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THE NOHmM STAR. SATUBDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1839. THE NmiT"Fr"R"R.T^ STA"R.
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TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.
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MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS—THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
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LEEDS AND WEST-RII>ING NEWS;
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The Nohmm Star. Satubday, November 9,1839. The Nmit"Fr"R"R.T^ Sta"R.
THE NOHmM STAR . SATUBDAY , NOVEMBER 9 , 1839 . THE NmiT"Fr"R"R . T ^ STA"R .
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THE PRESENT POSITION OF GOVERNMENT ; ASD WHETHER THE RADICALS SHOULD 3 OIN IN AGITATION FOR ANYTHING SHORT OF " UNIVERSAL SUFPRA < jE . "
TbS -workings of the present system , if allowed to « o ^ finne without any interruption , would eventually leiag that system to decay . That decay , however , if ftogressive and ¦ unopposed , "would probably be followed by some shocking convulsion , "which might prove detrimental to the general interest of man-Mad , End especially of the "working classes ; "while 1 > J "watching , perseverance , and : energy , -we may prepare aping fox every hole made , by destroyer ^ in the side of the Constitution , and thus by alarm awaken the dreamers to a sense of their danger and SheirfoHv . .
The Government of the country has lost all controul OT'er the anomalous financial accounts of the nation . In every country except England , the CaiscttLOB op the Exchequer can make some " goess at his accounts , while their production inour Senate House give 3 not a greater shock to the most ignorant , than to the Minister who is paid for keeping them . The most astonished man in the House of Coa-anons , upon the production of the Budget , is the Chjmc 3 sli « b op the ISxchkjter , arising from the
xa / jt thai unchecked gambling , added to the ¦ unrest * 5 ci « d issue of paper money , holds him completely 5 ji the dark , and thus an account stated and settled in form for presentation to the House of JGcKotacHiB , is not oufrequeaily disarranged ; . and 3 ienoe "we find the Morning Papers giving the Minisr ~ ter * s account , a £ d at the same time exposing his "" Jjhifiders . England is Sins , frequently , at night be represented aaa most prosperous country , "while the -aaorning presents her in = a state of bankruptcy .
Should there be -a deficiency in the Exchequer , labour is mortgaged ttroagh the medium of Exchequer Bills ; and should there be « n overplus , -ten thousand hungry rate are eagerly wakihing at e ^ ery lole * or the crumbs that -fall from the poor nan ' s -table . Tins , after aE , backed by physical force , is the standard , under Yjlich rallies v * iai is called ¦ " sound pinion ; " and vre feel convinced that that opinion add that force -will never yield to anything less than &B onion of sounder and better opinion -with a force store powerful , because based , not upon brute sizerigth , "bni os moral energy sad inteUectual
fore-An active exsrtios of their own powers are the « aly means on -which the people should rely for the sustenance and f urthering of their own cause . To aak these in authority to surrender that authorityio ask those "who see an advantage in their position "to give up that advantage , is all a farce . Every one -who leSects must see this for himself ; and therefore -it is £ hai Tre are at one-e surprised and sorryio see a man like Jom * Fields * lay eo much stress on ¦** ihe right of petition "—knowing , as we think every « bservani politician must know , that "whenever ¦ directed against the advantages derived from mal--pracSicesby those "who are petitioned , it has never pwktaced benefit , except "when in connection -with « &er'and more forcible mean 3 of expressing the "wishes and opinions of the people .
Petitions for forty-one years failed toprodnce ^ ie 3-teform Bill j and had petitions only been « Eed on for the attainment of it , that measure "would not yet have "been carried . Petition for the ¦ d isbanding of one regiment of life Guards—for the dismissal of the most obnoxious functionary : —for ¦ fits slightest diminution in royal expenditure , for -catting the royal tail off one royal cat , orforanytiing "Which "would sho"w popular controul over long pos sessed power , and though your petitions out-number
"the signatures to the National Petition , and carry jusiiceontheirface , yet they wouldbe laughed at . The object of those in power is to convince those out of power that they "have no power , lest they should too fcequenfly use it ; hence "what i 3 intended to be granted in compliance -srita public necessity if asked ¦ &x by the people , is invariably preceded by comsiission , so that our rulers may be supposed to . act irpon the wise suggestion of men who first receive -fiieir instructions , from those who are to be governed ir their own recommendation .
The Radicals have long since discovered that ihe Iteform BDl was a delusion , hut they are also ¦ beg inning to think that the men who carlied it are still in existence , and are jresolved apon having the full fruit of the measure , which is Universal SuSrage . To abandon the question of Universal Sufirage just now , for the removal of any detail abuse , would be high treason against the jeqple , and would mortally disgust and dishearten aune-teaihs-of the Radical party , who have subscribed" their money to carry the question thus far . ! The repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act—the
lepeal of the Corn Laws—tie repeal of the Police Act—and the repeal of every bad act , would follow < he attainment of Universal Suffrage ; while the repeal of any or every one of those acts under present circumstances would but defer the obtaining - o £ the SnSiage , ¦ ssithont rendering one particle of service to the -working ckeses- Ths existence of the Tfiole grievance will go a great way towards the ^ removal of the whole grievance , because it will tend to fceep the whole energies and exertions of those —wioaow -feel themselves agrieved at full stretch , - "while a bit-and-bii change would fail to . prodnce ¦ i he eli s sisss improvement , but would , oa the contrary , satisfy many crotchet-mongers , who ,
"grille EtraggliBg for themselves whether to _ gain ^ opalarity , or destroy abuses must now struggle for us also ¦ bat who , if once relieved of gratified 4 weald leave the people to their fate . Moreover , do ¦ j re not see a system so perfect , an aristocracy so Jr . Tngry and griping that any , even the slightest adyz Btage from change is instantly seized and " prejgj red to their kindly use , so as in due time they tny . 7 enjoy it ! " Again , what guarantee iave we ^ oai - ihe repeal of any or many bad acts would not jje £ allowed by others equally cruel and oppressive I 33 je , idificecannot be thus nibbled down . It is more fy-cj -. _ ^ once toJapsei the whole fabric of corruption $ kat t ° pull"" out stone afier -stone , which is sure lobei placed .
