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    • SUSPICIOUS DEATH FROM POISONING.
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      Tme , through our poverty , and having to pay our pvn lecturer , -we have sot boen ibk to can telbnte muck 0 the fund ; but BttH , we think , ire have an interest B the proper managenKjnt of ttie cause , and hsnoe I jgn been requested to notroe the above . Wife . Buitoh , Sub-Secretary . Md » - «* rect , LorjBhboroagh , Dee . 7 th , M& 42 . P . Mr . Bi ' j stow promised ui he would preach poor Eolberryg fnseral sermon , on the 17 th da ; of July . After v / e had sent the notice toifce Star , and to tbeffflases , be came sot , and nambgra came , and irer e diap ' pointed . W . 8 .

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      THE METROPOLIS ANT > ITS NEGLECT OF THE EXECUTIVE .

      TO TBS EDITOR OF TBS KOE . THEB . K STAR . Sijl—I perceive in the letter of Means Campbell sad Leach , in reply to your strictures on the Executive Balinca Sbeefc that there is a complaint made that the Chartists of London did not p 3 V . the Executive - for lectnrznz during their stay in that city , and its e&viroas . Now , Sir , in reply to this it may be fairly asked , wer e tbey invited thither , er did they proceed there upon their own aceord ? I veil remember during g » e time I w « acting for Mr . T . M . Wheeler , while he was iucspaciated by the accident on the Great Western BsShray , receivine a note from Mr . Secretary Campbell to the follcrwib :: effect : — Mr . Campbell will lecture at 55 , Old Bailey , on Sunday week , and Mr . J . Leach at the Working aian"a Han , Marylebone . "

      Here was no invitation given , no request made , but the lecturing business was a voluntary act of their own , and surely , if this be the occasion alluded to , neither Campbell or Leach hare any just ground of complaint , on the score of non-payment On the last occasion Messrs . Leach and Bairstow came to town , Mr . Leach , I think , did sot attend one public meeting or deliver any lecture , bat returned to Manchester immediately . Mr . Baizstow delivered a lectura or two daring the few days he remained in town . The practice in and around London is to defray the expenca of carriage , or conveyance of lecturers t « and from the place of meeting . Parsons residing in or

      sear London are not supposed to lecture or agitate on the points of the Charter from " selfish love of money , " bat let lore of tie principles therein enumerated ; hence many of the lecturers "work at thai * ordinary taffinp &H day , and walk five or six miles to lecture at night But these are not Executive men . Sir , we are told of the great labours of the Executive , in bringing out the trades . Jfow . I believe that Mr . Watkiks , though less ready , perhaps , to brag of it , did at least one man ' s share in that business . I know something » f one who laboured most zealously in getting up and bring oat toe ¦ weavers to the great meetmg at which Fear ? ns O'Connor presided . I am quite sure it was cot Dr . M'DonalL

      I know also who lectured to the shoemakers at the " Star Coffee House , " Golden-lane , and caused the large meeting to be held at the Hall of Science , City Boad , when Mr . O'Connor attended , and addressed them . It was not 3 > r . M'PooalL And Mr . Cufiay C&n tell who it was that delivered lectures at the Doves , Bed Lisn-street , to the tailors , prior to their grrat meeting at the Social Institution , John-street , at which Feargus O'Connor also attended . I do not believe the lecturers were members of the " Executive Committee . " Then , Sir , tre are told of the arduous labours of out Secretary ;? Sir , I speak from my own observation Hz : C has plenty of time to attend to his own business as a bookseller , news agent , &c also to edit the Penr , y Democrat , his only assistant being a little boy of twelve years ef age .

      ... Ifextwe are told of the DDctor's poverty on thirty drillings a -week ! Why , Sir , Dr . M'Douall pref esses to be the representative of the woiking classes . The best paid among th » t order , when fully employed , after deducting wear and tsar of tools , do not average that earn , yet tbey manage to be decently dad . And the whole ef his time was by no means taken up by his duty as * member cf the Executive , as bis Florida Medidne Pills v £ Q abundantly testify . Then , Sir , no new ground has "been broken up by the Ettatixx in or around the Metropolis . No ; they have confined themselves to the already organised localities As a proof of this , I may refer you to Mr . Secretary Campbell's own letters in the Northern Star , ( I mean same previous letters ) , wherein he thanks by name the persons who have been most active in this business .

      I think it was in the letter of " AnExfle , " as well as in the speech of Mr . Leach , at Manchester , that I read that a private conspiracy existed to get rid of the Executive . Why , Sir , I do not believe for a moment this will gain credence -with the Chartist body ; for this reason : arefereaee to a file of MiBKorihemSUir will Bhow that I was the first publicly to call attention to them in a letter in that journal , just after the late Convention was held- in London , shewing that we had no Executive , the time for their holding office in accordance with the Organization having expired , and requesting a time to be specified for the election of a new « ae . When we are told that Leeds and Hull conspired , allow me , Sir to state , they were not the only complaining places . The Hammersmith lecality , through their sub-Secretary , forwarded a

      cote to Mr . Campbell , requesting- tie Executive to answer the Questions pat by the Leicester delegates ; Then , Sir , in the last Star appears a letter from Mr . Bresley , recommending a committee of inquiry . Cm It be possible that Mr . Beesley can have read the plan of Drg&mzs&on >> " »»»>? ? if bo , I think it impossible he could have suggested such a committee , for any era who reads it will see at once that it has been broken , first— is giving an extra ten shillings pet week wages ; secondly—in members of the Executive receiving wages when paid for lecturing by the localities or districts ; thirdly—fey holding effice after the time had expired , ai fully and clearly defined in the Organixition ; fourthly—in their neglecting ftrj—— nomination to be made for a General Treasurer aT the same time as the Exeeative .

      Sir , perhaps yon will now allow me to ask Mr . Bairstow did he not receive wage * frm the Chartists of Cheltenham for his labours in that vicinity , ( as I perceive the Bristolonians paid him , ) and how much ? Sir , I was at Cheltenham a few days prior to the Biting of the Convention , and I believe the first day of the Stnrge Conference in Birmingham sitting—there ' was no defection then ; and during the sitting of oar Convention , it win he borne in mind , that one of the Ingest demcnstrations " evBr held in the County of ffloacester took place on Mr . O'Connor's visit to that phoe ; this does not look like defection . I think in justice to the men of Cheltenham I am alto bound to tote that I "Was 1 IBBB . ALLY KEWAB . DED TOB , MY . ££ Etic £ s daring my stay in that town , yours , In the cause of Democracy , Deeemter 5 . 1 S 42 . Edmund Stall'wood .

