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THE NORTHE&N STAR. SAT0BDAY, S EPTEMBEE 29,1838.
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¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - - - " ' A ' . . ' ¦¦ SPLENDID PORTRAIT ( FEOM A STEEL PLATE , ) OF WILLIAM COBBETT , ¦ Will be presented to every YORKSHIRE Porcbuer of tbe NORTHERN STAR of THIS DAY ; BIRMINGHAM , NEWCASTLE , and the North on the 6 th of October .
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MIATIYE CIRCULATION OF TSS LSSD 9 SBW 8 PAPEI 8 . Stamp * furnished Weekly in four months . Average , 18 Weeks . ITOBTHKELN STAB , 176 , 800 9 , 822 I ^ eds Mercury . . — 170 , 637 * . " -9 , 480 ¦ Leeds Intelligencer 60 , 000 - . 3 , 333 : Keds Tiia « f ...-......... 48 , 000 2 , 666 - * The vtual Consumption is 179 , 800 , avenging weekly 1 J 981-
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THE NORTHE&N STAR . SAT 0 BDAY , S EPTEMBEE 29 , 1838 .
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THE CAUSE . The moral infiaence wMch the imposing gathering of Monday last lias had upon the working classes of this country , 5 a a subject of importance paramount to all others ; zndL while the spectacle , the sentiments expressed , and &e orderly conduct observed , are likely for some time to preserve the freshness of astonishment aod surprise , it is our duty to take advantage of the incident , while events are fresh and feverish , for the permanent settlement of society amrl the final < xtin « tion of social strife and confusion
If we were "bold in onr weakness , it is meet that -we should Iw mild in our strength . _ "We leave to the scribblers for orders , and the - scribes of faction , that opportunity ¦ which the short remaining season of monopoly will afford them , the toll possession of the muddled fools of their creation , and ailow € hem , as "best they can , for yet a little longer , to T » e the virtues of an insulted people , as a pretext for upholding the views of an imperious Aristocracy , while our care « h * H be to disabuse our friends of the supposition , that in one victory consists a
triumph . No , the work is but commeEced , but the boM ¦ commencement will shorten and render easy ¦ fee remainder of the campaign . The greatest disappointment which all factions must experience iroxn the present move , is the fact , that as moral power increases , all notion of physical force becomes txunguished , It is only when a portion of a community experiences great suffering , and inow not how to stem the torrent , that men conceive the ^ alternative of effecting by force , that which may be "better accomplished by judgment ; but as union
¦ anu-interchange of opinion ( which are the mainsprmg of "moral force ) progress , violence gives way to deliberation , and the power of the mind places reason and the deliberating faculties of man in the ascendant , and subjugates wrath , and passion , and vengeance to their dominion . Heretofore , sections only of the community were oppressed , and the few , who by law , by chance , or by circumstances were less unfortunate than their nei ghbours , -were played against the first victims to oppression and misrule ; but so general has become the
• whole-system of misgoyernment , and so embracing the grasp of taxation , that by degrees the lot has iallsn . upon section after section , until at length a fellow-feeling has incorporated into one body the payers of the wages of idleness against the receivers of those wages . The people are in the daily habit oT witnessing the uprising of , all speculators in labour , a 3 if by magic , and they ask for a satisfactory reason . They are told that it is the fruits of honest industry ; but they know that they work not TChey are told that it proeeedsfrom competition and
speculation ; but they have discovered that competition and speculation mean the extraction , by law , of the poor man ' s labour for the rich man ' s -gain . They are told that it is commerce ; but they have found eut that commerce in raw materials alone , would be like a gift of land with a condition that it should not be cultivated . They are told that it is tradej but they know that trade means the conversion , by labour , of a thing which , without labour , would be of no value , but which by the application of labour , becomes of great value ; and they know
¦ thai the labour is theirs . From all these considerations , then , a question , and a great question , has sprung up . "We divide society into three sections ; the speculators in raw material , the speculator in manufactured articles , and the industrious who produce the change . Under this , division , it will strike every man of eommon sense , that the two "former classes really possess , as compared to the Jatter class , but ss much value in society as the raw
material bears to the manufactured article , and yet we find that the speculators , by law , and the dread of physical force which the law commands , have placed themselves in a position to subjugate the reality to the fiction -and that real ' wealth and Tepreseniatkra hare been turned upside down . Thus we dispose of the fanciful argument of the property-representation gentlemen , and go fully with ihem ; having clearly shown that the wealth is as 99 to 100 in the hands of the converters of raw
material into available property ; the speculation ? npon which constitutes the whole trade of the country . The struggle is whether the whole 100 shall be represented , or whether the 99 in every hundred shall be sacrificed to the dictation and speculation of the odd one . This straggle is hetween nonelective influence and elective power , which , by our recent , meetings has been placed more prominently than ever before the people . Parliaments are of long standing ; the fashion to "bow to their ordinances ib of long duration . The House of Commons , was looked upon as a kind of fairy palace , where
magicians sat ; its corruption was kept in the shade , till public meetings brought some of our best men upon the stage , where their efficient advocacy of popular rights stamped them as 'fit and proper law makers , without possessing the power of making good laws , or of even preventing bad ones . In no instance has the venality and stupidity of the House of Commons been more prominentl ypourtrayed than by "a comparison , between public opinion and the GaUery-Hcrase-of-Conmions treatment of the Hon . Member for Oldham . He appears upon the platform and amid the merry din of anxious thousands his
every word is heard ; but when he comes to plead lie people's cause in a small House , and in the pre-Bence of a few , he is . inaudible to the hirelings of the press . "We do not mean the Reporters , for they have no controul—they are but the machines—the engmeere stand behind . "We have more than once informed our readers that commerce is a gambling speculation , at which the largest capitalist is sure to break the tabu , The game has gone on for Borne fine ; the snail banks have fafled ; and the large ones have got counters from the
