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THE NORTHERN STAB, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1838.
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IOKEIGX AMD CANADIAN ATFAIRS.
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TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS ' . . I 1 ' . ¦ '" ¦ • ¦ " " ¦ r ' '
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LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWS. LEEDS.
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The Northern Stab, Saturday, December 22, 1838.
THE NORTHERN STAB , SATURDAY , DECEMBER 22 , 1838 .
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SetekaI -Official Doenments and American Papers hare teen received since our last , Vat V e Dews from Csnada ? eems not to wear any new feature . > fo new facts are reported . In Spain , the contending factions , the 3 Vhisr 3 and Tories of that country , « ondnne to crucify the people between them . The 3 Trench papers are full of the opening of the" FreDeh Parliament , and the peculiar manner , tone , gesture , and artienlatioB , with which the Citizen Xing
deli-Terwliimself of the nsnal annual insipicitv . The jraTest part of the description is that the King ' s Toice rose or sunk as the occasion might require , and that he attended to the necessary Tariations of mphasis and gesture ^ T ) ut the most important is the information that , the Doles of Orleans and ArMAi-B occupied stools finery , dacting stool *) n each side of his Majesty . As a matter of course , en passant , it is remarked that " the militafr cortege mad precaution * were , a ? usual , numerous and severe , the public being kept at a more than respectipl distance . "
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THE NEW POOR LAW . HESIGXATION 0 ¥ A BOARD OP < 5 UARDIAKS . BEGOTTEN by Avarice upon Cruelty ^ nursed by Oppression , and fostered by Fraud ; this Devil ' s Xaw , as it is progressively developed in operation , alienates , from those who live by its impurities , every xnind in which remains tie least glimpse of honest r honourable feeling . " Men who have " suffered themselves to be decoyed by the lying protestations f such villantus hypocrites as Mott and Potver , into the snares of the Commissioner !! , are daily iinding out their mistake . Potver and Mott tried
to persuade the Guardians that the Comm-ssioscrs would leave the management of the Poor and of the workhouses , entirely in their hands ; that they would nerer controul any benevolent regulation , having the consent of the Guardians . "We believe some of the Guardians were silly enough t * take this lying bait for gospel , notwithstanding that many recorded instance * of inUrfrrenct with , and arbitrary controul over , the Guardians , bv the Commissioners , demonstrated beyond the possibility f doubt , that their assurances were lying pretexts , ¦ which they knew to be false . We have no doubt that
the noble and patriotic Guardians of "Worcrster ¦ ay have received similar assurances of the noninterfering Character of the Commissioners from the Assistant-Commissioner of that district , a tramping Tagabond , who rejoices in the designation of Sir " E . Head ; and who rejoices not less in the power delegated to him by the Devil ' s agents , to use . on their
fcehalf , of oppressing the hel pless , and making more Vitter the cup of hopeless wretchedness . The Worcester Guardians , however , Sliding themselvesin the irap , have , with a nobleness of resolution which does them infinite honour , disgorged the hook along with ¦ Hht bait , and broken loose from their captivity , bv throwing off their allegiance to the Three-HeaSed jDevil King . _
It seems that some of the humane and merciful in ¦ Worcester lad occasionally bestowed triling comjfcrts in the shape of a little sugar , a bit of tea , or a Small morsel of toVaceo , «" n some ' ofile n ?» forrunates who , thocgh . condemned b y poverty to the basiile l » ad yet abold , ^ om jl recollection of tkeir former Srcnmrtances and character , upon the sympathies of their fello « r iowflsmen . * The Guardians of
"VVorces-4 er saw bo wonderful harm in this . It added nothing to the bnrdensomeresj of the rates , -jrhich were not increased thereby ; while it partially alleviated a lot whiek all allow to be * sufficiently leavy under any circumstances . " Sir " E . HEAD , iowever , the DevH-TSngV deputy , w& 3 horrified at the profanation . Pa ' npers receWe presests of tea cr sugar , or other physical comforts , from their friends!—It wag horrible to think of ! The whole
conntry was endangered I The Church and State would be OTertnmed , unless tbe dangerous practise- * tras immediately put an end to ; and , accordingly , Ii 3 sub-defilsbip issued his orders that it should be put an end to . The Guardians met , and , after fairly canTassing lie muter , they concluded that , inasmuch as these things bad Veen perpetrated ii "Worcester for some time , -without any terrible onvalsion following , it was jast possible the tramping panper , "Sir" E . Head , might be » ere fri ghtened tlian "hurt , and they determined that
the enormity should continue , even as heretofore to depend for its continuance on the inclination of - the baritable , in all cases of paupers who might be * i ck , aged , or infirm ; haviBg so much CODsideration for the nerves of " Sir" E . Head , as to consent iaat the indul gence should be withdrawn from tbe able-bodied . -This slight of lis > authority , however , lras hi ghly indecorona in the eyes of the trampingpxuptf " & > , " and be represented the matter to his
liege lord . " , the Dejril-K . ing « , who forthwith com-» andedtbeir slave to make koovrn their angust ietermiaadon tbat" this wickedness should sot be ¦ ione in Israel . " Thereupon , the representadTe o ? Derilshi p issued cig commands to the governor « f Hke bastile , that the sick and * infirm paupers of "W orcester , sntraia receive no more of thesi * indulgencieson penalty of his higli displeasure , and the ensequences thereupon made to follow by the iaferral " statnte , ia tnat case made and provided . "
TMs was a direct intimation to the "Worcester Guardians of the tenure on which , their offices Trere beld . It was in plain terms" giTiBg-tbem to understand that in consenting to become ** Guardians" they bad laid aside their ' manly dignity , and consented to be n ? ed as devil ' s puppets . They saw this and , to their boBonr , they made no hesitation aDOat the alternative . Crippled and © Terborne in their honest discharge of the duties , they flung the appointment at The Devil-Xing % head , and resigned en masse .
At the usual weekly meeting of tbe Board last Thursday week , after EeTeral of the Guardians had ommented in a Tery proper style on the conduct of the Three Devil * Ma their titled sub , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : ResolveaistThai this Board > M T ^ awiA ^ A ™* " * fetter receirea from the As-iiUnt-Cunjm - jfcionw ^ it B « d , to the master of this workh . use , inSK « to o ^ ct to the h ^ aj resolut oa adoj ^ J ^ Boarf on the Sia . and confirmed on the iiih , »* d -peremptorily huwu TO ) qb tne governor not compying with ihe-a instrnction * reiaove to soch resolution ; under thefc « circumstances the Boarf think it necaaaiy again to expres * their firm &ln « r ace to the resolntion .
