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HRE NORTHERN STAB,. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1838.
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TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS
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TiEEDS AND VVEST-RIDING NEWS.
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RELATIVE CifiCUlATION OFTHSlEEflfi irB WSPAPEaS . - Stamps fnmisned Weefclj in four months . Avera / ce , 18 Weeks . * KSk * HEBW S * AB 176 , 800 9 , 822 liee ^ s Mercury 170 , 637 9 , 480 lS&Tbtelli ^ cer ......-.-60 , ^ 0 3 , 3 ST [ Lfeeds Times— - 48 , 000 2 , 666 The actual Ctfnsumptioji ii 179 , 800 , averaging -weekly 9 J 87 . - ^^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ v > - ^ ¦ -. ¦
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THE MOVEMENT . UdthiKG more forcibly denotes the wholesome iread with , which " the present movement has inspired -tfath 'Wiigs and Tories , than the manner in -rhich the puffers of the respecdve parties are "bidding for popular support . Accustomed to be Tuled upon the principle of passive obedience , ¦ the ; people were nearly reduced to systematic . slavery , when , the over-stretched power of our Uefonned rulers , as if by magic , roused the
millions from their lethargy , and created in them a knowledge of that strength which united num"berj , whether used morally or physically , - must ever l ) ring to the support of a cause . For many years the peopl ? in honest simplicity , attempted { by unions and societies formed upon notions of natural right , ) to contend against oppression , and so jeaee-loving are those of whom such societies were composed , that the members drained the poor Tesnurees which taxation had left them to raise funds
Jor self-defence . We , have before stated , and we ¦ were the first to state , that the daring assault against the most powerful , best organized , and most useful of those bodies , the Trades' Union * , Biasolved the simple natural contract , and- threw Hhe members into one band of Constitutional TJnionistSj to contend for that right by which others oppressed them , and hy the possession of -which alone they could , as the majority , baffle the machinations of a paltry and an insignificant qudolity . They looted for law , that powerful engine of self-defence . Should" we require to defend our party hr long endurance , Felf-denial , and submission ,
yielding to impositions which they knew to he unjust , -we may farther state the minor arrangements of the labouring classes , as subst itutes for that protection -which law should afford 5 "but for which they lave hegged , petitioned , and implored in Tain . "We m 3 y mention the several benefit , sick , secret , and other Societies , which have been formed for protection in sickness , and for the means of decent interment . "Wemay also add the powerful lever which dereliction upon the part of our rulers , has placed , in the lands of Mr . Owen and others , who never . fail to convjLce both friend and foe of the improper basis and formation of society , and of a belief-that com-¦ p lete chaos mast be produced before anything sightly
or perfect can be again presented in the shape of social system . To each and every one of the several communicants of the Tarious shades of agitation , the fallacies of our Goxerament furnishes a never-ending theme , and one so powerill that , though many may disapprove of He "innovations which theorists preach , none are found hardy enough to defend the system which all decry . The simple manner in which the several I > odifi 8 to which we refer transact their business , is "the best answer to thase who presumptuously tannt
He'people with ignorance , and their oven good arrangements , impress them with a belief that government to he just must he simple . Their own affairs they conduct with temper , honour , and discretion , without disunion or recourse to litigation ; and . they see no difficulty in the way of general government , save that which , monopoly and injustice las interposed . All these things they bear in mind "when the intricacies of legislation are so pompously immpeted in their ears . Had the "Whigs been satisfied with cheating the people like gentlemen
¦ £ heir reign might have still prospered ; but the love cf dominion has become so great , and necessities for the means of preserring monopoly by . taxation so overgrown , that in their attempt to kill the goose for the golden egg , they are about to lose both egg and bird . Thepeople feed them , and they are called idle- ; they clothe them , and are called lazy- ; they -teach them , and are called ignorant . The people contrast the value to society of the several classes , and they discover that the most useful is out of the Tirotection of law , while the laws are stretched to snit
the whim and the caprice of the most worthless portion of the community . So much for ¦ what the people have borne : and let ns now contrast-the difierent mode by which they seek to right themselves , with that resorted to by their oppressors . "When the manufacturing classes saw and felt the manner in which their interests were consigned to the keeping of the landed aristocracy , they joined in the cry for reform , by which iras meant toleration , and / which a * in religious acceptation means . equality , which means being
jlaceiin a situation to contend for ascendancy , which bt-ing interpreted means a legal right to oppress . In this greatstruggle the millions , anxious lor change , joined in the delusive cry of reform ; and lere we come to contrast the manner of its accomplishment , with the means now resorted to for the furtherance of the people's cause . The blaze of cities , tewns , and castles , were so many beacons to light the reformers of 1832 , who were called Constitutional Reformer * , while the agitation of 1838 , which shines but through the mind , is designated by the foul name of plunder , and the movers
aretalled the " kill ' em and eat ' em's . " It is true that no"Chancellor of the Exchequer now Eonours a ?«} it ical Union with his correspondence . It is true that the Maze of private property , marks not the ' onward march of Radicalism . It is true that thel name of woman ever sacred to men \ n not tiow . . defiled by the foul mouths of rampant youth or prostituted old age . It is true , that each man ' s lome his yet his castlej and it is not less true that 3 he agitAtion which lacks sneh symbols of irutalitv is the agitation of a warlike and virtuous people , ¦ which if nnjnsfly resisted , will change the word for . the / blow , which shall for ever crush the head of
ionoonstitntional tyranny and establish upon its nans that for which , and for which alone , we contend —^ perfect equality of rights .
