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THE BEY . JOSEPH BATHER STEPHENS . "Let every TB * D \ vv - omaE ^ Bntf child , wholov * 8 God ana bate- Ae &e ^ «> ntribute their mite to * e poor ^ box , * r the ** gg ing-box , ( or xAates * & be p leases tn call 1 t ) « T the shepherd , for the -protection t ) f hl < flock . Mr . Stephens has for mentis , to our fctowleage , -surrendered his -podr . piltam e—his « jtire p ittaSice—to lessen the suSerings of those , -who hiTs been selected fter pet ' ec : tion by the tyrants , from whose lust and avari e e would
protect-them . The men of Bradford } iof ss a singular devotion to Stbphens ; Vhy then not prove it by supporting him in tfee days of his adversity ; ad-Tersiry brought on by bis adherence to principle ? If S ^ epheks ' s talents dcttld be purchased , they are Worth thousands a . ye » to either "Whig or Tory ; and yet the Radicals t& * qw hiia to . be the ' sport t ) f a faction , while his only crime is attachment to the poor , " He that-grreth to the poor lendeth xinto the lord , " therefore , lend God ' s minister -wherewith to serve God ' s-children .
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THE SUFFRAGE . —PHYSICAL FORCE . T « e Katiosal Guards of Pakis hatb PrrrtioifED pok ax Extension of the sc * fba 6 e , asd they hate dokb- it tvith Akms ^ in theib Hands . Upoa tie above fact xbe i Homing -Chronicle jives us the following symphony to" a long and doleful ditty .
" Tbe petition of the National Guards of Paris , complain-3 ng--of t . e restriction of the franchise in- France- to about ISiljOOO niters , and praying for ao -extension , is , as we have jilresj !? &Uted , a circumstance -calculated tirniake the French Government somewhat ¦ oaeasj . The National Guards consist ehiefij of the tety class t > y the support of which the Government of l . onis Phiiiope has hitherto been able to make head against the Royalists and the Democracy , Hen who petition Trull amw is xtieir nands are apt toassmne-a mgm ^ g tone H their petitiuns be refuse !/'
"When the plain and simple question of Universal Suffrage was adopted as tbe topic -which should absorb all others , it was evident that the old system of counter-agitation would be resorted to . There never has been a bold tfnccrcnter of gr ievances by the people without a corresponding attempt "being made by their rulers , first to confound , and in the event of failure , then to intimidate the movement party . In almost every previous straggle fte plan has been successful ; because the comannnity fought lye battles , and wasted their strength 5 n parry strife and contention . . " But when experience had taught the foliy of such a course , and all crotchets were surrendered with a view " of
concentrating the united powe . r into one band of brotherhood , then did those who have hitherto maintained ascendancy , by dividing and conquering , » ee , in the union of the people , the "downfall of "the inonsteT monopoly ,, "by which they have been enabled to hold power . Prom the close connexion and constant intercourse which now exists between the producers of all nations , as well as from the total disregard on the part of the rulers ' , of all appeals fromitose producers , Sfccuon-sqcabb ^ s and parry ieeds have ceased , and
questions , ¦ w hich were formerly considered merelv local , have not only become national , butjaniversal subjects of discussion , and of general consideration Thus we find that while perversion of law , and misapplication of authority in England , haveinduced the people to demand the constitution of a new tribunal , and while ber peaceful people are endeavouring morally tq wort out their salvuiion , we learn that a new order of petitioners in Prance , are , after the manner of the petitioner in Gil Bias , demanding an
extension of rights with arms in their hands . "We ind that the ^ sanonal Guards of Paris have pre sented a petition for an extension of the suffrage "What a field for contemplation ! "What a pillow of repose 1 "What a "bed of ro > es for the . " Citizen Xing 1 " the Monarch of those very arms which now hristle in sad array around him—; he creature of the Tery class which , the Chronicle says , ll has hitherto enabled him to male he ^ d against the ltojalists and the democracy . " ~
One of two effects must lie the result of this new outbreak . Either the English people will say that the French middle class are less the enemies of democracy , - than are the same class enemies to democracy in England , or the middle class in England will see , in the example set by their " order in Trance , an example at once " worthy of being imitated .
Every thinking mind , upon mature reflection , will ofily Wame the people for having borne oppression too long and too tamely . In -Trance tbe , line of demarcation between the Aristocracy and tie la"bouring classes is by no means so wide as in this counrry . The peasant , to this day , waits through the domain of the nobleman , to cultivate his feeample property to the amount of an acre , or half -&a acre , in the centre of tire nobleman ' s estate , and to which spst the Lord dare not deny him free access . Almost every large estate in - Prance is
intersected with the small fee-simple properties of working men , while , to the small estates of the English locusts of primogeniture , is added , bv act of Parliament , the wholesale plunder " of national property . The people ' s land they have stolen and given as the wages of corrupt ion , while thev have snWtituted a tax upon the people to repair the loss . Tbe Church they have defiled ; and have torn from the Altar its proudest gem— the poof man ' s coronet . Those funds which were left to the poor for purposes of education , they have appropriated to the rich man ' s use . They rob tbe poor , and call them rabble j govern them by immorality , and call them
infidels ; and usurp tbe funds for their instruction , and call them ignorant . Tiey have robbed the people of their inher itance in the soil ; and , after having turned tbe poor man ' s common into pleasure grounds and parks , and -rate-grounds , and forests , and preserves for wild animals , they dare to tell the sons of earth , that population presses too hardly upon the means ef subsistence , while themselves , and their pampered menials , and their horse ? , and : tbeir < 3 ogSj are fatted upon the land , and those who culthate it are poor and haggard ; . , whenold age steals upon them , are consigned to tbe tender mercies of the ministers -of torture and death .
