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HAD 1 CAL MEETING AT CARLISLE . A meeting of the Radical of " Carlisle took place In front of the Town-hall , on Satnrday evening , the 29 th September , at « x o ' clock , for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr . Lowry , of Newcastle , ¦ who had that day arrived in the _ town on his way from attending the demonstrations in London , Manchester , and Liverpool . Although bnt a few hours' notice of the mee-ting was given , abont two thousand persons were present . On the motion of Mr . Arthur , Mr . Hali _ letter--pimpiT » r"c r T'T * m AT P 4 T ? T . TST . "P
press printer , was called to the chair . ifr . Hxll said he felt no hesitation in taking the chair , feeling assured that the conduct of those present would be peaceable and becoming ; and that they would give a fair hearing to the gentlrman who yas about to address them . He would not , because jit would be improper at that late hour of the evening , occupy their time with any remarks of his own , especially as Mr . Lowry had ' much to tell thtim respecting the great demonstrations in the South , having himself attended'tbem .
Mr . Lowry then came forward and was received ¦ with nrech cheering . He spoke to the following effect : —I do not stand forward on the present occasion as ^ be rep re sentative of the rich , bnt ofa . derraded class of my fellow men . I make it my boast that I am a working man , and as such , I claim to eajoy those privileges which , are the legitimate rights ef that class . It has long been our custom to trust the great and college-bred men , but I advise you to do so no longer , but to trust to yourselves , andil you are rightly banded together , where is the faction opposed to you that you cannot destroy ? Mr . Lowry then Blinded to the ^ demonstrations in London and Manchester , and said that the press had belied them as to the number of persons attending them . He
had himself witnessed the grrat demonstration in London , at which no less than 40 , 000 persons' assembled—at least that number passed to and fro daring the meeting ; and when they considered that London ¦ was the focus of corruption , that thf shopkeepers and the working classes there lived b y " the aristocracy , however small the meeting might be considered , it was as large as " could have reas onably been expected , and he defied the Whigs en any oc-< &t 3 QDSt $ g £ &ise one- thini ^ fiUth e number ., or the Tone ? one-eighth . ThtsflLnncai&re meeting was perfectly astonishing ; nad he not been an eve "witne > a he could ~ nothave believed it ; the procession-was three miles in length . Never was there such an immense assemblage of human brinss
thousands of whom were nrmeJ , not fur the purpose ef creating riot or doing mischief , but for the purpose of defending themselves , and though none who saw them could for a moment doubt that they could have overwhelmed everything before them ; beiughonest men , they were only armed , for their Own protection . The people onght to lose no opportunity to press thoir claims upon the £ owmment , and sure he was they would attain : h ^ : r object . I am called a demagogue [ continued Mr . Lowrv ] and others are called > o too . and it is said , we go abont to agitate . I have no interest in agitation , nor can any working man ; our properly is our labour , and it cannot be oar interest to erente riot , in ¦ which we should likely be the greatest snflerers ; what we -want is to be fa : rlv represented . - It i < saiu
that England is great and glorious ; and so she is ; bnt who made her so r The working classes ; vrt the y are oppressed , and more like slaves than free meil . "We are not in the position God intended us to be ; look , abroad in the country , and you will find extreme rKerry on the one hand , and riches on the other ask , is this fair ? Is it just . t ! : atahe life-blood of the body politic should be in such a condition " , as to baffle all description ? Society is in an uuuatural state . If you show me the palaces , I will show yon thousands of poor and wretched hovels . 1 do " not ¦ wan t to pull down the rich , but to ' raise up the poor . Goihas showered his blessings upon us equally ; how is it then that there is such a frightful mass " oi misery ? I boldl y assert that there is no cure for the manifold evils that afflict society , Txatil * h * government he plticed on such a basis as willgiie equal
lights to 331 men ; till members of parliament have an interest in working out the good of the people . But both factions are our enemies ; Whigs and Tories are much alike . Did we not assist the Wlr ° s in gaining the Reform Bill ? And what have the working classes gained by it ? Nothing . The Reform Act has had toe great a trial already . Why , the first act of the Whi gs was an attempt " to conciliate the Tories ; they abandoned the working men ; they passed the coercion bill for Ireland ; they transported the Dorchester labourers and the Glasgow cotton spinners ; and I would say anathema be on evenman who supports a Whig , for they would reduce England to a manufacturing hell . " They care not a straw for the morals of xhe people , if they can profit
themselves . In 1 S 01 only half th- produce of the c&untry was exported compared with what is exportednow , and yet we onl y receive half the-amonM for our labour we did then . I demand that capital shall only have its due share of benefit . The working classes should have a due share of gain ; thev should be enabled to live well , and to instruct thenchildren in thosf ; principles of morality which would be of service to them in after life . If 1 am compelled to take a low rate of wages , my -employer is not the less dishonest for taking advantage of me . I can s ^ e no remed for this state of things , until the people cave a voice in making the laws ; and then , if the people act as they ought to do . they will take care to secure the service * of such men as will serve them
honestly . I claim for the people those inalienable rights of which they onght never to have been deprived . He who rules the aniverse has declared all equal , thepeer and the peasant should share alike . ( Hear , hear . ) He ias marked out no class to be superior to another . What have the working men nad to do with making the bad laws ? The Corn Law was enacted by force , and contrary to the will of the people . Then came tie Poor Law , a most damning act ; if ever there was injustice done to the working classes , it -was in the passing of that measure , for by it the people have been completely robbed of their birth-ri ght . Lord John Russeiland Lord Brougham , "will keep the title deeds of their estate , and vot they will barefacedly rob the poor of their ' rights .
