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PALTRY-REV ^ NGEi OR MR . OASTLER'S :. " ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦; . : ¦ -- DISMISSAL . * £ feu word * addressed !® the author of' " Poor Law Tapers" to the people of England—and etpetially to the people if Yorkshire , on Mr . Oastler * * Dismissal fnaa Fu&y Mall . - "A tti » t . -j ^ g Tj ^ g t ( , ag the country dear . "—Goldsmith . Si& ^^ lS ^^^
' ^ Feflow Cmmirymfiii!—You . have all doubtless hewdwiihindignarlon and regret , of the heartless dismissal "by the ingraie Thornhilis of your dearest friend—the generous guardian of your dearest interests—the just—the noble—the enthusiastic ; your patriot—4 he poor mail ' s patriot—Richard Oasiier . Yes , he who has for yearsinclined his ear to your cries asifhewere yourparsnt , and bearded your miscreant and Wood-uiirsty oppressors even in the -mouth of all their threats « " 0 power—their tear farce and their police force—their spy force and their law force —he whose beating and indignant heart has always been in the coffins of those poor unfortunates of- tout order , who have not been
^ juried , but according ss the " act" directs , thrown into holes , like carrion , without the decent ceremony of bell , book , and pal—Ac whose manly and powerfal eloquence has reiecchoed o ' er the wide land , the shrieks of the separated aged couples , and the moans of the seduced girl—seduced because she chanced to be poof ^ by the " written instructions " of the hfifl-engtndered commissioners—in a word , ¦ lie whose blessed exertions have thrown open to public observation , and held up to public abhor-\ renee the manner in which those that are in poverty among joi ^ have been , and are to be taken into the bastaies , dungeons , keep ? , and assassinated , either , by the slow agony of tamine , or by the
speedier and perhaps more merciful method of administering ( it has been done IJ poison drugged troth * and arsenic adulterated skilly— he , I say , this -good—this noble man—noble by nature , and not by royal courtesy and the trumpery trappings ( a Jerry Sneak Russell may wear those !) of strawbehj leaves , and a few yards of blue ribband , this iioble man —{ mark ! the signal ingratitude of the transaction—the paltry tyranny of the affair ) has been persecuted and dismissed from Fixby , because - ( or nothing else ) he has dared to act according to the dictates of humanity and the commands of Jhe Holy Scriptures ; and " in opposition to the decree of the present demon dwellers of Dowing-street and Somerset House I I
Men of England 1 " will ye sLk-inly suffer him to « ndure thiswrong?—Men and ^ ToniKii of England . ' —( of Yorkshire especiaTlv , for ye tire particularly his debtors ) will you?—Wall you tamely submit to see your Patriot—touts— -thus unjustly treated ? Here , had I not beheld their extreme guilty apathy and indifference during , and iub =.-qnent to die introduction of the kUling-no-murder New Poor-Laws , with-the laudable exceptions of the Rev . Messrs . Stephens and Bull , ( glory to them !) I should hare appealed to the clergy—for it is their especial
province ( would they more geserallynse it ) tosncconr the distressed , and uphold tbose suffer ing injusticeand s :-id to them : behold . ' h ^ re is a man , without being bound by duty , and tie yearly reception of stipends , as ye " are—persecuted—rancorously persecuted—far following and wwking out-. the precepis which ye pre ? . ch : —in your jjnlpits applaud and def end him . Yes , thus 1 should have spoken ; but feere , I am afraid . It wijl be of no use ; so I asaiu turn to you- honest airi 2 uni : mJ peasantry—listen tlien to mv worJs : —
Your benefactor , as I have previously related , is the -victim of a mean , low , reptile jevenge—the Tevecge of a set of miscre : * nts—the Dowuing-sire ^ t and Somerset House miscreants ( for TLnrnhill is only their agent or the ' r dupe ) , who know his virtues , Tind , like The devils , tremble a *» the knowleige thereof : in brief , are tired of hearing him called thegood—" the good Kins Richard . ' - 2 Sow . I'll tell you what l"d hare vou do . to shew the lickspittles who persecute Mm for for / . ; : g yov . that you are not insensible for what he has done , aud still is striving to do for von . Present him vrixh a piece of plate ;
not as an adequate return for his unparalleled services in your behalf— t / iose you can never repay ; bnt as a small lively tr ibute or token of-your gratitude for them ; and , " at the same rime , to" specify to the world , that the working population of England are not quite the ungrateful , senseless wretches theiT proud , bloody tyrants woold make them out . Do this ; and th ' at even th& lowest in circumstances cmong you may he enahled to chronicle their esteem for their benefactor , let the purchase-money of the plate to he presented , be raised by penny subscriptions alone .
It is not ihe 07 ince irorth-of the silver or gold contained in the vase or um—or the exquisite beauty of its design and workmanship , that trill weigh with such a man as Oaslter—it might with meaner spirits —but he is of a higher mood . —He would not , I am morally confident , give three straws for all the mere cold and silver in the world—except , indeed , that , lts possession , mighc enable him to extend his sphere of usefulness and power of . doing good . —No . it will be the sympathetic exhibition of your regard a ! tliis particular moment that vriU touch his manly heart ; and tell "Mm , as he endures a diminutioii of health and fortune for your sakes—that he has not risked either in vain—that those whose cause he has advocated so enthusiasdcally and so long—whatever faults their enemies may brand them with—< z xrant of-gratitude is not among the number ' . I am , Friends and Fellow Countrymen I Your sincere weliwisher , G . R . Wtthes- Baxter . Hereford , July 6 , 1838 .
