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^^^^ ' inioirM awrlSghtt thaniathe country , diifieiSw rake * \> f 1 & operation of Bjactoery . ffigh wages «* ever methy more than a cojnmeBsurate increase in loealand general taxation . i cheap' and 'dear are Telatrre terms ; and , in many instances , a taxinjudiciously laid on , may amount to a complete prohibition of the taxed article . It is of the profit made upon taxation , that the people iare mostlj to complain . An English Operative , luting under Ms own laws , without more taxation gjsn would conduce to the honourable support of a wholesome state of things , would live better npoo
ene shilling per day than he can under the present system for five shillings a-day . "What difference , then is there between those two states of slavery , viz . that wherein a wan is sold by another ,, and that wherein a man is compelled either to sell himself or starve ? There is precisely this diflerenee : that , in the one instance , the purchaser has an interest in the health and condition of his slave during the whole of life ; whereas , in the other instance , he has no interest beyond the immediate time of his eapabffity to labour . A man takes more care of Ms own horse than he does of one which Tie simply
hires for a journey . With regard to lie operation of taxation , ohserre the effect which it has upon the hundreds of thousands of hand-loom weavers . The taxes laid upon the actual necessaries of life amount to a prohibition of those articles : and the wages which would other-• srise procure means of ¦ subsistence , are , through the instrumentality of taxafion , rendered of scarcely any use .
But now to the difficulty . All laws having been originally framed by the feudal lord , for the preservarion of his dominion over the serf , —he , the landlord , not only being lord and master , but also insisting upon a recognition of his manorial and other rights , eren to the very howels of the earth , to the dominion cf wild beasts , to the possession of mines , minerals , and other royalties , — long submission "upon the part of the people has established those abuses , until at length the legislature declares its lore / or pristine absurdity , and that even a " Reformed
Parliament" cannot interfere with landed property Let us have a proof of undeviating legisla tonal observance of this rule of non-interference . Is net xise Corn Law a direct interference with the price of land ? Are not Tithes , Malt Tax , Police-Tax . County-Rates , Levies for the Erection of Jails and Basales , together with all other assessments to irhich land is liable , a direct interference with the value of land ? Yes ; but it is an interference which , while it enhances the ralne of the landlord ' s portion , diminishes that of the consumer . Under
Treat state of things do we then live , when the hcreased industry of a people has no other tendency fcaa to create new taxes upon that industry , while arose who , without speculation , exertion , industry jii , or return , are enriched to overflowing , anc frequently without a knowledge of the means by iriich those riches are prodoeed . We do not deny the title of the landlord to his ndttfal proportion of the soil j but we do object to Us legislative interference with that portion which cf right belongs to the nation , and to which he has 20 earthlv claim .
In conclusion : the -wealthy complain of taxes tpon those articles which they may or may not use : vrhJXe the poor have no alternative ; all those articles which they consume being absolute necessaries of life , and taxed to the highest amount .
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE XORTEEBN STAR . London * March 14 th , 1 S 3 S . Gextxejeex , —I trust your " Star" will never be a " . liberaF' newspaper . That epichet , ( as nowz-Zzjs applied ) expresses the concentration of human Isseaess and human littleness to an extent undeseribableby any other term . Jn France , in Spain , is England , all the world over , your il Liberals " are a graceless , soulless , unprincipled crewi In lYauce , the " Liberals" have placed the
Government in the hands of about 180 , 000 rich electors cnt of a population of 33 , 000 , 000 , and are now importing that Government by 350 , 000 hired bayonets , in addition to an armed Bourgeoisu or shapocraey , to the amount of a million and a half of sen . In Spain , the " Liberals" have seized the k& of the ecclesiastical property which , instead of -spiring to the uses of the poor , for whom it was ^ Ecnally intended , they have appropriated to their we uses , under pretence of paying the interest of Kdkrnal delis , and the cost of civil wars which
sre oi their own exclusive creation . In England Ee " Liberals" are notoriously the most grinding and i-feaous political party in the state , and ihe-more ' ' 'liberaT die greater is their hard heartedness . rani of late years England had but two recognised political parties—the Tories and the Whigs . This * 2 S before the appearance of the new light " Liber < rff now generally known by the name of sham-Sadicals—whilst there were only Whigs and Tories , & WMgs had , of course , all the " Liberalism " to themselves . And what were its fruits ? To
enanerate all would fill a volume , but a few speei-Eto ? will show the quality of the fruits . Be it femm then , to the ignorant , and be it recalled to t £ recollection of all who may have forgotten }? , &u it is to the " Liberals" of former days , we ** £ the ' - * excue-sjstem of taxation , —that to " the Jzae party we owe the " glorious revolution" of 15 S 8 , with its consequent blessings of national delts sd Handing armies—that to the same party we w she first riot Act- at Geo . X—the infamous
tyenaial Bill— and the worst parts of the xMpenal Vjfe of Ireland . Be it also known or remembered , * k it was the " Liberals" who after sessions of Sttkjnation against the income tax during the late * ar , had the shameless inconsistency to increase Sat tax from 6 J per cent to 10 per cent upon their *« -esHDD to office under Pox . I am here speaking ^ lie section of " Liberals" called Whigs and of Ssjr less-recent and therefore less notorious acts . Of the acts perpetrated by this party under the £ * ey and Melbourne Administrations itis
unne'Sssarj to gay a worn . In these Acts theyhave had ^ aH of the more thorougb-going " Literals" of ^ ^ am-Eadieal school . While they had all the l&tralism to themselves , iheir acts were the worst ^ committed by any party then existing , though s « tit worst that might have 'been committed ; hut * s * e the appearance of the Sham-Radical Liberals ? &eir ade , theyhave out-heroded Herod , carry-^ tbeir " Liberaf atrocities to such a jiitch that Ctfythem to advance oae step further without c ^ Eg the nation into a revolution which would
