Ebe Vrobinces.

The election of a candidate for South Hampshire, in the room of Mr. John Fleming, took place in Southampton Guildhall on Tuesday. Lord Charles Wellesley was the only candidate proposed. Having avowed his political principles to be those of attachment to the present Administration, he alluded to the state of affairs in the North— There was at the present time great distress in the Northern districts ; but he believed that the distress was increased by the unprincipled conduct, language, and doctrines of the demagogue ; who, with the cowardice which belonged to the incendiary, kept aloof in the hour of danger from the risks he bad induced his victims to incur. To put an end to such disgraceful outrages as were being perpetrated, the law must be upheld; and he believed the prepent Govern- ment would uphold the law and restore the country to quiet: It would be easy to obtain a temporary popularity by a different course, but he despised such truckling: he had known, even in his own limited experience, a man to be feted and Cheered for such conduct one day, and his windows broken for it the next.

Lord Charles on the Corn-laws--

The agricultural interest must be protected, as the great staple interest o the kingdom. It was a gross folly to say that if the corn-duty were to be re- pealed a large quantity of manufactures would be exported. The foreigner would not take them—he would have cash ; and if they sent out 12,000,000/. or 13,000,000/. of money to buy corn, where the Devil would the money coins from to buy manufactures ? (Roars of laughter, says the report of the Times, at the brusque style and manner of his .rdship.) Lord Charles was declared duly elected, and girt with a sword. Afterwards he addressed the people from the balcony of his inn, and told them that a statement in the Globe, that he had promised to pay 2,000/. for his seat, was "a lie."

The disturbance in all parts of the North has been subsiding through- out the week. In many places the Magistrates have been occupied with the examination of prisoners ; but such proceedings have for the most part been destitute of interest. The prisoners have usually been bound over, often in their own recognizances merely, to keep the peace, or to reappear in answer to future charges; or they have been summa- rily convicted for minor offences—as assault ; remanded for further ex- amination; or, in a few cases, committed for trial.

To Manchester, the Home Office has sent a Government Commissioner, Mr. Gregory, to examine into the origin and causes of the riots, and the nature of the proceedings taken to suppress them.

The Trade Delegates, whose numbers had dwindled down from 144 to 12, were so alarmed at the intelligence that Mn Hutchinson their chairman had been arrested, on Saturday, that none of them would tale the chair ; and the meeting broke up. The following placard was posted 'bout the Streets on Sunday morning-

" THE CONCLUDING ADDRESS FROM THE TRADES DELEGATES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

"Fellow Citizens—Having, despite of the difficulties which surrounded us, terminated our sittings and executed the objects of our mission, we deem it our duty, previous to returning to our respective homes, to lay the results of our deliberations before you. "We have carefully collected and calmly deliberated on the evidence adduced by the assembled Delegates as to the states of public feeling evinced by their respective constituencies; and we find that the labourers and artisans, having for a series of years vainly endeavoured to maintain a standard of wages which would enable them to obtain a supply of even the commonest necessaries of life, are of opinion that the repeated frustration of their effort. are solely to be attributed to their political disfranchisement. "Experience having plainly proved the correctness of our opinion, we turned our attention to the best mode of remedying the evil ; and having maturely considered the subject in its various details, we came to the conclusion that the only means by which the labours of the producing-classes of this country could be protected and fairly remunerated, and themselves eventually raised from the unparalleled depth of degradation to which they are at present reduced—we considered that these grievances would be removed by the legislative enact- ment of the document known as the 'People's Charter; and we recommended a NATIONAL CESSATION FROM LABOUR until the arrival of this period. "Owing to the occurrence of the late civil commotion, of which we had not the slightest anticipation, and which we exceedingly regret, we found that the carrying out of this resolution would for the present be impracticable : but we dissolve with the firm determination, that, as soon as our organization is sufficient for and our resources adequate to the commencement of a national cessation from labour until the Charter becomes the law of the land, we shell do so legally and constitutionally ; and we fear not but the result will crown our cause with victory. "Relying on your intelligence, courage, moral power, and perseverance, we are, fellow-citizens, yours in the cause of truth and justice, "THE Thames DELEGATES. "Saturday, August 20."

