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    • TELE MOTHERS STAR. V SAttJBDAT, MAY 19, 1838.
    • LEEDS AND WEST-KIDING NEWS.
    • H0 ' :&;£&>&££ & C0iiiiE3fO^u iiiwrs.
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      Tele Mothers Star. V Sattjbdat, May 19, 1838.

      TELE MOTHERS STAR . V SAttJBDAT , MAY 19 , 1838 .

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      - ^ THE MINISTEBIAL HACK . "W * lave known some horses , " and many asses , to ipartake so largely of the sagacious - qu&Uties Toore ' fi-equently observable in the cur , as to become ISaFtiDcirrel y attached , not only to the persons of -their masters , but also to- every person , place . tir thing , between whom , or -which , and said masters they have observed a certain relationship . "Who las not observed , for instance , the almost mechanical regularity with which the worn roadster of the "brandy-li-ring butcher , en his ambulation to or from market and fair , recognizes and pays his respects to every temple of Bacchus , in which hi ?

      master has been accustomed to pour out his libations to the jolly god ? Tin * is a very common instance of sagacity inbrut » -8 that are frequently " ridden , " "but we haTe known much stronger proofs of their peculiar attachments . "We remember being once placed in considerable jeopardy , and great bodily fear , by an old brown mare , belonging to a dear fiiendand relative , the first time we attempted to put a bit inco her mouth . Now , this mare was as gentle as a lamb to her owner or any member of his femily —and though it waa some months before we Tentored to repeat the experiment , her habits oi ehservatson having in the meantime . convinced her that we were to be numbered amongst the friemls

      • f her master , we had no difficulty on the second Attempt . She submitted , apparently ¦ with great -pleasure , to be saddled , br idled , and " ridden" for our accommodation . This instance of discrimination -was , however , left far in the back ground by a trong useful animal of the long-eared species known to all the ne ghbourhood by the name of " . Xeddt . ' " 2 Tbddt was a terror to all the ; boys and girls in tie village . He suffered no one to enter iis domain with impunity , whe had not been properly introduced . All his powers of assinine artiiltry were brought into vfuil piay against all

      intruders . Hoofs , heels , teeth , and the most discordant brayings were bestowed , sans ctrenwnie , « pon every one who came within . Neddy ' s reach , unless be had first taken the precaution to be duh and properly introducrd : yet was 2 s eddy , in truth , % gentle and an affectionate animal ; Yfe hare « een him lick the hand of his master with evident tokens of most assinine affection ; and- not only did KiDDy thus love his own master , Lut a due share ef his assinine regards were also bestowed on ali ¦ whom he bad" been instructed to consider as his master ' s fr iends . If a stranger wished safely to cultivate the acquaintance of . Nedby , he must seek

      it through the medium of Old YYilly , who was Ueddy ' s master . Ushered into the assinine presence in such company , he was perfectly sue . He irould be snuffed , smelltd , and scented all round , ¦ jr ith the most deliberate carefulness , and , after that , le might ' ¦ ' ¦ ride Iseddy" just a 5 safely and as easily as Old " Willy himself . Thus it often happened that the -very same person at whom ^ NxDDY had inn open-mouth , with all the viciousness of an ass lent on mischief , might , ere the day was out , having passed through the ceremony of introduction , mount Neddy's back , and command his services to the utmost extent of his assinine ability . " We believe

      it to be a doctrine' holden by some that all the affections and dispositions of brute animals exist by sympathetic derivation , as ootbirihs or ' formal developements of like affectioDS in the human character . We strongly suspect there must be some truth in this doctrine ; and , if so , the events of the past TFetk and the records of certain years very recently passed over , have enabled / us to discover the prototype of Neddy in one of the present Honourable Members for Leeds . At the laj ^^^ ftng of the Church Itate Abolition Socserv , the" Honourable Member who eschews " Sh-oliow Politicians , " is reported , in the London Jfewspapers , to have said

      that" Hujrunds generally imagined that he teas ridden b y 3 / inisUiZ- 11 icusUu ; irlwnc * t opinion , and Uis iri « ui » Jij < l a per-Jec * iighi caiiAoUj to express it I but tie wonlJ LrlJ Uic-mj , Ima m lonj is . MmiattTB snppurted good measure * , and so ion / as be -euc ^ uiered them iuuiaieiy teller Hum tiiuse which n-uoiti bJce tiitnr jiLices if they were iiirned onl , so lung wooli ] he » uppun t ^ "T" be thuiigut liuit itu ; meeting -wucad agree wiUi siiui ia . this opinion . 1 hey were told , Uiat if thej turned oat these Aim jnezc , ihe / would cot hare worse , because since tiie pasaing ol the Keluns Bill no man c ^ old be -Minister who dia nut support liberal measures : but tie new the Uiflerence between Laving iuen in oluce wfio supported Liberal measures because "they liked them , and those who adopted Liberal measures feecanse they were forced Bpon Uiem ; mi& tins waa just tne diDrreace between the raiue ol Uie t > r «^ en ( Ministers -and of

      -Sir Hubert Peel . . Now , JfflaigLer * iad -brought forward liberal measures of raJou , not only to England , out to Scotland and Ireland also ; and when ne beheld them supporting these L btraJ measure * , he could not agree with Uu ^ ' &nailow polinciaixs ¦ who thought ^ Ministers could be turned-out wuhoat iaager to these Liberal measure ; with Tespect tu the country of his honourable and learned rrlei . d , Sir .- ' o'Connell—wita Tespect to Ireland—and he never lieuJ Ireland mentioned bat it associated in his mini the iwne ui U ConiieU along with it . tie hoped Minis tern would oare to uuJce tne Coronauon Peers , and they -would infuse some good Lateral Hood into the Dpper itouae . He did not know wliether bis Honourable and Learned Friend near him ( Air . OXYnucll ; itad any ambiuou ibr a Peerage —( laughter)—but if he haU , Air . Baint « -Wiis sore That a . better man could nut b < placed Wi Ihe tcwi

