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      leeds , Mb . Tssjuxt ^ MJP ., Mb . Johh Walter , late iLP ; for Nottingham , Mb . I " . CPCoimoB , Mb . J . S . Woxtley , M . P ., Mb . Joh » Fteldkn , M . P ., and a host of others whose party feelings are well inownw be the antipodes of each other , do , nevertheless , unite their exertions in favour of Mr . Oastler . Wai those whom we now-address let it be said , that , for them , the patriot might remain in prison 1 * . iefcif be said by * no man "iba * be flifl not know f "ifcathB was net asked f * " that be did aot Bee the advertisement . " This iB a cause in which we appeal to the heart ; to the gratitude which every honest man feels , and to the friendship that he bears , to the man that ib his friend ; and when the heart Appealed to is not hard , it needs not drams and trumpets io make && impression . . Bj order of the Committee ,

      TPbos . Dasiel , Chairman , Committee Boom , Old J 3 wan Hotel , Pool-street , Manchester , 5 th December , 1843 . P 5 . The Trades that may wish to assist in raising fiie " Oastler liberty Fund" are requested to send delegates to the Committee Soom , on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening . "We understand that the Committee have invited seYeral influential gentlemen to take part in lie proceedings . Mr . W . B . Febbakd , in the prosecution of his holy mission from the Central Committtee , will be present j and plead the cause-of the " Poor Man's Friend . " Men of Manchester , do toks duty I

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      «~~ - « , THE PRESENT FATE OF FROST , WILLIAMS AND JONES . The following paragraphs are going the round . " The first is extracted from the Tinies ; and the second from the Sun . It must be gratifying to all to hear thai Frost iB released from the " Penal Gang , " and is in a situation as clerk . The paragraph from the Sun Bays ihat he is comfortably oinaied . Probably tbis " comfort" is only so by comparison with his lite position . Be that as it may however , all most feel pleasure ihat he has experienced any alleviation of suffering . Se never ought to have been transported at aTL Those who * concocted" the " mes 3 " that sent him ov « r the seas to a Penal colony , are those that ought to hare gone ; and not the kindhearted Ticfim to their rascality .

      WjLLixjis , it seems , " still wears the log on his leg . " He has not jet satisfied for the crime of seeking to escape from the Penal Hell . Let "sb hope that he soon win hare done so . Snrely it will not be too much to expect from the Home Office , that the wholfr will be pot on * n equal foojang as regards H comfort . * Here are the paragraphs : — Corners . —Geaeb , the step-son of John Frost , lie Chartist Chief in the attack npon Newport in 1839 ,-Bhaisa solicitor , and was about two years anee transported [ or twenty years for forgery , has been , after working twenty months npon the roads ,

      allowed " a ticket of leave / ' and has been hired as a free ferrant to his wife , who followed him out . 3 ? rost ,-wno , as lias been already stated , is released from the penal gang , and is in & situation as clerk , has sent a letter to Mis . Frost and his daughters , desiring them to go out also , in the hope that Mrs . Frost wfll be allowed to hire him as a free servant . Ths GoVernor having informed Frost , Williams , and Jones , that the Home-office has finally determined never to a low them to return to their native land , they haTe resigned themselves to their fate , with & -determination to secure to themselves kind treatment by * heir future fcood conduct . Thb Welsh Contjcts op 1840 . —Mr . Swain , of

      Fleet-street , who was instrumental in getting up petitions in favour of the Chartist leaders , sentenced to be hanged in 1840 , for high treason , has received a communication from Mr . John Frost , the leader of the Chartists who attacked Newport , in which he thanks Mr . Swain for tbeinterest he took in his fate , and also states that he and Williams have been brought back from the penal settlement , whither they had been sent , for having attempted to make their escape . Frost is comfortably situated as clerk , and is most anxious that is family should go out to iim . Williams still wears the log on his leg , and Jones continues to hold the situation he got shortly after his arrival in the colony .

      "The Governor ha 3 informed Frost , Whxiams « nd Johis that the Boke-Office has finally determined NEVER to allow them to return to their nafire land . " NEYER ! Bather an inconclusive « determination , " is it not ! Perhaps Sir Jakes Graham will not alwayB be in the Home-Office 1 It is possible that himself and his " NEYER" may both get kicked out ! Then where will the "determination" be i We know that Fbost , Wil £ iah 3 , and Jo 5 E 3 will be kept away as long as faction can

      compass it ; but , as surely as the Dorchester labourers were Bent for "back again , " bo " surely tnH \ Tessd he despatched to fetch the Welsh con--ricts , if they should be spared in the land of the Irving . Time works many changes j and the " deter-Hiinations" ot the Hoxb-Otficb hare had to give -way before now , and will have to do again . Let but the Chartists get twenty Members ints "the House , " and the Secretary of State , even shonld it be Sir Jakes Gbahax , will be very polite , and tebt

      -rmjjEfG ; ready to gire np twenty Frosts to propitiate and appease the' Chabtist Ofposihos ! He would soon forget his * NEVER , "

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      Tzbttas , PBEST 05 . —Mr . O'Connril wat elected for Glare Ceunty , in 1 S 28 . He was refused hia ae&t when Parliament met in 1839 ; ana on the 10 th of April in that year the "Emancipation" Bill was pissed . Mr . O * Connell was re-eleeled for Clare . Wiliiah Thohas , Dowxais- —The works on Phonography are publisaed by Isaac Pitman , 5 , Uelson-Place , B&th , andBsgster and Sons , Paternoster-row , iondon . JOHX HU 5 TXE- —Any numbe ? he pleases at Si 3 d , a ttozen . Perhaps he could get them from some of the publishers near him . Bobebt Gill , 7 , BDtoD-atreet , Tori , wishes to correspona with the sub- ^ eeretaries of the various

      localises in thelforth and East Riding district , desiring their opinion on the Executive address that appeared in the Siar on the anbjeet of engaging lecturers . "Mb , BcrwHAS , CaSUSLB . —We shall be happy to receive from M « i » the Tolume of poems , if he can procure it ; or if that cannot be accomplished ; "if be wDl transmit the Essay he speaks of , we will try to use it in some manner or ether . For hi * good wishes Tra thank him ; and are happy to find that the firm jftand taken by us for the free expression of thought on political and religious matters gives satisfaction to the Carlisle friends . Witt respect to the " reports' * in the particular case - he mentions , he must Just please himself .

