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i ^^ p ^ B ^^^^ BUMW ^^ MiMKttUai ^^^^^^ M ^^^^^ M ^^ i ^^^ y . ¦ ¦ ¦^¦\[^ - }\ . [¦ . '•]¦ "N OTICE ' ^ ' ' ..- ' : -- ^ : ' W ' > ¦ ^ !; "N . qTiCE . ; : ^ . ; ¦ 'M :, ' ; , g ^ i The Northern Siar of next SATURDAY will contain , an Engraving of the •; ; ¦ . ; : FIVE DOBCHESTER LABOURERS , Taken expressly for the ' becambn . : Also , 6 li the 12 th , every Lancashire ¦ Pufcbaser , and on- the I 9 tn of May , 1838 , every Yorkshire Purchaser , will be presented . with A SPLENDID POBlRAlT " ''; . . . : ¦ ¦ . ¦ .. ' ¦ . ' " ¦ ¦ •¦ . OF / THE ¦ '¦ . : - r . " ¦ . ' - tim . J . E . STEPHENS .
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THE THREE CHURCHES . The holidays we now over , and the" -work of experiment reconimencef . In this country , where Sie « i 6 nej resources come from an unrepresented class , there is seldom much difficulty in ensuring concord upon the question of taxation and plunder . Job Husle may object to the sum " tattle . " while " - ¦¦¦ - „ /
¦ wi th his Tulgar arithmetic , and a . laugh , opposition ceases : but a . semblance - of moraliTy is absolutely necessary in order to ensure this concord . No matter -ivhether "Whigs or Tories may be in power ; *» o matter haw they differ in political principle ; they are respectively , too shrewd and politic to join in establishing so pernicious aprecedent-as the stoppage of supplies , . however applied . This constitutional Xiode of testing disapprobation , " and' want of confidence , has long since ceased ; and the whole some practice of refusing publie - money for purposes of public injustice , has merged into a .
staierpiritual trial of p artj strength . The ministers , ¦ with the assistance af Sir Robert Peel and his party , have said their political grace . Upon all questions of Home Policy and Foreign Rule , they » eem to be agreed ; with a slight difference in their -new -with respect to Local Institutions , ' and the amount of influence which their respective parties are justified in using for the promotion of their cause and their friends . The general Government-work , to a certain period of a Session of Parliament , whether -under "Whig or Toiy direction , is almost a matier of course ; and the proceedings of one year present little or no difference from those of former
years . The people ' s part has been done ; the rub"bish has been cleared away . Canada has fallen ; Ireland must remain pauperized ; for , though bread "be offered , the dread of offending the Great Political Proteus , will seal the lips of the hungry , le ? the injures iheholy causein which his spiritual leader has been so long embarked , and which , for thirty years he has teen bringing to a close . The terms of Labour , and the right to protect it , and resist Innovation , las been submitted to a piebald Committee . The triumph of Liberty in Spain , through the splendour
of British ann 3 , has been achieved by the promotion of Sir G . D . Evans , while his victims are to "be seen in-piecemeal , as wooden sign-post ? before the Eating Houses of the Metropolis . The bonds of Catholicity have been rent asunder , and the triumph of Ireland is complete . Shibl is Comanissiener of Soup ; Fitzsimox is Deputy-Lieuienant ; O'Dwyer has a place ; and Fisx an appointment . The bondage of the Slave is just , and shall continue , because a bold speaker at a public met-ting offended the fostering T ^ Tiig
Government , and thereby insulted the fine fe ^ lingg of some forty Irish place-hunting representatives , who say that the suffering of the Slave is matter of comparative insignificenee to the necessity of -npholding the power of the place bestowing "Whigs . Such , then , have "been the Foreign , the Domestic , and the Party Triumphs of the "Whi gs , up to the present period of the Session ; but now comes the tug of war ; now comes the unfurling of the " tri-color ; " the Three-Church " Banner : —Three Churches and one God . Notwithstanding
O'Cox-2 JELL ' s anxious desire to postpone the settlement of . the Irish Church question , till after the Coro-: nation , or , indeed , for * ver , ( as it is his crutch , his staff , and his life , ) yet is it too great a god-send to "be lost by SirTtoBERT and his Praise-God-barebones party . The legal obligation upon our " young and virtuous Queen" ( as the terms of -her Coronation ) to uphold the " Church as by Law Established , " is too near to allow any postponement of those questions , which , according to the handling will throw the power incidental to such occasion *
Jnto the scale of the victorious party : and , therefore , come the battle must , — no matter : from which camp the first shot be fired . Then many who recklessly commit wholesale plunder upon the people , will turn up the whites of iheir eyes at so monstrous a proposition , as that the Irish Catholic should be relieved from any portion of 15 s just debt to that Parson -who damns his creed and denies his right to salvation . Then will the English Church-brood , who have so long plucked and nestled under the doating Mother , laugh to impious scorn flie claim of the Dissenter to any relief from Church established plunder and fraud . Then will the Scotr-h
iypoerite marvel at the blasphemy of the times in ¦ which worshippers of the Almighty seek to be bound to their Church by a voluntary obligation , rather than aState political fetter . This "Mother Church " reminds us of the hen whose brood has left her and though alone and having grown out of the affections of her children , she is satisfied with her lot , as she has been released from the responsibility of providing for them . The political immoralities -which have been engrafted upon the Law Church , iave so completely severed the bond of Spiritual
Union , that the truly religious have sprung out into different sects , var iously expressing the reasons for their dissent , and justly stating " their demand for relief from State trammels . Thu 3 we find that a battle is to be fonght fc > T each of the three Kingdoms ; and the spiritual rule established for the worship of one God , in any one of the three , will famish no political precedent for the spiritual government of the others . But how critically woven , and how nicely set , must be the meshes of this Law-Church , where none escape the net , and the ¦ unit ed power of the whole Dissenting body cannot
accomplish any diminution in its political authority . The whole strength of the Law-Church is comprised in the cannon , and the sword , which constitute an effective and practical Union : while the power of the Dissenters 13 considerabl y diminished , and indeed rendered useless by the want of "Unjon ^ arising out of the clumsy method in which they have advocated their respective claims . The Dissenting bodies not being , any one , of themselves , sufficiently powerful to work out their relief , are satisfied with that superiority which , in degree , they possess , tie one above another : while none are
