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      S&T 1 CE IS HEHEY : GIYEN , Tfcat in pur' inanee of an Act of Parliament , " made and Tossed in the Tifih Year of the Reign of His late Jtajesty Kin / : George the Fourth , entitled , ** An A « t for Lighting , Cleansing , and Improving the Town artd Neighbourhood of Leeds , in the County of York . ' A MEETING of frach of the Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds , as are by the said Act made chargeable with or towards the Rates or Assessments authorised te be Tais € d v or any of them , will be held at the Vestry of the Parish Qinrch , of Saint Peter , in Leeds , en Moxday , THE THntTEKKTH DaT 0 ? APKIL SOW Instakt , at the Hour of Eleven in the Forenoon , t © nominate and appoint Three Commissioners for executing th « Eaid Act , and snch parts of certain liTfrTieE IS HEREY ; GITEN , Tfcatin our-

      Acts therein recited , as are not thereby repealed , itegether with the existing Commissioners , and ¦ Justices of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds ) , in the place of Josh ex Bovek , Horatio Wood , and William Raist&ick , who being respectively ceh Coianiisfioners , have lately resigned their said office . Aud if a poll should be then and there de-Branded , the said Meeting will be immediately adjourned to the Court House , in Leeds aforesaid , or to such oihsr lawful acd convenient place as the said Meeting Fhall appoint for that purpose , and the Pe'lingwitl then and there commence and-be kept open until Four o ' clock in the Afernoon of the said Thirteenth Day of April , and the Polling will be sheiice cciit ' . nnVd on Tuesday and Wednesday , the Fourteenth andFirrcfnth Bavd of the same Month oi

      April , at the Court House aforesaid , or at such oid ^ t lawful an « i convenient pl&ese as aforesaid , from tbe Hour of Ten o'Clock ia the forenoon , to the Hour of Pour o'Clock in the Afternoon of each Day , and the same will finally close as F « ur o'Clock in the . AftTaoon of the said Fifteenth Day of April , now Instant . Bated at Leeds aforesaid this First Day « f April , 1840 . THGS . HEBDEN . ROBERT PERRING . R 1 CHD . PYATT . MW . 0 UTHWA 1 TE . CSAS . SCARBOROUGH . P . L . ATKINSON . G . CRABTrlER

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      MACKINTOSH ON RESPONSIBILITY . THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF BESPOh"IBlLlTY ao adduced lrom 6 . VE £ e Justice , Civil Justice , and Social Justice , with some remarks upon the Doctrine of Irresponsibility , as tenght by Jesus Christ aad Robert Owen . Also , UPON * THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN TO GOD . By Simmons Mackintosh . To be comletcd in Four Numbers at Thrttptnce each . Nc . l p bow ready . Guest , Birmingham ; H-eywc-c-3 , Manchester ; Hobson , Leeds ; Hetheringtoa , Cleave , and Watson , London .

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      CSAT . I . KK 6 S TO CURS KT . TWCyESS . MR . BAXTER , of Boston , * rho has restored to sight so many individuals , ia * ny of vrhora have been blind for a number of years , and pledges himself to care ^ the Ophthalmia , or Inflammations , Films , Scums , Specks , < fce . Amaurosia , Dimuess of Sij ; ht , ¦ without blisters , bleeding , set-on , issues , or any restraint of det . Cataracts I cannot _ cure , as I rcake no use of an Instrument to aDy . Lye . In cases of Amaurosis , I ean tell if there be any hepes tLe first application tUat I make to the Eye , and I "srili E&t detain any pauvuj longer than oue hour .

      " N . B . In answer to t ' ue numerous letters received , Mr . B . respectfully informs hid poor country friends that where a personal interview is impracticable , a letter pre-paid , enclosing a remittance of one pound , Tad minutely describing thc-ir case , and h =.-w they j ave been treated , shall have medicines back by letnra , vrith every directions fcruse to any part . Domestic M&ieria Medica Eve Medicines for the cure of the above diseases . Mr . B . may be consulted Daily at his home , Bridgeman ' s Place , near to Coekerhill Spring , Bolton , Lancashire , until Easter Tuesday , the 2 l 3 t day of April ; and tiien he will aisit the principal towns of Cheshire , Derby , and Staffordshire . Tne places of Residence will be stated in this Paper , and in Hand-bills .

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      rpHE remtrkable properties of Medicines have A engaged the attention of mankind in all a ^ es , and to tue sagacity , industry , and good fortune of inquirers , the worid is indebted for mauy valuable discoveries . Among these are some which bare ttuictaiceu their claim to distinction-Jor a long period of time , and have commanded approbation as real additions to the general stock . The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM lays daim to this distinction , as no remedy has hitherto been discovered which proves so generally beneficial

      in disorders of the rervous system and of the digestive orcans . In trembling of the limbs , palpitation of the heart , vertigo , iUutulence , lowness o : spirit ? , and general debility , and in the symptoms of a cold , bilious , and consumptive habit , its efficacy is verv great . Whether used to givo relief to those who rkave reason to repeat an excessive Indulgence of the pas £ , ous or the habit 3 of fashionable life , too great atieutioa to bnsiness , or juvenile indiscretions that strike at the root of health and vigour , it will be jOnnd an invaluable bracc-r and invigorant .

      r Nothing perhaps weakens tha mind so much as pernicious practices , vrbich taka-possessicm of the whole mind and attention , and preTent its voiaries ¦ from following their respective vocations , by engross ing their ideas , even when they should be employed In devotion or business ; rendering them stupid , dnlL and thoughtful , and destroying their vivacity , eheerfuiB . es . > i , and heaTih , by bringing on consumption , and ad that dreadful train of complaints" which make them zimid , wiiiawieal , and ridiculous . Such * s ihcAs , uuder Di-rce iuiUcus ^ tiie Gukdiju . Balm op Stejacuh will restore to the enjoyment of all the comfort * of life . It is universally admired , being pleasant to tbe taste and smell , gently astrisges the fibres of tbe stomach , and gives that proper tensity which a good d : g . istioa requires . As ¦ Bottling can be better adapred to help and nourish tie constitution , to there is aothing more generally acknowledged to ba peculiarly fficacious in all

      inward wastings , loss of appetite , indigestion , depre >^ on of spirits , trembling cr shaking of the hands or iimbs , obstinsta coughs , shortness of breath , or eonsumpuve habits . It possesses wondcrffil efficacy ia » U nwT « a disorders , fits , head-aclieSj weakac »« a , heaviness aad luvniess of spirits , dicine 3 s of s * - - ~* &&& % coafused thouehv , wandc-rinij of the mind , -vapours and melantbojy . cud all kinds of hysteric tonaplauits axe graiua ; l y removed by its use . In E ^ kces of the stomacb , ftaatuieacit ? , n ? obstructions . « is Eafo and powerful ; and as a purifier of the bio **! , it bas not its equal in the world 1 . This Balfltaiic Cordial may be justly enumiTuted amongst . th « fursmost of those happy discoveries which medical research has procured as the blessings of the knman race , aud graatest connt-ertwriive to human fiiisery : th-asinds &i this mc-msnt in the United Kingdom , live to praiw the day they first made trial otthis R » torative ,

      Tois Oiraial is highly esieemsd in the East and Weat hiding , f ' . r nourishing and iuvigorating the D « rvoaB syfaiem . and acdng as a general rcstonitivc en debilitated constitatious , arising from ~ bilions compii ' . ot '* eontrscted in act climates . The stnditras as weil as tha sedentary part of the community , ahoal-, ! uevor i ^ e wiiho ^ t the Cor-iiai liilm o !» ¥ f . atxtm , which removes diseases ia thehe&a , icvigorat-. s » b « nr ' n-i , iaproves th » armory , and eniuens ihs iiB * i ; inftnoa . Too 3 e who have long resided in hot climates , and are languid sad relaxed in their whole system , may tako th > s Medicine with the happiest affects ; aad persons geiag Abroad cannos store a more impoxtaut rticie of hcalth-aad life .

