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OF the British College of Health , King's Cr ^ is . London . Sold by W . STUBBS , General Agent for Yc , kshire , at 47 , Queen ' s Terrace , Wmgham Str-t , North Road , Leeds ; also Mr . Walker , Statiu ^ r , Briggate ; and Mr . Heaton , Stationer , Brigga ; ,.
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BRANDY AND SALT . MR . WILLIAM LEE wishes to inform tLose Ladies and Gentlemen who desire to subs ^ -ibe tu his PAMPHLET , Illustrating and Explain , g the Use of that Remedy , they can insert tl .., ir Names at the Intelligencer Office , Commercial-etrcet , until Saturdat Evening , 27 th of June , when iie LIST WILL BE CLOSED , and those who hare Subscribed may have their Pamphlets , by Apr * i ation at that Office , on or after 29 th of June , i'rue to Subscribers , Twenty-one Pence . After that Time , the Pamphlets will be sold r > y Mr . Somesscale , 75 , Briggate , Leeds , Price T . ^ o Shillings . Leed ? , 18 th June , 1840 .
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PUDSEY , 15 th June , 184 « .. AT a Meeting of the Rated Inhabitants of Ji » Township , held this Day , in pursuance of V blic Notice , at the Town ' s School , Mr . JOSEPH CAUTHERAY , the Constabl . ft the Chair , It was Moved by Mr . Johh Pabbar , Seconded by Mr . James Swithenbakk , and Resolved unanimously , 1 st , That we , having learnt with great sur ; : & that it is the Intention of the Guardians in the I- . Iford Union "to abolish the Pudsey Workhouse , zud remove the Inmates to Bradford , do express in 1 . 9 most decided manner our entire Disapprobatior > f the Project ; because the former cannot be k . a without great Injustice to the Ratepayers , and ; . a latter without unnecessarily outraging the Fet-H , 3 of our owu Poor ; aud also because our Workln . ! a is sufficiently capacious for the purposes intend *; - ! , and stands in a very healthy Situation .
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ince , 10 , 000 troops to beat down the disloyal English ! STiitj-we say , of Ireland \ "What'B the picture there ? tfhy , in that beautiful and fertile country , which rrows more than three times what all her hardy sons jould eat , we find the loyal subjects of the Queen jompelled , through the infamous oppressions to which they are subjected , in her name and by her authority , to rob the kennel of Its dog ' s meat , and make the owner reparation by presentment on the county ! How , we ask , with guilt and crime thus heaped and piled upon the head of one woman , by the only recognised and represented parties in the state , can great devotion to her person be expected ?!! She is represented as a perjurer , an infidel , and a j ^ ^?!^?^^^^^^?^!
conspirator , by one party ; as crnel , unrelenting , unforgiving , and unapproachable by the other party ; while those alone who bear oppression's heavy fyifden , and are shut oat from all participation in the rights of citizens , have struggled against both for the investment of her rightful and responsible prerogatives in her own royal person . Where , in the blackest calendar , are we to look for crimes more black than those with which this royal person has been practi tally charged by foul-mouthed faction 1 An , as the guilty ever seek to lull suspicion , we now 2 nd the two base factions vieing with each in their fulsome adulations of the woman whom they both conspire by word and deed to ruin .
In truth , the assassin-glory may be well divided thus between them and their witless tool , the box Oxford . The Whigs loaded the piece to the very muzzle ; the Tories directed it to the very point , and the fool fired it at the very person . Thank God ! the u Monarch-destroying , " " blood-thirsty , " " murdering , - "' " traitorous , 15 "levelling , " " plundering , " B all devouring" Chartists , have neither part nor lot in the matter .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND GEORGE WHITE . In the Leedi Times of last Saturday , we "find the infamous treatment of Geosge White , detailed in our last number of the Northern Star , referred to in these terms : — " George White , the Chartist . —This individual is now at hard labour in Waiefield House of Correct ion , ander the most rigid prison discipline , no
friends being allowed to see him , not even his own father . Be is said to be in such a bad state of health , that he his fallen off the tread mill twice , and on one occasion it was found necessary to carry him to bed . What has he done more than Feargus" O'Connor that there should be such a distinction made in the punishment imposed upon the two . " Is the Leeds Times angry because Grobge White is put upon the treadmill ; or because Feargcs O'Cojwok is not put upon the treadmill '
It seems necessary to ask this question ; for it really does not appear very clearly , from this most invidious mode of stating the fact of White ' s illtreatment , which of these positions our contemporary is inclined to take . The inference which every one who reads this paragraph must draw from it is , that inasmuch a 3 "White is subjected to worse treatment than CCossob , therefore O'Coxsor has nothing to complain of . This is the plain English * of the matter . Two persons have just reason of complaint ; but one of them is so situate that he eannot -complain ; therefore , the other
who can complain , should hold hi 3 tongue . Snch is the logic of the Leeds Times ; and it is about as conclusrre as that of the young Oxonian , of whom doubtless our readers have all heard . The story runs thus : —JL respectable old farmer and his wife , having but one son , were determined he Ehould be a gentleman , and so Bent him to Oxford , where he soon began to ape the gentleman and the logician . On the first Tisit of the Oxonian to bis humble parents , two Tery fine capons were , amongst other things , sewed up for dinner , in honour of the gifted gnest . " Tom , " said the father , " 111 warrant thee hjtstn'i seen & finer pair of capons than them there , in all thy travels , "
" A peer of ceepons , said the scholar , " you ' ve not been to Hawjcford , or you'd a known that there are three ceepons there . " ° Three I " , exclaimed the father . u Three !" responded the aSrighted mother . " Why , Tom , how doeri make that out—eh ? how dos ' t prove \\ P " Prove it , " rejoined the aspirant to wrangling honours , " why to demonstration ! Is n ' t that one ? aad is not that two ? and do not one and two make tkreef ' "Bravo , Tom , " said the father , " theebees't a cate l * d , and thee chops logic finely ; so here ' s to share
em according to thy 'rethmatic . Here ' s one for thy old mother , and one for thy ignorant feytber ; aad now , Tom lad , thee may tak t' third for thy l yyflfng I " Without saying anything about the applicability of this story to the case in point , we think we may venture to proaounce the logic of 4 he Oxonian to be quite as good as that of the Leeds Tune * . Had the Leeds Times been as industrious in search of something good as he seems to have been m the deTelopement of a -rery different principle , he wonld not have made it necessary for us . to remind him tiat , while FEARcrs O'Co . VfOS had" the liberty and power of doing so , he did all that mortal man could do for Geobge White .
