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      TOESSH 1 RE SPSING ASSIZES . i _ , I The ¥ nsiness at these Asezss coromenoed on Monday ; "Keek , btfore TAi . Baron Parke and Mr- Justice Colt- . man . Tee latter Jsdge presided in tb « Ctowb Court . The following ib a summary of the crnsiEal Dttsiness of . the -sreeki— ' , James Harper , 19 , -was tfesrged -wKh having stolen a mare , the property of Sanaa ! Farrer . The prosecutor Ira earner , residing at Harogate , « id he toot a rattle- j gate on the -common assr that-piace . He turned his , fcorse on that-common es Sunday , the 28 th ol August \ last , and abo&s noon on -feat day -the mare -was grasing there . The same aftersMn the prisoner , who lived at thefeanby Hotel , nejethe common , Lffered ihe animal lor sale to Mr . Samuel Wilkinson , ef Pannal , stating -that te >> = i bonsbi it at ^ Bi pley fair , of William j ^ y Ar ,. v . ot haTiDg any nse for the animal , he wu ¦ a- 4 d to part -wife her lot 093 .. Guilty ; to be impost dt * ro years . _

      Jshx Beevory 17 , was ciiar ? ed -wifh bavins :, on the 17 ih of July , in tte uarishoi Bavmarsh , broken into the dwelling honss of jos * ph Aosan . The prisoner -was found Guilty . —To be impnsDned 12 calendar months to hard labour . mcbai Jackson , £ 5 , was-charged -with having , on the SSnd or 23 rd o ? September last , at Bridlington , killed a fat * beep , the property of 3 dx . George Simpson , and -with hating Btolen part of the carcase . —Not 'Gnllty . . _ .

      Joseph Thcspe , 33 , was charged witb . Tmraig , on the 21 st of August last , at-Sbiffield , in the Wtst Riding , burglariously broken aad entered the dwelling house of Sbbert Elliott , and stolen therefrom three promissory notes of the Senfrewshire Bank , -valueof £ l each , and XtFO shillings in silTer , hifl property . Guilty . —To be confined in the Home of Correction at hard labour ien "two yeses . Cbaries'&alcs , 26 , -was chained "with having , on the 2 st of September last , ^ tBooton Roberta , in the West JUding , stolen seven sheep , the property of Wm . Firth . —Guilty—Sentence deferred .

      Abraham PicKes , JiS . was charged with a burglai in the house of John Crabtree , and with using Tiolew to the inmates thereof . It appeared from the evident of the prosecutor , that he resides at a place called Foi lane Ends , in Stansfleld , near Halifax , and the prison also lived in thatneigbbourhood at the time in questio On iheSthof September , the prisoner was in the pr seen tor ' s house . » mi * Aopj > ed there for some time , neg fisting with the prosecutor about some mint . "On 0 ¦ following evening -about ten o ' clock the prosecutor ai lis-family retired to rest , the house having been pr Tiously made secure . After they had been in bed abo : -twohours they were aroused by a noiee " down staii lis saw a man in the shop whom he knew to be 0

      prisoner . On the prosecutor advancing towards hin the prisoner stmct bim -with a bludgeon , and bttoti ihs . 1 he * ponld t&ke Ms life if ie di < 3 not fled > iim brass Be then beat the prosecutor severely , and afterward i made off with another man who had been employed ii ransacking the house . -On the following day mformatioi ¦ was given to the constable of Stansneld , who appro liended the prisoner . The prosecutor was corroborated in his evidence by tie other " members of his family ¦ who did not see the prisoner , but wao heard his voice to which they swore , having been acquainted with him and he having s peculiar impediment in his speech The prisoner was found Guilty ; and judgment of deatl "was entered on record against him .

      -Join Swan , 20 , "was charged with having en the 61 ol September last , at Halifax , stolen two geldings , t ] property of Iaeut ManselL Guilty—Tobe transported for ten years . Francis Farrar , 23 , was charged with having on tl 16 th of September last , at Warley , in the West Ridui burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-hou of Samnel Sladaen , and . stolen therefrom a woolli shawl and other articles . Guilty . —To be transport ten years . Charles Clarke , 21 , and Charles Froggall , 23 , we charged with having on the 21 st of September list , Sheffield , committed a burglary in the dwtJlinjj-hou of William Blakely , and-stolen therefrom thirty yar < of woollen cloth , and six woollen and gilfc waistco pieces . 2 f ot Guilty .

      Joseph Fleslicood , 36 , vras charged with having , oi the . 21 st of September last , at Hemingfield , feloniousl ; stolen two sheep , the property of John Webs' . ei Guilty . — -Te be imprisoned and kept to hard labour fo two years . Radmd Healon , 21 , and Joseph Carter , £ 9 , we ? « &arged with having , en the 141 b cf September last at DawBbury , assaulted Abraham Bourdall , and stole ] from Ms person a watch , a baK-sovereign , and 7 s . 6 d- ii silver , hia property . The female prisoner at fire pleaded Guilty , bet w * thdrew her plea , aDd tooi th . chance of a trial . The Jury retired to consider thei ; ¦ verdict , and after as absence -of-about three quarter ) of an hour , they found the prisoners Xoi Guilty .

      George UttLey , 27 , was charged with having , on tbt 7 tii of October last , at Sledmere , in tbe Eia : Bidlns , « ominitted a burglary in the dwelling-house of John Imelove , and stolen therefrom a sovereign , a siivei snuff-box , a Quantity of flannel , and other articles , the property of the said John Xruelove . Guilty . —Sentence deferred . Thomas Sail , 55 , was charged with having , on the Slh November last , at Pickering , stolen one ewe sheep , the property of -George Calvert . -Guilty . —To be transported fifteen yeais .

      Jobs Maiden , the elder , 73 , Z ^ iaiariah Holdm , 37 , John Hdden , the younger , 40 , Jama Holdup 29 , Ihos . Soldeaj 36 , szAJZUtp HoLden . 32 , were charged with having had , on the Bth day of December last , at Halifax , knawingly 2 nd unlawfully in their possession two false , forged , and counterfeit dies , resembling , or intended ± 0 resemble , the dies or instruments made or used by the Commissoners of Stamps , for the purpose of -expressing and denoting the stamp -duty of one siii --lingjml threepence . 3 Ix . Ksotles sod Sis . Caoarros were for the prosecution ; Mi . WiLXHJ * and Mi . Picxs 21 > g defended the prisoners .

