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THE .ffOBTHEKN, STAR. SATUEDAY, AUGUST 31, 1839. TTT"R T^n"RTTT"F"R1\T RT'A 'R - L - LLU .i^W-LV±J-LJJlV-Li . ? K2J--LLJ-V.
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The .Ffobthekn, Star. Satueday, August 31, 1839. Ttt"R T^N"Rttt"F"R1\T Rt'a 'R - L - Llu .I^W-Lv±J-Ljjlv-Li . ? K2j--Llj-V.
THE . ffOBTHEKN , STAR . SATUEDAY , AUGUST 31 , 1839 . TTT"R T ^ n"RTTT"F"R 1 \ T RT'A 'R - - . i ^ W-LV ± J-LJJlV-Li . K 2 J--LLJ-V .
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THE "REFORMING" GOVERNMENT * AM ) THE LEEDS MAGISTRATES . It Las been long thought to bo a feet so wet established that there is , in this counfry , " one law for the rich and another for the poor , " that the observation has become proverbial , and is constantly lacknied from month to month . ; regarded by all parties as equally true and true . It lias Ic-en reserved , loTre-rer , for oar present "liberal" Government , and their no less "liberal" tools , the "VSlugmaa | - irates of this borough of Leeds , to demonstrate , Jjeyond the possibility of contradiction , ihat this
nniTCT ? slly-adinitted asiom h untrue . They fhall mo longer take up this proverb concerning the people of Eagiaad , saying "There is one law for the rich sni another for " the poor f but henceforth shall it be said of this people , by the authority cf-thei * Government and of their magistracy , tint "There is ose li-sr for the rich and NO LAW for the poor ;' ins thstj -whensoever the purposes of the rich , regarding their poorer brethren , are to ^ ba aceom-• pliEheiJ—whensoever the solitary ewe lamb " of th * poor man is to be transferred to the sheep-fold of
him "who has abundance—whensoever ihe faces gi Ihe poor are to be ground , and the hands of the oppressor to be filled / with spoil ; whensoever it nay fce deemed necessary bj a Whig Government , for the ^ holding of factious rale , and the su £ tenta . iion of class difiiaction and robbery , to stifle conscience , » ad prostrate righteousness , and deny justice ; the l * w shall be , at th 3 pleasure « f hs administiatorsf perverted , warped , changed , altered , contradicted , ci suppressed ; made io assume aJIionm , and , when yei more convenient , bo form at all . "
isever Tras the determination to sustain tKe -wrongs of pariy by the sacrifice , not merely of justice , i > ut of law , more fully , _ or more unblusbicglv exhibited , than by the "Whig Magistratei of Leeds , acting nnder the immediate ordqri , and by the special instructions" of their masters In IkiT , 2 jiDg- ^ treet , m ihe case of GboRGB TVbite and Jonx Wnso > -, who were committed to York Castle tj James Boldfoktii , WnxiiH . Shith , and WitLiiM Pawso . n . Esors ., on the 27 th of JuIt last
for soliciting , ( as appeared evenfxsm ihe evidence of filO prosecution , ) respectfully and peaceably , \ hat certaia shopkeepers would aid thera and others in preventing the frustration of the end j of justicej by contributing' towards a fund for providing legal ad-Tice and assistance to the incarcerated , doomed tictims of "Whig malic * . In a small portion of onr iaffs-eek- ' s Impression we gave the following litter received on Saturday last from our ^ . itorney is London : ire again give it , l-ecausc it cannot bs tc-o often read by any one , and oHght to be read by every
cue . - , U THB QTEEK r . "WHITS A > "D "WJ 15 ON . : b Dejlr Sib . —I send you a copy of the order made by Justice Liu ^ dale . yesterday , for the diseharj : © of these prisoners . I endeavoured" to get the amount of iwo £ nizanee = mitigated , but the Judge said he cou ! J not accept less ihaa the sum he bird ordered . 1 vras lather surprised to Sad that the Magistrates had transmitted , Triia tlie Depositions , & letter tbcT bad Teceired from llr . Phillips , ihe Under Secretary of State , containing precise innraciiona -to tirfih Bot to admit tce * a two ]» erBOiis to baiL The Judge seemed rather surprised at such a document being sc-2 t to him , which be said vras decidedlv
improper , and bad Eot the slightest influence on hi mind , either as to the admission of the prisoners y > kail , - » r the amount of the recognizances required . Is is qnite clear the Magistrate had the power io admit the bail , if they had thought fit , "mthoutputtiEg the parties to the trouble and expense of appivin ^ to a Judge . "I am , dear Sir , vours trnlr , ;" „ , ¦ ' "iLTrBXEU . "London , 23 rd August , 1839 . " c In the matter of George White and John Wil « on ^ committed to Yotc Castle xspon a Warrant under the hands and seals of Jaiacs Hol-dfonb , "VYiliiiua Smitb , and "Williain PawBGn , Esquires ^ aied the 27 th of Julv , 1839 .
e Upon reading the affidavits of George White , John Wilson , srid William Robinson , and tba de-Sositioiis of Georjre Broadbent , Sarah FoicroS , dim W ood , Charles ISoades , Edward Matthew ; , James Wass , Edward Rhodes , Joseph Kirk , Edmund Stead , Samuel Wade , William ilivrsOB , wm . ' Prescoti , John Ulleart , Hannah Wincu « and ihe statemenfe of the said G . White and J . Wilson ; and upon hearing the Attorneys or Agents for the Prisoners , and the Prosecutor , 1 order thai , upon the said George White and John Wilson entering iaio |
deir own recognizances in the Enm of eighty pounds each , and finding trroEuSdeiit sureties in " the ; ain Of forty jm > iiiio s each , for their personal appearance at ibe next Asazes to be holdeD ia and fi , r ihp CoHnty of York , to answer to all such matters a : id things as on her Majesty ' s behalf shall then an . ] thersbe alleged against them , they the said George "Wilie and John Wlbon be discharced out of cusiodT as to the above-mentioned warrant . And 1 fether order that the said recognizances be tak < ju l > efore a Magistrate or Magistrate ? , ia the coantrr , Diied tMs 22 d dav of Aneust . 1839 .