Whue and Wilson were arrested , and were denied the privilege of bail by the Leeds Magistrates . O'Coxkob instantly had application made to the ftueen ' s Bench to have them held to bail ; he sent twice to London , at his own expense , to « xpediteihe hearing ; he went to York Castle to see ^ HiiE , and , when told "by the Governor it was beneath the dignity of a Barrister to visit a prison , ie replied u there is no dignity greater than that of assisting the oppressed "; he saw White , and ke lodged with the Governor aa much money for his use as he ( White ) could be allowed
*• have ; he -ordered that White ' s wife ehould receive , daring the incarceration of her husband , fifteen shillings a-week , which was what he had previously earned , aad which was paid to her at this office every Saturday night ; by dint of perseverance , he did that in a short time which might have occupied * less energetic friend for months—he got them admitted to bail in a Tery low amount , and the Magistrate * reprimanded , by Mr . Justice Littlbdale ; and he continued hia-pecuniary aid to White after Mb liberation on bail . To Wilsok ' s wife he abo ordered a like payment of 15 s . weekly during his
mprisonmeat . Wilsoh was unable to obtain ball , * ad though Mr . O'Cohkob had never seen him , he give security to two tradesmen , who became bail fer ^ ilsos , and got him liberated . And yet the Leeds Taae ^ under pretence of sympathising with Geoege ^ Siis , -would seek w damp the Yirtnous indignation of the people at the infamous treatment of O'Coxsoa ! The attempt will fail . The people know O'Cosjioa too well They know that no man ever Wore worked as he has done for the raising of White and all his class from -want , and above ° PP « eaon .
y * are Borry to see the Leeds Times so readily disposed to imitate the general practice of what are ailed " Liberal" papers . We know not that we * e * er offered the slightest provocation to either j ™* or any other paper ; but yet , like many other pro" ^ edly Radical papers , it frequently allows the ** arTe * eenee of * rancoroM spirit to appear in some J *** fling , either directly at the Northern Star , or """ reedy at it , through Mr . O'Coasoa . Its petty * tt * eks hare beeu oonsttatij repeated almost ever ¦*« the commencement of the Northern Star ;
"afore thai time Fbajmjus O'Cokkok was one ™ ite chief favourites . It was then conducted by * °° * Robebt Nicoll , who died shortly after the ^"" aencement of the Star , and whose successor , we ** £ uie , had enongh of the one single castigation *^ eh we took the trouble of bestowing on him . We f *~ thii . k t&at , on its passing ont of his hands into ^ e of its pr esent Editor , we should find it conc > 6 d as might become a scholar and a gentleman . erep- et ; purely for the sake of the Leeds Times , is laL *^ 1 maaife 5 t 3 Eome P ° rt i ° n of the spirit of . - Editor . To U 3 , individually , it can never
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make the least difference ; but we know that the manifestation of snch a spirit is always noted by the people , and never fails to Excite disgust at those by whom it is exhibited ; and as we know that every paper advocating FmvEBSAL Suffrage has more or less of rafiaence in proportion to its estimation among the people , we feel sorry to see any one of them destroying any portion of its own usefulness . "S * ^* JSl ^ S ?* ^ ™> W
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THE IMPRISONED CHARTISTS . We have not received upon this Bubject half so many letters as we ought to have had . There are more than two hundred , as we believe , in prison ; of whois we have received reports of less than thirt y , and mest of those came so late in the week that it ha 3 been impossible for us to arrange them in any order for this week ' s publication . We think this highly disgraceful to the friends of every victim , who , seeing our notice , have neglected to take the trouble of writing . We require to have all the
necessary lnformaJion , as requested in our last , from the friends of the imprisoned Chartists , of whom we have not yet heard by the first post after the Star shall have been seen , by them . We think the suffering victims have , at all events , a right to demand this at their hands .
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THE DELEGATE MEETING AT MANCHESTER ON THE SIXTH OF JULY . On this subject , as on that of the imprisoned Chartists , we havejto complain of non-attention on the part of the people . We have only received three letters up to this ( Friday morning ) . Merthyr Tydvil and Nottingham will send delegates . The Bath Radicals are not able to send a delegate , but particularly recommend the adoption of Mr . Lowry ' s plan as the best calculated to advance the cause .
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A Subscriber , Bolton . — We have not room . G . Da-nvebs . — We do not recollect the letter he alludes to . Joh . n Smith will see that his letter in reference to " A Republican of the Old School" is rendered unnecessary by that of W . P . He presses on all the towns of the West-Biding , the necessity of sending Delegates to the meeting at Dewsbniv ¦ en the 22 nd . Samuel Thomas . — We have not room . John White . — We have not room for his petition . Robert Hartwell . — We have not received the letter to which he alludes , nor do we intend to
tnsert any more correspondence upon thai subject . Hawick Radicals . — We think it would be very unwise to publish Mr . Thomson ' s letter . They _ trill see that ice have given enough to clear Mr . Lee from suspicicn . Christopher Fakrell strongly enforces the claims of the people ' s incarcerated leaders and their families . He also " thinks it too bad that the report of the meeting in Carpenter ' s Hall , had no ' finish' in our last number . " If he had looked at the notes to correspondents , he would have seen that the fault was not ours . For
some reason ichich we do not yet knmc , the remainder of the report never came to hand . Power Loom Weavers . —John Campbell recommends that there should be a union of the Power Loom Weavers , for the two-fold object of resisting a reduction of wages , and for the attainment of the Psopie ' s Charter . Radical Abstinence Society . — , / . W . Wilson informs us that a society has been formed at Birmingham under this title , for the double purpose of crippling the revenue , by an abstinence
from taxed articles , such as intoaicating drinks of a ll kinds , tea , coffee , and tobacco , and applying the money so saved , to the establishing of a Radical Tract Depot for the diffusion of sound political information among the people . He calculates that if one million of those who signed the Charter , will abstain from the usual con-¦ sumption of these articles , the decrease of revenue , in twelve months , will be eleven millions of pounds . Edwabd Hughes . — We have no means of giving the information he wishes .
