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THE NORTHERN STAB.. SATT3KDAY, XOTEMBER 10, 1838.
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TO THE PUBLIC . Every LANCASHIRE PURCHASER of the NORTHERN STAR of this day , will receive a SPLENDID POBTRAIT OF T . ATTWOOD , ESa . M . P . ( FROM X STEEL PLATE . ) And to every Yorkshire Purchaser , on Saturday , Nov . 17 th ; and to every Newcastle and Scotch , Purchase * , on Smturday , Nov . 24 .
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MLAT 1 YE CntCULATIOT OF THE LEEDS NEWSPAPERS . ' - Stamps famished Weekly in four months . Averare , . ; " IS Weefcs . JJ-OKTSESN STAB . 176 , 800 9 , 322 Xeeds Mercury . - 170 , 657 9 , 480 Xeeds Intelligencer .... 60 , 000 3 , 333 Xeeds Times ...... 48 , 000 2 , 666 - " The actual Consumption is 179 , 9 ) 0 , averaging weekly * JBJ . . - - - ¦ -i-k jt iTiTTD / iTDnm ATTHTV TliiLATlYE ClBCULAllUN
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XORD DURHAM AND THE CAJSADAS . By the JtoyaJ William steamer , which arrived at Xiverpool on Monday , American papers to the 20 th Tit , Quebec papers to the 11 th , and Montreal -papers to the 16 th , lays "been received . The principal matter of intelligence wbich they contain is the proclamation of Lord Durham , addressed to the Canadians of both Pro-rinces . In this document - the Noble Earl states , at length , the reasons which lave induced Mm to take the decisive step of -throwing np his Dictatorship and returning home ;
leaving the responsibility ef governing the Canadas upon the sbonlders of the dastardly players at bid ynrl seek with tyranny , wbo , having first sanctioned and authorised the wanton disregard of all constitutional forms in their aggressions spon the Canadian people , which drove that people into the necessity of resisting lawless power by farce of arms , and living sent Mm forth , as the embodied genius of iespotism , to rnle , without reference to constitutional Jorms , thvu shrunk , from the consequences of sup-3 > orting their own tool , in the doing . of their own -work .
As a literary composition , the proclamation of Xord Dubham ranks far above the average of state documents . It is an elegant piece of writing ; setting forth the motives , reasons , and intentions ef iie Noble Governor -with clearness and precision . It is a plain statement of tie difficulties of bis position , and an appeal from the baseness of the ixrictling Ministry , by whom he has been V sacrificed , " to the good sense and good feeling of'that small portion of Hie people of the provinces by ¦ whom his general conduct , and especially his " ordinances , " may be approved . It is much too long to be transferred to our columns entire , but there are
certain portions of it on which we feel it- necessary to make a few comments : — ^ * 'I did not aecept the Government of British North America ¦ without duly considering the nature ef the task -which I imposed -open myself , or the sufficiency of my means of performing it . _ When Parliament concentrated " all legislative and executive power in liower Canada in the same hands , it entablished an aniharitv which , in the strictest sense-of the word "was despotic "This ^ authority her Majesty iras graciously pleased to delegate tome . I did nst shrink lrom assuming the awful responsibility of pewer thus free d from constitutional restraints , in the hope that hv exerciaine it "with justice
, "Kith mildness , and 'with rigour , I might secure the happiness of all classes of the people , and fecSitate the speedy and permanent restoration of tlieir liberties . Bnt _ l never was weak -enough to imagine that the forma by which men ' s rights are fr isely ffuarded in that country Trherefreedom has been longest enjoyed , best understood , and" most prudently exercised , could ¦ be scTnpnlously observed in a society almost * entirely disorgamsec W misrule and dissension . 1 conceived it to be one of &B chief advantages of my position , that 1 wasenabled to pnr-* u * the great ends of substantial justice and sound policy tree
and xmfertexed . Aar did I ever dream of applying the tkeorv or practice of the British Constitution to a" country whose Consntuticz ras suspended—where all representative Government was annihilated , and the people deprived of all controul over their own affairs—where the ordinary guarantees of per-• onal rights had been In abeyance during a lone subjection to martial law , and a continued suspension of die " Habeas CoTpus —where there neither 6 id exist , nor h » d for along timeexisted , any confidence in the impartial administration oJjus&ce in anv
thow , these are all very oily , sweet-sounding -words , and , withal , vastly liberal . It was , no iJoabt , a highly flattering position for a high--tempered nobleman , who , had lately teen learning lessons of liberality at the Imperial Court of ILussia , to find himself in full possession of " all legislative and executive authority '" an " . authority , in the strictest sense of the word , despotic . " "We can easily suppose that a bigb-spirited nobleman
laving an excellent opinion of himself , would be extremely gratified to be " enabled to pursue the . great ends" of what he may choose to- designate " substantial justice and Eomid policyj" " free ' from responsibility and " unfettered" by tie " restraints" of those constitutional " forms" " by which men's rights are wisely guarded . " "We can easily conceive how all this ndght be very pleasant to a man of Lord Dtjrham ' s temperament , and how he
naturally feels excessively angry at finding Ms * ' drearas" of despotism broken in upon by the Britisb [ Legislature , but we cannot so well see how the exercise of thin power essentially and " in the strictest sense of the word ' '^ -despotic , could tend to " secure the happiness of all classes of the people " 5 n a society almost entirely disorganized by misrule and dissension . " It is an acknowledged maxim , that solong as any jiven cause continues in operation , the effect produced by it will be continuously produce'd ; and that if yon excite or strengthen the producing canse , the effect will be not only more certainly , but more fullv and extensively exhibited .
