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THE K0ETHERN STAR. SATURDAY, APRIL-13.
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TO HEADERS & CORRESPONDENTS.
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MB. STEPHENS S yOHTSAIT.
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LEEDS AND WEST RIDING NEWS.
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PROGRESS- , ! OF OPINION : EFFECT OF CONSISTENCY AND PERSEVERANCE AMONG THE PEOPLE , The people of this eonBtry now occupy a jxvrition to nfeich tiier hare hitherto been etraneers ,
They have had , and sri ! I have , two mig hty enemte < to contend agaiu > U The Tories , who , with bold fronted villany , deny their right to political power f > y representation ; and the Whi g * , who , without aay principle , save that of itelfUEae * s , are ready to assume atiy fonn , and to pa *« through all form . , for the opportunity of dipp ing their hand * into rbe National Treaycry . The rvpportntnty of p lundering the people beinjr in reality the boae of contention between their "Whi gand Tory enemies , who are at constant warfare with each <¦ ' -er , their hopes . and p rejudice * have been , with matchless impudence , appealed tn , by the re « petti * e belligerent , as reason * ¦ wh y each should receive their assistance in beating off and keeping down tar other .
The prejudices of mAnttnd are strong ; and , for a Ice ? series of yeans , the Batsoral prrjcdicw o ! Ec . 'lishmen were pucees .- ' u ! ly fostwed and tickled "b y the Tory factioB , t « tbe upholding of their sway . S-5 eriaglioweTer is more potent and impressive in iff appeal * to tie human character toa . n even prejudice ; aad the people discovered , -afttr the enduracce of roBch nu-ery , that in thc ' upholdingof Tory rule they t * tanli * bfd - a system under which they were comp eUed to groan ; carrying heavy burden ? and reaping no benefit * . In the excittm-ntconsequent upon to : * discovery , their hope . * were appealed to , by the "WhiffS . Who OrOffiwd th * - m irrnsl tVinoj it trim "Whig * who promised them great thing * ii thev
, wocid bu : hel p them to turn out the Tone ; - ' , and , bv thecarryicg of the Reform Bill , place them : n a pi ^ itJon fur keeping them ou :. Thrv found it as b . > 3 tle »* to worshi p at the shrine of hope a * a : that of prejsdice , and htcce tbry began « rionsiv to comemp ' ate the destruction ol both factions by a demand for js- « riee . The con ^ rqaecce of tbi * demand , firmly raade and consistentl y ppr * evered in , is now manife-t , in the eurirel y new light in which the people are reg-drded b y both fac-don * . So long a * tify linked thtm » e ! vtfs to the harntis of the one or the other , they were eespi-ed bv both . Now , tbat they bid defiance to both , both h = * r them , and are nnable longer to conceal th « -ir alarm . The Wbjes have manifested tht-ir nnea « i-
i ; e *< in var . nns ways : every ; are and bait likely to a :: ract iheir notice and mislead tbem from * be artach , ias been thrown out ; and st-wp . jj that tbey are not to be diverted from the even t--uo ! : r of thrir way , the tnire wise among tbem are pr » -p * ri ! J 2 to sjLznit wi : h the bc . « : grace tn necessity , a ^ d make the be * t tht-v can of what they cannot help . The Moniuig Chromcle Li « latel y vtered round uDon its patron * , the " naaiity" Reformer * , and read them some sev ere ies . vni- —its ttetie- * now are Household Suffrage , the B ^ ilot , and Short Parria . ineaii' ' , a course of policy which wesid havc been opposed ucd ridicsied bv none more stroEirlv than the Chroiicle tad
the people , ? tall marching in the rank * of Waiggery , cemented themselves tn a . * k for tne « e thins * ; b « « re : og their demand * for # i ja * tice" made id a tone siod manner ton plain to be misinterpreted , the cra . fry "W bi g * would bargain { nr a * l » rge a , n amount of injustice a < they c ^ rr hope would be endured ; whiL- , on the other hi ^ d , the Tories" regard tie crowing power oi the people , a > d : * dng-j ' : sCed from the Wiii gj , a . * an objeet of le ^ itiavAte alarm &s . d r « al con ce ns—as a barrier to their predominance which threaten * to be > n * nrisocztahle . The Times , in an article on the rri-¦ empb of the people over the "W hi g force at . EiiEfcargh , thus states tit matter , ruo ? : ieeling i y for it < partr : —
"Th « tcrainj ; cf the taii "? s » t the EdinbHrcK Cuciiime *' - in- " ^ 'higp + Tj meeWif « ra « not n-wrd !¦> as wiiu uuUi ' . iu £ '»^ dLfjitciwu ; a' . r , il ilit truth nia . « i be itc « . noKicuged , » nb iiij <» . UilEetiua whatever . ¦¦ VFt- cave no ts * i o ! Whijj »> o'c ^ a ^ c _ r—none . They a . r * ti * dn-pixrd a set , th . e >* > lini » tkr » . Kir k > rte time p ** i th' \ lia re b rn . it u true , very tiiuet . let auime Sy tin ; Cou * jrv » - ti-- » . wbc > host couteiit ifcirtusei ^ e * with calmiv l > mkiu {[ o » , * tye thfir once forxii&ai ) e ^ i : Uijn : i ^ ii > p ^ risL bv iucii- * , > - > tJ . i n ^ . we wtv affain . c » B 3 >*¦ rA * -: the . Ur'b-mru . ' * , Ritj-. . N ¦ > -ni » niiv « , < tc , » Dove llir ierei of gruas inii scomhii derisi .-n .
