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      ^^ THE 5 ATI 0 KAL PETITION . would most cheerfully comply with Mr . ! L , . reqnest this week , and submit a petition 05 < * SaS > n ; but we do trust that the duty ^ tS HP « " » " ^ * aUoiwd * ° ^™^ , tie best advantage for oar friends . all . th erefore , postpone the publication of the ** . ? tai next -reek , and for this ample reason ; I f ^ shiU then be able to show that the sen-I ^'"' oasecJ during the present Assizes , upon borse ^ UteLCO * stealers , and robbers , amount to not I * tbaa « M k *^ teras ^ ^ P " 1301110 "' I *"« .. b » Chartist prisoners . We shall bdow

      ^ " ^ treadmill , along with Hoot , Ass ^ * d Ca ^ K *** * who bare spent twelve **' . . " jj , i&kt present d-graded state ; and B A « Otfrtisis and robbers will walk out upon *** ' j j . with this only difference—the poor *** « itt who h » d good daxactersgiven them upon ^ vnials . will hare to find bail for future good ** fL while the gentlemen rogues will be relieved ^ T ^ ch disagreeable technicalities . And thit u *^ < equal jastiee ! r ^ . —~

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      ¦ d nvr ^ oKAi Execttitx . —7 S < r Balance-sheet vJSZSl&i *** E ** r ? " ^ * r" £ " ?? f frr vubiicatim ; but owing to the late t £ d of Us reception ( Thursday afltrnoonj , we % Zl publish U this vetk . « . -, „ so BOOK for our usual "Notice * " thU r « l ' Ve « ftotf ^ i » l 5 UJ ^* tareart in our . * & « , * to aV / ray & « erpences attendant on ** £ pE 3 Aw «' afid aar ^ Mto > frmation . £ g . d . Hiffitt 1 * 1 ifr Joah . Bobson 1 0 0 Ewta AKsn i o to jcna Tbcmp » on ... 0 5 © H ^ TOa- Uite 0 5 0 Mi . -ffm . Hkk 0 5 0 vt jfrn fimnioni 0 1 $

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      omineed that in three months , from the 1 st of rTsarr ^ e voold give the first of a series of fire tiBfcd Portrait for the present year ; and . that KB * ffT » 2 j of ten weeks we wtuld continue sup-> pBg oar Subscriber * , until all ihonld be giTen ^ sa ttefsat The Mee&tfces announced were O'CONXOS , Emmett , lyrm t aU Ml length ) , Moumoath Court Hoase , . gaining ten large Portraits , ) and the presenta-^» af tbeRoval Infant to the Privy CounciL In ! » 2 ai wu Publisher pledge * himself to the full a * j triet performance , with the exception that itO'CossoB intends , with the consent of his sambea , to substitate " for the rojal infant " ^ Am erican Declaration of Independenc e , with jhrtrattof Gesekal Washisgtok .

      tfj eecid begin to giTe OC 0 > sob . '« Portrait almost iEBsfiiiefy ; but our Agents prefer ha Ting it tbwxixHit spoa the same day : therefore , the sober for eaeh Agent will be placed in his hands aTaadiy , the « th of April , and will be giTen to jJLhxsb the following Saturday . We I 5 rt to « J . however , that although our Publisher tafedaredhu d etermination to abide by hia first p « j » Hi . O'Co . XSOa hu violated Mb . Ho-werer , I uteippe&n to place great reliance i » these mat-I feaipoD pnblk forbearasce , perhapt he wH ] find

      I jssi oc opmion as pliant upon this point ai he hat I frwaaiUy upon nmilaT ones , upon which no other I isciiidiisl hat erer dued to TeuUire . He an-I BOEseed that eigistpeoee would be charged lor his I Pcrisit , in cooseqaenee of its immense sise and raaae . fie has , nowerer , stated to Mr . Hobson , I tbtt is conseqneDoe of the porerty of his Readers , sad u three , is rainy ' mKt * nr *» dab their pence I tojtGser to ? & Papei , and , as be fears , that eTen to tbeis three-halrpenoe is an object , he has oriena the price to be red need to sixpence-half pecET , thwebr tvrificing ^ 12 » upon eTerr 2 » , » 0 l

      fj c-spiee . ¦ Te say ttat these are triali to which no other public mas tier puta the pubBc ; and now for a word I abent these said portrait * . We hsre no hesitation in eetimating the price of the fire to be giTen I within the next tin months , at £ 5 5 s . ; and for I irtiidi , with a paper , the rchsaibers will hare paid 18 s . lOd . Let h be remembered , that erery panrai ; giren -wnh the Star , ni painted for the I Star , kom the origin *! , sod engrvred upon steeL

      Is thort , tcer are u well executed as the art I trill sdiBit o £ Lotett , as he appeared in Court , I -Bpca trial ; sad Emsiett , ai he appeared ;» nd 1 yaosi , Wii . Lii . its , sad Joses , &s they appeared ; I Ki noif all in a state of forwardness ; and I tpedaietti of some will accompany our portraits o ? G-Co 5 M > & . ¦ KE . i ^ jier »»«* o e&oosss to pay the eightpenee , rriii I tf cp »« , be ai Uhtrif to do so . Therefore , we I tras O'Cossoa will not be censured for hia act .

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      ( Continued Jrcm rur third JXIjje . J cajwy coubt , wedsesdat , Maech io . ( Before Mr . Baron Rol / e . J rTTKrSG BASE C 01 ? AT SHEFF 1 BLD . Eteid Tkmpiox , 25 , •** £ charged with ha-ring , on ™* J" ** lalt ' &t sheffieId . uttered , tendered * r } ' * ™ two filse and counterfeit sixpences ,- also ™ 5 M * 8 b ha-ring , on the 5 th of JaBuary , tendared ^ ^ "EafoteomeaUedhalf-a-erown , weU knowing «•»» ! o 1 » hise and counterfeit

      fei ^ f ™ ' ^ > Md Mr - " " iLS ° - ' were for 3 ^« aoa ; Sii QascoaT Lev is def ended the -r - teL ^ l * " britf 7 8 tiied the « a 8 e » &nd c ^ 64 a " ^ r m tie eharSe ' " r : iS fulij made out . MJf « W 0 B . T Lewis made an excellent address , ¦ = ^ 2 ^ , 3 ^ ** " eTideDee agaiast his client was ¦ ife **? 13 * 1 Jriwz ha-Hug summed up , the Jury , ¦ wl . , * " boarg delibsratioa , fooud the prisoner ¦ * - - i «! eoce--Ei £ lit monlhs'iinprisonrnent - ^ . aaaer ftiauA airay during the trial

