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On Saturday , August 11 th , every LANCASHIRE Purchaser of the NORTHERN STAR will be presented with a SPLENDID PORTRAIT ( FROM A STEEL PLATE , ) OF SIR W . MOLESWQKTE BART ., M . P . FOR LEEDS . Every YORKSHIRE Purchaser will receive a like present on Saturday , the 18 th August , and our SCOTCH and other NORTHERN FRIENDS on Saturday , the 36 th August .
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- . m . * E 2 DITOBIAX DUPLICITY . TWO STRINGS TO YOUR BOW . "Our Contemporary ^ the Leeds Times , in Ma ? paper ' of last Saturfiay , grarely announces to Ms readers that " arrangements have been entered into "hj w&ch we stall be enabled to publish , weekly , a letter on some "political topic of interest from fhe jen ' -of that thorough Sadical "Reformer , Publics , Trho has already ^> een introdne * d -to thein , aaA
• whose oo « nnumcatioB 8 to the ' WeeJfrfy and Daily True Sun newspapers during the proprietorship of D . "W . HasTey , Esq ., M . P ., excited so ntaeh of public « . ttecticn . At the same time" it ought to be ^^ istin ^ iy understood , t * hat although , on erery question < * f importance we entirely coincide with the sentiments-end opinions of our Radical Correspon-« nt , ' Ass-Leeds Times must not be considered as in every parficular identified with'the feelings to "wMcVhe-siay give expresaon . "
Tne ' fost effort of " Ptjb * litjs" in " the way of sustaining the popularity of the paper wMeh hasfortunatejy secured Ms valuable aid , is a furious attaek oa Mr . Oastler , as pitiable # or tbe ignorance s £ - lor &e malignity wiiicli pervades its -wicde tenor . The -very "beginning of Ms letter shows tbat * Pvshzvs" knows notMng 6 f-Oastler . He Deginriv charging Mm with avarice , a sin that ¦ we suppose was nerer laid to the door of Richard Oastieb . before , eren by ihe bitterest © f Ms « ne » 5 * s . 'Tis equally clear -that " Ptjblitjs "
inow ? notMng of the working men of " the 2 forth and ^ fVest Ridings of yorlshire , " or he would not liaxe addressed to them a letter charging with avarice the man whose time , andr labour , and lealtb , and money , and prospects , have been expended in their service with-a profusion amounting even to prodigality , during a series of years , in which he had notMng to hope foT as the reward of Ms exertions but obloquy and disquietude , and eventual ruin . The working men of the North and "West Sidings of Yorkshire know Oasti . es . -They have
inown him long and thorougMy . Of "Publics " they know nothing , beyond the large amount of eavy , malice , and petty jealousy developed in tMs letter . A mouthful of more paltry venom was never belched forth than tMs letter of . Mr . " Pcblixjs ;" "but it will take many sueh mouthfuls to convince the working men of the >* orth and West Ridings of Yorkshire that Richard Oastler ' / would leave as they are , the millions of struggling and deserving yet perishing men who manage a little longer to keep the abhorred name of pauper from their homes . "
That " he either cares nothing about or sets his face - against patting the laboniiflg jjortion , of xne com-Jnunity as far as possible above the necessitv of the . -assistance of Poor Laws ; and that Ms principal , if tuot sole object is to render slavery and pauperism = " ± olerable . " Theirlong acquaintance with Oastler -enables them to know that he is not a " pickpocket " Jsot less ignorant is " Publics ' of the great / political movements of the West Riding than of Oast--3 Leb * s personal and public character ; for Ms letter shews that he does not even know that " the Factorv -Question has been agitated there for the last six years .
Indeed the whole letter bears internal evidence that the writer , though "he has been introduced ts the 3 "eaders of the Leeds Times , '' knews notMng of the * - * Working men of the North and West-Hidings of ¦ % 7 oiisMre / ' or of their affairs of public bssiness and c aaafections -wit * b Eicbakb Oaptxek , on which he px esmnesto write . But who is " Publics ? " It is * pQ t fair that the worHngmen of the North and West 5 , 1 djp-grs of Yorkshire should know something of tMs Tal jmt champion who so bravely comes forward to deft aiathem from the attacks of the " pickpocket , " The Leeds Times denominates . him a " thoroueh
"Ran ic&i Reformer , and speaks of Ms connection with tie Daily and Weekly True Sun during the propr iei » r * Mp of Mr . Habvet . The . Leeds Times gjjy t loss " PcBLirs" the honour to " perfectly coinci . ie- "a"ithhi 3 opinions and sentiments on every questio n " ° ^ importance . "' It would be strange indeed j f he did not , unless some new arrangement has been made for the Editorship of the Leeds Times gince the fonnal announcement of its being consi gned to the m anagement of Charles Hootox , Esq ., as we ha ^ V ^ to know that Chables Hootox .
