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PRESENTATION OF THE ^ N ATION AL PETITION . The PetitiMi—that Petition ; " which iboasanJs Trpou thousands ef the people fcave resolved shaH be the last—has , itlatt , fee * presented . The BSMXND oir " MORI THAH \> . ttlLXION ANp A Quarter of Ewottsmrsx , that th * brand of slavery shall be removed from their brew , has been Bade is doe / am . Their voice hs « been heard , even in dsfixnfte ef the hes * r £ » d recklessness , and svlten doggedaess , waieh had entrenched itself with forms by which the expression of toe people ' s will wa * destiaed to die awaj in distant mormars , that the ear of tyranny and plunder might sot tingle with its banners . Attwood nobly did hi * duty in leading to the Toice of public wrong a . tongue which , maogre the gagging roles of the Homse , gave utterance to the truth . Referring to the hundreds of public meetings at whieh the Petitioi had been deliberately discussed aod adopted , he said : — " At etch « f thoae Hweting . there kai bees ODt nniveml * amm * ciT ofiistrcaa ¦ 4 « au »» , be swrtaay , Urn * disregsrfed » r that Havse , yet easting far bmj ye * r »—dttticss which aad earned awh iiaentteat afaaogst tke workiag people . «» wkiek 4 keo » tent tm create * bv the loajr gafferine * ud grievances whieh tk » t elsaa « r tkt pevplr had endured , mi w Ion * w « eWy tH * r * fordsd Jy ( A * peopU ' t nprtttnta&xM m As * iftmj * . _ .. _ . PRESENTATION' 'OF' ^ r ^ SSiol A ^ PETITION . Thr PedHan-ttiat PetitaTvuc . thoa , an 3 s
This was close cutting for fta repr «» entati » es of mooey-making face-grinder * , and , aa might have been expected , the cry of " Order " -reminded the Hon . Member that he spoke among those who were dead alike to feeling and to deoeicy . Undaunted , however , by the crowing of the cravens , he contrBBcd te bear honourable testimony to the character' of English working men ; to give the lie to aH the mendacious ravings of the factions about the designs of Chartists opon property ; and to reiterate hit charge againrt tie self-styled people ' s T « pTMe&tlQVM ftf totally aegleedng tbetr on ] j and important duty : — ** Tb * wtn ws * sintd tk « Pttitin ware kaoact uJ ioiia tn * m —« lK * m »« 4 a « blMuah « d chmiin-am who Un udanttiMwniAtitiiM of * eo 4 aenWi of aooetr .
•>»«« yal « ob } e « t » , s » 4 WS » had ulnyt obeyed the Un . GeaxWsMs ei ^ jiaf t % * wealth kaaie * dan ta then k » hw ^ iUry jpwat , « k < pa nu wera jwrio ^ a for by tke ettatn te which tiurv wawiiii twin their fortEnbew , caald arra bo i 4 e » » f tfea srtv . « ti » Ba «* fljr * i » j tke working maa of tkjaeaontry . Yet at « U th » meetisjea wkiek had We * keW , ** jmw att » #$ ii f *»» k * i c ^ B &B-d Oe&MTwnrktiT to tk « 1 ml parnut « f their «« aatittuk » &l ri ^ nu , for iki pnrpna * «? remedy iag tfca axa « s > a »» fer > Eg » wkick tkey had MidamlMsiMTyew .. Thav had aaaa m attempt to relieve «*> > waetker kind-Worn wat *« n , mtaaa , aragricaltonl Wxmrers—ao aatto' wait tbey « i « kt be , uUl tbwe m as irf » t They met with »• (^{ Mft , fir er « ^ mpuhj , from thxt Honae , tad tkerelor * thrr frit tbatiuelm boaa 4 u > exer-«« t « 7 lejfil > sd onnttit « ti « B » l * ff * n witbia Uieir -power to recoT « r u * wh . oU of their 0 Mutu « tiii 9 * lrighW
The Hoaourable Member then proceeded to inform the House of the demands of the P-etitioofrre , and to express his own unqualified a&seat thereto : — " He tkonli bow nmi a brief extract fr »» tW » # titio » . Ii « t » t « dthmt they tmij to ^ hl m Uir d * f * n ^ m fee » t » ir a » j » ve *; xnd tlut if ihey eenU net give than that . * od io » d » j > dci ., tkiBg f « rtlrar fcauKs * , vfceu they « sdd \ key would I « ttt iinrard « rrry Beau which the law aUovei t * cbWRe the repr ^ emuiion of vkat ttowe ; tk » t ihej mottli vm ttm effort u > act npon tkt elaetorm , and taw by these Beast uitinu « W , rtMOB thas workiac bkw nfiaeoee . * the * Khoald
preface sach a eo * Dg » a * woa ) 4 ea « ble them to faceted in the m * com ? iahm « it o ; their riew * mad » rUbe « . He trotted ia God they would Meeeed aad obtain all the ofcv . tt * aoaKb-t fcrin the Petition . ( Hiv . ) The first thin ; aboght fjrby theae hooeat men , erery * ac of wfaom produced bj hii lab jar fcur tian more to the eanatry tiha * they » aked for fn ex-• lunge , » u m £ » ir « nbo » teaee—iaSfet thea- eesstrr refoaed thea cme-ioorth of the t * 1 o » ol their labour * . Kut only did the couatry do that , but aorae of them had m \ r three d *)» ' wage * in the week , and feoadreAa ef iham were paying 4 C » per cent , increaae ob debU and axe * . Snca beinjr theeaae , the Uoaae wsald mil be aorpr iaed that throe fcnneM » ta » bo « ii hare used rather atraag langm ^ ge under tryiag
Proceeding then to enumerate the » eTeral -pohsts of political demand contained in the Petition , beginning at UniTersal Suffrage , tb * honoorxble gentleman ontiBoed : — " In al ] the *< f tra pantaha ( Mr . Attwood >* io » t oor 4 iaUv agTced , and hr morn meerUy . hu ^ ed , that by the tnrtetMil pebhe opinion the day laigkt dm be dkuret when th » whole ol ihete five pto&bi woaid-W gmU ^ to . th » pwpl < : and thxt thry wovii t *» e tkrm in t « U v « ight and measure , aad » onastak » ab > at the Batten < Che « ni * a& 4 o * $ M * r . ) to
" Sir G . H . ^ myikroae order . Htmoorahk MettiVeT had tran » ftresae ( iiheTU e » of the Eowk . It w » k a dUtinct rale of the Hou « e that no Mettb « r ~ ihohli afte a ipeeA on pte » entiag a yetkitra—< oh , " oh H-aod > e eoald not b « i $ « Te tksianv i »» a : b » r , with tiit twirfhin ^' piece bf ma'duiipry , woulj be pproiitt'd to - adopt - w ~ eovrae * lhsi had been uni- ' unn' - refuaed to' himaeifanjj olher * . f phaii , * ' ' ao 4 " The Speaker , aithe Honourable Member bad tppeaJed to » . m , nitt »' , c = namlj say ita ; do Mejubcr bajd a riabtto * F- '»* at iuT lfu _ ini » oa preae&ri » g a petition . Bat mhrjt th * Hubu eonxidrred ihe ^ " '" " f ^ T ^'^ ^ t' * t rl » mi f * 1 * po *! U . » in which the H *» aoi . bU Member wia | i » c » d , > e xhi >)» ih ^ y wi « li »» tkat thare-war * RtDUtAa bc-gnauw aerae " mdnlg-nc - in the witter . ' , _ . ., .,- . " " Sir G . H . Smith , uu iidi » i < 5 m « l , BMt-AttrfcUVnrrert Mai oit tae eourae adopted by th « Hauoe »» bl »^| eajWj' for rmingham . ' - ¦ -
If eur reaitrsbad before kamrs-aatbug « f -theeompoanoD of the hearties * ~ erew , toj . jr . hejs they have ro long committed tire making « f the laws and the keeping ef th * ir panes , we uaagijie tii « report would give them ruffiujeat jaforoBatJon . The respectful soliejiation' » f « milB » naa « a quarter of men— " honest and in&u * £ r > au * men—men of sober aa * tinbiesaished character—men who have uiriionnlT cucaarged the dutiw of good members of
society and lojal subjects , aal"b » Ta alway * obeyed the iswa "—the nupectfol petitJon of a million and a quarter of such mea ia ceceiTed-by the honoari ^ le hou * e with taugAttr ! The ? ry of distress from a whole nadon is laughed at ! The humble petition of the poor ' man that he may have a fair day ' s wages for a fair day Vwofk ' is "laughed © at of the house" ! and by one- tided nt&an denominared " a ridieuloas Vpieee j > f raafthisery" ! "We ooa . meed the c&refal coosideriUoa of all theae
circnnutinces to all cuch aia » ag the peo l « u have no : ye : made uj ' their misi * thai this ahailbe the last petition to aHouie of Commons consti toted like the prenentone . Wecoainend . tW ^ iaof ater" of tbt-ir " honourable" patrens to all the noodles who hope for faToor or amelioration from the wretches who at present rale m » , or from auy who are likely to replace them by a heartless , mouej-mongering consutuency © f bricks and mortar , tapes , sjid cotton-ballK , pint pots and gin bottles , or
candleends and smoggled- tobacco . Joroux own parts , we thacfc tbtir hocroars f * r this laughter— a * t that it gireg IU &ny enlightenment , bat because-we think that if there be yet living one working man who i « dolt enough to hope forlielp froa these , thu must undeesive him , and shew him tbe" aecessity of " laying aside eyery weight , " - and girding up his loin * for the astintanee of h ' u brethren- ia the grand nrcggle forUNIYEBSAL SUFFEAGE which thati come and that quickly ; .
