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Tffi^ORTHEilN STAR, SJLTtl^AT i iNOTEMBEE 17, -.. 18S8.
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Every YORKSHIRE PURCHASER of the NORTHERN STAR of this day , will receive a S P L E JS DIB P 0 B , TB A IT OF T . ATT ¥ 00 D , ESQ . M . P . ( FROM A STEEL PLATE , ) And to every Kewca !> tlb and Scotch Purchaser , on StUurilay , Nov . 24 .
Tffi^Ortheiln Star, Sjlttl^At I Inotembee 17, -.. 18s8.
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: Til Affl TEMAB Y . - -. BETB OSPECT—POSITION—AN . D PROSPECTS OP THE NORTHERN STAR . The period lias now arrived- at wlich oar readers ' -grill nataraDj expect tos to present them with something like a summary of onr past , present ,-and fnture services and circumstances , so far as they can "be ascertained . . A "WHOLE year nas now elapsed since , at the command of fluty , and in aeebrdance with the people's wish , -the Northern Star was first . called into existence . At that period , Democracy presented a darksome and gloomy hemisphere . In ^ England , its only conspicuous and important
luminary , the True Sun } had almost spent its fire , and was casting forth sicily and flickering lays , preparatory . to its being finally quenched in ihe waters of " Wliiggerj , which occurred soon after . In Scotland , the New Liberator was _ , is like manaer twinkling its last feeble blaze . Our excellent contemporary the Northern Liberalor then conducted by the lamented Beatjhoxt ; was in its infancy , and , having "but just began to beam forth its rays of strong light upon the people of "both countries , its refulgence was well nigh lost in the
unnatural and oppressive glare of the big lampsiy which it was snrronnded . on all sides—whose flame was sustaiaed by the fat , rancid , oils of "Whiggery and Tcyism , and whose reflectors ¦ were so arranged as to east a , dark shade upon the interests , and rights , and " prospects of the people generally , and also upon the : knavery , tyranny , and neartlessnesSj of their oppressors . In the midst of this darksome hemisphere , the Northern Star , shining not so much by its own light , as by its reflection of the virtue , and intelligence , and honest manliness of the people by whom it was established , has continued from that period to Sisseminate , steadily and : consistently , the light of truth . "' -- ' . -
CAXLED into existence by the voice or public opinion—undertaken simply from a sense of duty , ; and an attachment to the great principles of trnth and righteousness which have been advocated in its columns , the Northern Star has , necessarily , exhibited , hitherto , a career some--srhai different from that of most other vehicles -of political instruction and information , in the shape of public jonrnals . Its conductors have had n « private or personal ends to obtain ; no commercial speciilauons to subserve , by £ he prostitution of its columns . Their only end "was the advancement of
public liberty—their sole desire , to be serviceable to the great cause of universal right . Hence , they have swerved , in the pursuit of these objects , neither to the right hand nor to the left ; they lave gone straight on , in the right line of honesty ; neither heeding nor anticipating what might be £ He consequences to their personal or trading prospects ; anxious for distinction and patronage , far as public usefulness and . a . rigid adherence to principle might secure it , but ready to spurn'it from them whenever it should be necessary to be purchased bv the smallest sacrifice of these .
IK the outset of our career , we pledged-ourselves to labour constantly for the destruction of that strong line of demarcation which has been so lamentably successfully drawn between the Aristocracy and the people ; by which the former have "been led-to regard the latter as existing only for ibe promotion of their aggrandisement , while they , in return , nave been regarded by the latter as so many beasts of prey , devouring their helpless-victims . "Wo plpdgpj } nnrcelves that- tlie tendency of all eur labours shonld be to prove iheir real interests to be one and indivisible . We
pledged ourselves to an uncompromising demand for Universal Suffrage , as the only \ effectual means of obtaining-and securing Universal * ' Justice "—whether for Ireland , or Great Britain , or both . "We pledged ourselves to an unceasing endeavour for the destruction of the infernal Poor law Amendment Act , and the enactment in its stead , of a respectable provision , unaccompanied by-degradation , for every unwilling idler in the rtatc "We pledged ourselves to a continual and steadfast opposition against every aggression npon the liberty of the subject practised under the name of law . / We pledged ourselves to labour incessantly for all such means' as might promote the establishment of political and social equality amongst our fellow-countrymen ; an equality to be obtained , not by taking from the rich , but by giving to the poor ; not by pulling down the high , but by elevating the depressed—thus giving an equality , not of actual wealth and property , -but of protection in the right of enjoyment of their respective possessions " We Jeci » gnised the- great " principle of lawful resistance to uneonstitational encroachments on public and national rights . We warned our fellow subject that the abrogation of their rights , being tamely submitted to , acquires , from custom ,, the ibree of iaw , and becomes an evil too great for individual complaint to cope - with , while it might have been prevented by general resistance .