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tTHE PRO GRESS OF DEMOCRACY . T ^ TB hasty and stupendous strides , the ' giant forratf -rartuous Democracy , continues -steadily to progress orer . the length and breadth of the land Thf Bwolspectaele of a British Pnblie , united a * one min ^ nctuated by one purpose , governed by one . principle , And aiming at one object , spreads alarm and _ conste 33 aation wheresoever it is beholden , by the-trained bsads of corruption ^ who read
destrncfcoajc itsmovements , ; and deeypher their 3 tsTinfaU uv thej * fcream of , intelligence and . marine , which , lii e the * T $ « ric flnid-febm the poet ' s . eye , bespeaks the living bo * 1 by w-hick the external mass is actuated , * ° &&i surf controlled . If the meeting-in Palace Yard numbed not its Iranared&of thousands of bold frofi * and determined jroiate , collected on the spot , it wja ? 5 , * s we . stated , th " foew in which were coneentoteJ : the "« onTerging rajs of j . ntellect' and prowess fr 0 nf 57 ° ^ ? eople - Jt was * & bead to which the-j ^ eral limD » bear ample correspondence and prbjortipp , - , Jr | p M ^ length ana-figure of the
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portrait developes itself gradually and successively ) as the eye of ooservation is directed over the vast area of the towns previously , since , and simultaneously joining in the movement . "We look to Birmingham , to Bath , to Newcastle , to Brighton , to Catlisle , t « Liverpool , to Maoclesfield , to Todmorden , to Stockport , to Huddersfield , whose thousands and whose-hundreds of thousands hare re-echoed the one single note of liberty , through a just power over the making of the laws . We turn our view to Hnll , whereon the 12 th inst ., the popu-. _ % " 1 " "»^__ 1 * " l 1 i __ ""_ a . _ .. " * t -
lation of the East Riding are preparing to array themselves in an imposing phalanx , aud register their righteous vows before the eye of day . "We return to Leeds and see the manly form of political virtue rising from the baneful sleep to which it has long been hushed in the arms of treacherous "Whi ggery , and preparing to exhibit , on Monday evenin ? , a spectacle alike certain to awe the bold-fronted enemy and appal the cold hearted traitor who would speak us fair , yet murder while he smiles . "We can ha * e no doubt that Leeds will , next Monday night ,
retrieve its character , and take that position in this mighty movement which its importance affords it equally the right to claim and the means to support . Beyond all these we look to the Peep Green meeting on the 15 th , and expect to find all the West Riding pouring out its population to do homage at the shrine of Freedom ; and , like Hamilcar , swearing their children to an everlasting warfare with the principles and practices of tyranny . We pans from this to Preston Moor , where North Lancashire is about to offer her sons to
be companions to their brethren—the five hundred thousand brarp men on Kersal Moor , and our heart swells within us at the glorioug contemplation of so many myriads of intelligent living agents directing their whole energies to the attainment of one single object—the establishment of universal right . "We see them . spurning away , with virtuons contempt , the baubles which the enemy throws in among them to create diversion , and we feel theirunanimity to be our strength . We hear them , in a variety of forms , depict the same crying wrongs which all
endure , we listen to their virtuous resolves , as the same resolutions , though oftt-n varied in expression , are adopted by successive myriads in different part * of the country . We hear the thundei of their voice , and we know that iis power is irresistible . For a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it . Britain now wills it , and she must be free . The utter absence of all violent commotion among those mighty masses who " have of late registered their vows in so many places , is wormwood and gall to the base factions by whom they have been so long ruled and robbed . It bespeaks a calmness of
purpose—a fixidity of resolve which they know is not to be overcome , which will brook no contumely , and must be met seriously . It shows that the people know their strength—that they wisely calculate upon ihe greatness of their power—which in the worst emergency is infinitely greater than that of their oppressors . And hence , notwithstanding all the senseless things that have been said and written about the people being reminded of the " physical force" at their command , the people show plainly that their moral power Is able to achieve the greatest of all victories—the victory over human nature , smarting under the sense of wrong .
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WEST INDIAN RAPACITY . We perceive , by the papers brought by the Tffrian , which arrived afctFalmouth on Monday , that the fishmongers are ' determined already , as might naturally have been expected , that the poor blacks shall derive precious little benefit from their nominal emancipation . Already are steps taken to make their real slavery as perfect as ever it has been . Kay , we strongly apprehend that unless some
especial interference takes place on their behalf , the wretched negroes will be made to endure greater horrors under the guise of liberty , than were ever inflicted on them in the shape of slavery . While they were slaves , it was the interest of those who impiously styled themselves their owners , to see that they had , at least , a sufficiency of food tosustain them in the possession of those physical energies which might prolong their ability to labour—whereas now they will be reduced to the level of free-born
Br itish operatives , whose live ? may be sacrificed by inchea on the altar of all-pitiles 3 avarice ; a succession of new victims being continually provided as the butchery proceeds . We find , from these account ? , that the planters have resolved to compel the labour of these unhappy free men and women , on terms which seem to be inadequate to their sustenance ; and hence that disputes are running ¦ very hi gh , and labour almost at a stand . We give the following selections , from which our readers will see how the case stands . It must be borne in mind that these extracts are from papers avowedly in the interest of the planters , and adverse to the poor negroes , whom they are too happy in any opportunity of reviling .
SPANISH-TOWN , Jamaica , inc . 23 . —We take the pre sent occasion of solemnly recording our opinion before this public and that of Great Britain , that we deem the course pursued by the great body of the planting interest in thiscolony , in nerving notices of ejectment on the almost entire maw of the labouring population , nearly three hundred thousand souls , to quit their preuent tenements at the same time , a * nothing short of absolute insanity , fraught -with injustice , pregnant with extreme peril to the peace of the community , and utterly destructive of the interests of the absent proprietor . —The Wetl Indian .