      In Bottles at lts ^ or four quantitie 3 in oneiamilv bottle for S 3 a . duty included , wherebv one 11 s . bottle is « av « d . Sold by all Medicine lenders in teU Town ; also , ever y other Town and City t&roaghoQt tlia United Kingdom , AmencaTand " the Continent of Europe . Prepared only by Messrs . Perrt and Co ., Sur-Ifeons , No . 4 , Great Charles-street , Birmingham , and 23 , Slater-Btreet , Ii verpool . - * & Obsebvk . —None are Genuine without the &cBasorftof

      - . 3 L i L . PERRY AND CO . iaprwwd on a Staaip , on ths outside of each wrap per , to imitate which , is felony of the deepest dve . Messrs . Perry and Co . ; Surgeons , may be «> nsalt « d . »» t 3 n * l at No . 4 , Great CUarfes-streot , Birmingham , * nd 23 , Siator-Btreet , Liverpool Only one personal viait is required from a country patient , to enable Messrs . Perry and Co . to gir « guch advice as will be tb « toeaos of effecting a permanent and effectual ? ore , after ail other means hare proved ineffisctaal Lcitei » far adric « must b * poet-paid , and Matain tiw a »» J f « e «' ose poand . *

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      ABYICE . MR . WILKINSON , SURGEON , HAV ING devoted ais studies for many Years to the successful Treatment of Diseases where Secrecy and Experienced Practice are required in all their various Forms , may be Personally , Consiilted from Nine in iho Morning till Teu at Nijrht , &ud on Sundays till Two , at 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds , and every Thursday , at No . 4 , Gesrgo Street , Bradford , from Ten till Five . In receiit cases a perfect Cure is completed within a Week , cr no Charge . made for Medicine after that Period , and in those Cases where other Practitioners have failed , a proper perseverance in his Plan of Treatment insure ! to the Patient a -safe , wellgrounded , and permanent restoration te sound and vigorous Health . _

      IMPORTANT CORE . Ms . WiLKiysoN , —Sib , —Having had the misfortune , about four years since , to contract a long to be lamented , most destructive complaint , which no doubt would have proved fatal ere now , had it not been for your invaluable Drops , which I cau safely say have saved my cons'itution from utter destruction . I have been under Beveral experienced practitionera , and have been apparently well for a short time , but ever experienced a relapse , which evidently resulted ^ from patched-up and improper treatment , or some secret lurking in the frame whioh waa never rooted . With great reluctance I was advise ' a friend to apply io you . At that time I was afflicted

      with ulcerated eores in my mouth , horrible taste and bad siaell , blotches on different parts of my body , with great pain aud BwelhngB in the boaes , particularly my logs , with hard lumps on my shins , which I am now satisfied would soon have proved fatal . After taking your Drops for a few weeks , my sores assuaed & healing disposition , my taste and smell got gradually better , my pains entirely left me , and I have increased in both strength , health , and spirits , aud -now without fuar of auy return of my complaint . Being convinced there are numbers of ay feliow-cr-eatureB similarly afflicted , aud for their good , I roqiiost you will publish this in the paper , only be so good as to omit my name . Yours respectfully ,

      C . B . Leeds , October 4 , 1838 . For the Accommodation of those who cannot conveniently consult Mr . W . personally , they may obtain his Purifying Drop * , Price 4 s . Gd ., at asy ol the folluwini ; Agents , with Printed directions so plain , that Patients of either Sex may Cure UiemselTes , ilr . Hzatox , 7 , Bripgate , Lseds . Mr . Habtley , Bor-kr-eller , Halifax . Ur . Dewhibst , 37 , J ^ ew Street , Huddersfield . ilr . Harbison , B-wkfelier , MarketPlace , B » rusley . ilr . Hargrove ' s Library , 9 , Coney Street , York . And at the Adodther Office , Lowgate , Hull . An Airent Wanted in lAmeaster and Sheffield , address 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds .

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      A LESSOR FOR THE MIDDLE CLASSES , BT 0 > 'E OF THEIR OWN ORDER . The following eloquent statement of f ** U waa mads recently hj Mr . Pauitjn , the anti-Corn Law lecturer . The fact * theinsjlvcs aro exceedingly striking , and the inference * drawn from them equally just . The middla classes wonld do wtll to consider them m a means not only of promoting the general interests of their poorer brethren , but also as a means of preserving their own-After speaking on other topics , the lecturer said—Gentlemen , no individual probably baa had better opj oriunitiefl of arriving at a just knowledge- of the condition of the different classes of society than hava fallen lo 1117 lot during the last twelve months j I have passad through lau of the principal towua of the

      kingdom ; I have visited many of the agricultural counties of England , and most of the farming districts of Scotland ; J have mixed much irith all classes , and have endeavoured—as far &s personal observation and intercommunication enabled mo t « do so—to ascertain the actual state of opinion and the social condition of the people . Th » foot , gentlemen , that more particularly struck my observation , with reference to the s » Ute of opinion ia tUU country , was the Lamentable ignorarm disptoyed 5 y the mi- 'idJ * 9 ' asses of tk& ubsoJufa t » reicii « dntzs in which fh « grbdi raast of Vie ptop ' e is involved Little or no inicreommwiieaHon betuven tha iuo tiasse » takes place . The great circle * of society seem to me to revolve almost independently of each other ; all rniitv of ac : iou has been superseded by a dangerous

      species of «; istrasl and mutual isolat on , thut precludes ivniDSihy on the one band aud confidence on the other . This state of things is not detrimental only , but da structive to the true interests and just influence of both parties . The censent of society , gentlemen—the keystone of the arch that supports the institutions of any country—must have its strength , not only from the compactness and purity of its material , but aim from ViecqtuH ' ff mdjtukd prttsure from fit eummit to the base Xj » , if this figure & » rve « me as an hpt il ' . ujtrstion of ¦ wiiac I wish to convey , I wo » ld farther remind yua . gbnUeujeu , thil to secure the arc ' s , von // itai re-pei / il and prtse rc-cfrom decay thepillan upon tchich it rut * . It 1 b raj honest conviction , gemtlemen—and I speak it truthfully—thai the who * fabri * * / society ie in a state ofili #