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      THE NOTTINGHAM CHARTISTS AKD MR . CAMPBELL ,

      TO KB . JOHIi CAMPBELL . Sis , —In looking over fo » columns of the British Steesmm , j find therein a long letter from the General Sse-etary , reflecting upon the characters of the Bsv . "VTm . HflJ , 6 e * rge Julian Harney , and others , charging them wiih being traitors to the cause , as well as being iniioa to the men who have to take their trial Now , John , the vile and slanderous manner in which you tare treated the diameters of these individuals—tne " * sy in which you have daubed your reputation , with Eft-laudations , induces me , at a _ member of the Katianal Charter Association , and a keen observer of Btn ani things , to say a word or two relative to the ( inaction at issue- You ay that the . recent exposure of jour conduct is not more than you expected , owing

      to the TTwfWT . cr in -which yen defended Mx . PhOp . Now , John , yon know that Piu'lp was arraigned at the bar <* public opinion . He was tried by the people . A ''Bdietwu returned ; such an one that appears did *«* « ait yoa . Yon complain of Mz . HBL Why not complain of the people . Yoa could not sanction de-Sknc i * tu > n , whilst in the same breath yos denounce H 31 fat What the people had done . Yoa cosfes » that ** uo , il ' Donall , and yourself denounced him ( the Rev . W . Hiilj Leach , though amild and temperateman , called * ° * fcev . Gentleman a political anaatin ; and yourself at a i ^ ee&Bg said that you expected the Ber . Gentleman one of

      *^» the " Black slogs . " You speak cf the votes ™ cotficfcuce being given to Philp and the Executive , « leige meetings in- Lancashire . You did not forget to let the peppie know that yoa got slips TpfaAed with * ne rtsoIatiecB , and sent them , to all parts of Uie fttffiiry , ciLTasuEg for euppoit . " You were chaired with tils mean contemptible trick by a sub-?«^« ry of Sotlksbam . You acknowledge it ; yet , Tr ** ** i tbis Bi-pimit loet his office . I Tftif much quesk ^ q the utt li or jcur Etatemtnt whsn job say ttat «« e -eptts Tere pssita at large and iLfluenUal meetings , WScoiEfe ^ l cf tea or fifteen mkom , but of two w

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      three thousand . Why the fact Is , you gave in the returns after the election , and ha did not master as many in an England and Wales . You seem to feel very sensitive about the welfare of your colleagues , Laach , M'DonaH , sa 4 Bairstow ; bat I know , and so does Bitntow know , that you are the greatest enemy he ever had : but ft is characteristic of you to sloam men over in public , and stab their reputation in private . You echo the names of Hill , Coop&r , Harney , and White in your pamphlet as apostles of Chartism , to serva your selfish purpose by their vending your trash , whilst , at the same moment you strike the daceer in their character . A vaunt , you two-faced coward—you heli-ljke fiend , how have you treated those four London patriots , who eame forward , willing to brave every danger by supplying your places when you were arrested . Theirt was no envious undertaking ; tbey eame forward to perform your duties gratuitously . You now charge

      them with having two objects in view ; yon charge the person whom you highly eulogised whilst you were incarcerated ¦ with wanting to step into your shoes before you were dead . What base inconsistency . Yon threaten to expose O'Connor on bis trial ; there is no fear bnt what yon wonld if you knew anything that would injure him . For my part , I should not b « surprised at -what yon resort to to serve your own bate purpose . Whilst you hold Mr . O'Connor forth in one part as a political saviour , in another part you designate him a damned scoundrel ; but the head and front of your dislike to Hill and O'Connor is , they have been the two persons who have made the Chaitlsta independent of such men as you . They have seen that the country is about to shake hands with twofaced John Campbell Sim . Broonham . Nottingham , Dae li , 1842 .

      PS . In the same letter yon complain about not having half your incidental expences paid ; I can only Bta * 3 this—you called at Nottingham last Febraary , * on your way to London to meet the Executive . The Nottingham Chartists paid your expences for two days , and gave you £ ] . You called at Loughborough and Leicester , and from theknowledge I possess of those localities , the Chartists would not require yon to pay your own expences . *[ Lei the people refer to the data in the Bibnce Sheet published in the Siar of the 9 th April , 1842 , and they will find Mr . Campbell ' s " wages' * and " agitating expences" regularly charged to them , and ne account whatever given of the money be received . — Ed .-N . SA

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      TO "PLAIN" JOHN CAMPBELL . Sib ^ —In the British Statesman of last Saturday , Dec 10 th , is a letter with your signature , a poatcript attached , contains the following : — Julian Hamey , of Sheffield , attended the Conference , and promised to do his best to extend the strike , instead of which he went back to Sheffield , and used all his exertions to prevent it ; and not only did he do worse than the 014 Chartist in preventing the strikebut also in giving np the , names of the authors of the address ; aye , my friends , at the very moment that one of my worthy eolleagnes was in prison , another a fugitive , and a price set on the head of another . G- J . Harney gave np all our names in his speech , and laid the blame on us . He can bear witness I rtf used to shake

      hands with him in the dock . I little imagined that Q , J . Harney , the paid servant of the Star , should promise to aet a man ' s part , and go afterwards and behave u a tnitor . Bat I have been told that after the Conference broke up he went to Leeds to see his employer , and take his instructions from him . The Sheffield Chartists showed their indignation at his conduct , by hunting him ont of bis house like a wild animal . " You tell tb « Government that I promised to do my best to extend the strike . Many thanks to you . Griffin simply identified me aa having been present at the Conference ; there , se far as I was concerned , his

      evidence ended . You go a step furtbur—you have substantial reasons no doubt . But , sir , no bullying , no Uying on your part , shall induce me to enter into thia subject , though this was undoubtedly your object , —enough , sir , that you know that your villainy or madness in the Conference , had no support from me . As to my conduct after my return to Sheffield from the Conference , the Sheffield Chartists , who should be tho best judges , approved of it at the time , and every explanation necessary to be ( riven to the country at large , was published in the iStor of of September , 3 rd . Ton did not challenge the statements of that letter and I shall not waste my time in repeating its contents

      now . I did not give up the names of the authors of the Address . I dent know wbo wrote the Address , thon ? h I could -wager a trill ? that you VU net its anthor—don't you feel any alarm about that . If Sii James Graham has been in the habit of reading your epistles in the Northern Slctr . Statesman , < fyc , < fyc , par ' ticularly jour Balance Sheet vindication * , it will never enter into his head that you could by any possibility 'write anything wor : hy of & Government prosecution . Bat supposing I had , in the « p « ech yon allude to ,

      • ' given up , " as you artfully ana falsely express it , tee names of the authsrs of the Address , what then ? Yourself and others have laboured hard to impress the Chartist public with the idea that the authors of the Address were men " up to the mark , " prepared to "do or die ; " had I then known tb « ir names I wonld only have been giving honour where honour was due , or at any r » te , where honorr has of late been insisted on , the grounds of the claim being based upon such daring feats as , " riding in first-class carriages , " " . travelling incog , " 4 c ., tea ., ic

      In the dock you did not shake hands with me , affecting to see s vast deal of mischief in the speech above spoken of , and farther affecting to doubt my honesty . You know what followed , and in leas than five minutes you were all professed friendship . On being removed to the room or cell where we found Scholefleld , Leaeb , M'Cartney , and others , yon said " give us your hand , Hi ^ ney . " I refused ; telling yon , that as you bad pietended to doubt my honesty , I -would not shake bands with you until I had proved , beyond doubt , whether I was the man I had always professed to be . From that day , np to the hour of my leaving Kirkdale , say brother victims know that yon was hand and glove with me ; -if you considered me to be a traitor , what a base hypocrite yoa waa to profess , as you did , the most Bineere friendship up to the hour of my parting with you at the gate of your prison yard . I shall come presently to your conduct towards me since your liberation .