If heating substances be applied to an inflammation , they aggravate the symptoms and increase ¦ t he inveteraey of the disease . Hence , therefore , all judicious persons , in seeking to remedy any gr ievance , whether moral , social , or political , endeavour , first to ascertain the cause , and , if possible , to remove it ; in which case , they calculate ¦ with reason and certainty npon a speedy cessation , or at least ameliorat ion , of the effect . "What , then , was the canse of tbe " abeyance of personal rights , " : and the " almost entire disorganization of society " in Canada ? It was , in the first instance , the
exercising of a power essentially despotic , by the Canadian Government , backed and supported by the British Government . It was the setting at sought the provisions of the Constitution , and the disregard of those " forms by which nren ' i rights are ¦ wisely guarded . " It wa 3 this which began the affray . It was this which drove the people to desperation , and forced them into armed and justifiable resistance . Itwas the pursuing of wiat tbe Government liad been pleased to consider " the great ends of substantial jnstice and sound policy free and unfettered" in which originated all the
robberies , murders , and arsons , and treasoni , of the Government and their adherents , which resulted in the suspension of the Habeas Corpus , the abolition of the Constitution , and the " almost-entire ^ organization of society . " The Canadian people tad a settltd Constitution—they adhered to that Constitution . They suffered wrongs and they sought the redressal of those wrongs by Constitutional means . Their enemies finding them Constitution ally too strong , openl y spurned tbe Constitution ,
and robbed tbe people in it , defiance . This the people very properly resisted , and hence eame anarchy , and confusion , and bloodshed : This , it must eTCTbe remembered , was the cause of the state in which Lord Durham found society in " Canada . And for this state of society—induced bv sucb a cause—Lord DuXHAM hoped to find an efficient and permanent remedy in th ? exercise of an authority more openly despotic , more avowedly "free and unfettered , " than that by which it had been produced !
But LordDrjsHAM is greatly in love with" substantial justice * nd sound policy . " Now what were the measures of " substantial justice" whiebbrought about tbe consummation that Lord Durham feels sobkterly ; and which , we have no doubt , he purposes to make his quondam friends feel as bitterly , on bis return ? To say nothing of the enormous injustice of either Lord Durham or anybody else
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daring to exercise powers of despotism over-a people whose free -hearts nad only been coerced by brute force—and wbo , though vanquished , were not subdued—to say nothing of this anomaly—what were the individual measures of " substantial justice " npon which this bubble of the ordinances" burst ? It was the sentencing to banishment and , contingently , to death , of a ^ number of persons whom , they having never been tried , he was bound by constitut ional law to consider as gnilty of no crimeparties whom he acknowledges in this very proclamation that h « dare not bring to trial—knowing that he should be unable to convict them of any daring to exercise poweia of de > porism over / a people , _„ . + Mrta v , fthW xJ ?~^ a xJ 7 *
crime . Some of the parties dealt with under the " ordinances" demanded their trial— -actually spurned the vaunted mercy of the Governor , and demanded to be tried—they were not allowed the privilege ; but were forced out of prison and compelled to yield accordance to the mercy—tempered tyranny of the Dictator . Such is tbe simple form of the " substantial justice" wbich Lord Durham was anxious to award . "We suppose that it requires little penetration to discover that this " substantial justice'" is as outrageous and oppressive tyranny as could grace tbe administration of Lord Durham ' - friend tbe Czar . It is to no use to tell us that Lord
Durham meant well— that "he had no intention to play tbe sanguinary despot . " "We have nothing to do with his meaning . The Canadian people have nothing to do with Ms meaning . All of which they or we can take cognizance is not what he meant but what he did ; and certainly , though he might mean it for " substantial justice , " he did as great an act of injustice as was ever perpetrated .
Let us now look to the . " sound policy" by which these " ordinances" was characterized . ' "We apprehend that " sound policy" must be honest policyand that " policy" to be sound and hone * t must include the skilful adaptation of means to tbe accomplishment of such purposes as are avowed . Now the avowed purpose of Lord Durham was the restoration of tranquillity and happiness , and the enjoyment of their rights , to the Canadian
people—but if this was his real purpose , we have already seen that his policy was not calculated to effect it , and was not , therefore , " sound policy . " If bis real purpose was to abrogate every vestige of liberty in Canada , and recuce the people to mere serfage , then—provided he could calculate , as it seems he did , on being duly supported in the display of such " authority" as these " ordinances" evince—we may grant his policy to have been skilful but must deny its " soundness . "
It seems , however , that Lord Durham thought the " vigorous " exercise of a purely despotic power the best means that could be adopted of soothing the agitation , and restoring the confidence in it * legislature , of a society " almost entirely disorganised" by previous " misrule" in the shape of attempted despotism , and the dissensions consequent thereon . 'Tis clear too , from tbe tone of bitter disappointment which ae assumes , that he had been led to believe this to be the opinion of his "Whi g friends and compeers at home ; for he fondly " trusted" that he should be at least as fully sustained in his abrogation of tbe Constitution as his
predecessors had been in the violation of it . And hence , speaking of the Imperial Legislature , be says that he trusted , finally , " that if they found tbe " ordinance inoperative , they would give it effect ; " if illegal , that they would make it law . This " small aid has not been extended to me , even "for this great object ; and the usefulness of my " delegated powers expires with the loss of that " support from the supreme authority which could " alone sustain it . "
It is really exceedingly provoking that a British Parliament should prefer tbe " constitutional forms by which men ' rights are wisely governed , " the " mercy-tempered tyranny" wbich Lord Durham chooses to call " substant ial justice" ; but so it is—there is no help for it—and the Dictator , failing the " small aid" which he required , to make him a perfect tyrant , flings away his diadem in disgust .