J . LITTLEDALE . " " "Weaiour readers to oon this letter carefcOy , led then look back to the report of the proceedings 3 n the . case of "White and "Wilsos , given in the Northern Star of July 27 th , and of August 3 rd , sad -when they have / brought before the mind ' s eye all the circumstances of this Extraordinary affair , tj ask themselves if better judgment could have been exhibited by any party in the selecdon of creatures fio their bidding , than has been exhibited by fha " Reforming "" Liberals , "in the Eeleclion of occupants for the / Magisterial Bench at Leeds . Here were two men brought into the EUTed court ofjustlce > to be deslt with , in aD fairness , according : c iheir deserts . They were not accused of auvthins
"Rrbich constiiates a crime . They were charged with having a ^ ked for contributions of mon ? y , for a public , legal , and avowed object . They had a right to do bo . It was not pretend-si that they bad misappropriated taemonej which thoy . had thus collected , or that they had made use of cither forea , or frau 4 or j ialsehoodjin the obtaining of it ; there was noj evidence of their having in any case , tlirtstc ^ e'J ! j ; I
or intinudated any one ; nor had they taken one farthing from any of the witnesses who appeared i against them . This "was a case "which magis- j irates , Eeekicg not to uphold party rtle , but to d 6 J Justice , would have dismissed inEtantlv , with a severe I reprimand to the vile and meddlesome informer . But these men were Chartists . They were seeking I aid for those who were suffering under Chartist . per- j Bocution . The Chartists seek for the establis ' mncnt I j ! j j | j
of right ; tne eftablishmeut of right would bestbe downfal of Eiddle-class plunder and aristocratic ' domination ; the downfal of middle-cksa plniide ? and aristocratic domination would be the aeath-wa / - i last of the Government ; and these things being aji- '> parent , the Government , tie aristocracy , and tb ? i jniddle men joined all their energies for the dastrsciion of the Chartists , no matter bow or by , wLat means . The Leeds Justices vere middle men . Atoct- j ¦
taamg to the class of proSt-iaongers and aonevlmEtcrs 5 whose nnrigLic-ouB eiaolamente were VnOUffct to be m ^ gerod Lj ih 0 prind le 3 of Cliartl ^ jn they were lofli toltigo the game -winch i-d l-etii ensnared ; and yet , In ice very Ktileaaa oi xh-ir » ouls , they were inialla to find out bow the nfercd fanctio 3 s of their since could be twistod arrd O-cse erated to lie ^ ecosplishment of thtii uurlgL-iaoi purpose , -without eadargering their own j ^ f-tT
Intbeir perple ^ ya-dbeaiation . isstrcciL ^ we- ! eoagiit from iheir ofiisial mast-era in Bovrnl ^ s-iireci ] Tne case was adjourned to aabrd time for this , and I terminated , as our readers know , in the illegal iL .-ar- j ceration of the men . = si " Severs ! dlrcnisstaiiCiS of an extracrfii-i—y cha- ' Tartar , in connection with this affair , excited some SBtl . 7 r . ni tli ^ r are all now eiplaisc-J ; 3 r , d , * s tto
Bated in our kit Sumber , ^» ^^ fciow thej « a » tt why the case , efter having bc-cn adimmfed i irom Wednesday io Friday , wat again acjourneds from friJar till Siiurday , and tLcn adjndif-aiej upon , vrirhont aay . frKh evidence bc-fci tikSTi ! ^ Ye EOTrtso -jfTrbTtbe > iajor thi = i ? 'S = ut frcia C > TTrr till sfff-r the--rrival of the hsu-ls * ? . "; a- ; i . Wei ; ., 7 know tLe reason whr ike ti ; ri .: vl _ ar ^ : dc- ? : 1 b ^ & ' Stigistrates isjiplact . Tit , t-i Usx iL-, Vnxixiv / k . - i
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stractlons re ^ d , and to ptxidb upon the case , BEFORE they asked the astused for thoir defenee J 1 All this i 3 now explained , and more ; it bespeaks in terms not to be misunderstood , the opinion which our Leed 3 31 agktratea have of their own competency , when they luvro to sknd foe , ajto wait tor , the arrival of "instructions" from Mr . TJnder-Secrc-tary Phillips , before thsy oau EGjcdica 4 c upon a case which common sonse would have disriissed from the Court in two minutes ' ! strnctions r ^ d , and to ptxidb upon the case , BEFoRE they asked theas ^ sed forthoirdefeneeJl All
And then the transmission of the Usdcr-Secretary's letter to the Judge by tho Leeds noodlea ! in tho hope , or expectation , ttat wnat had been to them " instructions" ko ; to be departed from , would hate a similar effect upon the mind of the Judge I The " Judge was surprised at tho document being sent to him / 3 He would not have boon , bad be known
anv thing of character of tho thwgs elevated now-adays to the Bench to " DO Justice ' . " "IT WAS DECIDEDLY IMPROPER , " says the Judge What of that ! Have nol Whig magistrates , and Whig Undcr-Secretaries of State , and , above all , Whig Governments , a licence to do what they please for WHIG purposes ! " Improper"is a word excluded from thtir poiiiical dictionary . When a purpose is to be jcned , all means are proper .
Let it be well remembered that JndgoLiTTLEDALB , whom no man will suspect of any incroiful leaning towards the Chartists , has admitted White and Wilson to bail in sums of one hundred and sixty each , whon ibo Lo ? ds Magistrates , acting nxder special " instruciions" from Phillips , tho Undersecretary of Slate , refused to accept bail at all Aiid never let it be forgotten , that tho Whig ilayer , Holdfobth , actuaixt west thbowgh the FARCE OF CONSCLTIXG WITH , A > D GATHERING TUB o ? nnoxs or , nis brother magistrates a * to whether bail should be accepted or not , —on the application being made by Whitb—after thet had met 15 PRIVATE , AXD DEODED TO ACT ON TUB " instrUOS tions"' c-f the Under-Secretary !!!
This affair must not ba allowed to rest here . We mcjt know whether Mr . Under-Secretary Philli p s has any kight to interfere with and pervert thi administration of justice . Wo must know whether llsgutrnies are to be allowed to set all law at defiance , on tfee responsibility of -Mr . Under Secretary PniiLiPs ; asd we must know whether it be seemly or " proper" for Magistrates , when they havo thui acted contrary to law , 10 trv to warp the mind of a Judge of the land , by PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS addressed to that Judge , which ho is compelled to designate as " decidedly improper . "
A petition to Parliament from these injured and illegally used men , will bo oke means of bringing | hcir rose before the publie , and obtainiag for the Leeds " Justices" that notoriety of which they have shewn themseivei to ambitions .
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UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE CANDIDATES . We bave often been defeated by both factions ; asd almost always from th « want of arrangement amongst ourselves , rather than from any Euperior 1 merit of our enemies . This must be roraedied in i future ; and , a ? a first step thereto , we now sugj gest to our readers the necessity of beisg prepared I with suitable candidatt-s in the event of a general ! election , trhich msy be knoTra to ba uot far off by the I haste wiih which the old rats are quitting tho \ buildicg .
