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the ^ moppl ^ wt it , wwelooXi ^ - ^ -f ^ Bi . T « K « d Mr . WaKtBias-fte « nly ifttoatfes of fhe millions in tbe'Hoose of Commons . In saying tin ? , ire do not mean tha * other . good ihen are sot to be { bund in . tbat assembly , bat we do say that those two gentlemen have taken the most prominent part on behalf of the people . The petition , and tb , e debate xipon it , will / be read with mneb . interest , and we trust that the great meeting of the Trades , which 3 s to take place on Thursday , in the Mechanics ' Institnte , will speak in language not to be misunderstood , and fearlessly embody ibeir sentiments in a petition , on behalf of those five , bold , and honest sufferers , whose lives now hang on public npinion . We never witnessed a more enthusiastic meeting than that at which the petition was adopted . — ' - " ' iirii ¦—~ .
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: Caution to Keepers of Beeeshops . — On-Monday , "Win . AUanson , keeper of a beer-- * bop situated "in East-street In " tins townV was brought np , Vby snmmous , at 4 he Court House , charged by the policenienj . with having ' company in his-house and music playing on the 25 th of January , during the bomsi prohibited ^ by law ! He was-fined ' 40 s . and 9 s . 4 d . expenses .. Jk ' ae -fine was instantly paid , and Allison applied to the Bench for a * ecflipt fcH-the money . The Bench observed that he had , sufficient witnesses to prove that part of the transaction . Forgery alias Proper Sigxature . —On Tuesday , a bailiff appeared at the Court House , charged by Noah Firth , who resides in Meadowlane , in this town , with having unlawfully entered his house with an execution for £ 45 . Firth swore that the bailiff's authority wes a forgery , denied the signature to a bill of sale , pos-. tively swore that the srhole transaction was a conspuacy . It appeared that thejcoinplainantbad given a bill of sale to Mr . James Thompson , who resides in York-street , Leeds , for that amount . The goods only sold for £ 7 ; _ and four respectable witnesses proved having witnessed the complainant sign his name to- the document . The case was dismissed . Mr . Baylor , solicitor , appeared for the complainant , and Messrs . Harrap and Paul , solicitors , attended on the part of the defendant . VAGSAKCT .-On Saturday last , Joseph Bannister w * as _ brought ap at the Court-House , charged with begging at several gentlemen ' s houses . Bannister admitted the charge but p leaded that he was out of work , and had no other means of obtaining a livelihood ; He was committed for fourteen days to the House of Correction .
Case of Stabbixg . —On Saturday last , a stout ypung-. man named Jeremiah Andrew was Drought before trie magistrates charged with stabbing George Dennell with a pocket-knife . It appeared that on Friday night , Andrew and his brother were together in the Spotted Cow , Vicar-lane , when they began to quarrel about a purse . The landlord hearing a disturbance sent Dennell , the ostler , at the jlace , to ; put the men out . Dennell accordingly made the attempt , and in the scuffle Andrews drew out . his knife and stabbed him in his back . He was taken to the Infirmary where his wound was dressed . Andrews stated in his defence that he and his brother were eating some meat which occasioned him toiare Us iryfe in his hand and that when the scuffle ensued , which began by some person throwing-his hat into the fire , by -which the crown was nearly burnt out , the-knife had accidentally been thrust intoODennell ' s back . The landlady was sent for to the Court-House , who stated that Andrews zb& his brother had not had any thing to eat at her bou ^ e . The statement of Andrews was therefore disbelieved and he was fined £ 5 , or in default of payment was to he committed for two months to Wakefiejd . There had evidently been some" rough goings oh ;'" for poor Andrews bad nearly lost his right eye . The whole of the right . side of his fact * was literally black with the blows he had reeei red in theafiray . ' . . Hirhway Hobueby . —On Tuesday night lasf , about nine o ' clock , js Mr . Morville was returning from Lteds to "Wakefield in his gig , be was robbed on RotSwell Hay , a few yards from Mr . Fenton ' s bouse , by four men . One of the men seized the horde ' s head , while the other three laid hold of Mr . Morville , and dre * him backwards from the gig . The thieves took from him X 5 S , consisting of two i'lfl notes , £ 35 in £ 5 notes , and three sovereigns . Two or three of -the £ 5 notes were of the "Watefield Banking Company , and the most of the others of the Bank of England . Ax " . Impcdext Thief . —On "Wednesday last , a person named John Jackson , was charged with stealing a piece of pork , the property of Mr . Joseph Butler , a butcher , who lives at the Bank . There was , on the day previously , eo person in the shop , except a little boy , when Jackson went in and . asked what steaks were a pound . He had scarcely got his aq .-wer , when perceiving ro . it no person was about , he seized a piet-e of j-ork weighing about six potrntb , and decamped . Information was immediately given to a policeman , who tame up shortly afterwards , and who succeeded in taking the thief in less tlian an hour . The pr isoner * who said he had nothing to say in his defence , was committed for triuL
Pocket Pickixo . —On Tuesday night last , a persou earned William Cooke , an aged man , bad hi ; pocket picked of £ 20 , consisting of a £ 5 note and fifteen sovereigns , the whole of which was in a .-brown purse . Information was given next morning at the Police Office , but the unfortunate man could give bo account of how he had lost his money . A policeman said it was rumoured tbat Cooie was in the London Tavern , and that " some fe / fotcy wheiher _ a man or a vouian he could not " tell , had gut beside him , and wanted to measure the ' thiciae < e of his body , " and while thns performing the work ' of a tailor , contrived to abstract the cash . Scspicrox of Mtjrdeb . —On Thursday last , John Berk * was brought before the magistrates at j the Court House , on suspicion of bav ; ng murdered j a person-about seven months ago , at tbe Potteries , j in ~ -Staffordshire . He was remanded till Monday , for further ' examination . As < Afi . T . —On 3 ionday , Thomas "Walsh was brought up at the Court-bouse , charged with hayJDp , on Saturday night , grossly assaulted a girl of tbe town , at a bouse of ill-fame , in the Leylands , by str iking her with the feeder and a brush . He was i fined 40 ? . and costs , and in default of payment be ] wa « ooianlitted for one month to "VYakefield House of Correction .
Stjddex Deaths . —On Monday evening , an ini quest vr . os taken at the Court-house , in this town , i before "Sir . John Blackburn , on view of the body oi John StansSeid , a working cutler , who resided in j York-road . - He got up on Saturday morning , about J eight o ' clock , went into tbe kitchen , fell down , and expired immediately . —Al « o on view of Esther Crave ? , vrho redded in Lady-Jane , who , after eating a hearty dinner on Saturday , fell down and instantly expired . "Verdicts—I ) ied by the visitation of God . Shocking Accident . —On Tuesday morning week , tbe driver and the passengers of tbe Comwallis Leeds and HuddersficOd coach , were surprised to meet a loaded cart passing down the bill at Hidings , nearBirstal , without a driver , and from the slippery * tate of the road they feared that some accident had occurred' . their fears proved too w ell founded , for on proceeding -a short distance further , they fan tbe body of a man . on the road , which proved to be that of the driver , hut quite dead . It seemed , that he bad fallen ra endeavouring to hold the bnrse , and tbe wheel passing over him , killed him on the spot .- He was from Mil-field . Suicide . —On Monday evening , an inquest was held before Mr . J . Blackburn , at tbe boose of Mr . Jeremiah Sowden , Cross Keys Inn , Water-lane , Holbeck , on view of the body of John Atkinson , aged 33 years ^ who kept a beer-shop near that place , known by tbe sign of the Bull and the Butcher . It appeared that the deceased had been much given to liquor , and when intoxicated , did not know what he was doing ,-. frequently beating bis wife with great violence , throwing anything at her head , and turning his family out of ' the house . On Sunday night , be was the worse for liqunr , and took some coffee at nearly twelve o'clock . He afterwards took a gun down , when his wife Tan ont of the house , but his daughter , a young girl , endeavoured to get the gun from him , but he thitatened to knock her down . He next placed the butt-end of the gun in a strong cord used for roasting meat , doubled it and fastened it to the rack which supports the meat , and placing tbe muzzlu of the gun elo * e to his right breast with his left hand , wirk- tbe other , the gun being a short one , he pu'Uri the trigger , which discharged the gun , and the whole of the contents entered his body . He instantly feU -upon his back , with his head and the muzzle of the gun towards the fire , and expired . The blood flowed very copiously from bis nose and mouth , as well as from the wound . Medical aid was promptly procured , but without effect . Yerdict—That the deceased shot himself while labouringnnder a fit of delirium ,
Fatal Accidents . —Oh Tuesday , an inquest J wax taken before Mr . John Blackburn , at tbe Blue Ball Inn , Holbeck , on view of the body of Jane Dockray , aged five years , who had been " left in the house of her parents on the 1 st of January , when her clntkes caught fire , and she received such seriona injuries as fo cause her death on Sunday . Also on view of the body- of Marr Ann Holbrook , aged nine moajhs , who resided in Kidson-row , Holbeck . On _ WedBP * day the child was nur . < ed by a little hoy , whowas fitting nesr the Sre ; . their father had just taken from the fire , a kettle of boiling water , and'had placed it-upon a brick by the side of the fire , ' when tbe brick gave way , and tbe water poarcd upon the child ' s &ee . After languishing is most excruciating misery nntil that morning , it expired . Verdicts—Accide > Ual death . ' -Xn the latter ease ^ the coroner and jory , ia a praiseworthy manner ,. . raised a subscr iption for the . eluld's father , who it ai present in the yarn business , earainglovr wages , ha . * -been for * lone period out of work , * nd has a wife and two children sick , having had ano . 1 er who died a fortnigh * ago . They are in a most deplorable condition .