After all , -Lord Durham has a great ri ght to be angry . He has been scurvily treated—shabbily " sacrificed by bis friends . " 'Twas not the monstrous character of Lord Durham ' s edicts wbich startled them , but the discovery that a technical flaw laid hold of by the Tory opposition , would render their places unsafe in his support . No sooner was this discovery made than it was instantly seen that a month or two's tenure of office was infinitely
preferable to consistency of character , or good faith with Lord Durham . And they who , so long as law and constitutional liberty only were at stake , played the bully most manfully , now kicked overboard their friend , and pitched his " ordinances" after him , that the crazy wreck might float a Jittle longer . Twill be but a little , for Durham is comiBg , and who among them shall abide the day of his fierce displeasure ? The jeremiad of "Wednesday ' s Morning Chronicle npon this same proclamation evinces
that its patrons the Government are in a precious pictle—half dead with fear already . Tbe Chronicle admits that he has been scurvily , shabbily treatedbut then , says the poor thiDg , he should not have told the Canadians so—he should have left them to find it out—be should not have put it in the proclamation . Tbe Times is even more angry about tbe proclamation than the Chronicle ; and the two factions represented by these . two doughty champioas do belabour each other most lustily and ludicrously
the one laying all the blame of the " flare np" on the Ministry— -while tbe other insists upon transfer , ring it to Lord Brougham and the Tories . No matter by whom the " blow-up" has been hastened —it has happened . Let the Canadian and tbe British people be alike thankful , and take care to improve the confusion which must follow , both in Canada and at home , to the furtherance of those means by which Constitutional rights may be guaranteed both to them and us .
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m POOR LAW PETS AND THEIR PAY . In our Dewsbnry news , will be found an announcement that the notorious Inwham , with two otter Magistrates , formed a Special Sessions for the purpose of making orders upon the Treasurer of the Riding for the payment of the Special Constables employed during the late riots at Dewsbury , and other expences connected therewith . The expences
of this pretty little stir of Mr . Ingham ' s already amount to upwards of £ 860 , and , as some other townships have yet to make claims , it is supposed they will exceed £ 1 , 000 . Now every farthing of this sum , Mr . Ixgham ought to pay—and not only so , but be ought also to pay every man , woman , and child whose time was occupied in those dis- ~ graceful outrages , ( solely caused by him ) tbe full
amount of as much as could have been earned , in tbe time thu * spent , at a fair rate of wages . This would still leave him debtor in an amount which is utterly incalculable for tbe mental agony and moral degradation and physical suffering imposed upon the poor fellows and their families who were incarcerated for this freak of bis—also for the degradation and
gmty endured by the British Army in being ( a portion of it ) called to perform such service as galloping up and down at the behest of a thing like Ingham , who was afraid to go home in tie dark . Sucb , however , are tbe blessed privileges of the working men of England , that all they have to do in the matter is to provide funds wbich Ingham and such as he may expend
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in cramming down their throat ? at the point of tbe bayonet , a kind of petty , shabby despotism , utterly unknown in any other part of the world ; Thus itisj and thus it will ever be , until Universal Suffrage has been obtained . So long as Englishmen continue to wort for the cash -which others spend independently of their controul , they will be ever found in occupation . "We can venture to assure the workingmen that , so long as they are permitted , such fellows as Ikgham and bis brother Poot Law pets of Huddersfield will find no difficulty , in wasting as much money in insulting and trampling upon them , they can earn : and the only way to remedy the evil is to strike at the root of the whole system . i » » remm ? Ti p iWrn their throRt . «« ttKp ^ pm ^ v . _ L ^ - ^^ . x . ^ ^^^** J td
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THE PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE
ON WARD—ON WARD-ONWARD . WAR—WAR—WAR !! It is refreshing to turn from the contemplation of a state of society so sickening as the one represented , and pointed to , in the facts detailed in the above article to that of the certainty , afforded by the glorious demonstrations of the people ' s power and virtue everywhere making , that these thingB shall noclongbe so . ' The present week has been more than usually rife with gatherings of the people , in all quarters , to testify their virtuous resolves .
It is to no purpose that the crafty knaves of both schools ( "Whig and Tory ) talk about war , when every other divertisement has failed them . This is the la . « t trick of the hundred , but it will prove as unsuccessful as the others . The London papers have for sometime been filled with gloomy apprehensions and awful certainties of war , and rumours of war , and preparations for war , with Russia . Persia was already gained to Russia , Afghanistan was engaged in her favour , and India was about to be swallowed up . The knaves would like to play the
old game over again . They would like to seduce the people from the pursuit of a substance worth having—worth living for—worth dying for—worth fighting for—if not otherwise to be obtained—to the pursuit of something which should turn out to be more empty than a shadow ; but the people are too well instructed now to be thus caught . They are not to be drawn from the straight-forward path in which they are now moving towards the attainment of tbe first and most necessary object . They know that it bas ever been the practice of the Aristocracy
in all ages to foment and get up wars as a means of diverting their attention , whenever the people became inconveniently united or clamorous in demanding political rights . They know their power , both moral and physical , to be quite sufficient to sway the wbole empire , whenever they choose to bring that power into act . They know that the sineics of war must be by them provided , and they will take care that no more wars shall be prosecuted with their blood and money , for the purpose of putting down Democratic principles in England or
elsewhere . The £ 800 , 000 , 000 millstone is heavy enough in their opinion , and they have no wish to see it mater ially augmented . They know that if Aristocratic rule were entirely put down —wars would seldom or scarcely ever , occur , and hence , instead of busying their heads abou t the vaticinations of the "Whig and Tory press on Russian and Russo-Persic movements , they go steadily , gloriously , and consistently forward with tbe grand " movement" at home . Their moral force is being exhibited in town after town , through tbe whole length and breadth of the
land . The united voice of the whole people is being lifted up from north to south , and woe be to those who may be insane enough to determine not to bear ! "We have accounts in this day ' s paper of some ten or eleven large meetings in different places , alj pervaded by one spirit—all breathing one sentiment —all speaking one language—all seeking one object—tbe promotion of the universal good . It is to no use for sucb paltry vehicles of detraction as the Manchester Guardian , who rates the Preston meeting at 3 , 500 , thus miserably and foolishly to try to hide tbe truth—it will out—it must come . The
people have set their shoulders to the work , and they will not leave it unfinished . It is far the factions to say whether it shall be finished quickly—quietly and happily—but finished it must and shall be , e ' er this agitation close .
