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      THE LOBD AI \ D THE COTTAGER . The case of Ponter t . Grantley has once more « ooe before the public in all its cruel details , and tMS terminaieo , as it onfibt , in the marked reprobation of injustice and oppression . Oar readers may -probably recollect the story of a cottager wh » test laraprealed to the laws of England against the mass of a rich Lord . A legal technicality delayed Xttfcft * t the time jtttt justice has now beeatone , and lie poor Ean . who sued ia forma pavpens , has Von Ms cause , and obtained carnages . It seems list for fca ? f a ceninry the cottage and * maH plot of srovrnd bsd been in the undisputed occupation of Punter ' s family ; nor was their right « o to hol d it ever called in question till it attracted * be notice of ihs prefect Lcrd , -who , eoveions cf this

      poor Nabob ' s vineyard , c < ierm ' iredoa taking pcs lessica . Willing , ss in thai memorable Scripture story , to precede such actual possession by an ap-¦ raruit title to it , the Lord began by endeavouring to get np a kgal claim to the cottage ar . d quarter of an acre attached . He bejjan cautiously : fce cut down sad carried at ^ -sy a £ r tree which sreod in Punter ' s snrde : ! , vrkile the man himself was oat at work . Tba Lord ' s ri & ht to do eo was not diFputed ; true , the poor cottager had looked . to that solitary tree ( is richer men oftea < lo vo the cutting of timber on tbeir estates ) to mees an unusual € sptn ? e ; a neighbour asked him bow be meant to defiav tbe cost cf as oven which be desired * oaddto the humble comforts of h ^ hose , and he answered , simply eooujrh , that he should pay for it *» -with the fir-tree vrhieb stoed in his garden . " Bat Hheerekt Lord coasiderat < iT"n * 5 Fhed i « prove to him ,

      that lie garden was cot his garden , so he bepxi by showing him that the iir-tree was not his Errree . There is nothing the poor undtreiar . d so lutk , or dread so much , as xmtAiios . The man i * £ i he -rras tmmged , bat he feared ( as vrs trail Mb <; see will teach poor men net to fear ) that fee ht&ald iiot be righted . He toot no steps iu consequence cf his ir-tree bafing b ' een stolen from him— " the siispic anflals of the poor'' do cot esabli U 3 to state _ whether he even ab .-taiced ia coaseqaence free bunding iis oven , or rashly p ^ rsitU-d in the outlay , whith the cctUng down of his umber could no longer jrttt —but be prepared , in his own way , to resist whet be considered oppression ; and when the cuti . ;^ down of the nr-tree was followed up by a demand / or reni , be boldJy and bluirJy rented to pay a farthing , ailei- 'iEH , as was true , that he was no tenant of Lord Grantley's , cor bad bis father been a tenant , cor bad rent ever been paid or deinandtdz bo that SabotVs \ ine 5 a 1 d xtmained in Jsabo / . h ' s

      lisiias fora time . ... . ., But the great Lord bctnot-gnt b ; m of another jaeans to quell the cottager ' s spirit . Paster worked for Squire Spsrkcs , zid Squire Spartes had emriorea him steadily for ten years ; what a cru ? hing ' blow must it be , if Squire Sparkes should suddenly discharge Punier ? Hera indeed was a jsaster-siroke of superior policy ! Here was an ad-Taace on " tbe Fir-tree Measure ! " None of your l&iaries in q ; es : ion now : none of ycur oveas , wi . h ikei r ezpected bakiuss of bat potatoes and coarse pie ? ; eo , no ; your daily bread , Punter ; the bread joq have worked for , . nndc-r one insurer , fcr tea jears , it a \ Lizard : give is up , or give up your obstinate determination to re ~ : 5 " ., aiktowlecg : i 3 / j yourself his Lordship's ' tcnant-at-wiil ; " £ 0 and c ee Lord Graa ; ley , orTrork no more far Squire Spaikts : for the Sqaire has proniir ^ d : he Lord to ei-char ^ e sis labourer , no ; b- ; cause he is no ; " worthy of his

      Mia , uat b-. ca . '> iii he no . us niS othi . The houesS labourer often years' standing tt ^ s accordingly dischar ^ eO : ba : (" . jult ' ess to the Lsro ' i Eurpri-fc ) even this did no : qu-.-ch the vilhi ? llampden ' s spirit , or mike him a vrLis Iv-55 deteraiiiici to withstand " ; he p- - ' : ty tyrant of his £ . dds . " Th&j Buht take his busefroa him oy force , but by tu jneans could hs be broc ^ h * . to aun ; i : that it wjs a tome be hid no rsgi ; t to . Evea , when a formidable paa ' anx . consisting of Lord G : s . zuej ' s srexvard , do ^ ,-feede r , carpenter , &zid labourers , headed by Qrseu , the consraWe , cime vd 1 j . ] j to sciz ? ihs collide in Pouter ' s absence , uo one being within but the mother , da'i ^ h ter , and three children , the last i : a = p of re ^ . s : ince wa ? made , and the cc-or was bohvvl a ^ aini ; u . e idraders . It w- -s , hew . ver , broken open ; si . d w :: e ^ Punur returned that day , " a oul dinner lime , '' he

      found his wife and cm-crcn , and tr . ei'jr : ir .: re asa effects belonging to him , in the lane , where they auc-r--wards remained , without shelier , three & . -y $ ai .-d iico nights . Pant ^ r uiough ; hi ; sctiou fur as = aul ; a = freli as trespass—bat lh . e ts .-ault was not aiicrei ; o he proTed , " &s : r look pUcs afier ihe execution oi tfea warrauu" It was , h-werer , admitted that he *? tned to gtt is : o : b * c . ru ^ e , but wt ^ s pr £ Tccted ; '" nor can ws = up > -D ? e t ; . ; caa wbu m ^ dj- so « : caJy a resistance was bk-Iy t- - be " pivVinttd" r ^ . e-L : crti . s his home , aai tceu soiz . J anJ dragged before Lvr-J Gianiley , wji ' tou ; cv--. Uersbls Tlolincs and excii .- ^ last ;—circuciitanccs ti .= rcii ' . ' y i ; -j- ; rk-BS _ to him , abe was ^ uGii ' iEg from s : rip . i . u' . a : ei hernia , and accordingly be wis " iu j \ -rf . cc -cciks , " the surgeon , Mr . F . Ya . cs , *' iorscia « liiue apprehending great C&Eger , ' thc-gh he fcT ^ iualij i ^ coytr-d .

      If the case had bs- ? n reversed , atd the Lord had been i"J , wj ; at diiTereat trcaiEeEt tie disease woulj haTe r-. xsived ! Th ? y-c ' . ure cf a rn ^ urcd labourer wearJy rt-rarn : r- » " abou ; cinser t ; aie" to see hi = house " pelted sl-ijut Li = cL . r ? , and be drasged away sad lo ' -kri up / vr iryi ^ s : o ^ nirT ; r . farm s a stri ]; itt : contract * o the pic . ure cf ar , suva ' ideJ Lord . W'na ;

      aorcusr . ioi-s , ana cowa cu . -, ; ve-. ar ; o uerman rpric ;; mattre-ses , to r « eKne up"a : wh-: hushintrs of tc-: ;; -.=, and felting of doors ; wha : c-rci .-is denials to ihose irho h-. i claims en his tin :- ? , on ; ia pl ^ a tha : h := Xordship was " too ill to aiie . ' . d 10 buiii ^ ess ; " would have ? ecn ? d £ :, ratur 3 i , a " . i inuce-1 ineTiia ' ile to Lord Grant ! -. y , u Ae hiK . df Iia-i been rspring nader any of the " ills tlat 3- - - * h is heir to . " -S ? e the difference with Pisnter ! "Did you erer kaoiv i « nia prod' : r- ; d by a nan lyir ? ia a lare i" a .-k < ccusscL "Wry c-. dn ' i tcai ^ o isi sie-diaU-ly to tlis workiouss ? '' * q- --5 t'oa 5 ' - I 23 i " . strai 3 ; " they iad had k relations and friends' ia the workhouse ; tfeey couldn ' t object . " Like the skinned eels , they ¦ were " used to it , " and therefor © Uiere was no inhumanity ia the case ! } i ? - ! '

      Ba '« the pxr man ' s right , and the earee « t adro-Cicy of Mr . 5 irj .-aat shva , prevailed ; and Lord Gra ^ . il-7 , thoi ; h " d : Ls-ied byVon-ie or the cievtres . eoana-laithe Bar , was diiczisj ia Tain . L ke a fiBos ; Iiillanpoet , vrhj for ? - > ok the leialprofeisiou . tsCaii . ^ , a ; L 2 said , h : s ^ a . b : l :: i « wers- perp- ' . caliv para ]} 2 .-d by haTln . i ; to sell " pa-z- ' e auzxmcxnog :-. e " tLe dlqae ^ ce of llr . The ; -ger .-ank under the leaden weight of a bad erase . Tie re-suit of the trial was creditable to our English jurisprudence ; fora liu . ie rigbt , bu : a great qucii . Ou was tried that day , and [ .

