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      wm - LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL MJ £ ETING . Tbe gn&iierly meeting < rf ibis bocy was held on Satnrday last , in the Council Chamber , at the Court ¦ House . The meeting wa 3 a Tery numerous one , only the following members being absent : —Aldermen Smith , Wiilans , Shaw , and Bebder ( four of the Tefirinj ; Aldermen ) , and Councillors John Atkinson . Moorhoriae , and Farrar . ILuier Sxassfeld . Esq ., the retiring Mayor , took the chair , at twelve o ' clock at noon , sod ibe Council immediately proceeded to the election of his sue--cessor .

      ELECTION O ? XATOK . Mr , Alderman 2 tfaclea siid , he rose to propose a jjentleman for the office of Mayor for the ensuing year—a gsntleman who , he was sure , would receive the rapport of a very large msjority of the Conncil He was a gentleman in every way well qualified fcT the cfioe from bis business babits , and from his Inns experience in municipal bnsiness—a gentleman irho lie was snrewould act in the most impartial manner both in jbe Conncil and to all parties of the boxongh . He , therefore , begged to propose that Darnton Lnpton , Esq ., be Mayor of this borough for tbe ensuing year —( hear , hear ) . - Alderman Jacxsox seconded thi motion . Tfce " Mayor Tras aboxil to imt ihe uolion , "when

      __ Mr . Joshxia Kobsox rose , and claimed hi 3 &tten- ; Mon- He intimated that he bad be ^ n present at a preliminary meeting , at which it had been determined to propose Mi . Lnpton far the civic cbair—a , proposition which he had opposed at tbe time he spoke of : and as he considered it neither manly i Bor fair to say Behind a gentleman ' s baek wkai be shonld bs indisposed to say befere his f ^ c *; and as the objections he had urged had noi been removed , by Mr . Lopton ' s friends , who seemingly were unable j to combat tbem , henra 5 t urge them again btfore tbe ( ¦ whole Conncil as he had already dose to a portion \ of the Council . The first objection he had to tbe i election of Mr . Lnpton was , that he wa = already j * Magistrate and an Alderman of the borough ; asd j

      in those two capacities he thought that Mr . Lnpt-. n , had a scfirient amount of honour eonferml upan » ium—encash to sstssJy any one individual . Bcisdes , i the Connsil could , by tkeir * ct of ei » cnon , ; creaie a magistrate ; and , as he was one who-held i that th- election of aU magistrates on ^ ht to be by the people thcm ^ lves , he was not disposed to forego that portion of- his power on the present occasion , ; "Whieh be should do were ho to place in the civic cbair ; one already ia the commission of the peace . Tnen ¦ there was . tbe question of refponsifflity . They had ' Been it come to pas ? , that when their presiding ofiiceT bad identified Lim £ elf with proceedings deemed by tne Burgesses at large to ba detrimental ; to public liberty , and explanation sought for in the ;

      Cotmcn , shelter had been taken behind yainirGE , and the seekers-for-expianation told tbat what had been done was done in a magisterial enracity ; and if any one was aggrieved , the Court of- Q-een ' s Brach "was open . Tkb aro = e from electing men already in the Commission : but if they themi * lvec created their magistrate , it tvonld no doubt recognise a ja = »; sad j honourable responsibility to the power ib&i created , i and 3 fio ? d all necessary explanation , if soushi for . i "witbou ; insultingly referring to ihe Couri of Q irfn ' s j Bench . Another ground of orjection to the eicci-on j of Mr . Lnpion was his temperament and cjhsiuu- ; Jion . Every one who had witnessed Mr . Lupioc's ' oondnc ; in ihe Council Chamber mast & % . ones ac- ' knowledge that he W 23 of an ardent and cnihusiasnc ¦

      turn—very good qualities for 3 pohncal part-z-n , bnt , in his opinion , xot exactly the beat qusimes to ' qualify a chief miir . srrate . The eocsmuuon 01 : Mr . Lupton ' s mind necessarily caused him to take i strong views « n any qaestioE he might espouse ; and those strong views a _ -- necessariiy impaled to sizons , and oftentimes to is judicious acuoa : aad the fear ; in this case was , that thtir chief magistrate , > ho " . id . Mr , Ln >« on be tbe man , might be impalled to a ? erit-3 of harrasEuig andatneying conduct to a nTmsercuj and influential ponicn of the Bnrgesses , tha ? would eoi only invoiTe himself in discredit b ? : t rtflitl odjom ' -on tbe Coa&cii lor having appointed bin . It vraa ' ¦ well known thr s i&x . Luptun was an arceiu and en-: thusiasne Ti ^ totaller ; and Eiiice it became V . rn > Ttd '

      abroad thai Mr . Lupron wcnld hi ]>? opo > i : t . a > Mayor , great alarm cad been created in the minds ol the > publicans ef tLe town . Thaf class knew , from fonu = r . experience , how a Clnef Magistrate couid h ^ rrits ' them by a injndicioas , and indefinable course of ' procctdure ; srd tht-y already kiew somethins of iir .. Luplon ' s exploit ? in the anti-publie-house cmsade , and naturally felt n . 7 a !* m _ He 2 utd h ~ en tcld thai , Mr . Lupton GT = ce av a public t > oiiu , uttered ine \ xemartablclaiigcaz ^ . tn&XDo rcipeciabk m ^ n wcula . be seen to enter a pcblic-houst ^; and ha thv > cgbi that , the fact of ilr . Lsptoa ' s holding snch an opinion , couplfed with his j > 'caliar temp ; ram ? nt , wonld ircpel ' him to harrassiiig tction 3 thai could jcoj- be jn = tined . He ' LTther said . that every member of the Council

      must have iioiic-ed , that Mr . Lupton was m the b ^ Dit of taking Ttry strotg ground on whst he termed points of order ; and many unseemly erbibmoni , had ueOix . HwjaSHO YTAtfesei ia \ Q £ Ccautii Chamaer between Mr . Lnpi&n and the present Mayor , ind btiWctrE Mr . Lupuin aud other E ? mbtr > of tfce Cout-cil , on ihest fcrtuads ; and he h ^ d ir ^ quentiy in those cases had to bow to the decision of the Mayor , bat not till after a pretty severe contast . Tiiose crnde noiiocs of order Be ibonght won } d pto-< Inee disorder , rather than order in- the debate : of the Council . On the 3 everal grounds to which he had reA-rred , hs thought Mr . Lupion was unfit for the cfo \» of Mayor . It was ato known to every one of tuern thai Mr . Lupton was of aj : austere and hangbty turn and btfarhj ^ . Self respect and