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I LEEDS AXD ' WEST-RiDINaXEWS .
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I LEEC 5 . ¦ "'' j \ 5 TEALrirG A Coat and other Articles . — I ^ i Su nday , Jbhn Brook , and James Kipley , were p * : ^ at the Court Honsv , with haying , " on the 1 ^^ previ oils ' stoka a ««* "« n ^ a ** & , the pro-1 « fri Jo ^ n Vart 0 D J coachman to Mr , M'tea , 1 * J ~ T * im ~ ten ? ee > nrar th " town < The coat has 1 r ^ **<» fcand in f ledge for two shllliugs , and they * ia- ^ l aved t ° be the psrtiei who recei red the I * i-4 ^ T' ^ ooll 6 e « lneilce of tfe abfsnce of a 1 J « nV ^ Wi ° observed &e prisonere remove the pro-- i ^ - lro ! a tbe pren ^ ses , thev were remanded . On . f ssj ? * ^ TboTra ^ Sharp , Jota W « i « Tinan , 1 n j ^*? Wedierhali , were charged with having f I I fci 7 ? J ni i ^ hty . atelea , in a public honsgj in - ¦ = I ^ ^ V iaQiJiert * it ;^ * e property of an hvii . l « i ^ . * - ^ ing- refreshment ' there . - The t 1 ^^ " ^ "umediatelr jnl ^ sesdy and a policeman ; ¦ 1 * 5 ^' , ^ ° . ^ ^ tbe handrereheif under tkeseat I * tL f ^ ssmtrs were nttin ^ . Id consequence ' l ^ ir- ^^ * * bHn R unkaoH ^ & g » e hinj an - l ^ iT ^ f" " aP ^ at " ?* & ^ nst tii ? pmcteL - , tiiev --re ^^ for frrtaer examinat ^ n . . '
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STAMP RETURNS AND NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION . Id onrlast-2 fomber , we took the liberty of publicly requesting Messrs . "Wrigley and Sons , who wrpply Paper and Stamps to us , in common with sill the other Leeds "Newspapers , to state , in oar present Xnmber , the quantity of Stamps furnished to ' tke Northern Star- ) since its commencement . Sub * ivnaently to ths publication of that NnmbeT , our pnbKsher wrote to Messrs . Wrigley and Sons , to dr .-w their attention to that circumstance ( posting at the same tims a copy of the paper ) , to which the following answer has been received . Bridge Ball Milh , Stery , 31 Jany . y 1838 . Sra , —In reply to your letter of the 27 th inst ., we beg to hand you the following statement of STAMPS SUPPLIED FOR . THE NORTHEKN STAR . . 1837 . 2 vov . 15 & . ^ 000 Stennps .. Three TbonsainL " lt > tli .. oyc « *» Kve Thousand . " 23 rd . . 60 W " "S 5 x Thousand . " '" 27 th .. t > " > W " •* Kiaht Thonsani . Dec . llti ... 6000 " Si Thonsand . " 12 U » .. 5000 " lax Thunand . , » ' 16 Qi . ^ tX ) 0 ' - Two TiumKuid . ~ 2 ind .. 6 t"W " Sx TTurosaiuL " 26 * leoOO " , Ten Thoitsaad . 1 S 3 . _ 3 = n . t £ a . lax * T < ea Thonsand . " 13 tll 1 W 0 Q " Tcu Thousand . " iPti 1 WO 0 « Ten Thoiuaafl . ?• 27 th ll > 000 - Ten ThoiuaTid . Total 92 , 000 Kiaety-two Tlioiisaad . " We are , Sir , your obedt . Servant * , JAMES VRIGLEY & SO ^ . To Mr . Joshua JJobsun , JLeeds . Our readers will perceive that the number above stated , i > 2 , C 00 , considerably exceeds the number naaitai in cur last week ' s article ; the reason is , ' ihaf the amount of our last and present week ' * consumption is here included ; neither of which were reckoned in our former calculation . TTe suppose , then-fore , tbat this testimony , of Messrs . "VTrigley acd Soa , will be deemed conclusive , as to the amount « f stamps furnished to this bfBce since the 15 th of Ncveraber , 1837 ; and , if any thinjr more than our 25 ^ ert ; 33 be it -quired . io . prove that these stamps Lsve been all , x > r nearly all , actually consumed , we syljoja tbe following letter received at this office , •¦ 3 Thursday evening , from the Board of stamps and taxes . STAMPS ASD TAXES .
| London , Jaiu 1838 . Sjr , —It appears , by a report of the Distributor «> fitiiEps at Manchester , that considerable delay ari < e > in supplying your demands , owing to the oriEmsrnnce ot their beinsr but one die fnryonr Joura : u , so thai a-single stamper can only be emj ployed at a time in stamping year paper . . As ail newspaper establishments , whose circulatjoa is considerable , l » ave provided a number of dies propurtionfd to the txtent of tLeir necessary supplies , the Board direct u : e to suggest that , in order to accelerate the sTanipiag , ^ o tbat you may not experience any disappointment , you should order a s * f-ond di « lor your publication from the Engraver , 3 lr . Halfnide . —I am . Sir . Your obedient Servant , CHAS . PBESSLT . In connection witb thi * snbjecr , we hare also received , from the Proprietor of the Sort / tern Star , the foiioTviruj Letter , which , without asking his conseat vre publi-h : — London , Ja » uar , 1 S 3 S . ? . fv Deab 31 k . Hill , —I cannot avoid thanking you , for your attention to my interest , and yrur devotioa to the good cause , at all times , but ino . re tspecialhr during iev absfnee . I regret my absence from I ^ eeds ; but iny heart and sou ] Ls bt-und -up -with the eause of tbe five Scotch Patriots . I anticipate much , from the srreat Tradts meeting , which U to take place to-morrow night . Let this plead my apology to my clients . All Lesal Questions shzll he daiy aasTvered , in the next ^ Number of tbe ** J ~/! rr . " You are completely unshackled , but I claim the ri , 5 at tn remonstrate ; and the only fault which I fiitl , with last Saturday ' s psppr , is That tbe . « pr . ce ¦ artit-b fbouJd have been devoted to thanks , to tbe brave people , -of Halifax and HadJersfield , for tieir able speeches and manly sentimeute , was laien up with a confounded Stamp Heturn ; about "wtk-h I i-aTe not one single farthinsi ; bat , for ¦ r hich . } ffTSoaaI / tf , I feel obliged fur your ^ reat asJ , l r 3 j let the creamres who make politics a trade tiike « toci of froSt and loss , 3 nd : talk about Stsaip ? asd Advertisements , while we confine ¦ osrstfives Jo the slorious cause of Preecom , Demo-* r * - 'V , azid the People . Oaytler ' s letter was giorious . ' : . " -- ¦ Erer faithfnlJr voar ? . PEAKGUS 0 ¦ C 0 ^ ' ^* 0 E . TiVe publish this letter for two reasons : because , iB tie 5 rst place , we think tie ingenuous and dlsintererted sentiiaeiifs it contains ought to be known and appreciated by erery sin $ r ! e individual of the j toilisi ; millions , for whom , and for whose interests , sfce hest c-nennes of such a man are continually ex-? f = deJ : and because , in the second place , we per-* eke from this letter , that the article in our last , Wded " Newspaper Girculaticra" was liable to a <» usfraction which we never intended it to bear . "We Matter otjrselve * tbat no person despises more hearnh- than we do , " the creatures who make polities a trade , " and keep a ledger account of ii agitation ;"' Cvb ^ by the misery they affect to deploy and * tn \ -jns by the wrongs which they magnify and J » j . * tify , but seek not to redress . We know that « Vre are jmcb " ereatures , " whose ^ politics and I Tt- > se religion are , aliie , a game of chance—a caletr-¦ ativn of profit apd loss : we trust this is not eur cha-I rscta- ; and we doubt «» t that the many who know us 1 * i \ l give cs credit for the disclaimer ; but we are 1 proud of our " devotion " to " the glorious cause of I ¥ reei-. rn , Democracy , and the Peopk-. " And , I &trrfure we felt it to he our duty to demoastrate to 1 Uie wood the onward progress of that cause , as most 1 « feerin ^[ y evinced by the onpreeedented eircnlatien I ti-xhe-JTvrtheru Star .