      Isow , the long ears and melliflnous braying of the -ass Neddy never more certainly proclaimed the iact of his belonging to the « ss species than thii jaragrapb from Mr . Baises' speech proves the justice of the " honest opinion" entertained by " bis friends generally" of his being " ridden by Ministers . " He announces , in so many plain words , that lie object of his support and attachment is men and Bot measures , that he would spurn the very same measures at which be now rejoices , if proposed to his acceptance by different men . TFaa ever acknowledgement of subserviency more laQ ? Was the bridle

      ever worn with , less imacVng , or the saddle eTer < rsrr « & -jaore / pTou&y ? Ana ' how finely , the Hon . iTember sustains hh character of a political beast of \ KH \ iieTi \ How "beautifully he illustrates the doctrine » of ^ vmpatheric derivation , altaded to above , by ¦ t he gracious manner in which he presents presents his back to the Hon . and Learned Member ibr Dublin j offering his shoulder , as a stepping stone to the Woolsack , too much honoured by the condescension of being trodden on . u 'Se did not hnmevhether hfs Bon . and JLearned Friend nearJfimLMr . UOunncU ) hact any anJ / ilionjoraj > ea-age ; bvti ie had , Mr . Bairux iru sure itml a belter rnun couU nut be placed on ihe tcoolstjck , "

      ne snspect that no one who was unaware of thi * doctrine ,, that the propeasiries of the inferior anijnals are but so rriany external forms or manifested -appearance of the affections of the human character , could have sapposed that the O'CoKKELL thus complimented was the seif-same O'Cokkell of arhom , in Fei ) raarjj i 833 , this same Mr . Baikes testified , by hi * mouth-piece , the Leeds Mercury , ihat he wax—^ ? % If ^ ^ ^™* romeoted the otmost iiseon-< ent of the lr * h . ana ha ^ contrlbutea not a little to bring ihat conntrr iBto iu preseot nmaanag- ^ ^ " K

      Would any simple- a ^ ed person , unacquaioted Vith assinine politics , iare suppo ^ a that &e -O Co »! fELL , w ^ om Mr . Baikes now characterizes as being well calculated " to infuse so me good liberal ilood into tie Upper House , *' is the same O'Coxy-Eli whom in February , 1833 , he characterized a«— . ¦ ¦ . ** The head of the TDtea&zrj agitaton who have nfirred tip cray cause of disconteut , deaCrojed ali public gratiitd * and pahue cuatidence , a / jd . songhl ia umf the wiule pb »* icj ] strength of Ireland against & conciliaUiry and reiunuing GoTennneni " ?

      . If there be any position , in which it is possible ibr man to be placed , which requires the sternert ^ paesty of seal and most genuine ' uprightness of an ^ tionand purpose of which the huxoan characterw ^ apable , it mast be that of presiding . over the hi | 3 ie 8 $ ^ 5 ) ur t of judicial authority recognized bj the

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      State ? and yet that O'Connell , of whom Mr . BaIKEB is now sure that a better man co ^ d not be foand for so distinguished a position ^ " is the same O'Coknell , of whom in the mo ^ th of June , 1833 , Mr . Baines held the following language . " " O'CoiineIlha » irlusel to bring forward the question of the Repeal of the tnion , thcttgh-urjieA to it with the Btmost pextinMitybyitoniewtheTEally honest Repeater * , who form his imL He knew 'well th * t to discoas the aueatioa in

      Parhaimeait was to eneore a total and ridiculous defeat j and us the Repral is far too ' ftoo&a-onbjeet lor agitation to be thus thrown away , as it is ^ Direet * ° ^ nutritiovs niordel which , he rolls under nk tongue , he has given notice ot a motion to Keoenl theUnioMor w «< Settian ! THE CDNNJNG ROGUE ! l * uw wiilhg sto , and itinerate through Ireland , stirring up the passions , » ar , posidvdy stirring the 6 r «* A «* pochsU of us crednlous inhabitants , oa the score of lus intended act oi patriotLsm , irh : ch he wfll again » nd again put off , a » it suiib hiiB , to " a more convenient gea * on . "

      The O'Coskell whom Mr . Bain ^ s now be happy to see elevated to a most important station in the Government of the country is the same OTonnei / l of whom , in the month of August , 1833 , Mr . Bain ES declares that « If the country wished to be governed by * self-willed impetuous tyrant , we do not Jn » .. w how 8 better selection conld be made ' than to talje this Hibernian Puinot . The O'Consell whom Mr . Baine * would now help to a peerage , and a " place" beside * , and io whom he would give an increased * ' influence" not easily to be estimated for amount , is the same O'Conkell of whom in September , 1833 , Mr . Baines

      wrote" O"ConneTl ib an unaccountaole being , but we have not the least doubt that he would take a good p lace if he could gel it . The astonishing influence which snch _ a man exercises over the Irish population , says about as little for their discernment as the outrages of the Whiteleet say for their love ol order . " . The O'Connell whom Mr . Baines now ( conscieuticusly , of coarse ) "believes to be ^' honourable a man that no better man could be found to fill the most honourable post that can be occupied by any subject in these realms , is the same O'Connell ol whom , in November , 1833 , Mr . Baines ( conscientiously , of course ) wrote the following cuttingly contemptuous , an . l bitter paragraph : —

      " Mr . O'ConneH has commenced his Repeal campaign in Dublin , and the begging-b <> x is circulating in every part ol Ireland . That wonuerlul people , the Irish , do O'ConuellV bidding with an obsequiousness that has no parallel . V * heu he is silent , they are silent ; when his voice blusters , their waves Ttar . He lingered two montiis atljarrjnane Abbey , oingiBg ¦ 'Nobudy couiing to wot '; " and the populace of Ireland- daunted a low and pensive chorus . He returns t < i ihiblin , and beats the reteUUs ; and np rises the population , as at the souud of drum . How . ver , the ( juverunient are not intending to leave him the whole field to "himself : the pending action against the Pilol , Uir inserting a letter of O'ConnelTs , is to be tried at an early day . "

      A simple-minded person , unaccustomed to the study of political character , as usually developed by mere partisans , or unacquainted wkh the peculiar circumstances of the parties , might hare felt some amaze at what might have appeared to him the inconsistency of Mr . Baines in thus dealing forth eulogy on so large a scale , on the self same individual who had so recently been the object of his unmeasured terms of abuse . To one , however

      who holds the doctrine of sympathetic derivation , and who regards the Honourable Member for Leeds as a political " Neddy , " who is " ridden by Ministers , " the problem admiU of much easier solution . He finds it only necessary to loot at the relationship bow subsisting between O'Consell and the Ministry , by whom Mr . Baines is " ridden , " to perceive at once that the instinctive tendency of the political tribe to which the Honourable Member belongs , will naturally lead him to"be servilely complaisant to any one wh « is distinguished by the especial patronage of the Ministry ; and still more so to any one who occupies the singular position of Patron to the very Ministry by which he is " ridden . "

