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      CROWN COURT—Wednesday , Mabch 15 . { Before Mr . Justice ColtmajuJ Sarah MorreR , J 4 , pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour osder ms act for the registration of births , &c . Mr . Croxphk * . for the pro ^ ecHdon , said the charge zga ^ nst rhe prisoner ws « for hsring made a Tetnrn to in ? resissrsr of the HitrogaxB district , of ihfi-dea ? h ©' ' ht-r son , he being at the time aliva . Mi . Wtlki > 3 said thai bo fraud had been attempted byihe prisoner , she having tivf-n ihe false Tetnrn in order to en-sb ' s her to obxa : n & snm o : xnoaej , ¦ w hicb ihe son hzd deposited in the Savings' Bs ^ ik . bai nad les * Lis bauk bo ^ -k . Sentence deferred .

      XCBDER AT FDB . CETI HALL . Jam Taylor , " 23 was charged with the wilful murder of her ne ^ -born child , at Forcutt , on the 9 . b Jnne ] ac i . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Puiaeixk sppeard for the prosecution ; and Mr . " Wilbjss and Mr . Ovekexd coadncird ine drfeiiC 2 . Michael Patterson deposed—I an & plumber , readir . g at Aldbro ' . 1 hsve been frequently employed at Forcett Hiii ; the house i 3 thr ^ e stories high ; there is n back staircase which Iea 4 sfrom the bottom to the tnpof : he hou ^ e . Tnere is a slep 4 add er from the criiiiii ; of the honsc ; near to the top of the ladder there a ^ a itvo trap doors , one of wh « h Crops flat upon the j-M ^ ts ot" h ? eeiHnjr , and the oiher open * to the r ^ of . On ih-- 9 tr > of January 1 was employed as

      plumbfT at tbx lis-n ? 3 , when 1 examined the roof , and m so ^ a ^ zlonv in ? rafters , and whien n ^ ar to the ?» ack of ciimc ~ ys 1 ob .-erved a bundle laid upon thepi-j .-i-ricn tf *" iti- chiiL-uej ; n was a child wrapped in a jo > vcL 1 J ?» ed np one ol ibe corners o ? " ibe eloih 10 ascertain whai it contained , and I saw the head ; I ha-i a caudle with me at th . 3 time . I retnnitd d ^ vm s ' oirs ; mi 2 cdia * ely and gave information to Robert Gregory , ^ nd seme of the servants , who T . reni sp ^ riia me , and we fiaanced the bod \ ; Gtej-otj tb-n rreni down stains , and short' y re ' urned With ihr bullei and the ^ sbj-keeper ; tif body "was Dot ihes resoYf-.- } . 1 again wsnt up to th ? ? poi on tae foilDwr : g Thursday , anc 1 ih ? n saw the child : it iipprared w be in ihe ssas state as when 1 first saw h .

      Cress-pxamiopd —I am well acquainted with the hou ^ e ; it wogjJ be dsrgprons *;«> ing along ihe lafters in a dark n ^ g ' a % withont a lignt . The spcond tim- " 1 v ;? i : ed -tbe soot , I was r »< reompan- i > a the cloih in Trhich it was found . th » crmers of which w ^ re ihrowuoT ' r it ? the wisoie of iht cbii-J was exvo ^ ea vriih ihe exception oi the k ^ s . I . ! j no ; ob-erre si the nine that its throat was oot . T ie trap d vr through the ceiling is abfta ! ihroe --v -q ^ are ; th one to the Tvoi isabost ine inxDi' - z-, bai a good dtal " stronger and hcaTieT iran ' . Rerith ^ r . d

      Robert Gr ^ ury - pused—1 am a ] -.-int-rat Aldbro and « n 'Le ? sb J "je ia > i , I was a * Forcett Hall , ¦ when 1 vfa 3 c-ii- J npon by last fnmess ; I then saw a cLi ' . a lai - m a towd . the corner = beiD 2 ' hrowu ever ihe b-dj . I ittmor ^ d the tow ^ J , wj / si : 1 satv ag-sb .-r cm m iae throat . 1 wa » > iap ) oYed at Fuxct : t Ha , I in ihe month of June or v' ; iy prtTit-us 1 was ir-c ^ utntlT m ihe bonse ; I perceived g smh-IJ abciii tbe ocu ? c ^ -Rflieii H was . tuOH ^ h \ aiose from x * ts , and a r ^ x ea . cher was empioy ed when I » as there . 3 -aw the prisoner before themohis oi Ju ^ e , "wniist sh ? wss in -ne sert " : cs of ilr . M-. u-heii ; her app trance wa > ibai oi being pregnant . 1 - > ad some eonTcriS- ^ oTi wivh far after the 9 hoi J \ me as -o-b iT lyLig in . She SD .--w-red that she hau st ^ er jai d in , or somethi :- ^ r « . ia . effect ; ihe appeared ^ mallei at the rime .

      Cra > 5-e 5 as ! ned—I am certain this conversation took p .-ace in tbf- joiner ' s shop ^ ii » the b' aring of "WViLam " Wilson , but 1 doa'i koow mat he ht-arU it . 1 canE'Jt fs \ whtai I first stared this coaversarlon io'h&Te ' iaken place ; perhaps this is the first feme thai 1 have stated it on oath . "When I obserTed the ? a .-b in tbe throat I sp ^ ke so that tho * e who were tcere Ei ^ rt have heard it . The distance from the trap door to the place where the body was ionad is abon * . hirtv-eighi icet ; tne jols ^ s areabciii twelve inches apj . n . 3 le ~ ex , u 3 i 3-: ? d— I am quite positive sa to tb e con-Tersation iitinj ; place . When 1 saw ihe ga ^ h I said I thought tbe tnroat was cnt .

      Abraham Derrick deposed—In January last , I Tfas baikr it Forcett Hall . On ihr 9 : n of that momb J . received scias infonnanoD from Giegorj , in eonsequEtlis of which 1 went ini © tbe K arre-r aJocj ; wi : h me game-keeptr and groom . We went 10 tLe stack of chimnies , where 1 Baw the booy of a chiid ; h was xmcoTexed all bnt the face ; J did not make any cktse examination of it my ^ -U , and we all le : t » he placa : it was between one and two when I saw she child- I went np to the . roof along with Mr . ScoTrdtni , pilice-oSccr , on ths Thursday fol lowiiut , when I toaud the body in the Eame state as 3 had pn-Tios-ly ~ een it . Cross-examined—l ^ resory , when we werelookirg at ihf budy , ss 3 iQ hethongMthe throat was cu :. 1 lc-Acd st it , bn : i ctnld not see whether it was oi doi . I riia noi observe anything pariicniar abcut the body .