{ From a Jamaica Paper ofihe 25 ih q / Jugusl . ) VTe have Been & gentleman , just arrived Irom the country who states that the fields are brown with the coffee , and that the berries are all falling off ; the grass as high as the full plants of yoong cases , and the stock scattering through the nclda ; he has riddemipwaru 8 of two hundred mflea , and he says , that over all the parishes he rode thruugh , they do not average twenty hands upon each property at -work . He rode through SU Andrew's , St . George ' s , Portland , St . Thomaa-inthe-Kast , and St . David ' s . On his way back to Kingston , in bolden Valfi , in Portland , one hundred and fcn men had turned out , and not one woman , though there were from three hundred to four hundred aegro families . ( From the -tame Paper . )
The mail which her Majesty ' s steamer will this a » y convey Tomonr shures , contains ample evidence to convince our friends in Great f ritain ( if any am left to sympathise with the whites ) of the deplorable condition to which Government misrule has . 'educed this splendid Colony . The wishes of the Aldennanbury lanatiw are about to be fully realised ; for the negroes repose in idle liberty on the proprietors' estates , and , by the manner in which , they are devouring the produce * nd aejastaUng the land , are fast bringing their benefactors to rnin . . No wages the landlord can afford to offer wiU- ~ * &tlsry their alotJiful mlnia . and tie cattle are lef t to dettroY the plantations , and th » coffee to drop unpicked from the trees whilst the negro tutors , that u , Stipendiary Magistrates and iiapUst Preachers , tell their pupils to make themselres easy lor no landholder has the poweT to-eject them from his Uwlul
. A correspondentluSt Mary ' s writes— " I have proposed to give the people 5 s . per week , with houses and ground , for lour days labour ; they have accepted the offer , and are sr ™» S cheerfuUy . 1 am , however * sorry to » ay that this is not the case on the otter propertip * in thu quarter ; none of the people on them will come to any jurreement , and in many p ^ ceg the overseen cannot get a single person to wait on ¦ in ^ UThomasVin-the-Valeihe same indisposition to eome to terms prevails , and everythin g is At » stand-stuL On one property in St . George ! , labom is partially resumed ; the manager writes- " ! have not heard of a angle instant uitha quarter in whith the attorneys have succeeded in br inging the people to terms- I had * few in the field yesterday , aha to-dLy between thirty and forty , exclusive of cattlemen . I have the field people at task-work , and they are working better than ever 1 saw them do in the golden times . I have promised the able hands 8 * . 4 d- per week , or la . 8 d . per day . " . . . ; -
-Let these Btatements only he compared together , and it is at once seen why " the berries fall off unplucked and the grass grows nncnt . " Brutish and stu pid as the poorT > lacks have heeh represented to he by the hearties * villains who have been abletocontronl their destinies , they are not so stnpid as to be unaware that Tnan must live by fcod , and that free men , in order to procure food for their labour , most have wages . : The fact that they worl cheerfully four days a week for 5 * . - , and the f . rt that when they are admitted to task-work they whenever known to work so well , are answers sufficientl y satisfactory to the rascally-talk atont their idleness and their " slotb-
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fal dUpositiens . " "We only hope the blacks may have spirit enough to continue the content until their late masters , and now would-be tyrants , are effectually convinced that " the labourer must be first partaker in the fruits ; " and if they learn not that lesion soon , we hope they will proceed to teach them that those who do not work have no right to eat at all . ^^^ M ^^^^^^^^ * 1 "»•¦ " « i ? IJ" TA — . . . . I . !»__ _ ¦"« . !_ ¦ \ . 1 1 _ .: '¦
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TO THE UNREPRESENTED PEOPLE OE GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . London , October 3 rd , 1838 . My Friends ind Fellowv-Slayes , —I drop you a hasty line or two merely to re-impress upon you the necessity of proceeding rapidly , hut soberly and orderly , with your organization . Until you are perfectly organized—until you are so united and marshalled , and disciplined , as to be ready for every description of action , which the . traitorous portion of the "higher orders" may force upon you ,
neither your meetings nor your petitions will experience eveu decent respect from * your enemies . To be satisfied of this , you have only to read the newspapers of the last fifteen days , more especially , the London daily press . In these papers you are treated sometimes as an aggregation of brutes , utterly ignorant of what you are looking for ; at other times , as a horde of levellers and brigands , whose only object is to equalize property by quartering the poor on the estates of the rich . Now , need I tell you my friends , that the authors ; of these
calumnies know them to be such ? Need I say that in representing you as brutes , or as would-be-^ pi-liators , they must and do know that they are foully and wickedly calumniating you ? "Where , when , at what place or meeting , have you applauded the language of brute ignorance , or avowed schemes of agrarianism , and plunder ? Nowhere , at no time , place , or meeting whatever . The language you listened to at all your recent great meetings , was far superior to that generally used by your enemies , in points of
rationality , probity , good sense , and good manners . Nay , even in point of eloquence it was , at least , equal to their own , and in point of Conservative policy , incomparably more salutary and useful . If you alluded to capital , it was not to denounce the legitimate use of it , or to denounce its owners as mere capitalists , but to protest against the monstrous tyranny ' of the latter , because , not content with the advantages which their capital naturally gives them over the labourer , they have conspired with the land-owners to exclude you from all
partnership in the laws and institutions of your country ; and thus , notwithstanding their own admission that labour is as necessary to the production of wealth as capital- ^ and notwithstanding the more important fact , which they do not admit , namely , that all capital is but the produce of former labour , and that for want of legislative j-rotecrton the labourer has never been able to appropriate his fair share of it , whilst the employer and mere consumer have always got more than their legitimate shares . Again , if some of the speakers alluded to the rights
