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      The Northern Star December 2, 1837

      THE NORTHERN STAR December 2 , 1837

      Ad00411

      A HEYWOOD _, \> e _& to announce to the Public of Manchester and its _Vicinity , that he has made _arrangements for the Delivery of the Northern Star , early on Satuniay Morning , at the Houses of _tiie Several Subscribers . Earl ) " Application is necessary , as -only a limited number are ordered .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, December 2 ...

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 2 , 1 S 37 _.

      The London Journals Are Generally & Week...

      The London journals are generally & week behind time in their eonimentiiries , and henee tlie Globe and some others of the In-Tory _suppoclers , have devoted a portion of their _columns , during the present week , to the abnse of Mr . Wakley , and tlie konest nineteen for what happened last week . Napoleon , when speaking of Murat ,-=-his King of Naples , said he was a woman in the cabinet , " bat a lion in the field . The oMm "with consistent dignity , _recommends the same line of conduct to the representatives of the people- Nothing , says the plaintive print , is more iiijudicious than this _prenia-Inrn and precipitate attack upon Ministers lu > w much bettor had it _teeu for tke cause lad Mr . Wakley ' and the Radicals satislW themselves with usiugtlie out-door stage , as their theatre of load and sounding , but _tanpty promise ; and tlie House of Commons as neutral ground " , where Tn-Toiy and Radical should meet the common enemy without reference to their minor differences Aye , aye , such has been the delusion ot ¦ whic h the people . Jiave complained for the last live years , libeir representatives have teen women in the _^ cabinet , but lions in tlit field ; no trace of identity between the pledges of the _c-midicliite and the performance of the representative , ' —hence it is that Mr , Wakley ' honesty has taken the ministry , and indeed the _country , by surprise . It is now nearly a fortnight since the royal Kaleidescope was laid before the people , and short though _tlse time , yet never w . as there a period of greater promise for the nation , not in what lias been dime , uut in the signs ¦ which have been made manifest , We tnru to the House of Commons , and we find a kind of forced inch" _uation . to lag after popular opinion , and hint at those subjects to "which it bus been long directed ,

      No longer do honourable gentlemen consider _tljemseives _contaminated by the _discussion of Universal Suffrage . The liuggaLoo garb has been stript from Radicalism , anil those wiio , a short time since , would have started at the monster , now recognize the legitimacy « f ifs form . —Servants _alwayaim-Itate their masters ; and as Loyal _speeches have beer ? things to delude , so have the professions of members . —O'Conriell , Durham , and Co ., at public meetings have a patent of" precedency to _abnee their irienils , pro-Tided the protecting shield of party shall he thrown over Qiem hi the hour of trouble . But ¦ while tlie Government journals revile the policy of Mr . Wakley—we ask what had _tecome of Daniel and his pioneers , when the ground was to be cleared before the popular array ? No , no , the la-Tories will not suffer from an honest opposition , but they will owe their disgrace and discomfiture "to the support of the wily and the cunning - —to men who link- themselves to them but to damn them , Mid watch the moment of their weakness , to turn upon them like ¦ vi pers . In the ¦ meantime the Out-Tories are smilingly looking on , while the match is feeing put to the iuflamable _combustibles of ¦ whic h the _Administration and its supporters are composed . Sir Robert iPeet ana ins party are iu leash , keen npon the scent , and waiting- for a view of the game , which is ( he money , well knowing that that indispoilsible being once placed at the disposal of Ministers , he and his pa & y can step in and divide . _Biahopricka , tke mode of Lallotting for election committees , the state of the slave land , Ireland , and tlie crimes consequent npon misrule in that _ymhappy land , liave been under discussion ; grievances

      have been darkly hinted at , but no remedy laa been suggested . A alight gleam oi _Jiope has been given to polite politicians , by _ibe eondecension of the Chancellor oi" the Exchequer , in burking the motion of Mr . Harvey regarding the pension list ; while the interests of the millions are altogether lost sight of . —They ask for a good day ' s wages , for an honest day ' s work , and protection in the enjoyment of it . —They lint that the change worked by the Reform Bill las been but a transfer" of power from the old landed aristocracy to the hands of "vulgar aud people-hating money oerasy , — they ask themselves in what the change ha ; "benefittod them ?¦ — -and the question is easy cf solution . They find that their interests liave been brought into more immediate contact with a more deadly enemy , —one "who always having the will , has now the power , to make strong and stringent laws against all attempts to protect labour from the dominion of _capital , —an enemy who tas a direct interest in the subjugation o every manly feeling entertained by the ¦ working people , inasmuch as upon their ignorance and servility depend his greatnes and distinction .

      If the In-Tories are determined that thej will be drowned , and that no body shall save them , they are going the right way to "work . Do they not . see the signs of the times ? Does Canada teach them nothing r And do thej' never consider that the same troops cannot fight in Canada , aud at Bradford ? Let them ou , ce for all throw off the slavish yoke of place-hunting support , and rely upon the generous protection which a ¦ well-governed people will ever yield to those who hold power for others , and not for themselves , and who distribute it according to the-rides of justice , rather than the dietates of ? caprice . A heavy . account has to he settled with the nation ; and the day of

      settlement is at hand . The mere substitution of si mischievous commission nv for au Idle pensioner will not satisfy the creditor ; and , therefore , instead of a committee of interested placemen , to decide upon fractions , let U 3 _'have a full , a fair , and » final arrangement df all those matters , concealment of which , creates suspicion , engenders _tiistrust , and promotes _disloyalty ¦

      Justice. Lkeds Magistrates. Mr. Baker Au...

      JUSTICE . _LKEDS MAGISTRATES . Mr . Baker aud the Masters saved from their own pit fall . - By reference to our Leeds intelligence , it K'ill be found that Mr . Baker , the Factory Inspector , laid an informationagainstcertain of the factory masters for a _violation of the _Factories , ; Regulation Act . This was a friendly action _.

      Justice. Lkeds Magistrates. Mr. Baker Au...

      not brought with a view to punish the Masters , but with _nn intention of trying the Magistrates ; hut thanks to Mr . Tottie , the Mayor , and his brother Magistrates , the Inspector broke dowu or failed in liis proof ; or , in _otfcer words , he did not find the Magistrates so pliant as he had expected . The whole was a counter-plot got op to destroy the effect of the " Stephens' triemph '' lately obtained over Baker and Co ., at the late Leeds Meeting . The avowed object was t < 5 give the _pwr Masters as _opportunity of making public their clemency , while the real motive was to form a project lor the coutt'ibplated addenda to be made _$ _o the already too large a tribe of factory _slaves . The Mayor explained the Act like a lawyer and a _gtntlemibi .

      , , Another !3oi>Chester Business Three ...