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THE OPERATIVE . "We this week hail the appearance of another star in tbe hemisphere of geauine Democracy—a New London "Weekly Newspaper has issued its first number under tbe title of The Operative . It is truly and bona fide a workingman ' s paper—established in shares of five shillings each—managed as to its general affairs by a committee of workingmen , and edited by the genuine Democrat Bronterre . "We hail its appearance most gladly . The name of BRONTERRE is aguarantee that it will be a worthy
helpmate in the good cause . The harvest truly is great , but the labourers have bitherto been few . Hitherto , since our commencement , we have fought the battles of Democracy single banded , or nearly so . A month ago a valuable auxiliary sprung up in the True Scotsman , and we have now another in the Operative . There is only one thing in this number of The Operative with which we are disposed to find fault , and that is , in the address of the Committee , the deprecatory and somewhat angry notice of the forthcoming Charter , which promises o be another paper for the people . "W e regret that
this style of speaking should have been adopted by the Operative . It betrays a contractednesa little becoming of the cause to which the Operative is pledged A good cause can never have too many champions . There is room enough for the labour of all to be well and beneficially bestowed in helping forward tbe glorious consummation of our hopes . Instead of deprecating any , we would encourage all , that so , with a " 8 trongpull and a pull altogether , " we may , without any very " long pull , " pull down the strong holds of corruption and misrule , and see the fair principles of glorious Democracy fully established and universally recognised . -
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Agexts —Our Lancashire agents who may require a farther supply of portraits , win receive themtrom Mr . Heyvreiod , and can he supplied with papers upon early application to the office . Next Week ' s Meetings . —A full report of the cpntemplatea demonstrations at Wiean , Leigh , the Potteries , and Hyde , will appear in the Star , of Saturday next . BY reference to our present number , it will be found that we have completed one year ' a task ; with what success we shall leave our readers to judge for themselves , and in our next we shall present them with the prospectus for the coming year , during which period we pledge ourselvea that the Northern Star ( which has overcome the interested prophecies of the past ) shall live to conqaer the interested prejudices of the present , and finally beat down all opposing obstacles between the people and their Tights . The Radical Reformers of Manchester to the People of Ireland next week .
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BE ^^ r ^^^»' >™ 'ation oh this reached us ; / Si ^?^ . ^^^ r ^ >^^^ THE CONSTABLE Meeting OF Dewsburt we hare been nSuwS ^ " ° ' ^ ant ol : room - "Vlt shall / appear HEYwppp . Radical AssociATlpN .- ^ Their letter has been S pIS ^ S . G .--His question cam * lust w <* ek , after the paper was , | £ n { j £ Mr . R . li . Cobbctt is' son : to tki ^ SSS MOSS . —^ Hw lines do not suit u » . The Press of Meetings tVu week obliges us to a « rPr * ii ™? -aence . We will try to brin / up some arreaw ^^^^ ^ attentio n this week ; ^ ™^
OUR . Huddersfield Friends are behind again as usual . At theory moment or going to press we have received from them a report of an important meeting . » ud various other matters , of which we dannot give aluie . ^ tSSlf 0011 - ^ ™ ' ****** ** °° n- tWllg
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LEEDS . A Suspicious Character . —An individual named . Lister , is thus designated in the Northern War of the week before last , in a paragraph detailing his committal for stealing a watch . Two documents have since then been left at our office , signed by the respective overlookers of Messrs . Hinde and Durham , and Mesars . Clapham and Son , describine Lister as a honest and sober man . His friends say that the watch was taken in a drunken spree . . Leeds Northern Union . —The committee of the above Association held their usual weekly meeting at Mr . Standing's . Temperance Coffee House Bnggate , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , and after transacting their usual business , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to :
1 st . That the Radicals of Leeds be requested to continue their subscriptions towards defraying the Leeds portion of the expenses of the Peep Green meeting . 2 nd . That in the opinion of this meeting every possible exertion ought to be made by the members of this Association , and by every good Radical , to swell the amount of the national tribute ; and that the members of this Association be requested to volunteer their services in the collection of the
same . 3 rd . That an address to the public be prepared , setting forth the purposes which the national tribute is intended to be applied to , and a copy of the same be attached to each subscription list . 4 th . That subscription lists be also prepared for the purpose of collecting a fund to defray the expenses of the West Riding delegates to the National Convention , and tnat the above-mentioned address be ' so framed as to answer both purposes . The attention of the meeting was directed to a paragraph which appeared in the Northern Liberator . containing a copy of resolutions agreed to at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Working Men ' s Association , recommending the working classes to support the several newspapers in favour -of the present
movement . It was ultimatel y agreed that the Northern Liberator and Trite Scots / nan be ordered for the use of this Association . Mr . Standing has kindly consentnd to give the use of one of his low rooms as a news-room for the Association ; and all persons feeling a desire of gaining information respecting the progress of the present struggle for liberty may be also accommodated . The several Radical Associations 'in this district are requested to consider the latter paragraph , and exert themselves to " support their friends . " The Leeds Northern Union reqnest the other democratic Societies to name a responsible person as treasurer for the West Riding subscriptions , and cause his name to be publicly announced ,, that all parties interested may know where to remit their subscriptions .