' What ' s sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander . " Why not send the pensioned aristocracy to the poor-house ? If it be incumbent on the poor to keep their poor friends , sorely the * aristocracy are much more , able to maintain theirs , and ought to be compelled to do so . It is said we are too ignorant to be entrusted with the franchise . I would ask those whomake the accusation to come to our Mechanics ' Institutions , and Working Men ' s " Association * , and they will find that learning nourishes as much in the cottage as in thft palace . The working nato have set an example to ih&rich , and may fairly put them to the blush . Ignorance , forsooth " ! Ifcis our intelligence they are afraid of ; they know if we had the franchise , we would no longer allow them to rob us
of our just rights . They know there is among the forking classes a proper sense of what is right , and at is that which they dread . M ai » y men -of literature have been the basest sycophants and worst of characters , and who hav e not scrupled to write for money and otherwise . prostitute their talents . Where are there so base a class . of men as the conductors of the press ? The Jiwwhad told all tales , and very few of its contemporaries were to be depended on ; indeed with ths exception of the Xort / i-* " ? Star , the Northern Liberator , and the London JJispatch , there was not an honest paper in tie kingdom ; they did not give a fair stage and no tavour . He would , turn from the press to literary men generall y . Southev , who resides somewhere in
your own county , is a base apostate , and a dishonest man . He turned his coat and -would . have turned his skin . He entered life a Liberal-, and then for his own advantage forsook those principles . Then there -was Scott , and Coleridge , aad Brougham ; but ¦ where was Brougham ' s eloquence , until he found it necessary to use it from private spleen to . wards the present Ministry . If the rich are ignorant it is their own fault , for they have every advantage and opportunity to be wise . But if the poor are ignorant , ¦ whose fault is it ? Did not the Tories put on theStamp Tax ? and did not the Whigs continue it , and in their turn become the greater persecutors of the press ? Lord Denman condemned Hetherington , although "he had before exclaimed that he wonld rather stab himself than
put up with the indignity . If then , they wish to see us . informed , let them remove the tax which makes knowled ge dear . The power of the prels is almost wholl y in favour of the Aristocracy . If we had a free press it would be exerted in favour of the people , l demand for them a regular system of education . It is not lor want of wealth that we have not a national system of education . Thonsands are expended on r Lnst \ Persons , and no trifling sum to an old foerman lady ; and we can give thousandsforpicttires and chains and other trifles , and vet we cannot spare anything fo ,- the improvement ' of the people . Ignorance is the choicestnnk in the chain of slavery When men obttun knowled ge they will not then srt down and endure wrong . Tne strena th of our oppressors consists in the ignorance of the multitude I deny that they need be afraid of the want of intelligence . Thn rich must retrench their extravagance , and allow the poor to drink at the stream which their own labour produces . If our country is great and gloriousit is made b the
, so y labonrin * classes . Who produces the Various Tabrics thai clothe the people r Who built our villages ? \ y ho fought our battles ? The labouring men of England . Bntinstead of shootin g foreigners , we should endea ^ TOUT to obtain equal rights for all ; and instead of fighting for the liberty of others , we should now nght for justice for ourselves . For the nation to be iree it was only necessary that she willed it and she might be so . I tell the middle class of people , who «^ J i ? r m 4 ftings ' ftat if labour is not protected . T . T ' /^ l ^ 21 «» n be empty . Every thing they eat , anddnni , and . wear , is produced by labour . The middle classes then must join us : they are beginmngtoseethatitwillbe to their advantage to do to , for their interests are identified with onw . It is Mi . d that we want a revolution-that we want what * s not our own . Ao . Tie want justice for all—freedom for all—and protection for the poor and needy I want no man ' s property , but I want my own to be protected . I want the law to be equall y adminis-
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tered ; and when I am told hat if it the right of every Englishman to have trial by jury * 1 denounce sschtr iaU as those of the Dorchester laboured and the Glasgow cotton-spinnerg ; the jnries who tried them were partly made up of their accusers . He next spoke of the Church . Religion- placed on a proper footing does not mean £ ' 15 , 000 a-year to bishop ? , and large salaries to the parson . ?; religion js the outpouring of the heart to God . and an exerase of the principle of charity ; and the prayers of the people are acceptable to Him whether offered np m the chapel or in the cathedral . We do not attack religion , but the system , which is not given by Christ . The church is made up of ostentation and pomp , and its ministers have lived with our tflrotl ; » nrl wiion T « Tn * n \ A > . «? 4 f Utfinn . Vi . r
oppressor . * , and assisted in crushing the people . ( Hear- ) Instead of giving the people knowledge , they have banded themselves together with our worst enemies . We are the trne practical Christians ; we can safely appeal to the consciousness of our own principles ; we are not men of war but of peace ; resistance to oppression is the god we seek ; our nghts are sacred , and we will have them . If an attempt be made to put us down , we must resist ; but we will not be the first to make the attack . We seek no combat but our own rights , and we are bound to get them and will get them , and tiat too , with moral force . Oar enemies have besotted ns and call u * the swinish multitude ; but we are now born again ; we have cast off our foolish notions and
prejudices , and put on the armour of truth and justice . Scotland with her heathy hills and green vales has bnckled on her broad sword ; but Lancashire and Yorkshire alone can secure all we want . Germany is clanking her chains ; Poland is gasping for freedom ; and France twice cheated , is again standing forth in her National Guards ; her people have petitioned the French tyrant and told him they will have freedom . Oh ! there is a majesty in milli-ms . I am glad that right principles are found in Carlisle , and that it proinises / air to equal any town in zeal and spirit . Go on , neither swerving to the right nor to the left , and not let the Corn Law , or the Poor Law , or any other law draw you from the main object . If the Corn Lawis were repealed tomorrow , what security have we that they will not he re-enacted . As for our immorality * , " 1 would ask
the rich to show -hs their morals . I am afraid they are lar from what they ought to be ; but the vices of the poor are exposed , whilst those of the rich are conceuled . The aristocrat canswill his wine and brandy and no one know it ; but the poor man who driuks iii the public house is immoral . For my own part , 1 hate a pot-house politician , - who , to satisfy his own desires , robs his wile and famil y of those comforts he ought to administer to them . ; such are not the men on whom we must depend ; no , we mnst rely on brave , honest , and sober men . Let not the principles we ate seeking be placed in abeyance ; L-t every man advocate them , and we shall eventually triumph . Remember the bonds of those who > u tiered captivity that we might be free , and let us no longer submit . We demand our right ? , aud we will have them . Mr . Lowry retired amidst much cheering .
Mr . Hanson then came forward to propose a vote of thanks tn Mr . Lo'ry . It was to him a pleasing duty to propose a vote of tbanks to one who had S ^ ven so strong and impassioned a description of the prowess of the princi ple .-ti : ey advocated . He then j-aid : —I trus ; the time is liot far distant when we shail be put in possession of ourjust right-. A portion of the press w hich called on us to assist U > e ten ponmiers in getting the franchise , now turns upon us and charges us with an intention of upsetting the institutions of the coon try . 1 attack the press generally which has seceded from the people . They nave now taken up a new positiou , though they considered us iu'eilsgent enough eight years ago , when it was to serve their own purpose ; but now
we must live for some centuries it appears ere we shall be able to exercise those rights for which we are now agitating ; -but we tell them we will not wait their time ; the same means that carried the Reform Bill still fiisr , and in a ranch stronger form . If the interests of the middle classes and ours are reci procal , then why do tht-y not come forward and join us : Two hundred million pounds are taken from the working classes annually . I should like to see those evils changed , and changed they must be soon , or wee to those who perpetuate them . The Manchester meeting it appears was one of the greatest ever held , which promises well for the success of our cause . The press it is said is the best public instructor . Pretty instructors , indeed ; nothing but a sink ofini quity and corruption , and as such should be hated accordingly , except that portion , which is very j-mall , that assists u * . 1 trust every man will
exert himself for the forthcoming meeting in Carlisle , which will take place on the 25 th of Oct . Every lover of freedom and humanity should stand boldly forward . Neither Whigs nor Tories have a right to blame the working classes , for all the bad laws emanated from themselves . They call us destructives . What I would ask , have the Radicals destroyed ? The mean and dastardl y O'Connell has thrown down the ladder by which he ruse to eminence ; he has treacherously betrayed the people , and the poor benighted inhabitants of Ireland still ding to the betrayer , who is now opposed to Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , and the Pay uent of the . Members for thert . se . rvicesaye and fora substantial reason , for he now receives £ 13 , 000 a year from the hard earnings of the wretchedly destitute portion of his fellow countrymen . He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Mr .