      , , ANOTHER ! _3 OI > CHESTER BUSINESS THREE OPERATIVES _AK'KESTED AT MANCHESTER . By reference to our Iiffncashire intelli gence ,. itjwiD be seen that three power-low weavers _Jisve been arrested at Manchester and are now in Gaol to stand their trial their crime being a disinclination to _wori at a vat- of wages which they eonsiikrec loo low . In the name of justice and common sense , how long will our sapient rulers allow such _ilifiigs to be done ? And is this th Administration for the preservation of whos power , \ 9 e are to sink all " minor differ enees ?** Where is the word of consolation to be _fopnd for the poor man _ainoagst al the parliamentary prattling that hag taken plaee during the present session ? Ant where the boasted blessings of reform ? Turn to what side we may , we see nought bn wretchedness , we hear _nothing but complaint ; and yet we are a well-governed and should be a contented people . _Non-Staute ; the people never will be , never oiii _^ hi lobe , contented , until improvement becomes progressive in all grades of society , ant until tha people , the most _valuable of nil are raised to that position which nature intended they should occupy . No ; though we have " daily deserters from the ranks , ye will we beat down opposition , und attain justice for belaud , justice for England , am justice for Scotland , or die in ( he attempt Let not the men of Manchester dispair they are in the centre of the hive , and _sbal not be smothered , while the "drones con _suine their honey . " We shall be on the watch .

      Leeds And West-Riding News

      LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWS

      Leeds, House Rdkbkry.—On Tuesday (Vening...

      LEEDS , House _Rdkbkry . —On Tuesday _( _vening last between the hours of fuur and seven , the _ciwellinj house of Mr . "Wm . L & verick , green grocer , Brickstreet , hi this town , _wys entered _bv menus skeleton _keya during the absence of the family a market . TJie _thitjves ransacked tht lower rami o the house , and look away half of a _ruasted dnek oui of _»¦ _cupboard . They also hioke open a chest n : drawers in an _up-atairs room , _nnd turned over the articles of clothing in them upon _tjxe floor am _ti-ain pled them under foot . _Amongfii the rest was an did cilk handkerchief , which had wrapped in it a check for £ 100 . They took away with them , besides the fragments of the roasted duck . two pair o sheets , and a pair of pillow eases , leaving ; _uutny articles of valuable clothing behind them . One o the teds they turned aver and ransacked , but left : he olher untouched . lit the latter was a considerable quantity of gold , in a bag , under the pillow-. Mi _; _i- * itkols _Accidbst . —On Tuesday evening , an inquest mis _hi-M before John Blackburn . Esq ., coroner , at _tlie Itodney _Tnti ,. bottom ra _Briggato , , _ju ¦ view of tbe bo < tj _i . _*! _Jollll _cumuli , an ostler '' at the house . It sgpeaied . thiit" [ he _deoeaml had taken the horse of ll ' r . Hil _) _ol Knottingley , til ( beKrar , for the purpose of washing him , hen he _got unexpectedly btyond his depth mid Bowling was thrown into the water . Being unable to swim he continued Co keep _himself up till _betgot about fourteen or fifteen yards _beyonil the first areti , when 1 he wtPQt down , notwithstanding ? _se _^ _enil efforts ; 1 iat _werd made to save him . One _rujira _putout a ] oat . look which the drowning man twice attempted to lay hold off but without effect , and another man whs about to _plunge into the water to render _assistbut could not readto iasieu lo

      ance , get a rope y ' himself so as to avoid the danger of being drowned . Deceased waa 26 years of age . A _htfr _^ eon _^ 'assent for but life' was extinct . Verdict , —Death by Arvt & ning . _Tempeiisnce Lkctueb . _t—A Temperance meeting was held last Monday evening in Albion ( _Jhapelj which was well attended . Mr . E . _Jnhiiaon in tlie _chiiir . A powerful and energetic address waa given by Mr . S . Grabb , of Preston , agent of the British Association for the _suppression of _TeniperaBee , enforcing the principles of Totiil Abstinence , and _shewing the _inadequacy of any other scheme . E . ogoe and _Vagabond—Cciac-h Informer . On Tuesday , John Upton , the notorious informer , whose conduct was noticed in the Northern S _& r the Court House , and refused , lie last week , was brought up at charged with having neglected having been , duly summoned , to attend on Thursday _tosupport informations laid bv hinj . _Hf waa fined £ 10 , and in default of payment was _comsuitted for two months to _Wakeneld House of Correction , lie begged bard to be allowed to pay the penalty by instalment ? \ but the magistrates very properl y refused , _observing , that his conduct had been base in the extreme , he having sworn that uric coach had carried fourteen out and fire inside _passengers , when in fact there were only five ; and that another had carried fourteen out and" four inside , wh < n there were only three in "the whole . The coach proprietors had been put to considerable trouble ant _espense in rebutting his false statements , or they must hsvesuliluitted to heavy nne _£ _ _RouaSKiKS .- —On Saturday night , four _viliaius attacked Mr . Webster , _jtierchant and manufacturer , who resides at _Tiurmanu > ffs , . near this towu , and robbod him of some copper . They endeavoured , lo _takeiswGtch _, but he held it fast , though they broke the ciiain and got the gold appendages . He called ou _^ for assistance and the thieves fled , after _treating him with _grtat _pecsMial _violence . Mr . _v \\ had in his pockets £ -20 in silver , for the purpose nfpaying wages ; consequently had they not been pat to _liighc the- thieves might have obtained a . ; more valuable Wjty . On Sunday night , some _Fbieves forced ojien a _eelhr window and entered the house of Mr . Engera _* boot aud shoe _manufacturer , in St . _Poter'ssquare , Leeds , and broke open a chest of drawers , from which they extracted eight Co notes of the -Leeds Banking Company . They had also packed up a great quantity of _shpes and other articles , but ft appears that they had ' been alarmed , as _tbey left them behindand ade nil" with the alone

      ,. m money . On Sunday evening , during divine worship , some villains entered the _^ muse of Mr . Anthony _Hutehiuson , picture dealer , Market-street , Leeds , and stole a silver gill and cruam jug , and absconded with the booty . _Stealing 4 Coat . —On _Monday , Benjamin Valentine was brought up at the Court House , charged with having stolen a coat o " _H'the Tuesday previous , tire property of James "Whitatcr , of Wortley , fronJ a cart In _Vitar lane , Leeds . On Saturday , the float was found at a cluthes" stall in the FreeMarket . The keeper proved haying purchased it of the _pri-r Boner . He was _-cominitteil for ( rial . On Tuesday , the prisoner was charged with having stolen a sack and a coat , the property of James _W ales . An hour _& fter _' th . e robbery the coat was found in tlie _prisoner ' 9 possession . He was also committed for trial for that oftencp to Walicfield House of Correction . Toes . —On Saturday , Joseph Jackson was jrOught up at the Court House , charged by Inspector Snow , with having , that morning , at an nntiinel )' lour , grossly assaulted the officer iii the _execution of his duty by stamping upon his toes . He wag finril £ 1 . 10 s . and _exjieuses , and _in-default of payment he las _cniniuitfed tor two months ( o Wakefieln House _OfCorwclion . . " .

