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      ¦ yOEKSEISii SFEING ASSIZES . Tl : ekti « incssat tbssp Abj- ' z ^ s commenced on Monday VetX , brfoxa 2 Ar . BsTon Peri *; aiM - ' . i i- Justice Cottman . Trie latter Jnr . ge p * cs : ded in the Oowb C-mrt Due fcllf » wi £ 5 is a tmmnsjy of tlie criiniiial bi ^ JEeB - of the irtti : — Josses Earp * r 19 . ¦» -as cbars * - < 5 with ha ^ iiuj sislen a mare , the lTuparry cf Hjmsri Farrer . The prosecutor is a farrier , resigns s : Hnnryjste , and be to -ks cattltgste c-n the common near that piac * . He turned bis hum- £ > = tbst common en Sunday , lii ? SSih of Am-usi last sad afe n ' c noon on ibat day the mare ¦ was grazing tb ^ re . TLr aine afternoon tht prisoner , who hvec a : th > Grasby Hotel , star the common , i ff-red Ihe animal fci sait fcs 51 r . Saninei WjIKwei , af Pannal , BtntJi ;? thst ts had tk'Eghl it ct Rvpiey fair ; of William lodge , bat net having asy ose fv-r the animal , he was di * t-o > ed to part wiih ha for 193 . Guilty ; to be imprisoned two tests .

      John Beeror , 17 . "mis chsrzed "with having , on the 17 ih of J ^ ty , is the parish of R-: wir-arsh . broken into the dwcilirrj hoc » of JosephAbscn . Toe prisoner was fornd Guilty . —To be impriioried 12 calendar months to fcaj" ? labe-nr . Moheri Jackson , 25 , tss cisarged -with hairing , op tbe 22--d or 23 rd of SeptcmbtT last , at Bridiihgton , killed a tat sh ^ ep , the property of Mr . George Simpson , and wiih having stolen part of the carcase . —Not GnUty . Joseph Thorpe . 33 , "was charged -with having , on the 21 t of Angust last , at Sheffield , in the West Ridir . jj , fcnrsiarious'ly br ^ ien and entered ihe dwelling honse of lUbr-rt E ? k * lt , and stolen therefrom three p ; ou ) is 8 i-ry uctfer of tte Rstitre- » rshiT 6 Baiik , % alhe of £ . 1 each , aurt trr-T t ] 3 iU ; nss in silver , his property . Guilty . —To i >* cosSse ^ in the Eotse of Correction at hard labour fcr t ^ u years .

      Charles Osies , 2 b , was charj : ed with hiving , on this * of S ^ . ember last , at HootOD R . berts . in the West R ^ ing . stolen reven sheep , the property of Wm . Fisth —Guilty—Sentence deferred . Abraham Pick ' es , 23 . was charged with a burglary in ihe tfUfoo ! John Crvbtree , and with using TolrEce to the ism-tes thereof- It appeared ttom the ^ vVuce cf the T-r--3 * cutor , tbat he TesidfB at a pV-r £ call * ^ Four Lira Zinls , in StEr ^ Seld . t « ar H ^ lHts " and tht j > r ^ m-i ah *> lire- - in thai neuijbourtipoc at the tinm in q " . t » - . ion . Ob thi i > _ b cf SeptemVpr , the prisoner ivc j In il >* prosecutor ' s bouse , and stupped there for some time , nrsotistijig with the prost-enti-r abcnl some aim . On tbe toA-yviag evening about ttn o'cicck the priwecntor and hi .- fau . iiy retired to rest , the hoast havuis been prevjrosjy made secnr ? . After they had been in bed about

      two bonrs they -were aroused by a poise doira stairs . hf- aw a esd in the shop whom he ksew to bt ? tb « prtsoner . Od ths yrusecntor adTSBcng wvraTds him th- prisoner struck ban "srith a blncieon , and swore that he wtmid take his life if he < iid not Snd him brats . He then beat tae prosecutor severely , aud afterw ^ ras niide eff with another men -wto had been employt 4 in ra ? 5 sciai £ the house . On the iello'syiis ^ day infvraistioa v ; i jriveTi io the soastifcle of Stansfield , who ar ?'~ htndes » h # prisoner ; The pTosecntor -was cortoborjtt-d in bis e-ndcrce by the other members of Ms faiuDy , Tsio did bo ! seethe prisoner , bnt ¦ who lieard f" » Toic-. to ^ tach they swore , haviEg been acquainted with hia . E 3 v > I he . h . ivu a a p ^ c n )» ar impediment : n his speivn . The primmer sasfwonti Guil ? y ; and ju d gment of death Wi < ent-Tvd « b record against bin :

      Jchn Svnn . 20 , ties charged wuh havins en tht 6 tb cf Scpteinbrr la&t , at Halifax , stolen two gesdings , the i proprrty of Li ^ ut ilarifcelL ] Gnilty—To be transported for ten jtars . : Francis Farrar . £ 3 . was charjffeu ¦ with kaTing on the . 18 . u of September last , a » Warlty , in -. h * Wtst Rjaini ; , hurglaxiously broktn and entered ihe dwelunc-honbt of liamittl Sladden , and stoltn thtrefrc-in a voelJen j shi v ^ l and other articles . Guiitr . —To be tran ^ pvrted j

      ¦ Joseph Hardtrick 19 . was charged with having on the 12 tt of DcCt-mher last , at the Borough of Leeds . { f « -i . i . icualy assiiulu-d Mary Jane Lucas , a child under ' . the aae of ten years , and conunitted a rape on her person . The prosecutrix ig only eight jears of ago , and ! Hvrs with her parentt , who are neighbours of tee prisoner ' s parsata l'he case , like the formtr one , w-aa . stopptKl by the Judge , and a verdict of N . » t Gui ; ty returned , hot the prisoner was ordered to be inuiCled for a minor offence . Javtes . Burn , 29 , was charged 'with having unlawfnlly ensravrd and made upon a certain copperplate a certain promissory note for the payment of monty . purporting to he a no ' . efor the payment of £ 5 , of the Wirksworth and A > hhourne B ink . Not Guilty . John Dimberlint , 33 , was charged with having , on the oth o ScpLemb ^ r la ^ t . at Sutton , in tbe East Riding ,

      tenyeaTB . CAarks Clarkt , 21 , and Charles Fropjatt , 23 . -were cbarsea "srith having on the 21 st of September laBt . a Sbtffi = id , eomrsittfed a burglary in the dwdlin if -hi-u ^ r of Wiiliam Blakely , and siolsai there ? rosb thirty yards of wooll ??] clo * h , and six wooiien and suk waidt « at pitcps . If -t Guilty . Joseph F ' t * ttwood , 36 tteb charged "with having , on thr 21 st of September last , at Hen > inEflf » d . tfe ! o :. ionsiy si .-ien t-H-o siieep , tbe proprrry ol J . iin IIVrrateT Grajty . —T& be imprisoned and kept to hard lab-jui for tw <» Tears .

      Rachzd Beaton , 21 . and Joseph ' Carter , £ -a . wcrr ch ^ ruca wixt havin ? , en tht 14 in <¦¦ € Septtaibtr la * i , at Dawsbury , aassnlted Abrahaci Bjurdail , and stoltn ftoai his person a watch , a hilf-aovcrc ^ gn , at . i 7 s Sd . : n sitter , his prc-perty . Tbe icmaie prisontr at first pleaded GaOty , but w i thdrew h ? i plea . anJ ttok the chicce ef a trial . The Jury rttirca to consider thei Tcrdict , and after * tj abstuee c > f about three quarters of anicur . th-sy found the prisont-rs Nui Gxulty . George Sat-cy * 27 , was char §« d vsitL having , on tic 7 th of October last , at SJccm ^ ie , in the Easi Ridina . Cummitted a burglary in the d-srcliing-liouse tf JoUn Tradove , asd stolei therefrom i sovereiju , asi . 7 « snuff-box , a quantity of Sarmel . znd other articles , the propcr : y of iae said John Truel -ve . GiiQty . —Senten&t AtUmd .