Lowry-Mr . Baird seconded the motion . He lamented that they had not in Carlisle snch an eloquent advocate of their principles a * Mr . Lowry . The demonstrations in the South had given an impetus to their cause which could not be stayed . He then called on them to prepare for the demonstration in Carlisle ; an < i make it such a meeting as wjvj never held in Carlisle . Mr . Lowrt again came forward and briefly acknowledged the vote of thanks ; and after a vote of tnanks to the Chairman the meeting broke , np .
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^ EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK ON ~ StTn " - FIELD HALL , NORFOLK , BY A MOB . On Monday , one of the most extraordinary out - rages ever perpetrated was committed on the -seat of Isaac Jeremy , Esq . by a large mob , headed by a man named Larner , and another person , also from London , callin g himself Daniel "Wingfidd . Larner professes to be a claimant to the Stanfield property , and went so far , on Monday last , as to take possession of the mansion ; and it was only with the assistance of the military , eventually called out in support of the civil power , that the intruder and his adherents were expelled from the premises , aud to the number of more than eighty , taken into custo 3 y . The following are the facts connected with this remarkable ease : —
Isaac Preston , E « q . who lately , by royal license , assumed the name of Jeremy , is the son " and heir of the llev . George Preston , of Stanfield Hall . His father succeeded to this estate by virtue of the will of his elder brother , also of Stanfield Hall , in May , 1786 ; and Mr . Jeremy came into pos ^ essicn on his father ' s death in 183 " , the property having been a century in the family . In June last , an auction took place of the Rev . George Preston ' s effects ; when , on one of the da 7 S of the sale , a sevant informed Mr . Jeremy that ' there was a person below who claimed to take possession of the place as heirat-law to the property . Mr . Jeremy , in company with Mr . Culley , the auctioneer , went to a room oil the first floor , where he saw two men , one of whom was the pr isoner , John Lamer , andasking them
, what business they had there , desired them to leave the house . The person who accompanied Larner said , " This gentleman is Mr . John Larner , the heir-at-law to this property , and he has come to take possession of his estate . " Mr . Jeremy asked the speaker if he were a lawyer ; and on being answered in the negative , he told them , that , if they had any claim to his property , the way was open to them to put it forward by means of legal , and not illegal proceedings . The iutruders were again desired to leave the house , which they refused to do ; and Mr . Jeremy sent to "VV yinondham for the police officers , who ' removed them from the premises . Sometime after the above occurrence , the following handbill was distributed through the county of Norfolk :
"TO -WORKMEN , LABOURERS , AND OTHERS . n ' ? i T ?^ V" * T eston < Recorder of the Citv of Norwich , >? f / i ^ C Jerem ?) havin P publicly acknowledged that he has no right or title to the Siantield estates , mansion , and manors , tut naked possession only , workmen , labourers and otkers , sue therefore cautioned not to assist the said Isaac m attempting to prevent the heir-at-law , John Larner , from taking possession of his famil y residence , StantieU Hall , otherwise they wfll be liable to be prosecuted for a breach of the peace . "JOHN LARNER . " Cross-street , City Road , London , Aug . 22 , 1833 . " "Witnew , DanielWingfield . "
On Tuesday the 11 th of September , eight or nine persons violently entered the mansion , which was then occupied by a Mrs . Sims , and demanded of her the keys of the house , desiring her to leave the place . Constables being called in , the people left the place . On the following day , Larner entered the pleasure grounds , cut down an a 3 h tree , and with others carried it away . On the 20 th of September , Larner again entered the premises , accompanied by a blacksmith , when assistance being at hand , and finding that Tie should be taken into custody , he took to his heels , and escaped , declaring that he would return again . On the following day , handbills against Mr . Jeremy were again distributed .
Monday last , Larner appeared in front of Stanfield Hall , with a Tery large party of men , collected from the different parishes of the neighbourhood . They entered the park by the drive , and
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commenced cheering and paving their hats .- About eleven o clock in the morniflg , they demanded admittance of Mri . Sims , declaring they would break open the house if it were refused to them . She did refuse them , upon which Larner took a crowbar and broke in the door , when the party rushed into the place . Soon after entering , the mob followed Larner np stairs to a bedchamber , in which Mrs . Sims had taken refuge ; Larner entered first , arid desired her to leave the house , which she refused to dp . He then said that she should be enrried out by force if she did not go . Miss Bloomtield , of Wy raondham House , at this time came up stairs into the room , and joined Mrs . Sims in her refusal to leave the house . j _ i :. ^ «? J nn tin ™ tl » :. u . i . » i . i .
After carrying Mry . Sims out of the house , Larner went up stairs again , seized Miss Bloomtield in his arm ? , and forcibly carried her out . The mob then carried the furniture , beddi ng ^ &c ., oat of the house , and placed it on the lawn ; after which , they broke open all the clipboards , throwing their contents out of the windows ; frem one of them they took ont a sum of money belonging to Mrs . Sims , part of which they gave up to that lady , the fellows declaring they had found no more . They afterwards barricaded the windows and doors , letting no person in or out of the house except their own party , and placed a heap of paving stones , brickbats , and other missiles , before each of the upper windows , in preparation for a
seige . During the time this outrage was carrying into effect , Mr . Jeremy , who b a county magistrate , received information of what was passing , and hastened to the scene with two constables , when he found the furniture of the mansion lying on the ground exposed to a heavy rain : he read the riot act to the mob ; and calling upon them to listen to him , informed them that every person would be guilty of felony if they did not immediately disperse . Between three and four o ' clock , the Rev . Robert Wilson and R . Cann , Esq ., came up with a civil force , and succeeded in taking some of . the biudgeonmen into custody ; but the rioters made a sortie from the honoa onrUnaHintiy rescued theiUc rim ! -
Sag the civil force inadequate , tifeSbilitary "were sent for from Norwich , and at about a qu * 6 E ? before six , a detachment of the 4 th Dragoon Guards , under the command of Major Makepeace , came upon the pround . Before their arrival , however , the fellows in the mansion several times rushed out , and Tery severely beat the magistrates , particularly Mr . Jeremy . The military having been desired to load with ball cartridge , the magistrates again lead the riot act , and called on the misguided men to surrender rather than there should be a shedding of blood . The military took up a position so as to surround the house , and cut off all attempts at escape ; the men inside , them , having had five
minutes' grace given to them to make up their minds , declared , before the expiration of the time , their intention to surrender , and , opening one of the doors , came out one by one , and were tied together by rope = » , to prevent their escape , to the number of sixty-three . They were put into the waggons , and conducted to Norwich Castle , under an escort of the military . The other men , being known , were held to bail to appear at Norwich the following morning . The whole of the prisoners arrived at the gaol at eleven o ' clock at night .