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The Great ¦ MA&iciAJ » . T ^ or ''' Tcade ' f 3 ' ^ nj " perceive , from Mr . ^ Anderson ' s ' advertisement , inserted inoar first -page , that his stay in Leeds is shor ^ and that ie commeBces , on Monday evening , anew series of entertainments . We assTire : allthe admirers of cabalistry'thatif-they ' allow the opportunity of witnessing bis exhibition to eseape they are not likely to meet' with another such a one . We caHnotalldw ; MT . A . to leave Leed 1 ? without bearing our testimony not only to the dexterity of'his performaaces , - but " also to ' his bland' " " and gentlemanly manners . ' \ BM 53 ' the only cabalisticpropfessor we knott whb ii entirely devoid of the peculiar and personal . characteristics of his profession . Even in his pubKc performances Mr . A . preservesthe character of a gentleman . ; There is no affectation of the marvellous about him—no childish mumiherj- —no senseless falsehoods about what be can or will no . He tells the audience , simply , and honestly that he is deceiving them , and that his -various tricks are performed only in appearance . His apparatus and paraphernalia are of the most costly and elegant descr iption - and- his whole establishment of ayerr superior character . Our'friends at HudclerMield and Bradford , are , to berisltedby him , we perceive , in a fewdays . . ' . : . .
Pigeon Shootixg *—On Monday , t shooticg match for a considerable amount took place near the Woodman Inn , better knowu by the name of Mary Macfee's , situated at Beeston , near Leeds , . between Mr . Brett , -who resides at Melton" Mowbray , and Mr . " James Parnaby , who resides near Leeds , fit thirteen birds each from a trap , but they only fired at ten birds each , Mr . Brett killing six , and Mr . Parnaby ! one bird ; upon the whole it was considered to be very indifferent amusement to the ^ spectators .. ' - There was also a sweepstakes for a bandsoirie amount nt three birds each , between Mr . Waite , Mr . Parnaby ; and Mr . Tealc , the firsV and second gentlemen killed their birds in grand style , and Mr . T » ale killed one of his birds . Afterwards u match took place between Mr . Goldtborp nnd Mr . Waite , for a handsome amount , to shoot at six birds each , and the Tesult was that the former gentleman , killed three and the latter four birds . A very large concourse of people were assembled , considering , the inclemency of the weather . Wobking Men's Association . —On Wednesday evening last , a Lecture on the character and principle of the \ New Poor Law , and the best means-of procuring its repeal , was delivered in the Hall of the Working Man ' s Association , by Mr . Hill . J ^ egko Slavery . —The petitions to bothHouses of Parliament , praying for the abolition of Negro Apprenticeship in our Colonies , were sent up , last week , signed by between lb ' , 000 and 17 , 000 persons / That to the Lords was presented , on Monday evening j by Lord Brougham , ~ who exprcsyed his entire concurrence with the views of the petitioners . Child Missixg . —We beg to direct the attention of all our readers to an advertisement under this head , in our first page . If any iuibrmution can be furnished to us , we will readily transmit it to the almost heart broken parents of this poor child . Ygukshire Assizes . —We are informed that the assize * for this eouuty will coinmeuce on Saturday , the 3 rd of March . Committed to the Castle . — - James Grabtree , of Idle , labourer , charged upon the oaths of Thomas Bradley and another , with . having , on the 25 tb instantj at Idle , feloniously stolen ten yards of cotton print , and a handkerchief , the property of tbe said Thomas Bradley .
BSADFORD . Serious Case of Watcii Stealing . —A Swt-dish Jew , named Stephens , wag a month or two ago convicted in the penalty of £ 10 for ah infringement of the Pedlars Act . His c-iis * made a great noise in the papers , and though few were disj-. osi-d to doubt that the conviction was according to law ., , yet the provisior . s of the act being cxtrcuaeiy strict and severe in their operatioa , he was genemlly symjiathised with . A jnemorinl was presented to Goverumt-nt , and half of the penalty was remitted , and a subscription was raised for him in Bradford , which amounted tu ' £ *> Thi s person along with Martha Atkinson , and John Aked Atkinson , her sod , \ rere brought up at the Court House , on Saturday , tbe latter charged with stealing , and the two former with receiving watches , belonging to Mr . Sewt-11 , of Westgate , knewing them to be stolen . As tha case has excited great attention we shall give a pr ? tty copious detail m" the evidence taken before the magistrates . Mr . Seweil stated that last Friday T . < Nicholls , tbe ostler at the Market Tavern , came to him with a watcb , which he wished to knoiv the A'alue of . Sewell as-ked whether he was going to buy or make im exchange for it . He said be was going to make an oxchange with Stephens for one that be had got of him before . He bad also with him the watch he was going to exchange the former one for . On looking at the watch last produced by JSicbolls , Mr . Sewell found it to be one of his which he had ¦ missed . ; He had only had two watches of the same sort , one of which he had theu , aud the other was that Nicholls brought . He discovered its loss live or six weeks ago . He told ^ Cieholls it had been stoleu from him , detained it , -jiDd seut for 31 r . Bakes , and gave JJicholls into custody . He said the prisoner , John Aked Atkinson , had been in hw employment for the last live or nix years , with very little intermission , and had for the last four years slept in the house for the protection of his property . Within the last two or three weeks before , Stephens had culled very frequently at bis shop to inquire for male prisoner .- —Mr . Chas . Ingham , cpnstable , stated thai he went to Stephens , who lodged in Westgate , and asked him if be bad not sold or swapped a watch with the ostler of the Market Tavern . He denied tbat he had , on being asked the question twice . Prisoner asked him what there was to do ; Mr . Ingham told him , and at tbe time Stephen ' s wile rook a watch off the mantel piece and was going out of the room , when the constable stopped her . She said ( on his inquiring ) it belonged to a young man who bad called lor it just then . A desperate scuffle took place between the constable and Stephen ? , and his wife for it ; the constable got it : ( ft was identified hy Mr . Bewell as one of the watches stolen from him ;) Mr . Ingham then brought Stephens to the Court House , when on thi » way he *> aid he had bought a pawnbroker ' s ticket relating to the watch from Sewell ' s young man . At this stage of the proceedings the prisoners were remanded till Monday ,