      oigraified deiaeanour became a man : bn : it was possible to carry tbe head toohi ^ h ; and then the opposite feeling to respect for tne individual was eici ' ed—< l&Bgnier > , Hq would ra . " se' the tbeity of propp-sng a gentleman who had raised himself from tee sianoa of a baker ' s boy , to a portion of wealth sad jr-fljence , and whose miassuffiing demeanour in the Council must have ~ won fcTnim tbe es ' seraof all its a-mber =. The gentleman he should name was of first-rate standing , of strict integrity , of unblemi-hed fam- ; one who had risen by his own energy , talents , aud industry f-. om the Tasks of-the mass to become one of the fir ^ t merchants of the land , fie was a mere baker ' s boy , earning his bread by sweating at the dough-trough and iheoven ; he is amongst the most

      j no = rweahhv , retiring from busine ? = witb a princely fortune , and has thereqoiate time to iriliicgiy devote to public service . He ' held that the CouncJ ou ^ ' at to select such men as these , if it was enly to honour the class from wis-nce they had sprang , and to ' cSn a motive for hoaoursble emulation . Kad it not ailwavs been held mstitr of gratnisiioii thai many , and the best , of the heads of the London Corporation had attained that dl 5 Hngni = hcd ^ post from their energy and application of talent in disadvantagecn * eircumstances ! and was not the example hrld out as one which should be followed ! t ) id not the Chamberlain ' s office present to ths eye of tne London apprentice Ho ^ anh ' s inimitable pictorial lesson how

      he mijjht bpeome I-ord Mayor ; and" vis not iha in-Etaitceof Whittington tangit to . erery young mind , as to what Hmail beginningSj with perseverance and nprigbtness , could lead to 1 And ought no * , the Leeds Council to honour . 'imilar merit when tiuy had it amongst them 1 Shonld they not confer civic distinction on one , who in receiving it , would nH . ci iononr on the people from whom lie had sprung I He ciaimiid the honour at their hands , for oa ^ who bad abinvy , temper , discretion , and judgment to fill the ^ sbair wnb credit alike to himself and the CouncH ; and against whom none of the objecriou ^ he had urged against Mr . Lupton conld apply . Hd proposed that Alderman John Jackson ba elected Mayor for the ensuing year ~( hear , hear ) .

      Mr . Aldensa 1 3 ± cssos rose and sai J , that he must decline to take ibe oiiice of Mayor , at the same time be thanked Mr . Bobson for the iind feeling he had displayed towards him . He tiia not-hesitate to say —and be spoke ir before the whole Conccil—that he did not feei himself Qualified to £ 11 the ctsir as it caghs to be . Mt . CoBncIIlor JiCKsos seconded the nomination Of Alderman Jackson , whem he thongh ; eminently qualified for the cSre . He urged similar cbjections to those ur ^ ed by Mr . Bobson , against the election of Mr . Lupton . He asked whether the licensed ¦ victuallers and those connected with them had a

      light to protection 1 Be complained tbat Mr . Lup- j ton bad degraded the oSce of magistrate by persen-. » Uy Tisiling pnblic-honse 3 to see kow they were j conducted , instead of leaving such an ufibe for tbe police and be was informed that , on one occasion , ' Mr . LuptoQ had seised some property belonging to a publican . A very respectable gentleman , worth £ 4 , WQ , had stated to him { Mr . Jack&ra ) that if ' Mr . Lnpton was elected Mayor , he would leave the town—( much laughter ) Ttom conver > au ' ons he h&d had with several persons , he btiitvgd that if Mr . ' Inpton irers elected , public house -property , in consequence of his "harassments , " would fall ten per cent , in Talne— ( laughter' ) .

      Mr . "Yzwdxll rose for the purpose of making a few remarks ef an opposite tendency to those which bad been made , and took up ihe various objections to the election of Mr . Lupton which had been urged by Mr . Councillor Bobson . and by Mr . Councillor Jackson . He condemned and ridiculed Mr . Hobson as lbs objector general in the elective « f Mayor , as proved on the present occasion , and at the election last year ; and argued that &o remperameni had ever been displayed by Mr . Lupton to du ^ aalify him for the discharge of the duties of any ofaee or sitnation ( 0 which lie mighs be called —( hear , hear , and applause ) .

      Mr . Juanx Ca-wood said he shonld rote for Mr Jjeksou , if that gentleman would consent to take ^ Mee . £ e ihonld do so for this reason : that , u had ^ keen stated by Mr . Councillor Jackson ,- Mr . Lnpton bad degraded the office of Magistrate by going from pnblk-hooBe topublic ^ house $ 0- see how they were # onducted—a duty which ought to have been discharged by the police . Ha had no objection to Mr . l « uptoa > bTitdii » j andhe rfionld eeriainly give his ¦ yote inATonr of Alderman Jajcksoh : . AldeHBan ; Goodman followed in some remarks s&owingth ^ Mr . 'ljupum iatd discharged bis < iniy « s a , Ma ^^ rA' ^ e in a manner eadtli = g bim to ibe ^ ^ anTffl ^ rf ih& Magistrates : he defended Mr . Lupton

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      from the charge of beiuj ^ a . usitr « . ano nrstd : iu » z . ia e ^ « ry way ne was eminently qualified 10 fill the office of Mayor—( hear , bear ) . Mr . Johs Cawood considered that it was not the duty of magistrates to go about seeking for offendf rs against tbe law . If they did so , was it likely that they could impartially discharge their dn ; ie » when delinquents were brought before them ! It was contrary 10 human nature to expect it . Mr . Cbulten considered that the very objection taken by Mr . Martin Cawood to Mr » Lupton was a very strong Tecommendavion in , Mb favour- Mr . Lupton deserved praise for taking upon him the unpleasant duty of trying to check crime , which was nurs ? dand fostered in many low beer-houses and pDbjjc-bouses in tbe town —( hear , hear ) .

      The names of the two gentlemen who had been proposed were then put from thechair , and Darnton Lupton , Esq , was carried by a majority of 33 to 18 . The votes were-recorded as follows x—For Mr . Lupton—Aldermen Willans , Oates , Gaunt , Maelea , Bateson , Goodman , Pawson . Pease , and Lnccock ; Councillors Lee , Nunneley , Birchall , Craven , Carbutt , Richardson , Beaps , J . W . Smith , Barrett , Sellers , Yeiydall , France , Broadhead , Gresham , Arthingtoa , Walker , Cliff , Whitehead , lugham , Shackleton , Hainswortb , Calvert , B , Wslson , and "Whubam . For Mr . Jackson—Councillors Jackfon , Robson , White , Hornby , Brumfit , Horner . M . Cawood , Wcddill , Beywood , J . Cawood , Dufton , Stead , Bower , Bobson , Brook , J . Wilson , S ' . rother , and Prince .