There was a meeting of some hundreds of colliers on Kersall Moor on Sunday; who set out from the ground with the intention of cutting i

the ropes n some neighbouring coal-mines ; but the military were 011 the alert, took possession of the roads and bridges, made prisoners, and dispersed the rest. By Tuesday, the dressers were the only trade who remained "out, as a body ; but still the return of the individual hands to their regular employment was far from universal. Meetings of the people, peaceably conducted, continued to be held, at which the wages of 1839 were still demanded. A committee of millowners and other employers issued a

report, in which they stated their belief that the disposition to resume labour was increasing. The belief was not justified by the event ; for up to Thursday the people frequently returned to idleness.

The arrest of Mr. Hutchinson took place at his own house; where the Police found a handsome rifle, two muskets, and ammunition, with various papers. He was examined in the Police Court on Tuesday, and re- manded. His legal assistant stated in support of his client's claim to be admitted to bail, that, although Chairman of the Delegates meeting, he did not participate in their sentiments ; that he was a Border countryman, and accustomed to shooting recreation, wherefore he had the arms in his house ; besides, he had purchased them with a view to use in America, whither he was about to emigrate ; and that be had strongly remonstrated with the Delegates against coming to any decision calcu- lated to lead to a breach of the peace. The request to be admitted to bail was not granted.

In the country round Manchester, the example of resuming work was not followed very fast ; but the instances of intimidation or forcible re- sistance became, early in the week, of a much more trifling character. At Stockport, the mills were opened under protection of the police ; but very few could work for want of hands. A meeting of shopkeepers, in their capacity of special constables, sent a deputation to the Magistrates, with a request that they would mediate between the masters and men : but

the Magistrates replied that it would be beyond their province to do so. There was a large armed meeting at Godley, three miles from Stockport, on Monday ; but on the mere appearance of a party of military, with a &lime of cannon, they dispersed. At Oldham, matters have been in the most unsatisfactory state. Early in the week many mills had resumed work ; but it was found ne-

cessary to keep up a strong force of special constables. At seven o'clock on Wednesday morning, there was a large meeting, which broke up without any disturbance, and many special constables went to break- fast. Soon after eight, however, a large mob proceeded to turn out the hands of Mr. Hartley ; and in spite of his resistance, they forced their way into the mill by wrenching off the door. The Police were soon on the spot, and the Riot Act was read ; and then there was a regular fight between the civil force and the mob ; the Police being beaten off, and two of their number seriously hurt. Another attack was made on the factory of Mr. James Lees ; but here the workpeople, armed with pick- handles, beat off the assailants ; who were dispersed by a body of spe- cial constables. Crowds continued to assemble, and the shops were all closed. At ten a party of military arrived from Manchester, and the streets were cleared. Subsequently, Yardley, a Chartist leader, was ar- rested in his own house. The confidence of the town was not imme- diately restored, although there was no further outbreak.

The disorders at Hindley took a strictly predatory character on Fri- day. In the night, an armed party of fourteen men approached the house of Mr. Isaac Ellison, the steward of Sir Robert H. Leigh, of Hindley Hall ; Mr. Ellison living at Aspull, three miles from Hindley. They were heard by Henry Hilton, a young man who lodged in the house ; and after alarming Mr. and Mrs. Ellison and their servant, he took a gun, and going to a window, threatened to fire on the men. They answered by firing a pistol, with threats that they would murder him. Hilton and Mrs. Ellison called " Murder 1" out of window; but they gained nothing by that : the men broke open the back kitchen-win- dow, went up stairs, and blindfolded Mr. and Mrs. Ellison ; and de- clared that they would fire the house unless 100/. was given to them : they expected to find money in Mr. Ellison's keeping, to pay the labourers next day. They searched the house, took 8/. 10s. of Mr.

Ellison's money, 9s. from the young man, 1/. 4s. out of the servant- girl's box, spirits, victuals, valuable clothing, a fowling-piece, pistol, and some other things. Nine men were afterwards apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery.