The persons engaged in this most extraordinary ourrape came from different parishes in the county of Norfolk ; only twenty-five of thum are labourers , the others being little tradesmen , by whom ignorance cannot be pleaded as an excuse for their conduct , thirty-four of them being aule to read and write , seven can read only , and thirty-nine car neither read nor write . Three of the men were liberated on bail ; the others remain in custody until the next examination . —Abridged from the Norfolk Chronicle .
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DISCHARGE OF WORKPEOPLE FOR ATTENDING THE MANCHESTER RADICAL DEMONSTRATION . ' At the Ashton-under-Lyne Court-house , on Wednesday week , Messrs . Heginhottom and Sons , cotton-spinners , appeared before the magistrates , to shew cause why they should not pay James Kippax two weeks' wages , for which he applied in consequence of having been discharged without notice , contrary to the printed rules of the mill . The case excited considerable interest , the court being fillt-d to suffocation , as was also the court-yard and all tinavenues leading thereto . On the bench we observed six magistrates—Mr . IJentley , the chairman , 'Mr . Ousey , Mr . Jowett , Mr . Cheetham , Mr . Harrison , and Mr . Buckley . Mr . R . B . CoiineTT , of Manchester , appeared for the complainant , and Mr . Earle for tlio defendant .
Mr . Cobbett opened the case at considerable length . He said , that he was there as the advocate of a poor orphan boy , not yet 19 years of age , who sought to recover from a wealthy mill-owner the paltry amount of two weeks' wages , which by law was due to him ; and as there were gentlemen on the bench in the same branch of business , he had no doubt that , after they had heard all the circumstances connected with the case , they would at once make an order on the boy ' s master for < he full amount which he sought to recover . He was informed b y his client that on Friday evening la < t , after working hours , he attended some meeting which was held in this town for some political purpose , he believed , and that up to that time no complaints whatever had been made against him , either as to his regularity in attending to his business , or
inefficiency of capacity to discharge his duty as a workman . On the following day he was told by . Mr . \ V . Ilegiubottom , through the overlooker of the mill , that he was to be discharged because he had other business to attend to .. He would be able to prove to the satisfaction of the Bench that the boy had no other business by which his time was occupied , and that he had always attended to his work during mill-hours . The conclusion very naturall y was , that he had been discharged , without due notice , for attending the meeting , aud thereby robbed of his -wages . In all cases of petty theft it was customary for the Beiich to make a > n example of the offender ; and he was decidedly of opinion , and felt satisfied , that the magistrates would agree with him , that this was one of those cases which ought to be met in like manner . i
Mr . Bentlev . —Thatis a matter of opinion . Mr . Cobbett . —I am full y aware of that , Sir , but it is the duty of a lawyer to put his case before the bench in such way as seems best calculated to promote the interest of his client . Mr . Cobbett proceeded . On Saturday the boy was informed by the overlooker that he was not again to resume his work . The boy said he would not take his authority , but went to ' -Mr . William , " and v . sked him if « uch was the case , to which Air . W . Ileginbottom replied iu the affirmative , repeating what had been said b y overlooker , that he , the boy , had other business to attend to . The boy applied for a fortnight ' s notice , which was the rule ot the mill in all cases , which was refused . He was informed , however , on Monday that he might return to his work on Tuesday to work out his notice , hut ou Monday evening he was told that because he had gone to the meeting at Kersal-moor he was not to return to his work ; and
on baturday evening , when he applied to "Mr . William , " he ' told him that he had nothing to do with him , and that he must apply to . the spinneroperative . Th _ - boy very properly was going to his room in the mill in order to make the application , in accordance with therequestof Mr . Ileginbottom when that gentleman caught him by the shoulders , and would not let him go up stairs . He ( Mr . Cobbett ) would therefore submit , with all due deference to the Bench , that Mr . Heginbottom was guilty of a petty theft by depriving this poor boy of working out his notice , by which he lost 20 s . in wages . He did not know whether or not Mr . Heginbottom would submit to this view of the case , and thereby render all further trouble and the taking np of time unnecessary ; but if he did not , he would trust to the legal and wise judgment of the bench for their decision , whic he had no doubt would afford the boy full remuneration for the time he had lost . The boy was then called and sworn .
Examined by Mr . Cobbett . —The overlooker came to me at two o ' clock on Saturday last , and told me I must give over work . I a * ked why , and he said Mr . William had given him , orders to that effect . Was that the first you heard of being discharged ? ¦—Yes . Have you ever seen any rules in the mill which specified that on all occasions notice should be given prior to leaving , or to being discharged ?—Yes ; they are hung up in the mill , and signed " W . Heginbottom . " Were you in the habit of attending meetings ? No . Did you ever go to any meeting when you should have been at your work r—No . Did you go to your master ( Mr . Heginbottom ) and ask him for your wages , or to give you due notice ?—Yes .
\\ ere you told on Monday morning , before you went to the meeting at Kersal Moor , that you were to go to the mill on Tuesday morning , and work out your notice ?—Yes . Mr . Earle . —Does the spinner ( operative ) pay you your wages , and were you engaged by him r—Mr . Cobbett . —Who told you on Monday night that yoa must not go to your work on , ' -Tuesday m \ r 7 jyiamHeald ( the operative ) who also said that Mr . Heginbottom had ordered him to give me the fresh orders . Did you go to the mill on Saturday to resume your T « orH , V 7 v » ^ , wnen 1 attempted to go up stairs Mr . William pulled me back again .
Mr . Cobbett , addressing the Bench , said this was his case , and , if the facts were not admitted by the defendant , he would call another witness whom he had in court .