- Prom the connexion which exists between the monarchies of England , Belgium , and France , the present move in the latter country will dp more for the accomp lishment of our wishes than if we had struggled throug h a long life of agitation . The press of Prance , heretofore , muzzled by the bayonet , will be now let loose ; while the press ' of England , no longer daring to oppose pnblie opinion , Trill be curbed in its licentiousness . In tie very article to which we have Teferred -we have proof of our ' asseriioh ; for the Chronicle , in its sad bewailing ? over the present state of things ; and in deplorinc the posture-of affairs , which , it has been instrumental in bringing about , after severe condemnation of the Helium Bill , goes on to say
" In this country the petitioners for an extension of the suffrage do not at present find nraeh countenance in the saddle classes . It is not that the Tf" « dlg clasues are satisfied "Kith the present state of thines- So "far from thi » being thp «*» e , the conviction is , we befieve , almost eeneral , that the BeJorm Bill requires itself to be reformed , and it is certain that that measure has by no means produced the benefits anticipated from it . It waa understood that it ttooH have ihe sct of
«» JmBfemne the return of the Members of the Honse 1 Commons from the oligarchy to tiie great maw of possea-Mr »« rpTOperty . . Thu , however , Una * not done , Mid the di * sgnqmtmeut is-. m cuiaeonence Texy great . Had-ihat been efiatea which was anticipated , the prdgress towards the ameBoratton of onr laws ana instimtKmr would-bare been nfe-and rasy . At present , instead of that being the case themiddle-tfUsaes are impressed with the hopelSneas of effecting gnftttBgrtal amelktra-tians mthont once more conrnl * ing the country , " 2 ? ow ; canany mas see in fiie foregoing paragraph tny viheT ' ttaioDhig than that the middle " classes ,
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iinpnwed with the bopeWne * s of effecting iqj \» tantial ameliorations , without once C 0 Gvtib $ \ ng Ihe OTTratry , are invited by the Chronicle tb-joto the middle classes of France in a sscnguintiry texblution for the accomplishment of an exteiisioiv ' ottheir own rights ? This is the plain English o { tbe Ministerial print ; deny it who can } but while -ftife blood-thirsty Whig organ thus eBfleivoure to kicite the middle classes " ' To Jtesh -etcrw sxco « 4 1 o the hilt " .
we tell the people that if the middle class do fight , it will be for a farther exteCfton of their own rights , and for tbe total-prostiatktt of popular influence . Else wkat ^ oes the Chronicle mean by the Suffrage not finding much coriritanance in the middle classes , and at tie same time the announcement that the middle classes are not satisfied ? In this the people will see the hoantf the Corn Laws , which of late hasieen the-burden of the Chronicle's song . Soch
a change indeed could be turned to exclusive middle class ad vantage , with the present power of lawmaking which they possess . The Chronicle modestly states that he would rather not discuss the question of Universal Suffrage just now . A coy maiden could not be more modest . The Chronicle , the Sun , Dispatch , the Weekly Chronicle and the rest of the rubbish will be mere waste paper , the moment that either the first shot is fired in
Paris , or tbe moment that out UBion is complete , and then we shall see whether Easthope or Alderman Harmer , orMuRDO Yotjng , or Mr . "Waub , er Pe * . kq \ js O'Conkor , with whose name those sycophants have dared to make so much freedom of late , was the wiser man . Let the people of England , Scotland , and Ireland be but true to themselves , and they may defy tbe world in arms , and tbe newspaper-mongers
into the bargain . Drive the enemy out of your houses , your pothouses , your beerhouses , your public-houses , and give them a proof of your moral power and your courage . But , above all things , let us counsel you against tbe bloody attempt of the Morning Chronicle , to , create civil war , desolation , and weeping , and wailing , by the middle classes once more " convulsing the country . " This is the very recommendation of the Chronicle—the " sw ^ - stantial amelioration " of tbe middle classes
plainly means , their power by law to make more money of tbe poor man's labour . "We knew the hellish gang would recommend war it last .
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MR . JUSTICE RCTYDS OF ROCHDALE . If any castigation could shame this gentleman , he should receive it at our hands ; for tbe present , we shall simply ask whether Mr , Boyds has a wife or daughters , and if so , how he would feel at a similar judgment to that which he had the presumption , the ignorance , the villainy , and cowardice , and the inhumanity to give in the case of Martha Lewis , on Monday week last ? We really know not what advice to give the people in such a case . We do
hope , however , that when the ^ Northern Union is complete , we shall find some means of transmitting the names , acts , aud deeds of all tyrant * , to every town throughout the Empire , and that , upon stated days in the year , they may be simultaneously posted in every Market-place and published in every Radical paper . We have already a list , which shall appear in ^ due time , and Mr . Royds shall have the honour of a prominent place therein . Ro"XDS has beaten Clapham hollow .