From a notice issued at the Bolton and Preston Railway, the hands employed on which had struck, it appears that the wages were 3s.

a day for ten and a half hours' work. The Company offer employ- ment to 500 hands, and half-a-crown each to new hands for " travelling- ex penses."

At Bolton, the majority of the rnillowners have consented to an ad- vance of 10 per cent on the wages of their people, with the condition also that the masters shall find the gas—equal to another advance of 2i or 3 per cent.

The Manchester correspondent of the Morning Chronicle tells the following story, as related by " a disgusted Chartist "—

" A party of Chartists obtained 15/. from a club at Ashton, on the ostensible purpose of quietly agitating to raise wages. Of this two of the number, Chal- lenger and Atkins, put 2L in their pockets, and remitted 71. to Preston, which they there distributed among boys and other idle persons to turn out the hands at the mills. In this they are too successful; and they thence went to Wigan and Chorley ; where they did not succeed, and they wrote word back to Ashton that Wigan was a wretched place, and there was no man of spirit in it. The remaining 6/. was divided between two other persons. Sums of money have under similar pretexts been drawn from other clubs of' the saving and prudent ; and it is stated that some of the leaders have remitted money to America, and made a purse in order to enable them to leave the country to escape the penalty of their crimes. However long the turn-out may last, Chartist agitation here is evidently at an end."

Lord Francis Egerton has addressed a letter to the Manchester Cou- rier, enclosing the annexed address from a large body of his own colliers- " 17th August 1842.

"To our great and worthy master, the Right Honourable Lord Francis Egerton, his virtuous and most gracious lady, Mr. Fereday Smith, and all in legal authority over us. "From a consciousness of the good feeling which prevailed among us when your Lordship addressed us in such an affectionate and kindly manner, we feel, as your Imrdship stated, that we are utterly incapable of expressing our gratitude and love towards you : therefore, as with the voice of one man, we declare our design that we are willing, as far as life and safety seems probable to enable us, to defend your honour and all in connexion.

"Your loyal and obedient Colliers."

Lord Francis, who rightly assumes that the publication of the letter will not be imputed to ostentation of his own deserts, explains the cir- cumstances that gave rise to it-

" The men from whom this address has proceeded were those whom the de- luded instruments of cowardly instigators had driven by violence from their honest occupation. Of their services for the protection of my own premises I had no immediate occasion : their own scenes of occupation being seattemd, I was not able to collect them in one place with a view to the resumption of their labour, which had been interrupted in my absence; and I had been other- wise employed in organizing some hundreds of able-bodied and armed men foe their own protection and mine at Worsley itself. Some instances, however, having occurred in which individual colliers had been forced to accompany the parties of misguided men who have been perambulating this district, the body of that population in my employ did assemble on Tuesday to protect them- selves against this description of outrage in the first instance, and to be ready for any other service they could render to the cause of law and order. It was under these circumstances that I came among them. They formed a ring round my family and myself: and what would then have been my position, if those feelings had existed against me in this neighbourhood which it is the object of combined incendiaries to excite in the employed against their em- ployers It was in this position I addressed them : what L said is of no cm. sequence. The above is their answer : its purport had been sufficiently com- municated to myself by their reception at the moment. • " • I can only add, that the spirit of this portion of the population is to my belief, I may say knowledge, fully shared by those who work above ground in my employ at Worsley and elsewhere, as I believe this will be proved if occasion calls for it,"

A fire, which seems to have been produced by incendiaries, occurred in Liverpool on Friday night. It broke out in the spacious timber- yard of Mr. Creighton ; and notwithstanding the exertions of the fire- men and police, the greater part of the property was consumed. Two men were getting over the wall a little before the fire was discovered. Three trains of combustible materials were at the same time discovered in the timber-yard of Messrs. Archer and Helsel!, in the Scotland Road.

At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Tuesday evening, there was a large Chartist meeting. A Mr. Sinclair, the Secretary of the local Chartist Association, read some resolutions passed by a meeting at Cold Norton, in Clackmannanshire, objecting "to any strike short of a cessation of labour till the Charter become the law of the land." The meeting adopted that resolution as their own, with others, expressing indignation at the treatment which the people in the counties to the South of the Tyne had met with when only asking "a fair day's wages for a fair day's labour " ; directing a memorial to be presented to the Queen, with the request that an investigation should be instituted into the causes of the late calamitous events ; and making another strange demand-

" That the Secretary of State for the Home Department be respectfully re- quested to furnish her Majesty's loyal subjects in this neighbourhood with 10,000 stand of fire-arms, at his earliest convenience, for the protection of life and property, but more especially for the purpose of repelling any unconstitu- tional outrage that may be perpetrated against the liberties of the people."