**** the whole system explode abont their ears and ^ ifclibertieidal abettors to the DeviL I have ^ facts to show that the Whigs are worse than ^ iarty . les " Liberal" than themselves , I will f * & ** " your Teaders' attention to a few other T * the purpose of convincing them ( if I can ) _ « e Sam-Radicals or Ultra-Liberal parr ; are ^ oise than the Whigs by about as many degrees Jf * " Literalism . " exceeds that of the Whigs . ^¦ fiteefecta I have not to travel Wond the la ?|
^^ of night and the night before in the ** of Commons . TteK '"^ ¥ to MoDlJay nightfs debate , gj ^ iop of Exeter presented a petition from the ^^ aas of the Poor of the Pndley Union comp ^ of the dietary table established for their j ^^ tIle Bashaws of Someiset House and pray fcfci ^ ™^ ^ e permitted to assimilate that ^^ the dietary table ai Qxe London Union , in ^ " ^^ the authority of . { he Bashaws—the said
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Bashaws having threatened tae Master jand Matron of the "V 9 orkKbuBe wife the penalties of ib « l * w in case they enlarged the allowance to the poor , * p *» with ike function of ' the Board o / Quardiaks ! The petitioners further stated that medical gentlemen had certified that the dietary of the Pudley Union was not sufficient to keep the poor from disease and iJroken health , much less to preserve them in a state fit to work when they come to he employed again . The following are the tiro dietary tables , placed in double columns : —
" DUDLEY ONION DIET " THE dTT OF LONDON TABLE FOR ABLE- UNION DIET TABLE BODIED 1 L 4 LE PAJJ- FOB MALE ADULTS . PERa "On Jiuee &j » is the " On three a » y » d erery " weelr , dsaiv 1 o * . of cooked " -week—21 os . of l ) wad , " meat , beef or mutton , % Jb . " 3 | ox . of ebaac , sad Ij " of vegetables , 1 Ib . pflwe » d , " puxU of grad , per diem . " 2 to . of cheete , J '^ Bt o " On one other daj—40 ot " mnk porridge , & pint of " of bread , 1 | ec of cheese , " beerst dinner and a pint at " 14 pinte of soup , » nd 1 } "« npper . " pmt of gruel . "On three otlver day * 11 On two other days—Sot " ( instead t > f meat ) , Jj pint " of cooked meat , 1 Ib . of ' of gonp ( made on a good
" potatoes or otaer vegetables , " allowance of materials ) , * nd " 14 os . oftaead , « ox . of / 1 a single pint of beer . Other . " cheese , and Ij pxnte of" articles ( except vegetables ) " gratL " the ane u on the thre « " . On one other , day—1 ox . * 'former . : " of bacon , 1 1 b . of potatoes "On Temainuig day , in" or other vegetables , 14 oz . " stead of meat or soup , 11 b . " of bread , if os . of cheese , " of snet padding- ; or boiled " and 1 } Jinte of groeL" " rice , with milk and sugar ; Let their Lordships contrast " a pint of beer at dinner and thiawith " a p int at supper . Other ¦ " arbcles the same as the last" mentioned three days . "
The Poor of Dudley , to whom the Bashaws allotted liiis starvation diet , are men be it observed , who haTe been worlang every day since they were boy * , in the forge , and the mines , —the most laborious of occupations . Horrible enough it would be to allot it to the poor of London-whose work is comparatively light , bat to allotit to the hard toiling men of Dudley is literally to kill them by inches , and render them incapable of resuming their employment . Just look at the Dudley dietary , table . On
four days of the week no meat at all ! On the other three dajs only 14 onnces altogether including 4 of bacon 1 and «© beer on any one of the seven datfs . Not one drop of beer all the week round for able-bodied men whose lives . have been spent in creating wealth for the state—aye for the very monsters who are starving and drenching them with gruel . If this be not murder as well as robbery , there is no meaning in language . It is only surprisiirfr that the . Men of Dudley do not rise up and annihilate " all" the rich oppressors around them . Here was a case sufficient to excite the virtuous irs of every man haring any pretensions to the feelings of humanity . Yet , how was it -received by the Ultra- Liberals" of the Lords ? Lord Bkotjgham
met the petition by observing that he inew nothinsr about the facts of the case , ( a reason why he should have held his tongue , if he did not believe the petition ,- ) hut Ite tcoidd demonstrate at the proper time Utat no one power had' been conferred on any one authority ichateoever , by the-Neic Poor Lair , that did not exist before , under the Old Poor Late , since the Statute of Elisabeth . " This monstrous piece of assurance —this boastof lying effrontery was all the relief which "Liberal" Brougham had for the ill-used , half-starved ' poor of Dudley . The Guardians of the Dudley Union stated in tbeir
petition that they had made application to the Poor Law Commissioners for leave -to apply the dietary table of the London Union to that of Dudley , and not only did the latter refn . < e their request , but they threatened to punish the master and matron of the workhouse , if they dared to obey the Board of Guardians . Tet , according to the veracious philanthropic , friend of Creoles and black-skins , the enlightened , benevolent , and , above all , the Liberal BEOtGHAMj no new power was given to any authority whatever by the Kew Poor Law Act ! If Brougham be right , why doe ? he not impeach
the Commissioners for usnrping an authority , which , upon his hypothesis , the law does not give them ? But it is only squandering reasoa to argue with " Liberals"' of the Bbougham stamp . 2 fow , for a greater " Liberal" than his Lordship—themost " Liberal" of all Ultra- " Liberals , " —the noble friend and disciple of "William Cobbett —aiy Lord Badxok . What was his answer to the petition . , He declared the Guardian to be in the wrong , for the two following most " Liberal '' reasons : —1 st . Because he . knew certain labourers in Berkshire tcho managed to " live upon less food titan tray given io ( he poor in the Dudley workhouse" AjuI 2 nd , Because it could be proved that
Captain Parry's crew subsisted , during their Arctic expeditions , vpon less food than was given the Dudley paupers ! I defy the Devil and Dr . Faustus to surpass this " Liberalism" The "Whigs , sweet soulsi are ' content with the workhouse as the " test of , destitution . " But the " liberalism " of Lord Eadxor will ' be satisfied with nothing short of one of those famines on ship-board which make the unfortnnate sufferers regard a rat or a shark as a luxury , and which not unfrequently turn whole crews into cannibals , easting lots for each other ' s flesh to subsist on . Oh , Badnob , Raduob ! if Bannagher bangs the Devil , you as certainly bang Bannagher .