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TO THE UNREPRESENTED PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Iellow StAVfes I—I will not wa « te your time or mine in inquiring whether it is tyrants that make slaves , or slaves that make tyrants . To me it is clear enough that they make one another . Men of tyrannical dispositions will always try to make other people their slaves , and men of slavish dispositions will always £ nd tyrants enough at band-to slip the collar upon them . If I chose to be philosophical I might tell you with Montesquieu , that " in the first instance men make institutions ; afterwards , institutions make men" but as I
prefer addressing plain language to plain people , I will simply remind you that whether it be men that makeinstitutions or institutions that make men , it is , in either case , certain , that all who are obliged to obey laves , and to live under institutions in whose formation they have no share , are downright slaves . ! Now , this , my friends , is precisely your case and mine . "We have neither voice nor influence in our national councils . "We are utterly at tbe mercy of other men's laws and institutions . " We are , therefore , to all intents and purposes , downright slaves . There is no use in disguising the fact . Slaves we have hitherto been , and slaves we still are .
But if , hitherto , we have voluntarily bowed to oppression , we are now , thank God ! no longer willing slaves . A veice has gone forth to proclaim that " tbe day of our redemption draweth nigh . '' Whether that voice shall prove a true oracle or a false one depends -wholly upon ourselves . It depends upon our intelligence , upon our Union , upon our "virtue and courage . During the seven or eight years that I have been hammering Radicalism into yonr heads , I baTe more than , once despaired of seeing equality of
rights established m my time . I no longer despair —I never knew our cause to occupy so proud a position as it does now . Thanks to the men of Lancashire and Yorkshire ! Thanks to tbe men of Newcastle and Scotland ! And last not least , thanks to our brave Birmingham friends—for this happy consummation . Universal Suffrage is now the all-engrossing theme of the day . All minor questions are vanishing before it like stars in the firmament , before the rising sun . Like that glorious orb it is rising to
dispel the mists of faction that have so long overhung our destiny and obscured cmr vision . In Tain has the profligate press of the Aristocracy and middle classes , tried to burke it ; in vain has that press essayed , by contumely and suppression , to stifle the public voice , and to lower in public estimation our recent popular demonstrations in fa-roar of it . In contempt and defiance of' that press , immense bodies of men have declared for Universal Suffrage in Newcastle , in Glasgow , in Birmingham , and in Manchester . Other immense
bodies are preparing to do the same in London , in Lancashire , in Yorkshire , and in the Western Counties . Upwards of ninety towns have already adopted the " National Petition . " Ninety other towns will shortly have followed their example ; and before the next meeting of Parliament , It is confidently expeeted that upwards of three millions of men , and perhaps , half that number of w . OMEN , will have signed the National Petition . To Mr . Salt , of Birmingham , we are mainly indebted for the promised co-operation of England ' s daughters with England's sons , in the
great work of National Redemption . The Bballowpated blackguards whowrit&smatty doggrd . for the ^ dge and Satirist , may ridicule the idea « f-women taking part in political agitation , but every man pf sense know-8 that bad government is not less < lestrnctiTe of the rights and happiBess of women , -than it is of those of men . "Women are consumers of all taxed articles as well as men . Women are subject to the ** me penalties for in&inging the laws as men arej not excepting the extreme penalty of death . It * a § only the other day that a woman died in ihe jQueea ' j Bench Prison , after an . imprison-
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ment of eighteen years in that abominable iuxtitution \ "Women are now more or less engaged in almost every branch of manufacturing fctfd agricultural industry known to the country la scores of mills and factories more than one-ttaif tfoe workers are women . In all of them a TCfylai ^ ge proportion are women . You , my friends , ' who have the misfortune to live in thevmanufeetuiring bills of Scotland and of the North of England , know this to be the case . But it is the same in the coUeries and
mining districts of Suitderland , Staffordshire , and Cornwall—the same is the potteries—in the workshops « f BirminghaHv , in Coventry , jn Nuneaton , in Dunstable , and all the way up to London . And even in London , more than one-half of the ; actual drudgery of life is performed by women . It would actually make your hair to stand * ' like quills upon the fretful porcupine , " if you saw how women are slaved and paid by som « of the wholesale houses in London—more particularly by those engaged in the expert trade . You would see at once why there
are one hundred thousand prostitutes to be found publicly parading the streets of this Babylon . And in the teeth of these facts , are we to be told that politics do not concern women ? When , indepeadently of the fact that women must always , as wives and daughters , be subject to their full proportion of all the hardships and privations which bad Government inflicts on their husbands and fathers , —when independently of this fact , we find the same political causes incessantly at work produce precisely the same effects in augmenting the drudgery and diminishing the wages of women , as they do those of men , is it not the height of
absurdity or rather of impudence to pretend that women have not the same right and the same motive to concern themselves in politics as men . have ? Besides , if women ought not to meddle with politics ( because politics are a public concern , ) why have we so many blue stockings amongst the Aristocracy ? Why are the Trollqpes , the Martineaus , th Nortoss , the Blessingtons , &c , , encouraged to blaze away before the public on politics as on every other subject , their politics being often the least immoral as well as the least unfeminine of the topics they treat upon ? And why are so many of our titled ladies notorious back-stair politicians—so notorious indeed , as to cover one-balf of the
Pension-List with their pretty euphonious names ? And , above all , why have we a Monarch in petticoats ? Will the blackguard Age , which befouls Mr . Salt for organising Political Unions of women , answer that question ? "Will that smutty sage explain to us why the wife of a Radical Reformer should not be as competent to assist her husband in obtaining Universal Suffrage , ( which she knows to be the only means of protecting his and her earning , ) aa Queen Victoria is to be head of the Church , Chief Magistrate of the State , and co-ordinate in
legislate authority with each of the two Houses of Parliament ? When the Age has answered this question , I will tell him why we Radicals make no objection te Queen Victoria's political authority , on the score of her sex . Meanwhile , be y \ iu assured , my friends , that Mr . Salt has done you a world of good , by turning the attention of women to politics . Let the women of the manufacturing districts , generally , only make common cause with jtbe men , as they are now doing in Birmingham , and I will venture to say that within twelve months
they will have done more for--Universal Suffrage than tbe men have done for the last twenty years . Were the question evtr to be decided vi et armis , the Radical women of England would be more than a match for all the Whig and Tory Sybarites in the three kingdoms . The very eyes of the women would decide the victory without a blow on either side . I wish you knew , my friends , what prodigies of prowess the women of Prance
performed during the revolution ; their achievements were at least equal to that of the men . And who will pretend that English-women are not equal to French-women , any day ? I have seen a woman making buttons in Birmingham , who would have beaten three lords . Depend upon it , my friends women are sturdier petitioners than the men wherefore , encourage their Unions by all means , and get such of them as have no time for Unions
to join you , at any rate , in signing the National Petition . No Government , believe me , will sneer at a petition signed by three millions of ablebodied men , and by , perhaps , an equal number of able-bodied women . With such prospects , with such forces , can we despair of ultimate success ? Impossible , my friends , unless it be our own fault . In such a cause as ours , and with such legions to back it , we are veritably unconquerable , except hy ourselves . No power on earth can subdue us otherwise than by disuniting and selling us against one another . In disunion , and disunion only , lies all our danger .