      Leeds, House Rdkbkry.—On Tuesday (Vening...

      Vagk _*> cy . —Oil Saturday , George Lister was Drought up at the Court House , charged with having on Friday night , cutered the malt-house uf the Boot and Shoe _iaa , Wood-street , Leeds , and _stolen _tliere ftoro a parcel containing five shillings , _n handkerchief a pair t > f half boots , and other articles . The Pro perty was not found upon him , Imt he was clearl pi-aval to have lodged in the 6 nthouse , and was _coainitted as a ro _^ ue and vagabond for two _mnntha ta Wakefield House of Correction . Inquest . —On Moudiiy , an inquest was token before Mr . Blackburn , a , t the Court-House , Leeds on view of the body of George _Macfarlane , aged six teen months , who had been severely amicted with the _meazles , and had eipired suddenly at the house of his parents . Venlict , —Died by the _Yisitatiotx of God . Humane Socikty . —The following letter we insert , because _tffl heartily wish success to ihe pro ject . —Eds . TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHBHN STAB . Gentlemen' , —It is now more than two months since I addressed a letter to fhe public , which was inserted in the Meroury , upon the subject of estab lishing ; a ' . 'Humane Society , '' in Leeds , for tie recovery of persons apparently drowned . Since that time I waited upon a number of _gentlemen in my own neighbourhood , who readily put down their names for the attainment of that object- Supposing it ¦ would be followed up , I went to Hull to obtain information , and made drawings of the necessary apparatus . I likewise , through the medium of a friend who had business in London applied to the Secretary of the Roval Humane Society , who supplied mo with their last annual report , and instructions how to act in cases of ( iat descri ption . The funds are not sufficient for _carrjnjg so praiseworthy an object into effect ; and I n ( _ta _tipain appeal to the public for that purpose . I hale not the least doubt in my own mind that if . t ! je society had been established , the life of anothir individual , it is probable , would have been saved , which , as I stated in my former letter , would nave amply repaid us for our trouble , and any little _pEcuniary _ecusidia-. ition . The particulars of tlfe accident to which I allude will be seen in another part of the paper . I would further observe , thai ihouglr we have ' so many vessels generally in _de river , _there is not a small boat between the canal warehouse and tlie Crown _£ oint , a distance or more than half a mite ; likewise the drags , which lire deposited at- the Court Haus , c , _prodded by the town , are at nearly as great a distance from where accidents generally occur . Any further observations T consider superfluous . Trusting tii the good _feeling of my Own townsmen for carrying so _desirable as _undertaking into effect—I am , Sir , Tour ' s respectfully , ' - HEKKY BINDER . Seven Stain Inn , Dock Street , Leeds .

      A Soldier ' s Lark . —One of the _recruitiig party now stationed in Leeds , named Tweedle , V _£ a charged at the Court House , on Monday , with staling a silk handkerchief from a dwell ing-house in _EasHanu . Two witnesses deposed to seeing-lim enter the house by the window and come out _ajsin the same way after a tew minutes . He short ! " returned with another man ,. and aga _' n _eutoreo'the house by the window , _throwing down the s » . fi in getting in . After slaving a few minutes U the house the second time , he again came out it the window and accompanied the other man _B the _Brougham's Arms . On tJie return of the lipman wbo occupies the house , she found the _windffi sash lying oa the floor with two squares broken ; end on _£ _oing upstairs she missed a silk _handkerchief The soldier said he had been _aceustnmed to freqieut the _liouse , and on this occasion had gone to l * k after a g irl named Sarah Watson ; not finding aij one in he pot in at the window for a lark ; hut deified must positively that he had taken any thinjr oo \ of the house . The magistrates enquired the chancter of the house . _Insjjcctor Child stated it to be . i house for " comers and goers . '' A policeman saullbntif the man had beeu disposed lo rob the hoise , he might have taken two silver watches and _sone sovereigns , which were in the room where the _hihdkercliicf was alleged to have been stolen . _Coniideriuy this , and that the bouse had been entered in tie open day , and in the presence of several persons , ( lie magistrates were inclined to think there mi ght bi . no felonious intention , but that it might be merely i lark ; cautioning the prisoner , therefore , against" linking " this way again , they discharged him on _condition , of his paying for the squares he had broken . Boeglary . —David Broadbent , of Armley . was brought up Hi the Court House , on Monday , _charged with breaking into t , he shop of Mr . George _J" isher , butcher , of Hunslet . A watehinan named _Dunderdale was on duty in Old Lane , _Huuslet , about half-past two on Sunday _rnerniug _. Htsr _' mg a noise like ibe breaking of a _dpot , he _listened and pre _^ _Mitly _nerc ' _^'' t'i-o ¦ > _"" .- —t— _# — _inTongn _Tffitil _inhcr ' s shop . Ho went _"n towards _thfi-ohatn hap , and then crossed the road back again , and joined another man on Ehe other side . The _watt-hmftn then approached _tbtrn and on seeing lim they _rati away . He followed and captured . Broailliead who bad s piece of meat tied up in a handkerchief . The other two men then returned andmade a desperate attempt to rescue _Broiidbcnt , one of them being armed with a heavy crow-bar . Greatly , however , to his credit , the watchman stuck to bis prisoner and defended himself in Ihe _liesi way he could . On his springing his rattle Ihe two men at liberty decamped , leaving BrcaJbcnt in custody who was safely _lodged in gaol and brought up next day . Some skeleton keys were found in us puckeis . Committed for trial .

      _Attempted Burglary . — 'An attempt was made to enter the shop of Mr . Hcap =, plumber and _glazier , on the same night that Mr . Fisher ' s shop was robbed , it is supposed by the same gang . The attempt was , however , unsuccessful . Akotiiek Attempt at _Huuseekeakikg . — Dn Monday niqht , _soinw villains attempted to break nto the bouse of Mr . Hobert Scott , a milkman , ¦ ear Burmantofts . The occupants of the _dwelling ired a gun which had fhe elttct of inducing the valiaut rogues to take to their heels . A raan , named Rhodes , was lined £ i 10 s . and costs , for having _assaulted and set a dog at a person of the name of _Liddle . The dog bit complainant in a very serious _manner , so much as to endanger _liis jfe and the prisoner also assaulted him . The outsid « tie Aire and Calder pnblic-house . Aii oysternia . u waa _ctlled for the defence , but could not shell out George Smith , a barber of Holbeck , wm tinec five shillinas and costs for shaving a man on _Sunday morning . Sir Audrew Agnew always shaves oil $ aturaday nigntj Leeus _"Wokkiso Men ' s Association . —The