      ia Punzci'i c ' . sia to n : s freehold cotlaga was involved the impunity cf the rich to oppress the poor . A special jury was raamoned ; a jury compesed of n : cn , each haviaz , in h . 13 degree and a ^ cordics to his property , a like povr « r with Lord Cr&uuc-j : re saismaaed ed jury of poor mes , whe migLt hlvo judged the ci ^ e wi ; h an inrolumary preiaaiceof cla ; 3—he summoned his equals ( mail bui his ikli)—to give a Tcrdic : as to his exercise 0 : power , apd iLsy proved iheaiselves his superiors in all bat bis title , by the Terdict they gare against

      There is noting more ab = o , ute ! y necessary for the peace and prosperity of a country than that the poor Bhculd be taugi . t to lo : k up to ihe rich as friends , instead of shrinking from them as foes . One half the bitterness felt respeciisg the >* ew Poor L 3 w has xesnlied , not so much from its provisions zsfrom the f&lse impression which ha 3 obtained among those Trho need relief , lhat whatever be their suScr ' uig , there is no possible appeal , as . d that those who are appointed to superintend the exercise of the law , are apooir . tc-d siasjny to uphold ir , atd not to

      interfere and prevent its abuse . £ > o leug as the rights and liberties of the lower classes are defended by tKtse above than ; so long as decisions are given ¦ witicb tend u > show the KnclLsh peasant that the fioeof an individual is not the vice vf a class , nor the fault of an aristocrat the fault of the aristocracy-: eo long as : ' labourer ' s cottage is held as sscred a * the rich man ' s civile , tiiere may be in this country jBOch movi . meni , seme chaise , bat no convulsion ; for the jesJoriiy of clses is a tbirg subordinate to tbe coascicusnuss of i ' re * Ct > ni , aid men never yti fii ^ igi ^ led lor equality who had noi first to rise atiini * . oppreMion .

      The Times , in an articls on this subject ,

      remtxka—* ' We rejoice , as En ^ liihrnen , tbat EUch an outrage % s this diu not pass wiLh impurn ' . y . Tbe man -thus trim pled upon t-aght redrtss hum the Li"w ; and a jnry of ilia countrymen gave him a verdict fjt damages to xhs amouiE cf £ 250 . is teppeaed , iiowever—unfortunately , m it seemed at the time , but fortunately , as it has proved in the result—that the procfeediegs upon this , the first trial , were vitiated by some technical flaw , under cover c-f which a cloud of boptdstziea were raised bj the frien-Js of the noble CUlprit . If Lord Graatltf baJ quio ^ y pocketed tia dis-Offifiture and . paid tbe ££ aO , there would Dot hsv-.-been -waxiting people ready to represent him as an ill-Esed man , a victim of the anu-arittocratical prejudices of in uneducated petty jury .

      ** By a fcappy infa : oa : ion , the peer and his wise adviser have set the -whole matter straight again . They hare had a new trial , and a sptcial jury to try it—a jnry of enlighteEed gentlemen , whose prepossessions , ii tiey bad any , might fairly be supposed to lean t « the * ei « fcocratical side . Wbat has been the result ? An inTestigation more searching , more complete , and far more satisfactory than the first , terminated by a s&osd Ywdict for the plaintiff , with higher damage * { £ 279 } than before . We tiiow not which deaerres the most doauaendation , this just and Impartial decision Of the jnrr , or the noble , fearless , ani unfaltering energy with j » rhich . Mi . Serjeant Shea discharged his duty as the . £ oor man's advocate . Had he btea retained for tba wealthiest nobleman in the realm , with a fee of 1 , 000 guineas , iuntftad of the words ia forma pattperis ' marked 02 the bacfc of his brief , he could not have siiowa more ml , « di ^ hyed more eloQneace .

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      ) 4 l And aotr far tbe eondasioas which we desire to \ draw froia this triaL First , wa would be understood ! emphatically to a ^ opt aad repeat tho demand for Lord < Jrantley " 3 immediate remoTal from the commission of the peace , Tfhicn was so powerfully urged by Me Ser-Jsant Shea : — •« ' How , he would ask / did it happen that the m » n who could so treat the poor was still allowed to bold the Queen ' s commission * Such . eioeI assuredly ought not to be th « case . He woald eay , and he said it fearlessly , be cared not -whether he pleased cr offended , that un-1 ) ees my Lord -Grantley could that day refute th « charge wbicb was made agoinBt him , the minister , bete -who he might , who * altawed his Iierdehip ' s name to remain in . tbe commission of the peace , waa a traitor to bis country ? it was cot fitting that such a maashould be ilio-vred to sdministfel tbe law to tbe poor . '

      " StKrondiy , we would earnestly entreat those who have ir-fluence in the legisl&ture to te « p tbe facts which wera provtd upon this trial in \ iew , before they lend t&eniEelves' again to ariy pTopssal for -ccaferring tuuimary jurisdiction upon the co * utry magistracy . It is evident tl a * uit perso&a v . -ho-eoaipose th-it bodycar . not be trusted , even "with tbe statute b&ik open before tbem , to perc *\ ve the limits of their ntw jutisdicUcn , ho ^ Kever clearly defined . Tbe y mean well , no doubt ; but they do not understand the first principles of legal interpretation . Tiie only safe way is to give them 00 power at all which is liable to any serisus ubuse- "

      We are glad to see thai the Time * las ccme to tbe conclusion at which we arrived long ago , that a magistracy appointed without regard to any qualification bni ' tfcat of station , must , for the mobt part , be unpossessed of theiutsHec : acknowledge neccs .-ary for tbo interpretation and apph coiion of the laws A blockhead with a good relate becomes as a mailer of coarse , a justice of the peace . The magistrate-who issued the summary process of f-joctment in Punter's case have Bignaily showu tha : they did not kuaw their duty , and could r . ot un derstand the statnie whose powers ' . hey = 0 grossly mis » pplied . Tbtir iuelt was not wilful , but it indicates a degree of incc » mpetence -against the errors of which the public have a r'ght to be protected by the removal of the incompetent paeons from iLe conim : > -: cn of the peace .

      Ufoa still stronger grounds the dismisfal of Lord ¦ Grantly is to be demanded , cud vre agree with Mr . Serjeant Sht a , that the Minister who allows Lord Grautly to remain oh the Ucncn , after the case proved against him , fails to perform one of bis most sacred duties . TTe looked in vain , in the suaaiing-np of the Judgo { Cliief Juftice Tindal ) for any remark on the character of the conduct before hia . Had a mob , with some mistsken notion of right , p « I ! ed dowa a n :-Llcmsn ' a macsion , what edifying censures the Jr . tljjQ would hare thoccht it his" duty to deliver on their bru ' . al ; ty , even though the noble family depriv-. d of the shelter cf their roof had net been constrained to seek a lodging under a hed ^ e . — Examiner .

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      TO " i'HE CHARTISTS OF CHORLEY * Ml Faiends , —No doubt you will be tronderiafi how I a m getting on , what I am doing , where I * m living , and what I intend to do . I will tell yo * in as few w orda as possible . I imia Preston , at the hand-loom . My wages ate lower than what they wet « when I -wrote to bis Grace tb . e Arclibishop of Canterbury , and provision * are uearer ^ a * t&at time , best bread was only dgbtpence for the foEr pounds ; cow it ia ninepence ffor tbe foot pottndsi and other tkiugs in prsportionj "SO you Bee hand-loom wtavers are not doing so well . Mr . James Harrison , the informer ; James Harrison , tbe spy . ; James Harrison , whom the magistrates of Yorkshire could not believe when upon oatb , when

      trying to get a few Chartists convicted for treason , sedition , &c , against bur Majesty ' s Government ; James Harrison , who fans done all he could to injure'bis fellow- man , that he might get a living out ot bad lavrs without working . Yes ! James Harrison . You know who I mean . I lnean-Samts Harrison . You will be saying , well , and west about Jamts Harmoa . Oh ! not so much , ouly he { Jamts Harrison ) is cow in Preston Hocse of Correction , for having something to do with horee stealing > Thank God ! tbe pit which our encicy bad dug for us , he LiuiEPlf has fallen into it . Ho is in pris&n waiting his trial for haviBg someihing to do with borw stealing . Let us mind and feeep our minds fixed upon the People's Chatter , and . we shall see tbe dowafail of ail our enemies . Perjured eaemies , lying , stealhis , infarming , r . cd spying enemies .

      Well , my friends , 1 thiuk 1 nave said enough about James Harrison . Well , then , I -win write no more about Junes Harrison , not til ! James Harrison receives his Ttnlict , end sentence , and then a few more words about James Harrieon ^ till then , my friends , ktep in mind J&iucs Harrison . The next thing , my friends , I have got to tell you is , botb Wb > sj and Tory masters havo turned men out of tn : ployuie ! 't for voting according to conscience , and yei tlKse Whig and Tory matters , wliun appealing to

      us , ( in tbeir electioneeiiii ^' spress , ) have tLe impudence to teli us they desire us to exercise our right (?) as our judgment shall uitcct . There is no use in commenting , but permit mo to s-. > y , that nothing but tLe People ' s Charter -vrlil tnie tuch evils . I tell you that both 1 : 1 BjUoh and Prt . st-n , maiters have turned tneir iulu f : ^ m their ewp } oy , ( and some of them Land-Jooi :-. wtaversi for voting contrary to conscier . ee , a ' . tois masters ! and mncy of them at this time arc rahibling the lants aud streets , seeking both work , food , and lcd ^ inzB .

