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      TITHEEEAS , a FIAT in BANKRUPTCY is W awarded and issued forth against JONAS STEAD , of AbHiet , in the Parish of Leeds , in the County of York , Woollen Cl 6 th Manufaetaier , Dealer and Chapman , and he being declared Banknipt is hereby required to Furrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Fiat named ^ Bfc the major partof them , on the Seventh Day of April next , Eleventh of ^

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      In conscience of numerous applications continually received from Bradford and the Neighbourhood , ty ^ one of the Proprietors of Dr . Henry ' s French Meroine Pills , will attend every Wednesday *^ and Thursday , at No . 4 , George Street , facing East Brook Chapel , Bradford A TREATISE IS JUST PUBLISHED ON THE VENEREAL & SYPHILITIC DISEASES , AND GIVEN WITH EACH BOX OF m . HENBY'S FRENCH MEROINE PILLS , p ONTAINING plain and practical directions for the effectual cure of all degrees of the above com-\ J plaints—with observations on seminal weakness arisingfrom early abuses , and the deplorable consequences resulting from the us ^ of mercury , the whole intended for the instruction of general readers so that all persons can obtain an immediate cure with secrecy and safety . Prepared and sold bv the sole Proprietor , at No . 74 , Cobourg Street , Six Doors from Brunswick Chapel , Leeds . In Boxes , 2 s / 9 d and 4 a . 6 d . each With each Box is given directions how to take these Pills , observations on points beneficial SvStatn mii 3 nB * ^ owln S * 7 those who are , or have been , sufferers from this dreadfof and That cruel disease which has destroyed so many thousands is now unhappily so well known that a recital of its effects is quite unnecessary , its malignant influence extending by inheritance from family to family , and when the great Doctor Henry became professor to the University , he conferred an invaluable benefit upon mantand by the discovery of his grand panacea for the cure of this deulorabl ,, ™™ S witfe

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      New Poor Law . —The Eetford Board of Gaadia ' ns passied ^ a resolution on Monday , that all reiiei hitherto allowed to iUegitimate children ' lw * . ^ thepat ^^ rf . i ^^^ ^ wvsynei ^ imtAet ^ nW be ' for " the ; future ^ era *^ « id that no aid should W afforded tosuch children oat of "the wbrkhonsfe jW that no relief ^ h ^ Uhbft giyea-. to iUegit ^ mate . chilwen Vorii since the passing of th « above act , onless bo » mother and ^ &ld % 8 hall go into ; the ; workhouse . — DoncasferGazette * ~

      A Fiat In Bankruptcy Is Toim ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦Mmmwmpmmmwmwmmmwm "&I? 2 . : ¦ ¦ . - ¦• . ¦ ' ' The ¦Northern Star. V; : . ¦' :... : -;:: :' : R ; : ≪ - " Y^- ' I :\T^ ^" ¦ ¦ ^ ' ¦ ^ • . , - ~^^- __Mm≫^[^A ^^|≪ | Fc - _ . _ - . .. __ ••-¦ - " ¦- . ;¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ - ¦"¦ .-'•' ¦ - ¦ .. ¦ . '•¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -•." ¦¦ ' ¦ • ¦ • ¦¦". ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦'.:¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ •- ; ¦ .¦.'. ". ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦¦ ¦¦ --¦ „ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ -- ¦ ' . -'¦ . -¦¦ -¦' - ' ¦ ¦ ' '¦ ¦ . ¦'"' .. ' ¦¦ ¦• ¦¦ ¦ ' - •' ¦ ' - - "¦ '¦ ¦ : " . • - ¦ ¦ A 111 Ff )¦ A ' Laaa ^ ¦¦¦ A Agggg W'"'""^^™^ M*"^^»""""" «»» Ebgwp»«M« «Mbbwmmmbmb^ ¦ , ¦ .-. . ;- . ¦¦ .. . ¦ ..:. . . . Ilfkil 1% 1838. -