      Kohisgham . —All communications fox the "Byron Ward locality are to be directed to the Secretary ( pre-taid ) Mr . James S Jreefc , Goose-sale , Nottingham , ¦ where erery information win be given to those person who may wish to join the Axaoolatlon . Twenty-five new meaben enrolled their names and paid for then cards last Sunday evening . Walkkb's Ibo 5 Womcs , Newcastle . —We are glad to receive the account of " progress from this place . An association is formed ; twenty-live cards taken out ; and a weekly meeting arranged for mutual improvement . This is right . Let our friends meet , read , diBCuss , And o therwise employ their mental powers , and they vdli find

      their account m it . The ** MureBS Advocate . "—We have reeeiTed the Krst Number of the New Series of this organ of the Colliers' Union . It is most tastefully " got » p , " as far as externals are concerned ; of internal we cannot speak , for we hav « not had time yet to open it . Ur . Jerrys Habhet being severely inaisposea , requests tie patience of numerous correspondents , nxir il he is able to write to them . Heviews , LrrfiBATUBB , ic—Owing to unavoidable causes , we are relnnctantly compelled to omit our usual articles nnoer the above heads . Thb Chabtist PixoT , - ^ We hav e received the first three numbers of this large halfpenny-worth of Chartism , pnblished by Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester . At present we can only say to the : Chartists of Xeioestersnire and Derbyshire , -and of all other places where the Pilot can find itB way , ** buy it . '

      Yon will hare your money ' s worth . Dr . M * DorjAH ' s _ iBrrEB is the Nkw JIobai . Woblp . "—A translation of a letter from Dr . M'Donall to the Editor of Le Pqputoire , a French -Communist Organ , has appeared in the New Moral World . M the end of that letter , a sort of P . S . appears , in which theDr . is made to subscribe 100 francs to the Commonifit movement . In relation to this matter , we have a letter from the Dr . himself , in : which fee states that he wrote no letter for publication ; that he only wrote a private letter to Mobs . Cabkt , sympathising with the persecuted Communists ; that he has not seen the published letter either in French or English ; that he has not had it in his power , nor did he ever , advance a angle farthing ehherto or for the Communists of Prance or any other country j and that he suspects that the statement respecting the subscription has been added by seme enthusiast merely togvre the mm a BttmulBB ,

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      Thb Nobth Staffokdshtkb Cou-ikbs . —The report of their delegate meeting has been accidentally omitted . It shall appear next week . Thb Friekd at Wakbfield who has forwarded us paragraphs this week of accidents , has ouz thanks . We trust he w > ll let as hear -from him again , if any thing -worthy of notice comes to his knowledge . Obsibteb is thanked . We had the notice of Royalty at Nottingham , that appears , in t y pe , -when bia favour came to hand . Mb . Mason—The long report of the horrible atrocities in the Birmingham Workhouse , which appears in another column , was printed off , when bis favour came . We have received , the Birmingham Adver tiser of Thursday wifb the continued examinations , and shall make use of them next -week ; -when Mr .

      M . * s truthful remarks will be of service . THB LOKDOH CHABIISTS—We ate sorry to be obliged to disappoint our friends , but cannot help it . They have only themselves , however , to blame . We have often slated that our arrangements will not permit us to give long reports of meetings received on Friday morning . The reports of the meetings at Camberwell and at CleikenweU might have been here on Thursday . The meetings were hoi den on TneBd&y sight : the reports should have been dispatched on Wednesday night THB REPORT OF COTENTBY ASSOCIATION P 0 B PBOTECTiNG Wa ges next week . David Skell—His caBtigation of the snivelling *• evangelicals" is rayther too severe . T . Bidwbli—We cannot advise him . He must exercise his own judgment

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      The adjourned quarterly meeting of this body was held on Wednesday last . There were present : — The Mayor , Aldermen Willans , Oates , Smith , Musgrave , Hebdin , Gaunt , Maclea , Bateson , Goodman , fawson , Lupton , Lucoock , and Jackson ; Councillors Win . Smith , Atkinson , Moorhouse , Watson , Kelfi&ll , Kewsam , Craven , Bramley , Jackson , CarbnU , J . W . Smith , White , HeapB , Holmes , Hornby , Brumfitt , Weddill , Cawood , Barratt , Barlow , Sellers , Dickinson , France , Broadhead , Bower , Walker , Rail , Marshall , Cliff , Whitehead , Hobson , Ingham , Lister , Farrar , WilBon , Butler , Strother , and Prince .

      At the opening of the proceedings , a letter was read by the Town Clerk , signed by most of the Tory Councillors , setting forth the grounds on which they declined to aot on the Committees to which they had been appointed at a private meeting before the last meeting of the Council , and declaring and justifying their determination not to serve on such committees , inasmuch as their appointments to them had been made contrary to all propriety or precedent . They expressed their willingness to Berve if the committees were remodelled on the principle on which they had been before .

      EXPENSES OF B 0 BOUGH PABUAHENTABT BSVISION . In accordance with the first notice on the paper , an account of all the expenses incurred by the Town Clerk , in carrying into effect within the borongh of Leeds the provisions of the statute 6 th Victoria , cap . 18 , intituled " An Act to amend the law for the registration of persons entitled to vote , and to define certain rights of voting , and to regulate certain proceedings in the election of Members to Berve in Parliament for England and Wales , " and also an account of tbeBnm to be contributed for defraying the same by each township within the borongh , was

      read by Mr . Alderman Luccocb , who moved that the amount , which was £ 150 , be paid . Mr . Luecock stated that the account had been handed by the Town Clerk to him : he had carefully examined every item , and was of opinion that they were extremely moderate , as although the list contained an increase of 300 names , the charges ware less than had been previoBfily maid . Mr . Gatot wished the Council clearly to understand under what circumstances the charges they were now discussing were made , and whether they did not form part of the official duties of the Town Clerk .

      Mr . J . Atkixson thosghk the duties of the Town Clerk were SHfficiently denned ; and that it was elear that he had right to claim for all statutable labour over and above his salary . Mr . Lijccock read abstracts of the clauses of the Registration Act , to show that there were duties apart from those which devolved npon him as Town Clerk . Mr . Craves said that had the money to be paid out of the Borongh Fund , instead of by tfbe Overseers of the several townships of the borongh , he should certainly have opposed it . He did not admire these extra charges . He should prefer the Town Clerk having a fixed salary sufficient to remunerate him , and that the fees of his office should go to the Borongh Fund . At the next meeting of Conncfl it was his intention to bring this subjoot before them and then he should ^ deem it to be his dnty to make the present charges also a matter of their consideration—dear . hear ) .