THE SuBSCRIBEBS of the Nobthees Stab are recommended by a Corr&sp& > u } ent to adopt the following plan . — " When you have read that powerful advocate of your rights , send it to the post-office directed for any parson or priest you may know ; by this means you trf ^ disabuse Ids mind of the base libels , continually poured forth by the degraded press , and should you have the good fortune to make one parson a Chartist , you may depend vpon it you will have the congregation too , for the maxim in England is , whatever the parson saj , s is right , is right ; and whatever he says is wrong , u wreng . " Ors Manchzster Reporter has expressed his
surprise at the non-appearance of the remaining portion of the report of the Dinner to Mr . Owen at the Hall of Science . On enquiry , however , he has ascertained tfiai the man who took the report to the Post-Office has not since heen heard of , and he conjectures that in consequence of the report being written on tissue paper , which was seen by the bearer , he has absconded with the packet , supposing he had got a prize of bank notes . What renders this more probable is , that he did not return for the shilling which he was to have for conveying the letter to the Post-office , in time for the morning Yorkshire mail .
Can Me . L . T . Clancy oblige Mr . Waltixgham Martin with a copy of the Dublin Register of the 28 lh of March 1840 , addressed to him at 23 , Lowther-street , York ?
FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . s . d . From a few Friends at Horsforth ... 2 0 From Elizabeth Pybus , and a few Friends 2 6 i From Woodhouse , near Leeds ... 50 0 From Dundee 5 0 , From a Young Copperplate Printer 1 0 From Nottingham , being the amount ef a Weekly Subscription of One Penny each by a few Friends meeiing at the King George on Horseback / i norteoacK
.. ... oa ... ... ... 20 0 From Belfield Print Works , for Mrt . O'Brien 7 2 , Charles Taylor , for M'Douall ... 0 3 - From a few Friends at Honley , for R . J . Richardson 8 6 Carriage ... ... 1 2 ... 7 4 The amount noticed in the Star of last week , at sent by the Instrumental Band of Alloa , should have been from Aha . From TFm . Mehille , Markinch , per P . M'Douall ... 4 6 From Woodhouse , near Leeds ... 5 0 A few Sailors at Paisley , per TFm .
Aitken ... ... ... 4 0 A few Friends at Sittingbourne ... 5 0
MRS . FROST AND OTHERS . From Woodhouse , near Leeds ... 5 0 From the Radicals of Liver sedge , for the following persons : — Mrt . Joseph Crabtree ... ... SO Mrt . Athlon ... ... ... 3 0 Mrs . PeterHoey ... ... ... 5 0 Mrs . J . B . O'Brien ... ... SO
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USEDS . Fourth Cektekart op thb Intention op PRijfrisc—We understand that the body of Printers la Leeds intend celebrating this interesting period by dining together on Saturday next , the 27 th inst . ; and , invitations having been forwarded to the members of the-profession in the surroundine towns , many of them will doubtless avail themselves of the opportunity of visiting Leeds . It is pleasing to think that advantage is thus taken of the Foukth Cestknaby to do honour to the memory of those whose unrivalled genius originated ^ the invaluable art of printing : an art in tbe prosperity of which they are so _ immediately interested ; one which has been mainly instrumental in the great work of civilization ; and to which we , as a people , are in a great measure indebted for the position we hold in the scale of nations .
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Woodhouse Radical Association ,- ? -As friends to universal freedom , and lovers of equal justice , we , the members of the above Association , beg to hand over to you—_ , £ b . d . t or the support of the wives and families of the incarcerated Chartists . 2 10 0 TowardBthe expenses of the trial 01 the brave M'Douall — 0 5 0 Towards Mistresses Frost , Jones , and Williams ' s expenses to London 0 5 0 - Woobhocsb IWai . AssoaAXio ^ AsfriendB
It would ill become those thirsting- for political liberty to see the families of the bravest patriots that England ever could boast of , suffer want and privations , and their homes become desolate , without throwing over them the shield of protection , by contributing to their support . Let every town aud village in England , Ireland , and Scotland be actuated by the same philanthropic spirit as animated the bosoms of those now suffering ; and let not such noble-minded patriots as Benbow , Johnson , Lovett , Collins , O'Brien , Vincent , and M'Douall have to experience , in addition to their incarceration in Whig dungeons , the galling mortification of knowing that their wives and families are neglected by the very men who used to laud and cheer them on . Let
every one consider it his duty—a duty which he owes to his own family and the country—to contribute his mite , and solicit the support of others . Let not the fair tree of liberty have its noblest branches cut off by the iron axe of despotism , wielded by the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , withont making an effort to shield it from the threatened destruction . Theatre . — "Jack Sheppard" has been again played throughout the week , to the no small delight of the audience , and to the increase ( as we trust ) of the funds of the management . The only novelty of the week is " Perseus and Andromeda , " in which we are introduced to the far-famed American Seaserpent , "half horse , half man , and half alligator ;" and m which Mrs . Hooper is as charming aud as spirited as ever .