      concluding lecture of the course , we last wei noticed , was given on Wednesday evening , in tie room of the _Assoeialion , to a very numerous audi-¦ ory . Mr . Bray , rxfter briefly reviewing the various _places heretofore adopted by llie working class to ameliorate their conditions , endeavoured Eo ' shew that no remedy could be effectual , unless it went to ' o the alterations , 'in some manner , oftne present Social _Ststein . The lecturer , without exactl y attacking " the change advocated by their body , contended that sueh a _change could not take place without some preparatory movement ; and offered the heads of a first step for consideration . His > artial social chanpe was to be effected by _unitiflj-. he _varions trade-societies in Great . Britain , into ope cderaUeague , wlxioh would uomprfie no less than one million able-bodied men , having dependant upon them three million of women and children . The real wealth of tlie country was calculated to amount to two thousand five hundred millions stering , which was to be all represented by paper money , and which would yield , if uqually divided , £ 1011 to every individual in tJie empire . Upon this eale , the united trades would he entitled t _« create and mate use of a portion of the circulating medium amounting to four hundred millions . A convention was then to he called , between the capitalists and the producers ; and the lirtter—after entering into an agreement to pay to the former a specified sum annually , in ihe shape of _interest—were to take icssession of a portion of the real wealth of _tiiB KHin _' to four hundred mill ions sterling

      try , _amoTinting , _indfoiining respective trades into joint stock , coinlanies , were _unmejiatel to commence business on heir own account . Machinery of-every kind was hen to be introduced as _eWensi ™ ly as possible ; and Jo insure equality of eschanges , one uniform = c » ie of wages was to he paid in every trade _htoughout the league . This preparatory ttep , hy giving the working class increased wtalth and _ucrcased leisure , would _tlevaie their character to _s degree n _» t attainable under' the present system , and " would pave the way for any _furtlier social hange . This . was the substance , of thu contem'lated movement , but the plan lg to lie further evelopcd _at-a . future iime . A disciissioa was commenced , but owing to the lateness of the hour it vaa postponed until Wednesday evening _csst . We _mdersland the Association contemplate calling a niblie meeting , during the Christmas _halidays , to _etition for . Universal _Suffrage ; and that they intend _itwiae to have " a . public dinner on the same day , o which several friends of the _caust will h 9 _Uvited . ' _ _ _

      - , - Y , - - - Important Case. Spirit O...

      - , - y , - - - IMPORTANT CASE . SPIRIT OF THE FACTORY ACT . Chi _Wednesday last , Messrs . Brown ¦& Co . flax spinners , were charged at our Court Honse 1 / r Mr . Baker , with deviating irnrii the spirit of the Factory Act , in not allowing their works to sto ] during the lime specified for meals . Mr . Hake stated that one section of tie acl provided that a certain _class of children should be allowed one am a half hours iu the course of ihe day for meals , bu the section did not deliue which part of the day _shonlt ! be appropriated to that purpose ; it raerel says , ?« the _cimrse of the day ; _tittrt the act di ; _rinct the _dav io he from bnlf-nast five in the mornini till ha & pnst eight nt _ni _^ it : thai ; within the lag few mouths the opinion Uad jrone abroad Ihat ou < aud " a half hours allowed in the course of _t limiting day ( i . n . _fromhalf-piistfiveinthemoruinj til ] haJJ ' _-pastraglil in the evening ) was a _sufficien compliance with Ihe intentinuof tbeact , _Hspecvally if one hour waa allowed at noon . Mr . Bate ' considered this a breach of the law , and he hat told tlie parties Ihat if the regulations required h ' chelaw were not complied with , he should _feelithin duty I o proceed _against them . He considered it ( i question of considerable importance , one _whiel involved an important principle , and which , i ; decided in favour of the practi _ce of th _ emir ] -owners would form a prewdent practice which might be _exceedingly detrimental to the health of chlldrer und others . Mr snid tliat

      , . Brows tbey began to work n [ six in Hie morning and finished at half-past seven in thu evening , and that they allowed one hour and . ihree _^ _quarters for _lnenlit : but , if they had Hliuwed Iliis time at an improper part of tho day , they must submit to the decision of the law . lit thoug h _^ bowever , that tbey were _perfectly justified by the act itself in the course they _Jiad adopted , inasmuch as they had allowed _tha hour audtlueequarter _' s between the liours of six in ihe morning and _lialf-pnst seven . iu ( he (¦ teiring . They commenced io run their mill at six o ' clock in the morning , and ran till eight ; Ihey commenced n _^ ain at a quarter-past eight , and rau till twelve : they began _ayain at one , and ran ( HI sevetr , bI _^ _lnch time they stopped for the day , und- thus _idluwed anodien nali liour as part of tbe traiu _prii . _iilc . l by dto act lor . meals , and wh _| _i ; h was iiichided in wiat _migitt V termed ufactiir / i dai / . Mr . Brown also _stnted fhat the children generally preferred Hub arrangement , and t . hnt 6 > r such ol them as could nut get their tea . while the machinery waa- moving " , _stopped for a _quarter of an hour at four o ' clock , to accommodate them . Mr . _Holdtorth _thuugiit ( hat the question narrowed I ( _self infa > a very small compass . He roiiceiv _^ d it simply to be , what portion of a workiu ; _dayoughl tobeailowed formeals ? If ihuliiwwa . r ouud io specify nny thing for regulatini _; tlie time , what did it specify ? For Itis own part , he thoughi _ttvis thf act did nut _determine what part of l ! ie day should be appropriated to _iwal times . Mr . GooJMMN thought , tliat _accordiug to the maiuier iu which _tlie questioii might be viewed hy some , it might be inferred thai if an hour and a half were allowed during any part of Ihe day , tlie requisitions of the act would be complied with , lie v . as of opinion , however , that if the hour and half were > r . j _[ ierl y proportiuned dnring the whole time of _vorfciug , it would be much _mnre _oousistent with _Uiu _.,. I , of thu cldldren ; that if _inaat _& _a ili'J not act u _cmitnnnily _« ith thi _? spirit nf the law , _itmifdit be nade the means of serious innovations . He consilered that the spirit of this act ought to be abided by , tnd ' fhat hy the mili = stopping at proper times their _temperature would be altered ; the _ijhildrei _. would _getlbfi frtah air , nnd become _re-iiivigorated for _tbeir _einploynmut . Mr . MtBOKArE snid , that since the question bad jeen broi _^ ht before _thero , he liad . paid _soine _attention to _tUs subject . Hi ? thought _tintthe miestiou ins one of considerable importance , _espotsaEy as they were called upon for tbe lirst time to give their opinion upon this nto point . In talking the subjeel _jyij * with two or three of his brother _magistratps , one _Hiint was agreed upon , thnt [ birt _^ en andalialfhours _terday L < s the time that the parties engage with _ibi-ir _nasters , io be in their enipiov , allowing _proper i _^ _aiet mealsHe thought there could be ili