Well , then , my friends , is any sacrifice too great for us to make , in order to keep ourselves united ? " Undoubtedly not , " you will say . I assume this to be your reply , because it must be no less your desire : than your mterest to preserve yourstiength unbroken . Unhappily , however , it is not more your interest to be united than it is that of your
oppressors to disunite you . What is slavery and misery to you , is ease and luxury to them . "What is your strength L » their weakness ; and , as your strength is in your union , and their strength in your disunion , they will do all that human craft can devise , or human wickedness execute , to break up your confederat ion . To guard you against their machinations is the object of this address .
In order to defeat their machinations , then , rigidly obey the law . Let no provocation on their part induce you to break the law . A breach of the law , in the present imperfect state of oar organization , would be our ruin . It would give our tyrants the very pretext they want for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act , and establishing martial law . In proceeding with your organization , then , pay rigid obedience to the law , —not for the law ' s sake , but
for your own , —and should your tyrants , in contravention of their own infamous laws , afterwards seek to drive you to rebellion , by acts of violence upon your- persons or liberties , then , but not till then , let the black flag be unfurled ! let the red arm of national vengeance be bared ! and let madness be the ordtr of ihe day ! until the last of the traitorous assassins shall have disappeared ! This is the law ; and the prophets . There is no other true creed on earth .
Thu , you may say , mj friends , is rather Strong language . Woe to yon ! if you show , by your conduct , that you deem it too strong for tbe occasion . Remember that I do not ask you to violate the law but , on the contrary , to obey it rigidly . Remember that in times of revolution , the tyrants in power are always the first to break their own laws . Remember that men who can be villanous enough to sacrifk-e the rights fcnd happiness of twenty out of twenty-five millions of people to their own inordinate
lusts and avarice , will be also villanousT ehoiigfc to perpetrate any legal or illegal atrocity within the compass of their pow « r , in order to sustain their usurpation . Remember fljatithV . Bniy- ' pbaribtejray of subduing these men is lo show them , by your conduct , that , while you are ready to forgive and foyget all their past iniquiUes jhvi 9 i Syiit the * ame time , determined to perish to a man , rather than endure their future domination a moment longer than you ean help . If , again , you deem this lan ^ gnage ioo . strong , remember that it u not by strong
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language , b \ xi by the . want ot it , that you have been brought-. to beggary aud ruin . ReAember ala . that no language can bfe too strong , if it be both just and legal , but ' that the mildetit kngviagt may be thei bloodiest , in intention , and in sMncty and is always so when emptoytd by tyrante , ot in behalf ot tyranny . But , aWe all , bear in iaii « l , that no pen or tongue ban utter language iaif strong enough against the ^ odless aristocra ts and money-mongers who have brought this magnificent country to the brink of ruin . .
I shall resume this address in my next , and , meanwhile , remain Your faithfui Friend and Fellow-slave , BRONTERRE .
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Communications . - The great circulation of the Star rendering it necessary to go to press early , we Are-often obligeiiy unavoidably , to disappoint our friends , by the non-insertion of articles which do not arrive in time . All communications from the country must be in the office on Thursday nighty at latest ; and we cannot giidruntee the huertion of Leeds paragraphs , if received later than 10 o ' clockonF . sidayforenoon .
The Medals for the Northern Union will be ready for delivery in the course of neat week when the Agents in the several towns will be furnished with the number required . It is larger than a crown piece , On one side is a likeness of Feargus O'Connor , around which are the words ^ Feargus O'Connor , fjunder of , the Great Northern Union ; " and on the other side art the words , "Universal Suffriff , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , JErnutl , Representation , ami no Property Quali fieutw ^ , " around which are the words , "The the Great Principles of Radicalism . "
All those Associations who wish that Mr . O'Connor should represent them at the London meeting on the 17 th , will please to send authority to that effect as speedily as possible , to the Northern Star Office , by letter , post paid . ' r The G . ossop Meeting ' it to be held upon the same day as the London , and , therefore , he cannot attend . Mr . OYonnor has much pleasure in accepting th » imitation of the Bradford Hadicuts Jor Monday night next . The Carlisle men must not call themselves a branch of the Northern Union ; it is' ilU-ul They must be the Carlisle Northern Unio ?^
Our numerous and kind friends need oe under no apprehension as to wasting our time in newspaper squabbles . We agree with them that it ¦ may be more profitably spent . Three days' notice is rcfuested to be transmitted to this Office of any meetings intended la lie held in Lancashire or Yorkshire , in order that arrangements may be made to suit the convenience of our reporter .
