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fHE NORTHERN STM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1838.
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Jhbj Stocxpobt utorgs , whose spouses profess Qonserratiam , intend soon to present their man , Jggjor 3 $ arsland , with asuperb " testimonial of their esteem- " 5 * hb Mayor op 'Watsiifob . d has convicted a eockSg hter in a penalty of £ 5 and costs , under tie 5 th and 6 th " Win , IV . " ch . 50 , for pursuing ^ that bar-¦ jjjjons amusemeat . X VERY PROMISING VEIN DP XEAD has been discovered in the parish of Carsephairn , of which several interesting specimens are already in the posgession of the curious ^—Dumfries Times . f * B -Stockpobt utorgs , whose spouPes pro- - " * o ~ ri »™ ; nfa ^« v , T . h > KrMtxitt ) u > irTna n .
A neat hakdsome Steambr , built and fitted < nit at Greenock , named the Bope , is to sail shortly from Greenock for the Cape of Good Hope , where she is to rnn as a constant trader and packet . The value of thb gold taken from all the gold mines of the United States for the last ten Tears is estimated at 30 , , 000 dollars . - Xing Louis Phillippb , on the occasion of t iit birth of tea grandson , has pardoned and commuted or diminished the punishments of 659 soldiers coudenroed for various offences .
A Ketjew of Abtilleby was got up at Woolwich , on "Wednesday , for the amusement of the Turkish Ambassador . Very , few persons were preheat . The Turk expressed his astonishment at the rapidity and precision of the firing . A Catholic priest , residing in the county of Xuner iek has published a severe letter , arraigning Mr . O'ConnelTs conduct in tolerating the Iri ^ h policy of Ministers , especially in reference to the Tithe Bill . The Bbig Bbagakza , on board of which , the smtiny mentioned in our last occurred , was driven ashore near the Isle of Juist ; and the mutineers , jbnr men and a boy , secured . John Adam ? , one ol the men , hanged . himself in prison , the day after he was taken .
TBOM THE SAME SOURCE we learn , that Mr . Sisrman Crawford refused to preside at a Liberal ( jinner in Ban bridge , on the 4 th instant , unless " Her Majesty's Ministers"' were struck oat of the Bgt of toasts ; and that , consequently , the health ol Hinisters was not given at the dinner . A feWdats ago , as some workmen were digl ing holes for posts , on the estate belonging to Henry Short , Esq ., of "Whatley , near Irome , they discovered , abont two feet tinder the snrface , a fioman tesselated pavement , together with other remains , some of which are in good preservation .
Miss Bubdeti Cotjtts was lately at the ¦ Queen ' s Hotel , Barrogate , when an impudent Irishman contrived to put a love-letter on her dresJEg-tab-ie , and afterwards went into her bedloom hlmsel £ . Miss Cotttrs immediately left the inn , and the Irishman was turned out of it . The Dublin correspondent of the Horning Chronicle says that Heform Associations are about to he established in the North of Ireland— " Anti-Ministerial possibly , but , at all events , indifferent to their official existence . " It is not intended to go fee whole length of the English TJniversalLsts ; and j robably Vote by Ballot will be " the first motto on the banner . "
Hydrophobia . —A physician has discovered tt » t a few drops of any mineral acid applied to a iroand occasioned by the bite of any rabid animal Till prevent hydrophobia in the patient . The acid vill drcompose the poisonous saliva , and consequentl y no bad effects will follow . —American Paper . Two Iron Steamers , destined to ply on the river Nile , Egypt , are at present building by Scott and Sinclair , engineers , Greenock . The models of tiese ' sieamers are of the most approved description , aa 3 , when ready for plying , will draw from twentytiro to twenty-four inches of water .
A QTLOiTiTY of Tjela , the prodnee of the British territories at Assam , has been received at leadenhall-street , and having been submitted tu tie judgment of several tea-deaiers and others , has been pronounced equal in every respect to the proice of China . 0 s Mosday , ix digging a gbate in Thane < &arehyard , a fossil molar tooth of an ele phant was faasd , about ten feet below . the surface , in a stratum of . gmeL ABtedeluvian fossil remains are daily feeoveied ; several ammonites , with , the sheik on , Trere dug up in sinking a well at ths Union workfesse , a short time since .
Is the Bankruptcy Court , on Tnesday , federal Palmer ' s affairs were the subject of inves-SaOon . It was stated that the liabilities of the sate were £ 150 , 000 , while not a shilling in the iape of assets has been received . The official sagnee said he bad no means of scrutinizing anv dthe claims made , as General Palmer had never Ispt books or accotints of his transactions " as a wine-Berchant ,
J » akrow Escape . -On "Wednesday morning , is the 2 d Regiment of Life Guards were returning fa tfee barracks at TsTnghtsbridge from exercising in Bj 4 e Park , one of the led horses got avray , and , pim ping off at full speed , leaped the iron " railing Aithat moment the nursery-servant oi Thomas Bcsh , Esq ., Sloane-street , entered the Park through the Kni ghtsbridge foot-entrance with two children trder her care when the animal , being then within » few feet of them , suddenly leaped to a consideri&t hei ght , clearing them all without doing any Ennrr . -
SsicxrLEGE . —Last week the parish church of SBBdei gh was broken into "b y some thieves , who , focuBg themselves , no doubt , ta have hit upon a Tiaable prize , stole therefrom an iron chest , contising nothing more than the registers which , ffiweTer valuable as parish property , mu 3 t be per-^ vwoitiiless to th ose who have now taken tbe jJMr ty to examine the contents of the iron ehesL ine booty , however , being found-to be not worth ^ piag , the thieves have been honest enough to ^» on it . and tbe chest , with its contents , was J 32 M near the church the morning alter it was c&sl— Coventry Mera Id . HoaaiBrE Stticide . — On Monday morning , *«« t half-past seven o ' clock , Charles Lamming , Pjanpal porter to Mr . Cafe , auctioneer , Great JiirlbonKig h-street , -went to the anetion warehouse , saate in Castle-street , Oxford-street , Wisbeeh , and *•«* t-nt his throat in a most dreadful bat effectual
saaaer . He then ascended the stairs , and , with a It somethne 5 nsed for raising furniture , deliber-« 7 hanged himself . On "Wednesday at the rooms te rationed to a bookseller that he felt unwell and g » depressed , and had been go nearly a fortnight ; ^ ate was forty-nine , and his circumstances ( being * ttreful man ) somewhat easy . vii . ^ etitiok . —A preparatory meeting 5 *^ " hy hand-bill , of tbe working classes , was held ?¦ Lees' Close , Chariton Hoad , Nottingham , on
* oaday evening last , the object being to pass reso-« apag in favour of the " People ' s . Charter , " of -National Petition ; '' or , in other words , to to ^ jn "Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , «» V ote "b y Ballot . " At six o ' clock Mr . B . aafflp arev took his station in a waggon , as Chair-^ a ; and Mx . Swee t , Mr . J . "Woodhonse , Mr . H . « astall , Mr . H- Ashforth , and others , severally jessed the meeting in lengthy and vehement ^ dresses . This meeting was considered as prepara-* T to one about to be held , to which Mr . Attwood , ^ others , are to be intited .