      Wkat a fool yon are to talk of my going to Leeds for instructions , dec If you mean by my employer , the person by whom I am appointed correspondent for the Star tor tbis district , you , of course , mean O'Connor . You know O'Connor was not in Leeds at that time . Bat I ' suppose you mean the Editor of the Star , I was at Leeds on Sunday , Aafu&t 21 ; my basiness at Leeds is not your business ; enough that I did not see Mr . HilL 1 st me add , that I rode in a third-class , not & first-class carriage—I had to pay tiie expense out of my o- « n pocket Your last falsehood , that the Sheffield Chartists bunted me out of my house like a wild animal , admits of but one reply . I challenge you to appear before a public meeting in Sheffield , and I promise you the Sheffield Chartists will brand you liae . to you teetb . I have replied to ycur calumnies '; it is now my turn to carry the war into your own camp .

      You promise to publish a pamphlet ; so we are now to have your tcindy-caiion . By wsy of assisting you in the getting up of your " elegant extracts , " allow me to commend to your attention a few more matters . After your liberation you "wrote to me one or two letters ( I forget which ) couched in the most friendly spirit , enclosing copies of the first numbers of your Penny Democrat , the sale of which you wished me to promote . I replied I would do all I could for it , and in your " Notices to Correspondents , " you publicly thanked me . In the letter I wrote in reply , I commented at some length upon the infamous conduct of a certain - person whose name ' appears below . ( That letter you would do me much pleasure by publishing entire in your pamphlet . ) In the course of a few days I received the following , which I copy verbatim , with all its literary beauties , from the original : — " 180 , Holborn , Saturday . « DEJJR II .-

      " What a pithy letter yours is the E . Star effise bar handed you over to me to commence sending you 3 papers daily will it fit you have been hard on O'Brien and justly are you prepared to defend McDouail Leach Baixstow and myself from the attack of the Bevd Parson Hill I ask yoa have you moral courage to do that tis easy to pitch into a man who is not popular and who is I enclose you a Democrat glad you are well also Mrs H . " Yours truly , "J Campbbll . " It would puztle » Philadelphia lawyer to understand what you would be at , in your " Who is not popular

      and who is ; " bmt , as the Scotch say , "I ken your T py » T » jnff by yomr mumping . " You know the answer you got : do publiih that along with the above in your forthcoming bomb-shell . It was , I suppose , in the receipt of that answer that you discovered I was a traitor—then was put an ' end to all your " Dear H"s , " " Yours truly , " and all the friendly solicitude previensly " shown by yon for the health of myself and Mt& H . 1 There Is one consolation , now that yon stand self-unmasked , exhibited in your " plain" character , your evil aspirations in lieu of your good wishes—your hatred instead of your friendship "will always be welcome to the writer of this ,

      Is there no " plotting" in the above letter , Friend teach ? You remember writing your " Chrenicles cf the Democrats , " in the New Bailey , Manchester . You remember tow joa landed tie writer of this whom yea

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      how dare to call" traitor . " The whole of your " Chronicle * " ? on have not published ; but in the third number of your Dsmoe »« . t" yon publish me as one ot the twenty-four Apostles op Chimish ; yet , according to your letter in the Statesman , you all the while regarded me as a "traitor . * Are you not a two-faced JANUS ? Your letter in the Statesman is ostensibly a " Defence of the Executive" on the balance-sheet question ; but independent of your postscript , on which I have been commenting , yon contrive in the said letter to fill two columns of the Statesman -with abuse of the Editor Of the Northern Siar , before coming to the only sensible

      portion of your " long yarn ; " that where you acknowledge that the Executive " may have acted wrong , " and that " if the Executive have offended—if they have overstepped the bounds of prudence , " you are " extremely sorry for it" Had you confined yourself to these acknowledgments , instead of abusing and slandering all wbo are connected with the Northern Star , your conduct would have been that of an honourable man , and the Chartist public would have treated you accordingly . But you could not follow this honest cenrse ; on the contrary , you raise a hullabaloo about the tyranny and treachery of others , hoping thereby to conceal your own delinquencies , Bub it wont do John .

      You boast that eleven thousand members of the Association recordad their votes for you at the last election of the Executive , but they are greater dolts than I take them to be , if they register their votes for you the next time you solicit their suffrages . In conclusion , let me ask you how it is that you pour out the full measure of your petty wrath upon the Editor of the Star , George White , Wheeler , of London , and the writer of this— "the paideervajjta of the Siar ; bat do not dare to attack the proprietor of the Star t True you can epit your venomous slanderer on him in private —( vide the Statesman of Nov . 19 th ); but attacking O'Connor openly is another matter . You dare

      not , your inflaenee , sach as it is , would be immediately annihilated—you would politically perish within a week ; well you know that , hence your lie in private when yoa dare not assail in publio , But even this rascality will not long serve you ; the Chartist body are beginning already to understand that your poisoned shafts flung at " the paid servants ef the Siar , " are in reality aimed at the proprietor of the Star . But go on Sir . the unveiling you have commenced has been long needed j it is tim « the jobbers -and middle-class panderera Wire driven from the movement which they have long disgraced . Aye , let us hope the day is approacbiog , " when the noble and virtuous BuaU be respected , and the base and cowardly detested . " With feelings of contempt and scorn , I shall make no effort to conceal .

      I asanot , Your obedient servant , GEO . JCLIJUi HABNET . Sheffield , Dec . 13 th , 1842-P . S . As you have set me the precedent of a postcript , I suppose you will not grumble at my following ( in this matter ) your example . I am informed that one of your " worthy colleagues , " Mr . Bairstow , has , at Leeds and elsewhere , stated that at the meeting held in Paradise-square , on the 22 d of August , at Wbioh tb 8 question of the " strike" was decided bo far as Sheffield was concerned , that there was a majority in favour of

      the strike , but it was agreed upon between myself and George Wright , the chairman , that he should give his decision to the contrary . If Bairstow has said this , I ask friend Leach whether this is not " platting" I I don't say that Bairstow has invented tbis lie ( for lie It is , as hundreds in Sheffield can testify ); but if he was told it , why , I ask him , had he not the manliness to challenge me with it , before he grasped my hand in seeming friendship , as he did when I last saw him . Such was not wont to be the conduct of Bairstow before be had a Campbell for a teacher , bat , alas , " evil communication corrupts good manners , " or , what is worse , corrupts good hearts .

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      PETERBOROUGH . At the meetlDg of the Peterborough and Eye Chartists , held at the house of Mr . JMarklin , on Monday evening latt , the caarges laid against the Executive were read and their reply to the same , when Edwin Scholey moved , and Christmas Seholey seconded , the following resolution , which was carried without a dissentient— " That it iB the opinion of this meeting that the Executive have exceeded their duty , by not conforming to the plan of Organizition which it was theii duty to enforce ; and fer the neglect of such duty it is our opinion they should be called npon to resign their office , and that Mr , Hill iB highly commendable for laying their conduct before the public "

      Suspicious Death From Poisoning.