of property , it was not for the purpose of denying that the owners of property were entitled to have their property protected , but to protest against the monstrous pr inciple , that the owners of property should claim , because they are owners of property , to have all the law-making to themselves—a monopoly by virtue of which they are enabled to keep continually augmenting their " property" out of the labourer ' s plundered wages , while they yield society not one single advantage in return for the plundered augmentations so made . For example , it
was stated in last Sunday's Spectator that the rentals of the landowners have been trebled within the last 50 years . Now , assuming this statement to be correct , ( and it is probably rather under than orer the mark , ) what have the landowners given the community in exchange for the additionaltoo-M / r < fc which their own institutions have added to th « original nnn thin ! P Tl . > . ; hare given US nothing they have not performed a single service , public or private , to entitle them to the augmentation . AH such augmentations are therefore not legitimate property , hut plunder , and though for the sake of
peace , it may be expedient to recognize the augmentations already made as bona-fide property entitled to the same protection as the original possessions themselves , yet no man , who is not a monster in heart , will pretend that the labourer ought not to have protection against any such augmentations being made in future at his expense . "Within the last four years , the average price of corn has risen from 4 Is . 9 d . per quarter to 73 s . 2 d . per quarter , that is to sa y , it has risen 75 per cent ., within a fraction . Now , will anybod y pretend that the labourers' wages have risen in the
same proportion ? Does the labourer who earned 10 s . per week in 1835 , receive 17 s . 6 d . now ? Yet , unless this can be shown , it follows that the labourer ' s hire has been depreciated within the last four years , or , in other words , that he has been robbed in favour of the farmers , land-owners , or other possessors of property . And why has he been so robbed ? Because there are no laws or institutions in the country to protect his interests , no laws or institutions to provide that his wages shall keep pace with the increase of prices , and that the owners of property shall not enrich themselves at
his expense . And why are there no such laws and institutions ? Because the labourer is not an elector—because he forms no part of the legislative power of the country . And by whom is he excluded ? By a conspiracy of land-owners and capitalists who have not half as good a right to the franchise , as himself . Is it any wonder then that he occasionally denounces these classes ? and is he to he called-a brute , a teveller , &n anarchist , and so forth , because he claims a right which , the veriest ignoramus must know belongs to him , and which the veriest knave cannot deny to he necessary to his protection ?
No later than this very day , ( September 26 th , ) the Times newspaper dtserihes you , my friends , as merr'for whom the denominations Radicals and Destructives are too inappropriately gentle . " Kilt ' em , and eat ' em politicians" is the most appropriate designation the leading journal can find for the hundreds of thousands of hard-working , peaceable men , who assembled on Monday , on Kersal Moor . "Why are you thus described by the Timss ? "Why are yon similarly described by all the other journals ia the interests of the upper and middle orders *
Because the unprincipled proprietors of these journal ? , being of these orders themselves , are every day growing fat and rich at-your expense , without performing a single function of real utility to the public . Look at HERMES , of the Weekl y Dispatch , for instance . Habmer , who last week threatened you with the " gallotcs" and'" Newgale ' in case you should adopt the advice of Oastler by procuring defeasive arms . This Harmer is getting not lest than £ 7 , 000 a-jear out of " the
Dispatch ; he ^ gets perhaps as much more out of the office of Harmer , Flower , and Go ., and he will probably J > e . soon in _ the receipt of an additional £ 7 , 000 a-year out of the lands and houses he has recently purchased and builtnearGravesend , in Kent . What sympathy or support can you expect from a man like thin ? What feeling 6 r Interest can a man making from . ten to twenty thousand a-year out of other people ' s brains and " labour , have with persons in your condition ? He can have none whatever . It is ibe last degree of folly to expect anything
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from such men but calumny , misrepresentation , and counteraction of every kind , so far as the rights and interests of labour are concerned . Now , what is true of Harmer applies in a similar manner to the proprietors of the Times and to all the other journals in the interests of the rich . Fed by the ; villahy they uphold , clubbed and closetted together at midnight like conspirators , and * '_"_ -V '•! . ' ' - ¦• . . . ¦ ' 1 ' ' . ¦ : . m . -. ¦ ' ¦• '"""¦• ¦¦¦' .
sheltered by the mysterious " we" from public execrationy their servile tools of editors are forced , for very existence-sake , to ply their horrible trade of making right wrong , and wrong right—of gilding th , e vices and impostures of aristocracy , holding poverty up to scorn and hatred , and burking everything | hat tends to awaken in men the slumbering elements of humanity .
Against such wretches , you have no security , my friends , but in your own strength and courage . Be therefore , united and well-organized , that you may be strong , and learn courage from the deeds of your ancestors , and from the justice Of your cause . Let union and organization then be your motto , and with ; these , depend upon . it , . yrtu will soon be in a condition to return your enemies scorn for scorn tr justice for justice—whichever they may prefer . . Yours , &c ., BRONTERRE .
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S . T . ^ Onr space is too valuable to be occupied with anv details of the drunken orgies of the " Cnwnwc , * Operatives . " PEEP GREEN MEETING ; -We shall feel obliged if the yarwusilocal committees for forwarding thn above meeting , would , furnish our reporter , when at tht » nieetine , witU an exact Btatemehtbt the order of procession , and tnemottos . ftc . onthellagii which they liwy use on the occasion . This is requested in order that we may be able ( to give an exact representation ot ' what transpires . NORTHERN UNION MEDALS . —We aTe desired to state that thd Mudals may be had in Uewsbury of Mr . t . S . Brooke , or oil Mr : S . Healey . Also that there will be » number ot thrin , ready for distribution at the ineeting in Walton ' s Saloon , on Monday evening . . Bingley crow Nest Cricket Club . —We care not whether they tie " cdnqneroi s" or not .