2 f t ... lere € Tet Tras a nation who deserved crofot j ot the first universal battle fought exdaavely ^ J *" people , against avowed and p 0 Werfcl foes and artful enemies bearing ifcs T . a ^ V of friendship , England is that nation . To loss *^ advantage gained by bo bold & stand aga . ™ systematic organization , and all the combined j hysical force of government and the
middle class . ^ together with the moral turpitude directed by 1 ^ gal authorities , would be cowardice . Jjet our past fa "nltSj tien , rather serve ^ as a beacon to point out the dj » als , than as lights to mark our future course . Let the discovery of treason make as more cautious - ° f whom we trust "We now know ear friends from- vax enemies . " We know our weakj ^ s and our strt * && These of themselves are discoveries word a ^ re&ter defeat than , we have
subiained . Xe 4 Bsbeai in min ^ &s iaoessant battles fought for Saancipaiion and R ^ ^> na , and letnB aleo remember S « 6 Universal Sofcav ^ ™ * ° ^ " * &e fulfilment of ioQi- W « aerer "ffOl j viz in any agii&iionibr any ¦ Eeat sare short of the gxe « t principle of " Universal Suffrage" for tr » now nore than ever feel convinced ihat , that and thai cull , «» n sare . the - Throne , the Koble , and ths Peasacy . troia the hnmiliation which
« rentB are daily hastening- The refusal to adjust ^ Sflies , called fop their toi ^ J aboiition . Tie disiwlinationto do justice to th ^ dare , procured his ^ aap lete manumission . The refusal of " Justice to xrxlaad" ynU . nltimatelj separate ti ^ Q two conntries . * Eht deeeption of Reform produced th * demand for Unhrersal Sufeage , and tha denial of Universal Saffcege , if leas psaistsd in , will ba follewed by a de-BBJld f « a BepxhZs . Thus every local zzd sectarian
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opinion , if deferred to in time , is satisfied with the appearance of justice , or the mere desire to please ; but if opposed , merges into national discontent and-universal demand , "We never have declared in favour of a llepublic . In fact we have at all times asserted , that arguing the details of Universal Suffrage opens the door to dissension , and causes the ¦ most Eanguine to lose » ght of the principle . That , it is impertinence to Bay , what Universal Suffra ^ -would or would not accomplish . Our busines ., is to aid in the procuring of it—the ahole people ' s duty is to apply it . One Opinion opinion , if deferred to in time , is satisfied with the
we have ventured , namely , that ever , ^ working man would , by Universal Snffrage ^ De pUt into possession of his own granary , the \ ey of Hs ¦ o wn larder , and the fruits of hu own labour ; that he would ccaso to live from hand t j > mouth , and tenninato Ms Elavish dependence jpon capr icious tyranny . In short , that every head of every working family , should hold at a fair rent , and exempt from tax , so much land ? £ - ^ ould conduce to the comfortable subastencc of t j 3 family , if an agriculturist—and if not , so much of the wealth arising from his labour as should be : just and fair equivalent therefore .
This we apprehend wo nld bo a natural and accessary consequence of " legislation by the whole people . " We found this opini on on the admitted facts tha there is in this com ^ try a sufficiency of land and . other -wealth , to sshf & tbe blessings of plenty and prosperity on all , ' if justly and rightfully appropriated ; that the monopoly of law-making , gives a monopoly of the powers of appropriation to those by
whom it is posr ^ ssed , and that thus thegreat mass of the people "u-ho are slaves to the law which they have no powex in creating , are compelled to produce wealth for all the world except themselves : whence it necessarily follows that tha * same power of lawmaking which now enab ' e 3 certain classes of the people to appropriate the whole wealth of the country would then enable the whole people to apply it bv a rightful distribution .
That being done , we have always contended that the form of Government wai merely a nominal and indifferent matter . The object of the people is to have such a Government a 3 will equalise the pressure of-the State burdens—inflicting wrong or injury on none—conserving the right * of all , and giving to all a perfect equality under the law . "Wherever such a Government exist ? , whatever
may be its name or form , tho whole social economy must be so organised as to produce to the labourer the fair and honest value of his labour . This is what the working classes want ; and before they can hope to have it , they must have Universal Suffrage . Universal Suffrage is , therefore , above all , and before all things , " the one thing" to be struggled fox .
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THE INSURRECTION A 5 D ITS CAUSES . The events of the past week ia Wales have afforded a melancholy early lunch after the Scotch breakfast of the ATroBXET-GatKJUL , at . which he boasted that , without the spilling of one drop of blood , tranquillity had been restored , and Chartism caused to vanish from the land . Scarcely i 3 the bootless boast "uttered , than it i « responded to by the fierce yell of men rendered desperate by tyranny the deep-toned , awful voice of musketry , and the shrieks and groan 3 of the dying . Surely this , if any thing , will open the eyes of our wilfully blind rulers to the state of the country which is cursed with their miarule , and to their own critical position .
The time has gone by when any Government can hold possession of the reins of power in this country only by the musket and the bayonet . The hearts of the people of thi » country are full of generosity and kindness . They bear much ; bear long , and bear patiently ; but , as the evidence of Newport proves , a continued and uninterrupted system of oppression may fret them past endurance , and , awakening suddenly the recollection of their strength , cause them to exchange the attitude of supplication for that of defiance . It is not a light sense of wrong which has converted the peaceful
bills of Cambria into mountain fastnesses of warfare . The grievances wliich could thus excite the sympathies of a whole population in one movement for redress can have been of no ordinary character . "We cononr most cordially in fee opinion of the Morning Chronicle that there is something in this disposition of the Welsh people to brave all hazards , even to the loss of life , which deserves to he enquired into . Had the cause of this"disposition been long since made the subject of
honest and well meant enquiry , by those for whom the Chronicle performs its daily task , the blood that now lies at their door ; the misery which followed on misrule ; the crime wliicli has been consequent on misery , and the habitually vitiated morals which have been necessarily produced by the crime thus forced into existence , might have been all spared ; the glory of Great Britain might yet have been far fromits meridian , and her people happy in the enjoyment of universal right .