      Thomas Hah . 55 , "was eiar ^ td having , the 9-b NovtiaLcr last , at Picktn n * , stolen one-tw ^ ahtep , tht prc-prTty of Gsorge Cslveri . Guilty . —Tv be iransp jr ' fcd nf- 'f ^ n y ^ ars . John Ho de&y tie tiler , 73 , Z-icharia ! Hc ^ dm , 37 , John BoUica . the younser , -40 , Juihis Ho den ' 20 . Thos . Moldai , Z 6 anc Be * iy Bolden . 32 , were chiiigea v . itb ts-Tisg hau , on the 6 ih day vl Dcctmbtr Last , at Haiifax , kn& ^ inziy and unewfuHy in tbtir posst-ssioi , two fal = e , forced , snd coaaterftii dies , nscnjblisg , or intei . dfeC to restinblt ; , ih ^ aits or instruiDtsts n 4 ade ci n = cd by the C- > mniissioE « -rs of StAinps , for the purj > . jse of espreair . g ami dfcaoting the stamp-duty uf out sii .-l iie 2 nd liueepcnce . jlr . Kso"WL £ S and Mr . CbomptoS trere for tie proseraron ; 3 Ir . WrLKl ^ s and yix . PiCKiKiXG Jsftnd-. d the prisonsrs .

      Mr . Ksowles stated the case . TLia was a pr .- > s « rution "which had been instituted by tit Board of Staopa agaiusi tiie bix prisoners at Uie tar , ainl it was for an ofF-nce -which -was created by an Ac ; of Psrltamt-nt , ¦» hicS 'was passed & few yeaja ago , and -which made it & Iciony ior any person to bate in his possession kno'ssinsly and "without lawful excuse any iaitrnment intended to reseinbis the die used by the Coaiiuission- is cf Stamps to denote aty partiCoiar duty . A . nd by an Act of Parliament which was passed in the 5 oih y-ti of ^>« Teizn i > f Qr == > i 3 e tie Tiiix-i , & duty ~ woa gra ^ leo to the Cr-j-JTi of one ahillirtg aud tbroep ^ nce upon every promUjory tote m » -1 e psjaWe to the bearer on demand for Eny sum not less than two guint ^ s and no ; Exo ^ ediag 5 ve guineas . Tba * tluty for m ^ jjy ye ^ rs ha-i

      only btes payable upon country t > arS notes , because aotes of die description to which he ithe Learned 0-. ' -in « ti TeferTtjd had only been isssued by country ba ; : ks . Tbs stateds , as the Jury wane aw ^ ro , on tfce rtverre sirte of the country bask uo : ea , denoted the duty p ^ yai-lc on ihesn- Tb- pxisontis were chimed with harm ? ha . l in thtir po- ^ esEion two particular oie * . Tne d ;^ proJucingit % piTiiculnr impression uj / on ba . uk notes , and to ¦ Wii ' eh he n ^ d wfciTcd , was kept , of touise , in tbe ca ^ i- > iy uf the G'jiiimis 3 ioBcr tif Stamps And thf-¦ prisensrs Trere charsed witb baying in their ptus ' -s-fiun an iastmiceiit intcsoacd to rcsembie thai ois . T / . e aJ . pri » ji » tr * at ihe bar weTe all reiz ' i-ji-s , lae elder pra-jiirr . John HoWtu , btifli ? the faih ^ r oi tbe olber Sv , an > 1 they lived togttbfcr in XJece- » b * rr iaat , and for some time

      before , pi a farm nouse at a puce called strsightcfcy , in the parish of Halifax , and tome of them were eu ^ age « t ia tbe basuiess of weaving . In consequence vf somt inforisaiion wnich bad been given to 21 r . J . imts . gupt ; riniittiiiect of ' - he Letds police , be , accomp ? . nit-. i by oUjtu > pnje- ^ edea 10 ibe h'use inhabited by tDe prisoners on tte OJoa-mng oi lbs S ' M Det « mber laet . . Ha went at to early boor . o . s eiriy perhaps as hail-past six in the id urn in ^ . Tie offivira searched the house , i . > nv foiinc ! n ^ lhi-g in it 3 "hich fexsited their BUi : p » c ; on . Ijs a ; -swei to 4 qi » - _ itit > ii by ilr . James . JohH Holdcn the youujjer said . li I have U £ » n ths house , and ve are a )) m p- ^ rrnitr ^ hip together . " Tnat was saiii in the prt-stnee uf all the p isonera , except the el « ier Joon HoJdcu . The ofiitcrs then proceeded to the barn wnich cjiiiiauiiicated

      with me hDusfc—in fact , it "wa ? part of the bouj *—and in the biai -were found the articles upon " TFbiell t ? 35 fo'Jli . ied the present charge . The uficera Brst 6 ^ arcbe < 3 the Kirn but there they found ac / thing bat some asheJ on tbe ground , Thb supenutfiidKiii of the polic © then drrected Borne t > f the men to take dow > the hay titu »* ed on the ybtfonn over the mistaL They did so , and " wh ? n they had removed a gr-jnX quantity of hay one of the parties came to a parcel , v / bich was wrapped up in a piece of dam-isk , and in this paict-1 ¦ were found tbe two dies , resfcmWin- ; the Is- 3-U itasp of the Cominissic-ners of Stamps . Tbrr * - w&s al 3 o in the parcel a copper-plats , which had been mMr for the purpose of printing a ba-k-note . Soon after , the se ^ ica being eouti * m-d , tbe officers

      eam 9 to a tin-box , and in it Were discovered twentyoi , o forced no-.-s of the Wukiiroi . h and Asbburre Bori . a Djr&f-Vjire bank , togs'bw wUh ten notes of tbe Huddei * fl .-M a ^ Halifax Bn-a . The notes pur porm »? to >* thtw < d ce Wiifr ^ orUi a .-, d A 8 hbourn' - toik »» the tuipar .-Mon of the o . ppcr-plate founo i : s tte pared wrt-- the irstnunent twndfcd to r . se . ubi . the die , and each of the Wnfcwortli aaa Asia ournnotea fcav » a f : Tz * l impression of the one sbil'in « u-I threepen-y ^ wnap , ^ a " ° * i ch was produced by ih = instnoicat infeadsd to resembl * the die found ia the banoic to ffhich he had reftrpwl . Tbe Dris' . ners ; - « . aU taken away , except the female and the dd = r John olddnand tbe search

      a , was at that time discontinued Ontheiiway to Halifax John Holden , theyouu-er made use of a vtry remsrkable expression . He mh to one of the offi = « s , wai . you have broken our bank at last . " Tne eoiaUbte said , Y « a , " and John Holden replied , "AhJ you did not think that there TWa any bank in this part of the country .- These expressions » ere made asa of in the presence of all toe jxrisonexa who -were then in custaay . In the result the five prisoners were committed to Tori Castle . Betty ¦ was not taken into custody Tinfcl a circumstance ocenrred . which was won ' oy of the attention of the jury , and which teemed to implicate her directly in ti ^ © ggace . Oo tbe same day on the morning of which the

      search took place , od © of the oSsers , accompmied by a ciiii in the Halifax Bank , again weut to the premises , and made a more complera search or the hoase tiiin was ina ^ baoi ©; and in a secret dray ^ r in tia house vr- > . * diy -vsi ^ d a fmall pnr = ^ ¦ wh : «" -. waa afterwards declared by Betty Holden to be hers . In

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      tLts pnrse certain metal letters were discovered , and upon some of the notes of the Hudders&ed and Halifax bank , mot bearing the forged impression ' of the die , but f « mnd in the same box as that in which the notes that tiid bear it wjre f » undj , were discovered certain impressions of certain letters , which unquestionably bad been prodnced by those metal letters . One of the let-. era was not perfect , bo that an impression of it was more readilj detected . The eider Holden was abstjet on thb 8 th of Di-cember , and did not return home until t wo or three wet- ks after . And it was a circumstance in his favour , that when he did return , he seemed to have put himself in the way of being apprehended . A number of witnesses having been examined , whose evidence bore out Vtry closely the statement of the case by the Learned Counsel ,

      Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury at considerable length on behaif of the prisoner * . The Learned Counsel commented in ver / strong language on the fact that a man namini Smith , from whom Air . James had obtainod the principal portion of the information which led to the apprehension of the prisoners and the indictment against thtm , had not been called to the witness-box , on the part ef the prosecution . His LofiDSHiP having snmmed up , the Jury retired , and after an absence of a quarter of an hour , returned into the Court with & Terdfct , finding John Holden , the elder , Onilty ; John HoldeB , the younger , Guilty ; and the other prisoners , Z ^ char ish Holden , James Holden , Thomas Holdfcn , and Betty Holden—Noi Cruiiiy ,

      John Bolden , sen , Zachariah Ho'den . William Bairell ^ i £ ) , and Thomas Holden were cbaTged with having , on the 8 th of December last , at Halifax , forged a five pound promi&soiy note , purporting to be a note tf the Wirksworth and Ashbonrue bank . Another count in the inuictment charged them with having uttered the same . The Jury found John Holden , sen ., Guilty , and Acquitted all the other prisoners . There were several other indictmen s against the prisoners , but it was thought that the tvidence was insufficient to establish their guiit , and they were not gone into . George Nuiley . convicted of burglary at Sledmere , was senttno-a io be transported for ten yrars . George JFriggfesworxh . convicted of caf . le st-aling , was Brnteuced to be imprisoned 18 calendar months to herd labonr .

      Joseph Carr , 18 , was charged with having on the 23 d of December last , at the borou «? b of Leeds , feloniously and violently asi « au . ted one Eiizbtth Myers , aad commitred a rape en her person . Tht prosreutnx is osly e-even yt » rs of age , and resides with her motbf r . a widow , at Baslingthorpe , near LtetJs ; and tbe prisoner lived with his mother , who was also a w . dow , in the bouse adjoining that oi the prosecutrix ' s motbtr . After the case had ocenpied some time , his Lordship recommended a verdict of Acquittal , and that an indictment charges the prisons with committing an assault with inles-t , &c , should beprt-. ft-rrcd . The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of Nut Guilty .

      ftloniously assaulted Ann Yeoman , a girl under ten ytars of age , and committed a rape upon her person . — To be " ransported for life , Mary PaUarson , 25 , was charged with having , on the 23 rd of Ftbrusry , at D ^ ighton , in the East R . diug , uiJawfnUy endeavoured to conceal the birth of her child —To be imprisoned for s x months . Edward JerJcitu , 24 , was charged with the mansla ^ Kbtcr of Robert Harvey , on the N ^ rth Midland Railway , st Bamsjey , on the 12 : a of January last . — Not Guilty . Joseph Carr , 15 . was charged with having , on the 23 ni or D . member la * t . at Bu * liiigtb"rpe , Leeds , committed an indecent ats-. ult on E zibeth Myers . —To be imprisoned tor two yt-ara . 1 homos Dixon 29 ww charged with haring , on the 22 nd of Nutrition . ast at Thirsk , ftloniou . « ly stabbed and wcn&ded Thomas Biacklcck . —Guilty—sentence deferred .

      E'isha TirJc er . 35 , was charged with having returned from transpoTtition . having been transposed fer life at the Yorkshire Spring Awiz ^ s in 1833 . He was sentenced to be imprisoned for a month , and then transpor ^ d for life-Jo . ^ A Bardvick 19 , pleaded Guilty to a charge of misdemt-aDour , in having criminally assaulted Mary Jsne Lucaa a child under ten years of age . To be impnsoiie . 1 for two years . Thovtiu Farrar van changed w ^ th the m » ns ) aughter of Wm . C--. bd .-1 i * t RotbweJl Ha ' , on the 22 nd of O- tobsr ! ast . He plf adtd GuiHy . — Sentence deferred . Thomas Ttri ' jQ , 38 . was cb-r ^ ed with the man ») augbtsr of Joseph Covke , at E ^ ltsSeld , on tbe 13 : h of DrCf » ml * -r last Not Gailty . Thomas Brig ^ s , 26 . and James Bnggs , 20 , were charged Wjth tb » manslanghtor of J > hn Myers , at Bramley . near Leeds , « n tb ^ - 3 d of September last . To be ! iDpri-onp < i f- > r one m ^ nth .

      Edieurd Fttz York Hoiyft . 24 , was charged with the msns ] au § fc ! er o ! Win . Tajior , at Almondbury . To be iinDnson ^ d for two mot ;» h 8 . Richjrd Thornton . 19 . wna charged with themansbugfcter of G < sorge Smith , at DewBBury . Not Guilty . Bernard iPCUve , 49 , and James ITC'ive , 19 , were charst-d vr . th the maisiJ . nihter of El ' zi Booney , at Sheffield , on the 27 th of December last The eldvr prisoner wu sentence *} to be imprisoned nine months , and the i . » bp » six mnntks-John Pepper alias Peters , 38 , pleaded \ o havirtR stolen a sum of money and some gold rings , the property vf the Hon . and Rev . Augus ' -na D-incombe . To be transported fourteen years . George Taylor , pleaded guilty to a chwge of having obtained a quantny of jjoofls , under filse pretences , from SIt . Jotm King , of Hall . To be imprisoned twelve month * .

      Mary Ann Booihroyd , pleaded guilty to having committed a miademeanour , at Lteds , by cono a'ing the birth of her . illegitimate child . To be imprisoned two years . : ~~ W ; _* r ¦ " ?¦ - " * Ben-. y Lintham , 28 , pleaded grnitty to two indictments chnrginir bim with robbing his employers , Mestrs Wm . War < l and Win . Sykes Ward , attoroies , of Leds ; and also to an indictment charging him witb having been previon ^ y convicted . —Strntei . ee deferred . William Ba'gh . 34 , was charged with having feloniously siaubcii William BofeinBcn , at Selby , with iiiteni to do him erievous bodily birm . The Jury fcund me prisoner Guiity of an assault . To be imprisoned and krpt to bard labour four calendar Lionths , Ellen Howard 27 , was charged with having nialidoualy cut , sUibbed , and wounded Fanny Andrews , at Sheffield , w ' . th intent to do her some grievous bodily harm . Thr J ury found the p , isoner Guilty of an assault ; and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the Castle .

      Patrick Kenney , 33 . a deserter from the 58 th Regiment of Foot , was charged with having , on the 10 th of December last , at Hu . l , feloniously stabbed David P . ercy , with intent to do him grieyouB bodily harm , — Both the prosecutor and prisoner were at tbe time in question under confinement in tbeBtatiou-houseinHull , snd "whilst tbe formtr was engaged in walking about ¦ he room , he was seized by Kenney , who inflicted severs ! wounds on his body , neck , upper Up , and knee , withont the slightest provocation . The prisoner , in defence , said that P . ercy gave the first offence by throwing him on the floor , when the back part of his head came hi contact with the wall , aud he did not know what occurred afterwards . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of tbe intent of doing some grievous bodily harm . To be imprisoned two years to hard labour .

      Nicholas Bath , 20 was charged "with having , on the 1 st of November , feloniously s . abbed Thomas Harrison , at Bradford , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The prisoner was a private hi the 32 nd regiment of foot , and in Nov hist , they were stationed in Braafon . Since the Hte riots , it appeared , that some ill-feeling had existed between the military and tbe psople , which very frequently ltd them into hostility . On the Bi # ht cf the 1 st of November , the prosecutor was n ? ar to the Bowling Green Inn , when tbe prisoner , in company with another soldier , went up to aim , aDd after some little altercation , in tbe course of which a number of people assembled , the prisoner aud his comrade drew their bayonets , and cnt away right acd ltft , ii . flcti-g injury upon svveral individuate , amongst whom was the prosecutor , who was cut on the temple and body by the prisoner .