      On the suggestion of Mr . Newsam , the Report of the Council denning the duties of the Town Clerk was referred to ; and from that report it appeared that it had not been deemed necessary to specify the duties now detailed , as the expenses incurred thereby were defrayed by the Overseers . Mr . Joseph Cijitpb thought that the question had not been folly examined ; he thought the Council shonld see that these charges were regular before they passed them , as they had the power and were to be called upon , to issue certificates ordering the overseers to pay them—( hear , hear ) . He should , therefore , igree that they be referred to the Finance Committee for revision , and that they Bhould report thereon at the next meeting of Council . M . Hobson seconded the amendment .

      Mr . Lttccock , after some other discussion , with drew the proposition for the issningthe certificates for the payment of the charges , and the amendment having assumed the shape of a substantive proposition , was carried un&nimonsly .

      APPOIXTSIEKT OP PUBLIC PBOSECUTOBS . The motion on this subject was withdrawn on the ground of the magistrates not recognizing the right of the Council to make the appointment , and there being no authority in the Municipal Act empower ing them to proceed therein .

      APPOINTMENT OP PB 1 XTR& AND SIA 33 OJfEB . In compliance with the recommendation of a Committee appointed on the 9 th of November , Mr . Henry Woodhead Walker , of Briggate , was appointed printer ot the Municipal list , and the miseellaneons work forihe year ending . Nov . 9 th , 1844 ; and Mr . Joseph Bnckton , of Briggate , was appointed stationer for the same period . Mr . Kelsall , in moving the appointment of printer , said that he highly approved of the system of estimating , and instanced a 3 a proof of its economical working , that in the year 1841 the cost of printing the Municipal list was £ 315 2 s Id ; in 1842 , £ 272183 Id ; and in 1843 , £ 185 03 3 d-makipg , as compared with the year preceding , a saving in the last year of £ 87 17 a lOd .

      7 T 7 BSPIKB BOAD BILL . Mr . Johh Atkjusom proposed that the chargw of Mr . BayJdon , road { surveyor , of Hunslef , amounting to £ 69 12 s 6 d . for services rendered by him in connexion with the turnpike road bill , introduced into Parliament dnring the last session by Mr . Manners Sutton , and undertaken by him at the request of the Committee of Council appointed to watch bills in Parliament affecting the Borongh of Leeds be paid . Mr . J . W . Smith seconded the proposition .

      Mr . Marshall proposed , as an amendment that the Council Bhould only defray the expenses which Mr . Bayldon had actually incurred , which amounted to £ 57 123 6 d , without paying him anything for his own services , inasmuch as Mr . Bayldon had , without the consent of the Committee , printed for the use of ether parties interested in Turnpike roads , the information which he had collected from and at the expense of the Committee , and it was reasonable to suppose that he had derived some benefit in bo doing .

      Mr . Luccock seconded the amendment , and opposed the motion on the same grounds , and in addition stated that it was the impression of himself and other members of the Committee , that Mr . Bayldon had intimated that he shonld not make any charge for his own services . Mr . Cawood said the impression on his mind was that Mr . Bayldon had made no such intimation to the Committee . Mr . Atkinson justified the charges made by Mr .

      Bayldon , and stated that he had not charged anything except what he had actually paid to partieB whom he had found it necessary to assist 'him in obtaining the information , with the exception of £ 12 for his own labour in reducing the information to a tabular form , a work for which it was a most economical charge . He was not aware that Mr . Bayldon had ever said that he would render his own services gratuitously , and he thought they ought to hare better evidence than the mere mpreasira of two or three members of the Council .

      On the question being pnt . the amenament wasnegatived by 23 to 20 ; the original motion was therefore pat and carried , and the amount ordered to be paid to Mr . Bayldon . WATCH BATi . On the proposition of Mr . Lt / ccock , seconded by Mr . Pawsos , a committee was appointed ^ to enquire into the mode of assessing and levying the Watca Rate , and to report thereon to the Council .

      OPEWIKG OP THE COMMHT-RES . Mr . Jackson proposed that all committee m ^ et ingBbeopen to the pnblic on the same condig n that BtrangerB * re admitted to the Council meet

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      ings . In introducing the question , he contended that were the press admitted to the meetiBgs of committees , there would be a greater absence of the mistakes which had occurred ; and he instanced the labours of the Streets Committee and others , by whom large sums of our public money bad been voted away , ' and over these a very salutary controul would be exercised by the press . The Committees which he-wished to have thrown open were ttoe Watch Committee , the G * ol Committee , the Streets Committee , the Lamp Committee , and the Burial Grounds Committee , to the meetings of which were the press admitted , the memberB would feel themselves under a great degree of responsibility . For himself he should always be at liberty to promulgate whatever occurred in the Committees of which he was a member .

      Mr . Hobson seconded the proposition . He did so chiefly od the ground urged by Mr . Jackson , that whatever concerned the public , the pnblic had a right to know . He also advocated the question on the ground that the Watch Committee was the place where complaints against policemen were heard and . decided ; and he thought the public had a perfeot right not only to know that complaints against that body were properly attended to , but alao to be eatisfied of the judicious expenditure of the large eumabout eight thousand pounds , he believed—which they had at their disposal . Mr . Lupton thought it would be a most unfortunate thing to open the Watch Committee , and that it was often necessary to the ends of justice that its proceedings should be kept as close as possible . It was erroneous to say that the Watch Committee

      was the only place where complaints against police * men were disposed of . Complaints could be heard before the magistrates , particularly in cases of assault , and then the magistrates not only decided on the cases , but the public were made acquainted with their proceedings through the press . Mr . Josmh Clipf thought that it would not promote the interest of the publio to open the committees , because they had often negotiations to make which would be frustrated were the information to become prematurely publio . Mr . Babbbtz condemned the avowal made by Mr . Jackson that he would divulge whatever occurred ia the committees on Tfhioh he sat , and said that if be carried that prinoiple out . he ( Mr . Barrett ) Bhould feel it to be his duty to vote against Mr . Jackson being npon any of the committees .

      Mr . Jackson , in reply said it did seem to him very illiberal to exclude the ratepayers from the meetings where their own money was voted away . At the same time when any bargain was making or any point of law was being discussed , he would fee as secret as any man ; and he challenged any one to say that he had ever made any disclosures injurious to the publio interests . He should persevere in his motion , although it might lead to his expulsion from every committee of the Council . The question was then put , it haviiig been moved that the votes be recorded . The motion was negatived by 29 to 7 . The following are the votes : — For the Molion . —Councillors Jackson , White , Hornby , Brumfitt , Hobson , Farrer , and Wilson .

