that you - Abba , F-iUitr , " cry , Whilst the people ' s poor qta '< pine and die ; BaS their bloo-3 I shall yet at your hinds require , TThen I rise in the day of my terrible ire . W . M'DOWAil . * Exodus xx . 2 . T Psalm cxiv , cxrvi , and otheia .

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      LIXE 3 C > ' SEEING IHE ACCOUNT OF TUE MEETING OF ELLIS WITH HIS F-OULT , IN IHE " NOBTHEHNSlAB" OF NOT . biS , 15-42 . ¦ Who is yon woman with four beauteous babes , Seeking the prison gates ? She knocks and -weeps , And at the sight the artless babes weep too . The iron gates unciose wiih heavy sound , But she's dtny'd admittance , e'en to take One long and last farewell cf him she loves . O how her gentle besom heaves with woe . ' At length she seeks the gaoler—him she asks And with 3 look resistless wins consent . ¦ With hurried steps the mournful group is led , And no ~ v she thinks to clasp him in her arms

      And give her grief full vtTJt—tut that ' s denied ; The formal turnkey tells htr vrhere to stand That he m £ y witness all the tragic scene , And place the heavy feara between their forms . The husband comes , and with a frantic look Turns to avoid ; he sickener ? scene of wee . But the lov'd voice of one soon calls him back ; * Tis his o ^ s child that speafcs . And now he stands And thinks when lasi be Les . rd thoss lisping sounds , And then he thinks of Fate . On , QaA . ' the thought That years and seas mns : roll between their lives Whose happiaess fond nature had er . twin'd , Calls the big tear , asd with an e& ^ er look He seems to ask his dear ones to his arms . In vain—the" indulgence is ferbid io him ; Be may not even kiss them , though h ; s own . This hurts him worse than when me well-jroid Judge

      Pronounc d bis doo .: > . Interminable wot ! Be cannot speak , but \ rith indignant brow He mutely teiia the conflict in his heart , To be thus made th" mock of Chi-is ! um laws . With stifled sobs they look one last farewelL Ah , wretched man , could rot thy tyrant foes Be satisfied to crush thy nob e soul , But they mnst make a rpori of all those ties Which knit thy heart to others ? And thy wife And iistle bs' ^ es be punish'd with thyself ? For what ? Because , forsooth , thou didst disdain To crouch in servile mood , to lick the hand TJprais'd to make them su £ T = r . Xow the law Assumes the name of justice , and imprints "Upon thy brow the lasting brand of crime—Chains thee with felons in a Christian land , And tsars thy nature from its generous bonds . H . H . H Birmingham , Nov . 5 th , 1 S 42 .

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      ROB-CXN'S POLITICAL ALMANAC , and Poor ilat ' s Cos pa :: i a fr . r 18-j 3 . London - Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fket- ? trret . Mnn Chester : - ' Meywon ( i , Oldlam-sticei . Glasgow : Paton and Love , Noiscn street . Leeds : Hobson , Markets : reet . "We have here the mast efficient mvltum in parvo that we have ever teen . As a " Poor Man ' s Companion— " a book of ready refrreuc ? upon many subj cts in which he is vitally interested and of information upon matter ? which he ought to know—it is the thing which every poor man needs ; as a text bo-k for political ieeiurcrs it is invaluable .

      There is a ; i amount of information contained in it which we never before saw crammed into eo small a compass . Facts , figures , tables , and calculations , ali of ihem regarding matters of national importance , and all arranged aid ttade rea < ly for general and immediate use—affording at a giance almost whakvtr information C 3 n be wasted—stud the whole book ; while a few happy and judicious comments afford a kind of guide to the uninitiated in statistics for iheir application and ute in the various matters of civil and social polity which may come under ccn ' tempia ion . Ah advertisement elsewhere sets lorih its oontents wirh considerable exac ; ness ; we rd ' er therefore to it , instead of here giving tho parxiciiiars .

      From Buch a bundle of valuables there is difficulty in selecting any particular one for immediate attention . We take , however , as a sample of the sack the"FRLE Traders '" Looking Glass ; or a table seeing forth the amount of Exports of British produce and Manufactures for every year from 1798 to 1841 , calculated both at the Official and D ciared values ; with a statement of ti . e Declared value winch the Uffiehl value should have produced , and the Annual Aggregate Depnciaiion in Prices ; showii . g a ; so the annual avera ^ r price of Wheat in every year from 1798 to 1841 , with the amount of wages paid every year for weaving a certain amount of a j ^ iven quality of Cambric ; a ^ so the amount of Taxes raised in Great Britain , with the anioui . t of Parochial Assessments , and the number of Committal - 'or Crime in every year of that same period from 1758 to 1841 : being , in lact , E > gla . nd ' s De-GKADATJOA AT A GLANCE ' "

      Fur the figures of this TaMe we , of course , refer our readers to the Poor Man ' s Companion itself ' , while we give , therefrom the following iSplanaior } observations : — ' We have amongst us a psriy wl . o Ere coctinual ' y calling out for ' Extension' of our ' Foreign Trade . This party wnuld make us believe t at the main source of t-ur power and our greatness is . n the ( Xuit of our exreruai tradings . Ttiej preoic ; ei ! p orts of anfuZ con-*< quences , including the utter ruin of the c-uniry , should we , through any cause , lose or injure that ' Fort-ijjn Trade . " ' ¦ ' Now , b-jfure we take all tl . ese representations for truth .- it may lie weil to txarvnne vihat h-. ve been the -r > fecis c . i former ' extensions . ' \ Ye ht-e ' extended" our foreign traoe ovrr , and over , and over again . What arc the beiieji : * thai have acciued to us from &uch ' ext--as : jiis' ?

      " The annual accounts of onr Exports only exttm ' backwards to the year 1798 . At It-iyt , th ^ Tu ura no arcuuiits that can be ( ' . epcimcd on , prior to that year . From that yerir , the ¦ have been reeulurly k-p ' , and regu irjy published . We have , therefor ; -, the means of comparison , and of eftimatirg the VALTJEof our foreign traue , from that time to the present . Tha ani ^ xed tab . ' e shows the amount of the trade for every pear durinsf the the ptiioa 1798 1841 . It a ! so shows the REAL VALUE of each j ear ' s transactions , in the iuor . ty value of the Roods exported .

      . "It trill be plainly apparent , that a comparison of one jear with another , to see the relative amount of Exports in tach year , and the relative moi ; ey value of them , will enable us to estimate the amount of advantage derived from ' extended' commerce , should the latter of the two years fixed on fox comparison Bhow au increase in tLe aintuid of trade . Fur instance : say that in the ytar 1815 we exported £ 41 000 . 000 of qficia ! lalue , which is the relative measure of quantity ; aud that , fur the amount of Pro-iuce and Manufactures so exported , we ri-Ctivtd £ 49 , 100 , 000 of money ; and S 3 y , too , th ^ t the amount of niont-y so recrived for the Baid Quantity of goods , waa a fair price ; left enough

      to pay the labourer good wages , and to afford a livmg profit : Bay all \ his . and Eiv in addition that in 1841 we tsported £ 102 0 . 0 , 000 official vaiue , or one-and-ahalf times MORR in quantity than wo exported iu 1 * J& ; does it cot foil » w thai , in order to make that ' extension of trade beneJiciaJ to us , it ought to have brought to ns I'lit-mid-one-. ' ialf-tiines more money tha-i the Itistr quantity brought ? If the lEss-r quantitv in 1815 was exported at a fair price , does it not folios that in every addition to that trade , that fair price should hr . vo been maintaAnrd , to it £ . ier that aririvtii / n beneficia l 1 ir . d itoes it not also foiUw , that if such fair price were maintained , every ' extension * of our trade would be beniicial ?