      C 0 ISI 5 G AI HULL . 1 ^^ . Cnsrito , 23 , and Jej : Cmwiw , 25 , were PfeS J ^' 03 the * 5 : h Of Janliary li 5 t ' " K » t 9- ? t . K : ag 5 ton-ap 3 a-HttU , feloniously made W j rT'j' ** * ' ^ i 118 . intended to represent shiUings . ¦ Jftttt ^ 1 STEQ >' c Wld ilT - Wilsox conducted the WJT ,. ; ^ Bais defended the prisoners . *^ wI G riSted the case - T ^ female , at W ** s ^ ffv prlsDEer i ^ 'd , obserrfed them making ¦ : ¦« -, iJr / *^ ^ Pttrious coin and moulds for making Bu >» ^ i — -yu ^ iuuj tuiu iuiu uioiuua ior uatiii ^ 5 ad

      « " -- cpoa the male prisoner . A number of j ^? *«« « ramia&d . "P ^ rff ^ *^ GE summed up at considerable fideteZ . . * " ^ e Jary he thought thtr » w » s no l ^ J ^ S 4 the fema ! e P" ^ " - t » al !^ * ^ deliberatic ' > found the male taja ^ rij 1 toa the female prisoner not guilty . — s V ~ r riaeai years' transportjiSon . ^ bL ^ ^** " were fu f tb « charged irifch s sat ^ P ° sses » iOD & mould fur making connter-SaSLeij , Jl * ConMe ^ for the prosecution baring Qg w « aoe tTidenee , the Jury found them not

      f' ^ Ci- * SiSE C ° LS Xl HCDDKESF ' ZLI 1 ' w 1 ; 4 * rt ^ £ ? ' > " **¦ charged with haTing , on ^'• efei ^^ f mber ^ t , uttfcred and put off a * *\ iS ? ' ** flD-dctersfleld , weU knowing ' ^^{ kC . * "' d counterfeit The prisoner ' ¦ ; « b ^* " ^ arge ^ with haTin g been conTieted , ^ aft sac ^ . * ^ West-Riding Sessions , held at ^¦ i ^ ttt ^ ^^^ v ^ "' Bnd Mr " Wilsos , were for k ^^ Pn ^ oer was undefended . ¦ fcofea a W > " * ^ iing the case , obserred that ? ki ^^ i tt ^ Z prifOner wa « taken into custody J ia ? 64 tiaTT ? * ™ bnt he appeared before them ^ wajj eo ^^ y . * a consiqufcEcs of haTing been ftf « a ^^« i \ iction at the TTest-Biding Sessi ons , M ?" " « yT- ?* ^ ' Janoa ^ . 1840 , -was read in B . ^ ^ J ^ *^ dtpoged IO the pri » oner hvr-^^^ ^ l ^ v Hott 8 e of Correction at Wake-W > s «> / - io be impn ^ n ^ f one 7 c&r ^ j ^ ? r « VS , ^ ilSG BAS * C 0 IK AT SHEFFIELD . M ^^ tbn ^^"• ¦*? ""^ e ^ d for haTing , on the

      • WLNlb , vT ^ ' Ottered two counterfeit ¦ SSigL ? aBffl «* ' two counterfeit wins K ^^ ffi ^ ^ - Aehstkosg and Mr . Xt > sfiSfiK * " ^ Pri * onerwasunde JKj ? ^^ aS ^ J ^ ' ^ P » an eating-K ^ U ^ S ^ ^^ foaad to be such . m * & ***? ££ * tsted «« «** b * d reoeired M ^^ 0 > her PMtiet—Gaiity—sij months ' 6 f ! LT , Mi * - W ! * 5105 ° ° CLDS POa C O"ISG . Kk' ^ L ' * " the P ^ ^ rs . - r ^ * ^ 'is « s * : isKrs

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      male -prisoner -was a hard-working , industrious man , and they had reason to believe he was not guilty of the crime imputed to him . Mr . Armstrong aaid the Attorney-General had refused to withdraw the prosecution , and the Learned Judge said hecould not sanction any such course being adooted .

      BPBGLART AT S 0 W 3 BBY BBIDQS . Thot . Taylor , 21 , was indicted for haTing , on the 25 th or 26 th of January last , broken into the dwellinghouse of Joseph Broadbent , and stolen therefrom 201 bs weight of worsted , two coats , a waistcoat , shawl , and other articles , belonging to Joseph Broadbent The Hon . J . S . Woetlkt and Mr . Raises eonducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The prosecutor keeps a tea skop at Sower by Bridge . On the 25 th January last , the shop was broken open , and the articles mentioned in the indictment , together with sereral othen , were taken away . On the day following the robbery , the prisener was sees in company with another young man at Huddersfield , where they had offered the wonted and other article * for sale at different shops , and which articles were identified at belonging to the prosecutor . A number of witnesses were examined , who dearly established the guilt of the prisoner .

      The Jury returned a verdict of guilty , and he was sentenced to be transported for ten ymrs . There was another indictment against the prisoner , but it was not procedtd with ,

      BUBBiABT IfEAS LEEDS . Richard Cellum , 19 , and Barnard Fom , 20 , -were indicted tor haTing , on the 2 Ut of October , at the Borough of Leeds , burglariously broken into and entered the dwelling house at & » ffitb wright , Esq ., Truli intent * ° oteai Uierefrom . Sir Q . LEWIS and Mr wasnet' conducted the prwecation ; the prisoners were defended by Mr . Wilxi . ns . Sir G . LKWiii , for the prosecution , stated that the charge against the two prisoners was that , on the 21 it October last , they had burglariously entered the dwelling-bouse of Mr . Griffith Wright , at Potternswton , near Leeds . The police of Leeds ha-ring received instruction that the burglary was intended went te the ipot where the house m situated on the

      , night in question . Two or three stationed themselves outside , and one or two were placed inside . Between twelve and one o ' clock , on a signal being givea by the party outside , Superintendent James west into the diaiagroam , where be found the prisoner Callum , who had tfected an entrance by breakiBf through oae of the windows . The party ouUide aaw three persons , but the police were only able to apprehend two . Fox , on being taken , said they had ne intention of robbing the house , but seeing a light they had entered it to light thsir pipes . Bnt when Callum was taken ont of the house , he aaked where bis shoes were , and Fox replied thai theyweee under a tree adjoining . The police went to the place pointed out , and there found the shoes .

      In bii evidence , Superiotaadent James stated that on examining one of the front windows , he found that the brass fastener was laid loose upon the top of the bottom sash . He had fattened it himself about half-past eleven o ' clock- On going outside , he found that part of the window frame was broken off Near the window , some lucifer matches were also found . The window sill had mark * upon it aa if made by a crow-bar . HHRKui ^ " ^ Other witnesses were examined , who deposed to a crow-bar and chisel being found near the window . One or two of th * watchmen deposed that when the entrance was made , there were lucifer matches lighted , and also a candle . Mr . Wilki « delivered an eloquent speech on behalf of the prisoners .

