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4 THE NORTHERN ^ AR,y Aygxist 9, 1 84^
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LESSONS IN MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING.
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CO-OPERATIVE LaXD SOCIETY.
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THE K0RTHERN STAR SATURDAY, AUGUST 3,1815.
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THE XEW SCOTCII POOR. LAW. "Laws grind t...
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4 The Northern ^ Ar,Y Aygxist 9, 1 84^
4 THE NORTHERN ^ AR , y Aygxist 9 , 1 84 ^
Lessons In Millinery And Dressmaking.
LESSONS IN MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING .
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MADAME GALUOS . « , Senr Bon *« tr « ct , continues her superior method ofteaching the art of Dress . Making . Sheundcrtakes t « make persons of the smallest capaeitv proficient in Guttinjf . FittiBF , snd Executing , in the most finished style , in Six lessons , for One Poona . Her superior method can be fully substantiated by references to pajril * , » nd has nererbecn equaUed hj any competitor . f & - Practice hours from eleven till four .
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COALS . PROVIDE FOR WINTER . PBOVIDEXT FAMILIES , subscribing Is . per week to ihe Metropolitan Coal Company *« Shilling Clul ' , can obtain four half tons annually , without further chargr , fines , & . C . The Company ' s price current is . Best Screened Wallsend , 23 s . per full ton ; Seconds , 2 H ., 22 s ., and 23 s . ; Coke , 37 s . Cd . OSce . 219 , High Holborn .
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CHEAP , ELEGANT , AND EXPEDITIOUS PRINTING . COMMITTEES , Managers of Exhibitions . Concertroom ? , Theatres , Ktncfit Societies , ami public bodies generally , will find it much to their advantage to give their orders to T . STUTTEH , S and 4 , Church-row , Bttimal-gretn , London . Cards , Is . per hundred ; Handbills , by taking ttrtnlv thousand , 2 s . per thousand ; IWng-bilis , 5 s . per hundred . Oiders from the country , containing a remittance , promptly attended to . Goods delivered uithin five miles of London . Give your orders to T . Stutter , 3 and 4 , Church-row , Xethnal-grcen , and save at least fifty ] ier cent .
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A HINT TO THE ECONOMICAL . iffl « rfi / j < rra ( f . sared . ft LL Persons who wish to save their money , will pur . A chase their HATS at DUXN'S MANUFACTORY , * 2 , Chiswell-street , Fiasbnry , where there is only one ITofit from the maker ' s hand to the wearer ' s head . Silk Hats from 2 s . 9 d ., Beaver ditto from 3 s . Cd . All goods warranted to be made from the best materials .
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COLOSSEUM . PATRONISED and visited by her Most Gracious MAJESTY and his Koyal Highness I'rincr ALBERT . OPES DAILY from Ten till Six . Pronounced by the Press , and confirmed by every visitor to be the must perfect triumph of Art in its various tranches , both by liar and > 'i ^ ht , that has erer been achieved , Equal to . sis exhibitions . The Glyptothera , containing- norks of the first artists ; Mont lilanc and Mountain Torrents , Supeib Conservatories , Gothic Aviary , Classic Ruins and Fountains , Panorama of London , re-painted by Mr . Pairis , & c Admittance . 3 s . Children , half-prices Tbe StaUctite Caverns , tlie most magnificent of all the temples which nature has built fur herself iu the regions of night , Is . extra , EVESIXG EXHIBITION , Open from Eight till Eleven , consists of . in entirely new panorama of London by night , erected in front of the day picture , tlie largest in the world , comprising 40 , 000 square feet , projected and carried out by Mr . AV . liradweU , anil jointed by Mr . Hanson and Mr . Telbin , The Caverns , Mont Blanc , and Torrent by night , the Glyptofhtca and refreshment saloon , brilliantly illuminated , funning u promenade perfectly unique . The whole exhibition designed by Mr . BradwelL Admission at the door 5 s . each . Family tickets to admit four persons , at 4 s . each , to be had at tlie North Lodge , Colosseum , from Ten to Six ; and at all the pi-mapa ! Liurarj- -s and Musicscllerc .
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RICHARDSON , ¦ MANUFACTURING CUTLER , ESTABLISHED LS (» 5 , Near t / ie ChuKh , Kensington . GARDEXEK iy Pruning , Gratting , and Budding Knives iu Sheath , Is . 6 d each ; shut ditto , 3 s . each . "These kiiweste made of the test materials-, I always ase them . "— Vide xhe late Wm . Cubbett in his English Gardener . Best made Razors , Black Handles , Cs . the case , or 3 s . each ; mounted in Ivory and Silver ditto , 10 ? . the case , oi Ss . each ; Good Black Handled Knives and Forks , lie . per Dozen ; Ivory Handled Ditto equally reasonable . lllCUAEVeGS ' s >" EWlY-I ! iVESTED KSIFE BOaBDS , war . ranted to keep knives with a good edge and clean , anil also to give tlie forks a fine polish between the prongs . Three-foot Boards , cased with Leather and Cutlers' Composition , 5 s . Cd . each ; Gardeners * Ditto , 2 s . By enclosing a Post-ofiice order prompt attention may be relied on . Goods sent to any part of the world . >* . B . "Wholesale and KetaiL
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TO THE WORKING CLASSES . IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL . "We are always gratified in noticing the laudable exertions of the industrious and provident among our fellow-labourers in the social vineyard , to avert from themselves and familk-f , as far as human foresight may do , the calamities attendant upon au old age c-f destitution , or a period of wearisome inactivity and uselessness , through sickness or accident ; and we will venture to say , that up to the extreme limit of what is called the middle class of society , there is no method so likely to attain the object as the institution of securely based aadjuJiciouslr regulated Benefit Societies . Ourattention was some time since called to the subject by tlie proceedings of one accordant with our views , enrolled nndcr the title of 'THE KOYAL OAK BENEFIT SOCIETY , ' and established at the Mitre Tavern , St . 3 fartiu * s-lane . The advantages proposed to the members appear to be calculated upon a scale of liberality that requires and deserves extensive support . Prom tlie result of our examination of their rules , and the satisfactory explanations girc .