"Property havingita due weight ;"—too late . shall appear next Qrir Agent who requests time till next wpek , pleads that be has doml all in his power to serve the Star . So he has , but it was to serve himself , ami not the proprietor . We stop his paper * thjn week , and shall appoint an aueut , and state our rensonH , if not nettled bulore next week . Ye had prepared some observation . ) upon the advertisement vhich . i . ppei . r 8 in our columns of this day , relatire to ihi > treatment of a Roman Catholic Clergyman , by the Magistrates of Barnsl « y . We are compelled , however , to postpone their , insertion till next week . In the ' meantime ,-we beg to B ' ate that the Key . Mr . Rigby is a more humane and a more Tespectable gentleman than either the Noble Lord or the two church-lighting Parsons who
convicted him . . The foHowine is the order or agitation for next week : Monday , Walter . ' * Mu * ic Saloon—Tuesday , Committee Meetiiig--Wednesday , Morley—Thursday , Arn . Iey—Friday , HolbBck—andSaturday , Htinalet Moor , by toich light . 1 he . 8 e several intjetings aVe witha view to martial the forces Tor the 15 th , at Peep Uriren , aiw Mr . O'Connor is pMgcdJ to attend every one of th . m ; and , therefore , those Iriends in other pluce ^ who haVe invited him , will see the , luipiinsibility of nw complying . The people are very unreasonable , —Mr . O'Connor cannot read one fourth part of the letters addressed to him . no has he had time this week to answer one of the leual quesiions . If we allow Universal SuflVage to cool , w « Btiul it to the
: never get up same temperature again . Our correspondents ask to be furnished with all the meeting * Have they enough this week . The Northern ITMON . —The medals of the Northern Union nave a . liktnrss nf heurgus U'Connor upoii the one side , and the live principles upon the other , wirhout any figure . None other c nstitute membershi p . We state this , us some imposition is being practised . The Portraits due to Air . Wallace , artf at Mr . zUthnrV Carlisle , ' Portraits . —If any of oar dihtant subscrlherit will cull at the uUice , or authoriseuny person to tall for them , ih .-y can have all the Portraits tliat are due to them . A Public Observer qf Heal Worth . —If his le t « be not u hoax , he must be a very thou lnli .-b 3 umn to think that we ahouid insert such a letter without knowing whu it was fro n .
Sherlock , Rochdale—We have no room . G . H . SMITH . —We think his first letter was replied to in notices to curreapondents , but do not just recollect , and have no time , to refer . We know nothing about his segoud one , anil will thank him to send to the otlice the 8 » venpetice which his present ane has cost us . It Mr . Smith « aw the bundles of letters ( all of them , no duubi , exceasivoly important in the ejt ' . s of the writers , ) which vc are compelled to reject , he would probably feel le . is " surprise" ut finding his own among them . RADICAL 1 S—VVe fully . •¦ uincide with liiost of the sentiments contained in his letter , but do not think it wyuU answer any good piirposo to publish it in the Sorlher" Slur . On one point Raaicali « .-eH . nm to be inistalo > n . Mr . Hetherington has not , j ' or some months , hud anj controul over the Lbndon Dispatch . ¦ GILBERT WeLDON shall appear . ON Workhouses . " —We decline these verses . Mrs . Smith , Nottingham!—All her Portraits hav ? been dnly forwarded ; bhe must apply to Mr . Helherington , of ! London .
Mr . HALL , Sutton-in-Ashneld , shall have his Portraits in the course of next week . The orders for Glasgow and Paisley were not received in time for thn Portraits to be forwarded .
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LEEDS . Mr . Giles ' s Lectures . —On Thursday night last , Mr . Giles concluded his second lecture on '' comparative influence of Socialism and Christianity considered particularly in reference to their beans of promoting morality . " The chapel was again crowded to excess with the most anxious listeners , who , we observed , with difficulty restrained themselves from giving vent to their applause , and whose feelings of approbation on one or two pecasiors were so completely overcome , that the chapel rung , with cries of u hear , hear , " and clapping of hands . "We have made arrangements for furnishing our readers with a copious and faithful abstract of each lecture . The first will be furnished next week .
The Theatre . —Our readers will perceive from the advertisement , that Mr . Downe continues to evince bis laudable determination to bring out in succession the whole galaxy of theatrical talent . Mr . and Mrs . Wood , and Mr . Barker , are now engaged , and the admirers of harmony will doubtless ^ derive a treat fully equal to that which the lovers of genuine dramatic talenc received last week . Post Office Arrangements . —On Wednesday last , a meeting was convened at the Court House for the purpose of memorialising the Right Hon . the Earl of Liehfield , in order to effect an alteration in the arrangements of the Leeds
Postoffice , so far as regarded the transmission of letters between Leeds and London . By late arrangements , it'appears that the Leeds merchants are a full day behind the merchants of Manchester in the receipt and transmission of letters to and from London . The object of the meeting , therefore , was to obviate this delay as far as possible . A Mr . Hubbard addressed the meeting on the subject at great length ; but his address , from the lowness ot his voice , and the obvious confusion of his ideas , was scarcely comprehendable . . What be proposed , however , was , that instead of receiving their London letters , as now > at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , they might send a mail by wav of
Huddersfield to meet the train at Manchester , and start immediately , by which about two hours would be saved iu the receipt of letters , and a causiderably longer time allowed for answering them . There were about twenty persons present at the commencemeqt of the meeting ; the number , however , afterwards increased to about forty . ' The proposal of Mr . Hubbard seemed to b « generally approved of , and a motion vvaH accordingly made to , memorialise the Pent Master General on the subject . After votes of thanks were passed to the chairman , ( E . Baines , Esq . M . P . ) and to two gentlemen from Huddersfield j who had attended the ; meeting on behalf of that town , the nieeting dispersed . .