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THE KTEYFPOOR LAW iN ^ DMGgSDEN . The " Guardians" of Tddmbrdeii Tiaving been elected to their offices by some of the townships contained in-thai Union , on the express assurance that they would be no parties to thfr introduction of the Poor-Law—but merely to facilitate the introduction of the-Registration Act—have signified their intention , in defiance of their pledges , and of tie declared wish of a great majority of the people , tointrodnce the New Poor Law forthwith . Mr . John Fielden hasjthereupon , addressed to those worthies a long letter , which he thus concludes : — " If yoo . pretend , in . answer to this , that it is not your intention to carry the Act into force in the manner that it ha * been done elsewhere , my reply is .
that you are powerless in that respect ; that so long as you remain Guardians ,: you are the tools in the hands"of masters whom you must obey ; and that , therefore , whatever your will of intentions noay be , they , are wholly unworthy of consideration . Therefore , in the name of my brothers ,. as well as on my own . part ,-I now inform you , thai if you are willing to he mads the instruments of the Poor-Law Commissioners in reducing your neighbours to slavery , toe will not become your instruments by employing the slaves of your making . You have voluntarily accepted the odious office ; you have chosen to subject yourselves to three masters , who , if you disobey them in any particular so long as yon continue Guardian ? , can punish you by fine , and , for a third offence , can punish you by the additional disgrace
and torture of imprisonment and the treadmill . With these odious penalties , in case of disobedience , b efore your eyes , you have taken upon yourstlres to do by your poor neighbours whatever shall be dictated to you by the three Commissioners of Somerset-house , and their assistants , your masters ; and seeing , as we do , that the tendency of their dictates is to break down and enslave the Labouring Clares , we have resolved to avoid the scandal of participation with yon , by closing our works , and ceasing to employ the people until such time as a sense of shame or of justice shall induce you to abandon your cruel and
humiliating functions . . . w A notification to my brothers that you have , according to the 38 th section of the Poor-Law Amendment Act , ceased to act as Guardians , will prevent the loss of work to those whom \ vg employ ; but , if this be not given , their employment by us * will terminate in every township in the Union on the 6 th inst ., the day appointed for the first meeting under the recent order of the Poor-Law Commissioners ; and from that day it rests with you , and you alone , how long employment shall be refused by us to our work-people . 1 remain , Gentlemen , Yours . Arc .
JOHN FIELDEN . Consequent upon these proceedings , a numerous public meeting was holden on Friday , from which a deputation was appointed to wait on the Guardians with a memorial from the rate-payers requesting them to resign . The meeting adjourned till Monday to receive the report of the deputation . We extract the following account of the meeting on Monday from the Manchester Guardian . At the appointed hour on-Monday , one o ' clock , about 1 . 000 persons had assembled in front of the White Hart : but by two o ' clock , when the business commenced , they had increased to nearly 4 , 000 . and there were afterwards present from 4 , 500 to 5 . 000 people . Serious apprehensions , it appears , had been entertained that the peace would be broken ; ; ts twenty-four special constables had been * sworn in that rnornin ? . and a troot ) or two of the 10 th
Hussars were stationed on the , Burnley roud , about a mile from the meeting ; and three magistrate .- , Jobn Taylor , Esq . of Toiimorden Hall ; John Crossley . Esq . of Scaitclifife ; and Captain 1 Iepworth , of Poi " :-refruct . in Yorkshire , were in the White Hart while the i ^ eeti ug was being held , ready to read the riot act if necessary . The peace , however , was kept ; indeed there was an almost total absence of excitement . There were no banners or music ; nor is it likely that such a number would have been congregated , but it was reported that Mr . John Fielden would be present ; and it was expected that he would say something from which they miirht lears when it was ? ikely they should return to their work . A lurry wusplaced in front-of the White Hart , to serve as hustings ; and when Mr . Fielden and several others had arranged , in a room in the White Hart-the bnsiness which was to be done , thenieetine commenced .
On the motion of Joseph Hirst , an operative , seconded by Mr . Martin Mitchell , publican , Mr . John Ratcliffe , of Woodneld , farmer , was called to the chair . The Chairman after allcoiiis to the former meeting , and stat ing that the deputation appointed by it had only been able to meet with one Guardian . Mr . Oiliver , and ihat in consequence the meeting was adjourned , . said , that immediately iifter that a number of shopkeepers and others iu Todmorden held a meeting to consider what was to he done in consequence of the deputation havingreturned , and stated that the expected meeting of Guardians did not take place ; and , the meeting having adjourned to that day ( Mocday ) at one o'clock , they resolved to draw up a memor ial to the Guardians , and that a number ot
persons should go round to ascertain the feeling of the rate-payer * iu the townships of Todmorden , Walsden . Stansfield , and Langfield . In the townships of Todmorden and Walsden ^ oat of S 14 ratepayers applied to , only nine refused to sign the memorial ; in Langfield , out of 615 only six refused to sign ; and in Stansfield , out t > f 61 ^ applied to , only sixteen refused to sign . That confirmed to the letter what had been his opinion from the beginning . They had had the management of their own parochial affairs e % er since the memory of the oldest man ; there might occasionally have been a little grumbling , and a little waste of money , but that had been of little consequence , as the same pnrties who had paid the money had distributed it . From conversation he had had with the inhabitants of his
township , he beheved that 12 out of 20 were opposed to this law ; and there was a person present of the name of Marshall , from Hebden Bridge , who would tell them what was the feeling of the inhabitants there . They had now met under circumstances more peculiar than any under which they had met before . They had magistrates in au adjoining room ; they had special constables ; but he was sorry to inform them , that this was not all that was done to agitate the country ; for , in coming down yonder hill , what did they think he saw : —a body of military . (• ' They arecomintr to mow . " ) He hoped they were
coming to act as soldiers ought t o act ; they were Englishmen and brothers , and he hoped they ( the meeting ) would act as such ; butles the consequence be what it would , he exhorted them to conduct themselves peaceably and orderly . If they conducted themselves peaceably and orderly , thty would gam then- point . He had another request to make of them : probably several persons would wish to address them , and he would have them listen to them whether they were pleased or displeased , and give every one a chance . He had already alluded to the meeting of the tradesmen , and they had come to a
resolution that the following memorial be presented to the Guardians : — "We , whose names are hereunto subscribed , being rate-payers of Todmordeu and Walsden , do hereby request you to resign your office as GuaTdians . and thereby allay that feeling which has been excited in consequence of the instructions received from the Poor Law Commissioners . " And the answer was as follows : — " July 9 th , 1 S 38 . The deputation from Todmorden . appointed to wait on the Guardians , called on Mr . HelliwelljMr . Royston Oiliver , and Mr . Sutcliffe , the Guardians resident iu the immediate "neighbourhood ; and have to add that , in every instance , they have met with gentlemanlike conduct . Mr . Helliwell ' s answer was this , —that he begged to refer to his placard of that morning . He had hitherto considered himself a friend to the poor , and his object was to better the condition of the working classes . Air
Oiliver said that , at present , he should not resign ; that he had " given it his best consideration ; and he remarked that , if he resigned , the deputation would be the first to blame him , as he had official information that if the Guardians resigned , Todmorden . and AY alsden would be joined to the Rochdale Union , and the other townships would be joined to Halifax , and the poor would be worse off , as they would have to ge to Halifax or Rochdale for relief . He h ad seen several of the Guardians below , and urged them to resign ; hut one aud all said they would not do so . Mr . Sutcliffe said that , as soon as he was convinced he had dose anything derogatory to the law , or injurious to the poor , he would regign ; that he did not approve of every clause of the Act , but he would exert himself , in a constitutional manner , to get the law made as perfect as possible . —Signed , Thomas Helliwell , Schofield , Martin MitchelL JoUn Sutcliffe , £ . Holt . "
Abraham Marshall , of Hobden Bridge , shoemaker , and the chairman of the meeting in Kiln Field , then came forward and said , that the people of Hebden Bridge were decidedly opposed to the New Poor Law , aud the Whigs and Sham Radicals dared not hold a meeting -about it He was one of the deputation to Mr . Oiliver , and argued with him on Radical principles ^ that , when a majority of his constijtutints wishes him to resign , he ought to comply with their wishes ; "but" ~ M . t , Olliver did not agree with I ™™ . He ( Marshall ) would have them all to come to the resolution he had come to , and that was , if . these Guardians-were determined not to resign , to button up ~ his breeches pockets , and when they came for the rateslet them sell by auction .