The WLigi and the Torira take advantage of e ^ eciionc-ering toors for the purpose of marshalling ilicir fuKvs ; let us profit by example , and lot every ciij % county , town , and borough iustauilj . soleot fit and proper candidates , who shall proceed forthwith to a rigorous canvass of thoir respective constituencies . Let election commiUws be formed for the promotion of the success of tho Universal Suffrago fasdidates ; let those caudidatea do their duty , and ; k-t Government or tba autboriti \ $ 3 iuterfere ai ibeir I peril . We have much plc ^ uro in announcing ihat , [ in our n ? it number , w » shall give the Address | . of Mr . Feargus O'Cox . toB to the electors sud ; Eoa-electors of Yorkshire . After wbish tbatgen-I tfeman wiU commence at Shoffield . and mako a
canvass of the whole of the Wrst-Ridirig of Yorkshire ^ * ' 4 > i tne daj and hour cf meeting , it each place , du-j notice will be given ; when tho electors and non-I electors will be invited to attend and bear the I-principles upon which Mr . O'Cowor . will lay claim I to their support . I We trust that the Radicals of Manchester and those
I of Halifax , where vacancies » Te likely to occur , will i-st ^ ml neutc-r , while the Y ' i'higs and Tories try their i respective strength , and that no sophistry of Whig Radicals will indue ? them to mind the old bugl ^ ear , " Sure you won't divide tho liberal interest | | ust now / ' No , le ; the liberal interest not be i flividtd , let them just xcniain neuter , and lacgh at ; ihe factions while , like Kilkenny cat 3 , thoy eat each I other to the tails .
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J THE PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT : THE ! jt" QUEEN'S SPEECH . * ; The Queen being the < rslj " Court card" in the j hands of the wretched shufflers who now play " I with onr national destinle 3 , they can affori to lose no
! opportunity of parading her , both in name and peri ron . At the close cf a long acd mischievous Ses-I sien , the disgrace of frequent defeats , the storm of public di £ approbatioij , and the equivocal distinction of continuing to rule" on sufferance , " are sought to ; be bidden behind the ample fol&j of the Royal Peticoat . The gallantry of the country i 3 appealed to , by the exhibition of a royal and youthful female
! orator , m tue Lojh .- that iU attention may ba withdrawn from tie many and great delinquencies of the Session thus ostentatiously closed . We give the Melbocrxe Gorersment credit for a faff rLare of that peculiar sort of wisdom which ai-per »^ : ! is to Whig office-mongers , but we cannot p-c-rari ! ourselves or the public to be amused with sbowtiil wo forget " the substance of the whole /' ! ? K ' m while the tf ^' 3 01 honied sweetness drop : Fiom lips of nuudtn Royaltv , i ^ c must cnucavour to retain , in a small measure , oar facultT of observation .
! ! ! ! s -he tpecch before us consi 3 t 3 of foarteen para-^ "T / ' iS » trung together ia pretty much the style of a "; i Kind ' s and Queen ' s speeches time out of mind . 7 h ? £ rd paragraph crprcsEO 3 Royal satisfaction—] Trhlca -n-r . nJd , Tre doubt tot , l > o heartfly reciprocated by bc-th Houses—that the Session had at last come , i-j an end ; and in tliis expression of satisfaction we feel ftrongiy inclined to concur . Little , indeed , is } laere in the retrospect of inibesility , recklessness , I ; &d treachery , which its history exhibits to inducous j to desire its' continranee . Not one great object of ! ]> eneScnl policy has been accomplished or even
! ! atiempied . Every one of tho great measures to which , in the Qcervs speech at the opening of Parliament public attention was directed , as means j c == siiLli ] for th- prosperity and welfare of the : aipire is unachieved ; and the subjects to which tbry H ? . c reference are either in staiu quo or in a worse < . condition than at the commenoement of the Session . I whjl « ample eaplojinont Laa been made for sueceed-I in- legislators , who inr . j oombino tho qualitit ? of i ^ t ^ ent . a :: « l honc ; ty , in rc-Weving the multiplicity of r-rfors ,. ar . d rcac-Jying tho masa of mischiefs
! | \ whica live been perpetrated . Truly then the ptoj-. leTiaTa creat rsaf-on to jwn in the royal gratulsttion tliat the labour . - of the mis # hicf workers aro susjra ^ led for a Hra :-yn . ^ Cr ? mi is ntx : taken f . ^ r causin g , in concert % vith lie other " gra »« l i ^ crs , " tho swtR states « f Holland awl Belgium to ho good boys , &nd tot beat 1 each guj ^ : a cartfal ? Jiciiud » u manifei : i . e . i for the | . Turks , asd R « yal pka-are announced tti ? France j and Jk-x ^ . have « a ? otl h-istOitica ; but tot erne i - . vhisper of the jrrossert iwih ever offercl ^^ th im-^ n-tv to zhv l ^ riikh fl : i ; : whioh , during Ui-.- » a has-; tii ? - !^ , was tairt ?_» sutf--red . j ^ We arc tr y 1 yr ^ d ^ Ay informed thru the dispwi * ^ 'JV - ' " ' - a : : i i ^ s' ^ a fi ^ lifciueu kvre bwa .-i-..:.-: v . / L : ¦" : - . . T . U-:-i bci \ 7 i ; 5 n tliO WO CvUMrif j ; j-iav . h-vr 15 ^ - ^ 5 c--slr » s tb » traf ^ v i- l .-tok ¦!»¦» *
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may be put an end to ; that we aro still at sixes and sovetia with the Court of Ptrsia ; that an army has marched a « ro 96 the Indus ; and that her Majesty hopes it will not march back again , like that 6 f the , famous King of Fraate . In all ihis , not a singla word of any one thing interesting t « the great maw of the people ; not a w « rd of th « redresB of grievances ; not a word of the prevention of yet greater evils : so far as the may be put an end to ; that we are stm at sixes aud sovens with the Court of Persia ; that an arm y has
people are « oucernevl , eeven out of the eight royal paragraphs ¦ ffhich we have noticed , are mere words , and nothing but words . In th « next and succeeding paragraphs , much credit is given to the mischief workers , for some of their most mischievous exploits . They are complimented for their intrepidity in battling with the liberties of th » people » f the . Metropolis by an extension of the powers of tb « gens d * armerie ; and for
the craft frith which they havo taken advantage of tht xcitement prodnced for tho purpose , by unconstitutional attacks on the peoplo , to make the first beginning of an universal application of the aocur « ed system . Much merit is made of the Penny Post measure , by which large savings are . effected , to the middle and trading classes ; th'Y-industry of ihe country , that is , tho blood and sinews of tho labourer , being mortgaged for the difference in revenue .