Noeth Lancashirk JJemOnstration . —We learn , from a correspondent that the people of Preston are preparing to : follow up the Kersal-moor meeting , by a grand demonstration tobe held on Preston-moor , on the 22 nd instant , and that they calculate upon being joined and efficiently eupported therein by the people of Langtpn , Leylaud , Chorley , Blackburn , &c . The Whig and Tory party in the neighbourhood are . setting dismal liowla of foreboding , which we , the < brave men and true , ' will receive ' as so many notes , of encouragement . Unity of spirit eusurea success . . ¦ ;; . ' . "; ' %
Rape . —On Wednesclay last ^ a beast the sha pe of aman , named Jo » t-pliKnowlei » , was brought before the . magistrates charged with haying committed a rape on the person of a little girl named Mary Jane Mattocks , ; a ^ ed eleven years , resident with her mother ait I ^ ewtown , aplace at the end of Mabgate . It appeared that the scoundirel effected his purpose on the child on Wednesday night week at his own house—the girl having gone thither to play with o&e of- . his . children , Hje is , a * hoemaker , living near the residence of the girl , and ja married ,, and has a family . < In addition to the crime , of violating the person of a child of eleven years of age , the filthy brute has communicated to . her an abominable disease ,. frbra whic . j , ^ be . is euff ^ ring tn > greatest agony . He is cibajmitted to the Sessjona for trial .
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Harvest . —The harvest has Decome general in the neighbourhood of Leeds , the crops are considered to be a fair average , and during the last week , a great quantity has been housed in fine condition . Revision of theBurgess List . —Oh Monday morning , at nine o ' clock , T . W . Tottie . Esq ., mayor , Edw . Bond , Esq . solicitor , and 1 . H . Shaw , Esq ., solicitor , the two assessors appointed to revise the burgess list , opened their court , at the Court House . There are 6000 objections to prove in fifteen days , and although they sit thirteen hours per day , it will be next to impossible to get through them in sa limited a period . ;
_ Stealing a Pistol , -On Mon « iay , lYilliam Crowtherj a boy of notorious character , was brought up , at our Court House ; charged with having stolen a pistol , the property of Thos . Fenteman , who-resides in the Central Market ; also with stealing , on baturday night , a quantity of Inives , the property of Mr . Caterina , of the same place . He ; wa « r apprehended by the clerk ot ' themartejt , with the articles in his possession , which have since been fully identified . He was committed upon botb charges to Wakefield House of Correction .
Chancery PROCBEDiNvs . i-Mr . Edward Hudson ^ of the King ' s Mill , Leeds , has recently tiled a bill in Chancery against twenty-one landlords and maltsters , for not having their injLltground at that mill , they residing within ' the limits of the spke . Mr . Fpdenj soiicitor ^ has been engaged in support of the monopoly , aijd Messrs . Atkinson ,.- - Bollandy and Dibb , have been retained for the defendants . It is trueted- that . this investigation will jset the matter for ever at rest . - -
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Caution . —iMPORfANTTb etery Beerseller —We are requested by the committee of the Leeds Beersellers Protection Society to express their Hiicere regret to find that some few of the trade have perhaps inadvertently ^ infringed upon the priyUege lately granted them by ; tte magistrates- and most earnestly do press upan them the absplute necessitr ot closing their bouses at eleven o ' clock at night Members of the society ^ are also reminded , that thet must not expect any aid , from the Society for ant w . llul violation of fee law ^ fixed by the magistrate / 1 he hour having been granted as an experiment let it notbe said-that the B ^ ellers of Leeds are unworthy of the confidence reposed in them
Leeds United Order of Odd Fellows — On Monday last , the bfRcers of lodge Nov i attended at _ the General Washington , Caroline Street in this town , for the purpose of opening a new lodge Forty-nine candidates were initiated , the o $ Cerg appointed , and the lodge was opened in duefoia under the name of the " White Rose . " Thfs lodg « promises fair , and we have no doubt but that with proper management , it will soon become a splendid ornament and firm
pillar in the order . —On the following day the members dined together , when amost substantial dinner was provided and got up in first rate style , which was alike creditable to the ability and taste of Mrs . Howard . After the cloth wa * drawn , harmony commenced and continued till eleven o ' clock , when the company broke up after passing a vote of thanks to the worthy hostess for the ampl » provision which she had made , and for her attention to the c-oraiort and convenience of the brethren .
Apothecaries * Hall . — Ori Thursday , the 20 th ult ., the Court granted their certificate to Mr . Samuel Flood , son of John Flood , Esq ., surgeon , of Leeds . West-Riding Office . —On Tuesday , William Ri . ley , William Little , and Richard Cane , were brought before the magistrates , ; charged with hating , ; on the day previous , been concerned in a prize fight , at Coulton Common , near Whitchurch . Th « defendants were apprehended by the Leeds police . They were bound each themselves in £ 20 , with two sureties in £ 10 each to keep the peace for six months .