      My fi lends , I hr . ve got another circumstance ( a painful one ; to rulate to you , and that is , oue morning | tbis w-ovk ) a ycnr . g girl , aged fourteen years , was found drowned in a factory 1 k < lodge , I mesa a lodge of hot waiter for steam muls . She got up to her -wort , and , finding herself about ten minutes too late , sha was taking a nearer jath , by the said lodge , when she fell in . Another victim to the cotton lord' 3 JIolccU ! Only be ten minutes too late , aud you must lo .-e eomo of your bruis , ( wages , ) or run round hot water lodges , into which young girls , fourteen years cf ass , tumble , nnd are both , toiltd !» nd titowneu . The authors of the above > y . riv : r . i are wl . at 1 would term , " Whig and Tory Molouli Cotton L-jrds ; " and that system c . ii not be put aa end to only by a national adoption of the Peoylo's Charter .

      J have got another tale to tell you , which is—our wt ^ es i haud-k'cm we : ivtr ' s ; have , within the 1-st few ¦ we . ! : s , been reduced - ; bout ten pur cent Spinners have t > be reduced in U . cir wag > . 3 the i . txt week in this town ; tuty have got notice to-day to that cftlct . Young men ( pk-cvrii / , who are getting seven shillings a-v-fek , liave go ' , njtsce , fur tLe ntxt week , to bavu or . " . y i .: x i = hiV .: r , _ s a « d s xp * nce a-wcelc . The ChaU-r u . u : t ba adopted , or this groat nation will sir . k b'jfyre Unit . My frier . ds , both Whigs and Tories are fo-cing their workmen to t . kc i' 18 and £ . i- ' 2 p-jr anuutu bouses , on purpoEe tliat they , the gLrves , may vote according to iLcir niastvia' wishes , or according to judgment ! for you uiust Ly this time understand that tho working ciass have j , ot r . o juiI ^ ii .-.-nt , oaiy tliat ot their nwstcrs . lint Jet us £ tt ir .-.- ' ¦ Ptt . ple'i Charter , " anci then every v / jrkij . ' < j man i \ i'l I . avs . 1 ju' ? s > i » cnt cf ljis own , and a conscit :: crf toy . T .. is ia wiiat our opprebsuts arc afraid of .

      Dau OC-. 'unell ;! , cmr . ot ! tt our cbanipion alone , for ha has b » cu .-si'iju : '!] : ^ imi , " 1 wiil Lr . v ^ nuthitig to do with the i-liartifls cf Eii ^ - ' aiii ! sj luv . i as there is one 7 . uh at th * h ' . ai of English Cliartisin . " "iis b . ird for Mr . Dan " to kick a ^ . irst tLe \> t cka" Dan says , 11 The jie .-p ' ic of Krit ' - . u . d" ( ho sL-juM Lave said one in every se ( v ;< ai . d u h'i' j \\ Lavi- reluiued tra < . ! o und broasl luoaupoiioU . " » V « ii doue , Dan ! heisn .. t « as great a Kickkcad sis many woul-. l tuku liim tt > be . , for lie h is ? ouiul out " f % : fur evtiy fifty ptr cent , ui a reduction in market art . t ' . < s , bis Lxed income ri . > cs in tiie sa : ; i 8

      VVvjp jvil ' i-n ; and } ou kuow lubour ia oue a . ud the chieiur .: ktt liHie ' . e . Now 1 Lave toM you what I have been doing ; 1 ) .. ive been ] . •<•' .:: ; . £ ; : ;! WL : gsa ; : d Tories , ( very ^ luifun : o ' . jectj t- > look ur > -jii , for the gauie is n « :: irly up , so be rcauy wi ' . U the C-. ai ' . er , ) I havo btun looking at tnv ' . e , co :: "i "" nerce , raid Ii . vt ' iju affairs , aad btlievu me , unless the Charter becr-u . ti ; the law o : tLe laud , tlitre wiil be a v ^ ry dark lo- > k uat for " olii E . glaud . " TLero h no Lr . rjii iu iayiug " Uod send , " lor wLvro the wuihinj ; ;¦ mii ' . s are no ! weil led , and w-ell dollied , av . u every i .-ay vTcll ciriuiuttxt . ced , that tation oujjlit aud must jierjih .

      It is abtnt twelve months hir . ee the last time I was living iu tLis town , r . ud it-, tliis Louso , ; ' . ud b-iliwve im ; ¦ vLe . T I UjII you , I ' m . ' , the people oi' Prestou are at least t . ver . ty per cent . , u . k « j thviu in their external and licnu-itic arp :- / : r .. ; - . c . 1 worse off now tLan they we re tl . w ! i , u :. d jut I ' cu V H ^ - G- ' ^ T cry ° « t " peace , 1 ... <•« , " Lnd th-ir . k ( i-jd it-r pro-ijeriiy . \\ s ; prosperity with a vtn ; , 't . rt > s vlnii La can now Luy my ln-. jur

      "World to make tlu-m Lcirs of salvation ; " but t ' jey wiil : ? . k _• care that tlit . y wiil have no salvation of snub . a . kind , Lut if we get ur . ivers . il tuli ' rage , we shall lr . iTO a salvation for l . ' u ' s world , te ^ dss having more tim-j aurt mouey to Ivuk aftsr the ^ Ivutton of the " world to come . " ^ J y Friends , 1 Lire told ; ou what 1 have been doing , how 1 am gtttins ; on , ar . d whtre 1 am living . Xgiv 1 wiil ttll you wi ; at 1 intend to do . 1 intend to have my tli :.. re in tbe fcijle s Charter , or perish iu seeking it . You must hnve ir . y card reaiiy ; I shall be couiiug lor it I uidereUmi you , } . y t- ; is t ' v . uc , have got tiie new stock , I um , my Friends , Yours , For " Universal S' { f ' 'ajc u ^ d no Surrender , " PETEH IllGUY , Xo . 11 , ' \ Valtoa-s ; reet , Trwttn . August 21 , ISil .

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      The ' ' Globiocs U . ncertaisty . "—At the Liverpool assizes , ou Saturday las . t , James Bowker , charged with a capital effcuce , at Boitou , was found . f ' ot Guilty , " in consequence of the learned Judge diai . "OTeriDS ' in the mi ' ^ '' of the opening address cf the c > imiel tor llle prosecution , that the word " felomWlv " tad been oaiiikd ia ijtie 4 ep 5 jjnatwn of ihe ff-Eciin * 9 Utif »\ ttmt ,

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      LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES . CROWN COUKT , Monday , August 23 . ( Before Mr . Justice Wiyhtman . ) RIOT AT W 1 GAN . Rohcrl Topping , Thomas Sedytciek , Tfios . Unswodh , TliOiiuis Tuppinif . und Matthew Chadwick , were put for-¦ . vivid on a charge of having created a riot at Wigan on the 25 th of Juno last . Mr . St-fcar and Mr . James conducted the prosecution . The prisoners Sedgwick , Unsworth , and Chadwick were deftudfd by Mr . Mvni'HY , and the two Toppings by Mr . \ S ' ilki > -s .

      Mr . M ; UaU stated the case . The prisoners were charged with baviug creiited a riot and disturbance at Wigan on the day named in ' the indictment , which happened to be a few days prior to tho election for that town . It would appear that a Conservative , voter of the name of Leathoin had got into a public-hoass k ^ pc by a Mr . Kaye ( a Radical ) , and it being supposed Uiat be was in tUe wrong quarters , the prisoners , with a great number of others , a # tetnbled and bruke the doer of the house , and carried aivay the voter by forc& He would call witnesses to prove tho facts ; and would n : ake no comment ou the case further than this , that of course if there had been a disturbance of the sort at . Wigan , tav fact of there being aa election at tiie time was no t . Ycusein point of law .

      John Molyneux was tbe first witness called . He ilir posed that he was a shopkeeper at Wisau . Was- at Kaye ' s house on the 25 th ot June last- A man of tlie name of Leathern entered about ten o ' elock at sight . A great quantity of people after wards assembled about the ' hiUse . Tiie doors were shut at the time- The shutters 1 of the windows were opened by the people outside , and ' two squares of glass were broken . They said they would ] nave LtatJUoui out , but they mentioned no name . One I cf the prisoners , Uusworth , entered tbrough tbe wiudow , and asked witness , who had taken up the tongs , what he was p < ing to do with it . Witness replied , to j defend himself . Witnes j then moved into the kitchen ,

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      EXTRAORDINARY CASE . An old man , named John Charles Thorn , w : charged by his wife with having refused to maintai her , and aho with having offended against the Ia ' in other respects . The examination was the thir < and the following account contains the eubstam of the three , ou ttus very odd ca-so : — Mrs . Thoin , who appeared to be a very mild bi resolute person , ' aged between sixty and aevent years' , said that her husband had cruelly refused he maintenance , and she was therefore determined i bring him to justice . They had been thirty- 'fi \ years married , and had lived together iu one plat lor twenty years , and a belter or kiuder feilo ' Dpver Irettked until lie took ti drink , aad then 1 jiever atopped .