      iiiU&mlion ; and though I am not one of those individuals that would ¦ juelealy destroy without rebuilding , I cannot bat feel—from every indication around me—that vnless ipe consolidate our basis by an immediate and vigorous effort to amend ih » physical condition of the people , the weans of gradual amelioration trill pats in a tehiriwind from oar'hands , and Laic , Peam , and Order simulianeoMsty perish bcf » r » th 6 blind passion * of necessity and physical destitution- It iaidle , gentlemen , to regret or deprecate raeh ~ a state of things . We must be np aud doing ! The fact H before us , end we must meet , it boldly . The country has to b » saved from the reckless ness and blini misrule of the landed arisljtracu on the one side , and ths dunger if a social earthquake from ferment ing masses of misery arsd desperation on lh » other . Now ,

      who are to effect this ? Have we any hope from the aristocracy ? Have they not , gentlemen , in every age and ceuutry , held to their aT » ase 3—aye , blown with hot breath of fierce determination , the very coals of fire that were to « mrom&- thenisclves ? Does not all history , does not the experience . of even our « wn times , satisfy us , tliat we have nothing to hop « from that source ? Who , then , are to effect this ! You , gentlemen , and such as you , are the source from which the power most spring . Tho middle classes hold the destiny of this nation In their hands .- practically , they are the -arbiters of the nation ' s rights and tke cation ' s wrongs ; and if ihty peril the isiue by their supinene&e , they 'become , Tirtaaily , lie snkides of their eouniry . I trurt , gentkmea , it "will not be deemed presumption

      in me , if I venturo to offer a few observation * swt to the means most likely to reallsa tbt-. se results . 1 hive rtated that wretchedness anil misery abound in the latul . 1 have Tisitvd the einks of society , and hava seen with horror the chaos of contusion , the masses of vict and despairing ee ? f-absndonm-uit that He weltering tbcre . In tfce light of day , and beneath the solemn shadoff of nijht , I have passed through the wjnds of Glasgow , the Ancoats and back streets of Manchester , the purlieus of Birmingham , Sheffield , Wolverhampton , Nottingham , and all the chief towns throughosi England and Scotland . I have visited the cottages of the scattered , population _ of th ^ . _ agricultura ! districts . I have sat down -with ths Highlander at his brose—the ploughman in his bothle , and by the turf blase of ths

      fisherman ' s hut on the ne * shore-, and everywhere has ih * tame sod ialtr »/ privation and suffering hem told to me—everyiehere home the famished victims of monopoly proclaimed their consciousness ofxorotip . Ia ike less thickly populated districts , where Man tcith hi * feUcxo tnan holds but slight etmmwtion , tcntefudaets stagnates into hopeless endurance , aiul dies , and makes no sign ; but w » our large towns , where population it concentratedtehere every stimulus to passion , rveiy incentive to trine , Utltpplied by thteanirast * of -et ^ sdiiUa and ike impute of neoessilp—tchere mtmben . ereate the consciovsueu of strength , and vastaem and complexity the prospect of inpxnity —where moral responsibility aad shame are crashed by despair , or laughed at # jr depravity , you hate only to multiply the nvinbersof the wretched , aad the red-hot fusion of such material * reduces the tchoUfubrieoftceiety teOs&ttl . This , gentlemen , I assure yon , is no idle picture or imaginary possibility . We see in aotime approaeha the incipient wmptoms of Us certainty , in all

      those palliative methods of . repression framed only U meet efecls xrilhovt destroying caaee * . Does not to * Government proclaim its knowledge of these beta by declaring the present constabulary force of th « ewtotry inadequate to its exigencies J Have we sot been recently called upon to strengthen tbe local magistney by new town and Rural Police BUteto eat down prcpciutm by New Poor Lm ^ iai t * meet the political discontent and demands of the people by an extension of tbe standing army ? WLat do these fact * indicate ? Are they not living , undeniable —nay , acknowledged testimonies , that crime and misery , and political discontent are upheaving the very aferat * of society , and require for their repression an unprecedented multiplication of coercive means ? In a country like ours , gentlemen , these are fearful indication * 2 A vise Government -would read them with prophetic spirit , and ; "while every constitutional means to secure property and preserve or > ier xvtto adopted , determine at tke unt tii&e te isvestigate nu 5 * s . aad There found

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      t » uproot them . ? ? I argue , then , gentlem « Bk , that for tbe preservation of property and the supprwsion of crime , you must , seek to improve tho physical condition of the people . ' -Harsh nieasuret , of coercion , by alienating the affection a of the people , tend only , to inflame the passions , and add hopelessness to discontent . Tkere is ¦ too . much organisation , and too much mental activity among the working classes , to render such means available for any lawful purpose . The . root of the distemper is not in the depraved character of the people , but in their just consciousness of their mrong . It is a mockery io talk ( if educating the masses , or improving their moral condition ' , so long us men-, women , Mnd cftttdren are compelled to labour twelve hours a dag for bread , and unable io obtain a stjfkiency . The vices of ear social system are not inherent in ( he nature of things » uproot them . * * I argue , then , gentlemt ^

      They now from causes remediable , or to a certain extent remediable , by human means . They flow from restricted industry—from a teasie and perversion of Ihe national resources—from conJUetittg systems of finance and monopoly , that reduce the wages of the iabourer , ami dottiies Ms expenditure , These are canses that create pauperism '—that preclude education—that shut out tbe labouring classes of this country from every hope of participation in the refined enjoyments of the intellect , or the healthfuVg » Manc « of high morality ; these are the sources of their discontent—their debauchery—their alienation from every form of religion , and their utter and habitual distrust of the other classes in society . Jn short , gentlemen , these aw the evils that wo must remedy , if we hope to hold together the frame-work of our institutions , and harvest the fruits of reform without the fear of revolution .

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      „ -,.. ^ „ EXTRAORMKART DISCLOSURES RELATIVE TO THE late Soutwahk Election . —On Friday , an action was brought in the Secondaries' Court , by Mr . H . Beverky , tho lessee of the Victoria Theatre , against the U'iendant , John Walter , the unsuccessful candidate for Southward , and proprietor of tbe Times newspaper , to recover the sum of £ 12 193 ., under the extraordinary circumstances subjoined . Mr . James conducted the plaintiff ' s case , and Mr . Leaby attended for the defendant . It appeared that Mr . Thomas Warlters , an elector of Southwark , and one of the money takers at tho Victoria Theatre , was introduced to ilr . Rogers , the solicitor and agent of Mr . Walter , by a Mr . Applcton , aud subsequently Mr . Warhers established a committee , and omciated

      as chairman , at the £ eerge puhlio-house . The latter suggested to Mr . Rogers , in the -presence of the defendant , ihat it would have a beneficial effect upon the electioneering contest if a * ' tjenioiistratioir ' in his lavouur wa » got up 011 the stage . li \ accordance with this suggestion , ono of the scenes ia the Christmas pautomiue was placarded with large bills , on which was printed '" Walter and Commerce , " Walter , aud no Whigs , " "Walter and the People , " and "The Crown and -Cushion . " A large banner was removed from the defendant ' s central committee-room , on which was inscribed , " Walter , the friend of the people , " and tnis was paraded ou the stage ; and , in order to ensure & proper aud successful " agitation , " a number of tree admissions

