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      ' ¦ I WILL HATE MERCY AKD XOT SACRIFICE . " ' U > zs for tfca coDgiaaation of those who ray tithe of Hani and ar . iii&e , attsnd to outtraia r < r 3 igion 3 observances , —bnt neglect to do ji ^ tiee and lore msrcy , the -weightier setters of the law . Te cill me great , and good , and jact , Tte needy * s stay acd the orphan ' s trust ; Ye name my name in year place of prayer , Ad speik of my loving-kindist * sa there ; Tour bands are spread to my holy throne , Tour lips male masic to me alone , -Aid your songs below are iiie tboss above . And tieir mmaal theme is , the G >> d of love .

      Eat my eari 3 filled with another strain-Ilia the pitrcing plaint of nnhcc-d « l pain , i _ e deep , dread tones of a nation ' s wail , is th = items cf her strong liica faint sjid fail ; I : hisstill'J tbe-raptcxed seraph ' s lyre , It is longer f ar toan your loftiest choir , Ii has rissn first to the ? oiden gate . . i ^ -i pltsia lite a claimant liia t -will not wait ; A-. d £ Hau I nut ia niy ^ -e ^ ith s . ri 3 e , A ^ i zxezg 5 es en all viio th $ cuini despise ? y- - > hear it Eot or y-- cive no teed ; 2 : ; rain Triih you dj thj pcop ' e piead ;

      . » .- y-ar n : ca heart ' s srurn their j jvlj suit , A ? y-jTir e-ra nre a ^ f , M your lips be mute ; Itr yonr chorus of pniss 1 cam " -: brar , A : 4 my spirit contends year solemn prayer . Y - ' . ir hoEi ^ i- is hollo «¦ , y . ur worshio assghtj T * ircers ? with odour is ail unfrauCli : ; ij ^ l eaT cn d by lore such § iio I sera Ys becu not soar breiiircn ' s case forlorn i

      Occe , in tie lapse of ws rast , luj people wdxc ht ! i in fen-rs fast , 2 n a Luui of drought , and ths shaaoTr of death , "Where they spent for o : hers thrir s-eat and breath-Sst they prayed to me : ti their tt : r ! e 5 s nirfct , And I fcsard and pitied their dismal pli ght ; 2 Jy hand their ijraiit-rj- ! nbitr smote , Ani for them a great deliverance wrought ; 'Till the people ' s rightful c ^ n ^ e prc-vsiied , And I was the Lord of their freedom hailed . *

      Ye read and admire my grace dL-plsy'd , W :- ; 5 I ewe these tr ^ uip . tu bo ndiin-n aid ; J ; : _ rdred £ your sa '^ btth-surgs employ , Ard you shire ia their jur . iite of j -y , In "hanks for freeicsn ' s fi ^ ht at ; .: c =. . n - }• JTr ^ i'sl s ' artry i / ird ' es your ovrn Corn-tin , . i .- A briais viiii ii = j-. y-d ' -i > cii ; EK 5-Li . Ia Y- ^ r feUoT-men in isv ira- ^ rc rr . 1 e ; 1-j : -gb its -witht-ric ^ biie ^ t on thousands fall , Though i : s bacner vi dread is iu-ir luriil-ps . il , Tr : n ~ h iti- rirds are cnishirg ray children dzzr Inl life is nayed ia its yonne career , j + na ihs sladsome lana -n- hieh rny s ^ eet showers lav Yi-id 3 iirtle to them sa- ^ a birjh and a jjrsTe . >" . they :: rs fiUtn fr > m their hi § h estate , > " :-t do their tyrants cXnU in uhe sate . Is 'W i 3 tha blsza of their slory dimined , y jw is the cap of th * ir bitterness brimmed ; 33 sstedand dry Ere their channels of bliss

      ijt ye heeditss pa » e by and thirfr co'Jiicg of thiB . X'lough that you " Abba , Father . " cry , AV hilst the people's poor one ' s pine and die ; "Bu . % their blood 1 shall yet at your hands require , n . Vh = n I riss in the day of my terribla ire . W . M'Dow all . Esodns xx . 2 . -f Piilm czJT , czxri . and ethers .

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      li ^ ES C ? : SXEIKG THE ACCOrST OT THE MEETISG OF ELLIS "WITH HIS FAMILT , I > " IHE " ^• OK . THEE ^ SIaK" OF > 0 Y . 5 TH , 1842 . Who is yon woman Trith four beauteous babes , Seeking the prison gates ? She knocks and weeps , Acd at the sight the artless babes wetp too . The iroa gates unclose ¦ wiA heavy sound , But she ' s deny'd admittance , eVn to take Oce long and last farewell of him sh 3 Iotcs . O ho ^ her gentle bosom heaves -with woe ! At length she setks tha gaoler—him shi &s& 3 And -with a look resistless "Bins consent . With hurried steps the mournful group is led , And eot » she thinks to clasp him in her arms

      And giye her grief fnli Tent—bnt thafs dsnied ; The formal turnkey tella her where to st ^ jid That he may witness all the tragic scene , And place the ieavy bars berween their forms . The hosbind comes , and ¦ with z frar . tic lo-ok Turns to avoid the sicteaicg eceec of ¦ roe . But the lov'd Toice of one soon c&ils him back ; Tis his own child that speaks . And cow he stands And thinks when last he beard those lisping sounds , And then he thinks of F-iie . Oa , Go *! the thought That years and seas mnst roll befvsen their lives Whose bappiaess fond nature had eniwin'd , Calls the big tear , and with an ea ^ er look He seems to ask his dear ones to his arms . In vain—the' indulgecce is fsrbid to him ; He rnsy not even kisa them , though h . s own . This hurts him worse than when the well-paid Judge

      ' Proncunc'd bis doom . Interminable woe . ' He cannot speak , but -with indignant brow He mutely tells the conflict in his heart , To be thus made the mock of Christian laws . With stiSed sobs they look one last farewelL Ah , - wretched man , could not thy tyrant foes Be satisfied to crush thy nob e soul , Bnt Lhey must make a sport of all those ties Which knit thy heart tj others ? And thy wife And little babes be punkb'd with thyself ? For -what ? Because , forsooth , thou d ? tist disdain To crouch in servile mood , to lick the hand Uprais'd to make them suffer . How the law Assumes the ^ "T" ^ of justice , and imprints Upon thy brow the lasting brand ot crime—Chains thee with ftlons in a Christian Lrnd , And tears thy nature from its generous bonds . H . H . H Birmingham , ~ Sor . 5 th , 1842 .

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      THE VOICE OF AN OCTAGENARIAN , DE--N"OU 2 N"CING WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES , Addressed to Sib Robert Peel . Sheffield , Wbitaker and Co ., Iris Office . This is one of the most soul-stirring pamphlets Tfrr . eh has appeared for some time , and is the prodnrtion of a mastermind , and a Teoerable veteran in the cause of the poor and such as have none to htu - p tbeia . iix . Roberts is a Christian of the old schijol ; he is , as he informs Sir Robert Peel in his introduction , four score years of age , and has de-Tettd half a century to enhancing the -welfare and happiness of his fcllow-mon . It i 3 indeed cheering in these days of treachery , perjury , and gnilt , to find

      an agea advocate of right eTen from the verge of the griTe Doicly , and -w . ib . all the sterling honestv of truth , teL'icg the Queen ' s Prime Minister of ' the prt-trs which threaten the nch , as the jast and inevitable consequence of their tyrannical and unjust conduct 10 wards the son 3 and daughters of iabour . Kere is no pandering to tae corrupting and ktrwiidering jargon of the political economist ; no Veiling the pieinre of national deep-aaadon and distTfeSi , lest perchanee a meek s-. nsibility should be shocked at the bare recital . We have here homely truth in all us rative power ; and that man must be less or more than mortal that can read these pages ciiinoTed . Yet the venerable author Ekht as well

      address his pleading 3 for justice to the poor to the g tones of the mountain , or to the raging torrent , as to the men now in power . Mr . Roberts might plead WKh the most surpassing eloquence , bu ; his efforts Wvuld be addressed to the deaf adder , and the tonster he tried to impress by the appeals of jiir . Ice and humanity would only laugh at them as the : mbecili : y of age , or the- ravings of insanity , ^" fell , Le it so . We hail the work wuh delight , and "R " e doubt net that its effects will yet be felt , perhaps when the hand that traced the Iine 3 fchall be paralised in death . We iincerely recommend to the people to make his motto tneirs— " Never despair in a good cause . "