      SUSPICIOUS DEATH FROM POISONING .

      On Thursday forenoon , a long enquiry took place at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq . and a respectable jury , touching the death of Sarah Scholes , who died from poison , at an early hoar on Wednesday morning . She was the wife of Mr . Joseph Scholes , who for some time was in the employ of the Leeds Water Works Company , but was discharged , we understand , ia oonsfquence of bis conduct towards his wife . The woman ' s death

      caused a great sensation in the neighbourhood of their residence , Meadow-lane , and indeed in every part of the town where the parties were known , xor two years it seems , Scholes had had another woman , a Margaret Dowie , whom he took out of a brothel , living with him , and during part of this time his wife has been compelled to occupy the same bed with this woman , Scholes sleeping alone . They had no family . Rumours were rife that the poison had been administered by Scholes and thia woman . The following evidence was adduced : —

      Moses Long—I am manager of Mr . Smith ' s mill , and reside in Barstow ' s Buildings , Meadow Lane , near to Scholes ' s . I have known the deceased some weeks . There was another woman , named Magaret Dowie , residing in the house with Scholes and his wife ; Mrs . Scholes has slept at oar house ; she did bo , I understood , because they had only one bed . I was called into Scholes's on Tuesday night , a few minutes after twelve , by Margaret Dowie , who said Mrs . Scholes htd had something in a bottle , which she had drank off , and they did not know what it was . She seemed much agaitated and alarmed . I went to Scholes ' s , and found Mrs . S . laid on a

      bed in a room np stairs ; she never spoke , nor moved , except some contortions about her mouth . She was insensible . Mr . Craven , Burgeon , was sent for ; he said the woman was dead , and he could do nothing for her . Her husband said nothing , bnt that it was a bad job . Margaret Dowie said she had given the deceased some water , when Bbe was crjing out for it . There was some water in a pot , which Dowie tasted , but I do not know that it was the eame . Margaret Dowio told me that she had more claim on Soholes than his wife had ; for that she bad borne three children to him ; and deceased had not had any . Margaret Dowie complained to me of her trcnbles . -

      Mr . Robert Craven—I am a surgeon in Tweeds . I was called in to Ef e the deceased about a quarter past twelve on Tuesday night . I found her laid upon a bed , dressed ; she waa in a dying state ; aa we went her tueband , who came to fetch me , told me she bad

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      taken DoiBoii . ^ I asked him how he knew , when ° e replied that she threw a bottle on the door , and immediatelyMolaimed , " I am poiaoned ; I have taken pruBsfo acid . ' ^ He said he was in bed at the time , but got up and dressed and came for me directly . £ j ¦*!?? Iratl 0 n w * s noueh hurried . The deceased had all the appearance when I saw her , of having taken prude acid . Her eyes were immoveable and peculiarly bright ; and I could smell from her breath that she had taken prusBic acid . I got the bottle out ° W . * fj d ?* » thete wete a few . drops left , which I tested , and found it had contained prussic aOld . It wa 8 a « 6 od Dhial bottlfi . abnut fur min « o

      and had been evidently made to contain prosaic acid . It had no label on . I told Soholes if he would fid with me I would give him the quarter points of a watchman , so that he might give immediate notice I of the death . He did do so . His Whole oooduot , in my opinion , was oonsistent with innocence . I have Bince made a ^ mortem examination of the body ; the visera I found all in a healthy state ; the whole body waa full of the odonr of prussio acid ; I removed the stomach entire , and from the slight tests I have applied I have no doubt that it contained prussio acid . v am of opinion that the death has been caused by poison . ¦

      By a Juryman . -She would be very likely to ask for water afterhaviog taken prussio acid . It has a very disagreeable taste . The operation of the acid would in Borne measure depend on the state of the stomiwn and the strength of the poison . The deceased could not get the puraacid ; it iB only kept for obemical purposes , and would not beep its strength twenty-four hours . By the ^ oroner-The deceased was laid on her back on the bed ; her dress was not in tho least disordered . Her husband told me she had done it in a fit of jealousy . By a Juryman—I did not hear where Bhe bad bought the acid ; I inquired , but could get no information . :

      Jane Long—I am the wife of Moses Long . I have known the deceased a few weeks ; she has been at ouriiouse , and I have been at theirs . I have been at their house when her husband has been there , and MargaretDowie has been there at the same time . I never was present when there was aoy quarrelling ; when I have been in their house they have generally been on friendly terms . Schole 3 carries on no Settled business . [ The witness corroborated her husband ' s evidence as to their being called up , and going to Scholes ' s houseon Tuesday night . ] I asked Soholes what he had been doing , and he said he had been doing uothing ; she had done it herself . I think the deceased lived about half an-hour . Margaret Dowie told me that thev were all coiner

      quietly tobed on Tuesday night ; that she ( Dowie ) liad got into bed , and the deceased stayed down stairs , until the candle was nearly burnt out , when she called to deceased to ask it' she was not coming to bed . Deceased made bo answer , and Bhe ( Dowie ) then went down , and told her , if she did not come to bed , she would make her . She ( Dowie ) wished to feel in her pockets , as she said she had suspicions that she had something in her pockets . Deceased told her never to mind her pockets , as she had nothing there belonging to her ; Scholes then , on hearing the noise , called out , and desired the deceased to come to bed . Deceased then said she would go , and soon after ' put the candle out , went upstairs , drank Bemething out of a bottle , threw herself on the bed , and said , "I am poisoned ; the Lord receive my poor soul . " Dowie has told me several times lately that ahe would not let Mrs . Scholes sleep with the maeter . Mrs . Barrows—I live opposite to Scholes ' s . I

      was called up about half-past twelve on Tuesday night by Margaret Dowie , who told me that Mra . Scholes had taken some thing ; I went into the house directly with Mrs . Mortimer . We found Mrs . Scholes dying ; I stopped with her until she was dead . Saw the pocket of the deoea sad searched , but there was nothing found in it but some keys . Mr . Scholes asked me to go with them into the sitting room , where there was a work box belonging to Mrs . Scholea . Mr . Scholes gave Dowie one of the keys which had come out of the pocket of Mrs . Scholea , and she opened the work box ; there was a small bottle in it containing laudanum . Dowie took the bottle out and handed it to me . Dowie then locked the box and took the keys . By a juror—When I got into the house Mr . Soholes had gono for thedootor . Margaret Dowie said nothing , but fret very much . Mr , Scholes also seeined much distressed .

      By the coroner—I have ' not been in the habit of going to their house , nordb I know anything of their habits . .: ¦ . . ; . . ' ¦ . . ; . ' . _ ¦ ¦ ¦; : ¦• ¦ . ; - . ;\ Thomas Skiers—I am a polioeman . I examined a work-box in the house of Mr . Soholes , and found a paper containing some arsenic It was wrapped in two papers , the inner ono of which was labelled "Poison—poison . " v [ The si&ter of the deceased ( Elizabeth Robinson ) was called , and proved that the writing on the paper was that of tho deceased . She aUp stated that the deceased and Scholes had lived very uncomfortably together for two years !

