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      ¦ S-OE SSEIKB SPSING ASSIZES . _ I The business at these Asrzes commenced on Monday j ireek , N fere Mr . Baron Parke and 111 . Justice Colt- j man . Tne latter Judge presided in the Crown Court 1 ! Ehe following ia a summary of the criminal business of j the -week : — \ James Earper , 19 , was charged -with haying stslen a mare , the property of Samuel Farrer . The prostcutor ; iB a errfcr . residing at Harrofate , and be took fi cattle- 1 gate on the common near that place . Bxjtarnedhif horse on that common on Sanday , the 28 th-cf Ancp « last , anS abcu * eooh on tbsSday the lasre -was . gRiz-rg there . The saae aftemoes the prisoner , "who lived -at the Granbj Hotel , n ^ s ? tfce common , offered She anuaal lor rale to Nt . Ssmuel WilMcson , « f Panaal , stating that he bi 4 bousht it at R : ptey fair , ef William Xo'lr * -. - * i Tiot having = auy use for the ansnal , he was f . awpsrt -withSxrfer 19 s . -Guilty ; to be

      inprifc . r J Mra years . Job : Seeror , 17 , "si- cb-J-ged withtiaviEC , * n the 17 th of-July , in tic paiifih of Kawmnrsii , rjro&fn into thB duelling honss o ? Joseph Abson . T £ ie prisoner was found Guilty . —To ^ be imprisoned 12 catendarmenths to hardlabccr . Meberi Jackson , 2 . 5 , was charged -with having , on the 22 nd or 23 rd ol September last , at -BridlingtoK , killed a fat sheep , ths property o ! Mr . George ^ Simpson , and with issviBg stolen part of the carcase , —Not CuHty . Jeseph Thorpe , 33 , "was charged TrithhaTing . on the 21 st of AnEitsf test , at Sheffield , in the Weft Riding , imrglaiJouily 'broken antl entered tie dwelling Ijoubs of Robert Elliott , snfl stolen fcfeerefrem three-promissory notes of the Renfrewshire Bank , -mine of , £ 1 each , and Wo shillings in silver , hU property . Guilty . —To be confised in the House of CorrecSoa at hard labour for two years .

      Charles Date , 28 , was chaeced -with having , on the 1 st of September last , at Hootoa Hoberks , in the West Siding , stolen seven sheep , th 9 < property of Wm . Firth . —Guilty—Sentence deferred . AbrahamiFiekles , 23 . / was < iarged "wife a burglary in the tense of John Crabtree , "and "with -using violence to the Inmates thereof . It appeared from the evidence of the prosfcsator , that he resides at a place called Four lane Ends ,-in Siansfield ., nesrSalifss , and the prisoner also lived inthat neighbourhood at the time in < juestion . On the 9 th- of September , the prisoner-was in the prosecutor's house , and stopped there for some time , negotiating with the prosecutor about some mint . On the following evening about ten o'clock ths prosecntor and ~ Mn femxly ^ erired to rest , tfce Ixmse tarring been pre-Tlonsly made secure . After tisey hsd been in bed about

      two hours -they 'were aroused by a noisa down stairs , he bt a man in the shop -whom he knew to be the prisoner . On the ¦ eiosecntor advancing towards him the prisoner struck him "with a bludgeon , and swore that he -would take his life if be did not-find frim brass . He then beat the prosecutor -sevr-re ' iy .-and afterwards made off with another man -who had been empfdyfed in ransacking tha house . On the following day information was giyen to the constable « f StansSeld , who apprehended the prisoner . The prosecutor was corroborated in his evidence by the other members of his family , "who did not Bee the prisoner , but wao heard his voice , to which they swore , having been acquainted with him , and he hsrir-g s peculiar impediment in his speech . The prisoner was found Guilry ; and judgment of death ¦ was entered on record against him .

      John S-Kzui , 20 , was charged with harcig © n the 6 th of September last , at Halifax , stolen two { tidings , the property of Xieut Slansfcll Guilty—Tobe transported for ten years . Fraxe ^ Farrar , 23 , was charged -with having on the H 5 th of September last , as WarJey , in the \ 7 est Riding , burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Samuel Sladtien , and stolen therefrom a woollen shawl and other articles . Guilty . —To be transported ten years . Cbaries € lorke , 21 , and Claries Froggatt , 23 , were charged with haying on the 21 st of September last , a ! Sheffield , committed a burglary in the dwclling-honse of William Blakely , and stolen therefrom thirty yards of woollen cloth , and ax woollen and silk waistcoat pieces . If ot Gnilty .

      Joseph FIseltcood , 36 , wsb charged with having , on the 21 st of September Isst , at HemingfieJd , feloniously stolen two sheep , the property ot John Wibsier . Guilty . —Te be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years . Rachael Hea " oa , 21 , and Joseph CarUr , 55 , wtiv diET-ged -syiUi fcaTiD ^ , en the 24 ih cf September last , at Dawsbury , assaulted . Abraham . Bouraall , and stolen from his person a watch , a half-sovereign , and 7 s . 6 d . in Hlver , his property . The female prisoner at first pleaded Gailty , bat withdrew her plea , and tcok the chance of a trial . The Jnry retired to consider theLTerdict , and after an absence of abcut three quarters of an hour , they found the prisoners 2 \ & GaDty .

      George Sid ! e % r , 27 , Tfas charged with having , on the 7 th of October last , at Sledmere , in the East Riding , committed a burglary in the dwelling-house of John TrudoVd , and stolen therefrom a BoTereifn , a silver snuff-box , a quantity of Sanc&l , and other articles , the property of the said JohnlmeloTe . Guilty . —Sentence deferred . Thomas HalL , 55 , was charged with having , on the 9 ih Xovemter lsst , at Pickering , stolen one ewe sheep , the property of George GalTert . Guilty . —To be tr ^ n-Bported fifteen years .

      John Jloides , rke elder , 73 , Zadiaridh Hofdai , 37 , JiTui EoHLes , the joungtr , 40 , James Hddtn , 2 a . Thos . SoLden , £ 6 , asd Betty Hidden . 32 , were charged Trith having had , on the 8 th day cf Dectmber last , at Halifax , knowingly and unlawfully in their possession two false , forced , and counterfeit dies , resembling , or intended to resemble , the dies or instruments made or used hy the Commissioners of Stamps , for the purpose of expressing and denoting the atsmp duty of one ahiling and threepence . Sir . KsowiES and ? Jr . Cbompto ^ were for the prosecution ; Mr . Wii £ . i >" S and Mr . PicKzai > G defended thft prisoners .