Esq ., and "' PcBLirs of the True Sun" are one aad the same p srson . We do not presume to inquire what mav b - ^ motiTe of tte Editor of the Leal Times for pn ' -Cti ^ g this gross humbug on the public , nor should wi \ J ? aTe taken tie t ^ aWe to expose the deception , but * **** dishonest subterfuge contained in the latter po Ttion ^ announcement ; namely , that " The Lee ^ Ti&es must no be co nsidere d as in every parties ^ i ^ ntified with the feelings to Tddeh he ( Pcb ^ ) * 7 giTe expresgion . " A public man and a writer ,, to be deserving of respect , should be straigh fforward and independent—aiming
at the establishmi -nt of priceiple at whatever cost ; but here is an artfi ^ donhle provided , by the distinc--don between the . teds Times and Publitts , for the turning of the c iake whenever - necessary , so as to present the roost p : & * table side of it to the readers of the paper . Vfhi s- 'P-CBLirs happens ,, as is the present instance , -ti > stumble upon subjects wMch * how bow ysrj 1 imited are Ms conceptions and circumscribed iis information , he can be . afterwurds smoothed dows by -the Leeds Times , as soo-n as tie 1 Iditor Jhas received Ms cue fcm tie scbooiiag of Ms subscriber ? . Against
fiiis dishonest dnaiiceuvnng we protest . It ig too much -fli&t in . the same journal , the same writer should . gwt ° Qe Terata . of . a jnatter as il PuBLlffS * " and another Texaon of : the same matter a 3 . -d » EdiDr of the Leeds Times . We repeat that * i ^ -it ^ been for this palpable ? ' trick , " ¦ we should b -avtJ . taktn no notice rf the evident u rute » practi sed by : oar contemporary in the way of trade . But "wben .-ifcis " trick" comes in juxtaposition witk sucl an ; article of malicious
misrepresentation as that . of-.- »* Pr a-i . ros in the Leeds Times of last Satiiro > 5 j -v « thought it our duty to * he Public to uplift th ^ vizor , andleaTe ^ 'PuBwns " and tbe Editor of the- &eis Times , to congratulate each other like the man . with two names " , who drank Ms own iealth by each of . them alternately , till he got dm * t by complying witt the iramour of Ms company .. ^ We now beg to bid Mr . " Publics " good bye , eiacerely eongratnlating the Leeds Times npon the at ^ istiDn of so important an auxiliary .
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C 03 IPENSATI 0 N . On the debase on * * h e ImprisoameM for Debt Bill in the House * of L- or ^ j on Tuesdayj toDike of WellisGTOK ** took ^ liberty of su ggesting to their LordsMps the intr ^ 11 ^ 01 ! » t a clause of Compensation to persons forV « losse 8 whieh they would sustain by the operation ol tie Bl 11 - " - * ' " These officers would , in bis opinion ^ e / rery harsUy treated in consequence of this omL *^ j and he also did think that when a BiU of this i » "ature P ^ ed ¦ 1 liii
T T r * 1 . *¦ |\| l I I I I w . fcipin- Y * L 1 V 1 A ** -J- * A *~ l * rf * « ' —• — that House in the shape it did , in eonsfc , . 1 ueriee _ of the peculiar privileges of the other House of . Parliament , it was rather a hard proceeding not to ? these persons a fair chance of having their clau * ns considered . " How very strange that these Mgh notions of equjiy and- justice should have clean left ' the
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cranium of the Noble Duke , when considering and promising to render all the support in Ms power to Lord Brougham ' s Bill fcr robK&g ihe—Beer-sellers ,--whom the Noble Duke had led into a trap x > f "his own setting . How unfortunate for the Beer-sellers that they happen to be mostly working men , and not officers" connected with our gaohi—that their little property tras been moBtly . acquired " hy dint of hard labour , and not wrung out of tbe -crimes of society . TMs makes all the difference between their being plundered by the Noble Duke and Ms associate , without any consideration at * all , and their having the benefit of Ms persevering efforts for compensation .
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CANADA . TOMAHAWKS AND SCALPING KNIVES . The "WMg papers affect to treat the late movements of the Patriot forces in "Canada wi& great contempt ; but the actions of their masters sadly belie their words . With all the savage ferocity of detperation , the Canadian * " Loyalists" are not content with employing to aid them in tMs tug of civil warfare , the inveterate Volunteers , but they
have re-enacted the tragedy of our North American Colonial Revolt , by putting in requisition the Tomahawks and Scalping Knives of the merciless Indians , as our readers will perceive from the accounts given in our foreign news . Oof blood curdled with horror when we read the following announcement from a journal in the interest , and probably in the confidence , of Earl DURHAM ' S Government * . —
" Colonel Kehb , with 200 Indians , has also proceeded towards the scene of action . " * * " The plan now is to draw those Brigands into the country , and the Indians will give a good account of them . The Volunteers and Indians are determined to take no more prisoners , holding that those vagabonds are not to be regarded as entitled to tb < r lives by surrender . " * " * " The determination to put the Brigands to death without bringing them to trial is very general . "
It may be that this horrible instigation of minds too depraved and thirsty for blood already have not come by authority . We shall see whether any steps are taken by the Canadian Government to bring up its author , and prevent a repetition of his offence against nature . If not , the only inference is , that Lord Dtjkham directly sanctions and approves a mode of warfare wMch will send down his name to posterity in unenviable association with those of Jenghis Khan and Tamerlane .