Unwholesome Meat . —On Monday evening , a quantity of rubbish , misnamed beef , was publicly burnt in the Vicar ' s Croft . It was seized by Mr . Horner , and condemned by the late Leet Jury , on Saturday . It was the property of Thomas Clarkson , formerly a retail butcher , but latterly professing to deal by the carcase only , residing in Gibson ' s Yard ; part of it , however , had previously been cut up and exposed for sale in the shop of Thos . Longbottom , in Fleet-street , who has obtained an unenviable notoriety in this line of business , but on this occasion , hearing that Mr . Horner was on the scent , he conveyed his share back to Gibson ' s "i ard . On Mr . Horner entering Clarkson's premises , he was threatened to be stabbed if he touched the meat , fer which offence he was
summoned before the borough magistrates , and fined ( under the Improvement Act ) in the mitigated penalty of £ 1 and costs . We think cases of this kind deserve an exposure more public than the burning of the meat seized , and would recommend that a cart should be procured , to be driven through the town ( particularly those streets where tho poorer classes reside ) , with the rubbish seized hungup in it , which should have a black board elevated in front , containing in large chalk characters , on both sides , the name and residence of the party who had been mean enough to tempt the poor , under pretence of furnishing them with cheap food , to purchase that , which , if eaten , must tend to foster diseases . Much of this kind has lately been seized , and we are glad to hear the jury are « Ietermined , if possible , to put a stop to the traffic .
Inquests . —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . Hopps , solicitor , ( deputy coroner during the absence oi Mr . Blackburn ) , at the Royal George inn , Hunslet-lane , on view of the body of James Willans , ten years of age , who , on Sunday afternoon , fell into a pond in Oakes ' s brick-yard , and was drowned before he could be rescued . Verdict" Found drowned . " —On Tuesday , another inquest was held before the same coroner , at the Mexbro ' Arms , Hunslet , on the body of Richard Austin , sixty-five years of age . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a cart driver , and on the 28 th of may , had been in Camp Field , loading a cart with thread-waste . On driving away his team , he by some means fell , and the cart wheel passed over the whole length of his right arm ; surgical aid was instantly procured , but gangrene ensuing , he died on the 13 th instant . Verdict— " Accidental Death . "
Stealing Fowls . —On Tuesday , two young men , George Langstaff and Abraham Hall , were charged at the Court-house , with having stolen a number of hens , the property of Mrs . Haigh , Mill Shay , Beeston . The hen-roost of the prosecutrix was entered during the night of Saturday , and twenty hena stolen ; on Sunday afternoon , the two prisoners , along with another man , were seen carrying two bundles , in the direction of Holbeck , from oue of which bundles the head of a fowl was discernible this caused remark
some , and the third man , who afterwards became evidence , threw down his bundle and ran away ; it was found to contain five hens . Longstaff and Hall were apprehended on Monday night ; their companion said he had only been asked by Longstaff to carrj the bundle to Holbeck , and lie knew nothing of the contents till the head of the fowl was seen , nor did he know where they came from . The fowls produced were sworn to by Mrs . Haigh , as her property , and the two prisoners were committed for trial .
Druids . —On Monday last , the members of the Royal Arch Chapter , held at Mr . Wood ' s , Fleece Inn , Briggate , Leeds , celebrated their anniversary , on which occasion near one hundred brothers sat down to a most sumptuous dinner , got up in 6 uch a style as was highly creditable to the taste and ability of the host and hostess . After the cloth was drawn , the evening was spent in social intercourse and good humour . Amongst the various toasts given , was the health of the worthy host and hostes 3 , with thanks to them for the ample and rich repast which they had provided , which was drank with very great cordiality . The members separated in good time , highly satisfied with the thriving condition of the Chapter , and the flourishing state of its funds .
Cruelty to Animals . —On Tuesday , before the West-Riding magistrates , at Leeds , Wm . Hodgson , John Barrett , and Thos . Childs , calf-dealers , of Otley , were fined lOs . each and oostB , for cruelty to calves , by tying them neck and heels together , and forcing too mauy of them into carts to convey them to Leeds market . C . Beckett , Esq ., severely animadverted upon the conduct of the defendants , and assured them , that neither they nor others , would for the future be again so leniently dealt with . Sunpay Gambling . —On Monday , two lads , named John Wilkinson and John White , were fined 3 s . 4 d . aad costs , for having been caught playing at pitch and toss on Sunday afternoon , ne { 3 the Botanical Gardens , Headingley .
Armley Odd Fellows' Literary Institution . — On Tuesday , a lecture " 00 the rise and progress of printing" was delivered to the members of the above institution , by Mr . Alexander C . Sherriff , of Armley , Ths attendance was exceedingly numerous , but the excellent arrangements made by Mr . Farrar , news agent ( in whose house the Institution is held ) , prevented any inconvenience from being sustained . At the close of the lecture , a vote of thanks was unanimously and cordially given to Mr . Sheriff for his eloquent and interesting address .
Another Mad Visitor to the Queen from the Neighbourhood of Scarborough . —On Thursday afteruoon , about four or five o ' clock , a man about 35 years of age , tall , of fair complexion , wearing his hair in ringlets behind , and very genteelly dressed , went into the Equerries' entrance , at Buckingham Palace , and demanded to see the Queen . The object o ( his visit , he said , was to tell the Queen in pei-Bon that he was not a leader of the Chartists , as some of the country papers had represented . It was elicited from him , that he had come from a town near Scarborough , in Yorkshire ; that he was in independent circumstances , and was at present staying -at an hotel in tho neighbourhood of the office . He was , of course , refused admission , bnt was afterwards allowed to depart , he being considered to be labouring under a momentary delusion .
LOUGHBOROUGH . Chartist Meeting . —At a meeting of the Longhborongh Chartists , held on Monday last , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : —1 . "That a public meeting be called next Monday evening , by placard , for the purpose of appointing a committee to make arrangements for a visit from Messrs . Lovett and Collins as early as possible after their release from their unjust imprisonment , when it is hoped that all friends to freedom will attend . "—2 . "That ft is
desirable , at the present time , to promote union as far as possible ; they , therefore , recommend that a county delegate meeting be held at Mountsorrel , on Tuesday next , at three o ' clock , p . m ., to which they invite delegates from every town and Tillage in the county . Those who cannot send a delegate , are requested to send , by letter , post paid , directed Mr . S . iiBher , Monntsorrel , near Loughborough The delegate meeting to make arrangements to form a county union , and take into consideration the sending a delegate to Manchester on the 6 th of July .