-i as regards their practical ojierations , wc do not now hesitate to recommend tlie society to every industrious aud prudent man as highly deserving attention , whether viewed with jefere & ce to its immediate or its prospective advantages . " — Weekly Chronicle , March , 1838 . FEL LOW 11 KETHREX , look to your own interests , and hasten to join tliat well-regulated Benefit Society , THE ROYAL OAK , established 1 S 37 . The Committee meet at tho Mitre Tavern , 6 S , St . Martin ' s-lane , every Tuesday evening , at eight o'clock , for the admission of Members wliese ages do not exceed thirty-six years , l > eing in good heallli , and their income arising from their Business or employment averaging 24 s . per week . The Society is enrolled by Act of Parliament , and is conducted upon au economical and secure principle . All unnecessary fines arc abolished , and it allows the members to belong to any other society , at the same time being a member of the Royal Oak . It has paid every demand made npon its funds , which in eight years amounts to £ 7 , 000 , and has a Funded Capital of £ 3 , < nKI invested in the Bank of England , the interest of whiih produces the Society upwards of £ 100 per annum . Tradesmen and mechanics , residing in the country , however distant , are eligible for admission , without personal attendance , by filling a printed form and transmitting it to the Secretary . Look around , and see the number of Societies breaking up , when most needed , in consequence of Ihe extra pavnients ou a Quarterly Heeling being too heavy for a walking man to muit ou a endden demand . This Society boasts of the much wanted principle of a Fixed Quarterly Payment , there being no extras , as in most others ; the Subscription is 4 s . per Calendar Month , or payable Quarterly , and no Fines ; so that every member , however distant , is enabled to send l » y Post-office Order the full amount of his Quarterly Subscription . The foUowing are the Bantfits of tlie Society : — £ s . In Sickness , per week ... 0 18 Superannuation , ditto ... 0 4 funeral ( Death of a Member 20 0 " | Thcsebenefits money \ Deatb of Member ' s Wife 10 0 ( arechargedas Wife ' s tying-in 2 0 ' extrasinother Xoss by Fire 15 Oj Societies . Entrance Money only 3 s . Cd . under thirty-two years of ige—5 s . under thirty-six . Lose no time in enrolling your names while in health * nd vigour ( we know not what a day may bring forth ) . The Rules may be seen ( gratis ) at the Society House , or purchased , price Od . each . Printed Forms and Prospectuses sent to any part of the country , free , by enclosing at postage stamp to flie Secretary , H . Humes , 17 , Cccilcourt , St . Martin's-lane , Loudon .
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THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE OF FRANCE . XOW PUBLISHING , In Weekly Numbers , pr ice Id ., and in Parts , price Cd ., THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE OF FRANCE , under Napoleon , by M . Thiees , Author of the "History of the French Revolution , " late President of the Council , and Member of the -Chamber of Deputies . Co . vditioxs . —The work trill be neatly printed in two columns , royal octavo , from a new and beautiful type , and on fine paper .
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Also uniform with the above , in Weekly Numbers , price 2 d ., and in Monthly Parte , price 8 d ., "THE PEOPLE'S EDITION OP THIERS' HISTORY OF THE FBENCH KEYOLUTIOX , " forming together four handsome volumes . On the completion of the Work , a general preface , introductory to the History of Xapoleon , with Titles , Index , & c , will be given , thus forming a complete standard classical book of general reference , and interesting perusaLOf the vast interest connected with the important national events which took place during tbe consular snd imperial rale of Napoleon there can be no question . In undertaking to record the events of ' this momentous period , M . Thtebi , from his high position iu the state , bad the good fortunato obtain possession of a nraltipli-< 5 ty of original and official documents , which embrace the -jmautest details of aU the instructions , orders , Ac ., ^ dictated by Sapoleon himself to his Ministers of State , Friry CoancUloni , Prefects , Marshals , and Others . Of the sneeess of his undertaking , the rapid sale of flie three first volumes , which were issued at Paris on the 15 th of - » arch , amounting te 16 , 000 in one day , and the numerous editions which have been published at Brussels , Leipsic , and other places , affords the most splendid testimony . London : G . TICKERS , Holywell-street , Strand .
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TO BREWERS . j * jlK . HITCHCOCK still continues givinzinstructions ' lvA in those important discoveries in Brewing which ' hare procured him such a high name among tbe Brewers of England . By adopting his system , acidity is entuely prevetitod , and a much greater extract i « obtained 4 luui by any other process ; whilst the article is in every respect first-rate . Terms and references may be known on application at 20 , Little Tower-street , London . A re-< prctable young person wishes fur an appointment as maiiairiiiir brewer .
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IMPORTANT TO BREWERS , MALTSSEHS , FARMERS , & c . Just published , price 20 s ., free by post 21 s ., soM & y all Booksellers , A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON" BREWING , from raw Barley , with instructions for converting the whole kernel of the Malt or other Grain used into saceharum , ensuring a gravity of 13 t » to 145 lbs . per quarter , together with instructions for Making and for Brewing E-ist India Pale Ale , Stout , Ac , & v . By Mr . Hitchcock , i ' rofessor of Brewing , 20 , Little Tower-street , London , author of a Treatise , shewing the cause , prevention , and cure of Acidity .
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THE variable state of the WEATHER has produced the numerous cases of low fever aud debility existing at present , and is a sure indication of habitual costiveness , caused generally by want of care in attending to the state of the digestive visceral organs . The only real remedy in such cases is LORD ELDON'S APEIUENT PILLS , which have been the means of positive cure to many thousands ; tht-y are peculiarly adapted for persons of both S' -xes who are of sedentary habits , they are patronised by the nobility and gentry , and are the mildest and most efficacious medicine i-xdiut . Sold in boxes at Is . Hd ., 2 s . 9 d ., anil 4 s . Gd ., hyMessrs . BarcIaj-j . iid Co ., 25 , Farringdon-strect : Sutton and Co ., 10 . Bow Church-yard ; Newbury , 45 , and Edwards , ( i- 5 , St . Paul ' * ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; and by all respectable Druggists and Medicine Venders in the kingdom ; aud wholesale at 13 , Great St . Thomas Apostle , London . TESTIMONIAL TO LOBD ElDOX ' s FILLS . Sir , —I have subjected to a careful chemical analysis the Tills prepared hy you , and find them to consist of effectual but safe aperients without any mercurial preparation whatever . Yours , & c , A . UKE , M . D ., F . R . S . 1-3 , Charlotte-street , Bedford-square , London .