2 nd . Thst in consequpnec of the Terj arbHraiy power jested id the Poor Law Com \ isiioniTs , and exercised bj them ¦ to ward , this Board of Gua . rdb . ni , in not jdlowuig them ai . j aucretionanr power as regards the inmates of thia ^ Torkl ^ e , jwactilarij ti » a Sed » nd infina , aa solidteff b / M « ai _ this Board , alter mature adiberatioo . aad under » i wcum ujic « , regret that they jje coiupeiWd to ^ esian their VUStas Guardiaaa . T -i- :- ' .: j ^ - -- .-.. _ - - .. - . ^ j ^ %% w ^ i ^ resignation was then drawn np and j ^^ j ^ e ^ Chainnaa and all the Guardians pre-Knf , an * wti »| - « Eae day was also signed by fee W ^^^^^^ & % ^^ Tluse Gaaraians Tjave fig&k ti »^ M ^«» JwsD _ j ) f .. aenae , * iM *^^»« # i ^ 3 3 Je ^ esf ^ fi « ed && iHSn oTxns wnoleCoODtry , and we tiuti-ih f ra . t « -
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THE HEV . J , ' B . SiXPHENS . Ik another part of -our . present paperwftl "be foand aplain , honest , and manly appeal from -this t ^ entitman , to tbe common ^ eE ^ e and good fwiing-of the people , touching the peculiar position in w % ich he is placed T > y the aifecttd squeami ^ hnes * of "these with whom be cannot , and against whom he will hot act . We hope bis " vindication" will be extensively and seriously road—read by those wbo haTe traduced him—and that it will be fairly weighed .
We feel sorry , however , vtry s ^ rry , that Tie should allow the indiscreetness of friends to the people to do that which the nralice of tbeir enemies enuld not do—drive him from the positioH in ' winch he was effecting much good . " W-e would -entreat him to reconsider bis determination to decline public meetings . This is what hi ? enemiesand our enemies wish , and it will afford them matter of rejoicing .
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RURAL POLICE . THE MINISTERIAL AVOWAL . As the Session of Parliament and of the National -Convention approaches , tkeWhi ^ GoTernment and their hireling toadies manifest the most prominent symptoms of unrasir : e § s and fear . The people , on whose shoulders th « j were ho ! sted into Downing-StrePt , are regar- . euV by thtm w ith au alarm , which , tbeugh they labour hard to do to , tbeT cannot either controul or conceal . Hence the
whole herd of cowardly assassins , who are retained inthrir service to smooth the way to legal" murder by previous denunciation and proscription , have been all the week cudgelling thtrir dull brains , { from the Hurning Chronicle downwards , ) to find out some vile pretext on which Stephens and O'Consob might he arrested—thinking we suppose that they would Bad the British People ( collected and determined as they appear to be in their crusade against tyranny and corruption ) like certain barbarous tribes of whom it is rrported that if their leaders fall in conflict the whole bod y become- ! instantly disordered ayif } t . Vkes to flight . We calcolate that even if the ' r wicied purpose , of » acr ; fieing
tho * e two men for tbeir attachment to the people , should be accomplished to-morrow , they would find tbeir expectations bitterly disapp-inttd . 'Til not because of anything which appertains ii them individually that Stephens and O'Cokxor are followed by tbe people—it is because tuey manfully as « erttho * e rights which the people knuw and feel to be their own , and which they are determined to have , at whateter cr-t , and that speedily too . lk Martyrs ' blood is holy seud , " and should those , who are foremost ia denouncing the * illanies of the oppressor * , be , to-jay , made Victims to their rage , it would but kindle the tir « oi emulation iu the breast of patriotism ;
And hundred * , now unknown , would ihrnnrisp ; Seeking , eatUune , with jiei . ' rou < strife , t' oat » in liuueijjlibour . intlie w » ru » thand fervour of hi » ssal . The Manchester Guardian is muit Taliantl y angry with the Magistrates of Lancashire , for not having spirit enough to come to the scratch , and inselently calls upon them " at ecce to resign the duties they are not competent to discharge . " The Murning Chronicle , taking the obseryations of the Guardian for a text , prrachw from tbem the followinsr most instructive sermon : —
" Magutra tr * are moit efficient in timM whpn thpr « is » o danser ; hut we ha » e jj ^ neraliy sr . n th » t when there U dxDg » r thfr Urati expnsmg tBi-uiMW *^ , their properlr , or their families to popuUr T ^ ng « a » ice . Sir Robm Peel will some Tears ago that w _ had outgrown minr of our imtitulions ; ajjd we have no < W ) t thr e ^ nrictvin will m >« n bromr g ^ wTal that THE POLICE OF THE COCVTRT HVST CJ » DEHiX ) A THOBWJCURttQRli . It dct « t wil ^ Ao U > le »» . lttothu wtWt Ma ^ U-tStf U . trtxt to hi /' nni ^ LfanuV i » t ^ make j : « od the pr »» f > b tiat what i » e «« w b * dVs-bu >< Uk * a is be
notx ^ j - 8 bn > in « w . Thrrr miafia erefy ^ utriel » oru « Innetinnary specially n-sponMbl .- for iu >« , % nA ajrain . i whom it would bea matirr .. f a rave impMu » bnient if diw . ricr were to jjwn a head . This irt «/ # r irifl try mctrdy tht mAm of mir inslitutinLS . Jn nio » t of unr gre » i tuwna ih ? r « U a tol' -n . bly fioai ]» ilice f . rce moj ^ Iled jitter thmt of the i »» tropoli * . fcnt ihrongh .. ot the smaller townn and rtHayr * th ? r » we r « all > no meauu of wprft-tinn . The arrayU ompamtivf It small , andeanaot bf fTrtvwherr . It will be HECKSSIRT TO organize a rvral To ' ucE , or we rerr Jnneh muuke th » » ign » uf the time * . "
This from the Chronicle may be regarded as a formal announcement of the intention of Government to maie a determined effort during thp comine Session , to treat u « to a . regular svsteni of Gent d ' urmerie . Tae people know , therefore , what they have to expect . They are now playing a most important game ; the . "takes connected with which are being made constantly heavier . If they suffer the present struggle to terminate without the attainment of Universal Suffrage , by whicli alone they can efficiently protect themselves , they will nink lower , by maoy fathoms , io the abyss of degradation and slavery , than xbey eTer wers btfors . L » t ihem bear this in mind when the satellites ef the
enemy , weuld lead them a fool ' s dance after any willwitb-a-wisp of an instalment of Rfforra . "Let their motto be no surrender ; no sacrifice ef principle ; our whole rights—whole—unmatilated—and at once— er death i « the struggle for tkeir attainment .