      Margaret Dowie was then sworn—I have lived with Scholes about a year and three-quarters . His wife was living there also j she fetched me to live with them . I was lodging ia Union « street , when I first got acquainted with him . 1 went to his honse first with his wife ; Seholes kept me before that . Scholea to ! d his wife that be had done wrong , and did not wish to use me ill . 1 bad not seen Mrs . Soholes before she came for me ; I did not know that he was married when I first became acquainted with him . X left them after wards , and learnt the dressmaking business ; and then went to live at Mr . Cookson ' s , at Chapeltown . I passed as their niece , when I lived with them before I learned to be a dressmaker . They lived at Cross-Green when I went

      to live with them , but afterwards xro removed to Barstow-street . Mr . Echolea afterwards fetched me from Chapeltown ; I had been ill , and been attended by the Headingly doctor . Soholes took me then to lodgings ; at ' tor which I went to live with them again ; I then went home to Scotland , and stayed there about four mouths , when he wrote and sent for me back again . I came back ; it might be about six months ago ; his wife and him had separated , I believe on my account . He told me his wife was at home . She used to come to mewhen he was not gone borne ; I told her I wished her to come back again , and let us live comfortably together again , she came back about two months back , and I then left and went to live at Ecoup , near where he was working . . ¦¦ ¦ ¦•

      The Coroner . —Really , gentlemen , this is a most disgraceful statement , ; I have scarcely patience to hear it . Witness continued—I am aware that Soholes and his wife had been separated , and that he agreed to allow her ' flomeifoing per week . I went to live at Mrs . Robinson ' s after I came from Ecoup ; and he came to see me there . Mrs . Soholes and her husband have not slept together during the ; last two months ; he has slept in a turn-down bed in the room where his tools are . I deny distinctly that I ever said I had a greater claim on him than his Wife ; I have said that I had had a child to him .

      The Coroner—Well I think the Jury perfectly understand the terms on which this man , his wife , and you have been living for the last two or three years , and a more disgraceful exhibition I never heard . You will now tell n 3 as to the proceedings on Tuesday night . Witness continued—I had been out on Tuesday night , and when I returned , I found Scholes and his wife having some words . I wanted to know the cause of the quarrel and they both refused to tell me . On Tuesday morniug , Scholes left the bouse at ten o'clock ; we had all breakfasted together . I went out just after Scliolea * and his wife went with me ; her and 1 went together as far as the Church , when she weBt towards the Victoria Bridge and I proceeded along Meadow-lane , and to Hunslct . I

      was looking into a milliner ' s shop , and then the deceased came to me . I then left her and went with a young woman whom I knew , and did not see her again until I got home at night . I got my dinner with a Mrs . Manning , at Hunslet : it was about half-past seven , when I got home at night . There wa 3 nothing said when I went in then ; her and I sat in the house , and he went out . There was no quarrelling between us ; I had not seen Scholes during the day . Soholes returned home about half-past nine ; Mrs . Soholoa and I were getting supper . He would not have any ; after we had done , and soon after ten o ' clock , SchoIeB went to bed , and bis wife went with him ; she came down after he was la bed , and fetched

      some water , which she left up stairs , and came down again ; some time after , we both went up stairs and went into his room ; I saw she was not inclined to go to bed , and so I took the candle and went and left her sitting on a box in his room . I left the candle burning , and the noise of shutting the door , when she took the candle away , awoke me from the sleep into which I had fallen . I then heard no more of her and fell asleep again . I awoke very shortly after , and not finding her in bed , I got ap to see if she had gone to his bed . I ft nnd her still eat where I had left her . I asked her if she was not going to bed . She said "No ; you f > to bed . I am not hindering you from going . ' wanted her to go to bed . She never had been undressed . I said to her twice , " Why don't jou go to bed to-light * a well as other nighte ! " I never

      Mud if she did sot go I would make her . Her husband then awoke and asked her why she did not go to bed , and she said she would not go for either of ns . Her hasband then got up and she rau out of the room , was out a very short time , and then returned and threw herself on his bed , and oried out to the Lord to have mercy on her . Her husband removed her to the other bed whilst I was out calling the neighbours . He was supporting her When I we'&out , and she drank some water which she had taken up for him . Soholea said to deceased , Oh , Sarah , what have you drank ! " He told me he bad seen her with a bottle to her mouth , but I did not see it . I am quiet euro there was no quarrelling between us on that night . The deceased and myself had our suppers together , and were just as comfortable as usuai .

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      By a Juror—I . have never Heard the deceased say she would poison herself if J did not leave the house ., ;; ' ;¦ : ; v ¦ ¦ y ¦ . : - .. f - . . ¦ ¦ . . ' . : ; ¦¦; ¦" . .. ' . ¦ ¦' By the Coroner—I was not aware that she had either laudanum or arsenic in the house . I had not observed that the deceased was in any way low spirited . - ' ¦ ;¦ ¦ .. ¦ .- /• ' .- ¦ .. - ; - . -.- : ¦¦ . . •¦ .- ' ¦ . ¦¦ . - : . . ¦¦ ¦ , By a Juror—Scholes told a sister of the deceased yesterday , that he had once destroyed a dog with the samo sort of stnff as the deceased had taken . By the Coroner—I deny distinctly that I ever said to any person I had a greater claim on Soholes than the deceased . I will swear that Soholes has

      not said any thing to me since his wife ' s death about being married . I have never said to any one that he had said he would marry me if she was dead . I tried to go away several times , but could not ; I could not forget him . Samuel Healey—I know the witness Margaret Dowie ; I have known her nearly twelve months . I have had conversations with her . I remember her telling me iand my wife that Soholes had said if Mrs . Scholes was to die , he would then marry her . . Dowie , after this , still persisted in denying that ever she had made u&o of the words attributed to her . ¦ ¦• ' v - /¦¦¦ ' ..: ¦ } r ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ :-7 -V ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦'

      Mr . Healey slated the oiroumetances under which the statement was made , and from remarks by different jurors it is evident that the conduct of both Scholes and the witness Dowie had been such as to cause frequent rows in the neighbourhood in which they resided , the " stang" having been ridden for him very frequently . Joseph Scholes , the husband , was next examined . He said— -the deceased was my wife ; we have been married about fourteen years . She is ; forty-three years of age . I know Margaret Dowie ; she has lived with me about two years . I kept her at Samuel Thorpe ' s , in Morrion-street , before she came to live at my house , which is about eighteen months since . It was my wife ' s wish that she should come . I bad

      told my wife the connection which existed between us . My wife fetched her , and gave as her reason that she wished to reclaim her . She lived with us until last February ; she went to Scotland . My wife and me separated at that time there Was an agreement drawn up by an attorney . I sent for' Dftwie back , and she came in May . I at that time eontsmplated a permanent separation from my wife , and i > owie lived with me . My wife came bafek about six weeks siuoe , and we have all lived together . My wife seemed right enough , aad though 1 have no doubt it would hurt her feelings she consented to it . I left the house about ten o ' clock on Tuesday last j no quarrel had taken place between as ; I got home