      Agamst it—Aldermen Oatee , Smith , Mnsgrave , Gaunt , Maclea , Bateson , Goodman , PawBon , Lupton Lucoock , and Jackson ; and Councillors W . Smith , Moorhouse , Kelsall , Carbutt , Weddill , Barrett , Barlow , Sellers , Dickinson , France , Broadhead , Bower , Walker , Hall , Marshall , Cliff , Whitehead , and Ingbam . Mr . Jackson then inquired of the Town Clerk whether the Committees , on which he was not appointed , had the power to exclude him from their meetings . The TownClkrk was of opinion tnatthat power was in the hands of the separate committees .

      IMPROVEMENT AND BURIAL GROUNDS ACTS . VALUATION OF THB BOROUGH . Mr . Luccock proposed ** That in pursuance of the St&tute in that behalf , Messrs . Richard Hey and Samuel Sharp , the adjusters of the valuation of the borough , do make and subscribe a solemn declaration to make such valuation fairly and impartially and according to the best of their judgment . " Mr . Lppton seconded the motion , which was carried .

      PBINTKB AND STATIONKB . Mr . 'Walker was appointed printer , and Mr . Buckton , stationer , under the Improvement Act . MORTGAGES UNDER THE IMPROVEMENT ACT . On the motion of Mr . Lucccck , seconded by Mr . Gaunt , it was resolved that the Borough Seal should be affixed to the following mortgages on the Improvement Kates ;—For £ 4 , 000 to Joseph JanBon , Esq . ; £ 3 , 000 to Messrs . Wo , W » mman and Son , on the Leeds Improvement Rates ; and fer £ 4 , 000 to W . Wms . Brown , Esq ., on the Hunslet Improvement rate . The rate of interest at which the money was borrowed was stated to be 4 A per cent .

      SALARIES OF OFFICERS , &O . On the motion of Mr . Luccock , seconded by Mr . Oat £ S , it was resolved that the Finance Committee be empowered to pay the salaries of officers , wages of servants , r « nt of offices , and rates and expences connected with the offices under the Improvement Act ; together with the interest of the money borrowed , as that became due .

      EMOLUMENTS OF TOWN CLERK . Aft « r the business on the notice paper had been gone through , Mr . Hobson said he had a question to ask of the Town Clerk . He wished to know what other statuary duties he had to perform , for which he received payments in fees , in addition to his salary , besides those for which a bill bad been that day presented . The Town Clep > k hesitated some time at this question , but ultimately replied that he could not reallv

      tell what the amount-would be which he should receive ; he had not yet been more than three months in office ; he had not access to the private papers of his predecessor ; in short , he thought his chargeable duties were so well defined in the report of the Committee which had been appointed when he received office , that he could have no difficulty in getting wrong ; but really he could not tell what he might have to receive . He would , however , say that on the bill which had been presented there would be a profit of about £ 50 .

      Mr . Hobson—I do not want to know your profits , Mr . Town Clerk ; I only want to know what you receive .

      THE LETTER OF THE TOBY COUNCILLOBS . Mr . Luccock then , addressing the Mayor , said that a letter had been read to the Council that day , signed by a number of the members of their body , reflecting upou the manner in which the party to which he belonged had acted in reference to the appointment of the various committees . He felt it to be his duty now to take some notice of that letter , and te > say something abont the manner in which the committees were formed this and the previous years during which he had been in the Council . The Improvement Act gave great powers to be carried out by the Town Council , and it was highly desirable that it should be carried out with unanimity of feeling between both sides of the Council Chamber :

      and when that aot was first about to come into operation , Mr . Martin Cawood called upon him to see if any arrangement could be made before the meeting of the Council at which the committees were to be appointed , so that the committees might work harmoniously . It was agreed thatthey should exohange lists names proposed for the different Committees , and submit them to their respective friends . This was done ; the arrangement was completed ; the lists submitted to the Council , and the Committees were appointed with satisfaction to all parties . This was in the month of June , 1842 , and in November followi ng , when the Committees bad to be a ppointed , a similar arrangement was come to , which was equally satisfactory : there was this difference ,

      however , that in June the Committees remained much the same as they were at first nominated ; but in November several changes were made , especially in the Watch Committee , because some gentlemen were not agreeable , or could not make it convenient to serve on Buch and suoh Committees . _ But this year , no member on the Conservative Bide of the bouse had communicated with him ( Alderman Lupton ) or with any other gentleman on his side ; consequently no arrangement had been made , nor , indeed , could any be made—( hear , hoar , hear ) . He had incurred some degree of odium personally , for attempting to smake these arrangements ; but he would nevertheless have been glad to have done aught in his power so that they might have had the co-operation of the other side of the Comncil Chamber—( hear , hear ) . It was not

      his place to have called upon the Conservatives , and make overtures to them for an arrangement ; they did not call upon him , and , therefore , ne arrangement had been made—( hear , hear ) . But the names of the Conservative Councillors were placed on different committees , to which if they had had any objections—if they had been placed on any one upon which ihey could not act—they might have made such propositions Tor the changing of names and the replacing of one for another , as would have been cheerfully agreed to by the other party in the Council . But the opportunity was not afforded to make such changes ; for very shortly after the Mayor had been elected at the meeting ef the Council on the 9 th November , and before the committees were appointed , the whole of the Conservative members , with one exception , ho believed , left the house , ( cries of "No , no andH > ir es es > M )

      Mr . Fatjcbj ^ said himself , Mr . Wilson , Mr . Lister , and Mr . Walker remained—( renewed cries of No , no , " " Yes , yes . " ) Mr . Luccock—If they did not all leave'the Council Charjiber , nearly the whole of them did , and what ¦ w a / j the consequence \ His side of the house could nr , t tell on what committees the Conservatives would ' ' jke to be placed , and the committees were appointed much the Bame&B they were proposed . But etui , even now , if the Conservatives would come to state their objections and say what committees they would like to be upon , different to those on which they bad been placed , be would be happy to do aught he could to effect Buoh change , so as to restore that unanimity

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      ?« Tk ! pwties which had previously exiBted as to the committees . His side of the house had no iS ? e * ctode the Conservatives from any commmee- ( hear , hear ) . Mr . Strother said that the reason that the Conservatives had acted in the manner they had done , wastnat » printed list of all the committees waa circulated amongst the liberals , stating of whom the Yanoos committees would be wmposed , and that list was agreed toat a private meeting of Mr . Luccock ' s side of the house , i withou * consulting his ( Mr . Strother s ) side- ( hear , hear ) . Where was the use of conservatives acting on committees so appointed ? Because they re a small section of the council , * I 2 i £ y * ° b < J Seated ag the other side chose , without having a TO ioe of their own in the toatter 1 xne conserva tives had been nonsnltBd Wvaut * nH

