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^^^^^ M ^ m ^^^ m ^^ rfMaMH ^^^^^^^^^^^ ffowasG Men ' s Assocunojf . —We are happy ) See tbisAs 8 oaatiou 8 bing wellon . . Itsrespec&e ^ bersseem alive to their interests , and . the best ^ e of promoting them . Their attention is dijcted not merel y to ihat vhich . no / woriirigmah J ^ tever to lose sight otj the political emancipation f the mates , 'bat also to the acqxdauon of laerary Ba soMtific knowledge , as a means or-formin g ^• character for die working many as may rent ^ impossible for any combination of fiction to jjintam an undue ascendancy over them .- For ias purposeaeir Association is ' made to assume K " * 2 %$£ PtF ?~ o £ a Mechanics' Inslitnte B a PoUtiral Union , combined . Lectures 3 41 * f ?^ f 1 l ' ™ 5 S ^ ectSliterary _» 4 liio A ^ anrinH / vn fitMifr trait nn T * -. ^ _ *; £ *
_ : .: , o ^ ' andJon ^ cal 5 occnpy their weekly meetings ! iojne weete ago a deputation waited on Mr . Hfll , $ tfxoi the Avrthern &nr , sod requested him to jeliver some lectures tothm . In compliance with ins request , Mr . Hill has delivered to the Associa tive lectures , on& < sn As New Poor Law , and jorcnthe Theory and Construction of the English langu age . - It was extremely gratifying to witness th e intense anxiety for information which , seemed flpervadethewfcoieoYlbecrowded audiences atthese tctores , especially ftwards the end of the course fhe Course wss -finished on Wednesday evening
5 st , on whichoccfiaen thesubject of the lecture was -The best means ef obtaining a practical acquaintmcewiththeGrsHimaroftheEngBshLangnage . " At the do * of * he lecture , an inteffi geht working man pnt severalingenious questions , on which a conversation between him and the lecturer ensued . After which , attKa- earnest solicitation of a number of f ^ J % T ?« a * 11 ? 1 ^ P ™ sedto attend jnfceHallofthe Association , top of Kirkgate , on Wednesday evenmg next , for the purpose offonning and superintending a class for instruction and n otnai improvement in this very necessary , but Brock neglected branch of knowledge .
Stealing a Sack . —On Monday , "William Eto onson , a common carrier , was charged , at the Court-House , with stealing a sack , the property of Hesss . Hobsonand Co ., Alfred-street in whose fenice the prisoner had been two years ' ago . His ¦ h en * was searched on suspicion of having received Ha quantity of wool which had recently been stolen ¦ frem the premises of his former masters . The mark ¦§ om which the came upon the sackhadbeen indented ¦ was produced , and exactly corresponded with the mark upon the sack . In defence , the prisoner Badfflitted having received the sack from an indivi-Hdnalsome weeks previous , who had been committed ¦ vifliiaa few days , for robbing his masters ' warehouse of quantities of wool . He was committed for trial ¦ Irar allowed to be held to bail , himself in £ 20 , and two snretiesin £ 15 . each , to appear at the next ¦ borongh sessions , and abide b y the decision of the I Court .
M Pickixg Pockets . —On Monday , Axn Broom-Ehieaa was charged , at the Court-House , with picking the pocket of George Longstaff , on Thursday night , lLf £ 10 , atahoiiseof ilLfame , in Golden-buildings , ¦ it appeared that the prosecutor was a farmer ' s Hjserfant who had left his place , at Terrington , fifteen Smiles from York , and himself and two of his comipm ons met with three girls in fhe streets and jj accompanied them home , where the prosecutor soon Ifannd himself minus his cash , and the females off . : | The facts of the case were proved and she was eommitted for trial to "W akefield House of Correction .
1 Odd Fellows Anniversary . —The members 3 of the LordByron Lodge , 240 , of theSheffieM United a Order , held their fifth anniversary on Shrove-Tues-H day , at the Angel Inn , Briggate , Leeds , when a g large number of members partook of a most excel-1 lent dinner , provided by the worthy hest and hostess g After the cloth was drawn the health of the Queen 1 was given with three times three . The evening was I spent with the greatest conviviality and pleasnre , 9 and the company broke up at an early hour , highly 1 craufied with the evening ' s entertainment .
H Seemoxs . — The admirers of the views and doei trines of the New Jerusalem Church will perceive H fran an advertisement , on our first page , that on 1 Sunday , March the 11 th , at the opening of a New a Chapel , in Brewery Field , sermons " on the most H important of- those dcetrincs are to be preached , by 1 the Eev . David Howarth , from Manchester ; and 1 fee Kev . John Cull , from Cheltenham . "W e know these to be both talented men , thoroughly con-9 Ttrsant with the subjects on which thev are to speak , j | snd have no doubt that they will afford hi gh gratim fieation to their hearers .
g Receiving Stolen Goods . —William Ed-B nondson was brought before magistrates on Monday H last charged with being an accomplice in the Tob-£ i * ry of ihe wool warehouse of Mr . Hobson of this B tosn , the particulars of which were stated in our S la ? t . Edmondson , who is a carrier , was suspected B cf having received the stolen wool . His house was B searched b y Mr . James , and one of Mr / Hobson ' s B sacks was found in his premises . . The sack was felly identified by Mr . Hobson , " aiifnad his usual mark upon it , which precisely corresponded with the a plate with which he usually has his sacks marked g Idmondson stated that one of the prisoners who had
I been committed for the theft had lent him this sack g one wet day to put over his shonlders , and he had H never taken any notice of the mark upon it , and g knew not to whom it belonged . He had moreover II afted the man who had lent him the sack when he I should want it , to vnheh he returned for answer that § he ( Edmondsoip might keep it as it was but an old j one . He said it was not his custom to inquire as to who were the owners of the sacks that came into ; lispossession ; if he did he should obtain no employment as a carrier . The magistrates thought the ! cause sufficiently clear to require his committal to | the sessions . He was , however liberated on hail , to g appear when required .
§ Suspicion x > f Highway Robbery . —Abram U Sutdiffe and Joseph Holdsworth , two ragamuffin I * looking fellows , were brought before the Magistrates gf on Monday last , charged with attempting to rob a 3 § man named Saville , a sizer , at Kirkstall , while H driving his cart home on Saturday nisht last , about g twelve o ' clock . One of the prisoners " got upon the ft cart behind , while the other took hold of the reins . K Savflle had his cart laden with beasts' feet , fifteen of H which he lost ; "he combatted with the prisoners and m drove them away . Ih answer to the charge , { hey m stated that they were both drunk , and did not mean & any harm . As there was no proof that they had m stolen the feet , they were each fined 5 s .. and costs . m for being drunk . V
M waxtoffkopeb Title . —On Saturdayj ' a Mr m VVood , of this town , appeared before the msgi ^ litrates , eiaiming from Mr . Lumb , auctioneer ,-the Ethe auction doty which he had paid for some pn > - M perty which that gentleman had been instructed to I ^ by auction . The conditions of sale were that jj jar . Wood should pay the duty , provided the title jto the estate was good .. The title , however hav-TMg been examined by a-barrister , was found notto ' Jr ^? * ie Tena ° naa no P ° to Ml 1 ^ P «> - lO ^ ' ^ ^ ? &e anctIon d % bad been paid to the excise . An excise officer who was Present was ordered , by the magistrates , to refond the money paid b y Mr . Wood for the auction duty .