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Mr . Eikle said he did not dispute the facts as proved . The Bench consequently decided that there was no need for further evidence . Mr . Earle , in defending the case , observed that if he were to answer all that had been urged by Mr Cobbett it would lead to angry feelings , in which he didnotlike to indulge ; he wa * only sorry that so much , time had been taken up with an address vrhich waa quite irrelevant to the case before the . Bench . He need not tell the magistrates that there were inany similar cases brought before them , and that this case , like the others , must at once be disxyr- v .... j ^ _ . i- ' -i TT ... ., ¦ '
missed . * The boy had admitted that he was engaged and-paid by the spinner , and if the contract was not fu . lnl . led . he had his remedy ; and for his learned friend to say that this boy was to be deprived of justice was absurd . The cane before the Bench was , that Mr . Heginbottom was summoned by the boy for redress , and the fact was that Mr . Heginbottom had nothing whatever to do with him . He had not come to argue the case as one between a poor man and a rich man , but as a point of law . When such was the case , he hoped he would always be found to deal even-handed justice to both . He wauld therefore take this abjection to the case , that the spinner was the respon « ble party , and the master was summoned for redress .
Mr . Jowett said that there was neither evidence nor case made out against the master , and therefore the case must be dismissed . Mr . Cobbett said that he did not come to this court to argue the cases as decided between master anai man in this neighbourhood , but as a question of law } and although it had been decided by the magistrates , who were no doubt well acquainted with , the regulations of a cotton mill , and their rules of justice , he would submit that he was acquainted with the mode in which law was administered in courts of justice ; and he must say , that in alibis professional experience , this wa » the first case , except one at Bow-street * iu which he ever knew of a decision being given by the bench before a reply was allowed , after a legal objection had been raised . His learnoJ frioua i » ou Deen endeawtiria « y »»> - * bi »« that iu buichb ster
me ma ox tne mnriwas not in ' ft ^ y way responsible , inasmuch as the ijSy waa not « ££ ployed by him but by the spinner ; He-would , ho # ever , submit to the bench , whether h « had noVranf deVed hinwlf responsible , and fully established ;" ? he fact that he was the master , by , ordering him to&be dischnrged ? If he had no authority over him , ww did he interfere ? In » 11 laws of contract , no 8 » wn ' power existed as gave the owner of the property tne power to interfere and say who should be employed and who should not , unless it was agreed to by all the parties concerned . It might , however , be the practice of this court so to decide , but it was a direct violation of the laws of this country . He would , therefore , submit that this court was not to bow down to the practices of a cotton-mill—the law was not to be thus dealt with .
Mr . Jowett . — If Mr . Cobbett would yive us the law from some books , it vrould be much better , and we should get sooner through the case . Mr . Cobbett had been called from home in haste , and had , therefore , no opportunity of ' , ; roducing his books in court , nor was he bound to do so ; but , in deference to the bench , hfi would be glad to do so if they were here . Mr . Eahle entered into a supposed case of an architect ^ who had" undertaken the erection of a bulking in a given time , and for a given sum ? and argued , that as he was responsible for the due execution as the work , the owner was not at all responsibli ? for the
wages of the workmen whom the architect employed , which was a similar case to the one before the bench . rMr . Oi'sey must say that there appeared great impropriety in Mr . Heginbottom ' s interference , and that Mr . Cobbett had very ably discharged his duty to his client . He hoped that " it would go forth to the public that there was every disposition on the part of the Bench to deal eveiihanded justice in all cases that came before them , but really he could not see the case in the same light in which Mr . Cobbett had endeavoured to place it . He wished to know if the opinion given by Mr . Cobbett was his conscientious belief .
Mr . Cobbett . —Sir , I am fully aware that I am now in a court of justice , and lor the sake of my professional character I would not hazard any opinion which was not my conscientious belief , founded on my experience in courts of law . Mr . Chektham . —I do think that there is much force in the equity of the case , and that if the millowner is not responsible for the boy ' s wages , he had no right whatever to interfere between the boy and his master ; but . as the case stood , he thought it must be dismissed . Mr . Kam . k . —Wo- ' havo not gone into the equity of the case , nor do we admit the interference attributed to as . Mr . Ciiketham . —We have the interference fully proved by the boy in his evidence , which , in the outset of the case , you did not attempt to disprqye , but admitted the facts .
The case was then dismissed ; upon which Mr . Cobbett applied for two summonses—one for the recovery of tli . e boy ' s wages from the spinner , and the . other against Mr . Heginbottom for tjjxjj ^ assauit committed on the boy by _ obstructing , him- ' . on tne stairs of the'mill , and refusing . to let him go to his work . The magistrates , immediately granted the summonses , which was followed by a loui cheer from the parties in court , and responded to by the crowd in the yard .
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RADICAL DEMONSTRATION AT STOCKt > ORT , BY TORCH-LIGHT . On Monday night last , th « town of Stockport presented a splendid sight to its inhabitants . On the Kersal-moor day some masters had the folly to threaten those who left their work with dismissal , and consequently thousands of working men were held in durance while their brave brethren were fit the moor . A just sense of their own weakness , which was much increased in consequence of the success of the Lancashire demonstration , drove many a heart to madness , and the Workingmun ' s Association determined to rind a safety valve lor their ardour . Accordingly , Mr . Feargus O'Connor was invited to attend a public meeting on Tuesday
lt > st , and agreed t ° meet a procession at the Ash Tavern , on the Manchester road ; nogreaterexertions were used , no more attraction than the announcement that Feargus O'Connor would attend . At a quarter before 8 , the Committee met Mr . O'Connor at the p lace appointed with bund , banners , and torches , and to the great delight of all , they found that Mr . Stephens , ever ready to lend aii hel ping hand , had arrived with Mr . O'Connor . At eight the procession formed into line and continued to increase its numbers as it passed in gloriously-spiteful triumph , through the principal street .- - , until upon arriving at the Market-place , it presented one mass of determined people , who haye thus been obliged to rob thvir hours of sleep to make amends
for the oppressive and unjust controul of their task-masters , k was in truth a glorious sight ; both Mr . Feargus . . O'Connor and the Rev . J . R . Stephens when speaking , challenged the several reporters to jii \ gc the meeting , and to make it less than 20 , 000 . However , as reporters are in general otherwise engaged , and especially as they were in a room , while the meeting was in the market p lace , one of the gentlemen , the reporter of the Manchester Advertize ? , would not say more than 10 , 000 , while the reporter of the North Cheshire Reformer informed Mr . O'Connor thcit he could not yet speulc with c-rtainty , as he had not yet measured . Mr . ' . O'C . replied that the people had gone .. " Yes , " said the gentleman , ' » but 1
