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Two coramiu aisd a-half of last week ' s Mercury » re devoted to Che ledifying of the people upon lie «* twice told taie" of their being too ignorant to be iBtrustedVivV the franchise . The Mercury takw for bis text -part of a paragraph from the Nor&eri Star of & * e 22 nd nit ., in which the "Whig a » 4 lory fijlsehoeds about the Palace Yard Mertisg are Tefotetk The portion which it suits laa to extract is . tbe following : —
¦ HBOZIllG the d » j tke N » bon » l PeUtiA itm signed upon tike » pot Vy man ih * B Sixteen Thnosabd Per * on * . It wiJJ " " ¦ prs . UiUy not be -secunnted <*» "tfwuvMoaJfc tujypcritioiC , •• ,-tbxt in that tmvw eoneaartm xf fo ^ , there might be TWO PBKSOSS WtaO COULfr M'T WRITS KOK EVER ? ONK WHO COULU ! ' !"—Xor&m Skw- . TSept . » , 1 S 38 . ' Prom the aboYe text , thu «< garnished with Italics , apical letters , and notes of admiration , the Mercury jreaches = moBt magiriLoqaenrly . The fact of it * "k erng teken from * be Nvrihtrn Star is made tbe Stout o £ , and , after sundry rhetorical flourLhes about " Feabgus O'CoKNOK , of Cnnnty Cort , Ireland " " Pink of Ultra-Democ-racY , " &c , he ptoct-tds : —
*• Swiiu tile Ctea-Raiii « d testimony to tbexta > e ofedaenfion ^ "to " the dejrree of knowledge xad oXhSraieult- auioug ihe Atssef forw ^ on the Snflrag « is claimed . Aud yet ibu same | u ^ , anditsnoisj pmpririar , pretend that it wnld t > e an Xtmtuitr ini ^ ru ^ PJiietii on the form of thi * EngHth Gaternmml that ereiy nan in the Jtmpire . —t-e ttcs-ihimt ol" the pounla"tioB rAo ' ca ^ f urf &cn their ivn miurj , aa well as the ont—* m lv- \ n eon , —should be called upon to elect ihr JJeruber * ml the U ^ i-lamr * i • • • • To recommend Universal Suffrage with irach aiJniisMont as in ttifncnl ignorance « H the people , iaiu sat -virtually— " It
- •» is better thai the afiairf of the br * i kingdom on the earth * iih Jl ihe mighty and TaneS inlerf * ia of it * p ^ op lf , and » U iirc- ^ loiiial and" foreign iel * lions , should tu > directed t » v Ignorvnce . th . n bj Knoiclntige , —by the Poorett Clasa .- * . ibau •** y Uit- JL-tuiCr Cbi&aro . —by uiump who ha » c mistake wha-ler-** 1 d the wiiiiiy , than ky isose wh « juairtt alt its propert y and direclcll iltimivtliyF This is vhe } J » in Kiig k . h lut i-* t *» t . on irt that mi > y ln » n mode •¦! recumineDilinii Univer >>»] * n ]) r . < Ke . And huw any njan in hU sen * s . whRih ^ r Knwlusii « T lri > h , can honestly advi < ate such a nieasure . wjlh such a View ot the attainment * of t » o-thirds of the people , boffles our omprthtnai n . "
l \ ow here then we join issue with the Mercury . Jjtber all this declamation fcbvut tbe " general Jgnurance of the people" mean 3 that no "ignorant " person should possess the franchise—that do one should be intrusted with its exercise who cannot "irritp . or i : mu . « t be admitted , at once , to mean othing , but to be used merely for the purpose of di * hone . « t rojsnfication . Taling up , then , 4 he Mercury ' s position that ignorance di > qoalifiw
ibr the elective franchise , we a > £ him for hi > jroof * that any greater ignorance pervades " the classes for whom tbe franchise is claimtd , " than is " bserrable in tbose by whom it is now possessed-TJnles ? he can produce those proofs , bis argument ¦ goes for nothing , italics , capitals , and all . Is the Jrpsent constituency , iben , made np of the " onc-Ihird" of soeie . y " who can t ' gn ihe ' ir aim names f " Are there not man y who can write their own namps
" arho are now excluded from the franchise ? We Imagine the Mercury will hardly Tentnre to affirm ihf first of these propositiens , or to deny , the second . If , then , a lDowltdj » e of reading and writiDjr be tbe iest of qualification , upon what priuciple of honesty ioes the Mercury defend the present system , which confessedly include * many individuals who have not ihcM ; attainments , " and shnts ootmany ¦ svhohave ?
_ If it be reasonable , just , and hoD ' . st that some should be admitttd to exercise tbe elective franchise , ¦ who nave cot these attainment * , why is it not lesicijable , just snd bentsi , that oth * r * wHo may -sot have them sbonld be admittrd to the liie privilege ? Let the Mercury answer these questions , or let him fling away bis reading- and-writing-- iest , and acknowledge himself a fool for having . erer thought it applicable .