      a FIAT in BANKRUPTCY is TOim ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ MMMWMPMMMWMWMMMWM "&i ? 2 . : ¦ ¦ . - ¦• . ¦ ' ' THE ¦ NORTHERN STAR . V ; . ¦ ' :... : - ; :: ' r ; < - " y ^ - ' i : \ t ^ ^" ¦ ¦ ^ ' ¦ ^ . , - ~^^ - __ MM >^[^ a ^^|< | fc - _ . _ - . .. __ - ¦ - " ¦ - . ;¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ - ¦"¦ .- '• ' ¦ - ¦ .. ¦ . '•¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . " ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦" . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦' .: ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ - ; ¦ . ¦ . ' . " . ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦¦ ¦¦ -- ¦ „ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ -- ¦ ' . - ' ¦ . - ¦¦ - ¦' - ' ¦ ¦ ' '¦ ¦ . ¦'"' .. ' ¦¦ ¦• ¦¦ ¦ ' - ' ¦ ' - - "¦ '¦ ¦ : " . - ¦ ¦ A 111 ff )¦ A ' lAAA ^ ¦¦¦ a agggg W '"'""^^™^ * " ^^»""""" «»» eBgWp »« M « « MBBWMMMBMB ^ ¦ , ¦ .-. . ; - . ¦¦ .. . ¦ ..:. . . . ilFKIL 1 % 1838 . -

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      On . Wednes *| yi ^ f 4 | h . srnst ^^| ieramitial nieetinr of rate-payers , ^ r || x 4 mlmn 4 $ &e iuiopunja ; of fhm overseers aud sutveWs jof ^ h ^ ysiandjfor electieffisurveyors , and a- ^ e ^ t ^ e ^ , i filr the ei ^ ing year , was held m the parjah ' chu ^ ijr ti , *^» o ' clock-iii ihe morning . It was also announced that a proposal would be made to ' grant money for building public Qrnce ^ , ^ nd a session ^ room ^ ' ' ^ : f'l Thia ^ aeeting ; lSs ^ cit € fd 4 more >^ iterest . '; than any thai ; has taken pl % e i » thftowji eJace the tramping Gommissioner , Ppwer ' s " first diflicmties " ( to use h ^ s own own words ) ' ^ currejt iftJpury / ' 3 ? here TiaileenS ' generail determihati « B ^ bW nVpartr in the election pf a Board of Guardians ; and no nominations haying been sent ioi ! ftp to the last hour

      auqwed by the Starvation Act for that pnrposei it na 4 :. o ^ av ^ ped ^<^ t . ^ t ^ v . t ( nm was afaiir to be spared the insult of even a nominal board being ia existence . In due time , however , the overseers an ; - nounced that five persons , viz . Thomas ^ ^ Otfensuaw ; Pimhole ; Edward Grundy , Parkhills ; Thomas Openshaw , Brick-honse | Samoel Ashtcin , iryelihouse ; and Charles Kenypn ^ Union-square , hadt been nominated : and elected without opposition . The person who proposed them is understood to be a manager of a small power-loom mill in an obscure cprher of the township , who has only been resident a few weeks j whose person and name are alike unknown to nine hundred and' ninety-nine in . every thousand of the inhabitants . : '

      The lick-spittles , who have been selected to do the dirt y ; work of the Somerset House homicides , were at great pains to convince people that there was no intention to put the " law , '' as they call it , in force ; though some of ^ the more reckless of the Whig ga » g were openly boasting of their determination to carry the popt at ¦• all hazards . The election of a vestry , to administer the town ' s affairs , till the excitement subsided ^ and who would be wiUing . to walk out at the bidding of the Commifisioners ' ^ minions , fjwa s * from ceTtaa facts which had transpired ^ ^ knpvra to be their intended course : of tactic *; Thise explanations are necessary to enable ^ strangers to ! comprehend the motives for the most barefaced and rascally defiance of law and common : decencyi in the busir ness pf a public meeting , that ever disgraced ar cowardly and despicable faction . : Before the time appointed for the meetinar . the

      Stanatiou Gang had mustered in such numbers , as to show that no effort had been spared to carry the Soint they had in view . Many were seen among leir ranks who have been considered as opponents of the " Amendment Act ; " butitis only ^ necessary to inform the public that its great supporter here is a banker , to understand how they had been whipped in on this occasion . The election of chairman was the first point disputed ; but , aa the popular party had not , at this time , assembled a sufficient strength to give any chance in a poll , which was demanded by Mr , T . Grundy , Mr . Fletcher « aid he would waive the point ; and Mr . Edward Harrison , a shallow young ( ellpw at tbe fag-end of the millocracy of the to wh , and one of tbe overseers , was with peculiar delicacy and propriety , chosen to preside over , and as it proved , to bully a meeting assembled to audit his own accounts . ;

