Star.
London, England, 1831-03-28 00:00:00

LANCASTER GAZETTE.

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On Tuesday last, a numerous and most respectable meeting was held
in the Town Hall, James Atkinson, Esq. our highly respected Chief
Magistrate, in the Chair. Various resolutions were passed, and Mr. P.
Maxwell Stewart, who had on the previous day been elected member,
on being requested to present the petition, expressed himself as follows :
When we were assembled together in this place yesterday, I told you that
front my infancy up to the present period, reform, parliamentary reform,
limited to the effectual restoration of our constitution, has been the dar-
ling measure of my life, which I have sought to promote by all the
means within my power; therefore, I need not assure you now that I
have received throughout this day nothing but unbroken and unmixed
gratification in hearing the liberal and enlightened sentiments which
have fallen from the different gentlemen who have addressed you, and
in hearing those sentiments echoed and re-echoed by you. (Loud
cheering.) Every time that I have appeared before you, gen-
tlemen, has added to and deepened that debt of gratitude which I
never can pay, but which I shall never cease to aeknowledge.—(Ap.
plause.) In going up within a few hours to take the high and proud
situation of your representative in Parliament, I feel my debt of grati-
tude almost doubled, since you have armed me with such a document
as that to which you hare agreed,—since you have put into my hands
such glorious credentialar—for by them my weakness will be supplied '
by your strength, and I will endeavour to impress upon the House of
Commons and the country, that it is not my feeble voice which declares
that those who call themselves the representatives of the people are not
their representatives, but that of the people of Lancaster, whose senti-
ments 1 express.—(Cheers.)
The following is a copy of the petition, signed by 1,130 persons t
" To the Honourable the Commons of England, in this present
Parliament assembled.
" The humble petition of the undersigned freemen and others, in.
habitants of Lancaster and the vicinity, shewetb,—That your petition-
ers, highly approving tbe wise measure of I:eform, proposed to your
Honourable -House by Lord John Russell, and convinced that the
saute, If passed into a law, will eminently tend to promote the best in-
terests of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and invi-
gorate the political institutions of this great and free country—Your
petitioners, therefore, most humbly Implore that .he bill now before
you, may, in all its chief provisions, receive the sanction of your Ho-
nourable How-e."

Mr. STSWAOT of COMIC arrived in time to vote on Tuesday, and his
honest vote carried the Reform Bill, to the great credit of Lancaster in
elcming so worthy a representative at such a juncture.

LANCASTES AssizEs.—Ashton Womll, aged 2d, William Woe.
rail, :18, and Robert Chadderton, 22, were indicted for the wilful murder
of Sarah Jl•Cieunon, at Failsworth, on the 22d of Dcoetuber last, and
also for having ravished the said Sarah APClennon. There were a great
number of couuts in the indictment. •