The meeting separated peaceably.

Nottingham was once more disturbed, on Tuesday. Great num- bers assembled in the morning in the surrounding villages ; the Police were sent to reconnoitre, and the Second Dragoons were called out. They found a body of 5,000 or more on Mapperly Hills. Refusing to disperse, about 400 of them were taken prisoners, by order of Colonel Rolleston, the chief Magistrate, and marched off to the House of Cor- rection. The main body of the mob followed ; and near Gallows Hill they attempted a rescue, groaning and yelling, and discharging vollies of stones. The soldiers charged, and the way was cleared; and by four o'clock all the 400 prisoners were lodged in the prison. About two hours later, 250 were, after a brief examination, liberated on their own recognizances, with a caution. On Wednesday, a great number were discharged altogether, for want of clear evidence against them ; about fifty were bound over to keep the peace ; and others were remanded.

A meeting was convened at Sheffield on Monday, by a placard headed " Hereditary bondsmen," &c. The Secretaries of seven grind- ing-trades (the eighth trade of grinders not being at present "in union ") issued a notice that they had nothing to do with the meeting ; the grinders being an influential body. The only business of the 2,000 or 3,000 persons who assembled was to utter some violent language, and to pass a memorial to the Queen praying her to dismiss Ministers before going to Scotland.

The religious ceremonies at Keighley were interrupted on Sunday by the commotion ; as they are so apt to be in countries where earth- quakes are frequent-

" About eleven o'clock, says the correspondent of the Times, a messenger from a very respectable quarter arrived at the head-quarters of the authorities in this town, stating that thousands were encamping on Lees Moor, near Ha- worth, and that the moor was on fire in different places. The military, con- sisting of a division of the Seventeenth Lancers and a troop of the Yorkshire Hussars, both under the command of Lieutenant Myles, were called out ; the alarm-bell was rung from the steeple of the parish-church (the signal for as- sembling the strong civil force which had been sworn in as a precaationuy measure the previous week) during the quiet and solemn hoar when all the dif- ferent congregations were assembled at their devotion,; consternation seemed depicted in every countenance; the men, as if with one consent, rose from their seats and hastened to the Court-house, the place agreed upon; many congrega- tions were broken up ; the services at the churches were continued, but evi- dently under great dismay and terror; all the inhabitants seemed on the alert, like a town fearing a siege, and not without very good ground of suspicion, as there was an encampment on Oaknorth Moor on the Sunday previous to the attack of Tuesday. Great praise is due to the special constables for the promp- titude and alacrity which they exhibited. Three hundred of them were ar- ranged, and had staffs distributed, and ready for action in ten minutes. The military, attended by as strong a force as could be spared from the town, pro- ceeded to the place ; and the parties, as a natural consequence, fled on their approach."

A large meeting was to have been held at Birmingham on Monday, to hear addresses from Mr. Joseph Sturge, and Mr. O'Neil, a Chartist preacher, in the waste ground near the Asylum. A great number assembled ; but the Police interfered, and Mr. Sturge and Mr. O'Neil themselves dispersed the meeting. In doing so, Mr. Sturge announced that an address to the middle classes would be issued ; and that a Con- ference of Delegates elected by the people would be held in a fortnight, to deliberate on measures to promote the Complete Suffrage agitation. This Conference is to be held on the 7th of September.

The National Complete Suffrage Association have issued the pro- mised address "to the middle and enfranchised classes of their country- men," calling upon them to unite in giving effect to the political

demands of the working-classes, with the war that they can only resist those demands at the expense of losing a iliMeliberty which

they themselves enjoy. Another address rued "to the working and nnenfranchised classes," recom 1,eful agitation.