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, - ^_— TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , August 1 st , 1838 . My Deau Sirs , —What will tMs country come to ? I see in the Times of this day a statement to the effect , that , in the Hartismere Union , a pauper hoy named Qtientin , lettceen 11 and 12 years of age , having watched the mouse-trap set in the men satliCj secured a mouse from it , and skinned , rgasted , and ate it in the men ' s sitting-room , and in their presence ! . ' . ' Mott , the Assistant Commissioner says that the Governor of the Hartisnjere Union Workhouse considers this to have been a
mere " lark , "but a Mr . Kodgebs , asserts that "it can be distinctly proved , and by a person ( not a pauper ) who interrogated the boy on the subject witMn 24 hours after the roasting , that hunger was Ms inducement for having eaten the mouse , &c . " Mr . Hodgebs goes on to say— " That a different version should have been obtained from a simple lad by an Assistant 3 ? oor " Law Commissioner is by no means extraordinary . " I know not whether Mr . Kodgers knows Mott as well as Mott is known in the parish of Lambeth , but if he does , he must
know that a viler caitiff does not exist than the said Mott . In my character of Journalist , I have had several letters addressed tome describing the fellow ' s horrible treatment of paupers and mad-people , describing Mm a « a man who has realized an " in ^ fe pendence" by starving paupers , by dr iving them mad , and afterwards contracting for their maintenance as a keeper of lunatics , in short , as a man who has carried on a regular traffic in the woes and tortures of Ms fellow beings . If the letters I allude
* to be true , ( and I have no reason for doubting them , ) the oath of Mott oiuht not to weigh against any other man's simple word of honour . A man capable of torturing paupers and lunatics ( the latter of Aw own making ) would be ijjpable , not only of falsehood , but of any crime witMn the compass of human villany , provided money was to be made by it , and that it was not cognizable by a Court of " Law . " With these premises , I leave the public to judge between Mott ' s il report" and Mr . Rodgeb ' s statement in the motile-eating affair .
But Mr . Bodgers does not leave the matter to mere parole evidence : he has given facts and figures as well . Let us hear himself ; and pray , reader ! mark the following table . The pinching dietary to which full-grown boys are restricted , affords of itself am . ple justification for crediting the statement , asd that the public may form their own opinion it is again inserted .: — DIETARY FOR-rfliLDHEX uxbh 16 yuesof agje . Breakfast Dinner . Supper . d ^ | i i 1 1 |! i i i \ i £ > - » 2 5 o s S' 2 aa-saea > gfi-g \ ** j oz . pnts ez . oz . lb . pnts oz . oz . os . Sunday .. ... 4 £ 1 .. 4 J .. .. 1 4 J . 1 Monday .. ., * £ 1 .. 4 J .. l 1 4 $ i Tuesday .. .. 1 .. 4 } .. .. 1 4 J 1 Wednesday .. i } 1 S 4 J ,, 14 £ 1 Thnisday .. ., ' 4 1 ¦* } .. 1 1 4 J 1 Friday .. ,. .. 4 * 1 ,. 4 J .... 1 4 J 1 Saturday ., .. 4 J ] 3 4 j .. i < j j
It will be generally admitted that at no time of life is the appetite keener than between the ages of 10 and 16 . Towards theiatter , in particular , growing boys and girls are ^ uite -ravenous . Now , it appears that , unles * a child be sick , . the above table cannot be legally departed from . And what a table ! 5 / , ? ounces of meat and two pints of soup in the week for a growing youth ! 2 f « puddings J no milk ! no beer ! fcnt the everlasting gniel , and the everlasting cheese , morning , noon , and night . ' " No matter , " says Mr . Hodgees , " icAether the pauper
be a puling infant or a hearty youth of 16 , the pint of the one and the ounce of the other , are doled out to each without respect to age . It consequently requires no other experience than that possessed-by every father of a family , to pronounce such food to be as -perjaieious to the one class , as it is insufficient for the other . " Mr . Rodgers is . right , and I too am right , when I ask— -What will this country come to f The bare fact of such a miscreant as Mott being selected to " carry out" the New Poor Law Act , would be evidence enough ( independently of all the murders and miseries it has
caused ) that the intention of its framers was to decimate the population , and through the terrors of snch decimation , to render the non-hastiled or un-killcd working classes the absolute , p anifi-stricken , crouching slaves for ever , of the landlord and the MOXEY-chakger . Cobbett's exposure of the " coarser food" instructions , to the framers of the Act , wa ? necessary to convince certain per-
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sons : others more incredulous , still required the evidence of some thirty murders in ttie Bridgewater Union , and of some sevent y murders > in . ' Qqiyehtry- ' ; there may be a tMrd class of dup ^ a still more infatuated , whose eyes wiUneyer be opened until they see dead todies carried out of tbe "Workhouses as thick andtfrequent , as tfcey are seen , carried but of
Military Hospitals in a besieged town , and until they see the wJKpf labour brought dowtl to the lowest point at mPHi . human life can be sustained . -Nothing but time andsatperienee can convince . these several descriptioiiiBp ^ eTSons . But to any man of common sense , and possessing a moderate knowledge of mankind , no other evidence would be necessary , toprove the horrible intentions of the Act , than the appointment of such a villain as Motx- to direct its
operations . Where the objects of a legislator are good and beneficent , he employs good and beneficient agents to execute Ms lawsj but where they are dark and malevolent be necessarily selects the most cruel and depraved of Ms species to ¦ ' ¦ * carry them out < " Upon no other hypothesis can the appointment'of such a monster as Mott be accounted for . But Tffhile we denounce the public agents of tyranny let us not commit the error of lajing all the sin at their door . This would be to take a very narrow , a very deplorably-blind view of our
situations . Public agents are ; after all , only public servants . Public servants , like all other servants , must do the bidding of their masters , or-else resign their " births . " In a state of society lite the present , we cannot expect public servants to resign lucrative births , without supposing them toj be better than the average of mankind . Novr as we have no right to expect or suppose this , let us , in justice , transfer the major part of our reprobation from the servants to the masters , from the Commissioners to their employers . The Poor Law Commissioners are the servants of Parliament . The Parliament is
therefore more guilty than the Commissioners . But the Parliament itself , is but the servant of those by whom it is elected , that is to say , of the upper and middle classes . These classes do , therefore , I maintain , merit our reprobation , more than does even the Parliament . Talk not to me of those classes petitioning Parliament against the Act , or that of their complaints that the Act has deprived them of all control over their own funds . " All that is deception and humbug . The Act was passed
