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      &XSDXEGO Siepsess deplores the conduct of a few Chartist friends in the Sooth , entreats the people to eschew divisions , and to stick to the tchole Charier . Ibokas Johhson , Dttjerbies . — We cannot insert J ^ long letter on the subject of Messrs . War ^ repp and M * DouaU . These personal discussions do much harm * ^ y , £ ^ —The 10 s . extra charge by the parson is a . ' rascally imposition . He has no right to charge an $ ( Mng at all for an interment . A U such fsee , as they are called , are not fees at all , but simple gratuities , which may be given or withheld at the pleasure of the parishioners . This fact ought to be more generally known . No parson has any legal claim to any fee for either burying , christening , churching , or marrying . Those are the duties of his profession tchich he is bound to perform . W . A . should consult a respectable proctor .

      JJoncE . —AII comumcaltonsfor the West Riding or the Huddersfield District , must be addressed to E . Clayton , West Parade , Huddersfield . jls , Morgan Williams wishes to apprise his Chartist friends of his purpose to visit them during Easter week . Jhb Manchester League Blttdgeojj Victims . —Mr . Pitkeihly , of Huddersfield , has received £ 1 2 s . of subscriptions for the mtdmed and wounded ; and jee are happy io hear from him that the sub ' scription is still going on , and that more money is promised , jla . Buspikid ' s town address is Si . James ' s Hotel , Jermyn-street . r £ zs Maschestkb Optra gs . —Mr . W . Baird , of Bdtonjui ? receivedfor the maimed and wounded , from various parties , 15 s . 9 id . PncFKizs . — We publish the letter of Messrs . Wardropp , Belt , and APZkncaU , denying that they had

      jgined the League . What store is -wanted ? "Let veil alone " " Mb . Editor , —Will yon be kind enough to state in ^ your 'Notices to Correspondents / that I have an-BW 6 » a 'Henry Do well Griffiths , of Marylebone ' , Chartist , and something more ( Tide Vvndioatar of tee 12 th March ) , and bad hoped to have seen the insertion in last Vindicator . J trust Mr . Tincent ¦ w ill see the justice of allowing me the privilege of a reply , 88 Mr . Griffiths threw a aim on Chaitism lij supposing O'Brien and ^ TDonalL with others , capable of being jealons of poor Feargos O'Connor " s medal appended to the tricolour . ' Verily , there are some parties gnilfcy of much littleness ; and the cheers given to O'Connor at pnblic meetings jsost stick mightily is their gizzsrds . Mr . Griffiths might as well call them ' aristocratic' cheers , as h * dubs the ' medal and tricolour * an '

      axistocrwac * preposition . ' "A Woolwich CiDxi . " JIe Edwaxd Watki ^ s . —We ha ve received a letter from this person , for which he claims insertion as an act o f common justice " and says that if it be refused as a communication , we must insert it as an advertisement . Mr . Watieins does not know us , and therefore tee pass by what we should otherwise have resented as an insult , —the supposition that ve could be se much akin to his Corn-Latc-repeaHng . extension-of-comtnerce friends as to he capable of yielding tkst to money ichich ive vouid deny io justice . Me reqw-es insertion in the Norihern Star for a very long letter of his vhieh appeared in the Manchester Times of last

      week but one . We are sorry thai our space pre cludes the possibility of our obliging Mm , or tee should have done so with great pleasure . This will scarcely he thought a mailer of injustice when it is knoicn that the letter has been published a fortnight , both in the Manchester Times and through the medium of hand-bills ; and it is the snore modest in Mr- Watkins to ask it , seeing that the letter is a wilful distortion and miserable misrepresentation of an article in the Star of the week previous , which , however , Mr . Watkins does not give along with his comments on it ; thus showing that he is far less careful in ihepractising of ** common justice " * towards others than in the exacting it from ihem . He assumes that this

      letter which he sends is the inflammatory publication" mentioned by Mr . O'Connor as having been distrib % Ued among the Irish , and as having been paid for by the League ; end he affirms that it was written at the instance of an old Huntite Radical to show the folly and inconsistence of the JNbrshern Star ; that it was written on Sunday , the 27 th of February , some days before Mr . CfConnor ' s lectures were announced ; that he had only 200 of them printed ^ ,- and that he paid for them himself ; but he furnishes no means of knowing whether this was the document to

      which Mr . C ? Connor alludes in his letter ; nor does he say how many , or whether any , copies of this document were had from the printer by other parties than himself ; nor does he say who found the money irith which he paid for the 200 , He talks -eery biff about " an inquiry being set on f oot , " and about giving somebody or other " an opportunity of proving , if they can , before a competent tribunal , any charges they may hate io moke against him . " We advise him to study the practical adhibition of Vie principles of " comtson justice" that his exhibition cf them may in future be a little less remarkably one-sided . [ This notice was in type for our last ; but taken out for other matter . —Ed . 1

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      6 . English . —We hare not any Stars of Jannary 8 th . & Masx , Ashburto : ? . —The parcel has been for vrarded to Mr . Cleave . The same answer to J Scaobrook . THE EXECTTHVE . £ 8 . a . Irom Pinder , Ball 0 7 1 »| Prom Iiundy , Hull , profits of Pinder ' s blacking 3 1 £ S 5 . TSOST , 3 TBS , "WI 1 . I . IAMS . AJTD MBS . JONES . Prom Mr . John Stones , Hull ... 0 5 FOR TKE MANCHESTER SUFFERERS . From a factory at Heekmondwike , per J . Penny 0 5 11 .. Stockton-on-Tfces Association 5 0 ^ Pottery , per TJuplBby 5 0 „ a few friends , ditto ... 2 5 „ Do ., do ., per Harland 3 4 ¦ 6 16 6 « . J . Pariar , WaHwortb . ... » 0 4 _ W . M . Young , Bath # 10 „ Bristol , perF . W . Simeon ... 0 13 t .. H . M ., London # 30 _ the Chartiits at Charter Coffee House , Westminster 0 11 S POR 5 TBS . FSOST . Tnm Exeter , per J . Campbell , STanchester 0 5 0 From Brighton , per do ., do . ... 0 10 0

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      ( From our own Correspondent . J The Manchester Outbage . —A gentleman from H&Eciiesier addressed the members of the National Chanei Association , in their room , Figtree-lane , on Thursday eTening , March 17 th , giving a detail of the lite "bloody and brutal" attack of the ruffian Leaguers upon llr . O'Connor and the Manchester Chartists . Hi 3 statements -were listened to wilh deep interest . The sum of 9 s . 10 d . was collected for the support of the iufftrers . Ptbuc Meeting . —At the weekly meeting of lie Cianisi body , held on Monday evening , in Tigtreeiue , 31 r . Roy ton in the chair , Mr . John Marshall ,

      lttely liberated from Northallenoa House of Correction , tave an account of bis treatment during bis two years' incarceration . Mr . Harney moved—K That this meeting having heard from John Mar-Hhall aa aecoum of his sufferings , express iheir fleep abhorrence of his persecutors , and z . % the same iime , return to Mr . Marshall their hearty thanks for his continued and steadfast adherence t-9 the great pr ; noples in snp-Kirt of which be had Fuffired . " Secoaded by Sir . Willey , and carried unanimously Hr . Edw ;^ Gill moved , seconded by Mr . Caitied ^ e , * That Sir . Julian Harney be appointed to represent tiia . meeting at the Manchester Demonstration on Good Friday ; " Agreed io -unanimously . The meeting adjourned .