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" Tbe great purpose of education is to form the man and the citizen ' ; tnat he may be Tirfuous , bappy in himself , Mefal to ^ aaiety , "— Hum * .
Wb kave hithertonro ^ fefiglttory- ^ bstaiBed from a ' l comment en the-Tazioit-ffAeBje , ^ ei «« tJona } wl ^ em , » kiea h « Te em * nitea-from the brainj of oar iBv ^ tive Legwlatwrt , Ife well in * % r how ^ teao ur sapiTOt-p ^ Un , ^ ijk # tbMrn at pUy , raue a bubble , aerely that it may amu . ^ for a time aEd then burst iuto-Botkiag . "Wewerwnnwinmg to wane our columns or the re&derB ' rime in unprofitable . pecolationt oa tht height , to wtick , by dint of niQcb blowing from tb « maker * , these hobble * mi b : weend , when they arc apt to fade into empty air , a- « soon as created .
But it u better to rtgari this pr « eit qststion af edecation m the bartKof of Lord Johk . We were long in doabt , whtAer this pr * d * etion wottld full « till-bora ixto its grrre , or b * se spoilt ia tbe HtrsiBg as to be crippled aod tfefomsd iariug the wbole ff its ezifteBM . The latter appears to W its oom , for , if nfftred t » liTt « a any eandition , it rill bare to endur » the precious xaouldiag of the To ; ie » to whozm it ka * be « a nrreaiarei by its » er « le *« pareat Vwiry tht dwindling away of ih : * grand question naiads w of tie fable—11 ilonteg partarisat . BMoitor riimlw s > a « .
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" 'The soountains labour , ani ' a'little ^ inon » e spring * fortV Th « Wntncisd effect * of proper uutraetien we haY *« TeradY « c * ted , and tb » y are self-etident to the lowest comprehension . "What is education F It is the cultivation of th » moral and intellntBal faculties , and the depression of the baser propenritie * . By its influence , all that elerata and ennoble * man may be called into action , while all that ^ egrmJea him by -ric « j or destroys Mm bj crime , , „ . ^ tbT ^ onnl ^ KSFi ^ * ¦« Th * W « fic » al effects of proper uunroctkn we
may be rooted out for erer . By its exercise , streugth and solidity is bestowed npon reason , tbe noblest gift of the Almighty—a spark of diriliity—that dwells alike within the peawtat a « d thf king . (< Knowlege is power , " and is a treasure , worth ; of being gained , » itber by an inoiTidua ^ , ot a nation . It is certain that a true and proper instruction can gire peace in the place of anxiety , joy in the place of wretchedness ; that it can encourage Tirtue , asd oa « u sources of infinite pleasure and of lasting advantage .
That tbe labouring classrtare entitled to education as a right , none but fbels or knaves can doubt Tbe welfare of the people is the wjpreme law , and the good of the many is the main end of Gtnrerameat ; their welfue kni their good uaa in a . great raeuure b « forwarded by tdacation . Instruction can be pbt&iced by two cauiiee ;—first , directly , as by teaching the people ^* t on « ej without any funher ^ -change m their eonditiotf . Secondly , indirectly , &s by improving tfiV « 4 ate of the maay , and then allowing them to educate tbeipgelvw . The first plan is" that adopted by &e present Government ; tbeydeiire a public grant of the
people ' s money , with which they are about to effect a moral - regeneration of the modern Bab j Ion , a * they ttyle tfceir country . They wish to build SCtlOolB to select teachers , and to teach " spelling , writing , aad An tkmetu ! , ' U the y ouug of all willing . TbeToriM come in with their exclusive dogma * , and declare that none bat high- church professors * hall be taugat , but that ib * tax shall be levied on all . They even dare to raise the old worn-out cry « f 4 i No Popery , " with which they are aocuttoroed to frighten old women . Tkey artert that tbe gunpowder plot is to be re-acted , that the Martyrs are about to burn agais , aad that-the Pope at tbe head of an army of Cardinals i * going to beirieg * the Tower ! '
Tory rant is quite Wneath all notice , and we are decidedly opposed to the plaa of the Vfbigs . We are ao friends to Government education , which ia merely alecson in the art of tmag « lav ? t , Ihey would teach passive obedience } divine right , a love for "Wbiggery , and a reverence for dtspotUia . Our amusement was only equalled by our iodigBs . iion ; when we reaS ike following' words : —• 'To give such a character to tbe matter of instruction is Hus school , as to keep it in close relation with the condition of tcorimeH and tervahU . " * Bad they not
better say ttavti it ence ? But this proposal luckily cannot be carried into execution . TW people , oppressed as they n « w are , vtili not accept the offered " schooling . " It is folly to talk to starring beings , of tbe beauties of literature ' ; or to tell those , who are sinking in body , to improve thtir mind * . Mental cultivation requires a light heart , a freedom frem urgeat care , and a power of abstracting the- attention from furronndiog
orjectSi Go into the poor man ' s cottage ; lee The * quaiid mifery , that prevails there ; the whole family crushed by extonien ani oppreasion , and bonte to the very earth by w * nt of the common uecwaaries of life . Would it cot be mockery to tell fheee to study book * and to become men of letter * ? Iret there be no cofiuibttik . n for this mummery ; let hot th * people be diverted from their grander otj ? ctg by {\\ t "baable .
Tbe course of education-which we advise , is tbaf mentroned above ~ * $ tbesecond plan . Let the people have their rignts , and those comforts to which they are so justly entitled , and ther wilj instruct themselves . l , et their hourd of labour be diminUhe 4 , and they wiU h « ve timeaBdincU&ation for ioteiieewal jiuYsuitt . ' L * t Aem Ttcfeive their due w * ges , aad they will hare the means . Above all , let i » ek bare ¦* ^ han » in tb » - atate by Univer # ai Suffrage and they will hav « a grand object for the ifflpr « yemeat ojt ' tWjB ^ elTes and ^ eir children in
every wf . y . " Ttey will bav * an interest in learning the best policy ' and in always aetisig oa the » b f gea . tionaof reaaea . They will be urged ooward by the aectssity of "keeping the posittoh , wbtcb theyVhall have attained . . The tiu * and profitable edocAtUii will be that which is voluntarily sought by men rendgrred ' peaceful in inind and free in ^ xewbt . Ameliorate the condition of the oppressed . . Give them their right *; let a good day ' s labour eArtTitw merited reward , increase ibe . corafortu of th * poor , and thea leave education in tb » charge rf those , fcr who * e beuetit it is intended .