      * HE LOYE GIFT , FOR 1843 . London , H . G . Clabke , and Co . 66 , Old Bailey . This 13 the third volume of a little Annual , ^ n-ect-ed to the celebration of iha ; passion , of which i ^ cou has beautifully said : — " LoTe rules the court , the camp , the green , And men below and gods above , For love is heaven , and heaven is love . " Aid we are glad to perceive that in many respects * ke vol . for 1843 , is very superior to those which iaTe preceded it . The whole of the Annnal for the corning year is we believe selected from our own poets , Wio have , with various degrees of merit and of feeing , written on this favourite and universal theme

      Md the selections are on the whole good . Some of them are excellent , and are well calculated to ele-J * ie and purify the mind . The compiler remarks in ^ e pre face that he " has been most careful to admit JioiLiDg into its pages that was inconsistent with that Parity and delicacy which innocence can never fail to Aspire . His aim has been—while seeking to amuse * i ^ stre hour— to call forth into activity the best * jp * uons of the heart , and to lead to the cultivation ~* toe ennobling sentiments of genuine goodness *? : tm th . " This is just what the aim of all who * J ; -i e , and especially of ail who write for the young , t-&iilc be . The work is neatly got up , and will lG , no doubt , an acceptable present to many an eiiaoared fair .

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      HOB-OX'S POLITICAL ALM . ANAC , and Poor . Ma-.. ' .- Ccir . rv . ii-n ftr 18-J 3 . Lv iou Ckave 1 , Shos-latn * . Fl--et-.-tr ; ct . Mar . chever H ^ ywoodjUldbam-street . Gla . ^ ow : Puton and Love , Jseltcn-itrtet . Leeds : Hobson , Iiiarkeistreet . We have here the mest efficient multum in paivo that we have ever seen . As a "Poor Man ' s Companion— " a book of ready refi .-r . "nce upon m . iuy subjects . in which he is vitally ioterested and of information upon matters which he ought to know—it is the .-thiDg which every poor man needs ; as a tc-xt book for political lecturers it is invaluable .

      There is an amount of information contained in it which we never before saw crammed iuio so small a conipass . Facts , nguics , tables , and calculation ! - , ali ot them rcnardiiii ; itat . crs of national iisportmes , and all ? jranged ai . d made ready lor general and immediate use—affordiuii at a glance almost whatever mtormation can be wanted—stud the whole book ; while a few happy and judicious commeaia afford a kind of guide to : he uninitiated in ttatisfics for their-application and use in the various matters ofc :-vil and social poiity which may come under contemplation . An advertisement eUewhere teis forih its contents wish considerab : * j exaoincss ; we re ; er therefore to it , instead of here giving the particulars . FronT such a b'ra- ^ . c of vsluablcs there is difficulty in --electing any psrucular ore tor imm < ciime aileui'on . \ V-j tf k-.- , b . vrcver , is a sample of the s-sck th « . - ** FRi : E TnADhR < "' Lvuki . ng GLii-s ; or a t . iblo

      setiiag torrh tt- ^ aiacutr ot' Exports of JJri : i'h rrodv . cfi and Msnufaciures for every year from 179 o to JS-J-1 , calculated both at the oSiJ . ai and D-cared Tj : u-. s ; with a sta ^ -taeut or the IXciared \ alv svl-. ii'h ib ^* l fr 5 :-iai t ^ : u- ? hou ! d hive produced , and th ? Annunl A-jprcfuic Depreciation in Prices ; s ' nowiLg ziO tL 1 . ' i ; 1 unal HVeiaje price 01 Whtai iu c \ cr \ ] .- < . ar Ir-m l " i ' o tj 1 L--41 , ivkh the amount of v . ^^ es paid every year for w ^ aviag a certain amount ol a givai q \ i 2 : iry of Cz ^ vm ,- ] a ? o tho amour .: " of Taxes raised in Grea : Britain , with the amount of Parochial Assessments , and the number of L ' oinm . Uii > ;' or Crime in cyery jt-ar of that same period fn-ai " 1728 to 1 S 41 : be ? nV , in fact , E > cglaxd ' s De-GKADATIO . N AT A GLANCE !" For tne fiaures 01 this Tc ^ Ie we , of course , refer our readers to the P < x > r Man ' s CompaDion icseii " , while we gi ^ e , therefrom the following tXi / Ia ^ uii / ry observations : —

      " We ba ^ e amrarst us a party vho are continually calling V . ct fur'Est ..-nsiOii" of cur Fwreiffn Trade . ' 1 ms piny wruld ma ^ e us be'itvs t '^ at ibe raiin suurce of -. '^ ipoitrci - s . r-. C cur i reuii . ess U ; n ' . he extent of L \\ t « : ; - trr : a ! triring ? . Tt * . y prtairt . ai ! toils ni : ; iv ! ul cr > i-5 trqu-nc-s , irclulir : ; the utter ruin of the c :. untry , siioUi'i v e . through aa / cause , lose or itjurs tLa . ' F . LTcJgn T ~; Gc ' " * v-, bv ' orevre t ? £ e ail th * se represc-ntr ^ io-. s f--r tn :: ii . it : nay be- ' -vvll to tX 2 . u' "• - ¦ wrr . t biVj betn tha 'jrcris wf fv'i-ujer ' t-xtensiona . ' \ Ya have * tx : pnd ~ d' ocr Jofti ^ u tn le ov-. r , ind cvtr , a :-d . ivtra ^ ain . \< "hut uii the beuejiis that bafe acc : u-. d to us from such ' extensLiiis" ?

      " Tt" nn : iml accounts of our E spirts only extend backwards to the year 17 aS . At least , tlitia ; . ie no Eccounts ibtt tan be dtpcuatd oa , prior to that year . Ffui . i tLv . ytz ; , the have btcii reiuVirly k-pt , a ^ d re-£ u : arly pnbliiiv .-d . We bave , tb ? Ttfore . the ii !? = r . s of comparison ana of entsmatirig tbeVALUEof our foreicn vraue , froia thit time to the prcseut The an&'sed table sbo"rrs thtj amount of tbe trade for every year during li e the period 1798 1 S 41 . It also saowa tha REAL VALUE of each years transactions , in the niuiicy Vi ' : ud of tho eooda exported .