groom porter ( the manager of the game . ) These . , " counters appear in various shapes—ExcheqaCT and other hills , which are mere fictions , the interest of which must , however , be paid inreal value , which-i « labour j and that labour being the only thing from whence all can . draw their support and sustenance , has been left undefended in order that all may help themselves it wilL Betail trade in labour has been nearly destroyed and a wholesale mart has been opened , with power
to cny and -sell , according to iihe notions which are formed of the speculation to be embarked in . The labourer has no voice in the undertaking The ^ laboBflerias no notion of the use which he ( as possessor ^> f ninety-nine in every hundred parts ) 5 a toVbe madeofIrylthe fraction of the whole , and fiu ^ . % . * epfe » aitetion of the only fiction is supmei » nm n ^ t " o % alL The reason « f those gjierai ^^ l ^ j ^ attwred to continue will be found Ja ^ ti £ p « n&S ^ system -- upon which the - " ... : ; . i ' r ~ '
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advantage of froe trade is sought to be established , and which prevails in this" country to an alarming extent—we mean the practice of living from hand to mouth ., which completely subjects the best spirits to the / worst dominion . If every man in England had one month's provision in the store house , we would cease to meet and clamour and to spend our time at county meetings ; our absence from the mill would speak far more eloquently than a Fielden , a Stephens , or a Cobbett . The gathering on Xersal Moor will , no doubt , go far
to rectify the evil ; but justice never can be insured , so long as a man is compelled to sell 'both his labour and his freedom for the support of his body . It would ill become us to allow those feelings to which we shall presently give vent to destroy the thread of our present argument , hut we cannot here avoid , even though we should again repeat it , paying that compliment to the managers of the Lancashire meeting to which they are justly entitled . It will ever be found that public meetings are the result of confidence in leaders .
There are some who exclaim against leadership and yet assume authority ; while the men of Manchester have worked by example , and by that alone , than which there cannot be a better title to leadership . The meeting on Kersal Moor was the proudest exhibition upon record : it was a day which , when its results shall be felt , will be held sacred in history , as being the birth-day of universal liberty . Then did the sun begin to shine upon the cottage—then did tie cloud begin to hover over thrones which are not based upon the people ' s hearts , as they are supported by the people ' s hands . "We trust that no impediment will be offered to the free will ef a free people . "We
do hope that the middle classes will not prefer politi _ cal and eostly distinction to that equality which while it makes the poor richer , will not diminish the comforts of the wealthy . We trust that the more extensive circulation of popular views and opinions , will have dispelled the treason and sedition of a vile Press , and that , in the laws made by all , they will see more security for life and property , than in those bloody edicts which sanction , murder , and robbery , and rapine , and lust , and all uneharitableness , for the purpose of continuing a disparity between man and man , which never was the will of all-dispensing Providence .
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FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN AND ¦ WOMEN AT KERSAL MOOR . Theue is no system which has not a fashion , and none more general than that of relying upon the opinions of fashionable fools , when offered in opposition to that of sensible men . The great spirit which is now abroad , and the universal determination to be free , has rendered the mere numbers who may be able or allowed to attend ptblie meetings of comparatively little importance , and , there fore , our present object is rather to expose folly
than to cavil about numbers . The Manchester Guardian , of "Wednesday , condescends to estimate the meeting of Monday at 30 , 000 . "When the scribbler wrote this , he knew it was a lie , and though a base one , we offer it as an apology for the gentleman . But we shall argue the question as though he really meant it , and we shall argue after his own fashion , by mere sound , and by measurement of ground , and voice , and space , and distance , and position . The Guardian asserts that Mr . O'Connor , by his observation as to
eighty acres being covered , estimated the meeting at 1 , 936 , 000 ; but yet the Guardia n states that Mr . O'Connob said— " Now , as I don ' t attempt to calculate the numbers here by looking at their teeth or the colour of their hair , I'll do it by this proposition , and you shall afterwards take my judgment , and see what the aggregate is . "When I came down this field , there were over eighty acres of full-grown men , women , and children . " Mr . O'Connob says the same now ; and if the Guardian , who seems to have taken his " guess
from military men , knew anything ef military movements , he would have known that much more space is occupidd by a body in motion , than by the same body when closely packed . Perhaps he does not understand " rear-rank , take close order , and rear-rank , take open order , and that the same body of men who will appear to touch "when covering eighty acres , will pack into twenty acres when joined at a meeting . But we had 30 , 000 ! A * the question of numbers has caused frequent disputes of late , we shall . see what our friend ' s arithmetic amounts to . "We shall first test
the 30 , 000 by the numbers which customary places of meeting are known to hold . The Town Hall of Birmingham is said to hold 12 , 000 , however we shall sink a sixth and take it at 10 , 000 , and he will find according to the Guardian , arithmetic that Monday ' s meeting only occupied as much space as would be required for three such buildings as the Town Hall . The Crown and Anchor large room holds 2 , 500 , again we will sink a fifth aadsay 2 , 000 , and we find that only 15 such buildings would find space upon the ground occupied by tbe meeting . Now as to sound , the Guardian , to protect the "Whigs from a majority of the odium of a verdict
against them , asserts that only a minority heard Mr . O'Connob , while we assert that , situated as the people were , 100 , 000 could have heard Mr . O'Coitnob distinctly ; and yet the Guardian declares that he was not audible to 15 , 000 which number would find room in half an acre of ground . Now , as to military authority , it is the very worst that can be offered in cases of packed numbers , inasmuch as a military man invariably makes a bad guess at the area , and then considers how many armed men , . with knapBacks , could be