      The Learned Jcdgx having summed up , the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty , bat recommended them to mercy on account of their youth . They were each sentenced to one year ' s hard labour . The Court adjourned about seven o'clock . SECOND COURT-Wed . vssdat . ( Btf * r $ David Dundas , Esq ., Q , C . ) SHEEP STtALI . NG . Joteph Ward , 18 , and Henry Brennan , 18 , were charged with stealing a tup ram , the property of Wm . Greaves , of Ecdesfield . Mr . Woktxet , Jlr . Otbrkkd , and Sir F . Doylb were for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkms defended the prisoner Brennan , and Sir Gbegobt Lewjji defended Ward . The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

      HORSB STEALING . Thomat CrossJand , 29 , was charged with having feloniously stolea a horse , the property of Richard Wilton , of Ackworth Low-grange . Mr . Wilkiks and Mr . Ovkbesd were for the prosecution . Mr . Wilton is a farmer at Ackworth Low-granre , near Pontefract , and the prisoner , who had been formerly in kia service , lives at Hnnslet , near Leeds . On the 3 d of October , during the night , a horse was taken from his field , and on the following day the prosecotor made a series of inquiries of the various toll-bar keepers and others , who lived on the road to Leeds . From these inquiries his suspicion wag excited against the prisoner , and he went to Hunslet , in company with a police-officer . He

      Teached the place about noon , and the prisoner was there dressing himself , as if he had just risen . On being charged with stealing the horse , he said that he knew nothing of it , and had cot been at the place ; that he had been at Methley , and from thence went to Stanley , and forward t » his home , but was never nearer to Pontefract than that . This statement was contradicted by a person , who proved that on the evening before the robbery , the prisoner was at a public-house , at East-Hardwick , which ii within a mile of the prosecntor ' s house . The horse was subsequently found at a public-house , kept by a Mrs . StubOB , Who is sinae dead , and the prisoner admitted tfraC he had left the horse there , and # are a long rambling Recount of the manner in which he had become possessed of it .

      The prisoner in his defence , d « nied that he had stolen the horse , and said that if he had been the person he had plenty of time to get away , and to have set the horse at liberty . He called the prosecutor , as to character , who said he had never heard anything against him until thi 3 transaction . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for one year .

      HOCSEBREAKIKG . JamesBari ' e , 4 ' 2 , was charged with a burglary in the house of William Watson , of Manningham . Sir . Wasset and Mr . Li 3 TEB were for the prosecation . The prosecutor is a labouring man , and on the night of Thursday , the 10 th of September , he made Mb house safe and went to bed about ten o ' clock . Abont half-past twelve he was awoke , when he found that his houseiad been robbed ; his drawers had been emptied , and a considerable quantity of wearing apparel carried away ; also silver and cep- . per totheamountor 463 . To co ' nnect the prisoner with " the robbery , it appeared that a person named Rawiisley was passing the prosecutor ' s house about midnight , -when he observed a light in the lower room . This excited his attention , and he made a stand , when a man outside put his head in at the

      window , and lmmediatejy the light went up . Hawnsley ' s suspicions were then excited , ar . d he went up to the house , when the man outside ran away . Another man attempted to get out of the window , when RawnsJey seized him , and held him by the collar for some time , and called for assistance . The first man that he saw then returned with a large stick in his Tiand , and threatened to run it into Rawnsley's side , when he let go of the man whom he had seized ; but he had sufficient opportunity to be satisfied of the identity of the prisoner , to Which he swore most distinctly . Some daj 3 afcer , on the 19 ih of September , the prisoner wa 3 apprehended near an empty cottage , - about three miles from his own residence , and in that cottage was found a bundle , secreted in the roof , containing a portion of the property belonging to the prosecutor . G'ulty . To be transported ten years .

      CROWN COURT , Thuesdat , Maech 11 . STEALING A MOSEY LETTEK AT LEEDS . Benjamin Litesey , 41 , was charged with having , on the 17 th of September last , at Leeds , being a person employed under the Post-office , feloniously stolen a certain letter , the property of the Postmaster-General , and which contained two halfsovereigns . Mr . Sergeant Atchbrlkt , Mr . Adolphus , and Mr . Pollock were for the prosecution ; Mr . Bjlises defended the prisoner .

      Mr . Sergeant Atchekley stated the case . He had the honour to attend cu the part of her Majesty's Postmaster-General , who bad directed the prosecntion wineh bad btea instituted against tie prisoner , for the purpose of " making inquiry into the transaction which had been alluded u > by the officer of the Court . The prisoner at the bar had been for some time employed under the Leeds Post-office , and it was material to observe that his duty in that department was that of sorting the letters , and not of lett « r carrying . 'Hia dutiea were confined to the wal ' s of the Post-offioe , and did not at all extend to anything out of doors . In the month of September last ) in consequence of some circumstances to which he seed not more particularly allude , because it was not his intention or wish to prejudice the ease in reference to the

      prisoner , it was thought necessary to Bend down an officer from the General Post-cffice in London to Leeds , whose duty was superintending the missing letter department .- This officer , Mr . Ramsay , reached Leeds in the month of September last , ana having arrived there proceeded to make the necessary inquiries . In consequence of certain circumslnnces , Mr . Ramsay ' s atventioa was directed more particularly to the evening department of the Postoffice—and he found that there were two officers eonnected with that department , of whom the prisoner was one . He would now come to the facts of the present case . A person of the name of Ashwortb had put into the Post-office at Leeds , on the 17 th of September , a letter which he ( the Learned Sergeant ) now held in his hand , and which was addressed to Mr . F , Cameron , Louth , LincokiBhira . It was put

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      into _ the Post Office on the evening of the 17 th September , and ought to have been there all that night , asd in the ordinary course dispatched on the following morniDg the 18 ih , by th © b * g , which was called the Bawtry bag , which carried the letters to Louth and the neighbouring places . The time for the peisoaer leaving the Post Office was about ten o clock at sight , and his duties , it was important to remember , were confined to the walls of the Postoffioe . For certain reasons , Mr . Ramsay , on the day in question , obtained the assistance of one of the police officers at Leeds , who followed the prwoner in the evening into a public-house- Some conversation ensued between them , and the officer told the prisoner that a gentleman wished to see him at the hcarbro' hotel . On going there , where Mr . Ramsay waa , prisoner Wa 8 told that h « rousthft saarohAd .

      he prisoner said any body might search his boose , but that do person should search his person . He was told ( hat his person most be searched . He said he should not be searched without a warrant . He waa then informed that there was a proper warrant for searching him . He was then searched ; and on hia person was found the letter he ( the Learned Sergeant ) held in his hand . H « was told that he need not say anything ; when he stated , under the circumstances , he would decline saying anything . Thi 3 was after the letter had been found upon his person . After that , he said he hoped they would be as merciful as they could to him . Mr . Baikes rose , and took an objection to the indictment , on the ground that it did not desorib * the name , aa well aa tho office , of the Postmaster-General .