strong enough to make a stand against the common enemy . Whereas if love of God , and a desire to pur ify religion , be their object , they should first bring the united force of the whole body of Dissenters to bear against the common- enemy ; and , that destroyed , there would remain no barrier , to the accomplishment of their holy project , except , indeed , a aesirefor ascendancy , ( a lust to which flesh i » so prone , ) shouldnndits way into the councils of those , who , when oppressed , required but toleration ; and when tolerated , sought but equality ; and , when equalized ,
saw strength enough to command superiority and political ascendancy . The Irish Church is the rock opon which so many Administrations have been wrecked ; and the great pSot , well aware of the shoals , see * no power of escape , save by keeping the Teasel at anchor ; and persuading the crew mean iane , tint a temporary stoppage wiU presentl y ensnre a quicker speed and more certain results . "Men axe but children of a lager growth ; " and you , who lave spent yonr time aad your money , in . an endeatout to procure Justice for Ireland , " behold her
present position . The sable mantle of the distant slave is thrown over Catholic suffering ; --and in ^ he exuberance of national feeling and love of liberty , fiie ^ proscribed race are made to forget their own Jnmgfrand degradation , while they are taught sensitively to feeL and strongly to express their fedings , for those whose jdaveryfc liberty , compared to the bandage of those Tolnnteeis in the battle cf Jfegip Emancipation . "While one party of tramping commjssicners hare been advocating one set of prin-
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ciples in ti » North of England , another set nave devoted the recess to the advocacy of not less pernicious doctrines in Ireland , —the land of "White Slavery , Starvation , Nakedness , and Misery : and while the nation of paupers are represented as having done practical work , the Great Juggler , who has been recently fed by the English Radicals , has once more the audacity to laugh at their strength , to denounce their consistency , to ; mock their power , and deny their union ' . "Well may he deny the Union of aples in ^ North of England , another set bave
English Radicals , which is such a terror to his coward soul ! He who has strung his every nerve to destroy that union by blarney , and invited reliance upon himself ; but who , having failed by agitation , has had recourse to a Committee of that Banking class of whom be ia now the representative . To the baVtle of the Churches then we must look forward as forming the principal—indeed , the only ground of contention for the remainder of the present session , the past portion of which has been so fruitlessly , so childishly , and so indecently squandered .
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TRATES . We were inclined to head this article " Conspiracy of Lord John Russell against the Independence of the English Magistracy ; " but prefer asking for further information before we condemn the Noble Lord . Our question is this , and it is to Thomas Starxie , Esq . J . T ., Hnddersfield . "We beg to know whether , or not , that Gentleman ' s Appointment , and the Appointment of his two Brothers , to the Bench , has Wen procured by the interest of his
Brother-in-Law , Mr . Statjnton , of Stroud , Chairman of Lord John RusseWs Election Committee f We are induced to ask the question , because , we do not find upon record , a similar instance of three' brothers being appointed to the Commission , and intended to sit upon the same Bench , in a district where five Magistrates ( namely , Sir John Lister Lister Kate , Bart , J . Walker , W . W . Battye , B . N . R . Battye , and J . Armitaoe , Esqs ., ) had been
previously in the Commission , and of whose character and capability there was but one opinion , namely , that of confidence and approval . If all those Magistrates who have been placed upon the Commission in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield , should condescend to qualify , the rate-payers must considerably enlarge the Bench , asitii not commensurate with the necessity which has arisen of appointing Ex Officio Guardians . Huddersfield has no fewer than nine acting Magistrates I . ¦
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FACTORY AGITATION . We beg to direct the attention of oar readers to two documents , in our eighth page , indieathe of the respective movements of the antagonist forces of avarice and hnmanity . They will perceive from the Millowners' Circular that our middle class Puritanoeraey , have no objection to organized Combinations whenever their purposes of infantcide and cruelty can be thereby promoted . Thev will see that these " Associated Millowners "
intend , by a vigorous and simulraneos effort , to throw off the restrictions which , for purposes of fraud and villany , they consented to impose upon themselves . They would be freed from the tyranny of the Inspectors—they would be released from the onus of educating the children—and they would have the facilities for detecting and punishing their wilful violations of the children ' s rights considerably abridged . We can tell them that they will not be allowed to accomplish these lectle patriotic projects . We know the present
law , when properly enforced , to be productive of much inconvenience to the Mill-owners . We are plod of it . Thcj- oHosc tte bit—let them kite it . The present Act is of their own framing—it is their own entirely , and we wish them joy of it . The friends of humanity would have released them from all its inconveniences : they implored them to consider these inconveniences at the proper time , and to assist their best friends in settling this long and painfully agitated question upon a firm , and honest , and equitable basis . They laughed at our remonstrances—they chose their own eour .-e—and they
shall abide by it . Not one single portion of the protection now afforded to suffering infancy must be given up . Heartil y do we respond to the invigorating . Address of the Operative Committee . Let not a moment be lost . Let every nerve of honest determination be instantly braced and put in action . Let meetings be held every where , and all over . And let the Associated Millowners , and their tooLs the Whig Government know that the Factory population is wide awake . We shall return to this subject next weeK ; when we hope to have accounts of spirited meetings held all through the districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire .
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , April 25 th , 1838 . Buing much occupied this -week , I shall trespass . little on your space to-day . Indeed I shorld not trouble you at all , but that I wish to thank you for your explanation of the " wooden eating house " affair , at Leeds , which , I assure you , was an inexplicable riddle to all I had conversed with on the suject " What , O'Brien'" —exclaimed some of my brother Radicals here , " after aU our exertions and sacrifices for the last seven years , —after all the
cuffs and kicks , and insults , and persecution the operatives have suffered from the ruling classes , — after all the promises held ont to them , and broken —after all the Radical speeches , —and all the cheap publications we have had , —after the innumerable public meetings that have taken place , —after the propagandists of our faith had , as it were , planted our standard upon the four corners of the island , — are the Operatives of England about to turn Conservatives upon our hands after all , and thus to aid their , and our worst , enemies in destroying both
us and themselves ? " Such , I assure you , was , in substance , the language addressed to me last week , by several staunch Radicals , and , amongst others ^ by Dr . Arthur James Beaumont , who endured three years' imprisonment in a French dungeon in defence of our principles , and whose brother , the brave , and generous , and . ever-to-be-lamented , Augustus Beaumont , would have carried his head to the block rather than survive for one hour , the day » n which the Operatives of England ishonld sign away their birth-ri ght . I shall never forget
the Doctor ' s rueful length of face when he uttered the words referred to , and 1 was far from blaming the man when he indignantly added , " if these accounts be true , " ( alluding to the Time $ report of the alledged Operatives' feedings in the north )—if these accounts be true , the sooner all men of intellect and education have done with the working classes the better ; it is digraceful to hold any communion with such wretches . "—I was quite « f the Doctor ' s opinion . Men capable of associating
together to conserve their own degradation and misery , Would be capable of any thing . No virtuous man ' s life or reputation would be a moment safe in tkeir hands . The same crawling spirit of subserviency , or the same sinister calculations which induced them to sell their own birthright for a mess ofpotage , would , in time of trouble , induce them to turn hired assassins , at a shilling a day , in &e pay of our destroyers , to murder their fellow citizens , for no other crime than that of not being 90 base as themselves . Indeed we are to telieve
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the Newspapers , the Conservative Operatives aVow--ed as much themselves ; they declared , not in speech , but by acclamation , that they would fight to the death to uphold the institutions of the country . In other words they are represented as having applauded Sir F . BtntDETT , Sir J . Sinclair , ar id Lord Maidstone , " , whenever they uttered sentiments having that tendency . Now , that men should be ready to fight »"» defence of rights acquired , or to obtain rights iiiyustly withheld ,, is intelligible enough . All who are not Apostates from the orderi the Newspa ^
of manhood , will say that such men have cause for fighting , and will wish them joy and _ triumph .. But , that men should profess themselves ready to fight to prevent- rights being given them , is an anomaly in morals altogether inexplicable , except on the supposition that the professing '" . ' parties are either bribed , or insane . Nevertheless , bad and absurd as this is , there would still be some excuse for the Conservative Operatives , if no worse , inferences were to be drawn from their reported conduct . If men are fools enough to think political rights of
no value , or if they are base enough to sell them for an annual feed , let them , in folly ' s name think so and dn so so long as they confine their foll y , or baseness to their own rights ; and let them be at liberty even to fight against those who would thrust rights upon them ; in other word ? , ltt them think and act as they like , respecting their own rights ; let them contend for the the glorious right of having no rights * let them work the knife to protect the brilliant privilege of being without any privileges at all ! But , in the name of all that is sacred , let them not claim to dispose of our rights along with their own ; let them not reward our anxiety to see them
righted , by declaring themselves ready to wrong us , and to shed their blood in maintenance of the wrong . The man or men ( if men they can be called ) who could do this , are something worse than mad or bribed . They are miscreants , for whose complicated wickedness no language contains an adequate name . We may forgive the miserable , who commits political suicide through corruption or folly ; but he is an unpardonable : monster who would draw his " Conservative" razor across the throats of his best friends , for no other cause than that they preferred political life to political death , or because they could not , like him , make up their minds tobefelo . de se for a mess of pottage , or for a fbremanship .
I am glad , Gentlemen , that you explained the mystery last week . Many an honest Radical will be cheered and comforted by your exposure of the fraud practised under the name and mark of Operatives' Conservative Associations . For myself , I did not believe in the possibility of any such associations being in existence -any where , move especially in Leeds . I thought there might be a few grovelling wretches here and there capable of such
baseness , but of the millions I felt quite secure . That a few crafty overseers , and a few " crimp sergeants ' ' ( as you-appropriately designate them , ) should league with their Tory employers to get up a counterfoi something , which they might pa * s off as a token , or symbol of value to sustain the sinking credit of that faction , is easily enough accounted for . Men of that stamp have no more feelings or interests in common with working men , then the slave driver has with
the negro-gang , he is set over . What the cart-whip or cowrhide is to the one , the strap or billy-roller is to the other . Such persons are always found to be the meanest , as - . veil as the most pitiless tyrants . Half-masters , and half-slaves , they embody in thpmselves the combined vices of the two conditions , without any of the redeeming qualities which are compatible with either . Thev are always more tyrannical than the master , are always more servile than the slave ; obeying the former with mechanical exactness , and goading and oppressing the latter with remorseless insensibility .