Such were the principles and such the pledges - with -winch we started on our course of agitation twelve months ago . y ? e now put ourselves cheerfully upon our trial , and ask any man to convict us of having , in any single instance , shrunk frem our principles of forfeited our pledget "We appeal to . the many thousands of the jurors by whom wre are to be tried whether we have not , throughout our whole eonrse . laboured to heal the breach
oetween what have been foolishly called the "higher" and "lower" orders of society , by proving that the rich man ' s wealth is ever most secure , when the poor man ' s labour is most effectually protected—{ hat the just privileges of ¦ :.. the Aristocracy are most safely enjoyed when the - just rights " " of the Democracy are jmost fully accorded—that general concord and good feeling is only to be attained by a scrupulous adherence to ¦ universal right ? "We ask any one to lay his finger upon that single sentence of the Northern Sfar ; iddcn abates one atom of its fnll and just demand for TJniTeraai Suffrage . "We ask the most bitter enemy of the Poor Law to shew wherein onr denunciation of that law of Devils liasbeenfeeble , or onr o pposition to it" equivocaL" We point to the frequen t and free censure -which we have " found it oar unpleasant duty to ¦ bestow upon the administrators of the law and ask if Ae poor man has not ever found in the Northern Star a champion ready to espouse nis
. cause against oppression in its most powerfil forms ? "We ask if any other language have been nolden by-hs , but , that of a demand for right for fiiose from whom it is withheld , and a defence of right for those from whom it is sought to "be taken away ? ; We ask , if the same doctrine , of necessary and <« nstitufional resistance to arbitrary and tyrTannouB rule ; which we inculcated in our first nnmber has &ot y ^ sedulously inculcated throughout ? ~ ' Wb appeai ^ conndentl y to the innumerable masses of % jK * ote , w ^ whose interests we are iden-[ tified , ; jtf those interests have ever been by us sscn £ c « i or negleeted , during our past career ? r "If e And the meet gratifying and the most gads-
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factory response to our appeal in the position assigned to us by that people at the end of bur twelvemonths' labours . We find ourselves in possession of an amount of confidence neverbefore reposed by the people in any democratic journal . The continually increasing circulation of the Star , throughout the whole Empire—not only in places to wMch it is being constantly introduced as a new paper , but also in all the towns where it has circulated most largely from the beginning is another proof confirmatory of the universally
acknowledged maxim , that " Honeity is the best policy ; " a maxim which , though generally admitted , is rarely acted on . The extraordinary success of our first efforts were regarded by many of our contemporaries rather as the flashes of a meteor , whose appearance is extremely transitory , than the shining of a " Star , " destined to retain its position . Seme paltry knaves , measuring the Teracity of others by their own , dared to impugn our statements . We smiled , and bid them wait the stamp returns to prove their
vileness . At the expiration of eighteen weeks from our commencement , the returns appeared , and showed a circulation of 9 , 822 copies weekly , placing the Northern Star , in eighteen weeks , considerably a-head of any other provincial paper in the Empire—a fact utterly uaparalleled in the histery of newspapers . One of onr contemporaries , in the excess of his courtesy , was pleased to give the lie both to us and the Stamp Return ; referring to the next return for proof that our consumption of stamps was only '' apparent . " The next retnrn we have not yet received , though we expect it daily ; and whenever it may come , we
shall have as much pleasure in drawing to it the notice of our angry contemporary as we had npon the last occasion , knowing that he will then be obliged to confess that he has really , as well as " apparently , " lost the position he so long boasted of—the " head of the Provincial Press . "' From that period to this , our circulation has been steadily and constantly increasing , as may be seen from the following statement , ( for the accuracy of which we pledge onrselves , ) not of Stamps furnished to , but of Stamps actually consumed by , the Northern Star .
Upon the average of 34 weeks , from the 19 th to the 52 nd Number inclusive—our weekly Circulation is 9 , 943 copies : for the last 26 weeks we have an average of 10 , 043 copies : and for the last eight weeks our average sale has been
11 , 932 COPIES "WEEKLY . These are , we repeat it , not the number of Stamps furnished to us , but the number of Stamps actually printed on , sold , and circulated , by us . "We name this fact , not , ( in the trading slang of some of our Contemporaries , ) to remind Advertisers of their interests , but as affording evidence , from thp present position of the Northern Star , that the retrospect of its past career affords only the grateful contemplation of the increasing confidence and perfect satisfaction of those bv whom it was first called into
beinswhom it has served with faithfulness , and by whom it is maintained in its proud position . Justly proud as we are of tne position in which , as Journalists , we have been placed . by our adhereace to Democratic 1 pr inciple , we are scarcely less gratified , on looking around , to perceive , that we have not the whole brunt of the battle of Democracy on our shoulders . " We have tried and valuable helpmates in the Northern Liberator and the Birmingham Journal . The Champion , in its present enlarged form , almost coeval with
ourselves , is defending the right of the people to Universal Suffrage , and denouncing the infernal Poor Law , with equal ability and zeal . We have valuable auxiliaries iu the True Scotsman , the Operative , the Brighton Patriot , the Ayrshire Examiner , and other patriotic Journals . At the head of such a fcrce , we feel strengthened for the combat , and encouraged to bid welcome to whatever struggles may await us in the contest which yet lies before us for the establishment of the dominion of right where
might has so long ruled without controul . With such acknowledgments for the unprecedented support we have received , as are due from those who are fully conscious of having deserved support , we address ourselves to the duties of another year . We see before us a bright and cheering prospect . ?* ever before did the political horizon greet us with so pleasing a subject of contemplation . We , see intelligence progressing among the whole people . We see them eagerly seeking after political information . We see them
manifesting an unanimity and firmness of virtuous resolve , such as bids fair to prove itself omnipotent for the establishment of right . We see them peacefully , constantly , akd patiently concentrating their efforts to the one only point in which all political and social evils centre ^ and we feel the gladdening anticipation that ere long that point shall become the focus whence the joys and benefits of political equality , serial rights , and moral virtue shall radiate throughout all society , whose redemption from political and social thraldom we shall view with so much the greature rapture for having been , in part , our own work .
THE STA 1 XXP SETUBN . Since writing the above , we have received the Timer newspaper , containing the official returns for the six months , from the 1 st of April to the 30 th of September , inclusive—from which it appears -that the several Leeds newspapers have , during the six months , received the following numbers of stamps respectively : — Stam p * famished Weekly in nix months . Average , * & Weeks .
NORTHERN STAB . 271 , 720 10 , 450 . Leeds Mercury ........ 223 , 591 8 ^ 599 Leeds Intelligencer 90 , 3 , 461 Leeds Times . 72 ^ 000 2 , 769 We have no time for observation . The return must speak for itself this week .