      Mr . Sergeant Atcheklet said , that last Sessions , an Act was passed expressly setting forth the form of indictment , and which did away with the necessity of describing the name of the officer . Mr . Baimes was not aware of the existence of such an Act * The Act was afterwards produced , and the section referred to read . Several witnesses were called , who proved the facts stated by the learned Sergeant , when , on the case for the prosecution being closed , Mr . Baikes addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner . He entreated them to give a merciful consideration to all the circumstances of the case , and to weigh well those points which could be suggested for the prisoner . He did not blame the post-office

      authorities for instituting this prosecution , but he did assert that the evidence adduced did nit support the charge alleged in the indictment . If the Jury were not satisfied that the prisoner placed the letter in his pooket , with the intention of converting it to his own use , they could not convict the prisoner . and he was sure when they heard his previous character , they would have pleasure in acquitting him . Mr . B . G . Topham , Mr . Chantrell , Mr . William Hirst , and Mr . Robert Hall , cloth-dresser , gave the prisoner a good previous character for honesty and propriety of condnot . The Learned Judge , in summing up , said the only question they could consider was , the intention with which the prisoner took the letter .

      The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty , but recommended him to mercy , on the ground of his previous good character . The Learned Judos proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner . He said it was quite impossible that either the eloquence of the counsel , or any suggestion he ( the Judge ) might make to the Jury , could raise a reasonable doubt in tbeir minds as to his guilt . The Jury had thought proper to accompany their verdict with a recommendation to mercy ; he could not but remark , however , that the offdnct was so serious as to demand the mos |« everd punishment of the law . There was too much reason to fear that this offenc # —although the only one of which he had been convicted—was neither the first aor second that he had committed of a similar

      description . The General Post-office authorities had received frequent notice of the depredations com mitted at the Leeds Post-office . It could only be matter of suspicion as to the party committing these depredations , bnt although it was only suspicion , that suspicion most fall heavily on the prisoner . The statute , under the provisions of which he had been convicted , subjected him to transportation for life . The only mitigation which he should think of making , in conseqaenca ot the recommendation of the Jury , was this—instead of sending him out of the country for life , he should only send him out of the country for a limited portion of time ; and he trusted , whilst in another land , and if ho returned to this country , be would retrieve -the character he had lost . The sentence of the Court was that he be transported for ten years .

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      POST-OFFICE . James KUvinglon , ( out on bail ) was charged with having wilfully and contrary to his duty detained and opened letters , which ware given to him as a postman to deliver . Sergeant Atcheblet , Mr . Adolphls , and Mr . Pollock were for the pro&ecution ; Mr . CorriNGHAM defended the prisoner . There were four sexual instances of detention alleged ; most of the letters contained half sovereigns , which had not been tak ? n out ; but the dates of the letters had been altered , and the seals of the letters broken , and in some instances re-sealed , and delivered . Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character . Tne Jury found the prisoner Guilty .

      The Learned Judge , in passing sentence , said he had been convicted ou the clearest testimony , and if he had been indicted for stealing the letters , there was ample evidence to convict him , and he would then have been transported . As it was , the offence was of a serious description , and he should inflict upon him the greatest punishment which the law allowed , which was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the term of two years .

      C 0 NCEAL 1 N 6 THE BIRTH OV A CHILD . Mary Walter , 26 , pleaded guilty to having , on the 30 th of January last , at Colhn ' s Cottage , near Knaresborough , concealed the birth of her bastard child . —Sentence was deterred .

      BUfiGLABY AT OXTO . V , > 'EAR TA » CASTBR . H \[ liam Smith , 37 , and James Brown , 40 , were indicted for having , on the 17 th of December , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Christopher Wilson , E 3 q ., of Oxton House , near Tadcaster , and stolen therefrom a silver candlestick , a plated candlestick , four pairs of snuffers , and other articles , hia property . The Hon . J . S . Woetlet and Mr . Aldah conducted the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended . II appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor is an aged gentleman , well known as the father of the turf . On the night mentioned in the indictment he retired to rest about ten o ' clock , and shortly afterwards the other members of the family went to bed . The doors and windows of the house were securely fastened at that time . Between four and five o ' clock on

      the following morning , an alarm was given , when the servants found there wis a great disorder . The principal evidence against the prisoners was aa to the possession of the stolen property . As it respects Sinitb , the possession of a part of the property was much more recent than in the case of Brown . Oq the 12 ih of December , Smith went into a barber ' s shop at Castleford , and tkere cfiered s « me of the stolen articles for sale . Smiih was desired to return on the following morning , when a constable was ready to receive him , and took him into custody . On the 28 th of December , Brown was seen at Blackburn , iu Lancashire , disposing of some of the property . In defence , Smith said , that he found the articles , and Brown aaid , that Jew John , " of Leeds , had given him the articles to dispose of , and he had determined to 'Jew the Jew . ' ( Laughter . ) The Learned Jbdqe having summed up , the Jury found the prisoners Guilty . —Sentence was deferred .

      BURGLARY AT BIIiSTAL . John Griffin , 17 , John Slraker , 20 , Henry Greenwood , 20 , and John Thomat , 22 , were charged with having , on the 27 th of October , at Birstal , burglariously broken into the dweliing-house of Lionel Knowles , and stolen therefrom four gold rings , and other articles , his property . Matthew Straker , 37 , was charged with being an accessory before tne fact . , Mt . Kxowxes and Mr . Wjlkins appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . CorriAGnAji defended Greenwood and Straker , and Sir Gbegoet Lewim defended Griffin and Thomas .

      The evidence was of great length . The principal facts will , however , appear by the following summary : on the morning of the 28 th of October , it was discovered that the house of the prosecutor had been broken open . The principal Witness against the prisoners was a person named Lawson , who is a shoemaker at Leeds . On the evening of the 27 th of October , Lawson was at Matthew Straker ' s house , where he saw the other four prisoners . The conversation then going on was as to the proceedings of the night . Lawson asked what road they were going . John Straker and Thomas said they were going to break in somewhere , that night in the neighbourhood of Birstal ; Matthew Straker did not join in the conversation . Lawson then went to the house of Superintendent James , of the Leeds police , who instructed him to go back to the b » use , which he did , and he found all the prisoners in the street ,

      and they followed him into the house . Larvson had some muscles , which Ellen Norris , a woman who lived with-Matthew Straker , was cookirvg , and the prisoners all partook of them . The . prisoner * , except Matthew Straker , afterwards wr .-nt out , and as they were going away , John Straker said , " Good night , Lawson ; perhaps i _ t may be it ie last time 1 shall have the chance of bidding yortgood night . " After Lawson had returned to the ho a » e , Stnbba and Hartley , two policemen , were sent fro Morley , which is between Leeds and Birstal , to see whether the prisoners , whom they knew , wouJ d pass that way . Three of the prisoners passed , * , nd the policemen watched them some time , thinkv ag the men would pass in returning , but they saw no more of them that night . About t ix o ' clock on the following nittht , Lawson a <» in went to Matthew Straker ' s , where he met w uh John Straker , and