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      MAGISTERIAL JUSTICE . One of the most flagrant outrages upon all the better feelings of human nature that we recollect to have been perpetrated , within the sphere of our observation , even by the " great unpaid , " will be lootid detailed , -ondeT this head , in our Leeds department of local news . It seems that a poor ¦ woman had been brutally assaulted by a ruffian who is paid for preserving the peace of the town , and that she very naturally resented the outrage in a freedom of expression not uncommon amongst females who have been provoked—the affray having originated

      in a threat of the policeman to " crack , the Irish head" of her husband . Not content with having brutally beaten a woman in the last stage of pregnancy , the policeman must be further revenged for the ill language whif-h he had provoked her to utter , and summoned her before Mr . Glapiiam for profane swearing . Now , though the witness called by the policeman- distinctly stated that he did not hear the woman swear ; though the woman deiiied having sworn at all , and called two witnesses , who deposed that she had not sworn—notwithstanding all this , Mr . Justice Clapham thought himself justifiable

      in coming to the conclusion , that the woman had sworn TEX oaths , and in fining her accordingly 10 s . Strange "jnsfice" as we may incline to think this , it is the least strange of Mr . Clapham's justiciary proceedings on this occasion . He also thought fit so far to degrade the dignity of the Magisterial Bench as to insult the witnesses that were brought before him , in a manner more revoltingly gross and indecent than we ever heard of in any Magistrate before"Mr . Clapham said , that he would sooner take the testimony of one disinterested man than of twenty Irish . "

      How dare Mr . Claphaai stigmatize any people , Irish or other , with this general and sweeping allegation of perjury ? "What does he mean by a 11 disinterested person ? " Cannot an Irishman be disinterested as well as another man ? Was the Irishman who , on this occasion had bren . a -meie spectator , a more interested witness than the police tufBati -wLo laid \ he YirfDTmation , ( having just originated , tiie circumstances out cf which it arose ^) and on whose single testimony , unsupported by any witness ^ and contradicted by three witnesses , the case was decided ? And even supposing this " disinterested" testimony to have been true , where did Mr . Clapham get his authority to eke out the testimony of a witness by gratuitous assumption ?

      " The policeman , supposing his testimony to have been true as to the woman ' s swearing , did not state that she swore ¦ wy numbsr of oaths . " Yt-1 Mr . Clapham , having no evidence whatever on the subject of number , takes upon him , as a magisterial judge , to-fix the-number of offences by guess , and to apportion the fines accordingly ; and , it seems , that he would actually , upon this conviction by guess , have consigned this poor pregnant woman for sixteen days to the House of Correction , if some humane person in Court had not been kind enough to advance such portion of the ten fines and the costs , as she was unable to raise . As soon as the poor woman had been thus robbed , the pious justice still further manifested iis equitable disposition : —

      "As soon as the other money was produced , and the woman liberated , a summons , which had been taken out against her husband for being drunk , was laid upon the bench before the magistrate . This summons the man had never seen , for it was only served at Ms house , and he had never been at iosne since . Garside , th *? witness for the policeman , stated that the man was what he called " rather fresh , " tearing it to be inferred that he

      did not consider Mm drunkj yet Mr . Clapham . in -the absence of the man , who had never seeu the summons , and who jras not to be at h one till Sataiday night , convicted him ia a penalty of 5 s . and / s-4 d . costs , for beinjr " rather fresh ; " and the woman , aftwr paying Iis . for her « wn faults , wa .-told , that if she did not produce 12 s . 4 d . more , a distress warranx would be issued against her Roods . The poor woman had no more money * and left the Court . "

      If , as we have every reason to believe , this case have been rightly reported to us , we have po hesitation in declaring these proceedings to be adisgrace to the British Magisterial Bench , and the jerson capable of such conduct to be . utterly unfit to sit thereon . ^ '

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      TO THK tOHTOUa Of Tti& NOKTUiJRN STTAB . v < MV Dbab SlRSj ^ -t am ? one of " your many readsra to whorh it afford pleasurr ' to see so little of your leading Matter deypttd'lto , ; parliamentary proceedings . It proves that you and ¦ your subscribers know how to estimate oar Reformed" ' Parliament . at its proper value . In truth the British " andltislvnuUioWare-ttaH by their " representatives , " as are the people of Tartary or of Kamschaika . No wonder , therefore , that the British and ^ Irish millions are ceasing to think or care about . the operations of Parliament . I am only sorry they did not adopt that course long ago . . .

      In my letter , which you inserted last week , -on the Irish Poor Law Bill , I gave what I deem to be a true character of that measure , and of the " debate" on the third Teading of it . The bill is now before the 'Lord ? , but the second reading of it was , on the motion of Lord Melbourne on Monday night , postponed for a week , " -on account of the indisposition of the Duke of ^ Wellington . "

      Only think of a measure whose professed purpose is to gave thousands of our fam ^ hing fellow-creatures from starvation being put off for a week , on account of the indisposition of one maiij and that man a military Tory Duke , the greater part of whose life has beenspent in directing humau carnage in foreign land ? , and whose knowledge and sympathies with I ; eland must therefore be of the most limited kind ! Think of Lord MelboWne

      pdrtponing such a measure upon such grounds Why , it is worse than Sheil ' s proposal of delay on the ground that the tithe question has notyet been settled . In one House Lord Melbourne sava the Irish Poor must starve a little longer , because the Duke of Wellington is sick . In the other House little Shiel is for prolonging the starving season for an indefinite period , because a certain

      question is not settled , which , to all appearance , will not be settled for a century to come , which is getting further away from settlement every year , and which , even if settled upon Shiel ' s plan , would not put one additional shilling into the former's pocket to enable him , tither to employ labourers or to pay ] oor-rates . Such are the legislators to whom the destiny of the po jr -is committed by the " Reform" Act . "Which of the two Houses is the

      worse one , may be a puzzle , but it certainly adinics of no question that , taken conjointly , they , are capable of ru ning any country in th « world that would submit to them . "While Melbourne in one House , andSHiEL and Co . in the other , are thus shuffling off the epoch of Poor Laws for Ireland , what is the condition of the unhappy beings who . < e lives they are tampering with ? I cannot better describe it than it is described in a petition which Mr . Field en presented a fortnight ago , from tiie parish of Aughaquare , in the county of / Muyo . Here is the substance of the petition as given in the Times . It will be seen that the unfortunate petitioners take pretty much the same view that I have of the