, Johx Fielden , Esq ., M . P ., then came forward , and was received with cheers . He said that , when he left London on Friday evening , he had no knowledge a meeting would be held there ( in Todmorden ) that day ? and if he had been-there amongst them , he should certainly have advised them to hold no meeting at all ; but as one had been agreed on , he thought it not right for him to be absent from a meeting to exhibit their principles and their views as to this Poor Law Bill , and more especially as the country had had introduced into it aspecies of force which had frequently been resorted to in other unions , for the purpose of introducing that law .
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NbwV he thought ; there existed up rtroriger proof that the law was one which was opposed to the feelings and interest of the people , than that it should be carried into execution in an innumerable number of districts at flie point of the bayonet , and that it was not a good law calculated to work well for . the labouring classes ; for unless every law , was calculated to work well for that purpose , it ^ could not long work well for those who were not of the labouring classes . If a law were made , and could be administered for the welfare of the working classes , they would have no occasion to introduce it by the bayonet and sword , and it vras ovt that account that he had come forward that inorhine : and had it not been for that ,-he should
have left them to themselves . ( Hear . ) His opiiiions on this law , and how it would efect the working classes , had been expressed ^ them : before in speeches and in the House of Commons , and latterly more explicitly , that he was : determined not to be an instrument in carrying out this law directly or indirectly . ( Hear , hear . ) He had alwayti stated to the ratepayers of the town ia which he lived , whatever matters had passed in the vestry meeting , to that decision he had always bowed , —to that decision he would still bow j but nothing on earth should induce him to be an instrument , and to stand passively by , and see the township in which he had his birth in the hands of those who had no right to assume the position they had taken with regard to
this law . Without Guardians this law could not be carried into execution ; therefore , whatever might be the consequences , the responsibility rested upon the Board of Guardians , and on them only ; But they justified themselves by saying that it is the law of the land ; why , he denied that it was entitled to the respect of the law . If he wanted authority , he would refer to Chief Justice Best , now Lord Wynford , who stated distinctly in the House of Lords , on introducing his Poor Law Amendment Act , that this law was opposed to every principle and maxim of the British constitution ; moreover , when this law was passed , it was passed as an act of coercion , an act of tyranny , an imperium in imperio . He professed to be an Englishman , and would never
submit to this law . The three estates had done what they had no right to do , and which was diametrically opposed to the constitution ; they had appointed three commissioners to carry out this iultrnal law . Lord Lyndhurst , too , © B a recent occasion in the House of Lords , stated ' that this law was nothing but an experiment , and' which the Government dare not , in many instances , carry oiit . An experiment was uot worth the name of a law ; and on whom was the experiment to be made ? on the poor ; the landlord was to have his rent secured , and the parson was to have his tithe secured , and the poor were to suffer for it . The promoters of the law shrunk from answering the question whether instructions had not been given to those who drew up the bill , that it was intended to bring the ; poor to a coarser kind of food ; they shrunk from answering it when his colleague , Mr . Cobbett , asked the question . He ( Mr . Fielden ) would not be one who mat
nan object . Did they approve ol his conduct . '' { Hear , hear , and loud cheering . ) Did they still tell him that they were opposed to this law ? ('" Yes , " from twenty or thirty persons in the crowd . ) Then , they delegated to him . " to say ill the House of Commons that they would resist the law and he told them in the House of Commons that he would rej-ist it ; and now when he was availing himself of those means which Providence had placed in his hands , it was said that he was oppressing the poor . He threw back the charge . It was the twelve guardians ( find the ; e ought to be eighteen ) who refused to return back their trust . Nothing could be stronger than that out of 900 or thereabouts , in Todmorden and Walsden , the number was about nine who would not Mgn the requisition to the guardians . The other townships were in about the same proportion . Now , who was ir that wanted the law : Jf they got iu wh : it benefit would it be to them ? He
was prepared to say , that when this law came into operation there would be a greater expense , and less given to the yoor ; and that was no » what the ratepayers wanted . There was a . power given to the select vestry and churchwardens to conductthelaw ; hut the great fault was , that-they gave too little to the poor . Jf the law were calculated to give greater relief to the poor , he should be the first to hail it as a blessing ; and he challenged every one ot its supporters to say . that this would be its effect . He had diligently inquired , since January ^ into the operation of this law ; and the heartrending descriptions of suffering which had been inflicted under it were enough to harrow up the feelings of the soul ; and that was one of his chief reasons
for preventing by any reasonable means their being handed over to the commissioners . He saw that there had been a placard posted that morning from one of the Guardians . He ( Mr . Helliwell ) who had published the placard , was as much . opposed to the bill as he ( Mr . Fielden ) was ; but let him show that by resigning his office as one of the guardians . That placard contained other things , aspersions on the character of himself and his brothers . Their conduct was before them . They ( the people ) knew what they ( Messrs . Fielden ) had done , as to the wages they had paid , and the exertions they had made to give constant work and the best wages ; but he left that with them . But what he complained of most was , that the Guardians
stated they would persevere notwithstanding what had been done ; thai was what he gathered t ' -. om the answer of Mr . Olliver . Now , what was more conclusive , that they would wrest the management of parochial affairs from the hands of the ratepa yers ? They never yet had a Hoard ; they never had a Board with the lull complement of number ; and he believed they could never carry put the law , if the question were to come into a court of law ; but when a second election of Guardians took place , any three Guardians could carry out the law . It was a tyranny of the worst description ; and he , with their concurrence , would do his utmost to prevent this law being carried into effect . He then exhorted
every one ot them to go to their own homes , to give no offence to any human being , to let those who were turning them upon their own resources also be turned upon their resources , but in every thing to be peaceable , not to have recourse to . any violence , but to respect the laws , and await the struggle , and see whether they were to have it ( the New Poor Law ) in spite of all they were doing to prevent it , or not to have it . He hoped they would take his last recommendation ; they had right on their side ; they had truth on their side ; and he had no doubt that they would ultimately prevail . —( Cheers . ) The Chairman then introduced Mr . George Condy , editor of the Manchester anil Sa / fwd Advertiser .