      were distributed among the various committees , so as to ensure any overwhelming marks of disapprobation th » t might be expressed by the political opponents of Mr . Walter . The defendant , subsequtly to the exhibition on the stage , called at the theatre , and he complimented Mr . Warltera on his exertions , adding that he hoped soon to give him a more substantial proof of his friendship . Warlters had been assured , h « would be compensated for Lis services , and Mr . Roger * had offered him £ 3 , which he baa refused . The struggle between tho learned counsel was as to whether Rogers was the authorised agent of the defendant ; aud in reference to this point it was proved , on behalf of the plaintiff , that liogers had discharged other election accounts , aud that the tickets of admission were sent to him as vouchura

      for his satisfaction aa to the number that had been admitted gratis into the theatre . —Mr . Leaby , for the defence , contended that the plaintiff should be nonsuited , as the the tickets must be of some value , and th « act of giving them away was contrary to the provisions of 7 William 3 , chap . -4 , the 40 th George 3 d , and other statutes passed tor the suppression of bribery at elections . He also maintained that the acts of the parties receiving the tickets was illegal , inasmuch as it might have led to riot and violence , ia their attempts to suppress the public voice ; and the plaintiff as well as the receivers had made

      themselves liable to heavy penalties . He likewise insisted that there was not sufficient proof of the defendant having authorised Rogers to act as his agent , and that no recognition of the claim subsequently on the pirt of the defendant was a strong prosumptiou in his favour . The learued secondary decided there was sufficient to go to the Jury , who ultimately found for the plaintiff , damages £ 9 2 s . The trial lasted nearly three hours , during which time tho court was densely crowded by anxious listeners , among whom were several of tho conductor * ol the Tims . i .

      Most Important Tkstiuokul op Lieut . Masters , H . P . LATE OP THB RoTAJ . NEWFOUNDLAND VBTBRA . K CoUPANIEft .

      ( CKMIFICATE . ) St . John ' s , Newfoundland , March 12 th , 1838 . Conformably to a Garrison Order , dated 9 tn March , 1838 , for the assembly of a Medical Board , to take into consideration the state of health of Lieut . Masters , R . V . C , and to report accordingly , we , the undesigned , Staff Officer and Civii Practitioner , forming the Board authorized by that order , after a strict examination of the case of Lieut . Masters , consider him as entirely unfit for military duty . Lieut . Masters has for several years been afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , which has produced serious functionary derangements of his stomach , liver , and other viscera , and finally given rise to infirmity , weakness and enlargement of the articulations , tspecially of the ancle joints ; his general health and confctitution is much impared , and therefore , in our opinion , he is incapable of further service .

      ( bifued ) Axiwt . FtRuvsoN , M . D ., Staff Assiet-Surg . Edwaed Kelly , Surgeon . Letter of Lieut . Hasten to Mr . Prout , 22 fl , Strand , London . Hawley , near Bagshot , 13 th Jan ., 1840 . Sib , —Considering that the public would be greatly benefitted by the publication of the extraordinary benefit which I have derived by taking Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , I herewith Bend tho particulars of my case , and the Medical Certificate , by which I was invalided . I was first attacked with Rheumatio Gout in 18 * 26 , from which period to 18331 was under the treatment of the late Drs . Rod , Horner and JacobB , as well as by tho present Dr . Davis , all of Hampstead . From 1833 to 1838 I was at St . John ' s .

      Newfoundland , doing duty as a Subaltern ia thfl Royal Veteran Companies , where I suffered most ; severely , and waa under the care of Surgeon Hewston , R . Y . C ., Staff Assistant-Surgeon Ferguson , and Mr . Shea , private practitioner there , without being able to prevent the moat violent fits of the gout three or four times annually , which becoming bo bad caused tho Garrison Order for the Medical Board , as before named . About the middle of last February and the whole of March my sufferings were dreadful ; in fact . 1 was unable to move without being carried ; whoa Major Birch , of Crondale , near Farnhani , a Magistrate of this county , kindly commiserating my situation , called « u ma for the purpose of taking my affidavit , that I might receive my half-pay ; and . seeing me in so miserable a state , advised mo to try Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatio Pills , baying , although not go ^ ty himself , he kuevr several who had derived benefit from them . 1 had previously beeu advised

      by a then neighbour , Mr . Fedgent , of Aluorthot , to try them , but 1 declined until the Major raeommended them . I commenced by taking them according to the directions ; aud , after taking six pills , found a cessation of all pain , and tho remaiuder of the box effectually settled that fit . I have siuce had several attacks , but as soon as I feel the least sentati « n of the disease I take the pills , which have at once removed all symptoms . I may also mention that the chalk which had formed on my ears ha 3 disappeared , and where it formed in my fiugera is decreasing . I have ceased to have tho 3 e very weakening perspirations U > which -f ~ was subjoct'betore trying the pills . Were you to print my case , and appoint an- Agent in St . John ' s , Newfoundland , where my sufferings were known , and wliere there are bo many afflicted with Rheumatic . Gont , ; you would vastly increase the sale of this valuable Medicine . l « m , Sir , , Your obedient Servant *

      ' Joax Masters , Lieut . H . P . Royal Newfoundland Veteran Comps . Wb hatb to keooild a lamentable instance of duplicity and desecration of the sanctity of public worship which oceurredaahort . ttme ainee at Chittlohamholt , in the case of a man , named Congram , a Dissenting Minister , convicted of having committed a burglary in that village ; at a prayer meeting held subsequent to the , oo ' mciission of the crime , this person , prayed to A&iighty God that he would / graciously be pleased to impart to him a knowledge of the

      perpetrator , that he might denounce him to the Magistrates , and that reparation might be rendered to the injured party and to offended justice . On the following Aanday he referred to the subjeot again in the service of the day , and again invoked the Deity to bring the offender to jOBtice ; a few days elapsed , and circumstances transpired which appeared to imphcabjlfimj anaBowascbmiaittedwgaol ; at the Tite assizes for Devon he waa foand guilty of the bnrynUfJ . and sentenced to ten years' transportation for his vfflany , the property stolen being found in his poeseesioa . —North Devon Advertiser .

      Los « Bvmr . —The bodies of lElizaJbetb Torokine , aged 10 J , and Riehard JMathew . * , aged 85 , wers buried at tho same time , on Saturday aveniug last , at whittiiWoD , in this county . The . above is the old lady who walked from her liome / iu ^ ovsmber last , to Gswestry , on the celebration of the cornice of ego of the Viscount Clive , and after witne& ! W the festivities returned ia the eveniji £ .-- Clicster Girankle . ,

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      , CARLISIE . HORRIBLE DESTITUtftON AMPNG THE c " HAND-LGOM WEAVERS . Oa Thurjtfay , iApril ^ 2 , * ' deputation from thiE body waiteA ^ npoii the-Board of Guardians at their phuse of meeting , tha Council Chamber , for the purpose of presenting the foUowihg memorial . The tody of the Town Hall was filled to excess , and several hundreds remained outside who could hot gain admittance . There would be at least « x or seven hundred men , wemen , and children . Their pale , emaciated countenances and tattered garbs presented a picture of misery and distress—such as we hare never before witnessed . Their grievances are strikingly set for A in the following memorial ; which , when read by the clerk , seemed to make a deep impression on all who heard it . It had been drawn np by a committee of that body . Carlisle , April 2 , 1840 . ADDRESS CARLISIiS .