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THE TUG OF WAfi . MB . PETER BUSSEY AND THE DEVIL'S LAW . -.- . We have but jnst space to direct attention to our
Bradford news , from whieh it will be seen that Mr . Btjssey has been summoned for his virtuous resolve
to pay no poor rates under the Devil ' s Xaw . We cannot allow the case to pass without noticing the farce of Mr . Btjssey : ' s being summoned to show cause why he refused to pay the rate demanded , and then , in the midst of nia argument , and while thawing satisfactory cause why he ought not to be « ven asked for it , / he is twice interrupted by the MagL » trate 8 , who complain that it is too bad that their time should be occupied with his doing that which their summons required him to do . This is one of the moltitadinoas absurdities for which we are indebted to the superior intelligence of the monopolizers of law-making . ¦
Not the least interesting part of BtrsSEY's statement , is his detail of the shameful treatment of the poor old couple named LoBLEY—and the Jesuiticaldefence of the Poor Law Myrmidons set up by Wagstakf , their well paid Clerk . We have since made enquiry , and find that the six shillings per week , referred to by J 4 r . "Wagstaf * , wa-j jnven them / or two weeks only . It is very natural for fellows like Wagstaff and Sure liff to defend
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the murdering law , from which ' the one receives £ 300 , and the other £ 100 a year , but what honest jury would receive the evidence of such witnesses ? ¦ ¦ . ¦; . . .. ¦ ., ' - ' i , ¦'¦¦' . ' C ~' ' ' ' ^"' ¦ ¦ Inconclusion we maysay , that had the advice which we gave to the people ox Braidfurd , io refuse to pay the rates , been acted on hy-aVl , as it . was by Mr . Btjssey , this disgraceful scene would not have been enacted . Therefu ^ al of a whole parish would
have been of itself sufficient " cau-e" to satisfy even the sapient Justices of Bradford , go far a « to deter them from , issuing Distress Warrants . . As it is , the people must take care that Brss by ' s goods are not sold , at least not in Bradford let all who would not . minister help to . ' "their bwri downfal refuse to buy , and also use such gentle persuasives , as may be likely to deter their neighbours from buying . ~
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Freemasons' life . Assurance Company . —The Adyprtiaer is too late for thij . week , but we can inform pat readers that a District Branch of this very popular In » titurion is atom beinz established at Leeds , in the sauie manner asbraneheshave tmen established in Manchester , Lirerpool , Birmingham , HuJderefield , 4 c . ' ¦'"¦ . ' , ' . IF ANY OF OUR AGENTS shpnld be without Portraits this week , they must assign it to thn real cause—their great neglect in not sending their orden in time . WeliaTe repeatedly noticed that on Portrait weeks they ¦' ¦ must-, be at the office by Wednesday at farthest . Thu week inauy have come to hand on Friday . ; ¦ ¦ : Joseph B . H . Greenwood . —At the moment of going to
pre » s last week we received hit * somewhat uncourteoiis letter , and had then nriiher time nor room' to replv to it . He refers to a letter previously sent to lis . ; WeTknuV » nothing of it—we hav « neither m ; en ; noTb . earo of it . He asks " U it just to \ our reader * , or to the . Socialiata , to insert ' Mr . Gvieft setmuaaaad not the SociaVist's repVies ? " We answer , yes . The xermons of Air . Uilea were in -reply * to Mr . Owen ' s lecture * , an -abstract " of which had prevuiusiy appeared in the Star . Having given both ; - ai § ea of the question , we did nut thilik it netessiiry further to occupy the paper with mere po . emic conuover » y . His otlier questiun is one whichh « has no ri ght to nsk , aud which we shall not answer . .
HUNT ' S MONUMENT . —The Rauicala of AAton , iwwh to enquire Iruni our nur . ierons correspondents , throug h ¦ the jsietiinm of lir ? Korl / iern . Star i"what bec ^ xneof the money that wu 8 subKribed tuwarJn building a ruoiiuii > ent in Muuehesur tu U . Hunt , or vt hat sum is there now in hand ? ^ . ' J . BlNNS , BUDDHRSFIELD . —Our Huddersneld Correspondent must be aware Irom notices frequently heretiilore given , that nothing from thecountry , hdirexier ' short-, can be sare or insertion 11 not in the iffice oul-hursday night , and that long communications i ei-pi . ciully when . they need to be re- written be lure they can appearj ought to be in the office on Thursday morning . One who wishes to see the Bill hate a fair TRIAL , Tcgrets lhat the supporters » f the Poor Law in BuddeTAfield , ranking among" them so many men bt talent and respectability , ulluw themselves to be put aside by a man like Acland , instead of coming forward themselves to convincethw opponents of the Taw , by fair and reasonable discussion .
WORSBRO' COMMON HadicaLS . —W « are very happy to correct a mistake in our lunt rfJatire to the acCBBblon o | members tu the Nortberu Uni"ii at that place , alter the dinner in memory of Hunt . Tventy-liro new members were added instead of one as stated iu out Teport . Carmarthen Workinuman ' s Association . —We are sorry to exclude the excellent ^ ^ but long adiliresa of Mr . VTiilian » 8 -, but when ourlriemh look at pur columns and see how heavy they are with huge meetings ic , all iivr theconntry , we are sure they willsee the impossibility . J . W . G . —Thn reason above slated compels us , v « rj reluctantly alsntn oniit Mr . Brphtwell ' s letier to the Editor of the Xortcich Mercury , wiib . that gentleman ' s reply . John Koster . —The verses by his deceased friend , which hfi huM iwnt us ; are , in our opinion more indicative ol suflering patriutism than of poetic talents We do not think the memory of the author would derive much benefit from their publication .
The Pressure upon our Columns this week has compelled us entirely to omit the report of Mr . Hunt ' s Birthday Meeting atGlodwick ; the report of the meeting f-jr People ' * Charter at Allertoii , and a similar meeting at Birkenstiawj the Teport of the _ Radical Tea Me « ting at Hull , and a " great variety of interesting local matter from various places . Reports o" Two Public Meetings at Stalybridge , for the establishment ol a Youths and a " . Female Kaiiical Association r of . a Public Met-tirig at Gravel Hole , near Cn . mpton , for establishing a . ^ Radical Association , anil of the Wei-kly Meeting ni t-h ' f * pid ' bain Political Association ' have been omitted for the same caus <' . JAMES LOWE . —We are sorry to exclude his case but have no alternath ' e-PEEP GliEEN KnCLOSURE . —NVe had prepared ah article on ihU subjr-ct , bul along with aeveral other thijijjs in type , it has had to be displaced . We will try to g « t it in next wi-ek . The Hudheksfield Socialists will of c * urae see that it was iwrK » rsib . etoiniert their Memorial .