Mr . Condy said , that , hearing of this very noble struggle , in which they had engaged to put down . and destroy the Poor Law , the subject and the weather , drew him over there to witness their exploits ; and much had he been comforted" by this gathering , by their resolute and decisive manner , and by the , determination that he found in them to get rid of this law by every means of passive agitation and resistance that they could devise . He could do nothing more ; after the able manner in which this subject had been treated by the preceding speakers , than to record his detestation , in common with themselves , of this abominable and child-destroying law . That they would get quit of it he was certain . He would implore of them not to be diverted from their purpose . The blow was made , not so much at them as at Mr . Fielden , because of the manner in
which he had withstood this law , and brought its murderous purposes to the light of day . They must get rid of what would make that happy valley miserable ; they must get rid of what would lower their wages . It was a law made to drive them back to a coarser kind of food , which the promoters of the lnw had declared ; and , last week , the Duke of Wellington said that the beer-shops were now of very little purpose , as by the operation of the New Puor Law they were very little used . Now did Ihey see what was coming ? He felt confident that they would not go back from the resolutions , and from the sentinients uttered by the speakers , and which they so cordially adopted . He should not go further than to say , that he would join the preceding speaker in wishing them to be peaceable , and that they would not stop in their efforts to help the country to getrid of this odious law . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Davis , watchmaker , of Todmordon , then addressed the meeting , and assured them that he was not influenced by Mr . Fielden , as he had never passed three words with him in his life , and it was his own feelings which influenced him to oppose the Poor Law . He then spoke strongly against the law , and said , that in Coventry , whtfl-e he came from , 73 deaths had taken place since the 25 th of March last , and 56 of them were from cholera , which he believed , had been caused by their poor diet . He called on the people to exert themselves , and he would
warrant that , if every body iu the United Kingdom felt as he felt , the law would soon be repealed . Abraham Marshall moved , " That the thanks of the meeting be given to John Fielden , Esq ., Geo . Condy , Esq ., and to the gentleman attending on on behalf of the press . " The motion was seconded and carried . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman ; and he made a short speech , m which he acknowledged the honour they had conferred upon him , arid exhorted them to be peaceable . The meeting then separated .
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GREAT MEETING IN CARLISLE , IN FAVOUR OF UNIVEBSAL 8 TJFFBA . GE , VOTE BY BALLOT , ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS , &C ., ON MONDAY LAST . The meeting was called at seven o ' clock ; and , though Mr . OMConnor , who had been invited ; did not arrive until eight o ' clock , the people had assembled m thousands to meet him . It is admitted by men of all parties that there never was so great a display , in point of numbers , on any former occasion whatever . On Mr . O'Connor stepping out of the Station Yard , he was loudly and repeatedly cheered by the assembled thousands . He -waVkea arm in arm with Mr . Arthur , bookseller , accompanied , by members of a committee , ( who had been formed for
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*? ^ fc / pose jST ^ Wf ' arrai ^ emehts for the ricep-Sw' ^ 5-: o ? c ? a ^ f ? ^ S ^ I&'W * * $ t t ¦< $ * $ variety of banners ; On jMr . O'Connor reaching the hustings , he was received with three , tiipetf thr < # loud chee « w Mrv James Arthur ithen observed , that he was not * bout to jprbpojeji highbred or wealth ^ matf to W ^ ejsh air on ttieprWieh t ^ ccasion- ^ thetime had gone . by . for preferruig wealthto ^ ^ character ; He then n 2 E-Sif ?^ f Mr . W . Hall , fetter-press S , ^ *** ¦ . ¦*«¦ 9 Wr , in which b / was seconded b y Mr . H . Bowman , and it was earned unanimously .. \ : : ¦ : ¦' :-. ¦¦ ¦ . The Chairman ihen came forward and said ; that he would have felt great diffidfincfl on tMnl th »
ctoir to preside oveV so large a body of menT had tney not been assembled for the purpose of making a demonstratioB in favour of Univereal Suffrage , &c . He trusted though there might be a difference of opinion on minor points , he hoped on thepresent occasion their differences would be 3 unk in pblivion , and that they wouldjoinhini in giving every gentleman a , fair and candid hearing . It would be presumptuous on bis part to detain the meeting a moment longer , Mr . O'Connor having kindly come irom a greatxiistance , for the purpose of addressing tflem . : He then introduced Mr . O'Connor , who was received with loud and reiterated cheers . Mr , O'Connor addressed the meetine in his
accustomed style of energetic eloquence for two hoars , smidst , an excess of enthusiasm which we should vainl y attempt to describe , but the press of assize and . other intelligence prevents our being able to give the speech . Mr . Joseph Brown Hanson then came forward and said ;—That after the splendid and eloquent address they hadiieard from that great and consistent champion of the rights of the people , it would be supertfous on his part to occupy any portion of their valuable time , especially as the evening was then far advanced . But I beg Teaye to make a , few remarks on the resolutien I now hold in my hand , and perhaps the best part of these remarks will he then-brevity . Mr . H . then read the following resolution :-r
That ' the House , of Commons , as at present constitutedv does not express the public will ; and that the Reform Bill has not produced those beneficial results which were so ardently anticipated . It is , therefore , the opinion of this meeting , that the peopl e ought to pe put in full possession of their social and political rights ^ by secur ing to them , Universal Surryage , protected b y the Ballot . That no other qualification is necessary for a Member of Parliament than talent , honesty , aud public confidence ; and that numbers onght to be paid for their services : and to secure an eftectual cotttroul over them , elections ought to be annual . He went on to argue in favour of those Drincinlfts set fo
forth in the resolution ^ and concluded as llows : — That unless the people were put in full possession of their just' and inalienable rights , which were founded on the eternal rock of truth ' and justice , the wrongs and grievances under which they laboured , % vould never be removed . Mr . John Barr then briefly seconded the resolut ion , which was carried by acclamation . Mr . John Barr then moved , and M . M'Kenzie seconded the following resolution : — . ¦ ' That the warmest thauks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Connor , for the very talented manner he has advocated the claims of the working classes at this meeting . "
This resolution Vfas carried by loud and repeated cheers . A vote of thanks was g iven to Peter Dixon , Esq ., M ayor , for his readiness in granting the use of the Town-Hall . Mr , Hanson then called for three cheers for Feargns O'Connor , Esq .. and Universal Suffrage , — and a long farewell to the Whigs and Tories . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , who returned thanks . ; after which the meeting quietly separated . Considering the immense number assembled , the greatest order and attention prevailed during the whole proceedings .