Moral e . tocialy and ' udtllcclunl progrcts > will follow physical iTupnwesuuit . The children , iratead of labouring during the whole ef their exigence , becoming crippled and sickly , would hate some hours , at least , to devote to the neighbouring Bcbool . The fre « Britoa would return from hid employment t « ais borne with happy feelings , and would speed the evening in social converse , and in examining tbe progress ia all that is advantageous made by his children .
These are the metnu which we advocate ; and ts all have a right to education , so are they entitled to the meant ; as it is absurd to give a thing , and yet withhold the power of accepting it . The people , therefore , on these , aa on sp ^ many other , grounds , are entitled to an immediate improvement of thtir condition . Let their amelioration then be our only tkonght ; to this end let-all oar exertiona be directed . The atuhiaseht cf rbelr lfl ?* r | es * bf Sn ^ U ) ih will be a glorious era , thatjj ^ r \ w 6 er ap ' IwighW days , aod more g | . orioas ^* reau , political aasHnteV lectua ^ tban .. ^ iVe evijr . ^ ' ah ^ irfropoh ^ &ntain ^ or ' been r « cord * d pttiae . jii ^ it of hUtory K ? ^ , -- */ - ' . ¦ . ¦ ; « « i * x ( fel > r t )| e ' ti&jiri ^ : <( i fciinai ' " ' '"" - -
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NoTica t » T « a Public —Mr . O'Csnnor will attend the *¦ >**)¦* "J ?*** •» f «« # y * . r : He will aJdreM the pe » kk » f »* effi « U at halt-pa * t aevra an Thoraday : the umo f NoUioAhamat th * aame hour on ftiaayj ^ thei Sneh « f liQ ^ Mwftmai * « t Um aamer hour cm Satardav ; all <*** f » »« ett » g » - Tb * prinejpal aabjwt , «« , k * aabswttod : —Th « al yauge and mcwsUx oCaNafioma Defenee Foal . Mr . O'Ceanor WUI Dot fc pweated exeept kv U ! health or « ea& , an 4 , tberafare , w « mu « t aauopat * tmuajpaaat nactiiiKt . F . O'CONNOR . BECEITKP rrem Hr . Jahnaoi , wriUr , Ihuafrie * , the iui » »< ^ 1 la . the Rer . J . R . Stephens . V . O'OttNHOH . % ^^ « »«» & **«?!***» h * jr •« FH ^^ h * S « e »
STEPHENS 8 DEFENCE FDKD . —We are eoutanUy ree «» hig leturi tjmplainin * tkat vwiow » umt of money raia ^ in different place * and handed lo the Treuorer for thU M well a * f » r the National Rent Fund , ar « not acknoirledge * in the AerMtrn Star . We have * ald aaain and BRain , and wa now beg that t-nr T , iterattea of th « MUe thing aaav h * noted—that Wa ACKNOWLEDGE KO HONEY IN THS "STAB" BUT WHAT WK BBCEIVE at tbe Office . We eannot koeo aecounU for the whole country . If any partiea where collection * orsntacriptioDa have been made , will take the trou le af writins a line or two of a
paragraph , stating the faot , the « uta collected . * nd the m »» - ner of it * dupoaal , we will gladly publish them , but we eanaot ^ roome to do more- We writ * thu not only for ¦ ennal raformatian , tut specially in rsplj to the fol * lowiftg iron a eorr « s » pondeot at Maoclecfiera : — "They have a . iveaBiea copy of a teeeint for « ome money which was aeat to Mr . rieUen , bat whkb haa : never appeared Un the Star . Wboee fault or neijlqct it is , they cannot tell , bat if it had be . n , there would have b »* n aa much mtre before thi * . 1 hope If yon ean yettSvilt gir <> some aatUUetoty aa » w 4 r m » 4 it , wilt be Utter fnr the mIWcudu on Sanetay , a « some of them feel diMatiaaed . "
( COPY OP TUB RFCEIPT . ) Maficheater , Uay 200 L Rweivtfl on aoevant of tiu Rev . Mr . Stephen * , th « sum of jC 13 Ja . from Mr . Wm . Barnit . Secretary , foif Maedea . fie ^ d , aa xlao « note or bill for jT 2 8 » . 6 d . fiigoed—John Tonge , tor txpenaea , Oaih UM lla . ( Si . Bill ........ 3 0 6
jfA i ForMr . FieldiBg , C . Rhodes . New all we ean say , the money never eaiae to u » , and we never heatd a ward about it until we got thia letter . J . SKIDMORE . —Hia plate willbt wnt to Matthew Jarvig , L » mj , Maiululd ; he can get it by aending or calling there , J- DOUBHTT . —Th « Order to withdraw bia Advertweraent caooe toolate . 8 TEPHKNSS DEFENCE YVXD . The eelWtion » t Uie »« ter , amouaUd to ^ 2 . U . 2 d . ; Expense of priatingX * . 6 d . ; Uaving » bulancn d 47 . 2 * . Hi ., wtuMh was aelcaawkdged some weelciago . " , T . E ., LOPGHBOHOECH . —Hii new » nhftuld h » ve come a month iince to be ttKfal—H U ra \ W » ta !« iib ' w . J . H ., OF Heywood i * « ither a - f » bi or takrtf o » for bV >* . Hawsre arnto k » ow that fha ' paragraph h * h * e aeatna ia not a lie ? audit trarwhat geoi c » a v « d « by eubliaWng it ? . . Wigam RADICALS . —We azaawrv we have had no opportunity of eonitnanicaiing with Mr . O ' Connor on the mbjtet of Qieir invttarien . B « ta now in Scotland . Tax Dewsubuy Radical association aanst excnwtn . Their reaoIatioB ia raso , ill-timed , aud ill advUed . We hop * they will jeH » o » iderit . JSHN CkE ^ VIi . —We wUl aend far the two he apeaka of . Nobu ^ Trowbrjdgs . —Hiaplatea were aeat to Londea with thct « U
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pORBETT'S MUSEUM OF NATURAL \ J HISTOKV , from 61 , PiecADiLLT , Is now open at the Commercial Buildings , Leeds . Sportsmen , and admirers of Splendid Birds , will find a Grand Treat . A British and & Torsion Collection for Sale . "I never taw anything so correct to Nature as your work \ t . —Kiiig of the Belgians . "Tnere allotting eguartp'it in ^^ London . " C . WaCrrlon , Etj . ' ' "Cbrbett is lf very fir the ' best Animal Preserver of tbe day . "— G . C : Oxenden , Esq . AdHjittaoce , 6 d . ; ChiidreB 3 d , Open from- Niae ia the Mdrnt « g till Dusk .
