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      passed in rhe Fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth , intituled "An Aet for Lighting , Cleansing , and Improving the Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds , in the County of York , " a MEETING of such of the INHABITANTS of the TOWN and NEIGHBOURHOOD of LEEDS as are by the said Act made chargeablo with or towards the Rates or Assessments , authorised to be ra-. ^ ed , or any of them , will be held at the Vestry of the Parish Church of Saint Peter , in Leeds , on Thursday , the Seventh Day ojp January . next , at Twelve o'Clock at Noon , to nominate and appoint Nineteen Commissioners for executing the said Act , and such Parts of cenain Acts therein recited as are not thereby repealed , together with the

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      TEETOTAL ABSURDITIES EXPOSED

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      ADVICE . MR . WILKINSON ^ SURGEON , IT AVING devoted his Studies fcr many Years to Ll the successful Treatment of the VENEREAL DISEASE , in all its various Forms ; also , to the frightfal consequences resulting from that destructive practice , " Self Abuse , " may be personally consulted from Nine in the Morning till Ten at Ni ^ ht . and on Sundays till Two , at 13 , TRAFALGAR STREET , NORTH STREET , Leeds , and every Thursday , at No . 4 , GEORGE STREET , Bradford , from Ten till Five .

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      GRAND FESTIVAL AND BALL IN BEHALF OF THE INCARCERATED POLITICAL VICTIMS . A FESTIVAL and Ball , with incidental Concerts , will be given at the Social Hall , John-street , To&te * ham-court-ro » d , London , on Monday , Jan . 11 th , 1841 , to augment th « funds of the Victim Committee . Tea on the table at Five o'Clock . The ball will commence at eight o ' clock precisely , and will be under the direction of an experienced conductor . An efficient band is engaged , and tho ball will consist of quadrilles , country dances , Spanish waltzes , &c , &c . Double tickets to admit a lady andgeutleman to tea , festival , and ball , 2 s . 6 d . ; single ditto , Is . 6 d . ; double ticket , for ball only , Is . 6 d . ; single ditto , Is . Tickets to be

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      Martyrs demands jour attendance . . Justice must be Established—Humanity and Mercj must prevail , and the Law Vindicated . Let your motto be Peace , Energy , Pmtence , and success will crown your efforts . The MeBaters and Friends of the various Charter Associations in the Metropolis will meet on Oerkenwell Greea , at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon , to form into Procession , and proceed lo White Condufc House . By Order of the Committee , WILLIAM BALLS , Secretary .

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      44 ALBION STREET , LEEDS . [ N CASES of SECRECY consult the TREATISE 1 on every Stage and Symptom of the VENEREAL DISEASE , in its mild and most alarming forms , juat published , by Messrs . PERRY and CD ., Surgeons , No . 44 , Albion-street , Leeds , Private Entrance in the Passage ; and 4 , Great Charles-street , ' Birmingham , and given gratis with each Box of PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and lls . per Box , containing a full description of the above complaint , illustrated by Engravings , shewing the different stages of this deplorable and often fatal disease , as well as the dreadful effects of Mercury , accompanied with plain and practical directions for an effectual and speedy cure , with ease , secrecy , and safety , without the aid of Medical assistance .

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      Oxb ot the clerical " good tilings" which is w a-going" jnst now , is the lectureship of St . Bartholomew % in the city , commonly called the " Golden . Lectureship , " on account of its being so prime a piece of spiritual preferment . It produces about £ 400 a-year , and ihe labour is next to nothing—a monstrous temptation , it must be confessed , to any one in * holy orders . " The Haberdashers' Company lave the giving * w » y of this good thing , and it is needless to say it will soon be " gone . " Rotax Bksbtolkscs . —Queen Adelaide has given a hundred pounds to the Mendicity Society . —Daily paper .