      Mr . Lrpros having made the usual declarations , he was invested-with the insignia of office , and took the chair , vacated by Mr . Earner Stansfeld , the retiring Mayor . The Ntw Matok , on taking the chair , said he as- ^ ed the Council that he felt deeply the honour which they had conferred upon him . It was only due to himself to offer a few words in reference to what had falles from two of the gentlemen who had spoken —( hear , bear" ) . With regard to the observation of Mr . Councillor Bobson , who bad stated , tbat

      he ( Mr . Lnpton ) , had made the remark , tbat no respectable nan would erst enter a pnblio honse , he muji say tha : ilr . Hobson ' s informant was grossly in error . Be ( Mr . Lupion ) had never made such a statement . In reference to what Mr . Councillor Jackson had said , be might observe , tbat he had never touched any property whatever , and the only object he had in view , w » s to see that tbe police did tit oir < iu : y —( hear , hear ) . He would only further remark , tbat he should use his utmost endeavonr , faithfully and impartially , to discharge the duties of the offick ;—( applanse )

      Born Mr . Bobson and Mr . Jackson gave te Mr . Lupton the authority on which they had made their negative statements : Mr . Hobson in open Council ; Mr . Jackson privately to tbe new Mavor .

      VOTE OF THAXKS TO THE MATOR . Alderman Goodman , after a fe * y brief remarks , pr ; po ? eri— That the thanks of the Conncil be and sjr *> hereby given to Hamer Siansfek ! , Esq ., for the distinguished ability , discretion , « ood temper , " impartialiiy , and diligence , which he has manifested in hi = performance of the daties of Mayor of this Borou » h , during the year of his Mayoralty '—lapplan se ) Mr . Jons Cawood bore testimony to Mr . St 3 nsfeld ' s impartiality , and cordially seconded the motion .

      Mr . Hobsos ronld not allow such a motion to be pns wi : h ^ ut observation , especially as the moTer of ii bad stated that tbe conduct of the retiring Mayor had boen Puch S 3 to call for and obtain the unqu-ili-Sed approbation of all . He ( Mr . Bobson ) was a- $ ! oni :-n « I that sneb a declaration shonld have been hawrded in the teeth of the fact that the retiring Mijnr ' s conduct , in the case of the late as > auit on the right of meeting , had been so reprehentible as to call forth , in legitimate public meetings , in neariy every waH of the borough , direct votes of censure . Sncb = tat » -ments ooght not to beTro ^ unteered in the ideth of uotorions fact : for it was but a daubing-up with nnternpered mortar , and wi ? uld answer BO good end . To The courteous demeasour and general

      urban . ty of manner of Mr . Aid . Stansfield , he ( Mr . ' Hobsos ) willingly bore testimony : but still there ; were matters during his yeaT of Mayoralty which ' coulduot bo defended , and of which he ( i& . Bob- ' sou ) intended to speak ? as he thought he should be ' bes- performing his duty by Baying at once what he ' had to say in open Council , instead ^ f silently afqnies- ' ing in such a morion as the one before the chair , and ' then muttering bis compiainw in liule coteries out of th

      war 01 18 ; 2 . A motion had been made in the Council in connection with that matter ; and in the ' course of the debate be ( Mr . Hobson ) had expressed hi ? di-agreemem with the terms of that motion , and ; intimated his desire to propose another better eal-1 cnlsied to accomplish the object in view . He had ' put the question to tbe Mayor , as to whether he ; shoDid be at liberty to make such motion : and ' received a distinct assurance that such a course would be perfeciiy in order . He bad accordiu ^ y risen to make his motion , —and proceeded at some : len £ : h to establish his case ; but happening to tread : on th «; gouty toes of ihe party sheilding the ixnpli- cated Aj'ierman from inquiry , it was deemed expedient 10 " get rid of the annoyance "; and the Mayor ,

      who had ruled that the moiioa was in order , now ruled : hat it could not be at all entertained . The Council oacked him in this strange vacillation : and ; the matter was ., for the time , thus smothered . Now xbis wa- a position of difficulty that no member of ! the Council ought to have been plaotd in . It wast conduct as utterly indefensible as it was unworthy : I for the truth was thai he ( Mr . Hobson ) was strictly in order on tbat occasion , and tbe proceeding against him was unwarranted . He next came to the " Mar- i kei busiucss , " when the rights and pnviieges of the j Barxes » es weresorudely assailed , and ihe principle ) of free discussion itself jeopardized . With the unjust and illegal proceedings on that occasion , the j Mayor had been mnch mixed up ; and out of them ' much of

      hae 8-r ^ en inconsistency conduct , to which hs P ? r . HobsoD ) snould advert . He would grant , for tbe nonce , all tbat the assailers of tbe right of meetini ; contended for , and relied on as a justification for tht-ir rocduct ; he would grant that the mon-, straus : y m---dest claim made by the market lessee was true—i ^ at the soil of the market had be >? n leased 1 to him , and tbat the ratepayers were not at liberty to use thsir own property wilhoat his leave : he ; -mould j ^ raut all this , and even then it would be found tha : the conduct of tbe authorities was utterly in-; deiens-Me , because grossly illegal . If the people s were trespassers when meeting on their own ground , it waj > clear that they could only be proceeded : against as trespassers ; and that the employment oi

      the police to disperse the meetings , by the plentifnl use of ihe truncheon and tbe bludgeon , was an illegal exercise of power , rendering every man of them liaoie 10 an action for assault and battery , and many of them to actions fpr false imprisonment . This unwarrantable exercise of " authority" naturally and risbtjy created consternation and alarm in the minds of the inhabitants . They saw that the right of meeting was infringed on ; and that if they rameiy submitted to the assault ont of doors , illegal power -would soon reach them in docra . Accordingly , they sought for an expression of publifr iad . gsation and pnblic alarm . They presented a most numerous and a most respectably signed requisition to the Mayor , desiring him to call a

      meeting of the inhabitants to protect their dearlybought arid much-cherisbed rights and privileges . Tiie Mayor refused such request . Tk-ishehad a riahi to do ; and of that he ( Mr . H . ) did Dot complain . But he also refused the inhabitants the use of thia building ( the Ccurt Hou 3 e ) for their meeting . They bad been illegally beaten oni of tbe puolic market . They had been tronneed by policemen's staves , when exercising what was " aa undoubted right ,- " they soueht to protest against this flagrant abnse of power , and to seek redress . They aBked for ihe use of their own building in which to do this most necessary work ; and they were refused . Of thi 3 the inhabmnts complained , and justly . They oould not forget , tbat while they met with such refusal

      in a case decidedly and intimately affeo ; ing their rights and privileges , not only had tbe use of the Court House been granted , bnt the meeting also convened , for a political faction who had sought , to use the words of Air . Baines ( then in tbe room ) , to leave tbe Quee n without a crust ; the national creditor vsithoat interest ; the army without pay ; the navy without a shot in the locker ; the officers of state wLhwu salary ; in fact , to produce Bevolction and Cojcfcsiox . The inhabitants did think thai when their building had been granted for such a purpose as that , and the meeting lUelt convened by the Mayor , it was most ungracions toreluss them its use when they wanted to defend their undoubtable right" from unjast aggressioD ifctre were several other things which he must also suude i 0 : the rejection of the memorial of t&B inhabitants