      Mr . Fletcher then suggested that , as the business of the Surveyors of Highways was not likely tolead to any difference of opinion , it ought to be taken first , iu order to give time to the rate-payers to assemble . This \ yas opposed ; but after the Chau " - man had held a private consulta , tion with his masters , he agreed to the suggestion . The accounts were passed unanimously , an addition of £ 10 made to the salar y of the collector , and the late surveyors , Messrs . J . Siiaw , J . Haslam , and T . Kay , unanimously re-elected . .

      The accounts of the overseers were then brought forward . Mr . Fletcher said that before any busi-r ness connected with ihe relief of the poor was gone into he had a motion to propose . It had given aim great pleasure to hear the congratulation which had been offered to the meeting , on the important reduction of the highway rate during the last few years . He asked the gentlemen who had offered these congratulations , who had effected the reduction" ? It was the working men , led on by afew of . their friends , that had made this important reform in the local affairs of the township . He would not taunt gentlemen , who now appeared so much gratified at the Tesult , with the part they had themselves taken in the struggle : but it was well known that there were

      persons who had thought that they had a kind of vested interest in an annuity from these rates ' , and so desperate was their feeling of disappointment and revenge , when deprived of their corrupt gains , that he had himself been all but murdered by an assassinlike attack in a dark street , for the part he had taken in the good work which , with the aid of the honest and intelligent working men , had been then accomplished . He now only referred to these well-known facts to prove the propriety ofamotion which he was about to make for an adjournment of the meeting , till the time when the working classes , who had so

      sensibly and beneficially exercised their parochial franchise , might have an opportunity of being present at the important discussions likely to arise on this occasion . It was the only constitutional right which remained to them , and a crisis had arrived when the exercise of it was of the utmost importance to the interests of humanity . He could not but remark that the judicious manner in which they had lutherto emploved it , was a powerful argument against those who considered them unfit to snare in the management of national affairs . Mr . F . ' then moved that the meeting bV adjourned till eight o ' clock in the evening . It was seconded by several voices

      . Mr . Thomas Grundy . could not deny that the working men had a right to be present , but it should have been thought of sooner , and the meeting called for the evening . There were many hundreds assembled , nnd be thought they were quite sufficient to do the business . Mr . Fletcher ought to have attended to this matter in the select vestry . . Mr . Fletcher said that it was not the vestry ,. but the overseers , who called the meeting . Mr . T . Gruxoy said the vestry might have done it . Mr . E . Grundy . —No , no . The vestry- had nothing to do with it . Mr . T . Gruxdy thought that if Mr . Fletcher had mentioned it to the vestry , his proposal would have been listened to with courtesy .

      Mr . Fletcher . —Perhaps it might—whether it would have been acted upon is another affair . The propriety of my motion is not denied . If you will release the people from your mills and workshops till the meeting is over , I will not press it . It is a strong proof oi the degraded state of society , that not only the employers , but the worhing men , have almost ceased to think it a grievance that they cannot come from their work 011 an occasion of this kind . I press the motion . Mr . J , Grundv , Park Hills . — "Goo on with axeawntSi " Mr . John Hutchinson aud others . —Go on with the accounts .

      The accounts were read amidst tremendous shouts of " Adjourn , adjourn . " Mr . J . HurcHiNsoN , to Mr . Fletcher . —Do allow the accounts to be read . That can do you no harm , and I really wish to hear them . Mr . Fletcher . —Let my motion be put . After repeated entreaties , to which Mr . F . paid no attention , the Chairman suggested to him that it would be the best course to put his motion as an amendment on the questiou that the accounts do pass . Mr . Fletcher repeated the Chairman's request to the meeting , and said he was willing to adopt this course ; he had been apprehensive that it was intended to shuffle off the motion . ,