shall measure the ground . " What ! the pavement ? " asked Mr . O'Connor . " Yes , where they stood . " We give this viorceau as the best answer to those who are anxious to know the data upon which numbers are judged of . When the vast body , illumined by torch light , was formed into a square , the spectacle was as imposing as can well be imagined . Each countenance was brimful of delight , while the glory of having thus outdone the masters was triumphantly exulted in . The reason why we the more value the demonstration at Stockport just now is , because it is an evident proof of the effect which the meeting on Kersal Moor has had upon the labouring population ; for , however we may value Mr . O'Connor ' s exertions , and admit
his popularity , yet we feel convinced that Kersal Moor , and not Feargus O'Connor was the watchword at Stockport , and this is as it should be . We have been long enough looking to men , but we now look to work . "Words are but wind ; actions speak the mind . " As the sentiments of the speakers , Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Stephens , are well known to the working classes , we have thought it right thus to devote our available space to a comment upon the value « f the meeting at the present time , rather than to any lengthy report of the speeches . Mr . O'Connor spoke for an hour and twenty minutes ; Mr . Stephens for three-quarters of an hour , and throughout were loudly cheered . One thing remarkable at the present demonstration is , that the best moral essays , appear as opiates to the audience , while the words "fight for , " demand " physical force , " "determine to have it , " and so forth , seems ,
as if by magic , to rouse the slumbering energy . We do not regret this , because the last alternative being resolved upon , will make thtt intermediate means sufficiently strong to accomplish all our ends , without the slightest violence . But let us not be caught napping ; nothing but the knowledge that the substance is close upon the heels of the shadow , would have given to the shadow that appalling command , which it now po « ae * ies over our moral rulers , who govern us by physical and brute force and then retrile us , because we will not be driven to any premature act . The meeting of Tuesday was indeed a glorious eight . It was the first of a new series upon political agitation , and , so charming was it to the eye of the strange spectator , that we understand many such meetings are now in contemplation , This * was the only means by which we could release the captive from the prison house , to which system of
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coercion we attribute the long slumber which opinion hart indulged in , and to which we also attribute all the woes and calamities of all clashes The landed aristocracy are now beginning to find , that their acquiescence in manufacturing tyranny has endangered the security of all . The shopkeeper is beginning to discover that the tyranny of both , landlord and money-lyrd , has taken the stool of speculation from under him , and he now laughs at that f lly which induced him to allow both poachers to trespass upon his manor . The poor shopkeeper in his ignorance , saw not the magic of taxation , and imagined that the most grinding system would spare something for his grasp ; but , alas ! he was mistaken . He bos either a full shop , or a " - "
"full book , " or an empty till ; and the Devirmend him , for to his misapplication of his trust mu . » f we attribute the power of both landed andmsnied interests to oppress us . Mr . O'Connor , in his address at Stockport , kept the attention of the meeting to the question of the suffrage ; he shewed them what A had done for the fundholder , who now receives -90 for every £ 60 he lent , and can at present purchase all the necessaries of life at one-half of the wa- prices . These men , he said , were no doubt for fas trade ] but would they take their tax oft' < he money , which prevented a possibility of free trade . He compared the situation o [ a fnndlord
during the war with that of an operative at the saine period , and then compared their situat . o » at the present time . Mr . O'Connor having first opened his Radical commission some thret * years since ai Stockport , has identified him with the people , which was violent from the shouts and exultation by which hi * presence was hailed . Mr . Stephens has been long known to the Men of Stockport , arid has been as long admired by them ; his speech was principally directed against the iniquities of the Factory System and the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and when we consider that the resolution to which he spoke was a recommendation to form such Unions as would put down oppression , we do not think the Reverend Gentleman could
have acted wore niDci j r du « ui ya seiectingtwo of ¦ itee' gYe ^ Mr . StepheiHF fcajj Ioiidly ^ peered all thir < ru | fh hw ^ ddfess ^ jrmdhTieieniei | o i ^ e a ^ great i ^ resmon fHpon-h ¥ ; uudiencie ; ThuB entledi the beginning of tfie * ud . Under the torch vw ^' eto' ^ auater all the kindred souls in the sacred ps ^^ otitee ^ om . We bow leave to Mammon the short season , for which lib shall erijdy- the blessing precedent of fourteen hours infant labour , while we wiUisteSl an hour from night to do that which might "have been better done by day . We most sincerel y " thank the men of Stoekport for having set us the ' example of night agitation in the air . It costs nothing . * ¦
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—^^———— . ¦ London Missionary Society . — -The services in connexion with the Leeds Branch of the above Society were celebrated on Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday last . On Sunday , eloquent and appropriate sermons were preached in the various places of worship , by the Reverend James Parsons , of York , Robert Newton , ( Wesleyan , ) Edmund Crisp , Win . Ellis , Foreign Secretary of the Parent Society , J J . Carrulhers , of Liverpool , Edward Jukes , arid John Edmonds , formerly a missionary in India , On Monday evening at six o ' clock , the public meeting was held in Belgrave Chapel , the Rev . R . "W . Hamilton in the chair . Liberal collections were made ; it ' ter each service . The proceedings of the anniversary were concluded by a public breakfast , on Tuesday morning , in the school room of Belgrave chapel , at which a proposition was made and responded to , chat an addition of £ 200 be made to the amount ot the collections previously announced .
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YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORtt MARKET . The wenther during this week has been very fine , and great progress has been made in Securing the crops . We have again a large arrival of Wheat . Good old Wheat maintains the rates of last week , but new is rather cheaper , and damp samples are very unsaleable . Oats are unaltered in value , but the demand is not great . There are several buyers of Barley this morning and good 54 lbs . obtains 34 s . per qr . ' -Beans ' aremuch the same as on last Friday .
. ^ Leedsi Cloth Markets , —In the ' Coloured and White Cloth Hall ij ^ uring the past week , there has beeii ;;' a fair-average demand iorevery ^ rlescription of raaaufactured goods . ¦ - . 'PoTAto'ES . ^^^' - ' iifi . ce ' * 'of . ^ hi 9 ' ^ iti& )) ie'Cominodity in . this town > , U . -8 d < per weigh of 21 lb , ;; Wakek *! . © Wool MA 3 B ^ T . ^ r ^ ; fl |; aii descriptions" * of long wool are fifm ^ -ttariuMsi ^ S ^ having supplied themselves liberally during the fortnight , sales this week have not been so extensive . Short wools are in good demand , at former prices . Bradford "Wool Market , October 4 th . —The wool trade is assuming a more steady character than we have recently noticed . There is no alteration in prices . Lower sorts of Combing "Wool are most ill request . '
Bradford Yarn Market . — A . fair demand for Yarn still continues . Prices remain ' without alteration . Bradford Piece Market .- In the absence of any considerable demand for the foreign markets , and the extreme caution still exercised by merchants more particularly engaged in the home trade , the market to-day has net been quite so bri . ^ k . Nevertheless , from the continued high price of Yarn , the manufacturers are tenacious of submitting to lower prices . The demand for Alpicha figures has somewhat slackened , and they can be more readily obtained at a slight reduction ; six-quarter plain clnth ( or Saxony ) for printing are more plentiful , and holders are more anxious to effect sales even at low prices than they would take last week . Lower goods are still in request .