But it is not the practice of the factions—the reckless , restless , and short-sighted spirits—to whom , as if ia anger , the destinies of this great people have been 30 long committed , to inquire into the causes of discontent with any view to their removal . On the contrary , when these causes have been stated —and they have been stated again and again—in teric 3 the most perspicuous and respectful , they have been treated with ihe finesse of dexterous evasion and deceitful solicitude , or regarded with the cool laugh of insolent contempt . When these goadingB produced the ^ mildest of their natural consequences , in the form of remonstrance " and firm language , the argument of reason and the
demand for right was answered by the truncheon the bayonet , and the dungeon . The peaceful meetings , of the people , for the statement of their wrongs and the interchange of sentiment , were declared illegal , andbroken-in upon and dispersed by brute force . Threats , violence , imprisonments , indignities , aniwrongs , were dealt out with insane profusion from the hand of power ; the best , the most - intelligent , and in many instances , the most moderate , of those whose patriotism placed them in the gap to speak ihe voice of millions , were immured , and , with scarce the mockery of trial , doomed to punishment . The simplest movements of an ordinary social character vrere construed into crimes , and made to furnish nurture to the terror of
the law . Thu 3 deprived of all protection by the law , what wonder if the people should Jose some portion of their habitual respect for the law ; or rather , pains beingthus takenby their masters to show them thatno law exists , what wonder if " the swinish herd , " so oft reproached Trith ignorance , should , in their ignorant' simplicity believe , the doctrine , and act upon the lessons given them 1
Had tb . 8 bold , reckless , bad men , who compose what is called our Government , possessed but one grain of ordinary penetration , they must have seen thaithfiunavoidable consequenceof aforcible suppression of public meetings , without any effort at r > dTessmggrievances complained of , would be the bringing on of such a state of thing » as w « now see in Wales ; and which if it do not appear in other parts of the country as wen , and on a more fearfnl wale , will certainly be no consequence of the wisdom or coapetence of Whiggery to preserve the public peace .
Had proof been wanting of their entire unfitness to controul the destinies of tliis great empire , no better need be offered than the blind stupidity -which closed their eyes to the perception of bo plain aconsequence J 3 nt this excuse , poor as it is , is not left them . The "whola consequence * were traced for them . They yrere warned is . sufficient time to hare emerged
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from their felse ' position , if honesty had formed any part of tlieir constitution . Oh the 13 th of July Mr . O'CoiRf on published a letter to Lord Johk Russeix , ia w > jch the consequences , to which the insane proceeTjngs Of his little Lordship , and hia fellows in i ^' . quity , must lead , were pointed out too tlearly for / aistake . We give the following extracts from the letter ; which will show that this evil cannot have come -upon th 8 Government unawares ;— . from their fekeposition , if honesty had fbrmedtoy
" My Lord , there can be no danger to a country from agitation , so long as there is no unjustifiable interference by the authorities ; and you spoke wisely - -when you asserted that if grievances did exist the people had a right to meet , and that if they were merely ideal , agitation would Boon lose its charm , and agitators their influence . "The right to meet you then acknowledged , while the continuance of public meetings , at least , proves Hiat grievances are supposed t » exist . " * * " My Lord , upon the other hand allow grievances to remain unredressed , or say that they do not exist
and suppress public meetings , and then you but smother that flame -which , through ' ^ ecret clubs and societies , -will unexpectedly burst forth-with only so much notice as the flash gives of the approaching thunder . Then , my Lord , how will you guard your house , fence your Stock Exchange , or / protect life against those emeufes-which , in tao wildness of despair , a revolutionary club or a discontented association may without . notice originate ? Tho froat fault consists ; not in the meetings , but in the slight wiBdom and little profit which your Lordshij ) derives from them . "
A wise man has said in an old-fashioned book that "he that , being often reproved , hardeneth his neck , shall suddenly be destroyed , and that without remedy . " The blind oppressors who would "tread down the poor that their corn and oil may bo increased , " have received many warnings before this awful one . Will they take -warning ; or will they still set themselves against the voice of tbe whole people ! Will they still dare tho sleeping ire , and rouse the . latent vengeance of a people who begin to think that they have been patien . t over much > Will they court tho firebrand and the steel , in the insane hope that their names may descend to posterity with the infamous celebrity of having goaded a virtuous people to distraction , and afterwards Dragooned them into quiescence ' % ¦
It behoves them -well to consider tho position they are now in , and the only means of escaping from it . The effect can only bo destroyed by the removal of its cause . Let them not lay the flattering unction to their souls that their musket 3 and bay onotshave saved Newport , and that , therefore , the danger is all over : this may be a delusion . Let them remember Campbell's Scotch breakfast , and beware how they again lull themselves into a false security , while tho causes for inquietude are yet existing , and in operation . This i 3 an awful affair . Many lives liave been sacrificed ; and many more may yet follow , for all of which they are morally , and ought to be , legally ; accountable .
To what extent the insurrection has been organised , or how far it may be rom being yet subdued we have no means of knowing ; our information having been entirely derived from the London Press , which , being all in the interest « f tho factions , of course view 3 every object through a jaundiced medium , and treats of it accordingly .
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The following Order * \ t * re too late lastuxxh , CarruUiers , Batannn , Blackthau , Loxcry , Lang , Harding , and Nichols . . We have repeatedly stated thai Orders arriving at the Ofice . laiT than Thursday cannot' be attended to . J . WatsOK , Ha . LLBEaTH . — We sent Plates of both Stephens and Frost , to Mr . Rutherford , for all his Subscribers . Mr . Wuison is entitled to one of each . J . Asdkews , Tbi . ig , Hebts . —The Portraits arc at Mr . Heywood ' s . . HVHPSOS , CB . OSSTr tiOOK .-TAe Portraits for himself and Coehrane , are at Mr . Hey > cood " s , Manchester . T . Richards , BURNLET . —The Person that delivered the money from Mr . Richards , must call himself at 1 heOfice—It has not been lift at bur Ofiioe , The Ojfftca it ju > t ia the street tchich he says it is .
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Leeds . — The election of Councillors to represent th « different wards in the Town Council of this borough commenced at nine o ' clock on Saturday . Several of the wards were not contested , but in tbose . where a poll took place the contest was exceedingly severe . The result was , that out of the sixteen Councillors to be elected , eleven Tories and five "Whigs were retUTMtd . Yo bk . —Th e Tories have returned eight out of twelve of the councillors to be elected .
Kipon . —On Friday , the annual election of Councillors took place at the . Council House , to supply the place of the retiring member * , Mr . Thog . Harland , Mr . Richard Greaves , Mr . John Anderson , and Mr . Wm . Ireland ; the two first named were re-elected ,: and Mr . Thomas Clark , of Bondgate , asd Mr . Robert Horn , were elected in the room of the two latter . Little interest was excited in this election , except for a little frolic and puns , aome of the burgesses , for the Bake of which , and keeping the poll open , sent in a few occasional voters for a Liberal candidate , which caused the Operative Conservative Association to take the alarm , and send out their- " runners" in all directions , to seek up voters , otherwise not fifty out of a list of seven hundrei would have been tendered on the occasion .