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CANADIAN PATRIOTS IN ENGLAND . The barque , Captain Ron , wliich arrived at Liverpool on Monday , in twwnty-four daja , from Quebec , brought > cargo of thirty-four Stale prisoners , being patriots taten in the affair in Lower Canada , and ? entt-nc « d to be transported to seme one of . oar penal colonies . The following description of their landing and appg&ranee ii from » ne ef tbe Liverpool papers : —
" Our p « aeefnl town was thrown into a state er-fereriifc exeit « nerit » o soon ai it wa * reported that lh * Captain Hstt , wh « h lelt Qaebec on the 22 nd » f N ^ TeiubeT . un bo » rd o which Yeawl a number of tb . Caaaiar . rebels h * d bften compelled U snibark , wa » ofl the port . It f » ur o ' clock , undtr thft « seortol thf « ix lolfo , who accompanied them , aided by a reinforcement of the pi . lic « , they wer . landed Irom the tugboat tJeanor . Th * piew were crowded with a mams of « p « etat o » ,- « nxioo * to catch a gliinp « e ot Oxo » e U u » r » r « lT kn » wn ^ peciej —» tate prisoners . Sixteen of them , heavily iro «» d . l " ^ J ^^ irl * .. * , ^ 1 . ~ T •»* . >** « P . of the conric ^ - first lanarf
were . These we hear , are traa « ort . d w ! fv- ! - ¦ - remaining eighteen , « lad m their Tdbj . TT nabilimmti . and coupled by m » nael * i , followed them . Tke ap ^ rxiiceof th * m > j » ritjr »» « ju » lid and wretched ia the extr emeroinroTttem ^ sppeaTHl tobe §« T « rvlTS » onnaei . tat wretched and care-w . rn as their physical . xterior wa ., their demeanour wascarelei * aad . fn the conwe » f the trip two s > f th-m eontnved to nd theai » elres Trim their fr » te « ana a eonsgiraey wa « organised to iwue in the capture of the ^ ; f , V ' - lntenti ? n ^ COBlmunic » ' » to ' **•¦ "Ptain St . S ^ JS ^ S ^ Sa ^ - *^' :-- ^ - •«
They were talen , under the proteetinnef a stronf escort , and followei by an immense crowd , to the Borough gaol . Their names are : —Alexander M'Leod , T . Malcolm , John Grant , J . M'Nully , B . West , John Vernoi , N . Mellory , Paul Bedford ] J . "Wagoner , S . Chandler , L . Watson , W . Reynolds , L . "VT . Miller , "Vfrn . Aires , Hoberi "VTalker James Gammell , George Cooly , Jacob Benut G . Van Camp , James Brown , Ira Anderson , Randal "Wilson , —— , T . Farnell , Jimes Lynn , B . O'Hara , Joseph Langwys , Joseph Hamel , James Thompson , Agnes PerTost , Isidore Pare , Charles M'Leod , Thomas Oliier , John G . Parker , and Baptiste Cadien .
The papers generally hare * et np a jataje bowl of satisfaction at tbe sight of these unhappy yictias « f heartless rebbery , under the prostituted name of Government The . Morning ChromeU , especiaUT , seems disappointed that the banginga don't bejii , aa 4 declares Aat " the peace of the colony demands that examples raaj b , made ^ f the leaders and authors of the rebellion . " Now , in thi . sentiment t »« bewtily cpneor . ^ Vfe think : m ercy ill-timed and misapplied when it spares offenders who ^ Te . ^ o . h ^ pe of amendment , and whose crim « , are of «« f » H- ' ^ * character at those of the " aathoi »" - « ir » tt » srebdir oriv ? " ,, " ' ¦ , --, . 'V- - --v : Uri
.. y&Qt ' $ & $ »<» the : V anttori" of , tii « ifbeVi H ^ ttfVvrAssnredl y ,. Bot tie poarfelJow . w ^ *** & ^ ir ^ jed & » n » their peace&i ; hompa i ^> ' § f pcfrfl ;
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ealonies . Not tbe -prescribed Patriot * whom the Dictator dared to banish without trial . thb authors of this rbbellion velte the villains ' ithb , in the teeth of all law as well as of all justice , drove the Canadian people to despe&ation by an act of lattless robbery , in the approkriat 10 k « p tbeir public funds "without thb consent , and in defiance of , the owkbrs ; and by subsequent acts of mue ' DEB akj > ARSON committeu upon the PBRSO K * AND PROPERTY OF THOSE OWNBRS , VfHBN RESISTED IN THEIK LAWLESS
AGGRESSION . Tbeae * re the Bkigands , " the " Piratbs , " the " TararBS , " and " Housebreakers" upon whom justice ought to be done by their removal for ever from a position which enables them to commit like atrocities , and the establishment of such a -ynteai of Government a * shall prevent the recurrence of a like abate of power , should it heroaftor conw into like hands .
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^ IISM THE IRISH PRECURSQIvS . Our readers will perceive that , in anolbiy part of our pap « r we hare devoted ' - ' three .-columns o / Talaable kpace to the filthy ravings of the Arch-Traitor . Wo hare d » ne so that such of them as are disposed might see that we have rightly designated him ; thst if there be yet one man feeling the least particle of genuine affection for the popular cause , who still clings to the " miscreant" as a rock of hepe or a tower of strength , he may be uudeceirpd .
What we said last weet , pn i have often before , ¦ ot only said , hut proved ; e R-e now deliberatel y repeat . There is no one single measure of importance on which Daniel O'Connell ever wa etnpieyed , in which he did not prove himself a traitor and an enemy to the people . It is alread y eTident , as any one who takes the trouble to read the report we this week give of his " -Precursor Me-ting , " that the " Precursor Society" is not intended to be the first exception to his general rule of treachery .
He asserted , in his reply to the English , Scotch , and Welsh Radicals , that the'Precursor Society did , in effect , if not in name , recognise the principle , and seek for the attainment of , Unitersal Suffrage . What are his present politics ? At this terv meeting he makes such an alteration in the wording of the resolution as shall satisfy the more rigid stickler * of the " bane , bloody , and brutal Whigs , " that their necessary qualification of villanous deceit is fully found in the father of the "Precursor " humbug .