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( From bur own C ^ rretpqndeni . ) Oft Wednesday last ,, , a gjcnjoas 4 eaioi ) 8 tration of the lUdictils of the above yvf ' a- was Md ou the celebrated Calton Hill f Jol ^^^ caiV bopt aad shoemaker , io _ tfce cKair . . jMeijfa . ' . ^ ic ^ rdjon , BuweyVVow / y , arid C ^ lliniu ^ ^ e ; Co ^ y | n ^ OD were prewiiti a ^ d Mr . feargU ^ OiDonyvor arnvdd from Carlisle * i b 3 il' ' -past five o ' clock , " and , wasTecfived witb thoata of sppranse , ' and"ciJatiiraed cheering . No ' . hinf could » urp « 8 the marked attention paid to the repr » w « tad * ff <) f ' the people , ted bo more bappy sffloctioa could have b * en made fur the Scutoti duty .: Ttve K > oeohe » . of iha several delega- ^ s Uterafly a > to « paed' us . We could have had do notion that men belonging to the . working
clanet were «» capabje of , liyjw down the law , » nd expo »" mK w -mysfteYjP with the preci » ion of practised : barrj » tef * ... However , so it wu , and the uoajuiraow oainiuxx of tbe iukabuants was that it ute Scotch Deleg « te « were a fair sample of theabilijLy as 4 talent of the . Cooven ^ on , that the comity wjis aajfej ,.. } % , wcu } d Le aa inyidiqos task , B , nd iodeed a dif £ cul | ^ ne ^ . wliethe ^ ih .-y should award tbe palm of " superiority to linyof the gentleeuen . The lfgal rea ^ r jeh ^ gof Richardson—the sarcasm of Lowry , -apHh " brfmi ^ fia abusea—the eloquent dfBun * i » ti-j « of rail ty / aat * by , Bu ^« eythe atraigijtforwaVd and pojnprghe r 6 ^ e vi ew * oi Collinj- ^ aBd' ttie ' . » pie ' ri < Jid .. BUtt ^ n £ ibg iip of O'Con *
y v ^ uuuur ey ^ uaiijt commamj our aamiraupn ana praise . The « p «; ecBe 8 were oftne first order 6 f eloqn * tj ^ 5 , and so « m"d to Avi unmixeduatisfaicricn . Air . Sankey , lite ddegattrlor Edlnbargh v alsj addre «** d the Meeting upon Ws reeigfaaUon , and was well receive ;! , anH p * tiBtltlyH » ten » d to ,- afid jastice wag dome to tbe honesty of hie modveg 16 r tbe itnrf he f # U it hi * duty to pntsue . / : Mr . John Duncan , tbe ob » . umwa gB 9 t > f ihe , nuble « t s « uk in £ xi ^ tenct * , Jaane « t a * , the sun ,, and : Uwie&iigftble . at t » f aut , was eWcted in . tUe roviu- of 24 r - SaMkey . Upou tbe whole , it watr a . proud / day for Edinb . rgh . Maby of the middle clashes were ; frefentj aacSliterai ^ rtoodama ' zid , aad iubrcatlijeis anxiety , while tke worthy ArleraffB W £ ^ e " addrei ! 8 iruj / Ahe
people . fJoth ^ g conra 8 nrpa « ij'tD 6 ! mBrked attention * ifti which the delegates' were receive * *} , and thedeKgU which ; w& + raknlfoited at tHeif tipcj'ieu&e and talmit . "W ' ecnn only say that if rach ¦ aen are seat torepreaeutthe viuwg and [ motives of the- people ' s reprefrtuatious , that tbe mini ens ol pawer ft » ud bura poor chance . Difficnlc as it is to vary so hacknied a subject a « Radicalism and old abuse *^ yet were the . several , qtators < niite capable of areiwiog tbe old di ? b ) and serving it np witi , new and pio ^ uRnt sauce to suit the palate of th ? ir eager and d « votel . listeners . Itwau considerably after eight o ' clock , ' when the
delighted fi ** emblage brake up ta meet again at a tea and fruit p trty , of which it will be too late to send you auy notice thin week " , and , indeed , lam now pushed foi ! time to eatchnhe po « t , and most conelode by asfttring Eurflisbmra that the Union is now adamaBtirje , aad should the cause re qaire it , ¦ that the "blue bonne t * will come over the border . " The meeting ! ' altogether in Scotland have surpassed the most 8 * ngmndJ « kpefctatH 6 ast of-ibeV friends of liberty , with the one solitary exception of DunferiBf line » . wneje U » e moral non » enie ' ofl $ lr . '' Hi $ y ' « w ' uald , it aee " m 8 , h ' ave proslrftfed the p % 1 c ^' eneWpf'ffie people . - ButthettajbrltyofibenbrayemenTor DdniennJine ' artiiW > rt 6 AbeHiDraSkea oat of : ^^ Irrights ;
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HQ ^ bP ^ Ciet ^^ f ^ f ^ Me ^ r ' The Hou » 4 idHBot assemble to-day ., i ,., HQUsis OPiCOMMOJJS ^/^ es ^ y , June ! 9 . '¦ Maiy ^ titiomj were pVeko ted agsin » t the Government plan of national education , many of them al « OwpT » yiagtfca House to addr-ss , her Majesty to jtftgcifld Jfae LOfdec in Council appointing a ComraiU « e ; o { Privy Council on the subjept ofedu-^ liOBs-J , . -, ,., ,- ;„ - . , .- ¦ .. . .- ..-. - . ¦ ¦ Mr * W * PAT JEN ; moved lhat the . order pn AlisbnVPiwrce . Bai be discharged , and that it be roferred U Mr . Orde and the Southi NorUiomberland Ttst , \ fft > r Privato Bill ? , ) and that they report to the 1
House . The Object wm that the evidencemight be duly eratnjnei } , as , he alleged , the Vay ih whi 6 h the business was conducted in 4 h * Hoase was du * graeefali nobody hearing ilie- evidence ^ asd yetall beaag requitedto vota . as if * € hey had heard it .. ; ,. Sencat » embe » haviaf spokenooa the deficiency : of th » preaeat sy » t »« o . of coftiuetiflg " Divoroe BUU , tha motiouwdia ^ Mea u » / aa 4 ^ he « rd « r < LUcbargedaccordiAgly ., >> -- - ^ ^ -. ^ . . : . The Jamaica EnacUnents BUI' w . is ; read -the third time , on tie motign _ o ^ Lpr 4 J , RwaELL , after which \ ' , - Mr ' GO ULBU FfN moved \ h 0 l ^ HpHssion " , of the three first words of the firstxhtrtie of-the bill . ¦¦•¦' ¦¦ •'• . After some diacuMion ^ jefBPjx ^ he House divided , andthenunaben , were ^ -: For . ret 3 i ^ n \ n . £ th $ clauie m it stood , 267 j i % aiiui ^ W ; majori ^ Itt fatbor of the clausft 10 . ' ¦'¦ -- : - ' ¦ ' ¦ t- ^ . ¦• " .