Hull . —Out of fourteen new members to be fllected , the Tories hava succeeded in returning three . : . Liverpool . —The election of members of the Town Council , in the room of the six teen who retire by rotation , took plate in this town on Friday last , the 1 st of November . Every Ward , except St . Peter ' s , where the reform candidate , llr . Bright , was allowed to walk over tho course hi order that the Tory party might direct their forces with greater success to the Rodney and Pitt-street Wards , was severely contested ; ami though the result only adds one Tory vote to the Tory minority in the Council , yet it cannot be denied , that the party struggled more successfully ou this than on any previous occasion , and greatly surpassed the reformers in and
energy management . —Liverpool Times . Hereford . —Yesterday being the day appointed by the Municipal ; Corporation Reform Act for tho election of Councillors to fill the vacancies of those who 83 period of office had expire- ? , the election for each of the threo wards of this city was held in the Guildhall . In Ledbary and MonmoutU wards there was no opposition , Mr . Richard Smyth and Mr W . Preese ( the farmer being re-elected ) for the Ledbnry ward } an i Mrv Lockett and Captain Radford ( both re-elected ) for the Monmoath ward there were three candidates in the Leomingter ward ! The final do c e of the poll is as follows Mr J * Hornby 65 , Mr . T . N . Webb 64 , and Mr . Stephens 15 ; the two first were , therof jre , elected . —Hereford Times .
KiNGSTON-upou-Thames . —Party spirit in thij town Keenas to have greatly subsided , and at this yeaTV election for the office- of Town Councillors tne difficulty was as great in procuring candidates to fill up vacancies as it was formerly ( by both parties ) in restraining a suitable number to com © forward as candidates to hold the high and imp ortantornce . The difficulty has aiisan principally , and in com-equence of the extravagant expenditure of the Tories in building a new Town Hail in
direct opposition to the will of the ratepayers , ( the francWse being limited to about 200 in number in consequence of the dUfraucuisiog clauses and the three years' occupation , the number of ratepayers are about 1 , 000 ) as also the Lords of the Treasury who very properly refuse to allow the property belonging to the Corporation to be sold , and the law being very doubtful on the subject of making a rate for the purpose . Sue Councilmen retired—four Tories and two Wbigg , and three Tories , two Vfidei and one doubtful , have been returned .
BiSlNQSTOKE , Nov . 2 . —An election of four councillors took place yesterday , in the room of Messrs . Covey , Houghton , George Paiee , and Edward PentoD , whose terra of office had expired . The three first named were re-elected , and Mr . TV Downes , maltster , succeeds Mr . Penton , who , ia consequence of ill health , had publicly notified his wish not to be again returned . Wetmouth , Nov . 2 . —The election of townoonnciHors for Weymouth and Afelcombe-Refrfs wards took ihe 1 st
place on Friday , iHgtant , in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Re ^ form Act , when Messrs . Besant , Harris , Joskua Tizard , and W . Penny , were unanimousl y elected for Weymouth ward , there being no competition ; The election of Councillori for Melcombe-Regis ward waa very spiritedly contested , no l « s than seven candidates offering to fill the four vacancies , when the four following persons were elected accordingly : —Messrs . Flood , Robinson , Ellis , ani Vcss . The three former were re-eleoted ,-SS « f t * 6 Krtf J « urna
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Gloxjcebtbb ,-Five "WhigaaTid one Tory ire this year returned to fill thei vacancies occasioned by the retirement of the eix members of the touneil , who , according to the abi of ParUameab go out of ofiLce annially . . , ' D . - . Faxmputh . —Mr . S . gowning ( Radical ) : was ye 3 terday re-elected a member of tuetpwU-cbuncil ; and Messrs . J * Clarke ( Tory , ) Mt . Alien and VV . DowdiDg , Radicalsy were elebted ia the room of Messrs ^ C . Sandara , T . Rogers , jun ., and T . Lanyon . ^ -Falmouth Packet . ;\ : Glotjcebtb ^ . - Five Whigs atid one Tory ft ™
Rye .- ^ On the 1 st instant the following gentlermen were re-elected Cbuncillprs for this borough , naraely , Mr . Joseph Mills , ofHigh-street ^^ ironmonger ; Mr . David Stohbam , ditto , jherchaut ; Mr . Frederick Fuller , ditto , draper ; and Mr . James Hessell , Strand , Bhip-buUder . —Dover Chronicle . } MpNMotJTH . — -Yesterday being the day for choosing Town Councillors for municipal boroughs , Messrs . Goode , I Probyn , and Roberts were fe-eleeted CbunciUors for Monmouth , abd Mr . Whiting was chesen intfee place of Mr . Edward * i . These gentlemen are all Tories . No opposition was offered . Monmmith Merlin . Doter . —AH of the gentlem ? nwhoarenow returned have been re-elected , so that there ig neither gain , nor loss to sither party .
ARUNDEti—Friday last Tra » the day fpr-chopidng town councillprs by . the burgwses . - The folio wing jtentVemen were re-elected ¦ . ¦ : —M ' f . Ti Fry , Mr . Wm . Shift , Mr . T . Marshall , Mr . George Grant ; and Mr . Halliday was chosen in the room of Mr , Ed ^ B . Puttock , who has Wl Atuudel . Excopting Mr . Haliday , we have had th ^ same gentlemen for councUlors every yew since the Municipal Corporaticn Bill was passed in 1835 . —Sussex Advertiser .
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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH , Wednesdat . THE QUEEH V . FROST . — -CRIMINAL INFORMATION . In this case a fulo nisi for a criminal information against Mr , John "'¦ Frost , lato Magisirate for the Borough of Ne > vport , had been obtained for a libel upon tho Mayor of Monmouth . The Attorney-Genoral now prayed the Court to maka the rule absolute , no cause being shown against it * L :: ; ' ¦;¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦""•¦ Lord Donman—Aro you sure that no cause will beshown ? ¦ ¦;¦ . Tho Attorney-General had waited up to the present time , and believed no cause would bo shown . Lord Denman . —Then let tho rule bo inado absolute .
Shortly afterwards the Attorney-General rose , and said he had just been informed that there was a gentlcmin in the Bail Court- who' was instructed to show cause against the rule , and apologised for having madb the application to the Court . The rule of course remains over for argument .