Ashton Hulton was then called. He said,—l am a farmer's ser-
vant; know the prisoners at the bar. Ashton Worrell keeps s cart
and horse, and Wm. Worrall's wife weaves, and he cuts hay. I have
occasional; worked for Ashton Worrell. I know the Sun public-
house, kept by William Lane; it is on the Manchester and Oldham
road, and about a quarter of a mile from the canal bridge. I was at
Lane's house the Wednesday before Christmas day. Ashton Worrell
and some others were there and William Worrell came in sotto
afterwards. 1 and Ashton and William Worrell, and a person named
Joseph Hotlgskin, left a little after nine o'clock, to go home. Hodpkin
left us, and the two Warrens and I proceeded across some fields, and
along a footpath, to apiece where there is a pit. I sew a woman stand-
ing there in $ place called " the street." She stood beside the pit.
Ashen then,
Wm. Worrell were a short distance before me. I was in
a field, and they were in the street. I had occasion to stop behind the'
hedge. I saw Ashton Worrell get held of the woman, and heard her
call out—" Oh dear me, this will never do." I took no further notice,
but afterwards heard her cry out " Murder!" When Ashton Worran
got hold of the woman, I was within four or five yards of her. I got
over the hedge, and went towards them. Ashton Worrell threw her
down, and William knelt down and held her arms. A person whom I
judge to be Robert Chadderton, from his voice and dress,
came over the hedge. [The witness went here into a detail of
what took place, witch is quite unfit for the pages of the Lan-
caster Gazette.] He deposed to the three persons violating the de-
ceased in succession, whilst the others held the woman. After that
they threw her into a ditch at the road side, when they went sway;
followed them, and on passing the woman, saw her with the lower pert
of her person naked, and her had lying towards the canal. I followed
the prisoners, who went towards Oldham. I overtook them just when
they reached the turnpike road. Ashton Worrell had something under
his cost, which I judged to be the cloak of the deceased. He gave it
to a man who came up to him, saying, take this, and say nothing to
nobody.' The man I thought was Robert Chadderton left us at the
anal side, ma we went on to Fletcher fold, where Ashton Worrell lives,
and where we stopped all night.
Many other witnesses aterebenated.
The case fee the peessattlon being dosed, the risme, were called on
for their defence, when Ashton and- William Warfel said, that they
went strait hoots from the Sun, acmes the fields, and never saw any
woman. Chadderton said, that he was at work in a coal-pit until five
o'clock, and then west straight home, and was in bed by eight o'clock.

Betty Chadderton, the mother of the prisoner, and Hannah Thorto.l,
his half-sister, were then called to prove an alibi. They swore to Wr.
truth of the statement he had made himself.—A boy named ll'ortall
the nephew of the prisoners, stated, that be went out on the it, m
t.
Question, to meet the carts, and that he saw his uncles and A
Hutton COON down the Half Acre, and not by the road dtscrib..l
Halton. _ _ _ _ _

Sarah WorraS, the boy's mother, confirmed his evidence in to ,
particulars. She stated, that both the Wornlls were marri(ii,,,n.„.
that William had five children. _

11AR1111M.--it Liverpool, J. G. Paley, Esq. of Dublin. to Atr
lane, daughter of Sir J. J. Burgoyne.
DIED.—At Kirkby Lonsdale, Isabella Parkinson, of Blackbk
having arrived at the &ma. place, on business, that morning, b)
Exmouth oosch.—At Greenland, in Irton, John Brocklebank, Esq,
Whitchaven.