TODM 3 ROEM . Odd Fellows . —The members of the Loyal Humility Lodge , of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Manchester Unity , held at the house of Mr . James Nash , the Shannon Inn , Millwood , Todmorden , held their annual meeting on Whit-Tuesday , on which occasion the members were provided with a dinner in the lodge room , which gave great satisfaction . Families of the Welsh Patriots . —We have been requested to insert the following donations for the families of Messrs . Frost , Williams and Jones : s . d . Luke Midgley , Knowlwood 1 0 Betty Holt , Ditto 0 6 Sally Swtt , Ditto 0 6 Hannah Howarth , Ditto 0 6 Mally Siephensou , Ditto 0 3 2 9
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ROCHDALE . Burglary . —During the night of Saturday last , some-villain or [ villains entered the shop of James Kerehaw , retail brewer and shopkeeper , Newbold , near this town , and carried away a quantity of fine linen , some new stockings , together with the money till , which oontaiaed about ten shillings in copper . Fortunately they had on the previous , evenng removed tne gold and silver . There must have been a BmaU person engaged , as they got into the premises through a hole eleven by ten inches , which was over the brew-pan . During the same night , and m the same neighbourhood , several persons were stopped by parties of from four to six individuals , who some times asked alms , or to get change for sixpence , &c . One man who had been for a suit of clothes was met , aud asked for change for a sixpence , and , while attempting to feel for copper , one of the gang ran away with the clothes . Great Meeting to Address Her Majest \ on ¦ - , —n . AM .
THE LATE ATTEMPT 10 TAKE AWAY HER LlFE . —According to public placard , a meeting was held at eleven o'clock , on Wednesday , the 17 th iuBt ., inthe Commissioners' Rooms , at which meeting it was announced that the Roy . J . E . N . Molegworth , D . D . Vicar , would take take the chair . At the time appointed , the room was almost filled by all the principal men of the town . Magistrates , gentry , clergy , dissenting ministers , medical men , in fact , all grades of society met on the occasion ; but we vouch for the fact , that for one lull hour the noise and confusion of the meeting was never surpassed at any cock or dog fight in England , and language the most indecorous was used , on a par
with Billingsgate . When the Rov . Vicar should nave taken the chair , a Mr . Bright came forward with several objections to the Vicar being chairman : he thought the meeting ought , according to custom , to appoint its own chairman ; but he had another objection : he recollected a circumstance which took place in October or September last , at Canterbury , and he had with him a paper which contained a something , in which the proposed chairman was implicated . At this moment the row commenced with hissing , hooting , and shouting , which was repeated every time Mr . Bright attempted to speak . The scenes which ensued baffio description : one ( the Coroner ) crying , "Gall a meeting of 5 our own !"
another ( J . Roby , ts < i . ) , " Youare a liar ; " and actually broke his umbeTella with spiking the floor . When a hearing could be obtained , it was moved by Mr . W . Barton , that Clement Royds , Esq ., being the senior magistrate , and a native of the town , should oeccupy the chair . This he positively refused . It was ultimately carried that Mr . W . Barton do take the chair . When this was announced , the whole of the Vicar ' s party rushed out of the room , and took to the Town Hall , where the Vicar addressed them . He stated , in allusion to the Canterbury affair , he was guiltless of any offence , which he had declared through the public press . He asserted , although he was one of the requisitionists in getting
up the meeting at Canterbury , he did not attend it . The party left in the Commissioners' Rooms adjourned the meeting until eight o ' clock in the evening . Meantime , the walls of the town were placarded by each party , announcing the adjourned meeting , and that an address , signed by the Vicar and magistrates , lay for signatures at the Town Hall to congratulate the Queen on the providential failure of iho late atrooious attempt to take away her life . The original meeting , in their address , called upon the labouring classes to come forward in great numbers to show their loyalty and good will to their Sovereign , which they did in the evening .
When the Vicar ' s party had left the room , an ultra Tory , James Phelps , Esq ., who had staid behind , observed to the meeting , that the only loyal subjects the Queen had were the Radicals , for both Whigs and Tories had fled from this loyal meeting . Sudden Death . —On Wednesday last , a man named William Whitehead , while at work in sinking the shaft of a new coal-pit , near Littleborough , met an instant death by the falling of one of the tubs or boxes from the mouth of the pit , which fell on his head , and killed him in an instant . He was about twenty-eight years of age , and has left a wife and two children .
Singular Affiliation . —Sarah Holt , a person over thirty years , was brought up by her overseer to affiliate three children on John Ashworth , farmer and woollen manufacturer , of Haslingden . She stated that she had lived as servant with Ashworth , for several years , during which time she had borne the children , and that Ashworth ' s wife had nursed the children—that she generally slept in the samo bed with her master and mistress . To interroga tions from the bench she stated she sometimes went to bed with the master , and sometimes the Mrs . went first . The court were almost in convulsions to hear tho simplicity of the woman . Ashworth ( who was present all tho time ) was ordered to pay Is . 6 d . each child , weekly . HALIFAX .
Mill Accident . —On Friday , the 12 th instant , at Mr . Ambler ' s mill , Shaw-lane , Ovenden , near this town , a young boy engaged with others in mending , a strap connected , with the drum of the machinery got entangled With it , which took him off his feet and carried him a certain distance above the drum , leaving him in a . most scattered condition . He was taken to the Halifax infirmary , and died shortly after reaching there . Suicide . —On Sunday evening last , about five o ' clock , Mr . John Aked , cardmaker , of this town , was found suspended in a small room in bis house , used as his workshop . In the afternoon the father and son retired to their rooms to rest themselves
and on the latter being called on to his tea , he went down stairs , and afterwards called on the father , but on entering the bed-room , found he was not there , when he proceeded to the other apartment , and beheld the melancholy spectacle of his aged parent , haying hung himself . He ran down stairs , got a knife , and cut the rope immediately , bat the vital spark had fled . Sowerby Bridge . —The New West End Independent Chapel , at this place , near Halifax , was opened on Wednesday , the 10 th instant , and sermons , in connection with the same event , was preached on Sunday last . The following Rev . Gentlemen officiated at the opening , viz .: —Ely Miall , Pride , Oberey , and Ewing . The collections of both days amounted to two hundred and eighty pounds .