Now for a specimen of Liberalism in the other House . The fighting Member for "Westminster , Evans , whom O'Coxxell , at a recent dinner , compared with the first warriors of the age , and whose trophies are to be seen in every quarter of London , in the shape of legless , armless , shirtless , hreadless wretches—the remnant of his battered legion—Has" Liberal" hero had the humanity , in his speech of last night , to warn the public against giving charity to his companions in glory ( just described } -on the ground that " most of them had
received their full pay—indeed all of them , except about 150 . ! " To appreciate this effort of "Liberalism " a man must have seen the deplorable creatures alluded to . It is impossible to contemplate their haggard looks , squalid persons , and heart-broken demeanour , witho \ rt mingled feelings of pity and horror . Had it not been for the speech of General Evans , I would defy even a " Liberal " to look on one of them without instantaneously potting Ms hand into his pocket . Yet , against these miserables the Gallant and "Liberal" Member
for Westminster would steel the heart and close the hand of public charity ! Oh , ye Liberals ! ye Xiberals ! how often have yon cheated the gallows of its due . . ' . I have only room , Gentlemen , to request your attention to Sir H . Hardixge's speech , in reference to the flogging operations carried on in Spain , under General Evaxs' instructions to his subalterns . You will see from that speech how very Liberal he was of the cato' nine-tails , and by what a base subterfuge he" tries to shift the odium of the flogging system from . his-own shoulders to those of his snborainate officers . But why adduce facts to attest his brutality . Is it not enough that he is a Liberal ? - ¦ BBOIN'TERRE .
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' '¦¦ ' ¦ " - . ' :.. "¦ ¦ " 1- 3 GEEDS . " . " ;¦ ; ' ¦/; '¦"¦ . . / v ¦ ' .. "" ; Impobtant Factory Case . —— B * each or TWB Act . —Oar roaders will remember , that about . three months ago , an important discussion took place at the Court House , as to whether it was lawful for a factory master to allow the hour and a half for meals each day , or any part of the hour and half to be taken from any part of the day not usually appropriated to meals . This question was again discussed on MoBday last , before a fall bench of magistrates . Messrs . Ward , and Co . , mill-owners , of Holbeck , the parties who were charged on the former occasion , were again charged by Mr . Baker , the inspector of factories for this division with not
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allowing a number of children who worked in their mill , to have a proper time for meal s as stated by the Act of Parliament Mr . Baker , in stating the case to the magistrates , said be was bound to bring the present case before them , for if a decision which had previously been given was carried out , there was no knowing to what it might lead . He hoped the magistrates would give him a conviction in the present case , as it was very important that the section of the act relating to meal hours should be put in force , and the proper time , viz ., one hour and a half allowed to different children employed at the mills . He then stated £ hat a number of
decisions had been come to in different parts of the country quite different to that to which they had come on a former occasion . He also read the opinions of several eminent speakers on the subject , who were all of opinion that the time specified . - "by the act should be attended to . Mr . Ward in his defence stated that they had acted in conformity with the decision which had before been given , when a similar case of theirs had been brought before the magistrates . They had worked 66 hours per week , and the time allowed them by law was 69 . What Mr . Baker had informed them of was correct , as they started in the morning at a quarter past six , and went on till a quarter past twelvej and
commenced again at one , and ' . oowtiuuo . 1-till- spven ; but it was for the benefit of the working people , and not for their benefit , as they left three quarters of aniiour sooner than they would do if the full time allowed by law was given them ; but they would bow to the decision of the bench , whatever that might be . The magistrates here retired to consider the case , and after a consultation of about half an hour , returned into court , when Dr . Williamson in informing the defendant of the result , said , you have been brought here by Mr . Baker for having , on Friday last , worked a number of children at your mill from £ past six in the morning to 7 in the evening without allowing proper time for
meals . You have broken the 6 th section of the act which itates that one and a half hour shall be allowed for meals . —The legislature seemed to think that that time should be taken at two separate meal , times , and not before or after the working hours . After reading over the preamble of the act , we are of opinion that it is better for the health of the children thut this hour and a . half should be given at two different times . We , therefore , intend to enforce the provisions of this act , as seems from our interpretations to be the manner in which 'it-was intended
to be carried out , and we are sorry that a contrary decision should have been come to by the mayor on a former occasion , which has been the means of bringing you a second time before us ; in considera-. tion of the circumstances , we shall , therefore , convict you for the present offence , but at the same time we shall exercise the discretionary power given us by theSlst section . of the' ,-by not cluiminy ; a penalty , and discharging the case m hope . that . you will not appear before us under similar circumstances , for if you doit will be our duty to mulct you to the full extent of the law .
Brutal Conduct . —On Tuesday last , a youns man named Abram SutcHfl ' e , of Ivirkstall , was brought before the majristrates charged by his sister and mother , i < he latter a feeble old woman , with ab'j .-: jnp . thein and creating disturbances at a late period of tbe night . A few niphts-ago' he went home in a . state , of . beastly intoxication , and after giving his sister a tremendous black eye , broke pots , chair . * , and every thing that came in his way . This vagabond , who appeared well abie to work ,
had not done anything for upwards of six months , and laid upon the exertions of his poor old mother and sister for support . His mother seemed much distressed to bring him to the Court-House . He was fined £ 4 . 10 s . and 6 s . cost , which being unable to pay he was committed to the House of Correction for two months .- On hearing the sentence , he shook his head at his sister , and threatened to abuse her ten times worse when he returned from prison . Such are the effects , and the reward of idleness and intoxication . : - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - } ~ ~—
A Spite at Barbers' Windows . —On Tuesday last , a young man named George Moffatt , was brought before the magistrates by two policemen , named Outhwaite" and Grimshaw , charged with being drunk nnd disorderly , and also with assaulting the latter policeman . It appeared that Mofiatt , in a state of drunkenness , thrust his head through a square of glass in a barber ' s window' in Harperstreet , by which his hend and face were severely cut .