      Irish landlords , and of the present Whig Abortion Bill . The Hon . Member stated the principal allegations ami the prayer us fuUo » i » - . —thai the parish of Xuj ; h ; iquare contains Il , £ > 63 inhabitants ; tlmt among nil these peratms , there it Itml one good bed tu exery Un Ituvses ; tluit tltvre are not , HOjeUiaLt in Uutpurxsh trim cana ^ ord Io veiir shoe s cumuiordy ; th * U / te > v uienot 100 uienich ^ t nujfoiUtojjumc * sacliuiuje ul s / vk-s , that is , irtioposstssItrujuiir ojshuts ; HintJotir-Jytlu ot Ihc-sv jitoptn vie numilk even ty t / iepoorttl tvrty » uA tjjut tiie greater part <> j them subsist on . lumper putalviS , bu <] have not a &vff , civtie ' y oj thai tn , rriur root ; that ihe £ «»

      iu i . ost cases thi'V cannot jiiocure a c& . iyr of' this iiiuter ial between Jvriland October . That , neverthile * ., ih < we pc < pie are tilling land which yields b'gout !' grain , an'l arepaying Jor tluit luiul , in muny iiitluiicct , lhne times its zalue ; that the condition of tliid people requires iiumndiiiKut , uud that in order to efl ^ ctit , a laic 13 ¦ nytiiodvhich shall prevent the exaction of exurbilanl rcriUs , tchic / t , by preventing the rupucilij of laiuiloras , tcouUl ettaLlelhejU , fium of bind to encourage itvaustry b ' jgitiiig adequate icagesto 1 / u . ir icoikuitn . That Uie petitioner *! ieurii vith great regret that ( lie b . ll now before Parliament coJiUfinp ' atea nothing iif this kind , bvt isoidy dcsijiied logite a « ii » vrat / lepittanceIoajetcin . cusesojt ' ttte'last'necessity . TliejH'Utioneiv , therefure , tut being ijipposeil to the pr . 's .-iit bill t-o lar na it

      giveti . aiiy relief , p . raynevertueless that the In , h peepli * , beinjj Christians , may not bt 1 inadf p ;< rtii' » to a \ awfor imjiri&oniny , jiersecvtin g , and dry rattingthose ojt / ieir brethren who Aace Uie miswrtuiielo be pour ; ana they-pray ih-iW'ulerexisli'iyl-ases , Uie landlord inuybein de lupuija much larger portion oj t / w rate than is contemplated by Uu-bid . They , also I'Tuy , that us the authority of thu . " local magistrates has been ( bund to be iilrealy toogreat , they muy not be allowed to be ex oj / . vio fourdians ol the pour , bnt that all guurdiuiis ui . iy be ttlett-o y the ratepayers , euclihitving one vote , no oi ) H votin g by proxy , and all voting by ballot . To this petiticiu the signature of the parish priest , the Kev . Mr . Ward , was affixed , together with the signatures , or marks , of 1 , 124 persons .

      If O'Coknell wants to know why Ireland wants Capital , let him look to this petition . Talk of Capital , indeed ! How can there be Capital in a country where the landlords take nearly a third of the entire annual produce—where the parsons take a tenth—where the tax-gatherer takes another large share , and where the farmers and ( profitmongers are at liberty to give the producers ( of all the Capital ) only just as much as they like put of the miserable remnant ? Talk , too , of the " burdens on the land ! " ^ hy , here are the real burdens . Not one of these parties replaces any of the Capital they annually consume or destroy . Not a fraction

      of it is employed in reproduction . It goes to feed soldier ? , sailors , tax-eaters , menial servants , hotelkeepers , brothel-keepers , Jews and jobbeTS , operadancers and kept-mistresses , lawyers and agents , liveried slaves and understrappers of all sorts—in short , whole legions of followers and dependents , who , like their patrons , or masters , never add the value of sixpence to the Teal capital or riches of the country . A \ ery large portion of it in spent here , in "Westminster—more particularly in the parish of St . James ' s—where , as old Cobbett used to say , the whole neighbourhood stinks with Ftcxvc \ i cooVery ana Irish debauchery . "

      iVow , do O CONNELL , Shiel , and Co . propose to reliev . e t \ y& V&xA Wa axiy of t \ iese "burdens ? They propose the very reverse . They represent the parties here spoken of a * the bearers of these burdens 1 They describe these parties < w being already so overburdened that they can bear do more—not even the weight of the "Whig-Ppor-Eelief-Bill , which promises bumpers and water-gruel to about one in every twenty of Ireland ' s destitute population t Nay more , they are moving heaven and earth to swarm Ireland with new Commissionerships , and a new Municipal Police , which . Lf adopted to the top of their bent , would make a very sensible addition to the burdens .

      Bjt then they are labouring to relieve Ireland from the burden of Tithes . Softl y , softly , my good Sirs , whoever you are , that would persuade ua of this . The only Tithe Bill they want is one which will . transfer thirty per cent , of the Tithes from the parsons to the landlords , that is to say , a bill which will rob the public of three-tenths of their property in Titbea for erer } in favour cf the Irish landlords . I say rob the public , because , though the Tithes are at present enjoyed by the iClergy of the Established Church , they are avowedly as much public property as 3 re the taxes we pay , or as were the six millions of common lands , of which the Boroughmongers robbed the people by Enclosure Acts , in the reigns

      oi Georges II . and III ., —trod which the " Reformed" Parliament has not yet restored to us , nor ever will , until we are able to take them back . The clwgj- have but a life-interest in the Tithes ; the fee-simple of them belongs impreseriptibly and inalienabl y to the nation , that is to say to all the people . Kow , the object of O'Connell and Cb / s Tithe Bill is to strip the public of three-tenths t of their fee-simple interest in Tithes for ever ; and this , in order to bestow it upon the Jandiorcls , who are the very last paries on earth to whom such a booa should be given . The only benefit arising irom Tithe * which Shiel and P'Connell ever vouchsafed to promise the public , was the famous appropriation clanse of 1835 , which was embodied )

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      into the Whig ytoject of that y > ar tor no other purpose ^ kaio " eject Sir KOBERT PBSJi firoui office , and rertoreihe \ Vhig * to powtr . This appropriation clause , if carirf into operation , would haye ^ made about £ 50 , 000 » year of ^ b | Wsb prbperfy applicabie to purposes of general eiucaSon . This > 8 all O'GpNNELL and Co . haye lieea conteno | ing for since 1836 , and even that they have tacitly surrendered for the same purpose for which they originally ganctioaed it , namely , to keep their yfaig accomplices jo office .

      Go , Gentlemen , mark the debate of last night upon this same appropriation clause . Mark the mustering , the marshalling of forces , and . all the pomp and circumstance of war which the two contending . factions put in requisition to determine whethercertain .- resolutions , which have remained a dead letter since 1835 , and which neither party ha 3

      the remotest intention of acting upon , should be rescinded from the journals of the House , or not . See O'CONNELL , too , twiuting and writhing , and ejaculating , and invoking all the Saints in favour of the two resolutions , as though the fate of Ireland depended upon two abstract propositions in favour oi ah apprnpriation which nobody iuteadsi to carry into effect , and which would be worthless if realized .