That wretches of this sort should be found recruiting for the Tory party , is anything but surprising . The Tories are worthy of such agents , and such agents are worthy of-the Tories . They will be serviceable to one another in more ways than one . The agents will do that species of dirty work for the Tories , which a sense of decency and honour would prevent Tories from doing for themselves , and the Tories will do for the agents what the latter could not sn well do for themselves ; they will grease their palms and line their insides with a part of ike -common spoil . Sadly fallen indeed is poor " Old Glory , " when he has got into such company ! BRONTEItRE .
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The Leeds Times of last week makes a complaint , that while the ' ¦ " Reporter of the most democratic Paper in England was admitted to the Leeds 'Tury Mess , the' Reporter of the Times was denied admittance . " We beg to inform our readers , that we neither asked for , or -purchased , admittance for our Reporter . We had no Reporter there . But surely the Times - will be satisfied this week with a more practical proof of Exclusive Dealing . The Times , Me . Mercury , and the Intelligencer , huve been directed to . insert the resolutions passed on Wednesday last , at the meeting of the West Riding Mechanics' Institutes , and that compliment was not paid to the " most democratic Paper , " although the muling declared that the resolutions should be advertised in ALL
the Leeds papers . On receiving a proof of the resolutions from the Mercury office , we found that the Star was omitted j upon which our Repvrter declared that the resolulionpassed was general . We therefore directed him lo cull upon Mr . Plint , the Secretary , who had the matchless presumption to say , "that our Reporter was correct , but such had not been the intention . However we might , as the mistake had occurred , insert the document . " tVhat , did this insignificant . man suppose ? did lie imagine thai we were looking to him for patronage , or that we would condescend to ask him for an advertisement
. No , our Columns shall he without such stuff e ' er we prostitute ourselves for lucre . This is the gentleman who undertook to make all the arrangements for the delivery of she lectures by Mr . Owen to the Institution of which he is Secretary , and ' to pay all expences ; iaT who , J ast night , discovered , ajid informed Mr . O . s friends that his views did not square with those of Mr . Flint , anil therefore he begged to decline the services asked , fVe sau nothing of the Institution , who we are sure were not parties to the transaction ; but we scornfull ,, reject the Advertisement . ¦ J
G . P ., S . W ., & T . R . ~ Mr . Fcurgus O'Comior has no objection to sit on Arbitrations , provided they are appointed for Mondays , Tuesdays JVednesdhys , or Saturd ays . As to terms alid arrangements , they must come through a solicitor in the regular form . J '^ -T ^ : O'c ™™ ' cannot take upon himself the invidious task of saying who is the best solicitor m Leeds . There are many good ones ; some perhaps preferable in some cases , and others are preferable m other cases . Agents are particularl y ret / nested to send their orders fornext week in good time , as the great pains whwlihas been taken to procure ^ good likenesses of the Dorchester Labourers will cause an increased demand . '
A Constant Reader , who writes from Edinburgh and refuses to pay the postage of his letter , / " ! ?} ° i l ni jecL He has no ( Seated ^ Whig : ( ^ ' ^ - ^ our friend , The order to withdraw Mr . Foden ' s advertise ment , came too late to be attended to this week , the first form being workedtffi John Knight , and an Enemy . to Slander —Their letters are postponed for want of room . Erratunv in our last—I « the advertisement Scotch Tea Dealers versus Puffers , « S colm ^ n * st be sketched with blafk co ' lour ^ houid t «** characters mnst be sketched wiMblacl Aloa . —Mr . MUiar ' s letters were both received in J ** * X ? y leld s f nee receiving the second
J . Darken ' s . portraits were sent to London on Up 10 th . Be muti [ apply to Mr . mthert gln
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The Times > the Globe ; the Huddersfield Radicals , and the King of HanotER .- ^ -The Globe , withoutwaiting for proof , reiterates the charge of the Tmies against the Huddersfield Radicals . We beg to direct attention to their resolution in answer to the charge , and to say that they did not one of them drink the health of the monster murderer of Hanover . JSuch an instance could be only equalled by the fact of Mr . O'Connell drinking " The Glori ous ^ Pious , and Immortal Memory of the great and good King William who freed him from Popery j Slavery , Woodden Shoes and Brass Money ; " which he did , as he said , " to please the Orangemen of Dublin . " But perish every Radical in England , before they thus prostitute thtir minds to lip worship .
Tit for Tat . —Qn Monday hist a man named J as . M'Donald was brought before the magistrates charged with having assaulted a watchman . It appeared that the prisoner was lying in a state of intoxication in the yard of " the Royal Oak , " on the previous evening , and that , being discoyrred by a watchman who ordered him away , be was very outrageous and inflicted sundry thumps on the body of the preserver of the peace . In return iorthis he was treated to several tastes of " the staff" about the head , which was bruised in no enviable manner . The prisoner stated that he had come from Bramley ; that he was / ras / 4 , and did not know what he was doing . He expressed sorrow foi- whathad happened , and , in consideration of his wounds , was discharged without paying any penalty .
A Faithless Friend . —On Saturday last , a respectable looking young woman , named Francis Bell was brought before the Magistrates , charged with having decamped with several articles of clothing , amongst which were a silk gown , a tuscan bonnet , and a , good shawl , the property of Ann Burrows , her companion ; It appeared that the two fair ones having met together ^ had determined , about two days before , to take lodgings at the house of an Irish woman , named Mary Ward , at Quarry Hill
, and that they intended to commence the dress making business . Miss Bell , who represented herself as having come from Thortou-le-moor , took the earliest opportunity of running away with the wearing apparel of Miss Burrows ; and it was not until she had reached Pontefract that she was detected , by the skill of Mr . Stephens , the chief eonstable of that place , who found her offering the articles for sale . The clothes were identified by the owner , and the faithless fair one was committed for trial to the sessions .