      The p .-liseman who took the prisoner into custody , in answer to the Court , said that the soldiers were the worst set that ever stepped into Bradford . After be had locked the prisoner up , he himself was forced at the point of the bayonet , by six soldiers of the same companj into the prison , where he was kept until released by the officer . Guilty of an assault Six months ' imprisonment to hard labour . Gorge Jenkins , 33 , was charged with having embezzled various sums of meney , the property of his employers . Mr . Hall and Mr . Ovbkesd were council for the prosecution , and Sir < Jhegory Lewin for the defence ,

      Wm , Simpson deposed—I am 5 share-broker , hi Brunswlck-atreet , Leeds . I knew the prisoner . I have very frequently paid him money on account of hia en > ployeis , Meisrs . Payne , Eddison , and Ford , solicitors ; they are attomies to the I ^ eds and Yorkshire Assurance Company , and they receive monty for transfer 0 / shares . Jenkins called on me at my efflce on the 26 th October last , when I paid him l « a 6 d on scconnt of a transfer between Henry Nelson and Thomas Harrison ; the transfer had been effected by Messrs . Payne , E 4 di"w . and Ford ; l received » receipt from the prisoner for the amount , irkdch he signed ;

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      Joseph Jowett—I live at Potternewton , near Leeds ; I know Messrs . Payne , Eddison , and Ford , who transacted business for me as attornlea . On the 26 th January last , I paid ihem through the prisoner , £ i Os . lid ., for p ofessional business ; I paid the money in their office . I received a receipt from the prisoner , which I saw him write . Cross-examined—1 have known the prisoner ten years , and have never heard anything against his character . Thomas Rose deposed—I am ene of the tenants of Crampton ' s estate , Woodhouse , for which Paynei E 4 dison , and Ford , receive the rente . On the 10 th of November , I paid £ 1 10 s . t » Jenkins , for which he g : ive me a receipt , which I know produce .

      Mr . Edwin Eddison deposed . —I am one of the firm of Payne , Eddison , and Ford , solicitors , of Leeds ; I went into partnership with Mr . Payne in 1828 , and Ford joined us iu 1838 ; the prisoner was our clerk up te the 3 rd Feb laBt ; his duty was a general clerk in the office ; he at one time kept the books , but had not done bo tut several years . I saw him at the office on the 2 aa of February , but on the following morning he was not there . I found a letter in his hand writing , which he had left in the office ; the letter stated that he had gone to Barm-ley on some basint-ss of uia own , and it was doubtful whether he could get back by four o ' clock that day . The next morning , we rece . ivfed a letter from the prisoner , dated Liverpool , 3 rd Feb .,

      and wa « addrtssed to the firm . We are solicitors to the Leeds and Yorkshire Assurance Company ; the prisoner had the care of the books relating to the transfers ; it was his duty to receive money on account of those transfers , and immediately to Land it to Mr . Ford , or , in his absence , to either of the partners . I have seen the recrpt for 18 s . Gil . ; there is no entry in the books of this item ; I have not received it Mr . Jo wet t is a client of ours , and I have seen his receipt for business doi ; e ; there is no entry in our books of Mr . Jowett'a account being paid , nc > r have we received it- Tbe prisoner had the management cf the Crampton estate , Woodhouse ; R-jse is one of the tenants . Nether of the turns alluded to have been received by the firm .

      Mr . Richard A . Payne and Mr . Ford were called in corroboration of the testimony of their partner ; and the prisoner received an exctilent character from Ilia empioytrs , up to the prebeni transaction . Guilty , b ' . it strongly recommenced to mercy , on accouut of his former good character . There were several other indictments against tbe prisoner , for similar offences , to which he pleaded guilty . —Sentence deferred . Put / ick Murray , 27 , was charged with having at Bradford felonlouely stabbed and wounded John Priestly , with intent to kill and murder him .

      The . parties reside at isiuuiurd , and about twelve o ' clock on the ni « bt ef the 16 in of J . inuary last , prosecutor and a inan nntned Wuite were 011 their way home from Ihd Btehive public-house , when they were violently attacked by Ibe prisoner , who waa armed < with a tire-puker and a knife , with which he knocked both the men down , ami irfheted a wouud on the forehead of tbe prosecutor . Guilty of on assault . To be imprisoned ei ^ htem months to bard labour . Thomas Farrar , -who yesterday pleadt d Guilty to tbe maDBiaiifchier of WLlium CoiiDisll , nt Rutuwt-H Huwb . was brought up to reCiiVH jenteiice . when the Learntd Judge observed that !; iki ) 'g into consideration that tbe dtcensed was engaged iu uu uct of felony at the tiina this occurrence took piace , sn « i also that the defendant had made Bome reparation by providing a sum of money for " . he bemtit of ibo deCei > Du ' family , he should pass a slight punishment upon bun , wucb was that he be imprisoned in tho CastJb one fortuiiht .

      Mary Ann Cooper . 21 . was charged with having , on tbe 30 th Deo . last , at Hull , feloniously stabbed , cut , and wounded Joseph Pascoe , with intent to do him grtuvuua botiily harm . The L « arned Judge said thnt the prosecutor had forfeited his recoct , zidcu by not appearing to prosecute , and ordered the pr ;» unt-r to be discharged .

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      ^ NISI PR 1 US COURT . —Saturday . Mabcu 11 . ( Before Mr . Baron Parke . J CRIM CON .-MOODY V . NICKOLS . Mr . Bainks and Mr . H Hill , appeared / or the dI . iJutiff ; Mr . DUJ . DAS , Mr . Addison , and Mr . Ingham , for the defendant Mr . BaINES stated the case , from which it appeared that the plaintiff and tbe defendant occupied adjoining houses ul a village neat L- rtfB . Mr . Moody waB a printer , ^ nd Mr Nickols -a a * the proprietor of an exttimivc i tan-yard . Mr . Nsctols waa a married man , and from the contiguity of rt . « Uk-rc 6 an acquaintance sprung up between the families . It would appear from the testimouy of a young woman nanifd Lydia Proctor , w , ho had been in the ser 7 ice of Mr . Moody , th : it at any rat ©

      from the ( fconib of August . 1841 , Mr . Nicfcols had , it would appear , been in the habit of visiting at Mr . Moody ' s . Some time afur that , it would setro , his viMt * became more frequent , a d the time often ohoBen to p : » y them was during tbe day . while Mr . Moody was eni ; agt- ( \ at his place of business in Leeds . In these casts it very rarely indeed hnpptnid that the testimony of t-ye- 'witnesse * c » ulil b .- ijivt-n to the fact of criminal conver » dtion between thv parties . They were obliged to depend m a great measure on cireumstanti . il evidence ; bnt he thought that in the present case he thould be able to lay btf > re tb » ra the most convincing proof shi-rt of ocular teMimony to the fact that an impioper inttrcouriie had tskeu phice bHwien these parties , li would appear from the

      tegtiin . ny i-f the servant . Ly « ia Proctor , that on these occluing , whm Mr . Nick"in culled , she bad directions not to permit any cf tbe chiidrtn to go into the room lirs . Muody , too , uBed frfquently to direct her to take the children out for a walk . Shu w « uld in this way be absent from the bouse soimtimes for several hours , and on her return ths blinds , wbich she bad left up in the sLtt 5 ng-room , she had found pulkd down , and the front dour lock « d . On obtaining admission , she fre qnently ohJ ^ k-bb occahions f"und Mr . Nickols in the bouse . Thebed , too ^ in the best bedroom , which she had left made she had found unmade on her return . At one period it would appear Mrs . Nickota was absent iu London , and it so happened that at the same time Mr . Moody was under the necessity of going to Hull on

      business . During the interval that Mr . Moody and Mrs . Nickols were both absent , tbe servant several times heard the front door open during the night , and in the morning , on going to make her mistress's bed , she found that , contrary to usual custom , Mrs . Moody had heraelf tak < -n < ff the bed-clothes , and thrown them over some chairs in the routn . Mrs . Moody usually too slept with one of her children , but during this absence of Mr . Moody they were all sent to sleep witb the servant . These circumstances of themselves were sufficient to show that an improper intimacy subsisted between the defendant and the wife of the plaintiff , but the evidence did rot stop there . On one particular evening , the last Tuesday in August of last year , the servant bad occasion to go into the yard , between