      again about five o ' clock . My wife was then at home . Dowie came in after I bad got my tea . I left the house about seven , and the two women were then in . I got home again at near ten , and went to bed about half-past . Nothing unpleasant had occurred . I went up stairs , and my wife followed mo ; she want down . etairs after I had got into bed . She and Dowie came up again soon after ; Dowie then went to bed , and my wife sat in . the room where I was . I fell asleep and awoke about twelve ; my wife was then sat in the chair , and Dowie was talking to her ; I asked what was amiss , aud why they were not in bed . My wife said " nothing " , and I said if they would sit up , we might as well

      all Bit up together . I then got up , and she ran out into another room , and returned directly and threw a bottle and herself on the bed . I was not aware that we had any poison in the house ; I know what prussio aoid is ; I poisoned a small dog with it in May last . My wife had a box in the other bed room , but I do not know whore she got the bottle ; when she throw herself on the bed she said she had taken prussio acid , and beggsd on the Lord to have moroy on her bouI . I told Dowie to call some neighbours up , and I removed my wife on to the bed in the other room . I had not observed any thing . different either in my wife ' s spirits or conduct that night . : I fetched a surgeon . My wife asked for a drink of water , and reached the pot off the stand herself and drank . The qusirtity of prussio acid I bought was two pennyworth } I had

      perhaps half a tea spoonful . George Kay and Joseph and William Adamson were present when I gave the acid to the dog . I gave it to the dog on purpose to destroy him . I might tell my wife , but am not certain . There was no label on the bottle , ' I broke it as soon as I had given the dog : the acid . My wife has talked about destroying herself , but that was seven or eight years since , before I knew Dowie . By a Juror— During the time that Dowie was at Chapeltown and Eccup , I paid for her board and lodging . I had seen my wife on Tuesday , at Headingley . I was at Mr . Beckett ' s , at Kirbstall Grango , all day . She was not in the habit of coming to see me at my work ; it was about : half-past twelve when I saw her . She said she thought a man had taken my dog , and asked me what time I Should be at home at night . I told her I could " hot tell .

      By the Coroner . —She was not with me more than a few minutes ; I did not notice that she was low-spirited . She did not say anything to me on Tuesday night about Margaret . By a Juror—When my wife came back to live with me , she requested me to turn Margaret out . I told her I would turn neither of them out ; whichever of them liked to go might go . By the Coroner—I refused to turn Margaret away . : .-.. -: '¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ / . / ; .. ¦ . . ¦ . " . . ¦¦ Coroner—If you had acted as you ought to have done , yoa would have turned Margaret away ; your wife had the only claim upon you . Iu answer to further questions , the witness said he was unwell at the time his wife came back , and Margaret asked him if he would like his wife to come back .

      By a Juror—My wife knew it was a house of ill fame at whioh Margaret was living when she fetched her to our house . By the Coroner ^—My wife went of her own accord to fetoh her . I said I should like her . to live with us , and then we might get her a situation . I went with my wife when she went to fetch her . I went into the house and fetched her out ; my wife was at the door . It was near eleven o ' clock at night . By a Juror—From that time to the time of our separation , my wife ceased to sleep with me . By the Coroner—I am sure my wife wont of her own accord to fetch Margaret . I did not compel her to go . ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ¦' ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ... - . ¦ :. ¦ By a Juror—I do not know that ever I said I would marry Margaret if my wife were to dio . I do not know if I have said so , but I have thought so . My wife was always a steady sober woman .

      By the Coroner—r have not told Margaret since my wife ' s death that I would marry her . She is still living with me . Margaret Dowie rec lied , and in answer to further questions she stated now that it was Scholes , and not his wife , who fetched her out of tho house in Union-street . Mrs . S . was at the door , apd said to her ' Come away home with us , lass , " which w <* s the cause of her going . Sarah Mortimer—I live neighbour to the deceased , and saw her , on Tuesday forenoon , go into her own hoUBe about eleven o ' clock . I saw her again at n ^ ar one ; I think it could not be after one , as my son had just gone out after his dinner . I saw her again at four o ' clock . I did not notice that she was distressed in her mind . I saw no difference in vr . ¦ ¦ : . ¦¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ " ' " \ ¦ - ' " ¦• . ¦¦ •¦•

      Hannah Groves—I live in Lower Brunawickstreet ; the deceased came to me on Tuesday afternoon , about half-past one ; she said she had come direct from home , to see me , and could not stay long . I asked her where the woman was , and she said she had followed her to Hunslet . I ami sure she said Bhe had come direct from her own house ; she staid with me about two hours . She seemed in good spirits . ; : . A long conversation here ensued as to some difference \ n the evidence of Soholes and his paramour , aad Dawic was again called in but nothing material transpired . The discrepancy of Scholes ' s statement , also , as to his wife being at "Headingley at half-past twelve o ' clock , and at her own bouse at near one , as stated by Mrs , Mortimer , was commented on by some

      of the jurors , who expressed themselves as not bomg satisfied with the evidence they had heard . The Coboneb said they had three questions to consider : —First , as to how the woman came by her death , and of this he thought they could have no doubt ; second , as to the pirty by whom the poison was administered ; whether by other persons or by horflelf ; and third , if by herself as to the state of her mind at the time she so administered it . He put it to the Jury whether they had sufficieut evidence before them to lead them to a conclusion then , or whether they would wish to adjourn to see if further evidence could be got . ' ¦'¦ .: ' A majority of the Jury being In favour of an adjournment , it wag agreed to , and the further inquiry was postponed until Thursday next , at five o ' clock in the afternoon . r

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      BEIiPEB . —O&dbb 9 F Druips . — -A Lodge of the above Order was opened on Saturday , the 10 th inst ., at the house of Mr . John Jennineon , the sign of the Railway Tavern . The ceremony of opening and installing them in the mysterious rites of Druidism , was judiciously performed by A . D . Siddell and Secretary Gpdbes , with V . A . Booth , and the officers of the Olive Branch Lodge . The evening was spent in great conviviality and decorum . This new Lodge is opened with very favourable auspices . There are how three Lodges of the Druidical Order in Belper , all iu a state of cousiderable prosperity .

      USEDS . —Obstuecting thb Strebt . —On Monday last , two men , named Samuel Waiuwright and John Biley , were charged at the vCourt House , before Griffith Wright and Richard Bramley , Esqa ., with having on Saturday night , obstructed the streets in the neighbourhood of Vicar's Croft ; by allowing a cart , in whiobthiDy were hawking cheese for sale to stand in the fkreet , after having been warned , of the consequences . They were fined under tho Improvement Abt , 5 s . each and costs . Biley was further charged by Mjt . Hanson , inspector ot weights and measures , with having in his possession three fraudulent weights—one of 81 bs ., and two lesser ones . For this offence he was ceuvicted in the . ' penalty , of 50 * andcosfca .