      " Are the fact 3 , then , as we have supposed ? L--t us see- Tfee taWe which follows , called the ' Free Traders" Looking Glass , shows that the amount cf Experts in 1815 , was £ 41 . 000 000 official va ' . ue , or quantity ( to speak in round numbers ); and that the < Kclarfcd or moiiey vaiue of tliuie Exports was £ 49 . , 000 . The table also ehoWB that in 1811 our Exports amounted to £ 102 000 . 000 'fficial valu < 3 , or one-aiid-a-half-times Lncreastd quantity : and the table further shows , that instead of our realising £ 92 . 5 "O . U 0 ( i , we only rea . ised £ 51 . la 0 . 000 !! The coRj ]' -: rison shows ,

      beyond d : ? put- - -, a most enormous ' extent-on' of trade ; but it aho-ws also , a most enormous depreciation of prices ; and , as a matter of course , if the ttrst price was only a fair one . an enormous depreciation in feoth thepric ^; of labour and th * employer ' s profits . The comparison just made shows , that the Exports had iitcreastd £ 6 l , 0 u 0 . official vaiue ; while for that astounding qu : mtity of Briti-h produce and manufactures taken abroad we only rtceived tbe paltry sum of £ 2 COS 000 . ' . ' At the very first blush of vbe thin ;; , even when viewed in ita most Bimple form , we are involuntarily forced to ask , uhere is the BENEFIT of ' extension' ?

      " But we have not yet Been the wiiole of the operation of this depreciation of prices . We have seen that it entails mere labour upon the producer for a less amount of monay ; for the comparison just made shows that we exported in 1841 , two-and-3-half times the amount of raw material and labour exported in 1815 , for just upon the same amount of money ! and we are now going to see what tffee : this depreciauon of prices has had upon ourxiationai engagements . " Every body knows that taxes are yearly ra'sed frr , jn us without reference to the prices of produce . The taxgatherer when he goes to a corn-grower , or to a hatmakei , or to any other producer of 'Wealth , does not tr . jn . ble himself with asking tLe pnee of corn o * LaU He does notssy , when he calls lor the fcix he is

      collecting , " yon paid me forty bushels of wheat last year , or eighty hats , for yotr share of the £ GO , 000 . 000 we have to raise for the Fandho . 'dtr aud Prince . Albert ; and therefore you must give mt the Bunie quantity of corn , or the same cumber of hats , this time . ' But he Says , yeur share of taxation amounts io so much money ; acd you njUit find itaEd pay me . " TLe corn-grower or tfco hatter has no means of raising that amount of money but by taking a portion cf his pro > : ucy to market , and disposing of it at the market price . "When he has ? ohi eiiOUiJh to raise tbe tax-gatbtrer the ameunt he wants , he pays him ; and there stems to be an end cf the ma' - ter . But dots cot a moment ' s rtflection show that it depends upon the rate of prices of produce how muzh he has io sell to satisfy the tax-gather ' s claim ? ] f wheat

      be sfciiing at 10 s a bnshel , and tfee tax gather wants £ 20 , tbe wbtat-growtr has to part with forty buahels to pay his t ; x . Id fact , he £ Ves forty bushels of wheat to the tax-gatherer . But suppose when tfee tux-man next coaies for his £ 20 the price of wheat has g >» ne down to 53 . per bushel . Tho wheat grower would now have to part vith eighty bushels to raise the amount of money needed . His taxes would , in fact b * just douMeti . ' for it is evident that if he has to part with eighty I umbels instead of forty , he has forty less for himsef and Aj '» ' labouring-hands than he formerly had . It is precisely the same with tbe hatter , and with every other producer . Every depreciation in prices of produce ADDS to tts amount of taxation , -when tbat tcxatisn 1 ** like ouw , a jUed mority amount Taxes can only be paid in produce . TJcIces the produce is there , taxes cannot be paid . The pr ducer " forced to sell so much

      of his produce as raises the amount the tax-man wants . " The depree a ' . ed prices . thcn . in 1841 . compared with the prices of 1815 , besides causing the producer to have to give the foreigner one-and-a-half times more raw material and labour for the same amount of money , have also caused him io gite one-and-a half times MORE PRODUCE io the tax eater I ! One hundred pounds now w : il purchase Prince Albert £ 250 woithoi manu-T ^ ctured produce , when estimated at the prices of 1 S 15 !!! His . £ 30 , 000 a year is thus made to ba worth £ 75 , 000 ! : Eere it is wbese tbe wages of labour &ud tbe profits of the employer are swallowed np ! We give the beDefit of our increased production to the foreigner and tbe tax-eater ; and while tvery ' extension ' of tbat systt » addBto ^ ir gains , it diminishes in an exact proportion the means of comfort and living for both the employer and the employed !

      "The ' Free Traders' Looking Glass' table gives the rate of -wages p&id for Wtaviiig twelve , yards of a certain quality of Cambric for every year from 1798 to 1 S 31 . It shews that the average wa * es paid during the first ten years of that period was lls . lid . If « ue man could weave 36 yards of tbat cambric in a week , it would have taksn ^ tie tree ' s traces of 5 , 000 , 000 such weavers to pay the average tax > . s ot these ten years , amounting to £ 42 534 . 434 : while it takes foriy . Jice tceeks' tcages of those 5 000 , 600 weavers to pay tho gross amount of taxes raised in 1841 , supposing them to receive as much for weaving in 1841 as they did in 1831 , which they do not 1 - " Wheat was dear during those ten years . It averaged 76 s . 7 d , per quarter . Tbe returns for the six weeks endi'g October Z 8 tfo , 1 & 4 S , eusws tn&t the price per quarter is 51 s . 8 d . Very ' cheap' according to nominal value . But how fares it -with the means of the workwe man ?

      " When wheat was deab , a weaver could earn a quarter in two weeks and a day . It will take him twelve wefks and two days to earn a quarter of ' CHEAP' wheat in 1842 I I A rare commentary on the cry of CHEAP food 1 ,..,. . ' Here is the Table . Let the Free Trader stu- 'y it welL Let him look at tbe last column particularly What a proof of bokality with extended trece

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      Oar tratfe his increased six times over since 1798—and CBI . ME fcas Lncreas' -d six times ov »; r also . ' . ' . ' Our readcrf nia * from this form an iciea of the manner and the use of the varied calculations introduced y n-. Jlobsju hlt ° hi * Companion . llielast yaar's Companion had a most extensive sa ' e , and we cannot thiiik that this will be Ie 33 « enera . iy appreciated . We would hint to Mr . Hobson that in his continuations of this annual boon it should be hereafter printed , so that the calendar might , if necessary , be separated from it , without detriment to the apparent wholeness of the book ; leaving the Poor Man's Companion , independent of the Political Almanack , to be referred to in after years , not a ? " an old almanack , " but as a repository of facts and figures , forming a'fit , useful , and complete Poor Man s Companion .