      Again , and again , Gentlemen , I commend yoii for not waBting your Valuable space in fruitless comments upon the proceedings of a worse thaa useless legislature . Yoars , &e ., BRO ^ TERIIE .

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      A determiatd hater of oppression , and especiivHy ot underling tyraiiuy . — We evinnot publish slute / netUs u' / n ' c / i criuiinuit individtiuii and are calculated tu do serious uiisctitef to private character , upon anonymous authority ' J . pates . —~ 2 J is poetry will not do . The same answer must be taken by a score of other poets . T . B . Smith . —His letter on the Glasgow Spinners next week , Thomas Cooper ;—We have no room for his letter this week .

      William Racket . —Im letter shall be considered . J . Richardson . —Bis letter on the Coronation is not forgotten , but we have many arrears . —To the i three tasty dud a great number of other curres * jiotidentS i i # e ironid beg to give a friendly hint We can often find room for a short tetter , when a long one must be e >» eluded . Most of our corrtsvondents aremuch too \ long-winded .

      Leeds And West-Kiding News.

      LEEDS AND WEST-KIDING NEWS .

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      LEEDS . SpsPicious Character . —On Monday , Wm . Prince was ) brought up at the Court House , charged with havuig in his possession a quantity of womei >' i > wearing apparel , on Sunday niorimig , at an early hour , in CalU ^ atje . On Monday he was remanded , but on Ttieaday lie was discharged , the " articles being retained for a short period ^ tor the purpose ol being ideutiried . Assault . —On Monday , Thomas Mead was brought up at the Court House , charged with having , on Jsaturday uight , most gro » sfy assaulted a watchmau by beating and kicking h ni > hile ac-ting in the txecutiou ot ' h \ 3 duty . He virus fined fl and costs , aud in . default ' of payment he was comiuittbd for one month to WakeBeld House of Correction .

      SxEALi ^ a Shoes .- —On Monday , Elizabeth Dowling and Be * sy Hawkings , v \ t ; re tliaigeq at the Court House . with stealing , on Saturday , a pair ol r ^ hoes , the property of Mr . Roberts , who resides at the Bank , in Leudk , but who attends a stall in Brigg « te on the market days , wheuce the articles were stolen . ihe parties were apprehended with the property in their possession , which ha 3 since been lolly identified . They were committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . Magisterial Justice .: —On Thursday last , an Irishwoman , named Bridget Cone , wius brought before Mr . John Clapham , the'buly magistrate on the bench , charged with profaue swearing . A

      policeman named Burrel / , No . T , stated that a few days ayo Patrick t-oue , the husband ot' the ¦ defendant , wa * drunk in the street , at Quarry Hill , and that he imjiudeiuly took hold of a reapectuble looking younic woman who was passing at the time ' . The poiiceinan then went to him and told him to go home , w Inch he * us prevailing upon him to do when the detenilant came up , and used abosiiye langutige and fearful oaths . In proof of what he stattd , the policeman called a man named Kobert Garside , who said that he did not hear the woman swear , but that she had Used abusive language towards the policeman who was waiting quietly away and did not seem disposed to molest her . He did not see the beginning of the

      anray , and waa on the other side of the street when he * aw the woman following the policeman . The woman being asked by Mr . Ciaphani what she had to say to this charge of swearing , answered that on the day in ( juestiou her litisband and two or three other persons were standing in the street , when a young woman named Lizzy Field , an acquaintance of his , came past . He carelessly took hold of her gown , sayiiig ¦ ' * Lizzy ! stop , 1 want to speak to you . " He had known the young woman from being a child . She smiled " and said she could not then stop , but she would s » peak to him some other time . At that the policeman came up urid ordtrtd him to go about his busines !! , or he would crack . his Irish

      head . He was going quietly away when she , wife , came up and ^ aid to the policeman that he had no businei's to order him away , because he was hurting nobody . More words ensued , and the consequence was the gathering of a crowcL The policeman at length struck her with his fist , and knocked her head against a window shutter , by which she received a black eye . An Irishman who was present lifted up his hand to ward off other blows ^ and said to the policeman " Beware lest you have two liye ^ to answer for . " The reason why he said this was , because the woman was in the last stage of pregnancy . The policeman , at length , went away ; and the woman followed him , calling him ill names . ' The

      statement ot the woman was borne out by the statement of two other persons ^ who both swore * . lvs \ t % te Vi-ivi not used oaths , and that tbt » poYweman had shamefully" tibused her . Mr , Clapham said , that '' " be would sooner taite t \\ a tft&lWaws ol ow oAsvateresteo man than of twenty Iriah . " On bearing'this remark from Mr . Clapham , the man who came to give Vis testimony very property replied , " That he had not come there to perjure himself ; that he knew full well , the nature of an oath , aud was perfecrlyaware of thecpnsequences of perjury . '' Mr . Claphain did not deign to make him any reply . The woman was fined 10 * . for swearing ten oaths , and Is , costs . This Mr . Clapham took at random ; for the

      policeman , supposing his testimony to have been true as to the woman's swearing , did not state that she swore any number of oaths . . In default of payment , she was toi he . committed to the House of Correction for sixteen days . The poor woman had outy 7 s . upon her ; and though in the last stage of pregnancyj she was rudely placed in the dock among other prisoners , until a person produced the other four shillings . She said she had lived in Leeds for fourteen years , and hud wever been in a Court House before . As sopn as the other money was produced , and the woman liberated , a summons which had heen taken put against her husband for being drunk , was laid oboi } the bepch before the

      aiaaintrate . This summons the man had never seen , for it was only served at his house , and he had never been at home since . Garside , the witness for the policeman , stated that the man was what he called " ratherfresh , " leaving it to be interred that he did not consider him drunk ; yet Mr . Clapham , in the absence of the man , , who had never seen the summons , and who was not to be at home till Saturday night , convicted him in penalty of 5 s . arid , 7 s . 4 d . cosfs , for being . « father fresh ; " and the woman , after paying 1 . 1 s . foh her own faulte , was told , that if she did not produce 12 s . 4 d . more , a distress warrant would be issued against her goods . The poor woman had no more nioBey , and left the Court ,

      Stealing Thread and other Articles . —t On Tuesday , JEliza Race , of Hoiheck , was charged at the Court House , with having stolen a-quantity of thread , bobhihs , chalk , sheet ^ and othtsr articles , « ome of which w « re found on ijie eveajng previous in hfer dinner basket , when leaving the premises , and have since been proved to be the property of Messrs . Marshall , in Wat ** r-lanej in who ,-e eervice the prisoner had befcn for twelve years . On her mother ' s house heing cearched by a policeman , he observed her put a , quantity of thread and bobbins into the kettle amongst the hot water . The prisoner was discharged , hut h »; r inbther was fined under the einbezzlement act £ -20 , and iq default of payment was committed for one month to "Wakefiehi House ot Correction .