      The LIaxchesteb . Sttffehehs . —Mr . Harney has « mHKd to Mr . Heywo d , Ju ' anclester , tie foll < miB £ rums lor tie support of the Manchester sufferers : — £ B . d . March 13 . Collected among the Irishmen reddens in Sheffield , by Messr .-. Phelan and Earl 0 10 2 U . Collected at the Chartist Room , Kg Tree-lane ° , 17 . Taken at ihe door , ditto , ditto 0 9 10 19 . A few friends , per Mr . Harney 0 1 10 20 . A few Meads a * Mr . Turner ' s 0 10

      Total remitted to Mr . Heywood , Mar . 21 , £ 117 0 Chxeiists look out!—Much has been said , promised , and threatened to be performed by the discomfited Leaguers in the ensuing week of Easter ; fre have no great inith in the gentry affording us the Opportunity of giving them another drubbing ; still his as well to be ' wide awake . " See , then , yon are not taken by surprise , but be prepared at any and efery moment to do your dc » y . ETOCSTon-cn-TaES . —The cause looks well here ; the room is open every Wednesday evening for discussion and Uciures , aud uo charges are mads for admission , all communications to the Chartists 6 f Stockton , must be directed to Joseph Umpleby 5 » re of Mr . Wilson , So . 45 , Brunswick-street , Vtockton .

      DERBY . —Mr . Edwards , of Bradford , lectured to l full audience , oii tunCay night , and was much % p ]» uded . We intthd sending a delegate to . Serge ' s Convention . The cause is progressing fas ' ft lMo town .

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      Stafford . —* - the weekly meeting of the Chartists of * " * pl& © e » on Monday , the Uihiaat ., the folio **? 11 ? resolution was passed : — " That any lecher wiping to visit this town must first communicate with the sub-Secretary , at least five days previous , and await his answer , or he will not be attended to . " On Monday evening last , March 21 st ., a public meeting was convened by handbill for the large room at the White Hart Inn , Mj . Wm . Peplow in the chair . Mr . Bairstow , the Midland Counties lecturer , delivered an eloquent and powerful lecture to a delighted audience , which occupied two hours ,- after which Mr . John Mason was unanimously elected to serve in the forthcoming Convention for Stafford . The cause is steadily progressing here .

      1 BPTON . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this place , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That this meeting highly approves of the fnneiples contained in the document called the eople s Charter , believing that nothing skort of that will tend to ameliorate the condition of the workuig people ; we therefore denounce any man , or body of men , who come oat to advocate any interxnedial measure . "

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      CROWN COURT , Satttmat , March 19 . Before Mr . Boron Rolfe . TOEGEBT AT HUDDEBSPIELD . Samuel Eastwood , 32 , was charged with having at Hud dersfieldj forged and uttered a bill of exchange for £ 195 12 a . Sir Gbegoby Lewis , Mr . Hall , and Mr . Lvgham were counsel for the prosecution . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Pashlet appeared for the prisoner . A number of witnesses were examined , by whom the case was fnlly proved . Mr . Wilkins made a most eloquent and powerful address in the prisoner ' s favour , and several gentlemen gave him an excellent character .

      The Jury retired for abont half an hour , and oa their return the foreman said he was requested by hiS fellow jurymen to Btate the regret they felt in l > ein £ obliged . to come to tie decision thai the prisoner was Guilty of uttering the bill in question . From the good character that had been given him they strongly recommended him to his Lordship ' s mercy . James Birdsall and Joseph Maltby were indicted for warehouse breaking .

      Mr . Roebnck and Mr . Wilkins conducted the prosecution ; Sir G . Lewin appeared for Birdsall and Mr . Orerend for Maltby . The prosecutor , Mr . Holman , is a clothier and occupies part of Mr . Roy d ' s mill , near Leeds . From some informatioii be had received he was induced to keep watch at the mill on the evening of Saturday , the 25 th of September last , one or two of the police of Leeds assisting fox that purpose . The premises occupied by Mr . Holman consisted of a " gig house " on the ground floor , where one of the processes of doth making is carried on , a " shearing room" the first floor , and a spinning room on the second . The windows of the M gig house" command the

      watchhonse or lodge at the entrance of the yard . On the evening of the 25 th the police , who were stationed hrthe " gig house , " heard the lock of the watchhouse tried . A light was struck , and a match put into the lock to examine the wards . The attempt to open the door was then repeated , and succeeded Two men , whowere recognised as the prisoners , came in . " They were both well known to the police . They were heard to pass up stairs to the shearing room , and to open the door of that room , both by the police and by Mr . Holman and others , who were on the watch in the _ spinning room above . A third person , however , was at this moment i een to enter the yard , and was rpcognised as one Askham , not in

      custody . - This' latter clapped his hands , and the two men who had gone up nastily came down stairs , and left the yard , locking the door after them . A wsich was kept the next night , and about ten o ' clock the door was a ^ ain opened , and the two prisoners were seen a second time to come in and go up stairs . Mr . Holman then , through an aperture in the floor of the spinning room , saw two men approach a" scray , " or screen , on which a quantity of finished cloth was lying , and take = several pieces from it . Iu the mean time the police sallied out , and while Bome took possession of the watch house , constables Briggs and Marsden went to the door leading up stairs , where they met two men coming out with a quantity

      of cloth . Marsden flashed his lantern upon them , and Briggs said , " Jim , I am waiting for thee . " The prisoner Birdsall exclaimed , oh dear ! and shut the dosr . Briggs endeavoured to open it , and gave the Eignal which had been agreed on with the party above , expecting that Birdsall , yrho , he imagined , was holding the door on the inside , would be intercepted by Ihem . On their coming down , however , it proved to be the burden of cloth the prisoner had thrown down , which kept the door from opening , and Marsden then ran immediately up into the shearing-room . He had his lantern in . his hand , and Baw the prisoner Birdsall making hi 3 way to one of the windows . He

      endeavoured to apprehend him , but was unable , on account of the qnantity of machinery in the room , to reach bin ) before he got to the window , and was standing on the ledge . He called out , " Jim , don ' t break ihy neck f hat the prisoner leaped down a distance of several yards , into the field beneath , and got safe off . The parties who had gone to the watch-house were more successful , as they found the other prisoner , Maltby , concealed behind the door . Birdsall was taken into custody at two o ' clock the next morning , at-his father ' s house , about six miles from Leeds . He said he had not been &i L eds , but had been dining the previous day with his sister at Kirkttall , half way

      to that place-Evidence was given to Bhew that about eight o ' clock 6 n that evening the prisoner and Askham were together at Kirkstall feast , that they were drinking in a public-house there , and about that hour tookja coach to Leeds . Mr . OvKHKtD took an objection in point of law to the indictment , contending , on the authority of R . r Godfrey , I . Leach , that this was not a warehonse under the Act , which contempbtsd , not places where goods were stored , bat where they were exhibited to customers and sold .