Lekqs United Order of Odd Fellows . — On Sunday last ,: the mortal remains of Brother Colliuson , of Lodge No . I , Leeds , were committed to their last long home , when about one hundred a nd forty brothers ; paid a tribute of respect to hjs memory , by attending his funeral , attired in'black scarfsjand white gloves . After the ' procession hud arrived with the corpse at the place appointed for all living , the funeral sermon was read by Mr . Newsonie , of Lodge jNo . 2 . The procession then moved back to the . Black Lion Inn , Mill-Hill . Every brother behaved with the strictest decorum , and appeared to feel the wei ght of the solemn duty he was then performing .
ASSAULT . —On Monday , Win . Pullanwas brought up at the Court House , charged with having , on Saturday night , assaulted a watchman , by beating and kicking him with great violence . It appeared that the officer Irad been rent , for to the house of the prisoner ' s father , iu Meadow-lane , who , after having assaulted the father and one of his brothers , had commenced an attack upon the watchman , but he was overpowered and safely lodged in prison . He was fined £ 4 . 10 s . and 6 s . expenses ; and in default of payment he was committed for two ' inonths to Wakotield House of Correction .
' ' Suspicion of Robbery , and Assault . — On Tuesday ,. . William Thompson , Henry Rodley , and Thomas Swift , were placed at the bar of the Court-House , upon a serious cha rge of assault , with intent to commit a robbery , on Monday night , upon a man of the name of Bateman , who resides at the Bank , and had been drinking at the King ' s Arms Inn , near that pjace , with the three prisoners , whom he charged with having , on his road home , knocked him do ^ -n , burst his mouth , placed a handkerchief over his face , and attempted to rifle his pockets . On relating the circumstance to the policeand
, h aving given the name ? , description , and residence of the prisoners , they were immediately apprehended . On the following morning , in consequence of the prisoners ! friends having compromised the matter , he positively refused to identify any of the prisoners . The Magistrates observed that the complainant deserved placing in the dock along with his companions , for having made such a false charge as to caiise the prisoners to be deprived of their liberty for the night , and then makis such a disgraceful compromise ; such characters did not deserve the protection of the policemen of watchmen .
Impudent Assault . —On Tuesday last , a man named John Francis , a wandering tinker , was brought before the Magistrates , charged with having assaulted a person named Wm . Baxter , resident in Marsh-lane . It appeared that on the previous night Baxter was in his own house , and that hearing a great noise outside he went to endeavour to quell it , his daughter being in a dying state and unable to bear the disturbance . He remonstrated with the parties , told them the situation of his daughter , and begged them to go away . The prU soner without making any reply , struck him on the mouth and used much abusive language . He was fined 10 s . for the assault , and 6 s . costs , or in default of payment to go to the House of Correction for fourteen days . A brother tinker produced the money and released his companion *
Domestic Wars . —No less than four wives appeared before the magistrateson Tuesday last , to solicit the interference , of the bench between themselves and their husbands , amongst whom the torch of war hao \ been thrown . The first complained that her husband did not allow her sufficient to maintain her house , and that she had sinne the last time she was before them , which was about a month ago , frequently been forlwo or three days with little or nothing to support herself and child , the husband on the contrary maintained that she had got him i nto a great deal of debt , which he had no means of paying , and that though he was a very steady man , and earned good wages , he was always in difficulties . Eventually they agreed to separate , the husband to
allow the wife 5 s . per week . The second was a complaint , by the wife against the husband , that he did not provide her with a home of his own , but had since the time of bis marriage , taken his wife to live with his mother . It appeared , however , that the complaint was a mere vexatious one , and the magistrates dismissed the . case , thinking that if the young wifewas made comfortable , whether at her husband ' s or mother s house j or any where else , : she ought to be satisfied The third case was a complaint against the husband for disorderl y conduct , - and neglect of home . This coupl ^ had been m arried thirty years ; and . had several children . - The wife stated ' that the bitterest cause of complaint which shp had *« *«*«
against her hushand , was that he came home " intoxicated , ' and wenHo bed with his clothes on . All she wanted wa 8 that he should come home in good tune , ^ nd goto bed like another decenHan ( Laughter . He was bound to keep the peace . The fourth case was ^ complaint o £ assault % a ^ S the husband who had decamped and left his rib to enjoy the satisfaction of paying for a warrant , and appearing to answer the charge for herself . . Ancient Foresters . ^ -X ) n Monday Week Of M ? r £ - ^ -S societ y h * at ! 2 of Mr . Clewes , Call-lane , when upwards of sev « nty members sat down to a substantial dinner , 7 _ ROBBER ] £ s . - ^ On the nm efeenrt , i fo ^ .