      Rc-eiamined . —The body was not removed by me , 3 Ir . B , Snowdon deposed . —I am the police-officer of Grsta Bridge . On Tcnr&day , the 12 th Jauuary , I was sent for to Fercstt Hall . The butler look me to the ro ? f of the sonse , and against the stack of cfcimnles 1 saw 3 thud wrapped m a napkin , lying ea a joi ~ t or foo ? bt-azD ; sh « Tight -arm was paray under the beam ; the left hand side of the child was » £ ai 3 i ~ i die ctr . iniujy ; it appeared as though it had l > een squeezed in , and t ie cocior had some difEcn ' Ty in gst ' tins it \> m ; it was between tht beam and the Etack o' cbimn't .- ; ihe facs and down to the thighs ¦ were nsibie , the itgs being covered with tne towd ; I did no * touch xlie chilJ . Mr . Jobnson Glover

      gnrgeon , was sent for , and he removed it from the Toof , and examined ^ assisted fcy Mr . Marsh . When the child was lain npou tne beam , 1 saw it , and it had ihe appearance of a cut in ihs throat . Tberc ¦ was an ir-qaes-i nexd on the body on the 14 "h Jan . ; both I and ibe prisoner Trere present .. Befcre ibe inquest , I weni to ine prisoner ' s hons » , and charged her with harm- - _ -vce birrh to a child at Forcett 13 all , in June lari . and with having murderea the same . I camionird cer as to her answer , as i : aright afterwsj-dsi bs used against her on her trial She said aftg never was with child in her life . 1

      searched ihe hoase , and found a leiter in a drawer , ¦ w hich --he said belonged to her sister . The prisoner said if I wante-j ietiers she had got them ready , as Bhe expected me coming . I fonnd twoletters which 3 iad been sent to tiie prisoner by Elizabeth Atkiiison . After the iEqaest . 1 asked the prisoner if Atkinson then lived at okeUbrooke Park , when she said no , £ he nad left . I askeu if fbe knew wheTe sh-- had gone , and sh * told me some where in the neighbonrbood of Yors . I af : enfaids went to SkellbTooke Park and there found Atkinson . The latter was not at the inqnest , bnt attended befoTe ihe ilagi 5 tratc 3 on the 24 m of Jai uary .

      Crpss-exammtid —The body of the child was very mnch dried ; the skin was more like parchment than anything else . The doctor had some difficulty in getting the child from the place of concealment ; ¦ ihe cloih iras ia = t so the beam . [ Wimess iiere handed in a IbIi ^ j wnich he fonnd ai tbe priaontr ' s honse ] Margaret Walker deposed—In June last , I wa ? lady ' s maid at F « rctt = Hall ; the prisoner aud 1 Elcpi together Io a room adjoining the closet ; 1 had th&n bten a ' OMaj : i > Jtn the Hall for some time wiih my ma ^ t > -r sue imsire = s , and retnrned in the tarly part of itat month . Two or three days after I r « turned , the prisoner complained of being nnwell , and on tae evening in question fibe went to bed early ,

      and I foiiowed between" eleven and twelve o docK , at which time jihe seemed very ill , and complained of grciT paui . J was < iisturbcd during the mghi by tbs prisoiter , wno jefs the room ; it was dark at the time . She jpt out oi bed , saying thai she was dia tnrbing J 5 e , acd she woDld therefore go into the other room ; she'had disturbed me by turning about in bed , and complaining t > f great " pain . I got up between six aiAi seven in the morning , when 1 kuockea at the door oi the room in which the prisoner tben w ~ = ; it was locked . The prisoner came to the tioor , 34 id asked me to fetch her petticoat ; she ha « l on her night gown , and a nalico

      petticoat , ana was sat near to the bed foot . I observed Wood on her petticoat and her right hand ; there were also some > j > oi : > of blood on the floor . I cannot recollect RLether she ilept with me or not the night after her illness , but she did on tne second night after ; 1 noticed her on ihat night ; she kept her petticoat on for several nijjiis . The prisoner was off her work lor two or three days . 1 observed tfeat she was smader than she had been , and I suspected that she Jiacf had a mis-am 4 Se . Two or thrte weeks after , i went with tnt femily into Scotland . 1 noticed the prisoner to have a peculiar faint smell that I had not SeTwhhmef ^ * ObsBned h ^ ^ " ^^

      mg with ihe pr ^ Gne ? for shoat ^^ moilt b 3 before She nad her illness . It is usual for the female ser-Tants on retiring to rest to lock their room doors . I P ^ l ^ ? X -t HaE- **» . Mitchell is dead - bnt Mr . Muchell b living at the HalL Ee exaznined-A Mrs . Palmer was tne guardian of ihe servants m the fine when this transaction took place , There were clothes presses in the room where prisoner and 1 slept , and she bad the key of one of them .

      Arm Gilliefpic—I lrred as kifcchnnnaid at Forcett Hall , in January last ; I slept with Elizabeth Atkinson , and was called np by the prisoner in the month of Jui . e last , abont four o ' clock in the morning . She sa-: a she was vary ill , and wished me to get np and mako her some tea . 1 did so and took it to her . She seemed very weak and very ill , and in great pain . She waikea np and dovn the room , and tben threw herself across the bed . I went to bed & ££ fc ; - ^ A iwun ^ u iu vhc > rii ^ iiu : ' s ictm aiiii an hour after . The door was locked : I knocked at

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      it and the prisoner came and opened it . I asked her how she was and she said she was considerably better . I did not see her aeain until the afternoon of that day , about one o ' clock , in the Bame room . About eight or nine o ' clock in the evening I saw Elizabeth Atkinson taking a pail of warm water out of the scullery boiler , and carry It np stairs . When I was with the prisoner I told her that a dooter had been sent for ; but she said Bhe did not need one as she was a great deal better . I saw stains of blosd on ths floor , carpets , and vallance of the bed . The stains on the flaer appeared as if they had been partly wa . -h . ed ont . 1 saw the same pail that Atkinson had taken np

      stairs , in a closet . There was Borne water in it , which was coloured with blood . The prisoner did not do any work that day :, and i perceived that she was a great deal more swollen than what she had been . I know Mary Ann Carter ; she came to the hall on the day the prisoner was ill , and went to her room , where she remained about an hour ; it was in the evening . When Carter went away she took along with her a basket and a small bundle . Tbe prisoner roid me that Mrs . Palmer , the housekeeper , had charged her with having had a child ; and that previons to that people had said she was pregnant , which she denied . Elizabeth Atkinson and I slept together from February to the latter end of March ; during which she was not ill .

      Cross-examined—It was reported that Atkinson was hi the family way . After March , 1 slept with Mrs . Palmer till h ^ r husband came home ; I slept with her tbe night in question . J saw some water in the cio 36 t discoloured with blood . Re-examined—It was reported that Elizabeth Atkinson was in a state of pregnancy both at the tim- she came , and when she left Fwrcett Hall ; bbe lefr at tbe end of June . By Mr . Wilkins—The prisoner showed me a foot bath , which wa - marked with blood ; I believe that was in April ; it was in the green room , which at that time was a spare bed-rot-m . By Mr- Bliss —The prisoner took me np stairs , an , ; having shewed me ihe bath , asked me if I knew -. vho bad done it .