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      Death of Lord Hili ,. —This veteran expired on Saturday morning at his seat , Hardwioke Grange , near Shrewsbury . He was born in 1772 , enterea the army at the age ot sixteen , and remained in it till the time of his death for the benefit of himself and his posterity . A Mawhesieb Bail in ihb Last Cbnturt . ~ The following announcement appears in an old number © 1 ' Harrop ' s Manchester Mercury—** Mancheater , May 17 , 1754— By particular desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies , on Wednesday , the 15 th instant , being the -. last day of the cocking , will

      be a ball , in the New Assembly Room . Tickets to be had at the \ cockpit , at 5 s . each . To begin at seven o ' clock ia the evening . " . . Two Sprigs of Nobility , appeared in the Conrts on Monday , ia the same character of broken and dissipated ' spendthrifts , Lord Huntingtower and Lord George Loftus , the former in the Bankruptcy , and the latter in tha Insolvent O » urt . ThelialiHties of the . former , who is only 25 , are s , tat « d to be about £ 225 , 000 , to meet which the a « E 9 ts are almost nil . The creditors in this case arevmany of them , dealers in bills , about as reputable as the noble bankrupt himself . I

      Mrs . Cbompion , of Smedley , near Manchester , the lady who was so frightfully mangled a fow days ago , by iome machinery in a paper mill , of which she was the owner , died on Monday last . She has left three prphan children to deplore her lamentable end .-. On Wednesdat week , Mr . Henry Spinks , an old man of 69 , at Mile-end , fell a sacrifice to the dense London fog which prevailed so much last week . The deceased , who was asthmatic , had gone out of a warm room into the •** fog and filthy air , " which produced congestion of the Rings and sudden death . . - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦' " . ¦ '¦ ¦¦"¦ - . ¦ : .: ¦ . ¦ . ' : ¦"'" - '¦

      Humbug . —The following preciousmorceawappears in the advertising columns of the London Times of Wednesday last : — " To ' . thb Lord ' s People ^ — A dear Christian tradesman , who about four months ago drew from the savings' bank , £ 60 , his all therein , to give to a fellow-Chrietiaa who urgently required that sum , ' thus lending and hoping for nothing again' but from a bountiful 'God , whose name is Love , ' is now in want of forty pounds to pay all de-. mailda upon him era ho accepts a call to the ministry of the Everlasting Gospel , whioh he believes his Heavenly Father is about to make known unto him . A lady , hia friend , in Christ the Lord as revealed , in the power ef God , the Holy Ghost , thus ventures in simple faith to try the door of Providence in his behalf , and would leave the issue in the bands of Him who has heart , hand , breath , and purse of men at sovemign command . The smallest help will be gratefully acknowledged by the advertiser . "

      Glasgow . —^ Fall op a Gkanart . — -On Thursday evening , about twenty minutes pas ; seven o ' clock , the people residing in York-street , and to a considerable distance around that Ideality , wore startled by an extraordinary crash , produced by the fall of a lately-erected grain store , situated to tho rear of the elegant and substantial bonding warehouses in Yorkstreet , and to a considerable extent . bsiiig four stories id height , and about forty-six feet in length , and as the time the casualty took place , contained a large quantity of grain , such as wheat , barley , peas , aud oatmeal . The loss must be very considerable ; and we have heard it estimated , altogether , at betweea £ 4 , 000 and £ 5 , Q 0 O . Upwards of £ 2000 will , ft is stated , be required to restore the building . Fortunately , no person was injured . The store , we beliave , is the property of Messrs . A , and P . Pvintoul . —Glcuh govo Argus .

      Fatai Accident on the London and Birmingham Railway , —A frightful accident happened on Thursday last to the Aylesbury up-train upon the London and Birmingham Railway , by which one person was"killed and three others dangerously hurt . The train had quitted Aylesbury at eleven o ' clook , and consisted of four carriages only , namely , ono second-class carriage next the tender , then two firstclass carriages , and lastly another secoud-class-carriage . As it was proceeding down a slight inclination near Northohuroh , a village aboat ^ mile from , Berkhampstead . and between the latter place and Tring , some of the passengers became aware that all was not right , by hearing the stoker faking ont tho firefronvunder the engine . The axletree had in fact

      broken , and the stoker , with great presence of mind , took this precautionary step to prevent the boiler from bursting ^ the next minute the fore wheel flew off , and the engine and tender were thrown off the line and smashed to pieces . The first carriage was hurled from the road , and rolled down the embankment , a depth of fifteen feet , and the two first-class carriages were forced athwart the rails . When the passengers who had esoaped ran down the bank to assist the unfortunate occupants of the first carriage * the latter were insensible , apparently dead . One of the Company ' s overlookers , who had been in the first carriage , was , in its descent , thrown out at the window , and left upon the embankment . . The stoker was found to have received a severe concussion of

      the brain ; and an old man and woman were found lying with their bodies literally doubled together inside the ill-fated carriage . Upon being removed with some difficulty , both were found to / have Buffered dreadful injuries of the scalp . ; The two last-Mentioned Bufierers were conveyed to Norihehureh , where the unfortunate woman , whose name is Bye , and who' was nearly seventy years of age , died on the Friday morning . On examination cf the broken axletree , the iron of which is four inches and a quarter thick / Was * found to be defective , its great appearance of strength being quite fallacious . Tho loss which will accrue to the Company from the damage done is estimated at £ 2000 . An inquest was held at Northohurch on Saturday , on the body of the unfortunate woman , Mary Bye . From the evidence of the foreman of the engineering department at

      Wolverton , it appeared that the axle of the engine ( one of twelve made for the company by Mr . B , Hicks , of Bolton , ) had suffered a fracture some time ago which could not be detected unless the wheels were taken off , aud of course was not visible to the engine driver , on hia daily examination of his engine . The axle was made of bar irou , and had run 40 , 000 miles . The engine was a four-wheeled one . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death , with a deodand of five shillings upon the engine , with a strong recommendation to the London and Birain iham Railway Company to place in fntnre an empty carriage or luggage van between the engine and the passenger carriages , a precaution which they considered would have prevented the present fatal accident . Mr . Creed , the secretary , intimated that euoh was the intention of the company .

      A Chapter of Accidents , —About eight o ' clock on Saturday night last , the utmost alarm prevailed in the town of Abingdon , Berkshire . It appears , that a short time previous to the above hoar , the Choltonham van , on arriving near the market-place , unhappily broke down , and the body with its contents , falling against a small house on the road aide , did considerable damage to the frontage , and the unfortunate driver of the van very narrowly escaped being killed upon the spot ; as it was , he sustained a dreadful fracture of the thigh , together with other serious iu juries , and lies in a very deplorable state . Several articles of various descriptions , which the van had contained , were strewed about the road ,

      and before they could be removed , a tandem , driven by two Oxonians- at a rapid rate , came in collision with the heterogenous mass , and an upset was the coBscquence .. The driver fortnnately escaped unhurt , but their groom , who was seated behind , was thrown with considerable force to the ground , and when nicked up , itwas discovered that his right arm wasfractured between the elbow and shoulder joints . The vehicle having got entangled with tho wheels of the van , was shattered to atoms , and the shaft horse much injured . A few days previous to the above , a female lost her life near the same spot , by being driven over by two persons driving a tandem ; they , However , have hitherto managed to elude defection .