by those classes , andy « r them : it was passed bf a Parliament which represented them exclusively : it has been maintained by similar Parliaments , and neither when the Act was before the Legislature , nor since , have they taken any effective steps to prevent or repeal it . Yet they had only to say the word , —they have still only to say it and the thing is done . The Parliament of England can no more resist the will of our upper and middle classes , than can the various State Legislatures of America resist the universal will of the
American people . Then wh y do not our upper and middle orders get the Act repealed ? Because they will not—because it " works well" for them—because it tends to make the labouring population their absolute slaves . A labourer will accept any termshe will submit to any reduction of wages , rather than undergo the horrors of a Whig bastile . This is the whole secret of the affair . In Kent and Essex , for example , wages have fallen Gd . a-day in various parishes , since the introduction of the Act . 6 d , a day is 3 s . a week , or £ 7 16 s . a year : consequentl y
if a farmer , employing 20 labourers , on the average , in the year , reduces the wages of each by 6 d . a day , he saves £ 156 a year , which gives £ 100 to himself and £ 56 to the landlord . Let the working classes only suppose what has happened in Kent and Eysex to take place generally , —let them suppose a reduction of 6 d . a day to be made in the wages of 4 , 000 , 000 labourers , mechanics , &c , and let them see the thirty and odd millions so saved going annually into the pockets of their employers and of the
landlords , —let them , I say , only see this clearly , and they will then know all that they need to know about the New Poor Law Act . It Is , emphaticall y , an Act to reduce the wages of labour , by ratereducing and pauper-killing . The villains who got the Act passed , dared not to attack wages directly and openly : they , therefore , placed their masked batteries under cover of the poor ' s rate . If they pointed their guns directly at the labourer himself , they feared he would either get out of the way of their fire , or brave it at the cannon ' s mouth . This
was too j > enlou 3 an exploit to be risked li ghtly ; yet the assault must be made in some way . " Paupers , " said they , " are cheap as carrion ; nobody cares for paupers . ; paupers will stand to be shot at , or , at any Tate , they must stand . Let us , therefore , plant our artillery under shelter of the workhouses , and we will hit dhe labourers through the bodies of the paupers . Long live the arts of gunnery and watergruel ! " The . attack was of course decided on , and the result is the Act in question .
One circumstance has much tended to blind the millions in respect of the Act . I allude to the slow and canting manner in which it is being carried into effect . Conscious of the horror and fury it would excite , if attempted to be full y and at once put into operation , its administrators have gone about th * country like ttoeves in the night , or rather like army scouts reconnoitering the land , before they hazarded any hostile incursion . Even in places where they have effected Union ? , and built Workhouses , they have given notMng like "full gwing " to the measure . Neither the * diDtonr ««» * v . « ;) . •„ to the measure . Neither the dietary the dis
nor - cipline is any tMng like so stringent as it would be were it not for the" outcry that has been raised against the Act , as it will ie whenever force or fortune may enable its authors toput down that outcry . In thus viewing the matter ., Oastler and Stephens have probahly done as much harm in one way , as they have done good in another . Had it not been for their exertions , the country would be now covered , with unsightly Baetiles , in which the Sovereign Dispenser of hunger and misery would be reigning in fiend-like majesty , and , as a necessary consequence , the eyes of the entire <> ountry would
be opened to a sense of the enormity committed . Such , I tMnk , woald have been the result of allowing the Act to have full and uncontrolled swing . Still Qastler and Stephens did what was right . They would no £ consent to see their fellowcreataes immolated without an effort to save them and they had no right to risk the certainty of present good , on the contingency of a future , though greater good , They would be unworth y of the name of men , unworthy the name of Christians , had they , with the convictions they entertained , acted otherwise than they did . Oastler , in particular deserves the everlasting gratitude of Englishmen .
WMle upon tMs subjeet , let me contrast the treatment of American convicts with that of English paupers . The contrast will do good , were it only to show the difference between aristocratic or middle-class Government , and a Government of all the people . Of the city of Washington ( the capital of the American Union ) , the following is the exact dietary allowed to the convicts ef the penitentiary . I take my account from a well-known-book , entitled , Historical Sketches of the Ten Miles S quare forming the District of Co ^ M 7 n 6 ia , ^ -c . Page 208 . Ratios and Clothing of the Convicts , as authorized by the Regulations of the Penitentiary .
1 st , "The ratio for each man per day shall be—12 oz . of pork , or 16 oz . of beef , ( every day ) JO oz . of wheat-flour , not boiled :
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; 12 o * . of India : me ^ l ; " : ¦ * 'V %£ . gni . of molasses j * % y /\ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ¦¦¦ . ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ .:. and ^ fluaTjts of ry , e ,: ^ , quarts of salt , -4 quartaof ¦ vihegM , -- -i ^; " rav-. 6 f . ^ pjiitf- / 1 | uid : 2 ^ b ' iisWla of potatoes ;; to each 1 * 90 rations . The rations ; of ^ omen and boys , shall be as nearly inproportipn as possible , taking into consideratien age ; health , &c . All articles to be of good quality and sound , '' &c . ; There , men . of England , is the liyiHg allowed in America to convicted felons ! The plotMng is equally good and wholesome , and every convict is allowed a good arid wholesome bed as well Do you
know why . an-. 'American convict is better treated than a poor Englishman who never committed any crime at all ? Because the Government of America , is a deinoqracy , that is to say , a Government of the people themselves . And do you know why the American Government is a democracy ? Because the American people fought for it , and won the fight . And yf ) xo , think yoji , were their enemies ? The very same parties who-, are now your enemies , and thfe enemies of liberty ¦ arid humanity all over the world . Shall I name them to you ? I will— They are the landlords and money-changers of England . Yours , &c . BRONTERRE .