      " It Wii ! t-e p "'; u :. iy appareut , that a comparison of nc = year -. rl ; h inutUr , t « see the relative amount of ExportB in tach Vtar , and the relaUTe ruouey valut of them , wiil enable us to estiiuate the amount of advant ^ e derived from ' ciundcd" con ; u . erce , should the Jaltcr of th'j t-so years fixed on for Cjmjinrisou show an increase in tbe amcunt of trade . For instance : say that in the year 1 S 15 we exported £ 41 , 000 000 of dficial ia : ue , which is the rd . uiva measure cf quantity ; a .. vi rjizi , fjr the amount of Prc-. uce and ilanufacturts bo exported , we received £ 49 COO 000 of money ; and say , too , that the amount vf moiu-y bo received for the said quantity of goods , was a / air price ; lef t eson ^ h

      to y » y the labourer good wages , and to alFord a living jr . fi :: siy all this , and eay in addition that in 1841 ve tx ; . u . ' . ed £ 102 0 . 0 000 ofidal value , or one-and-ah't i f times MORE in qnantity than we exported in bij ; tioesitnot foil > w that , in order to make that tx- ' sniion' of trade beneficial to us , it ought to bave brought to us one-ard-oiit- ^ alf-tiir . ts more money than the lemr quantity brought ? If the lessor quantity in 1615 i ? a 3 exported &t a fair price , does it not ; follow tiait in every addition to that trade , that fair price should have been maintained , to reader that addition b&iejicial ? and does it not also follo w , that if such fair price wtre maintained , ef ery ' tstension' of our trade ¦ WL'Uid bB beii «_ B . c \ a \ ?

      • Are the facts , then , as we have supposed ? Lrt us Sf-e . Tae table which fellows , ca ' dtd the ' Free Traders" Looking Gfass , shows that the amount of Exi >* rts in 1 S 15 , v » £ 41 , 000 . 000 official value , or quantity sto sptii in round numbrr ?); and that tbe aic-arel or money value of tho * e Exports was £ 49 000 , 000 . The table also shows that in 1841 our Exports amounted to £ 102 000 . 000 ifikial value , or o :-e-ai . G-a-haif-times increased quality : and the tab ! - - ' farther shows , that instead of our realising £ 92 . 5 ''O 000 , we only realised £ 51 . 000 000 ! . ' Tbe comnirison shows . '

      beyoad dispute , a most enormous ' extension 01 trade ; but it shows also , a most enormous depreciation of price *; ar . d , ts a matter of cou : se . if the first price was only a fair one , anenormous depreciation inboth theprice of labour and th * employer ' s profits . The comparison just aade shows , that the Exports had increased £ S 1 . 000 , OCO effidal va ! ue ; while for that astounding qu-intity of Briti-h produce and manufactures taken sbrcad -we only received tbe paltry sum of £ 2 , 009 , 000 !! AS the very first blneh of tho thing , even -when viewed in its most simple form , -we are involuntarily foreed to ask . uhere is the BENEFIT of extension' ?

      " But we have not yet seen the -whole of the operation of this depreciation of vrices . We have seen that it enfciiis m » re labour upon tbe producer for a less amount ot money ; for the comparison just made shows that we exported in 1841 , two-and-a-half times the amount of ; air material and labour exported in 1815 , for just upon the same amount of money ! and we are now going to see what tff . ct this depreciation of prices has bad upon our s&tion&i engagements . " Every body knows that taxes are yearly raised from us without reference to the prices of produce . The taxgatherer when he goes to a corn-grower , or to a hatm ^ ktr , cr to any other producer of ¦ wealth , does not tr / uble himself with asking tbe price ot corn or hats . He does not say , when he calls for the t ^ x he is

      collecting . " you paid me forty , bushels r > f wheat last yt-ur , or eighty hats , for your share of the £ 00 , 000 , 000 we have to rai-e for the Fundholder and Prince Albert ; and therefore you must give me the came quantity of corn , or the same numbtr of bats , this tivie . ' Bnt he sayx , ' y-ur share of taxation amounts to so much money ; and yon roust find it and pay me . The coin-grower or tbe batter has no means of raising that amount of money but by taking a portion of bis produce to niaTket , and disposing of it at the market price . When he has sold enough to raiBe the tax-gatherer the ameunt he wants , he pays him ; and there seems to bo an end of the matter . But does not a moment ' s rtfl = ction show that it dtpecda "upon the rate of prices of produce how muzli he has 10 sell to satisfv the tsx-aotber ' s claim ? If wheat

      be selling at 10 s . & bushel , and the tax-gather wants £ 20 , the wheat-grower has to part with forty bushe-a to pay his tux . In fact , he pves fuity bushels of wheat to the tax-gatherer . But suppose when the tax-man next coBies for his £ 20 the price of wheat has gone down to 53 . per bushel . The wheat grower would now nave to poTi with eighty buihels to raise , the amuunt of money needed . His taxej would , in fact be just doubled I Tor it ia evidtEt that if he has to part with eighty bushels instead of Toity , he has forty less for himself and his labouring-hands thun he formerly hud . It is pieciaely the sanits -with tbe haU . tr , and -with every other producer . Every depreciation in prices of produce ADDS to the amount of taxation , -when that taxation is , like onri , a jiaed 7 tioney amount Taxes can only be paid in produce . Unless the produce is there , taxes caxnot be paid . The producer is forced to sell bo much

      of his produce as raises the amount the tax-man wants . " The depreciated pr ices , thi'E , in 1841 , compared with the prices of 1815 , besides causing the producer to have to give the foreigner one-and-a-half times more raw material and labour for the same amount uf money , Lave aleo caused him to give one-and-a half times MORE PRODUCE to the tax eater . ' . ' Onu hundred pounds « otE wiii purchase Prinee Albeit £ 250 -woithoi manufactured produce , when estimated at the prices of 1815 ! : ! His £ 30 , 0 C 0 a year is thu 3 made to la ¦ t forlh- £ 75 , 000 ! ! Here it is where the wages of labour and the profits of the employer are swallowed up I We gne Uie benefit uf our increased production to the foreigner and the tax-eaUr ; and while every _ ' extension * of that sysum ados to their gains , it diminishes in an « -xact proportion the means of comfort and living for both the employer and the employed ! '

      "The ' Free Traders' Looking Glasstable gives the rate of wages paid for -weaving twelve yards of a certain quality of Cambric for every year from 1798 to 1 S 31 . It she-ws that the average 'waees paid during the first ten years of that period was lls . lid . If ene man could weave 36 yards of that cambric in a week , it would have taken Jive tceefc ' j vcages of 5 , 000 , 600 such weaveis to pay the average taxes of those ten years , amounting to £ 42 , 534 . 434 : while it takes forty-fix weeks' wages of those 5 , 000 , 600 weavers to pay the gross amount of taxes raised in 1841 , supposing them to receive as much for -weaving in 1841 as tbey did in 1831 , which they do not I . " Wheat was dear during those ten years . It averaged 76 b . 7 d . per quarter . The returns for the six weeks ending October 29 th , 1842 , shews that the price per quarter is 51 s . 8 d . Very ' cheap' according to nominal value . But how fares it with the means of the working mnn ?

      ___„ " When wheat was dear , a weaver could earn a quarur in two weeks and a day . It will take him twelve weeks and two days to earn a quarter of CHEAP' wheat , in 1842 ! . ' A rare commentary on theciyof ' cheap food ! » Here is the Table . I * t the Free Trader stu- ' y it we-1 Let him look at the last column particularly What a proof of mobaliiy with extended trace ,

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      Our t > -de his increase '"; six times ovL-r 'irce 1703—and CaiiiE l " -2 s ^ incitai-.-isix t : ; r . ca cvrr ft !; -.. !!! Ourrt . aaorsmny fn > m thi 3 foriij a-, : i ^ e : i of the r . ; anner and t . ^ u ^ e of the varied caJc-. iaiLcnd introduced by Mr . He bs-.. n into Li-, Cunipunivn . The last ^ 'Sar ' s Companion had anus * , extensive sale , and we caunct think that this will bo les ? generally appreciated . We would hint to Mr . Hobson that in his continnati , » ng of this annual boon h should be hereafter primed , so that the calendar might , it neces .-ary , be scuai & ' cd from i £ , without detriment to the apparent wWeness of thft book ; leaving the Poor Man ' s Conipanioi / S independent of thu Political Almanack , to be referred to in after years , not as " an old almauack , " but as a repository of t ' aot 3 and S ^ ures , forming a fie , useful , and complete Poor Man ' s Companion .