      Mr . Holman was recalled . He stated that round the scrsy " iri question was a place boarded by a partition not reaching to the ceiling , and that though he did n « t usually sell goods there , he occasionally did dispose of an end or two to customers . He was asked whether he called it a warehouse ! Why , said he , with" great naivete , I should call warehouses ihem places at . Leeds , but I have many thousand pounds Tf crth of property in that mill , and if any person may break in and take it away , and I have do hold of them by law , you see , my lord , what Ieg 3 have I to stand on ! His Lordship said he would leave it io the jury whether this was a warehouse or not with reference to the definition gfren in R « x v . Godfrey .

      On behalf of the defendant , Birdsall , an alibi was set np ^ it b ? iD £ ; alleged that he called at the hou : e of hi 3 sister at Kirkstall , at a qnaiter past ten , and remained there till a quarter after , when he went home . * The jury found both prisoners guilty , and a previous conviction having been proved against Birdsall , his Lordship sentenced him to be transported for fifteen ytars , aud Maltby for ten year 3 . Margaret Ross , who had been out on bail , pleaded Gaiity to haying committed ¦ pilful and corrupt perjury in the evidence she # ave before Mr . Badger , the coroner , at the inquest held on the body of Thos . Depledge . lor the manslaughter of whom Joseph and William Lodge were convicted last week . — Sentence deferred . The Court rose about half-past six o ' clock .

      Monday , Mabch 21 . ( Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . ) SE > TE . NCES . Robert Thompson ,, who had" been convicted of manslaughter , at Siarsforth , was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months to hard labour . Joseph Bell , nho had pleaded guilty to a manslaughter near Doncaster , was sentenced to be imprisoned for-one month in the Castle . Wm . Murray , who had pleaded guilty to stabbing , was sentenced to be Imprisoned for six momhs to nard laboar-Geo . Cropper Smith , who had pleaded guilty to a burglary , wa 3 sentenced to be transported for ten yearB . John and Thomas Harrison , who had pleaded Guilty to sheep stealing , were sentenced to be transwrtedfor ten years .

      John Career , who had pleaded Guilty io four jndictmenis , charging him with cattle and sheep stealing , was then placed at the bar . His Lokdship said that prisoner ' s wasa case of an extremely aggravated nature . There were no Jess than four different cases , not for stealing a single sheep , but in quite a \? hoxesale manner , ' and removing them a great distance in order to escape detection . The sentence of the the Court was , that he be transported for filleen years . Anthony Clark , who had pleaded Guilty to eheep stealing , was sentenced to be transported for ten years . Robert Smith , who had pleaded Guilty to bigamy , ffa sentenced to be imprisoned for nine months to hard labour .

      Henry Rogers , who was convicted of manslaughter at Sheffield , was placc-d at the bar . After remarking on the abaoluie necessity of persons getting nd of any dangerous weapons they may have when in a state of excitement , the Judge sentenced him to be transported for seven years . Abraham Perry , who had been convicted of stabbiitg , was placed at the bar . . Tee Learned BaROU said these cases of stabbing were bo very frequest that it was absolutely neces-

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      sary to interfere by inflicting very serious punishment . He had considered the prisoner ' s case , aud he hoped he should not be doing wrong in not sending him out of the country . There were some circumstances to extenuate his case , and therefore he ( the Judge ) should sentence him to be imprisoned for two years . Thomas Haddleton , v . boy twelve years Of age , who had been found guilty of stabbing , was next placed at the bar .

      His LosDSHip said that the prisoner had been fonnd guilty of a crime , though young as he was , that indicated a very depraved disposition , and he was liable to be transported for the whole of his life . Fortunately , provision was made that in the cases of young delinquents like him , when transported , they might be sent to a place where they would have to work hard for a number of years , and it w » b to be hoped to lead a better life as they grew older . He Bhonld recommend that the prisoner be so dealt with , but at present he Bhonld sentence him to be transported for the term of fifteen years . William Beaumont , who had been convicted of stabbing , was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years . ' Samuel Eastwood , who was convicted on Saturday of uttering a forged bill of exchange , was placed at the bar . He pleaded guilty to uttering another forged bill .

      Mr . Wilkins for the prisoner , stated that he had no intention to defraud any one . Sir G . Lewin , for the prosecution , stated that the bill was uttered by the prisoner only a few days before the fiat of bankruptcy , and the prosecutor had been defrauded to an immense amount in consequence . The prisoner pleaded guilty to uttering five other forged bills . Sentence deferred .

      BUBGLAKY . Henry Wilson and John Rose were indicted for a burglary in the house of Sarah Hancock , at Brampton-en-le-Morthen , and with , at the same time , using personal violence to the said Sarah Hancock . The prosecution was conducted by Sir G . Lbwin and Mr . Pashlet . The prisoner Rose was defended by Mr . Roebuck , and the prisoner Wilson by Mr . Wilkins . The prosecutrix , an old lady , who gave her testimony with a great deal of coolness and self-possession , stated that she resided at Brampten-en-le-Morthen , and inhabited a large houBe there , which had been an old mansion-house , and in which were a great number of apartments . Fart bad been

      divided from the rest , and was let to a person of the name of Ward . She herself occupied two rooms on the ground floor , and two rooms above , besides which were several apartments not occupied by any one . At the time of this occurrence , she was without a servant . She had retired to rest in the parlour , to which there were three doora—ono leading into the kitchen , one to the stairs leading to the rooms above , and oneintoapassageleading to the unoccupied rooms . About two o ' clock in the morning , she was awakened by a noise up stairs , and listening , thought she could perceive the sawing of wood . She got up and partially dressed herself , when she heard a footstep on the stairs—the bolt of the door

      was shot back , and a man entered the room with a lantern attached to his breast . It gave a very strong light , stronger than Bhe had ever seen a J a tern do before , aud she was able to recognise the prisoner Rose , who was a chimney sweeper , and who had occasionally acted in that capacity for her . He had on a light coloured jacket and a hat . They looked at one another for a few seconds , and she then fled towards the door leading into the kitchen . The man , however , followed , and knocked her down . He held her to the ground , with her arms crossed over her breast , and when she struggled to get up , he Baid , " Thou must be still , thou knows . Where ' s thy money ? " She cried out , " Oh , dear me !"