      Of the Hnnd'loom Weavers to the Board < of 'Guardians of the Carlisle Union . GRXTt&HEK , wo , the undersigned , being * Committee appointed by the hand-loom weavers of the city of Carlisle , at two large meetings of that body , held on Monday and Tuesday-evenings , the 30 th and 31 st of March , for the purpose of making inquiry into 'present state and sufferiug of that numerous body , aftor a full and patient investigation of their condition , beg to lay before you their present state of suffering and dsprivatiou , and that of their wives and families . In the first place it will be proper > to give you a correct statemen ; of their real condition , and then leave you to judge if such a state of things ought to exist in any country , much less in ono famed for the ingenuity and industry of its inhabitants .

      That you may be perfectly satisfied as to the correctness of our statements , we would refer you to the average earnings of that body , as made out in evidenoe in Juno ,. 1838 , before Mr . Muggoridge , one of the Commissioners appointed by her Majesty ' s Government , to inquire into the state of the handloom weavers at that period . It then appeared , by the evidenco adduced by the master manufacturers and tlvoir workmen , that the average gross earnings of a hand-loom weaver was

      lid . 6 d . per week ; , and , after necessary deductions , such as loom rent , winding , aud other casual ex pensea , there would only remain the paltry sum of hi . 6 d . to support a hand-loom weaver , his wife , and children , in victuals , clothing , firing , house rent , education , < fec . ; which , you are perfectly aware , is altogether insufficient to obtain even the commonest necessaries of life , and that under this state of things , hundreds of poor men , their wives , and children , must be fa&t sinking into premature graves .

      We had thought that , such was their wretchedness and misery , that the cup of their suffering had been filled to overflowing , aud that it was utterly impossible , in a Christian country , that they should have been subjected to additional deprivation ; but ia this we have unfortunately been mistaken , for , since that period , there has been a further reduction ia their earnings of at least thirty per cent—their average gross earnings being now only 6 s . per week , while the necessary deductions for loom rent , winding , and other casual expenses , will amount to two shillings and eightpence , leaving the miserable pittance of three shillings and fourpence for a hand-loom weaver , his wife and children t-j subsist upou for a whole week .

      Wo leave you to judge of the great extent of suffering , when wo stati ' , that there aro upwards of six thousand souls in Carlisle and its vicinity dependent on this branch of industry . There are innumerable instances of families not having more than twopence a head per day to live upon , which is considerably below paupers' allowance ! It would be insulting to your feelings , as men and Christians , to ask , how is it possible for those engaged in this branch of trade to exist i But we do pxay you , aud that moat earnestly , to inquire most fully iuto tho correctness of our statements , by examining a portion of the members now assembled in tbe Town Hall , and thus satisfy yourselves as to tho accuracy of our statements . Should you find them ( as wo feel

      confident you will ) not overcharged , then , as persons appointed to guard and watch over the affairs of the people in the various districts to which you belong , to Fee that none of the public money is mis-spent , at the same time to take especial care that no one , however humble , suffer for want of the common necessaries of life which are absolutely required for the support of nature . We have thus approached your board , and laid > eforo you statements whicn , wo most fervently hope , you will inquire into ; and as we aro anxious not to annoy or harrasn you unnocessarily , much less to causo any excitment in the public miud , wo have deemed it most prudent to lay this general statement before you .

      While such a stato of extreme wretchedness exists , it is evident that very general discontent must prevail ; and when this is the caso , there cannot bo that respect paid to property which ought to be iu all well-regulated states of society ; aud should relict be not speodil y administered , there can be no sure safeguarus against those intrusions on the property of others , which are wisely considered crimes against our laws . We implore you , as men actuated by the purest and best of motives , totakd jnto consideration , without delay , the present Btato of suffering and distress , and apply such remedies ai you may consider calculated to mitigate the suffering . We remain , Gentlemen , Your obedient humble servants ,

      Joseph Broom Hanson , Chairman , James M'Kenzie , John Flannigaw , William Knatt , Alexander Milhaxaa , John Roskt , James Hurst , John Cabsok , John Young , William Mkkdham , Jamks M'Cartht , James Bates , Williau Blvthk , John . Moonet , John Mosbj , Thomas Shacklkt , John Mokison .

      To the Chairman of the Board of Guardians . Mr . Hanson said , that the weavera and their families were absolutely starving , and that unless some relief were immediately granted , the most dreadful consequences must ensue . The Guardians expressed much sympathy with the weavers , aud , after some desultory conversation , agreed to the fallowing resolution : — "The Board of Guai-diaaa of the Carlisle union having received an application from the "numerous body of hand-loom weavers in Carlisle and its vicinity , stating that they are in a stato of extreme

      want" Resolved , That the relieving ofneera be iuetructed to attead in their various localities for tke purpose of taking down all application ? , and bringing them before the Board with the least possible delay . " In the course of the evoning , there were about 500 applications entered on th « books . On Friday the Board met to consider tho cases . At twelve o ' clock Mr . Graham and othera from the firm of Messrs . Chambers and Ferguson , appeared before tho board aaid stated , that he had come oii the part of that firm to propose an advance of wages , but as the firm had been tho subject of much misrepresentation , he . wished to make the statement before the weaver * ' commUtno .

      After some deliberation , the Board ordered the deputation to be sent . for . An interesting conversatioa took place as to the rate of wages , and the cause of the present unparalleled suffering . The following is the extraordinary proposition of Messrs . Chambers and Ferguson : — Toraisethe price of all plain work Is . per head of weft , andr £ atin stripes . to 12 a , per , cent , fat eight heads of weft . This waa on condition that other masters would do the same . The difference to the weaver would be an advance of from two to three shillings a week on plain work , and between four to ^ five shillings per week on satin fctripes . If the other masters wouldjtiot agree to this , it was evident they wished to reduce waifes .