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, ( Continued from the thirdpage . ) CROWN COURT—THURSDAY , July 12 . : BANKRUPTCY FRAUD . Joseph IlgdcUjFc , 40 , was charged with not having , upon his examination bjfpre the Commissioners under his bankruptcy , delivered over all his personal estate ,, etc ., < fec , and with having embezzled part of sucli estate to the value of £ 10 and upwards , with intent to defraud his creditors . ' ¦ . Sir ( i .. Lew ' in . and Mr . Hall , were for the prosecution ; .. Mr . Dundas defended the prisoner Radclifte , who was a miller and corn-dealer , at Church-Smeetoii , was indicted under a very aseful
bankruptcy-1 ' wj the Cth George IV . Towards the close of last year , the prisoner employed a man named Jackson , to build a house , for which he gave him an acceptance for £ 150 , and this being unsatisfied , Jackson was afterwards his petitioning creditor . A few months subsequently , he was sent to York Castle , and applied for his discharge under the Insolvent Act . This becoming known , a fiat of bankruptcy was issued against him on Jackson ' s petition , and he was called upon to surrender at Pontefract and Doncaster ; he did so at the latter place , and he was there examined \> y- the Comihis-. sioner of Bankrupt ? . / He Was then asked who was present when a particular sum of £ 100 was
paid by him ; he answered that he could tell by looking at a paper he had in his pocket . He was requested . bytne Commissioner to do so ; he pulled out the paper , but then refused to stare its contents to the Court , and tore it to pieces . The Conimissiohers ordered the prisoner to be detained ; and the pieces were put together , by which the paper w as enabled to be read . This was found to be a draft of a partiiership agreement between the prisoner and Mr . Donnelley , of Londonderry , in Ireland ; the prisoner was to give him £ 250 fts his share . He stated that he paid £ 100 of this sum a few days after the fiat was issued , wh ' ich was
on the 14 th of February . The pr isoner was also charged with concealing spme of his furniture in his possession just before hi . * bankruptcy . Thomas Khode 3 , a messenger , stated , that after taking an inventory of the goods in the house , which the prisoner declared were all he had , he found some furniture and sacks , worth about £ 20 , belonging to the prisoner , in the mill and granary , which had to be broke open for that purpose . The proceedings inbankauptcy were put in , and the prisoner ' s examinations , which were legally proved , after several technical objections had been overruled / " Before any further witnesses were called ,
Mr . DunnAs submitted that the indictment was bad , inasmuch as it did not state that the offence was " ngainst the form of the statute in that case made and provided . " Sir J . Lewis , on the contrary , argued that the objection was futile , inasmuch as the various statutes bearing on thesubject were set forth at the beginning of the indictment . His Loroship , after conferring with Baron Aldeksqn , over-ruled the objection , and the case proceedeJ . Mr . Dundar then called upon the prosecutor ' s counsel to make a selection on which charge he would proceed , the concealment or embezzlement ; and on his choosing the latter , Mr . DuNnAsaddressed the Jury , contending that the evidence left the case
very doubtful as to whether the prisoner ever contemplated a felony , by destroying the paper and concealing the articles , even if the Jury thought these facts sufficiently proved . Arguing from the probabilities of the case , it was scarcely likely that a respectable , though unfortuhate msui , who had previously held a good character in society , would be inducedvfor such a trifling consideration , to commit the crime laid to his chatge . The Learned Counsel then called Mr . Rusby , a respectable fanner , and Mr . Mewburn , both of whbin had known the prisoner for some time , and who gave him an irreproachable character for honesty and uprightness of conduct . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . Mr . Dundas then moved for arrest of judgment , reiterating his fonner objections , and the Learned Judge said he would consider the point .
UTTERING A FORGED BILL AT LEEDS . Broadbent Mason ; 24 . a young man of genteel appearance , was indicted for having , on the loth of June , at Leeds , uttered a forged iridictment to a bill of exchange , purporting to be the indorsement of John and George Hainsworth , with intent to defraud George Smith , jun . When called upon to plead , the prisoner said he was guilty of uttering the bill , but he did not forge it . Mr . Armstjionci , who was for the prosecution , recommended the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Court .
Mr . CoTTiNGHASi , who was retained for the prisoner , stated that he had , unfortunately , been duped by'a wicked and designing man . The Learned Counsel called Mr . B . Scarth , and Mn . ' J . Elgie , both of whom gave the prisoner a good character , and observed that his friends moved in the most respectable circles of Society . His Lordship ordered the prisoner to stand down .