But why sbnuld reading and writing be necessary ^ oalificatiins for political and social rights ? "We lave do wish to undervalue these accomplishments . "We earnestly desire to see the time when every individual man and woman shall be able , to read and write ; bat if it be impossible for any one tusndt-rstand politics or be fit to exercise the franchise ¦ who cannot write , bow , in the name of wonder , riid . tbe state machine go rouEd when not one in a _ - -luiidn-d of tbe Jfob ' es of the land conld write ? - ^ Bow man y of the ^ Coble " Barons vtboobtained Mayua Charta were able to write their names in attestation
. « f that important document ? "We suspect Tery few , . So that under no aspect is this cract argument of ' _ ^ ie Mercury ' t tenable , either aa a deftnee uf the " £ 10 ftancnise , or a disproof of the justice or policy f Universal Scfirage : while the remark that the 3 $ * rthern Star and its " noisy proprieU r" contend &at " every man in the empire— the iico-Jhirds of . itAepopulation who cannot sign their own name * AS ¦ : /** £ LI . > S THE ONE-TB 1 BP T 5 HO CAN—* hould be
called opun to elect tbe members of the . Legislature , " M , plainly , dhbonestlj intended to insinuate ihat thfe present elector * have all reached this climax sS . education , and that the classes for whom tbe .-Soffrs ^ e is claimed " are a mass of unmidgated ignorance . " This dishonest fhaft , though aimed with fcubGery , vill fail without doing mischief
- Eiposure blunts its point . If the Mercury will ute ¦ & » trouble of ascertaining bow many of his " educattd pets "—the £ 10 sboj-t epers and Jerry lords , * re unable even to ieep their own account * , other-. ¦ K ise than , by certain hieroghpYics tbalied on tbe * ack ofkhe door , and intelligible onl y to themselves , " \ i * will grobabljr aN * rtain that his wiiring-gBage fits Tery badly as a Suffrage te * L
"We tone now to another portion of onrc-ODtempo »» Ty 1 J «• «*•*• , *» which wo haro cwrtainl y ranch le-s objection . *• In * representative fcrm of Government , the Elect ra » n > lie true rnWrihud tbeir character decitfrt the ehan . cti-1 « I the buvrrnment- An en % hteued Con » ui ueHry bccutw an « & % litebed Legislature : avinmiw Constnurtic * secur * a
e TOluo u * Legishirnre : x Con » DiBency aitsiet . ei } * tu law and «* der * ecm > Tj m LrjiWatwe which will nj , huld law vnd order And , just a * cenafnlj , « i ignoraut comttiiueiwy wnnJd *** aie-atii ignorant Ltftuktlnrttz . a Tr-tcal cunjiiitueijey vn . uld *»»«» TcBal Leguuturc : » coangelui , turlrtikuv Uun » uin-»»> ey . K-m < riimcaj rpattietic ' tni wimctiiues tunung would * ee « re » Uegidminw uluked by cCirre * pouJiiiK Unlu and
If the present constituency U to be tried , by this « rale , tbtir doom is realed—for never bad we so ignorant , Ticious , Tenal , imbecDe , changeful , selfish , . * ° « i ^ Prinapled a government , as that which h » l * en , and is , maintained by the present constituency All this their bm friends and most staurch adber-. ntstaTe been compelled over and over again to admit ; as may be seen on reference to Mr . Ward ' s * peecn at Sheffield-to the speech , * of all tie Di ^ ^ anting , "VThi ?; Blatk-slavtrj- o rator ^ -to theif ^ Mercury on the Canadian war question , and in-- ¦ " -Jetsd , to all the fn ? nds of the present wretch .- ' ~ * — - —» --- •—« - — »« w f ^ . ^^ w u . 1 , nicLfQf ^
Rovern-* .- . jnenu— If , then , ' { . the Electors are tbe true rulers " and If their diameter gives character to the < 3 o . Tfemment , we asl not a better argument against e the present electoral body than the existence ol . ite pre > ta $ -Gorernment . But : the Mercury cot " - "jSane . -. -- : — - ' . b ^ £ ^^ l ^ ' iriEla ^ ax > a ' «> | 1 »>^ , or rrrlana really ana " iKliiS ;^^ * »« r U « rulii'K piwei fi . m , » 32 Si *? VST , * he >' JI 5 * ^^ ^ - "O It ^ lku ' iu . a wui * f %$£ m , lZ * J ^ d ^ T ****** " - ^ t ., -me . beu ci ^^^ S ^ lU * ™* ' a ( i »>>™«™ t -f «»' ^ % » - ^ fDl fallacy abou t . « writ 5 lIg thtt > own Mmw , " . jrebave alr ^ dy exposed , and shall , , hereibje , X » OW igk over , "We naCicv tLis pan gra pU ie .
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cause of another £ dlacj craftilT insinuated , f-, j r ^ g purpose of operati g on . the prejudices , ^^ foe ignorance of the ten poundem , that t ^ } f ^ gj ^ j , to the demand for Universal Sr ^^ ^ 'be jncrea ? ed . It always suits the . dfe ^ uegt writers of the Whig school to repre ^ m ^ ^ vacates of Uni . rereal Suffrage as wi ^ fci xt ^ take away" the franchise from those ^ rifo Yiow have it . No falsehood can be more gross than this . Contending for the-right of every &to to be enfranchised , we would disfranchise BXi l&an . If , as the Mercury says , iC elector * % . Ye the true rulere , " then is the franchise tfc « > uling power ; and he who asserts , or ^^^ — - >^^ canre of another Sdlacj crifrilT insinuated , f- ^ ^ .. .. ... -
jn « no * ten , that the advocates of Universal SuSrage ' wish to take atray" that power from any man propagates a known falsehood for a diahonest purpose . But , as the master teaches , so the little boys learn . Sir Lytton Bulweb , in tbe Monthly Chronicle , talks nonsense and falsehood about the people who demand the franchise " taking their rtand as a class , ' " erecting themselves into an aristocracy , " and the Leeds Mercury forthwith catches up the strain , and echoes that the people "would " take awaj the ruling power from the hands in which it has hitherto been , ' and give it to " a constituency , two third * of whom are said to be unable
to write their own names . " 'Tis falsp ; and every true Radical at once disclaims the slander . "We wish to take nothing but our own ; and we wish nothing for ourselves that we are not willing to concede to every one in society . It is the practice of tbe factions " to take away" the rights ol others ; we seek only to obtain our own . But here we are met by the " Mercury with a show of argument ; and , as it is refreshing to turn from the pitiful subterfuges we have been looking at , to & bold , pointed , argument , let us see what thW
argument is : — '; ffe deny that « ny man , either rich or poor , has a Baton ] ri > £ ht lo tte franchuts—ju » l *» we deny that any inM hash lnluml ri ^ ht 10 be » 3 Jt-niWr tif Pferliaroc-ul or m Minister of Slate . ' 1 he fiuncLLi .-k u jxAitirul institution—a part of the system of repm-t-iitouvs puren . int-nt ; it is a means to an eud ; the em : isG < - ») D GOVtRfCHENT , and the tuean » tiughl to be adapted to a « -cure that eini . IVt . altrrtr extent of franchlte , therr / ore , trvvld jjradio Uy ttcuit the bat gocKrnmtnty —\ v Lhat thi ? pen-p * i h ^ ve » ri ^ cbt , biid to no tnhrr « 1 he ^ ue ?» tion is une ol jTactiral rxpfdieiiry . No individnal ran hare u ri ^ ht tn any trancnise or privi ^ ge that ia incantivmt vilh tht gtneTal good—with ihe iCcU-LOtvimna uf ihenutiim . "
r A eo : rupt fountain never yet sent forth sweet waters ; and hence , from tbe wily mazt ? s of "Whi ggery , a fair argument never is > ued . To the latter portion of the above paragraph , we most cheerfully subscribe . "We admit thr . t the franchise is a political institution—a part of the system of representa tive . Government— a mean * to an end , the end being good Government . "VW admit that the people have a right to that extent of franchise which will practically -ecure the best Government , and to no other . We cordiall y subscribe to the sentiment that no
individual can have a right to any franchise or privilege , which is inconsistent with the general Rood ; and upon these i-reuiista we found our demand for UuWursal Suffrage . Every man who lives uuder a system of representative Government has as much rigbt to be represented as any other man . He who is - governed , not being represented , does not live under a repre-seutative Government . To others tbe Government may be representative : to him it is despotic . Until the Mercury tan prove , therefore , < hat a representative form of Government is
iuconsisrent with the general good , or that a despotism is best calculated for the well-gnverning of a nation , his denial of the " natural right to the franchise " stultifies itself , and amounts to an affirmation and denial of the same thing ! "We shall not now reiterate the arguments by which it has been Bhewn , times without number , that the " general good" is never , aud can never , be consulted , especially under a form of Government purporting to be
representative , otherwise than by a general participation in the " iuVing jniwer . " If the present jtlO Suffrage w £ alculnted ll practically to secure the beet Government , " let the Mercury prove that ic is so we deny it . The proofs that Universal Suffrage is so calculatedj havt been laid before him again and again ; let him refute them . . We thus leave him to chuse either the affirmative or npgative position ; and are contented to abide the i-sue .