B-efusing to give his name , he was ! given in charge to Grimshaw , who was conducting .. him to gaol , when , having arrived about half way up Kirkgate , he gave the policeman a push against another barber ' s window , by which four squares were broken . The prisoner , being unable to make a defence , was fined 40 s . and costs ; and was also to make good the damage be had committed . Being unable to pay , he was committed to tbe Hou . « e of Correction for one month . '
. Narrow Escape of Mr .. Fn . inr . rs O'Cosxon . — On Tuesday last , as Mr . -Feargns O'Connor was leaving the " house of his friend Mr . Stephens , of Ashton , he was near -receiving , a serious injury if not his death , from the neglect of an innkeeper . ^ As the post-boy tamed to go down the very precipitons liill , the carriage began to lock , and , eienriially , to such an extent , that it came down upon its side , without much notice , and with n dreadful crash . Mr . O'Connor , upon making an attempt to get upon his legs , thrust one leg through the glass , which came to the ground , and which was up ; he had much difficulty in extricating himself , which he accomplished by draggin g the sash frame aud
glass with him , and by a snduen and most unaccountable spring , completely clear ing the carriage throngh the upper winuorr . and to-the-astonishment of the ~ specrators landing almost siranltaueonsly with the carriage 'apon his feft . Mr . O Connor was slightly hurt in the head , a ' . icle , and left wrist . . ' . The post-boy and the lad who . * at on the box were thrown off with considerable violence . The . boy seemed dreadfully alarmed and mnch . hurt . When Mr . O'Connor asked him how he felt , lie said he was very , verv bad . He soon made his way to ' the . Rev . Mr . Stephens house , and upon Mr . O'Connor again asking ror hini . he appeared vrith an inimense lunch of bread , butter , and jam , in one hand , and a glass of
wine in the other , a face like a lull moon , eyes . beaming with delight ijpon the prop , but yet fearing that he must die . Upon queatioDing the post boy as to tbe cause of the accident , he said that the lock of the fore carriage had been- " broken for a considprable time , —that he had freqnenny remonstrated with , his master , -n-hom he had wamod of the danger , bnt ¦ w ho , however , had not remedied the defect . We merely state this for the pw .-e ; it , ami withhold the name of the proprietor , lest we should unjustly create a prejudice without a thorough knowledge of the fact . We wish for his explanation ,- and in the event of not receiving a satisfactory one , \ re shall publish Ms name in our next mnnber .
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' PETW ^ ON ^ -On . Friday week , i petition from Mr . J . I .. Warcl , SBrgepn , of Trafalgaf-Bteet , in this town , was pre 8 ented to the Honsa of Commons by Mr . Baines . ! The petition , which wm against the ^ Medical Practitionew' IfiU of Mr . Wakley , received more attention from the Honourable House than the petitions of individuals usually , do . Beth- ^ v CHiTEi ; .-i-Thi 8 « inall hnt ioiatBttodioiw place of worship waa . opened under ! the anspicea of the New Jerugalem Church la » t Sunday ; elpquent s « nnon 3 were preached : on the ( occasion , expository of several of the-leading yiewB and doctrines of that respectable and intelligent body of Christians , by ; the ; Rev . D . Ho ^ warth , from ^ Manchester ^ and the B ^ r . John Cull , late of Cheltenham , but now
settled in Leeds aa the permanent minister of this cKapel . , ,.. .. " .: ¦; .: ¦¦; '¦ . 'X' " ¦ ^; . ; .: '' ; ' . ' - ' ; - '' ,. " '' . ' :. ' / -. -. ' Independent Orpbb . oj Gabi > ek * 58 ;—On Monday last , the members of the Mountain Daisy Lodge , t » eld at the Temperance Hotel , top of Wood S ^ treet , Briggate , celebrated their anniversary , when aboot fo ^ ty-five of the brethren « at down to a good substantial dinner , served up in the first style by the worthy host and hostess ; After the cloth was drawn , the cup which cheers ^ but not inebriates , ^^ graced the table ; and each brother seemed delighted during the delivery of ^ two excellent addressea by Brothers Nettleton and Gourlay , one on total abstinence and the other on brotherly lovei The remainder of the evening was spent in social intercourse ^ and the company broke up , highiy gratified with the eyelid ing ' s diversion . ¦ , ¦
¦ . ¦¦" .. > ;" -. "; ' . - .. -, HAUFAX . ' '• ¦• : ¦ .. :. Poor Rates in Elland . —^ Th © Assistant Overseer of Elland applied to have his accounts passed , to which Messrs . John Stptt and ^ illiam Balmfortk , rate payers objected . Mr . Stptt stated that the ground of their objection was this . The overseer vrn \ nqw going out . "" v of ' -office ; , and the enormous arrears of £ 89 wanted : coHecting . The magistrates enquired if ^^ the whole snni of £ 89 was uncpllected . The overseer replied in ;; the ^ affirmative ; and said that those who had not paid were not able to do soj in consequence of being but of work ; if they had ai little time given , they would i
pay . The magistrates inquired . ¦ f those arronra for the past year . ., The overseer said that they were arrears which had been accumulated during a ''hum > herofjeara . . Mr , Stott complained bf th ^ gence of tiie . cullector- ;¦ upon which the coUector stated tnaVhe hail : uollected the rates for twenty years ' , and had never before heard of a complaint The overseer in answer to a question from the bench stated that there was a meeting of rate payers on Thorsday , and the whole cf the meeting ( seven rate payers and officials ) except the officers and bbjectorsj signed the accounts . Mr . Stott said that as the officers were going out , a" portion of the