Ovenden . —Sermons were preached at this place , near Halifax , on Sunday last , by the Rev . R . Thompson , and the Rev . F . A . West , at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel , on behalf of the Sabbath School ; after which a collection of seventeen pounds odd was made . Church Missionary Society . —On Sunday last , the annual sermons were preached at the Parish Church and St . James's Church , in this town , by the deputation from the above society , viz .: —the " Rev .
C . Hodgson , Rev . F . Barker , and the Rev . G . H . Woodhouse , who have been appointed to that service . On Monday evening a public meeting was held at Sowerby Bridge , and on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Friday evenings at the Old Assembly Room , Halifax , Ripponden , Brighouse , and Illingworth , at which the above-named gentlemen and other clergymen of the Church of England attended . Collections in support of the missions were made after each sermon , and at the meetings .
Coal Pit Explosion . —The remains of Sheard the unfortunate man who came to his end by the coal pit explosion , an account of whioh appeared in last week ' s Star , was attended by the members ot the Druid ' s Lodge to the pariah church on Sunday last , and a number of members of the Mechanic ^ Lodge also joined in the funeral procession . The brother of the deceased , who was also a sufferer at the same time , died in the Infirmary on that day . Public Mketins . —The Radicals of Halifax have got up a requisition to the constables of this town to call a piblio meeting on behalf of the prisoners now incarcerated for political offences , with a view to petitioniwth Houses of Parliament for a mitigation or total release from 'their ' present suffering , on the
ground that mauy ot them have already endured more than was expected at the time they received their sentences . Monday next is fixed on for that purpose , and an out-door meeting , it is expected , will take place , when the friends o ! Buffering humanity mil have an opportunity of shewing how far they disapprove of the treatment which they have received as political offenders , and whether , in the view of rational minded men , it is the duty of any government to award punishments to political offenders , such as hitherto nave only been considered necessary to be carried out against the worst of characters , namely , thieves and murderers .
BARNSIEY . Odd Fbixows . —The Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Honest View , No . 284 , held their yearlv festival , at Mr . Samuel Swaine ' s , Shamble-street . Mr . Thomas Bradford in the chair . There were sixty Brothers sat down to a most sumptuous dinner There is also a Lodge , called Napoleon Lodge of the Independent Order of Noah ' s Ark , established in this town , and , from the respectability of its patnotio members , bids fair to rival with the oldest establishment of the sort in the kingdom .
Thb PERfiECOTBft Chahtiots . —We are dad to find that our Manchester friends are going to BympathiRe with those patriotic men who are now the victims of demon malignity , in the Wakefield Hell of petty squirearchial invention . We always thought , until lately , ' that it was the duty of the Judge to defane the sentence of any man found guilty before mm . That this is not the case , is proved beyond a doubt , by the cold , calculating system of tyranny with which new tortures are invented , and the mends of liberty , law , and order are put to silent torture , without a friend or relative being allowed to communicate with them . We hope the nation will no longer allow itself to be degraded by cold apathy , but will manfully step out with a bold and spirited determination to have justice done to all the condemned Chartists , by knocking at the portals of the British House of Parliament , with petitions signed by two millions of ita male population , and demanding their present restoration to their homes and families .
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BALTORD . Radical Association . —The weekly meeting took place as usual , and the members were completely disgusted at the conduct of the Corn Law repealers , at the Corn Exchange , on Monday night , and arc determined , whenever they , ( the Corn Law repealers , ) shall dare to call a public meeting to go and completely dpset any such meeting . A full attendance of members is expected on Monday evening next , and a full resolution to support the Northern Star . We would wish every Radical in the borough to attend also on Monday evening , on most important business . Co-operative Store . —At a meeting of the members of the above Store , it was unanimously agreed to pay over ta the shareholders their deposit , and that the treasurer ( . Mr . Barrowclough ) bo empowered to transmit the money to the proper parties . SAITORD . —
OLDHAM . Political Association . —The members of the Oldham Political Association , at their weekly meeting on Monday night last , at the Duke of York , West-street , passed the following resolutions : — 1 . —That it is the opinion of thin meeting , that the meeting recommended b y the West-Riding delegates , to take place at Manchester on the 1 st oi July , ought to he persevcringly carried out to the full , as recommended by the eamo , aud not be postponed as some places desire , until the liberation of Collins and Lovett , for we are of opinion thero is no necessity of the meeting being postponed on account
of the release of the betbrementioued patriots ; for we are given to understand there will be delegates sent to Birmingham from different places to meet them on their release ; and we should say to all places let as many delegates be sent as possible to do honour to their true and brave Patriots for their steadt ' astness while suffering in prison , to the principles of the Charter , for which we are determined to contend until it become the law of the land . 2 . —That this meeting adjourn till next Monday night , at half-past eigut o ' clock , and a lecture be delivered in support of the People ' s Charter , and all persons desirous of opposing the same will have a patient hearing , and will be gladly received .
Tit for Tat . —A grocer , residing at Greenaoreshill , Oldham , who does not like to be at the expense of purchasing a newspaper for his own domestic purposes , makes a practice of borrowing a neighbouring bear-seller's . One day after having the paper two days , for the loan of which , according to previous contract , he was to pay a halfpenny , he ordered his son to take it home , but without the halfpenny , and tell the owner that his father said there was nothing in it worth reading . The beer-seller , not
liking such treatment , went to nis shop and said let me have a pound of your best cheese ; accordingly it was weighed , and he took it up and walked out of the shop , saying I'll bring it back when I ' ve done with it . Shepherd , after having the cheese as long as the paper had been from heme , took the crust of the cheese back with all the inside taken out , and said , "Sir , as you directed your son to tell me that ihere was nothing in my paper worth reading , so I have brought back your cbeesd , for there is nothing in it worth eating . "
HEBDEN BRIDGE . Radical Association . —The anniversary meeting of the Radical Association of Hebden Bridge , held on Whit-Tuesday , the 9 th of June , after the usual business of the meeting was gone through , Mr . John Midgley was called to the chair , and the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : 1 st—That experience has taught us that divisions amongst the people have been , and are the greatest obstacle to the attainment of thoir political rights ; and as a delegate meeting is about to be held in Manchester , for the purpose of directing the exertions of the whole body of Chartists , to one particular line of action , that this meeting pledge itself to give
every assistance in its power in the carrying out so desirable an object . 2 nd—That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the treatment of O'Connor , Vincent , Lovett , and others , who are now suffering imprisonment , is unchristian , scandalous , revengeful , illegal , and unjust , therefore we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to alleviate their sufferings , and to obtain their liberation . 3 rd— It was agreed to transmit 10 s . to the Northern Star Office for the wives and families of Hoey , Crabtree , and Ashton , who are now suffering the most cruel treatment that Whig malice could invent , and whom we believe to be as honest and honourable men as ever graced our land .