      » Kiffiu the * not thi 8 * - < faear , hear ) . They had a right to have been consulted this year as well as theJast . This not having been done he could not see , from the state of the two sides of the house , that an ?* an ? nReinebt ootll ( 1 be come to . Mr . Lupton denied the truth of the letter which had been addressed to the Town Clerk . He was never a party to any overtures being made to the other side of the house . The party with which he had usually acted met as the other party met—each , to make its own arrangements before the meeting of the Council ; and it was the fault of the other side ,. if thev did not remain at tha

      meeting onthe 9 th of November , when the committees were appointed . If they had remained and got up in their places and proposed 8 UOh Changes aa they wished to be made , he doubted not that the changes would have been allowed- ( hear , hear ) . Mr . HobBon was proposed on the Goal Committee in a very courteous way by Mr . Craven ; and , in what he \ k-VT ^ 1011 ) considered a very uncourtcous way Mr . Mobsen met the proposition . He gave a piece of information to the Council of which he for one was

      previously ignorant . He should entirely object to making any arrangement with the other side of the house . If they oould leave the Council Chamber and refuse to act on Committees after they had made a solemn declaration on taking office as Councillors that they would duly and faithfully fulfil the duties thereof according to the beat of their judgment and ability , he for one would UBYCt go over the work again of appointing the Committees . Let the other members of the Council do their doty , whatever the Conservatives might do .

      Mr . Hobson said that at the last meeting of the Council be objected verystrenwously to the arrangement made for the Committees , and he thought he had a good right to do so , for he received no invitation to be present at the private meeting , at which he knew his conduct was severely canvassed in his absence , and a decision come to relating to him ; and which decision it was determined should be carried out when they met in the Council Chamber—( hear , hear ) . He objeoted that any portion of the Council should sit in judgment on bis conduct , and afterwards come into the Council Chamber to

      carry that jndgment into effect—( hear , hear ) . He could not have respected himself if he had submitted to be so insultingly treated . They conspired to keep him from all the Committees under the Municipal Aot . They said there was plenty of work and much to do on the Committees under the Improvement Act , and he had little time to attend to such things ; therefore they would place him on such Committees as they liked , and bring him into disgrace with his constituents —( hear , hear ) . He was determined to break through such a party concontrivance , and felt quite justified in acting in the manner he had done .

      Mr . Cliff said it appeared Mr . Hobson did not complain of the system of arrangement , but merely of the conduct pursued towards himself individually . Mr . Hobson did object tothe system of arrangement unleBssuoh arrangement was entered into by all parties in the Council . And ho particularly objected to a portion of the Council sitting in judgment on another portion , and trying to use them as they liked , He thought both himself and others had a right to complain of the conduct of thtse who resembled in private , If it were necessary to' make arrangements for the appointment of Committees before the meeting of the Council , all parties ought to be consulted in the arrangement . Mr . Cliff thought it was quite right , businesslike , and necessary that arrangements should be made distinct from the meeting of the Council ; and that it would lead to [ confusion , and be more likely to be prejudicial to the publio than otherwise , if suoh arrangements were hot made .

      Mr . Nbttsax agreed that it might be necessary to make arrangements , but those arrangements should have been made differently from what they had been . Last year the Conservatives were placed on the different Committees according to the relative numbers of the two parties . A list of each Committee was submitted to the Conservatives by the other party , containing : their ( the Liberal ) nominations , and the Conservatives filled up the number of gentlemen required on each Committee . But this year the other side of the house had not given his side the opportunity of doing as they did last year , but ; they had , without consulting them , placed them on such Committees as they thought proper , and left , them out of others . The Liberal party had not only seleoted their own side of the house , but his side also ; and had not given his side thoir proportion according to their relative numbers—( hear ) .

      Mr . Babbett and Mr . Gaunt severally condemned tbe proceedings of the Conservative party . Mr . Strothkb , in reply to some observations from the other side of the house , charging the Conservatives with not adhering to the solemn declaration which they made on taking office , said that by that declaration they promised faithfully to discharge the duties of the office according to the best of their judgment and ability ; but they were sot to act in obedience to the unfair terms of the other side of the house . He felt he should not be aoting according to the best ot his ability and judgment if he submitted to an arrangement in which neither he nor his friends had been consulted .

      Mr . Goodman thought the Conservatives had shown a want of courage in leaving the Council in the manner they had done on the 9 th of November . If they had remained he thought they might have raised a euccesful opposition to some of tbe nominations on the committees . Mr . Pawson regretted that Mr . Martin Cawood , who had used his influence in former years to the effecting of a satisfactory arrangement between the two parties , was not still a member of the council . It would be much better if there waa a good understanding between them , and it was only fair that

      both parties should be duly represented in the different committees . Both parties ought to have been brought together before the annual meeting of the council , and a satisfactory arrangement made between them . Whether his own side or the other , waa to blame—whetker it devolved upon the liberals or the conservatives to make the first offer for arrangement , he would not say , but it seemed to him to be as much the duty of the one as the other . Ho felt regret that they were not so harmonious as they ought to be ; and he Bhould be very glad if a better understanding were come to .

      Mr . Farreh said that as the other side claimed all the liberality of the Council , he waa surprised that Alderman Gaunt should have said it was the duty of the small minority on his ( Mr . Farrar ' s ) side of the house to have made the first overtures to the large majority on his ( Alderman Gaunt ' s ) side . He thought as the other side claimed all the liberality and the large majority , they would not have done wrong if they had exhibited some small portion of that liberality which they boasted that they possessed , by seeking a conference with the little minority —( laughter ) .

      Mr . Jackson eaid he thought the Conservative members of the Council had a perfeot right to complain of the conduct of the Liberals—( hear , hear ) . He was an honest Liberal , and did not like an illiberal aot . He condemned the meeting at the " snuggery , " and when he was at that meeting , he told them honestly he would report proceedings , and he had done so—( hear , hear ) . He was himself placed on the Gaol Committee against the wish of most of those who attended the " snuggery" meeting ; and when he was put on , and some remark was made . Alderman Luccock , he was told , said , " O , never mind , he can do us no harm " —( Hear , hear ) .

      Mr . Luccock said if he had made the observation attributed to him , it was under an impression that Mr . Jackson coald do them no harm ; but after his declaration that day , he thought he would do them a great deal of hatm . The Mayor said he hoped some arrangement would be come to with t&e Conservatives . Mr . HoiHON saidporhapa the best way would be to have another meeting at the " snuggery , " at which all parties could be present- ( hear , hear , and laughter ) . The discussion then dropped , and at half-past three o'clock the Council adjourned to Monday , the 1 st of January .