      Mr . JKsowxes stated the case . This was a prosecu tkm -which had been instituted by . "ihe Beard of Stamp against the bz prisoners at the bar , and it was for ai offence which was created by an -Act of Parliament vMcb vu passed a few jraan ago , and which made i a felony ior any person to have in hi b possession know ingly and without lawful excuse a ny isstrument in tended to resemble the die used by tl ie Commissioner of Stamps to denote any partissdar d uty . And by ai Act of Parliament which was passed in the : 55 th yea of the reign of George the Third , a di ity was graiite < to the Crown of one « T"Hrng and tL -xeepence upoi every promissory note made payable to the bearer 01 demand for any sum not less than two gu iasae and no exceedicg Rre guineas . That duty for nx iny Tears but

      only been payable upon country bank notes ,. bec&ose note of the description to which he j the Lean lsdCunnBel : referred had only been issued by country 1 % nk& The stamps , as tie Jury were aware , on tfce rev srse iide oj tte t » untry bank notes , denoted the duty } jayxble 0 I tiem . The prisoners were charged with havi ng had ii their possession two particular dies . The di 3 pw > duc ing the particular impression upon bank note % sod t < ¦ which he had referred , was kept , of course , is 'Ah < custody of the Commissioner of Stamps . A ^ * & ' prisoners were charged with having in their poi ' £ «* 8 ioi an instrument intended to resemble that die . 1 te € B prisoners at the bar were ailrelationB , the elder pri *> ° er John Holden , being the father of the other five , anx

      they lived together in December last , and for some tiaa before , at a farm house at a place called Straighthe ) '» ^ the parish of "Halifax , and some of them " were enga ? e - in the business of weaving . In conxeqnence ofa ^ information which had been given to Mr . James , sup . * intendent of the Leeds police , he , accompanied by othti ' proceeded to the house inhabited by the prisoners on the morning of the Slh December last . He went at an early hour , as eariy perhaps as half-past six in the morning . The o&cera searched the house , but found nothicg in it which excited their suspicion .- In answer to a question by Mr . James . John Holden the younger said , "I have taken the house , and we are all in partnership together . " That was said in the presence of all the prisoners , except the elder John Holden . The

      officers then proceeded to the bam which communicated ¦ with the hous&—in fact , it was pare of the honse—and in the barn were found the articles upon which was founded the present charge . The cificers fiet searched the barn , but there they found nothing but some ashes on the ground . The superintendent of the , police then directed some of the men to take dowp the hay situated on the platform over the mistaL They did so , and ¦ when they had removed a great quantity of hay one of the paxtie 3 came to a parcel , which was wrapped up in a piece of damask , and in this parcel "were found the two dies , resembling the Is . 3 d . stamp of the Commissionere of Stamps . There was . also in the parcel a copper-plate , which had been made for the purpose of prefiucine a baafc-aote .

      Soon after , the search being contiinied , the officers came to a tan-box , and in it "were discovered twentyone forged notes of the Wirksworth and Ashburne Bank , a Derbyshire bank , together with ten notes of the Hu&den&ild and Halifax Bank . The notes purporting to be those of the Wirksworth and Ashtourne Bank bore the impression of the copper-plate found in the parcel with the instrument intended to resemble the die , and each of the Wuksworth ana Ashtoarne notes had a forged impression of the one shilling and throepenLy stamp , and which was produced by the instrument intended to resemble the die found in the fcnnaie to -which he had referred . ThB prisoners were all taken away , except the female and the elder John Holden , and the search was at that time discontinued . On their way to Halifax John Holden , the younger made of remarkable

      nse a Tery expression . He said to one of the officers , « Well , you have broken our bank at last . " 3 S » constable said , " Yea ,- and John Holden yepliea , "Ahl you did not think that there wai sny hank in fliia part of the country . " These expressions - * ere made use of in the presence of all the prisoners who were then in custody . In the result the ire prisoners-were committed to York GasHe . Betty « as not taken into custody until a circumstance occur led which was worthy of the attention of the jury , and "which seemed to implicate her directly in the offence . On ihe same day on the morning of-w-hich the search took place , one of the officers , accompanied by a clerk in the ~ PaT'fCT Bank , again went to the premises , and made a more complete search of the house than was nrtde before ; and in a Becret drawer in the house-was dissorezed a small poise , which waa afterwards declared fr ? Betty Holden to be hers . In

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      this pnrse certain metal letters were discovered , -and upon some of the notes of the Hudde rafiel-d and Hiiif ax bank , ( not bearing the forged impref aton of the die , but found in ihe same box as that in v / Mch the notes that did bear it ware faund ) , "were di severed certain impressionB of certain letters , which * unquestionably had been produced by those metal letters . Qae of the letters was not perfect , so that r jx impression of it was more readily detected . The el < Jer Holden was absent on the 8 in of December , and di d not return home until two or three weeks after . Aijd it was b orcumstance in his favour , that when he did return , he seemed to have put himself in the way of being apprehended .

      A numfeer of ¦ witnesses having been examined , whose evidence bore out very closely the statement of the case by the Learned Cososel , I Mr . WiLKiNS ^ addressed the Jury at considerable ; length-en behalf of the prisoners . The teamed Counsel oommsnted in vary strong language on the fact that & ; man named Smith , from whom Mr . James had obtainod j the principal portion of the information which led to the apprehension of the prisoners and the indictment ! against them , had not been called to the witness-box , , on the part of the prosecution . , HiB Lokdseip having summed ap , the Jury retired , ' , and after an absence of a quarter of an hour , returned into the Court with a verdict , finding John Holden , the elder , Goilty ; John Holdea , the younger , G uilty ; aad the other prisoners , Z . 'chari&b HuMen , James -Holden , Thomas Holden , and Betty Holden—Not 1 -Guilty .

      John Melden , sen ., Zachariah Holden , William Barrett , 19 , and Thomas Holdea were charged with having , on the 8 th of December last , at Halifax , forged a five pound promissory note , purporting to be a note cf the Wirksworth and AsbbourEe back . Another count in the indictment charged them with having uttered the ssxaa The Jury found John Holden , sen ., Guilty , and Acquittedall the other prisoners . There were several other indictmen ' s against the prisoners , but it was thought that the evidence was insufficient to establish their guilt , and they were not gone into . George Nvtley , convicted of burglary at Sledmere , was sentenced to be transported for ten years . Gu > rge Wrigglesworih , convicted of cattle stealing , was s-. ntenced to be imprisoned IS calendar months to hard labour .

      Joseph Carr , 18 , was charged with having on the 33 d of December last , at the borough of Leeds , felonionsly and violently assaulted one Elizibeth Myers , and committed a rape on her person . Tbb prosecutrtx is only eleven years of age , and resides with her mother , a widow , at Buslingthorpe , near Leeds ; and the prisoner lived with his mother , who was also a widow , in the bouse adjoining that of the prosecutrix ' s mother . After the case had occupied sometime , his Lordship recommended a verdict of Acquittal , and that an indictment charging the prisoner with committing an assault with intent , &c should be preferred . The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of Net Guilty .