exercised in the space ; and that space which would contain 50 , 000 men at a meeting , would not be sufficiently spacious for exercising four regiments , or 4 , 0 o 0 , soldiers . So much for the Guardian's arithmetic . And now to lay down some rule by which the curious may be guided . If the large room in the Crown and Anchor will contain 2 000 persons , we aBsert without fear of contradiction , that considerably more than 200 rooms of equal size could be built upon the space densely occupied by Monday ' s Meeting . If the Town Hall of Birmingham will contain 10 , 00 a persons , we
assert with equal confidence that more than forty such rooms , could be built upon the space occupied by the meeting ; and we further assert , that no town in the world , containb g a population of 30 , 000 , would hold , in streets and houses , the numbers assembled on Kersal Moor . "When Mr . O'Connob said that 80 acres were covered the whole body was moving , and upon the first sound of the trumpet , the meeting pressed imto one-fourth of the ground / previously occupied , which space was 20 acres , and which 20 acres would contain 500 , 000 persons , and which 500 , 000 were upon the moor
We will go further . The military gentleman gave us 300 , 000 at the Peep Green Meeting , in May , 1837 , and all who witnessed both , admit that the Monday's Meeting was out of all comparison larger . Those who saw the astoundiag Birmingham Demonstration admit , that it was not half the amount , and to prove how marvellously well Mr . O'Connor judged in that case , he said , whe * speaking , « There are eight acres of you , which by tbe Standard ' s rule , which is a foolish rule , would amount to about 200 , 000 ; » and which was the very number which the * Lona 0 n Press allowed for the meeting . Any man of common sense , who has been accustomed to measure land , can judge
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twenty acresipand we a « ert , without fear of contradiction , that when the chair was taken , twenty ac ^ es of ground were densely covered with humaB beingSj who , inBpiteof the Guardian and his twin-brother , the Leeds Mercury , will be free . From Bolton and its neighbourhood from 20 to 24 , 000 marched to the ground . The Chronicle asks where they came from , and we answer " What ' s that to Mm ? " Let Mm mind " Coronations , " and let Ms friend , the Globe-, count the number of rabbits which the Duke of Sussex shoots ; but let neither of them meddle with calculations till they have learned to count a House of Commons sitting , with wands in their hands for the purpose ; of which at present we hold them incapable . Let the Guardian count Poulett Thomson's majority at the next election , and the Mercury count Mr . Ba . ines ' 6 ; that will give them quite enongh to do . By the bye , we are marvel lously curious to learn whether or not the- "Whig minstrels will sing in tune , which we cannot learn till we see the Mercury ' s note . Poor things I They are in a sad pucker , and it is only beginning with them .
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THE THIEF CRY . " REGISTER ! REGISTER !! REGISTER !! tff ; In no single instance of their whole career of Government have the " Whigs yet perpetrated one act of common sense or common honesty . Doubledeal-* "& joggling , chicanery , and trick , are the . essential characteristics of their system . Wherever they would be thought willing to seek the public benefit , the discriminating eye never fails to perceive . that the appearance thereof is but assuaed as a thin veil for the covering of private and individual advantage ;
and certainly no more unequivocal proof of the blaQk dishonesty and crawling imbecility of the "Whig faction could have been afforded , than those disfigurements of their pet , and most boasted , measures , the Parliamentary and Municipal Revision Courts . Without even the pretence that these forums of chicanery can by possibility afford the least benefit to the public , the nation is robbed thereby to an amount not much less than £ 100 , 000 annually , that the " reform" faction may be able to sustain their hungry underlings in mischievous
idleness , as a compliment for having pretended to bestow the franchise upon the ten pounders , &c . We say pretended to bestow it , for our Whig benefactors invariably palter with us in a double sense : keeping the word of promise to the ear , they break it to the hopes . Though a man may suppose himself secure , and legally protected , in the possession of his vote , under the operation of theblessed Whig Reform Bills , Parliamentary and Municipal , he has no certainty whateter , that some low " cozening knave , " bred in the school of
Whiggery , shall not outjockey him . The wilful misspelling of his name by a knavish overseer ; an accidentalmisdescription as to a " single yard" of the position of his street door , or twenty other equally beggarly and frivolous circumstances , which chance or trick may bring about , are sufficient to overbalance the intelligence , the integrity , and the patriotism of the man , and to nullify his vote . And even when all these fail , shoals of " objections " are constantly made by both parties to individuals whom they know to ha ^ e perfectly good votes ,
upon the forlorn hope that some of them may be prevented by business or other circumstances from attending to defend themselves . We have attended these courts frequently , and in our whole experience of the petty villanies of civilized life , we have certainly found the richest and most amusing specimens to abound in the Whig Reform Bill Registration Courts . Respectable working' men are often compelled ; to sacrifice the labour of probably a whole day and sometimes more , lest thev should be robbed for want of being on the watch ,
We have known sick voters remainin ' g in Court , hour after hour , until nature was exhausted with fatigue and want of food—the cunning and heartless " agents" staving off the cases for the purpose , and exultingly causing them to be brought on the moment the Court was quitted by the unfortunate for the purpose of recruiting exhausted nature . The objected voter , not being present to substantiate his vote , is of course struck off , and told with a sneer , at his return , perhaps five minutes afterwards , that he
should have stayed to defend his vote . The papers of tbe day are filled with the trashy " arguments" of the pettifoggers on each side , and the conflicting " judgments" of the briefless and inexperienced revision-men . We know of few systems which need " revision" more than this ; and " revised" it shall soon be , let but the people persevere in their virtuous determination to establish peaceful honesty in the land , when every man's title to vote shall be the possession of his limbs aud faculties .