      2 ilr . Ksottles stated the case . ThiB was a prosecution which had been instituted by the Board of Stamps against the six prisoners at the bar , and it was for an offence which "was created by an Act of Parliament , "which was passed a few years ago , and which made it a felony for any person to have in his possession knowingly and without lawful excuse any instrument intended to Tesemble the die "osed by the Commission- tb of Stamps to denote any particular duty . And by an Act of Parliament -which ^ as passed in the Both year cf the reign of George the Third , a duty was granted to the Crown of one shilling and threepence upon ¦ every promissory note made payable to" the bearer on demand for any sum not less than two guineas &nd no : exceeding five guineas . That duty for many years had

      ¦ only been payable upon country bank notes , because note * of the description V ) which he ( the Learned Counsel ) Telerrfed , had only been issued by couEtry banks . The stamps , aa the Jury 'were aware , on the reverse side of the country bank notes , denoted the dnty payable on them . Ths prisoners were eharged with having had in their possession two particular dies . The die producing the particular impression upon bank notta , and to ¦ which he had referred , was kept , of course , in the custody of the Commissioner of Stamps . Atd the prisoners were charged "with having in their possession an instrument intended to resemble thai die . Tbe six pr isoners at the bar -were all relations , the elder prisoner , John Holdenj being tbe father of the other five , and theylired together in I > 3 cember last , and for some time

      before , at a farm house at a place called Straighthey , in the parish -oS "Hatifa-r , and some of them-were engaged in the business of weaving . In consequence of some information which had been given to Mr . James , suptrintendent of the Leeds police , he , accompanied by others , proceeded to the honse inhabited by ths prisoners on the morning of the ^ th December last . He went at an early hour , as early perhaps as half > past six in the morning . The officers searched the house , bni found nothiug in it which excited their suspicion . In answer to a question by Mr . James . John Holden the younger said , " I have taken the house , and -we are all in partnership together . " ^ Ehat was said in the presence of all the prisoners , except the elder John Holden . The officers then proceeded to the bam which communicated ¦

      with the honse—in fact , it WS 3 part of the house and in the barn were found the articles upon , which was founded th 8 present charge . Tbe officers first searched the bam , but tbtre they found nothing but Borne ashes on the ground . The superintendent of the police then directed some of the men to take dowi > the hay situated en the platform over the Tnint *] . They did bo , and ¦ when they had removed a great quantity of hay one of the parSes came to a parcel , which was ¦ wrapped up in a piece of flftTnisfc , and in this parcel were found the two dies , resembling th& Is . 3 d . stamp of the Commissioners of Stamps . There was also in the parcel a copper-plate , -which had been made for the purpose of producing a baik-note . eoon after , _ the search being continued , the officers came to a tin-box , and in it were discovered twentyone forged notes of the Wirksworth and Ashbume * h ? w m « *^ f 0 bank « toseS " ' "with ten notes of S £ jff 5 ! £ " * F ^ = »* ^ notes purpwbng tobe those of the Wirksworth

      and Ashfeourne ST ^ i ^ S ^ . ^ ^ PP ^ - ^ te found in 5 ! JF ^ LT the instrument intended to resemble ihe ^ ana eaeb ^ f the Wirksworth aca AsSrne ^ teshad a forged impression of the one £ 3 threepenny stamp , and ~ hicb was produced bf the ^• trament intended to resemble the die fa £ i fa S 2 tarite to whichhe tad referred . The prisonerTw « rilttkenaway , except the female and Ldto JZ Holden , and the search -was At that time discontinued On their way to Halifax John Holden , theyouSeT jnideuseofaTery remarkable expression . - He said to one of tbe officers , " Well , jon have broken our bank * % * J ^! ^ " ^ " ^ " ^ ,- and John Holden « plied , "AhJ you did not think that there wai any bank in toll part of tie country . " " These expressions vere made use of ia the presence of an the prisoners who were then In custody , in the result the fire prisoner ! were committed to York Castle . Betty wm not taken into custody until & circumstance

      occurred which was worth ; of toe attention of the jury , and which seemed to implicate her directly in the offence . On the same day on the morning of which the search took place , one of the officers , accompanied by clerk in the Halifax Bank , again went to the premises , and made a more complete seareh of the house than ¦ wu made before ; and in a secret drawer in tha house was discovered a small pnxse , -which wsa AfWwwds declared by Betty Holdea to be hers . Jn

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      his purse certain metal letters were discovered , and ipon some of the notes of the fiuddersfleid and Halifax onk , inc t bearing the forged impression , of the die , but ound in the same box as tbfft in which the notes that lid bea t it wse fsund ) , wsre discovered certain imxessio ; is of certain letters , which unquestionably had aeen ¦ prodctced by those ^ netal letters . One of the etters was cot perfect , bo that an impression of it was aiore readil ) detected . The elder Holden was absent sn tl- < e 8 th < £ December , and did not return home until two or three weeks after . And it was a circumstance in bis favour that when he did return , he seemed to ha"v-e put himself in the way of being tpprehtnded . A enmier of -witnesses having been examined , -whose evidence bore out ¦ very-clossily the stEttment of the -ease by the Learned Counsel ,

      Mr . W 3 LK . i 2 > s addressed the Jury at considerable 1 jength on behalf of the prisoner * . She Learned Counsel commented in very -strong language on the fact that a man named Smith , ^ frum whom Mr . James had obtained the prjjjc'pal portion of the information which led to the apprehension of the prisoners and the indictment against thtm , had not bten called to the witness-box , on tha part of the prosecution . His Lordship having summed up , the Jury retired , and ifier an absence of a quarter of an hour , returned into the Court with a verdict , finding John Holden , the elder , Guilty ; John Holden , the youDger , Guilty ; and the other prisoners , Z chariah Heldeu , James Holden , Thomas Holden , and Betty Holden—Not Guilty .