- ¦ But jt is aet so » itii tie nit .-a-aaiieal or RevoituitivaTT P » tt * . *»« t »•• ranch trvir txien !* , is t ' ueir z < al , j < r »«* Ttiai > o-, p ? rtinaei-T , » uppase £ iiccerirv hi U , e jjur « at atui «> i-) -irrr ^ ij « it of ih ^ rir p .-. ' cocjie »* rt o ) dn ^ 'K » , hate -bttiurd U , r tVrf-tU a ^ r * Ci » -i kQu de ^ T *;^ ol C » iii » U . * T » tiUIl ^ i . ^ rhj to OUT r . '* £ ! i * -r . l , u tim-ciriv to t * JfjiTVCi !?! . ••••• • • •«• « "This nv »! t . tb ? ref . > re . at fi iinburfrh , of B » dSraUsLrxi » M ^ hic » . v If . —iv hciEnoK !>> d&e i > hi Ko meau * Ui ti * TtVuit
s ^ ttr « . f <> ur ComerrBtav ^ frisuJ * » n > i aa ' ini liittcr theiUn ^ Wm witii tvt » jojiil —» triniuj- ' a to lh * - pr-s }» -cts nl ' their citafituti ii ^ ' i ca . a ~ c It i * a rriuir . T . k r . / tijo- * Trho r ^ it ^ env la > - aiiv ^ n ^ p-npeij ;> tu that of C > in > tfrriitism—a tr . uiuyh ciinei ' i in 'M-r ^ t -KUi > ju » t W Trfalird XI the •• nly en ? iny wliicb i . "! 'ii *^ vij irin w . 'uli hiTr nimsl ; to crrad , tut vcki > jroai '' . !!¦»; ujv , b- ^ a > -re tu » » u lirtijrnifiitBt raciiij , i ' . w i-au In : carrif- ;! into cc ' ivr , p » s o > bit whict >< -ejaed iv atiimneiii ¦ wrorCs . "
Tbi ^ is prcci * clv tte po *»! na 5 d wbicb -R-e have lcn _ ' 5 e *' . red to fee the peopi « ; becau ^ it is ose ¦ H-cici ; bid < fa - r for cltiraate success , Acting alane , iii irp ^ nden : of , and oppw-ed to , both fatti'jn « , tLey know and frcl tbtir strrDjrth , and can caJeoUte with cerraiu ty the result of tne * trcggle . In the j'B . nie article the TLns-t has tbe foUowin ^ rciuirks in reference to the \ YLi * ts and Radical ? . as two separate rection * of { he enemy : — ' As Cot the exniixtvm vbieli tont -worth y CnB » erTati- «< h » vr i » i !\ ujr ^ l ii wl »> t t ; u-T . uprose to \» e erii ^ itcr ol " -:: vi-? uw" > : » f . » ihe Aliu ^ ierji » Bsl th » ir li ! tr » -B » cica . l c 7 iiie ^ ervtr « . w cannnt , (> u tlie v ^ ciiil' * here » taUd , sharp ih > -ir
r-j . icir . g at » j > _ v * urh uceurr-Dcc . l * hr reader * ul Utt Tm , ei k iL . < i » siji the jmrtipe tn recotirct , thai for yraj » J >»<> 1 we Uiive brtt ^ a cjsciauiiuig iji » a . ; i > . { if dtm at tie prt » pect of rcur : ii ( ; oc ! j a p ' . rti *; « : ea . t -. f iae public eneuiv—th » f n to « sv , : bt ruui » : -lue « l the kettiosi * roinpoj ' ujjrit , while the other slieuM reis » in tin-eaiht-d . The porunn Ml alive lrould seoo tTOKji " » D ¦ ¦ jft ul jo » tifi » We * jif < rebeiv » ian . We tneir slid felt tbe rex . yvr oi Ci-a « enr « t » ait , w& » n vre treated ax » pueri !* aji 4 v > aliry object t ^ a . t cf wuuuag live battle br a ief » rtion «>! K ^ iicaJ . i > i > m \ Vbi £ * or « if \ V ' tii ^» fr ua iUdu » U . We e » re i » t ¦ .: *^ ch ii > my . Nothuig ea . ti ihoTunginv ^ itijifpiijth the altrx Di- 'f-iiieiii i ^ cti' . ii bin i !» unnckii ,, - iiaeif inrvoc » l >; v ju tbc ju " ' Viai witii the Whijis , &ad guvcg u > the bvvtotu with mid ?^ r ihf * ui . "
The Tirfies \? wi ; e in its generation . This i . « preu--eiy the view we have a . l * ay » taken of tht rou&er fiction * ; and in all our xpeeches and writings sre have constantly advisee the people not to identify tb ~ m » elves with eitht-r—to leave the wolves to tear ott each other ' s throats , holding and adjusting the balance of power between them so as most to expedite the process . 'jLhi- > i * their pn » ent coarse of action ; let it be persev-red in ; " it work * well . " Let -us no : be
lur .-d , by our hatrtd cf tbe "Whi g " , to stultify oorstiver ' , by rendering as « stat . ce to tbe Tories : they are at a : i time ? the mortal enemies of freedom , and ) , tBi ! be politicall y pet tn death : liberty and T- 'fy a ?^ endan ? y cannot co-txist . Let ti < not be c-eeived again by rfae i « pt-cieun promine * , and « emicg fair proposal * , of tht "W bi g *; bu : let ns , by a prudent and undeTiating conn * of strai ghtforward policy , fort-e tbrai to coact ^ e all that juj < rice can Oeniiind , or " launch themselve * iu the name boat ¦ with the Tone * , ano eo to the bottom with and for iheni "
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- ~~— ^ - ' - ¦ ..-.. LORDS KODEN , CHAELETILLE , A ^ D BROUGHAM , vertus LOED NOEMANBY AMD IRELAND . It mot infrequently happens that important results flow from insicnifieaiit ca . asie *; and mch , we antiL-ipate , will be the effect produced by the reso lution of Lord Johx Ecsszll on Monday teJtt . It is to be regretted that the complication of out
general affaire * o completely tirre « r < erery thing inte chadg , that even character itself cannot be judged of individuall y , bet must be taken ia the aggregate of political association * . Hesee the real question to fee di * cn& ** d on Monday , according to tbe wily and coiupreheusivemotiori of Lord Joes Ecssell , will naturally embrace tbe whole policy of etery "Whi g Adm Bijtrati © n daring their tenure of office ,
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which policy has been ricious aud unpardonable , while the entire consideration of the Honse will 1 > e directed to the manner in which the Executive Government has been exercued by the Marquis of Normanby , In the several strugglea which hare taken place between the Lords and Commons , we have recommended non-interference ; and in the present conflict , whieh has erigin&tea in consequence of the wounds which Lord JCormanby inflicted on the guilty faction in the assertion of justice , we recommend a similar policv . If the charRes
contained werfi in a wparate indictment , we could coh-* i ? tently defend the whole policy of Korvakby ; while we could an consistently eon ^ emn the whole policy of the "Whi p * with respect to Ireland . The difficulty of Lord Normakbtj ' s position was this : that be was called upon to interpose the just mercy of the executive equally against "Whi g and Tory la «\< and euMoms ; and therefore it is that we regret that the Whit !* , if sheltered , will receive that protection from the individual , who , to cover their iniqeity , ha * been compelled to embark hi * fame in the rotten bark of VThiggery .
Independently of our dispisi'ion tn bear testimony to tbe noble work of Ireland ' s unly ju > t viceroy , we have a * aered duty to perform to the people , and from which ne personal feelings shall ever induce U « to swerve . That dnry L « to caution the public mind , or any portion of it which feels disposed to censure Lord Kor . MAXBT , again * forming any association with tae Tories . 'W e give thi * advice , not that we love the "Whigs more , but in order that the Radical people may bold tbe balance nf power , independent !?
ui bo : h factions . Much ba . < = been laid down upon the f .-. riject of the Iiddicals joining with Tories upon the'one hand , and of the probable consequences of the nstoratioa of the Tories to power upon the other hacij ; acd here we shall endeavour to draw tbe distinction . Should tbe Tories accomplish their object by Court favour , intrigue , political stratagem , « r "rgiinization of a m . > ck constituent bod y , they
will exercise their power with that caution * timidity which ubcertai :-. ry of tenure carries with it ; but , upon tbw other hand , * btAild they be borne into office by popular snjiport , fhey * il ! art from a pretended belief that their policy is just , and . that their scpixirter * love tbeit tyiau&y . Irrt * poncjfe ; lit _ v , 3 n its mo * c-ftropreieerire mtaning , wili t > = let , loose , and more especially upon the Irish people-. '
As regards Tory doetrice and u--ape , Tefp- » nsibility does not attach it * df to the Monarch , or vet to the Minister of the Crown . All may be * upp oiHrd b y th » Coc-iitutioa to be respouiiibJe in a greater or a less degree ; but k > damnable are thrir Qichin&ecBs , ar , d so multifarious are their abuses . Ltatthty are obliged to subdivide their authority , * nd act in co-partuer ^ ip with every reptile who
denvt * s-asteB * u « e- from their dominion . Hence , in Ireland , under » Tory Atiminijitraiion , the parson , ihe magis : rate end . hi * cltik , the landlord , the middle-aaa , tbe a ** btant barriKer , ttoe lawyer , the jcror , the hail lT , tb « -prasey » mrrver , the landlord ' s driver , the veoraasryi , rhccoB- ^ iioy , « nd the great ms . n « pimp , all bee ^ nie es-ci&cio raferEbers , aiid form a component part oi' . their . hyira-headed adminis :
rannn . It is in eonspqueoee of bj * oppo ^ dnn to rhb stataof thiry » , rbatLordNoKKA-NBi f « r tcf be arraigned : end wbat are the-charge ? against hfm ? TLat he delivered from pri > on mauy p « recD « * h » should nevtrhaw been there , and other . * who ha 5 , I . > ng before their release , doubly . atoEed fer tbtir oBeat-es . Yes , an attempt being made generally to haaiih thi * sy « tem tromthe land , it rallies as a la * t resource in the jury bnx , there determined to uphold it » authority as l » ng as ar foot of resting grouBd remain * .