      Addy a hundred pound ' s gives to the poor , we hear ¦ Generous 3 oul ! has Southey not yei sucg it \ To gyre' a thousandth part of whai she lakes eacb year , Is kind indeed—to those from whom she wrangit I We psacfiiVE that the Court is ordered into mourning for the Dowager Princess of Reuss Koestritt . Now , who the Princess of Reus 3 Koestritz ¦ sraa , we cannot form even a remote idea . We do not remember to have seen her name on John Ball ' s pens ! ju list , and yet she is described as " great aunt to her Majesty . "

      THE LAST WHIG TOAST . A bumper ! a bumper ' fill hi ^ b . ! brother pri ?? -, Exclaimed Hobhouse , Here ' s England , trie home of f , he Whigs 1 TH £ &OTJLL COXSCIEXCE-K . EEPEB . If Pepys Tic ' s conscience keeps , how is ' j that he Is kep : so far aloof by Royally I Ir 15 sot generally known that the Cobourgs are , oae &r . d all , deeply versed in the surgical art ; this , we think , will appear manifest enough , when it is borne in mind how skilfully , upon all occasions , they ullage to bleed John Bull . Wuls ilKLBOUBSK was told that Prince Albert had osia recommended to sludy logic , he approved the idea , quoting , at the same time , the following coup ' . et irom Cowper : — ' > . xdom , alas ! the power of logic reigns , VT _ h much sufficiency , in Pwval brains . "

      THE B . OYAL ACCOUCHECE . T : seated with a thousand pounds , Aad eke of caudle no small jorum , L . - ¦ : -jck o ' erleap'd ail modest bounds , By carolling , " ' Hi-cock-o-Jorum . " Dn . iMs ihe time Blagden was going through the cper-. uu . of vaccinuaung the "Princess Royal , " Dr . L :-ejjk . who is accounted , in his way , a great wit , was humming the air of " 0 , dear , what can the matter be V Thv . <^ cees , in helping herself to a cup of tea , the other -i . ^ aing , spilt a portion of it . Murray , the Master at the Household , wishing to display Ju 3 wis on » he occasion , sai i the occurrence was an illustration of jcr iijjssty's declaration of war against China . The remark drew a rebuking look from Victoria .

      c ht , " asked nurse Lil'y , " is the infant Princess more like a boy thau a girl ? " " 1 can te * l , ' ' quoth iirs . Packer , "because she is a ' Tic' son . ' . " E : u ^ isH Taxation . —We are told by Bulwer , in his vrt . ri on England , that the taxes in that country amou :. v to just about the one-third of the earnings of labour . A skilful mechanic , who earns £ 60 sterling a jftar , or nearly 3 . iO dollars , pays to the Go-Terxjmr ^ : £ 20 , nearly loO dollars . Tby . — " Let a man sit down at the foot of a great aoai . lam , ' " ' says Dr . Johnson , " to comempiara its greatness , and he will be ready to say , I caa never go over n , the attempt is futile . Yet , on the second thou ^ nt , he concludes that task can be performed , Dot by one mighty leap , but by successive steps , and by the * mpie pr «> ccss of putting the one foot before the o : er . '

      Again : The chief art , says Locke , " is to attempt ' .-ir a little at a time . The wildest excursions of tn- mind are made by short flights frequently repeavevi . The most lof : y fabrics are formed by the accumulation of propositions . " " I wosdeu what the weight of the Royal infant is ? " s-srj Pa ; paer = ioii oi his Pxtmier colleague . " Wt . ; , 3 t : '' rcjointu ilcloourne , " i can ' t exactly Bay tae number of pounds it may weigh , but of this I am 5 urc ,: hatit v > i \ l tstie a guod many soveretgjis to tun . ::: e acale stains : at . " a He won ' t bite , will he ? " asked Yir . oria of the evrnsr , as she advanced to pat the " learned horse"' a : the conclusion of his ieats . " O dear do , " replied Mr . King , " ne never bites nothing , 1 assure your jlaj- ? stv !"