JIR . JOHN FlELDEN — flerinctM y Tegretthat we are ypt unable to lind room for the letter he forwarded for our last ; bat we are utterly unable to avoid a train postponing it . Our Hochdale Kews LETTER is useless to us this week . We did not gel it till ¥ ri Jay . THE SELBY News Was too late for insertion . MR . O'CONNOR will be iii Leicester on Monday next .
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U 5 EDS . Attempt at Suicide . —On Sunday evening last , a young woman , residing in Templar Court , named Mary Ann Smith , alias Mary Ann Crover , from-Huli , attempted to put an end to her existence , by cutting her throat with a penknife . She did not accomplish her intention , the incision being only about an inch in length , and iu a part not dangerou * . Medical assistance was immediately procured , and slie is now in a lair way of recovery . The assigned canse is some difference she had with a young man who was paying his addresses to her .
Discussion on Socialism . —A discussion on the second fact of Owenism was held at Walton ' s Miwic Saloon , on Saturday nighl last , between Mr . Lloyd Jones and Mr . F . E . Lees . Mr . P . B . Templeton was solicited by noth of the disputants to take the chair . The room was tolerably well filled . The discussion , as is usual in these cases , ended without any decision being come to . The Demonstration on Ambekwood Common . — "We gladly insert the following : — Hindley , Nov . J 4 , 1838 . Gents . —We beg you wfli Supply an important omission of the Radical Demonstration on ArnberwoodCommon , namely , a vote of thanks to the Millowners of Hindley . '¦ : ¦
The Committee on behalf of the Operative Reform Association , Hindley , beg to return their most unfeigned thanks to those genuemen who so genwously settheliands emrjloyedunderthematKberty , to attend xhe Demonstrauon at Amberwbod Common . JN . PENDLEBURY , Secretary . ^ Murdeb . —On Wednesday last , an inquest was field at onr Court House , on view of the body of — Gilpin , the wife of Jb ? eph Gil pin , a bricklayer . Gilpin , the husband of ther deceased , whohadbeen cohabiting with another woman in the Lsylands for sometime , went to the residence of his wife in the Bull and Bell YaTd , about a fortnight ago , and dreadfully illtreated her so as to cause her death . — A verdict of "Wilful Mnrder" was returned against the prisoner , and he was committed to Y ork Castle to take his trial .
Spain . —Bloody Edict . —Slaughter { of Fifty-fiveCarlist Prisoners at Valencia . - ^ - Ihe following proclamation was issued at Yalencia on the 2 nd instant , by M . Narciso Lopez , the new Governor of that city : — ¦ "Brave National Guards and inhabitants of Valencia—The Junta of Reprisals began its labours yesterday , conformably to its advice , and to the general demand of the people . Although much against my wish , and with my heart full of grief , I nd '
* myself in the cruel . necessity of causing fifty-five Carlist prisoners , who are in the prisons ol this town , to be shot , in just reprisal for the like number of our companions who bravely defended the Fort de Villamaiifa , and who , after having surrendered to the ferocieuB Cabrera , and having thus as usual placed themselves / under the protection of the law , were in ^ humanly slaughtered by order of ihat tigen The manes of these unhappy patriots will this day be satisfiea ; it will be shown that , for the future , the blood of onr brothers is not to be shed with impunity .
The fatal system of moderation which we have ; unW now , followed , will cease . The enemies of the Throne , and cf liberty , will tremble to hear that the Government of her Majesty has recovered all its euergy , arid now sets aside that ' bienveillance ' which caused it to regard them in the light of deluded Spaniards . If the despot thinks to conquer us by blood , it is by blood that his projects must be extinguished , and it is with blood that we will con . solidate tie ConsdtutJonal Throne of Isabella and liberty . ; ; " Valencia , Not . 2 , 1838 . [ ' < & , LOPEZ ;" —Diario Mercantil of the 3 d inst .
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Coach TKAyELLiNxi . r- The principal coach proprietors and postmagter 8 , of : Yorkshire , have had a meeting at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning pariiament of th ^ grievance of which they at present complain for ar ^ Equalization of taxes , with other modes 01 conveyance of the in tern at communication of the country . A lengthyv fj ^ ition , most inbderately worded : and respectful in its tone was agreed to . Our . limits preclude its ^^ insertion this week , but we stall give it and also call : attention to the subject in Our next . We understand the coach proprietors and ¦ post-master of Yorkihire intend holding a similarmeeting in the course of the present month of which an advertisement will appear in ours of next week stating the day .
Fatal Tithe Conflict . Six Lives Lost . —After I bad despatehed my letter yesterday eyeningj accounts reached town of a tithe , ' -confiicf ia Tipperary , on Friday , in whiph six Hres were sacrificed . The statement came verball y to the Imperial Hotel , where most of the mails frbm all parts of the country put pp . I qaestioned several of the pasiengers by the Southern coaches , all of whom . konourred in stating that there had been what they termed a Y great tithe slaughter , " and they ail mentioned six as the number killed . There appears to be some doubt whether all the sufferers were
person * engaged in distraining cattle , one of the reports including the assailing peasants as well as the bailiffs amongst the victims . Of the general fact as to ; the conflict ; and the logs of six lives , there sterns to be no doubt whatever ; but the only matter of detail which I could ascertain with any degree of certainty is , that a gentteman named Ussher is amongst the killed . The particular locality in Tippera-. y , I have been unaVile to make out ; but it is po _ s » ible that the letters from that part of the country received in i pwn to-day may contain some informationon the fuhject .- ^ -T' / ffiej .
PiSTREssiNG Circumstance . —On Saturday evening ;] a ? t , a young man , the sosi of Samuel Barker , of Toadcar , Todmorden , who ] is tvyentytwp years of age , left his father ' s house about seven o ' clock , and proceeding to Todroorden , where he waa last seen , at about one o ' clock iu the evening ; but ha 8 . not since been heard of , though diligent search has been made through the surrounding neighbourhoods The younf ; man is subject to ; fits , which have impaired his in tellect ; and it is supposed that , in returning home he missed his wayand has
, strayed off . He is about five feet nine inches in height , strong built , of dark complexion i and pitted with the small-pox , and ; has two tholes on the left cheek , and the left hand is maimed and considerably drawn by having been burnt . He had oil when he . left , home , a round olive fustian jacket , dark drabbed fustian trousers , and clogs . Hist parents , who are poor people , are very much distressed respecting him ; ana it would afford them great pleasure to be favoured with tidings of his being found .