      Mr . Charles Ronald deposed . ^! am a solicitor , residing at Gray ' s Inn , London . I am solicitor to ilr . Muchell . In consequence of information I received , I came down to Forcrti Hall . The prisoner ' s father came to me and said that his daughter had a communication lomake to me . After that she came to me . 1 cautioned her as to what she said , as it might be afterwards used in evidence against her . She then made the following statement , which I look down in writing : —Tftat sometime after iho Tfjit day in April , Elizabeth Atkinson , who then slep : in the room facing the staircase at the top of vht honse , called tohdr at about stven in ibe evening , as she was passing her room . That the went luio the room ; thdt Elizabeth Atkinson sermed very ill ;

      aud u ^ oi T--vlor as-ii » g her what was the mat ' . vr , she ss ' -d that " she was very ill , and it wa- ; ail ia ht-r b . rk ; and that if she ( Taylor ) would not ttll aDy oi mi servants of the house that t-hv was ill , -, hv would siT « 3 her a sovereign . Tavlor replied that the did not want her sovereign . Taat of course u wa ? no business of hers to tell the Oiher tt-rvauts . EHzibeth then asked Jane to brin ^ her a li . tld beer up . which she dia . When Jane took up the b ^ er , E .- 'Zibeih wa * in bed , and she placed the beer < -n a chair by the bed side . ElsZib ^ ih then a ^ ked Jane to bring up a slop pail , which she did . Jane ob-?« r * ed a deal of water or some mcn = iure by the rfde of tbe bed . Jane then wished Elizabeth good night , and did not see her till next morning . Ou

      thai mornint , Jane knocked at E zibeth ' s door , and atked ior the pail . Elizabeth answered she was toiDg to get up , and would put the pail om , snd set it over the landing . Jane immediately , on seri n * the pail , observed that it was all daubed wiih bit-od on the inside . Sbe iTaylor ) took it oui to the wish-boa ^ e and wasbrd it out , but could not get the blood off it ; she scsubbed it wiih a brush , and set it outside the kitchen door , and did not like to use it for two or three days af ?* rwards . A day or iwo aher this , Taylor wtnt to d ? an out the bedroom on the first flooropposite th' - staircase , aDd observed the footbath to be bloody , as if some bloody

      subs-tauce had been thrown flat down into it . She called ann , the kitchen maid , to look at it , which Bhe aid . Jane took soap and a flannel to wash out the blood bnt could not , a mark was still left . Atkinson slept a few nights in tho same room , and after iiai came to sleep with Jane and Anu , in the room duwn stairs , because she t > aid she was afraid of a guon she had heard people talk of . Ehz-ioeth came a wn stairs next day , and went into the laundry as u-aial . Mrs . Palmer had told her father before ibis that Atkinson was prejuiaut ; btfore this occurred , Taylor observed symptoms which led htr to suspect ti ^ ai such was t he case .

      Several other person * wero examined on the part of ihe prosecution , amongst wbom wa 3 Atkinson , who denied the whole of the prisoner's statement , as detailed by tti © last -wuuevs . Mr . Marsh ,-a surgeon , of Aldbro ' , examined tbe pn ^ ner ia February , 1842 , when he pronounced her to bo in a state oi prc ^ naucy . Mr . WilkiN 3 delivered a very long address on behalf" of tise prisoner , and the Jury returned a verdict of No » Guilty . W'lTxam Cloyton , 44 William Cloy Ion . the youngT . 18 . Joseph Clayton , 46 , and Stephen Deyledye , 30 , pleaded guilty to having , on thu 22 J December last , at Hsmpole , boing respectively armed with guns and bludgeons , unlawfully entered certain inclosed land , in the ocenpation of George Gilbert , for the purpose of desiroying game . —Sentence deferred .

      Joseph Robinson , Joseph Howarth , and Bryan Kuberry , were charged with cutting and stabbing John Sawjisley , at Bradford , on the 30 th October la > t . —Guilty . To be imprisoned three months to hard labour . Tne Court io $ e at eight o'clock .

      Thubsdav , March 16 . Before Mr . Justice Collman . EH Harpin , 25 , pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a heifer , at Thornhiil . the property of Richard Cardwell . He W 3 S sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen months to hard labour .

      INTEST TO JIUHDEB . James Crabtree-, " 26 , was indicted for having , on the lHh of February , last , committed an aggravated assault on Elizabeth Copley , in an indecent and brutal manner with a hedge stake , with intent to kill and mnrder her . Mr . WiLKlSS and Mr . Pashlev were for the prosecution ; Mr . Ovebem ) defended the prisoner . The proseentrix stated ihat on the day named in the indictment Ehe had gone oat of the honse for some milk , and on her return home she was accosted by two men , who , after using some brutal exprt s sions threw her on the ground , thmst a hedge stake up her person and left her there . She was greatly injured but contrived to walk home with the stake still sticking in her body . The entire details of the case are totally unfit for p&bhcation .

      Mr . Overead addressed the jury for the defence , arguing that there was fcome uncertainty as to the identity of the prisoner . The Jury retired for a short time , and afterwards returned a verdict of Guilty on the second count , namely of attempting to do some grievous bodily harm . Hubert A'Jdnson , 24 , was next charged with having on the 21 st of November , stabbed and wonnded George Woodcock , at Hipperholme-cum-BriKhouse , near Halifax , with intent to maim and disable him . Mr . RoiBtrcK prosecuted , and Mr . Buss defended the priboner .

      George Woodcock deposed , that on the day in qoeslion he was driving his waggon from Bradford to Brishouse , at eightei-n minutes past eleven o ' clock at night , and having called at Wilson ' s public-house , and gone through the toll-bar , somebody whom he had known as working on the road passed hhn , and be went on . About 400 yards from the toll-bar , the man that had passed him turned to the horses , and cried , " whoa "—witness , in the mean time , sitting on the waggon shafts . The horses plunged forward

      when the man struck at witness with a drawn knife , and said , " Do ' st thon see this } " Witness replied , " Get off ; I want to have nothing to do with thee . " Prisoner said , " Come up , or ebe I'll put it into thee f and he tben stubbed him in the left Bide ; after that he threw him down ; bnt he got np , and a straggle took place , the prisoner saying , " If thou does not deliver up , I'll run it into thee . " They were then againbt a wall ; and witness received altogether four cuts—the lastonlypenetrating through the clothes , but he distinctly felt the knife cut him .

      Some witnesses were called , who bore out , in its mam particulars , the statement of the prosecutor ; but some discrepances were brought out in crossexamination . Mr . Bliss addressed the Jury for the prisoner , and contended that there was not that certainty in the identity which would warrant them in finding the prisoner guilty . Be also called a witness who gave the prisoner a good character , and who denied that within tbe last four years he had ever been working on the highway . Th& Jury retired , and after an absence at some time returned with a verdict of Guilty . Sentence deferred .

      Joseph Mason , 25 , was indicted for having , on the 22 nd of January last , at Skelton , in the North Biding , bnrglarionsly and feloniously broken into tbe dwelling honse of Thomas Carr , with intent to steal therein- The indictment further charged the prisoner with having firbdagun at the prosecutor , with invent to murder himj and also with having endeavoured to extort money from him . Mr . Blabchasd was for the prosecution . The prisoner was undefended . The _ charge was in a great measure snpported by the evidence of a man named Turner , a prisoner in the Castle , to whom the prisoner , after his committal , had made a viva voce statement of the circumstances under which he had been apprehended ; and whom he also told that it was himself ( the prisoner ) who had actually fired the gun on the night in question . I *"* pics ^ cuWr , iu Lis evid ^ MJ oiatta that the £ UU was fired by another man , not in custody .