"T he greatest practical extension of the Suffrage " is too stroig a term , and must therefore be exchanged for a general expression of being ^ Javourable to a . safe and practical extension . " And yet this is be whom Messr ' i . Salt and Muntz would represent to the men of Birmingiam as b « ing anxious tojoin tbem . ia th « sacred cause of agitation for Universal Suffrage ! Will not these men blush fer the weakness that could be so easily betrayed ? Thank God , tke people are not all Salts and
Muhtzes ; ax the numerous resolutions expressive of their kouest abhorrence of the iilthy and venom-•* i monster sufficiently testify . As in the last week ' s Northern Star , ? o in the present oae , declaratiom ef this character appeaVfrom all partspf the cauntry . The English and Scotch people know well haw te eitimsue the caitiff ; aud erelong the spell will be removed from the deluded Irish , by whom he is idolne ^ f-wbHe be feaeto , without remorse , uptwtfeeir Titart .
His second object at the meeting in question wa * , a * he said , to make the Precursor Society such ** that all 71011- Repealers can join it ; and to cro * n the whole , the petty braggart talks of raising a Tegipn of Irishmen to come over and help the Whigs to crush the rising spirit of the brave people of England , if they dare ta take a step in the prosecuti .. u of their own ri ghts , which he may not approve . This school-boy vapouring will , of course , be regarded with the scorn it merit * , and will serve as an additional illustration of the valuable acquisition which our friends , Salt and Muntz , would introduce into the people ' s camp .
Lest it muy be supposed that we have garbled the report , we may just add that it is taken , without the alteration of a word , from the Drogheda Argus , a paper detoted to the traitor ' s cause .
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LORD DURHAM'S LEADERSHIP . Thb ery of Durham as a Radical Leader is new at all erents hushed by all but the TerieHt palter ing knare * . His Xordship has rejected the addresiof the Middlesex "Liberals , " because some of the speakers at the meeting at which it was voted professed themselves in favour of Universal Suffrage aad willing only to accept Lord DURHAM and hi * Hnuehuld Suffrage and Triennial Parliament * , as
a stepping stone ; just as tbeir wise predecegsors accepted the Reform- ¦ Bill . " Durham ' s refusal to reeeive either the deputation or the address ' u certainly honourable to him , as it shows a disposition not to tamper with the people and appear to be that which he in nut . At the game time we repeat that it , at once , and decidedly , settles the question of his eing inve .-ted wish the leadenship of the " Movement Party . "
The people must adhere to principle . Unirtrsal Suffrage must either be secured now , or the probabilities are > ery strong against ifcj erer being gotten at all : at least for a long Heries of years .
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- — M ^ ——THE D'HURNA AGITATION . YTa eall attention to the report jif a meeting held in Ayr , which promises , we hope , to be the beginuing of good thingg . " The moral force of the people never has been—neTer can be—fairly proved , » o long as they contribute voluntarily to the sustenance of their natural enemies ,.. The * success of this as ef every other general mode bf attacting the enemy , depends wholly on the spirit and unanimity with which the work is gone to . A general adoptipn of the D'hurna System , recommended by the Soeiety formed at this meeting , joined to an unvarying
practice of purchasing articles of consumption only from parties who are pledged to Universal Suffrage , would , in a very short time , bring the Government and the middle classes equall y to their senses . It would , we ha-ve no doubt , hasten the catastrophe of the disruption of Society , by the empleyment of physical force oo the part of the tyranu . We heartily thank our Ayr friend * for setting the example , aid are glad to learn that other towns in that county , bave adopted the plan . Thus kas commeneed an agitation for a specific purpose , the conse quences ef which are incalculable , and the success of which depends on the people themselves .
The admirable address of ^^ the xneo of Ayr , ire are reluctantly compelled : to omit , but shall have much pleasure in giving it next week .
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EXTENT OF WHIG MALICE . In the Manchester Guardian « f ^ ednefeday- ' Tras ^^ S ^ P ^ TS ^^ f BSl ^ f ^»^ V ' ¦! $ ! $£ i ! ng ^ ltieo 4 ; tasHc » toi ; yjge » aitT to fix tb » accindeattl ^ uriiffi ^ - ^ MDit ^ iw ** t ^ yH ! , Silh itet of incei ^ arlinl , unoft ^ . ^ et . j ^ | t . ^ jt ^^ faced as conU befell desired in tfreif t ^ h ^ fiacfc ;! bis * yt ^^^ i ^ nfrfgfo neUhtT a » re nor less | ban ;
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that Mr . Stephens mentioned Mr . Jowett in terms of some disapprobation ia his speech at Bury oh the preceding Saturday , and that , by some mysterious sympath y , Mr . JuwEtT ' s miU instantly t oek fire . The words ?> ' Mr . Siephens' upeeeh are ; quoted , and the fire U instantly ascribed to them , not directly , but by implication , as an effett . ¦ W e certainly admired this greatly , as an instince of Whi g malice which we thought could scarcely be exceeded ; but we find « ur friend of the Mercury far more accomplished , as a Whi g , than even . hit
friend of the Guardian ; for in the Mercury ef last Saturday is an attempt net less diabolical , - to fir this same fire upon Sfr . Feargus O'Connor and Am speech at the Bury meeting . The ^ animu * ef the Guardian has been faithfully imitated by the Mercury , hut its execution of the project is greatl y exceeded ; for , instead of referring to any portion of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech at Bury , whereon to ground the imputation , the Mercury coins a speech for him , pf such a character as he supposes best . calculated to effect his purpose without much trouble . He says— .
"Tho « toreh-lieht * itifeting at WaVefii . 'ld ? ndfia in smolce . The magistrate * having publicly announced the illegality of the meetiiift , and provideda military force in ca » e of < mtra Ke , the lnv-entorof torch-light m < f « tihg » lim 8 elf , i \ Ir . K . O'C « innor ( thouKh ^ ie had pleijged himself to atturnl ) hoth preacL xd und practiced . the Imon that th « better part of ralour it , dl « retion , and stayed at honip . Hi had , Iiowoyct , attended a tMrch-h ght meeting at Bury , in Lancashire , the iireriuus feuturdayj at which he told the people thut" One of these torches ( pointing at onepearat'hand ) wnit worth a thousand'speeches : it spoke a litugmga to intelligible that > m one could misunderstand . Those
who were not within hearing of his voice would comprehend the meuniiigofthat silent monitor . " This is a pure , unmitigated lie , of the Mercury ' s own invention . Mr , Feargus O'Connor did not utter one single word of this pretended quotation ; cor . any language of like meaning , or ¦ which was capable of any such construction . Verily , the Mercury and the Guardian do ' " tet themselves , " and " taks counsel together" after a strange fashion , but we " guei 9 " that Stephens and O'Connor can yery well afford to ¦ " laugh , " and to ask them " in derision , " why they u rage" and "imagine a rain thing . "
We believe most firmly that if the desire of their hearts were given them , they would « peedily hav « great reason to repent , and therefore we feel the greater pleasure inthe conviction that their inulice i < as impotent as it is deep-seated and unscrupulous .