Election of Mr . Peter Bussey to the National Convention . —We have received a letter from Mr . Abraham Hanson , of Elland , controverting the statement of Mr . Newsome ^ relative to thin matter , in last week ' s Mercury , and positively asserting that Mr . Bassey ' s nomination was seconded by a person on the hustings . Mr . Hanson also names some other inaccuracies in the Mercury ' s report , particularly one concerning himself . He affirms he was not on the hustings at the time the Mercury represents him calling out for Mr . Stephens ' horse .
Ancient Foresters . —On Wedpesday last , the members of Court Albion , No . 158 , of the Ancient Order of Foresters , celebrated the sixth anniversary , at Mrs . Thompson ' s , Bay Horse Inn , Briggate , who provided an excellent dinner to upwards of ninety members . The President and Vice filled the chairs with great ability . The cloth being drawn , the " Queen and the rest of the Royal Family , " was drank with all due honours , alter which inany excellent toasts and sentiments w ere givem The evenin g was spent with conviviality and harmony , and the company separated at twelve o'clock , highly gratified .
Leeds Independent Order of the Ark . —On Thursday last , the lodge , City of Refuge , of the Leeds Independent Order of the Ark , held their anniversary at the house of Mr . Lockwood , the Grey Hound Inn , York Road , where the members sat dpwn to a most excellent dinner , composed of every substantial variety and luxury of the season . On the removal of the clpth , the W . P . of the Lodge took the chair , when a number of toasts were given , and songB , recitations , and other convivialities completed the evening ' s entertainments .
Almanacks . —— " Hannay and Dietrichsen ' s Almanack , Astronomical Ephemeris , and Book of General Information for 1839 . We are positively at a loss for words to express our astonishment at the unparalleled comprehensiveness of the Almanack just published by Messrs . Hannay and Dietrichsen , for the ensuing year . There is scarcely a subject in the usual routine of events to which we do not find reference in this book of 100 pages , at the insignificant cost of 6 d . ; a sum which positively can little more than cover the price of the paper . The biographical and chronological tables are exceedingly interesting , particularly those for the present year . The tides , eclipses , &c , are duly noticedand the
, progress of Encke ' s comet during the remainder , of the present year , and Gambart ' s in 1839 , are traced by diagrams of the heavens . We have the list of the royal households ; the House of Lords giving the titles of the PeeTSj , the family name , the motto of the Peers , and dates of creation ; the House of Commons is given twice , fast alphabetically , secondly arranged by the places the members represent ; the whole of the army list ^ giving the Officers' names alphabetically arranged , ( a desideratum long wanted ) with the dates of Commission , and the appointment the Officer holds ; the navy list is given in like manner ; the bankers , provincial and metropolitan ; the di
corporation gnities ; ambassadors and consulsuniversities ; the list of fairs throughout the kingdom is by far the best ever printed ; and in short , as we have before observed , information upon every possible topic is afforded to the public in this most useful pamphlet . Messrs . Hannay and Dietrichsen have certainly put all competition out of the field , for we should say , it would be impossible for any other firm to produce a similar competition at five times tbe cost . "— Weekly Chrmtiele , Oct . 28 .-- — Published by the Proprietors , and sold at their warehouse , 63 Oxford street , London ; and by all Booksellers and Stationers in the kingdom . Sold in Leeds by Htfaton , Briggate .
Accidents on the ( treat Western Railway . — Betwea nine and ten o ' clock on Monday night , as one of the railroad police , named Chapman , was on duty between the Ealing and Hanwell stations , close to the latter village , he heard in the distance the noise of an engine approaching ^ and on its reaching him the engineer informed him he feared he had run over something a few yards distant . Chapman instantly hastened to the spot , when by the light of his lantern he was horror-stricken at discovering hig own father writhing in the agonies of deaththe
, enginiB and tender having passed right over him . The almost frantic son initantly hastened to the residence of Mr . Haffenden , surgeon , of Hanwell , to whom he related his sad tale , who immediately returned with him , but all human assistance wasrunavailing , life being quite extinct . It appears that the unfortunate man was proceeding along the' railway with ; his . son's supper , not anticipating the travelling of an engine at that late hour , and being deaf , its approach was unheard by him . The . wheels of the engine , on examination , were found to have passed over his legs , body and chest
ma siandngQirectipn , smashing his ribs , right arm and left leg in a frightful manner , The basket containing Chapman ' s supper , together with the hat or his unfortunate father , were found lying about thirty yards from the spot where the body was discoveredj which was , as soon as possible , removed on la shutter to the Green Man Inn / Ealing , where it awaits a coroner's inquest . On Tuesday another serious " accident occurred on this linev The train left Maidenhead at nine o'clock in the morning , and upon reaching Draytob it ; ran off the line , and the down train soon afterwards coming up , a violent concussion took place . Fortunately no lives were lost ; though much alarm was excited .