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      DEATH FilOM WANT . D ? a ^ n fr- ' -m want ! Aye , from abgolu ' e want In ths nuiiref ' . iith century , in a Christian country , in enlightened Leeds , fan : ed " for its bibla societies , its tract societ'e- - , its mi .-.- ; ouary societies , it * couvtr--: on- "" -i-th- '> -Ji-v 7 ri sgc o ! : C ' , its sprfad-oi " -: V : e-ynKj . ioli-1-fcrv .-isii-y ^ ri " - ? e .-i . : '' = > . its clotnin ^ Fociet ' " es , and it ? ^ oup ki'cben rst al-Hsbment , —a jury of Jv' ^ Uhmen are compelled to reiiirn a T ' . 'rdict at a eu ; oner ' s iiiqueot , 01 " " l > icJ from .-: ; arva'ion , and the v / uui . (>¦ : ilw cr > dinr > n nocc .- ^ nrics of life . " And p-iov H' ?! - stcad is not th 3 o : »] y vicdm to tho zy > iem . His cciisiitution L-.-. s been uaiqnal 1 ) i ! jo ordeal , aad ha has premaiurc-ly sunk ; b : it th « ro

      arc thousands now in this f-. iuie town of Leeds -who aro Fuff .-ri-. ig iroai the same , cause , aivi to wi ora the sli .-htvdt morsel of evc-n uuwh' > Icsomo ' ood corrrs a ! moBt liko an auuel ' d visit , so few » nd far btiwscn are the doUn ^ s-o tu of coldhearted charity . Livid lip ? , pallid faces , shrunken limbs , ? ke ] etcniz ? d form ? , with scarcely rags to screen them from the winter ' s wind , aro to be seen at evtry corner of our pm >; t . s , and almost at every hour of the r . i ^ U and oay , soliciting from the passers-by sorneaeaos whereby ther maybe enabled 10 eke out their miserable ex ; st «! KK < , and drae : on another weary hour , m hope of something better turning out the next . We repeat there aro thousands of tho .- ' ? , and who can gainsay it ? In the case we

      are recording , tho Corcner remarked that it was the first case of the kind which in six years had come under his notice—tho first verdict of the kind he had had to record ; but who shall ? ay it will be the last ? Who can say it would have been the first had every case where death has pnsued from the same causo been known \ The sufferer in this case appears only to have mace h ; s condition known when he cou ' . d keep it to himself no longer , whei , in fact , nature was entirely spent , and the functions of the body were quite Eu ^ pcuded ; then he go t iuto a stable , whero ho was comfortable ; from thenco to the vagrant office , where he died in a very few hours . O ? er his wretched remains an inquest was held on Saturday afternoon , before John Iilackburn , E : q ., and the following witnesses were examined : —

      Henry Sinclair , ostler at tho Harewood Arms , Ebeniz : : r-strcet , deposed—I know the deceased , T .-ho came to me at my master ' s stable , on Wednesday ni ^ hl week . I have known him f or seven or eight months ; he was a cloth dresser by trade , but had bi-en for some time ou : of employment . He wished me to allow him to sleep in the hay-loft , but I declined , telling him that 1 s ould get myself into trouble if I did . He said he had had nothing to cat , and I gave him twopence ; a woman who was by also gave him something—I think a cake . He said he was nearly pined to death . I did not give him permission to sleep in the hay-loft , nor do I know how he goi there , but I found him there on Thursday morniug week . I then got him a pennyworth

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

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

      The Coro . njjr—It is a very Btrange thing that you should have allowed this man to have slept in this way on your masters premises for so long a lime without acquainting him wuh it . Beyond this , no blame seems to attach to you ; you appear to have assisted the unfortunate man by all tbe mt-ans in yuur power . Thjre is no reflection on your huccanity . Witness—I assure you , sir , I did my best to get him away . I should have told my master , but he kept saying he would go .

      Mr . William Sharp , landlord of the Harewood Arms Inn—The statement made by my servant is , so far as I know , Btrictly correct . I was first told that the deceased was on my premises about halfpast nine o ' clock , on Thursday night last . I immediately got him into the house , and gave him some tea and muffin . I sent to the workhouse , and a gentleman came and examined him , after which he was removed here . It would be near eleven o ' clock when he 'vas got here . Mr . Christopher Fountain Brown—I am one of the town ' s surgeons ; I hare examined the deceased since his death ; I found him much wasted , and a mark of an old burn on his left side , with ulcers on both his legs of long standing ; the left leg

      particularly was very bad . On opening the head , I found the brain much paler than natural , and very flabby , but without any marks of disease , beyond a little fluid in one of the ventricles . On opening tho chest , I found the lungs healthy , except a slight touch of inflammation in one of the air tubes ; the heart was Emaller than usual , flabby , and only contained a very small quantity of blood . The liver was large and healthy , and throughout the abdomen there was a complete absence of fat , none whatever being on the muscles . Th 9 viscera were contracted as if with severe pain . The stomach was contracted

      aud empty , except about a gill and a half of greeenish brown-coloured fluid . There were no symptoms of disease in the stomach . The inte&tmes were empty except a small quantity of fluid , and the abdominal intestine was contracted , by nothing having passed it for some time . One of the kidney 3 was slightly deceased , but all the other ¦ viscera were healthy . He had evidently suffered from the want of proper nutrition ; and I should say without hesitation , that the cause of death has been the want of proper sustenance , and exposure to the cold ; in other words , that he has died from waut and starvation . The ulcers on his legs would

      naturally increase his debility , and render him more susceptible of cold ; it is unusual for one so young to be so afflicted . I believe all was done lor him that could be done . There was 110 disease whioh would account for death . Eliza Halstead . —The deceased was my husband ; we have been married twoyeare and eight months ; he ¦ was a cloth-dresser by trade . It was three weeks last night since I siw him alive . I have been separated from him some time , and am living with my father and mother in St . John ' B-place , Holbeck .

      have no children . I do not know how nor where he has been living . It has been his own fault that he has been in the state he has , for if ho had work found for him it was very seldom h 9 would go to it , and if he got any money he would spend it anywhere but at home . 1 do not mean that he was intemperate ; but he liked to live well , and would go to other places to set his meals rather than bring his money home aud be comfortable . I know he has applied at xha workhouse for assistance . butl do not know when ; 1 believe he belongs to somewhere by the side ot Haddersfield . He came to my father ' s three weeks

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      M .. co , atiwaie . ji time I save him somo ¦ porrir ? ne , a » ' 1 i ..:. ¦ ¦> -. ' . • ¦ r «; h . ? ir r ^ ivias pa ^ sh p > . y , and I get tnylivin- by plain sow-da I ^ vo hi ^ aoiaeiniug warai ntxt morning bbioro he wont aw .-iy , ana on askiiig him where he was feoiug , h < i replied "Dohtask mp . ; I doutfeaow . " Ho vvas twenty-four years of age . . Miss Ann Rollings , matron at the Vagrant Ofiioa . —iiio deceased came here first oil tho iish of Juno laac , ai : U stopped all night ; ho oatne ayain on tho 28 cii ol beptember , with a note from the workhouse , fltatmg that ho was to have a bed , and to be seen out ot the toivn next morning . This was done . The hrst time he was h-ro ho stated that ho belonged 10 Upper Wikeley . and the next tine that lie belonged to Ihutitonland . I did not soe him again till ho

      wasbroagat here on Thursday night last , at which time 1 saw ho was very weak and ill . I gave him some tea , and had him washed in a warm bath , iu , d pkeeu m a warm " -Kid ,. after , which ho said ho Idt very comfortabjle . His clothes were filthy , and were si burnt , aftoa- being taken off him . He said , 111 reply to my question , that he had no pain . I siw him agaiu the first thing on Friday morning ; he had Komfe . warm-aiilk bJore ei ^ ht o ' clock , imd * oine coffee a little , after nine . I talked to him between nine and ten , and he then complained of his fees being cold , uptui which I got spmo extra bed oloihes . Whilst I was talking to him-I saw him change all at once , and I then immediately " sent for a surgeon . He died about ten minutes past ten , jVfc bc : < , rc tnc surgeon ' s arrival . I did not think ho wciua havo died to soon when I saw . "him olrun ^ e . I hid uot administered to him any stimulant .