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      The Jnry retired to consider their verdict . The prisoner was found Guilty of shooting with intent to do some grievous bodily harm . Sentence deferred . Robert Rudge , 32 . John Hancock , 30 , William HalU 22 , and George Starty , 21 , were indicted for having , on the 8 ih of February lasl , burglarioasly entered the toll-bar hoaso at Broom Bar , near Rotherham , from whence they stole the Bum of three pounds in saver , the property of Pickles Roberts . William Pressley , charged with the same offence , was admitted evidence . Mr . welkins and Mr . Pashly were for the prosecution ; Sir Gregory Lewin defended the prisoner IWge ; Mr . Hkaton appeared for Hancock and Hall ; and Storey was undefended .

      Pickles Roberts deposed that about one o ' clock in the morning in question , he was disturbed by a horse arriving at hiB gate ; he got up and went out to open tbe gate , and whilst doing so , on turning round he saw four men en foot , and the prisoner , George Storey , on horseback . The four men on foot came from the corner of the house by the garden door , and oae of them went up and struck him on : the hoad . That was the prisoner Hall , who then shoated " Go at him . lads . " The man then got off the horse , and the whole parly attacked him . They struck him several blows , and three of the ; men then went into the house , the other two being left to guard him . He got away from these , and on getting into the house , saw a tall man searching the bousp . There was a fire burning , and the maa had

      a lantern . Rudge , he believed , was the man who was searohiug tbe drawer . He received several other blows in the house ; and saw there Hall and Sttrev . In ransacking the house they obiaiiitd , £ 3 b- > 7 d . The men had all velveteen and fu&tian jarkets on , and caps tied under the chin . ^ - The wife of Huberts coToboraied his statement , and identified Pressley and Roberts aa twoot the mcu in the house , and described the third as having a hatchet on his shoulder . She asked them not to hurt her husband , and Rudgosaid they would not if she would como out and tell them where the money was . She then got the lantern which he held in his hand and held it up to his face , in order to know him again . Could not speak to any of the man except Prestley and Rudge .

      Pressky was tho next evidence called , and he detailed me wnole circumstauoes of the attack and robbery , corroborating in every particular , the statement of Roberts and his wife . In oroFS-exatnina cion he said he might have been engaged in ten or a dozrn robberies , but could not tell how many pigeons he had stolen . He admitted that be expected to receive one half of tho reward ( £ 150 ) ,-which had been offered . Evi . Jeuce was then gone into on another indictment , in which the prisoners were charged wiih a similar attack and robbery at Aldwick Bar , on the same m ^ nmig , aud within about three quarters of an hour of tie robbery fit "Broom" Bar .

      Ihe barman and his wif * detailed the circumstances ot the robhery , and the constable ( Mr . Bland , of Rotherhiim ) who had apprehinded the parties described tho property found , which consisted of - ) seieton k--y .-, picklock' ' , caps to tie under the chin , k . i . He ano spoke to the statement made by Pres ? l *! v . The case for the prosecution bein ^ closed . Sir GheGohy Lbwjn and Mr . Hbaton addressed th « Court on behalf of their reapt . ctive clients . The prisoners were all found Guilty . Rudge was sentenced to be transported for twenty y ^ ars ; and the three oiher prisouera for fifteen years each . Joseph Mason , who had been found guilty of shooting at , with intent to do grievous bodily harm , io Ttcuids Carr , was sentenced to bo transported for twenty years .

      CROWN COURT -Friday . J <) ' m Whittaker , juu ., was charged-with having maliciously killed and maimed certain sheop , tho p / opiity of Thomas Smith , of Comubrongb , near Duncaster . Sir J . Lt-wis and Mr . Wilkins were for tho pro sscmion ; the prisoner were defended by the Hon . J . S . Wurtlky and Mr . Walker . The prisoner was ind ' etod under the provisions of ihe 7 th and 8 tb Geo . IV . cap . 30 . which enacted that any person who shall kill , maim , or wound , aiy cattle , sheep , or other beast , shall be deemed guil y of felony . Tuo prisoner is a butcher at Conitsbrongh , and the prosecutor is a farmer at the

      pame place . Daring a per ' , extending from the mom h of November to the February following , Mr . Smith suffered serious losses in his sheep , sixteen or seventeen having been found in his field , dead or dying at different times , from the effects of strangulation , which had no doubt been done wilfully . The principal witness against the prisoner was a lad named Chester , who had been in his employ , and who deposed to facts and admissions by the prisoner which went very far to establish his guilt—but the position of this witness as a discharged servant , of conrse raised a certaiu degree of suspicion on his testimony . He *^ as , however , corroborated in some points by ctucr witnesses .

      There were twenty-two witnesses for the prosecution , and thirty-five forj the defence . The trial was proceeding at half-pa ^ t six last night , when Mr , Wortley was cotnmencng the defence .

      SUBSIDIARY COURT—Tuuusday , licjore Mr . Knowles , Q . C John Bcntley , " 2 ' 2 , pleaded Guiliy to having Btolea a saddle and briole at Leeds . i H ' i /? iam lit tkebrouyh and Samuel Wilson , who had been out on bail , were charged wiih a conspiracy and not . Mr . Hardy was for tbe prosecution ; tho prisoner ? were undefended . This cade arose out of the serious disturbances that took place las : summer . On the evening of tne 15 th of August , Thomas Homer , the engine- tender u > Mr . Simeon Towuseud , of Thornton , was in the

      yard of his master s factory , when the prisoners ramo into the yard with a large crowd . Blakebrougb asked Homer if he would allow him to draw tbe plugs , and he told them he would not . Hurner went to see his master on the subject , and when he returned he said they must It t the plugs alone , and he would let the steam off . Blakebrough , in tho presence of Wilson , said truy would draw the plugg that night , or else they would bring 10 , 000 people the day after . Blakebrough then knocked out one of the plugs and Wilson followed his example . The last , named prisoner attempted to knock a third plug out , but he could not do so , and he scalded his foot .

      The prisoners in defence denied tho charge , and called witnesses as to character-Guilty of the conspiracy . —To be imprisoned two months to hard labour . William Collins , G 6 , who had been out on bail , was charged with having , on the 5 ih or 6 th of Octobur last , at Bradford , stolen a mare pony , the property of James Waddingion . Mr . Moxteith was for the prosecution , and Mr . Wilkins for the defence . The prosecutor is a dealer in milk at Bradford , and the prisoner is a boat hauler , at West Haddlesey , near Selby . The prosecutor two or three weok $ before the 5 th of October last , bought the mare , and about nine o ' clock in the evening of that day he put

      it into a field near hi 3 house . He fastened the gate , and next morning , about six o ' clock , on going to take the mare out of the field to work , he found she was gone , and for several weeks afterwards he heard nothing of her . He made search for the mare and on the 11 th of October she was taken to Selby fair , and there sold by the son of the prisoner , he having sent him to do so . After the prisoner was taken into custody he made a statement in which he said he bought the mare on the Wednesday before Selby Michaelmas fair . He could not , however ^ have done so , as the prosecutor had the animal at work on that duy . When she was taken away the mare had a long tail , but when the prosecutor found her the tail was cut .