Leeds Floral Society . —On Monday , the last show of this society took place at the house of Mrs . Emmot , Woodman Inn , Leylands , Leeds , consisting of dahlias ; upwards of 600 of the choicest blooms were placed on the stage for competition , ihe following-individuals were appointed as judeesr Mr . W . Chadwick , Mr . Walker , and Mr . Radcliffe , ol Leeds , who awarded the prizes . " Disinterested (?) Justice . '—On Thursdav last a young woman , named Mary Wilson , wat brought by warrant before the magistrates , Messrs . Holdforth and
Nell , to answer the charge of having made away with a quantity of silk cops which were £ iven to her for some purpose connected with the manufacturing of silk . The defendant , it appeared , had . been working in Mr . Holdforth ' s mill at th » . Bar , k , and , on . Friday last , MK 'Holdforth , jun . having passed by her while at work , complained of her making too much waste , and said that he would ' poke" her for it . The girl was charged with unlawJutly detaining a portion of the silk given out-to her to work . It appeared that during the last month the defendant had between 90 and lOOlbs . of silk
cops given out to her , to gp through some process ( i t was not stated what—but perhaps it was doubling ) , and that when she returned the material , after ithad gone through the process , it was about I 7 oz . short of the ^ quantity which ; was first delivered to her . Mr . Holdlorth accordingly told her ,, on Eriday evening last , that he had no further need of her services , " accouut of her having made so much waste . On the following day the girl went at the usual time of paj ing the wages to draw what she had to receive , and put in a claim for 9 s . 8 d . for wages due . Mr . Holdforth , jun . gave her ? s . 2 d ., saying that he had fined her half-a-crqwn for carelessness in her work , and for having inaide so much waste . At this sh « demurred , and threatened to bring him before the magistrates . In pursuance of the threat she applied to the Bench
on Monday for a summons for balance of wages ; but Mr . Holdforth happened to be on the bench at the time . He ( Mr . Hoidlbrth ) stated that when the girl came for a summons he was just leaving the court , his brother magistrate having already gone ; and that he told her to come on the followin g da y , and the case would be inquired into . She ( the yoimg woman ) on the other hand , stated that Mr . Holdforth had refused her a summons , and had said that he hoped she would do without one , and that so far fFpm his being about tb leave the court , he had grauted several warrants , &c , after she had applied . On the day after , Mr . Holdforth had refused the girl a summons , his son , Mr . Joseph Holdforth , applied to him for a warrant against the young woman for detaining a portion of the silk which was given out to her to work . The warrant was
accordingly granted , and the consequence was , that when the girl came to apply again for a summons it was refused . In proof of the detention of the cops , Mr . Holdforth jun . ' called several : witnesses , who had been employed in the same kind of work , who testified , that from 2 oz . to 4 ^ 6 z . of waste in lOOlbs . of silk was as ; much as was necessary . Mr . Holdforth , on this evidence , contended that the deficiency being 17 oz . in lOOlbs ., there must have heensome embezzlement . Mr . Bradley , the solicitor employed by the defendant , then brought a workman ol Mr . HbldforthVj to prove that the aliowance of waste wa » from 12 oz . to 14 oz . ; per lOOlbs ., and in many kinds
of silk it was more . . Several other persons , who had formerly been in Mr . Holdforth's employ , al « . o testified that lib ; per 100 lbs , was generally allowed for waste . Mr . Holdforth jun . did alt in his po « rer to make out a . case against the : poor girl , and evidently did hot care much about Btxetching ' point , ashis evidence will shdw . In answer to questions put by Mr . Bradley he said , "It was a great gain to the bands in regard ; to making waste , for when they came to the beginning of a cop , instead of taking a little trouble to find the end of the silk , they would tear a lump off the end of the cop , in order to sayr time , that they thus might be able to make more of
wages , and by doing this , they made a great deal waste , which they might sell for 143 . or 15 s ; per lb » r ( thus evidently leading the bench to infer that OTCD . had been the case in the present instance . The ; whole of this assertion , however , ; Mr . Hcildfortbafterwards denied ; and two of his own witnesae * not only proved that the waste was worth nothing , but that it was generally used for cleaning the framesI with ,. and was never sold at aU . ) He also admitted , with a tone and manner which indicated a very insolent spirit , that : he first punished the girl by turning her' away , then ty fining her half-a-crpwn ' J 6 t carelesshes , and finally by bringing her before the magistrates ; asd au this he did upon the authority pf a rule made hy ' ¦ themselves ' , " ( that was himself and some of t | 8 partners . ) In one part of the case , ( and ' : by die by
long after the case for the 6 mplainaut was closed , ; Mr . Holdforth , sen ., one of the Tnagistrat ^ claimed the . right ^ ofgiving ^ evidence in . the case ; He ^^ deh ' - vered a long and nonsensical harrangue to Mr . BradleyVthe object of which was to show that he had neyer had any silk of thai quality before . The ca ^ e throughout was copducted . in a very irregular manner , ¦ and ^ ery unfavourably for the young Wdmani ; Aftjer all ^ however , it wsis so evidently , a " got up" and ^ ep lenetie afiair" that Mr . Nell ysmissed the charge , stalling that there / waa no evidence to prove the detaining of the isilk . The young-woman then applied ^ fbr a gumnions for the half-crownV but the magistrate refused to grant it .
Hre Northern Stab,. Saturday, October 6, 1838.
HRE NORTHERN STAB ,. SATURDAY , OCTOBER 6 , 1838 .
To Readers & Correspondents
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Tieeds And Vvest-Riding News.
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COUNCIL MEETING . On Saturday last a Council Meeting wag held by adjournment from the 24 rh ult ., the day on which S sufficient number of memberscoald not be assembled to transact business . Alter the usual preliminaries were gone through , Mr . Baker moved " That the overseers of trie Several townships within the borough of Leeds be requested to lay before the Council the amount of any sums expended by them in their capacity * overseers , under any order of the Council since the l ^ t of August , 1837 , with the cause of such expenditure being incurred . " Alter some discussion , the motion waB carried without a division .
Mr . Baker said he should withdraw the sec 5 nd notice on the paper , which was for placing £ 20 at the disposal of the Watch Committee to be applied in rewards . . The Mayor then presented the report of the committee to whom it was referred , on the 13 th of August Ja ^ t , to reconsider their report , as to the lia-¦ hihty of the tovrnshi p of Farnley to pay certain borough rates , in dispute with that townshi p . The repert recommended that as the liability of the township to the rates in question , was a matter on which there was much difference of opinion amongst the mo ^ t eminent legal gentlemen , the offer of Mr . Bond on the part of Farnley , to pay one of the rates in
question , amounting to £ 59 3 s . 9 d ., if the Council would excuse them from the payment of the other which amounted to £ 52 . Agreed to be accepted . Alderman Musgrave considered the conduct of Farnley , in taking advantage of an obscure pointot law to avoid payment of the rates in question , was shabby and ungentiemanl y , and that payment oueht to he demanded . The Mayor thought that the . term ungentiemanly ought not to be used iu that Council . Alderman Musgrave said if the rest of the borough had followed the example of Farnley the Council would have been at a stand-still therefore , he did thiuk they had acted a very ' shabby part . '
1 he report of the finance committee was then read which embraced an estimate of expenses likely to he . incurred for the ensuing half-year , am ! a borough rate of 4 | d . in the pound was ordered to be levied . Some squabbling took place about the reduction of the day police force , but , as usual , it all ended in smoke . The following act concluded the business : The Mayor said he had received two letters from Mr . Dibb , the hon . secretary of the trustees of Sti George ' s Church ; the first of which requested to be informed whether the Corporation wish-d that any pew or pews in that church should be appropriated for their use . This letter he would hand to the Town Clerk to read . The second letter was from the same gentleman , and stated thfct the
consecration of St . George ' s Church would take place on the 7 th of November , and requested to be informed , whether the Council would allow the Consecration Committee the use of any part of the Court House on that day , and also whether the members of the Council would take any part in the proceedings to be observed on that occasion . With respect to the request contained in the first part of this letter , he thought no objection would be made to granting the Committee the accommodation asked for ( cries of " no no ; " )—and with regard to the second part of it , he had already stated to Mr , Dibb , that as mayor of this borough , he should feel it his duty to attend on that occasion in his own official capacity , and tba ' t he should request those members of the Council who were so disposed to accompany him .