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Our readers arc informed that a full and correct report of the speeches and proceedings at the great Birmingham meeting , to beholden on Monday next , shall appear in the Star of the 11 th hist . The report will be taken by our own Rsporter , specially for the Star . . J . Chappel . —His . Papers have always been sent from the Office , except July 14 th . If he does not receive them regularly he must applu at the Post-Office .
Leeds Working Men . —After the Birmingham demonstration , we shall call an out-door meeting of the working classes of Leeds , and shall either make them an example worthy of being followed , or hold them up to the scorn of other towns We have every confidence in the people , and we will give them an opportunity of displaying their devotion to theprinciples of the Northern Union , which originated in Leeds . Let the men of Leeds look about them , and join in the general demand for justice .
Williams and Binns , Sunderland . —These Papers have been regularly sent from our Office in due time , and on applying at the Leeds Post-Office , we found they had been properly forwarded from there . We were referred , by the Postmistress , to the Postmaster of York , to whom wS ^ have written respecting the delay complained of , but have not yet received an answer . In compliance with the wish of our Carlisle readers , the portrait of the Rev . J . R . Stephens will be presented iv ( th each Star of next Saturday ;
and , as our circulatioii has but recently commenced in that town , we shall , on the IWi , give with the Star a portrait of General Arthur O'Connor , the Exile of Erin ' , on the 25 th a portrait of' Oastler ; and , on the 1 st of September , a portrait of ^ Feargus O'Connor , Esq . We have not any portraits of the last mentioned gentleman by us , but we have given orders for more being struck off . Specimens of all are in the hands of our agent , Mr . Arthur , 28 , Rickergate , Carlisle .
Notice to Fools . —Many poor persons who have been gulled by legal quack advertisements , have come to us for relic / . The practice is this—a firm in London advertises for claimants to such and such properties , or that theywill undertake the recovery of estates and debts under such and such favourable terms . They then extract from the poor diipe a certain quantity of money , merely enough to procure copies of papers , which are not in existence . In a short time tlie fool calls again when the title is so clear that immediate proceedings must be taken , which will require an immediate expenditure of £ 50 , £ 30 , or £ 20 , according to the appearance , or profession , or circumstances :-of : the fool , who is desired to call in another few days , iche / i he finds that another
lesser sum is required to complete the business , and again a lesser sum , and finally the prospect is so bright , that he but requires to furnish a [ sum which he cannot by possibility co 7 nmand , and then he is rudely kicked out , with an assurance that he shall have his bill of costs , and that he has impertinently imposed upon the honest rogue , who is not a professional gentleman . Our advice is , that all persons seeking to recover property , should apply to a respectable solicitor , and spend his first two or three guineas in taking the opinion of counsel upon his case . The public is too apt la judge of the legal prof ession by the acts of those who do not belong to it . We should much like to make an example of . one of those suit-fishing gentry .
Oldham Memorial . Various circumsta nces con * nectcd with the Assize and other intelligence which has crowded our Columns , prevented the possibility of this Memorial yet appearing . We will endeavour if possible , to find room-for it in our next Saturday ' s Paper . Mr . Oastler ' s three Letters to the People of England . — Those three letters to which we refer , have been hitherto withheld , from a desire to protect both the writer and the publisher from the power of the Attorney-General . With this view , we thought it prudent to submit them to legal consideration , and have received them with
the protection of a few legal quibbles , which , however , do not in the slightest degree , lessen the importhnce , or interfere with the suj / tjniity of thought and expression contained in those three letters , which , as a whole will hereafter constitute one of the ablest commentaries upon the British Constitution , and furnish a compendium of liberty , which , if carried into practical operation , will constitute the best protection of ioth rich and poor . The whole composition ¦ evinces a depth of thought , and an extent o / research , which should have been otherwvm employed than in the collection of rents for Squire
Tnornhill . We shall present our readers with No . 1 next week , and we respectfully submit its contents to the censorship of Publius , who ( from his apparent want of knowledge of Mr . Oastler's character , ) must have lived at a considerable distance from those quarters to which his agitation ha . s been confined . Oastler's three letters , together with three others which have appeared ih the Star , will be printed in a pamphlet form after they have appeared , in the Star , and those toho are anxious to procure copies will please to give their early orders to our several Agents The frontispiece will contain a portrait of Rtchard Oastler .
The Great Northern Union . — We have the inexpressible delight to inform our readers that the Northern Union numbers in its body more than 50 , 000 members . Carlisle and its neighbourhood will shortly add 1 , 000 to this important Unioiu Every jnember will receive a medal , about the size of a crown piece , bearing an inscription upon one side , of the date of the formation , and upon the other the principles and objects of the TJnion . This will be given instead of a card of admission , as it will be less perishable , but must not be worn as a badge ; and those who are not members ? nay purchase it as a matter of curiosity .