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      Meeting of Ratepayebs . —A publio meeting of tha ratepayers of ) Bradford , called by requisition , was held in the Temperance Hall , on Friday , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament to extend the powers of the Borough Commissioners , and enable them to adopt more efficient measures to remove the many obstructions , and particularly the smoke nuisance ; likewise to establish a borough police . The meeting wasj called for eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , the Commissioners and a many of the Whig party no iloubt judging that the working men oould not attend at that hour . A few hours before the meeting commenced , report stated that the real objeot of i the meetiDg was to memorialize

      for a Municipal Charter ; however , at the hour appointed , the Hall was nearly full , the workies taking possession of the ! gallery—the gents below . Mr . Walker was called to the chair , who briefly opened the business of the meeting . A resolution was moved by one Commissioner , and seconded by another , to the effect of establishing a case to apply for an Act of Parliament . At this stage of the proceedings , Mr . Smyth rose to put a question to the Chairman , if he would inform the meeting tbe probable , expense attending the obtaining of an Aot for the object in view ! The Chairman replied , the seconder of the resolution would state the amount , but no amount was stated . The Chairman was about to put the resolution , when Mr . Smith

      handed an amendment to the Chairman . This caused a little uneasiness on the platform . The amendment was to the effect that the burdens already on the working people was more than their amount of wages possibly enabled them to pay . Mr . Smith , in support of bis amendment , contended that all the nuisance complained of could be removed at the expense of a few pounds ; he was certain those ! gentlemen who seemed to think so much for the lives and welfare of their working men could ( have no objection to remove the cause of complaint without calling on the

      operative to pay for it in the shape of rates . The amendment was declared carried by a large majority . Mr . Oxley then moved a long resolution ending in the people to memorialise for a Charter of incorporation . Dr . Beaumont seconded it . and Mr . By leg , editor of the Observer , in a long speech supported the motion . Mr . George Fletcher also spoke in favour of a Municipal Charter . Mr , Smith moved an amendment , and entered into the details of the measure , and the ! expence of carrying it out . The amendment was carried by a large majority . The meeting separated—the Whigs chop-fallen at the defeat of their pet measure .

      WAKEFIEIiD . —Fatal Accident . —On Friday night , about six o ' clock , a person of the name of Israel Abson , joiner , jumped out of a train just before it approached the Wakefleld Station , from Normanton . He fell with one arm on the tramway , and was seriously injured by the carriages going over it . He got up , and walked about 200 yards from the place ; but from the quantity of blood which he lost , hej became weak , and wanted tp lay down . Some men , that came up immediately , removed him to Mr . ' Holdswqrth ' s , surgeon , Kirkgate . Mr . H . found thai the arm was so much injured that he was obliged to amputate it ; and the poor fellow

      died almost directly after the operation . He is about twenty-five years old , and has left a wife and two children . The deceased , and from thirty to forty more joiners , have been working for the Company , at Normanton , for some time ; and have had tbe liberty of walking on the line . They have also made it a practice to get on to the trains while going at a slow pace ; and then have been obliged to jump off before the Wakefield Station waa reached ,. In this there was great danger , as poor Abson has found to his cost . I Why did not the Company forward the men on the line at a cheap cost ; A luggage waggon attached to a luggage train would-have answered . i

      Dbeadful Suicide . —On Thursday afternoon last , about four o ' clock , Mr . Henry Lawton , bookseller and stationer , near the Market Cross , put a period to his existence by nearly severing bis head from his body . The deceased was in a state of intoxication at the time . He was to have been married in a few weeks . j BARNSI 4 BY . —A publicmeeting of the inhabitants of this town was held on Wednesday night , in the Odd-fellows' Hall , to take into consideration the propriety of raising a subscription in order to procure the liberation of Mr . Oastler ; Mr . George Utley in the chair . Resolutions similar to thdsa adopted at other places were proposed , seconded , supported , and enthusiastically carried . Eloquent and touching addresses were made by the several speakers ; but particularly by Mr . Ferrand , who rivetted the attention of his audience for a considorable period . Barnsley will do her share of the good work . !

      BARNSLEY . —A meeting of the weavers of this town was held on Monday night , in Mr . John Pickering ' s large room for the purpose of hearing a report from a deputation that had been appointed to wait upon Mr . Peokett , on acoouut of that gentleman reducing the wages of his workmen . The deputation called ! several times at his warehouse on Monday , but did not succeed in getting an interview till Tuesday morning , when they met with him in tbe warehouse , told him the nature of their business , and waited a reply , which was , " I cannot make my

      ticks under any other circumstances . I have wei ghed the matter well over ; therefore I am prepared to abide j the consequence . " The " consequence" will be a turnout of all bis hands . Another meeting was held on Tuesday night , in the above place , when the deputation reported progress ,, and addressed the meeting at great length , at the close of which the following resolution was passed : — 11 That two of the Committee be appointed to wait upon Mr . Peckett ' s weavers during the course of the present week / ' The meeting was then adjourned till next Monday night .

      NOTTINGHAM . —This week our dear Queen having passed near the town of Nottingham , the Whigs and Tories have been too much engaged in drinking loyal toasts to pay attention to anything else . Perhaps a little sober reflection may have restored them to ( their senses , and caused them to consider that they " pay too dear for their whistle . " The money which has been squandered away in this foolish parade— -this idol worshipping—might have comfortably clothed and fed thousands of our destitute fellow creatures . It is fair to presume that her Majesty ! would consider , from the display made on the ocoasion , that her people were all happy , and had no grievances of which to complain . One side of the picture only met her eye . All waa glitter

      and show , as fair as she could see . Englishmen ought to begin to count the cost of all this tomfoolery ; and it will be well to remind them that the annual cost of her Majesty ' s household is upwards of £ 500 , 000 . This is not all , for the people have to find £ 300 , 000 mbre for foreign kings , the Queen Dowager , the Queen ' s mother and the princesses . Surely it is high time that some economy were used in these matters , unless they mean to starve the people to death , j How much longer will the middle classes and the ] shopkeepers perpetuate such" a state of things ?] Have they not enough to do to pay rent and rites , without fooling their own or other people's money away in this senseless manner 1 Verily , John Bull is a great calf ; or he would have tossed the system overhead long since . In order to uphold this brutal and demoralizing system , and

      keep the poor from demanding redress , we are further taxed for jthe army £ 9 , 000 , 000 ; for the navy upwards of £ 6 , 000 . 000 ; for the police in London and Dublin alone £ 700 , 000 : but what the total cost of this unconstitutional and spy force is all over the Kingdom cannot be ascertained . The amount must be frightful ! and , when added to £ 1 , 053 , 762 , the cost for building prisons and transporting convicts , it proves undeniably that Eng la n d , is the " envy of surrounding nations , " and must be the " admiration of the world . " With the exception of a small knot of sycophants , who tried to raise their voices , in the Station House Yard , not a single cheer greeted her Majesty . The poor miserable and dejected workies had nothing to cheer for , and observed in the wjeaUh and splendour which surrounded them , aria of the causes of their own misery and degradation , j