TheBulwasofeoJhrMrpassea : •' - - " > Tbe adjourned debate on the gotyect of edocation was then reiomed , Mr . Wtse opened tiie rsnewad discasaioB * H « wa * followed by Mr- CobeimouN , Mr . C . Bblleb , Mr . Acbaiio , and Sir . S . Lush-IKOTON . On the motion of Mr . D'Isiueu the debate was adjourned to Thursday . - - - ¦
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Death ot Lord Wittun Bentirck . —We regret to announce thft death of Lord William Bentinck , » hich . took place yesterday evening , after a long illneo , at his residence in the Rue Chaupeo d'Anlin . His Lordshi p was in his 66 th year , and his death will be a tabject of deep regret , not only to a very extensive circle of p rivate friend * , bnt to his eonntry at large , which he had honourably served in nearly all parts of the world , —GaHg / tanCs Mettenger Tuesday . * *
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fj ^ p ^^^ s ^^^ aaa ^ ra ^ i ^^ ^^^^^__^ -J ^^ J ^^ ^ --, ^ - ^^ i ^ ^ ^ - ^ _ -- _ ^ - _ ^" 'itiViX ^ . ' ^ ' ^^^'^ ff ^ iSk ^ Jii ^ £ tZffS ^ . i ^^^ 't-:. ^' j \ vi—¦ .- ' ¦ -. ; -Vv > .. "' , ' - Vsy- ^ . vi - LEEDS AND WMSMP ^ G NEWS ^ jpposip ; -c ^ s OF ;^ irijiTicri ) B .: it i »^ 6 s /; , ; ^^ a P ^ JX ^ K *!*** ** wjoinait named Ann Barker , K- « Jt !} i » * " ? i * " *? *»«»*» atin th « lan » ili « T Mini H ^ : £ l ?; k **»***^ ' *«« t * w *» t wafsiawessa - Ha « ae ,. a { torthe waA biuiuew had heea dLpoaedof , and irrSr *® l having , baia ,, a ^ jyajate cbiqT Mr . Samuel l \ l 0 * £ » nnceon . a * te « ded ,: » n 4 Jtat ^ d that » n the Thursday P ^^ ^ ww ^ tu ^ b ^ n callefljn ti itttnd thegi » t , who , " ^ 'ff'" ^ *»» neaotti Mad , ^^ when he « aw heV » e »> rt . cenjly . ^ -rteUrerti . , fa wwtuuet , howeveifcotkw Sffif ^ iffiftjiW-rW ^ - " * . » f 4 « tutU ab « aeeof a « , tL « * L ^ fc ^ » « w ««^ uirTepuld ^ t that time go no ini-£ l £ 2 ?* h J ^ i * ¥ »» P « dou « nattre of the caw / the « afiitf « te « , dwtgb , t it necowarj to require bailfor herap-P ^^ W ' . ^ uW aWytluoittfaiwpiratoenmiBatehef . V Oa Fndav inoramg , the body of a male ehild . tied ud in ; ¦ - , ; - ¦; v- ^ : ; ^ , v U ! E »« .-, - -. ; ,
• "Moaerotuer , wa » takea oat of the Leeda und Lwer-» oo » Canal , near Ktrkgtall , in the townahip of Bratnley , notice ofwluoh waa girea by the Bratilaj . conatakle at tii fpuee-pmea , andlni »|) ectorHaiB « werth , who before had the Kirl in cuatodT , _ proceedad thith .. r . 8 nd on afterwards showing ilSif " ?' toth " MM 4 ei BircUali , thow ladie * rewg . nisedh wsimUartoow . whioh they had lent to their late wrvaMt . ^ Uadertbeae « rcaw » UBcea , the girl was plated ia custody to awaitthe result of a coronet * inque . t . _ The w ^ aoit waj held oa Monday morning , before J » hi > Bla « kbwn , 8 w , at Ih . howt of Mr . NertbT tbe U » i « om Inn , at Brauiley , whither the body was removed after betas *^ 1 ° L * fr *»*« - , Very , considerable excitement prevaUed in tho village , and hmwjwda af persons of b « th sexes , ** Jeongremted in th 8 HHigKbon « hood of the house , anxious toobtammjjlimpBeaf the tinforttinaie femalv who hod thus brought herself tnto netori » ty , and when sh « got oat of the ca » i the exwtiona of the police , (¦ evaral of whom wars in lo
attenda , nce , l werere ^ uirvd su ) fnait her thraugh . Sh » take , into the room smvious to the swearing of the jury , and remained during tha whole enquiry . The following are the moat material facta adduced iaeviiebcn : — Thomas Rayner . —1 am a labanrer , and rwide near Castl * - ton-MtUs ; on Friday morning , soon after six •' clock , an 1 wasgotng to my work , on pasting along the canal wde , H » ar rhompiipu-br » dg « , I saw a bundle fliating , which I got pnt ; it was tied up ia » handkerchief ; un opening it 1 fouoi U to contain tho body of « child . ' { The handkerchief wax prodated by Inspector Hainaworth , aniUdentified as the one UmmJ . J 1 lett the bnadla with some men who were near , who promUuU tq send far the csntitabt * Mr . Samuel Kloud , surgeon . —I know Ann Barker ; I saw h « r abent six months ago , but did not then know her name ; she asked me at that ii me for sums medicine to prodv . cn abortien . 1 did not of coarse give any . 1 waa aent for on rhnrsiay night week , to MUa Birchall ' s ; I found a DatieBt in
bed , whom I rrascnued ** the sanin woo had previously applied to me , and . immediately suspected what waa the matter With hat . ; I-charged her with having had a child , "AifjMfc " . d « w * a ; , { ramauiBd with , her tiff two or tbre * o dock in the motning . ' A further rxamiuation convinced me that we had hoa a ehild . ) mentioned my iraapicions to Mr . ttircft * U ; she pentUtnd in her denial , and beyond the n » ual appearance * , there w >» no child lo » nd . I afterwards CHnsulti ' il Mr . Prio ;; , our j ^ int opinion was that -ih qt * had b « eii a seven or eight month * ' -chill ; leave aeen the c \ iid now Ui 4 utthis hwune r toy opinion is thkt it ia lull grsvin . Mr . Price , -anrgeon . —Itiuv * , in eompanv with Mr . KlooJ , exvmined th » body ol achild now laid in ' this house ; I conaiieritafnll grows cblW , tb »' - ' tofty and (• xtr « nMtiea w « re quite nutHral ; ihe h « ail partly tWcgmposiua ;; ther « was no ? Xternal marb < of violencn , except what were natural ; the
lungs were inflated and of a . bright retlcaloar , and from the appearance of the liver , heart , and other YUuera , jointly with the atate of the lungs aud tho external vipp « uimicp « , I « ' > nclade that the child had reapurd , ar was born ilive . 1 eon form no opinion how long the child had respited , nnr can 1 give a puiitive opiaion ni to the cause af death ; it mi ght havfi a , m « n from suffocation ; that U perhayo the moat , rational way of accouaiing for it ; the state of tho vegseU in thu region » f th « heart , tavuur that supposition ; the probability is , that had the mother e >' the child bt-tsn proasrly anunded , thn Jifti mi ^ ht bare been preserved . The child could nut certainly ' have been alive when it was thrown into the water ; from the position in - which the child was when I saw it , I should say the child had been tied ao as to fores the chin down upon tho braant , which would have cawed its death ; but it i » mote probable that it died from natural Cannes- previous to that .
Mr . Flood corroborated the evidence of Mr . Price , aa to the appparancs , and agreed in the opinion that respiration had taken place . Hannah Barker . —I am th » wife of Jomph Barker , coal leader . Ann Barker is ray daughter . She lived servant at Mr . Birehall's . 1 was aent for there on tbe niaht of Thursday week . X found Mr . Klood there with tuy daughter . I gtstid with hat till five o'clock in the marning . She did not say a wardto me ot what had hapuened , nor was I aware ahe was pregnant . 1 went again on Friday noon , whan Mr . Mood told m » sh « had had a child ; » h « denied it to me . She caiwe home on Kriday evening , about seven o ' clock . She still denied having had any child , nor was I aware it was true until the p iliceman came to our house on Friday night . Misa Mary Ann Birotiail . —Ana Barker lately lived servant with lu . She was ill ou Thursday wti'k , when Mr . Flood wan sent far . I was not aware what was the matter with her till infurnwd of it b y Mr . Flood . She left cot house on Friday afternoon . 8 h « lett the house without saying that ahe waa Soing ; it might be between four and a » e o'clock . Tho handerihief produced did belong to me , bat I lent it to her . There is no mark on it to which 1 caa positively uwsar . It ia like ruiue . I have not i » rn the haudkorchief wliich 1 lent h « i in the hooae aince ahe left .
MissSarah Birchall gave similar testimony to her aister . There waa no mark upon thu handkerchief produced ( torn which she eonl * identify it as th « on a belonging H her sister . It waaaiauiarioit in every reapftet . Jaous Ur »« or } . —I have Juwwn Ann Barker ' slnce January last . I know nothing either of the birth or the death of thu chila . [ This witnegti came voluntarily forward , in consequents , we believa , of being charged as the father of tho child . ] . . ; Jos « pk Hainsworth . —I am a police inspector . I first saw the chad here ou Friday ; abaut five o ' clock in the alter noon . The handkerchief produced was laid under the child . I took Ann Barker into custody ihe same night . I a » ked hei what » he had dona with the has-. dkerchi .-l which Mi . s Bir .
chall had lent her . She waiJ she ha . 1 left it in the eui > b . wd . 1 a » ked her if ahe waulii know it again . Su « naiu kbe should . 1 then produced it , and she said that wun it . I told her it had bet-a found in tho canal at Kirkstall , with a child wrapped in it . She then said that ahe had taken it ther » thai uhepa .-aej ovur Wellington Bridg . > , and along the canal aide , dropping it iuto the water close to the wall un < Ui " a . hridge—that it was born on Thursday afternoon , and that » t was dead whnn it waa born ; Sho further saW ( hat thnre was no one in th » room with her—that » he put the child at the foot of the bed , and kept it theia till Mhe loft on Frilay afternoon . ¦ The prisoner wa » then asked if she had anything to say to the Jury , to which she replied i . i the negative .