Mansfield . — -We only this day received the letter of the Working Men ' s Association of Mansfield : We thank them for their kindly opinion , and shall shortly visit them , for the purpose of incorporating thfitn with the Northern Union . We have received invitations from Rochdale and Barnsley , both for the 21 st of this month , to neither of which can we give immediate answer j but we may make a general observation as to
the propriety of altering the day for one of those meetings . John Cleave . Our good friend ' s letter has been received . He shall have the matter in question arranged to his entire satisfaction , and we cannot avoid expressing our high approbation of the legal knowledge which he evmces in his admirable Gazette , wherein he goes as near the Attorney ^ General as prudent or practicable , but always may defy him . Everybody should support this work
. In reply to several agents , tee have to inform them . that the delay of their papers rests with soine branch of the post office , and not with us , as we never iniss a post . We have been satisfied as to the Leeds branch ,, but have not yet had an answer from York ; and , if not speedy and satisfactory , we shall apply to head quarters . From Bristoly Stinderland , and other places , we have had similar complaints . There is evidently an attempt somewhere to harrass us , but we will not submit to it .
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Tha following most extraordinary occurrence took placj ! upon Mr . O '' Connor ' s itisit to Neuo Milky in Ayrshire i—^ Ofiejof : the gentlemen who was * sent as a deputatiot , ito escort Mr . O ' ^ Cow ^ ihto town after having scwitied' him UitK much attention for : ' a ? Aw | f <»^ e , a < fc ^ A ois ^ e ^ , " Sir , I am just thinking that this day forty years , I left the garrisoti ofJFort George , as a soldier to accompany your father and . uncle , as rebel , prisoners , and Mis day- \ 1 volunteer my services toaccompany ' you , for the promulgation of the very principles for which they suffered . " The old gentleman was afterwards called to the chair . , .
The paragraphs which appear in our second page , relative to Mr , O'Connor ' s visit to'Scotland , are taken from the Ayrshire Examiner , a good- democratic paper , Which has ju * t been started in that place . Canada . —We have received an extract of an interesting private letter from this disiurbedprovince , contaming statements which may be relied on a ? authentic , but regret that it was received too late for this week . We shall give it next . Elland Coronation . — We will have no more of this nonsense .
Correspondence . —Great numbers of letters are necessarily lying over . We will bring up our arrears as fast as possible , but must beg indulgence for a while . . . - .. The Portrait of Sir Win . Molesworth , the report of the Birmingham demonstration ^ together with Oastler's letter , will inform our agents , that very early application must be made for next week ' s Star , the fact being that we frequently receive increased orders token there is no possibility of executing them . A . Jones . -The Star is not furnished to any agent upon sale or return ; the Mercury is j and we refer the applicant the Mercury ' s Royal Picture Gallery , where they tnay be supplied upon speculation .
A few strange tenures , &c— We are very sorry this letter was mislaid until too late . It shall appear next week . '
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LEGAL QUESTIONS . Newcastle . —A Friend to the Star has allotved the time to elapse . He cannot now , avoid the writ , except at a great expense . Veritas . —The landlord having accepted- Yeritas as a tenant , he had no right to distrain him for back rent , but he must not defend the possession by force , unless force be used to obtain it . Should distress be made , Veritas must not , by any means molest the bailiffs , he must then apply to us again .
The Dalton Case . —The queriest in this case has an undoubted right to the legacy of £ 60 , when he shall have arrived at the age of 21 ; indeed , we do not know upon what grounds payment has been refused . Being illegitimate does not in the slightest degree interfere with the right ofj . H . Let him go to a respectable solicitor , and he will have his money at once . T- C— The law , without any provision upon , the part of the landlord , makes it obligatory upoyi the tenant to give six months' notice of his intention to surrender . If the room was taken by the tveek , and if there is documentary or oral evidence to that effect , ) a iveek ' s rent or notice will be sufficient ' and T . C . may surrender at
once . L . N . —The landlord can dispossess L . N . with a quarter ' s notice , or double his rent . Orestes . —His marriage is not binding , nor had the magistrates any power to interfere , unless , by some recognition of the marriage since attaining his majorityy he has hhnseIf given them that power . We give the opinion only , because it appears that the conduct of the woman has been bad . ¦ F . G . is entitled to the legacy when of age , and a power of attorney to any friend in England will effect her object .
A . W . X . — We fear the postage must be paid . B . P . —27 * e master cannot slop the wages of his apprentice under the circumstances stated by B . P . A Real Radical . —Ifthe placeof ' bathing has been used as such , and no violence is done to society , if it is not too public , or near some public-place , the police have no right to interfere ; but where is the magistrate to make them do their duty ? the -will ofthe police is the law of the land . W . C . may have a window , and , from the terms of his agreement , is entitled to a doorway into the street .
W . Hughes . — The overseers and guardians have all acted illegally , but what can querist do ? The law which allows ruffians to handcuff an honest man , and take him from his work , will find other ruffians to support it . He need not have paid one farthing , as the tvoman was married . E . Hobson ; from a shareholder . 20 th of June ; he was only liable to the payment of toll . A . Drewan . —No parties have any right to stop up any portion of the path that winds along the river . The factory which impedes the entrance or the egress should be presented as a nuisance , and inight have been torn down in the
commencement of its erection . The advertisement from the parson was illegal . The people are entitled to erase and pull down every barrier which is placed in the old pathway ; and though sundry offences be committed upon fences , or private propert y , by bad men , yet will they not constitute a right to deprive the remainder of the inhabitants of their enjoyment . The folly of interfering with Sabbath discipline comes well from infidel parsons , who preach" the word of man , and laugh toscarn the word of God . Let the people of Padihampull down every obstacle placed in their path , and stand by their right of passage—the only enjoyment they can have after a hard week ' s work
Samuel Sidebottom . —The ratepayers have complied with the 1 st and 5 th sections of the Select Vestry Act , —they have also complied tvith the provision 41 st of the Poor Law Amendment Act , and should apply to the Queen ' s JBench for a . mandamus , to compel the magistrates to carry the : proceedings of the ratepayers into effect . Mr . ' \ O'Connor ' s fee is the thanks of the poor of Newtongrem , and when he receives them , all charges will be defrayed . J . G . S ., Oldham . —We fear the ratepayers have no redress now ; they have applied too late .