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¦¦ IMMMBiiiiliMiliiiBBWaWMBMBBMggMMMM MBi ^^ a —Foresters .--On Monday last , a hew Court of Ancient Foresters , called the , . Victoria , was opened at Sarah Mather ' Sj the Owl Inn > Rodley , when an increase of thirty-five members were initiated , and a most splendid supper was provided by the hostess . Balloon Accident . ——The recent accident occasioned by Mrs . Graham ' s descent , should lead us to consider bow necessary it is to provide against similar oeeurre . nce .-v Contusions treated with a good ointment , such as Holloway ' s Universal Family Ointment , soon subside . Mr . Hollow ay has many certificates from the faculty which certify the extraordinary efficacy of this invaluable unguent , and does not oppose himself to that most respectable body , but wishes to cultivate the sanction of their targe experience . t :.... ^^ ' .-. . 2 n tli j i ^ ST -- ° Monday last , a new Court of
Singular Phenomena . —On Thursday week , Selby was visited by a storm of wind , ha . il > * nd rain , of a very singular character . A dense cloud about balf-a-mile in length , and two hundred yards in breadth , rose , and became stationary over the town , about three o ' clock , p . m ., from which mingled rain and hail descended in a fudden and copious shower : the hailstones were of an unusually large size , some of them from a quarter to half an inch in diameter . The shower was accompanied by a high wind ; and at its termination , the sun broke forth with a flood of golden splendour , painting the beautiful rainbow , on the humid . clouds , with a depth of colouring seldom equalled . Altogether , the scene was grand and magnificent in the extreme . Thunder was heard in the distance .
The Leeds Times and the Almondbxjry Working Man ' s Association .--At the moment of going to press we received a letter from this association , referring to a paragraph in our last , in which they say—Gentlemen , —Wr beg leave to state , that the report of tbe Peep Green Demonstration , as given in the Leeds Times , of the 20 th nit ., was far from meeting our approbation ; nevertheless , we have not passed a resolution , as stated in the Northern Star of the 3 d inst ., nor have we authorised any person to write such paragraph .
JOHN HARNER , Sec . All we can say is , that a document purporting to be such a resolution , couched in very strong language , was sent to us through the medium of our regular correspondent at Huddersfield , with a particular desire for its insertion . Not admiring its style we withheld the paper and barely named the fact . St . George ' s Church , Leeds . —This edifice was solemnly consecrated and opened for divine worship on Wednesday last , by the Lord Bishop of Ripon . ¦ . ; '
Socialism . ~ A discussion on Responsibility took place in the Music Saloon , on Wednesday evening between Mr . L . Jones , of Manchester , and the Rev ' . Mr . Powell , Wesleyan Minister , of Birstal . The room was crowded to excess , and we understand some disturbance was created , and some windows broken , by the mob of persons outside , desirous but unable to get in . The Glos op MuRDER . ~ The inhabitants ' of Glossop have very handsomely oflered a reward of £ 100 upon conviction of the person who committed this horrid crime . Since the coroner ' s inquest , sushas fallen
picion upon a countryman , who left Rotterham on the morning of the murder , in company with deceased for Ireland , and was afterwards seen on Saturday following on the North Midland Railway , near Rotherbam , and is supposed to be at present in the neighbourhood of Leeds . His name is Michael Mooney stand . * about five feet six or seven inches high ; supposed to be from 40 to 45 years of age ; a Surt of a boil on his right check , and a tooth wanting in front of his mouth . Had on when he left Rotherham a woollen hat , a dark brow n round jacket , knee breeches , dark grey stockings , and strong shoes .
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COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTH-DAY OF THE LATE HENRY HUNT , ESQ ., IN LEEDS . The anniversary of Mr . Hunt's Birth-day was celebrated in this town , on Tuesday last , by a number of Radicals dining together , at the houstof Mr . Womersley , the Triangle Inn . The dinner . was provided in a manner which gave great credit to the hostess . After the cloth was drawn , the Chairman , Mr . T . Bottomley , made several very appropriate and eloquent observations , which he concluded by proposing the following toast : — " The People , the source of all legitimate power . "
Vv illiam Rider was then called upon to address the company . He chose the toast as his text , from which he preached a tolerably long politicalsermon , in which he gave the ride-andrtie men a severe flagellation , and expressed his conviction of the speedy overthrow of their usurpation , by the establishment of that only powerful , effectual , and just system of government pointed out in the People ' s Charter . The second toast was— " The Memory of the late Henry Hunt , the uncompromising advocate of the People's Rights . " ' . , . /
This was spoken to hy Mr . Moore , who said that bis friend , William Rider , had told them that he ( Mr . Moore ) had been one of his political . schoolmasters , and he would tell them that he fully acquiesced in what had been advanced by his scholar , and therefore he would merely call their attention to the political career of that noble of nature the late Henry Hunt . He then gave a description of the state of Radicalism twenty years ago , and alluded to the labours of Mr . Hunt , to achieve ' the liberty of the people , —he also drew a contrast between the days of the Russell Reform delusion , and the present time , and be observed that though he had oft times despaired of seeing his country delivered from the grasp of tyranny , yet now , in the winter of hia life , he had a pleasing and wellgrounded hope of seeing his native land delivered from the curse of slavery .
The Chairman then gave " The National Convention , and may its members be instrumental , in the hands of the people , in obtaining that only remedy for the diseased body politic—Universal- Suffrage . " . •¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ . .- . Mr . Good made several excellent observations relative to the necessity and utility of the National Convention . He was followed by Mr . Wm . Rider , who explained his intended method of proceeding—bis determination to abide by the principles of the Charter—to oppose all halt
measures—to act according to the direction of the unions—and , should it so happen that any union in the Riding manifested a desire to sacrifice principle , at the shrine of either of the treacherous factii ns ^ he , from that moment would , cease to consider himself the servant of such Union ; but he had no fear of the Radicals being caught with chaff , they now knew their rights , and had the courage to maintain them . At the request of the company ^ he promised to acquaint them , and the Yorkshire Unions generally , with the proceedings of each day during the sitting of the Convention .