The Socialists need not fear . The lectures of Mr . Owen shall have that space anil notice which his station and motives entitle him to . Our Agents will oblige its by sending their order ' s rather sooner ; they should never be later ( lain Thursday evening . We sometimes receive orders several hours ajter the papers for the parties have left the office . Mr . O'Connor will be at Macclesfield on the 1 st of October , to join in the meeting . Mr . O'Connor will be at Liverpool on the 2 oth , in compliance with the invitation of t / , l Radical Association .
Mr . O'Connor will have much pleasure in altendin " ihe Preston meeting , but , as will be seen cannot till after the 1 st of October . ' A reference lo our advertising columns , will be found our best apology for not being able to supply the number of papers , when orders come in late in the week . The fact is , that even with steam , anil the best single machine we are unable to supply the demand , which is weekly increasing . Peter Bussey . —His letter to the ratepayers of Bradford iicxl week .
John Grimshdw . —ifrs new song wont do . Rt . Johnson . His poetry wont suit us . Worsbro' Common . — We have received a letter uddressed to the proprietor of the Northern Star , signed by a member of our friends here . We thank _ ( hem for their good feeling and good intention , but we happened to be in possession previously of all the information they have communicated . We know all about the concern , aud must be allowed to take our own course
R . . " " . — Leith . —His letter is merely a repetition of sentiments that have been inculcated in our ow ? i articles over and over again .
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LEEDS . NORTHERN UNION . ^ -There was a full meeting of the committee of this society , at their room , Standing ' s Temperance Coffee House , Briggate , on Monday evening , to adopt measures preparatory to the contemplated West Riding meeting . After the admission of several members , and the usual business was gone through , it was proposed by W . Rider , and seconded by T . Bottomley : "That missionaries be appointed to visit the out-townships , and that those places who feel desirous of establishing a branch of the Northern Union be pleased to signify their time and place of meeting to the secretary of this society . " Proposed by C . Connor seconded by J . Peacock ; "That the Radicals ol Leeds be requested to enter into a subscription for
the purpose of purchasing a handsome green flag for the West Riding meeting , and that the same be received by Mr * Standing , at the Temperance Coffee House , Sriggate ; Mr . David Green , bookseller Briggate ; Mr . Alfred Mann , bookseller , Central Market ; and Mr . Joshua Hobson , Star Office . " Proposed by R . Goodwill , and seconded by M . Garbut : " That a public meeting be held in some convenient part of Leeds , ( the day to be hereafter named ) as a preliminary to the West Riding meeting . " It is the intention of the members to build a hall for their accommodation , b y shares of ten shilling each , not being able to get a suitable room Copies of the . " People's Charter ' may be had gratis , b y any Radical Association that may think proper to apply at the room , on meeting nights , Of letter
oy { post paid ) , to the secretary , G . White 28 , Hanover-street , New Road End . ' SOCIAL FeSTIVAt .- ^ On Monday evening , another of these interesting assemblies took place at the Saloon . We were much gratified with the general good order and cheerf . uln . eRS which pervaded the assembly . The enjoyment of the evening ' s amusement was much enhanced by the prudent regulation of the committee not to allow the room to be overcrowded . There are still wanting one or two
arrangements to eomplete the usefulness of these festivals , which , we were happy to hear , from an announcement at the close , will be supplied in future . The principal of these is the appointment of stewards to attend in different parts of the room to give effect to the arrangements of the board and the orders Ot the president We particularl y regretted that ' this was not the case on Monday , as one or two fellows , in despite of the standing order that nointoxicating liquor should be allowed , procured it fmm « nJL
place , and brought it into the room . Had there been proper stewards appointed these fellows would have been instantly turned out . No disturbance was gS "S ^ on thi « occasion , but still it is ^ practice , which the managers must absolutely {preclude , and we ^ were very happy to hear tS pubhc expression of a determinatioa to do so wl were , present during the whole evenin g * but were not awarethat any ^ ch breac h of decorum had been m *^ mm ^< j ^ ia ^ aBgWAifaaSSS
estaWjg ^^^ vfe ftivali as a new ^ falnihe socialhistory Of the jeorXingxlasHes . ¦ We ^ must not omit to award tne 4 ue meed of prai-e to the glee singers , Mewrs . Clapham , Lbngbpttom , Drake , and Lambertt wnpse exertions constituted one of the principal attraction ^ ( the evening .