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TEMI'ERAXCE COFFEE-HOUSE . MH . J . FLACK begs leave to inform his Friends and the Public , that he has taken to the Premises lately occupied by Mr . W . Swann . Drury-hill . as a TEMPERANCE COFFEE-HOUSE , where he trusts , by attention to business , to be able to afford such accommodation as will ensure to him that patronage and support which lias been so liberally bestowed upon his predecessor . i . F . bvgs also to assure Gentlemen Travellers ( com . raercial or otherwise ) , that they will find a comfortable A ' . vlum under thereof of his Establishment , as every attention will be paid to their wishes . Charges for Beds will be moderate . N . B . The AbrfAcm Star . Wctklg Dispatch , Sationa Reformer , and Nottingham Review Kcwspiipers , are constantly lajing on the lablc . XoUtiKiAain , .-tuqiitt , Ctfc , 1845 .
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GENUINE TEAS AND COFFEES FOR THE MILLION . The cheapest place in London for Teas and Coffees is at tlie Warehouse , 24 and 23 , Regent Street , Westminster , ne . vr ihe Yau . tha / 1 Vridge Road . T'HE Proprietor , E . WARMIXGTOX , takes this oppor . tuuity to return thanks for the liberal support he has received since he opened the abuve premises ; and to those who have not yet favoured him with their patronage , E . W . most strongly solicits a trial , feeling assured that the articles sold at the warehouse . Loth in price and quality , will give universal satisfaction . Goods in any quantiij sent free to all parts of Loudon and the suburbs ; and persons in the country , by remitting a Post-office order , irill find their instructicns faithfully attended to . LIST OF PRICES . MadTTeai . s . d . s . d . Common Congou 3 0 to 3 2 Good ordinary , rather strong 3 4 to ' 4 G Strong Blackish Leaf 3 8 to 3 10 Ditto , or Pekoe Flavour , recommended to Economists , and not to be equalled at the price 4 0 Souchong . Fine ..... / .... 4 4 to 4 C The best Black Tea 4 8 to 5 0 Being recommended from the best shipments . Green Teas . Better ditto 3 8 to 3 10 Hyson Twankay 4 0 to 4 4 Fine Toung Hyson 4 8 to 5 0 Hyson 5 0 to 5 4 Ditto , Fine Flavoured 5 8 to 6 0 Fine Pearl Gunpowder . 5 8 to 6 0 Mind Teas . ' To drinkersof Mixed Teas ire say , try our 4 0 Or our splendid mixture of all Fine Teas 5 0 Coffees . Ordinary Ceylon 1 0 to 1 2 The People's Coffee 1 4 Old Java 1 U Fine Mocha , Jamaica , or any other fine Coffee , strongly recommended 1 8 Jf . B . Grocers , Collic-shop Keepers , Co-operative Stores , andall large consumers supplied on thcraostliber . il terms .
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In a feirdays will be ready , in one volume , foolscap 8 ro ., neat cloth , price 7 s . Cd ., THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES A Prison Rhyme : in Ten Books : BY THOMAS COOPER THE CHARTIST . J . How , Publisher , 132 , Fleet-street . Cir Orders from the Country to be sent through the Booksellers .
Co-Operative Laxd Society.
CO-OPERATIVE LaXD SOCIETY .
I Nercoj Direct Tliat All Monies Payable...
I nercoj direct tliat all monies payable to vac , as treasurer t » the Chartist Co-operative Land Fund , must be Iran ? - mitted as follows : —Either by Bank order or Post-office order , to the " care of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., 340 Strand , London ; " payable to me , " W . P . Itcbcrts . " Thfet is , that my signature shall be required to each order . This direction is plain . For instance , say that Edward Hohson , of Ashton . has £ 10 to transmit ; he is to transmit tlie same to Mr . O'Connor , by Bank letter or I'ost-oflire order , made payable to W , I ' . Roberts . That order I can sign when I go to London , or when a parcel of them are sent to me . The too only things required to secure the triumph of Labour ' s battle are , union among the working classes , and undeviating
honesty aud punctuality on the part of those who have tlie man .-ijromeiit of their affairs . I therefore adopt this plan , that wc may have upon each other as many salutary cheeks as possible . This is advisable , as much for our own mutual satisfaction , as for the satisfaction of the subscribers . I therefore request that these plain and simple instructions may be punctually attended to in all cases . To save additional postage , each letter containing a money order , may alio contain a list of the respective sums , and all other information necessary for the general secretary , Mr . Wheeler , to have ; which letter Mr . O'Connor will duly forward to him . This done , there can be no puzzle about the accounts .
W . P . Hobikts , T rensurer . AH orders should be made payable at ISO , Strand , London . —W . P . It . [ The above mode lias been adopted at my suggestion , in consequence of the endless trouble I have had , cuius to some parties sending me Post-oflice orders payable to my order ; and some to Mr . flober . ' s' order . Obseivance of the above very simple rule will insure uniformity , satisfaction , and protection . There is a difficulty at the branch Post-offices about getting monies , when the orders arc not signed by the persons to nliom they are made payable . pEAKGCS O'COSNOE . 1
The K0rthern Star Saturday, August 3,1815.
THE K 0 RTHERN STAR SATURDAY , AUGUST 3 , 1815 .
The Xew Scotcii Poor. Law. "Laws Grind T...
THE XEW SCOTCII POOR . LAW . "Laws grind the poor ; and licit men rule thalaws . " The Bill for the amendment of the Scotch Poor Laws received the Royal assent on Monday last . That measure of flagrant injustice , and craftily-designed oppression , is therefore now law ! It will not be amiss to see what the nature of that law is . Under the old system the relief of the poor was in the hands of the Kirk Session . In town parishes this power was nominally in the hands of the magistrates ; but these generally left the management to the
Kirk Session . The Kirk Session is an ecclesiastical court of peculiar character , having legal jurisdiction within the parish , and having authority to impose and fix the amount of assessments ; place " paupers on the roll ; " and fix the amount of " aliment , " or relief , to be allowed them . Against tho decisions of the Kirk Session appeal might be rondo , under the old law , to the Court of Session—the highest legal court in Scotland , whoso judgments were final . Tho Kirk Session is composed of the minister of the parish , the elders , and the heritors , or landholders . The elders are elected for life by the Kirk Session
itself . Under the n « io /« it ' , the management of the poor , is for all effective purposes , confided to the same hands , —the Kirk Session , —under another name : that of Parochial Boards . Whether these Parochial Boards shall be constituted exactl y as the Kirk Ses-
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sions have heretofore been , depends upon themselves : whether there shall be change , or no change , depends upon whether the funds shall he raised by assessment , or as hitherto by Kirk-docr collections , and voluntary contributions : but whether there shall be an assessment will , depend upon the Parochial Boards . Until an assessment has been resolved on , the Parochial Boards will consist of " the persons who , if this Act had not been passed , would have been entitled to administer the laws for the relief of the poor in such parish : " that is the Kirk Session is to retain its authority under another name . After nn assessment has been resolved on , the Parochial Boards in burghnl ( town ) parishes arc to be composed of a given
numberof " managers" to be -elected by the persons assessed , together with four pernios to be nominated by the magistrates , and four snore by the Kirk Session in each parish . The numberof managers , with tlie qualification and mode of election , is to be fixed in each case by the Board of Supervision . In landward ( country ) parishes , the new board is to be made up of heritors of £ 20 a year and upwards ; tiic Provost and Bailies of any royal burgh in the parish being assessed to the poor , and not more than six members of the Kirk Session , —together with as many more members as the Board of Supervision shall think fit , to be elected by such heritors and occupiers as arc not themselves qualified to be members .