      John Holdex , sen ., . Zaehariah Hoiden , William Barncll , 19 , and Thomas Hobtien were charged with having , on the € th of December last , at Halifax , forged a five ponnd promissory note , pniporting . to be a note cf the Wirksworth and Ashbourne bank . Another count in the indictment charged them with having uttered the aama The Jury found John Holden , sen ., Guilty , and Acquitted all the other prisoners . There were several other indictments against the prisoners , but it was thought that the evidence was insufficient to establish their guilt , and they were not gone icto . Gtorpe Kviiey , convicted of burglary at Sledmere , was * entenced to be transported for ten years . George Wriggltsworth , convicted of cattle stealing , was B-. ntenced to be imprisoned IS calendar months to hard lsbonr .

      Joseph Carr , 18 , was charged with having on the 23 d of Itecember laft , at the borough of Leeds , feloniously and violently assaulted one EHzxbeth Myers , and committed a rape on her person . Thfc prosecutrix is only -eleven years of age , and -resides with her mothvT , a widow , at Bu&iicgtborpe , near Leeds ; and the prisoner lived with his molherj who was alBO a widow , in the house acjoining that of the prosecntrix ' s mother . After the case had occupied some time , his Lordship recommended a verdict of Acquittal , and that an indictment charging the prisoner with committing an assault wits intent , && , should be preferred . The Jury accordinsly returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

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

      Joltn Dimbcrline , 33 , was charged with having , on the . 5 th o : September last , at Sutton , in the East Riding , feloniously assaulted Ann Yeoman , a girl under ten years of age , at-3 committed a rape upon her person . — To r < e transported -for life . llary Patterson , 25 , was charged with having , on the 23 rd of February , at Deighton , in tha East Riding , unlawfully endeavoured to conceal the birth of her child . —To be imprisoned for six months . Edirard Jenkua , 24 , was charged with the manslaughter of Robert Harvey , on the North Midland Railwny , at Barnsley , on the 12 th of January last . — Not Gnilty . Joseph Carr . , was charged with having , on the 23 rd of I > eeem }> CT last , at Birsliusrthurpe , . Leeds , commuted an h-tiec ^ nt assault en E ^ Zibeth ilytrs . —To be imprisonfcil for two years .

      Thomns Dixon 29 . -Baa charged with having , on the 22 nd of November Sast , at Thirtk , feloniously stabbed acd wounded Thomas Bixcklock . —Guilty—sentence deferred . EHsha Tink ' er , 35 , wascharged with having returned from transportation , having been transposted for life at the Yorkshire Spring Assizes in 1833 . He was sentenced to be imprisoned for a month , and then transportt-d for life . Joseph Hardtcick , 19 , pleaded Guilty to a charge of misdemeanour , in having criminally assaulted Mary Jane Lucas , a child under ten years of age . To be imprisoned for two years . Thomas Farrar was charged with the manslaughter of Wm . Connell . at Rothwell Haigh , on the 22 nd of ¦ October last . He pleaded Guilty . —Sentence deferred . Thomas Ticigg , 38 , was charged with the manslaughter of Joseph Cooke , at Ecdesfleld , on the 13 th of December last . Not Guilty .

      Thomas Bn " ft , s , 26 , and Jaxnes Briggs , 20 , were charged with the manslaughter of John MyeTS , at Bramley , near Leeds , on the 3 d of September last . To be imprisoned for one manth-Edward Filz York Haigh , 24 , was charged with the manslaughter of Win . Tayior , at Almondbury . To be imprisoned for two months . Richard Thorvion , 19 , -was charged with the manslaughter of George Smith , at Dswseury . Not Gailty . Bernard 3 TC'ive , 49 , and James H'CHve , 19 , were charged irith the mansltushter of El za Rooney , at Sheffield , on the 27 th of December last The elder prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned nine months , and the other six months . John Pepper alias Peters , 38 , pleaded to having stolen a sum of money and some gold rings , the prcpeity of the Hon , and Rev . Augustus Daucombe . To be transported fourteen years .

      George Taylor , pleaded gnilty to a charge of having obtained a quantify of goods , under false pretences , from Mr . John Ring , of HulL To be imprisoned twelve months . Hary Arm Boofhroyd , pleaded guilty to having committed a misdemeanour , at Leeds , by concealing the birth of her illegitimate child . To be imprisoned two years . Henry I . weham , 28 , pleaded gnilty to two indictments charging him with robbing his employers , Messrs . Wm . Ward and Wm . Sjkes Ward , attormea , of Leeds ; and also to an indictmeut charging him with having been previously convicted . —Sentence deferred . William Haigh , 34 , was charged with having feloniously stabbed William Robinson , at Selby , with ir . tent to do him grievous bodily harm . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of as assault . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour four calendar uouths ,

      Ellen Howard , 27 , "was charged -with having mali-«» nsly cut , stabbed , and wounded Fanny Andrews , at Sheffield , with intent to do her some grievous bowily harm . The Jury found the prison er Guil ty of an assault ; and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the Castle . Patrick Keraiey , 33 , a deserter from the 58 th Regiment of Foot , was charged with having , on the 10 th of December last , at Hull , feloniously stabbed David Pierey , with intent to do him grievouB bodily barm . — Both the prrsecutor and prisoner were at the time in

      question under confinement in the station-house in Hull , and whilst the former was engaged in walking about the room , he was seized by Kenney , who inflicted j-everel wonnds on his body , neck , upper lip , and knee , without the Slightest provocation . The prisoner , in defence , said that Pierey gave the first offence by throwing him on tbe floor , when the back part of his head came in contact with the wall , and he did not know what occurred afterwards . The Jury found the prisoner Guiliy of tbe intent of doing some grievous bodily harm . To be imprisoned two years to hard labour .

      Nicholas Bath , 20 , was charged with having , on the 1 st of Srovember , feloniously Biabbed Thomas Harrison , at Bradford , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The prisoner was a private in the 32 nd regiment of foot , and is Nov . last , they were stationed in Bradford . Since the late riots , it appeared , that some ill-feeling had existed between the military and the people , which very frequently led them into hostility . On the night of the 1 st of Uoveaiber , the prosecutor was near to the Bowling Green Inn , when the prisoner , in company with another Boldier , went up to hisi , and after eome little altercation , in the course of which a number of people assembled , thB prisoner and his comrade drew their bayonets , and cut away right and left , inflicting 'injury upon several individuals , amongst whom was tiie prosecutor , who was cut on the temple and body by the prisoner .