Brief Authority . --On Monday , James Pease and George Hall , two ¦ watchmen , were brought up at the Court House , charged with having , oh Friday night , most grossly assaulted . Win . Taylor , a cloth dresser in the employ of Messrs . Browns and Co ., cloth merchants , Leeds , by calling him a convidted thief , beating him with -their sticks unmercifully , and ' pushing him out of the Free Market . Evidence was brought to prove the respectability ot the complainant ' s character , and the magistratea decided that the defendants had exceeded their duty , and that the complainant ' s character was irreproachable . They were allowed to compromi'ie the matter , which they did by paying five shillings .
Vagrancy . —On Monday , Win . Sunley , a boy of ^ notorii u « character , was brought up at the Court House , charged wi j th havinp , on Friday night , about twelve o ' clock , entered the house of Mr . George Ash , Angel Inn , in this town , and stealing the till , containing about five pounds . He was heard ; and an alarm was given , but the villain succeeded in absconding with the booty ... ; . In the precipitate retreat which he was obliged to make , he lose his cap , which was the means of leading to-his being committed as . a rogue and vagabond for three months to \ Vakeiield House of Correctien . The cap had been so frequently under the inspection of the police , that they were familiarly acquainted with it .
Stealin g a Doo . ——On Monday , Benjamin Newman and Samuel Crossland , were brought up at the Court House , charged with stealing a dog , the property of Mr . Binns , ol Seacroft . Tbe dog wasfound in their possession , when charged with breaking open an . outbuilding for the purpose of stealing geese , the property of A . 1-T . Walker , iartner , of the same place . They were fined £ 5 each and costs , tor having stolen th \; dog ; and in . default of payment they were committed for two months to Waketield House of Correction .
We perceive that Mr . Sykes intends giving a Grand Concert and Ball , on Thursday eveniDg next , the 22 nd inst . j and tins engaged the celebrated M . Strauss . For particulars see advertisement in our first page .
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POOE LAW AMENDMENT ACT . On Wednesday last , Mr . Peter Bussey appeared , on summon ? , ac the Court House , to shew cause why he refused to pay , to the overseers of the poor of the towDship of Bradford , the sum of 8 s , being his share of assessment for the relief of the poor . On being asked by the magistrates why he refused to pay the gum demanded ? Mr . Busyey replied , that he objected on the ground that the Poor Law Amendment Act had a tendency to destroy his natural , acknowledged , and constitutional rights , as a citizen , and that it was not the law of the country . On this grouud he contended it was the
duty of every man in the kingdom to resist the enforcement of it . One of the magistrate >« here said , that they did not sit there to decide , whether the law was good or badj but . to . enforce the laws ; and that what Mr . Bussey was advancing had nothing to do with the question . In reply to which Mr . B . said that he had been summoned there to shew causewhy he refused to pay , and he claimed as a right to do so . He was very glad that a gentleman on the bench was a law-maker ; he meant Ellis Cuniiffe Li 8 ter , Esq . He would ask that gentleman for what purpose he was sent to Parliament :. he believed it
was to make laws and not to make legislators ; but the Parliament which enacted ^ the Poor Law had assumed the power of making legislators , having delegated the power of making the laws to three Commissioners at Somerset House ! from whence they issued Jaws for the government of the poor . This , he contended , was an unconstitutional power , and in order to prove what he had asserted he would take the course generally pursued by the gentlemen connected' with ' , tb ' e . law ^ whom he saw around him , which was the quoting of high legal authorities . Mn B . then'referred to the following authorities , support of his position :-r
A-UTHOBITIJ ? S . Blackstone , in reference to tbe Poor Law , Bays , "The two great objects of this statute seem to be— -Kiratj To relieve -the impotent poor , and them only ;¦• Second , To find employment for such as are able to work , and this principally by providing stocks of raw materials to be worked up at their several homes , instead . of atcumulatiug all the poor in one common workhouse ; a practice which puts the sober aud diligent on a level with those who are dissolute and idle ; depresses the laudable emulation of domestic industry and [ neatness , and destroys all endearing ^ amily connections , the only felicity of the indigent .
The same authority maintains that no human laws are of any validity , if contrary to the laws pf nature , the principles of which are , that we should live honestly , hurt nobody , and should render to every one his due . Lord Chief Justice Eobart says , that even an Act of Parliament made against natural justiceas to make a man a judge in his own cause—if void in itself " . ; L 6 cke on Govern ment say 8 ^ that it has been held by high authority that the Legislature is empowered to make laws , and not to make legislators ; nor is the Executive to govern otherwise than by promulgated and established \ &vra ; not to be varied inpartictilar ' cases , but to have one rule for rich and poor- ^ for the favourite at court , and for the countryman at plough . ¦
Blackstone again states , that in the combination of the . Legislative and Executive ppwer ; in thp same body : of men , there is an end to public liberty ^ ' ^ ., . - - ; . . . . . . ' •^¦ - ; . ; \ V '¦•• ¦ ¦ ' ; : ' ¦/• ¦" ' Brougham 8 ay 8 jV that : the discretionary powers of the Commissioners may , without , contradiction , be designated , as unconstitutional . ' . '¦¦ . ' . Lord Bacon , saya , that everjr subordinate mag ; s etrate , or commissioner , niugt render an account to the sovereign law , he has ^ administeredjustice according to the laws , and if authority may Ve given by the albvereign to any Commissioiier , or other , to govern , otherwise than by known and published laws , then / the sovereign confers a greater pbwer than he himself , or herself , pps 8 e 8 se 8 i ¦; J 5 aco « again-- " That such a practice is dangerous to the commonwealth over which the royal preroga-