sum UDCollected would be lost . The overseer said that the last rate was a one and sixpenny one , and had been laid for half a year . The whole of the sum when , ' the £ 89 was collected , would amount to £ 015 . Mr , Stott said that the uncol-Iected rates had been aecumyiatfng for the last twenty years . . Mr . Rawspn distinctly asked the overseer how' long the arrears had been accumulating ; when he replied ; and was confirmed by tlje collector , that the £ 89 v > as the arrears for the last two ye . irs only . Mr . Waterhouse then said ; that the question was , whether arrears of £ 89 was justifiable , when applyingfor another rate . After « ome
conversation , Mr . Pol I ard addressing the overseer , demanded why be came there with so large a sum uncpllectedj .-he knew that the overseer expected the magistrates M'oulii « gn tbe rate , as a inatter of course ; why had he not summoned the defaulters before them and ascertained why they had not paid ? The overseer said that he had taken out eight or ten rfuiniiionses , but , on account of the parties promising to pixy something soon , he had withdrawn them . On inquiry fitnn the bench , the overseer said they had deducted for a number of people who were unable to pay . Mr . Stott was of opinion that there were some bad debts . The overseer considered
that every one was iihle ^ to pay . After some further conversation , which was only a repetitibn pi ' what had been previously said , the case was postponed for a week ,. in order that the names of the defaulters might be placed in the book , with the respective sums' owing by them . The overseer was evidently perplexed a ^ the result , having as he : said to pay £ C 0 to the Union , on Monday . The Rv ling Passion . —A village rustic , named "William Taylor , cart ' driver , was summoned before the bench , under the following circumstances ; : —The defendant , it appeared , in the exercise of hw calling , last week ; went for a load of grains , to the'Shibden Hand brewery ; but , insteiid of the exhausted husks having his special attention , they only served to
remind him of their ex-a / c-atioriy ; and he suddenly fancied that he ought to " taste the barley bree . '' Heavily burdened with tais conviction , he began to smell / the liquid of the manufacturer ^ pi : wliicQ-ij « bebeJJ every indication , and consequently he espied a golden opportunity to realize his thoughts of " fancied bliss . Having secretly introduced ; his person into the interior of the premises ; he took a cask from tbe " rabkirig tap , " and tapping ; it at tlie bung-hole , he obtained a c-opipU 3 supply of the juice , with which he and a few other devoteres of John Barleycbrh regaled hemselves id the adjoining yard . Mr . Stocks did not press for a conviction , and on tbe defendant promising not to repeat the offence , aud paying the expenses , uine shillings , he was dismissed . . :
Literary and PHiLosopHicAL Society . — The monthly meeting of the above : Society was held on Monday evening . J .-R . Ralph , Esq ; , the senior vice-president , in the chair . The attendance was good , and thefpllowing donations were presented ' five herring gulls ,. a couple of scpup ducks , male and female mallards , a epiiple of wild ducksj amarrilon , a turn-stone , a couple of sterits , a gannet , and a cross-bill , by theiliev . F . Finch , of Morpeth ; a wild swan , by \ V . D . Hitchen ; and a carrass 6 a > by Mr . Charles Edwards . It was resolved that the society should subscribe for Mr . ilenry ; BaineV proposed work , . " . *¦?¦ the Flora of Yorkshire . " The Rev . W . Turner read \ -a " : reply to some objections againsi . Public Subscription Libraries , in I > r . Whittaker's'VHistbry of Leeds , 'V which was followed by an animated and interesting discussion .
False Appearances . ^ -A faithful agent 'bolted ' the other day : he was a deep fellow , a shopkeeper , and well trained in the ; acts of deceptipnV Unlike most 6 implctpns , w ho , if they don't intend to pay , care little about the price or quality of the articles they intend : " . tp ^^ purchase , be wbflld haggle for ^ ^ the Vast penny , which he was .- -sagacious ' ' enough to know would give the sellers a more favpurable opinion of his intentions to pay . "Whenbehind ^ n his payirienla , and when pressed to settle his accounts , Tie always had cunning enough to lay the fault upon the houses
he ^ had been building , and which had taken ; much more money than he expected . Although he kept selling off his stock , and making it into cash , his shop appeared to be literally crammed [ with sacks of flour , standing upon each other . This rapparent stock reconciled the wholesale men to look off their accounts , when one morning , to their infinite n > 6 rtincation ; he h ' nd flown , and the sackf" whicli had maintained his credit , on examination , were found filled with saw dust ! This "deception , " or siinilar , is too often practised in the world .
Deception . —A female , tallish and apparently 42 years ' , of . age , visited Halifax at the commeneemtut of ^ ' last week , for the purpose of levying contributions on the religious public . She applied to many persons connected with the different religious denomirjations , and represented herself as ** all things to all men . " To the Independents ^ she stated that she was a niemberi of the Rev . Mr . Alexander ' s Independant Chvirch , at Norwich . To the Wesley an Methodists , she was a member of that connexion . To the Unitarians , she was a ^ ^ diistressed Unitarian , &c . On applying to the Rev . J . Pridie ,
on / Monday evening , at the close of the prayerme " eting , in the sohool-rooin under Sion Chapel ; she was confronted by a person who had watched her during several of her applications to other ' persons , and who had informed himself of some of her varied misrepresentations . She met the charge of imposture with the coolest assurance imaginable ; and it is supposed she speedily left the town , in order to evade the necessary consequences pf detection ; She would have been taken into custody in ah earlier part of the day , but the person who had watched her proceedings , and who afterwards met her at Sion Chapel , was not able to meet with a policeofiicer . ¦ •" . ' - ' . i ¦' , - ' " , ¦ ¦' - ¦ > . " . '¦ ¦ . : ;¦' . - '' : - ' : ¦ . -- .