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TjEEJDS AND ^ ST- | tlI ) ING NEWS--:, : -:-: h / ]\ l :. r . ^ . ^ i > s . V -. ' ;;/• - ¦ - . ¦;?¦ : ;¦• .. ; Post-office , Leeds , / September 27 ,: 1838 . ... ^ Post-OffiCE Alterations . —On smd from Monday , the 1 st October ,: the following alterations will take place inthe transmission of lettersbetween Leeds amlLondpn i also , to and from Birmingham . and the Westof England : r-The letters for London m ^ CWrtnued by Pontefraet , and will be sent by Manchester , at 18 minutes past 11 o ' clock
in the morning . The London and foreign letters to be sentby the mail at 9 , p . m ., as usual . The letters from London will arrive by the mail from Manchester , at 2 hrs 18 min ,, p . m ., instead of by i ' ontefract . The letters from Birmingham and the West Of England will also arriyey by the mail . from Manchester , at 2 hw . l 8 minv The mail front York , bringing ^ the Scotch letters , will arrive at 11 hrs , 18 min ,, a . m ., and delivery take place at llhrs . 45 nun ., a . m ., instead of 10 hr «; 15 min ., as at present . ; ' ' . . ... " . ¦ . -. y-, / ¦ . ¦ ; . ¦ ¦ : . ; . ¦ - ¦ ¦ '
^ Lectures on Socialism . —The Rev , J . E . Giles , Baptist Minister of this town , delivered a lecture in his chapel , Smith Parade , on Sunday evening last , in which he undertook to prove , that bociahsm , ^ as | a religious theory , is irrational and absurd . The attendance was so numerous that thousands were said to have been unable to cet in in consequence of which the lecture was announced for repetition on Thursday evening , when the large chapel was again crammed in ; every part . The Rev . Lecturer tobkhis text from Isaiah xlii . 21—24 The lecture waslisteied to throughout with most thrilling interest , and we were certainly much , surprised , it being accounted a part of religious worship , to hear the reverend preacher several times interrupted by Tolhes of applause . Of course , we cannot here irive
any opinion- . of the polemic merits of the lecture , but we may say that the interest excited by it will cause Ae remainder to be looked for with great impatience . We hope Mt . G , will continue the week night repetition . ^ Subjects so important cannot be tob debberately contemplated , or too publicly discussed . We hear . with great pleasure that it is intended to punish the lectures . It » also expected that the bocialists will reply . ^ The Thbatre .--As wesupposed , the exchange of melodrame , spectacles , and monkey-men , for bhakspeare and real talent , has proved the eood taste
oi the public of Leeds . The Theatre has hadflowW houses-all the week . We had not seen Mr . Eean since bis first coming out , and were prepared by all that we had heard of him to expect great things . He certainly ^ as many excellent points as an actor about him , though there are somethings in which we think he might , but fear he never wiU , improve . His stage joints are exceedingly ; efiective . and h | s attxtudes ^ many of them , very fin ^ . iiis silent delineation of the passions in the working of the countenance is inimitable , especially as manifested in the dying scene of Richard
m that scene we think him decidedly superior even to his late father . vHis elocution , however , very frequently degenerates into rant—and his reading 5 v , almos ^ alwa ys decidedly ,, b . ad . On Tuesday , as Uthello , he was in the first act insufferable : in the other four acts , however , Othello became himself , and our painful sensations were relieved by an exhibition ofreaVtalent and judgment . Mr . Creswick ' s Iago was a judicious , and indeed we may say a fine piece of acting . The character was admirably sustained , but we would remind Mr . Creswick that
Shakspeare ^ Iago has Hot one particle of passion . He is a cool , deliberative villain throughout . On one / or two occasions Mr . Creswick rather erred in this particular . We never saw Cassio so well played as by Mr . Fitzjames . ilis conception of the character seemed to us to be jperfect , and his elocution—a thing wherein most actors err—wai throughout beautifully appropriate and natural . Mrs . Gurneras Desdemonawas
, , very good . We are glad to see , from the announcement of the present week , that the legitimate drama is to be continued . We have no doubt that Mr . Downe will find it to answer his purpose . Thursday next , we perceive , is devoted to the benefit of Mrs . Ivers , Widow of the person who so very lately , met an unfortunate and untimely end at York . We cannot doubt that the sympathies of our townsmen , will on this occasion , be made manifest .
Northern Union . —We hear that a meeting of the Leeds Northern Union is to be holden on Monday evening ;; and ^ that important business relative to tht West Riding meeting will be brought before them . Of course the members will all see the necessity of being in attendance . Leeds Town Council . —On Monday last , a meeting of this body was summoned for the transaction of special business , but after waiting for upwards of an hour , there was not a quorum and the meeting was necessaril y adjourned till to-morrow afternoon . Such is the attention which these worthies pay to the business of the town . Perhaps , however , they have learned that it is better to stay at home doing nothing than go to the Council to do mischief .
Woodhouse FEAST .-This gay annual festival we perceive , from the bill of fare , promises a high treat to the lpvers of fun and frolic , —as the entertainments will consist of horse , foot , and sack races , withthe usual addenda of climbing the pole , hunting the D 0 g , - ; &C . &c . As the ground has recently been completely levelled , and , from the recent rains , beinK nowin the best possible order , we anticipate a brilliant company on Monday next , at two p . m ., to witness the contest for the Woodhouse Si . Leger ! ANelENT RoMANS . -0 n Monday last / this respectable / body opened a Senate at the house of Mr . John Ford , Roman Senate Inn , Lady -lane . The company remained until the time allowed , in the utmost conviviality .
SBOl . RoBBEHY .-On Monday , Charlotte Harrison , alias Edwards , alias Milwood , was brought up at the Court House , charged with having entered the shop of Mr . William Caywood , linen-draper , St . Peter ' s Square . She was observed to steal a piece of print , but on being discovered she threw it down and endeavoured to escape , but was apprehended . On being searched , eighteen pawnbrokers' tickets were foundvupon her . She had only come to Leeds that day , and had pledged Hearly £ 3 worth of property . It appeared that » he had been receiving a large amount of money , under similar circumstances , at Halifax ^ and Manchester . She was committed for trial ; ibut is remanded for a short period , for further examination on two other felonies .