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Society f ^ k the Propagation of TflB Gospel in Foreign Farts . —The annual meet * ing of this society took place on Tuesday last , in the Music Hall , Leeds . Tbe Lord Bishop of Ripon occupied the chair . The report xti" the society was read by the Key , Edward Cookspn ; from which it appeared that the funds of the ; society tad doubled during the past year . The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Rev . Dn Hook , the Rev . A . S . Campbell , secretary to the Parent Society , the : H 6 n . W . S . La ^ celles , M . P ., the Rev . W . Sinclair
, Henry Skeltou , Esq ., j . R . Atkinson ,- Esq , Alexander Watson , Esq ., the Rev . J . Ware , H . Hall , Es q * , and the Rev . Samuel Sharp , "Vicar ot Wakefield . The thanks of the meeting were voted to the Rev . A . S . ^ gflip Heil , and the . Right Rev , Bishop , the iattejr ^^ Piwledging the compliment in an appropriate speec H ^ c'iie meeting w 4 S numerously a d very TespectahlyXutended , the majority of the audience consisting ofijadies . At the conclusion of the meeting , a collection was made at the door of the Hall , which amounted to £ 20 15 s . 3 d . -
Robbery . —On Sunday night , some villain or villains effected an entrance into the wool warehouse of Mr . Abraham Farrar , of Bramley , and stole from six to seven stone of wool , with which they absconded uuobserved . ' Death by Burning , —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . J . Blackburn , at the Court House , Leeds , on view of the body of Martha Monks , aged eighteen years , who resided with her parents , in SaviUe-street , New Road End , Leeds , and who on Friday night was sitting up until- a late hour , repairing some stockings , when by some means her dress took fire , and before assistance could- be rendered , she was so severely burned , that it was necessary to remove her to the Infirmary Immediately , where she expired on the following day . Verdict—" Accidental Death . " She was to have been married on the Sunday . :
Impudent THTEF .--On Monday , John Harker , a boy of notorious character , was brought up at the Court Hou * e , charged with having , on Saturday , entered the shop of Mr . Hirst , flour-dealer , " in Alfred-street , Little London , near Leeds , and stealing from the till thirty-three shillings . He was observed , pursued , and apprehended by the-prosecutor , in a field near the premises , without . being lost sight of . He . was seen to throw come money away , and 19 ; s . 6 d . were afterwards found at the plvtce . He was committed for two months to Wakefield House of Correction , as an incorrigible rogue a » d vagabond .
Harvest . —In many places in the neighbourhood of Leedn , they have commenced cutting the com . The harvest will become general in the course of a few days . Wheat is said to he a rather coarser sample this season , in consequence of having had so little sun , but it will be about an average crop . Oats and barley look uncommonly well , and are considered above an average crop , and of excellent quality .
Adjourned Inquest . —On Tuesday evening , ; the investigation into tbe circumstances connected with the death of the male child , whose body had been found in a field at Burley , near Leeds , ou Friday morning week , was resumed , but no additional evidence being forthcomin g , the Jury returned a verdict— " That the child was found in a field , at Burley , but there was no evidence to satisfy the jury how or in what mauner it had come to ifs Jeath . " ¦' . ¦ ¦ -
Stabbing . —On Wednesday last , a man named Hul . se appeared before the magistrates charging another man , named Joseph Wood , with stabbing iiiin in the iaee with some sharp instrument . It appeared that the complainant had occasion to hire . several nieri with houses and carts during the preceding week , of whom Wood was one . On Saturday nij-ht , Wood went to the Union Inn , top of Meadow Lane , for his wages , w % en the complainant gave him / . s . Gd . as part pawnent ot 24 s . his fall demand . He was to call -for the balance on Monday morning- , to which he agreed . Shortly afterwards , howevf . r , Wood returned to the Inn in company with
Ins father , who wn intoxicated , and stated that he could not , do without his Ua ges . The father used very abusive language , and demanded the wages of his son . Upon this he was ordered out of the room , and , refusing to go , the complainant took hold pf 1 iim by tbe arm aud was attempting to put him out , when hi-- son struck the complainant on the under lip with some instrument , and cut it through . Anothw person who was ia the room then bundled them both out together , and went for a policeman . The charge was fully proved ; but on consideration of the parties having been forcibly ejected from the room , Wood ' whs fined in the mitigated penalty of 20 * . and costs , which was immediately paid . • ' '
Assaulting a Watchman . —On Wednesday hist , a watchman named Samuel Smith , charged Mr . John May , gardener , of Knostrop , with haying unprovokedly assaulted him and knocked him down . 1 c appeared that early on Tuesday morning , the watchman was going his usual round , when having arrived at defendant ' s pnmiists , he went round them as is the custom of the watchmen , to see if all was safe . A snarling terrier which has often annoyed the watchman at this place , barked and made a ureat noise , upon which Smith drove him into his kennel . He had not got many yards from the ; house when Mr . May came after him , and using violent language , asked him , why he had beaten his dog .
Ihe watchman denied having hurt the dog ; and after some altercation , Mr . May , thought proper to commit the assault complained of . It was stated by several policemen , that Mr . May , was exceedingly abusive to the watchmen who guarded his house , < - > ften calling them d ^ d thieves , and using epithets equally as provoking . Not long ago , one of the watchmen detected a thief robbing Mr . May ' s garden , and he not only refused to prosecute him , bat had afterwards used abusive language towards the same watchman . The charge of assault being fully proved , Mr . May was fined five pounds , including costs , or in default of payment , was to be committed to Wakefield for two months . The
money was immediately paid . Arrival at Leeds—On Tuesday , Prince Ekbalood Dowla , from Persia , arrived in Leeds , with his interpreter , valet , and cook . They took up their abode at the Royal Hotel , Briggate . The object of this mission is very evident , as the Prince immediately despatched messengers to some of the first firms in Leeds , to obtain permission to inspect the machinery in their extensive establishments . In some instances he has been denied that privilege .