      Upon which the man threatened her with death if she made a noise . Something attracted his attention for the moment , and ha turned away from her . Upon which she crept to the door , from which she was only a few paces distant , raised herself up , and opened it . She there , however , confronted another man , whom she recognised as the prisoner Wilson . He also was a sweep , and she h&d known him from his childhood . He was in his sooty cloth's . At this moment Rose knocked her down a second time , and she fell out of the door upon the flags in the yard . One of the men then said , " Lot us drag her into the house . " They did so , and she then begged them to spare her life . They gave her several blows , and

      insisted upon having her money , pulling her about , and rubbing her face up and down with their hands , for the purpose , apparently , of preventing her giving alarm . They pulled her cap off and her night-gown from her neck . She thought then they were going to kill her , and said if they would not , she would give them her pocket . She did so , upon which they whispered together , and she heard them run down the kitchen steps and along the yard . She immediately made her way to the wing occupied by Mr . Ward , broke several panes in the window , and roused the inmates . Mr . Ward admitted her , and she then said she had been robbed by two men ; _ that fhe knew one of them , and that he was Wilson . Ward , and some of the neighbours , then

      accompanied her back to her house , where she sat up for the remainder of the night , but no immediate pursuit was instituted . The next morning information was given to the police . In the pocket which the robbers took away was a £ 5 note of the Old Sheffield Bank , and a morocco purse , containiug a quantity of ancient coins , English aud foreign . A sovereign , which had been in the pocket , was found the next morning on tbe floor of the room . It appeared that during the scuffle she had been a good deal hurt by the violence which the robbera had used . Her eye was blackened , one ankle much bruiued and swelled , and all that side discoloured . Onefinger was still stiff and they had so severely twisted her neck that she could with difficulty brtathe or swallow , and for some weeks could not tnrn her head . None of the stolen pror > erly has been recovered .

      The Jury retired for a considerable time , and finally returned a verdict of Guilty against Wilson , and Not Guilty against Rose . riia Lordship directed sentence of death to be recorded . Martin Heselgrave , John Sampson Bulmer , and Thomas Greenwood , were indicted for robbing John Burnby , and taking from him four half crowns , two pounds of sugar , aud other articles . Mr . "Wilkiss and Mr . Pickebing conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner Heselgrave was defended by Sir G . Lewin . It appeared , from the statement of the prosecutor , that in the evening of Saturday , the 6 th of November last , ho was proceeding along the Roundhay-road

      from Leeds towards Wetherby . He had been making some small purchases in Leeds , which he had in a basket . He overtook two men who he swore were the prisoners Heselgrave and a person of the name of Ellis , not in custody . They walked together for nearly a mile , the road at that part being lit with gas . He was eating some bread and cbea-e , and Heselgrave asking him if he had any to spare , he gave him some . Iu the coursa of conversation they said they were keepers to Squire Nicholson . They had . with them two dogs , one a pointer and the other a cur . The prosecutor asked if they had seen Ned pass , referring to some friend of his of that name . They said lie wa 3 o ; i . before .

      with a party of men , whom ho could see at a little distance . He called "Nsd ! " aud a person of tha name of Edwin Pickles turned back and met them . EUis said , "What , is thy name Ned ? "Pickle 3 replied , l 'Yes ; Ned Ball . " "Well , " said Ellis , " we don ' t want thee . " Picklea then went forward to rejoin the party in front , and Ellis also walked on . On the prosecutor and Heselgrave coming up to them , Eihs suddenly turned round and knocked him down with a stick . He then , assisted by some of tha others , got on the top of him and get a hand into his pocket . The prosecutor drew up his knees , to prevent Jus getting the monsy , when Ellis said , * ' D—n theo , if ihou does not lie straight , I'll kill thee . " The half-crowns were finally extracted , and the contents ol' the basket laken away . The prosecutor then got to his feet and his hat and his basket

      asked them to return him . They refused , and ho then knocked Ellis down . Another Oi tbe party then knocked down theproBecutor , and he was beaten by them severely about the head . In tho course of the scufHe he got hold of Greenwood by the neckcloth , upon which the latter cried out , " Boys , he ' s got me fast . " Tho others then , including Bulmer , tried to make him let go hi 3 hold , and finally succeeded . On the prosecutor being able to ge : up lie saw some one running away , and pursuing him , found that it was Pickles , whom he fcdzed , and who was then , on the arrival ' of-assistance , taken into custody . Juot before seizing Pickles he met lieselgrave , and asked if he was one of the parties who had been robbing him . Heselgrave said ho was not , and the prosecutor passed him by . The prosecutor was severely cut about the head .

      Evidence was given oi' all these parties having been together at a public house in Leeds some time before , at which time Ellis had the two dogs with him which were afterwards seeu on the road by the prosecutor . . ' , "¦ , » , " Bulmer and Greenwood were convicted ; Heselgrave was acquitted . \ His Lordship sentenced them to be transported for fifteen years . Joseph Snowdon was indicted for stealing a gelding , the property of-Geo . Glossop , at Doncaster , on the 4 th of August hut . . ¦ . j . Sir G . Lewin and Mr . Hale conducted the prosecution . The prisoner was defended by Mr . ^ Y ilkins . After a lone trial ho was acquitted .

      POACHING . John Walker , 27 , and—Pearson , were charged with having . ou the 26 th of January last , at Clifton , uniawiully entered certain inclosed lands belonging to Sir George Armitage , Bart ., for the purpose of destroying game . Sir Gregory . Lewin and Mr . Ikgham appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended . - The Jury found both prisoners Guilty . Walker ¦ Wiia sentenced to be imprisoned for-six . months-to hard labour , and Pearson for twelve months . The court rose about eight o clock .

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      MAGISTRATES' ROOM ; 7 { Before Mr . Justice Wighttnan . ) John Hardman , 37 , was charged with having on the 15 th January last , at Horton , near Bradford , feloniously assaulted Thomas Massy Pearce , and stolen from his person various articles . Mr . Stanspielb and Mr . Thompson conducted the prosecution ; the pr isoner was undefended . Guilty—Sentence deferred , Henry Bakery B 0 , was charged with having on the 16 th of January last , at ^ 'Sheffield , feloniously broken and entered the warehouso of John Smith Hawkesworth and William Howard , and stolen therefrom a silver plated ice pail and other articles . Mr . Pashlet was for the prosecution ; Mr * Nbwtos defended the prisoner . Guilty . ' - . - ¦ ¦ . . . ;¦ - ¦ :- ¦ ¦ . ¦ '¦ . ¦ ¦ ; . : , ¦ ¦¦ . . ¦

      John Sugden , 44 * was charged with having forged and uttered a bill of exchange for £ 20 , with intent to defraud Messrs .- John , William , and Henry Shaw , of Huddersfield . , ; ^ ' ; ^ f Mr . Wasnev and Mr . Pickering were for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . : Guilty . '¦ - . .. ¦;¦ : ' ., ¦ - .. -- . , ; ¦ •¦ ¦¦ .- ' . ; . : ; . . ; ' Thomas Collinson , 34 , r was charged with having forged acceptanca upon a bill of exchange , for £ 205 10 s ., purporting iofee the acceptance of George Turner . Mr Hail and Mr . Pashley were for the prosecution ; Mr . Buss defended tas prisoner . Guiity .