      Quietness was for a few minutes restored , and the reading of the accounts concluded . It being moved and seconded that they should pass * the Chairman put the question , and Mr . F . moved his amendment , which was seconded by a working man , whose name we did not learn . ¦ " ¦ The Chairman . — "Those who are of opinion that the accounts should pass , &c . " Mr . Fletcher . —Sir , it is customary at these meetings to jnit the amendment first . You decided , on the question of the choice of a chairman , that that was bhe proper course ; it mu 3 t be so in this case , and I call on you to put the amendment . Chairman . —Those who are of opinion that these accounts should "—( Tremendous erroans . )

      Attempts were now made to induce Mr , Fletcher to put the amendment as an original motion after the accounts had passed . Mr .- Fletcher . —Sir , I demand that my amendment be put . . Mr . J . Hutchinson . —Have you any objection to any item in the accounts ? Mr . Fletcher . —I have remarks to make on some of the items , which it will be better to make when a more numerous bodyof ratepayers are assembled ^ Mr , E ; Grundy . — v 4 wr think there's , enow ;" - ^ ( Groans . ) . . ; . Mr . FtETcEn . Quite as many as he likes , no doubt . It is no use arguing about . ihe matter unless you can .. d « 5 ny ^ he propriety of giving fii * rate-payers an opportunity ' -of managing ^ their owu affairs . The meetuigis numerous , . ^ niidering th ^ carcmstaricfts , Dotybj ^^ e ;\ we U '' a % ^ e / . p ^ t ' iib ' t '' -pnie in twenty pf those who would gladly attend is able to do soi I

      again dehiand that the amendment be put . Tjie Chairman ( aside to Mr . F . ) JKe shall demand a poll . Mr . F . we are quite willing to poll on that question . The Chairman , then ' you can . have no objection to go ' on withother biisiries * ., Mr . F . Oh yes . It wais thensuggested ' to Mr , J : thaVthe poll could bead journed to the town ' s office and kept open a few oay ^ v Mr . F . oh , I shan't be caught in that trap . The Chairman . —" Those who are of opinion , that the accounts "—( Tremendous groans and shouts of *? adjourn ^ " adjourn . " Mr . EOmumd- Grunoy .- ' M ' Oicennet see ncAe * use it is to stop t / f passing o ' th akcaicnts . Th' magistrates con pass iim , whether 'tins' meeting will or ' noL •( Tremen 4 ou 8 groans . ) Let me be yeard . Oi say Hint if this meeting refuses to pass th' akcaicnts W magistrates con passiim . To be sure there is 0-me things thut it ivoutd iveel to make sum remarks

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      qpon , such as th * expenses a'th b astardv h » T ^^ * ¥ n ? t bedun nea ^ e'dbeUer ^ I j ^ Z ^^ ™ ttenifonyhdy ^ <* £ ?* $ a * W Guardian ^ mSSSSTk ^^ CmsUMe ^ umyViey con be u < lc afof & % *?« » ft / Guarit " *» sa < con explain ttotto ^ JB ^ to ^ T ^^ mmM ^ ^ i ^^^ h ^^ P ^ SfK ^ S ^ ^ S frue , as this person has told you , that the MSr ^ can passAe ^ accounts , ^ ^^^^ - pay ^^^ , . uHreiaccQ pppositiGp . to . J ^ & ., Spin a * Jt rate-payers . ^ B ^^ hexd k anvlppeafSlf «^ decision ; and thu person did onc ^ ten * ta *• " £ a rate-n » vftr '« tn ^ Knir trmx . <^ rtlr ^ " ? - « mV

      wouW ^ resenTiTl ^ contrived laiiispeecbjeg . toF pr ^ ve thV ^ vil ! *? $ propositioute Sitendted to support , asheffia * * this occasion ; He had been at grea ^ ItS 3 ?* ** vmce the meeting that there were S t ^' accounts whichcaledfor remark ^ andiTL ft olmoufthat ifthSTOeetingwere flajc ^ rfaedMtl ^ be ^ ivisable to adjourn be ^ retheieiS ^ er ^ W ¦ : & «» e request of the asssistan ^ oversleer ^ F . stated that the remarks alluded toSKr '* « nce to wjtb % , mcorrect in the «> Sct 0 ? % overseers . JMr . Fv then said that if ^ Ch ^^ ^ ould pledge M ^ elf not to stop any ^ rS ^ the evening m- tte Mmm ^ W ^^ had passed , he wouiragree to luV ^ nS ^