      or- . no _^ _puto ipon that point ; but the question ihey had to _deterollle was , _wbitt was the intention of tlie _legiUatnre ? It 1 _thoiiLiht ihat Uie spirit of the act would be thai [ lie hour and a half should l > e _inore equally divided over the thirteen liours and a half , than ' that on _<_ lour should be taken in the middle of the day , ant _isilf an hour atthe end of it ; but aa the law did not so clearly _define the ma . tter as lo say what part of tlie day should be set apart for meals , hi ? thought th _:-tl the- _geiHTSil wrsh uf the employers and the umployed night be consulted , and that when soroe positive nfonnalicin on that mailer was obtained , they would je better able to deciJe the nitration . Jas . _^ _IlBJ'hv , an overlooker , in answer to quesiioiji iy the magistrates , said _Ihat lie had seven children a _orkiug under him , and that They would rather havt Messrs . Rrotvn and _. Co . ' s regulation , than continue at _iliuir work till half-past _si ' . _en , as by that regula-. _« _L- _^» j £ * _i-.: r -i :- _tinn t ) iey _wunid _ha _^¦ _e lo wort two S half-hours per ' wen . _Mahy l . _ttxH . and _Elizaeetit Willi _43 ts , two it o ' _clock . _'Iliey stated tJiat by this arrangement they could _havy time to attend a _nig"ht fciiool , and they could Lrel their meals as well when the _macluiiery was _working as when stopped . Another _overfoofcer named Wm . _Sei _. _bv , corroborated the statement of last witness , and also an overlooker of a mill belonging to a Mr . Brigsa , . Ions _Clarke , an _nvittlooker in a woollen mil ' _belonging Messrs . _Juquesand Wilson , in York-road , also stated it as his opinion that children genernll ; Sreferred the arrangement by which they could leave lea work at seven o ' clock , as by that means they could attend a night school . Mr . Baker : Are you _awai _\? of any particular night school attendance more than usual ? Has tlie practice of attending school at night become general among thefaclorv children r Clarke _cc- ! ild not an _. _^ ver the question Mr . Holdforth _thought the question an niitairone After some desultory conversation it was agreed to postpone tha decision of the case till the _lollowin day .

      Thursday, Xov. 30. Tiio Mayor Said Tliat...

      _THURSDAY , _Xov . 30 . TIio Mayor said tliat Ms business was to ail minister and not to make the laivs , and after having consulted hi _; brother Magistrates upon the important case , they had come to a . _decision that tlie act of parliament had been complied with . The net was loose in its _phraseology , and nlso in many of its clauses ; for though it had defined the length of a working day , and the amount of time for recrealion , yet _Hliad not _specified the luiurs at ivhiih it was to be _alloived . The factory _workS _^ -rlaj _senu'd to be iiftopn hours ; and the complaint was that the time for rest had not feeen allowed hy the masters . Now it appeared to hue , and those with whom he auted , that the whole question was , or ought to be , one of convenience to the children , ami if they preferred fasting from _ouc o ' clock . to " _seVen in erdev that _tliey mi ght return to their homes a half-liour sooner , he saw no reason to oppose the wish . By this arrangelncm more . _& n & w 6 ' uld' he allowed to chil 3 ren ° Tor education ; and as ( liat seemed lo be tlie especial object of the legislature , he thought . it would he unfair to frustrate it The judgment of the court , therefore , was , ihat the complaint of Sir . Baiter be dismissed .

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      DlN 5 . Efl ' 10 1 HB _YontSilTBB _HUSSABS . On Monday , afiplemlid dinner was _£ 1 _vl-u at the Music Hall , Albion-street , to the Noil-commissioned Officers and Priiales of the Leeds Squadron of _Vorivrira _llossars , "hy Major _Uecljett and the Officers of ' that excellent corps . Major . Beckett _prestded , ennported on his _nglit aud left by the _Ollicers of the loth Hnssa . rs : Sergeant Major Leo , _Sor _( . 'e : uit Ash , and Corporal Farfciiison , _nciinp T-- _^ _JjmlA _rlvx _^ _mxir- _^ U 1 _P 1 * "J U _l t" _4 " _4 J _n n h _> ri iTl _H 1 1 Til _M ¦ r tenant of die _West-Riding , " " _yolonel Badcock of the lo . fh _. Hussars , ' - " Captain Upton Mid the Officers of _tha _Veoinanry . " " _Georgi ! \ V _« llier , aud . 7 'homaa _Hischoi _Esqrs ., as beiue i ; onn _' _ecl _* sd . with tlie late 1 , 0 _^ 1 . Mihtia , " " The Ladies , " ' _& c . _ , Ac . In the _course of ibe . _evening , a beautiful silver _snulT hos nith a suitable inscription was presented to Sergeant Major FaMouali . by the _Xon-commistdoriad Oitkers , in _cousidei-ation of his valuable _seniced in rearing tliat noble corps to their i > fficient slato they noiv hold as a voluntary military force . We also _tin'derfcfcmd ihat it is in _contamulation by the _IMvaies of the said corps , to _jireaent a lurlher token of _tlitiir _resucct for bis past _servicus . 'lie company _were enWixed at _inti'rvals dnriijg the evening by the band of th' ? lath _Ilussari , aud a Uariy of _gltc _BiHgers uf the Harewood troop . _'iny-\ _ig _sei-eral escellent popular songs . ' The dmuer _i-liidi was grovidei hy _ AIr . Ash of ihe Anffel Inn , ivas _got ' up iu a superior style ; tbe wines being of the first _tjuality ga _\ e _jjreni _tatisfection . The cominiiT did not _swiitrateuirtilalKtc hour .

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      BEflCFOED , S CKiXli _CiT . iMiri _'—Fali _. _INK IS OFF A _HdOF . — On _tursday , ihe rflof of four _double _cottars near th « 6 j ) ink . well Terraca fell in . A boy who was _iiugaway tbe rubbish from the " roof , the _slatiug g heen _jnst finished , was precipitated iiilo the , his leg _anil'thi _^ h being broken and otherwise fully injured , Another youih whn _wasi > _n the id in front of the houses was ao much bruised e slab's and stones which fell upon him as to r his recovery hopeless . The building -belongs person named liiand , a sawyer , who put up ood work himself . This was of the worst iption , there not bein _^ , what is tecluiicallod binders . To this defect tho accident in at _turntable , _dical Absoci _. ition . —At the meeting of the _cal Association on Monday last , it was resolved a petition should be prepared praying for rsftl suffrage , _* 'Ote by ballot , and annual aments , aubmitti .-d io the committee and when aj * oved , signed by them on behalf of tlie meeting . " ' I a uL'tition io be presented hy Mr . _Listur and Mr . Tiflheld , and the Kadical Members to be _reijueitsd tobpportit .