      nine and ten o ' clock , and she there saw Mrs . Moody getting over the pulintja which separated Mr . Nickol ' s garden from Mr . Mo ^ dy ' s . Mr . Moody bad not at that time returned from his office in Leeds On seeing this witness , Mrs . Moody asked anxiously whether Mr . Moody h ?« i come home , and beirg told he had not , » hi > cautioned the servant not to tull any one that she had been over i > the other torden . Bat there was another witness to the occurrences which took place that night . A Mr . Topham . a friend of . VIr . Moody since hia boyhood , had been employed <> n Mr . Mootiy ' a recommendation in painting a Aog for Mr Niekols , and on the ground of old acquaintance had stopped in Mr . Moody ' a house until the commission was finished , tie had usually be ^ n invited , Mr . Moody's bouBe being situated

      s ^ me distance from J / s-eds , to strep all Dight . On this Tuesday evening in question , Mr . Moody , as already stated , had not returned from his place of business , when Mr . Nichols called in anil joined Mrs . Moody and Mr . Topbam at tea . Some glances which Mr . Tophatu imagined he saw pass between thtm excited hia suspicions , and be was rather su prised that Mrs . Moody did not , as usual , repeat her invitation to him to stop all night . He anally took his leave , and went out by . the front door , as if going to Leeds , where his own residence was . Ho went , however , round into the garden , at the back of tbe house , and concealed himself Shortly after , he beard the voice of Mrs . Moody singing in the j ^ arwen , and could also distinguish the voice of a man , which seemed to be that of Mr Nickols , addressing

      her . The voices went in the direction of Mr . N . ' b garden . When all was quiet , Mr . Topbam came out of his retreat , and went rouud to the front of Mr . JNickol ' B house . He found the door unlatched , und tnteriug the bail , which was matted , advanced to tlw parlour door , through which being partly open , he could see Mrs . Moody Bitting on the heartL-rug , and the dtfeudant beside her with hia arm round her waist . He then retired from the house as he had entered , without apprising them of his having seen them . He did not immediately infonit Mr . Moody of what ho bad seen , but the suspicions of that gentleman having been txcittd by some other matters which had coine to his knowle g « , and which were confirmed by the statements of Ljdia Proctor , Mr . Topham at last took upon himself tbe ungracious task of stating to Mr .

      M oody the scenp which he had witnessed . Mr . Moody immediately took the step which was incumbent on him in these circumstances , and provided Mrs . Moody with another residence . A small house was taken fer her some miles from Leeds , whither she removed , but from soma motive or other she returned the same day to the bouse pt Mr . Moody , who had himself by that time taken a residence in Wesley-street , in the town of Leeds . ; Mr . Moody could not , even in her fallen and degraded state , turn her out into the streets to starve , or adopt the other dreadful alternative , and she remained for some time at the house hi Wesley-street , under the guardianship © £ her mother . M r . Moody , however , took "

      up his residence with Mr . Topham . Again he took a small residence for hU wife , aud there she remained some time , but again ctming back to his house he adopted the same course as he had dene before , and on one or two occasions , whan necessity compelled him to sleep under the same roof witb his wife , Mr . Topham accompanied him . This kindness to this fallen wonnn , this patient endeavour to maintain her in some degree of external comfort , would not surely be made a charge against him . It showed rather what a kind heart the defendant had wounded , and wha : an unbounded affection he had abused . These would be the chief facts in the case . As to the amount of damages , it was to be regroit « ii Uiai Uioid was no mcdfl of . pai . igfciris crimi-

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      nally such offences as that of which tbe defendant had been guilty . O ie half of those tried on the other side were not to be charged with the same amount of criminality . But the law gave no remedy of this kind . It was only by the damages which juries would give that public justice and private jubtice too were to be satisfied . The defendant bad destroyed the plaintiff ' s domestio peace—a treasure of more value , probably , to persons in the station of the plaintiff than to those of any other rank . To him home was all in all , and he was confident tbe jury would award ample damages for an injury so atrocious in Itself and so irreparable iu its consequences . The following witnesses were then called ,

      Mr . Hughes proved that Mr . and Mrs . Moody were married at tbe Leeds parish church , on the 18 th of February 1832 , and he had been on visiting terms witb them uvt > r since the period of their marriage . He understood that Mr . Mood was about thirty years old ; Mrs . Moody would be about twenty-seven . They lived most affectionately together , and he never saw anything to counteract that opinion till lately . The plaintiff behaved well to his wife as a husband . Cross-exftffiined—Witness had not visited the plaintiff at Bramley ; it was about three years since he bad done so-Mr . Richard Henry Cowell , paper dealer , Leeds , and Mr . Augustus Juhn Halcro , woollen stuff salesman , Leeds , wure also called to prove that the plaintiff and his wife lived happily together previous to her becoming acquainted with the defendant .

      Lydia Pioct 9 r deposed that she would be seventeen on the 26 th of August . She lived servant with Mr . and Mrs . Moody , at Hill Top , Braroley , for a year and three weeks . She went there on the 1 st August , 1841 They bad three children at that time , which were of the ages as stated by Mr . Baines . Mr . Nichols lived ntxt door to the plaintiff , and there was a garden belonging to each house , Mr . Nickols visited at Mr . Moody ' fl house . Witness had seen him there when Mr . Moody himself bad been at home . She also tad seen him there when Mrs . Moody was the only person in the bouse ; that happened often . Witness took care of tbe children , and when Mr . Woody waa not at homo , Mrs . MuoOy bad told her to take the children and go out a wulking . She bad done bo , and remained

      iu . about three h > uta . Mi . Moody uai . d to go out about eight o ' clock in the morning to his business at Leeds , and be generally used to return between nine and ten o ' clock at night He BomeUmes was away kr two or three days together on business . When she returned with the children shu found tha blinds pulled down . They were not so when she went out . The front doo . r witness found locked when she c ^ me back She had tben occasion to go inta tbo bed room , and f >» und the best bed unmade , which was not in the same s at « an when aho went out , it being then made . When the door was opened and she got into the houae she had found Mr . Nickels there . This happened very

      often . When Mr . N . ckols was thero , witness was requested nev « r to let the chiidrtn go into tbe room when any one was th « -re . Mrs . Nickols was away about a month . Soon after she went away , Mr . Moody had occasion to go on business to Hull for a few days . Before that time one of tho children slept with Mrs . Moody . One of tUm slept with Mr , Moody , and tLe other with witness Th « y had three beds : Mr . Moo-Iy sl"pt in ono , Mrs . Moody in ar . otht-r , and the wittifss in another . They blept together when witness first went , but about three or four months after 8 he went they ili'l not . Mr . Nichols visited the house from the first . Whtn Mre . Nichols was in Landoa all t ' ie three

      children were to sltop in witness's room . That continued only whilst Mr . Mnody was av ? uy . She believes Mr . Mooily went away flr . t She ha < 1 found when Mr . Moody was away , that all t e bed clothes in a mornins ; were taken off and thrown over a chair ; witness did not do that . Whilst Mrs . Nickols and Mr . Moody wrr away , witness bad benrd the front door open at night . She remembered Mr . Topbam being ut Bramley to paint a ilog for Mr . Nickols . und one evening when shu saw Mr . Topham at Mr . Moody ' s . Mr . Topham whtn he «••»» paintlntt the dog generally slept at Mr . Moody ' s . Witness remembers bib going away , and afterwards goini ? Into the garden . This was

      between nine and ten at night When witness was in tbe garden , sho sa v Mrs . Moody coining over the railing that pai-ted the garden from Mr . Nichols ' s ; sht wns coming from Mrs . Nickols's garden ; this was during the time Mrs . Nickols was from home . Mrs . Moody asked witir ? f > 8 if Mr . Moody had got home , and she Bftid no . S ie suid witness was to bo sure not to suy anything te Mr . Moody that she bad been in the garden , nor to a . i y one else . Patrick Beevans , the foreman to the rit'femiant , and another man , came to witness when , she was at her mother ' s house in L ^ ed " . They a kod her f < ir an account of what sho had seen . She to I it them a pnrt , and they took it lumo in writing ; witness was asked to sign it , nnd shu did .