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tive extends , inasmuch as . by administering laws ibt known and published , the subjects maysuffijr wropg , even helpless wrong j and the discontent of the people may be cast upon the Sovereign . " / . : : Lord Abinger , Lord , Chief ; Baron of the Exchequer . —That with respect to > the . Commissibnere , he " was decidedly ypposed to the union of tht * legislative and executive power which it was proposed to repose in ihetn .. This was a , delegaB ' 6 A-o £ . aii | norjit ] r ^ a-8 ' <> irt of imperiam in itnperip , \ fh \ qh . he would neVer bring himself to allow . On another occauslpii , referring to the same subject , he said M That it was a newsyai- * tem of legislation—a 8 peci « a of cdespotisni ^^ which . } t was hia internal conviction this country would never be brought to submit to . " >' .- ; ^ Lord Coke soya " that it appears in pur bopka that in . many cases the common law will control Acts of
Parliament and sometimes adjudgei thfem to \> 6 . Utterly void , for when an Act of Pariiament « against common right and reason , / or repugnant , ^ ^ or impossible to : -b . e performed , the common ' "law ; will control it and adjudge such act to beVpid . * ' { X "" : While referring to these , one of the magistrates again interfered and said , that it was really too bad to allow the time of the coprt to be taten up in such a manner , when , after a little time , it was decided that Mr . B . should be alluwed ten minutes longer . On quoting Lord Bacon , Mr . Wagstaff , th ^ e clerk ' ' to the Board of Guardians , said that , wfiat Sir . B . had just quoted militated against his case ; upba which he replied , that it must appear he . was willing -to
examine both sides of the case , and then advanced the second quotation from the same author j after which he said , that he Considered that the principles upon which legislation was at . present based was , that we had an over-population . How it waa that there could be an over population of hpne » t , iu . dustrious working men , he was at a loss to irnagme . The legislators of this kingdom had for some time been : ; endeavouring ; to check population by preventing the ingreee of young piiea into tke world , and when they had foiled to achieve this object , they then were determined to . starve the old ones out of it . He would ask Mr . Wagstaff , the Clerk to the Poor Law Commissipners-r—^ - [ Here
Mr . Wagstaff interfered , andsaid he was nipt in that office ; he was Clerk to the Board of Guardians ] Mr . Bussey would beg Mr , Wagstaffs pardon if he had misrepresented him ; but he believed that Mr . W , was Clerk to the Commissioners , and that the Guardians were the Guardians of the Gqrrimissiohers : the Commissioners could discharge the officers of the Union at any time they thought proper , without assigning any reason for so doing .- Mr . Wagstaff They cannot discharge the Guaruians . Mr ; Bussey H « did not say they could disc . ha .-ge the Guardians ; he said they could discharge the officers ; and as for the Guardians , , they would wot discharge them , they issued their rules and
regulations , which they were obliged to submit to . But , however , as Clerk to the Guardians , he would ask Mr .. W . if he knew two a ^ ed persons of the names of Joseph Lobley and Nancy tobley i ? Mr . W . said he was not there to be questioned b y Mr . Bussey . In reply , that gentleman said that the onl y reason he had for putting the question to Mr . W . was , that he would have a knowledge of the circumstance which he , Mr . B ., was about to lay before the gentlemen on the bench . It appeared that the individuals alluded to were the one 66 , and the other 65 years of age . The poor old woman wi
« s suffering from the effects of a paralytic stroke , which rendered her unable to manage her household affairs , and her husband was suffering from a rupture in the body , for which disorder he had been twice in the Leeds Infirmary . They had , during the time of their marriage , which was 45 years been rated to the relief of the poor ; during which time theyhad had 13 children ; nine of whom they had brought up to be men and women , and the youngest of whom was 27 years of age ; but who all now had enough to do to provide for themselves and families ; that during the time that the old
woman was confined to her bed , and the husband was employed in attending to her , they pawned a great part of the useful articles they possessed , and were at last driven to the parish for relief ; that they have since then given up their cottage , not being able to pay the rent , which was 2 s . 6 d . per week , and had gone to reside with a daughter who was married to a person named Stephen Wainwright , in Nelson-street , and who had had six children , out of which number she had buried four , so that there still remained two ; sine being in a very bad state of health , and her husband a poor woolcomber , they could do nothing towards tbe support oi the . two old people , who were completely emaciated ,
and all that tbe Guardians thought proper Hrailow them was is . 6 d . per week , which was 9 d . each . On the 2 nd of November , the Guardians proposed to take the old woman into the Workhouse , leaving the old man to shift for himself , and on the 9 th of the present month they made an application for both to be admitted , which was refused . During the time that the old woman was confinedy one of her daughters , who lives at a distance , went to the Board of Guardians , and desired them to let her mother have a i urse , as they , ( the children of the old woman , ) ha isufficipnt to do to maintain and look ; after theirjamilies ; upon which Mr . Beaumont , surgeon told bfcr that she might go work for her
aged parents on the Sunday . Mr . ¦ Wa gstaff here said that he ' felt it his duty to state that at the time of the old woman ' s illness , the Board had allowed them 6 s . per week , which they had gradually reduced to the present sum , and which they considered sufficient ; asserting that the old man was able to earn as much as the generality of men engaged in the same lip * of business , and endeavouring to make out a very specious cas e for Dr . Beaumont ; after which Mr . Sutcliffe , the relieving officer , thought to put another glossy coat on the tale of woe by asserting that he had , during the time referred to , Visited the h 6 and be
use never found a more neat or clean cottage . Mr . Bussey still insisted that they were in a starving condition that the old man endeavoured to labour as far as lay in hW power , but was totally unable to provide anything like a Sufficiency for the aged couple . Mr . Lister thought that Mr . W . had partly cleared up the ^ case to his ( Mr . B . ' sjisatisfaction , who , however , stated that be should never be satisfied so long as he knew that they were starviDg , and that he was determined tot to P ^ y one single farthing of the rate in question ; iifteV which he left the bar . The court was crowded to excess during the time the case was being heard .
After Mr . Bussey left the bar , a distress warrant was issued by the rnagi straten against his goods for the amount of the rate .