Now , here it will be seen , that to all intents and purposes the Kirk ' Session in each parish will continue , as before , the administrators of the law . . A majority has only to vote that there shall be no assessment , and they retain their power unchanged . Even if an assessment is resolved upon , the Kirk Session and the heritors , —partners in fraud and injustice , —will still retain the "lion ' s share" of power . Where assessments arc resolved upon , the number of managers , their qualification , Ac ., will be fixed by the Board of Supervision . The composition
of that board ( which wc shall presently describe ) , will show our readers that anything like equal right and equal justice guiding the decisions of that Board arc not to be thought of . The fact is , this bill is designed to perpetuate power in the hands of those who have hitherto so vilely abused the trust reposed in them by the law , ruling the poor with a rod of iron , and condemning the indigent the aged , and the helpless to the most wretched state of existence . Are such the men who should be entrusted with the guardianship of the
poor ? Wc have before-time shown the way in which the poor have been hitherto treated by the robbers and hypocrites who will have to constitute the Parochial Boards under the new law . AVc have shown that in the parishes where the poor were best provided for , old men , and widows with families , have been allowed such munificent sums as Is . Cd ., 2 s ., and 2 * . Cd ., weekly ; that in five counties containing a popul *" tion of 340 , 920 , the average allowance was but 2 Jd .
a week ; and in the parish of Criccli , in Sutherlandshire , the poor received as little even as one shilling yearly : or something less than a farthing per week . ' These damning facts sufficiently testify , without repeating the horrible tales of individual and general suffering which have already appeared in this paper , or adding fresh statements of a like horrible character ; these facts , exhibiting " the amount of " relief hitherto provided for the miserable and impotent , show plainly the incompetence of the Kirk Sessions and heritors to be entrusted with the administration
of the law ; and the certainty that if they are so entrusted , they will continue to keep the poor in that state which has been described as" something indescribably v ile and abject , " the lasting disgrace of the Scottish name , and the wonder of civilised humanity . 'flic new law appoints , however , ' a second depositary of official power in the shape of an Inspector of tbe Poor . The bill requires each Parochial Board to appoint and pay one , or more , of these officers in
each parish . Uis duties will be to inquire into the state of the poor ; keep aregisttr of , and visit , at least twice a year , those receiving relief , and keep an account of the amount paid to them ; also to keep a register of those applying for and refused r . lief ; and to report to the Parochial Board and the Board of Supervision , lie is to be liable to sus - pension , or dismissal , by the Board of Supervision ; and is to represent the Parochial Board in all legal proceedings .
This office , though having a new name , is , like the Parochial Board , not really new . It was the duty of the Kirk Session in each parish under the old law , to appoint aDeacon-supcrintendentof the poor—though it was a duty but seldom fulfilled . The Inspector will be the servant and creature of the Parochial Board , appointed and paid by them , and is sure , therefore , to prove a very obsequious instrument in the hands of his paymasters , and iwstcrs in every sense of the word . He is certainly liable to dismissal by the Board of Supervision : but what likelihood is there of that , no matter what are his sins of commission or of omission , if ho is backed up by the "respectable" gentlemen composing the Parochiaj Board ? which he is sure to be if he shows himself the willing tool of those above him .
We now come to the third and highest depositary of power—the Board of Supervision , which is something similar to the English Board of Poor Law Commissioners . This hoard is to consist of ninemeinbeis ; six ex officio , viz ., the Lord Provosts of Edinburg an I Glasgow ; the Solicitor General of Scot land ; and the sheriffs of the three counties of Perth , Renfrew , Ross-and-Cromarty—and three others to be appointed by the Queen . One of the Queen's nominees is to receive a salary ; and there is to he a paid Secretary . Each of the three sheriffs is to receive £ 1011 a year while a member of the Board .
The rest arc to receive no emolument . They are armed with powers of inquiry . ; to have chain hers in Edinburgh , and meet there ; and to hold at least two general meetings in each year ; to keep a record of their proceedings ; and to report annually to the Secretary of State , giving a full statement as to the condition and management of the poor throughout Scotland , aiid the funds raised for their relief . They are to have a general control over the Parochial Boards , and may attend their meetings , either in person , or by one of their officers , and may join in the discussions , but
may not vote . The powers of this Board , it will be seen , are limited to inspection , and inquiry ; and its duties to an annual report . True , it may exercise some discretion in the rcotgauization of such Parochial Boards as may choose to disolve themselves , by adopting an assessment . This Board also possesses some power in the uniting of burghal parishes , controlling expenditure in poor-houses , and some other minor matters ; but the power to compel IMPROVEMENT in the most important matters is altogether wanting . There is one odious power entrusted to this Board , for which indeed it has mainly been called into existence .