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      Tho Lord Mayor—Do you mean that \ , » refrained from drinking ! tot he . «•»« ^ » lr 8 . Tho ? n-I do , p ^ aaa . your LordshiB v ( S ; bS . ° ) years h v neTer ¦ » & & Prisoner-HoUqa , stay , stay . P ] ease ¦ Lord , I never was so borry for anything if 2 L ?/ as marrying tins here body . She ha 3-thaitmS ^ to complam now that I refuse to . ¦ support hS ? ?* she never brought me a mag in h ^ r life . ** besides , the moment we were manipd tlm if * * ttd run sich a rig that old Harry himseU God ? M to couldn't live with her , and how could 1 ? tf- - ^ r she has a freehold that ' s quite enouch in t ^ lifo in her , and I have got nothing , G 6 d 6 lea ^ tha The Lord Mayor-Is it not bettJr for vou L C > together again at your advanced years ? VO co ffle Airs . Thorn—No , no , my Lord I-triwl v ,- ' , enough . Besides , he has another wife fni ?« tnann . O'PH in mn . int . nin ho * l . 'lm « i . » « Qfl no

      only the other day I went in to look artcH , ; ^ I sees 'ua both together a feeding upon t 1 ieW ? saimoa aad some cucumbers and a pot of hill ' The Lord Mayor-Do you mean to char » v sor . oualy with bigamy ? tUdr se aia Mrs . Thorn—Certainly I do , and I'll of ; , ' . 4 . I've found out all about it . iliS "uto ut " Prisoner-Tut tut , where are the witnesses ? v can't movo a step without witnesses BL > -irf £ oa did marry another , I thought you were » % ' J boxed up . I wastold a ycara ^ o thtl ^' ^ mcra . ( Laughter . ) ' * nasii > Mrs . . Ta <» o .-Ko tio , John , you knowed verv w ? , I was alive . I a'nt dead yet . ~ ^ , Prigoner—No , Lord help me , I sae now v * , U laugh . ) MyLord , she ' s been toXe « J S *^ mentitig wife as man ever was plagued with t ? " tongue is for ever on the move , so that no m " n , m stand it a minute without drinking the fiv ' crta- * that , came to his hand . However , ir bwl , nS sonabis , I'll make her an allewauce I'U & * five bob a week . ' > " » vahet : Mrs-zrhcrn-No , no , I can't depend upon vftn John , I ' ve got you here now , and I'll keep yen V ' must go to the Bailey , John . ( A laugh ) roa The Lord Mayor-Pray , is the second wife , young woman I 9 a

      Mrs ., Thorn—No , she a- ' at younger than me hnt it ' s my- belief he ' s got a young wife too . ' * Oa the second examination , Mrd . Thorn sa ! j tw her witnesses would be ready in a couple of dav » and she was determined to give John a taste of Si xJauey , and on Monday she agaia appeared The Lord Mayor—Well , Mrs . Thorn , hare V 6 * come to any arrangement with this old man ? Mrs . Thora—No , my Lord , I'd much ra'her en on against him . I ' ve tried him long enou » h N «» I mean to have him for ^ he bigamy . n ' . Thomas Wiggins , sexton at Ss . ' Mark ' s CtMCH Kensington , deposed that he witnessed the marria ^ oi the prisoner to Mary Fraser on the l' ^ ih t 3 October , 1810 . " w William Taster , clerk of Si . Mark ' s Cimrch ah * stated that ho witnessed the marriage . He ' bio duced a copy from the register . "

      ThePrisoacr-But she must prove that she was married to mo herself . Whero is the proof of that Id be glad to know ? k Tiie Lord Mayor-Why , you have spoken of her all along as your wife , Mrs . Thorn—Oh , I have the witnesses . Oae ef them is a clerk in the Bank , now on kave of ab Eence , 3 nd the other is a near relation of his own " I'll match him with witnessas I rather thuJr * ( A laugh . ) . Tiie Prisoner—Well , I hope your Lordship will order her to give ma my watch and other property besides £ 7 ot hues which she has . You aint eo-Eg to let her rob me and try me at tho Old Baikv too ? J

      The Lord Mayor—I shall not fell her to give up anything . You know you told her , when jou married her , that " with all youi ¦ earthiy gooes yen ' d-d her endow , " and I ehaii not attempt to dturive her of them . The Prisoner—I know that , but I aint the only one that ' s gone astray about women . There ' s one thing I can tell you . I ' m heartily sorry I eTeraurriedhcr ; for she ' s been my plague now for thirtyfive years . Mrs . Thorn—Oh , then , I'll make y ou sorry that ever you married anybody else , Johu . ( Laughter . }> The prisoner was ordered to be brought up zgaia on Tiiursday when he was committed for trial .

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      EXTRA ORDINARY DISCO VEHV OF A MURDER COMMITTED ELEVEX YEARS AGO . [ raoii mi svmjebland > 'oi : tu £ kx Tints of SATCaDAY . ] In the rnonth of Jane , 2 S 30 , consMora ' iTe cscUoment —f . s caused in the Dfc : filoarhooii of JJ : ; tt- J 3 K :: d . > v , in the Korth Ridirg of Yorfc , and in the wl ^ . e vtle cf C ' . tTelirid , hj the sc . ! J » n disappearance of a man of the mine of "Wiiliiin Huniicv , who Lad a censider-b ' o sum oiiMdiii'S on him a " , the Ua : e . lie l . ad W-tn actujf . iut d to iotp com ; -any vrith a fet < j ' u . < lz xn that ne : if ! il ' w-: ; rho ^ i who wire in ' . h- ° Lili : of j . t . acLii s , sn-1 cu : ; w .-: it lins tlfpre »' a ' . " iors t : i the LeD-rx-sts in tb ;; t past < -f the

      eauntr . On tbe D . -i . t of Lis Jisappeirarce he \ v ^ . s tter in the ccnii-iny of l * i > men nanie . l K i ti G j l . ul-.. ru ^ jjh and Gc .-rg-j G ^ rlu . t ; en the eh rni :: g of the i- j , ! r . v : r . . ; >; .: 7 & s < iiv \ : i > n ar .-ss tiiat he L ^ d trtn 3 ik . ; r » U-ie < l by those tio niir : ; a ^ il € Trry stnrrn "Vtl : s 7 : i :. ile in ! he Et- L- ' . r . 'iurhoud for ' . be Un ' . y , but wlthon : suc : ws . G-. T ! s-: « r . > v . . L ' s boU 53 " 5 T . -3 icaitbeii , a :: tl Vtry h ' . tozz saspiciois were exciied l-. y finding tt ; v . v . tch of tht : i : ss : rc ::: sn in ths house , ar . d several other things « el ! known u haTc yi clonred tD HuntTt-y . By sdjhs strr . nce and r < n-3 Cv :-: i 3 ii !> i 3 ceg ' . cct , e . 11 these things ¦ were lovke ^ l uvrr , and the n ;; n Gvldsl > croagh ytsm left to b .- ? o-a-n liit-v sure ? , and never bruugh ; to any ace unt , cu-cj'i by the neitLK-urs , to whom he stated tl :: \ t bo La-J rtc-. ired

      ibtiu ^ s part pr ynjuj : t for debt wJ ^ cli he ¦ crau ' . td of Br . T ; V . ej , and ' ibatb ? had gone to Ai . 'ar-ca . Tit - awe . wiiS passed otc-7 in this W 2 J" ; E . 1 U : o'j .- ! j , btfort- the dis- i aprtanccs cf lluntley , he was in tho most rtc ^ y circ- ' . i-sts ^ cts , iti ; aftcrwaids waa in tho pusstssi ^ n of a c-a . ri'JinMe number o . ' b ^ : ik notes ; hi bu ' ist ^ uvatly o-: itte-il Kultc-c Radby , and ¦ wc-r . t into tiu Wtt : Itii ' . ins Jf York , -vrhere ha took another naioe . Tho clh-r n . an , Ge-r ; - - Girtntt , had been corcerr . ^ 1 ic the rolb-ji y of i i I' -. ru , a . ni vss obli « tl to qaitibo ne ^ l . l'O . irlioO'l ; he ' .: •? ^ Ince ^ etn teen at Saadtriand , in tLa occu ^ ati-. s of a , C-al-triiT . ai . r . i I .-. tLe mon ' . b cf June last , ir . ea -rrcrc er . iplf . yeil in cu ' . i : ug a new cocrse for a rivulet kL cLi runs tUruui ; li trie town of St ^ keslev , in the direction of liu . ' vun