/ to Tuesday week , an old man was brought before Messrs . Holdforth and Hebden , at the Le&s Court-House , charged by the notorious Bollock , policeman , with obstructing the causeway . It appeared that the old man m question , has for upwards of five years , maintained himself and his " old woman " by selling sweetmeats to the passers-by upon Leeds JBno £ e , having had the misfortune ten years aeo to fall from the top of a house , and then received " sueh injuries as totally incapacitated him from hard labour On Monday afternoon he was following his usual avocation . upon the bridge , when he was rudelvj seized by Bullock , the policeman , and irasjisdj ^ ward a considerable distance from o&rbeJX& ^
into Call-lane . The presea » r-6 ? thp-fC ^ ^ « taick with his stick ihe-Jray oL *> * eventuall y took bH $ td the-l !^^ ' ^ "Tl « ln g the brir " -O * went to a 8061 * 8111 bysK ^^ ^¦ aar ° N ° S he was brought x ^ w ]« a'he was accused- of obstruct ive ind of annoying . the neighbourhood . ^ ang- ' far- Hobson stated the facts of the _ se tt > tne magistrates , having seen the whole affair from beginning to ' end , from which it appeared the old " man had been shamefully used . He was dis charged and JBullock was allowed- to depart without the slightest remonstrance , although . the magistrates perfectly justified the old man in standing on the ¦ ¦
¦ rJ bridge . ' . Socialism . —The weekly meetings of the Social * ists continue to attract considerable attention . We hear that , on several occasions , some of their peculiar tenetehave been disputed and discussed with eonsider ,-S ableabilityonbothsides . There is certainlysomething inthereadinesswithwhichtheysubmittheirdoctrines to the test of investigation , whichbespeaks a candour deserving of respect and commendation . It evinces ' .- also a confidence which , if wrongly placed , it is th duty of feose who flunk differently to disabuse . We have been informed"that Mr . Fleming , the talented editor of the New Moral World , will take occasion ( being now at Bradford ) to visit Leeds , and deliver j tiro lectures expository of the moral principles of the Society , in the Society ' * "Hall , top of Kirkgate during the . afternoon' and evening of to-morrow ; and that collections will be made to defray the necessan *\ * . expenses . : ; . 7 ^ *"
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waQmtm ^ gSmSi ^ Lz ^ i-. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ '' ' . . . . - ' ¦¦ ¦ . r * 'V , ; ;; B 3 RADPd » D . - : ¦ ; ¦ ;•_ j t ; . - 1 rBjk&tOBD Pooa Law UKios .-Among tne ™ f ™ x Present at the last-meeting of . theBeard , we nobeed H . WrHird ^ EsoV ¦ one of the Magis ' S " ^ ^^ H' : ^^ much pleasure in tang able to announce theittendance of both Mr . Paley and Mr . ? Hird , at the " meetmgs of-fhe Guardians , and we would most « specttnly urge them and Uwr brother Magistrates to ^ e frequent tSii ^^ f « »»»«*« tend more than any AingtoEhow tothe dwatuBea and . ignorant , that th e ^ Magisterial bod y are not only determiueLbut mmonstosee the law of the land ' carried properly into effect , and we feel quite assured that the Guardians wiU ^ waysfee ! glad when they ha ^ Se e ^ enence and knowled ge of the" ^ Magistrates' to S , Z t Performance of their arduous bSrtiS ^ - setflemen * «« es were brought before the Guardians , in some of which notices of appeal we «« rdered to be given . The account nf ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ BRAfiFOmi -
Zr ^ v , ^ were exami * ed , and cheques S * ^ f nablB ^ P > - the different town-ST ^ r Xtpa ! ; - ' ana U ^ Peared that their ! ™ ¦ )** P erformed ia most satisfactory manner . In several townshi ps many of . tha ratepayers had attended the pay-days , ( in some cases the strenuous opponents of the new law , ) and invariabl y expressed their satisfaction at the manner m which fte relief was administered by the Believing Officers , Several applicants for relief appeared before the Board , and out-door relief was ordered to be given them until the termination of tne inclement weather , and in some cases the Clerk was ordered to request the Assistant-Overseers of Bradford , Horton , and Calverley , to ascertain the respective settlements of applicants , and in others , where persons had deserted their families and left toon chargeable to the parish , to take out warrants for their apprehension . A Visiting Committee of
iJradtord Workhouse was appointed , consisting of Messrs . John Hill , William Hardcastte , Edward Kipley , and Edward Noble . Also for Pudsey Workhouse , consisting of Messrs . George Ariderton , fiichard Clayton , Richard Frederick Farrar , and James Hudson . And also jfor .. Idle ; and . Calverley Workhouses , - consisting * of ^ Mesas /; 'Otiarles Dibb ; WiUiam Edmondson , John Rhodes , " G . t . Lister , and George Andrews . The newly elected Masters and Matrons of the respective Workhouses have all entered into possession thereof , and now that the bubble of opposition is burst , this excellent law is
progressing in a quiet , peaceable , and satisfactory manner and we cannot but gtre our meed , of praise to the Guardians for having shown such resolution and perseverance in the midst of difficulties of no common character , and with the absolute certainty of encountering unmeasured oblo ' quy from the unreasonable and stormy opponents of the measure — Bradford paper . The Miser . —On Thursday week , a little miserable looking man of tlie naine of Moses Armita ^ e by profession a mason ' s secretary , and . whose residence is at Wibsey Bank Foot , * was . brought Up at Court
our -House , charged with vagrancy , bein » taken into custody whilst begging frem ' house to house . Two shillings and sevenpence halfpenny were found upon him . Being well known , it was considered advisable to make inquiry at the Savins ' Bank in this town when vouchers * were handed ° to the bench for the sum of one Awulrad and fifty-five pounds five shillings , deposited therein b y Moses . It is well known that Moses is in the habit of takin » out his "begging poke" with great regularity , and the crusts and crumbs which find a way into ' it are turned to good account The stray pence which find their way into Moses' pocket are with
Danceriifce exactness , counted ' and recounted , night after night , ere his weary eye-b"ds are suffered to close , or bis still more weary limbs are stretched out for repose , till at length the sum for a deposit is accumulated , on which joyful occasion the eyes of Moses are observed to sparkle with more than usual brightness , and his feet to move with more than theiruaial celerity , and to the Savings' Bank he hies , and there adds bit to bit , to please the imagination and gratify his desire for saving , but in'reuiity to starve his" 6 wn bod y and do good to no one . Such is Moses Armitage , the well known miser of "Wibsey Bank Foot . He made a pitiful bellowing , and prayed the Bench not to commit him to Wakelield , and , on his promise to abstain from begging , he was suttered to go at large . He cast a longing , lingering look at his money , and having received it , he left the Court-House with the greatest expedition , muttering sounds which resembled , " Oh that this -frost would break . " - Bradford Pujier . ..-. . .-
Odd Fellows Asxitersary . —On Shrove-Tuesday , the members of the Friendly Mechanic Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the Manchester Unity beWth ' eir ' anniversary ; when 2 S 0 sat down to a substantial dinner , at tbe ' house of Mr . Richard Edmondson , Church Steps Inn . After dinner the evening was spent in the sreatest h ' ar mony . Distressed Poor . —It is painful to be obliged to state , that the pecuniary assistance furnished to the Relief Committee by the public in general , is not by any means , adequate to the urgenS demands of our unfortunate fellow-townspeople , now suffwin " the horrors of famine
and the rigour of the weather ! But such is the fact ; as will be manifest from a perusal of the report of the Committee , which follows : — " It is with great regret that tbe Committee have to announce to the public ,-that the subscri ptions entrusted to them are so far . exhausted as to render it necessary for them to desist from dispensin " relief either in food or clothing . The sum of £ 7 S 0 has been subscribed , which has been disbursed within about £ 40 , which the Committee reserve for the employment of labourers in the public streets : about forty are regularly and daily occupied in cleaning away the snow , &c . The Committee have great satisfaction in knowing that many cases of irreat
necessity have been relieved , and many deserving families comforted . It is , however , painful to them to state that a large mass still remain , and they fear a daily increasing one , among whom destitution , of food and necessaries exists . Of the care taken to prevent abuse of this charity , the public may iudge from the fact , that out of above 2 , 000 appbeation * not less than 400 cases have , upon investi gation ! been rejected . The Committee would be glad to meet many eases of great-destitution now before them , but the means afforded to them do not allow it Subscriptions will still be received by the treasurer ' Mr . A . Harris , at the Bank , or by any of the Com ' mittee .