Xotiaxby , ' understanding the system , inteqio'ed the c-ltnency of the Crown , between perjured Orange jurors and » beir innocent Catholic victims ; and i . it for this that the hungry pack headed b y Roden , Charley ille , and Brougjj . am , are to be setupoji hiffl—not only upon him , but , through hi * clemency , upon the-country at large ? Ia Ireland tbvre ha petty tyrant in every village , who bot wait * the word nf command to consider himself tbe law asd th * coDstitutioD ,. placing him * elf above both , vfefl knowing that from his villany tbert- i * no appeai , -Aisirn
we say , that we hare no objection to the rejftorari . in of the . Tories , provided thry assume office , with a halter round their necks ; while upon the other hand their return to power with the consent of tbe , ' : r » pie for- a rconth , a week ^ a day , or an hour , vrosld undo ail that ha » bfec done for the advancement of liberty and tbe Radical ca 3 « e . Instead r ; f , in our united strength , following up that blow which we have no xucct-s > -fuTiy utrnck at the tyranny of the "Whigs , confusion and di > orutj would leave , us an easy prcv to a , lresb and united
; acDon , wfeo , having witnessed our triumph over one powerful foe , would ppeediiy take means to destroy any opposition which our union would enable us : o offer against them . To keep the two parties balaLorU , until we establish the people ' s rights , shall be our object . Let u * therefore consider what tct probable result would be to each of the three parties , in tbe event of the restoration of the Tories , and a dissolution of
Parliament . U pon the demise of the late King , the "Whi gs mi ^ 'ht have held offiue until the registratioa of 183 C > kad arrived at maturity ; but dreading Tory . activity and organization , and suspecting the hatred whieh their own measure ? had engendered , the Reforming Whigs disfanthised their own political children , and endeavoured , with a limping constituency , to pnt a temporary le- ^ under the tottericg stosl of Waggery . «
Tbe . "ingle elections which have recently taken place being generall y favourable to tbe Tories , proves their superior disci pline . The plundering army is marshalled under their chiefs motto , ; Rfgitif-r , Register , Begister ; " tbe plain English of w'hich is , Phnuier } Plunder , Plunder . And with such an incitement to such men , tke ' rtsult is resolvable inte & gimple Tule-of-three question , and which may be thus stated . If the registration ef 1636 hasVen advantageous to the Tnrien , and if the word of their commander bag been . obeved , what
would be the probable increase which the registrations of 1 S 37 , and 1 S 3 S , mig ht give them ? Answer ; a . majority ef from SO to lOOover all other parties . "W e include the registration of 1838 , because the Tories would either linger through the present session a * best they could , or prorogue Parliament » ntjl that year ' s force h » d arrired at matnriry . " mch would be tbe position of the Tories , and then stop them who could . Tbe Whigs would be an army of reserve from which the Tories could occasionally rwruit themselves , leaving us a rabble opposition to paint onr wrongs , while lookiBg for office , and to draw a Teil over our sufferinm when
they had acquired it . The Radical * would be a poor forlorn act of . deviU , attaching theBweWe * to the crotchet * and dogma * of local leader ? , keeping up just enough of useless agitation to excite hope , without the prospect of realizing expectation . The House of Commons would be divided into two parties—the Landlords upon the on « aide , and the Factory Lords upon the other side , each recruiting t&eir resources from dear hread speculation and cheap labour . No li p would dare t « mutter Chatter ; no tongue would dare to utter UuiTersal Suffragefor in its eKjbVishment tyrants would see their downfal .
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The time in now approaching when my Readers have a right to expect the promised Portrait , and it is my duty to inform them of the unavoidable delay which has occurred . I skall do so usdi « - guisedly . "When I promised the Portrait , Iw not awarp that another painting of Mr . Stephens would be required , and I accordingl y put the former one , which wn * an oil painting , executed by Mr . GarsiDr , info the hands of the Engraver , to , be altered ta the size , and to a full length figure , with the Two Factory Children , and
Alottos , as promised . The plate was nearly completed about aix weeks ago , when I learnt that Mr . Stephens was dixsatisfied with the whole arrangement . I immediatel y went to A « hr » n , saw Mr . Stephens , and gave him the optioD without reference to expeuce , as to the manner in which the work t * hould be performed . The result was , that Mr . Stephens , ( notwithstanding the Heverul demands upon his time , promised to sit for a fresh painting , and Mr . Garsidk was instantly eugnged for that purpose . Mr . Stf . phexs ' s time was no much
occupied m arranging for his defence against tbe most anomalous attack ever madt against any individual , as to make it impossible to devote it exclusively ta the Artist , whose letter I insert . The work is now executed , and Mr . Garsidk , the able Artist , has produced a finished likeness of Mr . Stephens , which will . stand as an unrivalled work of art—tbe picture speaks to you . Mr . Gauside refused to execute the work unless he was allowed the appointment of the Engraver . To this I willingly assented , and h& l » as accordingly named tbe first in th-: t line in th « country Into his hands , under Mr . Garsidk ' s immediate
superintendence , the Portrait will be p l aced ; and when perfected , I shall have it in my po *^ r to present my Readers with a Portrait , far , very far superior to any ever pren ..-nfed to the public . I cancelled that which was nearly finished , having no thought of expense ; ami I rejoice that I have done -o , because 1 am most nnxious to present to all the best likeness which money can procure of him , whom I look upon us the greatest man of the present day . I must say , that bad I been aware of the magnitude of the work which I uudertook , I « heuid have required tbe requisite tim
the difficult ^ - ! into which roy anxiety to give it good likeness of this great man had hurried me , I immediately put a splendid Plate of the Convention into hnod , containing likenesses of the several Delegates , and specimens of which will be in the hauds of . the Ageats on Saturday next , and which in the interim shall be presented as speedily as possible to the Readers of the Star . Now , all those who are dissatisfied with my explanation , have onl y to apply to me by ietcer , when auy disappointment which they have experienced by the delay , shall b »? compensated for . 1 have kept my every engagement with the public , ami if 1 have