      _k"SUaRECT 10 _& ' _AGAJ _5 ST _TMK POOH Law .- — -On Siftirday last , doseph Swaine Cooper , Joseph Giensmith , wool comber , and William Brook . «* e committed to York Castle for trial at llie caning Assizes , charged with , being _actively e _^ a ged in the insurrection of the 2 U _( h ull . The _pijioners were apprehended i" ( heir beds on ( he phvious _evening . The evidence against Swaine was tliat of _Moaes Sugden , _watclunan who deposed _k * _^? _ing _lii-m breaking tbe windows of ihi _^ Court _Housx , J . Ward , an _mtiidexr constable , _deposed t _« a _siiialar _fatt against _Greeniiiiifli ; his testimony W 53 _supported by S . _RuhiosoiiT a constable . It appeared . "' , from the _statements of G . Ingfajim tile worsted in _^ _iector _, W , bakes , _Siiperintendnut of the watch , and n special constable , that Brook acted a prominent part , in the _artnir , be assisted to bre . ik the windows and was one of those who forced their way through , tho _^ _olicn force to ihe outer door of the Cotirt Honso , which they wore only _prevented from breaking open by the sabres and pistols of the military . There are now live persons in all lodged in the county gaol for _takiug part in " t ! _iis nielaneholy aflair . ,

      _5 _ojrd of _GuAHHiASa . _^ _'lliiS body _heldiuwectly on . Monday ! No bu _& _uess-of in _^ _ortahec _was _transacted , in fact uone _behig _fspecwd ; there was no assemblage of people , aud all wentol ? _peacably . A ¦ arge _numherol _sperial constables haie be _unsworn in . _Re-opemnu er the _CiTnaui : Chapet .. —This chapel was re-npend with grent pomp , last Sunday . Nothing had beun neglected which could _j ; ive eefat to the ceremony , and the RomWi ehurch is IrHitful of sunh resources . Thu _liishop of Trachiw , splcndidly robed , and _wearing _miire _, richly worked in gold anil ¦ : < _-t in preeinis _stnnes , chaunted a Puntficial High Mass , assisted by $ L _\ _Priests , also riciily dressed , and Evvclvu otht-r attendanis . The ioimc , " from _Hilydn and _llossin _, was of tho _uinsi _t-baruiing _description , and well executed ; _Jhi ? vocal performance buing quite equal . Pulpit _eloqneiiee ot the lirst character , « _asexhibited by ihe Rev . M . _Trappos , of _Broughion Uall _. Thus the beauty and harmony of the whole was well unstained _^ exeiy thing whicli could mar the _Iramaticerlectliavin _^ b _^ _'ncarefnllygtiiirdcd _aifaiust . - Clo _9 _i _± \ u the _Snoi-s . _^—The _ten-dealer * of Bradford lave _doteruiini . 'd to close tJieir shops at _tfi _^ ht o ' clock , ii _oidt-r to _^ i * e their _appreniic _^ _ti itud _assiatimti _uioro ¦ i me IVir recreation and mental improvement . We _iope the e _.-ianiplu will be _fullowed by other _shopkeepers ,

      i \ . Disorderly . —\ SartIsa _llobroyd _, of Deuholm- _; , rat at present lodging iu Bradford , was brought ur . ) u _Saturday , at the Court-house , charged _wiih being _dnmk aud . disorderl y ; but she escnpod lurtil . v . , is _IValifHrld _Hous ; oi' Correction ia a ! _uiesent so ' nil ( hat there is uo room . Shu has been tliere above i dozen timus . Fatal _Quarrel . —Latt Thnrdday , a man named 1 ' _Bnrsoii , ot '" Wibsej , came by liis ( . Loath _nndi-T the following circumstances : —A _briitlior-in-law of hi ? , named UgutOwlei , and he were _figliting , Hiid while _ur . 'sTlin _^ together near _thi . ' cellar _lioor , It _ilcW _opoif , Pearson was precipitated "down the collar _stairs , iind foil on [ lie b ; _u-k of h _« head , which _produced _concussion of the brain , He died almost iiumedimely . Sti ; _aliso Touacco . —Charles Jackson , of Bradlord , mill-hand , was brought _hetiiro _Mattlie _^ _'ITiompson aud J . G . i _' _.-iley , _fisq ., _» t _the-Conit-house , fm Friday , cl . iirgcd by Mr . Thomas Mocier _Mimliinan , of _Kirkgnte , -tobacconist , with heing hi hie warehouse on the night of the 23 rd , about six o ' clock It appeared , thatpiisonerhi _( dwaU : heiiauopportiiiuty ¦ jrheu Mr . _Mouiman was "busy in his _fliop ant slipped _intxj die _wareliou _* e . Mr _.-Monkman _Uftvine _occasion to go in , met _prisoner coming np steps with six or seven pounds nf . _^ _hag _tubacco in & blue apron ho had on ; pri _^ cHter finding he was caught , ran do-. ni _sUiir _* _iigmn , and put _Ihe'tobaceo _wlitte he found it , nnit thus a > :: _qiiitti'd himself of felony- Mi-. iMoiikntan _gavc him in charge to John Andrew _, the constable . _T'Uti _imiyislrates , _however , sent him i _* Wakeridd for thive mmilhs , asarugno . taid v . _iga-V _^ _O , _-J-Yrr _^ -j _| n _Su Ii _^ m _rWTiin . i _t _.-b'cr _[^ _rrl , i ! jJ . L some _j-entk'man , lie _il « crJl > Wl . had sent him into the wurL'lionfcf for tbe _tubacco . _CALVERLtiv 5 _/ _A U _' _at _^ ii . —This water has been _anafsv-ed _liy an eminent Chemist , who finds that tor one _snlphate of alumina , ( nearly tlie same as common alum , ) L 2 if grains ; 3 rd . Sulphate _efliuie or _selenck _1 , _4 _» ETain = ; 4 th . Muriate of Magnc-sia , 14 _grains , EO 2 lutal in the gallon : —Observations . The quantity of these sails , as well aa the proportion thej' bear to one another , will _vsry at different _periods , aceoi \ i ing to _tlie stale of _lb « _weathor ; the quantity of rain falling > npon , and percolating _tlirougli toe slrala , as is the cast in aJl mineral springs , _mortor less , _lliis spring is a very strong chalybeate ; its _iuedichuil qualities , tonic and _astricigent 1 d . o ; not "know auy _ct-lebrated mineral water , _chalybeate waters are frequently met uilli , but the iron is _Sev erally held id som : iou by carbonic acid ; hero , ip solvent is sulphuric acid , and tlie iron is in much larger quantity than nsual . The substances : { viz , _iroupyretes and iiliuciiuaor clay . ) from which tlie two _Jistinsiiishing salts of this water are _prodnred : viz . Coperaa or alum , are exceedingly _abimdnut in nature , ao mneli as to _furuisli with the aid of art , niany tliousand tons annually , of these oseful salts ; trac . it i _^ _qaires the action of air , as well as fl ater , tu form _liiem ; eenee they are not coiuinonly found in natural springs . Clayton . —On Sunday last , a very numerous and highly _respecUiblc meeting , waa heJd in tbe _school room , Clayton , to _ta"ke Into consideration the legality of resisting the introduction and operation of the Poor Law Ainendni ( . _Tii Act , when Mr . Kcnry -Jowett was called to the chair . After a few preiimenary remarks had been made , and tha meet _^ xi _^ opened for the transaction of . _busitlefs , Mr Mioheai Scholfield _raTiie forward , and addressed tl