bawker at ^ i gaav robbed of ^ arceTonilk f the value of about £ 60 . , The thief is known but has decampei with the booty yi and has not ^ et been found- A few days ag 0 , a silver watch wal Sen T S !^ *™ ' Pavid Stafford , of Chu ^ Srn ^
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Superior Change R > N 6 iN < j . r--0 n the tiaorning of th < e I 6 tt instant , at live o ' clocky the society of Ringetsof St , Peter ' s Charcb ^ Bir staU , ascended the tower and rung a complete and true ' peat of Cumberland Exercise , consisting of 5 , 600 changes , composed by the latei Joseph Tebhs , of Leeds ; and brought round , in a . masterlyVstyle , in three hours and twenty-two minuteg , by the following ' persons : Samuel Barraclough , treble ; 2 d . James Tbrpp ; 3 d . Joseph Barraclough ; 4 tE . / William Barraclough ; 5 th , "William Stewart ; 6 th . Joshua Rhodes ; 7 th . James Beaumont , conductor of ; th peal . ; tenor , James Rhodes ; weight of tenor , Superior CUANbE ; iRiN 6 iNO . ^ On ; the morbr
? 0 cwt . ; being the first time thiif peal was ever rung by any society of ringers in the united kingdom . Larking . —Patrick ijart , an Irishman " , of about forty years of age , was brought before the Magistrates on Tuesday last , charged with being drunk , and knocking at people ' s doors at two o ' clock in the morning . Patrick admitted that he was drunk , but said he was only larking a bit . He was- fined 5 s . and costs , which he could not / then pay .: The Magistrates asked him if he could pay it by that day week ? " Yes / ' said h » , "if you ' ll take my word for ' t . " ( Laughter . ) The prisoner was dismissed on the faith of his promise . " ¦;'' . .
Town ' s Surgeons .--- At a special meeting of the Overseers , held on Thursday , the 12 th April , the following gentlemen were elected the Town s Surgeons for the ensuing year ;— Mr . H . Bell , East-parade ; Mr . Edwin Foster , Kirkgate ; aad Mr . George "Wilson , St . Peter ' s-square . Shakspeare . —On Monday last , upwards of 50 gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner at Mr . Rogers ' s , S : r John Falstaff Inny St . Peter's Square to celebrate the birth-day of the immortal Shakspeare . The dinner was got up in the first-rate style , and worthy of the liberality of the esteemed host and hostess . Mr . Elliston was called to the chair , when the following toasts were given : — " 0 u .
youthful Queen ; " "Sheridan Knowles , the Shakspeare of the present day ; " " Charles ' Keah ;" "The memory of the late Edmund Kean . " . The Chairman then proposed , in an eloquent | address , " The memory of the immortal Shakspeare , " which was drunk in solemn silence . Mr . Robert Dibb , the Wharfdale poet , was then introduced by the President , and was received by the company with the most enthusiastic applause , which continued for several minutes . When order was obtained , he delivered an Ode , " written expressly for the occasion . His talented delineation of Shakspeare , " At whose ehrLne all nations bend the knee , And kindred spirits give the wreath to thee , "
was one of his happiest efforts ; and at the conclusion , he was greeted by aloud and long-continued burst of approbation . The Chairman then gave "The health of their native bard , the Wharfdale poet , " which was drunk / . vith due honours . Mr . Dibb acknowledged the compliment , in a speecu ol considerable length . A company pf musicians greatly enlivened the entertainments of the evening . New Road . —The road from OtU-y to Lfceds , which will avoid the dangerous hill tailed the Chevin , was commenced on Monday ; when completed j it will undoubtedly prove very beneficial to the former place .
Infirmary . —On Tuesday evening week , the Leeds amateurs gave a benefit lor the above valuable institution , at the Victoria Theatre , St . Peter ' s Square . On which occasion was produced , Shakespeare ' s celebrated tragedy of " Macbeth , " and "A Day after the Fair . " The sum of £ 2 . 10 s . has been banded over to the Secretary of the General Infirmary , being the proceeds of the evening . Case of Manslaughter . —Yesterday week an inquest was held at our Court House , on-view of the body of a young man named "William Bleasdale , aged 27 . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was a native of Scotforth , near Lancaster , and that he had been working for upwards of seven
years as a woolcomber in the service of Messrs . Hindes and Dei ham . On the -28 th of January last , the deceased was at the Victoria Inn , and being the worse for liquor , he had laid down upon a longsettle to take repose . While in this state , a person named Joseph King came into the place and struck twice at the deceased for the purpose of awaking him . The blows which were heavy aroused the deceased , who immediately became sick in consequence of the blows . King , however , not content with . this took off the deceased ' s neckcloth and putting it round bis neck went behind him , and placing his knee against
the back of the deceased , pulled at the handkerchief as if for the purpose of strangling him , Deceased then put his finders between his throat and- the handkerchief as if to slacken it , and rising in a passion said to King that " that was above a joke , " and immediately administered a blow with his fist whicb knocked him ( King ) down upon the floor . I he consequence of this was that a battle ensued between the deceased and King . They had four rounds which were minutely described by the witnesses and . which exhibited a complete " picture of brutality both on the part of the combatants and the
witnesses . At the close of the last round the deceased fell with his hand upon the fire grates and burnt it very severely . This terminated the battle ; and means were then taken to dress the burnt hand of the deceased . He complained of being much hurt in one of his shoulders , and was , in a day or two afterwards , taken to the Infirmary , when be died last week in consequence of his bruises . The jury after a careful investigation of : the case returned a . verdict of manslaughter against Joseph King , who was committed to York to take his trial at the . next assizes .
A Curious Decision . —On Monday last , a man named James Brown was brought before the Magistrates , charged with having picked the pocket of Mrs . Thomas Mason of 20 s . on the preceding evening . It appeared that the prisoner and Mrs . Mason were drinking together the night before , at her house in Kirkgate , when she got so beastly Irunk that she : did not know what she was about . In that state she lost 20 s ., and the prisoner being in the house at the time with two girls , relations of the complainant , was suspected of having taken the
money ., ne was pursued , caught , and searched , and 12 s . 6 d . was found in his possession . There was , however , no evidence whatever to prove that the prisoner had stolen the money ; and yet , notwithstanding that he was discharged as being not guilty of the offence , the Magistrates directed that he should pay 10 s . out pf the 12 s . 6 d . to Mrs . Mason !! Ancient Order of Romans . — -On Easter Tuesday the members of Senate , No . 9 , celebrated their
anniversary at the house of Mr . William Hodgson Shakspeare Tavern , York-street , Leeds , the room being beautifully decorated Wich evergreens . Upwards of one hundred members sat down to dinner which was most sumptuous , and reflected -great credit upon the worthy host and hostess , and likewise gave great satisfaction to all present ; A number of appropriate toasts were given , and the aest order kept . The evening was spent in the most brotherly intercourse , and the company separated in good time .