BRADFORD . Northern UNiON .-r-On the night of Monday last , a public meeting of the inhabitants of Horton was convened at ths house of Mr . / BaVes > the Fleece Inn , at half-past seven o ' clock , r About an hour before the time appointed for the meeting , a . n excellent band of music , who vplunteered their services on the occasion , paraded the entire neighbourhood . At the time appointed Messrs . Bussey , "Burnett , Barstow , and Holroyd , arrived to address them : about 400 persons were present at that time ; their numbers , however , continued to increasej uutil Mr . Bakes ' 8 large room , which is capable of ' holding-Yrom 6 to 700 persons , was crowded to excess . It vras
unanimously resolved that Mr . John BurrpW 8 | an old veteran , who has grown grey ^ in the . serv ice ^ should preside over the meeting . He said- ^ Fellowcountrymen and friendg , the reason of our meeting together this evening , is to take into consideration our own position in society , and to devise some means to enable us to carry out such measures as will benefit the working classes . We wish not to iiijure or destroy the rights of others , but want to do that which is just , right , and true ; necessity ia compelling the working men of this country to persevere in obtaining their just rights in the country in which they livej He concluded aa excellent speech amid the " . loud cheers of the people . Mr .
Burnett next addressed the as 8 emblyin a very energetic manner , in which he depicted the evils ariiing out of exclusive legislation . Mr . Barstow next came forward and addressed the people at some length , wherein be entered particularly into ; the subject of the Corn Lawn , and snowed that the onl y parties benefitted by that atrocious measure were the parson and the landlord . Ths meeting was afterwards addressed by Messrs , Hoiroyd , Bussey , and Brook , after which , three cheers were given ibr democracy and the meeting separated , the band accompanying the speakers about a mile along the road , where three groans vvere" given for the tyrant . ; The speakers , on returning down the lane peaceably towards Bradford , a person behind the hedge , in one of the fields , shouted " Blues for ever , and down
with ; the Radicals ! " immediately ^ dischair ^ ing a double-barrelled gun , which upon iuquiry ,: proves tp be an operative Conservative , and that the gua was loaded with snot . V ? hen this took place it was near twelve o ' clock at night . ' We wonder if the Radicals would hive been justified in blowing out the brains of this valiant .- —On the same evening the inhabitants of Bowling held a public . meeting at tbt ; bouse of Mr . Mennelly the Seven Stars' Innj to form a branch of the Northern Union :, there was a very good attendance , and the meeting was addreKSed by Messrs , Jafks . m and Hevworth , after Which Mrv William Carlisle , tailor ^ a Whig , entered upon a discussion with Mr . JacksonV ; the latter gentleman cpiiilprtably flowrug his opponeut , to the Sittisfactiou of &ll present .
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^ AniCAt MlBETlNd ^ -On ^ . TuesdaY last tbit ^ s ^ s ^^^ s ^^ -s !* £££ n ' ¦ J M « ' «™ : Brook and Rodse , oa St ^^ ^ > a < terwlli « b « n «« rf tbe Whig lickspittles , having ; a good iia . fi . ' ' * . u i-¦
:. - - - ; . ¦; . ,- ¦; HUDDERSF 1 ELD . ^; " ¦¦ .. " .. > : ' iMPARTiAi ; JlTSTICE . i-At thei Gririrt W « Guardian , was summoned ; to ; answer a Sor « brought by a common informer against his son S driving ; two carts , without being : attached : one to ' ths other . He ; was fined in ^ the full amount of pSaS by the ^ Vhig e ^ c o ^ c ^^ illikm Brook , Esq . f 3 same tune many other cases of a similar kind weri . only fioed oDe-half and quarter of the finVS miormer very generousl y returned him part oftha penaty ,. 8 aylng , the : magistrate ^ had usedbim Sj them that was not pleasant . ' ' ¦ yreen n ? % ^ iT ^ - y - " ~ The ^ Guardians aaTB this , day ( Uth m 8 t . ) been served with copies of S jbr their appearance to thebillot indictment wt ;^ lpuna the Leed
, w ^ a , ^ sio ns . Now for : * £ tug ofvwar : ' the people are all alive , and nothiii will , be ^ spared to protect the honeVt Guardiaal against the base attacks of the tools of the Com missioners . . - v « m . f C ^^? ^? XESXlMomxi . FuNp ^ W e understand that the Oastler National Testimonial Central Commi ^ e at Huddersfield , have iappoStSS James Brooi and Mr . Mark Crabtree general c £ ectorg to theiund ; and that they cominenced their W ) our ou Monday last with gr * at success . Th ^ Central Committee be to urge > upon every town and district in the empire , the importance and Necessity t * ™^*!™*^ *™ *** -- * sending ¦ to the
tourer , William Stocks , jun ., Esq ., fbr ' medals , rules , &c ; and of otherwise taking euch steps as are best calculated to bring the business : to a speedt and successful termination . The ¦ Central Commit , tee heg ^ further to state that visitors have been appointed , who will call upon the committees throughout the counties of York and Lancaster as soon as possible , and afterwards extend their labourt throughout the country ; which visitorswill be readr to give information , and aid our friends in ^ very way ^ vhich may be required . It : is hoped that prompts tude in this important business willbe the ^ ordtr pf the day , and that the several towns willhave their committees in full operation when the visitors call
uponthem . . - Poor Law Guardians . —At the meeting of Guardians on Monday , the following iWoiution moved by Mr . Joseph Hirst and seconded by Mr ' JohnMoxon , waispassed , being all the busiue ** that was done : — ' * That the overseers of the poor of eacH township in this Union j be ordered to continue relieving the poor until further orders- be issued by rhis Board , and that application be made to the Commissioners for their sanction thereof . 'V Application bt-mgr made to the Commissioners for a ¦' copy of the averages of the townships , and a memorial to suspend the relief , &c . until next April , and nothin g having come to hand , ho business could be
gone into . A great deal of desultory cpnversatiph took place , but ic appears the opposition Guardians took the lead , and the Whig tools could mate nothing out . Most of them have become quite politic , and even condescend to give them praise for the manner in which they can manage the . husines 3 ; Monday should haVe been , the day on wliich the law should have come into full op . / ration ; but thanks be to our representatives , it is as far off a 8 evcr > and by perseverance the davnnab \ e scheme will be even . tuaJy forced out of the district .