The only other arguments contained in these two columns and a half of Mercury , are , first an echo of Sib Lytton Bulweb ' s notable discovery , that Universal Suffrage , is not Universal Suffrage , because the women are left out of tbe reckoning , on this head we must refer the Mercury to our preceding article , in wbich his '' master" has Wen answered—and the discovery that the working classes may becomp enfranshised as fast as they can pet into £ 10 houses , and pay the rates and taxes . With tbe di «
ingenuousness peculiar to " Whiepery , tbe M-rcury even here keeps out of sight ihe important fact , that this " privilege" can he enjoyed only in boroughs , and qot in the country . But , then , what becomes of the Mercxry ' t writing " guage ?* ' All the fuss about "ignorance" and "knowledge" is thrown overhoard , the moment " property " comes in siptit ! If the candidate can pay £ 10 rent , and is lucky enough to live in a borough , no matter , though he may not know B from a bull ' s foot , he is an exceedingly well informed man , very intelligent , and
quite able to exercise the * ' ruling power" for the " general good . " But rhe moment be removes from tbe borough into tbe country , though he may now pay £ 20 , instead of £ 10 , he ceases to have that "knowledge" and intelligence" which is necessary to constitute him . one of the " rrpresentid ; " or , remaining in the borough , if his landlord shall be so unnatural as to reduce hi * rent ^ his " knowledge" oozes out
at the gap in tbe rent-roll , through which his ' ignorance" be-omes instantl y apparent . A single shilling makes all the difference between an " educated" and an " ignorant" man , according to the brick and mortar test of the " Whig board of examiners . Such is the " education" tigic of the Leeds Mercury , and the whole miserable tribe of Whig scribblers for party ascendancy , and the prostration of popular right .
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^ DEVIL KING TACTICS . A NEW MOVE . Like tbe fox in the fable , the Devil King and bis myrmidons have a hundred tricks ready to play off as occasion may demand , for the helping forward of their work of iniquity . Many of these have been already pkyed in Huddersfield ; but tbe plain honesty and good sense of a majority ot tho * e appointed by tbe people to watch orer their interests , as " Guardians , " bids fair to show them that when their whole stock is exhausted , they will need " one trick more"' for the cam ing of their
purpose . Not contented with tbe atrocities of which tbey have been alread y guilty the flagrant and manifest violation of the very law they were pretending to enforce—the insolent and unprecn tleDtrd powers swumtd by the chahmas of tbe Boards of Guardians , of determining both law and fact by their own ipse dUit , tbey are now trying anew iai : k , and , as the New Poor Lawi »
avowedly intended to save the money of tbe country , he rate-pavers' pnekers are to be now picked to pay the expense of barrassing hont-st and constitutional Guardians who desire to abide by . the lav * " , with pi-trifojrging lawsuits . Our readers will remember . hatin the months of April and May , new Guardians were chosi n by ihe Hudd-r . 'fieJd-Un ' on , a inajnriry of wbojn wereV . onest men pledged ro uphold the ' cause of the s . ffiic-ud " aud the rights of tbe
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poor . " At one of the meetings bolden soon after the formation of theB oard , the pre * umed Chairman being absent , a creatnrenamedMbREHOusE , whohad assumedthe chair , presumed , without consulting his fellow Guardians , to adjourn the meeting before any busineis was done . The Guardians , many of whom had come from a distance , at considerable inconvenience , did not choose to be so trifled with . They appointed another Chairman , and went on , aa was their duty , with the business of tbe meeting . Mobehouse ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ dq ^ j . , " At one of the meetings bolden soon after the « . _ , - ¦ : .- ¦ :.
attempted to carry off the doom , \ mt -was not a \\ owed to do so . Boiling with rag % g | nd disappointment , the Devil King's myrmidons MiVe teen ever since plotting how to be revenged , and have at last hit upon the notable expedient of indicting the honest and patriotic Guardians , for "riotously , routously , and tumuliuously assembling together , to obstruct the Guardians , ( that is to say , themseVres , ) in the execution of their duty !! " k [ true bill ha « been returned to that effect by the Grand Jury of the present sesiions , a copy of which , is a curiosity in its way , we give below , observing only , that , for the sake of brevity , we have omitted the constant repetitions of inch law jargon aa wu not important .
Wni Ridino or Yorubirx to Wit . —The Jurorn of our Sovereign Lady the Queen , upon their oath , present that J umes Brooke , John M oxon , James Parkin , Joseph Hirst , Stephen Dickiusou , and William Wright Bond , together with divers other persons to the jurors aforesaid unknown , heretofore , to wit , on the Seventh day of May , in the year ol our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Ei ht , with force and amis , at Huddersfield aforesaid , in tke Riding aforesaid , did unlawfmly , r iotously , routounly , and tumultuously , assemble nnd gather together , to disturb the peace of our Lady tbe Queen , aud obstruct the due execution of the
laws , aud to prevent and obstruct the ( JnanJinn . * oJ the poor of a certaiu Union , called the Hudderofiwki Union , made under and by virtue of a ' statute , made iu the year of onr Lord , One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Four , for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to ihe poor ia England nnd Wales , in the due execution ol their office as Guardians as aforesaid , and so being then and there assembled , and gathered together , did then aud there , with , force and anus , unlawfully , riotously , rontously , andtumultuoufcly enter a certain room at HuddtfrsfivId aforesaid , iu which bidneyMortihouse , and Joshua Littiewood , two of the said Guardians , aud divers , to wit three , othersof the said
Guardians , and Cookson Stepbrnson Floyd , the clerk to the said Guardians , were in the execution of their respective duties as such Guardians and cleric , and did then and there make a great noise , r iot , and di . » turbanM in the said room , aud unlawfully , riotously , routously , and tumultuounly did then and there obstruct the said Sidney Morehou » e , Joshou LilUewood , and the said other Guardians and Cookson Stephensbn Floyd , in the execution of the duties ot their said respective offices , and did then and there , with force and arms , menace and assault , beat aud ill-lreat , the ? aia Sidney Morehouse , aud Cookson Steubeiison Floyd , so b « ug snch Guardians aud
cleik respectively a « aforesaid , whilst in the execution of the dutie * of their gnid respeclive offices , to tbe great hindrance aud obstructiou ol the law , and agaiust the peace ol our xaid Lauy the Queen , her crown and acuity . Aud tbe Jurors aforesaid , upon their oatb 3 aforesaid , do lurttier present that tbe said Janie « lirookf , John Moxon , James Paikin . Joseph Hirst , Stephen Dicken-ou , and Willinui Wright Bund , withaner » utlier person * , tothp Jurors aforesaid unkuown , on the day and year first aluresaid , with force aud unns , at Hndderefield aforesaid , iu the Riding aforesnid , did unlawfully , riotously , routously , ami tumultously theu and there obstruct t . e said Sidney Morehouse , tbeu ai . d there beiug one of the
Uuuruinus of the Poor of an Uuion tinder and b y AJrlue of the statute iu that es . se made and pro-\ ideil—to wit—the Hudderstield Union and Cooksou Stephenson Floyd , Iben aud there being clerk to the said last _ mentioned Guurdiaus iu tLe execution of the duties of their caid n speciive ollici's , aud did then aud therv , with force aud arms mi-uare and assaulr , brat and ilhreat , the said Sidney MorrbonsttandCooksoJi Stephenson Floyd , so being auch Guitrdians and Clerk respectively , us la > t aforesaid , whilst iu the execution ot their dutirs of tbeiri-aiil respective offices , to the great liindraintaud obstruction of the luw aud agninst the peace ol our said Lady l ) xn Queen , her . ' Crown and dignity .