      Mr . WiLKiiNs addressed the Jury for the prisoner , and called several witnesses to prove that the prisoner had purchased the mare of a man named John Smith , who said he lived at No . 3 , Marsh-lane , White-street , Leeds , The Jury retired for a few minutes , and then found the prisoner Not Guilty . Samuel Murgatroyd , alias Waterhouse , 22 , was charged with having on the 13 th of September , 184 l i at Bradford , unlawfully married Hannah Cotson , Mary Murgatroyd , his former wife , being then alive . Mr , Pickering appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Walker defended the prisoner . I

      The prisoner is a person in humble life , and in 1838 lived at Bradford . On Christmas Day in that year he was married in that town by the Rev . John Butterfleld to Mary Firth , but for some reason or other they did not live together . On the 13 th of September , 1841 , the prisoner was married by the name of Samuel WaterhouBe to Hannah Cotson , and when they presented themselves before Mr . Butterfleld , he asked the prisoner where his former wife was , and he replied she was dead . It was , however , proved that she was now alive . When Mr . Young , the constable of Harrogate , apprehended the prisoner , be admitted that he bad married the two females . —Guilty . To be imprisoned and'kept to hard labour in Wakefield House of Correction for six calendar months .

      Theophilus Bachelor , 22 , and William Bfoum , 37 , were charged with having on the 19 th of December last , at Fry ton , broken into the dwelling-house of George Bickers , and stolen therefrom two silver table spoons , oae desert spoon , and two silver tea * spoons . ' Mr . Baihes was for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoners . The prosecutor ia a farmer living at Fryton , near Hovingbam , and on the 19 th of December left home to go to York fair . At night , about eleven o ' olock , Mrs . Bickers and the rest of the family retired to rest , leaving all the deors arid windows fastened . About half-past five o ' clock nest morning , Jane Wheldon , servant to Mrs . Bickers , who hadBlept with her mistress on the night of the robbery , was called up , when , from some information she received from the other servant , Bhe found that the dairy had been entered through a wire window , that thret

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      Btanchion 8 were broken off , and that a great quantity of provisions had been taken out of the dairy . Upon making a farther search , it was discovered that some silver plate had been carried off , that the wearing apparel had been disturbed , and a pair of stockings stolen . Two days afterwards the prisoners were apprehended by Mr . Atkinson , tbe constable in the streets of Stockton , and in Bachelor ' s pooket were found several articles of plate belonging to the prosecutor . He had previously sold the pair of stockings to Elizabeth Waiue , a shopkeeper at Stockton . Bachelor stated in the police-office that they found the plate on the York Road , about six milef * from Thirsk . He was asked if Brown was with him , and he said yes , which Brown did

      not deny . They made a similar statement before the magistrates , and Brown also said he had met with Bachelor at Belper , in Derbyshire , about a week previous . In addition to these facts , it seems that the day before the robbery , Mr . Bickers saw Bachelor and another man at Fryton , and on the following day both the prisoners were observed on Wass moor . On tbe 26 th of December , whilst the prisoners were confined in sep&vate cells iu Stockton , about an hour and a half after Mrs . Atkinson , the wife of the police- officer , had served them with their breakfasts , Bhe heard Batohelor say . to Brown , " We shall be liberated to-day if no person comes to appear against us . "—Brown asked Bachelor how he know that . Batchelor said the mistress had been

      telling him so . He also added , " We must stick to j the same as we said before the magistrates the other \ day . We came througn Yarm between three and I fi . ur o'clock on Wednesday , but wo must know nothing about ihe other concern . " Mr . Bliss in addressing the Jury for 'he prisoners submitted that the evidence was not such aa to warrant , a conviction . j The Jury found Bachelor Guilty and Brown Not i Guilty . I Tho prisoners were further charged with having , j 6 n the 20 th of December last , at Coxwold , broken ' into the dwelling-house of Joseph Speacoley , and , stolen therefrom five silver teaspoons , two silver j salt-spuons , and other articles .

      Mr . L ' lawhard and Mr . Wuarton wore for tho ; prosecution ; Mr . Bliss def- ud * jd the prisoners . \ Tiioprosecuior resides ai Shandy Hall , nearCoxwold . On the night , of tho 20 ih Dec , Mrs . Spcnsley wad the last person up , and she retired to rest between ten aud eleven o ' clock , having previously gone round the ' house and ascertained that the doorn and windows ! were all fast . On the following morning , about , seven o ' clock , Anu Easton , the prosecutor ' s servant , informed her mistress that the houcc had been broken i into , and it turned out that an entrance had been tftWed through the scullery window . A quantity ot plate , linen , and provisions was discovered to have been stolen . On the day in question tho pri- 1 souers were seen within two miles of Coxwold . j Ttie ocher evidenco against the prisoners wan similar ! to that in the last caso . Some of the prosecutor's ' property was found in Bachelor ' s possession the ) day after the robbery . The Jury found both tho ' prisoners Guilty . !

      liachtilor was sentenced to be imprisoned in Norihailerjon House of Correction for twulvo months , and Brown for nine months . Tne Court roso about half past seven o ' clock .

      FRIDAY . Before M ' . T . Baincs , Q . C . Joseph Su ( cl' £ ' e , 'SO Wi'linm Sharp , 22 , were indiu ' . ml for having , on . the 7 th of February last , at ,. Northowrnrn , burglariously entered the dwellingnous of Mr " .. Mary Andenon , and for having stolen , tnerefrom 13-. 6 d . in money , some silver spoons ,, and a pair of sugar tonj { 8 , her proporty . ] Mr . Ing li am was for the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended , The prosecutrix is very infitn , a , nd has a grand- j daughter residing with her . During tho night m question , while they were in bed in a room on the ground ; tljor of tho house , they were disturbed by a noise

      id the room above , and shortly afterwards three cucn entered the bed room in which the two females were , two of whom hold them down in bed until the other nilid tho drawere . The prisoners had a light wiih them , and ono of them had a horse pistol , with which he threatened to shoot them if they made any none . They were in the house about ten minutes ; tho prisoner Shnrp had bis face partially blacked , but the prosecutor knew him and could identity him as tho man who had the piatol . Sutclitfo was identified by Miss Andorton , the grandaughcer of the prosecutrix . The principal povnt raised waa that of identity ; the Jury , however , considered thi ^ sufficiently proved , and found both tho prisoners Guilty . They were sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .

      Rubert lircntnall s 22 , was charged with felouiously stealing a horse , the property of Thomas Aidam . Mr . Aspinall iras for the prosecution ; Mr . Buis defended ihe prisoner . The prosecutor resides in Hall-gate , Doncaster , and is a livery stable keeper . On the 21 st of Oct . last the prisoner hired the borse in question to go to Pontelract , but i us toad of going there it appeared that ho rode in another direction , and afterwards sold the horse at a place mar

      Swanwick , in Di-rbyshire . In consequence of not re- \ turning it at the time he ounht to have done , ho was taken into custody . The parties had been for Bomo time aeq iaii ted , and had had transactions ' toother in horse-dealing , there being , at the time , of th 13 hiring an alleged balance between them of £ 2 10 s . The prisoner , whin before tho magistrates , made a vt luntary statement to the effect that he had I borrowed the horse ; that he went to Pontefract , i rom there to Wakofidd , and thence to Chesterfield , i to pee his wife ; that tho horso fell with him after j riding him sis miles from Chesterfield , and severely i cut his knees , in consequence of which he sold him , and sent the saddle and bridle , with a letter to the prosecutor , informing him thereof , and telling him that he would provide him with another horse , for that tho one he had engaged was so injured that he j could not get him home , and he had sold him only for as much momy as the balance was between them .

      Mr . Bliss succeeded in establishing these facts , and tho Jury withpnt retiring , found a verdict of Not Guilty . Job Col tin , alias Wood , 22 , was indicted for that he , on tho 1 st or 2 nd of November last , at Hatton , did feloniously steal a black horse , the property of Thos . Heeoom . Mr . Hall aud Mr . Wharton were for the prosecution ; Mr . Roebuck defended the prisoner . The prUoj cr was found Guilty , and sentenced to be transported ten years . HORSE STEALING AT LEED 3 . John Beuiley , Thomas Taylor , and John Carr were charged with having ou the 5 th December last , at the borough of Leeds , feloniously stolen one mare and one horse , the property of Robert Ilipley . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hill conducted the prosecution . Ttie prisoners were undofended .

      Tho prosecutor ia a livery-stable keeper at Leeds , and on the 4 th December last , the prisoners , Bentley and Taylor went to engage two horsca for the following day . Prosecutor was not in , but . his son said that if they would call again , he would ask his la . her if they could have them . Thoy called in about an hour afterwards and the prosecutor ' s son informed them that thoy could be accommodated . Hu asked then their names , and Bentley said they called him Buckton ; that hu was a reporter at the Leeds Intelligencer ; and was going to Huiidersn ' eld to a meeting . Taylor gave his proper name . The two prisoners went for the horses next morning , and the prosecutor asked Bentley aud Taylor their names , and the same tale was told him as on the night previous to his son . The same morning the two first-named prisoners were seen in Pontefract ; Carr was with them . Bentley exchanged the mare with a person named Tankard for a grey horse . In the afternoon , they left Poutefract and went to Dnnna ^ t . fir : and fro m information which

      Mr . Etches , police-officer , received he went to the public house were the horses were and saw Bentley and Carr . He asked them where they had got them , and Bentley taid they were his ; and that Carr was his man . Bentley afterwards , however , told him where they had got the horses . The cas ^ was very clear against Bentley and Taylor , aud the Jury returned a verdict of Guiliy . Carr waa acquitted . Bentiey was sentenced to bo transported fifteen years , and Taylor to nine months imprisonment to hard labour . . The prisoner Bentley had previously been convicted of felony at Leeds , in 1839 .

      George Reed , 21 , Thomos Crownshaw , 18 , and Henry Smith , 16 , were charged with a burglary in the house of Sarah Hawkesley , at Eccleefield . — Guilty . One year ' s imprisonment each .

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      ? WORKHOUSE DISCIPLINE . The conflict on Monday night between Ferrand and Sir James Graham was curious in its character , and not , a little disgusting in its detailB . On that evenin g Sir James Graham—who obscurely intimated that the erection of a treadmill or treadwheel in an union workhouse as a test of the sincerity of the pauper applicants for relief was not alltogether defensible on the principles of humanitysaw no objection to tbe erection of a mill worked by hand-power for the same purpose , no matter whether it were to be worked by a winoh or by hand , or whether it were intended for the tearing afraid or for the grinding of corn . As another

      Hon . Member , from whoso position as a county member and a country gentleman we should have expected better things , seemed to entertain a similar opinion , and even eulogized thebandmill as " the least severe and the best mode" of providing labour for paupers , we are induced to furnish the public with certain evidence , which we have collected from the reports of the Inspectors of Prisons , for the double purpose of showing that the handmill is at once an unequal , an inhuman , and adangerous punishment , and of inducing the boards of guardians in different parts of the country to abstain from tollowiug liie peruMous

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      example which hag been already set them in the parish of Lambeth , and which would have been set them in the Union of Halifax also , had not the remarks offMr . Ferrand worked a marvellous conversion in the opinions of the Right Hpn . Baronet , who is either the master or the puppet of the Poor Law Commissioners . We do not expect to be con trad io ted when we advance our first proposition—that it is impolitic to leave it in' the power of the subordinate officers

      either of a prison or of a workhouse to increase or dimmish the amount of labour imposed , upon the unhappy wretches placed under their superiutendauce , without either the consent or the privity of their superiors ; and yet it is made evident that this power can easily be exercised by any person who has the management of a handmill , by the following extract from the testimony given by Mr . George Smith , governor of Huntingdon Gaol , before the Lor ^ s Committee on Gaols aud Houses of Correction in England-and Wales : —

      " I have j a small hand-maohine I constructed , which 1 have occasionally placed men at , as an employment , who are unable to tread the wheel , and who , from some bodily infirmity , appear to be unfit to tread the wheel . Invariably , after they have been at it for a few hours , they have made application to be fallowed to tread the wheel , notwithstanding their irifirmUy , and with society , rather than in a state of separation . " Of what description is the machine ?—// is a small handicrank engine turned with a winch . " What power does it require to work it . ' —One man . ¦ " What weight ]— We can alter the pressure from the power of a child [ to the power of a giant by altering i ! he centke sciitw of the two wheel ' s that come in contact with ea <; h other .