      Joseph Harduick , 19 , was charged with having on the 12 th of December last , at the Borough of Leeds , feloniously assaulted Mary Jane Lucas , a child under the age of ten years , and committed a rape on her person . The prosecutrix is only « ight yeara of age , and lives with her parents , who are neighbours of the prisoner ' s parents . I he case , like the former one , was stopped by the Judge , and a verdict of Not Guilty returned , bnt the prisoner was ordered to be indicted for a minor offence . James Burn , 29 , waa charged with having unlawfully engraved and made upon a certain copperplate a certain promissory note for the payment of money , purporting to be a note for the payment of £ 5 , of the Wirksworth and Ashbourne B ink . Not Guilty .

      John Dimberline , 33 , was charged with having , on the 5 th oi September last , at Sutton , in the East Riding , feloniously assaulted Ann Yeoman , a girl under ten years of a ? e , an . l committed & rape upon her person . — To be transported for life . Hary Patterson , 25 , was charged with having , on the 23 rd of February , at Dcighton , in the East Riding , unlawfully endeavoured to conceal the birth of her child- —To be imprisoned for six months . Edttard Jenkins , 24 , was charged with the manslaughter of Robert Harvey , on the North Midland Railway , at BarnBley , on the 12 th of January last . — Not Guilty . Joteph Carr , 15 , was charged with having , en the £ 3 rd ol De 6 ember last , at Busliiijrthorpe , Leeds , committed an iiidecent assault on Ei . zibeih Myers . —To be imprisoned for two years .

      Thomas Diron , 29 . was charged with having , on the 22 nd of November iast , at Thirsk , feloniously stabbed and wounded Thomas Blacklock . —Guilty—sentence deferred . EUsha Tinker , 35 , was charged with having returned from transportation , having been transpostcd far life at the Yorkshire Spring Asa ; z- ; s in 1 S 33 . He was sentenced to be imprisoned for a month , and then transported for life . Joseph Hardwick , 19 , pleaded Guilty to a charge of misdemeanour , in having criminally assaulted Mary Jane Lucas , a child under ten years of age . To be imprisoned for two years . Thomas Farrar was charged with the manslaughter of Wm . Connell , at Rothwell Haigh , on the 22 nd of October last . He pleaded Guilty . — Sentence deferred . Thomas Ttdgg , 38 , was charged with the manslaugh ter of Joseph Cooke , at Ecclesfleld , on the 13 th of D <* emter last Not Guilty .

      Thomas Bripjs , 26 , and James Briggs , 20 , were charged with the nunslaufhu-r of John Myers , at Braoiley , near Leeds , on the 3 d of September last . To fce imprboned for ore msnth , Edward Fits Toik Haiyh , 24 , was charged with the manslaughter of Wm . Taylor , at Aimondbury . To be imprisoned for t'sro months . Richard Thornton . 19 . was eharg&d with the manslaughter of George Smith , at Dewsfeury . Not Guilty . Bernard IPCHve , 49 , and James il'C'ive , 19 , were charged with the manslaughter of Elizi Rooney , at Sheffield , on the 27 th of December last . The elder prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned nine months , and the other six months . John Pepper alias Peters , 38 , pleaded to having stolen a sum of money and some gold rings , the prcperty of the Hon , and Rev . Augustus Doncombe . To be transported fourteen years .

      , George Taylor , pleaded guilty to a charge of having I obtained a quantity of goods , under false pretences , ; from Mr . John King , of Hull . To be imprisoned i twelve months . j Mary Ann Boofhroyd , pleaded guilty to having com-¦ mitted a misdemeanour , at Leeds , by concealing the 1 birth of her illegitimate child . To be imprisoned two ' years . Henry Lineham , 28 , pleaded guilty to two indict' merits charging him -with robbing his employers , Messrs . Win . Ward and Wm . Sykes Ward , attornles , of Leeds ; and also to an indictment charging him with having been previously convicted . —Sentence deferred .

      William Haigh , 34 , was charged with having feloniously stabbed William Robinson , at Selby , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour four calendar months , Ellen Howard 27 , was charged with having maliciously cut , Blabbed , and wounded Fanny Andrews , at Sbaffield , with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault ; and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment . in the Castle .

      Patrick Kenney , 33 , a deserter from the 58 th Regident of Foot , was charged with having , on the 10 th of : December last , at Hull , feloniously stabbed David Piercy , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm . — j Both the prcsecutor and prisoner were at the time in I < jii * 2 tion nnder confinement in the station-bouse in Hull , and whilst the former was engaged in walking about the room , he was seized by Kenney , who inflicted fc ? r « 2 i wounds on his body , neck , upper lip , and knee , i rithast the slightest provocation . The prisoner , in d 4 ence , said that Piercy gave the first offence by th tewing him on the floor , when the back part of his fcet \ 1 -came in contact with the wall , and be did not fcno v what occurred afterwards . The Jury found the pri& tfir-Gnilty of the intent of doing some grievous bodil . T ihann . To be imprisoned two years to hard labour .

      Kich o&uJiath , 20 , was charged with having , on the 1 st of .. ^ vsmbcT , feloniously slabbed Thomas Harrisoa , at Brad ** 4 .- with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The pri ' vsta was a private hi the 32 nd regiment of foot , and bi . Kov . last , they were stationed in Bradford . Since the 1 ' st * . riots , H appeared , that some ill-feeling had existed hfiJsreen the military and the people , which very f reqnci * lj Jed them into hostility . On the nig nt « f the 1 st of November , the prosecutor was near to the Bo"wKng Green Inn , when ihe pri-Tsoner , in com paay with another soldier , went up to him , and after bosjq little altercation , in the course of which a number of people assembled , the prisoner and his comrade dre ^ v their bayonets , and cnt away right and left , inflictb ^ 'injury upon several individuals , amongst whom was the prosecutor , who was cut on the temple and body by the prisoner .

      The polioeman wh" 0 took the prisoner into custody , in answer to the Court , B&id that the soldiers were the worst set that ever stepped into Bradford . After he had locked the prisoner up , he himself was forced at the point of the bayonet , by six soldiers of the same company into the prison , "wJiere he was kept until released by the officer . Guilty of an assault Six months ' imprisonment to hard labour . G . orge Jenkins , 33 , was ckvgad with having embezzled Tarious sums of meney , > he property of his employers . Mr . Hau and Mr . Otbubnd were council for the prosecution , and Sir G&egobt Lewin for the defence .

      Wm . Simpson deposed—I am a share-broker , in Brunswick-street , Leeds . I knew the prisoner- I have very frequently paid him money on account of his employers , Messrs . Payne , Eddison , and Ford , solicitors ; they are attomies to the Leeds and Yorkshire Assurance Company , and they receive money for transfer of shares . Jenkins ealled on me at my office on the 26 th October last , when I paid him 18 s . 6 d . on aecount of a transfer between Henry Nelson and Thomas Harrison ; the transfer had been effected by Messrs . Payne , Eddison , and Ford ; I received a receipt from the prisoner . 01 the amount , wlueh he signed !