      Ihe weavera expressied great satisfaction at the proposal . Mr . George Dison , a mannfacturer , being present as a member or the Board , waa asked if their firm would agree to the proposition , and said he could not give any answer until lie had consulted his partners . . . ; ' ¦ _ . ' . ' . v . ' - . " ' ¦¦¦ ¦ Sincethenthedeputation' received a ' "ion cyasWe answer to the effect , that as gponlaa' ^ e&rs ; Chambera and Ferguson would come up U > their pjS « es , thevwqnid consider the proposition . ~~ ' - * - -- >¦¦ Now , allowing that . Messrs . Dixon are'ttftvmg a little more on some fabric * , still they ^ would hare lesa to advance to meet the proposition , aiid at the same tjme bring Messrs . Chambers and Ferguson upto the , sama rate of prices . , ' / rhereVwere . some hundred * of &miiies relieved

      witk-half » etone of meal , ani . in serions cases a stone ofiaeal . The poor rates , which h * Te been bereasing , uudw the fostojjng guidance of She New Poor , Law ,. wiU shortly Uw * e > than dpabled ! the rakkpajers ought to do all in their power to aid this suffering hotly , of their fellow-townsmen in raisiue ihpir , raj ; e : of wages , otherwise they must make xto their minds to keep them altogether . These , master manufacturers are » graapine , overreaching crew , who have gained imnmse wealth in very short periods of time . They have gone on becoming richer and richer , while the workmen ' s wages ( although manufacturing has increased in th ; s district sinco 1804 , at least three-fourths > have been going on getting lower and lower . Ahc prepositions of tne Messrs . Chambers and ]? orfitteon leads us into soms \ Yery striking calculations

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      Suppose that this firm employ 400 weavers , and enpposing that one-foirfth / are employed * £ satin stripes , and the other threcrfourths on plain tfork , then according to tlw . aditaucej they woold be paying their weavers upwards of sixty pounds a-week more than they are paying them at present , and it is only fair to assume , that they are not now carrying on without a profit . Our present Mayor , John Dixon , E ^ q ., one of the firm-of . 'Messrs . Peter Dixon , has been in London , as one of the auti-Corn Law delegation , grossly misrepresenting tbe opinions of the people here on the subject of tho Corn Laws—in fact , the most unfair means have been resorted to to get eighatures to their petition . He has basely and impudently stated there that all the ChartiBts had joined them , except a few physical-force men . Now , a more gross and wicked lie could not have been told by the most reckless vagabond in the country . Suppofietha ^ tb » Jam , ^ mploT 400 jfeftters . and Bnp-

      much less by one who prbfessos to be a Christian . We admit that some Chartists signed the petition , bat these were principally pereous who wtia in the employ of tbo master manufacturers : all those untrammelled refuesd , on the ground that a repeal was utterly impracticable ; besides , if it were , no real benefit would accrue to the iadiistrious olasses . llus fellow , now he has got into power , complains of . the Chartists wishing for physical force ; but he iorgcts that he first taught thcin the lesson , during the Reform agitation , in which he cut a very prominent figure , aud . -was bo loyal and constitutional as to advise the people to pay no more taxes Iwhich was tantamount to declaring civil war . On some future occasion we shall tako the trouble of nuiiiring a little into the rise and progress of this fatniiy from a state of absolute poverty to that of princely wealth , as the history of individuals is sometimes ad instructive as that of natious .

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      m . ¦ DARING BURGLARIES IN YORKSHIRE . At Q , ueen-Square , London , on Friday morning , George Atkinson , Thomas Atkinson , his brother , a returned transport , John Sanderson ,. and George Sandersou , his brother , a private in tho third battalion of grenadier guards , all young men of athletic make , were brought up in custody of Thomas Ellington Collinson , chief officer of police at Boroughbridge , and Samuel Wiun , chief officer of the city aud liberty of Ripou , in Yorkshire , aud placed at the bar before Mr . Gregorie , the first three prisoners charged with committing four daring burglaries in Yorkshire , each attended , with great personal violence , and . the last-mentioned prisoner with having received part of the produce of the aaid robberies , well knowing it to have been stolen . The circumstanees of the robberies charged against

      the prisoners are these . On the night of tho 2 nd ol March last , the dweiliug-house of Mrs . Mary Kent } of Beckwithbhaw , near Harrogate , farmer , was eutered by three thieves , armed with hay spader ; the inmates were threatened with death if they mado any alarm , and the thievoa succeeded in carrying off £ 42 iu gold and silver , a promissory note for £ 400 , a silver watch , and a great quantity of wearing apparel . On the « i « ht ot tho 4 th ulc , the same thieves attacked the toll-house at Burnt Gates , near Iliploy , and having got the toll-keeper to open his door , under pretence that a horse and gig was waiting to be let through tho bar , they seized him , threw him down , which fall broko his collar bone and lacerated his face , and one of them held him down while the

      others robbed the place of £ 2 in money and a watch . The thieves then decamped . They all wore masks at the time , but notwithstanding this disguise the toll-keeper is satisfied he will be able to identify two " of the party . They then proceeded to the residence of aMiv Sheppard , a farmer , living at Killinghall , near Harrogate . 'They entered this house masked , and with pistols in their hands . Mr . Sheppard , who had been awakened by the noise of the entry , got out of bed , and arming himself with thi spoke of a wheel , stood at the top of the staira , in tho nope of preventing the thieves passing him . Two of theai immediately ascended , one thief placed a pistol to his head , and the other thief oue to his breast , both 6 wearing that they would shoot liim if he attempted to resist . One of the party then remained watch

      over Mr . Sheppard , while the others pillaged the house of £ 5 in money , a silver watch , a considerable quantity of fashioned plate , a gold brooch , set with uiamonds , and a quantity of wearing apparel . They would , no doubt , have taken much more property , but the morning had broken , and they left the house hastily , leaving behind them two of the masks , and a glove . In tho dead of the night of theCtu ult . the same party broke into a lone publichouse , at Bushy Strop , near Thirok , kept by a widow named Anne Kettlewell . Two of the gang , having , as has been stated , left their masks at- the honse where they committed the last robbery , had rubbed their faces over with ruddle . They first entered the sleeping-room of the brother of the

      landlady , and took from him money amounting to £ 12 , aud some not .-3 of the Farmers Joint Stock Bank , Toronto , ( America ) . The gang then left him , swearing they would murder him if he raised the least alarm , aud proceeded to the bed room of the landlady . They all presented their weapons at her , and swore that they would sot the house on fire if hhe did not give them up the keys of the places whero tho money and valuables were kept , and to escapa personal violence sho gave them what they wished . The next place visited was the bed-yoom of a lodger named Oliver , a miller ; him they robbed of £ 2 and threatened to blow his brains out if ho made any alarm . Tho last bed-room they entered was that of another lodger named Charles Spence . ' He been awakened

      , having by tho noise , had got up in bed and was prepared to resist them , when iho tallest of the thieves said , "No resistance , or your life ;' the thief having , at the time , a pistol in one hand and aud a large knife in the other . From Spence they took four £ 5 notes , a promissory note for £ WO and some wearing apparel . It is presumed that too thieves theu immediately started for Landon , and no other robberies takiDg piace afterwards . Those mentioned were all committed in a circle of twenty miles , and the rapid succession in which they were committed together with the daring conduct of the perpetrators , threw all the surrounding country into a state of tho greatest tilarm . Notwithstanding the care taken by the prisoners to conceal their features , the descrip ^ tion given of them by all the parties left no doubt upon the minds of Coliinaon and Winn , the police othcers . that the eame party had perpetrated all

      tne robboiiea . Alter exerting themselves in the most indefatigable and praiseworthy manner , they obtained such information as induced them to believe that the gang bad concealed themselves in London . Accordingly they arrived in the metropolis on Ihursday week , and after a diligent search , succeeded on the previous night in apprehending the three' first-mentioned prisoners in Holland-street Strutton-ground , Westminster , where they had taken a house . The description given of them by the parties robbed left scarce any doubt upon the officers raindi as to their identity , and this impression was further strengthened , when , upon searching the premises , they fouud articles which had been taken from all four of the places robbed . The prisoners , vvno at first sho wed a little resistance , were then conveyed to the Station-house of the B divi&ion in the New Way , after which the officers proceeded to the Wellington-barracks , and apprehended the fourth prisoner .