      K'jaly , Dear a briJge called " T ^ me iiri-. ige , " wk ; e thi naUr t > tt a cohsidera' / . e c . uve . Ths cut was coium-. nccdfor the purple of n ) atia a ilr : »! gLt ct ^ ur ^ c from the bridge , ^ rLicb , a ' . tcr calling f . r ti-irty or f ¦ ¦ r ty yards again cv . _ . sscd Vb > old cour .-e ; w ' tr . the workiiit : ; eiiivtd at this place , ou the i ui > .. si ; . u si .. e i-x the v .-attr , ;] . t-y f ^ und 3 qa ..-. ntity of bor . is , wL ' cL tLrj- at £ . s : \ lsvu ^ nt to be those of a cj # ; bui iliey Jif ; t 7 ' . v ; irdj tV . md tLe ikuii of a Luman b ^' -ug . —A c ' . r-. 'iier ' a i ; uatt : ^? s h-z ' . d en ihs r- ? iii ::: 5 =, % vhta fay j . ry cs . ruc tu tLu "• cir ! _ n , afier Leor ; ii 5 ^ J ' r . Str ^ -ihtr , sur ., ¦ = .::. j Tv 3- ur . c l . is v- | Lr , . on ihat th-= " u-- - ! . ri -jrvrc thvs-c v » f a v . i , ic tu ^ i-. v * ., inJ lLr ; t he LaJ jrCciv ^ u a L > lyw \ . ! i ' ] : ¦ ¦ ¦ lacli j-iri oi ih \ r L ^ a-i , by \ vhi : h ths tkull t ,-os br . xt . n ir . a : ; u a ' j-o th ..-touts of tbfc nose , " iLai lbs bi-nts vr ^ re th ^ st ; of bowe ptT ^ on 5 vho V . % -. \ cjme to his end by iu \ ii i \ . r . af . "

      Mr . Gvrnon , the pullci ; : i : ; a i ^ r the iliairict CItvchr . tl , Tr :: !! L : 3 lccuz ' - oi :,-i 1 pro ; :. ; trci-s ir . a . Ie eTcry k-V-zlry in the Eri ^ -bt'ou rhoou of Hi :: tea Kudby c ^ nc .-rniag the unfo . - . unate Ha . utl-. y , and fc'ici ' . ed & \ iffi ; . e : \ » . i ^ fjrmati-ja to wnrrrjit hia g ' . 'in ^ in ttv . rc ' a cf the ; i ; an Guldibor"ns : i ,-R-iiom he four : d at Tjir ^ i ^ y , Bc > . l vj-cn g-jiai : to tLe hojse , Uik' . i ;^ the sku ll MLich tvcls four . il a- ' . 'r . g with bin ) , fcund hi : n at ho ; :: e , iU ' .. < : t .-:: ly plac . d it bifore Liia . asking h ; : n , " If he though : it bar ! any rio-jn : V ; ance cf WiUia . rn lianliey ' : "' Gvl < . lsb- - -rou h TVoS forci ' uy aaitated , acd vrith tears ia h \ = ere .- - , afu-r a cor . iMsrible pause , deeiare i that hs knew ictluti s ± i it . Mr . G-n . on again rtTuracd to SsiukcSity , and af : er ever ; thing "u-as in a proper tmir ., Go ' -Vouruujb , an . ; a cm uaT ! t-: l Tnooi 2 . 3 Giunny , wert bruu . ' -t to S > ki s ' . ty ; zz . il on Friickv and Saturday last , tTi'Iince \ raj beani

      b-fo ; e sir W : a . FuU . is , Bart ., E . Turton , aad "Win . Ma-a .-Ttrer , E ; qrs ., in the Naticrul ScLool-ruuEi cf that 2 > : a-e . S 2 Tenl witnesses were examined , Jnc udiDg tha brother of the dc-ceosed . Dr . SJtrotht-r deposed to th = iioie of death -s foUovrs : —Tas skull baa not bti-n broson by a tharp instrument , but it car . Dot h- ^ ve falun : e : o tbe prticat itate but throngh tbe tSects of a blow , iis shcalJ siy that tbe tetth bad noi bttn furced ( 'Ui ; the lips weald prttrudi a iiitle , occ ^ s ' i-Eed by ths tooth . The person ibrn UtIqj has had an iml -at :: tion in the f-Tchftj-l an i a bro ^ d flat nose . Tiie piivis btloDgs to a ; aa . ' e person . The witn-iss deposed to a namber cf suspicions circutiii ' -auces , coupling G >; aiborougb with tus d ^ ath of ' he lit ^ f ^ sfed .

      Mr . Gernoa , the porccniaa , stated that he had visited BiTujUj , sj before stited ; that the prisoner Grundy had ccnfts : cd to b 3 Yin 5 been cM&d up on the nrgh : cf Wedn t 4 » y ensuing after the murrter ; be took him to Weary bint ^ Yood ) and tbere showed him a large parcel , saying that ho had got embarrassed in the world , and ttss going to America . He wanted Giunrly'e tfsistacce to take tbe bundle dowa to Stoktsley . Grundy then took bold of the parcel , and f--uml a mau ' s heid in it . He was quite frightened , and asked Goliisburougb "what be had been doing . He was very much a-itited , and

      it tras abent fi ? e niicutta t-ifore be could speak . At last he said that he tad shot Kmtley bj accident , 3 rd he Wunid ibooi him if eTer be diidosed it . Gmm 3 y then m 2 ue bis escape from him , and lef : him at the place . Mr . G ^ rnon also states that Grundy wt . at with bini and James Beitbiam , cogitable , to ihe place -where tiiis fcs < i happened . Thomas Gmndy was examined , and admitted the truth of what Mr . Gcraoa had ba . d ; a ' so that beia-J biea afraid to be out at night daiing Vhts Uiue GqJiUborongh hi < I remained at Hntton .

      Tiid prisoner was then asked what ha had to Far in tis defence . He stated that on the Thursday prtrK as to the Friday spoken of , Huntley came to him , f . n'l tht-y -went and sat down in W'earyfaijk Wno-i H' * .: i - -ley took out his money , and asked prisoner w ! . at was tho reason Mr . Git butt , of Yarai , l ; ad not siv < . n hlni tbe -vrbcle of the moEcy which he bad bck-neins to

      him . Hnntky was co scholar , and prisoner cold bij ; i the reason ; he then pressed witness to go to America with him , which he declined doing , aa he bad two c ' -iJdren , which he thought it was his duty to snpport ; h « £ a > " hiui again on S-ituzriny , and he went to Swteei = y islth hiai . On the Thursday following be s ^ w Huntky again ; he pressed prisoner to go to America ¦ with him , but he would net . Huntley sold bis weareT's loom to George Garneby , and that night prisoutr shoos , hands with Huntley , aud never saw him more -, declared bis jnnoceijce , and liad nothing more to say than tbit his life was sold . The jnagistrates then committed G- 'ldsborcugh to take his trial at the next York ass ; z ; s , an 4 also the prisoner Grundy , but would admit hiiu to bail , in the sum cf £ 300 , if he eonli procure it . Gvidsbuioush was commiited to the care of the goTernor of York Castle on Sunday .

      Garbutt has not been yet apprehended . He was seea in the month , of Inlay lsu . t in . tt » is town , when be stated he had been a triiiuner , or eometbisg of the kind . Grondy has since committed suicide . Sy hanging him . self in his cell in York Castle . A corona . *« invest bai btsa held oa the body , aad a Ttrdict of " v ^ ° ^ c se ' refcrned .

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      CilvUles Weeb , who , thirteen years ago , stoic & rost-othce letter , containing from i'GOO to £ ' 700 , after eladjng the utmost nsil ^ nce of every oiiicer , though £ 4 , 000 were expended in seekiE £ to apprehenu him , was last week recognised in this ccirutrr , ana brougcit before tbe Birmingham aiuhoriaes . hie trial will uaioedjatelv take place .