A Refractory Subject , —On Tuesday last an Irish woman named Bridget Burke , was brought before the magistrates charged with assaulting the policemen in the streets , and of being guilty of disorderly conduct . The charge was made by a simple hearted brother of the Green Isle , named Patrick , who would not have unnecessaril y exposed the folly of his countrywoman . When be had stated his case , Mrs . Burke , in a tremendous rage clenched her fist and cried to the magistrates , " gentlemen *' nut to
me my oath , put me to my oath I say , these English gentlemenwiU swear any thing , ( laughter : for the complainant was an Irish map . ) - ' Oca ! upon my soul is it you , d- —d Irish Devil , " said she , turning to poor Patrick , whose sense of decency was almost shocked by the retort of his good sister Then turning to the magistrates , " gentlemen" said she , "I set you at , defiance ! " Putting out her tongue as far as she could push it "Now Gentle men" said she" look you at that , ( grinning ) lrok at my tongue . " '
MAGISTRATE . -Why you seem to be a most" disorderly woman , we hardl y know what to do with you . Will you promise to conduct yourself with propriety if we set you at liberty . Woman . —What is that gentlemen . ¦ MAGisTRATE .- ^ Wby ; that you are fined 10 s . and coats , or go to the Honse of Correction for fourteen days . . WoMAN .--Pch . ! I ^ eg yer pardon , gentlemen , put me to my oath . Gentlemen will you be kind enough to grant me a summons for that maij that brought me here ? I'll summon * him 1 before ye , and ye aballmake him answer for it : Magistrate . —Why I think yon had better let it be tall you come out of the House of Correction . ; -- ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' " ; . ' ¦ -. . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦
WqmAn . —House of Correction ! I tell you I Won ' t go to the House , of Correction ; ( clenchragher fist . ) I set you at defiance gentlemen j I'll get law for ye mind if I don't ; The parley being likely to be endless , at least on the part of Mrs . Burke , the officers were ordered to take . ber away , when she jet up such a succession of hideous screams a * made the court ring again with the vibration . To conclude the farce , she professed to be lame , and bopped on one leg till the officers were obliged , at last , to carry her but of the dock which she positively refused to leave * .- ¦*
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MiscHANrcs' iN 8 TiT 0 TK 8 OUoki Wed negdar evening last , a numerous meeting of the delejrat ^ of _ the several Mechanics' , Institutes of the " West Riding , and of the members and frierio ^ of the Lee * . Instotnte , was convened in the Saloon of the Mus ^ HaU , for the purpose of reading the Report of the Leeds Institution ^ and the transaction of nther bW ness . Dr . Williamson was called to the chair mI * Mtchell , of Sheffield , moved , and Mr . John "Wil " hamson , of . Ripon , seconded the adoption of ttl Report . The ^ former of these gentlemenmadV a long speech , in which he endeavoured to imme ^ the minds of the im M 1 , ; - ^^ ^*^*
upon youth present the ^ portant of becoming members of suet societies . ^ Si-Robinson , of Todmorden , moved the second ie ^ lution . He addressed ; the meeting it consider ^ length , and dwelt much upon the advantages deriwl to agriculture by the study and appfcaHou ^ f chemistry . He stated the rise and progress' ef-tfi institutipn with which he was connect ^ t Tod morden , and spoke much of the interest which t £ young ^ men of that place felt in the cultivation of useful knowledge . His address was well -rectived and seemed to give great satisfaction to the meeting Mr . E . Barnes , jun . seconded the resolution , in doimJ which he complimented Mr . Robinson on his zJ and activism aiding such useful institutions , and in ms own time ana talents to the
aFP ?" ^ discover * of useful scientific principles ; for that gentlemaJ was a great benefactor to mankind , inasmuch as he had discovered , by means of chemistry , how to make four blades of grass grow in the place of one . He hoped that , by the application of chemistry they would soon be enabled to obtain a practical repeal of thw Corn Laws , by making food so plenti . ' ful as to be produced at a rate considerably below foreign produce . He adverted to the advantages of chemistry in bleaching , and showed that it waj now possible to bleach a piece of cloth in thirty six hours , which would formerly have taken six
months . He also spoke of the improvements in spinning every kind of yarn , by which one riian could now do as much in one day as six meQ could do in a year by the wheel . He concluded a long speech , by recommending frequent c ommunications between the several literary and scientific institutions in the West Riding . Mr _ Plint , in the absence of Mn Eddison , moved the next resolution , which he accompanied with a long address . He dwelt much on the value 0 ! suei
meetings as the present , and was satisfied that much good might result from them . He paid a high compliment to Mr . Robinson , whom he designated hoft as a theoretical and practical chemist . The greater part of his remarks were intended to illustrate the value of chemistry as applied to dyeing , and its use in determining the fastness of colours . Mr . Wilkinson seconded the resolution , after which it was moved and seconded that the resolutions be aBvertised , and that the thanks of the meeting he given to the Chairman . The meeting then separated .