      The Cobonek then addressed the jury and said—It is raucn i . o be l&tnsrued that in a town hkej this , ¦ vh tre there aro to many chamabio institutions , KOnw person acquainted * with the parish authorities Had not j-iven inioruuiuou of tho state the - deceased was m when ha first asked leave to sleep in . tha hayiotr , at tho Hurewood Armrf ; far though ho may uot have belonged to Lced ^ , thero . avo ' other iu . itioucions —iho one wo aro in amongst tho number—wiiere he would have bttn taken care of . Thero dots not appear to bo any person to blame for the death of tho deceased so far as 1 can soe . The outlev was the ohiy one wiio knew of tho deceased being in the sUbU ' , anil appears to havo done as inuoh for him as h : 3 means afforded , though he certainly ought 10

      Have made his case known . Howtiyer he had not , ; uiu ho lia , d stated why ho had no v that ho . expected die man would go away . After hin case was-kiuwn , he wjs brought here , and all had been dorio for him that could bo done ., From the evi : enco of the surgeon , it appears that tho man has actually died of want and srarvut on . This is much to bo lamented in itself , and tauro so because it had occurred in a , large town liko tia ^ , and , if 1 . may be allowed to s ^ y it , in secresy . 1 hivo been coroner for uc ; ir six years , \ . i " . d this is tho fh ' .-ii en e of tho sorS which I hr . vo had . I havo had ca ^ s of . peivnris - . xpuse-l to coUl , whiHr ' ¦ produced .-that whioh

      was liie ciiUoO of their oeath , but Dover ouo wii ' .-ie the pany has actually died from v /; tnt and oiirvation . 1 tli'i . i ; k ' thu cily verdict you can ro ' urn . will be that he has died from w > nt and starvation ; . for ho has not hiid suth ' oieiit food , and has ween exposed to tho coi > l in a piaco not fit for a huntiii being to live hi . ilo appears to havo been a thoughtless ' young- mnn , not intemperate ( as his wife Wys ) , neglected hi 3 work , aud spfjut hia money iu reii-c = hraeutd in places wht ; re ho could get them , and uot at home . It is not necessary for me to go tr rough the evidenoj : you know euilicient ' - ' of . the cj . m- to lead you to a decision . ¦

      Tiie Jury immediately returned a verdict , ' That the ( iLceiised died from stiirvaiian , aud the wauc of Clio common necutitaries of life . "

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      I Tho . Gouqner tlien summed up the ovidi-jnc /? , and in doh- ; ? 3 D oW ' rvcd , ttot thu death of tht . ' iiian ; ' : a ! t het-n clearly cuiis&l by the gun ' Knot wom . da in quosnoa , sir T ' oa are to cd . " i . t . jr whether . the . party < f : schargiinf th-5 in was jastiii'iii in so doiu ? or not . If he was , your va . - diet ulust bu justiSauie homicide ; if not , mansluu'ghtey . To make boraioide ' justifiable , it must be owioL ^ to some unavoidable necessity ta wiiich th « person wl' ° WHs another must be reduced , w thout any fault ii » ' himsel ' . Now the law says that a man may repol fort ' 8 \> Y torc& in defence of his person or proparty agaiV ^ any one manifestly intending by violence or 8 uvpri ' -e / ° commit a felony , such as a rape , robbery , arsoa , burgla . ty , or tbe like . It J 3 not rocessiiry that a felony ehoulil be cctminittod , but the cireumatances must be of such a nature , -attended by violsoca or

      surprise , as to . wri' «»« a person believing that a felony was about to b » ' committed . If a man cojiiniit a trespass , aud bmifes tha hedges of another iuan ' s field , it will not warrant the party ns ^ rleveJ in using a dtudij' weapon ; and a p ;; rty has no-tight . to uso a deadly weapon to a . person ¦ who he discovers pk king his pocket A trespass , however wautun and provoking it mny bo , will not justify the usa of a ( le ; iv lly weap > n . A ' -mao must-not make an attack upon ad > other unless he can . justify a full conviction in his own mind , thiit'if ' . be does not do so hia own lifs -. vould be in danger . Now what was ' tfe ' o . nature of the offonce commit ted by the deceased ? It ; ia true that'he was trespassing—he had no ri ^ bt to be in Mr . Fari-ar ' a he ; i ruostt ... It " may be th ; i 5 h < 3 was csu ^ ht

      byMr . Earrar with a fowl in his po . « s ^< sion . ;> niI supposing this to ba so , aad that Mr . Fariar caught him in tho aat of cpniriiitting a ftiouy , it pots not appear tiiat tho deceased ussii any violence , 0 ? t ' nit his conduct was of such b nature as to alarai or terrify Mr . Farrar .. Mr . Fnvrar hart a vight'te apprehmid him , aud t- > use sufficient reasona-Hle fo-ce to aecoiinjlish : his purpose . It appears he did so , and took tha dcjtaBbd to tha kitclion door . Daring this time it is not auggeatod that thB duceused oii ' eted vis-luuca , or that he made any great resistance . When . it the kitchen door , it appears that the deceased ;? ot loose fioni Mr . l ? arra , r , and cua away . TJp to this time it is difficult to say whechur Mr . Far ; ar had sufficiently rticoguised the deceased—he cortaialy ha .:-l dime so soon after ; but if he knewthe deceased at ilia , time , he might have gone iuimediatfly to a constable , and had

      him apprsbtinded . But > vhun tho deceased ran away , .-vlr . Rirrar charged him to atop , and threatened to shoot Mini if hedidnot . Tboniau still continued to run , and when about thirty yards oiF , Mr -Fafrar fired , hit him , and occasioned the mischiefwlucii has caused the ' man ' s uoath Now , it is for you to suy , V 7 h .-thcr this conduct wu tha part of Mr . Fiirrav- was ' . justiflahlw—was his life in diuigtir?—was th'j nature of' tlw . offence such as to iiotohea ur ^ eiit necessity , coatr ^ custin ^ uisheil . from a fdony without violenc-j . as pocket pickinc . H . in uttauiptlu ^ to rob the Lea rooit , tho deceased hud fflyred violence , Mr . F-iir . u- would havo been j ' . istified iuusin ^ ' u = ' nt ; a d . e . itlly we-ipon . B . ' . t ih « . shoutin . - ; t'sok piaoo a'ltur lao fciocy v ? iw cjiiimittad—attet thL- d > : C ^ ased had been ML'IZ'id—after he ran away aad as h « was e-.-capii ;^ . It fi e wiia to me , therefore ,-that Mr . EV . rrar , as a private , individual had uo riant to shoot the deceased