      himselFte » puOt . * r ^ r ™' wo ™ PW ^ Mr . Ed . Grinbyj No remark ^ can be inade afl » the accounts have been pa ^ sedi ""^ atet The Chairman inade no repl y ^ , Mjr . FLETfiBUEaihea ^ ^ put the amendment ^ CHAiB ^ ft ^^ hose Who are of opinion that these accounts » - ( Grpans , an 4 cries ofthe ameS ment , th ^ anie n | xflent . > -F 6 r a tew momenS Chairman ,, whaihadibeen urged on by the adiS ! nitaons of his friend * appeared to stand irresolute . with ; his mout ^ -hal ^ open , and a face innocent § thought . -He wm ; again urged on by his backed and , with the posture and expression of an awkwarf recruit under the oare of the drill sergeant , he repeal his parrot lesebn ^ " Th ose who are of opinio n ^ < fec . It was then stated that the accounts Ha - ' ¦[ "¦ :- ¦ ' : ~ : ^~ --- * . ^ - »« a

      passed . v .... ^ : , - . , Mr . FLETCHER : On , have ^ they ? Very welLitbeD according to yopr advice , Gentlemen , 1 move ^ J amendment as a separate motion . ' Mr , Edmund Grundy : "Goo onioithth' list Ofw vestry * ' ' J M m . Ormerod Walker ( a brother of the membCT lor Bury ) began , in a low tone , to mnmble over fc name 3 contamed . jn a list he held in his hand — Mr . Fletcher : This is intamous . You seemlost to every feeling of honesty and decency . Sir , o £ for all , wjU you put my motion ? --lfb ' reply . --Mf Fleteher then snatched the Kst which Mr ; Omerod Walker was reading , and began to tear it to piecej The faction rughed upon him , but coatented thent selver with seizing the skirts of hi « coat , whilefe contmued to tear the paper to roch smaU fra ?! S !^^^ fe 5 ?* ° f b eing legibleZtere it und er the

      . ^ ^ , then ^ catd feetof th ^^ anglr ^ whoOiadrushed forward to the re-cce . Seeing sonte fists raised , which would have felkn with the forte of a sledge hammer , Mr . WalkeTahd his synod mafc a retrograde movement , and the Chairman havW agani . ; . ¦ placed himself in his awkward-recrniu attitude , announced that these who were of opinion that this list should pass , &c . A voice : Which list ? ( Laughter . ) The Chairman stated that the list had passed . : Mr . Fletcher moved that the Chairman , Shaving been guilty of gross partialibr , do leave the chair and that it be taken by Mr . Thos . Clegg . —This tig seconded ^ and put to themeeting . Mr . Clego came forward , while thei squad rffere going ttrough the farce of electing the deputy con . stable . ¦' : ¦;¦ . . ¦ ¦ - . - . ¦

      Mr . Fletcheb addressed them in terms of unmea : sured _ scdrn and indignation at their 'conduct . > He described them as a set of ignorant , low-minded creatures , without either talent , or gentlemanly feeling , or even the ; sugerficial polish of gentlemen ; but because they had contrived to wring / wealth from the blood'Vand sinews of the people , by proceedings which ^ if practised by workmg men , woiild send them to the hulks ,- they appeared to imagine that they could safel y trample on every law , and every privilege which remained to their poorer felloT ^ cifizens . The time would soon come when they would discover their mistake . The squad now made arapid retreat , and the meeting proceeds

      to elect a yestry . The books it was found had been carried off in the scuffle , but the names were taken on a slip Of paper , which was signed by the Chairman , and the parties chosen are determined to contest the right to sit with those whose names are supposed to have been entered in the books , ashav ing peen chosen . Mr . Fletcher then addressed tfe meeting , on the nececsityof determining to pay no rates , unless the overseers allowed the poor to be relieved by the vestry , whom the . people had chosen , and on some points connected with the appointment of the guardians . He concluded by moving an adjournment till eight o ' clock , which was carried . . Mr . Wragg then moved the thanks of the