      At ths " s pill" which Normanby experienced . last week , at Brighton . Grorge Rubins happened ; u be preheat , and render-d ms Lordship asaisiaix- - — we presume , of a professional character , for the noble Marquis wished George to put him up again , which tbewzny auctioneer declined b / saying he no -er " put up" wLai hid b- ^ en previously "knorked down . " A GKZAT PEAL HAS BEZN SilD about Irish bulk and " bulls" of the Pope , pc : U'Connell S 3 ys they all pfnfc- in : o perfect insignificance , in comparison with Germiii Bulls ; , which are not only , it seems , imported i-o England , but to all parts of the world .

      A Pbimeb's Epixapb . —An opulent printer of Xrondom who had long oeen a competitor , requested of his executors to hive the following epitaph inscribed on his tombsioue : — ? fo more shall co-pj bad perplex my brains , J \ o more Ehall type ' s sn . all fece rnr eyeballs strain ; Ho more the proofs foul page create me troubles , By errors , transpositions , outs , and doubles ; Is o more so overran shall I i-egin , 2 » o more be driving oat or taking in ; The stubborn pressman ' s frown I now may scoff , - Revise \ , corrected , finally -worked afil

      M ^ n are said crack when they go ptanp to li ^ hi pipes ; wlieu tuey can ' t see a hole through a ladder ; when they lie in the gutter and call out to be tncked hi ; when they go home , and not being able to put the key into \ ne door , swear t \ iat somebody has stolen the iey-hole ;—my definition is , when a m-n smempts io wind hn wa : ch up with ste fire-tcii . '; . —American paper .

      B 23 LU 1 KABLS OCCrKB . E > CE 5 OrCiSJOMlD BY THS FSOST . We have been at ^ reat pains to collect the following curious particulars oi the f-ff-cts of the recent frost on ^ ario'is highly diviniui-hed chaiaciers , whica we ' eel great pieaiure in Jayinj ; before oar readers , a ? 5 uring them the authenticity in every instance may be relied upon : — Viscount Melbourne having drawn an advance from the Treasury of his saury dae at Christina ? , returned home , determining to eujoy a steak at his own expeace ; but the fro ? t hav > Dg added aa additiona . caiii to the kitcheu-ranue , which had ioag been out of use , no £ "e could oe lighted , and the Premier went to look for his dinner at -a large ** eatiio- ;' . Gc * e , ' kept at the public espence , near Bnckino ' . ^ m Palace . of his

      Lord G ^ cuelg fell into cue aecn-: to : ned pro- ' found slumbers , just as the fiost set in , from which he ; has not jet been awakened , although he utters msny jncoherem expressioni , sued as " they kicked me out ' : — Tuke me back to the Colonial-cffice , "" ' 6 : c . dec . ; Lord Brougham ' s pen was frozen in his hand , ] vrhiie writing on six subjecti at once ; he called in j advice , aid was recommed only to write on Ivco at i a time , acd to limit himseit 10 a couple of bowls of ) brandy v ^ nch a-day , which his Luraihip did , and he [ got on iuost swimmiDgly . ! The B ^ hop of Lunduu wa ? on the point of giving ! nrt-er ? . n .-e to a tolerant ttniiment , but the fro = t ; Beiziut ; h m , he relapsed instantjy into his naturally intoieiani state , in which condition he has remained ' , ever siaee . " i

      The Marquis of " >" onnanby having been called ¦ upon to Subscribe t-o a charity , ^ Ta * fonnd with his hands frjz = n in his breeches-packers , and the mon eluquyiit attempts to extricate them proved in T&in . So intense was the frort a : Carlton-hoase-terrace , that a& > Viscount Palmersi-oa ' s bears grease , instead of being as soft as a j « ily , was as hard as a brickbat ; Moreover , on Tuesday night , one of his whiskers Lad btcome so firmly frozen to his cheek , that all- attempts on the part of Lady Cowper to dislodge it were inefTecrnai , ard after his head had l > een in hot water for half aa hour , he was obliged to go to bed with with it on—the whisker sticking a > firmly to its place a = the Viscount himself .