Coach Accident . —On Saturday morning , as the Fair Trader , a two-horse coach , was on its road from Leeds to Huddersfield , when going down the hill into Birstal , at a quick pace , without slipper , some portion of the trappings broke , by which means the horses became unmanageable , and the coach was overturned . Unfortunately Mrs . Pattinson , from Edinburgh , sustained very serious injury , and- for some time her life was despaired of , but we are happy to learn that she is considered at present in a fair way for recovery . It is rumoured that in her fright she jumped from the coach . Several other passengers were upon it at the time , but none of them sustained any considerable injury .. '
Alleged Robbery and Assault . —On Wednesday last , four young men named James Carline , James Lambert , Jesse Brown , and Josiah Kay were charged by a young man named Moses Prince ! with having robbed him of £ 2 12 s ., and with having violently assaulted him . The complainant stated that he was going home about one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , with a young woman , when the prisoners came up to him , and one of them first assaulted the young woman , and on complainant ' s interfering turned him
they upon , knocked him down and robhed him of the sum above-mentioned . One of the . prisoners got his arm broken in the struggle , and the complainant had received several severe wounds about the head . The prisoners , in their deferiee , denied all knowledge of the . complainant , and the one who appeared with a broken arm stated that his arm had been broken the night before , while fighting a pitched battle with one of his fellow-prisoners for 6 d . a side . The evidence being contradictory , the case was dismissed . ¦ ' ' . ~
~ Committals . —On Wednesday last a woman named Mary Laing was committed to Wakefield for trial at the next sessions , on a charge of-having stolen a glass from the house of Mr .. Jesse Dobson , innkeeper , "Vicar Lane ;— -On the following day a lad n amed John Ward was committed for stealing a pair of trousers , the property of a private soldier in the 60 th Rifles , named William Harrison . Wilful Damage . —On Tuesday last , tvrolad * named James Massey and George Brown were
charged before the magistrates with having wilfully broken the table of a beer-house keeper , in MarsWane . The prisoners being in a state of intoxication went into complainant ' s houSe the evening before , and asked for some beejv which was : refused them on the grounds that they had alread y had more than sufficifent . On this they pro- ceeded to violence , ,. after breakicg a nombtr iof po ' ts and glasseS | they fell foul of the unoffending table which they very serioujdy ^ damaged . They were ordered to pay seven shillings damages and costs .
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Change oj ? SipfexYiijo \» pt » ¦ ¦ ' * '" ¦ ¦' be rn ^ tme * or , Monday lasV charged iith ^ nfrstoten a . pint , from a public house'in the JS . lands ; called the Barley Corn . It appeared that £ prisoner was there ob Saturday night , with another young man , when they asked for a pint of beE which was filled for them . Shortly afterwards t £ pint waa missing wben prisoner wassuspected ¦ nureued and , taken , bot not without his havinc violentl , assaulted the officer who took him . There wS evidence toprove that he had committed the felon * alleged , he was fined ten shillings & costs for ll Sonc ' mlth ^ ^ Paym ^ * **« m
Sheep Stealing . -Qn Monday night Wt thirteen fat sheep were stolen bDt of a field in ^ V occupation of Mr . George Parker , x > f GasUeS near Pontefraft . The sheep were ' the propeS Mr . George ElUson , of Gat eforth : A 45 ? $ nve pounds 18 offered for the apprehension of t £ thieves , who , it is hoped , will he convicted . ^ Harriet . Johnson and Ann Scaife , were brjught uj at the Court House , charged with havingin ^ S possession , on Saturday , in the Boot and Sbbe Yari ^^ S : ? 01 Hlds u ° terfeit crown pieceZ
! ^ The former prisoner , while under search , was ok served to put a small parcel outof one hand into S other , and eventually throw it under a table iH U j dgmg house , where it was picked opi b y inspecto * Hamsworth ; the policeman , who took them £ 2 custody . They have , on , former occasions , be £ seen m company togetner . The depositions we £ taken for the prosecution , and the magistS SSiom Sr UntUi ^^^^
Robbery by a ^ Servant . — -On Tuesdar Henry Burns , a young man , who was warehouse man to Mr Smeeton , druggist , Boar-lane ,. Leeds * wa . brought up at the Court House , charged wS havnng on the day previous ^ stolen ls . 10 d . in ma rkb ™ u ? Z' ^ J had Piously been suspected , which led to th « expedient for . the purpose ofdetec tion . Shortly afterwards that amount was -missine and a policeman was sent fpr , who toot the prisonS mto custody . On searching his person nothing w 2 t exam > ° g the part of the war&ousl
^^^^ where the prisoner . had ^ been . mp loye ^ h ^ amouS ot marked money missing from tbe till was dis covered , as also a new shaving brush , hair brush three squares of soap and a variety of other articles The pnsoner then ^ dmftted having stolen the pro perty but begged for mercy , stating that it was hu hrst offence . The marked money was clearly identified by a number of witnesses . He was com . muted for trial to Wakefield House of CorrSo ?