Shop BoBBiNOi—On Saturday , George Chapel was brought up at the Court ^ ouse , charged with having , on the previous evening , entered the shop of Mrs . Clayton , arid stealing from the till 6 s . 4 d . He was observed to commit the felony , arid was apprehended , and has since been fully identified . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Cor ^
rection . The Oroan Pebpobmanch . —We understand that a splendid organ has been recently erected in St . Peter ' s ( Methodist ) Chapel , in this town , and was opened on Friday evening se ' nnight . The services connected therewith being extended over the Sunday and the Monday , and Tuesday everiirigs . On these occasions , ( aa usual among ^ Methodists ) silver _ was required of those who went into the galleries ; but a correspondent informs us that on Monday and Tuesday evenings , the doors of the body of the Chapel were closed vdthbut any public intimttion , so that no admiittaride to the public worship of God could be had without payment , lt and /? he adds , " those who did not choose to pay
fer their , whistle , were very politel y shewn the door , and if any disapprobation were expressed } the powers of a policeman were held over them in terrorem" We can drily say that if such were the fact , it was sbAmeful ; but we can scarcely credit it Drtjids' BENEyoLENCE .--On Suriday the Rev . Dr . Hook , vicar of Leeds , delivered a very eloquent and appropriate sermon to the Anbient Order of Druids , in St . James ' s chapel . From si ? c to seven hundred of the members attended in white gloves the p lace was not sufficiently spacious to contain all the individuals who wished to be admitted ; Afterwards a collection was made in aidI pf the funds of the Eye ^ arid Ear Infirmary arid Dispensary , amounting to £ 35 15 s ; Their conduct was much admired for being peaceable , orderly , and appearing so respectable . ^ , ;
A Notorious Thief . —On Thursday last , a yagabond named Thomas EUice ^ * aa brought beforetiie ^ Magistrates charged with an impudent robbery . The prisoner is a notorious impostor , and has frequerittv been brought up pri similar charges , and once or fwice committed ; He makes a practice of going to the houses of persons who take in lodgers , and generally manages to Vrheedle himself into the good gracea of those to whom he applies , so as to be admitted to a considerable share of confidence . He profeBses to be very religious , arid by this means
deceives the unwary . On Tuesday last , he went to the house of a widow named Newsome ; resident at 3 ^ ew ; Road End . After getting some coffee , he begged to have a needle and some thread , and allowed to retire to a bed room , to mend hi » browsers ; He also borrowed a small haridkerchief , in which he said he ^ ras going to bring some clothes from town . I After having got the handkerchief , he took a silk shawl from a box , with which he absconded , and afterwards pledged it for Is . 6 di He was committed for trial .
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MALApifiB-bF THE ENGLISH NoBILiTT ^ It is but too true tbat , in . man y noble famines of this eouritry , disease assumes a foijpa absolutel yhered | taiy . A complaint , trifling in itself , i neglected ( more particularly among those who are pampered with luxuries , ) may be aSource of incalculable mischief . Ririg ^ worm belongs to this ¦¦ class , and should be early tteated . HolloWay ' s Universal Family Ointment is woridernilly efficacious in all skin diseases , and is a certain cure for the above . The patronage of medical men generally should be given to so valuable a medicament .
Duck Stealing . —On Monday , George Austin was charged , at the Court House , with having that morning stolen a duck , the property of Mrs . Ann ToulBon , of Woodhouse . He was apprehended l > y a watchman , with the duck recently killed : and warm . . On the prosecuWx being called , she refused to ident % the bird , arid stated fiiat it was ; a mercy and a pity that he had been apprehended , for she believed it to be his first offence . The magistrates told the prosecutrix that she was countenancing crime rather than checking felony . The prisoner was discharged ; '
ExTBAOKDiNAnv Case of Abduction . ——At Dublin police-office , on Saturday , ; a person of unusually mean and vulgar appearance , named Peter Ybre , a stable boy , was brought Up in custody , charged with having fraudulentl y induced a young lady , the daughter of his mistress , to marry him . Mr . M'Donough , on the part of the prosecution , stated the facts of the case . His client was the widow of Colonel Tucker , and was entitled to upwards of £ 700 a year , reserved under the provisions of a settlement executed before her marriage . Colonel Tucker died in the year 1831 , leaving an only child—a daughter—in whom , by the settlement before mentioned , the property was vested in
remainder . Mrs . Tucker unfortunately took into her service the person at the bar . He , as he was riding after the young lady , thought proper to make approaches to her , and urged proposals of marriage , tMreatening thatif she would not consent , he would leave the place , and spread rumours injurious to her character . She , in an evil hour , of her own consent , agreed to a stratagem and a scheme that was well laid , with the assistance of other individuals . The prisoner having made some apology about shoeing a horse , went and met the young lady at a public-house kept by a person named Flood ; she then alighted from her horse , arid taking off her riding-habit , put on sbme
attirelsuited to the celebration of marriage . Here the poor child , for she was little more than seventeen , burst into tears , and a woman , one of the party , was brought in to comfort her . At length , from shame and inability to draw back , she consented to go into a covered car , and was driven to the house of a per * son named Schulte , in Cullenswoods . He either was not at home , or fearin g that there was -something wrong in the matter , would not perform the ceremony ; they then urged her to go to Smithfield , which she did , and a matrimonial ceremony was performed iu a public-house ; she then returned to the other public-house , resumed her riding-habit , and returned home by the Circular-road . On the
way ner attendant got off his horse , soiled his hat , coat , and trowsers , and told her mother that a fall was the cause of their delay . It would appear that the young woman had never passed a- " -night out of her mother ' s bedchamber . At length the young girl became shocked at the idea of throwing herself away upon such a fellow . Something exciting her mother s suspicions , she taxed her with it . The prisoner at once avowed it , took hi £ [ h horse , and asked them would they break the marriage ? The mother was advised to annul the marriage ^ and accordinly that course was being pnrsued in the Ec lesiastical Courts . After the prisoner was dismissed he was found lurking about the place , with a view