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MR . ACLAND AT H UDDERSFIELD . ,, ° 5 Monday last , the notorious James Acland , of Hull , Bristol , and Liverpool , < fec . « fec , notoriety , lectured in our Philosophical Hall * on the New Poor Law ; but at-the expense of Lis party . By the rulea ol the society , it is provided that the Hall shall not be let to any persoii for political lectures withont aecnaty being given by two bondsmen , tipuseholdera of the town , for auy _ damage that may be done , ' accordingly , filteen of the commiitee met bii Friday , and agreed , by a majority oi thirteen to two , that the rule should be abided by . Wtn . Moore , tbepostmaster , and the notorious : J « lm Tempest , were the two who were for Acland -. having '"' the : Hall contrary
to rule ; they said why put the maa about to find security when , if the reptile mob , dared , to break the windows the county would have them to . pay lor . On Monday , these two worthier again got the com-* mtiee together and succeeded i » packing it , so asr to get a majority of eleven to three for Acland , tohave the Hall without finding . security . On the Friday , a proposition had teenmade to Mr . Acland , on behallot the Anti-Poor Law Association , by Messrs . James Brooke and Mark Crabtree , to discuss with Mr . Aclaiid , the advantages and disadvantages connected with the New- Poor Law , provided Ivir . Acland would agree that the proceeds of the discussioni atterp ? iy \ ng exptnees and allowing a fair remuneration Jor Mr * Acland ' s time and trouble * should be devoted to such charitable uses as a majority of ther audience , present at the discussion , might agree lo this
upon , proposition Mri . Acland . decidedly objected . He would : allow no one "to interfere with the question of profit andloss . He cotfeeiyedt his family to have stroniger claims thanthe charitie& ot Huddersheld upon any profit which rnight arise -r-and he thought it unreasonable that they should wish him to adopt a course 6 f proceeding which . would soon oblige him to become an inmate of a workhouse . Thisinference was certainly not justitiable aiter the proviso made by the Association , that a lair remuneration , of bis time and trouble should take precedence of any charities , in the dis > tribution of the proceeds . & > at least we thiuti and so it seems thopght the public ; for in the evening a meeting was held in the open air close to the Hall , ^ rhen from eight to ten thousand people assembled , . axid : the following resolutiphs were unanimously passed ;
1 . 1 hat J ames Acland , having refused the fait and honourable terms proposed by the Anti-lPopr Law Association to meet him in discussion , has proved that he is imworthy of the notice of all benevolentmen . . ¦ -, ¦ .- ¦ ¦ , . . 2 . ThatJampij Acland ! fl " fair ^ field ^^ ahdnofavpur " is to challenge individualiJ to cUscussipn without their knowledge , some of whom are above 100 mile * distant , and to tell them " pertinaciousl y ¦ ' and " impertinently , " by-placard only , that they must pay him for admission , and , of coursefor permission
, to ^ cept the invitation he gives them , to approach this [ Whigfavpurite runaway" ra _ tional Rndical . " 3 . That inthe opinion oi ttus ^ meeting , James Acland , by his placard ; of date the 8 th current , stands sell-convicted of being a spy . _ ' C That the ; attempt of the VVhi ^ s to su pport him is pnly another proof of theii baseness , and of their consciousness 61 . their own want of talent , no one of thiemselves dariug to support their o wn pet measure in . the face of any conipetttion . ; ¦ : ;>
5 . That we are convinced that this is the last dastardly Whig attempt to enforce the bloody Bastile Laws . ¦ ' ¦ . . ¦ . ' - - " - ; ' ' . ' ' ; ., '¦ . ¦ ¦• . - - . ¦ ¦' - ¦' . ¦¦ ¦ . ' ¦¦¦¦;¦ : 6 . That convinced as we are that it is betterto die by ; the sword than of hunger , we are determined to resist ; the introduction of the Whig starvation scheme to the death . , ; During the passing of tbe resolutions , some perions began , throwing stenes . at the windows , and it'it had not b ^ n for the interference of : th e speakers , they woul d ^ ^ cerjainlf havedestroy ed the building . Many windows were broken and the doors forced , but no personal violence ^ was used . ^ : v ; • . : ; Puring the breaking of the windows , tioe Head Constable , Mr . Firth , was sent for , and the
redoubtable Postmaster ordered him to proceed to suppress therio ^^^ when theHeadConstable drewhis truncheon aj ^ d immediately charged Billy , the Pbataiaster , and about eleven ^ more of his pals to ^ assist him , butthe couragepus gentlemen every one slunk out of the way , ( their courage , like Bob Acres ' v haying oozed out at their ^ finger ends , ) and , on the morrow , their courage had so fir returned . as lo enable them to complain before the Magistrates that the said Heai Constable ; had not dbnehis duty ; however ^ the Constable explained how he"lost hu force , which caused . considerable merriment in court , at the expend pf Billy and his brave comrades , and to the mortification of Mr . Acland , whom they bad induced to summon the Constable for neglect of duty .
... ' " , . _ .:, „ - DEWSBUBY . - ; : vv ' . v ; ' : COHSTABLK MEETING AND ; THE WJhio RaScaw BBFBATED . ^ pn Monday week a : meeting waa bblden in the parish vestry to pans the constable '* accounts , when the sum of £ 1 , lor calling a meeting regpectiDg the Corpnitipn , was disallowed , as it had been the invariable practice previotiBl y for such expenses to be defrayed by the parties -who presented the . requisitions ; -and in this case the rule ought with the greater justice ( to ; be enforced ; for though , the bills designated ; the meeting a publie oue , bn ^^ an ameudmeut being submitted which did
not square with the no&ons ' of the high and mighty \ Vhig lords and masters , pine / of the ^ ari ^ contended that it was not ^ ^ ublid ; meeting . J > ut a " public meeting- f ortjmtwteV purposeS' and the Constable ^ with ^ the restj ) f the Clique , retired to tiieir den at the Man add Saddle , to concoct ^ and carry such resolutions as gratified the taste of their potent high mightiwsaea . : ^ Vith what face then , { even if there had been no previous rule against it , ) could they attempt to charge the . expenses to the town , after thus : converting a ^ public rneeting'yinto a . " pritatt one , " and refusing to put a resolution submitted to laem by oae of the inhabitant . : :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1032/page/4/
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