      Charles Morton , 30 , Joseph Shaw , 26 , Benjamin France , 31 , and Benjamin Ha ' tgh , 32 , were charged with having feloniously stolen , from a mill , a quantity of woollen weft and white wool , belonging to George Ives . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Pashley were for the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended . Guilty . Jonathan Smith , was charged with having uttered a forged bank of England £ 5 note . Mr . Wa 8 Nsy was for the prosecution ; Mr . Newton defended the prisoner . - ,. " ¦¦ The case was extremely clear , and the prisoner was found Guilty . Benjamin Bruan , 29 , was charged with baring feloniously uttered a forged £ 5 Derbyshire Bank note . ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ . -: -. ' . - ' - ¦' / . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦

      The same Counsel appeared as in the preceeding case , and the circumstances were very similar . Guilty . Levi Roebuck was charged with stealing a gelding horso , a suit of clothes , a silver watch , and other property belonging to Michael Bradley . Mr . Overekd was for the prosecution . The Jury found him not Guilty of stealing the horse , but Guilty of stealing the property . William Kaye , 30 , was charged with stealing a quantity of wool , from thermills ' of Messrs . Shaw and Taylor , of MUnsbridge , near Huddersfield . Guilty . Tuesday , March 22 . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe .

      George Shaw , 33 , Matthew' Pin / eles ^ S , John Clegg , 33 , and John Haydon , 26 , were charged with having , on the 16 th of December last , at Huddersfield , feloniously assaulted Thomas Ellis , and stolen from his person two £ 5 notes , a sovereign , and 10 s . in silver . Mr . Wakley was for the prosecution ; Mr . Hall defended the prisoner Shaw . The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty . Mr . Dal ton , police officer , of Hudderdfield , proved that Shaw and Pickles had been previously convicted of felony . Shaw and Pickles were sentenced to be transported for fifteen years , and Clegg and Hay don to be imprisoned one year to hard labour .

      FORGERY AT LEEDS . George Robinson , 48 , was charged with having , on the 7 th of Febraaiy last , at Leeds , forged and uttered a oheque , purporting to be the order of Robert Frederick Gower and others , trading under the firm of A . A . Gower , Nephews , arid Company / ' upon Messrs . Beckett and Co ., with intent to defraud the said Messrs . Beckett and Co . Sir Gregory Lewin and Mr . Wilkins were for the prosecution ; Mr . Blanshard defended the prisoner . On Thursday the 3 rd of February , about sis o ' clock' in tho evening , as a female of the name of Ann Burley was walking down Boar Lane , Leeds , she was accos-tad by the prisoner , who was a stranger to hen They walked

      together about 300 yards when he said his name was Gower , and he was one of a firm in : London . Miss Burley proposed to meet him oh the following evening , and she did bo , and he then said he had come to the Messrs . Gott ' s to let them know about some wool and oil that were taking rip warehouse room in London . Healso said that his father , brother , and .-. himself , were of the firm ; his father was the eldest of the fii-m , and i hat he was staying at the Searbrough ' s hotel . She promised to meet the prisoner on Saturday evening ^ and she met him by accident , betweeen Hope street and Trafalgar street . She met him again on Monday evening , and ha wanted her to promise

      him t » go to London . She told him it was not likely she could leave home , but the prisoner said she could if she liked , and she must make up her mind togo with him to London , and he would give her a cheque ; shp was to meet him on the following evening to arrange . He then gave her a cheque for ten guineas , and he paid she was to go to ^ Messrs . Beckett ' s bank , and they would cash it . Oh Tuesday morning , Miss Burley gave the cheque to a man of the name of M'Cormick to take to the bank , and she asked him if ho thought it" was right . He took the cheque to the bank , but tho clerk refussd to cash it . On Tuesday evening , she met the prisoner in Briggate by accident , and told him she had beeu

      to the bank , and she had got into trouble about the cheque . He said he was very much surprised that they should rfifuse to cash it when they knew it had come down from the firm , but if Miss Burley would leave it till morning he would goto ; the bank himself and see if they would refuse to cash it for him ; he had to go to the bank to send £ 1 , 500 up to tho firm in London . He also said the cheque had not been cashed , becausehohad not boughtthestamp of Messrs . Becketts . On the following day Miss Burley left her address at the bank , and in consequence of some directions which she received from Mn Read , the chief constable of Leeds , she went in search of the prisoner . Sho met with the prisoner about half-past

      seven in the evening ia Boar-lane , and he said he had been to the bank himself , ; and they did not refuse to cash it for him , but he should have no further communications with them . Be said he had Bhaken hands with Mr . Beckett , and that he had parted on very good terms . Miss Burley then left him for a shore time , saying aho had to go an errand , a&dhe said he would wait . She then went to the Court House , and returned with a police officer . She found the prisoner in the placo where she had left him , and on his giving herhisarra to walk together the officer came up and apprehended him on a charge of forgery . _ On being taken to tho Court House , he at first denied to Mr . Read that ho had given to Miss Burley the cheque ; and stated ; h& knew nothing

      about her . He said afterwards that he did give her the cheque , and that he had found it . On searching the prisoner Mr . Read found some manuscripts upon him , which he admitted were in his hand writing , and comparing that with the hand writing on the cheque it appeared to be very similar . There is no firm of A . A . Gower and Go . in Leeds , and it was shown that the priserier had no connection at all with the firm of that name in London , and that the firm had no account with the bank of the Meaars . Becketta . The cheque ' was couched in these terms : — " ' Leedp , Feb . 7 , 1842— £ 10 103 . Pay to the bearer , or , order , £ 10 10 a ., whiuli place to the account ot A . A . Gower , Nephew , and Co . To Messrs . Beckett and Co ., bankers , Leeds . " V

      Mr . Blanshard addressed the Jury , contendipg that tho prisoner had not given the cheque to Miss Burley with felonious intent , but for the mere purpose of amusing her and p btaining her society . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of uttering the cheque , knowing it to bo forged , and he was sentenced to be transported for ten yeara . William Haist . 54 , and George Hoist , 30 ,, were charged with having stolen two milch cows j the : property of Mr . Spink , of Purston Jaglin , near Ppntefratt . Sir Gregob . ? -. " Lewin" and Mr . Monteith appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner ? . The Jury found the prisoners Gaiity . -lt .-Tvaa proved that George Haiet had been previously convicted of- -felony * ^ entenca deferred . - ¦ . " .- ¦ ¦¦'¦¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ., - ¦ . ' ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . '¦ - ¦ •\ ' - - ' ^ -. ¦ . •" ¦ - . ¦•

      Thomas Crabtree , 40 , was charged with having , on the 31 st of July , 1840 , at Harrogate , burglariously stolen a silver watch , the property of Francis Dent . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Overend appeared for the prosecution ; Sir Gregory Lewin defended the prisoner . The Jury returned a verdict : of Not Guilty .. \ -: ' - ¦ - :,.. ; ' ¦; ' ' ' ' . ' ; ¦ - "' : .. ' " . ; : '¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ , ' ' - ¦ - . ¦¦" . " :. ; - William Bean , 61 , was charged with having , on the 19 th of February lasL at Selby , stolen a sheep , the property of Wm . Hawdon . The prisoner pleaded

      Guilty . Sentence deferred . . Valentine Ackroyd , 20 , Henry J agger , 29 , and Thomas Bertram , 30 , were charged with haying , on the 4 th of January last , broken into Coley Chapel , and stolen therefrom six pieces of woollen cloth , the property of Joseph StockB and Abraham Sunderland , Mr . Pickering and Mr . Monteith appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended tho prisoner . The prisoners were found Guilty . To be imprisoned one year to hard labour . The Court rose at seven o ' clock . ;