      The policeman who took the prisoner into custody in answer to the Court , £ aid that the soldiers were the worst set that ever stepped into Bradford . After he had lotked tbe prisoner cp , he himself was forced at the point of the bayonet , by six soldiers of the same company into the prison , "where he was Jrept until re leased by the officer . Guilty at an assault Six months ' imprisonment to hard labour . George Jenkins , 33 , was charged with taring embezzled various sums of money , the property of his employers . Mr . Haul and Jir . Overbad were council for the prosecution , and Sir Gkegobt Lewin for the defence ,

      Wm . Simpson deposed—I am a share-broker , in Brunswick-street , Leeds . 1 knew the prisoner . I have very frequently paid him money on account of his employers , Messrs . Payne , Eddison ; and Ford , solicitors ; they are attornies to the Leeds and Yorkshire Assurance Company , and they receive money for transfer of shares . Jenkins called on me at my office on the 26 th October last , when I paid him 18 s . 6 d . on account of a transfer between Henry Nelson and Thomas Harrison ; the transfer had been effected by Messrs . Payne , Eddi-» oa , and Ford 5 I received a receipt from the prisoner ¦ or the amount * wkiob he signed ;

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      Joseph Jowett—I live at Pottomewton , near Leeds ; I know Messrs . Payne , Eddison , ind Ford , who transacted business for me as attornies . On the 26 th January last , I paid them through the prisoner , £ A 0 s . lid ., for professional business j I paid tbe money in their office . I received a receipt from the prisoner , "which I saw him write . Cross-examined—I have known the prisoner ten years , and have never heard anything against his character . Thomas Rose deposed—I am one of the tenants of Cramptoa ' s estate , Woodhouse , for which Payne , Eddison , and Fo ? d , receive the rents . On the 10 th of November , I paid £ 1 103 . t » Jenkins , for which he gave me a receipt , which I know produce .

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

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

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

      forehead of tbe prosecutor . Guilty of an assault . To be imprisoned eighteen months to hard labour . Thomas Farrar , who yesterday pleaded Guilty to the manslaughter of William Council , at . Rothwell Hai ^ h , was brought up to receive sentence , when tbe Learned Judge observed that taking into consideration that the deceased was engaged in au act of felony at the time this occurrence took place , and also that the defendant bad made some rtparation by providing a sum of money for tbe bent-fit of the deceased ' s family , he should pass a alight punishment upon him , whxh was that he be imprisoned in the Castle one fortnight . Mary Ann Cooper , 21 , was charged with having , on the 30 ! ii Dec labt , at Hull , feloniously stabbed , cut , and wounded JoBpph Pascoe , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm .

      The Learned Judge said that the proseoutor had forfditedhis recogn zance by not appearing to prosecute , and ordered the prisoner to bo discharged .

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      V NISI PR 1 US COURT . —Saturday , MaRCU 11 . ( Before Mr . Baron Parke . J C 1 UM COS . —MOODY V . NICHOLS . Mr . Baines and Mr . H . Hill , appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Dukdas , Mr . Addiso . n , and Mr . Lngham , for the defendant . Mr . BAl > 'ES stated the case , from which it appeared that the plaintiff and tbe defendant occupied adjoining housis at a village near LeedB . Mr . Moody was a printer , and Mr . Kickuls vrim the proprietor of an extensive tan-yard . Mr . Nickols was a married man , and from the contiguky of residence an acquaintance sprung up between the families . It wculd app * ar from the testimony of a young woman named Lydia Proctor , who had been in the service of Mr . Moody , that at any rate

      from the month of August , lt > 41 , Mr . Nickols had , it weuld appea :, been in the habit of visiting at Mr . Moody's . Some time after that , it would seira , his visits became more frequent , a . d the time often chosen to pay them was during the day , while Mr . Moody was engaged at his place of business in Leeds . In these cases it very rarely indeed happened that the testimony of eye-witnebsea could be given to the fact of criminal conversation between the parties . They were obliged to depend in a great measure on circumstantiil evidence ; but he thought that in the present case he should be able to lay btfure them the most convincing proof short of ocular testimony to the fact that an Improper intercourse had taken place between these parties . It would appear from the

      testimony of the servant , Lydia Proctor , that on these occasions , when Mr . Nickola culled , she bad directions not to permit any of tbe children to go into the room . Mrs . Moody , too , used frequently to direct her to take the cLildren out for a walk . She would in this way be absent from the house sometimes for several hours , and on her return the blinds , which she had left up in the sittiDg-room , she had found pulled down , and the front door locked . On obtaining admission , she frequently on th' -se occasions fuund Mr . Nickula in the house . The bed , too , in the best bedroom , which she had left made she had found unmade on her return . At one period it would appear Mrs . Nickols was absent in London , and it so happened that at the same time Mr . Moody was under the necessity of going to Hull on

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

      nine and ten o ' clock , and she there saw Mrs . Moody getting over tbe palings which separated Mr . Nickol ' s garden from II r . Moody's . Mr . Moody bad not at that time returned from his office in Leeds . On seeing this witness , Mrs . Moody asked anxiously whether Mr . Moody had come home , and being told he bad not , she cautioned the servant not to toll any one that ehe bad been over in the other garden . But there waa another witness to the occurrences which took place that night . A Mr . Topham , a friend of Mr . Moody since his boyhood , had been employed on Mr . Moody's recommendation in painting a dog for Mr . Nickols , and on the ground of old acquaintance had stopped in Mr . Moody ' s house until the commission was finished . He had usually-beL-n invited , Mr . Moody's bouse being situated

      some distance front Leeds , to step all night . On this Tuesday evening in question , Mr . Moody , as already stated , had not returned from his place of business , when Mr . Nichols called in and joined Mrs . Moody and Mr . Topham at tea . Some glances which Mr . Topham imagined he saw pass between them excited his suspicions , and he was rather sm prised that Mrs . Moody did not , as usual , repeat her invitation to him to stop all night Ho finally took his leave , and went out by . the front 6 o 6 r , as if going to Leeds , where hia own residence was . He went , however , round into the garden at the back of tbe house , and concealed himself Shortly after , he heard the voice of Mra . Moody singing in the garden , and could also distinguish the vbice of a man , which Becmed to be that of Mr . Nickols , addressing

      her . The voices went in the direction of Mr . N . 'a garden * When all was quiet , Mr . Topham came out of bis retreat , and went round to the front of Mr . Nickol ' s house . Ha fuund the door unlatched , and entering the hall , which waa matted , advanced to tlw parlour door , through which being partly open , he could see Mra . Moody sitting on the hearth-rug , aud the defendant beside her with bis arm round her waist . He then retired from the house as he had entered , without apprising them of his having seen them . He did not immediately inform Mr . Moody of what he had seen , but the suspicions of that gentleman having been excited by some other matters which had come to his knowledge , and which were confirmed by the statements of Lydia Proctor , Mr . Topham at last took upon himself the ungracious task of stating to Mr .