AcciDEMT . -On Friday last , as George Walton , m theemploy of Mr . J . W . Anderson , painter , was returning home from his work , he slipped on the top of the steps leading from the Green Market to the butehers market , and fell from thence to the bottom , I . nd severel y fractured his elbow joint , which has rendered him incapable of resuming his occupation He- was immediatel y conveyed to Mr . Illincworth ' s surgeon , and is now doing very well . ^ ' Vic'ua-TAssault . —Samuel Jaggarwas brought up , cfeireed with committing a most violent and unprovoked assault on three of Mr . M . Horsfall ' s power-loom weavers , as they were going home from AeirwoikonthenightofFridaylast It appeared . fromthe k vidence of M . Thorntonthat as sne and a
-i _ , number d £ other girls were going up the North Wing , ontiteir way home to Eccleslull Moor , the prisoner caftieont of the Spotted Cow beershop , in Aorth Wipg , in a state of intoxication , and irnme- - tatelj J ? lid £ pld of a girl of the compan" t 7 * ' ™ "' y ™ proper manner . ' * - tneR ? jtyranta her assistance -,, - atid J ? PjBCue her from him ' . ^ ptfter ^ gKLoC p ** she could' ¦ " . . _ ,-arid' nothing able ttfi the f- ~ " „ sir SOTck ;* hj ni with all the [ r- - .- * ei- ' r 1 ie face <^ i 6 is induced him to ^ . otgbrj ^ j ajid : ne commenced striking the -coond girlj i »^ nis second assault induced a young - wpnratfoF the name of Mary Thornton to go to the
- - assistance of the airl he was then abusing , when he immediately struck her a violent blow , and knocked i her down . He then kicked , lwr with his feet , and l injured her so mnch as to disable her from attending t her work the next day . The evidence was fully , proved by Elizabeth Fletcher , and he was convicted I in the penalty of 40 s . and expenses 14 s . The-pri-^ soner had on Wednesday morning endeavoured to ' have the assault settled without going into court , r which the young woman refused ; when he said in J a menacing manner , " Well , you willhave to go that way again . " This led the bench to declare their t determination to inflict tbe very highest penalty j which the law would allow , should be again be fomu ; guilty of the like offence , and would bind himovei to keep the peace also . . - ¦¦¦ ¦•
- - e . Violent Assault . —John Murgatroyd , Bradford e was charged by Ms wife with a cruel and violeui r assault , on Friday morning last . The assault , i appeared , arose out of a family qnarrel , by ' whicl " he bad been put into an ungovernable passion , am ^ struck his wife so violerita blow as to breait . her nose s The appearance of the woman was such as to pre Ir vent even a doubt as to tbe violence of the blow s and he was convicted in tbe penalty ^ of five pounds e with expenses , and to find two sureties in £ 20 eacl e and himself in £ 40 to keep the peace for twelv d months . ~"" " . ' * ' ' Knights of Malta . —The Lodge No . 3 , of thi " institution helds its annual festival last week at th Pack Horse Inn , Bradford , when an excellei e dinner was provided . Various appropriate toast ld songs , and glees were given , and the evening we tj spent by tbe members , in a . perfectly hannonjot and agreeable manner . * " ¦ . - " .:. .. ¦ ; ¦ . .
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' i , . ^? nt Foresters . —The order of Ancient Jjoresters appears to be making rapid progress , not only in our own neighbourhood , but throughout , the "ngdom . . This is not to be attributed to . any other , circumstance or cause than simply this—the benefit it confer * on all its members . These benente ' are not confined to home , and a particular plade of residence , but they are equall y felt at however great a distance a Forester may be cast by any casualitf if trade or circumstance from his , own society . ^ On rucsday last , two new courts were ' opened in this immediate neighbourhood , namely , o at the -Black Bull Inn , Clayton , Court 553 ; and at tU Rose and Crown , Bowling , Court 559 , were duly opened " , utfder highly nattering prospects of success . Also , on Tuesday , a number of Courts in ; the town and neisb-_ X i *~ ' cwi L — ' -
bpurhood held their anmversaries , and the flattering condition of each society is highly encouraging . At flie Shoulder of Mutton in Kirkgate , Court 231 celebrated its anniversary ; at the Neptune Inn , in Goodraansend , Court 1 * 70 ; at the Odd Fellows ' Hall , Court-531 ; and at the World ' s End Inn Great Cross-street , Court . 533 . Itis due to tbe host ahd . hostess of each house to state that nothing was wanting on their parts to render the members in every respect comfortable . —Correspmuknt . Jonathan Hargreaves was charged by the overseers of Bradford / with neglecting to provide for his wile , who was at the time in confinement . It was proved that for the space of three months he had only contributed five shilingsfor the support of Ids wife . He was committed to Wakefield for one month . ... '• ¦¦¦¦
Isaac SucnExy of North Bierley , was clinrgsa with an assault upon Harriet Holroyd , a jrirl thirteen years of age , with an intent to commit a rape , liie prisoner was committed to Wakefield , to take his trial at the next sessions .