Aud the jurors aforeaftiU , upon their oatli 5 afuteraid , do "further present Unit the said Jnuies brook o , John Moxou , James Parkiu , Joseph Hi'st , Steplien Dickinson , and Win , Wright Bund , on the duy and year last a ' oresai ! . at Huudersfield atons . iid . iu tinr iding atoresaid , with lorce and anhs did menace nud a > sault , be « t and illtrear , the said Sidiify Morehuuse , and Ci > oks- » uSlrpueuson Floyd , against the peace of our said Lady tue Queeu uer Crowu aud diguitv . ELSLEY . Riot and Assault . w i'PM rggTW
SIDNEY MOREHOUSE , JOSHUA LITTLEWOOD , COOKSON STEPHENSON FLOYD , JAMES REDFEARN , THOMAS HALEY , THOMAS MOREHOUSE , GEORGE CROSSLAND , HENRY BROOKE . Here is a very pretty specimen of the New Poor Law tactics . The u . iserable drivellers who have cauged this precious document to be framed , must know that it can never be sustained . But , what then ? The expences of prosecution must be
defrayed out of the rates as a saving of the people ' s money . The spiteful wretches pass themselves soot-free , wh . le the expences of defence fall on the victims of their foul conspiracy . Tbey think themselves very witty we have no doubt , in having found out this new means of annoyance . We have greatly miscalculated the spirit of the British people , and especially of the men of HuddfT ^ fi eld , if this do not prove the death-blow to the siekly system of robbery and ppression , which the myrmidon squad have been , and still are tryiop unsneeesi-fuHy to practice . At all event * it will afford an opportunity of exhibiting the wretched
puppets who thus move as the string is pulled by their inferaal master , in such a manner as will inevitably consign them to a degree of infamx greater , if possible , than that in which tbey are already immersed . Meantime let the men of Huddersfield look out . They have a great duty to perform . Their Guardians must not lack the means of defence—nor must they be allowed individually to Incnr ruinous expences in a public question . This must be prevented , and the base wretches at whose instance this pettifogging in , must be taught , by tbe contempt of their neighbours , that public opinion always looks frowningly on Yillanjv
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MINISTERIAL CHANGES !—WEST RIDING ELECTION . Let the Men of Yorkshire and Cheshire be on the alert ! It is in contemplation to change the Secretaries for Ireland—E . J . Stanley relieving Morpbth , whogoestoDowning-street . This will make new Election" , necessary for Cheshire arid the West-Riding . We have this from authority on which we can depend ; and we hope the Yorkshire boys will know bow to perform their part of the business . No more Lordling * for the honest men of York ! What foola these Whi gs are ! How they do rush on their fate !
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X ££ SS . TO THE RADICALS OF LEEDS , ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO COULD NOT ATTEND THE GREAT WEST RIDING MEETING . Brother Radicals . —You are well aware that meetings of the above d-Jscriptipn are attended with fr eat expense ; and you are also aware that the . eeds portion of it has to be defrayed b y working men . The object of this letter is to cause all those who sincerely desire the accdniplisbmeMt of that ' for which we are struggling , to 8 tib-cri . be their mitos : and ae vtis well known thit a many who would trillingly have atteu'ded our Graud'Demonstration , havn beeu hindered from doing so , they chu , bv fie meansi testify their devotion to the cause of liberty aud human happiness .
Yours , < fec . GEORGE WHITE . P . S . You will see by the following what tlie ex penses really are : — ¦' „ . . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ £ d . Printing 4 0 0 Kentuf Walttni ' s . wusicSaloon .... 2 0 0 Flags and Poles 5 0 0 'JVtiJJumJsol Music .................. 11 14 0 With uuiidnes ot other expense , fiucli us Jjiii-postiuutfe Casualties 2 6 0
£ 25 0 0 Subscriptions will be received nt Mrs . Mann's . Centml M ;> rket ; Mr . Duvid Green's , book > e ! l « -r . lirifjgnte ; S . audhig ' s TemperaiiCB CoftVe tlnuse , Brig ^ ate ; nt th ' n Nort / tern irfar Office ; aud by auy uifiuber of the Leeds Niu-theru Union .
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. Messrs . Sykes have this week , furnished the Jiihabitauu of Leeds with one ol those rare grarih ' cirtioiw which are seldom heard nut of the Metropolis—we refer to the concert ol M . Strauss . . Pvever , perbaps , was there such a splendid conibinntion of musical . laleiit as was exhibiteii t > y the twenty-eight pr rforniers of tliis genti . man . The performance consisted of a selection of pitces from his own compositions , " 'performed by him at the courts of Austria , Prus .-ia , France ,-.