^ Jaltjasle Kmapsack . —On Thursday last , the ? ° 5 s « hold goods and effects of an old man , who died . ^ endal a few weeks ago , were pntinto the hands of «* auctioneer . Ampagst other . things offered for 5 * was an old knapsack , which , had belonged to ^ deceased " when he was in the "Westmoreland ~* &a . The knight of . the hammer learing some-£ ® l tattle in the kiiapsack , j > ut ill bis "hand , and ^ g ^ t out two piepes of whiter paper , neatly ^ d iipj ana a piece , of blue paper , which , on "f ^ g opened , contained two seyereigns i this led to ^ ixamination of jhfi two piece * of white paper , ^ t % proved to be bank checks for the sum of ^ SBesies . —The Mtirea is newiB a shocking . ^ Z ? j Kghway robberies are of daily <) ecurrence , ^^^ U ^ isextijtmeljTiDf ^ tie s SomichBOjtiiatthB
^^ iia , is afraid to proceedfrom-Tnpplizzito his ^ aldioagh only distant six hoar * journeyi The Q ^ iach the bandit adopts thB 7- Theyas-^^ n a particular pwrtif &e road , -and stop all ^ « terg who hapjen to make" their ¥ ppearanee ; fti ' . ?* Gripped of every ihingHtfc ^ r- poasess , are a * « £ tree » ^ ere-fliey are ^ keWtmtO even ^ ^• twlnch period they -were releasedj ^ the booty j ^ TJbeen carried off in -fte mesii ^ me . The w P ^<* w whoHy inaaeoiiate to putting down or ^^ ag those daring outrages . -AcecLte bare j oeea TeceWed . p ^ wy ^ saioQ * disturbance * j ^ g oroten ontan Messma , and ot the Governa / r ^ tr oops haTinfi ? lJeeEr-BefefiBajoj ^ TK ^^ ^ ««
^^ t great fiscOTtent ^ rtsraas-T * Greece aeah » t ^ « reco-BaTOrlajI ^ refers , ' * && the < OUlitry at H g ^ tiaed ^ be ccHUrtaDtl -iiBaer > if irjstem Of r ^ V the Bort violent -paBticat H « rignes are ^ T" ^ r goi ng on at-Aftenji , an * now that the S ^ J- ^ wa think tiiey haw-g ot as jnaeh as they are JS * ;* <*^ Sj ^ by '* hey- > Bernpnlon 8 \ y jj ^ ^ ttsciaed pTefereoBeito the Buss ianzad . Frenel ^^ -L eUer-intAe-Post .:-
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Cause of Merbiment . —About three weeks since a corkcutter buried his wife ; the next morning he gave instructions to the parish clerk to publish the bannafor bis marriage to his servant . On Tuesday last the wt-dding took place , and attracted a - rery large number of spectators . The ringers bad directions to ring for three days and have bt-en feasted during the whole tkne at the bridegroom ' s house , Which has been a continued scene of jolKry and merry-making . IKQUEST . —On Friday last , an inquest was held in the workhouse of St . Botol p h ' s Aldgate , on the bodies of Thomas Oake ? , the parish grave-diggf r , and - Edward Luddett , a Billingsgate fish-dealer , who lost tbeir lives b y suffocation from the foul air in a grave . It has been the practice in the parish v Cause of Merriment . —About three weeks since a corkcutter buried his wife : the nert mom-
to Jig very deep graves , and pile coffins in them , one upon another , till they were filled ! The grave in question had only one coffin in it ; and yesterdaj morning , Oakes wen * down to put in another , containing the body of a still-born infant . Not returning , he was searched for , and found lying insensible at the bottom . Edward Luddett , supposing him to be in a fit , descended with ropes to place " under his arms , so that he might be tfrawn up ; but immediately- on reaching the bottom be fell , as one ol the witnesses said ,. " as if struck by a cannon-ball . " Afterwards , b y advice of a surgeon in tbe neighbourhood , chlorate of lime was thrown into the grave ; and the poisonous quality of the air being destroy ed , the bodies Trere got " out . A verdict ol " accidental death , " was returned .
Tragical Event . —Five Children and their Mother killed by Poison , -wilfully ADMINISTERED BY THE MOTHER . —Happil y 1 r the state of morals in this country , and the sober and socal tone which , in a national sen * e , characterizes its community , it seldom falls to tbe lot of a public journalist to " lay beJore his readers the details of so heart-rending and borrif \ ing a tragedy as that of which it is this Week our mvlaiicbolv duty to communicate the particulars .. Tbe scene uf the shocking occurrence to which we reJer is a small hamlet , called Fairhurst , in the townshi p of Goosuargb , between ei ght and nine miles from this town , aDO about sis miles from Garstang . Edward Sanderson ,
his wife , and tbeix five children , resided at Fairhurst , in which place Sanderson his latrl y breu occupied as a day-labourer . Ou Tuursday morning last , Sanderson wrnt to his work , but was n « t expeered home to dinner ; he lri ' t his wife acd iivteblldren in their usual state o ; healih , and did not observe any thing particular in the demeanour of tbe former . About half-pas , twelve o ' clock at noon ol the same day ( Thursday ) , Mr . J » hn Brewtr , -ol Little Inglewhite , was passing Sanderson ' s hous >; , when he was called iu b y Mrs . ^ Sanderson , who stated to him , that tbev ( meaning herself and childrt-iO had eaten some pudding tor dinner , and she u . as afraid there was something in it which had poisoDed
tnem . She also requested him to go for a surgeon . Mr . Brewer , at the same time , saw the children , and they , as well as tbtir mother , appearea to be s . ek , - and the younger children were vomitinjr . A medical man , resident in the neighbourhood , was in attendance before one o ' clock , and he found both the mother and children in so dangerous a state that he was induced to > end lor Messrs . Smith and Clarksou , surgeons , of Gar > tang , both of which jit-ntlemen tendered their assistance with all possible promptitude . The unhappy hu ? band , whose feelings on the occasion it would be most diffi . ult adtrquateW to conceive , much less to describe , was scut for home fj-om h ; s w ^ rk , whithtT he arrived about
halfpast two o clock . He found his wretched « . ife acd rxpiriEg offspring surrounded by the surgeons and a number of neig hbours , and was addressed br hi « wiie in the most affecting manner , and in te : ins ol nervous feeling and earnestness , with regard to the awfal situation of herself and her dying children . Soon after the arrival of the surgeons Irom Garstang , a small portion of tae pudding , which rniuineufioin the dinner , was given to a duck , which almost instantl y died . Tbe medical gentlemen , by the use of emetics and other means ' ^ ex erted them-, s-lves in every possible way ouring the afternoon , to . mirieate tbeir sufferings , and , if possible , preserve the lives of the ill-fated famil y , but , melancholy to relate their efforts were utterly iruirlessand unavailing . The name .-of xhe children were Eleanor , twelve years of age ; Daniel James nine : Margaret , ? ix :
Robert , four ; and "W illiam , two years of a ' ae . Previous to the shocking affair of which we wnte , they were all promising children , and in the enjoyment of jrood health . " About five o ' clock , Robert , the } oungest boy but one after enduring the most acute suffering , died ; a very short time afterwards , William also expired in great agony . At this period , we ¦ und erstand from an intelligent informant , wba was present during the whole of the time ibe dreadful drama was in progress , that the scene was at once awful and harrowing . The groans and sobs of the three surviving children—the ghastly , terrified , and death-stricken appearance of the dying mother—the despair and alternately wild ana subdued distraction of the afflicted father—the liteless remains of the two poor infants who , a few hours before , were " all gay , with life "—and rbe flgmficant and horror-excited silence of the
spectators , presented , in their united influence upon the mind , the effect of that appalling thrill and heavy emotion which we may sometimes see pourtrayed in the pages of romance , but wbich are rarely nsed as the representatives o £ reality . Tbe next two children , Daniel James and Margaret , languished in great anguish for about an hour longer , whtn they also died nearly simultaneously . JSot a long period had elapsed after the portals ol life were closed upon the two last named victims , ere Eleaner , the eldest of the dire-fated famil y , breathed her last . Long before her dissolution , it
had become quite plain that the iron hand of death was fast enclosing within its grasp the mother of the five murdered innocents . Before her death this unhappy woman sent for the Rev , Mr . Gradwell , the Catholic Priest of Claughton Hall Chapel ; ai . d the Rev . Thomas Benn , Incumbent of Whitechapel , Goosnargh , was also in attendance . To Air . JBeuu she stated , that in consequence of her being in debt , " her neighbours had . turned their backs on her , ana that she had , therefore , put some arsenic into the pudding to poison herself and children . " She also made some communications to the Rev . Mr .