A meeting assembled at Lose's, a neighb on Tuesday

eveniog; and a series of resolutions were passed for a memorial to the Queen ; and then the meeting hastily dispersed. This meeting had, in a manner, adjourned from Duddeston Row, to get out of the way of the Police ; and there a portion who remained created some disturbance ; the mob and the Police inflicting mutual injuries.

A curious scene occurred in Birmingham Court-house on Monday. Mr. Thomas Clutton Salt, once the Secretary of the Birmingham Poli- tical Union, presented himself before the Magistrates, who were swear- ing in special constables, and declared his willingness to assume a con- stable's staff, upon the condition that the Magistrates, together with the special constables, would join in a memorial to the Queen stating that the proceedings of the working population were justified by the dis- tresses of the times, and that the whole was to be attributed to bad and vicious legislation. The condition being generally rejected by the Ma- gistrates, Mr. Salt left the hall, with several other persons, of whom he appeared to be the leader.

Staffordshire has been tranquil. Mr. Richards, the leader of the Pottery Chartists, has been arrested ; and Mr. Cooper, the Leicester Chartist, was taken in custody at Burslem.

Three men were examined at Leicester on Tuesday, on a charge of being concerned in a riot at Belgrave on Friday. The mob, to the number of 1,500, made show of a very determined resistance to the military ; but on the appearance of the troops they took to their heels in a body. Lord Howe, who commanded a body of soldiers, chased a number of men for some distance ; and one, named Edwards, hiding himself in a ditch, Lord Howe dragged him out and gave him into the custody of the Police. The men were ordered to find substantial bail for their appearance at the Quarter. Sessions.

An adjourned meeting was held at Merthyr on the 18th; and a working-man was called to the chair. Bitter complaints were made of the low rate of wages and high price of bread. One speaker, Williams, described his earnings as 11. 15s. 7d. per month, and another said his amounted to 2/. Evan Rees, a miner, then proposed "that no more work be done until the wages of 1840 can be obtained." After some discussion, another man proposed a resolution "that no more work shall be done "—some one added, till the Charter could be had ; but the re- solution in its simple form was put to the meeting, and carried. After another discussion, the meeting formed into a procession, and went en mane to the works of Messrs. Crawshay, at Cyfarthfa ; where they had an interview with Mr. Henry Crawshay. Having patiently listened to their statements, Mr. Crawshay told them, that the prices of iron were so extremely low that it would not admit of his raising their wages at present ; but, there being some prospect of an improvement in the market, he hoped to be able to do so in about two months time. Some of the deputation, who belonged to Cyfarthfa Works, expressed a hope that Mr. Crawshay would not think harshly of them for the part they had taken. Mr. Crawshay replied, that he certainly should not, and that it would give him infinite pleasure and satisfaction to redress any grievances that lay in his power. The address to the Queen he could have no objection to sign ; but he thought they had better pro- cure the signature of Sir John Guest first. The deputation then went away, seemingly satisfied with Mr. Crawshay's straightforward conduct.

There was another meeting on Monday, and the disposition to hostile proceedings was more apparent The Chairman put it to the meeting whether they intended to go to work or not ; saying he himself was de- termined to stand out. A miner rose and begged to be allowed to go to work till they saw how things turned out in Eng'and ; but if his bre- thren objected to it, he would still stand oat. The Chairman then called upon all those who were determined not to go to work to hold up their hands; and nearly all did so. He then requested all those who were willing to return to their work to retire from the meeting one by one. No one ventured to make a mark of himself in that way. The greater number of men, however, had returned to work by Wed- nesday. A writer in the Morning Chronicle gives some interesting particulars respecting the state of wages-

" I have made some inquiries to get some data as to the extent of the exist- ing distress in this district ; and from all that I have been able to gather, I think I am within the mark in saying, that at least one-fourth less is paid in wages now than about twelve or eighteen months ego; not that the wages are reduced to that extent, but in consequence of the bad state of the iron-trade, which has thrown numbers out of work, a great many of whom have emigrated to America and to Spain. With every disposition on the part of, I believe, all the proprietors without exception, to meet the wants of the workmen, there must of necessity be great distress when the price of iron is now from 4/. 10s. to 5/. per ton, when in 1840 it was 8/. to 91.; which was pointed out to the men by Mr. Henry Crawshay, when they waited upon him to request an ad- vance of wages to the rate of 1840; asking them how they could reasonably expect what they asked, when they knew as well as he the state of the trade. The following, 1 have learned from a disinterested source, is the present rate of wages: colliers, 14s. per week ; puddlers and firemen average about 25s. per week; and common labourers Is. 10d. per day and their coals.'