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      Joseph Jowett—I live at Potternewton , near Leeds ; I know Messrs . Payne , EddUon , and Ford , who transacted business for me as attornies . On the 26 th January last , I paid them through the prisoner , £ 4 Os . lid ., for professional business ; I paid the money in their office . I received a receipt from the pri&oner , which I saw him write . Cross-examined—I have known the prisoner ten years , and have never heard anything against his character . Thomas Rosa deposed—I am one of the tenants of Crampton ' s estate , Woodhouse , for which Payne , Eddison , and Ford , receive the rents . Oq the 10 th of November , I paid £ 110 s . to Jenkins , for which he gave me a receipt , which I know produce .

      Mr . Edwin Eddison deposed . —I am one of the firm of Payne , Eddison , and Ford , solicitors , ef Leeds ; I -went into partnership with Mr . Payne in 1828 , and Ford joined us in 1838 ; the prisons * waa our clerk up te the 3 rd Feb . last ; his duty was a general clerk in the office ; he at one time kept the books , but had not done so for several years . I saw him at the office on the 2 ai of February , bat on the following morning he ¦ was not there . I found a letter in his hand writing , which he had left in the office ; the letter stated that he had gone to Barnsley on some business of his own , and it was doubtful whether he could get back by four o ' clock that day . The next morning , we received a letter from the prisoner , dated Liverpool , 3 rd Feb .,

      and was addressed to the firm . We are solicitors to the Leeds and Yorkshire Assurance Company ; the prisoner had the care of the books relating to the transfers ; it was his duty to receive money on account of those transfers , and immediately to hand it to Mr . Ford , 01 , in his absence , to either of the partners . I have seen the resept for 18 s . 6 d . ; there is no entry in the booka of this item ; I have not received it Mr . Jowett is a client of ours , and I have seen hiB receipt for business done ; there is no entry in onr books of Mr . Jowett ' s account being paid , nor have we received it . The prisoner had the management ef the Crampton estate , Woodhouse ; Rose is one of the tenants . Neither of the sums alluded to have been received by the firm .

      Mr . Richard A . Payne and Mr . Ford were called in corroboration . of the testimony of their partner ; and the prisoner received an excellent character from his employers , up to the present transaction . Guilty , but strongly reoommenned to mercy , on account of his former good character . There were several other indictments against the prisoner , for similar offences , to which he pleaded guilty . —Sentence deferred . Patrick Murray , 27 , waa charged with having at Bradford feloniously stabbed and wounded John Priestly , with intent to kill and murder him . The parties reside at Bradford , and about twelve o'clock on the night ef the 16 th of January last , prosecutor aDd a man named Waite wire on their way home from the Beehive pnblio-house , when they were violently attacked by the prisoner , who was armed with a fire-poker and a knife , with which he knocked both the men down , and inflicted a wound on the

      forehead of the prosecutor . Guilty of an assault . To be imprisoned eighteen months to bard labour . Thomas Farrar , who yesterday pleaded Guilty to the manslaughter of William Gounell , at Rothwell Haigh , was brought np to receive sentence , when the Learned Judge observed that taking into consideration that the deceased was engaged in an net of felony at the time this occurrence took place , and also that the defendant had made some reparation by providing a sum of money for the benefit of the deceased ' s family , he should pass a slight punishment upon him , which was that he be imprisoned in the Castle one fortnight . Mary Ann Cooper , 21 , was charged with having , on the 30 th Dec . last , at Hull , feloniously stabbed , cnt , and wounded Joseph Pascoe , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm .

      The Learned Judge said that the prosecutor bad forfeited bis recognizance by not appearing to prosecute , and ordered the prisoner to be discharged .

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      NISI PR 1 TJS COURT . —Saturday , March 11 . ( Before Mr . Baron Parke . J CRIM CON . —MOODY V . NICKOLS . Mr . Baizes and Mr . H . Hill , appeared fur the plaintiff ; Mr . Du . vdas , Mr . Addjson , and Mr . Lngiiam , for the defendant . Mr . Baines stated the case , from which it appeared thut the plaintiff and the dtfendant occupied adjoining houses at a village near Leeds . Mr . Moody was a printer , and Mr . Nickuls was the proprietor of an extensive tan-yard . Mr . Nickola was a married in ; in , and from the contiguity of residence an acquaintance sprung up between the families . It would appear from the testimony of a yuung woman named Lydia Proctor , who had been iu the service of Mr . Moody , that at any rate

      horn the month ol Augaal , 18 H , Mr . IVickols had , it weuld appeai , been in the habit of visiting at Mr . Moody " s . Some time after that , it -would 8 e « m , his visits became more frequent , a id the time often chosen to pay them was during the day , whila Mr . Moody was engaged at his place of business in Leeds . In these cases it very rarely indeed happened that the testimony of eye-witnesses could be given to the fact of criminal conversation between the parties . Ihey were obliged to depend in a great measure on circumstantial evidence ; but he thought that in the pieseut case he should be able to lay befure them the most convincing proof short of ocular testimony to the fact ihat &n improper intercourse had taken pluco bttween these parties . It would appear from the tes-

      timony of the servant , LyUia Proctor , that on these occasions , when Mr . Nickolb culled , she had directions not to permit any of the children to go into the room . Mrs . Moody , too , used frequently to direct her to take the cLildrea out for a walk . She wonld in this way be absent from the bouse sometimes for several hours , and on her return ttw blinds , which she had left up In the siltiDg-ruom , Bhe had found pulled down , and the front door locked . On obtaining admission , she frequently on these occasions f <> nnd Mr . Nickols in the house . The bed , too , in the best bedroom , which she had left made she bad found unmade on her return . At one period it would appear Mrs . Nickols was absent in London , and it so happrned that at the same time Mr . Moody was uader the necessity of going to Hull on

      business . Daring the interval that Mr . Moody and Mrs . Nickols were both absent , the servant several times heard the front door open during the night , and in the morning , on going to make her mistress ' s bed , she found that , contrary to utu . il custom , Mrs . Moody bad berstrlf taken 1 ff the bed-clothes , and thrown them over some chairs in the ro ^ m . Mrs . Moody usually too elept with one of her children , but during this absence of Mr . Moody they were all sent to sieep with the servant . These circumstances of themselves were sufficient to show that an improper intimacy subsisted between the defendant and the wife of the plaintiff , but the evidence did not stop there . On one particular evening , the last Tuesday in Augutt of last year , the servant had occasion to go into the yard , between

      nine and ten o ' clock , and she there saw Mrs . Moody getting over the palings which separated Mr . Nickol ' s garden from Mr . Moody's . Mr . Moody hadnot at thattime returned from his office in Leeds . On seeing this witness , Mrs . Moody asked anxiously whether Mr . Moody had come home , and being told he bad not , aha cautioned the servant not to tell any one that she had been over in the other garden . But there was another witness to the occurrences which took place that night . A Mr . Tophain , a friend of Mr . Moody since hia boy- ^ hood , bad been employed on Mr . Moody'a recommendation in painting a dog for Mr . Nickols , and on the ground of old acquaintance had stopped in Mr . Moody ' s house until the commission was finished . He had usually been Invited , Mr . Moodj's house being situated