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      Thorow . He was told to go agafn at eight o ' clock , and on his way he met Matthew Straker in Yorkstreet ; he asked him where he was going ; he replied he was going to plant" some rings for the other prisoners . Lawson asked them how it was they were going to - plant" them , and he replied the old Jew wonld only give them 83 . for them . Lawson said that he oonld give him more than that , and they accordingly went kack to Straker ' s house , and he agreed to give 15 s . for the rings . Lawson made an account of the division of the money , arising from the robbery , to the prisoners , and it appeared that they rooeived £ 6 of Jew John . On the following evening they were talking about cheating the police , when Lawson asked tnem how they managed not to be detected in " carrying the staff to the Jew . John Strakar eaid

      that Griffin got a bottl * in one hand , lid a basket on the other , like any person going to work . Greenwood went behind hinsffant one of the others was a short distance in front , so that , if they met any of the police , they coulc warn Griffin , who was carrying the stuff , to _ get out of the way .. When they got to the Jew , Thomas and John Straker took it from Griffin , and disposed of it to the Jew , whilst Greenwood and Griffin watohed . The prisoners also stated to Lawson that they were two hours aod » half over their work , on account of their tools being blunt , and it was half-past six in the morning beibre they got into Leeds Afl » in . Thomas said he had burnt his hand very much , and in the presence of the four prisoners , he Bhowed Lawson the part where it had been burnt .

      Mr . Cottinoham and Sir G . Lbwin addressed the Jury for the prisoners , urging that no reliance whatever could be placed on the testimony of Lawson , whom he designated as a spy , and especially , as his evidence waa uncorroborated by any respectable witness . The Learned Judge having summed up , The Jury retired , and after an absence of nearly an hour , returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners , but with a strong recommendation to mercy . —Sentence was deferred . The Court rose at nine o ' clock .

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      NISI PR 1 U 8 CODTtT . —Wednbsdat , March 10 . ( Before Mr- Justice Maule . J BECKETT AND OTHERS « . WILSON . Mr . Cbesswkll and the Hon . J . 8 . WORTLBV appeared for the plaintiff * ,- Mr . StaBkey and Mr . Addison for the defendants . This was an action Of assumpsit te recover £ 2 , 27 ? for money advanced , commission , and on acccount stated . The defendant pleaded first that . he did not promise ; and secondly , a set-off . Mr . Cresswell stated the facts to the Jury . Messrs . Beckett , Blayds , and Co ., the plaintiffs in this case , are bankers in Leeds , and they sought to obtain from the defendant a considerable sum of money , which , undoubtedly , they had advanced to the defendant and others . Mr . Wilson did not deny that he waa a party instrumental in obtaining the money , but he stated that he never entered into any engagement to

      repay it , and that it was not advanced on his credit In 1834 , the defendant with several other gentlemen obtained an Act of Parliamemt for repairing and maintaining & road called the Wortley and Stanningley Road . Under this act the trustees were empowered to raise money by mortgage on the tolls , and In various other ways . If a man advanced his money on mortgage of the tools , he knew the security he was taking , and if it was worth nothing , he had only to blame his own folly . He believed the trustees had induced persons to advance money on such insufficient security , and besides a number of mortgages , it was found essential ( or the interests of the trust , that the trustees should open a bonktirt account The defendant , Mr . Wilt on , was appointed treasurer , and he drew on the bankers for the purposes of the road . After the act was passed , they appointed Mr . Upton their clerk , and he drew on Mt 83 Ts . Beckett and Co ., whenever they wanted money . The cheques were in this form—* ' Oq demand , pay—— , or bearer , on account of the Wortley and Stanningley Road . '' In the year 1888 , another act was obtained giving larger powers , and for making additional branches to the roads , and after this act was passed , viz ., in January , 1930 , this order was made by the trustees in favour of their surveyor— " That the clerk give a cheque to the surveyor of £ 8 weekly , and Messrs . ¦ , are appointed a committee for auditing these accounts . " These cheques were to be drawn on the bankers . Messrs . Beckett and Co . did not like this additional order of £ 8 per week , and accordingly they sent the following > ote to Messrs . Upton and Clapham , clerks to the trustees of Wortley and Stanningley Road -, —" Dr . to Messrs . Beckett & Co ., £ 2 , 160 10 ? . 9 d . Sir . —We request you will lay before the Commissioners

      of the above road the amount of debt due to us , and inform them it will not b * agreeable to us that the account should so continue , unless decisive steps are taken for its liquidation , of which we beg to be informed . " On this , the trustees agreed to the following resolution— "Ordered that the clerk wait on Messrs . Beckett and Blayds , stating that the trustees intend to make a continuation of Water-lane , and request they will oontinue to pay £ 8 per week to the surveyor for the purpose of keeping the road In repair . '' And now they said the money was advanced on security of the tolls , and having bad the pleasure of rivalling M'Adam in the making of roads , they were much obliged to the bankers for advancing them the money to do it , but that they would not repay one farthing of it The Learned Counsel contended the trustees were personally responsible , and referred to the case of Barret v . Ayre , repotted in the tenth volume of

      Binghsm ' s Reports , p . 283 , in which the question was precisely similar , and the Learned Chief Justice of the Common Picas left it for the Jury to determine whether the money was advanced on the credit of the trustees , or not It might be said the trustees were protected by a clause in the General Turnpike Act ; thia would undoubtedly have been the case had they mortgaged the tolls as provided in that statute , but Messrs . Beckett and Co . had no such mortgage , and therefore he submitted the trustees were personally liable . It might be asked why they had selected Mr . Wilson aa defendant ? The fact was , he was wealthy , an * he had taken an active part in tho affairs of the trust ; if he had others joined with him in the trust , he would have to look to them for their proportion of the debt . It now amounted to £ 2 , 277 , exclusive » f interest for a short period , which was , perhaps , not very material , and that was the sum sought to be recovered .