Gradwell , but we have not heard to what effect . The p oor creature died , in excruciating torture between nine and ten o ' clock . She was thirty-two years of age . This dreadful catastrophe has , as may be well supposed , created the strongest degree of consternation and excitement in the locality where it occurred . fost mortem -examinations of one or more of the bodies will be instituted this morning , and the remaining portion of the pudding analyzed . We understand-that , a short time ago , Sanderson kept a small shop , which was p rincipally managed by his wife . "They were not snccesslul in business , and were obliged to discontinue the shop , havingincurred debts to the amount of about £ -40 , which they were unable to discharge . This , it appears , preyed upon
the mrad of the deceased woman , and she has frequently of late been heard to express the most melancholy forebodings . Her general conduct recently has also been such as to excite the remarks of her neighbours , and to leave no doubt as to the derangement of her intellect . It may be known to many of our readers that , seventy-two years ago , a tragedy " , in character not very di .-similar to the Jibove , was enacted at Farington , near this town , b y a man named William Whittle , who murdered his wife and two children , under the most demoniacal circamstances . The murderer was executed at Lancaster on the 4 th of April , 1 / 66 , and subsequently-suspended on a gibbet near to tbe place where the murder was committed . — -Preston Chronicle of Saturday .
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OASTLER v . THORNHILL . TO THE PEOPLE OP ENGLAKB . Tellow CouNTRYMEXy ^ SBrely some of that part of the . public press which is in the pay , or under the influence of tne Poor Law Commissioners , is now satiated to Veplefion . _ lik £ vnltnres ,- the men of prey who do their biddings havts , for the last ten days , been feasting on what they conceived to be the rottenness of my reiratation . Their masters , the three traitorous usurpers of Somerset Honse , had iudnced a Thomhfll to disgrace Ins honoored name by an act of meannres and ingratitude , snch as 1 will drfy the srinaloof perfidy torBatehj They , of coarse , wereimmediately ordered to oin in the cha * e . : They already fancied themselves
arjjdThorjihill in . at . the , death . So keen wag their m&Jignani . rage towards their intended victim , that thjiy . conLLijot-be satisfied ndthont an attempt-to de 8 trokYfo f < tod , . name , as well as to hunt him from mis betoredThjiq * . ' - .. " . . ' - | A ! fcr " air their ' rage I live . I live still , to -war against th ! demon ^ . whomthey worship , resolved , by the ^ 'help / iof Cfodi never to leave the field ' of fight Tuktil theipotjess " VKhher of Christianity shall once njote-vaTe BiTHnphanQy "in Engiand ^ -antlJ the safeguards ^ < he ^ Constitution once more guarantee the threshold oi bvotj iBritotfg home from violation : M itwas spoken by Chatham— An Englishman's house ig his castle . The winds of heaven- may whistle through the Toof ;; W the finger of power dare not Eft the wooden latch . " The accursed New Poor Law shall he torn from the statute hookj every union basrUe shall be levelled ¦ with the ground .
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; b « — v ?! ' ? ? , ° » usurp tlie tl . roiieof and th « r L ^ Url 6 , ' by the force of Christianity wbli >> , D f u ' from tbat bad eminence on nf £ \ av ba v ? ^ wared : by the demon power of mIi , ? - ? * r £ " . incorporated under the name or MalthHsian liberalism ; and the Church of England shall be once more the poor man ' s church open unconditionally to the miserable and tne des-UtuiC , _ _ .... ¦ •_ trelchVrf ° L ™ ntrym , en ' d f » Pite the power , the SiS l Ihvr > and ? - ce of y «> f foes and » ™ Al" i J ° *** & * ¦ ' * " * AjUts-bi ( industry and poverty , and to maintain that in any nation : where HnWA "" ' ^^ " ? ' andHfe and liberty are denied ^ God : spoor , there ought not to be , nor em there be , any mat title to private propertv , nor any coDstitunonal claim from the government to the allegiance , mnch less to the money , of th « subjects . ¦ -. " ¦¦ ¦ The crnel monstPra u , hn t » . » - ,. ^ tllr ti -,, lir nf Victoria shnll ho h ^^^ A u » v » t . " : ?* £ , \" V « O 1
raL 5 Z X ^ ^ Z ™ ' ^ P ^^ i ple incorpo-/ TV 2 , ^ ? 0 ? Law wa * calculated and intended to enslave and degrade the aristocracy , as hisfnni ^ - - udth 700 r- Yes-my fri «> d ^ rill i t - 5 i P ' tuough-manj who call Wemselyes I ones , but who were never any thing but » lugH ib Lean , have done , aud do now support it 11 is a measnre . founded on the principles of whiggerv ^ t forth by Swift , when he . aid , "Give the Whi / but power enough to insult their sovereign , engross his favours to themselves , and to oppress and plunder their fellow subjects ; th « y presentl y grow into good humour and good language toward the crown : projess they will stand by it with their live . v and lortuues ; and whatever rudeness th * y may W suiltv ot m private , yet they assure the world that there never was ko gracious a monarch . " It is 127 years
B 7 . ° *» l . ™? f above . As the ' -base , bloodv , ¦ and brntel Whigs" were then , so they are now ' Witness Brougham , Baines , O'Connell , Hume , and the whole V > big fry . Then , again . Swift says— " I conceive the Wuigg " --w ould grHnt that they have , naturally , no very ¦ great veneration for crowned heads ; that they allow the person of the prince matt , upon incuiir occasions , be resisted 6 y arms . " How forcibly this reminds me of Bines' .- * " royal blood y axe ! " Then , again , aristocrats read it—read it , and see thepitiuto which the Whigs have plunged you ; — ' ¦ one thiu g I might add , as another ackuowledjjed
maxim in tae H Ing party , and in my opinion us dangerous tu the constitution as any 1 have mentioned ; 1 mean that of preferring on all occasions the mqnie ' d inti-rest before the landed" Now , aristocrats , do you not see that you bare , by uniting with this accursed Whip party , placed the chains on your own necks ¦ ? As the Whi g s were then , so are they now , —the enemit-s ol God and of man ! It is indeed pitiful to see a Wellington assisting the .-e mounters to enslave the people and to ruin his " own order . " Yes , fellow countrymen . I know that the accursed ^ New Poor Law was intended to degrade the .. ristocracy , his 1 Lave ofteu tnld you , but 1 was not , howewr . aware th ' at a gentleman whom I had so long honoured , and so many yeais delighted to shi-w , would be the very first victim -of his rank w ' io should be chained to the chariot wheels of the three Commis-iouers , ano be dragged through ihe length and the br . adth of the land , a sample of an enslaved , a fallen aristocrat .