to carry her off . It therefore became ' necessary to vindicate the law , that the young lady ' s respectable connections might riot be disgraced and herself earned away from her mother . Counsel then referred to the law which was applicable to the case , Mr . Costelio then proceeded to reply on the part of the prisoner , and stated that it was not his intention to make the slightest allusion to the young lady he would confine himself to the law of the case . It was admitted , and , if not admitted , he was ready to prove that the marriage was with her consent * and even at her solicitation ; that she urged the chanee of dress , the very colour of the clothes , and the story which was told to her mother : it wa 3 admitted . that the marriage was with her consent , and it was a
general principle of law that the wife cannot be evidence against the husband , or the husband against the wife . —Mn Shiddert said it was enough for them ^ sitting as magistrates , to look if they had sufficient facts before them to justify them in sending the case for trial ; it was their impression that they had : therefore , taken informations , and issued a warrant . The only question now was as to bail . Messrs / Flood and loole , publicans , were then agreed to as bail for the prisoner , each in £ 100 , and Peter Flood , James Flood , Thomas Flood , Mary Median , and Anne Yore were noticed to come in and give their own recognizances to stand their trial for conspiring and aiding Peter Yore to commit a misdemeanour , with which he is charged .
ANb-tHER Fatal Steam-Boileb Explosion . —Ualliwell , LdHcashim—Another of those violent steam-boiler explosions , ' attended with loss , of life , occurred in this town on Wednesday last , at the factory of Mr . W . G . Taylor , Hill-mill , Halliwell ; and we regret to say that the consequence proved fatal to a young man named Thomas Halliwell , aged nearly nineteen , an engine tender . The deceased had been four years assistant in the engine house , and was a steady industrious workman . The boiler burst with a loud crash , destroying the eflgine house in a moment , and burying the deceased amid the ruins . All hands were soon on the spot , and after removing the bricks and the stones , the body of the unfortunate man was found quite lifeless . He was dreadfully scalded and disfigured , and presented a miserable aspect . Mr . Tavlor ' s mill
being furnished with an excellent water-wheel , steam power , we understand , is only used / there occasionall y . The boiler was in admirable condition , and the accident can be attributed to-no other cause but an excess of steam , or a deficiency of water . The damage amounts to £ 150 or £ 200 , but the mill , we are informed , will recommence work on Monday next . But there is a providence even in such calamities as these , for the explosion took place during the breakfast half-hour . An inquest was held on the body at the Larivb Inn , Sharpies , on Thursday afternoon , before Mr . W . S . Butter , and a respectable jury , of which Mr . J . Thwaites was foreman . The jury were of opinion that the accident had been occasioned by over-firing in consequence of the steam being low ; the death Of the deceased was quite accidental and no blame could be attached to any party .
Thb Swell Mob and the Thimble-Rig Men on Board a St ? amek . —The Isle of Thariet Races , which finished on Thursday afternoon , were attended by a great number of the thimble and pea-rig men , and a numerous intister of the swell mob thieves , who were very successful in preying on the visitors of Margate arid Ramsgate , and easing them of their money and watches ; On Friday morning , soon after the City of London steamer left Ramsgate harbour , it was discovered that many of these fellows were on board , apdCapt . Corbin , the commander of the vessel , a well-known and _ experienced commander on the station ^ not having it in his power to remove them imriiediately ; ordered the luggage and carpet bags of the passengers to be covered over with tarpaulins , andfeeured , and at the same time warned the respectable portion of his passengers not to mix with the fellows in the
fore-part ef the vessel , to which place ' they were confined . He also caused to be affixed to conspicuous places about the after-cabins arid the deck , a written notice , of which the following is a copy : — The passengers are : earnestly requested to look after their property arid luggage , ( particularly on the arnyal of the vessel at London Bridge Wharf , ) as the Captain cancot be answerable for the honesty of those persons in the fore part of the vessel , who have just left the races . " The light-fingered gentry were evidently disconcerted at these precautions : they cast many a wistful glance towards the fobs and pockets of the gentlemen , and the reticules of
theladies , but the watchful eyes of the Captain and two men were upon them . They could do no business , and after the : whole gang , about forty in number , had muttered curses " not loud but deep " at Captain Corbin and his crew , they left the deck ; declaring that they would never patronise the City of London again . During the remainder of the voyage , the rogues amused themselves in the fore cabin at cards , and a quarrel took place among them near the Nore Light , but a hint having been given that they would be put Over the ship's side into boats on the open sea , if they made the * least noise , they became very quiet . On the arrival of
tne steamer at London Bridge Wharf , the ruffians and thieves pn board : erideavoured to land without paying their fares , arid swore most veheinently that they had already paid , a » d lost their tickets . The Captain ^ however , kept them back uritil the other passengers were landed , when he took them out into the stream , and moored his vessel off the Custom House . This brought the rascals to their senses , and they were riot only compelled to , pay the fare , but also to engage small boats to convey themashore . ; The precautiens adopted by Captain Coroiri were rendered absolutely necessary , as a gang of thievesj a few days since ^ , ori their way to Thanet Races in a steamier , committed several daring robberies , and carried off some luggage , belonging to other passengers , at the period of debarkation . .