      Several admissions agreed to be made by the parties were made . Mr . Clftpham , One of the clerks to the trustees , was then examined In support of the circumstancea stated by the Learned Counsel in his opening . Mr . STAKKIE addressed the Jury for the defendant . He said it would be a great hardship on Mr . Wilson if be had to pay the whole of this large balance himself , whilst he was merely acting as one of the trustees of the road , deriving no benefit whatever from its funds . The Jury would find the tolls had fallen greatly in value of late years , and it waa not until the tolls had become a failing concern that the bankers

      had made any demand of the money . It was difficult to say how Mr . Wilson conld be made liable—he had not pledged his own personal responsibility—he had ouly acted as treasurer pro tempore , and it was , therefore , a harsh proceeding as against him . The Learned Counsel then contended that the credit was given on security of the tolls , urging , in support of this view , that the heading ot the pass-book was to the treasurer of the Wortley and Stanningley Road , and that the general account , audited on the 17 th March , 1840 , was signed by Mr . Blayds , as treasurer . On this ground he argued that if an action was maintainable , it was by the treasurer against Mr . Wilson .

      The Learned JUDGE briefly summed tip , and the Jury retired . After a sbart absence , they returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—damages j £ 2 , 277 14 s . lOd .

      XA . 1 LOR V . TYAS . Mr . Wortley appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Wilkins for tbe defendant . This was an action brought to recover damages for an assault The plaintiff is a mason in the neighbourhood of Halifax ; the defendant is a maltster at that place . The assault arose out of a dispute which took place at a public-house . In stating the case Mr . Wortley expressed hia hope that the time of the Court would not be occupied with gnch a case , and suggested a reference , which waa acceded to by Mr . Wilkins ; and Mr . Stansfleld , the barrister , was appointed arbitrator .

      KINO AKD ANOTHER V . HODGSON . Mr . Knowles and Mr . Baines were for the plaintiffs ; Mr . Cre » S"WEI . l was for the defendant . The piaintifii are the assignees of a bankrupt named ElswoTih , who carried on business as a , worsted manufacturer at Bradford , and the action was brought to ecover from the defendant , a relation of bis , £ 95 , for money lent . The jury returned a verdict for tbe defendant . After hearing tbe above , and other minor cases , the Court rose at half-past six o ' clock . Nisi PRIUS COURT . —Thursday . March 11 .

      BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE . CROWTHEB C . SCIIOFIELD . Mr . Cbessweh . and Sir Gheoobt Lewi * were for the plaintiff v Mr . Dukdas and Mr . Athbrton were for the defendant . The plaintiff was Mary Crowther , and the defendant John Schofield . Th * action was brought to recover damages for a breach ot promise of marriage , made by tbe p laintiff to the defendant The defendant pleaded the general issue . Mr . CRESSWELt stated the facts to the Jury . The

      pUiftttff , MifiS Crowthei . is a young woman abont 30 years of a ge , residing at Marsh , in the neighbourhood of Hnddersfield , and she complained of having sustained injury in her prospects in life , in consequence of a breach of promise of marriage made by the defendant , and broken by him under circumstances of great cruelty . About four years and a half ago , the plaintiff went to live as housekeeper with the defendant Not long after that period , he waa taken ill , and whilst labouring under this illness , the plaintiff nursed him with great care , and it was owing to this attention he supposed , that the friendship which the defendant had

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      before manifested towards Miss Crowther , ripened into strong affection . She continued in tbe service some time longer , and then left , being in the family way . He was not prepared to prove that the defendant obtained possession of her person in consequence of bavins ; made a promise to marry , but it was Very probable that something of the kind had oecnrred . He should prove repeated promises ( which he detailed ) and he need hardly inform the Jury that the promises had all been broken . He ( the Learned Counsel ) understood th * defence to be that the plaintiff had bad the misfortune to have had a child ; thia was the reason the defendant had refused to fulfil hia promise . But the defendant had no right to setup such a defence . It was perfectly

      true she had had a child , but Mr . Schofield knew this , and the child frequently came to his houe . He sftould also show them that the defendant was a man in good clrcamstances , and that he had offered £ 200 , or £ 10 * , and 4 s . per week , to settle the action , which had been refused . He should call witnesses who would distinctly prove these facts , and then it would be for the Jury t * say what was the amount of damages they would give to a man who had thus promised marriage to a woman and then deceived and deserted her . ; Mrs . Crowther—I am mother of the plaintiff ; she lived as housekeeper to the defendant ; she has been with him three years . She left last year , to be married to Mr . Bohofiold . Preparations .-. ' rrmcq made at my house , on the 25 th July ; a breakfast was ordered ,

      dresses were prepared , and friends were invited . On the morning in question , the defendant did not oome . Before this happened , I saw the defendant on the Bubject of tho marriage—witness asked him what way he meant to do ; he said , "I mean to , mam ; " witness said she hoped ie would be soon and that he would never deceive a poor widow . He declared he never would . The defendant sent Chas . Jagger to buy the license , and in consequeaoe of what Jagger said , preparations were made . After the marriage should have been . I saw the defendant at Huddersfield , and asked why he did not come to see her ; he said he could never face her brothers . In conversation , he said he still meant to marry her ;

      witness told him in her situation ( being in the family way ) she was Terr discontented at his conduct . Cross-examined—Mr . Schofield is upwards of fifty years of » ge . He lived with Ms brother Edward , at Honley Moor , who is also advanced in years . Mary was the only servant-Hshe occasionally had a person to assist her in washing and so on . She went into Mr . Schofield ' s service in 1836—about three years before that she had had a misfortune . Mary will be twenty-nine years of age next May . Rev . Lewis Jones—lam the vicar of Almondbury . I know Schofield the defendant . Ho came to make affidavit before me , as surrogate , on the 24 th of July , to obtain a marriage license .

      The affidavit was put in . The place fixed was Christ Church , Woodhouse . John Crowther ( amongst other things ) deposed , I am brother of the plaintiff . My sister went to live with Scholfield about four years and a half ago . Had a child before that time , I informed Schofield of that circumstance about a month afcer she had been with him . He never came , according to promise , to marry the plaintiff . I have seen him several times since : the first of these times was in the street . He asked how Mary and her child was ; adding , "tell her not to christen it till I come . " After the action was brought he sent for me to the White Hart : he offered £ 200 to settle it . I told him I had no authority to interfere .