      Accounts from Constantinople state that the Marchioness of Londonderry has been so affected by the frost , that htr sagacious spouse thought the only way to thaw her wa * to get her introduced into the harem of the Grand Turk , the result of which was unknown when this express came away . The courage of the Earl of Cardigan vras froz = n Tip comp letely ; the cold caught his face , and rendered the mtor&l " brassy colour of his complexion most disagreeably apparent . The Marquis of Waterford was found frozen at a pump , with a bottle of brandy in oae hand , and a pump ladle in the other , in the act of mixing himself a little wholesome nutriment , when Le was seized at the same time both by the cold and the new police . On the Marquis ' s person were only found four knockers , and a brace of bell-handles , the extreme seventy of the weather having prevented him from

      pulling off any more . The 0 > ike of Sussex was ? o chilled and overcome bj a drowsiness ^ that nothing could be found to wake him bo * the sharp and shrill tones of the Duchess of Inverness ' 3 voiee , who , to effect this , was obliged to act the part of a termagant shrew , which she did as naturally as if she had been accoiiomed to it tflber life * Horace Twiss having been promised a soup ticket fcr a humane member of tne Siendiciiy Society , was too benumbed to ring the area bell , and not being hjeh enOBfth to reach the knocker , he was obliged to xttani to the Cariura Club , unfed , where they gave Jam the remainB of some gruel , wliich had just been left bj Sir Ciarles Wetherall .

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      The fear of the many , as frequectly felt , is a most capricious apprehension . It overlooks real dangers , and dwells upon perils the most chimericiL Such , for instance , is the notion of a division of the property of the country amongst the population . No body of representatives chosen by a suffrage absolutely universal , and tied down by the strictest system of mere delegation , would be the least likely to entertain any such proposition for a moment . It never was attempted in the French National Convention , wben all the checks of representation -were destroyed , and the multitude of Paris exercised direct authority over the nominal Legislature . Politicians of the operative classes are often irritated , and it is not wonderful they should be at the glaring inequalities of property , the means by -which

      the wealthy augment their wealth , and the scanty remuneration of those who toil ; but the language of this irritation is reij poor evidence of a design of practical spoliation . In fact , the agricultural class has given as much—we might siy more—of this species of evidence of hostility to the rights of property than the operative Chartists . It has been common for farmers , aad their pretended patrons , to state in their public speeches , and even to affirm in formal resolutions , that if the Corn Laws be repealed the public creditor must not' tw paid . Yet it Would be very siJly on that account to propose that connection with agriculture Bhould constitute a disfranchisemcnt In this country wealth has

      nothing to iear from democracy . The real greund for fear of the many is , not what they would do with votes , bat what they may be tempted to do as an alienated and irritated « las 3 ; and even of that the apprehension is ofien misdirected . It is not insurrection , or organized violence , that we need stand in dread of . It is of those forms of crime which ignorance , desperation , and the stase of injury may stimulate , and the sympathy of the proscribed shelter . It is of the destruction of the harmony of society , and its densoralizition by class feuds that cripple society for all the best purposes of its existence . Here is the danger ; ami it can only be averted by the safety-valve of a more extended representation .

      In the present state of intelligence it is absurd to suppose that the txisience of a large slave class can be safely perpetuated . Notwithstanding every Tory obstruction to the education of the people , the spread of education is very far beyond the extant of the franchise . Tae plea of ignorance is preposterous for the exel usion of the authors of many publications which have issued from the working men . . Nor would the evil be the greatest that can be imagined if the dread of investing ignoranci with political existence should prove a stimnlant to popular instruction , ishonld the attempt to give vigour to the spirit of the liefwrm Bill by expanding its forms tie joined in by the Reformers of lre . and , the useless . " . nd mischievous agitation of Repeal ¦ wi . i receive its death-blow . Coniiuenng the real efftct of that agitation to be a diversion in favour of Toryism , we ihonld rrjoice in its beiug thus superseded by the struggle Tjt extensive and cuinmon good to tLe whole United Kingdom . —Chronicle-