SENDING THREATENING LETTERS AT BRADFORD . Paul Higgins ( 23 ) was indicted for having , on the 28 th . of February , at Bradford , knowingly , wilfully , arid feloniously , sent certain letters , without name or signature , directed to Thomas Johnson , threatening to murder him . Mr . BAiNES ( with whom was Mr . Reed ) conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Cottingham defended the prisoner . The facts of the case were these . A few days preYious to York Spring Assizes , the wife of the prosecutor , who is landlord of the Coach and Horses Inn , Bradford Moor , received two letters throughtbe Post Office , which she handed over to her husband . He was then about to proceed to
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York , ; tp : appear , agaiiist fhej prisoner ' s brother , on a charge ; of having robbed him on the highway . One of mese letters was /^ of the ' present indictment . The substance of it was this : that they knew Johnson was going to prosecute Higgins , but they had good evidence to prove he was innocent ; and if Higgins Buffered , he ( Jonnspn ) should suffer also . Four of them lu ^ L ^ botind theniselvea by an bath , in the pjeseiice of the Almighty , to arm themselves each with a pistol , and at the end of the trial , at the risk of their lives , to shoot the prosecutor . The manner in which the charge of sehdingv the letter w as endeavbured to be brought home to the prisoner , by Mr . Wood , an assistant polic « -officer , who in bringing him to York
Castle , on another charge , had some conversation with him . DuTpgtHs ^ Wood informedhim . that he was charged with writing threatening letters ; on which the prisoner replied , " It ' s a queer thing . Even supposing I had told Johnson that five nien were ^ bound by an oath to kUl him , what could they do with me but bind me over to keep the peace , so long as he came to no harm . Wood observed , "That's strange lauguage ^ 1 believe it ' s in the letters ; " prisoner replied ^ ?¦ Well ,.- I know nothing about it . " Some other com-ersations were spoken to . and a comparison of hand-writing by Mr . Briggs , the constable , but these were not material . There were some slight discrepancies between Wood ' s testimony before the magistrates , and that given at the ¦
assizes . . ¦• • ¦ .-.- ¦ . - . ; - ' .- ' .. ¦ ¦ : ' . • : ¦ . - . - - . " - ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . Cottingham first objected that the offence did not come within the statute , as there was no evidence to show that the prisoner " had knowingly sent a threatening letter . The Judge having overruled this objection ,, the Learnsd Counsel addressed the Jury in an eloquent speech , who found the prisoner Not Guilty . There was a second indictment for sending a similar letter on the 28 th of February , but Mr . Baines gave no evidence for the prosecution . ' The Grand Jury returned into Court , With no bill against Edwih Birkinshaw for assault ; and true bills against Christopher Green , Edward Unvoin , Joseph bright , Margaret Stocks , fFUliam Harland , and Mark Rayner . # The Court adjourned . " ' ;
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NISI PRIUS COUBT .-THURSDAY .--July 12 . The Weat Riding Causes commenced this morning . THOMAS AND ANOTHER p . MITCHELL . This action was undefended , and brought by Messrs . Wm . and John Thornaa , spmt-nierchants , who reside near Bradford , ^ recover ji' 35 ot the defendant , an innkeeper at Dewsbury , the balance of an account . Verdict accoTdHigly . \ , ™ EISHER AND BUCK v . TAYLOR . Mr . Wortley was for the plaintiffs , who aw brewers at Ripon ; the defendant formerl y kept the Wheat Sheaf Inn , in that town . The action was to recover ^ ' 37 , for Koo , ds sold and delivered . Verdwt for the plaLntiQ- ^ da&ages ^ 37 . , . „ NORTH r . NORTH . Mr . CROMPTON stated that the plaintiff , Harriet North , who resides at _ Horbury , sought to recover from , her brother John North , the value of some goods which he obtained from the place where they were deposited by his sister . The action was undefended . Verdict for the plaintiff-damagea
FREER AND FREER c . HODGSON . " Air . CRESsH'ELL and Air . Addison were for the plaintiff-Mr . Alexander and Mr . Grancer for the defendant . The former reside near Helmsley , in the North Rilling , and are exten 31 ve horse dealers ; the latter U an attorney " near Sed-Uerg . 1 ae declaration stated that the plaintiffs purchased a ^ f . fi , i ii ' ! i ' ° n 3 eratiQn of its being " all right ; " but that the horse was . then unsound . The facts of thecaae wese these .-On the 23 dof January last , one of the plaintiffs saw the dt-IVndant en horseback ; the latter was desirous to sell , and the former to buy . Mr . Freer offered ^ 45 for the horse if all was right j Mr . Hodgson assured him it was ; on which a bargain was made . In two days , the S A ell l atthe ? <* % 1 VNorthaDertonwhen
^^ . ^ ., . . , , «; was foundi by the ostle-s that the horse hadthe vice of " crib P > « - ' The-groom , however , tJok it to the plaintiff , where it was put into an iron manger ; they sold it to a Mr . Monkman , with . a warranty , who shortl y returned it ; and , on the the horse be ^ ne put into a wooden manger , he pulled it down . The plaintiff then applied to the doiendant , to take the horse , and return the money , but he refused to do so . On the other side , above half-a-dozen witnesses were called , who distinctly stated that when they saw the horse at various times ' ' previous to the sale , they saw no signs of a crib-biter ; and two or three veterinary surgeons stated , that a horse might contract the habit m ^ a short time , by being in a stable where horses had a similar disorder . Verdict for the plaintiff—damages ^ 32 .
LUPTON AND LAND r . CLAYTON . This was . an undefended action . It was brought by the plaintiffs , who are slubbers and scribblers at Yeadon , against toe defendant , a clothier , to recover ^ 23 14 s . I 0 d .. for cloth finisned . , ' Mr . BAINES was for the plaintiffs . —Verdict for the sum sought .
BROWN r . MAWSON . Mr . Baines was lor the plaintiff , a woolcomber , residing near Bradford ; the defendant , who did not appear , is aT > ailiff residing at Leeds . The action was to assess the damages ior an illegal attachment , made after a siipersedeashad beenissued in February last . ¦ His LORDSHIP said the man had been wronged , and was entitled to reasonable damages . It was right that baiMs should be taught their duty , ft" they did not know it ? * V erdict for the plaintiff , damages 40 s .
.. . FIELDING c . POUNDER . x ¦ I % * ° JL * S and the Hon > J - s- WORTLEY were for the of ^ i : ^ h-23 ^^^ torest , and was mcloaed 60 or 70 years agofbeing St possess ^ i of the higleby family . The defence w ^ Tlmt the public had exercised acts of ownershi p over the road ^ question for the last 20 years . Before the case was fiSSkrf ? the parties came to amicable terms , and accordinglv " verdict was entered for the plaintiff , with nominal damag ?^ GELDART v , M'OOD . ' . ¥ , CRESSWELL and Mr . HlLDVARD appeared for the plamtiff ; Serjeant ATCHERLEY and Mr . CRoTlPTON for the
Pr . Geldart and Mr . Wood both reside at Kirby Melzeart andtheactmnwas brought to recover possession of a S ' ^^ t ° Pe M Vv th ^ pl TU ? and held > the defendanTas e . ant . Mr . Wood entered on the farm on the 5 th AprU 1834 , as tenant from year to year . The defence was / thTt k was a taking for three years , which was sought to be estoolished by the step-father of the defendant . -His LORDSHIP , in summing up , observed that it would be exceedingly unsafe if Junes were to allow parole testimony to outweigh . the eviJence of a written document , read So a person , and signed by him . ' ' Verdict for the plaintiff . ' The Court adjourned at six o'clock .