Holland , Belgium , and the curnuatiou in London . La 'Philomels Was "inexpressibly sweet , and Light . ) merited-its title . Les Bonquetts des Duines , JJa ' ti liaka'len , and the Tetegriiphe Musica / e Were inimitable . The attendance was numerous , und h : i ! lily respectable ; the Wbrsliipful the Maj or , and several of the Borough and Weit Kicliu ^ Magi « - trares , being present . We are sorry that our uuie and room prevent us from giving a more lengthened notice of these splendid ptrformancts . Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon Messrs . S ) kes , who , in addition to an unrivalled ta » te in the eekc ; -
tiou ot artistes , manifest the most laudable » rrxie " t \ ro procure , for the inhabitan's of our town , the best and most innocent recreation which the mind i ^ an fi'j «» y . ThepvrU > rmanccwas repvaud laBtniyht to an overflowing audieuce . Di-. ath by Borneo ,-On Tuenday mornMifr , an inquest was taken before Mr . Blarkhurn , at the Court-Hou ^ e , « u view of thv body of William Siinp-> on , aged five yeais , who resided wiih his part ; nu-at Kirkstall . During th ' t-ir - temporary abstiae , on Saturday , his clothes communicated with the tiaines , and he v . a- * > o severely hurnt , and he was removed to the Leeds Infirmary , and there he shortly afterwards expired . Vt-ruict , " Accidtntal death . ''
Lpeds Town Council . —On tht- first of Nov . next , the following councillors retire from offk-e , ? -scct-pt they ure again elecied by the t . urgessc . " : — Wil iain Hey , jun ., Wni . Bfik ' ett , James Maude , John Ileuton , John Cower , Jamvs Whailey , Jaintn Hargrave , Matthew Moss , jun ., Sarr . url Pnestmau , John WilkitiMtn , John A . Buttery , Robert Jackson , V \ illiam Cadinn ) , James Robin-on , Jo-h . Bate *« i > , and "William Smith , E > 4 * y At pr < sent it . rei . iiahis unknown who will be put iu liomiuation for tht vacant siluarions .
Su ^ PlclpN Stealing a "Watch . —On Tuesday , William Green , was : brought up before Mr . Holdforth , at the Court-House , charged with having , on rhe evening previous , stolen a watch and puard from the persou of an ) iuph of the pttve near St . Peter ' s Square , tbe property of Joua . Phili . s , who was a lodger with the prostitute , lu a » c ; -flle the watch-guard was broken . In consequence ol the woman having been drihking with the pri ^ uner , rne case was dismis .-td on his making good the damage done to the guard .
Peep Gkekn Meeting . —The following flag and baiiiiertt borne by tbe . L- ' eds Northern Union to the meeting at Peep Gfeen were omitted in our list : — 1 . —Green M . lk banner , gold letters , white fringe . Inscription , " Lfeds Northern Union . "—Kever .-e " Univer-jtl j Suffrage , Annual Pinliameurs , Vote by B . \ llot , Equal RepresenTatiou , No Property Qualification for Metnbers of Parliament . 2 . —Green Hag , gold letters . Inscription , "Tyrants tremble , the people are awake . "—Reverse— " The people know their rights and they will have them . 3 , — Gre « n Hag—Iiiscripuon , " Pity the poo .- Factory child . 4 . —White silk fliig . —Green friuge , gold letters . Inscription , ' » Liberty and t qualiry .
"—Reverse— ' Labour the source of a 1 wealih . " 5 . — Green silk flag . In < criptiorij "Free and fair representation in every country . "—Reverse- ^ " No Corn Laws to craiMj ) our iuduwtry . "—Device-- Bee hive . 6 . — Green silk flag , white fringe . Inscriiition , " Universal liberty and peace . " 7 . —White silk fl : ; g , gretn bv > fder . — Device—Rose , shamrock , aud ( hUtle , surtnounred by a cap of liberty . ^ iHscription , '' Taxatiou without represetitation is tyranny , ami ought to be resis'ed . " 8 . — Large banner , Britannia seared on a r , oek trampling on the chains ot desnoti * rii , ho'ding in her right hand the trident of Nepiurie surnund"d by a cap of liberty , and in her le . lt hand the People's Charter . The British lion rouse ? to maintain the Charter . Over the head of Britannia
is the following motto in a semicircle : — " For a nation to he free it is sufliciei . t that she wills it . "Reverse— " England exprcts that every man this day will do his duty . " 9 . —Black banner , view ol Pxterloo Massacre , 16 th of August , 1819 . —Reverse — " Murder demands justice , " 10 . — Blood-stained flag of Peterloo .- ^ -Device—Justice blindfold with the € -quilibrium in her hand . Inscription , " Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , and Vote bv Ballot . " 11—Green Hag . Inscription , '' Unitv ' d we stand—divided we fall . " 12 . —Gretn flag , go'd letters . InVcriptiou , " For a nation to be free it is sufficient that > he wills it . "—Reverse—" The rights of tbe people . " 13 . —Bundle of sticks , beneaih whif-h an inscription— . "The more our cruel tyrants bind un , The more united thfysh . \ U hud us . "
Quick Work . —About two thousand numbers of the Nerhtern Star Extraordinary , containing ; -the full rvpqrtof Monday ' s meeting , which terminated about lour o ' clock in the afternoon , were in the Leeds Post-oiftce before twelve o ' clock th « same evetiiBg . LouiQHBOROUGH , NEAR LEICESTER . —We are happy to hear that a branch of the INorthern Union has been ' formed in this town ; and that missionaries are being eent to the DMghbnuring villages to form additional branches . Hathern , Sh « . psbead , and QuarndoD ; villHgeM near Loughborough , have been visited during this week for the above purpose . A large district meeting is contemplated , on behalf ot the People ' s Charter and National Petition , of wbieh due notice will , be given , Mr , Salt and other friends from Birmingham are expected to attend .
Socialism at Mansfield . —Our correspondent mfoims us that the friends of Socidlism in this place have formed themselves into a Sociefy for the more effectual spreading of their principles , and for taking concerted measures for the reduction of those principles to practice . DEMONStRATiON at Norwich ——We hear that the May « . r , or Norwich has obligingly grantul The use of Saint Andrew ' s Hall , for the purpose ol holding a meeting )( f the inhabitants of that ci » y to tnke into considerrttiun the propriety of adopting the
National Petirmn and the PeopleV Charier fci ' be holdeii on Monday , Oc- 'ober 29 th . It is . xuected rhat delegates from Birminghajn . ~ th- Lo . don Working Men ^ s A ssociation , and the London Drmocratie Association , who have been inviter , will attend ; as hIso » ill the . Rev . J . U . Stephens , and other lead n » KHdicais . Ihe coinmittfe hiive i ^ s . ui ' d a suiriteil nddress to the inhabitants of Norwich and rs vicinity , uniVwe have no-doubt that tiie meeting will tull y Mtis : aiu the tharuetvr of the greac rational struggle .