1 was , indeed , aware that he bad fallen into their net . I knew that they had soured bis temper against his old aud faithful steward , and was not surprised that tliey had induced him to discharge me , without either giving me an hour ' s notice or or the shadow ol areasou ; I was full y aware of the traps by w . 'ach they h ; id snrroumJed him ; but I did unt expect that their power was so great as to induce a Tuornhill to publish an untruth—to transform a Tlinrntiill-iurt ) a mali-jnaut libeller of one . whose father aud self have suffered more anxiety on . Mr . 'l'borubill ' s account th ; m everbelore fell to the lot of a str-ward . I did nut think that even the Poor Law Commissioner .- had had either the dinning , the power , - " or the malrguity to induce Thomas Thoruhill to become the slauderous accuser ol the s . m of Robert Oastler ! Such > itiners they are . however . —Such they have now proved themselves to be . 1 know that tlieyatid their menials are at the bottom of it , and , before 1 have done , I -will prove it
to yon . 1-t-how-conntrymen , yon have heard and read much - which has been spoken and written asnrn . st me . Hear me . You are generous , if my l .. te master is malignant . You are lovers of justice , although the Poor Law Commissioners are treacherous tyran's . I am a poor man , hunted and pursued b y a rich ai d powerful Aristocrat , who is' * hark'd forward" by a lia > e an >! mercenary Government—a Government of wicVrd traitors I I -will tell you a plain tale , and it . shall be a true one .
Mr . Thomhill is ( according to the Morning Chroniclf , an agent of the Poor Law Commissioners , possessed of estates worth £ 40 , 00 . 0 a year . Those an Yorkshire , of which my revered and honoured father had the management , the same oracle info-ins you are worth £ " 13 , 000 a year . Of course this information is derived from the books of the Poor Law Commissioners , who now appoint surveyors and valuers lorall our Nobles and Gentry without asking them any questions , taking care to make the poor degraded slaves pay the wages of their own menial spies . Well , it seems , wh n they have a poor steward to run down , they immediately betrin bv
divulumt the secrets of his master , and tellintr their p . nd editors to inform the public the exactamount tUeslave of a landlord receives fi-r ren t in any or every coun try . There can now be no harm in my stating further , that , whatever the rental may be , there are in the rent-roll of Mr . Thornhill , on his Yorkshire estates , just nine hundred and ninety-nine te-. i . iirs , besides four collieries , about twenty-rive ' quarries , many hundred of arres of plantations and woods , and a grass farm of about 240 acres : —all under the management of the steward for the time beiDg . Besides all this , there are investments on turnpike roads to a considerable amount ; so that yon will perceive that it is no sinecure to be Mr . Thornhill ' s steward .
My father superintended all this propert y for £ 230 a-year . He resided in Leeds . He was in office 19 years . He died . in the summer of 1 S 20 . At that time misfortunes wei ghed heavily on me : from a state of affluence I had been reduced to poverty . I was then residing in a small cottage amongst , the operative : ! of Leeds . 1-was , however , then ns much respected by the wealthy of all p arties , as I had ever been before . I di'l not ask Mr . rhorahill to appoint me to my father ' s situation . He , unsolicited , de-? ired me "to step into my father ' s shoes . " He agreed to give me £ 300 a-yenr , and a residence in Fixby Hall . I asked him for no more . The pecu-Hirly kind manner in whichhe conferred the appoiiitmentrivHtted my very soul to him ; I resolved to
devote every enprgyof mind and bod y to his service . I determined that his name and his property should not suffer vrhilst 1 was his representative . Howl have kept that vow the sequel will reveal . Howl have been requited you already know . Let me , if I can , persuade you for one moment to place yourselves -in my situation at this important period .: 1 was now thv resident of the mansion of tne ancient ThornhiHs . I was the -representative of an-aristocrat of the nigbest Englist blood " . The destinies of many hundreds of his tenantry were , in some measure , confided to my keeping . I was rfurrounded by a manufacturing population , who considered their interests were at variance with the landed interest . My master had , many years before I had entered on
tus service , for reasons which , until further provoked , 1 shall forbpar to name , exiled himself from the hall of his forefathers . It is somewhere about 30 years since he turned his back on that spot , which had heen for many centuries witness to the hospitality of his ancestor—which bad so often . rung with the comingled mirthful jollities of landlord and of tenants—which had also "been the witness of his boyish sports , and where the present race of tenants had been tau ght to revere Thornhill ' s name , and to look up to the only son of his father as the individual who should , as his ancestors had done before him , dwell amongst them , cheer them by bis smiles of approbation , minister to their wants in times of adversity , and , on the return of festive davs . make
Fixby ring again with the melody so cheering to a Briton ' s heart—the buzz created by the happy gathering of a numerous contented tenantry under the roof of their ancient lords . I found the name of Thornhill still revered , although his absence was so much regretted . My father , too , had left a name beloved—nor has it suffered in my , keeping ; I knew that anxiety on Mrs Thorn nill ' s account had shortened my father ' s years . I knew that be had never realized one shilling by his service of 19 years . He was proad to serve the Aristocrat—he was delighted with the inflnence that service gave . him , because it increased his power to do good . ; Under all these circumstances , and almost overpowered by the feelings which at times animated ,
and at others depressed me , I ait ^ dpwn at Fixby Hall without a penny in my' pocket , without 0 B 6 single perquisite of any kind , not € vien a blade' of grass , a seed of com ,,. a > glass ; . of ate , ; or a crnst ^ of bread for tenant , neighbour , or ; a wayfaring man ; the representative of a self ^ sjnled ^^ Autocrat ,, who is stated , ( bjr that part of Ae ' pnbKc ^ ress . which now espouses his cause against nis 2 iscaraed steward , ) to be the owner of estates worth ' £ 40 , 000 a-yeat ; the resident of his unfurnished" ; ancestral hall—surrounded by a thousand tenants—having the carfe and management of ( if the same oracle speak * trnly ) an estate- producing : , 000 « -yearf with a ^ munificent ( Baines haa" it so ) salary " of £ 300
a-year ! : i am not abont to comnlam : the salary was au I asked * , hut the sequel will ahew that the ie : ward I have met with has been undeserved . . For the first two years I devoted all my time to the busniess of the estate . " I had to learn its different boundaries , localities , and r ights . - 1-b . ad to Ao . ranch more than thist It was egsoitial to yi-nawtha tenant ? , to . Bludy ^ their , habiti-, their tempers , and thei ^ , j » r . « Bdicwi , ftwiug made jny ^ elf ; perfectly master of . ^ all wiese cixfuinstances , the , mere routine of the ' . bu ' siness . w ^ s _ to " me an' amusement—it was no labour . Tner ^ r was demoted to " pleasure ; the sports of the fteld , ' the . be wild ' ennents of dissipation , or the unmeaning andexhanstin ^ ceretEonies of a' fashionable life , had never any charms in my eyes .