We have on former occasions alluded to the case of Widow DracAS , of Ceres , who , with five children , applied to the Kirk Session for relief . In reply the Kirk Session awarded her "relief" « t thevateof a penny a day for herself and her Jive children ! Tiie widow found a friend in a Mr . Spjjsck , who , thinking this sam an insulting pittance for the support of six persons , carried the case before the Court of Session , and tho Lord Ordixary decided against the widow . Mr . Spesce determined to persevere ; and he took the case before what is called in Scotland "the
Inner House , " and there gained a remarkable decision in favour of the widow , which raised her pav , and ordered the parish to pay her in hard cash £ 18 for arrears . This was in accordance with the opinion of Lord Jeffrey , who said that "the right of the poor to a sufficient support was even preferable to the claim of the lord of the land . " This decision , from which there was no appeal , excited the utmost " consternation" amongst the heritors , more particularly when it . vas feuud that the poor in other parts , stimulated > hy- & e success of Widow Du . vcax were having vcemteio $ & same ' sutuorh * . io ' com
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pel . an . adherence : to the law which provided that the pomvshouid be furnished with " needful austentation . " idmongst others who had recourse to tlie " appeal" to the judges , was one Ann M'Donaio , belonging to the Dukcof Sutherland ' s parish of Farr . Thisfoorcreature—a deformed crippled dwarf—was allowed from tho Kirk Session 2 s . a year . In Januarydast she applied to the Kirk Session for further relief' -and received for answer , that the Kirk
Session « ouldnot be troubled with such applications ; andxithreat to send her to the Edinburgh workhouse . She at last applied to the Court of Session for aE . order to compel the Kirk Session to judge her casc . ; . andshc stated that no law-agent could be got to act farmer , from the fear of offending the heritors . The Court of Session ordered her ease to bo . considered within : eight days '; and the result was , that the Kirk Session then agreed to allow her Is , Cd . per week .
The new law , whilst nominally retaining ' tiie appeal" to the Court of Session , so fetters it as to render . its exercise quite at the mercy of the Board of Supenuisimt , amounting in reality to the deprivation of the right of appeal . The Commissioners of Inquiry anadc the proposed abrogation of this right the principal point in their report . They proposed , in plain terms , that "the appealto the Court of Session should be taken away . " They added , tliat they considered it " not desirable that there-ekoulci be any appeal from tlie decision of the parochial managers as to the amount of allowances . "
This wss plain and straightforward : an advising of the wuoksaic robbery of the rights of the poor in no mincing terms . But this open and avowed contempt of justice and right was too honest for Sir Jakes Graham and the Lord Advocate . They , therefore , proposed t # obtain the same end by other and more Whiggish means . The right of appeal is to be nominally preserved ; but the Board of Supervision is constituted tlui authority for deciding betwixt the " pauper" and the exercise of Ms right ! Thus , by clause 72 , it is provided " that it shall not bo competent for any court of law to entertain or decide any action
relative to the amount of relief granted by parochial boards , unless the Board of Supervision shall previ viously have declared that there is a just cause of action . " This clause , while it nominally confirms the right of appeal , makes its exercise solely dependent upon the Hoard of Supervision . As the law now stands , should the Parochial Board refuse a claimant any relief , or should only award him what he may deem inadequate relief , say 2 | d . a week—the claimant may appeal to tiic Board of Supervision . That Board will then make "inquiry" into the case ; and if tlie Board considers tlie claimant's case to bo well made out—" a good
case" —the Board has the power of granting " interim relief" to the claimant , with a pass permitting him to go before the Court of Session and litigate his claim But this appeal to the Court of Session , it will be observed , is only permit-sable by leave of the Board ol Supervision . On the other hand , if appealing from the decision of the Parochial Board , the claimant should have his claim disallowed also by the Board of Supervision , he cannot , as heretofore , carry his complaint before the Court of Session . lie is not permitted to make his appeal to his ancient protectors . He is cut off from all redress . He may crawl to his hovel , or the dyke-side , and starve and die .
Such is the nature ot the " amendments" that the Whig-conservative , Sir James Graham , and his fitting colleague , the Lord Advocate , have made in the Scottish Poor Law . They are much akin to the famous Whig amendments in the English law some ten years ago , —passed to reduce the English working people to a " coarser sort . of diet . " The English " amendments" took from tlie magistracy the power of compelling relief , in eases where it was refused by the overseers of the Poor : and iu the Scotch law just passed , the " power of .. appeal , "
though nominally left , is so hampered wtthprovisions , and clogs on its exercise , as to ' r ender it nugatory—dead . The , force of public opinion , hoivcver , in England , has forced even Sir James Graham-to cat the " principles" of the English " amendments , " and return , in good part , to the practices in . relation to the poor that formerly obtained ; and , if we do not mistake the character of the Scotch people , the workings of thdr "new law" will raise such a storm about the cars of the Executive , as to make even ironhided Sir . James glad to further " amend" his " amended Scotch Poor Law . "
Annexation Of Texas And Its Consequences.
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES .
Iv Tho Hist Number Of Out; Well-Conducte...
Iv tho hist number of out ; well-conducted cotcmporary , the Tync Mercury , we find the'following remarks on the Annexation question , which wc deem of sufficient importance to call for all the prominence wc can give them , and a special recommendation to the consideration of every reader of tiic Star . They are from the pen of T . Dochledav , Esq . ; and place the question , and its probable consequences , in such a light , as to make it one of surpassing interest to every well-wisher to the gigantic experiment of selfgovernment , on democratic principles , now in course of tleveloncmcnt on the American Continent . One
thing is certain : the policy of Jackson , and Van Bures , and Polk , is to confederate all the peoples on that Continent into one gigantic Federal Union . and appearances indicate that the hold which the European States still retain on different portions of that immense territory will be loosened and snapped oil ' , as surely as that the first batch of States declared and achieved their independence of Britain . Texas is annexed . Tho Oregon , or all the valuable portion of it , goes next . Cauxohzcia is marked out . Emigration from the States is alreadv setting in to that quarter in full title . Those two regions will soon become " annexed , " as surely as that Texas now is " aunexed ; " and how long will it be ere the Ca . vadas in the North , and Mexico in the South , follow ? Read the following ; and answer : —
That which wc have again , and again , and again predicted , has now taken place ; Texas is annexed to , and now forms " part and parcel" of , the United States of North America ; and this is done , as we also predicted , without "Bank-note-maximum " Peel , or tiny of his organs of the press , daring to utter one hostile word , or breathe one breath of remonstrance , now that this great erenb has actually occurred . As for the language of the Times , which in this matter is the organ of the Jews , it is deplorable and lamentable in its utter and thorough degradation . Tlie very "base string of humility" is sounded . " Captain Boktdil" did not submit his
back to the cudgel of " Downright" with more Christian resignation than docs this Jew-organ submit to tho triumph of the United States and the democratic statesmen of tlie Republic . Not a word docs it hint of " resistance" cither on the part of Mexico , or England , her ally . The whole transaction is treated as un fait accompli . It is not to be gainsaid . Mexico is to succumb because England dares not resist ; and the foundations of a New Republic , to be added to the already great federation of the United States , arc quietly laid and cemented by the dread of " a money panic" and a disruption of that pretty thing , fivesixths paper and one-sixth coin , which PEEL-thc-wisc calls a " well-regulated currency !"