      beeiuae ho was making hits lisyiye ; and taeva does not appear , to . bo- any prefc ^ r . co for saying that the 'deceased had pthL-i'p ( -rs ! in 8 assisting him , or that there was anything in the affray wufch ' couid fairly warrant Mr . F . irrar iu cjnsiclering himself iu danger . The followiaR case will elucidate the pror . eht . : — a person was set ¦ to watch premises fn th « ni ^ ht , and on seeing a man on the garden wall bailed him , and the man said to another , " why dont you firo ?'' and after hailing the nir . n iigain htnving theBame pyr 3 on repeat similar words he fired , and shot one of tho meii . The Court said " Any p ( : T : on set by his master to watch a gard ( n or yard is not at all ju . stided in shooting at or iu aay w * y injuring persona who ma ¦ • come into those premises even in tlio ui ^ ht ; and if ho aaw them go into hia master's h ^ u roost , still he would not be justified in shooting them . He first ou ^ ht to see if he could not take measures for their apprehension . But here the life of the prisoner ¦ was threatened , and if he considered

      his life in actual danger , he was justified in shooting the deceased . " Now , in the present case , if you think Mr . Farrar was attacked by violence or surprise , while the deceased was cnmTiiittinp , or about to commit a felony , or if you think that nil the circumstances of the case were sufficient to create a well-founded apprehension and fear in his mind , that his own life was in danger , then your verdict must be justifiable homicide . But if you think that Mr . Farrer shot at the deceased , merely because he was escaping from him after he had apprehended him , then it is my duty to say that as a private individual , and not a police-officer with a proper warrant , be had no riaftt to do 89 ; and if you think there was no violence offered by the deceased and ; none intended , which you must gather from the circumstances of the case , and that Mr . Farrar was in no personal danger from what really occurred , or if you think he rashly shot this man , then your verdict must be manslatiehter . - . -., . .

      Tae Jury then retlredi and after a abort absence returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Thomas Farrar . who was forthwith placed in custody , until an application can be made to the Judges for bail .

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      We have good reason to know that a confidential agent of the Government is at this moment engaged in examining the speeches delivered at the various Anti-Corn Law meetings , and in selecting and arranging what appears to him to be the most violent passages . This compilation will contain tho names of the several speakers , the places at which they were delivered , and the dates of their delivery . Care will be taken to set down the names of-tho members of tho various committees over the country , the poaition ¦' . they hold ia society , whether magistrates or town-councillora ; but , above all , whether they were in any way connected with the late

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

      Murdeb . —On Sunday evening last , two young men , iiumcd James and jThomas Scauiell , went to tlie Ilising Sua beer house , on the Boreham-road near Warminster , accompanied by three young women of Bishopstore . Shortly afterwards t « vo young men . named John Jeffries and Stephen Paine , came to the house , where they remained together till about half-past nine * when Jeffries and Paine left . The other party quitted in about a quater of an hour , and proceeded towards Boreham . James Scamell and two of the girls were a little in advance of Thomas and the other girl . Thomas soon heard load talking , and James called him to come on . On coming up , he met James and the girls returning towards Warminster , Jeffries and Paine following them . Jeffries offered to fight J . Scramell , and took hold of him . when they had a struggle , and both fell ,

      Thomas said there should be no fighting , and the men stood about two yards apart for a second or two when John Jeffries , without saying a word , made an underhand thrust at James Scamell , and immediately stepped back . Scamell exclaimed , I am killed , and one of the girls ran to him end caught him round the waist ; he dropt his bead upon her shoulder , and looking down and seeing blood , - <> neq , * ' Lord hare mercy nppn me , I am a dead man , and immediately expired in the girl ' s arms . John Jeffries then came up to the girl and said , V—n you , I'll serve you the same , " and struck her . a violent blow on her head , which knocked her backwards —he then ran away . An inqnest has been held , and a verdiot of " Wilful Murder" against John Jeffries returned , who has been apprehended and fully committed . —Devizes Gazelte , %

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      An AreiaV ' Steam . Cakriage . —This nime hag been giv- "f ; -fo ' a jil-w Kiac ' . ime , ; -. r whioH a company has * a ! -: or . oav a pi / e . nt , and which is to convey pas's I'gers , go >; pf , and dispatcher- - through theaif , perforniin ^ tho' jjurucy from London 10 Iaaia . in four days . ' and to travel at tho rat

      process of formation . A company of gentlemen * J 3 really formed ,-even of mechanichal men : the patent was formally sealed on iha 29 ; h of September last , and .- f-yslematio arrangemcaU are in progress to complete , the de . ^ iyn . In sueh an a » e of improvement wo really have no right -or precedent to deny the possibility of thi 3 measnrs . " In January the ma , c ; iine will be thoroughly organised , and until then tve take hare of the subject , aud « nly trust that th ? 3 alleged invention is neither exa ^ erated , nor .. ' an Utopian proj-jc ^ ; and fro m tho CDuversation we have had with tho .- ; e ia coun ^ ction with the deaign . ivv © have every r ^ asoa to bclievejthat neither 13 | th © case . —Atlas . ' .:

      ' Cheshaji ;;—On Saturday night last , about twelve o ' clock , a-nre ' ^ was discovered on the firm premises occupied by Mr . R . Lazenby , at Lay-green , m ihis parish , diaianc about t wo miles from the town . An alarm was iiii ' meuiately given , and the engine was dispatched . to-the- spot . Upon its arrival a stack of oat 3 was fbanS on lire ; ana it appearing probable that is would extend to the buildiji ^ , the efforts of the firemen were-principally directed to preser % 'e them , in which they were succoasfol . The buildiBgs were not insured , but the stock is insured in the British Fire Office ; the damage is estimated e * £ 50 . Tho origin of tho fire has not been discovered . — Bucks Gazette .

      Bi'dHMEAP . —On Wednesday morning , between ten and eleven o ' clock , a destructive fire brokeoufc on tun premises of Mr . Gray , farmer , Bushmead , ncrsv Eaton Softon , Bedfordshire , which consumed nine or ten stacks of barley , beans , and other corn ; but , by great exertions , the wheat ricke , houae and farm building were preserved . Tho property is inpured in the Sun Fire-office , and wo regret to say that the fire was the work of an incendiary . The continued occurrence of these calamaties induces ua

      to-impress . upon tho farmers , in all places where there is the slightest dissatisfaction amongst the labour , rs , the . necessity of immediately resorting to tho same monpurfis which were so generally adopted by them in 1830 , when a similar evil spirit was afc work through the country , —thai of appointing a nightly ' watch . of-half a dozen or more in every parish , and usinsr all vigilance for rhe protection of their . propsny . This was found to . bo the only way of cff . T . t , ual . ly stopping the midnight incendiary . — Camhriitae Chronicle . r

      Committal of a . Man for Stealing his own Property . — A . labouring man named Matthew Leonard , waa ' brought before a county magistrate at S ' . ockporfc , on Thursday , charged with felony , under tho following circumstances . The prisoner resided at . Castla- Hill , Bredbury , and ho had lately had hia furniture distrained upon for rent , the property being removed from his house to a school-room for security , in . which place it was safe on Monday . On . the following - ' morning the property was missing ; the prisoner having obtained a key which would unlock tho school-room door , had taken away the furniture , and conveyed it to Stockport , where ifc was found by Galley . the Bred bury constable , at tbe hou ^ e of a . person named Wild . The prisoner was committed tor ' trial . —Manchester Times .