The Chairman then gave the Northern Star-r-the Champion—the Northern Liberator , and the True Scotsman , and may they never lose the support of the people , while they continue to support the people ' s cause . Several other toasts were given , and accompanied with suitable remarks , after which the thanks of the company were given to the chairman , and each retired to his home in hopes that before the next anniversary the battle will be fought , and- that liberty and its concomitant blessing will be possessed by Britain ' s sons .
BRADFORD . . AcciDENTS .--On the afternoon of Monday last , as a waggon laden with timber was proceeding down Kirkgate , and endeavouring to turn the corner into Market Street , whether on account of the inexperience of the driver we know not , but the result was that one end of the timber was brought into contact with the shop-window of the Messrs . Farrar . ' s , hatters , and carried away nine squares of glass and the frames in which they were placed : fortunately , no person was injured . —On Wednesday evening , as one of the Leeds coaches was coming into the town , one of the horses came in contact with a ^ man who , in a state of drunkenness , was staggering ; in the middle of the street , and knocked him down ; . but we are happy to say , without doing any material injury .
A Regular Destructive . — -Francis Ray , keeper of the Wheat Sheaf toll-bar , was charged by William Parrott with damaging half-a-sovereignj his property . Mr . Clarkson appeared for the defence . It appeared that complainant , on passing through the bar , tendered half-a-sovereign for payment of the toll ; defendant gave the change , and afterwards disputed the quality of the half-sovereign , saying it was bad , and directly breaking it between his teeth The gold had been taken to Mr . Allott , who pronounced it good . Damages Is , 6 d ., expenses 113 .
Assault . —John Barstow , was charged by his step-son John Wolstenholme with assaulting him . It appeared that the defendant committed the assault when the complainant was in bed , by striking him with a poker about three o ' clock on . the morning of Friday last , declaring that he would kill him . Fined 5 s ., costs 15 s .
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Z Ta w WWutor : ¦* know who had * 2 he bed , when she answered that his wife had 2 U ,. on which he replied that tbvre was no sneeS Th " TI f ZV * ' Witness then-went up , andfcuS th 8 bed had been stripped , and the drawei & emptied . . SI * immediately ' went to Mr ? lrS , n ^ be pawnbroker , where she found the gre ^ art ! r the nmsing article The pr () Secut of imm < S £ SZTS M * Brigg ' fe 0 **^ , wno aS bended the prisoner . Mr . Brumfit ' proved ^ pledging of the ardcl * by the prisone ??^ ^ chaed ^ saymg anything in her defence , and wl : commuted to take her trial at the sessions ; j ^ p ^ rt ^^ i j ^«! sfe&saS Usf occasion had been drinking about ifortnS Hi * son-in-law , John Atkinson , with whom the d £ ceased resided , said that he last saw him alive 0 ^ Tuesday n . ght , and that on getting up a S « ii luuna 01
« -u » , n « me aman hanging behind the doorhi * back ^ was against the house door and his faj , ojards the witness ^ he descended W staircaS the witness said he immediately gave an alarm , baj the man was quite dead and cold . He had attempted to hang himself before . George Hawe ; shoemaker residing next door , said , on heating a scream ^ Barkers house , he went to fte door , and with diffi . II ^ T ? P : he fomi Barker hangiBg £ . hind the door , his feet being on the floor , which pre , vented it opening |_ he instantly gota knife , and cn » him down , but he was quite dead . The Jun returned a verdict of : " Temporary insanity , broushi Z ^ il : * ?* ** " ^ V We have been informed n I t ,, deceased belonged to a ^ Dead Brief at thj Bishop Blaize Inn , in Westgate ; and on theappli . canon ot his ^ friends for the money , the lanil ^ told them that the deceased owed him 12 s ., which he would not deliver up , but paid himself out of tb
amount due . o C u AU 7 ^ 0 N T 0 Beersellers . — O > Sunday tk 28 clv of October , that well-known character Mosa bugden , and a man of the name of Green , a shoe , maker , went about a quarter before 12 o ' clack int , the Uause of Mr . William Lambert , Bolton-dut . lane , a poor old manj and begged he would let them have a pint of ale . The old man not thinking of " aji harm complied with the request . After smoking eath a pipe of tobacco , and drinking their ale off thn departed . On the Monday following , the old ma was served with a summons , for which he had is pay a fine and costs £ 2 14 s . and the loss of -V license , which he only had taken out two orthrp days previaus to their calling .
BARNSLEY . Gkeat Northern Umox . —This Branch met » l Peter lipey ' s , on Monday , the fifth inst ., and after the enrolment of several new members , a resoli tion was moved and passed to divide the towi into districts for the purpose of collecting the " NjtionalRent . " Notwithstanding the base reports of the vilianous Sbam-Radical , Whig , and Tory prea the JNorthern Union is encreasing in this town , to the great satisfaction of all lovers of trne liberty . H unt ' s Anniversary . —Tuesday last , bein ? ths anniversary of the immortal Henry ' Hunt , a uumta of his admirers sat down to . an excellent dinner provided by Mr . Hanson , on Worsbro' Commhr ,.