Mare Stolen . —On Saturday afternoon last a light bay mare was stolen from the stable of Mr Richard Wilkinson , at Pannal , near Harrogate ' She is nine years old , has a star on her forehead and will not bear being tied up . A handsome reward is offered for the discovery of the thief . Sudden Death . —On Wednesday moraW last , an inquest was held at the Court House oa view of the body of a man named Job Johnson , aged 67 years . It appeared tha . t on the previous morning the deceased was getting hi 3 breakfast betwetj eight and nine o ' clock , when he was in perfpctl j good health . In about ten minutes after he bid breakfasted , he fell from his chair , and diedinstanth . Deceased had served Mr . Brooks , of Hunslet-lant as book-keeper , for upwards of twenty yean Verdict— "died by the visitation of God . "
North Western Passage . —A report has jmt been published of an expeditipn undertaken , to explore the North-western coast of America , b persons in the employment of the Hudson's Bjt Company . From the Governor ' s instructions , whict also have been published , the expedition appears to hare been admirabl y planned . After surmountiij extreme hardships , with the skill , courage , and perseverance for which the fur-traders are distinguisbei , the party succeeded in reaching Point Barrow , having completed the survey of the entire line of coast between the extreme points laid down by Captains Beechy andFRANKLiN . The expedition
occupied sixty-four-days . The party returned to Fort Norman , one of the Hudson Bay Company ' s settlements , on the 4 th of September last ; andin the approaching summer they , are to proceed man Easterly direction , with the hope of connecting the discoveries of Franklin and Back . The resultof what they have accomplished is to prdve the iw larity of the American continent , and ^ thepossibiliti of a North-west passage . The value of the diseoveir , in a scientific point of view , is great : that it willbe particularly advantageous to commerce , is riot to be expected , as the navigation of the Northern Ocean can only be attempted during a few weeks of tie year , and with extreme peril .
Mr . Gallaher . —We witHessed this gentleman ' s performance on Wednesday evening , and found h merits fully equal to the character we had heard of it . His numerous transformations are eflFected almost instantaneously , and the dialogue of Mj performance is admirably sustained , frequently seeming to be a very animated colloquy between three or four different individuals , though all inamiged by his own voice . We were also mud
pleased with his performance on the violin , on wken he produces so perfect an imitation of the IiisH bagpipes , that had we only heard the music , and not seen it , we should certainly have concluded that it was that ancient and national intrument exceejingly well played . On the whole we can assure tb votaries of amusement , that they may reckon a fist to the Commercial-rooms , during Mr . Gallahtt ' s continuance , a treat .
Mr . O'Connor and the Great Northern Union . —On Wednesday evening last , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , addressed the Working Men * Association , upon the necessity , rules , and object ? , of the Great Northern Union about' to be « uK lished for , the protection of the industrious clssse . M r . O' Connor a joke for two hours and was loodlr cheered all through . . ; He said that he was ready to Hssist , but not to dictate in the great work . Teat ne was hurried to the adoption of the plan by the recent attack upon the rights of the working classes urged on b y Mr O'Connell . That when the season : was a little more advanced he had pledges ftoni
nearly every town in Yorkshire and Ijancashiieto send delegates to Leeds ; there to remain and deliberate for four days or longer , if need be j upon the condition of the people , their just complaints andthe most efficacious mode of remedying them , and it ^ part of their duty would be to draw np ' -. a ; -K >| constitution suiting the timeg : we live in , an * which constitution , if mild , wholesbHie , f ™ proper , the Northern Union would carrf B'f effect , even at the risk of life itself . In fact , ^ would be the executive . The inherent right , * . * in the people , and he , Mr . O'Connor , would jo "
theni in the struggle to regain the right , or , I »™ them to themselves . He was tired of spenfli ^ his time and money in the cause of cowards , ?"' were loud in complaint , but nervous in '« & ? The Leeds Branch should 5 cost iti memMS nothing , that ia , its poor members , vrk oW paid by their attendance at the beck of the m and always to do the work of the rich . "B » - Mr . O'Connor ' s , industry , should supply most »' the funds , and those of the w ealthier * . * who profess tb admire our Politics , w never assist : us , shall pay the remsinderr Those , he said , have now seen their foUy . ;^
love of political and elass distinction has left ^ empty tills , and while government was putting ' hands into their pockets , they are tickling . " »? . vanity with exclusive rights . Now if ? ^ rights were ! wholesome , exclusive dealing . » £ equally so . Those men yet have minds for ^ own interest , and they will find that go ^^ becoming wholesale dealers in gj ^ l arid WW % garbage , and felons ; dresses foTbonest * &hT take all the profit which would arise from a * w some traffic with a well paid community , out «» . hands of the shopkeepers . Mr . O'Connor prodof " much laughter at the expense of the C onseco _ Operatives . He said that the spirit of ^ f , of Hblbeck bad encouraged him , tW- ; * J ; showed their determination not & & ^ , * aji minded as to V stick through thick and w in o hiTlr mlin inil J «« .. L » J tk » m ond that ID' *^^
those men who had fairly expected foniethingi were ^ isappomted and forsook their % ^ -& * % were more to be relied upon than men wn ° J ' v a parly without view or motive , but becaust t-ii happened to doit . ¦ ¦; Mr . O'eorinor concluded & » tremendous applause . After wnich , * Pf . J > li was called to the chair , and after a SP ^^ . straightforward appeal upon the necessiO' ° ^ ¦ ^ an efficient committees was appointed to ^^ the objeqts , rules , and regulations for theg o' ^ of the ^ reatNortBern Union , and thatT . OC o ^ should repoft progress on Wednesday e , r « { 0 next A hearty vote of thanks was ^^ j \ m Mr ; O'Connor , when the poor slaves rebreoy " - ^ cheered with the prospect of better days . spirit was glorious .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1003/page/4/
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