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KEIGHLEY . AcciDENT . -On Thursday the 5 th inst ., as one of the cars , belongmg to Mr . Jonas Ellison , was returning from Bradford with passengers , it came in coutact with some carts , on the Stock Bridge , about one mile from this town , and was overturned We are happy to state , however , that none of the passengers were seriously hurt , with the exception of an old man of the name of Naylor , who had his thigh broke , and was otherwise severely injured The car was broken almost-to pieces . ' "
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¦ » YESTERDAY'S WAKEFJELD CORN MARKET . _ There is a short supply of all grain fresh up here this morning , but the Navigation Westward being Un repai v' t haVe a thin attendance of tnyers Ses ^ ofe ^ g ^ deman d > at W-the ' Oats are in fair demand , and fully as dear Not much doing in lieans .
™ Cloth MAKKiSTS .- ^ n the Colourei and White Cloth Halls , on Saturday , there was a very extensive demand for every description of manufactured goods . On Tuesday there wasa fair average demand . In the warehouses , the individuals engaged are fully employed ; and there are a smaller number out of work than there has been for a long period . ' Price of Tallow . —The price of Tallow in this town , continues at 4 s . 3 d . per stone . . ^ Price of Potatoes in Leeds , in the Free Market , is from 6 s . 3 d . to 6 s . 9 d . ; andat the vessels from 6 s . to 6 s . 6 d . per load of fifteen stone
Bradford Wool Market , July -5 —The demand for Wool , especially the finer sorts , ' continues quite equal to that of the last few weeks There is great firmness in prices , and in some instances a trifling advance has been obtained . Bradford Yarn Market . -The somewhat increased demand for Yarns which we have noticed for the last few week ' s still continues . Prices are firm , without any actual advance . Bradford Piece Market . —The Piece market of to-day is so similar to that of last week , that we cannot report any alteration .
. Halifax Market , July 7 . —There have been a fair attendance of buyers and an average quantity of business done , but notquite so much as wasanti cipated ; no alteration in prices . Manufacturers complain of amount of profits and the difficulty of making their own : they are buying yarns very sparingly . . ; ' ¦ J Hxjddersfield MarkeT j Jtlly 10 th .- Our report of this market ij still of a cheering character . A considerable amount of business has been-done in almpat all descriptions of goods , more especially in the heavier makes for the autumn . Fancy waistcoating manufacturers are very generally employed . There has been an average amount of business done in the warehouses during the past week .
Ct * - * n-mr IXT ^ . « — Tl > r . _ ¦ ___ ¦ -T _ l' /» i . L ' \\ f i . T « n J Selby Wool Market , July 6 th . — We had a very tolerable show of good Wool to-day . The attendance of buyers decidedly good , and nearly the whole was sold at the following prices :- —Melrose 20 s . ; best hogs 17 s . 6 d . to IBs . ; andmixed 17 s . to 17 s . 6 d . per s ' . one . Darlington Markets . —In the Corn Market the supply of grain was small . Sales ' ¦ British Wheat , 18 s . to 20 s . ; Oats , 5 s . to 6 s . ; Beans , 8 s . to 9 s . ; Barley , 9 s . 6 d . per boll . Butter j 64 . to 8 d . per lb . ; Apples , 2 s . per peck ; Potatoes , I 6 d . per bushel .
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: l ^^ ^ iT ^^ ^ i ^ 4 ^ r ^ g ^ continues , and many tmrchJUferiatti made irS ? expectation that akth ^ se ^ n ddtaMes and ^^ les ^ n j ; prices may ^ yan ^ £ pi ^(^ hanS asking ^ n adyanee 65 worknumgjBj . ^ t&iitoifc ? rnakere are ah » atfi ^^ fo&m feran adTin 2 f on&pu wages . Tte Wool market is finn vritH tendency to advance ; considerablyMghbr prices »« ,. given at our Wool feir ou Wedheadiay last ft - were expected , hut some Itnink itfe dbubtfut wbe ^ they can be supported by tEe trade . If they ° S 1 maintained , worsted yarns must be advanced mW
have been selling after the ralte of 359 . to 36 s £ L average lots whiciTnow make 38 s to 39 s . and 4 < w The lots for which such high rates as 42 s . and 44 * were given , were lots of fine quality , and as w observed last week , the difference in value between fine and coarse Combing Wools never was great !* than at present .-rLeicester Chronicle . Wakefield Cattle Mjlrkbt , July 11 _ _/ w had a fair supply of Sheep and Lamba at marked this morhing ; the Beasts were a short supply Tfcl
attendance ot buyers Wag ; Very fair , and the marW was better . for beef . The Sheep market was rather heavy ; the Lambs was a very good , market . Beef 6 s . to ; 7 s ; : per stone ; .: . Muttony 6 | d ; 11 , I Lambs , 18 s to 28 s . per bead . j Beasts , 300- ShPi » n and Lambs , 6 , 500 , In the I < ean marketS was a fair show of Cattle and Calvers . Bobouohbridoe ; Cobn [ Market , Julv V Wheat , 60 s . . tO j 66 s . per or , ; Beans , 58 . < &Z 5 s . 9 d . per bushel ; Oats , lid . to 13 d . per stone
York Corn Market , July 7 , __ Th millers are free buyers of the | few samples of Wheat offering , at rates fully equalito those of last weeV Oats are in tolerable demanjl , but Beans contin ^ dull of sale . Since last Saturday , the : weather W been very fine , and the farmers , without exception speak of a great improvement haying taken place . ' Skipton Cattle MabkIet , July 9 .- ^ We hafl not a large show of fat Beasts , Sheep , and Lambs but was it equal to the demand , as buyers were not numerous . Prices were much liie same as last fort , night . ¦ ' .- ' -. ¦ ¦"¦ ;¦ . , '¦ ¦ .. 'i ; - ' - "; ' :. [' ' ¦¦ '¦'¦ ¦ " ¦' : " - - ' -.- ¦ Malton Corn Marke ^^ July 9 . —At our market this day very little business was done , and few ^ samples offered , prices being stationary , and much the same as the quotations of last week
State of Trade . —In ! consequence chiefly we believe , of the drooping state of the cottorl market in Liverpool , the demand both for goods and yarns on Tuesday , and prices were barely supported in this market . There , was not , however , anj marked or general decline . —Manchester Guardian ! Bedale Midsummer Fair , July 6 and " 7 ^ -U There was a fair average show of horned Catde for which there was a good demand . In the Sheep market the show was only small , which caused afi to be well sold up . Lambs were in great deinarid and sold for high prices . Beef , 6 s . 3 d . to 6 s . 9 d . per stone ; Mutton , 6 d . to 6 M . perlb .