      meeting at considerable length , against the details if . thr bill , and the ill treatment of llie poor , under the immediate direction of the vile . and _oneonstitu-: _ional oligarchy of _Somerset House . After _severe _othar _elfpij-uent and _imprcpsive remarks from _diftcreni 5 | ieakers , in ybhoirance of the new British Tciumverate , the following resolution we submitted to the meeting , and unanimously carried : —That , it is the meeting , that we keep the affairs of this township , ' rom under the control of fhe Poor Law Commissioners ; and that , ihe present aeting overseers he fully empowered bythi ? meeting to administer relief as they hitherto have done . And that , if they _should hereafter be any way inyulvefi , _bj disobeying he orders of the guardians , or the said commission _^ - ere , they _Mhall be _exonerates . Irani , all pecuniary _sesjonR ! _bilitics by this _townsjiip . The meeting thtin concluded by returning thanks w the . chairman , for his able and impartial conduct in ihe . ehair . TempeiUNCE Meeting . —The friends of iemj erance had a rich , treat on Monday evening , Air . jrubb , ' the agent for liie British and _Fotei _^ n _Temperance _Ati _? oeiation wes present nnd gave a most _eloi | ueiit and erltclive atldrcss ; he spoke for upwards of an hour , pourtraying in the most vivid colliers the evils of intemperance , and urging the vast benefit as _p ' cll as the great ilufy of joining the Teetotal Society . His arguments were illustrated with many striking ; naratives , whicli told wilh a _lowcful elfeet on the auditory . Rev . J . Bardsley , he Rev . Mr . Cheadle , of ¦ _Billgley , and several _othex gentleman addressed the meeting . The former speaker alluded to ihe _importance of the temperance -ause , to _ita intimate _hearing sn ' the eternal interests of men , to the great henelits it was calculated to eonfe"on tlie labouring population , to tht _ignorance and _prejudice by which it was assailed , _aiid to the _tha . jalpable proofs which every meeting < _£ the _inngiurates _preshnted , _that . _grcat good resulted from t— tbtotatlers were not brought before the _magisrrteafor _difordorly conduct . Mr . Cheadle spote in us uaJal strain of powerful _argumentation , depicting n _gliomy terms the blinding , tho soul-destroying nflueicc of drunkenness , _andnrging tho import » nce ) i" tblhvring up any impressions whicli the minds of [ is _hiartfrs might have received of the benefit * of atal _aisciuerjco- by immediately enrolling themselves . s menber . i . At the _cunrfusion of the meeting there were a great number of signatures obtained to the & _batin * nee pledge . CaUjtioh to _Parfxts . —Mr . Dyson , the coroner , las no fewer than seven _inquests within tho last _frfsiigit on children who had _hpen burnt to death . n _evpTy case curelesftn _^ _s and want of caution had iis » pnv . _aiu ;( _trjL » parents .

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      A Fact for the NatT / haltsT . —& _^ * _* of the name of _thtt name of _Fos , residiri _^ _c . at "Vfilwey Bank Foot , having got together , _lastwtek , a certain sum of money for the payment of his rent , _amongst other coin , became possessed o £ _—what _thrnt you reader—a Queen Anne ' s farthing ? No snch thing , wt of those rarities vulgarly called ' sovereign !'a thing , we sboulj suppose , which had never before laddened the sight of hit eyes , for in his ectacy he ran about showing the stranger to alt whom , lie met withi till at last he met with a of the _tiame of _Norton , " bet the goose a shilling he could swallow ' a sovereign . ' ' _Docc _, " says the goose , and ' done , ' says the fox , and truly eosi was the gonse , for the _sovereign _disuppesred . immediately ; and alas ! the loor goose is now waiting in daily expectation uf the ox laying golden eggs . Assault is a _Cojl Pit . —Yesterday week two wys were wiirking in the Crow _Trets coal pit , Bradford Moor , quarrelled over a tritSiug - mater , wh « n one of them _whoae name is _Niiylw , » treck the " other named Hurnley , so severe a blew witli his pick ¦ on the breast , that his life is despaired of . Barnsley . _Raoical _AssoqiiTion . —This Association met on Monday night , when Mi . _Crui ) - tree delivered th _^ first of a course of _lettorcs on Radical principles . _Sei-f-DesTRUctiun . —On Sunday last * person nameil Harrison , about thirty years of age , Ken del-green , near _Barnsley , put a . period to his own existence by hanging himself . It is supposed _, that this unfortunate man had borrowed a small trifle of money from a sister , and _haii _inot the meana ol , paying her , which caused a little ttiEerenee hetweBu them , and it would _Si _^ m tK _? _P" _™ fellow thought it belter to destroy himself than hear the insult . _Bubnt Tu Death . —On Friday week a little bey , son to William "Wike , _during the absence of hi ? _parent , was playing near tlie fire , when , bj aceideat , his olothes Caught the _HaniCj anil the child was so severely burnt , that he Jitd on _Xneiilay lait _,, lingering _twelve days in the greatesc "( ain . Oun Fellows' Hall . —This splendid _fciriluing . u > _just completed , and stands aa a proof nf _nhnt _theworklng pirople can do by _« ni < in _., Itia a magiiiliceBt . pieoe of architecture , _tjfi is _ejaculated ta buhi two . thousand _people ; and ( he whole btiildiug is _^ a _ honour to thu street in which it is situate . ExTRAORMNAKy Discovekv . —About thirteen _, years agn , . as the workmen in the employ of Mr . _Tln > mas Gelder , Clayton "West , were boring in a . stone quarry , they found -the rtmainB nf three _littlt ( _jhildron , whieh had . been deposited there in earthenware pots ; and during last week , while working in the sums qu ; _irjy , they found the bones of another child , which , from appearance , must have _hecai about four years old . ¦

      _Inouest ai' Vi ' _iEsnv-. —j \ h inquest on the body of Jocob Pearson ol Wibsey _* was held last _Tuosjay 3 at the Sivau _Isin there , Wore Mr . _IJjsjn the curoiier tor the district . Thi _? _deceasi / d iind some others Here on the _Wednesday previous , ( _Irisking together , when a srcufni ? ensued _betwee _^ lihim nnd . u . _pvroou named _Abram Lightuwler , and both tumbled ovlt a _jjlank _. deceased was hurt , and died on the Saturday following . Mr . Illiugworth , Surgeon , proved _tliat the enuBu . of _ijeatb w _; _w a diseased slate of the brain , which most inevitably Tiavi- termi _nated his lift- ht a very short _timp , tho increased _tscitpment _titnsedh y the EcnifHe bad accelerated it . A verdict _waarttturneil _accordingLy , and _Liahtoivier discJi . _irg " ed . H adders field . — Hand-Loom _Wessiss . Benj . _l _. urab , of Barki _^ _land , worked for Mr . _Dranjiield , of Mold Green , near _Hudder _.-itield , had to walk SI miles tor one warp , weaving ii yards of gown , stuff , or lustre , which came to 4 s . M . and when done , had . to send hv another person for the price it came to , which made in the whole 9 M miles' wailing besides _havinj ; to weave the . peice , winding , & e , included .