The addition of four million to tho National Debt is complimented as evidence of " determination to preserve inviolate tha national faith . " Then cornea , iu the ImI two paragraphs , a gross libel on , and scandalous aspersion of , the insulted and oppressed people : — " It ij witb-great pain that I have fowid myself compelled to enforce the law tgakist those who no longer concealed tjhelr design of resisting bv force tho lawful authoritieat and of subverting tbe institutions of the country . The solemn proceedings of courts of justice , and the fwu-lcM administration of . the laws by all who are engagm in that duty have checked the first attempt at insubordination . "
It is . indeed , evidenee of pitiable weakness , when the Government of a mighty empire find theaisolves under the basa neceESity of putting falsehood into theroyalmouth , s , sa coverfor their o ^ Tn vilenesa . Nen o better knovr than the bad men who are responsible for this speech that no defiigu has ever been avowed of " resisting by force the lawful authorities ; " that the most outrageous of all the physical-force leaders havo gono no further than to advise tho people to resist , by force , the usurpation of authority , when czercised unlawfully . The "insubordination" to the laws and constitutional usages of the country hai been all on one side—the sido of Government , its allies , and supporters .
Altogether the Speech furnishes what was quito unnecessary—anothor pro * f that the people must hope only from themselves—that Royal countenance , and those on whom it is bestowed , wait not on popular advantage ; seek not the interest of tho peoplo ; care not for the promotion » f their welfare .
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MINISTERIAL CHANGES . THBold eart , which has so long gone clumsily , is * . t last laid up for repair ; some of the ugliest and most erooked of th » spokps are taken out of the whoelj , and it i « hoped , by the driver , that the substitution of new-cues , whether better or worse , ' will enable him to keep on the road a little longer . We calculate that it will be but a little longer , Mr . Spbisg Rice , after saddling tho country with a neat legacy of Forty Millions of additional Debt ,
goes to the " Upper" Uouftc ,. n » placo being supplied by Francis Thormiill Baling . How well Mr . Spring Rica is qualified for aivigh place among the dignitaries of the peerage , his oxploits in the House of CommorLS , &nd especially during Ins Chancellorship of the Exchequer , might b « appealed to as sufficieut evidence ; but lest that should bo insufficient , a London weekly contemporaxy , the Era , in his paper of last Sund&j , liaa given the new-fledged "Noble Lord" the following « ertino * U of character * . —
" Evervbody knows that Mr . Spring Rico has for some time past been ambitious of enjoying the office of Comptrcller-General of th « Excheqner , and its £ 2 , 000 a-year , and of retiring from tb ' e'Coinmons to the" qtium cum diffnilote" of th » Lords ; but eTtrybodj" docs not Xno-rrof the ill-adTiaed method ho is reported ( by . the Club authorities aforesaid ) to have adopted in order to gain hia end . Far be it from us to give that report on oui own authority ; but , being abla to throw the onus upon at least a score of persons well able to hear it , we do uot hesitate , in our valour , to say that Mr . Spring Rice is accHsed of having purchased the resignation of Sir \ v . jfewport , vritli a bond for an annuity of £ 1 , 000
a-ycar . The resignation of the Comptroller-General , in con » equ » nce of tius , h&s often in the possession of Lord Melbourne for the hist three nioaths ; and what is still more extraordinary , Mr . Spring Rice hoa had tho out ^ rageous indiscretion to vrrito to hia constituents that he is about to bo callf . 1 to . tucUpper Houso . ' The latter proceeding is what P ; irliau \ cnt men call " uittonatitutioual ; " the fonii'T ( the purchase of the resiguationj amounts to a . misdeim ^ anor . Of tbJii fact my Lord lUcc may bo convinced if ho will turn to the Act of Georgo III ., iu lbO 8 , against selling places , in "which he will find , included in the same category , purchasing n-eignations !"
We , like our contemporary , shall scarcely give this statement on onr own authority . Far be it from us to charge tho Noble Lord with " outrageous inconsistciu-y , " " unconstitutionar' conduct , or " misderaeauour ;* ' but such is the statement we find in tho Era , and with the conductor of that paper and his " score" of authorities , we leave tho new-Hedged Lord to settle it . Poulett TaousoN leaves tho Board of Trade , for which the factory children owe him many thank ? , to give tba benefit of his kindly attentions to the Canadas . He is succeeded by Mr . Laijoucherk . Mr . SniEt to be Vice-President of the Board of Trade . Mr . Versos Smith , Under-Secretary of the Colonies . Sir G . Grey to be placed in the- Cabinet , with his present office .
It ia also stated that Macaulay , alia » "Lucky Tom , " has been invited to join tho set , and 'has stipulated for a Ecat in the Cabinet as hi 3 price 0 } adhesion .
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A PREMIUM ON PERJURY . That must be a bad state of society iu which a man's conscientiousness of principle and losthiug of hypocrisy is a certain introduction to sunbring and passport to punishment : and yet such has been the state of society in this country for a long period , as evideneedbytheoppressio ) i 3 , niid , in some instances , fearful persecutions'to which the religious sects , who respectively have had the power , haro subjected the religionists of other sects . We need scarcely refer to the alternato experience- of the Roman Catholics , tho Episcopal Protestants , the Puritans , Covenanters
and Quakers ; each .. of whom , were made to iavc bitter knowledge that it was a dangerous tiling to eschew hypocrisy . Until very recently , ajid in gome instances even yet , maugro all the march of intellect aud improvement of the age , this infernal spirit has been , and is still , developed , cot merel y in those private and social relationships of men whkli the laws cannot well reach , but also in the publicly recognised legal bon
so mystified by complexity and a multiplicity of Statutes , as toronikv any thing like a general knowledge thereof , by those who aro expected to obey it , out of the quiiiion ; c ; nl of the xoauner iu which the adniiiiiitiatora ef the law ore not uiifrequently led by their ig . iomr . ee of the law into a perversion of ju = t : c 3 , ha * very recently occurred at Lancaster . A person" liauuul " ( JeOhgk Cossakd , resident , we bcliere , in Ohllusn , had Boma tijio a ? o , nnfo ' rtunatciY IW hiuir-clf , Use good naturo to beeowc
surety to Mr . Jl « -se Aixswohth , of 01 d ' ,. am , for a uebt contracted bj othor parties who , aftcrwaviia failia ^ in business , puul a-composition to their crtditriTs , aii < l . wei ' . t to Amenta . Mr . Ai . nswokiii j > :--o 3 ecut « d Cos Sard , the rui-ety , foi- tlie balrviuc oi Cue debt . C <» n . * : * . ; u » , who 15 » v . oor rr&v ., lir . vh ^ Lad perfect confidence in the Lonely of the pa . rij i '»; - vrj-:.-: ii in- ; -: ^ j be ?! 1 , buuad , 7 icvviihv ; aiaei-. iliri viio siio- i ^ Lc cuilt-d npop ; u , vA , ¦ who- ; ceIKm upC-i ) , ^; i " -ta ^ Ui t ' . jny . Jic was ivrreMC ! , f . ? -uI to pr ^ ou . a : ; d ' . / - * J ' u . ; l » . i yi' Ar ^ i , , ccjiie up io 1 ; a bt ?^ . \ l on bi '