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f * ithl * w Sf * r ' ™ 7 : ™ wter and -his tenants bein ^ S ? v& ^^ 'Vtet oofc ; niyaaftb Ui ( Mi »"« Wdiea ^ H th ^ f b ^ bat inai'tJ in the cauke of God ThiJ ^ L ^ ' th ^ nevei- -to-De-forgotten ^ Michael £ & fh ? vv Tn ® P ursuit Wri brought me h ! SS H ? . \ - Thesfeefforte brougntupon" me the ^^^^ those W ho ; proKt by tVrLn / and delu-% * 2 Zi > i ? } ase ' r ntal » and bloody Whigs . '' They have hunted me , with a maliceunknbwn to any other tWA h V ™ ° ¦ ¦ ¦ M « W « 5 they have often hoped ¦ SS , * ^^ ^ ^ Hfe , b / t God has hindCTed t& v l tlley nave succeeded in driving me £ [ C ^ r - > ln 8 trt"P ^ lt alil y of an ungrateful and a ' S ? J £ ? ^ ^ ' tht ; y c 0 ^ " fil * from me my foodname . " Heaven has interposed-. and , stand-^^^ etr my character and ^ ny foes ; ha " proclaimed " Hitherto ye shnllgo , bit no 4 rther > describe g ^ ' . ™ y ^ annea ^ my master and hia tenants Ti ^ Tiir
mlSi ^ if , ^^^ ' the tohSrvt ^ r \ .- ^ dtaere I : have devoted my all ^ v l have ^ ad stilus of money bequeathed to me i I have gometiniMs acquired property bv mv own exertions ; but all : has \ een SS toSs TZX ^ ti ^ W * &W& ^ r r ^^^ The puwk ° Ss r ^^ mmmm ^ SMg ^ sS then see wither rhave nWuuniuchSySSS tneir
ea ngnra m the face of theirlaiidfoJd ^ andFthe bibouremonthe estate will also learn . how boldly I have withstood every attempt to reduce their Wa ^ es Ye ? , fellow-countrymen , when tW ' LetS a Steward to his Master" are before y 6 h , yoii will thf . ^ know the ^ ifncplti e ^ through w ^ ch ^ K h ^ I to wade , whilst I have been endeavouring to uphold the privileges of the anstocrncy , by the establishment of the just and inalienable rights of industry and poverty . J Ti - il 92 ? iBttW ? WH liave been * ° Kxby on Mr Thornhill s business , from the labourer to the aristocraVknow that I have-ever received them with respectfulness , and treated them with hospitality nay sometimes it has been observe d— " Your hOu 4 is lite a tavern . ' Ay , so it was when the Halifax tithe and t oatttes
urnpiKe-roaa were right ng . The poor have learnt that . Fixby Hall was not the ^ oSbp ^ ce in WksW Solong aS 1 lived there , I strove to make it honoured . All these things cost money that money came out ofuiy pocket . ¦ ' »* , "AI rJ > r * *^' mon ( 3 y- on the " agitation" about the Hahiaxlithe were more than £ 300 , not one farthmrof which did-1 cLargft to Mr . ThornMH , though my efforts only tended to disburden his estates That strngsVdestroyed my health . -I-was fbr ' iionths supposed to be on the brink of the grave I ask those who witnessed that struggle , did ever man labour more assiduously and constantly to snnnort
ap . ?»»«? r ? intprest-than I did for that of Mr . Thornm Ir- ^ J ^^ T ^ wo rtli more than £ 20 , 600 to Mr . Thornhjll . Arid afrer all , " You are a thief 1 " re-echoed tarough the public press , by the ingraV is ray reward . ¦ ' ¦ ' ° ' I have discovered , by intense labour and research property belonging to Mr . Thornhill , which had been lost for many years , worth from £ 20 , 000 to £ 30 000 but " younre uealigent- , you have allowed others to rheat me , ' ; belches ouf the fallen aristocrat ; and the \\ hisrgish pres ? catches the slander of a Thornhill , and , on the . wings of malice , conveys the lie to every part of the empire . , , lwj na \_ - at every comity election , exerted my self against the accursed Whigs , I leave the Tories to ¦ say . Hundreds of pouttfls have I sDent in t > n *«
, stnifrgies . I could : not bear that Thornhill and Hxby Bhonld be forgotten in those constitutional battles . Not one farthing did Thornhill ever pay ! I paid all out of my own podret . You shall have some correspondence on this point also ; all shall now come out . Well , well , it will all come right in the end . I sha 1 see if the press will take as much pains to co-irraiict the sender as t-ey have done to propagate it If * o , I shall be satisfied . If not , I will try to put them nglitin some other way . It so " happened that , in 1834 , Mr . Thomliill became . the confidante nf a beer-shop kepppr in Cal verley , l ) y the name of Nat baiiiel Kershaw . This peison employed himself to pick up little tales , and
> e , a tnem to the S > £ -mre He bocatne a great man . At length he induced Squire Thornhill to come all thr way to Leeds , to hear him accuse the understeward at Calverley , than whom there never was a better under-sfeward on any gentleman ' s or nobleman ' s estate . In due time I shall lay all this case before you . Suffice it to say , the under-steward was discharged without a moment ' s notice , and Nathaniel Kershaw . continued to be the secret correspondent of Thomas 1 hornhill . Judge now , fellow-countrymen , ye aristocrats judge , of my feelings ! Would you not all have been disgusted r I whs . When I found that Mr . Thornhill was intriguing with the keeper of a beer-shop to
entrap an ol « i and valuable servant , who had served under my father nnd myself so faithfully for many years ; when I discovered that Kershaw was in possession of my master ' s confidence ^ and that he had withdrawn it from myseK , I did what every man of spirit would have done—I resigned my stewardship . I then , for the first time , explained to Mr . Thornhill that his > tewardship was not worth a farthing to me that 1 had spent all my money in his sen-ice and to his uses ; that I had often had to borrow money to settle my accounts with him : but now seeing that , after all , he had more confidence in Kershaw than myself , I assured him that I had intended never to complain , but to spend all in bis service , beine
assured that he would p rovide for Mrs . O . at my decease ;* but that now I would borrow no more , and let him see , by the balance of our accounts , the real condition in which I was placed by supporting his name and character . The balance was struck I was , by the boo * s , £ 2 , 709 lls . 4 | d . in his debt , ' I told him I had spent all that , and muchmore , inhis service . I hoped he would not expect me to pay him ; butif he did enforce thepaym :-nt , then I was thankful to say I had property , not just then convertible , but sufficient to cover that and everything else whii-h I owed to him and to others . 1 gave him a statement of my debts and credits , which he holds at this moment . This settlement and explanation took place December 13 th , 1834 .