Malton Corn Market , Sept . 29 . There were but ftjw sam ples of Old and New "Wheat offering at our market this day . New wheat sold it an Advance of Is . per qr . on the previous week . The following is a list of the prices : —New Wheat from 70 s . to 74 s . per qr . of 40 stone ; Old ditjfo , 76 s . to 80 s . per quarter of 40 stone ; New Barley , 30 s . to 32 s . per . qr . of 32 stone ; New Oats , lid . to Hid . per stone . Wakp . field Cattle Market , October 3 r We hud a fair show of Beasts and Sheep at market this morning . There was a good attendance of buyers , yet the market was heavy , and the prices a shade lower . Beef , 5 s . 6 d . to 6 s . per st . ; Mutton , Ewes , 5 ^ J . ; Wedders , 6 d . per lb . Beasts , 4 / 0 ; Sheep , 5 , 530 . There was a good show of Lean Cattle and Calvers . , Howden Corn Market , Sept . 29 . Total Quantities , Pr . Qr . Tot Amount . Imp . Measure . £ . s . d . £ . s . d . Wheat 267 .. 3 3 1 843 4 4
Oats ...... 60 .. 1 1 1 63 S 4 Beans 30 .. 2 2 0 63 0 0 Barley 6 .. 1 8 0 8 8 0 Rye 10 .. 1 12 6 16 9 0 Richmond Corn Market , Sept . 29 th . — We had only a thin supply of Grain in our mar ket to-day ; Per Bushel . Wheat sold from .... 9 s . 9 d . to 12 s . Od . New do 8 s . 3 d . to 1 . 0 s . 6 d . Oats , 3 s . 8 d . to 4 s , 6 d . Barley , 4 s . 6 d . to 5 s . Od . Beans , 5 s . 9 d . to 6 s . 3 d .
Richmond Cattle Fair . —This Fair which is h-ld oh the race ground , at Richmond , " early in November next , and which , since its establishment , h ; s been progressively on the increase , is this year expected to be exceedingly well attended . As the advantages of pasturage , offered by the Council of the Borough , in the excellent , sheltered , commodious , and at the same time , extensive town ' s pastures , become more and more generally known , both buyers and sellers crowd to it as a most desirable plan of business , the advantages in other accommodation ! being so exceedingly great . It will be seen that in future these fairs will be holden on the two business days preceding the Middleham Moor Fair .
Skipton Cattlb Market , October 1 . —Our supply of beasts , sheep , and lambs was very large , and customers being plentiful , most of them were sold , but we cannot quote any alteration in . prices Beef , 6 d . ; Mutton and Lamb , 5 £ d . to' 6 £ d . per Ib . Rochdale Flannel Market , Oct . 1 . — There is no alteration in to-day ' s market from our last . Fine goods remain innot so good \ repute as middling and low qualities . Dyed Pieces are sought after and all were nearly disposed of . Prices remain stationary or nearly so . We cannot state any ehange in the Wool or Oil trade .
Darlington Corn Markets , Oct . 1 st . — In our Corn market the supp ly of grain to-day was large , sales brisk . Old Wheat , sold from 188 . to 21 s . fNew do ., 16 s . to 19 s . ; Oat ,, /* , to . 7 s .. 6 d ; ; Beans 9 s . to 12 s . ; Barley , 8 s to 9 s . per boll ; Butter , 14 d . erlb . ; Potatoes , 2 s 4 d . to % 8 d . per bushel ; Hides , 3 s . ; Tallow , 4 s . 6 d . per 8 t .
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Price ov Old Hay in Leeds , is ^ New do ., 6 £ d . ; Straw , 4 d . to 5 d . per stone ; : Newcast le Cork Market , Oct . 2 . —Th . e » wan scarcely any of our own growth of Wheatat market on Saturday last , and little coastwise , bat some addition toourstock of foreign . Amangat tat first were two samples of new , which were in suck bad condition , fiat the prices obtained were 52 s . ard o 6 s . per qr . S > me business was effected in foreign and fine south country at an advance of 2 * to I * . perqr . T * is morning , owing to the wet weather our mille * were more anxious buyers , and the above advance exceeded in
was some instances - fine ue » south , country Red is worth 70 s . to 72 * . per qr ; weiring 62 to 631 bs . per bushel . The propoltl mrde of selling by 601 bs . was attempted on Sataru-ay last , but owing to the want of ManiroitT amongst the factors and opposition of the millers , ifc ceuld not be carried into efftet ; it is now resolved to sell wheat by the natural weight , aad there upheld * . For Rye-, there is a fair dematd at last ' week ' s- prices . Barley , is dull safe as the maltsters ' are not yet at worl . Malt finds- borers at thai quotations , bat the demand has ratter abated . Oat » were in small supply , and somewbac bigher pricei
obtained . Flour is 2 s . per sack dearer . In other iI articles there is Kttle doing . The weather from thig f day se ' nnight » p < to last night has beeoffne ; but it 1 has since rained heavily , and very little grain fca » i yet been carried . i Newcastle Ca * ti , e Market , Octal— No * . withstanding the Tery bad state of the weathen . 'f there was at our market this morning an unusually large quantity of st « ck \ Buyers were jn good | attendance , and a considerable , amount oi bueinsaj 3 wa 3 transacted at an early h *» r . We are not-able 1 to note anj positive advance in the prices , but th » j market -was what is frequently termed a sharp ode * ; The Quality of the stock wa » generally good ; some * S'SaSifefePfeSJKffifr b ° » 8 W ; l 7
mWSiW ^ : ^ M ^ JMvh ^^ t ^ jES ^ T t Oct . 3 . —The dutjSj ? Foreign Wlgslt ^ iipcving again reacted lOaj ^^ induces the hoM ^ rs to stand firm , and thejDW&nsi ^ demand caused a ^ free sale ; many « a ^« fSk p % e atan advance- of Isftb 2 s . perSfr . -= 566 fta « a * leif 03 ? &ji of Engli ^ j Q ldv Tffieat > and ^ pn ^ rthm ^ Mi ^ r the sanafe , 1 % ei supplies ^^ B ^ ans , Barky , and Oats , areas l . nwted aspbssibleY the retailers take them as they appear for the consumption at prices quoted . The wops of Barley and Oats are chiefly in the fields , and it ntust be some time before they are in oonditioh to thresh . Supplier of both- articles are moderate , and prices unaltered . The demand for Tares has increased , and prices rather dearer . Linseed and Rapeseed as last quoted .