      KBIGBtET .-fOASTtER ' s LlBEHTT FUND . —A crowded meeting ! was held on Tuesday evening , in the Working Men ' s Hall , Keighley , similar to other meetings of a like nature , whioh have been held in so many large towns in the West Riding . The chair was taken j by Mr . Heedy , at eight o ' clock . Mr . Joseph Firth moved the first resolution , seconded by Mr . John Bottomly , and supported by Mr . Squire Auty , of Bradford , who , in the course of his remarks , tqok occasion to show how Oastler ' s Liberty Fund was progressing in Bradford . He read the following statement from one of the

      Factories ^ Messrs . Wood and Walker ' s ' . —Children and young persons in the spinning rooms , £ 3 3 s . 6 d . ; overlookers , £ 2 6 s . ; drawers , reelerg , warpers , &c . &o ., £ 1 lls . 9 J 4-5 mechanics , £ 1 2 s . ; wool , combers , £ 3 ; wheel levellers , £ 1 16 s . 3 d . ; total , £ 13 9 s . 6 . id . Mr . Aufcy then appealed to the men of Korghley , exhorting them U > follow the example so nobly set by the men of Bradford , and concluded by requesting the meeting never to rest , satisfied until the Government had granted a good and efficient ten hours' bill , and erased from the statute book the cruel bastile law ; and got their , good old king from prison , so that this country might once again become i

      " Great , glorious , and free , First flower of the earth , first gem of the sea . " The second resolution was moved by Mr . Jataas Walker , seconded by Mr . Emmett , and supported by the Honourable Member for Knaresborougk , W . B . Ferrand , Esq . The third resolution waa moved by Mr . Joseph Dierfl , and seconded by Mr . Nathaniel Easlantine ; and , after a vote of thanks , to W . B . Ferrand , Esq ., M . P ., and to stranger ? , the meeting separated with a ; determination that keighley should not be behind id the noble work \ n liberating the good old king ; but that the wording men will support the cause to the utmost of their power * I'he resolutions were similar to , thosel which have been p&Bsed at other meetings .

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      Liberation of George White . —The London Central Victim Committee iritond celebrating the above event by a grand public dinner , concert , and ball , on Monday , January the 8 th , 1844 , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution . Tickets , to admit gentlemen , 2 s . each ; ladies , ditto , is . 6 d ., ball included ; single tickets to ball 6 i .: double , ditto , 9 d . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will preside on the occasion .

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      On Thursday last , at the parish . S'jp ^ iieeds , fl % \ by the Rev , Mr . Gxley , Samuel ^ SjSfe JfliP . ^ tQr ;^ 1 Sarah Anne , only daughter of Jm * # < ttW § $ ? l «< fc » ' ' " - ¦ ¦ J «« St . Geor « e ' 8 Terrace , Leeds . ¦ . jEP . $ & . '" 1 . - ¦> .:-- ¦ / & ¦ ¦ & v i ^ few-

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      MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND AT STOCKPORT . We have this day to record one of the moat brutal and deliberate acts of murder which bas for some time been perpetrated in this neighbourhood . The murderer is a middle aged man , named George Fox , a bailiff attached to the Stockport Court of Requpste , and the victim his wife . The injuries which have coused the unfortunate woman ' s death , were inflicted on Friday night last , , at the Robin Hood publio house , Middle Hillgate . Death resulted about ten o ' clock od the following morning . On this Fpx immediately absconded , but gave himself into the custody of Mr . Sadler , superintendent of the Stockport police , at tbe house of his father , at Maple Bridge , on Sunday afternoon . An inquest was held on the body , before Mr , Hudson and a respectable jury , at the coroner ' s office , Vernon-street , Stockport , on Monday afternoon , when the following evidence was adduced : —

      EHzibetb . Hallworth , of the Robin Hood . Middle Hill-gate : I knew the deceased , Charlotte Fox . She was the wife of the prisoner , George Fox . About a quarter-past eleven on Friday night , after we had closed the house , there was a knock at the front door . I called to my brother to go and see who was at the door , and he did eo . Directly after that I heard a dreadful scream ; I came down and went to the cellar-kitchen , and there found Charlotte Fox lying insensible on the floor . Her husband , my brother , and Mr . Orlando Oldham were there . Deceased ' s husband , the prisoner , was abusing her and cursing her for being drank . I and the servant got her np and bathed her face , and gave her some water . Mr . Oldham said— " Why do you not send

      for a doctor ! " to which the prisoner said— " It ' s of no use sending for a doctor to a drunken woman . " We then lifted her up , when the prisoner seized her round the waist , melted at her breath , and again cursed her for being drunk , and dashed her head violently against the slopatone , which was immediately covered with blood . Mr . Oldaatn said— - " You have killed the woman now "; and Mr . Hallworth said— " You have finished her "; when the prisoner said- ^ - " If I have not finished her I will do . " I told him it was a shame to use a woman in that manner , and that he was sure to be hung for it ; when he said he hoped he might be . He put his neckerchief down with his hand , and said my neck is ready for the gallows . My brother sent for Policeman Bowers , and gave the prisoner into his custody but Bowers declined to take

      him , saying it was au assault , and he had not seen it committed . Two watchmen then carried her up to the tap-room . She remained insensible during this time . My brother again asked Bowers to take Fox into custody , and he said he dare not unless a doctor said she was dangerously hurt . We then sent for Mr . Rayner . Fox laughod , and asked " What ' s the use of sending for a surgeon to be made a fool of , she ' s only drunk ; she ia not hurt . " After Mr . Rayner had been sent for , the deceased appeared to come round a little . She pub her hand to the back of her head , and , on taking it away again , it was covered with blood . On her seeming to revive , a watchman was Bent to tell Mi . Raynex he had no occasion to come . Deceased was taken home about one o ' clock by her husband and mother , having been in a state of insensibility from the time she was hurt , which was about a quarter past eleven .