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™ S ? Y ? T-Z" ° ^ ^ ay night list , anlnqS washdd at the Court H ^ L vi ^ ti £ E of Ann Hmton , an old woman , seventy yeaS age , resident in Camp Field , HoWeck . . YtiJgiSSSlfe- ^ > P re ^ V she went to thfffl Coal Station , for a bag of coals when she lt ^* ^ arthe Old Churc ^ she ^ peK ^ by leaping against a > alL- At&at time , Wb 3 partaally mtoxicated , e ^ me upVand offered S thebag ^ pon her head ; instead of doine so rt !! P ^ ed the bag upon her back , upon wlul t % to the . ground , and die men were unable to ( lift > f « up . She was ultimately taken to the SS ^ g ^ ^ e died in a few days . Verdict , « AccQ
BAZtirSLEV . i % DI ^ L AssociATidN ^ Tbj 8 Association mrt at Mr . Hoey ' s on Monday last , and dttffiff mated ^ discussion oil the conduct of Mr . O'Connor in advising the Irish not to join the English Radical ? thBjrcame to ^ the ^^ foll o wing resolutio nlr ^ MovedlS if . ± ioey , andseconded by William Ashtan-i- «« Th / t Wf t ™ " te n *™* DiD ^ Browne , : ^ M . F . for . Mayo , for his spirited conduct at the weal Kadical . demonstration in London , on the lj ; th in ^ m identifying himself with the Radicals of England ' on the five great point * of Radicalism , ip corifradiol tion to the assertion of Daniel Q'Connell , Esq ., £ ^ declared , m his third letter to the people " of l £ land , that Irish Radicals do not coincide with ti £ views of the Radicals of England . " Moved W b
tloey , seconded by Thomas Lingard— " That » meeting be called at the return of our delegate to hear the opinions , of the other Radical delegates and to take into consideration the proprietv M branching the Radieal Association into differen districts of the town and neighbourhood . Foot Race . —^ A foot race came off at Hoyland a village near this town , on Monday last , for £ 5 a-side , between two men of the names of Summers and Sparrow , whieh was won by the latter in eleven seconds , beating his opponent nine yards , thedistance being one hundred yards . ¦
HUDDEBSFIELD . i . Northern IlNibN ^ -At a meeting held at the bocial Institution , on Wednesday evening , . for the purpose of forming a Northern Union and adopting the National Petition and the People's Charter- the following resolutions were agreed toy Mr . S . Binw in the chair . Eirst : That a society , to be called "The Huddersfield Northern Union , '' be formed immediately . —Second : That a committee be formed to carry out the object of the Northern Union , - Third : That the foliowirig persons be appointed to fornva committee , viz . YT . Cook , Esq ., J . Thoratoii J . Hanson , E . Whitworth , Cr . Barker , S . Dieken ' son , L . Pitkethley , S . Birins , C . Tinker , J . LePol , '
O . Robinson , JT . Oldfieid , and J Grothardt , with power to add to their number . —Fourth : That the committee meet on Saturday next at seven o ' clock in the evening , at the News Room , Pack Horse Yard , to " enter names , and other business , when all persons favourable to the cause are solicited to attend and enrol themselves . —Fifth : That an enrolment of names be immediatel y commenced . That Win Cook , Esq ., be treasurer ; John Leech and S . BiniB be secretaries . —Sixth : That it is advisable for the committee to call a public meeting , to take into con . sideration the National Petition , the People ' s Char , ter , and other important business connected with the West Riding Demonstrations— A vote of thanb was theu given to the chairman .
BRADFORD . . Northern UNioN .- ^ The Radicals of Great Horton , near Bradford , are about to form themselves into a Northern . Union , for which purpos e they will meet at the house of Mr . William Bakes Fleece Inn , next Tuesday ; October 3 ,: at halt-past seven o ' clock in the evening . This ; in all -pro . bability , will be a very spirited meeting , as thej will "be visited by some of the leading Radicals of Bradford and other places in the neighbourhood .
Assaulting a Constable . —Bernard Elbride was charged by Alexander Hird , with assaulting him in the discharge of his duty . It appeared that Kilbride aud another were fighting in the street when Hird went to charge peace , and the defendant committed the assault complained of lij putting . his fiat in Hird ' s face ; penalty 10 s . costs 17 . Factory Act . —No less than nine manufacti . rera residing in this town and neighbourhood woe summoned for violations of the Factory Act . How . ever , owing to som ^ informality in tiie informatibng , the cases were all dismissed . Hpw those gentlemen would boast of the glorious uncertainty of the law ; well may it be said that one man may steal a hone with as much impunity as another may look over the hedge . . ,
A Vagrant . ——Elizabeth Day , a young giil about seventeen years , of age , was charged with begging in the street . It appeared the defendant had been committed on a similar charge , on the I 3 th of July last . On that occasion her father appeared , and wished the magistrates to convict , as he said he could not check her propensity for begging , and she was accordingly committed for a month . After her liberation , she got work at a factory , where she continued a fortnight , and then threw up her einployment , and resumed her vocation of begging . The bench , in consequence of none of her friends appearing on her behalf , felt themselves bound again to convict , and she was again committed for a month ,
Northern Union . —We are informed that the members of this body will bold a public meeting at the Odd Fellows' Hall , in this town , on Monday night next , to enter into arrangements respectiDg the great Radical Demonstration , which will take place on Peep Green , the 15 th day of October next We would say to the Radicals of this district ^ be up and doing . South Lancashire nobly did its duty on Monday last , let every man in the West Riding do his in this instance , and Universal Suffrage is vjrtnally carried . W ^ est Riding Registration . —The barrisfen appointed under this act will visit Bradford on Sate ^ day , the 29 th instant , to revise the list of voters for this district .