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      DEATH FROM WANT . Death fp ; m want ! Aye , from absolute want ! In rhe irint'cnv . h century , in a chrisrian country , in enlightened Leeds , fa . ncd for its bible societies , its tract . socirtir-, its missionary societies , its conversicn-of-the-Jcws soe . iefier-, its spread-of-thc- ^ ospelin-foreign-parts societies , its clothing societies , ar . d its soup kitchen establishment , —a jury of Ei ! g ! L * . hmen are compelled to n turn a vurdict at a coroner's i-iquest . of" pied from starva'ion , and the want of the com&iou necp ^ aries of life . " And poor Halstead is not tho o ! .-ly victim to tha system . 11 U constitution has been unequal to the ordeal , and he has prematurely sunk ; but there are thousands now in this same town of

      Leeds who are suff- 'riiig from the same cau ~ e , aiul to w-iora the slightest morsel of even unwholesome food comes almost like an angel ' s vimc , so few and far between are the do ^ ng-s-out of c ^ idheaned charity . Livid lips , pallid faces , shruiik ^ H limbs , skeletonized fornss , with scarcely ra ^ s to screen them from the winter's wiud , are to be seen at every comer of our streets , and almost at every hour of the nig \ t and day , soliciting from the passers-by some means whereby they may be enabled to eke out tfu-ir miserable existence , and drag on another weary hour , in hnpe of something better turning out the next . We repeat there are thousands of those , and who can gainsay it \ In the cafee we nre recording , the Coroner remarked that it was the

      nr ? t case of the kind which in six years had come under his notice—the first verdict of the kind he had had to record ; but who . shall say it will be the last ? Who can say it would have been the first had every ca e where death has ensued from the same cause botn known ! The sufferer in this case appears only to have ma ' . ' e his ciiaitioii known when he could keep it to himsulf no lo-. g' -r , when , in faot , naturo was entirely spent , and thu functions of the body were quite suspended ; then he got into a stable , where he was comfortable ; from thence to the vagrant office , where he died in a very few hours . Over his wretched remains an inq : ] f .-t was held on Saturday afternoon , before John Blackburn , E > q ., aud the following witnesses wera examined : —

      Henry &ii : elair , osiler at tho Harewood Arms , EbeiMz ' T-ctieet , deposed—I know the deceased , Viho came to mo at my master ' s stable , on Wednesday uightr week . I have known him for seven or eight months ; he was a cloth dresser by trade , but had been for some time out of employment . Ho wished me to allow him to sleep in the hay-loft , but I declined , telling him that I s ould get mysrlf into trouble if 1 did . He said he had had nothing to cat , and I gave him twopence ; a woman who was by also gave him something— I think a cake . He said he was nearly pined to death . I did not give him permission to rleep in tho hay-loft , nor do I know how he got there , but I found him there on Thursday morning week . I then got him a pennyworth

      of milk , and desired him to go away as soon as he could . He baa some breid with him . 1 think about , a pound ; it was a small loaf . Ho staid in the hay-loft ail day , and at night , when I wished him to go away , he said ho waa over lame , and could not bear to walk . I then got him Home more milk . I did not tell any one that ho was there . I told deceased he had better go to the workhouse , but he said he had been there , and they would neither take him nor give him anything . He did not give any reason why they refused to give him anything . On Friday I gave him some more milk , and continued to supply him with it twice a day as long as he stopped , which was until Thursday last , at which time he had some of his bread left , which he said he could not eat .

      I did not ted the circumstance to my master at all ; 1 should have done so , but deceased kept saying he would go away ; I wished him to go away , because I told him I should get into trouble , and on Thursday afternoon 1 got another person to help me , and we got him out ot tbe hay-loft . I knew that deceased had h . wife , and I told him to go to her , but he said he would goto the workhouse again . He * vas brought here on Thursday night , and up to that time had not had his clothes off after he went to sleep in the hayloft . Whilst there he had gome loose hay to lie on , and two empty t-acks to cover himself with ; he said he was warm enough . He did not complain of pain , but thirst . Ho was very ill clad . I gave him a pint of bjer on Thursday night before he came here .

      The Coroxkr—It is a very strange thing that you should have allowed thi 3 muu to have slept in this way on your master's premises for so long a time without acquainting him wr . h it . Btyond thip , no biame seems to attach tu you ; you appear to havo assisted the unfortunate man by all tho nvans in your power . Th : re is no reflection on your humanity . Witness—I assure you , sir , I did my best to get him away . I should have told my master , but he kept sayrg he would go .

      Mr . William Sharp , landlord of the Harewood Arms Inn—The statement nude by my servant is , so far as I know , strictly correct . I was first told tbat the deceased wss on my premises about haltps , st nine o ' clock , on Thursday night last . I immediately got him into tho house , and gave him sonif tea and muffin . I sent to the workhouse , and a gentleman came and examine ^ him , after which he was removed here . It would be near eleven o ' clock when ho was got here . Me Christopher Fountain Brcwa— I am one ot the town ' s surgeons ; 1 hure exuiuincd the deceased since his death ; i found him much wasted , and a mark of an old burn on hi 3 left side , whh ulcers o :: both his legs of long stanuiijg ; iho left leg

      pariicularly was very bad . On opening the head , 1 found the brain much paler than natural , and very flabby , bus without any marks of disease , beyond aii ' . ile fluid in one of the ventricles . On opening the che .- ! , 1 found tho lungs healthy , except a slight touch of inflammation in or ; e of the air tubes ; the Ik art «* as Bmalier than usual , flabby , aud only contained a very small quantity of blood . The liver was largo and healthy , aud throughout the abdomen there was a complete absence of fat , none whatever being on the muscles . Ths viscera were contractor ! as if with severe pain . The stomach was contracted and empty , except about a gill and a halt of greeeiiish browu-colourcd fluid . Tlu-ro werv no svnipioms of disease in tho stomich . The

      iriiesuces were empty except a Finall quantity of fliil , and the abdominal intestine was contracted , by noihini ; having passed it for some time . One o ! the kidneys was slightly deeded , but all the fiuer viscera were healthy . Ho had evidently suit ' red from the want of proper nutrition ; and I should say without hesitation , that the cause of death has beui the want of proper sustenouce , and exposure to t :: e cold ; in o'her words , that he h& 3 d :. d from wan and starva ' -ion . The ulcers on his legs would niturally increase his debility , and render him more susceptible of cold ; it is unusual for one so young to be bo afflicted . I believe all was done for h m that could be done . There was no disease which would account for death . ^ PV ^ ^^ ^ ¦ ¦ — — » - * - - ^ ^ f - * - ^» n - ^ . ^ w _

      Eliza Halstead . —The deceased was my husband ; we have been married two years and eight months ; he was a cloth-drepser by trade . It was three weeks last night since 1 saw him alive . I have been separated Irom him some time , and am living with my father and mother in 5 t . Johu's-place , Holbeck . We have no children . I do not know how dot where he has been liviDg . It has been his own fault that he has been in the state he has , for if ho bad work found for him it was very seldom h 9 would go to it , and it' he got any money he would spend it anywhere but at home . I do not mean that he was intemperate ; but ho liked to live well , and would go to otter pkces to get his meals rather tlian bring his money home and be comfortable . I know he has applied at the workhouse for assistance , bnt I donot know when ; I believe he belongs to somewhere by the side oi lladderfifitld . He came to my father ' s three weeks