      on the occasion of tbe Market bosine&s " * fTf £ t the . « l . without a shadow of a shade of thornyJot ; sucb an unprecedented course ,-a coarse which aaid snat the Leeds Town Council was more unapproachable than the House of Commons ltam ; the Iran * . down of fee monstrous " order " tbit a member of Council was at liberty to make a motion , bnt not te adduce and comment on facts in Hupport of such motion ; there were Beyeral other matters of , this nature which he would advert to and mention , not eo much in the way of complaint as in the hope that the Mention of tham would « erve as beacons for the future ; for it was bot fur and reasonable , that at th « end of a Mayor * * year of ofnee his conduct should be reviewed , and the objectionable portions pointed out , and animadverted on . As long aa he had a seat in the Council he should pursue that course : for he was determined to do his outy without fear or favour : and he could afford to speak of every man just as he found bim . HaTing delivered his conscience , bo Bbould-not oppose tbe modoa . The rsolufioa was then put , and carried unanimously , and by acclamation .

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      Aiderman feTAriSFFLD rose to return thunks . Htf * a id sbat rho Tesoiuiion which tbe Council had just passed , was most satisfactory to himself , and Me hoped it was a sufficient reply " to the causes of complaint which Mr . Hobson had urged—( hear , hear ) . He felt the responsibility of the office when ho was elected to it ; and henow felt'deeply the v £ . lne of the resolution which they had just passed , expressive of their approval of his conduct in the chair . It had been bis earnest desire to act impartially : be might have made mistakes ; but it' so they were errors of indgtnent—( hear , heaT ) ,

      THE TICA . R OF LEEDS AND THE BHBIAl GHOCNDS . The Town Cxeek read a letter from Dr . Hook , the " Vicar of Leeds , appoiutingthe Rev . j . A . Beaumont , chaplain ior the consecrated portion of the New ' . 'BurjjJ Ground at Leeds , and Rev . John Clarke , of Hunslet , chaplain to Hunslet Burial Ground , and confirming the appointment , by the council of Mr . Pickard , to the office of cl ^ rk and sexton , to the consecrated portion of the Leeds Burial Ground . In reference to the proposed alteration in the charges for interments , the Vicar said he was sorry to find that it was proposed to make an additional charge for persons buried in the consecrated ground , because it was in opposition , to the spirit of the Act , and would frustrate those hopes of peace for which , at a C 011 * siderable sacrifice on his part , he had consented to the . passing of the bill , which he certainly should not have done had he thought that any distinction in the charges would have been made .

      ELECTION Or ALDEBMEN . Mr . Martin Cawood rose and Baid , that on a former occasion he had had the honour to propose gentlemen for the office of Aldermen , but they were rejected . On the present occasion he intended to propose gentlemen highly qualified for such an office , and who , he had no doubt , would give satisfaction tb the borough , if elected . In electing these gentlemen , they would but be acting on a principle which had bteu established by gentlemen on the other aide of the house—that according to the number of representatives of the people , the honour as well as the work of the Council should be divided —( bear , frwn the Tory sidt ) . Tbe prestat amount of representatives of the Conservative party in thu Council was

      13 , and they had a right to a proportionate number of Aldermen . It was a principle which had been established in the mayoralty of Mr . Alderman Pawson ; and they ( the Conservative party ) , were now willing to carry it out . In proposing the names of four gentlemen , he did it without any factious motive . He had taken four gentlemen who had shown the greatest impartiality , and cordially worked on the Committees . The name of the first gentleman was Mr . Brnmley , a gentleman who had long been connected . with the Council , and had the esteem and respect of every member of that body , aud of all p&Tties in the borough —( hear , hear ) . The next gentleman , who had been connected with the affairs 0 } the town during the last forty or fifty years .

      aud had assisted in every improvement , and been actively connected with many of , the publio institutions of the town , was Mr . Cavrood , senior—( hear ) . The next gentleman , one who had deserved and obtained the good opinions of all in the Council , was Mr . John Wilson . And tbe last gentleman whonj he had to propose way Mr . Slrother , whose effort ? on the streets committee eminently entitled him to the honour of being appointed aa Alderman . To these four gentlemen he considered the Conservative party were entitled as thtir proportion of Aldermen , having , as they had , one-fourth of the representatives of tbe people in tbe Council of the same principles—( hear , hear , and applause ) . The Conservatives had shown a williagne . ss to act 011 all the comraitt ^ o ?

      and they were still ready to continue thai willingness ; and he considered that they were iuily entitled to a fair proportion of the Aldermen . By the Improvement Bill , the Council wore vested with extensive powers for the good not of any party in the borough , but for the whole of the inhabitants ; and ; surely then , the Conservative Bide of ibe house , who represented at leat-t one half of the weulth and respectability of the borough , and who Wtre willing to tike their share of the work and responsibility in the Council , were entitled to one-fourth of the boDourd—( applause ) . I \ Ir . Cawood next referred to a paragraph which appeared in the Leeds Mercury of the 2 nd msu , reooromending the Council to appoint , some Conservative Aldermen amongst the eight

      which they had this year to elect . He read the paragraph , and said that whilst it weli bore out the arguments he bad advanced , it . did credit to the head and ihe heart of the writer—( hear ) . Mr . Baines was entitled to high commendation for it ; for it was hardly to be expected that the head of a party would come forward so nobly and so manfully as he had done , for they knew that he would : thereby forfeit the esteem of some portion of his party—( hear , hear ) . The Council had now the opportunity of eleoting feur gentlemen—Jour Conservatives—who would act cordially and amicably in tbe work of the Council , sinking all political and religious differences . If they elected them , they ( the Council ) would find that th- y would act for the

      benefit of the Borough , and that tbe election would meet with the approbation of the inhabitants ; but if they rejected those four gentlemen whom he had proposed , the Council would shutout a large amouut of the community , both as to numbers and respectability , of the Borough who were entitled to be represented . These were not singular opinions . Air . John Hope Shaw had addressed a letter to the other side of the House—a letter which , as h » ( Mr . Cawood ) had observed of the paragraph in ihe Mercury , reflected credit upon the heart and the head or its author—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Sh 3 W not only strongly recommended the election of some Conservative Aldermen , but he went so far as to Bay , that if one-third of the Council were