HUDDERSFISLD . Chartist Meeting . —At a meeting of the Committee , held atS . Dickinson ' s , on Tuesday , G . Haigh in the chair , it was unanimously resolved— " That the meeting for reconsidering a plan for the reorganising of the Chartists bo deferred to Saturday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening . All the friends , both in the town and from any of the out-districts , are requested to attend , as some important business will be given from Bevoral leading Chartists . Huddersfield Court House .- ^ Ou ' Tuesday , John Beaumont , collector and assistant overseer , was brought before our Bench of Magistrates , charged by Mr . Eastwoodchurchwardeno
, , II _ lil * jl »•! 4 * ... - * Meltham , with disbursing money belonging to the township contrary to the New Poor Law aud the Orders of tho Commissioners . Mr . Eastwood pleaded his own case in a most eloquent manner , in spite of all the talent of the minority clerk , Floyd , who declared that if the Magistrates fined Beaumont it would be in reality breaking up the Union . The case occupied the Court near three hours . The Magistrates retired , and were absent fifty minutes considering the case , and declared Beaumont was to bo fiued £ 2 and the
, small sum of 2 s . Qd . which he had given to one Mary Taylor , one of the items complained of . The whole amount of fine and money , had he been convicted in the whole , would have been £ ' 3 S ; this conviction disqualifying any officer from ever taking office again . The clerk applied for leave to appeal to the Sessions , but was informed by the Chairman that after the patient hearing and consideration they had given it , it could not be allowed . We may expect many of the other officers up for the same offence , as we understand none of them are clear
Public Meeting . —A meeting has been held here * for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty on the event ot the boy , Oxford , shooting at her . A motion was carried that the address be left for signatures at the stationers' shops , and that a subscription be entered into to defray the expense of publishing tho address in the Leeds papers . It was one of the quietest meetings we have had for some time , for we had neither speech nor discussion on the merits of the question . Vestry Meeting . —On Thursday last , at a meeting of the rate-payers of the township of Huddersfield , held at the Pack Horse Inn , to take into consideration the propriety of letting the land belonging to the rate-payers , and for other businessthe
, following resolutions were agreed to , Mr . Glendenning in the chair : —1 . " That the land belonging to the poor of this township , with the laith , stable and other outhouses adjoining the workhouse ; likewise the field , commonly called the Dob-field , be placed in the hands of a committee , the churchwardens and overseers being members of the same by virtue of their office . " 2 . " Tnat the committee appointed on the 30 ; h of April , be empowered to act on behalf of the rate-payers of thiB township respecting the land , out-houses , &o . &c . " 3 . " That the best thanks of the inhabitants are due , and are hereby given to Mr . Wm . Poppleton , one of the late overseers , for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office , and more especially for the manlyfirm \
, and undeviating manner in which , at the request , and on the behalf of the rate-payers , he held possession of the workhouse against all the attacks of the New Poor Law Guardians , for the very great sacrifice of time he made , and the great care he evinced , both for the interest of the ratepayers and the comfort of the inmates . " 4 . "That Mr . John Dent has earned for himself , the unqualified censure of the inhabitants of this township , for his treacherous conduct towards Mr . Poppleton , his fellow overseer , towards the rate-payers , and towards the poor of Huddersfield . " 5 . That the thanks of this meeting be given to Messrs . Smith , Graham , Anderson , Whitworth , and Poppleton . the Guardians for
this township , that they did not agree to take possession of the workhouse against the consent of the rate-payers ; the possession having been given to the other Guardians of the Union by the present ovorseers , on demand of Messrs . T . Dyson , of Netherthong , H . Brook , Longwood , H . Butterworth , Austonley , and J . Bottomley , forScamonden , on Fr iday the 15 th instant . " 6 . "That the rate-payers o : this township hereby give notice to Mr . J . Bradbury and Mr . J . North , the overseers of tho poor that , at the expiration of their term of office , they will demand a delivery to the next appointed overseers , of all property placed in their hands or possession , by virtue of their office , belonging to the
rate-payers and toe poor of this township . " 7 . "Tnat the committee appointed be requested to audit Mr . Poppleton ' s accounts , and all others connected with the workhouse for the purpose of a speedy settlement of all monies due from the rate-payers of this township , from funds now in the hands of the overseers , or tnat may come into their possession . " 8 . " That a petition for a repeal of the Poor Law , be sent to the House of Lords , and that the committee prepare this petition and send it off immediately . " As Boon as the
Guardians had got possession of the Workhouse , they discharged Mr . and Mrs . Brunton , and reinstated Mtb . Ainsworth , ; with her nephew , as master and matron ; and a sample of soup of Mrs . Ainsworth ' a manufacturing Being produced by Mr . John North , one of the present overseers , who reported that Mr . Brooke , the magistrate , with himself , had been to the house , and had ascertained that it was a fair sample of the whole ; it was further resolved that the said said sample be placed in the hands of the constable for general inspection .
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Philip Holland and Wife . —The Court , of Queen ' s Bench , Dublin , has set aside the seut << :: oe passed by Mr . Justice Perrin at the last Linger k assizes on these prisoners , convicted of the t . el treatment of their two apprentices , a boy nisU a girl of tender years . Mr . Justice Perriu sent-1 ; 3 d them to nine months' imprisonment , a week in jaeh alternate month to solitary confinement , and a f . ua of £ 500 upon the husband , Holland . It seenis that the Learned Judge exceeded his jurisdiction in adding . a fine to the infliction of solitary conficement . . This is the second instance within the last two months in which convicts have escaped \ A \ q punishment so justly due to their crimes by thr- rr . 3 . take of two of the Judges , both of them Wrsj appointments—Mr . Serjeant R . Moore and Mr Justice Perrin .