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      Fince , at which time I gave him some porridge , and allowed him to sleep , but Idaro not ! et my father know th ^ t he was then . ; he is reeeivj . ig palish pay , aa < * l' * m ^ *' ' K by plain sewing . I gave him something warm next morning before he weut away , ana on asking him where he wa 3 going , hi replied Dout ask me ; I dout know . " He was twenty-jour years of age . Mj S 3 j Hollings , matron at tho Vagrant Office , —ibe deceased came here firbt on the llth ot June oo - ' «" c PP 6 d aJ 1 ai « ht ; ho came aga ; ou the 28 ; ti ot September , with a note from the workhouse , stating that he was to have a bed , aud to be seen out of the town next morning . This was dono . The first time he was here he . stated that ho belonged to Upper Wikeley . aud the next time chat he belonged to'lhurstonlaud . I did not see him again tilt he

      was brought here on Thursday night last , at which time I saw he was very weak and ill . I gave him some tea , and had him washed in a warm bath , ai . d phced in a warm bed , after which ho said he telr . very comfortable . His clothes were filthy , and were ali burnt after being taken off him . He said , m reply to my question , tha' . lie- had uo pnhi . I saw him again the first thing onfFi-iday mor : iing ; he had some warm milk before ¦ eight o ' clock , and some coffee a little after nine . I taliivd ta- him between nine and ten , and he then . complained of hid iett being . cold , upon which I got some extra bed ehnhes . Whilst I wai talking to him I saw him change all at once , aud I then immediately ' sent tor a surgeon . He dieu about ten minui « s past teii , just before thu surgeon ' s arrival . 1 did not think h « would have died so soon when I saw him ciisnge . I had not administered to him any stimulant .

      The Coroner then addressed thr jury and said—It is much to bo lamented th : U in a town like ; this , where there are so many charitable inutitniions , some person acquainted with . the parish auUioriues had not niven information of tho state the d .. owsed was in when he first asked leave to sleep in the hayloft at tho Ha-ewood Arms ; for though ho ina , y not have belonged to Leedrf , there aro other inatituiiw / is —the one we are Li auaougst the number—where lie wouid have been taken care-, of . There do ^ s noi appear to be any person to blame for the death ot thtf d- ceas ed so far as I cm sw . The ostler was the only one who knew of the deceased being in tho stable , and appears to have done as much for him as his means afforded , though he ' certainly' onght to

      kavo made hn casH known . -Howtsyor . ho ha ,. ' , iut , and he had stated why he had not , Uiat h-. s expected the man would go away . After his cas ^ was ka .-. wsi , he wjs b ; ought here , and all had been done-fc ' r hiin tha'coulu be done . From the evidence oi the suryoou , it appears that , tho man nas actually ( tied ol want nu : i tiiai v ^ t on . This is iiiucii to bu . lamented iu melt , and muvt : to . bo' -uitM ; it lia . li occurred in alaige town 1 ko this , and , it I may be allowed to say it , in seci >; . y . I have b , t . n coroner tor near hix years , and tins is tho first case of . the f-ort which I havo had . I have had cases of persons expos' : i' to cold , which proaueud that , which

      was the cau ? e of thtir oea'ii , but never one wiieio the party hw au . ually died noin wai : t a ; id btai'v . iiion . 1 Uiink tit >; Oiiiy verdict > ou cau return wili oo thai he lias died from ' wans and starvation ; for ho has not had . sufficient food , and-has beuii eX !> OM ; d to thti ' cold m a place nor . lit for ¦» j . uiuuu ben . g io live in . He appears to havo in ¦ > n a though : less vouug man , . noi intemucra' 6 Cat , Kis wife say- ) , iK'giect-. d his wurk , and spenc . 'his uifticy in relre-huieiits in places whue he cou ' . d gyt thun , and nut as home . Io is not necessary fur me to go through me evidenc' * : yon know sufficient oi thu case to lean you to ' a-decision . The Jury immediately returned a verdict , " That the deceived died tvoai htavvatiou , aud thu want ot iho common necessaries of life . "

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      The Co RON eh tb ' .-n summeii up the evidence , and in doing $ o obsetvdil , that th « < i . ath of the man bad been cieurly cauee . i ! jj tbe gun ahut wounrla . in que 3 tion , and you aro-to consular wh-tii-r the ivirty discharging tbe gan waa juatitisd in so doin ^ <> r not . If ha waa , your verdict must he justifiable him ' . ciue ; if not , manslaughter . To maky homicide justianbie , it must be owing to some una 7 oidablt > necessity to which the person who kills anotber mu 9 t be reduced , without any fault in . himself .- - Now tha law says that n man may repel torca t > v force in defence of his person or proparly against any one manifestly intending by violence or surprint ! to . commit m felony , such asa r " . po . rpbbary , arson , bura ; l : iry , or the like . It is not n ^ ci-ssary . that a te ] ony ahouM be committed , but the circumstances

      must be of such a nature , attended by violence or surprise , as to wirraiit a parson believing thst a falouy was about to be committed .. If a m : in commit a traspass , and , brcaka the hedges of another maa ' s field , it will not warrant the party aggrieved in using a deadly weapon ; and a party ha 3 no right to tiss a deadly weapon to a parson who he discovers picking his pocket . A-trespass , however wanton and provoking it may be , ¦ will not justify tbe usj of a deadly weap-m . A maiTmust not make an attack upon another unless be can justify a full conviction in his ovni mind , that if he does nut do so his own life would be in danger . Now vrhat was-tbu nature of the offence committed by the deceased ? It ie true th .-it be waa trespass ! : !*?—be had no right to he in

      Mr . F . irrar ' a hen roost . It miy be that he was caught by Mr . F . irrar with a fowl in liis posssssion , and supposing thin to be 8 o , aod that iir . Farrar caught him in tha act of'ConiKikt-ing u felony , it ' rices , not appear that tho deceased ussd any violence , or that bis conduct was of sucb a nature aa to alarm or terrify -Mr . Firrar . Mr . Fa ' rr . ir had a right to upprehend him , and to U 3 ' . j auftioktit reasonable force to accomplish b ;« pu .-pose . It appt-ars be did so , and took tLe tSoci-asvcl to the kitchen door . Di > rini ? this time is id not RUjjge . sted that tha deceased offered violencri . or that he made any great rtsiatause . When at tbe kitchen flour , it appears that the deceased got loose front Mr . Farrav , ami run away . Up to this time it is diftisult to s . vy whether . Mr . Fnriar bad aufficitintly

      recogmsed the- ' deceased—he certaiuly had done so sodu . after ; hut if he hnew the deceased at the time , be might have gone immediately to a constable , and bad hi » i s \ p !> rehe : 'ded . But when tbe deceased ran away . Mr . Farrav chained him to stop , and threatened to shoot him if lie did not . Tho man stil ! c > ntinued to run , ami when about thirty yards oif . Mr Fanar firtd , hit him . and t > ec ; i "; oru « i the mischief which has caused the man ' s death Now , it is for you to say , whether this conduct en the p , * rfc i > f . Mr . Farrar w . ' . S jastinabit—was his life in dauber?— - wi-. sthw n-.-. tare of the oflvnc ^ such as to bistol-zit urzaut necessity . cou ' rudistiH ^ uished from a fe ' . yisy wiUiout violence , as pocket picking . If in . itttiiiptini ? to rob the hen roost , the deceased had « - 'fi \ 'r .. 'iA violence , Mr . F . wri ' . r -would huve been instiflid