      some distance from Leeds , to step all night On this Tuesday' evening in question , Mr . Moody , as already Btatsd , had not returned from bis place of business , when Mr . Nichols called in and joined Mrs . Moody and Mr . Topham at tea . Some glances which Mr . Tophain imagined he saw pass between them excited his' suspicions , and be was rather suiprised that Mrs . Mood ; did not , as usual , repeat her invitation to him to stop all night Ha finally took hiB leave , and went out by . the front door , as if going to Leeds , where hiB own residence was . He went , however , round into the garden at the back of the house , and concealed himself Shortly after , he heard the voice of Mrs . Moody singing in tho garden , and could also distinguish the veice of a man , which seemed to be that of Mr . Nickols , addressing

      her . The voices went in the diiection of Mr . N . ' b garden . When all was quiet , Mr . Topham came out of his retreat , and went round to the front of Mr . Nickols house . He Cound the door unlatched , and entering the hail , which was matted , advanced to the parlour door , through which beiag partly open , he could see Mrs . Moody sitting on the hearth-rug , and the defendant beaida her with his arm round her waist He then retired from the bouao as he had entered , without apprising them of hia having seen thorn . He did not immediately inform Mr . Moody of what he had seen , b&t the suspicions of that gentleman having been excited by some other matters which had come to his knowledge , and which were confirmed by the statements of Lydia Proctor , Mr . Topham at last took upon himself the ungracious task of stating to Mr .

      Moody the scerw which he had witnessed , y . t . Moody immediately to « k the step wJUich was incumbent on him in these circumstances , and provided Mrs . Moody with another residence . A small hoose was taken far her some miles from Leeds , whither she removed , but from soms motive or other she returned ibe same day to the house of Mr . Moody , who had himself by that time taken a residence in Wesley-Btreet , in the town of Leeds . Mr . Moody could not , even in her fallen and degraded state , torn her out into the streets to starve , or adopt the other dreadful alternative , and eha remained for some time at the bouse in Wesley-street , under the guardianship ef her-mother . Mr . Moody , however , took

      ap his residence with Mr . Topham . Again he took a small residence for bis wife , and there she remained some time , but again coming back to his bouse he adopted the same course as he had dene before , and on one or two occasions , when necessity compelled hfan to sleep under the same roof with his wife , Mr . Topham accompanied him . This kindness to this fallen woman , this patient endeavour to maintain her in some degree of external comfort , would not surely be mode a cburge against him . It showed rather what a kind heart the defendant had wounded , and what an unbounded affection be had abused . These would be the chief facts ' n the case . As to the amount of damages , it was to be regretted that there was no mode of punishing crimi-

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

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

      Lydia Procter deposed that she would be seventeen on the 25 th of August . She lived servant with Mr . and Mrs . Moody , at Hill Top , Bramley , for a year and three weeks . She went there on the 1 st August , 1841 , They had three children at that time , which were of the ages as stated by Mr . Bainea . Mr . Nickols lived ntxt dooi to the plaintiff , and there waa a garden belonging to each house , Mr . Nickols visited at Mr . Moody ' s house . Witness had seen him there when Mr . Moody himself had been at home . She also had seen him there when Mrs . Moody was the only person in the house ; that happened often . Witness took care of the children , and when Mr . Moody waa not at home , Mrs , Moody had told her to take the children and go out a walking . She bad done so , and remained

      tut about three hours . Mr . Moody used to go out about eight o ' clock in the morning to his business at Leeds , and he generally used to return between nine and te ; n o'clock at night . He sometimes was away for two or three days together on business . When she returned with the children she found tho blinds pulled down . They were not so when she went out . The front doer witness found locked when she came back She had tben occasion to go into the bed room , and found the best bed unmade , which was not in the same state as when she -vent out , it being then made . When tho door was opened and she got into the house she had found Mr . Nickols there . This happened very often . When Mr . Niokols was there , witnesB was requested never to let the children go into the room when

      any one was there . Mrs . Nickols was away about a month . Soon after she went away , Mr . Moody had occasion to go on business to Hull for a few days . Be-. fore that time one of the children slept with Mrs . Moody . One of tkem slept with Mr , Moody , and tke other with witness . They had three beds : Mr . Moorty slept in one , Mrs . Moody in another , and the witness in another . They slept together when witness first went , but about three or four months after she went they did not . Mr . Nichols visited the house from the first . Wbtn Mrs . Nichols was in London all the three children were to sleep in witness ' s room . That continued only whilst Mr . Moody waa away . She believes Mr . Moody went away flrut She had found when Mr . Moody was away , that all t e bed clothes in a morning were taken off and thrown over a chair ; witness did not do that . Whilst Mrs . Nickols and Mr . Moody waa away , witness had beard the front door open at night . She remembered Mr . Topham being at Bramley to paint

      a dog for Mr . Nickols , and one evening when Bhe saw Mr . Topham at Mr . Moody ' s . Mr . Topham when he was painting the dog generally slept at Mr . Moody's . Witness remembers his going away , and afterwards geing into the gnrden . This was between nine and ten at night When witness was in the garden , she sa v Mrs . Moody coming over the r . iiliLg that parted the garden from Mr . Nichols ' s ; she was coming from Mrs . Nickols ' a garden ; this was during the time Mrs . Nickols was from homo . Mrs . Moody auked witness if Mr . Moody bad got home , and she Buid no . She said witness was to be sure not to say anything to Mr . Moody that she had been in the Harden , nor to any one else . Patrick BeeVans , the foreman to the defendant , and another man , came to witness when she was at her mother ' s house in Leeds . They asked her for an account of what she had seen . She told them a part , and they took it down in vri itinif ; witness was a * ked to sign it , and she did .

      Cross-examined—Witness had then left Mr . Moody'a service , and she told him all the truth as far as Bhe told him . She Bald she wonld tell him all the truth , bat there bad been a deal more things that had occurred to her mind since . There was no other servant but witness in Mr . Moody ' 8 house , and she did the work in the house with the help of Mrs . Moorty . Mr . Topham used to Visit the plaintiff at Hill Top , and a deal more gentlemen , but sbe did net know their names . Miss Topham and Mr . Nickols used to visit the house . Mr . Moody ' s place of business was in Leeds . He used sometimes to come home at eleven o'clock at night , he was a very sober

      man , and Mrs . Moody always sat up for him . Witness used to see her walk about at night in the garden singing ; she sang to amuse her own fancy . At those times witness never saw any other person . She had a nice temper , and she had '' blown up" both witness and the plaintiff . The boys were very nice active little boys , and of coarse would like to get into the room to their mother . Mr . Moody , upon a particular occasion , has come home in the middle of the day . Mrs . Moody helped witness to make the beds . Mrs . Moody sometimes made her own bed , and sometimes witness bad mado it for her . Witness bad never seen anything Improper between Mr . Nichols and Mrs . Moody .