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. ¦ '¦ ¦ ; ~ ' - ¦ ¦ ., HALIFAX . Mechanics ' iNSTiTUTXONi—Dr . John Murrav Of Edirihurgh , ha 8 delivered a course of lectures In the Old Assembly Room , Talbot Inn , in this town during last week and this , on the age of the earth ' to which the members of the Mechanics' Institute have-had tree access on showing their tickets . Auxiliary Bible Society . —Ou Monday the 15 th inst ., a public meering was held in the large mom in Northgate Hotel , in this town , being the 2 ? th anniversary of the above-named institution couuected with tins place . Mr . C . S . Dudley was in attendance on behalf ef the Parent Society , ii « ia ^ aM # M | iMa ^ 71 jPj ^ ' — -. I , - ' -- " - "; T "'"^""~ . " ^ " J ^^ ^ " ^""^^ " ^^ " ^" 5 HALfFAX . .
Sowe rby Bridoe . — On the evening of Mnndav laat , tht AnniversAry of the Ladies' Association of the Auxiliary Bible Society was held in the National school room at the above piaCe , near . this town , when Mesprp . Dudley and Blackeubury , of the Parent Sociery , together with other friends , pleaded ou behalf of that institution . The Chancellor of the Exchequer . — The Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer , accompanied by bis two daughters , passed through this tewn on Thursday lMSt , Ktoppitjg all night at the Nortkgate Hotel , ou bis road from Manchester , and proceeded next morning to Headingley , near Leeds , the seat of J . Marshall , Esq .
Board or G uaudtans . —The weekly meeting o « the Board ol Guariliaud , tot > k p ace on Fridny , the I 2 ihiust ., wheu fourieeuuf the elected ( Juarditmx , Aud twoex-ii / fk-m wern present , viz ., j . VVaterhoiist * Esq ., and . . (» ., I ' ollurd . E » q J . Waterhause , Esq ., was iii . ilie" chair , and the clerk read the minutes of the preceding meeting , and likewise three notices of marriage . A very lieVited disruosion arose respectinn the new piior fi . use , which is about to bt * l , uilt ^ and tlie exi > ense it would necej-tsarily incur ami « nt : iii upon the Uuion , for n miinber of yeitrs to ctjuie . Air . Lit ; le . one of the (> .-. aruinos , sibied that it would cost 4 ' 2000 ayeMr , more Mian the old system , and would pledge himself to prove it to the sntisikcdon of
auy rwisoiiablc miin . He saiii he allowed tWiii 110 , 000 for the binlaiiig of a new woikliouse , au-l sfv « ra . l hundreds lor extra salaries ; Mr . P >» llard luadr Hlnuj / spe , c . i , in which heaitetnpted tojuntjiy uiiusi-lf rfspectint ; a churife uiudi * agntii » t him , that it was hy his order tlmt ihe poor in theworkhou . se had been refused the opportuiiiiy of taking their wnlksnutol the worklK . use , he wished'it u > in clearly uudersiood that he hail giwu no such order , bui that it had arisfu from a misun'ierstiuidiiig on tbe uartol Mrs . Cas-on , tlie liiiuron , Irum an . oosfrvatiou tliHt lie happened to make , to her , having heard that thev wen- in the habit or going out wh ^ n . ver thev pleasru , aiidifsotuetiiu « 's si » yintf out for a day or t * ' u
together , which he tuld tit-r was contrary to tbe Aci , as they hud no right to go out without lnave from pruper nulhority . lln thcu coinnienced n jiistirication of the . steps taken towards t-rectins aworklioUM > , and urgid ti , ii . te »> iry of proceeding wiih that lueasuie , observing , rhat he had had » . u opportunity ot visiting rhe . Steyiiing Union VV (» rkliou . > e . wirnjii five miles of Briahti ) n , ai « in u with another gentleman , and expressed himselt much pleased with vhat inspwtion . H « - > aui that if they would only a low that work to proceed , he would take upon hiin .-elt to say that within
» ix monthti ot it « opfrurio ' u , they would be truly eel ghtKd witli the ex ^ aiou * they Uad miide 'iii br . iig-iirg it to a compli-tiou . Me . <* rs . Baxter , Lliguinbottoni , Hiid Little , ure opposed tu the t-rection of anew workhouse , whilst Mt ^ srs . Pullnrd , Beaumont , and oth-re , are . in its tavour ; an «> pjjt ) rtnniiy tor Mr . Little to prove his point is now gi \ en . Before the people allow the . se ( imrdians to build bouses for tliem at their expense , tht-y ought to a ? .-ceria . n first whether they be absolutel y wanted < . r not , mid tln-n > et le the kno : ty point fur tltrin at once , by telliug tLeta tlu * y will uothave them at auv price ,
WAKEFIBLD . Balloon Descent . — Mr . Brown "? balloon , which was lately sent up from Halifax , descended near Mr . Cowards bleaih-fields , at Uarfield , Bretton . Had it not been lor tbe txcrtioi . s of the bbachers , the balloon would have been seized upon as a prize , arid toin to pieces . It was restored to Mr . B . the day after the ascent . The late Stabbing Case , at Sandal Maona . —At the Court Hou > e on Monday , Mr . Nettletnu i ppeartd bifo : e the Bei . eh iu c-outornuty with an oioer of Mr . Justice Coltumn , requiring that bail should he taken for Mr . Croft on , the pe . r S'Mi chared y . iih the ottVnee . The bail accoruiugly eutertd u ] ou thtir ^ e \ eral reto ^ uizaucta for tuc prisoiier's appearance at the enduing assizes .
FlRE at Coxley . On Saturday evening , a fire broke out iu the engine-house connected with Mr . Hebble hwaite ' a woollen mill , at Coxley , near Horbuty Bridge , in con .-euuence of a quantity of tow being ignited , which h . td been wruppvd n ,--nd some piping . The ignition took place from the rUing of a xpaik from a lamp . The persons who had been wo-krujr in the engine room were absent at tea when the tow first t-. 'ok fire . In consequence of the mill being detached fiom the engine-house , no damage was i ^ onn to the tormt-r . The flames w en quenchid , w * understand , betore doing any very considerable damage , although we have not heard th 6 netual amount of injury sustained . The Leeds and ^ oikshire en ^ ineK , from "W " icefield , were speedily on the spot , and worked with success . It has hren stated
that an engine ertttblishinent is about to be introduced into the neighbourhood , in consequence of the large number of mill * which have beeu there erected . Zoological Garden at Wakefield . —We lat ly mentioned that Mr . Haselgreave , of Wake-Held , fetd and hop merchant , was projecting a Zoological Garden . Workmen are now employed in undulating the building , pleasant retreats , tormin ^ paddoik . s for various animals , ereetinn imitation rock . * , suiting ponds , -dinning bear-pits , and raising an orchestra . The ( ireen-houses and hnt-hi uses aie made subsidiary to tiie design . The prospectus will be advertistd in due time , and we have no doubt the public will patronise the project with becoming spirit
New Independent Chapel , Horbury , neau WaKEFIELD . —A neat and commodious place of worship , capable of holding about three hundred persons , which was erected within the last few years by another denomination of Christians , was re-opened on Ttiur-day week , for the use ot Protestant Dissente . s of the Independent or Coutirenational Order residing in that populous village and its immediate vicinity , and hitherto in connection with neighbouring churches of the same religious community .