Stealing Poultry . —On the night of Friday last some Villain or villains broke into an outbuililing of Mr . Jagger , of Clayton , and stole-all the poultry belonging to that gentleman . Worsted Acts Again . —William Harrison , manufacturer ^ Clayton Heights , was charged with having purchased of a weaver an engine used for weavirig figured merinos , the property of his employer , contrary to the provisions of the act . The Inspector conducted the information , and Mr . Clarfcson appeared . for the defence . Wijliam Appleyard deposed that in December last he commissioned Joan Wood ,
a weaver in his employ to purchase the article in question , who afterwards sold it to the defendant without authority . Mr . C . entered into a IoDg » nd searching cross-ftxaminationof Appleyard , to shew that whilst he was incarcerated in York Castle for debt , he had , by Wood ' s assistance ^; concealed th ? engine from the messenger under a Fiat in -Bask * ruptcy against-him , and had subsequently g i « n direction for its disposal , but , on his affairs being settled , tie now resorted to a far-fetched scheme of endeavouring to regain possession of the article by a
forced construction of the worsted acts ; he having previously instituted proceedings against Wood , who submitted tp the charge . Appleyard admitted that he had received of "Wood five shillings in part payiment of the machine , and that he ( Appleyard ) ha 4 himself been convicted of embezzlement . John Wood was called but did not answer , ' Richard Shepherd then proved that ; he was present when the bargain was made , and Wood positively declared that he had Appleyard ' s authority to sell the engine . The magistrates consequently dismissed the cobplaint . ::- '; - . : - .. . ¦ " : ¦ ' "" ....... '
Beer-shop Informatipn . ^ -John Driver ff *» charged by the constable of Tong with an offence under the Beer Act « It appeared from the evidence that there was a fight on Sunday inorning , in a field near to defandarit ' s house , and tbe constable discovered that the parties had b « en drinking all nigtt in Driver ' s House . He visited the house t ? rice on the mornings of the same dayi arid found personf jo a state of intoxication on both-occasions . Penaltn £ 2 , costs ; 14 s ., and the license forfeited .
Felony . —An Irishman named William GaryeyV was brought up charged with stealing a hat belonging to a woolcomber named William Parrett , i * appeared that on Saturday night last , . Parrott and another person were standing in company at the corner of a street in Silsbridge Lane , when the pri soner came up and struck Parrott ' s hat off , which he picked up and ranI off with to . ' hislodg ings . He was immediateiy followed- bv the two persons wto
went after him into the house , but were driven out by the prisoner , one of therii then kept watch on the premises whUe the other went for a constable . Jtfr > Pregg and Andrew then went and desired comp lainant to point out the prisoner ^ a description ^ of him was given , ; when he was found in bed . The hat after much search was found in the cellar secreted in a corner . The case having been fully proved , the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next sessions ;
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TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS . PEEP GREEN . LET EVERY MAN , WOMAN , AND CHILD WITHIN A DAY'S MARCH OF PEEP GREEN , ATTEND THE MEETING OF THE FIFTEENTH OF OCTOBER , FOR THE SALVATION OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR COUNTRY—WE MUST BEAT LANCASHIRE — THE BRAVE MEN OF LANCASHIRE ! WE ABE SORRY that me early hour at which the circulation of Ots" &ar" compels us to go to press , prevents us from profiting by the kind hint of Col . Thompson , this iWflt , We also Tegret that his last week ' s favour did not reach us until too late for use . We shall endeavour , in our next , to avail ourselvesof his present week ' s sugg « tipn . THE NORTHERN Union . The Medals are at Mr . Heywood ' s wad ^ have been ordered to be forwarded to Mr . lbbeteon ! Bradford . We shall not receive any letters not
post-WE REGRET that we caanot give file astounding speech of Mr . Stephens delivered at the Liverpool dinner Uus week but let our friends Uve in the hope of Teadinjr the most splendid oration that ever fell from the lipi of mortal UHH , - ¦ ' ' ¦ "¦ ' . - ¦"¦ .- ¦ It is oni-t necessary to direct attention to Mr . O'Connor ' s movements , as hu apology for haying left scores of letters unanswered ; anihM engagements must plead ais excuse for not accepting as many invitations . We have now beforemimwtationrjfor thenext week for DumfriL Carlisle , Bristol , Nottmghain , and many other places at a grwt distance lone ftom Uie other : and u ^ in , «™ .
mission after commission . Ourftiends are reafly unreaf ^ i * nt we ^ ^ >** S intentions : Would to God that we could attend every one of their sloiiotui meefingB , but we cannot Mr . O ' Connor has tiusfolW . tojt engajementt for this and next week : Todmorden , Friday ; Maccleafield , Monday ; and Stockport , Tuesday . ¦ T . W . Bradford , ana the Address of the Bbistol Working Men ' s Association . Both these < Sn munications are in type ? but the press of matter hM obliged us to leave them out till next week . ADVICE TOTHE YOUNOflEN OF ENGLAND wOl Hot do wr puoucaoon . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ * ""
observations . ^ Wehave , m he may see , no «» m at present ; he Shan appear ; if possible , ior tfy . PT ^ JOSEPH JONES must take the same answer . A c s ^ fSrg-4 ^ ' « . * ¦»* —• * » UP 0 E ?^ s ¦ s ^ sassi ?^ - gf ] TICTPni » ¦ - ' " - ¦ --- ¦ - ' - - ¦ »¦ . THE BEV . J . CHEADLE . ^ -The letter of Mr ; T . to this clenrvman canot be inserted . It is too personal , inmvSsit wm wmmitteduv ttie matter of tbS no tic ? it mtSK beenbytneChurehwardens . * *» v « DE ^ SBURY . —Our Correspondent ' s parcel was received -lint 7 solate , thathota woSof itcouK S ^^ JmS have these parcels oa Thursday night .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 29, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1025/page/4/
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