The following address to the People of the United Kingdom was passed at a meeting of the National Anti-Corn-law League, in Manchester, on Saturday- " In the present deplorable state of the country, we the members of the National Anti-Corn-law League, in special meeting assembled, while wholly disregarding the wicked and calumnious attacks made upon us by the abettora of monopoly, feel it to be our duty to recall to the calm consideration of all classes the long-prevailing evils against which we have unceasingly contended,— evils which we solemnly believe to have led to the existing commotions, and which, unless removed, will inevitably involve the nation in still greater ca- lamities.

"It will be remembered, that in the autumn of 1838, impelled by the accu- mulating privations and alarming prospects of the people, an united effort to procure the abolition of the Corn-law was commenced, by the establishment of associations in various parts of the country ; and in the spring of 1839, an ap- peal was made to the House of Commons, by a numerous body of Delegates assembled in London, to be heard at their bar. This application the Legisla- ture refused. In 1840, another delegation assembled in London to press upon Parliament and upon the Ministry the necessity of repealing the Corn-law. This second appeal was likewise rejected. In 1841, another very numerous body of Der, ides assembled in the Metropolis, and reiterated their arguments, sud.produced a mass offsets bearing upon the question of the Corn-law ; but again the Leg suture refused the act ofjustice demanded of them. During the nem betwec 'he sessioas of 1841 and 1892, meetings were held in almostevery part of the country, (among which must be particularized one comprising 650 ministers of religion in Manchester, and anotherof 800 ministers and office-bearers of Scotch congregations at Edinburgh,) proclaiming the moral and physical deterioration of the working classes, and the ruinous effect of the Corn-law upon every department of industry. With the opening of the session of 1842 700 Delegates commenced their sittings in the Metropolis. They sought an interview with the Prime Minister; who declined to receive them. They pub- lished an appalling statement of facts, proving the dreadful sufferings of the great mass of the population, and the intimate connexion between those suffer- ings and the working of the Corn-law. The Ministry proposed and the Legislature sanctioned a partial change in the law, worthless as a remedial measure, and tantamount to an utter denial of the just claims of the people. Subsequently, the distress of the labouring class being intense, and whole districts being prostrated, another delegation assembled in London, and had interviews with the Prime Minister and his colleagues in the Government. They laid before them the state of the country, the impending destruction of some and the depression of all trades; the intense and wide-spread sufferings of the people; the exasperation of feeling and the hopelessness of redress which prevailed among them; and the danger that some great social convul- sion would result from the infatuated resolution of the majority of the Legis- lature, despite the prayers of millions of petitioners, to maintain, at all hazard, their destructive monopoly. " Having thus pointed out the cause, suggested the remedy, and foretold the consequences of delay, our duty was performed ; and we threw the responsibility, as we now do, upon the Government and the Legislature. " It is thus obvious, that we had long foreseen and often foretold those disastrous effects of the Corn-law which have been gradually developed, and have continued to increase in severity, until all the manufacturing districts have been thrown into a state of convulsion. " Whilst we most strongly and unequivocally condemn every breach of. the public peace, we desire to express our sympathy with the unmerited and long-continued sufferings of the working-classes, and our belief that the in- dustrious population of this country, if justly governed, would invariably be disposed to conduct themselves as peaceable and honest men and good citizens. " Finally, we consider it our duty to step forward in the present painful crisis, to declare once more our solemn and unshaken conviction that the un- just and inhuman Corn-law is the main cause of the evils which afflict the in- dustrial community, destroying the profits of the manufacturers, reducing the wages of the working-men, and bringing beggary and ruin upon a large portion of our countrymen ; and we desire to record it as our deliberate opinion, that the dense and increasing population of this country cannot be in a prosperous, comfortable, or even contented condition, so long as they are subjected to the pressure of the Corn-law; and that there can be no guarantee for the peace of society, or for the security of life and property, whilst large masses of the people are sinking into a state of abject destitution. " We therefore earnestly implore our countrymen of every class to unite with us in urging upon the Government the necessity of immediately re- assembling the Legislature, with a view to the total abolition of the destruc- tive monopoly in the food of the people.