      South Lincoln . —Monday morning the whole of . the concents of the stackyard of Mr ; John Foster ' s farm , about seven miles from Louth , including nineteen Btacks , barns , &c , were being rapidly reduced to ashes , An attempt had been made on the previous day to destroy the premises ; but the fire was discovered and extinguished before it had reached any head . There appears io exist no doubt whatever that ths firo on both days was the act of an incendiary ; and the second , which has proved bo destructive , commenced in a part of the stackyard the most likely to communicate with and destroy the whole . Tiiedamago done is estimated at from £ 1 , 000 , to £ 1 , 500 . Mr . Foster was insured in the Norwich Union , but only for £ 800 . The Lincoln Mercury says ., ' We are informed , on the best authority , that the dreadful-fire on the premises 0 ? Mr . FoBter , of Great Carlton , on Monday last , was wilfully cauaed by ' his servant , Sarah Baldock , aged fourteen , who has confessed to the fact : "

      On Tuesday evening last , about seven o clock , another fire was observed from Chesham , in the direction of Lee-common , about four miles and a half disfcaht .. An engine was immediately , got in readiness , but did not start , from the absence of certain information as to the place where the fire was . A great number of persons set off , but many of them soon relumed , having gone in the wrong direction and the fife appearing to Bubside ; whilst others moro persevering , went through the woods ( which are numerous here ) and guided by the light , arrived at the spot about eight o'clock . The fire by thia time had nearly subsided , after having entirely destroyed a' burn and _ a bay of oats . Great praise is due to the farm labourera VT jMid other persons , who , immediately on ^ the- ; discovery

      of the fire , rendered their assistance , and succeeded in saving a quantity of barley , and the wind being in their favour also prevented the fire from extending to the dwelling-houses , which , were at one time in great danger , being only a few feet distant . No engine arrived , the fire not appearing likely again to make head , although the flames were continually bursting forth from the half burnt corn . The premises belong to Mr . Clark , and are insured in the Norwich Union , but the stock is not insured . The owner , Mr . John Barnes , experienced a similar calamity about twelve months since . The fire originated through th 8 carelessness of a boy fourteen years of age , the son of a farmer ' s man living on the premises , who acknowledged that he was plajing with a light in the barn , a portion of which foil on it . The damage is estimated at £ 150 . —Bucks Gazette .

      Birkenhead Police Coubt . —Dabing Robbert in Cheshike . —On Saturday morning , John Brophey , Michael Maher , John Hopkins , John Maher , and John Connor were brought np at the Town-hall , Birkinhead , before J . D . Case , Esq ., and J . W . Harden , Esq ! , on a charge of having committed a most daring robbery in the house of Mr . Peter Wood , farmer and shopkeeper , at Capenhurst , in Cheshire , about seven miles from Birkenhead and an equal distance from . Chester . Mr . Wood ' s premises stand alone , at the distance of about a quarter of a mile from any other dwelling . Margaret Wooda , the wife of Peter Woods , having been sworn , deposed that on the preceding night her husband was absent from home on business . A little before nine o ' clock ,

      she , her daughter , a neighbour named Thos . Edwards , Thomas Woods , her husband ' s unole , Mary Morton , and a . boy , were Bitting round the kitchen fire , when the latch was raised , a man entered through the baok door , and presented a pistol at the pany . He was followed by several other men , two of whom came towards where witness stood , and also presented pistols . There were three or four persons behind them at this time . All the men had their faces blackened . Witness screamed out on the entrance of the men , and exclaimed , " Spare our lives . " She then asked the intruders what they wank d * adding , " If you want food , there are three flitche 3 of bacon and plenty of bread , which you may take , if you will spare our lives . " The men with

      the pistols commanded the parties in the house to Bit still , declaring that if any of them dared to move , to speak , or even to look round , such party should be immediately shot * At this juncture , she ( witness ) ventured to look round , and for so doing received a severe blow from a pistol . The witness then went on to Btate that the three men stood with their pistols presented at the party around the fire , whilst the others went up stairs , and were heard to break open the drawers . After having ransacked the house for about twenty minuteB , they went away by the back door , taking with them all the money they could find ( about £ 20 , ) and also a watch from Thos . Edwards . From the further evidence brought forward , it appeared that after the arrival of Mr

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

      in apprehending , but the three others ran off . Boughey then sent instructions to the Easthamand other ferries that any suspicious characters should be Btopped , and the result of those proceedings was that on Saturday morning one of the persons who had escaped was apprehended at Eastham ferry , attempting to get across , and the two others were apprehended in Birkenhead in the course of tbe morning . A sum of £ 7 108 .-was feund on one of the prisoners , and other enms on two of the others . Amongst the money was a crooked sixpence , which was sworn to as the property of Mr . Wood . Other circumstances were brought forward ,

      which tended to confirm the suspicions against the prisoners . They were all remanded till five 0 clock on Monday evening , when they were brought up again at about half-past five o ' clock . The court was yery crowded ; and the case Beemed to exoite great interest amongst the inhabitants of Birkenhead . Mr . Palmer , having been sworn , stated that he had additional evidence to bring against all the prisoners except Connor , which he thought would be ready by Wednesday . Connor was forthwith discharged , as there was no evidence to implicate him , and the other four prisoners were remanded until next Wed * nesday , at two o ' clock .

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      LEEDS . —Charge op Stealing TaU . " > w . —On Tuesday last a case of this nature , in which the prisoner ' s name wa . s Charles Wrij ( g ] esW ( jrtli , oaint ; before the sitting magistrates , Ralph Marklaud , Esq ., and Wm . Sniith , Esq ., a ' , the LeeJa Conri-House . The prosecutors were Messrs . Sellers , tallow-chandlers , in the Shambles . From tho evidence f <> r thepi-o * fccution , ii would appear ihat the priionsr di .-poitd of a quantuy of tallow to a butcher of ;!» - . namu of Henry Wormald , on Saturday ni ^ ht la .-f . for the sum of £ 1 2 > . 6 ii ., it having been pravioiiily taken from the premises of the prosecutors . On the oiher hand for i ' ua dei ' euce , the evidc : ico avo :: ' . -0 show irat Wnroiaid had some cri ^ . i : i . ;! ksowledge of the transaction , from tbo SL-ver- ; l

      contradictory versions £ iven fcv him of the purchase of Messr .-. Sv-ll-.-r ' s taiiuvv , aud aL-o that he vv :- _ s su l furiher implicated iu traiuaetions of a siruilur nature , bstviiii ; disposed of o ' . har stolen talJo-. v alor . i , ' vri ' -h tViat more immediately ivi qaostiou bolon ^ inj / to Mr . George B-. 'verloy , i » u : cher , a : d io whom , on the iii ~ cevury ot his " . allow , Wovni- 'i ! haf' { J ' Tli ; " con ? iu ; .-ra ' . ion to Jut . tho matter at rc .-r , ai ; rt he would afterwards find him the rcaii cf whom b . f pnrcha ? od id . Tne evidence for t ' ne defence also wrnt to show tiiat the prisoner was absent at the time of the alleged robbtry anJ disposal of the tallow to Worma'd . Altogtih .-r such \ vas the contradictory nature of the evidence , tha :. the magistrates decided that they bad nothing wherewith to send the case bci ' ore a jury , and hence they dismissed the prisoner .