      Cross-examined—Mr . Dyson and Mr . Benjamin Shaw ( Scholfield ' a nephew ) were present at this interview . My sister , when she west to Scholfield , was not hired by the year . She might nave 3 s . a week , or more ; I believe she had 3 i . per week . Mrs . Martha Sykes—I am sister to the plaintiff . This witness corroborated the evidence of the last

      witness . This closed the case for the plaintiff . Mr . Dundas then addressed tbe Jury for the defendant . He was not instructed to deny that the promises to marry ( which had been proved as plentiful as blackberries ) had been made and broken . His client waa > n old bachelor , who had acted very foolishly , and of course he must pay for his promise . The only question for them would be , what was reasonable compensation to her under the circumstances . There was a great difference in these cases : in some cases they had tears and wretchedness on the part of tho young person who had been deceived and deserted ; pat he never saw , in a court of justice , a case which less required large damages ,

      considering what she had been , and what unfortunately she would continue to be . He had not endeavoured to wound the feelings ot the plaintiff by the cross-examination of her friends ; but let the Jury consider what sort of a woman she is . She is a woman near upon thirty ; when she went into the old man ' s service , she was hired as a servant by the week , and she was to go and live with the twtf brothers at Honley , and do the household work . They had it from the evidence , that when she had been a month in the defendant's service , he was informed what sort of a person she had been in her former life . He being a goodnatured man , did not turn her away in consequence , and she continued in hie service for two or three

      years , when the intimacy whioh his Learned Friend said commenced when the defendant was ill , ripened into too much affection . She became in the family way ; but there was not the slightest evidence to show that before she gave the defendant the possession of her person there waa any promise of marriage given . Previous to this time she had had an illegitimate child , and this was really the whole" case with respect to the failure of the plaintiff ' s virtue . Well , when she was with child , he being a good-natured man , she persuaded him he must marry , and accordingly he consented . Was there any evidence whatever of his going for the license f The whole evidence wasthat he seemed to be willing to assent

      , that there should be a marriage . But he was living with a brother , and when that brother found that an artful woman was taking an advantage of the old man , he resisted it to the last , and that waa the reason why the marriage was broken off . The evidence which had been given about £ 200 having been offered , was a very great proof that the defendant was a person of good nature and good feeling . But was it any proof he should pay £ 210 when the case came before the Jury f Was it not rather proof that he would pay it in preference to having a public exposure of all ^ the nonsense of which he had been guilty . The woman chose , under the advice of her friends , not to acceDt this sum , and , therefore , the

      defendant determined te submit to the Jury , whether he should pay anything but reasonable damages , and what were reasonable damages was tho question which they would have to decide . He waa willing to provide for the child , and he was sure the Jury would Consider thisofiVr just and reasonable . He waa a man between fifty and sixty years of age , who bad unfortunately become connected with his servant maid , a woman between twenty-eight and thirty years of age , ( who ought to have known better , ) and who had had a natural child before ; he then promised to marry her , and afterwards

      finding it would be quite impossible to live in the house with his brother if he did so , the marriage was broken off , and ho was willing to make amends for the wrong whioh he had done . He left the matter in their hands , satisfied they would give such a moderate compensation as the case demanded . With one more observation he would close bis address . It was not desirable that actions of this descr iption should be encouraged—when breaches of promise were brought into court , at least it was desirable that the woman who came into court should have a character better than that which , unfortuuately , the plain'iff possessed .

      The Learned Judge , in Bumming up , observed that the plaintiff was entitled to be placed in the same position , so far as money was concerned , as if the defendant had fulfilled the promise which it was admitted he had made and broken . This was the true rule of damages in every case of breaches of contract and promise which came into court . The Jury conferred together a few minutes , and then returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £ 200 . KINO V . PROCTOR . Mr . Cresswell arid Mr . Knowles were for the plaintiff ; Mr . Alexander , Mr . Dundas , and Mr . Adi > 1 sos were for the defendant .

      Tbe plaintiff is a woolstapler , at Leeds ; the defendant is a clothier , at Bramley . The action was brought to recover £ 75 10 s . 9 £ d ., th » balanea of an account for wool . It appeared that on the 15 th of December , the defendant went to the warehouse of the plaintiff , and pnrcbased six bags of wool at Is . » Jd . per stone , which amounted to £ 136 10 s . Ojil . A bill was given for £ 60 , which reduced the amount to £ 75 10 s . i > id ., the sum claimed . Admissions , signed by the defendants' attorney , and the sale of delivery of the w * oJ , were put in evidence .

      For the defence , the father of the defendant was clUed , who stated that he accompanied his son to look ove » the wool ; that after they had selected the wool in question , they repaired to the Saracen's Head , and that tie son then Went to see for tbe carrier , in order that the wool might be packed off and sent to Honley that day . The son came bade , stating that the carrier could not take it Shortly afterwards , an agreement was made between the defendant and plaintiff , aad a Mr . Charles Smith Jackson , that Jaekson , being indebted In the sum of £ 82 to the defendant , Jackson should deliver to the plaintiff » bill of exctoange for £ 82 ; and that , as to Qm difference , the plaintiff should account to the defendant . This agreement was denied In the replication of the plaintiff , and a great body of evidence waa given on the Mibject , at the close of which , Mr . Cresswell submitted that the allegations of the pleadings , on the part of the defendtidt , had not been « upported by tbe avidenae .

      The Learned Judge considered there was . evidence to go to tht > Jury , and summed up at considerable length , when the Jury retired , and , after a long abaenoe , returned a verdict for the defendant .

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      SOUTH 1 \ ANCA 8 H 1 ILE .-Mr . J » s . Lee c * will lecture at the following places during the following week : —On Sunday , 14 th , at Rochdale and Milne B # w ; Monday , at SaJford ; Tuesday , at Droylesden ; Wednesday , at ChorUon-upon-Medlock ; Thursday , at Mottram ; Friday , at Ashton ; Sunday , 21 st , at Failsworth . FlNSBtJBV , —Mr . Culverhouse lectures " Oa the best means of obtaining the Charter , " on Monday evening next , at Lunt ' s Coffee-rooms , Clerkenr well-green . BnUTBOW .-Mr . J . Leech , of Manchester , will lecture to-morrow evening , at half-past six o ' clock , in the Charter Association Room . LE 1 CESTER ,-Mr . Cooper , editor of the Ittumintttor , will deliver a lectare , in the Room ai All Saints' Open , next Monday night , on Our " Glorious" Constitution . It is intended to hold the Teameeting in the New Hall , on the 22 nd inst ., as before arranged .

      X j EICE 8 TER SHXRE .-Sermon 8 for Clayton Will be preached , on Sunday next , at Hathern , Mountsorrel , and Loughborougb , by Messw . TUifstow and Drmtr Mr * Bmlraww wm T » at LoughboroDgh ^ on next Monday evening , and at Kegworth on Tuesday evening . Mr . Vinoent is to Jecture at Lougnborough on next Wednesday and Thursday evenings . WARRINGTON .-A great number of the members of the National Charter Association , having Bigned the teetotal pledge , it has been resolved that the subject for discussion , on Sunday evening next , ( to-morrow , ) shall be " the propriety of forming A Teetotal Chartist Society » MANCHESTER . —The South Lancashire Dele-Rate Meeting will be held to-morr » w week , in the Brown-street room , East Manchester , at which , it is hoped , a delegate will be present from every towa and village in Lancashire .