DEWSBURV . . Negro Apprenticeship . —On Monday evening last a lectnre was delivered in the large room , Xew Cloth Hall , Dewsbury , cythe Rev . J . A . Miller , ( the Aegro Missionary and Malthusian , ) of Sheffield , « on the injuries inflicted oil . the negro population in the West India Colonies ,-and to urge the importance of petitioning tbe British'Legidature to effect their immediate , emancipation . " : The room was pretty wellfilled with a respectable audience , which consisted chiefly of shop-keepers and middle class gentlemen , who came forward on this occasion without hesitation , to hear this supporter of Alalthus relate the horrors of slavery and cruelty practised in foreuru lands ' ;—but when these gentlemen were called upon , and requested to sign a requisition to
me constable , tor a public meeting , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the New Poor Law , their reply was that they considered the £ ew Poor Law a very good measure , and therefore they could not , on any account , sign a requisition on such a . subject ; moreover , smd they , the request was originated by the rabble , and the Kadical Association ; therefore , they could not come lorward m-such . a cause . " But when a meeting was got up by . theparsoiis and iuiddle-cla .-= s gentlemen , to throw aVay ' another twenty lmffions of money , out of tbe pockets ' irf , tbe poor " ( if rennired ) , tlie shopocrats , and all who are raised above tlie rank ol the " rabble , " came forward immediately not considering that slavery and barbarity , iu all its twrnf
ying scenes , were practised upon the poor of Ureat Britain and Ireland , as well as in the West India Colonies . The should-be-rhinister of the gospel said , that it ought to be coiisidwed that the negroes bad no voice in choosingleeislatow to govern them . _ But he never said that this was tlie case in Clinshan England . But he did say , " tlmt tbu poor oftluis country have been a irreat dual better off this winter , under the Nl-w Poor Law Act , than ever they were before . " After the petition to Parliament was read , a person moved that tlie words " IlmnlJe Petitioners ' be struck off tbe petition . This was agreed to bv the lecturer ; but , said he , " I am afraid thatit will be said that it has emanated from the Radical party , which would cause it not to have a desired effect . " . . ¦
United Odd Fellows . —On Tie ; day last , the members of the Lodge of United Order of Odd Fellows , holden at the house of Mr . John Senior ; the King ' s Arms Inn Dewsbury , celebrat « d their anniversary , when a most sumptuous dinner was nvbvided for about two hundred members by the worthy landlord . Mr . Joseph Wallace , com dealer , of Dewsburj " , ( the fenmder of tbe lod ge ) was uaaniisously called to the chair . The entertainments' ol the evening were kept up to a late hour . Dewsbury Thieves . —Ou - Monday , a man named Wm . Harrison , uliun 3 uLn Dentonwas
, apprehended in consequence of a request from ; the Barnsley eoustab ' . es , on sundry charges , and was secured , in the Dewsbury-lock ' -up . "' Dnring-the nigbt . a desperate atrempt ' -was , made to breuk ' open the ' prison , and let him out , b y a gang of the thieves of the town , of which he has been suspected of being one of tke leaders , and that he came some months since from Barnsley , to connect the Dewsbury and tbe Barnsley gangs cf-thieves , ' and make arrangements fcr exchanging stolen property . The constables were called . up about two o ' clock , and prevented the attempt being successful .
Dewsbtjrv CourtHouse . —On Saturday last , before Joshua Ingham and John Ea «; ue , Esqrs . David Lumb ,. of Heckmoridwike , was committed to Wakefield House of Correction for trial nt Pontefract Sessions , for stealing , an umbrella out of the dwelling-house of Mr . Wm . Cardwell , iron-founder , of Dewsbury . Also , Richard Kilburn and Wm . Robertshaw , of Cleckheaton , were . charged with robbing Thomas , son of James Sutcliffe Broadbent cardmaker , ofGomersal , on the highway , between Little Town and Cleckheaton , on Friday iiight week . It turned out in the evidence , that'thc young meii were sent out b y their masters Messrs . Birkbv and Kvtson , who have obtained a patent for makin " needle-pointed cards , 'arid whose patent had'been
inmnged upon Dy a person at Hi ghtown , who ( in order to get the information as to what' pet son it was . who sent these , men ) . took a few card teeth from Master Broadbent , and let him go . /' TJie investigation of this case , will most Ukeiy furnish evidence sufficient to prove the infringement of the patent . — The case was dismissed . . . • ' Creature Comforts . —The neighbourhood of Dewsbury is infested with a set of thieves , who appear to know as well as those who provide , ' what is good ' and comfortable . Near' Dawgreen , * a few mornings ago , about forty . beads and skins of'fowls were found in a stone quarry . There have also been two robberies of bacon and . ' one of , blankets , so that warmth and delicacy are the . order of the ' day and night with thieves : : ' .
_ A Strange Rumour , —A strange rumour has lor the last few weeks been prevalent in Dewsbury respecting an alleged extraordinary attempt at deception , as to the death and burial of a late raspectable attorney at that place . The rumour S j ates that Mr . \ E . Carrett , the gentleman above a hided to , is now living in America , ami has been frequently seen and conversed with by a traveller who has lately returned from tbe United Sta . tes , and that , his funeral , consequentl y , was a mere mock ceremony . This ridiculous story is not only currently
< - reported , but strongly believed , especially in the townships two or three miles out of Dewsbury , where , says our correspondent , an unguarded sceptic-inn would very likely subject an individual to a sound thrashing . Indeed the rumour had obtained so much credence , that we were induced t/>— —"~ enquiries respecting it , when w » - * " . . uaKe expected we should ^ that » - _ . Oumu , as wi of a reason for ft . ^ - ^ Mt ^ s ^ m -Xork Louw ¦ ^ & ?^ m of the absurd story
^ ati . Apprentices . —It perhaps is not generally known among parties who take ' parish 1 apprentices into other townships , that notice must . be-given ,. and consent obtained from the rererseer ] where the apprentice isto be bound ,. or theinden- 1 ture is good for nothing . At the last Dewsbury ' petty sessions , John Jowett , a collier at Birstall , charged Robert Hemingway , his apprentice , with absenting himself , and acting otherwise disorderly . The complainant stated that the boy had been bound to him by the overseers of Morley , before the Magistrates at Leeds , without giving notice to the overseers of Birstall , the township where Jowett resided . Inconsequence of this circumstance , the magistrates dismissed the case , the indenture being considered defective . —York Courant .
¦ HAIiIFAX , Insanity . —The other day a respectable manufacturer of this town entered his workshop ; and seeing anumber of the Northern Star laying by one of the -looms , took it up , and very gravely asked whose it was , when one of the weavers , suspecting 1 no barm , very innocently replied it was bis ; on r which the master gave him a very solemn admonition , that if he saw any more there he wonld discharge him from his work . He also gave the same £ admonition ,, to others of his workmen , cautioning j . them on the same subject , and holding out die same j threat , should they give encouragement to that i p aper . Thb gentleman . alluded to is ^ i joined membwofthe uud 110 doubt bears
, OldiNlethpdisibody , '' that passage read sometimes which says ' , f' Do to " others , " < fec , but seldom sees it practically illus-, ' trated . \ Vi \ h him moriils certainly can form' no part |* of , his religion , ajul virtue itself can only exist in £ name . Such aline of conduct ' as the above surely can only proceed from the worst specie * of insanity . New Connexion Missions . —On Sunday last , is services were performed both in Salem Chapel and ie Hanover Chapel , in this town , belonging , to the it New Connexion of Methodists , for the purpose of s , aiding their cause of Missions to Ireland and a Canada ; and on Monday evening a public meeting is was'held-iirSalem-Cha ' pel in furtherance of the some object , ' ; "" ' ' ' *"'
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Ay EtAW UMWKriw OF ; iMrfA * ios , ^ -Mr . T . Spgden and some oflter geHgemen , of Brighouse , which some of their fel { ow b& ] ar ^ endurin inwnseaueBce « f the . severfstorm whichhascon ^ tinned for some time back » c | Ued a public / meeting to inquire into the natare , b | . their ^ distress ,. and a ^ . ^ "P ™? « as bee n setion foot for -their r olief ; £ . } f , ^^ already raised and placed' in-. the hands of a number of gentlemen , to be ; laid out at their discretion ^ in such manner as the various case * * may require , ajnengst those-dinerenf" shopkeepers with whom they may be ' in the habit of dealing . This is as ife ;« nght to . be j and'shew ^' a liberality of acting worAy _ of the indrSduals who ; haye taken it ^ ¦ vp . ' I If niBBkind' in general was but once half con--\ -incedofjthe . , evilsiarisinj : out bfithe > competitive
system . 'ltftw ^ imich distress . eVen . of : the aiboye described ttight . ' -iibf , jflie poor be saved" from e ' ri-^ "Pg- X ¦ S ' ; : „; .: ' .... : . ' . " ¦ ¦ : ' : ' Re £ in ^ mekt . in , ti& Blue ., Circees . —At a recent . Wife ;«• # « . in iHalifax , . where it might be ppejtically j siiid- ^ - " I , do " remember an apothecary that , dwelt about this . rendezvous of death , meagre and very rycf ' trl were ' . his . lo , oks , " a wooden son of Eiculapiu 8 ; was appointed vice chairman . : In the cpurse , of the . " moill ;" - a conversation arose near to ' Where , he sat respecting Wallace ihe hero of Scotland ; , and ; Mr . " Vice" { a wootknone ) struck with astonishment on hearing , of his exploits , upon being called ujon for a , toast , gave "Jfn Wallace ! " This being ii poser , he w . as , desired to explain himself , when he . sat completely nonplus'd . A wag wfeo sat near him , ' prompted him in a whisper , : when he electrified- the company by . calling , out ) "Wallace thatfougbt thedogs , gentlemen !" - The elements of human life are simple yet how Various are their mixtures . .. . .