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      —«— ^ . ¦ —¦——SUBJECTS FOR BLASPHEMING PROSECUTIONS . The Government having of late evinced a disposition for the revival of prosecutiuus for blasphemy , we brg , wiih all deference to the powers that be , to suggest a few cases in which the talents of the Attorney-General niay be usefully exercised , and the interests of the Statereligion very properly vindicated : — We bvg to submit , then , to the Attorney-General . whether i ; is not an impiety , of the very firat water , in the Bishops to pretend tha . 1 tie Established Church la founded on the early Church of the Apostles and founders of Christianity , when the latter were notoriously hardly worked and poorly tiff ; whereas the former feed suptrbly , and , thanks to modern Christianity , are enabled te live in clover all their days ? and if an impiety , is it no » a fit subject for prosecution ?

      Farther , ought not the law to be invt-ked to put down such a swindle as the pretence so industriously put forward , that the said Establishment is thd " p ^ or man ' s Church , " when all the best p ' . accs in it are nionopoii ^ ed by the rich ? And is it not an aggravation of the fact , to li « ar the doctrine iaiu dowu by r ^ y-gilled reclors and corpulent prelates to tLe " poor people" in the aisles , in the tetth of everything they see abovts and around them ? Again , would there be any harm in launching an indicrnicnt against the Bish-jp ef Exi-u-r for his rmmeruus-and flagrant cSVnces aia / . nst the spirit of Cnristianiry—both in his speeches in . the H-jI-j of Lords , and hU addresses to the clergy ? To direct the terrors of the law against minor offenders , and letu sinner of such in gnkede as this escape , eeems to us in the highest degree injurious to the spread of true religion—Philpotts , as everybody knows , is mere gatuiuon—and for that reason alone such partial proceedings ou ^ 'ht to be energetically prottsted against

      Whilst on the s-ubj .-ct of Phi'potts , let us , however , not pass over those firebrands of a similar stamp , Messrs . O'Sollivan and M'Neil If anybody ought to be punished for blasphemy , those gentlemen deserve a douule doBe , since they have done more to excite bad feelings and hatred between contending s ^ cts of tellgionists than any other two persons in her Majesty ' s dominions . Prosecute them , wa say , then , and let them see how they like it ; and since they are constantly urging the necessity of tyrannous restrictions on Cithoiics , they would be then in a better condition for judging of their fitness for theaiselves .

      Talking of blaphemy , too , We are reminded of the Irish Church . ' Is it not vastly to the scandal of religion Xhit a Prwtestant Church should bo " qaarterel ' on a coantry , of which the large majority are Catholics ? The process of blood-sucking the latter is , we admit , lv : s . > tormenting than formerly ; but whether a farthing less is grasped by the *¦ hard hands" of Protestant parsons , is extremely doubtful . It is assuredly Wasphemoos to talk of such an Establishment being necessary to keep up a cue sense of religion—though we must allow that it won'd be difficult to point out the precise persons for -prosecution , unless it were the whole " Irbh Church ;" -very few , we are sure , would regret to see it " cast " altogether .

      What , moreover , can be a fitter sulject of prosecution than the position laid down in sundry irieUgluus Ticy journals , that the proper cure for Chartism and other miseries , in Wales and elsewhere , is " . More Church ' : " Is it not a most blasphemous imputation on the Bishops to imagine that they would not be nv < si ready ami wiiiing to remedy tLe evil by proTidiui ; a plentiful supply of Church on the instant , nii j cra :: > ining it down the threats of the " native .-, " if necessary , instead of waiting for an insurrection ? We would have every o :. « prosecuted who would asssert that a Bishop is nut willina t-o provide plenty of C Lurch for empty stomachs .