      in wzmri nsini ; a dea-ily weapon . B it the shooting took place after the f . r-lony wns committed—after the dec ased had 'boon sc-iz-. ul—af' ^ r he ran away and as he was esc : i ; . ini , ' . II ; seems to m . V . therefore , that Mv . Farrar , as i > j riv : it"i . 'iaiv- < hi : il hid no ' rinht to shoot the deceased heums :- he vas making his esc-pw ; au < l tiievt ; ( ii > es ' uot i-. r . p . iiT to ha ni-. y . ^ rer . ¦; m forsiying thit the neciaaeii J hui ctbpi'pcrs : ' \* a « 'jiHtii :-g him , or that there vv ^ s anytiling in the . iffi- ; y .- * 'hich conli . f : ii * ly warrant Mr Fir- j -i-. r in c vv . Huifcr'nc ; hitnsulf in < ian < ier . Ti \ e following dirt "w il elucidate t ) ie p ; es ^ i » . : —a por-ion w , is set \\ i w t'h prjtuist ' s in the nii ? ht , and on S ' .-. eini ; a . man o' : ' . he .. uideii wa'l V : a : ied him , end tba man said to iino'hfir , " why r ) : > ut yon tire ?'' and n t « r bii ! iu « tho man iitaiu hearing the samo person rrpe . it similar words

      ho firl'ti . and shot one of tbs men . The Cjurt said ' 'Miy pur-ion set by h's m ; i » ter to -watch a gard ^ D or yarti is not at nil just'fled ia shootins ; at or in any way injuring nersous who may come into those premises uven iu tiie night ; . and if he saw them go into his iua-ter ' 8 hen roost , still he would net ha justified in eb'irtting them . He first outht to seo if ha cou ! d not tuku measures for their apprehension . Bat here the life of the prisoner was threatened , and if he considered hi * lift * in actual danger , he was justified in shooting t ! ie deceased . " Now , in the pve . sent case , if you think Mr . Fiirrar vcus attacked by vM ^ nce ov surprise , -while the dec ? : ised was committing , or nbout to commit a fniony , or if you think that ml the circumstances of

      the case v . oro siiffluieiit to create a well-fimadud apprehension ai'ii f .. ar in his mind , tkat bid'own life w » s in i ' ii : us : t ? .. t-hfu your verdict must be justifiable homicide . B ' . it if . you think that Mr . Farrer shot at the deciased , merely bccauKC he was escaping fraru him after he had apprehended him , then it is my duty to say that as a private individual , and not a police-officer-with a pmp t warr : nt , he had no ritrbi -to flo . so '; and if you taiflit there wae n ? violence ofiVrcd by the deceased aud none int ' . - 'ini-. 'U .- wiiich you must gather from ; the circiimstan . ces of tbii c ; wo , and that Mr . Farrar was in no personal iianfrer from what really occurred , or if you think he rashly shot this man , thua your verdict must be maaslaiifchttr .

      Toe Jury then retired , and after a short absence return :. ! a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Th' . nus . Fa ' -ar , who was forthwith placarl in cu ^ to ! y , uatil an appiicatiun can be ma ! e to th « Judges for bail .

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      We have good reason to know that a confidential agent of the Government is at this-moment engaged in examining the ppteches delivered at the various Anti-Corn Law meetings , aud in selecting uhd arranging what appears to hun to be the roost violent passages . This compilation will contain the names of i he several speakers , the places at which they were delivered , and tho dates of their dcli » ery Care will be taken to get down the names of the members of the various committees over the country , the pofitiun thoy hold in society , whether , magistrates or town-councillors ; but , above all , whether they were in any way connected with the late

      Government . Strict orders have been given that tha most violent passages shall be printed in italics or lar # e type . It is not for us to say what the object of this proceeding is , but we should not bo at all surprised to find that these elegint extracts should some nijjht be produced in the House of Commons as a justification for some coercive measuro , which the Government would lay at the feet of the Corn Law Lords as an act cf homage to those monopolists , to whom the Duke of Richmond declared the Tory Ministers owed their origin , and to whom alone they were indebted i ' or continuance in office . —Observer .

      Murder . —On Sunday evening last , two young men , named James and jThomas Sea mell , went to the Rising Sun beer house , on tbo Borebam-road near Warminster , accompanied by three young women of Bishop 3 toce . Shortly afterwards t « vo young men . named John Jeffries and Stephen Paine , came to the house , where they remained together till about half-past nine , when Jeffries and Paine left . The other party quitted in about a quater of an hour , and proceeded towards Boveham . James Soamell and two of the girls were a little in advance of Thomas and the other girl . Thomas 6 oon heard loud talking , and James called him to come on . On coming up , he mot James and the girls returning towards Warminster , Jeffries and Paine following them . Jiffrie 8 offered to fight J . Scramell , and took hold of him , when they had a struggle , and both fell ,

      Thomas said there should be no fighting , and the men stood about two yards apart for a second or two when John Jeffries , without saying a word , made an underhand thrust at James Scamell , and immediately stepped back . Scamell exclaimed , I am killed , and one of the girls ran to him and caught him round the waiat ; he dropt hia head upon her shoulder , and looking down and seeing blood , cried , Lord have mercy upon me , I am a dead man , _ and immediately expired ia the girl ' s arms . John Jeffries then came up to the girl and said , D—n you , I'll serve you the same , " and struck her a violent Wow on her head , which knocked her backwards —he then ran away . An inquest has been held , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against John Jeffries returned , who has been apprehended and tully oommittedi—Devizes Gazette . }

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      An "' Areial Stkam . Cakkiag : >—This nVrr . ri liaa beeu gircu t > a n > . " -v machine , f «» r winch a company has talcan out a p ^' . eut , ami wiica is to convey paas .-ntj-r . s , goOi'S , and dispatches through the air , purfor / Bin ^ tho jnurney from London to Indii in-frur days V ;\\\ A ?<> . travel at the rai ¦ ot" feve :-. ty-fis - a to one rimdred nnlca per hour . A 5 th-- » first glance of such anaanouiicement our readers will doubtless feel disposed to treat it as some chim < ricil sbjurdhy , merely to ' czite wonder , and expressly forthomarvelhvin < r mass of society ; but theYacts connected . with the hu 6 >! Ctare of a kind to ' diminish difbelkf , at lea < L as to the truth of such a contrivance being in

      proo / i cf formation . A ' comoany of :-en-iletncn ia really tormed , even of meohanichal men : the parent was formaMy sealed on the 29 . b . of Sflptcinb-. r la ^ t , and sy > t-tuia , ic arrangements are in ptogre . ^ to C !> mp ! : t « tho design . In such an a ^ e of : mprovoment we really have no right or-prcccdint t ^ t deny the po . s'srbiliry of this measure . In January the machine will be thoroughly organised , au ; i u-. tii thon we tako leivo ; of the subject , and only tr . tiou that tnia alleged invention is neither exaggorjiteii , nor an Utopian project ; and from the conversation wo have had with those in connection wuh tho design-sve have every reason to believe | that ueiiher is j : ho caae . —Atias .

      CHtsH .-. M . —On Saturday night last , about twelve o ' clock , a fire was discovered on tho farm pri'm i ' sos occupiod Ly Mr . R . Lazeuby , at Lay-gveen , in uub pnrisV , distant about f wo miles from the town . An a ! arm was immediately given , an . i the engiue was dispatched to tho spot . Upon its arrival a . stack of oats was found on fire ; and it -appearing ' . \> vo \» ul > le that it wouid t-xinnd to the buildings , the tffoits of the firemen were principally directed to preserve them , in which rhey were successful .. Thc . b ' uiidiEffs ' wtre not . in * wrif ' , but tha stock is insured in tho ilntish Fire Otliej ; the damage is estimated nt £ 50 Tho or . iiin of the fire has noi been discovered . — Bucks Gazette .