Bochdale Flannel Market , July 9 th . — Our market still keeps thinly supplied witli goods ' most descriptions and to-day a trifle better : prices have been obtained , although buyers seem" rather reluctant at going further than they have done , but prices must get up at this season ; about an average quantity were sold . Wool keeps firm in price and demand . Oils aboutas last week . Newcastle Corn Market , July 7 . — "Ry have had very favourable weather since this da ? week , but having an extremely small supply of far . mers' Wheat and no fresh arrivals dpastwise , the market this morning ruled firm at last Saturdav's pricesand fresh les of
, good samp Norfolk aad Suf folk red Wheat being worth 72 s . per qr ., 631 bs pcr bushel . The stocks of Wheat at this place is reduced io a very small quantity , and those in the stands of the farmers much less than is usual at this season , considering supplies from pther quarten will be required for this market until after harvest Fine Rye met rather more demand , and prices are expected higher . Barley is . scarce . Malt and Beans sold slowly . Good boiling Peas were in fair request at the quotations . There was a moderate supply of Oats , and former prices fully supported , Arrivals during the week , coastwise—51 qrs . En ' 511 qrs . Oats , and 585 sacks of Flour , foreign , » qrs . Oats , and 210 qrs . Peas .
Hull Corn Market , July 10 . —Our mariet was only moderately supplied with Wheat to-daV but the trade being entirely confined to the millers ruled duH ; the rates of this day se ' nnight , howeTer were fully supported , notwithstanding the cbntinJ ance ef fine weather . Nothing passing in Barlej Beans barely supported last week ' s currenev . Na alteration can be noted in Oats , very fevroffering by the farmers . Eapeseed is in request , and there not being much in the market , rather more moner has been paid . Linseed maintains its price . We have no transactions to note in bonded Cbrn ^ fc holders are firm .
Richmond Corn Market , July 7 th .--There was a tolerable supply of Grain in bur market today : —Wheat sold from 8 s . 9 d . to J 0 s . 3 d . ; Gate 3 s . 4 d . to 4 s 4 d . ; Barley , 4 s . to 4 s . 3 d .: BeaW 5 s . 3 d . to 6 s . per bushel . ' Salfqrd Cattle Market , July 11 . —Weld not so many Cattle at to-day ' s market , butagrat many buyers , which caused all to be sold np in good time , at an advance in price . The followiae as toe numbers :-Beef , 622 , from 5 ^ d . to 111 : Sneep ^ 2 , / 67 , from 6 d . to 7 d . ; Lambs , ' 3 , 170 bm 6 d . to 7 d . ; Calvesj 53 , from 5 d . to 6 d . per lb .
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TO THE PUBLIC OF SOITH SHIELDS . Fellow Townsmex , —I deem no apolojgT necessary for introducing xo jotn notice the conduct of the ¦ police of this borough : for since nieir appointment loud complaints bave been made that it has not been prominently brought before you . It is known to you all mat until the establisnmeBt of this new police . South Shields ranked as one of the most orderly and quiet towns in the kingdom , and tksr-vridioutany necessity this neve force was created : and the consequenceshave ieea . -what -was "by many anticipated , from the characiers of the men compojdng it . a continued meddling where they had do l > 'j < ine = s . and when they
were called on to preserve the " peace , they have evinced a violence of temper , and ^ avageness of condtic :, most shameful . Passing over many scenes of Their brutality that have been a disgrace to oar streets , and an insnlt to the iniiabilants , —look at the case of Mr . Kyle , which vras the most inhuman ever Known , and as discreditable to the majristrates who decided it , as it was disgraceful to the savage officers of police who committed it- The magistratps might be excused by many for their decL-don on that afiair , Tmder the plea of ignorance of the facts , or supposing them to be exaggerated . But what will those who excused them then , say to their decisions last week ? the facts of which are as follow : —
- Mr . Wm Cousins , merchant tailor , Long Row , was oil his way home Tuesday night , week when he met three of the policemen with a woman in custody ; two of them dragging ter alone , and the other beating her with , a stick-j the woman screaming locdly , he tamed about to < ee if he "knew whoihe was , -when -RicaarJson , one of the officers , gave him several severe blows over the head and arms , without being spoke to , or receiving the least interruption , molestation , or obstruction , from Mr . Cousins , whatever . He then , although suffering under pain from the blows , followed after them until they secured the -sroman in the Lock-up House , " when he asied . Richardson what he had struck him for ? Richard--son told hi ™ kiif he did not hold his tongue and be off , he would strike him again . ' Mr . Cousins replied *• he would see abonf that to-morrow , " when this fellow told him "hemieht do as he liked and
be damn'd , for right or wrong , lie would get the letter . " Has prophecy proved correct ; for on Mr . Cousins complaining to the magistrates in petty sessions , on Thursday last , and his statement being confirmed by most indisputable and respectable evidence , the magistrates dismissed the complaint , and said that this savage brute of a policeman " was quite right andperfectlyjustified in-what''he had done ' . " Is this not insult added to injury ? But again , Mrs . Wilkinson , of Thrift Street , was severely struck by one of thsm at the same time , and on her complaining to a magistrate the next day , she was refused redress in the same terms . Is such conduct likely to retain for the magistrates of this borough that good ¦ feeling with the inhabitants which their acts have
. generally hitherto sacured . and . which is so . essential to the due aoministration of justice ? On Mrs . Wilkinson leaving the magistrates" office , she was followe ^ d to the door by Jennings , a policeman , who told her , "J knoa you now , 1 did not before , but mind Til mark you . " Mark that threat , people of South Shields . And again , _ Mre . Henderson , on the same -aught , standing within the passage leading to her owh house , -was struck by one of those ruffians with such ferocity as to cut her head : her application for redresr -was © qnaiij -uasaccessiaL Townsmen , is such conduct of die police , sanctioned by the authorities , to be endured r Do men feed dogs to bite them ? Are we to " pay men to
inoci us down with immunity , whenever it may please iheirJaiicy or their temper to . be a . "little ruffled ? Inhabitants , it is yon that must say that such things shall ntrfbe permitted—speak your sentiments in language not to be misunderstood , and tell these men ' s irresponsible employers , the comjRisskmers , that your money shall not be taken from . you to support four or five idle fellows , who , instead « fpres « rTingthfipeace , arethefirsttoontrageit ; and if they do not take prompt measures to prevent a recurrence of such acts , let us unite firmly together , and demand , in a voice of thunder , their dismissal , ¦ and areturn to that system which was not ' only more . economical , but under which the tows was qtjiet audtheTEOPi . E&AFE . AN INHABITANT .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 14, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1014/page/8/
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