" ROBERT HYDE GREG, Chairman."

The Leeds Times narrates pin incident which has just occurred in Yorkshire, fit to grace a novel. The hero is a groom, courted by his master's daughter : and his courage and determination towards the close of the eventful history prove that his discretion and distrust at the commencement were caused by no lack of manly spirit. About nine months ago, Mr. Charles Brook, a wealthy American merchant, came to settle with his family, a wife and two daughters, at Mirfield. Among the servants, employed as "boots" or occasional groom, was Benjamin Hall ; for whom the elder Miss Brook, twenty-three years of age, con- ceived an ardent passion. Whenever he was at work in the yard, she watched him from one of the windows ; and she never left it until he bad finished his task. The youth did not suspect her feelings, but was often heard to complain of her conduct, because, he said, " it seemed as if he could not do his duty without being watched." At length Miss Brook employed a more direct language than that of the eyes : she contrived to impart her feelings to Benjamin, and to inspire him with a return of affection : overcoming some scruples which, he entertained, she persuaded him to consent to their marriage ; and she furnished him, on Saturday fortnight, with the means to purchase a licence. For the sequel we borrow the words of the Leeds Times- " On Sunday evening, the day following, Miss Brook took an airing in the phaeton alone, her Adonis being the driver: here the licence was duly conned over, and it was finally arranged that the marriage should take place on Tues- day the 2d instant. Early in the m -.ening of that memorable diy, they ac- cordingly arose: Benjamin, with his fair one's assistance, prepared a horse and gig from his master's stables, into which they sprang like lightning, and drove off about four o'clock by a circuitous route to the ancient village of Birstal, unperceived by any of the family or servants. They arrived at the Black Bull Inn a little before seven o'clock, where they remained till eight : they then proceeded to the church; and the marriage was duly solemnized by the Re- verend W. Heald, the Vicar. After the ceremony was over, they again re- turned to the Black Bull Inn. In the mean time, the family at Mirfield arose as usual, and seated themselves at the breakfast-table: but the young lady's place was empty; a maid was therefore despatched to her lodging-room to fetch her ; but instead of bringing Miss Brook, she brought the following laconic note from her dressing-table : 'Dear Mamma—Pray don't be alarmed, I am only gone to get married.' This of course put the whole house in a ferment ; and Messrs. George Mitchell, (of the Yew Tree,) — Fearnsides, and Fairborn, and other neighbours, were called in, and sent in quest of the fugitives. Birstal, being about three miles distont, was thought to be the des- tination of the lovers. Mr. Mitchell arrived first on horseback ; and proceed- ing to the Black Bull Inn, found them in the travellers' room. The bride- groom bid him Good morning ' ; and observed, Had you been here half an hour ago, you would have just been in time for the wedding.* What !' said he in a rage, ' is it over?' and darting out of the room, went to the Vicar to ascertain the fact. Mr. Heald assured him that it was true; remarking, ' I have only just returned from the church.' 'And cannot you, then,' replied Mr. Mitchell, undo what you have done?' 'No, Sir,' observed Mr. Heald, smiling ; 'if I could do so I should have plenty of work.' Mr. M. then returned to the inn ; where he found the other gentle- men, who had arrived in a phaeton. An attempt was then made to part those whom God had joined together,' by giving the bridegroom into custody on the charge of stealing the horse and gig. This was too much for the young lady's equanimity. She then stood forth, and said in a tone of great anger, No, gentlemen ; Benjamin is now my husband, he was Men my father's ser- vant, and in taking the horse and gig he only obeyed my ednunanda. Then, turning to her husband, and presenting him with her gold watch and purse, said, 4 Here, take these ; they might as well charge you with stealing them.' The charge then of course fell to the ground ; and all parties for several hours sat in sullen and rigid silence, save the sighs and sobbings of the afflicted lady. At length Benjamin, whom we shall call Mr. Hall, rose and said to his wife

and his brother, (a minor, who had been engaged to give the lady in marriage,)