      Cross-examined—Witness had then left Mr . Moody ' s service , and she told h . in all tbe truth a * far as she told him . She said she would till him all the truth , but there had been a d « al ni > re things that bad occurred to her mind since . There was no other servant but witnfess in Mr . Mociy's h < juiw , and 8 he A ' tho work in the houso with tha hdp of Mm . M : o « iy . Mr . Topham used to visit the plaintiff at Hill Top and a deal more gentlemen , but she did nut know their names . . > Hss Topham and Mr . Nickols used to visit tbe house . Mr . Noorty ' plico of business was iu L <; eils . He used sometimes to come home at eleven o ' c ' ock nt night , he was a very sober

      mnn , and Mrs . Moody always sat up for him . Witness used to see her walk about at night in the gunkn singing ; she sang to amuse her own fancy . At those times witness never saw any other person . She bid a nice temper , and she had "' blown up" both witness and the plaintiff The boys were very nice active little boys , and of course would ike to get into the room to their mother . Mr , Moody , upon a particular occasion , hiis come homo in thy middle of tbe day . Mrs . Moody helped witness to make tbe beds . Mrs . Moody sometimes made her own bed , and sometimes witness had made it for b <> r . Witness had never se ^ n anything improper between Mr . Nichols and Mrs . Moody .

      Mr . Topbam deposed that he was an artist at Leeds , and he had known the plaintiff , Mr . Moody , since they were- boys together at school , and they had been on very friendly and intimate terms ever since . Witness had visited him at Alfred Place , and afterwards at Bramley , and be thought he aud bin wife lived most affectionately together . About midsummer last year be became acquainted with Mr . Nickols . In August last , he was employed to paint a portrait of a dog for Mr . Nickols . He painted it at Mr . Moody ' s . Ou that occasion be stayed and slept at Mr . Moody ' R house all the time with one exception , wbicb was on a Tuesday evening . That evening witness waa at Mr . Moody ' a house , &ud it waa the last week In tbe month of August Mr . Nickols and Mm

      Moody were in the room with him . Mrs . Nickols had not then returned home . He was there when Mr . Nickols came in between seven and eiqat . He left Mr . Nickols in the house when he left at nine . On one occasion , be believed the Sunday week before this , Mr . Moody had come down to bis bouse to see him . Witness bad a ^ o gone to Mr . Moody ' s , and they bad missed one another 00 the road . He remained in tbe house and took tea with Mrs . Moody . Mr . Nickols came in and sat with therndurinf ? the evening . Mr . Moody returned from LeedB , when be jocular y remarked to witness thnt he was a pretty fellow * . n come to his house during his absence . Witness observed that Mr . Nickols appeared to laugh at that as if be would have enjoyed it . Ho

      opened his mouth , but certainly no laugh proceeded from it . ( Loud laughter . ) Witness observed that Mrs , Moody appeared greatly couftiBed and reddened up exceedingly , and looked at Mr . Nickols . Witness ' s attention was also directed to somo glances which were directed by Mr . Nickols to Mrs . Moody . Witness then deposed to going into tlie building in the garden of the plaintiff , 00 tho Tuesday night already referred to . to . VIr . » . Mo >> dy going singing into the garden , to hearing what he thought was Mr . Nickols ' o voice , and to following them into defendant ' s honss , where be saw Mrs . Moody and Mr . N'ckols in an indelicate situation . Witness did not mention tbe circumstance to the plaintiff till after tlie action was brought . Witness deposed to some of the facts previously stated .

      Mr . Joaoph Hargreavua was called to show that defendant was possessed of considerable property . Mr . DONDAS . for the defendant , contended that not only was there not such a case made out as had been opened—not only was it not a stunning and overwhelming less to the plaintiff , but be trusted they would , by their verdict , establish something like an example to the publio out of this case , whereby other persons like Mr . Moody would not brirg actions to be tried to the disparagement of his own honour , and to put in jeopardy hiB wife's reputation . He meant to argue that upon the evidence the husband was a very silly person to indulge auy jaalonsy , or to listen to any tittle tattle , and then to bring the case before a Jury to gat a verdict in bis faveur . The plaintiff would have the satisfaction of

      thinking ovtr the matter again , and reflect th . it it would have been rauoli better to have put up with what he had heard and not te have brought it into this Court Ho would take the case as it stood , and though he might have fifty witnesses , he would not call one of them . He repeated that he was content to take the matter as it now stood . The defendant bad put on the record tbat he was not guilty ; he was not guilty of having any thing to do wiib that woman in the manner described , and of debauching that person afe the expence of her husband ' s honour . It was very true wliat his learned friend said respecting these cases . They had in cases of orim . con . not the direct proof they had ia other matters ; and in those cases ocular demonstration very seldom appeared , but still there was a limit to proof that was not direct , and

      it was for them to say whether there was any evidence at all on which they could fairly rely . The plaintiff might bring cases aud raise suspicions , but the Jury must have a reasonable amount of evidence from which they might draw the conclusion that there was honest proof of guilt , and they must have something more to be brought before them than a woman ' s folly and a man ' s temptations , and they must have something by which they could come to the conclusion that the defendant had debauched the wife of the plaintiff , and that be was answerable for his conduct in a court of justice . The Learned Counsel , in a speech of great eloquence , contended that the case had not been made out against the defendant This was ona of those actions whereto the husband not living happily at borne , but having some rotisoa sitter to be iioubted /> f or to doubt in tbXc dearest

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      of all social relations , the marriage state , was , by suspicions and jealousies , and plots and plans suggested by his own green eyes , or the miserable understandings of hia friends , tempted to come into a court of justice , and , upon any sort of evidence , whether it be by friend or relative , po bring his case before a jury to get damages and 80 to get rid of his wife who bad been disturbing hiB peace bo long . The plaintiff brought this action on the 28 th of September last . Upon what evidence did he do so ? Now , he was putting the case of a jealous , suspicious husband , reckless of hia wife ' s reputation , aud anxious to fin « l a fault with tier which should either get rid of her or bring her on her kneea to beg pardon of him- Was any

      man prepared to say upon what testimony he brought this action ?) Until after the action was brought against the defendant he defied any man to say tbat there was any testimony that would touch a hair . He urged the Jury not to receive the evidence of Mr . Topham , upon whose testimony he commented in a humourous manner . He asked them to give a verdict against Mr . Moody , and that would not put him to any pecuniary loss , and be asked them to save Mrs . Moody from losing jtbat reputation and character , which the foJly and suspicion of her husband bad put into jeopardy . His Lordship having summed up , The Jury retired for some time , and finally returned a verdiot for the plaintiff—Damages £ 500 .

      TUESDAY , March 14 . JOHNSON V . EPWORTH AND OTHERS . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff , and Mr . Inguam for tha defendants . Mr . Wilkins iri stating the case observed that-Gregory Johnson was the p ' aintiff , and the three defendants Joseph Epwprth , George Cordeux , and James Rodwell , were officers in the Leeds police . Epworth was the serjeant and the other two were what are called privates . The plaintiff is a tailor carrying on business in Leeds , in i which town he has a shop called the Bazaar , and aiao on market days be held a stall in Vicars Croft . That ; stall was ordinarily attended by his wife and a boy , his servant , aud on the morning of Saturday , 14 th Jan , tbey were engaged in

      fitting up [ the stall Whilst . they were doing ao , some boys passed tbem , and immediately afterwards an old woman came up nnd to \< V Mrs . Johnson that she had had her pocket picked , and the servant happened to [ say he know him . Th-s declaration of the servant had reached the ears ef the police , and RtIwell came up and insisted on the boy going to the police office . Mr 8 . | Johi : 8 on said she could not « pare him now as they Wf > re Betting up the stall , and as that v ? as a day of great consequence to them she particularly wanted the boy . Sh | e also gave her name and that of her husband , and s'ated tbit if they summoned the boy he should appear and give such evidence as was necessary in the case i Rodwell , however , thought proper to serzi the boy by the collar , would listen to n » renionfctrance , and i insisted that he should go along with him . Mrs . Johnson also seiz-d hold of the boy and said he

      should not go . While they were engaged in this way , one pulling one way , and the other the other , and wi : h the assistances of the other defeiwiauts . the female and the boy , were taken to the police office . It appeared that she was detained there about two hours and a Ivilf , und waa rtleassd by Mr . Rvad , the chief constable , who knew her . The conduct of the defendants towards Mis . Johnson w . 18 represented as having been violent on tlie occasion , but it was also al ' eged that she had assaulted one of the officers . Only ona witness was examined , viz ., the b ^ y above mentioned , aft > -r which it was put to the Jury , without any defence being gone into , to consider what damages , tbe plaintiff vvris entitled to . After a few minutea consideration they found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 20 a . — The Judge certifl d . The Court roao shortly before seven o ' clock .