•• ELLftND . ¦ . Poor ? Law at Ekland . —On the 23 id . ult ., there vrasaineetingiitthe Workhouse of the Assistant Commissioners at 'that plrfce , on the lieanng of whicli the female Reformers musteted in strong nuniBers , but owing to the bell-man being corrupted by th « Whigs Tie cried for . three o ' clock in one streW , and four in another , when the time of assembling should liave been at . two o ' clock . Coriseqntrfitly they vrere ; prevented from forming a . guard of honour to tlie' Norland ' Silk Spinner . On . the return of some of the gentle Guardians from the meeting some of tlie females treat them with a roll in the snow ; nnd one of them a stolit portly man oll ' ered to treat them with a gill of ale each ; if they would allow him to escape ; but the bribe would not do . . The women are uetermvnedio give ever } -resistance to the carrying out of the infernal measure . . . ' ;
Ellaxd Radical DinNF . n . —The first aimiversary dinner of the Kadical Association of this place , was licld at theliouse of Mr . Daniel Marden , Foresters ' Anns , on Tuesday evening . Thn dinner wns on thetaWeatsix o ' clqck , when the parties . then present , to the . number of about . fifty ]) ersons-sat down to a good ' substantial repast , provided for them by the worthy host and hostess of tlie house . After the cloth had been withdrawn Mr . llichar ' d Gussby was unanimously appointed chairman , for fhe evening , a » d opened the entertainm « ut by a neat speech iu which , he expressed a hope that they , would so conduct themselves on- . that occasion , by observing an orderly and sober line of conduct as would do credit both to themselves and the urinciwles which thev
had espoused . He then read over the first toast for their adoption , nuu dilled uponMr . John Keiiuersley to « peak to it , \ vliq admonished the yoiing inen particularly to become members of the Association as a means ] j >\ wl \ ich tlie ' y might obtain much persuiial hnprovement iu knowledge , if they would pnlytakepams to exercise themselTCs inncqiiiriDg ltthrougli the . assistance which the Association might be able to render therii . . After , the toasts had ' been gi , veh and replied to by each sp *§ aker . the chairman then brought forward an object Hiey hnd haid in conteinplation of malting their Afcociatiou-room , not-onl y a place for meeting iii , but also into a schoolroom , for tlie purpose of leaching both old and yotlng of both sexes , the first rudiments " of educatinn j ; and several individuals have oiT ^ r ed to give flii-ir services in that respect gratuitously for two or tln-ee liighte in the week .- They proposed to' raise the in ^ ans for that object by haviuj ? 'reli <; ious services
there-ona-buuihiy ; and several individuals have onered-their services-to officiate for them on those occasipus , and make collections that they mkbt be able to provide themselves with desks and . Tables , ivc , necessary for that purpose . The young ; men and admits are to be taught on their paying threepence entrance and threepence per quarter , and becoming members of the Association . The females are to be taught for nothing . The alacrity with which this part-of . the : buainess was taken up does great credit both to the head and heart pf every person engaged m it ; and several persons came forward and had their names entered' immediately as members , one of which was a female . The Association here promises very fair success , as there ' are already fifty persons . enrolled , and . there- area vei-v large number of individuals who are in distressed m ( ^^ mi lt ^ ^^^ iM a ^^ S ' - . v ^ a ^ BSSiai . "'" - ^*** *^ **
Insolvents' Court at Wakefield . —The following insolvents have been discharged ' at Wakefield , by Mr . Commissioner-Reynolds : ^ Joseph . Mirfield , late of Heckmd ' ndwik ' ey near Dewsbury ; Mary Addy , late an-innkeeper , near Huddersfield ; Joseph Greenwood , of -Skirt-oat , near Halifax ; Samuel . Robert Hopper , of- Leeds , formerly a ' wool salesman ; William Batty , late of Horsforth , near Leeds , gardener ; John Holt , dyer ,. Hunslet ; Samuel Scaife , beer hotlse keeper , Leeds , ( petition dismissed ) ; Peter Ambler , lat&of Mountain , stuff manufacturer ; Robert Hoole , inkeeper and dealer in teazles , ( this insolvent admitted that it was'his
desire to be arrested ^ petition dismissed ); George Bahnforth , late of-Leeds , retailer of-beer , JNeriah Gomersall ; Joseph Hobson ; Jonathan ¦ Catlow . ate" of Dewsbury , spirit merchant ;¦ John Watmore ' lute of Arrnley , near Leeds , farmer . The following were adjourned to York : —John Bray , retailer o " f beer , Xeeds ; Thomas Godb y , of Bawtry ; Joshuh . Sykes , late of Pudsey , cloth manufacturer ; John Storey j late of Upper Wortley , plumber and glazier-Webster Gowing ' , of Upon , shoemaker . Christopher bmith ,. th . e horse-dualer , whose case came before Mr . Commissioner Law ; -at the-last circuit , was sent back for eight months ; not to he entitled to rules .