BARNSfXJBY . A Good Excuse for Plundering , tSk Poor : —Mn Joshua Wraggfbaker and confectipner , the individual we noticed in our last number ^ as Having defrauded the . ai-streased uriernployed wearers to & considerable amount , has been heard to say during theweek , tKat as the order > Vas large , it could not be expected that ^^ he ^ would do it without ^ ^ making a pull for himself jV- «« , fcr , 7 : said he , v " wh ( en the' 3 rd Dragoons were here , I and the Serjeant Major made £ 25 each by the short weight : we had an understanding with each other that it should be so . "'
Radical Association . —the Radical Assbciation . met on ^ Monday night , and arrangements were made lorhplding a public nieeting , to consider on the steps to be taken to procure Universal Suffrage it is purposed to hold the meeting about the game time as the Sheffield meeting , and Mr , O ^ an aor and Mr . btepaens are invited . : v : - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ^ ¦ ¦ :: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ :
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TiaLATioNs or the Factories' Requlation : Act .-t-Two CoNTlCTidNS . —Mr . Baker , jnspector under this act , charged Mr . Abraham Tempest , stuff-manufacturer , Clayton , ^ with certain infringements of the act . M . Satdeni , Esq ; : factory inspector ,. sat " - 'bn ^ ^ the bench , together vfitk Mr . Hird ^ aiid Mr . Thompapn . * The charge was not allowing the intermediate time required by law for meals to young persons under eighteen years of age , the date of the offence being th < j 22 nd February last . ¦ .:.. '•; -: ^ . " .- '' :. - ¦¦ % .: v ' .,- :..- ¦/• • ¦;¦¦ '¦ ¦¦ ¦ -: ; ""; - ¦ "" •• ' .,:-'
, _ Mr . \ YAOSTAFy , for jthe deftindant , took / an objection to the notice , contehd'ng that it ought to have been served upon the defendant within fourteen days alter the offence had / been committed . This objection being replied to by Mr . Baker and Mr . Sanders was pverruled Mr . Tempest ' s foreman wa » then called and examined as to the time of runhing ¦'¦ . the mill . They began work at six in the morning of the day in question , and stopped at halfpast » ix in tbe evening ; the « ngine stopped half an hpur during the day which was for dinner . At eight o ' clock the hands leave work for breakfast- —they have half-an-ho « r—could take that time if they pleased , ; but generally took no more than about twenty minutes . " The engine was not stobped for
breakfasts or drinkings , aa the hands do not all go at the same time . Those who leave their work at those times could throw their dart of the machinery out of geer . On the day in question , most of hands took their meals in the mill . .: It was at the particular , request of the parents of the children owing to the / inclemency of . the weather ^^^ that they took their meals in the mill . Mr . Wagstaff contended the case having been gonp through , that his client had fulfilled the requirements pf the act , inasmuch as they had one half hour in the morning and two hours in the evening ^ for / meals , besides the half hour at dinner and the twenty minutes for drinking , or half an hour if they chose to take it . Mr . Sanders cphtended for a conviction ^ on the ground that the intermediate time allowed for meals was less than
that required by the act which was ninety minutes , or one hour ana a half . After a lengthened discussion betweeD the Magistrates and Mr . Sanders ) Mr . Wagstaff addressed the Court in mitigation of damages ^ as Mr . Tempest was only complying with the request : of the parents of the children by keeping them in the mill during the severe weather .. ! A convictiori of £ 5 . followed with lSs . oouta . Mr . Hird agreeing with Mr . Sanders ; Mr . Thpmpsoii dissentient . The second information was preferred against Mr . Sam . Field , stuff-manufacturer of Hunsworthy and was an almost similar case with the foregoing . Mr . F . was convicted in the penalty of £ 3 and 13 d . cos ^ .
Kew Cewbch , —Voluntary PRiNeiPXE . — A subscription has been set on foot for the erection of a New Church in Bradford . New Patent . —David Wilkinson Sharp , of Bingley v has taken but a patent for-a- certain improvement in machinery for warping worsted , linen ^ cuttoH , silk , or vyoollen yarns . Mysteriocs Case . —Last Sunday , a man named Worsnip , who is an overlooker in the employ of the . Messrs . Garnett , left horae to go to Shipley ,
where he spent the day , and left to return to Bradford about six o ' clock in the evening . Since 1 ' then he has not been 3 een or heard of , notwithstanding every inquiry has been made . The mill-dam at Frizinshall , and the canal , have been dragged , but in vain . Certain parties were with him , and knew that he had a sovereign and a shilling in his possession . He was an industrious and-. stftady' man , being lnarried , and having four « hfldreu . His wife , as may be supposed , is inconsolable .
New Poor La-w . —The poor ' s rate now in the course of collection , is double the amount of the preceding one . . ¦ Uttering Base Coin . —^ -A man named John Cape was . committed . last Saturday for uttering base coin . He had been at several public houses paying for liquor with half sovereigns dated ' 1817 , of a base quality . Shopkeepers , * &c , will do well to be on their guard . Floods , —A public meeting , called by the constables , was to be held yesterday in the Exchange , for the purpose of receiving the report of tbe committee lately appoiuted to enquire re specfing the obstruction in t '* e beck , and to provide a remedy .: Horton-Lane Sunday Sghools . —After the annual Kerinons on behalf of these schools , preached by the B . erl' J . Kelly , of Liverpool , on Sunday last , the collection amounted to £ 204 . 6 s .
Mecbanics' Institute . —Dr . Farrar has just presented an entire series of casts of the" Napoleon medals , with a descriptive catalogue chronologically arranged , to this institution . He has also , at the request of the cortimittee , consented to deliver a course of lectures ; the . proceeds to go to the building ftmd ^ ¦ ¦; : . ¦¦ - , ¦ . -: : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ - /¦ Reoistratiov Returns , — -From the first of July to the 30 th September , 1837 , being the first hajfyear of the operation of this Act , the number pf births registered in the Bradford Union , including EccleshJll , » ' » ' 1 ^ 2 , and of deaths 1264 . Difference in favour of births , 728 ..
WAKEFIELD . SHEPilERDS .- ^ -On Sunday last , the Brothers of the Loyal Rose of Sharon Lodge of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds and Ossett District , met at the house of brother Joseph Shaw , Fleece Inn , Ossett Cornmon , when upwards of 110 brothers walked in procession to Horbiiry ,- to pay the last tribute of respect to Joshua Quarrhby ^ a worthy brother of the above Lodge ; the brothers w ^ ore each : a black scarf , with ' . white gloves , and every one appeared very respectable ( it being the first funeral of a brother beloxiging the Order at Horbury ) , arid conducted themselves in a manner suitable on the solemn occasion . ¦¦¦ -,. ¦