      Bush mead . —On Wedue ? day morning , between ten ana ei ? .. ven o ' clock , a destructive fi :-e broke out on tho preaiisos of Mr . Grhy , farmer , iJushuiei . d , near Eat . ou Sdcou , Bedfordshire , which consutned nine or ten s'asks of barley , beans , and othir corn ; but , by groat . exertions , the wheat rick * , house and farm building were preserved . The property is insured in the Sun Fire-office , and we regret to way that th ' o five was the work of an incendiavy . Tiie coniilnied occurrence of these calamaties induces ua to impress unon tho-farmers , in ¦ all . places where there is the ' slightost- . dissatisfaction amongst the labourVrs , ths necessity of immediately resoriing to the same measures , which'were . ' so generally adopted by-them in'lH 30 , when a similar evil spirit was ' at work through the country , —that of appointing a nightly watch of half & dozen or more in every parish " ; ajid \\>\\ m all vigilauce for vhe protection of their ur <> pp , r ; y . This was found to-be the only way of effjctuuliy stopping-, the-midnight incendiary . — Cawlridqe Chronicle . :

      COMMIITAL OF A KAN FOR STEALING HIP OWN PropkUty .. — A labouriii }; man .. < i ' amed Mat'hew Lflonuvd , was brought before a county rangUtrate -it S : ock' , ) ort , on Thursday , charged with felony , unJor the foilowii !^ circumotances . The prisoner resided at Osi < tle ILUl , Bredbury , aud he had lately Lad his furni ' . ura Viistra'ued upou for . rent , the property being removed from his house to a school-room lor security , in which place it was safe on Monday . On the fo lowing morning the proper y was niissing ; the prisoner having obtained a key which vvouid unions the school-room door , had t » ken away the fiirnituro , a ; ia convoyed it to Siockport , where it was found by Galley , the Bredbury constable , at the house of . a person named Wild , The prisoner was committed for trial . —Manchester Times .

      South Lincoln . —Monday morning the whole of the contents of the stackyard of Mr , John Foster ' s farm , about seven miles from Louth , including nineteen stacks , barns , &c , were being rapidly reduced to ashes . An attempt had been made on the previous day to destroy the premises ; but the fire was discovered and extinguished before it had reached any head . There appear to exist no doubt whatever that tha fire on both days was tho act of an incendiary ; and tho second , which has proved eo destructive , oomnienced in a part of the stackyard the most likely to communicate with and destroy the whole . The damage dona is estimated at from £ l , 000 _ to £ 1 . 500 . Mr . Foster was insured in the Norwich Union , but only )' or £ 800 . The Lincoln Mercury says ., ' We are informed , on the best authority , that the dreadful fire on the premises of Mr . Foster , of Great Cavlton , on Monday last , was " wilfully caused by his servant , Sarah Baldock , agoti fourteen , who has confessed to the fact . "

      On Tuesday evening last , about seven o ' clock , another fire was observed from Cheshain , iu the direction of Lee-common , about four miles and a half distant . An engine was immediately got in readiness , but did not start , from the absence of certain information as to the place where the fire was . A treat number of persons set off , but many of i hem soon returned , having gone in the wrong direction and . the fire appearing to subside ; whilst others more persevering , went through the woods ( which aru numerous here ) and guided by the light , a ' , lived at the spot about eight o ' clock . The fire by thia time had nearly subsided , after having entirely destroyed a barn and a bay of oats . Great praise is due to the farm labourers and « . thet persons , who , immediately on the discovery

      of the fire , rendered their assistance , and succeeded m aaving a quantity of burley , aud the wind being in their favour also prevented the fire from ex'eiiding to ihe dweUiug-Viouses , which were' at oua time in » reat danger , beinii only a few fee : distant . No engine arrived , the fir * , not appearing likely again to make head , although ' tht flimes were continually bunting forth from the half burnt corn . Tne premises belong to Mr . Clark , and are insured in the Norwich Union , but the stock is not insured . The owner , Mr . John Barnes , experienced a similar calamityabout twelve months since . The fire originated throngh tho carelessness of a boy fourteen years of age , the son of a farmer ' s man living on the premises , who acknowledged that he was playing with a light in the barn , a- portion of which fell on it . The damage is estimated at £ 150 . —Bucks Gazette .

      BlRKENIIEAD POLICE COURT . —DaBING KOBBEHT in Chic&hirk . —On Saturday moruing , John Brophey , Michael Maher , John Hopkins , John Maher , and John Connor were brought up at the Town-hall , Birkinhead , before J . D . Case , E-q ,, and J . W . Harden , Esq ., on a charge of having committed a most da-ring robbery in the house of Mr . Peter Wood , farmer and shopkeeper , at Capenhurst , in Cheshire , about seven miles from Birkt > nhead and an equal uistauoe from Chester . Mr . Wood ' s premises stand alone , at the distance of about a quarter of t mile from any , other dwelling . Margaret Woods , the wife of Peter Woods , having been sworn , deposed that on the preceding night her husband was absent from home on business . A little before nine o ' clock ,

      she , In r daughter , a neighbour named Thos . Edwards , Thomas Woods , her husband ' s uncle , Mary Morton , and a boy , were sitting round the kitchen firfl , when the latch was raised , a man entered through the backdoor , and presented a pistol at the party ! He was fallowed by several other men , two of wliom came towards whtre witness stood , and also presented pistols . There were three or four persons behind them at this lime . All the men had their iaces bluckenod . Witness screamed out on tha entraiice of the men , aud exclaimed , " Spare our lhes . " She then asked theintruders what they wanti d , addiria , "If you waiit'fooa , there are three flitches of bacon and plenty of bread , ' which , you may take , if you will spare our lives . " Tbe men with

      the pistols commanded the parties in the house to sit-still ; . ' declaring that if any of them dared to move , to speak , or even to look round , such party should be iuiaiudiaieiyshot . At this jancture , she ( witiie .-. s ) ventured to look round , and for . so doing received a revere blow from a pistol . The witness iheirw . eiit en to state that tho three men stood with their pistols presented at the party around the fire , whilst tho others went up stairs , and were hoard to break-open the drawers . After havmg rausacked the house tor about twenty minutes , they went away by th « back door , takincwi'h them ail the money they could find ( about £ ' 2 O , ) an ' . aleo a waich from Thos . Edwards . From the further evidence brought forward , it appeared that . after the arrival of Mr .