^ A TlIREE-PoUND-THREE-AND-SixPENNYKiss . —Frances Abson appeared before the Wakefield magistrates , on Monday , to prefer a charge of assault against Millington Crew . She stated that a weok since on Thursday , she had occasion to go to a butcher ' s shop for some meat . Not finding him in she went to inquire at his lod gings . Millino-tow-Crew his landlord , said he was not in ; bufK would go and get her what she wanted . Thevf- ' , ceeded together ,, and after good deal of " ' ¦ IJ-. " she got the meat she wanted . The de p" i > ai ' leying ever , refused to let her go withou * - ' -endant ) howhim a kiss , and on'her refusal < - she vvou 1 ^ S ' ve other liberties with " her . W iie attempted'to take
'> informed her husband , of- ' nen she got home , she went and charged " * J" - wnat ' ^ ta ^ en place , who and threatened * - ' .: ' ! defendant with the offence , gistrates . T v' - ° ^ e him appear before tlie ' mato make r" liis alarmed the defendant , who . offered His p' -atters up with the complainant ' s mother . o f ' . . oposition was that he would sacrifice a claim . £ 3 . _ 3 s . Gd . owing to him b y the husband of tfc | conralmna ^^ his % ^ at lengih . agreed : to ..- In Consequence , howe ' ver |' of : the scan . mag . of the neighbours , Mrs . , _ Absoh determined to bring the case before the bench , and -. have it settled by them , The parties ^ wore ; advised" to arrange the mattei amongst themselves , and thev retired for the pur-¦
pose . . - New Church at Wakefield . —The sumoljEl , 3 G 6 15 s . has been already subscribed towards tlie erection of a new church at Wakefield . the site for which has been presented by Robert Hodgson , Es ^ ofllaighHall . " ' llor . ixs . —A person at Horbnry bridge bas , during the present severe storm , bad three , of these favourite birds as coiistant pensioners upon Ids bounty , one of which has exhibited such confidence as to take its allotted crumbs constantly from his hands . , Ill-usage of an Apprentice . —Samuel Denton , a sharp intelligent looking lad , appeared to prefer a charge against his . master for ill-usage . ~ The defendant , Samuel Scatcherd , is a tailor , at Skelmauthorpe , and the boy was apprenticed to him by the . Governors of the Wakefield Grammar School . Several
witnesses spoke to- the defendant ' s ill-treatment " of the boy , anu one . of them deposed to seeing , him strike him with ' a spade . It was . stated- that the conduct of tilt' boy ' s master was such - that * nearly all the village were ready to come as evidence against him ; audit-also appeared , that instead of learning the boy-. his trade , he had mostly , kept him employed on the laudf ' ahd looking afterbiscastle . Mr . Holdsworth observed thaDttie master neglectiid to fulfilthe the term ; -of the ^ -indenture , and he was not sure whetherlie was n'dt liible to an action for his ' conl duct . , Mr . Charnock secretary to the Governors of the Grammar School , said : he Hhould advise'them ? to proceed ligainstithe defendants they had the j ' ower . After some remarks from Mr . " Maude , the defehd aht was ordered to pay 40 s ., and the indentures were cancelled . . '• -. ' ¦ '¦¦ :
BARNSLEY . ¦ . - . . ; > . Distress , —A Public . meeting wns held ' ' in the conrt-house , on Friday , thejMrd instant , Sir . Willaii in tbe chair , tjj open a subscription - for the relief of the unemployed j > por . Messrs . ' . Edward Jackson , Thomas laylor - Edward Newman , ' and the ; Revs . William tarter , ; and J .. Tranter , addressed the meeting , after which asubscriptionlwasentered ^ nto ; but we are sorry to : snyitwill be a mere nothing to relieve tbe present misery ,
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| A DETEttkiNtD Couple . —On . Monday week , while George Jillot , a weaver / of Barnsley , " was at the warehouic delivering ' in his work ^ 'liis . daughter Mary Was conducted to the hymeneal altai-byEdW . Tetley * The banns of marriage had been published and for ought the lovers knew all was right , but pn informing the clerk that they were ready , they were . informed that the father of the fair one had stopped the marriage . By tbis time it had reached the ears of Mr . Jillot , who in company with a constable went in quest of them . However , preparation had . been made , and they determined to be wed let what would he the consequence . They straightway gep aired ' to the White Bear Hotel , and engaged a post chaise , and . drove off to Royston ,. where they were lawfully joined in matrimony , and returned in good speed to a lod g ing , house in Newland , kept by the mother of the bridegrobm .
HUDDERSFIELD . Anti-Poou Law Meetixs . —At a meeting held at the New Inn , in Huddersfield , on Tuesday last , Mr . James Parkin in the chair , it was unanimously resolved , — ' . ' .- ' "That we abhor arid detest tlie miscalled New Poor Law Amendment Bill , both inits principle and in its working . '' ¦ ' .. ,. " That those who concocted it , aad introduced it into the Houses of Parliament , and wa , s instrumental iii having it passed into a law , are the most coldblooded , steel-hearted monsters that ever disgraced the human form ; and they , with all who aid or support them in any way , form , or manner , doubly deserve to suffer the lingering , starvation death they
have doomed thousands , if not millions , of virtuous , but unfortunate , fellow-creatures to endure . "That in order to be well prepared to meet the election of Guardians on the 25 th of March next , an instant decision upon the' best means for frustrating the hellish attempts of the three fiends of Somerset-housa , and their understrappers , to euforce . Bastile-Starvation Whig Law into this district , is emperative . "That the mode by which Overseers and Guardians determinately opposed to the Law , and on whose . integrity implicit confidence may be placed , can be elected , demands our instant and prompt attention .
" lhat ¦ wherever the "Whigs are determined to nominate Gnardiaiis favourable to the Law ( and not otherwise ) their opponents ought to be ready to nominate the best qualified men within their several townships ; and if none are found suitable in their own town , it will be advisable , as if . is legal , to appoint any within the boundaries of the Union . 41 That pf the principle adopted by a-minority of the Guardians in the mock election of a Cleric , and which has ibeen confirmed by the three Somer eethotise bashaws , be correct , minorities must rule majorities in both Houses of Parliament , and all the rules of society must be reversed ; but , until- then , every Registrar , or other officer , appointed under the said Clerk , must bf > illegally appointed ; and every marriage . and registration made b y them must be null and void , and we call upon the inhabitants to beware . .
"That Swain was onl y voted to the chair and Moorhouse to the vics-chair when no one else would accept of either . . "That those men who have been principally instrumental in attempting to enforce the hateful Law were not elected Guardians by the rate-payers ' ; but , as was the case with Drunken-Armed Dysou , of Nether TKojig , only-one ' nominated ' the other ; so was it with Tinker , of Hqnvorth ; Moorehmi ? e , of Foolstone ; Roberts and Haisrh , of Honley ; Re ' dfern , of Meltlinjji ; Dowse , of Marsden ; Wilkinson ' of
, Scamiiiondwi ; Qnnrmby , ol ' Longwoo'd ; Cros . sland . of Lockwood , Shaw , of Golcar , and tlie Isvte T . Dayj' of Lindley ; being , therefore , self elected , they are ' unanthonsed * to , act-: while for Swain , and Joshua Lockwood , and some of those from Bastile-Hdlinh ' rth , where a mock election took p ! ace , ' unlawful returns were made . We , therefore , for ' these and other reasons " denounce them as petty despots and starvation paltroons , —deny tlieir right . —despise then- attempts , and protest u » aiiist their whole proceedings . '
"That to this meetinjr . it is clearly eyident . that the old magistrates were not , nor would not be the tools of the triple-headed commission , and , that therefore , the thanks of the inhabitants of ' this district is due . and are hereby tendered to those gentlemen . " That Messrs . Brooke andStarkey , the two new Whig mngistratfesjhave been appointed by the Whig ( lovernmont , especially for the purpose o " f enforcin g tbe law upon lis , and have proved themselves the willing tools to effect that crnel , base , ' -hnd bloody purpose ; . therefore , they ; deserve and have th * hatred and execrations of their neighbours and ' of the ' whole , community . . ' . ' That , as William Swiiin is a public man . andhas been publicly charged with both the robbery ' of Mr Wiuterbottbinand murdering men at ltawfolcVs
, fight , which charges lie has permitted to pass lmcontradicted , ( which is a strong presumption of guilt ) . \ ve call upon him to rebut those assertions ' , and clewvhis chnmcter , or let him : be brought to trial , and . the law . take its course . ' ' ;¦' . '• That the-thanks of this meeting beciventothe © Fil ^^ otiwe ^ p . nobly combated the starvation tools of Mr / uiidersfrappef-Pownu . and the threfi-headed cerberus , from beginning * to end ; and especially the noble nine , . who ^ last Thursday voted io >_ an aujournmen ' t ; namely , Messrs . Alidgloy and 'Dyson , of Alraondbury ,-. Matthe' . vs . of Sheplev , « e \ yall , of-. Oalton , Parkin , of Linthwtiite , Shaw aiid Ilowgate , of HuddersHeld , ¦ Senior . of l- ' arnlev . T vas and Hirst , of Thnrstonlaiid . . ¦ ¦ .