      meeting to Mr . Fletcher , for the manly manner in which he _ had supported the rights of the rate-payen , which was carried b y acclamation , with thanks to ¦ ^ Chairman , and the meeting adjourned . The adjournment having been announced in their respective neighbourhoods , by those who had attended the meeting in the morning , long before eight o ' clock the people begaa to assemble , an < j the churchyard gates being locked ^ they collected in tbe MaTket-place . At eight o ' clock the-mass had accumulated to up-wards of four thousands . The gates gave way to the pressure of the crowd , and ad ^ mission was thus obtained into the church-yard ; . Mr . Fletcher addressed the people , stating that uuuuoowu iv tuc inem

      uuureu was aemea . . He proceeded to remark on the people ' s right to the parish church , and reminded them , of the panic produced some time since by the abuses he had pointed but with regard to the pewa . He then , after detailing thenroceedings in the rnorning , dwelt atlength on the mode by which they might make a stand against the payment of rates , without involving themselves in a charge of conspiracy , fit was now stated that some of the cotton lords were listening behind the churchdoor , at which Mr . F . stood , j Mr . Fletcher proceeded topomt out the consequences which these gentlemen might expect to result from the attempts which were now making to grind down the wages of labour , borne of them had appeared to-day , for the first timej in toe ranks of the TS ew Poor Law ruffians . He supposed ; the promised enactment of Combination

      Laws was a bnbe to induce them to join the land lords in their crusade against the first rights of humanity . The Chairman had told him ( Mr . F . ) in the morning , that he was prostituting his talents to 8 bad purpose . Whatever might be the portion of telent that his Maker had awarded him , it could not , he thought , be devoted to a nobler purpose than to assist inthe efforts of those who were endeavonring to raise the great mass of their fellow-creatures in thescale of social happihess and moral dignity , to diffuse to the greatestpossible extent th « necessaries , the comforte , and the enjoyments of lififf * nd " scatter plenty o ' er a smiling land . " ( Loudcheet ^ Ji If he would have assisted the erindin « r oTmrpssors if the

      labounng poor , as they would faai have bribed him to do , in reducing the manufacturing labourers to the water-groeldietof the ; wretched inhabitants of the agricultural districts , then indeed he woulddotibtless have been everything that was respectable wi gehttemaBily . For the last twenty years this had been : the fixed determination of the manufactnring capitahsts . They were aware that he was folly acquainted with their base designs . He had been the companion of their social hours , andhadlisfentd to their a ^ r-dintfer discussions . He was betrajing no individual confidence , and if there could be snen a thing a& implied , confidence to a ^ class '' . of society their base and ruthless persecution had Ion ? since

      absolved him . fronj . the . . obligation . He had heard them calculate iow much might be takenfirom fte wages of the hMfei ; paid ^ classes ' of operatives , before they were ^ b rough t ; to ^ the level of ^ the hand-loom veavers . He / had ; Idot hesitated to sp ^ ak hisf mind to these people ) , ' alda for that reason he had teen marked toi ; rtfii ; , He . had met their mali gnant persecution ; and would still irieet it , with scorn and defiance ; Itwaaidf the ^ rorking men to deterniine whether they would allow those measures to-be : carried into effect , which would accomplish the object at which their insatiable and heartless oppressors had so long been aiming . If Trades Combipations ¦ were destroved * and the New Poor

      Law introduced into these districts , not inanyiyeai * would pass before ihey would all he > at the level of the hand-lobin weaver . * In the course of Mine further ; reiniark > VMf . "Bpfcher ; mentioned , thatin visiting a patient' a few 3 ay ^ ' ago , he had noticed a tUtch of baconhangint irpmarlieam with a firelocK over ^ ^ it . —( Cheerai ) ' -That lobkedUke England ^ ?» 5 England washerielf / - ' -If ihef ^^ had all the ^ ftrel ^ cfer they would soap . \ &xe ^ tfefflit * he > . —( Cheers . ) -Mr . Fletcher concluded an addjW of nearly aaho ? 1 and ajhali ; by remarking ^ thatiunder the rirctunstances it was not worth while to proceed to _ ae bunness ^ they ^ oaldhave transacted ^ and . retired a ! midldud cheers , " Themeeting then ' dispersed .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1838, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1001/page/2/