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Wlf . STEWART , Park land ' s Maybolf ! . Ayrahire , will be kind enough to Hi' . nd his . letters-or . tdnipliivwt-to t ' ao jitfrsim thut sciid . H him hig papers ; or , if he sOnds thKui to us he must end thorn piist-puid . MR . ARTHUR ' S parcel , was sent off before his letter arrived ; he ean , perhaps , lind a fewithiphj ? his subscribera willing to wait Ull the m-xt ynrccl is . sfju . " The WiiOLK of Mr . Binn ' s ordyr Hhali be attended to as soon an thi ! u .-xt portraits come ; the bixty of the Iaat ho will please to get of Mr . Carruthers . Hebden- Bridge Radicals . —We have heaTa nothing of their letter to Mr . O'Connor . He in not at Lcda , and whether he m » v hare received it or not , we cannot tell .
J . A . AMULKR , Thorn . —Next week . S . T , R . \ V . —\ Ve areBorrThe should have missea the half crown , which lie savs V could have « ot Sir the copy uI his rhj-mcu with wluckhd troubled u » . tic requires our rensuiiH fur notinseriing thum . We do not ulwaja think it necessary to aive ourreiisonH , but have no ubj « ctti > ii- to tell S > . T . P .. W . that we did not insert tlveiu , because ther were not worth it . AYu cannot return UiQ ' ciim-, Le-« auh-e we know ' nothing aliont it . We hivve other emvloymeiit thxn to presi-fvc all the rubbish vihich is sent to ui ror return ; und ire . ' . mutt thor « f , iru 1 >» k tlUt ,, ll «* . pocU . who chooms to Bend tu their tffuii < iiu will keeii eopieis fur themselves . ' HAZLEAvofiD Branch oftiir SrocKPonTW . M . A — Their address is necessarily excluded , by pressure of other matter . . lines on the death of a Poor Highland Soldier snail appear .
HORHURY . W * M . A . —We do not think the pnblin . tion of tho Letter would do any good . It niiglit ' orly expgse them to the aimriyance of more" Ued Hot Fools . '' rETERHotY . —The Medulsare Sii-peiice each . B . GAnruiTiiKRS . —Senu them back . T . B . Smiih . —His Portraits went to Hull last week . J . Watson ;—The NatUrial demand for Univyrsal Suffrage is addressed only to tUb House uf Commons . B . R .-Nvxt Week . A Merchants Clerk , Dewsbury Riots , and Tod-WOUDKN . MONOMANIA shall appear n « vt week . The Radicals of Ashton to the Oi'EHatiye PhecuRsurs or Ireland , next week . The Wicton Females' Memorial next week . THE KEIGHLEV MONOMANIA CASE , though in Type , was - •¦ obliged to be taken out of the form to make rpom . We wiil ; try to irire it next week .
A tVokking Man ; " Q . vk of the Sufferers ; A . S . T . ; W . ; AN « PHlLOCLESBinstexcusHus . Our tile la quite fallei ) with -Cuiukiiiiticalioiis , many of which have Men waiting for kdmiasion several wL-ek . s . We reully cannot give theiii any idea vrhen their turn may coniOi I HEPOETi | . —VVe get Byhmes of a mostrubbiihly deiicrip . tion b y the score . We cannot ; pretend toenlimerale them . We » hall select , from time to time , such .. a » wa tUmk worth publishing , and burn ihe rest . T * E IWHABITAXTS OF WlKLATON t « : F «* rgui O'Connor , ¦ next . W 8 « k . ' : . .- -, ; . ' . -: ' ' . . . ¦ - . - '"¦ ¦' . Peter BLtsSEf next week , ^ possible . COL . THOMPSON ' S « e «« nd latter to th « Hull working man ¦
n jext week , if pOtiible . South Shields Nobthern Political Uvion . —W « fear ur friend 1 must _ ex « use us . W » will insert their address if we pngiiblv « nn ; bmt really our space is . not nearly half enough for the ' wants of thi : peoplw .. AU'the abov « coi . iinunuativiig , promuvd for next w « k , w « r » anxiongly requested : for tliit week , and should have be « n all given to-day , ii it had been possible to do it ; but we cano | i ) T 'fill the paper . As it is , we hare to apoUgiee to our reader * and correipondeiits f » r an iintnciiie load of valuable local information , whith we har ^ betn com prilled tu reject , as well as Biany communications ; the omission f waica we rcuret , but could not atoid .
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NortHebn Ukion . —Leeds is rapidly corning to its senses , and proves the truth of the old adage , " Nothing like patience and perseverance . " From the continued and unceasing- exertions of a few good men anditrue , Leeds i 3 fast progressing in th ; good cause . The Association held their weekly meeting at the large Tootn near St . James ' s Church , Yorkstreptj on Monday svening last , and previous to the chair Vising taken / .-a Tnember read portions of a newspaper . Mr . "WilJLiara Eider was appointed chairman , and commenced the business of the
meeting in a short address , wherein he stated that he undewt 6 o 4 tkg business of this meeting MraUi to Consider , the conduct of Aldefman Musgrave , in aentencing a wprkiug man to one month * ^ s imprisonment fur endeavouring to better his con «! ition ; he should therefore call on George White to address the ltifeetingj who remarked at > qme length on the injustice which the working classes suffered under , and pointeJ to this case aia necessary renult of the system , and endeavotired to impress on the minds of his hearew , that nothing but Universal . Suffrage would deliver the working clasaea from such tyranny > and concluded by moving the following reRolution : — " That in the opinion ofthis meeting , the sentence of one month's
imprisonment passed b y Alderman Musgrate on an industrious and virtuous man for endeavouring t » bttter the condition of himself and fatnily , affords another striking prbafof the necessity of an alteration of the present unjust system of governmentj and that without tb « alteratiou proposed by the National Petition , justice will never be done to the working classes ; " It was seconded by Mr . David Black , who delivered a very able address in hia usual strain of energy , and Wa 3 loudly cheered by the meeting . The chairman on putting the motion delivered a long and argumentative speech , and the resolution was passed unanimuusiy . , The chairnmn ; also read several epeeches of fianiel O'eonnett ' g , ; which
caused immense laughti ? r , in the course of which he asked whether if O'Connell was inclined to join the English Radicals would they joiri . him ? which was answered by loud shouts of 'f No . ' neVer /* and concluded by declari ng ; his determination to stand by their faithful and tried friends , ^ ^ St ephenj arid d'Gonnor , and declared his ftrra conviction tbat tie cpmbjped ejKsr ^ , of the ( ViJciun » ll !»^ J ^ Wfttt ^ ^ ig ^ pdsy » nd Dancans , , 'KJDuld i ; njiveir («| lii ? tiate-i' ^ e . iflT ^ iJtippa of , the ^ p lejr ^ m t oilet t <^ e ^ ^ patlijo . ^ ' ^ J ^ iv f ^ Br ftn " nouric « d ^ tb , ^^^ JbqQks . iby . l ^ N ^ tajjil ^^ iT 4 J ^ ib »^ e ^ es ( ed ( tg ^ roi i ? &cri ' ^ ai- ^ i t ^ j 4 J *» i | U |« erery , } % tnjght , ^ fter »» ych tla « meeting-8 ^ p ^ r » t € d * nd seeine ^ twell pleased wi&theeveDiDg r 8 proceedirjgii . _ ; . > |