      Ihe above is the substance of what was xtated to the Bench by the officers , who , aftar they had made thoir statements , said they should wish the prisoners to be remanded to give tacm an opportunity to trace the property . Mr . Gregorie said the request of the officers should bo attended to , and asked the prisouexs it ' thev Wished to Bay anything . ¦¦ . . - ThepriBouers declined making any defence , and were remanded for a week . The prisoner * ( that is , those charged with the burariesiiave bee

      gl ) long n known in the North ' aiid WestlUtimg of Yorkshire , as daring thieves and aro said to have committed several * ' crack" robberies ) in London . The prisoner , Thomas Atkinson , has but recently returned from Botany Bay , > to which place he was transported for seven years for a robbery committed in Oxford-street , and tor which he was apprehended in Yorkshire by Winn the officer . He only served five years of his sen-*« nc . ! i . Earl de Grej . haying : intercfidasUiaL him and . obtained a commutation of the remain ^ tS years . . - -

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      IV MIDLAND CIRCUIT—Wabwick , April 1 . THS BIRMINGHAM CHARTISTS . ( Before ilr . Justice BosafigueLj Edward Brown , whose « W& Was pOHtponod &o * x tie lastasBl * ** , rtood charge , ! with sedition . The defendant , who , as attended by Messrs . Julian Harney Fossell , and VVilkes , pleaded not guilty , 7 MeBsw . Balquy , Hill , and Waddimgton an-Pj » d M Counsel for the Crown . BmwaSSdfi ^ ^ DDlNGXOX 8 t ated " *• aatar * of the indictm «^ The first eount charged ^ defendant witS the aint of March , 1830 , recommending theiSe to * £ S £ SL " * **« ^<*** A * £ S&&

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      opportnnitjr of efficiently coaducHna ; th © 4 eftnce . anA he lefithe cW entirely in th «( fi « njuI ) 3 fjihp ^ rT r Mr . W . C . Chapman was then examined by Jla WADpiNGTON-On the 21 si of Mairch , 1839 , at ei « fcV o ' clock , there was a meeting of people intlieBull-rawi , Between 200 and 300 were assembled , I knewtte d ^ C fendant Brown . He was among ' the people that night and addressed the erbwd which was assembled aromS him , and I conld hear distinctly what he said . On th « i next morning , the 22 d , I wrote down what he said , for j I could not sleep during the whole of the sight H 4 > said , " Our leader , Mr . Thomas Attwood , called npo « the Government the other night to strengthen the navf against the powers of the , continent , and he was received with sneers . " The defendant then wtnt onto say , "I call upon you all to do as I shall do ; armyomw Belvea and be ready , and then you will be prepared W meet your enemies , whether they come from Franet o pportunity of effi ciently coaducHn * « i « aa » . . _ . y

      Germany , or Russia , or your own domestic tyrant * If don't know how long you njcan to bear th « tyrannj { £ I the aristocraU , but I can tell you I mean to bear it * very little longer . The man that does so ia a rank Cinr . f ard . Arm yourselvea . and be ready to wsirt your o > 5 pressors ; depend upon nothing but Almighty God an * ; your own right arms . " The next heaaid was « ' Genti * . men , you know the aristocrats have left you scarcely enough to support natur e , while they are wallowing iV wealth and luxury on their sofaa , and rollingin th * 5 streets in their carriages s and if a poor beggar look » to them for a trifle , they treat him with contempt tuA f disdain . They rely upon the soldiers pntting us dowa , but they won't . They are taken from our own rank £ and if w « are united what can the boWmts do ? W $ : - !) ave only to walk . arminrarm , and we could tranrnK them under our feek The Whigs are greater aconndjek ^ 1 than the Tories—hypocrites who , under the pretenca gt I

      liberty , deprive us of oil our rights . We must-demand ^ oux rights , and if our aristocratic tyrants deny them . we mnst seize them ~ bj force of arms . They are tSr ^ enemies of the country , and we must armjonrselves tj 1 resist them . They may hang m « at the rope ' s eu 4 if I they like . I am ready to shed my Wood for poatcsttK'i Prepare yourselves with pikes and muskets , and bajtf - ¦> nets , and swords , and be ready to fight for your ri ghfc and liberties , whither your euomies are foreign or Aw meatic tyrants . Read Pained Rights of Man . ' I haw . I say nothing of hia theological works , but I agree fa every -word he says in his Ri ght * . of Man . * I staai upon the rights of my order . We , the working classec won't submit to the tyranny of the aristocrats . tettS aristocrats make tbeir lawa , we , the worktog clasaeiL - will mate oura . We'll do po -work for them , andij »<\ wiU take care that they shall have nothing to do wift ; our rights . " This is all I pat down . I « m quite su »* oainmat

      upon my , ne used these expresstous Tl £ dorendant begaai about eight rfclook , and aid not eo » elude tUl near nine . HU address was received wM ' loud cheers . I henrd no other speak «* . The niestoS ' * consisted chiefly of working people . I heard Brovr ^ subsequently speak frequently in the BuU-ring , both ia the evening aud the day time . Thewitaesa was cross-examined by the defendar * at some length , but did not elicit anything of importanei Inspector William Hall deposed to there havlngUS Cbartiat meetings at the thna specified , and toS having the defendant

      seen speaking there in VaL spring and summer of last year I was one of tfae caw stables of Birmingham . At that time there weS nightly what wo called Chartist meetings in the Bolt ring . They produced great alarm in the town and great annoyance to the inhabitants . One one occasio . n I ani Spittle and eighteen street-keepeiji were sent out * ascertain tho names of the speakers . I saw Brown « l several of those meetings . I have heard hhn speat but never took notice of what he said . Tho mefctinS continued from March , to the 4 th of July , whon tS London police came down .