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      Brick , layeks ' - Stride . —We unaemtand the bricklayers' of Leeds idtetid striking for suU advance of sixpence per day * on Mpnday next , May twehtyfirst ..-- ¦¦' ¦¦ .. -. ' ' ¦ ¦ : ¦' . ¦' . ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ., ' '¦ ¦¦ . ' ' - ¦ ¦' ' . -, ' ' ¦ ' "•'¦ " . ¦ ¦ ¦ -: -. ' ' ROOUES AND TAGABbI » DS > . * - ( hl M 6 ndajft ; Mary Ann Doyle , and Maria Crowther , two youug girls of notorious habits , wer ^ brought up at thtr Court House , charged with hiaving on the Saturdays night previous , picked the pocket of Thos . Flintoff oi la .. 6 cl » a purse , and a key , in Mr . Gundall ' si yard , Briggate , Leeds . The robr /« ry could not be brought clearly borne to the prisoners , but they being w ell known bad chiractfrs , were coinmitttd for three months to Wakerield House of Correction . ^ ..

      Stealing Wellington Shoes . —On'Monday , Thomas Outhwaite was brought up at the Court House charged with having , on Saturday ertning , stolen a pair of Wellinpton shoes the property ot Josh . Newhill , who resides on the York road , but who , on the market days , attends a stall iu Briggatei The articlen had been stolen from the- latter place and were immediately missed . The prisoner was suspected , pursued , and apprehended witb the property in bis possession , which has since been clearly identified . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . -

      RpBBEiiYv-tOn" Saturday , Mary Murray and Ann M'Kehnon , two girls who deal in sand , were brooght'up at the Gouit . House , charged with baring entered the ; hotiSe of Mr , Uppleby , in Park Square , Leedi , £ ^ Stella ; bag ^ cqintainirig a linen shirt , in processIbf inr ^ f&cWrfi , and other articles . The nropertyvwas ^^ w ^^^ eT ^ tnmutes after it had been stolen ^ n «* 4 / prSi ^ y !^ 6 pursued and : apprehended with it ^; in , 'M ^^^ essiori . It . has since been fully identified . ^ 4 ^ ej ^ er ? . committed ibr trial to Wake ^ fa ' eldHouse jP ^^ rection . ;; A Crafty Taife ? .--0 n Tuesday afternoon last , as Jbhn ' -Wrigbtya virat ' ebinan , was passing by GouldiBg % bui } diligS , itt eompuny with another iierson , a girl , named Frances Ai'i ) ouald , came out of a house and seizing bis hat from his head , rau with it up stairs into a bed-robui . Wright followed her , by the advice of some other woman who came

      out of the house . She made her way into a bedroom where she threw herself upon abed in a disgusting position ; and while Wright was attemping to reach his hat which had been thrown to the far corner of the bed , she thrust her hand into , his trowserej pocket and succeeded in obtaining Js . 6 d ,, the whole amount of Wright ' s cash . He iuimediutely went iu search of a policeman aud had her taken into custody . She was brought before the magistrates on the following day , wh « n . the felony being fully proved , she was committed for trial at the sessions . This woman was before the magistrates no less than tleven itimes last year ;; and six timt-s out of the eleven she Was charged withpocketpiokiug . This is either . tie . third or fourth tune she has been brought up since Christmas ; -and Out of that number of tiines she has been charged twice with the same offence .

      Corovation Day . —The Leeds District , of the Mancliestur Unity of Odd Fellows are making active preparation * to do ¦ honour to her-Majesty on the 28 ih of June . We are informed that it is thf intention of the . committee to invite several gentlemen of distinction io dine with them . ; Mr .. Aiderman Goodman , has kinuly tendered two-large rooms of his warehouse in Hunslct-lane , in which a great portion of the members of this valuable institution will dine together . Radical Association . —A Radical Association has been fornu-d at Nerv Mill , near Glossop , iu Derbyshire : 94 members have been enrolled .

      Ancient Romans . —On Monday last , this body opened a fc-enate , at the house of Mr . Charles Johnsou , Old Buck Inn , Mabgate , when upwards of one hundred persons were admitted into menioership . The district officers announced 'ft at a similar opening , would take place on Whit-mouday ., Caution to Butchers and Others . —On Wednesday last two butchers were charged before the magistrates , by Mr . Hanson , Sergeant at Mace , and inspector of weights and measures , with bavin ?; iu their possession unstamped weights , short weights , dud an unjust balance . The balance was produced , and required an ounce and a quarter tu make it even . The difference , of course , wvs in favour of the butcher . He was fined 40 s .. and costs , and the other was fi-ed Is . and costs .

      Batty's Circus . —This building is nearly complete , and promises fair for being a place of firstrate entertainment . Mr . Batty appears to begrudge no expense for . th <» goorl accommodation of his visitors ; and there can be no question that his entertainments will exceed the most sanguine expectations . It is rumoured that lie will commence his performance on Monday evening wtek . A Narrow Escape . —On Wednesday last , a notorious thief of Goulding ' s Buildings fame , named

      Murray , was brought before the magistrates charged with having picked the pocket of a man named Daniel Brooke , a farmer at Mirfield . Brooke stated that on the preceding evening he had been taking a few glasses of ate ; and that about twelve o ' clock he was seeking his way to Briggate , which he had lost , ( being rather fresh ) when a young woman came up to him . He asked her the way to Briggate ; she said it he weuld go with her she would show him . He consented . She then led him into an

      out-o-theway place near the top of Kirkgate , » commonly called Little Crown Yard ; and- — -discovering what was her intention , he was about to make his escape , when she cried out " Murray , Murray . " Immediately a young man earne up and seized Brooke by the throat so that he could not speak-nor cry for a watchman . While he thus held him , Murray took his watch out of his pocket and some silver . Fortunately he missed some sovereigns which were also in his watch pocket . A watchman named Thompson coming pas : the end of the yard at the time , heard a noise , and saw Murray the prisoner coming

      out at the end of the yard . He went to the prosecutor who appeared to be almost choking . He complained that he had lust his hat ; and feeling hispockets , perceived that his watch and silver were also gone . The outer case of the watch was found in the yard Murray in his defence said that he was in bed at the time ; but that was disproved by . Mr , James , who stated that he had sent to search for him at the very place where he said he had been in bed , and it was found that he had never been in bed at all . "He was , however , discharged in consequence of Brooke not being able to swear to him as being the person who robbed him . '