This is tlie real key to this mystery . As to the disgraceful position in which this country is placed by the event , no man with brains in his head can for a moment doubt . This is our position . In 1 S 23 , in revenge for the march of the Due d'AngoiUeme into Spain and the triumphant overturn of tlie English system and influence , Canning induced the then British ' government ; , At length , to recognize the independence oi the revolted Spanish American colonies , which France secretly wished to reconquer . This
move , as faros it went , was good , and shoved some spirit . It throw these governments and their trade iinto-flic nrms ( as it were ) of England ; and , especially , it made . Mexico her friend . ' " The Mexican govern jnent , kom \ ar „ speedily dogonewied into a military despotism , ; -, ani . Texas , bordering . upon the States and peopled pattly / rom thence , dctcjapined to tl ; row o £ ibc . yolt > auAde ? tevtdheraeHaejOQi'dhiidy independent . Me . astute . totaiet of Wadwnyioa-at once reconimul {^ m , \ ^^ Js \ V Mco nrw ] iftr ., rar
against the Revolted province . Thus was England in ! ' a hitch . " Bound by treaty with Mexico , s"he was bound to aseifit her , especially in case of interference by the United State ? : War was out of the question ; for ' these ' averits were taking place when the moneypanic of ' 1835 ' had nearly sent all by the board in England . To patch the matter , therefore , this plan was \ vmtei to . England acknowledged Texas , and guaranteed her independence as a separate State , undertakingto " mediate" between her and Mexico . Iu this Mexico acquiesced so far as to drop hostilities ; but she reserved her claim to proceed , should the
guarantee he broken , by any federal union ot Texas with tlie States . Thus then this " causus belli" has arrived ! 'Texas'is annexed ; Mexico is in a state of hostility with the whole United States , of which Texas is now part and parcel ; and England is bound by treaty to assist Mexico ! To suffer Mexico to go to war thus , whether singly or not , " Bank-iiotemaxium" Peel no more dares , than he dares jump off the Monument . Jlence the quiet acquiescence of all the organs of the press in this act of Texas ; and hence every means will now be taken to prevent Mexico from an actual rupture with the Republic of
the United States . In the meantime , together with this news , arrives Mr . Macixve , the special envoy of . President Polk , to arrange the dispute as to the " Oregon Territory . " We , of course , have no means of knowing what instructions Mr . Macunk brings with him ; but we can state them with nearly as mu : h confidence as if they were before us . He will first put in the entire American claim , which is for the Oregon Territory up to about the fifty-fourth or fifth degree of north latitude . This will give him plenty of elbow-room
The American Republicans do not really care tor any j ; wcn ( possession of this territory north of the great river Columbia . Air . Macuse will accordingly he very " liberal" in his ultimate negotiations . He will give the degraded and baffled Peel a plaster for the " Texas" sore , which the American cudgel has just made , in the shape of " concessions ; " and the result will he , that the country north of tho Columbia will be for the nonce added to Canada , and " Bobadil " Peel be allowed to boast of the " extremely favourable terms" on which he has settled the Oregon
question . But this" quo" will not be conceded by Jonathan without a " quid ; " and that quid will he an aequiescnee in the claims now going to be put in by said Jonathan to tho rich territories of New and Old California . Upon these American ambition is now hent . They ncverrcally belonged to Mexico . The settlements there were made by toe Spanish Jesuits ; but Spain never had military possession of these beautiful region " . After the revolt of the Spanish colonics the Jesuits' power was at an end ; and since that time , it is known that , being without emigration to aid
them , the numbers of the settlers in California , have declined , and arc less than they were twenty years ago ; so difficultjs it for a people amidst plenty to keep up their numbers . Into these coveted realms Texas opens the road for the citizens of the United States . They are emigrating to these beautiful regions in great numbers at this moment ; and the next act of President Polk will probably be to claim , and ultimately to a . v . vex the Californias to the American federation . This will throw the whole China trade into the hands of the Republic . For the produce of cotton , sugar , coffee , woo ) , < fcc ., these regions arc
eminently adapted . In the port ot San Francisco , they have , it is said , the finest harbour in all this world ; and in the river Columbia another , almost as good , excepting in winter . San Francisco will speedily become a great mart for the expartof American manufactures to China and India , and . for the import of Chinese and Indian produce . From San Francisco to Canton is for a steamer much the same voyage as from Liverpool to New York , or Now Orleans—a few days' run . -Through Texas , through California and Southern Oregon , there is a road , open at all seasons , aud easily practicable , connecting thus the eastern with the western-coast of North America . Such will be the course of events . By the
annexation of Texas , all hope of saving California from the grasp of the Americans , or of establishing a British settlement there , is gone for ever . Such a design would now be considered a declaration of war ; and this , we > rpaat , " Bank-note-maximum" Peel and his subservient Parliament dare no more risk than they dare jump oil' the Monument , or into the Thames . Mr . Maci . ank accurately- understands their position . He will give them a plaster to their shame , by some unmeaning concessions of a tract of useless and barren coast , north of the Columbia;—whilst , at the same time , he adds the noble possessions o ! Oregon and the two Californias to the gigantic dominions of the creat Republic .
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Mobe "Fniendsiiir," Ox Canvas.—J. B. O'I...