The Town Clerk then read the first letter , which meerely contained the request referred to before . Mrv Bower—Do they intend to make us a present of a pew P Mayor—No , they intend us to rent what we may require . Mr . Bower—For my part I am against either renring or purchasing . Alderman Goodman —1 know no part of the act which authorises us , as a Council , to rent pews in this way . The Council includes gentlemen of all sorts of religious opinions , and as such we ought not to fix upon any particular place of worship " for all to attend . ' ..
Mayor—If there is no proposition of course this letter falls to the ground . As to our anthori'ty - j we are at present paying rent for a pew in St . Paul ' s Church , as the accounts will show . Alderman CLAPHAM—Then it is a misappropriation of the puhlic money . Mr . Buttrey—Certainl y , I think so too . Dr . Hunter—I believe the Council sent that letter as a mark of respect to this Council . I have an opinion upon the matter , but I shall not hold up my hand either one way or the other . The Church of England can always vindicate herself , and there is a sufficient number of members , notwithstanding the many other sects—the Church of England is not a sect—who will live and die in its service .
Alderman Musgrave—So long as theparaphernalia of officers is not allowed to go into other churches— . which Dr . Hunter says are not churches —Ishalloppo . se the payment of any pew rents in any other church . After some further discussion , Alderman Goodman moved—" That the Council of the borough of Leeds feel grateful for the proposal that has been so respectfully submitted to them by the trustees of St . George ' s Church , with the view of ascertainir / g whether the Council wish that any pews should be appropriated for their xise ; and that the Mayor be respectfully desired to inform the honorary secretary that such is not their wish . "
Mr . John Howard seconded the motion , which was carried without a division , the only dissentient being DK ' Hunteri . The Council rose a little after five o ' clock .
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NUMBER OF BIRTHSy DEATHS , A ^ rM ^ RUGES , REGISTERED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRA R'S DISTRICT OF LEEDS , FROM Is , JUL ^ ^ TO 3 q TH JUNEH 833 , INCLUSIVE . Total fpna I '¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' , - ¦ ¦ -..- ~ !;^ gKg t ° ^ ' ° ' ° »^^ i > rti . , to 3 a , ^ ,,. i 1 . 0 , v ¦ ¦ Ii ^ f ^^^ & ^ . & iS * 5 BL -: ¦ ¦ uL no » tb , „» , „ ^^^^ m ^ L ^^ M ^ leeus west District .............. " 4 } s M ? 49 20 « 275 . 178 280 229 ^ iiT ~ ino " LKED , K 1 RKGATE BISTKlCT ... I . ! 111111 _ |^ g ^ J ? J » J «| J |{ fg }| 0 ^ | g Total Township of Leeds ........ 9-q . lOKf ., „ . ¦ . —^— —— —— - - _____^* - UUNSLEt DlSTHICt- ^ compruiug the Town- 1 ?> 8 . 552 446 677 423 700 536 806 ^ mT ship of Hnriitli't ... . - ....,........ '«>/»¦ v >»< « o " ;•¦ : ; . HOLBECK UlSTRlCT-coiuprising the Town- 9 60 13 ° M ^ 66 152 93 Bhips * of Holbeck , Beeaton , and Chur- ¦ WORTLEyUlSTRicT-Voui prTsin ^ 63 ° M l 46 " 144 HI 166 m 174 9 & ships ol " .-. Worder , Ariuley , Kwrnley , and GildersoniB .... ; ..,........... . 1 70 nnt , «« . KlRKSTALLUlSTBICT-cd / iipri 8 ingtheTon > n " " " * 69 116 69 173 87 169 S » shi p * of Brainier , Honsfortb , and Headirmly-c . M « l-Hu'"ley' .................... rat sen 1 , „ : * ChaPeltown DlsTRlCT-coiuprising the U 2 78 158 ^ 161 105 186 108 . Townuhips of qhapel A ler ton , Potternewton , Koundhay , undjjh » dwen .. i ... 136 58 qa i « oa ,, Whitkirk District—compruing the 16 23 11 41 19 34 ly Townships of Temple Newuam , Seacroft , -. Auuthorpe , Thorp Staplet n , » nd Swillineton .................... 09 ¦ « . 1 ft ¦ Roth well District- — comprising the 29 8 25 15 35 13 . ' Townships of Bothwell and MiddlefoD ¦ - ¦ •¦••••••••• _ ™ __ ™ _ 28 29 32 13 33 20 42 IP - TOTAL DISTRICT OK I . EEBS ,... 1 ^ | W ~^ Tifottfft ^ 8 ot ^ b- ^ te = " i otal PumberofMarrag , s , n the Leeds DtstrJct . 1433 , during thiai > eriod . V " *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1026/page/4/
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