      Inquest . —On Wednesday last , an inquest was held at our Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq ., coroner , on view of the body of Robert Cntter Carter , a boy of about eleven years of age . He had feefe-n Yn tne service of a person named Hnddock , of York Street , a chimney sweep ; and some excitement had been caused in . cous * i <\ u « v&ei c ^ a . \\\\ slw « that his death had been caused by ill usage . The mother of the deceased told a pitiful yet absurd tale , aud vihAcn had not In it taany marks of probability . Tie examination of fhe two medical men connected with the Dispensary , Messrs . Charles Lee arid $ , B . Garlitk , was such as to set all suspicions entirely at rest . They both gave it as their decided opinion

      that the deceased had died of consumptioH . A post mortem examination of the body took place on the morning of the same day , by which it was discovered that the right lung was adhering to the . ribs , and that in the left lung there was a large cavity containing a virulent pus , from which a hemorrhage had proceeded . There were marks on the deceased's body which were said to have been inflicted by his master ; but thpy were all considered to he the effects of the disease of the deceased ; except a mark on bis ancle , which had the appearance of bemtr a wound inflicted by the prongs of a fork , but which

      the surgeon observed might be the result Of another cause . After the evidence of Mr . Garlick , which was exceedingly satisfactory , the Jury returned a verdict of "Died by natural causes * " They said that probably Haddcck had used severity towards the hoj-j and they hoped he would be more Careful in future . Haddock declared that be had always behaved towards the boy with tie greatest kindness , and had treated him in every respect as if he was his own . He seemed much affected at the charge of cruelty , and even wept , apparently with the consciousness of innocence .

      Uttering Base Coin . —On Wednesday last , a man named Reynardj and a woman named Grei-nwood , were brought before the magistrates charged with attempting to utter two base sbillinga , at the Hope and Anchor Inn , Call-lane . It appeared that the day oefore Reynard had called there to get a glass of ale , when he o&ered a bad shilling to pay for it and ; in consequeriee of the female prisoner having done the same thing not long before , he was suspected of having other base money upon him . The landlord sent out for a policeman : and in the

      mean time the prisoner threw the bad shilling into the fire . He then begau to abuse the landlord ; who hud enough to do to prevent his gj : e . st from inflicting upon him serious injuries . Mr . Clapham , without aver snyitg a word a * to the bad ehillings , very ludierou ^ yapktd the prisoner what he had to say to this charge of assaulting the landlord ? The prison .-r denied the charge . It was , however ^ sufficiently proved ; and instead of sending him to York to take hia trial tor uttering bast * coin , he was fined £ 5 including expenses , for the assault . The woman was discharged .

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      CAWTION TO J ^ b ^ NQ-HotJ ^ B ^ EPPRS ^ . On Weduesday laat , a man , named John Rooinwi . was brought ^ beibw thetrnftgistrates changed *{ & stealing a blaukety the property ; of a persuu ^ namrf Thomas Kendray , of Nelson-streetv and & shif ? the property of a yoiing msm who lodges with bj * It appeared that on Saturday last , the prisoner \ j . S to the housei qfc . the prosetutor to dbtain lodiriBvT The pnee was asked and agreed upon . He tlS stated that he had come to Leeds to work—^ tliat k . had walked a great distance that day , and * . weary . He , therefore , desired that he mi Kht S allowed to go and rest himself : 6 ii hed lbrVfe hours . This was about four o ' clock in the at » noon . Leave was granted and he went up stairs k the room occupied by another lodger . He l ^ M down for about two hours . He then got up a-S ..... ,. * -.. *

      tooic a new DlanKet lrom below the underneath SW and wrapped it-carefully up , as well as the 8 Mh above-mentionedv I'inding ; that ^^ there was ' . < i ^ 0 ^ in the house but an old woman who was poorly J bed j h « decamped with the shirt and blanker tk latterhe Bold for 2 a . 9 d . / He is a cloth-dresser ¦ £ trade , and is a ; native of Leeds . > He waa cb ^ mitted to taie his trial . I : i , . ;; -. ; , ''> " * The ^ Fifteenth HussARs .--The Fifteen ^ Hussars left'Leedsi on Vfedrie ' sday morning last ^ Glasgow , and their piaces- have been . . supplied Z some troops of the Ninth Lancers . l A Singulab ChAracteb . —On "Wednesda , last a man , named John ¦ § j mmons , was hrqnok before the magistrates charged with stealing a fo of / women's boots , a brass . ' candlestick and two w tbre ^ silk pocket-handkerchiefs . It appeared thi the prisoner had goneabeut during the whele rf

      Monday , from one public-house to another , picKii ,. up whatever came in his way . The boqts belonci to ti e landlady : of the " Coach and Horses ; " tti the candlestick to the landlord of the " Bay Hor ^ , ' The boots he sold for sixpence , and the cat , dlestick for ninepence . Inanswer to the charge he said some evil misfortune had come over him j hedM not know what had tempted him to steal ; H , could have had ; money trim his master if he : want « 4 it . His master came forward to say that worked for him about three weeks and would ne » ei have any money for his work . He asked hijn foi Is . on Saturday night , which he gave him ; aoj which he spent almost immediately . He was coo tuitted for trial at the sessions .

      bociALiSM . ^ -These p erson !} continue most induj . triously to propagate tbeir peculiar notions in « J ] parts of the kingdom . A Congress consisting of deputies from the various societies throughout - ' the country ^ has been ; sitting in Manchester , during the last fortn ght—to deliberation the best arid ino * effectual methods to be omployed for earrj'ing otf tbeir principles ; one of which ii the appointment d Missionary Lecturer * . —to reside in the various dis .

      tncts into which the country has been parcelled , f « the purpose of preaching , teaching , aad expound ™ their doctrines . We understand that Mr . J . Hiabf has been appointed to the Leeds District , a- d that hi will open his lecturing ; campaign on Sunday ; ntx { Mr . Walton's splendid room , in South-parade hai been permanently engaged for their use . /