m order to procure evidence respecting other watches stolen from Mr . "Sewell . Mr . Wagstalf conducted the defenc-e of Stephens ; Mr . BJiodes , watebm . ker , put in bail for his appearance onjMonday . On that day the prisoners were brought up again . Mr . Ingham resumed — Edward jjurgatroyd having brought to him a pawnbrokers ^ ticket , he went with it to Mr . Johnson , of Leeds , pawnbroker , who gave him another watch , which be produced . From other information he went again to Leeds , and from William Kershaw receited another pawnbroker's ticket , which be took to Mr . Greshairi , Hurialetlane , and received another watch , which he produced . From other information ¦ he received in Leeds , he went again to Leed ? and got another watcb , which he produced . He positively swore thsit when 'he was in Stepliens ' s , tnere . was no one except pr isoner and his wife , rill Mr . Bake ? came to his assistance ; Stephens susd . there was the man waiting for the watt-h there . . JSicholla corroborated what was deposed to by Sewell a ^ to what passed in the shop , and added , tint on Sunday the 20 th of January , be bought a watch of Stephens for another watch and two sere'reigns to boot , which on the Friday he exchanged with Stephens for another , on condtiou that he ihould go and get them valued ; Stephens allowed him . Mr . Bakes gave eTidence as to taking JJicholls , and "fterwards going to the . assistance of Mr . Ingham in taking Stephens , and he saw no person except priKantr » nd wife besides -Mr . Ingbam , neither w .-w si ' r . y body waiting at the door . —Edward Murgatroyu stated he bought a pawnbroker ' s ticket of m ? Je prisoner Aked , for 1 . 1 b . ; he said he had bought it of a young man who came from Leeds , for 7 * . —Mr . Brigg said he went lart Saturday morning ro Martha Atkinson ' * house , and asked her for sotnc- pawnbroker's tickets ; Aegavehim livetickete ; hewent with'Mr . Sewell to Mr . Senior , pawnbroker , Bradford , who ' produced three watches , which were identified by Mr . Sewell . —Mr . Senior stated , she had pledged them at different time ? , and gave " a good account of them all . —Stephens * aidhe bought the tickets referring to the watches found upon bira of male prisoner Aked for £ 1 . a piece . Tlie female prisoner owned to pledging , two of the watches , and said they held-to the chains , but she did < not name thein * :- —Male prisoner Aked said . " I have nothing to say but that Isold the ticket ? to Stephens for 10 a . each ;" Stephens was acquitted , tbt ? - eVidence not being congidered sufficient to convict him . The other prisoners were sent to the se * siun 8 for trial . ' Crime . —Sijice the 17 th of April , last year , to tbe present tinie 5 505 persons have been brought before the magistrates , at the Court House , for var ious offences , and have all at the least tasted the comforts of a loelwip . ; ~ ~ , . . . ' } " i ¦ ¦ . " - . ' - - . ¦ -
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^; S 5 dck f ' N 6 VAcc $ D ENT'J 2-Gii Monday week , as a ty > y eigbjt years ofage ^ was crossing the yoad at Ilatchffe , near Bury , he fellj and b > fort htv cpnld get tijp agnip , a cieacli passed with botK wheels over his ; legs aiid took them bbtb . off . 'Ihe life of the boy is not om of danger . : ¦ . 1 ,:-. - ( . : ' ^ :- '; ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ -v ' : v' ^ : ' ' v :- ; : ' - ' iNbv ^ sT . ^ -OnSatardaylastjtqti inqnest was ; Ijeld attli' ? Linnet InnvCU « 3 dertrin , nbarO ^^ T , F . Deafderii F'scl-i / c 6 rp . tier , \ aUd ' --f t ; . ' iiBsp ' ecitatfl ^ . jury , on th ^ bod ^ pf Thomsis iWbiteiock ^ , ^ oF Salford , who had been killed « u Thtirsdnyjp ' n ! the Rf aiibliester rind ? Leeds T | afl \ vay , by a larg 0 * jj > iede . of efirtlv falling' npori hitn ^ " A yeraict btsJtculcatqliy kitted was \^ tume ^ - 'by- ' ^ & jnxy ' i- - \ \^^/ i A ^ eii ^ iyv' Sf ., ? 4 .-yearspf age ^ anu lie has left *\\ i fe anil thre e sinall : chilldreii . 'Scorcely a Week passes but some ; am dent orvther occurs on tliis road between Manchester and Rochdale .: ; - . - -.. ¦ . ¦¦ ' :, ' - } Y-.. - { S ' y ^ - ' . ; ' /¦' .:- Y . . ¦ ' PHaESOLPOy . — -Mr ; E tBrydges , cif Manchpster , hn « just made arrangements fiirtleUvering a course of six popular ^ lectures on ; , ¦'• . ttis iiiterestuig and liighly rapidly extending teienee , in the Sociul Institution , Buttijrwprth'sbuildinga ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ;/•¦ . ¦ ¦ ,:: ? ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . V NBtVj , £ ci , T' of Work . —Chariot Walker was , oh Saturday , charged at the £ burt Holjse ,. with tieglecting work " given : tirnhn'by ; Messrs . Cousen . Ho bad ' a- warp and ; w « t delivered put to him a jear . since ; ' this preserit > jnonth , and . had only s « it Vin : one piece . ; He was con ^ mitted for three mouths . .. , Accii ) E ^ T . —6 ti \ Mpnday week ; ^ ^ Mts . Scpttj of Airedale Collpge , he ^ r Bradford , ; fellclppe to thedpor of the College ^ and , ^ e regret to say-j broke her arm . Surgical aid wa < , r ' nowever , ; 8 pieep ! i ' ly procured , and the bone" immediately ; set , and "« he is doing well , and will not , it is'hoped , bevpermanently injured ) jy the accident . .-.. ' : ¦'¦ ' . ¦ ' . / . '¦ , ¦ - ¦ : "' . - ¦ ' " :. ¦ - ' : '¦' ' ¦ : ' . "'
SEitipus AccipjENT . —As Mr . Illingiworth was returning ; home up Westgate , on Friday even ing he fell with such ; violence j that ^ we nndersiand ;; be w * s talceh w senseiei « s , and wi » s considered in da ger aill tbe ^^ night - { several ^^ inedical gentlemen were in attendf | nce all night , but he 1 $ now cpnyalescent . "Varinus reports are afloat as to the , cause ; of the accident ; soiuepayingthathe had ' been ; . from home and ^ returned by ;' coach , and that . the cold had parti- ; ally stagnated his bipod so that he fell , and otters that he slipped on the ice . At all events he was dangerous )} ' burtj and it is well for . Bradford that he is recavcring , as it is ori . ajl hands- acknowledged that there does not exist a more useful practitioner in it ; we ^ pprehend ^" ' tjqb . th ' atjhis sphere of usefulness will be doubly . enlarged by his apppintmen , t as one of the surgeons of the * inh ' rmaryV ; - ; VAGRA ^ 'CYi- ^ Micbael Biites was charged at the Court House , oh Monday , -with gathering ialms in the street . The police brought him to the lock-up , oh Saturdaynightj gloriously drunk , and ^ o ' er-all the ills of life vvictbrious . "; He is a notorious character , and has been committed to Wakefieldfor the same offence before , He w « as committed for three months . —Ann Benjamin , on the same day , was committed for one month , for being drunk and disorderly in the streets , on Friday nigjit . —^ Anfl Kelly , for vagriiucy , fourteen days . : : .-. Poor-. Ljiw UxioN , — - ^ Tbe Kelitfving Officer for Bradford , ( Mr . Sutelifte ) c () mirtetictes Ms duties lii'xt Monday , uud consequiiiit . 15 ' tiikes the relief of the poor , in this pari * h , out of the overseers' hands ; . he wanted to -pay . " at tin * t onrt-hpn . ye , as lias been usual , bnt'tlu ^ n iujri striites would not allow hiin ; his spot will , therefore , b »^^ tbe workhouse . Swixnuut . r-A youiig woman has lately been going about in liradford , duping the shopkeeper * of their foods '; last . weak , alas failedat Miss ^ ^ Tenant ' s , who keeps --a provision shop , iii Jolitiistreet , and stated tlint slie \ vaiser \; anttp Mrs . Martin , of Clieapside , who hndIntely passed jliss Tenant ' s '' window ,. ¦ aiid hnd noticej some leinarJtsibli ; tme bread in ; it , and thnt sLelmd sont : iix ohler for souie bread , eje ; gs and citkes . Miss 'l ' enant packed theurticles upy mid sent them by . the youiig ^ voinvin , but oi > enquiry ill'Mrs . Mnrtiii ' ji , it turned out she hnd never sont sucli n person suchnherraud . Pi 4 E VEXTioN ojf Ftoop ^ . —A very respeetable : requisition having been presentejltp the Constable * , stating that " of late yeSr . i a large portion of tho Borough has been subjected to serious incpnveniehc-es ; that there ha-s been loss of life and destruction of property in consequence of the flpoils which have so frequently inujidated the town ;; " anU- '" requesting theni to call a public intctingj for the purpose of devising the most effectual means to prevent the recurrence of such lai nu-jitable results , ¦ ' they h ^ ve - called "; a meeting )' for . the above ; purpose , to be held in the Exchange Buildings , on Mpcday next . BEEn-SELLEKS .