      Wood , information of this daring robbery wa& given to R \ liichardfcon , Esq ., a magistrate residing in Capenhurst . That gentleman immediately mounted his horse , proceeded to the . house of the corn-table of the township , and sent him to Mr . Palmer , Special High Constable of Birkenhead . Mr . Palmer , on receiving the intelligence of what had occurred , gave" instructions to Mr . Boughey , superintendent of the Birkenhead police , to keep a strict look-out for any suspicious characters that might appear , whilst he , with . a couple of officers , went to the spot at which the robbery had been . committed . About two o ' clock on Saturday morning , Boughey encountered five men , whom he suspected ot having been concerned in the robbery . Two of them he succeeded

      in apprehendin-r , but the three others ran off . Boughey then seni instructions to the Eastham and other ferries that any subpicious characters should be stopped , aud tho result of thoae proceedings was that on Saturday morning one of the persons who had escaped was apprehended at Eastham ferry , attempting to get across , and the two others were apprehended in Birkenhead in the course of the mornnig . A sum of £ 7 10 b . was feund on one of the prisoners , and other sums on two of the others . Amongst the money was a crooked sixpence , which was sworn to as the property of Mr . Wood . Other circumstances were brought forward ,

      which tended to confirm the suspicions agaiusfc the prisoirers . They were all remanded till five o clock on Monday evening , when they were brought up again at about half-past five o ' clock . The court v ? aB very crowded , and the case seem-d to excite great interest amongst the inhabitants of Bukenhead . Mr . Palmer , having been sworn , stated that he had additional evidence to bring against all the prisoners except Connor , which he thought would be ready by Wednesday . Connor was forthwith discharged , as there was no evidence to implicate him , and the other four prisoners weie remanded onUl next Wed " nesday , at two o ' clock .

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      LEEDS . —Charge of Stealing Tallow . —On Tuesday last a case of this nature , in which the prisoner ' s name was Charles Wngglesworih , came before the silting magistrates , Ralph Markland , Esq ., and Wm . Smith , Esq ., at the Leeds Court-House . The prosecutors were Messrs . Sellers , tallow-ohandlers , in the Shambles . From the evidence for the prosecution , it would appear that the pri .-oner disposed of a quautity of tallow to a butcher of the name of Henry Wormald , on Saturday night last , for the sum of £ 1 2-j . 6 d ., it having been previou .-Jy taken from the premises of the prosecutors . On 'he other band for the defence , the evidence went to show that Wormald had some criminal knowledge of the transaction , from the several

      contradictory versions given by him of the purchase of Messrs . Seller's tallow , and also tbat ho was still further implicated in transactions of a similar nature , having disposed of oilier Btolrn tallow along with that more imrc- 'diately in question b-longinir to Mr . George Beverley , butcher , and to whom , on the discovery of his tallow , Wormald had given a consideration to let tho matter at re * t , and he would afterwards find him the man of whom he purchased it . The evidence for the defence also went to show that the prisoner was absent at the time of the alleged robbery and disposal of thn tallow to Wormald . Altogeth » -r such was the contradictory nature of the evidence , tha : the magistrates decidea that they had nothing wherewith to send the case before a jury , and hence they dismissed the prisoner .

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      CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER . On Tuesday morning , an inquest was held at the Court-house , Leeds , before John Blackburn , Esq , on the body of Win . Connoll , late of Oullon , stonemason , who died in tho Infirmary on Sunday morniiii ? , from the eff-. cts of a guu shot wound . How it was infilled may be gathered lroui the ioliovving rcpoit uf me iuquest : — Wm . Kiild , Oulton , labourer , said—I have worked nearly foity j tars fur Mr .-Famir . I knew the dectasaa : he was a stone mnson at Oultuii , and lived ab&ut a quarter of a mile from Mr . Tlvofl . Farrar ' s bouse ; Mr . Farrar kne \ v the UeCraned . Mr . F .-urax called me up on Sunday morning , ' the 23 id of October , about bal ' .-paat two o ' clock ; Mr . Fatrar said , « 'Thou uiuat c « t up . for I

      have catcbed Wm . Connell Bt ' . uling my hens ; I have snot at him ar . d 1 htliuve I have bit him ; he is laid at the tLird stoop over the bridge , and must not be left on the road . " I fiot up directly and went with Mr . Fanar to the place , but th ^ man -was gone . Mr . F ^ rrar would have to pass the man to get to my house ; we went to search fur him but could not find him . Mr . Farrar bad the gun in his hand when he come to tall me . The third stoop was about a huwired yards on the carriage road leading to Mr . Farrar ' s house . Mr . Farrar told "me that when tie got hold of Conuell he had a fowl in his hand . He said he got hold of hid collar , and w . is going to take hiru into tho kitchen , when he ( Conr . tlli twisted

      kimself out of hia grasp and ran away , upon which he fired at him . He did not tell me-what the gun vras loaded with . Mr . JFairar did not tell mo tiiac tlier ^ were any more men with Conn&ll . The : hen r < iont is In iha farm yard , and ia not connected with the h ( Use . Mr . Farrur had been - watching that uight , and bad watched for several nights . He has been robbed of his poultry and other things several times . The ' road where the man wa . a lying is a public rund . I live about 2 t ) 0 yards from Mr . Farrar ' s house ; there are four or five houses between my house aud . his . Whtn -we could not find thtj man , we went to tbe constable ' s ; ind t ' -lclhtm to apprehend him .

      John Butteifleld , of R'fthwell— -I am a slubber ; I have known the deceased for nearly a dcz .-n years . I was witu my brother , Gtorge Butterfield ) and Tbomae Aruiistead on the Sunday morning the deceased wbb sbt'i ; we met the deceased on the ruadat Oulton , about three o'clock that nio-ning ; he told us be had got shut in his leg ; ho walked lame ; we wtnt with him to hia uncle ' s , at Quarry-bill , Oulton ; he complained of auffering great pain , and said it stung him up into hia boay . There was no other person with him when we met him . We bad not been in bis company , nor do I know who hud .

      Thomas Armistead—I live at Kotbwtil , and was in company with the BuUernelds on the morning that this man waa shot J did not know Connell ; we met him walking np Quatry-hiil , and r . t first I thought lie was drunk . lio walked very lame . : We asked him what waa the matter , and he told US be bad been shut at in tbe leg , and tbat the pain stung up into his body > We had heard a report of a gun . about an hour , I should think , before we met the diceased . .-I thought the sound came from towards Oulton . There was no person with the dect-ased when w « met him . 1 bad met with the Butteruelds at Woodlesford . The road through Oulton is not the nearest to R'unwell ; but I went that way because I could have company ; it is not m ;> re thau 300 yards further than tha other road .

      Charles C ' ckerham . —I live at Oulton , aud am a labourer ; 1 am uncle to the deceased ; he is about twenty-six yeara of age ; he . resides at Oulton with his mother . He name to my house on the Sunday morning iu question , uh . iut- twenty minutes past three o ' clock . I was in bed wh' -n he came , but he cailed and I got up . 1 assisted to take his stocking off , and found that bo was lame ; it waa bis right leg . It had been shot , and waa bleeding ; t aaw shot in the leg ; my house was nearer to Mr . Fairar ' s than his mother ' s . I put him to bed , and he was removed to the Infirmary about three o ' clock the siHie afternoon . Mr . Dawaon , surgeon , of Oalton , attemied him btforuhe came to the Infirmary ; it was bctupeori-t'wo .. and-three whan we fetched him , and he recommended us to take him to tbe Infirmary . The decjssed was not iu the habit of sleeping at my house . I neither sav ? nor heard any one with him . Benjamin Cimnell , another uncle to thedeoeased , corroborated this evidence .