      Moody the scenp which he had witnessed , y r . Moody immediately toefc the Btcp which was incumbent on him in these circumstances , and provided Mrs . Moody with another residence . A Binall house was taken for her some miles from Leeds , whither she removed , but from some motive or other she returned tbe same day to the house of Mr . Moody , who had himself by that tfme taken a residence in Wesley-street , in the town of Leeds ^ Mr . Moody could not , even in her fallen and degraded state , turn her ontinto the streets to starve , or adopt the other dreadful alternative , and she remained for sometime at the house in Wesley-street , under the guardianship of her mother . Mr . Moody , however , took

      up his residence with Mr . Topham . Again he took si Email residence for his wife , and there she remained some time , bat again earning back to his house he adopted the same course as he had dene before , and on one or two occasions , when necessity compelled him to sleep , under the same roof witb his wife , Mr . Topham accompanied him . This kindness to this fallen womant this patient endeavonr to maintain her in some degreeof external comfort ; , would not surely be made a charge , against him . It showed rather what a kind heart the defendant had wounded , and what an unbounded affection he had abased , These would be tbe chief facts in the case . As to the amount of damages , it was to be regretted that there was no mode of punishing crimi-

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

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

      Lydia Procter deposed that she would be seventeen on the 25 th of August . She lived servant with Mr . and Mra Moody , at Hill Top , Bramley , for a year and three weeks . She went there on the 1 st August , 1811 , They had three children at that time , which were of the ages as stated by Mr . Baines . Mr . Nickota lived ntxt door to the plaintiff , and there was a garden belonging to each house , Mr . Nickols visited at Mr . Moody ' s house . Witness had seen him there when Mr . Moody himeelf had bten at home . She also bad seen him there when Mrs . Moody was the only person in the house ; that happened often . Witness took care of the children , and when Mr . Moody was not at home , Mrs . Moody had told her to take the children nhd go out a walking . She had done so , and remained

      ( ut about three hours . Mr . Moody used to go out about eight o ' clock in the morning to his business at Leeds , and he generally used to return between nine and ten o ' clock at night . He sometimes was away for two or three days together on business . When she returned -with the children she found the blinds pulled down . They were not so when Bhe went out . The front dour witness found locked when she came buck She had tben occasion to go into tbe bed room , and found tbe best bed unmade , which was not in the name state as when she went out , it being tben made . When tht > door was opened and she got into the house sho had found Mr . Nickois there . This happened very often . When Mr . Nickols was there , witness was requested never to let the children go into the room when

      auy one was there . Mra . Nickols was away about a month . Soon after she went away , Mr . Moody had occasion to go on business to Hull for a few days . Be-. fbre tbat time one of the children slept -with Mrs . Moody . One of U » m slept witb Mr , Moody , and the other with witness . They tad tbree beds : Mr . Moody slept in one , Mrs . Moody in another , and the witness in another . They slept together when witness first went , but about three or four mouths after she went they did not . Mr . Nichols visited the house from the first . Whui Mrs . Nichols was in London all the three children were to sleep in witness ' s room . That continued only -whilst Mr . Moody was away . She believes Mr . Moody went away firut . She had found when Mr . Moody was away , that all t e bed clothes in . a morning were taken off and thrown over a chair ; witness did f . ot do that . WbilBt Mrs . Nickols and Mr . Moody was away , witness had heard the front door open at night . She remembered Mr . Topbam being at Bramley to paiut

      a dog for Mr . Nickols , and one evening when the saw Mr . Topbam at Mr . Moody ' s . Mr . Topham when he waa painting the dog generally slept at Mr . Moofly ' s . Witness remembers his going away , and afterwards going into the garden . This was between nine and ten at night . When witness was in the garden , sho an v Mis . Moody coming over the railing that parted the garden from Mr . Nichols ' s ; she was C'unlm ? from Mre . NickolH'o garden ; this was during the time Mra . Nickols \ rasfrom home . Mrs . Moody asked witness if Mr . Moody had got home , and she taut no . She said witness was to bo sure not to say aDyth'ng to Mr . Moody that she bad been in the garden , nor to any one else . Patrick Beevans , the foreman to the defendant , and another man , came to witness when she waa at her mother ' s house in Leeds . They asked her for an account of what she had seen . She told them a part , and they took it down in writing ; witness was asked to sign it , and she did .

      Cross-examined—Witness had tben left Mr . Moody ' s service , and she told him all tbe truth as far us she told him . She said she would tell him all the truth , but there had been a deal more things that had occurred to her mind since . There was no other servant but witness in Mr . Moody's bouse , and she did the work in the house with the help of Mrs . Moody . Mr . Topbam used to visit the plaintiff at Hill Top , aud a deal more gentlemen , but she did u < - > t know their names . Miss Topham and Mr . Nickols used to visit the house . Mr . Moody ' place of businesa was in Leeds . He used sometimes to come home at eleven o ' clock at night , he was a very sober

      man , and Mrs . Moody always Bat up for aim . Witntt-s used to Bee her walk about at night in the garden sieging ; she sang to amuse her own fancy . At those times witness never saw any other person . She had a nice temper , and she had * ' blown up" both witness and the plaintiff . The boys were very nice ueiive little boys , and of course would like to get into th « room to their mother . Mr . Moody , upon a particular occasion , has come home in the middle of the day . Mrs . Moody helped witness to make the beds . Mra . Moody sometimes made her own bed , and sometimes witness bad made it for her . Witness hud never seen anything improper between Mr . Nichols and Mrs . Moody .