The COhONKB , in summing up , ontreatM the Jury to disown from their minds any rumours th « v might ' have hoard , and appl j themselves strictly to th * evi , l-nc 2 adduced befure them , sail was the cute that Coroner ' s juries not unlrequentiy returned verdict * not only at variance with the facts , but with the law aa laid do * n by tha Coroner , and alterwards bv the Judge * of tb , « lsnii , by whom verdict * ol " Wilful mnrfler , " agreed upon at inquisitions , w » re afterwards set aside . H « thon laid do « u the facts which were for their consideration , and in going through the evidence , pointed out such parts ashore most strongly upon the cue . The qiittstiim of concealment of birtU w . \ s one with which they had nothing to do : it was for the decision of another tribunal . The Jnry retired lor a ft > w rninute » , nncl returned a verdict that thechiW ha-1 tMed from iiatoral Ciiwan , und not from violence , and expruwed a ceuviction ( bat the child they had » een was the one borne bv Ann Barker .
On Thnralav , Ann Barker was pi iced beforo tho magiatratus at the Court Hoq *» , on a charge of concealing the birth ol her child , wheji the dep—itiona beini < read ovi-r , in suhutance as above , bail waa taken for Uer appearance at tUs Sessie&s , to-take her trial .
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Caution to Shopkeepkbs . —On Tuesday , the following perion 8 , v ?' aose weighw had been " cried in the balance and found wanting , " appeared before the magistrates at the Court House , and in addition to the forfeiture of the deficient weights , were fined in the penalties affixed to their respective names : -Thomas Merry weather , 10 s . and c « wt «; Robert Stonehauen , 10 s . and costs ; Archibald Jackson , East Line , 20 s . and cost * . This person had a weight which he used as , a two ounce , but the weight of which was only one and a quarter ounce ; he wondered that he should be fined , and said he waa doing bis best to get a liviag . William Myers , Somerset Street , 208 . and cpsto ; Alexander M'lntyre ; 10 » . and coats ; Jeremiah Robinson , Hope Street , Leylands , 5 s . and costs ; Jeremiah Francis , ; Bridge Street , 10 * . andcoste j and James Wright 20 s . and cop t ^ . '
u Qdb Fellows .-The CourroJi of p . a .-M . ' aof the , Leeds Dktrict of tbe Grand United Order of ^ d , Fellows , paid their annual visit to the order atRpthwell , bn Satiraijr nlghi lastV " they , were received with kindness by , th » bostei- » and the fraternity , and were glad to find them in a very prosperoas state—being on the increase in number , their funds augmenting , peace and good will dwelling among them ; in fact , they were found fully alive to tbw two great objeets » f the order— to maintain their sick and to bory their dead . The Council gave them their due meed of praiso , and after pending „ an agreeabje * Tening under the rcof of Mrs . Walker , they left Bothwell highly deligtxted with their journey . ¦ •• ¦¦ >
Bbamlky Northern TJniok . —A public meeting df the inbabitante- of Bramley was held on Btockhill , " on Tuesday : « emi % Ja » t , which was * ddrewed by Mr . Charlei Conner , of Leeds , and Mr . Staosfeld , of Wortlej ; thw mwtingwa * well attended klthoughittniTiedbard . ' ' Wo would recommend the inhaWtaaU tit Bramley to do as their neighbours of Armley am alxrat to trlof appoint ehe ~ of their body : 6 »; k * epw feou s * f « -their accommodation , and get the Boose licensed under the new beer act ; by this mean * , at a very small 1 expencf , they ean have * h « u 8 & to carry ea-tbeir bunnoss independent of either Whig ot Tory influence .
TJnitbb Akcikkt Ordbb or Drxjibs . —The beinnial delegated meeting of this Order commenced on Tuesday ta « t at th « Volnnteer Inn , bottom of Lady * lane , in thlriown , when representative !! fr » m all parts of the country wew present . The busipess , which has occupied their attention daring the week , ia expected to be brought to a close this day . Lodges in connection with thiB Order have recently been established in most of the principal towns in the North , and we understand that another is about to be opened at the Black Swan Inn , Peasholme , York , during the ensuing week . Application hai also been a > ade to form two lodges in Hull . '
A 88 AWI . T qi » thb Poticg . —On "VYednatday & man aiuned Sanwel Empson , a wanderine sailor wh . contrives to gain a livelihood by chalkine % , £ ' ** * ** flEgi ' * fiued in th « pen * Uy of w S ^ ' n ia d « fattlt of p » ymen * ^ nt to Wakefield for two months , for an asaault , on the previoui . evemag oe Policemen Hutaon aai Oathwaite , at North T « wa End ,
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^^ v ¦^ , ^' A ; J ¦; . u ^ - ¦^¦ u- ^ M , ^; Ai >^ u ^ » R ^^ f 8 ! Ba ^ tu . ^«; :. ^ ,: ^¦ . . J . ^¦ u ar Thb ToRKSHiaB ZoQipoieAi . MTnsBuit .- ^ Thia unique and interestfo ^ Cdflection of zoological rarities now Mhibiti 2 g in the Coouaerctal Bttild iogrf , is * xceedi 8 Klyw »; ll worthy « l public estimation and rapport . Many yearr » t- moat ^» ati » n * labour , audreaearch and an immensity of monejr . must have been expended by the spirited and talented pr ^ netor , in the bringing together of so many rare and valus-We specimens of alm «« t every desoripUoa of bird aiid ; asimaL * Far the oollection of » private individual it is really vast , and we do think rarities bow MhiKtiig inrt h *' Co « ii * rdal Bdtt-
the pubtto will be greatly wanting in that justice , to « ay nothing of ; generosity , which uaually oharao * terises a British public , if the proprietor of this muieum do not find his visit to Leeds a profitable one , We suapeot this- haa . not yet been the case , because we r « o * ived from him , at our visit on Tuesday , an intimation tbat bis stay in Leeds was not likely to be long . 'We are sorry for it , and can assure our frienCs that if they permitthe opportanity to escape , they will lose » treat , the' place of which will probably never be supplied to them . -
Meeting at Leeds . —The Committee of the Leeds Northern * Union are making arrangements for holding a Meeting on Tuesday , the 25 th inat . , at which , Messrs . OCdnndi , O'Brien , Frost , Buesey , and Dr . Taylor a * e expected , on their return from Scotland . Leeds Djbmocuaiic Associatiok . —This association , heretolo ' re known as the East End ' . Union , niet on Tuesdaj EveniBg , at the London Tavern , Richmond Koad , when the following resolution * were unanimously agreed to , and rules adopted , after they bad been spokon to by Messrs . Rider , Bottoinley , M'Quigg , and Thackray—Mr . David Black , chairman . — -1 . "That this meeting deems it
ta be the . bounden duty of eyery sincere friend of liberty to be vigilant , bold , and determined , at the present momentous crisis ; as every imaginary subterfuge aad stratagem will , doubtless , be resorted to by our oppressor * , their miniens , and the pseudo-Radical agitators , to subdue the energies of the people , and perpetuate oar thraldom : and , as the 8 ucoe «» of the present movement entirely depends on thp efforts of the labouring portion of the community , it is necessary that every working maa prepare , imtantery for that pajsieal struggle which must precede the overthrow of tyranny and the establishment of freedom . " 2 . " That this meeting being alike regardle «» , of the rhodomontade of the
moral force agitators , asi of the ebullition of Whig and Tory ire , resolve » o hoist the staHdard of pure Democracy ; « nd , in conjunction withour brother Democrats throughout the country , embrace the earliest and' most effectual means of freeing our father-la « d from the curse of despotism . " 3 . « That the rules mow read he adopt . d ; and that henceforth this Union be denominated 'The Leeds Democratic Association . ' " 4 . " That section ? be established in various parts of this district ; aad a suitable place be engaged in Which to prepaund and defend the Democratic principles , h . "That Citizens Harney , Madden , and Conmbe , together with that brave , but persecuted , Democrat , Major Besiowski , be honorary members of this Association . "
Shom , ifting . —On Wednesday , a youth named William Brian , was charged , at the Court Heuse , with stealing two gold teals and a key , frorn the shep of Mr . Galloway , in St . Peter ' s Street , the came morning . He went into the shop under pretence of getting a watch regulated , and daring the time Mr . Galloway was engaged , he contrived to open a glass ca * e , and abstract the articles , jn doing which he was observed by a servant girl who gave the information to her master , and he followed the prisoner and gave him into custody . He was committed for trial , but afterwards admitted to bail .