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Marriages.
MARRIAGES .
On Tuesday last , at St . Mary ' s Church , Bridlir ~ w : « M ?®! : ?? fie Smith > vicar » Mt - J « fn MetcalfV Bridlmgton Quay * to Eliza , eldeBt dangle f Mr . John Furby , of that place , joiner , &c . On Sunday last , at Barnard Castle , Mr . C Winters , flax dNsser , to Miss Elliott , both of that place . ¦ ¦ -.. - On Saturdav last , at the Catholic ojiapel , Littfo Blake-street , % the Rev . Thomas BffliDgtonTRobet Payne , glass blower , to Miss MjirwirAt R * ti a- ^ 1
maker , all of York . ' — On Thursday last , at our pariflh church , by ih « - Rev . F . Cookson . Mr . Topp , of Huddersfield , tof ? rah ' # ^ ^ 8 ater of * he late Thomaj ClaphaEi , Esq ., of Starbotton . mi 6 da fr . at our P * " * « to » reh , Mr . William Nay lor , to Miss Rebecca Spencer , both of Pudsey . u Same day . ^ at WUberfoss , by the Rev . ThonW Holmes , the Rev . Samuel WUson , vicar of Warter , t 0 Miss Loaisa Lamy , of the same plaee . On Thursday , the 11 th inrt ., at the Registrar * office , m Parhament-stree * , Mr . E . Taylor , to Mi £ 5 Mary Ann Blanchard .
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DEATHS . On Monday last , Watson Heaton , aged 8 yearg , son of Mr , Peter Heaton , Thompson ' s Buildings , Bradford . ° ' On the Uth inst ., at Richmond , Miss Martha Cowling . ' On Monday last , at Fulford . mueh r « sp « cte 4 , Ann , the wife of Mr . Chapman , farmer . Same day , at his residence , Plymouth Grove , near Manchester , W . Clarke , Esq ., formerly an eminent bookseller in the Market-Pkce , in that iowm , whioh situation himself and ancestors hare occupied for upwards of a century . No man sver attained higher reputation for his exemplary aondaot a » Christian , citizen , and tradesman ; he died with iht lament of all who knew him . '
Same day , at Park House , near Colue , Laneashiw aged 80 , Elizabeth , the widow of the late Robert Reynolds , Esq ., of Bootham , in York . On Satnrday last , aged 29 , Ellen , the . eldest daughter of the Rev . B . Lumley , vicar of Sheriff tiuiton . On Friday , aged 76 . Mrs . Matson , relict of the late Mr . Thomas Matson , commander of her Majesty ' s revenue cutter , the Bee , of Hull . on ? b w ^ r ' H ^ ^ h year , Richard , third son of William Hirst , Eiq ., of Marsh House , uomersal . * f W day , aged 66 , Mr . Joseph Wood , butob * r , of Otley . The deceased attended his usual nlace or h ° a ? th P ° n Suilday *<* k , ingoad
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KEXGHUBY . Committal op a Supposed Gang-of * Burgi . ' x- — 1 ^? ° 8 ^ u l waa committed on the uin ' .-l ot the 25 th of May last , by a gang of ruffians brca ... ie into the house of Mr . Abraham Flesher , of P ^ ' . J Th ^ i ?* " ^ den , in the pariah of Kii U -k . inevjllain 8 , about seven in number , broke op •¦!» he door , and after knocking Mr . Flesher dou ,. , d threatening to kill the remainder of the family , ho made any resistance , proceeded to ransack the ! -. <* e in search of money , &c Mrs . Flosher , who a w .- ~ ra to be a woman of spirit , in trying to stop ti . t , res'ess of the depredators , received such fcer-. ua . jury that her life was considered for some we . * in imminent danger . They eventually succeeds ! in finding £ 10 in money , and two watches , and v , ; re in the act of packing up clothes and other art : 03 , when they discoverea the servant man makitir : is
<; e cape by a back window , to give an alarm to a 1 . '¦• ., hbouring farm-house . This put a stop to the v , or'V of plunder , aud the party , after packing up a few a tides in a hurried manner , made their escape . I he course of a few days afterwards , information ¦ as obtained by the Keighlty constables , which kd : ra toapprehend the felJowing six men in theneighw . ,., rhood of Q , ueenshead , near Halifax , Samnel , Wiii ; - n , . md ^ JosephDeau , allbrothers ; BenjaminRobert-a > v , John Sutcliffe , and Thomas Priestley , the kite a widower , and an extremely poor man , with f ; ve small children depending on him for support . Af 1 or being brought up , and remanded several t ? : n ' 9 , through want of evidence , and the inability of . "•• i-.-s . Flesher to attend to identify any of them , they \ ' . re brought up , on Wednesday last , before Wm . L ! . is , Joseph Greenwood , and Edwin Greenwood , Ev [ 9 . to undergo further examination * Mrs . Fleeherv ao
, appeared to be still suffering severely from . he eifects of the injuries sustained in the struggle , ^ 13 taken out of the court iu a fainting condition . - \> ie , however , swore to the five first-mentioned m < : iduals , and was almost certain that Priestley > ¦ = aa one of the party , although she would not swear to him . This , with the corroborating evidem- of several other witnesses , and the discovery of . <> ue of the property , warranted the magistrates iu l nmitting all six to York Castle to take their trio ! it the next Assizes . Mr . Holroyd , solicitor , Ha ]/; x , appeared on behalf of the prisoners , and proflr-i : d to find bail for Priestley , urging the want of eviri ie against him . and the deplorable situation of his family , but the magistrates did not feel themsc ' . ea justified inaccepting it . The prisoners were all seat off on Thursday , in a cart , to York .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 20, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2689/page/5/
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