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      James Shdw t 41 , wag charged with having ; uttered and put off a forged promissiory note for , £ 5 , purporting to be drawn by : Christopher Rawson , on behalf of the Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company . " : ^ . - vG ' : ^ ' ' ¦ : - ' ¦ - '¦ ' ----V ; V-V . ';¦ Sir Gregory Lewin aud Mr , Raimk were for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner—Not Gaiity . - : ¦ ' . ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ - . -: ¦ . ' ; " - ¦ ,:: : ¦ ¦' . ' " ¦ .. ' . ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ,, ' ¦ ¦' Joseph 5 fcarf , 20 , waa charged with a robbery in the dwelling-house of James Jordan , at Leeds . Mr . OvEBEND was for the prosecution . On Sunday , the 13 thof February ; the prosecutor and hiswife locked up the house , and on their return home they discovered that the ^ duse had been robbed of ja quantity of spoons abd other articles , which were afterwards found upon the prisoner , by Inspector Child , of the Leeds policoi—Guilty .

      DavidMcllor , Zl , wa 3 charged with haying feloniously assaulted George Barker , of Almondbury , and robbed him of a sovereign and nine halfcrowns . " . ; - ¦ ' ¦¦ •; ¦ . ¦ . "¦¦ .. ¦ ; *; "" , / ¦ .. .. : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' .- _ ' ¦¦ : : V . Mr . Ovbrend , in opening the case , admitted that the evidence was very slight , and without proceeding further he consented to a verdict of Not Guilty . ;¦ . . ; ¦¦' ¦ ¦ ., •¦ " . . , " . " ;¦;¦ . .- . : - ' - : ' .: _ ' .: ^' Joseph Thwaites , 22 , ^ and Wm . Berry 26 , Were charged with having feloniously entered and robbed tfee warehouse : of Mr . Thomas Bradley , of Sheepridg « , hoar Huddersfield . Mr . Oveeend was for the prosecution ; Mr . Raine and Mr . Newton defended tho prisoners-Guilty . -. -. '¦• : ' : " -. _ :. . ' ¦; ' ; . ¦¦¦ : ; . ¦ ¦ ¦¦" . ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ . - ., . ¦" . . ¦

      Henry Proctor , 22 , Joseph Hargrove , 21 , George Cheelham , 1 . 8 , William Holden , 22 , a . aa RichardGarford . 25 , were charged with having feloniously assaulted Abraham Howarth , and robbed him of two sovereigns , a quantity of silver , and a pair of shoes . Mr . Hall and Mr . Ovbrenp was for the prosecu"tioa ; Sir G . Lewin defended Hargrave and Chcet--ham ; Mr . Newton appeared for the ether prisoners . The 1 prosecutor is a gardener at Roth well , and on the 7 ih of September , ho was at Leeds on business . He left the Union Inn , with his cart , in the evening , accompanied by a boy . and when he reached

      Rothwell Haigh , he was attacked by a band of men , who threw him out of the cart , beat him with a rail , rifled his pockets , carrying away about £ 4 in money , and his shoes . Neither » be prosecutor nor his servant could identify the prisoners , but shortly before and Bhortly after the robbery , they were Been in company together , and during tho night the prisoner Hargrave sold the prosecutor's shoes at a beerhouse , Proctor stating thut they were his , and the prisoners being present at the sale . Proctor , Hargrave , and Cheetham Guilty ; the other prisoners Not Guilty .: - ¦ . ¦"¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ; . ¦ : ,.-.-. ; ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; .:. ¦ ; ¦ -,. ¦¦"'¦• " , ; :

      Samuel Boot was charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Marianne and William Gregson Hinde , at Shefiield , on the , night of the 8 th of January last , and stealing thereiu . several bottles of spirits and half a pound of tobacco . Mr . Pickerino and Mr . Wilkins vvere for the prosecution ; the Hon . j . S . WoRTLEYdieferided the prisoner . The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty . Eli Crapper , 22 , was charged with having assaulted Ellen Pickles , of Halifax , a girl under ten years of age , with a criminal intent . Guilty .

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      HOUSEOF COMMONS— Tuesday , March , 22 . Tho Speaker intimated on a petition against the income-tax being brought forward by Mr . Ward , that no petition could be received against a tax which was under consideration of a committee of the Housed , -:: > :: : ¦ ; . ¦ ¦ "' : ¦ . ¦ ¦' . .. - ' ; - - :. :. ' . ; ¦ , " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ .: . John Ashworth , who had interrupted the proceedings of the Clitheroa Election Committee , was brought to the bar , admonished by the Speaker , and , itL conaideratiou of hia expression of xegtet , diaeharfied .: - . ¦ ¦ . . -- ¦ . - . - - ; " ¦" ;¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ .. ' ; ¦ '¦¦ - ... ' :

      Sir Charles Napier brought forward a motion for the consideration of the state of the navy , with a view to its improvement . He animadverted on the Government Viispoeal of naval patronage under successive ' Ministries , dwelling particularly on Lord Minto ' s Administration ; and suggested a rule which , he coiitehded , would secure uniformity in the disposal of that patronage , and give satisfaction to the navy . He also argued for an increase of the pay and pensions of the navy , and better manning of our ships ; and proposed resolutions , affirming t he propriety of having a naval officer at the Board of Admiralty , and also of better providing for the sorvice

      Sir James Graham complimented Sir Charles Napier on the frank and manly way in which he had brought the subject before the House . But he controverted the opinion of the absolute necessity of a naval officer bfting at ; tUe head of the Admirality , illustrating his objection by instances / such as that of Lord St . Vincent , who as a first Lord of the Admirality , had not eustained his high reputation . Admitting tho importance of the subject of the improvement of the navy , he pledged the Government , that , when the state of the revenue permitted , tiiey would use their best efforts to realise tho general objects which Sir Charles Napier bad in view in his resolutions . - : .

      Captain Berkeley corroborated the assertions of Sir Charles Napier with respect to the danger to which the Mediterranean fleet was exposed from inefficient manning . Notwithstanding the arguments of Sir James Graham , he contended that a civilian was , on the whol » , very unfit to fill the post of First Lord of the Admiralty . He contended for that improvement of the navy whioh was the object of the resolutions . U Lord lKGE $ fRiB supported the resolutions , though he did not think them brought forward at a fitting tim e . -vV "¦' .. ¦ •¦¦ . ¦ - ¦ ' : : r' ¦ - ' ; - ¦ - ¦ ¦ - . ' '

      Captain Pechell also supported the resolutions at some 1 length , rand was followed by Sir Robert Peel , who entered his protest against the principle involved in the first resolution , as restricting the power of the Crown , and practically excluding the oivilians from the Board of Admiralty , whether competent ox not . The history of naval first lords did not furnish encouraging precedents in favour of tho principle . He JbIso deprecated allusions to what might be the result of hypothetical naval actions with other powers , and concluded by appealing to Sir ¦ Charles Napier'B good sense not to press his motion to a division . Mr . C . Wood concurred with Sir R . Peel as to the impropriety of proposing , by a vote of the House , to restrict the power of the Crown , and defended Lord Minto's naval administration .