      Conservatives , they had a fair claim to have a Conservative Mayor every third year . And he understood that at the meeting to which allusion had been made by Mr . Hobsoh , Mr . Yewdall , and Mr . Barratt had actually proposed Mr . Wilson to be elected as one of the Aldermen . The Council had now an opportunity of sinking party delusiveness , and he hoped they would taka it . In many institutions in the town , it was found that gentlemen of different political opinions worked together amicably and for the good of the institutions themstlvas—( hear , heaT ) . A few years ago , each par'y struggled hard to get the aocendaDcy in the Committee of the Commercial Buildings ; but an arrangement was comb to by which each party had about an equal number o (

      gentlemen on the Committee , and they had worked , together well ever since —( hear , hear ) . The absurd distinctions of party bad been carried so far in the . town that they almost separated father from son , and brother from brother—Ceries of "No , no , " from the Liberal ?) . But he knew that such was the casein some instances . If the- Council now laid the foundation-stone for fair-play , they would do away with party feeling , they would do credit to themselves , and promote the good of the public . No such party distinctions , were made on the magisterial bench . It was thought by some that when the Conservatives came into office the Liberals on the beach would be swamped ; but the renult had shewn that nothing of the sort had taken place . Tno

      magistrates acted together cordially and amicably . Mr . Tottie could meet Mr . Hall there as an old friend , and without any party feeling , and Mr . Hall could meet Mr . Tottie in the same good spirit— ( Jond applanse , and * ' Hear , hear " from ilr . Tottie ) . The four gentlemen whom he ( Mr . Martin Cawood } had proposed , and who were all well fitted for the office of Alderman , ' were all ready to act if elected . If the Council rejected them , they would deprive the town of their services . The consequences of a refusal to admit the claims he so urgently pressed , might be serious indeed . It was not to be expected that the great Conservative party would quietly submit to be so insukingly treated : and thus party feeling and asperity would take a wider fling than it ever yet had done . Then there wa 3 likely to be an election for

      Guardians of the Poor : and if exclusion was practised in . that Chamber because the Whigs were strong , they must expect to be excluded where they were weak ; In the event which he had supposed , the Conservatives must either leave the Liberals and their friends to act of themselves , or they would join a third party , which—( lnud cries of " hear , hear , " from the Liberals , and laughter ) . Suppose a third pauy came and said , " We will unite with you and overthrow tbe other party , " they ( the Conservatives ) must either fight manfully on their owd ground , or they must take their offer—(" 0 O ! " ) Unless they that day adopted the principle which he had laid down , they would put the Conservatives to tbe alternate of either fighting manr mlly on their own ground , or in the position to assist a third party—( hear , hear , and disapproba : tioh from the Liberals , —atuidBt which ,

      Alderman Luccock rose and said , he trusted that there was not a man in the Council who would act under the threat of Mr . Martin Cawood ( hear , hear ) . Had Mr . Martin Cawood simply confined himself to a statement of tbe reasons wby Tory Aldermen should be appointed , he would havu met him manfully on that ground : but if he thought to induce him to do tbat which his conscience told bim was decidedly wrong and unprincipled ; by means of a threat , > Mr . Martin Cawood mistook the man he bad addressed , and he trusted he mistook the spirit of his ( Mr . Luccock ' a ) friends around him—( loud criea of hear , hear ) . ISo ; if they were to be influenced at all , they were to be influenced by argument , and not by so base a threat as the worthy Councillor-Mr . M . Cawood—I made use of no base threat , and I call upon you to explain thelanguge which you have used .

      Mr . Lcccoc * . —I recal the word , Sir . But I feel that when a gentleman gets op in this Council , and thinks hee&n induce tne to do what my conscience disapproves , by a threat—( ones of *• No threat" and 14 , yea . " )—If 1 understand the meaning of language—Mr . M . Cawood—I used no threat . I said one 0 / two alternatives would be the result . Either we shonld have to B > j , ht manfully on our own respon * ability , or throw our weight into the Other scale . M ? . Ldccock—I know not the meaning of words if tbat be not a threat . Therefore 1 trust that if there be a gentleman holding the same political senii-

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      m-uts as myself who bus put upon his list , tho name of a respectable Tory , that he will feel , that under the language the worthy C unciDor has used , he is ibi'oliuely compelled to strike that namo out —( hear , hear ) No man more highly respeots the gentlemen named by Mr . M . Cawood than myself ; but I feel it totally impossible that we can support them as Aldermen . Mr . Luccock then proceeded at some length to argue against the appointment of Tory Aldermen . Se thought the principle put forth by Mr . Martin Ciawood . that the Aldermen ought to- be in proportion , to the different parties in the Council , was decidedly wrong —( hear , hear , hear ) . The principle on which they ought to act , was to elect the fittest man they could find for the office , and ia

      determining that , he held that it was highly important that political opinions should form an element of consideration ; for after all , the Council as now constituted was a political institution ; and ho contended that if they oould find men otherwise equally well qualified , the similarity of political opinions would , and ought to be a decided ground of preference , and for such men they ought to vote —( loud cries of " hear , hear" from the Liberals ) . In fact , without taking political opinions into ' consideration , he held thattbey could not determine who were the fittest men for the office . He further argued that as the Aldermen would be elected for a period of six years , and as they were unable to tell what changes

      would take place in that period , the election of Tories would probably be a first towards a Tory Town Council . That if they were to take the opinion of the burgessea on the subject , and the question were to be brought , before the wholo of them as one body , there could be no doubt thai they would ol . ct solely persons of the Liberal party : for theso and other reasons which he adduced , he maintained that it would be unprincipled on the part of the Whigs and Reformers to choose Tory Alderman—( applause ) . He concluded by recommending the following gentlemen for election : —Messrs . Maelea , Shaw , H . C . Marshall , Gaunt , Gates , Joshua Bower , BacVson and Carbutt .

      Mr . Jackson addressed the Council in favour of the Radicals having their proportion of the Aidermen ; any aaid tha . t ho thought it extremely modest of Mr . Luccock to propose that there should be fifteen Whig Aldermen and only one Radical—( hear , hear ) . Mr Cliff also vargucd against the principle laid down by Mr . Martin Cawood . The question canaa to this , ought political opinions to be considered , or ought they not 1 That was the whole question . To a great extent the Council was a political bod y ; and , in his opinion , tbe same general principles which operated in their tuiuda in choosing a national governor , ought to influence them in choosing local ones . When they considered that the Council possessed the power to tax the people , and to dispose ot tho ^ e taxes , to raise a force for the protection of

      life aud property in tho borough , to appoint a chief Magistrate , to whom was entrusted the preservation of the peace of the , district , and to make bye-laws , which , when eancHoned by the Home Sooretary , had all the force of Acts of Farliement in ( be borough ; when they considered these things , it must be evident that they could not leave political opinions out of consideration . ( Hear , hoar . ) The true and correct principle was , for each individual , giving weight to political consideration as well as others , to vote for those persons whom , in his judgment , were the fittest for the office . He must say , also , that it was gross and manifest inconsistency in calling upon the burgesses to keep out the Tories one week , and then coming to the Council Chamber themselves next week , and , a * electors themselves , proposing Tories as Aldermen . ( Loud cries of " Hear , hear . ")

      Mr . NflNNiiEY , in reference to the arguments advanced for electing Aldermen in proportion to t he political parties in the Council , reminded th ^ m that Aldermen were elected for she years , and asked them how they would square accounts at the end of each year , when the new Councillors were elected , and the balance of parties became changed . ( Hear , hear . ) Should the Council become altogether Liberal , would the Tory Aldermen , who might be now elected , be willing to retire and pay their fines , in order to keep the balance of parties . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) He nevertheless intimated that for the sake of good feeling , and because there were many other objects besides political ones in which the Council were concerned , he should have been willing to vote for some e » ntleinan on the other aide , had not Mr . Martin Cawood held out the threat of a

      gross . Mr . Martin Cawood here interrupted Mr . Nunneley , and called upon him to retract the words . Mr . Nunnjelev said if they were improper he would retract them , but he must express the feeling of his own mind , and say that no man of honour would submit to have such a threat used to him—( hear , hear ) . He appealed to the gentlemen on the Conservative side of the House , whether they were willing to hold out the hand of fellowship to men whose opinions were iu diametrical contrast with their own —( bear , hear ) .