A'ter the books were balanced ^ Mr . Thornhill said tome , " Well , now , Mr . Oastler , about you leaving me ; I have' no wish" to part with you ?" This led to a very long conversation about his conduct and my expense ' s . He said that > he did not wish to be represented in the manner I had described ; that I hadno occasion to frire any thing , either to persons or horses . ; that all I had to do was to walk persons into the office , transact his business with them , and then let them . leave ; and if they had horses or carriages , let them wait at the office door . " 1 told him that if I represented him , "I must and would do it as I had dpiie , " &c . &c . The result was , that he urged me to remain in his
service , and , as an iuducenient ,: offered me an increase of salary of £ 200 a-year . I told him " I would consult my friends . " 1 did so , nnd I remained . Our next yearly settlement was ' December 19 th , 1835 ; when 1 owed hini £ 2 , 405 8 a . 7 d ., ; beirrg ; a reduction of £ 304 2 s . 9 id . Our accounts are always settled up to the 1 st of July in every year . I had been .. especially invited by " Mrs . ' 1 horuhill to spend tne Christmasholidays , and celebrate Mr . Thprnhill ' s birthday , at Riddleswbrth . This was a mark of respect and friendship iv / lieh neitheri ' ttiy father nor had bethonohred with
myself -n before . . Be pleased to observe that l / iis was the yeurajter 1 had fully explained euety thing aboid my circumstances to Mr . ThornhJU . He wished to have anote forthebalance . 1 gave him one for the sum of £ 2 , 405 8 s . 7 d > We have had two settlements since theni one March 4 " , i 837 , when the balance was £ 2 ; 264 3 s ; lOd . y and the last on July 7 th , 1 S 37 , wheji I owed him , according to the books , £ 1 , 741 13 s . 3 d . ; those two reductions m the amount of £ 141 4-. 9 d . and jE 522 10 s . 7 d ., are entered by Mr . Thpriihill himself on the' back of that note ! .. ; ¦ ., . : ¦ , - .-. ' . : " - : - :- '
Since I gave him that rwte he has neveti by word or letter , asked me for the nionet / ; or alluded to it many way ! lu fact , the only notice he . has ever taken of it has been to make these ( ivo entries on the back , until his letters in tbe public newspapers , dated Cowes , 17 th August , in one of which he charges me withstealing that money l--in the other with owing > it to him ! , -O / t the . very same duy —^ frOm the very same place { Cowes , < 17 th > August , ' 1838 )^ I have a letter written by him to Myse (/' , in which he does not even mention the circunistancei or hint at it indnytfay * - ¦ ; < . ' . ¦ ¦ '¦ " "'¦ - "' ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ r ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ -.. - .. . 1 asU every banker and tradesman what he thinks of such conduct ? Is a man to be pubUcly denduncesd as a thief because he bwes-mraey ? -vThenis trade altogether theft i ; Never was * suph ,: a ; charge , under Erachcircumstance g , m » debefbre .-i / ' . . , : > v ,
; But , if 1 am a thiet ^ because I owe moneyv Thbrhull is also . a thief ^ because he owes much more than I do , Hehas dwed napvaonef befote now ^ wid he has owedmoneytomy father ; also . v I haVe * h 6 w-n my father to borrow £ 5 , 000 for him . of figQkert ' abe-^^^ i ^^ P l ^ y ^^^^^ s- orstyle'b ^ seit a ttuel ! \ appeal to every man , ' . ' of ; ' every riatik , profession , and party ^ i ^ . hasi ^ itnftBsiBdiinyxbndnct , if I have not done my dntyaa MriThofuMlVfi agent during the tune J ih&yft dreaded ap / j "» by ? Ifrm , mandate md j i be 0 aus ^ 4 V hei * VVWggery , But Iappeal to the Whigs'tbemselvesvif I hav ^ not ^ as agent to Mr . Thornbill , when I have had to de « l ^ ff tnem , acted with honour and integrity I They TO * now they willy testify that I have , - J If I had been a thief , would 100 , 000 of my neighbours have escorted / me from Fixby ? No , no . Villany is not thus honoured % the' people of Yorkshire ! .