Mobe " FniENDsiiir , " ox Canvas . —J . B . O'IS . Dai-hid Oct by John Watkiss . —AfterVe have given the estimate of John Watkius ' a powers and capacity by his " friend" J . 13 . O'U ., it wuuld be cruel to withhold hit quiet n-jnimlcr . Inspecting " THE Auttonal Reformer' ' friend John says : —Our first public difference ( which is all the public is concerned with ) was on occasion of his going to meet the Sturge party at Birmingham , .-. nil offering himself to them for sale ; hut there were other " lots" for whom they bid , or whom they bought ; not , f-crhaps , because they were cheaper , but because tlicy preferred tlietu . Our National Reform * was obliged to " BIT HIMSELF IN , " if we may so speak , and the * * * * ,
middle classes ( who knew him only as a bitter enemy of theirs , and who did not want him for a friend—indeed ,-they had rather have him as enemy than friend ) , not wishful to have anything to do with such a suspicious customer , they left him to himself , & ud ho fell hack again upon tlie Chartists , his last reserve , hU forlorn hope , We witnessed all this with disgust , and should have publicly denounced him at the time , if wc had not been restrained hy motives of pity for his helpless family . We confess that no private or personal considerations ought to have prevented our public duty on that occasion ; and we had not suffered them to do so , when previously impelled to denounce Lovett ; but we were not sufficiently the noi-ietit Itomasi to resist the tender claims of compassion . Many minor differences that
happened betwixt us ire now pass over , because we passed them over at the time , and we come to the period when he went to the Isle , where all the insolvents go who want to escape from their creditors . We had made up our mind not to write to his paper , —first , because it would appear inconsistent for an Independent Chartist , whose motto is "England for the English , " to write to an Irishman ' s paper , whose readers aiidcom-tpoudtnts > vere supposed to be his disciples . Secondly , we were no disciple of his , as he well knew , and , indeed , we differed materially from him on all points , except the franchise . But he earnestly entreated our correspondence , and we at length complied , int ^ ndine ; tc regardhis paper merely as an organ of communication with the people . To this end we stipulated that , as we should put our name to
all wu wrote , and be responsible for it , he was to let it speak for itself , and not to meddle with it ; in short , that wc were to let each ether alone , and only think or vioimso the common enemy . He could not keep to this—Ac grew-jealous of the reputation which he fancied tec icci-c acquiring , and began to nibble at u s . Wo soon found that he dislike d Independent Chartism as much as the great Imperialist did , and that he wanted his rieal down , only that he might mount the rostrum in his stead . Ills conduct ( is a journalist was partial , tricky , mean , selfish in a tevrd despicable . He deprecated our attacks ou the Imperialist , but very soon commenced attacking him himself . Before inserting an article which we had sent him , " Ou the way to get the Charter , " he walked over the ground we had taken , and then
garbled us , to distort us , and try to make usmisapprehen led hy his readers . Finding his failure iii that instance , he burked the remaining pari of the article , though he inserted an attack on us personally from one of his rival ' s tools ; and when we forwarded an article , not in repl y , for wc wouldnot condescend to reply , or even name such a contemptible antagonist , but set ourself right he refused insertion to it . Thus , like Burke and Hare he in cited us to become a eoc . espondenl to his paper , to gain an oppor ttiMtty to distort and destroy us , as a public writer ; {/« o «« j lie . Wc had said that wc regarded the franchise «•« a thing to ho exercised for the public good , and that the man who exercised it for individual or party purposes d d tbdisfranchied
eserveo e s ; nud he cndcarourml to per vert our meaning , as though it were subversive « f prfn . « ple . Ave had *! , „ asked hi . n , as he decried alfir . vesL mentsof money in the land , or thepublicfund * wh-uho consumed a moral or legal investment : and he renliel thatl , i . eonsiflercdalli ,, rCstmt . „ tS eq „ a ! iy moralo ,. l ga , ^ f WK . it 3 dcred Ins land views as visionary , and his currency obhva crotchet . It is enSy for a m ! m to indu ™ g yuuuy « ., ;¦* own paper , just as theeo . k cvov . son own muklen ; hut » man who give , his 0 £ o " " -- ^ i ^^^^ i ^ tSSSS
Mobe "Fniendsiiir," Ox Canvas.—J. B. O'I...
INC COGNOMEN TO IT TO IMPOSE WITH ; but we see very ¦ little credit attached to his signature . He accuses us of our past friendship for him ; but what has our hespila lie invitation to him , to make our house his home , when lit came a pc- ) r pitiable beggar to us—what has that to do with the question 1 We have always ksen a Cmn-Laiv UepcALEU , as well as Chartist . We have ttovur nban doned any of our principles , " and retained tint iiaiu « only ; " iu fact , the name is the first tiling tli : u . a mam would nbund'ii . Jons Uolt , Dewsburv . —We fear that he has no re . medy . Ills mode of addressing his " hag" was hut , and , out of that laxuesshas arisen all his trouble and ex . pense . He should have addressed it , " to he left at Law Hyson's Waggon Warehouse , Jtuiilidalp , tiji
called for : " and then he would have hail grounds of . action if not forwarded iu tegular course .. For anyj thing he now knows to the contrary , ihe bug was duly forwarded , and given into the charge of sunicbuilv or . other at" the railway station , lloehdule , " who , bv-iln-J . bye , were not lioitud to take charge of it . " \> ties sending goods should he careful how they a ( i . dress them ; for if they consign thein to the care of parties whose consent has not been obtained , or why are not hound to accept the trust , they will have t 0 stand to all inconvenience and loss consequent on their own neglect or error . Thomas Huberts , Alexandria . —We find that wc were wrong the other week in saying that Mackintosh ' s Electrical Theory and Dngdale ' s edition of , L ' ahc ' s Complete
Works were to be had . The advertising of these works , as In the market , led us into the error .. We now le arn , from the London publishers of that class of works , that some numbers of the Electrical Theory arc out of . print ; and that Mr . Heywood , the original publisher , has consequently been unable to supply orders sent tohim mouths ago by Mr . Watson , Mr . Cleave , and Mr ., lletherington . The numbers , however , as we hear ,, are re-priuting ; and when completed ,. the book will be kept in sto--k by the parties nhove . ua . med .. Of Dugdi'le ' s edition of Paine ' s Works there is but one portion published ; but there is an edition on constant- sale by-Mr . Watson , which fur neatness and cheapness has not yet been surpassed . Mr . Cousins , too ,. has an edition in . the market ; so thnt no admirer of LV . ue ' s writings need ba without the works . Isqi'ikt . —Can any of our Hull friends inform us where
a letter would reach Mr . Wm . Jackson , who formerly resided at Vuuxhall-placc , Hessle-road ? I . v < juiitv . —Could any of our Mansfield friends inform us where Mr . W . Woodward , formerly news-agent in . Mansfield , is to he fcur . d' . John Mubbat , MASciitsTEB . —No money for the Chartist Co-operative Land Society ean be acknowledged till it has been regularly transmitted and received for the treasurer . To do otherwise would cause endless confusion : there are plain directions given as to t . i umode of transmitting money , and the parties to tcten it should bo addressed : Let those directions be abided by , and there will be no cause of complaint , either of the senders or of tho receivers . John Bray , Durham . —The lines arc not" poetry , " and therefore , are not admissible . II . Smith , Liverpool . — Wecannot spare room for an address of a mere local nature .
Mr . O'Connor ' s . Letter . —On Friday morning wc r « - ceived a letter from Mr . O'Connor , which we are obliged to withhold . There was not time to " set" it after it was received , unless we run the risk of losing post .
Receipts Of Tiie C1iaktist Co-Ol'erative...