Inquests before Thomas Lee , Jun .., Esq . —Ou Friday last , al the Whe * l Inu , Taiwhelf , Poi . telract , on \ iew of the body of John Hili , di-ceased , a labouring pan , who hung himself in n . tit ol temporary insanity . Verdict accordingly . —Same day , at the Primrose Tavern , Primrose Hill , Waketield , on vk'vr of the body of Matilda Wimi , deceased , a ( drl seven years of age , daughter of Joseph VVmn , nawyer . Ihe accident occurred in tbe house-of Mr . Jacob , pennit writer , whither the deceased had gone for tLe p urpose of playing with tbe baby , during the temporary ab .-euce of Mrs . Jacob . It is supposed > he was playing near the tire , when her clothes caught tire , ll is Kintulnr that the child was dead bHore
it was di » covervd by any ot tht'neighbours . Verdicl * Accidentally Burnt . " Ou Suiidxy , at the Travellers' 'luii , East Hardwick , on vieVof W . Freemau , a bov Kve years «» Vd , who was accidentally burnt to death the previous iuoriiiug . He had come down stairs before his mother , and soine way or other > e ' t liis inght-gown in ttauies at the nrv , which his fatU ' rr bad kindled before be went out . Verdict Accidentally Burnt . "— -Sume day , at the Dog hm . VVoouhouse , ou the bo ly of James Howartii , dwe . ised , a boy four years olu . His mother had gone , out for jsome water , about eight o ' clock iu tbe morning . auduii her return , she uiocovereU that the di-ceased bad got on Kre , nnd bai run into a quarry near tht houtje . She had only beeu out al ' ewinouieuu .
BRADFOBD . Inquest . —On Saturday , an inquest was held at the house of Mr * . Moses Milnes , Manchestel--rpad , on the body of a young woman named Maria Davies , daughter of William Daviet " , flock aud . waich maker , Nelson-st-eet . It having beeu currently reported that the young wom . au had taken poison on account of being cross , d in love , tbe case excited a strong sensaron in Biadfori , but the evidence went to prove that the v ° ung woman died a narural death . The deceased ' s mother , and a nei ghbour named Wesr , staled that ou the Sunday deceased
preceding , , who was of a weakly frame , conipiaintd of bvi-g ill , and could not take hei dinner . She continued unwell , but went to her work at Marshall ' mill , Mauthes er-road , till Wednesday noon , wh-n she returned home , aud stated she would not go in the afternoon , but wouL lay down , as she felt worse . The mother went out to wash , and when she returned ' about lour o ' clock , she found the kettle on the fire , and the waer boiled out of it , upon which she lan up ^ taiiP , and found her daughter apparent . W sens-tless on the bed . West watt called iu , and ^ he asked the girl what she had been taking , but she denied bavmit tukm au > . hf
improper . It should be ohseivtd that she wa .-pngriHin b y a youn « man iwiu-d J » -sse King , a woo ! t- < mher , who had relumed to marry her , anf his h id pr-ved much Ujmn h < -r sjiirirs . She cimtinued tourowworsif , aud was delivered of the < bi ! d , Vlr . Muir ' s assistant being prrstiir . She died on the Thursday , about noon . Tht . re b « -injj uh evidt-nc * bef iie the jury to xtioiv ihut tlie dtcr .-. sed bad ciiti ;( b y her deatb in an iiuuio fcr rnauiur , they biougti in a verdict dccurdiugiy .
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; Melancholy SuiCjDB .--On Saturday last , an . wueStwa . . held ^ t ^ he Wind Mill pub ^ c-ho £ ib * ejv before G Dy « on , E *^ , oa ^ tbe body o Dav : d Penton , aged about forty years . The following m an epitome of the evidence addaced to th » J i ? k : " ^ ! . ea 1 f d ' - wa 8 the son of the landlord o the Wmdmill , had formerly been in good circutu . ^ ice ^ ^ aybutcher , but owing to iinjrotident babi , 8 had of late been very much depressed { q the w * rld , and was obliged to give up his bngineffli and follow cattle driving for 9 living . On Wed , - » v- : ¦ -. ¦ - : ¦ , . ¦ - : — . ¦ ¦ . . . . . . ^—S S ^^ B :
. nexday week , he went to Leeds for five oxen , anj ou . his return seemed vei ^ low in spirits , and refused to h « tve auy supper ; next morning his wife wantei bun to have some breakfast , but he would not , ani on her asking him what ailed him , he replied » W wooia see soon . The wife had occasion to leare the house for a short time to hang out some cbtheg . to dry , and when Hhe returned , she found him with his turodt cut . He had perpetrated the act witha coromon case knife , which wag remarkahiy blunt
. >« sq aetermined was he , that the wound he in * flicted was a very large one , and the edg « s much jugged . Surgical aid was in vain ; and he soon ^ ue . r expired . The ory returned a rerdict that he cut his ^ throat whue labouring under a fit of cbS' left , besides his wife , four or fivfr JU VEN ? LB MlSSlOIJABr SbCIBTY . - ^ SehaOM were pieutbed m Horton-laue and Salem Chanelf on behalf of the Juvenile Missionary Societies S yectecl wuh _ these chapeU , by the Rev . Darid Kewitt , ot Rochdale , and the Rev . Edmund Crisn l « te ini ^ mnary in India . The public meetine of the society . * M held in Horton . lane cS w Monday ^ evening , the Rev . Thomas Taylor ^ u ' tS w ^ derts ' number of verjr elo ^ 8 P «
Court-house Report . - —On Monday last Mart , n Boe , orV Bradlord , was fined £ 1 ll ^ tfX f s 5 ^^ , assauUiug l «« w ^ tch . Elizabetk ^ ldrk ., ol bbeffield , eap-makerj was bioughtup for iH-iwWwd and disorderl y , and was . discharged oa H ro , n , sin K r 0 ieave tne town # jj ^ . ^ ¦ 0 , j £ ndj wii .. m _ w « have often had in our police report , wa » eharyed wtth beating the watch severely . O'Don . nell has been released out of Wakefield prisba -everal times , by order of Lord John Russell , havine been committed there , in default of payment of lines and there beifig no limited time in that ctoe . He had , „ each of the cases served the greater part » t twelve months . It seems that when be get * drunk be has a strong penchant for whackim ? tu watcb Uich
, w . he does most effectivel y . He t » ju this lime fined in the mitigated penalty of 21 s iiicludnig costs , upon promising to leave the town ! On lue ^ day , Ricbard Fawthorp , of Bradlord jo . ner , was tined 10 s , for being drunk , and creatine a aisturbance in Dunkirk-street . Henry Jackson ostler , ot the Talbot Inn , was charged with stealine ! S ' . ? I 1 Tkte Ambler . Jackson had beea al t nzinghall Tide , and slept at the Black Swanlua , where Ambler also slept , having been fiddling turn-. ^ in the night time , Jackson was heard ia Amblers room , and in the murning he found bi » money was gone . The charge , however , could not be brou ght home , and Jackson was discharged . The N orthertj Union .-We understand that the local committee of this body will meet on Mon day evening next , at seven o ' ciock , at the house of Mr . Peter Bussey , for the transaction ol busiuesj when his expected there will be a full attendance " ot the individuals forming such committee .