      Mr . Topham deposed that he was an artist at Leeds , and he had known the plaintiff , Mr . Moody , since they were boys together at school , and they had been on very friendly and intimate terms ever ' since . Witness had visited him at Alfred Place , and afterwards at Bramley . aud he thought he and his wife lived most affectionately together . About midsummer last year ho became acquainted with Mr , Niokols . In August last , he was employed to paint a portrait of a dog for Mr . Nickols . He painted it at Mr . Moody ' s . On that occasion he stayed and slept at Mr . Moody ' fl bouse all tbe time with one exception , which was on a Tuesday evening . That evening witness was at Mr . Moody ' s house , aud it was the last week in the month of August Mr . NicUols and Mrs .

      Moody were in the room with him . Mra . Nickols had not then returned home . He was there when Mr . Nickols came in between seven and uiqht . He left Mr . Nickols in the house -wh ^ n he left at nine . On one occasion , he believed the Sunday week before this , Mr . Moody had come down to his house to see him . Witness had also gone to Mr . Moody ' s , and they had missed one another on the road . He remained in the house and took tea with Mrs . Moody . Mr . Nickols came in and sat with them during the evening . Mr . Moody returned from Leeds , when he jocular y remarked to witness that he was a pretty fallow to come to his houso during hia absence . Witness observed that Mr . Nickols appeared to laugh at that as if he would have enjoyed it . He

      opened his mouth , but certainly no laugh proceeded from it . ( Loud laughter . ) Witness observed that Mrs . Moody appeared greatly coDfused and reddened up exceedingly , and looked at Mr . Nickols . Witness ' s attention was also directed to some glances which were directed by Mr . Nickols to Mrs . Moody . Witness then deposed to going into the building in the garden of the plaintiff , on the Tuesday night already referred to , to Mrs . Mo .. dy going singing into tbe garden , to hearing what he thought was Mr . Nickola ' s voice , and to following them into defendant ' s house , where he saw Mrs . Moody and Mr . Nickols in an indelicate situation . Witness did not mention the circumstance to the plaintiff till after the action was brought Witness deposed to Boine of the facts previously stated .

      Mr . Joseph Hargreaves was called to show that defendant was possessed of considerable property . Mr . Dundas , for the defendant , contended that not only was there not such a case made out as had been opened—not only was it not a stunning and overwhelmin gl 6 ss to the plaintiff , but he trusted they would , by their verdict , establish something like an example to th « public out of this case , whereby other persons like Mr . Moody would not bring actions to be tried to the disparagement of his own honour , and to put in jeopardy his wife's reputation . He meant to argue that upon the evidence the husband was a very silly person to indulge any jtalousy , or to listen to any tittle tattle , and then to bring the case before a Jury to get a verdict in his favour . Tbe plaintiff would have the satisfaction of

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

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

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

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

      TUESDAY , March 14 . JOHNSON V . EPWORTH AND OTHERS . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . HCGB HiLT . were for the plaintiff , and Mr . Inguam for the defendants . Mr , Wilkins in stating the case observed that Gregory Johnson was the plaintiff , and the three defendants Joseph Epwortb , George Cordeux , and James Rodwell , were officers in the Leeds police . Epworth waa the sevjeant and the other two were what are called privates . The plaiutiff is a tailor carrying on business in Leeds , in which town he has a shop called the Baziar . and alsojonmarketdays he held astall in Vicar " s Croft . That stall was ordinarily attended by his wife and a boy , bis servant , and on the morning of Saturday , 114 th Jan . they were engaged in

      fitting up the stall . Whilst they were doing so , some boys passed them , and immediately afterwards an old woman came up and told Mrs . Johnson that she had had her pocket picked , and the servant happened to say he knew him . This daclaration of the servant had reached the ears ef the police , and Rodwell came up and insisted on the boy going to the police office . Mrs . Johnson said she could not spare hini now as they wpre Betting up the stall , and as that was a day of great consequence to them she particularly wanted the boy . Sbe also gave her name and that of her husband , and s ated that if they summoned the boy he should appear find give such evidence as was necessary in the case Iiodwell , however , thought proper to seize the boy by the collar , would listen to n « remonstrance , aud insisted that he should go along with him . Mrs . Johnson also " seized hold of the boy and said he

      should not go . ; While they were engaged in this way , one pulling one way , and the other Vhe other , and with the assistance of the other defendants , the female uml the boy , were ' taken to the police office . It appeared that she was detained there about two hours aud a half , and was ; releas « d by Mr . Read , the chibf constable , who knew her . The conduct of the defendant * towards Mrs . Juhnson was represented aa having been violent on the occasion , but it was also alleged that ub < had assaulted lone of the officers . Only one witnes * was examined ; viz ., the boy above mentioned , aftei which it was put to the Jury , without any defenct heing qone into , to consider what damages the plaint * £ wus entitled to . After a f « w minutes cunBideratior they found a verdict for the plaintiff— damages 20 s . — The Judge certified . The Court rose shortly before seven o ' clock .

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      ENGLISH RADICALS AND IRISH INTERESTS . To the Editor of the Dublin Freeman's Journal . Sir , —I trust that for the sake of justice you will allow me the use of your columns to correct an error into which you have fallen , upon the conduct and feelings of tbe English Ridicals with regard to Irish interests . The error into which you have fallen is common to the whole of that portion of the Irish preBs cilled Liberal .: You one and all confound English sham R-tdicals wit h' English real Radicals . The Spectator , from which you quote , and upon which you srouudyour sweep n £ ; and iu"just attack upon all English Radicals , was never' recognised in England as an organ of the Radicals . Ytiu say in this day's Freeman that , " there are no enemies of Ireland mo * e bVter . more contemptuous , more immitigab ' e than the Rmdica ' s 0 / England We hutv never had in our days any measure of coercion proposed uyainsl us 0 / which they were not the most thorowjhi joing adrocutes . The , e never was a benejii offered to us

      which they did not help to counteract . There never vjas an injustice- iiijiicted on us against which they struggled — 'few even against which they protested . " I Sir , theie c . innot by possibility be anything more un-1 just or more unfounded in fact than these accusations . I am , as an Irishman , ashamed of them ; they are untrue in every particular . I know the English Radicals ; I known their hatred of oppression ; I know their love of liberty , and their anxious desire to see justice , ample justice , done ( to Ireland ; I know their hatred ef English sham Radicals and Irish traitors , I know their coatempt fox the Spectator , and i-very other proftasint ; R-idical , but disguised Whig journal ; and , knowing ttaose things , and having been from time tb time connectud with real English Radical associations suics September , 1825 , | I should look upon myself as the veriest j cheat and poltroon in society were I not . to protest ! against this foul calumny on the R . dicals of England .