Again we have to desire that legal applications shall be made briefly , without any encomiums upon our conduct , or the usefulness of our paper . Our time is too valuable to be taken up with extraneous matter . In future , all querists must eometo the point at once .
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LEEDS . Cricket . —A match at cricket was played on Wpodhouse Moor , between the Cobourg and Brunswick clubs , which was won by the former by 73 runs , or at one innings with 5 to spare . Cobourg 1 st . innings , 89 ; 2 nd . do ., 68 ; Brunswick ' ¦ 1 st innings , 46 ; 2 nd . 68 . Order of the Knights of Malta . —On Saturday last , an encampment of the above order was opened by the Bradford District Officers at the house of Mrs . Harrison , the Robin Hood Inn , in Yeadpn , when 135 young men enrolled themselves as members of the above order with every prospect of future success . '
HoRRiBLE Depravity . —A she devil , named Honora . Macatth y , was convicted at the last Cork Assizes of offering for sale , to an apothecary , at Dunmanway , a-iine living boy , about eleven years ° f a S > for the purpose of dissection—requesting that he mi ght be killed in her presence . She stated , in answer to the apothecary ' s inquiry , that she could have another boy for him in about a month . Sentence of death was : reoorded against her , but we fear it will not be executed .
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GEOLOGYir-A fih ^ c ?™ e 6 V with shells , W&ghtisi ftSfe v be ? * - ¦ £ ¦¦*• Nwaojaon , wlo style * hunselfuftl Y ^ e . Poet . ' ; : He informed ^ SI ^* S taken from a coal ihmej at Rothwell-Haigh , J * depth of seventy-five fathomi . y - Tv - ' . "¦ * ., £ ? Ds School ^ p MED ^ iNE . ^ At lheci 6 ikv ^ the Summer Session on ^ certificates ofhonour were awarded tothe fo ™^^ gentlemen . Forsenic MBDiciNEi- ^ Medal ^ i ^ JohitBirbe £ Nevins ; Certificate , Mr . J oWxJeiS Heaton . Botany . —Medal , Mr , John D ^^ i Heaton ; Certificate , Mr . W ' tfXwiLtaa ^ . Independent Order of Odd Fellows The seconMnniversary of the Loyal Queen Victoria Lodge , No . 1280 of the Manchester Independent f rder of Odd FeUowi took place lastT ^ d ^ S house of Mr . Cushwprth , the King's Arms a ? Peter ' s Square , when an excellent dinner was ' Dnw videdfor them by theworthy landlord , i The CTenS
amusements was kept up till a late hour , by a number " of young gentlemen , glee singers , from the : varioua . lodges in the district , who volunteered on thfe occasion . i ~^ ' ¦¦¦ Change Ringing . —On Sunday ! morning last i 5 £ V . TreMe B <* Major , Lconsistinf 5056 changes ( m * tm > equal parts ) Was rung on tS newj . eal of eight bells , at Rothwell Church , by S r Wirf ^ ld n P *** ' ^ ompany , W tJo bf the All Saints Company , Wakefield , which ther accomplished in three hours , two minutes , andthirbr seconds . The performance' was suchj as to leave ^ doubt on the minds of the hearers , ( which were numerous , ! of the superior abilities of the Leeds ani aKeiu
V m companies , and of which the last twenty years have given sufficient proofs , the performers names were aa follow : Mr . S . Smallpage , ( composer and conductor , ) treble ; Mr ; C ; fli ^ e ' condl Mr J . lawcett , third ; Mr . J . Greenwood , fourth Mr J . Mortimer , fifth ; Mr . J . Bottomley , sixth Mr ' W . Gawkrodger , seventh ; and Mrj W , Grovesl tenor . The above peal of bells was raised by subscription , through the indefatigable ! exertions of Mr . Jewisbn , Mr . Hulland , and Mr ! Flockton , of Kothwell ; and was east by Mr . Iraylor , bellfounder , of Oxford . The inhabitants bf this rapidly improving village have thus set a noble example pf the voluntary principle , nqt only to other villages adjacent , but to many towns throughout the kingdom . - i Kingdom . . . .-: V - . ^ ¦ •;;¦ , . / M- . V- '
Assault . —On Tuesday , Thomaj Fl&ther , a young man of notorious character , was brought up at the Court-house , charged with having assaulted 1 his father , the landlord of the Blacfc Hbrse Inn Mabgatet The Magistrates took a very favourable view of the case , and ordered him to enter into Ms own , recognizances in £ 20 , with one surety of £ 10 , to keep the peace for six months , and in . default to be committed for that period to Wakefield House of Correction . Highway Robbery . —On Tuesday last , Joseph Akeroyd , George Brown , John GUI , and John Straker , were charged at the Court House , with having , at an early hour that morning , robbed W Whise , gardener to Wm . Cadman , Esq ., on the
roaato uonnday , ot two sovereigns , and about one pound in silver . The prosecutor was unable to give evidence from the injuries he had received ; ani consequently all the prisoners were remanded for further examination . Stealing HANDKERcHiEFS .--On Monday Mary Sanderson and Caroline Kay , were brought up at the Court House , charged with having stolen Beyen silk handkerchiefs , the property ! of Mr . Norfolk , linen-draper , in Commercial-street . They had entered the shop under the pretene ' e of purchasing an article of little value , when they stole fron > the counter the articles in question J which were aferwards found upon them . They were committed for trial to , Wakefield House of Correction .