myself been deceived in the weight of work which 1 undertook to perform within too limited a period , and if I have deceived any one , I am now ready to repair it ; but let me hear no uudergrowl ; let it be to myself , and not through the candid FtUEKD . 1 explained all to a public niei-tin- at Barusley , a :: d to neveral o : her masses of my readers , when all unanimou .-ly acquiesced in the propriety of hauug a splendid Portrait , ami acquitted me ot any intentional delay . Mr . Stkphknk ' s time bin been so occupied in prep aring i ' iiis defence , that he h . w » not been able tn preach to his rlock , since we reported his las :
sermon . I am yoar faithful friend , FEARGUS O'CONNOR
MS . GABLSIDK ^ LKTTKR . I Certify that any delay which ha » t : > kt < u place in the completion ot' tb » i Ponruit «! ' th « Rev . J . K . olKl'HKX . s , pruiuiHcd to tt » o Rtt » d <> n « ot thi- Star , ha * not origiuati-d with Mr . K , O'CONNOR , but occurred soMv from tli « labour aud pain .- , which 1 l ' .-lt inc ; iii > -d to bestow upon j . work which I was confident «« uld excite » o much interent and criticism . i ) . G . UtKIDK . Asliton , April 6 th , 1839 . Since writing the above the annexed letter from Mr . Stkpheks was put into my hand bv Dr . Taylor ; and although dated ' 26 th March , yec 1 only m-i * ived it this moment , in coui » equeHce o ( Dr . Taylou ' s absence from 4 oai \ : —
MY DEAR SIR , —Th « portrait ia row r «* i ] y . If engtavod an well as it i * painttHl , it will antwrr thi- expectations raisml by your nnnnunc-imrfnt , and amply c < inipmina . U < lor th « delay .. It is well lor nil part ' iH * , and for tin * d / ur mure eapeciallv ., that you couutKrinanded Read ' s Portnut . 1 havu scon it ; it u h » rribl«—worna eivny way tlnin . I could have conceived possible . Will you aee LHptouoT CoHsiim , engravers . 1 »!<> n . it know thnir addrumi . Give them to understand th « kind nV pl » W you v . i \ ut ou steel , and , on hearing t ' rum them , 1 w . ii Rend it ill' to choir addrctui . 1 1 ih « k been expecting to be iu
town nvery day , but could not leave nw , until the portrait vnut tinUbed—tiwt no delay nii « ht ocfiir thtou ^ h any thin <( ' could do to hasten it . 1 go to Liverpool ou Thursday . Tell Richardson ho nevd not come dowj « . 1 hope you are better , ' Youth tfnly , , j . R . Stephens . Von may write to'Mr . B . Carside , Portrait P » int « r , JUluaauuder-Lyim . AJanchenteT , March 26 th , WW . ... .. ; .. ' ...., > ¦ ¦ ... . ¦ I shall instaatly « ee tbe t »» frrav # f , and losfr not one monwu * in having the Portrajj finTshed ,
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COMMUSJCAtlONS . —Our friend * will pprcoke >« . « nUomlUiuiu-atiijw Twlativ * . to . )« ie » l matteis- in oiv ^( wnt >> > vr : iber which wero-aKiit f < ir i . iuHr ^ ti « ji . in- uux l » Ht , tnu received Wi late . Jiiny offierg' inia «; d iiintrtaiu siltogetVerfor the - i *» tn * reason , haiHiij v liHoimie ( ialeand vu » ele »« by keeping ^ . " ifeu ^ iUy be rtt . Ytiidit ^ it » tuiure , if yartieA will ba » r j& iinnd wn » , t wir liuru bek )/«» cm » d , tikul »•¦! t - an guaraiitw- nothing , " which wtuebva iu later ,- " * ! i » n XV f . 'dno * 8 rfji i >» Kht—that " saytliiuy » bmu whicn anxiety i * felt nMold b » -iti ths i . t ) ic « 6 » \ V « iVa < -i >« lsiy toorouiR ; » nd t 3 » t all coinmouu ;*) ion » haviu ^ rvle reiice to uiitwtii Tft'tith- ujj » y . ti * ve » o ; urr »( i on Thttndk . v , Krid » y , Saturday , Sun 4 j > jE , or JiJuBday , r » u » t \>« in tHo ofli « e on " ^ ueivi *? monn nif . ' W » -do not ini « ml tn repeat tbin nuticrt , so- Uv » t i \ pwrtW * \ -u YuiTtiiHiit di * app . > inied , they must bluoiaitot , u * % ut ti » uunelve » .
A RUFFIAN wmsa . ua . » long ) ntt »» irfluj tiias ^ ow , in which Ue bid * ui " Blind onr ben . !* , " wlieu tW hujry bohikh , fur declining to-iiutert > 1 ibtjtli >«« couiimanic » tioii , wliicnhe entto u »« on » H lime »( ro . ' Hi-. lityUiafy either « m » nias ot » w « nxMk < 9 l , < of . perkj . p » a-consiilf n » hie wixiar « of Ixrti . yii \ y dctttbe fo . il urme tv Ho ubi ^ U the ex [<« i « w ot paying posfctga tor Vw letter ? . Whi ^ t , ^ uve we to ; do , > vitU tiit » tasuMt in Which bt-hihv cljOose to throw awnv hi ) m . Mwy ? Be wouU mnHe a jrmit Hi « it ot ' hi * fridn&siip for St » yiveu «; jndginK by hin ) Mt » -jii , wo think St « i % k « ij 8 will uot ierivo muct credit ur btneftt iroiu bu frWud-* hi ^ - ' ; , \ , / . . ; .. TUK'&KV . T ) R . "WAIiE . —The «¦ rrespoBdenc * betiw «« the R * v . Doctor and hi « euuMitnenU of Nottumbuiu , > 1- ^ nstield , and Sutton-in-Arbfitld , shall apju *» la out ¦ next . ¦ .. . . ' . \ . n '¦ ¦ : < : ¦
KATIOSAL RBSt . From WoTwboti ) ' ( . ' ouivimn . Norlbprn . Uniou , h « itigthtt » iui > i » iit collected toy thtBl for thw Clapham |> r . ' - ^ ciifioii ., 1 ( I ^ Yroin . Axkririgton , being « . he auioant v > collected at the fcji ! o » in ) i place * . — - ¦ Aekrinaton , Church , Onv » ul ^ twi » i ! e , Baxeiiiien , Knfield , ; ' . nd ()*\ cjwhiiw T 0 0 Kruna Block ,, ...,,,,... > . » t ) 4 ij
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SUAHEHOLDEItS IN THE NdttTnERW STAB . —ike ^ eYeral Tre / warers ore hereby aathorined t /> ieeeWa'unm oar Agent * , iu their reapec .-iro Town * , the nect ^ ar ? provision for paying the half-yearl y CiviJend ^ upuH iW £ &ai «« ,-at 10 per cent . T . S . Smith . —Teo late for thia week . THE Repout of the Newton Ratepayer * ' Meeting , and ila Addtetis ot the M . \ ccl « afield D . ieace Fund Commit us , we ?* r « e « i »« d too late for tb » week . " " Edmund tiKUNDY—We caunot allowr this penwn » l matter to b « further agitated iu 6 w columns . We have hud the atatenwnt , the repl y , and the rejoinder , which we think quite eiuMigk . JOHN TiJTIOW . —We cannot publish hin letter . Hegeenw to have no jirwiif that the person to whom Mr . Steuhena alluded . wa « t lie gen Unman « f whom he write * . We have becei VEO the AdHrew of Mr . / . O'Connor to the KlecioH al Ayrithire , ofleriog hiuwelf for tb » Mprfiwntatiou of tbttt County , now vacant b y the death •! Sir John Danlop , but too late for publication Chi » week . lti » lnanlr , » pirited , aud » traightforward , aad shall appear in nnr nitir .