EXETER ALFRED, MARCII 22.
In consequence of a requisition to Sir B. P. Wrey, Bart. the Hill,
Sheriff of Devon, a meeting was held on Wednesday last, at the C.
of Exeter, " to consider the propriety of petitioning parliament an ok
measure of Reform now before the House of Commons." A full se.
(cadence having been anticipated, four waggons were arranged in tin
yard as temporary hustings ; but the appearance of the mottling mat_
ening rain, and the assemblage not excessively great at twelve o'clock
(the hour at which the meeting was to take place) it was decided
open the business of the day under the shelter of the court.
The speakers were the Hon. Newton Fellowes, Rd W. Newmat,,
Dr. Tucker, J. Rodd, Esq. E. Divett, Esq. and Captains Buller an.
Hamleyn. Resolutions and petitions were agreed to by 12 or 11,n
persons present.
The Judges arrived 'in Exeter on Thursday afternoon, about t:
o'clock ; proceeded immediately to the Guildhall and Castle, to cry
the Commission, and from thence to attend Divine Service at the Ca::a
dral • which sacred and noble edifice was more crowded than we texei
lect it to have been on any previous similar occasion--a proof that,', is
the march of mind and education, the impressive forma of an Assize a,
not in the slightest degree deteriorated.
Tin GRAND JITRY.—Hon. P. B. Pellew, Chairman ; Hon. N
Fellows, Sir S. H. Northcote, Sir J. T. B. Duckworth, Sir J. Ttlbot
Kea. B. Waldron, T. H. Hayes, G. Strode, W. B. Smete, W. Nader.
jun. T. M. Bulk; IL B. Wrey, T. Wrey Harding, C. P. Hamlyn
Augustus S. Willett, C. B. Calmady, Robert Harding G. S. Cares
S. T. Kekewich, John T. Wright, N. V. Lee, J. H. Seale, sad Joh:
Quicke, Esqrs.
The Judge in his charge thought it necessary to say a few words o•
the duties of the higher classes of society, which, indeed, was old:
repeating what he had said on other circuits during the time the',
disturbances existed by which the country had received a stai:
that would not be easily effaced ; and through which all cLasd•
had learnt a useful lesson, by the punishments that had ben.
dealt out, his Lordship would not say with any improper dept.
of severity. He was, however, happy to say, that this county t!oe,
not appear to be among those in which disturbances had prey:" dd.
in the calendar he found only one single case, and that of no pect.sdv
aggravation, in which any person stood charged with riotous or hr.
proper conduct. But. it the poorer classes had received such lessons.
those above them should bear in mind that they had important duties
to perform, which should make them mutual; for while those who
were in low situations owed submission to their superiors, those wh-
had the means of doing good stood under an obligation of doing that
good—it they had means- they were bound to exert them for the be.
milt of the poor. His lordship would not go at any length into the
lamentable state of things that existed a few months ago, and fir
which ,here was no one particular cause, but a great many causes
operating together ; and without going generally into them, there Ira.
one, of which he knew not whether there was any continuance in this
county, but which he knew existed in a neighbouring one—be
meant that of paying the poor out of the poor rams, fur the del.
ciency in the rate of wages—it was a grievance of no recent
date, for it had been growing up for the last thirty years, and bad
now almost become intertwined with the system of the poor lawt.
and could not be eradicated in a single day, or in a single year_
it may be done by bringing back the poor laws to the spirit of :h.
original statute; but that could not be done suddenly, nor by the ex.
ertions of any Magistrate, or set of alagistrates—it must be gradual :
but be hoped it would be accomplished by slow and imperceptible
means, though the evil never could be prevented, unless every thing
possible were done to put the price of labour on a par with the price of
the necessaries of life, and every man be paid, in the shape of wages.
that which his labour was worth.—The system (we understood his
Lordship to say) was introduced when the price of corn was immode-
rately high, but then it was said to be only temporary, and would fall
spin—the high price of corn, however, did not come down, as was ex.
petted, but kept gradually rising, and the wages of labour did rot kt.p
pace with the price of the necessaries of life.
Elizabeth flopping, aged 20, was charged with stealing two pence
halfpenny, the property of James Porter, her master residing at
Honiton. The facts are, that, in consequence of Mrs. Porter, the
wife of the prosecutor, having some suspicion of the prisoner, marked
2e. Gd. in copper coins, which she put into the till, and locked it
but on the following day, ten pence of the money was miss.
ing ; she searched the prisoner, and found five of the halfpence on her
person. On being taxed with the robbery, she said it was the first
time, and begged to be forgiven. The Jury pronounced her guilty,
and the Judge addressed her at some length on the enormity of the
offence. as she bad not only betrayed the trust reposed in her,
but destroyed the character by which she should expect to get her living.
LIM Lordship, in the hope le would be the means of reclaiming her,
would sentence her to twelve months' imprisonment, to bard labour.
SEDUCTION—CAPRON V. BALRIONT.-- This was an action by the
plaintiff to recover damages for the loss of the service of his daughter
who bad been seduced by the defendant. It appeared, by the evidence,
that the father of the plaintiff keeps an inn at Bsmpton, at which place
the defendant is an attorney ; that in May last the daughter called at
the defendant's office, where the transaction took place, which led to the
the birth of a child. Mr. Scrjeant Wilde and Mr. Law were for the
plaintiff, and Mr. F. Williams for the defendant, who contended that
the case was not one that required heavy damages. Verdict for the
plaintiff; damages 2001.
Yeoman, of Knightsbridge, while on his trial, attempted to cut hi,
throat with a penknife, which be had secreted about his person. The
wound, however, being slight, lie was removed front the bar, surgical
aid administered, and then again put in the dock.
CONSISTORT COURT, EZETER.—Phillips v. Cutniore.—A suit
was instituted in February last, against George Cutmore, of the garish
of South Brent, in this diocese, yeoman, for defaming the character of
Richard Phillips, of Fallupitt, in the parish of Eastallington, yeoman,
when the defendant, by his proctor, pleaded guilty to the libel, and
acknowledged the defamatory words charged to have been spoken be
him ; whereupon the Court decreed the defendant to do penance, by an
open confession and acknowledgment of his offence • which order of
penance has been accordingly complied with, by the defendant, within
the parish of South Brent aforesaid, before the Minister and Chutete.
wardens of the said perish, and other persons then and there present.
MA HlED.—Robert Wybrants, Esq. of Rutland.square, Dublin,
to Emily, second daughter of William Cecely Trevilliant tat+ of Exe-
ter—Mr. Samuel Pike, of St. Thomas, Exeter, to Alias Dorothy Pike—..
A t Teignmouth, Mr. C. Trewman, to Miss Creedy— Mr. J. Cox, of
Taunton, to Frances, second daughter of the late Rev. Henry Harman,
of Halstock—J. D. Coles, Esq. of Pytland, near Taunton, to Harrier,
daughter of Samuel Howse, Esq. of Widcombe--Mr. E. Keddell, of
London, solicitor to Elizabeth Odder, daughter of J. Jackson, Hag.
DIED.—At Axminster, 20, regretted by all who knew him, John
Mallock, Esq. late of Hastings, surgeon.
BIItTHS.