      " Uo you ; attribute the wish of the prisoners to return to the treadwheel to the desire of society , or to tho greater irksommess of the labour of the hand-machine ?—I endeavour to set the machine so that it is not more laborious than the treadwheel . If a person- ; who is employed at the hand-machine can work that from morning to night wiihoat taking hisjjoket off , and if a man at the treadmill cannot work at that , without perspiring with his jacket off , I conceive that tbe machine is tHe lighter labour of the two . " - ( First Report of tho Lords' Committ « e , pp . 165 16 G . )

      But will the hand-m'll be the lighter labour of the two , if " the centre screw of the two wheels" be altered by a , severe and savage task-master ? Considering how tightly the screw has been driven into the poor for many years past by tho Poor Law Comrci ^ iontrs ind their familiars , we have an invincible r < -pu # uance to confiding the control of this crank to any person jwho has been brought up iii their cruel aud uai ' iielioK school . We are riot inclined to accuse those who are intrusted with the care of the convicted felun 3 in the G « u < ral Penitentiary at Milll > . uik , oi any disregard of their sufferings . They have , however , erectid a baud-mill for the purpose of ^ riudin ^ corn and drawing water in that huge and ungainly prison ; and what is tho evidence as to its operation and effeflts furnished us by the lnspec or * of Prisons for tho Howe . District in itieir Fourth Report , p . 21

      ?—" The t : j > kn > a < -ters and wardens remarked that the hands ] of the prisoners trembled for some time after they had been working the crunk of the machine , which unfitted them for a time for their work , a > uilors , shoemakers , &c ., on their return to their cells . ' ? This is some slight proof of the effect produced by the handmill on the uervous system ; but there is another passage in the same report ., but on another prison—to which we cannot at , the moment refer , but which is firmly fixed in our memory- —distinctly s-ta » iut ; , that all spinners and weavers are excused tr >> m this punishment , because it destroys their

      leehuys of' touch , and no disqualifies them from pursuing their usual occupitions on their discharge from gaol , j And yet it was in the manufacturing districts ofi Yorkshire that it was recently proposed to establish the handmill , not as a punishment fur convicted felons , but , as a test for such unfortunate spinners and weavers as the distress of the times may have thrown out of employment ; and to that proposition Sir James Graham not only offered no objection , but positively gave his sanction and sudport , until he was awaktned to a sense of his inhumanity by the pointed and startling attacks of Mr . Forrand . ;

      The evidence which we have already quoted ia pretty strong as to the cruelty and the . impolicy of this punishineut ; but it shrinks into positive insignificance when compared with that which we next feel it our duty to submit to our readers . This mode of punishment was tried for eomo years in the County Gaol and House of Correction at Bodmin , in Cornwall . On the 3 d of April , 183 U , the keeper of that prison addressed the following report on the subject lo the Chairman and other Magistrates assembled at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , holden for [ that county at Truro . The document is rather long , but will repay well the trouble of a perusal : —i

      " in making this , my quarterly report , I regret to state that jduring the past quarter there have been more casesjof sickness among the prisoners than for a very considerable time . It has been confined almost exclusively to the male prisoners convicted of felony , particularly those who have laboured constantly at ] the handmill , which has evidently produced much debility and consequent illness . * * ' * / have ' ever considered the h&ndmill as a severe , as well as an unequal , kind of labour , but 1 have certainly never observed till the past winter its effects so manliest , and this I think may be attributed to one or two causes—namely , either the length and severity of the winter may have induced colds , and thus have rendered the men unequal to the

      labour , or they may have been kept more constantly employed at tie handmill than heretofore , although I am not prepared lo say that such lias been the case . 1 feel it , however , necessary to state to your worships , that having for many months had a large number of prisoners of this class ,, 1 have , with a view of conforming as nearly as possible with the provisions of the Gaol Act , kept the felons more exclusively employed at the handmill , rather than mix them with other classes of prisoners ; but there has not been more corn ground , aor has the mill been kept longer at work , than ! heretofore ; unless , therefore , the weakness and illness has been brought on in the way I have mentioned , I am quite unable to account for it ;

      but it may ibe satisfactory to your worships to be informed , that the surgeon concurs in the opinion I have expressed . Before closing this part of my report , I respectfully beg leave to explain my objection to the use of the handmill as a prison labour . I a the first ; place , the position of the body when so employed is unnatural , and likely to produce determination of blood to the head . In the second place it frequently produces taintness and giddiness , and instances have occurred of the prisoners having been thrc wn over the handles ; and although no fatal consequences have ensued , yet they have sustained serious wounds and bruises : this is particularly liable to happen to ifie prisoners when first employed at it . And , finally , it is a decidedly unequal kind of labour ,

      inasmuch , as it is impossible to tell accurately uihe ther every prisoner does hix part ; I have repeatedly watched them when at work , wiih a view to delect the skulkers , but I confess I have ntver succeeded satisfactorily , and the prisoners themselves know they cannot be detected , and thus the willing man is worked off his legs , whilst Iheidler and skulkergoes unpunished I have made several alterations in the handmill within the ; last year or two , so as to regulate the motion , and render it less irksome to the prisoners , and I am satisfied that it never worked better than at present ; but worked as it now is , I am quite convinced it ia objectionable , for the reasons 1 have assigned , ijtherefore respectfully submit the subject to your worship ' s consideration , either as regards the continuance or abolition of this kind of labour . " We have great pleasure in informing the public that this appeal to the humauity of the justices of

      Cornwall was not made in vain ; for it is- stated in the 6 th Report of the . Inspectors of Prisons ( p . 176 ) that they ( the Justices ) came to the r solution of putting an ! entire stop to handmill labour in the House of Correction at Bodmin ; and with this evidence before it , we now ask the House , unwilling as it was to listen to the just complaints of Mr . Ferrand , whether it will again allow the penniless , friendless hopeless , houseless , and it may be guiltless paupers of this country to be the victims of a punishmeni which the magistrates of Cornwall , after mature examination and reflection , have abolished as too severe and too pernioious even for ihe ooavicted criminal 1 We pause for a reply . Even as a labour test this handmill has no value ; for , according to the testimony of the humane gaoler at Bodmin , " the willing man is worked off his legs , whilst the idler and skulker goes unpuniahed . " 4- Times .

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      m twenty-three fathoms . The Clifford , on letting go her anchor in six fathoms , on the starboard quarter of the Isabella , distant about a cabUs ' a- ' lengt h * and tending to her anchor with sixty fathoms' - cable unfortunately fell on a small patch of coral , nbt marked on the charts , bearing by compass south ' by-west-half-west from the westermost of Sir Charles Hardy ' s Island ? , distant about three miles aud a half , and north-east-three-quarters-east from Haggerstone ' s Island , distant about nine miles Every exertion was made to get her off ; but m * vain , as the sea was washing over her

      weatherbeam , forcing her on the bank , and she at the same time striking heavily . At daylight , on the following morning , the sea having run high during the night we Fonnd that she had made a bed for herself on the coral bank , and , under ail the circumstances , we considered it utterly impracticable to get her ' off and we therefore advised Captain Sharpe , her commander , to abandon her ag a total loss , which advice he deemed necessary to adopt , but with the utmost regret . In our opinion , no blame Whatever can be attributed to Captain Sharps ; on the contrary , we think he has acted throughout with great caution , and done everything in his power for the safety of his ship . "

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      RICHMOND . —Police Office , Maech 13 . — Henry Morgan , of Richmond , was brought before the sitting Magistrates , charged by Mr . B . uot ~ Chester , one of the police constables , with having assaulted him when on duty . Fined 40 j . and costs , or one month to hard labour at Northallerson .