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€ iKAKGE RlNOtNG AT RdTHWELL CHURCH . —On Sunday morning last an excellent pealof Kent treble b « b major was performed at the above church , ty a select company of chauge ririgers from L ? edF , Liverpool , arid Rothwell . The peal consiated 01 50 S 8 changes in three parts , and was completed in three houra and two minutes . The morning being ' quite still , aided by frasr , the varied tones of the bells was heard with great effect at a distance of five miles . The performers names were as follow : —' Mr . S . Smallpage , treble ; Mr . J . Mortimer 2 nd . ;
, Mr . J . Hudson , 3 rd . ; Mr . T . Broadside , ith , ; Mr . A . Gpldthofp , 5 th . ; Mr . " W . Gaw-krodjier , ' , 6 th ; Mr . B . Ely , 7 th . ( and conductor ) and Mr . j . JB" | ockt 6 n , tenor * The peal was composed by Mr . \ V . Gawkrodger , and from its peculiar yet easy construction '; we insert it for the beheiit of the art . For the firtt four courses call one , the middle one , the wrong and two at home , the fifth course call one , the middle and one the wrong , which brings up the part , end 42 , 356 , which three times repeated coinpleres the peal .
The Newcastle Murder . —This appalling cKse seems to us to be still wra . p . ped in mystery . The inquest was continued through the whole of Thuritday and Friday , but the only evidence of importatnee was that of the medical men who examined Bolam's wounds , find of a policeman , who iound some papers marked with , blood in . a drawer « f a wash-stand in the hank . The following is the evidence of Mr . Baird , surgeon : — Mr . John Buird , surgeon , being sworn , deposed : ^ -He s . nw Mr . Boiam on Saturday , the Sth Nov ., at the gaol . He examined Bolam ' s person ; there was a wound n the left hand ride of the neck , running parallel
with the base of the jaw ; --it-had been innde by ? ome sharp instrument ; it was . ; be'tw-e . en two and three inches in length , and merely went through the true skin . There was a plaster upon it at that time ; there was a mark of acamusion on the naimma , or left breast j but no wound observable in the skin ; it was only a trifling contusion ; it sippeared to have been given by a blow . On the right side , nearly in a . similar situation , the skin was broken by two or three scratches , apparently made by the point of a sharp instrument , probably by a penknife . If Bohun had been struck by any person by a sharp instrumerit , it would not have caused tht . se lnUrks ; there
would only have been one wound , and deeper . To have caused marks like these , it would have required as many motions of the hand as there are marks . He examined the coat , waistcoat , shirt , and flannel shirt of Bolam , to cr , in |> nre the cuts on the clothes -with the scratches on the body . Frwn ' i the exnmination of the clothes , he came to thr conclusion that the marks on his body hud not been made through his clothes . He also exaininedvMr . Bolam ' s head ; he named to ' ¦ witness that he had receittd blows on the head , froiii " whiclh he-suffered pain ; witness did nnt find a'hy appearance to bear that out ; ha did not find any elltcts of contusion upon tho head . Bolam -pointed out places on bis
head where he had rectived blows ; they wen : about the temples-,, but witness could see no tflei-ts from those blows . The Coroner charged the jury at great length , and with much minute'ies . * . The jury retired at : about a Quarter bei ' ore eight ; and , after deliberating about thrie quarters oi' an hour , returned with a verdict of Wilful Murder against Archibald Bolam . \ Ye cannot see -from what conceivable motive Bolam could commit the murder . He is proved to have borne an excellent character during the sixteen years he has been in the hank , and before . He was on terms of the greatest intimacy with the unfortunate deceasedj for whom he had shown the most indisputable kindness up to the la't . There was no ciefalcdrio ; i in his account .-
with the bank , nor any thing which can load to a guess why he should commit the horrible murder . Great Nuisance .- ^ -The autboriVies of the town f-ome't-ime ago , were very vigilant in disbanding houses of ill-fame , and caused them to remove from the nei g hbourhood in which they thtii lived ; sevtral have certainly changed their residences , but to another convenient place , and it would be weU for the watch and police force to pay particular attention to Vandyke-stroet , Lejlaiidr ' , and its immediate neighbourhood , to put a stoj > to any further nightly disturbances which happen there frequently , and sometimes cause trouble to an unthinking * stranger . —Correspondent .
FATAL- Accident . —On Monday morning , an inquest wa 3 . taken at the Court House , on vic'Vc-of the body of-Charles Huutvr , atied 7 *> y- ' -r ^ , - who died in consi-quence of mortiRt'ation , cuusea bv a ' small wound in the hand . —Verdict , " Aceideut death . " . . " ' RECEivixa , SToi . EN ^ ROFF-RTY . —On Tuesday , Thos . Gallagban , Marfjaret , his wife , and Catherine , their daughter , were charged at the Court House , " with having received a variety of articles , well kneiwing th' -in to have been stdlen , and the last prisoner was further charged with having stoleu on . Saturday night , a duck from ti stall in Briggate , which was fuuud in her possession , but the owner
declined to prosecute . It appeared that Inspector Hainsworth , and Serjeant ' Mundell , on Saturday night , apprehended three boj-s oa suspicion , and found a roii of butter upon than ; the boys admitted having been employed by the prisoners to steal a variety of articles at the 'following prices : —fat geese 9 d . each , ducks Gd ., pieces of mutton 3 d ., loaves of bread 2 d ., though on oath the boys proved having stolen these articles , mentioning the places j and information was given b y the police , the parlies declined to prosecute in every instance except one , and in that the case failed for ^ want of identity . Mfcssrsi Musgrave and Grace , severely reprimanded the three boys for their misconduct , alter which they were discharged .