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rBut I have dbnefor the prpsent .: NextWeet I will y b ^ ffiSant " -v xny fellow-countrynien , - t-- > .. 5 : v . _
U aa «¦¦« ' o RICHARD OASTLER . Huddersheld , Sept . 7 th , 1838 . TW ^ iiT - ^ ^ received a ktter ironi Mr . nS ^ ' ln r ? PJy to _ the one I sent him from "The oM ^ nih ? - ! - ' ^ AlJg « V 1838 . " Not one Noi 12 £ ^** . IP" * to Mm has he auWered . JNotone word about converting his money to mu «* £ •"*<«^ abpujt " neglecting Ms bus ine ^ Jn ^ my dfy ; , nota word * hout"Frankland Lewis ' s Letters : ' It is , indeed , a most curious epistle . He says— " I have your promissory note for the money , part of Which you have W oft" ^ O h ! Squire Thornhill butthis « toobad \ , Thi « fe not theft ! Thenh ? sayS that he has been wntmg to ¦ : « the ^ commissioners of the new poor law , to entreat ih&t his nrnn ^ r ^ m J ^ 6
notsufter by the objections made by Ae tenantsto the new regulations ; " and then he says- ' * I received a very civil , answer in return . " How pitiable I an aristocrat . of the most ancient blood-a landlord worth £ 40 , 000 a year-thus self-degraded , and reporting himself to his ca ^ t-oflF steward , —as bendin ^ SUbmissiyelyvbefore a tribunal of mercenary trait' . re , "entreati ng * that they will not" injure hi / prbperty although ^ his ; tenants are naughty boye , and refuse to . submit to . these , monsters ; and then , almost burstmg with gratitude , because his masters sent bun a very civil answer V And is this the pnde of human . nature ? "An Old English Gentleman ?" uT ^ t r v ^/ L ? ° ldbas ^ deed become dim ! . Mr . lhomhUlhad forgotten that it had for years been my proudest boast , that I was the peor servant ot a rich arfirtccrat ; fiehtinff the hartles ¦ nfriw .- Arla of
t £ ? m ve ^ tear t the camp of theit bitterest * \^ l * $ m * ^ ° ften sai d r "that I was bribed o hght theae ^ battlea by mrmaster : » and when 1 boasted ^ thatl was poor , that I wasia his debt , that my hand had never been touched- by a bribe or a perquisite , either from my master or any of his tenants , they were incredulous . The villany of the nch aristocrat . ^ as now , thank God for it , established Sbeitl ju ^ f ^^ ' *• WhigS * - Poor Squire 1 hornhill ! He has not only become a slave and a tool to the O'Connell Whigs , but he has . also transformed himself into a fool . It was all right to discharge me ; and if it COmported with his sense of justice to discharge me without giving me one ^ rpomHnt ' s notice , or the semblance of a reaflon ^ he . knevrthat I was too proud to quarrel with him tor that . But he was not wise to Ditch mv etiaracte
r against his estate ! He knows , and I know , that I hare a vested knowledge on that estate worth some thousand of pounds . But never mind—you shall have this letter of his and some further particulars next week . I will let all out now . ¦ I perceive thatthe Whig press asks , " What have the people of England to do with the discharge oi ihornhiUs steward ? " I do not know . He ( the bquire ) first appealed to " the people of England "—! i f ^ l ? pre r Tv , , aPPeal . I , knowing that the people of England are fond of fair play , and that they hke te hear both sides before they give an opinion , have resolved to tell them all aboiit it . I want no better jury . R O
Fhe Northern Stm Saturday, September 15, 1838.
fHE NORTHERN STM SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 15 , 1838 .
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Some of our modern philosophers express much doubt , as to the result of the present agitation , and draw tbeir conclusions from premises b y no means analogous to those upon which society is at present based . They exhibit the hob goblin of failure in former struggles , when at the same time , no struggle of former times bears the sli ghtest resemblance either in its origin , or in its contemplated result , to the present . Heretofore the producing classes were divided ; those in good employment under the
ANCIENT AND MODERN AGITATION .
manual system , were so many guards of things as they were , and the few out of employment were kept in check by the many in work ; but now the mechanical inanimate thing , called machinery , has displaced man from his natural position , and its operation threatens to level all without distinction , aud has become a battering ram in the hands of capitalists and spectators , to set the living maohines at defiance , and measure the right of human beings to live according to their profitable application to machinery . AU who breathe
beyond the necessary supply for that market are , according to modern Malthusianism ,, an overpopulation pressing too hardly upon the means of subsistence . In former times , there was some reasonable scale by which the wealth of the several communities was regulated ; all , generally speaking , partook of existing prosperity or adversity j which reconciled the working man to his comparative state of society ; whereas he now finds , that his ruin progresses in the exact proportion in which his master ' s property increases , and in this sad reverse , he looks
round for a reason and finds it in the want of protection from law . He has used his judgment and his reason in the shape of aa expedient to meet disaster , and the moment that success had crowned his scheme be finds that annihilation follows , because the field of labour is considered as the draw-farm from which all above him must draw their resources . Man is a pliant animal , fond of repose , and preferring slight protection , by his own invention , to a more full protection which entails greater trouble and exertion . Thus were the
trades of the empire satisfied with that guarantee which union and association afforded , and on the customs established by the wisdom of their own body , did their order rest their cause , even prohibiting the discussion of politics in their several societies . These limited and self-constituted powers of defence , have , however ; been assailed , because in them the tyrant saw the probability of a wholesome regulation of supply and demand according to the relative increase of population and machinery ; and to this assault upon the natural
right of self-defence we attribute the more extensive and more permanent protection which is now sought for by the poor against the rich . To law they now look , and law they are dtterrnined to have . AU aggressions have been perpetrated under the semblance of law , and by law alone can those aggressions be stopped . The people find that all those who traffic in their labour do it under the semblance of legal right and , while the enfranchised are reciprocally defended one against another , they , the people , have at length discovered that there must be
some magic influence in the thing called franchise , and , that therefore , one of the basest union ? everyet formed has been established by the leading portion of the Scotch and English press , in order to withhold the right of self-defence . We do not regret this servile , dastardly , and prostitute surrender of intellect , honour , and truth , at the shrine of ignorance , dishonesty , and falsehood . It will speed the movement ; -it will throw the ' people upon tbeir own resources , and teach them that much wortH playing for must be at stake , when ev " ery branch of the
enfranchised comwunity is opposed tb ttiem ^ The game beingplkyedby thepress-brbkeri hi this . The Scotch and English Malthiisians get up' a cry for cheap bread , andthatonl y , jwhilethey ^ uld leave all those laws which interfere witli ^^ eyefy comfort of the workingman untouchedi' They would ' - ' 'riot moot even the repeal of the Corn Laws , if they criuld fiid a more ' slender peg whereon to' hang their opposition to Universal Suffrage . The Argus arid Scotchman lay a clutch of addled eggs upon the subject of the Corn Laws , and the Morning Chronicle arid " Sun , addle $ etnselves' in ; endeavouring to ! 0
hatch ^ pfoduceo ? the Sco ^ happens that upon tnkScotch' papers' ^ erer -i s '' some talenty whichi however , has bben- perVerted , While ujibiii the Sun and '' the' Chrohicte , there k a lesar amount of talent ^ ind the ^ sprats have beeu fitii ^ ckught by the mackrils . The' t # o !' Lbtia 6 n ' ^ afiera hk * e ;> ebnipletcir mistaken , jffi © drift ' of ^ Scb ^ h aVguineut ; ana , b yJ itavesti gatibn ; jfir ' ^| % e ioundj that while they profess t 6 ajgtee ; they aiWcompIetely at variance . But no matter ^ sky iHeyj ihould piirfelly as you will ; if it can create a ^ discussion ^ rthe ' repeai of die Corn Laws arid ' sulpregWthe cryfor tJniversal Suffrage , bur work is done . InScotland , tnore especially ,
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their scheme was supposed to succeed ; bur , thanks tbthemen of Glasgow , ; we find them satisfied to undergo all the horrors of Eriglish and Scotch hobgoblinism duriug the agitation of that principle , Which , when accomplished , will pat an end to Com Laws , Poor * Laws , Game Laws , Press Laws , Coercion Laws , and all laws which support vice at the expense of honest and virtuous industry .