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. . " - . - . - ¦ , - , LEEDS . ' : " . '¦ ' . Mb . " O'CoNXon . —The Attonioy-Gerieral , we understiMid , has filed an ex-officio infprmation against Mr . Feargus O'Connor , tho onl y information ever yet filed by him ; under Lord Melbourne ' s administration , and onej the propriety of which , all me » wil 1 acknowledge , —Sun . —[ We have heard nothing of this information savo what is contaiued in the above paragraph . —Ep . ] Robbery . — -About three weeks ago two young men applied , for accommodatiou at ' the house of Mr , Jamea Womcrsley , tho Triangle Inn , Bridge-street , in this town , where they remained until Friday last , when they decamped without reckonirie with " mine
host . " They also took the liberty of removing various articles of wearing apparel , amounting to about £ 4 in -value , tho property of Mr . and Mrs . Woraersley , which they deposited at the pawnbrokers . The tyro scoundrels aro tailorsy and . of tho Jowish persuasion—the name of one is Jones , that of tho other" Levi—they frequent various companies in the capacity of comic singers . They visited Huddersneld in" that character about ;» fortnight ago . It is believed they aro , connected ' Trith the : notorious Atkinson , tho common Informer , and have followed their compeer to the metropolis . Town Council . —Tho Quarterly meeting of the Council of this Borouch is to bo held in the ouncil Iloom , at tho Court House this day , when tho folio wing propositions are to bo considered : —
First—To elect a Mayor for the year ending 9 th November , 1840 . Second—To elect a Treasurer for the year ending 9 th November , 1840 , Third—Tlo propose that a Printer bo appointed for the ; year ondiiig 9 th November , 18-tO . JFourlhr—Ti } propose that a Stationer bo appointed for the year euding 9 th November , 1840 . . " ¦ . Fifth—Areport will be presented from tho Finance Committee of sundry billg ami ekpenses incurred in carrying into execution the propositions of the Act 5 and C William IV . fcap , 76 " , » ud the several other Acts relating to Municipal Corporations , and a motion will be made that the same be paid . Sixth—To appoint a Watch Committee for tho
year ending 9 th ^ ovember 1 U 40 , with power to appoint , suspend , and dismiss constables , to order the payment of tho salaries , wages , clotliingj and other allowances , charges , and expenses , out -of "the Borough Fund , until aud including the 9 th November , llHO ; arid also , with power to order the payment out of the Reward Fund of such further sums as they shall think proper , not exceeding in the whole £ 50 , as re wards for extraordinary diligence or exertion , or as a compensation for wounds or severe injuries received in tho performance of their duty , or as an allowance to such of them as shall be disabled by bodilv injury received , or shall ' ' be worn out by length ot service , aud other charges aid expenses incident thereto respectively .
-.: Seventh ^ -To appoint a Finance Committee for the year ending 9 th NoVemberi 1840 , with power to collect and audit all bills and accounts * aria to make the estimates for Borough Rates and Watch Rates , and froni time to time to report tlieroon to tho Councih Eighth—To propose that a Committee be appointed to conduct the suit now pending in Chancery for the Teeovery of the property alienated by the late Corporation . ; Ninth—To propose " that a Committee be appointed for tho purpose of revisiiigj printihg and publishing the Report of tho Statistical Committee , presented to the Council , at the Meeting held on the 26 th day of October 1 , 839 , in the mauuer directed by the said meeting * . ;
Tenth—To propose that a Committee bo appointed to frame bye-laws for tho Borough , Eleventh—To propose that a Committee be appointed to superiutend the Map Survey and Valuation of the Borough now in progrossvwith poweri if they they think proper , to order payment of the instalments as they become due to the Contractors . Twelfth—To propose that the borough rate and tho poor rate be collected for the future under their distinct heads of Poor Rate and Borough Rate . Thirteenth—To propose that the report from the Valuation Committee be received and read .
Fourteenth- ^ -To attention of the council to the state of the law respecting the municipal revision , with a view of applying for such alterations as may reuder it leas laborious and expensive . Fifteenth—T (> propose that the councillors of each ward : do appoint an alderman , for each ward , to preside at the electioristhoreiri , pursuant to tho provisions of the acts of Parliament relatinc ; to municipal corporations . " Mb . ^ James MacauWT . —^ This . gentleman has this week been delivering his very ' popular course of lectures on Chemvstry and Pneumatics , at tho , Infant School , Holbeck , to delighted and increasing audiences . . v . . " ' - ' . ¦¦ ¦¦ "
iNiiUESt . —On [ Monday morriing , ari inquest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn Esq . on view of tho body of -a-little , girl , tho dauchter of J p lih . Smith , Top Mill-street , Bank , who was so dyeaafully burut oa : Saturday , from her clothes having caught fire , as to ; cause her death at the Infirmary ^ yory shortly afterwards . Verdict" Accidental death . " . Cavtion to ; Pabents .- — -On Thursday week , a youth aboutelevcu years , old , residing in ¦ park-lane , Leeds , not 200 vards froia the Pino Apple Inn . was
frying to nre ott a cannon of a small kind , and finding it difficult to make it explode in the usual way , bethought himself of the way he put the powder in , and . aecordingly . put into tho ' cannon ' s mouth a redhot ^ rdn fikewer : perceiying sparks to fly out , drew backwards , and fortunatel y / was not much hurt though a few sparks are left imprinted on his face . Ihe cannon made a loud report , sent the skewer out with great force , . and fortunatel y did no serious injuryj but very much terrified the inniates of the house . . - - ¦ ' ¦ ¦; -. i .,. . ' / '¦ ' ¦• ¦ "" - .. . ¦ ¦"'¦ . : " ' ' - : ¦ ¦;
HUDuERSFXSTjD . HcDDERSFiBi-o Spegials . -- Tha following are the names of the specials for Huddersfield Township : — J . S . Tolson , J . Xaech J . Stansfield , J . Waller . J Brown , J . Frost , B . Hey , G . Roebuck , J . Sunderland , J . Pearson , IvasmtisWhierVG . Johnson . P . Hirst , J . Booth , \ Vm ; Barrow , Wm . Kay . W . Golden , J . Flockton ; J . Plats , Thomas FlrtL D . Greenwood , H . Bukhead , J , Swindenj W . HiBlakeyw J . Cartwrieht , Jainos Btoth ; Robert Clay , W . Mills , Ew Hey . W . Milrierj \\ . Gibson , J * Bafstow , J * lurner , G . Englishj J . "VV'ilsoni Josephus ^ Roebuck , S . Mills , J . Marshall , T , Hoy wood , J , Hirst , R , Mitton , ; G ; Arnvitage , J . Mo . 'lor , Josh . Marshall , W . Lenard , J ; Hirst , J ^ Waddih ^ 'ton , J . Hill , J , Hirst , T . \ crron , D . Dyson , J . Sharp , Jabea Dyson , Thos Stirk , J . Thornton ,: S . Rylcy , Sol . Pitchworth , J ; Shaw , T . TVilson , C . Broadbcut , F . Ilirsi . J . Tolson . George Roberts .