8 TEPHBN 3 ' 3 DEFENCE FUND . Received on aceount of Stejiheru ' s Defence KanJ the several sawn a- > collected » t the loUowinn places : — Rpreived b y Mr . Sweet at Sunday Times . j £ 0 IS 0 From Calvcrton 0 10 0 From Lambley .. 611 6 Mr . J . Wheatley 0 10 From Beeaton 0 10 0 T . > iuith t > tflt Kroin the Cricket PUyera 0 2 7 yi . iher ' i » Kactoiy , and a few Bradford Kriends ' . 3 0 1 Public Meeting , Marhet-place 6 10 0 Mr . W . Holbrook ( . 1 0 From the Fox , by Mr . Marriott 0 17 0 From Stockingmaker ' s 9 hop , by Mr .
Marriott 0 8 0 From Dr . 1 ' ayne 2 0 0 M r * Ingrain 0 2 6 Mr . J . Krcttingham 0 10 Mr . Hardwick 0 2 6 Mr . Sowter Oil * M r . Bettany'k pipe manufactory 0 7 4 Fmm : lu > i'heasunt 9 3 2 Sir Isaac Nvwton ' * Head , by Mr . Bull .. 0 13 7 } Arnold Democratic Asitnciatiuii 1 2 6 Mr . horne ... 0 14 From th « Fox and Hounds , by Mr . Hudson 1 11 10 Mrs . Smith bookcelWr 0 4 1 Front the Independent Methodist Society 0 9 7 j Mr . John Kendall 1 0 0 . Female AusociutiwH 0 9 9 Mr . Lej tjfc 0 1 0 Mr . Smith y \ \ Q Sermon by Mr . Burrat , at P . M . Cha ' paV , Uadlord ,. « 12 0 From HuckiuU Torkurd 0 12 0
23 11 0 Deduct expencea of Public Meeting I 11 0 JTZZ 0 0 Samuel ¦ Fletcher , Treasurer . From Mr . Klinth ; im , fpr » hopmate » .... O 3 g From a few Krieniis at . \ la « ehe » U ; r , p « r A . Hfywoud , beintj aruountscollctteQ by thorn for the Clapham ' pmst'cntion 0- i 2 0 Alrtofrom tlumimtt fund ' , by the Wurkinjf Men ' s AA ^ otirttion at Nottingham ¦ .. ; ,.... » ... OW 0 FruUl O P Q . Wda ¦ » OH 3 Fr . > m thn Wprkinff Men ' * Association at Derby .. 30 0 r r > m th « Kadical Aw 6 ciotioh » f Rbch - " dale i .... .. . .. j . . . ¦ . ¦• ¦ ¦/¦ . 0 15 0
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X-EEDS . Caution to Coagh Fkoprietobs . —On Saturdiiy last , William KUm of Huodersfi ^ ld , eoacb proprietor , appeared btfor *; M « s . srs . Clapbam and C .-i'hnan , the sitting magi ^ trated , a . t Lwd » , to answer cliar ^ t' s preferred a ^ aitwt him , by the officer of Stamps and Ta . \ en . Mr . Edward Bond , appeared 01 liehiilf of t ' . e crown , and Mr . ( aaorgu RawMon , on behulf of the defendant . The Hr « t' ¦ information c-harged defendant wich having on the 14 th day of fc ' ebruary last ,-run his cnach from Huddkrsgtelii to Ltitdn without a lieense , authorising hirn ? 6 to do . Tne defendant pleaded guilty . Mr . RawKoh ' then
stated to the magiytrates that if they would jmstpone the other charges » o as to allow time , they should memorialise the Board of Tax * s for a remlaifon of the penalties of the remaining . six . ea « es « n a ^ ' oun ^ of the circumstances oi the defandant . ' Mr / Ebna " replied that defendant KlaJiv had been running his coach from Huilderatield to JL « ed . i and baelt for ut'Ariy twelve montbst ,. six . days a-wtek , arid only i >; i' ; ing duty for five , thereb y defrauding the re'senoe of-omcthing near £ 10 ' , as * duty d&e to the crown , and he therefore hopeti thut the magistrate * would 110 : mitigate the penalry any lower than the Amount
of what Government had been defrauded by tbe defendant in cu « e the others were postponed and undar those citcumstaucss he should accede to the terras of the defendant for a postponement . The n . agi . strate . s for a short time consulted together aud then convicted the defendant in the penalty of £ 10 and £ 4 lla . 6 d . coats , whiah the defendant paid , and the remaining six cases were then postponed lor wx weeks to allow time to memorialise the Sfrmrd of Stamps . Th ' .-parties then left the court . The wbole of the above penalty goes to the Crown and nor to the Borough Funds .
Odd Fellowship . —On Easter Monday ^ the ofJWrs and brother * of the Britannia Glory Lod ge of the Independent Older of Odd Fellow * , Yorkshire Unity , to the number of fixty , ttatdowntoa very substantial aud treasonable dinner at the Greyhound Inn , Birstal , being their 18 th iinnirer-> ¦ : »¦>• . On the examination of tbe accounts it was announced that £ 47 liis . had been paid to the sick fur rhe last year , still rinding the funds in a prosperous state . A number of appropriate toasts and songs iiirnitdthe staple of the evening ' s eutertaiataeuM , which were continued amidst great hilarity and enjoyment until a late hour ,, at which the t-ocapauy bmke up , evincing au . universal , wish for the prosperity ot the «> rder , aud thai ; its princi ples , banevoieiice , and charity , may spi-ediiy become universall y prevalent .
Lelds West End Northern Union . —The monthly meeting of the » lx * ve ho < Jy took place ou Trwsday evening last , in tin ? fpaeious ro « im , at the Mj < n of the Genera ! Washington , Caroline-street , Nmr Road End , there being a good attendance of members , and a numerous- assembly of strangers ' . Mr . Janies Illingworth' wa « unanimously called to the c ' nitir , who opened the ¦ bu siness of the aieetirtg l » y explaining the prinoi ples of the People ' s Charte , and e . mcluded by calling upon Mr . Francis Shilli p , , y [*\ addressed the mretir ^ - ; at some .. length , OU the present unequal sj .-tem . of taxation , shewing how rhe landlord aud tbe aristocracy cleared thwm * elves from the taxes , and threw them upen tho-working
Masses . Mr . James Fairtlough , from N « wcasttettpon-Tyne , and lai » a member of the Northern Political Union , wam next called upon to address the meefiiiji , who , in a clear and forcible manner , detiuuneed the manner in which the working classes were robbed and plundered by the Government and the upper and middle classes , and concluded hy denouncing the introduction of the Srencbified Rural Police into thi < country . Mr . Charles Hutton uext addressed the- meeting upon the necessity of joining ; the Uuiwi , and doing all in their power to
up-et the present unjust system of poversjment . Mr . Charles Connor , ot' the * Leeds Northern Union , nexr addressed the meeting in his U 8 u » l- « loquentana eiierfietve > ty ! e , shuwiog the amount of suffering > .-n « tur .-il by the worliinw clunses in th »> three kingdoms , which Bothing t > ut Universal S « Ir * ge woufd ever he aMe to-nemuve . A vote of thanks was then tfiven t » the Chairmaa ,. and the meeting » epArated , and seemed hi ghly pleased with the svesing ' s pro-. hedinjzs , and dfeter . mined that neither "Whi g nor Tory should oppress them mHch longer .