      Mr . Stboiher said that for himself he possessed all the honour he desired , as a representative of the Headiugloy ward , and he had no ambition to be an Alderman . He pointed out what he conceived to be au inconsistency in the conduct of Mr . Aid . Luccock , who last year proposed that a certain number of Tories should be appointed on the CommiUees , and this year opposed the election of Tory Aldermen . With respect to the appeal of Mr . Nunneley , he said that he should appeal to his past conduct . He should exercise his own judgment , and never act on factious motives . Mr . John Wales Smith said he had previously intended to vote for some Tory Aldermen , but after hearing the speeches of Mr . Clitt and Mr , LuccocV , and more especially the speech of Mr . Martin Cawood , he had determined to do otherwise—( hear , hear ) .

      Mr . Carbcttargued at considerable length against the appointment of Tory A Mermen , and cautioned the Council that they could not elect any of the gentlemen proposed without opening a door for the admission of another Tory for the ward he represented ( hear , hear ) . Mr . Hobson Baid that he had waited until a late period of the debate to see if anything could be advanced by the advocates of exclusiveness to upset the reasoning which he had adduced , at tho preliminary meeting , against tho doctrine set up by the advocates of representation—that the Conncil ought to alter its owu composition , and make it a quite different thing from what the burgesses leff it ; but he bad waited in vain . He quite agreed in the Bentiraent that Aldermen ought to be elected because of their peculiar fitness for the office ; because of their business habits , peculiar information , standing in society , and willingness to devote the requisite

      time to the publio service ; and this wholly irrespective of political considerations : he quite agreed With all this , and woutd join Alderman Luccock in selecting the be . st men , though he could not understand how it was that when that gontleman set up such a prinoiple to rule his conduct , the result of his selection should be a batch of pure unmitigated Whiugery , and the ascendancy of his own political party secured . He believed that when the burgesses at large learned common sense , and understood the benefit of " measures , not ni ' n , " not only would the election of Aldermen , but also the election of Councillors , be decided on quite different grounds from those which had hitherto prevailed . Hitherto , unfortunately , the main qualification sought for was the colour ol tho candidate . If ho hoisted the blue , the orange , or the green , it was sufficient to the different sections of the electoral body ; and thus the best interests of the inhabitants

      were made matters of secondary consideration . He maintained tha * . it was unfortunate for the town that such a guiding principle should prevail ; for the result was sure to be tho clothing of political subserviency with power , and the sending isto tbe Council chamber of men without mind ; those who were mere political puppets , made to danca as the managers pulled the wires . Still the fact was so . Such a ground , agreement with party notions , was the main ground of preference ; arid as long as it was so , they must deal with it . They were bound to take matters as they found them , —though they might also try to make them better . As long therefore as partv agreement did govern the selections and the elections , it was as fair for one party to act on it as anosaer . Nay indeed , they were obliged in self-defence to do so . This being the case , they

      next came to the question , as to what principle ought to govern the Council in the particular election now under consideration . This he should next apply himself to , and show that the ground taken by Alderman Luccock and Mr ; Councillor Cliffa was contray to all principle and sound policy , and an abnegation of representation itself . He fully agreed with the doctrine laid down by both those gentlemen , as applied to the consttuencies outside . It was right , and fair , and proper , for each party to seek to return their men in every case , as long as political agreement was the main qualification insisted on ; and to procure as large an amount of the representation as they honestly could . This he fully admitted when addressed to the electors : bnt it was wholly inapplicable to the 6 ase before the Council . Each man sent to the Council represented a

      constituency ; and in voting for Aldermen , he was not electing men to do bis work or te act for Aim . Tne relationship of constituent and representative did not eubaist between the parties : but he waa aeling as a Trustee for the wholo burgesses—to select men to do their work ; to represent them . It waa clear , therefore , that his own peculiar individual opinions could not legitimately be brought into full play : but he was bound to take into consideration the opinions and feelings of those for whom ke wa » acting . Was it hot his duty , therefore , to ««•

      certain what those feelings and opfniona were I and how could that be better done than by ascertaining what the political complexion and constitution of the body was when it left the hands of the electors . To alter that constitudon , would be to change the representation ; to take from o ae portion of the constituency and to give to anothf jr . Thia , he hold , the Councillors , as trustees , had no right to do . They should make their selection tbat day on the br » ad principle of justice , to all , ; uad Mek not to iuAiot wrong on any . Witt * won ! d they think of a trustee

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      acting for say twenty person 3 , who should so far forget his duty as to dispense his trust in favour of three-fourths of the oarty for whom he was acting , and utterlyjneglect and refuse the claims of the rest because forsooth they did agree with him in opinioni And yet thje- council were asked to do precisely a similar act ] of injustice , when they were asked to grve tho honour and civic distinction of Alderman * ship all to ; Whigs , altering the composition 6 f the Council , and making h a thing that the electors could not recognize . They ought not to forget the wide distinction that existed between the election of Aldermen by the Council , and the election of Councillors by the Burgesses . In the latter case it was representation ; delegated authority ; an acting for

      the party I eleoting : in the former case it wa 3 an elevation , to poweh coequal with the power that elevated ; power not absolute , but derived ; an elevation , not ! to do the work of the elevators , but to act for , and represent , those who had conferred power on the elevators themselves . Justice therefore said that they ought to consider ( be opinions of the great constituent body , and elect men of all parties ( the other qualifications being fitting ) in rROFORTTON to the representation vrtAah . each had effected for ; itself in'tho sending of Councillors . Taking this principle w their guide , and he an ; DouDced it as the only true principle and defied successful contradiction , it followed that they had but to ascertain what the representation was