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I » tition , be { bre : Mr 4 poam ^ s ] oner iB ^ fwotw , in the InaolVeui P * tof ' t&urt , it hadbeon insinuated that the Inaplvenj ; was an | mbeiieTer so for as regarded the artioloof future punishinent He waa very pointedly ^ uostionela-oii . 'tlie . iiibjpot' t > if : ; ilifiL-- ' ][ i earneci ' . ' Cbnunisrsfonor , and , in drisweJtoTanoiis questionsj ; stated ; that he belieTed in God ; thai ; bi belietod hipihimsolf Bewwp to speak the trutt ; that he boliepd that -the jiwt : G » d who ereatcd : liim had * the ' sam # ' powoif io ^ take liim oat of iho world ; that h « believed in * futurt Jtate of bliaaj but that / seeing God ' s gooditess in this world , tie did not believe he would punifBn any of his crc&k ^ a . itt . tnW remanded to hia prison—the Commissioner declaring that h 6 could not Hear him » n his petition . ¦ ^^^ 1 ^
It visai in . fain he pleaded a starring ' wife ^ and family , »« well a » the hardship of the caSO . Th « Cdmmisaioner de « linod to entertain his petition , assigning as hiareAson : — "Too limr imposes upon mo tocausa ercry insolvent to swear to tho truth of his schedulo ; it would be ridiculous to offer an oath t * a man who holds it at no respoHsibllity ¦ vrhatefer ; » man daring to coll CJpd to witness , which Gtod lie feaiss not to go before .- *
Now vro muBt tako leave to tell Mr . Commissioner RavKotps that this is a strotching of the powors of his offioq boyond all -warranty and reasonable Rearing . What right nadhe to iuferthatbecauBe theimolyont did notbeHeTo in a state of future punishraont , ho w « uld bold the saered obligation of an oath " at no rosppnsibility wliatevor ?^ T ^ er * was nothing in the insol Teat ' s statement to justify such ah inference . On
the contrary , the insblvent expressly stated that he held himself bound to fBpeak the truth ; and the tery fswt ef bis ohoosing rather , to risk the rejection of his petition tutvn to speak falsely , conceripilng big opinions , was evidence that he did hold himself bound to speak tho truth , and was more vrorthy of orodenco than many who are glib enough in their professions of belief in anything which they aro required to boliove . Our contomporarT of tho Lancas ter Guardian , in reference to this case , says : " . '¦
" The ends of justice aro frdquontly dcfeat 6 d by the conBpieritious objections of witnessea to take an oath . Tho Le ^ BUtiire has permitted Quakers and Moravians to substitute ! a declaration in its place ; but has refused to allow to other religionists who may liave sinular objections a like privilego . " In this case ,. however , it does not appear that there was any objeotion made ' by the Insolvent to the form of-tho oath ; tho || objectioii vratf on the part of the Conimisaipncf to alioyf him to take tho oath , oh aocount of his religious creoa ; und wo do maintain that so long as he was willing to take tho oath , there was no fair reason why it should not be tondered to him ; becauso the t « ry matter of objection was of ¦ itself , proof tkat he was a « 6 n 8 cieutiou 8 mari , worthy to be believed . ' '
For the information , however , of our contemporary , and of Mr . Commissioner REY ^ 0 llDs , who both soein totally ignorant of thelavf upon this subject , we beg to say-that even if tho oath had been objected to hy CbjWARi ) , th « bommiasioner bad no powex to refuse to hear him on that account , but "was bound to receive his tostimorly oh any such form Of oath , declaration , or affirmation as ho himself might acknowledge to bo binding upon him to speak the truth . An Act was passed in the last Session of
Parliamont for tho purpose of affording relief to such other religionists , bosidoa Qnakers and Moravians , as might ontortamNconscientioui scruples about oath taking . It is shbrtand sweet ; and as it is one of the very few good thingY that have been done during the power o | the present Governraont , wo have great pleasure in giving it entire , and directing attention to it . It is entitled :- ^ - AJr ACT TO KKMOTE DOUBTS AS TO THE VAMDITT oi ' CEntAiM oaths : passed ' .. 14 th august , 1838 ,
"Be it deelared and enacted b / the Queen ' s most Excellent Majosty , by and with the ad , vice and conwni of ' tho Xords Spiritual and Tern-Poral , and Gommora ; in this present Parllainent assembled , and by the authority of the same , ! That in all cases in / which an oath may lawfoily , be and shall have been administered to any person , either as a juryman or & / witness , or a deponent in any proceeding * civil or criininal , in any court of law or equity in the
United Kingdom , or an appointment to an offico or omployTnent ; or on anv occasion whatOYor , such person is bound by the oath iwlniinistered ,. '¦ ' provided , the same shall have , been administered i '» such form and with such ceremonies as such person may declare to be bimh ing . ; and every ( jUch person , in case of > rilful false swearing , may be convicted of the crime of perjnrj \ in the same manner aa if tho oath had been administered in the form and with tho ceremonies most Cpuimonly aeoptod . "* I Noir . n ' o 6 iing can bo moro clear than that if Mr . Cpmmissioujbr Ket 5 old 8 had known of the existence of this nef ly enacted law , ho would have seen it to be his duty to receive the testimony of the insolvent , without any regard to his opinions , in such form as ho himself niigkt a ' Uo . W to bo binding upon him ; becauso by this act , a falsehood stated under such ciroumstamics , by an Infijel or an Owcnite , is aB clearly perjury , as if stated iu contradiction of the most solemn : adjiirations of tlie name of God that could be taken by the " longest faced religionist in the world .
This is an important and valuable act ; and it ought to bo ggnci-ally kno \ yn . It is a great stop towards the porfcot establishment of freo thought and liberty of consoicnl'J , as far as they can bp . cstab ' lisheil by law . We advise all i $ en who in -future find thcmselvos placed iu circumstances of such difficulty as poor Cohxuid to bear it in mind , and to insist on being heard in" such form as may bo binding 011 their consciences : while , at tho same time , we
would warn all bad men of . thofiUility of any attempt to talc advantage of this : liberality in the law . It is an old ssying that " ai ^ honest man ' s w : j rd is bia bond ; " aud this law tends to prove its acctu-aey ; for by tins law a man may Very properly demand to be lieavd in any Court of Justice , without giving any other pleijgo of tho truth . of-Iris tostim ' ony than tlie word of a man , and if ho shall dare , on that account , to state ^ mtruths , ho may quite as properly bo transported . ^
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CONSPIRACY AGAINST THS NORTESIIW ,:.. ' _ STAR . ' : ~ ' ¦/¦ . - ' ' ; ' ¦ Oan readers must bo no less conscious than oiireelves that the Northern Star , tho severest thorn that ever pricked oppression ' s side , has been long % marked object } of attention to tho Government , to thoir whole tribe of piinying official sycophants , aud to tho whole- complex of the vulture tribos , whether denominated " upper , " "middle , " or "trading" classes , wbofoed lipon tho vitals of the people , and watch eagerly every effort of their prey to rise out of tho dust . ¦ ' ¦ ' - . ¦ ' : •'¦¦ •¦ ' - . : ' .