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      BALA ^• CE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE , FROM THE 13 th OF JULY , TO THE 22 nd OF AUGUST , Io 4 l . £ . s . d . July 14—Honey in Mr . Heywood's hands as Treasurer 31 2 11 Aug . 7—Mr . Thiip , at Manchester ... 0 5 0 ~ 14—From a London i ' rit-ud , per Mr . Cleave , to Mr . Heywood ... 7 0 0 ~ ID— From Jiidgley , by Wm . Walker , per Mr . Hey wood 0 10 7 Total monies received by Committee 38 18 6 Totai monies paid by Committee 28 10 6 Total xcoaieB in Mr . Hey wood's hands is Treasurer £ 10 8 0

      \ uZ . 1—Mr . Bcr . bcnv , of London 10 0 Mr . Kd . Brooks , of Leigh ... 2 0 0 _ Mr . Brown , of Birmingham ... 1 0 0 Mr . Fiinn . of Brau&rd 10 0 Mr . T . Drake , ditto 10 0 „ Mrs . Carrier , of TrowbriJge ... 2 0 0 _ 7—Mr . Hiufoi , of Bradford ... 100 Mr . Kushworth , duto 10 0 Mr . Hidh # 3 , ditto 10 0 ~ Mr . SmiiJut'S , ditto 10 0 „ Mr . Morris , of Bolton 1 0 0 _ Mrs . Morgan , of Aber ^ avenny ... 10 0 Mrs . O'Br-. ciij of Lancaster ... 100 _ 14—Mrs . PedJie , " of Edinburgh ... 10 0 Mrs . Fcilcii , ofShtfiold 10 0

      Mrs . Booker , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Marshal ! , d \ Uo 10 0 Mrs . "B-. unison , ditto 10 0 Mrs . P uthorp , ditto 10 0 „ Hts . Holbfrry , ditto > 10 0 Mrs . Huberts , of Birmingham ... 10 0 _ Mrs . A > hton , of Barasley ... 10 0 Sirs . Crab ; ree , ditto ... ... 10 0 Mrs . Walker , of liaadford ... 10 0 Mrs . Brooke , ditto 10 0 ~ 3 Irs . Eraaauel Evans , of Abergavumy 10 0 _ Exper . cos of Committee m rent and post stamps 0 10 G

      __ _ £ 28 10 « M ^ r . James Leach , " ) Mr . Thomas Davis , V Auditors , iir . Jou . \ Smith , J Mr . Abel Hiitwoop , Treasurer . Mr . Samuel Cuambehlai . n , President , llr . Ptiiia Suouaociis , Secretary .

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      THB WOO © .-WIL « CAUSE . Tbe judgment of tho Judicial Committee of the Prl- » Council in this -celebrated und extraordinary case , which , owing to the speed of jrailway ¦ coaimunication , was partially fcnoira in Gloucester , on Monday night , haa , of coarse , fornwd a moat prominent topic of conversation during tbe week throughout tbe country , whilst ia Gloucester it has naturally giTen rise to much excitement Tbe reversal of tfce judgmeat of Sit Herbert Jenner , and the establishment of the codicil , ia which tbe city ia bo largely interested , were not expected ; and tbe feelings ot tijoicing aad surprise wita wiiicli the news was bitted were therefore the stronger . Tiw effect of the judgment is this : —Sir Matthew Weed , Mr . O ^ born , Mr . Surman , and Mr . Cba 4 bora a representatives are entitled to probate of the papers , nnder wbieb they are constituted executora

      and residuary legatees , and under which—surject to tbe payment of the legacies in the codicil , and the costs of all parties—about £ 400 , 000 , speaking iu round numbers , will be divisible between the executors . The estimate refers to tbe personal property only , of wlr . ch . -we gave minute , and we belioTe accurate details , in our last The establishment of tbe codicil , under Trbich the city of Glocester Is entitled to receive ^ £ 2 OO ; O 0 O , besides about five years' interest on that large sum , will , we trust , exercise a most important influence over the future prosperity of the lceality . "We tafce it for granted ttiat the Town Council will be specially convened at an early day to consider tbo fiuljtct ; and , therefore , we shall not speculate upon any probable course which it may be deemed necessary or proper to pursue .

      Tbe total iimount of the legacies bequeathed by tbo codicil is £ 360 , 000 , to wfakh must be added the interest wliifl has accrued since the death of the testator . We subjoin a copy of this document , which came to light in se remaikable a manner on Tuesday , tbe 14 th of June . 1836 : —Copy f Codicil . — " In a codicil to my will I gave to the orporation of Gloucester £ 1 * 0 , 000 . In this , I wish my txecutors weuld give £ 00 , 000 to them for tbe same purpose as I have before named . I would also give to my friends , Mr . Phillpotts £ 50 , 000 , and

      Mr . ( ieorge Council £ 10 , 000 , and to Mr . Tuotnas Helps , CUtafbido , London , £ 30 , 000 , and Mrs . Goodlake , mother of Mr . Surman , and to Thomas Wood , Smithstreet , Chelsea , each £ 20 , 000 , and Samuel Wood , Cleveland street , Mile-end . £ 14 , 000 , and the latter g * jntlen-. an ' a fnmi 5 y £ 0 , 000 , and I confirm all other bequests , and give tbe rest of my property to the executora for their own interest " JA 7 . IES WOOD . " Gloucester City Old Bank , July , 1835 . " Endorsed " Codicil to my will . "

      Tbo decision pf tbe Judicial Committee on Monday last does not effect the title to tbe landed estates , which , we suppose , the coheirs will still coutest , and probabiy with cfi ' ect , as tbo instances of wills being good as to personal property , and b . i'l as to real estate , are very coiuuion . —G / ouccsivrshiie Chronicle . Some authentic anecdotes are in circulation of the late Mr . Wood , or , as ho has been familiarly designated eccentric " Jeiimy" Wood , which may , at this moment , prove worthy of publication . I shall strictly observe tbo admonition , de mortiiis nil nisi bonum , however I

      may differ from its propviety , and shall simply observe , money wss tbo god tho deceased most worshippedthat , with him , was th . > one thing needful—be , therefore , scraped ami scraped , observing the most penurious ielf-Jtiiial , anil has been known to practice the movt singular modes of adding to that heap which , be v : is content to look upon , but would not tnjoy . Comijifafing in a small shop , vending cotton 3 , tapes , garters , living on tibvsut 4 a . a-weck , hu laid tbe foundation of that gorgeous be ip now appropriated under his will to his legatees . His brother had lived end died a bachelor also ; lie breathed hU last several year 3 since ,

      bequeathing to jKiiimy a large sum , as it bad been a ^ r .-od between them sovtjrd years before that the survivor should inherit all the property of the first that died . Jemmy's gre . it profits veto realised by discounting bills , obtaining mortgages , arid CJishing security's of every kind , both for the needy trader as well a * l \< e improvident disciple of fashion and fxfcravagaiise . At last he established a lank , and issued notes to a large uino-r . t . Ihtso notes were received almost universally . : is they were considered quite as valuable as those of the national Lank . WIkh a panic arose iu the mowy market s ; me years since , several establishments vr ^

      riobliged to meet the ru « 3 upon them by prr > viiHj ! g t ; c Id , and weatheiiiig tbe storm at great loss ar . d inconvesricuce . Well avvaro that nothing could damage bis roputition for the certain possesiion of ariiple means to meet every engagement , he declared when crowds pressed him to hand out hard C « sll , " I will do nothing < j ! the sort . What , pay largely to buy >; o ] d for you . Then tal : e them back , keep my nuti-s , they are as good as the Bank of England . I havo property to pay all my notes twenty times over . Panic , iiulicl , whut havo I to do with your panic . You must ;; ive mo t ' . inc—time I say . " And to gtt rid of furlhtr importunity , ho ordered his bank to be shut up , iiud no more visitors a- ' miUod for soi " . ; e time . Quitu aware of Ii' « 3 bi \\ v t » T \ i * TJ ^ ii * . ¦ \ f Ihiii ¦ ¦ 'lia iiict'i'ntlij iliai » j 4 rt > i ^ " > il ? iii 3 his solvencyniiiy homes instantldiscounted his

      * . , . y paper , at a an . ill pm- cui : t . > . ge , and awaited Jemmy ' s ptfifit't c'Hiv-enii-iice for • aj-ment . Collecthig tagfctUer a c iijildt-ri . bl » number of tho notes issued hy a nciabbouriiig bank—at tli : it time hard pressed , and surrcunded by gaping and c ' r . mor « us creditors—Jemmy walked from Gloucester several miles , and . presented the heap at the counter , resolutely demanded gold , as wtU us th « rest , who fille-1 the banker ' s cash oflice . Ho was invited into tbt ; p .-ivutw ( ffice , whtie , on opening a bureau , an unrspectcil sight was disc ' . c : cu to his star ' tle-l eye—a largo quantity cf bis own pajier was baudi-l to hiiti , with , ia return , a demand foe ttio iiulncliute ii :: \ inent nf gold fur evo : ry pound of tho huge nn . S 3 . Jt'imiiy rubbed his eyea , s ^ euiad in tuvr . p :: nic

      struck , and fairly taken 1-y F . ur mse , but drew instantly an or'ier on his own London banker for a large su-. pUis —tU ' oii puckttttinr ; thu untXiectedand unwe ' . co ' . i-. c ; htap , : was fusxi-rt to incur tho ixpaina of a rttuniing pest- chir ' sa to rt-gaiu h ' u home . On Sumiay mornings lie vl . silcd sjiuc of the uti ^ libcurinu farmers at breakfast time , ami Uoiialiy rtturncd homo witli poekiAa well tilled with vrgttabus , frai ' . s , and other edibles , on whirh he ekd < l out Lis < t « . y ' s mtal . One of his hosts , needing no loans of money , resolving on boin ' ri ; i of him , caused a sturdy ploughman Gf his to watch Jemiiij ' , thinking hy : iii > ht discover occasions to find fault With his movemt-i . ts . lio watched accordingly , and thought he bthuj him picking up tumi ^ a cf his mabitr'y that lay i « bis vmh . Juuiijing from bis