At her house, in Charles-street,i3;jeley-square, Lady Julia Hob-
house, of a daughter.—The 25th inst. in Harley.street, the
William Rodney, of a daughter.

DIED.
At Versailles, oa the 19th Inst. J. Langdale, Esq. late of Lavender.
hilL—The 23th inst. in his 82d year. J. Harker, Esq. of the Terrace,
Kentish-town.—The 25th inst. aged 39, Elizabeth Honor, wife of the
Rev. E. Andrews, LL.D. AI inister of Beresford Chapel, Nralworth, and
only daughter of the late W. Symons, Req.—The 18th inst. aged 13,
Ann, daughter of J. Rutland, Esq. of High-street, Borough.—At
Hackney, on the 21st inst. aged 38, H. Hinl, Esq. late of the Hrn.
East India Company. service.

COitN-EkCHANGE—THIS DAY.
Wheat,new,Kent, Baez 720 76+" Peas, Grey . Ws "
Old • —s —s i Beans, Small . . 401 421
Suffolk, (White) . 724 141 Tick . 32s 36s
Norfolk &Suff. (Red), 61. 70s" Oats, Potato, . 26s 341 s
Rye . . 304 31. 1 Poland . 241 2t'
Braley, 36. 38s —Fine 421 16s Feed . . 22s 24s
Peas, Wblte • 40s 42s Flour, per sack, . . eh 6./t
Boilers . . 484 484 Rapeseed . E 36 438 por last
•RaIVALS.
Wheat, English (qrs.) - 3,6341 Barley, Foreign . . 5.140
Irish - - -.--,... Oats, English - 18.6(19
Foreign - - - 19,884 Irish . . 2.511
Barley, English . . 9.877 Foreign - 1.211
Irish - . - English Flour (jacks) 7.961

SMITHFIELD—THIS DAY.
CATTLA AT Y*
Beasts, 2,472—Sheep, 18,940—Pigs, 130--Calves, 110.
Beef 44 04 to 41 0.1 Pork
Mutton .41 6d tos 04 Lamb Os Od u, "
Veal.. 4s 8d bs 8d
Hay (per load), 42 12s. to .64 Os. Clover, £3 lOs. to ti.
Straw, El 13a. to £2 Os.

COAL-EXCHANGE—THIS DAY.
Ships arrived during the month
During the week
DestiVaßsen4 Newcastle, & Sunderland Coals.. 26s 6d a 29. Gd
Inferior sons .. ... - 61
pb NW I Ships at Nark u, 1361.
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