South end Northern Union . -This Union commenced it * proceedings on Tuesday evening last , at the house of John Sowden , Holroyci ' s-jard . Meadow-lane , Leeds , when toe following resolutions were put an-1 carried unanimously ; Mr . Oswald Edmond ^ on , in the chair : —1 . " Tbac the cbair be taken for the future precisely at eight o ' clock , and all business to , bo concluded by ten . " 2 . " ¦ That the members of this Union do enter into aeubscripdon for the General Dt fence Fund of those individuals whir have been arrested for propagating the principle * of the People ' s Charter ; and farther that we , the merabera of the Union are ready , if oocasion Khbuld call for it , to support them , not only with our puree , but with our right arma . "
Puntac Mketing at Lukd 3 . —A public meeting , cozened by . placard ,, was held on Richmondhill , to conwdf r the propriety of elect Bg a member to the Conveutiou ; atihe ti « t » -appointed a large number ol' the members of the Leeds Northern Union repaired to the place of meeting , and on iiauing that tbe partita who had called the meeting hatl made no arrange tnents , they enquired tbe cause , urjd were informed tb * tthe Mayor hadsent a message to W . r o .. Rider , ordering him not to address a meetiug at that place , and that the meeting would be held in a beer-shop called the London Tavern . The persons asiembled refused to go to abeer- « hopj and determined on proceeding with the business .
Mr . Stan ^ lield was called , to the chair , and opened the proceeding * by calling on those assembled to give erery man an itnparu ^ lheariBg ; be called upon Charles Conner to propose the first resolution ; Mr . Conner proceeded at some length te expose what he considered to be the factious motives of the originators of that meeting , who must , ia his opinion , have known that they were aoting in epposition to the winhes of the Radical body . Mr . George White seconded the resolution , and observed that whatever the meeting might have been called for he was determined that those assembled should hear the principles of Radicalism explained . He proceeded to explain two objecti of the Charter , and the benefit *
to be derived by the industrious portion of tbe community were the Charter the law © f the land ; h « concluded by agreeing with the previous speaker that the election of another delegate was unnecefr ! f . ary and concluded by seconding the resolution . At this stage of the proceedings Mr . Bottomley stand up and stated that the principal reason why Wm . Rider would cot address them was that the Mayor had ordered him not . Mr . Chas . ConneT then arose and denounced Rider as an inconsistent man , for charging some members of the Convention with
dishonesty , who were imprisoned foi doinjttbat whioh it seemed Rider dare not do , and declared his aeterminatisn to advocate the principles at all places in defiance of the Ma > or , the horse , or the ass . Mr Hider rose to explain , but the meeting , by a shew of hands , refused to hear him thbrk , but adjourned the meeting to tbe association-room , York-street On arriving at the room , itwas plaia to see the excitement that existed ; the room was crowded to suffocation . The chairman took his plaoe on the pUtform , andcalled tor a fair hearing for Mr . Wm . Rider . —Mr . Rider at great length entered ir , t « » U
the six points of the People ' s Charter . He shewed its provisions to be not only consistent with reason and justice , but alsj with religion , ( he was at times interrupted with cries of " why don ' t you act up to that , ) aBd concluded by stating his willingness to answer any questions that might be pnt . —Mr . ' S * m | Fletcher stood up , and questioned him as to bis rea-. « n for Htating that there were but eight honest men in the Convention . Mr . Rider stated that he thought so still , and that if the whole body were ae they should be , there would be no necessity to speed so much money as the Convention had expended After a few more questions b y Mr . Sowden , and a few remarks condemnatory of Mr . Rider ' s conduct Mr . Sowden moved the following resolution — "It is the opjnioa of this mteting that the members of the Convention are deserving of eur implicit confi .
aenee , and that we , the Chartists of Leeds , io nledce ourselves to support them by all the means in our power , so longas they continue to act with the same dis cretionand determination with which they have hitherto acted ; and should the grants sentence any of the aforesaid members to imprisonment , punishment or death , jr « are determined to call upon our bTetbrtn tnrooghout the country ta assist aa ia their TeBcue " The resolution wu seconded by several individuals . Mr . Itider moved as an amendment , ¦ " That this meeung places implicit confidence in those » .. « ,:
Ders of tae Con vention , who have honestly performed their duty , " and was Seconded by Mr Bottomlay . . After a good deal of altercation and cross questioning , Mr . Rider ' s amendment was put and four hands held up in iU favour . The original motien was carried amidst loud cheers ! "fir . Cbarles ^ Conner then proposed the following resolutoon , which wm seconded by Mr . Houldswor tVwd earned anammously :-2 d . " Resolved , That it is ftJ - V *? meetin * ¦* " * ^ e ' Borough 3 Leeas _ is suffioienti y represented by Feargus O'Coanor , Epq ., in connection with the etker ^ eat Ridrng ^ Ugat ^; Aat we feel satisfied with thS representation
, and consider there »« no neceasUy whatever for Leed . to withdraw itself ffo « The West R , ding , which would be the case were we t ! nominate another delegate to the Conventjoa . This « TS " i *? Wef 0 I : e » " P » ' «» n that th « eleetH « of Ti ,, i . ? CltK * " ¦)! 1 » 6 M « mr "d uncalled for ^ Three cheers were given for the CoHveaUoa and N 7 t ^! Z Chee ; 8 FMr « P » O'Connor an ' dtte E ?* " * Xt WM anno « wed in the room that SipSSeswB amber * , th . mating ^ eAj separated .
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4 BM | . BY .--rA nesting ., was , feeld : ou Tuwd * e « mirg , pa A ^ ey ^ oofti and . . afltwU ^ attentively to Ae addreweaof Messrs . Whit ""^ Ill . ngw « th , of , Ueto , Aud , laudly cheered th speakers . It ui ^ il np ^ ithcWhig «* , Toryism i Armley . . . ; , r . *« ui . ; WbstEbd mntinsKfi Uxr 9 K .--Thi raem hew of the -West-End- NoTthlern UufrJh met a usual , at their ^ jpface of meetiag , Mr . Pranci Phillip * in the bhair , ' ItWis proposed and secbndei that a- new committee , secretary , arid treasurei shoald be chosen ; Carried linaBimausly . tie raSi nn ^ Si ^^^ LS ^^* nd' » i
Obtaining Mokbt ? under False p TENCBS . —On Wednesday , a boy , not more thai thirteen years of age , named Samuel Ellwood wa examined at the Court Houpej on a charge ( having obtained three copper kettjejs , and some othe goods of Messrs . Singleton' and Co . y irbnroori ceri Bnggate , in the name of Mr . Bradbury , Schoo Close , without any authority from him . The cood , were obtained at different , times , by the prisone - . M another boy in company , but the othe could not be found . The Magistrates decide d udoi Committing Ellwood for trial ; bnt on Ms fathe appearing and affering to make reparation , it wa ul . imately agreed to discharge him , after a sever , Hogging , to whieh hi * father submitted , rather thai his son ehonld go to Wakefleld .