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      O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith , CoantJ Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bis && ing Offices , Nob . 12 and 13 , Matket-Btreet , Bright aid Published by the said Joshua HobsO * ( for the said Fearsus O'Conkob *) at his Pf * ling-house , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggato ; •« internal C « mmumication existing between ; the »» Ko . e , Market-Btreet , and tbe said Nob . 12 a ** 13 , Market-street , Bri | fgate , tans constituting ti » whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paia , to Mr . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , leedi ( Saturday , March lo , 1643 . )

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      8 . THE NORTHERN STAR , :

      Toe-Kshiiie Sps.Ing Assizes

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      under the Bird Islands , and at sunset , finding ourselves in from six to seven fathoms water , . we deemed it ; advisable to anchor immediately . In coming to anchor , all the ship ? , except tbe Gipsey , rounded within a cable ' s-length of the Isabella's Btern , the Somersetshire first , the Tomatin second , and the Clifford third , the Gipsey ahead , and the whole as near each other as prudence would admit . The Isabella anchored in six fathoms , the Tomatia in six and ! a-half , on the Isabella ' s bows- ; the Somersetshire in sis and a-half , on tho Tomatin ' B starboard quarter ; and the Gipsy aaead oi the Isabella

      LOSS OF THE CLIFFORD , SHARPE . IN j TORRES STRAITS . The following two extracts of letters have been received at ] Lloyd ' s : — " August ! 16 , 1842 . —On the 16 th instant , we were within the Barrier Reef , in Torres Straits , in company with the Clifford , bound to India . The Isabella was the leading ship , aB her commander had previously been three times through the Straits , by the outer passage , while the other commanders were going ! for the first time . The Isabella having slipped herjohain , we made sail for the anchorage

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      IRELAND . ( from our own correspondent . ) Dublin , March 15 . RESISTANCE TO THE POOR RATE . —ALARMINff

      INCURSION OF THE PEASANTRY . A numerous meeting of magistrates of the county of Waterford , was held in the Poor-house of Waterford , on Saturday , upon the requisition of Mr . Flaming , the collector of poor-rate in Gaultier district , to consider the measures most expedient to be pursued for the levy of the rate , in consequence of the general system of resistance amongst the peasantry , and the extreme excitement prevailing ia that part of the country . A very Urgo police force had been employed : but although no open resistance had been offered , very few seizures could be effected , as the cattle had been drawn , off to the sea side before the arrival of the police . Amongst the

      magistrates present , were the Earl of Huntingdon and Mr . Meagher , Mayor of Water ford , who acted as chairman . The meeting was private ; but the Waterford Chronicle states that the Magistrates decided against the expediency of calling out the military under present circumgtances . From the same journal I take the following passage , which gives a very alarming , if it be not a greatly exaggerated , description of the state of the district : — " An impression had gone abroad that the cattle seiz d would be exported for sale in order to obviate the difficulty of procuring purchasers at a poor-rate auction in this country . The knowledge Of this fact added tenfold determination

      to the spirit of resistance by which the people were animated . * Were we to leap upon ihetop 3 ofthe bayonets , we will die before we let our cattle go , ' was a Faying wa heard amongst a party of Gaultier men . At the very fiercest stage of the antitithe warfare , we never witnessed such a spirit of deadly hate to the law , and fixed resolve to resist it , through fire and smoke and steel—aa actual thirst for war , cveu to the death , rather than submit to the system of legislation adopted by the collective wisdom of the poor law authorities upon this occasion . Nor would it have ended in a mere temporary riot . The first shot fired , we havo no doubt , would be . a signal for a general rising—aa

      'insurrection' throughout a great portion of the county of Waterford . Notices were posted extensively throughout the country on Sunday morning , calling UDon the people to meet at the scene of" action on Monday , and to bnng their hurleys with them * Mounted men were posting express to distant quarters at all hours for the last two or thvee eveutful days . Plans of attack and defence were discussed and deliberated upon , with a seriousness that bespoke a deafly resolve—men , women , and children , were resolved to die upon their thresholds rather than surrender ; and , therefore , under these circrmstances , we consider the magistrates

      have well and truly acquitted themselves of the fearful responsibility thrown upon them in the vain endeavour to uphold this most unpopular and universally detested law . There is one very unusual nature connected with this-revolt , that the landlords in Gaultier are principally of the Conservative class —we do not mean to say that this circurnstanco is at all connected with the recent occurrences , and we merely point it out as the first instance that has ever occurred within our recollection , where the population and landlords even of different creeds and politics were alike hostile to the operation of law

      From a second edition of the Wqierford Chronicle I have taken the following , which goe 3 far to corroborate the representation made in the preceding extract : — " Foor o ' clock . —Aa immense body of men , amounting to some thousands , armed with sticks and clubs , have just paraded the city , rending the air with their Bhouts . They are principally Gaultier men , reinforced by numbers from the adjoining

      counties of Wcxford and Kilkenny . Up to this date th « v have conducted themselves peaceably . "Rumour has it that they are about proceeding to take possession of the poor-house and turn out the inmates . The Mayor and authorities are on the alert , but as yet we bee no gtounds for apprehension that any outrage will be perpetrated . Tae military , we are just informed , have got directions to hold themselves ia readiness to repel the threatened attack on the poor-house . "—Morning Chronicle .

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      TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE UNJUSTLY DEALT WITH BY THE MAGISTRATES , DURING THE RECENT PERSECUTION OF THE CHARTIST BODY . Mr Friends , —I have just learned that Mr . Duncombe ' s motion for an inquiry into the conduct of the magistrates who persecuted the people during the recent Anti-Corn-Law League outbreak , is to be brought before the House of Commons , on the 20 th of March ; and , as be must have grounds to go upon , it is absolutely necessary that those aggrieved should speak for themselves . With th * t view , I submit tbe following short petition to be forwarded without delay to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., 6 , the Albany , London .

      It had better be sent under a penny stamp . I hare merely given this outline . Each person will know how io fill up his own . All can be done on a sheet of letter paper , and sent precisely as a letter When Mr . Duncombe brought forward his motion on Lord Abinger ' s conduct , he was taunted with not having any petitions . Now don't you thes arm his enemies this time . This is the most important motion ever made . George White and all others are requested to send such petitions ; also stating reasons , if any , assigned for refusing bail . This must be done at once . I shall have mine ready in time . Your faithful friend , Feabgus O'Connor .

      To the Right Honourable and Honourable the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses of " the United Kingdom , in Parliament assembled . The Humble Petition of A . B ., Hand loom Weaver , sho weth—That your Petitioner was arrested on the day of last , upon a charge of

      —( riot , or aa the case may be ) , and was brought before ( here state the names of the Magis

      trates and places ) , and was remanded at tbe request of ( here stale how often remanded , and

      what amount of fine . ) That your Petitioner was required to find bail in tha sum of subsequently , upon being bronght before a Judge . Yeur Petitioner traversed hia trial to the next Assizss , and then the JU' ^ ge reduced tfae bai » to That for want of this bail required by the committing Magistrates your Pdtitioner ( with a wife and children , as may be ) was compelled to remain in gaol for the apace of Your Petitioner therefore prays tbat your Honoitf " able House will be pleased to institute an immediate inquiry into your Petitioners case , and your Petitioned as in duty bound , will ever pray . John Clahk , Handloom-weaver . 6 , Brook-street , Manchester .

      Leeds :—Printed For The Proprietor Feabgtfs

      Leeds : —Printed for the Proprietor FEABGtfS

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct795/page/8/