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LiBERAMTY of the "LiBi ^ u . ts . " —The Radicals of Huddersfield applied , a few days ago , to the Committee of the Philosophical Hall , for the use of that bjandinj ^ for a ^ public meeting , and wererefused ; There is' no public question upon which the Whigs of Huddersneld dare to hold a public ineeting , and they are onl y able , coiisequehtly , to evince their " liberalism" by doing what they can to prevent the expression of . public opinion entirely . We trust , ere long , to see the people of every larg * town , possessing a Hall of their own , in which their business may be discussed without either subjecting themselves to the buffettings , ^ or contributing frpni their hardly acquired earnings ,. to ; the direct maintenance of those whose present advantage lies in supperting the system by which they are enslaved . SO «™ S ^^
HuDJBERSFiELD Workhouse . —^ n advertisement appearod in the -Mercury of last week for a Master and Mistress forthis estaBlishment , We understand that it is tho putpoae of a majority of the rate-payers of . this township to resist the alleged authority of tho guardians to turn out the governor , and matron , and takopossessipnoftheworknouse . The governor has been instructed to retain possession until legally dispossessed . : ¦" .: '"'
The Punishment of the Stocks . —On Saturday , for tlio first time these many years , the public stocks of this town were occupied for six hours , during a great part of which timb tho rain fcU in torrents . The unlucky tenant was a poor Irishman , who had had too much" hpavy wet ?' the day pi-e . viQus ; Crowds of heartless two-legged animals seemed mightily to enjoy the " fun" oi ' seeing the po 6 r fellow thus confined amid the pelting of the rain and the jcerings of the mob .
. Gut Faiix .- —Two men , named Normanton ; and Wood , were , fined : by the sitting magistrates 2 s . # d . each aud costs , for damage done to the grounds of Mr . John Haigh , they , with twenty-two others , having , with a cart j passed over hedgei and / -ditch in the grounds of the said John Haigh and othersj for trie purpose of collcctinK wood wherewith to celebrate tho Durning of Guy Faux pn the 5 th of November , Fireuen ' s ANsiNERSATtv . —On Tuesday the Huddersfield Company of Firemen and their wives belonging to tlio Leeds and Yorkshire Establishment held their annual festival at the house of their foreman Joseph Frost .
HUIX . Assault by SotDiERs on a Policeman . —On Sunday afternoon Cornelius ConoUy and Andrew Clirkson , two sbldiers belo-iging to tho 77 th regiment ^ UOw in the citadel , who had beea drinking in the PhoBnix tavern , Mytongate , and causing considerable disturbance in the house , breakiug glasses , # CV , attacked policeman No . 67 in the street . Policeman ( 54 came to the rescue , and they were secured , together with Patrick Mulligan , a private in the same regiment , who attempted to rescue the other two . Oa Moriday , at the . police office , the two first were fined £ 5 each and costs ; and in default coriiinitted for two months ; and Mulligan wasfined ten shillingSj and in default was committed for 14 days .
Inpirmary Bazaar , Comceut , ano Ball . —These amusements were held on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday in last W 8 ek , for the benefit of the Infirmary , The receipts pn Friday night amounted to £ 2 T 25 . After paying expenses ) there will be a clear profit of upwards of jt' 2000 to the infirmary . CorOPERATiftx . — -The Hull Co-operative Society will , wo understand , commence operations next week . A public meeting is to be held to elect a committee , secretary , and difectorsV as it is found there are alread y sufBcient ehares taken to oommence business immediately .
SHEFFIELD . " Lecture ox the Evils of War . —On Monday night Mr , Gill gavea lecture on tho above-mentioned subject , in the room of the Chartist Association , Fig-Tree lano . He displayed tho horrors of war very eloquently ; and then showed the demoralizing effects iu a very powerful manner . Ho was listened tp very attentiyoly , aud wa ^ - often and loudly cheered . Chartist Lovefeast . —^ Oh ~ Sunday week the CJiartistsof this town held what is termed a lovefeast , after the style of the body of religionists called Methodists . Some excellent speeches and good advice were given b y the various speakers , amongst whom wo observed Messrs . Gill , Harvey , Boardman drc . ¦¦ : ¦ - ' __ ¦¦ ' ¦"
, . . Corn Laws t > . Trapes' Usiopts . —A meeting of delegates from the various organised trades is to be held in a few days , as we understand , " to consider the propriety of calling a public meeting , to petition for a repeal of tho Corn Laws . " Wo suppose that some sneaking scoundrel has been usi hg his arts to persuado the trades unions to undertake a job which he in his cowardice : dare not dp . We think we know who this is , and we tell him in friendiy warning to beware , or we will show him up in his true
colours ^ we have a higher opinion of the 'Working men of Sheffigld , than to supposo they will be gulled ¦ by any sUch clap-trap scheme , especiall y after declaring on a recent occasion that trades unions had nothing to do with politics . That the Corn Laws are a curso to this country iro readily admit , but we contend that to abolisli them under the present system would be only to transfer a mighty power from , one party to another , aud , in facti to a party which has displayed a spirit ^ pf meanness a * d tyranny , which we in vain look for in the annals of the landholders . —Correspondent .