      to show them their duty . There were forty-eight Councillors ! elected . That aggregate waa the representation ; and a Blight analysis would : show its component parts . Of the forty-eight , thirteen were Tories , and six were Chartists ; leaving to the Whig , or Reform section , twenty-nine-. Thus it was twenty-nine to nineteen : no very great preponderance ! after all . Gould any one honestly maintain , that because the Whig twenty-nine , ( made up as it were of all sorts , high Whig and low Whig , Radical , philosophical Radical and Complete Suffragist ) were twenty-nine to nineteen , that therefore th * y ought ; to Viaye sixteen added to their body , and the nineteen be left just where they were ? Was that justico ? Wa 8 that ; fair ? Was * that doing as thev would be doaaby ? It was monstrously unjust to

      all concerned—political parties , and the Burgesses themselves . ? Ho had ever warred against the principle of exclusiveness . He maintained the principle of representation , —not representation for one party , one class , or one section—but representation for all ; ( he maintained that principle against all exclusiveness ; and hs was not to belie it on that occasion , and show that he feared to hazard its just and rightful application . Thirteen were more than one-Jourth of the representation : as such it was clearly entitled to bna-fourth of the addition to ! the entire body . Six Chartists were ono-eighth of tho whole number , —forty-eight ; and was as clearly entitled to one-eighth of . the aldermen . He finade the claim on behalf of his party . He claimed two Chartist aldermen at the hands of

      the Council . It was clearly their right : and he trusted the Conncil were prepared to set in the manner that justice dictated . He should propose two men on behalf of the Chartists , whose election would confer honour on the electors , and satisfy the just claims of party . ThefiMt was Mr . John Jackson , Councillor fpr the West Ward ; a man in every way qualified for the office , whether rank , station , influenoe , businesa-habit , local knowledge , or popular approval , was asked for . Like his namesake , Aid , J . Jackson ; his ( Mr . Hobson ' s ) present nominee had elevated himself from the ranks of the labourer , and had achieved for himself , by his own industry , talents , andlpcrseverance , a position second to none in his own trade . From being a factory lad he had

      become the owner of one of the first corn-milling businesses in England ; and hi& credit was ao high , that his acceptance would be discounted for £ 30 , 000 , £ 40 , 000 , or £ 50 , 000 . But there was another matter in connection with Mr . Jackson that few men in England coold boast , of . He had had to J buffet with the storm of ' adversity , as well as sail ; with the gale of prosperity . Once he was overwhelmed ; had had to arrange with his creditors ; and had received from them . protection against their demands ., Seven years after , success had made him master of some of the world ' s gear ; aud he then , though not bound to do . so , paid every man to the uttermost farthing , with interest for the money they , had so Ions : laid out of . Thia

      was a instance of oorrect . principle and true worth that deserved its due reward at the hands of his fel-! lo wmen : and who was there in tbat Council better . entitled to the honour about to be conferred than tho man of I whom he had spoken / His creditors ; felt themselves bound to mark such an instance of ; genuine disinterestedness ; and they presented to ! Mr . Jackson an elegant and costJy service of silver , , which he had good reason to be proud of . They ; also presented him with a gold watch ; and th <; ; chain then , around the neck of Mr . Jackson had i more charms in his . ( Mr . Hobson ' s ) eya than i the one then around the neck of the newly-} elected Mayor : for the latter might be purchased j by political subservjenoy , while the former , was the I tribuio of grateful hearts to true worth and-sterling 1 integrity . He confidently made his claim , on . behalf of Mr . Jackson for the honour of Aldermanship at

      their bands ; The other gentleman whom he should , press ^ on their notice was Mr . Robson , the newly elected Chaij'tiat for the West Ward . Withvr Mr . Robson he was not so personally intimate as he was ; with with the former gentleman of whom he bad spoken ; but , be bad been something of him , and [ could . pear jteatimouy to his capacity for business I and his ^ generaLworth . Besides he wasv elected by Uhe burgessis : aud that waa a proof that they coa-( sidered him Sitting to perform their , business . i Claiming tbe election of these two Cbariiets at their hands , ou the principle of justice to all , which he had eDunoiated , he sat down , prepared to act as he held . all ought to act : to vote for men fitted to the office ; I of each political creed ia proportion to their amount j of representation in the Council , convinced as he j was that he ] had , no right to contravene the electoral | body , and do that in their name which they would ' not do for themselves .

      A'dermari Tottie said that so long as the late Chancery suit ( which had resulted in placing £ 6 , 500 into the poekets of the ratepayers ) , was pending , he thought it right not to vote for a Tory ; but now circumstances had changed , and though he denied the prinoiple of proportion laid down , he shonld vote for Mr . Bramley and Mr . Cawood , as two of the fittest of the gentlemen proposed to be elected Aldermen . Alderman Goodman thought that the prinoiple laid down by Mr . M . Cawood would b « dangerous to introduco into the Council—( hear)—and intimated that he should vote for the gentleman mentioned by Mr . Lncoock .

      Mr . Barbktt said he should have been proud to support Mr . ! Wilson as an Alderman , aa he conceived that his conduct had entitled him to the respect of all parties , had it not been for the threat used by Mr . Martin Cawood . He denounced the union of Tories and Chartists as an unnatural amalgamation , and said that be could not record his vote for men who would join in such an unholy alliancei —( hear , hear ) . ¦ Black spirits aud white , : Blue spirits and grey , Mingle , mingle , uiiu ^ le , ' You that mingle may . —( Laughter and applause ) . Mr . Martin Cawood rose to explain , and declared that hid intention was not to hold out a threat to the Liberal party ; and added that he could not . in behalf of the Conservative party , gay that they would join the third party —( cries of lv O , O" ) .

      The voting papers were then handed in , and showed the following result : — Cbaa G . Maelea 45 Jchn Jackson ., . . 12 Johp Hops Shaw 45 Rtehard Bramley 9 Henry C . Marsfcali ...... 43 William Smi ! h 2 Matthew Gaunt „ 36 John Holmes 2 Joseph Henry Oatee 35 Thomas White .....,.,. 2 Joshua Bower 35 George Rabaon .... » ,... 2 Jpueph Boteson 34 William Hornby 1 Francis Carbutt SO William Brook 1 John Cawood 14 Joseph Cliff . 1 John vVUsop « ... 13 Joseph Richardson ...... 1 Thomas Stzptber . 12 J The May ' or declared the first eight , who were those on the list handed in by Mr . Luccock , to be duly elected . Before suoh election was declared , but after the voting papers had been delivered up' to the Town Clerk for safe custody by the Mayor ,

      Mr . M . Cawooj > took an objection on the gTound of informality . The Act required that the Mayor shonld read the voting paper in full ; the Christian name and Surname , with the residence and description of the party voted for . This he had not in the present instance done , as . he had on many occasions merely given the initials of tbe name , and never given the residence and description .. This was not a sufficient reading , and might perhaps vitiate the whole proceedings ; At all events he took the objection ihen , that he might have all advantage from it hereafter , should there bo any force in it .