UEWSEURV . Public Meetino in Dewsbury to hear Messrs . M'Nish , Cuthbertsoh , and Campbelf , Delegates from Glasgow , in the case of the Cotton-Spinners and Trades' Combinations , on Tuesday evening last . ¦; The meeting was held in the large room of the New Cloth Hall , wkjch was filled to suffocation , and many could not gain admittance , although notice had only been given , by the bellman , two hours previous to the meeting . Mr , Jeremiah Marsden , an operative , was unanimous ^ called to the chair , and hoped the men of Dewsbury would remain quiet and orderly to hear the delegates froiii Scotland , and announced that Mr . O'Connor was
expected to address them . ( Cheers . ) In the mean time he would introduce to their notice Mr . M'Nish , a > cotton-spinner , who detailed , at considerable length , the position of the cotton-spinners during their late strike / and maintained that the " nobs , " who were then working , or the combined master cotton-spinners had a greater interest in taking the life pf Sinith than the regular Union men . ( Cheers ^) Mr . A . Campbell then addressed the meeting , detailing the present state of the working classes , and the misery which every where prevailed , and the necessity of working men maintaining their Unions , while every other class in society had their Unions
also . He also ,: at great length , went into the various counts of the -indictment against the cottonspinnersj and proveA that they had not been guilty . Mr . Cuthbertson next addressed the nieeting , relative to the amount of funds which was required to defray the whole expenee connected with the trial , which would ainoant to £ 3 , 000 . He called oh the men of Dewsbury to contribute their share of it , and to support the wives and families of the Scotch patriots , now oh board the hulks . ( Cheers . ) The fpllpwing resolution was then moved , and iinanimously carried : " That this nieetingj after hearing the statements of the Glasgow Delegates , are convinced that the five Cotton-spinners , now under sentence of
transportation , have been unjustly and ^ cruelly punished for no other cause than being Members of a . Trades ' Union , for the protection of . labour against the . inroads of capitaland oppression . And this meeting pledges itself to contribute to the support of their wives andchildreri j and assist also to defray the extraordinary expences which the Trades' Committee of Glasgow have contracted in defending the Rights of Labour . " After which , a vote of thanks was enthusiastically given to the delegates : who moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , after which the meeting quietly dispersed . A mill-owner , late a cooler , who had got himself intoxicated , was turned out of the meeting for creating a disturbancei
BICHMONp . Lord Dundas ^ and ^ family left Aske , on Tuesday last , for his Lordship ' s bouse > in town . Concert . —SignorJacobpwitch , the celebrated Polish vocalist , gave a concert in the Town Hall , Richmond , on / Friday , the 2 nd instant , which was well attended . The extraordinary powera of his voice , which ranges through six octaves , and the profound feeling arid taste which marked the Oantabilepassage 8 of his songs ^ gave high gratification to his auditors . /
. ¦' . - / - /¦/ : " / ' . / HfTXit . ¦/; , , , ; . : : ,.: IMo r Ayr an MxaeiONS . —On Monday evening last , a public meeting ; on behalf of those ; important Missions was-held in the Musip"JGEall , Jarrat-street , the Rev . T . Dikes in the chair | when James ' ; Montgomery , Esq ., of SheffieW , * the talented and amiable authorot ^ TheeWorld before the Flood / ' acdother poejri . < i gave a most animated address ,, detailing the rise , progress , 4 nd present projects , of the mission .
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Hctii Wobkinq Men's Absociation . —An adjourn « d meeting of the Working Men's Associa tion was held at the Freemason's Hall , Mr . LTmdj in the chair . The chairman opened the busineag of the meeting by a few remarks , calling upon the working classes to unite for the protection of tlieir labour . He then called Mr . Pawson , who in ^ very energetic speech denounced the tyrants who have crushed , and still do crash the poor man's labour to > the earth ; and also Mr ; Stepaenson , vh « -rea 4-Mtv Qastler' 8 letter to Lord J . Russell on the accursed New : Ppor LaW ; . Mr . Stubbs then addrewed the meeting on the necessity of unity amongst the trade of all sprtsj- ' .. to . protect their labour . The meetingwas afterwards addressed by Messrs . Wilde . Hornsby r Wilsbn , and Cowen . / .
The New Steam Ship Tictobia .- ^ -TWsplendid vessel , which was built in Hull , for Brown- - low ^ Pearson , and Company , to ply between tbi ^ . place and London , commenced her firat voyage oit Saturday afternoon . Groups of persons assembled i oh thepie / s to ' witness her departure ^ all ©| whom * appeared highly gratified at the gallant style in . which , Notwithstanding a contrary wind , she left the . port .: She is , we believe , to carry passengers onl y ^ and it is expected that she will perform the voyage in less - time ithan any other packet sailing out of ¦ ¦ ¦
Hull . /' . ; . ¦ ¦ /; : ¦;; ¦ . v . ; . . . ; . : ; , - ¦¦ .. ; -f - / : : - /; v SociALisja . —A meeting : of the friends of th& Social and Cp-operative System took place at Mr .. Stubbsj HighrStreet ) on Tuesday evening , Mr . Wilson in the Chair , when it wa 3 resolved thatvi society be formed , and- "' th ' ai ;^ it be callea ' . . the Society of Socialists . Several ; persons put down thefcnamea as members . The next meeting lu to be held oa Tuesday the 20 th inst ., at Mr . Thorp ' g Ro yal Oak Inny Blackfriar Gate , at eight o ' clock in the evening . / / "¦ /'/';;¦ . ¦ . / . ¦;¦ '' - . ' / ' ; " ' ¦ ' ' ; ; ¦ - ' : ; /¦ '
A Good Spree . —Robert Yarley , a ypurig man ^ . bearing the appearance of a journeyman cabinet ^ maker ,-was charged by pplieeman No . 54 , / with , being drank and disorderly in Carr . Lanej on Sunday morning * The officer having been sworn , deposed that a woman in Carr Lane , who keeps a house of ill fame , applied tohiin toturn& man out of the house * but as he had not forced hiniself jn ^ he ( the officer } told her he had no right to interferei ^^ Soon ^ after , he heard a cry for police , and on going to ; the place , found the prisoner with a fire-poker in his hand , aiceanng that he yrpnld / be the / death at the first policeman br . woinah who went near © m . ' * He tola
him to give him the poker , and gp about his business ^ upon which he flung down the poker , bat swore hewould riot ) go away ; he wanted a g ^ bod spree , anyone he would have , if it cost him £ 5 . He then struck the cpnstabley and took his staff from hiniy and beat him over the head with it , so that le Wed prpr fusely : they struggled together for \ aboiit twenty minutes , and a ' f last lie was conveyed to the Stationhouse , where his conduct was so outrageous that healarmed all the neighbourhood , and it Wasfonndnecessary to handcuff him and strap his legs , so that he could not kick his feet against the door of th «
cell . Prisoner , with the Utmost unconcern , said headmitted part of the charge ; he was indignant at being handcuffed , and he had an ultimate right . to be " so ; he also struck the police , and . he thought thiat he had an iiltimate ( we suppose he meant undoubted )^ right to dp so : he did not consider that he had doneany wrong , arid he had been treated in a most scandalous manner , howsurhdever . The Mayor told hint , he ought to be ashamed of himself ; he should fine him 5 s . for .. being drunk , and require him to find sureties , himself in £ 10 , and two in £ 5 or one ia £ 10 , to keep the peace .