Village Scjln . MAG .- ^^—A fevf daya ago , a gallant son of MaVi } was summoned before the Mafiistrates to answer the chArge . of threatening a News . -jt neighbour ' s wife with the application ol his h « r « e-whip , for certain expressions used by her in reference to a lady whom he thouj ; ht liiuiselt called upon to protect . It appesirvd that the naughty words—not over-delicately ieminine , it must he aamitted—were spoken in the village omnibus , in the presthee of another lady passenger , a perfect stranger
to the KEffs » y body , but who happemd to be si'ter to the lady retiected upon . We allude to the ease merely for the purpose of correctiijg two important errors which we find are getting into circulation , in reference to this affair . First , we believe that the gentleman has too much of chivalry about him , ever to think , of horsewhipping a female : feminine fear only conjured up the supposed danger ^ Secondly-, we do not believe that th « gentlemun mistook the lady for a cow .
CbNDiTioK of the Poor . —The peasantry of Wiltshire are undergoing greater privations and hardships now than they have experienced for the last thirty years . Bread is now 1 ( M . and lO ^ d . per 41 b loaf , out-door labourers' wages only 8 s . per week , with some few exceptions ; now and then a-itian get < 9 s ., but many a h . ardy lad of 15 or 16 years of » ge oVitiins no more than 4 d . or 5 il . a-day , or 2 s . 6 * , per week . Now lleaTe you to judge ho « r the \ - are to obtain a lufficiency of food and clothing out ot this small pittance . We have made souie slight Calculation as to the number of individualis in each familiy of agricultural labourers , which will average
through Wiltshire man , wife , and tour children , and all of theirearnings put together trill scarcely amouDtto thirteen shillings per week ; and . allowing each individual but three meals a day and one penny per ineal , it will cost them ten shijlingft . an ; d sixpence per w eek ; add t » this a penny per week for re < t and eighteenpence per week for soap , fire , | ind candle , it will form a total of thirteen philling !« , bo that there will be nothing left for clothing , heddiDg , household furniture , or iinplement . s f » r jabouring . ; this being the case , they are obliged to feed on barley bread and potatoes , and some of them cannot procure a sufficiency of that .
Watiminstek BastIle . —A little boy , last week , for some small offence , was confined in one of the cells belonging to the above workhoune , and . was literally starved to ' death . The poor little fellow during his confinement , actually eat , iu Consequence of hunger , two of his fingeri and the flush from his
arm . Fogs and damp weather . —Fogs and dxmp weather are exceediniily injurious to the lungs , it i » strictly hecessary that every care should be taken to protect the chestAgainst their evil effects . We are informed that Paul ' s American Cough Balsam isr the best medium for that purpose ^ and it mosit effectually cures al ! lbng-standing coughs , colds , asthmas , influenzas , shortness of breath , &c . RAili-uoAD AocideKt .- —These are becoming
unfortunately but too common , and we do hope they may not emulate the many serious occurrences iii the 8 teara-boat » of Anierica , 'where two or thr « e hundred perish in a > week ; The diagnosia of fracture ( which : « o freq-uentljr -prises from ; such . accidents' ) ought to be soothing , by means of a good bintrdent , such ai . Holibway ' ij Universal Family Ointment . Mr . JEL ;; pos « egses the certificates , ^ of Vmany of the first medi'ral men . / It is , the fin ^ t remedy ektant far all external ^ disease * . No mother of a fatnily should be without if * . ; ' v - "
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HUDDESSFIEUJ . ^^^ Mitj ^ i ^ Bk the National Pedtion ^ aud the SS fe The chair to be taken ^ t one o ^ loekv * ^ Gharfce ^ AccTDE « T . —6 n Monday , last , a mort « hn « i ,-accident hs-ppened to a mad of the name of ^ Broanbent , of CleggLane , a mason , who , whiEt employed ia clearing some : rubbish away from I cellar near to an old wall , the foundation gave war and it fell upon him , breaking both his legs and one arm , alao seriously injuring him in the body Ha wras immediatel y conveyed to the Infirmary ' with little hopes of his rtcovery . He di « d on Wednea day afternoon .
Claytom West . —Thb Truck System -. Not . far- 'from' High Brutge Mill , Cottlehurst , two large mdnulacturers are ai this time taking the illegal and tyrannical plan of oppressing the poor hand-loom weavers , and injuring the small irianufac turers , by paying the wages of their meii in goods to a very large amount , and ev « n in some cases ^ the poor weavers have flour and other goods to carrr seven or eight miles . The small rnahufaeturers ^ are heavily oppressed by the large manufacturers underselhug them m the market ; arid if the people allow sueb proceedings , we shall noj ; he long before most ot the domestic manufacturers are quiter reduced to a level with the poor hand-loom wearera .
Pqoit La vt Guardians . —_ The Board of Guardians met on Monday last , at two o ' clock agret ably to a letter of the twelfth , by the clerk hut on-trUry to an amicable arraignment made by all parties on the tu-nth . Our readers are aware thatasharn truk was ^ layjei , or rather attempted to be played by the Whigs , on the tenth j which pleased them so well , that they resolved not to tneet on the 17 th f-r the dispatch of business . They appear to have be « n so ewper to accomplish their object , that as we sometimes day , " they made more haste than good speed , " and discovered , that their scheme was not perfect , on the twelfth , when the clork vssuerf notices for the meeting bfthvseventeetW The Board room contains iwp fire-grates , bat only one ft . e was-li ghted : on the sevehteenth . and that in the grate usuall y occupied ; bjr ^ the clerk ' s partv . '¦ ¦' ,. '¦ ¦ ¦¦
A dupute aro ? e among the Guardians as to the precise nartirt of the resolution of the tenth : on * party contending it contained no dates and no reference , to Oversetrs j and the other party the contrary ; so the eh rk was ordered to produce it , which he afterwar . fs'did . ' At a little aftt-r three o ' clock no business having been attnhpted , the Guardian ! tor Thurstonland gave notice , that on the twentyfourth inst ., he would move for the reconsideration of the call supposed to Have been adopted on the . tenth . Ho then moved , th « t this meeting be adjourned to tho twenty-fourth in » t ., at the usual time and place ; but the chairman declined putting the motion .. It was seconded by the Scammonden Guardian .