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THE PEOPLE VERSUS THORNHILL . Although Mr . Thornhill ^ in his appeal to pubhc opinion , has constituted every man a part of that jury which was to decide between him and Mr . Oastler , we abstained from impercinentlr lnterferiDg , until we had heard-MV . Oastleb ' s defence . We this day lay his letter to Mr . Taorn-HILL ' s jury before our readfeM , and , « a portion o f the tribunal called upon to decide , we throw overboard those fine feelings , which have been so simply but impressively expre ' aaed by Mr . Oastler during his connectioa with Mr . Thornhill's afiUirs . and
come at once to that part of his letter , which must be taken as matter of fact , namely , his contraction of a debt to Mr . Thornhixl , and his legal engagement for its discharge . It appears that a settlement of accounts took place between Mr . Tbornhili ; and Mr . Oastler on the 13 th September 1834 , by which Mr . Oastler owed a balance of £ 2 , 709 . i'is . 4 § a ., which , if required , he would pay , by the conversion of his available property into Cash . This proposal was not pressed by Mr . Thorkhiu ,, but , upon the contrary , he seems to have
been fully impressed with ihe truth of Mr . Oastler ' s statement ; at leas ^ so we must naturally infer from the fact of his haying raise I his Steward ' s salary upon the spot to £ 500 per annum . This , then , we take as thefirst discovery of what Mr . Thornhill , on the 22 nd of August 1838 , denominates a theft , and such has been his mode of punishing dishonesty ; but as he seems to act upon a curious system of reward and punishment , which appears to be in an inverse ratio to desert , let us now inquire , how he rewards Mr . Oastler ' 8
integrity . The next settlement of accounts took placein theDecflmber of thefollowingyear , 1835 , when Mr . Oastler appears to have diminished his debt by £ 304 , £ 200 of which we must suppose was furnished by the rise in his salary , and which was honourably applied to the diminution of his debt . Upon the settlement in 1835 , Mr . Oastler gave a note for the balance £ 2 , 405 . 8 s . 7 d . Mr . THORNHiti . still continues the thief in receipt of £ 18 , 000 a-year , and . in March 1837 , another settlement takes place , when it appears that Mr .
Oastler had reduced his debt to the sum of £ 2 , 264 , which reduction was endorsed upon the back of the note by Mr . Thornhill himself . The date of this settlement must be particularly borne in . mind , because every man of common sense , will naturally conclude that if Mr . Thornhill had really changed his dp nion of his Steward ' s character , he would have had more frequent reckonings , whereas , contrary to the usual custom , we find that no settlement took place in the year 1836 , thus leaving double temptation in his
way . Another settlement took place in J uly , of the same year , when the thief had reduced his note from- £ 2709 Lls , 4 % d . to £ 1741 13 s . 3 d . Thus we find , that from December , 1834 , to July , 1837 , a period of about two years and a half , Mr . Oastler had reduced his debt by nearly £ 1000 , From this statement , what is the natural interference ? Why , doubtless , that if Mr . Thornhili . had continued Mr . Oastler for three years longer , he Would have liquidated' his entire debt . As Mr . Thornhill , continued Mr . Oastler
in his employment after he had discovered the defalcation in his accounts , he must hivW believed ; Mr . Oastler's statement as to the expense which the duties of representation had imposed upon him . Mr . Thornhill ' s acceptance of Mr . Oastler ' s note , placed him and Mr . OASTLER in the relative position of debtor and creditor . Mr . Thornhill , by disrausing a steward who had no other means of liquidating his debt , than by applying thereto a portion of his salary , seems to have been actuated by some
raotiveat which we can only guess . Mr . Oastler , upon the other hand , after having received nearly half a million of money , falls into an arrear of £ 1741 in a foolish and heroic support of the Wood of the Thornhills ; denies himself the comforts of life for the promotion of his master ' s interest and the aggrandizement of his character , and while he is in the act of dischar ging his debt , is cast off as a " thief .- In this charge , nothing is of more importance than the time at which it is made . If MK Thornhill had found himself imposed upon ,
he had ample time , through the daily press , to attack Mr . Oastler , so that an answer might have been given before the day of Mr . Oastler ' s departure from Fixby : but no ; the honest master reserved his accusation as a pocketpistol , which , like an assassin , he presents ' afh'is " then victim , as he thought in the dark , but thanks to the vigilance of Oastler ' s friends , the flash was seerij the pistol was made to burst , and the wound which was intended for Oastler , has been inflicted upon his accuser .
We have noyr impartially laid before pur fellow jurors the facts , dates , and figures , upon which a verdict is to be returned by that juiy to whom Mr . Thornhill has appealed . Our judgment is as follows—thatitthe . statement made by Oastler be true , which wehave every reason tobelieve ^ THpRNHltL is guilty of fraud , falsehood , and intrigue ; of fraud , inaemuch as he preferred a charge of theft while he withheld evidence in his possession to contradict his own statement ; of falsehood , because he stated that whieh he must have knowti to be untrue .
and of intrigue , because , though fond of money , he discharged OASTLER , whdse opinions have been , long known to him , and thereby deprived his debtor of those means by which alone he could have liquidated his debt . Such is our verdict ; in which we confidently anticipate every sane man and woman in the country will concur . The charge appears to us not only frivolous and vexatious , bat dastardly andmalicions , tnimped dp for an occasion , ' when an hour ' s doubt might have bte ' en equivalent to ^ a conviction : but the manner" in which the
Squired charge has been inetj will best" shew the estimation m which his steward is bol'd ^ n ; and We carinbt conclude without / assuritig Mr . THORNHiLL , that his folly , ^ presumptidn , ' and ignorance has only bben ; screetted ' ftbiii ! - that chastisement which it deservesjby the judicious determination of Mr . O ^ stLER ' s Committee' to retjr upon public bpinion rather' * than ' upon the Verdict of a iriore limited tribunat : In ^ justice to Mr . . OAsTtER , we are b ^ und to stite , thit ' thousandsi , and tens of thousatida of ttie" people of 'Yorkshire and Lancashire hayfe hfard'timoVer and over again declare , that he had been
p ^ ied his' master mbh ' fey ^ - ^ hich ; spent in s |} d ' nik 8 ter'i service . 'When Mri' Tr ibRNHiit ° h ^ reaided at 'FiiBy for- nineteen : ' years ; and . if ^ ' ajt the ea& of -that time he shall " have earned ¦( he '"' oharabtertoi hbnour MdintegH ^ w ^ ch-tibW ^ ienxl ^ akd' foeVonld atcoifl td his ' steward ;'; we ^ ballfbe is j ^ aiouS of-receiving hast y ^^ testimbny-a ^ anist hJiB , aa ' : $ eare now of Teceiying His | agaii ^ Mr ^ OASTLEi ^ MiTHORNiaiLi the- pebjite' taobw , nbitong ; % t ' ¦^ ASTti * the '¦>¦ people k ^ w'iiyery ^ iii ^ ^ he hw no secrets /; and if the' people I 6 ve hini for ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ oh& virtue above another , i £ ia for his poverty and his candour . : ; - ¦¦¦•¦''¦ : ; ' ^ : ¦'' ,:- ¦ '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 15, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1023/page/3/
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