Yorkshire, 
1811.] 
worth from 5 to 6001. He was mulcted fora 
burglary in the night, at a lat.e York assizes; 
but, on his trial, he brought ■witnesses who 
proved that he had not committed therobbery 
in the night, but at five in the morning, in 
the glare of sunshine. He v/as acquitted, 
therefore, on this fatal error of the indict¬ 
ment, and inadvertently discharged, but, fear¬ 
ing an amended indictment, has since kept 
out of the way. He has, however, ui his 
smbush, got a low attorney to bring an ac¬ 
tion tor a false and malicious prosecution, and 
for ten months imprisonment, and actually 
Jays his damages at 50001.! The lawyers 
think his case, in law, is a very strong one, 
and advise the party robbed to enter into a 
compromise, which being indignantly refus¬ 
ed, the cause has been referred to an eraine.nC 
counsel in the Temple. 
At a meeting of the subscribers to the pro¬ 
posed Botanic Garden, at Hull, held in the 
large room, at the Neptune inn, Hull, on Fri¬ 
day, the 9th inst. Dr. Alderson in the chair, 
the following resolutions were unanimously 
agreed to:—-Isc. That there shall be a bota¬ 
nic garden; and that a provisional committee 
of twelve, five of whom sliall be competent 
to act, be appointed for the purpose of carry¬ 
ing the institution into effect.—2d. That the 
sum of gOOO guineas, or as much of it as 
pun be obtained, .shall be raised on loan by 
transferable shares of five guineas, bearing 5 
per cent, interest, each subscriber being at 
.liberty to take any number of shares not ex¬ 
ceeding twenty —5d. That, after 200 annu.il 
subscribers, at one guinea each, are obtained, 
no one shall, from that time, be admitted as 
a subscriber who does not also take a five, 
guinea share.—4>th. That the family of each 
subscriber, and strangers visiting them, with 
the exception of children under eight years 
of age, and sons above twenty-one, shall be 
allow'ed free access to the garden.—At the 
close of the meeting, the following gentle¬ 
men were chosen, according to the first re- 
golution, to constitute the committee; Dr. 
Alderson, W, Spenc», P. W. Watson, J, C* 
Parker, Charles Lutwidge, John Broadley, 
A. Stoven, Rev. T. Dikes, Rev. G. Lee, 
George Fielding, Wm. Bourne, John Simp¬ 
son. 
At a meetlag of the inhabitants ofLeoton, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, 
held at that place on Monday, the 29ch of 
July, 1811, it was resolved unanimously— 
That the right of the people to meet and dis. 
cuss public measures, and to pre.''er petitions 
or remonstrances to the Throi.e, cr to either 
House of Parliament, sliojjiu be asserted and 
mail',tamed by every friend to the liberties of 
England.-—That, fromlhe apparent insensi¬ 
bility of administration to our present dan¬ 
ger, they are likely to involve us in a war 
with the United States of America, which 
v/ould gratify anti strengthen our enemy morn 
th' 4 n &ny other step they could take ; would 
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complete the ruin of our merchants and manu¬ 
factures, and expose us to dangers that can¬ 
not be described.—That, owing to a ruinous 
and protracted war, great numbers of our 
merchants are become insolvent, the goals 
are filled with manufacturers, and the work- 
houses with paupers.—That the people of 
England have witnessed, with the deepest 
regret, various decisions in the House of Com¬ 
mons upon corrupt practices, which are “ as 
notorious as the sun at noon-day ■w'e, there¬ 
fore, declare it to be our opinion, that a Re¬ 
form in the representation of the people, the 
removal of the present ministers, and the re¬ 
storation of peace on a perrhanenc basis, as 
soon as it can be effected on honorable terms, 
are the only means by which the country can 
be saved.—That it is the opinion ofthis meet¬ 
ing, that a petition be presented to his Royal 
Highness the Prince Regent, praying that he 
v/ill dismiss from his councils those men wha 
have brought our trade and nation to the verge 
of ruin ; and that he will call such men to 
his councils as have the confidence of his 
Royal Highness, and the welfare of the na- 
tion, at heart. 
Population. 
Males. Females. 
Total- 
Huddersfield 
4824 
4847 
9671 
Halifax 
4138 
4939 
9077 
Bradford 
3649 
4118 
7767 
Kaaresbro’ 
1062 
2272 
4234 
Married.'] At Richmond, W. Attree, esq. to 
Miss Maria Town, of Bradford. 
At WaRon, Mr W. Mitchell, to Mi?* 
Strangeways, of Jervaux A.bbey. 
At Hook, near Howden, Mr. Herbert 
Seaton, of this place, to Miss Grace Pep* 
per. 
Mr. Kennedy, of Hull, to Miss V/illiams^ 
of Beverley. 
At Market-Weighton, Mr. Joseph Smith, 
linen-draper, to Miss Alice Laverick. . 
At York, Varley Bcaiby, esq. of Porto 
Bello, to Miss Driffield, of York. 
Mr. Wm. Beck'vith, navigation warehouse, 
Leeds, to Miss Mary Fryer, of Yoik. 
Mr. Wm. Smith, of Pontefract, to Miss 
Ann Dickon, of Leeds. 
Disney Alexander, M. D. of Halifax, to 
Miss Edwards, of Spring flead. 
Mr. George Steeple, of Hull, to Miss 
Row'lston, of Helperby. 
At the Friends’ Meeti.ug-house, Leeds, 
Townshend Compton, esq. to Miss Eiiza 
Nevins, of Larchfield. 
At Hatfield, Mr. Christopher Whit*, 
farmer, to Miss Lowthorpe, both of tliat 
place. 
Mr. James Glover, of Leeds, merchant, 
to Miss Catherine Green, of the Leeds Pot¬ 
tery. 
In Beverley’, Mr. Henry Johnso.n, to Miss 
|.sabeila Thompson. 
Mr, W. Cowley, of Hull, to Miss Scurr, 
cj Haltoft. 
At 