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      ENGLISH RADICALS AND IRISH INTERESTS . '

      To the Editor of the Dublin Freeman ' s Journal . Sir . —1 trust that for the sake of justice you will allow me thu use of your columns to correct an error into which you have fallen , upon the conduct and feelings of the English Radicals With regard to Irish interests . The error into which you have fallen ia common to thewho ' e of that portion of tbe . Irish press cilled Liberal . Y u one and all confound English sham Radicals with English re . il Radicals . Tho Spectator , from which you quute , and upon which you ground your

      aweep'ni } and unjust sttnek upon all E : % lish Radices , was nerer recignised in Eugland as an organ of the Helicals . You f * y in this day's Fieenun th \ l " there are ho enemies of Ireland mom bitter , more contemptuous more immiligub'e than the Radicals of England We hnve never had in our days any tneastire of coercion propused aijaiust us of which they were no ' , the most thoroughyoiifj advocates . The * e never was a benefi' offered to us which they did m > t help to counteract . There never was an injustice iiiftic ' cd on us at / uiiist which they struggled — few even against xcliiih they protested . "

      Sir , thevecim ui by possibility be an ) thing m > re Unjust or more unfounded in fact than these accusations . 1 am , aH an Irishman , ashamed of thtm ; they are unt : ur ! in every particular . 1 kuowthe English Raiicals ; I known "heir hatred of oppression ; 1 know their ! ove of liberty , nnd their anxious dtsire to see justic « , ample justice , iiono to Irtrhnd ; 1 know their hatred ef English sham Riidica ^ and Iri-h traitors , I- know their content ;> t for the Spectator , and every other professing Radical , but disguised Whig journal ; and , knowing these \ hiugs , and having been from time to time cutjnected with real English Ri'iical aasociatUms . since September , 1825 , I should lo > k upon myself rvs the veriest cheat and poltroon in society were I not to protest against this foul calumny on tbe Radicals of England .

      Sir , when the Irish coercion bill was brought into the House of Commons there were petitions from two hundred places in England , and signed by six hundred thousand petitioners , against that act , before there was one solitary petition sent from Ireland . Was that protesting , and' struggling too , against Irish coercion ? When the treacherous and deceitful VVbigs and sham Ridicals , such as the Spectator and tru Burdetts , the Cabtiens , tbrlRusaeHs , the Morpoths , tho Howards , and such like , jciined the Tories to destroy Mr . O"Connell immediately after tbe passing of the Irish coercion act , ;

      the E'igliBh Radicals catne out , in all their power , and { gave him a reception through every part of England and Scotland , the like of which never was given to man \ before . They sent him back to Ireland crowned with ; honour and 'glory , thua crushing Whig , Tory , and , as they believed , shani-Ridical treachery . Did this look , like immitigable hatred of Ireland and the-Irish ? j Shame upon the Irishman who does not acknowledge ; witb gratitude such noble conduct at this . The writer in tbe Spectator is not an Englishman but an Irish renegade , like meat of the other skam-H idical writers in the English Whig press .

      Sir , when Sir Robert Peel made his memorable declaration again ' st Catholic emancipation—namely , that " so obnoxious was the measure to the people of E igland that no' minister of the crown would have the temerity to make it a cabinet measure "—tbe English Radicals canio forth in their strength and took away that objection , from the wily Premier , by petitioning in favour of emancipation , to the number of nearly five to one against its opponents , thus forcing the minister to declare that , ] as the great majority of tbe people of England were in favour of it , it would not be sate to withhold it dDy longer . D d this look like Eagli » hR * dical hostility to the Irish people ? Recollect that there are nests of bornots about oil tbe Protestant churches in England , same as we have them in Ireland , and that

      the Inhabitants of those nests , parish clerks , vestry cleiks , beadles , sidesmen , churchwardens , parsons , curates , and nil , were well trained in tho act of gutting up petitions jiguiust catholic eniaucipation , and that , notwit l . stiindln j all tbe art and practicesof thoso well- trained bigots , who -assumed , iu thbir petitions against emancipat : on , that they were the people of England , the English Radicals , those very men whom you . have villifisd and traiiuced , outnumbered , by huudreds of thousands , those trained opponents of Catholic emancipation and defeated them everywhere . The city of Dublin , in I £ j 28 , sent a petition to Parliament in favour of Catholic emancipation signed by 10 000

      petitioners—Manchester , upon the same occasion , sent a petition for the Br . uio purpose signed by CO uOO inhabitants of that town . Those facts are on record on the books of the Catholic Association , and a unanimous vote of thanks was sent , beautifully framed , from the Catholics of Ireland to the English Radicals for their conduct on that occasion . This vote was signed by Sir Thos . Esmonde , the chiirnwn of the meeting . The English Radicals compelled the thsn Bishop of Cheater , now of Exater , te apologise in the House of Lords for having said that tlie signatures to those petitions were not genuine , wbicb fact is ; also recorded on the books of the Catholic Association . , '

      Permit me to tell you that you and many , others at the Irish press assume that certain individuals and certain paperjB are Radical which the English Radicals , who know them better than you do , repudiate ; and then , when you discover your mistake , you attribute ysur own e ^ ror to the English Radicals . You have assumed , and do still assume , that Richard C > bdeu end others of his stamp are Radicals . Xhe English Radicals disown both bim and them . They know that Richard ! C > bden is the author of the filthy , lying , disgusting pauipblet against the Irish , ar . d particularly against tha Irish priests and nuns , whom be calumniates in tei-ma with which I shall not pollute your columns . Yet thia vile slanderer of the Irish clergy and the unoffending nuns is one of those whom you foist upon us as a Radical of the first water , and byand-by , when you find bim out , which you soon shall , you will cry but , "Obi there ia English Radicalism ; there is a proof of the immitigable enmity of tbe English Radicals to Ireland and the Irish . "

      Let me ask you had tbe English Radicals any interest , pro or con ., in petitioning Parliament for the total abolition of tithes iu Ireland ? Have they not petitioned in greater numbers for the total abolition of that anti-Christian impost than the Irish themselves ? When it waajatated that the Bepeal of the Union could be carried if three millions of people petitioned Parliament for it , did not three millions five , hundred thousand Euglish Radicals respond to the call by petitioning Parliament in tho very lust Beaaion for the Repeal of the I Union ? With what degree of truth or omn . on justice , then , do you publish to the world , •« that tb-. re are no enemies of Ireland more bitter

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      more contemptuous , more immitigable than the Radi cals of England ? " I answer , Sir , tbat the man who endeavours to excite hostility and bad feeling , by misreoresentations and unfounded calumny , between the Radical Reformers of England and the Irish people , is the bitter enemy of the people of both countries and the foe of public liberty . Hopinq that the facts which I have stated may iu . dace you hereafter to make a distinction between the Radicals of England and their and your enemies , the sham-Radicals , I am your obedient servant . Patkick O'Higgins . No . 14 North Ann-street , Feb . 28 , 1843