Thk Socialists . —Attack * having been re peatedly made from the pulpits of ^ various ChristiM churches ia this town on the Socialists , Lloyd Joaes their missionary here , publicly challenged th < clergy to meet him at the Social Institution las VVednesday evening , when he nndeitook to prov . against them , and all comers , that there was no sufficient evidence to justify a belief in the Divim authority of the Chri » tia » Scriptures . Before tht hour appointed for the cemtnnicement of the dis cushion , the room was thronged to suffocation . Mr Lloyd Jones tbea attempted to show that there wai not sufficient evidence in favour of the histories .
facts recorded in the Bible to prove the most com mon-place circutnstante to an ,, intellijtent and im partial jury , much less to wtabljah the ^ upernat ^ ra events which are recorded in , almost , every page o that volume . He . then a » ied ^ hetberr » ny of th < clergy ( seven of whom had been particularly namti in his challenge ) vent present : . ' . None of them , how ever , thinking fit to cob * forward to substantiate their attacks , Mr . Richard Csjliieiaddiessed - th < meeting . This gentfeman , » ho : wa * fonserlywel known as a publisher of l > eist > cal and Radical work
in London , appears to ^ ^ have adopted an entirely novel * iew of the Scriptuws . If he is to be believed , they havi no historical value whatever , btiiig simply drama < tic narratives , which , rightly , understood , contak all that is necessary for the'happiness of mankind Mr . 'Lloyd Jones , in reply , declined entering iut ( discuBsion with Mr . Carlile , as his desire was tc torn bat the generally received notions of the Bible and tfeese that gentlenran dififered from as com pletely as bimserfi AHother gentleman then ad . dresired the audience , and , as a layman expresses his regret that the Christian minister * shrunk froa
advoca-mg thfreause » f truth on thw occasion , and thus gave her enemies Oceanian to blaspheme . Hi then proceeded to speak at considerable length , bu candour compels as-to state that his address wai rather an appeal to the feelings than to the reasoi of . bis hearers . Mr . Lloyd Joue * remarked thii in his reply , and after the Chairman bad agaii called on any Christian , whether lay or clerical , t . come forward , the meeting broke up . The grea majority ol the andience were working men ^ and considering the exciting nature of the discussion they conducted tbenwekes with great deoorum .
Lambntablb Suicide .-On Thursday a Jury ^ was empanelled at the White Swan Inn , Church Row , before John Blaokbttrn , Esq ., to inquire concerning the death of John H ^ rton , son of Mr , Horton , joiner and butcher , intheCallB . The unfortunate young man , who had been from home for some weeks , was found by his father ' s workmen , on entering the shop oa Thursday morning , Bn » pended by a piece of sash cord from a beam , his feet touching the ground , and his knees being bent under him . He had not been seen by any of his frienda previoua to committing the rash act , nor were they
aware be w *» n Leeds , the last ihey had heard of him being from London , aor did . any person Bee him enter the premises , to aceomplhsh which he had to climb either a high gate or a wall , and thence from the roof of a shed through a window into the workshop . On one of the benches was fouad a piece of inch deal about four , teen inches long , which was . written on both sidss with chalk . On one * ide appeared— " I left Hull at eight o ' clock on Tu . es . lay sjgbt , and I got here at twelve p'dBck last Bi ght" On the other side-•; Forgive me that I ' ve done the deed , for had I lived I would have been i » muery . . Adieu , Adieu Forever , John Horton . " The iurv wtre . wnrn
and proceeded , to view the body , and the place where the deed had heegn committedi when , there being no evidence » t present 9 i a » y , ^ kiad ,, an adjournment took p , ace tin . Jfriday ^ or . ning next . Th « Coroner issued hw preceptfor . ^ he interment of the body . A ^ E ^ WA ^ pn / the Ithinstant , a roan ?*™ e < ? Edward Hicksoh , a . bookkeeper at the White Horse Coach Office , in this town , absconded with a considerable Hum . of money ,, the property of his finployer , Mr t ) orothy Hollings . A deecription of hia person was published , and a reward of five guineas offertid for his apprehension . On Friday l ^ . t , a-man an | iwering his description , who was spending xaon ' ey pretty freely at houses of
iil-» me-, . w « fs w ^ rehendedby the polke authorities of wigan , and on . searching him a pawn ticket for some property . ple < 3 ged . at Leeds , besides a sumof money was found upon him . A letter was accordingly sent tp Leeds , announcing his capture , wgned » John Whittle , chief-conatable , " and on its receipt , Mr . Read , our active chief-officer , proceeded at once to Wigan , to bring the delinquent home ; he arrived there early on Monday morning , and on applying to " Mr . "Whittle , " he was told by that functionary , that neither he nor any other of the magistrates could find a clange in the Act of
Parliamest tojastily them in detaining him , and as he had represented himself as a merchant ' s son , and threatened him with an action for false imprisonment if he dared to keep him , he had given him his money and let him go—taking only the bail of another person for his good behaviour during the time he might honour the town of Wigan with his presence ! We have not heard whether this veritable Dogberry continues to sign hinuelf " Chief" of the police force of Wigan . Of course , Bickson took care to make himself scarce , and has not since been heard of .
iNpuEST .-Oh Wednesday morning , an inquest was held at the Cardigan Arms , on the Kirkstallroad , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Jonn Bnen , an infant twenty mouths old , who , on the pretfta * evening , fell into a ditch and . was suf-^^ t cbnld be rescued ' . Verdict , " ac w ^ mPPh On fte B 8 m « afternoon , at thi gag * ff 1 I « . d , ; Chapertou-B , on the body of Peter Hogg , a jbiner - oir that place , who retired to re * t iu his usual health abeut half-past nine o ' clock . 6 a Tuesday evening , and was found at half-nast tea .
by his wife , quite dead . Verdict , " Died by the S " , , ^ ?^ ° \ On Thurnday afternoon , at the Ball and Moutfi , Armley , on the hody of Abraham * arrar ; on Wednesday , the deceased was employed in holding a horspi which was under the farrier ' i hands t and for this purptse he had a twitch on the animalrnose , andiirafistaBding with his back to a ViL' ¦ r hor 8 e * avea sndden jerk , and the head or the unfortunate man Was driven with snch violence agmnst the wall , as to fracture his skull , of wh , cb he . hortly after died . Verdict , " Accideatal
Stsalwh a Cap . —On 3 atorday last , a .. littte boynamea JehnIJoneTan , an old" oJEpinder , wai apprehended by policemau Haigh . - fala a charge of having , the same marninjj , stolen Velbifh ^ bap . ' froia the stall •! Mr . EdWrd M'SiBiisffe ^ n ^ Hfigats . The prisoner Was b «* b t « : take the cap indruaoff with it b y a nrig ^ ourj arid ( * l * n *« fore th *«» Ri « - trates it was id * Btified , * n 4 , b * : w « - «> mmiited for trial . - ¦• : y .:: d \ . ^ a ¦/ .: , ; : ; . ! . . i :. ) > Fijbioijb D » tY »( i . ^ oln ^ es 4 y , at ^ the Courtbouse , a person named Job * ( Jrtenwood , af Wetherby , was placed before th » msjjWtratea on a charge of funoue drhing , w » miu « d oa funday eveniof . Hewtoinfcgi ^ aad ^ wwi t ^ ifurious a rate along , Boad ^ t » et , i Coiam « claVWreet , and doira Brnwate , a * ito ^ ans « : > th ^ g ^^ o upset near the Bull and Mouth j the ^ ogejr , to . the foot pa « en-R " wa 8 ir e * y gjteat . ' ^ rwaafined tw enty-skiUiBg * and ^ ostal ^ - > : ^ . r . - . , ^ i , ¦ ¦ ¦; . ¦ ¦• ¦ , '
_ St « ALlN » A . "WATCH .- ^ On Tuesday , two girl * of the town ^ ninied : JEUen Colem an and Cathen »« Spencer , « re Blaeed in the dock at the Co « t House , charged with stealing a silver watch , tbe property of an © fRcer ' s servant at the harrt «'> aeyeral days . ago . After hearing a part of W evidence , Spencer was admitted a witne « s ; . »• watoh waa produced by a private soldier tt * J Hussars , to whom it was sold by Colamaa , aw " being identified as the property of the proseottW oe waa committed to Uke her trial .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1062/page/4/
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