It was not ; to be ' expected that such a struggling against flio power of their talons ^ as is manifested by the peoplo in the establishmcut aid upholding of the Northern Starr—the mirror of public mind , and gazette of popular movements—the vehicle of thought , through wbicb tlie inas 9 es , ?>! orth , East , South aii d West hold intercourse , and commune wjtli each other , and by wliich their . ; simultaneous expressions of feolisigs and determination ma < lo known , should take place , under their observance , without calling into exercise their natural destructive instinct . We lsavoiong -sceii tho hovering of the birds of preVi
We havo known ourselves- to be . marked for dostrnction . AVc haye . sceii the whole power of the executive long jjoiscdand balancc-1 like a fowling piece applied to tho shoulder of a ' sportsmaa-Whose game is in sight , but jvho % vaits for a convenient aioment to ietily ; -wink * the niulorlirigS : and small fry of the factions were totting , liko so many traiiiid pointers , their ji 0 i-6 o . stc : idily pointing all one way . In-oar i < iii-: ib ' er . bf thof lylli we directetl the attention of our ' read ; . 'i's to tlie " . deal sci" of kr , C ' ii . ' .-u . ' js Cfi . iv . 'i in tlie Ho ' .-. ? c of Cc-mmoaa . ' The ¦' fcCi" v > a » well Licked by tho Iitor : vry . clo ^ s of ¦ '• -Ml . - ' ¦" ' ' : . -. . . ' .
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the factions , not only by the eur of the tfnited Service' dasettet who barks loudly at bis master's heels , because the shot does not came Boon enough for him , but also by the botter-practisednoser of the WieUly Chronicle , who , Tin his last week ' s paper , by way of pointing more strongly to th » game , attribiuted to Mr ; O'Connor's -words , w . ldefr ' the xait ^ did not use , and quoted , m from fcNwthirn Star , a portion of an article which was distinctly etatod byiktStario have been copied from tho ViiidkaUyr . these are small matters * and scarce worth notice j he iictions , not only by the eur of tne
otherwise than as they Berre to fill up the gapsy and render perfeict tho ramifications , of the conspiracy F » Howitig close upon , or rather in connection withj these demonstrations of good feeling ; were the " True Bills" of indictment stated to have been found against Mr . O'Connob at the Liverpool Assizes , last Thursday , the ground for which lie is yet unacquainted with , and of which the only notice he has yet received has been thraugh the newspaper » : evidence , as direct as can be desired , that , through him , as its Proprietor , tho destruction of the Star is aimed at .
Lest , however , the dall and timid eportsmen should yet fear to fire at a dog more forward than his fellows of the pack , resolved to run in at once , and rouse tho game . This brings ub to the promised explanation of the reason why a large portion of our last week ' s Papet boro tho unusual date and semblance of a Fifth Editiou of the preceding Number . Our roadera arc entitled to demand tlie reason of sooxtraordinary a procedure ; the mpreso as we know that , by thomj the Northern Star is not regarded with that indifferenca which attaches , to the cbairacter of ordinary Newspapers ; tbiit they look upon it as the oney—the bhly ^ -orgauN ) f the national mind ; and . that they , thcrefore » feel an earnestness of solicitudofor its welfare and permanency , such as could be generated by no other
circumstances . It-is a duty , therefore , which wo owe po less to them than to ourselves , to lay before them a plain unvarnished statement of the facts connected with that extraordinary proceeding . In doing this wo shall have to exposo somo of tho blackest traits of human chariwter with which We havo yet become acquainted . We are always sorry to Tepreeent , unfavourably oither tho conduct of others , or their
motives ; but , however painful may be tke task , when called thereto by a regard for truth—by duty to-ourselyes and the people , wo never shrink from its performance . In acquainting our readers with the coup-de-main by which it was attempted last week Io rob the peoplo of tbeir paperi nve shall confine ourselves strictly to facts—exaggerate nothing—" nothing extenuate , nor sot down aught in maliho . "
On Thursday morning in last week , while , preparing the latter portion of tho paper for publicatipnj we wero a little startled at the receipt of intelligence , from a source on which wo knew wo could rely , that Mr . O'Connor ' s bondsmen in the Stamp Office had both of them withdrawn their lureties on the Tuesday or Monday . Which of these two day * did not certainly appear ; but thefact seemed certain that the ' '' sureties' were withdrawn ; and we were warned that any publication of the Northern
Star oti the 24 th would bo illegal . Wo felt ourselves a little nonplussed as to how we ; should proceed , particularly ai we happened to have no copy of the Newspaper Stamps' Regulation Act to reforto , ' and Mr . O'Connor , as was known both to our readers and the scoundrels of the conspiracy , was in Scotland . We had iut littlo time for deliberation ; for at the moment When wo received the intelligence , WC had papers to the value of more than £ 800 in tho offico printed on one side . Our ihfprmation waa , that tho sureties had
certflinly withdrawn ; and the conclasion which vre necessarily drew from that fact not having been communicated officially to us , was that the government , operating through the Board of Stamps , Was at the bottom of ^ the conspiracy—that theL Postoffice would be closed against us—and that the . whole weok ' s issue Would be stopped . Determined that , at all erents , this should not be—that the plot ihouid so far fail as regarded robbipg the public of
their papers for the week , and the proprietor of the amount for yrliich they might have Bold , wo resorted to the expedient of meeting trick by counter-trick , taking out of the form all the news which had reference to matters of a later date than , tho preceding Saturday , and making , in fact , the whole papor a mere further issuo of the previous number / aT the publication of wliich wo knew the sureties to have been " all right . "
We have since learned that onr precautions were unnecessary—that the Govcrninont had no hand in the affair—that the whole procedure was that of an infamous conspiracy on the part of the lowest section of the Whig press in Manchester , prompted , no doubt , partly by the rabid insanity of political violence , and partly by that still worse speeioB of insanity , arising out of vexatiQU of heart from tho curtailment of their own scanty circulation in their own town and neighbourhood , by the introduction therein of the Northern Sim : We did not know at the time whero to find Mr . O'Connor , and of courso knew not what intimation ho might have
had of they to us , inexplicable proceedings of the Stamp-office suretioe . Knowing him , however , to be somewhere in the North , we made up the paper immediately , printed ; a- small quantity , and sent a few copies to each agent in the Beycral localities where ho was likely to bo found . The result answered our expoctations ; tlio paper met Mr . O'CoNNoiv at Carlisle—its umTsual . appearance excited bis surprise , and brought him homo to see what was the mattor . We then learned that he had not hoard one syllable of the bnsijioss ' —that he . had received no notico—aud wa 3 as much surprised at the uuaecountable conduct of his friends as we-could be . The sureties were gentlemen of whom we
per-Koually know nothing , but wborn Mr . O'Co . vnor did know , and whom ho refused to believe capable of any such proceeding , until it should be confirmed to him by . their own mouths .. We laid the whole matter before him . He said " Well I cannot understand it . I know tho integrity of those men ; I know them to be hoiiourable gontlomen , and I will not believe it . It is some rascally hoax . " To be certain , howover , ho and Mr . HOBSON , our pubh ' sher , Wout immediately to Oldliam , tho residence of those gentlemen , An interview was obtainod with one of them ^ Mr . Jamks Hoi / tiDAY , ( the other , Mr . Jesse AiNswoRTH , being absent from home , ) in the course of Which the following extraordinary particulars transpired ^ -. '¦ ' .