-rThtj Beer-Seliers ; 'have this w » ek petitioned . Parliament '' for an extension of time and greater pfptectipn of the . tfade . 'V A gpciuty is established for the purpose of defending the Members from iiiformttrpns , &c . and for ' . otherwise ' watching over the iuterestii of the body . Paine ' s : BinTH Day . —On lilpriday night , a party of t Eadicals , forty-two in number , commemorated the birth of Paine , by ( lining together at the Hope and Anchor Inn , Mr . P .. Bvissey prepitied over the , ftstivitipS'bf . thc ' :. eyeniug .- }' .: ' -A- ' . co . nsider . iMe . number of feligipus tracts , the gift of an anonymous tleimtec , ; which ; were , sent to the chairman in the course ; of the evening , were distributed to the party assembled . The appropriateness of the present in ay b *» judged of from the fact that Paine was being celebrated as a political writer only . - ¦" ¦' ¦ ; ' .: ' ¦ ; ¦ : ' '' ¦ ' ¦ :: ¦ .- ¦ ¦ .: ; : ¦¦;¦ . . ¦ : . . ; . - : V- . ; ' Second FESTiYAt of the Social IxstJTUTibx . —The Socialistsin , , tend to hold a festivaiin the large room of the institution , next Monday evening , Feb . 5 . . ' . " ; ;'; : . ¦ ' '• " . " . ¦' .. ; ;• . ' ' ¦ '• :. ¦ ¦¦ ¦ "' v
BunotABy at WilspHlX . L .- James Crabtree was brought iip at the Court House , on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., t-barged with ^ breaking ihto the premises of Mr . Thomas Bra . dley , draper and grocer , Windbill , on th ^ preceding night . The prosecutor deposed that himself and family retired to bed soon after ten o ' clock of the night in qufcstipn v aiid that be was awoke by the noise of breukiug glass . He immediately jumped out of bed , put oil somt * of his ciothw , and went into the shop , where he discpyered that a window pane bad been broken , and soine goods , consisting 6 i ban < lJcfrchiefrf ^ &c . abstracted . He then armed himself with a large knife , . iiid remained in the shop watchihg the window . Tbe robbftr was not long absentj and whenhe came , put his arm through the broken » pane ' .. ' a-Bd took out of the sho-i ¦ a woman's n ^ ck mnffiteei . Mr . Bradley instantly aimed a blow' at the intruder ' s arm , but missed it , arid the . / -owner instantly fled .- The prosecutor immediately issued ; forth from bis shop , and gave chase ; after a run of about 200 yards , the pursued party , who turned out to be ; the prisoner , fell , Bradley seized him , and threatening him with the knife if " he resisted to turn , back to ; his house , when he sent for the constable into whose custod y he deliTered him . On asking the prisoricr what he had done with the goods , be went with Bradley ' and the constable to a field , at a short distance , where they Mere found tied up in a bundle , and thrown , under a hedge . The prisoner made ho defence , and was eoinmjtted to York Castle to ' take his trial . for the offence . The father pf the prisoner ; applied to the Magistrates to admit him to bail , who said that it would require two sureties in A" 30 > each , and himself in £ 100 . On Friday , two sureties were , pro--duced , but the Magistrates refused to accept them , and th » prisoner was therefore conveyed to Yorki . ¦
' . " ¦ ' . ¦'¦ ' / ' / . " . ' ,,. ¦¦ . . ' / bautjkhl . ¦ - . V V ' : " . ' ¦/¦ ¦' ' ¦ Swisbw > -o .- —On Friday weeky a little '¦ . aftert ^ ve h ' -o ' elpckj-a ^ inan .,.-dresseain > th 0- ' gath ; -6 f'ay ' pIunV-- ' ber and glazier , went into the shop of Mr . Clay , tea dealer , of Crown-street ; , in this towny ' and represented himself as ; being in the employ of Mr * - Wilson , plumber and glazier , who , he stated J was iuwant of some tea lead , to enable him ; to finisji a job , aBd as it most be done immediatelyy he would give 213 ; , for a hundred weight , which , was about 7 s . more than the lead wag worth . Mr . Clay then got the lead and lent the man a sack io put it in , butj having spnie suspicion that the fellow was not more honest than he ought to be , determined io accompany him to Mi . Wilson ' s , to seo that alt was Tight . When they had got to Mr .- Wilson ' s ' shopy the man tequesteil Mr . Clay to stay outside irhilq he weut ' . fit with'the lead , as he should get 22 s . }\ wbich ^ wpirid : Jeave him / a shilling for himself , and he , wpu ) d bring him the money but . Mr . Glay vvaite'd about ten , minutes , and then went iiito the shop to see what the man was about , and he was iuformed that the fellow had * sold tbe lead for 9 $ . 4 d ., and jtud inade his exit with ; thb _ sack through the back dpor . ; " ' ¦>'¦ ' . : -. ¦ . '¦ . ' - ::- "V ¦¦¦'¦' . A Fox , wbiciibad , nodpubt ^ Ibeeri ^ drivenbystresi of weather , to seek it * food put of otei : UsnalVhaunts / was seen , on Friday week , ¦ b y :, ' nun » bprs / iof ; p . e ' op ^ VeVihj ' a field ; in the . rear ' ^ rB . a'il ' ey- ' : H ! alV , ' ;^' ear tbi ' S vtf > i ^ . A : {' . nor did it appear to be much / cjiscpijoentecl : iib y ^ the halloos of the spectators ; as itveiyleiattrei ^ tufnedi its tail to their , shouts . ; Ahare ' . was seen . ia ! a . garden near £ d Salem Chapel , thenibrnin ^ ' folloWiripfj tnd ' so far fronj displaying its natur » l ; titniaityj- ^^ ilf ^ ni ' tinned to feed ^ pbn the leaves of a ;¦¦ Te 'W / pl ^ plt 4 ) Vi fev ' leii- . after a ^^ stone -had been thrown- atUti aefcompinied by ariwmY ¦ ¦>¦ : ; : ' v ; - . -,: . ;; - ; ' . ' ¦ " ::, ¦ , ;•• ' ? V-v ' ?'> Accident . —Mr . ! Thpraa « Crossleyy c ^ f Bo ^ iihg-Dyk « , in this town , had one of bin legs broken : in . two places , on Tue # lay week , near ithe Pine-AppltS Inn , in coimeqnence of 4 fall , throBg h ; the slippery , state of the xoadu . : ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ' ¦ ¦ ' : - ' : ;¦ ¦/ ^' i . :. <¦/ '¦ - >< A ¦¦;; ' ^ -. /) ¦ -- "" ¦ " 1 - ¦ "¦ . .. ¦" . ¦ ' - ¦ * ¦ - ' s i ' - ¦ ' .-:. "¦ ' . ' . ' --