• Come, let us now go borne.' Upon which Mr. Fearnsides exclaimed in a frantic manner, • If you attempt to move, I will shoot you '; and ' If you at- tempt to do that,' said Mr. Ball's brother, ' I will knock you down,' accom- modating his fist to the expression : and again all became seated and silent. 'While things remained In this state, the young lady's father (who had only just returned from Liverpool) arrived at the inn. Upon his enter- ing the room, Mrs. Hall immediately rose, and curtseying, seized .him by the hand; and, after complaining bitterly of the conduct of the Indi- viduals present, stated Ler warm attachment to her Benjamin. After Mrs. Ball had done speaking, all again became silent for a considerable time. At length, some refreshments were ordered, and a more conciliatory policy adopted. It was ultimately and mutually agreed that they should all return to Mir6eld, and see if they could accommodate matters. Accordingly, at night, the horses, phaeton, and gig, were brought out, and the party started off for Alirfield ; Mr. Hall being between two of the gentlemen in the phaeton, and Mrs. Hall being between other two in the gig. They arrived at Mirfield at ten o'clock ; and the phaeton turned UP the road leading to Mr. Brook's re- sidence. At this moment, Mr. Hall turned' his head, and perceived that the gig, containing his lady, was proceeding at a rapid rate on the road towards Hud- dersfield: upon which he sprung from between his companions, and crossed the field to overtake the gig; and as he approached lie called out 'Whoa, whoa!' and the horse, knowing the voice of its former indulgent keeper, immediately stood still, and obstinately refused to budge. The young lady's keepers, hear- ing Mr. Hall approach, took her from the gig into an adjoining house, (Mr. Shaw's) ; her indignant husband following, and fighting his way through the door and passage of the house. They, however, managed to cause him to be obstructed and detained while they got her through the window, screaming piteously, and placed her again in the gig, and drove off. In half an hour, Mr. Ball was turned out of the house; and knowing that his wife had recently been on a visit to Mr. Kilner's, at the Carr House, Huddersfield, he concluded they had conveyed her thither. He therefore proceeded, on foot, and arrived at the Carr Bouse a little after midnight. He repeatedly paced the front of the house, and was perceived. Soon after two o'clock on Wednesday morning, a gig, containing two men and a female drove from the yard; and Mr. Ball ran and seized the horse by the reins. Two of the Hud- dersfield watchmen were called and feed to take him off, and bold him while the gig got away. They did so ; but two other individuals coming and being informed of the cause of his being detained, they attacked the watchmen ; a scuffle ensued ; and ultimately Mr. Ilall was released ; when he immediately set off in the direction the gig had taken. Ile, however, never overtook them, nor was he able to trace them through any of the toll-gates; and it has since been ascertained that the female in the gig was not his wife, but only one of Mr. Kilner's servants, who was placed there in order to decoy him from the premises. It was also discovered that a chaise conveyed Mrs. Ball from Huddersfield to Manchester, at midnight, on Thursday week ; when it was observed that the individuals who had charge of her had hard work to pacify her. This circumstance reached the ears of Mr. Hall, and he started at ten o'clock on Friday night from Mirfield, by omnibus, to Huddersfield, and from thence, in company with two friends, by gig to Manchester. They then proceeded by the first train on Saturday morning to Liverpool : owing, lowever, to his inexperience and mismanagement, he returned home on Wed- nesday night last, without having accomplished the object of his mission. An eminent solicitor, however, has now taken his case in hand; and if the young lady is not produced in a few days, it is more than probable that legal proceed- ings will be commenced against the parties implicated in her abduction. We asnderstand that the young lady possesses from 15,000/. to 20,0001., bequeathed to her by a deceased uncle in America, and independently of her father. It is saipposecl by those most competent to form an opinion, that she is either in the Isle of Man, or has been shipped off to America. Her relations, however, re- fuse to give any information; consequently it remains an absolute mystery."