Loyai . © tu > KK , ok Ancient Shephhrbs .--The members-oi th « above order held , their first anntve ^ ary at the hou « of Mra . jHannah Pickles , the Wliite Swan inn Jdle-Green , oa . Easter Tuesd ay ^ where thay . and tlaeir wives partook of a good substantial dinner . After the cloth was drawn , tisay fofmeil ihem (!» sUt * s into a procession , and accordinit to their custom ,, with a new and- » pJendid flag , paid a visit to the Loyal Independent ! Order of Atsaknt Shephe-rdft' lodp » , held at Mr . Joseph HaTperg N « w Inn , Htdle ,. for 3 h « purpose of aoctotapanying tbsm to their » wn lodpe to spend th « evening with them .
The noom wm decorated witK fruits , evei ^ reens rosettuH , &c . ' , in the centre- oC the ro « m ware su ? ' - jiendsd two elegant chairs ; ti » one with th « --W .-BE . - andThe othw with the D . M-. both in the » uniform ( jre . ^ e * .. Between the tweaoaiw stood th » - » hepWrd wi » h . a flocky beautifully otsamented witsh . roa « tred artiJicialfiawers , fruits , aad trees of different shade * ' akogether looking very beautiful . During , the eveniag , appiopridte songs aui toasts were aiven , and a vote of thanks was gixaato . the worthy- hoftetts , when tihe meaV > ers separated ) at a late hour iighjy gratifitd with their entertainment . " ¦
Inh > kprn » knt Ooa Fellowr ,. M . U . — The membem of the Stiraugera Repog » Lodge , Clifford , Tadea 9 ter di « tricV « rf the above order , held their anBiversdry on Eaatw Monday ^ when they walked in procession totWe Parish Chureb , Braaihani , where an excellent seiroon was prea * hed » them by tke Rev . Thomas 5 ^ adcliff . They then proceeded to t ^ e ' todgetouse , and partook of » good and sahstanti&l tlmaer , proV > ded -hy host Thomas Bums , of ¦• f h * ' : T *»^
Honst * lim . . The members afterwards made * TdJuncary . subsenption imounting to £ 1 ., in behalf of * be Cllffora Sunday school , and then spent ^« «^ en ^ g i a such a banner as wonld hear the rooTBiog ' s re ^ flectfon . -On the foilowing day tb . e wives and iwee ' tiiearts of the above members were treated to an excellent tea ; and afterwardi a ball was tfren which proved highly graUfying to tbe ** 'Gud « " » iv >» and bonnie lass ^ "' wno witnessed or took part iu the amvuenieDt ,
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1 * bds Nobther . v Uniox . —The usual weeklr meetinK of this body was held in the Union Room . York-street , on { Monday evening last , Mr . James LUirjgworth , ia the ciiuir , who commtneed the bnsiaetM- 'by proceeding according to tbe ra ) es of the society , to elect officer * , when the following members w « re elected i—Tboma * Bottomley , secrptary ; Jnme » IlIiuKWorth , treasurer ; Charley Connor , chairman ; David Black , cbairmftn of tbe committee . After the election of oflicera wasoYer rtht > chairman brieHy opened the business of the meeting , and sat down , calling upon Charles Connor , who delivered an able speech , in tbe course of which he denounced , in the most bitter aad sarcastic term * . Neddy Bait / es . the editor and proprietor of the
Leetu Mfrctfry . for his ueandalou * and inramon * conduct in uuttimj into h » Vap ^ r , such misrapressntatioQg and downright lies about the psbttc raeennjc held on Earter Monday , which dearly proved the words of the immortal Cobbelt * who called him the " Great liar of the North . " Mr . Francis Phillips , next addressed the meeting on various topics , all bearing on tbe present movement , and wa * followed by Mr . David Black , who « ddnMsed the meeting in the same * trafn . Mr . Gha& Connor then read a letter fioaj the Charter newspaper . After which the meeting separated , highly delighted with the night ' s proceedings . Th « following discussion , will tafee place in the Leeds Northern Union lil » om York- * treet on Monday evening next , the 15 th inatant : —Whether wift
Radicalism or . SiHjialism , m » st speedily effect the amelioration of the working classe * generally . The Socialists are Earnestly requested to attend . KiRKSTALL Norjhern Umion . —A meeting wa * hetil at the above-mentioned place , at the house of Mr . JobnXoefciH , the ' WoodniaH Inn on Monday evening last , being the apdntaBeou 3 act of a number of working men , who hired a fife and drum , and paraded the village in procession previoas to the time of meeting . . At the request of a number of the inhabitants , Mr . George "White , of the Leeds Northern Union , attended , and addressed an audience of enthusiastic and determined working men , who are
resolved to go heart and haad with their suffering feUow-countrymeR in the work of redemption . Mr . John Leadbitter : was called to tbe chair , and delivered ; a abort but impressive speech . Mr . Tbos . Chester ^ and other * addressed the meeting . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — 1 st . "ThattheKirkstall Northern Union be sow formed . ' 2 nd , " That the meeting highly approve the eondoct of the ConreBtion , and will support it by all means in their power . " Mr . Samuel Stott was appointed treasurer , and Mr . Minna secretary ; aud k was agreed to hold weekly meet ingn on Monday evenings , at eight o ' clock , after which the meeting separated .
WssT Biding Sessions . —These sessions epened < At Pontefract on T&onday last , before Lord Wharn ^ liffe and a respectable bench of Magistrates . Aft T the Grand and Petit Juries had been sworn , his Loriehip addressed the former ^ giving tbe usual directions , and briefly alluding to the dietorbanee which have taken place in Yorkshire , on account of the New Poor La * - Amendment Act , and to the trials of the rioters at York . He expressed a hope that the lenity which had been shown towards them ' would him- a beneficial influence upon them for the future , aad present the newsmty of their being called upon to receive sentence . He trusted the jury w > oW axe their infliienee to counteract the culpable advice of those \ rho advised the people to arm against the law , which might prove fearful in itu conseqicences . He relied on their good sense , as he Was sure they would ? ee that such advice
was excevduiftly dangerou « i , J and at the best , injudicious fine .: Court th » n proceeded with hearini * bastardy case * , . which occupied the whole of thi ? day . i A Subsidiary Caort was formed at ttiree o ' elopki'tor-the trial : of felons , at which tbe Rev . W . Alderran -presided , and in which a number of felonies w « re disposed of . The cases were chiefl y of av petty . Vaiid uninteresting character . Iherewere » o eases , ' daring the whole sessions , wortb' . reporting . SoiiDiEit ' * Billets—Mr . Fairciough having rei » i ( 5 ned , the situation of billet master for Leeds , applications , in future must be raade at the Police Office for bfl ierx .