In the most frank manner possible , Mr . Holuda t said—¦ . - " All I know of this business iB this- —I was in " Manchester last Tuesday , and Was waited upon bv " Mr . Jesse Aihsworth , vrhotold me he was veryuneasy «' about the bond he had { pven for the Northern Star—. «* tli . it he jhad just then conie from the office of Messrs . " I ' renticC and , Cati-jall , 0 ! the Munehcster Times , who * ' had been . telling him of the very gre . it risks he was ' running j that they had told him he was anaweraDlo , « ' not only for : the pajinent of the Advertisement '¦' jha ., ¦•• any fine to the amount of £ 400 that might be inflictM i * aud for UbelaoHthottovernnjent ; toutth athewasliabie
<' al 3 p for the payment of the Newspaper Stamp Duty • and , indeed , for all the debts that might be . incurred on account of the Northern Star- that 1 ' these things so operated on his mind , that he was . ' wjsli M to withdraw hia security , 1 replied to him . ' said Mi . Hblliday , that he had Ho cauao for fear ! 'that the story which hail been told him of hia bain » s liablefor anj-thing more than he was bound for was " ' all moonsliino ; that his situation was fully explained " to him at firat , when he bwame bond , and fet his " passion was not intho least altered . Mr -Ainswr-tti -then a ^ iked if I . wpuldgo with hhnto - - uSmSSSS office ft
"Stamp- , and hear what' NS « hn » i ,. ^^ , "™ Mam ^ ottice , and hear what Mr . Whuttloworth would ; say about it , I consented . We > nt , and sl w ^ f " .. iniUleworth ; ho fully confined ^ at ^ I h id ••¦ •^ flto said to ; Mr ., Ainsworth , . ihuj ; Jheri 5 ^ ™ ^ nse for approliension ; that ho V /; w lu \ bo ^ J at irdiasatisned , hiB proper way was to write to ' Air . O'Connor and to Mr . Willock , tlie Stamn i > £ ¦ .. ffi ^ i ??* , * . lett ^ which was ready mteubut not in tmnhmd
•; ^ , Ms siting , tfbr thaTl « ftr ^ r W * 1 J 1 C xrhctllcr l w" ^ d sign » Snt ^\ tlle excited nature of thy times ma such , tlut . wo were , not « lti 9 . ficd with pur positiou , ind t at ¦ wo requcW flat * e . night be released from our | a ? l . cs , anu . fred ! aurtti-.-s procured ; iu ouv stead : ^^^ tterwasaddr ^ odcutsi ^ to ^ r . O'Caunor . I said .. £ ¦• f - Al »^ orrti , as you sjoiai dissaikQoU , I will sign Uisstctter . ror the purpose of hi . tihR 3 , Jntto- vfr . O'Counor , lor [ ^ yould sooru to teKe m ? ^ whatever in tfci
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" bus } fleBS ; until h « hw hiia time either to satisfy you " to youf ires ! position , or , if necessary , lip provida other ' Security / On this undorstandihf , I signed the letter ' ? lefift jrith Mr . AinsWprtll , and that is all 1 know a ? " th «^ ttei » » . J- ; > - . ' : ;^ v -Vv ;•¦ ' - ¦^ .: ~^*™ Wo ini ' agihc that onr readers will now be at no furtlier loss than , ourselves ;¦ ¦ to perceive ; th « animus and the a ^ onc ^ bflbiav conspiracy , than which iffo havo ^ ldom sknown one more diabolical iu character , or calculated more indelibly to stamp with infamy its agekts * ^ ; . \ Our .: i ^ crs ; : wilLnota ' iIio' cir ^ cumstaMSes—tho 6 ici { od character of tho times-. "toyouf real position , or , if neceesarTvtpiJrPvid / other
tho fact , public and notorious , that tho Northern Star is an object on which theXipVefnmeht has fiied its eye ^ the , reading of tho Northern Star by a Cabinet Minister ey ^ ry week , and the reporting of its contents to his colleagues ; the cpntinuedhouridingon th& Government to its persecution ; tho diatinct allusions iffade to it by Mr ; Bd ^ lkji in tlio : House of Commons ; and they will then not fail to see that any Bordid-wretch would naturally promisa t « himself some reward of an impoTtant character from ¦ Vyh ig ^ LibevalBj if , by any meaiis , he could acconi * p ' lish the degtructipu of so fprmidabio an enemy to
factious dominance . Let tbem then look it . Mr . AiNswoRxfety bold as it wct » by tho ; buttpu ^ holi in ther ofifce of y 9 " friends" of the Manchester T . ' mesy while his ear is filed with a tissue of wilfully invented . falsehoods , - " - atnia / j together w ^ th aii artfulness equalled only by their wickeduessj for the purpose of causing him tO tliiiik His position oiie of unusual daugor . -We don't wonder at th . e success of the experiment so far jt , s ft did succeed . , ..-ifiri- AiNswoRin was not likely to-per * ceivethata these , parties could have any interest in wilfully misleading him . He is a simple-minded
Btraigfit ^ fo > ward inan , unaccuatpmed to caloulatt the . deep movements of political yillany . Theisf parties were friends of his ; they were occupying a situation ;; Which : he knew inustau ^ rd them correct iricauso ^ info rmation upon the subject ; and it waa natural , tljerefore , that ho should beliovo What they told him * Jt was natural , also , that , regarding them as disinterested friends , ho should incline to . tak « their qplfiiOii . as to the steps necessary for him to taicebefpre saying ^ aiiythino ; . 'to Mr . O'CoNxoRiwhom he might well suppose to have an interest in inducing him to ijConj ; iuue his surety . Let our readers yidw this ia lonuectibn with the ready , written lettor which
Mr . Ai > swoiith prodnced to Mr . JIoi . nDAY ,: but which Mr . HotLiDAY doolare 3 , was ¦• not in : Mrv Aixsworth's hand-writing , and thbn lot te ^ say whether any doubt can exist that that ;; letter * Waa writtenj ) y Mr . CATimALi- ^ frpm : whoso officei lie-had : just come . Let the -ivhole of these circumstances Bo taken inzconiiection with each othcrj and We are persuaded ^ they ' will satisfy every mind which vievrs them that the infamous purpose of MeSsw . Cathrail and Pbenticb was . to ..- ' , intimidate Mr . AiNswoiiTH , and through him Mr / HotiiiUT -iato the instant withdrawal of . their suretiftiirom the th