      Cross-examined by Brown—I never cursed youfwifc * life or limbs , or spoke of turning your children out of bed . I am not aware that you ever attended any meet ing ia the Bull-ring after , yon were arrested . Waa a policeman in . 1832 : . the thoroughfares were then obstructed . Amongst the banners of that day a&t hoisted ftt Mr . Attwood ' 8 political , meetinra was on on which waa inscribed— ¦ J . " Liberty is the right of all ; ! " By that we'll stand , by that we'll fall . On another was a death ' s heart and cross bones , i dont remember Mr . Jogoph Parkes , the Goverrlmejtt agent , advising th « people to resist the payment it taxes . . ¦ ¦ . - * [ Here one of the Jury , Mr . Flavell , of Bennett ^ mil , was excused from further attendance on accomA of illness . ] T 7

      Witness—I recollect Mr . Attwood addreEafaig th » 1 people from the Bank and the New Kcyal HoteL ' Mr . Brown tLen addressed the Jury in'his'defentir 1 aud proceeded to say thathU offence was not near » 1 great as that of many of the magistrates of the Whit 1 Corporation of Birmingham . He ( Mr / Brown ) , ail poor man , assisted in obtaining the franchise ^ for tb * ' middle classes , and he thought a prosecution came with ¦ ill grace from parties who , to serve themselves , haft ! been guilty of greater enormities . During the struggb for the Reform Bill it was the habit to Birmingham frread the newspapers in the public streets . He at that i time had read to assembled thousands , and for this ha * I been applandcd by the present prosecutors . He wouH ; mention what first introduced him into public life . Ia ~ 1832 , the newspapers were read from a window i » . f New-street , denouncing the Boroughmongerlng Paxlia . I ment , and they were then termed the honest working 1 classes . The man -who first set him t& ? example off reading newspapers iti public was a man wb , 0 had just M skulked out of the Court—Matthew DaveAport Bil ^ | Esq . —a man who occasionally , now-jf-days , sat i »| judgment upon Ids fellow-creatures . The defendsusi i read from the Birmingham Advertiser an extract fron { a police report , in which , in the course of exaininati «; of some parties charged with obstructing the thoreug ^ - f fare in the Hull-ring , he ( Browp ) called uponthepenpIe . it / iJ respect tbe authority of the magistrates . He admitted- '} that ho , as well as Mr . Thomas Attwood , bad bee » 1 wrong ih his prophecies ; and , perhaps , he had placed U too much confidence in Mr . Attwood ' s prophecies an * . ? promkea , for , at present , he Lad got nothing by thaftA

      , The reason -why he had used some of thostrocgLui' f guage with which he was charged was a letter which ; ? appeared in the Birmingham Journal from Mr . Thonat % Attwood , late M . P . for Birmingham , in vtidth ' St 7-- 'i stated , that unless the people of England resisted j the aggression of Russia , they ( the people of Englaa $ ? would be swept away , and that unless the Min&teft ? acted against that aggressive power , upon the breakiof npof the Baltic ice they ought to loose their heada Then , as to other conduct imputed to him , why then ¦ was another man who went on what was termed a rifb tour in Scotland , he ( Brown ) supposed to meet thi power of Russia . He mtant the- present Mayer * Birmingham . He had never advocated any unconstitutional doctrine ; but only that the people had aetfr stitutional force by force , and blow by Wow . Wlul was the motto of the great prop of the minLstrr ? -- - , .-

      , /_ . " Hereditary bondsmen , know ye not , . Who would be free themselves must strike thi blow J " So far from feeling offended at this prosecution , he took that opportunity of thanking his prosecutors for allow ing him to express hla sentiments and opinions to British jury . He ( Mr . Brown ) had only fought for tW welfare of his native land . He might have talked of muskets and pikes , and he had a right tado so ; buiJ * i had no right to direct any person to take u ? a muskel and blow out his . neighbour ' s brains , fliedefendwil afterwards referred to a recent opinion of Mr . J « stt »

      Coleridge , at Carlisle , in which he Jajd-itdown that taj jury ought , in a case like the present , to have the whqjl of the speech delivered , as there might be paswgei which wight qualify othera which were uttered in tb li ^ at of ^ sseussion . If the witness Cbapmau had gim the wholo of his speech instead of , detached passagei , the jury would at once s « e that the passages ehaxgtd against him , and of which he had really no recollection would be completely qualified , if not entirely neutnt j zed . Ho concluded a very long and very able ttddre by c ^ ling upon the jury to accowl to him & vewiie * of

      acquittal . Mr . Justice Bosanquot observed he' was » at tbe jury . in considering the case , would divest themaejYea of nli political feelings . They liad nothing to d ^ with the conduct of oth ^ r people ; their flimple d ^ j f was to deterjawe , whather or not tho defendftnt ¦ «»• guilty of "tuing certain seditious and infinntaatorT worf * imputed to Mm . :. . The jury , : af ^ er abpul fire minutes' < sonsideiati «* found the prisoner guilty , , Mr . Balguy said there were two other fadictnwi * gainst ^ ieprisoner , aWone drratffl ~ mort mHom 1 * ture « - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦; - - , : ; . . : - ¦ r . UrowB , wished to know if tbis waa the proper fBM to say anything fa mitigation ? . - The Judge said he understood that he had rtstj * wh ^ Vhehad to Bay jn mUigation .- ¦' . ' . '

      , The prisoner had only to say , if he had ' oonunl ** any crime , it was the rewli of fancying that ba bad ri ^ t to do m others h . W done ^ lie wigbt Bay bj *» f who w « M ivir- makvra . I *»| e di ^ he jpppW * f * W » after such an , ex « uple hal ^ a i&lm , fa j * l-1 + ties would turn round and pro ? eeute'Jfcu » for doing W * which they toemailvea w ^ reih ^ fiis tt ^^ so ^ mt Heferf only further to add ,, that his wl& wSs then ^ W ia . brfr aad that . a « .: ^; BfiV ^ iie ; tpW ' i cm 14 jenV ' * Jw ' ^^ being nine y ^ df . age , and noi ^ ni of whoin witt ajM toob ^ ite . ownflveHhoodi ' , ' , - The *

      Learned Judge aaid he was ex ^ reaiely « f « y f * l the . ntuatibniQ whj « S , tb # 4 « fejidank bad jilwe * himaettsuid his / amily . r hut he epxOd wt forget tBedanaP' ^ ous 8 itttatid « niiisfr- ^ iti acts he bad place * tbftipW lie . He ( the Learned Judge ) would not say thai . §• >; [ « n *« bll «

      : The " other . indictuients were not proceedeU with . _ , G . J . Harhey and H ' .-tyillce . s were next nTrsigned » P ~ , 3 ilr . Balguy stated , that to confequtnee ofJW » Laving abstains d fr » in Chartist agitation eiixCd t « o ! ** a ^ siiias , he shdulO ; not offer any tvidonce » saia » t thiB ^ . Tji # / were acMroinjly acquiit «< l , . ¦ ¦ - )¦ ' % ¦ ¦• : ' ' .. '¦' ¦ V- ' -V . ' . :.. j ^ - - ¦ ;

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      ' CpARACTER OF MR . ROBI » T ^> WBH . & RANT'S LONDON JOURNAL . No . U , Pnblished this Day , priee TWOPENCE , oontains a lengthened Pasmal , Moral and IntelJeetual Sketch of MR . ROBERT OWEN , in which hia Character will be made to-appear in a NewLi « ht .. The Friends and Foea of Socialism are equally invited to rwid th 53 Sketch , which is written by the author of " Random Recollections , " " The Great Metropolis , " &c . GRANrS LONDON JOURNAL identiflea itself with the interests of the Working Classes , and contains various articles showing how their condition mav be bettered . " One of the best and most handsome publications of the day . "— Weekly True Sun . Published by Geo . Berger , London ; and to fee had of J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds ; Heywood , Manchester ; Smith , Liverpool ; aad all Booksellers . ' CHARACTER OP MR . ROBSIT 6 WBK .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 11, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2679/page/2/