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      ' ; " ' -. /¦ .,.. DEATHS . . _ - . . - . . .: - . ¦ , On Sunday last , aged 77 years , Mr . John Phillips , of this town , joiner . His end was peace- ., , ... On Sunday list , at Weldon » . Francis Gdby , millw , aged 28 years ; also Nathan Morriss , blacksmith , aged 59 years . / " « .. ^ On Sunday last , at Azenb / , near Ripan ,. fcged 30 , Mary * the beloved wife of Sir . Fowler Smith , of that place . . "" . ' . ' ¦ .: ; , '' ' - . * '¦• -V- \ ' ¦ , ' .:- ¦¦ - ¦ " - S ;\ : \ On Saturday , at Littlethorpe , near Ripon , FranoiS Glew , Esq ., aged 7 i , much respected . ;• ; . '¦ . & / . ¦ On Friday , the 9 th inst ., after a painful and protracted illness , Elizabeth , wife of Mr . R . Hfley , Queen-square Academy . Leeds . ^ . — Same day , in his 78 th year , J . F . Smitt , E 5 q ., of Wakefield , formerly of ^ Punstan Hall t Derbyshire /¦¦ ¦¦¦• ¦'¦¦ ' ' ¦¦¦ ' •¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦' ¦'""¦ ¦'¦¦ ' ; - ¦•¦; . ^ ¦' ' : ¦

      . , ...... ... Same day , aged 50 , Elizabeth , wife of Mr . ( Wjn , Booth , dyer , Woodhouse Carr . j , ; - ; /¦ . ' - " ¦ - Samo day , aged 35 , Elizabeth , wife of Mr . Wiljlam Fiwcett , of the Temperanoe H 6 tel } Swan-street Leeds / , '¦ '¦"• . ¦ ¦ "' ¦ ' •¦ - : - ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ . ¦ :- " ' . ¦¦ ' : ' - ¦ '

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      MR . HABXEY AND MR . CAMPBELL . TO THE EDITOS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dasr Sir . —1 reqnest that you will do me the favour to puMish in the Northern Star the following letter to " plain" John Campbell . I am a-ware that I ought to have sent it to the Statesman instead of troubling yon with it , but as I -would give no quarter " to the condnetor of that paper . « o neither-will I tafce any . and therefore will not ask him a favonr . If precedents are worth anything I may remind yon that wh « n " plain " John was attacked in the Statesman yon allowed him to defend himself through the Star , trusting that the same favour will be extended to me , I am , Sir . faithfully yonrs , GEOBGE JTJI . IAM HAIRNET .

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      CALLS ON THE EXECUTIVE TO RESIGN . LONDON . TO TttK EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —At a general and ( crowded meeting of the Somerstown locality on the 12 th instant , after the ordinary business of the locality was disposed of , Mr . Humphries brongbk forward his motion on tha conduct of the Executive . Bat one opinion waa expressed , which is embodied in . the following reaolatlon , whioh was carried unanimously . We consider the Executive have broken the rule * of the organization and misappropriated the funds of the association , and are unirerthy of our future confidence . " It was moved and seconded— " That we recommend to Mr . Hill the necessity of ceasing the present paper war with the Executive on the receipt of the opinions of the majority of the localities . " An amendment waa moved and seconded , that a vote of thanks be riven to Mr .

      Hill for his exertions and conduct on the occasion . A long discussion ensued : the principal arguments adduced were , that the agitating the question had driven many members away , and decreased the sale of the Siar —that the parties having been exposed , no further good could arise from the question—that the prolonged discussion of the question increased a factious and party spirit in our ranks—that the localities had taken the question np—and that Mr . Hill had bat performed bis daty in connection with the Chartists' paper , and as a member of the Chartist body and a councillor . The original motion was carried by a small majority . It was then moved , "That we e * ll on the Executive to resign their trust : and we consider the Association can dispense with the services of a paid Executive ; and that an active secretary , with an assistant , would be sufficient to carry out the object of the Association , "vrhich was unanimously carried .

      Some other business of no general interest was then settled , and the meeting adjourned . I remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , Robert Latham . Somers Town , Dec . 14 , 1842 .

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      SHEFFIELD . The Executive—At a meeting , en Monday evening last , of members of the National Charter Associa tion , Mr . Bullos in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted . Moved by Mr . Morton Royston , and seconded by Mr . George Evinson : —•• We , the members of the National Charter Association , meeting in Figtree-lane , having been appealed to by the Executive for our opinion of their past conduct , are obliged ( though reluctantly ) to acknowledge that they ( the Executive ) have broken the rales of the organifation , and we therefore suggest the propriety of their resignation ( of course the present Executive being eligible to be re-elected ) as the best method of obtaining a national approval or disapproval of their conduct . "

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      MB CAMPBELL'S PUNCTUALITY . TO THE EBITOB . 6 F THE S 0 B . 1 HEB . 5 STiSSlB . —Prcm what I have seen in the Northern Star kcat sir . CaiEpi > eii * 8 Balance Sheet , I think it right to inform yon , as far u we are concerned at Korston , — Jon recollect his making a tour through Lynn , Norwich Wisb&ach , Cambridge , ' and Royston , in the Bilance Si £ fct—there iB no account given of the monies he JBceired et the different places only for cards . We gave him fifteen shillings to pay his coach fare from h = re , wticli is ouly ten shillings ; Cambridge friends fcrc * igat him here at xheir own expense , and gave kirn money , but what I cannot say ; you can ass « rUin by "king in tha Siar . I am afraid he pocketed all the ttotey given to him , and charged his expenses to the people ' s funds . P . S . —Sir , -we feel the greatest confidence in yonr telrchicg oat the things thst are -wrong ; and please to sccept our best thanks for your services in the csBse . I remain . Tour well wisher , W . Camas , bootmaker , fcoyiton , Bee 6 , 1 S 42 .

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      On Monday , the 12 th inst * at St . Michael ' s church , Spurriergate , by the Rev . Robert Sutton , Mr . Wm . Joy , tailor , of York , to Elizabeth , eldest daughter of Mr . Francia Barker , of Kip lin Lodge , near Catterick . On Sunday , the 11 th inst ., at the Registrar ' s office ! Helmsley , by Mr . Rowland , superintendent registrar of the district , Joseph Snowden , of Kirbymocrside , to Elizabeth Harding , of Craike , in the county of Durham . :: _ , Same day , at the Superintendent Registrars office , Westgate , Otley , : Mr . James Slater , of Yeadon , to Miss E . Emmett , of Rawden , near Leeds ..: ¦ -, .. ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ . '¦¦ - ' ¦¦ - ' ' ; ., :. ' - . ¦ -. On Saturday , the 10 th inst ., at the parish , churoB , Otley , Mr . James Hanby , solicitor ' s clerk , of _ Ripoiu to Catherine , fourth daughter of Mr . Richard Blakeborough , clock and watchmaker , Otley .

      Marriages.

      MARRIAGES .

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      ' __ „ ^_^^^^^ , THE NORTHERN S TAR 5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 17, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct629/page/5/