      Mr . Topham deposed that he was an artist at Loeds , and he had known the plaintiff , Mr . Moody , since they were boys together at school , and they had been on very friendly and intimate terms ever since . Witness had visitvd him at Alfred Place , and ufterwards at Bramley , and he thought he and his wife lived most affectionately together . About midsummer last year be became acquainted with Mr . Nickols . In August last , he was employed to paint a portrait of a dog for Mr . Nickola . He painted it at Mr . Moody ' a . On that occasion be stayed and slept

      at Mr . Moody ' a house all the time with one exception , which was on a Tuesday ovening . That evening witness was at Mr . Moody's house , and it waa the last week in the month of August Mr . Nickola and Mrs . Moody were in the room with him . Mrs . NicKols bad not then returned home . He was there when Mr . Nickols came in between seven and eight . He left Mr . Nickols in the house wh > n be left at nine . On one occasion , be believed the Sunday week before this , Mr . Moody had come down to his house to see him . Witness bad also gone to Mr . Moody's , and they had missed one another on the road . He remained in the house and

      took tea with Mrs . Moody . Mr . Nickols came in and sat with them during the evening . Mr . Moody returned from Leeds , when he jocularly remarked to witness that he was a pretty fellow to come to his house during his absence . Witness observed that Mr . Nickola appeared to laugh at that as if he would have enjoyed it . He opened his mouth , but certainly no laugh proceeded from it . ( Loud laughter . ) Witness observed that Mrs . Moody appeared greatly confused and reddened up exceedingly , and looked at Mr . Nickols . Witness's

      attention was also directed to some glances which were directed by Mr . Nickols to Mrs . Moody . Witness then deposed to going into the building in the garden of the plaintiff , on the Taanday night already referred to , to Mrs . Mo .. dy going singing into the garden , to hearing what ho thought was Mr . Nickols ' s voice , and to following them into defendant ' s house , where he saw Mrs . Moody and Mr . Nickols in an indelicate situation . Witness did not mention the circumstance to the plaintiff till after the action was brought Witness deposed to some of the facts previously stated .

      Mr . Joseph Hargreaves waa called to show ihat defendant was possessed of considerable property . Mr . Dundas , for the defendant , contended that not only was there not such a case made out as 31 had been opened—not only waa it not a stunning and overwhelming less to the plaintiff , but he trusted they would , by their verdict , establish something like an example to the public out of this cose , whereby other persons like Mr . Moody would not bring actions to be tried to the disparagement of his own honour , and to put in jeopardy his wife ' s reputation . He meant to argue that upon the evidence the husband was a very silly person to indulge auy jsulouay , or to listen to any tittle tattle , and tbeu to bring the case before a Jury to get a verdict in bis favour . The plaintiff would have the satisfaction of

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

      it was for them , to say whether there was any evidence at all on which they could fairly rely . The plaintiff might bring caaei aad raise suspicions , but the Jury must have a reasonable amount of evidence from which they might draw the conclusion that there was honest proof of guilt , and they must have something more to be brought before them than a woman ' s folly and a man ' s temptations , and they mast have something by which they could come to the conclusion that the defendant had debauched the wife of tho plaintiff , and that he was answerable for his conduct in a court of justice . The Learned Counsel , in a speech of great eloquence , contended tbat the case had not been made out against the defendant This was one of those actions wherein the husband not living happily at home , but having some reason either to be doubtediof or to doubt in that dearest

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      of all social relations , the marriage state , was , by suspicions and jealousies , and plots and plans suggested by hia own green eyes , or the miserable understandings of bis friends , tempted to come into * court of justice , and , upon any sort of evidence , whether It be by friend or relative , to bring his case before a jury to get damages and so to get rid of his wife Who had been disturbing hia peace so long . The . p laintiff brought this { action on the 28 th of September lost . Upon what evidence did he do so ? Now , he was putting the case of a jealous , suspicious husband , reckless of bis { wife's reputation , and anxious to find a fault with her which should either get rid of her or bring her on her knees to beg pardon of him . Was any

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

      TUESDAY , March 14 . JOHNSON V . EPWORTH AND OTHERS . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff , and ! Mr . Ingham . for the defendants . Mr . Wilkins instating the case observed that Gregory Johnson was the plaintiff , and the three defendants Joseph Epworth , George Cordeux , and James Rodwell , were officers in the Leeds police . Epworth "was the Serjeant and the other two were what are called privates . The plaintiff is a tailor carrying on business in Leeds , in which town he has a shop called the Bazaar , and also on market days he held a stall in Vicar ' s Croft . That stall was ordinarily attended by his wife and a boy , his servant , and on the morning of Saturday , 14 th Jan . they were engaged in

      fitting up the stall . Whilst they were doing so , some boys passed them , and immediately afterwards an old woman came up and told Mrs . Johnson that she had had her pocket picked , and the servant happened to say he knew him . This declaration of the servant had reached the ears ef the police , * and Rodwell came upjand insisted on the boy going to the police office . Mrs . Johnson Baid she could not spare him now as they were petting up the stall , and as that was a day of great consequence to them she particularly wanted the boy . She also gave her name and that of her busband , and s ated that if they summoned the boy he should appear and give such evidence as waa necessary in the case , j Rodwell , however , thought proper to seize the boy jby the collar , would listen tone remonstrance , and insisted that he should go along with him . Mrs . Johnson also seized hold of the boy and said he

      should not go . While they were engaged in this way , one pulling one way , and the other the other , and with the assistance of the other defendants , the female and the boy , wei ^ e taken to the police office . It appeared that she was detained there about two hours and a half , and was released by Mr . Read , the chief constable , who knew her . The conduct of the defendants towards Mrs . Johnson was represented as having been violent on the occasion , but it was also alleged that Bhe had assaulted one of the- officers . Only one-witness was examined , viz ., the boy above muntioned , after which it was put to the Jury , without any defence being qone into , to consider what damages the plaintiff was entitled to . After a few minutes consideration they found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 20 s . — The Judge certified . The Court rose ahortly before seven o ' clock .