      Sir , when tbe Irish coercion bill was brought into the House of Coaimons there were petitions from two hundred places in England , and tri « ned by six hundred thousand petitioners , against that act , before there was one solitary petition sf nt from Ireland . Waa that protesting , and strangling too , against Irish coercion ? When the treacherous and deceitful Whigs and Bham Ridicals , such ! aa the Spectator and the Burdetts , the Cobdens , the Russells , the Morpeths , the Howards , and such like , joined the Tories to destroy Mr . O'ConneU immediately after the passing of the Irish coercion act .

      the English Radicals came out , in all tb . 6 ir power , and gave him a reception through every part of England and Scotland , the j like of which never was given to man before . They sent him back to Ireland crowned with honour and glory , thus crushing Whig , Tory , and , as they believed , Bb . irn-Kidical treachery . Did this look like immitigable hatred of Ireland and the Irish ? Shame upon the Irishman who does not acknowledge with gratitude such noble conduct as this . The writer in the Spectator is not aa Englishman but an Irish rtnet ; ade , likti ! most of ths other sbam Radical writers in the EDgiistl Wfr ' e press .

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

      the inhabitants of those nesta , pamh clerks , vestry clerks , beadles , sidesmen , cfaarcb . war . ieB 8 , parsons , curates , and all . were well trained in the act of getting up petitions against catholic emancipation , and that , notwithstandingailtheartand practicesof those weli-traiuei bigots , who assumed , in their petitions against emancipation , that they were the people of England , the English Radicals , those very men whom you have villifled and traduced , outnumbered , by hundreds of thousands , thoise trained opponents of Catholic emancipation and [ defeated them everywhere . The city of Dublin , in 1828 , sent a petition to Parliament in favour of Catholic emancipation signed by 10 , 000

      petitioners—Manchester , up « n the same occasion , sent a petition for the same purpose signed by 60 . 000 inhabitants of that town . Those facts are on record on tbe hooks of the Catholic Association , and a unanimous vote of thanks was sent , beautifully framed , from the Catholics of Irelaud to the English Radicals for their conduct on that occasion . This vote was signed by Sir Thos . Esmonds , the chairman of the meeting . The English Radicals compelled the then Bishop of Chester , now of Exeter , te apologise in the House of Lords for having said that the signatures to those petitiw-s wore not genuine , which fact is also recorded on the books of the Catholic Association .

      Permit me to tell you that you and many others at the Irish press assume that certain individuals aud certain papers are Radical which the English Radicals , who know them better than you do , repudiate ; and then , when you discover your mistake , you attribute ysur own etror to the English Radicals . You have assumed , and do still assume , that Richard Cobden nnd others of his stamp are Radicals . Xhe English Rsdisais disown both him and them . They know that Richard ; Cobden is the author of the filthy , lying , disgusting pamphlet against the Irish , and particularly against the Irish priests and nuns , whom he calumniates in terms witb which I snail not pollute your columns . Yet this vile slanderer of the Irish clergy and the unoffending nuns is one of those whom you foist upon us as a Radical of the first water , and byaad-by , when you find him out , which you soon shall , you will cry [ out , " Oh ! there is English Radicalism ; there : is a proof of the immitigable enmity of the English Radicals to Ireland and tha Irish . " .

      Let me aak you had the English Radicals any interest , pro or con ,, in petitioning Parliament for the total abolition of tithes in Ireland ? Have they not petitioned in greater numbers for the total abolition of that anti-Christian impost than the Irish themselves 1 When it was stated that the Repeal of the Union could be carried if j three millions of people petitioned Parliament for it , did not three millions five hundred thousand English Radicals respond to the call by petitioning Parliament in tha very last seasion for the Repeal of the ] Union ? With what degree of truth or otnn . oD justice , then , do you put liah to the world , " that tbire are no enemies of Ireland more bitter ,

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      more contemptuous , more immitigable than the Radi . eals of England 1 " I answer , Sir , that the man who endeavours to excite hostility and bad feeling , by mis . representations and unfounded calumny , between the Radical Reformers of England and the Irish people , la the bitter enemy of the people of both countries and the foe of publio liberty . Hoping that the facts which I have stated may induce you hereafter to make a distinction between tha Radicals of England and their and your enemies , th& sham-Radicals , I am your obedient servant , Patrick O'Higgiks . No . 14 . North Ann-street , Feb . 28 , 1843 .

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      Loss by Light Sovereigns . —In the naW-y ? j |? y statement of the revenue account of die North i » ialand Railway Company , is me following ittmi'Loss on light gold , £ 102 Ids . 6 d .

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      WAR !!! TO THE MINISTERS OF RELIGION . When the awful loss of human life , and the enormous expense of War iB taken into consideration , and when it is well known that three-fourths of au the taxes raised from an industrious people , go directly or indirectly to the support of Wax or it 3 consequences , whilst one fourth only is sufficient to maintain the splendout of the Throne ; and to provide for the necessary expenses of the Government , is it not wonderful that this Country should still recklessly pursue such a wicked and destructive course Is it not time for the friends of the people to open their eyes on this subjifeti and by every

      constitutional means endeavour to check this mighty evil , which is consuming the very vitals of the nation , and destroying all her best energies ! What belief in the precepts and examples of our Saviour and his followers as recorded in the New Testament , can those persons have who support War ! When comparing their profession of religion with their actions as regard this evil , there is something so paradoxical , that it seems to confound all reason , and to remove any surprise why disbelievers scoff at all that is great and good . Consider , but for a ' moment , the monstrous absurdity of propagating the priciples of peace , with the sword in one hand , and the New Testament in the other .