" lhat the thauks of this meeting be given to Earl Stanhope , and also to Messrs . l- 'ielden . Wakley . General Johnson , and the other members constituting the " seventeen , " who . in the . House of Commons , nobly voted that a bill might be brought in for the total repeal of tbe Ne \ v Poor Law Act . ' " That the thanks of this meeting is also' due to Messrs . O'Connor , Stephens , Walter , and other talented and influential gentlemen , who have exerted their talent ,. used . their influence , and expended their money , in defence of the right of lnbour , and in defence of the poor .
. " , 1 hanks to that portion of the press who have advocated our cause , and the cause of the oppressod . , " That a vote of censure be passed on Edward Baines , sen ., and Edward Baines , jun ., of the Leeds Mercury , and their correspondents , for their arrant lies and advocacy of low wages , ba ' stiles , and starvation for the . poor ; and , when we reflect , in ho \ x humble a manner Baines the older , left Preston , his native town , and ehteredthe town of Leeds , we see a justification in subscribing to a few of the epithets whicli has been applied to him , viz . " Jim Crow , " " The Great Liar of the North , " itc . "That a vote of censure be passed upon the minority-clerk Floyd , and every person who lias been candidates for , or been elected to , any office " andcr the New Poor Law in this Union . It was then recommended to all the townships to call their ^ V , V / t ,. - togettier , or-ioriTinoV " ones , 'and to go to work in good earnest . ¦
¦ 11 . * * .. . TV V * S % * 1 1 he central committee at Huddersfield was appointed to propose an address to the inhabitants , vlricli is to be posted UiroughoHt the Union ; which address is to be ready on Tuesday next , to which day , at six o ' clock in the evening , the meeting was adjourned , to . be held at tbe same place . Passive resistance to the law was strongly recommended , and heartily responded to by tbe meeting . Mr . Stocks being called to the chair , the thanks of the meeting was given to'Mr . . Parker for his valuablejservices , and the meeting-separated about six o ' clock , and carried to their- several townships the intelligence that the Poor Law Union shall , or can be enforced here . Tlrat bludgeons , cutlasses , bullets , nor bayonets , will ' never Bastile the inhabitants of the Huddersfield Union . - ' '
* ' \ ' Look Out!—It ought to be understood by the inhabitants of Huddersfield , and the country at large , that a number of the Guardians of the Huddersfield Union , who professed to be firmly opposed to the New Poor Law , have to suit tlie pocket of their private friends , or relatives , betrayed the interest of their constituents , and voted their relatives into office . But this baseness will not serve the hungry creatures , " as the whole will be blown- aside , the proceedings being altogether illegal . Projected Meeting of Poor Law G-uar-DiANS . fiAnother illegal meeting of the Huddorsfold Guardians is to be held at the Court House , Huddersfield , at eleven o ' clock , on Tuesday next ; when , as it is the intention of those who are so desirous to bastile tlieir neighbours to fix a number of more
hungry vultures with large salaries upon the people , a thousand pounds or two will be considered a mere trifle . So let all the opposing , the good , and the berievolent Quardians beat their post in good time , and there will be a clear proof of the illegality of their proceedings if another majority ' is against them . Let not Mr . " Jim Crow , by his Mercurial taunts , or threats deter a man from doing , his . duty .- Then let them every one be at their post .. . Nothing-ought to prevent them . ¦ .. , HunnKiisFiELD . —On Tuesday evening last , the brethren of . the Jodge of Ancient Druids , - N $ . 149 , holden at Albion Hotel , Huddersfield ,. gave their wives a treat ' to tea ,-. « fcc . The , number , of : ladies
who sat down was upwaids of 80 . The whole was served up in-the best manner , and did great credit to . 'Mrs . B ' aldersqn , the landlady of- the house ., The evening -was ' . ' spent -i in a happy manner , ' arid the greatest . order and good feeling r pervadeu . The fadiusgave , as a toast > 'the . Queen and the Druids " which was . resppnded to by the-whole ' ccmpnnjyu an enthusiastic manner . They also delivered several excellent recitations ; and expresjedtbeir entire satisfaction with the pleasures , of ; the evening .- The Order . was eulogised by * one lady , " as in cases oi Sickness or lameness they would-be . relieved-from the funds of the lodge , anu-prevent them from applybig to tlie New Poor Law for the miserable pittance generally allowed there . "
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'¦ ' . ¦ ¦/ : ¦ : ' j KEXCtHLEY . .. ^ a ^ 'L'iUv / . , ' ., Robbery-at Cross . Hilw , near KEiOHnEY . ii-The * 5 warehouse of Mr . Benjamin Smith , of Cross'Hills ; near Kelgbley , was broken into on ' the night of the ' ICthinst ., by some villains , and 70 gross of worsted ' yarn abstracted . A handsome' reward ha ' s -been offered for their apprehension . 'The neighbourhood ' of Cross Hills has been infested during the whole ' of the winter by a gang of marauders , and depredations have been committed almost every week with impunity . ' - : " . . : ' HULL . ¦" , ¦ ¦¦
Distress amongst the Poor . —In conse- - o ^ ence of the continued inclemency of the ' weather a requisition , numerously and respectably signed was presented to the mayor on Wednesday last , de ^"' siring him to ' cal la second public" meeting of . the inhabitants , as early as possible , to devise means for affording some additional relief . In consequenoe a meeting was convened : for Thursday , at the Town-Hall , the chief . magistrate- in the chair . 'Dhe meeting , we are sorry to say ; . was very thinly attended . The mayor in an excellent speech ,, opened the business , and stated that he should most willingly again put down the same sum as he gave at first , and hoped that what they might hear as to the distress prevailing , would have the effect of exciting their liberality in a very powerful degree . The
treasurer ' s account was read by JVIr . Bolton , from which , it appeared , that the sum of £ 1 , 062 had been subscribed , of which £ 41 had been expended in printing and th e other necessary expences , - and about £ 950 in loaves and coals to the indigent , leaving only a balance of £ 72 in his hands . Able addresses were delivered by the Eev . J . H . Bromb y , T . Dikes , and J . Scott ; as Ulso by Mr . J . Hen--wood and Mr . S . 'TomKn , who detailed the most heartrending scenes of distress . Mr : Scott and Mr . 1 Henwood paid a -high compliment to the liberality .. of the poor one towards another ; and Mr . Scott remarked , that it was by no means ri ght that the .-rich should escape this * severe visitation of Providence . It was a matter of great thankfulness that they did not , in their own persons , feel the pressure of cold and hunger , and while in the case of man v of
the poor , proved , that tlieir deep poverty abounded to the riches of theicliberality , tke least the opulent could do was to give liberally in aid of their distressed brethren . Mr . Tomlin stated , that he had tound numerous families without clothes , fire ,-food , bed , or bedding , and , he trusted , that he had learned , by personal inspection into the state of the poor , both to value his own mercies , and to endeavour : to the utmost of his power to do good to his fellowcreatures . Resolutions to the effect that the Committee should make application to the benevolent , and the humane , for further aid were then agreed to , and thanks having been voted to the mavor , the meeting separated . ..- ...