Poor Rates . —We are informed that it haj heen industriousl y circulated that Mr . Peter Bushel has paid , or caused to be paid , his poor-rates : which we understand is a wicked and deliberate falsehood ' he havmg done neither the one nor the other : neither does he intend to sanction the law . f the three DeviL Kings and their minions , by the paymeut of > nch rHtw . Anniversary . —On Monday last the court of Ancient 1-oresters , who hold their meetings at th « house of Mr . J . Murgatroyd , the . Nag ' s Head Iun , Clay on Heights , held their fourth anBiversarjv whtn about forty members sat down to an excelleni dinner , provided by the worthy host fo- the occasion . Att * r the cloth was drawn good tellowship concluded the bix .-iness of the day .
Stealino Fowls . —On the night of Saturday last , some villain or villdins broke into an out-bouse . eVoDgnig to Mr . John Pearson , beer-sellerj HortOD . and " tools , therefrom three ducks and one hen . 0 & Mr . Pearson getting up next morning , he found th » heads of tUe"fowls ,. and a quantity of blood , the drops «> t which he traced to within about 60 yaids of the house of a person named Rothera , to whpte houso he went , and on finding the door o ^ en he went in . and found Rothera with marks of blood upon hi shnes , and Some feathers Btuck to the buttons of hit ' loriies He then went to a constable , whom h brought , and after a search he found the bodies of the lowls on the premises . Rothera was then' brought to the . Court House , and committed to his trial at ths sessions .
- Election of Constables . —On Wednesday a meeting of tbe rate-payers was held in the vestir i-tthe Parish Church , in this town , for the purpose of nominating the constables for the next j-ear , Mr , vy . Cheesbrough in the chair . Mr . J . Ward wai re-ap ^ oiuted , and Mr . R . Newby nominated in , the place of Mr . Fearnley , who has served two years . Cricket . —Last Monday , the return match"between the Halifax aud Baildon clubs came off on-Bailaon Green , which terminated as follows :-Baildon , first innings , ^ 35 , Halifax ditto , 32 . Baildon again resumed thtir : batsand scortd l d 7
, y with six wickets tallen . At this part of the game a dispute aro . -e respecting the opinion of the Halifax umphe , in calling a man out , and the club refused to continue the gamfe , though rather than it shouli be stopped , the Baildoners conseuted to his decioion ^ lut the weather then sec in . " Very unfavourable ,, which might rather account for the non-continuarite of the . game . The Baildoners considered it rather in their favour , and challenged them to / play the match again , next Monday , on Fairweaiher ( ireeu , but the Halifax Gents , dtclined , tbroi ^ b the lateness of the season . They afterward- dined together , were very convivial , aud parted frimdA
Peep Green Meeting . —The" "Bradford procession previous to their arrival ou thegroHnd ,. numbered about 25 , 000 persons , and in one dense inaKS extended along the road for one mile . The following is the order in which they moved : —A . band of music , followed b y a large green banuer , the poles surmounted by a cap of liberty and 8 pear , motto : Un . versal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , AnDual Parlianienis , Equal Representation , No Pioperty Qualification and Payment of Members . Reverb Ihe Bradford Northern Union , Free we will live , or free we will die . Six gentlemen in a carriage drawn by four grey honses . Wappino Distbict .-Th * Lion of England is arotu'd Uown with oppr . Sfion , and Death toTyraaU .
Rnverse . Onward your grefen banner roaring l > o grasp every sword by the hi . t , itn our ( tide is virtue audV « th , On their ' s w oppression Md guilt . Bowlikg . —A tri-colouredflag , motto : Our TLigWr our whole Rights , and nothing but our Rights BpwLiKo LANB .--Bowling Lane Branch of . the Northern Union , a Portrait of Feargus 6 'Cennor motto : Burst the base yoke of tyrant * As your sirea did of yore , Or , die like your oires And endure it no more .
Reverse . The People ' s Charter , Equal Law * > an * EqualJustice . A black flag with a Crown emblazoned inthe centre . A black flag , motto : Wheft the wicked rule , the people mourn ; Nortb BlERLEY AND WEST BbWLINO DlTlSlON . — Motto : Uwellinth ^ lanvd , anitfrny thounhaltbefed . He that willnot work , neither shall he eat . Unions awake , arise , or be for » "v «> r ( alien . . ' .: loritu better to die by the sword , than by banger . Reverse . Cross swords . White Abbey . —i ; large green banner , motto : Universal Suffrage , thariuht of every irian . Reverse . Equal Rigbt » ani Enual Law » . Hobton . * -A largti banner , motto : He that hath boaword , let him sell bis garment ani buy out . Reveree . For it is better to die by the sword , than to perish with hunger . The . ' . whole- " accfotnpanied by two marshals on hoMeback ; There were al-o several other banners , the mottoa 1 of
wbicbwe could uot aacertajn . TO MATTHEW THOMPSON , ESQ ., ONE OF HKIl MAiESTY ^ S J USTICES OF TH £ PEACE FOR THE W EST-IUD 1 NG . biRy-l wish to ask you whether or not the Superaute . i . jvutof thenighUy watchia thin town , is not h ,, iii ! d t .. _ arr ^ t or receive such persons Us maybff wrre . ^ ted fur a breach , of ( be law «^ by virtue of wW they act , and lodge them in « ifo .. n . in ^ n » rii ther
e bronchi befere one bf her Maje 8 ty sjusti «« of the peace for . the iiaid ridipg , tb ^ he dealt wilt Hcc . ruinp to the provisions of such act , and ^ ^ Mmu w such stperintendent be found conniving at » "reitch ^ of iheiawsj , is be stUl gonsiaeretl aiit pe « o * t » nil the important dffice . Your reply will verr -matiy oohge , ' Your humble Servant , „ Peteb Busset . Bradford , October 18 tb , 1838 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1028/page/4/
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