      Oh England ! my native land ! what must even heathen nations ( whose knowledge of Christianity is rapidly progressing ) , think of such a cloven footed system practised by a highly professing people , and looking on as they must do , and comparing things , what or how can they conclude ? Here , they observe Universities , in which young men are instructed to preach and propagate the Gospel of peacei and her& alt-o , they see Military Colleges erected for tha training of the brothers of th ^ se very young men to the arts of War , and all tnis in what is called a Chriuian country . Now my friends , what is meant by a Christian country ? Is it not that the rahabitants believe in Christianity , believe in the precept " as ye would that men should do unto you , do ye also

      unto them likewise " . —Luke vi . 31 . if so , what is the cause of this incongruity of action ? In England thia nation of Christian believers , where churches ( as they are termed ) and chapels are continually rising up before us , that the Inhabitants may assemble together to worship the God of love and peace , that God who has commanded us that wo should love our euemie ? , that we should remrn good for evil , conquering them by acts of love , all which we profess to believe in , and though many are educated at a great expense to disseminate those truths , we find thia spirit of War st'll prevails , which mighty evil ia allowed silently to sap the foundation of all that is good , and it is indeed a melancholy picture . Then , () ! ye Shepherds , where are ye ? How is it that you *

      as a body , m a s » raa . t measure stand aloof ? you , who ought by every means in your power to endeavour to enlighten the public mind on a subject of such importance ; it is your office , and peace above all things should be engraven on your banners ; you , who profess to be the Messengers of peace to your flocks , how is it I say , that yon are thus silent on so momentous a matter ? there must be some cause for this ; otherwise surely you would be up and doing , strenuously endeavouring jn your respective parishes to implant in the minds of your parishioners the awfulness and ill effects of War ; how incompatible it is with the life of a Christian , and how opposed to tho universal acceptance of the Christian dispensation ; for though nerhaps it is not your place to

      interfere with the Rrcruiting Officer when in your district , yet it is jour boun-en duty to warn your hear-srs of this evil , especially those who aTe most likely to be tempted by the parade of a military life to enlist . Will you not be accountable to Him under whom you profess to be the Teachers of the people for the untimely end of many of your parishioners , whose lives have been thus sacrificed ? surely , then , if from apathy or other causes you have been too long silent in these matters , let the past suffice , and ia future , lot not the alluring fife and drum parade your Towns and Villages unheeded by you ; arouse yourselves for yourselves , as well as for your fellow men ; suff . r not another soul in your care to bo snatched away , and sent headlong into eternity by

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

      remember each sou ] that is lost by this fiendish dis * play will be required at some hand or other . Oht then arm yourselves with love to your neighbour , iad rally under that standard you profess . to carry before the world ; let it be distinctly seen on whose side you are , let your ac . ions so comport with your p rofession , that others seeing your good-works may " oliow your example ; and that the principles of oeace may be the theme of evt ry fongueytben may rou and we expect that our exertions will be blessed , ind that that day will quickly come when nations ihall learn war no more ; when the spirit of peaca ihall bind the people of the earth id one common ) ond of brotherhood , mingling as one family , directed > y the Almighty parent of the Universe ; man vill thon really love his fellow man ftom pole to ) olo .

      1843 . Cosmopolite . N . B . It is said that a peace Convention of persona from different nations , 10 deliberate upon the best means , under the divine blessing , to shew to the world tho evil and inexpediency of the spirit and practice of WAR , and to promote permanent and universal peace , will be held in London , about the 22 nd of June , 1843 .

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      CARLISLE . —The Defe . nce Fund . —Dariog the loot three weeks upwards vi £ t > has been subscribed for tbe above purpose , -which , witb £ 3 that waa sent on a former occasion , and 15 s . which was given to Mr . Jai Arthur , to pay his expences to Lancaster , make up the sum of nearly £ 10 . The collections are still going on ,

      and we trust other places will follow the example tb . na set by the Chartists of Carlisle ; if so , a sufficient sum will be speedily obtained to meet all deficiencies which have lately arisen fr . im the heavy expeaces necessarily incurred by the late trials at Lancaster . Mr . James Arthur returned home from Lancaster on Saturday last , aud was kindly received by his friends , who met hua the same evening , and were delighted to hear from him of the great exertions of Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Rjberts sud others , who were at Lancaster to take their trials , and whose held and uncompromising addresses to tbe Jury , have gained them imperishable laurels . The Coartista here were not more delighted at the result of the late trials , than that the Anti-Corn La , w party have been disappoiated and chagrined .

      The Working Men's Mental Improvement Society—The members of this Society held their usaal weekly meeting at their room , No , 6 , John street , Caldew-gate , on Sunday evening . Mr . Thomas Bell in the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read over and conErmed ; after which the following resolutions wete unanimously carried—Moved by M' - " Bowman , and stcondsd by Mr . John Forster : — "Seeing the great exertions which have been raadej by Mr . O Connor , Mr . Rooerts , and others , who assembled at Lancaster , for their and the general defence of all p »* soners , included in the monster indictment , and the bold and uncompromiaing addresses , which Mr . O'Connor and others made to the Jury in their own and ofcers behalf ; this meeting tender their most sincere thanks to thos « persons , believing that tndr straightforward conduct on thia occasion , has great !' forwarded the cause of Chartism . " Mr . H . Bawman ,

      after vrormly eulogising the character of Mr . T . S . Dancotnbe , M . P . for Finsbury , proposed the following resolution , which being seconded by Mr . B . Hansw * was carried unanimous !; : — " That the moat heartfolo and cordial thanks of this meeting , are due , and ura hereby given , to Thomas Siingsby Duncomba , E 3 < f > M . P . for Finsbury , for the manly and patriot ** spirit he has unflinchingly displayed , on all occasions , during the whole course of his Parliamentary career , who , though nursed and reared ia the lap of aristocracy has had the good sense and honesty to despise ifcjfollie ? , and become the able and praiseworthy advocate of « j rights of the poor , the unsparing expeser of U 19 vices and follies of the rich , and the staling aoffJJ *" compromising champion of civil and ^^ religious liberty * and who , en a recent occasion , bad the manly resoW tion to bring forward a motion before the . notice f * Parliament , tetha effect , that an inquiry be insUtuteo into the unconstitutional and brutal conduct of lord Chief Baron Abinger , at the Special Commissions m Chester and Live ? pool , in the month of October , 1842 . " A vote of thanks waa then proposed and carried to the Chairman , after which the meeting dissolved .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct926/page/6/