      Uikket , ho iiistantly b laboured tbe shoulders of the unwelcome visitor , cxcluimiiig , " D > m thee , willeo tak " um from maitU ' r , willec ? ' " Hold , hold , " er . c ' air . ie ' . l tbo tortuivd Jemuiy , ' I ; n Mr . Wood of Gio'ster . " " The tjad , for . siieam of thee—indeed , its a lie , th ' av ' nt Mr . Wood of Gios'te :-, 1 know , " and continued bis exercise until the oilier , fuir . y taking to his heels , ran a-. vay beyond las tormentor ' s reach . lie became by accident iitquaiutod with Sir Matthew Wood . Fhttered by hia courteous attentions , Lie formed gradually that regard for him which ltd t j tho present result . Frequently after visiting him ha returned home to Wu-t of his air-ngs in the carriage of his gveat London friend . Several a ! ao st ; Uu that ou some of these occasions he hid bteu heard to mutter , " Cousin Matthew Wood , " who alvTajs treated Him with so much distinction , civility , aad friendship- He rose early and paraded bel ' uro tho door cf his house when the weather

      permitted . The tall figure aad well-worn wardrobe of Jemmy ( valued in tho schedule at £ 5 ) as be strode up aud down iu bis quaintly-cut coat , tl ' . rico turned , ar . d us often coloured auew , are well remembered ; nor will the old neighbours soon forget the antique leather breeclits that for many years shone literally from wear on bis bending kuets . On one of these occasions , a countryman accosting him bargains * 1 for change of a Welsh noto for £ 5 , which be gave , deducting 10 a . after a lo ; ig negotiation . The scbemeT , for such be proved , walked Off , seemingly dissatisded with £ i lOsj but when he rubbed bis bands with glee , and exclaimed to a cltvk whijust arrived at hisiiesfc , "Ha , ha , the eavly bird biteth the woim . Ha , ha . Made 10 a . while you slept Ha , ha ; " the cashier eyed the noto in siluuce until Jemmy's self-congratulation bad reached its acme , then handing back the £ 5 Welsh note , e » id with a grin , " Dtar me , I thought you , Sir , lecoUtscted that batk failed jiiae months ago . "

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      aad a great number of people entered , the bouse by the doors and windows . Tbe $ tace wa » completely tilled with riotous persons . The prisoner , Robert Topping , was among them . Witness was aJanned , and in a great state of agitation . Tbe mteia xemained half-an-hour , and then took L ? afchom away with them . They broke the two panels of tbe door . Cross examined by Mr . Mdrpiiy— tbe house of Kaye wa 3 in the interest of the Radical party . Leathom belonged to tbe -Conversative side . No person prevented hiia from leaving the house . His wife was anxious for him to leave , but be was unwilling to obey her . He subsequently' voted for the Conservatives . The windows were not broken by a person letting down tie sashinside . Cross-examined by Mr . Wilkins—Witness thinks there were between forty and fifty persons in the place . They did not all belong to the same party .

      Re-examined by Mr . Segar—All who entered the house belougtd to tbe conservative party . Several other witutssea were examined , who corroborated the evidence giveu by the first witness , after which some piiv ^ ta conversation took p ! ace between his Lordship and the Counsel oa both Bides . His Lordship then informed tbe Jury that the nature of the case was sufficiently evident . The prisoners snpposed that one of thu "; r party bad got into the hands of their opponents , and they proceeded to tbe house in question to effect his rescue . He therefore thought that they might be bound in their own recognizances to keep the peace and be discharged . All the prisoners were accordingly bound in their own recogniztecss of £ 50 each to keep tbo peace in future , and were discharged . MANSLAUGHTER A . T WIGAN AT THE ELECTION

      William Kelly , James Royle , Richard Mwjuire , and John Whittle , were charged with the manslaughter of John Winstanley , at Wigan . air . Hitto . v and Mr . Trafford conducted the prosecution , and Mr . Bbandt and Mr . JIubphy the delenco . It appeared that ; a crowd of persons had assembled on the 26 'th of Juno in tbe market placa , before the Commercial Inn , Wigan , swearing that they would hare out a man named Marsh , who was concealed there . Tho prisoners , who were in the ma at tho time , swore that the opposite party should not enter for that purpose . A fight ensued , aud the prisoner Ktlly

      rushing from the door , armed with , a largo wooden bar , made an indiscriminate at ' . ack upon tha persons in the yard , and uf towards meeting with the dt-ceased , who had been in the market place , but was then coming down tbo street towards the inn , fel ' ed him with a blow on the bead . The prisoners Riyle and Maguire struck the deceased while he was lying on the ground , and the prisoner Whittle was implicated as having engaged tbe other prisoners to guard the door . Deceased w ^ s taken to an adjoining public-house , where he died from tbe tfL-ets of . tbe blow . The prisoner Whittle , who had been formerly a constable in Liverpool , received an txcL'llent a ' . iaracter . Tiie jury returned a verdict of guilty against Kelly , but acquitted the other

      pri-I soners . His Lordship , in passing sentence , said it would 8 etm that it was not until after the violence at the inn by the other party bail been committed , that the prisoner r .. ck ! es 3 ! y and wantonly committed the act in question . Aa thire were some mitigating circumstances in tLo case , be would ouly sentence him to one week ' s imprisonment . MANSLAUGHTER AT THE LIVERPOOL ELECTION . John Casement , publican , of Salthouso Dock , was put | for waul on a charge of having feloniously killea and j b ' . ivin a girl of thu name of Ellen Boyle , on . tko ni aht of I the 00 th June last . | Mr . JluiU'iiY and Mr . Crompton conducted tha | prosecution . Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . Mr . Mimi'uv ttatt-d tho case . U wauld appear that on the H 0 ; . h of Juna last , while the election harl been proceeding , thtre wore a great many mobs passing j aton ^ the streets , assailing the bousts of the inhabitants , throwing stones , and shouting :. It harp&ued | that the aeceistd was among a considerable party who j had thrown a quantity of stones into the prisoner ' s i house . Shortly after the stones had been thrown , the i windows of tho luper story of the house hart hten

      » .- ' » T »* ^ * * li * tll | n uu IVUUlU K / V UlU VCU Vvl UU ; the pri .- ; jiier , fluid a jnstol loaded with swan shot . One j of the * hota perforated tho dece ; t 3 ed ' S sid < " , and caused j an extravasa' . ion of blood on tho liver ; the other peri forated her ancle . Her death had been caused by j tvt-inua or iock-jivsr ; aud tbe surgeon would prove that j the loekjiw had been caused by the ar . cie wouud . j There vvtiu'd bo no doubt , after the witnesses had been i examined , that the shot bad come from tha prisoner ' s ; h-, usii ; f- > r b-rcn the prisoner himself had admitted i ihat he fir ' -d it . Tiid question for the jury to decide I w . mlJ . be , whctt . i : bo bad any justification for com-I milting suc ' a an net ; an . i in coming to a decision on tli ' . it poiilt , it v . otthl not fcs prcsuinijtuous in him ( tho ! l «» vu « d counso ' . / to eay th ^ t nothing short of string ami ] overbearing fear , sufficient to indues a man to believe i t ' .. i ' , his lifo was i . i peril , and couid not esc . ipe in ap . y i other vnty tl . au iiy repelling force by force , would , ihuku tho cviueucc' amuuut to auytbiug less tliaa tiuxn-¦ sl . m ^ hLc-r . i iijizillill . aji frishwoman , was the first witness called . j Siw was cross-examined by Mr . Wilkins . Saw the mob , I which had aitucked tliree houses during tha night , as-] s < mlilo Lvtore the prisoner ' s house and throw stones at I it . The stones v . ere flying as thick as-bail . Slio saw a : man open the front rooMi window , atid ittimcdiately i : ; fiurwai \ ls litiird the rt port of two pistols , and saw the , < : ecca . sul fall , shot in tho side . Did not heat the mob threaten tbt- lifo of tho prisoner or his family . SLe I : ad > watched tho pn ; c ~' i . 'ding 3 oi the mob that night for three quarters of an hour . I Vv'iliiara M Gtico saw the mob proceed to the pri-! sontr ' s house sifter snia-hius tbo windows of the ( J-lobe , in Mvrsoy-strtet . This witness sa , w tho prisoner come forward aud fird a pistol twice .

      ' ! ' I : I Mary Divett gave similar evidence . The prisoner I fired twica , ai . d never spoke to the crowd before he I fired , i John Byrnes , on cross-examination , deposed that the , ' mob threatened to pull the prisoner ' s house down , and Jiiil him or any of his family they could get bold of . ll . U ! iririSv . s wero in the crowd , and the greatest uproar i prevailed , i Wm . He nry It j din ? , superintendent of police , was on iluty at St . J . imis ' s Market on the night of the election .