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Mixen ^ e ? j .---A public meeting was held pji Monday evening last , at ?« ven 1 o ' plock ^ ia tbe ¦ sciooir roora ; belonging to the : Methpdist New Cbniiexioii , ; ' at-the above / p lace , to takt into ; conSidferatipo ; the propriety of rpetitioning the Hbpse of . CJpmaipns for U ; hi , yersal , Suirrage j mi the ; , ,, . ^ Eadicalisln ; ' likewise , a ¦ . -repeal of the . Poor La . w Amendment Act . ; The meeting Was called together by . a . public placard , announcing of hieeting , andwa 8 atteiided by a number of friends from Hatifax , who took part in the prpceedings . The petitions ; and resolutions adopted at the Halifax meeting \ pf ^ th e Monday previous , - were tin ^ nimpusly carried . C- ; v ; - ; ¦' . ' ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ ' : / '; . ' " -T '" ' ,-iV , ' .. " ¦ ' -. " :: ; / / : / - ^ . ¦' . ' . \ Ehh . \ sn MEjRTrjfG .- ^ -On Wednesflay evening bst , at seven , o ' clock ! , a pubEc'meeting yras lieldv ( whicli was called . together by hand bills ) - in the Itafiical Asspciatioiv Ikmrn , I ) og-lJine , Ellaml , tbrthe parpose of p ^ tititioniug Parliament for an extension of the sxitfrage ; ftnd-a , rptalrepeal Pf the , iiotprious Poor J ^ w An ? ejiQineiit ; Apt . -The petitions and resplutions whiclj were put and carried nnnnimptisly at the great meeting in Holifiix ^ held on the Monday week previous , were adopted-aud passed . . " ¦ '¦ SociAtiSTS . —The Socialists of Haiifax have succeeded in obtaining another ; room in which to hold their meetings . ¦) It is adjoining the Primitive : Metnodist Chapel , rPellon-lane . The ^ there on Sunday last , and though tip pavticular notice was given of their intention to meet , vet the room ; was tolerably well tilled with orderiy and respectable-Ippking individuals . The rpbni is but small ; but they have endeavoured to make it as coinfortalile as they possibly can for present use , ' until they can : provide better acconirnod ' ation . It-is in . eohteinplation to ¦ build a new one . Subscriptions have already beciientercdintp for thai purpose . ¦ .-, - ¦¦ ¦' ¦ ¦¦
, ;; : >;; : a ; -. ;; - ' HtJpBSSlSPlEM > . ; - ;; . ;¦/ . ; , /' / F-ATAt- Occident oin / 4 ' CciAt . Pit . — -On .-Monday night / Iiist , : ISeorge Walker , ofBircbin . Clift ' e , nplirHudaersneld , who . workk in a coal : pit , at Armiey Top , belonging to Mr . Waterhouse , of Lindley ,. was leaving bia work : in the pit , and had buckled himself to the crank -to be drawn up ; a stone about a lb . weight fell from the side of the shaft , aud struck him onthe back part of the head , he was-drawn up an « l conveyed home , and a surgeon sent for , bnt to no -purpose , as he lingered . until one o'clock on Tuesday morning , when ; death put an end to his sufferings ^ \ v ; Token dp RESPEt'r . ^ -A most exquisite ; likeness of WiLtiAM Cooper , Esq ., of Fixb y Hall , is now exhibiting in Huddersfield . We understand it was painted by Fbedeutck , at the instance of many highly respectable gehtleineri in Huddersfield . whp : wereanxious at once to preserve a ; likeness , and to prove th ^ ir adniiration , ; of their friend . Whenframed , the picture is intended to be presented to Mr . CopPEB . Thii is the second instance , ^^ in that iieigbbpurhgod , whereaportrait , by subscriptipn , has been fleeted , as a token of respect . The late Sir J oseph Radciiffe ' s was the / mrt . ' TiiE Soldiers' Treat at HuDDEn ^ FiEiip .- — We hare ascertained , since the . report of . the Huddersfield proceedings was put in tjpej that our reporter v / as miiinibrmed as to the matter of a supptr . The supper , though ordered , was afterwards . . cpunte . rniande . d and tbe brave fellows enjojed the benevolence of their friends , nt their respective quarters . The sum of £ 3 . was at ' tenyardi collected and dent to ; Leeds for a tea drinking for the soldiers ' , wives . ¦ . ¦ ¦ " . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦; . , ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦ V ' ¦ v - ; . ;¦ ' . ' ¦ . ,.- . •¦ . . HONLETir .: ' " ¦ . ' " ' . - .. ; ' . ' •; •/
, On . Friday eveimi ? , th « 26 ih . wit ., a Meeting was Iielil in tho J ^ argw IlPoin , jit the Wheat She . it' hiu , ¦ ' HpiilcfjTj to petitioii Purliament against the New Poor haw ; at \ vhicb , resolutions , cxjjri'ssivt . ' of tJuJ ui <> st decided detenninationOf the people not to lmve trie nirott-headed Devil King to rei ^ n over them , were '"iuutnittod , to the jneeting , in excellent und determinetl sptvche . s , and carried with my enthusiHiri which shelved that t . hu people kueiv what th ' e ' yi' -w'ere about : ' We have roceived a repo . rt of the nieetinj ?* : but the state of ourVcoluiniisi tins \ veelc prevetiw tlie possibility of its iiKix-rtion . Indred , ; si > rife is ; the whole coputry with tleiuoBstrations iigaiust this ; act of D . ijvilisin , that , were wo to' , insert all . thc . voports of public / . hioetiiijj ' s ! sent " . to us , we sUoull need to puolisli two or tnreeiiuxnbeis of the Xort / itrn Star a- > ye » k . " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . . . . ' - ' ; ¦ . ' '¦ . ¦ . .. "¦; - i ¦ ¦¦ ... .- ' ¦• ¦ . v " /; ¦ ; ' . ¦ ' WAKEFIE&D . / ; ¦' "' : . / Wakefield CHURCff . Bate Case .- —Craten i ' . Sanuersov and Others . —Thi ? Court of Qufen ' s Bench has given judgment-ii . r this longpending case in favour of the defendants , the chuvchwardens . "¦' . , The Medicai . Professjon . —The petition of the medical practitioners of WakuSeldj' for the sup- ; pres ^ i on of quackery , &e . was forwarded ,: on Thursday night , to tho Hon . W . S . La . srelle » y M . P ., for presentation to the House of Cpinmons ; Lord Wharnclifi ' e is to preicnt it to the Lords . PAUPER ¦ LuN . A . ttC'A ' -SyiTJ . M . ' . AT' WAKEFrELrJ . --The nineteenth report of this Institution has been presented to the Justices of the West-Riding . In consequence of recent alterations' in the . building , ample , accommodation is riow furnished for 3 tiQ ¦ inmates ,. Jn ' tlusive . of serranbf . There have been 16 cleaths from . consuiuption , and 15 persons admitted in a dying state , who expired vyithin a . few days after aainissibri . Vfith the « xreption , bowever , ; of about two months , wb « n the influenza prevailed , the bouse wa $ never known to . have been more healthy ; Emplpvment of . various kinds , adapted tp the former habits and constitution of the patient , has been more " extensively adopted than formerly . The beneficial results of this system ( says Dr . GorselUs ) is seen in the tears of gratitude shed by hundreds , of restored sufferers , and heard in the huartfeit ac-knowledgmeuts of ; their afl ' ectionate and sympathisi : ig friends . Ah ; intelligRlit man , who was discharged cured in the hipnth of August livst , a . basket-maker liy trade , has left a statehient inwiting , that he had previously been in two asylums of some importance , where he was always " closely confined ; From one of them he was brought to Wakefield . Soon after his admission , tools vrereSplaced' in his . banrlsi , arid he was induced to . work at his own trado ; Irom which time W speedily recoyereti . Hestatcs it to bo his firm cpntiction ' , that if he-Had not i ; ecri thus c-mploytjd , he should- have sunk into a state of cpihplete idiotcy . A small room ; has been ppened for ; thersale of useful . and ¦ . •' fancy , articles , inado by the patients , which visitors , * re sbown ; the profits are appropr iated the same way aa HarrUpnV Fund , viz . to the relief of those who are in circumstances of extreme destitution , on their dismissal from the asylum . Signs of VEaET 4 . TioN .-TNPtvyithstanding the severe cold which lately prevailed , V . M ' r ... J ;! Marsden , solicitor , of Waketield , has several of those littte beau tilul hardy flower * , the snow-drop , at present in full WoWj in his garileh . The crocus is slso beginning to rnakeits appearance . '• ¦¦ ' .. ¦ ' : The FRUrTi MARkET . —We are informed that the authoritiiss of the town of Wsikefield have it in contemplation to raiiove the carts with vegetables , & 0 » V- froni' / the , present fruit market , opposite the chnrehi into Wood street , where they will have hotter accommodation . .. ;' . ' . Onp- FEtLOWSHiP . — -Last week , the brethren of the Rose of Sharon Lodge , ? T . o .. ' 1200 , Manchester Unity , held their nnuivertary at the Ship Inn , Bottom Boat , where a most excellent dinner was pTovined by . Mrs . T ' mdall tor the occasion . The utmost conviviality and harmony prevailed . HAtFiEi . D HalI' . — Frar . cis Maude , Esq ., one of the West-liidinj Magistrates , is , we . hear , about leaving this pleasant mansion . It is said the learned ffentl nuiri intends to rompv . e to Alverthorpe " Hull , the present occupier of which is in treaty : for the purchase of a valuable estate a short distance southward of Wakefield . ¦/ : " ; - ;¦ : ¦ . „ .. " ¦ ¦ . / ' .:- . : r-. '' ' : ' - 'A A