      Mr . John Allacsdn- ^ I am house surgeon Leeds Infirmary . The deceased was brought to the Inh ' rmary on the afternoon of Sunday , the 23 rd of October . I ex-. kUkiiu'd him , and . found he bad been shot in the back part of his right leg , about iho knee joint . Thfire were a number of shct holee In the leg , and the knee joint , we Lad reason to believe , had been penetrated by the shot , as it wax much swollen , and the cavity contained a quantity of fluid matter . I marie no incision , as it would have been ' fatal to tho man to have followed them . I should / wy that the gun bad contained an avir . ijje charge , and to the boBt of my judgmeut I

      think tke deceased must bare been at the distance of thirty yards' from the gun . The shot-holes were all distinct , an ^ it did not appear that two of them , had gone in i ' . ' ^ ther .- He has rt-raaioed r . t the Infirmary ever since , and died on Sunday morning at about half-{> ast seven . The cause Of death has been the iDJury to tho vessels of the leg , and the mortification arising therefrom , occasioned by the wounda inflicted by the B . ' -. ot ; the vessels being wounded produced fever nnd mo ; -tifioation . The man refused to have his leg amputated , aud professed his determination to die with it on . I cannot ppcak as to the success of an operation ; hut there would have been a better chance of his

      recovery : as it waSy he had no chance . I have no doubt whatever that death haa resulted from the gun- ; . hot wouuJs . He wai apparently a man of sound constitutiop . ' ; " J - : . _ ¦ . -..- ¦ . ' ¦ '• ¦ ' Ttiomas Spiers—I am a policeman at Leeds . I yeaterdiy went to Mr . Farrar ' s , at Oulton , and examined hia premises ; they consist of a dwelling-house and farm buildings ; tha hens roost on the top of a rack in a cowshed ; there is & door to the shed , but a persou could get in without breaking open the door ; it would depend on which side he entered . Tbe door ot tbe shed is twenty-eight feet from Mr . Farras's back doop . There

      ta a private road f * om the highway to Mr . Farrar ' s premises , it ia eleven feet wide . Mr . Farrar told me he took th . 6 man in the shtd with a fowl in his possession ; he pointed out the place where tho deceased was . He said he took him to the kitchen door to get a light to see who ho was , and the deceased twisted from him and ran away . He pointed out also the distance tho man bad ran when be fired , and where be stood himself : the distance isi eighty-st-ven feet . Mr . Farrar said be told the man if he did not stop he would fire at hirr . The statement made to me by Mr . Farrar was entirely voluntarily ; I asked fcim ao questions .

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      THE LOYE GIFT , FOR 1843 . London , H . G . Clarke , and Co . 66 , Old Bailey . This is the third volume of a little Annua , directed to ihc celebration of that passion , of which Scou has beautifully said : —

      " Love rnles the coujfc , the camp , the green , And men btlow and gods sbove , For love is beaTen , tnd heaven is love . " And we are glad to perceive that in many respects the vol . for 1843 , is very superior to those which h&re preceded it . The whole of the Annual for the coining y ear is we believe selected from onrownpoets , who have , with verious degrees of merit and of feeling , written on this favourite and universal theme ; tad the selections are on the whole good . Some of them are excellent , and are well calculatsd to elevate

      and purify the mind . The compiler remarks in tue preface that he " has been most careful to admit nothing into its pages tbat was inconsistent with that parity and delicacy which innocence can never fail to inspire . His aim ias been— whileBt eking to amuse a leisure hour—to call forth into activity the best affections of the heart , and to 3 ead to the cnlimtion of the ennobling sentiments of gennine goodness aad truth / ' This is just what the aim of » U who write and especial ly of all who write for the young , ft ^ $ * * Eeat ] y s q p « ftndwiIJ SSStSS *' scce ^ pr 65 ent w mm an

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      THE T 01 CE OF AN OCT A GEN ASIAN , DE--NOUNC 1 XG WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES , Addressed to Sir Eobebt Peel . Shcffleld , Whitaker and Co ., Iris Office . This is oce of the most soul-stirriDg pamphlets which ias appeared lor some time , and is the production of a master mind , and a venerable veteran in the cause of the poor and such as have none to help them . Mr . Roberts is a Christian of the old school ; he is , as he informs Sir Robert Peel in his introduction , fonr Ecore jeans of age , and has devoted half a century to enhaiicicg the welfare and

      happintss of his icilow-men . It is indeed cheering in these days of treachery , perjury , and guilt , to fiud an aged advocate of right even from tbe verge of the grave boldly , and with all tbe sterling honesty of troth , teUicg the Queen ' s Prime Minister of the daEgfrs -which threaten the nch , as tbe just and inevitable coitsequence of their tyrannical and unju ? t conduct towards the sons and daughters of labour . Here is no paDdericg to the corrupting and bewildering jargon of the political economist ; no veiling tbe pic . ure of natioEal degradation and disb 5

      tress . ! est T > prfViflTi ^ A . mnpV - nsi ' hilUv s-V . nnid hp tress , : est perchance a mock s . n ? ibility s-hould be shocked at ths bare recital . We have here homely truth in all its r . ative power ; and that man must be less or more than mortal that can read these pages unmoved . Yet the venerable author might as -well address his pleadings for justice to the poor to the stones of the mountain , or to the raging torrent , as to the men now in power . Air . Roberts nrght plead with the most surpassing eloqaenee , but bis efforts

      would be addressed to the deaf adder , and the monster he tried to impress by the appeals of justice and humanity would only laugh at them as the imbecility of age , or the ravings of insanity . Well , be it so . We hail the work with delight , and we doubt not that its effects will yet be felt , perhaps when the hand tbat traced the lines shall be paralysed in death . We sincerely recommend to the people to make hh mot : o theirs— " Never despair in a good canse . "

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      BRADFORD . —Indepf . ndant Order of the Golden Flklck , B . U . —A lodsio of the above order was opfiif . ci on the 7 th instant , at the houso of Mr . Samuel' Waterhouse , Ram ' s Head fnu . Previous to the lodg" being opened , tho officers and candidates bat dawn ( o a sumptuous suppor , provided by the landlord and landlady , to whom great praise is due . After the cloth -was drawn , the lodge being opened , Mr . TnomaK took the uhair , and Mr . Waite was viceohairman , when a number of respectable individuals were initiated into the order . :

      CARLISLE . —A public meetingof the members of tiie Corporation took place in the Town Hall , on tho 9 th instant , ior the purpose of ' choosing a Mayor and Treasurer . ' for the enduing year , when George Dixon , Esq ., of . Abbey .-street , was elected Mayor ; and William Jackson , Esq ., solicitor , Treasurer . Several committees were then appointed ; and a cordial vote of thanks was given to the late Mayor , George Gill Mounaey , esquire ^ for the very able and impartial manner in which ho had discharged the duties of his office . Mr . Moua ey returned thanks in a neat and sensible speech .

      A very interesting and instructive article was read by Mr . Bowman , on Sunday evening last , to the members of the . ' " Carlisle Debating Society , " at their room , N ;> . 6 , John-street , Caidewgafe , " On the importance of the working classes securing and exercising the Municipal Franchise . " After which the following resolution w&o uuanimously passed : — *' . That . it is the opinion of this meeting that it is of the greatest importance tbat . the peopie should secure and exercise the . Municipal Franchise ; and we strongly recommend them to do so . " It may be proper to state , that it is tho duty of all overseers

      to place the names of all the inhabitant householders in thu parish or district for which the poor rate is made out , upon the rate book ; otherwise tho rate will not be logal . In making out tho Burgess List , f-. he overseer on ^ ht to place upon it the names of all per . aonB so rated and whose rates aro paid ; regardless whether they have been paid by the landlord or tenant ,-. nor is k material whether the landlord compounds for his property or not . These points havo been decided by the late Mayor and-assessors for this borough , and will , if actad upon by the working clause , lead to a greatly enlarged constituency .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct625/page/3/