KEIGHLEY . Ftjbthkr Particulars of thb late Murder . —Through the singular nature of this melancholy affair very little was known at the iime of its perpetration beyond the bare fact that the uhfortunato young woman , Elisabeth Burton , had been murdered by , the hands of her own brother , Charles . Diiring his confinemeHt ; , however , in the lock-up pn Thursday , he made the following declaration to an old and intimate friend , whiohjWe believe , contains the substance of all that is yet made public , either with regard to the manner of the murder , or the motive which led himto
the commission of the deed . He stated that he had come to the determiBation of killing his sister some time previous , and had fixed up » n doing it : on the Saturday evening [ following , while he was Bn&viDg himself ; by cnttinc both her throat and his own with ; the razor . In consequence , however , of his father going out on the Wednesday evening , ho thpaght the opportunity favourable , and he came to ihe determination "' -. of putting -his desperate reBolve into execution that evening , Hia Bister had been busy brewing previaust ? Keighley Fair , and ^ to induce her t 9 go up stairs , he called down to her , and told her that h «
had discovered some bugain the bed , and he wished her to coma and look at the 4 . Oa her going up and while in the . act of looking at the bedateau , he seized her , and threw her into the bed , teU ' iig her he intended to kill her , making an attempt at the sama time to cut her throat with his shoemaker ' s knife , which he had sharpened for the purpose . Puring the struggle which took place oil the bed he infiicted a slight wound or two on her neck , arid cut his own hand rather severely , but finally failed in . his purpose , through losing the knife , which he supposed at first he had broken , but which was struck out of his hand in the scuffle . Owing to the momentary respite which took place through the loss of the knife , shemade an attempi to escaDei from his * rasri
and bad partly succeeded , but haying lost her cap and hair conib , be followed after her and unfortunately succeeded in seizing heir by her' hair , which had fallen over her face and shoulders . He then dragged her back towards bis father ' * seat to procure another knife , and having found his father's , he effected the murder in the inanrier described last week . He stated that during the struggle she begged of him to spare her liiej at least at that time , but he told her that if he was ever so much inclined to do go ; he could not , through feeling the power of the deyil so strong within him . "Wheo she saw that nothing could divert him from his purpose she prayed that the Lord would receive her soul ' and con tinued praying till her voice became iaaudibleAfter
. perpetrating the deed he went down stairs , and having shut the door , got over a wall close by the hoase into tbe field , his mind being in such a dreadful state . at the time that heknew very little about what he was doing , er where he was going . Having ^ determined in his mind upon deBtroyinK himself by some means or other , he went to a small ash tree , ior the purpose of hanging himself , an * having ^ placed some stones at the bottom to stand upon , he tied his neckcloth to abbugh , but through the weakness of both branch and neckcloth , ke f ^^ ^? design ^ after making two or three ^ ^ ffectuaV a ^ emp ^ . ; He ^ extipulled ; outhia pen ^ kail % wlt ° the intention of-cutting his throat ^ but smaUandblunt , he thoughtthatit woukl behest S hpme , and j roaure ftesame knife which to bad ^ usld m taking the life of his sister , and it wai with tti * mtentioa that be was pTOC ^ ai n ^ o ^^ ht SSrJSs E ^ f msm wm m ^ mmm
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tors , through his woe-worn and wretoled appearance . His tongue was hanging out af hia mouth , and htn whole person waa reduced to little more tban skta and boni ? j which ; : was : the more ^ ^^ jBtriking to persona who had formerly known him , as be used to be a pleasant , good-looking young man , of rather genteel appearance . Nothing transpired daring : the :. inquest to throw any additional light upon the subject beyond that already given . A few witnesses were e » aminedj and their eyiderice -was so conelusiyeVthat it waa eon 8 idered unnecessary to examine any mose The jury occupied several hours in trying to asee * tain the state of his mini , when , finding nothinginhia answers to convince them of his insanity at the time
afcer consulting together for about ten ; jninutee , they returned a verdict of wilful'murder , v He wa » accordingly sent off to ; York ; on the morning following to take big trial at the next Assizes . As might be expected , ; conjectufea of all kinds are ' . -afltiat about what could have induced him to do it , some affirnu ing one thing and some ariotber . Thatj bowevei , which appears riifist prpbablej from all the eircuinstanciei yet made public ia , that hei was labouring at the time under fanaticiirn , ^ or ¦ -. ' & kind of religious me ' ancboly . He was always considered a ; weJt infermed 3 ; oung raan ^ of au agreeable and cheerful turn of ; mind . Be had been seyeral times from home , for the purpose of improving himself in hi « businHBs arid seeing / the eouritrvj and had wrbughJi in London and Newcastle , and other principal towns . Since his return home , however , * - . hia last time a very striking difference has been observed ia his conduct ., ; and his former cheerfulness bas been gradually ; giving way ' - '' ia i gloomy reserve . Bb shunned , all kinds of company as much as ppesib ^ an ^ I con fjaed ^ himself to the hdu-se ,: sometirivt s walkinif backwards an 3 forwards , in a hurried manner , talS ing and singing to himself . He had formerly been very much addicted to reading works of an ente » - taining nature , but had lately laid them aside , and taken , to readisg the bitle , while his sister , wfcr > belonged to the Methodist , body , I Had regularry prayed with him , which , although done , ; no doubt , witk the best intention poBsibleV appears to have haa the effect of increasing his malady ^ and leading to the fatal r ^ snlti At the time of the murder , : » prayer meeting was holding in a house close bv , and it is generally supposed that if it bad riot bela for the noise made by the singing , &c ., there niigj * probably have been . a : chance of ; tiaTirig har life Jjj hearing her scream more distinctly . •' .- ;•'
/ ::. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦"' . ¦ ; ROCHDAtE . . - . " ' . . - : - SODDEN PEATH . —On Friday night last , Mr .-Jobit Turner , of Tenter-croft , in this town , cotton waste manufacturer , returned frpiri his niiil at past nine o ' clock , and on arrivirij ? at home , -he fell down and : expired . He was an unmarried nwn m the deciiue of life , and in his usual state pf health . Medical aid was called , but to no effect .:- ; ; V . " ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , - '' . " - . ¦ ¦ ¦; :. - ; . Fibe . —On Thursday morning , the stable and barn of Mr . J . Howprth , of : Fisher-field , in Spotlandi was diacpvered tobo on fire , thewind being-highat the tike , soon destroyed ; the whole fabric , which ( besides farming utensils ) contained the produce of ten acres of hay . "
Petty Sessions , Monday . —Esther Butterworth , landlady of the Sun Inn , Featherstall , was ; fiiie < i 26 » and costs , for keeping a disorcierly house , on Sundajc , thp 2 "tli of October .: —James tee , beerseller , was fined 40 s . and experices , for selling beer on the Sabbath day , contrary to law ; Tuesday . —At the vCommJssioners ? Rooms , beta * George Ash worth ; Esq ., Eliza Kennedy , one of the un fortunate girls ? was : charged by Daniel Dronsfield , famier , wltli robbing him of his purse , containing seven sovereigns , twp half sovereigns , and twenty-ning 8 hUHng 8 in silver , iri a house in Ciiurch-lane , kept by a person hamed-Edmund Lord . She was conunitted io the sessions for triaL
Anniversaiiy . —On Saturday , November 2 nd , tbi Spinner ' s Rest Lodge , of the Independent Order- ot Odd Fellows ,. Manchester Unity , celebrated theii anniversary , at the house of brother Henry Whitakeiv the Flying Horse Inn , Packer-street .: ; Besides ¦ wive « t & f-V pf the members , fifty of the brethren , With tW District Officers , partook of an excellent dinner . ' , After dinner , ah amateur piirfonner on the pianp-fprte , joinid by the vocal brethren of the prd ' er > spent the evening ia the greatest conyiviality and good humour , and patted in the greatest Order . ; V ; Dreadful ^^ Accident . —<) n Monday , a ^ young in «» employea in vine cotton mill of Messrs . Ratcliffe , wm accidentally caught by the machinery , and had one ami literally torn off , and two fingers and the thumb of . tbApthcr hand took off beside . ^
Bible SociETY . ^ The Rpchdale ^ Auxiliary Bit > l » Society held their 25 th annual ieeting , on Tnesaay Npveuiber 5 i in'the Frier ids Meeting House ; H . KelsaU , Esq ., In the chair . Spe ^ hes were . made by the Revda . Messrs . Hewitt , Lewis , Thornburn , Felows , Petew , andt Porter , of ; Roehdalo ; M'Kerrow , of Manciiestev and Thomas Jphnstpne Borane . Esq ., ' deputy front iH »' Parent Society . TheBpeeches ^^ were ; most cheering and encouraging ^ and the prospect * of the society were said to be progressing in a very satisfactory manner- Itit place wascrpvrded ito overflowing , by persons Of tbt most respectable character .