Ar . LF . fiEn- Murrer at Briokton . —We have the melancholy tusk of recording a most shocking event which has kint occurred in this town . About noon on Sunday ,, some persons living in Nottinghamstreet were induced , from stwuicions which they entertained that all was not righto break open the houee ot a man named James- Johnson—a boot maker by trade , and b y birth an Irishman—when , to tbe gr . « a t horror of all the baholders , they discovered tbe body of his wife lyicg dead in her bed . 1 be unfortunate woman ' s throat was cut on the left side evidently with some very sharp instrument , for the wound wan very clean :, it was twoinerj «« in
depth , and reached from the backbone to the centre of the chin .. The husband had t&at morning quitted the town for Worthing , having , previously given onV that he was going thither to see his » wn ; andi m > m the appearances presented by the body it was evident the woman had been dead some hours . A coroner ' s jury assembled on Tiie . sJ . ay to investigate the circumstances connected with this dreadful occurrence ,, and sat till a venr late hour at night . Ihe deceas * d was described " 6 o have been found lying on he : * right side in the attitiade of » leep . H * r ri « ht hand w ^ s resting on the ^ pillow , a few inches iromher face , and her left la ^ i across her bosom , with the knuckles resting in jupool of blood .
Fkstivi-w . —On Wednesday . week-Iaet . onr respectable townsman Mr . > HsUem-. chemist and apothecary , gave a grand eatertainaent to his family nnusi numerous party . of friends , to celebrate the tukinK po « et . sionofala » g «» amonntof propertv which had ; been illegall y wHbbeld irom The ^ for hlteeii years , by Mr . Rnshwortb , an attorney . The day wn ^ ijout happily ,, and the dance was keptnu until a lai » j hour of the nighti SjiuiioLc «( s . —George Walakwn was broneht nn before tho-Magwtrates yesterday week , charged with sntngghnsj tobacco from the- Bwr , e $ steamers after
ajgreat ddal of cross-evidecce , the M agistrates said \ m ^ /^ ? . / > P re dr * ud fined him A 1 W , arid in default of payment to be committed totht * gaol . —Also , on iMaeic ' ay last , before the Mayor , . J . C . Parker , and B . M . Jallaud , Eaanires , Robert Soowden was charged with smuggliug some spirits ? j > dfifj » rs from off the Lee steamer . A cugtom-hon « e oflk-er . ssid , b * saw the prisoaar go on shore v « ih . a bladder ; thL * he threw away , and when he whs taken , abo : a a pound of cigars was iu hi- p , ecket ; the charge being proved he-was fined thirty rtlulhut ;* and costs , and ia default of ^ payment to be committed for one raroth . :
Bl ; wi , ary . —Thomas . fihwrlesworth and Phineas Lawtau , w « re charged oa suspicion of " deing concerned \ n a bnrglary o » the N ew H easle Road , on Sundivy night l » st ; after mpch cross-OKjaestioninfr ^ they were remanded UKiil to-day , as tberi isgroundft to beilvte that the two prisoners , together with a . •• tou ^ raan of the nara * of Peter , whom the police are it * active search ftxv are the partic * who committed a bnr « lary a . * hor » time ago , at the Rev . Sir C . / radersoa's . ot Le » , j ; iear Gainsbro ' ,, when a larce quamity of p ! at « wa ^ stolen . s
daws AprnEHEs » aOv —Two Jews , i ^ ned Hainan , Bysrt and Joseph L ? on , were also btought before t . ha-bench , charged * ith bavins ; a , quantity of piate ^ m , tneir posses 8 ion , whick had been atolen froni tb * . Rw . b , r C And ** , * , of Lea , i * Lincolnshire . : ii ' i b ? hnso » ' w . »* for the prosecutor s who , called Mr . Lara rA wlverwnith . He deposed-that t th » police broughtbim a handbill onSatnrday morning , which statedi th *» a robbecj . had beea committed at Lea ; os-Ae afternoon Eesscame to dispose ; of some old silver ^ coiisistijig oi spoons , caddiej ^ sugar shoyels , and various otb «* articles , and . all the , mtiats ap ^ wd to be recaafty takTaou ^ . the whole of whicit he purchased and paid him for -frtrnedratel y Hn ^ Mr . iara ^ s ^^ said tfaVcadd y ir
»™ ousw ^ r ^ . itifttjMcxipiido . given in tbe bift a Wfttch m ^ r , iB ^ aVw ^ court ? BliketSS &b % m *> a ? 0 » ^ teke o * jt the mtadsl JJter j » greutd , ^^ f ; oth ? r e viOftae ^ botu *? --pSew l . r ^ . fcj ^'?^^ M ^ B ^ w ^^ hi ^ oad ^ n > on oie
¦ Zr * Zx& 5 S ? y . - w ^ wMptiiati- i » nchow « 4 Mtn wafiy &afa * s for hw , W » nri 6 a and e&d «*^ rs Z . ^ ^\ f ?^> ^^ WcV the ^ or « aacurred . , Sv »»« . ClAfsizisfes- ^^ Vesterdiy iiiojinng week . ' & ?** . m % fi ? to *** $ » sloop , Hum * of RWliifc 13 r ^« e , John . « , < hmJ ¥ master , « nfamia * terT struci ; SLl ^ f ^ 'vi ?* * - -1 ^ ^ # ¦*• ' of . -wbd ^ d " ^^|^^ : y g ^^^ wiiJS ? « fcla ^ Sbe / wtegot out duang O » e ^ ternooaT « nd conveyea Id ' t ^ ^ an keVr ^ sJa ^ S ^^ "Acoidentaftv drowned . ' * * «^
aictfi ^ s ^ aiiSsssft ^ sSaS « lver » a v « , valu « iX wth the fduJwinSS aud . trn »> phmtantharitv ; for a perioAoVforS-one ioh ^ tv V ' - ^ ^« reifn . s wS piSnted
The K0ethern Star. Saturday, April-13.
THE K 0 ETHERN STAR . SATURDAY , APRIL-13 .
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BEV . J . R . STEPHENS . It now appears that three " True (?) Bills " have been found against the Rev . J . R . Stephens for uttering the truth : the one returnable to the County of Cheshire , and the others , hj ' csrtiorari , to the Queen ' s Bench . We have already said all thatcaB be said upon this rascall y prosecution in its finale form—and thel response has been seen by the list of subscri ptions in o « r columns : in its multi plied shape , we must only S 3 y that we must meet the monster b y / multiplied exertions . Therefore , following the noble example of the good men of Barnsley— ; A Vi r . t * * wHwho have "not « rt" « ril >\ i before , And let those wh « hav » , « , b » crihe the more . No time should be M , as we know not bow soon the trial may take place .
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THE LAST STRAW FOR THE DEOWNLNG MINISTRY . The familiar proverb , that "drowning men cateb at straw * , " was never more effectuall y verified than ia tbe pertinacity to which tbe " shabb y , " unprinci pled Ministers , who press like an incubus upon the vitals of tbe country , cling to the abseBce of direct attack , by the country generall y , on their Irish p olicy , and to tbe support of O'Connbll , as the last hope of their expiring power . > .-
> ever did firmer and more numerous props , uphold the power of any party than of tbe Whigs at tbe period of their accession after the Reform Bill . One after another has been bent and broken under the atcumulate'l wei ght of their treachery and thtir baseness , until their forlorn and solitary hope is in the man whom , in the day of their piosperity , they denounced from the Throne , and in the excellence of their institutions of law and government in a
country which , with all the means of plenty , exhibits an amount of squalid wretchedness and misery unequalled by any other country in the world ; a people whose free and generous natures are capable of national virtue and morality in it < hi ghest form , hut amongst whom , as the consequence oi jaisgovernment , prevail * an aggregate of crime too fri ghtful for contemplation , . and disgraceful 10 human nature .