Robbery . —On Tuesday , James joais , James Colhnson , and Richard Wood , were brought up at the Court House , charged with having robbed , on the Tuesday previous , Wm : Booth , of Drighlington , of two five pound notes , one sovereign , and two half sovereigns , at the North Tavern . j It appeared that the prosecutor and the prisoners had been drinking together in the tap-room , when the ' latter raised a dispute respecting paying for a quart of beer , and they taking care to include the prosecutor m the squabble , got him down , r ifled } his pockets , and afterwards absconded with the booty . Eventually they were apprehended by Inspector
Hainsworth , at Hull . One of the five poiidd notes they had got exchanged at . Knotting ley , and the other at Grimsb y , which were produced and ( identified b y the parties of whom the prosecutor received them .. The prisoners were remanded for further examination . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
Apprehension of Myers the Murderer . ; —On Tuesday last , Myers , against whom , and Mrs . Vow , a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned , by the coroner ' s jury assembled to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of j ^ Ir . Povv , arrived at Boulogne , in the Magnet , steam-boat . While on board , some one , who was aware of the verdict the jury returned against Myers , recognized him , and the information having been commuBicated to Captain Stock , the master , ' and also to ( the steward of the Magnet , they gave him into the custody of the French police on his arrival on the quay , and he was conveyed to the prison in the town bf Boulogne On Saturday evening Myers was sent lack to Loridon , in the Harlequin steamer , and is now in safe custody in Newgate .
Caution to the Public . —During the last week , a man along with a woman , whose names we have not been able to ascertain , called [ at the house of Mr . John Barber , jun ., boot and shoemaker ^ in Otley , requesting permission to have a night ' s lodging . After telling a distressing and heart-rending story , and from their respectable appearance , Mr . B . consented to allow them to rest for a night . A little after ten o'clock , Mr . B . and his family retired to rest , taking the key of the door with them , the lodgers not being ready ; they left them sitting by the kitchen fife . In abouttwo hours afterwards , Mr . B . and his family were very much alarmed with the
man making Ma appearance in their bed-room , with an open razor in his hand , threatening to kill them if they dared to come down stairs . After this he commenced ransacking the house , but h ^ the timely assistanceof a neighbour he was prevented taking anything . Early in the morning he decamped ; having made his retreat along with his lady . We here give a description of the man , trusting ' that it may be of service to those placed in similar circumstances to Mr . B . He is about six feet in height , rather steut , wearing a black velvet coat with pearl buttons on , light coloured waistcoat , salmon coloured trousers , and a large crowned hat , and states himself to be a woolcomber . — York Courant .
Rather Remarkable . —On Monday last , the man who drives the Otley and Skiptpn mail gig , whilst staying at the Devonshire Hotel , in Skipton , was accosted by a man wearing gentleman ' s livery , to get him . some horses ready for his master ' s carriage , who turned out to be his brother , whom be had not seen for a period of fifteen years . ThB driver of the above , at that time j enlisted into the 53 rd regiment , and has only lately obtained his discharge . Cleckheaton . —This place with all its improve-, mentshas long been behind the neighbouring villages with regard to opportunitiesfof instruction for the labouring class and the rising generation . But
this deficiency is now happily disappearing ; within the last three years two public schools have been erected , and on . Friday evening last a Mechanics ' Institute or society for the acquisition of useful knowledge , was opened . Very interesting addresses were delivered on the occasion to the members and ¦ friends by Mr . A . D ; Dorsey , of Glasgew , Rev . Mr . Cooke , of Gomersal , Rev . Messrs . Wilson and Scott , Cleckheaton , Rev . B . Firth , pf "Wike , and Mr . Atkin , of Birkinahaw , when the meeting separated highly gratifitd with the evening ' s proceedings . It is expected that this society will be ofi gTeat importance to the inhabitants of Cleckheatoa-It already numbers nearly one hundred , memberSy and is likely to increase considerably .
Clerical Appointment . —The Rev . John Aspinall Addisdn , curate of Wallasey , has been appointed to the perpetual curacy of Middleton , in this county . West-Riding Revisin g Bai ? # isters .:-tWe understand that Mr . Baron A Iderson , as senior Judge of Assize for the Northern Circuit , has reappointed Messrs . Cottina ; ham , Hildyard , and Henry to revise the lists of voters for the West-Riding of Yorkshire . They will commence their circuit on the 15 th or l ? th of September .
BONCASTER BaRNSDALE ARCHERY MEETing . —The second meeting for the season took place on Thursday , in a field adjoining the Deaf i ^ i Dumb Institution , near the race ground . Shooting commenced at one o ' clock , Jttid continued until about half-past two , when ^ it began to rain , which prevented any further proceedings . There was a very thin attendance , especially of gentlemen . At three o ' clock the conapany sat down to a dinner provided by Miss 5 awley , at the Grandstand . Leeds E . YE and Ear Infirmary's Report , July . —Adinitted 74 ] discharged cured 65 , remaining on the books 1 / 6 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 4, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1017/page/4/
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