RECEIPTS OF TIIE C 1 IAKTIST CO-Ol'ERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . It'll MR . O ' CONNOR . £ S . <>» Tfioraas Alien , Spifsuy , one share l'i o Stockport , per T . Woudhouse 0 * " Cocfceriiiutitfi , per George 1 ' eat ; t M ! l Edinburgh , from Alexander Cameron .. .. 5 3 is Derby , per Wm . Chandler 2 0 il Dews ' bury , per F . W . Sucksmith * 12 ' . ' Alva , per John Robertson "J 13 * Liverpool , per John Arnold 2 O o Hamilton , per Win . Weir .. » 2 B Glasgow , per J . Smith .. - ' ID 2 l ' . raiiiord , Wiltshire , per G . Mansfield , jnn . .. O 13 u < The Artichoke Inn Locality , Brighton , per
G . Giles 2 13 5-Rutien , France , per John Sidaway .. .. .. 7 10 4 AsiitoiMiHdcr-Jjyiic , per E . Hohson .. .. .. 3 I S Plymouth , per E . Robertson 3 15 6 . PER GENERAL SECRETARY . INSTALMENTS . £ s . d . £ s . d . Mr . Dunn 0 14 Reading 0 l'i u Mr . Sherlickcr .. 014 T . A . Cultfuvd . .. « I 4 Mr . Willis , Ro- Ashton-under-Lyne 0 IS 4 chesterl 0 14 Pudsey , Waterloo .. 2 ( I tn Pershore 0 0 4 Holmh ' rth 0 10 H Bristol .. 040 Whittiugtou & Cat 048 ' SHAKES . Whittington & Cat 0 19 0 Mr . Walker .... 0 2 a Mr . Livesav .. .. 020 Scarborough .. .. 2 U U Mr . Wvatt ' scn . .. 020 Mr . Dickson .... 0 1 0 J . V ' yiitt . juu .. .. 0 0 ( i T . B . C . and Sons 1 1 C d Westminster .. .. 210 0 Reading 2 010 Mr . Willis , Ro- Lambeth 4 G 2 Chester 1 12 0 Mr . Sherlicker .. 01 i
CARDS AND BOLES . Arbroath 0 'J 0 Ovenden 0 1 o Ashford 0 1 2 Ilolnittrth ( I 3 fi Reading 0 0 0 Whittington » t Cat 0 0 4 The Ids . named from Rochdale last week should have been from Heywood . tS ^ T It would much convenience the treasurer if each person sending money hy Post-office orders , would take cave to make the order payable at the branch l ' ost-officv , 180 , Strand , London . They have but to name this when they obtain the order , and their request will be at . tended to . Thomas Martin Wueelik .
nationm . charter association . EXECUTIVE . PER Mil . O ' CONNOR . , £ s . ' 1 Newport , Isle of Wight , per T . Self 0 0 in Stockport , per Win . Wright 0 II ) 0 From a few Chartists in the East Ward , Leeds .. 0 10 ti Burnley , per Henry Holland 0 fi 7 Haslhigden ditto 0 1 Huggnte ditto .. 0 1 Wheatley Lane ditto 0 2
PER GENERAL SECRETABT . SUBSCRIPTIONS . £ s . d . £ s . d . Liverpool 10 0 Crown and Anchor U 2 11 Lambeth .. .... 0 2 6 Westminster .. .. l > 8 f > victim fcnd . £ s . C . Lambeth 0 10 Newport , Isle of Wight , per T . Self 0 S G Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary .
Death Of William Turner, Ofiiopt0n. It I...
DEATH OF WILLIAM TURNER , OFIIOPT 0 N . It is with the deepest regret that we have to record the demise of Mr . William Turner , of Hopton , in the neighbourhood of Dewsbury ; a regret which will lie shared by every Individual who had the inestimable pleasure of knowing the subject of our obituary notice . A rare and true spirit has departed from us ; and the loss will be severely felt . lie was one of the old stamp ; one whose feelings , and notions , and actions , were thoroughly English—English in tho best sense of the term—Saxon . While thoroughly despising the maudlin affectation oftheage , his whole life was one continued
endeavour to promote the happiness of all around Jtiin . This he did not do as an act of condescension ; he did not ape an humility he possessed not ; he did it because it was his nature to do it ; ami his manner m the doing of it was such as to make those subject to his influence love and reverence the man because h e was a max—a being , who while he manifested true sensibility and a real sympathy with the goodness of human nature in his acts , awakened similar feeling ' and love in others . In conversation ho was free , open , candid , sprightly , witty , and clear . He was not a creature of form—but of nature . All hesitancy of manner and uneasiness vanished in his presence . 11 is easy anil winning deportment now on the most bashful ; ami *
few moments' contact sufficed to warm into life the most retiring ' . In profession ho was a solicitor : u « 6 one of the harsh and griping sort ; for there were duties in connection with his profession that world * would not have induced him to perform , lie « ' <>"' never consent to become an instalment of 2 «) 'secutt '
It will ever bo a matter of proud satisfaction to "j that he was also a constant reader and preserver « thc ' Abrtnerji Star . To had have with us tliegootW nion of such a man , in the contest for principle llf we have had to engage in , more than compensates ' * the deadly opposition of the interested , or the p i t' " anarlings of the envious and the jealous . The rem * brancc of the many hours that wc have passed ' « ' "' company , listening to the sound and truthful oksw ^ tions on " men and manners" he was wont to w * in , will never pass away while memory holds it ? s f ' ' ' He was one of the lew rare spirits wliese 30 Ci c - never palled ; one who awakened the deepest ^ pathics mid highest- aspirations of our commo " 1 , ail 1 ^ His death was announced to us on Wedn esday m ° ^ injr , in the following terms ' liv one " of the yomi |? ' ..
of his office . It is not often we hear solicitor * ' speaking thus of their" master : "— ^ Hofton , Aug ust Stii , 1845 .-Dear Sir ,- ' 3 fr : , " ^ . is no more ! The spirit of him , whose wit and lny . x « versation so oft hath cheered us , left its " elaj" fcl'c j ^ a little Before six o ' clock this morning . He , 1 ! , s lffl rfi lieve , suffered much ; but ha » , to use his ^ T . ^ ju l "died mthout grumbling . " Mr . TV will he hull' " 11 ^ , ,, i / lamented : ami verily may we sav of hi >» , '" tlic j . [ $ ' of Shakspcare , "He was a man * take him " »" ^ we ne \ r shall look upon his like again . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09081845/page/4/
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