MAiPf CHESTER ¦ . ; fAIH ) :-: LEEDS BAIiWAV . — -The directors , eiigineersj and ; solicitors of this ^ railway , h « ve been busily engaged darlnj ? the' past week , iiiakih ^ agreements with owners of land' in the liri e from Heath and Warnifietd to Horbury , JDewsbury , " 8 iC . \ We hear-they have agreen with / several proprietors of bnd in the Ingsnear this tpw : n , ; and that the work will npw pr . oc ^ eii ¦ ¦ with /' -rapiditt . - . ' / , ;; 'Psrcn of LAND ;—A piece of land , at Thorhes , near Wakefield , ; hrts bceii sold io the directory of the Letid / s /^ and ^ lan ' cfoster ; : B , aiiway ; ,, jit ibe . ' rate ; o"f £ 500 ; per acre ¦ > % anp : ' ^ £ 1 ^ 200 / has been ^ ked for ; anptheripiece' in the . satne . toivnship . It . iis . said there / arfe circumstances justifying ^ t ^ . orbitaijti price | au < 3 ^ that J- ^ nd adjoining has been sold ^ atia-cpHsiuerably higher , rate , ' If the bargain -is not stt ^^ k , ' ti-jary \ vJU probubly ; ae ' cide' -the ' p rice ' * : : ;^ . /; ^ XTRA ^ BpiXARY , / Bl ; RTH . —On Friday ; inorn . iiig ^ thq wife of a poor maH , J uained ; . Thomas Wrig-: ieyyresidingatSahpipaUey , bottom of ; We 4 tgate ;; WttketieldV gave birth to ^ three female children . One t > f them died soohifterit ^ d' -horh } but the ' -others ¦ * e / ( iate'i y : to ' dp ' \ t : eil . "; - The ; father of ; the ¦ clnldi'ehi 'we'&ye ; irifonned , . has beejiio ^ s ^ ttd ; Vrfte / only partiajly ;; ieruploVed fit J& « busin «^/ and ^ th ^ eiore , '; btit ill ^ rtp ired /^ r ihis ^ rece ^/ ad ^ tipte ; ^ nia family . ^ e | . ^ hefefor-e | ; sincercjy ' . ho ^ ¦ Bocied !?^ which nr ^/ establishedtQ ;* i % 3 1 sans , uinder 8 imiiar (* ircumstau ^ ^^^ jhi » ptculiar case into serious cpnaider » tipn « ; , -
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;¦ ' : ; : * ' . \ /"} ' :- - - DEWSfBURV . ¦ " ¦'' : : V : - ^" - - ^ ; ' .. ;; '¦• ¦ ¦ , " ¦ " ¦ . - . '¦ ' " ' -. " ¦ ; - ¦¦ - - '• ' ¦ ¦ " ? . ;; . ¦ * ' - ' ¦' - ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ' :. ¦'¦• - ¦ . ¦; .. - '"' - . . ' . r . V ^ yt-. ' '"' - --Pa&ixQ / &OBBpjiiz ^—O n Saturday night ^« T '; early- on-. Sunday ¦ mornihep last , sonie ; Tiilafin ^ op : villains , ; feloniously entered tlte dryihouse of 3 ^ t ,. ; . Brooke Dewsbury , , ; and took / therdfrpte ; eigh'C / jj ^ f of heading blankets , " berpn ^ ng , to Mr . John A # ^^ . 6 fjFall-lane , Al 3 o the same evening ¦ ¦ the wIit ^ --hpuse of Mr ; - Thomas ( Jpodall ) blanketi manufaetiireri t ^ ater Gate , ; ; Dewsbury ^ , -waV teokeaihi ^ ,. ¦ ; atiti a large quantity of blanket wefty : was tak « aJ ;> therefrpin . ;; It is high time that some one ; shoaSf / v be on ¦ . thelpok out , lor there has ho tessf -thai * ; . seven-or eight very extensive robberies of bianietec- v been cpmniirted-Jwithin two or % rce weeks ^ in / the ' ¦ /; " neighbourhood of Dewsbun-. . ' . - f : Everv Man to iii ^ Trade .- ^ -A parisi cieik . rr notfive miles from Dewsbury Bank Bar ^ made ; 1 fe following ^ ectaTatio n : to z . neighbour ^ the other day .--When trade ^ ( as he 1 termed it ) ^ brisk and MsmWliyel y , by burials and christenings flowing in upoj& . him , iri the gratitude of his heart be offers ; up the .-following stave : —'' My soul ; gives praise untP fc& =- : ' - ¦ Lord , " On , Jthecpntriiryy ^ fhen trade is dull , ai ^ fe . funeralsf Stci-scares , lib gives put ,: ^ f How-loiig v * iit 1 " : v thbu forget me , Lord ? " in which he is joined m « st '" ¦'•¦ : vociferously by the sexton . —Correspondent . "; - : : Thori ^ liill .-- ^ P ooR , Liw .- —Last week . meefcr--v-x ing was held at Thornhjll , for ; the purpriae /^ F / petitionirig Parliament / for a total repeal ¦ of . vjs&rA : obnpxiou ^ measure . ^ All ^^ tbe resolutions were eife— ; ricd unaijimoiislyj ; ex'cepfc that , a wealthy old farmeir ^ . top old tp hold up ; his bandj held up MsTfjalkiig ^ r . stick in ; : opposition . We are glad to hear , tbi ^ I . ¦ most of the . principal rate payers in ; Thornhili a ^ 0-U , ; opposed to . the . NeW' Poor L ^ i \ v , aud are determina ^" - not to bft joined to the Dewsbury Union , or ; anyt other , so long as they can manage their owns ' . ; afftiirs . v . ¦ ' .. " ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦; ¦ ' . ;• ' ; •; . ; c- ; ' : •; 'V . r - :. r-: : ;; ¦ :-: ;; . ' - / - ' - ¦ ; - : - ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦¦*" ;• • \ j ^ KTON . ' ;; -- -- / :. ¦ I " ' - ' -: ' / - / v <• ¦ ; •¦ , ; .
ANxivER ^ ARY SERMoJJg ^ The . uraal AnnuiE r Serinoifs' were prerxhed 6 n Sunday last , ; fn ; the ; --Wellington Road Meeting Koom ,. Charlestown , bj *~ tbe Rev . Ji ; ..-R , Stephens , and . collections made : tpirards liqiiidgring . the debt remaining on the- build- ; ing ,, and bringing it to a state of ^ completioiB . VCfe ^ ' Monday evening the above Gentleman delivered s , : Lecture in " the same place , to the working people o £ i- r Ashton .. . Trie attendance was nurhefous ^ and ; t& »? V audience appeared to be highly gratified ;\ t-itli tjiit ; r singular felicity with w'hich theKe % \ Lectxrrcr tfeate £ i- :. tlie diilerent topics selectedibr his address . / . He d $ g ^^ ^ canted in his accustomed eloquent and empiij 5 « t-r ...:-. style , iippn the ihutility and absurdity of deliverJog :.. ¦ - ' . :, Lectures to' the .- . working ; classes ^ , upon literary asdu - scicntiiic ' subjects , whilst so many of them wetss--- ¦ destitute ofvthecpminon necessaries of life ,. ati& ; nearly all of them deaied those political privileges ^ . which would enable rbein to make Government t ± tK »~ protectign of / the community at large ,, instead pST ' . '¦ ¦¦" being , as is thb case at present / an instrument ia t 6 *< : ~ : hands of the wealthy for ^ depressing and degradiag ' , ; the . poor * He aiiiinadverted in Vthe strongest teraws . ¦ - ., . upon ! the conduct of those men who had the presumption to Ipctiire to Mechanics' Institutions , and to t $ ef- ; - members , of . yillaje ^ Libraries , describing tbe ^ oaa- ^ forts und enjoyments of the " poor in the manufaciajr—; ii ) g . ' . districtsj . ' , in tlie most exaggerated language when the fact was , the . poor were itt almost Egyptis » -. bondage ahd cosnpolled to perlorm such an excesMTer : ' : amount oFJabourtbatthe bumah framedwas incajx--i blu 6 f sustaining it . ' Such / lectures were calculated \"> . by tho erroneous statements ; aud misrepresentatioiE » - ' :: '¦' - ¦ ' . they contained , ; to do the / rndst serious injury "; ta : tb ; cause ; of the wording man ,: inasn , i , uc | i ,- as the ptiari classe i s ; of * society were deluded jbythtm ^ andprevenSeds . . from inquiring iatp the actual ePgditiop : of the ponry . and assisting- in procuring those measures wlrith > -: would be beneficial to them . The lecturer ith « B ^ ; adverted to the