      Mr . Orlando Oldham deposed to being at the Robin Hood on Friday night last . He corroborated the principal part of Mrs . Hallworth ' s statement , and added , on going to the top of the steps of the cellar kitchen , the deceased was coming up , making her escape from the prisoner . When about two steps from the top he caught hold of her petticoats , and pulled her down , and her head struck violently against the corner of the slop-stone . I seized hold of him , and held him whilst the other people rendered assistance to the deceased . After awhile he became quite calm , and offered to assist in raising her up ; and , on promising not to injure her any further , he was allowed to do so . Having raised her up to nearly a standing position , he smelt at her breath , and said , " Thou — , thon ' s been having drink

      again , " and dashed her from him with great violence , as in the evidence of the former witness . She did not cry out after he had pulled her baek . He did not fall down the steps too . He was at the bottom when he pulled her down . Betty Day , widow , mother of the deceased , deposed that she had lived six months with her daughter , who waa in her thirty-fourth year . She was the wife of George Fox , bailiff . They had been married about ten years . She was a bonnet maker . On Friday last , I went out to tea , and returned about eight , at which time she was pressing _ a bonnet ' Prisoner came home about half-past ten , the worse for liquor , and appeared very fierce . He said , " Thou ' s been at the Robin Hood this afternoon t "

      and she said . " I ' ve not . " He said , " Wilt thOU swear it * ' She said , "I will . " He went and fetched a Bible for her to swear it . During this time , deceased made her escape out of the house . He ' said , "She ' s gone on no good errand ; she ' s a very drunken woman . " He then went to bed , and I sat up . After a while I made the doors , when he came down stairs , and asked who had come in , I said no one . At this time he was undressed , except his trpnaers antf shirt . He then said , "She ' s out , and I ' ll go out , too . " He dressed himself , and went out after her . I saw nothing more of either of them till I was sent for to the Robin , Hood . He has often scolded her for going to the Robin Hood . I and prisoner brought her home .

      We put her on the floor . He offered to kick at her several times ; but Mr . Crompton , a neighbour , prevented him . He afterwards assisted me and Mrs . Crompton to carry her up stairs . I asked him to allow her to be pul in my bed , bat he refused ; and we put her in a sitting posture against his bed . At this time she was uiaensible . He began to curae her , and said " D—nthee ! I could knock thee into the size ef half-crowns . " He then wrung her nose mo 3 t severely . He attempted to kick her , bue I prevented him . He assisted me to put her into bed , and he undressed himself , and got into bed also . I begged he would not beat her again , and he promised he would not . About an hour and a half afterwards , I awoke and li ghted a candle , and found them both in bed . He awoke , and began to curse her again . I begged again that he would not

      touch her . He promised he -would not , and I then went to bed again . About six o ' clock in the morning , I again went to see her ; and she had then a very black eye , and her nose had been bleeding . I said , "O George ! there ' s been something to do . " About 20 minutes past eight , prisoner got up . I said we must have some medical aid ; to which he said we could do it ourselves , and that I must get some sticking plaister . He afterwards sent me for some wine , some of which I gave her . Shortly after this , the prisoner and another bailiff went upstairs to see her ; and I again said we mast send for a doctor . He then said , he would go and fetch Dr . Goulden . He went out ; and , on his return , he said that Dr . Goulden would be there very shortly . He went out again , and I never saw him again till now . Dr . Goulden did not come .

      Mr . John Rayner , surgeon , of Higher Hillgate , stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body of tbe deceased , and gave a minute description of its appearance , from which it appeared , that the primary cause of death was aa effusion of blood on the brain , arising from a fracture of the back part of the skull . The fracture he had no doubt had been occasioned by her head striking against the slopatone , either at the time deceased vas palled from the steps , or when the prisoner afterwards knocked her head against it . The body

      having been viewed , and the coroner having summed up the evidence , in which he clearly pointed out the law as regards manslaughter and murder—the jury were left to consider their verdict ; and , after a fewminutes' consultation , returned a tmanimous verdict of" Wilful and deliberate murder against George Fox . " Fox was thereupon committed to take hi& trial on the charge , at the next Chester assizes . Crowds of people Were assembled about the Coronor ' a office and the prisoner's late residence , in . John-street , daring the inquiry , anxious to hear the decision .

      Sbbioits Cbabge . —On Sunday Dec . 3 rd , a weaver , named Edward Chadwiok , residing in the SAoles , Wigan , was apprehended by the police on a charge of beating his wife early that morning , s »\ as tocanse her death . The circumstances of the case are >" briefly these : —about one o ' clock on Sundavc-morning Chadwiek ' s wife west to a beer shop in ihe neighbourhood for her husband ) who returned home with her . A short time afterwards the woman was seea by a aeighbour apparently very ill , and scarcely abl © to stand . When asked what was the-matter , she

      said she believed those " purrs" wouldfali ner—tnat she believed she- was finished that time . She was taken home- immediately , where shsodied- about faalfjwt three o ' elooTc . The evidence m further proof of Hl-asage fe very weak . Some members of the . family deposed to the deceased having severe attacks of cramp or other disease in tba stomach or bowels ; and allege , that it was on » of those attacks that caused her death . The iwo coroners summoned juries to hold inquests on Monday , which were both adjourned to Friday , to await a post mortem examination of the body .

      Marriage. J O£%I?^X

      MARRIAGE . j O £% i ?^ X

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      FOB D& . M'DOUALL . £ 8 . d . From Barmley ... ... ... ... 0 11 1 FOB MR . COOPER . Prom J . B . Watson ... ... ... 0 1 3 YOB MB . JONES . From J . R . Watson ... ... ... 0 1 S Ckeighton Abbboatb—Yes ; send the order . To Agekts—Light sovereigns are only credited according to their weight .

      Leeds Town Council.

      LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL .

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      Protection to Labouk . —The petitions- for the Proteajtion of Labour , passed at the meetings held by JDWSleigh in Huddersfield , Bradford , Bingley , Keighloy , Dewsbury , Eiland , Lindley , Almondbury , Holmfirth , and Saddle \ yorth , have been presented to her Majesty , and have been most graoiously received . Extraordinary Pedestrianism—The woman , Mrs . Harrison , still continues her feat of walking one thousand miles in one thousand successive hours . Such an attempt was never before made by any female in the world , and will in all probability be completed , she having undergone the first fortnight , the most important time of trial , as pedestrians have it . She walks upon the Whitehall-road , Wortley ; her house being the Dragon Inn , kept by Mr . James Wilkinson . '* + ~ .

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      E-OCHBAliB . —Mr . James Pontefraot , of Saddleworth , delivered two lectures in this town , according to previous arrangement , and gave general satisfaction to all bis hearers .

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      ^_ NORTHERN STAR , *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct958/page/5/