The Guardians talked on awhile ; till the clerk began to re-d over the names , _ aud perform other little business in his Way . : J . H . again gave notice of his motion for the twenty-fourth , and again moved for the adjournment , which Thomber seconded ; '"' ' tut . still ' the chrtirman declined putting the motion , and evidently anticipated the arrival of more company . To induce the chairman to dispatch the businesi * the Guardians cofttinded ; that before a / inotibn for a call on the . Overseers can properly be entertained , eitimatfs of the expenses and liabilities of -tha Guardians must be aiioptevl ; that the Guardians ha > e not power . 'to call formoney at their pleasure j but only when requisite for the benefit of the townships In -voiiiig a call upon the Overseers of the styeral townships , the' motion should set forth that the
amount is requisite tor the relief of the poor of such townships , and for defraying such proportion of the general expenses of the Union as shall be lawmlly euafgeaUe on such townsh : ps respectively . The motion . should set forth when the call should be issued to the Overseers , and when the money must be paid to the treasurer , none of which , it appears , was done in the resolution of the tenth . These r-marks did not influence > he chairman to adjourn he still kept a restless eye upon the door ,, as if he i-xpectf'd a fresh arrival ; and towards dark , in came Thomas Starkey , Esq > , George Crossland , and James Bates , and , without movingahv resolutipi , lights being procured , W . Brooke ^ Esq ., George Crossland , and Bates commenced signing the vyarrants . . .
Mr . J . Hirsi now uwnd , tfcftiSh / WifJM * tlafci overseers be not signed to-day , ner any other dar till the estimates of the Guardians' liabilities haTe been examined . , ' ¦ j Mr . JaM £ s Brooks seconded tho motion , but the chairvian deflinect putting it . " ' ¦ . . ' . ' ¦ ' - ] There were present about fifteen Guardians , whcL in- a body , protested against thesignitfg , of tbe orders ur . warra . Bts ; but the protest was unlieeded by the vx . officio Guardians and two eleeted Guardians ; and VV . Brooke , Esq ., Mr . G . Crossland ^ and Mr . Jas ^ Bates continued signing . ¦ . ... . AU . this . time , some were walking about to keep themselves warm , some were pitting in the cold , arid some crowded round the cWrk >'« fire .
Alter this , the disapprovers ' of the proceeding signed their protest , notice , ' and- motior / , arid the cletk produced the resolution for the call , adoptedOtt the tenth : the following is a copy : — ¦ ' "Resolved , on the- ' nio'tion'Vof Mr . Sidney Morehnuse , seconded b y Mr . George Crossland , That there be a call of £ 15 per cent , on the averages of this Union , and that the warrant * be made out bj next nitetiiig . " Carried by nine to eight , * WilliamBbook . That is votes , the chairman giving two . " ., '"¦
Let us just examine this motion : it is important to many individuals ; and involve * £ 1 (^ 6 of poor * rates . It appears to hate been moved by tht liiinofity vice-chairman , and seconded by a commistioner for the afi ' uirs of taxes . ^ ¦ l » t . There is no date to the paper on which tiiis motion was written . 2 nd . There is not a place named in the motion it may be for HuddersrVeld or it ir : ay be for ei * ewhere . There certainly is the proi . mn-this ; , ' but thtre being no nonn to which it relers , it has no definite meaning : it will serve as well in a Trades' Union as a Poor Law Union , and is at present more likely to be referred to the Northern Union than to auy other . 3 rd . There is no reference . to orerseeri ' .-in tfci * motion ; but onl y to averages .
ith . The : e i < no reference-to Guardians in it j but simply- that a call be made } by wboni and upoa whom may not fee uamedy narTtp ' wkom to ha paid . . . - . . ¦ : - ' . , ' ; , . ' . ' :.,. ; ¦' . . ¦' . ' . .- ; - . S ¦ :. . . ' 5 th . There is no time fixed for signing or makinf the call ; but only that the warrants be made out by the n * xt nieetirig ; whether tbe next meeting of CbmtiiissioneM , Parliament , Justice *^ or Guardiaaa appeareth nor . ' / . ' 6 th ; . No reason is assigned for tn « call ; :. and whether the call of £ 15 per cent , be forpublic or private purposes is a secret . . ' .: ¦" ' ¦ - ¦ ' 7 ch . The motion was not recorded according to the Coininissioners' rules ; but perhaps we had better » ave this till'Monday . ; ; ;
Several Guardians complained of \ bt-ing called five miks and others six ; and eompelled to either abandon the trust reposed in themj or i wait two bpjur > without doing any business :: and then admit men to Sign documents protested against by three to one ' -of the : whole humber-of Guardianif assembled . 'Thee was every reason to suspect that Alessrew Bates , Crossland , and Starkey iiad been sent for after the other Guardians bad assembled ; and when so-charged , all Croselarid said , was ^ u You see Me art here . . —Correspondent .
DEVTSPURVV Northern llmoN ^ -rtbe jM ioais ; of ; G > wthorpe , a village hear Dewsbury ; hare sueeeeded in establishing a Radical Association ! and ibrancb of the Northern Union in that plabej for tK ? purpoje of acting .. in unison mth i their brother democrats throughout the land , in tho struggle for the great poiqtn of liadicalisiK , namely . Universal Suffrage ^ &c . &C . V and for the total emancipation of British
white negro slavery . The Associatioa is in a very prosperous state . The meetings are held in th » N ational Sfhool , every Thursday eyemeg , when ; " » discussion on some impdrtaut ' subject takes place . The Association seemstohiyestruckthedeath-blotr to corruption ia this placed t > yth « vrprking classw regiitering their rowis ^ in denance of Whig and Tory rotUunws , either to : live fre * ordie in tht struggle foriiberfef ' s sacred tMee . ? ¦ :
Church Kate iLLEoitrTYi—We understand -tb » t the church-rate recently " carried' so adrpitljr by > tt g friends : of Vthe Establiih nwni before vth « pa ^ hibners , had time : to assemble to expr «« * h « ' -f W ^ m »^ Jll «? gii ; knd * mt ^ 0 ^ ia need pay i * u « le « 8 m& * % ; . willing to so . ^ i These itptiglJ Church-»« n > imerely ¦ cIjb ^ ia -iheir" pr oviwonal rate , tf ^ l-vl . 5 ** 4 d ^ as the proportion for ^ tke township of p ^ wsbury . How dare they then hav * the audateity , in isfiaftee ot that law whichitney are ? o constantly inculcating the necessity' of adhering ' . to * to attero | t to jcollect * rate which wiU oroduc * M £ 100 f
Iokeigx Amd Canadian Atfairs.
IOKEIGX AMD CANADIAN ATFAIRS .
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' .. ' . - ; - <>"¦—— - — - . MANCHESTER POLITICAL UNION . "VVe give elsewhere an excellent Address from this body to the w or ting classes of Birmingham . "VYe commend it to universal readinr .
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Leeds And West-Riding News. Leeds.
LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWS . LEEDS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1037/page/4/
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