practice under / the New Poor Lawy / : of relieving the poor in kind and not in monej :, which-he . contended was adopted for iloother purposa- . '¦ - -. ' thanthat of degrading more and more . those v ^ -. ; might have occ-asioii to apply fpr parochial reK « L - ' The pobrinan : tfasnot to-be ^ trusted with sixpeae « j ; : or a shilling , or ; eighteeriperice ; - —oh no ! he must ta ;; relieved with three or fpur , pounds of oatmeal j hall » dozen patc-akesy and a'few ounces of salt batter ^ - .. The excuse for this hateful and abominable practice v is , that the Guardians are afraid the poor man wliaser family was starving , if relieved in money , might Ve * tempted to spend it in beer or gin . The poor eool ^ . not drink oatcakes—no , up ; ne thought howeirtfr ^ that if the poor was to be relievedin that mancET : ^ . they should begin to pay their rates in oateakesJ , He could not understand why they should be -coas- ^' ¦¦ ' }¦ pellcd to pay ' the Parochial Apses . * mehts in th& . ;; lawful cpih iof trie ; realm , ^ tind iiot receive ^ relief kt / i the same . After some further remarks upon the ase >^ fulniess of the Radical Association , andreconiineai- - ing ij ; ifp the support arid countenance of his auditcsrjy / thelecture ? coiicjfuded .. ;/ Very . haodsoBie . collecHoBfe 1 ^ - were made in aid' pf the funds for vyhich the sernioaa- and lecture were ^ delivered . ;; ' ' ; i ^ . ¦ : ' ¦ . ¦ ' ; ' /; S 5 \ &IJ ^ BR ^ GE . ' . ¦ ; : / /' ¦ ¦//; ¦ ¦/ . /•/¦/ ,
¦ RAni cAt Associatioij . —A -very spirited d&- — ctifsion took plaice-: in the Radical Association RooUv on Sunday evening last , as to the ; bes (; liieans of pro—; tectingthi . rights of labour against the encroachments ^ V of nipiiopoly and capitnil . Several members addresseek . tho meeting stating their opinions upon the $ ui » jee ' fc-V The general uiipression seemed to bey that laboarrwould never , be efficiently protected until the , pi ! oglAr > obtained : Universal Suffrage ; when they would baree- ¦ .: / an ^ opportunity of blecting a legislative assembry ^ - . . ¦ . ; tbat would pasi laws enabling the poor tovdefen ^ Stheironlypropcrty-r ^ theirlabour—against the ravag ^ K- > of capital ¦ ; ,. '" ;¦ . ' -. ;¦ " . /\ '" ; " . ' ¦¦ . '" ¦ . ' ¦¦ :., ¦' . /; ' ; ¦ -: ? ' y )¦¦ : .:- ; : ¦ . : ¦" . , ' . The Men ' s . Petition for the repeal of the-. - New Poor Lawy ; hasalready several thpusand signa- : tures attached . toit . There is also one in course a £ l r signature frpm . the females ^'"' . ' . for : th'e ^ same object ^ - ; . which we trust-will he ' . ' signed by byer y' wpmau its the town . . Surely , tbe Whigs will not . say , si& « r this , that their generous " Boou" is received by the' - poor with feelings of thanklulneas . and gratitudeL- . Thoje / eaiales «; ho have entered the connubial stafcs ^ .-. > do- . not reliab the idea of being separated b y the three ; gacnty greedy , hungry vnienfiicants of SomarseS ; ¦ : Houso ^ tVoin . ;; theiT \ hu 8 bands .. ^ d ; v- ' chiVdren ) -.. ' shooSl . - ,-- ' . . . . they be c-ompeiled ^ tbrough'destitution , to applj to > their parishes for relief . They say , moreayer ,. thafcthey will not submit to the base- ana cruel treatmpBlcV which some of their fellow-creatures have , had tet ; , - endure- . ;"• and also , that they £ no \ v of no persons m » rty fitted to be the inmates of a '' Bastile" than tlje-. ; ... ¦ three pauper Commissioners themselves . . ¦ ' ¦ . V- " : ' " ¦ - ' ' ; - / 'MOSSIiinr . ' "¦;¦ ¦' : " . ;¦; : ' ; .: / -. ''; " -: ¦ ' : ' :. :: WfokisG . 'M ^ ty-AsxpciATioTf ^ —^ This Assocf ^ --tion , which was 1 estiiblished ; n very short time ag ?^ hns now iit ' ty tftembers' nam ^ s enrolieo ! in the boSf ^ They h'ive taken a room forineetihg in , where they asseinble to read ^ he ' ¦•¦ Kprlfierfr \< 8 fafj ' . and e £ ne £ r" ' newspapers i alsoto hold frwn'dly discussions npoB ^/; political subjects , . ' : 'fhe prospucts of the peoDjek begiiV- diiily to be more ftatterii ^ ,. iii couseqiience '<» & . ¦' : the fprmaft <) hpf such societies m the cpnntry : dir-r triefs . Tbeir ori g in inust inspire thp ' meTnr > ers « ft r ¦ ¦ tiifWB . ji ] ready existingin toSvns , ; with ' ffreater roofi- ^ - - deisee in the gbodTiiess of the cause ¦ 'iitj . wbicli they brat- ¦ ¦ ' embarked , and tpvuishes an jvdditional assnfancts- ' that the cause of iustice and righteousness will ba ? * ultimately triumphant ;'';¦ ' ; ; - " ' - ¦ "¦ . ¦ ¦¦ : ' v ^ ; ; ¦/ , ¦/' ¦ . ¦ ' ROCHDALE . - ¦ ; :- . ¦' ¦ ' : , ¦ ; , , / .: ¦ . ' . ; , ¦/;
A WiiisKSiVLESS TAttOR the other da ^ r i ^ adjp . , ' \ . < application to one of the Rochdale Beadles for . assist- " ; V taiice ^^ under the followingcircorn , stances . HestAie ^ trr' } : ¦ ¦ . ¦¦' . ' . ' that the same ^ day / sbme soldiera pf tneOrth-regiBiei ^ -v stationed , here , pifered some cast-off jackeU Sot 9 »} er ^ ? vt his shop , ^ y hicU they thought would do fcrstttfP ^ - . ing . or padding cpa't collars ; Mr . Snip ^ ixsisrgr' " / determined Io -go . ' on ; sure ' grobnds ; made / 'a ^ -- ; - plication to it sarjeintto kriow if it : wouldbe' ^ gl # <; :: '•' . '; T tbbiir'the articles . / After ^ the ; inferaatiqn ; imd / beVrt : obtained , Mr . Solder ; nrcist take a , giksj of / gpttei--T . ; . ¦ ¦ ; thing with the / toilor . W ^ y . ; . ; ; alittle elevated . the ' Sp irits ; - ; 6 f . the . sbldier ' and "! ^ ' : ; . '' .. V tailor an invitation ; was given for JMr ^ , H / to / ife ^ -i ; *' .-. - \ ; ;; : the harraciswita . ll / r . Serjeaht ;; ?* aftd ^ ftdtdo . ye& < > think , " sai 4 snip to the beadle , '' they got me doa * in a chair and " shaved off my wbidterj ^ and *<^ c " / ' one pound , fievertteen shillings potpVitie Pocket ^; i -y . didnot mind my munricy , ; but ; i ; we « d nut a ; 4 swt" ' ; ; five pound for nse : whiskers . Mun Ize ? ery proo / $ ' « s - ;; . ; - me whisker !?; I- coomed uin ever ^ mofnm j'ize life ? * \ -r . t Ldd ndoi I conndtgba to Chbpel iiboj : pr , ith street £ \ ,. : but folk ^ rillf bV lobkin an ppintin : at me an / sajiii ; : ;; . | : ; Itobeft has no whiskers noP . " IzeVery iUve x ^ : ' ^ b ' p ^ , ; ' ; i v ; . niy ; ^ Iii 4 kfers ^\;/ Then ^ putting ; his , . b ^ ds , up ; jo ^ t- ; . ; : - ; -v ;' :, ¦ ;• \ jsice hpld 6 kedunuttei ; aoWthing ^ , an ^ = ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .-., ¦¦¦ ' ; iriy poor / poor ; whwkersy ^ ; t 71 tima ^ ;; paid £ 4 to eomprbniide the alfair , but the geHenJe * . >«¦• an ) 3 "whis 1 terless ^ ailpr / ga . Ve ^ back £ 2 , * a ibsie ^ ea ^\ J , ^ : ^ : and or the persuasionof a few ; friends that tt * K » p % v ::-: :. - , ? : ^ plication of a'littlebear / s ; grease ^ pV iMa (« ; ; the to « whiskew wpuid ;< j ^ n . : tei ^ jfti ^; ^; pa ^>^ . . -.:- v V beauty thai ; tlfeiotigintf ^^ The ^| 6 t ; TBtwS ^^^ , ;; - ¦ . ; . / ' & $ *??* ¦ ^ A *^ 5 ^ v ^' - ^ i ¦ t ; € S 0 M ^ s 0 y-l - % : '¦ -: ; ;;; ' ;• OK . TiP £ SbA ^ . Bvq ^ NOvPwi / I ^; gn 3 ^ j ^ : ; - ¦ .. ; : ij 1 il 11 i ui 1 , 11 ' 1 iT" < 1 ' Tirfiftr i' tlir Tiir * \ ii in lititllBliKFtl ^ ZX- - In the > Thoatre , vEochda ^^ y ^ te ^ ni ^ im ^^^^ X ^^ : : 11 Hi iiirirrt ' if ttrr f iiifii ; if fj Tii' * if" lVilrT ^ 'J . iTti * | f WfllQ '_ X . 5 r . 'A "' ;« 6 hV ; to- » or <> WQ ^ -floui ^; ( . f . ; -: // v ^ /^ \\ V ^ L S
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct339/page/5/
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