      VVtnt in company M'ith Mr . Whitty to the I'tisoner ' s , house after the ucci ent had occurred ; the door was I fastened ; tLe prisoner was inside . Mr . WhiUy told i him : o ha cautious of what be might ? ay , tut he wished to know whether lio hu \ shot , any one . He said he had :. Ttsd two pistols loaded with swan shot—that he had wan-Aid Uii ; party tinee times before be fired , and tbtit ! he considered tho lives of himself aud family iu inuui-1 r . ent duager ; tho wiudows of the house wero all broken , ! and tbe doors were covered over with bricks , stones , , ( iti'l hard pieces of mortar .

      William M'CleUiuid , Esq ., surgeon , proved that tiie : deceased baii died from the gun-shot wound she bad | received iu the side and ancle . The wound ia tbe ancle 1 caused tetanus to ensue . A shot bad passed between tho ninth aud tenth ribs , which passed into tho liver and caused her to have a bowel complaint . j 'l'he ease for the prosecution having here closed , I Ml . WiLKi . NS addressed the jury on the pat of the prisoner iu an able aud eloquent speech , urging several i points in justiticuion of tbe offence for which he had been placed upon bis trial . | JVd Corditt was tb « first witness called for the defence . —Is a shoemaker . Lives in Campbell-street . Was ut the tLe prisoner ' s public house on the night of ! tiie election . All was quiet when he entered . In

      , about an bout and a half after , a little boy entered , ; and in couscquenca of what he said the shutters were | put up ar . d the door closed . In aboui ten minutes I after , a shower of bricks snd stones came through the : windows . Witness sat in the front parlour attho time , tut immediately ran out , and saw Mrs . Casement : knocked down with a brick , which struck her on the ¦ arti ! . Witness then closed the door , which had been j broken open with a brick . Witness then saw Miss j Casement , who came to lift her mother , knocked down . Witness was struck several times with bricks ' which came tumbling in over the fan sash . Miss Casement was taken away insensibla The door was broker

      , in several times with tha stones . Between 300 and ! 400 persons were assembled iu the street . Witness ; was in danger of his life , and the scene wm such a ont | as he would never like to see again . No provocatior j had been given to tho mob by either tbe prisoner oi ; any one in the bouse . Several panes of glass were ( bvok « . n in the shop window , although the shutters had ' been put up . | Other witnesses deposed to tho outragecus conduct of J the mob , aud to their horrid imprecations and threats to take the life of the prisoner . Two of these , Wm . Joues , a sailor , living in Ansdell-strett , and Thomas Kewley , deposed that they heard the prisoner warn the people to go away , or else he would tire upon them .

      . ( jail , a rjutcner , Mr . Toulnun , au attorney , Mr . Woodcock , a spirit merchant , Mr . Williams , an estate agi-nt , Mr , Whitby , a hosier , Mr . Holy well , an optician , Mr . Gore , a lkeiiatd victualler , Mr . William Jones , a ship ^ ryht , and Mr . Osborne , a blockmaker , gave th « prisoner an excellent character for humanity aud exemplary conduct for a number of years . Mr . Cromptox replied . His LoiibStuv briefly addressed the Jury , who , without leaving the bo £ , returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Tiit-re -was another indictment against the prisoner for shooting at Job Byrnes , bufc as no evidence was ufi ' ered on thu 2 » rt of the prosecution , the prisoner was discharged .

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      STATE OF IRELAND . Extract of a private letter received from a frknd in Irelaud , hy GvO ' Jwyn Bannby , iV / ., President of the Communist Society . " Is it not melancholy to reflect on the state sf trade , manufactures , aad agriculture , in this country ? A friend went a few days ago to a farmer , who heid some fifteen or twenty acres under him , ( and which is here considered as a medium farm , ) to ask for his year ' g rent , due last November , ( IS-iO , ) which should have been paid in May , ( 1841 , ) He says , « I ca . ugbt the family at their morning meal . A large basket , nearly filled with soft bud potatoes , placed upon a fable , round which yonng a ; id old wero seated . A vessel stood near tiie father , containing about a pint of Watjjii , into which aamuch

      salt had been thrown as gave it a strong taste oi th&t article , and into this mixture each penon dipped hispotaioe , eo as to remove the distaste which their badness gave them , constituted the meal on which they were obliged to work for at least six hours , when another of a stiilt'iar kind' was served up for dinner . ' He said , ' this your breakfast' ' Yes , Sir , ' was the reply . ' Then , God , help you , ' said he , ' I see this is ho place to come looking for rent , " she then left the house . This ia cota solitary insUnce . Such sufferings are of daily occurrence , aad that , too , amongst tho people who produce all . thft wealth of this part of Ireland—the farmers . Land is lot at a rack-rent , nearly twice its value , and such is the destitution of the people that they axe glad to take it at any price , and live in the way I have described , or else turn out upon the road a tribe ol mendicants or plunderers .

      25aitftt*U£I& St. From Ihe London Gazette Of Friday, Awustii

      25 Aitftt * U £ i& St . From ihe London Gazette of Friday , Awustii

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      Front the Ga ^ ie of Tuesday , Aw , - i . BANKRUPTS . John Brinkley King , carpenter , Old Broad-street to surrender Sept . 3 , at half-past twelve , and Oct . 5 , 8 ' eleveH , at tha Court of Bankruptcy . CuunaB , FiosDurfsquare ,-official assignee ; Hine and ltubiascn , Chat * ' huuse-gquare , t James Gillies , shipowner , Hartlepool , Durham , Sep .. 13 , and Oct . 5 , at one , at the Vane Arms Iiid , Swc ™* Swain , Stephens , andCo ., Frederick ' s-pUice , O . uJe « y > Wrights , Suuderiand . Edward Allies , timber-merchant , Alfrick , Worces ^" shire . Sept 2 , and'Oct .-5 , at twelve . at the White H 6 «*» Worcester . Whito and Whitmore , 11 , Bidioid-r ^' London ; Finch , and Jones , Worcester . . Robert PJlelps , scrivener , Tewkesbury , Glouc « --shire .

      George Short , jun ., grocer , Salisbury . _ John Midlane , ironmonger , Bradl Ing , Isle of W' 0 * Francis Parker , oil-merchant , Kotheriiaai , YMteto ™ Richard Kobinsor , fcrewer , Low-Jifglits , 2 1 *" " Shields , ¦

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      BiNKItUPIS . Michael Blood , North Audley-street , Grosvenorsquare , surgeon , to surrender Sept . 3 , at twelve , Get 1 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaUstreet Solicitors , ' Messrs . Milue , Parry , Milne , a&d Morris , " Harcourt-buildings , Temple ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Biisinghall-strett . Charles Maybery , EaiTs-ccmrt , Old BrompteD , lod ? - ing-house-keeper , Aug . 27 , at half-past one , Oct . a , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghali-stlEet . Solicitor , Mr . Parsons , Temple-chambers , Fleet-street ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Basinghall-street , John Holman , Burleigh-sfreefc , Strand , victualler , Aug . 30 , at eleven , Oct . 1 , attwtlve , at the Coitrtol Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Messrs . Coots , Son , and Ashbee , Austin-friars ; official assignee , 5 Si Cannan , Pinsbury-Equare ,

      Robert Cooke , Great George-street , BerraoMK ? , cooper , Aug . 28 , at twelve , Oct 2 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Vinpent and Sherwcod , King ' s Bench-waik , ttiuplej official assignee , Mr . Cannan , Fintbury-square . Angus Duncao and Charles Duncan , Tckenhouse-yard , merchactfl , Sept . 6 , Oct . 1 , at eleven ; at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Paiiei , St Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Baslngball-Btreet . Henry Warburtoiii Harpurhey , Lancashire , bnUder , Sept . 11 , Oct 1 , at ten , at the Commissioners' Booms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , sad Weatherall , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple ; and Messrs-WoQd , Manchester . Richard Robertson Timings , Birmingham , grocer , Sept 8 , Oct . 1 , at eleven , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Mr . Wlntelock , Alderuianfamyjand Sir . Sacklinz , Birmingham .

      James Lea , sen ., and Thomas Patrick , Worcester , butchers , Aug . 30 , Out 1 , at one , at the Wfcitf Hofse Inn , Worcester . Solicitors , iiesstB . White ana Whitmore , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Fiach aad Jo ^ ' Worcester . Robert Brett , Stoke Bardolph , Nottinghanishire , corn factor , Sept . 2 , Oct . 1 , at one , at the Gsorge IY . I """ . Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs , Wiliis , Bow ^ r , si " Willia , Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr . Wagstaffts , Grauthao * Lincolnshire . *

      mm PAnTNERSUIPS DISSOLVED . "W . Mells and J . Turlay , Manchester , merchant-iailo ^ - J . Richmond and R . Smith , Manchester , general commission-agents . J . Charlesworth and C Battye , DtWhouse , Yorkshire , storekeepers . J . Bagsbaw , J . Bagsbaw , and W . Bogshaw , Dewebury , Yorkshire , W& > founders ; as far as regards John Bagsbaw . C Wi dows aad J . Curry , Lei ^ h , Lancashire , grocers . »• Milnes and J . Metcalfe , Halifax , Yorkshire , wool comomakers . J . Waller and E . Cheetham , Hudderes « ' woolstaplers . — im

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct719/page/6/