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ILLTJSTRATIGNS OF THE ; WORKING Otf THENEW PpQtt 1 AW . l Ettiracts from a letter addressed - .. to Lord BroughamO G . R « WtfhenBarter rEsa ^ ofH . ; Mr Losp , —You are ; clothed in youir peer ' s rob « ii —you have a seat among our hereditaryicgislators )^ - you fare sumptuousl y every day—luxuries of eveijf aiscovered kind are yours in great ^ aburidance—aitf I _ date say yjiu esteem it a great thing to be my IiOiil JtJrougham . Look here at what I shall make paw before you , and if , you have a heart , arid then sha I continue to think sty- then shall continue , when ant-New Poor Law ; petitions are presented , and throufltt your malicious instigation rejected , to " grin horrib * a ghastly sniile , " to think your -famine and murda law shall be perpetuated—you are cruel indeS . « ow , ye inhuman—ye piteous—ye heart-rendiiB spectacles of theNew Poor Law , rise to view x- ^
EVEKY-DAY SPECTA < : LES . ^ -THE SEDUCED . j See that young girl , who ; sits wretched an (| jpi ^ y on the step of that great grand house—say yoar lordship's , in Berkeley-squar ^ ' pale as her smocfc * —her form as torn and shattered , too!—her brigk eyes dimmed , farfair ^ hair neglected , ^ her mild fa& the picture of despair!—and yet , poor thing ! shei 8 V" child ^ r ^ ttite a child . But soft , why thd » piercing inpans—those pangful cries of suffering a * d of agony—and why press round : in noisy giddy hatle , ^^ thuBhpl y , lascivious gaze , that horrid crov 2 with : modest , imploring eyes—oh once so brie * and voice yet soft , though lacerated with pain , & p uts them , as her shameful cheek burns with blushes , afe ^ lL ^ * they vrou't- ^ nd she , : ^ «»
.. . « « v-unpuau couniry—a country on WflDM throne is lolling a youthful maiden , not one ¦ nhH £ irer than herself—this child of lostness—ah holiest trighshman's daughter , mark ! the victim fond and trusting of some gay fine-faced villaiu— perchance a Commissioner ' s son , or a lord of the bed-chamberthis poor betrayedr-oh ! bad you seen how innocent , how affectionate , how pretty , how playful a pet she was , ere the betrayer came—your eyes , though albeit not used to tha melting mood , ' ? would brew tears now ! Yes , you would weep to see this delicafe creature m the open air arid staring street , witbor iB home , without food ; without assistance , without nrotection-jamidst the sneers of the depraved and 4 h * speculation ; onhe dissolute ,: giving fcirth to taeiS spring of herBhame , her sin , her sorrow ! " —
: THE SEPAttATIOIf . -.-I pray . you , my Lord , mark the foregoing ib * common New Poor Law tableau well-but say not that the act wprka wonderfully we «/ -But stayhSsSo ^! - - * ° ^ m : ^ M u John . Anderson , my joe , Johnj we clamb the MB thegithery ; ' ¦¦ . ¦ - " ¦ . ^ ° ^^ , ^ ^ > yv John , we ' ve had wi' an * ^ h e ^ werelovera even when chadren ^ aud joinfta together by hol y church , when very young . They have : since waded through life ' s barren waste in SrtSSS ^ 3 ° ^ — eacii other its few flowers a * nosegays , and borne affectionately ^ he :. infliction-of « f m ? "iy thorns-each , haying been a sblac » -a ?« K y inAm ^ t 0 « aph . From their youth up , till now , to ueEthev htivD hum ooV , o ™« . i -i « -js _ - it " -i . __ I r ^^^ sm-
^^ sSught ' up & k Atb ? ltt ho » esty and ^ sobri ^ y . They have , * H 8 |? fely stricken , bowed without murmuring ? k « t d « Pen ^ ation& of their God , and : stood over those children ' s graves !; They have done this , and yet not swerved fromtheir path of duty--but pRl ag « win its . -body guard of infirmities will sap ^ flir strongest frames—it has thetc ' s}—and although ih « heart is willing the flesh is weak , and they ean work no longer !^ -And must they , through time arid eature s circumstanceaj which they cannot controV--must ^ y look no more wistfully m each Other * * ow laces ! --hear no longer one another ' s cheery tamiliar voices ? Must they be separated * Thei law Pf God emphatically proclaimi No ! But what gayi KWo rSoinerset House men 1 Hark I- to thai
u-rL ^^ s hnek—those feoble voices lisping in second cmidhood , for meny ^ not- ^ not to vart them ! . But wfien did the Commissioners appointed hounds of wood ever listen t ; o entreaty—or give wayM pity it-tnoy . wefe to do so , they would be instantly diBmissed ! In . ^ ain , therefore ^ the aged tottering twam asseverato : —that " they have committed no c ' imo ¦ — " they cannot help their poverty . " In vaia tnew cries—in vain their boary hair cumbeis the groundv like gnow—they aro ^ rtrthlessly torn , with brutish jeers arid laughter , from each other for oyer ! . / . ¦ >¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - . .. '¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦¦¦ -. ¦ . ; . '• ¦ . - ¦ . - . .. ¦ - , - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Here , my ^ Lord , ' * heroic , vstoici and gententionV ' as you _ are , let mo infyiire , how would you and my ^ ati y / Urougham lik e to be thu s uuceremonieu « Iy trsatcd ! ¦ , ¦
To Readers And Correspondents.
TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .
Municipal Corporations—The Annual Elections.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS—THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS .
Leeds And West-Rii≫Ing News;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1082/page/4/
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