Stamp-Office ^ in the hope that Governni ^ in- eir anxiety to put down the Star , Would glalfy instrnct the Board of Stamps pToinptly to permit the Withdrawal , iin ( l ) , hat in the present ; excited stata of flw public mind ^ tho character of the Star , as a Democratic organ ^ would preclude the ppssibiiity of finding new ^ Bur ^ ties ;; - This ^ was the plan regulariy orgariised , and prevented from obtainingat least a partial success , only by the 1 -virtuous firmness of Mr . 'Holliday . ' No doubt the crawling scoundrels suppp 8 ed . themselves cei'tain ^ to reap : double beiiefit bythisjachieTemerit . They expected : to make
it at once a . jmeana of ingratiatrng themselTe « with- the ' dispensers of ' 'Whig patronage , aftd . of h ^ piMg ^ hej circulation of their own paper by the romdval of ^ formidable rival . ' fe the exultitibn of tacit hearts afetlie supposed iuccesa of their infernai icheme , jhe town of Manchester was placarded with bills , announcing the fltoppago of the N < nti ^ $ and a paragraph was inserted- iu the Manch&ter Times pi Saturday morning , Which has since ^ lieen copied intio all the Londpnpapers , stating the ^ unSer , standing oT tho cojiductors df that paper ^ that JMr . O'Ponnoe had received notice from his sureties of their inteution to witbdriw . Now , how did the conductors oHkt Majichester Times ) di 6 yr ^ thisitmless
they had ^ themselTes concocted the notice 1 Which ^^ ftey supposed him to have received ? They give ibaajote of our Pub ^ Wh . sr to our Agcnts , ; . but ' that fti 5 &bes them with .-bo ' lsucli information ; nor ^^ Were tliei ^ tpy means by ^ which ^' tiicycoulitbaVe knoWaifc , ha ^ it been go , ' save sucii aa would bring hdine to them tho black conspiracy ; with which ^ we charge thorn . Wo have yet other evidence in our possessioii , stronger and more conclusiTO than "What Wo liaye here given ^ of which ; Messrs ; ClATHRiiii and PKENx «? g a | iaHj hear in due time , and from the right quawfer ; when they may perhaps ; learn to estimate , so far as their dull brains are capable , the value of * ihe ; old' proverb , " Honesty is the best policy . "
Our readers aro now in possession of all the information necessary tq clear up , -the mystery ; they see tlio position in which w ^ Were last Week placed , and which will , Wo are iure , fully justify U 3 , fothem , hi . furnishing , as wedid i a siuglopaper full of old : news , especially as that old news was all important , rather than the enemy should bo allowed to triumph . It afFords us very great pleasure to s tell them that our position is now stronger and bettor than it has ever been . We repeat to them odr ; last week ' s admonition . Let them be wise , be firm , be prudent , as- we hope tobe , and they may laugh , while we smile , at all theaborj ; ife attempts of their enemies ' . ' aad ours i , o ^ put down the Northern SHarm . ;
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wcex we appear oejore our ¦ readersi in an . entirely new ^ dress , and , trust wet shall be time the xoorse lifced for that . Our new type is from t ) y > 2 Foundry of Messrs . Miller and' (! o , i " Letter Fowiders to her Majesty" Therefore * we suppose we shall be now able' ¦¦ to get along without any interference on behalf of" her
Majesty" or hetCourt ; for , seeing that our type is from Exn * " Letter Founders , " toe presume it will be imposssible to print with it either "libels " or sedtiion . " t '¦ ' .- ' . - ¦¦ ' - ¦' The new Machine ; we some time ago announced , as in the morse of erection , is now at uigr ^ We shall y ^ reforey note > b je ¦ able to supply the Agents yiuch more promptly , and much more amply . -, ' .
The facilities which tMt tmo machinery will give ¦ us , m getting later news into the paper tee shall avail ourselves of to the uttermost . ' ¦ ' . Mt ryubrlgappainte ^^^ will therefore please to attend to the following instructions ;—All Reports oj , ' Meetings , Notices of Magisterial Hearings , or News of' Accident ^ - C ^ ences , $ c , occurring . on the Friday ; ^ Saturday ; Sunday , and Monday , mmt be ^ forwarded ^ so ^ the Ciffi&ljirst thyigon Tuesday morning . Whatever requires notice that occurs on Tuesday or Wednesday , to > ' : be : f ^ arded to ihe Office so as to reach here : by Thursday morning . Whatever occurs on Thursday , to be forwarded so as to reach Hie Office by Friday
iwon , . ; The difficulty of getting off the papers for Scotland so as to reach onSaturday morning , will compel us to ga to ]> rcss rather edrlyr-so early ^ to make it imperative that the above regulations be strictly attended , to by the Correspondents . We 'beg also , that they will send us notices of all ' that transpires worth noticing We shall , of cqurseybe guided by circumstances as to (' what , and hoio mitch , of their several communications maybe biscrted ; but nan-insertion mttst not jbe made an excuse for not sending afterwards .
Tnduyhiee shall be obliged to go tp Press early for tlie Scotch Papers , we shall give , later editions for our readers nearer Leeds ; for this reason we require the ' -transmission ; of the ^ communications of ourlCwrespondeiits on the days aiid Jimes above stated .. , ; To make ihe " Northern Star" as deserving of tvpporlasl . ate \ ^ Intelligence can make any Newspaper , vX y siiaUin future ( b that vliich has
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, _ ¦;¦ MR . CRABTilEE . Wk submit tho ca ? o of White and Wilson to the consideration of the Sheffield and Barnalcy magistratDs for their guidance , and also beg to say , in reply to Joskph CRABTji | E s application to Mr , O'CoNNOn , that lie will have much pleasuro in giving bail for hinu I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1072/page/4/
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