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      ENGLISH RADICALS AND IRISH INTERESTS . To ihe Editor 0 / ihe Dublin Freeman's Journal . Sin , —I trust that for the sake of justice you will allow me the use of your columns to correct an error into which you have fallen , upon the conduct and feelings of the English Radicals with regard to Irish interests . The error into which you have fatten is common to the whole of tbat portion of the Irish press called Liberal . You one and all confound English sham Radicals with English real Radicals . The Spectator , from which you quote , and upon which you ground your

      sweep ing and unjust attack upon all English Radicals , was never recognised in England aa an organ of the Radicals . You say in this day's Freeman that " there art no enemies of Ireland mo ; t bilier . more contemptuous , more immitigable , than the Rudiaals of England We have never held in our days any measure of coercion proposed against us 0 / which they were not the most thoroughgoing advocates . There never was a benefit offered to us ii'hicb they did not help to counteract . There never was an injustice ivjiictcd on us against which they sliTiggledfew evert against which they protested . "

      Sir , theiejcannot by possibility be anything more unjust or muro unfounded in fact than these accusations . I am , as an Irishman , ashamed of them ; they are untrue in every particular . I know the English Radicals ; I known their hatred of oppression ; I know their love of liberty , and their anxious desire to Bee justice , ample justice , done to Ireland ; 1 know their hatred of English sham Radicals and Irish traitors , I know their contempt fdr the Spectator , and every other professing Radical , but disguised Whig journal ; and , knowing these things , and having been from time to time connected with real English Radical associations since September , 1825 , I should look upon myself as the veriest cheat and poltroon in society were I not to protest against this foul calumny on the Radicals of England .

      Sir , when ; the Irish coercion bill was brought into the House of Commons there were petitions from two hundred places in England , and signed by six hundred thousand petitioners , against that act , before there waa one solitary [ petition sent from Ireland . Was that protesting , and struggling too , against Irish coercion ? When the treacherous and deceitful Whigs and sham Radicals , such as the Spectator and the Burdetta , the Cjbiiens , the Russells , the Morpeths , the Howards , and such like , joined the Tories to destroy Mr . O Connell immediately after the passing of the Irish coercion act .

      the English [ Radicals came out , in all their power , and gave him a reception through every part of England and Scotland , the like of which never was given to man before . The ; seat him back to Ireland crowned with honour and ! glory , thus crushing Whig , Tory , and , as they believed , sham-Radical treachery . Did this look like immitigable hatred of Ireland and the Irish ? Shame upon the Irishman who does not acknowledge with gratitude such noble conduct as this . The writer in the Spectator is not an Englishman but an Irish renegade , liku most of the other sham-Radical writers in the English Wb'g press .

      Sir , when Sir Robert Peel made his memorable declaration against Catholic emancipation—namely , tbat " so obnoxious was the measure to the people of England that no minister of the crown would have the temerity to , make it a cabinet measure "—the English Radicals came forth in their strength and took away that objection from the wily Premier , by petitioning in favour of emancipation , to the number of nearly five to one against its opponents , thus forcing the minister to declare that , aa the great majority of the people of England were in favour of it , it would not be safe to withhold it any longer . Did thia look like English Radical hostility to the Irish people 1 Recollect that there are nests of hornets about all the Protestant churches in

      England , same as we have them in Ireland , and that the inhabitants of those nests , parish clerks , vestry clerks , beadles , sidesmen , churchwardeBa , * parattns , curates , and all , were well trained in the act of getting up petitions against catholic emancipation , and that , notwithstanding all the art and practices of those well- trained bigots , who assumed , in their petitions against emancipation , that they were the people of England , the English Radicals , those very men whom you have villined and traduced , outnumbered , by hundreds of thousands , those trained opponents of Catholic emancipation and defeated them evetywhere * The city of Dublin , in 1828 , Bent a petition to Parliament in favour

      of Catholic emancipation signed by 10 , 000 petitioners—Manchester , upon the same occasion , sent a petition for the same purpose signed by 60 , 000 inhabitants-of that town . Those facts are on record on the 'books of the Catholic Association , and a unanimous vote of thanks waa sent , beautifully framed , from the Catholics of Ireland to the [ English Radicals for their conduct on that occasion . This vote was signed by Sir Thos . ' Esmonde , the chairman of the meeting . The English Radicals compelled the then Bishop of Chester , now of Exeter , te apologise ; in the House of Lords for having said that the signatures to those petitions were not genuine , which fact is also recorded on the booka of the Catholic Association . !

      Permit me to tell you that you and many others at the Irish press assume that certain individuals and certain papers are Radical which the English Radicals , who know them better than you do , repudiate ; aud then , when you discover your mistake , you attribute y sur own error to the English Radicals . You have assumed , and do still assume , that Richard Cobden and others } of his stamp are Radicals . The English Radicals disown bath him aad them . They know that Richard C jbden is the author of the filthy , lying , disgusting pamphlet against the IriBh , and particularly against the ] Irish priests and nuns , whom he calumniates in terms with which I shall not pollute your columns . Yet this Tile slanderer of the Irish clergy and the unoffending nuns is one of those whom you foist upon us as a Radical of the first water , and byand-by , when you find him out , which you soon shall , you will cry out , " Oh ! there is English Radicalism ; there is a j proof of the immitigable enmity of the English Radicals to Ireland and the Irish . "

      Let me ask you had the English Radicals any intercet , pro or con ., in petitioning ] Parliament for the total abolition of tithes in Ireland !^ Have they not petitioned in greater numbers for the total abolition of that anti-Christian impost than the Irish themselves ? When it was stated tbat the Repeal of the Union could be carried if ] three millions of people petitioned Parliament for It , did not three millions five hundred thousand Englhyb Radicals respond to the call by petitioning Parliament in the very last seaeion for the Repeal of the Union ? With what degree of truth or omnion justice , then , do you publish to the world , <• that there are no ei ^ emies of Ireland store bitter ,

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

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      Loss by Light Sovereigns . —In the na ^ Tf ^ i statement of the revenue account of £ e North MM * land Railway Company , is ihe following iteB *—' x .-osa on light gold , £ 102 Ida . 6 d .

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      fi THE NORTHERN STAR . - _^ r ' — ¦ - ^

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      Is it not time for the friends of the people to open their eyes on this subject , and by every constitutional means endeavour to check thia mighty evil , which is consuming the very vitals of the nation , and destroying all her best energies ! What belief in the precepts and examples of our Saviour and his followers as recorded in the New Testament , can those persons have who support War ! When comparing their profession of religion with their actions as regard thia evil , there is something so paradoxical , that it seems to confound all reason , and to remove any surprise why disbelievers scoff at all that is great and good . Consider , but for a moment , the monstrous absurdity of propagating the priciples of peace with the sword in one hand , and the New Testament

      WAR !!! TO THE HIMSTEBS OF KELIGION . When the awful loss of human life , and the enormous expense of War is taken into consideration , and when it is well known that three-fourths of all the taxes raised from an industrious people , go directly or indirectly to the support of War or its consequences , whilst one fourth only is sufficient to maintain the splendoui of the Throne ; and to provide for the necessary expenses of the Government , is ifc not wonderful that this Country should still recklessly pursue such a wicked and destructive course ?