      Lastly , how can the Attorney-General answer it to his conscience , to allow the law to l ; y idle in the case of poor half-starved curates , who , it is to be feared , must be tempted sometimes to " blajplic ; :: e " dreadfully against their spiritual superiors , on ac . oui ; t of the miserable pay they in general receive ? On second thoughts , however , we should be willing to have such offences , from such persons , looted upon with compassionate forbearance ; for , however much to be deprecated , a little blaspkemy , under the circuina ^ ances . but too natural , and carries therefore , in a great m ^ a-Bure , its excuse along with it . —Satirist .

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      The Fog of Friday Night . —So dense was the fog that great alarm prevailed throughout the Metropolis for : he safety of foot travellers . The chief public thoroughfares were rendered extremely dangerous , but no accident occurred . Fatal Accide > "t . —On Saturday morning , a fatal accident occurred to a young man , twenty-six years ot age , named Isaac Browning , a bricklayer , who , with several others , were amusing themselves , playing at hockey > vith a bung , on the ice , on the Surrey Canal , ¦ when a portion of it gave w ? . y , and the unfortunate man was drowned . Several others were immersed in the water , but were extricated .

      Fatal Accident . —On Saturday afternoon a fine youth , eighteen years of age , named Henry Hayes , in the emplsy of Mr . Biaekman , grocer , Churchlane , Whitech ' apel , was killed by falling off a platform in the rear of the premises . On the accident occurring the unfortunate youih was conveyed to the London Hospital , where every attention was paid to him by the medical gentlemen ; but his skull was so severely fractured , m addition to other serious injuries , that ne expired shortly after his admission inio the Institution . The del-eased was a steady , promising young man , and his relatives , who are very respectable persons , are plunged into the utmost grief bv the calamity .

      Voraciovs Cod . —On Wednesday week , a person in Northumberland-street , Edinburgh , having purchased a cod , opened it , in the hope , from its enormous size of belly , to find a Jarge roe ; but uo rye was forthcoming . Observing , however , the stomach of the fish greatly distended , the purchaser again applied the knife , and to his astonishment found therein a fine fresh teal duck , quite entire , and not even a feather raffled . The duck was dressed , along with its voracious devourer , for dinner . —Caledonian Mercury .

      Wages of Labourers . —Jnst aa the setting in of an inclement season makes the wants of the poor greater , the friends of the farm labourer , his employers , have had the cruelty to reduce wages . In two" villages near this town the highest amouat paid is 83 . per week , one shilling having within the last fortnight been deducted from the miserable pittance before given by those who are filling their coffers by taxing the poor man's loaf . — Wiltshire Independent Sam Hintot Scott , the Diver . — An old black

      letter Chronicle , printed in 1565 , Telates of Kiug Henry VIII ., in one of his " progresses" to the city of London , that " His highness did espye a man upon the uppermost part * of St . Powles Church ; the man did gambol , and balance himself upon his head , much to the fright aad dismay of the multitude that be might breake his necke . On coming down he did throw himself before the King beseachingly , as if for some reward for the exployt , whereupon the King ' s Higunesse , much to his surprise , ordered him to prison as a roge and sturdy vagabonde . "

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      Emigrants to America . —The number of emigrants who bad arrived in the Canadas daring the present season up to the 3 rd inst ., w £ r-upwards of twentytwo thousand . The numbenduring the correspond ing period of last year was ^ reu thousand two hundred and fourteen , Bhowing an increase for this year of nearly fifteen thousand- About two-thirds of this number are from Ireland , the others principally from England and Scotland , as few Germans land in the Canadas . Many of the Irish emigrants who arrive both in the Canadas and the United States , Teturn again to their native land . In the ship United States , which sailed from this port for Liverpool on Thursday week , over one hundred returned home , though the greater portion of them had come out this seasan . —Calholio Miscellany .

      Curb fob Waets . —Apply saliva to the spot as soon as you awake every morning , and after a fortnight or three weeks they begin to die—cut the dead parts off with a knife ; and by following this simple process for a few weeks they will entirely disappear .

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      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That , in pursuance of an Act of Parliament , made and

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 2, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct360/page/6/