Mr . ihomas Asquith , in the ckair , when the following loasts were drunk with unbounded applause 1 —1 st . —" Tu « peeple , the real and only source of power and wealth / ' responded to by Mr . J . Crabtrse 2 d— "To the memory ot the immortal patriot % Hunt ; responded to by Mr . John Vallance . 01 Vs Lame » t 5 " sung by Mr . James Davej 3 d . — "Feargiis O'Connor , Esq ., the matchless hero of the people ' s rights ¦ > ' responded to by Peter Hoer . 4 th . — "JamesBronterre O'Brien , Esq ., the indepadent exposer of the wiles of Wbiggery ; " responded w ^ AVr : i ° ^ n Ward > 3 tt- — " John Fielden , Kso-M . f ., the fnendof the poor ; " responded to % Mr " John Wood . 6 th . —" 1 he Rev . Joseph RayneYSt * phens , the eloquent assertor of human rights '"!? , sponded to by Mr . Joseub Swift . 7 th— ' Tliomm
Attwood , Esq ., M . P ., and the brave men of Birminir . ham ; responded to by Mr . G . Utley . 8 th . — " Mt Owen v Esq ., the philanthropist ; " responded to W Mr . Thomas Lingard . 9 th . —" Richard Oastte , Esq ., the ^ fnend of the factory children and the inveterate foe of the inhuman poor law ; " responded to by John Vallance . ] Oth . — " Wm . Sharman Cra ? - lord , Esq ., the real fr . end of the Irish poor " responded to by Wm , Braithwait . 11 th . —" General Arthur O'Connor , the .-xile ot Erin ; "responded to by Mr . Isaac Lister . 12 th . — " R . B . Cobbett , of Manchester , Dr . Taylor , of Glasgow , Dr . Fletcher , of Bury , and every real friend of freedom in the known world ; " responded to by . Messrs . Lineart
and uennett . 13 th . —" The pebplefs 49 representatives at the approaching National Convention , aiid in ay they prove to be the harbingers of universal liberty ; " responded to by the Chairman . 15 th .-' To the memory of the immortal Augustus H . Beaumont , W : m . Cobbett , R . Emmett , J . Kmeht , Lord Edward Fitzgerald , Major Cartwright i and all tbe illustrious dead of every age and nation , whose lives were devoted to the sacred cause of freedom ; " responded to by John Widdop . 10 th .-" The Canadian patriots and may their efforts be crowned with , success ; " responded to bv Mesm Swift , and Utley . 17 th . — " The liberty ol ' the orea
and success to the Aort / iepi Star , Northern Liberator , true Scotsman , Champion ^ Brighton Patriot , the only journals who honestly advocate the cause ci right against might ; " responded to by Mr . John Ward . After the toasts were drank the branch of the Northern Union , we are happy to say . received anew member . A similar dinner was holden atMri William Preston ' s B , ailroad Tavern , Banisley , a which Mr . Davin Pilmore presided . Excellent speeches were made by Messrs . Collins , Pilmore , Ashton , < fec . Patriotic to fists , very similar to thos of the Worsbro' Common dinner , were enthusiasti cally drank and responded to .
Opening a Lodge of Druids . —On Monday , lodge of Druids , to be called the " Imperial Lodge , " was opened at the house of Mr . James Smith , the Neptune Inn , Barnsley . Anuient Forester ' s Anniversary . —On Moncay , the court held their anniversary at the Fleet * Inn , Humble-street , Barnsley , when about forty sat down to an excellent dinner , which did great credit to the host and hostess . Shepherdesses' Anniversary . —On Monday , to Ancient Shepherdesses held their anniversonr at the house of Mrs . Mary Strutt , the White Bear Wt Thumble-street , Barnsley , when the party sat down to a substantial dinner provided by the worthy hostess , after which the day was spent in the greatest harmony enlivened by dance and song .
Barnsley Statues . — These siatntes were held on Sanjrday last , bat they were poorly attended scarcely a Bkely male servant offering himself for n v Boys of from sixteen to eighteen years of age , obtained from ^ 14 to £ 16 ; and a number of mere children , werei hired at £ 8 and £ 16 each . The demand for female servants was very limited , but those who obtained situations were hired at moderati wages . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ Ob _ d Fellows' Funeral . — -On Thursday , the remains of Andrew Merry weather , were attended to their final resting place , at Worsbro' church , by » great number of the M . U . of Odd FeUowH , of which fraternity the deceased had ; been a member . MejTfweather came by his death on the previous Thursday » while working in the engine pit of Messrs . HorsfaD and Travis , of Worsbro' Dale , near Barnsley , w ^ a piece of wood fell upon him , and forced him tp * bottom , a depth of about forty yards . He has left * widow and six children to lament their loss .
EXiXAND . Independent Order of the GolbE " Fleece . —A new lodge was opened at the hoose oJ Mr . Marsden , Forester ' s Arms ,: New-street , oa Mondayythe 5 th Instant , where about forty of the members of the above order sat down to a most excellent dinner which did honour to the worthy host and hostess . After tbe cloth was drawn , tbe regular duties of opening a new lodge were gon «
through , and a hutriber of voung persons were in !''* ated , and the lodge is likely to do very well . A number of brothers from other lodges attended , im a pleasing report was given of the flourishing staW pi the above order , after which the lodge waac \ os&i and the remaining part of the evening was spent 18 harmony and social friendship , accompanied " the Elland band . At the hour of ten o ' clock «¦• company broke up , highly gratified with the eTefl " ing ' s entertainment .
The Northern Stab.. Satt3kday, Xotember 10, 1838.
THE NORTHERN STAB .. SATT 3 KDAY , XOTEMBER 10 , 1838 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 10, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1031/page/4/
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