      .. Sir T . TROUBiiBGE , as a naval : officer , ¦ was not of opinion that the administration of tho Admiralty should be confined exclusively to naval men . He also defended the condition of the Mediterranean fleet engaged in the Syre-Egyptian war , particularizing the ships , and censured the assertion that it ran tha risk of defeat . After explanations from Captains Berkeley and Pechellj Sir Hehuy . Hardinge roso to show that no undue partiality was shown to the military as compared with the nival service , though if any preferenco were to be shown , he should , with reference to any insular position , prefer that it-should be given to the navy . Sir Charles Napier replied ; and then his three resolutions were proposed . The first Vras negatived without a division ; the second , on a divisiou , by 138 to 40 ; and the third , on another division , by 13 Dro 47 . ¦

      Mr . Smith O'Brien then brought forward his motion relative to the death of James Flanagan , at Cloncaflj King ' s Coainy , Ireland . Tho object of his motion was the production of copies of the verdict and depositiona of the coroner's inquest , and also of the official correspondence with the Irish government relative to the subject . Ho did not bring forward the motion , as a party question ; he wished to satisfy the publio mind , aa tho Irish Government had suppressed inquiry , and screened the individuals concerned . Lord Eliot stated that the first account of the transactipH , exaggerated as it evidently was , had immediately attracted his attention , and inquiries were instantly instituted , tho result of which was , that the law officers were of opinion that the jury on the inquest had come to a proper verdict . He acceded to the motion .

      Mr . Powell , Mr . YiLLiERS Stdart , asd Mr . Wakley addressed the House ; after wiiicli the motion was agreed to . . Mr . Thomas ; Dumcombe brought forward a motion relating to the misconduct of the rural polipe in the county of Norfolk . A poor man of the name of Smith had been apprahended by one of the rural police , and treated with sinsular cruelty , the particulars of which he ttited j and the object of his motion waa copies of communications that passed between the Home Secretary and tie authorities in Norfolk on the subject . Sir James Graham considered the statement of the Hon . Member for Finsbury to be ex parte , and had hoped that gome Member connected wit ' i the couBty of NorfolJ ? would have risen to remark upon it . He did not think that the magistrates , or the police of the county , had any thing to dread from the production of the documents .

      , Mr . Borhouqhes said the magistrates were anxious that every paper should be produced . The motion was agreed io . Captain Pbchex . * ., afterpresenting a petition from the guardians of the poos ? of the city of Chichester in favour of their local Act , moved for a return of each parish and township in England and Wales , in which the poor are maiiaged under the provisions of the xVct 22 nd Geo . 111 ., c . 83 , commonly ca lied Gilbert ' s Act , uistinguifhing whether incorporated in any union , or governed separately , and stating the population of each palish or township , and of each union respectively , aceording to the last census ; also , return bt each parish and township subjecti ib the provisions , cf any local act for the management of its poor , with the amount of population according to the last census . The Hon . Member made a long statement in explanation of tho manner of the working o ^ the Gilbert unions .

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      Mr . T . Duncombe haying secondea the motion , Sir James Graham- said he had no objection to the motion , bat begged to propose an addition to it , by which a rttirn for ; l 831 would be also produced , his object being to vindicate the accuracy of a former paper .. ' . . ;¦ .. ¦^¦ ¦' /¦^~ : r .-..: ' - ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ' 7 ¦ '" . ; - ¦ ¦¦ '"" " ¦ '¦ ¦—"¦ The : notion * as arnended , w ^ sa greed to . Lord Stanley then moved for a select committed to inquire into the etato of the British possessions on the wefct coast of Africa , and also for a seleotcoiamittee to icquira into ihe state of the different West India colonies in reference to the existing relations between employers and labourers , the rate of wages , the supply of labour , &b . and the general state Of their rural and domestic economy . Tin noblo lord dwelt upon the success which , iu a great degree had attended the measure of emancipation , — upon its effect in elevating the moral and social state © f the negro , and upon the fallacy of the predictions which had been uttered , that the

      result of nogro emancipation would be the total relapse of the soil into itsoriginal uncaltivated state . Still ; he could not but admit that , while the condition of the negrowa-j improved , that of tho West India proprietor wa 8 \ npt equally behefitted . If the increase ; ia the amoant of our exportations to the West Indies , eince the Emancipation Bill had been carried iato effeot , proved tho first propodtion ; the decline ia the quantity of sugar raised was an indication of the truth or the secpud . The immigration of European labourers had not been found to have been , a successful measure . And he now wished to have correct and full information , such as the committeo he had moved for . could furnish , on the condition of the negroes in our West Indian colonies and our African possessions , with a view to the ascer tainment of tbe practicability of encouraging immigration from tho latter to the * former .

      After a fow . words ; expressive of dissent from Mr Wakley , and of concurrenco from several Hon Members , the motion was agreed to . The Honse ' shortly after adjourned .

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      THE SUiVPERLANp CHARTISTS AND THE I . EAQUE , OR STT ^ RCKE PABTy . TO THE EDITO& OP THE NORTHERN SXAB . Sib , —A few weeks ago Mr . O'Connor Btartled the country by exposing a vilianons scheme which had been concocted for the purpose of seducing the leaders of the popple . It appeared from that letter , that the party bad been so far - successful , as to have secured four places which were to be made the grand points of attack . These were Glasgow , Sheffield , ; lelcestor , and Sunderland .

      I will renture to assert , that to nane was tee inteh ligeno « more astounding thaa to the CliartistV of Sunderiand . They fenew that such a scheme ; would net bo attempted * unless some of the advocates of Chartism in Sunderland had become parties to it ; and seeing that Sir ^ Binns and inyself had been cempletely identified 'with the rise and progress of Chartism id . this town , and hid confessedly exercised a very great inflqence amongst the Chartfst body , they considered the assertion of Mr . O"C 3 onnor to be virtually a strong imputation against either the oce or the other , or both of ua . We Were urged to notice it I declined , knowing that time -would prove who wcw honest , and who were hot , and that we should speedily have an opportunity in Sunderland of giving tbe imputation a practical refutation . '• ;

      This we have done , by the glorious meetingrecently held here . And now I think wa have a right to ixpeot that Mr . O'Connor will point out tcfio are the traitors , and when the " grand attack" is likely to be made . Whenever it happens , Iain / certain that the old leadera will be fouud not to have been seduced by the gold which it appears has been so liberally squandered In other places . ' 1 am , Sir , - K « spectfully yonrs , J . Williams . Bishopwearmouth , March 22 , 1842 .