      in the other . Oh England ! my native 1 land ! wkat must even heathen nations ( whose knowledge of Christianity is rapidly progressing ) , think of such a cloven footed system praotised by a highly professing people , and looking on as they must do , and comparing things , what or how can they conclude ? Here , they observe Universities , in which young men are instructed to preach and propagate the Gospel of peace ; and here also , they see Military Colleges erected for the training of the brothers of these very young men to the arts of War , and all thiB in what is called a Christian country . Now my friends , what is meant by a Christian country \ Is it not that the inhabitants believe in Christianity , believe in the precept

      " as ye would that men should do unto you , do ye als 9 unto them likewise" . —Lvvle vi . 31 . if so , what is the cause of this incongruity of action i In England this nation of Christian believers , where churches ( as they are termed ) and chapeU are continually rising up before us , that the Inhabitants may assemble together to worship the God of love and peace , that God who has commanded ua that wo should love our enemies , that we should return good for evil , conquering them by acts of love , all which we profess to believe in , and though many are educated at a great expense to disseminate these truths , we find thia spirit of War st'll prevails , Which mighty evil is allowed silently to sap the foundation of all that is good , and it is indeed a melancholy picture . Then

      , u ! ye Shepherds , where are ye 1 How is it that you , as a body , in a ereat measure stand aloof ? you , who ought by every means in your power to endeavour to enlighten the public mind on a subject of suoh importance ; it is your office , and peace above all things should be engraven on your banners ; you , who profess to be the Messengers of peace to your flocks , how is it I say , that you are thus silent on so momentous a matter ? there must be some cause for this ; otherwise surely you would be up and doing , strenuously endeavouring in yeur respective parishes to implant in the minds of your parishioners the awfulness and ill effects of War ; how incompatible it ia with tho Hfe of a Christian , and how opposed to the universal acceptance of the Christian

      dispensation ; for though perhaps it is not your place to interfere with the Recruiting Officer when in your districts , yet it is your bounaen duty to warn you hearers of this evil , especially those who are most likely to be tempted by the parade of a military life to enlist . Will you not bo accountable to Him under whom you profess to be the Teaehers of the people for tire untimely end of many of your parishioner ^ whose lives have been thus sacrificed ? surely , then , if from apathy or other causes you have been too long silent in these matters , let the past suffice , and in future , let not the alluring fife and drum parade your Towns and Villages unheeded by you ; arouse yourselves for yourselves , as well as for your fellow men ; suffer not another soul in your care to bfl

      snatched away , and sent headlong into eternity by that entrapping music . Be serious in a serious cause , while time and talent are granted you ; shake yourselves from your lethargy , and proclaim byfprecept and example , by every means in your power , tkat you really believe in Christianity , that you believe that the day will come when the SWORD shall become a PLOUGHSHARE , and the SPEAR a PRUNING HOOK , and peace shall cover the earth as " the waters cover the sea ; a state which all must or ought to covet , and all must endeavour nnder the divine propelling hand to assist in accomplishing ; for though God alone can give the increase , yet we are commanded to plant and water , trusting to Him whose promises are Yea and Amen for ever ; therefore , how great is the responsibility of every believer , and especially of every Pastor , for we must

      remember each soul that is lost by this fiendish dis « play will be required at some hand or other . Oh ! then arm yourselves with love to your neighbour , and rally under that standard you profess to car * y before the world ; let it be distinctly seen on whose side you are , let your actions so comport with your profession , that others seeing your good works may follow your example ; and that the principles of peace may be the theme of every tongue , then may you and wo expect that our exertions will be blessed , and ihat that day will quickly come when nations shall learn war no wore ; when tho spirit of peace shall bind the people of the earth ia one common bond of brotherhood , mingling as one family , directed by the Almighty parent of the Universe ; man will then really love his fellow man fiom pole to pole .

      1843 . Cosmopolite . N . B . It is 6 aid tbat a peace Convention of persons from different nations , to deliberate upon , the best means , under the divine blessing , to shew to the world the evil and inexpediency of the spirit and practice of WAR , and to promote permanent and universal peace , will be held in London , about the 22 ud of June , 1843 .

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      CARLISLE . —THE Defence Fund . —During the last three weeks upwards of £ 6 has been subscribed for the above purpose , which , with £ 3 that waa sent on a former occasion , and 153 . which was given to Mr . Jas . Arthur , to pay his expences to Lancaster , make up the sum of nearly £ 10 . The collections are still going on , and we trust other places will follow the example thus set by the Chartists of Carlisle ; if so , a sufficient sum will be speedily obtained to meet all deficiencies which have lately arisen from the heavy expences necessarily

      incurred by the late trials at Lancaster . Mr . James Arthur returned home from Lancaster on Saturday l « ti and waa kindly received by his friends , who met nim the same evening , and were delighted to hear from aim of the great exertions of Mr . O'Connor , Mr . RoberWsnfl others , who were at Lancaster to take their trials , ano whose bald and uncompromising addresses to the Jw 7 > have gained them imperishable laurels . The Ch 8 rfi * & herer were not more delighted at the result of the late trials , than that the Anti-Corn Law party have been disappointed and chagrined .

      The Working Men ' s Mental Improvemesi Society—Toe members of this Society held their usaal weekly meeting at thtir room , No , 6 , John- street Caldew-gate , on Sunday evening . Mr . Thomas BelMj the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read over and confirmed ; after which the following resoin * tions were unanimously carried—Moved by Mr . H . Bowman , and seconded by Mr . John Fprster : — "Seeing the great exertions which have been made by jar O'Connor , Mr . Roberts , and others , who assembled at Lancaster , for their and the general defence of all P «" sonera , included in the monster indictment , and tee bold and uncompromising addresses , which Air- 0 Conr nor and others made to the Jury in their own and otilBM behalf thia meeting tender their most

      sin-; cere thanks to those persons , believing that tneu straightforward conduct on thia occasion , has greatly forwarded the cause of Chartism . " Mr . H . Bowman , after warmly eulogising the character of Mr . T . S . Doucombe , M . P . for Finsbury , proposed the following resolution , which being seconded by Mr . B . HanMHi waa carried unanimously : — " That the most hearu «» and cordial thanfas of this meeting , are due , and aw hereby given , to Thomas Slingsby DuncoHibe , E ^ M . P . for Finsbury , for the manly and patnotfc spirit he has unflinchingly displayed , on all occasion * during the whole course of hia Parliamentary cst ^ who , though nursed and reared in the lap of aristocracy 0

      has had the good sense and honesty to despise its f IUJ and become the able and praiseworthy advocate of w rights of the poor , the unsparing expeser of w 9 vices and follies of the rich , and the sterling and nncompromising champion of civil and religious Wwfi and who , on a recent occasion , bad the manly respn tion to bring forward a motion before the notice ** Parliament , to the effect , that an inquiry be Institntea into the unconstitutional and brutal conduct of low Chief Baron Abinger , at the Special Commissions IB Chester and Liverpool , in the month of October * 1842 . " A vote of thanks waa then proposed and carried to the ' Chairman , after which the meeting dissolved .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct794/page/6/