Leeds General Eye and Ear Infirmary -in the report for August there were— . admitted 40 ' dischargee cured 50 ; remaining on the books 180 . ' Melancholy Accident . — -On Thursday rnorning last , a man named Benjamin Kitson 1 bncklayer , whilst working on the new brush rSu factory now erecting for Mr . Dickenson in Water-Une , came tofew death by the falling of a teagleiisea for theyurpo ^ of drawbg timber . g The fflSiS man wasworkmgon theouterscafTold and was thrown trom a height of eleven yards and fell on KS Hed . edalmost , mmediatel y . An inquest was holdS the same evening at the Old Red Lion Inti and ll 7 t 1 r ACCideDtal Deafh" retuW / wt understand the unfortunate man almost entirely Jm ported bis aged father and mother * ™ y m ~
WAKEFXELD . Wakefield Working Men ' s Associatioit bIr ^« f ^ K mer ° TeSUffied hU Staring to the mS bers of this association , on Monday caning last it their room , in the George and Crown yfrd ^' ffir first lecture of thisseries was on Geography It w « a vfcry interesting , useful , and instruct" ve ' lectuT iNothnig could perhaps more clearly demonstrate tht anx 10 US WIsh of tbe rev . gentlemari tb really benefit this mst . tut . on , than his descending to the drudserf of lecturing : on the elements of this topic , thS Jayjjg tne foundation of this science on the S ot hose who m , ght not have enjoyed the privilege £ „ T % , T M and al ° lost in 4 enS branch of knowledge . Several lectures are tob
. gwen on tb , subject , and we doubt not each sac * ceeding onewiU be equallyinteresting with bis first one . On Monda y evening week , a permanent ^ cretary W a S appointed to this association , who is also to fall the office of evening teacher to those ^ ho may be desirous of improving themselves in th . useful branches of learning . Two evenings of h week are to be devoted for the latter purpose . £ an address ^ the members on the topic of education , Mr . Huddart spoke at considerable length on S ^ 'SISil ^ kind ? tuiti 0 Q «* Toriesprovide for the etuldren of
working men ; in which he urerf the necessity of establishing a school in connection with the association , on the principle of liberalitj m the most extensive sense of the word , wherftihe worship of God , and not a golden calf sbouiSbe taught , and where the pupils might receive instruo tions , to any extent , without the nsual inderdictu thus for shall you go , and no further " -the slang . . It is not intended to educate the children abovetheir situation in life , '' which is generally t 6 be met w h in the reports of the Tory schools for the poor , tell m for no small degree of censure .
u f 11 IB ? ° Sx ; nd * v SCHOOL .-On Monday last , the aoth ^ nniversary of the Alverthorpe Sunday school was celebrated , when the children with their 2 ^ P a . radedthev i"age , precededb yabandof Zpri ' n , rJe'e ^ are « PuP ^ taught - at this schooV supermtended by 60 teachers . According to cusl torn , ( and a very bad custom it is ) the scholars were s ^ phed With buns and ale , and their teacher dined in the Bchool-room .
Accident at the New Corn Exchange . —Un luesday mornmg , ' as the workmen employed m the ^ erection of the Exchange , at Waketieli . were fixing one of the binders which are to support theroof , one of them , named Watsbnv who / m understand , comes from the neighbourhood of Cretton , was suddenly precipitated off , and fell » distance of about thirty feet ; % the binder completely turning round . On beiqg examined by two medical men , it : was found that he was not injured so much as was at first anticipated , and his recovery is not considered impossible . ' ¦'¦
^ Informations under the ^ Factory ACT , Mr . Baker , inspector , ( with whom , was Messrs . Bates , Heathcote , and ^ Trimmer ) appeared to support informatious against several different parties at Ossett , for offences against the Factory Act . The first charge was one against Mr . Smith , surgeon , for returning a false certificate of age . Mr . "Wasney , barrister , with Mr . Archer and Mr . Steward , wer e engaged for the defence . He cohtended that according to the 12 th and 13 th sections , his , client had literally done all that was required of him by the act . It ^ was required of the surgeon merely ta state if a child was of the ordinary strength and appearance of one of 13 years of age , and this it seemed Mr . Smith had done . Mr . W . tnerefore contended that
the information must fall to the ground , ^ 8 it W 8 » not at all necessary that a surgeon should distinctlj state the age of a child , or even inquire intd-it . After some discussipn the bench decided that the information was improperly made . Mr . Baker said there was another charge against Mr . Smith . Mr . ifasney begged to move an objection also to the second charge . The information he said was laid under tbe the 3 rd and 4 tb of : WilliaotlV . This was a trifling informality , but when ; the bench considered tbattf his client was found guilty he musfhe committed for two months to the House of Correction ^ withoutany chance of appeal , or removal by writ of cerliorari from the Cour t of Queen ! s Bench : he hoped they
, would thinfc it sufficient . Mr . Baker referred U > clause 42 d which provides against informalities , and contended that according to the spirit of the clause , Mr . Wasn ^ y ' s ob jection would be of no avail . After consulting however , for some time , the bench determined to accept tbe objection , in consequence of which all the informations fell to the ground . It was remarked by the bench , that had not the informalitj been discovered and ' theicase been gone into , ati ^ Mr . Smith found guilty , they must , however pairifol it might be to them , have committed him to prison . They felt it their duty to warn all persons interested against wilful violations of the Act .
A New Food for Cows . —The following is ft copy , of a bill which has been posted up in Wakefield during the past week :- « To . be let " , a corn warehouse , with a malt-kiln attached , rituate on the-Canal at Wakefield . Excellent Fog for eon *?* The gentleman who pointed this out to us thinks thef will be rather ; hard to digest . ' ^ SECONn ^ RO ? of Hay ^ - — -Mr . Foste r , of Horbury , - ^ ear Watefield , last week ^ reaped a very fine crop from one df-his fields , being the secondthis season . In' several places of this ; peighbourhobA there will be'excellent second crops of cloyer .
-i Ijfew School BtoOHS ^ Two ^' n ' ew scHool room * have been recently opened in St . Mary's Parish , capable of accommodating 2 Q 0 childrea each . Th 9 upper one will be appropriated to the nse of the girU , the lower to the boys . ? '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1022/page/4/
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