York Corn Market , Sept . 29 . —Although the accounts of a deficiency in the yield of Wheai are becoming very general in the South , it is * impossible to ascertain , with any degree of accuracy what sort of crops ! we have in our immediate neigh hourhood , but shall give our report as early as w * can after the whole is secured . We had heavy rain at the beginning of the week , but the fine weather of Thursday and yesterday has enabled the far men to renew leading . We have a better supply of new Wheat to-day , but many of the samples are ia had condition ; the quality , however , of some ii very good , and such finds ready sale ? t 1 $ . per qr . advance ; good Red bringing from 64 s . to 6 / s . perqr , Oats , and Beans are likewise in better demani Barlev , none at market .
Howden Great Fair Day , Oct . 2 . — Theri wa-: a great quantity of beasts exhibited to-daj including a large -rot of Irish , hut not much businea was done , which maybe attributed to thequalitr not being that which was principally in demand ; Beef , 5 s . 3 d . to 6 s . 3 d . per stone . In-calvers sold at high prices . Of Sheep there wasa good show , but the sales to-day have beeu very heavy , and tin business transacted trifling ; prices are a shads lower , 6 d . per lb . being the highest quotation . Tha show of colts also was tolerably good . There vrasa great number of Scotch ponies , which met with some buyers at good prices ; they were generally in bete condition than formerly . This great annual fail
concluded last night , after having continued newlx a fortnight . - ^ , . Howden Great HaRSE Sai ^ . ^ bia annusl Horse Fair , one of tb # jnofit considerable in tin kingdom , lasts one WeSfc ^ apd : concluded on the 2 nd instant . A number of t ^ aidba dealers were down in the neighbourhoQa : Ut ^ mSm ^ vileK before the fair , making extensive PiwcJMtseaotfllCftrate hunters and carnage hprses . Kja ^ SgtitheipS ^ ireek many valfa able hones : lefo- ?« bwdem > jpr ' Lotttea , Italy tm vanouf otheig ^|^ he Cbat ^^ K ^ fe ^ caJtfSRgeoT io have amounted from first tolift to nearly 10 , 000 . It is principally a * a colt fair , however , that Howden is famousand : especially lor fira
, rate colts , it is reckoned the first in the kingdom . On this account it has begun to be much frequented by foreigners , of whom several distinguished persons were present . This celebrated mart for horsey for several years past , has been progressively earlier in its commericement . The arrival of horses on Saturday the 22 nd ult ., betokened a very great fair , and on Monday night the stables attached to all tk inns in the town were crowded , and it was with difficulty stands could be procured . It wasnot , however , until Monday and Tuesday that the torn began to exhibit much bustle , when the influx of buyers became great On Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday , there were fresh arrivals from different
parts of the kingdom , and the town presented pus dense mass of men and horses , and mpny sales were effected . Hunters were looked after with great avidity , the greatest part being sold in the inn yardi without ever reaching the fair . Very excylleiil prices were given ; primp hunters fetching from ; £ 150 to £ 200 each , whilst those of an inferior grade were brought up at proportionate prices ; good coach horses were equally prizeable , and fouad ready customers at the best prices . We trust thai the great demand for this description of horses , both in this country and on the Continent , will induce our farmers to turn themselves to this -lucrative budness , and that the breeding of coach hordes will
engross more of their attention . The exteusion pi this foreign demand for English-bred horses is worthy of note , as it promises to become , for a time , a considerable traffic ; that is , until foreign breeds are sufficiently improved and extended by the cross and admixture with the finest British s ' ock . When this is the case , as from the pains taken , and from the liberal encouragement as well as antlay given bj foreign governments to promote the object " , is likely to occur in a few years , this foreign demand for horses will receive a check , as horses equal in blood and bone can then be bred and reared on the extensive plains and waste lands of Germany and Hungary and elsewhere at a much cheaper rate than on
the dearer lands , and with the higher priced labour ! of this country . At the present moment foreigners and their governments are equally emulous in the imports of the best breeds in furtherance of this end . We believe that the 14 owden Michaelmas Hone Show is now acknowledged as decidedly one of the first in the united kingdom ; it is the great mart to which the breeder can bring his horses with tha certainty of meeting with a good customer ; whM on the other hand , dealers know that if thpre are any good horses to be bought in the country , Hodden is the place at which they can be met wi . l * The accommodation at the respective inns of the town , are of a superior descriptionanci much mojfl
, extensive than at several other town where horse fair * are held . The following distinguished persODafe * attended the fair : —Baron Seldeneck , and Baron Freystedt , from Germany ; Baron Wentz , equerrf to the Grand Duke of Baden : Colonel Sir iMaxwe Wallace , and the Officers of the 5 th Drag *"" Guards ; Sir J . L . Kaye , &c . From London were observed—Messrs . Dyson , Ellmore , Knight ^ Dickinson , Denham , Pain , < fec , who made very extensive purchases . The attendance of dealers from tw southern and midland counties , and indeed from a 11 parts of England , was very numerous . BaronJ Seldeneck , Freystdt , and Wentz , were purcahsew w
some extent on the present occasion ; they _ a ^" purchased some valuable blood horses and brooo mares , the property of the late Duke of Leeds ana the Earl of Chesterfield , -which were sold in Donca * - ter during the race week , by Messrs . Tattersau . A dark bay mare , of the coaching breed , w * * ' ?^ from a field near Loftsoine Bridge Inn , on W night or Saturday morning . The mare is fouryears old , with a switch tail , stands about fifteen nanos three inches high , has a few white hairs onto ? shoulder from drawing , and a few gray hairs on jW top part of the short nb on the near side , and " expected to be in foal . A liberal reward has bee » offered for her recovery .
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O'Connor , bsq ., of Hammersmith , ^ ° "/ Middlesex , by Joshua Hobson , at f " . Printing Offices , Nos . 12 , and 13 , M ar V , Street , Briggate ; and Published by . »• said Joshua Hobson , ( for the said Fw ^ gus O'Connor , ) at his Dwelling-house , A * 5 , Market Street , Briggate ; an intern ** Communication existing petween the said ^* 5 , Market Street , and the said Nos . 12 , and >* Market Street , : Brigga , te ; thn * c < . r « tituun « u » whole of the said Printing am ; Publish ^* Offices , one Premises . _ . All Communicationa mn ? r b * nifc * * ( WJjy paid , ) to . 1 . ivjjBtc-A , SoLtiiem j > ta OftW Leeist [ Saturday , October 6 , 1838 . ]
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1026/page/8/
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