Trnly , the wreck must be unenviable which h moored upon the stormy waters of social discord and political discontent , to a fastening so slender and so easily torn away ! Since , however , this it the anchor which , ia their desperation , the Whigs havt ca « t forth , in the hope that its weight may save them , let us see wbat it is , and what are it * pretensions to the confidence of the shi p ' s crew . What has been the policy of tne Whi gs in Ireland—that they should presume on that to ask the confidence of the people ? To wWt portion of that
policy shall we tarn ourselves , to look for any single substantial benefit conferred upon the people of Ireland ? Shall we seek it in the di , franthiseinent oi the + 0 s . freeholders , who , as soon as they were politically useless , to their landlords , were regarded as vermin upon the lasd , and " cleared , off " accordingly ; thousands of them being driven from their hearths and their homestead *—their onl y mean * of shelter and subsisttnee—to famish in the open air , and lodge in the damp bottom of a ditch ? Shall we look for it in the rampant Law Church
---till wallowing in her unchecked ini quity , and reeking with the blood of Rathcormac ? Shall we liud it in the armed constabulary force , which , though the Tories had introirjeed the priuci p le on a much smaller scale , was systematized and made ptrmuitnt aud dependant upon Government b y the Whi g *? The base Whigs bare converted the constables of Ireland into an immense standing army of mercenary troops , trained and di .-ei pliued j military fA-hion , and solel y under the wmtronl of Government ; with aa array of places and salaries connected
with it , involving patronage enough to subvert the libvrdee of any people : is it for this they ask our ctDfidenee ? The base Whivs- did that for Ireland wbithne Tory Ministry ever da « d to attempt : they enacted fhe Coercion Bill , t-y which adesuoasm * ai » established as deceive And *« . ftii a * wa 8 ever known among tbe nation * of the £ * st , By that act , even in i t * mirijpiced - form , the Lorfi Lieutenant was empowered to appoint Special _ _ $ e- <» ion « , iu miy par : of Ireland , whenever he pleaatd , aud to appoint , as j » dge thereat , any King ' * Serjeant , or
Counselor-Law that be pleased ; who had full power to try all offences except felonies punishable with death . Thus was the stream of ju-tice fouled at its very s-mree , by rendering the Judges of the Land the bireo creatures of the Ministry . By that measure thf people in any , ore \ ery part of Irel .- . ndy might be required to kee p within t ! : e doors of thrir own houses , from one hour after . "unset , till sunrise in the morning ; and anyone guilty of violating thi * order ; tkat is to # ay , guilty of not having a fcoui < e in whicb to remain , or of being compelled , through
death or sickDexs in his famil y , to leave his owu door at night , might hu detained in prison , and puawbed for . * jaisderneacnur ! Tbe inhabitants were Bable-tote « mjecred to ' dnreicijiary vNu-i by the magfstracy " or police at dead of night ; and must not nly answer to tbeir naoien , but * xpo . ce tbeir shh ' ering naked person * to tbe ruffian paze of their oppn ;* i © r * whenever called on . ' ! This is the boasted Iri-h policy— theye are tbe mild and pacific principle—on which Minuter * have governed Ireland , and or the credit of which they ask the people generaliv for their confidence . '
Bat U eoi Lord NokManby popnlar in Ireland ? And has not hi . « govern men t been the mildest the awn equitable , and the mort pacific , that Ireland ha * had for many year * ? True : but what has that to do with tie principle ! : upon which the Whi g iliui * try hare governed Ireland ? If Lord Xor-Masby , finding the state of Jaw and sovit . ty as-bad as it wasp « s « ibKj for them to be , hx « made theWt he could of them under tbe cir « cm « fanee . « , the credit
is due to him individuall y and uot to the Government which allowed tbe V , Bd state of things to remain so long unmended . If they would have the approbation of the people for their " Irish policy "—if they ask our confidence in the princi ples oh which they have governed Ireland , let them point us to any one public institution which has been improved by that policy—any « iegle developement ef their princi ples , in the shape of a national benefit conferred on
Ireland . Let them , if it be possible for Whig .- ? to do so rtand before tbe country with a fair and a houext face , not asking the credit for " princi ples" which is due only to persons . The Morning Ckrvtikle states this subject very fairl y in a recent article : — . . ¦" . ' - ' ^ " Tiure is no fewliujt igairutt Lord Nr . rmanby ' * clemency . S'haKid Ue hiTe erre * nn tVte * iJe of Kierr ) , \\ o-. to i » »« Midi * - vociiiun to y » T \ 3 on him x Jew extra , i > uri , tax . Nor it thu Kngluh peo ^ lf , in its political n ) bv « merU , fairly chargeable wiih collective selfiihnwj ! or exclusive natiooaiitv . Thry
m » T have nu very distinct comprvlicn ^ iun ul' the Kiatler ; bttt th " y have not Inrgotten ihe bUwil of Kathcinoju :, »»> d th ^ y pay little uttentiuu to the ihoJemoutad > - » of Lord HoJhd . One thing , however , ibi »» do pmceive—that the gnod done iu lrel » nd , like the good done iu EnpUiul , in uliuiuLstiuUve and personal , aut Wjtulative and iiwtinitiunal . . Thi-y kjiuw thiil the Vhign g * re to Irriaud L ^ rd . Nurraanty , but that ih * j have not been able to five to IreKnd reformed curi > oniti < jD 8 .
Thev Kjh > w thai there mar li » ri > been * . me good Ir » h Bwhopn ^ ppointi ^ l , but that thtre Ua « b ^ vii no rftjcient relurmation ul the Irish Church . Of r . -pluci on by better meii suuieold lr »» li on the judgment w ^ t , they hav <; ' h < -Ar < 5 , but tb « j- liave nut heard ot the increased lacihtien oflnw » tid jusricit ( , > r thu lri > h \ mj \> le . Perhajw they nndervalo' * ihe ! ' « utut » that hav « really L «? en confenrd ; but thrre W wmi « miundueiw iu VhelT dlKtinctinn betweeu tueli utnl Bieaiurca , urn : their prefMenc « of beneficent iiuiiiutiuiui tu iockv nceidcuis . ' '
> ow thin is a much more ju * t and honest view of the Ministers' case than we expected from The Chronicle . We nave no wiih to undervalue the amiable qaatttiea of Lord Normanby , as a man , cor the effect of those qualities as manifested in tbe mildness and clemency of hi * government ; but we ronxt hesitate before we accord any credit to tte general p * fiey of a Government , who , with tW advantage of such a Viceroy , Ware still left Irelioi \ n trash a state as that Nobirtaan wad compelled to
admit the existence of , in kis speech on Lord Roben ' s motion . Until the Whigs can thtw us seme better reason tb&n they have crter jet attempted ta ihew , why the institutions of Ireland have a « t been improved , we must costume to deneuoce tbeir Insh policy as perfectly on a par with tbeir EaglUk policy ; exhibiting only meaunew , hypocrisy , tyranny , and cowardice , blended together in one hideou * lump .
To Headers & Correspondents.
TO HEADERS & CORRESPONDENTS .
Mb. Stephens S Yohtsait.
MB . STEPHENS S yOHTSAIT .
Leeds And West Riding News.
LEEDS AND WEST RIDING NEWS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1052/page/4/
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