IiaiPEUAxcB Socirrrv .-The- members of thissociety are looking forward to a high treat , at their torthconung anniversary , at the commencement of the ensuing week , when the attendance of-several stranger friends is expected . The principles of total abstinence contii . ua to make rapid progress in this neighbourhood , and we . understand that a teutot the order ofReclnibites , -has been recently opened at thelemperance Hotel , with the most flattenng prospects of success . ' Pooa _ LA \ v GuAisnm-s ¦ Axn the Distressed-Pooiu-ln consequence of the extreme distress iiow prevailing amongst the poor , the Commits nf fl , »
beneral I eJici l " UI , d have placarded the town , requestuig ihose persons who have any cast blankets rugs , clothing , &c . which they can spare , to be kind enough to send them without delay either to the o ,-T S ? SV Z' I' T ] ins ' " Qaeen ' s-strit oi to Mr . John Norths , Drypool ,. as < the-funds will not allow the visitors to ailord any relief of thi ' doscnp ion , and the Guardians of tlie poor of Hull and the Directors of the Scnlcohts Union conside hat to advance anv money for such purposes from SublS hid bG a " ^ PPWm of the
Cor ,. rnojipsox akd the Map . yleboni : Electios -Aimbhc meeting ot the inhabitants of Hull was ' held ln the room of the Hull Working Men ' s Asl o-S ? . ' 10 I 1 > 1 M ItouS 0 to . on Monday night , February 20 th at lialiTpaSt . seven o ' clock , " tor tlie ' purpose of sending an address tp . the electors of Maryleboae recommending Col . Tht , IUpSOn to them , as tha best man to represent them in Parliament . T , Cvni ? vs CusTOMEB . -On Friday , Jame « Lindsey , who had been brought up on . Thursday ; on a smnlar charge , was again placed at the bar Having been found drunk , and incapable of takin ^ care ol himself . The Mayor asked him what he meant b
y conducting himself in this manner ,, upon which he opened out in grand st yle ; he could assure his Worshi p that he was very sorry extremely sorry , —he had been overcome bv a little uron—be intended to leave the town the moment he was set at liberty , and he wonld swear by God that such was his intention . The Mayor said he would not believe a word he said ho had told them just the same tale yesterday . . ' Prisoner : —Yes , I didbut you may take my word for it I will do as I say this time . ' The Mayor : —No , I won ' t take your word ; you ari fined 5 s . and costs , for being drunk . The prisoner retired , evidently much surprised at the failure of his eloquence . . ¦ .
Ouk Military Guardians . —On Mondav Heury Halesbury , and another , whose name we could not learn , two soldiers , were chanred with being drunk , and refusing to obey the orders of the police . Halesbury had " also insulted , in a gross manner , a female , and-subsequentl y had committed an assault upon a man . The sergeant attended , and informed the bench that it was the intention of the officers to punish the prisoners for their disgraceful conduct ; and on his Worshi p , the Mayor being told- that it was not likely they would be flogged , but only placed some time in " solitarv confincment , ho directed them to be given up to the military authorities .
Complaint aisaixst a Husiuxn . —On Tuesday last Susannah Farrat , charged her husband Joseph 1-arrnT , with deserting her and Ms child , and also with an assmill . The complainant stated that on Sunday morning her husband left her . and on Monday she went to a « k him , if lie intended to come home . He said he did not , and if she wanted- to sav anything to him she might call upon him when he had shut up . the shop in the evening . . She did so , and he abused her and knocked her down . When she him
saw in the morning she asked him for something to get tlie child and herself something to eat , and he said he would gladly give her threepence to buy some poison with . A ' young woman who bad gone with her on Monday evening , and walked onthe ojiposite . sideof the street , proved the assault . f nr « £ . s ; i ; S ^ Ms defence- , that Ms wife did not get his breakfast reafly , and that on quo occasion , she bad got drunk . Mr . Carrick said , even if that was true he had no right to strike her . Hound over to keep tlie peace for throe months .
Disorderly Coxduct or a Number or Soldiers . —Joseph Hay , a ^ soldier in the GOth lliiles , was charged on Wednesday last , with disorderly conductunder the following circumstances . It appeared that Vast night as the prisoner and several other soldiers were leaving the Theatre , they took it into their beads to have , a lark , and joining arm in arm ran violently against some decent females , and knocked one of them down . The lady gave one of them into the charge of tlie police ; but . he was rescued by the prisoner and his companions . The prisoner was then taken to the Station-House . The offence was fully proved , and the Magistrates fined him 5 s . - and costs . It is but justice to the men to say that their outrageous conduct was solely attributable to tlieir having indulged to freely m their libations to Sir John Barleycorn .
HICKBEOND . Sehmoxs . —On Sunday , tlie 25 ' th nit ., an appropriate sermon was preached in the parish church of Richmond , by thellcv . J ., O . Smith j B . A . the curate ; and in the cliapel of tbe Holy Trinity , b y the . Rev .. J . B . Birtwhistle , M . A . the incumbent , in aid of the Funds of the British and Foreign Bible Societ y '; after which a collection was Jiiade amounting to £ 10 . 19 s . Prolific Cow . —Mr . Bartholomew Blenkvion , of Skelton , near Richmond , has now in Ms possession a cow that has produced six ealves witlun the last thirteen months .
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LANCASHIRE NEWS . "' ¦ ¦ '' . : ¦ * - 1 MANCHESTER . Silk and Cotton ! Trade ' . —The silk trade improves every day . A great number . of fresh reeds have been given out ; weavers have full work , hut wages remain very low . Nankeens are brisk , especially-some sorts of fancy reeds . Other sorts of cotton work woven by the hand are improving , yet wages are extremely low both ' for cotton and silk . The weavers on-steam looms can ; earn more money than those by . the-band ; -yet there is every of a brisk trade . . > • •' ., - ' :
appearance .,,,, Englishmen Tdbned ' -Hokses . —On Monday week ,-upwards of twenty boatmen were drawing a waggon loaded with cotton , from Manchester . ; . to Kochdaie . They had a , flag on the waggon stating they were in distress , in consequence ot the canaF being frozeii . up ; ¦ Several were collecting money . for them at ' the housed , and of people' they met . on the rotid * ¦ ' ¦ ¦ * " " " * ¦ * ¦ '' * * , *• ' ) ' > Anniversab y . —On Sunday week , sermons wpre preached in the Primitive Methodist cliapel , B ™^ street , Kochdaie , b y Mr . G «™ er , ^ of Stociport »^ Mr . Smith , ' of Manchester , when handsome edMfe Hoi » were made towards Uquidatlng the debt on « building . ' SM
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct995/page/5/
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