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      VINCENT AND PHILR TO THE EDIT 9 U OP THE SOUTHERN STAB , SIR— -It was with "surprise , indignation , and disgust , " to use themildlangaageofrMr . Russfilland the Notcinghara Chartists , that I learnt from the Star that resolutions / similar to that at Nottingham , had been adopted at many other places / in reference to the conduct of Messrs . Vincent , Philp , and others at the recent Bath conference . I am realiy " surprised" that any body of Chartists should have disgraced themselves by such resolutions , after the explanation and vindication made by Messrs .: Vincent and Philp , For my part , I cordially subscribe to the propriety of their whole proceedings , as those preceedings are explained in the letterof those gentlemen ^ inserted in las t week ' s Star .

      I have not : the slightest doubt of tha ; veracity of MeasrB . Vincent and Philp : and as I Lavo o «! y tho alternative of believing Mr . Bartlef t ' s representation or theira , I prefer the former , becausa I . know both , the country knows both , and , up to the present hour , haa had no reason to suspect the integrity of either . - ' I am ¦ ' . ; '¦ ' . Yours , faithfully , J . Williams .

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      DISCUSSION—J . B . O'BRIEN versus C . DUNCAN , REPORTED IN THE NORTHERN STAB OF MARCH 12 th . TO THE EDITOR OF THE WRTHEItN STAB . Sir , —As Chairman of the rceetiDg where the above discussion took place , I feel called upon to correct some misstatements in your report of it I would have written you last week , but Mr . Duncan told rn « he would do so himself and , as I perceive that hia letter has not been inserted , I conceive it to be my duty , in justice to all concerned , to correct ih © misrepresentations thateiu contained , the fl-st of Which goes to 8 ay that

      Mr . O'Brfen attacked Mr . Dancan , for asserting that an aristocracy and -a moneyocracy were essential to a state , < fec . < kc . &c . My belief is that no such assertion or imputation was . ever mooted in that meeting . , Concerning threo difTerant showB of hands said to have been carried in favour of Sir . O'Bnen , I have to state positively that no show of hands , or vote of any kind , was taken at that meeting , except tbat moved by Mr . Watson at the close ef the proceediugB , merely that tha tharika of the meeting be given to' -Mr . O'Brien , which was carried unanimously , Mr . Duncan vcting along with the rest . ' . :

      Hoping ( should you xs . ot find it convenient this week to insert Mr . Duncan's letter ) that , for the sake ; of . fairplay , you will find a place for this , and oblige , . ' ; ' ''¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦ ' " Sir , ' . . ¦' ; . ' ¦' Your most obedient SeTyant , HE 2 VEY KaNKEN . 7 , Milne ' s Square , Edinburgh , . March 2 lst . 1842 .

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      Christened , on , Sunday , March 13 th , at St . Anthony ' rf Chapel , Scotland-road , Liverpool , the son of John and El zabeth Fagan , by the name of Feargus O'Connor Fayan . . Oh the lSdiof January , Mary Lane , wife of John Lane , of 20 , Moland-street , Biriniiigham , was safely delivered of a son , which was duly registered George Foargus O'Connor Lane . ' : Baptised at St . Nicholas Crunch , Brighten , on Sunday JFebruary IScli , James John Frost , son of Richard and Sarah Gates , of Hanovtr-stieet . Named in ¦ tho' Unitarian Chapel , on Sunday last , John Frost , the infant son of Mr . Pinna ? , of Warffiinster .

      Fear&Ud O'Connor , son of Thomas and Elizabeth WrifcU " , was baptized Jan . 2 nd ., by the Rev . Mx . Flamscead , rectordi Xambley . ; Two tons of Mr . Edward ¦' Wright , of Kingston , bave been duly registered , the one Edward Feargus O'Connor Wright , the biher Jaines Feargus O'Con-Hor ; Wright . . '• ' - ' v . ' ¦ .:. ' , •' , -... ' :. ; . ; On Friday last was baptised at Ibo . ton New Church , Finsbury , Robert Feargus O'Connor , the son of Mr . Daniel West , 34 , Chatham Gardens . Also a short time previously , John Erost ; tha son of Mr . John Windeler , jun . Plumbe ; . * S'reet , City Roa . 4 . . ' : ¦ ¦ ' /; :: ¦ : T . - . ... " ¦ ¦ : ¦ " ¦ '

      Born at Kilwinning , March 16 th , 1842 J and registered , James Moir Bailie , son of James and Jean Bailie , in honour of that staunch and sterling patriot Jam 63 Moir , J ? s < j , merchant , Glasgow . .- : Paly registered by Jeremiah Oiiver , on the 14 th iu 8 t ., at Todmorden , William O'Connor Barker , the son of Kobeit an rMaitha Barker , Millwood . Born Noyembt . r 26 th , 1841 , and duly registered , Feargus O'Connor teslie , son of Thomas and Ann Leslie , of Oldham . The son of Th ; omas and Ellen Fitton * of Holling-Tvorthj has been dul / registered , at' Mottram

      , Fear ^ us O'Connor Fitton . : P Baptised aS the Independent Chapel . Frome , on Sunday , February 27 th , John Henry Vincent , the son of Elisha aud Mary West . . '¦¦ "•; ;¦¦ V On the 27 th of January last , Mrs . Hannah Crossland , wife of Mr . Joseph Cros&landYoi Halifax , was delivered of a son , which has been duly registered FearKus O'Connor Crossland , being the second of that name , the first bring dead . The prayer of the parent is , should the child live , that it inay follow in . the steps , aivd imitate the example , set by that noble of nature , that dfsvinguicihed patriot , and lrier . d of the working classes , ITeargus O'Connor , Esq .

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      On the 31 st . ulfc ., Mr . Frederick Hdughtcn , cf Newark , to Miss Eiizabeth Steveneon , daughter of Mr . Johd Stevenson , boot and Bhoeaiaker , of th-j same place . ; - ' v ; . ' [ ' : ¦ ¦' . ' -.. '¦ ¦ ¦' . . . " \ - :- ¦ :. ; . ¦ ¦

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      :.- . V . - ; '¦>¦ '¦ . ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ : V ^ : / .. - S > EATHS ; :-- ' : ' ' "¦ ¦ :. . " - . ; ' ; . ; ; . ; On Tuesday , tho 15 th inst ., Sarah , ' the :- ' wife of Georga Mclibr , of Holbeck , formerly of Greavo , near : : Meltham . ¦ ¦ - ;;¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ; . - '¦ ¦ ¦ '"' "V ; .- . " ¦ . " . ¦ .. ¦ . . .: ¦ - ¦ ¦ .. "¦"¦' /• At Kiiwinning , on the 21 st insi , Ja-r . e Sic ; cli wife 6 f James Bauie , and mother of the yruj ^ pa , triot , Jamee Moir Bailie . —

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      MAGISTRATES ' ROOM ; ( Before Mr . Justice Wightman . ) Henry Homer , 28 , was charged with haying uttered and put off a forged promissory note for £ 5 , purporting to be drawn by Christopher llawflon , on behalf of the Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company * - ' ; - ' -. : ¦' ... ' ¦¦¦ -: . '¦' ' : ' : ¦ ¦ : ¦ . . ' . : ¦ " ¦ ' -. ' - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦"'¦ Sir Gregory Lewin was for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins for the prisoner—Guilty .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 26, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct883/page/5/