Letting half a Room . — -Elizabeth Rawbottorn , a young woman in vrhose 'faCe good , humour arid kindness stood legibly impressed , was charged by an old lady of the name of Margaret ThompsoBy . with ; a violent assault . Mrs . Thompson whose tongue ran faster than a steam carriage ; on a tailroad , deposed that the defendant was a tenant of hers , and that on the previous-Wednesday she struck her with a . bench sereWj and threw her down stairs ^ and tore her bonnet of her head , and finally almost killing her with a shovel . Mr . Parkier told thedefendant to ask the complainant any questions shethought proper , which she didT , or rather tried to
dofor the good lady was evidently one of those- who like to have the whole talk . to themselves , and the worthy magistrate finding : the defendant could get no answer that was at all to the point , tmdertbok the mates himself ; but soon found that it was of ho use , she would talk , but / the words yes , and no , appeared to form no part of her vocabulary ; Defendant assured the bench , that site had not been . guilty of the offence j complainant was an old woman , arid she should be ashamed to strike her . Complainant , "' youi too ' k halfa room of me / you did , " half a room
said the magistrate , what r do you mean ? Why sorne of my goods stands in the room . It appears that the bench belonged to tb * edmplainant , and the husband of defendant paidTier sixpence for the lend of it . She had on Tuesday given them notice to quit in a . month , and went to take the screw to prevent his working at the berich . Mrs . / Rawbottom tried to get it from her ., and that-was the whole of the assault complained . Mr . Parker again tried to get at the truth , but as from tb ' e / glibness of the old lady ' s tongue , ; he found that imppssible , the case , was dismissed : /
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LANCASHIRE ^ EWS .. ¦ ' . ¦ , . '¦ ¦ PMSTwxcja . v -: ¦ , - . - / ; / . ¦ . -: ' Prestwich Radical Association ; — Qix Saturday last the 10 th inst . the members of the Prestwich Radical Association held their second anriiverskry at . the Association Roprii , Rooden Lane , when a substantial repast was provided for the occasion . Afterthe removal of the clotii Mr . Diefc ^ inson a working man was called to the chair , when opened the proceedings with a neat arid appropr iatespeech ; on the necessity of unity on the part of working classes / to obtain their just arid inalienable rights , viz . Universal SuuTage , & ., exposed the vacillating . policy of the present so called " liberal " Ministrj ' , and the folly of expectirig the redress of
any grievance-so Jong ; as property alone is xepre ^ sen ted ; took a retrospective view of the proceeding of the society for the last , year , arid concluded byr giving a well deserved phillippic to my ; " Leetle Lord John" for his audacious assertion touchingthe respectability of the Petitioners for the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act * The following toasts were also given and responded to , viz . " The . people , the source of all wealth . : ' . '¦ " . Feargus , O'Connor , arid the Northern Slav J' ' ^ Bronterre , and alt real Radicals . " "The-exile of Erin . " " The immortal memory of Huritj Cobhett , and . Cartwright . ''' 'f The Glasgow Spinners and the . Dorchester Labourers , " and may they soon return to the bosom * of their wives arid families . " Fielden , Johnson , Wakley , &c ; &c . ; --. : .
. . : OLDHAM . ,.. ; - ; - " - . ; - ; ;¦< -= Public Dinner at Shaw , near Oldham . — On Friday / evening last , the populous village . of Shaw was the scene of animated public proceeding * in- the cpminemoratipri of the / birth- < lay of Mr . Cobbett , by a public dinner , at the Blue Bell Inn . A number of iridivjduais , who regard the New Poor Law and all its appendages with hearty abhorrence ,, prepared the effigy of a Poor Law Guardian | and this circumstance gave rise to an erroneous report , that it was the -figure of the person lately appointed registrar of ' birthsarid deaths for Cromptori ,--this
was totally unfounded . The effigy was takeri ^ to the-Four-lane-erids shortly after seven o ' clock in the evening ; and , by way-of manifesting the dislike of the people of Crompton to the . New Poor Law Guardianship , was shot at , and consigned to the flames , amidst the execrations of a large multitude . Thepublic dinner in memory of Cobbett . took place in the large room , of the inn , and was numerously attended , chiefly hy theOperative / Radical Reformers of the neighbourhood . The numberwho sat down , was 150 . Mr . Nathan Stott was unanimously called to the chair . A / number of patriotic and appropriate toasts were drunk , which we regret bur utter inability to give for want of room .
ROCHPA 1 JB . The . Jotjrneymen Bbicklayeks of tbi * town have by public advertisement annonncea their intention of not working for any joiner who may contract for the brickwork of any building , or for any master builder who may retake any work from any ; person who is not a properhaildefj' for . h f 8 & doing they eonssider they would be doing an injv 3 ry ; to / themselves ai / d the trade . ' ... .. /¦ . ¦ " v . //; FliRE . —On -Thursday morning , a most destructive fire broke out in the cotton / mill , belonging to Messrs .. Boxton , of : this town , ^^ which in afew
minutes after its discovery broke through the windowsarid roof with terrific fury . The engines were in ashort time on the spot ^ but the devouring element had got to such an height that the whole of the building which , was four stories high became a massof ruinsbeforethe fire cputd be gut under , althorigli the engines were well worked the asseiribled crowd , and a plentiful supply of water at hand ^ One man / got most severel y injured by the foiling of a part of the wall npon him and knocking : him down a ladder two stories higli '¦; his h . t-advras most dreadfully injured J his lifewas despaired of . / /
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THE ROCHDALE RADICAL ADDRESS . We have read , with inexpressible delight , the manly and talented address of our Hoehdale friends , which will he found in the Northern Star of to-day . If the recommendations therein contained wei € generally acted upon , this country would erei long ) e the abode of peace and happiness . The million * who , from cowardice , have been so long slaves , would find that in themselves and their inertness may be found the cause of their many disasters . ; ^ P then , brave , heroic , and virtuous brother Rad ! cals , we iease to he a " vain leader , " and humbly following in the path of the . Rochdale creed , We say lead us and we will follow . - Men of Boebiale , we thank vou for vour hold spirit .
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Mabch 1 % 1838 . / ' .. :, ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ,- ¦ ,: - ¦ :. .: ' . / THE / . N 0 B ^ HEB . N ; . / ST Am /; : ; ., G ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 17, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct343/page/5/
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