      Thk next Monday evening ' s lecture is postponed till the following week , and then to be in tho Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester , inconsequence ofth * Tib-street ro » m being too small . On Sunday evening next , Dr . M'Douall is appointed to preach Clayton '« funeral sermon , at Newton Heath . There will be a funeral sermon preached , for Clayton , in Brownstreet , East Manchester . MACCtESPiBiaj . —On Sunday next , Mr . Wesk will deliver a lecture in tbe large room , at tbe Bundle of Stick * , Water Courts . TOWSB HAMUET 3 . —On Sanday list , the adjourned discussion was entered into with great spirit , and again adjourned till to-morrow evening at 6 ev « a o ' clock . The committee for drawing up rules for the guidance of a trading company , meet on Thursday next . SHAW , neab Olbham . —Mr . Bell , of Manchester , lectures here to-morrow . -

      MARTLEBONE . —A concert will be held , in the Mechanics' Institution , Marjrlebone , on Tuesday , March 23 d , for the benefit of Mr . George , a venerable and staunch Radical , of forty years' standing , when all true friends to freedom are requested to attend . ; NORTHAMPTON .-Mr . H . Vincent pays a visik to this town on Monday next , March 15 th , when » public tea party , to welcome him . will be held in tho Peacock Assembly-room . Mr . Vincent will deliver a course of three lectures ia the above place , on tha evenings of the 16 th , 17 th , and 18 th . ObDHAItt . —On Sunday next , Mr . William Tilman , of Manchester , will deliver two leotures in the National Charter Association-room , Greavesstreet , Oldham . BATH . —A funeral sermon will be delivered tomorrow , in memory of Clayton , the Chartist victim , in tbe Association-room , Bath .

      TROWBRID GE . —On Sunday evening next , tomorrow , a sermon will be preached at the Democratic Chapel , Conigree , Trowbridge , by J . Rawlings , upon the death of our late friend , John Clayton . Service to commence at six o ' clock , when a collection will be made for the support of his widow and fatherless children . BRADFORD . —Public Meeting , Tea Partt , and Ball . —At the meeting of the Committee appointed for carrying out the- above object , on Sunday last , it was unanimously agreed that the public meeting should commence at twelve o ' clock at noon *

      on Monday the 15 th Inst ., in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , Thornton Road , and that tea should be on the table at six o'clock in the evening of the same day , in the Social Institution , Hall Ings . The tickets for the tea party and ball are Is . each , and may be had of the following individuals : —Mr . Wm . Gouldsborough , Goodmansend ; Mr . Ellis , ditto ; Mr . Carrodus , North Tavern , Wapping ; Mr . C . Wilkinson , News Agent , Tyrrell-Btreet ; Mr . Henry Hodgson , News Ag « nt , Queen-street ; Mr . Burnett , Reform-street ; and Mr . Hopper , Hopestreet . An early application is necessary , aa the tickets are limited to 400 .

      Funeral Sermons . —We understand that Chartist Bermons w . ill be preached on Sunday next , in accordance with the resolution passed at the West Riding Council meeting . At Manningham , in the afternoon , to commence at two o ' clock ; in the evening , at the Chapel . Long Croft Place , Bradford . Collections will be made at the close of each sermon , for the purpose of assisting to defray the expences of removing the remains of the Chartist martyr , Clayton , from Northallerton to Sheffield . SALFORB . —A lecture will be delivered , on next Sunday night , at the Chartist Association-room . A dissuasion will take place on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , to know if man be a progressive being . Mr . Cassidy will undertake to prove the affirmative , and Mr . Campbell the negative .

      HTJSOER 87 XEI > D . —On Sunday next , two sermons will be preached at the Primitive Methodist Chapel , Upperhead Row , by Mr . Rushton , of Halifax , and Mr . Joshua Newsome , of Lower Houses , on behalf of the wife and family of the victimised poor Clayton . It is to be hoped that the Chartists of this neighbourhood will be at their posts , and contribute to the disconsolate widow and orphan ? . The service is to commence at half-past two o'clock , ia the afternoon , and six in the evening . STAPLSFORD . —Mr . Doraan , a talented preacher amongst tbe Primitive Methodists , will preack to-morrow , to prove that Chartism is in accordance with the Scriptures .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , Mahch 9 . The Copyhold Tenures Bill went through Committee , and their Lordships adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS— Tuesday , March 9 . Mr . Villiers gave notice that very soon after the Easter rtcesa be would bring under the consideration of the House the propriety of the abolition of the Com Laws . The House waa foi some time engaged in the important business of giving leave of absence to several of it * Members , principally lawyers desirous of attending the citcuiU . Soni «> difficulties having been suggested , Mr . GOULBUUS insisted upon it that the House had generally found it very convenient to get rid of th » lawyers for a short time . Upon the motion that Mr . W . O . 8 tanley should bav » a short leave of absence , on the ground of urgent prf-Tate business , aa opposition was raised , and the Houa » was about to divide , when

      Mr . E . J . SuajiIey suggested that the motion sh » uid be withdrawn , upon the understanding that hereafter ' no such applications should be complied with nolas » upon singularly strong grounds . The effect of this suggestion was extraordinary . Thar * was a general cry of " Move , move , " and the rwjuiwuL leave of absence was given Instanter . The other orders of the day were then di £ poee& « i > a > £ the House adiourned .

      Wednesday , March 10 . glr R Peel gave notice , that in the Committee ou the Copyright of Designs Bill , he should stow , with a view to give the full benefit of the seasw to the inventor , that tbe Copyright be extended ta » atoe months , and be restricted to that term . Mr . Labovchere Bait he should move that tha Copyright be restricted to six months .. In reply to a question from Mr . "EaSTHOPE , as to the exemption of petitions from Po st-office charges , Tbe Chancellor of the Exch' jqueb said , that the change in the law by which the Penny Postage waa adopted , made no alteration in this reapect , and petitions under six ounces would Bt ju go free . The practice of the Post-office waa to reject petitions of an inordinate size , which it m \ g at require a waggon to carry . -,. ¦ . ' ¦ .

      Lord John Rcssell gavp , notice , that on Monday next he would move for a co aamitteeof the whole Housa on the South Australian Af fm . Mr . HoDGBStfn the ab jence of Mr . Dlvett ) moved the second reading of the , Jews' Declaration BilL Sir B . iNOLis could > jot consent to unchristlaniM England * for the purpose of admitting Mr . D . Salomons to the office of Aldexn tan of London . He , therefore , moved tkat the Bill be . read a second time that day aix months . ' . Lord RUBSKLL x > id Mr . Ewart supported th « BUL Capt . Hamilton and Mr . Milnes also supported the Bill . . On a division , t ' Ae second reading waa carried by a majority of 1 ST t / A 24 . The Couaty Coroners' Bill ' was read a second time . .

      The House r < solved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means , aud a vote of £ 8 , 000 , 000 was agreed to for tb . a public service . The other Orders of the Day wete then disposed of , and tbe Houe adjounwl .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct846/page/5/