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      CARLISLE . —THE DEFENCE FUND . —During tha last three weeks upwards of £ 9 bas been subscribed fcr tbe above purpose , which , with £ 3 that was sent on a former occasion , and 15 s . which was given to Mr . J& 3 . Arthur , to pay his expences to Lancaster , make npthe sum of nearly £ 10 . The collections are still going on , and we trust other places will follow the example thus set by tbe Chartists of Carlisle 5 if so , a sufficient sum will be speedily obtained to meet all deficiencies which have lately arisen from the heavy expences necessarily incurred by the late trials at Lancaster . Mr . James Arthur returned home from Lancaster on Saturday last ,

      and was feiadly received by his friends , who mat bim the same evening , and were delighted to hear from him of the great exertions of Mr . OConnor , Mr . Rjbertsand others , who were at Lancaster to take their trials , and wboBe bold and uncompromising addresses to the Juryi have gained tbem imperishable laurels . The Cbattista here were not more delighted at the result of the late trials , than that tbe Anti-Corn Law party have been disappoiBted and chagrined . THE WORKING MEN ' S MENTAL iMPROVEMEKt Society—The members of this Society held their nsual weekly meeting at their room , N , o , 6 , John-street , Caldew-gate , on Sunday evening . Mr . Thomas Bell & the chair . The minutes of the iast meeting were read over and confirmed ; after which the following resolo *

      tions were unanimously carried—Moved by Mr . a-. Bowman , and seconded by Mr . JohnForster : — "Seeing the great exertions which have been mado by Mr . O Connor , Air . Roberts , and others , who assembled at Lancaster , for their and the general defence of all p «" boners , included in the moMsttr indictment , and tfce bold and uncompromising addresses , which > Ir . O'Connor and others made to the Jury in tbeirownaud others behalf ; this meeting tends * tbeit most e » ° - C 8 re thanks to those persons , believing tbat tbotf btraightforvrard conduct on this oocasim , has greasy forwarded the causa of Chartism . " Mr . H . Bowman , after warmly eulogisir . g the character of Mr . T . S . Dui > combe , M . P . for Fin ^ ury , proposed the following resolution , which being seconded by -Mr . B . Hanson , was carried unanimously : — " That the most hearw « K and cordial thanks of this meeting , are due , and are

      hereby given , to Thomas Siingsby Dancombe , Esq-t M . P . for Finsbury , for tha manly and patriotic spirit he has unflinchingly displayed , on all occasions . during the whole course of bia Parliamentary career , who , though nursed and reared in the lap of aristocracy has had the good sense and honesty to despisaiJsfolu 6- "! aod become tbe able and praiseworthy advocate of tna rights of . the poor , the unsparing exposer of the vices and folliea © f the rich , and the 6 t 8 rliDg and uncompromising champion , of civil and religious liberty ! and who , en a recm : occasion , had the manly resol " tion to bring forward a motion before the notice w Parliament , tethe effect , tbat an inquiry be instituted into the unconstitutional and brutal conduct of Lota Chief Baron Abinger , at the Special Commission !! in Cheater , and Llveipool , in the month of October , 1842 . " A vote of thanks was then proposed and carried to the Chairman , alter which the meeting dissolved .

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      Loss bt Light Sovbeeig ^ s . —In the ha ^^ J ^ y statement oi" the revenue account of tfce North Mia * land Railway Company , is the following iftJB : — ^ osa on lUat cold , £ 102 19 s . 6 d .

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      WAR !!! TO THE MINISTERS OP RELIGION . When the awful loss of human life , and the enormous expense of War is taken into consideration and when it is well known that three-fourths of all the taxes raised from an industrious people , go directly or indirectly to the support of War or its consequences , whilst one fourth only is sufficient to maintain the splendow of the Throne ; and to provide for the necessary expenses of the Government , is \ % not wonderful that this Country should still recklessly pursue such a wicked and destructive course ? Is it not time for the friends of the people to opea their eyes on this sabjecs , and by every

      constitutional means endeavour to check this mighty evil which is consuming the v ? ry vitals of the nation , and * de ^ roying all her best energies ! What belief ia the precepts and examples of our Saviour and his fol . lowers as recorded in the New Testament , can those persons have who support War \ When comparing their profession of rel ^ ion witb their actions as regard thi 3 evil , there is something so paradoxical that it seems to confound all reason , and to remove any surprise why disbelievers scoff at all that is great and good . Consider , but for a moment , tbe monstrous absurdity of propagating the priciples of peace , with the swerd in one haud , and the New Testament ia the other .

      Oh England ! my native land ! what must even heathen nations ( whose knowledge of Christianity ia rapidly progressing ) , think of such a cloven looted system practised by a highly professing people , and looking on as they must do , and comparing things what or how can they conclude ? Here , they observe Universities , in which young men are instructed to preach and propagate the Gospel of peace ; and here also , they see MilXta-y Colleges erected for the training of the brothers of these very young men to the arts of War , and all this in what is called a Christian country . Now my friends , what is meant by a Christian country ? Is it not that the i nhabitants believe in Christianity , believe in the precepfc " as ye would that men should do unto youdo ye also

      , U 7 do them likewise" . — Luke vi . 31 . it so , what is the ca nse of this incongruity oi action ? In England this nation of Christian believers , where churches ( as they are terlhed ) and chapels are continually rising up before us , that the Inhabitants may assefflblQ together to worship tho God of fove and peace , that God who has commanded as that wo should lore our enemies , that we should return sood for evil , conquering them by acts of love , all which we profess to believe in , and though many are educated at a great expense to dissetnmate these truths , we find this spirit of War st'll prevails , which mighty evil is allowed silently to sap the foundation of all that is good , and it is indeed a melancholy picture . Then , O ! ye Shepherds , where are ye ? How is it that vou .

      as a body , in a treat measure stand aloof ? yon , who ought by every moans in your power to endeavour to enlighten the public mind on a subject of such importance ; it ia your offise , and peace above all thing 3 should be engraven on your banners ; you , who profess to be the Messengers of peace to your flocks , how is it I say , that you are thus silent on so momentous a matter ? there must ba some cause foe this ; otherwise surely you would be up and doing , strenuously endeavouring in your respective parishes to implaut in the minds of your parishioners the avvlulness aud ill effects of War ; how incompatible it is with the life of a Christian , and how opposed to the universal acceptance of the Christian dispensation ; for though perhaps it is not your place to

      interfere with the Recruiting Officer when in your districts , yet it is yr-ur boun . eu auty to warn your hearers of this evil , especially those who are most likely to be lemptod by the parade of a military life te enlist . Will you not be accountable to Him under whom you profess to be the Teachers of the people for the untimely end of many of your parishioners , whose lives have been thus sacrificed ? surely , then , if from apathy or other causes you feave been too long silent in these matters , let the past suffice , and in future , let not th « 5 alluring fife and drum parade your Towns and Villages unheeded by you ; arouse yourselves for yourselves , as well as for your fellow men ; suffi-r not another soul iu your care to bs snatched away , and sent headlong into eternity by

      that entrapping music . Be serious in a serious cause , while time and talent are granted you ; shake yourselves from your lethargy , and proclaim byjpreoept and example , by every means in your power , tbat you really believe in Christianity , that you believe that the day wid come when the SWORD shall become a PLOUGMSHARE , and tho SPEA . R a PRUNING HOOK , and peace shall cover the earth as the waters cover the spa ; a state which all must or ought to covet , and all must endeavour under the divine propelling hand to assist in accomplishing ; for though God alone can g ^ e the increase , yet we are commanded to plnnt and water , trusting to Him whose promises are Yea and Amen for ever ; therefore , how great is tho respoasibility of every believer , and especially of every Pastor , for we must remember each . ° oul that is lost by this fiendish

      display will be required at some baud or other . Gh ! then arm yourselves with love to ' your neighbour , and rally under that standard you profess to carry before the world ; let it be distinctly seen on whose side you are , let your actions so comport with your profession , that others seeing your good works may foliow your example ; and that the principles of peace may be the theme of evtry tongue , then may you and we expect that our exertions will be blessed , and 'hat that day will quickly come when nations shall learn war no more ; when the spirit of peace shall bind the people of tha earth iu one common bond of brotherhood , mingling as one family , directed by the Almighty parent of the Universe ; man will then really love his fellow man from pole to pole . 1843 . Cosmopolite .

      N . B . It is said that a peace Convention of persons from different nations , to deliberate upon the best means , under the divine blessing , to shew to the world tho evil and inexpediency of the spirit aud practice of WAR , and to promote permanent and universal peace , will be held in London , abouc the 22 ad of June , 1843 .

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      _ £ ______ THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct642/page/6/