      Huj ) dei : sfii : i . d Hand-loom Weavers . The provisional -central committee of the Handloom Weavers , met hy adjournment , on Wednesday the _ai ) th ult . at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at She Now Inn , King-street , Huddersfield , trad delegates from the following p laces witl- also _ia attendance , viz .: Gdkar , Mirtield , Lingards , North and _Kouih Slaithwaite , Lindfev , Barliisland , _ScMangnticn Lepton , and _Almoutlbiiry . The- delegates produced very Incid , hut appalling _documents , _Htating the number of family—ainouut _( tf _wages _leeeived lor the last six months , with a variety of _otlier pariiculars shewing the distressed _coBditioa of the poor weavers . The _provisional committee was elected to be llie permanent central committee hy tho delegates present , and the meeting adjourned nil next Wednesday , at six o ' clock , in tbe _evening ,-for tlfe purpose of _Waiting on delugai ™ from -other places , who _hovo not yet _eornplnled their _invecagations . —There is a laudihle activity among the weaver . ! in making out their case ; and tiie _' eotumittee reijuest thiit evfrv esertion ¦ will lio _id _» _Jb ta uonlplete the niime . Ihe persons _slettei tn form the eentml committee : — Mr . Stocks , Jan . ( _e / tarrmuli , ) Mr . John Leech , Mr . Thomas _Ka _^ hfortb , Mr . Edivard Whitworth , Mr . Lawrence Pittfeethl y , Mr . Stephen _Dicienson , Mr . John Hanson . Apprkhkn-siok . —On Monday evening last , Solomon Crabtree , of Southowrara , was appr _* _4 iended " in a publie-hduj * , in Hudderslield , hy Abraham Mills , enptoin of the watch , with the following articles in his possession , viz . —11 silver ten spoons _innrkeii H , IS do . unmarked , 1 silver sugar spoon unmarked , 1 _silver cream jug marked H , 1 silvcr _sugur tongs unmarked , 4 silver table spoons unmarked , 10 metal tahlespoons unmarked , 9 plated salt cellers , 1 plated sugar tongs , I plated su _^ _ar crusher , 1 plated pint , _H knives and (¦ forks with metal handles , 4 Inives and 7 forks with bone handles , 5 desert knives and 6 forks with bone handles , 1 carving knife and fork , _ifilts hearing of the robbery of the house of Mr . Holdswortfc , of " _Southowram , and some of the plate being mariel with the letter H , he _cornnmnieoted with the Halifax constable on the snhject , and suggested the apprehension of a well-known notorious character of the name of James Pickles , who was accordingly taken , and the two were brou ght before Mr . _PnllEyd , of _Halifax , one of her Majesty's justices of lie peace , on _Wednesday , when the " above articles were rdentified hy Mr . _Holiisworth . Both ( he prisoners were then committed to York Castle to take their trial at the ensuing assizes for the robberv .

      _ Dewsbnry . —Accident . —A young man named Thomas _Kitaon , employed in the mill of Messrs . Ha . U , _ Hirst , and Co ' ., Purlwell Batley , while throwing the rag machine strap upon ( he nidley _, hisapron caught hold of the strap , which iiistantly j-. _tmmeil him _fest between the drum and the Soar above , and it waa with great _diUlouitj he was released from his dreadful situation . He was bq seriously hurt that his life was despaired of , hnt we are glad to bear that _" _lie is now rather better , and there are liGpes of his recovery . Dewsbuhy _PtrrTv _Missions . —On Saturday last . two young men named _fieorgo Seed and . David Stephrason , wore brought before-the _nisgis ! ra ! es al _Dewabury , charged with being suspicious _cluiiacters _. Mr . Stapleton the ' deputy constable said , that ]«¦ had several nv'traial witnesses To prove that the prisoners were connected with -the robbery _ijf Mrs . _Thawitas , _Bclruolmistress . Dewsbury Bank . The witnesses- were _fhen railed to g ive- _cvideircu , -who _etated they had never seen any _dishonesty- _aboirtirie _yonugmen , neither could they give » ny " material eridence " Bgainst them . " In _cpnsequeime ef _thete being nothin 2 found _ngaiast thBm , tfiey _wetc discharged for this case , and _trii-d then ! as _rosnes nnd _vaj _^ bonds , without uny- charge Hgniru , t _Ibeiu . or evidence to prove them such . Thus were ( wo innocent persons dragged from their employment , and ntirl cast iuto _nrisou three _nigbls anj" _thtei- dajs before this trial tor no other crime thai ! that of been thoug ht by the deputy , _euspicions _churarteis ; mid after all . when no _enileuetl could be found _Bj _^ _iiust them they were discharged ns " rognes aud vnkaboiids . " But we are glad to hear Hint a gentleman , who is Seed ' s employer , has delivered the _cnWTrHu . _flli Attorney ' s hand , and had _detci-mined if _[ _HiisiMe _, to have _suniererompence fur the injured individuals _^

      _Dirwiiuny B _^ _incii . Asscoiation : —The _ntemnersaiulfriends _ofthuEipfOcifitiou met on Monday evening last , in their room hoi torn of Church . street , im Ute New Poor Law question , _wlten they determined to call a public meeting to consider ihs best peaceable and legal means ' jf _prei-euting Iho iiitroduciion _nfdie ¦ ' Amendment " iuto this district . The _Kitdit-ajj of Dewsbury are _determined not tu give up tboir exertions till Ihey are of aumo rouseimenca to _iheir _pnroi-bial and _national _iinthorities . This _asfociation is likely to become very useful to the noriinj ; classes . Several new member . " ' _wete _enrolled _ihja _eieniiifr . . Their next will be ua Monday evening _next , on business of great import a nee . Gatition . —Last week the servant" girl « _T M " t . Tho * . Ward , the Black Hull Inn , in _DewsbBry , on sweeping out the chambers , put a door rent rntii afire place , and the fire board in its plaee , fie regalia _trhest if the _Onler of the Ark heing set _sgaink rie fire _bonrd . On Thursday last , a spark Com tbe kitchen chimney fell down fhe flue into the _enambsr" fire _jl . _ice , and _ect 'he door mat < m fire , which fcnrnt flic ire board and _rvjialia ehs _^ _st to pieces . Had ( hu accident occurred p the night time , the whole premises would have _bs-en _destroyed , 'but the fire was _hajqrilj discovered hy a _person mho _mj passing , _iiud _qaitiJv extinKuished , thougi ' with Ihe loss of _regain , _diciicr _Tay , ehesf , & p . The beds in the room were a _litlie njured _^ .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1837, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_02121837/page/4/