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      HACKNEY COACH DUTIES ; ; The Queen v . Thomas Lee . —On Tuesday last one of the in st important cases affecting coact propr ietors in geiierai , was goiie into before ( lie sicting magistrates , John Clapham and W . Smith , Esqrs . ¦ ' ' .- . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦•;¦ : : . . ¦ ' .:. ' : y .. ~ j Mr . Ward , solicitor , Bank-street , opened the cws for the prosecntion . The complaint was that Mi Thomas Lee , coach proprietor , had neglected a mate a due return of lares taken by one of la coachmen , for which he should have paid a duly , Mr . Daudson would prove tbat o" the 28 lh' tf November last , he hired a cosich arid horse ' ' ¦ hVlonpiaito Mr . Lee , on the stand , in Bria ^ ate . H . eiu ' qnirei ot thfi driver what the fare would be to . ' Horsforti and back , and was auawered that it would bVniw

      slallings . He , Davidson , offered him eight shilliugii which he refused to take , saying that uiiie shilliun was the regular fare . He and another peri . Mi ; tli « got into the coach , and they were set down at tla Stanhope Arin ^ , the first public-house : in Horstorti He caused tiie coachman tin remaiti there iibout half « n hour , he and his companion , to avoid su .-ipicioijj in the meantime leaving the house , on preteiice 3 doing business . If , thereibre , he , Mr . Ward , sh » M prme that the distance was upwards of five miles , (« sliould make out his case , because for that joijriiej Mr . Leeliad made no return . He argued that there could be no question as t <» the distance , because tjj driver himiielt bad admitted ( accorJiiig to Davidgiiu ! . NtatemeHt , which , however , was pruvyd to he falsej that the distance was six miles . It was Mr . Lwi

      duty , therefore , to have paid one-fifth of the fare fa tiie Crown . It might be said that ibvofficfT wtat there with a view to catch somebody . Suuposiuglie did , he only n-ent to test the fairness and hoiiestjo ! Mr . Lee ' s agents , because they required to hs occjisionally tested ; and he submitted that this ? a a lair mode of testing . Mr . Marshall , the council for the defendant , htjre made some objections as to Mr . Ward ' s mmner of conducting the case , and to the e \ ideuce !» produced . A long parley followed as to the part cnlar act , and section , unaer which this ^ ihformatiiai was laid and the prosecution conducted . Mr . Ward continually shifted Ms ground ; soinetimos he was going under one act and sometina under another . Mx . Ward then called the follomni witnesses : — - ' . ¦'" " . ;¦

      Mr . Shacklock , a supervisor of Excise , he p duced Mr . Lee ' s returns from the 19 th of Novemwr , to tha ^ Oth December inclusivp , and there was i » mention of the fare to Ho .-rforth , on the 28 th i Kovember- . Thomas Davidson , the man that laid the pta and gave the information then stated . lama officer of Excise . I hired a coach'arid horse onh 28 th November last , helongine to Mr . Thoiiai Lee , to go to Horsfortb . I asked the drirer I »* much he would charge me for going to Horsfeiti . He auswered , that it was six miles , and that tiar charge was Is . per mile , and 6 d . per mile if 1 f turned , making the whole fare 9 s . I asked biaif he would not take 8 s ., and he said 9 s . was tbeujUJl

      fare . I and another persoii got iuto the coachffll the coachman drove us to the StanbopeArtDs , in Horsforth . I remained at Hbrrforth about twffltj minutes . I paid the coachman 9 s / at the door of h . Stanhope Arms , just before I got into the coach to comeback . Crpssrexamiped by Mr . Marshall . —I know thai there is a duty On hackney coaches , of Is . 9 < J . fa short distances . I hired this coach with a view t » test the ; honesty of the coachman . The person * ii > went with me is named Jowett . I had uo husines to transact at Horsforth . The coachman dro « f to the Stanhope Arms of his own accord . We w « hot ask him to put bs down at that place . Hepa * w % doroiv theTe , and asVed vs if thai wov ) d do . '•" ¦ •» . *

      answered it would . It iathefirsthouie in Uo r&ifo The coachman went into the house . , wvd . 'Ke 8 » . Va-a \ Aogetag > ass 6 f any thinghe wanted . ¦¦' ¦ ' } * f a short distance on the roaA further . I went ( o tin adjoining public-bxHxse . 1 \ iau no \> tis \ ness aV& public-honse . I did not take Jowett with me' # * witness . / do riot inow for what , pnrpo .-e I . a »« - hitn , to have a ride with me . He was not preseiV when the coachman said it was six miles to Hoi * - forth . I looked at the Directory and foPn ( Lri ' distance was six miles . That was the reason I w ™ upon Horsforth . I have not measured the distant I did not know that by the local actj a ii ^ T coachinan was entitled to charge Is . 6 d . perm " - The coachman did not ask more than 9 s . I , P *

      been concerned with other similar cases . 1 . " *" not been lucky with them , i . e . I did no ££ et ? conviction . If there be ; a conviction in this case snail have a share of the penalty . 7 , . . Mr . Mahshali , here said , he ( Pandson ) cw ^ validated his own testimony inasmuch as oe . ° S admitted himsejf to be an interested witnei «) oQ [)* ¦ objection was met by nd Mr . Ward , who qnoted a section of an A ^ . Parliament , whereby in rach cases interested f " nesses were allowed to give testimony ^ .. ^ Mr . CHARtES Grosvenob was then . , •< # « £ He said : I have measured the distance hetffeeD W Post-office and the Stanhope Anns , « . ^ five miles and two hundred and fifty yards- a . three years ago since I measured it . . I roeaf ^ hy a measuring wheeL I measured it hy the . to Kirkstall .

      . „ , .. « Cross-examined by Mr . Marshali .: , ^^ . ^ , swear that there is not a nearer road tnan Kirkstall ? ~« iioo . Mr . Grosvenor : I will not answer that qWf" ^ Mr . Marshall : But you shall ansvew . w ^ . Will you swear that there is not a not a » tlu road ? ¦ ¦'¦' . ¦ '" . ' ¦ .. ' " : ' " ix- ^ f ' ¦ The witness still refused to answer the q ° ^ ^ He at length admitted that : he cpnld not s . . . whether there , wa ? or waa not a nearer roafl ' J . person was with him when he measured tms jo ^ and he woold not produce the document on vW _ ^ had made his calculation . 1 his closedM ® r

      the prosecution . '•" . ; :. u Mr . MARSHALL , in stating the case » r J ^ m fehdant , commented at length on the o 13 ^** nature of tho case . He employed almost , e ^ epithet to describe the nnparalleled meann ^« ' ^ transaction . He admitted th > t it washighlX K ^ that the excise should exerciseall p roper * &K r £ in the prosecution of their calling r but he dio " ^ that when it was admitted that this was * «^ j , got np with no other intent than merely to iv ^ an ignorant coachman , by taking him only I ** , ^ ing to their own account , which he shouldI P «^ j be false , ) about two hundred and fifty yards bej tf the proper distance--he contended that , woen J . » admitted that this waff a scheme—a scheme 6 ulf '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct349/page/4/