      IMPaOTEatEHT NEAa XEJBUg BRIDGE , On . the * motion of Alderman Luccock * tha sum of £ 480 was granted to fch « Streets . Committee * when elected , to purchase certain property of Mr . Henry Robinson ' , so as to widen and improve . the approach to Leeds Bridge . ,, The Council then adjourned untfl Wednesday , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , having Bat nearly six houre , and got through only one-fifta of the entries on the noti&ei paper . I Wednesday , Not . l * . Thit morning the Council again assembled , and It

      *« fond tbat all the newly-elected Aldermen bad qvalififtd . Thli caused two racincles in " the Hunslet and Welt jWatdi , the fortnet ^ Councillors , JsHesaa Bower and Carbutt being among those elevated to the new dignity . After business had been eomewhat proceeded with , an objection was rahed . that the Council being incomplete , whatever they aid conld not be binding j on this the Council adjourned fo « > week , when tbe vacancies will be supplied . This "we&k ^ there are no Committees or Council ; and much of the bnsinesa of ttw < Garp « ftttoB to necessarily brought Uf i standstiU- |

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      SPAIN . . Accounts from Madrid of the 5 : h announce tbat the Court-martial on General Prim had , after two hours' deliberation , come to a decision to annual all that had been done in their first sitting , on account of the irregularity of the proceedings andthe errors in the indictment , and had resolved that another legal examination should take place , preparatory to a new sitting of . the Court , due notice of which would be given . The seventeen Spanish refugees , who were arrested recently at Marseilles , have been sent to Chaumont

      to reside . Those who were arrested at Carcassonne are to be confined in the department of the Cote d'Or . As to the Generals Amettler a ~ d Santa- Craz ( says the Commerce )^ they are still in prison au secret at Perpignan . [ A letter , published in ihe London daily papers ' , denies the truth of the statement whioh has been rumoured in Paris that Espartero had left England . The writer states-that the Duke de . la -Victory has never been absent from liondoa since ho came to England , that he still remains at Abbey Lodge , Regent ' s Park , and is in the en joy ment of excellent health ) .

      PRUSSIA . A letter from Bromberg , in Prussia , states that a congregation of Catholics in that place has separated from the mother Church . It refuses to acknowledge the authority of the Pope as head of the Churchy or to continue auricular confession , but it preserves the celebration of the mass .

      TURKEY . Constantinople , Oct . 23 . — -A proclamation has been issued by the Turkish Government , which has caused the greatest astonishment and alarm to the Frank population . It forbade all persons , without distinction , to leave their homes or be abroad under any pretext after eight o ' clock in the evening The date of the issue of this proclamation , and that of its being put into operation , were the same , SO that numbers of persons , some of them members of the corps dipkmatiqe , others respectable merchants , and in one instance even ladies , were arrested and forced to pass the night in the loathsome dungeons of Topbauna , in the company of chained felons . Amongst the victims of this arbitrary proceeding were two respectable British merchants , whose case being reported to , S . Canning , his Excellency made such an

      energetic remonstrance to the Ports that ample reparation was not only instantly made to the English gentlemen who had been imprisoned , but the order itself was retracted . At Silivria , on the sea of Marmora , a number of Turks entered the shop of an Ionian , and after having asked the price of some of his goods , they said the Giour wished to cheat them , and falling upon him with their sticks they beat him almost to death . Since then , the authors of this outrage have ; at the request of Sir S . Canning , been put in prison and otherwise severely punished . At Touzla , another Ionian being accused of murder , was , by order of the governor , put to the torture . This-cruel proceeding being reported to the British ambassador , he caused the governor to be dismissed , and the other persons concerned in the act to receive proportionate punishment .

      Money.

      MONEY .

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      Leeds Cobk Makijet , Thesdat , Nov . 12 . —The arrival of Wheat has been small , but a fair sbowpf samples from Vessels near at hand ; other articles moderate . The den&n'd for Wheat has been limited and all descriptions of new Is . per ^ r . "lower ; in old I little alteration ; Fine Barley b . 6 alteration , tot : other qnalites rather lower . Mtss half-penny pe ? stone , and Beans Is . per qr . Higher . THE AVERAGE PRICES O % WHEAT , FOB , THE WEEK i " £ NDIJfG \ N 0 V £ MBEB 12 , I 8 i # . Wheat , parley . Oats . Rye * Beam . Fm Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . ! Qra . Qrs . « " 4531 7 G 0 258 0 . 274 9 . £ . s . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . I 2 7 4 £ 114 4 | I 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 6 | 119 ll * State of Trade in Bradford . —Every branch of business in this town , wears a gloomy aspect and fears are entertained by the operatives of having to encounter a severe winter , aggravated by the want of . employment . Upwards oi 2000 fpo"wer looms aw standing idle . ' A number of the mills are running short time ; and wooloomberd are in general , short of work , or what . is termed by the trade stinted . In numerous cases the wages of this branch of workmen is limited to &j . per-. week i ;

      , Malton Cork Mabkbt , Nov . 9 . —We have to report a fair supply of wheat and barley to this day a market ; of oats moderate . Wheat of the best rnn 3 without alteration ; inferior . sorts Is per quarter lower . Barley , except of : the best quality , Is per qjlower . Oats £ d per stone , dearer . —Wheat , red , new , 44 s to 48 s ; old , 50 a to 52 *; ditto white , new , 503 to 543 ; old , 52 s to 56 i per qr . of 40 stones . Barley * 28 s to 33 b per qr . of 32 st Oats , Hd . to 10 ^ d per stone . ..-. ¦ : .- , > •; WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ) BFapAY , Nov . 15 . _ The supplies of Wheat continn 8 to be large , and sales could only be , effected at this day % market at a redaction of Is . "per quarter upoa the finest 'sample *; -and raiher iqbre for other sorts Barley ia alBO' from la to 2 s per quarter lower , ano in limited request * Oats and Shelling most be notea dull sale at a small reduction in value . In Beans bo Material alteration . ' - .

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      ' Yobkshjrb Winter Assizes . —The Court will be opened on Thursday , the 28 ih of November , before Mr . Justice Coleridge , the presiding Judge . The calendar contains the names of sixty-eight prisoners for trial .

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      Middlesex ] by JOSHUA , ; HOBSON . at tu * »* itg pn ^^ Wandl ^ Bl ^ t ^ eet , Brigga * and Published bjr the > aU Joshua bobsoUi ( for th « aaid ^ saropsCCONHOBi ) ¦* hi » D * tf * ltogtfiowe , NO . > , Market-stoet , ? rl « gatei » internal Communication ^^ exiitini between tne «« No . S , ' Market-Btreet , and tbe : wid Nob . is *»* 13 , MarkBtratree * ,,, BriggatB , tfaut conrtitutteg *? wool * of the said Fruiting ^ anp ^^ Pnb ^ &iDfil wft * one Premises . " i * ' ' iSaturdaji N ofejnVer IS , 18 ( 1 * . ) ^

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      ^ " ' TIE ' SORTHfe R N ; S f A R ' . ; November 16 , 1844 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1289/page/8/