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      CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER . On Tuesday morning , an inquest was held at the Court-house , Leeds , before John Blackburn , Esq , on the body of Win .. Council , late of Oulton , stoneuiason , who died in tha Infirmary on Sunday morning , from the effects of . a-gun shot wound . How it was inilicted may be gathered from the following repurt of the inquest : — Wo . Kitid , Oulton , labourer , said—I have worked nearly forty years for Mr . Farrar . I knew the deceased : he was a stons mason at Oulton , and lived abeut a quarter of a mile from Mr . Thoa . Farrar ' s bouse ; Mr . Farror knew the deceased . Mr . Farrar called me up on Sunday morning , the 23 rd of October , about half-past two o ' clock ; Mr . Farrar said , "Thou must get up , for I

      have catched Wm . Connell stealing my hens ; I have shot at him aud I believe I have hit him ; be is laid at the third stoop over the bridge , and must not be left on the road . " I got up directly and went with Mr . Farrar to the place , but the man was gone . Mr . Farrar would have to pass the man to get to ray house ; we went to search fur him but could not rind him . Mr . Farrar had the gun in his hand when he came to eail me . Tbe third stoop was about a hundred yards on the carriage road leading to Mr . Farrat'a house . Mr . Farrar . told me that when be got bold of Connell be bad a fowl in his band . He said he got i hold of his collar , and was going to tako him into the kitchen , when he ( Connell ) twisted himself out of hia grasp and ran away , upon which he tired at him . He did not tell me what the gun was loaded with . Mr . Farrar did not tell me that there

      were any more men with Connell . Tbe hen roost is in the farm yard , and is not connected with the bouse . Mr . Fariar bad been watchiug that night , aud bad watched for several nights . He has betn robbed of bis poultry and other things several times . The road where the man was lying is a public read . I live about 200 yards from Mr . Farrar's house ; there are four or five houses between my house and bis . When we could not find the man , we went to the constable ' s and told him to apprehend him . John Butterfleld . of Kothwell—I am a slabber ; I

      havo known tho deceased for nearly a dozen years . I was with my brother ( George Butterfleld ) and Thoaiaa Armiatead on the Sunday morniDg the deceased was shot ; we met the deceased on the road at Oulton , about three o ' clock that morning ; he told us be had got shot in his leg ; he walked lame ; we went with him to bis uncle ' s , at Quarry-bi ! l , Oulton ; he complained of suffering great p . tia , and said it stung him up Into his body . There was no otker person with him when we met him . We bad not been in bis company , nor do I know who had .

      Thomas Armistead—I live at Rothwell , and was in company with the Butterfields on the morning that this man was shot J did not know Connell ; we met him walking up Quarry-hill , and at first I thought fce was drunk . He walked very lame . We asked him what was the matter , and he told us he had been shot at in the leg , and that the pain stung up into bis body . We had heard a report of a gun abcut an hour , I should think , before we met tbe dtceated . I thought the sound came from towards Oulton . 'i'here was no person with the deoeased when we met him . I had met with the Butterfielda at Woodlesford . The road through Oulton is not the nearest to Rothwuli ; but I went that way because I could have company ; it is not more than 300 yards further than the othar road .

      Charles Cucljerhnm . —I live at Oulton , and am a labourer ; I am uncle to the deceased ; he is about twenty-six years of age ; he resides at Oulton with his mother . He came to my house on the Sunday morning in question , nbont twenty minutes past three o ' clock . I was in bed wh ^ n be came , bnt he called and 1 got up . 1 assisted to take bis stocking off , and found that be was lame ; it was his right leg . It bad been shot , and was bleeding ; I saw shot in the leg ; my bouse was nearer to Mr . Farrar's than bis mother ' s . I put him to bed , and he was removed to tbe Infirmary about three o ' clock the same afternoon . Mr . Dawson , surgeon , of Oulton , attended him before he came to the Infirmary ; it wad between two and three when we fetched him , and he recommended us to take him to the 'Infirmary . The deceased was not iu the habit of sleeping at my house . I neither saw nor htard any one with him . Benjamin Coimell , another uncle to the deceased , corroborated this evidence . ' .- ¦ ¦"

      Mr . John Alliinson—I am houeo surgeon at the Leeds Infirmary . Tbe deceased was brought to the Infirmary on the afternoon of Sunday , the 23 rd of October . I examined him , and found he had been shot in the back pan of his right leg , about the knee joint . There were a number of shot hole ? in the leg , and the knee joint , we had reason to believe , bad beau penetrated by the shot , as it wii much swollen , and the cavity contained a quantity of fluid matter . I made no incision , as it would bave besn fatal to the man to have followed them . I should say that the . ' gun bad contained an average charge , and to the best of my judgment I thisk tke deceased must bave been at the distance of thirty yards from the gun . The shot-holes were all

      distinct , and it did not appear that two of them had gone in together . He has remained at the InflrmaTy ever since , and died on Sunday morning at about halfpast Sbven : Tha cause of death hia been the injury to the ves 3 e ! s of the leg , and tho mortification arising therefrom , occasioned by the wounds inflicted by the shot ; the vessels being wounded produced fever and mortification . Tbe nu ' . n refused to have his leg amputated , and professed his determination to die with it on . I cannot speak as to the success of an operation ; but there would have been a better chance of his recovery : as it was , be had no chance . I have no doubt whatever that death has resulted from the gun-shot wounds . He was apparently a man of sound

      constitution . - . " - . . . ¦ " . .. "• - ,- : ' . '¦; •" ' •" Thomas Spiers—I am a policeman at Leeds . I yesterday went to Mr . Farrar ' a , at pulton , and examined hia premises ; they consist of a dwelling-house and farm baildings ; the bens rooit on the top of a rack In a cow-Bhed ; there is a door to tbe shed , but a person could get in without breaking open the door ; it would depend on which side he entered . The door of the shed is twenty-eight feet from Mr . Farrar's back door . There is a private road from the highway to Mr . Farrar ' s

      premises , it U eleven feet wide . Mr . Farrar told me he took tbe man in tbe shed with a fowl in bis possession ; he pointed out the place where the deceased was . He Baid he took him to the kitchen door to got a light to see who be was , and tbe deceased twisted from him and ran away . He pointed out also tbe distance the man bad ran when be fired , and where he stood hinu stlf : the distance is eighty-seven feet . Mr . Farrar said be told the man if he did not stop ho would tire at birr The statement made to me by Mr . F . irrar was entirely voluntarily ; I asked bim ao qutstionj ,

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      BRADFORD . —Independam Order of the Golden Fleece , B . U . —A lodge of the above order was opened on the 7 th instani , at the house of Mr . Samuel Waterhouse , Ram ' s Head Inn . Previous to the lodge being opened , the officers and candidates sat down to a sumptuous supper , provided by the landlord and landlady , to whom great praise is due . After the cloth was drawn , the lodge being opened , Mr . Thomas took the chair , and Mr . Waite was vicechairman , when a number of respectable individuals were initiated into the order .

      CARLISLE . —A public meeting of the members of the Corporation took place in the Town Hall , on the 9 th instant , for the purpose of choosing a Mayor and Treasurer for the ensuing year , when George Dixon , Esq ., of Abbey-street , was elected Mayor ; and William Jackson , E ^ q ., solicitor , Treasurer . Several committees were then appointed ; and a cordial vote of thanks was given to the late Mayor , George Gill Mounsey , esquire , for the very aible and impa « tial manner in which he had discharged the dutien of his office . Mr . Moun ey returned thanks in a neat and sensible speech .

      A very interesting and instructive artiole was read by Mr . Bowman , on Sunday evening last , to the members of the " Carlisle Debating Society , " at their room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , "On the importance of the working classes securing and exercising the Municipal Franchise . " After which the following resolution was unanimously passed : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is of the greatest importance that the people should seoure and exercise the Municipal Franchise ; and we strongly recommend them to do eo . " It may be proper to state , that it is the duty of all overseers

      to place the names of all the inhabitant householders in the parish or district for which the poor rate is made out , upon the rate book ; otherwise the rate will not be legal . In making out the Burgess List , the overseer ought to place upon it the names of all persons so rated and whose rates are paid ; regardless whether they have been paid by the landlord or tenant , nor is it material whether the landlord compounds for his property or not . These points have been decided by the late Mayor and assessors for this borough , and will , if acted upon by the working classe , lead to a greatly enlarged constituency .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct780/page/3/